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MONT BLANC OPENS TO-NIGHT. PRIZE CATTLE SHOW of the SMITHFIELD CLlJ:i.—The Annual Exhibition of Prize Cattle, seeds, Roots, implements, &c., commences on Tuesday Morning and cl oses on . Friday Evening-9.th, 10th. 11th, and 12th December. BAZAAR King-stree land Baker-street. Open from daylight till n i ne in the evaning. Admittance One Shilling. G REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. —Further Reduction of Fares between READING and LONDON.— On and after Tuesday, the 4th of November. the fires by the trains leaving Reading at 8.18 a.m. 11.5 a.m., and 7.45 p.m , and Paddington at 11 a.m., 4.45 p.m , and 6.15 p.m., and on Sundays from Reading at 8.30 a.m. and 7 p.m., and from Paddington at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. will be: —For the Double 'Tourney, available on the same or the fol lowing day, first class, 35., second class, 2s. These tickets will be avalab le between Reading and L.OrlidOn, and only by the trains above named. Paddington, Nov. 3d, 1856. W IESBA DEN RAILWAY COMPANY. F lo'ders of paid up 6/ shares are informed that, until the 29th of November instant, they will have the right, under the law of the 16th August 'act, of EXC NGING such Sti ARE , , at par value, for a proportionate number of shares, paid apin full, in the NASSA RAILWAY COMPANY. By the decision or the general meeting of the 15th October last, all holders of shares who, by the 29th November instant, shall not have exercised their right of exchange, will receive upon the amount paid by them a fixed interest of 4 per cent. per annum during the con struction of the two railways—the Rhine and the Lahn ; and, after the opening of these lines for traffic, they will then be entitled to Preferential interest of 5 per cent. per annum, but will have no right to participate in any further dividend, nor in any of the advantages reserved exclusively for the holders of the new Nassau 1- aliway shares, nor , ill thy possess the fight to vote at any of the general Meetings of the Company. s hareholders are requested to make known their decision at the 'Mikes of the Wiesbaden Railway Company, at Wiesbaden, or at the Offices of the London agency, No. 18, Cannon-stre. , t, where forms for this purpose may be had on application, before the 29th November instant, on which day the option of retaining or exchanging the Wiesbaden shares will cease ; and th•ise who have not then made known their decision as requested will be considered as retaining their shares on the terms mentioned.—By order. Wiesbaden, Nov. 14, 1956. W. W. L ANDER, Secretary. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE. ASSOClATlON.—Established 1840.—Every description of Life Assurance effected. WM. THOMAS LECTORD, Secretary. 15. 14f oorgate-street, London. PROVIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT FUND.—The atteution of Clerks is earnestly invited to the great advantages themselves and families may derive from this Fund. WM. THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary. 15g I lsorzate-street, London. MET ROPO LITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSUR.ANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent street, Waterlco-place, London. Capital, 100,000/. TRUSTERS. t. !In. Spencer H. Walpole,M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. I E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.D. The bonus declared -it the last divisiou of profits averaged 33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. NEW SYSTEM OF LIFE ASSURANCE. r r HE DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL li ASSURANCE and INVESTMEN C ASSocu rioN i nv it e attention to the New System of Life Assurance exclusively adopted by this Association, viz., that of allowing Interest on all Premiums paid, instead of the remote and uncertain system of Bonuses usually adopted. By this plan the Policyholder will secure to himself a constantly increasing annual income during lire, as well as the payment of the Burs assured to his representatives at his death. Tables of Rates specially adapted to this system of Assurance may be obtained at the Office of the Company, 3, Pall-mall East, or for warded free on application. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Parties Established A.D., 1844. desirous of INVESTING MONET are requested to ,ex amine the Pl an o f this Institution, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with perfect security. The interest is payable in January and July, at the Head Office in London, or at the various branches in the country. PE fER Pros peetases and Forms for OpeninMOH/I{l,lON ou, Managg Director. Opening Accnts sent in free. COMMERCIAL BANK of LONDON, Lothbury, and g, Henrletta•street, Covent-garden. -- The Directors HEREBY GIVE NOTICE. That a GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders will he held at the Banking Hoase of the Corn y in Lothbury, on TUESDAY, the 16th December next, at one I c 'ock precisely, to elect a Director in the roans of Edward Oxen ir)ril, Esq.. and that Herbert Taylor, Esq. (of the firm of David Tay_ or and Sons, Mark lane) who is a duly qualified proprietor, has annonnced his intention of offering himself as a candidate for the Vacant seat. By order of the Board. A. R. CUTI3ILL, Manager. 22d November, 1866. 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CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West no haslirnrntSt Office,Piccadilly.—This Institu so.? . been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor -,,T le te?l With cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, a.tfectadilly, e n , Tuesdays at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted periohde;rl4nrupton Establishment, for one month. and for a longer so ns o orecoramendea by the medical officers. The number of per the. lasntd r treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged . t)r of this 4.. hr ee Years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation form of otspital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every Chart. r his dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this toot j' A Weekly Board man age its affairs, and every informs to the se connected With the Institution may be obtained on application this u. cretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue Paid toeil't• work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be it.._.._,.. _4Villiarn Loxham Farrar, 111., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's o'g nld Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's ' - " c ess 16 7, Piccadilly. By order. NV. J. COCKERILL, Secretary. li OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron= --The QUEEN.—Fouuded 1828. No order for admission is here required. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone. During the past month the following number received the benefits of this Charity, either as (mit or in -door patients, on their personal aPpliCatiOn : reek ending 7th October •• 2,1 188 6 Ditto 21st O c t. her ..... •• • 2,072 5 Ditto 28th October.. —.• • • 2,241 29th,30th, and 31st O ctober 1,011 --- Total In O f which 3,303 were new October ..... ..• 9,680 cases, the remainder me at) having been ad m itt e d prev i ously. (still und er treat. He ravy expenses are inevitably in curre d in affording such exten. the sive elief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of Public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, early elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual Ceneral Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'cloelt (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, w hen ally subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. , Th e Hospital i s not endowed, but is wholly dependent on v01un ;4,7 co M nt ributions and lega c i es , w hi c h are received by the Treasut er, 'On asterrnan, Esq., M P., Ni c h o l as-lane ; also by Messrs. 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(A pplatiee.) Peasants were seen httrriedly driVing Iti their cattle, sued in the distance appeared the dark array of the slowly moving host,. Folloveibt this fidinirably equipped army wi t s seen aieether army of arabas and country carts: In adVabee Wore skirmishing Cossacks and Circassians, who Were driving in the Turkish cavalry outposts. Nothing could be finer than the spectacle which thus presented itself. Let the audience picenre to themselves .a broad grassy plain, enamelled with flowers of every bile, and the Cossacks and Circassians fighting with the Arab, Kurdish, Turkish, and irregular cavalry—the whole forming a scene such as oftentimes had been witnessed on the plains of Palestine in the time of the Crusaders. (Hear, hear.) 2,rou ravieff brought up his army to within distant range of their artillery, and whilst the Turkish cavalry were re treating, a splendid charge was made right up to the gates and breastworks in the hope of entering in the con fusion ; but the heavy guns opened fire, and the riflemen singled out the Russian horsemen, by which the attempt was completely frustrated. In half an hour the Russian army retrograded, an d i n the afternoon resumed his for mer positio n . O n th e following morning the Russian army was agai n p u t i n motion, but this time they turned southward, and after some hour's march encamped to the south of our position, and pitched their tents before Kars. While thus watching them, night set in with a heavy rain. For hours our camp was flooded by a perfect deluge, and the Russians were immovable. Meantime partiesof irregu lar Lazistan riflemen kent coming into the city to take part in the defence. On the 26th June the alarm gun was fired, the citizens hurried to their posts, the reserves stood to their arms in the centre of the camp, and all was prepared. Two columns w ere o b serve d advancing towards us—one, consisting of two b a tt a li ons of infantry, five squadrons of cavalry, and one battery, was directed towards HafizPacha tabia ; the other, of one regiment of Cossacks and a cloud of irregular cavalry, on Kanti tabia. We of course expected an attack, but after waiting for five or six hours and watch ing the enemy manoeuvre, we saw them quietly retire, after having, with great skill, come all but within cannon shot. We rode over the ground when the Russians had retired, and found sundry heaps of broken champagne bottles. They had actually had a grand picnic under our batteries. (Laugh ter.) And so ended the second reconnaissance tie force. On the 28th of June, a s we were peering with our glasses through the faint dawn of the morning towards the Russian camp, we observed the tents bad disappeared, and the whole army was under arms. While watching them, we saw the columns form and begin to march westward. They en• camped on the banks of the Kars Chai. On the following morning we heard of the destruction of all the stores of corn which had been left at Yeni Keni, about 30 miles off. Here were provisions that might have kept us about two months, and which could, at the proper time, have easily been conveyed into the garrison. This accident was purely the result of the wilful apathy and carelessness of the Pacha of Kars. (Hear.) And now ensued a long pause from active operations on the part of the enemy, and time hung monotonously on all hands. On the 13th July another reconnaissance took place, and on the day follow. ing the whole Russian cavalry manoeuvred, some strong regiments passing round our position, while numerous irre gular skirmishers captured a number of our grass-cutters and some herds of cattle, which we could ill spare. After this time we were fairly invested, cavalry camps were stationed north, south, east, and west, at precisely such a distance as to be able to assist each other if attacked by a superior force, or to allow of any of our men being intercepted by the whole Russian army should we send out any de tached corps to attack any of these isolated Russian camps. Soon after this event we made a most disheartening dis covery. Salib Agha, the chief of the stores, had been giv ing in false returns of barley, and he was now obliged to confess that he had no more to issue. Here was our first great calamity, and all arising from the cupidity and pecu lation of this official. What was to become of our artillery horses ? what of our cavalry ? The latter certainly were of little use, but the for mer were i n di spensable. In the face of this calamity General Williams immediately organised bands of grass-cutters, and had all the hay and barley within reach cut and stacked ; besides which he bad relays of cavalry and artillery horses sent out to graze. About this time we heard that some English officers had landed at 13atoum, and that the march of troops from that place had been countermanded. So we concluded that some diver sion was to be attempted in that quarter. Our Lazistan allies now began to show evident signs of discontent and insubordination. On Aug. 6, after having been kept for some days in profound ignorance of Mouravieff's move ments, we heard to our consternation that he had marched on to Eizeroum with a large division of his army, leaving a force still sufficient to blockade us. We waited with in tense anxiety to know the result of this movement. If Erze roum were taken, Kars was assuredly doomed, for Moura vieff could then bring an overpowering force of siege artil lery. After two days a serjeant was sent in from Veli Pacha, who commanded the force of 5,000 men at Topra kale. He had retired to the formidable entrenchments pre pared for him by Gen. Williams, five miles south of Erze roum, and there he awaited the approach of Mouravieff, who, after a reconitai,lsance, saw that he had better secure the fortress in his rear ere he attempted what might prove a too difficult task ; so he retired, and confined his attention to Kars alone. On Aug. 7, while Mouravieff was absent on his Erzeroum expedition, we were astonished (though not unprepared) by an attack on Kanti-tabia. A. strong di vision of the enemy appeared on the plain, and after re connoitring the columns approached to within gun-shot. At once our heavy guns of position opened on them, and these were replied to by their lighter field pieces. Their troop s advanced, retired, and advanced again under the artillery fire, but without coming within range of musketry. At last they commenced theirretreat, and we ceased firing. And now the irksome blockade began to have its usual effect. The troops were becomin g discontented, and mur mured at th e i r i nac ti v i ty and their somewhat short ra tions; for the bread was much economised, though they had Set a very fair allowance of animal food. We were ob liged to kill the cattle and eat them, as the forage was be coming scarce, and the weather was unfortunately too hot to admit of our salting them. The worst feature in our case at this time was the frequency of desertions. Hitherto flog ging had been the only military punishment ; but now Gen. Williams determined on strong measures. Ho therefore prevailed on the Muahir to issue a decree to the effect that all deserters should henceforth be shot when caught attempt. ing to desert. Towards the end of August wo caught a spy, and sigealised the event by erecting a permanent gallows in the Market-place, and hanging him there as a warning to all such traitors. The capture of this fellow to a certain extent explained the cause of the desertions. Ho was the bearer of a proclamation to the soldiers encouraging them to desert, and promising each man who presented himself at the Rus sian camp 5 ntoncts (about a sovereign). The next measure taken to relieve the garrison was to send out what re mained of our cavalry. On the 3d September the whole force, about 1,000 strong, in wretched condition, were mus tered on the Tahmasp hills, just as the sun set, and when quite dark they commenced their march. We listened anxiously for what we soon heard ; for presently a pistol shot came up front the gloomy valley, then another, and another, then a fusillade and the distant voices of men in conflict were heard from time to time, until all was again silent. The greater pa r t o f our cavalry had escaped, but a fearful number had been shot or cut to pieces. On the Bth September we heard of the landing of Omar Pacha, at Ba toum, so we published the good tidings to our troops, and felt confident, or at least very hopeful, that our relief would be accomp li shed. On the 23d Sept. we were electri fied with th e glorious intelligence that Sebastopol hail fallen. A fi ne G eorgian Chief, named Arslan Agha, rode through the lines with the news. He, with his six compa nions, came upon some Russian videttes, who challenged him. Luckily, ho knew the Russian language, and so ex claimed, " Don't you know me ? I am your Colonel going my round," and then charged through. We paraded the troops, and read the Constantinople bulletins. The citizens sallied out of their houses and fired feux de joie, and all the town and carnpgave themselves up to rejoicing. Perhaps in no town in England wes the news received with more en thusiasm than in poor devoted Kars. (Applause.) Oa the 25th of September our spirits were somewhat damped by the cholera which suddenly appeared among the troops ; and at this time, under the combined influences of somewhat short rations, and the depressing effects of a blockade, I cannot say but that I feared our new enemy. The greatest ravages, however, were amongst the towns peope. We now wished heartly for the assault, and Kmety, on the 28th, said it would come on the morrow, by all the rules of war. Luckily Gen. Williams, without committing himself to any opinion, made his arrangements every night with apparently the conviction that the morrow would be a bloody nay. And the 29th Sept. was a bloody day, as you all well know. On the eventful morning of the 29th, nearly the whole camp was aroused by the hurried whisper that something was about to happen. Reserves were silently turned out, scouts were despatched to peer into the black gloom between ourselves and the enemy. •On Tahmasp, f the broad,, vallew - 4 " Kmety was up and listening to strange sounds of artil lery, caissons, and the muffled tread of men. Our splendid corps of rifles were to a man graspingir weapons with fervour, and listening intensely, whileo_ their eyes were e d s e c n ou se ts g c l a o rn om e in saying the inerlevlsi ' We aro ready," was the response c tryingho approachrak t o Presentlypierc etoady." d t y h t .h e 4, of all. The artillerymen stood ramrod and their guns charged with grape. Presently, as matcht in hand, the faint es t streaks of morning appeared in the horizon, the sha r p eyes of a Zebek discovered a column of men steadily advancing. to awaken the and the screaming missiles seemed echoes of was now assailed in front u owed, and then A gun was laid, the match appli h ed, rr a a n h d fo t i h i e loud. report hell. Shrieks, yells, and a wild t all t e tdilsleryTaenasddtahtee at t a t t h l i e s mofommi;instk arrived, yivdedrr from his nightly round, and throwing himself into the foremost battery, showed what a British gunner could do. The lesser peal o s f o a u i n and flank, while a strong regiment came round the left and attacked the batteries in the rear. Fo rtunately, w e had at this point, now overwhelmed with a vastly su periorwhole of this position of Tahmasp our finest body of rifles. As the Russian force, columns advanced, lone lines of those riflemen, prot ec t e d by breastworks, discharged volley after volley i nto the f neon thesehile roun intermi d shot and grape tore thr oug h den , 1 mass° columns w without *ssion Meantime, at enee hour, the break of day, a furious assault, the same was made on th • simul taneously with that on Tahmasp, e bi east the works and batteries in the rear of town, and these, . . manned principally by Lazistan irregulars, were car being able number of those poor fellows car ried, and a consider Besides these two • bayonetted at their posts. points of at tack a strong force of cavalry and tabia, and kept up a constant fire of rockets and artillery • • but this was cvideutly feint. , The enemy, having ga i ne d possess ion of the northern forts, now began shelli ng th e town, while their infantry piled arms. Meantime the battle was raging at the original point of T a h masp rattle P. Fm quarter there was an incessant of musketry, and the artillery of everybr ou ght to battery that could b e , to bear on the attacking columns and frliberallyom wor k e d . Thus from Fort Lake, from h was i. through th e Russian bra am from Tek tabia, the round shot ploughe d masses. General Williams, from the centre of th e camp, the t roops hard watched events with an eagle eye. Seeing he sent up reinforcements from the pressed at Tahmasp .from Fort reinforcements from Fort Lake. south, and an order for r e These two bodies met under the rising their fire on the fl an k of the enemy, and deploying openedin tlesewith great effect. The a l mos t overpowered troops e batteries raised a resp ons i ve y e ll; Teef Teesdale poursresh ch arges o f • grape into th e s t agger i ng masses ; they give way ; " Long live the Sultan," shout the Turks, as they work their guns with frantic en erg y. Meantime the enemy, n ow i n posses sion of the English tabias, are not to be left quiet. That hue hero) Thompson, with the heart of a lion and the eye of a gkiiitifisi, eras at once the position of affairs and what he may do. A heavy gun had been placed at the very ex tremity of th e Karadagh to keep off marauding Cossacks. 116 instantly orders 200 men to pile arms ; he fastens a Jimmy rope to this and to the caisson, and attaching him self and ale men, and urging them to superhuman efforts, thpY drag the gun to a commanding eminence, and here he sets to *elk to pelt into the Russians who had established themselves in the batteries. At the same moment he an. tioipated an order from the General, and despatches a force of his best rifles to cross the ravine and take up a position amongst the rooks commanding the captured batteries, from whence they galled the enemy by au incessant fire ef small arras. Meanti me C o l. L a k e , w h o i s di r ecting affairs in Lake battery, turns on the right flank of these Russians a force of two battalion!, which had been despatched from below, and these deliver a volley and charge the enemy, and at the same moment some native townspeople had sealed the rocks at the back of the town, and kept up a galling fire. Thus was the enemy attacked in front and on each flank, and, unsupported by reinforcements, he had no option but to retire. To retrieve the fortnnes of the day a splendid cavalry charge was made on these lines, but men and horses were hurled pell mell into the trous de Loup, which were not expected in this quarter. But at Tahmasp the struggle is deadly nod continuous. Reserves have again been sent, the firing n^ s continued without in termission for six hours, while the nun have from time to time replenished their cartridge pouches ft', om the dead Rus sians, who lie in heaps before them. Column .7fter column of these devoted fellows are led by their galls ,: officers, and, as they advance, fall under the withering rattle' of a thousand well aimed rifles, or are blown away by grape an.q round shot. The screaming balls whistle through the air from distant batteries, and plunge into the Russian squares. The townspeople,as the fight continues, swarm amongstthe rocks, and fight with guns, swords, and stones, encouraging the soldiers with those Moslem war cries with which, 1,200 years ago, Mahomed led on to battle his fierce Arab horse men. " Allah it Allah! Mahomed resoul ullah!" (God is God!. and Maliomed is his prophet!") is shouted, while holy dervishes in religious frenzy seek to impale themselves on the unbelievers' bayonets. The very blood that trickles from the wounds of the dying Christian soldiers is drunk by these fanatics to quicken the rage that inflames their hearts. What must have been the feelings of the Russian chieftain when he saw the very flower of his army lying in mangled heaps under our batteries, and not an inch of ground gained, not one stronghold retained, but at each successive charge his shattered columns were hurled back like broken waves from rocks of granite. At last, as the meridian sun shed its scorching rays through the sulpharous canopy that overhung the scene of mortal conflict, we observed a sudden panic amongst our foes. At once cheers and yells arose from every breastwork and battery, whilst the cannonade seemed to acquire fresh in tensity. Then did every citizen, every Bashi-Bazouk, nay, every boy who could muster a horse-pistol,,sally out from the batteries and breastworks, and fire into the re treating masses. Gradually the distant Russian cavalry closed up in the rear of the beaten and demoralised in fantry columns, while the Russian artillery kept up, while retreating, a steady fire on the gallant but ill-organ ised crowd that insulted and galled their retreat; But where was our cavalry? Oh for two regiments of fresh, good - conditioned horse, to have followed these beaten troops, and with bloody spur and unslackened rein to have charged through and through their disordered ranks until the right arms of the troopers had hung wearied with slaughter ! But, thank God, the day was won, and we clasped each other's hands with joy so deep as only those can feel who come out from a well-fought field of bloodshed and victory. I rode over that fatal ground while yet the blood was freshly flowing, and never can those sights and sounds of woe be effaced from my memory. Fine stalwart human forms, the grisly warrior and the beardless youth, lay in heaps, torn and mangled by every conceivable wound, while groans for mercy, screams of sudden pain, and cries for water, or for the kindest and last of all friends, for Death itself, arose from amidst each heap of human agony. Scarce could my mind conceive what my eyes beheld in the magnitude of human woe that lay before me. 6,000 fellow creaturesslay bleeding and dying on that fatal field ; and how many bleeding and agonising heartsin a distautland did these represent ? But let us draw a veil over the darkest of war's pictures. I returned to my soul-harrowing duties at the hospitals, and there night closed in upon dying soldiers and exhausted surgeons: On the day following the battle our soldiers were hard at work burying the dead, while the citizens gathered together in the market-place talking over the splendid victory, in which they had borne so noble a part, or exhibiting the numerous trophies which they had gathered from the field of battle. The pions Mussulmans declare they saw a band of ten thousand saintly warriors in green vesture fighting on our side. On this point I may say.with Bernal Diag, on a similar occasion, that there might have been such a body of Mussulman saints, " and that 1, sinner that I am, was unworthy to see them." For two days the cholera disappeared from our camp, a singular phenomenon, occasioned, doubtless, by intense moral emotion. We now calculate on the speedy disap pearance of the enemy. According to all rules of war tare a beaten force retires, surely Mouravieff's army will not be an exception to this rule? Had it not been for that fatal peculation in barley, we might even now have sallied out and completed our glorious day's work; but our horses are gone, the few animals yoked to the artil lery can scarce sustain themselves. We should have nothing but small aseau,....ra....tragt. to, while, be it. re membered, the Russian cavalry is scarcely touched, and they number 10,000. Rut now another enemy invests us Gaunt. famine stealthily, but irresistibly, invades our weakened and cholera -stricken force. The Russians remain; their untouched cavalry keep up the relentless blockade. The most rigorous search is made on all sides for hidden stored of corn, add those, when found, are distributed to the most needy of the townspeople ; meantime men talk gloomily in the market-place, and the voices of poor women are heard crying aloud for bread for their starving families. Desertions have become alarmingly frequent, and spies are known to pass to and froth the Russian camp. It is abso lutely necessary to hold out until the effect of Omar Pacha's diversion is seen, or until the winter has set in and pre vented any forward movement of the enemy Then we can with honour capitulate, if not relieved, since we have saved Asia Minor. So each man caught attempting to desert is forthwith tried by drum-head court-martial and shot; each spy is mercilessly hanged, sometimes two at a time, on the gallows on the Market-place, and if any one is over loudly desponding he is encouraged by a public whipping. Thus do we hold out, day after day, anxiously waiting for news from without. On the Oct. 22 the glorious news arrives of the landing of Selim Pacha at Trebizond, with, it is said, an army of 20,000 men. This casts a temporary sunshine over our gloomy prospects, and we wait with impatience for the next post. But the misery of the townspeople in crease, and the emaciation of the soldiers is alarmingly ap parent. Be it remembered that they have had nothing to eat now but an insufficient quantity of bread and water. No butter or fat of any kind could be had to increase the nutrition of their miserable rations. Crowds of both sol diers and citizens assembled in the open spaces to dig up the roots of grass. The poor children, lately gambolling in the market place now wander about with gaunt and hun gry looks, and beg for bread with heartrending tones. Ale there, pale and attenuated, are seen holding their feeble babes to their breasts, which are pining and dying on the dried up fountains of exhausted nature. The admis sions into the over-crowded hospitals are alarmingly on the increase, and the disease is simply starvation. With pale, cold, and clammy skin, and the characteristic feeble ness of voice,and the dark complexion and pinched features, so well expressed in Scripture, which says, " Their visage is blacker than a coal, their skin cleaveth to their bones," they gradually sink and die at their post, loyal, faithful, and long-suffering to the last. Still we are buoyed up by false hopes and by lying despatches from Selim Pacha, who, having arrived at Erzeroum, constantly writes to tell us he is on his way and in full march to relieve us, and on the strength of these despatches the most rigorous measures are taken to eke out to the utmost our scanty stock of provisions. I What could have been the feelings of our own noble chief who, with a heart soft as a woman's, had yet to overpower his yearnings of compassion and call in the aid of an iron will to enable him sternly to do his duty amidst the horrors that surrounded him. H ow was hi s h eart torn an d bleed ing with wounds that he concealed from public view, for as he rode through the doomed city women held up their kdying babes to him in mute but touchine , appeals, while the allant men of Kars, cowed by a stern military despotism, turned upon him reproachful looks, as if to accuse him of their misery. His own aspect, too, was changed; the agony of his mind and the crushing weight of care had worn him to a shadow. Would that some Lnen could have seen what they had helped to produce ! At this time the crowded mosques, khans, and houses were opened to receive the men that fell dying at their posts, faithful and loyal to the last, who, standi ng over a reserve of biscuit in the batteries, died of hunger without touching a morsel. The streets of the city now presented a spectacle too painful to contem plate. Before the doors of the flour depots women and chil dren scraped up the dust, mixed as it was with flour, and eat it. The bodies of the dead horses were actually exhumed and devoured, while corpses met you at every step being conveyed by staggering comrades to the pit. The very dogs had deserted the town and gorged th emse l ves on th e d ea d bodies of the Russians outside the batteries which they had torn from their graves. On the 22d Nov. the last of Selim Pacha's despatches were received. He wrote, " Be of good cheer and hold out a few days longer, for I left Erzeroum on the 16th, and am in full march with my whole army to relieve you .l' The same messenger that brought this des patch was also the bearer of a small note from Mr. Brant, the able Consul of Erzeroum. He said, "Selina Pacha has no idea of moving, and Omer Pacha has not advanced far from Sekum Kali ; no hope of relief can be expected from any quarter." This opened our eyes to the true state of affairs, and now Gen. Williams calls a military council to gether, and putting before them the real state of things pro poses a capitulation, or a desperate attempt to cut through the lines of the Russians. We have no - horses to drag ann. gle gun, the men are too weak to march, armed as they are, for a single hour, so that the latter proposition is at once abandoned. Gen. Williams is therefore deputed to con duit the capitulation, and gain as good conditions as he can extort from the Russian general. So, at the conclusion of that conference, Major Teesdale proceeded to the Rus sian camp to demand an interview for the following day. On the 25th Nov., the General and his aide-de-camp, Tees dale, ride out under a flag of truce to the Russian head quarters. As they approach the enemy's camp the soldiers collect in crowds to gaze upon them. They are conducted with every courtesy to the camp of Mouravieff, and received with due respect by that distinguished chief. The General at once introduces the object of his visit. " I have come," he says, " to propose terms for a capitulati o n, f or it is useless to disguise from you the fact that our provisions are well-nigh exhausted, and there is great suffering amongst the towns people. For the sake of humanity I trust you will accede to my terms; if unhappily yo u s h ou ld d eman d an unconditional surrender, I must remind you that we are still within our fortress, and although i have no wish to rid you of your lau rels, I should, if compelled, cause every gun to be burst, every standard destroyed, and nothing but a famished crowd of unarmed men would r ema i n t o y o u." " I have no wish, answered Mouravieff, " to wreak an unworthy vengeance on a gallant and long-suffering army, which has covered itself with glory, and only yields to famine. Look here (he exclaimed; pointing to a lump of broad and a handful of roots) w h a t splendid troops must these be who can stand t o their arms ill such a climate on food such as this. General Williams, you have made yourself a name in history, and posterity will stand amazed at the en d ur ance, the coura ge , an d th e discipline which this siege has called forth in the remains of an army. Let us arrange a capitulation that will satisfy the demands of war without out raging humanity." (Applause.) These two gallant . and chi valrous chiefs, M they stood in that historic kit with hearts The meeting on Tnesday evening, adjourned from last Wednesday, is looked forward to with great interest by all parties. Sir Edward Butler has been actively canvassing all day, and Mr. Weguelin, with o . .ie or two of his friends, has visited some of the large manufacturing and other establishments of the town. The new Chief Justice of the Common Pleas takes leave of his constituents in Southampton, by whom he has been six times elected to represent them in Parlia ment, in the subjoined address, which has been circu lated to-day : "Gentlemen, —By acceptance of judicial office I have this day ceased to be your representative, and have now the pain ful task of bidding you farewell. " Had I followed my own wishes and inclination I should still remained member for Southampton. To be the Attorney- General of England, and to represent you in Parliament, was the utmost object of my ambition, and left me nothing to de sire. But I have become conscious that lam less able than heretofore, in point of health and strength, to meet the calls of a position which combined Parliamentary and official with professional duties, and I have yielded to the advice of friends interested in my welfare, and exchanged those cares for duties which, though arduous and laborious, arc of a less exacting and exciting character than those which I have hitherto sustained. I cannot bid you farewell without profound and heart felt emotion when I recall all the kindness I have received at your hands, your generous support, your confidence, your indulgent forbearance. I feel that, though the political tie which united us is severed, there are ties of the heart which can cease only with life. _ " To my latest hour it will be a matter of pride and honour to have represented your beautiful and flourishing town, with its thriving, industrious, and intelligent community ; and while life lasts I shall never cease to take the deepest interest in its prosperity and welfare. " Permit me to bid you, one and all, a hearty and affec tionate farewell, and, while I return to my numerous friends my grateful thanks for their unwearying kindness, let sue pray my political foes (and I trust I h ave none other among you) to bury in oblivion the remembrance of all past animo sity, and to think of me only as ono who has sought to re present you honestly according to his views, and to whom your entire community will ever be an object of the most cherished remembrance and regard. " since e That and prosperity and ha ppiness may att en d you i s t h e " London, Nov. 21." genuine wish of your grateful and dev o t e d ser vant, - A. E. COCKBURN. A POLITICAL WAGER IN AMERICA.—Major Benjamin P.Poore, the late Fillmore candidate for Congress in the Sixth District, arrived in the city this afternoon with his wheelbarrow and barrel of apple., which he had wheeled all the way f rom Newburypor t: ' a , distance of 36 miles, in two days and a half. The job was in fulfilment of a bet with Colonel Burbank, the Fremont State Senator elect, that Fillmore would get more votes in Massachu setts than F remont. The Major, wheeling his apples, was escorted up S tate -street, about 2 o'clock, by the Fillmore c l u b s of Boston and Charlestown, a military company, and a mounted eavalcade of citizens. 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There :s reaso n to believ e that Sir Edward will visit Glasgow for the purpose of being installed at an early date, at all events before the meeting of Parliament : "Sir— " Vent nor, I sle of Wight, Nov. 18. Allow me to return you my best thanks for being the first to communicate tome, through telegraph, the gratifying news of the high distinction so unexpect edly conferred upon me by the students of your illus trious university. And if I did not acknowledge your considerate courtesy, it was simply because I deemed it a necessary point of etiquette to wait for the more for mal communication of the Principal, and address to him, as the representative of the university, the first ex pression of my gratitude for an honour which no one can appreciate more highly than I do. " I now owe my especial thanks to those friends whose esteem and zeal have secured my election. Allow me to convey those thanks personally to yourself, and, through you, to all who have aided to bestow on me so prized, though unmerited an honour. Only a day before I received your despatch Lord Stanley addressed to me a letter, which does him so much credit--for that modesty which so often accom panies signal merit—that it seems due to his lordship and frienos to enclose it to you. It will serve to console these who were his warmest partisans for the preference which I owe to yourself and my other friends ,and m a y perhaps allay every disturbing element f itation which a contest e d e l ection sometimes rousoes,irr even in minds the most philosophically composed. " Believe me, yours truly and gratefully, "E. BULWIIIt LYTTON." —____.... The following i s the letter referr e d to by Sir E. B. Lytton : "Dear Sir Edward,--I hear, n n newspaper N authority only, but with some certainty, that it has been proposed to put me forward as a candidate for the Lord Rector ship of the University of Glasgow, you being also in the field. " If I had any means of communication with the gentlemen who aro thus using my name, I should, with all courte s y and gratitude to them, protest against the implied rivalry. " Such honours are the fit rewards of intellectual pre eminence, and ought to be bestowed on no other pro le. M ore than this —they should be reserved f or those who have achieved distinction, not conferred by way of encourag I wish you ement on thme who are only seeking it. , therefore, clearly to understand that I posal of iny nam e as a candidate. Nothing, neither have encouraged, nor shall encourage, the pro authorised channel of communication, prevents me from Believ e i making known this opii.ion to my too partial friends, be except the they few or many, in Gi aB ,. iie, very truly yours, " Sir E. B. Lytton, M.p,, " STANLEY. •••-_l__-...._ __ ..., " ------ ______---- 77 —,... , [ADVERTISEMENT.I—H on 0 w _, "Y s Ointment and Pills wonderful for the Cure of Scrofula. —Copy of a letter from Mr. William Trite, on e b -- ""er, Sturrninster, New. To Professor Ilollo ay.—si r ,_N r. Thomas yeoman, Hinton, St. Mary's Dorsetshire, was intooranl.mr:Tiaen6Y years severely afflicted with scrofula. He, took • s medicines in the hope of effecting various all tailed. The disease very materially retarded his occupation, therefore he determined on tryin g Holloway's ointment and pills, and by their use he is rejoiced to be a cure, but able to state ha is now recovered."—Sold by all medi ndors throughout the world at Professor Hello ewinaye'sveestablishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, New York ; by A. St a, Constanti- Maiden-lane, nople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna; and B, Mu!r, Malta. (From the Leeds Mercury.) STORY OF THE SIEGE. On Thursday evening last, Dr. H. Sandwith C. 8., D.C.L., ono of the heroes of Kars, read a paper at the Leeds Music-hall, on "The Siege of Kars, and the Cam- paign in Asia Minor," before the members of the Leads Philosophical and Literary Society, and the Leeds Li brary. The Music-hall was crowded by one of the most nume rous and influential assemblages we have seen on such an occasion for a long period. The council of each society and their families occupied the orchestra, and the body of th e Hall and gallery were filled by the members and friends of both institutions. Nearly half of the audience consisted of ladies. Dr. SANDWITH (who on entering the ball was greeted with loud and repeated plaudits) commenced his paper by saying that the campaigns of Asia Minor, although at one time but little heard of when the faint reports of their die. taut artillery were drowned in the deeper and nearer con flicts on the Danube, bad nevertheless al ways claimed from the far-seeing mind of the statesman and diplomatist an interest second only to the mightier struggle of the Crimea. In England the popular mind was interested (and justly so) in the gallant feat of arms at Kalafat and the memorable defenceof Silistria ; but while Omer Pacha was holding in check the whole force of European Russia on the Danube, and Butler and Nasmyth at Sili stria were earning for them selvesthewarm applause of a grateful country, other events paseing in Asia of which the English public were but i informed, and cared not to inquire ; and yet that struggle on the steppes of Armenia and in the passes of Lazistan, between the Transcaucasian army of Russia on the one side and the Anatolian army of Turkey on the other, was of no small importance to the cause of the Allies. But most of all did it concern England, who, though not at this epoch (ore she and France had drawn the sword) fully engaged in the strife, was yet morally understood to be so by all the Oriental nations. Each blew struck at Turkey was aimed at our Oriental prestige—each shock felt by that Mussul man power (the cause of which England was known to have esponeed) vibrated to the foundations of our Indian empire. Nor could Englishmen cease to regret that a war which ended gloriously in the west, should have left Russia tri umphant in the east, and so have encouraged that formed power, Persia, as to have bequeathed to us, if not a new and inglorious war, at least millions of expenditure in warlike preparations. Dr. Sandwith rapidly sketched the occurrences in Asia Minor, prior to tbo arrival there of General Williams. The first collision between the Turks and Russians was at Byandir, where a small body of Russians was surprised and routed by the Turks, under Abdi Pacha, whose second in command, Ahmed Pacha, subsequently marched against a Russian force at Akiska, and was not only routed but afterwards thoroughly cut up by the Russians, whom he allowed to surprise him. Ahmed Pacha, by the most disgraceful means, procured the chief command, in Jan., 1854. The winter of that year saw the ruin of the fine army assembled before Kars to protect Asia Minor; and that ruin was achieved, not by a Russian, but by a Turkish general. The men were plundered of their rations and clothing, mulcted of their pay, and crowded into unwholesome hovels, until 20,0, 0 died of typhus and scurvy. (Sensation.) Such an immense loss, although it eariched the general who pocketed the pay and rations of the dead men, at last roused the authorities of Constanti nople. He was recalled, and Zarif Pacha, a man of infamous antecedents, was despatched to take command of the army. Zarif Pacha initiated his advent by advancing upon the Russians posted at Kuredire in comparatively small force ; but he met with so terrible a defeat that his army retreated, a mere rabble, into Kars, on th e 7 th of August. Coming to the events of which ho had himself been an eye-witness, Dr. Sandwith proceeded to defend the military tactics of General Williams, and maintained that to have abandoned Kars and defended the Soghanli passes, and afterwards, if necessa.ry, fallen back upon Erzeroum, would have insured the success of the Russian army under the circumstances, and given Russia the possession of a vast country instead of an outlying frontier town. (Hear, hear.) He first joined General Williams at Erzeroum in the autumn of 1854, who at that time had begun his work as Commissioner of the Anatolian army by carefully inspecting the hospitals, bar racks, and appointments of the troops stationed there, with the view of preparing the city for an eventuality. The mixed character of the population of Erzeroum, and the known disloyalty of the Mussulman population, presented many difficulties, but these were more or less overcome. A fter a short stay at Erzeroum they proceeded forward to Kars, and were struck with the desolate appearance of the intervening country. The distance between the two towns was about 525 miles, and the roads, or tracks rather, were only practicable for the purposes of an army in summer time, whilst at a distance of 20 miles from Kars was the important pass of Soghanli Dagh, a range of rugged hills, which were easily defended by an army in possession. They entered Kars about the 24th September, 1851, and General Williams commenced his work in good earnest. The army, consisting of 15,000 or 17,000 men, was at that time encamped on the plain to the south of the city, under the command of Zarif Mustafa Pasha, who was busy mak ing his fortune by false muster rolls, and the consequence was, that the men, though stout, hardy peasants, were in anything but the state they ought to have been with an active and intelligent enemy within 30 miles of them. General Williams, on his arrival, wa it e d on the com mander-in-chief, iarif Mustafa Pasha, who expressed self delighted tosee the British Commissioner. The Mushir him 's military career was not very distinguished, and his cha racter was disgraced by dishonesty. A short time before, his army had been defeated on three successive occasions, the last time being about a month before their arrival, when 20,000 Turks had been beaten by 10,000 Russians at Kurekdere, and returned to Kars a mere rabble. Besides these defeats, the men had gone through great suffering, and were greatly reduced by mortality. The infantry were, however, of good material, and the artillery de cidedly good, but the cavalry was so bad as to be of no UB9. The horses were ill fed and starved by exposure to the cold, and the accoutrements of the troopers were altogether unsuited to active service. After the depar ture of Zarif Pacha, Gen. Williams succeeded in placing the soldiers in good winter quarters, and then returned to Erzeroum, leaving his young aide-de-camp, Lieut. Tees dale, to work out his reforms during the winter. How that officer performed his arduous task was recorded in the blue books, but not a tithe of the difficulties he had to encoun ter, ogenera f tho energy was y, dis cre ti on, and courage he displayed, lly known. He was, in truth, a worthy lieute nant of a woz thy chief. In the spring the staff was increased by the arrival of Col. Lake, Capt. Thompson, and Major Alpherts, of whom the two former remained until the end of the siege. Capt. Thompson, though suffering from a wound received in the Burmese war, had his heart in his profession, and longed for new fields of action ; whilst Cul. Lake might well be termed the Todleben of Kars. (Hear.) It would be impossible for him to lead them step by step throughthe history of Gen. Williams's labours in Erze roum. The winter was spent in fighting with pashas and peculators, which wore almost convertible terms, and in th e spring in exciti ng th e population to work at the' fortifica tions. He was also busily engaged collecting supplies to meet the exigencies of th e com i ng campaign. After encoun tering many difficulties, and when Gen. Williams was be ginning to see some results in the steps he had taken, a courier arrived from Kars, with despatches from Colonel Lake, announcing that the Russian army, to the number of 30,000 or 40,000, with an immense transport service, was assembled at Gumri, and that the Mushir wished to aban don liars, and fall back upon Erzeroum. Geu. Williams wrote to remonstrate against this step, and on the follow is- Thom - s tance from the city by Colonel Lake and Captain t Thomp son, r in iv g e in d oonrnitnhgeth 7t e h y l o e f ft J E u r n z e e . rou T m he f y or we K re ar m s, e w t h a e t r a e o t m h e ey d a . x actives (sn , w h a o e r a v i p e p e e . a r e h i w g halsy mucheht elated change whi c h th e camp o f K ars now p rese nt e d. ,Th e w h o l e s a t t r u t c h k e w n i e t a h r p t r h o e s p e e n c ti o r north e erteicn toef, it, wasunclosed comprising th tocothhescotuinth, anbat teries, whi c h were p l ace d on each comman di ng po i n t . The whole asp ec t o f th e camp was changed, and nclosee and d cityh yata mile breastworks, connecting redoubt s were o b served at every corner. The men wore a mor e ma t er i a l a i r and appeare d cheerfu l and full of too, for formidable courage ; but i n sp it e o f a ll t h is t h ey h a d great cause troops of all arms, and of these the cavalry were utterly doubt ,and mi sg i v i ng, f or t h ey had only 15,000 regularl worthless. True, their artillery was e xc ellent, but soon lear ne d, as a great secret, that they could only fight their big guns for three days, as after that their ammuni tion would be expended. Had that secret found its way to the Russian camp, no doubt Mouravieff would have commenced a siege by app caches, instead of a block ade, and in three days they would have been at his mercy. The amount of their provisions, too, was not generally known, General Williams, however, began with the utmost forethought to prepare either for a siege, a blockade, or an assault. The fortifications were pushed forward by Colonel Lake, and means were taken to secure what provisions were avails ble, the cattle in the city being counted, and watched to pre vent their removal. The general made a strong but unfortunately vain attempt to get rid of the women and children, but the population were opposed to his plans, and he only partially succeeded. The town was apportioned into districts, and returns made of the poor, and the amount of food in the possession of the comparatively rich, the sur plus being given to the poor ; the vegetable gardens were token possession of for the use of the soldiers who had been suffering from scurvy ; and health officers were appointed. Capt. Thompson was permanently quartered on the Kara dagh, and Major Teesdale, as the chi e f o f th e s t a ff o f G en . Kurety, was po s t e d on the Tahmaf hill. On the 9th June their scouts brought intelligence that the Russian army was in full march towards Kars. This was what was expected, and made no alteration s in their plans. The townspeople began to show the warlike spirit which they inherited from their ancestors, and which was in some measure created by a th rr e i, p a o l s , it o il a o u f A K g e ha, rea a s afinbo oldord ma border town. o Shortly after their Williams, and off ere d the services of Karslis, which w ere accepted most readily, though they him w a a e i l t f e a d nd u s p co on a G rm e e n d . had been refused by the 'Turkish Governor, Ismail Pacha. The old man fought like a lion when the day of battle came, and fell, shot in the leg, but eventually recovered. Two days afterwards he again called upon Gen. Williams, and informed him that Ismail Perla was, in an underhand way, creating a dislike to the English commander, upon which a coun c il o f war was held, and Gen. Williams de nounced Ishmail Pacha as an intriguer and mischievous ally of the enemy. Whilst Gen. Williams was speaking the Governor suddenly disappeared, and was never after wards heard of in Kars. At this time, and while doing his best for the safety of the garrison, Gen. informs wrote to Const an ti nop l e to urge on a de s p atc h of re 'W incement s . Ho also wr o t e to the Pacha of Erzeroum for more levies of irregular cavalry, and to Mustafa Pacha. of Batoum for troops. No reinforcements, however, came from either quarter. On 16th June they learnt from their videttes that the Russian army was in full march towards their po sition. It was the day of the Mussulman feast of Balmer), and whilst the troops were at their posts the citizens were dressed in their gayest apparel. The town presented a most picturesque and exciting scene. The citizens in their bright Asiatic garments, with their silver mounted wea pons, sallied out of their houses, horse and foot, young men and old, while the women stood on the houso tops, shout. ing words of encouragement to their natural defenders. Many a fond mother, with trembling hands and tearful eyes, buckled a dead father's sword on her young stripling while she bade him go and do battle for his home and kindred. Crowds of armed inea claued the reeky heights • " . .. -_ . 4 1 - 11 - 11111 i . . ; ."7 . e 5...„,....... . . • , , 3 1 ce k. 7 ------, .! . . ~ _. .1,. -3„, • i "..' Nl' ' , , ; - ~,,. . , ‘tt, c eo , , 411? ,, l'. 9 .rzz ;'74;.„L\ •I" ,•-,. 'l , 1 ''' °S I c i,, ~,„.. ~, ik7fe'. l l:l‘' . ,„„ e , i ~.--_,: 4, ,, , , I ' ...0.,. _: , -- -- A \ ~, , .4 - 1 - Iw '.' + _ •.,,,, -, ~.,..„ •• ~ „. r ! ,,-,y, , ..,41,,, -D./1:U C b 1 ...... I: i l itY ' In . - er',.., 1, .1 , ,1 , 14° . - ,I ' . -- )71 — on. ,\, ' ' 4 ,.,• . " - A --- Z- 45 ' ii.Lu ks -..... ~ ...,,,,,,„ .„. -...,----. lIIII****MaIWIMENIMMINI**.MIIIIImm•—______ [PRICE 4D. STAMI?:ED 1 full of the noblest sentiments of our nature, heave formed a subject of enduring- interest to the historian and t.he painter. The terms of capitulation were briefly these. n'te officers and soldiers of the regular army were to pile arms in camp and march out with their music and colon's, and surren der themselves prisoners of war to the Russian army 7 " and here," exclaimed Mourav;eff to the secretary, " Write, that in admiration of the noble courage of the army of Kars the officers are allowed to wear their swords. Pro perty is to be respected, and the people to be pro tected from pillage and insult." The militia and Bashi- Bazouks to be allowed to return to their homes togethier with the non-combatants. A certain - number of Poles and Hun garians to be released on parole. On the foll.wing day we ride into the Russian camp, and are received with the utmost courtesy by the Russian officers. Gen. Monrovia' asks us to a plentiful and even luxurious dinner, to which, as yeu may imagine, we did ample justice. On the following morning the poor staggering weakened troops, obeying mechanically the orders of their officers, piled arms, and, forming in order of battle, marched out to meet—not their conquering, but their conquered foe. (Applause.) They surrendered them selves to an army three times their number, after having held it in check, and after having on the glorious day of the 29th September hurled back with ruin and disaster these splendid columns. Surely never did history record a surrender so gloriou riesrettothveed hisvan n q i tti e s , ; i e ta d b ; le never:had a capti ve E nglish general misfortune by ser v i ces so dig. tinguished.—[Dr. Saudwith resumed his seat amid loud and reiterated plaudits.] THE REP KRSENTATION OF SOUTH A M PTON. SOUTHAMPTON, Nor. 22. Mr. Weguelin, the Governor of the Bank of England this morning issued his address to the erectors, as fol. lows : " Gentlemen,—l have been invited to present myself to notice, and I am informed that a merchant would be an ac ceptable candidate to supply the place of your late learned and accomplished member. "I do not hesitate to respond to the call. I have watched for years, with great interest, the rapid rise and well merited prosperity of Southampton, and I should feel proud, as a merchant, to be associated in the representation of a port which modern science and the energy of its citizens have so closelyiconnected and identified with the commercial interests of this great city. "My politics have always been Liberal. lam a Freetrador - not of yesterday. Now that free trade has no opponent I am glad that it has always had my active and ardent support. It will be my anxious desire to pre , erve it with a jealous care, to extend its action, and to prevent taxation from infringing upon its principle. " It will be my aim to advocate that just economy in our public departments which is consistent with the most com plete efficiency. " I have already taken some part in promoting amendments of commercial law, and a mercantile experience of many years may probably have qualified me to take a part upon all legis lative questions affecting the trading policy of the empire. " I am ardently attached to the principles of civil and ret glens liberty. I would vote for the admission of the Jews into Parliament, and thus do away with the last remnant of into lerance in the State. " I am a member of the Church of England, holding no extreme views, but anxious that the true principles of religion should prevail, and that the Church should be in charity with those who differ from her. I conceive that the vexed ques tion of Church rates impedes her efficiency and injures her usefulness, and I shall cordially vote for their total and un conditional abolition. " I am prepared to vote for an inquiry into the state of religious endowments in Ireland, with a view of placing them on a more equitable footing. " The state of the representation is not satisfactory, and I am prepared to advocate such an extension of the franchise as shall more nearly represent the present intelligence of the people, in the exercise of which the ballot will become more needful, and will therefore receive my hearty support. " Our foreign policy, as trade continues to expand, becomes year by year of more vital interest. " The maintenance of the honour and dignity of this coun try I bold to be the surest guarantee of its power and the best preserver of the peace of the world, and I therefore cordially adhere to the policy of the present Gevernment, and the re cent declaration of Lord Palmerston has my earnest approval. "The great question of administrative reform will probably demand the attention of the Legislature. I trust that the expe rience which I have had in the great institution over which I now preside will enable rue to exercise a sound judgment upon the subject. " If the principles which I have detailed meet with your approbation, and you think me qualified for the honourable position of one of your representatives, I shall be proud to serve you. I have no object to gain beyond the satisfactior of a just ambition to place what abilities I may possess, or ex perience I may have acquired, at the service of my country, " I have chiefly confined mysa fto public topics, because I feelthat I appear beforeyoufor the first time aS a public min. I can, however, assure you that, in the event of my being re turned, I shall deem it to be my especial duty to consider every question of local interest with the firm determination to forward to the best of my ability the prosperity of South ampton. " I shall avail myself of the opportunity afforded me by the adjourned public meeting to present myself to the electors on Tuesday next. " I am, gentlemen, your faithful servant. " Bank of England, Nov. 21." " T. M. WEGUELIN. The publication of this appeal to the electors of South. ampton closes, we presume, the admission of any more candidates, of which there are at present three in the field, viz.—Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Weguelin, Libe rals, and Sir Edward Butler, Canservative. Tow, an unmistakeable spit exists among the Liberal party there can now be no doubt, one secti,n putting forward Mr. James and another the Governor of the Bank of Eng land. A few days will decide which candidate has the best chance of receiving the largest extent of support from the great body of the Liberal party, the leaders of one section of which express their belief that, even di vided as they are on the choice of a representative, they can still poll a sufficient number of votes for one candi date to insure the defeat of Sir Edward Butler. For these reasons the excitement increases day by day, and the contest promises to be a severe and a very bitter one. It is hoped, however, that some steps will be taken to ascertain the actual relative strength of the two Liberal candidates, and to come to an understand ing so as to prevent any disunion of the Liberal party when the day of election really arrives, and which dis union affords the only hope of success entertained by the Conservatives for their candidate. In consequence of Mr. Weguelin having come down to the meeting of his friend.; held last night, as reported by telegraph in the Times of this morning, and it being understood that he and Sir Edward Butler had com menced their canvass, it was considered advisable that Mr. James should also be on the spot. He was accord ingly telegraphed for, and arrived here by the 3 o'clock train from London this afternoon. Bills were issued, re questing his triends to meet at the Royal Hotel at 7 o'clock in the evening, at which hour a large and in• fluential meeting of the Liberal elect,rs was held at that place ; Mr. Alderman Dusautoy in the chair. Mr. James addressed the electors in explanation of the cir cumstances which had brought him down here as a can didate, and stated that he felt bound in honour not to commence a canvass until after the adjourned meeting on Tuesday next. The meeting was also addressed by several electors, after which those present formed them• selves into a cAntnittee to conduct Mr. James's election —with Mr. Alderman Dtpliutoy as chairman. C ' jil.'Z L Ali" // 2 fc.,) I z 6 ?--; L e E S PERPA, z) 17' 1"""•,' !,11; * &_ 7:4 fiA,74 ? . . 4 MR. SPURGEON AT THE a .(:). re.". MUSIC-HALL. (From the Times.) N. 11 S Yesterday morning this popular Nonconformist preacher made his appearance again in the New Music hal l at the Surrey-gardens, and conducted a religious service, at which some 5,000 or 6,000 people were pre sent. The circumstance of itself would have had little or no public interest but for the calamity, still fresh in the public recollection, in which his previous visit her, unhappily resulted, and by which seven persons lost their lives. The greatest precautions were taken to pre vent the recurrence of any similar catastrophe, both by the managers of the gardens and by the police authori ties. The recommendation of the jury as to the con. struction of the stairs in the four corner towers leading to the galleries in the building has not yet been carried into effect, but the directors have since had the balustrades properly secured, So as to resist a much greater amount of pressure than any to which it is at all likely they will • or ever be subjected in future, and th ey have recently had, will shortly have, a plan under their consideration for erecting a grand external flight of steps at the west end of the hall, communicating with all the galleries, with other c mnmodious appliances calculated to add to the convenience of visitor 3 to enhance the archi tectural effect of the building, and, what is of more im portance, to multiply the facilities of access and retreat on occasions of great pressure. • It was not deemed advisable yesterday to admit more than 5,000 or 6,000 persons into the building, th ough it is capable on an emergency of accommodating h a lf as many more, and hundreds went away without being abl e to obtain adm;ssion. Mr. Superintendent Lued was present, with upwards of 20 of the metropolitan police acting under his iestrucion, an these were posted at various points in the building and at the entrance to the grounds. He had also some detective officers placed among the congregation, a precaution which would seem to have been necessary, for after the service he noticed three women,' dressed in a style of far greater elegance • than any one else present, whom he knew to be notorious thieves, depart with the crowd. The ground floor and the three galleries were crowded, but not inconveniently so, and the audience, which included an immense num ber of respectably-dressed and well-behaved persons, came and went fortunately without the occurrence of any casualty to mar the occasion. Mr. Spurgeon preached from a kind of rostrum or platform improvised for him on the spot where at other times M. Jullien is accustomed to wave his wand. His sermon was an ordinary one, and in it be made no reference whatever to the disaster which happened on his former appearance there, though in a prayer which preceded it be invoked consolation for the persons bereaved of their relatives on that occasion, and forgiveness for those with whom the calamity origi nated. He also sought in the course of the service to correct certain rumours which, he said, prevailed in reference to himself and his congregation, and especially that which attributed to them an intention to build a place of worship capable of containing 15,000 people, which, be said, was just treble the number they sought to accommodate. For his own part, he added, he had no wish for such a place, but at the same time he bad also no desire, Sunday after Sunday, to nave as many people go away as entered the edifice in which he was accustomed to preach in New Park-street. He never asked any one to come and hear him ; but if they did and would be did not see how be was to be blamed for it. If, however, it was a sin, it was a very uncom mon one—one which very few ever committed, but which many would like to commit if they could. He went on to state that some bad suggested that he ought not to admit anyone to that hall except by ticket. But it should be remembered that he had come there for the very pur pose of preaching to those who could not afford to pay for seats, and he wished as many as possible of the gene ral public to come. His discourse was altogether free from any of the peculiar sallies with which it is said he is accustomed to startle his audience, and sometimes to move them to laughter. In that respect, perhaps, it was no fair specimen of the kind of preaching with which the public associate his name ; but it now and then abounded with striking metaphors, indicating consider- •. able power of imagination, heightened by more energy of action and graphic language than one is accustomed to see and hear in the pulpit, and in these qualities seems to lie the secret of his popularity, such as it is. Leiz ( & '. .j l- 2-44--/ (-4-d• (Front the Morning Post.) Mr. Spurgen made his reappearance at the Surrey Music Hall yesterday morning, his patrons and sup porters having secured to their favourite oracle the re occupancy of this fine building f;r more consecutive Sundays. The curiosity natural to Londoners has been fully ex cited during the past week , by the announcement that Mr. Spurgeon would resume that pulpit from which, on'ya few short weeks since, he witnessed a scene of horror which might have palled the stoutest heart. Probably an expectation that the preacher would descant at some length up,sn that terrible calamity and give his own onpr, , sn.na of the causes which ltd to it may have had something to do with aysembling together the encl.- Molls crowd which, for a long period before the gates were opene.i, surrounied the entra),ces of the Surrey Gardens yesterday morning. If this were so, they must have been to a great extent disappointed, for Mr. Spur. goon made but little allusion to the catastrophe, and almost confined his observations extraneous to the re ligions service to an exposition of the intentions of his friends in relation to the erection of a monster Taber nacle. Tlie members of the Park -street Chapel congregation and many others were admitted to the Music Hall by private tickets before the doors opened to the public. When the latter entered the body of the hall was already well filled, but the galleries and corridors afforded ac eommudation for so large a number that when all in a tendance had been provided with seats there was still room and to spare; the audience probably at no period exceediug 8,000 persons. At a ciiarter to 11 o'clock Mr. Spurgeon was con iucted by Mr. Olney, and other deacons of Park -street Chapel, to an enormous pulpit constructed to snit the preacher's style of oratory, with Pufficient space to walk backwards and forwards while addressing his congregation. The service commenced with a prayer by Mr. Spurgeon who, after invoking the blessing of God upon the ser vice, proceeded to pray—" Wh erever people are assem bled to worship God, that place is sacred—whether be neath the magnificent canopy of the blue sky or in a building such as that in which we are assembled— every place is sacred when devoted to such a purpose, fur God is everywhere. May God be in our midst at this time ! Let nothing frighten His sheep. Grant that they may feed in quietness. Grant that the preacher may preach with that earnestness Which becomes a man who must soon stand before his Maker's bar—a dying man to dying men. May this be a time of great display of the grace of God. Let sinners be saved. Let the people be saved, and glory be begotten to the name of the Most High God by this service. Thou who hast shown us great troubles wilt quicken us again, and bring us from the depths of our woe. Thou . who hast smitten us and wounded us to the quick, lift up the light of Thy countenance upon us, and mu:tiply Thy blessings among us. Grant that music, sweeter than is often heard here, may arise—even the music of the peni tential sigh, and the aspitatiou of the breaking heart mourning over its own wickedness." This prayer was followed by a hymn, in which the combination of many thousand voices had a grand and imposing effect. The preacher next read the 15th chap. ter of the Gospel according to St. Mark, interspersing copious commentaries upon the incidents of our Saviour's trial and condemnation before Pontius Pilate. This portion of the service concluded, prayer was again offered, in the course of which Mr. Spurgeon made a brief allusion to the late catastrophe, imploring blessings and heavenly consolations upon those who have been bereaved, or suffered injury on that occasion. Previously to selecting his text, Mr. Spurgeon said— " I wish, my dear friends, to say a word or two be fore I commence preaching to-day. Tnere have been a great many rumours abroad respecting the new chapel the builditie of which has been contemplated by a num ber of my freeds. It has been asserted that we want t , , build a tabernacle capable of holding 15,000 people 1 With respect to that I will only ,ay that some truthful person has thought fit to put a' 1 ' before the .5,' for we have never eirertained even a thought of building such a place. It ha., however, been, thought tbat a place of worship capable of accommodating about 5,000 persona eas necessary. For my own part I have no wi-b f or such a place—only I cannot bear to see, Sab bath after Sabbath, so many people go away as enter the chapel were we have been accustomed to assemble for worship. It is the will of people to come in large multitudes to listen to my feeble proclamation of come truths of the Gospel. I have not asked them to come that —it is their 'own free will ; and if it is a in uncommon inm sin etalrfmfheeyp they should do so, it is at least pay for whie'i many others would like to commit their seats. Tnat would defeat the It has been said let those who wish to h i eannot afford to view. I wall to preach to whoth n os . e f, is my wish to ad. object I have in pay for seat- in a chapel, d a p u blic asse a d s p r o o s u s o ib d le. to T -d h a e y re ; f expenses attending but as there are worshipnecessarily in this hall, the in wi it ll as be ma : c n i f ill t e h c e tin g g e nb e , r oc a e l s i y p the celebration of Divine are disposed will be re. contributions of such .e as armg. Do you think we are ceived at the doors on in _ A h k 130, we would not have your begging. If y ou t.. friends, I know, are most anxious ou like. Many of my It is open for all to do just as they money as a gift. give double what they have done l w ar o g o e f r d place of worship than we have afford it. It is proposed to hold a service if they could mornings. It is a t the e present, subject of the inconvenience of my congregation to attend have a comfortable place of worship elsewhere. :e n e id t very sappy together : there I have a con as many members as any mortal man There we ghm b re e po_r r geo e a.h tit on ovo ne thiseeonfolyllowwinhgaSvuinedwayof winning souls . 0 can desire. God that we have come to this larger place, and should we be accused of other objects, the Judgment -day will lay bare what our motives have truly been." The rev. gentleman took his text from the sth e sth E c tf h t a a pt o e d r of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, v. 8—" commendeth Ilia love towards us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us," - Upon this passage tee rev. gentleman preached an eloquent discourse, setting forth the love and condescension of God towards a sinful world in the expiatory sacrifice of His Son. The sermon was listened t o th roughout with marked attention by the congregation, the sonorous voice of the preacher pent)• tratiug to the remotest corner of the hall. dis A pe t r t s h ed e . close of the sermom the vast assemblage quietly A body of police, under Mr. Superintendent Lund, were in attendance within the ball as well as in the gar• dens and preserved Admirable order. _aim Second Edition, just published, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., TRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETIIII k, in all its Varieties and Compli cations, with Observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments in the Treatment of Diseases of the Urethra. 1... e whole Illustrated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.lt C.S.E. "We know of no man to whose care we would sootier intrust the treatment of a severe stricture." —Medical circular. London : 11. 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