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ITIER A.L 0 GY.-7t1116 1 8 COLT , LONDON.—Professor TENNANT, F.G S., will commence a COURSE of LECTURES on MINER.II,O'_;Y, with a view to faci litate the study of GEOLOGY an? of the application of Mineral Substfmces in the ARTS. The lectures will be illustrated by an ex tensive collection of specimens, and will begin on FRIDAY, October 6th, at Nine o'clock a.m. They will be continued on each succeeding Wednesday and Friday, at the same hour. R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal. ISLE OF WIGHT CHEAP EXCURSIONS.- SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. —By the Excursion Trains every SUNDAY Ntorning at 7.45 from Waterloo Station, THROUGH RETURN TICKETS are issued to the ISLE OF WIGHT, via SOUTHAMPTON, tor COWES, or, PORTSMOUTH, for RYDE. Fares ;—Closcci Carriages, Ss. ; Seated Open Carriages, 55., which include all pier dues and steamboat fares, but not conveyance between the railway stations and piers. The Return Tickets from Ryde will not be available via (*owes and Southampton, nor those from Cowes via Hyde and Portsmouth. THROUGHOUT TICKETS betwixt LONDON and RYDE, via PORTSMOUTH. PORTSE A, and GOSPORT, available for Four Days, are also lesued daily at Waterloo Station, at following fares, which include all pier dues, omnibus and steamboat fares. Ist Class, 365. Bd. ; 2d Class, 272.8 d. Single Journey Fares—let Class, 20s.tid • 2d Class, 155. td. ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Waterloo Station, July, 1t54. F4NGINEERS' MASONIC and UNIVERSAL :MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 345, STRAND, LONDON. During the prevalence of Cholera, Policies for three months (renew able, t: required, at the expiration of that period) are granted by this Society, covering the risk, not only of Cholera, but of ad other diseases. Rates may be obtained at th Office. Annuitants admitted to share in the Profits. No charge for Policy Stamps. Credit given for half the Premium. Assignments and Transfers of Policies registered free of charge. A liberal Commission allowed to Solicitots and Agents on the intro ductien of business. ANTHONY PECK, M.A., Actuary and Secretary. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. Sir WALTER R. FARQUHAR, Bart., Chairman. FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. .John , tartin, Esq., M.P. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. T.llankey, jun., Esq., M.P. , James Morris, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. • John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. ' John Loch, Esq. Henry Irigne, Esq. AUDITORS. . • A. W. RobartS, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. • Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S., Actuary. LIFE DEP ARTNIENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will he declared in June, 1855, when ' all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas 1854, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the several past divisions of Frofits made by this Company, the Reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies from One-half the Profits amounted, on an average of the different ages, to about One per Cent. per Annum on the sums insured, amid the total Bonuses added at the Four Septennial Divisions exceeded 770,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies, the nritish Colonies, and the northern parts of the United states of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LIVES.-- Persons who arc not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained to each case a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received and registered. Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for Policy Stamps. . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Fire Policies which expire 1.. at Michaelmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this orrice, or with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. James's street, c. rr er of Pall-mall; or with the Company's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville, s,,b-G , vernor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Charles John Manning, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, hart. Abraham George Robarts, Esq. Charles Robinson. Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. • Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. John Garrett (attley, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Robert Hanbury, jun.. Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. James Stewart , Hodgson, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. MEDICAL lIEFEREE - -Samuel Sony. Esq., F.R.S. Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre miums falling due at Michaelmas will expire on the 11th of October. FIRE and LIFE AS:UR ANCES may be effected with this Cor poration on advantageous terms.. The Assured are exempt from the liabilities of partnership, and payment of their claims Is guaranteed by a large invested capital stock. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation in profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary PIONUS on. Life Policies has averaged 2 per Cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 46 per cent. on the Premiums paid. Any sum not exceeding 10,0001. may be assured en one Life. i The orporation bears the cost of Policy Stamps and Medical Fees, • and requires no entrance-money. The Assured are subject to,no expense but the Premium. No extra charge is made for service in the LOANS are granted on Life Policies to their full values, This Corporation affords all the advantages of motiern practice, . with the stability of an office safely constituted under Royal Charier and Special Acts of Parliament, and tested by the experience of nearly a century and a half. There is but one older life office In existence. FATtIIISG -STOCK. The Corporation having determined on a reduction of " One Shil ling per Cent." In the rate of Premium for the Insurance of Farm ing Stock and Utettsit4 in England and Wales, the Company's agents have been fully instructed noon the subject, and are authorised to accept Insurances on that ela,s of property accordingly. Itotat. ExcnAsca, LONDON. JOIIN Actuary and Secretory. TURKISH EXHIBITION and ORIENTAL MUSEUM, ST. GEORGE'S OA LLERT, Hyde-pack-comer. Piccadilly MICH.kF.I.MAS HOLIDAYS OPEN 1) ‘II,Y. from Eleven till Ten, Saturdays excepted, when it closes at Six. slim, 2s. tid. ; children, Is. Gd. ; Saturdays, ss. ; children, 28. Gd. Fam , ly 71,kets for five. 108. _Schools admitted at Halt-price. Mr. _ . J. Osborne Williams will preside at the Grand Pianoforte and Patent • Harmonium. An Illustrated Handbook is publiebed, price One Shilling. AMTRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, A (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road), The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR TIIE SEASON, ar.d will continue open every evening, with LAURF,NT's CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overlan4 Mail Galop, by D'Alhert ; a!so, by H. Laurent, the following Waltzes La belle Francaise, Leonora, Villi kins and his Dinah. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past R. Dancinz to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter oinate at half-past 11. THE CHOLER A!!! Prevented by the destruction of All noxious effluvia. CREWS'S DISINFECTING FLUID, recommended by the Col lege of Phys'cians and the London Board of Health. The Cheapest and Strongest CHLORIDE of ZINC. Quirts, 25., Pints, Is., half pints, Gd. So!d by all Chemists, Druggists, and Chipping Agents, and at Commercial Wharf, Mile-end. London. N.B.—CREWS'S C • tLORIDE of ZINC is a cheap, powerful, and ner preparation.—Medical Circular. AVESEND STAR PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfieet Piers. The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting?. FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAYS. SIINIDATe fa' Terrace Pier Time V : 8 11 Ni 114 5 Direct Trains frorn the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch•street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WHARF. BLACKWILL, on the arrival of the fol . . _ E CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKL.ktiD LEWIS, Bart., M.P., Chair- man. HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. A. Kingsford Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Arthur Kett Barclay,Esq., F.r..s. I Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. Henry Barnett, Esq. John Mendham, Esq. Robert Biddulph, Esq. Charles Morris, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. William Routh, Esq. AUDITORS. Edward Charrington, Esq. Captain Robert Gordon, R.N. Francis Durnergue, Esq. I John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq. PHYSICIAN—John Ayrton Paris, M.D., Cantab., Hon. . Oxon F.R.s., 27, Dover-street (President of the Royal College of Phy siclans). Passages marked are rim direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and T,0nd0n.......... 10d. .. Is. 2d. Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. tOd. Bztween Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. fd. .. Os. Sd. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5..0.,.; Six Months, 3/. Os.; T tree Months, 21. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors ou board the Packets ; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Sept. 2Gth, 0.54. THE SECRET INFIRMITIEe OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just publlahe d, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 NERV 0 u sstamps, DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.— An Essay on Sper niatorrhwOca, with Practicalbservations on a safer and more vue ,,,seni mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative . System, obtained by the use of the Microscope iu detecting and ri di st i ng uishing, by unary examination, the real misuse and effect of every variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded t on twenty years' eeperience in the treatment 01 Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local weakne.,, lperttorrh are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of cea, &c. To which cautionary hints on the evils emanating from. Marriage, with pre _ empirical practice, and on the dengcrous remed ies advocated by venous writers on tees() importam disorders. . fly SAMUEL L.AMAREERT. M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQU , LONDOar Doctor of Medicine Matri cu l a ted Member of the Unive rsity - —, burgh, Honorary 'Member of the Londo n Ho spital medical et Eft. Society, Licentiate °I. Apothecaries' Hall, London. &e., &c. The eseential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences matiting troth certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have prcemeed more misery in yout h ' de g rad ation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern Pathelegists. Ita peru sa l i , particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without lucurrlng grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed se the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how the penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its comcquences maybe avoided, and above all, that there is •careoly any degree of physical infirmity or functiomil derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Theauthor has for a series of years been eugazed in an extensive practice in the treatment oi these delicate complaints, which have unfortunately teen too generally confided to the care of ignorant empiries, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. ItrNe'"V°L7'; DEDII.ITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. P i per , n_rnhaers, and Co., 23, P ateritoster-row;"Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; thirty , 19, Leicester-squire; Mann. 39. Cornhill ; or tree tiy post for stamps t , any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed ferd-seuare. At l ime f six tat ttsh zr eonsaltatiou daily from:Eleven till Two, and from ST. GEORGE'S SCIIOOL or MEDlClNE.—Yesterday the opening of the session of the School of Anatomy and Medicine, adjoinin g St. George's Hall, was inaugurated by an introductory lecture by Dr. Lankester. THE Moous.—On the Berridale shootings, on Tuesday week, John La Touche, Esq., and Lord Naas, killed 28 brace o f grouse, and on the Saturday preceding they bagged 43 brace. Partridge s are scarce on these shoot ings, but the grouse, notwithstanding the good sport already obtained, continued pretty numerous. lowing Trains from the ienchurCh-street Station. WHIM nATP. St NDATS Fen- -; Fen church V church S i T: Rreet Street - - - 9 0 1 4 10L4 - - - - - 12 1 4 . 21 2 LA 3 — *5 Assurances effected in the current 3 ear, 1854, will participate in :he Profits in 1859. Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, secretary. No. 19,351.] PUBLICATIONS. THE NE W NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vole A PHYSICIAN'S TALE. By lIEBERDEN MITFORD. ki urst and Blackest. Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Ai arlborouzh-street. SIR GEORGE LARPENT'S NEW WORK. Just ready, in 2 vole, Bvo., with Illustratims, eIIIJRKEY; ITS HISTORY AND PROGRESS: from the Journals and Correspondence of Sir JAMES PORTER, Fifteen Years A inbatiP , atior at Constantinople ; cAitinued to the Pre scut Time; with a Memoir of sir James Porter. By his Grandson, Sir GEORGE LARPENT, Bart., &c. Hors and hlackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. Just published, CRIMEA.—WYLD'S MAP of the CRIMEA and SEVATOI 01., with the FortifVd Towns, Ports. and Roads ; including a Map of the Countries around the nlack Sea, whh an enlarged Map of the Town and Harbour of Sevastopol, its A pproache , , Fortifications, and Batteries. One sheet, 35.; in case, 55.; on rollers, is. 6d. James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, Charing-cross East, next door to the Yost-office, and 2, Royal Exchange. MICHAELMAS HOLIDAYS. PATRON-H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. An entirely new DUBOSMA ILLUMINATED CASC \DE A rPARATUS, throwing i hree Jets instead of one, and displaying a variety• of beautiful colours, exhibited every evening at a Quarter . past Nine. DUBOSCQ'S NEW SUBMARINE ELECTRIC LAMP. MODEL of the HARBOUR and FORTIFICATIONS of SEBASTO POL, made by Sergeant FALKLAND and Corporal THOMAS, of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Woolwich. DI , SOLVING VIEWS of the SEAT of WAR in the BALTIC and BLACK SEA, with new PICTURES of the HOLY PLACES, and the HARBOURS of SEBAsTOPoL and CRON STADT. LECTURES on the OXT-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, NATURE PRINTING, and en CHEMISTRY. The LARGE CHEMICAL LABORATORY, and the PHOTO GRAPHIC SCHOOL and PORTRAIT GALLERY, open daily. In consequence of a family bereavement, Mr. Brayley's LECTURE on GEOLOt Y is unavoidably postponed until Monday, the 16th ins:, A LECTURE on CHEM IS rItY will be given by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., F.C.S., &e., in its stead, on Monday, the 2d inst. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, London. SHARE OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO FOUR-FIFTHS. Policies effected with this Society after Midsummer, 100, and re maining in force at each Septennial period of division, will PARTICI PAT IN FOUR-FIFTHS of the Net Profits of the Society accru ing after Midsummer, 1850, in proportion to their contributions to those profits, and according to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives Are lower than in many other old-established matrices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad dition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy Stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses fray be obtained at the Office In Threa.lneedle-street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. SuannoN—Benjamin Travers, Esq , F.R.S., No. 54, Green-street Grosvenor-square. SOLICITOR—Henry Younz, Esq., No: 12, Essex-street, Strand. ACTUARY- 1 -James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. The advantages offered by this society are : ECONOMY -ombined with Security, and Lower Rates of Premiums than those of any other office, which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. The WHOLE of the PROFITS are divided every fifth year among the Assured, and a Bonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Premium to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. The sum of 397,0001. was added to Polices at the last division. hick produced an average BONUS of 671. per cent. on the Premiums paid. Number of Policies In force G,600. The Assurance Fund amounts to 1,340,000/. Income upwards of 220,000/. per Annum. No cluirve for Policy Stamps, nor for Service in the Yeomanry or Militia Corps. The subjoined Table shows the advantages offered by this Society, resulting from low Premiums, and a division of the entire profits among the Assured:— 71r,;T-6Z 1.2 - g ‘-'4' h WV;itßigl &I;;IEELII = tl3 t 2 IX.s. d. £ I £ 20 1 21 15 10 1260 260 30 26 13 5 1205 205 40 , 33.19 G 1111 140 50 1 45 6 0 1030 30 1854. 1854. 11G £l2 £1384 125 12 1342 130 11 1281 141 10 1181 NtATIONAL LOAN ANCE SOCIETY, No, FUND LIFE ASSU R 26, Cornhill, London. Established in 1833. DIRECTORS A. Campbell Barclay, Esq. John Moss, Esq. Charles Bennett, Esq. Thomas Nicoll, Esq. Hugh Croft, Esq. E. S. Symes, M D. John Elliotson, F.R.S. J. Leander Starr, Esq. Thos. Colley Grattan, Esq. Clement 'labor, Esq. Joseph Thompson, F sq. • MANAGING DIRECTORS. J. Leander Starr, Esq (General). I Chas. Bennett, Esq. (Financial). AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.RX, and Professor John Radford Young. MEDICAL EXAMINERS. J. Elliotson, Fit S., 37. Conduit-street. E. S. Symes, M.D., 33, Davies-street, Berkeley-square. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Ek.q , R.A.S., F.S.S., &c. ♦SSISTANT ♦CTUARY. Barker oo'bouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 56, Lombard-street. SOLICITOR. C. Ewens, Esq., 61, Moorgate-street. Total number of Policies granted from December, 1852, to December, 1853-1,194. Under the follow!ng heads are briefly enumerated the leading principles of thla Society : OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 1. A Life Assurance may be effected either by Ono Payment, or by an annual Premium. 2. Policies may be effected WITH or without the privilege of withdrawing one-half of the Annual Payments. If with out this privilege, the rates are lower. 3. A Lite Assurance may be effected on the life of another, on Joint Lives or Survivorships. 4. Annuities, Immediate, Deferred, or Contingent, will be granted also Endowments for Children. 2. Naval slut Military Men, not in active foreign service, as sure . without extra charge, and allowed to go abroad with out forfeiture of Policy, on payment of an extra Premium, according to climate. In the event of the Assured (when on the Withdrawal System) not ri quiring to continue the Folic:, on its surrender one-half the annual payments will he returned by way of purchase of his interest therein. By this Im-ans, apprehension of great pecuniary loss said doubt as to the intrinsic transferable value of each Policy is r moved. its cash vaiue being fixed and determined beforehand by the Sodetv at one-half the annual premiums paid thereon : a vast class of society will thereby be admitted; and every indivPual, while steadily pursuim; one object—a provision Pr his family at death— will have, by the plan or thin Society, a door open to his savir4s, which will never he closed against his wants or his use. Prospectuses, Report of last Annual Meeting, Forms of Propol•als for Assurance, and every descr ptlon of ne, essary Blank Forms, vi ith Tables of Rates, and full intormation on all points, furnished, on ap plication at 26, Conlin'', or at any of the Cotnpsny's agencies. ASEASONABLE ANNOUNCEMENT. E. MOSES and SUN have now ready for inspection the N EW MATERIALS for AUTUMN and WINTER DRESS which have been se'ected trom all parts of the world. E. Moses and had never greyer success in scouring a 'vast and novel stock of the most fashionable tabrlcs for Autumn and W in ter, and they are confident ie the pleasure and satisfaction which will be expressed by all classes of their friends, patrons, and the public. E. Moses and Son have very many new designs in season:Ode ATTIRE ; their well-known skill and experience, and the nsost artistic cutters and wirkmen in the trade, are sure to maintain for them the elevated pos.tion they have so long enjoyed. E. Moses and Son's new PALETUT is the most novel and gentle manly garment of the season, and the most suitable article of Dress for the approaching Autumn Its price, 255., renders it the best illustration of economy in %mire of which the pr, a nt age can boast. E. Moses and Son's Hosiery (Lodi for Autumn are ready . for Ladies and Gentlemen to make their selection. I hey consist of a gigantic assortment of rich and useful articles. and will show the progress of manufacture in all countries, and the perfect capabili ties of E. Moses and Son to offer the best and most fashionable articles at the most economical prices. _ _ ...„ _ erchants, Captains, Emigrants, and others msy select the best and ch,apest Clothing, Shirts, Boots, and Shoe., Sz.c., in the magnifi cent Whoiesale Depattment at : E. Moses and Son's Esta.ilishment. Full Lists of Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship sailing information, may be had gratis, on application, or post tree. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and iON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like fal;eh ai of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and. fox obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION NYITII ANY O'IIIEIIIIOI33Z IN On OUT OP LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 1.55. 158, and 157, 511norie5, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Ilart-street, all cornmiticating. Bradiord (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and '2O, Bridge-street. s , hefileld Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant rano:: Clothiers, Flatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. I M PORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged If desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunse: on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of reblic Opi nion," containing full lists of prices, our system et self-measure ment, &c., fit.c., may be had on application, or post-free. lei l'ott parle Francais. Qui si parla I taliano. Ilfor rpricht man Deutsch Aqua sa habla Evpano. ~~ - ~~-~ -l 1 - L e / . ....... ,_ . , ... .. • ... ~.. ... .. . -'0 . • ; 2.—.... '''' .... ' ;` l , ' ,' , '. .. : i...,: e : ; , 4 ' .. •••• , ,, , i ~......, ~. . :'....- ' „ . 4 4 4 1 %; • , '?)' '' -'• - - ..1 'r, : . / iii 4 4:7 • ' ~,. 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THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. CA .71 1 11 of 7 6 v o M^ o The Royal Albert, her Majesty's screw, 121 guns, is still at the same moorings abreast of Sheerness dockyard. She is daily shipping quantities of provisions from the victual ling yard here. Captain Sir Thomas Paisley arrived here on Sunday, and took up his commission temporarily. There is a rumour that lie is to take her up the Mediterranean, when Admiral Lyons will hoist lie flag on board, and Cap tain Paisley will then remove to the Agamemnon, which ship he will bring home. We cannot, however, vouch for the accuracy of the above, but orders have been received that the crew, who are now living on board the hulk, are to be turned over to the Albert on the 18th inst. The Hannibal, her Majesty's screw, 91 guns, Hon. Capt. Grey, is at her moorings, Sheerness, which she took up on coming out of the basin; her machinery is fast progressing, and provisions and stores are being daily shipped. In about another week she is expected to have all finished, when, if report be true, she will proceed, with the Valorous, to the East. The Valorous, paddle, Captain Buckle, is in Sheerness basin. Her rigging and repairs of the paddle-wheels are fast progressing ; 71 of her tars arrived on Saturday even ing last by the paddle Janus, 7 guns, from Plymouth. The whole of her crew may now be said to have returned to their old ship, with the exception of two or three, who are detained through unavoidable circumstances. She Will no doubt be ready by the appointed time, viz., the 9th inst., when there is a report here that she will proceed to the East, and take with her 100 of the Artillery who volunteered for foreign service. To-morrow she will take in her provisions, &c. The Hornet, 22, sailed from Plymouth on Sunday even ing for the Cape of Good Hope and the East Indies, and the Indefatigable, 50, left on Monday morning for Rio Janeiro. On nearing Pendlee the wind became light, and she remained there some time at anchor. The Faith, screw steam•transport, is now being laden at Woolwich dockyard, and will embark Artillery under orders for the seat of war in the East. APPOINTMENTS. Master Daniel H. Wilder (1842), recently serving in the Salamander, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, to the Nankin, 50, at Chatham. Surgeons.—William H. Foster, M.D. (1842), recently serving in the Salamander, to the Ceylon, 2, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, at Malta ; Evan Evans (1845), borne on the books of the Victory flagship at Ports mouth, for service at Haslar Hospital. Assistant-Surgeon Charles Sproull (1848) to Haslar Hos pital. Mate Robert B. Cay (1853), to the Cossack, 21, screw steam-corvette, at Chatham. Second Master Nathaniel B. Herbert (1549), recently serving in the Dauntless screw steam-frigate, to the Snake, screw steam despatch gun-boat at Blackwall, and having her crew on board the Salsette receiving ship, at Wool wich. Naval Cadet H. St. V. Jeukings to the Calcutta, 84, at Dovonport. THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS. The sum of 1,0001. has arrived at Sheerness for distribu tion among the Russian and Finnish prisoners of war now on board the Devonshire and Benbow. Captain Carl Beck, late in command of the Russian-Finnish bark Carl, has, through a friend, made an application to the proper channel for subsistence-money, while enjoying his parole. He has been granted the same privilege as the officers — namely, 7s. per day. Captain Beck is in a very precarious statd of health, which has brought on great depression of spirits. An Admiralty order has arrived at Sheerness granting E. A. Hillebard, the steersman of the bark Carl, 7s. per day subsistence money while on parole. The Netherlands galliot Nijverdal, H. R. Giezen late master, arrived at Sheernessyesterday, prize to the Cruiser. Captain Giezeu has brought home some important infor mation, as regards the trade carried on by Prussia over the frontiers into Memel. Captain Giezen has obtained his parole on the usual terms on an official application being made in the proper quarter. _ turday, which occupied nearly five hours. Major Bruce, 18th Regiment, was president. Thu prisoner, John DurnDhy, of the 18th Royal Irish, was arraigned for hav ing been found drunk on the commanding officer's parade at Chatham, on the 15th instant ; this being the fourth time within twelve months, constitutes habitual drunken ness. The sentence will not be known until the proceedings are confirmed at the Horse Guards. The prisoner returned with the regiment from India. The Dwina schooner, laden with salmon, cod, and had dock, cured 'and in bulk, arrived at Sheerness yesterday afternoon, from Kola, prize to the Miranda, in charge of Mr. Smyth, the second-master of the Miranda. The Dwina put into Yarmouth for necessary supplies. She was taken in tow by the Phenix yesterday at noon from the Mouse, and cast off at the Nora The Phcenix proceeded up the 'river for WoOlwich. The Russian prisoners were removed this morning from Sheerness ; they were put on board a steamer, which sailed for NeAhaven ; there they are to disembark, and thence proceed to Lewes gaol, There were about 200, in cluding officers ponderous parcel present itself than an eager rush was made to the bookstall, and it was only by the utmost exertion on the part of the proprietor in the distributio❑ of papers, aided by his ample supply of assistants, that the large concourse of persons was induced to disperse, and this was not accomplished until the whole of the first batch of newspapers were disposed of. In conse quence of the confirmation of the joyful intelligence, the bellringers were busily engaged during the day in sending forth the glorious news from the various church-steeples by the production of continued merry peals, and every available spot in which a union jack could be erected was supplied with that token of English power and liberty. In some places, however, the English, French, and Turkish flags were flying in concert, and at the docks the General Screw Company's fine steamship Argo, which takes her departure for Australia with the monthly mails on Wednesday (to-morrow), commemorated this great victory by at once, upon receipt of the intelligence hoisting the French flag at the fore, the English at the main, and the Turkish at the wizen. Business seemed a secondary consideration, and the capture of Sebastopol occupied the conversation of every one. [PRICE SD. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. The selection of Liverpool for this year's meeting of the British Association may be regarded as an indication that our sarans are sensible of the close ties which bind together Science and Commerce. On the services which the latter renders to the cause of human knowledge, by familiarising its votaries with the varied productions of every soil and clime, it is unne cessary to dwell. Nor, on the other hand, do we need to be reminded, in this age of steam, gas, and electri city, how effectually science has repaid to commerce all that it has received. Learning, after all, has no more beneficent function than as the minister to mans necessities. The practical, if not the ultimate, end of Science—at all events in the sense in which it is under stood by the British Association—is to supply, or to anticipate, the material wants of mankind, and to improve their material condition ; and the learned body which has just closed its labours at Liverpool could not have chosen a fitter seat to symbolise its true purpose than that great emporium of trade. In com mon with the' rest of the world we have watched the prose-dings of the association with more than a merely speculative interest. Their experiments on the laws and phenomena of optics may, possibly, eventually lead to our enjoying in our midnight labours as white, and al most as cheap, a light as the sun gives at mid-day. From Colonel Sabine's researches on terrestrial magne tism we may perhaps learn to bring more completely under our dominion that mysterious agent which is al ready our courier. And there is no saying what useful moral lessons the world may not have derived from Pro fessor Owen's lectures on Anthropomorphous apes, al though, perhaps, a disquisition on Semiamorphous An thropoi, might have been more immediately interesting to the ethical student. While, however, there is no portion of the labours of the Association which may not be subservient, directly or indirectly, to the industrial and social progress of the nation, it is to the statistical section that we more espe cially look for the diffusion of useful information and enlightened views on subjects of immediate practical in terest. There is one topic, in particular, of vital mo ment to all classes of the community, to which the at tention of that section has, we are glad to perceive, been already directed ; and we trust that it will be earnestly followed up in future years, until its importance shall have been practically recognised by the Legislature. We allude to the question of Agricultural Statistics, on which an interesting dis cussion took place a day or two ago. It cannot be necessary to urge, either on the merchants of the second town of the kingdom, or on the members of the British Association, the great value of statistical information in general ; and we may naturally expect that they will be among the first to recognise the national importance of agricultural statistics, and to regret the utter want of all such information respecting the produce of Great Britain. This question is not, in deed, altogether new, for the attention of Sir Robert Peel was already directed towards it while the sliding scale was still the law of the land. But his retirement from office suspended its further progress, and it re mained, for a while, apparently forgotten. Subjects of so much practical importance, however, cannot slumber long in oblivion in a country like this, where commer cial enterprise and the diffusion of knowledge advance rapidly hand in hand ; and it may be safely anticipated that, at no distant day, we'shall possess a body of agri cultural statistics worthy of an age of scientific pro gress. It is true that objections have been urged to the col lection of such information, not merely on the ground of the difficulty or expense of the process, but also upon general principles. It has been sometimes asserted, for instance, that we are better without any accurate know ledge of the amount of our annual supplies of food, be cause ignorance on the subject, by increasing the risks of agriculturists and dealers, stimulates their enterprise. Such reasoners would scorn a reconnaissance before a battle, and if they had steamed into Sebastopol with Sir George Brown and General Canrobert, they would have obstinately kept their eyes closed to the ships in the harbour and to the guns on the forte. According to them, the allied generals would be lamentably hampered by an accurate knowledge of the dangers they had to contend with, while the success of their plans would be much promoted if they were based upon a gross exaggeration or a contemptuous depreciation of the enemy's forces. With the public at large, however, as well as with those who produce and those who trade in corn, cattle, and other agricultural produce, such views will scarcely find much favour. Steadiness of price is far more beneficial to all those classes than the "enterprise" which is thus strangely advocated ; and that steadiness can only be attained by procuring accurate information of the amount of the sup• ply which can be brought into the market. The specu lator might not, indeed, under such circumstances, make as brilliant coups as lie does in the existing state of things, but lie would not Meet with as terrible reverses. The farmer would neither rush to market in a panic, and thus a g gravate the evil of falling ,prices from which he seeks to fly ; nor, on the other hand, would be be tempted, by exaggerated reports of deficient crops, to heard his produce in the vain hope of fabulous profits which are never realised. But it is upon the labouring. classes of the community that faithful agricultural sta tistics would confer the greatest benefit. To them steadiness iii the cost of the necessaries of life is a mat— ter of vital interest. A high price puts them upon short coalitions ; and as their appetites cannot contract and expand with the rise and fall of the market, no succes sion of surfeits, after a series of fastings, can compensate them for the want of that moderate supply which they. might have obtaisied steadily, all the year round, if the price had not materially oscillated on either side of 1. 1 . e average point. _ It is obvious that, for the purposes here alluded to, an account of the animal and vegetable productions of the soil which are already consumed would be useless. The information that is needed is that which relates to the growing or housed, not to the devoured and for gotten crops, and to procure it in a satisfactory and use ful shape a double process would probably be found necessary. The extent of land under tillage, and the nature and probable success of the crops sown, might be ascertained in the spring ; and these particulars, together with the favourable or unpropitious state of the weather, and consequently of the soil, at seed-time, would form tolerably fair data for an estimate of the quan tity of produce which would be gathered in the autumn. But the experience of the late harvest teaches that this estimate would, at best, be but rudely ap preximative towards the truth. It is well known that the failure or success of a harvest often depends upon the state of the weather during the two or three weeks before the maturity of the crops. For instance, a fort night before the wheat was ripe this summer, fears were entertained, in many parts of the country that the crop would be below the average ; and those gloomy anticipations would unquestionably have been realised if hot weather had not set in at that critical period, and filled out the ears which bore such meagre promise. A second survey, taken at this turning point in the fate of the harvest, would therefore be requisite for the pur pose of ascertaining the actual yield ; and there is no reason why the people of the United Kingdom should not know, even before the sickle has ceased its labours, what store of food they will have at their disposal for the coming year. Those who possess the most thorough and practical acquaintance with the sub• Hject are the most confident in asserting that this information might pe procured, not only with the requisite despatch, but also with the requisite ac curacy. Every person who has had much experi ence in the valuation of crops knows how closely the calculations of independent and uninterested sur veyors approximate on such occasions; and similar accu racy might be carried into the more extensive valuation required by the nation. Into this part of the question, however, it is unnecessary to enter further. As soon as the intrinsic importance of trustworthy agricultural sta tistics shall be generally felt and admitted, there will be no practical difficulty in devising machinery for collect ing them, or in finding funds for setting that machinery in motiou.—Morning Chronicle. MILITIA. THE MIDDLESEX RIFLE REGIMENT OF MlLlTlA.—Yes terday the Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment of militia, under the command of Lord Viscount Enfitld, colonel•in chief, were assembled at Barnet for the purpose of twenty eight days' training, according to the provisions of the act. The men having been paraded and mustered, arms and accoutrements were issued under the superintendence of the captains of companies, the adjutant and quartermaster, after which the men were inspected by, the(noble colonel and Captain Colville (adjutant). The corps will assemble to-day and commence training, and when the period ex pires it is understood the regiment will be embodied for permanent garrison duty. THE VICTORY OF THE ALMA. - LONDON. It would be difficult to exaggerate the interest created in the metropolis yesterday by the intelligence of the victory of the Alma and the probable capture of Sebas topol. Eager groups collected at almost every point to discuss the news, and to vent their curiosity in surmises as to the details of the great events described by the telegraph with such painful brevity. At 6 o'clock in the morning the suns in the Park and at the Tower fired royal sautes, to initmate to the in habitants of the metropolis that a great and glorious victory had been gained by the forces of her Majesty, combined with those of France. At 12 o'clock the guns were again fired, and during the day the bells in the several churches of the metropolis rang merry peals in celebration of the glorious event. In the City the ordinary business gave way to a great extent to the all-absorbing topic. The Sheriffs look upon the arrival of the news of victory on the day of their in auguration as a most auspicious commencement of their year of office ; and the Court of Common Council are expected at their meeting this day to pass strong resolu tions and addresses on the subject of the victory. It was suggested to the Lord Mayor that he should re commend to his fellow-citizens a general illumination, but this he declined to do until the fall of Sebastopol is officially made known to him by the Government. Similar feelings appear to have prevailed all over the country, and in all the anxiety is intense to learn the circumstances under which the enemy has been defeated and the Crimea has fallen into the hands of the Allies. MANCHESTER. The news of the battle on the heights of Alma, with the taking of the Russian encampments by the British and French allies at the point of the bayonet, became generally known in Manchester on Sunday morning, and the news was received with the greatest joy and et,thusiasm by all classes of the population in this peace-loving city. The beautiful bells of the old church —now the cathedral—(after having been dumb for months) rang merry peals in honour of the great event. In several of the neighbouring churches the bells also rang merrily. In the forenoon the mayor and corpora tion of Manchester went in procession to the cathedral, Sunday being the day fixed for returning especial thanks to Almighty God for the recent abundant harvest. Upon the earns occasion the mayor and corporation of Salford attended Divine service in Trinity Church, Chapel-street. At the cathedral the sermon was preached by the Rev. Charles RichsOn, M.A., clerk in orders, and at its conclusion the preacher made reference to the very gratifying intelligence of the success of our arms. After morning service in the cathedral, several of the alder men and common councillors of Manchester went to the, Exchange, and after reading the despatches respecting the battle of Alma and the fall of Sebastopol, gave three hearty cheers. BIRMINGHAM. The glorious intelligence of a great victory on the Alma, and the report of a still greater triumph at Sebastopol, arrived hero about 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, and within a few hours it was the theme of rejoicing over the whole town. The announce ment was immediately posted in front of some of the local newspaper offices, and means were taken to convey the intelligence to some of the clergymen and ministers of the borough, so that in the evening it became the sub ject of many appropriate allusions. Later in the day the excitement became intense. The chief thoroughfares where the news had been proclaimed were thronged with multitudes of inquirers, and in the evening this intensity of feeling became stronger still. During the day the various church bells were chimed, an occasional 'clamming peal being given in token of victory. Yesterday morning the interest of the public became indescribable. The contents of the London and local papers were pored over with an avidity which would have rendered our bravo warriors quite inflated if they could only have witnessed the sympathy which their actions have called forth. For hours the principal streets were converted into a general promenade—some reading the latest telegraphs, others repeating the in formation they had gleaned to those who were leas in structed, and hundreds looking so earnest and anxious that their very countenances seemed to speak, as if de manding, " What news ?" or, " Is there any fresh in telligence l" This feverishness increases every hour, so that there is almost a cessation of business in the town. The universal query is, " Has Sebastopol really been taken ?" for many fear lest the report be premature or inaccurate. Some also imagine that the enemy will rally, and oven if the stronghold has fallen, that they will make a desperate attempt to retake it ; the stories, too, as to the numbers of slain are monstrously exag gerated, varying from 4,000 to 8,000, and even beyond that to an illimitable extent. There is some talk of il luminating the town, for in this sort of demonstration Birmingham had a kind of notoriety past. NOTTINGHAiI: The news of the victory arrived on Sunday morning in this town by telegraph, and was immediately posted up outside the Commercial Exchange. As soot, as the intelligence became known the utmost joy and excitement prevailed throughout the town. A large flag waved ; from the fine tower of St. Mary's Church, and the bells rang a merry peal. Throughout th• neighbourhood the same joy was manifested. MANSFIELD. At Mansfield the bells were rung, and the utmost de light exhibited, on the intelligence of the important vic tory being received. SHEERNESS. By an Admiralty order sent to the Commander-in- Chief yesterday a royal salute was fired from the ships in commission Lere, and also from the garrison at noon, in honour of the victory obtained by the allied army in the Crimea. The salute commenced with the Waterloo, flag-ship, and all the other ships took it up on the second gun being fired from the Waterloo. The bands played the national anthem, &e. The Royal Albert's splendid band also played the national anthem, the British Grenadiers, Rule Britannia, &c. The Horatio, being in the basin, could not salute. On the admiral's memorandum being read to her officers and crew, a general burst of real British cheers was opening upon her commander's ears, through a general buzz fore and aft, but was suppressed, being against Ad miralty orders. However, they had it Mrs. Nickleby's fashion—" inwardly"— and left the dock, regretting they had not been partakers in the nffair. WINDSOR. The glorious intelligence of the defeat of the Russians by the allied armies was welcomed here by the ringing of the bells of the Chapel Royal of St.. George and St. John's Church, and the firing of a royal salute by the town bombardiers, in the Bachelor's Acre. The 46th Regiment turned out, under the command of Colonel Garrett, and had a field day in the Rome Park, in honour of the occasion. This regiment, it is expected, will leave here in the course of the week. SOUTHAMPTON. In consequence of the expected publication of impor tant intelligence in reference to the report current here on Sunday that Sebastopol had fallen into the hands of the allied armies, the railway station yesterday WAS, previous to the arrival of the 10 o'clock train (by which the morning journals are conveyed from London), lite rally besieged by all descriptions of persons anxious to possess themselves, either by purchase or hearsay, of the welcome news of Sunday. No sooner did the agent's PORTSMOUTH. Yesterday nt noon a Royal salute was fired by her Majesty's ships at this port, in commemoration of the victories gained by the allied armies in the Crimea. All the ships dressed, and the garrison platform battery also fired a royal salute. The bells of the town churches were rung, and the port presented a, "gala" appearance the whole day. • PLYMOUTH. An order was received by telegraph yesterday morn ing from the Admiralty to fire a salute in honour of the great victory obtained over the Rtissian forces on the heights of Alma ; accordingly at noon the Impregnable, Royal 'William, and Calcutta thundered forth a royal salute of 21 guns, and all the ships in the harbour were dressed with flags. DERBY. A telegraphic communication was received in Derby on Sunday announcing the victory of the allies, and pro duced great rejoicing, in so far as congratulations were concerned, but it was thought desirable to await a con firmation of the news by the morning papers of Monday. Immediately on their arrival the news flew wide and fast ; the bells of all the churches rang merry peals during the day ; cannons were fired, flags hoisted at the Royal Hotel, Reporter Office, Shot Tower, the churches, and other places, and a band of music played at night in front of the Royal Hotel. People in Derby, as elsewhere, are delighted beyond measure at the victory, but in the midst of the general rejoicing they do not forget to speak of the brave fellows who have fallen in the conflict, and of their relatives. ..; . MOVEMENTS ON THE BESSARABIAN FRONTIER, The movements of the Turkish and Russian forces on the Bessarabian frontier deserve more attention than is being paid to them at present in the west of Europe. According to the most recent letters from Odessa and St. Petersburg, the Russian Government are apprehen sive that as soon as the Crimea has been occupied, a si multaneous advance will be made by the allies into Bes sarabia and the Government of Kherson. No great pre parations appear to be making for the defence of Odessa —perhaps reliance is placed upon the difficulty which any invading force would find, even after capturing that town, in advancing across the steppes behind it into the interior. But considerable efforts appear to be made to resist any attack from the side of Bessarabia. The southern boundary of Bessarabia—about 100 English miles in length—is formed by the main stream of the Danube from Reni to some miles above Tultscha (about 40 English miles), and thence to the sea by the St. George Branch of that river. The western boun dary of the province —at least of that part of it with which we have at present to deal —is formed by the Pruth. Galatz, in Wallachia, is situated on the left bank of the Danube some ten or twelve miles above Reni—at the elbow where the river, ceasing to flow from south to north, turns its course to the east. Ibraila, in Moldavia—also on the left bank of the Danube—is about a score of miles to the south of Galatz. On the Turkish bank of the Danube are Tultscha, nearly opposite the apex of the Delta, and Isaktchi, some 20 or 30 English miles further up—both close to the river. About 40 English milts below Reni and 60 from the sea, the Kilia branch of the Danube separates from that which a little lower down divides into the Sulina and St. George branches, and flows for some 10 miles directly to the north. It then pursues an eastern course to the sea. Nearly at the bend is Ismail, and in its immediate neighbourhood Tutschkow. Reid is in Bessarabia, and occupies the angle formed by the meeting of the Pruth and Danube. It is about 30 English miles west of Ismail in a direct line. Be tween Reni and Ismail are two large marshy lake, communicating with the Danube ; a third of the :lame character is a short way to the east of th-se places. It will be fresh in the recollection of our readers that the Western Powers have wrung from Austria a re luctant consent to allow the Turks and their allies to occupy Ibraila and Galatz, and to advance from those places, if they see fit, against the Russian fron tier. Availing themselves of this liberty, Turkish troops have occupied both places, and the advance guard of their army has been pushed on to the right bank of the Pruth opposite Reni. Batteries are being thrown up there by the Turks, and the defences of Galatz and Ibraila are being strengthened. Great exertions are likewise made to strengthen the works of Isaktchi and Tultscha, both of which places are being strongly gar risoned. A reserve of 30,000 men, stationed at Hirsova, about 30 or 40 English miles below the point at which the Roman wall abuts on the Danube, are held as re serve in readiness to support these advanced posts. It is also stated that a body of troops has been drawn to gether at Babadag, in the Dobrudscha, south of Tult scha, on the western shore of lake Razin. Within this short time additional Turkish troops have been inces santly marched into the Dobrudsoha. The Turkish corps d'armi (which had been marched into Wallachia has recrossed the Danube at Giurgevo and Rustchuk ; it has there met with troops which have descended the Danube from Widdin and the intermediate towns, or crossed Rownelia from the Greek frontier. These forces are being directed in two streams—one upon Varna to be embarked for the Crimea, the other into the Dobrudscha. With regard to the immediate destina tion of the Turkish troops in the Dobrudscha,, at Ibraila and Galatz, and on the Lower Pruth, we know nothing more than is to be gleaned from the electric telegraph despatch from Hermannstadt which we published last week, intimating that Omer Pacha's army was in full march to the Bessara bian frontier, and that the Pacha himself was to take the field on Thursday last. The Russians on their side of the frostier have some 6,000 men in Rem ; the rest of the army withdrawn from l the Principalities and the troops previously in Bessarabia, with the excep-. tion of some that have been despatched to reinforce the garrison of Odessa, are said to be concentrated behind Ismail and Tutschkow. A Turkish recoenaiesance which crossed the Danube on the 19th uit., and was pushed up to the very walls of Tutschkow, met with no Russian soldiers in advance of that town. The Russian flotilla of the Danube has been withdrawn into the har bour of Ismail, and the fortifications of that place are being strengthened. General Luders has for the pre sent established his head-quarters at Tutschkow ; Lieutenant-General Lochner, an experienced engineer, has been appointed Governor of Ismail. Prince Gorts chakoff divides his attention between the army concen trated round Ismail and Odessa ; at the latter place General Osten-Sackers continues to hold command. It is symptomatic of the state of feeling among the Rus sian commanders on the Bessarabian lines, that the utmost efforts are being made to strengthen the fortifi cations of Kiew in their rear. This looks like a pre paration to fall back on the line of the Dnieper, leaving Odessa, Nicholaiev, Ismail, and the immediate adjoin ing country and towns to be occupied by the allies. — Daily News. EMIGRANTS' HOME AT TILBURY. A company with a capital of '25,0001., in 51. shares, is proposed for building an Emigrants' Home at Tilbury, opposite Gravesend, at the terminus of the railway. It is stated that an establishment affording every needful accommodation and comfort for 664 individuals can be erected for 20,0001., and that respectable persons have offered to lease such an institution at 7 per cent. on the outlay. Similar project's. are referred to as having been carried out with great success at Hamburg and Bremen, and it is evidently only by this means that emigrants can be protected from the chief troubles and expenses as well as the serious deceptions to which they are at pre sent exposed. The undertaking was suggested by Mrs. Chisholm to Mr. Samuel Sidney, by whom it will be managed, and the following is given as a practical ex ample of the plan : " A man in Aberdeen, with a wife and five children, could ascertain before breaking up his home the exact expense of travelling to London, staying a week or more in the 'Home,' and of his passage to Australia. He could in one payment clear all his expenses up to the time he had settled all his family on board ship, and by another payment clear his passage money to any colony. By arrangement he would enter a second-class carriage at Aberdeen, which would gather fresh recruits (bound to sail about the same time as himself) . at Montrose, Dundee, Perth, Stirling, Edinburgh, Berwick, New castle, Durham, York. Leeds, Sheffield, Lincoln, Not tingham, Leicester, Derby, &c. ; and s o, without changing carriage or unloading luggage, the w hole party would be conveyed straight ta the Home' at Tilbury. There, for moderate fees, the women could wash and dry their clothes for the voyage ; the men could pack under the advice of an experienced pac ker. A choice of half a dozen good ships (without any attempt at mono poly) would be advertised on the walls' THE BANKING AND MONEYED INTERES I'S. The rate of discount has been for some time unexpect edly high. Instead of the Bank of England lowering its rate to 4i, the market rate a few weeks ago, as was then anticipated, the market rate has gone up to the Bank rate of 5 per cent., at which the Bank is lending large sums, and no bills are discounted below it. This rise in the value of money in the face of continual arri vals of gold, declining exchanges, and an abundant har vest, which has brought the foreigner into our market, excites surprise and leads to. investigation. The high rate seems confined to England and the United States. In Holland money is plentiful and interest low-2i per cent. In Hamburg, which may be taken to re present Germany, the case is similar. The Bank of France is gorged with gold. In the United States, however, money can scarcely be borrowed. The rate is so high-12 per cent. being the minimum of the best three or four months' paper—that trade is impeded, orders given at Birmingham and • elsewhere are with drawn, and business restricted within a very narrow compass, At present, too, the market is better than it was ; in fact, commerce in the Sta tes is going through one of those periodical convulsions which seem neces• sary to purify it, though the p resent is less severe than some former convulsions. T rade in .. England is simil ar l y, hso slight th at all we k now of though less injuriously deranged. We are sufferi ng f rom a partial collapse , of discount , in th e f ace of continuedth h o ig u e rate it is th is circumstances from which a lower rate is naturally ex pected. American authorities tell us that capital is abundant for all thee legitimate purposes of trade, but there is universal distrust. So in England capital is far less deficient than confid ence. In both countries great and steady industry, and in the main successful comme rce, scarcely tainted by s uch wild specul a ti ons as prevailed in our country i St a tes in 1335-8 have n 1844-7, and in the replaced, and in most cases w ith Large profits, a ll the cap ital they have con sumed. Never wa s the banking of the empire m ore and moneyed interest prosperous tha n in the period to the close of which their last Au accounts were made up, and nothing ha s h appened sincegust to exhaust the large resources then manifested, or to destroy or even to ARRIVAL OF A RUSSIAN PRIZE. The Netherlands galliot Nijverdal, H. R. Giezen, late master, arrived at Sheerness yesterday, prize to the Cruis:T. Captain Giezen has brought home some very important information as regards the trade carried on by Prussia with the produce of Russia received over the fron tiers into Memel. Full particulars will be given in my next despatch. Capt. Giezen has obtained his parole on the usual terms, on an official application being made hero in the proper quarter. Captain Giezen has navigated the galliot home himself, only an A.B. being sent in charge, with eight coast volunteers. The Dwina, schooner, laden with salmon, cod, and had dock, cured and in bulk, arrived hero yesterday afternoon from Kola, prize to the Miranda, in charge of Mr. Smyth, second master of the Miranda. The Dwina put in Yar mouth for necessary supplies. She was taken in tow by the Phenix yesterday at noon from the Mouse, and cast off at the Nore. The Phcsnix proceeded up the river for Woolwich. MISCELLANEOUS. Four line-of-battle ships, on their return to Sheerness from the Baltic, are ordered to be taken into the fitting basin, when their crews will have six weeks leave of ah em°, and bo paid the wages duo to them. On their re turn they will be at liberty to volunteer for any ship in active service requiring hands. This is a boon the blue jackets have long desired. The Mounted Staff Corps were inspected on the parade ground, in St. James's-park, on Saturday, and embarked in the afternoon on board the Joseph Shepherd and Blun dell freight-ships for the seat of war in the East. PLvmovrii, Oct. 2. —The Indefatigable did not sail yes terday, as was erroneously stated, but took her departure at eight a.m. to-day, for the South American station. THE BALTIC FLEET. We understand that official inquiries have been prose cuted as to the best station on our coast where a portion of the Baltic fleet, now under Sir Charles Napier's com mand, might pass the winter, and that a strong recommen dation has been given in favour of the Cromarty Frith. The likelihood is, therefore, that some six or eight line-of battle ships will lie at Cromarty for some months during the ensuing winter.—lnverness Advertiser. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. Lieut.-Generals—Dalmar, C. 8., Col. 47 F.; Right Hon, Sir Geo. Arthur, Bart., Col. 50 F. ; Arguimbau, Col. 80 F.; J. G. Cuyler, Unatt. Major-General—C. S. Campbell, C.B. Colonel&—Trevelyan, Coldstream Guards ; G. B. Fraser, Roy. Art. ; S. Brock, h.p. 48 F. Lieut.-Colonels—Hon. R. E. Boyle, Collet. Gds. at sea; Sehonswar, 25 F. Majors -M'Caskill, 55 F.; Mackie, 88 F. ; Cameron, 91 F. at sea, off St. Helena; J. Thornton, h.p. Cape Corps. Captains—Duckworth, 5 Dr. Gds.; W. F. Jones, 57 F. ; Macdonald, 74 F. ; Dunce, 77 F. ; W. H. Mytton, Roy. Art. ; E. Jones, b.p. 29 F. ; E. F. Meynell, h.p. 79 F. ; W. Walker, h.p. 7 W. I. Reg. ; E. Evans, h.p. 3 Prov. Batt. Mil. ; R. Frederick, 7 Roy. Vet. Batt. ; A. Bacmeister, h.p. 7 Line Batt., K.G.L. ; A. Bleunerhassett, h.p. Unatt. Lieutenants—Hunter, 15 F. ; King, 74 F. ; Harrisson, 69 F. ; Brittain, Can. Rif. ; St. A. St. John, Roy. Eng.; R. L. Knight, h.p. 22 F. ; H. Menco, h.p, 32 F. ; J. Mac donald, h.p. 91 F. ; J. Bosse, h.p. 94 F. ; J. Clark, h.p. 99F.: W. Chapman, h.p. Rif. Brig. ; G. Moss, h.p. 8 W. I. Reg. ; J. M‘Leod, ret. full pay, 2 Roy. Vet. Batt. Ensigns—C. H. Massy, 77 P. ;W. Harrison, h.p. 38 F. Paymasters— Hartley, 8 F. ; Ferrier, 25 F. ; Mockler, 70 F. Quartermasters —W. W. Wagstaff, h.p. 1 Dr. Gds. ; J. Elliott, h.p. 65 F.; T. Rice, h.p. Cinque Port. Fenc. Cay. Surgeons—Pitcairn, M.D., Staff, Ist Class ; Foaker, 12 Drs. ; C. Waring, h.p. 5 F. ; P. D. Murray, h.p. Staff ; E. Callander, Waggon Train. Assistant -Surgeons—E. A. Jenk in, 23 F.; F. Y. Sho gog, 88 F. ; Dr. Front, Roy. Hosp. Chelsea. Veterinary-Surgeon—Fisher, 5 Dr. Gds. Dep. Comm. General—T. Rayner. MILITARY. SHEERNESS, Oct. 2.—Subaltern Jervis Tucker, of the Royal Artillery, doing duty hero, has been promoted to lieutenant ; he has left here, with a detachment of volun teers from the company he was serving in for Woolwich, for actual service at the seat of war iu the East. Lieut. Tucker is son of the captain-superintendent of the Royal dockyard here. Major-General Sir Harry Smith, Bart., K.C.8., Com mander-in-Chief of the western district, has been appointed to the command of the north and midland district, vice General Cathcart. Sir Harry, it is expected, will leave on Tuesday next. He has been stationed at Devonport nearly two years, and his removal will be much regretted. Major-Gencral Wetherall, Deputy Adjutant-General to the forces, will, it is rumoured, supersede Sir Harry smith in the command. A district court-martial assembled at Chatham Sa. / L 7 - hamper the itetehiler tepliel a the tautly: Wit lei terly same eyeate have haptestied in betn reitatetars4 there have been none similar that we are aware of on the continent—which have tended very much to weaken or dest confidence, and are the sources of the difficul ties experienced in England and in the States. In ties long run it is quite certain that the quart tities of commodities to which political economists chiefly direct their attention determine the whole extent and profit of trade—they determine, in fact s the amount of population as well as the amount of exchanges, and prescribe by inexorable laws the total amount of business which can be done. But as one great element of all production and all exchange is confidence (for if one man were not assured that an other is providing food for him, he must provide it fgr himself—a principle which pervades all society, without which there could be no division of labour)—the moral qualities of men determine 'At every period the distil bution of cominolities ; and, for the moment, even More than the element of quantity may cause a scarcity 'or abundance. How apparently abundant was capital in 1845—how apparently scarce now. Yet there can be no doubt that in relation to the wants of the people or the work to be done, capital is really more abundant now than it was then. We shall find, therefore, in the events that have lessened confidence in bath countries the explanation we seek. Within the last few months a most extensive falsifica tion of dock and delivery warrants has here been brought to light. By that falsification several discount houses and banks have suffered, and the losses of one firm are variously conjectured at between 80,0001. and 20,0001. In it several persons were implicated, some of whom pre• viously bore a very high character, which gave a great shock to confidence. Discount brokers, dec eived b y men they had implicitly trusted, became generally suspi cious, and until the quantity of capital accumulat ed so as to be inconvenient they were disposed to refuse aceoin modation to all their customers. The falsification discre dited for a time a large and very important class of se curities, and was equivalent to the depreciation of this kind of property. It compelled those who relied on warrants for adrauces to forego them, or to substitute bills, and in various ways tended to lessen credit gene rally and enhance the rate of discount. What happened in the States was similar, but the class of securities was different. There Mr. Schuyler and others falsified rail way shares, and throwing for a time complete discredit on this large mass of securities, took so much property out of the market. By the last accounts from the States, while good commercial paper was done at 12 per cent., advances on railway paper were not made on less than 14, and were as high as 20 per cent. We cannot specify exactly the amount of property temporarily depre ciated, and so far destroyed by the falsification of delivery warrants here, and railway shares there, but it amounts to a very enormous sum; at the same time the cargoes ansl the railways represented by' "iese securities are not intrinsi cally less valuable and is, a useful tha n b e f ore . All the property remains, the quantity is undiminished, but confidence in large classes of men hitherto highly -re spected, has been weakened and overthrown, and the whole of them, indeed the whole community in both hemispheres, by a temporary derangement of business, severely injured by the fraudulent proceedings of a 'few individuals. The discovery of fraud where it was wholly unexpected has become the parent of universal sus picion. Hence, while the quantities of commodities have undergone no diminution—while, on the contrary, the large harvest of Europe is an unusual increase of them—there is a great difficulty in borrowing, and those whose character and means really exempt them from all suspicion share in the difficulties brought on by the dishonesty of some trusted individuals. These circumstances explain in a great measure the difficulties at present experienced in trade ; but at the same time it must not be overlooked that the bulk of commercial men both here and in the States, and espe cially in the States, have been too eager to make money. They have all shared in the desire, and most of them have cherished it too much, which, in the Campbells, the Coles, and the Sehuylers, have led to flagrant deceit. They aro generally in fault, and consequently suffer. Besides the action of commercial men on the money mar ket, however, there is now a much more extensive action of Government than usual, which we must not overlook. Commerce as the rule replaces the capital it employs with a profit, but Government consumes without re producing. It is quite plain from the increase of ca pital during the war which finally ended in 1815, that this action of Government is not so destructive as is generally described ; that much Government expendi ture replaces with a large profit the capital of the indi viduals it employs, and that what war really wastes and misapplies destructively is merely the quantity of labour embodied in its soldiers and sailors, and the de struction they cause. It is equally plain from the im et a do l fwapt railways—nearlyloiue dt avewithinry r y s t e h r e 3ioo l u a o s s, t 010 2 1,0 0 i ,uo y roy e o a lt r .o s . , t ll o i l dnt often t i c u e construction i i • the nation—that the sum now required or likely tai be required by our Government for the present necessary war, is a mere trifle of the national resources, and if only properly applied can be easily as it will be cheerfully contributed. Nevertheless, the destructive action of Government, the loans for France and Turkey, the in creased taxes and the temporary loans raised by Exche quer debentures at home, with a probability of fairs action impeding production in the countries more imtio diately the seat of war, is not without a considerable present and prospective influence on the money market. The war will of necessity increase the demands of yz)- vcrnment —at least, so monied men 'calculate—and Ca?i talists, therefore, will less readily lend to the merchant at a low rate of interest as long as the conviction is entertained that Government must, in some way or other, be constrained to borrow. Both the action of Government and the somewhat too active pursuit of wealth by commercial men now conspire to produce a strain on capital, and increase the rate of interest. The last returns of the Bank of England, taken as an index to the general condition, supply evidence of this strain from both causes. When the resources of our own Government are somewhat low, those of the Fretch Government, we may conclude, are not in excess. Wheu the private deposits in the Bank of England are small, we may infer that the deposits of individuals in the hands of bankers, most of whom have accounts at the Bank, are also small. The bankers are, in fact, said to be very bare of money. A comparison of the deposits in the Bank of England for the third week in September for five consecutive years, as an index to the strain new' general on the money market, shows the smallness, at present, both of public and private deposits.—Daily News. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Edinburgh on Friday afternoon, Mr. Anstruther pre siding. The CHAIRMAN said that when he had last addressed them he informed them that the accounts for the con struction of the greater part of the line had bee❑ lodged with the statutory auditor. He then expected with confidence that before he again met them those accounts would have been audited, and the amount fixed upon which the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company would hive to pay rent. It had turned out, however, that before proceeding to audit the accounts the auditor had allowed the lessees to inspect them, and to state any objections which they might entertain; It was 'only on the 14th of June that the lessees gave in a paper of general and special objections, which were answered by the Stirling and Dunfermline Company'. Upon the 10th of August parties were ordered to revise their papers, with a view to closing the discussion ; but the time was prolonged at the instance of the lessees. It was about to expire, and the directors of the Stirling and Dunfermline Com pany intended to apply to the auditor to carry his or•ler into execution. The chairman concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. JOHNSTONE, M.P., seconded the motion. In reply to various questions, Time CHAIRMAN stated that the amount of arrears dui to the shareholders of the Stirling and Dunfermline lien was about 70,0001., on which interest at the rate of 5 per cent, was paid ; that the outstanding claims against the company amounted to probably 50,0001., and that this sum must either be paid out of the arrears due, or out of an increased capital, to be authorised by Parliament. Which of these two courses should be adopted had not yet been considered by the directors. The report was then adopted, and the proceedings terminated. FORTH AND CLYDE JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting of this company Was held at Stirling on Thursday ; the Duke of Montrose in th• chair. The report laid before the meeting stated that great progress had been made with the laud settlement% a very few of which only remaine d for final ad justment. The engineer's report stated that the contr act for the execution of the whole w orks was fixe d at 117,0001.0fc ii ve i d pp by en t d h a e vi C e, litl an lii From their present state , he had ever y r eason to expect abouttii that the August line would ntexet. n s e he p a fi r n a i t s e h a e . d and opened f or t ra ffi c The approval of t he re p ort was se o c u o s u i d y e a d gr b e y ed M t r o .. The STIRLING, o ljN un A an ' unanimously h ATR AND MAYBOLE JUNCTION RAILWAY.--The first meeting of the shareholders of this undertaking was held in Ayr on Tuesday ; Mr. Rigby Wason in the chair. The report stated that the act of incorporation had ifeea obtained last session of Parliament; that the capital of the company was 33,0001. ; that a provisional agreetrient had been entered into for the execution of the works, previous to obtaining the act, for 24,4531. ; that' the works should be commenced early next month. The re port was approved of. SELKIRK AND GALASHIELS RAILWAY COMPANY.;--Vhe first meeting of this company was held,on Wedneliday in Selkirk ; Provost Roberts presiding. The report, as abstract o f which we have already printed, was approyed of and thanks given to the directors. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SouTH•EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie re• turn for the week ending Sept. 30, 1854 £20,181 9 5 Corresponding week last year 20,173 14 2 £7 14 3 Decrease in 1854.. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 30, 1854 £16,818 15 2 Corresponding week last year 14,236 7 1 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 E 221,252 14 9 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 204,737 13 4 ARRIVAL OF GOLD.—The steamer Africa, from New York, brings $1,234,122, value above 246,0251. Th Roderick Phu, from Melbourne, has arrived at Greetkook with 27 ounces of gold, value 1081.