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Upwards of an hour had passed before the attack was sufficiently silenced for the regiments to return to their camps. The day is 113 W sunny, bright, and warm. It appears as if we were again about to be favoured with a duration of fine and favourable weather for the siege operations. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. BANK OF DEPOSIT, NATIONAL AS3WIA.NCE AND INVESTMENT ASiO CIATIOT, No. 3, ram. UAL:, EAST, LONDON. Establiqted A.D. 1844. Empowered by Special Act of Par:iam-nt. NO. 19,42.5 d LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1854. rP R TGE 51). L The WARRANTS for the FIALF-YEARLY INTEREST, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, on Deposit Accounts to 31st Decem ber. will be ready for delivery on and after January the 10th, 1855 and payable daily. '• - PETER MORRISON. Af.maeinz Director. PUBLICATIONS. MONT BLANC.=—CHAISTIVIA.S HOLT DAY4.—Dutino• the Chrl , tmas Week Mr. ALBERT SMITH will give his M b ONT BLAND, :HOLLAND,: and tip the nVINE, every morning and evening, at Three and Eight (except Saturday eveninz.) Stalls eau be taken for any of the represeuta liens at the Egyptian Hall, every day, from Eleven to Four. THE _NAVVIES IN THE CREW, THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. Parties desirous of Investing Money are requested to examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit. Prospectuses and Forms fur Opening Accounts sent free on application. (From the Times.) T HE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established in 1835. Empowered by Acts of Parliament. Offices : 37, Castle-street, Liverpool; 20 and 21, Poultry, London; 56, Wall-street, New York; 3, Bridge•street, Sydney; and Eliza beth-street Souls, Melbourne. 1803. CAPITAL AND RESOURCES 596,225 14 9 [Accumulated funds and Capital/ £.f.66,,721 18 3 ua Persons whose Fire Policies with this Company expire on the 25th Instant are respectfully reminded that r , ceipts for the renewal of the same will be found at the Head Offices in Liverpool and London, and In the hands of the respective Agents. Further particulars may be had oa application at the Offices of the Company, or to any of the gents. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. BENJAMIN lIENDERSON, Res. Secretary. December, 1851. 1851. METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. No. 3. Princes-street, Bank. The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall due on the sth of January next, that the same must be PAID within Thirty days from that date The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So ciety as Members on the sth of January next, should appear or lodge their proposals at the office on or before that day. This Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the whole of its profits to th 6 benefit of parties assuring their own lives • for the whole term of life as Members of the Society. For the year ending the sth of April, 1855, an abatement of 51 per cent. has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five Years' standing and upwards. HENRY MARSHAL, Actuary. Princes-street, Bank, Dec. 4, 1854. SCOTTISEI WIDOWS' FUND and LIFE _ ASSUR,ANC SOCIETY. - Established A.D. 1815. • goad Oftico—Edinburgh, 5.111: Andrew-square. SPECIAL NOTICE. Propcsals for Assurance, in orJer to secure ri 4 ht of entry in the Books for the current yzar, must be lodged at the Fiend-Office or at one of the Agencies, in or before SATURDAY, the 30th current. JOHN MACKENZIE, Marager. WM. LINDESAY, Secretary. Edinburgh, December, 1354. N.B.—The ainnunt of Assurances which may be undertaken by Ilia society upon Individual Lives has now been extended Man 5,0001. to 7,0001. - - -- • - LONDON HONORARY BOARD. George Young, Esq., 47, Willi, ole-street and Mark-lane. Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., irristar, Temple. David Hill, Esq.. East India Houso. John Murray, Esq., Albemarle-street. Famuel Laing. Esq., Chairman of Brighton Railway. Sir John Thomas Briggs, Admiralty. Leonard Horner, Esq., Home-office. John Taylor, Jun., Esq., C.E., Queen-street -place. LONDON' AND TIN SUBURBS. CENTRAL AGENT. Hugh lePlican, 4, Royal. Exchange-buildings, DISTRICT AGENTS. Captain R. S. Ridge, 49, Pall-mall, Agent for the West End District. Renton Seeley, 2, Hanover• street, Rexent-street. Ferdinand Grat, 13, King-street, Southwark. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. Sir WALTER R. FARQUFIAR, Bart., Chairman. FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. John If artin, Esq., H.P. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. T. Hankey, 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 Labonchere, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. mous. AUDI' A. W. Roberts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I Lewis Lloyd, jun.. Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S., Actuary. LIFE DEPARTMENT.—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 be declared in June, 1855, when all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least ono year at Christmas, 1851, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the several past divisions of Profits 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, and the total Bonuses added at the Four Septennial Divisions exceeded 770,000/. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the United States of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LlVES.—Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them.to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in 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. Norms Is HEREBY GIVEN, That Fire Policies which expire at Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. Sams„ e. 1. St. James's str,et, elrner of Pall-mall; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecolo de Pharmacia de Paris, and the Imperial College •f Medicine, Vienna. TREEiEIf A.lt, No. 1, Is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of th. System. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effecteally, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Captvi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRiF.SEMAR, No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIEgEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at 11s. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided ante separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, kc., &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London o Robert John ston. 68, Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger. 150; Oxford-street. DE. CULTERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION, Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Ilmmorrhoids, Is. each, by post Is. 6d. WHIT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. 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THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. 110 W TO BE HAPPY. "Jucunde Vivere." "Few words to fair faith "—Sbakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhill ;or of DP. RICHARD CULVERWELL, ?ironer, Successor,.and Twenty Years Cqnstriting Colleague of the late Author of the above. 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, who m b and i ay e advised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Five, n the evenings, from Seven till Nine. FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLID AYS.- E. MOSES and SON have ready for inspection a new and very superior stock of Vests for Ba'ls and Christmas parties. Th•se cam prise the latest int eduction, English and forsign, in fabrics of tle gent and fashionasle manufacture—aid they are male with th skill for which the firm of E. BMoss and SON IS everywhere cele e brated. E. 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Moses and Sox's Wholesale Clothing, Shirt, and Boot and Shoe departments present the largest Stock of the most suitable Goods for the export or home trade) at the most reasonable prices. SPECIAL NOTIPE.—TJntiI March 1,1955, E. MOSES and Sows ESTABLISHMENTS will be CLOSED at EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERY EVENING, except Saturday, when they will be open till 11 o'clock. CAUTION.—E. MOSE 3 and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the fintradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or 1 ` it's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have 1 1 ;fo CONNEXION WITH ANY OTUZE ROUSE IN OR OUT OP LONDON, except their own Establishments, 113 follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Mineries, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Chnrch. all communicating. 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By Nicholas MichLll. Baden.l3aden in the Winter. Folperro. By Flurentla. The tick Man and Prospects. Litefatu - . - e in the Eighteenth Century. By .Alexandcr Andrews. Christmas Eve-1854. - By Mary C. F. Monett. Wanted a Wife! A Waking Dream 137 Mrs. Bushby. Sca , gs cf the War. By J. E. Carpenter. Heroi; Inc dents of the War. • Sybillnie Leaves. By G. W. Thornhury. Diary of a First Winter in Rome-1834. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. *** Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen. On the 14 of January, No. XXIX., price 3a. 6d., `FEE JOURNAL of PSYCHOLOGICAL A_ MEDICINE. Edited by FORBES WINSLOW, M.D., D.C.L., late President of the Medical Society of London. CONTENTS: -- 1. British Asylums fir the Insane. 2. On Seclusion in the Treatment of the Wane. 3. On Epilepsy. 4. Psychology of Descartes. 5. The Asylum Joutnal. G Angles Medico-Nychologlques. 7. 'I he History of the Blood in the Insane. 8. On Medico• Legal Evidence in Cases of Insanity. 9. On Pledges exacted from the Insane. 10. 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THE PATHOLOGY aid RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETIIRA ; with numerous Cases illustrative of every variety of Urethral Obstruction, and their special Modes of Treatment and Cure. By F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of ~ , urgeons of England. "We know of ne man to whose care we 7:uuld n h T4.,...t.r confi dence entrust the treatment or w ea.-ea....b.> .4 ..atm...at .the ura thra."—Medical Circular. London : 11. Sailliere, 219, Regent-street. AILMENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOYIS._ Duting the course of this week will be played by Laurent's Orchestra :—Overture, Masaniello, Auber ; Waltzes: Vermahlung's Toaste (first time), Strauss; La Jardiniere, I.abd:ky : Souvenir da Luxembourg (first time), Bousquet ; Le Carnaval de Venise (by desire), H. Laurent, with Variations for all the principal performers. Quadrilles : Le Palais de l'Alcazar, H Lamotte ; La Guerre, Boa sio ; Le serment (first time), Remain; Lammermoor,'inner. Schot tischeOloldavian (first time), Jullien. 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NERVOUS DEBII.ITY may ho had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, Brothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxf or d -street force, ill, Leicester - square ; M ann , 39, Cornhill ;or fr e e b y goat for thirty starana to any address from the Author'a rest I.lmee. 37, Bed_ rerd-savare. At home for con3ultatlon daily from Eleven WI Two, and from ttlz tW Time • , 4 ' 8 2 147 13 EXMOUTH GIN--This.pure and wholesome A_ split h offered to the public free to the Paddington Station, in 1,2, and 3 dozen hampers (hampers and h•ttle3 included), at 32a the dozen, by BENJAMIN VICKERS, s ; ;irit merchant, Newton Bushel, Devon. Cheque or Post-office order, payable at Newton Abbott, to accompany the order. 91 1 0 LOVERS OF FISH.- a. 100 real YARMOUTII BLOATERS for 65., package included. rha above forwarded to all parts oa receipt of penny postage stamps, , r P. 0. 0. (9rererre,cl) for the amount. Send plain address, county, and nearest station.—.Aqdress, Thomas Letts, jun., Fish-curer, Great armouth. VOIVIATERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS ' 1 6.../ for Orphan and Necessitous Children, Wanstead. PRESIDENT --AMIN . MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P. A rn 'lli GENERAL II)A(T I, COURT hur r sd f tahy, the lnstitutionis itil ii first.), yr .) 7 held at the London Tavern • • GEORGE MOORE, Esq., in the Chair, at which an election of sixteen children for admission into the schools took place. At the close of the poll the result was declared as follows: SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. BOYS. Stimson, Charles Baynes.. 9,130 Keene, George Ti 6,462 Cane, Frederick William.. 8,351 I Baddams, John William 5,589 Stevens, Doualas Blount.. 6,759 Wlittling, Will;am.... • 5,513 Tomlinsm, Chas. Tlan , mry 6.701 Johnston, Joseph W . 5,179 Balwell, Alfred Jatnci.... 6,664 Swindell, Charles GIRLS, Carter, Catherine Naylor, Maria Clivia 0592 ilO e, Agnes Brid,loa .... 3,933 Patten, Jessie.. • ...... 5;641 Evan., Sarah Ann ' 2,972 UNSUCCESSFUL, CANDIDATES. BOYS. Eastwood, John Kirkham 2,943 1 Addyman, Robt. Fawcett 938 Patterson, James ........ 1,352 Davis, Albert Thompson.. 389 Lloyd, Herbert ...... 1,209 live, James Walter..:... 171 Barraelough, Edwin...... 1,194 I GIRLS. 'Owen, Janet C. ........ • 1,070 • Harrison, Louisa J. ........ •• 591 Gill .rd, elemontina E . 559 ALFRED LENCII SAUL, Secretary. • 81, Cheapside, Dec. 28, 1854. CHRISTNrAS IIOLIDAY& OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. IL , The following REILA-RE:LBLE NOVELTIES hare been SPECIALLY PREPARED. LECTURE by J. IT. PEPPER, Esq., on Professor Wheatstone's .experiments on the TR A NA Nt IS5;!() ST of SOUND through Solid Con ductors, illustrated by a r ELEPIIO :CIO CONCERT. Fllti . r PAR r of an ENTIRELY NEW an 1 Si•LENDID orrr- CAI, DIORAMA, illustrating the VOYAGES of SINBAD the SAILOR., with • Beautiful THANTASMAGORIA EFFECTS, and appropriate llusle arranged by Mr. Wand. MONDAY EVENING, the Ist of January, first of a New Course of MONDAY EVENING LE:TURES to the INDUSTRIAL' CLASSES : On the CHEMISTRY of LIFE, by Dr. LETHESY. Great Increase is the VIEWS of the WA : the BATTLE, of the ALMA, SIEGE of SEB.A.STOPOL, the ENGLIiII BATTERIES, &c., &e. LECTURE on the MINIE RIFLE, and that po , icrful imp:einent of war, the STEAM (lUN, pr,jecling Sixty Fails per 'Minute, wh'eli has been erected by 31r. P.EIKINE, and will be discharged daily and in the Eveala LEG rums on ELECTRICITY by Dr. BACMIOFFNER. Mr. CRiIIyFOILD'S VOCAL ENTER CAIN/Qr.:l , ll'a the, PATRIOTIC SONGS of SCOTLAND. For the special Amusement of the Juvenile Auditory, DAVIS'S INGENIOUS M A RION ETTES will he exhibited Ail the other LECTURES, EX MR ITIONS of MODELS, &-). &c. Fresh decorations. Special Juvenile Night on the 3d of .Tannary, and gratuitous distri bution of the Ornaments of a beauti hl Christmas Tree amongst the Young People. Mr. VAN NoottnEN's New Musical Game, the POLY-lIIRMONI CON, explained Daily by the Inventor. • CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, THE most appropriate offerings for the ap proaching F.eason of Festirit7 are tbos3 which tend to the promotion of health and Personal Attraction: gone can be mort acceptable than ROWLA.NDS' MA.CASSAR OIL, for impartinz a transcendent lustre to the hair, and sustaining it in decoratlre charm. ROWLANDS' KA.LYDOR warts a radiant bloom , o the Check, and a delicacy and softness to the Hands, Acme, end Neck; a nd EOWLA.NDS' ODONTO, Olt PEARL DEICTIFRICE, bestows on the Teeth a pearl-like whiteness, and renders the Breath sweet and pure. • The peronaqe of Royally throughout Europe, their general use by rank and fashion. and the universally-known efllzacy of these articles, give them a celebrity unparalleled. _ . gold by A. Rowr.Arin and Foss, 20,IIatton Garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. Beware of Spurious Imitations! IV_AVAL AND 3fILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Nile, 91, Captain Mundy, left Spithead yesterday morning for Plymouth. The Hogue, - 60, screw-bloCkship, is ordered to refit at Portsmouth, and will go into harbour as soon as she has discharged her powder and shell. The Imperi6use, 51, screw-frigate, Captain R. B. Watson, C. 8., steamed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead yesterday, and hauled alongside the Victorious receiving-hulk to berth her crew while being refitted. The schooner Iris, of Plymouth, William Gent master, from London with a general cargo, has been asokt.d into Sheerness in a very leaky state, and laid on the bank iilZiiiritte - the pier, after having been on shore. APPOINTMENTS. Captain George E. Patey (1346), to command the Monarch, 84, at Devonport. Naval Cadet David Littlejohn to the Earyalue. A MAIL FOR SCUTARI. Yesterday the Postmaster-General issued a notice at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, that a mail for the British army in Greece, the sick in hospital at Scutari, and the army in the Crimea, would be made up this evening and forwarded via Marseilles. The postage must be paid in advance. A return mail is due at Marseilles on Saturiay. SALE OF RUSSIAN SHIPS. The Russian prize Ernest Merk has been sold by pub lic auction at Hull, and realised a very good price. The Court of Admiralty proceeds on the Bth of Jan. to adjudicate on the prize Fran ciska and the other ves sels captured by her Majesty's cruisers for attempting to break the blockade of the Russian ports in Om Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia. , THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS. The Russian prisoners taken out of merchant ships captured by the Queen's cruisers, who were on board the Devonshire prison-ship at Sheerness, having given their parole not to servo against England during.the pre• sent war, have been permitted to engage themselves as mariners, to assist is the navigation of British merchant ships to Australia. COMFORTS FOR THE CRIMEA. The Lady Franklin sailing transport sailed from Spit. head yesterday morning with a heavy shipment of sup. plies, amounting to about GOO tons of biscuit, beef; pork, rum, and hay for the Crimea. Above 1,000 pairs of the new boots to be worn by soldiers in the Crimea, extremely watertight and im penetrable to snow-water, and' principally for those at work in the trenches, have been sent to the Ordnance stores at the Tox•er by the , contractors. The boots are made of cowhide, manufactured on a peculiar principle, being stretched to its full extent and well hammered ; there is then laid on a coating of some fluid which ren ders the leather extremely pliable ; the soles are about three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness, and the legs of the boots reach above the wearer's calves. There are several thousand pairs ordered, and those at present in the stores will be sent out by the first conveyance to the Crimea. THE MILITIA. Arrangements have been made for the Bedfordshire Militia to leave Berwick-upon-Tweed, where they have been in garrison for several months past, for the purpose of proceeding to Bedford to recruit their strength, 150 men having lately volunteered to Line Regiments. The regiment is commanded by Colonel Gilpin, M.P. for Bedford. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Dxo. 28. The examiners in the schools of classics, mathematics, natura: science, modern history, and jurisprudence, have this day published the list of classinen and passmen, according to the statutes ; for which we find that the classes have been awarded to the various colleges and halls as follows, viz.:— CLASSES 1. St. John's, 3 ; Christ Church, 3 ; University, 2 ; Balliol, 2 ; Worcester, 1 ; Magdalen Hall, 1 ; Pem broke, 1 ; Corpus Christi, 1 ; Trinity. 1 ; Exeter, 1; Magdalen College, 1. CLASSES 2. 4; Oriel, 3 ; Christ Church, 2 ; St. John's, 2 ; St. Alban Hal!, 1 ; Merton, 1 ; Magdalen College, 4 ; Lincoln, 1; New College, 1. CLASSES 3. Wadham, 2 ; Trinity, 1 ; Pembroke, 1; Emilio!, 1 ; Brasenose, 1 ; Worcester, 1 ; Christ Church, 2. CLASSES 4. Christ Church, 3 ; Jesus, 2 ; University, 1 ; 13rase nose 3 ; Oriel, 2 ; Queen, 2 ; Magdalen Hall, 1 ; Puna broke, 1; Lincon, 2 ; Balliol, 1 ; St. John's, 1 ; Magdalen College, 2 ; Corpus Christi, 1 ; Wadham, 1 ; St. Edmund Hall, 1. In the school of natural science and jurisprudence no class was awarded. The number of passmen was two only. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION WITH THE WEST OF IRE. LAND.—The railway public and shareholders of. the Dundalk and Enniskillen, Drogheda, Belfast Junction, and Ulster Companies will learn with satisfaction that the Parliamentary warfare of last session between these companies will not be revived. The lines then pro moted for connecting the groat northern and western districts by the Belfast and West of Ireland Company and the Dundalk and Enniskillen Company are now to be carried out by the Ulster and Dundalk Companies, assisted by the Drogheda aml Belfast Junction Compa nies, the route being from Armagh to Cavan, via Mona ghan, Cootehill, and Rockcorry. We understand that arrangements are concluded for the removal of the seat of management from Dundalk- to Dublin, to be under `.the joint control of the subscribing. companies. No doubt the slow progress of our arms in the Crimea will force on the people some troriblesorne reflections. The turn of those reflections is - indicated by the eager glance of expectation cast at that reinforcement sf " navvies" now on its way. It is the bit of novelty, the little leaven 'of the nineteenth century in an otherwise old-fashioned legacy of the times gone by. One of Seott's characters says that he never despairs . of a sky, however murky and thick, if he can see a bit of blue enough to mend a pair of breeches. These " navvies" . are the bit of blue sky, and all we have to hope is that they may not be sacrificed on the instant of their arrival to the stupidity or insolence ©f some officer of Engineers, who may think it quite a feather in his cap 00 send the whole lotto perdition. What is more likely ? The thing can be done, not only with much plau , ibility, but with actual grace. Let the " navvies" be landed, and their material let go to the bottom, like the cargo of the ill fated, or rather, not to throw the blame on Fortune, much-injured Prince. Or let the " navvies" be pot into a barrack at Balaklava , surround e d by p es til ence , filth, and rum—the only article which appears never to have run short yet in the Crimea. Let them be de.tired to wait till Sir J. Burgoyne has selected some one to make a report on the proper line for the railway, or the practi cability and use of a railway at all, and till -that rep art is made, and the line marked out by the military autho rities. , These successive operations, taken with military composure, may easily be spread over a month, and the first of them need not be commenced till a week after the arrival of the " navvies." When everything at last is ready for the "navvies," perharis a third of them will be dead, a third in the hospital, - the remainder so attenuated that their friends would not know • then, earl- their material, plant, and tools may be, as we suggested, at the bottom of the sea. In that case there could either be another report on the then state of- affairs, or, what .would answer the purpose quite as well, the above at tenuated remainder of the "navvies" might be set to work in the mud, put on half-rations of biscuit and meat, double rations of rum, and be speedily added to the soil of the Crimea. Seriously, we wonder whether the lino of the proposed _railway has been roar - ked out, or will be marked out by the arrival of the " navvies" and their material ; or whether it will then be marked out within a fortnight, or ever at all. There wee no such thing as a railway in the Peninsular war. There was not even a macadmized road. 14 - l Adam and Stephenson have both come up since .1815. That is wh at w- e mean when we say that this war will force on the people some trouble• some reflections. The first of them is, that this war is managed, and this nation to some extent governed, by men whose experience is not that of the present age, but that of the pest. _ _ It is said thst, it must go ill with a generation that allows itsel to be ruled 'entirely by the past. Heaven certainly intended every • generation' to govern itself, making it responsible for its ow n actions,. and giving it a sufficiency of all things requisite for goodness and happiness. Let us use the. past as we think proper, but not he tyrannized over by it. The country has loeg since acknowledged this maxim in its extreme - jealousy of institutions modelled and . hequeathed by the past. If it accepts them, as it must d o , i t treats them as an evil or suspected inheritance, and qualifies them accordingly. It would be a still greater misfortune, were it possible, if the men of the past—the old men of the past—the old men whe never were young—could rise from their graves and undertake to manage for us the new resources of our own age. Dr. Samuel Johnson, for example, was a very wise man in his day ; but, unless we wished to go down by the head altogether, we should never think of resigning into his hands a single affair of church or of state. Now, here are the men of the past, whose boast is that they got all their ideas in the Peninsular war, in command of an expedition as different as possible from the operations of that war, and different in no cir cumstance so much as in this, that the Peninsular war was over in 1814, and the *expedition to the Crimea is begun in 1854. There is not a single work of peace that would not now be done in half the time, at luef the cost, and awice as well, as in 1814. In fact, all the instru ments and materials at the disposal of these men are in finitely more efficient than anything which existed at the former date: But every workman will tell you that a good tool require s a good man, an d th a t, unl es s a man either understands a tool, or takes kindly to it,,he had better not be permitted to touch it. All the vast facili ties afforded to us by oar command of the sea, the use of steain, and such a fleet as the world never saw, are lost on men who imagine themselves waging war in the interior of Spain, and have settled in their minds that dysentery, half-rations, incessant exposure, nakedness, abandonment absence of o roads, f baggage, an dg fri ghtful itiortali ty h disorganisation , t are e utter iiormal conditions of war, and need excite no concern at head-quarters. Great Generals have ever been men in advance of their times. Alexander was not a mere ingredient of the Macedonian phalanx ; he was ens_ of the_ _first gentlarnea_of his +42,y, litesary r and ;e. t , . Ci V " '3l accomplished, a n l a a lr: s urr o u nded S ru enad ly. d versatility to b y p r o a fi n t d b ge philosophers n tl t e it i y r saaunrged annodtormioauds; a Cie p s o a i r nt wa of s a al r w ri a v y in s g in ea a rl d ie v r an t c h e a o n f h ev is en fo h es is , friends expected. With twenty days' notice he made an earthwork as many miles long, which answered its purpose, and survives to thi s d a y. H o w as a lways look ing to ds commissariat in time, detecting conspiracies long' before they ripened. He was the best engineer of his time, no one knowing better the construction of such engines of war as were used in those days. He con quered a-nation of pirates on their own element, and, when they thought to steal a march on him by cutting the tackle of his ships, he disconcerted them by the use of chains, instead of ropes. Had he waged war only as Scipio Africanus, or Mariuseand Sylla, or even Pompey had done, be would soon have succumbed to a world of foes and rivals. But he beet the age by being always in advance of it. That is still the - only way. How is that, with the most practical science and the best men in the World, we turn neither to, account ? A t the battle or Inkerman we made the bodies of our Guards do the duty of earthworke, and all this time our men are rotting by hundreds for want of a few ship loads of proper food, clothing, and housing. Nay, the shiploads are there, or only a f e w day s ' sa il off, but there is not the head to get them up in proper place and time. The British Tantalus in the Crimea. has all the necessaries Baal comforts of life within sight and reach, but is never permitted to grasp and enjoy them. The Russians—serfs, brutes, savages as we are accustomed to think them, and borrowers, as they netoriously are, in all arts . and sciences —beat us at every turn. They hare overreached us i earth werks. Tl;ey move armies in dominated us with their artillery, and carts for lack of railways, and, according to the testi mony of all the prisoners, have actually male better use of their steam transports than we have. Whatever may be pretended at hone, it is certain that whole regiments arrive in the Crimea withent a single Miui6 musket, and other regimeets with only a small proportion so armed. We are trusting, not to science, but to men. There is this difference, however, between mechanism and men,—that the former is of iron, tough wood, earth, or stone,—the latter of flesh and blood. Ac cordingly, the latter wears away much faster than the former ; and all that can be said of the men is that they have been excellent, but no longer exist. The Guards certainly were magnificent soldiers. Had they been earth, they could have been repaired in a night ; but, bweaisngaimwaeyn: e t q h m ey pla c i o n u i l n d g only be buried, or sent to time hospital. All this, doubtless, is according to rule. It was so in the Peni nsu l ar war. Th e D u k e o f W ell i ngton in the evil s h e complains of are h i i n s ev le it t a te h r le s, to and therefore and utterly incurabl e . H a d it b een so,. t h e D u k e wou ld not all war, have complained. Nobody knew the difference so well between war Carried into the interior of a country and war upon seas or rivers within the reach of our navy. Therefore he left in office a memoraadum for the guid ance of our Indian authorities, warning them never to send an army far from the sea or a navigable stream. We have now the position ho so much desired, and make no use of it, any more than we do of the resources of the nineteenth century. What does this show - but that we want, not the wealth, the arts, the steamers, the, weapons of the nineteenth century, but the men also of the century ? Thus far we have given the Czar the advantage of the century ; and, with his own ad vantage in respect of numbers, this new difference in his favour makes him too much for us. We can only match him by making the century our ally. CRUELTY TO A IiORSE. • BRIGHTON, Dec. 28.—Today, at the Town ball, Mr. Robert Ilobden, proprietor of the Artillery Baths, in the King's-road, appeared before the Alayor, charged, at the instance of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ; with having caused a certain horse to be cruelly ill-troated and tortured, by working it in a mill with raw wounds upon its shoulders and brea3t. From the evidence it appeared that defendant supplied his baths with sea water by means of the mill in ques tion, which was situated in a dark subterranean vault, opening on the sea beach. The case was proved by defendant's own servant and other witnesses. The former stated that his master kept only one horse for this particular work, and that it had been in their employment since May, 1851, to the present time, often as long as seven or eight hours a day. Witness had frequently Complained of the condi tion of the horse, and had told his mast er th at it was impossible that he could do his work properly with a horse in the state this had been in for nearly two months. Both shoulders were raw, and there was an open wound on the breast into which the collar had worked to a con siderable depth. It, was also sworn that the food given to the animal had been reduced from three bushels of corn per week to two bushels, and that in consequence the horse was in a very bad condition. Mr. Lamb, solicitor for the defence, endeavoured.to attach all culpability in the matter to the defendant's servant, but The Mayor said he believed everything this witness had stated, adding that he could find no extenuating fea ture in the case, and his judgment was, that:l;lr, llohden should pay the full penalty of 51, and- costs. _ CAMP OF THE LIGHT DIVISION, DEC. 11. ' The failure of the means of transport has con tinued to eneross a large share of attention among the British.eroops in camp, and is still a serious difficulty both as regards feeding the men and horses, and also in. respect to carrymeeon the siege Operations. When the carts failed, dependence ,was placed upon bat. horses'; the greater number of these aro now so footsore end worn out as to be • unable to move, and the Men themselves have to be sent in to .Balaklava from the camp to - bring out rations. .4. certain proportion of each regiment is sent into the town every morning. The weight carried does riot exceed 20 or 22 pounds of biscuit and pork, and yet so weak are the •men that many fall out, unable to march 14 miles and to carry his burden 7 miles, while others have to be taken into hospital on their return to camp on account of illness. The 99th regiment, attached to the 2d Division by general orders of the 6th December, and 3ith regiment, have been prevented from taking their share in the work at the trenches, and so: relieving their comrades. who aro suffering from prolonged exposure and labour, because, if brought te) camp, there are no means of bringing food to thene, they Lave therefore been detained end en camped at Balaklava. The Cavalry - Division has also been brought as near Balaklava as possible, and an excellently protected position has been found for it in a deep mountain dell close to the little village of Kadikoi near the _entrance to the port. The dell is nearly triangular in form, the mountains . rise • precipitously upward on ee sides, the small plain enclosed by them is soft and when first occupied was -covered with grass, and excepting at the entrance communi cating with the 'village is sheltered o n a ll s id es from high winds. At one of the angles opposite to the opening to Kadikoi is a_ narrow winding gorge, and along this mountain pass is a road leading up to the plateau on which the allied army is -en camped. There could not be a more favourable position for a cavalry bivouac in a - cold season. Bat at present its most favourable aspect is the facility afforded by its nearness to the port for ob taining the necessary hay and corn for the horses, and the rations for the men. When reflecting on the very serious evils which have been experienced from a comparatively short prevalence of bad wea ther, and those too in•the very first and most es sential article of food, we have indeed reason to be grateful for the verylong reason of propitious wea ther which preceded it. At the same time it is difllcult to •avoid the consideration whether such evils are a necessary consequence of the change in weather, whether the exercise of a certain amount of forethought and precaution might not have ob viated their occurrence. WO have ocular probf around us that they are not inevitable ; we see the beneficial effects of a different system pursued else where. And it happens from no want of forewarn ing. Attention was called to the unprotected state of the British right long before the fatal sth of November; and had that warning been heeded— had a simple breastwork been then constructed, alai a few guns mounted such as are now placed in front of the 2d Division—much bloodshed might have been prevented, and "many very valuable lives spared. In like manner the formation of commis sariat depots was suggested, and had these sug gestionsceanrraiendd h iT e t r o ses e , ff w ec e t n , ld m b u y ea se lo d s n s in o g f ha f e v , e b n o e t been ebfeemn avoided. But many of the most obvious exigencies have not been provided for. No arrangement has ever ever been made, nor is even now made, for shoeing the public horses, and this circumstance alone has led to many being dis abled. In Bulgaria, after along time had elapsed, and much inconvenience endured, native farriers were brought, and a price fixed at which the bat animals could be • shod. No such plan has been adopted in the Crimea, nor any alternative provided. It was only . only on the Bth inst. that the follow ing appeared:— " GENERAL ORDER. " Officers of the infantry.may have their chargers shod by application to the Royal Artillery or Ca valry." But even this permission is rendered inert, be cause the officer commanding a battery or regiment of cavalry may regret that ho cannot allow the shoeing to be done in consequence of his farriers in h a. as i i a u n rr so much work for the -battery or—regiment This morning upwards of one thousand sick men of the Ensflish regiments were carried down to Bda klava by the French ambulance corps. They were brought on the mule pannier seats, two sick men being carried by each mule. Some were taken lying at full length, with a covered hood and curtain pro tecting the face and body, but the majority were sitting. They were sent in certain proportions to each regiment, and, after receiving their convoy, were formed up at the head-quarters of each divi sion. The journey to BalaklaVa was performed in half the time which would have been occupied by the ambulance waggons. All the mules were fat and sleek, not a nail was wanting in a shoe, not a strap or buckle appeared to he out of order. The Corps d'lnfirmiers, who conducted the train, offi cers, and men, were all active, in good health, cheerful, and manifestly understood all the details of the employment in which they were- occupied. The mules came chiefly from the Quartier General at Chersonese ; bad they collected those also re maining with the Divisional Ambulances they could have conveyed double the number. There is a very great amount of sickness con tinuibg in the British camp. The fine weather to the last few days has done some good in arresting its increase, but now that the lohour of carrying up the rations from Balaklava is added to the severe duties in the trenches, this benefit will iu some degree be counteracted. We trust that the mild weather may continue until the means of hutting, and other necessaries, aro brought. An order appeared the other day, of which the following is a copy : GENERAL ORDER. " Until further orders the issue of fuel will be limited to the troops 'encamped upon the heights before Sebas topol." From the wording of this order, ono would be led to imagine that fuel had already been issued to these troops, but such has never been the case. No feel has yet been obtained ; and indeed, if it could be got, there would be no moans of trans porting it from Balakiava to the regiments, unless carried by the men themselves. I hear a question constantly asked—" Where are our private bat horses ?" They were left at Varna when the army left for the Crimea. The officers would gladly part with these for•less money than they gave for them, as they are utterly useless to them where they are. Some say they have left Varna, and have been sent by land up to Constantinople. We have experienced great varieties of weather and temperature since I last wrote, but the gene ral state of the atmosphere has been favourable for carrying off the excessive moisture on the surface of the ground, and the mud now only remains accumulated in certain localities to such an extent as seriously to impede the progress of vehicles or passengers. The 7th inst. was particularly favour able in this respect. A cool dry wind blew from the north, while the sun exerted unusual power through the medium of a cloudless sky. An unex pected atmospheric condition followed. No sooner had the sun set below the horizon and its rays been withdrawn than the abundant moisture which it had caused to be evaporated from the surface of the earth became suddenly chilled and condensed by the north wind, and a thick fog enveloped.every ' thing around. Many returning from Balakiava could not find their way to camp. The fog came so rapidly that it appeared like a wall of dark. cloud sweeping along from the northward. There had just been an alarm that the Russians were coming out of Sebassopol in strong force, and notice of an expected attack on the works had been sent up by one of the advanced pickets to the General commanding the Light Division, but the thick mist quickly removed all opportunities of observation. The covering parties iu the trenches wore put upon the alert, sentries were increased in all directions, and every precaution adopted, but, no attack fol lowed. Darkness, where due care has been taken, must always be more unfavourable to an attacking than to the attacked force. The fog continued all night, and did not disappear until the following morning, after the sun had again exerted its rare fying influence. During the night there was a sharp frost, and daylight showed the ground covered with a white coating of hoar and thin ice and the distant mountains capped with snow. The wind changed to the south-east and south on the 9th, and has continued blowing from the same di rection. Slight rain has fallen once or twice, and the temperature since the change of wind has been remarkably mild. Senn) guns have been brought up, but with im mense exertion, as many as 40 or GO horses having been employed in some instances: Not only the state of the roads, but the weakened condition of the horses also, have acted as serious impediments L to their transport, The larger kinds of mortars require much exertion for their conveyance—the .dead weight of the mass of metal falling upon two wheels instead of being distributed over the carriage, as in the case of ordinary cannon, - in some measure will account far the difficulty of their draught. The new road from Balaklava is progressing. The great depth of the mud in parts, and the labour in making a firm foundation before covering itwiththe smaller fragments, so that it may resist sufficiently the heavy weights which will have to pass Over it, prevent it from advancing so quickly as might be wished. But several French regiments have af forded their aid to that part of the road which ad joins the port of Balakiava, and they, as in all else they do, are working at it systematically a n d with alacrity. Thera at least will be an excellent macadamised road. In other parts working parties of the Otton?an troops are erlga;ed, but it is evi dently a labour they have not been used to, or don't Understand. What an advantage a few hun dreds of oir railway excavators would be to us just now, if we only had the means of feeding, hutting, and keeping them in the condition we are used to see them in England ! The labour and expense of constructing a -seven miles railway a mouth or six weeks ago would have almost been repaid by the saving . in time, labour, and lite which would have been effected through its ai,ency ere this time. _ _ Scarcely any change has taken place in the bat teries the last few days. The French have a num ber of new guns mounted, which are being kept in reserve ; for use, it is presumed, at a period not very long distant. The tiringin the Greenhill and Frenchman's hill batteries has been very slack, and generally in ,the Russian batteries - opposed to them. Our position in rear of Frenchman's-hill (or Gordon's) battery is being strengthened by a breastwork - and - ditch, which, when completed, will extend from the two ravines known as the left ravine and the middle or Otchakov ravine. Some guns aro about to be mounted for the purpose of more efficiently guarding against an approach of the enemy by these ravines, especially ie latter, which, as I mentioned in a letter some time since, has been left7too wholly dependent on the alertness , and determination of a single picket for its protec tion. The attack upon the poeition occupied by the Second Division has roused the authorities to take the necessary steps to prevent the recur rence of a similar attack upon the portion of the encampment which crosses the southern extremity of the left ravine and, ravine of Otchakov. The Russians have been making frequent attempts to impede the progress of the new works to the right, but the shells which they have thrown have done little mischief. They are thrown from vessels iu the roadsted, lying near its south shore, and it appears that these have to be so far careened over in order to acquire the necessary elevation that the precision of. the aim is thereby destroyed. The enemy succeeded in disabling one of oar large re cently mounted guns on the Bth inst., in the Green hill battery, by a well-directed shot. A shell en tered the gun and burst _within it, ripping up the side. No one Was hurt, as sufficient warning was afforded for every one near to run into shelter. The same day that this last-mentioned occurrence took place loud and prolonged cheering was heard in Sebastopol. It was generally attributed to being the sound of welcome to fresh reinforcements. Boats laden with troops and cattle had been observed fre quently d uringetli e day crossing from the north side towards . the south side of the . roadeted. Prepara tions were made for au attack on the batteries in the evening, but none was attempted. On .the 10th a very long convoy was observed approaching the direction of Sebastopol by the coast-road, on the heights between the Katcha and Belbec valleys. They were readily distinguished as they came along that part of the. road which slopes down to the latter of the two valleys. With a good telescope they could be observed to be solid, well-constructed waggons, not country arabas, covered with a sort of hood, and of uniform colour and shape, There were about three hundred. Whether they con tained troops or provisions could not be made out. This road, after descending into the valley, crosses the Belbec river and then diverges into two distinc routes—one leading to Bakshi-Serai, the other being continued southwards and terminating at the back of Cape Constantine. A. large herd of cattle and two or three flocks of sheep are seen on the hills on the north side of the roadstel, a little below and to the west of the Star Fort, so that it is difficult to understand the reports brought in by deserters of the great scarcity of provisions in the Russian camp. It is doubtful whether the Russian army on the heights north of the Inkerman valley has not re ceived an increase in its numbers ; it appears to stretch over a greater extent of ground. The movement which took place among the Russian troops in the plain near Balaklava, on the 6th inst., appears to have been in all probability an exchange in position with a part of the force on the northern heights. A reconnaissance was made the following day by a French force of infantry, and it was dis covered that the position had not been abandoned. Some of the force previcusly lying on the plain has moved higher up the hills, probably on account of the marshy state of the low ground t. an the valley. Leave of absence to proceed to England for the recovery of health has been granted to Major- General the Earl of Cardigan, commanding the Light Cavalry Brigade. Lieut.-Colonel Berkeley, Scots Fusilier Guards ; Captain Watson, 7th Royal Fusiliers; Quartermaster Nowlan, 62d Regiment ; and Paymaster J. Thorp, 63d Regiment, have also left for England on the recommendation of medical boards. Lieut.-General Sir George Brown has nearly recovered from the effects of his wound in the arm, and will resume command of the Light Division in a few clays. Major-General Pen nefather, who took command of the 2d Division after the de parture of Lieut.-Geaeral Sir Dc ',ley Evans, has also been compelled_ to leave on account of a serious attack of illness, and Brigadier-General G. Buller is now acting as general of that division. Lieut.- Colonel Shirley, commanding the 83th, or Cm ! naught IZaiir_ers, is now acting as brigadier of the 2.1 isrigade oe the Light Drision, in place of. Gen. Bailer. Lieut.-Colonel Daveney, of the let Royal Regiment, resigns his position as commandant of Balaklava, being unable to continue discharging the duties of this office, which are somewhat ardu ous, on account of ill health. It is understood that lie is to be succeeded by Brevet Lient.-Gel. Haines, of the 21st Fusiliers. Many officers of the regiments in camp aro suffering from sickness. The plan adopted for their medical treatment is as follows : if the regimental surgeons find that the means at their command are not sufficient, they recommend a removal to shipboard at Balaklava, where the sick have at least protection against weather, and the opportunity of obtaining better food. This failing, the officer is recommended leave of absence, for change of air, for_ a stated period, either . to Therapia or Scutari. In cases where the case is likely to be very protracted, and the medical board recommends such a course to be adopted, the patient is permitted to leave for Eng land, reporting himself for further observation to the military authorities at the Horse Guards. We have a French baker at Balaklava, who sells loaves which in England would be 41. at the fa mine price . of 2s. Incredible as it may appear, the Turkish private - soldiers are the best customers of this baker, who, by the bye, is said to net Si. per diem. After this, let the tradesmen of . Sydney and Melbourne for ever hide their diminished heads. For it must be understood that this fortunate baker might net 101. instead of 5/.,•if he would but work harder, and bake up to the demand. DEC. 12.—About half-past 11 o'clock last even ing the Russians made a most determined attack upon the advanced work in front of the -Greenhill battery, and also upon the advanced work of the French. After an hour's sharp fighting the fire was silenced and the enemy driven back. The moon had risen, but the atmosphere was hazy. The attack commenced in the left ravine which winds between Greenhill and Frenchman's-hill. FOrtunately about a fortnight since a breast work and ditch were thrown up across the ravine, and extended up the sides to be connected with Captain Chapman's battery on the left, and Captain Gordon's on the . right. The earthwork was defended by a party of the Rifle Bri g ade. The enemy *came stealthily on at first, but, finding the picket prepared, rushed on in great force, and with a loud cheer which was heard an the English camp. The heavy guns, which had been discharg ing at intervals all the evening, ceased their fire ; th combatants were at too close quarters for artil lery to be used without equal risk to friend and foe. Presently the fire of musketry extended along the advanced position before Captain Chapman's battery, and not long afterwards a smart fusillade opened in the French lines. The bugles of the dif ferent regiments, .and the drums of the marines in camp had long since sounded the alarm, the men had got under arms, and were now moving to their respective stations in support of the pickets.. The Russians, surmising or perceiving the approach of these supports,. threw rapid discharges of shell and round shot, in the hope of annting or a rres ting . them in .their advance, After the la pse about THE BLACK SEA. OFF SEBASTOPOL, Dec. 12. Since the sortie of the two steamers from Sebas topol ox the 6th inst. the Russian fleet has re mained quiet. It is, indeed, reported that move ments have been olmerved in the harbour, as if the to come out, that th e vesse l s i fl ia e t e i t s w et as th p e r ir e preparing to and that an unusual degree of activity was prevailing, but hitherto no thing has occurred, except the little affair of the other day. A steamer, supposed V:, be the Vladimir, came out Under the cover of the batteries, while another was hovering about close to the sunken vessels. The first, unheeding the French frigate Megere, which was cruising outside, went close in shore to Strelitzka Bay, where another French steamer and a mortar-vessel were lyin g , an d bean to blew away at the French left attack, directed against the Quarantine Fort, and the loopholed and bastioned wall which surrounds the town on the west side. As soon as this was observed the Valorous and Ter rible got their steam np, but before they could well come within reach of the Russian steamer this latter had retired under the batteries on the south side. The Valorous, which has only come up lately went rather too far in pursuit, and the forts opened their fire on her. A few shots struck her, but she suf fered no serious damage. This sortie proved, if nothing else, at least that there is a passage left for ships to come out between the sunken vessels, so that if the Russians were de termined to attempt a sortie with'their fleet they could do it; but the vessels are sunk so close to each other that only one at a time could come out. The range, however, of the forts would, on the other hand, enable them to form under the cover of their fire, and thus meet the combined fleets, which, as you will easily believe, are eager for such an encounter. Heavy south and south-west winds are still 'zine prevailing feature in the weather, but they have lost a good deal of their former fury. The anchorage at the Katcha has been entirely given up, and all the liners which lay there after the departure of the three-deckers are now anchored outside of the double bay of Cher sonesus, where the Agamemnon rode out the fearful gale,of the 14th ult. Chersoneeus-bay is formed by two indentations in the coast running nearly parallel - -to each other, and separated only by a narrow tongue of land. It forms thus two distinct hays, of which the one nearest to the cape, called Karatch-bay, is now taken up by the Eng lish fleet, , while the other, Kamiesh-bay, has served from the beginning, as the landing-place of the French. Karatch-bay, although not quite so Well protested as Kamiesh-bay, because the land. around is lower and the entrance more open, is still infinitely superior to the Katcha as an anchorage, for, with the exception of a north-westerly gale, -they have nothing to fear from wind and weather. The holding ground is, however, very unequal. In some places there is nothing to be found but the bare rock, while in others you meet with shoals in the middle of the bay. But the place has been surveyed and buoys laid down, so that there is no thing to fear on that score, while the distance from this bay to the entrance of Sebastopol is about the same as from the Katcna, and thus the fleet can be up just as soon, if not sooner, should the Russians attempt to come. out. A few days ago I went to the MonaStery of St. George and the, village of Karani, wliero all the remaining inhabitants of the villages south of Sebas topol are kept. After the departure of the 73 per sons to Yalta there are still 330 men, women, and children remaining. Having no means of subsist ence, they are fed by the allies, a supply of flour found,at Balakla,va being partly applied for this purpose. Karani is a snug little village on the road from Balaklava*to tho Monastery of St. George. Its inhabitants, like the rest of the Greek colonies in the south of the Crimea, although be longing to the Oriental church, are not incorpo rated with the Russian Orthodox Church, but have their own clergy. The other day a curious proof of this was furnished by the priest of the village of • Karani himself. The dragoman attached to the colonel of the French Gendarmerie, who is living in the village, fell in love with a Greek girl, and, without asking his superior's leave, in duced the priest of Karani to marry them. Next day he presented himself, with his young wife, to the colonel, who had him sent to Con stantinople to enjoy his honeymoon. The colonel wanted likewise to give the priest some good advice, but this latter, very likely too much accustomed to Russian ways, thought it safest to run, and he disappeared, leaving his flock to get on as best it could. The French colonel now proposed to have one of the Russian monks from the monastery to perform service, but the people declined, asserting that they were not of the same rite. Besides the French detachment, a part of the English Comraiisariat is quartered in the village. You cannot doubt this ; as soon as you approach, wretched mules adrift, others lying dead on the ground, broken carts and wheels speak plainly enough for themselves. Of course, there must be scarcity in the means of transport. The broken carts you may easily believe soon find other owners, and I have hoard French soldiers say, " Is it not better that we should . burn them rather than leave them rotting in the mud ?" In the French Cern missariat the mules are regularly picketed, like ca valry or artillery horses, and counted every day, if a cart is wanted it is left to the goodwill of a lazy Maltese or Bulgarian to replace it; the conse quence is that the French Commissariat and . ambu. lance mules arc strong and healthy, while English Colmnis?,ariat mules are vanishing without anybody asking what has become of them. Until lately the mules belonging to the English Commissariat were disperFed_:in the whole village of Karani ; .now the village is divided in two parts—one occupied by the other by the English imagine how things must ethoerutiesnscalryalet.tac yhionicinmt,ay have gone when I tell you that the French had to wa ke a, representation about the shameful sluggish ness .in the English Commissariat at Karani. Since the departure of the first transport of Greek villagers to Yalta several others have expressed their wish to follow their example ; but, of course, one cannot have a steamer ready for every single individual ; but, it they should wish it en masse, I suppose they will get a steamer again; It will be a relief, for it will be so many less men , to feed. There are some Greek families likewise in the Monastery of St. George. This monastery, chosen with the usual cleverness which monks of all coun tries and ages display in the choice of their dwelling places, is situated on the precipitous side of a lit• tie bay running in from Cape Feolente ; it seems evidently an institution getting into fashion, for everywhere you see traces of now, half-finished buildings, while own those which are completed seem quite new. There are now 15 monks re maining; 12 others are with the Russian army, where they do business as chaplains. The monas tery is guarded by a body of Zouaves under a ser jeant, and there was some intention of converting it into an hospital, but the gale of the 14th has un roofed nearly all the houses and even torn down the iron plates from the church roof, so that the re pairings would give quite as much trouble as the building of a wooden shed for the same purpose. During the gale the Zouaves, as well as all the rest of the inmates, had to retire to the " hospitiutn," an out-building erected for the acco mmo dation of pious pilgrims who come to drink the delicio us power,w at waters andof t h implore St. Ge e orgsWell, of mir acu l ous chivalrous saint's protec tion. For an ordinary traveller the beauty of the spot would be quite sufficient reward. Even now, although everything wears the bleak autumnal tinges, it is one of the loveliest spots imaginable, with its white terraces, huge rocks, and dark woods overlooking the wide expanse of the Euxine. It i s a place as if made for silent contemplation, and, even while the fury of guns scarcely ever penetrate to iu os Among the new arr i vals at the fleet is the reportstist ravingof the t r h e e t r l e e d a i v t s s y p o s e t i l e e n eighbourhood, th e l ou d Curacoa, 30, screw, which joined two days ago. THE WOOD PIGEON.--A: circumstance has just oc curred in the neighbourhood of Canterbury which af fords irrefragabla proof of the destructive capabilities of the w oo d pi g eon. One of these birds was shot last week in Clowes s•wood, in the parish of St. Stephen, and, upon examining its crop, it was found to contain no less than 937 grams of wheat, besides 94 tares, show ing that it had found good quarters and bad availed it sef of-the advantages afforded. We may probably next year be in a position to record the produce of the grain thus discovered, as Mr. Bedwell, of Breton-court, has sown it distinct from his other crop, in order to asce rtain the qua n tity o f corn capable f being, pro duced from the consumption of a single wood pigeon ,south;Eoftwrt 'O`ogati.- HENRY RUSSELL, THE VOCALIST. Will shortly be published, AMAGNIFICENT LITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT (24 inches-by 20). This distinguished Composer may justly be entitled the " Dibdin" of the age, from the many beautiful songs he has written, amongst which may be ranked, "Cheer, Boys, Cheer," and which have cheered many a brave heart in .he Crimea. Proof copies, 7s. 6d.. Garcia and Co., Regent Gallery, 71, E egent-ttreet.