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The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the prJritietors. Lea and Perrin., 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68 nroad-street, Worcester: also by sie , srs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generall, by the rincipal dealers in sauce. N•B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PEIWINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. 91 1T AIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de RivArmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. The long continuance of most Maladies arising front impurities, +while it tends to render detection more certain, and thus frequently to embitter the domestic hearth, also serves to excite feelings of dis appointment. and to induce lowness of spirits, and other sensations of a most painful kind. The TRI St R effectually, in the short Space of three days, ccmpletely and entirely eradicates all traces of these Disc , ses, to whatever stage they m .y have advance!, p teens- Ing at the same time the manifest advantages of being utterly devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. It may lie on the toilet table without its use being suspect.-d. Sold in tin cases at I IS. eac!., free by post, 2s. extra, div:ded into Separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand , Roux, 4c. This quantity is sufficient for any case, however virulent or protracted.—To he had Wholesale and Retail at Sangar's, Oxford- Street, and Edward's. St. Paul's Churchyard; Johnston, 68, Corn • ; Hannay and Co., Oxford-street, London. BRITISH COLLEUE OF HEALTH, NEW-ROAD, LONE) 3N. 111[ ORISON and HYGEISM.—Thirty years ago the great Ilygeist propounded to the world a theory of disease, little then known and understood. Ills iheory was scoffed —it Is ivw admitted to be true t.y many of the leadina medical Writers of the age. Not a voice is new li ted ageinst disease o• luting in the blood ! The Hyceist discovered that blood could be purified to an extent hitherto unknoen, and with a safety a- ft , t !king as it is tue and extraordinary. He made this discovery with his own medicine, and er veil hi• theory by its efficacy and suita'Ality to all diseases; or, rather one disease, i xhib tint manv diversified forms. One cause, corrupted blood , one cure, pu gal.)", by which all ailments disappear, because the bioo originating these , a 1 - silents is purified. This is a simple, b,autful, harmonmus demonstrated •ystem. No poisons w,r int with and depres-1.1 the power!, of Hie, even to itath. No lancets to wi h traw the vital stream. and h rry the victimised to the grave. No fees for doing too oftrm much natal mischiet to human kind—practic..s that are haaPriy discari'ed by all Ilygeists Not ins but a safe aperient Med.lcine, which a little expert nce end written instru• boos can enable • ny ooe to adininist. r, and which results m st simply and naturally in the alkyl bon and cure o disease. Let the Ignorant and prejudic d l mil it they may at this rat-on Is, stem. it is not on ithat account the les, oond, suxe•stul, .nvalu le, and imrative. A Multitud, of cur s Witained from the cured testifying to the truth of Morison's system and med'eme, h tve been in the hands of agents, a portion of which may always be seen at their homes. Fom our own knowledge of patent me i Ines, we May safely assert that the consumption of th m has increased ten fold in tile country since Mr. Morison pr Tnulga•ed his system Pills, under new names, are starting dar alter day. an there be a 3 r- inter proof of the truth of the It ris ni in system than the tact that such vent' p, -n order t i popularse !hex pills, d• scr he th -in as being of a purgative quality, and emtiody in their advertisem. nts (with which the p , blic tress is now tecmi. a), serape from the Mori aortiana ? A question the,. arises for the a rious con -ider.tion . I the publ c, wheth--r the vendors tr'ctly adhere to the M-oisonian sys tem in its inte• rity, and whe her they are in possession of a medi cine which will effectually answer the main purpose, that of cleansing the blood ? (Signed) JOHN FRAsEit, General Agent for the ' , ;ale of Morison's Medicines in Scotland, 71, Prarei—treet, Edinburgh. ON TAE PRILOttIOPHY OF NI RRI AGE A% I) THE •-•Eriti..T INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH, MANHOOD, AND OLD AnE. 4Tust Published, 60th Edition, price 2s. 6d.. or free by post for forty- two stamps, SELF-PRESERVATI ON! a Popular Treatise on the Physiology and Functions of 7,far riage, with its Disqualifications and ltnpe iiments, tracing their /origin to the effects of solitary habits, youthful excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by practical remarks, founded on twenty years' esperi-nec in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, •qiermatorrhess, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative system. Illustrated by 50 coloured Engrav ings, on the Anatomy of the Reproductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. By MUEL I, A'MERT M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, pectin' of Medicine, Matriculated Member or the University or Eft bvAreti, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medicai Society, Licentiate of Anothecaries' Hall, London. &c., Pic. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses, which have produced more mierry in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists Its perusal is iparticularly 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 incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may he mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may he removed, and how the evil and its con•equenc es may be avoided, and above all, 'that there is scarcely any decree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. The Author has for a mica+ of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which are unfortunately teen too generally confided to the care of ignorant empires, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place 'faith in ',heir pretensions. SELF•PRESERVATION may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. 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THE SILENT FRIEND, a M e dical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, Produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directioes for the use of the preventive lotion, tot rowed by of servations on Marren, and the disqualifications which 'prevent ft. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. Ry It. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster :ow, and :old by Hannay. 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street; 95 ' varrin,lo -street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard ; Butler , 4, Cheapside ; It Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and is illustrated by 28 rnioured F.ncravi nes. PART IL frosts of the consequences resultme from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, inducing mental and h , Aily weakness. nervous each eirent, and generative Incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory P:ngravines PART 111. treats of the disease* resulting from infection, either in the primary Cr secondary form, and contains explicit directions for 'their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. PART IV. csntatns a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. iit devoted to the consideration of msrriage acid its duties. The causes of unproductive union are alsti considered, and the whole sut,Ject critically a d philosonl ically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM" OF , YR ‘CU‘I is exclusively employed In treating nervous and sexual debility. impotence, lls and 335. per bottle. 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TTNIVERSAL PROVIDENT LIFE 11...1 ASSURANCE, 52, King William•street, London-bridge. LIFE ASSURANCE. Allowance in sickness. EDWARD PUGH RAWSELL, Secretary. ! PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. Sir Richard England and Sir De Lacy Evans have been appointed to the command of divisions in the ex pedition to the East, which will include a division of cavalry mustering 2,000 sabres, and placed under the command of the Earl of Lucan, the Earl of Cardigan commanding the light, and Colonel Scarlett the heavy brigade. A Queen's messenger arrived yesterday evening at Portsmouth, from London, with despatches for Admiral Corry. The Neptune and the Bulldog were ordered to sail this morning at daylight. It is, however, doubtful if they will be able to sail quite so early, as the Neptune is to take 1,000 shells, and the Bulldog 200 shells on beard. Hurst and 131 ck , tt, Publ,shers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marl borough.strect. A Queen's messenger left London for Constantinople on Monday night with despatches. He was accom panied by Captain Nolan, of the 15th Hussars, who has been sent out, commissioned by Government, to pur chase 1,000 horses for the use of our army. Captain Nolan will be joined at Constantinople by an officer of the commissariat. On Tuesday the walls at the east end of the metropolis were placarded with bills inviting seamen, able and ordi nary, artificers, stokers, and petty officers, to join her Majesty's steam-frigate, Conflict, Captain John Foote, now fitting out for the Baltic. Men joining are pro mised lots of prize money, good usage, and a crack at the Russians. During the day the announcement brought considerable numbers of seamen t o th e nava l rendezvous at Tower-hill, and the Crocodile tender, off e Tower. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 15. Up to Tuesday evening last, the Bth and 17th cavalry regiments alone had received official orders to prepare 'for active service. We can now confidently state that the following cavalry force is under orders for the East : —Light Dragoons-Bth, 11th, 13th, and 17th. Heavy Dragoons-Ist, or Royal Dragoons, 6th Enniskillens, 4th and sth Dragoon Guards. Two additional troops of horse artillery, with five more companies, are preparing for embarkation. The whole military force in the United Kingdom, in cluding all arms of the service, have been warned to hold themselves in readiness for immediate service. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 15. By the arrival of the steamer Iberia, from Gibraltar, we have the following information regarding the move ments of the steamers transporting the troops to the East : —The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Himalaya which reached Gibraltar on the 4th inst. in three days and a half from Plymouth, had been in collision with the British brig Spring, from Odessa, with wheat, bound to Cork, to the eastward of the Rock. The Himalaya towed the damaged vessel into Gibraltar Bay, where she was run aground and became water logged ; the crew were saved by a boat from her Ma jesty's ship Cruiser. The Himalaya received no damage, and proceeded at 11 a.m. of the 4th for Malta. She would probably reach that island on the evening of the Bth inst. The Manilla reached Gibraltar on the 3d instant, in eight days and a half from Southampton, and cleared on the sth for Malta, all well. The screw steamer Emu, with the 33d Regiment on board, passed the Straits of Gibraltar at 10 o'clock in the morning of the 7th inst. The 44th Regiment were preparing to embark at Gibraltar for the East, by the steam-ship Orinoco, ex pected there in a few days. We have received from our correspondent at Mar seilles news of the safe arrival at Malta of the Himalaya on the Bth, of the Vulcan and Emu on the 11th, and of the Manilla on the 12th—all with troops from England to be employed in the East-. / ~ i ~ ~/ ~ / ~ ~_/~// ~ /' l%V' 1 • '• ' • • cva r• 4 4 _ 1 .• • ••- • 0 . • -1 i,1t.1.."1 „. ): 4" ;43:, • • / &1[41f47 • . - • 7;7, . + o ,ol • -•11• , " ' s 'l*, 'l o 416.- „ DIE it ' • e • from the Belleisle hospital-ship to the Duke of Welling ton, 131, screw steam flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir Chas. Napier, K.C.B. ; James Whicher (1846), recently serv ing at Greenwich Hospital, to the Belleisle. Second Master Denton H. Speer, recently Acting Master of the Serpent, 12, sloop, on the East India sta tion, to the Phoenix screw steam-sloop, at Woolwich. Clerks' Assistants—Louis B. Chitty, to the Despe rate screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth ; Charles W. Roadie, to the Royal George, 121 ; Ebenezer Way mouth, to the James Watt, 91, screw steam-ship, at Devonport ; Alfred J. Boyton, to the Prince Regent, 90, at Portsmouth. Naval Cadets—E. A. R. Lane, to the James Watt; W. H. F. Pengelley, Thomas Eaton, Alexander Gran ville, and the Hon. James Charles Ellis, first appoint. ments. Six of the horse transport-ships have now arrived from Deptford and been taken into the basin at 'Wool wich. The vessels that came down to-day are the City of Carlisle, carrying the pendant of Lieutenant and agent Richard Hoop (1840), and the Earl of Shaftes bury. The Hope steamer has also arrived, and is moored alongside the coal hulk. The sailing ships are formed into division .6 consisting of three ships in each, Lieu tenant Butler having the charge of the first division and Lieutenant Hoop of the second division. No day has as yet been finally fixed for shipping the horses. The Royal mail steam-ship Niagara, Leitch comman der, returned this morning from Malta, whence she sailed on the 6th inst. The voyage of the Niagara has been performed in a very short space of time, having occupied less than 20 days. She sailed from Liverpool on the 23d ult., and arrived at Malta at 3 p.m., on the 4th of March, in a little over nine days. The disembarkation of the troops commenced in about an hour after her arrival, and was safely effected. She was coaled in an amazingly short time, considering the limited facilities at hand, and at three o'clock on the 6th, 48 hours after her arrrival, she was again under weigh. At 9 a.m., on the 7th, she passed the screw steamer Himalaya, with troops, 150 miles from Malta ; and during the next two days several steamers were passed, but at too great a distance to dis tinguish their names. The Niagara arrived off the bar at three o'clock this morning, where she had to wait several hours for water. She is again under orders to proceed to Malta, but the time of her departure has not yet been fixed. There are now in this port no fewer than six splendid ships being fitted out, by order of Go vernment, for the conveyance of troops from different seaports in transitu to the seat of war in the East. The names of the ships are—Star of the South (James Alex ander) ; Euchanga (James Johnson and Co.) ; Timandra (Edward Oliver) ; Mary Ann (Edward Oliver) ; the Pa ramatta (Edward Oliver) ; and the Wilson Kennedy (Edward Oliver). These vessels are being fitted out by Messrs. John Magors and Co., of this port. The altera tions to be made are on a most extensive scale, and in every way calculated for the convenience and comfort of the troops, the sanitary regulations being particularly attended to. The vessels are so fitted as to accommodate cavalry and infantry regiments with berths, mess-rooms, appor tioned compartments for rank and file, stalls for horses, &c. The whole work is under the superintendence of the navy officers of the Deptford dockyard. What has already been done in the fitting out of the Niagara and Cambria steamers is a guarantee that Liverpool, not withstanding a prevailing feeling some time ago wrongly entertained, is not behind London or Deptford in fitting out ships for war service, DUBLIN, _MARca.IS. Two troops of the Queen's Bays left the Royal Bar racks yesterday • one has proceeded to Monaghan, and the other to Belfast. Lieutenant-Colonel Hastings Doyle has received the appointment of Assistant-Ad jutant-General in one of the divisions of the expeditionary army to Turkey. The 4th Royal Irish Dragoons, who are on the roll for foreign service, have already commenced moving from Dundalk. The first troop left on Monday for Kilkenny ; a second followed yesterday morning for Longford, and the head-quarters march on Monday next for Ncwbridge, where they are to hold thentselves in readiness for war service, when required. [PRICE SD. THE RUSSIAN WAR-THE TREATIES IT MAY LEAD TO. The history of Russia affords no precedent for any such treaty as that which will probably be made at the termina'ion of the hostilities now impending. Those speculators will be mistaken who, judging of the Emperor Nicholas by his predecessors, and unmindful of the pre sent peculiar condition of political relations upon the Continent, have anticipated that the recent attempts at negotiation would terminate in conformity with the uni form policy of Russia hitherto. That policy has been departed from in the present case. The Czar has at length set Europe at defiance, and deliberately plunged into a war which must drain to the utmost the resources of the empire, and utterly destroy her trade—a war, therefore, the possibility of which had never been con templated by Russian diplomatists. Surely the shades of his imperial ancestors will rise in judgment against Nicholas, unless he can justify his conduct. And this does not seem difficult. The time had arrived when, in ac cordance with the policy bequeathed to him by Peter the I Great, Nicholas thought it his duty to take another slice off Turkey. There has been comparatively little difficulty in appropriating similar slices hitherto, and the Em peror is going through the customary formula, when his . proceedings are most unexpectedly and unjustifiably nipped in the bud by a combination of powers in the west. If the contingency of a war with Europe has never been anticipated by Russian autocrats, it is sim ply because the possibility of Europe combined against Russian encroachment has never been contemplated by them. If England and France were not now united, to resist Russia, a treaty with Turkey might soon be made upon conditions no less favourable to Russia than that of Adrianople. But, to the dismay and astonishment of the Emperor, the time for making treaties has arrived, and he finds that it is utterly hopeless to drive a profit able bargain. He must choose between unconditional surrender of the lands he has invaded and unmitigated war ; and it becomes interesting to observe how he is prepared to meet the contingency thus unexpectedly forced upon him. It is evident that peace and tranquil lity form essential ingredients in a policy which incul cates wholesale territorial aggrandisement, for precisely in proportion as the frontier line is advanced is the diffi culty of guarding it increased. This is apparent to a remarkable degree in Russia. From Norway to China the Russian frontier is entirely composed of provinces which have been added to the em pire since the accession of Peter the Great. The result is that the empire is encircled with a belt of disaffected coun try 5,000 miles in length, and varying in breadth from 300 to 1,000 miles, a barrier not to be depended upon, and formed of every combustible materials—indeed, in time of war a source of weakness rather than of strength, and from which more is to he apprehended than from those who come up to attack it. It is clear, therefore, that war on a large scale formed no part of Peter's policy. He did not recommend his imperial successors to surround themselves with gunpowder for the purpose of getting blown up, but rather by a slow process to decompose and absorb the combustible elements, and this in many provinces has almost been effected. It is a work of time, and requires both external and internal tranquillity ; and to engage in a general war is to undo all that has been going on during some of the quieter years of the last century, and energies which a long course of oppression have almost crushed will again de velop themselves, for when the work of retribution once begins it will be found that there is a heavy reckoning to be paid. This is evidently a consideration of the ut most importance and worthy our gravest attention in the pretent crisis as enabling us to perceive what points on the frontier are most susceptible of attack, and how far advantage may be taken of the impending war to check the aggression of Russia in any particu lar direction in which it more nearly affects any one of the contending Powers. Thus, though the progress of Russia in the west is the origin of the present difference, as tending to overthrow the balance of power in Europe, it must not be forgotten that an opportunity is now offered of thwarting for ever her designs in the East ; in that quarter in which the interests of this country are more closely affected. The Ottoman cause is at stake in America, as well as in Wallachia, and I would venture to suggest, that as troops are bein g now sent to Turkey, it would be wise to act on the ffensive at once upon the weakest parts of the Russian frontier, instead of concentrating them near Constantinople • and, by clearing the Transcaucasian Provinces and the Crimea of Russian troops,. relieve Turkey of the defence of her whole eastern frontier, which might then be safely com mitted to the care of Schamyl and his mountaineers ; while a handful of troops at the Isthmus of Perecop would hold the Crimea against any army which, after a march of 500 miles over uninhabited steppe, might at tempt to take it. If we are to act at all, let us act with energy, and effectively. Let us leave the Turks to fight in. Turkey, but let us land our army at once in those provinces of Russia where a disaffected population will hail the advent of a hostile force, and the presence of an invincible fleet will inspire them with fresh confidence, and ii.duce that co-operation which may result in their own freedom, and be instrumental in crowning our own efforts with success. "/--.- Tenth Edition, w!th 15 Illustrations, 10a. 6d. bound, r ir llE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By ELIOT WARBURTON. " A book calculated to prove more practically uscrul was never penned than 'The Crescent gnd the Cross,' —a work which str- Nsses all others in its homage for the sublime and its love for the beautiful in those famous regions consecrated to everlasting humor tglity."—Sun. - - published for Henry :"olburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough street. This Day, Cheaper Edition, Three Volumes, lOs , FAMILY HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By G. R. OLE IG. M.A., Chaplain General to the Forces. 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"Behind the ....cenes" Is a most sparkling political novel f the present times, filled with va:lite portraits ii\in :celebrities, and as it will doninle=s be In ve - y great demand, the pui , ll , her deems it n cessary to intimate V at inni ediate orde s should he given to ensure copies of the first edition.—Chnrles J. , Let, 10, King William-st , eat, Charing-cross. Just nubl. - ,,nerl. in 2,400 papg, the Varen Edition of tbe POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY FOR 1854. • The Mareh public Von has Irtherto consisted of the same sheets as in the Christmas edition ; but tnis year every cony of the work as he n rii•vos,d or, notwith‘tandlig that the ed,tbm was the lirgest ever proauce,l; it has therefore been necessary entirely to reprint the volume. Advantage has been taken of the sheets passing through the press to intro iu .e emendations in all parts of the book ; b-sides which the d , visions cut beil respectively "Official Directory." octal Direc tory," ant " i'a liamentary Directory," have been entirely recom pile , and co - reete,i to tt e ti • e of publication. the March Elit'on ha an Ezernat Index which distinctly de lines the ommencement and conclusion o each division and in so °int I , unique ; and this is acco ~pli,hed without nutehes cut i , ,to the hook. " The t'ecilliar reeommendition of this plan is that it shows, not mt , rely the com ,, ,cernent of each division. hut the exact space oc cupie by it, and thus enables the trrson referring to calculate within a leaf or two where to open the book for any name."—Weekly Die- Catch, November 8, igs3, " Ano . hrr nove arrangement has been adopted, which, wi'hout di , figuring pagea, Iv ,E; great facilities of reference."—Slining Journal, Novi.mber 5, 1853, . _ _ KILLY nnd 0., 19 and 20, Old Rowell-court; and all Booksellers. ;NEW TALE BY MR CHARLES DICKENS, To he published Weekly in "HOUSEHOLD WORDS." ON Wednesday, the 29th of March, will be pub lished. in " IDTAEHOLD WORDS." the First Portion of a New Work of Fiction, mad "HARD TIMES," by CHARLES DIOKENsi. The publication of this Story will be continued in HOUSEHOLD WORDS from Week t Week, and completed in Five Months. Price of each Weekly Number &HOUSEHOLD W , Ht DS (contain taining, besides, the usual variety of matter), Twopence ; or Stamped, Threer•ence. HoILAEHOLD WORDS, conducted by CHARLES DICKENS, is published also in Monthly Parts and in Half-yearly Volumes. Office, 16, Wellington-street North, Strand. THIRD EDITION,--WITH ADD ['FLOM. .Tust published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d. N TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRH(EA, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors n elation to the Treatment and Cure of the Impuissant and Sexual Hypochondriscs, Transisted from `he German of Dr. PICRFORD. _ . an E3SAY on SEXUAL DEBILITY, by the Editor. "Dr. Pickford ls known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first t , me, he informs tis, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi eel reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flap:rant evil which it may be in his • ower to correct.' ' —London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa thisers, And ' M edical Friends,'are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book Quid find its way into the hands of those who suffer farm the com plaint of which it tre.tts, we are satisfied that many hundreds would le saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of 'eta importance, tht.ti th it is that which the quacks most. prize— cinch I , OllEl' ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical , ystem of treating Spermatorrhrea, and to place the treat. moot upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. London: TT. T3Rlliere. 219. Relent-street HA.NWELL LUNATIC ASYLUM.- Persons willing to TENDES 'or SUPPLYING the above named Institution, which contains about 1,101 Inmates, with Meat, Flour, Malt, Hops, Oatmeal. Peas, Hay, straw, Oats, Butter, Cheese, and Bacon for Six Calendar Mouths, front the I st April next, are requested to deliver seoled tenders, addressed " ro the Committee of Visitor..." to the Storekeener, at the Asylum, at Hanwell, by half pao4 Eleven o'clock on Tlll7 l t,D ,Y, the 23d instant, and be In at te,clance there at Twelve o'clock Black forms in which the tenders must he male may 'e obtained, anu th • form o' co tract of may be seen, either by application here, tithe A-31nm. The Comm tree will not bled themselves to accept the lowest or any of the Te. d rs. bated this 10th of March, 1854 CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Visitors. Sessions-house, Clerkenwell. HEAL AND SON'S SPRING MATRESSES. —The most durable Ite ,, dlnz Is a v ell-made ,PRI • G MAT ; it retains its elasticity, an • wi I wear lo , ger wi bout repair than any other mattress. ai,d with one French Wool and Hair Mat tress ~ n it is >, utn , t luxurious Red. Heil and ~o n make them in three varieties. For pries of the different s.zes ant qualities, ap,ly fo • FE L and .ON's ILL' Sink , ED CaT %LOGI TR of BED s MAII4 and prices LERT 4 of 14F, HD! NG. It contains designs and prices of upwards cf It 0 Bedsteads, And prices of every descriptum of Redd nz. and is sent free by post. —HE tL and SON, 196, To.ten ham co.irt •roscl. HYGIENIC BATHS, A POWERFUL, PROMOTER OF HEALTH aND 'NEL', BEING. JENSEN'S HERBACEOUS DAPHNE MARINA SALT FOR BA'''NS, alien dissolved in a Cold, Tepid, or warm lta b, imparts so ervinewly stre.gthening and beneficial pro , erties to th ,, same, that, when once tried, a Bath will scarcely ever be taken without rt. In the buoyancy and ireshness it produces in the system, it is far superior to any known Sea Rath. Highly recomoiended by that distinguished Physician, Dr. ANDREW CBE, M.D.. F R S., &c. Sold at Is. per Packet, by C. Meinig. 103, Leadenhall street, and by all Chemists arid Bathing Establishments. ALLSOPP'S PALE or BITTER ALE.— Nte-sri ALL ,, and SONS beg t' inf rm the Tit ,DE that they are now mistering orders tor the Ma oh Brewings of , hrir PALE ' LE, in (IRAs of 18 Ga 1 , ns and upw rds, at toe Br :wery, Burton on-Trent; and at the undermentioned Branch Establishment' , NDON*. at 61, Kinc WiliPLlThatreet, City; LIVERPOOL, at Cook•strect ; MANCHESTER, at En cie-sTace ; DI'D:,EY, at the Burnt 'tree; GLASGOW, at 115, it. Vincent street; DUBLIN. at 1 Cramp'on•quay ; BIRMINGHAM, at Market Hall; SOUTII WA , ES, at 13, Kmg•strcet, Bristol. Me vs. A LLSOPP and S( . O NS tam t - e opportunity of announcing to Private Families !hat their Ales, so strongly recommended by the medical profession. may b , procured in Draught and Bott!es Genuine from all ihe most respectable Licensed Victuallers, on "ALL ,OPP'S PALE A LE" b ing specially asked for. When in bottle, the genuineness of the label csn be ascertained by its having " ALLSOPP and SONS" written across it. PURSSELL'S BRIDE CAKES, 1 to 10 Guineas; Dessert Cakes, Is. to 10s., viz., Dundee. Madeira, School, and Savoy Cakes; Swiss an i French Pound Cakes, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Swiss and Italian Pastry, for evening parties, Is. to 3s. per doz. ; la sorts of Almond Cakes, Ratlitas, and Maccaroons, 2s. per lb. ; Rout Cakes. 3s. per lb.: Mixed Cakes, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Mixed Biscuits. is. 2d. per lb.; Biscuits in bags or boxes, 14 for is., viz., Arrowroot, Brown, Digestive, Milk, Abernethy, German Cuddy or Captain's Biscuits ; Mince Pies, 4s and 6s. per doz. ; Jellies awl soirs, 4s per qt.; Creams and Ices, Gs per qt.; Made Dish.e, Raised Pies, Hams, Tongues, Fowls. Caution.—John R. Puresell, 162, Regent-street, and 20, Ludgate-hill, only. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE-MEGE, or Saccharatt, C tPSULES, approved by the French Coileac of Physicians, successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for the cure of certain ,ii-eases (see " Lancet " 6th Nov., 1852.) Price, per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d.—To be had of the Inventor, Gabriel .Tozeau, French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London. whose nsme is printed on the Government stamp ; and all the principal chemists. THE EXPENSES OF THE WAR. The enthusiastic manne r in which the Forces left their native land to fight the battles of freedom and commerce, will not suffer us *o shrink from the responsibilities which will arise from the under takinu, though, at a time of scarcity and high prices, it will be an inconvenience to sit classes. The Introised Incnme-tax may seem very unwelcome, but the outlay will be refunded in the most ample and satisfactory manner to all pat'ans of tile establi‘hment of E. MOSES & -ON, and their West End Branch, New Oxford-street, corner of Hart-street. It fa impress 'hie to exaugerate the canabilities of E Moses & Son as Merch , nt Tailors, Hatters. Hod re, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and (le ieral Outtl ters Every departraen', is the receptacle of the newest and b=st Goode, and the very economical prices which aro char •ed by H. vos a & Son are aopreciatel everywhere. an immense variety of Novelties are ready, and others in course of preparation. for the Spring Sea on, ant a combination of advan tages which no other house could secure will be asso hated in the mpgrdneent eisplay made by E. Mons and PoN In e'etraitt >ttire far Ladies. Gcr+temi-n, and Chillre , . Though the article.. sureass all previously exhihitet, the prices are considerably lower than those charged b‘ any other hourz Wi bout any eha-ge. .11 necessary Information is supplied to emi grants, and the best and cheapest Outfits are fn nished by E. Mom and Sots. E MosEs and °O)t'S gigantic Wholesale Department is highly ad van4geous to Merchants, , hi,rpers, a d Emigrants. -t. ,1 AON regret having to guard the vathlic agaihat imposition, h..eint learned that the nntradesman-like aii,hood of " Being e.Annectad with heir Estahlishmi , nt," or " It's he same concern," has been resorted to in many instance 3, and for brims re isms, they heg to state that they have Flo CONNEXION WITH ,HQ OTHER HOIT3E IN 011 . pUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City F.,,tablishment, 154, 155. p 56, and Is 7. Mtnnries, 83 4,0, and 81. Aldkate, opposite the Chnrch , communicating. London West-end Branch, 50q, 507, 518, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, ilart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36 wartate. Colonial Branch, v• lbou ne, Australis. Merchant Tail°. Clothiers, Raters, fosters, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Oatfltters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods ars marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no Mott eroent can he made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset n 'Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Bonk, "The Epitome of Comfort and Economy , " contain . Ing rall lists of prices, our system of splf-measurement, &c., &c., any bo bad on application, rr post-free. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1854 can be had. g ratis application. lei 'eon pane Prenctii.. iiter *richt man D➢utecil. Qui si parla Italian. Mos so halais Fa no OFFICES, Exchange-alley, Cornhill.—Light and Eligible Offices to be Let.—Apply to Mr. Jones, 139 A, Cheapside. SURREY BACHELORS' BALL, in aid of the Funds of the Wal vorth Literary and Scientific Institution, at the WHITTINGTON CLUB, Strand, on MONDAY next. The renowned HUNGARIAN BAND will attend in national costume, and peronn selections from their most brilliant morceaux, and dance music composed expressly for this occasion. Mr. FRAMPTON, M.C. Tickets (the number of which is limited) may be obtained of the Stewards, Mr. J. G. b eeld, the Hon. Secretary, 19, Trinity-ter race. Trinity-squire, Southwark, the Librarian of tho Institution, 21, Manor-place, walworth, and of the Secretary of the Whittington Club. Double Ticket, 10s Cd., Gentlemen's, Os. Gel., and Ladies' its. each, including Refreshments. JAPANESE EXHIBITION. The FIRST DIRECT IMPORTATION from JAPAN is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION, at the Gallery of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, sa, Pall-Mall East. By request, the period for closing is ex tended for a few days only, the Society requiring the Gallery on the 25th instant for their paintings. Admittance, Is. R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, 1V /4 including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON, TO-NIGHT at Eight o'Clock, and Every Evening at Two (except Saturday), and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings. Stalls, 3s. (which can be taken at the box- offics every day from 11 to 4 ; area, 25.; gallery, Is.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. Elstl CONSTANTINOPLE TO-NIGHT at k.) and Every Day at Half-past Two and Eight o'clock. Lecture is delivered by Mr. CHARLES KENNEY, and htl written by Mr. ALBERT SMITH and Mr. SHIRLEY BROO. Admission, Is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. EGYPTIAN HALL. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Flu:lam-road), —The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, is. Doors open at half-past 8 Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter 'dilate at half-past 11. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. DURING LENT, a POPULAR LECTURE on ASTRONOMY, SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED, by Dr. BACIIHOFFNEA. on Wel nesday and Friday at three, and at eight o'clock In the evenings. MAGNIFIED PEIuTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, and a NEW SERIES of DIS-OLVING VIEWS. ,ECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on PAPER MAKING and Its DECORATION with COLOURS. ,ECTI.THE by Dr. RACROFFNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVE ,,, AL ELE , ITRW TELEG ?APII DES^,RIPTION of RUST'S PATENT TUBULAR PIANOFORTE, and of TRKSTRAEL'S PATENT METUOD of RAISING SUNKEN VESSEL-. Open Niorniags and Evenings. Admission, is. ; Schools and childr..n under Ten years of age, Half-price. rIUNGARIAN CONCERTS._ ROYAL M .RIONEFTF , THEATRE.—Every NIGH. Eight to Ten— .dmission, Is. The selbct.ons for the perform<ince of the HUN :ARIAN B %ND through the week include the finest efforts of ancient composers, with bruin nt Morceaux, popular National Melodies, Marches, &c., which, with concerted vocalism, new Songs and Ballads, by artistes of acknowledged merit, renders ea , h evening a featu e amongst the high-class amusements of the Metropo is. Kalozdy, Leader of the Band. Morning Performance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Three. PROGRAMME FOR THIS DAY. Overtures (Gu'llaume Tel', Martha); Original Aria, Mang ; Cavatina (llunyadizlaslo) ; Mazurka (Cracovienne); Waltz (Landes farbaden); Po ka ( adozan) • i;alop (Temps Passuti); Quadrille (Marlonate); March (Pr Thete); Pianoforte Solos (Morceau de Conceit and La Flue du Begiment). Duetts and Solos—" Tell me where do Fairies dwell," " The two Forest Nymphs," " The Tear," " Light of my Soul," the Mattes Brougham. TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.--A RETIRED CLERGYMAN having been restored to health in a few days, after many years of great nervous suffering, is anxious to make known to othera the means of cure ; and will, therefore, send free, on receiving a stamped envelope, properly addressed, a copy of the pre scription used. Direct the Rev. E. Douglas, 18, Holland-street, Brixton, London. HOUSE of CORRECTION at WESTMIN STER.— The office of Assistant Chaplain of the House of Correction at Westminster having been declared vacant by the General Session of the Peace for Middlesex, in consequence of the re .ignation of the Rev. Foster Rogers, NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the ELECTION of another ASSISTANT CHAPLIN will take place on THURSDAY, the 20th of APRIL next, at the SESSIONS-HOUSE, on Clerkenwell-green, by voting, to com mence at One and end at Three o'clock. All persons who intend to offer themselves as candidates must send in their names and addresses, in writing, accompanied by testimonials of character and eligibility, addressed to me, on or before Thursday, the 30th inst , and must personally attend the Committee of Justices for Accounts and General Purposes, at the Session House aforesaid, on Friday, the 31st inst., at Three o'clock precisely. The Candidate must not be under the age of 27 years, nor above the age of 45 years. The salary will be 2001. a-year. Further informat!on may be obtained on application to me. Dated the 13th March, 1554. CHARLES WRIGIIT, Clerk to the Committee, Sessions House, Clerkenwell. SALT and CO., EAST INDIA. PALE ALE BREWERS, BURTON-ON-TRENT. STOR ES. London , • • .. 22, Bungee ord-wharf. Liverpool ............ 52, Henry-street. Manchester •• •• .... 37, Brown-street. Birmingham Bristol ....•• Nottingham Dublin •4, Crown-alley. 11, - iinburgh .••.. • • • • Dundee • • •• TEE CORPORATION OF LONDON. Our warlike preparations since Christmas have certainly had the effect of throwing the warfare actually waged before Christmas between the public and the Corporation of the city of London some what into the shade. It would, however, be a great mistake to suppose that, because we have fallen foul of the Russians, we have not attention to spare, when the proper moment shall arrive, for our own arcana imperii. It may, in point of fact, be just as well for the rational decision of the question, that some of the phials of wrath which had been long preserved for the especial use of the Corpo ration should have been expended on the head of Czar. It would seem that the advisers of the Corporation are very judiciously setting their house in order; or rather, we should write, lightening the ship, that she may the more easily, ride out the impending storm. They are giving up some of their most obnoxious privileges, in order that they may make out a better case for the preservation of the remainder. It is not our intention just now to reopen the whole case against the Corporation, but simply to call attention to one recent act, which, though the record of it is embalmed in our law report of yesterday, may well have escaped the attention of the ordinary reader. It will be re membered that one of the claims made by the Cor poration which raised against them the greatest outcry in the city was that of " metage. They demanded, as their ancient and undoubted privi lege, the right of measuring grain, (43c. This claim was not confined to corn alone, but embraced a considerable variety of merchandise brought to London by the great highway of the Thames. No thing could be more offensive or oppressive than this exaction, and at length Messrs. Combe and Delafield, the great brewers, determined to test the validity of the claim by trial in a court of equity. They refused to submit to the payment of certain fees, and a bill was filed against them on the part of the Corporation. Their opponents, the legal advisers of the brewery, hereupon recom mended that a cross-bill should be filed for dis covery, in order that their clients might be enabled to frame their answers with sufficient certainty. They prayed for production of all the muniments of title, and of the various books which either gave or supported the right claimed. Now, this step put the Corporation in a serious dilemma. It might well be that the documents in question would not make out their title at all—it might be that, even if the title to the one particular right were made out, disclosures might follow of the most awkward kind with reference to other matters not immediatey in volved in the suit. They resisted the application. When the case was heard Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce decided it in favour of the brewers. The Corporation appealed from that decree to the Chan cellor. The Chancellor affirmed the decree, and the consequent order. Still the Corporation persevered. So unwilling were they that their muniments of title should be ventilated, that they carried the ap peal to the Lords, where it stood on the list for im mediate hearing. On Tuesday, however, the Soli citor-General appeared for the Corporation and abandoned the appeal, agreeing to pay all costs. The advisers of the Corporation have, no doubt, exercised a very sound discretion in withdrawing from a contest in which their defeat was certain. The Solicitor-General informed the Peers " that it had been for a considerable period under the se rious consideration of the corporation of London to effect a settlement of these rights in such a manner as should prove beneficial to the public at large." The arrangement —we have the fact on the authority of the law advisers of the corporation—although not complete, is on the eve of completion. They are wil ling to anticipate its results, and hope " that the question which was raised by the original suit will result in an arrangement beneficial to the public in terest." Be it so. We cannot, however, forget how long and how oppressively this claim has been main tained and enforced. It is but one of Many of an analogous nature. Many plausible reasons have been urged by the Corporation witnesses before the Commission in favour of this, as of other obsolete and tyrannical practices. Wei may well question if an " arrangement" would have been so speedily arrived at, had not the city magnates found them selves engaged with opponents of sufficient wealth and consequence to maintain their rights even against the corporate purse, and the astute brains which that purse can call into play. We are willing to accept any concession made to the citi zens and inhabitants of London as an instalment, but we must not lose sight of the difference between an instalment and payment in full.--Times. THE NORTH SEA FLEET.-SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S FORCE. Our last correspondence from the fleet was up to six o'clock on Monday evening. They were then off the Galloper, where the Deal pilots left, and the Baltic pilots were received. Monday was spent in the Downs in exer cising the fleet in firing shot and shell ; but on Sunday night the signal was made for all the ships to rendezvous at Wingoe Sound, so that the fleet proceeded direct to that anchorage. It appears that colliers have for some time been going in that direction with enormous quan tities of coal. ADMIRAL CORRY'S SQUADRON. PORTSMOUTH, MAIWR 15. The Neptune, 120, Captain Hutton ; Boscawen, 70, Captain Glanville ; and Bulldog, 6, Captain W. K. Hall, have not sailed to-day to join the fleet, being detained by her Majesty, who is desirous of seeing Ad miral Corry off. The Boscawen's draught of Coast guardmen not having arrived, the Neptune and Bull dog will sail without her to-morrow noon. The Bull dog is 16 short of her complement of 1604,,The Nep tune, besides being extraordinarily burdened with pro visions and stores for other ships as well as herself, takes out a large quantity of shells for the fleet. The Prince Regent, 90, Captain H. Smith, C. 8., is refitting her rigging at Spithead. She is 325 to-day short of her complement of 820. The Caesar, 91, screw, Captain Robb, at Spithead, took her powder on board to-day, and has commenced shipping her guns. The Elfin, Royal despatch yacht, Master Command ' ing Alfred Balliston, came up from Osborne at 1 p.m. to-day, and signalled to Admiral Corry, " The Queen does not embark to-day." The Gorgon, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Cumming, was docked this morning to have her copper cleaned, &c. The Admiral Superintendent of the dockyard has issued an order to the shipwrights, joiners, caulkers, &c., of the establishment today to continue at work until 6'30 p.m. daily until further orders. This is half an hour longer than the usual time. Additional hands have been placed on the new sailing ship Colossus, 80, to adapt her to the screw and expe dite her for commission. She will be converted to a screw•ship without the alteration of her stern or being lengthened, respecting which there has been a consulta tion with Sir Baldwin Walker and his scientific officers. The Diligence, naval transport, is ordered to receive stores from the victualling-yard at Gosport for convey ance to Deptford ; these will be put on board to-morrow, but she will require a supernumerary crew to perform this service, having discharged all h e r ship's company, ex cept six, to the Duke of ellingto n . The Odin, 16, paddle-wheel frigate, Captain Francis Scott, is rapidly progressing with the repairing of her boilers. She was to have had them completed by the Ist of April, but Captain Scott has, by representations to the Admiralty, succeeded in reducing this period to the 18th inst., by getting the men belonging to the steam factory to work on the boilers both night and day. By this means he will be able to get his ship ready for sea by the above day, when she will go out of harbour, and go to sea at once. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 15. The Prospero, Rundel, m as t er, arr i ve d on M on d ay from Kingstown, with 32 supernumeraries and 42 barrels of ball cartridges from Pembroke. She sailed again yes terday morning for Pembroke, with stores. The Hamoaze also sailed yesterday morning for Pembroke, with stores. The St. George, 121, has been ordered to sail without fail, at daylight to-morrow, for Portsmouth. The Coast guardmen brought by the Desperate have embarked on board her. They are to be considered as supernumera ries, and not part of her complement. She will complete at Spithead. The Magicienne and Cruiser are expected hourly to refit and complete coaling. They are also to proceed to Spithead with all despatch. The Desperate is to proceed to Portsmouth imme diately, to join the second division of the Baltic fleet. She will be paid wages before leaving. SHEERNESS, MARCH 14. The Vulture, 6 guns, paddlewheel steam-frigate of 470- horse power, Capt. F. H. H. Glass e , arrived here yes terday from Shields with voluntee rs for the navy. Im mediately after their being sent on board the flag-ship Waterloo, she proceeded to Saltpan Reach, and took in her full stowage of coals from the coal depot.. After she has taken in a full supply of water, she is to leave here to join the Baltic fleet. The Majestic, 80 guns, new screw steam-ship, Captain J. Hope, has this day been put out of dry dock into the basin. The trial of her engines and machinery will take place to-morrow in the basin. The Siren, 16-gun sloop, has been brought down from Saltpan Reach, and taken into the fitting basin, prepara tory to her being commissioned here as one of the squa dron to be fitted out for the purpose of proceeding to sea to watch the movements of privateers under the Russian flag. The stores, r igging, spars, &c., for the Siren, are all ready to be sent on - board on her being commissioned. The Larne, 14-gun sloop, is ordered to be brought down from Saltpan Reach, and taken into the fitting basin for similar service with the Siren. The Monarch, 84 guns, Capt. J. E. Erskine, has this day been inspected by the Captain-Superintendent ; her crew have been paid their advance, and she will leave here to-morrow morn ing at daylight for the north. The Melampus store -ship, after landing a number of gunboats, launches, pinnaces, cutters, and gigs from Portsmouth for sea-going, ships, left here this day for Woolwich. The Reform schooner transport arrived here this day from Deptford, with 800 bags of ship bread, t o b e depo sited in the victualling storesin her Majesty's dockyard here for the use of the Baltic fleet as occasion may re quire. WOOLWICH, MARCH 14. APPOINTMENTS. Captain William K. Hall (1853), to command the Hecla, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, commissioned this day at Portsmouth ; Lieutenant Byron G. Rowles (1843), to the Belleisle, hospital-ship to the Baltic fleet ; Augus tus G. E. Murray (1816), to the Belleisle ; Richard M. Moorman (1849), to the Horatio, 24, screw steam-ship. Masters—Joshua (1845), to the Belleisle ; Robert Studwell (1840), from the Cressy, 81, screw steam-ship, to the Caesar, 91, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth ; F. R. Child (1854), to the Driver, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, at Sheerness. Midshipman C. A. F. Paget, to the Gorgon paddle wheel steam-sloop at Portsmouth. Asiiietant-iiurgeong..4ohn C, Moor, M I D, (1852), THE REFORM CLUB DINNER. The dinner was to inaugurate this harvest of destruc tion. That is Sir C. Napier's mission, if he is to act at all ; and throughout the speeches of the banquet it is assumed that he will so act. The dinner decidedly smelt of gunpowder. The Admiral had the best wishes of his friends that he might return with fresh laurels. If the "sound reformers" of the Reform Club don't wish the Emperor of Russia to show fight like a man and be beaten, they have done themselves injustice in their speeches. We are not at all surprised, therefore, to find Mr. Bright rather scandalised, and Mr. Disraeli sarcas tic, and Mr. Cobden very severe at the tone of these festivities, which are premature, not only as regards the result, but even as regards the beginning, for Sir C. Napier is merely gone out to the entrance of the Baltic, and will not pass the Sound, we believe, until further orders. Nobody expects Russia to give in, and nobody wishes her to get off easy. She is already a great delinquent ; her crimes are actually committed. She has slain her thousands, and driven all Europe into the cost of huge armaments, and the still greater evil of a warlike an& sanguinary spirit. Notwithstanding Mr. Bright, nine households out of ten, having no expectation whatever that Russia will surrender at the very first summons, are hoping and trusting to hear that Sir C. Napier on the one side, and Admiral Dundas on the other, are battering her fortifications to pieces, burying their de fenders under the ruins, and sending whole fleets with their crews to the bottom. Were we present at a part ing entertainment to Sir Charles given by his family or his friends, we should expect to hear these sentiments, and should regard them with indulgence. But, unfor tunately, three Cabinet Ministers, two of them speak ing with less reserve than anybody else, the presence of reporters, and the most emphatic passages greeted with cries of "Bravo, Charley !" all gave a character to the banquet neither public nor private, but with the force of the one and the license of the other. Every word of it is on its way to the Czar, and of course it will be satisfactory to that potentate, and will tend to soothe his wounded vanity, to hear that her Majesty's confiden tialadvisers, and the responsible rulers of the country, give the Admiral of the Baltic fleet full leave to declare war, so far,'of course, as they have any voice in the matter. The Czar will be gratified to find with what intense relish his disasters will be enjoyed in this country, and that glasses have already been filled, toasts delivered, and pledges exchanged to his speedy discomfiture and humi liation. That a conspiracy of " blood-drinkers" should have been discovered in the act of vowing destruction to the Czar by the hand of the assassin would be nothing compared with this public, hearty, jovial denunciation of the tyrant by an actual public assemblage of gentlemen, headed by three of her Majesty's Ministers. MB popu larity in this country must indeed be at a very low ebb when he can be such lawful prey and an object of such universal abuse and such dignified execration. Whether it be possible to separate the man from the Minister, or induce the Czar to feel that a Minister, after his din ner' is no more than a city alderman or anybody else, we do not know ; but the Czar will at least be assured that a section of her Majesty's Ministers are entering into the sport with the best possible humour for it, and the most sanguine expectations of success. Bnt we cannot go the whole way with Mr. Bright. We cannot talk as if the war was still a future matter, and the lives of thousands or scores of thousands might be considered as now depending only on the decision the British Government or the movements of Sir Charles Napier. The war is begun, and has gone on a long time without anything to call for actual interference on our part. The bloody reckoning has commenced, and thousands of lives have been scored. The Czar owes a good deal to justice and humanity, and the debt must be paid. This circumstance, of the account having already begun, and the balance being rather against the Czar just now, makes a considerable differ ence in the feelings natural to the present crisis. An independent country has been invaded in a time of pro found peace, and thousands of its subjects slaughtered on their own soil, and the friends of that country, or rather of her independence, .heartily pray for justice on the head of the aggressor, and the common enemy of Europe. Surely that is not quite as Messrs. Bright and Cobden put it. They choose to think it a question simply of peace or war. It is a good deal more. It is more even than a question of justice or oppression, liberty or dependence. Russia owes amends to Europe. She has broken loose, removed her neighbour's land mark, committed robbery and murder, and both in the amount of mischief done, and the threat implied to the whole !world, has committed an intolerable outrage. Had any small State done the like it would probably have been extinguished. Russia must at least be brought to book, and punished, if not Europe is good for very little, and the civilised quqrter of the world must resign its lofty pretensions to the next continent that shows any proper spirit and sense of self-respect.—Times, MUTINOUS CONDUCT ON BOARD SHIP.—A remarkable case of this description came before Mr. Mansfield, at the police•court, yesterday, when no less than 20 sailors, the crew of the ship Ensign, Captain Walker, bound for Africa, were brought up for disobedience of orders on the 11th inst., whilst the ship was lying in the river. The prisoners, who appeared a superior, crew in re gard to cleanliness and demeanour, were appre hended and brought ashore by detective officer Carlisle, on Monday. Mr. Chilton, on the part of the prisoners, examined Captain Walker, who denied that the men made any objection to him against the con duct of his chief mate ; but Mr: Chilton assured the court that the whole of the crew complained of the mate's harsh conduct and his unfeeling method of mingling every order with violent oaths. The captain, in answer to Mr. Mansfield, consented to take the whole of the crew to sea, but each man stoutly refused on being indi vidually asked by the magistrate's clerk to proceed to sea and do their duty. They were all sentenced to 28 days' imprisonment with bard labour in the borough gaol,—Liverpool Courier, MR. GLADSTONE'S ABORTIONS. We are entitled to make the most of admissions ob tained from Mr. Gladstone, as it is not to be supposed he would acknowledge circumstances to his disadvantage as a financier which could possibly be concealed. His rhetoric is never more dexterous than in dealing with figures ; but there are some facts too plain for any casuistry to deny ; and we can appreciate the policy which seeks to gain credit for candour by frankly avow ing them. His conversion scheme, he now tells us, proved a failure. We quote from his speech of Monday night : The committee ought to know the position of the public finances with relation to the abortive operations (for they were abortive in reference to the main purpose for which they were undertaken) which were attempted last year upon the debt and public balances. The committee are aware that the commutation of stocks which it was proposed to effect succeeded only to an insignificant extent. Of the minor stocks which were to be compulsorily paid off unless commuted under the act of last. session, 8,000,000/. have been or will be presented for payment. Sir, I have made a full confession, for I have said that the scheme has proved abortive. Nor can Mr. Gladstone deny that he acted in oppo sition to the opinions and advice of some of the most experienced financiers of the house : I will admit that several honourable gentlemen did en tertain doubts as to the success of the plan, and that the words of the honourable member for Huntingdon "turned out right." Having made these admissions, Mr. Gladstone seems to consider that the subject ought to end. "To err is human." He was wrong—his opponents were right. What more would you have ? Certainly the blunder is irreparable ; but, as we are not quit e of o p inion that "things without remedy should be without regard," we may be permitted to estimate the cost of this abortive operation to the country. For every 1001. stock of that 8,000,000/. which our Chancellor of the Exchequer undertook to pay off in de fault of conversion he will have to give 100/. sterling ; and just so much as the marketable value of the stock would be below par at the times of payment will the country lose by Mr. Gladstone's management. At pre sent the stock would be worth 91 on every 100/. now paid off, therefore the loss would be 9/. On the whole eight millions the positive loss will probably be six or seven hundred thousand pounds. Such an " abortive operation" would ruin a Rothschild or a Baring. But, fortunately for himself, Mr. Gladstone is allowed to try his " prentice hand" on the finances of the nation. And, after all, what is such a loss in comparison with the benefit of his services ? If he confesses his error, is not that enough ? Unluckily the loss, enormous as it is, does not repre sent all the consequences of his blunder. The balances which should now be in the Exchequer, available for the public service, have been employed to pay off por tions of this 8,000,000/. Instead of having nine millions in the Exchequer to meet the demands upon it, he will have but four millions. The difference must be made up by deficiency bills. When pressed with the incon venience of such a deficit at the present time, when hostilities are on the point of commencing, Mr. Glad ! stone replies by a subtle insinuation that what would be wrong as a rule may be right as an exception. It would be very imprudent for a Government to issue four or five millions of deficiency bills quarter after quarter, but not at all imprudent to issue them for one quarter. In other words, the necessity's springing from Mr. ' Gladstone's abortive operations are to supply the only sound and incontrovertible rules of finance.—The Press. SUICIDE OF TWO FEMALES.—Yesterday afternoon, Air. Baker, the coroner, received information of the death of a fine young woman, who committed self-destruction by drowning herself in the River Lea, near Clapton. Some bargemen had their att en ti on di recte d t o something floating on the water, and on pulling it on shore, were horrified to find it was the body of a fine young woman. The metropolitan police have issued the following de scription of the deceased :--" About 30 years of age, five feet five inches in heignt, dark brown hair , p laid silk gown, grey silk s h aw l, brown velvet bonnet, two black petticoats, side lace-up boats." A shell having been procured, the body was removed to Ilomerton-work house, where an inquest will be held. A young lady answering the description was seen near the spot shortly before. The second case is also that of . a female, wh ose body was f oun d i n th e Serpentine River, Hyde -park, under similar circumstances. The body was removed to the dead-house at Knightsbridge. DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN. -011 the 9th inst., an in dividual, familiarly called the "Old Gentleman," expired at his residence, 16, North Wharf-road, Paddington, in the 103rd year of his age, having been bor n i n th e mon th of April, 1751, in the reign of George 11. The "Old Gentleman " was by trade a shoemaker, and up to the month of January last was in possession of good health, daily proceeding to his chapel at six o'clock every morn ing, and attending with like punct ua lity ea ch evening. The venerable man retained the full use of his faculties nearly to the last, ~~~ ~~ G%z?~ G-Z-e---e-c_/ 7 PRUSSIA AND THE EASTERN QUESTION. (.From the Times.) An address signed by several members of the Prussian Chambers has at length been presented to that Govern ment, calling upon Baron Manteuffel to give some ex planation as to the position of Prussia in the impending war, to state whether its intimate relations with the Cabinets of Vienna, London, and Paris are maintained, and to establish by a frank declaration that confidence which can alone oppose " the illegitimate voices" that seek to oppose themselves as organs of the country. To this requisition Baron Manteuffel replied, on Monday last, that the Government would shortly make some communication to the Chamber in explanation of its policy, and that the fleets about to enter the Black Sea are those of Powers with which Prussia is on good terms and at peace. However incomplete this intimation of the Prussian Cabinet may be, the King of Prussia has already given another indisputable proof that he admits the necessity of offering some explanation of the recent change in his policy, for he has despatched Prince Hohen zollern Sigmaringen to Paris on a confidential mission for that purpose ; he has sent General Groeben here on the same errand ; and he has caused the official jour nal of Berlin, entitled the Prussian Correspondence, to Publish a direct answer to our own remarks on this sub ject. We trust the explanations of Prince Hohen zollern to the Emperor of the French, and those of General Groeben to the British Cabinet, have been some what more satisfactory than those which the official organ of the Cabinet of Berlin has condescended to throw away upon ourselves • but, if we are correctly in formed, the reception of the Prussian Envoy in Paris has been cold and incredulous, and we shall be surprised to learn that General Groeben has made a more favour able impression in this country. It is impossible for these personages, any more than for the journals of the Prussian Government, to deny that the policy of their Cabinet has undergone a total change within the last fortnight or three weeks. The Kreuz Zeitung, which is the organ of the high Tory and Russian party in North Germany, boasts triumphantly of the success which has just crowned the efforts of its friends ; and the only defence attempted by the Govern ment against this charge of duplicity and tergiversa tion is, that, in reality, it never had any other course in view. The part taken by Prussia in the labours of the Vienna Conference was no more than a pretence, if, in the event of a failure of this negotiation, she was unprepared to take any other steps ; and it would have been more consistent with her real inten tions if she had subsided at once into the attitude of a passive spectator of this great controversy, in which she declares herself incapable of performing any higher duty. Whatever the policy of the Prussian Cabinet may now be, it is certainly the reverse of that followed till within a short time both at Vienna and elsewhere ; and we may venture to add, that although no great reliance could ever be placed on the intentions of that Power, she has just proved even more variable than her own reputation. The Convention which even Austria proposed Prussia has rejected ; that concert of the Powers of Central Europe which was the main element of their strength she has impaired ; and ber assumption of a neutral and separate line of conduct is a repetition of the policy which inflicted on Germany all the worst calamities she had to endure in the earlier years of this century. We can only hope that this phase in her policy will prove to be of a short and transient character. Setting aside the interest which Prussia may or may not have in the fate of the Ottoman empire, she must be totally blind not to perceive that the question has now assumed a shape which touches her far more nearly. The seat of war will probably in a few days be in the Baltic as well as in the Black Sea, and our fleets will be within sight of the Prussian coasts, which are entirely at the mercy of any maritime Power occupying those waters. Her treaty of 1781 with Russia, if indeed that is still in force, would bind her not only to concur in all the principles of the armed neu trality, which Russia herself has since abandoned, but to close the Baltic altogether. These considerations, how ever, are of secondary importance in comparison with the effect of the late determination of Prussia on her own internal condition, on her relations to her German con federates, and on her relations with the Western Powers. In the internal politics of Prussia this change is a signal triumph of the reactionary party which is identified with Russia, and, indeed, relies on the support of that Power to retain its hold over the Prussian people. That party is the evil genius of the Prussian monarchy. The more liberal institutions which had shaken its hold on the Go vernment are naturally the objects of its detestation; for in endeavouring to defeat at all hazards the contin gency of foreign war, the statesmen of this school are making a further step to extinguish what remains of the Prussian Constitution, and to overthrow the Minister who has remained faithful to the cause of national inde pendence and European interests. We fear it must be acknowledged that the most constant and invariable principle of Prussia is her rivalry of Austria, especially in connexion with the other Germanic States. The influence of Russia and the dread of war are most power fully felt in the minor States, which Prussia had estranged by her policy in 1849 and 1850. She has seized this opportunity to strengthen her connexion with them and to improve her influence in the Diet ; bat, in proportion as the King of Prussia identifies himself with the petty Sovereigns of Wurtemberg, Hesse, and Bavaria, he forfeits the confidence of the most intelli gent and national classes of the German people. The immediate effect of his conduct at the inost critical mo ment of the late negotiations has undoubtedly been to weaken considerably the ties which united him to England and France, and to place his own character in a very disadvantageous point of view. We regard tiat conse quence of his policy as a serious evil for Prussia Sand for Europe. It is to be regretted that her co-operation should be withdrawn from the active defence of a cause which she herself acknowledges to be that of justice and right. But it is still more to be regretted that Prussia should think fit to isolate herself from the alliances which have connected her with the most enlightened states of Europe. Her long extended territory, at once conterminous with the dominions of Russia, and with those of France—her exposed centre and her undefended coasts—give her a paramount interest in the maintenance of the treaties on which the balance of power is established, and the best security for the permanence of those arrangements is in. a firm and active concurrence of all the Powers interested in their preservation. To lose sight of those objects un der the influence of an exaggerated dread of hostilities with Russia is, as it seems to us, to mistake the true po sition and interests of the Prussian monarchy, and the bolder is also the safer course. The present evasive con duct of the Prussian Government can only lead to dis content at home, to division in the heart of Germany, and to the injury of its alliances with the Western Powers. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. ABERDEEN. The half•yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at Itadley!s Hotel ; Lord J. Hay in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was adopted. It was stated that the railway system was being extended to the north of the line, and that 40 miles, from Aberdeen to Huntley, would be com pleted in about six months. The trustees of the contract creditors were pressing for payment, and the working stock of the company was in danger of being seized and sold, unless the shareholders took up the 4 per cent, de bentures among them, and paid the money at once to the contractors. It was also necessary to complete the line into Aberdeen, and provide additional working stock to develop the traffic. The contract debts amounted to 90,0001., and 30,0001. more would be required fur the statio❑ at Aberbeen, and to provide working stock. The interest, at 5 per cent., paid on the contract debts. amounted to 5,2511. per annum ; but if the shareholders took up the 4 per cent, bonds, the interest of them would amount to 3,000/., and the company would thus save 1,439/. per annum. The directors were authorised to raise 20,0001. on 4 per cent. bonds, and a committee of shareholders was appointed to confer with the direc tors on the best mode of raising 120,000/., authorised to be raised en bonds bearing 4 per cent. interest. MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday in Dublin—Mr. G. A. Boyd in the chair. The report shows that a net profit has been realised amounting to 26,231/., which, with last year's s ur p lu s of 6,4451., leaves avail a bl e f or 'dividend 32,678/., which justifies the directors in recommending that a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, less the income tax, be made on the paid-up capital of the company. This dividend will absorb a sum of 22,123/., and at the same time will admit of an addition being made to the re served fund of 3,0761. w hi c h will make up the amount to 30,0001. Thi s w ill' leave a balance of 7,4761. to be carried to the next half-year's accounts. Considerable progress is being made in the construction of the exten sion line from Mullingar to Longford and Cavan, and every exertion will be made to render the traffic deriv able from them available at the earliest pe r i o d . After considerable discussion the report was adopted, and the meeting separated. RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. An experiment was made at the Salford engine-shed of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway yesterday, to test the efficiency of an apparatus invented by Messrs. E. and J. Rowland, of Manchester, for cleansing the copper tubes of railway locomotive boilers. The apse ratus consists of a valve attached to the steam-chamber of the locomotive at the top of the boiler in front, from which a flexible pipe or tube projects. The smoke-box door in front of the engine being opened, the ends of the copper tubes of the boiler are exposed to view, and, a conical jet at the loose end of the flexible pipe being applied to each tube in succession, a quantity of steam is injected. In the locomotive on which the experiment was tried there were 220 parallel horizontal inch-and-a half copper tubes, perfectly cleansed of white ashes, in crustations, cinders, &e., with which all tubes in loco motives become more or less clinked when ie use. The operation was performed in the course of W minutes. The mode of cleansing hitherto in use has been a long iron ramroad of halfan•inch in diameter, wrapped with tow at one end ; and the time of cleansing 220 tubes this would be fully three quarters of an hour. In addition to a saving of time by this method, it is ex. pected there will be much less wear and tear of the cop. per tubes than by the ordinary process. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—Traffio return for tho week ending March 5, 1854 £18,030 3 6 Corresponding week last year 13,960 211 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. — Traf fi c re • turn for the week ending March 12, 1854-- .4:18,338 10 9 Corresponding week last year 17,759 7 5 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.--Traffic return for the week ending March 12, 1854 £3,892 6 10 Corresponding week last year 3,170 8 8 luaus() in 1551 s72l 18 /-2 • M,N=R ., . ast ted to aer the are wr ing the my op. he ion led 3; cl, Y, ,e- I.; I; n of