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MON T BL ANC Is CLOSED. P r j ItrFrIBITION and MUSEUM, op, 87 . GEORGE'S GALLERY, Hyde-park-corner , Piccadilly, io DAIT;Y, f rom El even till T en , Saturdays excepted, when it c e bil,"" 1 4. Admission, 2s. 6d. ; children, Is. 6d, ; Saturdays, s s. ; 'AS. 6d. Family Tickets for live, 10s. Schools admitted at f Froze. Herr Kalozcly and his Band are eurveed, and will per oral Jelly from Twelve till five. Mr. d. Osborne Williams will Pres) , ,, at the Grand Pianoforte during the evening. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, Cnas. C. Latis.ENT, Onalow-house, Fulham-road), The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR TILE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, vuth LAURENT'S CE LEBRATED BAND, Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overlan4 Mail Galop, by D'Albert; also, by H. Laurent , the following Waltzes—La belle Francalse, Leonora, Villi sns and his Dinah. Admission, Is. Doors open at halfq+agt 8. ' Jar -Ting to oommence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE Af.IiF.RT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INS VITUTION. • UNDER ENTIRELY NEW VAN k GEMENT. The SIXTH of , the MONDAY EVENING COURSE of LEC finiES to the INDUSTRUL CLASSES will be given or, the itsth 4 n B t., by Mr. JOHNS: the Subject—The CENTRE of GRAVITY. LECTURES by Dr. Scorraor, on the DESTRUCTIVE ClaEMI kaL RESOURCES of MODERN WARFARE. NATURE PRINTING, by Dr. BACIIIIOFFNES. EXHIBITION of DUBOSCQ'S ILLUMINATED CASCADE, In addition to all the Daily LECTURES, OPTICAL EXHIBITIONS. P HOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERY, Brc.,&c., &c. A BAND of MUSIC u n d er th e di rec ti on o f Mr. WAUD of the Royal Italian Opera. The Gas-lighting by,Tontf LESLIE, Esq. REIT-1N ESTERN RAILWAY. -CHEAP P a ddington EXCURSION to BATH and BRISTOL — A Train will leave l' a r ddington on Sunday, September 24th, at 7. 45 a.m. , for Ita•h and and will return the same evening, at 6.30 p.m., frum Bristol, and 7 p.m. from Bath. Fares—Bristol, 10s. and 65.; Bath, 9s. Marts may be previously obtained at the Great Western ooking om ees , 27 , King-street, Cheat Ade; 63, Bridge-road, Lain h; 851, Oxfbrd-street; 269, Strand ; and at the Paddington Station. REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. TEN DAYS' .EXCURSION to the WEST of ENGLAND.— On THURSDAY, Sept. 28th, an EM.:URSION TRAIN (the last of the season) will cave PADDINGTON at 8 a.m., for PLYMOUTH, calling at Weston .Su per-Mare, Brrigetviitet, Taunton, Tiverton Ito id, Ranter, Starcross. Dawlish, Teignmouth, Torquay, Totnes, and Kings bridge, and will return from. Plymouth on Saturday, Oct. 7th, at 6.30 4412. YARNS THREE AND BACK. • First Closed Clam. Carriages. t 'Weston-Super-Vare or Bridgewater 203. .. 13s. Taunton or Tiverton Road ••.• • .. 225. • • 15s. Exeter ... ..... ........... 245. 16s. tarcioss, Dawlish, or Teignmouth.. 25q. • . 173. Torquay or Totnes ••• • • • • ...... •275. .. 183. Plymouth or Kingsbridgo 300. • . 203.• CHILDREN under 12 years ofage, HALF-PRICE. tbThe Excursion tickets are not transferable, and ire only available ~ li i re Excursion Trains. 'lickets may be previously ootained at 27, 4, atreet, Cheapside; 63, Bridge-road, Larnbeth ; 351, Oxford street; 269, Strand; and at the Paddington Station. ''rther Particulars will be given in handbills, which may be had "3' 01 the above places. CHESHIRE. TO be SOLD, pursuant to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause "KINGSFORD versus ' with whoserob of the Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart, 2 4 h uodge, to Court this cause is attache I, on IVf dneslay, the at da Y of September, 18 i 4, at 6 o'clock in the afternoon precisely, I , „:.r u gh . s od Woside . Itirkenhead, lots, by Mr. zaZo.tarcx HODGSON, the Hotel parson appointed in for seven the purpose by the s a til Vitivable FREEHOLD PROPERTY and LAND, con 11,irdes ant t;eicieo,mi, an rro d i severaous Dl po ll,e rti gin, s of Land, houses and two Cotta7.es. with oapplicab e for build ne,; Dur Poses, sit ua t e at T ranmere , near Birkenhead, and now in the le u Pation of Mr. W. A rms t r ong. In hand Mr. J. Turner, Mr. I tr A• barfly, Mr. J. C. Pauline , Mr. James Gibbs, Mr. David Ross, p ri V t m • Gre,ory, and Mrs. Wynn. x otv . ed particulars and conditions of Sale may be had, gratis, in of Messrs. Kingsf rti and Dorman, solicitors, Essex-street, 4 , d ; Atess,s. Dean and Son, solicitir , 23, 810 imsbury-square, inn ; l essts. Chester, Tosilmin, and Chester, solicitiits, It, Stape- It ts _ 1 1 , , ,1 in the hlr. John scads, solicitor, Livermol, o „f r s- Townsend andßidley, solicitors, 14,verpool; and of the Auc ...or, Birkenhead. G- ESTABLISHED 18n3. LOBE INSURANCE, 11.6,CORNHILI, AND PALL-MALL—LON DON. tati , Tats Os of Life Premiums—Participating and Non-Partici g. ''erY class of FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITY business transacted. ESTABLTSHED 1837. • lIRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY. E PANY. - -Povrered bySpoclal Act of Parliament, 4 Vic., Cap. 9. BRITANNIA wurtr.A.L LIFE AS';OCIATION, E mpowered by Her Nfajesty's Rival Letters Patent. °L "ri. ROBERT ALETRINTDEA, Illackleath-park, Chairman. ...very description of Life Assurance business transacted, with or With Out P articipation in Profits. E. R. FOSTER, Resident irector. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. aleee-Street, Bank, London. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF SIB' W M. BURNETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID. Gallons, ss. Quarts, 23. Pints, Is. Half-pints, 6d. o valuable DEODORISER and DISINFECTANT instantane lr destroys all BAD SMELLS without producing any itself. TAP/0178 D ISEASES fre e es as directed, PREVENTS CIIOLERA. aLd all CON gh.l3!l(l by all Chemists and Druggists, and at the Oflice, 18, Cannon et, London-bridge. N.B.—Beware of a spurious imitation. PR. DE ',TONGFI'S LIGHT BROWN COD ,„ LIVER OlL.—The most effectual remedy for CONSEIMP tif',;\ BRONCEITTIS. AST iMA, RHEUMATISM, and all i n - , i3 OPITI.OUS COMPLAINTS. Pure and unadulterated, contain all its mist active and es'ential principles—effecting a cure much ~,,‘"re rapidly than apy other ki n d . P rescr ib e d b y the most eminent 'edica men, and supplied to the leading hospita:s or Europe. Half- Pint bottles,2s. 6d.; pints, 4s. 9d. I MPER IA L ME N. SURE. Wholesale and Retail depot; INSAR, BARFOIto, and CO., 77, : 4 ** Ponr Half-pint Bottles sent (carriage paid) to any part of - " , gland on receipt of a rednittance of Ten Shillings. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Lettere a ' of England, and secured by the Seats of the Ecole d o armada de tent Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, Is remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhosa and Exhaustion of the TRIESEMAR, No. 2, eff ectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely i leates all traces of those Disorders whic h Ca p ivi and Cubebs of te so long been thought an antidote for, to the rain of the health a vast portion of the population. th Till ESE MAR, No. 3, ttn ,e great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, Which e","rtunately the Englich physician treats with Mercury, to the in destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the Parilla icy the world cannot remove. anaTRIESEMAR, No. I, 2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, .it, all nauseating qualities their use being suspected.. They may Ile on the toilet table " in tin cases at 1 is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into 6,,... :V e doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, stln 7• — To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John lie "st Cornhill • Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, Oxf • • ord-stree. Or R AVESEND STAR PACKETS. sr aN . .2 other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfieet Piers. ack„: o E. —DAY TICKET:4 are I.sued upon the Gravesend Star /t a a w `.. 9 , available for return by them or by the Lonlon and Tilbury f or r:„ 3 :.; the Ream Tickets by the Raimay will also be available Th, ,V ll bY the Stir Packets. ackets At the Piers as underlined (weather permitting% FROM - TER%.B. - C7E - PIER, GRAVZSZN.D: WEER SUND A.YB, 'el'earce Time * t 7 B I 8 ii i% x• A Direct Trains from the Boats . marked t ,: A nnlionses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of Lond on -. " 1 quarter of an houl. )3$ n,- swim wIIARF. BLACKWALL,ontho arrival of tho lowing Trains from the 'enchurch-street Station. ....... WER........77., AIINDAYS. Fen- .:! ti. 4 ;4 5 ., 2 Pen- ..,I tj c .. 4. I ,Olurch 5 . " 2 church '6' w., t f. cllreet, 1 8 id t -g Street 4 8 P t 1,4 2 .'. °.' 8 pa 5 gg' u% 914 104 1014 • iti -- il 1214 1 • '2 14 2 1 4 43a 3 tL , 4314 ,. — sry 5 ry — 64 _ 1 614 ~......___ Passages marked * are run direct. 11 ' 5 Or fro m G ravesend and L0nd0n...... .1:ore Cabin . Saloon. .Is.S 2nd. i ia e v: ,.. Etr av es en d and Blackwall or Woolw ich Bd. .. Os. 10d. 05 or front Gravesend and London...—. )„. Gravesend and Blackwall or Woo etw een Gravesend and Inter mediate Pie TICKETS.—TwW.ve Months, 5,, ine _et4; Mo hntf s, 21. Os. ; to he bad of th 4 .' or o Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, 'ePt. 5, 1854. Fore Cabin. St ... 10d. .. Is. , leh Bd. .. Os, .. Os. 03.; Six Months, Collectors on boi lragesend. • V. Os. ; ard the 4' 1 ,1 1 E SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. "'t Publish e d , ' price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 E stamps, II,VOUS DEBILITY; ..N it vtu t t o , l. 8 comb s , symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper. a , cea, with Practical Observations on a safer and snore diseases of the Generative 44 lrat ~4 t al mode of treatment of the f ope in detecting and orb , i `nli obtained by QY " a guishin g by urinary the e u xa se m e i f na th tl e on M , the real cause and effect of very v „, , ez, c ..Liety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, on "'es. accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, pu founded /, twenty years' experience in the treatme b n ma f &e lm . To l which ar e e r 'Y'sua Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorr Mar , riage, with pre eautVded, Commentaries on the Physiology of and 'nary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, th....0n the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on -"‘•-• important disorders. toy SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. 'L k L _ 27 . BED FORD -SQUARE, L ONDON, i arkrz of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin . Me , 4 rVii ,, , 'Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, • s- nsiate o f Apothecaries' Hail, London, Sze., fca• ZglThe eglnttal object of this treatise is to point out the fearful coft nots resulting from certain habits, Irregularities, and excesses, kt-,.,..' have produced more misery ages degradation in Ma .:,7 , 2 , , arid premature decay at all stof Life, than, perhaps, any 'ilt,:‘ ,l r clam of disease known to modern pathologists, Its perusal is rtieularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of ,‘,•'2 l Physical condition, and who aro conscious of having hazarded .Le health, happiness , and privileges to whi c h every human b e i ng i s entitled. ' I,4ti'e is abzol ntely necessary thatall men should k now, that there are ~,l irl P ,lea of perso na l management which cannot be violated without the h eyday g r ievous penalties, and when wisd om an d regret succeed "'YdaY of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties h akv esti and how gated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, th.,he evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, d,,'' theta is scarcely any de:Tree of rhysical infirmity or functional ~,spriguetnent to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. r ", yk ti thor has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive unefo—" in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have elt_Funately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant a i t t l i:ica, vsho inflict great injury on those who aro induced to place 1:1,03.. their pretensions. li othe V^ GUS DEBILITY M S IY be had' price 2s, nf Messrs. Piper, 14,e riN ""d c'" .:3,Po.birnes,ser-re,, Hannay, 63. Oxford-stet; t , thins' 9, L e icester-square; Mann. 39, Cornhill ; or tree i , y pum. for i _. ra senate. .s stamPs, to any addre s s f rom t h e Author ' s residence, 37, fled w ,44 _4- tua t h oraraimo ror consultation dab' from Mom till Two, and from 4 MOSES and SON, Merchant and Manufac • turing Tailors, Hatters, Hosiers, Shirt, and Boot and Shoe Makers, General Outfitters for all stations in the Army and Navy, Ladies' Habits and Livery Manufacturers, and Wholesale Clothiers for all parts of the world, most respectfully acquaint their friends, patrons, and the public, teat their preparations for the ensuing autumn are on a scale of unprecedented novelty, extent, and mag nificence. Their new Paletot, for which they claim the exclusive right of invention, combines excellences as an article of gentlemanly attire which are highly appreciated, the peculiarity of the cut insures a comfortable fit, and the superiority of the workmanship renders it the most useful and the most fashionable dress of the season. The price charged by E. MOSES and Sox being only 255., renders this Paletot one of the best illustrations of economy in attire which was ever given. The Hat, Cap, and Hosiery, also the Ladies' and Children's Dress Departments, are provided with the novelties, elegances, and com forts of Fashionable and seasonable Clotieng; the most rigid regard' is p iid to the quality and finish of the goods, and in every instance the lowest possible price is charged. That section of E. MOSES and SON'S Establishment appropriated to Shirts, also that exclusively tbr Ladies' Underclothing, are each fur nished with the best and clvape,t articles ev. r presented ; the most elegantly embroidered goods, and the most comfortable and service able articles for Ladles. Gentlemen and Families are charged the most economical prices. The Wholesale Clothing, Shirt, and Boot and Shoe Department secures great advantages to _Merchants, Captains, Shippers, and Emigrants ; and small or large investments prove very profitable in any part of the world. NOTICE.—The Establishments will be Closed the whole day Saturday. Sept. 23, re-opening as usual on Monday morn ing, Sent. 25, at 7 o'clock. CA.UTEON.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, havin learned that the untrade , man-like falieh oi of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instancep, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have NO CONNEXION WITS ♦NY OMR SOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : Minories, 84, London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, 85, and 86, Aidgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507. 508, New Oxford-street 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all commuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 40, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailors. Clothiers, flatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from ?rinse. on Fridays to sunset on -Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Public Opi nion," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure- Ment. &c., tr.c., may be had on application. or post-free. let ion perle Francais. Qui si parla Italian°. PK PPOCIIt aaaa Doatso VA IA 1111111§ EVIAN No. 19,338. CONTRACTS FOR SEAMEN'S CLOTHING. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 12th September, 1854. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on MONDAY. the 25th instant. at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD and GOSPORT, the under-mentione.l articles, viz.— • To be delivered at ,—..---, ' Deottord. tRA '"--- 77 — ,ort. • Yards. , BLUE CLOTH, No. 2 BLUE JEAN No. BLANKETS ....... — 15,000 Pairs. Pairs. WORSTED STOCKINGS, for Men 40,000 10,00) Ditto for Boys 1,000 1,000 r)ne-third of No. No. each quan- WORSTED CAPS Yards. Yards. delivered by FIXSSEN .......... WHITE CALICO .• •• •.•• •• •• 8,0 JO Neveraner, OSNABURGII • • ..... •••• • • 1,4 , 0 an' her PADDING CLOTH . .. 405 third by the BLACK LINEN ...• •• • • ...... 700 15th Jan., Skeins, and the re- BLACK SILK ••••• • • • • 16 OCO rnainder by Yards. the 15th BLACK SILK TWIST •• .. 14,000 Marchnext, Lbs. or earlier if SEWING C0TT0N..... lOO preferred Yards. byt he party BLACK SHALLOON ....... .... 2,7 0 0 tendering. ROYAL CANVAS • ........... 2,000 r , tay, .. TAPE t Dutch (White) .... 244, 000 Gross. • Stained Bone .. sC 6 BUTTONS i Pearl . 7OO Lbs. Tuner), Black ..... ...... ... 200 —1 ., .... Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power. when the ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for push pa t thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of of contracting for any. - o tender will be received unless made on he printed form pro vided tor the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said Office, a' the Victualling Yards at (losp , .rt and Plymouth, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. Tenders will be admitted for any portion of the above quantities, but separate Tenders must be made for each place, and no attention will be paid to any offer not so mate. 8 irp'es of tie articles may be seen at said Office between the hours of Ten and Two only, and also at the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth. The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said Office, at the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth, and at Liverpool and Bristol. No tender will be received atter One o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not he required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf, sr; ould attend at the office on the day of contract, a, the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for and must also be delivered at 8 .merset. House. THE CHOLERA!!! Prevented by the destruction of all ncalous effluvia. CREWS';; DISINFECTING FLUID, recommended by the Col lege of Phys'clans and the London Board of Health. The Cheapest and Strongest CHLORIDE of ZINC. Qu iris, 25., Pints Is., Half pints, 6d. Sold by all Chemists, Druveists, and Shipping Agents, and at Commercial Wharf, Mile-end. London. N.B.—CREWS'S CrILORIDE of ZINC is a cheap, powerful, and finer preparatlon.—Mcdical Circular. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. Established )823. Empowered by Act of Parlianient, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Sir T. FRA*KLAN - DhEWIS, Bart., M.P., Chair. man. HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq. ' Deputy-Chairman. A, Kingsford Barber, Esq. I Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Arthur Kett Barclay, Esq., F. 1.5.1 Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. Henry Bcrnett, Esq. John Mendharn, Esq. Robert Biddulph, Esq. Chivies Morris, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. William Routh, Esq. AllDapits. Edward Charrington, Esq. 1 Captain Robert Gordon, R.N. Francis Dumergue, Esq. I John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq. PHYSICIAN—John Ayrton Paris, M.D., Cantab., Hon. O. J.L . Oxon. F.R.S., 27, Dover-street (President of the Royal College of Phy- sielansj. SURGEON—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.S., No. 54, Green-street Grosvenor-square. SOLICITOR—Henry Youn4 Esq., No. 12, Essex-street, Strand. ACTUARY—James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. The advantages offered by this Society are : ECONOMY combined with Security, and Lower Rates of Premiums than those of any other, office, which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. The W BOLE of the PROFITS are eivided every fifth year among the Assured, and a Bonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Premium to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. The sum of 397;0001. was aided to Polices at the last division, which produced an average BONUS of 671. per cent. on the Premiums - Number of Policies in force 6,600. The A‘surance Fund amounts to 1;140,0001. Income. upwards of 220,000/. per Annum. No charge for Policy Stamps, nor for Service hi the Yeomanry or Militia Corps. Thu sultiotaed Table skews the advantages offered bythis Seelety, resulting from low Premiums, and a division of the entire profits among the -Assured : 1..-: t.°4 , 1 g 11'61.1_4.. = _71...2 8 !-. 2 ...1 1 '6 . 1', , t12 4 ,-'iboo g r ' „9" oTiV„enf4... c 64l iiic «a ..,4) i",:-.,-, z ...... , E2., ~,,,, 6 . :.E ~....:3. 9 4 g o . -'" 7 - . .; ,-- -opt b i ) E i 5) .,n.?'.. '41.1°44g r-. A.:12E3. . d " 4 V, •-• El i 4 -4 4 Sia' ^ ' -I '' ' E. ' t H 41 t— , -- ,— --i-- £. s. d. £ £ £ 1854. 1854. 20 21 15 10 1260 260 116 £l2 £l3BB 80 26 13 5 1205 205 125 12 1342 40 33 19 6 1140 140 130 11 1281 30 45 6 0 1030 30 141 10 1181 • Assurances effected in the current 3 - ear, 1854, will participate in the Profits in 1859. Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, secretary. "NTATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSVR .....I ANCE SOCIETY, -No. 26, Cornhill, London. Established in 1838. DIRECTORS. A. Campbell Barclay, Esq. John Moss, Esq. Charles Bennett, Esq. Thomas Nicoll, Esq. Ilitqh Croft, Esq. E. S. Symes, M D. John ElDotson, NT:D., F.R.S. J. Leander Starr, Esq. Thos. Colley Grattan, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Vsq. MANAGING DIBICTOIIB. J. Leander Starr, Esq. (General). I Chas. Bennett, Esq. (Financial). AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. 4., and Professor John Radford Young. MEDICAL EXAMINERS. J. Elllotson, M.D. ' F.R S., 37, Conduit-street. E. S. Byrnes, M.D., 33, Davies-street, Berkeley-square. ACTUARY. W. B. B. Woolhouse, Esq , F R.A.8., F. 5.8., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 56, Lombard-street. SOLICITOR. C. Ewens, Esq , 61, Moorgate-street. Total number of Policies granted from December, 1852, to December, 1853 —1,194. under the follOttongheads are briefly enumerated the leading principles of this 4ociety : OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 1. A Life Assurance may be effected either by One Payment, or by an Annual Premium. 2. Pol , cles may be effected WITH or without the priviege of Withdrawing one-half of the Annual Payments. If with out this privilege, the rates are lower. 3. A Life Assurance may be efft cted on the life of another, ou Joint Lives or Survivorships. 4. Annuities, Immediate, Deferred, or Contingent, will be granted ; also Endowments for hildren. 3. Naval and Military Men, not in active foreign service, as sure I without extra charge, and allowed to go abroad with out forfeiture of Policy, on payment of an extra Premium, according to climate. In the event of the Assured (when on the Withdrawal System) not requiring to continue the Policy, on its surrender one-half the annual payments will be returned by way of purchase of his interest therein. By this means, apprehension of great pecuniary loss and doubt as to the intrinsic transferable value of each Policy is 1,- moved. its cash value being fixed and determined beforehand be the Society at one-half the annual premiums paid thereon : a vast class of s - tciety will thereby be admitted ; and every individual, while steadily pursuing one object—a provision for his family at death-, Will have, by the plan of this Society, a door open to his savings, Which will never be closed against his wants or his use. _ Prospectuses, Report of last Annual Meeting, Forms of Proposals for Assurance, and every description of nei'essary Blank Forms, with Tables of Rates, and full information on all points, furnished, on ap plication at 26, Conlinll, or at any of the Company's Agencies. 9 • _- ' •. • e----''''',-. , • I, , . .. • .C. 41:;:. s \ ''' !', " • 7 ''' 1 •' 2 1 .. :. , 'llk C ' t . .. •• ...... . - , (•s q lii. .......-;• • ..... _ . . .-• , 7-.. - ‘,s‘) . -,•. - '-- • -...-....-.:•,., !, 4 't) • • 4,0,,e5, A , - 4 - ';' , ~,,,. ~.."• ;,_,, ,, i 4. ‘r , 1 ',-,,, - . .7 1 , .. ..*. ;.,s' I - '' , *-..,- r,... . - „ ovte. j ./N ht -r , 4,), ' ofilit .‘ , ~,,.._, sT . : ~1 " , ,,,,.. .„, ,, ~,,0....a.....,,,,,e1::.4,,,_ ...:, , .., ~. , . 0 ,, . e t , 44 ,,, ... ' :: ;". •'''''. - 4. .. : : 0 '- . tv 4.. .11 -- - --- )_ .; ~,- - 4 , Q-- 44.4,, s , 4... , 4Z -r 5 ''' ' . 44 1 ' tt` ' " .•-., ' \ • • •' ! 't' e.. - dii ii( 4 , ',''. ~ . 4 ... • 44 • $..) ~..W '' a - ? 1 :in.,. ~" ,;•,, ' 'lily' . ' ~,,,...e, < 4. 0' A \ - s -....--- .--.,,,-..• LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, 18, 1854. SEPTEMBER THE OVERLAND MAIL. lordship directed that he should be accommodated with a seat. The trial occupied five days, and on Saturday evening last the jury returned a verdict of "not guilty." Captain Haines, however, is still in .custody, as the Judge-Advocate-General inti- Mated to Sir C. Jackson that he was not decided as to whether he would prosecute Captain.llaines on any of the other indictments or not. His lordship has appointed this day to hear the Judge-Advocate- General's determination. The Governor and Cum- wander-in-Chief continue at Poona. We regret to any - that there is a report current that the ship William Gibson, which left this port for London on the 17th instant, has been lost. We are at all times chary of placing confidence in idle rumour, but the sources from. which we htive heard of this mishap leave but little margin to 'doubt its exActitude ; however no official notice has yet been published, and we suppose we must say that the report requires confirmation. The money market is easy, and the prospects of trade most favourable. We have much pleasure in givin g p u bli c ity to the subjoined notification, which will appear in the next Government Gazette : GENERAL DEP:jinn/TT. The GciVorrior in Council ea.:l not allow the recent manifestations of loyalty and attachment to the British crown and government by the population of Bombay to pass without an expression of his satisfaction and gratifi catio'n. 2. The circumstance of large and influential bodies of the native community responding to the invi tation .of the Most Noble the Governor-General in Council, and coming forward voluntarily to observe a day of prayer for the success of the British arms and the restoration of peace, must be in the highest degree gratifying to all who are friendly to the British Govern ment and favourable to the cause which it has espoused. The Governor in Council will not fail to bring this honourable fact to the notice of the higher authorities both in India and in 'England.. AMERICA. We have received, by the overland mail, de spatches from India and China, a telegraphic sum mary of which appeared in The Sun of Saturday last. The dates, as then stated, are :—Bombay, August 1; Calcutta, 3 ; Madras, 11 ; Shanghai, July 15 - Amoy, 19 ; Hong Kong, 22. The following is the summary of the Bombay Times : The news from Burmah reaches to the com mencement of July. Nothing had been heard of the Nugent. If wood and iron could hold through the gale, which the Lady Nugent must have en countered on the 24th and 25th of May, there is every probability that she has not gone down at sea. The vessel was rebuilt in 1843 of teak and caul, and was cldssed A 1 at Lloyd's for ten years. Ia 1853 she was replaced on the same number for three years more, a fact which bets all doubts as to her seaworthiness completely at rest. She was carefully surveyed again at Madras before being taken up by Government, and found to be thoroughly provided with all necessary stores. The probabi lity is that she has been driven on shore on the weather_ side of the Andamans, a fact' which will account for the absence of any intellgence as to her fate, as, it would be impossible for the crew to communicate in that case with the BurmeSe or Tenasserim coast. It would be idle to say that no fears need be entertained as to the safety of the passengers and ship's company ? but the balance of probability is beyond all question in favour of their present existence. Energetic efforts are to be made to raise the electric telegraph in Pegu. Najor Durvernet, of the trigonometrical survey, has been appointed superintendent, and it is ex p4cted that the posts will be erected by February next. After being once established from Rangoon to Prome, it will be carried across the Arracan mountains, by Chittagong, to Calcutta. At Ran goon there was great activity in the dockyard, about 20 large gunboats being in course of building. From Central Asia we have nothing of im portance to report. The Persians are said to .be strengthening themselves at Merw, and the Rus sians continue to negotiate with the Herat chief, who has been complaining to Dost Mahomed that the Candahar chiefs continue to despoil him of portions of his territory. From the Punjaub we learn that the Afreedees LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The British and North American Royal Mail steamer Asia, Captain Lott, arrived here this morning, a little after six o'clock, from New York, with the usual mails, 81 passengers, and 1,086,000 dbllars in specie on freight. The Asia left New York at 2.40 p.m: on the 6th, bringing four days' later news than the last ar rival. On the Bth, 'at 7.15 a.m., passed a large four-masted screw-steamer, supposed to be the Glasgow, steering forward. The United States mail steamer .Pacific, from thiS port, reached New York on the 3d inst. The United States Government have despatched an agent, General . Cazenau, in a ship of war, to negotiate a treaty with the republic of Dominica, in the island of St, Domingo. This is a blow aimed against the commerce of France. A very serious riot took place at Philadelphia on the Bth ult. It is thus described The Turnerbund Jubilee at Lemon-hill attracted ' a great throng to-day. ." • All was very pleaaant and ,quiet until about the close of the festival, when a quarrel occurred be tween t'wo Gerniang on the platform, where danci ;if!: was going on. The police interfered to separatelthe combatants, and in carrying off one of the prisoners used, him rather roughly, when his friends inter fered, and a grand row• ensued. The peliee, being hard pressed, fired their re volvers, and several Germans were wounded, and many of them were badly beaten with billies. Officer S. Mansfield was stabbed, and officer J. Parker was severely injured from the hard blows he re ceived. The Germans used fence rails in assailing the officers. TRe- ports Ben g al sare ft, of a ur t let w c i o t f h A dr uz w u a s i t 0 4 f sa s y ev s e :-.— no c f c her Majesty's regiments from India for service in Turkey, and there seems no reason to doubt that several corps have received private warning to hold themselves in readiness for service. As a natural consequence of the above there are strong rumours of an increase to the Company's European infantry, and other circumstances tend to confirm the belief prevalent in well-informed quarters that an aug mentation is about to take place." CHINA. The weather at New York is reported as cooler, and the health of the city improving, the cases of cholera being 14 less than the previous week. The American Protestant Association have as sembled at Newark, N. J., to celebrate the first sit ting of the American Congress. The various lodges of the order in New Jersey were in attendance and there were also several from this city and neighbour hood. It it said that there were at least 3,000 per sons in attendance. Nothing occurred to mar the scene until afternoon, whefi, as the procession passed through one of the streets, it encountered a crowd of opponents, who saluted it with . derisive shouts, and finally a stone was thrown, whick struck one of the Protestants. Just at this moment, as it is related, several shots'were fired from a Roman . Ca tholic church• in the immediate vicinity. The pro cession broke for the "church instantly, and in a short time completely sacked its interior, despoilinc , the altar, and rendering it a complete ruin. number of persons on both sides were badly hurt.. The crew of the ship John Rutledge, now lying in harbour, bound for Liverpool, revolted on Sunday. The mutineers were on Monday brought before Mr. Commissioner Morton, and, after an exami nation, committed to prison. There is news from Mexico to the 22d ult. The Mexican papers assert positively that Count Bo ulbon was shot. Santa Anna had issued a decree enabling the religious orders to avail themselves of the civil tribunals-to enforce upon the monks and clergy an adherence to their vows. By thelast Englishpacket a dividend was remitted to the .English holders of Mexican bonds. It is repurted that Villareal, Al varez's next in command, and one of his most able supporters, died atAcapulco from wounds received in a late skirmish. Gomez, Alvarez's secretary, is also reported to have died. in the Kohat Pam are still engaged in settling dif ferences among themselves. Some travellers hav ing been robbed in that pass, the Deputy-Commis sioner of Kohat made a demand'for compensation, and finally shut up the pass, preventing all trade. O f ne particular tribe only, it seems, had been guilty, and all the tribes in the pass met, with the inten tion of considering the .matter, and punishing the offender. A correspondent of the Bengal Harkarit in refetence to the matter remarks—" You have The Overland Friend of China of the 22d states that H.M.S. Baracouta had brought word from Shanghai, which she left on the 14th of July, that H,M.S. Encounter was going to scour the north eastern seaboard, where it was supposed the Rus sian fleet was to be heard of. The intelliuence from Pekin is scanty, indecisive, and stale. L. the interval of six weeks elapsed since former dates, there had been time for the insurgent forces to leave Nankin and gain the northern capital. The Pelcils, Gazette of the sth of June contains a memorial from Tsae-juy, recommending the applica tion for further subscriptions, in order to coin more copper cash fur the current expenses of the Govern ment. He says that the outlay on account of the army is becoming enormous, while, resources are exhausted, and difficulties increase. Hwuy-tsing ming and his fellows have applied for contribu tiOns, and have recommended the coining of iron cash, which have been brought into circulation, and proved satisfactory as far as the supply went ; but the memorialist suggests that the embarrass ments of the Government are daily becoming greater and greater—the demands upon the treasury are multiplied, while the resources of supply are dimi nished ; and although some relief may be afforded for a time, there is no prospect of returning plenty. Her Majesty's steam-ships Rattler and Styx reached Shanghai, on their return from Nankin, on the 7th inst. heard, I dare say, that Captain Coke has shut up the Kohat Pass once more (about a week ago). Some men were robbed in the Pass within the Akhor boundary. The deputy-commissioner of Kohat called on the people of Akhor for compensa tion, according to treaty. They made lame excuses, and the deputy slammed the door of the Pass, and bolted it with the usual blockade, declarina there should be no more trading with Kohat or Peshawur for Jack Afreedee, until he came to terms. Explanations soon ensued, and it appeared that a feud bad been raging between Akhor and Bostee-khel, with various ups and downs of manslaughter. The men of Bostee-khel proving the strongest, set some of themselves to commit robbery in the Akhor district, and so got the Akhorees into trouble. Akhor did not mind Baying the amount leviable as compensation for the loss inflicted on the travellers, but thought the same thing would occur every week, and become ruinous ; so Akhor declined to pay, with a view to a parliamentary inquiry. And at this mo me n t all the tribes of the Pass and their allies are holding a pwachrteet on the feud, with. a view to punching Bostee-khel's head. Tile row is all among the Afree ciees themselves ; and until they settle it, their trade is most effectually stopped. Gradually they will learn that their own interest is to keep order." We formerly announced that the electro-telegraphic cable had been carried across the Beeas, and have now to mention that everything is ready for placing a cable of three miles in length across the Sutlej. At the last meeting of the Paris Exhibition Com mittee at Lahore the display of local manufactures was said to be very creditable, and a large collec tion will be sent down to Bombay to be forwarded to Europe. Many merchants in the Punjaub have signified their intention of forwardinc , goods to the Exposition on their own account. Large quan tities of English iron have reached Atok for the suspension -bridge to be thrown across the Indus. Mr. Colvin, it is stated, has sent in a proposition for - constituting Nainee Tal the vir tual capital, of the north-west provinces, that is for making it the seat of government, and for building a suitable residence for the lieuenant- The Imperialists were courteous at Chinkeang and at Silver Island, and are said to be in con siderable force on both sides the Key of the Yang tszo." The large quantity of coal lying along the wharf at Nankin, which the steamers were anxious to secure, the insurgents would not allow to be touched on any consider tion. They strangely enough alleged that it belonged to God, and it would be blasphemy to touch it. At Shanghai a lengthy correspondence has been published between her Britannic Majesty's pleni potentiary and British merchants, the latter pray ing that demands for arrears of duties may ho brought against them, and tried in the Supremo Court of Hong Kong. To this request the pleni potentiary will not accede, and has told them that the only appeal from the consul's decision will be to him as the representative of her Britannic Ma jesty. Canton (says the Overland Friend of China of July 22) is now on the point of all anxiety, and though not in the actual possession of rebels it is apparently the next thing to it. As we write a letter arrives, written yesterday, from which we learn that firing and fighting had been going on on the hills in the rear of the city for several hours, and every one was anxious to see what the result would be. Business at a complete stand still, and all Chinese possessing the means moving away as fast as possible. The plans for capturing Canton appear to have been laid with much foresight and skill. All the troops that could be sent from the garrison were first attracted to the Toong-koon dis trict. That being effected, Ho-Aluk, the rebel leader, 'then moved up the river towards Fat-shan, passing with a body of three thousand picked men, it has been ascertained, within a couple of miles of the foreign factories. Fat-shan (a rich town some 10 miles above Can ton) beinY occupied, and the residents laid under tribute, Ho-Aluk's bands now assail the Tartar encampment at the northward of the city. Two nights ago they made an attempt to enter the city at its northern and eastern gates, and not until they had captured two mandarins, and killed and wounded several others, did they desist from the attack. Before going to press, it .is not unlikely tbat we may have to tell of the citadel hiving been taken and the regime of a couple of centuries brought to a close. For the protection of British property at Canton the Comus, 14 guns, is moored off the factories, and the sloop Racehorse is to go up from this to join her there in a day or two. The Americans have the steamers Queen and John Hancock and schooner J.. F+ Cooper, with a couple of chop boats, and some four score men from th e Vincennes, at Whampoa. This force is strong enough to effect anything necessary. The French corvette LaJeanne d'Arc remains at Macao, where we trust she will Stay until the Portuguese corvette Dom Joao re returns from Ningpo. French interests at Canton. are not very great, and not likely to suffer much by the forthcoming emeute. F renc h fi nger i n g of this Chinese bourbillon is str ong l y , to be depre cated. From the coast we learn that th e large and rich town of Suatow, in the Fukien p rov i nce, has b een burnt by a party who had taken possession of it. h we From the North China Herald, of t h e 15t take the following : governor, with accommodation for the public offices. Among the obituaries is that of Mr. Philip Melvill, of the Bengal civil service, who had been for nearly five years secretary to the late board of administration for the affairs of the Puujaub. In some parts of the Nizam's dominions serious ap prehensions of a famine are entertained, if the country be not speedily visited with more abundant supplies of rain. The Nizam's cavalry volunteered b nl e u n ye e d ed i e n d, ai i 7 ut p w a i r t t h o t f h t a h n e ks w t o h r e l , i l r w ol l l i ,o e r re w t a h s e d y e m el i i their servi ces t o th e G overnor-General to be em gnedt for the present. An attempt was made at Hydera bad, by seven Jeinadars, to place the Nizam's De wan in confinement, in order to force from him the payment of certain arrears due ; but the project having been betrayed the minister immediately ap prehended all the conspirators, of whoth Vendrut Ali Khan, the chief of the Rob Was, was one. The prompt action of the minister, the authority which lie has shown that he possesses, and the submis sion of the great Rohilla, chiefs, are facts full of promise for the quietness of the future. All the new arrangements in regard to the Hyderabad contin gent have now been carried out. The Resident has the power of appointing native officers, • while the same powers in regard to English officers are in the hands of the Governor-General. The Resident has now, for his guidance in military matters, a military secretary, drawing a salary of 1,500 rupees monthly. The contingent itself is to consist of not less than four field batteries of artillery, 2,000 cavalry, and 2,000 infantry, the command being vested in two brigadiers, one having his head-quarters at Aurun eabad, and the other at Bolarum. It is expected, however, that in a short time there will be only one brigadier. The whole financial economy of the Contingent is placed under the direct control of the Bengal departments. The Madras government, we are informed, have taken up the subject of improve ment in native agriculture, and purpose offering prizes, &c., to encourageimprovement. Lord Harris has postponed his visit to the Godavery. It is gene rally supposed inEuropo that cholera never ascends more than a thousand feet or so above the level of the sea ; but the Madras papers mention the death of a German missionary en the Neilgherries, or, as they are better called, the Blue Mountains, which are eight thousand feet high. It is said to be the first case of cholera among Europeans which has oc curred, but that disease is not uncommon among the natives on those hills, as on those of Mahabu leshwur. From Calcutta the only items of in telligence are that Lord Dalhousie is expected to remain in India if his health permits until 1856. The Russian war is the reason assigned for his lord ship's stay. The Lieutenant-Govel nor of Bengal has proceededon a tour of inspection, and.is not expected to be again in Calcutta before October. The Bank of Bengal has declared its 31st dividend. It is at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. Sir Lawrence Peel has intimated his intention of leaving India at the end of the year, ill health compelling hislordship to resign. Of local matters we have not much to chronicle. The trial of Captain Haines, es-political agent at Aden, for embezzlement, commenced on Tuesday, the 25th instant, before the Hon. Sir Charles Jackson. The jury were composed entirely of Europeans, the great majority of them being gen tlemen employed in banks, mercantile offices, and as auctioneers, and consequently well accustomed to accounts. Capt. Haines came to the court with his solicitor, Mr. Jefferson, near whom he sat until his lordship took his seat on the bench, when he walked into the dock and bowed respectfully to the judge. The jury having been duly sworn, the clerk of the Crowe read the first indictment, containing twenty two different items, charging embezzlement and fraudulent misappropriation of public money, to which Captain Haines pleaded "not guilty." The Advocate-General, assisted by Messrs. Howard and Lowndes, conducted the case for the prosecution, and Messrs. Taylor and Standen defended the pri soner. Mr. Taylor applied for . permission for Cap tain Haines to be allowed to sit near his counsel, but his lordship said that it had been ruled that in all cases of felony the prisoner should be in the duck, and as Captain Haines had already been ar raigned there it was necessary he should remain in the dock. Every opportunity o w uld be afforded to hilia of ouzpauthoung with his cow 3 el awl his We understand that despatches were received on the 13th inst. at the British SuperintendenCy and the Ame rican Legation, from the respective consulates at Ningpo, giving information that hostilities had taken place there between the Portuguese and the Chinese, the Portuguese corvette Dom Joao I. with a fleet of 15 Portuguese lorchas, having fired upon the piratical fleet in the service of the Taoutae of that place, &c. As we understand it, the Portuguese corvette was despatched from Macao last May, to visit all the ports on the coast as far as Shang hai, and at the same time to settle at Ningp o some dif ficulties which had taken place between the Portu guese and Chinese, and to claim from the latter in demnification for two or three lorchas plundered and captured by the piratical fleet, which has for some time past been in the service of the, Taoutae of Ningpo. The corvette arrived at Ningpo about 24th o f J une, and we are told that Captain Lopez made th e ne cessary demands, to which the Taoutae gave ev as i ve re plies he t , same hat tune all would p br piratical i nettled ca l fleet commenced properly, e e mmmaking pre parations for a fight, landing their guns and mountim & c ., wh i lst at them on the top of the city wall, threatening to blow the ° corvette out of the water if she attempted any attack. We have not got full particulars as to how hostilities first commenced, all we hear being to the effect that at 4 p.m. on Monday last the Portuguese were firing at the piratical junks, and at their defences on s h ore. • It was rumoured at Nin g po that the P or t uguese were going to land the next da:y and march into the city, the object being to seize the piratical chief " Apak. ' THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAT.—The Great Western Railway Company have closed the thoroughfare in a line from Westbourne-terrace to the Harrow-road, for the purpose of pulling down the bridge and erecting a new one. In the meantime, directions are given on a notice board, that the public are to make use of the next bridge facing Southwick-gardens, and which is dig nified by the name of the Ranelagh-bridge. A little farther down the line, below the place where they take the tickets on arrival, they have pulled down the brick and stone bridge and erected one entirely of iron, the roadway and sides being of that material, and the bridge is three times the width it was before, supported by iron pillars of a light and handsome character. The bridge is quite horizontal and very lofty, so that there are no arches, and the company have been enabled to lay down several additional lines of rails. The new bridge is a very handsonie structure. ~, / / '/ ` -=~~~ / ~~~~ 1 3ltsjor • of the army, Is headed in times - CV patine by ' e t c marshals, the number of whom during war may be iirs creased to 12. At the top of this list at present stands the name of Prince Jerome Napoleon —a fact which it is only fair to mention, since it detracts somewhat fro the claims of a syst em founded and appa ren tl y work ed out upon the principle of rewarding merit, irrespective of family interest. The general officers belonging to the Etat Major are di v id e d i n t o t wo soet i ons; the one " active" the othe rin " reserve." The first consists of 80 generals of division and 160 generals of brigade. To that section belong all the officers filling . the chief com mands of the empire. It also includes a large num ber of inferior officers hording, - 'or qualified to hold, staff appointments, and who are thereby placed on a very favourable . footing for promotion as , core- - rank with others of the same ra in },he army not so qualified. Up to the rank of captain they rise by seniority as vacancies occur in the, Etat Major, but afterwards the rapidity of their career depeeda upon the merit and ability they display and the extent to which their services are appreciated by the Empe r o r • and the Minister of War. Of course, under Such cir cumstances there is great scope for favouritism, but, supposing access to the Etat Major at the outset care fully barred against stupidity and incompetence, th e danger arising therefrom must be much diminished. This result is accomplished by rendering those alone eligible for the Etat Major who have passed through the special military school at St. Cyr, and taken the highest honours there. I But, great as has been the care with which the Etat Major of the French army has been organised, that f°l.l " only . a portion of the provision which has been made to secure for this splendid service the full benefit of the best energy and talent in the country. St. Cyr and the Polytechnic are liberally endowed with bursaries for the sons . of distinguished officers, who qualify themselves by passing the severe preliminary examinations to enter. The cost of education, however, must place both institutions beyond the reach of many ; and in consequence the colon e l of each regiment, with the sanction of the hshi g .eo h lav e: c iit c h iue o sn r d i a ti es authorities, has s a s the power to fillmo sutpmoenrie-ttohriiruds of f ou t occur comm a fr n o a m w t h h o e have served not less than two years. While the Colonel has one portion of the appbintments tni another. portion belongs to th e Minister of t a e r d , w t o h o hi h n a a s , the power of transferring from one r egiment or arm of the service - toin - FA her where vacancies giving promotio n occur. The last share in the appointments to the French army belongs to the Schools of the Polytechnic and St. Cyr. The clever of the former, according to t h e ex aminations which they. have passed, are appointed to the Government mines, the roads, and bridges to the E n _ gineers, the Artillery, or, last of all, as officers of the line, for which, however, the abstract nature of their studies is not supposed particularly to adapt them. The students of St. Cyr, on the other hand, receive a special military education, and are perfectly drilled and trained as soldiers during the two years they remain at the school. The system of purchase is unknown, but where a man, otherwise willing to retire, is unable to do so from his circumstance?, it is not unusual to buy him out.. Besides the educational establishments already mentioned, there are others which, though not car rying with them commissions, form important auxi liaries to professional excellences. Among these may bs mentioned the Bccle d'Application de l'Artillerie Let du Genie, the Normal School for Tirailleurs, and that for Gymnastics at Vincennes. The Norman School for Tirailleurs is also worthy of notice in connexion with the constant practice which the French soldier has in firing at marks. Every year he receives 500 ball cartridges for this purpose. Among the different establishments connected with the organisation of the French army, that for Military equipages appears to be for us one of the most important. There are five central establishments for the construction and repair of military equipages at Vernon, Chateau roux.. Algiers, Oram, and Philipeville, with a squadron of men for each, and a large staff of veterinary officers. The Service de Sante of the French army is adminis tered by a staff including more than 1,000 men, and the military hospitals form a separate department, with a corps of 300 principal officers and first and second class adjutants. Clothing and camp material go together, and are supplied under the control of 70 officers and adjutants, while the commissariat engage the attention of 300 officers and adjutants. The chief Feats of the artillery establishments are at Paris, Douai, Metz, Lafere, Strasbourg, Besancon, Lyons, Toulouse, Rennes, Bourges, and Algiers, most of these having schools in connexion with them. The manufacture of small arms and of gunpowder is included in the administration of this branch of service, which also extends its care to the formation of a fine museum and library. ,- With reference to the Engineer Corps, its lrld-quar. ters are at Arras, Metz, and Montpelier, each having schools in connection with them. The great school for the application of artillery and engineering has already been noticed. The constitution of courts-martial in France has this peculiarity, that there must be one member upon them of the rank of the accused, though his senior in standing. The stupendous and undue development which military profession has received in France to the great injury of its more peaceful and permanent interests fur nishes an example which England does wisely not to imitate as a whole, but there seem many important points in that system by which we could improve our own, and as the French army is adopting our plan of manoeuvring in extended line two deep, we, on our side, need not be ashamed to copy improvements sanctioned 'by the usage of onr great ally. No one who is at all acquainted with the immense development of the mate• rial arts in England, and especially mechanics, can view with other feelings than those of disappointment and humiliation the undoubted fact that we are at present • r. gaged in repelling the aggressions of the barbarous north with weapons of war which bear no proportion in their superiority to that which exists in the amount of intelli genes and civilization engaged on either side. [PRICE sn. upon a solid basis ; and, in short, that this war, entered upon not in the spirit of conquest but made imperative for the hop our and safety of all, was only undertaken after Europe, represented by a sort of grand jury, had pronounced with unanimity against the guilty aggressor a sentence -which it would hays been dishonourable not to execute. France and England could notshrink before that consequence. United in action as they had been in opinion, the two great 4 maritina e Powers share the glory of the vigort Ws resolution which forms the security of Cho present m id the guarantee of the future. Assuredly, ',the relations of gooci•neigialrourhood be tween England and France do not date from yesterday. Long years of tranquillity, th e p rogress of enlightened' views, and more frequent relations between the two people, had weakened national antipathies ; but this hapay change was more rapidly effected among the supe- I rior classes than in the mass of the people, and there was a long step from such a state of things to the fraternal relations which now so closely unite the two nations. The transport of our troops to the Baltic in the English fleet, and the enthusiasm which the visit of the Eloiperor on the occasion excited, had already proved to Europe the intimacy of our alliance. The visit of Prince Albert to the camp of Boulogne, and the cordial recep tion he experienced from our population and our soldiers, formed, as it were, a final and solemn consecration of that alliance. The records of history added still more to the significance of this groat event. Upon those very localities which had been the scene of our former struggles the union of the two people seems to have been effected by a closer tie, and the forgetfulness of the past was rendered more complete. No must do the English GOvernment the jstice 'of sayiag_ that it spared nothing to hasten such a desirable . union. From the first announcement of the re-establish ment of the Empire, when others were undecided as to the course they should adopt, England did not hesitate. On his part, the Emperor, made wise by history,, and faithful to the idea of his uncle, who so eloquently de plored the evils which England and France had created by their divisions, while their union would have been so profitable to their interest and to the cause of humanity, was desirous to free the second half of the century from the calamities which had desolated the commencement of it. Thanks to the good faith which has characterised the relations between the two States, the policy which wisdom dictated to them has triumphed, without either having sacrificed its interests, its independence, or its dignity. Oid antipathies have suddenly given lace to reciprocal friendship and esteem. The attacks of public journals have been turned into united . .gratitude and ad miration. The alliance formed not only between the Governments, but between the people, is now cemented by the blood which their soldiers and sailors shed toge ther for the triumph of the most noble cause. The causes which led to the adoption of this alliance guarantee the duration of it, and the results which it has already produced indicate with sufficient clearness the consequences which may be expected from it. TRE FRENCH ARMY. At a moment when the great Army of the North of France, under the personal command of the Emperor, is attracting much attention—when the war in which we are engaged gives an absorbing interest to everything connected with the military resources of the two coun tries—and when in England a variety of circumstances, and especially the late disclosures in the 46th Regiment, make us rather dissatisfied with the administrative sys tem of our own service, it may not be considered unpro fitable to sketch comprehensively the organization of the mighty force to which by land the safety and honour of ournearest neighbour and ally are intrusted. They have, like us, 100 regiments of infantry, of w hi c h 75 b e l ong to the line, and 25 are light infantry. Besides these there are 20 battalions of Chasseurs-a-Pied, three regiments of Zouaves, three battalions of African Light Infantry, nine companies of Fusiliers de Discipline, three companies of Pionniers do Discipline, two regiments of the Legion ' d'Etrangeres, three battalions of Algerian three companies of Sous Officiers Veterans, and three companies of Fusilers Veterans. Each regiment is di vided into two bataillons actifa and one of reserve, or, as we should term it, a depot to keep up its strength. Each battalion is again subdivided into eight companies of 100 men each, including one company of Grenadiers, distinguisable by red facings ; one of Voltigeurs, wearing yellow ; and six of the Centre, wearing green. Two regiments and a battalion of Chasseurs form a brigade, and two brigades a a division. T'ue officers to a company are three—a captain, a lieu tenant, and a sous-lieutenant. Those to a regiment are a colonel, a lieutenant-colonel, three chefs de bataillon, one major, three captaines adjutant-major, one captaine tresorier, one captain d'habiliment, one adjutant sous lieutenant, one Porte drapea,u sous-lieutenant, one lieu tenant d'etat-major, and three medical officers. From these details it follows that each battalion is about 800 strong, or nearly equal to one of our regiments; that each regiment is about 1,600 strong, not including the depot ; and that it has 43 officers attached to com panies, and 17 having duties which comprehend the whole body. With slight modifications, this ar rangement obtains regularly throughout the entire infantry force of France, but it may be mentioned that the Chasseurs-h-Pied, or, as they are more commonly called, the Chasseurs de Vincennes, have bat talions 1,000 strong,—an increase of numbers probably due to the dangerous and important nature of the ser vice which they have to perform. The cavalry force consists of 12 regiments of reserve, including two of Carabiueers and ten of Cuirassiers ; 20 regiments of the line, including 12 of Dragoons and eight of Lancers ; 25 regiments of light cavalry, including 12 of Chasseurs, nine of Hussars, and four of Chasseurs d'Afrique. There are also three regiments of Spahis and four companies of Cavalrie de Remonte. Each cavalry regiment contains six squadrons of 100 men each, and should therefore at its full war complement muster 1,200 strong, but none are at present made up to that size. Squadrons have twice the number of offi cers required by companies of infantry, there being a captain-commandant, a second captain, and a first and :second lieutenant, and two sous-officers. Each regi ment has besides, like the infantry, its colonel, lieute nant-colonel, and other officers having regimental duties ,1 including two chefs d'escadron, a captaine iristructenr, and two veterinary officers. The Guides, the Spahis, and the Chasseurs d'Afrique have three chefs d'escadron and three capitaines-adjutantenajar. There may be other modifications also in the organisation of the force, but, as a general rule, the foregoing distribution of it is pretty closely observed. The Fdinch army possesses an artillery divided into three classes—the first foot consisting of five regiments; the second monte au cas.Ron, including seven regiments ; and the third horse, made up of four regiments. There are also reserved corps, and a regiment of pontoniers. Each regiment contains five batteries, and each battery consists, like ours, of six guns, but, as formerly noticed, they are of considerably heavier calibre than ours, and, being adapted to throw shot and shell alike, the howit zer is dispensed with. It is stat e d th a t the Emperor had some difficulty in introducing this innovation upon the former practice of the service, but its value seems now to be generally admitted, and not the least of the advantages secured by it is that of uniformity—a great point in such matters, as any person who visits the Ord nance department at Woolwich will readily appreciate. We are reducing the varieties of calibres employed in our service, but the rude state in which the manufacture of artillery guns still remains, as compared with our knowledge of mechanics generally, renders it perhaps imprudent that we should yet pin our faith to any fixed standard. The Emperor's new field piece at least ob viates those risks of mistake in ammunition adapted for it, which not unfrequently arise where different sizes are used amid the hurry and confusion of warfare. The organisation of the artillery foice in France, as in Eng land, demands a large staff of officers, including generals of division, generals of brigade, colonels, lieutenant colonels, chefs d'escadron, captains of the first and second rank, lieutenants of the first and second rank, sons-lieutenants performing the duties of first-lieutenants, and sous-lieutenants-eleves in two divisions, who per form the duties of lieutenants of the second rank: The engineer corps of the French army is made up of three regiments—the first consisting of 11 companies, the second of 15, and the third of 12-38 in all, and officered like companies of the line. It is unnecessary, in a sketch like this, to do more than allude to the system of conscription by which the effective strength of the French army is sustained, but, to other topics, it may be p erm itt e d heftor out th si a ng that, while England, the least military of the European Powers, finds no difficulty in raising soldiers by voluntary enlistment, France, where the earliest instincts of thildren point to the army, is obliged to exact compulsory service from her sons, that she may be safe at home and respected abroad. What makes the contrast more remarkable is, that in the Eng lish army position and command are almost exclusively in the. hands of the privileged classes, whereas in France there is nothing to prevent a young peasant rising from the ranks by merit to be a marshal. In the one country it is the only profession the upper ranks of which are effectually closed to ambition ; in the other it is the only one that may be said to be entirely open. The amount of public feeling which has been elicited by the recent Courts-martial on Lieutenant Perry plainly shows that we are not indifferent to this view of the subject, for had we been satisfied with the manner in which our troops are officered it is not probable that the case referred to would have excited so much attention. It has hitherto been discussed upon its individual merits ; but it is in reality only one example cf the fruits of a vicious sys tem, to which, as the following details show, the organ isation of the French army presents a noble contrast. That army is placed by the Emperor under the supreme control of his Minister at War, who, for the time being , s is Marshal Vaillant. Ile has to assist him in the e charge of his arduous duties a number of consultative committees, the members of which are selecte d from the General Staff. These take cognisanceVrn the of the infantry, another of the cavalry, artillery, another of the fortification a s n, other including the health of the troopsandotaned so on, b siness in the series of bureaux for facilitating u. de partments. There is also a very well-arranged • various branches of Staff, or as it is called in France, the E the service. The Gen eral_tt THE CAMP AT BOULOGNE. BOULOGNE, Sunday.- 7 .lhe Emperor left Bou logne yesterday, at 12 o'clock, by special train for Paris. The day of his return is not known with certainty even by his suite, but it is stated that he will arrive on Wednesday or Thursday to resume the grand manoeuvres of the a r m y. It i s sa id t h at the Emperor wishes to show the Empress to the army, and this rumour derives some countenance from the fact that preparations are being made in the Imperial Hotel for her Majesty's reception. The Empress, by her beauty, her affability, and her goodness of heart, has endeared herself to the French nation, and her presence could not fail to give great additional eclat to the proceedings of the camp at Boulogne. Daring the Emperor's stay at Boulogne tele graphic communications have daily passed between the Imperial Hotel and .Biarritz, and when the Emperor and Prince Albert arrived at the camp of Helfaut, near St. Omer, a few days ago, a despatch was placed in the Emperor's hands which bad only left Biarritz, at the other extremity of the empire, an hour and a half before. • During the Emperor's brief absence the military manceuvres will not be entirely suspended, and a petite guerre in the direction of Calais is confi dently talked of, but the arrangements are not yet completed. The grand sham battle, which will commence at Escoeuil on the Emperor's return, will be on a vaster scale of completeness than any evolutions in which the camp have yet been en gaged. A day before his departure the Emperor ana Colonel Fleury were on horseback for 4 hours reconnoitring the ground between Escceuil and Devros, where the manceuvres will commence. The Emperor ascended the Mont du Courteau, which makes a part of the chain of hills separating the High from the Lower Boulognais. From this spot vast plains stretch before the eye, and the ground is seen to be admirably calculated for military manoeuvres of enormous proportions. After hav ing narrowly examined the ground the Emperor rode to Escceuil and took the road to St. Omer, The :CI that the troop s s h a ll returning p th er e e n r ceL s to d ß e o te u r logn in w re h m e a n in a in ne camp 9 : m e apmapraoiugundagßaoiunlsotgßn ueasunsniaatiawlnrainlliecrtobasuppinriedtnedegli t ti a e k n en e . f iiTnhmeeEnsmepwereorrhsh,aswhailseho,orwdheered therable her. the largest will make the port of Boulogne boor of refuge, capable of admitting TheweFllefee execu., excavations neoes soutlgl south-west of Boulogne. e ls c of h t a h ti e n t : I . navy, th s s a u r c y h f a or h t a h r i l lg u r r e o a f t re ni fu id g e e r , t t a h k e i nco a bh t ya s merchantmenlBal, s O o oo o , O r de f r . ed o r i tnh 2 et o fh , 10. the 1 0 O na commence op -oeodOiaf-st.t,eof which is valued Channel. The Emperor carriage -road leading road ad, which will run along the sand at the foot ofthe cliffs, Hotel cliffs, will commence at From 200 to 300 soldiers from the camp at the little cascade opposite to the fort of Moulin Hubert. at Honvalt of this work, under the su p er intendence of the will be immediately employed upon the construc tionchief engineer of Pouts et Chaussaes. In order to androwminthteermporli.cbstoangrttoostethruatlectycaionmneeidc:faeciat stimulate the activity of the soldiers, the Emperor has directed that they shall receive a reward ac cording to the activity and industry they display ; and, as the work will be in great part executed under the Emperor's own eye, it is. hoped that the road will be finished in about 40 days. General Hartmann, Aide-de-Camp to the Ki ng of Bavaria, and deputed by that Monarch to assist at the manceuvres of the troops under the personal command of the Emperor, was present at the grand review of cavalry and infantry at St. Omer on Thursday, and also at the review of the division of t at Honvault t on Friday. The Bavarian was accompanied by officers of the B ava rian infantry, c avalry, and artillery. O n th e even i ng before the camp e r t he Emperor's departure the Prussian Gene ral de Wedell and General Hartmann were among the guests at the imperial table. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BEER.—We under. stand that several of the principal wholesale brewers of this and the neighbouring city of Bath have resolved on reducing the price oebeer, commensurate with the recent decline in the price of malt. It is also to be re gretted that the other portion of the purveyors of the " staff of life," namely, the bakers, are so backward is allowing the public to reap the advantages consequent on an abundant haryest,—BriM Mirror. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—There is not so large a busi ness doing in the fall trade as was expected, which is at tributed to the high price of money. Exchange on Eng land 1091 to -I. The stock market is unsettled and feverish. Flour yesterday was without marked change. White Genessee wheat sold at 2 dols. 15c. • corn was again active, while the market closed easier for purchasers. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 17.—8 y the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tamar, Capt. R. Revett, arrived this morning, at 6 o'clock, from the West Indies, with the usual mails, we receive our usual despatches and papers. On her homeward voyage the Tamar experienced moderate weather. The latest dates brought by the Tamar are : Greytown, Aug. 20 ; Chargres, 23 ; Demerara, 25; Trinidad, 25;Carthagena, 25;Jamaica, 26; Grenada, 26 ; Barbadoes, 27 ; Jacmel, 28 ; Antigua, 29 ; St. Kitts, 29 ; Nevis, 29 ; Montserrat, 29 ; Porto Rico, 31 ; St. Thomas, Sept. 2 ' • Tobago, Aug. 24 ; St. Vincent, 26 ; St. Lucia, 28; Martinique, 28 ; Dominica, 28; Guadaloupe, 28 ; Belize, 19. She has on board 123 passengers, including De puty Commissary General Rayner, Lieutenant Purcell, R.N., Staff Assistant Surgeon Thompson, the Marquis de San Andres, Count de Salazar, ctc. The Tamar brings the passengers from the Wind ward Islands, left at St. Thomas's by the Atrato. The Tamar brings on freight 500,000 dollars, on merchants' account,. 600 serous of cochineal, 2 packages vanilla, 67 bales of sarsaparilla, and a general cargo, consisting of 100 packages. The cholera was abating at Barbadoes. Samana, in the island of San Domingo, had been taken possession of by the Russians. A larg e fire had broken out at B e li ze , H on d uras , which had destroyed between 90,0001. and 100,0001. value in property. The origin of the conflagration is attributed solely to accident. The following important intelligence is received from Sail 'Domingo :---The United. States frigate Columbia, with a commodore's flag, attended by two other American vessels, a Corvette and steamer, have arrived at the port of San Domingo, and have for mally demanded the cession to the United States of the port of Samana, with certain adjacent territory. A general officer, with one or more officers of en gineers, is also reported to be on board the Co lumbia. On'the demand having been made on the Government of the Dominican Republic, the Bri tish and French Consuls immediately despatched express messengers. to Port-au-Prince. From Jamaica wolearn that cholera still existed in several parishes. His Excellency the Governor has issued her Ma jesty's proclamation, further proroguing the House Of Assembly from the 29th of August to the 3d of October, but not to meet and proceed to business. In the Jamaica markets little improvement had taken place. In freights little offering. Exchange, for bills on England at 90 days; 601 1 per cent. prem. ; 30, 1 ditto. FRANC UNDER THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON 111. (From the Moniteur.) France is now enjoying the fruits of the honourable and firm policy inaugurated by the Emperor. In spite of famine, epidemic, and war, the national activity has not been diminished and the public credit has not been shaken. Thanks to the wise resolution of the Govern ment, so well seconded by the courage and confidence of the country, three of the most formidable scourges that can afflict a nation have been reduced, with the excep tion of losses to be for ever regretted, to the limits of passing difficulties. The epidemic is being extinguished; the famine has been succeeded by an abundant harvest ; the war, commenced under happy auspices, inspires no more alarm than the ambition which created it. Within a short time the nations, faithful to their appointment,- will re-assemble at Paris to take part in the pacific strug gles between industry and the arts. What an immense change has taken place in opinion as well as in position ! At the same time that France resumed in Europe the eminent rank which be longed to her, she witnessed the disappearance of that distrust of which the recollection of the past rendered her the object. That nation, against which every other country thought it had the right to cherish jealousy, has become by an unexpected change the most solid support of European order. It is no longer towards the north that weak or menaced States turn their attention ; and, what is still more astonishing the fears which France inspired have ceased by the ac cession of him whose glorious name seemed calculated to awaken them. What has just taken place at Boulcgne forms an indication more expressive than any words. To that shore, whence Napoleon 50 years ago menaced England, and whence he rushed to the conquest of Ger many, have come the Prince, the husband of the Queen of England, generals from all the States of Germany, and also the King of the Belgians and the King of Por tugal, to visit the heir of Napoleon. They were present as allies, as friends, at the manseuvres of an army which by its discipline and its bravery, still more than by the spot where it was encamped, recalled to recollection the Grand Army of the first empire. The fact is, that every one is now aware that those valiant soldiers only threaten the enemy of the peace of the world ; that the memorable words of Bordeaux, which at first appeared irreconcileable with the reality, have become an incontestable truth to all ; that no one doubts that, with the causes of division which still exist in Europe, with the weakness of certain States and the hesitation of others, if France had not been satisfied with the re-establishment of its national Government, if her strength had not been concentrated in a firm and skilful hand, the question now to be decided in the East would have become the signal for one universal coufiagration. It is because every one is convinced that a prompt and to re-eetablioh per m enorgeOc war way the only' way 4 3 I