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".',,, A A,-- 1 , ''' r ''''' '' *„4 -7:(4 .: • AIR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, Including the fIERNESE OBERLAND and the'SIMPLON, Sat EVE>il*G, and- e.viery Evening at F.lght o'Clock,- (excepi. urday); gad Tuesday:, ThursdaY,Auti Saturday Morni , lgs. et Thrt e. Stalls, 33. (which can be taken at the box. office every day from II 111 4 ; area, is.; gallery, ls.—Egyptlan Hall, Piccadilly. Prisoner—How long have yon known me, and how have I conducted myself since I have been in the regiment ? Witness—l have known Lieut. Perry since I have joined the regiment, and --[here the remainder of the evidence was not Allowed to be given, and the court was cleared] On the re-admission of the public, three-quarters of an hour afterwards, Witness—l have never had any reason to keep aloof from him, and I have never known him to conduct him self otherwise than an officer and a gentleman. • By the prosecutor!--How did you know that Caapptain Nicholas had used the opprobrious terms to Ensikn COotes and which you have mentioned in your note to Liettienaut- Perry ? Witness—l cannot be certain about that, but to the best of my recollection now I have not the slightest ides of ever having written to Lieut; Perry on the subject. . Prosecutor—Were you present when Lieut. Nicholas - used the opprobrious words imputed to him, and did you-- hear them? Witness—l should say that I was not present, and stated in my former evidence that Captain Nicholas was not present. P of the Prosecutor—Give to Ensign Giveth Coots e name of the officer th a t h a d made use ? V not l kitnnz which of —lcannothtem it was. tellth .a enam_ eof the office r . Ido Lit.IIRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE ROOMS, (Lessee, Cass. C. LACRENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road), The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and 'will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S C ELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, Pair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert ; also, by H. Laurent , the following Waltzes —La belle Frangatse, Leonora, Vllll - and his Dinah, Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter ninate at half-past 1). No. 19,310.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 18574. [PRICE SD. TURKISH EXHIBITION, Hyde-park Corner. —Ten months having been devoted in the most elabdrate avec 'ration and careful arrangement of the ORIENTAL and TURK IS II AIUSEU ti at the St. George's Gallery, Hyde-park-corner, Picca dilly, It is now OPEN DAILY, from II a.m. to 10p m Price of admis sion. 2t. 6d..; Children, Is. 6d. ; family tickets (admitting five per rns), lOs ;on Saturdays, ss. ; children, 2a. 6d. Familytickets may D eviously secured at Mr—Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond- Street; PUBLICATIONS. THE ISLE OF ALAND. THE WAR. SECOND COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUT. This day, ono vol. fcap., 21., A CHEAP EDITION OF NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Royal Albert, 121, screw, Commodore Martin, is still lying in the basin at Sheerness. Her machinery is daily progressing, together with her rigging. The defects of the Maidstone transport were com pleted on Saturday evening, at Devonport. She was towed by the Avon steamer out of harbour, and then proceeded direct to sea. Ward's steamer put into Plymouth on Monday morning, to fill up with coals, and to receive despatches for Gibraltar. PERRY, AT WINDSOR. THE HALF SISTERS. A Tale, By GERALDINE E. JEWSBURY, Author of" Zoe," ftc. THIRTEENTH DAY---TuEsDAY. PATRON—IITLIT. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MAN GMENT. „COint'lE of MONDAY EVENING LE ;TURES, E specially ad4ress wt to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSE 4 , to which they and their t} mines Will be admitted on payment of SIXPENCE each, on producing a ticitot aimed by the* Foreman or Superintendent of the Works to Which they may belong. The INAUGURAL LECTURE of this COURSE will be delivered by the Rev. A. BATII POWER, M.A., F.C.S., on MONDAY Even• Ing, the 13th inst., at Ei.:bt o'clock, on the ADVANTAGES of a ENOWLED+ F. of SCIENCE, Illustrated by experiments. A full Programme of the Course may be hail on application. The great Scientific Novelty of DUBO •CQ'S ILLUMINATED CASCADE every evening, except Satuni,y, at Nine o'clock, in aidi tlon to all the LFC [IMES, 01'1 I.' L EXHIBITIONS, PHOTO GRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERY, &c., &c., &c. The Ventilation awl Lighting byJoint LE , LIE, Esq., maintains an Equal aid col Tern perwure in roe Ui t est Weather. ABA ' D of MUSIC under the direction of Mr. WAUD of the Royal Italian Opera, Also, just published, MARY BARTON. 2s. THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY. 2s. THE B ICHELOR OF THE ALBANY. 2a. HAWTHORNE'S BLITHEDALE ROMANCE. 20. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.- WANTED TO BORROW, on the security of the County Rates for Middlesex, for the purposes of the Act 16 and 17 Viet., o. 116, in defraying the exp.-nse of altering and providing Pia . es, Orderly Rooms, and Quarters for the Militia, the sum of TWELVE THOUSAND BOUNDS, to be advanced on the '24th instant. The interest will be paid .calf-yearly, and one-thirtieth part of the prin cipal will be repaid at the end of each year, until the whole shall be discharged. The Nautilus, 6, Lieutenant Commander Dolling, returned to Davenport on Sunday. The Fite Queen, Master Commander F. W. Paul, wout from Portsmouth down to Cowes on Monday evening with some packages belonging to Sir James Graham, who, we believe, is shortly expected .on his usual visit to the Isle of Wight during the regatta. Yeiterday the French frigate Persev6rante sailed from the Downs with stores and reinforcements for the Baltic fleet. All persons desirous of lending the money are requested to send in sealed tenders, endorsed " Tender for Lending Money" addressed o the Chairman 01 tho Committee for General Purposes, under cover to me, at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell-green, before 3 o'clock en MONDAY, the 21st ins.ant, stating the lowest rate of Interest at which they will advance the same. Dated the 14th of August, 1854. CIIAHLLS ViltitiklT, Clerk to the said Committee. The Russian ship Catharine Charlotte, of Riga, Daniel KaMug, latu master, and the Carl Magnus, of Pernau,.Freclerick E. Rust - ins, lite master, taken in the port of Hull by the Customs' officers, sailing under simulated papers, have both been condemned by the Court of Admiralty, and ordered,to be soid for the bene fit of the crow.n. CONTRACT FOR TRAIN AND PALE SEAL OIL. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place. 12th Aug., 1854. 'TIRE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom' of Great Britain and Ireland, 1)0 HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the 12th Ser.tember next, at fine o'clock; they will he ready to treat with inch Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying her her Mkjesty's several Dockyards with TRAIN QE PILCHARD AND. PALE SEAL OIL. A distribution of the Oils and a form of the tender may be seen at the !mid office. No tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent, for him duly authorised in writing, Every tender must to addressedto the Secretary of the Admiralty, and pear .tn the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Oil," and thust aimo be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanicd by a letters signed by a responsible person, en.iagin,, , to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 301. for the due performance of the contr: et. ' ' CONTRACT FOR RARRACK STORES FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. Department of the Comptroller fOr Victualing and Transport Servic, s, Somerset-place, 15th August, 1854. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord Hivh Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THUItiDAY, tha 24th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with aneb persons as may he willing to contract for supply irur and delivering into her Majesty's Victualing St res at Deptford, sundry Articles of Barra c k to e , , for the u , e of the Royal Marines, on• isting of BROOMS, BRUSHES, MOPS. COAL BA S K ETS, &c., under a Contract fcr 12 Months cerlain, and afterwards until the expiration of 3 34onths' warning - Patterns of the articles and tha conditions of the Revised Contract nay be seen at the said office, between the bow sof 11. and 2. No ' r ender will be received after One o'clock, on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless made on the printed form provided - for the pur. Pelle, • and which may be obtained on applica' ion at the said office. 33';'erTie;:le;mTtstbe addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-band corner the words " !render for Barrack Stores," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place. OUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.— ), PLEASURE EXCURSIOXS DAILY to those attractive t l acea, WINDSOR, HAM t'TON COURT, RICHMOND, KEW, &c., 4ge.. at Low Fares First and Second Class Return Tiekeis, at Single Fares (with the addition cfa small booking fee), are issued on Saturdays and Sundays, at Waterloo and Vauxhall Stations, to Windsor and to all Stati b elow Woking. These tickets can only be received at the station fcr which they Are issiie I, and are available for Return by any Ordi nary Train until the following Monday, inclusive. Waterloo By order. , 1854. ARCIII3 SCuTT, Traffic Manager. Station,July GBEAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN. that the next HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Propeetors of this Company will be held, pursuant to act of Parliament, In Bristol, at the Bristol Station, on Thursday, the 17th day of August next, for the general purposes of btisilless. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. C. RUSSELL, Chairman, BARRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman. The transfer•books will be closed un the 4th day of August, and Will not be opened until after the said Half-Yearly General Meeting on the 17th Auzust London fe minus, Paddington, July 20th, 1854. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.- The Threctors are prepAred to receive TENDERS for LOANS, for a pe:Yott of Th-ee Years, on the Se urity or the Company's De benttr‘es, bearing Interest at the rate of 4th per cent. per annum. J. B. OWEN, secretary. Itishopugate Station, August 3, 1854. BRITISH TELEGRAPH COMPANY. (Incorporated by Royal Charter.) Xs, iTIeE I t HEREBY GIVEN, that the FIRST ORDINARY G ENERAL M EETIN G or this Cowpony will be held atCarrick'sßo) al no 'el, 6ti George-square, Glas- ow, on WE UN ESE) AY, th 31111 dly o' August, 1854, at Twelve o'clock at noon, to receive a Report from the Directors, and to transact the ordinary bu-ini as of the ompany. And Notice is Hereby further Given, that it is intended to propose the Election of Eleven additional Directors or this Company, in con -I°MiltY with the agreement between this Company and the Euro- Peat, and American Elcctric Printing Tel , vraph Company. By order. GEORGE SAWARI), Secretary. 29 %. Royal Exchange, London, Au:ust 12, 1854. BRITISH ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH A COM- Is IC PAN —NOTICE Is; HEREBY GIVI N, That the OICDI- .... ttY GE NF.RAL MEETING of the Shareholder s o f thi s C ompany r il l be held at Carr;ck'S Royal Hotel, 66, George-square, Glasgow, ...‘", WEDNESDAY. the 30th day of August, at Eleven o'cl oc k a m. , te r the purpose of receiving a Report from the Director s an d upon e general business of the Company. And Notice is hereby fur her given, that the books kept by this C ompany for the ragistration of Transfer of Shares will be closed f. - ` e irt Tuesday, the 15th instant until after the said meeting. • fly order. GEOROL SWARD, Secretary. C entral Station, Roy al Exchange, London, August 12, 1854. NETHERLANDS LAND ENCLOSURE COM 'ANY.—The Report of the I drectors to the Shareholders at the Ancual Mee,ing held at Rotterdam on the 29th July last, and the Report of Mr. Robert Stephenson and Vl* Bt liter on their rece.tt v`rsonal , nspeedon of the Company's Works in the ! , ehe!dt, are now x a ' e actY, and may be hal on app ication at the Company's Offices, No. 4 delaide-place, London-bridge. NETHERLANDS LAND ENCLOSURE COMPA.N Directors ot this Company beg to intimate ii(t)„ the Sharehold, rs, that having now received the Report ot Mr. „'')ort Stephenson and Mr. Bidd,r on thelr recent p. rsonal survey of the Co consid AVs territory in th, Scheldt, w ich Report the Directors the er sati,factory, and as holding out Brest encouragement for theriT cesstul prosecution of the undertaking, the Directors have or p u r r] C determined V' oceed at once to reorganise th 3 Company, uant to the resolutions passed at the General Meeting on the 29th "nIY last, with the view of carrying out the obiects of the concession. • 3 , A By order. G. F A SAON, Secretary. d elaide-place, London-bridge, 12th Aug , 1851. :110 NERVOUS SUFFERERS.-A RETIRED CLERGYMAN having been restored to health in a few d a y s , kz er ta anY Years of great nervous suffering, is anxious to m a k e mvll to others th e means o f cure. 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T.RIE:EMA.R, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, an of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table Rity.iout their use being suspected. hold in tin cases at I Is. each., free by post, 2s. extra, divided into B, . e Parate doses, as admini stered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, C., &c• —To be had Whdlesale and Retail in London of Robert John isp.oll, 68, cornhin ; Hannay and C o . , 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, . Oxford-street. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just -published, price 28., illustrated with cases ; free by post for 30 stamps, EII,VOU DEBILITY; Its Causes, symptoms, and C D E+ — Essay on Slier ,,,;,..7orrhcea with Practical Observations on a safer and more raTZ.,attll ' mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative %ii;:,,'lti. obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and ;unguishing, by urinary examination, the real f;ause and effect . of .... —er y variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, o'..,,ee..._sse„s, ace dent, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded I.,i' Lw my years' experienc ' e in the treatment of Impuissance, 7ervotis Debility Local Weakness, `-perniatorrho.a, &c. To which „„6,4,dde,t, Comni ' entaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre knd—""onary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, n., . D. "" ale ditngerous remedies advocated by various writers on .e a . "the disorders. 8 , 7 3 y SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D. br,,,..2 REDFORD -SQUARE, LONDON, t -- ,' , of Medi c i ne, Matriculated Atember ol the University of Editt 4rgh. Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, icentiate of Aootheeartes' Hall, London, gtc., &c. 71_Theassential ohiect of this treatise is to point out the fearful con 11,11ences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses, ;'," elt have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man '2od, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any k'°Earter class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is irieullY r ecommended to persons entertaining secret doubts Of tbe physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded ealth happiness, and privileges to which every human being is 'Milled. rti lt ts absolutely necessary thatall mcn should know, that there are DA of personal management which cannot be violated without tai grtevous penaltien, and when ovisdoin and regret succeed _ a heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence,- how these penalties fo c r be Mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, leall how the evil and its conNequene physical'a be avoided, and auove all, there liksecrvely any degree of infirmity or functional ~.,t:rigernent-tx) which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. pi' SAnthOr has for a series of years been engaged in an extemiwa raccein +he treatment of these delicate complaints, which are unfortunately Leen too generally confided to the care of ignorant B . 4lll frlcs, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. !Iret_ NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 21, of Messrs. Piper, hers, and Co., 23 „Paterno8ter-row ; Hannay, 63, O xford-stre 't ; 0r1e,•19, teicesteg,sgsvire; Mann, - 39, Cornbill ; or free t,y post ' for thin ~ y stamps, to any address from the Author's risilence, 37; 80-- Lord-aqae. 2,...,!A home for Consultation eauy fr om Elora till Two, And from t i 4 Mat T HE _ UNIVERSAL PROVIDENT LIFE ASSOClATlON.—Established 1849. CHIEF OFFICES-52, King Willtam•street, London-bridge. TRUSTEES. John Lewis Ricardo, Esq., M.P. I Robert William Kennard, Esq. Charles John Mare, Esq. Crawshay Bailey, Esq., M.P. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted. Annuities granted on most liberal terms. Diseased and Declined Lives As , ured. C. W. BEVAN, Managing Director. B. P. R , wSELL, Secretary. I\'.B.—Agents wanted throughout the kingdom. Liberal Commis sions. ECO.TOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY , iL4 6, NE W BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. Established 1523. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P., Chair. man. HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. A. Kingsford Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Arthur Kett Barclay, Esq., F.A.S. ) Archibald Haste, Esq., M.P. Henry Bcrnett, Esq. John ➢lendham, Esq. Robert Biddulph, Esq. Charles ➢iorris, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. William Routh, Esq. AUDITORS. Edward Charrington, Esq. I Captain Robert Gordon, R.N. Francis D,utnergue, Esq. John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq. PHYSICILLN—John Ayrton Paris, 11f.D., Cantab., Hon. D.O.L . Oxon F.R.S., 27, Dover-street (President of the oyal College of Phy sicians). Suaozow—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.S., NO. 54, Green-street Grosvenor•sgaare SOLICITOR—Henry Young, Esq., 14. 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 WHOLE of the PROFITS are divided every fifth year among the Assured, and a Bonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Premium to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if aclaim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. The sum of 397,0001. was added to Polic es at the last division, which produced an average BONUS of 671. per cent. ou the Premiums paid. - Number of Policies in force 6,600. The Assurance Fund amounts to 1,340,0001. Income upwards of 220,0001. per Annum.. No charge for Policy Stamps, nor for Service in the Yeomanry or Militia Corps. The subjoined Table shows the advantages offered by this Society, resulting from low Premiums, and a division of the entire profits among the Assured:— 6 11: cs a° , :.,. - L,., '43 1 = ~....„ .= 1-4 " 18 ..9. 4 0 4ad-bR2.O p' Oq r 4 18.3a - . 2 11gt .5 9 A- 0 -6 Pot!le)4:q- c° 4 4g, vs 2;1 0 ,252p.. -,,ag2it-.21..-45.E 7°,3a1c11 -4 s-tp7. l , g,'.'' 4 '''' E 4 ;•-• 2, ')..e, -4 ..S.l p.-, .1 • ^ g. • - 8,5, , ,'e.V.0 4 C , HP.. A E-, 41 •E-. —.—..-........--_______,—.—........... X. S. d. £ £ £ 1854. 1854. 20 - 21 15 10 • • 1260 260 116 , £l2 £l3BB 30 26 13 5 1205 1.'05 125 i 12 1342 40 33 19 6 1140 140 130 ; 11 1281 50 45 6 0 1030 30 141 I 10 1181 Assurances cted in the current 3 car, 1854, will participate in the Profit's in 1859. Prospectuses and MU particulars may be obtained on application to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN ANCE SOCIETY, No. Estab . lishei DIED FUND LIFE ASSUR -26, Corohill, London. A In . 1838. :TORS A Campbell Barclay, Esq. John Moss, Esq. Charles Bennett, Esq. Thomas Nicoll, Esq. Hugh Croft, Esq. John Elllotson, F.R.S. E. S. Symes, MD. J. Leander Starr, Esq., Thos. Colley Grattan, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Fsq. MANAGING DIRECTORS. J. Leander Starr, Esq. (General). I Chas. Bennett, Esq. (Financial). AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone. F.R.A., and Professor John Radford Young. MEDICAL EXAMINERS. J. Elliotson, M.D., F It S., 37, Conduit-street. E. S. Symes, M.D., 33, Davies-street, Berkeley-square. ACTUARY. - W. S. B. Woo Mouse, Esq , F E.A.S., F.S.S., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Wool house, Esq. RANKERS. 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 following heads are briefly enumerated the leading principles of this Society : OBJECTS OF THE Z-OCIETIN 1. A Life Assurance may be effected either by One Payment, or by an Annual Premium. 2: Policies may be effected WITH or without the privilege of withdrawing one-half of the Annual Payments. If with out this privilege, the rates are lower. 3. A Life A surance may be effected on the life of another, on Joint Lives or Survivorships. v ren 4. Annuities, Immediate, Deferred , or Contingent, will be 5. granted; savai ana Military Endowments Alen, not foreign service, as sure without extra charge, and allowed to go abroad with oat forfeiture of Policy, on payment of an extra Premium, according to climate. _ _ Prospectuses, Report of last Annual Meeting, Forms of Proposals for AssuraTico, anfl every deserption of ne , essary Blank Forms, with Tables of Rates, and full Information on all points, furnished, on ap plication at 26, Cornhill, or at any of the Company's Agencies. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION 48, Gracechurch-street, London. For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—CHAßLES LUSHINGTON, Esq. John Bradbury, Esq. Robert M. Holborn, Esq. • Thomas Castle, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., 31. P. William Miller Christy, Esq. Robert Sheppard, Esq. Edward Crowley, Esq. William Tyler, Esq. John Feltham, Esq. Charles Whetharn, Esq. Charles Gilpin, Esq. PHYSICIANS. J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S. I ThomaS Hodgkin, M.D. TRUSTEES. John Feltham, Esq. I Samuel 11. Lucas, Esq. • Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. Charles Lushington, Esq. BANKERS—Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., and Bank of England SOLICITOR —Septimue Davidson, Esq. CONSULTING ACTU ART—Charles Ansell, Esq., F.R.S. Extracts from the Report of the Directors for 1853: The Di - actors con ,ratitlate their fellow-members on the very grati fying result of the recently completed Quinquennial Investigation of the assets and liabilities of the Institution, by which it appears that. on the 20th Novc.nber, 185 /, after providtmt for the present value of all the hai.)ll ties in the Life Assurance Department, a surplus re mains I of 242,0271. Os. Od., which has been duly apportioned as heretofore. " I he reductions range from 5 to 89 per cent. on the original Annual Premiums, ace riling to the age or the party and the time the Policy has been in force; and the Bonuses vary in like manner, from 50 to 75 per cent. on the amount of premiums paid during tiro last dye years. " The total amount of the reductions per annum for the ensuing five years is 33.348/. 17s. 2d " The Bonuses assigned to those policies on which the original pre miums continue to lse paid amount to 89,880/. ss. Od. this, together with Bonuses apportioned at former divisions, makes an aggregate addition to the sums as-ured by the Policies in force of. 126,5641 " Notwi ths• anding thee' eat reduction of Prenrnms, the net annual Income arislng from 12,326 existing Policies is 163.9121. . Id.: +his sum, with the interest on invested capital, viz, 37,298/. 7s. 34. Shows a total annual income of 201,210/. 4s. 4d." , The amount of Capital exceeds oNE MILLION STERLING. Merabeis, whose premiums fall due on the Ist July are reminded that they must be pail within 30 days from that date. Prospectuseq and all other information may be ootalned on appli cation to the Office. June 24, 1854. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. HOLIDAY for PARLIAMENT.—Then Par are inforlmaemd e t nh that s H ro prorogued—theESa holiday k N l i ay d o i n s ' t t o p 4 r e e t a e n l ng t o o t n a e lt . e We h e measure of Parliamentary duties, but are most ha 0: , 133 , to measure the members and their d e p en d en t s tor the Dress which is admired in every station for its excellence, fashion, and cheapm ss. They don't wish to make lows, it being their business to malie clothes for every person in the world, and we are assured on every hand that their efforts have met with the most astonishing success in all parts of the empire. The C ‘nstituents which have pushed them forward to the repre sentation of everybody in the best and most fashionable Dress are novel and unparalleled moterials, first-rate talent, and unequalled workmanship applied to ail Articles of Attire. Having worked hard through a very long ses-ion on every kind of good and correct measures, it world be reasonable enough for them to claim a holiday. This, however, they could not do wf bout Intl ctiug an inconvenience on the public and neglecting their professions, which are to supply at any Dimwit Dress, Hats, Caps, Hosiery, Boots and Shoes, &c., &c., to order or ready-made, celebrated for superiority, elegance, neat - :ess, novelty, and cheapness. As commercial transactions and shipping business admits of no sus,:ension, E. MOSES and SoN's Wholesale Clothing, Shirts, Hosiery, and Boot and Shoe trade is thoroughly efficient, Captains, Mer chants, Shippers, and Emigrants finding the greatest advantages are derived from outlays, to large or small amounts, in the wholesale departintnt of E. Mons and SoN's Establishment. Full LIST:: of OUTFITS for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship, sailing information, may be had on application, or post free. T . MUSES And Sufi regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesrnan-like falseh o 1 of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, anu for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONIZXION WITH ANY OTHER, 1101:73Z IN OX OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157 Minories, 84, 85 ari d 83, Aldgat e , o p pos i te the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 503, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, ail commuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fugate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailor. Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. .I:4PORTAN T.—Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goody are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on :Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A now Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Pablic Opi containing fall lists of prices, our tystem of self-measures ment. &c., &c., may be had on appiietrzion, or post-free. Ici eon parte Francais. QUI si parla Italian. bier opricAt mss DefitS l2 . A45>44 14 halo Sipco There is no doubt of Bomarsund being soon taken. The speculation is,—What shall be done with it and 2 the Aland islands when they have fallen into our hands . The inhabitants of those islands are people of a very marked chara.ctei. There are usually about 14,000 of them peopling the group. They have not the stupidity under Russiannd erdiffi ln c ul t peasants, ies. but can spring,t th a e kcare .ye all t of ill trmee ground s e themselves and fish ; in summer, they fish and carry provisions up and down the Bothnian Gulf, and act as pilots : as autumn comes on, they gather their harvests, and, later on, fell wood and salt cattle for use and sale, and carry fuel and the mail, when to all others the Gulf is impassable. Every child among them knows every rock, and creek, and channel of the curious labyrinth amidst which they live. Eiery man can build a but ; and every woman can row, and skate, and defend her pro perty ag iinst the wolves. These people have for so long shown themselves up to everything, that we can not think it by any means a desperatj lot for French and English soldiers and sailors to pass a winter among them —if it should be thought necessary to do so. As they trade in food and fuel all the winter through, even •up to Tornea, they may surely be good neighbours to any _power that they consider friendly which may hold the citadel of Bomarsund this winter. And the Czar is doing everything he can to make the islanders prefer us to him. He has taken all their strong men to serve in the forts ; he has burned their dwellings, and even their woods and crops ; he has laid bare their soil all around Bomarsund, so that the old men, women, and children cannot pass the winter there. But there are other islands at hind, whence help may be bad, or to which the houseless peasants may go for shelter : and they are very rich just now. - Sir C. Napier has fixed so liberal a tariff for the supplies drawn from those islands that the inhabitants will doubtless be very glad to see us settled among them, instead of the Russians, who cut off boys heads for taking our money. Of money they have plenty just now; and they are only 25 miles from the Swedish coast, wheFe they-can bu-ytiruber to make them selves new huts, as soon as the Russians are gone. Their market boats will be passingall the autumn in our service; and more than the autumn. It must be remembered that the climate is far milder in those islands than at parallel points of the mainland. When the Finnish har bours are frozen hard, there are always some among the islands that a re open. Th ere are always channels or bays where the ice is thin and brittle ; and between the Swedish coast and the islands it is a very rare thing in deed for the ice to be trustworthy for the whole distance. The people do not stay at home on that account. Between boat and sledge—between rowing, hauling, and marching, they convey themselves and their goods ; and the accidents are surprisingly few, as the regularity of the mails may show. Naturally enough, the people are extremely weather-wise, and here again is our advantage in being in their good graces. They can always tell, and will be glad for their own sakes to do it, this next win ter, when a passage over the Gulf is practicable for boat, man, or beast. They know when to expect the wolves from th e Fi nn i s h s h ore to devour the game and farm stock of their islands ; and they can therefore guide our soldiers to an expectation of the arrival of the human wolves whom the Czar is reported able to produce at Christmas. They keep themselves so safe and comfortable the winter tinfough, that it is difficult to conceive why they should not show our men how to keep themselves safe and comfortable too. The citadel once taken (it may probably be ours by this time), there is a good stout mass of buildings for the accommodation of several thousand men. The peasants stuff the chinks of their houses with moss and earth ; and, when the winter fairly sets in, bank up the snow against the outer walls, light good fires within, and come oat so thoroughly warm as to be fit for an expedition to Sweden. Why should our well-fed men be less hearty and comfortable —within their stout walls, with food at command, and fuel, and proper clothing ? It is nothing to compare with the hardships that our troops and seamen have undergone in former wars. To say nothing of Paler expeditions, Cape Breton was a far worse station ; and so were many others in Canada, and in Oregon, and on many a desolate shore of the globe. Inhabited islands can never be so rigid and desolate as the frozen wastes of any continent. If the allied troops and seamen in the Baltic are allowed a good victory be fore winter to warm their hearts, they will pass the cold months cheerily enough —though there is no answering for the consequences of a chilling of their moral ardour. Give them a least of sympathy and fame from home, and they will do very well. Depress them by a sense of disappointment, spreading from themselves into their country and their families, and the frost may benumb instead of inspiriting them. This ought to be a promi nent consideration with commanders who are appointing troops to winter in the islands of the Baltic. As for the notion of military operations —of an invasion of Bomarsund from Russia in the winter—it seems to most people too absurd to merit many words. Because an army has crossed the Sound, with artillery and stores, it is hastily concluded that the same thing may happen again. But this is a case in which such a thing having happened once is the very reason why it should not happen again. Such an expedition could succeed only by a surprise —only in a - season of prolonged black-frost -- only after a well-masked survey--only when the party to be attacked had no advantage from the good will of the native population,—only when the ice was as reliable on the further as on the nearer coast,--only when a good many more things may be depended on which are ' not at all likely to concur on more than one occasion. The Aland people will know the state of the ice quite as well as any Russian scouts. The Allies will cer tainly not be caught by a surprise. There are many chances to • one against the season favouring even the setting out of such an expedition ; and much more improbable is it that there will not be open 'har bours, and creeks, and channels which may be improved into a very effectual trench by the labour at command. Our stout fellows would enjoy keeping a trench open, by axe, saw, and even powder— w h et h er the foe on the other side be wolves or cubs of the great Russian Bear. They will invent infernal machines to blow up the ice, and make shorter work of it than the Czar has yet done with our ships. An ice rampart or trench might be be made at much less cost of toil and human life than the ice palace of a former Czar, or than that edifice, heated like an oven because Nicholas was impatient, where the workmen were made to wear caps of ice after scores of their comrades had fallen from their scaffolds and died in brain fever. In time of Peace, both French and Englishmen have done harder things than holding the Aland Isles through a winter against a discouraged foe. If it should be necessary to hold them, it can of course be done. If the Russians are to march from St. Petersburg on the ice, the transit is perilously long. Who can tell what the wintry winds of the Gulf of Fin land are, away from from the shelter of the forests ? The coast road is not like that of the steppes. It is sub ject to avalanches and all manner of impractica- .. uilities. The drollest notion of all is of an army of skaters—of thousands of men balancing themselves on an edge like Mahomet's bridge, against the guns of a fortification. Briti3h soldiers and sailors are fond of quoits and ninepins ; and never did they see such a game as they would have with an advance corps of Russian skaters who should venture within range. Surely i t t he lnu al s a t vm be ist s a ki m ds o — an s . now E -sh it o h e e s v — w an a d y, n m ot en sk w at h e o s, i t ia h v a o t not the free use of their feet have little chance— vhatever be their numbers—on the ice, against blue, green, or red-coated soldiers, behind a wall, standing on the soles of their own feet, and with ground under them which will not bring them down on their noses after every shot which they have balanced themselves to achieve. Bomarsutid and the Aland Islands can be held all the' winter if it be wise and desirable to hold them. • (From the Times.) Although we have not yet received any authentic account of the operatiana which doubtless commenced in the course of last week at the Isles of Aland and against the fortress of Bomarsund, we are already in posses>ian of information which enables us to offer some remarks on this remarkable enterprise. The group of islands lying about 25 miles from the coast of Sweden and 15 from that of Finland, in the Gulf of Bothnia, is known to the Finns by the name of" Ahvennanmaa." It con sists of no less than 80 inhabited, and 200 uninhabited islets, the largest of which is about 18 miles in length by 14 in breadth. On this island the fortress of Bomar sund has been constructed by the Russians within the last 20 years, and it is here that the French army of the Baltic, supported by the marines of the British fleet, is now engaged in the first important operation of the war. The fortress itself is said to be large enough to shelter an army of 60.000 men within the range of its guns, and we are assured that 10,000 labourers were empioyed in the construction of the works during that portion of the year when it is possible to build in so severe a climate. We cannot, however, vouch for the accuracy of these numbers ; but it is certain that the place is one of con siderable extent and strength, capable of containing a large garrison, and not likely to be taken without the operations of a regular siege. The principal fortress consists of a double tier of semicircular casemated batteries fronting the sea, mounting at least 80 heavy guns, but this fort does not appear to be armed on the side of the land. At a distance of about 1,000 yards from the principal fortress and from the shore are three mounds or hillocks, two of which are fortified as detached works, mounting about 20 guns. That to the north is called Fort Nottich, and is 130 feet high ; that to the south is called the Tzee Fort ; the central mound is used for a telegraph station. These works bear almost the same relation to the main fort of Bornarsund as the forts of Arab Tabja and Medjidjie bore to the town of Silistria. To attack these works it is supposed that the land forces will advance in two divisions. The fbanngad from h try, e loosa t rp e north w ers andm ill consist of 20 miners, 600 () marines, 16 rie6ncireaivny -32-pounders, four field pieces, and one rocket company, being the force destined to attack Fort Nottich in the first instance. The brigade from the south will consist of 3,000 French infantry and 30 heavy siege gun s , under the command of General Baraguay D'Hil- Hers in person, and will attack the Tzeo Fort. The interest of the position of the enemy and of the siege consists in the reduction of these detached forts, and in this operation the ships can take no active part. n l4 fact establish es two pinta of coneideable terest to our maritime operations in the Baltic. It is clear, in the first place ; that in qe shallow walks and difficult passes of that inland sea our great three-deckers can hardly ever be broury sufficiently near, to the enemy's works to bear, upon 'them Aith pflect. The block-ships and heavy frigates alore able to,go into harbours of this description, andit was not without rea son that on the occasion of the' Baltic expeditions of 1800 and 1807 all the ships selected for that service were second or' third rat.es. Tim use of such ships as the Duke of Wellington, the St. Jean d'Acre, and the Neptune in the Baltic is to keep the Russian fleet in check, and the manner in which these huge vessels have been handled by • our, masters and pilots is such as to call forth the warmest euloginms from the Russians themselves. But, secondly, Admiral Napier has very wisely ahstained from measuring the broadsides of any of his ship against the batteries of a granite fortress, and; in spite of all that has been said on this subject, the result of the experiments made . in this war Is decidedly favourable to land fortifications against marine artillery. The opinion of the Duke of Welling ton is thus confirmed, whO said in the House of Lords, after the successful attack on 'St. Jean d'Acre in 1840, that it must not be supposed • that • ships 'were a match for well-defended batteries. Tne Admirals appear to have resolved to act upon this principle, and, although hollow shot and shell wit! be thrown against Bomarsund at a long range, it cannot be•their intention to attempt the reduction of the place by breaching the sea front. We have no doubt this resolution is perfectly consistent with sound judgment and with the rules of war. The operations is therefore converted into a siege by land, and that this was the intention of the Allied Go vernments is shown by the fact that frOm 10,000 to 12,000 infantry and artillerymen were embarked, that a batter ing train was sent, and that two of the ablest engineer officers of the French and English armies were reserved for this service. The troops wore all landed on the Bth inst. on a part of the island distant about 3 miles from thelfortress. The Russian garrison, which is supposed to cisesist of 3,500 Men, made no attempt to defend the !adjacent coasts, but r e ti res within' the walls, having tlrst set fire, to the woods, which might otherwise have supplied the enemy with timber, and to the villages, which Might have furnished provisiens. The islands, however; are said to contain about 14,000 head of cattle, and fish is most abundant in the creeks or bays. The French train of siege artillery arrived at Led Sund sonic days after the troops, and, in addition to these pieces of ordnance, some of the lower deck guns of the ships have been furnished with platforms, and prepared for use on land, as was done with effect at the siege of St. Sebastian. W e expect, however, to learn both from Bomarsund and from Sebastopol (when the attack on that place has commenced) that the natur e of the soil will in both instances be found extremely unfavourable to ordinary siege operations. The Aland Islands are nodules of granite, barely covered with a scanty layer of earth, and it is probable that Bomarsund itself is built on a foundation of rock, and the detached forts on rocky mounds. At any rate, the ground is supposed to be too hard fur the place to be easily approached by open trenches or covered mines ; and; if that be the case, the besiegers must have recourse to the imperfect shelter of sandbags and abattis, and the place will not be taken without serious loss. If we are correct in these data, it may be a questi on f or th e eng i neers di recting the siege, and for General Baraguay d'Hilliers, the Com mander-in-Chief, whether an attack on one of the forts by escalade is not more likely to prove successful than a protracted siege. The peculiarity of places in so northern a latitude and so cold a region is, that they cannot be perma nently invested, and the garrison know that if they can hold out for a certain number of months the ap proach of winter must compel the assailants to raise the siege. But, supposing the place to be taken by the allied forces, can it be held during the ensuing winter ? That is a question to which we can give no positive answer. It sometimes happens, though not every year, that the Sound of Wattuskiftet, which divides the Aland Isles from Finland, is completely frozen over, as it was in 1809, when Buxhovden's army crossed and lit their bivouac fires on the solid ice. The Russians, moreover, are better prepared than we can be for a winter cam paign, because they are used to the climate, and would be within a few miles of their base of operations. To hold the Aland Isles with security during the winter, we ought to be assured of the co-operation of Sweden, at least in as far as that possession is concerned, which so nearly affects the safety and independence of her own capital ; for, whatever be the ultimate effect of this expedition on the policy of Russia, it Is certain that the capture and possible destruction of an important fortress erected at a vast expense for the purpose of securing the domain of Russia, not only over Finland and the Gulf of Bothnia, but in a manner over Stockholm itself, is an event of the deepeSt interest to the Swedish nation. We are unwilling to say anything having a tendency to urge that brave and patriotic people to take an active part in the war, until it is distinctly seen what assistance and securities the Western States may have it in their power to, afford to their northern ally ; and, on the other hand, before the Western States consent to take upon themselves the responsibility and the obligations ust be w e ll I satisfiesarising taof object .such andan p a r l a b r b e l , e r t et tsm. SIR BENJAMIN HALL. By a curious coincidence, nearly all the morning papers yesterday, devoted an article to Sir Benjamin Hall's ap pointment to the office of President of the Board of Health. There is a great unanimity, not only among our contemporaries, b u t i n the public mind, as to the exceeding fitness of the H on . B aronet for the i mportant and hon oura bl e s i tuat i on which he has accepted. We had the satisfaction of being the first of the-London journals, to express our gratification at Sir Benjamin's acceptance of an office which he is so well qualified to fill, under the new constitution of the Board of Health. The situation will be one in which the party filling it, will have great influe nce f or good or evil ; and therefore the metropoli tan community may well share the gratification with which w e announced the appointment of Sir Benjamin to that ofice. He i s th oroughly conversant w i th all matters pertaining to the sanatory and other subjets with which he will have to deal ; and fortunately, his connexion as representative with the largest borough in the world—the borough of Marylebone, for the period of seventeen years, has furnished lam with opportunities of satisfying the public, that his views are in perfect ac cordance with those of the more intelligent and liberal part of the community. There is another circumstance of encouraging augury in connection with Sir Bnjatnin' s a pp o i n tment to the office of Mi n i s t er o f the New Boa d- o f Health. He has be en i n d uce d to accept that office solely from a sense of publi c d u t y . H e is not, and never has been, a place hunter. Hi s pr i nc i ples and his position alike put that out of the question. The salary attaching to the office which he has accepted,ganyhaonthdrmien, pwuibilliocolnifset,i though it would be everything the slightest degree with him. Hi s salary, indeed, t could nte n o notadequatehave weighed o o m pe in sat on hand me, domestic comforts which he will have to forego. In the fact, therefore, of the hon. Baronet's accepting the office, under the circumstances we have mentioned, we have a strong presumptive rof that he will devote his wh o l e energies to the conscientious and laborious discharge of the arduous duties which will devolve upon him. on o Sir Benjammain, de in addressing th e vestry of St. Pancras nday, announcements which will be sgariadtifithceatihoon: baronet, but by the metropolitan not wily by hi e own consti public at large. "Of " he had to assure them—that the dnties of his office should be ever trans acted with a view to the upholding o f the power whatever over the me principle of tho lo una c eiel a ne l tdfsa s ,cw e t l i f t :overnment, as contra-dinguished from that of centralisation, and to place the departen on such a footing as to command the respect of all parties. The of the except as regarded the provisions of the Nuisance Removal Act ; but he should be glad at all times to do all he could by way of suggestion." The assurance on the part of Sir Benjamin which has appointmen t tropo li e, gave him no his offi ce will be and so consistently been the thdeutupholding principle of local self-government, as contra-distinguished from that of centralisation, was hardly necessary, because he transacted given, w , 1 t t h h that viewall tthoe and the advo cate of local self-government, _ opponent of cen tralisation, that no one would even for a motnent have has so long, so ably, regarded a deviation from the within he has hitherto pursued on these questions, asw this the Pale of proba bility. Still, though not needed, of his attachment to the principle of local self-govern ment, and of his hostility . towards that of centralisation, will be received by the public with great gratification. The Government, we sa y, once for all, could not have made a better selection then they have done for the office of President of the new Board of Health ; and we feel confident that before many months have elapsed, the metropolitan community will have such practical proofs of the fact furnished to them, as will more than justify a • the univers a l a ppr o bation with which the appointment Advertiser. has been received.—Morning THE CHOLERA V. THE LIVERPOOL ASSIZE COURTS Alll3 BAR. —The removal of the assize courtsfromSt.George's Hall to the Sessions House, at Liverpool (the decora tions of the former approaching completion), having given rise to much comment in the House of Lords, we think the following paragraph, extracted from the Liver pool Albion of' yesterday will amuse if not interest our readers :—" The Old Courts.'--Notwithstanding the amount of abuse which has been heaped upon the old law courts, and the choleraic character given to them by the highest judicial authority in the kingdom, no cases of the prevailing epidemic have yet been reported. We re gret, however, that premonitory symptoms appear to have manifested themselves in a learned serjeant, whose antipathy to the old courts' is of no, recent date. On Saturday morning, soon after the commencement of business, a tumbler about one-third filled with a suspi cious-looking liquid, in colour much resembli ng a prepa ration of chalk and tincture of rhubarb, was brought in to court an d passe d to th e l earne d gent l eman, who swal lowed th e d raug h t w ith l ega l a l acr it y . W e trust that the spe c ifi c was ta k en i n the s y irit of th e axiom, that ' preventi on i s b etter t h an cure . Indeed the resignation with which the patient waited for the dose confirmed us in the conviction that this really was the case." THE :SCREW STEAM SHIP COLOSSUS. The Colosstis, :81,.screw; Captain Spencer Robinson, Portsmouth.—The late hour :it which_ the Colossus returned into harbour on 11onday eveniug prevented oar noticing any more than the result of the trial at the measured mile. The Colossus is all that we have before stated—namely, .an extremely handsome ship. Her main and lower decks.present most powerful and well-arranged batteries, with -score than usual room to work the guns ; every improvement of the present day with regard to armament is being introduced into this noble two-decker. The engines, by Penn. are most simple and perfect. The arrangement, however, of the orlop deck for - the officers generally, is exceedingly bad and uncomfortable. We cannot call theta cabins or even bunks ; they are long narrow cells, with the sleep ing fittings athwart ship, ,instead of fore and aft, as here tofore. This arrangement is not only bad, but abso lutely dangerous. - In a heavy swell and a rolling sea every officer will be flung violently out - of his cot or sofa; and break his head or limbs against the sides of the ship. There-are wing galleries throughout—this is very good. We presume the cabins or cells wore planned this way to give more room for stores; but this is done at a sad inconvenience to officers ; more particularly the dismal cell appropriated to the lieutenant of Marines, who really has only half a cell, for the rake of the ship prevents his making any use of the other half. Again, the chief engineer's cabin is placed the farthest away from the engines ; and the second engi neer has no cabin at all, and yet this gentleman, well connected, left a chief engineer's position in a mercan tile firm to enter as second in. her Majesty's service, believing that some little attention would be paid to his necessary comforts. In the ward-room, some windows are on hinges, so that the captain's steward can see and hear every word that may be uttered. The window ought to have been at the side, where there was plenty of light and air, in stead of looking into the ward-room, and destroying the privacy of officers at all times. This great inconvenience can, however, be altered at a trifling expense, and we sincerely trust that it will be done before the ship goes to sea. With regard to the rigging, the Marines have even lent a hand aloft, and, apparently,- as' handy as a blue jacket. What should we do without our "jollies ?" They are at all becks and calls—sweepers, riggers, waisters, soldiers, and sailors ; and yet are they the worst-paid and the most ill-treated corps in the king tom. They do plenty of work without grumbling. It is time the Admiralty did something better for so useful and loyal a body of men. —Morning Herald. ADMIRALTY INSPECTION. The Right Hon. Sir James Graham, who has now re covered from his severe attack of illness, and who was at the French Ambassador's grand entertainment last night, in honour of the fete day of the Emperor, proceeds on Thursday, with a full board of Admiralty, and at tended by the Surveyor of the Navy, Captain Sir B. Walker, K.C.8., and the principal officers, to Ports mouth, on the annual visit of inspection to the Admi ralty establishment. The tour` ofinspection this year will be the most important since the old war. OUR SCREW CRUISERS AND SCREW GUN-BOATS. Whilst public attention is fixed on the building and equipment of the screw despatch boats, and the screw gun-boats, the additions to the fleet of a class of vessels that are most valuable at this moment are comparatively unnoticed. The useful and handsome screw-ships Hornet, Harrier, and Falcon have been recently launched ; the former has been already despatched to the Baltic, and the Harrier is being equipped at Portsmouth. Three more of this class are in course of construction —viz., the Fawn, Mutine, and Alert—old names of ce lebrated cruisers. The machinery for these three smart and useful sloops of war, rs well as the machinery for the Falcon, has been manufactured by the eminent firm of Miller, Ravenhill, and Salkeld, of Blackwall. Another and smaller class of screw cruisers, which may be termed screw gun-boats, are being completed— viz,, Swallow, Ariel, Lyra, and Cameleon. They are vessels of about 450 tons. The machinery for these screw gun-boats is also being constructed by Miller, Ravenhill, and Salkeld. The great want of small cruisers of the above descrip tion has been severely felt this year. In 1855, however, they will supersede, in a great measure, the old worn out paddle•sloops, or will relieve them from fleet duties. The whole of the machinery of these vessels will be placed under the water line. TESTIMONIAL TO REAR-ADMIRAL BRUCE. The officers in command of cruisers during the period Rear-Admiral Bruce being in chief command on the African station have presented that gallant officer with a handsome piece of plate, as a testimony of their re spect for his cha r a c t er . tis in the form of an epergne, supported by a palm tree, under which is a representa tion of Rear-Admiral Bruce liberating a male and female slave. This very tasteful and befitting present may be seen for some days at Messrs. Garrad's, in the Hay market. DEATH OF CAPTAIN WEST. Another Trafalgar officer has died, Captain Christo pher West (1851), on the retired list. lie entered the navy iu 1800, was in the expedition to Egypt, the battle of Trafalgar, as signal midshipman in the Minotaur at Copenhagen, at the capture of La Franchise, and at many other gallant affairs. He was flag-lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Surridge, the Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, and had his "haul-down" nomination in Juue, 1814, sinco which period he has not served. The European and Submarine Electric Telegraph completed laying down their wires to the Admiralty offices at noon yesterday. The office working apparatus arrived at Sheerness from London yesterday afternoon, and immediate preparations are being made for setting it to work. COURT-MARTIAL. A court-martial assembled yesterday, at 9 a.m., on board the Waterloo, at Sheerness, to try Daniel Fisher, gunner of the third class, serving on board the Janus, for having deserted from on board that ship at Calais. on or about the 15th of July last. After the wit::esses were heard the court was cleared, previous to which the prisoner in his defence briefly stated that ho was left on shore for the night at Calais, and he immediately sought a passage to join his ship, and he had no intention of deserting. The decision of the Court was, that the charge of desertion was not proved, and that they acquitted the prisoner. MILITARY. Yesterday, 400 rank and file of the 51st Regiment arrived at Gravesend, and einb trked on board the Star Company's packet Cornet, which conveyed them to Black wall, whence a special train took them per North London Railway to the Camden-town station of the North-Western, whence they were carried on to Manchester. On Monday morning, a detachment of the 21st Regiment (Royal North British Fusileers), to the num ber of 120 men and five serjeants, sailed from Merchant's quay, Cork, in the Royal Alice, for Queenstown, to embark in the Golden Fleece for conveyance to the seat of war. The remainder of the regiment, consisting of five companies, was to embark the same evening at 3 o'clock. Lieutenant Loftus Robinson, R.N., having visited some of the ports on the south-west coast of Ireland, has returned to Dublin, and again opened the rendevous on Sir John Rogerson's-quay, to raise men for the nany. THE GOLDEN FLEECE. The Golden Fleece, whose arrival has been for some days expected, entered Cork harbour on Sunday morn ing, and anchored opposite Haul-bowline. She left Southampton on Friday. This vessel is nearly as re markable for her beauty of construction and enormous size as the Himalaya. Her registered tonnage is 2,500 tons. Her destination is Varna, to which, in addition to a number of the troops now in garrison, she carries 45 tons of gunpowder, to be taken from the magazine at Rocky I s land, Queenstown, besides a large quantity of shot and shell, and other warlike stores. TERRIFIC POWDEII-IfILL EXPLOSION.—An explosion of a most disastrous character took place on Thursday morning at the government powder-mills at Horodsfoot, Cornwall, whereby upwards of five tons of gunpowder were destroyed, and damage done to the amount of about 2000/. The explosion is said to have originated in one of the men walking carelessly into the drying house with his trousers on fire, caused by a spark from the fire-place. With great presence of mind he leapt into a deep trench a short distance off, where he es caped with only a few bruises from stones which reached h i m, H a ppily no other personal injury was) mitaincd, The court re -assembled to-day at eleven o'clock, and the cross-examination of Captain John H. Chambers, of the 4th West York Militia, was resumed. Major-General Wetherall was i n attendance as prosecutor, Colonel Kelly president, and Major Dalgetty officiated as deputy judge adVocate. All the other members of the court were pre ent, with the exception of Captain the Earl of Long ford, who was excused on medical certificate. The room was crowded as usual with military men and civilians, among whom we noticed Colonel the Hon. Cecil Forester, M.P., Mr. Hammond, Captain Henry Seymour, Mr. Christopher Tower, Captain Grimes, the Military Knights, and the Mayor of Windsor. The prisoner requested the questions and answers might be again read before the court. They were so road by the deputy judge-advocate. The Prisoner (in cross-examinatio n of Capt. Chambers) —Do you recollect • Wahly and Knapp's affairs, and the attack on their rooms; and, if so, will you state, to the best of your recollection, who was present ? Witues2—l recollect, is the Linen-hall Barracks, Dublin, aboat eleven o'clock in the morning, to the best of ley recollection? . President—Answer the question as it wasgiven to you. Witness—Myself and several other ofileera or the Clth went for the purpose of' drawing Mr. Knapp and Mr. Wally, jun.—l mean the junior Mr. Waldy.. We found Mr. Waldy's door open. We immediately pulled down his bed me! threw the bedding. and bed clothes into the lierrack-square, out of the window. • If went down when the ()dicers wete,gone, net brought up the had clothee. , ; I was.very .sorry. Mr. TV'altly came in shortly afterwards, and I assisted him to put his room in order; He said he would report to the colonel of the regiment, and I recom mended him not to do so but to take things quietly. He asked me to tell him who the 'officers were that upset his room, and I declined doing so. I said, it is quite sufficient for ye , that I' have brought your bed up. That is all that I can recollect. Prisoner—Who were the officers present ? Witness—The officers present were myself (to begin with), Mr. Greer, Captain Garrett, Mr. Lenard, and there wore souse others, but I do not know who they were. Prisoner- —Can you undertake to say that Captain Nicholas was not ono of them; and has it not been your impression that he was one of them ? Witness—l don't recollect Mr. Nicholas being there. I fancied at one time that he was there, but I now don't think he was. Prisoner—What is the reason for your altering the opi nion that you gave me yesterday that Capt. Nicholas was one of them? \Vitness—l fancied at one time that Captain Nicholas was coucerned, but to the best of my belief he was not. Prisoner—Have you had any conversation with Captain Nicholas since the adjournment of the court yesterday ? If so, will you state what transpired between you? Witness—l have had a conversation with Captain Nicholas since the adjournment of the Court yesterday. I conversed with Captain Nicholas on the state of nay com pany when I handed it over to him. I may have said something else to him ; but I said nothing to him relative to the present court-martial. Prisoner—Was any reference made to the present in quiry ? Witness—No, sir; Captain Nicholas and I had no con versation with each other on the subject. Prisoner—Have you had any conversation since the adjournment of the Court with any and what officers, and what was said ? Witness—l have had conversation with several officers about the court-martial ; and talking about practical jokes, I said I think Nicholas was there, but I have no recollection of his being there. I think the officers I was speaking with were Major Vesey and Captain Garret. I am positive that Captain Nicholas was not there. He had no hand in throwing• the bed clothes out of the window. I am quite positive he was not there. Prisoner—Am I to presume, then, from what you state, that you have changed your mind within the last twelve hours about Captain Nicholas being present, and after consulting with other officers of the regiment? Witness—l never said that Captain Nicholas was pre sent. I thought he was present, and still I thought he was not; I always had a doubt about it, and after thinking of it I do not recollect him doing anything, and I am positive he was not there. I wish to add further, that Mr. Ford said he (Ford) was present on that occasion, but I have no recollection of seeing him there. Prisoner—Wore you present when Major Maxwell ordered an officer to be brought down from his bed in the Royal Barracks, Dublin ? Witness—l never heard of it. I know nothing about it. Prisoner—Do you recollect Lieutenant Dunscombe's case in the Royal Barracks ? Witness— I know nothing about it. Prisoner—How was I treated during the time you were in the regiment? Witness—Alany of the officers were cool to 31r. Perry. Prisoner—How in your opinion, have I conducted my self since I have been in the regiment. Witness—lu my opinion Mr. Perry has conducted him ' self very well. To me always like a gentleman. By the Court —Did you understand that ColonelGa.rrett bad called Lieutenant Perry personally a fool for his pains, or that he had said so when speaking of him to others ? Witness—l heard that Colonel Garrett had called Mr. Perry a fool for his pains. I never thought about it. Mr. Curtis merely said to me, Colonel Garrett had called Lieutenant Perry a fool for his pains. He did not say whether he did so personally or not. By the Court—On what occasion Garrett had so called Lieut. Perry ? Witness--On some occasion when Mr. Perry either re ported to the general of the district, or threatened to do so. Ido not kndw which it was. was it said that Co, By the Court—De you remember Colonel Garrett repri manding an officer for annoying Lieutenant Perry; and if so, was it on that occasion Colonel Garrett is said to have called Lieutenant Perry a fool for his pains? Witness—ln the Liuen-hall Barracks, Dublin, I be lieve Colonel Garrett reprimanded some officer, but I do not know who that officer was. In continuation witness said : I never was present at any reprimand, but I believe Colonel Garret reprimanded an officer in the Linen-hall Barracks, Dublin, about the month of May, 1853. Ido not know who that officer was. It was not at that time that Lieutenant Curtis told me that Colonel Garrett made use of that expression. It was about a year ago. By the Court—Do you know anything of Lieutenant Perry reporting to the general of the district, or threaten- ing to dc; so ? Witness—l do not from my own knowledge know it. Prisoner (in re-examination)—Were wo not iu the Royal Barracks this time last year ? Witness—No, sir ; I don't think that we were in the Royal Barracks this time last year. Prisoner—After that answer I have no further questions to ask this witness. By the Court—Was any person present when Lieut. Curtis told you that Colonel Garrott called Lieut. Perry a fool for his pains? Witness—No person was present. Major Pack was then called. Prisoner—Did you not act as deputy jtOge-advocate on my first trial ; and did you not call upon me in my room, and say that I might ask any question of you that I pleased, for as much that you was as much my adviser as you were the adviser of the Court ? Witness —On the 12th July in your room, and also in open court on the 14th July, I stated as much. Prisoner—lf you had received a letter from me, a similar letter to the ono I sent to Colonel Pipon, would you not have considered it a privileged communication ? Deputy Judge-Advocate—That is the letter. Prisoner—May I request that an army list be produced? Deputy Judge-Advocate—Decidedly, yes. Prisoner —Would you have returned it to me if you had not ordered it to be read before the Court? Witness—l should have returned it to you. I should have sent it to the president, and requested him to call Captain Nicholas. By the Court—When Lieut. Perry addressed a letter to Col. Pipon, was ho not a prisoner, and Col. Pipon could not therefore be his adviser ? Witness—l know nothing but what I have read in the papers. It was not on the trial that I officiated as deputy j edge-advocate. Prisoner—May I request that the letter be road again ? Tile letter was then read. Prisoner—What was the state of the different companies of the regiment the day before the two companies marched for embarkation to Portsmouth? The Deputy Judge-Advocate—You can call Col. Garrett and ask him. Prisoner—The adjutant will b 3 quite as well for the date. Lieutenant and Adjutant Charles Somerville 31`Alester examined on his former oath. Prisoner- What day did the order come down for two companies of the regiment to embark for Turkey? And can you tell me the state of the regiment at that time ? Witness—Will you allow me to go to the orderly room to fetch the documents? The President—There can be no objection to your doing - - so in order to refresh your memory. After a pause the witnesssAiodrste Guards, heorder Julyarrived m o . n , the 14tti of July, it was dated ~ Th e President —That is no ans wer to the question ; the prisoner wants to know the state of the r e giment on the 13th or 14th of July. Colonel Pri n y I t mean intimated m on a ttel that l3t t was a very p roper ques tion to be put , and ou g ht to receive a direct answer. Tho President—You request to know th e s t ate of the se whole regiment on the 13th of July, and the state of the two companies on the day of embarkation. The adjutant retired, and the documents, wo understand will be forthcoming to-morrow. Prisoner —May I request that Lieut. Waldy's letter may 9 be produced and opened, and read befor e th e court The Deputy-Judge-Advocate—lt i s Li eut. W. T. •Walcly yoTuhmeeJain ? Judge-Advocate then road the proceedings cf the ninth day of the sitting of the cour t , t and read the following' letter " Windsor, June 12. " dear Perry,—lf you are really going to exchange, I wish you would mention to :our servant, Lawler, that I should wish to take him after you leave. These are very jolly quarters—lots of women—and we have a drag for Ascot, and are going in grand style. You owe me three pounds—that is, I owe it to you. I hope you may live till you get it. I have a good mind to exchange myself, being pretty well tired of the South Devon.' The drill is worse than ever, begin ninr, at 7 a.m., and ver y o ft en till G p.m. We are obliged to ask leave to go to London; although there may be no parade on that day it is all the same. How does Knapp bear his lieu tenancy ? I think he will be taken down a peg or two, but you need not tell him so, popular fooling being very much against him here. Coote has had several takings down already —the other day Nicholas told him he was ' a damned son of a bitch of an ensign.' This was at mess, ho having given Nicho las the lie direct.—Believe me, yours truly, " W. T. WALDT. " Lieutenant Waldy was then called and examined upon his former oath. Prisoner—Will you look at the letter no wp u r ti o vr clu ti e t ecl in ,: r _nd lia read the same. Is it, or is it not, in your stated Witness—Yes, sir, it is my handwriting. Plueli Wore. between ßy and the evidence you have given now, more particularly th e C the o u r e t — v d C e a n n e e y o g u i v e e s u p 1 b a iyn Sou h n e n a n p n p it a r f e o n r t n r s c o r c e c p s s a o c n y after having read the letter written by you to Lieutenant Perry? Witness—l don't sex the discrepancy in it. I should like to explain it. The prisoner requested that the former evidence of the witness be read over. The evidence was read over by the Jadge-Advocate. I Vitness—l don't ree the discrepancy now. The President--There is the discrepancy. It is in your own letter. Witness —There is a discrepancy now that I see in it; but / don't know wliat to add to it. Cc..lonA hly-th—Does that : . cinack apply to the whole of your evidence? Witness —The long and short of the. matter is, that it was.done wit'uout any forethought. Ciptain .an was then called, and a letter was read, siJled " Charles IllacgTegor" which will be give at length i n to-morroWe impression. It being now four n o'clock . th e cour t adjourned until to-morrow (thi s d a y) a t e .even o'ciccic. • . TO TUE EDITOR OF TILE TIMES. . court:, dial in the 4fith Iteginatnt gave great sa.tisfaction SlR,—Tha leading articles whic'i you bestowed on the to_all who have the well-being th 3 arm lies, first, the culpable negligence of commanding at heart. You, are perfectly right in asserting that at the y root of the evil officers in regard to the general habits of young officers ; and, held out next, the deplorable system of idleness v.-bich is dominant in our service. Tho former of these defects must find its r e medy in the resuire of public opinion. For the latter Herbert, ago as February LiFt, sonle bone that a cure would b be found. What has occurred ' to prevent the application to its proper purposes of the money voted by Parliament for the establishment of dis trict military schools? One point, however, even you have failed to notice. I believe that gambling is forbidden in the army by the Articles of War ; I know that at every barrack-gate a military police is stationed to prevent the entrance into barracks of persons of bad character, and particularly of strumpets. Whence does it happen that amongst the charges brought against Lieutenant Greer there is none which puts him on his trial for gambling and for bringing a strumpet into his room ; and why were not Captain O'Toole and Mr. Perry tried for conduct unbecoming gen tlemen, if not officers, in accepting Mr. Greer's invitation to go to his room and drink wine there with his woman? An officer's room ought to be kept as pure as his chamber in his father's house if he is expected to exercise any moral control over his men. At all events, if officers be allowed to convert their portion of the barrack into houses of ill-fame, it is positive injustice to punish the privates for seeking to do the same with theirs.—Your obedient servant, ONE WHO HAS SERVED. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, August 15.—Several causes have com bined to depress the market for cloths to-day, one of which is a slight decline in the price of cotton at Liver pool, a change which always tends to stay operations here more less, while further unfavourable advices from Cal cutta by yesterday's post, which state that both calicoes and jaconets had further declined in value, had the effect of putting a large number of buyers upon a very restricted system of operating. Since the Bank of Eng land has lowered its discounts, depositors in the local banks are said to have been recalling their money, and this and other causes have somewhat lessened the means of accommodation to customers, who find money rather tighter when they expected it to be growing easier, and this again has its effect in restricting business. Some of the makers of domestics and shirtinge have been putting their looms upon T-cloths, which are in better demand from the Greeks ; but sellers of most kinds of cloths report a dull and heavy market, and qualities suited to India are much neglected and almost nominal in price. The yarn-market still maintains a better posi tion than that for cloth, and pincops and warps are in fair demand, some of the spinners coming from under engagements being eull'uled to renew them on better terms. On the whole, there was rather less buoyancy in yarns, however, than last week, and some of the buyers report a small concession in Indian qualities. The report of the market given by a mercantile firm is the town this evening says :—" From Tuesday last to the close of the week we continued to have a fair de mand from the homehouses and printers, and prices were well sustained. Yesterday and to-day, however, owing to the slight decline in the Liverpool market, there is less diPposition to act, but there is no giving way in prices. For 40-inch shirtings, jaconets, and maddapolams, suited to the India markets, the demand has been on the most trifling scale, and the advice s re ceived yesterday f rom Calcutta ave had the effect of further discouraging buyers, and prices of these goods are very irregular." LEEDS, August 15.--.-There has been a rather limited amount of business done in the cloth halls this morning, a slight lull having taken place in the demand by the rnerohants for waollen cloths. The trade upon the whole, however, is steady, and bids fair to remain so for some time to come. The weekly corn -market here to day has been flat ; little business has been done, and wheat has declined from 2s. to 3s. per quarter as com pared with this day se'nnight. The weather is rather unsettled, but from all parts of Yorkshire the harvest reports are of a favourable character. Some crops of wheat in the neighbourhood of Ripon have been cut, and, if all happens well, reaping will be genem next week. THE OPENING OP RELATIONS WITH JAPAN.—The honour of having broken through the wall of partition which has hitherto for so many centuries excluded all the world from intercourse with Japan, belongs to this coulee try, and we may well he proud of it. But other coulee tries will undoubtedly seek to share with us in its benefits, whatever they may be ' • and already i ns t ruc ti ons h ave been sent out t o Si r John Bowring, the British Envoy in China, by her Britannic Majesty's Government, to ask from the Emperor of Japan a similar privilege to that which has been so honourably secured by the United States, and Sir John is to proceed at once to Japan to make the demand. The treaty which Commodore Perry has succeeded in concluding is not, let it be observed, a treaty of commerce, but a treaty of amity and friend• ship, though it opens to American citizens and the Ame rican trade two of the principal ports of the empire— that of Samodi in the island of Niphon, and that of Chickadada in the island of Yesso. These two ports will answer every present purpose for our commercial inter course with that country. They are conveniently situ ated, and one of them, Samodi, is so commodious for coal, that a depot is forthwith to be established there, and arrangements are to be immediately made for a a in con stant supply—a most important point gained for . e n n bl g us successfully to prosecute steam navigation t i tho se seas. The port is, in other respects, alos districtsdesirableof accessible t by p o o n s n it t i r o y n : wh lt ioi a l tl a j r o e in n s ot th o e th m er a: i u s f e a , c i t t n e r e in e g ms., sea. he c It is a good harbour; the neighbouring population is extensive, and, altogether, it would appear to be an eligible situation for foreign trade. The other port has also its advantages ; at both there is to be permitted all requisite intercourse for the purposes of commerce—for American citizens may reside within their walls, and American consuls are to be stationed there. It may not be generally known—or at any rate it is apt to be for- gotten—that so long ago as the reign of James I. of Eng landofßp3uerrrri to eatr :a noi similar apfrj,eef,f roirlefaeenjtly, Japan, ; pore : yacy, safely e o iwtl f eoyis a t c hioiet i . ec t hs y soeutmilb w ri jec a esti s hci pts g eoso r a aafn n ntn t ihydt e es d k b i n y g t o h te stipulationsErema t of our a p o o d rt is s e o s f , without any hindrance to them or their goods ; and to abide, buy, sell, and barter, according to their own man ner with all nations, to tarry here as long as they think good, and to depart at their pleasures." It granted them also " freedom of custom for all such merchandises as either now they have brought, or hereafter shall bring, into our kingdom, or shall from hence transport to any foreign port,''—together with all due protection alike of property and person. But this did not last long. The conduct of the Portuguese Jesuits produced the expulsion of all foreigners except the Dutch from the empire, and has occasioned their exclusion. The Russians have made many attempts to open up commercial relations with Japan ; but in vain, the positive laws of the coun try, and their own want of tact, defeating every effort. —From the New York Journal of Commerce. NEW MAGISTRATES.—The been added es,adredseat to the commission of the peace for Middlesex an Mr. irinster :—Mr. Bayley Abel, Turnham-g. William Bird, Bute House, Hammersmith George Peter Bodkin, Bellevue, Highgate; k th . Richard Block, Green-hill-grove, Barnet e ; Mr. Alderman - , Henry Charles Byng, Wrothain-pa r r ; Mr. Alexander Angus Challis, M.P., Finsbury-. n m a s u d g a h l e t fobrrnf.e.reWilliam Samuel es Co n n i E Cr s o se ll n , d F en in , s u bu e ry rt - s c ; irc 3 t i ls r. ; square ; Mr. Duncan Dir i h e Auchinuty Glover, Staf ford-house ; Mr. Thomas dw : r u c ienant-Colonel John Glos sop,?Fletcher, T ency Colonel William Lewis Grant, William Richard Westgarth fo r tin d i he ylob:asne\y'v e ; s l3i t n b i d o r : r u e s e - t r e rrGaecoerg; George Captain ßd m o o Jacob a c H o b o d William in s o u, Isleworth ; Mr. Alderman Hunter, West. terrace ; Mr. tamßaArnnettbo; ni\yirlel.lDitcahviisdopnowSueun: Hinds, Wareham ; :fir• Samuel Morley, Bart., Oak-hill, Hackney ; Sir John Henry tad ; Viscount Ranelagh, Fulham ; Baron L Pabbl : ea o uri n tYrYl e lP: l es Gunnersbury ; Mr. Joseph Somes, Blackwell ; Mr. Hugh Taylor, Finchle Y James Tyler, Pine-house, Holloway ; /dr. Joseph William Thrupp, Upper Brook -street ; Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Frederick Villiers ; Captain Frederick Augus tus Wetberall, Castle-hill -lodge, Ealing ; Mr. Robert Wynne Williams, Bedford-place ; and Mr. Edward Wyndham, Blandford-aquare.