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ROYAL MAIL STEAM COMPANY. A CONTRACT FOR LIGNUII VITAE. Department of th' Stmekeepex General of the Navy, • oroorset-Mace, 11th Oct., 1854. , TH aim miss . ion ers for Executing the Offi6e.of Lord Sigh Admiral of the United Kingdom and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUE4D4 V, the 24th instant,. at One o'clock, they will he ready . to treat with such rersons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and deli- Tering into store at her Majesty's Dockyard at Portsnionth, 40 Tons of ST: DOMINGO LIGNUSI VITAE, of . from 4% to 20 ins. diameter, and 10 • „ of WIIITI , I il i ttlA %IA LIGNITM VITAE, of from VA to 4 ins. dlarrete ,- . A form of the toiler may be seen at the said office. N 9 tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of trt•aty, nor will any be notice, unless the party stands, or an agent for him duly authorised writing. Every tender - must bi addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for LignUm Vitae,' and must a'so be delivered at Sotn •rset-place, accompanied by a ettet signed be a resprmsible per. on. en aging to become bound with ,the persnn tendering', in them= of 2001. for the due performance of the contract. NOTICE. -DIVISION OF PROFITS.-All Persons Assuring their lives (on the Participating Scale) in the PROViDEN4' CLERKS' LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. be fore the end of the preSent year, will be ENTITLED to SEl# E in the Next Quinquennial Division of Profits to MC. 31,107. - Bonuses paid in C ish, or Added to the Policy, r applied to Re duce the Annual Picmium, at the option of the assurer. The great and continuous increase of business, and the extietnely fa4,onrablc rate of Mort ality among their assurers, ful yjnstify the Bo trd in con fidently anticipating a still further improvement upon the liberal amounts formerly decl 7red by way of bonus. Fot prospectuses showing the peculiar advantages of the Associa tion,:and.fot ail furtherinfotmation. app'y to the local agents, or at the Chief ()Mee, 15, Hoorgate-street, Loud in. T SOS . LINFOAD, Secretary. SCOTTISH• WIDOWS' FUND and LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Constituted by Act of Parliament. The iFigures contained in the subjoined Tabular "Yew are given as an illustration n the trnaressive success which has attend , d the ope rations of this Institution fr m Its establishment in the year ISO to ;Ist December, 1 .862, when the nth rerlodlcal Investigation of its'affairs was made. • Annual Iti,ventLe I.ccumulatee Fund. Amouot of Assurano s si tint;. At Ist January, 1815, the/ date Ipf Found alinu.... . • At 31. t th e., 1824, the 1 stl Period of InvesAlgation...s At 3154 Dec., 1831,1 - 2d do . At 31st Deo., larle,.tde 34 do. At 3.st Dee., 1.45, the 4th do. At 31st De 1852. the' sth du £' 7,454 ' 54,6'13 142 64'; 248,929 338,362 X . :7,539 264.818 79,%913 1.701,633 2,M1,109 £392,808 1,280,033 3.145,842 5,741,"54 7,449,038 The Invested-Fitnd, arising solely from the accumulaticut_of. Pre miums, and belonging exclu-ively to the memhers, now amounts to upwards of Two Milhous, Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds. The Annual Revenue now exceeds Three Hundred and Sixty-five ThoustufdTbunds. ' The Stuns already paid by the Society to the Families or other Renresentstives of deceased Members, including Bonus Additions (which in various instances have beet more than the sums originally .assuced), at:now:it to nearly Two Millions St A erling. wJO3II-I.N 8 L 15 1 n C E V A N y Z , lEse Secretary. • Tidal Office—Edlnbunzh , 5, St. Akidtew•square. Edinburgh, 30th September, 1854. • • LONDON. HONORARY BOARD. George Young, Esq., 47, Wim, ole-street and Mark-lane. Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barrister, Temple. ' David 11111, Esq., East India Gouge. John Murray, Esq., Publisher, Albetnarle-street. • Samuel Laing, Esq., Chairman of Brighton Railway. • Sir• John Thomas Brim. Admiralty. Leonard Horner, Esq.. llome-oilice. John Taylor, jun., Esq.. C.E.;Queen-street-place. LONDON AND . THE SIIIIIIRBS. • CENTRAL AGENT. Hugh 111`Kettn, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill. DISTRICT AGENTS. Captain R. S. Ridge, 49, Agent for the West End District. Benton Seeley, 4-RAll4,ler-street, Regent-street. Ferdinand Grat, 13, King-street, Southwark. LANCASHIRE INSITRANCE COMPANY. Capital, Two Millions. Mensbester, Liverpool, Gla ,, caw, Greenock, and No. 2r Ring-Street, 1. LIFE DEPARTMENT. lIDNUSEcI--FAMITY PER CENT. of the:Profits-apportioned to the Assured triennially. 'No charge whatever fsr Stamps or Policies. FIRE DEPARTMENT. BONUSES—FIFTY PER CENT. of the Profits - apportioned to the Assured annually, on Policies of three years' standing, an advan- - tags offered by few offices. ' JAMES NORTIICOTT, Secretary to the London Board= . , Vt. XGINEtRS' MASONIC and UNIVERSAL .11-14 11UWIJAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. - - 345, STRAND, LONDON. During the prevalence of Cholera, Policks for three months (renew able, if neetired, et the expiration of that period) are granted by' this; Society, covering the risk, not only of Cholera, but of a.l other diseases. Rates may be obtained at th Office. Annuitants adndtted to share in the Profits. No charge for Policy Stamps. Credit given for half the rremium. Assignments and Transfers of Policies registered free of charge. Aliberal Commission alloired to Solicitors and Agents on the intro duction of business. ; AIT.TRONY PECK, M.A., Actuary and Secretary. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LoripoN. • Established A.D. 1844. PARTIES desirous of INYESTING MONEY are requested to examine the Plan of this Institution, by which a high rate of Interest may be obtained with perfect security. Interest payable in January and July. PETE bio KM AO NI, Managing Director. Prospectuses and Forms for opening Accounts sent free on application. THE ORGAN OF THE LAND AND BUILDING INTEEEAT. SHE FREEHOLD LAND TIMES AND L BUILDING NEWS, pub isht don the First and Fifteenth days of every Mjnth, price Fourpence stamped Fireplace ; size Thirty two.pages quarto, with numerous illustrations. - No. 15 of thi. Jour natwai, oat of print on the second day of publication, and several hundreil applicants were unable to obtain cold s. e Proprietors have thereto: e determined to strive off several thousand more copies of the. PORTRAIT OF MR. JA E TAYLGB, JUN., OF BIR MINGHAM (the fontrier of the Fre ihold Land S)stem). and to re print the interetina BiograSketcli 4r. Tayler's Jan in the sIMPe of a smalUlarphlet. Port an ind Pamplatet can be ob takicd GRATIS with No. 16 of the Journal, oti application at ;Iv orrice, or through any Newsvendor.—Office, 20. Old Boswell-court, Tempe -bar. Terms of :tsubscriptiou, NINE SHILLINGS per annum, Payaule in advance. ALLSOPP'S INDIA PALE ALE in Bottles, genuine and in fine condition, as recommended for In v -U.'s and the Tab eby BARON Limo The undersigned has always a supply at his Stores of the finest quality and character. Apply to NATHAN - Pi:l, EASTLY, Wine, Beer, and Brandy Merchant, 132, Upper Thames-street. • 911RIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters I_ Patent of _England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole. de Pharmacie de Paris, said the Imlerial College o , Medicine, Vienna. TR lESEMAR, •No. ly Is k remedy for Relaxation, Sperinatorrhosa, and Exhaustion of the System. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirel} eradicates all traces of those Disorders, which Capivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the 'health •f a vast portion of the population. TRI ESE MAR, No. 3, Is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the Rrigllsh phystean treats with Mereury, to the In evitable destruction of the patient's "constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIEBEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, aril ofall nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table Without their use beinr suspe , :ted. Aoid in tin cases at 1 Is. eacii, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into separate doses, as admin i ster ed b y Valpcau, Lallemand, Roux, &c., &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John ston, 68, Cornhill ; Rannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. 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J? 3 t Published; price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 stamps, IN'ERVOUS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms. and Cure.—An Essay on Spar rastorrheea, with Practical Observations on a eater and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative oystem, obtained by the use of the Microscop e in detecting and di st i ng uishing, by urinary examination, the realiause and effect of every v ariety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate. foll owe d b y practical rMa i rks toimded on twenty year's ' experience in the tre a t men t o e flmpuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, spermatmhcsa, &c. To which are added, Calimtntaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating fr om empirical practice, and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on these important disorder s ' By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. 37, BEDFORD -SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of burgh, Honorary Siember of the London Hospital Medical s London, fee., &e,ociety, • Licentiate of Apothecaries • Tne essential opject of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting trom certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have proauced more misery in Youth, degradation In Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and «ho are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without penalties, and when wisdom and Incurring grievous how the se penalties regret the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgen ce, may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided' and above el l, that there is seemly any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot appV a cure. extenaive The Author has for a series of years been engaged i n an Practice. in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have unfortunately been too generally confided to t he care 6: ignorant empirics, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, B rothers,. and Co z 3, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford -street; e, 10, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhlli ; or tree y poet fo r 11:77 stamps to any address from the author's resi dence, 37, Bed. r t'square. b r iiit ia l4o 4 o : te or consultation daily tram klevatAl he, .41r4 from . . • N 0 19.360.] PUBLIC ATIOI\.TS. }toms. MRS.' GREY'S NEW NOVEL.--- -"THE YOUNG HUSBAND," by Mrs. Grey, Author of "Mary Eicahantu a The Gambler's Wife," Circ., In 3 vols., Is pubnsited this day. Hurst and Placket, Publishers , s uccessors to Henry .COlburn, 13, Gre.tt Marlborough sheet. • Just putlished, in leap. price is., RE MEN OF THE WAR; being BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES of their LIVES. By " Ous. OWN CORRESPONDENT. " radon:L David Bryce, 48, raternester-row ; and all Booksellers, and at the Railway Stations. THE CRIMEA AND SEBASTOPOL.. New and cheaper Edition, in 1 vol., with Maps, price 10s. ad., AJOR-GENERAL A. F. MACINTOSMS MILITARY TOUR in EUROPEAN TUI-11{. 14: 1-,.the CRIMEA. and the SEAT of WAR in ASIA. The Second Edition, revised and enlarged .‘ .;enerAl Macintosh derives his tn6terials from hie own observa- tion. All his note. were made pit the spot. This gives them vitality wed interest."—Atheimum. London : Longan," mßrown, Green, and 'l,ongmans. 11 HE EDINBURGH REVIEW; No. CCIV., is putiishet this day. • ::0 NTENTS. . I. Vestries and Church lates. lE. Mem,irs of Kin; J• , s 4 Ph• ' . HE. The Arab 'tribes of tte Gvat Desert. IV. Railway Morals aid .railway Policy. • V: Burton's i k iqory -f Scotland, froth 1639 to 1748. ' • VI. :Macaulay's Speeches. VII. Rotor n of the War De3artnacnts. VIII. the Atinagemen; and Disposal of our Criminal PoPulition. London: Lvn.man and Co. Ldinburgh : A. and C: tlaCk. Just publiThed. crown /Ivo., price li. (by post, Is 6J), Is PHYSICAL SCIENCE the HANDMAID, jL :or the ENE Mlr of the (111T{f3'anntrVECATION? By the ReV. JAMES A. STOTHERT. Edinburgh: Marsh awl Beattie, 13, south Hanover-street. Lon don :C. Do;:nan, 6}, new.Boun-strect. •- • STRICTURE OF-THE - URETHRA: Just Publisliet, price 5::, by post, free, ss. 6d.. - - - THE PATHOLOGY and—RATIONAL TBEITM ENT of 6TRICTIIRE of the ClikTlittA.; with numefons Case' illuktative of every•vhdety of Urethral I::hstruction, and their special Modes of Treatment and Cure. • By F. B. COUBTENAY, Member. of the Royal College of :urgeons of England. " We know of no man to whose - care we could with ireat,r confi dence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the ure thra."—Medical Cireul tr. • Londe': : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. Just puyisned, New and improved mitiop,. price Is., T • HE CURABILITY - of CONSUMPTION ; being a Series of Papers, presenting the most prominent and important Practical Points in the Treatment of the Disease. By FRANCIS 11. RAMADGE, M.D.. Fellow of the. College of Physicians, late Senior Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest, &c. Also, by the same Author, Price 10s. 6d. A TREATISE on AST/151A and on DISEASES of the HEART. Loridon Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. - • IivIA.NNtNTEL UN, „ r as d ta SlT ire T se O m M ,,,f S r of t om he TURKISH founder t" l of S t he Ottoman dynasty, down to the present Sidtan, Abdul Medd Khan. This extrnor inary and unique wLLECTION of MODELS (life size) is realised so as to defy imitation. Illustrated by costumes (naval, military, and civil), arms, inAgnia of office ; also the build ings, the arem, the Hamam, or Turkish bath, the klme, bazaars, carriages, cattle, and scenery, including every minute detail, render ing all tile groups strictly correct and truly natural. " They are all of the most life•l ke description."—Vide the daily journsis, Aug. 9, 1854. The I'I7I:KISH E'Xli I BITION and ORIENTAL MUSEUM is 'OPEN DAILY, trom 11 till 10. Saturdays it closes at 6 p.m.-- Admission 2s. td. ; children and schools half-price. Family tickets (NT five) 10s. Admission on Satuidays, Si, ; children, 2s. 6d. AURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE ROOMS, LA (Lessee, Cam; C. LAURENT, Onslow-honse, Fulham:roan. The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR TETE SEASON, and will continue open every evening, with L 'ELEBRAThD BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overlaml Mall Galop, by D'Albert ; also, by H. Laurent, the following Waltzes - La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Villi- Ui>is and his Dinah. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. pqatting to commence at '9 o'clock, and terininate at half-past 11. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC 'INSTITUTION.. The next MONDAY EVENING LECTURE to the INDUS .T •• lAL eILASSEs, on the 16th inst., will be on GEOLOGY, by BIAILEY, Fsq.. F F. G.S., &c • at eight o'clock. An entirely new and original DU ROSCQ'A CA-IC tDE ILLUMI NATED by lice , ric Light, throwing three Jets of Water instead of one, and displaying a variety of beautiful colours. Also, DUBOSCQ'S . NEW SUB MARINE E r,Ecritrc LAMP, by which the operations of the Diver can be sc, n under water. MODEL of SEBASTOPOL, by two of the Royal Sappers and Miners. • DI••SOLVING VIEWS of the SEAT of WAR in the BALTIC and BLACK SEA, including ,;EIIAsTOIN)L and CRO N STA Dr. 'I h.• COSMORANI A ROOMS will shortly be opened with forty views f the thief ',laces in Russia, and the Costumes of the people. Exhibition of the OXY-HYDROGEN NIIURO:SCOPE daily; at half-past one. LEC ruktEs by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., Dr. BAtHROPFNER, and Mr. Jonics. ari from twelve o'eloeledaPy. PATENT SELF-.iDJUSTING TRUSSES. A SLMON, ODY, & CO., most respectfully in term the .Pubdc, that their PATENT SELY-ADJU, riNG 'TRUSSEA atlord more ea-e and security for the reller of HERNIA than any other instrument for the purp-sc. They wit an.wer 10T right or left side, requiring no under•tdrap or any gslong Batidage. Persons in the country are reinested to send the circumference of 'the Body one inch below the Hips. CAUTION.—As many mercenary Druggists are vending an inferior article, Purchasers are requsmtel to observe, that SAL SION, ODY, & GO., 292, strand, London, is marked upon the Leather Case. Sold by one or more Druggists in every City and Principal .Town in the United Kingdom. el-A.CKSQN'S PATENT PREPARATION for the PRESERVATION of POTATOES, SEEDS, &c.—This valuable discovery, for which Letters Patent have been obtained, is the result of fourteen years' study and experiments in the preserva tion of vegetable matters. It Impel tehealth and vigour to she Plants and reeds subjected to its action, and effectually prevents the POTATO DISEASE, the SMUT in WHEAT, MILDEW and ROT, all FUNGAL DISEASES; and the attacks of INSECTS and VER MIN, and further recommends itself to the former, tho planter, and the public generally, by the extreme simplicity of the mode of its application. It is sold by all teedsmen and Chemists, in packets of one, two, three, and four poun.is each, with instructions for its use, and parties requiring larger quantities tor their own use or for exportation, can be supplied on advantageous terms, by addressing to Mr. Jackson, the Patviitee, 18. Cannon-street, London-bridge, whoro the article is always on salt. and tilt st particulars and directions for Its use dan.be obtained. • JICTORY TO THE BRAVE.Late events prove how irnpossible it is to resit the milifary and naval po e'er of England and France United. "Russian despotism is at an end. Victory crowns the forces and cheers every ono with the pro spect of a speedy settement of an ex,sensive war, from victories abroad, and instinetively turn to victories at home achieved with the sam3 degree of skill and enterprise, though directed in another channel. Every one will observe how E. MOSES and SON have succeeded in their maentfleent plans . for Autumn and Winter, the novelties they hwe secural, the splendid styles of Attire they have invented, the superiority in the materials and workmanship of their seasonable Dress, the correctness and despatch with which they attend to all orders, and tie application of their provisions to ell classes, are victories only achieved by the bravest sons of trade. Tile strong forces of Overcoats prepared for Autumn and Winter by- E. Mem and -Sox will resist all the storms which may battle with the traveller or street passenger. The Light Artiller• of their Paletots will stand the tug of Autumn • with the most victorious reestance—the new one tney have invented and which they will sell for 25"., it en union of elegance, comfort. and economy, which is pc" ectly victorious over all previous intro ductions, and the vast sock of fancy goods they have just received from France, sabmitted to the operations of the most Wind and the best artists and workmen in the world, are the victories of elegance and fashion which every one will celebrate. Their new stoc't of Hats, Caps, Hosiery for ladies and gentlemen. Boots and. Shoes, &c., s's the victorious expressions. of superior quality and economical prices. The victories of Commerce in the Wholesale Clothing Depart ment may be shared by Merchants, Captains, and 0: - evs, the stock of Clothing, Shirts, Bosix and Shoes, &c., for export is larger, better, and more saltable Vista any other, the goods are soonest sold, and produce lar, e profits in any p :rt of the world, in consequence of the economical prices charged by E. Moses and Sore. SP EC I AI. NO [ICE.—The Establishment will be Closed on Satur day, October 14th, re-Opening on Monday morning, the ltith, at seven o'clock. CAITTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, Intving learned that the antradesman-like falieli of of " Bei.ng connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state , that they have ISTDO4NNEILION WITH ANT OTREE lIOUSE IN OE OCT OP LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : tendon City Establishment, t 54, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, EIS, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all e.onitnuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36., Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—Shorid 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, tram which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from ells.sne.; on Fridays to sunset on Aatnr,lays, whets business is resumed A new Book, with illustrations. entitled" The Echo of Public Opi nion," containiag full lists of prices, our system et self-measurc. mat &c., &c.; may be had on application, or post-free. yei Pon pails Fr meals. ' Qui sl parla Hallam Hier sprieht man Deutsch Aqua E,pann. THE ARCTIC.—The Arctic was insured for 115,0001., of which 40,0001. falls at Lloyds', and the remainder chiefly at Liverpool and Gla,sgow. The principal part of the carito was, doubtless, also insured in this country. SOLDIER'S FRIEND SOCIETY.—Our paper of the sth contained an account of a public meeting held at Exeter-hall, for the purpose of urging the claims of the society for means to send out 6 additional Scripture remiers to the army in the East, in order to act in con junction with the regimental chaplains as missionaries among the soldiers. Since then 4 readers, well sup plied with Bibles, and the religious publications of the society, hay.e left England, and 2 more (one of whom is a clergyman) will shortly go out. FALL Pno3l A CHIMNEY FORTY YAED3 HIGH.—On Monday, a man named Benjamin Teal, of Ardsley, mason, aged 24, was kill e d by a fall from a tall chimney, which hasjust been erected at the Wombwell main colliery, belonging to the South Yorkshire coal company. The deceased was a mason, and had just put on the top moulding of the chimney, and was descending down the j us ide, when the knot of the rope gave way, and the tub in which he was being lowered fell to the bottom, a depth of 120 feet, and the pear follow was killed on the Fpot' . 1 -- 46 N DON, FRIDAY. EV - ENING, OCTOBER 13. 1854. NAVAL AND MILITA.BYINTELLITGR.N.QE.., OUR SCREW MEN-OF-WAR. • Royal Albert, 121, screw, Capt. Sir Thomas Pasley, is at her old moorings at Sheerness. She has completed taking in her provisions from the victualling department, &c., and was yesterday busy taking in her inns. She is beginning to show hor teeth. ~lu a few days, no doubt, they will be all on board ; but as they are at Chatham, and of very heavy calibre, it necessarily takes up a longer time than is generally imagined to get them placed. Her inter nal fittings are being fast completed. The Colossus, 80, screw, Capt. Spencer Robinson, Ports month.—We believe that as soon as the Ajax, 56, arrives from. the Baltic, her hands will be turned over, and the Colossus will proceed to the West Indies, to strengthen our squadron. Under present circumstances, Jonathan is getting saucy. • The Termagant, 2f, screw, Portsmouth.—We are pleased to stette that au order came down from the hoard of Ad miralty-for thii Ship to 'proceed to sea, which she did-earty yesterday morning, fur the West, Indies. The Horatio, '22, screw, CoMmander Jenner, is being oaulkedi &c., in her Majesty's basin at Sheerpes,s ; no orders for her docking we hear have been received. The Cossack, 20, screw, Captain Fanshawe, is lying at Blabk Stakes, River Medway; she is taking in her bonded •Eitores,.&c., and on Wednesday had the powder lighter alongside. She will noiv soon be off, but the definite day for sailing is not named. Tile Tartar, 20, screw steam-corvette, with engines of . 250 horse-power, sister to the Cossack, and built by Mr. Plit6lier for the Emperor of Russia, was towed up to Wool. wich on Saturday last from Northfleet, 'to shave her masts put in,"and,she was taken into the basin on Thursday for that - purpose. When her masts are put in she will be towed to Chatham to be rigged, and made ready at that port-for sea. • . • The Esk, .20, screw steam-corvette, was taken out of Woolwich dock' on Wednesday, and into the basin' on ThUrsday. She is now ready for commission. The Miranda, 17, screw, Captain Lyons; will hatil.Out of the - fittieilia•sin at Portsmonth, to-day. The Plicenix screw steam-sloop was• taken into the basin On Thursday, having cleared out all her stores, and com pletely returned her rigging to the usual depository in Woolwich Dockyard. The officers and crew can now leave the yard for several hours daily, 'and on Monday'next the engineers and warrant-officers will be transferred, as usual, to the Fisgard flag-ship, and the Phoenix bo laid up in ordinary for the winter. PlaOe, aS the circumstances of the case aro expected to bk laid before the court of inquiry which is to be held at Whitehall immediately after the courts-marfial at Sheer hen artt coneluaed. - • - was then thrown back upon them. We find that the whole garrison •of Sebastopol were. before- us, undei nenschikoff in person. His carriage has fallen•into our. hinds, and in it a letter stating that - Sebastopol could hold out a long time against us, but that there Was - IX position at Alma which could hold out three weeks. We took, it in three hours. So convinced were they of the of our taking it that ladies were actually there as speotators,•little expecting the review they were destined to be spectators of. We expect now to find no resistance whatever at the Katcha river, the whole Rus sian force having retired into Sebastopol. We' always turn out at 4 o'clock in the morning, an hour before daybreak. (nom APT iRTILLERT OFFICER.) BALAKLAVA, SEPT. 28 We have been marching latterly through a diffi cult country, and have been obliged to proceed with great cautiora, having bad two very strong positions to pass, something of the same nature as that on the Alma. The first was on the Katcha,running through river through a valley, with . high ground rising, beyond !t. The valley appeared to be beautifully fertile, and the vineyards and gardens abonrirling in fruit s .ifs different kinds, nearly all ripe. You may imagine it was pleasant mough tocome across such places' after living on salt pork and biscuit for several days: Our men, however, Lte_the fruit so immoderately, and without dis'crimina tion (except that the unripe wasTather the most popular 'with theM), that they suffered from it very severely. Al the next ,place where we halted, on the Belbeck, there were 500 left behind when the army marched, : most of them suffering from cholera. Near the Balheck there wns - 'a' chateau, belonging, I believe, to a Russian nohleMan. It was charmingly situated. with pretty• fromuv 41) baggage, g s that t g h °et' ratherhwe Yoah.o ,glrdenafull of fruit. Lord Raglan wade it.hie head-, quarteri for the night, but our advanced guard. had got into ._it beforehand, and' 'made sad devastation in it. 'Some-of the !wen brought into camp a mirror, about six feet. high, .the frame of which I bon saw forming part of a camp-fire. On Morylay, the 25th, we : were within about two mih sin a dirtet lure from Sebastopol, but were obliged to makeraverycircuitous march to get round to the beck of. th 9 town. Our road lay through a'thick .wood., 'The artillery, in advance of the infantry, and when` the head of our column debouched from the wood we - found a body &Russians close upon us. They are said to have been 15,000 . ..5tr0ng, and their object to have been to get into our rear, or'else to form a junction with the garrison expected from Anapa, and to bring it forward to the relief of Sebastopol. T - Anyhow, they, did not cal culate on meetink 'us there, for directly we 'opened fire s7tied.ammunition, were them, srtmet: critical ta lel:insteadyetfyooaanrw must al el, t n aohr d ueegnyo f l ooltift o al w u vbaoe r eewu . ri upon them theY made off, leaving behind a quantity of : : :• adf. nli t otj u .obwnew n uE vi . ar ourselves he e llhylelev f iemcr ( re r yh r es Our gunnera got hold of the baggage of some general v effi ' r i c i t o e i u snr waiting n k f d i o : em broidered Hussar jackets, pelisses, and garments of and. watches ; and some more lucky than the rest got hold of 'the General's luncheon-basket and feasted on wild boar .washed 'down with -champagne. We marched that night down a hill. (up which the Russians bad marched the same day), and encamped in a large plain. , The next morning we started from this position, passing through a narrow gorge iota another plain, backed up with high hills, beyond which we could see the through one of the gorges. We had arrived at Balaklava. Here we found a fort, which the Light Division proceeded to attack ; and, on gaining the heights, we came in view of a part of the fleet lying off the shore. After a little shelling from both sides the fort surrendered, 'and we are now occupying the village, around which we are encamped. The steamers in the bay are landing our siege guns as fast as they can, to .1 ietenr hguselroaoxestunotaugwtririihaptcplytasraoitdsfutoei commence operations against the great place. Some think that the resistance wilt nut be very desperate, and that the garrison will only fire a few shots to have their honour. Though not of the same way of thinking my self, I still hope it may so turn out, as it will save a vast amount of bloodshed and destruction of property, of which there has been cuff eleut already. Another fort night will probably decide the affair. [PRICE SD. THE ADMIRALTY AGAIN. • (Prom, the Morning Chronicle.) Having publicly exposed, in our impression of last Wednesday, the gross unfairness of the system adopted by the above-named department, in communicating pub lic despatches exclusively to one particular journal, to be forwarded by it to its 'contemporaries at its own con• venience—and having also made strong private repre sentations on the matter—we had scarcely expected to have occasion so soon to return to the subject. But the Admiralty authorities seem to have no sense of shame. Only yesterday, we had another example of the same scandalous practice. The despatch from Sir Charles Napier, which will be found in an other column, giving the names of some liberated prisoners belonging to the Baltic fleet, was, like so many preceding ones, presented by these servants of the public to the same newspaper—probably with the condi tion that, so soon as it should be perfectly convenient and agreeable to the favoured organ to communicate a printed copy of the document .to other journals, they, too, should have the opportunity of giving it to their readers. We publish' the despatch in question —as we shall all others which may be sent to us, even in this discreditable manner = because we cannot 4.• ••••• think •it right to withhold information that concerns either the public at large, or the friends and relatives of our soldiers and sailors. , But we shall not the less continue to hold up to the reprobation and contempt which it merits the disgraceful conduct of a Government department which makes public documents the instru ments of its own miserable spirit of jobbery and fa vouritism. If the First Lord of the Admiralty and his secretary choose to persist in•acting on a principle which so. offensivelycantraetswi6h the just an4-hononrable rule adopted by the Minister of War, we , suppose we lave, for the peasent;_no, remedy. Ilut . we warn those gentle men that when Parliament meets, they willhear of this' subject in the froitse of Commons, .and that they will then haVe to explain by what -right they employed the machinery of a .public department in . promoting, the private 'interests of a single newspaper establishment. CONVERTION. It is reported that the Exmouth, 90, converted into a screw-ship of 400-horse power, will very soon be commis sioned, Captain the Hon. F. Pelham from the Bienluam; removing to this ship, and Captain (Nemesis) Hall suc ceeding Captain Pelham in the command of the Blenheim, 60, screw, Baltic fleet. The Russell, 71, is in No. 3 dock, Sheerness. Prepara tions are being made for altering her for a screw ; her-false keel and poop are coming off, to lighten her, &c. The Valorous, paddle, Captain Buckle, is over on the west shore at Sheerness. Yesterday she slipped her moor ings and proceeded up the Medway to the coal hulk to take in coals. Orders were received some days back that she is not to, take the Artillery out, in lieu of which some eight or ten surgeons are to proceed in her. She •is ordered to the seat of war in the East, and we understand Saturday next will be the day she will sail. She has all her provi sions, stores; and an excellent crew on board. The Curlew, revenue-cutter, Commander Morgan, is in Sheerness harbour; she has, however, we undefstand, re; ceived orders to sail for Ireland ; Kiltush is her future station. • The Athol], store:ship, having repaired her copper' and defects, will go out of dock at Portsmouth on Friday, and will complete her fittings in the sea basin. No. 13 and No. 22 transports arrived at Spithead yes terday afternoon. The Sindbad lighter was taken down from Deptford on Wednesday evening, and taken into dock at Woolwich, to be fitted for carrying a 13 inch mortar. Thebtierpaddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieutenant William J. A. Heath, arrived at Woolwich about noon on Wednes day from the Baltic, and again went down the river a short distance to enable the engineers of the factory department to report on the stateaof her engines. The Widgeon steam-vessel left Wool wick yesterday morn ing with ten men of the crew of the Black Eagle, and 26 of the novices of the Fisgard, for Greenhithe, to assist in taking a further supply of stores on board the grince screw steam-transport. She also takes out a hrge . supply of specie, for the payment of the British army in the Crimea. The Widgeon returned to Woolwich, where she received orders to proceed up to Deptford and return to Woolwich by 1 o'clock, to assist in conveying a portion of the 4tith Regiment of Foot from the Essex side of .‘ oolwich to Greenhithe. The• Monkey steam-vessel, Second-Master Syndercorobe, the Zephyr, the Wildfire, the Ann lighter, and. Staunch barge proceed at 2 o'clock p.m. to take on board the five companies of the 46th Regiment expected at the pier at North Woolwich from Windsor. The men em barked in the steamers about half-past 2 o'clock, and cheered heartily as they proceeded down the river to em bark in the Prince, at Greenhithe, where one of the com panies had preceded them on the previous day. STRENGTH OF THE FLOATING BATTERIES. The floating batteries, said to be prdered to be built as strong as wood and iron can make them by private ship builders, are to be equivalent to vessels of 1,300 tons, and to have plates of iron on them four inches thick. The decks are to be eight inches thick. THE FLOATING BATTERIES FOR THE, WAR. A "Naval Officer" addressing the editor of the Stan dard," says : " Sir,—l observe it stated in yow l paper of Thursday evening last, that a floating battery is in the course of con. struttion at Cherbourg, to be employed in the spring against the Russian fortresses in the Gulf of Finlard. •" It is 'now three mhnths since I submitted a similar thing to the Admiralty, since which notice has been taken of it in the columns of your contemporary, the Morning Herald, to the editor of which paper I sent the draft of a plan ; all of which may be constructed within a short dis tance of these fortresses, out of materials to be obtained on the spot (balks of fir timber), piles of which have been destroyed lirfire since the operations of the Scotia those seas,. and which might have been used for the purpose. I have fully described the plan to the editor of the Morning Herald, and need not therefore trouble you with a repiti tion, and I have no doubt, if carried into execution as I pointed out, will be most completely successful." The batteries in course of construction will be the most formidable ever projected. They are of forged or ham mered iron plates; 4i inches thick, lined inside with wood, and will measure about 1,500 tons. From actual experi ment it has been proved that they will be impervious to shot or shell. A dozen at least (French and English) of these floating batteries will be in the Baltic , next spring. The construc tion of these engines of war is a very diffioult and expen sive task, and we should like to see them afloat' before entering into further details. . ' NAVAL PROMOTIONS FOR THE CRIMEAN WAR. We have much gratification in announcing the promo tion of the two lieutenants who were so prominently men tioned in Lord Raglan's despatches, to the rank of com mander, viz.:— Lieutenant S. H. Derriman (1842), commander of the Caradoc, who was appointed b 7 Admiral Dundas as his lordship's nide-de-camp at the battle of the Alma. Lieutenant Frederick A. Maxsa (1352), one of, the juniors of the Agamemnon, 91, who returned through the forest with Lord Raglan's despatches, and thus enabled the Agamemnon to reach Balaklav4 at the desired mo, went. Lieutenant Manse's promotion will be rather to "brevet rank," to be confirmed as soon as he has served his full time of two years as a lieutenant. MORE RIISSIA.N PRIZES. Yesterday . advices were received that a number of Rus sian vessels had been captured by the English cruisers off Odessa. Their cargoes are chiefly linseed oil. They will be sent, to Malta fur condemnation and to be sold for the benefit of the captors: THE HOSPITAL . SHIP BELLEISLE. The Belleisle, hospital•shipt Commander James Hoskin, was ordered from Sheerness to this port to refit, but has been countermanded. It is supposed that she will go to the Black Sea. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. A number of the crows of the North Star and Talbot store-ships, amounting altogether to about 50, left Wool wich yesterday morning for Sheerness, their leave to come up to Woolwich to see their friends and their old com panions of the crew of the Phoenix having expired on that day. They all appeared to be in remarkably good health, although many of them had been in the Arctic regions for several winters, serving in the Investigator discovery-ship under Captain Bi`Clure. The court-martial to be held on board the Waterloo, 120, flagship at Sheerness, on Captain Sir Edward Belch er and the officers in command, for leaving their ships in the ice, has been poeiponed until Tuesday next. The court martial demanded by Captain Osborne is not likely to take THE TRkNSPORT SERVICE. The Morayshire and the Edmundsbury, hired transports, arrived - tit Portsmouth yesterday from the Thames, tp loaq, with victualling stores ' immediately for the 'Black Bea Contracts were taken yesterday at the Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment, Cos Port, by Master-Attendant Davies, R.N. (Captain Superintendent Courtenay being on leave), for 2,200 quarters of wheat, at prices ♦arying from 60s. to 635.. pd. ,•per quarter. It was of an excellent quality.. This establishment is still in full work, night and day, to meet the demand upon its resources. Acting-Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Gordon .(1854) bas been appoipted to the Cossack, 20, screw steam corvette, at Chatham: ROTAIL7 NAVAL .COLLEGt At the monthly examination of officers for promoqou, and of candidates for entry into the service, held at the knyal Naval College, Ports Mouth, on Wednesday, the fol lowing•passed, and receivol certificates yesterday : Mitei for Lientenants-:—Massrs. F. William's, G. B; Ceoper,-L. Wildman, C. R. Bloxam. - • - Second Masters for Masters—N. B. Herbert and E., Spence. - - • For Naval Cadets—Edward Fletcher, Charles C. Car: dale,-,Vinc.ent •0• 7 Scholefield, George Parish„ Thomas G. Price, Edward S. Richards, (all from Mr. Eastman's Pre :pariitory Naial Establishment, Southiiiii) 'G. G. Hunt, C. Jsißilfour; Viscount Maraham, W. IC - C: St.telkir; B Burners, C. J. H. Bliss, F. C. Lousada, J. B. Foun tain©, B. F. Clar.ke,.W.Binningtnn, and J. F,. Baker. For Masters' Assistants—J. W. Harding,' F; Lb ,Collins, T. :Roberion, W. H. James, J. F. Mugoe,•ll. W. Oakes, F. Hunter, and M. S. Quy. For. Clerk's Assistant—A. H. Gore. For Royal Marine Cadets:--C. P. Ileaslop, T. W. Simms, A. W. Smith, H. G. Campbell, P. Grieve, H. T. S. Davis, J. Allnutt and H. Woodruff. TROOPS FRO %1: CANADA.' ~~•~ .~ The Royal Mail screw_ steamer, Cleopatra, Captain J. H. Salt, arrived in the Mersey yesterday, from Mont real, with the Canadian mails, 383 rank and 'file, and 1 00 woruin" belonging to the - 71st regiment, in additibia to fall cargo and 35 cabin passengers. The soldiers were under the comm a nd Of - Lieut. Col. Stack. finding-the quantity of coals were-insufficient Alertly aft er s t ar ti ng, Captain Salt very prudently resolved to call in at St. John's,' Ana renew his supply. He 'left that port on the 3d, and made the run to the Mersey' in 7i days. The Cleopatra brought the news of-the itelancholy loss of the steamer Arctic referred to in anotherpart of this paper. THE MILITIA, The Glamorganshire Midtia have completed their 23 days' drill, and have been reviewed at Cardiff by Ge neral Barnard, who expressed hinistlf well pleased with their efficiency. The men have beer dismissed from pre izent dnty. The North and South Mayo Regiments of Militia (Ire land) are ordered to be forthwith e mbodied for active ser vice. Yesterday morning the Essex Riad Militia left their quarters .at Canterbury, and proceoded to London ; on reaching the London-bridge terminus the men formed, and marched through Southwark to the 'Waterloo-road station of the South-Western Railway, whale a train was in rea diness to carry them on to Windsor, to relieve the 46th Foot. The 2d Somerset Militia will receive their colours at Bath to-morrow (Saturday) At the holds of Miss Portman, daughter of Lord Portman, Lord-Lieutenant of the county, andproceed forthwith to Cork for permanent duty. • 'The fifth company of the 2d West York Regiment of Militia left that city yesterday (Thursday) morning for Hull, where they are to form a guard of honour to her Ma jesty, on her arrival at Hull this evening- After her Ma jesty's departure they will proceed to :.;heffield, where a portion of the 2d West is to be stationed, four of the com panies having arrived there,'under 'the command of Lieu tenant-Colonel Brandling, on Wednesday. About 300 of the regiment will remain head-quarters of the regi ment at York, and it is -stated they .will be reinforced by a troop br two of the 7th Hussars. • THE BATTLE OF ALMA. ------ (FROM AN OFFICER IN THE GUARDS.) BIVOUAC, RIVER ALMA, SEPT. 21. I hasten to write a few lines to tell you that I am safe and well, knowing how anxious you will be, after hearing that we have had an a ction with the Russians. A c counts of the battle you will s e e in the papers much better describing it than any I could g ive , as I could see nothing beyond what was going myown bri gade. The march from Krainischli to Baljanik, where we bivouacked on the night of the 19th, and again from returns That of ou r y you casualties will see thickest r i l n oss o b f i i t : : ga s very the Baljanik to AlMa, .was the grandest sp ectacle I ever saw. The whole army, French, English , and' Turkish, advanced in battle array for that distance over a p lain as smooth almost as a lawn, and with just sufficient un dulation to show one at times the whole force at a coup d'ecil. My division was on the left, and we were about three miles from the sea ; the fleet enacting along abreast of us completed the picture. About 12 o'clock on the 20th on crowning a ridge we came all at once in sight of the Russian army in an entrenched camp beyond the ' Alma, distant about three miles. Immediately we ap peared they set fire to, a village between us and them, so as to mask their force by the snoke. We continued advancing steadily; 'halting eceasio nall y to'rest the men, till half-past o ne , w hen the first shot was fired, and soon aft er th e ra ttle o". musketry told us that our rifle ski r mi s h ers dyers e rr g a g ed. Our division then deployed i n t o li ne , an d vie 'stood so fir about 20 minutes, an occ as i ona l roun d shot rolling up to us, but so spent that one was a bl e t`) step aside from it. Wounded men from the front scon began to be carried through our lines-to the. rear, rod loose and wounded liorses began to gallop about,_ Atlast_we were ordered to advance, wh ic h we did f or a b o rt 300 yards n'arer the b a tt er i es , an d h a l te d , an d t h e men lay down. We were n ow we ll - w i t hi n range, an d t h e ro und shot fell tolerably thick, ab. occasional' shell borsfurg over oilyheade. Aft er s t an di n g s t ea d y f o r a b out 2(lminutes, the Light Division ( w ho were i n li ne -i n f ront o f us) advanced again, and we f o ll owe d . The Russ i ans b a d put posts to mark the ranges, which they had got with great accu racy. We n ow a d vance d to within 200 Bards of the river and 700 from the batteries,' and haltel'under a low wall tor five minutes, till we saw the Light Division over the river, when we continued our advance in sup port of them. On crossing the wall, we came into vine yards, and here th e cannonade was moss ter rific, the grape and canister f a lli ng around us like ta il—the flash of each gun being in s t an tl y f ollowed by th e splash grape among the till e d groun d like a han dful of gravel of thrown into a pool. O n reaching the r i ve r the fire from a large body of r ifl emen was ad d e d , but the men , ' dashed through, up t o t h e i r middle i n water,' and ' halted on the opposite sid e , t o re f orm th e ir ranks, under ' shelter of a high ba n k. A t this moment t h e Light Divi -1 sion had gained the intrenchinent, and the British colour was planted in the fort ; but, ammunition failing them, they were forced back. The Scots Fusiliers were hurried onto support them before they had had to reform them selves, and the 23d, retiring in some confusion upon them, threw them for a few minutes into utter disorder. The Russians, perceiving this, dashed out of the fort upon them, and a frightful struggle took place, which ended in their total discomfiture. For a minute or, two the Scots Fusilier colours stood alone in thi front, while Gen. Bentinck rallied the men to them, their officers lead ing them on gallantly. At this moment I rode off to the Coldstreams through whose ranks the Light Division had retired, ' leaving them the front line. They advanced up the hill splendidly, with the Highlanders on their left, and not a shot did they fire till within 150 or 200 yards from the intrenchments. - A battery of 18 and 24- pounders was in position in our front, and a swarm of Riflemen behind them. Fortunately the enemy's fire was much too high, passiug close over our heads, the men who were here killed being all hit on the crown of the head, and the COldstreams actually lost none. When we got about fifty yards 'from the intreuehment the i enemy turned tail, leaving us masters of the battery and the day. AS they re tired they took all th e i r g e ne except two, and a great many of their wounded. In spite of this the ground was 'covered 'with dead and dying, lying in heaps• in every direction on what might be called the glacis, and inside the intrenclunents they were'so thick that one could hardly avoid riding over them ; but the excite ment of the victory stifled for the time all feeling of horror for such a scene, and it was not till this morning, When I visited the battl e field, that I could at all realise the horrors which must be the price of such a day. Most fervently did I thank God, who had preserved me amid such dangers. How I escaped seems to me the More marvellous the more I think of it. Though on horseback (on my old charger), my cocked hat and clothes were sprinkled all over with,blood. The loss of the brigade of Guards is very severe, but the proportion of deaths to wounded is extraordinarily small. On calling the roll after the action, 312 rank and file and 15 officers were discovered to be killed and wounded. 'Besides these Was my poor friend Horace Cust, who was struck by a round shot in crossing the river. He was aide'-de-camp to General Benthick, and we were watering our horses at the time when the shot struck his horse in the shoulder and smashed poor Cost's thigh. He' died soon after the leg was amputated. Charles Baring, who has lost his arm (taken out of the socket),. is.the only other Coldstream akar bit. They only went into action with 4 officers, less than half their complement. We have been occu pied About 1,000 ___ -__ •_....__ . Rev! taie(tralle e day o l i l n o t t igia t :4B i d t t earth in parapet GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. SEBASTOPOL TAKEN BY THE ALL-LIES. Who took Sebastopol I, said the Times; With telegraphic lines, I took Sebastopol. "It may now be confidently stated that the forts of Se bastopol fell successively before the combined powers of the assailants; that at least half the Russian fleet perished; that the flags of the allies were waving on the Church of St. Vladiniir, and that on the 26th Prince Menschikoff surrendered the place !"—Times, leading article, Oct. 4. " darrirof litpoleoli-l-we may almost say since the days of Ca3sar—has an exploit of arms been attended with such entire or instantaneous success." — Times, leading article, Oct. 5. Who saw it fall ? I. said the Chronicle ; With triumph sardonic:al, I saw it fall. "We feel the fullest assurance that Sebastopol has fallen, and we look to receive, at any /moment, intelligence which shall place beyond all doubt that spit:null , ' achieve ment of the allied armies !"—lforning Chronicle, leading article, Oct. 3. • Who saw the Russians run ? I, said the Post ; I saw the host Of beaten Russians run. "Sebastopol is taken ! . . Menschikoff, having be taken himself to the fleet, made with them to the inner harbour, with so much of it as remained. There he is said to havo declared that he would blow up all sooner than surrender. . • . . On the grand point alone can we be said to be sure. Sebastopol is ours. At what expense —at what cost—remains to be judged with exactness and precision from details."—liforniny Post, leading article, Oct. 3. Who saw them bleed ? I, said the Daily News ; (To keep up the ruse); . I saw them bleed. "Let the reader fancy to himself the roaring and re• verberation of all this artillery in a space of some three miles long, with an average of half a mile in breadth, hemmed in by abrupt ascents, varying . from 200 to 400 feet. Let him fancy, in addition, the thundering broad sides from the allied fleets off the mouth of the harbour. Let Jilin whiter this the noise, and clamour of the assault and defence of the North Fort on the heights immediately . behind the. Double Battery; and, after its fall, of the artil lery, Minie rifles, and platoon firing of the allied' land troops lining the heights which overlook the harbour from the north. To all this let him again add the noise of explosions, now of a fort, now of a man-of-war. Let him conceive the hollow of the harbour thus filled with smoke and flame ; resdunding with the deep roar of artillery and the pattering of fire-arms ; the solid earth shaking with the reverberation of the rent and tormented atmosphere. And, last of all, let him imagine, in the midst of this artificial volcanic eruption, masses of human beings inter changing sabre blows and bayonet thrusts, closing in death grapples, panting with exhaustion, fevered with quenchless thirst, writhing in mortal agony. Of the Russiani Immo are said to have been killed in this man made hell ; how many of the allies have fallen is still unknown. And all these horrors have been called into existence by the selfish, relentless will of one man, who sits at safe distance, surrounded by all the gorgeous and voluptuous appliances of a Sybarite court."—Daily News, leading article, Oct. 4. Who'll dig their grave ? I, said the Advertiser; (Urquhart's improviser); I'll dig their grave. "It is to be hoped that the victories which have been won on the heights of the Alma and amid the trenches of Sebastopol are but the precursors of other triumphs which will completely crush the Czar. And in that case, not only will the progress of despotism in Europe be arrested, but we may confidently calculate on seeing the tide of civilisa tion and Liberalism not only set in in other countries where Absolutism now prevails, but even make its way into Russia itself. If the Czar is fairly beaten, if he is utterly vanquished, without any hope of his recovering the ground he has lost, it would not surprise us were revolu tions to take place in his own empire. With the prestige of his name and arms completely gone, Nicholas will not only cease to be respected by his subjects, but .his life will be in danger from the dagger of the assassin, or the poisoned chalice of some one trustaining to him a closer re la tion than that of subject."—Morning Advertiser, leading article, Oct. 3. Who'll preach a sermon? I, said the Globe ; I'll don the parson's robe, I'll preach a sermon: ". How far too valuable to have been allowed to think of blowing himself up with Sebastopol—as a right-hand man for the Autocrat of all the Russias still left to Peter's suc cessor, by the result of the appeal to arms so haughtily accepted by him--is a Menechikoff, whose bulletins are thus penned and thus dated ! These are all alike traits of the same unfailing thrasonical genius ; of the Russian genius, before which that of Europe had almost seemed to quail.!'—Globe, leading article, Oct. 4. Who'll toll the bell? I, said the Sun, (Though ho gloried in tho fun) ; I'll toll the bell. "Notwithstanding this scepticism, we have no hosita tion in adhering to our original opinion, and expressing our earnest and unflinching conviction that the accounts already published are substantially correct, that Sebasto pol had virtually fallen, and that there had been an enor mous sacrifice of human life amongst its defenders ; and wo fear we must also add amongst its gallant assail ants, and also that a large number of prisoners had been taken. , " Vengeance ! Yes, in this mild, sentimental age, we deliberately cell for vengeance. The blood of our soldiers, shed in a righteous cause, demands it as loudly as did the blood of the first victim of hellish passions. Accurate de tails may increase or lessen by a few the numb°. of our slain ; but be the number what it may, their deaths must be avenged. Blood for blood we ask not, unless, indeed, a Czar cculd be made to atone for his military murders as a Charles Stuart once did."—Sum, loading article, Oct. 3 . All the people in the land Began to doubt their eyes To see their daily papers rut forth *Eh *wild lif!kr.riloVW. THE LATE MARSHAL ST ARNAUD. Lord Cowley's letter of condolence to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the lamented 'death of 'Marshal St. Arnaud, truly and gracefully expresses. the feelings which have been excited in this country by the tidings of that melancholy event. All Englishmen must entertain a deep respect for the military devotion which led the deceased . general, with a perfect knowledge of the dooin which science had pronounced,. to accept the most arduous and responsible duty which a general could be called upon to undertake. All must admire the eminent zeal' and ability with which that duty was executed ; and it is universally regretted that it has not been given to him to share in the consumma tion of the glorious enterprise in the earlier stages of which he performed so high and important a part. In the career of General Canrobert, however, we confi dently expect to see the same generosity of feeling, the same courage, and the same strategic ability which distinguished his predecessor, and we rely with full assurance on the maintenance Of that perfect harmony of counsel and unity of action which have so conspi cuously marked all the operations of the Allies, Under Marshal St. Arnaud and Lord Raglan the armies of France and England have known no other rivalry than that of emulous devotedness to the great common cause ; and though it may at first have seemed strange to the troops .of each nation to be associated with those of the other, we may be sure that a battle like that of the Alma has done the work of years in esta blishing solid and cordial friendships. The • pru dence of the commanders assigned to the troops of each country the duties best adapted to their peculiar powers. The Zouaves, who are. described .as having climbed up precipices almost perpendicular, throwing away their knapsacks that their progress might not be impeded, and suddenly making their appearance on the heights, to the infinite surprise of the Russian General—who is re ported, by the way, to have well horsewhipped the mes senger by whom the unpleasant intelligence was brought —executed a task for which their distinguished agility pre-eminently qualified them. We can well believe that, to use the graphic phrase of one •of the eye-witnesses whose narratives have been published, they looked ' like ants swarming up the hill ; and it is at least certain-that, when they gained the summit, they fought, as the English General is said,to, have observed, " not like men, but like lions and tigers." The work assigned to our gallant soldiers was of a somewhat different nature, and better suited to display their characteristic merits. In the face of the murderous fire of the Rus sians, they advanced with as much sang froid as if they had been manoeuvring in Hyde-park, and their resistless charge swept aw ay all that resisted their provress. Marsi al St. Arnaud, it is stated, paid a visit of congratulation to the encampments of the 23d and 95th Regiments on the evening of the battle ; and the value .of the tribute thus paid to English valour must have been duly appreciated by those who knew the suffering which the slightest additional exertion occasioned to the enfeebled frame of the French Commander. "The English," says a correspondent of the Constitutionnel, "fought, so to speak, a separate battle. We do not know the details of it, but we saw them far off, ascending with regular step a glacis in which there was an entrench ment full of artillery. Never was the contrast between this advance and the impetuosity of the French more strongly marked. But the two armies are enchanted with each other. In the evening, the field of battle was covered with sailors from the fleets, and they displayed almost childish joy." THE C.RIM'A PAST AND PRESENT. Before the Russian Government had cast an envious eye on the Crimea, and that fertile land had felt the withering influence of the protection of its northern neighbour, the population of the Tauric peninsula amounted to a million and a half. The wars between the Turks and Russians, which were caused by the unjust aggressions of the latter, decimated the inha bitants, and reduced them to a tithe of their former number. Nearly all the Turkish, and a great, por tion of the Tartar, population emigrated . after the annexation of the Crimea to Russia, Li() that the best authorities estimated its population at the end of the last century at less .than one , hundred and sixty thousand. But the natural advantages of • the district—the fertility of its soil, and. the onnvenience of its situation for commercial porpoees—counter lialance4 the effects of Russian 'misrule. Its popu lation has been gradually increasing since the com menceenept of the present century,..and is now more than three hundred thousand—double what it was fifty or sixty years ago, though far below the number that inhabited the peninsula in its more flourishing, da,ya. The Tartar element in the population 'is diminishing and dwindling away, whilst the Russians have been settling in great numbers since the country came into, their possession'. A few German settlers, Greek and Armenian merchants, and al ancient colony of Karaite Jews, make up the rest of the population. • Dr. Clarke, the celebrated traveller, visited the northern shores of the Black Sea at the close of the last century ; and whilst he speaks in high terms of the natural re sources of the Crimea, he points out the treachery and cruelty which have characterised the policy of the Russian Government in their dealings with the Tartars and Turks. He was the first to give a detailed account of the deceitful policy by which the annexation of the Crimea was the re sult of its protection by Russia. He showed how the excellent system of irrigation, established . by the old Tartar population, was destroyed by the neglect of the conquerors ; and he corroborated the testimony he had received froth trustworthy witnesses of Russian tyranny by facts which happened before his eyes. " During the time we remained," be tells his readers in the account of his sojourn in the Tauric Chersonese, " soldiers were allowed to overthrow the beautiful mosques, or to con vert them into magazines, to pull down the minarets, tear up the public fountains, and to destroy all the pubic aqueducts, for the small, quantity of lead they were thereby enabled to 'obtain. Such is the true na ture of Russian protection—such the sort of alliance that Russians endeavour to form with every nation weak enough to submit to their power, or to become their dupes." The manner in which the Russians exercised their p wet is a perpetual subject of complaint to this celebrated traveller, who does not hesitate to express his opinion of their conduct in language . not the less true 'because it is strong :—" If it be now asked (he says in another place) how the Russians have conducted themselves with re gard to t':e Crimea, 'after the depravity, the cruelty, and the murders whereby it was obtained, the answer may be given in a few words. They have laid waste the country, cut down the trees, pulled down the houses, overthrown the sacred edifices of the natives, with all their public buildings, destroyed the aqueducts, robbed the inhabitants, insulted the Tartars in their acts of public worship, torn, up from the .tombs 'the bodies of their ancestors, casting their relics upon dunghills, feeding swine out of their coffins ; they have am hflaatuFde all the monuments of antiquity, bre akin g up alike sepulchres of saints and pagan s, and scattering flis their nomi wiles in the air. Auferre, truci dare, rapere, a nibus imperiuoa ; ,atque übi solitudinent fecinnt, pasovi adnellant." MANSLAUGHTER IN Waucnoss-sQuanit.--Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. Baker, at the London 11 01 . pital, respecting the death of Tobias Johennesen, 32, a Norwegian seamen. Very little evidence was adduced, beyond what has already been reported at the hearin before the police magistrate. The deceased was drinkin g at the Angel and Crown, Ship-alley, with other seamen .- prost it u t e s, and musician s, when a dis p u te arose bet . five or six of th e p art y , and deceased struck a w in e :: named Wylde on the head, and with 3 , ve • others pressed upon him afterwards and d rove h im into to s cor ner. Wykle then drew a knife, and Stabbed d e c ease d three times, and a lso wounded several others. One of th e witnesses deposed that Wylde "had too many on him," and drew the knife in self-defence. Johennesen died soon after being stabbed. "Manslaughter" diet of The jury returned a vet against Wylde, and the wit nesses t_M,l2 b_ . 911114 Iyer to proiiecuto at ,the t _ _ _ . . ROI s - - _ - • . The dividend declared yesterday at a meeting of the Royal Mail Steam Company was at the rate of 21. per share free from income-tax, and the report was, after some discussion, adopted. The points brought under consideration were, the alleged inefficiency of management, the large outlay necessary to render the Parana a serviceable vessel, the circumstances attending the payment of the last dividend, and the connexion of the engineering superintendent with the coal con. tractors. The whole of these questions were entered into at length, and the dissentient proprietors sug gested - that it would be desirable to introduce into the direction parties practically acquainted with shipbuilding . and engineering, to check excessivt expenditure. In answer to the general charges, it was stated that the dividends hitherto declared, and the precautions devised in arranging the Govern.. rnent contracts, proved the exercise of sound discretion.' With regard to the last dividend, no reservation what ever had been made respecting the position in which the finances of the company were placed, and the result had justified the directors in recommending the payment. In connexion with the allegation concerning the Parana, it was admitted that defects in original construction have entailed increased expense, but it is yet hoped that she will. become a valuable. adjUnct to the fleet. Although a dif ference of opinion may exist with respect to the number of vessels employed, the enlargement of the service neces sitates a provision for casualties, especially at distant stations. The assistance of the engineering superintendent it is stated has been found ofgreat benefit to the company, and the whole of the works in that department are con sidered to have been conducted with economy. With regard to a connexion between that functionary and the coal contractors, first, in the shape of a pecuniary ad vance, and - ultimately as taking a share in the colliery, it was mentioned that the directors viewed the trans- action in its earlier stage as a legitimate employment of private capital, but that, as in the latter it had assumnd an aspect contrary to the spirit .of their byelaws, it had at their . request. been immediately abandoned. These explanations having been received by the great majority -- as satisfactory, the report was carried. At the close of the proceedings a special vote of thanks to - .the board was agreed to. The following is a list of the fleet of the company Registered Horse , , - Tonnage. . power. Atrato (iron) 2La Plata 3 Magdalena 4 Parana 2,943 800 5 Orinoco 6 Avon ,—. 2,069 440 7 Clyde 8 Ds© , 1,849 440 9 Great Western • 1,775 , 420 10 Medway 1,895 430 11 Severn 1,868 440 12 Tay 13 Teviot 14 Thames 15 Trent 16 Solent 1,804 400 17 Tamar - 1,850 400 18 Conway 19 Derwent 794 260 20 Eagle 21 Camilla (iron) 22 Prince (iron) 23 Wye (iron screw) 41,019 10,740 BIJILDING. Tonnage. Builder's H orse. — 21 Tyne (iron) measurement.l xnver ' 1,850 400 IRONMASTE.RS' QUARTERVT MEETINGS. - BIRMINGHAM, Oct. 12.—The most important meeting of the quarter was held in the TOwn-hall to-day, and was attended by principals or representatives of the iron trade from Staffordshire. Worcestershire, Shropshire, South Wales, and London. The Wolverhampton meeting usually indicates the feeling of the market, but it is in Birmingham, owing to the snore numerous at• • tendance of makers, and the weight of bUsiness trans acted, that the prospects of the future can be best ascertained. No alteration of prices was declared to-day, and it is highly improbable that any will take place at Dudley on Saturday. It was a subject of congratulation among the trade that at the meeting held at Stewponey three months ago the leading houses of the district refused to sanction any increase of ratea; had .they not done so it is:not improbable that at this time serious injury would liave been inflicted upon the trade. The proposed advance was not justified by the prospects of the manu facture, and a damaging reduction must _have taken place. The determination to which we refer is generally considered to have preserved the steadiness of-the trade. The high prices of ironstone, limestone, and -coal still_ have a detrimental effect upon the manufacture of iron. Northamptonshire ironstone is introduced into the• dis trict to a limitelextent,.but there_ is ovtly one, firm of leading importance which uses it in large quantities. It is not deemed of a quality for first-rate iron. It is stated that calcined ironstone has been sold during the pre sent _meetings . at 70s. per ton ; but to-day specimens ' of the, same material (black band) were exhibited in the Town-hall, from the mines of Messrs. Latch, New port, Monmouthshire, containing, as represented, 50 per cent. of iron, which could be supplied to the South Staffordshire irontnasters at 225. or 235. per ton: The exhibition excited considerable interest, not only on account of the quality of the ironstone, but the cheap rate at which, for such a distance, it could be brought to a profitable market. The meeting of coal and limestone proprietors will be held at Stourbridge to-morrow, and from all we hear from the agents of the ohief owners of these valuable minerals there will be na giving way from present rates. . THE CHOLERA AT DEPTFORD. OFFICIAL INQUIRY BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH. Yesterday an official inquiry, directed by the General Board of Health, was taken before S. Carttar, Esq., the Coroner for,the Eastern Division of Surrey, at the Tri ntty Arms, Church-street, Deptford, into tho circum stances attending the death, by cholera, of Daniel Cal laghan, aged 35 years, a labourer, residing in French's• fields in the same locality, who expired on Thursday last, the sth inst. _ _ _ There were present during the proceedings Professor T. Taylor, Secretary to the Board of Health ; Dr. Mor , t;mer Glover, the Superintendent Medical Inspector of tle district, and various medical men of the district. The inquiry arose . out of .a complaint to the Board of Health by Dr. Arthur, one of the medical officers, against Mr. Atkins, another mediCal officer, that - the latter nes fitlected the duties of the office he held. i The jury returned a verdict of `;Death from Asiatic - cholera," and appended. as their unanimous siPiniOn that Mr. Atkins' conduct was highly" censurable ;for ,not saving orders, at his henee,ior ;by .his -servant, where i'ledical aid .conld.be procured during hiA absence; and the . jury further regret that the article 109-of the Poor Law Boapd has' not been complied with' respecting the rpointment of a qualified assistant since Mr. Atkins bEeti medical officer. • The proceedings, which have caused the greatest in lerest in Deptford, then terminated. .7.VETV BEER ACT.-MEETING AT DEPTFORD. I v Last night a meeting, called together by the Licensed ictuallers' Defence Association, was held at the White p watt Inn, Deptford. Mr. HARRIS was called to the chair, and the chairman stated the objects of the society, said that he had taken an active part in opposing the Beer Bill when it wai passing through Parliament, and he be. sieved if there' had been a few days longer time granted, iomething might have been done to prevent its passing. He urged on members of the trade to join the Defence Association, and get petitions signed against the Sunday Closing,Act ; for even Mr. Wilson Patten himself bad.: lately said that if the people were dissatisfied with the bill he would have no objection to alter it. If that *ere po i the best thing to do was to keep up an agitation: against it until it was got rid of, and perhaps O n fi c ita-- tiou was got up against a pact bill it might prevent , the introduction of any others. (Hear, hear.) Mr. B. FOSTER moved the following resoluti.on:— " That this meeting, strongly deprecating as cPne!le! o f the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society in relation to.the passing of the Sunday Beer Bill, and th e nl ance of that society in the same injuriousco: a i i Licensed meall ti re solves only l of to support the Metropolitan and Prov i ncial in Victuallers! Defence Association m act and of defend " oinbgtatihneintgraadereapgeaailnosft ftuiirattheorb:go:iroedssisio after ns. the enrolli ng The resolution was ag reed to, a nd of members the proceedings terminated. The barthe eu un sold,, s a o s l t d , for W th e e si .market .lndia steamer has been sold 1 ld at 610., being a decline of id. ' p er ounce. silver The dollars are by still having been flat some time, and second-hand parcels at 62d., or . being offerel . The telegraphic quo tation from Canton yesterday afternoon will moat pro bably increase this depression. , AN INSANE WEAVER.—On Friday a strange rumour was currently circulated in Rochdale that a man named Robert Royds had been discovered on the moors in Scotland, after an ab sence of several years. It ' was sal(1 . - . that he had been seen by some shepherds four months ago, but that they dared not go near him. It wits also , said that he was in a state of nudity when he was disco vered, having a beard that reached nearly to his knees, and his back covered with hair. It was further added that he had subsisted on wild fruit and moor game, and had been so pressed by hunger that he had eaten off his own toes. Other marvellous assertions of an equally in credible character were likewise made. The facts are, that Robert Royds is an idiot, who wandered from the neighbourhood of Smallbridge four years ago. In Ja unary last, during the severe snow storm, he was disco- . vered by a shepherd on the moors in Scotland, at a place that was three miles distant from any dwelling. He was almost stiff with cold, and his toes had been frost- _ .bitten. The shepherd had with him a belt that was used in his occupation, and, with the aid of this thus , 'he succeeded in fastening Royds upon his back, an d dß was he carried him a distance of three miles. of f h t oy e par°. .subsequently placed under the protection_ _ . re b and he chial authorities of Tongue, in Siitherland b has been supported there until it wi what place he belonged. He has this u moved to- Rochdale, and iii now lathe kle NM formerly a goed wspgy f r.. ssceirt'ained to 'a w a eek been re ca hay workhouse. ite , jaglietter $.4 ArtliOr ;(it~~(/ i .~ • TO LOVERS OF FISH.- Irn real Y.‘RMOCTT 11 , ..0NTE HS for 65., package Included. The above forwarded to all parts on receipt of penny po4tarestamos, or I'. 0. U. Weems i) for the amount. Send plain address, ctaihtv, and mareit station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, jun., Fish-curer, Gnat Yarmouth. V /• „hie* • 41k, • . - ... a p t 32 , 44. „ ro l k. 14$ 1 4_, • • VP" r , • It & A 2 ~,474.4k V .l ,A L t \ /4 , . #tc . • rtlte ' - P k'4 04- _ , '-$ 11011014,1:. sw `. l4 . . 'A., ; • \ / • 40 - DROIr• /4 . /az( •/ ,r) ~ i