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MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, including the BERNESE OBERLXND and the SIMPLON, Tars EVENING, and Every Evening at Eight o'Clock, (except Sa turday) ; and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings, at Two. 3a. (which can be taken at the box• office every day from 11 mu 4 ; area, 28.; gallery, le.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. NOTICE. CONSTANTINOPLE. The Lecture accompanying the GRAND MOVI NG DIORAMA L u ONSTA.NTINOPLE is now delivered on Wednesdays and Satur etlZbY Mr . •H. STOQUELER, when the prog ress and localities e War will be more particularly explained ; and on the other "Ye• as usual, by Mr. CHARt.ES KENNEY. A very clear and excellent Map has been added to the illustrations. —Daily at Haf t Tvlo and Eight.— ‘dmission, is. - EiIYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. COLOGNE CHORAL UNION.—H ANOVER that 2QUARE ROOMS.—'Mr. MITCHELL respectfutly announces riesd Atty .. , • c ae , , abOve distinguished Society will give a Second Series of a xed to t• ••G CONCERTS at the II anover Square Rooms, which are o take place on the following days —Monday, Slav S. Wed la,. aY May 10 ; Friday, May 12 ; Stan lay, May 15; Wednesday, °?l 7 ; and Friday, May 19. Director, Ilerr FRANZ ArF•BER• (1 ,., ' , neper Con wilt be tolre of the Sorliety now comprise. more than one Ulm -7773 and Twolty Morceaux, many of then entirely new. The Con arranged as ast• yEar —commencing at Half-Past Th ree, dad terminating about five o'clock. i ll ekets of Admi s ,i on R eserve d Beata for the Six Conce rts, Two b j 7, 4 ; ditto, Sing;e Tickers, lOs 6a.; Admission to the Body of 3;; 0 °fl ul, bs ; which may be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Libra r y , ld Bond -street. S T ; 'TAMES'S THENTRE.—On T UESDAY ft 4 , " " . n xt, Nay 2, sev,r ,, l Private (I,•ntlemen intend n PERFO.. M ANC t• at , und. r dis tilV47i Patronage. The itrocee s will be devoted , the tunds of ord epe T rat seciation in aid of the - oldiers' W yes an Farnil LADI E IO the Eaq The ente tiinments wit consist of 111 k. WAY p" RATTLE TFIERC,'S WILL THE •L s A atlt aid TI I E IskT *0 1,11 During the eveking,, an 10dress, er. ex . pressiy for the occasion, will be spoken, The orchestra har t j ,, e nn l l 3 l te, and entirety comvsed of gentlemen amateurs, who volunteered their services. Private bozo, and stalls 011 tl e • 'nay be obtained at Mr. Mitc hell's Ra y al Library, 33, od-street. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAIIRINT, Onslow-hous., F11..10.111 road) ; en 4 t 4 bove Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SE ASDN continue open every evening, with LAURE•T': 4 0,:.--nRATEI) RAND. Two Qmdrilles on subjects of ‘leyerbeer s Wile du Nord ; a'so, by H. Lair nt, the following Waltz's (14 - 3 bell e Francaise, Leonora, Villikins and his Dinah, and L Etode . to co?..4lPolka. Admission, is. Doors open at half-past 8. Dancing -......2 r aence at 9 o'clock, and ter ,inate at half-past 11. ATTRACTIVE NOVELTIES. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. rizA PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBER T . T of WAR, ehowine the principal places on the DANUBE, te,t4PAT, NVI D DI S. GIURQEVO, SEE ASTOPQL, the entrance ()? .1. 4 e BLACK SEA, RAT ME of St NOI'E, and 11F,-TRUCTION fliele TURKISH FLEET, and other scenes (kindly supplied by n P r uPrietors of the " Illustrated London News"), EXBILIIT ED LECTURES by &FRIES of DIS , OLVING VIEWS. bY J. H. PEPPER, Esq . on the C El EMISTRY of PAPER ItL E ATI, and i s decoration with Colours and on VOL rA lc rY, and the ELECTRIC LIGRTI by Da. B ACRHOPY• Op. 'xPianations of MODELS, MACHINE RY, &c.. &c. Chtdpßlornings and Evenings. Admi s s ion, Is. ; Schools and ri Under Ten years of age, Half-price. lINIVERSAL PROVIDENT LIFE am• LI A tZIe A A N N c ( E IE, A 5 1 21 0, anteinWsiiicnknessatreet, London-bridge. EDWARD PUGH R JWSELL, Secretary. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILW A.Y - COMPANY. NINTH HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING. IEO IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the NINTH HALF- Vitn L Y GENET AL MEETING of the Proprietors in this Corn 3, will be held at the Offices of the Company, 3, New Broad l'ire:fi;elL"d-on, on FRIDAY, the 24th April, at 12 o'clock at noon ~ .: 7 ,! for the general business of the Company:. fax is also hereby given, that an EXTRAORDINARY Ilan t :' nkr, MEETING of the said Company be held . on the sa nc `i,...Y, and at the same place, for the purpose of the An len ', 3 , B of the shareholders to the Bill now before Parliam obtaining ent to that th Act of Incorporation, and for other purposes connected . (Signed) WHARNCLIFFE, Chairmen. CORNELIUS NICHOLSON, Superintending Director. Igew Broad -street, London, April 7, 1854. sat. The bloks for the registration of shares will be closed from the 15th, to Friday, the 28th April, inclusive. lIRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters ? h ._ Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de -- ' l2l Eteie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. BpsTRIE-IEMAR, No. 1, cinedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the TRIESEMAR, No. 2, t err .- ee — l ually, in the short space of three days, ccmpletely and entirely 4 . 7 l eates all traces o f those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs e long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. ts the TItIr::-Elf IR, No. 3, great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which b„,°rt Unately the English physic an treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the — l:aParilla In the world cannot remove. 4,,,rtIE,EMAII, No 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, o f all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without theirbeing suspected. Sold in tin cases at I Is. &lc', free by post, 2s. extra, divided into _ barate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, &c. —T o be had wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, ~•••,,rnhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Banger, 150, ‘rtford-street. A LLSOPP'S PALE or BITTER ALE. — A. Messrs. s. ALLSOPP and SONS beg to inform the TR aDE that they are now rcristering orders tor the Mach Brewings of their PALE ALE, In Casks of 18 Gallons and upwards, at the ewerY. Burton-on-Trent ; and at the undermentioned Branch .katabllshments LONDON, at 61, King William•street, City; LIVERPOOL, at Cook-street; MANCHESTER, at Ducie-alace ; DUDLEY, at the Burnt Tree; GLASGOW, at 115, st Vincent street; DUBLIN, at 1. Crampion.quay ; BIRMINGHAM, at Market Hall; SOIJT II WAI ES, at 13, King•street, Bristol ALLSOPP and S@NS take tne opportunity of announcing rlvate Families that their Ales, so strongly reco•nmended by the A.., 641 eal profession. procured in Draught and "ALL Genuine V ll 2 all the most respectable Licensed Victuallers, on AOPP'S ' 4 ,14% ALE" being specially asked for. 14 ,7_11 n In bottle, the genuineness of the label can be ascertained by _u 4711 4 " ALLSOPP and SONS" written across it. THIRD EDITION.—WITH ADDITIONS. Just published, dvo., in cloth, price 55., by post tree, 55. 6d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, 1p with the View to the Correction ot wide-spread Errors 11,2 . ation to the Treatment and Cure of the Impuissant and Sexual Thr a o chondriacs, T D , ve. Translated from `he German of Dr. PICK F O RD, ul el , is added, an E iSAY on SEXUAL DEBILITY, by the dal he e. Editor. ntribution s fr• Pickford ts to German known to English readers b his frequent is the first practi- ur inforna s as that he has addressed himself to the noa -medi- OQZ 4 • We trust this may not be the last, if he shall ietect any flagrant evil which it may be in his • ower to correct." titt,, e „:,on Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa %aid' °„_ 9 , d Medical Friends,'are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book 1 4 ;„ ‘ " 81 u its way into the hands of those who suffer frau the corn beZ of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would It t ited Much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of 14,„,! .1 1 1 ortance, though it is that which the quacks most prizeth— e%ironey......This volume is well qualified to put an end to t e lbst l t BYstem of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the trea - Ilka y L° ll a more rational and physiological basis. It 15, theretre, ' much good."—Madical Circular, June 16, 1852. London: H. Bather°, 219, Regent-street. EARLY SUMMER and EARLY FASHIONS u Me evidences of the senses are never disputed—to see and th e the influences of the sun and the atmosphere at once betokens exis tence i of winter or summer ; the ch an g e from the former to * i ager is this year immediate, a nd changes in attire to co rres p ond ettiek the season should be ricces;lc to all classes. The ina facility for gniticent th e Prepated by E. MOSES and SON furni s hes every pr ep of thispurpose, and the very economical prices they h e r 'ce, are advantages which cannot be secured at any oteer house. ADtr iS r V', Styles of SUM MER ATTIRE. for JUVENILES and end at E. Moses and Son's City Establishment and their W, st. Ap e " r anch excels all previously exhibited —elegance, variety, rich ileret:Latnesi, an t econom being magnificently combined, the desi few '" in dress has been successfully attained, which is novelty, Attire comfort, and durability, and the union o. the most tab nted Atti re and the best workm n in the vv, , rld will render . ihe Summer cite% i r nallufactured by E. Moses and Son the encomium of every th e ' l ,l Soc'ety. The most - novel and elegant mat , r als are displayed ~,u n imer Vest and Ttousers made by E Moses and Son, and ork_ i _.`oess variety of New Styles in Coats, Paletots, &c., &c., are 1 7_at the most economical prices. ap e liaT, CAP, POSIERY, and BOAT and SHOE Departments, v r ,_TePlentshed with eve)" , elegant article for the summer season, .I: 4 _ l un Will surpass all other productions in brilliancy, excellence and apness D e he HOLESALE CLOTHING, SHIRT, and BOOT and sHOIL f ee "rnente present advantage's t - kippers and emigrants to he OUTFIno ether house in the wort .. o Sim for all classes of emigrants are provided b y E. Moses 0,,,0n in th e mos t su it a ble and economical m inner, and tulllists o f h;','Uts for Ladi es an d G en tl e men, with ship-sailing information, may 6V, oil application, or post free. Puhi i , s ' T lON --E. MOSES +aid SON regret having to guar d the ••• ,• against imposition, havinx learned that the untradesman-like eke rune concern," has been resorted to In many instances, and for !"usreasons, they beg to state that they have . o • CONNEXION WITH SST °TRES 110055 IN Oa OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : s l s▪ ondon City Establishment, 154, 1 5 5. 156, and 157, Minories, 84 ' lO , and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. Condon West-end Branch, 506,507, MIS, New Oxford - s treet, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Sheffield B Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Branch, 3,46.11"amt0 Colonial Branch, Merchant Tan°. el _u_?% - ne, Australia. ° ter., Furriers, Boot and Bhoe Makers, and G ene u l l !' Is, Hatters, ( 3 osiers, and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT —s h oattitters for Ladies ould exchanged if desired, or, if any article not give satisfaction, it Will be Preferred, the money will be returned sn ori t ee nout hesitation. are marked in plain figures, Establishments aree'cleonsedt Ca fr n om be s m un ad se e t . which no a l tin g r xh the lowest Th ' e tr E o s in tablis' on Fridays to sunset en Saturdays, wh en busin ess ie resumed till 12 o'clock. - A new Book, with illustrations. entitled" The Echo of Pablic Opi nion " containing full lists of prim, _ our system of self-measure , tont & c., See., Oily ry e had on lIPD I ICatiOII. or post-free. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1854 can be had, gratis, en anplication. lei l'on parte Francais. QUI 8 1 parte Italian. Ilicr errich' trail Dentach. Noun se halite Kisumu). MAKKIA(4E. A. , H THE. .EuttET OR THE pHILOSOriI Y INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH, MANHOOD, AND OLD AGE. dust Published, 60th Edition, price 2s. 6d.. or free by post for forty two stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION a Popular Treatise on t h ens Ph a y u s d iol i o lu gy pe m 3 i i d uie F u u ts n , ctions of ar riatracing their with its Disqualificati ons habits, y outhful excess, tropical rigln to the effects of solitarY i; r tiates, o r close study ; followed hy practl u c t a i l tu r p em uiss ar a k uce, s, founded on b i ln,tY years' experience in the treatment h a y nd all diseases of the, tt... ,, ,.. ... n i ary lity, au L d oca ,3e i ne W ra e t a iv kn e e s s y s, e t• l e p m er . m t a n t as or t r r h a ce te s a sq coloured Engrav ", On the Anatomy of the Reproductive Organs and their relative waditions in Health and Disease. fly SAMUEL LAMEItT.M* EDFOR D-S Q E, D I, ODO N. 37 R o fi f c : i d e t i n y of Medicine, Matriculated Mem ber of the UlnigvedicrsealitY ..." 4 rgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospita. u. M centiate or Apothecaries' Hall. London. &C., & t the fearful con- The essenttal object ot this treatise is to point ou . messes, tpleneee resulting from certain habits, irregulart" 4 ho od, have produced more misery in Youth, degradationinMaanu; uood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, Perhaps , ins a Its other class of disease known to modern pathologists • th a r i t!cularly recommended to persons entertaining secretlts P:oubts of 4, Physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded ""e health, happiness, and privileges to which every hum an being is e ntitled, Principles is ab so l utely necessary thatall men should know, that there are of personal management which cannot be v iolated without - "t `g grievous penalties, and when wisdom and re g ret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties t the niay e, mittgated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its con4equene es may be avoided, and above all, is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional n,Zangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. ' n u (' Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive nnfpra.otiee in he treatment of these delicate complaints , wh ich are etnortunately been too generally confided to the care of ign orant e ei grica, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place in their pretensions. F rench, may he had, price 2s 6d, in English , Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper , ;', l r e a :;hers. &BA Cu., 2,1, i'diernoetei -row ; !Nit ; b • n * 39 , ; Starie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or tree 45ettstlor forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's real brdßecli-square. tn , consultation daily from Eleve till Two, and from out , 111 ams moil oentan tin M9t 11. col' pr 4r' ~~lin~ r 9 to. certaul ril 6 29 29 1 1 . _ r11 96 , a t 71 rid 3° 30 ! lOW ieedaU f y 6 ill I 16 ril 29 2 9 hcedalli el 2 6 0,1 Ly • o • ,cert ty Ly '1 1 udis tied .01. st Com- I in the 1146'• 112, ty 9f • • No. 19,216.] Just published, pee,: 25., by poq 2s. 6d , DEBILITY and IRRITABILITY induced by SPE MATOR H EA;C the Symptoms, Effects, and. Rational Treatment. By T. H. YEOMAN, M D., Physician to the General Post-office Letter-Farriers' Provident Institution,Bo. London: Emngham Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange; and , by Post only, from the Author, 25, Lloyd-square. DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS', &c. Just published, price 4e., free by post, 55-, PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCHES into the Causes of Nervous Debility awl Gen , to-Urinary Maladies, permatorrhces rationally considered, with unanswerable• Remarks on the empirical manner these Diseases are treated ; being a Guide to Health, Lang Life, and Happiness. By ME INCUR. Sherwood, Piper, and Co., 83, Paternoster-row. THE ACHILLES INSURANCE COMPANY. Capita. 100,000/. Every description of LTFn AIOSITRANCE transacted. LOANS to policy holders un liberal terms. Prosptetuses: on application to chief dffice, 25, Cannon.st eet, City. B. TAPLIN. EBTABI.ISHED 1837 . BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM- Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vie., Cap. 9. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. COLONEL ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted. with or without Participation in Profits. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. A NDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. 1, Princes. street, Bank, London. EXTRAORDINARY MECHANICAL MODELS. MR. BECK, Dentist, begs to call attention to his Anatomical Molds for developing the structure of Arti ficial Teeth, (true to nature and in full action for mastication and articulatio . l), fixed from one tooth to a complete set, as exhibited at the Paris Exposition. Slni,Ve Tooth, 10s.; Set, 101. and 201. * * l , 47, Great Russell-street, opposite the British Museum, London. SALT and CO.'S, EAST INDIA PALE ALE. In consequence of the REDUCTION in price of Hops, the Gs. per barrel advanced on this Ale in October last, is taken off. BURTON-ON-TRENT, Menai 27th, 1854. STORES. London•• •• .. 22, Hungerford-whart. Liverpool 52, Henry-street. Manchester •• 37, Brown-street. Birmingham Bristol .... • • ........ Back Ball, Baldwin-street. Nottingham •• ...... 44, Greyhound street. Dublin •• 4, Crown-alley. Edinburgh .•• •• •• •• .. 17, Downie-place. Dundee ...• 13, New Inn Entry, High-street. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. _EA and PERRINS' WORCESTE RSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and al. Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly dige , t the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Paring, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68 Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fittleth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. ilustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. stew Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Fstablishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps, FHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by -xcessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, tol , 'owed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which and L. .revent it. Illustrated by 100 Co loured Engravings. By R. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, PaternostGor er- 7ow, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; ;on. 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, tow Church -yard ; Butler, 4, Chcapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhlll. Psiscr I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PANT [I. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in tulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bcdtly weakness, nervous excitement, and generative •ncapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanator) Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in tte primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for U.eir treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav- logs. PART IV. contains a Remedy for' the Prevention of Disease by a iimple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. is devoted to the conilderation of mirriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole suoject critically a , id philosophically inquired into. THE ft DIAL BAL. sl OF -VIII SCUM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., I Is. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitie remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, Its. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhcea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation tee, if by letter, li. A. minute detail of the case is required : age, habits, and posi tion in society 5/. Packets, with advice, to be bad at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, If., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are iu attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon don, from Eleven till Two. and Five to Eight; on Sunday from Pleven to One. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, April 25.—The general state of bus ness is not equal, in the present week, to what it was last week. We are rather unfavourably affected by more causes than one. The large decrease of gold in the Bank of England, during the week last reported, though mainly occasioned by the payment of the divi dends, gives rise, in connection with other circum stances, to an apprehension that we are about to ex perience a somewhat more stringent condition of the money market. There is, too, an uneasy feeling about the aspect of affairs on the Danube, which is not without its influence. The caution of buyers leads them to look, also, at the rather declining tendency of cotton in the United States, in consequence of largely en hanced receipts at the posts and of depressing advioes from Europe, which must have foiled the transatlantic speculators. This, though welcome as an indication for the future, has yet some little effect in the way just referred to ;as has also the fact that the turn-out at Stockport, discountenanced both by the shopkeepers of the place and by the delegates of the union, is evidently breaking down, while the operatives at Preston are gradually accepting the mill owners terms. These cir cumstances have contributed to check operations in a degree which has been sensibly felt to-day ; but the falling off in business is in a great degree, also, a conse quence of the very extensive transactions for India and China which took place last week and the week before, and which of course left so much less to be done. Al though, however, the sales of the day have been com paratively inconsiderable, both in yarns arid goods, it is only in some few articles that buyers find a trifling advantage as regards price. ROCHDALE, April 24.—We have bad another dull, heavy, sluggish market, with little or nothing doing. There appears to be no demand for goods at present at any price. The wool market has been remarkably quiet, and the manufacturers buy for immediate use only. Fine wool may be quoted a shade easier, but low priced English wool fully maintains the last week's quotations. HIIDDEESFIELD, April 25.—There has been very little doing in the market to-day, and very little seems to have been expmted, for an air of listlessness, so to speak, has pervaded the market during the whole of the day, and few indeed appear to have done anything in the way of sales. The wool merchants say they have done next to nothing for several days past. HALIE.I.X. April 22.—The attendance of merchants in our piece-ball to-day has been very slender, and the amount of business transacted very limited. The yarn market is more depressed ; and the spinners, being unable to obtain an advance commensurate with the increased cost of the raw material, are still further cur tailing production. Wools are rather more lively and the quotations exhibit greater firmness. THE TINE SEAMEN.—SHIELDS, April 25. d seamenrau ghti off g t to the t ho southernconsiderable a nndu western r ofn ports,our able-bodied in W aen aret he transport disputes -shipsetwe shortbetween the o f ownershands. and theln consequence seatne n3OO of or the 4 0 0 able-bodied men have been out of employment. The seame•n's societies, however, have sent agents off to Liverpool and other ports to seek employment for them, and parties of 20 and 30 are going off daily to join ships, the masters and owners of which are very gladly accept ing their services. The pay offered to the men is 4/. ss. per month in the transport service ; 5/. a month in the Australian and North American trade ; and 3/. 10s. a month, and a clearance at the port of arrival, to the States of America. Word has been sent across here that we may send from 50 to 60 seamen a week to Liverpool to man vessels going to New York, but all the men I have spoken to prefer the British service. There is ample employment for certificated mates and second mates in the southern trades and transport service. One of our men has engaged for 9/. a month as a mate in the Aus tralian trade. Able and experienced north country cap tains, well acquainted with the Baltic, are finding ready e mployment under the Admiralty, as Baltic pilots to the IBritish and French fleets. They are paid 1/. a day in the French service, and 15s. a day in the British service. THE TIME FOR TAKING CRONSTADT.—The following story is told by the Presse :—Some years since the Em peror Nicholas, acting himself as Cicerone, conducted an English admiral over the fortifications of Cronstadt, when the following conversation took place :—" You will admit, admiral, that this is l a magnificent fortress, and as impregnable as Gibraltar , " Ob, Sire, no fort impregn doubtless,, a go ohd difficult.f 0 , irt t t h r e e es n sd , , olaintsnedcywooouinntl with "Couldgg w b ould take a but Gibraltar is not be done your Majesty, 15 difficultoi opinion o tof Cronstadt tak f2oOrt?'n'ighq.N,,ot with ; g s l, 2. \ ; :iti ia 2 o s h l: bars 1", `~.~ 0 ' r • // , • , - , ~ / . , • ~ . . . 11 -. t i t . 4 ' 4 ~ s • , 1- ) s, ..*:" . i 5.... ' T . C. , !• 41" ) , . f.' \lb 0 .0,, „, -; , s C7s. .., .4: • 1 ..s , ..- .e. . , . . t r 4. 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Consummate nautical skill was shown in fighting a sturdy enemy upon a lee shore, and, though an Englishman prefers to give rather than take the.odds, still that action was an overwhelming triumph. In number of guns the Engliah had 575 against 517 in the Dutch ; in number of crews, the'English were 8,221 men opposed to 7,157 Dutch and, in round numbers, the superiority of British ton nage was as twenty-three thousand tons to twenty thou sand. -At the end of the fight the Eitglish were in posses sion of two Dutch seventy-fours, five Sixty-fours, two fifties, besides a couple of frigates. Our loss in killed and wounded at these two battles are worth stating. At the, sea-fight of St. Vincent we bad only three officers 140 and five wounded ! There were 59 seamen killed, and. 180 wounded ; and 11 of the marines killed, and 33 of, them wounded. At the battle of Camperdowu the re-1 suit of casualties on our side was :—Seamen : killed, 165 ; wounded, 474. Marines : killed, 20 ; wounded, 48. Officers : killed, 8 ; wounded, 41. Or, in total, there were 707 seamen, marines, and boys, and 49 offi cers, killed and wounded at Camperdown ; and, though it is anticipating, it is worth here remarking, that in the bloodiest and most decisive sea-fight in history—Trafal gar—there was a total of 1,587 British killed and wounded, 36 of our officers having been killed, exclu sive of 3 who died of their wounds ! The results of St. Vincent and Camperdown may be stated as having, raised the public feeling from despondency, and as hav ing inspirited England rather than intimidated her enemies. To accomplish the latter, the Nelsonian battles were necessary. When we recollect that Nelson died only as Viscount at Trafalgar, after his prodigies of personal valour, besides his exploits at the Nile and Copenhagen, we may feel surprise either at the moderate honours awarded to him, or the exces sive ones given for a single action to St. Vincent. But the state of public opinion at the time justified the earl. dom to Jervis ; and, recollecting that the Spanish ad miral sought the encounter, we must greatly admire the audacity of Jervis in assailing such a numerous fleet as Cordova commanded. It must also be recollected that Jervis performed prodigious public services afterwards as a naval administrator. Titular honours have been often niggardly withheld, and sometimes lavishly be stowed. Lord Rodney was very ill-used in being made only a baron ; and it was certainly very hard to refuse a rever sion of his title to that noble mariner who has so happily been called "the Bayard of the Sea"—Collingwood, whose genius was great, and whose glory is without a solitary stain. It is not a little curious that two brothers should have won glory as admirals—Viscount Hood and Vis count Bridport—like Nelson, the sons of a clergyman. We have a calculation (now before us) made in 1808, on high authority, of the comparative number of peerages traceable to the military and naval life. There were then existing in the peerage, exclusive of any extinct honours, fifteen titles won at sea—from Montagu, Lord Sandwich, in 16(30, to Lord Gambier ; and there were fourteen military titles, commencing with Marlborough in 1702, to Lord Cathcart in 1807. Down to the same dates there were not less than twenty-seven peerages actually then in existence, owing their origin to—the law.—From the P•ess. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Her Majesty's frigate Portland, 50, Captain Henry Chads, with the flag of Admiral Fairfax Moresby, late Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific, was outside Ply mouth harbour yesterday morning, 46 days from Val paraiso ; all well. She saluted the flag of Port-Admiral Sir J. Ommanney, and, having received orders, pro ceeded for Portsmouth. Off Scilly on the 20th she landed the Admiral's secretary with despatches for the Admiralty. She has about 200,000 dots. on freight from. Mexico and the West Coast of South America. The Portland left England on the Bth of Nov. 1850, and has been three year's and eight months in commis sion, during which period she has visited every port in South America, almost all the South Sea Islands, and has covered a distance of over 80,000 miles, which is almost unprecedented for a flag-ship. She has paid three visits to Pitcairn's Island, from which she em barked the Rev. G. H. Knobs, for England, and to which she conveyed him in April last on his return. The Portland left Valparaiso on the Ist of February, and on the 16th passed within three miles of Cape Horn, where she spoke the ship Kate, 33 days from Sydney. She arrived at Rio Janeiro on the 6th, and sailed therefrom on the 10th of March. In the Channel on the 22d of April, spoke the brig Calumet, from Tur key, 35 days from Gibraltar, and on the same day sup plied with provisions a French brig bound to Granville. The ship and crew are in a most efficient state, and, if necessary, would be ready in a few hours for the Baltic, or any other active service. Her gunnery practice is per€ect:• - -•She is very heavily armed, carrying eight 68-pounders ; all the rest 32's. The Portland brings an interesting present to Queen Victoria from her Majesty's loyal subjects at Pitcairn's Island. The offering consists of a specimen of native industry in ca- Linet work. The frigate has also on board two fine speci mens of the lama, male and female, from the Andes of Chili. The Portland brings invalids and supernumeraries from the President, Trincomalee, Virago, and Amphi trite, belonging to the Pacific station, and from the Madagascar, Centaur, Trident, Sharpshooter, Express, Stromboli, Rifleman, Star, and Bonetta, belonging to the Rio station. They number altogether about 64, and among them are Lieut. Field, of the Trincomalee, and Mr. Macausland, Master of the Stromboli. Lieut. Gordon, of the Virago, has come home on promotion, and Hassan Effendi (a Commander in the Turkish ser vice), late acting midshipman on board the Virago, re turns in the Portland, anxious to rejoin the Turkish navy. Commander James Charles Prevost (recently promoted), of the Portland, is the zealous officer who had three men of his party shot when exploring the dangerous passage through forests, across the Isthmus of Darien, from the Guif of San Miguel in the Pacific, 24 miles in the direction of Port Escosses. The Chan nel pilot who landed at Plymouth from the Portland re ports that the transport Lady Kent. No. 46, was in collision, off Scilly, with a Dutch galliot, subsequently towed into St. Mary's. The transport proceeded. The Alecto, 5, steam-sloop, Commander Crofton, ar rived at Spithead on Tuesday night from the West Coast of Africa station. She put in at Falmouth on Sunday from stress of weather and untrustworthy boilers ; and her arrival and news appeared in The Sun of Tuesday. Her crew will be transferred to other ships in want of men, and she will be repaired at Woolwich. The Centaur, 11, steam-frigate, Captain Harvey, re turned from the Downs to Portsmouth yesterday morn ing. It appears she went to transfer her fine ship's com pany to the Majestic, screw. 80. The Frolic, 16, Commander Nolloth, is ordered from Gibraltar to the Cape of Good Hupe station. The African steam-vessel left Sheerness on Tuesday morning for the Downs, for the purpose of taking on board from the ships in the Downs some machinery re quiring to be sent to Woolwich for alterations. The Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master-Commander John E. Petley, returned to Woolwich on Tuesday, with Rear-Admiral M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, on board, from the Downs, where he had gone on the previous Saturday, to inspect some of the ships, previous to their departure to join the Baltic fleet. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. This morning, at 9 o'clock, the screw revenue cruiser Mermaid, Lieutenant Stokes, R.N., commanding, towed into this harbour a remarkably fine handsome barque as a prize, whick she boarded and-captured at 5 p.m. yesterday off the east end of the Isle of Wight. She is the Vesta, of Wasa, 472 tons, 2 guns, 11 men, Niel Petersen, master, from Hieres, laden with 600 tons of salt, and cleared out for Elsinore, but prior to sailing received orders for Got tenburg. She sailed from theme on the 11th ult., passed Gibraltar on the 26th at 8 p.m., and at 5 yesterday was taken by the Mermaid. The Mermaid took her prize in tow, and anchored in side. the Nab at 9.30 - p.m., weighed at eight this morn ing, and anchored her capture in Portsmouth harbour at 11. The vessel is seven years old, not at all unlike a men-of-war in build, clean sparred, and valued at 2,5001., without the cargo ; is copper fastened up to 11 feet, and sheathed with yellow metal. While towing the barque last evening the Mermaid saw a foreign brig; fired a musket at her, but she would not show her colours, and bore away to the southward at "a spank ing rate." The Argus, Fire Queen, Fanny, and Avon, all on the look-out, may give some account of her a few hours hence. SHEERNESS, April 26.—Two Russian merchant ships, prizes, taken by the Alban, 4 guns, paddle-wheel steam vessel, Commander Henry Otter, arrived here this morning between 8 and 9 o'clock. Lieut. John Ward (b), of the Alban, came home in charge of the barque Aina, and Mr. John Bull, Second Master of the Alban, came home in charge of the brig Nadeschda ; both of these vessels were from Lisbon, laden with salt. The Nadeschda was bound for Hel siugfors, and the Aina was bound for Christiansen& The bark was sailing under Danish oolours, and the brig was sailing under Swedish colours ; they were boarded and taken, without resistance, about five miles off the Trindelen light-vessel, off the island of Laeso, in the Cattegat, on Friday last at noon. Neither of the vessels hove to until a musket was fired over each from the Al ban's cutter, in charge of Lieutenant Edward Burstal. The brig Na deschdaC having a very smart, rakish appear ance in the distance, was first taken for a Russian man-of-war brig of 10 runs, which had been reported to have been seen out, and the Alban's crew were beat to quarters and fully prepared for action. The British sailors in the Alban were much disappointed on nearing her to see the Swedish colours smartly run up, on her seeing the British ensign flying on board the Alban. However, they were somewhat better satisfied when they found they were Russians under false colours. At the time they were taken the Alban was within pistol-shot distance of both vessels. The brig Nadeschda had a crew of 11 men and the master. The crew of this vessel were taken out, except the captain, boatswain, two sea men, and one boy • The captain's wife was on board with him. The owners of the barque sent out directions to the captain at Lisbon to sell the vessel. She is a new ship, and was on her first voyage, but in conse quence of his not being able to obtain 3,0001. for her he refused to sell her. 2,5001. was offered for her at Lisbon, and the master now regrets that he had not " put her in his pocket" at that price ; but he very philosophically remarks, "It is too late now." The barque Aina had a crew of 16 men and the captain. The Aina has now on board the captain, chief mate, two sea men, and the steward ; all the rest of the crews of both vessels were sent on board the Alban, and after wards landed and liberated under a pledge that they would not take up arms against England or France, to which they gladly agreed, and declared that it was not their intention to return again to Russia. The barque Aina got on shore on the Maplin Sand at 3 a.m. this day, just below the Blacktail Beacon, and floated off again on the flow of the tide. They were both anchored at single anchor in the harbour, and after the officers in charge had communicated with the Admiral's depart ment they received orders to proceed for London, and put the ships into the London Docks. The steam-vessels Fearless and Myrtle got up steam, and they left here between 1 and 2 o'clock p.m. for London. Lieutenant Ward and Mr. John Bull, of the Alban, report that on Saturday last they saw off the Skaw, at the entrance of the Cattegat, a large Russian ship, of from 800 to 900 tons, very deeply laden, homeward bound, and they have no doubt the Tribune frigate has before this time fallen in with her, as the Tribune, was coming down to cruise off the entrance of the Cattegat. THE " TIMES" AND THE WAR. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel Avon, Master Commander A. J. Veitch, having in tow a Russian prize, entered the Sound at half-past 6 o'clock this morning. The Avon left Plymouth on Tuesday morning with Lieutenant Millar, First Lieutenant of her Majesty's guard-ship Impregnable, and a party of 20 marines, and the prize was seized at one o'clock in the afternoon 50 miles from the Start. She is a Russian Finland barque, of 370 tons, called the Carlos, is com manded by Captain Backe, has a crew in all of 17 men, two of whom are Frenchmen and two Swedes, and left Lisbon on the 6th instant with salt for Finland. She is three years old, and her papers are in custody of Port- Admiral Sir John Ommanney. Five Russians left Lis bon together, and the Carlos is the third captured in the Channel. The Minx, iron screw steam gun-vessel, has been completely new rigged, and is now ready for commission at Woolwich- The Zephyr, steam-vessel, is now in an advanced state to serve as a gunboat, and will soon be ready for commission at Woolwich for that service. The Megnra steam troop-ship, Commander Johnson, embarked three companies of the 38th Feet yesterday, at Portsmouth dockyard, and will leave with them this morning for the East. The Melbourne, screw steam transport, passed Sheer ness from Chatham. on Tuesday morning, with a part of the 38th Regiment. of Infantry for the East. The Shooting Star, with the Bth Hussars, sailed yes terday morning for the Mediterranean from Plymouth. The Rodsley, N . o. 37 horse transport-ship, having on board Lieutenant Dashwood and Staff-Assistant Surgeon Shelton, with 47 nun-commissioned officers and men and 50 horses ; and the Rubicon, No. 38, having on board Captain Barry and Staff-Assistant Surgeon Llewellyn, with 53 non-commissioned officers and men and 48 horses, were taken out of the basin at Woolwich on Tuesday morning, but could. not leave the same day on account of a deficiency of seamen. The crews of these vessels having been completed yesterday they were mustered and inspected by Lieutenant Robertson, in charge of the steam department afloat, who has been superintending the embarkation of the troops and horses, and ascertain ing the efficiency of the crews of the vessels previous to their departure. Being reported ready for sea, they left Woolwich yesterday afternoon for their destination. The Harkaway, No. 39 transport-ship, having on board Captain Maude, Lieutenant Whinyates, and A ssis. tant-Surgeon Thornton, with 55 non-commissioned offi cers and 56 horses of the Royal Horse Artillery, was taken out of the basin at Woolwich on Tuesday morning, having Lieutenant J. M. K. Robertson, R.N., in charge as agent. She was permitted, although deficient in sea men, to proceed at once to Gravesend to pick them up RESULTS OF BRITISH SEA-FIGHTS. there. The Sultana horse-transport embarkei Lieutenant Vandeleur and Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Dwyer, with 47 non-commissioned officers and men, and 54 horses of the Royal Artillery, on Tuesday afternoon, in about an hour and ten minutes, and will be taken out of the basin at Woolwich to-day. The horse-transport No. 74 arrived at Plymouth at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. The Hydaspes steam-packet has been taken up to convey the 42d Highlanders from Portsmouth to the East. Admiral Sir John Ommaney, 5.C.8., the port-admi ral, retains his command-in-chief at Devonpost until the 10th of May. Sir William Parker, Bart., G.C.8., his successor, attends her Majesty's levee in the meanwhile, and makes his arrangements. Mr. Peter Scott, of Ballyhackantore-house, near Bel fast, has taken the contract for supplying the cavalry in the East with 150 tons of compressed hay. A strong draught from the depot of the 68th Light Infantry, stationed at Newry, consisting of two ensigns (White and Smyth) and 180 rank and file, has been ordered to proceed to Malta to rejoin the service com panies quartered there. Ground has been cleared near Fort Amherst Guard, Chatham, for a new garrison church, which will also be used, it is understood, for the regimental schools. The present garrison church in Brompton is ;expected to zbe converted into model rooms for the Royal Sappers and Miners and other purposes, for which several of the trarrack-rooms are at present used by that corps. This arrangement will afford a great deal of additional room in the Brompton Barracks, and also place those rooms in the Chatham Barracks occupied as schoolrooms at the disposal of the barrack-master for the accommodation of troops. (Front the Morning Advertiser.) There has long been a feeling in the public mind, that nothing which could appear in the Times could excite surprise. We venture to say that this feeling will no longer be entertained by any one who has read that journal of yesterday. As regards ourselves, we confess that the article in question has occasioned utter amazement. We knew full well, of course, the Russian predilections of the Times. We knew that, inasmuch as it is the ser vile organ of Lord Aberdeen, it never has ceased and never will cease, so long as it sustains that character, to be thoroughly Muscovite at heart. But we could not have believed it possible that our contemporary could be so devoid of tact, as to permit the article to which we allude to appear in The Bankruptcy Commission has brought its his columns. labour to a close, and their report, as well as the The article not only expresses the sentiments of evict mace, will be published in the course of a few Lord Aberdeen, but must have been actually days. The form of the commission ran thus penned by him. It has nothing about it of the ~ 'Victoria R.—Victoria, by the Grace of God of the editorial character. From beginning to end, its Unit ed Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen object is to prepare the people of this country for Defe tiller of the Faith : To our right trusty and well that course of forbearance towards Russia—now beloved Councillor Spencer Horatio Walpole, our trusty that the Coalition, contrary to their intentions, and well-beloved Sir George Rose, Knight, Clement have been forced into war with her—which we have Tud way Swanston, Esq., one of our counsel learned in from the first predicted would be exercised. We the 'law, Matthew Davenport Hill, Esq., one other of have, day after day for some months past, main- our , co - tinsel learned in the law, James Bacon, Esq., one oche r of our counsel learned in the law, Edward Hol tained. that the Aberdeen Ministry were not going royee Esq., one of our Commissioners of our Court of heartily into the war with the Czar ; and that their Ban kruptcy Edward Cooke, Esq., barrister at-law, and great object, instead of punishing him thoroughly, Gee e Car; . Glyn, Esq., Greeting ' would be to inflict upon him the least possible ‘ , Whereas we havedeemedit expedient, for divers amount of harm. That has manifestly been the gooet causes and considerations, that a commission principle on which they have acted hitherto ; and should forthwith issue to inquire and ascertain whether on that principle they appear determined to act to in any and what particular, the bankrupt law, as it now the end of the chapter. We have no doubt that exis is under the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act, when the time comes for a full revelation of all the 184 ?, requires amendment : Not know, ye, therefore, At the present time it will not be uninteresting circumstances connected with the matter, it will be that we, reposing great trust and confidence in your zeal, discretion, and integrity, have authorised and a found that our commanders.tt. to y d sea l and 1 d have to glance at the distinctive results of some of our land himgentlywith Pointed,received privatetheand not more than hension exists on the nature of the difficulties which Ros e, Clement Tudway Swanston, Matthew Daven . can be helped. our nautical heroes had to overcome in former What we have thus , in every impression of our Po rt Hill, James Bacon, Edward Holroyd , Edward days : said for months C oo lie, and George Carr Glyn , or any f o ur o r paper, past, will be found fully vefi- Seldom was England in greater danger than in the fled bth t . lin the year ic e T imes of yesterday. No one alteration of the Bankrupt Law made by the said momentous year " 1797." It was, indeed, an awful but Lord Aberdeen himself could have written Act of 1849, establishing class certificates, has crisis. In France, Spain, and Holland, combined naval such sentences as these:—" We can, and we do, wage or has not viewbeen pr f oduc b tiv . e . of benefit ; .and whether, preparations were actively carried on for the invasion of . such sentences uniformity of prac- England and Ireland. Civil war was waging in the war for other purposes than glory or conquest ; and with the o latter country, and, .worse than all, there was a mutiny we are content with results that add nothing to our tice in the different . cou o rts ta o i r bankruptcy ng as to the grant ing of such certificates or for any other reason, any and at the Nore. Taxes were accumulated, the Bank stopped dominion and little to our fam©. So, then, we are w halteration of the present enactment on the subject payment, commerce was paralysed, parliamentary ac - but addressin g ourselves to the usual tem p er and the what; bo desirable • and generally to inquire whether in tion was unhinged, and th e Directory of France, raging prescription any 'a of our country when we say that we ' you ' d in what oth particulars the Bankrupt Law as with revolutionary frenzy, resolved to strike a tre - are not assembling this day to ask simply for s uccess itno.w n exists under er the last-mentioned act requires mendous blow, and invade England with 7 0 sail of the to our arms and the destruction of our enem ies. a mendment ; also to inquire whether any and what more line, ready equipped for sea, in the ports of the Texel, We ask that no nation should be crippled of its just effectual means can be adopted for obtaining a more Brest, and Carthagena ! While Europe was in suspense, powers, or humbled of its proper rank and consi- efficient check on the accounts of the official assignees, Lord Bridport was ordered to blockade Brest, Admiral deration. It is the melancholy nature of war that and for preventing the misapplication by them of the Duncan was sent to watch the Dutch, and Admiral Jervis . it can only act by means revolting to humanity, by funds coming to their hands ; also to inquire as to the was told to look for the Spanish fleet. Two famous sea- sword and by fire, by massacres and. contlagra- cause of the diminution of the fees and funds now by law fights delivered our grandsires from the perils of the hour. The battle of St. Vincent was fought on 14th Feb., 1797, lions, and by a thousand hideous forms of death, applicable to the payment of the expenses of the Court the English Admiral having 15 sail of the line, while the mutilation, and suffering. But when we prefer our of Baatkruptcy and it appearing that those funds are now insufficient to discharge those expenses, to inquire Spanish Admiral (Cordova) had 27 sail of the line, besides petitions to the Giver of all Good, it is not that He wheth.er such deficiency is likely to be permanent ; and 10 frigates. There are some discrepancies in the accounts will enable us to do the utmost possible harm. We whether, having regard to the quantity of business trans as to the actual numerical force engaged on both sides ; pray that the good we propose to ourselves may all the narratives, Spanish and English, give a formi- be brought about as speedily, effectually, and acted by the Courts of Bankruptcy, any and what reduc butharmlessly as may be." Len dable superiority to the Spanish fleet. The Spaniards had tion of' the establishments of those courts, either in don or in the country, can safely and properly be made, La Santissima Trinidada with 130 guns, they had six Is it not humiliating and lamentable to think, or any and what other measures adopted for • 3-deckers, of 112 guns each, two 80-gun ships, and 18 that such sentiments as these could be expressed in meeting 74's. The English had two 100-gun ships, three 98's, a journal_ profe . ssing . to be pervaded by English feel- ~ their expenses. And for the better discovery of the truth in the pre one 90, eight 74's, one of which, the daptain, was ings,—which is printed in the English language, miser, we do by these presents give and grant to you, or mounted by Commodore Nelson, one 64, one 38, and three 32-ffun frigates, two sloops, and one cutt er . The and published in the English metropolis ? What is any four or more of you, full power and authority to line of the Spaniards was loosely formed, and by a skilful to be expected f rom a G ove rnment which can thus, call before you, or any four or more of you, such and so manoeuvre Jervis resolved to cut off the outlying through its organ, openly admit that in the war many of the commissioners, officers, and clerks of the Spaniards, the result of which was that he reduced his which is commencing, we shallbe content with results saides sary courts and all such othe m r ay perso nf ns as me you shalld of the judge immediate adversaries to eighteen. The S p anish ad- which will add l i t tle to our fame ? Wh y , surel y if nec, by whom be ior truth in the premises ; and to inquire of the premises by all miral tried to wear his fleet and rejoin his se p arated Yes- no other result should spring out o f the war, it other lawful ways and means whatsoever. sels ; but the tactics of Jervis and the g allantr y of his will be conducted with a skill, a spirit , and bra ver y "And we do hereby give and grant unto you , or a n y four or more of you, full power and authority to c ause subordinates defeated the object of Cor dova, who was on the part of our army and navy which will at compelled to a close engagement, in wh ich he was ri g - least add to our military reputation. But to all or any of the officers and clerks of the said c ourts to nally defeated, losing four of his larg e shi p s and an che • nthat belief we now find would be a mistake. h s bring and produce before you, or any four or more of enormous number of his men. So de cisive was this The Times tells us, iu plain terms, not to expect you, all books, papers, or other writings belonging to victory that the panic of invasions ceased, and public that we shall add aught to our fame. The obvious the said courts, or to any of the officers within the same. confidence was completely restored. The English ad miral was at a single creation made an earl, a course conclusion to be drawn from this is, that our corn- "And our further will and pleasure is, that you do, r very unusual in the distribution of public rewards. The mandate, whether by sea or land, are not to put within one . year after the date of this our ehesfbg commission, allo political result of the battle was undoubtedly very forth, in all their force, the material might and sooner, if the same can conveniently be d diligence), great, and the nation was overjoyed. But there have majesty of England. " Certify to us in our Court of Chancery, under the beenlaattles more glorious to the English name, although They are merely to give the Czar such a taste of hands and seals of you,any or four or more of you, what Jervis deserves all honour for his resolvi n g with about what we can do, without absolutel y doin g it, as you shall have done in thepremises, 15 sail to attack the Spaniards with 25 sail-of-the-line, will convince him that he is not a match for us. and an enormous superiority i n guns. But it is the We must not on any account go to work With the comm ission shall continue in full force and virtue, and men and not the ships who decide sea-fights. For the viffour and the courage which, in former conflicts, • ' four or more of you, that you our commissioners, or any . crews of the Spanish ships were the most worthless that * A covereu our arms with glory, and raised our mili- shall from time to time proceed in the execu canand may be conceived, they were composed of pressed land tar reputation to the highest height, because we tion thereof, and of every matter and thing therein con men and soldiers of the new levies, with about 60, or at Y be not continued from time to could not " add to our fame" without doing the tained, although the same most 80, seamen to each ship. The circumstances under whic h the battle of Camper- Autocrat considerable "harm." He must not be time b y ad j ournment. assistance in the due execution of this down was fought have been well described in the "Life harmed on any account. The loss of our fame, or, "And for your choice of our trusty and commission, we have made and Reign of George the 'Fourth :"—" France had still rather, the want of an addition to it, is less than. our well-beloved Francis Savage Reilly, Esq., barrister-at the Texel and Brest fleets. Fortune, or rather an unfore- the weight of a feather compared with the infliction law, to be secretary to this our commission, and to seen event, in which the French bad no share, though of anything deserving the name of injury on a ttend you, whose serv i c es and assistance we require you such an opinion prevailed at the time, promised them Nicholas. to use from time to time as occasion shall require. much more decisive aid. A dangerous mutiny broke out And, as our soldiers and sailors are to act in ac- ,i Given at our Court at St. James's, the 23d day of in thaßritish fleet at. Plymouth, Portsmouth, and still cordpice with this feeling, so he Times expressed August, 1853, in the 17th year of our reign, more desperately at' the Nore. Admiral Duncan, a a hope th 4 the nation . would Yesterday .offer up ~ By her Majesty's command, brave veteran beloved in the navy, was deserted by 311 s ~ ••• Greatwould' Yesterday Supreme, to ill special supplications to the e , ~ , _.., ~ , PALMERSTON." . but his own ship's crew, his courage, and his presence - tated inwell-informed quarters that several. of mind. He continued, with his single ship, t o makeeffect that R • h should " b •I d f its It.is s Russia s o ,-not e ,crippled e o • . importai4 changes have been the usual signals, as if in c ommand of a squadron, and just powers, or iumbled of its proper ra . and, very recommended. the Texel fleet did not venture out. The mutiny was consideration." And, if the people took their cue One of the matters most carefully considered by suppressed ; Parker, the ringleader at the Nore, and a from the Times, they must yesterday have earnestly the Commissioners was, we are told, the question few others, were executed ; su bordination was res tored; p ra y ed that the objects we have in view might be of the classification of the certificate. At present and Duncan was again in command of a fleet. Admiral brought about as harmlessly as possible. there are three classes of certificates, one or other de Winter, a brave and e xperienced officer, an d an ar- N o one w h o is cognisant of the connexion wh ich of which, if the certificate be not refused altogether dent republican, received or ders from the G overnment subs i sts b e t ween Lord Ab e rdeen and the Times, it is imperative on the commissioner to grant. A of Holland, now called the B atavian Re p ublican, to p ut can, after this, be any longer in doubt as to the first-class certificate is g ra nted where, according to to sea and engage the enemy.. H e accordingly came way in which he war—if war, under su ch circum- the language of the sched ule of the Consolida tion out of the Texel with fifteen sail-of-the-line a second. - stances, i t can b e ca ll e d—is to be carried on. Act of 1849 , the bankruptcy has arisen wholly from gates. Admiral Duncan, wh o was refitting in Yar mou th The Czar may repea t as o ften as the opportunity unavoidable losses and misfortune; class, Roads, on being apprised of theenemy s movements, put the butchery of Sinope ; he may fire on our where it ha o ff e rs,s partly so arisen ; a third. class, where to sea with 16 sail-of-the-line, and at eight in the morn- flag of truce is unfurled ; he the failure ' vessels even whenaof ing of October 11 the two squadrons prepared for action Minister at St. Peters- To this may seize the goofs our off the coast of Holland, between Egmont and Camper- classification Lord St. Leonardo, as well as down. De Winter, whose lighter vessels drew less burg,. after Ignominiously. expelling him from aeivable w many professional and non-professional men, are water, manoeuvred to keep near the shore. Duncan Russia; he may insult us in every co of penetrated his intention ; and, by an experiment of un- and inflict upon us every possible amount injury 1 the other hand, most of the Commissioners, and, precedented boldness, broke through his line to get be- —he may do all this, and as much more as he I we believe, the great mass of mercantile men who tween him and the land. Tho battle now b egan ship pleases ; b ut we, instead of retaliating, are to act i have paid attention to the subject, are decidedly to ship, and was fought for several hours with desperate on the Christian principle of returning good for in favour of classification. valour on both sides, until the Dutch vice-admiral struck evil. For his insolence, we are to render nothing If we not misinformed, the Royal Commis to Admiral Onslow. De Winter, his ship La Libertgbut words of kindness , •in return for his blows, we • are sioners have (inter utrumque tone) recommended, having become a mere wreck, two-thirds of his crew hors are to pat him on the back, and merely tell him to that instead only de combat, and being himsel c wounded dangerously, be better boy for the future. On no account two. struck to Duncan's ship the Venerable. The Batavian a _ punishing the Czar. fleet, with the exception of a few ships which got back must we think of to the Texel in a bhattered state, was either destroyed not be harmed in any way. order to keep pauper bankruptcies out of court, or captured. This most important victory extinguished of In this extraordinary article the Times we see that no trader should be allowed to become bank" c f . th e c h ances i n y as io . The admiral was created Via.' A complete explanation of the Pad iucomprehen. _ rupt on his own petition, unless he could show TRE BANKRUPTCY COMMISSION. THE MILITIA. The Essex Rifles have just completed the first week 1 of training, and in that period very satisfactory progress has been made. On Tuesday afternoon the regiment marched, for the first time, to Wivenhoe-park, where some field movements were gone through in a very cre ditable manner. As on the last occasion, there will be two training days in the park weekly, Wednesday and Saturday being at present named for the purpose. The general training takes place in the Ordnance-field, whi c h is of ample extent. The exercises have been highly satis factory, the advancing and retiring in line being pro nounced by competent judges equal to many regiments of the regular services. We are glad to find that a con siderable number of the privates of this regiment avail themselves of the benefits of the reading-room which has been provided for their accommodation at the public hall. The South Herts Yeomanry Cavalry, under the com mand of the Earl of Ve rulam, will assemble at Hatfield (head quarters), Herts, for eight days' permanent duty, including two extra days' marching to and from head quarters. The regiment will be inspected on the 27th of May. <~ /~ [PRICE SD. ' si hie procedure of the Coalition with regard to the E: %stern question. People could not understand wh ty the Autocrat was permitted to perpetrate the un ?aralleled piece of savagery which will render the name of Sincpe remarkable in the page of his tori r, witlout any retaliation having been inflicted ou him. They will comprehend it now. They will also 'understand how it happened that our fleet in. the East, after having been a few days in the heck Sea, returned to Beicos, and there cora fo rtabli: remained *in profound repose for four lin 'Atha. -It was for fear that Nicholas should in whichfa ct, t too, an 3 wa; 7, by some accident or other, receive some "11 a ta r t m il ;;; oflatitiehedesalainyesvewetalicleanve sem. ling out ou r arm i es to the East, and keep i ng an place e n back th, a officers even after the men had arrived. It is all out of a tender consideration for the Czar —all for fear lest he might be "harmed," or, if not absolutely injured, be "humbled." He must be neitl. ter . Come what may to our "fame," be must not sof fer. Perish the " fame" of Great Britain a thowai id times over, rather than that the Auto crat sht )uld be "harmed" or "humbled." After, the articles in yesterday's Times , we shall feel snarl )rised if one solitary individual, of average intelligence, shall be found in this country, who will not ado! rt the opinion we have expressed throughout that the great object of the Coalition is to save Rus sia, not Turkey. No actual aid, up till this hour, has been reri dered by this country to the Ottoman empire, but we • have interposed to prevent the Turks from fighting their own battles. Through our Ambas dor at C onstantinople, Omer Pacha was prevented, towards the end of last autumn, from following up the Irilliaut successes he achieved on the bank s of the 13 , anube, by attacking Bucharest and expel ling the Russians from Moldavia and 'Wallachia - for it is the opinion of the most experienced mill tarp nia a, that the Turkish Commander-in -Chief could, a I that time, have destroyed, or driven back to their own frontiers, every Muscovite soldier in the Prir tcipalities. But that would have been, in the viei v of the Coalition, too great a punishment of the 'Czar. It would hare mortified him too much. And it has been ever since. We would not destroy a single ship of the Czar's in the Black Sea, no: r allow the Turkish squadron to do it. We have, in fact, while rendering no assistance whateve r to the Ottomans, acted as an incubus on their ONVII efforts in every way. The result has been, .at the Turks have become exceedingly weakens d and discouraged. Their enthusiasm is fast dyi ag away, while their material resources are neat •ly exhausted. In a word, this country —for F rauce is entirely guided by England— is most surely, and manifestly from design, preparir tg Turkey for a speedy and easy dismem bermeni :,. We are doing the work of Russia. We are, in. reality, the ally of the Czar, not of the Sultan. We have no objection to see the Turks massacr ed in thousands, as at Sinope, by savage Cossack s ; but we take the most scrupulous care that no "harm" shall befall the Czar. We will be tender in the extreme even of his feelings. Not only wi it we not diminish his power, but we will not be the :means of causing him the slightest sense of humiliation. What more could lie desire ? What stronger inducement could he have to persist in his lawle3s aggression ? If he triumph, he will, of course, have everything his own way. If he be vanquished, he will neither suffer harm, nor be subjected to humiliation. Thrice happy Czar. Surely even he will, at last, feel some e m o tion of gratitude to his "friend of forty years' standing," and to the Coalition generally, who, whatever they may be in theory, are no less, collectively, his friends in practice. r , r" r i .- 7z-r*, assets to the extent of at leat4 five shillings in .the pound clear of all charges, We believe the commissioners have reccwamended the abolition of this provision. Against the enormous expenses of the court we have often and earnestly protested, and have re peatedly called attention to the charges of official assignees, messengers, &c. If we are not mistaken, the reasonable complaints of the mercantile com munity upon this head have not been disregarded. It is .anticipated that some very decided reconi he evidence o f th e C ommissioners. men d at 'ions will be made in ac cor d ance w ith th e bulk of t. it is ais,o expected that a recommendation will be made to mitigate the s ever it y of some of the penal clauses of the Consolid a ti on Act, which it must bo admitted, especially-as regard s s p ecu l a ti ng in Consols, are unreaso na bl y severe, and, indeed, by their excessive severity, like other harsh laws, defeat their .own object. \Ve have been informer) that the rep or t conta i ns a recommendation that tiere be a very decided reduction in the fees and cbarges of the Court of Bankruptcy, as well a a diminution of the staff; If this be so, the Commissioners will have done good service ; for, if the Courts of Bankruptcy are to be maintained at all, it cannot be as they are now constituted. So far as expense is concerned, it is in many respects much worse than the Court of Chancery now is. As to the bankrupt's " balance-sheet," and the charges of a class of persons tanned accountants, we trust and believe that the Commissioners have yielded to the wishes of mercantile' men, as well, indeed, as to the dictates of common sense, in recom mending that the bankrupt should himself make out his accounts. The court broker, we trust, for sake of propriety as well as economy, will be sent about his business ; and we shall be much disappointed if the Commis sioners have not made some very energetic remon strances regarding the emoluments of messengers, and the mode in which they are remunerated. As rega r d s th e comm i ss i oners , the Consolidation Act provides that, in London, no vacancy be filled until their number is reduced to four. There are now five. Three would be amply adequate to discharge even more than the work done in Basinghall-street. Whether the Royal Commissioners have made any recommendation on this bead wo cannot say, but as to the country commissioners, it is admitted upon all head s th a t h a l f the number would do the business. H ere , t oo, we anticipate the commis sioners have di rec t e d t h e pruning -knife. It is needless t o ex t en d our speculations or an ticipations further at present. Much is expected— j ustly expected—by the mercantile community from the able men of whom the commission is composed. We believe and trust they will not be disappointed. —Morning Post. THE LOSS OF THE TAYLEUR. The loss of the unfortunate ship Tayleur may yet be urned to the benefit of future navigators if the evidence taken before the Liverpool Marine Board and the report of the meeting be duly considered. Much of that evi dence turns upon points of a far too technical character to be intelligible to the general reader, but of the genera results we may fairly speak. Time way when the boldest of the old Greek mariners--the men with heart of oak encased in triple brass—never ventured to leave the coast for one moment. The simple practice of these primitive sailors was the direct opposite of our own in more modern times—they ever hugged the shore. Whether the shore was a lee one or not mattered little to them, for they took excellent care to keep so close that even in the presence of an approaching squall they could beach their little craft, and haul her up high and. dry, ere the force of the gale was felt. An iron-bound. coast they would only pass in settled weather, and even then the bold manoeuvre was executed with fear and trembling, and with many a sly promise to Poseidon if he would get his servants out of the scrape. So it happened that Ulysses spent ten years on the accomplishment of a distance which even the Austrian Lloyd's boats now per- form in as many days. So the Plio3nician merchant bound for G-ades would follow the windings of the Mediter- ranean seaboard on either side, ;lever venturing to stretch across a bay, or let go of the land even for a moment. Other nations followed the samo principle, and with the same results. At length a time came when the surface of the untried and pathless waters was reclaimed to the use of man. A little instrument was .ormed, which, with a certain degree of accuracy, indi cated the position of the ship--or, at least, the direction to which her head was pointed, even when the great heavenly luminaries were obscured. Doubtless, great errors prevailed. The nice calculations of variation were reserved for more modern times, and even now remain most imperfect. Still men were scarcely aware of the full extent of their own ignorance, and were therefore bold. They rushed into danger, and his com- pass bore the mariner safe to his destination. Wrecks, no doubt, occurred to a most lamentable extent, but these calamities were not registered, then as carefully as they are now. Enough, however, was gained to increase the audacity and stimulate the ingenuity of mankind. Each year has brought its contribution to the sum of scientific knowledge in this matter. Now the variations have been registered—now a plan has been devised for correcting the errors of the magnetic telltale, as it was affected by the iron which entered into the ship's construction. Men who were not called by their especial vocation to "go down to the sea in ships, or follow their business on the great waters," were left to the pleasing illusion that far more had been gained than the circumstances of the case would appear to justify. When the sun or moon, or certain stars are visible, what with his sextants and chronometers, a, modern navigator should be able to prick down his exact position on the surface of the vast ocean with as great certainty as a London cabman might feel with re gard to his whereabouts when urging his impetuous Hansom along Piccadilly. But, even when all these aids are useless or paralysed by surrounding darkness and storm, and the seaman is left to his dead reckoning and his compass, with but a few helps to calculation from one or two other primitive contrivances, we could scarce have imagined that he could have been so completely betrayed to his own ruin by his own compass as appears to have been the case with Captain Noble, of the Tayleur, when that unfortunate ship was cast away in the Irish Channel a short while back. This officer, by the unanimous verdict of the Liver pool Marine Board, appears to have been free from blame in the entire transaction. He was, they tell us, a man who had passed his examinations with the most distin guished success ; in point of fact, a man remarkable+ among his class for superior dexterity in handling a ship under trying circumstances. The sugg( stion that the Tayleur was short-handed appears to be negatived hey the evidence taken before the Board. The people win -e a little clumsy, and did not work well together at fit —the well nigh invariable case of a crew when picked up from all quarters and just thrown together. Captain Noble says, emphatically, that he considers them to have been " efficient." The report of the. action of the vessel herself is not quite so satisfactory ; it does not seem that in any instance they succeeded in getting her fairly about by tacking, but were always compelled to adopt the alternative o wearing her in order to get her round. Still, when the most is made of the deficiencies of the Tayleur in such respects, they are not sufficiant to account for her loss. The real cause of the calamity was the condition of her compasses. So says Captain Noble, and the Marine Board of Liverpool endorse. his explanation to its fullest extent. With regard to his compasses, again, Captain Noble, before starting ex ceeded the bounds of the caution usual among profes- ' sional men. He confided all the arrangements to the man of most note in the port of Liverpool ; he endea voured to check the results at which this person had arrived by independent means. He got compasses from other makers. He tried to find out if there was any spot on board his ship where the deviation could not be felt. When his ship was being swung by the tide in the river Captain Noble was always busy with his compasses ; when he got to eea he steadily observed the bearings of headlarnda and lights to test their accuracy. All this, and much more than this to the same purpose, will be found in ahe report of the Liverpool Board of Inquiry. Now, what. was the result on the morning of the wreck ? The steer ing compass, and a compass which had been placed in. front of the poop, differed from each other by two points_ When the captain came to look into the matter he came to the conclusion that the compass in front of the poop had been thrown into error by the proximity of the mizen topsail sheets, which contained more than two hundred weight of iron chain, and which had been displaced when the sail was sheeted home. It should be added, in fairness to Captain Noble, that the weather was so overcast With haze that he had no chance of getting an observation, and so was left to his guess. The result of it all was, that he fell foul of Lambay Island at a time when he thought he was running freely down mid-channel. Here follows the extraordinary part of the. report : " This Board would call particular attention to the fact that numerous instances have been brought' tinder their consideration of compasses having proved greatly, ire , error on board of both wood - and iron Ships ivhile fiaitigatieg the Irish Channel, and which deviation is net accounted for by any theory at present." . 4tioted This is strange enough, but other instances art of the like kind. On board of the Niagara, a wood en , steatinthip, a change of four degrees occurred. hLne Teneriffe changed her magnetism in a point and a-half. Neither the and of important science, nor the details of pract ice . . against deviations, mechanical arrangement to provide • are at all fixed. There can be no reason for supposing p r ine c i o p rn lF i a ng of this e that nel. suchlf the r e, no irregularities doubt, ar the these a confined m toe th ings tl li e occur I r i sh C h a n at . other portions of the earth T ' s surface. e result ca n I t s stated t in a uncertain few g ti idNev. We words —the n mariner ' s otw is compass h in re marks to enter into the case of the Tayleur. We are and had g the Tayl eur l e ft port l prepared for the mom ent to believeta sultiltiyattphped e li shi , tp6 wag good, the s good, the crew bet ter, the ca p tain best_of all. _ 7115 Qco mpasses a l c v h ere t_ o s f t i i the l : ki scarce nd when she blundered upon an island on one side_ of a wide channel. Cannot our scientific men suggest a re medy.—Tines. , , • THE FIRST OF THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON 'FOR THE BALTIC.—The first of the Royal Yacht Squadron for a cruise in the Baltic is the Shark, schooner, W. Curling, Esq. She has arrived at Ramsgate, and will be eff in a few days. 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