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'Y ..... • er.—•l:.. ll .:'7 - .77.-3...... ..... .alp ____ _ ___ _.,_ • . _ .... . . .„. y • 1 •1. . . `ll, # ' , 4,• + . 'y . NI - ' , e . . • _ L.-(--- . ~, • i • / Z.-- -- e— ----e 7---- -- , ° , ______ , )w. , G RIND TRUNIE RAILW.A.Y COMPA.NY OF C kNADA. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the present Prorisi,nal i Certificates, representing the Shares and Debentures of this for ''. i • a '. . r' . , . . * l t, Lk; li; 'Xi Ifr 4 (Pti: . 1 ''"' ! t '. W 4 ' 'I I • . t ' I 1 •. q.i 4i, - ~,,,..N...., ~....... --........‘ J.._ .0 ~..irH" ~, , „._.,,,,,,„,,,., ......, ..„.- %,441.1„, • . • -4 -4 .-:• tKi r .• . e l t , 4t.: ,.,, , 4 ToTii,v) . , . ' -...„. , .... ,--, i t i dg„,...-.: , .., AR k k . $ 1 . 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Bruce, having been promoted to the rank of Paymaster by the Commander-in-Chief on the west coast of Africa station, and appointed to the Ferret, 8, on the same station, their lordships have con firmed his promotion and appointment to the Ferret. Clerks.—George J. D. Andrews (1849), from the Poictiers, guard-ship of oidin ary at Ch a th am , t o the Majestic, 81, screw steani-ship, at'Sheorness ; David F. Clow (paymaster of 1846), to the- - Poi c ti ers , v i ce An drews ; Thomas W. S. Neame, to the Fisgard, flag ship at Woolwich ; Richard Munday (1850), from the Impregnable, flag-ship at Devonport, to the James Watt, 91, screw steam-ship, at Devonport ; H. J. C. Mitchell (1850), first clerk of the Dido, 18, on the Pacific station, to the Nile, 91, screw steam-ship, at Devonport ; John B. Jackson (1846), to the Bulldog, steam-sloop, at Portsmouth ; John Retallic (paymaster of 1853), to the Neptune, guard-ship of ordinary, at Portsmouth ; Walter Lomer (paymaster of 1850), to the Impregnable flag-ship, at Devonport. Masters' Assistants—G. E. W. Yates, to the Princess Royal, 91, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth ; W. A. Stone, to the User, 91, screw steam-ship at Ports mouth. tered Certificates tares of the Company and of the Province of Canada. By order. WILLIAM CHIPMAN, Secretary. 2, Leadenhall-street, 7th February, 1854. ig,h Dth ces LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1854. [pßioz SD. MR. ALBERT SMITH' S MONT BLANC, includmg the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON, EVERY EVENING at Eight o'Clock, (except Saturday), and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Mornings, at Two Stalls, 32., which can be taken at the box °fide% el - el , day from 11 to 4 ; area, Is.; gallery, ls.---liont Blanc, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ------------------,.... No. 19,154.] NOTICE. %j VP. SIMS REEVES will positively appear CHEAP EDITION of LIVES o f the QUEENS H -13-1. TO-MORROW at the WEDNESDAY CONCERTS, Exeter ail. ENGLANn. By AGNES N . Tl. ICK LAND Vol. 2, embellished with nine nortratt-, price only 7s. 6d., bound, is now ready. orders received by all booksellers. Published for Henry Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW REFORM BILL. liberalising, strengthening, and purifying our representative government. The majority of the House of Commons may possibly, in some cases, be dissatisfied with provisions which seem to limit popular influence in elections ; but they will see the prudence of abstaining from any collision with their opponents, in opposition to a comprehensive and well conceived amendment of our electoral system. The total or partial disfranchisement of small boroughs is a gain which may well reconcile those who profess zeal for reform to any shortcomings which they may discover, or imagine, in the general features of the scheme. The new members for large constituencies may not be personally superior to the nomi nees whom they will displace ; but, on the other hand, they cannot fail to be at least equally competent to their duties. Should the counties be shaken out of their ancient custom of confining their choice to local magistrates, the House of Com mons, as well as the electoral system, will be greatly im proved by the changes which are about to take place. Three considerable modern towns arc to be allowed single represen tatives, and the populous district of Chelsea and Ken sington is to receive the full honours of a metropolitan borough. It may be hoped that a district abounding in wealthy and intelligent residents will not sink to the Parlia mentary level of Finsbury or Marylebone. The proposed enfranchisement of the University of London will be re garded as a boon by the medical profession, who constitute ' the great majority of the graduates. The Inns of Court have, perhaps, less reason to complain of want of legislative influence ; and it is not impossible that the seats allotted to the bar may, before the conclusion of the debates, be trans ferred to some urgent claimant. The franchise to be eon feiTed on the educated classes, as such, wherever they may chance to reside, is a much-needed improvement in the re presentative system. The influence of the best portion of the community will be further increased by the extension of the franchise to all recipients of annual salaries to the amount of 1001. to all persons charged with the income or assessed taxes, and to the members of certain professions. It is not impossible that even the metropolitan boroughs may be in duced to require higher qualifications in their representa tives, when their most intelligent inhabitants are for the first time admitted to the franchise. Small fundholders, and prudent men who have deposited their money in saving banks, will also tend to raise the character of the consti tuencies ; while the enfranchisement of 6/. householders in boroughs, subject to the condition with respect to length of residence required for the municipal franchise, is a mea sure alike popular and judicious. Among the many valuable provisions of the bill, none are more impor tant than those which facilitate the admission of the better class of workmen into the electoral bodies. We have great satisfaction in finding that the plan of enabling a minority to obtain that share in the representation to which it is justly entitled is to be adopted in a limited number of constituencies. No more prudent method could have been devised for the introduction of a principle which, although manifestly sound, is a novelty in the Parliamentary system. In municipal elections, the same result has been obtained by the division of boroughs into wards; and the aristocracy of the provincial West-end return as many councilors as the crowded residents of the poorer parts of a town. The Minis terial proposal, however, to confine each elector to two votes out of three may tend to the advantage of all parties in their turn. There certainly appears no reason why the Parliamen tary discussions on this wise, moderate, and statesmanlike scheme should not proceed, whatever may be the external circumstances of the country. It is one which in no way appeals to the passions and prejudices, but to the reason and the sense of justice of Parliament and the community. If Ministers have been able to prepare such a measure in the midst of the harassing anxieties of a protracted diplomatic dispute, Parliament may surely deal with it in a spirit of calm and dispassionate deliberation, even though the country should be engaged in the vigorous prosecution of war. . . simply again to record our protest. The avowed purpose of this arrangement is to enable " minorities to return repre sentatives"—a principle, or rather crotchet, Of which we have more than once exposed the folly. The professed object of those who advocate the representation of minorities will not stand examination ; their real aim still less. Either they seek to smuggle in rational advocates of progress by a pro vision of which they hope Conservatives may not see the drift, or they wish to guard against too great an overweight of sincere and earnest Reformers in public. The former is a subterfuge unworthy of true Liberalism; and besides, certain to be defeated by the retrograde faction who arc expert in all such " dodges." The latter would be a " keeping the word of promise to the ear, and breaking it to the hope," of which we should be loth to suspect any Liberal statesman. Admission, Is., Is. 6d., 2s. Gd., ss. EGYPTIAN HALL.-CONSTANTINOPLE is open TO-NIGHT at Eight, and Every Day at Half-past Two o'cick. he Lecture is delivered by Mr. CHAR .ES KENNEY, and has beenT wr itten by jr. ALBER smITH and Mr. SHIRLEY BROOKS. Admission, ls.; Reserved Seats, 2s. ------- TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES A ND GENTLEMEN, " HAD it pleased Parliament to preserve the present constitution of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, 1 should, whilst honoured with your support, have continued to be a member of that body. so long as Providence vouch safed to me health and unimpa.red faculties. But the Act of last >es ion has prescribed that the number of Directors shall be immedia'ely reduced to fifteen, exclusive of three to be named by the Crown, and that the first three vacancies in the fifteen shall be also filled up by her Maje• ty. Al though, from the kind feeling manifested towards me by my col leagues, I could with reasonable confidence have offered myself for election as one of the fifteen, yet I must coulees that at my advanced age it would not be satisfac t ory to my feelings to occupy a pos so important to lour interests, which might otherwise be more per manently filled, and not less benificiall , The Act has imposed upon the Directors and ex-Directors the selection from among themselves of the reduced number. This is a task which I would be desirous of avoiding, but, as a public man, long connected with India, and deeply in terested in its good government, I cannot reconcile it to my sense of pr , riety to shrink from the performance of this im portant (Intl, however painful and invidious. I shall, therefore. re main until the close of the official y ear to assist my colleagues in their endeavour to make the best selection of members for the new Court. Permit me to express to you my deep sense of gratitude for the confidence with which you have so long honoured me. It has been my endeaour talthtully to execute my trust. I resign It, not with out regret, having alway , felt a deep interest in the duty It 'twelves, and I shall to my latest hour chellsh earne-t solic , tude for the os pent) of our magnificent empire in the East, and the happiness and welfare of its vast population. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful humble Servant, East India House, 9th Feb., 1814. JO. , N LOCH. LAU RENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE ROOMS, (Lessee, Cu.AH C. LI.VILE(T, 011810W-hOUS., Fu.aam road). —The above Rooms are now OPEN F OR T FIE AITRES SE sSON. and will continue open ever y evening, with LT's CELEBATED BAN Adission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 Dancing ß to commence a D. t 9 o'cmlock, and ter Mate at half past 11. Just published, price 45., free by post, 5s , PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCHES into the Causes of Nervous Debility and Gen to-Urinary Maladies, ;apermatorrhcea rationally considered, with unanswerabl , Remarks on the empirical mam.er these Diseases are treated ; being a Guide to Health, Leng Life, and li,pniness DICITS.. By ME (From the Morning Advertiser.) Last night Lord John Russell brought in his long-promised bill for a reform in the representation of the people. The measure excited but little attention. It was coldly received by the house, and it will not meet with any better reception from the country. \\Then the bill is viewed in all its bearings, it will be found to be, what we long since by anticipation de scribed it—a measure of reform in name only, not in reality. In itself, therefore, there is nothing to evoke popular feeling in its favour—nothing to excite or agitate the country either for or against it. If the friends of popular progress have little or nothing to hope from it, the opponents of reform have nothing to fear. It will in practice leave matters essen tially where it found them. We doubt exceedingly whether, supposing the measure were to become law to-morrow, it would affect the state of parties, at the next g eneral election, to the extent of a dozen members. There are various reasons why the public will take little interest in the new Reform Bill of the Coalition. But there is one special and weighty reason why the country will care little about it. An impression has gone abroad, that it has not been brought forward in good faith. Right or wrong, the popular conviction is, that it never was meant by its noble author, and those who have given their consent to its introduction, to be carried. The universal belief is, that it is only intended to form a fulfilment, in the letter, of a pro mise made last year by Lord John Russell, and indorsed by Lord Aberdeen, that a measure would be introduced in the session of 1854 for the amendment of the representation of the people. Lord John,!it is said, will feel that he has re deemed his pledge by the simple introduction of the measure. It is painful to think that such loose notions on the subject of morality prevail among our public men. If the general con viction be the true one, that the measure of last night was introduced, not for the purpose of being carried, but of being abandoned, then we are forced to the conclusion that the noble lord who framed and brought it forward is guilty of a breach of faith with the country. If he brought it in at all, he was bound in honour, and in virtue of his solemn pledge, not only to persevere with it, but to strain every nerve to carry it through a successful termination. With regard to the various towns and counties which will be affected by this arrangement, we must refer to the speech of the noble lord. The adoption of this part of the scheme would introduce great confusion into our electoral system, and play most successfully into the hands of the Con servatives. In all large commercial towns they would be sure to get ono of their number returned on the principle of repre senting the minority. And thus a considerable addition would be made to the Conservative side of the House, from populations which have never hitherto, in one solitary in stance, returned other than thorough Liberals. The mode in which the noble lord proposes to deal with the franchise is exceedingly complicated, and will be found very cumbrous when it is sought to carry it out. It would have been far better had the principle of household suffrage been adopted. That would have been simple, and would have been satisfac tory to the public,—especially if there had been associated with it the concession of the franchise to all persons paying a certain amount per week as lodgers. The bill has no preten sions to be regarded as a well-digested, much less a liberal, measure. The friends of popular progress will not regard it as worthy of their acceptance. If it does not create deep disappointment in the public mind, it is because the public expected nothing good from the quarter whence it emanates. It fell still-born on the House ; it will make no impression whatever on the mind of the country. It is just the abortion we expected. It is in all respects worthy the Ministry under whose auspices it has been ushered into existence. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. Fllit 4 T EXHIBITION of MAGNIFIED PHOTOGRAPHIC PIC TURES, prepared by Monsieur Ferriere of Paris; also, COLOURED PHOTO . ;RANI C PICTURES, each ricture filling a Disc of One thousand superficial Feet. An ENTIRELY NEW SERIES of DISsOLVING VIEWS. LECTURE by J. 11. PIPPEI, F,sq., on the CHEMISTRY of th , MANUFACTURE of P kPER, and its DECORATION with COLOURS, including WOOL SOUGH'S MARBLING PROCESS and WARREN DE LA RUE'S IRIDESCENT FILMS. LECTURE by Dr. BACHOFFNEB on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVEitSAL ELECTItt . ' TEL , 'GqAPII DESCRIPTION of RUST'S NEWLY-INVENTED PATENT TUBULAR PIANOFORTE, daily at a quarter past three. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools and Childr e n ender Ten years of age, ilalf-priee. Sherwood, Piper, and Co., 83, Paternoster-row. WOOLWICH, FEB. 13. A number of officers are required to serve as agents for the transports now engaged for the conveyance of troops, which will afford an admirable opportunity of employment to those of an active and energetic cha racter qualified for these responsible duties. The Talbot, 22, passed Woolwich to-day on her way round to Deptford from Portsmouth, to have her stores put on board, preparatory to her proceeding with the Phoenix screw steam•sloop, for the relief of the ships now in the Arctic regions. An order has been received to have a new brass screw propeller cast at the foundry here for the Phoenix, one of her former screws being completely destroyed, and only useful as old metal. The detachment of Royal Marines under orders for service in the Monarch, 84, Captain John E. Erskine, left the dock-yard station this morning at half-past eight, on their way to join their ship at Sheerness. Immedi ately on entering the carriages for their conveyance, the band played the national anthem, and it was responded to with the most enthusiastic cheers and waving of their shakos. This day, Crown Octavo, Eight Shillings, A YEAR WITH THE TURKS. By WAR( NGTON SMITH, M.A. With a Hap, by J. W. Lowry. London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. Just publishe.., New Edition price Is , THE CURABILITY of CONSUMPTION being a Series of Papers, presenting the most prominent and important Practical Pobit. in the Treatment of the Disease. By FRANCIS 11. RANI A.DGE, Fellow of the College of Physicians, late Senior Physician to the Royal inflrmiry for Diseases of the Chesr, &c. Also, by the same Author, A THETREATISE ON AS fIiNIA. London : Longman and Co. UNGARIAN PROMENADE CONCERTS. kdmission, Is.—ROYAL +RIOT ECTE THEATRE Adelaide-street, West '4 trand—Every EVENINt4, at Eight, by tt , renowned HUN. :ARIAN B Nil. whose performances have created such intense interest throughout the leadinz European cities The programme is varied nightly, and Includes the finest compo-iti , ns of ancient and modern misters as well as Hungarian and other na tional Melodies. Mazurkas, W4l•zes, (loos, and Quadrilles. Ka lozdy, conductor. Soloists—Fluseihern, Horanyi ; elarioneAe, Ansonia; piano, Miss J. Warman. V •cali sts T-e Misses Brougham. Morning Performance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Three. Just published prig' 2s ,bv t 2s. 6d , DEBILITY and IRRITABILITY induced by It NI TOR ti lAEA ; the Symptoms, Effects, and Rational Tr .atment. BY T. H. YEOMAN, 51 D.. Physici.n to the General Post office Letter- arriers' Provident Institution,&c. London: Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange ; and , by Post only, IT oni the Author, 25, Lloyd-square. the te nts )m T HOMAS SALT a nd CO., EAST 'NTH BU PALE ALE BREWERS, RTON-ON-TRENT. STORES. London•• ,• •• .... 22, Hungerford-wharf. Liverpool 52, henry-street. Manchester • 37, Brown-street. Birmingham •• . 26%, Bull-street. Bristol • • Back Hall, Baldwin-street. ttingham •• 14, Mil:on street. Dublin •• • ..... 4, i rown.alley. E,,inburgh . ..... 17, Downie place. Dundee • • • ...• ...... 13, !sew Inn Entry, High-street. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 13. The Caesar, 91, screw, Captain Robb, came °tit of the steam basin this morning, and round to the fitting basin, to ship her masts and fore masts, which she has done, and is rigging as fast as possible. The Edinburgh, 58, Captain Hewlett, was placed in No. 2 dock this morning to have her copper, &c., exa mined. She will receive a number of riggers a s p ar t complement, and is ordered to be ready for sea by this day week. We believe all the seamen riggers called out this morning will be borne upon her books. The Dauntless, 24, screw, Captain Ryder, bent sails and received her crew from their berthing hulk this morning, and hauled into the stream to adjust her com passes, preparatory to going out of harbour. The Princess Royal, 91 (screw), Captain Lord Cla rence Paget, also bent sails this morning. We believe both these vessels will now go out of harbour to Spit head on Wednesday. The Dragon, 6, paddle frigate, Captain Willcox, has made up the whole of her petty officers from the " rig gers," and will get a good crew. The Bussorah Merchant freightship sailed this after noon for Australia with a draught of the 11th Regiment. She calls at Queenstown for further troops. Rear-Admiral Fanshawe who has been staying a few days with t• -is nephew, the Admiral-Superintendent (Marten) of - this dockyard, had a narrow escape from accident on leaving the dockyard this morning for Lon don, by the breaking of the hind axle of his carriage, which was upset by the casualty. The Basilisk, 6, paddlewheel-sloop, Commander the Hon. F. Egerton, got up her steam in the harbour this morning, and tested the working of her engines. The Duke of Wellington, 131, is to be the flagshipof the Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet, and the Nile, 91, will he offered to Commodore Martin in exchange. PIOGIAMILE FOE TUC DAT. PAt.T Overture (Guillaume Tell), Rossini ; Duett (Oh ! Wert thou in the Cauld Blast), Mendelssohn, the Misses Brougham ; Waltz (Landes farbaden), Strauss; Solo, pianoforte (We're a' Noddin'), miss Julia Warman Original Aria, s. In, flugelhorn, Herr Ho-anyi, Ma ; Song (F, , nd Memory), Glover, Mr Albert henry Percy ; Polka (The Royal Sussex %HMIs). T. Di•tin ; Song (The swis S s G 311ss Elizabeth Brougham; Quidrille. (Crescent), arkorj PAST II Selection (La Sonnambula), Benin' ; Durtt (The Cousins). C Glover, the Mi sus Brougham ; Mazurka (Ilerolque), Kal n oviy ; Solo, pianoforte (Morceau de Concert), Miss Ju ia arma ; Song (Dream or the heart). Glover Mr A II Percy ; Wel , z (E4linton). Kalozdy; Son (Bonnie Dundee), Miss Josephine Brougham ; QU ,- drille (Malta), Kalorly ; Glop ( imes), Kalozdy. Just pu'ilished, Bvo. , in cloth , p rice 55., b y p ost free 6s. THE PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREAT MENT of STRICTURE of the RE riIRA, in all it Vorie tirs and Complications. With P actical Observations on the Use and Abn , e of Ur. thrAl Instruments The whole illustrated by numerous cises, showing that tips d.sease may 'lit succes.fully treated by means at once .impb. sod sit. , even in its most inveterate and apparently intractable forms By F. B. COURTEN .Y, M R.C.A.E. "We belie,e Mr Courtenay's expert nce in the treatment of stricture mull,: the las' 20 ye %rs has % quail d. if indeed it • as not surpassed, that of any of hi- contemp %raries a dwe It , ow of no man to whose care we would with seater confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethr t."—Medical Circular, July 27, 1853. 11. atlliere, 219, Resent-street. ESIDENCE TO LET, at HILLINGDON, it wit in one mile of the West Drayton Station.—A ommo dious Hi 41sE, co sistnig of three sitting•rooms and ,ix bed-rooms, with stable, garden, shrubb ry, &c., called COLHANI HOUSE. Land adjoining may be had at Michaelmas next, if required. This resldenc , which is situated upon the road from West Drayton to Hay, s, was for some years occupied by the late Sir fleorge Coceburn pply to Thomas Brown, upon the premises; John Francis, Esq., solicitor, I, New I3os yell court, London; or Benjamin Jones, Esq., solicitor, Llanelly, South Wales. ItUSSIA AND TURKEY.-LAIVIBERT'S COLOURED q AP, Second Edition (3ft. 4in by 2ft. 3in.), showing the seat of tar on the Danub , , the clack Sea, and the Eastern Frort!er. Price is. ;In case, Is 6d. ;by Post, 6d. extra. Dobbs, Kidd, and Co , 134, Flee'-rreet. London ; Menzies, Edinburgh ; Lambert, Newcastle-on -Tyne; and all Booksellers. )as his of NM CONTRACTS FOR FORGE FOR HORSES. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-Place, I Ith r eb.. 1854. TILE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice, that on THVISDAT, the 16th instant, at One o'clock, they will ne ready to treat wit h Mich per/30113 as may be willing to Contract for supplying an delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DE PTEORD the dermentioned articles, viz.: HAY (pressed best upland mea d o w) • • .... 750 2 72 loads. 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"Just the thing that was wanted."—Pol tician. Ad tress. Mr. ',awes, Med,cal Publisher, 2, Charles-street, liatton garden, London. (From the Morning Post.) " Went to the House of Commons with C., between four and five. Lord John's speech (I could not help feeling) somewhat feeble and diluted, except in one or two passages." Such are the terms which, on the 21th June, 1831, Moore jotted down his impressions of Lord John Russell's greatest effort in favour of his first Reform Bill. They coincide Ist .de ,of ler be curiously with those produced upon ourselves by his exposi tion of his third scheme on the night of February the 13th, 1854. The noble lord advocated but dispiritedly the bill which he is to usher into Parliament, and to support through PAINS in the BACK, GRAVEL, LUMBAGO, RHEUMATISM, GOU I', IN' DIGESTION, FLATULENCY, 114E.RVOLT-4NES3, DEBILITY, &c.—Dr. DE WOOS' COMPOUND RENAL PILLS as their name Renal (or the Kidneys) indicates, are a most safe and , efficacious remedy for the above dangerous com plaints, discharges of any kind, retention of the urine, and diseases of the kidneys, bladder. and urinary organs generally. For d.-pression of spirits, incapacity for society, study, or bu.iness, confusion, giddi- Neu, drowsiness, nervousness, and insanity itself, when arising from Or combined with urinary diseases, they are unequalled. Price is. lid , 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., 118., and 335. per Box, through all Medicine Vendors, or sent (free) on receipt of the amount in postage stamps, byßoos, 35, Ely- lace, Sunday Holborn, i ondon. At home tor con sultation daily from 11 till 4, excepted. Advice and Medi cine, £l. LIFE ASSURANCE; REPORT of the SELECT COMMITTEE of the HOUSE of COMMONS, and the DEPOSIT SYSTEM—the New and Important Feature of Life Assurance adopted by The DEPOSI r and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY The following is an extract from the Report of the Select Com mittee : - " Ina OBJECTS which persons HAVE IN VIEW IN EFFECTING IN atIZANCES noon their lives, ire GENERALLY OF AN IMPORTANT AND sorsatts characte, Viz., the PROVISIoN FOIL WIDOWS AND ORTMANs after the death citheir NIA URAL PloTEcToßs ; utilik • any ordinary transaction of trade, a CONTRACT ONCE ENTARED INTO CANNOT BE DISCHARGED OR ABANDONED, if doubts of the stability PAID IN ef an office should arise, WI T • SACRIFICE OF PREMIUMS TUT TRIAL and the neccsSi y 01 effecting new poliems in other Offices at increased rates of premium, owing to the greater age of the assured ; persons are thus placed in the ANRIOCS AND UN HAPPY DILEMMA of BEING COMPELLED TO PERSEVERE IN PAYING PREMIUMS FROM YEAR TO TEAR, with soma suspicion and doubt as to the ultimate advantage of doing .o, oR or INCURRING THE SE RIOUS L 099 'Mica UNDER THE MOST FAVOURABLE CIRCUMSTANCES, MOST ATTEND THE ABANDONMENT OR SALE OF A POLICY." On the DEPOSIT SYSTEM a person is NOT " COMPELLED" to pay from " TEAR To TEAR." and he does not, if desirous of " ABANDON. ING" his Policy, incur any' SERIOUS Loss," but, on the contrary. he may pay snch amounts, and at such .imea ss he may find most con venient; he can stop paying whenever he pleases, and he can with draw the whole or part of his premiums. If the whole be with drawn the l'olicy is cancelled ; if part only, then the value of the policy is diminished by the assured vain,. of the part withd awn. A B, aged 20, opens a deposit policy with a payment of SI which it will be seen he inc i eases from time to time, and occasionally diminishes. X 1 •00—m0000n.oso—sz.., sur x I 911 ,457-...--___ _ _ .;,...4....oloaam=fnveiv 0 tr 3 4 , 8 ,:, -N-,,,,g '----,... .. - .2 W U C u p ' 0,....,0 m,4 ..0"S 1 ~M , Z l 7. .Z '-. ... 0 14 .4 . 84. .i.. 0.1... .30 ,( 4 0 . .. Ma ' '...!. ~. .....- 41. . L.) ...0 a ;131 4"'=li '' !;',177, NNE , r . .4 ~ ... ~... ~.. 4 . . im 43 ' i... W 1111 11111 14 i' 13 . ~..,,,, "Z07.:1, M 0 0 ... 0 ... . -il ItTi i 1 IP - ....0 , ~...••••••, ...-....,...- 4 ..••• I-7 1.2 cu ba CI 0 42, .4 CI N C• 4 C• 4 0 1 C , I CI 0: t ..; g lrg 47 '''''44'.g4242Sg 2; . g . . e c., 4 rqi qzi ••C U A 0 .41. .402 E- M .1 V, .. U 0 C 0.. ei la l-. . • ' • • • • • • n- - " c, • .-• 71 .-. .... ~. ~, .1. ~.. C , l 01 , c• . ) = . ~. ..• ,•') ..- 4.: •• • ".. • t ) . • 1... • ••-. I; 0.1755tc9'. A o.CvwooAr4ooXAmA W o o . 010 ,o 1 . . . . .. .. -- -- Thus AB, in 10 years, has saved and invested at different inter vals various 8111113 amounting to 971., by which he had been insured in case of death for 2601. 12s. 7d ; but A B requires 221. ; Iv Ss. draws this sum out, and diminishe s the value of his Policy by 601. 3d. at different ties, leaving him in case of death a Policy for 200/. ts. 4d., and during his life a fund of 751. to dra w out at any time, in part or wholly. The first claim settled by the Deposit and General Life Assurance Company was upon a deposit of 101. which a parent made for Of five children, instead of aiding it to an account they had at the Savinzs Bank. One uf them riled a few days after the 101. was de posited, and the father received 34/. 65., being the amount of the De posit Policy. EXAMPLE No. 2. Supposing A 13, aged 23, when he opens a Deposit Policy has the means. and continues VoLUNTLZILT to pay the same sum every year la the same way as he is coserELLED to do in the ordinary system. Age. X. s. d. 49 6 6 48 16 0 47 18 0 47 4 6 46 10 6 45 17 6 45 4 0 44 10 6 43 17 6 43 4 0 406 7 6 190 4 6 141 3 ° 1,000 4 0 194 13 6 147 18 6 182 10 6 1,525 t, 6 -$ Year• ..... to 1865 .... to .. • ..... 11170........ ..... .. to 16/4............•• . 1875........•• •• • • to to t• Th premium of 1g 1. commencing at 23 years of age, a"d paid unon an ordinary Policy (As IT MUST BE) every year till A.B. is 46 years old, will secure the same sum, viz., 1.00 1., but if A B lives '7 years longer (which is the probable , uration of life at the tie he anewd the insurance) his Deposit Policy, for the same payment? as for an ordinary Policy of 1,0001., will have increased to 1,5251. 6s. 6d. The Right 'onourahle the Lord V,scaunt Drumlanrig, M.P.. P.r• Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. Major-General Sir Pr Clayton, Bart.. 79, Gloucester -place man-ware. >.ir Charles Price, Bart , Banker, London. Vice-Admiral Ayscough, Prospect House, Southampton. CliA11311.10;• The Bight Hon. the Lord Viscount Dramlanriz, M.P., P.C., Comp troller of her Majesty'. llousehold. CONSULTING ACIITLILT. Frsne►s G. P. N etson, Egq., STANDING COUNSEL. B. E. Crowder, Esq., Q.C., TAT., Recorder of Bristol, Counsel to the Admiralty, and Judge Advocate of the Fleet. It, Mains, Esq., Q.C.. Lincoln's-inn. Chief Office, No, 18, 'Sew Bridge-street, Bleckfriars, London. Loans granted at 5 per cent• on real or personal security. Annuities on mast favourable terrns. Diseased lives and lives de clined by other ofiloes accepted at equitable rates. For PrOSPeODaSeS and further information apply to the agents in country, or to C. W. Bevan, Ri.aldent Secretary. Agents wanted in all parts of the United Kingdom, X.B.—Life Assurances effected es Ow ordinary p at lan. 4.111051, le be keg rads on application the Publtabers vi tette. auctoolsi 1 ragtag. (itW.) Usetul Pamphlets, to be had gratis on application at the Publishers (if by letter enclosing a postage stamp.) ATKINSON and COMPANY'S PRICE CUR RENT of Useful and Ornamental FURNITURE, UPHOL STI, RY, LOOKING GL ASSES, REDDING, &c. Also, THE LADIES' MA NUAL, or Gnide to the Extensive .ercantile Estab lishment of ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPER-+, SILK and S4AWL MERCERS, HABERDASHERS, HOSIER s, and LACE MEN. London : Published by the Proprietors, Atkinson and Company , 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74 , and 75, Westminster -bridge-road, Lambeth. JOZEAITS COPAHINE-MEGE, or Saccharatt, C ATSULES, approved by the French Colleue of Physicians, successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for the cure of certain tti.eases (see " Lancet " 6th Nov., 1852.) Price, per 100, 4s. Cd. ; 50, 2s. 9d.—To market of the Inventor, Gabriel Jozesu, French Chemist, 49, Hay, London. whose nsme is printed on the Government stamp ; and all the principal chemists. NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. 34-R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, FLEET-STREET, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DES( RIPTION of ‘RTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or :features. They so perfe,tly resemb , e the natural teeth, a- not to be distinguished from the or gloats by the closest observer ; they will Bever change colour or decav, and will he found superior to ant teeth ever betore used. This method does not requ re the ex traction of roots, or any painful opera , ion, and w:11 support and pre serve teeth that are lo,se, and is guarant , ed to restore articulation and mastication, Decayed to rendered sound and useful in ma.s. tication. 52, Fl,i• ET-STREET. —fit home from Tsn till Five. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and se lamd by the Seale of ih. Ecole de Pharmacia de Paris, and the Imperial 'ollege 01 Medicine, Vienna. The long continuance of most Maladies arising front impurities, while it tends to render detection more certain, and thus freq .ently to embi•ter the domestic hearth, also series to excite feelings of dis appointment. and to induce 1 wneas of spirits, and other sensations of a most pe.'nful kind The TRl . '.'Etc , R effectually, in the short space of three days, ocmpletely and entirely eradicates all traces of these Dise , sea, to whatever stage they m.iy have advanced, P ssess ing at the some time the manif at advantages of being utterly devoid f taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities It may lay on the toilet table witriout its us being suspect , d. Sold in tin cases at I is. ear , free by post. 2s extra, divided late separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, &c., This quantity is sufficient for any case. however virulent or protracted. —To be had ; holesale and Retail at Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street ; Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., Oxford-street, London. THIRD EDITION.—WITH kDDIFIONS. Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by pest tree, ss. 6d. tisi TRUE Az FALSE SPERMATORRWEA, with the View to the Correction of wile-spread Errors n -eation to the Treatment and Cure of the Impuissant and Sexual tlypochondriae , , Translated from be German of Dr. BICKFORD. T) wh ch ,'died, an E i4AY SIIXISA.L DEBI 'ATT, b' the Editor. I q. Plclitore 's known to English readers by his frequent pram ..l contribution,' to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himselt to the non-medi 'over to correct." reader. We trust this may not be the last, If he shall , etect any Cher equally flagrant evil which it may be in his —London Medical Gazette May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa thisers,' and Medical Friends, 'are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book .ould find its way into he hands of those who stiffer fr , m the corn ?taint of which it tre its, we are satisfied that mAny hunds would of , e saved much needle ss suffering cii isody and mind , and red what is ess Importance, though it Is that which the quacks most prize— ouch rnoney......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the em pirical system of treating Sp ennatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medcal Circular, June 16. 1852. London: H. Ball i ere, 219, Regent-street. - 1N THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH, MANHOOD, AND OLD AGE. forty- Just Published, 6 0 th t d itto 1, price 2s. 6d.. or free by post for ostam SELF-PRESERVATION; an Ana l yt i ca l Investigation of the Physiology an d Functions 01 Marriage, with its Disqualifications and Impediments, tracing their origin to the effects of solitary habits, youthful excess, tropical climates, or close study ; follosved by practical remarks, founded on twenty years' experb:nce in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, F•permatorrheea, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. Illustrated by sO coloured Engrav ings, on the Anatomy of the Reproductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. Ily SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Dlctor of Medicine Matrlculated Member of the University of Edits bargh, Honorary, Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, TAcentiate of Apothecaries' Hall. London. &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modk:rn pathologists Its perusal is particularly re -ommended to persons entertalting secret douts of their p,ysical condition, and wits are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, and has long directed attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free Their treatment has unfortunately been too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant &a pities, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and Mies, and pretended virtues 0 1 their p a tent nostrums, inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their preten sions. The serious con:eau.:mes resulting Irm <uch mal-practice may easily be avoide 1 if sufferers from these ma' adi , s were t. , ascer tain if t eir melical advi:er he a t , ember of t'm imndon College of Phy-icians, urgeons, or pothe •arie.s' Hall, as any one possessing either of these walilicationst usually wmends it to his name, and thus he legally quaiille.l practitioner can a , once be di.tingui‘hed. as home for consultation dally from Kleven till Two, and irom -,tx till Eight. All letter! must contain the fee or 1/. SELF-PREAERVATION may be had, price 2s 6d, In English, Trench, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. rper, Strothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row: llannay, 63, Ox ford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie. Titchhor , reet, Haymarket ;or free .v Jost for fortv_tw, qt,mos, to anV a ,lay,als from the Author's reel deopp.l7. it,oro,o.sonage Port- 'on, 146, Leadenhall-street; 95, Farringdo- , :st ' re sow Church -yard ; Butler. 4, Cheapsidc ; R Johnson,e; W. organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Encra . yin PART IL treats of the consequences resulting n ! on .,* in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, said incapacity. illustrated by 10 Explanatorystreet; ord-street Sutton, 10, 8 reproductive system, excessive produclng Engravings. generative PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infecton it ' the primary or secondary florin, and contains explicit direc e ti her in their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Colo Engrav ings.PAßT IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Dig simple application, by which the danger of infection i • ons for Coloured F.ngrav ease by a N THE SECRET cAITsF,A OF SELF-ACQUIRED In Six l a .a i ng DNAPPOINTED HOPES. 'D MISERIES AND Languages—Pita 'eth Edition. THE 8 1'.E NT FRIEND. Ns e2do E n n T .P al ENTI Oit o P DISEASE. CONTAINING TUE llustrated by One Hund Anatomical ColouredEngravings and FRIEND Cases. 2 , 6 d., by post, from the slew Edition, enlarged tO 1 n a stamps, Medical ' rflE SILENT vstahlishinont pages,ga 64 '. Work on I . the exhaustion and physical decay ' ,xc,essive indulgence, the consequences of 91. the system, produced by infection, or the abuse of mercury, with di-ections ior the use of th lowed by observations on Marriage, and thee preventive lotion, tol prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured F disqualifications which PERRY an d CO., consultinc Surgeons, 1 4 g 1gr a avings. By It. and L. street, London. Published by Sherwood ..,,,,, e e rrters-st reet, Oxford -23, Paternoster 70w, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150 Co., 68, Cornhill. PART I treats of the anasomy and physiology theof PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties.. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and Subject critically and philosophically inqnired into. THE CORDIAL BALM OF -111 CUM is exclusive] the whole Y employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &.., 11 s and 1s per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in caseS of infection, s econ d ar y symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, lie, and 335. bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, Der i 2,. 9d., 4s. 64., and Ils. chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, tiou in society. Si. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, 1/ ,is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, lierners-street, Oxford-street, Lon s obviated. per box, a certain remeds , for gonorrhoea, , glee, stricture, and -: fr. A minute detail of the case is required: age, habits, and post. s don. from Eleven till Two. and Five to Eight; on San,ls7 from IlleYen to One. EUROPEAN COURTS. ENDLESS embassies and fruitless negotiations have occupied the Courts of Europe for some time. Whether th c nst.llation of the " Gr eat Bear" is an unlucky one, we must leave for the consideration of all observers ; but the soundest policy has been pursued by the oatrons of the establishments of E. MOSES and "ON, who have negotiated affairs of dress on a scale of unpre cedented magnificence and economy. The war of elements is totally subdued by the attire manufactured by E. Moses and SON, and all the advantages of a complete victory are secured by an artistic fit which combines fashion and comfort. As ambassadors to the Court of Fashion, E. Moses and SoN are the most successful negotiators which the commercial world has ever acknowledged—they have produced styles of dress which have gained them universal reputation. Their present facilities for exe cuting the commands of noblemen, merchant, men of business, labourers, and all other section s of society, possess an indescribable ampletude, associated with superior quality, infinite variety, and the most economical charges. Liveries, sporting dress, military and naval costumes, are made by E. Moses and SoN with the greatest uniformity and precision. lists, cap', boots and shoes, hosiery, shirts, ladies' and children's c'othing of the mo-t elegant and serviceable kind, is flirnished by E. Moses and SON at considerably lower prices than are customarily _ . charged. The wholesale department of E. MOSES and Sox's business is highly advantageous to merchants, captains, and emigrants. Their cloth ing, hoots and shoe, outfits, &c. Sec., are the best shipments which c m be made to Australia or any part of the world. Full lists of outfits for ladies and gentlemen, and ship-sailing in formation, may be had on application, or post tree. CAU NON -E. :viOr Es end SON regret having to guard the dublic against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like aischood of "Being connected with 'heir Establishment," or " It's he same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for ‘bvious reasons, they beg to state that they have "TO CONNEXION WITH 4.NT OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 44, 85, and 86, Aidgate , opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, Now Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, ilart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 15 and 20, Bridge-street. Aheflield Branch, 36 Fargate. Colonial Branch, NI lbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailo. Clothiers, Hatters, flosiers, Furriers, Boot and Ahoe dakers. and General Oatfltters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, It will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest trom which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on -Aaturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, „ The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain ing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, &c., &c., ray be hld on application. or post-free. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1854 can be had, gratis on application. lc , l'oit perle Francais. 'nor •••rh , mm ,epntach. Qui st parla Italian°. Aatia we hahla Espana ------- G R A VESEND ST AR PACKETS. .),1 other Packets call at the Grays, Greeithe, and Purl:lest Piers. The Packets ,•ni) tt the Piers as underlinnehd (weather permitting FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESF, NW, SUNDAYS , E DAYS._ N 2 Time. I 'days rireet Trains from the Boars marked f Omnibuses from Fenehurch-street Station to all parts of London , very quarter of an hour , IRU.NSWICK , %'HARF, BLACK WALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenehurch-street Station. - - WEIRS DAYS• SUNDAYS. ± LI ''' f ,, ... .5-: Fen- :2.." - t i , i , E Fen- ;9, -= t , - E r, church `5 IL' .., v. 4,... 1 ' ~..,.> church 8.! g fl "A Street - , Z .F c) - e, Street. A C z ?... c..s ' .5 T. 44 g ..--- - 9 —_ -- 9 , 4 Uri 11 -- - - 12 IA - 214 - - - - - 3 % - - - - - 3 % - i - - '- —. 5 5 . ! , Passages marked • are direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and London.. • • •....• 10d. .. Is. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwieh Bd. .. Os. 10d. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TiCßETS.—Twelve Months, 15.. Os.; Six Months, 31. Os. ; Three Months,the Collectors on board the Packets ; or of Mr. Monk , Ter race Pier, Gravesend. Nov. 17, 103. GREAT FIRE AT BROMLEY. Yesterday evening, between the hours of five and six, a fire broke out at Claussen's Patent Flax, Hemp, and Jute Company's mills, situate at Bromley, near Bow new church. The property covered a large extent of ground, and comprised the principal mill, the machine-houses, the devilling-rooms, the drying-houses, and a large warehouse probably 50 feet wide and nearly 80 feet deep—whilst in front of the premises were packed in the open yard, under marquees, several heaps of hemp, jute, and flax, each stack being as high as a common dwelling-house. The last-named property was worth some thousand pounds, and the principal portion has been reduced to ashes, besides the destruction of machinery and goods in the mills. The fire was first discovered by a boy who was em ployed in the mill, and who stated that his attention was directed to an exceedingly small body of fire in one of the front warehouses. At that time the fire was travelling along the ceiling and appeared to be feeding upon the loose dust that had accumlated round the joistings. The boy at once sounded an alarm. and in the course of a few minutes a strong body of police belonging to the K division came up from the Bow station, under the direction of Mr. Su perintendent Howe and Inspector Ellis. The police and the various hands employed on the works at once made a vigorous attempt to get some of the many bales of goods in the warehouses removed to the open yard, in which endeavour they succeeded ; but unfortunately their exertions were of little avail, as nearly everything they could remove has been consumed. Information of the outbreak was sent per the electric telegraph to Lon don for the aid of the engines. The moment the mes sae,e arrived. the brigade engine stationed at School. house-lane, Shadwell, started for the scene, but, on its arrival, the whole of the warehouses, the machine rooms, and drying compartments, were enveloped in flame. The engine w as set to work from a good supply of water, but the fire continued to spread with amazing rapidity. The engines from Wellclose-square, Jeffrey-square, and Watling-street, the West of England engine, and the company's firemen, next arrived, and by this time the flames were issuing from every window in the warehouse and mills, and when the roof fell in a tremendous shower of sparks rose high into the air, and, falling upon nearly a dozen stacks of juts and hemp in the yard, as well as the greater portion of the goods previously removed from the premises, set fire to the whole. The wind at the same time blew stifly, and very few minutes elapsed before the various stacks of hemp and other articles looked like so many dwelling -1 houses on fire. The engines a bove enumerated, as wel as that of the parish, were worked with full vigour, but as late as midnight the fire was far from being entirely extinguished, although all danger of any further exten sion of mischief was fortunately at an end. The firemen succeeded in saving from destruction the engine-rooms and bleaching-houses at the east end of the mills, but the other portions of the works may be described as being entirely consumed. Terrace Pier., • t B ~4 t 9 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ( Front the Time. ) The journals of yesterday had pr, , )ably a more warlike appearance, and were fuller of actual, preparations for war, than any the living generation can remember, which is almost as much as to say, since newspapers were what they are. Yet on the evening of that day Lord John Russell introduced, not only with his customary sang-froid, but also with the inti mation that he thought it' a very slight affair, a Measure. of Parliamentary Reform not much less swseping than that which some twenty years since brought us to the eve of a revolution and anarchy itself. This surpasses even Sidney Smith's well known description of his lordship's udacity. He has not, I indeed, taken the command of the M "terranean fleet, but at the very time when he and his coil gues were sending two immense fleets to the Mediterranean and the Baltic, and im mediately after Lord John had explaitted the conduct of the Admiral in command, he rose again td invite the attention of the House of Commons to the work of its own reconstruction. Very properly he prefaced his speech with a chapter on the pursuit of reform under difficulties, showing how a great man may be baffled in the attempt to pass a good measure, and e ither never succeed, as in the case of Pitt, or only succeed 1 as Lord Grey did, after repeated attempts, under happier auspices, at an interval of forty years. From these splendid examples, the one of failure, the other of late success, Lord John drew the lesson that it was his duty to, persevere, even with the risk of utter disappointment, or hope long deferred. Such courage we cannot but admire, and, as his lordship has described the feeling of those who would suggest de lay to consist of one part discretion, and three parts cowardice, we must admit his own purer element to be un tainted with either of those grovelling qualities. As if to re proach this degenerate age with its idle terrors, he intimates that his measure is scarce worthy to be called a Reform Bill; though in so doing he certainly makes us tremble to think what he would be ready to propose worthy of that name, wore he not compelled to act with lesser men. For our own part, we think him hardlyjust to his own measure, which may well compare in almost every respect with the act of 1832. Indeed, it is wonderful how much that measure has left to be done. That so large a supplement should be possible argues much for the moderation of the elder reformers, and the unreasonableness of their foes. In one important respect the bill leaves the precedent of the Reform Act, and baffles the anticipations of speculative reformers. Dividing the problem into two parts —the distribution of seats and the qualification—it has heretofore been customary to deal with each part so as to meet the conflicting demands of population and property, or of numbers and land, as the opposite poles of the controversy used to be described. The present bill seems to give up the idea of satisfying antagonistic classes, either as to the distri bution of seats or as to the conditions of the franchise; and, instead of that, to favour territory in the dis tribution of seats, and numbers, money, and edu , cation in the alteration of the suffrage. It is a new ' way of dealing with the question, and will probably cause some disappointment to those reformers who have been ready with their schedules of new boroughs, and wished at least to see the population uniformly represented. Should the bill pass in its present form, however, it certainly seems likely to satisfy the most ardent reformers, even though it does not contain a single point of the " Charter." The in fusion of borough voters into the county constituency, and of operative voters into that of the boroughs, and the addition of votes derived from salary, taxes, stock, savings, educa tional test, and almost every possible source, constitute a formidable counterpoise to the influence of home and land. Considering how much the most zealous reformers have lately been obliged to tower their tone, and how little they are disposed to stand upon particular mea sures of reform, we think we may fairly ask them what class of persons deserving a franchise will not enjoy it on the pass ing of the proposed measure , and what intere st will n ot be s ignifying adequately represented. In our o p inion counti es and boroughs will become, under this bill, names of very littl e s i gn ifi cance —or a t t h a e ll la e n v d e e n ci stts,anriolooenrageery as oifpYipnogsed land as opp ose d t o trade, to the ma n ufacturing population. When every 101. occupier in the country, ex cepting only those in Parliamentary cities and boroughs, will have as good a vote as the owner of ten thousand acres, or the tenant-farmer of a thousand, the town will have little reason to be jealous of the country, and reformers will have small cause to complain of the tyranny of landlords. As a whole month is to be given for inquiry, and as an inquiry is likely to take its character very much from its first start, we will suggest that, instead of comparing the bill with this or that standard or scheme of reform, the better test will be the question—How will it work ? There will be no great diffi culty in estimating the number, the character, and the pre vailing political tone of the new voters added to the electoral districts, whether counties or boroughs. At the first sight the're seems but little reason to fear the invasion of any inlidence to the interests of the people and the cause of social improvement. At least, we do not see under what provision of the bill it can possibly lurk. On a review of all the classes thrown into the constituency, and especially into those districts which are to have more representatives, or are to b? formed into new electoral districts, we must express a Conviction that the most thoroughgoing reformers will have ample reason to be satisfied with the actual working of the measure—more so, perhaps, than with the working of ;heir own theoretical schemes. {From the Morning Herald.) Most of our readers will remember Blackwood's admirable series of pams, entitled, " First and Last." To this series Lord John Rysell contributed another specimen last night We had then, in a weary task of about an hour and twenty minutes, the Prst and Last appearance of a third Reform Bill. The latest spe4men of the kind in 1852 was sentenced as soon as seen, and the present one is several degrees worse than that. We have not the slightest idea that we shall ever again look upon "tee Reform Bill of 1854." Lord John went through his Wt . with the air of a man who knew that the whole affair'fit a farce, and who could not, for the life of him, even put on the semblance of feeling any interest in it. Scarcely a checker the least warmth greeted him during his course; he sat dawn in nearly total silence, and in ten minutes afterwards net, /any members were left on the Ministerial benches. The wMle - afFair was seems be O. sham ; and honest men disliked to appear to have anything to do with it. As Lord John entertains not the slightest IdeCorproceeding with the measure, ha Ihiaturaily careless what, party he insults by it. The first halt •of the measure is , a downright affront to the Radicals—tha4tter half is just as disgnsting to the Con servatives. ' Togs I', the bill is such a monstrosity, that it is difficult to belieigthat Lord John would be willing to pass his own bill into a law, if he were able to do sotto-morrow. First, as to the Radicals. They have been insisting upon it, for some months pall% that seats taken from towns must be given to towns; ti ,A ,t if thirty boroughs are disfranchised , thirty new boroughs must be created. Now, how does Lord John deal with this Claim I By disfranchisement of boroughs he finds 66 seats at hi% disposal. All these are claimed by the Radical party for towns, Lord John apportions them thusc— Counties London 'University 1 Inns of Court Chelsea ............. . Largetowns Total ' 66 . M o re utter disregard of the pretensions of the Radical party could hardly be shown., ..A. second affront is inflicted upon them by one of the many'. "crotchets" which are introduced into this precious production. Lord John gives in to the novel idea of giving some l'epresentation to minorities. He adopts the plan of a late pamphleteer, of giving three mem bers to a large town, or dilision of a county, but allowing no elector to give more than tWo votes. In this way 5000 elec tors would return the first two on the poll, but a minority of 4000 would return the third. This is an idea particularly abhorrent to the Radicals, who enjoy nothing better than to triumph over the Conservatives, when they can, by mere brute force. But having in this way shown his disregard of the wishes and feelings of his Radical allies, Lord John next turns to the Conservatives, and does his best to render the measure loathsome to theta. Half-a-dozen crotchets of the most absurd kind are introduced, any one o f which oug ht to cond emn the measure. Take an instan ce : that the metropolitan boroughs are low enough, Radical enough, and have enough of King Mobinthem, is a fact which even the Times itself has fre quently asserted. Yet Lord Johit proposes to make them muc h worse. "Is it possible ?" seine of our readers will ex claim. Oh, y es I quite possible. A s th e l aw now s t an d s , every voter in a metropolitan borough: must have paid some ra tes and taxes. Lord John:gravely proposes to sweep away every regulation of the kind. A man is (we suppose) merely to be rated ; though why even this' formality should be de manded, if the payment of rates, is to excuse him, we know not. What rational motive can be assigned for this change ? Has any one ventured to surmise that the constituencies of the metropo litan boroughs are not low enough, but that they would bo im proved by a larger infusion of the democracy ? The " crotchets" of this bill are too many to be enumerated, One member is to be given to the " London University," which is not, we believe, " Stinkomalee" itself, but a still more modern invention, which at present is to be found in lodgings, up two pair of stairs, somewhere about Somerset House. All people having salaries of 100/. banker, to have votes..-,Are the clerks of a Lombard-street or of Messrs. Morrison and Dillon, in Fore-street, more independent of their employers than the farmers of Sir Thomas Adana or Sir John Yarde Buller/ Yet, when the farm tenants were enfranchised- by the Chandos clause, the Whi g s " and Radicals told: .us that we were only ma king some thousan ds of dependest and servile voters." For our part, though we hate all shams , the " mustadmit that we, the present is a case in which Governinent cannot do any thing else. To act with truth and•henesty is more than they can venture to do. To be in earnest, they must pledge office, ever ything upon the and power, and carrying this measure. But this they cannot do, and do net mean to do. They have not the slig htes t i n tention of either - dissolving or resigning. In short, the bill is only " brought in to be taken out again. It is a mere waste of time ; in short, a, farce ! (From the Morning Chonnicie.) Lord John Russell was fully justified, in stating last night. at the conclusion of his able, comprehensi ve , and statesman like speech, that the provisions of the new Reform Bill had not been suggested by any Party motive. Not only is the measure marked, at every point, by an earnest and single minded desire to improve the constitution of the House of Commons, but the changes which it proposes are so various in their character, as well as so considerable in number and im portance, that it will not be easy, without elaborate calcula tions, to estimate their probable effect on the balance of poli tical power. The counties are to receive a _considerable addi tion of representatives, but the county c ons tit uenc y i s to embrace a new class of voters from the smaller towns in the district ; and it will consequently, as Lord John Russell pointed out, no longer present that " special character " which has operated so injuriously on national interests. In the larger counties and towns, the minority is to be furnished with the means of securing a share in the representation ; and, consequently, there may not improbably be , a Ministerial member for Manchester, and a Liberal member for Dorset shire. Mr. Drummond himself might have allowed that the franchise given to clerks and salaried officers will tend to raise the character of ordinary constituencies ; audit is certain that the Inns of Court will never return a :member holding opinions so dangerous as to be incompatible with a seat on the bench or with the office of -§olicitor- General. In a word, the measure' presents little scope for that narrow and vulgar criticism which,cati only judge of political changes as they may affect the - petty in terests of faction. It must bo estimated as a whole;;.vvith reference to its collective and ultimate effect on the character of the constituencies and of the House of Commons ; and thus regarded, it will, unless` we D.re greatly mistaken, be °Or , dially welcomed by the country as a scheme, alike honestly intended, judiciously conceived, and ably constructed, for what cannot but be a stormy career. The house received it lan guidly enough, and nothing ensued upon its enunciation, save a few vindication de rigueur of freemen by members whose electoral strength lies largely among that particular class, and a little string of questions from a few Scotch and Irish mem bers as to the measure which is to be meted to their respec- tive countries. In fact, it is abundantly evident, from the tone and manner of the house that the representative body entirely a g ree with their constituencies that — be the bill good or be it bad—the present time is a singularly inopportune one for bringing it under discussion. As regards the character and merits of the scheme, apart from the question of its op portuneness, its supporters will, wo suppose, designate it as comprehensive, and its opponents may well describe it as multifarious and destructive. Among the latter we are dis posed to rank ourselves. The act of 1831 involved, if it did not distinctly enunciate, the principle of making population the basis of representation but to a limited extent only, and that, not at the moment apparently, a very dangerous one. There were many places whose industry had passed away, whose population had dwindled, and whose members conse quently represented only a shadow or a tradition. There were other places which, from hamlets and fishing villages, had grown into large towns and wealthy cities, busy with com merce and replete with active and productive capital. It was consistent only with common sense that, suppos ing there to be an invincible constitutional objection to any enlargement of the House of Commons, representation should be transferred from the shadow to the substance ; and, had the operation been conducted on distinct and constitutional principles, there would have been no ultimate hazardous pro gress involved by the undertaking. Unfortunately, Lord John, for convenience probably in the first instance, adopted population as the measure of claim to representative privileges; and the admission, however modified, of this principle has compelled the author of the Reform Bill of 1831, as we al ways predicted it would, to adopt, now in 1854, that theory for which the Radical party have so long and so steadily struggled the theory, namely, of proportional representation, taking mere population as its basis. This is, indeed, the mein feature of Lord John's scheme. The - accordance of repre sentation to the Inns of Courts we cannot approve of, As well, it seems to us, might electoral. rights be given to the Shipowners' Association, to the Railway Companies' Clearing- House, or to the Clergy Mutual Assurance Company. As for the advantage of having more lawyers in the house, it will give us no great pain, and will inflict on the nation no great loss, to forego it. The extensions of the franchise which the noble lord proposes we equally object to, as unfitting and un called for. That for which Lord John claims the credit of being Conservative, is a mere sham, and can never have any sensible influence. The number of graduates of our Univer sities of Government and of commercial clerks, who are excluded by the existing form of franchise, we take to be very insignificant, and even if they numbered three times what we conceive them to do, would be nothing in the scale against the mass who will rush in by the opening practi cated by the lowering of the county franchise to 10/., and of the borough to a muncipal 61. rating. Neither do we see any security for Conservative principles or Conservative ten dencies in the 501. savings bank provision, upon which Lord John appeared to lay considerable stress. Judging from the vast sums of money which they have expended, there was probably scarcely one of the men lately out on strike who could not have qualified under it; and supposing an election to have occurred in October last, with Lord John's bill in full operation, what class of men does he think they would have returned to the House of Commons—a Lord John Russell, or a Mr. Cowell—a Mr. Spencer Walpole, or a Mr. Newton—a statesman and an upright gentleman, or a plat form spouter and an ignorant socialist. There is one more proposed alteration in our existing system of which we have yet to speak—the most uncalled-for and the most unjusti fiable. We mean, that by which it is intended to exempt, in future, members of Parliament, accepting office under the Crown, from submitting their new position to the approval of their constituents. No one has advocated more strongly than ourselves the proper independence of representatives, or opposed more constantly everything tending to the establish ment of a system of delegation ; but this long-existing con stitutional usage involves no such thing, and only gives to the constituency that proper control which they ought to have over their representative, and assures them against the possibility, without their own connivance, of their influence being converted, by their member, into a means of personal advancement for himself. Let Lord John Russell consider well before he lays upon the table of the house, in the shape of a bill, the scheme of which he, last night, gave a pro gramme, lie may depend upon it, Mr. Drummond is right —the measure contains that which must be, sooner or later, destructive, and exhibits no reason in the world for stopping where it professes to conclude. ( From the Dailg News. ) The great feature, and the very great merit, of Lord John Russell's new Reform Bill is, that it proposes a large exten sion of the suffrage. The reduction of the county franchise to 101., and of the borough franchise to 61., are bold, sound, and excellent propositions. In places like the City of Lon don, St. Pancras, Marylebone, Islington, Southwark, Lam beth, Kensington, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, and many others, a 6/. franchise must be practically equivalent to household suffrage, and certainly a 10/. franchise in counties must " bring within the pale of the constitution" all those who are above the grade of mere agricultural labour. All this is excellent, and thoroughly worthy of support, and if the scheme ended here, nothing better could have been expected. Rut the bill goes much further. Its great and good features are damaged by an unhappy crotchet—that of seeking " to represent the minority." This is the drawback ; and it will be the duty of reformers to decide whether or not a large ex tension of the franchise shall or shall not be taken as a suffi ciently great and sound instalment of reform—a sufficiently bold step iu the right direction—to cover, like charity, a mul titude of minor sins. At present we have about a mil lion of voters, and we may now consider that we are offered a scheme which will certainly, if carried out, add some hundreds of thousands to their number. Indeed it seems probable that the effect of the 61. franchise in towns, and the 101. franchise in counties, may about double the number of persons entitled to be placed on the electoral rolls as compared with those now ac tually registered. With this extension we are asked to combine certain crotchets more or less acceptable to certain cliques. What shall we do ? Shall we take the bill or reject it ? To take it would in all human probability strengthen the Liberals in the House of Commons sufficiently to enable them at an early future again to revise our modes of election. To reject it would still leave us with the undiminished force of a just cry for Reform. All the sharaßeformers—all those who have " bought " their seats in the Housoes possible,of Comm Commons, dand denouncere want of course to keep them_aslong t o h r e o ß b M et as ter measure, do They all in thiller under power covertoo inflict ta amortal o demand ltal f wound on the Government B ill for the simple reason that to w i interested M Ps - e lection. The array of th e different sets of pass would send them again before their constituents for re -election. the scheme, joined with the open hostility of those foes of the people, the Tories, may secure a very formidable phalanx in opposition to the New Reform. But the pub lic, for their own sakes, must not be hoodwinked. Theirs is the task to weigh the promise against the disap pointments —the good against the evil—the extension against the crotchets, and to decide whether they will or will not require their representatives to vote for the measure. After all that may be said against the measure, the real ques tion is, Will it, or will it not, be found, after careful criti cism of the various provisions, that the good outweighs the evil ? That is the point at issue. Considering the quality of the house to which it is presented, is it as liberal a scheme as could be brought forward with any chance of,success ? Against the proposal that each elector in constituencies re-, turning three members shall only vote for two, we liaVe COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Helena and Louisa, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, left Windsor Castle for London at five minutes before three o'clock yesterday afternoon, pro ceeding to the South-Western Railway station, where a guard of honour of the Scots Fusilier Guards was on duty. The Royal suite consisted of the Marchioness of Ely, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Lord Camoys, Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Col. the Hon. Charles Grey, Mr. W. F. Cavendish, Major-General Buckley, the Master of the Household, and Mr. Gibbs. A special train conveyed the august party to Vaux hall, where her Majesty and the Royal circle entered seven of the Queen's carriages and proceeded to Buck ingham Palace, where they arrived at three minutes before four o'clock, escorted by a detachment of Lancers. The Queen and Prince were received at the Palace by the Earl Spencer, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord George Lennox,. Colonel Wylde, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. . . The Earl of Aberdeen had the honour of dining with her Majesty last evening at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Buccleuch has left Montagu House for the north. Lord Dalkeith, M.P., and a family circle, dined with Lord and Lady Cawdor last evening, in South Audley-street. Lord Henry Montagu Scott, ac companied by bis relative, Lord Schomberg Kerr, after a tour in Australia, whence their lordships proceeded to our settlements in China, shortly return to Europe. The Marquis of Anglesea, we hear, was so far re covered on Saturday evening as to be able .to receive a family oircle• at dinner. Lord Paget, his lordship's grandam:4llas arrived in town to take the oaths and his seat for South Staffordshire. Lord Brougham is daily expected to arrive in Grafton street, from his chateau in the south of France, to re sume his Parliamentary duties in the House of Lords. Viscount and Viscountess Canning will entertain several of the Ministers and a distinguished party at dinner on Saturday next, in Grosvenor-square. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. Yesterday the following bills were declared to have complied with the standing orders of the house : Hertford, Ware, and Welwyn Junction. London and North-Western and North Staffordshire Railway Companies (for traffic arrangements). Caledonian Railway (Lesmahagow branches). London and L North-Western and Midland (for traffic arrangements). Severn Valley Railway. The Great North of Scotland Company's Bill (for de viations and level crossings) was declared " not" to have complied. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN. LONDON AND OITTII-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Feb. 11, 1854 £12,190 11 6 Corresponding week last year 10,827 19 11 Increase in 1854 £1,362 11 7 THE PRESTON STRIKE. THE STEAMSHIP HIMALAYA. PRESTON, FEB. 13. The diminution in the number of hands chargeable i upon the Trades' Union funds has enabled the Power loom Weavers' Committee to advance their pay to-day The greatest anxiety is manifested by the Government from 4s. to ss. per bead. This, as may be supposed, has authorities for the early arrival of the Peninsular and diffused great satisfaction amongst the recipients. The Oriental steam-ship Himalaya, which it is hoped may weavers' income this week from the various districts is reach Southampton not later than the 16th inst. 2,2701., the following sums being included in this She left Malta on the night of the 7th inst., with the India amount :—Blackburn, 6701., Stockport 2401., Preston and Australian mails. The following ltter from is gen- 1511., Ashton-under-Lyme 1401., Glossop 1301., Over Darwen 1151., Oldham 951., Church Parish 701., Tint- tleman on board gives an account of her p erformances, and, both from the interest attached to her first voyage wistle 601., Great Harwood 601., Staleybridge 521. Hs. as well as the important part this steamer may have to 10d., Accrington 421., Droylsden 311., Compstallbridge 301., Bolton 291., Clitheroe 251., Chorley 221., Heywood r'l in the approaching extensive naval operations, will, 20/. Burnley 20/., all the other items were under 201. doubtless," We left Malta at 1.10 a.m. on the 31st of Janmary, In addition to the relief contributions, the emigration ay be read with attention : and met with a fresh north-west breeze all the way up, fund as been raised to 811. lls. 6d. It was reported to with a heavy swell, and arrived in 60 hours. On the 2d inst. we saw the lighthouse at Alexandria, 840i:61es day at the pay-table that the hands of three other mills have resumed work at prices which are deemed satin- 2d a pilot ; hut, owing to the heavy swell on the reef, distant from Malta, and, in 61 hours, slowed the.engines factory, but as yet I have been unable to obtain authen •• the pilot boats could not get out ; 80 we sent our boat tic information upon the subject, a boat's csew in the mailboat to fetch the An important placard, a copy of which is annexed, pilot, which, with great difficulty and considerable swain with with has appeared this morning. • l at eras at length done. A small French screw steamer Molls y The following resolution was carried unanimously the most numerous meeting went in a few hours before us and touched twice on the of power-loom overlookers reef. It seems a great want of consideration on the part ever held in Preston : " Resolved—That the c overlookers of Preston pinion that to of the authorities of the port of Alexandria that they do are opposed to all staikePsTvnurPre are of o secure our own personal safety, and to preserveour families not have such boats for their pilots as, for instance, our from the indignation of the public and the perpetual in- Cowes pilotboats, so that they could come out a few miles to sea • dl v to, or cruise about for vessels, for snits of our neighbours, it is our duty, as well as our irate- miles rest to t to take no active part between the contending par- when it . ,", a, prepared to pay all due deferece it is blowin hard on this coast it is most danger ties ; and while we are ous for vessels for un for the port, unless they can feel and render all necessary obedience to our employ ers , we have a strong con v i c tim that we are best serving th e u lti- cer tain of obtai n i n g a p ilot. t mate interests of the said employers by preserving a strict 1 both parties to " During our run up she frequently. went 151 and 16 neutrality; at the same time, beseeching knots, and at 8 p.m. on February 1 the log was hove and come to a speedy and reasonable settlement of the present ran off 164 knots, wheri the line parted ; and our oldest dispute, so that our town may resume its former qu i etu d e quarter-master, who was heaving the log, said, " she an d prosperity. mus t h a ve been going 17." Her average from Malta to eßy or der of the power-loom overlookers of Preston.-- Alexandria was 131 knots, and from England 124. We F e bruary 13, 1854. remained just two days in Alexandria, and sailed thence There was an immense gathering of the unemployed at 5 p.m. on the 4th of February, experiencing, first day, in the Orchard at noon to-day. Mr. Luke Wood, of fresh breeze from N., with heavy swell ; second day, Stockport, presided. Addresses were delivered by light headwinds ; third day, fresh westerly breeze *right Messrs. E. Swinglehurst, Waddington, Wadman, ahead. She ran up in G 7 hours, or 121 knots per Gallaher, and Cowell, of Preston ; G-rimshaw, of Great hour. The quickest passage hitherto made from Malta. Harwood ; Walton, of Blackburn ; and Lawless, of to Alexandria was by the Pasha's yacht Paid Giihaid, of Warrington. Several speakers severely censured the 2,400 tons and 800-horse power, eight hours longer conduct of certain clergymen, who, it was alleged, had than ours ; from Alexandria to Malta, by the Bengal, endeavoured to persuade a number of young women at- 70 hoers. Her engines ever since leaving Gibraltar tending their schools, or places of worship, to resume I have performed most satisfactorily—at noon, February work. Mr. Cow e ll con t ra di c ted a statement that a large 1 1, we were, by observation, 365 miles from Alexandria. number of weavers h a d returned to their employment at 1 lighthouse, and by two p.m., Feb. 2, slowed the engines the mills of Messrs. Hovist and Miller. The speaker ' for a pilot. - .. remarked that it was not likely they would go to work "We shall leave here to-night, and shall, D, V., at that establishment, where they could only earn, on an with moderately fine weather, think ein o Southampton by • / average, Bs. 9d. per week, whilst they were allowed ss. the afternoon of the 15th. I _I _u may t well say for playing. It was announced that 1001. might he ex- this ship's average speed panted next week from Sheffield, and that some of the an ocean paddle-wheel steamer afloat whose average is delegates were about to visit Leeds and other towns in as great as this ? The Tri▪ este steamer Calcutta sailed Yorkshire. Before the close of the proceedings, Mr. : from Alexandria th ree hours before tin. - NV e h ave a am Grimshaw called for " three cheers for the 10 per cent. ; good many Australian passengers and a large oitlit of eplrture of the rrivel p, "'oiii`t de and the downfall of cotton lord tyranny." This appeal ' gold. The Austral i an steamer hours Australians tfter the having been responded to,.three cheers were even for the 41alle,.C.eythalont, the e 6 Ben factory operatives of Finland, after which the meeting , tinck, so separated. nearly a fortnight. .: ... _ . DEATH OF THE HON. GEORGE POULETT. We regret to announce the death by apoplexy, while bunting with Colonel Wyndham's hounds at Petworth, Sussex, of Vice-Admiral of the. Red the Hon. George Poulett. By this accident, the following promotions take place on the active list of flag-officers - Vice-Admiral of the White Charles James Johnston to Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Charles Sibthorp John Hawtayne, to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red the Hon. William Gordon to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Sir John Gordon Sinclair, Bart., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Henry W. Bruce to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain John Leith (1825), to be Rear-Admiral of th• Blue. MALTA, Fn. 7. The Himalaya has just been telegraphed. On Sunday last her Majesty's ship Caradoc arrived from Marseilles, having on board General Sir John Burgoyne and a French colonel of engineers, Colonel Ardent, who conducted, in his department, the siege of Rome. The distinguished visitors were received by his Excellency the Governor, who went off to the Caradoc, and accompanied them on shore. Colonel Ardent having expressed a desire to see a re giment in heavy marching order, the 41st was turned out, having just returned from church, and a regiment of finer men, or more neatly clothed and fitted, could not have been selected to do honour to the seklice. The colonel was highly pleased at their military bear ing and appearance, and expressed the utmost gratifica tion, on one of the knapsacks being opened for his in spection, at the quantity of things stowed in so small a compass, and the exceeding cleanliness of its varied contents. The Caradoc left at 2 p.m. for Constantinople. The following items of intelligence reached Malta by the Triton, which arrived here in four days from Con stantinople. Several officers who have recently received their promotion have arrived by her, and Captain Ste phens, Royal Marines, on whom an: operation was re cently performed, having suffered from exceeding cold, has gone to the hospital here for cure. He is not in any danger, however, and will probably speedily recover, under the influence of a milder temperature : " The officers who have joined are—Commander Mends, Trafalgar ; Lieutenant Percival, Fury ; Com mander May, Leander ; Lieutenant Balfour, Sidon ; Lieutenant Paterson, Inflexible ; Lieutenant Coxon, Furious ; and Lieutenant Nott, Queen. General Baraguay d'Hilliers left Constantinople on the 27th ult., to decide upon the spot on which to en camp the rench troops expected from day to day at Constantinople. The following may be relied on as a correct report of the army of Roumelia ; head-quarters at Shumia : Regiments. Men. Total. 30 Infantry . • 3,248 ... 97,440 8 Cavalry ... 650 ... ... 5,200 4 Foot Artillery 2,200 ... ... 8,800 11 Horse Artillery 1,200 ... ... 13,200 6 Egyptian Infantry 19 488 , Bashi Bouzouka and Redifs ... 85,872 Garrison at Rustchuk 15,000 „ Widdin 15,000 ... 70,600 „ Varna 40,000