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ALBERT SMITHS 11101sT BLAl_,Tej including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON , ztA EVENING, and Every Evening at Eight o'C lock, (except S aturday) st ; and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings, at Two. 3 s• (which can be taken at the bOX-OfflCP every day iron). ll 4 ; area, 2s•, • gallery, ls.—Egyptlan Hall, Piccadilly. !it were ,ht ugh a Only et i quite is much si clover drought loentsß• -3 to )s t) 5J is to 0 " lo to 0011 Is to WM arinerg , •atee O f talon• 1. The tine and an corn 3(1 mar 1 main• es fully a L is to f „ ov I 7 to 6 a' ;2 to 0 ;3 to 55 1 2, Oa; pe secdo baker!. , 005 Cu e xcel ) tan gos ccoun t tation g „ 26i ; extern , 11 .16 ; ar than Wer B DI ST' price s, j u st in some 7 dull 60# h 2 6 r,.Sat. NOTICE. CONSTANTINOPLE. The orcosLecture accompanying the GRAND MOVING D IORAMA x T ANTINO ?LE is now delivered on Wednesdays and Saturn °Jr', by 1447 * • 11. STOQTJELER, when the progress an d localities 4 .-“ e War will b e more part i cu l ar l y exp l a ined; and on the other as usual, by Mr. CHARLES KENNEY. A very clear and _zetellent Slap h as b een a dd e d t o th e ill us trations. —Daily at Half - Two al and Eight. Admission, Is. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. COLOGNE CHORAL lINION.—HANOVER that the above ROOMS.—Hr. MITCHELL respectfully an. ef nounces aoove distinguished Society will give a second series fix e d .± G CONCERTS at the Hanover square Roo ms, which are lles Lo take place on th e f o ll o wing d ays—Monday , May 8. Wed , " May 10 . • Friday, May 12 ; Monday, May 15 ; Wednesday, Thy 17 ; and Friday, May 19. Director, Herr FRANZ CV EBER re e a ePertoire of the Society now comprises more than one (i o n - cert., 2 1 c 1 Twenty Morceaux, many of them entirely new. The Clt a , will be arranged as ast year —commencing at Half-past Three, ",`,rtiiinating about five o'clock. ord''etets of Admission Reserved Seats for the Six Concerts, Two the Haas; ditto, Single Tickets 10s 6d. ; Admission to the Body of 33, oir , 5 s which may be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library. 110nd-street. S I . JAMES'S THEATRE.—On TUESDAY Mend .VENING neat M 2 everal Private Gentlemen intend gan Ali k , a _ . ed • TEUR PERFOH M ANC I , at this Theatre, und r disi -- a Ce t , P at ronage. The oroceets will be devoted to the tunds o ral A.ssociation in aid of the oldiers' W yes an , Families , Idin it o the East The ente. tainments will consist of ME Ay ''' BATTLE Will,RF MERE'S A WILL THE ‘E'S A itt ; n and TH E P AsT , GA. ' .h. During the evehing, an tddress, ;Mb ,s, ~,,e lP r e aslY for the occasion, will be spoken, The orchestra La ve k r',,raPl te, and entirely comp sed of ottlemen amateurs, who and ti ~.'n,l9 volunteertd their services. Private boxer and stalls old B o C4eta, may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, d -street. IL Au RENT , S CASINO, ARGYLE ROOMS, -- The ~see,L AIIRENT, Onslow-house, Fu.aam•road), kit yT'ul . i , Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON , . CF,L E ,," continue open every evening, with LALTRE•T ° Pera.---,r" ATEIS RAND. Two Qtisdrilles on subjects of NI eyerbeer s toile du Nord; a'so, by H. Lair nt, the following Waltzes (14 ta li!Franaise Leonora, Villikins and his Dinah, and L'Etoile t ° cott an ' uik a. AdMission Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Dancing At 9 o'clock, and . ter mate at half-past 11. R ATTRACTIVE NOVELTIES. out, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The s tA , PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. , I( ALAI A ° 4 W_AR, showinz the principal places on the DANUBE, to th e vv ID DI N. GIURGEVO, kSTOPOL, the vitrance et the L.AcK sEA, BAT fLEof SI • OPE, and DE -TRUCTION tb e r tIRRISII FLEET, and other scenes (kindly supplied by i n ProPrietors of the " Illustrated London News"), EXHIIIITED Zte'r ft l ig is c E o W SF RIES of DIS4OLVING VIEWS RAI;1:' by J.H. PEPPER, Esq , on the CHEMISTRY of PAPER p LL .., and Ile decoration with Colours, and on VOL LAIC I`rEa. CTIIE CITY, and the ELECTRIC LIGHT. by Da. BACRROFF o E xplanations of MODELS, MACHINERY, &c.. &c. Child r _ ll° roings and Even. Admission, Is. ; Schools and ander Ten years of ni age g , s Half-price. UNIVERSAL PROVIDENT LIFE 41 0 E A ZZ,Vs C IE, jl 2, King inn Wl . lll k am i e s •s s treet, London -bridge. EDWARD PUGH RUWSELL, Secretary. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA 11AILW COMP ANY. \zn NINTH HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING. IiZevE,,IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the INTH H ALF vENERE AL MEETING of the Proprietors in this Com reetwill be held at the Offices of the Company, 3, New Broad ked s , ,LOA don, on FRIDAY, the 28th April, at 12 o'clock at noon Ainfor the general business of the Company. otice is also hereby given, that an EXTRAORDINARY lainez,KAL 'MEETING of the said Company .111 be held . on he s aticti aY, and at the same place, for the purpose of obtaining the Ar neti 7: l of the shareholders to the Bill now before Parllamen o the Act of Incorporation, and for other purposes connected (Signed) WIT ARNCLIFFE, Chairman. CORNELIUS NICIIOLSON, Superintending 3, Director. I;e wEroad-street, London, April 7, 1854. S: t e.,,The books for the registration of shares will be closed from ti " I, tY, the 15th, to Friday, the 28th April, inclusive. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters u ph_ Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de ltrmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. Sys TRIESEM AR, No. 1, m. ''"evi7 for Relaxation, Spernuttorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the te 'teeth TRIESEMAR, No. 2, -41 .9 in the short space of three days, ccmpletely and entirely ;Iritdicates all traces ot those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs or e 8° long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health a Vast portion of the population. I st TEI lit, No. 3, he great Continental 'Remedy for that class of Disorders, which 'lnfo rttmately the English physic . an treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destructi3n of the patient's constitution, and which all th e sars aparilla in the world cannot remove. , RIE , EMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste o r smell, a nd Of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table Without their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at Ils. eaci,, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into ZDarate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallema nd, Roux, e., &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68. Conahill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, (Ilford-street. ALLSOPP'S PALE or BITTER ALE. — Messrs. S. ALLSOPS' and sONS beg to inform the Tit ',DE bat they are now registering orders for the stanch Bre their PALB *LE, in Casks of 18 Gallons and upwards, at the wings of Erewery, Barton-on-Trent ; and at the undermentioned Branch Establishments : LONDON, at 61, King William street, City : LIVERPOOI,, at Cook-street ; MANCFIESTER, at Ducie-alace ; DUDLEY, at the Burnt Tree; GLASGOW, at 115, it. Vincent street; DUBLIN, at I Cramplon.quay ; BIRMINGHAM, at Market Hail; SOUTH WA! ES, at 13, King-street, Bristol N amara. ALLSOPP and SINS take the opportunity of a nnouncin g , Private Families that their Ales, so strongly recommended by the r cl , !dical p ro f ess i on. may b e procure d i n Draught and Bottles Genuine I ,'? , 12 , 2 .11 the most respectable Licensed Victuallers, on " ALL S O PP'S ^ ,.. l ;,Ebing specially asked for. en in bott e le, the genuineness of the label cm be ascertained by '•having "ALLSOPP and SONS" written across it. THIRD EDITION.—WITH ADDITIONS. J ust published, Svo., in cloth, price 55., by post tree, ss. 6d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, With the View to the Correction 01 wide-spread Errors I.,__'ation to the Treatment and Cure of the Impuis sant and Sexual - wOchondriacs, To Translated from -he Geran of r. PICKFORD. which is added, an E iSAY en m SEXU D AL DEBILITY, by the Editor. Dr Cal • Pi ckford is known to English readers by his frequent practi ti'iontributions to German medical literature. This is the first , 41 " li e, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the noa-medi othreeLd". We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect any squally flagrant evil which it may be in his owe' to correct.' ' ndon Medical Gazette, May 30, 1451. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa ()Zs,' and * Medical Friends,'are mercilessly exposed and if this book ai;;, (lnd its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com- Pl b, •of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would ~,"4 !to,7eilPort much nc needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of ,ae though it is that which the quacks mo st prize— 'eh money .. .This volume is well qualified to put an end to t he ~, empirical system of treating Spermato rrhcea, and to plats the treat ra.,lik Wu a more rational and phys iolo g ical basis. It is, therefore, eI Y to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16. 1852. London: 11. Ttalliere. 219, Regent-street. EARLY SUMMER and EARLY FASHIONS. The evidences of the sense s are never disputed—to see and fee l th the influences of the sun and the atmosphere at once betokens t , . existence of winter or summer : the change from the former to ,: i e t latter is this year immediate, and changes in attire to correspond at o , h ir th e season should be accessible to all classes. The magnificent I.4":,prepared by E. MOSES and SON furnishes every facility for eb a ":"tainnient of this purpose, and the very economical prices they 'th - i n are advantages which cannot be secured at any °Vier house. A DULTS Styles of SUMMER ATTIRE for JUVENILES and en d at E. Moses and Son's City Establishment and their Wt.st t ri Branch excels all previously exhibited —elegance, variety, rich . - Ps, neatness,' and economy being magnificently combined, the desi deratum in dress has been successfully attained, which is novelty, h leh, comfort, and durability, and the union 0! the most tab ntect artistst and the best workmen in the world will render the Summer t Ire manufactured by E. Moses and Son the encomium of every i circle in Soc.ety. The most novel and elegant mater ale are displayed _hiithe Summer Vest and Trousers made by E Moses and Son, and a_ e etidless variety of New Styles in Coats, Paletots, &c., &c., are hIT red at the most economical prices. The HaT,,cap, P °SEERY, and BOUT and SHOE Depar tments, Ir.e . replenished with every elegant article for the summer s eason, "Jell will surpass all other productions in brilliancy, excellence and c heapness. ~. The WHOLESALE CLOTHING, SHIRT , a nd BOOT and SHOE YePartmente present advantages to ,hippers and emigrants to be +oUnd at no other house in the worll. OUTFITS for all classes of emigrants are provided by E. Moses and Son in the most suitable and economical manner, and full lists of be had for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship-sailing information, may had on application, or post free. CAUTION.—E. MOBES and 'ON regret having to guard the Public against imposition, hevine learned that the untradesman-l I ike falsehood of " Being connected with heir Establishment," or " t's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances. and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH &NY OTHER 110II5E IN OR OIIT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 151, Minories, 84 85, and 86, ARp._ Hart-street, (yorkhire a n li rai,h communicating. '"-••• 0 1 1 posite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 505,507, SOS. New Oxford-street, 1. 2, Bradford ilio a el Branch, as q and,2o. C n o ffide a ild' l Branch, Nl.lbourne;Australia. Farga c te , I- Bridge-street Merchant rails. Clothiers, Hatters [testers Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Oattitters for ' 1 a lie's ' i d Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.--- Sh . ould any article not ' gi ( vesat t isfaction, it will he exchang ed if desired, or,if v a e r f e eT t zd ar , te T in m pl o a n in ey fi w gur ill es b , e th r e et l ur ow n e e s d t which no abatement can be made. Without hesitation. All goods p from sunset on Fridays to sunset hnslness , 5 resumed till 12 o'clock. price, scorn when illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Public Opi nion," Establishments are closed on Sa t ntenwrdßayoo's,ir,v,. Cull lists it prices, our system et self-measure ment,lnt '''',.,, ~ he had on application, (Sr post-free. Ilion," conta &c.. &c., a. •• A handsome almanac for the year ending 1854 can be had, gratis. on application. lot l'on parle Francais. _ Hier srricht man Deutsch Qui ai parla. Italiana. Anua ae habla r.anano. are --- , Ei SLI ZTVOOD, A A: I6 T O U LD And. ' ""'"i•T draughting a considerable number o THE TYNE SEAMEN. --SHIELDS, Apfriol ON THE ?Hums° MIN tie . INFIRMITIES OF YOUT , Price 2s. 6d.. or free by post consequence of the Just Published, 60th Edition, prl for forty- transportshort of hands. In ships seamen off to the southern and western ports, to man the two stamps, RV ATI 0 N 25. —fie -bo e ded SELF-PRESE and Functions of Mar- disputes between the owners and the seamen, 300 or 400 a able-bodied men have been out of employment. The physiology and tracing their l '' . -- , e. Popular Treatise on the ge, with its Disqualifications and. seamen's societies, however, have sent agents off to landother employment for them, i,v practical remarks, tounded on origin to the e ffects ot solitary habits, iouthiul excess, tropical Liverpool climates, or close study ; followed iiy • Impuissance, Nervous and parties of 20 and 30 are going off daily to join ships, twenty years' experience in the treatment ot Debility, Local Weakness, the mast ers and owners of aich are very gladly accept .) coloured I,m:iv- ins their services. The pay offered to the men is 4/. ss. 1-T rinary and Generative System. Illustrated by relativeper Inge, t and all diseases of the org month in the transport service . 5/. a month in the gs, on the Anatomy of the Reproductive conditions in Health and Disease. a ns and their Australian and North American trade ; and 3/. 10s. a By SAMUEL LAEMERT. m.D. month, and a clearance at the port of arrival, to the L 0 N D 0 N, 37, EEDFOIID-SQUARE, - o f Edi, States of America. Word has been sent across here that D )etor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University . we may send from 50 to GO seamen a week to Liverpool to man vessels going to New York, but all the men I bt t r t th, H onorar yu em ber of the London Hospital Xedie.al Society, Licentiate or Apothecaries' Hall, London. &c•• uc' Th e essential object of th i s treat i se i s t o point out the f ea rffi ce l_ s c s o ae n s i , 1 h e rn a v p n i o s y p n o l k e e n n t f t o o r p e r e e r f t e i r fic th at e e ß d r m iti a s t h e s s e a rv n i d ce s . ec T o h n e d re s equences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and e the southern trades and transport service. One of our Which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in s Mtl men has engaged for 9/. a month as a mate in the Ails misaatemspilne hood, and premature decay at all stages ot Life, than, perhaP, any o th tl e ie ir r class of disease known to mo dern pathologists n experienced north country cap aliln trade. Able a d • Particul ar ly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts _ tr , Physical condition, arid w h o are con scious of having lain., well acquainted with the Baltic are finding ready employment under the Admiralty, as ' Baltic pilots to the Its perusa Joist. the health, happiness, and privileges to which every humanhazbeairgeids entitled.aßidritli/s.hasdearvyiiene.the It is absolutely necessary that all men shotild know, that there are British an d French and fleets. lss.a T da h y ey in ar t c h p e principles of personal management which cannot be violated without French service, I T HE . IME FOR incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed i rii TAKING CRONSTADT.—The following the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties acting himself as Cicerone, conducted an may be mitigated, bow the sting of their bitterness may be removed, i s tory is told by the Frew :—Some years since the Ens and how the evil and Its con , equenc es may be *voided, and above all, ; that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional . E I 1 adrinra, ' 1 over the fortifications of Cronstadt, derange 1 ng is d erangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. , 1 the following conversation took place :—" You The Author has for a aeries of years been engaged in an extensive i when that this is a magnificent fortress, Practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which are i will admit, admiral, En Nicholas, unfortunately teen too generally confided to the care of ignorant and _, • ; ire, no fort ern Phles , who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place " In . ' liable.' " What, then, is your faith in ' • but Gibraltar i 3 impreg , ',heir pretensions. 'lt • ~. 2 ,, . is a good fortress, and one gELF•pRESERYATION may be had, price 2s Gd, in English, opinion of Cronstam • i oreemable as G' unfortunately rl" "Oh S' d o ubtless, difficult. It could ~ye s , French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper, difficult to take• Brothers and Co., 23, paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; s•" ' " Could it be done with Alarm 3c, * . Cornhill ; Static, The" " With 25 `?" "It would take a by ? "Not easily• I' oh, yVT Majesty, 15 , t o hborne-street, Haymarket; or tree not be done w o i N t v h it l h s : 11 5 7 ,, 5. de goat for forty-two stamps, tO any address,from the Author's rest- i 20 ." Bence, 3 7, Bedford-square. I fortnight." &ZAt home for consultation daily from Blew, till Two, and trow . holm 1 ,, till Mat, All letters mao outsau thefts of li. f^ Just published, price 25., by post 2s. , D EBILITY and IRRITABILITY induced by sPERMATORRIICEA ; the Symptoms, Effects, and Rational Treatment. By T. H. YEOMAN, M I)., Physician to the General Post.office Letter-''arriers' Provident Institution,&c. London E ffi ng ham Wilson, 11, Royal Excha n g e ; and, by post only, from the Author, 25, Lloyd-square. DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, &c. Just published, price 45., free by post, 55., DHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCHES into the Causes of Nervous Debility and Gen,to-Urinary Maladies, Ipermatorrticea rationally considered, with unanswerable a Rema Guiderks on the empirical manner thes e Diseases are treated ; being to Health, Leng Life, and Happiness. By M. Sherwood, Piper, and Co., 83, Paternoster-row. THE ACHILLES INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital, 100,000/. Every description of LIFE ASSURANCE transacted. LOANS to policy holders on liberal terms. Prospectuses OD application to chief office, 25, Cannon-st eet, y Ci ll t. . B. TAPLIN. ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA. LI FE ASSURANCE COM- Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vic., Cap. 9. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by tier Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. COLONEL Ro➢ERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath -park, Chairman. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted, with or without Participation in Profits. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. N DREW FRANCIS, secretary. Princes-street, Bank, London. " CHOLER A!!! Tprevented by the destruction of all noxious effluvia. CREWSN DISINFECTING FLUID. RECOMMENDED BY THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. THE CHEAPEST AND STRONGF.ST C QLORIDE OF ZINC. Chemists, Quarts, 25. • Pints, Is. ; Half-pints, 6d. Sold by all Druggists, and Shipping Agents, and at Commercnialß Wharf, Nine End, London. Agents —Messrs. Drew, neyward,ad arren, Bush lane, Cannon-street, City. EXTRAORDINARY MECHANICAL MODELS. 3/1 - R. BECK, Dentist , be g s to call attention t0i ..1. his Ana t om ical Models for developing the strf Art ficial Teeth, (true to nature and in full action for ti mas xhibitecation and ar ticulation), fixed from one tooth to a complete set, as exhibited at the Paris Exposition. Single Tooth, 10s. ; Set, 101. and 201. *** 47, Great Russell - str eet, opposite the British Museum, London. ALT and CO.'S, EAST I NDIA PALE ALE. Sln consequence of the REDUCTION in price of Hops, the 6s. per barrel advanced on Ale in October last, is taken off. BURTON-ON-TRENT, 111sacit 27th, 1854. STORES. London ......., 22, Hungerford-wharf. Liverpool 52, Henry-street. Manchester •• 27,rown-street. Birmingham •• • • .... Bull-street. Bristol •• • Back Hall, 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' WORCES TERSHIRE . SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and a'.. Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and S.'alad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce Is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-stßarclayreet, London, and 68 Broad-street, Worcester ; also by Messrs. and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen in and mer chants, London ; and gener all y by the principal dealers sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the name e sbo ottle.f " LEA and PERRINS " are upon the label and patent cap of th ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING TUE REKEDY FOR PREVENTION of DIsEASE. austrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. yew Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps, rHE SILENT FRIEND , a Medical Work on 1 the exhaustion and pisysical decay of the system, produced by •Ecessive indulgence, the consequences ot infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fog by observations on Marnage, and the disqualifications which oreveat it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Iderners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co.. 23, Paternoster -ow, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Ranger, 150, Oxford-street ; Gor on, 146, Leadenhall-street ; ,Cheaps ; W. Sutton, 10, tow Ch I. ; Butler, 4, de ; Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PARE' I. treats of the area and physiology of the reproductive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. 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The Corntrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitie dy, f o r purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary reme symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and c hronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, A minute detail of the case is requiredhabits, and posi t 1. ion in society . 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish tient only, by which the fee, IL, is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are In attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon- don, from Eleven till Two. and Five to Eight; on Sunday from I. laves to One. STATE OF TRADE. AY MORE .RUBSIAN _PRIZES. count -Duncan of Camperdown, and De Winter was treated, as a prisoner in England, with all the respect and honour due to his gallantry and misfortune." De Winter died not long after of a chronic disease. Of the two actions, some have thought Camperdown the more honourable to English arms. 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 English 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 English 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 had only three officers killed 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 Camperdown the re sult 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 ratber 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 Spaaish 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 baron • and it was certainly very hard to ref use 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 1660, 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-soven peerages actually then in existence, owing their origin to—the /am—From the Press. THE " TIMES" AND THE WAR. sible procedure of the Coalition with regard to the Eastern question. People, could not understand why the Autocrat was permitted to perpetrate. the unparalleled piece of savagery which will render the name of Sinope remarkable in the page of his tory, without any retaliation having been inflicted on 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 Black Sea, returned to &ices, and there com fortably remained in profound repose for four mouths. It was for fear that Nicholas, should in any way, by some accident or other, receive some " harm." In the same fact, too, we have an ex planation of the delays which have taken place in sending out our armies to the East, and keeping back the 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 neither. Come what may to our "fame," he must not suffer. Perish the " fame" of Great Britain a thousand times over, rather than that the Auto crat should be "harmed" or " humbled." After the articles in yesterday's Times, we shall feel surprised if one solitary individual, of average intelligence, shall be found in this country, who will not adopt the opinion we have expressed throughout that the great object of the Coalition . is to save Rus sia, not Turkey. No actua l aid, up till this hour, .has been rendered by this country to the Ottomanempirq, but we have interposed to prevent the Turks from fighting their own battles. Through our Ambas-' dor at Constantinople, Omer Pacha was prevented, towards the end of last autu mn, from following I up the 'brilliant successes he ach ieved on the banks of the Danube, by attacking Bucharest and expel ling the Russians from Moldavia and Wallachia ; for it is the opinion of the most experienced mili tary men, that the Turkish Commander-in -Chief could, at that time, have destroyed, or driven back to their own frontiers, every Muscovite soldier in the Principalities. But that would have been, in the view of the Coalition, too great a punishment of the Czar. It would hare mortified him too much. And so it has been ever since. We would not destroy a single ship of the Czar's in the Black Sea, nor allow the Turkish squadron to do it. We have, in fact, while rendering no assistance whatever to the Ottomans, acted as an incitbus on their own efforts in every way. The result has been, that the Turks have become exceedingly weakened and discouraged. Their enthusiasm is fast dying away, while their material resources are nearly exhausted. In a word, this country —for France is entirely guided by England— is most surely, and manifestly from design, preparing Turkey for a speedy and easy dismem berment. 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 massacred in thousands, as at Sinope, by savage Cossacks ; 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 will we not diminish his power, but we will not be the means of causing him the slightest sense of humiliation. What more could he desire ? What stronger inducement could he have to persist in his lawless 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 emotion 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. (From the Morning A dvertiser.) 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 evidence, 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen object is to prepare the people of this country for Defender 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 Tudway 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 counsel learned in the law, James Bacon, Esq., one tamed that the Aberdeen Ministry were not going other of our counsel learned in the law, Edward Rol heartily into the war with the Czar ; and that their B ro a y n d, Esq., one . of our d Commissioners h . o s f t our Court l of d Edward Cooke, Esq., arri er.at- aw, and great object, instead of punishing him thoroughly, George Carr -td Carr Glyn, Esq., Greeting : would be to inflict upon him the least possible ~ Lereas we have deemed it expedient, for divers amount of harm. That has manifestly been the good causes and considerations, that a commission principle on which they have acted hitherto ; and s hould 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 exists under the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act, when the time comes for a full revelation of all the 1849, requires amendment : Not know, ye, therefore, c i rcums tances connected with the matter, it will be that we, reposing great trust and confi d e nce in y our found that our commanders by sea and land have zeal, discretion, and integrity, have authorised and ap received private instructions to deal as gently with pointed, and by these presents do authorise s the Czar as possible, and not harm him more than point, you the said Spenc Horatio p , ir a G nd eor a g P e Rose Cl emen t Tudway Swanston, Matthew Dave n . can be helped. port 'Hill James Bacon , E d w ard Holro y d, Edward What we have thus, in every impression of our Cooke and George Carr Gl y n, or an y four or p a per, said for months past, will be found fully veri- , , more of you, to inquire and report whether the fled by the article in the Times of yesterday. No one alteration of the Bankrupt Law made by the said but Lord Aberdeen himself could have written Act of 1849, establishing class certificates, has such sentences as these :—" We can, and.we do, wage or has not been productive of benefit ; and whether, war for other purposes than glory or conquest ; and with the view of obtaining uniformity of prat we are content with results that add nothing to our tice in the different courts of bankruptcy as to the grant dominion and little to our fame. So, then, wo are ing of such certificates or for any other reason, any and but addressing ourselves to the usual temper and the w h a t alteration of the present enactment on the sub j ect would be desirable ; and generally to inquire whether in prescription, of our country when we say that we any and v in what other particulars the Bankrupt Law a s are not assembling this day to ask simply for success it n- 'now exists under the last-mentioned act requires to our arms and the destruction of our enemies. amendment ; also to inquire whether any and what more We ask that no nation should be crippled of its ju st effectual means can be adopted for obtaining a more powers, or humbled of its proper rank and consi- efficient check on the accounts of the official assignees, deration. It is the melancholy nature of war that and for preventing the misapplication by them of the it can only act by means revolting to humanity, by funds coming to their bands ; also to inquire as to the the sword and by fire, by massacres and conflagra- cause of the diminution of the fees and funds now by law Lions, and by a thousand hideous forms of death, applicable to the payment of the expenses of the Court mutilation, and. suffering. But when we prefer our of Bankruptcy ; and it appearing that those funds are petitions to the Giver of all Good, it is not that He now insufficient to discharge those expenses, to inquire will enable us to do the utmost possible harm. We whether such deficiency is likely to be permanent ; and ra that the hood we ropose to ourselves may whether, having regard to the quantity of business trans p y acted by the Courts of Bankruptcy, any and what reduc be brought aboutb p as speedily - , effectually, and tion of the establishments of those courts, either in Len harmlessly as may be." don or in the country, can safely and properly be made, Is it not humiliating and lamentable to think, or any and what other measures adopted f or meetin g that such sentiments as these could be expressed in their expenses. a journal professing to be pervaded by English feel- " And for the better discovery of the truth in the pre ings,—which is printed in the English language, miser, we do by these presents give and grant to you, or and published in the English metropolis ? What is any four or more of you, full power and authority to to be expected from a Government which can thus, call before you, or any four or more of you, such and so through its organ, openly admit that in the war many of the commissioners, officers, and clerks of the said courts and all such other persons as y ou shall j udge whither commencing, we shall he content with results which will add little to our fame ? Why, surely if necessary, by whom you may be informe d of the truth in the premises ; and to inquire of the p remises by all no other result should spring out of the war, it other will be conducted with a skill, a spirit, and bravery ~ 3,.. lw n a d f w u ways a el do hereby means whatso ever. vel i ocg rant unto to you, or any on the part of our army and navy which will at four or more of you, u 7.1 power and authority to cause least add to our military reputation. But to all or any of the officers and clerks of the said courts to cherish that belief we now find would be a mistake. b r i ng and produce before you, or any four or more of The Times tells us, in plain terms, not to expect you, all books, papers, or other writings belonging to that we shall add aught to our fame. The obvious the said courts, or to any of the officers within the same. conclusion to be drawn from this is, that our cons- " And our further will and pleasure is, that you do, manders, whether by sea or land, are not to put within one year after the date of this our c omtnissio , n r , o l r l forth, in all their force, the material might and soon er, if the same can convenien tl y be done (using a diligence), majesty of England. They are merely to give the Czar such a taste of " Certify to us in our Court of Chancery, under the hands and seals of you, or any four or more of you, what what we can do, without absolutely doing it, as you shall have done in the premises.. will convince him that be is not a match for us. y "And we further wil l and command, that this our We must not on any account go to work with the c o n tinue in full force a nd virtue, and commission shall vigour and the courage which, in former conflicts, t h a t covered our arms with glory, and raised our mili- shall and may from time to time g therein you our our com missioners, or any four or ii m l o r e o e f x y e o c u u ,. tary reputation to the highest height, because we tion thereof, and of every matter a o n could not " add to o ur f a me" w ithout doing the tained, although the same be not c ntinued from time to Autocrat considerable "harm." He must not be I time by adjournment. assistance in the due execution of this harmed on any account. The loss of our fame , or, "And commission,for Harmed wohavema de choice of our trusty and rather, the want of au addition to it, is les s than our e.l i_beio, ed F ra ncis Savagee Reilly, Esq., barrister-at the weight of a feather compared with the infl iction of anything deserving the name of injury on attend to be secretary to this our commission, and to attend you, whose services and assistance we require you Nicholas. to use from time to time as occasion shall require. And, as our soldiers and sailors are to act in ac- " Given at our Court at St. James's, the 23d day of cordance with this feeling, so the Times expressed August, 1853, in the 17th year of our reign. " By her Majesty's command, a hope that the nation would yester da y offer up special supplications to the Great Supre me, to the `` PALMERSTON." effect that Russia should not "be crippled of its It is state t d i t n w h ell-informed quarters that several just powers, or humbled of its proper rank and very impotrhan c t auges have been recommended. consideration." And, if the people took their cue One of . - .ma tors most carefully considered by from the Times, they must yesterday have earnestly the Commissioners was, we are told, the question prayed that the objects we have in view might be of the classification of the certificate. At present brought about as harmlessly as possible. there are three classes of certificates, one or other No one who is cognisant of the connexion which of which, if the certificate be not refused altogether subsists between Lord Aberdeen and the Times, it is imperative on the commissioner to grant. A can, after this, be any longer in doubt as to the first-class certificate is granted where, according to way in which the war — if war , under such circum- the language of th e sc h e d u l e o f th e Consolidation stances, it can be called—is to be carried on. Act of 1849, the bankruptcy has arisen wholly from The Czar may repeat as often as the opportunity unavoidable losses and misfortune ; a second class, offers, the butchery of Sinope ; lie may fire on our where it has partly so arisen ; a third class, where vessels even when a flag of t ruce the failure is not at all referable to such a cause. may seize the goods o f our Minister is unfurled ; he at St. Peters- To thi s c l ass ifi ca ti on L or d St. Leonards, as well as burg, after ignominiou sl y expelling . him from many professional and non-professional men, are Russia; he may insult us in every conceivable way, opposed. They are for its entire abolition. Upon and inflict upon us ev er y possible amount i of injury the other hand, most of the Commissioners, a nd, —he ma y do all this, an d as m uca more as he t we believe, the great mass of mercantile me n who pleases ; but we, inste ad of reta l . iating, are to act i have paid attention to the subject, are decidedly on the Christian principle of returning good for in favour of classification. evil. For his insolence, we are to render nothing if we are not misinformed, the Royal Commis but words of kindness ; in return for his blows, we 1 sioners have (inter ittruntque tent) recommende d, are to pat him on the back, a.nd merely t e ll hi m t o th a t instead of three classes there should be only be a better boy for the future. On no account 1 two. must we think of punishing the C zar . H e must By the Consolidation Act it was provided, in not be harmed in an y wa y . or d e r to kee p p au p er bankruptcies out oom f ban k cour_t, In this extraordin ar y article of th e Times we see that no trader s hould be allowed to become - 4 complete explanation of the past incomprehen- rupt on his own petition, unless he could show TIE BANKRUPTCY COMMISSION. assets. to the. extent_ of at least five shillings in the pound clear Of all charges. We believe the commissioners have recommended 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 mercantilecom munity upon this head have not been disregarded. Tt is anticipated that some very decided_recom- Meriilations will be made in acCordance lAth . the bulk of the(eVidence of the Commissithiers. It is also expected that recommendation will be made to mitigate' flieseverity of some of the penal clauses of the Consolidation Act, which it must be admitted, especially as regards speculating in Consols, &c., are unreasonably severe, and, indeed, by their excessive severity, like other harsh laws, defeat their own object. We have been informed that the report containn a recommendation that there be a very decided reduction in the fees and charges of the Court of Bankruptcy, as well as a diminution of the staff. If this he 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 ar• 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 termed 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 ,. etrances regarding the emoluments of messengers, Land the mode in which they are remunerated. As regards the commissioners, the Consolidation F 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 Basm . ghall-street. Whether the Royal Commissioners have made any recommendation on this head we cannot say, but as to the country commissioners, it is admitted upon all heads that h a lf the number would do the business. Here, too, we anticipate the commis sioners have directed the pruning -knife. It is needless to extend our speculations or an ticipations further at present. Much is expected— justly 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 turned 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 was 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 inaliseuvre was executed with fear and trembling, and with many a sly promise to Poseidon if he would get his servants cut of the scrape. So it happened that Ulysses spent ten years on the accomplishment cf distance which even the Austrian Lloyd's boats now per form in as many days. So the Pheenicia,n merchant bound for Gades would follow the windings of the Mediter ranean seaboard on either side, sever venturing to stretch across a bay, or let go of the land even for a moment. Other nations followed the same 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 formed, 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 suggestion that the Tayleur was short-handed appears to be negatived by the evidence taken before the Board. The people were a little clumsy, and did not work well together at first —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, hut were alway s com p elled to adopt the alternative wearing her in order to get her round. Still, when the most is made of the deficiencies of the Taylenr in such respects, they are not sufficient 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 nap 0, aga i n , Captain Noble, before starting ex compasses, again, 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 sea he steadily observed the bearings of headlands and lights to test their accuracy. All this, and much more than this to the same purpose, will be found in the 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 he added, in fairness to Captain Noble, that the weather was so overcast with haze that lie 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 Larnbay 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 under their consideration of compasses having proved greatly in error on board of both wood and iron ships while navigating the Irish Channel, and which deviation is not accounted for by any theory at present." This is strange enough, but other instances are qu o o d t e e n d of the like kind. On board of the Niagara, steamship, a change of four degrees occur!•aedwohoTtohes Teneriffe changed her magnetism in occurred. s ng of this a point and a-half. Neither the prinrcai deviations, d on o s f mechanicalporta nt science, arrangement rdetai ls result can that such irregularities arc confin same thip h g e s occur at a o-f ga p inst pet d i compass is a are at all fixed. There can be noodretaosotnhefolrrsiushppcohsinani notehl.er portions r t t i h o e n r s e guide. We do not wish in these re. most uncertain into the case of the Tayleur. We are be stated in a f o e fn w oth words —the OoeruadbrStti t st l l l C e s u rface. mariners marks to enter prepared for the moment to believe that the ship was good, the crow better, the captain best of all. The enrnpasses were of the kind and quality supplied to the Queen's yacht—still, scarce had the Tayleur left port when she blundered upon an island on one side of a wide channel. Cannot our scientific men suggest a remedy.—Times. _ 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 arr i ve d a t R ams gate, and will be off in a few days. Other yachts, we hear, will TIIE WAR (From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) M ANCHES TER, April 25.—The general state of bust ness is not equal, in the present week, to what it was last week. We are rather unfavourably affected by mo re causes than one. The large decrease of gold in the Bank of England, during the week last reported , though mainly occasioned by the paym ith ent other ci of the rcum divi- dends, gives rise, in connection w 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 tbe rather declining tendency of cotton in the United States, in consequence of largely en hanced receipts at the ports and of depressing advices 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 dele g ates of the union, isevidently 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 ;bu a t the falling off in busi ness is in a great degree al , so conse ' qu ence of the very ext ensive 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 and goods, it is only in some few articles that buyers find a trifling advantage as regards price. ROCHDALE, April 24.—We ave Orda another do dull, heavy, sluggish market, with h little nothing ng. 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. F in e. wool may be quoted a shade easier, but low priced English wool fully maintains the last week's quotations. HUDDERSFIELD, April 25.—There has been very lit havetle doing in the m arket to-day, and very little seems to been expected, for an air of listlessness, so to speak, has pervaded the market during the wol of the the a way dy, of and few indeed appear to have done anything in sales. The wool merchants say they hav e done next to n othing for severa l days past. HALIFAX. April 22.—The attendance of merchants in o ur piece-hall to - d a y has been very slender and the amou nt of business transacted very limited. 'The being yarn market is more de p ressed ; and the sptnners, 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. 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 from Pacific, was outside Val mouth harbour yester da y morning, 46 days 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 dols. 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 years and eight months in commis sion, during which p eriod 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 id is almost unprecedented for a flag-ship. She has pa 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 spok e the shi p 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 f The ship and crew are in a most efficient state, and, i necessary, would be ready in a few hours for the Baltic, or any other active service. Her gunnery practice is perfect. 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 binet 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 Ja mes 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 Gulf 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 Sun boilers ; and her arriva l and news appeared in The of Tuesday. Her crew will he 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 Hope 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. 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 Megiera steam troop-ship, Commander Johnson, embarked three companies of the 38th Foot 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, No. 37 horse transport-ship, having on board Lieutenant Dashwood and Staff-Assistant Surgeon Shelton, with 47 non-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 Assis 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 there. The Sultana horse-transport embarked 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 rlydaspes steam-packet has been taken up to convey the 42d Highlanders from Portsmouth to the East. Admiral Sir John Ommaney, K.C.8., the port-admi ral, retains his command-in-chief at Devonport 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 Ballyhackamore•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 be converted into model rooms for the Royal Sappers and 11Iiners and other purposes, for which several of the barrack-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. THE MILITIA. The Essex R i fles have just completed the first week of training, and in that period very satisfactory progress has been made. On Tuesday afternoon the regiment m arched, for t he first time, to Wivenhoe-park, where some field movementonere gone through in a very cre ditable manner. As the last occasion, there will be two training days in the park weekly, Wednesday and Saturday being a t present named for the purpose. The general training takes place in the Ordnance-field, which 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 C . avalry, under the com mand of the Earl of Verulam, 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. RS PORTSMOUTH ) WEDNESDAY. - This morning, at 9 o'clock, the sere a• revenue cruiser Mermaid, Lieutenant Stokes, R.N., commanding, towed into this harbour a remarkably fine handsome barque as a prize, which she boarded and captured at 5 p.m. yesterday off the east end of the Isle of Wight. She is they Vesta, of %Vasa, 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 Hieres 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 man-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 southwatd 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 - r; and for Hel singfors, and the Aina was bound for — Christiansand. The bark was sailing under Danish colours, 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 Teasels hove to until a musket was fired over each from the Al ban's cutter, in charge of Lieutenant Edward Burstal. The brig Nadeschda 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. 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. RESULTS OF BRITISH SEA-FIGHTS. At the present time it will not be uninteresting to glance at the distinctive results of some of our great victories in the last war, as much misappre hension exists on the nature of the difficulties which our nautical heroes had to overcome in former days Seldom was England in greater danger than in the momentous year "1797." It was, i n deed, an awful crisis. In France, Spain, and Holland, combined naval preparations were actively carried on for the invasion of England and Ireland. Civil war w as waging in the latter country, and, worse than all, there was a mutiny at the Nore. Taxes were accumulated, the Bank stopped payment, commerce was paralysed, parliamentary ac tion was unhinged, and the Directory of France, raging with revolutionary frenzy, resolved to strike a tre mendous blow, and invade England with 70 sail of the line, ready equipped for sea, in the p orts of the Texel, Brest, and Carthagena L While Europe was in suspense, Lord Bridport was ordered to blockad e Brest, Admiral Duncan was sent to watch the Dutch, and Admiral Jervis was told to look for the Spanish fleet. Two famous sea fights delivered our grandsires from the perils of the hour. The battle of St. Vincent was fought on 14th Feb., 1797, the English Admiral having 15 sail of the line, while the . Spanish Admiral (Cordova) had 27 sail of the line, besides 10 frigates. There are some discrepancies in the accounts as to the actual numerical force engaged on both sides ; but all the narratives, Spanish and English, give a formi dable superiority to the Spanish fleet. The Spaniards had La Santissima Trinidada with 130 g uns, they had six 3-deckers, of 112 guns each, two 80- g un ships, and 18 74's. The English had two 100-gun ships, three 98's, one 90, eight 74's, one of which, the Captain, was mounted by Commodore Nelson, one 64, one 38, and three 32-gun frigates, two sloops, and one yeac The line of the Spaniards was loosely formed, and skilful manoeuvre Jervis resolved to cut off the outlying, Spaniards, the result of which was that he reduced his i mmediate adversaries. to eight e e n. The Spanish ad miral tried to wear his fleet and rejoin his separated of ves sels ; but the tactics of J ervis and the gallantry his subordinates defeated the object of Cordova, who was compelled to a close engag ement, in which he was sig nally defeated, losing four of his large ships and thi an enormo us number of his men. So decisive was s victory that the panic of invasions ceased, and public co nfidence was completely restored. The English ad miral was at a single creation made an earl, a course very unusual in the distribution of public rewards. The political result of the battle was undoubtedly very great, and the nation was overjoyed. But there have been'battles more glorious to the English name, although Jervis deserves all honour for his resolving with about 15 sail to attack the Spaniards with 25 sail-of-the-line, and an enormous superi orit y in guns. But it is the men and not the ships who decide sea-fights. For the crews of the Spanish ships were the most worthless that can be conceived, they w ere composed of pressed land men and soldiers of the ne w levies, with about 60, or at most 80, seamen to each ship. The circumstances under which the battle of Camper down was fought have been well described in the " Life and Reign of George the Fourth France er an had still the Texel and Brest fleets. Fortune, or rath seen event, in which the French had no share, though such an opinion prevailed at the time, promised them much more decisive aid. A dangerous mutiny broke out in the British fleet at Plymouth, Portsmouth, and still more desperately at the Nore. Admiral Duncan, a b ra ve veteran beloved in t he navy, was deserted by all but his own ship's crew , his courage, and his presence of mind. He continued, with his single ship, to make the usual signals, as if in command of a squadron, and the Texel fleet did not venture out. The mutiny was suppressed ; Parker, the ringleader at the wore, and a few others, were exe cuted ; subordinationrestored; and Duncan was again in command of a fleet, Admiral de Winter, a brave and experienced officer, and an ar dent republican, received orders from the Government of Holland, now called the Batavian Republ an to p icut to sea and engage t he enemy. He accordingly came out of the Texel with fifteen sail-of-the-line and ten fri gates. Admiral Duncan, who was refitting in Yarmouth Roads, on being apprised of the enemy's movements, put to sea with 16 sail-of-the-line, and at eight in the morn ing of October 11 the two squadrons prepared for action off the coast of Holland, between Egmont and Camper down. De Winter, whose lighter vessels drew less water, manoeuvred to keep near the shore. Duncan penetrated his intention ; and, by an experiment of un precedented boldness, broke through his line to get be tween him and the land. The battle now began ship to ship, and was fought for several hours with desperate valour on both sides, until the Dutch vice-admiral struck to Admiral Onslovv. De Winter, his ship La Liberte having become a mere wreck, two-thirds of his crew hors de combat, and being hirnselc wounded dangerously, struck to Duncan's ship the Venerable. The Batavian fleet, with the exception of a few ships which got back to the Texel in a shattered state, was either destroyed or captured. This most important victory extinguished ofthe chances invasion. The admiral was created Vis- 0 BM 52% 42 39b* 12 6 53% 07. 1 9 D .. 4 11% ) 5 0% -office 'Then 1111 1 d. 11‘100. erta II i 6 ;11 26 li 26 30 ,dttilY ?,d Atli 16 2 1 29 ~t d tn 'I be ♦ie the ;01 0 ' tli 0