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i MR. ALBERT SMITH has the honour to announce that his „ASCENT of MONT BLANC will RE OPEN for the SF.ASON, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, on MONDAY EVENING, Dec. 4,1854. During the recess the Ball has been redecorated, and every atten tion paid to the approaches, seats, ventilation, and general comfort of the audience. The Yloitte to Switzerland will be entirely changed, and will conduct thevisitors from London to Rotterdam by Brussels, and thence through Holland and up the Rhine. The new views, painted by W. BrvEstr.r, will he—Amsterdam, on the Bolan Canal, looking towardrs the site of the old Bourse ; the Village of Brock ; the High-stre , :t of Berne, with the Clock Tower; the Pass of the Gemini; the But lately creeted on the Grands Mulcts; Lyons; and the Place. de la Concorde, Paris. In addition to these, a Pano rama of the Rhino, by M. Groppius, of Berlin, will accompany that Portion of %he lecture, including Rotterdam and the chief objects of interests b etween Cologne and Bin; en. The lecture will be further illustrated by a number of appropriate models and diagrams. In addition to " Galignanrs Messenger," Mr. ALBERT SMITH will intro duce three news songs, " Murray's Handbook, " Poste Restante," and a running commentary on the scenery, called " Up the Rhine," as well as several new friends encountered on the journey. The Box Office is open from Eleven till Four, when stalls can be taken without any extra charge. GREAT -WESTERN RAILWAY.- dITERATION of TRAINS.—On FRIDAY, December Ist, the following Alterations will take place : DOWN TRAINS.—The 4.5 C pan. Express Train will be discon tinued between Gloucester and Cardiff. The Morning Express Train from Oxford t stations on the Oxford, Worcester, anl Wolverhamp ton Line will run in connection with the 9.15 a.m. Express from Paddington, instead of the 9.40 a.m. Express. IJP T INt , .—The Morning Express Train will be discontinued between Cardiff and Gloucester. The 10.50 a.m train from Bristol and the Branch Train from Cheltenham, at 10.20 a.m., will leave at 11.30 a.m. and 11.3 a.m., respectively, arriving at Paddington at 4 Pan. The 11.20 a.m. Cheap Train from Bristol, and the Branch Train from Cheltenham at 11.15 a.m. will leave at 10.40 a m. and 10.25 a.m., respectively. The train from Birmingham at 12.5 at noon will be an express train, arriving at Paddington at 3.5 p.m. The train from Birmingham at 11.15 will leave at 11.5 a.m , arriving At Paddington at 4 pm. The Train from Bristol at 3.15 p.m. will *tart at 3.30 p.m., and arrive at Paddington at 9.5 p.m. Several minor alterations will take place, for which see tho Time 111113 of the Company. Paddington, Nov- 25, 1854. MATANZAS and SABANILLA RAILROAD SEVEN PER CENT. BONDS.—The Half-yearly Interest on the above Bonds, due on the 15th inst., will be paid at the Count ing louse of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and - Co., No. 6, Lime street square, on that day, and every succeeding day, between the hours of Eleven and T we. The Coupons., with a list in numerical order, must be left two clear days previously for examination; and printed forms may be had qn application as above. London, Ist Dec., 1354. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, r London. SHARE OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO FOUR-FIFTHS. Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN POUR-FIFTHS of the Net Profits of the Society, according to the colidlitionacontained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young LiVets are lower 'th In many other old-established.odices, and Insurers Ste fully protected from all risk by an , ample guaran tee 'fund, ln ad dition to tiAe accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. . Policy Stampspaid by gle,Oftice. Prostesettsses may be obtained at tbe °nice In Threadneedle-street, toilets's, oref any otthe Agents of the Society. --- ---- CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION. Instituted 1806. Mee, 81, ICING WILLIAM-STREET. PRESIDENT—CHARLES FRANKS, Esq. VICB-Pitzswarrr —JOHN BENJAMIN HEATH, Esq. This Society is essentially one of Mutual Assurance, in which the Premiums of its Members are reduced after seven years. The rate of reduction of the Premiums for the present year was 70 per sent., leaving less than ene-third of the original Premium to be paid. The Society also undertakes other descriptions of Assurance, in which the Assured do not become Members, and having ceased to a l h "v any commission to Agents, the Society has been enabled to reduce the Premiums for this class of Assurances to the following Very low rates : Annual Premiums for the Assurance of £lOO. Age 13 3 o 1 2 d. Age s 2 i d. 50 4 1 4 s Age 4 3. d i 25 1 17 0 40 2 15 5 55 b 1 0 30 2 1 5 45 3 6 0 60 6 5 10 The Court of Directors are authorised by the Deed of Settlement to advance money on the security of Policies in this Association. EDWARD DOCKER, Secretary. THE TRUST and LOAN COMPANY of UPPER CANADA. At an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Share holders of this Company, held at No. G 5, Moorgate-street, Nov. 30th, 1854, it was Resolved, That the Report of the Directors for the half- Year ending Sept. 30th, 1854, be received and adopted. That a dividend, payable 15th Dec., 1854, at the rate of Eight per Cent. per annum, free of income tax, for the six months ending 30th Seat., 1854, be declared on the paid-up Capital Stock of the Company. The thanks of the meeting were given to the Directors for their zeal and Attention to tho interests of the Company. By order. T. MACDONALD, Secretary. LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, 80TH NOVEMBER, 1854. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY will be held in the Board Room of the Bank, in Princes street, Mansion-house, on THURSDAY, the 18th day of January next, at Twelve o'clock precisely, to receive the Report of the Direc tors, and to elect Four Directors in the place of Philip William Flower, Esq., George Holgate Foster, Esq., George Meek, Esq., and George Taylor, Esq., who will on that day go out of office, in con formity wth the provisions of the Deed of settlement, all of whom gaffer themselves for re-election. And Notice — is Further Given, that any qualified Shareholder intending to become a candidate for the office of Director must give notice in writing of such intention, at this Office, thirty clear days, at least, previous to the said day of Election. By order of the Board. F. HEWETT, Secretary. PRIZE CATTLE SHOW of the SMITHFIELD CLUB. The Annual Exhibition of Prize Cattle, Seeds, Roots, Implements, &e.. will Open to the Public on TUESDAY NI °ruing and Closes on FRIDAY Evening, sth, 6th, ith, and Bth December ; Bazaar, Ring-street and Baker-street. Open from daylight till nine IR the evening. Admittance, One Shilling. To LOVERS OF FISH.- 100 real YARMOUTII BLOATERS for Gs., package included. "the Above forwarded to all parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, (n. P . 0 . 0. (preferred) for the amount. Send plain address, county, and nearest station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, jun., Fish-curer, Great Yarmouth. PLYMOUTH GIN--This pure and wholesome spirit is offered to the public free to the Paddington Station, in I; 2 , and 3 dozen hampers (hampers and bottle' , included), at 32s e dozen, by BENJAMIN VICKERS', spirit merchant, Newton zushel, Devon. Cheque or Post-office order, payable at Newton Abbott to accompany the order. PATRON—H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. - ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. - Miss GLYN will READ MACBETH of Thursday Eve nin g , miLa 30th inst., at Eight. T ll O Celebrated TYROLESE MINSTRELS on Wednesday, Friday, a nd Saturday Evenings, at Eight. LE CTURES by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on CHEMISTRY. CL ASSES next MONDAY EVENING LECTURE to the INDUSTRIAL will be by Dr. CARPENTER, on PHYSIOLOGY, as con nected With HEALTH. Subject: Drink, Blood, and Circulation. r .LECTE orr S by Dr. BAcrafaz a on GS an te d ELECTRICITY, illustrate& the POLYTECHNIC by the Hydro-Electri A c a loe, the most successful Apparatus in the World. Splendid Series of Forty-five COSMORAMIC VIEWS of IQew "uSSIA. a n d th e Costumes of the Inhabitants. DISSOLVING VIEWS of SEBASTOPOL, &c. "n SATURDAY EVENINGS the TYROLESE MINSTRELS, And an AMERICAN ENTERTAINMENT, illustrated with Dlssolv- Ing Views by G. HAAvar, Esq. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- Now Open for the Season. —During the Week the Orchestra will perform the Overture to Zampa ; Waltzes : Le Refrain des Mon tunes (first time), Germania, Solon Spruche ; Polkas, Fidelln (first time), Les•Folies, Moscow ;Quadrilles : La Guerre d'Orient (first time), Schamyl, Partant pour la Syrie (by desire), L'Etoile du Nord ; Schot tische: Malvina (first time), and (also by desire) the Alma Galop. Principal Cornet A Piston, M. lionleourt.—Alteration of Time —Doors open at Eight; commence at half-past.—Admission, One Shilling. GR AVESEND ST I' ACK EPS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Putted Pie Mae Packets *lan at the Piers as underlined (weather permit FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. rrs. tting). WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. 13 Time 0 2 "a Terrac e al to t Z 8 3 g 9 Onanibuses from Fenchurch-stroet Station to all parts of London every quartet of an hour. R USSWIcK WILUtF . BrAcKw.trz, on tho arrival of the fol. lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-stroot Station. • WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. ' .... .91 "' 5 .2, c,,,* v burch —s E , church St reet • - g 6' S 1 Street lg: 21 o I L 2 1 4 Fore Cabin. Saloon. Fore Cabin. Si . le To or from Gravesend and London 10d. Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwieh Bd, Os Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. BOAT T ICKETS. —T we l ve Months, 51. Os.; Six Months, Three Months, 22. os. ; to be had of the Collectors on bo . Packets; Nov. 13 0 , 1t154r . of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Moon. 2d. 10d. 31. Os. ; ,ard the 2 , 7 F IR M ITIES OF THE SECRET I YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price 25., illustrated with taps, es free by post for 30 NERVOUS DEBILITY• aster on Sper- Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure. —An Essay 2 matorrhcea, with Practical Observations o n a a detecting successful mode of tfeatment of the diseases of thee:r and more Generative S 3 stem, obtained by the use of the Microscope in r and , "d distinguishing,ty urinary examination, the real ause effect of every variety of complaint. whether arising from solitary habits, ex cesses, occident, or climate, followed by practical remark s , founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuiss ance, A en'ous Debility, Local Weakness , Sperma t orrhosa , &c. To which are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage. with pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical p ractice, 1,;:d on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on elo portent disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D. ja,,_ 37, 4 E.D F 0 R. D-S CU AR E, LOND 0 N, -- c„'ur of Medicine, Matr i cu lated Member of the University of Eau. "urgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, r ..icentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. and excesses, The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con wileV,,,fices resulting from certain habits, irregularities, ho “`eo have proauced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man as,porfeTuaturcie tri er -a t and dat all stages Of Life, than, perhaps, any other el y n to modern pathologists. Its perusal is t:rtticularly condition,disease to persons entertaining secret doubts of t; er , PhYsicaand who are conscious of having hazarded eil l iu ne w al . th, happiness, ad privileges to which every human being is I- i s absol ie principles rt y necessary ath tall men should know, that there are t which cannot be violated without I cu' " °f Personal management th ft ,: ie lit grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed rr av ,YdttY of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties an' ''' mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, the how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, ~ there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional t!.7ngeinent to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. ,`,.',..etutbor has fbr a series of years been engaged in an extensive ,;_l. les in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have e f i° T t imately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant roes,iZli,,lrl who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place 4n thir pretensions. DEBILITY may 11 ERVOUg Brothe none re, and e had, price 2a, of Messrs. Piper, . C 0.,, 2 3, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; /biro, ',.! 3, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free by post for f ord ; ~d ulin to any address horn the Author's residence, 37, Bed- At ' horns lb ~.._ zie r consultation daily from El 12 ' 4 UR _ht. e-el till Two, and from .~ ~- No. 19,402.] PUBLICATIONS. NOTICE. CHEAP EDITION ot PEPY'S DIARY and COHRECPONitENCE. A New and Cheap Edition of this Popular Work, uniform with the last edition of EN city n's Diary, will be realy in a few days, In 4 vols. post Bvo., with Portraits, &c., price 6s. per volume, elegantly bound. Orders received by all Book sellers. Published for 11. Colbaru, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett. RLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE, for DECEMBER, 1854. No. CCCCLXX. Price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS, The Story of the Campaign. Written in a Tent In the CrilYtea.— I. The Rendezvous.—Tl. The Movement to the Crimea.—lll. First Operations in the Crimea.-IY. Battle of the Alma.—V. The Rattle field.—Vl. The Katcha and the tialbek.—Vll. The Flank March.— VI I. Occupation of Rai:Alava. Zaklee : a Romance.—Part I. . Education of the Royal Artillery. The Influence of Gold upon the Commercial and Social Condition of the World.—Part 11. Civilisation—The Census. The Twentieth of September, Eighteen Hundred arid Fifty-four. Prospects of the Modern Drama. Peace and War. A Few Personal Recollections of Christopher North. By the Author of " Ten Thousand a-Year." William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. T HE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE for DECEMBER, price 2s. 6d., contains :- 1. The Crimea and Sebastopol. 2. A Pilgrimage to the Land of Lea and Ossory. Conclusion. 2. The Waits : A Christmas Story. 4. Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes. h. Mosses upon Gravestones. Conclusion. 6. Rose Condon. A Ballad of Fear-Muighe-Feine. By Feardana. 7. The Voices of the Bells. S. Leaves from the Portuguese V. 9. Recent Tourists in America—A Merry One and a Wise One. 10. A Chant for December. 11. Memoir of Field-Marshal Count Brown. 12. Professor Edward Forbes, Dublin : James M‘Glashan, 50, Upper Sackville-street, and all booksellers. WATKINS'S DIRECTORY.-BLUNDERS. Gratis, or forwarded per post on receipt of one penny stamp, a Review, in eight pages imperial octavo, showing a large number of absurd and ludicrous blunders, which have appeared in every edition of Watkins's Directory, as follows 1. In Alweilition4iii-16friontlAsheet- inDecember, 1851. 2. The same blunders REPRINTED into the edition for 1853. 3. The identical blunders again reprinted in the edition for 1854. 4. The same once more reprinted into March edition for 1854. 5. And finally, the same again reprinted into the edition for NEXT YEAR. In the "Review" we predicted that no f5ll and precise explanation would be attempted, and the result has proved the accuracy of the prediction : instead of an open and direct answer in print, the pro jector has forwarded written statements to indlssfpuals complaining of our "incessant" attacks upon his book,' but omitting to state that the staple of each of these consists of an exposure of stale, old re printed blunders, each time a different catalogue from that appa rently inexhaustible blunder-mine —Watkins's Directory. The Subscribers to the hook are respectfully requested to peruse our last Review, and then to require a full and precise published ex planation of blundering, such as we believe never to have been paralleled in any book purporting to be a " Directory." Kelly and Co., 19, 20, and 21, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar. STRICTURE OF THE URETHR k. Just rublished, price ss. by post, free, ss. fid.. T" PATHOLOGY aid RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA ; with numerous Cases illustrative of every variety of Urethral Obstruction, and their special Modes of Treatment and Cure. By F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of surgeons of England. " We know of no man to whose care we could with greater confi dence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the ure thra."—Medical Circular. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.- The Agents and Friends of Gentlemen in the Army are respectfully informed that the Subscriber has a large supply of CLOTHING suitable for Wintering In the Crimea. Large Heavy PLAIDS, Warm ' RAPPERS, the Famous HIGHLAND CLOAK, Warm Coloured FLANNEL SHIRTS, TOP-COATS, Stout STOCK INGS, &c., &c., &c. Parcels leaving Inverness twice a-week by Rail to London, and thence carefully forwarded to the Army by Subscriber's Agent. D. ➢i'DOUGALL, THE TARTAN AND TWEED WAREHOUSE, EITERNESS. DR. DE JONGFI' S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OlL—Medical Practitioners and other residents in London are informed that, should they experience any difficulty in obtaining the Oil in their immediate neighbourhood. Sfessrs. Ansar, Harford, and Co., will forward it CARRIAGE FREE to any part of London, on orders being transmitted to them by post. Half-nint bottles,2s. 6d.; pints, 4s. 9d., Quarts, 95., IMPERIAL MEASURE. ANSAR, HARFORD, and CO., 77, Strand. FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH.— Patronised by her Majesty the Queen, and 11.R.11. Prince Albert.—Mr. HOWARD'S PATENT WHITE SUCCEDANEUM for filling decayed teeth, however large the cavity. It is placed in the tooth in a soft state, without any pressure or pain, and in a .hort time becomes as hard as the enamel, lastinc: many years. Sold by Savory, 220, Regent-street; Sanger, 150. and rlannay, 63, Oxford street ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; and all chemists and medicine vendors in the kingdom. Price 23, 6d., with full directions for use enclosed. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de rharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESF.MkR, No. I, is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the System. TRIFSEMAR, No. 2, eTectually, in the short space of three days, completely and' entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Captvi and Oubebs h tve so long been thought an antidote for, to the rain of the health •f a vast portion of the population. TRI ESE MAR, No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the In evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIE4EMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell; and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on tho toilet table without their use Writ* suspected. sold in tin cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, tc., &c.—To he had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John ston, 68, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. DR. CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. • Also, op Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Htemorrholds, ls. each, by post is. 6d. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentia multi cnrantur morbi." A popular exposition of the principal causes (peer and careless feeding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instructions for the regimen and observance of every hour out of the twenty•four. Illustrated by numerous cases, &c. 2. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. which that bath no wit, I hold him lost, Helpless, and all desolat. He that bath no child, Like sun and windc."—Chaucer. Subject: Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development of the Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter marriage—Theory of Gestation—Ueredttary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unaa similable Alliances—La iv of Divorce, &c., &c. CHASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEHE NTS. A Lecture to Young Men. _ " What passions hurt the body:-what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heitrd." Subject : lile';Pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The cas tattles of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, araphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &e. On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure. The GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive and pdpular exposition of Benito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrhcea ; with 250 en gravings and prescriptions. The BLADDER, 'URETHRA, ant RECTUM.—Comprising Urinary Derangements. Constipation, and haemorrhoids. Vols. 6 and 7, companions to the preceding. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. "Juctinde Vivore." "Few words to fair faith "—Shakespero. Sherwood, 23, Paternester-row ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or of DP. RICHARD CULVERWELL, Brother, Successor, and Twenty Years Consulting Colleague of the late Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, who may be advised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Five, and in the evenings, from Seven till Nine. SPECIAL NOTICE until MARCH 1, 1855. E. MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISMENTS will be CLOSED at EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERY EVENING, except Saturday, when they will be open until II o'clock. REINFOROEMENTS OF THE ARMY, The success which has crowned the arms of England and France requires increased numbers to pursue the 'victories already gained. On the broad surface of the ocean float cargoes of valiant men, whose duty and ambition stimulate them to seek the honour of their na tions, an 1 the establishment of the peace of Europe. The success which has attended the exertions of E. Moses and Son in their re splendent provision, for the Winter Season, has induced them to marshal an entire reinforcement of Winter Novelties, which will tell most effectively on the inhospitable influences of the weather. In the Winter Quarter every one will find the most satisfactory Quar ter in the ingenious and seasonable productions displayed by E. Moses and Snit at their Establishments, and may procure the newest and best Attire at quarter the sacrifice of Jime and trouble, and at much less cost than at any other house. E Moses and Son's new Stock of Overcoats are the firm and well-tried Guards for Adults and Juveniles. They are proof against the storms and batter of Winter's Forces, invincible protectors in the cold and wet season. The count less infantry forces signalised for neatness, elegance, and style, are drawn out in splendid flies of Juvenile Attire, Fancy Goods, Hosiery, ' , adios' Dress, of every Description, Boots and Shoes, &c., &c., which wi ll fully prove that the skill, talent, and resources of the manufac turing world are in the command of E. Moses and Son. The Wholesale . Clothing, Shirt, and Boot and Shoe De p artment offers selections from the largest and most seasonab le Stock in the world, and secures the greatest advantage to Merchants. Captains, E _ lu grants, and others. F u 1 Lots of o,,tfits for Ladies and Gentle- Z e ' e n : wit h 'MP-sailing information, gratis on applica tion, or post- Mourning, any extent, at five minutes' notice. CAUTION. —E. MO SES and SON regret hav i n g to guard the public against imposition, twain; learned that the untrade.sman It's -like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITII ANY OTHER ROUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON. excopt their own. Establishments as follows : London. City Establi s h ment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 50a, Now Oxford-street, 1, 2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 59, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 33, b'argate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailor., Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be ex changed if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trom which no abatement can b o ma d e. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, whoa business 14 resumed till 11 o'clock. A new Book for Autism anel Winter. " The Commercial Cornu copia," containing full lists of prices, our system of soit.innaiu re . meat, „ Qui si parla &c may be had on application, or post-free. Mot anitolit 1121111 Deutecb. cl B' l e 'on pule Francais. qua itabia Expo% ; 7 ) J 4 /, 7'. Z 6- - --- Z-- - --- - (.--- ....:,' ' . ..-'dillik.... -----.-\,. .. T r 7 •••. ,I. ~••••• , .., s '.. / : • ( 777 --..' C ia iii . h " . , . . . . , .. . . - i' 'ktit . .4+7‘ .c • c ' ' f' • .. '',, ~,- ' • ... ''.! ' :;0! ':4 . . . Ado . c ., ~,,„g i z , s s. . _ f i-: , !,A. : '',, 'tt,;' ~....."-, , , .4.4,,,,' • li.,_ • \olo4"'\*r -6 6 ' ; ;','* - - A • _ ~. -, gr 5.„.;,.. , ~ . , 1u,,,,....,..1,- ~ .i. ~ . 00 ,,, -.c... ------ n-4 - - . ji -0 , '..'' 3, .., dik , VI/ ' '4.11 '.... '.'. . t • D. • -4'3. ~ i", i. 17" tt ''' ' .._ _,,.. Z't . , - ... !:--r;••iA"' • , -:'- . \ \ _y- --. ."--- 0 -- ', , .., , , ... ; 1 , , a pi , ', , • - . ~A,, ,, - . ~-.. ~, ... \ - 1,,,, ii- 0, , c,, ~- -' ,, i...---'-- . ..., - -,:.----- , i. 4 V -`"--..--=--- • P .. , 1 .7. I y').. ' • ,„..#,, c. - , •l -- -1,,./ . .e , -,!-•;-N,./ ~..._ - . LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1854. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Orion, screw, 90, is still lying in the basin at Sheerness. Her boilers are now in the hold, and getting bedded and stowed away, together with her machinery. Orders have been received from the Admiralty to mast her in this yard. Her spars are expected down from Chatham for that purpose to-day. When pet in she will proceed to Chatham to fit out. The Horatio, 22, Commander Jenner, is still in Sheer ness harbour. 'We hear she has received erde-s to get ready for sea immediately. She is most suited for a guard-ship, as she carries 22 guns of heavy calibre. Harwich is the place named for her port of destination, where she will, no doubt, get many volunteers for her Majesty's service. The leak in the Cossack, 21, screw, Captain E. G. Fanshawe, cannot be discovered. Censequently she is again to be taken into dock at Devonport. It appears that it must be the same leak she had before she went on shore, as she now makes the same quantity of stater. The Pylades, 21, screw-corvette, is in No. 1 dry dock, Sheerness, and a amber of. mechanics of all grades are at work at her. She is to be brought forward with all possible despatch, and when completed will form one of the most useful class of vessels in the service, as when ready for sea she is expected not to draw more than 18 or 19 feet of water. _ _ The Leopard, 18, paddle, Captain George Giffard, Portsmouth, will be ready for sea on the 10th proximo. ' The Hecla, 6, paddle, Commander Hawker, lit fires at Portsmouth yesterday morning, and got up steam to prove boilers and .machinery. She will be ready for active service on - the sth. The Drake, mortar-vessel, under ths superintendence of Captain Julius Roberts, of the Royal Marine Artil lery, left Portsmouth for Sheerness yesterday morning. The mortar will be fired in her passage round, and at Sheerness will be tested against the old-fashioned bed mortar. The French corvette that brought up at St. Helen's oa Wednesday evening, is at anchor, weather-bound. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—William H. Wright (1853), recently serving in the Ajax, to the Conway, 26, flag, at Cork ; 4.lexent!er_P . ,..Norie (1854) trr 4he Ajn)trs4l, voravv,, at Portsmouth ; Francis Meynell (1849), recently serving in the Royal George, and Charles D. Robinson (1854) to the Perseverance, iron screw steam store-ship, now building at Blackwall. Master—Frederick J. Krabbe (1851), recently serving in the Resolute, to the Perseverance. • Paymasters—George'Hickman (1854), from the Brisk to the Belleisle, 24, hospital ship at Devonport ; and Howard E. L. P. Bailey (1854), from the Belleisle to the Brisk, 15, screw, Plymouth, for the Pacific. / ~~ [PRicE SD. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BOARD OF TRADE LIST OF NEW RAIL WAY BILLS. The following is an authentic list of the Railway Bills of which plans were deposited at the Board of Trade up to last night, Nov. 30, 1854 : ENGLAND. Bridport. Spalding, Bourn, and Stamford. Bristol and Exeter—Station Improvements, &c. West Somerset Mineral. Portsmouth —Deviation. London and North Western—Preston Station En largement, &c. Middlesborough and Guisborough—Branch. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire—Branch, &a, North Yorkshire and Cleveland—Branches. Carlisle and Lilloth Bay. Westminster Terminus—Extension. Aberdaro Valley. Disley and Hayfield. Salisbury and Yeovil. Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge. Dearness Valley. Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire—Ex tension. Stockton and Stokesley. Direct Manchester and Milford Haven Junction. West Kent. Rhymney—Extension. Cromford and High Peak—lmprovements. Bristol and South Wales and Southampton Union. South Yopk,shire Railway and River Dun Navigation —Branch to Bole. Caterham—Extension to Croydon, &c. Liverpool and Garston. Hartlepool Great Float and Railway. Llynvi Valley—Amendment. Weston-super-Mare and Uphill. Exeter and Exmouth. Ipstones Mineral Branch Railway. Severn Valley—Deviations. Alton Extension. South London. Somerset Central—Extension to Wells. r • Torquay. Abingdon Junction. Westminster Terminus Railway—Extension. Loscoe. Hammersmith, Fulham, and Westminster. Cumberland Market Terminus. Dorchester and Bridport. London and South Western—Basingstoke and Salis bury line. Chester and Holyhead—Deviation, Extension, and Branch. North London—Branches. Swansea Vale. Maryport and Carlisle—lmprovement, New Branches, &c. Newtown and Oswestry. Hatfield and St. Albans. Luton, Dunstable, and Welwyn Junction. South Wales (New Railways). Merton and Kingston. Furness—Additional Land. Swansea Docks and Mineral Valleys Railway. Staines, Woking,ham, and Woking—Extension to Reading. South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun—Extension to Crowle. Dudley and Old Hill. Sheffield, Chapelton, and Elsecar. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton—Cradley Loop. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton—lmprove ments and Branches. Staines, Wokinghain, and Woking—Diversion of Roads, &c. East Kent—Deviation. South Staffordshire—Branches. Stockton and Darlington—Branches. Taff Bargoed. Carmarthen and Cardigan—Deviations. Stokes Bay and Isle of Wight Railway and Pier. South Wales and Southampton. Great Western and Brantford (Thames Junotion) Railway. Mid Kent and North Bent Junction. London and Mid Kent. Warrington and Stockport—Branch to Manchester. Mriropolitan—Alteration of the Lino and Levels. Dursley and Midland Junction. Barnet and Willesden. London and Blackvrall—Widening. Direct South Eastern. Thames Embankment and Railway. SCOTLAND. Great North of Scotland—Huntly to Nairn. Inverness and Elgin Junction. Banff, Macduff, and Turrifl Junction. Glasgow, Dumbarton, and Helensburgh. G:asow and South Western—Branches, &c. Inverary and Old Meldrum Jnnction. Aberdeen and Peterhead. Kinross. Leslie Railway and Branches. East of Fife. Edinburgh and Glasgow—Terminal Branch at Glas gow. Jedburgh. IRELAND. Ulster—Extension to Monaghan. Dundalk and Euniskillen—Extension to Monaghan and Cavan. Trim Railway. Belfast and County Down—Extensions to Down patrick, Donaghadee, &o. Dundalk and Blackrock. Wicklow Mineral. Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland—Exten sions to Tuam and StiOkestown. Cork and Youghal--Branch to Queenstown, &c. Limerick and Castleconnel. -- i!i' J ~-G~J G THE GOVERNORSHIP OF PORTSMOUTH. Major-General Simpson, Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth, is appointed Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces, vice Sir G. A. Wetherall, C. 8., K.H., ap pointed Adjutant-General at the Horse Guards. This snakes the Governorship of Portsmouth and the command of the South-Western District vacant. So scarce have the troops become that the Major-General commanding at Portsmouth has informed the Admiral Superintendent of that dockyard, for the information of the Lords of the Admiralty, that, after a few more days, he will not be able to furnish any troops for dockyard duties or guards. This, it is expected, will necessitate the calling into ser vice of the dockyard brigades for the duties of these establishments. THE TRANSPORTS. The Royal screw-transport Perseverance, commanded by Commander Pullen, late of the North Star, in the Arctio Regions, with Mr. Krabbe, as second in com mand, who was master of the screw-tender Intrepid, in the Arctic expedition, is being fitted out with all de spatch to take troops and stores to the Black Sea, where she will in some degree repair the loss of screw-transports suffered by the fatality to the Prince, and the disabled state of her Majesty's screw-transport Himalaya, and Cambria, paddle, which ships, it is said, must come home to be docked, the Himalaya having her shaft casing in jured. The African, paddle-steamer, is in Sheerness basin under the sheers, hoisting on board the lower masts and yards of the Perseverance. She is expected to sail for Woolwich today (Friday). The Moubrey, steam-tug, and Goodwill, lighter, have arrived at Woolwich fret* Sheerness, with part of her spars and rigging. The Cumberland, chartered steam-transport, arrived in Portsmouth Harbour yesterday afternoon, to receive on board the portable barracks. TRIALS OF THE LANCASTER GUN. Notwithstanding the late period of the season and re cent unfavourable weather, the Royal Artillery, under Colonel Wilson, at Shoeburyness, continue to carry on very important experiments at that long range. Mr. Lancaster is still indefatigable in his exertions to make his shell as perfect as possible, and the shells on his principle are being made in great numbers for actup.l service. The recent improvements have been so effective that the shells have been carried 600 yards longer range, with a charge of 21b. less powder (the former charge being 121 b., and the new charge 10Ib.) than had been obtained on ally previous occasion. The practice with the new• description of howitzer, weighing 125 cwt., on Colonel Chalmer's plan, has been splendi4l, the range obtained with 111-inch shot being 5,500 yards. Government, it is understood, intend to make Lancaster's shells in large numbers, under the superintendence of competent persons and their own workmen. RUSSIAN PRIZES. Yesterday the preliminary notices required by the Court of Admiralty in respect to the Russian vessel Ellida, prize to her Majesty's steamer Cruiser ; and the Hannah Maria and Magle,ptizes to her Majesty's steamer Archer, having expired, the court will proceed to con demn them forthwith, and issue decrees of sale for the benefit of their captors. THE WHEAT CONTRACTi Contracts were taken at the Royal Clarence Victu alling-yard. Gosport, by Rear-Admiral Courtenay yes terday for p,OOO quarters of wheat, at an average of 745. per quarter. MILITARY. Captain Bourke commands the depot of the 34th, at Plymouth, whence Major Kelly proceeds with a draft of 150 men, to fellow the regiment from Corfu to the Crimea. Recruiting parties left Chatham on Thursday—for the 76th Regiment to Alsforn, near Farnham, and the 61st to Norwich. The Ist Royals depot is ordered from Castlobar to Athlone, to be replaced by a company of the 40th depot from Galway. Colonel John L. Denis is in command of the 94th at Windsor, with the following officers :—Captain H. L. Caife, Captain A. Maclean, Lieut. Oswald de L. Priaulx, and Lieut. John Murray. The head-quarters are ex pected to leave Chatham in a few days at Wellington Barracks. _ _ An order was received on Monday to form the depot of the 72d Highlanders in Limerick. On Tuesday 800 stand of old musketry belonging to the 72d were deposited in the armoury of the Ordnance depot in Limerick, and replaced by 800 stand of Minio rifles. All the Irish'artillery regiments of militia are to be drilled at Woolwich. MILITIA. Colonel Bingham has received official orders for the immediate assembling of the Dorset Militia, which are under his command. Before being appointed on garrison duty the men will have 28 days' drill at Dorchester. The First Devon Militia Regiment is making great efforts to increase its strength, in anticipation of many of its members volunteering into regiments of the line. The staff commenced recruiting at Exeter oa Friday, and on Saturday they went to Crediton, where a few men volunteered. They have also visited other places during the week for the same purpose. The Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire has intimated to the officers und staff of the 2d Regiment of Staffordshire Militia, at the head-quarters at Stafford, th.t he expects immediately to reoeive her Majesty's warrant directing him to embody that regiment forthwith. The regiment is commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Littleton, M.P., who is at present at Madeira. In his absence, the com mand devolvesi upon Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Uxbridge, M.P. The Government have since intimated that the 3d Regiment of Staffordshire Rifle Militia, com manded by Colonel Bagot, will be ordered out as well as the 2d. WINE FOR SCUTARI HOSPITAL.—It was stated on Wednesday, upon high authority, in the Central Crimi nal Court now in session, that a letter had been received from Miss Nightingale, in which she stated that so great was the want of proper necessaries in the hospitals at Scutari that there were only a few bottles of wine for the use of the sick and wounded troops. Immediately upon the fact becoming known to the sheriffs, they in the most prompt and kind manner got up a subscription, the amount of which was handed over to Mr. Alderman Finnis, who volunteered to immediately procure a, pipe of port wine, to be at once despatched to the East f or the use of our brave troops. FLOODS IN THE NORTH.—A succession of heavy showers on Monday night, Tuesday, and Tuesday night, have swollen the rivers Irwell and Mersey vefy considerably. During Tuesday, night and Wednesday morning the rain fell in torrents, mingled with hail. At Broughton, above Manchester, the Irwell had overflowed its banks and flooded the fields on either - side, and the same result had followed at Throstle Nest, below that town. Near Sale and Ashton-on -Mersey, four miles west of Man chester, the Mersey had overflowed its banks and laid great quantified of Meadow land under water ; and from the rate at which the floods were accumulating great mischief was feared ; but towards noon on Wednesday a strong north wind sprung up, dispersing the clouds, and bringing with it a total change of weather for the remainder of the day. The wind was exceedingly cold, but drying, and almost blew a gale during the after noon. RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF INSERMAN. (From the St. Petersburg Journal.) It appears by the reports from Aide-de-camp General Prince Menschikoff, dated November 12, that the siege works of the enemy before Sebastopol have not advanced in the least, and that our fortifications continued, as be fore, to support with success the fire of the besiegers. Each night not only has all the damage been repaired and the dismounted guns replaced by others, but in many respects the means of defence have also been in creased. During this time the enemy has continued to strengthen his right flank, even to the town of Balaklava. In order to complete the first and hasty account of the sanguinary affair of the sth of November, Prince Menschikoff now sends, respecting this combat, more circumstantial details, which will be found in the follow ing reports : " REPORT OF THE GENERAL OF- INFANTRY DANNENBERG, COMMANDER OF THE 4TH CORPS OF INFANTRY, DATED NOVEMBER 8. " According to the plan arrarge4 for the army of the Crimea for the 24th ult. (sth of November), I made the following dispositions : " Lieut.-General Soimonoff, who commanded the right column, had directions t 3 range his troops in order of battle before daybreak, and to eiecute an offensive move- Ment by placing his left flank upon the left"bank of the ravine named Kilene-Balka, so that, profiting by the facilities wkisli the ground ofered for his • movements, and for action, he might turn the forces of the enemy stationed near the source of that ravine. " The left column, under the command of Lieut.- General Panloff, had orders to occupy, with 12 Regi ments of Chasseurs of Borodinb, Okhotsk, and Taran tino, and two companies of the 4th` battalion of Rifle men, and to clear the defiles covered with thick brushwood situated beyond the Tchernaya-Retchia," while the rest of the troops advanced bythe navt road called that of the Sappers. Then, forming in order of battle between the ravine Kilene-Balka and the defiles in questio n, ti at column was to act at the same position as th a t of Li eu t., General Soimonoff. AL . ".Very unfortenately, -4i,a,a thiP t r IFI L SolinonolZ lc** e instead of ta epos len ini ae. ; passed by the right bank of the ravine Kilene-Balka, and immediately upon the break of day, without wait ing for the arrival of the left - column, made a rapid movement in advance—a movement, however, which it was forced to make by the sharp fire from the carbines of the enemy, who, not lbeing threatened upon his left flank, was able to concentrate all his forces between the source of the Kilene-Balks and the valley of In kerman, upon ground vary easy of defence. The first line were the regiments of Tomsk and Kolyvan, fol lowed by the Catherinenburg Regiment of Infantry. Behind the right flank of these troops were, under the command of Major-General Jabokritsky, the infantry Regiment of Boutyrsk, and the Chasseurs of Ouglitch, and the Ist brigade of the 16th Division of Infantry, as a reserve to cover the right flank, according to the plan of attack by the left bank of the Kilene-Balka. " In order to escaap from the murderous fire from the carbines of the enemy, the regiments of Tomsk and Kolyvan, preceded by a chain of Riflemen, also armed with carbines, formed themselves into columns of com panies, and rushed upon the enemy, supported by the battery of position No. 2, of the 10th Brigade of Ar tillery ; the battery of position No. 1, of the 16th Bri gade ' • and the light battery No. 4, of th e 17th B r i ga d e. The Chasseurs pursued the enemy without stopping. The 2d battalion of the Regiment of Tomsk and the first two battalions of Kolyvan rushed upon a battery of the enemy and spiked two of its guns. Then the Ist and the 3d battalions of the Catherinenburg Regi ment of Infantry rushed in advance and upon the right across the ( Kilene-Balka, and carried by assault a part of the enemy's camp, where they spiked four guns. This successful movement was stopped by the less, almost simultaneously, of Lieutenant General Soimonoff, mortally wounded ; Major-General De Villebois, com mander of the 2d brigade of the 10th Division of In fantry ; Colonel Zagoskine, commander, of the 10th Bri gade of Artillery, and the commanders of the Regiments of Catherinenburg, Tomsk, and Kolyvan, which lost at die, same time their commanders of battalions and a great number of officers killed or wounded. "The regiments of the brigade of Chasseurs of the 10th Division of Infantry and the 2d and 4th battalions of the Infantry Regiment of Catherinenburg were obliged to descend to the upper part of the ravine, where there is a stone quarry ; a very brisk fire took place upon this point. By order of Major-General Jabo kritsky the battery of position No. 2 of the 10th Brigade of Artillery, and the battery of position Nc. 1 of the 16th Brigade, with the light batteries Nos. 4 and 5 of the 17th Brigade, occupied a height situated behind the ravine of Kilene-Balka, and to the right, parallel with its direction. The infantry Regiment of Boutyrsk was posted on the left bank of the battery, that of the Chasseurs of Ouglitch at the right flank, and the first brigade of the 16th Division of Infantry remained ill re serve behind the right flank. -•- "Almost simultaneowdy with•the attack of the 10th Division of Infantry, 'the Regiments of Chasseurs of Tarentino and Borodino, formed in parties of columns by companies and preceded by two companies of the 4th battalion of Riflemen, and all their men armed with carbines, took part in the action. The movement of those troops assisted in forcing the enemy to give way before the 'rapid attack of the right column. Afterwards, when the regiments of the 10th Division of Infantry descended into the ravine, those above named also took part in the fire against the enemy, and the combat was warmly continued, with alternate success. More than once the enemy was closely surrounded and driven back upon his right flank, but having all his forces concentrated there he resisted our attack. Towards 8 o'clock in the morning, after a march which presented very great obstacles, the rest of the troops of the left column reached the steep heights —viz., the Regiment of Chasseurs of Okhotsk, those of the Infantry of Yakoutsk and Selinghinsk, with the batteries of position No. 3 of the 11th Brigade of Artil lery, and No. 1 of the 10th Brigade, and eight guns of the battery of positi on N o. 3 o the 17th Brigade. I placed those batteries upon our left flank, at the extre mity of which afterwards arrived two batteries of light horse artillery of the Don, which could not take part in the battle in consequence of the position occupied by the enemy being too distant. " During the battle the battery of, position No. 2 of the 10th Brigade of Artillery, eight guns of the bat tery of position No. 3, and the light battery No. 4 of the 17th Brigade, which had lost many men and horses, were replaced by the light batteries Nos. 1 and 2 of the 10th Brigade and No. 3 of the 11th Brigade, which re mained in position until the end of tho affair. " In order to support the battle which was going on in the ra v i ne , i n a d vance of our left flank, Idirected upon that point the Regiment of Chasseurs of Okhotsk, which, forming its 3d and 4th battalions in columns by companies, made a resolute movement in advance, and took possession of a redoubt of the enemy with nine guns, three of which were carried off and thrown into the ravine, and the others spiked. Colonel. Bibikoff, commander of the regiment, and the greater portion of his superior and subaltern officers were wounded in this attack. The enemy, on his part, continued to bring up fresh troops to the spot where a portion of the French troops arrived, which forced the Regiment of Okhotsk to fall back. Profiting by a deep ravine which covered the left flank of our position, I again successively or dered to advance the Regiments of Yakoutsk and .Selinghinsk to support our left flank in the ravine. The Regiment of Yakoutsk charged with impetuosity the English who had repulsed the Regiment of Chasseurs of Okhotsk, and, after having at first overthrown the enemy with great success, was in its turn forced to abandon the battery of which it had taken puEs 6t i en ' and compelled to retreat by a violent fire of carbines, and by the French troops, which came up to the assist ance of the English. "Not having.any more troops in reserve at the left flank, 'I ordered the Ist Brigade of the 16th Division of Infantry to come up. At the same time the enemy continued to defend himself with peculiar obstinacy, and, as reinforcements of fresh French troops arrived, we were obli g ed to y ie ld t o th e super i or it y o f hi s forces. The troops who had fought in the ravine marched, a portion by the valley of Inkerinan, by the passage of the Tchernaya Retchka, and the rest fell back upon the principal position. In order to cover the movement of the left flank in the valley of Inkerman, I also sent the Infantry Regiment of Vladimir, which perfectly fulfilled its mission, and its commander, Colonel Delwig, was wounded. Soon afterwards the murderous fire of the enemy's artillery forced us to retreat upon the town. This movement was effected without obstacle and with, out an attack from the enemy. " In this affair all the troops, from the chiefs to the lowest soldier, fought with a spirit werthy of the armies of his Majesty the Emperor." " EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF MAJOR-GENERAL TIMOPEIEFF, DATED NOT. 7. "At 10 o'clock in the morning, at the mornerit when the battle on the heights of Inkerman was already in full activity, Major-General Tagefeieff, with the Infantry Regiment of Minsk, and four guns of the light battery No. 4 of the 14th Brigade of Artillery, executed a sortie from Sebastopol against the left flank of the enemy's works. Emerging by the gate situated to the right of the bastion No. 6, this column crossed the ravine of the Quarantine Bay, passed the cemetery more to the left, and began to close in upon the enemy. In advance marched two battalions in columns by companies, covered by a chain of riflemen, and having the artillery mans between the battalions. They were followed by two other battalions, in columns of attack. "After having routed the enemy even to his entrench ments, the battalions charged with the bayonet and rushed upon the batteries. Some pursued the enemy from one point to the other, and the rest made to his guns, 15 of which, were spiked. " While this was going forward the enemy, recovered from his surprise, began to send troops. Major-General Timofeieff demanded reinforcements. Two battalions of the 13th brigade of reserve (the sth of the Regiment of Brziesc and the 6th of that of Wilna) and the six last guns joined him. - " Having formed these battalions into columns by companies, and placed the artillery betweeh them, on the right of the Quaratine ravine:Wajor-General Timo feieff, seeing that the enemy was e&leavouring to sur round him with considerable forces ordered the batta lions of Minsk to retire. "This retreat was effected so slowly, and in such per fect order, that not only all our wounded, but also some of the wounded of the enemy, including two officers, were carried off. The enemy in his pursuit having ap proached within range of the grapeshot of the guns of the place and the musketry of the wall of defence, suf fered an enormous loss and took flight. Major-gene ral Tiinofeieff bears testimony to the valour displayed by the whole Minsk Regiment, and particularly by Major Yevsparloff, who commanded it ; Captain Lia pounoff, commander of the fourth battalion ; and Cap tains Commanders of companies Joukovsky, Matshe vitch ' • Lieutenant Vorobieff, Ensign Zagorovsky, and Second-Captain Postolsky, Adjutant of the regiment, who with his own hands spiked two guns, and who, hav ing been wounded in the arm, passed the spikes to Lieut. Vorobieff." "In addition to these details of the battle of the sth of November, his Majesty the Emperor has also received from Aide•de-Camp General Prince Meischikoff the two following reports, dated the 12th of November : • 4 6 6 1. "! Independently of the flattering words of your Impe rial Majesty to the army and the garrison of Sebastopol --:-words which I transmitted by a special order of the, day, in execution of your orders—Prince Galitzin, aide de-camp of your Imperial Majesty, has fulfilled with ex actitude themission confided to him. He went through all the bastions and all the batteries where thiksailors are stationed and fight. The thanks and encouragements of the Sovereign of which Prince Galitzia had the honour to be the bearer, addressed to these brave sailors in the name of your Imperial Majesty, not only redoubled the ardour, but also touched every one of them to the bottom of his soul. They listened with tears of emotion to the words of their Monarch and Father, full of solicitude for his well-beloved children, as your Majesty deigned to ex 'press yourself in the receipt with which you honoured me on the 31st of this month. It - was with an equal, sentiment of pious and 'grate , v- that the troops received the gift and' the - eielpfajestyr the Mmpresm—Afterirretigitilla ceremony, the image of the Saviour, brought by Prince Galitzin, was taken, accompanied by all the inhabitants of the town, from the church of St. Michael to the Nicholasßattery, and thence that holy image was taken, with the appropriate religious ceremony, to all the bastions and all the batteries, to bless the defenders of them. All the men present, having listened with pious attention to the address of the priest, prayed with fer vour, and went and kissed the hely image of the Saviour. 66 ' This image is now deposited in the locality pre pared for it near the entrance gate of the Nicholas Battery. ft < 2. " In my report, addressed to your Imperial Majesty immediately after the great sortie from Sebastopol on the sth of November, I bave.already had the honour to bear testimony that their Imperial Highnesses the Grand Dukes Nicholas Nicholaievitch and Michael proved themselves upon the field of battle, not only in every respect worthy of their high position by facing danger with coolness, but they also set the example of the true courage of the warrior. Their presence in the midst of the fire excited all and each to fulfil their sacred duties towards the Sovereign and the country. " The troops intrusted to raycommand were witnesses of this, and the intrepidity which they exhibited in the battle, so obstinate on both sides, was caused by the knowledge that the sons, so dear to the Monarch and to Russia, were in our ranks, and that every one ought to take example by their self-denial. In my order of the day of the 10th of November I thought it my sacred duty to recall to the recollection of the troops these warlike virtues of the Grand Dukes, and I took the liberty of saying that under the fire of the enemy they had shown themselves to be brave Russian soldiers. " After having exhibited upon the field of battle the full extent of their courage and coolness, the Grand DUkes wished on that very day to visit the bastions and the batteries, in order to bear in person to the brave sailors the thanks of the monarch, in execution of your orders. At this moment almost all the batteries were in action, and particularly at the kourgan Malakhoff the firing was so incessant that the whistling of the balls, and even of the bullets from the carbines, was head by the Grand Dukes along all the road leading to the bastion. At the kourgan Malakhoff the enemy afforded to the defenders of Sebastopol a precious opportunity to join their proved courage with the first manifestation of that of the well-beloved sons of Russia. In presence of their Highnesses, and almost at their feet, two of the 'enemy's balls fell is the parapet ; a third, which reached the wall separating two embrasures, covered the men at the guns with earth ; and, lastly, as if to complete the proof, a shell destroyed a building before their eyes, while at a few paces from it their Highnesses were ani mating the combatants by the flattering words of your Majesty. " It would be useless to say that during all these in stants, which might have proved mortal to them, the Grand Dukes showed themselves, I venture to repeat it here, to be true determined Russian soldiers. " Your Imperial Majesty would fill with joy the whole army tinder my command by conferring upon their Highnesses the order of military merit which iu thought has been unanimously bestowed upon them by us. The Order of St. George of the Fourth Class, for bravery, if granted by your Majesty to their Highnesses, who have justly merited it, would be hailed as a high and inesti mable mark of favour by all the troops under my com mand, who were witnesses of the courage and intrepidity •f the Grand Dukes, in whose persons your Majesty, and the whole of Russia, have the happiness and the right to pride themselves and rejoice.' " Such flattering testimony rendered by the Cotn• mander-in-Chief to the warlike qualities displayed by his youngest sons before the eyes of the whole army caused sincere joy in the paternal heart of the Emperor. His Imperial Majesty, in conformity with the proposal of Aide-de-Camp-General Prince Menschikeff, has deigned to confer upon their Imperial Highnesses the Grand Dukes Nicholas Nicolaievitch and Michael Nicolaievitch the Order of St. George of the Fourth Class." SOUTH AUSTRALIAN AND NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. ' The Australian papers received by the overland mail show that the recent proposition of the Governor of South Australia fur a railway of 1,000 miles, to connect that colony with Victoria and New South Wales, at a cost of 10,000,0001., the interest on which should be gsarauteed by the Home Government, has awakened much attention, and furnished a topic for prominent discussion in the principal journals. Its practical un soundness, however, notwithstanding its dazzling features, seems to have been recognised to a consider ab!o extent, and the Melbourne Argus and Adelaide Tines both express their views of the hopelessness of the scheme. In the latter paper it is observed : " The message of Sir Henry Young to the local Legisla ture, forwarding copies of a despatch from his Excellency to the Duke of Newcastle, containing suggestions for the formation of a grand trunk line of railway connecting the capitals of South Australia, New South Wales, and Vic toria, is before us. We fully recognise the paramount ad vantages certain to accrue to the Australian colonies from the establishment of a cheap and speedy system of in tercommunication with their capitals, when such a system can be accomplished with a due regard to the prospect of an ultimate return ; but we trust we shall ever be found in the ranks Of those opposing, by all means, the prosecu tion of chimerical designs, which, like that now under consideration, can alone result in the retardment of that prosperity which it is their object to promote. The axiom about its being necessary to creep before commencing to walk is applicable to all young colonies, and, as being especially so to one whose career, up to the present period, has been distinguished by the most rapid strides to wards permanent commercial prosperity, should be borne in mind accordingly. Of the fatal results of an opposite course of policy, it is greatly to be feared that are long examples will not be wanting ; and it be hoves South Australia, as a means of retaining the posi tion she has reached, to act with circumspection, and to regard with the utmost jealousy propositions of a public character which, however apparently brilliant, may, too late, be discovered to have been producitive of incalculable mischief. "At the very outset the great difficulty of raising so large a sum by loan from the English Government, on the terms set forth in the suggestions, appears to be insuper able, and can only be looked upon as a proposition which will be dismissed without a moment's favourable conside ration. We should be asking the British Government to guarantee a loan for the construction of the proposed works immediately after having received from them the inesti mable boon of an unfettered control ever the enormous and valuable territory of Crown lands which the Austra lian colonies contain within their limits. Apart, however, from this consideration, we entertain strong doubts of the disposition of the Governments of the sister colonies in the matter, and perhaps any very elaborate speculation in reference to it is as well delayed until their inelination to co-operate has been ascertained." MURDER AT MARTHILL, IN SCOTLAND.—A bnital and unaccountable murder has been perpetrated at Maryhill, in the neighbourhood of Glasgow. A man about fifty, named John Welsh, who had been employed in watching the surface works at Kelvinside ironstone pit, was found lying in a state of insensibility from various recent and severe wounds about the head. He was immediately conveyed home, where consciousness gradually returned, but upon a medical examination his wounds were found to be of a fatal character ; and, as he appeared to be fast sinking, his dying deposition was taken, which is said to amount in substance to the following :—He was watch ing at the works at eight o'clock on Sunday evening, when a young man, a coal drawer, named Alexander Stewart, came to him and asked for a light of his pipe. He gave him a light, and they talked together for some time, when Stewart lifted one of the workmen's picks from among a number, and in a half jesting mood said, " John, would that kill a man ?" Welsh answered, "Yes, and it would kill a horse'." Scarcely lead the words been uttered when Stewart struck Welsh four severe blows on the head, face, and neck with the pick, levelling him to the ground in a state of insensibility, and thus was he found as already described. The poor man died from his wounds about four o'clock on Monday 1/49rninati-2.0414 Britiolt, EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATIONS. Yesterday morning, shortly after three o'clock, the inhabitants of Wellclose-square were aroused from their slumbers by the springing► of policemen's rattles and a loud cry of "fire." It soon became apparent that the misfortune had taken place in the premises belonging to Mr. J. Safron, la cabinet maker, carrying on busi ness at No. 2 in the before-named square. The build ing in which the fire commenced was scarcely 40 feet long, and of proportionable width, and was well filled with goods of nearly every description made in the trade, whilst the open yard between the work shops and private dwelling-house was stored with timber, so that at one period nothing short of the complete destruction of Mr. Safron's premises and those in North-east-passage could be expected. Owing to the very inflammable nature of the stock-in-trade, consisting of such a large quantity of dry timber, the progress of the fire was unusually rapid, so that in less than ten minutes after the alarm had been sounded the range of workshops presented one tremendous blaze. The three engines of the London Brigade stationed in the square were promptly in attendance, and the reflec tion of the fire in the atmosphere was so strong as to cause a general turn-out of the more distant engines, so that at one time the engines of Watling-street, Farring don-street, and Jeffrey-square depots, as well as that of the West of England office, from the Waterloo-road, were proceeding along the road towards the fire with all possible expedition. Upon arriving there an abnndan, supply of the East London Company's water was pro cured, when the firemen went to work most vigorously, but in spite of their exertions the fire continued to rage fearfully, and it could not be extinguished until the whole of the workshops were burned down, and the stock in trade therein, including the men's tools, was likewise consumed. The whole of the stock in trade in the open yard is in addition extensively burned. The origin of the fire is unknown, Fortunately, the sufferer was in sured in the Sun Fire Office, Before the above fire was subdued an express arrived with intelligence that a serious fire hat broken out at the Bow-station of the North London Railway. As many engines as could be spared from Wellolose-square fire were despatched to Bow, and on reaching the sta tion they found that the outbreak had taken place in a long range of premises recently erected and used as the blacksmiths' shops, the repairing engine -houses, and other workshops. The flames were first discovered by a policemen of the IC division, by his seeing them issuing through 'the roof of the smiths' workshops. Ho at once called up the men employed at the station, and, strange to say, he sent off to Wellolose square for the aid of the engines stationed there, not knowing that a fire was raging there ; the consequence was that three eng ines of the London establishment, and that of the W es t of England office, were enabled to start to the scene, and on arriving the firemen found that the parish engine was already at work. Under the direc tion of Mr. P. Edinger, the inspector of the East Lon don Water Company, a good stream of water was pro cured, and th e eng i nes were called into operation by Mr. Fogo, the foreman of the brigade, and the veteran C and the of the West of England O ffi ce. The parish d . the brigade engines, as well as a powerfu l dumm y in serted into the fire-plugs, threw conti n uous streams of water Upon the fire, which eventua lly extinguisbedit. The damage done must at a moder ate calculation amount to some hundre d On Wednesday last, at the County Court for the county of Southampton, held at Winchester, Sir Edward Hulse, Bart., was sworn into office as one of the vererers of of the New Forest, in the room of the late Sir d Charles Hulse, Bart. TRUST AND LOAN COMPANY OF UPPER CANADA.—At a half-yearly meeting yesterday of this company the reports and accounts were adopted. It appeared that the total sum now employed by the company on mod ga;es in Canada is 418,0001., and that the profits for the past six months have amounted to 11,207/. A divi dend at the rate of 8 per cent. was accordingly declared on the paid-up capital of 210,7461., 2501. was applied to the redemption of preliminary expenses, 2,0671. appropriated to the reserve fund, raising it t o 4,77;a .s, and 562/, was carried to the credit of the next h a lf - - y a The amount of outstanding debentures o f the compeanry. is 237,9001. - PATRIOTIC FUND. CITY OF WESTMINSTER. The public meeting of the city of Westminster in aid of the Patriotic Fund, adjourned from the 16th of No vember, was held yesterday in St. Martin's hall ; Mr. F. Smedly, High Bailiff of Westminster, in the chair. The attendance at the commencement of the proceedings was rather small, but became larger towards the conclu sion, and there was a considerable muster of ladies in the galleries. On the platform were the Bishop of London Sir J. Shelley, M.P., Admiral Bowles, the Rev. Mr. Cureton, and several other gentlemen connected with the city of Westminster. The HIGH BAILIFF, after stating the object of the meeting, observed that he had received a letter from Lord Aberdeen, expressing his great regret that he was unable to be present in consequence of a Cabinet Council. He had also received a letter from the Duke of Due clench, in which it was stated that his absence from town prevented his being at the meeting, but requesting that his name should ho put down, as High Steward of West minster, for 25b1. (Cheers.) lie had obtained, he might say, piles of letters from other noblemen and gentlemen, assigning as a reason for their not attending their ab sence from town, and stating that they had subscribed in their own localities. There were deputations present, he vas happy to say, from several of the most important parishes of 'Westminster, and he had no doubt that, in the matter of subscriptions, all of them would do their duty. (Cheers.) Mr. Haiesann, the printer, announced a subscription on the part of the workpeople in his employment. The Bishop of LONDON moved the first resolution, which was as follows : "That life this m occasionedeet i meeting, h while y tn e w deeply ar, de res p p l o o r n i d n sg withthe loss o of valuable tions of love; loyalty; and 'gratitude to the call of her Majesty for the formation of a Patriotic Fund to mitigate the sufferings of the and the orphan ; and is at the same time desirous to record its deep sense of grati tude to Almighty God f or Hi s past mercies and its de vout dependence upon Him for the future, imploring Him, in His own time and way, to mitigate the horrors of war, and bestow upon us the blessings of peace." The right rev. prelate said he was glad to see so many present, though the attendance was not, perhaps, so numerous as might have been expected from the large and important city of Westminster. (gear, hear.) But it ,vas to be remembered that some of the most influen tial persons whose assistance they depended upon were detained by engagements of the highest importance, while many others who resided in Westminster were employed in trade and commerce in other parts of Lon don, and had already liberally subscribed to the fund. lie did not, therefore, regard the comparatively scanty attendance as indicative of any want of sympathy with the object for which they were assembled. (Hear, hear.) He was sure they would all cordially respond to that part of the resolution which referred to the debt of gratitude they owed to her Majesty for the establishment of the Patriotic Fund, and the appointment of a Royal Com mission, which enabled the public to contribute without an y misgiving as to the liberal, equitable, and discreet distribution of the money intrusted to their hands. They owed also to her Majesty an acknowledgment of the deep sympathy she had on all occasions expressed towards those of her subjects who were engaged in fighting her battles ; and he might, without impropriety, state that he had been honoured with the sight of a private letter from her Majesty, speaking in the most feeling manner both of the pride which she felt at the gallantry and self devotion of her army and navy and of her deep sorrow at the heavy loss they had sustained. (Cheers.) They had, indeed, to deplore the loss of many valuable lives, and it was grievous to think how many familiee had been placed in mourning by the casualties of the war ; but that many more such casualties would occur it was impossible to doubt, when they looked at the manner in which the war was carried on and the fearful odds against which our brave soldiers had to con tend—odds which they had hitherto been able to over match by the indomitable valour, perseverance, and energy which they bad displayed. The losses we had sustained excited the deepest feeling of sorrow in every English heart ; but with that feeling had mingled pride and thankful exultation at the manner in which our English soldiers had maintained their ancient repu tation—aye, and even exceeded it—by defeating armies many times their number, with the highest honour to themselves and ignominy and confusion to the foe. (Cheers.) They desired at the same time to record their deep sense of gratitude to Almighty God for his past mercies, and their devout dependence upon Him for the future. If there was a nation in the world which ought to express gratitude to the Supreme Disposer of all Events it was Great Britain, seeing the many signal in terpositions of Providence on our behalf—at one time overpowering great naval armaments that seemed des tined to crush our freedom and our church—at another, in the early part of this century, interposing to shield our country from the Power which then threatened to destroy us. (Hear, hear.) At the present moment we were standing forward in behalf of the liberty of Europe, and no one could say that we were actuated by selfish purposes .or by any desire of aggrandisement ; and it was to God th a t we owed all the success which had hitherto attended our arms. We were at the same time to implore Almighty God, in his own time and way, to mitigate the horrors of war, and to bestow on us the blessings of peace. ‘Ve were apt to look upon war as being lees of an evil, less of a scourge inflicted on us by God, than it really was. Exempt by our insular posi tion from painful experience in the worst calamities of war, we were apt to think more slightly of those cala mities than we ought. We heard the echoes of the thunderstorm from a distance, but did not feel the flash of the lightning, or the power of the bolt. Yet how many families among us were feeling the horrors of war in being mutilated of their most precious members, and who mourned with only the consolation that their relatives and friends had fallen on the field of glory and in their service of their country, and, it was hoped, with the consolations of religion in their dying hour. (Hear.) They ought, then, to pray that these horrors should cease ; and who could tell what would be the effect of the united prayers of a Christian nation addressed to the God of Peace to put an end to that which, no doubt for his own good purpose, he had inflicted on the nations of the world ? (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, the right rev. prelate expressed a hope that in the contributions to this fund all classes would join, even the humblest and poorest, according to their means. In the parish of Fulham domestic servants and labourers had cheerfully contributed, and even the inmates of almhonses had given their sixpences to the cause. (Hear.) What was thrown into the treasury would not be judged of by the amount, for it was the motive that gave value to the , gift. (Cheers.) Mr. JOSEPH Woonseconded the resolution, which was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. The next resolution was proposed by Sir J. SI:INUIT : That this meeting, with a view to record its sense of the obvious duty devolved upon it to provide for those who have lost husbands or fathers while nobly defending the cause of its country and that of her ancient ally, do form a coininittee to raise funds in aid of the Patriotic Fund." The hon. baronet sail that he rejoiced in having the opportunity of lending his humble aid in support of the Patriotic Fund, and he believed that such a spon taneous and voluntary subscription would be more grate ful to the feelings of British soldiers and sailors than any sum that could be voted as the result of a debate in the House of Commons, and of a cold calculation of what amount would be sufficient. (Cheers.) Being assured that there was not a man who needed any incite ment to contribute to the full extent of his ability to the Patriotic Fund, he might content himself with simply moving the resolution he had proposed, if it were not that he felt he now stood in a peculiar position as their representative —though he would not say unfortunate position, for no elector of 'Westminster, he felt certain, begrudged to the country the able services rendered to it on the field of bittle by his gallant colleague. (Loud c h eers .) They all saw as they passed along the streets the anxious crowds perusing the announcements of the latest intelligence from the seat of war, and they might be sure that Westminster, with its numerous inhabitants, looked with an anxious mind to the lists of those who suffered from casualties, to ascertain whether that brave old man who had been so long its honest representative had suffered any misfortune. (Hear.) Many an anxious father and mother read the Gazette with the fond hope of finding some beloved name mentioned with honour ; and in this respect Westminster had not been disappointed, for scarcely a de s p a t c h h a d b een re ceived from Lacy Lord Raglan in whi c h th e name o f G e neral Sir (Applause.) At was not honourably distieguishedin disease, plau w s ) At length the brave old man, succumbin g g the first sound of as compelled to leave his post ; yet, h a sickness, not selfishly to take from o his with i his counsel the trumpet and roar of cannon, ehq.sui.ttoendiohritshbeeoodmo! 'nand, but: to assist that galla nt of country. so d frequent asse ion (Cheers.) It was a and judgment for the bene fi t their finless he belonged to some mull f rise in the British army t a long common n o m list of friends with of influence, or couldboinas of the case of Sir De Lacy great interest ; but E van s they met wit h a direct contradiction to that asse rtion. Th e recommendations which placed Sir De Lacy Evan s in the proud position he occu pied had been his own g ood sword, his g al lantry, in. d om itable courag e, and those eminent qu a liti es whit% constituted him one of the best of soldiers. (Loud cheers.) In the course of his career Sir De Lacy Evans bad had six or seven horses killed under him, had received five wo unds, had led many forlorn hopes, and, what he be lieved was unparalleled in the British army, Sir De Lacy Evans rose from the rank of simple lieutenant, through all the intermediate grades, to that of lieutenant-g eneral in the short space of O ne year, receiving eachpromo tion on the field of battle in the face of the enemy. (Loud !cheers.) In concludinz, the hon. baronet ex pressed his conviction that the House of Commons would show, by the readiness and liberality of its votes, its anxiety to strengthen the haeds of the executive Go vernment so long as the latter exhibited a determination to bring the war, by vigorous efforts, to a speedy and successful termination. (Applause.) Admiral BOWLES seconded the resolution, appealing to the ladies to promote, by their influence and exertions, the work of charity now being commenced, and feelingly alluded to the noble devotion exhibited by seine of their countrywomen in tending the wounded and sick at the hospitals of the East. The resolution was carried unanimously, after a few words from Mr. D. Nicoll in its favour. The HIGH BAILIFF, in acknowledging itt A vote of thanks to the chairman having been passe d, that already in Westminster a number of g men business firms had pu ttr i b uto rs down their names as eon P a triotic Fund, and he enPleobserved and to the amount of 5,0001. to the expressed a hope that that sum aught be raised to 50,0001._ \ i