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EAST INDIA HOUSE, 13Tn Die., 1854. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, that the GENE irtAL COURT, appointed to be held on WEDNESDAY, the 20th instant, is made special ter the purpose of confirming the proceed ings of the General Court of the 27th September last, altering and l'gPea/ing sundry By-laws of the said Company. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. RESIDENCES and ESTATES WANTED immediately, of different sizes, and in various localities, both In down and Country, by Mr. ALFRED COX, Estate Agent, 68. New Dond-street, Author ,of the Landlord and Tenants' Guide, and Isiltot of the Illustrated Property Advertiser, published monthly, 'Price Is. stamped. , • ROUND at OLERKEN WELL, near Goswell . street-road, 230 square yards, with six-roomed house and shed, well adapted for a Manufacturer, Builder, or some Carpenter 'With a large business. Lease, 16 years from Christmas, 1854 ; Rent, 24/. per annum; Premium, 30 Guineas. —Apply to Mr: ALFRED COX, 68, New Bond-street. ' (No. 847.) T,O LOVERS OF FISII.- 100 real YAR NiOUT [I BLOATERS ibr Os., package included. Tho above forwarded to all parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, or 0. 0. (preferred) for the amount. Send plain address, county, and nearest station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, jun., Fish-curer, Great Yarmouth. TITE 163. TROWSERS REDUCED TO 14s. ; Trowsers and Waistcoat, t 2s. ; Coat, Waistcoat, and Trow sers, 475. ; made to order irons S:otch Tweeds, all Wool, and thoroughly shrunk, by B. BENJAMIN, Merchant Tailor, 74, itegcnt-street. N.B.—A perfect fit guaranteed. PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION. LIFE ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT. Notice is hereby given.that the FOURTEENTH ANNUAL GENE RAL MEETING of the Members of the MUTUAL LIFE ASSU RANCE DEPARTMENT, will be held at the London Tavern. Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London, on MONDAY, the 15th day of January, 1855, at Six o'clock in the Evening precisely. Tho following Managers, in accordance with Rive 7, go out of office by rotation, but being eligible, offer themselves for re-elec tion' viz, : Mr. Alexander Dawson. I Mr. James Lintott , and Mr. Samuel Jeppe. I Mr. Richard Price. By order of the Board, WILLIAM THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary. 25, Moorgate-street, London, Dec. Bth, 1854. BENEVOLENT DEPARTMENT. Notice is hereby given, . that the FOURTEENTH ANNUAL CIENERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS and FRIENDS of the BENEVOLENT DEPARTMENT, will he held at the London Tavern, Blshopsgate-street, in the city of London, on MONDAY, the 15th day of January, 1855, at Half-past Seven o'clock, or immediately after the conclusion of the Meeting of the Members of the Mutual Life Assurance Department, appointed to take place on the same Evening, at the same place, at Six o'clocif. JOHN ABEL SMITH, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. 15, Moorgate-street, London, Dec. Bth, 1854. By order of the Beard, WILLIAM. n4I:OIAS LINFORD, Secretary. N.B.—The annual accounts of both departments may be inspated Btthe_office one week prior to the general meeting. EARL FITZWILLIAM'S COLLIERIES, on the South Yorkshire Itaftway.—SAMUEL FLIM•zOLL, of Bhellleld, begs to announce that the - arrangements he has been honoured to make for carrying a portion of the produce of these ex tensive Collieries, and also of the Silkstone Collieries, to London, - - Via the London and North-Western Railway, are sufficiently ma tured to enable hire to commence delivering from Camden anti Ken sington Stations on New Year's Day. Price per Ton, within four miles of either Station :—Silkstone, * 245. Sd.; Elsecar, 235. 4d., cash on delivery, or on giving the order —Temporary Offices will be oPened at both Stations - on December 18th, for booking orders, which In the meantime Mr. Plimsoll will be glad to receive at Sheffield. * These same Coals are now being supplied by the Great Northern Railway, at 275., this Company having at present, and instil Decem ber 3lst nest, a monopoly of the supplies on the South . Yorkshire Railway. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS. During the course of this week will be played by Laurent's Orchestra :—Overture Les Diamants de la Conronne, Auber—waltzes La Jardiniere (first time) Labitsky : Jubilee, 'Pinney; Le Carnaval de Venise (by desire), H. Laurent, with Variations for all the.prin- Cipal performers. Quadrilles : Le Palais de l'Alcazar. H. Lamotte ; La Guerre (first time), Bos.sio ; Mont Blanc, Blancheeau ; Lam knermnor (first time), Timmy. Schottische : L'Etoile (first time), Arban. Polkas: Musen, Strauss; Bacchus, Strauss; The Staff, (first time), Kcenig. Gallops : Royal Artillery, Coote ; Les Guides, Laurent. Principal Cornet 3C Piston, M. Bonlcourt. Doors open at Eight; commence at half-past.—Admission, One Shilling. PATRON-H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. YOYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Continued improvements, increased attractions, fresh deco - s. oats. Re-lighted under the Patents of John Leslie, Esq. Miss GLYN will READ OTHELLO on Thursday, the 14th inst., at Ei t ett. LECTURES on CHEMISTRY, by J. H. PaTrEa, Esq. LECTURE on NINEVEH, , by Mr. COOPER, the ARTIST and COMPANION of LAYARD, illustrated by PANORAMIC VIEWS taken by himself. Opening of the New Hall, with LECTURES by Dr. BACIIIIOFFNEE, ‘ illustrated by the Hydro-Electric Machine, the most splendid and ancioesidbl Electrical Apparlus in the World. A Beautiful Series of Forty-five COSMORAMIC VIEWS of rUSSIA 'and tha Costumes of the Inhabitants. The DISSOLVING VIEWS maintain their *ld reputation, with Scenes of the War, Sebastopol, fed. . The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, as usual. The Large - Theatre is *pen on Saturday Evenings from Half-past Raven till Ten, with Mr.CRAWFORD'S VOCAL ILLUSTRATIONS of the PATRIOTIC SONGS of SCOTLAND, the American sEnter tainment, and Mr. Wand's Band.• Admission, Is. ; Stalls, is. and 3s. ; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, half-price. TEETH. —By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.—Newly-invented and Patented Application of Cho lineally-prepared White India-rubber in the construction of Artiflcia 'Teeth, Gums, and Palates.—Mr. EPHRAIM MOSELY, Stirgeon rientist, 61, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, Sole Inventor and Patentee.—A new, original, and invaluable invention, consisting in the adaptation, with the most absolute perfection and success, of CHEMICALLY-PREPARED WHITE INDIA-RUBBER as a lining to the ordinary gold or bone frame. The extraordinary results of this application may be briefly noted in a few of their most promi nent features, as the following ,—All sharp edges are avoided ; no springs, wires, or fastenings are required ; a greater increased free dom of suction is supplied ; a natural elasticity hitherto wholly un attainable; and a fit, perfected with the most unerring accuracy, are secured, while from the softness and flexibility of the agent em ployed, the greatest support is given to the adjoining teeth when loose, or rendered tender by the absorption of the gums. The acids GC the mouth exert so agency on the chemically-prepared White India-rubber, and as it is a non-conductor, fluids of any temperature !may with thorough comfort be imbibed and retained in the mouth, all =pleasantness of smell•tor taste being at the same time wholly ISSTifled against by the pecUllar =titre of its preparation. __ To be obtained only at 61, Grosvenor-street, Londoh ; 22, Gay-street, Bath ; 84, Grainger-street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharrnacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. I, b a remedy fbr Relaxation, Sperinatorrhon, and Exhalation of the BYstent. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and' entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, 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. _ . TRIESEMARTNO7f, 2, and 3, are Witte devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table Vrithout their use Way/ suspected. Sold in tin cases at I ls. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided ante separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Laßemand, Roam, &c., &c.—To be ha•Zi Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John- Sion, 68, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, Oxford-atre et. G R AVESEND STAR PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and furfteet Piers. The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting). PROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. ... WEEK DATE. SUNDAY& 4 . c . Terrace 7.:. - . - b 1 t 44 tier 1' 1 I g k.l "a ,,. ,',, 7, , i 8 E P. Pt .......... ...mom. .............. ....---- :,,,,,..,.- ........... ........ .............. . 8 ...... .- 9 2 .._ , _ 0•101 , ..... Omnibuses from Fenehuroh-street Station to all parts of every quarter of an hour. bittINSWICK WEIARF, BLACKIVALL, on the arrival of 'Giving Trains from the Fenehurch-street Station. iondon fo WEICK DAYS. SUNDAYS. Fen- •It en- ‘a' t F o: s r church l e; ,If.` a al v, CtlDrcha Street 4 8 S Te Street a A v Fore Cabin. Saloon. TO or from Gravesend and London. ••• • • .... 101. .. Is. 2d. Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. •• Os. 10d. between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. •• Os. Bd. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 51. Os.; Six Months, 31. Os. ; Three Months, 21. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Nov. 13, 1854. QPECIAL NOTlCE.—tattil March 1, 18 5 5, E. A. 7 MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS will be CLOSED at EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERY EVENING, except Saturday, when they - will be open till 11 o'clock. CATTLE SHOW. This animal display is one of the sights for which London is cele brated. The productions of the country and the wonders of the world centre in the metropolis. Science, art, manufactures, and agriculture are represented in the City—there their best samples are shown and sold. The visitors to the Cattle Show never omit their visits to the establishments of E. Moses and Sox, and their West-end Branch has an overwhelming share of patronage. the greatest pleasure in submitti ng th E. Moses and Sox ha ve eir establishments and their 'manufactures to the inspection of all visitors, and feel themselves honoured by a careful observation of their stock and commercial arrangements, well aware that their business needs the prize their own manu only to be un derstood to be apprec iated, and fully convinced that pro ductions of all countries are incorporated with factree. It is as impossible: to particularise the variety of styles, excel lences, and points oi superiority in their manufacture, as it •a bywords to convey an adequate impres sion of the cheapness of their It is only necessary to remar k that E. MOSES and Sox are the fi r st goods.st in sew inventions for attire , the most punctual in their business transactions, and the most su ccessful in securing to their patrons end the public the best articles at the most reasonable charges. E. Moses and Son have added to their Oxford-street Branch a Hosiery Department, elaborately furnished with articles of the most elegant manufacture, and of the most useful kind. There the same conveniences and advantagos are afforded as are given at their City Establishme-at, and those uniform plans of business are pursued which have given such universal satisfaction. At E. MOSES and Soles City Establishment a Wholesale Depart.. vent of unlimited extent is kep t, where every person may make the safest and most profitable investment either for the home or export trade. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition,having learned that the nntradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishme t ances, not ," or and " It's the same concerrn," has been resorted to in many ins for O b v ious reasons, they beg to state tha t they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 65, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36. Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australis. Merchant Talton., Clothiers, flatters, Maier% Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. • IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferre d, the m oney will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be mad e. The Establishments aro closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 11 o'clock. A new Book for Autism and Winter. " The Commercial Cornu copia," containing fall lists of prices, cur system ef self-measure ment, he., he., may bo had on application, or post-free. let l'on parte Francais. Qui si parla Italian°. llier Apatcht 1131111 Deatech Iva sa labia gspino. No. 19,413.] PUBLICATIONS. Tux SECOND SERIES . is Now READY or . THE ROMANCE OF THE . FORUM ; or, Narratives, Scenes, and Anecdotes from Courts of Justice. By PETER BURKE, Eel., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Two Tolumes, 21s. bound. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. This day is published, price 31., or stamped for Post, 4d., EIHE SEVEN POOR TRAVELLERS ; bring the Christmas Number of HOUSEHOLD WORDS, Conducted by CHARLES DICKENS, and containing the amount of one Regular Number and a Half. (Mice, 16, Wellington-street North, Strand; and sold by all Booksellers and Nensvenders. • AMUSEMENT FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Price One Shilling, in boards, TiDIPPINS AND PIES or, Sketches out of School ;icing the Adventures of Master Frank Picklebnry during the month he was home for the holidays. By J. STIRLING COYNE. With Illustrations. London: George Routledge and Co., 2, Farringdon-street. Now ready, price Is , VIDENCE of the RELIGIOUS WORK- Jut INC} of the COMMON SCHOOLS in the STATE of MASSA CHUSETTS; with a Preface. By the Hon. EDWAItD TWISLETON, Late Chief Commissioner of Poor Laws In Ireland. James Ridgway, Piccadilly, and all Booksellers. A B C RAILWAY GUIDE for the present month can be had of all Newsvenders. Pries Sixpence. On the 18th December will be published. price 3d., or Stamped 4d., PUNCH'S ALMANACS FOR 1855. Illus trated by JOHN LEECH and JOHN TENNIEL. Office, 85, Fleet-street BATTLE OF ZNKERMANN A*lli SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. QTANFORD'S NEW MAP of SEBASTOPOL and Country round (SECOND EDITION), including ?Sala klava, Samara, Kaditol, the Belbek and Chernaya Rivers, shows the Positions of the Allied Camps, the Allied and Russian Bat teries, Forts, &c., wills number of guns ; the Position of the Turk ish and other Redoubts ; the Head-Quarters of Lord Raglan, General Canrobert ; also, the Position of the opposing Forces en November sth; the Russian Attack of October 26th, &c., &c. Complied from the New Admiralty Charts, and Authentic Sketches by Captain WETHEIIALL, D.A.Q.M.G.. and other Officers, is published this day. Price. in 1 large sheet, coloured, 28.; per post, 2s. 6d. Case, 4s. 6d. ; per post, ss._ LOndon : Edward Stanford, Map-seller and Map•monnter to Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 6, Charing-cross. Stanford's List of the Best Maps and Prints of the Seat of War in the Crimea may be had on application, pr by post for I stamp. QUACKS UNMASKED - ------ --- The Third Edition.—Just published, price 55., by post, free, 15s. 6d. 0 N TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From the German of Dr. PICKFOIID. With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the nose-medi cal reader. We trust this may not bo the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his 'over to cor reet."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London : 11. Tialliote. 219, Itegent-street. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. 1r . EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE _RA SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game. Soup. Curries, and Salad, 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 Perrino, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N-13.—T0 guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. READING SAUCE, for Fish, Game, Gravies, Hashes, Stakes, &c.—JOHN and CHARLES COCKS, the Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of the celebrated READING SAUCE, beg to CAUTION the Public azainst the daily frauds prac tised by many persons, who are offering their spurious imitations as the genuine Reading Sauce. This sauce is patronised and recom mended by most families in the kingdorg, and for general use it stands unrivalled. It is sold by all respectable Fish Sauce Venders. Be particular in asking for "Cocks' Rea lin r Sauce," which is pre pared ONLY by John and Charles Cocks, at their Manufactory, Duke - street, Reading. All others are counterfeits. Observe the name, "J. and 0. COCKS, Reading," on the seal and label of eachThottle : without this none are genuine. JOZEAIJ'S COPAHINE, or JACCHA.RATED ft/ CAPSULES.—Copaiba and Cubebs are, doubtless, the best remedies for the care of certain diseases, bat these drugs are, in their natpral state, of a repul•ivo taste and odour, and occasion ingestion, colicky pains, nausea, and gastric disturbance. Useless attempts have been made, both in France and England, to conceal these defects. Morsizs and RaQUIN enveloped their su.'estances in capsules of Gelatine and Gluten which in creased the drawbacks of the Copaiba, by adding the in digestible nature of the capsules. Mr. JOZEAII, more fortunate than his predecessors, has succeeded in rendering these valuable the rapeutic agents :perfectly inocuous, in increasing at the same time, in his Copahine, all their curative principles. This important pre paration has been adopted by the Academy of Medicine, after more than 1,000 trials in the hospitals of Paris,N upon the report of Messrs. Boulay, Begin, and Cullerier ; and it has also lately been tried in the hospitals of London—viz., St. Bartholo mew's, Guy's, and St. Thomas's, under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Polsind, and Legros Clerk. (See " Lancet," 6th Nov., and 10th Dec., 1852. The Copahine, in the form of a very pretty pink sugar plum, both agreeable to the taste and to the eye, effects a cure, on an average of •6 days, withournausea, colic, or gastric dis turbance in recent ell as chronic cases. One hundred capsules , 4s. 6d.; 0 2 ass W s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, G. Jozeau, sole French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, whose name is on the Government stamp, and of the following chemists :—At Redford, Currie; Brighton, G. Etherington ; Bristol, Hathaway; . Belfast, Br o ad D y y ; as c a a r n d d i ff. o a s n in tr i t e h lz ; ; Boston, r Robert a s Marshall; on; p Chester, C B l o a t y tle an ; d E i t b et r e a r h , a G m . , C R oo a p im er e ; s G an las d cgoow. Oxford,Murdoc h i B ro r t o t r e n rs ; ; P L l l yra ver o p u o t e h l : Geldard ; Wells, in Norfolk, R. Rump; Weymouth, W. J. Cole ; and all the principal chemists. DR. CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Haemorrhoids, Is. each, by post ls. Gd. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND ATOID. " Abstentla multi curantur morbi." A popular exposition of the principal causes (over 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 tke twenty.four. Illustrated by numerous cases, &c. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that hath no wif, I hold him lost, Helplesg, and all desolat. He that hath no child, Like sun and winde."—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—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas similable Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &c. CHASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. 4. 'On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure. The GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of genito 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, anl RECTUM.—Comprising Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Haemorrhoids. Vols. 6 and 7, companions to the preceding. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. " Jucunde Vivere." "Few words to fair faith."—Shalzespere. • Sherwood, 23, Paternester-row; Mann, 39, CornhM ; or • f DP. luctuatr. CIILVERWELL, Brother, Successor, and Twenty Tears 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, Prom Seven till Nine. Wished, price 25., illustrated with cages; free by p os t f or 3 0 THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. J o st published, stamps, ERVOUS DEBILITY; Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper- Beal Observations on a safer and more rnatcracca, of treatment of the diseases of the Generative successful 'nip" the use of the Microscope in detecting and system, obtained by exanlination, the real cause and effect of N Its Caries, v,_itn distinguishing, by urinalrynt, Practical followed by practical remarks, founded accident, or climate, In the treatment of Impuissance, whether arising from solitary habits, experience &c To whic h on twenty years' e esxvecreyssevsa,riety of comp al Physiology of Marriage, with pre entaries on the from empirical practice, emanating cautionary hints on the evils by Valenti writers on are Nervousndde added Debility, cnm in Local NY eakit e s 8, these important disorders. LA M.D. By SAMUEL _ 7, BEDFORD-SQUA' of the University of Eft and on the dangerous remedies advocated Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall. London, & • c.. out the fearful col. The essential object of this treatise is to point o arities, and excesses, burgh, Honorary Member of the London Ho.sepi,taLlt.tedical Society, adation in Man e" u e neee resulting from certain habits, which have proauced more misery in Youth, degr Perhaps, any hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, i ts perusal is other class of disease known to modern pathologists. et - doubts of particularly recommended to persons entertaining seer hazarded their physical condition, and who are conscious of having . irregul the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are erinciples of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self - indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed., and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely a id o f science cannot apply a cure. TheA athor has for a series of year s b een engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have unfortunately been too generally confided to the c ire of ignorant „porta% faith in the w ir ho inflict g ns reat injury on those wh o aro induced to place prete. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, Brothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Horne, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free by post for thirty stamps to any address from the Author's residence, 37. Bed ford-square. At home for consultation daily from , Eleven till Two, and from .1311‘ till VOL 4..1 /~ '... --", • .. . , . , . ---%'at-1 '..it''''''''",'•• -••! ' • t---..,,, - • --- -.. /./ 7 - "< - '• - •" . :P-s ,„,._' . ."_,,4 . .....,;... „ . /A, , ro i; ...... . , - ...e , \ . 4 .' 4 .1m,1 1 .7i41ei.,' , „.. '. 1 0 - fefff , 4 • , ' 7' " 4 .. .i , •: . ' ~-., _ 1 ' 4, 1 • , ~o(OttIll ' . --,27` 4,4 6 1 / 4 • 1 ' ' f; •'` '• • „... ...,...••• ,' 4 204 • ow-p••• ~:. • •• ' '' , 4,• ). k A.; ~,,;'-.. 1.„,.1 _, . •,... ~, , l• •I• , • , 'I ....- ~ , i •%, , . 4 0 • 41Ai§, • \ . 5 .tir,1,,.. , ~,,l :. ':? Ay ~.,-tt-4:,Ty- , i- -, ' ---,:,--. ~, , , ' : ( 4 4, 1 4' ' ,"./ .- itZ . ____-... --.4, , 1 .z. ,* .. , ` OI, • -I' , . ,--- \,_ ~1 4, . -;', •... "s , _ _ ~-y,.. r,,- ;,' , f,.,. 1 ..4 / -'. '7 4 ',Zr ' 1 ' :I* . / ) -Z, . 0 ,,, ---- —-- . - ' 66 4 A. -14 kil '', '-, i 4 a ,,, , Vit" .. • 'l''' criii '' t 7 ! *' s 4` -4- - N-77,„..._ . . - ,•.. - ' - LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1854. MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC TO-NIGIiT at 8 o'clock, and Every Night (but Saturday). Stalls,3s. ; Area, 25.; Gallery, Is. The MorninT Representations will take place every Tuesday and Saturday, at 3 o'clock. —Egyptian Ela 1, Piccadilly. THE WAR, THE MINISTRY, and THE PARLIAME NT —A SUPPLEMENT will be given with "THE PRESS" of Saturday next, containing a full report of the imOortant Debate on the Queen's Speech —The Case a; ainst the Ministry for the Mismanagement of the War, with the Defence of the Government. " Puns " Newspaper, 110, F trand.—An Early Edition in time for Saturday morning's mails, and ,a later Edition on Saturday after noon, with Intelligence to the hour of publication. .To be had of ail News Agents iu town and cluntry, price Sixpence. G -M AE LIST.-LONDON MIDDLESEX, and WESTMINSTER. SECOND PUBLICATION for 1854 LIST of PERSONS who have taken out GENERAL GAME CER TIFICATES at 41. Os. 10d. each, including the Additional Duty of 10 per cent, under the Act of the 3d Vic., cap. 17. Alderson, Frank, 9, Park-crescent Alexander, Capt. W. C., Enfield Anderson, Edmund, Esq., 51, London-wall Ashby, Morris, Staines Bally, John Walser. 71, Gracechurch-street Itaidey, George, 5, Laburnarn-terrace, Shoroditch Baring, Edward Charles, Esq„ 8, Bishopsgate-street-within Barker, Alexander, Esq., 103, Piccadilly Barnard, Thomas, Russell-street, Covent-garden Barnett, John, Gray's-inn Bathurst, A. A., Esq., 8, Grosvenor-square Bathurst, Henry Allen, 10, Baker-street Baynes, Walter Francis, 18, Mansfield-street Beaumont, Richard, Rutland-gate Beckwith, Rev. E. G., Cloisters, Westminster .Benham, Henry, Teddington BerrY.Will l am, Esq., 29, Gracechnrch-Street - Berkeley, Edward S. F., Esq., New Bond-street Bireh, John William, Esq., New Broad-street. Blackett, Jets. Douglas, Esq , Shorter's-court Booty, Mr. James, 15, Stafford-row Bowles, Lieut.-Gen. Sir George, 27, Curzon-street Brodie, Alfred, 5, Cavendish-square Broughton, R. J., 10, Dorset -square Brown, David, Esq., Throgmorton-street Brunsderi, James, St. Leonard-street, Bromley Buckle, Christr. Richd., Esq., 7, Tavistock-place, St. Pancras Burgoyne, Jas., Esq., Lowther -cottages, Holloway Cadogan, the Earl of, 15, Chesham-place Callcutt, Thomas, Little Queen-street Carew, John, Oxford-square Chambers, George, Esq., 6, Russia-row Cholmondley, Joseph; - 3, 27'ottifigherif- place • ' • - Codrington, R. Esq., 126, Leadenhall-street Cole, Charles Nicolas, 3, Gloucester-crescent* Collin, Wm. Anthony, Lincoln's-inn Colville, Lord, 42, Eaton-place Cowell, Stepney, Col., 31, Hertford-street Cox, Charles, Hillingdon-house, Hillingdon Crawshay, Herbert, Colney Hatch, Friern Barnet Crompton, Chas., Esq., 22, Hyde-park-square Crose, Edward, Esq., 15, Trinity-square Currie, M. F., St. Leonard-street, Bromley Daid, Henry, Esq., Trinity-lane Daniel, John H. Esq , 2, Halkin-street west Daniel, Col. Henry John, 54, Grosvernor-street DeLisle, Alfred T., Esq , 16, Devonshire-square Digby, Capt., J. A., 43, Bond-street • Dixon, Major-General, Mount-street Dobree, Joseph Hankey, Esq., 15, Norfolk-street Donning, John, 97, Edgeware-road Edwards, John Robert,Esq., 23, Chester-street Ellis, Arthur Edward Augustus, late of Military College, Bagehet Evans, Price, Jas., Esq., 51, Cornhill Falconer, Christie James, Esq., 7, Wilton-street Pane, Robert George Cecil, Esq., 4, Upper Brook-street Farnell, James, Esq., 14, King-street, Clerkenwell Finch, Henry Young, 35, Cross-street, Isling on Fitzgerald, John, Esq., Great Western et obi]. Foster, James L., Esq., 5, Southwick-street, Paddington Frazer, john, Enfield Proven, Joseph 8., Hampton Goddard, Alfred, Esq., King. street Goddard, Robert Headrick, 16, Giltspur-street Godley, John Robert, 69, Gloucester-place Good, Henry, Fulham Grenfell, Arthur Richard, Upper Thames-street Ilagg, Colonel John, 31, Gloucester-place Hankey, 'Memo, Esq , 7, Mincing-lane Herbert, Joseph, New Palace-yard • Hicks, Johnson, 6, Lyon's Inn Hill, James, Royal Mint Hill, Alexander, Esq., Throgmorton-street Hill, James, 11, Mansfield-street Hitchcock. Robert, Esq , 2, Gresham-street Hodgson, John Stewart, Esq , 8, St. Helen's-place Holt, William, 30, St. John's-wood road Ilornby,Henry Hill, 19, Upper Harley-street Hotchkin, Spencer, Kensington Howes, William Henry, Esq., Mincing-lane Hume, James, 80, Harley-street Jackson, Robert Edwin, Esq , Bank-buildings Jeffery, William, King-street, St. Jam-s's Jephson, Sir Richard, Bart., Argyll street Johnson, William. Esq., Corn Exchange Johnson, Henry Robert V., Lincoln's-inn Kerslake, Preston, 6, Queen's-square Kerr, Lord Frederick, Rutland-gate Kenagh, General Thomas, 35, Albemarle-street King, Charles, Enfield Kitson, captain George, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street Knox, Alexander, Esq., Throgrnorton-s reet Knyaston, Roger, 43, Devonshire-street Landsell, George, Esq., 54, Friday-street Lane, William, 4, Bedrord-place Leach, John, Esq., 17, Upper Thames-street Lightfoot, Thomas S.; Old Burlington-street Lightfoot, IL W., Orsett place, Paddington Martin, Admiral Henry, 53, Wimpole-street Matthews, Wilkinson, Lincoln's-inn Medley, Eras. William, 50, Westbourne-terrace Metcalf, Frederick, Regent-street Meyrick, Edwd. S., Esq., Queen-street Mills, Joseph, East India-r ad, Poplar Montgomery Alfred, Esq., 8, Chesterfield-street • Moor, John, Esq., Great Western hotel Morant, Winam, Park-lane Morton, Thomas, Esq., 1 hrogmorton-street Mowbray, William 11., Great George-street Murray, James, Downing-street Netherwood, Baines, 62,1 King-street. Camden-town Nettleship, William, 2), Red Lion-square Paris, Chas., .ESq., 17, Bolton-Street . Percival, Dudley 111 , Esq., Wilton-street Philips, Wm., Esq., 33, Finchley-road. and Bond-street Philips, George, Esq., Charlwood-street Picard, John, 12, Queen's-terrace, Bayswater Pickering, Arthur P., Lincoln's-inna Picklington, Roger, Chelsea Pitcher, Robert Samuel, St. James's-street Potter, Samuel, Esq., 30, King-street Poynder, Edward Samuel, 51, Wimpole-street Prescott, George Edward, St. James's-square Price, John Blount, 24, Milner-square Pritchard, Robert Albion, Esq., Doctors'-commons Pym, Chas., 15, Montague-place Riddell, F. Hy., Lincoln's-inn Sanction, Philip, 28, Cumberland-terrace, Regent's-pelt Seliwood, Mr. Henry, 49, Upper Grosvenor-street 1-erocold, Chas., Brewery, Liquorpond-street Sharp, Edward, Gray's-ina Shaw, John, Gray's-inn Sillan, Augustus, Esq., 2, Crosby-square Simpson, John, Saville-row • Simpson, John, 10, Henrietta-street, Cavendish -square Sinewing, Charles, 3, Alpha-place South, Sir James, Kensington Spicer, William George, 19, Now Bridge-street. Stephenson, Thomas, Esq., 37, Upper Grosvenor-street St. Lodger, Major J., 2'i, Baker-street Stout, James, Old Brentford Tebutt. Rev. Francis, 39, Austinfriars Teesdale, John Marmaduke, Esq., Fenchurch-street Thompson, Edwd. P., Arlington-street Townsend, Win. Henry, 71, St. James-street Townsend, E. D., Esq., 112, Cambridge-street Travillyan, Sir Chas., Westbourne-terrace Tribe, Joseph, Millwall Turner, James William, Kensington • Valiance, John Henry, 20, Essex-street, Strand Waddilove, Edward, jun., 17, Gloucester-place Waldegrave, the Hon. G., 56, Portland-place Warren, Col. George, 136, Leadenhall-street Webb, Thomas, Mile-end-road Wells, Algernon, Esq., St. Swithin's-lane Wells, Mordaunt, Hendon Were, J. 8., Esq., 152, Westbourne-terrace • Wetherell, Nathan, Lincoln's-inn Whalley, John, Enfield Wigram, Wm., Esq., 15e, Grosvenor-square Wood, Dr. Fairies, 31, Half Moon-street Wood, Col. Thomas, 12, Cavendish-square Wood, Algernon, Wilton-crescent Wood, Joseph, jun., Victoria-street Woodgate. Capt. W. S., Chester-terrace Wombwell, Charles Orby, Cowley-grove Wyman, Edward James, Enfield Yates,Wsm a E r d d, w L ar i ed, E ut .- C sci ol : , Compton-terrace,Littleßer-st Islingtonreet LIST OF PERSONA LICENSED TO DEAL IN GAME. Alcy, Wm., Knightsbridge Allinson, James, 2, Warren-street, Camden-town Ailwright, Wm., 56, Rathbone-pl ace Baker, traead Charles Newcomb, Half Moon-passage, o k t e a r, S o ooh ainu ntehe et Barnard, Robert, Kensington Bedsor, Wm., Kensington Bendel], Thomas, Chelsea Berry, Win., 32, King street, Portman-square Bolton, Thomas, Newgate-market Bowron, John, 3, Newcastle-place, Paddington Braddick, James Shuttock, Chelsea Brown, William, Newgate-market • Burrough, John, Kensington Buxton, William, 37, Paddington - street Clayworth, .Gracechurch-street Chappell, J., Hungerford-market Chittick, Frederick, ss, High-street, Portland-town East, James, Newgate-market Evans, Edward, Hammersmith Fisher, John, 23, Duke-street, St. James Fowles, Robert, 4, Upper Duncan Place, Islington Foxlee, Mary Ann, 95, St. John. street-road, Clerkenwell Pricker, William, Old Brentford Purnell, Charles, 3, Oxford-market house Gosdep, Francis, Kensington Gaston, Henry, 110, Goswell-street, Clerkenwell Hall, Charles, 52, Albemarle street Hall, William, 9, Conduit-street West, Paddington Hammond, George, 9, Johnson-place, Paddington Hill, William,Clielsea Hodges, Augustus J., 13, Princes-street, Westminster Hones, Thomas, Chelsea Hull, Charles, Notting-hill, Kensington Hughes, Charles, 79, Edgware-read Hughes, Charles, 69, High-street, Portland-town Jeffery, Frederick, and Erby, William P., Hammersmith Kemp, George, 14, Morton-terrace, Kentish-town Lambell, John, 119. Fore-street, Cripplegato Martin, Arthur, 5, Lower Eaton-street Matthewson, Charles, Kensington Moody, Charles, 83, Goswell-road, Clerkenwell Nell, John, 51, Charles street, Westminster Norman, James, 93, Bishopsiate-street Without Offer, Thomas, 44, Lamb's Conduit-street Payne, John, 13, Oxford-market-house Phillips, George, 5, Red Lion-passage Priest, Henry, 11, Great Marylebone-street Rice, Brothers, SI, Goswell-road, Clerkenwell Richardson, William, 22, Holmes-terrace, Kentish-town Richardson, Frederick, hreadneedle-street Richardson, Frederick, 51, High-street, Portland town Smith, Isaac, 6, Celbridge-place, Paddington Taylor, William, 35, Little Pulteney-street Todd, Anthony, 5 High-street, Clerkenwell TTeozdedr,.]thfieesislrmy.:ll4,3iLuarmrbay's s C t o r n ee d r u , i c t- am stre d e e t n_ town Vaughan, Alice, Leadenhall-market Wellington, John, 13, New-street, Dorset-square IVlllan, George, Triangle, Hackney Made up to November , 1854. By order of the Board. T. KEOGH, Secretary. Inland novenae Office, Somerset House. PENALTIES. The Commissioners of Inland Revenue Hereby Give Notice, That every person taking, killing, or pursuing game, without first obtain ing a certificate, incurs a penalty of 201., and is also liable to be sur charged in double the amount of the certificate duty. Any person in pursuit of game refusing, on being duly required, to produce his certificate, or to permit the same to be read, or a copy thereof to be taken, ors refusing to declare his true name and place of res id e nce, also incur penalty of 20/. Gamekeepers are desired to take notice that a eertificate at the l t i s o h f o c t l i u hi ty b may e cipi protect , teci by y a gamekeeper, it is r e e o r t n i I n n c i t a c t , e n i rate of 1/. 75 . 6d. will not authorise any person to kill game beyond the limits of the m anor for which he is deputed ; and, in order that a some lord or lady of a mayor or repute d man", but 11100 that such deput a ti on s h ou ld b e reg i s t e red with the C lerk of the Peace, or the gamekee p er will be certificate t onlys''cll that a rae e liable to be surcharge d in double the duty of 4/. Os. 10d , and also to be prosecuted by any co mmon informer for the penalty of 201. N.R.-1t is the intention of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to publish in a separate list the names and residences of all persons surcharged in double duty for sporting without certificates. * Omitted in error I n ilr g t publication. LETTERS FROM TEE CRIMEA. BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, Nov.. 2/. Great will no doubt be your surprise, and not less strong your indignation, at receiving with the present letter my correspondence which should have appeared days ago. , At the present moment, when events of the utmost importance are succeeding one another with such startling rapidity, a 'delay of five days may be attended with incalculable consequences. In five days the fate of the Crimea might. be decided, an4 the happiness of many a family at home might in the me brief interval have received a death-blow. Yet it is at this period, when the British nation is following with throbbing earnestness every step in the deadly struggle before Sebastopol, and when 'the touching anxiety of parents and relatives at home is at its pitch, that the greatest postal irregularity ie. experienced, and the grossest negligence displayed. Iha Ye hitherto purposely refrained from passing strictures en the many short comings we have witnessed from the perio-1 the expedition first landed . on these shores. I have well understood the many difficulties our chiefs have had to contend with—difficulties which should have curbed that bitter spirit of criticism which has manifested itself with so much bad taste—not here, but at home. The repeated and inexcusable negligence displayed in the mail service has at length' attained a most reprehen sible point, and it is imperative that the real state of matters be unveiled to the public. This irregularity in the despatch of letters from the Crimea will probably at home be attributed to either negligence or faulty arrange ments on the part of 'the postal authorities. It is not so. The arrangements of the post-office are com plete, and the whole blame lies - with the naval au thorities. The system established by the General Post-office in London, and carried out by Mr. Smith, the postmaster to the forces in the Crimea, is 41 foliksea ; _E ver five five -days a ne :' is made up at thigelfee in :13afaklavg.7EMW aro made up fer Scutari and Constantinople, and for London. The latter are taken on to Marseilles by the French steamers, which leave Constantinople every five days. the naval authorities are charged with the transport of the bags from Balaklava to Constantinople. Let me now illustrate, by a few facts, the great negli gence which characterises this department. The bags containing letters up to the 18th inst. were made up on that day at the Balaklava Post-office, and no steamer arrived to convey them to Constantinople. The conse quence was that the Marseilles boat started 'without them, and the British public were deprived of their cor respondence. If the weather on that day had been stormy, I should not have mentioned this case ; but, on the contrary, the sea was calm, On that day the Samp son arrived, and likewise the Caradoc ; consequently no excuse can be offered. The previous mail from the Crimea arrived at Constantinople 24 hours too late for the French steamer ; but this was owing to unfavourable weather, which prevented the Arrow from accomplishing the dis tance in time. But now that the bad season has set in, and the navigation of the Euxine is rendered difficult, could not the steamers accelerate their departure from the Crimea by a few hours, and thus contrive to catch the Marseilles packet ? The bags of the mail preceding this (the 18th instant) were conveyed to Constan tinople by ker Majesty's steamer Triton. Although the respective bags were distinctly marked and ticketed thOse intended for Scutari and Constantinople were thrown with the London bag into the French steamer, and conveyed to Marseilles.. In this case negligence and stupidity were equally displayed. You were deprived of your telegraphic despatches, and the invalids at Scutari of their letters. Throughout the campaign the naval authorities have shown an unexpected spirit of egotism as far as the management of the mails is con cerned. For instance, en the 18th instant two mails arrived together from England. The whole army were impatient to receive their letters, knowing that the bags had arrived at the fleet. In fact, the Sampson had arrived at Balaklava on the morning of the 18th, bring ing letters for the men-of-war in the harbour, but none for the army, although nothing could have prevented that steamer from doing so, had the authorities wished to be just and agreeable to the army. The Caradoc brought the bags in the evening, too late for distribu tion, consequently the army received their letters only the next day, or forty-eight hours after the fleet. Some attention should be directed at home to this negligence and want of system. While engaged-on the subject of postal misarrange reents, I may add that the French post-office at Kamish Bay is not conducted in a manner calculated to please the authorities at Paris. The gentleman at the head of this office has not displayed to his British colleague at Balaklava that friendly assistance which might have been expected. Bags of unpaid letters remain at Kamish for days without that fact being communicated at Balaklava, although our postmaster has never hesitated to acquaint at once the French post office on a similar occasion. I was myself witness to the following act : —The British postmaster had sent over an assistant to claim these letters, but ho found that their number exceeded what had pounds of the to t a a s k deficient e up te by somewhwh ol e the British Brit iehT he ef filnc office with h postmaster themieereb r l e e fu e s u e n cl i t r o equ credit and only gave up the letters which could be actually paid for. These petty annoyances, which impede the regularity of our postal arrangements, will no doubt meet proper attention in France. A great many letters which have been franked in England, and bear legibly on their face the stamp " paid," are re charged by the French post-office, to the reasonable an noyance and wrath of the recipients. It seems a very harsh measure which is adopted towards the officers and crews of our transport service. Although these form, to every intent and purpose, a part of the expedition, and run every risk, as was witnessed on the coast last w eek, in the performance Of their duty, still they do not enjoy the postal privil eges o f the army and fleet. The letters for the transpo r t serv i ce , i ns t ea d of being charge d 3d., are liable to the w h o l e F renc h ra te, and this cer tainly does seem an illib era l measure . to I seriously recomm en d, th e pu bl ic a t h o me always their -letters e an under e t theo nfa t h quarterrarmye e penny e o n r the noyf astnflaemeotp.usapeTa3 . e h e i n s Tni t h h i ne e ig y r r prepayc the an d o letter b to by the b me letters will then be deli vere d w i t h out d e l a y to their cor respondents, aend unpaid, run nno besidesdanger or 13d. under a quarte r o f an ounce ( a most eccentric option on the part of th e F rench), are li a ble to be de • tained for many days at K am i s h B ay. Therefore, by all m e ans prepay letter s an d newspapers f or the Crimea. being f caarrgreidi ngw th Bd. Unpaid newspapers are sent via Southampton, and stand a very good chance of arriving some two months after all interest in their contents h ceased. The late Southampton mail brought the very interesting account of the fall of Bomarsund. BEFORB SEBASTOPOL, NOV. 22.—The siege ---- traine en longue,. and is beco m i ng diablement monotone . We hear every day that the F rench are going to storm the place, and tbat the nam es of volunteers, h; n nin,es de bonne volonte, have bee n sent in to bead-quarters'; but never theless we are in statu quo. Th e firing ef late has been slack ; there has gener a ll y , however, been so me sort of an attack between the French: and the Russians at night, but with no results of consequence, as mus ketry-firing in the dark can be but very uncertain in its effect. The Russians have evidently been acting more on the de fensive since the sth inst. They have entrenched their camp opposite to the Inkorman heig hts, and have been busy daring the last th ree nights i n ere cting abattis in front of the round tower which is opposite to the second brigade of the light division ; they have also strengthened the position between the tower and the redan, and have loophooled with sandbag s , For musketry fire , t he ditch or earthwork leading between these two fortifications. They are also busy at work at the star Fort, above the north side of the harbour. The walls seem very thick, and from the amount of earth thrown up the ditch must be very deep ; the slope is beautifully finished. ; and al together it appears to be a formidable position, from which they will be able to shell us when wo get into the town. A. Polish officer gave himself up as a deserter a few 1 days since, and reports that the Russians have had c a stormed m e . y the er to town. the French 25,000 m en pl ace d h ors de com b a t sinc e th e b att l e o f Inker naan , an d th at they cannot ma ke out w h y we h ave net it.enisch . n the sa ne d ay, an d sa id that a R uss i an dot ter thatm en t theo l 2 F , O O l Oe 0 stated that th e y were i n a sa d way from th e wan t o f medical m en , an d t h at some o f the wounded ox t h e s t h had n o t even then had the i r wo unds d resse d . It i s also r e p orte d that General L t id er s, with a reinforce smaiedn,thhaatdtahrery never could get th e Rus sians to ad vance upon us aga i n as they did on t h e sth ; ived. I forgot t o ment i on there is no doubt that they were half-drunk, like as they were on their first attack on the 26th October. An officer told me that he saw a Russian fall down en the sth from sheer drunkenness. On the 18th inst. an officer came out front the redan, in front of cur Frenchman's-hill, with a flag of truce, and was.met by one of oar officers in tie advanced work. The Russian was the bearer of a letter from Lieutenant Duff, of the 23d Fusiliers, who had been tak en pri soner on th e sth. Il e h a d sent for his clothes and money, an mentioned that he was comfortable and well treated. A great many French have landed since I wrote to you, and a great number more aro daily expected. The 97th Regiment, which is about 1,000 strong, arr i ve d on the 20th ; also the Queen of the South, with detach ments of the 7th Fusiliers, the 23d and 95th Regi ments, and the Guards. Souse urks landed yesterday. There was a smart skirmish on the evening of the 20th, in front of Green-hill battery. Our Rifles were sent out to drive away some Russian sharpshooters who had established themselves in some holes, from whence they could enfilade our advanced parties. I am sorry to say that Lieut. Tryon. of the Rifle brigade, was shot on this occasion. The Russians were driven out, and next morning attacked our people, who had established tberoselve in the said holes, but were repulsed. Lord William Paulet has been appointed colonel on the staff, and has the command of all our troops in the Dardanelles, Bosphorus, or Scutari. The Hon. Captain John Jocelyn Bourke, Has Regiment, is to be his aide de-camp. The 46th Regiment, whir & arrived last week, a re suf. feriog much from cholera ; they have about 120 in hos- pital, and bury several every day. . . The ?foniteur de l' Armee publishes the following from an officer of the Ist division before Sebasto- pol " The works of the lines are being carried on actively. We are fortifying with a prodigality of prudence, even in the opinion of the engineers, the plateau we occupy. We began by separate works, redoubts, redans, arid batteries ; we afterwards united these works by a first line which is near the coast ; then we placed a barrier on the road of the defile of Balaklsva, with other de fences ;•and at present we are making a second line, nearer afr o crest, in the rear of the first line of circum saltation. Our position, naturally superb, becomes im pregnable. Our principal guards are stationed in the whole lbngth of it, and at night they send forward skir mishers. The Russian army can see all these works, of defence. Since the 25th ult., the day of the affair of the redoubts, it has not changed its place. Its squadrons seem to be made of wood, so immovable are they. More unlucky than we are, the poor fellows have no tents. The Russian army is imitatins , us ; it is throw ing up entrenchments between us, and its line of re treat, the road of Simpheropol. It forms an angle, one side of which faces our camp, and the other is on the Tchernaya. On the 9th some battalions of the Ist divi sion were taken to the field of battle on the sth. From the position they occupied, two hours were required to go there. The entire camp of the English had to be passed through. The troops passed the night, one bat talion working three hours at a redoubt, whilst another was on the watch, and so on in turns. This redoubt has been thrown up in the midst of the wood which forms the left bank of the Tchernaya, a wood through which the Russians advanced in the foggy morning of the Sth. It will serve as a reserve to other works which are more advanced and lower down so as to command the bottom of the valley. The object of these works is to cut off the communications of the Russian army with the place. The road from the Tchernaya being stopped, the Rossiana v entub:make along detour to take the val ley of Balbek: -. go doubt this precaution would - have been taken a long time ago, had it not been for the al ready immense development of the Allied armies along the plateau from the heights south of Balaklava to the gates of Sebastopola development which requires a great number of troops in addition to those occupied in the siege itself. The complete works of ciroumvallation and contravallation will be more than 20 kilometres, (12i English miles) in extent." The same letter says : "In the battle of Inkerman, the action on the ar rival of the French battalions assumed new and terrible vigour. It was a prolonged act of heroism, and all the actors in it were grand, sublime. The brave Colonel of the 6th regiment of the line, armed with a long clay more of the best tempered steel, which he wielded with both hands, struck right and left. He was always the first in the melee. A veritable Roland, he caused seven enemies to fall before him ; he was a terrible warrior, a colossus. Mis death reealle to mind the gigantic con flicts of the heroes of Ariosto. 1 brother of this noble soldier has just arrived, but instead of an elder brother, he has found a laurel for his name ! There remained on the 10th on the field of battle more than 1,000 dead Russians unburied. They were almost all in a position in view of the roadsted of Sebastopol, which was swept by the guns of the Russian vessel the Twelve Apostles. As this vessel fired shells at our burying parties, we were obliged to wait for the night to continueour task." A letter from the Crimea, of the 29th, says : " Yesterday the Allied troops occupied a Russian re doubt after a sharp engagement. The besieged made two attempts to retake it, but failed, and sustained nu merous losses. The preparations for lodging the soldiers continue ; 3,000 tents, sack capable of containing 20 soldiers, have arrived from Constantinople, and a second supply is shortly expected. Almost all the steamers of the two fleets are employed in conveying from Sinope to the Crimea all the wood for building or for fire that they can find on the coast. The local authorities second these operations as well as they can. Before long pro bably the supplies will be sufficient for all the wants of the three armies. The Turcos, or natives of Africa, re cently penetrated during the night into the camp of the Russian cavalry, and cut the halters of a number of the horses. The animals came towards the French troops, and 300 of them were taken. The Russians have suf fered greatly from the tempest of the 14th. ' The waves collected at the entrance of the port of Sebastopol, and broke with indescribable ♦iolence at the bottom of the port. It is rumoured that several Russian vessels went down ; also that the vessels sunk had been displaced. Within the last few days a young woman arrived in the Crimea to join her husband, a lieutenant in the Ist re giment of artillery. After a painful passage of three months, the vessel en board which she was sunk, but the courageous woman jumped into the sea, and was rescued. She lost all that she possessed, but she had the joy of finding her husband 1" DESPATCHES FROM GEN. CA.NROBERT AND ADMIRAL HAMELIN. The Minister of War has reoeived the follow ing report from General Canrobert, dared 28th ult. "Monsieur le Mar6chal,—The weather is improving, and this is a circumstance which is far from being with out interest for our operations. A constant rain, and the state of the roads oa the plateaux where we are esta blished, had considerably augmented the difficulty in transporting provisions and materiel. A little sunshine is about to repair all and allow us to resume our work. with redoubled activity. The enemy turns to account these cessations on our part, in order to increase his means of defence. Up to this time his principal object has been to intimidate as, and never was witnessed such a consumption of powder and ball. Our artillery calcu late that since our arrival under the walls of Sebastopol the enemy has fired 400,000 cannon shot, and. con slimed 1,200,000 kilogrammes of powder. Some idea may be formed from this of the supply that must have been for a long time accumulating in the place. We, however, remark that the Russian artillery is now more economical in the fire, and particu larly in that of shells. The number of our killed and wounded does not exceed 15 a day. The army of Prince Menschikoff keeps on the defensive, and it appears that, until further orders, he has renounced the idea of undertaking anything against us. In the meantime our situation is improving in every way. Reinforcements are arriving, and our regiments of Zouaves as well as all those who are natives of Africa, present an ensemble the most satisfactory. Our supplies are abundant, and I am now able to distributed to the troops a daily ration of wine or brandy. This is a very important point, and will prevent much sickness. On the other hand, the winter clothing is arriving, and *already the greatcoat with hood and the paletot of sheepskin, are numerous in our camps. The soldier will nobly and courageously support the trial of the bad weather, seeing himself the object of such care and solicitude on the part of the Emperor and his minister. The Turkish Government has promised me 6,000 conical tents, which are highly prized here, as they resist the violent wind so common in this country much better than ours. I can assure you, Monsieur le Marechal, that the army acquires rare solidity, and you cannot imagine to what a point our young men, sud denly impressed by the grandeur of the struggle, become old soldiers, You would not have seen without the most lively feeling of satisfaction the lines drawn out, and remaining calm and immovable under a fire of ar tillery which Lord Raglan has declared to me was heavier than that which was heard at Waterloo. I give you these details, because they cannot fail to interest and at the same time to tranquillise you, and, in short, to show the confidence with whichmytroops inspire me. The new divisions will here find old ones who will set them a good example.—A.ccept, &c." - The Minister of Marine has received a despatch from Admiral Hamelin, dated the 28th ult., from which the following are extracts : " In the new phase of t he sie g e the army, which had appreciated the excellence of the fire of our sailors, and the ravages occasioned by our heavy guns, has made a fresh appeal to the fleet. lam therefore engaged, at the desire of General Canrobert, in landing 55 heavy a o r f m w e d h i w e t h belonged t st,owthhee landed Henri at I V t h . e s a T m h e e r m s t e a l n l a d r as m s w . e I , Whenor per-th einaordeueesr GOO naval gunners, will man these g uns, the are opened, there will sailors and directed bh m n eaeapvinfs from beh g at ne e tt m tt ee7 e rro n i2s t stt oohfaaBgwnoahti against tt served t te h hf e e y tbhyp u e by the officers of the navy, both one and the other having since the commencement of the siege very much improved in the opinion of the army as ar tillerymen. The arrival of troops takes place almost rival of 3,000 men in the Bosphorus, and yesterday 1,000 . of them reached ICamiesb, and I shortly expect the re- • every day ; the (lay before yesterday I heard of the ar mainder by the steam-frigates which I despatched to Constantinople to take them on board. We are daily employed in en Pluton. A. France part of urin th e stores saved will Henri be sent to the on board the iirene frigate, and the remainder devo to save the H IV. and we shall keep in the port of Kamiesh, to be used as re quired by the array or other vessels. The Gassendi, which arrived here two days ago, will leave again today for France, agreeably to your , orders, after having landed her Zouaves at Kainiesh. A letter from the heights of Sebastopol of the 27th ult. states as follows " General Canrobert leas dent to Prince Menschikoff the minutes of the inquiry held on the Russian Major whom an English court-martial sentenced to be hung for having assassinated and caused others to assassinate the wounded on the field of battle. The Prince was asked to sign the sentence, but he declined, alle!zing that he had strictly prohibited such acts of cruelty, but that it appertained to his own military tri'uunals only to esta- Wish the culpability. It is generally admitted that Men schikoff is an able adversary, brave, and obstinat il e. ls c . rres p o olenee and his official reports, as they are known in the Allied army, cause him to be esteemed as a loyal enemy. His accounts of the battle of Alma and the first attack of Sebastopol have an air of frankness, all the more m eritorious that it is not usual amon g his countrymen' Decidedly the Prince was perfectly itiNti, y";/ [p ßi c E SD. fled in turning into ridicule the boastful htilletineof Osten-Sacken, and which he has not imitated. You can scarce have an idea in France of the delight of our troopers when they put on their furs. They are as happy as children in their first gala dress, as sailors when they first put on boot. The poor fellows were previously ob liged to shelter themselves from the rain in the trenches by wearing their blankets knotted about the neck in the form of an inconven;ent cloak, and, when entering their tents, to sleep with the same covering, saf urated as it was with water. Now. at least, their beds will al ways be dry. With the object of preventing any fresh surprise on the part of the enemy, the shrubs and brushwood of the sides of the valley have been cut away• Some days ago some of our soldiers charged with that duty descended to the bottom of the precipice, and heard groaning in the fields inundated by the Teliernaya.. They informed the officer that wounded men demanded succour. The Captain immediately sent out a section of his company on the search, in crder to avoid any surprise on the part of the enemy, whose videttes were guarding the banks of the river. Shocking to relate, they fond hid among the grass, and half submerged, three wounded Russians still living, and who had been abandoned by their officers 13 days previously ;—they were bleeding, maimed, and without any resource. One of them, who was separated from the other, bad eaten the grass within his reach, after having consumed all the black bread he had in his haversack. The two others, more fortunate, had succeeded in dragging themselves near five or six of their dead comrades, whose provisions they made use of. But, that supply exhausted, they also had begun to eat the grass. With the most brutal obstinacy the Cos sacks, who were stationed on guard for a week before near them, within reach of their voices, had refused to succour them. As maimed soldiers they were no longer in the eyes of their masters but as useless serfs, and only fit to be left to die, as beasts no longer able to work. Our soldiers took up these poor creatures and carried them off. They gave them a little soup with a small quantity of eau-de•vie. They then covered them up in warm blankets and placed them near the fire, when they recovered the use of their limbs. In the course of an hour these half corpses, who wounds had already be gun to putrify, recovered their colour and a little of their strength. Completely re-assured on the point of the pagan barbarity which they were told was our charac teristic, they kissed the hands of our men. A Pole, be longing to the Foreign Legion,' who happened to be pre sent, asked some questions of the pqor men. They in formed him that their popes and their officers had as sured them that the pagan enemies of the Holy Church of the Autocrat caused the Russian prisoners to be put to the most frightful torture, and that such of the children of the Czar as died in the sacred war would mount straight to Paradise, unless they were in a state of sin, and in which case they would be again born in their own country." CowsTANTINOPLE, Nov. 30.—Within the last few days the hopes of the British in this city have revived, and there is a disposition to believe that the present year will see the successful termination of the great enterprise which in difficulty and danger has transcended all the expectations of the most experienced military judges. That which has reassured us more than anything is the news that large reinforcements are not only ordered to the seat of war, but that they are actually on their way, and that the next fortnight will probably see an addition of 30,000 men to the forces of the Allies. It is a great thing that the two nations are at last roused to a sense of the magnitude of the war in which they are engaged, and that the overweening self-confidence of the London and Parisian publics have given way to a juster estimate of the enemy's powers, both for aggression and defence. For several months the people of England and France had been accustomed to regard the Russian troops as men who would not stand a conflict with any enemy more powerful than Circassians and Tartars, and it was believed that their officers were as much wanting in skill as the men in courage. Although it is true that the superior energy and bodily strength of the British has on every occasion proved too much for the enemy in the open field, there can be no doubt that the Russians are endowed with an obstinacy and defensive courage which equal those of any other army in Europe. It seems that no idea is entertained of any serious attack until the place is entirely invested, for, according to all accounts, Sebastopol proper will be untenable unless the forts on the northern side are also in the hands of the Allies. That the place will fall before the end of the year is hardly pi obable, but that thesteady perseverance of the Allies will be crowned with success is certain, if the two nations only put forth their strength. We shall no doubt have to fight some more battles, on a larger scale than either Alma or Inkerman, for the whole force of the Russian empire will no doubt be directed against us, and the fine army which has been concentrated in Poland will probably he in the Crimea in another six weeks. But with 120,000 men the allies be able to re pulse all attacks, and to carry on the siege with regu larity and filial assurance of success. Tile enterprise is a great one, and it is a matter mot only of honour, but of safety for France and England, to carry it on to a prosperous conclusion. It is a kind of duel between the Western Powers and their adversary ; the world is looking on in silence and expectation, and now that we are fairly engaged all counsels as to the raising the siege and resting on the laurels of the Alma ought to be discarded at once. A letter has been addressed to the Ministers of the Porte by Omer Pasha, complaining of the manner in which his troops are neglected. It appears that the army in the provinces, which has dose so much for Turkey, which defended the line of the Danube for half a year against the whole power of Russia, and which has been brought to a great state of efficiency by the genius of its commander, is now destitute of the com monest necessaries. That the soldiers have net re ceived their pay is comparatively a small matter, fur to that they are accustomed, and no soldiers will more easily forego the little luxuries which are requisite to keep soldiers in good humour. The Turkish force in Thessaly, during the past spring, was for weeks fed on biscuit alone. Water was their only drink ; coffee and tobacco they never saw, aid yet they did well, and went' through the campaign without complaint. But the army in the provinces is not only deprived of the com forts which ought to be provided for troops who have borne such hardships, or for the purchase of which their pay should be regularly given, but they are destitute of necessaries which are required to support existence during the present winter. Their clothes and mimes are worn out, and so pains have been taken to supply them with others. The provisions are bad in quality, and the supply is small. No small mortality appears to be taking place. The letter of Omer Pasha is said to be a circular addressed to all the Minis ters, and it is to be hoped that immediate attention will be paid to it. The army which has faced the Russians in this war can hardly be re placed, and if it be ,allowed to suffer a diminution of numbers the time may speedily come when the enemy will be encouraged to resume offensive warfare. How much this well-drilled force is superior to the common run of Turkish troops may be learned from the differ ence between the conduct of the Ottoman forces at Silistria and Balaklava. The present neglect is the more censurable since the Turkish Government has raised its loan, which ought to be applied in the first place to the payment of its troops, and the preparation for the winter, which is likely to set in with great severity. The defence of the northern provinces from future aggression may be considered as a duty to be fulfilled by the Turkish army, for although Austria is no doubt indisposed to the extension of Russian power in Europe, we do not know how long the present feel ings will continue to inspire her Government. The con scription also has much exhausted the Mussulman po pulation, which is in a state of groat distress, and no very great reinforcements can be expected to supply any loss occasioned. The Duke of Cambridge arrived here on Monday, by the Trent, from the Crimea. His Royal Highness is somewhat better, but is still far from having recovered his health. He is at present' at Missirie's Hotel, with his aides-decamp, Major Macdonald and Captain Clifton. Lord W. Paulet has arrived here as Commandant at Scutari. Many improvements have taken place daring the last month, in a great measure through the muni ficent subscription raised for the benefit of the wounded. But the shortcomings are still very grievous, and it is to be hoped that the arrival of a Commandant, with authority to control all the departments of the hospital, will be productive of beneficial changes. The Commis sion appointed to inquire into the working of the medi cal department began its sittings on the 28th. It is rather late to inquire into the state of such affairs when we are in the midst of a bloody campaign ; but if the Commissioners discharge their duty with energy and impartiality, much may be elicited which will be useful in the future conduct of the war. The Valeny, Ville de Paris, and Suffren have arrived in the Bosphorus in the course of the last week, having suffered much damage in the tempest of the 14th. The Ville de de Paris was towed up to the arsenal on the 28th by the Mogador steamer. In passing through the opening in the floating bridge she struck against one of the barges on which it is laid, and carried away a con siderable part of the construction. The bridge is, how ever, still available for traffic. On Satsrday last 2,200 Egyptians arrived at Constan tinople, forming part of the new contingent to be fur nisher, by Said Pasha. They were reviewed the same day by the Seraskier in the Great Court of the Sores kierate. The assistance rendered by the Viceroy to the Sultan is a matter for rejoicing to all who desire the in tegritye of the empire. and the troo p s sent may be made t very useful in defending the frontiers of the country against any new incursion of the enemy ; b tthowoud perhaps be as well tha t no large number of ut Otto mans should be sent up t o the Crimea. These at Balak lava - lava are dying in great numbers, and, though they have done some service in bringing up guns and stores from the harbour to the camp. they are not to be relied on to face such troops as the Russians have and are likely t o have in the Crimea. The French and British armies must rely on themselves alone for success in this stoutly contested campaign, and the presence of a large Dumber of Eastern troops may probably only retard their move ments. The Livorno arrived on the 27th with French troops. In all about 9 , 000 French have arrived within the last fortnight, and large numbers may be daily expected, Generals Dulac and De Salles, with their divisions, are looked for every day. A return has been made of ' the number of inmates of the French hospitals in the neighbourhood of Con- , stantinople. The mortality appears to have been very small, compared with the number of cases brought under medical treatment. Into the Hospital of the Grands Champs there have been admitted, from the 12th of July to the 22d of November, 4,232 sick or wounded; out of these 352 havedied. At Dolma Baghtche 37 have died oat of 343 admitted since tie opening. The French authorities have also opened an hospital at Gul-Khaneh, near the Seraglio : in eight days 600 have been admitted, and only five deaths have taken place. At Rami-Tchifiik there have been 3,869 admissions, and 38 deaths ; at Kalindj6, there have been 400 admissions, and 40 deaths. The patients at the Grands Champs suffered much from cholera a few months since, and this accounts for the proportionably larger number of deaths ; but, on the whole, the return is higl;ily creditable to the skill of the French medical staff and the efficiency of their arrange. ments. THE BLACK SEA. FLEET. Nov. 23.—The boats of the men-of-war have been working for the last two days to get afloat the Lord Raglan, one of the transports which went on shore the other day ; they expect to be successful to-day. She has still her foremast standing, and the injuries to her hull seem to be but trifling. Except a few of the crew of the Maltese bark, who were shot by the Cossacks from the cliff, and a sailbr killed in one of the boats Of the Queen, all the crews of English transports, as far as I ara aware of, were saved, but the crews of several of the French transports were either drowned or killed by the Cossacks. Their bodies are lying about unburied on the beach ; one of the Queen's boats went. therefore, to bury them. The boat has not yet returned. The sailing two deckers Rodney, Vengeance, and London will, I hear, lie in Razart's Bay, next to Ka miesh Bay ; but the London will first go down with the three•deckers to Stamboul to have her rudder repaired. The steamers will keep up the blockade as they do now. The ether day, during the storm, one of the sunken vessels in the entrance of Sebastopol was dislodged ; but when the storm ceased another ship was stink in its place. Nov. 27.—The late storms have ,proved the danger of keeping the fleet in its present anchorage, and some ar rangements have been made to keep up the blockade of the harbour of Sebastopol without risking the safety of the squadron. It has been determined, I hear, to send the three. deckers down to Constantinople, the sailing twcodeckers to Kazart's Bay (with a boom across the entrance), while the steam, squadron will maintain the actual blockade. In consequence of this, the roadsted of the Kutch& has been the rendezvous of a great number of steamers within the last few days. The Algiers, Agamemnon, Spiteful, and Retribution ran in and took up their places alongside the Terrible, Furious, Fury, Stromboli, and Firebrand, giving more animation to the anchorage, de serted by the.tFreali and Turkish vessels. The Britannia, Trafalgar, and Queen were busy daring the whole of last week in sending all the provisions they could spare on beard the Algiers, Firebrand, &c. The ),boats of the Algiers and Queen were further employed takings number of lower-deck guns from the Britannia and the Trafalgar to the Stromboli and Firebrand, to be conveyed to Balaklava, and disembarked there for the service of the batteries. They are mostly long 32- pounders, in all 28, 14 of which the Queen's boats took from the Britannia to the Stromboli, while the other 14 were taken by the boat of the Algiers from the Trafalgar to the Firebrand. A great quantity of powder and shot was sent with these guns. When the Britannia is going the Admiral will hoist his flag on board the Furious, Captain Loring. This morning the Valorous, the Australian, and the Mauritius, towing a small brig, came in, all with troops, the first two having on board English, and the third French troops. They have all gone down to Kamiesla Bay to disembark. The Simla, with three other steamers and four tran sports, is ordered to Bourgas to bring up four Turkish regiments. The Simla has just disembarked 300 horses and men of the 9th Regiment of French Dragoons. The Lord Raglan has got off; and has been towed down to Kamiesh Bay. The weather is still as uncertain as ever. Nearly every night a second anchor is let out to be weighed in the morning. The barges and the launches, every day re quired to carry stores, guns, powder, &c., from one vessel to the other, are hauled out of water every evening. Very often, even during the day, the swell is so heavy that all labour with the !!bats is suspended. Hitherto the wind has been southerly ; since yesterday veered to the north. Among the new arrivals is the gun-boat the Wrangler, which arrived three days ago from Con stantinople. THE LATE GALE IN THE BLACK SBA The following is a list of the steam and sailing tran sports lost, &c., in the Black Sea during the gale of the 14th of November : Off Balaklava—No. 107, the Prince (screw steamer), totally lost—one midshipman and seven men saved; No. 5, Resolute (ship), totally lost—magazine ship ; No. 40, Kenilworth (shin), totally lost—empty horse-transport; No. 63, Wild Wave (ship), totally lost—one man saved ; No. 82, Rip Van Winkle (ship), totally lost—empty horse transport. Off the Katcha*—No. 1. the Pyrenees, (ship), wrecked —empty horse-transport; No. 20, Ganges (ship) wrecked —empty horse-transport ; No. 37, Rodiley (ship), wrecked—empty horse-transport ; No. 89, Lord Raglan, (ship), wrecked—empty horse-transport. Off Eupatorie—No. 3, her Majesty (ship), wrecked —empty horse transport; No. 53, Asia (ship), wrecked —empty horse transport ; No. 55, Glendalongh (ship), wrecked—empty horse-transport ; No. 61, Harbinger (ship), wrecked—empty horse-transport ; No. 81, Geor gians (ship), wrecked—empty horse-transport. * Crews reported to have been saved from these ships. Other Wrecks and Casualties at Balaklava—No. 73, the Melbourne (steam-ship), lost her fore and mainmast ; No. 2, Mercia (ship), dismasted ; No. 18, Lady Valiant (ship), dismasted ; No. 19, Caduceus (ship), dismasted ; No. 21, Pride of the Ocean (ship), dismasted ; No. 45, Meolora (ship), dismasted ; No. 88, Sir R. Sale (ship), dismasted ; Progress (barque), totally lost—a commis sariat hired ship, with hay and barley ; Wanderer (barque), totally lost—ditto with oats ; Peltona (barque), totally lost—ditto with biscuit ; Maltese merchant brig totally lost. The estimated loss of life in the crews at Balaklava is about 300 is number. The shipping and steamers at Balaklave have suffered considerably from collision. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 12.—The following letter ' in refer ence to the storm of the 14th ult. in the Black Sea, was received here to-day, and posted in the Underwriters'. rooms. It is from the captain of one of the transports, and gives a graphic account of the disaster : "Crimea, Nov. 17.—We had a most singular and narrow escape in the gale of the 14th, which occasioned such fearful disasters aitoig the men-of-war and the transports, and yet these casualties are nothing more than what we have expected, for all the captain■ of the transports have remonstrated against lying in such dan gerous anchorage during the winter on such an iron , bound coast ; yet no precautions whatever have hem taken by the authorities to guard against snoh fear• ful losses. "On Sunday last we had a hard gale from the south, which the ship rode out very well, and on Tuesday the barometer indicated another, and I gave the ship more chain and made all snug. " At 9 a sea rose se fast, and the weather looked so bad, that I ordered the masts to be cut away, and in five minutes they were all over the side. The wind then came on in such terrific gusts that I was blown off the forecastle, when I was watching the chain and hawser pipes with an anxious eye. After the masts were gone, she pitched and rolled fearfully. The other vessels also cut away their masts, and were thus saved. " Saving now done all in my power, I was enabled to cables y to f at wind,n d o tried and got others.otot look on and see t o h st e lisp m tpee e ad l m a h n h ceher across totuo sea. The stea me S r h V e c e o su u v ld iu n s our bows, and did us considerable damage . "About 10 the Prince steamer and in one minute not a vestige of her was to be seen. • Then followed the ships - close around me. The Wan derer, Progress, Resolute, and Kenilworth struck, and not one lasted five minutes ; by this time we had driven into the breakers, and every moment I expected the ship to go to pieces. The Wild Wave was then riding close to us, about half a cable's length from the rocks. About 3 p.m. she made a start, and in less time than I can write she disappeared, and we were instantly floating in a sea of casks and barrels. I certainly then thought it was our turn, but Providence ordered it otherwise. The storm after that moderated a little, and the life-boat came out. I ordered 15 of my crew to leave, i n tending with the remainder to stay oil- board all nig ht,l but the sea was so high they could not get into the boat . The baro meter was then ri•sing, ' and I had strong hop es that the weather would moderate. I found the anchors comin g home all night. At daylight we were close on, but it wa s moderate, with a heavy sea. The land . then was b ve our sawedhead, 700 feet high, and quite perpen nearly a o di c ular. I ne ver my life. "The reason ships drive so when close in shore is that a cable's length and a-half from shore is all foul ground, and the moment anchors get out of the mud the vessels go on shore. " Soon after daylight I communicated with the shor e, and we were towed i n, thou g h not without great risk, for the hawsers broke three times. " Besides the damage to the ships, there has been _ into great destruction among the Government st ores —bread beef, pork, stationery, &c., all rolled • mass o f a mass of dirt." CANADA.—The last advices from Canada describe in strong terms the fatal effects of the usury laws in that province. The legal rate of interest thu s is limited to 6 per cent., and the consequence is, that while money can be lent on good security in the United States, Owing to the commercial pressure, at from 10 to 15 per cent., every available sum is attracted out of the colony, and its regular trade is crippled and its character damaged by heavy failures. The number of suspensions lately has been very large, and the difficulty of procuring bills or Eu;,land has become so great, in consequence of the banks having been diverted from their regular exchange operations, that houses even of means and respectability are tempted to delay remittances, and thus to disappoint their English correspondents in a way that is likely to \ lead our merchants to adopt the precaution of rapidly contracting the credits they have hitherto granted. As there is no bankruptcy law in Canada, the necessity is i increased for tak in g earl y warning f rom such irregular'. I ti es as Ray manifest themselves. I