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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAT.- ONE, or TAO DAYS' EXCURSION to CIRENCESTER, 15T11.1.7D, GLOUCESTER, and CHELTENHAM —On SUNDAY, the 2'd October, a Train will leave Ps'elding• on at 7.45 a.m.. return ing the same ev nine, from Cheltenham, at 6.:!(), Gloucester, 6.50, •Stroud, 7.20, and Cirencester, 7,30 ; or on Tuesday morning. Oct. 24th, tram Cheltenham, at 7.30, Gloucester, 7.45, Stroud, 8.15, and Cirencester, 8.13. FARMS TRUE AND II WS. First Class. • Closed Carriages • Cirencester and .74trond G s . Glotvester and Cheltenham Tickets may he previously obtained at the Paddington station ; at 27, King-sir• et, Cheapside 269, Strand ; 63, Brid,ge-roal, Lambeth ; and 31, Oxford-street. Only one s all . ar tfel eof luggage allowed. • THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. - At the 224 Public Drawing . N at the Offices, 33, orfolk• street, ;Strand, on Saturday, October 14th, 1851, the following Rights o holce were drawn Nos. 6,307, 6,308, 6.309 grouped. 9,731, 6,833, 6,834 grouped, 3,425. 7,195;6,308, 8,562, 6,636.9, )17, 8,347, 7,136, 1,442, 7,470, 6,820, 6,844, 6,845, 6,845 grouped, 4,406, 10,153, 10,154, 10,155 grouped, 5.643, 8,614 grouped, 6,'271, 6,272 grouped, 3,705, 1,572, 8,557, 10, , 9 , 2,2'2, 10,289, 6,197, 5,252, 5,061, ~, 101, 9,997. 6,562, 7,642, 8,822, 6,017, 8,726, 4,331, 9,081, 8,961, 8,965, grouned t 8,051,.9,483, 9,307, 8,144, 8,145, 8,146, grouped, 3,813, 2,532, 4,436, 6,048, and 1,815. • The following shares were al-o drawn, but the holders thereof, being In arrear lote the benefit thereof, viz..:—Nos. 2,866, 2,657, 1,687, - 1688, grouped, 1,761, 2,360, 1,700, 2,675, 6,547, 5,536, 8,052, 3,861. The following share , will be placed on the order of rights by seniority:--Nos. 1,229, 1,23 1,238, 1,245, 1,246, 1,247, 1,2 4 9, 1 , 251, 1,252. 1,253, 1,255, 1,256, 1,257, 1,260, 1,261, 1,262, 1,263,1,264, 1,265, 1,267, 1,268, 1,283, 1,284, 1,287, 1,289, 1,29 , , 1,291, 1,293, 1,294. The following shares would have been ern - oiled, but ose. the privi lege by bdng I'6wrear: —1,212, 1,213, 1,26.9, 1,270, 1,271, 1,273, 1,274, 1,275, 1,285, 1,286, 1,288. The Twenty-third Drawing for Right ; will take place at the Offices on Saturday, November 11th, 1854. at 12 o'clock. CILI.RLES LEWIS ORUNEISEN, Secretary. No. 19,362.] PUBL] CATIONS. NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION, Embellished with Portraits of every Queen, and comprising a Copt oils Index, complete in 8 volumes. Price 7s. 6d. each, elegantly. bound. L IVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND. By A.GNES STRICKLAND. " These volumes have the fascination of romance uniteil to the In tegrity 4.f hi tort'."—T , mcs. "'A remarkable and traely great historical work."—lierald. " The best, as well as the cheapest edition."—Post. Published for IL Colburu, by his succeEsors, Ilurst and Blackett. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., NIATHEW PAXTON. Edited by the Author of " John Drayton," " A illetord," &c. " A narrative to arrest attention and excite admiration. The story never flags."—Daily News. " any a romance meant to be stirring has a greater lack of lute rest.'—E2 aminer. "A novel of more than usual ability, fresh and vigorous, and team tag with truthful pictures of life."—Critic. "This book will win its way into la!ting popularity."—Messenger. Hurst and 'Hackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. . ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vic., Cap. 9. • BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by tier Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. 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THE DIRECTORS OF THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY REQUEST ATTENTION TO THE ADVA.I.TAGE OF JOINING THE COMPANY BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE ROOKS FOR THE PRESENT YEAR ore 15TH NOVEMBER, - WITH :REFERENCE . TO THE DIVISION OF PROFIPS IN .1855. . THE FUND to be Divided in 1855 will be derived from the Profits which have arisen since 1850, and those persons who effect Assurances at this time will secure TWO YEAR A' Pariloipation in that Fend, while they will rank at the division in 1860 for seven years' bonus; in 1865, for twelve years' bonus ; and so on, increasing their claim at EACH PERIOD. 'The principle on which the Profits of the Company are divided 1 similar to a TONTINE, and the Directors have been enabled to con fer very large benefits on the Policyholders at the former Divisions of Profits' in 1835, 1840, 1 , 45, and 1850; some of the earliest Assur ances having been increased at the rate of 871. 6s. for each 1001. assured, thus making an original 1,0001. policy equal to 1,8731. 'The Directors confidently assert that no Life Assurance Institution holds out greater advantages than the STA.NDA.RD to persons who, looking forwaid to long life, effect Assurances for the benefit of their families. The Company's large Accumulated Funds are invested on the security of land and - tn Gloverement securities. The Income is con siderably upwards of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds per annum ; and for some years the average number of persons who have joined the Institution has been 825. and the corresponding annual amount of New Assurances, 460,000/. LONDON. Cuaramax Or THE BOARD. The Right Honourable the Earl of Aberdeen. ORDINARY DIRECTOR/I. F. Le Breton, Esq., 3, rosby square. ',John Lindsay, Esq., 26, Laurence Pouniney-lane. hornas iI. Brosking, Esq , Old Broad. street. John Griffith Frith, Dig Austin-friars. • A &ander Gillespie, Esq., 3, Banter court. Ale,. Macgregor, Esq., Arlington-street. 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"They are alkof theJnost deacriptien."--Vide the daily journals, Aug. 9, 1854. The TURKISH EXHIBITIONand ORIENTAL MUSEUM is OPEN DAILY, from 11 tlll,lO. Saturdays it closes at 6 p.m. — Admission Pe. Ed. ; children and schools half-price. Family tickets (for lye) 103. Admission on Saturdays, 65.; children, 2s. 6d. 11: AURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooks, _xi (Lessee, Cues. C. Latrazwr, Onslow-house, Fulham-road), - - The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON, and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT': 4 CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overlanl Mail Galop, by D'Albert; also, by H. Laurent , the following Waltzes -La belle Francais°, Leonora, Villi kin, and his Dinah. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. • PATRON—H.R.EL PRINCE ALBERT. • ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The next MONDAY EVENING LECTURE to the INDUS- T. lAL CLASSEs, enthe 16th inst., will be on GEOLOGY, by E. W. Vsq.. F.G.S., &c at eight o'clock. An entirely new and original DUBOSCQ'S CASCADE ILLUMI NATED by Electric Light, throwing three Jets of Water instead•Of one, and displaying a variety of beautiful colours. Also, Dposays NEW SUB MARINE E LEC TRIO - LAMP, by which the operations of the Diver can be Se7n under water. MODEL of SEBASTOPOL, by two of the Royal Sappers and Millers. DI-SOLVING VIEWS of the SEAT of WAR in the B tLTIC and BLACK SEA, including 4EBA3TOPoL and CRONSTADT. The COSMORAMA ROOMS will shortly be opened with forty 'views of the chief places in Russia. and die Costumes of the people. Exhibition of the OXY-lIYDROGEN MICROSCOPE daily, at half-past one. T. EC runEs by J. 11. PEPPER, Esq., Dr. Bacnuornixa, and Mr. Joaas. Open from twelve o'clock daily. TO LOVERS OF FISH.- IGO real YARMOUTH BLOATERS for 65., package included. The above forwarded to all parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, or 0. 0. (preferred) for the amount. Send plain address, county, anct nearest station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, jun., Fisil-curer, Gnat Yarmouth. , -- g - IETLEY S EAST INDIA PALE ALE.- ORDERS for the OCTOBER BItEWING: 4 are now being Registered, and will be supplied according to priority of date. Parties are recommended to give their orders in due time, to pre vent the repetition of the disappointments of last season. Every e::ertlon shall be used to provide a speedy supply, but the press of orders is already so great as to render it impo:sihle to guarantee the fulfilment bf those unregistered, out of the early Brewings. To mcst judgcs of the article this Itcer is well known to them it may be sufficient to say, the utility will be maintained. Others are respectfully referred for proofs of its excel.ence for BorTtarto, EXPO T, Or Ilona CoNsuMPTtoN, theoreticaly, to the stands! d woik," Chends try; &c., applied to the Arts and Manufactures," page 177, and the "Analyt cal Report," Re.; practically, to the Colonial and Foreign Reports, and to the numerous venders throughout the United King dom. Lists of authorised Agents and respectable Bottlers and Retailers Of TETLEY'S PALE ALE may be obtained on application. THE BREWERY, LEEDS. "169, UPPER THAMES-STREET, LONDON. _ GR AVE P .No other Packets call al The Packets 7-.11 ,t the i'tt] FROM TERRI SEND STA I AEICETS, A the Greenhithe and Purfleet Piers. ers as underlined (weather permitting , LCE PIER, GRAVESEN-D, WEF.?: 1/A7S. - I SUNDAYS. U a., . 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Sept. 26th, 1854. Passages marked * are GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF SIB, WM. BURNETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID. Gallons, ss. Quarts, 2s. Pints, Is. Hall.pints, 6d. This Valuable DEODORISER and. DISINFECTANT instantane ously destroys all BAD SMELLS without producing any itself. Its free use, as directed, PREVENTS CHOLERA. and all. CON TAGIOUS DISEASES. ' Sold by all Chemists and Druggists, and at the Office, 18, Cannon street, London-bridge. N.B.—Beware of a spurious imitation. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. fast published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 stamps, NERVOUS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper m„oracea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative System, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and distinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of every variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded on twenty years' ex perience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spennatorrhcoa, &c. To which are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre cautionary hints on the °vile emanating from empirical practice, and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on nese important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. 87, REDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edln burgh. Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' llall, London, &c., Sm. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con s, and excesses, Sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularitie degradation in Man which have pronueed more misery i n Youth, degr hood, and prematu re decay at all stages of Life, tha n, p erha p s, an) other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secr of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, privileges eatitled • andto which every human being is It is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are Principles of personal management which cannot be violated wit succeedou Incurring grievous peoalties, and when wisdom and regret ts the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penal removed,le eittY be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be 11, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above a that d there is scarcely an degree of physical infirmity or funetiona ,eirangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a .cure. leanthor has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have unfortunately teen too generally confided to the care o f i g norant flnpirice, who inflict great injury on those who a re induced to place i r ith in their pretensions. 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ORIENTAL HOTEL.—Madras and_ Malay Currie Indian Koorma, Dup.-ajja and Coaptu, Jerd., Krooma, and Indian Plolv, Kitcheree, Cullia, Shaumee Cawaubs, and Satan Mulligatawney. These Indian dishes are prepared daily. Private Dining-rooms for large or small parties. Dinners in the Coffee-rooms a la Carte. Wines of most extraordinary character can be had. Oriental Hotel, `ere-street. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The DIRECTORS of the CRYSTAL PALACE CONIPANY having resolved to appropriatu one day's receipts from the admission to the building to the Fund for the Relief of the SICK and WoUNDED, and the 4 , 11)0 WS and ORPHANS of the Army in the East, have appointed SATURDAY, the 28th instant, for that purpose. Further particulars w,li be announced on au early day. By order. G. GROVE, Secretary. Crystal Palace, October, 14, 1854. • TETLEY'S EAST INDIA PALE ALE. SEASON 1854-5. ORDERS for the OCTOBER BREWINGS are now being regis tered. THE BREWERY,• LEEDS. BRANCH ESTABLISHMENTS. LoNnori ..... • • . ....... 69, Upper Thames•street. DUBLIN .. • . • • 60, Middle Abbey-street. 'YORK Swinegate. MANCHESTER ......... •. • .... Blackfriars. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters 1 Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. I, Is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhesa, and Exhaustion of the System. 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 •f a vast portion of the population. TEI 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. TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, ind of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at I Is. each,freo by post, 2s. extra, divided into -operate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Rona, t.e.,&c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert Johh ston, 68, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. AUTUMN AND WINTER NOVELTIES in iazi.-ss.—i( affords E. MOSES and SON the gre ttest plea sure to state that all the Novelties for the season in Attire, Hats, Caps, Hosiery, Ladies and children's Clothing, Hoots, and Shoes, &c , are now ready for in,pec:ion at their Establishment and its West-end branch. _ There is not an article of Attire for Autumn so elegant, gentle manly, and comfortable as the new Pa!etot, which hos been designed solely by E. Al 03E3 and sox ; it supenedes any previous invention, and, for Autumn and Winter, is a leading article 01 dress for all class, a. Its price l,ei g only 255. renders it a convincing proof of the wlvantages afforded by the economical prices charged by E. MOSES and Sot.t. She Autumn and Winter Novelties in the maznificeit stock of Hats and Caps, now presented by E. MOSES and Sox, comprise every new, elegant, and fa hlenahle style, which has bee., invented in London and Paris; they arc the most seasonable fisli'ons, the most durable articles, and are charged the most economics' prices. The Autumn and Winter Novelties in the Hosiery Depa tment at E. MOSES and SON'S associate the reheat, most fashionable. and most useful goods, lnd the s,ction exclusively appropriated to Ladies aid Children's Dress and Underclothing displays the most elegant and serviceable articles for the season in unparalleled magnitude of Stock, and at the most economical prices. The Wholesale Clothing. Shirt, and Boot and Shoe Department offers advantages to Captains, Merchants, Emigrants, and others, in the magnitude, superiority, sultabildy of the stock and economy in price, which will render the goods offered by E. Moses and Sox the .rest and most profitable investments which can be made. Full Lusts of Outfits for Emigrants, Ladies, and Gentlemen, with ship•ssiling information, gratis, on application, or post free. CAUTION. -h. MOSCs And SON regret having Lu guard the public against imposition, lif..vitic !earned that the untrulesman -like falsehood of Being connected with :heir Establishment," or " It's !he same concern," has been resorted to in many Instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CJNINeXtOiI WITII atir OTOEIi HOME IN OR OUT OF LONDON, excel); their own Eatablishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 154, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 84, Aidgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 500, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Bart-street, all comrnuicattrig. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 50, Bridge-street. t•theffleld Branch, 3f; I'argate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Itlelbourne, Australia. Merchant Nilo. . Clothiers, Hatters, llosterm, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT. —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if destred, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods arc marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunse on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book for :1 Ilium anti Winter. The Commercial Cornu coma," contatni , ig full lists of prices, our system of self-measure ment, may be had on application, or post-free. ment ici Bt t e ,, ;; ) Qui si aria Italian, parle Francais. Hier sprieht roan Deutsch Aqua sa habia E,pa-in THE ADMIRALTY. Our ships in the Baltic are winging their way south wards, like a string of wild geese in search of a, miider climate at the approach of winter. When we—first of the press—announced the approaching return of the Baltic fleet, we were rather uncivilly contradicted and reprimanded by some confiding brethren of the press. Time now shows that our information was but too cor rect. After the return was decided on there was a momentary flutter and hesitation in high quarters. The no-result of the Eighty armament sent to the Baltic was too humiliating : could not something still be done ? The discussion led to—nil. After a momentary pause the route homeward was resumed. The sop of priority in the publication of the Admiralty despatches was administered just at the right moment. Some little time ago a denunciation of the resultess campaign in the Baltic appeared in the columns of the Russian journal, so well put, and conclusively argued, that everybody wondered to see it there. On Saturday last, however, Cerberus was mollified, and, with a whine of admiration, licked the hand he had threatened . to bite. Such are the effects of "the comp liments of the Secretary to the Admiralty." Who should bear the blame that the great expedition to the Baltic has turned out a coup nianquii will appear when Parliament meets. It would be pre-judging the case to blame any one till the whole correspondence be tween Government and the admiral in command has been published, and until the Admiral or his friends " explain." At present it seems likely that the Admi ralty sent forth the Baltic fleet without the only useful weapon for the work in hand—without gunboats. To judge by its home doin g s, the Admiralty does not appear to be animated b y the pacific spirit of the Pre mier. On the contrary the First Lord, debarred an opportunity of taking part in his countaymen's feats of arms abroad, has been trying to get up a little private fight for the benefit of his bellicose propensities at home. Irritated by Major Beresford's speech at Castle Heding ham, the First Lard put himself into the hands of afriend and despatched a missive to the orator. Had this com mencement of the correspondence (which has not been given to the public) reached its address before the fumes of the post-prandial potations which inspiredthe oratory had evaporated, who knows what might have been the conse quence? Luckily the Dutch courage had gone off, and the speaker was willing to listen to reason. He, too, put him self into the hands of a friend, and the friend advised him to retract and apologise, which was done. The offended party, by the advice if his friend, professed himself satisfied with the withdrawal of the ugly word " coward," though most people are of opinion that other aspersions in the speech, whieh could not so easily have been withdrawn, were fully more offensive. In short, the disputants—like Prussia and Austria — have been contented to substitute a paper currency for the exchange of bullion. Different commentators make different remarks. Seine insinuate that the quarrel was taken up by the First Lord to divert public attention from tile story about the jobbing of the despatches. Others content themselves with wondering whether, at the first meeting of Council, the Premier will rebuke his w arlike colleagu e for seekin g to engage iu an " unneceb nary war,"—.l)aily Non, - ' ~~~ f ~%'`y~ C-.--»- l~ 7- -(_.-e__ . - ... __.......,....._______-.. - - - • ••••• • • ,f, '''. ...N .. - c.:..4,. , -;,,.....„....,---. ~#4.-, -•-,,,-, --- - . - ----- .4%, Z . A ,eri l. 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He has been in command, since Nov. 4, 1844, of the Eagle, 50, in which ship he at first . conveyed Rear-Admiral Samuel Hood Inglefield to the South• East Coast of America, was then employed in North America and the West Indies, and afterwards in the performance of a particular service. Ho was stibsequently appointed . Captain-Superintendent of Deptford Victualling and Dockyards on Jan. 10, 1853. OUR SCREW MEN OF WAR. 'The Colossus, 80, screw, Captain R. S. Robinson, left according to present orders on Wednesday, for the East :India station, to reinforce the squadron there. Her crew :are to be paid wages to-morrow, and the vessel- is to try :the measured mile, to try her engines. Her crew has been made up by a draft of 150 men from the Dauntless, 33, . screw, Captain Ryder. - . MISCELLANEOUS. The Cornwallis, 74, in No. 4 Dock, Devonport, has been I The Danish schooner Gcfion, P.B. Briechtsen, master, suspended, and her two false keels taken out ; the poop from Cardiff, with a cargo of the best quality Welsh coals, has been taken off, and she will be cut, down to be fitted is alongside the Royal Albert, delivering into bar. Other cargoes of the same quality, t o th e amoun t o f 400 t ons , are with a screw. Every preparation is made to commence with the aperture to receive the propeller. to be received. Most of these are shipped in foreign bot- The Centurion, 84 guns, in No. 5 Dock, Devonport, has toms, at a much l ower ra t e o f f re i ght than cou ld b e t a k en also been suspended, for the necessary alterations for her upon charter by our own coas ti ng vesse l s. Th e G e fi on de being fitted for the screw ; although nearly a new ship, livered a cargo of barley from Odense at Gloucester, and symptoms of the rot have been met with in her frame. proceeded to Cardiff in ballast. The Ajax, 60, screw steam-ship, Captain Warden, ar- SHEERNESS. - Considerable improvements are about rived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Baltic. being made •at thi s y ar d f or the here. Glass masts of boiler masThtse putin Tartar,a at Woolwich screw c h st , e i a s m to c b o e rv n e a t v t i e g , at h e a d v t i nogehhaatdhahmer making and mar i ne - eng i ne makin g . g roofed buildings and glass-covered stores are about She is to be rigged and fitted for sea as soon as possible. being 'erected here on a very extensive scale. The The Miranda, 14, screw corvette, Captain Lyons, had Quadrangle Store Houses-yard is to be covered in with steam up yesterday to try her engines. She will adjust . glass, and largo work s h e d s a h ea d of the docks are also to compasses to-day, ready to go to SPithead- be erected for the conveni ence o f s hi pwr i ghts, ship-joiners, The Brisk, 14, screw steam - sloop, with the Eurydice, &0., working during the winteimouths. Gas is being laid sailing corvette, in tow, arrived yesterday morning from I on to the smitherieg, millwrights' workshops, &c., to enable the White Sea, and anchored - at Spithead. ' long hours to be worked during the *inter, and everything The Swallow, 9, screw sloop, Commander Craufurd, will here bespeaks going to work in right good earnest to pre be ready to go to Spithead the latter emf of the week ; pare our steam and sailing fleet to be all ready to leaveagain she will swing, to test deviation of compasses, ou Wed- early in the forthcoming spring. nesday. The Cossack has completed her coaling from the floating coal depot in Salt Pan Reach. She will be inspected by the commander-ix-chief to-day, 'preparatory to her depar ture for the Black Sea. The commander-in-chief returned from his leave of ab sence on Saturday last, and at three p.m. the commodore's 'goad pendant was struck on board the Royal Albert, and the admiral's flag (blue at the fore) hoisted again on board the Waterloo. . The Volcano, paddle-wheel steam floating factory, has arrived at Woolwich en her return from the Baltic, and has been brought alongside of the wharf wall to undergo some slight repairs preparatory to her proceeding to the Black Sea, under the charge of her present commander, Second Master George Gilp,n. The Cuckoo is being prepared for immediate and parti= cular service. The Marlborough, Indlnman, sailed from Spithead last evening for Madras. .... WOOLWICH, OCT. 14 The Members of the Old Naval Club of 1765 intend cele brating the day of the year on which the battle of Trafal gar took place, agreeably to long established usage, at - the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street, ou Saturday next, the 21st instant ; and it is expected that many mem bers of the club, who were youths or young commissioned officers in the battle, will be present at this, the 49th anni versary, to meet a distinguished guest invited by the pre sident for the occasion. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—Gegrge Macintosh Balfour (1846), from the Ajax, 40, screw steam-ship, on the Baltic station, to the Hannibal, 91, screw. steam-ship, .at Sheerness. , Hon. Arthur Hay (1853), from the Vestal, 26, on the North America and West Indies station, to the, Ajax, vice Bal four. Master's-Assistant—John W. Harding, to the Indefati gable, 50, on the south-east of America station. Master—Samuel S. Flinn (1825), to be a retired com mander of 1846. MILITARY. SUPPLIES FOR THE WOUNDEb .IN THE CRIME.L.—Tho following interesting .and well-timed - communication ap pears in the Dublin Sews Letter It was inadvertently stated that acting assistant-surgeon Arthur Gordon had been appointed 'to the Cossack; it should have been Arthur 111`lienna.. " anxiety being , expressed by those having friends at the seat of war, in consequence of the statements that there is no provision made for the wounded,' I beg you will kindly insert, for the information of the, public, the following list of articles that to my own knowledge have been despatched to Tuikey, and must - have arrived there long since.--Your obedient servant, ARRIVAL OF THE CUMBERLAND FROM THE BALTIC. The Cumberland, 70, Capt. George H. Seymour, arrived at the Great Nore yesterday morning from the Baltic. She will be towed into harbour to-day. Silo will be immedi ately taken into the fitting basin. The officers and ship's company will be transferred to the victualling stores pre pared for the reception of ships' crews returning from the Baltic, and the ship will be taken into dry dock to make good damage sustained by her having been in collision with a French man-of-war. " JOLIPFE TUFNELL. "Port wine, 600 doz. ; brandy, 300 gallons; preserved meat, 10 cwt..; essence of beef, 10 cwt. ; preserved potatoes, 45 cwt. ; sago, .6 cwt. ; arrowroot, 6 cwt. ; barley, 15 cwt. ; sugar, 5,000 lbs. ; tea, 2,5001b5. ; cholera belts, 40,000; blankets, 10,000; rugs, 5,000; palliasses, 5,000; bolsters 5,000; sheets, 15,000; hair mattresses, 2,000; bedstalls, 2,500 ; waterproof beds, 1,000 ; water filters, 20 ; muslin for musquito curtains, 2,000 yards ; sponges, 2,000; calico bandages; 37,000; flannel ditto; 9,500 ; splints in sets, 1,000; lint, 3,3001b5. ; surgeon's tow, 4,0001b5. ; old linen l i sheets, 700 pair; with other matters, surgical and medical, in similar proportion, but which it is needless to insert, as the above list of necessaries will afford to the public some idea of the provision already made." MILITARY INSI'ECTIONS.—Major-General Eden, C. 8., in the course of his half-yearly inspection of the Kilkenny Military district, inspected the following stations during the week :—Oa Tuesday, Captain O'Gorman's company of the 90th Light Infantry at Maryborough ; same day, the depot battalion, consisting of the 41st, 47th, and 55th de pets, under the command of Colonel Townsend, at Tem plemore ; on Wednesday, the depot of the 13th Light In fantry, under Major Burslem, and Captain Grant's troop IGth Lancers, at Clonmel ; on Thursday, the depot of the 89th Regiment, under Brevet Lieuteuant-Colonel Graham, at Waterford ; on Friday, the garrison of Kilkenny, con sisting of the depot of the 17th Regiment, under Major Cole, Captain Smith's troop of the 7th Dragoon Guards, and the demi-battery of artillery, under Lieutenant-Colonel Nedhara. • Tho inspection at our barracks commenced at 11 o'clock and ended at noon, after which the general visited the regimental schools, &c., and express3d himself perfectly pleased with the entire efficiency of the interior economy of the depot and garrison generally.—Kilkenny Moderator. A battery of artillery will shortly arrive in Norwich. It will consist of 195 rank and file, 183 horses, and six guns. Orders have been given to have the barracks ready for their reception.—Norfolk, Chronicle. In addition to the draughts of the Guards, the follow ing detachments will embark next week in the Robert Lowe for the Crimea : —7th Fusileers, 2 sergeants, and 80 men ; 19th Regiment, 2 sorggonts and 80 men ; 23d Fusi leers, 2 sergeants and 100 men ; 33d Regiment, 2 sergeants and 100 men ; 88th, Ensigns Kenny and Preston, and about 80 men . ; 95th, Lieut. Probart, 2 sergeants, and 80 men. Major-General Hay, who succeeds. Lieutenant-General Sutherland in the command at the Mauritius, is to sail on the 22d inst. Viscount Melville having accepted the command of the forces in North Britain, Major-General Allen Maclean, an old and meritorious Waterloo officer, succeeds to his lord ship's command in India. A circular has just been issued to commanding officers from the Horse Guards, to the effect that the General Commanding•in-Chief has decided that the distribution into service and depot troops, when employed in the field abroad, shall bo as follows, viz.:— Four Service Troops :-26 sergeants, 4 trumpeters, 4 farriers, 16 corporals, 290 privates, and 300 horses. Two Depot Troops :-8 sergeants, 3 trumpeters, 2 farriers, 7 corporals, 123 privates, and 72 horses. Total, 31 sergeants, 7 trumpeters, 6 farriers, 23 corporals, 427 privates, and 372 horses. We regret to have to add to the list of deaths from cholera in the army in the Crimea the name of Lieut.-Colonel Beckwith, of tho Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade. Colonel Beckwith had landed at the Crimea, but was compelled by indisposition to return to the ship. He somewhat rallied from the disease, and seemed likely to recover, but experi enced a relapse on the 23d, which terminated his life on the 24th. He was interred on the shores of the Crimea with military honours. THE MILITIA. PRESENTATION OF COLOURS TO TUR SECOND SOMERSET MILITIA. The 2d Somerset Regiment of Militia being about to leave Bath, for garrison duty at Cork, the ceremony of presenting colours to it took place on Saturday. Lord Auckland, tho Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, Lord Port- man, the lord - lieutenant of the county, the Hon. Miss Portman (by whom the colours were presented), the mayor and magistrates of the borough, and a large body of clergy, took part in the proceedings. THE LANCASHIRE MILITIA AND THE WAR.—An in teresting scone occurred this (Saturday) afternoon in Cana bridge Barrack -square, the quarters of the Lancashire militia, Col. Clinton, the commanding officer of the regi ment, calling the men out and telling them that their services might be valuable, under present cir cumstances, abroad, and asking them where they would prefer to go—whether Corfu, Malta, or any other place. The reply was spontaneous that they would prefer to go at once to the seat of war and to no other place ; although it was afterwards generally added that they were ready to go to any place wherever their officers would lead them—an evidence of confidence in, and the good feeling they enter tain towards, their officers. They gave three hearty cheers for their colonel aid officers, and then throe for his lady. This latter demonstration of good feeling may well bo accounted for from the warm interest this lady has ever displayed in the welfare of the men, and which has very recently been exhibited in Mrs. Clifton's giving to the children of all the men in the regiment a quantity of winter clothing. It must bo gratifying to the country to know of the courageous disposition manifested by the Lancashire Regiment, and we fool sure that the Hampshire, Wilt shire, and Middlesex Regiments, also in this garrison, will display the same disposition when called upon. We be lieve that recruiting parties have gone out to-night from the Lancashire and Wiltshire Regiments to their respective counties to augment them from 600 to 930 men each. - Portsinout4 Times. DEPARTURE OF THE VIFREDO. • MALTA, OCT. 10. The Vifredo, screw steam transport, which arrived from Portsmouth on the Gth, as already reported, with detach ments of the 79th and 88th, several military and commis sariat officers and employes, left again on the same day for the seat of war, followed on the morning of the Bth by the Sphynx, steam frigate, which arrived from Plymouth on the evening of tho 7th with supernumeraries for the Black Sea fleet. The Stromboli and Salamander steam frigates arrived from England on the Bth, the former laden with cordage and other stores, the latter with shot and shells, for the fleet. The Stromboli left for the Black Sea on the macuilag o the XObh, Who Lynn . .loMY &44 -boat Kam from Plymouth on the Bth; and left for the Black Sea on the oth, followed on the 10th by the Viper, which arrived from England and Lisbon on the night of. the" 9th. The Balbec, screw merchant steamer, arrived from Liverpool on the Bth, and left for Conitantinople on the 9th, having on board Lieutenant oreville, Lieutenant Heneage, and the Hon. W. A. Amherst, of Ple Coldstream Guards ; Messrs. Carte, Taylor, Kellett, and Titterdon, of the Staff. Dr. Walsh went passenger by the .Stromboli. The Ara bian screw steamer arrived from Alexandria on the Bth, and left for Liverpool on the 9th. The Army and Navy screw steamer arrived from Smyrna on the 9th, and left for England on the 10th, fruit laden. EXTANSION OF THE EGYPTIAN RAILWAY TO' SUEZ. We extract the following from a despatch re ceived via Marseilles in anticipation of the Over land Mail:-- The extension of the Egyptian Railway to Suez would materially reduce the cost of steam navgation in the Red Sea. At the present rates of freight the Peninsular and Oriental Company find it cheaper to c3nvey their supply of coal on the backs of camels across the desert than to' ship it round' the Cape. The extension of the .Bombay Great Indian. Peninsular Railway to the Ner budda coalfields is also a desideratum, but the progress of that line , has been.stopped by Lord Dalhousie, at the advice of Colonel Kennedy, late consulting engineer to the Pcv.ernn3ent alhdia, in favour of a competing line got up by that officer, of which.he is himself the manager, and of which two of his nephews are respectively engineer and secretary. The expensei of the preliminary surreys of this new company are to be paid by the Court of Direc tors, while those of the Great Indian Peninsular . Com pany have been paid by its shareholders. •At Bombay the general opinion is that Colonel Kennedy's scheme will ultimately fall to the ground. The engineering advisers of the local Government are strongly opposed to it, and it is evident to the merest tiro in railway en gineering that the grounds on which the Colonel bases his scheme are entirely erroneous. He advises that the steepest gradient admissible on trunk lines should be. lin 2,000, the ruling gradient of the English Great Western being as steep as about 1 in 330. With such views, an ascent of the Ghauts is, of course, out of the question, and the Colonel thinks it worth while to ,go round by Surat and the Taptee-160 miles out of the direct line—to - avoid them. Thu} ignorant dread of the Ghauts is one of the greatest difficulties that railway engineers have had to contend with on this side of India. The Thull Ghaut ascent would be only five miles in length ; its cost only 47,0001. per mile ; its inclination the same as that of the Lickey incline on the Birmingham and Glocestor Railroad ; its curves double the radius of those found to be unobjectionable 'at equal inclinations on the Somerring ; and, as regards the cost of working, the lo comotive and traffic manager of the Bombay Railway (taking into consideration the fact of the bulk of the traffic being downwards) offers to work the five miles of the Ghaut ascent at the average cost of twice that dis tance (11 miles) of the other portion of the line • econo mically, therefore, it would not be worth while to go even 10 miles round to avoid the Ghauts. As re gards the local accommodation it would afford or the facility of construction, the superiority of the direct line surveyed by the Great Indian Peninsular Com pany over Colonel Kennedy's roundabout line is decided and unquestionable. From Bombay to Surat Colonel Kennedy's line would run along the coast and have to compete with one of the cheapest lines of water-carriage in the world. The pro pesed crossing of the arm of the sea dividing Salsette from the main land I believe to be economically imprac ticable, and thence to Surat tidal creeks running far inland are of frequent occurrence. From a few miles above Surat to Candeish the course of Colonel Kennedy's line would be through a rocky and almost uninhabited jungle, the deadly malaria of which is proverbial in Western India, and its course would be much obstructed by the frequent and terrible ravines which break down into the bed of the Taptee, and which are so well known to every sportsman who has shot along its banks. On the other hand, the course of the direct line effects an enormous saving in distance, and presents no engineering difficulties besides the Ghaut ascent; it traverses the rocky belt of country separating the productive plains and valleys of the interior from the Bombay coast, and blocking up the lower portion of the Taptee and Nerbudda valleys, taps the great plains of the Godavery at the most eligible point. For 45 or 50 miles its course lies over these plains, which stretch thence without a 'break to the Madras coast. Leaving these plains, the line enters the valley of Candeish through a complete gap some miles wide—the Indegadree range, without any considerable earthwork. Thence it follows the Girua, crosses the Taptee, and reaches Burhampore, the old capital of a province as fertile as Bengal, which, in the time of the Moguls, is said to have yielded a revenue of 3,000,000 sterling. Thence it crosses, at Asseerghur, the water shed separating the Taptee and Nerhudd a valleys. This country for a few miles is uneven, but it presents no engineering difficulties ; no tunnelling is necessary, and not much earthwork, and the gradients are unobjection able. It then enters the valley of the Nerbudda, which it taps close to the western extremity of the fertile plain that runs along its southern bank throughout G ocndwana—the country that supplies Malwa with wheat and Europe and America with white linseed, the straw of which (at present only used for burning) would be thus rendered available in quantities exceeding the former supply of hemp from Russia. The hills on each side of the valley abound in iron, and those on the southern side in coal. The latter has been proved in the furnaces of the Bombay steamers and factories to be of better quality than any hitherto imported from Wales or Scotland, and it crops out close to the line in beds of a thickness altogether unprecedented in any European or American coal-field. The working surveys and estimates of the Groat India Peninsular Railway are now completed as far as Jub bulpore (I have lately had an opportunity of examin ing them), and they are now being extended to meet the Calcutta line at Mirzapore. A branch between 50 or 60 miles long would connect the line between Asseerghur and Ilossungabad with Indore, the capital of the rich State of Malwa ; and this branch might ultimately he extended to Rajpootana and Delhi. I have no personal predilections whatever in respect to any one concerned in either of these competing lines, and have no shares in either, but I am well acquainted with the districts they traverse. I was formerly en gaged in examining the engineering capabilities and collecting their traffic statistics, with a view to the ex tension of railway communication between Bombay and the interior, and, in common with all those acquainted with the productive resources and the engineering ca pabilities of the Gunga.thuree (or plain of the Godavery), the valley of Candeish and Ellichpore, Goondwana, and Maims, I cannot but regard the introduction of the principle of competing lines, and the consequent delay of the direct Bombay and Mirzapore line by the Thull Ghaut and the Nerbudda coal fields, as the greatest blow to the progress of Western India that has been struck since the subjection of the Bombay Government (even in matters of the minutest detail), to the distant authority and often petty and jealous interference of the Supreme Government of India. [PRIC E SD. 80,000 men, under a leader in whom they hav e i justly 'the greatest confidence., has now remained inactive since the comb a t a t' diurgevo, except that a , gradual advance has been made.along, the whole line of the Principalities. 'We know with certainty, that the Russian forces lately opposed to Oiner Pasha,havej been reduced, for some of them had arrived before the battle of the Alma by forced marches in the Crimea ; and more of these troops are probably hurrying to the assist • mice of General Osten-Sacken, who is said to have the chief command in the northern portion of the Peninsula. It therefore becomes of great moment to the armies operating against Sebastopol that the Turkish forces should attempt a diversion, in order to prevent the con cettration of the Russian armies, and this may be effected either by entering Bessarabia or by throwing a Turkish expedition on some other part of the coast. The former of these plans would be at once the easiest and most effective, and it would have the additional advantage of bringing matters to a crisis between Austria and Russia, as well as between Austria and the German, States. In the pre sent position of those two empires, neither of them will attack the other, but both of them are so very near the brink of war that the slightest incident would probably be followed by declared hostilities. Omer Pasha operating on the frontier of Bessarabia would practically have the Austrian army to support him, for Austria has declared that she mill in no case suffer Russian troops to re-cross the Pruth, even to avenge an attack Upon themselves. , He has, therefore, every inducement to advance with confidence. No Turkish military commander or states man ever made war against Russia under 'circumstances ; equally favourable, and the more extensive these corn bitted operations of the allies may become, the more cer tain will be their result.—Times. ARRIVAL OF TEM EUJtYDICE. The Eurydice, 26, Captain Erasmus Ommanney, was telegraphed to the Admiralty as having arrived in the Downs on Saturday from the White Sea. BURSTING OF ONE OF LANCASTER'S 68-POUNDER GUNS. Intelligence has been received in the garrison at Wool wich of the bursting of one of Lancaster's 68-pounder guns with oval bore, while practising with it with the usual charge of powder and shells, at Shoeburyness, on Thursday morning. Fortunately no person was hurt, with the ex ception of a small portion of the skin being taken off the nose of one of the sergeants of Vac Royal Artillery. There were several narrow escapes, one of the pieces having passed between the legs of Sergeant Watson ; and a piece knocked over the time table, on which a clock was placed for counting the number 9f seconds of the flight of the shell, and where three persons were standing a minute before the explosion took place. A portibn of the gun was thrown on the sand, and the other in the fields. MEDICAL OFFICERS FOR THE EAST. SHEERNESS, Oct 10.—The Valorous, steam-frigate, left here on Saturday last, at 3.30 p.m., direct for the Medi terranean and Black Sea. _ _ Tho following medical officers have taken passage in her for Turkey, to join the army : —T. F. Loughe ad, M.D., E. P. Boyle, M.D., C. H. Tovey, M.D., A. Hawkins, M.D., A. Salter, M.D., W. J. Paliologus, M.D., Win. Grant, M.D., Grange, M.D., —Biddle, M.D., Erskine, M.D. Four others also proceeded, who did not give their names. The Moir key steam-tug vessel arrived here from Woolwich a short time before the departure of the Valorous with patent floating lights for the use of the Black Sea fleet. Lieutenant Wil liam Alfred Smith, late of the Basilisk, in the Baltic, has taken up his commission, and joined this ship, vice Lieu tenant Dent, at Melville Hospital with small-pox. Lieu tenant Dent, Mr. Gamer, master, and one seaman, are left behind iu hospital. With•this exception she takes all her old crew out with her. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The officers for trial by courts martial, which aro to take place on Tuesday (to-morrow), on board the Waterloo, hare arrived here, late of the Investigator, Resolute, and Assistance. The North Star and Talbot crews will be occupied all his week in returning provisions here. THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS. The Admiralty have decided on granting the Russian prisoners each 2lbs. of good mixed rye bread (soft) for their daily use, decreasing a small quantity of cocoa and tea ; they will have the same supply of meat, soup, and other small stores as heretofore. The prisoners will have the privilege of making their own broad on shore, under proper inspection, the same to be baked and sent on board for their use daily. All the soldiers expres'i the highest satisfaction at this arrangement. There are still about 200 prisoners on board the Benbow. Captain Snellman, who was left behind siok, in consequence of rupturing a blood vessel in his throat, has so far recovered as to be able to get about again. This officer and Mr. Back, a merchant master, late of the Carl, are the only two officers here now residing on shore on parole. Back, being a Russian- Finnish subject, has made an application to the proper au thorities to be sent to Lewes to join the Finnish officers there on parole. Tho Admiralty have decided that none of the masters of the ships detained for breaking the blockade can be allowed 7s. per day. Back, being a Rus sian subject, has this privilege granted to him, he being a lawful prisoner of war. DEATH OF CAPTAIN MARTIN, C.B. This gallant officer, who was appointed Captain Super intendent of Deptford victualling and dockyards in J anu ary, 1853, and whose urbanity of manner endeared him to all who had to serve under him, died at Nottingham on Sa turday. Captain Martin had been slightly indisposed for somo time, owing to the great exertions he had to perform on the declaration of war with Russia, when so many transports were required to be supplied with stores at Deptford for transmission to the fleets in the Baltic and Black sea. According to " Bryne's Naval Biography," George Bohun Martin was third and youngest son of the late Mr. Henry Martin, of Colston Basset, Notts, a magis trate for the county , M.P. for Kinsale, and one of the Masters in Chancery, by Maria Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Francis Edmunds, of Worsborough, Yorkshire. He was nephew of the late Sir George Martin, G.C.8., Admiral of the Fleet. This officer entered the R oyl Naval College April 3 1812, and embarked April lBl5, as midshipman on board the Impregnable, 93, Captain Samp son Rowley, bearing the flag of Sir Josias Rowley, in the Mediterranean, where in the following October he removed to tho Spartan, 38, Captain Phipps Hornby. Quitting that ship in July, 1816, ho next, until the receipt of his first commission, . dated March 17, 1821, served on the I Channel, Mediterranean, and Cork stations, in the Mada gascar and Meander frigates, both commanded by Captain Sir James Alexander Gordon; Ganymede, 26, Captains William M'Culloch and Hon. Robert Cavendish Spencer; Wasp sloop, Captain Wm. Woolridge ; Hyperion, 42, Cap tain Thomas Searle ; Newcastle, 60, Captain Arthur Fan shawe ; Cadmus and Brisk sloops, each under the orders of Captain Sir J. Montagu ; Spencer, 74, flag-ship of Sir J. Rowley; and acting-lieutenant of the Sappho, sloop, Cap. tain J. H. Plurnridge. On the date of his official promo motion as above, Mr. Martin was nominated flag lieutenant in the Queen Charlotte, 100, to Admiral SirJ. fl.Whitshed, commander-in -chief at Portsmouth, obtaining a second pro noted commission in consequence, April 24, 14 he as rill7, 1827, of Musquito, 1 82 0, C ana re sumed command, Ap turning to the Mediterranean was afforded an opportunity of sharing, October 20 following, in the battle of Navarino. His conduct on that occasion procured him bhe honours above indicated, C. 8,, K.S.L., K.S.A., and K.R.G., and was the cause of his being advanced (as soon as he served the necessary time as commander) to post rank, April 19, 1828. His next appointments were, April 17, 1833, and October 31 , 135, to Oil isloiAgoa 28, Ana Caledonia, 120 I THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. The telegraphic despatches which reached us yester day are chiefly from Russian sources, communicated at Vienna, and they do not add anything of importance to what was already known. The positions ascribed to the allied armies are precisely those whieh we have already determined by inference, between the slope of the mountains which skirt the port of Balaklava and the coast immediately south of Sebastopol; and, we may add, that the whole coast or undercliff from Balaklava to Aloushta must be in our power ; for it is highly im probable that any Russian detachment should have been left in that narrow tract of country between the Yaila mountains and the sea, where it would be separated from the main body of the army. Even supposing that ten days have been consumed in the construction of the siege batteries before they open their fire on the place, that period is by no means long. Two siege trains of heavy guns, said to amount in all to 140 pieces, are to be landed from the transports which brought them from Woolwich and Toulon, conveyed for a distance of six or seven miles over a chain of hills, and placed in position. The works required for the erection of such batteries and for the protection of the troops must be considerable, even if the dry and rocky nature of the soil does not altogether obstruct the excavation of regular approaches and covered ways. In that case, which is the more pro bable alternative, the engineers will have to rely, as they did at Bomarsund, on artificial materials, such as sacks of earth, gabions, and fascines, all of which have to be transported from the ships. If our readers will recall to mind the number of days spent at Bomarsund in these preliminary ope rations, and the amount of preparation required before throe small batteries of three or four guns each could be opened on the forts there, although those operations were conducted with great spirit and vigour, they will readily perceive that such an enterprise as the siege and bombardment of Sebastopol is not to be begun in a couple of days. There is, however, every reason to be lieve that these measures are proceeding rapidly and successfully, and it deserves particular notice that we have heard nothing of any attempt on tho part of the enemy to interrupt them. One Russian column made its appearance in the direction of General Cathcart's division, but it retired without coming to blows ; and it seems clear that the breaching batteries may be so placed as to destroy the forts of the town without being exposed to their fire in return. The fire upon the Quarantine Battery, already reported to have commenced on the 4th inst., is now stated to have been from some of the steamers, and it will very likely turn out to be no more than a trial of the range of some of the new guns against that fort. While the forces of the Western Powers by land and by sea are concentrated on this most important under■ taking, we should learn with great satisfaction that Onier Pasha had commenced the movement which has been long talked of upon Bessarabia. The Tur- Itiob, waxy of the Danube, which coneiata of nearly .~ z • , // er" , THE SING 'OF DENMARK AND HIS MINISTERS. The struggle between the King of Denmark and his people has reached an anxious crisis. The. King has refused to recognise the constitutional veto of the repre sentatives of the people upon his appointment of bad ministers ; and the representatives of the people have resolved to, impeach the Ministers who have instigated their Sovereign to such an unconstitutional resolve, and have been his instruments in carrying it into effect. At their last sitting, they voted by a majority of 80 to 6 the appointment of a committee of. nine to draw up the articles of impeachment. The Danes are naturally loyal ; under many provocations they have up to the last moment confined their attacks to Ministers ; not a whis per was heard against the King. His unwise conduct, however, appears to be'producing a change in this respect. Within the last week or two unpleasant ebullitions of popular feeling, directed against the King personally, have been witnessed. Nothing, however, of this has Yet found its way into the Representative Assembly. Every step taken there has been characterised by irre proachable legality and decorum. It is well for the Danes that this contest has - been post poned until the mad ambition of the Czar brought France and England into the field in arms. Their present dy nasty is regarded by the Czar as part of his own family ; their country as an inheritance which must one day fall to him or his successors. It is not probable that he would have ventured upon an armed interference be tween them and their King, even had he not been other wise engaged. But had the season of negotiations and protocols not been passed, he would assuredly have set the whole of European diplomacy upon them, which might have been still more detrimental. Again, the Prussian Government has been taken with the crotchet of making itself a maritime power, and might have grasped at an opportunity of resnscitstmg discord be tween the Danish and German populations of Denmark. As affairs now stand, the Danes have a prospect of being left to settle their domestic controversies without foreign interference. The whole civilised world has an interest in the preservation of the independence of Denmark. The Danes wish to be governed by a Dane, and it would therefore be the height of injustice to allow them to bo absorbed into any German state. Again, the amal gamation of all the Scandinavian states into one mon archy, which some have dreamed of, might have an un favourable influence on the free navigation of the Baltic. It is not desirable that both sides of the nar row entrance into that sea should bo in the possession of the same Power. But the preservation of the inde pendence of Denmark is incompatible with any foreign interference in its domestic affairs.. If the great Powers of Europe were to take upon them to dictate to Den mark by what institutions it is to be governed, they would find the exercise of this wardship the source of innumerable jealousies and broils among themselves, and might be tempted to wink at the extinction of the state, in order to remove the apple of discord from amongst them. Whichever party conquer in the present intestine strife—whether the people succeed in asserting •their freedom, or the monarch in trampling it down—there is one question with which the new Government must be prepared to grapple—that of the Sound Dues. The ex action of a tribute imposol in a state of society which bas long ceased to exist will not be much longer en dured by other nations.—Daily News. OPTINING OF TRADE WITH JAPAN. (Prom the IVashington Union of Sept. 28.) The following interesting information has been received from Commodore M. C. Perry, commanding the United States' naval forces in the East India, China, and Japan seas, dated— " United States steam-frigate Powhattan, Harbour of Hakodadi, Island of Jesse, Japan, May 30. " I have examined the ports of Simoda and Hakodadi, which are te be opened to the vessels of the United States, and and happy to inform the department that with respect to geographical position, convenience of ingress and egress and commodiousness for all the purposes required, they can not be surpassed. This is ono of the safest and most con venient harbours I have ever seen for vessels of all classes, and it is sufficiently capacious to hold half the navies of the world. " The authorities and people of the two towns and their vicinities have manifested much kindness and attention. The ships have been promptly supplied, at reasonable prices, with wood, water, and such other articles as the country could furnish. The singular abstemiousness of the Japanese from animal food has never made it necessary for them to rear and fatten animals for the market, and hence the scarcity of that aliment so necessary to the people of the western nations. It is quite probable, however, that they will hereafter be better prepared to meet the demands of the vessels visiting the two ports. Poultry and fish, and, at the proper seasons, fruit and vegetables, may be obtained in reasonable quantities, and ono or two ships could always be provided with a sufficiency for their wants. "At both places the officers and those of the crows who have been permitted to leave the ships go freely about in town and country, and on fishing and shooting excursions, visiting the shops, the temples, and other places of interest, without the slightest hindrance or molestation, and are everywhere treated with kindness and respect, and espe cially by the country people. But ono instance has oc curred of annoyance to any ono, and this was at Simoda; and, on its being represented to me, I demanded and re ceived an apology f r om th e prefect, who disavowed the acts of the officers who committed the oif6nce. " According to arrangement, lam to meet one or more of the Imperial Commissioners at Simoda on the 15th of next mouth (June), to settle various matters connected with a proper understanding of the treaty ; after this is accomplished, I shall return to Hong Kong by way of Oho Sima Loo Choo, and the ports of Ningpo, Foochow, and Amoy, in China. The officers of my command have con structed siveral valuable charts of the harbours and coasts of Japan, and our collections of specimens of natural his tory and of drawings, sketches, &e. is rapidly increasing. One of the vessels in the squadron is now engaged in making a reconnaissance of Volcano Bay, a conviaient anchorage, about 70 miles from this port. " Until this time I have not had it in my power to in stitute in a thorough manner the researches and inquiries which the Department has ordered in its instructions of October 26, 1852, May 16, 1853, and June 11, 1854, with respect to the fate of our follow-countrymen, supposed either to have been lost at sea or to be still alive and held in captivity in Formosa or the islands of Japan. " The authorities here have furnished answers to my several inquiries upon the subject, herewith enclosed, and I propose to send the Macedonian, accompanied by the Southampton, to Formosa, there to prosecute every pos sible research, and at the same time to examine the coal region of that island. As evidence of__ the good understanding subsisting, as well at this place as at Kanagawa and Simoda, I may remark that the prefect, governor, mayor, and other per sons of rank visited this ship by invitation last evening, and were entertained by mo at a formal supper. " With great respect, I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, _ "M. C. PERRY. " Commander•in-Chief, United States' Naval Forces, East India, China, and Japan seas. "Hon. J. C. Dobbi n , S e cretary of the Navy, Washington." The Utica ( United States) herald has been furnished with the following copy of the letter of the Japanese authorities to Commodore Perry on his return to the islands last winter : " The return of your Excellency as ambassador from the United States to this empire has been expected, accord ing to the letter of his Majesty the President, which letter your Excellency delivered last year to his Majesty the Emperor of Japan. It is quite impossible to give satis factory answers at once to all the proposals of your Go vernment, since these points are most positively forbidden by the laws of our Imperial House ; but for us to con tinue bi go t e dly attached to the ancien t laws seems to rills. understand the spirit of the age, and we wish rather to conform to what necessity requires. At the visit of your Excellency last year his Majesty the former Emperor was sick and is now dead. a r s e ce in nd th ed e " Since his Majesty th e p resent Em p er or hasis ca the throne the many occupations demanding h consequen ce thereof aro not yet finished, and there r is no is finis to settle the other business thoroughly ;moreover, his Majesty e majesty the now Emperor , at his accession to the throne, promises to the Princes and high officers of the empi re t o o b ser ve the laws. It is therefore evident that he cannot now bring about any alteration in the ancient laws. Last autumn, at the departure of the Dutch ship, the superin tendent of the Dutch trade in Japan was icquested to in form your Government of At Nagasaki,this event, and a re pl y i n writ ing has been received, theveßisuhssioafnhais Go vernment sador recently arrived to communicate a ; ho has sin ce left that place, because no answer would be given tio.roawnyevnation that m i g ht commun i ca t e similar wishes. rhoon ugly er, we admit the urgency, and vvkuply vith g at , propo g ii of YQ Ci9TOll3. rant concerning - coal, wood, water, provisions, and the saving of ships and their crews in distress. "After Laing informed which harbour your Excellently his selected, that harbour shall bo prepared, and this pre paration it is estimated will take about five years. Mean while a commencement can be made with the.coal at Nagadski' by the beginning of the next Japanese year (Feb. 10, 18.55). Having no precedent with respect to coal s we reqiiest your Excellency to furnish us with an esti mate, and, upon due consideration, this will be complied with if not in opposition to our laws. What do you ender san ypr sions?- and how much coal? Finally, any. thing that ships may be in want of which can be fur nished from the productions of the empire shall be supplied, the prices of merchandise and articles of barter to be fixed upon. by Kurnhama, Kahci, Moiryama Yenoski. After settling the point above mentioned, the treaty can be con• eluded and signed at the next interview. "Seal attached by order of the Imperial Commission. MOIRTAISIA YENOSKI, Chief Interpreter. ig K a Tel, 7th year, Ist moon, 26th day (Feb. 25,1551.)." EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT SPARKENROk BARMERS' CLUB DINNER-MR. COL VLLE, M.P., IN DISGRACE. • We have been favoured with the following report of a boisteroui and exciting meeting of the Sparkenhoe Farmers' Club.. Adler the close of the meetings, a dinner was held, to which the wives and daughters of the farmers were invited, and a number of other ladies attended. In proposing a toast—" The Ladies," the hon. gentleman committed a flagrant breach of gal lantry, by making a most unprovoked attack upon the ladies, which was warmly resented, and for which even. an apology was inadequate to wipe away the stain. 'Our readers shall judge for themselves whether thediss approbation exhibited was not well merited e" Set:keno mortalium omnibus horis sapit." The members of this the most prosperous agricultural society in the county have this week held their annual exhibition if Ashby-de-la Zouch, the ladies and gently , men dining together. Among those present were the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the• Ear? and Countess 7 1 .A ri d ll in e, ira th i e an H d on m . rn M . Miss b ß u u t e h s n e n li tte n j E nr ari a • n o d f Howe, L a dy E m il y Curzon, C. R. Colville, t M.P., C an h d es M ter r fi s 'el e d Mrs. Wollaston, 'te e &o. After the Chairman had, in an appropriate speech. proposed the usual loyal toasts, he referred in the most enthusiastic manner to the glorious achievements of the British and French. The Duke of Beaufort responded on behalf of the army, and Admiral Arbuthnot for the Navy. Earl Howe and several other gentlemen then. addressed the meeting, in responding to various toasts. The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of a constant, able, honest, and warm supporter of the agricultural in.. terest, Mr. Colvile, the member for South Derbyshire. , He had not given the toast earlier in the evening e owi n to Mr. Colvile's own modesty, he wishing him not to introduce the toast at all. (Three times three, and one . more for the harriers.) Mr. COLVILE said he returned them his most sincere thanks. The Chairman had attributed to him a good quality, which he never knew till to-day that he pos. sessed, namely, extreme modesty. (A. laugh.) Mr. COLVILE rose and said—A toast has been en trusted to my feeble hands, which I consider—and I have no doubt you will, when you hear it—by far the most important one that will be offered to your notice this evening. It is no loss than !else health of the ladies —(loud cheering)—and especially those ladies who have honoured us with their presence to-day. (Renewed cheering.) Heartily agreeing with the remarks that have fallen from some of the previous speake rs , I also join with them in saying how extremely delighted lam in seeing them here present. It is certainly a new feature in agricultural meetings, and one which, I trust, as it has answered so successfully, will be persevered in. If you will allow me to say, I think thar one of the greatest failings of our age, in relation to agricultural, affairs, is this—that the farmers' wives are too proud for their business. (No, no, hisses, and commotion.) The CHAIRMAN—Fair play, gentlemen, fair play. Mr. COLVILE —lt always gives me pleasure—(cries of " No, no," down, down")—it always give me pleasure, when I see so many gallant bachelors ; with their future wives, taking part in these meetings. Of this lam sure, , that everything I may say to-night will, from their mouths, meet with due correction. It is, therefore, that I have observed, with the greatest pleasure, so many fair faces around me, and see them taking an interest in agricultural affairs ; for, depend upon it, if you in tend to make a good dairy of cheese, you have not much time to play on the pianoforte. (This sentence was the signal: for an outburst of groans, hiSses, 'and Gam' marks of disapprobation, mingled with cries of "Down," "We won't hear you," " Shame," " Enough," &c. The disturbance was only quelled by a farmer getting up and calling upon them as farmers and Englishmen, who loved fair play, to hear every man out.) The CHAIRMAN—Fair play, gentlemen, is the charac teristic of the British subject ; and you can answer any thing that may be said; Mr. COVILE—I have no intention to say anything to hurt your feelings. (A. Voice—" Retract what you have said, then, like a man.") I was going to say— (groans)—it gave me great pleasure to see so excellent a show—(oh, oh)—of poultry here to-day. (Here one 4 of the farmers imitated the cackling of a goose.) When I look down the list, I see that a majority of those pens were exhibited by ladies, and I am sure that is a symp tom of the very deep interest they take in agriculture. I only hope that all of yon, whipe,you go home, will the ladies to enjoy thoie prizes they have so justly won here to-day. (A cry of "Down! what do you think of that for a members)! Parliament ?" &c.) But, gentlemen, I think, having invited the ladies to join us at this meet ing, we are doing little to amuse them while we exhibit but cows and pigs for their edification. How much you would improve yourshow if you would add one thing more. I find a prize is given to the labourer who has the great est number of children ; how much better it would be if these babies could be exhibited ! (Hisses and groans.) How different is the condition of the farmers now to what it was ! Their greatest difficulty now is to find places in which to put the corn they have grown. (Cry of "Down.") I think that there is no amusement and no employment in which Englishmen can be engaged which affords a greater variety of pleasure than that of agricul ture. Having made these few remarks, I will now give the health of the "Ladies," and join with it the wife of our excellent president, Major Wollaston. (Mingled cheers for the ladies and groans for the speaker.) Mr. Ceurroer, of Sharnford, a tenant tenger, and-one , of the committee, rose and said—Our excellent chairman said if we would hear the last speaker out, he would give us a chance of replying. Before we drink the health of the ladies, allow me to say a few words. (Great con fusion took place, caused by the conflict of opinion as to whether the oompany should at once drink to the ladies; or, before doing so, hear remarks in answer to Mr. Col vile. The toast was drunk ; and during the confusion that prevailed, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, and nearly all the ladies present, with many of the gentle men, left the tent.) Mr. CAMPION resumed—We have been told by such men as the last speaker, that one of the best things the farmer can do, to improve themselves and the landlords, is to educate themselves; and I do think the farmers' wives are capabl e o f attening to the duties of their sta tion, and that they are not the less likely to attend to their duties if they are educated. (Cheers.) I regret ex ceedingly that a sarcasm and a slur should be thrown on the education which they receive. (Cheers, and a voice, " A tenant farmer's wife has as much right to play on a piano as Mrs. Colvile has.) Mr. SWINNERTON said—Before any further proceed ings take place, it is the wish of the committee to call into consideration the language used by a certain gen tleman this evening, and I move that one be summoned. (Hear, hear, and No.) Mr. J. M. BAKER—I beg to second the motion. A gent]: man, whose name did not reach us, sa id h e dare say Mr. Colvile did not intend to say anything that could be in the least insulting, but he only spoke play fully. (A. Voice. "It won't do;" and another, "Three cheers for the farmer's wives ;" which was re sponded to most enthusiastically.) The CHAIRMAN—It is in the power of the committee to do anything they please, but let me ask them to stop it before they come to any decision. lam convinced in my own mind that Mr. Colvile did not mean to insult any one. He may have said two or three foolish things, and I admit ho did wrong—(cheers) but do reflect over it, gentlemen, and do not come to any decision until to morrow morning. Lord HowE said— Will you pardon your old president for one moment—(loud cheers)—if he does entreat you that this matter may be allowed to pass over I It has occurred most unfortunately, and I would have given 2001. myself if I could have prevented it tak ing place. Nobody knows Mr. Colvile more than I do, a nd I assure has made a mistak e and a most unfortunate one, I hav e no well-meaning fellow yon never a e mo x fi r t e e d k . doubt ; but I d o in d (H - h e e n a r r , te h d e , ar o cordial, He implore the committee not to let this happy meeting b e marred by anything like that proposed. You may say I am an impertinent fellow ; but, for m y sak e , pray give up your ideas of hold in g a committee meeting on the subject. Mr. Convs said—l always think th at the highest morownal V t . e H c o oi i —e is, when you ha ve d one wrong at once to r e h t e h a i r m . m ehave a knownlogy m ) I w fo t r h a at go li o a d lf tl m a nyie things iyear s. ng s alt of you, me o say Ih a a r v e e sa k i n d iow joke n there as a master of the hounds, awl as a brother farmer ;n y and youl can give you my hono ur o f this--that is no class or uta r y less, know no I more respect than the farmers' • wives of England, for I have got one myself, and that i is my wif e ; so th a t any thing I should say disparaging ly u of them (th e f armer s wives of England) I sh ou l d say disparagingly of my. wife. If, th ere f ore, I ha ve done wrong in your estima tion, ce I can only Ray I did not intend th e s lightest offen • , but what I said I meant as a joke. But some of you seem to have taken it to heart. If any of you will fell me in two words what I have said wrongly, I will tell you what I meant. (A voice—" Say you were in the wrong, and that you are sorry for it.") lam exces sively sorry that I have caused the least unkindly feeling to arise in this meeting. Nothing in the world was farther from my intention ; and I am quite sure, when I leave this room, there is not a person present who will not shake my hand. (Here about half-a-dozen of the com pany shook hands with the honourable member.) lam sure the shortest reckonings make the longest friends ; so we had better make it up, and shake hands. Three cheers were then given for the ladies ; three more for the farmers' wives ; three for Mrs. Colvile ; three for Mrs. Wollaston ; and then the chairman left the meeting. After the chairman had left, the farmers who remained behind commented very freely on the remarks ma de by was Mr. Colvile ; and amongst the sentiments proposed __y good the following —" Here's to the w if e of a jolly fanner, who can make a jolly good cheese, and play a jolly good tune all a p iano, to aptly good jolly good p • 4101 T,," ~.