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Esq., Light igton, 0 113, WAR RISKS for ALL PARTS of the WORLD.—The HOME COVNTIES ani GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 29, New Bridge-street, Black friars, London.—This Comp.ny will ASSURE OFFICERS and others, at most moderate rates of premium, against WAR RISK, Voyaging, and Climate. By order of the Board of A. Directors. DURNFORD, Secretary. TO be peremptorily SOLD, pursuant to an order of the High 'ourt of Chancery, made in a certrin cause, " Pattenden v. Hobson," on Wednesday, the Ist day of March, 1554, at 12 o'clock at Noon, at Garraway's Coffee House," Change•alley, Cornhill, in the City of London, by Mr. William Fire is, the parson appointed for that purpose, Three LE ISE HOUSES. Nos 28, 30, and 3 , Baldwin-street, City-road, in the County of Middlesex, let to respectable yearly tenant+, at rents producing 59/ 19s. Od., held for an unexpired term of 14 years, at a ground rent of 151. Also. No. 6, Carpenter street, Grosvenor-square, ccntaining Double-fronted Shop and good Dwelling• house over, let to a very respectable tenant at 761. per annum, and held for an unexpired term of 28 years, at a ground rent of VI. May be viewed by leave of the tenants, and particulars had gratis of Messrs. Walker, Grant, and o , 3, Ring's road, Gray's-Inn, at the place of sale, and of Mr Finnis, Auctioneer and Valuer, 65, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury-square. C EAR LES UGH, Chief Clerk. . HE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. _IL Notice is Uereby Given, That the SIXTrI QUARTERLY GENERAL MEETING of the Member:. of the CONSERVA IVE BENEFI r BUILD .NG SOC 'ETV, enrolled and.-r 6 and 7 William IV., c. 32, will be held at the Freemason's Hall. Great Queen-street, on W EDNES DA , the 15th day or March, 18 4, at Three of the clock in the afternoon, The Lord Viscount RANELAGH in the chair to receive the report of the Executive ..ommittee on the progress of the Society, and for general purposes - By order of the Board, ARL E • LEW Li GRU SEMEN, 'ecretary. Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, Lonnon, Feb. 14, 1,54 After the row ine business, thu• sixtee . th Public Drawi"t, to deter • min the rotation of 100 Rights of twice on the society's Esta es will take place, and 50 members will be added by seniority. QT. MARTIN'S HALL.—Handel's JUDAS MICi'ABEUS will be performed on WEDNESDAY, February 2 2d, un•'er the direction 4,f Mr. John Mullah. Principal Voca' Per formers, Mrs. N:nderssohn, Miss Dolby Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. Frank Rodda. The orchestra complete in every dfpa , tment. Tickets. One Shilling ; Gallery. Hull-a-crown ; Stalls, f ive 'bil lings. Doors open a quarter before Seven ; commence at half-past Seven o'clock. MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLAN C, IL including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON, EVERY EVENING at Eight o'Clock, (except Saturday), and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Mornings, at Two 'Stalls, 35., which can be taken at the box office every day from 11 to 4 ; area, 25.; gallery, Is.—Mont Blanc, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. THE DUKE'S STATE FUNERAL.- The whole of the Magnificent Scenes and Gorgeous Parapher nalia of this great State Pageant and Ceremony, which attracted two millions of people to witness them, can now be ♦IEWED, in the DIORAMA of LONDON, at the St. George's Gallery. Hyde-park come!, daily, at Three and Eight o'clock.—Admission, Is.; front seats, 23. JAPANESE EXHIBITION. The FIRST DIRECT IMPORTATION from JAPAN is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION, at the Gallery of the Aociety of Painters in Water Colours, se, Pall-Mall East, until 15th March, as the Society requires the Gallery for their paintings. Admittance, Is. EGYPTIAN HALL.-CONSTANTINOPLE is open TO-NIGHT at Eight, and Every Day at Half-past Two o'clock. The Lecture is delivered by Mr. CHARLES KENNEY, and has been written by Mr. ALBERT SMITH and Mr. SHIRLEY BROOKS. Admission, Is. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. L- AURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, Cuss. C. Lau - lima, Onslow-house, Fthaam-road), —The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. end will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter dnate at half-past 11. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRI , ICE ALBERT. MAGNIFIED PLAIN and COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC PIC TURES, each I icture filling a Disc of One Thousand superficial Feet. An ENTIRELY NEW SERIE't of DISSOLVING VIEWS. LECTURE by J. 11. PEPPER. Esq., on the CHEMISTRY of the M A NPFACTURE of PAPER, and its DECORATION with COLOURS, including WOOLNOUGH'S MARBLING PROCESS and Mr. DE LA RUE'S IRIDESCENT FILMS. LECTURE by Dr. BACIIOFFNEB. on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVER4AL ELECTRIC TELEG4APH DESCRIPTION of RUST'S PATENT TUBULAR PIANOFORTE, daily at a quarter past three. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, Half-price. HUNGARIAN PROMENADE CONCERTS. . —Admission, Is.—ROYAL M ‘RIONETTE THEATRE. Adeleide-street, West :trend—Every EVENING, at Eight, by the renowned HIINIIARIAN B AND, whose performances have created such intense interest throughout the leading European cities. The programme is varied nigyily, and includes the finest compo 4 tions of ancient and modern misrers, as well as Hungarian and other na tional Melodies, Mazurkas, Waltzes, Gains, and Quadrilles. Ka lowly, conductor. Soloists—Flugelhorn, Horanyi; ciarionette, M. Augarde; piano, Miss J. Warman. V.calists The Misses Brougham. Morning Performance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Three. PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY. Introduction (Robert) ; Cavatina (Nahuco); Waltz (Sanguimker), Strauss ; Duo (Ernani); Selection (Lucia) ; Polka (Rococo) ; Qua drilles (Crescent), ; Songs" Welcome my Bonnie Lad"," On the Ranks of Allan Waters," " I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble IJ alls," by Mrs. Wallet*, R.A. M. ; "Hear me but once," " Dermot Astore," "'Twas but a fleeting Dream," by Miss Wortley; Pianoforte, solo (Burbler de Seville) ; Fantasia (Il Puritani.) CONTRACTS FOR WHEAT, PEAS, OATS, AND MUSTARD. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 15th Feb , 1854. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on WEDNESDAY, the 22d instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DE FTFORD, the undermen- Articles, viz, : Quarters. When to be delivered. WHEAT .. ••• • • .... 2,000 Half of each In two weeks, PEAS •••••••• - • • • - • • 5 ° C) and the remainder in two OATS (for making Oat- weeks afterwards, or ear meal) .. ••••• • •. • • 500 lier if preferred by the Tons. party tendering. 10 ItIISTARD (in Flour).. A proportional part of the price per bushel of Wheat w.ll be paid for any weight exceeding 60 lbs. per bushel. No Tender will be received for a less quantity of Wheat than 500 quarters, o' Peas and Oats than 100 quarters of each, and of Mus tard than tw.) tons. Samples of the wheat, peas, and oats, not less than. two quarts of each, and of the mustard not less than 2 lbs., must be produced by The parties tendering. The samples produced by wrsons whose tenders are not accepted are requegted to be taken away by them immediately after the con ract has been decided. The conditions of the revised contract, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said office, at the ffice of Com mander Bevis, at Liverpool, and of the Co'lector of r'ustom at Bris tol. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provid the , for the purose, and which may be obtained on application to said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words "Tender for ," and must also be delivered at S ,merset-Place. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial 'otlege of Medicine, Vienna. The long continuance of most Maladies arising from impurities, while it tends to render detection more certain, and thus frequently to embitter the domestic hearth, also serves to excite feelings of dis• appointment, and to induce lowness of spirits, and other sensations of a most painful kind. The Title:SEM IR effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of these Disc ises, to whatever stale they m 43 , have advanced, p .sseg big at the same time the manifest advantages of being utterly devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. It may lie on the toilet table without its use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at I Is. eacl., free by post, 2s. extra, divided lute separate doses, as administered by Valpean, Lallemand, Roux, &c. This quantity is sufficient for any case, however virulent or protraeted.—To be had Vholesale and Retail at Barclay and Sons, 98. Farringdon-street ; Johnston, 68, Com= ; Hannay and Co., Oxford-street, London. ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUrRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languazes—Fittieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 3s. 6d, in stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuge of Mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, MI- R:need by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, iterners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, learrinedon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness. nervous excitement, and generative Incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanstor) Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav- UM& PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple app li ca tion, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. devoted to the consideration of arriage and its duties The causes is of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole . SUbJect critically and philosophically inquired into. an anti-syphilitie THE CORDIAL BALM OF AYRI AC UM is exclusively employed In treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, Sol., lls. and ass, per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills. as. 9d., 45. 6d.. and I le. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gloet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is required : age, habits, and posi. :ion in society. W. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, 11 ,is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon don, from Eleven tiU Two. and Five to Eight; on Sairds7 from Eleven to One. --------- E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. Qui si parla Italiano. Aqua i 6 habla &paw lxiLa A ted, N thitaut UNFOUNDED REPORT relative to i m ro o m sEsan, Russia S ss S o. f I NO7 : . 10tm - -The i h tstr e 7a r e e n p d o report SONis not ha true,ve had howeververy extensive generally ordersci r circu lated, u - country in the world, but' equipments in the impending war. E. commercialthhaevyeharequ iquite d decided d n e s d a o e t in pursuing r s ult n h g every country plans of business in the most patriotic manner, making commerce a bo n d o f p e c us e e tihr e a si n ur d poplo p dr r t o , s e p v e e ri n t t . ho ß ug e s h id t e s e .3 , E. MOSES and Sox will them m er w ne it g h le t ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, D AGE. INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH, MANHOOD, AND VI , It is well known that E Moses and Sox patrons and those who have long honoured temporary t ry h e m interest ereh an tamighttailors o b r e s AND THE SECRE'I promoted by such transactions, Just Published, 60th it dition, price 2s. 6d.. or free by post for forty-two stamps, SELF-PRESER,VATION; an of the army and Navy ; that uniforms foray service and complete Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions 01 equipments for any countrs are saonest obtained at their Establri y ish- Marriage, with its Disqualifications and Impediments , tracing their ments, and their charges are considerably less than are origin to the effects of solitary habits, youthrul excess, tropical m-,de ; that every artistic and comfortable custmna style of attire is presented climates, or close study ; followed by practical remarks, founded on by them in the most accomplished workmanship and at the most twenty years' esperience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous economical prices. They provide the best Dress for Noblemen Debility„,Local Weakness, Spermatorrheea, and all diseases of the Gentlemen, and Business men, Mechanics aid Sailors, fur Prof ' Urinary and Generative System. Illustrated by 1, 0 coloured DIVAN' sional Gentlemen, Sportsmen, and an others. E. Moses and Son es. lags, on the Anatomy of the Reproductive Organs and their relative hsoanv,eatnhdeteehermienststspaomppulleasr oFfasNheuw,n3Mwahtieterihalws iflolrperhevaanigle;stihnethlirsgeeasi conditions in Health and Disease. and best.assorted stock of Hats, Caps, Hosiery Goods, Ladies ' loth- By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. I Ina, and Youths and Children's Dresses. Su.ierlor quality and very 37 , BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, economical prices are to be observed In every article. D. ctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Fith. In the Wh lesee Clothing, Boot and Shoe, and other Departments, burrh, Ho norar y af em ber of the London Hospital Medical Society, E. MOSES and ON offer the greatest advantages to Merehants, Ship- n e ci es. SON regret having to guard the ,oran‘d‘ "It's Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London. &a., &c pers, and Emigrants, in the magnitude of the stock, suitability o The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful coo- goorts, and very_ t eco . n m om os ic E al s p a r sequences resulting from c,rtain habits, irregularities and excesses, CAUTION. m sta an bl y is in hm st e a l n lt c ' es which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man- public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like hood, and premature decay at alt stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease knnwn to modern pathologists Its perusal is particularly re - ominended to persons entertaining secret doubts of obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have the eseshaoodme coofn`c'elti,n”ghesiagnbneeeentedreswoirtet%htoeirinE their physical condition , and who are conscious of having hazarded go CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER souse IN OR OUT OF LONDON, the health, happiness, and rivileges to which every human being is except their own Establishments, as follows : entitled. The a uthor h as for a series of years b een eng aged in an London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, lilinories, 83, extens i ve practice in tho treatment of these delicate complaints, 44,85, and 86, Aldgate , opp osite the Church, all communicating. and has long directed attentio n t o these enormous evils , from which London West-end Branch, 505, 507. 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 f ar, grade of society is free Their treatment has unfortunately teen and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. t oo generally confided to the care of unqualifi e d an d i gnoran t em- Bradtord (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. p i t ies, who, with their pir ated publications, assumed foreign names Sheffield Branch, 36 eargate. and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, inflict Colonial Brandi, lit. lbw , ne, Australia. great injury on those who are induced to place faith in ',heir preten- Merchant rail°. Clothiers, clatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and eions. The seriousequences resulting from such mai-practice Shoe Makers, and General ofitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. m ay easily be avoided If sufferers from these ma'adies were to asccr I MPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, It will be ten if their medical adviser be a member of the Londo n C o ll eg e of exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, tbe money will be returned physicians, surgeons, or Apothecaries' Hall, as any one possess i ng either of these qualifications usually appends it to his name, and thus price. from which no abatement can be made. without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest y qualified practitioner can at once be distinguished. The Establishments are closed from s unset on Fridays to sunset the legally qualified practitioner CBfl at once be distinguished. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset At hom home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from I ono aturdays, whenn business is re C o mfort and Economy ," contain sumed till 12 o'clock. fox till Eight. All l e ttere must contain the fee of I/. new Book, " he Epitome of SELF4PRESERVATION may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, trig full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, &c., &c., French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper, may he bad on application. or post-free. -. Inrothora and Co., 2 3 , Pater noster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; A handsome Almanac for the year ending M tan, 3 9,Ctenhill ; Stone, Titchborne - street , Ha y market; or free on a pp lication. 1854 can be had, gratis by jot for forty-two stamps, to say address from the Author's rem. foi lion pule Franc,ais. ditKIIT 51111101D 4 cieSsI . s Ina oPricht mau Deutsch. No . 19,159. THE NEW AND POPULAR NOVELS. 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By E LIOT WAR B URTO "A book calculated to prove more practically useful was never penned than The Crescent and the Cross,' a work which sit:- pusses all others In its homage for the sublime and its love for the beautiful in those famous regions consecrated to everlasting immor tolity."—Sun. Published for Henry :lolburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. This day, to be had at all the Libraries, AGNES VALMAR. A Novel. Three Volumes, Post Bvo. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Now ready, price 1s , LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S SPEECH in the House of Commons, January 31, 1854, on the Opening of the Session, James Ridgway, Piccadilly, and all Booksellers, Second Edition, price Is., MINORITIES AND MAJORITIES : Their Relative Rights; In a Letter to Lord John Russell, on Parliamentary Reform. By JAMES GAR M MARSHALL, Esq. James Ridgway, Piccadilly, and all Booksellers. H XRROW SCHOOL. Second Edition, price 6d., REMARKS \ ADDRESSED to the REV. 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Sperrnatorrhcea rationally considered, with unanswerable Remarks on the empirical manner these Diseases are treated; being a Guide to Health, Long Life, and Elbppiness. By MEDICITS. Sherwood, Piper, and Co., 83, Paternoster-row. THE BANK CHARTER and the COUNTRY BANKS.—The BANKERS' CIRCULAR and FINANCIAL GAZETTE, No 1424, con , ams an Analysis of the Opinions of the Tim( s City Editor on this important question.—Published every Saturday, at No. 32, Lombard-street. MORRIS'S BLACK SWAN HOTEL, SNIG-BILL, SkittIFFIELD. . . Commercial gentlemen and others are respectfully solicited to give this Hotel a trial. The house has been ,horoughly Re-furnished, and affords every domestic comfort. Spacious and excellent Stabling. T. and R. M MORRI4 (late Head Waiters at the Royal Hotel, Sheffield, and Angel Hotel, Whitby), Proprietors. jOIPURSSELL'S BISCUITS, in Bags, 14 for ls., .v._ or in Boxes, Is., 2s. 6d ,-`a., and 10s. each—viz., Captains', or German Cw'tly Biscuits, have long been asteemedfer their delightful flavour, and are adapted for coffee and tea; Milk or Cheese Biscuits, rrowroot Biscuits for invalids, and their nutritive quality make , . ihem adapted for children; Abernethy Biscuits, rown Digestive Rye Biscuits; a large assortment of Mixed Biscuits, Is. Othd. per In ; Bartholiver's Wine Biscuits, Isle of Wight Cracknells ; Arrow root Biscuits, Coffee, ditto, thin Captains' an.i thin Rusks, for wine The Royal German Rusks, Tops snd Bottoms for infants' food, sold is bags or ss. boxes. Warranted to Keep Six Months. JOl-114 B. PURSSELL, 162, Regent-street, and 20, Ludgate-hill, only. PIJ RSSELL' S.—BALL SUPPERS and WE ' WING BREAKFASTS SUPPLIED in the first style; public breakfasts, dinners, and promenade suppers supplied by con tract; a lame stock of bride cakes for immedi ate use, from one to twenty guineas each ; a bands,me cake for five gut eas, packed and sent to any part of the country if required, and warrante I to keep 12 months.—JOHN R. PuussaLL, 162, Regent-street, and 20, Ludgate bill, only. THIRD EDITION.-WITH ADDITIONS. Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d. N TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View to the Correction 01 wide-spread Errors :n ~iution to the Treatment and Cnre of the Impuissant and Sexual Hypochondriac; Translated from the Gertnan of Dr. PICKFORD. 1 . 3 which is added, an E iSAY on SEXUAL DEBILITY, by the Editor. 'Dr. Pickford Is known to English readers by his frequent pract,- cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first tme, be informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi -3al reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall ' :steel an) ether equally tlagrant evil which it may be in his • ower to correct." —London Medical Gazette. May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa thisers,' and Medical Friends,'are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who stiffer fr nn the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would oe saved much ne edless 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 Spermatorrhosa, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16. 1852. London EL Ralliere. 219. Regent-street. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Established August 1, 1837. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9. *** Policies issued free of stamp duty. Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, CHAIRMAN. The marked testimony in favour of life assurance evinced by the Legislature in the exemption from income tax of the premiums raid for the benefit of a surviving family, is deserving the most serious attention or all classes; not only on account of the actual saving, but also on account of the high estimation in which it provesthat the system of life assurance generally is held by the Government of the country. increasing Rates of Premium for 'ecuring Loans or Debts. Half Premiums, only, required during first seven years. Sum assured payable at Six'y or at death. Provision, during minority, for Orphans. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Profits divided annually. Premiums computed for every three months' difference of age. talf-credit ~o licies granted on terms unusually favourable; the unraid half premiums being liquidated out of the t rofits. Atthe last Annual General Meeting a re o uc tion of 30 p er Ont. was made in the current year's premium on all participating policies. (PROPRIETARY.) (MUTUAL.) .....-............ Half Whole I Half Quer prem um premium Age. Annual Yearly terly ba First for Re- premium Pre- Pre -4 Seven ma , nder mium. mium Years. of Life. -----..-I --- I , £ a d.l £ s. d. Years. M onths £ s. d.I £ s. d. £ s. i 30 , 1 1 9, 2 3 6 30 1 0 2 7 3 1 420 12 A s s. d.l 30 1 1 9;2 3 61 40 1 9 2' 218 41 50 2 2 6 4 5 q 60 3 6 8 6 13 4 ✓Months £s. d.l l £s. d. s. d. 0 2 7 3 1 4 20 12 3 3 2 7 61 1 4 40 12 4 6 2 7 101 1 4 60 12 5 9 2 8 2, 1 4 8, 012 6 7 0 1 , - _ , !--31 z.:711‘"4 , r ‘4. 07: „77.. . , • I U r 'F ° ;k •S ' • ° ? its V o s ~~: LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20,. 1854. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ALLIANCE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND • FRANCE. • ( From the Times.) No man who listened on Friday night •to the spirited and energetic language addressed by Lord John Russell to the House of Commons could en- tertain a doubt that such a speech in the mouth of a leading member o f the Government is equivalent to a declaration of war ; no one who heard the unanimous acclamations with which that speech was received could deny that her Majesty's Go vernment enter on this war with the entire support of Parliament and of the people. We have reached then, by slow hilt unwavering and continuous steps, that point at which the last scheme of reconcilia tion is lost in• the note of defiance, and the pro priety of discussion is to a great degree merged in the duty of action. For the first time in the re- membrance of men of this century, that peace in which we have been brought up appears to be at an end, and the Government are driven to arms to vindicate the rights and interests of this country, and of our allies, against the wanton disturber of the tranquillity of Europe. The conscious pride with which the nation puts forth her strength—the con viction that no other course remains consistent with that position we aspire to maintain in the world— the knowledge that every resource of diplomacy has been exhausted—the belief that we may rely on the support and goodwill of all the greatest States of Europe, but more especially of France, conspire to encourage the Government in its course. If it be war, it is a war to which every party in the State,' and almost every man in the country gives assent, for, with instinctive una nimity, we are resolved to try the real strength of that power which has sought to extend its ascend ancy over the East and over the West, until she thinks herself a match for the combined resistance of the world. Lord John Russell spoke on Friday night like astatesman in a great conjuncture of pub lic affairs, and the House of Commons gave him and the Government the support which has never been withheld from a British Minister on a mu- mentous occasion and in a just cause. Mr. Layard had attempted, in an able, but ill-judged speech, to circumscribe the debate within a review of past diplomatic transactions, but, in his eageiness to detect what he conceives to be the errors and omis- sions of the Government, he entirely lost sight of the measures they had actually taken, and of the important objects they have now in view. No member of the Tory Opposition has yet followed Mr. Layard in this invidious task, but Mr. Roe buck, whose reappearance was cordially greeted. by the house, raised the real question now before the country in a few distinct and manly sentences. That qtestion is not so much what has been done, as what is now to do. And to that question Lord J. Russell gave an answer without disguise or re servation, amounting virtually to a declaration that if we do not obtain the immediate acceptance of the terms offered to the Emperor of Russia, we shall resort to hostilities to enforce his submission. We may here add that, although no direct information has arrived in London from St. Petersburg since the recall of Sir H. Seymour, an answer has been received by the French Government to the last communications, and that it is unsatisfactory. The intimation on the part of the Government of the policy they are resolved to pursue was accom panied by the announcement of certain definite measures calculated to promote its objects. In the first place, we are informed that there has now been an exchange of Notes between England and France, in which those Powers undertake to co-operate in giving assistance to Turkey, and declaring, on the part of both Powers, that no selfish interests and no increase of territory or power are sought for. Our readers may recollect that on several occasions, and as much as months ago, we endeavoured to point out the necessity of definite engagements with our allies, for the purpose of establishing the objects of our common intervention and the means of effecting them. It would be rash indeed to send the fleets and armies of England on an expe dition that may lead to war in defence of a foreign Power, without having previously regulated by convention the position in which our forces are to be placed. It seems, therefore, that, in addition to the exchange of Notes with France (which we take to be a provisional arrangement), "an engage ment has been proposed to Turkey, by which we shall be assured, besides other things which are necessary on such occasions, that Turkey will not agree to any peace with Russia, while we are giving our aid and assistance, without our consent and concurrence." In other words, we understand Lord John Russell to mean that a de fensive treaty of alliance between England, France, and Turkey, has been presented to the acceptance of the Porte, to secure to the allies of Turkey access to the theatre of war, conditions for carry ing it on, and powers to bring it to a termination. It is extremely fitting that such a treaty be con cluded before we engage in active operations in the dominions of a foreign Sovereign ; and, with the objects we have exclusively in view, there is no reason that this engagement should not be of the most public nature, to be acceded to, now or hereafter, by the other great Powers of Europe. It now remains for us to mention a measure which has already been taken, and which has com monly been adopted shortly before the outbreak of hostilities. At a Privy Council, held on Saturday afternoon, the Queen was pleased to issue a Pro clamation, which we publish elsewdere, prohibiting under a clause of the Customs Consolidation Act, the export or carrying coastwise of arms, gun powder, and all other stores of war, and also of marine engines, screw-propellers, and all other machinery or parts of machinery which may be used in steam-vessels. This prohibition is general and absolute, and the officers of Customs are thereby authorised to stop all such commodities or merchandise from leaving our ports. The suspen sion of the trade in gunpowder and the stores of war is a measure always resorted to in or before war, and was first legalised by an act of Charles 11. The Customs Consolsdation Act of last year has vested in the Crown more general powers of the same nature ; and it will at once be seen that the expor tation of steam alachinery for ships would supply to our adversary a most important implement of war, and precisely of that species which this country pro duces in the highest perfection. Without entering into details, we have reason to believe that the Government have information that certain con signments of warlike stores and marine steam ma chinery were about to be despatched to Holland on account of the Russian Government, and these it became important to the public service to stop. To accomplish this necessary object, it is of course necessary that the export trade in these articles should be interrupted altogether; but it is pro bably the intention of the Government to issue licenses of export under certain well-ascertained circumstances, though on this point we have as yet no information. ( Front the Morning Herald.) Those of our readers who remember the part taken by this journal with reference to the French Emperor in the spring of last year, will, perhaps, pardon us for the expression of a natural and cer tainly excusable pride. Against the influence of most of our contemporaries at the press—against what at first was popular opinion, we earnestly urged the absolute necessity of a cordial union be tween this nation and the chosen ruler of the French people. While day after day the Times thundered its anathemas against Louis Napoleon, and by its indiscreet invective was stirring up national anti pathieS, we laboured as sedulously to point out that the natural alliance of England was with France— that upon that alliance rested the hopes of Euro pean liberty, and that if England and France were once so estranged as to be incapable of cordial ope ration, Europe was at the mercy of the first com bination of the clespotic'powers which Russia might be able to organise for her subjugation. The alliance with France is now become a part of our national policy. The Queen has announced it from the Throne. Every Minister who speaks upon foreign politics goes out of his way to pro nounce a eulogium upon the Emperor of France. Every journal in the Empire now treats the union between England and France as the safety of Eu ropean independence. It is not easy, in this uni versal enthusiasm of the French alliance, to recal the state of things that existed this time twelve month. Men forget that Sir Charles Wood then selected Louis Napoleon as the object of the not very respectable ribaldry of a hustings speech — that day aft er d a y th e co l umns o f th e Times teemed with the most i nsu lti ng a b use of the French_ So vereign and nation Nay, when our efforts had been at last successful in evoking that magnificent demonstration of amity with France in which the merchant princes of L ou d on conve y e d to that So vereign the true sentiments of England—the con sistent and patriotic Times sneered at that demon stration as one representing only ti:e servility of railway speculators anxious for "concessions." The short space of a year has done ample , justice to our policy. As . we .pointed out at the time, if the efforts of the Tones had succeeded in separating France and England, Nicholas would at this mo ment be master of continental Europe. What share this journal may have had in averting such a catastrophe, it, perhaps, does not become us to say. It is, however, impossible for us not to feel pride in the recollection that our efforts were then strenuously, and, as the result proved, not unsuc cessfully directed to prevent the invectives of the Times being mistaken for the voice of the English nation. Our policy was founded, not upon the personal character of Louis Napoleon, high as was our esti mate of that character : it certainly was not founded upon any sympathy with the form of government which national exigencies bad necessitated in France. We sought the alliance with France be- cause we saw thal in intelligence, in feeling, in true liberality of opinion, the two nations were already united. We cordially accepted the alliance of Louis Napoleon, because he was freely and fairly chosen to* be the Sovereign of the great and en lightened nation with which, for the sake of free dom and civilisation, we desired England to be cordially united. These views, we say, have now, become so general that no one any longer ventures to dispute them. The only contest Is who shall be most zealous and most energetic in expressing them. This we do not disguise is our triumph. We may safely exult in it,. because it is the triumph of the cause of England. It does, however, add to that triumph if we can feel that those who assailed Louis Napoleon were as unjust to the individual p they were false to the cause of England. This, too, is now beginninc , to be thoroughly understogd. The character of Louis Napoleon is now rightly estimated, and those who twelve months ago donounced him are now to be classed among the admirers of his integrity, his energy, and his courage. A pamphlet is now before us which attempts to do justice to this extraordinary man. It deals with the personal character of Louis Napoleon. It dis cusses that character freely, and with the skill of a writer intimately acquainted with the Emperor's career. It is utterly impossible to rise from its perusal without the conviction that the ruling So vereign of France possesses qualities which in themselves attract us to his alliance, and that re spect for the French Sovereign fortunately coincides with our sympathy with the French nation. The pamphlet to which we refer is published under the title of " Napoleon the Third." It is in the form of a letter to Lord Londonderry, and - - bears the signature of " A Man of the World"—a signature that we suspect conceals a name of autho rity and influence. The writer professes to have had personal opportunities of forming the estimate which he now gives to the world " It was during this visit in 1839 I formed an ac quaintance with the present Emperor—an event in one's life not to be forgotten. I was introduced to him by his uncle Joseph, the es-King of Naples and Spain, a man of the kindliest nature the world ever saw. Ma dame Junot calls him well and truly, 'the good Joseph.' and he was wise and gracious as well as good. With such an introduction, opportunities were not wanting for studying the character of Napoleon Louis—a spe cies of study to which much of my time has been neces sarily devoted. The problem was difficult—for a long time its solution seemed impossible. Frigidly affable and repulsively polite he avoided either offence or familiarity, but seemed instinctively to coil up his nature from observation. In phrase and demeanour all that became his birth, still the man was perfectly in accessible. It was scarcely to be wondered at. Even from his boyhood beset by espionage, reserve became an armour. Scarcely at home in the household of his uncle, the object of homage as much as of respect, he stood isolated and original. None presumed to interrupt his reveries, and to few, if indeed to any, did he accord his confidence. Yet even through thathabitual reserve there would at times gleam forth indications of a character replete with kindness, and of a disposition generous and noble. There was much of peculiarity—much of con trast—abstracted yet vigilant - inquisitive in everything but studiously incommunicative—diligen't in acquiring all men's knowledge, retentive of his own—cold and im passive, but full of latent energy—cautious in decision, but once in action, prompt, rapid, and impetuous—al most intuitive in grasping opportunity or detecting weakness— improved by study, steeled by adversity, disciplined for every vicissitude of fortune—he has ines timable qualifications for his high position. Nor in private life is he at all deficient in commanding respect or captivating sympathy -of themost winning manners when minded to assume them ; perfectly munificent by nature and by habit ; chivalrous, sincere, constant—of him, my lord, rely on it, it never will be said that he forgot a kindness or abandoned a friend. The ingra titude which stained our English Restoration will find no imitator in him. The sharers in his sorrows are as sociated with his prosperity, and the claims alike of Ham and St..- Helena found no tardy welcome in the Palace of the Elys6e. The companion of his prison is now the first physician of his Court, and the legatees of his uncle were amongst the object of his earliest solici tude. Let ignorance mistake, and prejudice misconstrue and animosity misrepresent him, his life has been, and wfll be, their refutation. While strangers paint him, fashioning the portrait from rumour or from impulse, my appliances are more authentic. He sat for the pie ' tore. To those who have studied him and known him • best I appeal, as to your lordship, for the fidelity of the ! likeness." It is not only in sketching with truthful justice the character of Louis Napoleon that the writer of this pamphlet has done good service to the cause of Europe. He has happily recalled the far-seeing predictions of the first Napoleon—predictions which speak to France from his grave : "In a few days (said Napoleon) Russia will have Constantinople, the greatest part of Turkey, and all Greece. This I hold to be as as certain as if it had already taken place. Almost all the cajolling and flattery which Alexander used towards me was to effect this lobject. Above all the powers Russia is most to be I feared, especially by you. In the natural course of things Turkey must fall to Russia. The greatest part of the population arc Greeks, who, you may say, are Russians." "The only hypothesis that France and England may ever be allied with sincerity will be in order to prevent this." Upon this the writer of the pamphlet observes, with equal eloquence of truth : "How strangely, how curiously prophetic, appear at this moment these conversations of Napoleon, uttered upwards of 30 years ago ! The alliance does exist, and we have now upon the French throne a monarch capable of appreciating ite value to the whole civilised world. For the first time in our history we may confide in the good faith of that alliance. The Bourbons ever had a jealousy of England." Those who see in the revolutions of dynasties something more than the mere movements of poli tical chance, may perhaps regard as providential the fact that such a Sovereign should at this mo ment occupy the throne of France. Singular, at all events, the fortune which, after so many changes and chances, has left it to the nephew to verify the prophecy of the uncle, and placed in the hand of Napoleon the Third the sceptre of the First, when France and England are allied with sincerity in order to prevent the subjugation of Europe by • Russia. duly made for the contingent military and naval forces to be supplied by each State. The engage ment is fully made and entered into, but the form of it will be doubtless changed, as soon as conve niently may be, for the more solemn though not more binding international treaty signed by the Sovereigns. At th union of England and France for purposes so just, and with views so disinterested, the whole civilised world may well rejoice ; for the cordial and united action of the two most enterprising, most wealthy, and most liberal nations of the earth, cannot fail to produce effects fraught with the greatest advantage to the swift and wholesome pro gress of civilisation, and be therefore productive of blessings for humanity. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. The important appointments of Quartermaster and Adjutant-General under Lord Raglan are not finally settled. Colonel Sullivan is to be Assistant-Adjutant- General, and it is stated that Colonel Somerset and Lord Burghersh, of the Coldstreams, and Captain Kingscote, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, are to be Lord Raglan's aides-de-camp. The first division of the British auxiliary force will consist of the brigade of Guards, the 4th, 28th, 33d, 50th, 77th, and 93d Regiments, amounting to 10,000 men. A certain proportion of cavalry and artillery will be told off to this division. Instead of 500 troopers, an effective brigade of cavalry is to be immediately formed, consisting of the Scots Greys, the Carabineers, 17th Lancers, and Bth and 11th Hussars. Should the 17th Lancers be one of the cavalry regi ments ordered to the East, it is to be hoped that they will leave behind theca their unwieldy weapon, and make use of the sabre. The 16th Lancers, who earned for themselves imperishable distinction at the battle of Ali wal, found their lances such a damaging incumbrance that many of the men threw them away and fought with their sabres, as, while they shot out their lance, the Sikhs rushed to their horses' heads and cut away the bridles. Many of that gallant band who survived the charges of that memorable fight have been heard to ex press their unqualified condemnation of the modern javelin, which is nine feet long, and which no man of ordinary size and strength can possibly use with ad vantage. We understand that the authorities of the Horse Guards have been quite inundated with volunteers prof fering their services in every rank of the military pro fession. The whole of the baggage of the Grenadier battalion, as well as the horses belonging to the officers, and also the horses belonging to the staff of the Guards brigade, are to be shipped on the 21st instant. On Wednesday morning the 3d battalion of Grenadier Guards will proceed by the London and South-Western Railway to Southampton, at which port they are to arrive at ten o'clock a.m. The battalion will immediately embark in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ships the Ripon and Manilla. The troops, on their arrival at Southampton, will be under the orders of Major-General Simpson, the general commanding the South-Western district, who will super intend the arrangements of the embarkation. A regimental order reminds officers that their servants are to be equipped in every respect as men serving in the ranks. Great efforts are now making for organising a good working field hospital, the want of which has been severely felt in every campaign, and even in India of late years. The 23d Fusiliers and 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade are under orders for immediate embarkation. Two hun dred volunteers have joined the latter regiment. WARLIKE STORES. :From the Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday. BY THE QUEEN. -A PROCLAMATION. Victoria R. Whereas by the Customs Consolidation Act, 1853, section 150, certain goods may, by proclama tion or order of her Majesty in Council, be prohibited either to be exported or carried coastwise ; and whereas we, by and with tne advice of our Privy Council, deem it expedient and necessary to prohibit the goods herein after mentioned either to be exported or carried coast wise ; we, by and with the advice aforesaid, do hereby order and direct, that from and after the date hereof, all arms, ammunition and, gunpowder, military and naval stores, and the following articles, being articles which we have judged capable of being converted into, or made useful in increasing the quantity of, military or naval stores—that is to say, marine engines, screw propellers, paddle-wheels, cylinders, cranks, shafts, boilers, tubes for boilers, boiler plates, fire bars, and every article, or any other component part of an engine or boiler, or any article whatsoever which is, can, or may become appli cable for the manufacture of marine machinery, shall be, and the same are hereby, prohibited either to be exported from the United Kingdom or carried coastwise. Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this 18th day of February, in the year of our Lord 1854, and in the 17th year of our reign.—God save the Queen. CIRCULAR MEMORANDUM. The general commanding in chief has deemed it essen tial that a soldier, when actually in the field, should carry no more kit in his knapsack than is absolutely necessary for his efficiency. The remainder is to be carried in a square bag (four of which will be allowed to each company), at the public expense. The articles carried in the knapsack will be : 2 Pair flannel drawers 2 Flannel shirts 2 Pair trousers 2 Shirts 2 Pair socks 1 Pair boots 1 Forage cap 1 Pair mitts 1 Brush 1 Account-book = 1 Box blacking 1 Towel lb. oz. ... 2 2 ... 2 0 ... 1 11i ... 2 1 ... 0 9 ... 210 ... 010 0 2 ... o 41 ... o lk ... 010 ... 0 7,!" ... 0 :II Total l3 101: To which must be added, as borne on the man :- 1 Knapsack, &c. 1 Firelock and sling 1 Bayonet and scabbard Belts and pouch 60 Rounds of ammunition Great coat ... lb. oz. ... i 0A ... 10 2 ... 1 10A 5 10 ti 10 ... 6 Add kit 'J'otal 3 7. - '. 13 10A 40 The square bag to be carried at the public expense will contain— 1 Shell pocket 1 Shirt 1 Pair of socks 1 Towel 2 Brushes lb oz. 1 Cq 0 4i 0 3i 0 Total 3 1.0? i, which, added to the above, will make the total requisite for each soldier 521 b. 12/oz. It will be observed this emuneration does not include either blanket, canteen, or white trousers, the addition of which would complete an aggregate weight of nearly 701 b. [PRICE SD. Company's steamer Orinoco, 2,750 tons, 800-horse power (paddle) ; and the Australasian Pacific Mail Packet Company's steamer Emu, 1,660 tons, 350-horse power (screw). Of these, the Ripon, Manilla, Orinoco, and Emu are to embark troops and sail on Wednesday. It is expected the Himalaya will proceed to Plymouth to take on board 1,300 men from that port, and that she will leave on Wednesday or Thursday. Besides the above steamers, there are two others in port, which have been placed at the disposal of the Ad miralty, but are not yet taken up—viz., the Royal mail steamer Thames, 1,800 tons, 450-horse power; and the General Screw Company's steamer Propontis, of 500 tons, and 100-horse power. The Royal mail steamer Atrato, the largest paddle-wheel steamer in the world, will reach this port, from the Clyde, about Saturday next, and it is understood has been engaged by the Go , vernment. The General Screw Company's steamer Golden Fleece, of 2,500 tons, and 400-horse power, will be ready to embark troops from Southampton by the Ist of March. Large quantities of baggage, provisions„ military stores, bedding, blankets, &c., have arrived here to-day for shipment. On Monday detachments from the several regiments will come down, charged with the task of shipping and stowing away all the heavy baggage. Next in importance to the proper equipment . of our naval and military forces, and their speedy direction to wards the scene of war, is the necessity for rapid and regular channels of communication, so that instruc tions may instantly be transmitted to our adtnirals and generals, and intelligence of the progress of events forwarded in return to the seat of Government. The present communications between London and Constan tinople are extremely unsatisfactory and uncertain, and are susceptible of great imprOvement; The Penin sular and Oriental Company have, as is well known, two steamers running between Malta and Marseilles which are the fastest ocean going steamers afloat. We allude to the Vectis and Valetta, the voyages of which between Marseilles and Malta have been constantly per formed in 40 to 46 hours. If the Government were to arrange with the Peninsular and Oriental Company to use these two beautiful packets as despatch boats, to run direct from Marseilles to Constantinople, without calling at Malta, we have little doubt the voyages would be regularly accomplished in four days. Allowing 48 hours for couriers to proceed from London to Marseilles via Folkestone and Paris, it would be quite possible to reach Constantinople in six days from London, and very pressing instructions transmitted from London by sub marine telegraph to Marseilles, and conveyed thence by the Vectis or Valetta, might be placed in Constanti nople in little over four days. It is thus quite practi cable, by using this route, to arrange for a regular ser vice of special couriers between London, Paris, and Constantinople in six days. The value of such a cer tain and speedy method of communicating with the Black Sea during the approaching war can be scarcely estimated ; and we have no doubt.that the Peninsular and Oriental Company would be very willing to lend their two unrivalled steam clippers to the Government for this purpose, and to make in the meantime some temporary arrangements for carrying the branch mail • service between Malta and Marseilles. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 19. In anticipation of the immediate arrival of the Channe' fleet, orders have been sent down by the Admiralty to the authorities here to communicate with Admiral Corry, directing him to have the pay books on board each ship belonging to the fleet made up, with the least possible delay, to the 31st of January last. Orders have also been received at the Royal William Victualling-yard at Stonehouse to prepare for the victualling of the whole of the ships with provisions for six months, and the supply of other necessary stores. The different crews will be " paid down," and in all probability at this port. The Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain Martin, C. 8., will be docked at the Keyham steam-yard, to be overhauled and to have her machinery examined. The Desperate, 8, screw corvette, Captain W. W. Chambers, one of the fleet which arrived hers on Friday morning to have a new mainmast, had her powder taken out on Friday, and yester day came into harbour. She was taken alongside the sheer hulk. She sprang her mainmast, a few days before she left the Tagus, in an endeavour to assist a Russian merchant ship, which had been deserted by her crew. She will be taken into dock at Keyham to-morrow, to have her bottom examined and other defects made good. It is thought that her copper has been slightly injured by her having touched the ground. The whole of the work to be done to her will not, it is supposed, occupy more than four or five days, as every exertion will be made to get her out of hand. The Desperate will be also pro visicined for six months, and will take a sufficient quan tity of fuel for that period. The Magicienne, 16, paddle-wheel steamer, Captain Fisher, which arrived here on Friday from Ireland, brought 136 coast-guardmen from the different stations on the coast of Ireland. They embarked in the after noon on board the Impregnable, 104, flag ship, Captai❑ Lowe, which is at present the receiving ship. Seventy two coast-guardmen arrived on Friday night by railway from the eastward, and went on board the flagship, where are now 560 of these experienced men. During the last fortnight about 100 school apprentices have been entered on board the Impregnable, where they are daily instructed in the duties of the service. There were previously 70 boys on board, who are ready to be drafted into sea-going ships. These boys have not only been instructed in the art of seamanship, but in all ordinary learning received by boys at school on shore, and the practice has been found to answer admirably in every respect. There are altogether about a thousand souls on hoard the Impregnable. The Admiralty have directed that lists of those coast guards who desire to leave some portion of their pay for their relatives and friends may be made out without delay. The maximum which they can so appropriate is 2s. a-day, and the minimum ls. 6d. The 93d Regiment (Sutherland Highlanders) is daily exercised in front of the Government-house, Plymouth Citadel, in the practice of the Mini 6 rifle, with which the men are to be supplied. The regiment is to be strengthened with 70 volunteers from the 42d, and 73 from the 79th, both Highland regiments at Portsmouth. This addition will place it above its strength, 880. On departure they will leave a depot of two companies, No. 1 and 2, consisting of about 50 or 60 men, whose time of service is within a year or two of expiring. The '2oth Regiment, under Col. Horne, stationed at Devonport, is eight over its full strength of 1,000 men. LIVERPOOL, FEE. 18, The Cunard steamer Niargara, Captain Leitch, will take her departure from the Mersey, in her now charac ter as one of her Majesty's troopships, on Wct;nesday, with the 28th Regiment, fully 1,000 strong, on board. She is now in the river, her fittings having been com pleted and received the approbation of the Admiralty agent. On the exciting occasion of the embarkation she will probably be anchored in the Sloyne, and the troops will be taken - on board by the Cunard tenders SateHit': and Jackall, either from the Prince's-pier or the Great Landing-stage. The greater part of the regiment is now at Preston, but the troops will enter the town, it is thought, on Wednesday, when they will, no doubt, re ceive an enthusiastic reception. The Cambria, Captain 'Douglas, will leave Liverpool for Kingstown on Wednesday, where she will take on board the 50th Regiment on Thursday, and will sail thence on Friday. Captain Bevis, R.N., the Admiralty agent who is superintending the enrolment of naval volunteers, will accompany the Cambria to Kingstown, to superintend the embarkation of the troops. Recruit ink parties from the following regiments are now actively engaged in the town :-sth Dragoons, 11th Hussars, 16th Lancers, and the 10th, 24th, 25th, 44th, 51st, 56th, 61st, 65th, 75th, 81st, 83d, 98th, 'and 99th Foot. The standard height for men has been reduced to five feet and a-half, while lads of 18 are taken if they reach five feet five inches. On Saturday evening a troop of Artil lery, under the command of Captain Mackey, entered the town from Dublin en route for London. MANCHESTER, FEB. 18. Fifty-six artillery horses were withdrawn from the Hulme Cavalry Barracks, Manchester, on Thursday, and went to London per London and North-Western Railway, to make up the increased complement for companies under orders for the East. SOUTH WALES, FEB. 18. f s e e f thearin g a n p t population f r h aavne increasereadily the de av y t o ; the &c., men have been up, an d th e Swansea, Llanelly, Mil hcand a ae t ll all the principal p o r ts volunteers have been en rolled. At Ne w p ort, Cardiff, f C o o r a d s , t- T gu en a b rd 3s picked called out. The walls have been placarded with bills calling upon men to join the various ships now fitting out. Officers on behalf of the Royal Marines have also been on the look out, a lieuten an t h av i ng taken up his residen ce at Cardiff . The army lik ew i se h as re ceived a number of recruits. At Bristol a large number of volunteers for the naval servi ce h ave b een enrolled, th e walls having been placarded f or t h e Pique 40, fitting at Plymouth, and a number o f men h ave joined Lagos, while serving as acting-mate of the Penelope steam-frigate, flag-ship on the west coast of Africa sta. tion, is appointed Lieutenant of the Excellent ' • Thos. 11. Downes (1838), f rom t h e C oas t- guar d to the..Majestie, Si, screw steam-ship at Sheerness ; George W. P. Ed wardes (1853), recently promoted from mate of the Lin net brig, on the west coast of Africa station, to the Nile, 91, screw stea m - s hi p at Devonport ; J o h n 0. Freeland (1838), from the Dasher steam-vessel, to the Neptune, 120, at Portsmouth ; Edward Lang (1842), to the Neptune ; Charles Sullivan (1844), recently serv ing in the St. George, 121, at Devonport, to the Nep tune ; Charles 0. H. P. St. John (1846), to the Nep tune ; Thomas C. Bruce (1846), from the Enryalus, 50, screw steam frigate, at Chatham, to the Neptune ; Wil liam E. A. Gordon (1842), recently serving as first lieu tenant of the Styx, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, o n th e Last Indies station, to the St. George, 121, at Devon. port ; George Marriott (1842), to the St. George ; Wil liam A. J. Heath (1844), to the St. George ; William A. R. Lee (1815), to the St. George; Augustus Cheethatn Strode (1847), to the St. George; William K. B us h (1850), to the St. George. Paymaster John Brickwood (1840), to the St. George. Mate—Hon. W. C. Talbot (1854), to the Monarch, 84, at Sheerness ; Edward F. Lodder (1851), to the Edinburgh, 58, screw steam flag-ship of Rcar-Admiral C h ads, C. 8., at Portsmouth. Midshipman—Charles H. Stevens, to the Edinburgh, 58, screw steam-ship. Acting Assistant-Surgeon—Frederick V. Sandford to the Monarch, 84, at Sheerness. Clerk—E. S. Cooke (1849), who went with . Captain Denham in the Herald, surveying vessel, to the Fejee Islands in the South Seas, to search for a location for convicts, is appointed to the Impregnable flag-ship at Devonport. Clerks'-Assistants—William Carter to the Neptune, 120, at Portsmouth ; A. D. M'Arthur to the Majestic, 81, at Sheerness ; Robert K: Harriot to the Nile, 91, screw steam-ship, at Devonport. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 19. The Neptune, 120, at this port, is ordered to be com missioned by Capt a i n H enry S m ith, C.B. (1829), for sea service. She is to have a complement of 970, including officers and men. The St. Vincent, 101, three-decker, is ordered to be commissioned at this port by Captain E. H. Scott, of the Neptune, for the ordinary Lag-ship, with the usual ordi nary complement of officers and men. The Blenheim, 60, Captain th e H on . F. T. P e lh am , i s being completed by the Coast-guard draught while her crew are on leave for seven days. First-Lieutenant Wriford, of the Marine Artillery detachment on board, was disembarked on Thursday. Surgeon Charles A. Anderson has been appointed to her, vice WLaren, superseded at his own request. Coals are ordered to Copenhagen for the Hecla, sur veying -vessel, Master-Commander Peter Wellington, which left this port yesterday week with a large staff of surveying cfficers to sound the way for the Baltic fleet. Mr. G. H. Blakey, master, R.N., is appointed to the Edinburgh, 58. _ _ _ Rear-Admiral Corry's squadron is daily expected here from the westward. While at sea, on the night of the 26th ult., the squadron exercised at general night quar ters, without previous notice of the admiral's intention. The first gun was fired in three minutes and a-half from the time of the drums beating the call to action, and at the end of six minutes every gun in the ships was fired. On the 28th the squadron had a trial of sailing for about 14 miles, wind N.E., force 2.103, course S.W. The Tribune beat all—and the Imperieuse beat all but the Tribune. On the 7th the squadron was exercised in shifting topsailyards, which was done most creditably by every ship, the Amphion being first. The Duke of Wellington executed this manoauvre in the following time :—mizentopsailyard in_29.l minutes ; fore 35i mi nutes ; main, 53 minutes. Extra shipwrights were put on the Caesar, 91, Capt. Robb, yesterday, to hasten her equipment. The Basilisk, 6, paddle sloop, Commander the Hon. F. Egerton, left yesterday for the North. She drew charts for the Baltic, we believe. The Sealark, tender to the Victory, Lieut. Fenwick in charge, returned yes terday from the westward, where she had been to seek seamen for the fleet. Every exertion is being made to complete the steam troop-ship Vulcan, Commander Von Donop ; she is being coabd from the dockyard store ; a number of carts were engaged in conveying fuel to her as late as half-past 11 last night, and they commenced again at half-past 5 this morning, and have been hard at work ever since. The Resistance, troop-ship, Master Com. Bradahawe, is standing in to Spithead from abroad with troops, at 4 p.m. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 18. Her Majesty's steamship Desperate, 8, Capt. W. W. Chambers, went up harbour this morning, and had her mainmast taken out. She is ordered to be got ready with all despatch. The crew; of the steam-frigate Vulture, 6, Captain F. H. H. Glasse, were paid wages to-day up to the 31st of December. The crews of the Duke of Wellington (on arrival from Lisbon) and of the Desperate will be paid up to the same date. The Avon sailed this morning with seamen for Ports mouth. The Royal William, 120, will be commissioned, on Monday, by Captain Kingcombe (late of the St. George), and fitted as guard-ship in ordinary. The St. George, 121, will be commissioned on Mon day by Captain Eyre. The screw steam-ship Ajax, 58, Captain Warden, fitting for service at Cork, is nearly ready. The wing passages between her coal bunkers and the ship's sides are half completed in their construction. The Hogue and Blenheim have undergone similar alterations. It is suggested that the attention of the Admiralty should be called to the fact that, in the event of a paddle -wheel ship being penetrated in the coal bunkers by the enemy's shot, she must run the risk of sinking, as the shot holes cannot be stopped without clearing away hundreds of tons of coal. Besides this, the paddle-wheel itself would prevent the hole from being stopped outside, by ob structing any approach to the damaged part. It is to be hoped that the necessity of gully supplying all com missioned ships with patent or other shot plugs will not be overlooked by the proper authorities. SHEERNESS, FEB. 18. The Majestic, 80 guns, screw steam-ship, Captain Hope—The following officers have this day taken up their commissions and joined this ship :—Frederick Brady, paymaster, 19th of January, 1842, and Lieu tenant James S. Davison, 21st of September, 1842. Great exertions are being made to get this ship, the Cressy, and the Monarch, ready for sea. A number of artificers are working until 10 o'clock at night to hasten the completion of the ironwork required for the ship wrights engaged in the equipment of the hulls, &c., of these ships. The Monarch, 84 guns, Captain John E. Erskine, getting ready for active service ender orders to join the Baltic squadron, will shortly be ready for sea. Com mander Alexander C. Gordon, 22d of October, 1,85, and Lieutenant the Hon. William L. H. Anson, have taken up their commissions to this ship, and joined yes terday. The Janus, I guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, arrived here yesterday at 5.15 p.m., from Woolwich, with the Marines for the Majestic. The Marines are under the command of Captain I I erriott. No instructions have arrived here as to the appropriation of this vessel at present ; she is therefore under charge of the Captain- Superintendent Charles hope, of the 'Wellington. The Wellington, third-rate guard-ship of ordinary, Captain Charles Hope.—Mr. Albert Wood, late clerk, has been promoted to the rank of paymaster, and has taken up his commission as clerk again, in which capacity he has been serving in the guard-ship of ordinary for many years at this port. Mr. T. Hockings, paymaster (Aug. 18, 1843), has taken up his' commission as addi tional paymaster to this ship, to take charge of the victualling stores deposited at this yard for the use of the navy. The Cressy, 80, new screw steam-ship, Captain Richard L. Warren.—This ship is now rigged all-a-taut, topsail yards crossed, and ready to bend sails ; she remains in the Basin, receiving her armament, stores, &c., and will be ready for sea at the time appointed by the Admiralty. The Royal Dockyard Infantry battalion at this yard is (by an Admiralty order) abolished, and they are in future to form one battalion of artillery. Under the present orders no man is permitted to serve, under any circumstances, whose age exceeds 45 years. In conse quence of this order several of the most experienced musicians belonging to the band will be rendered inca pable of serving. Lieutenant-Colonel Read, commander of this corps, being on leave of absence, the command devolves on Major Freeman. We have this day had a most extraordinary high tide. At high water the tide had risen to within one course of stone around the dockyard wharves and wall ; the wind has been blowing very strong from the northward and westward, and a considerable quantity of snow has fallen. We have during the day had several very heavy squalls of wind, with thick snow showers. The baro meter stands at 29.45, and the thermometer at 38 in the shade ; during the last night the thermometer fell to 29.0. .The bark Rosalind, W. Richardson, master, arrived here this morning, laden with steam coals for the use of her Majesty's steam navy at this port. An additional demand has been made for steam coals for the use of the Baltic fleet squadron, which is to rendezvous‘at the Nore. The Rosalind will commence her discharge into the floating depot Fortitude on Monday morning next, the coal depot Ocean being full of steam ooals and ready for immediately supplying any steam-ships of war putting into this port in want of coals. WOOLWICH, FEB. 16. The Rhadamanthus, steam store-ship, Master-Com mander Belam, arrived at this port yesterday, and was taken into the basin to-day, and has had a screw put on board for the Caesar, 91, screw steam-ship at Ports mouth ; boilers for the Colossus, 81, screw steam-ship at Portsmouth, and a funnel and portions of the machinery of the screw steam-ships at Devonport. The Rhada tuanthus, after delivering the mahogany she conveyed round from Chatham to Pembroke to be used in the construction of the new Royal steam-yacht Windsor Castle, proceeded to Cork, where she took on board a quantity of provisions for con veyance to Deptfo r d, b ut • a telegraph communication, sent by the Admiralty to Sheerness, altered the order, and the Rhadamanthus landed the provisions at Sheerness, as they are intended to be put on board the Baltic squadron when the ships arrive at the Nore. The Rhadamanthus is to be paid down here on Wednesday next, and will then be ready to leave for the western ports. One serjeant, one corporal, and 40 privates of tho Woolwich division of Royal Marines have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness top they will rerrmiroceed to Portsmouth in charge of Lieutenant Webb, where at that division until further orders..n ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOOLWICH, FEB. 18.—The horses of the half of the field-battery stationed at Leeds for some time past ar rived in the garrison at Woolwich on Thursday, at 11 o'clock a.m., and the other half of the battery, stationed at Chester, sent up the horses attached to it on the fol lowing day. Captain Pack, with four non-commissioned officers, six artificers, and 20 gunners, arrived on the evening of the 16th, with 78 horses belonging to the field-battery at Bristol, and the whole of the horses were turned over to the batteries under orders for foreign service. Captain Pack, with the four non-commissioned officers, returned to-day to their station at Bristol, and the six artificers and 20 gunners remain at head quarters here to join the batteries for foreign service. One bugler and 25 gunners of Captain Nedham's com pany, 11th battalion, arrived in the garrison at 1 o'clock p.m. on the 16th inst., from Eastbourne station, to join the batteries for foreign service, as they are all men who have gone through a course of field•battery duties. 25 gunners from Captain Campbell's company, Ist battalion, stationed at Sheerness ; and 25 gunners from Captain Edward Price's company, 7th battalion, stationed at Shorncliffe, arrived in the garrison on the same day, all for the purpose of joining the batteries under orders for foreign service. No day has been as yet fixed for the embarkation of the troops of the Royal Artillery branch of the service, but, as the arrangements become more matured, the detail is better known. It appears Lieutenant-Colonel Bloomfield does not proceed in command of a divison, as the whole, consisting of 1 troop of Royal Horse Artillery and 5 field-batteries, each to be 190 in strength including officers and men, are to be under the command of Colonel Cator, and the right and left divisions under Lieutenant-Colonel Dacres and Lieutenant-Colonel Lake, every man to be mounted and supplied with Mini 4 rifles. Two companies of the 38th Regiment of Foot have arrived at Woolwich to do duty with the two companies previously here, in the room of the Royal Marines, nearly all the men of that corps belonging to this divi sion having been draughted for service afloat, or to as sist at the other divisions. A detachment of the 19th Foot has relieved the detachment of the 38th Regiment , from duty at Deptford dockyard. (From the Morning Post.) Lord John Russell announced to the House of Commons, on Friday night, that " an exchange of notes had taken place between England and France," engaging those Powers " to co-operate in giving assistance to Turkey." This alliance between the two great Powers of Western Europe is an event of immense importance, both in its present aspect and future consequences. We search in vain the pages of their annals for its parallel. Those records tell chiefly of destructive jealousies, of enmities and wars, mutually mis chievous, and of the difficult progress of each na tion, constantly injured by her neighbour. A happier event than ever took place in the his tory of the two countries has now to be written down. England and France have entered into an alliance for a just and noble cause, agreeing to bear alike the chances of war, and, in common, to accept its consequences, and to carry it to an issue, making war together and peace together ; stipu lating, with a magnanimity worthy of such coun tries that as s tated by Lord John R usse ll, " No , , selfish interest, no incre ase of territory or power, is sought on the part of either State." To these provisions the two Governments have bound themselves by an exchange of notes—a diplo matic form having all the binding force of a treaty —by which more solemn engagement it will soon be, no doubt, replaced. The exchange of notes is a form invented by mo dern diplomacy ; for to our ancestors treaties and conventions only were known. These documents, however, occupying frequently a long time in their negotiation, being intended for deposition in the national archives and as historical muniments, it has been of late years found more expeditious, when the matter is of an excessively urgent or of a pro- APPOINTMENTS. visional nature, to supply the place of a treaty, Captain Henry Smith, C.B. (1829), who has a good which is ratified by the Sovereign's own hand, by service pension, to the Neptune, 120, at Portsmouth, an exchange of notes, signed by their Ambassa- SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 18. and not Captain Henry Smith (1846), at present in com mand of the Simoom, as inadvertently announced on dors, as a temporary, though equally valid, bond. The squadron of glom-transports hired by the Go- Saturday. It is with this latter form that Lord John Rus - vernmen t f rom thi s port, for the conveyance of a portion Lieutenan ts—Richard H. Dalton (1843), recently sell has stated that England and France have -of the British expeditionary army to the East, is now Lieutenant-Commander of the Rifleman screw steam bound themselves to maintain the integrity of the fully equipped and ready for sea. It is composed of the ' gun-vessel, when on the south-east coast of America sta- Ottoman Empire, -and the independence ,of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw-steamer Hima- tion, to the Dasher, employed in surveying the Channel Sultan, against all attack. This is the purpose of Jaya, 3,560 tons, 700-horse Power ; the Ripon, 1,900 islands, vice Freeland, to the Neptune ; John B. Bal the engagement ; the method of carrying it out is, tons, 450-horse power (Paddle-wheel) ' the Manilla, 63 5 four (185 4 ), recently promoted from mate of the Excel of course, by war with Ruspia—provisions being tons, 60-horse power (screw) ; the West India Mail 1 . lent gunnery ship at Portsmouth for gallant service at WEYMOUTH, FEB. 18. The Weymouth district has furnished 66 Coast-guard men to be draughted on board the Baltic fleet—six men being drawn from each of the 11 stations. They were conveyed a few days ago to Plymouth by her Majesty's steamer Sprightly, which is now actively engaged in running to the various ports on this coast to take in de tachments of Coast-guard for service afloat. The Lyme district has also furnished 41 men, who have been sent to Devonport to be draughted on board the men-of-war in commission at that port. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. aa7ll - : '1 . r , q rss • ;A ------ /N .N' I •. , ,11 / j . 11 T /r 2 d. ) II 6 lb. 1,6 :b. 16 b. 1116 'rived Anne jon, D8:8, NG, 112, y of "~# ~~ ~~ a