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'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 MONDAY, the 20th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing lo Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermentioned Articles, viz.; When to be delivered. Quarters. Half of each in 3 weeks, 'WHEAT PEAS Tons. earlier If pre f errefd by the SOAP • • 50 party tendering. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such Part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any ; and also an unlimited povvia• of selcetion. A proportional part of the price per bushel of Wheat will be paid for any weight exceeding 60 lbs. per bushel. ' Tenders may be made for the whole, or any portion of any one of ;the pore articles ; and every Tender must sprci:y in words, as well .as in figures, the prices at welch the Articles may he offered. Samples of the Wheat and Peas (not lees than 2 quarts of each), and of the So , p (not less than a bar), must be produced by the parties tendering. ( The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con tractlias been decided. No tender will be received unless made on the p rinted form pro vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained 01l anplira , ion at the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the racket Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. • The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said Office, and at Liverpool and Bristol. No tender will be received alter One o'clock on the day of 'treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf srould attend at the office on the day of contract, a • ,the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him in writing. 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 Somerset House. .7.I•MP.SAMWI. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER io, 1854. [PRICE SD. No. 19,384.] PUBLICATIONS. Tow. publishing to Subscribers, in 2,620 Imperial Octavo pages, Price 305., tile posT OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY FOR -1855. The work'has been so greatly extended, that the division entitled " Street Directory" contains 152,416 names, being about Turarr-EIGHT THOUSAND more thrin have ever appeared in the corresponding division et .any other book. Its distinguishing feature Is that in it s all the streets, squares, crescents, &c., tic., of the metropolis and its sublrbs appear in one general alphabetical arrangement; it is, therefore, the on:y work in which the occupant of any house can be ascertained. The 152,416 names are carried into all the classifications to which they are appropriate, each in its proper alphebetical peAtion ; all the members of any profetsion or trade, whether in the metropolis or Its 'suburbs, aro (in the " Trades" division) arranged al phabeticall v. in one list. This being the only work in which they are so, is the only one in which all the members of any trade can be ascertained. The nobility, gentry, and professional persons resident in London and its suburbs, are included in the one general" Court" alphabetical list, now so greatly extended that it inc udcs upwards of Forty-tour thousand names. NA.V4L AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. THE NEW WORK. ON RUSSIA. Now ready, in 2 vols., 21s , bound, • HOME LIFE IN RUSSIA. By a Rossi Air NOBLE. Revised by the Editor of "Revela tions of , lberiit " Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Al arl bOrollgh-StrC Ct. Her Majesty's ship St. George, Captain Eyres, arrived at Plymouth from Spithead on Wednesday. The Powerful, 84, Captain Massey, nailed from Spitbead for Greenock on Thursday morning, and is expected hourly. She is accompanied by the steam-sloop - Salamander, 6, Commander Priest. The Powerful, which bore the corn-' Modere's pendant of Sir Charles Napier at Beyrout and St. Jean d'Acre, is the largest man-of-war which has; ever visited the Clyde. The Athol store ship, accompanied by the steam-sloop Luaifer, was to sail from Portsmouth on Saturday, and may shortly be expected in the Clyde. She will lie moored at the tail of the Bank as a depot for naval volunteers, and will be under the command of Lieutenant Boys, R.N. The Meander frigate was obliged to put into Belfast Lough during the late gale. She has since sailed for Devenport.—North British Mail. The steam-vessel Avon sailed from Plymouth - for Ports= mouth on Wednesday. The transports Baraguay d'Hilliers, with stores, and the Belgravia, with hay, were towed out of Plymouth early on Wednesday morning previous instructions having been received to hasten their departure for the Black Sea. Lieutenant Cerjat, of the-Gorgon steam-frigate, was in valided yesterday for six months. The Ottawa steam transport left Portsmouth yesterday afternoon direct for Constantinople, with nine officers, 13 passengers, and 458 troops. Commander V. H. Bunco, R.N., died at Plymouth on Tuesday. Ju t nulillshed, SIEGE of SEVASTOPOL, WYLD'S NEW MAP of the SIEGE 0 I'ERATIONS at, with the Fortifications and Lines of Fire of the r ngl sh, Russian, and French Batteries on a large scale, embracin4 the country between the River Katcna and the Harbour of Balakiava, showing the IlighCround, the Approaches, the Points of Attack, and the position of the Allied Armies. One sheet, 2s. 61. ;in ca-e, 4s. ;on rol;ers, 7s. 6d. WYLD'S DIA? of the CRIMEA, showirg the Roads, Passe?, Sze., 35., 55., and 7s. 61. WILD'S PLAN of the BATTLE of ALMA, Is., 25., and 3s. An accurately compiled Conveyance Directory,' so comprehen sive as to include all the Railway Stations and Money Order Offices in Great ,lei aim is included in the volume, whicn also contains a large amount of miscellaneous information, as—House of Peers, in th«ir order of precedence—Provincial Inns. with their holders— Arrangers - I,las of the Law'Courts— N anr-s of all Postmasters in England and Wales—J'eriodical Publications, v ith their Publish, ra —not any part of which is to be found in any °tier London Direc tory. It, besides, has (exclusively) that most important adjunct, an INDEX TO STREETS, PLACES, CHAMBERS, WHARFS, &O, with full Money Order information. "The copiousness and accuracy of the' Post Office London Direc tory' are wonderful."—Morning Chronicle, 3cl Nov., 1854. "Its reputation for accuracy and completeness defies the least whisper of suspicion or reproach." Mousing Herald, 61h Nov., 1814. "After carefully examining the book in its several subdivisions, we feel bound to acknowledge its very great accuracy ."—Morning Advertiser, Nov. 7th, 1854. The number for the ensuing year, however, far excels all that have gone before It."—Standard, 7th Nov., 1854. ." We believe the book to be, on the whole, as perfect as human labour'alid human ingenuity can make it."—Globe, Nov.B, 1854. " Nicholas might face the Lancaster cannon,- but he wool t. turn pale and-tail at the sight Of the rost Office Directory.' "--- , Atias, 4th Nov., 1854. . • „ - ";Truly we may class the Direetory among mourn wonueraw -- Weekly Dispatch, sth Nov , 1854. "Fully worthy of its unrivalled reputation as a metropolitan directory."—cunday Times, sth Nov., 1854. " Complete as it appeared to be, the inventive power of the pro prietor has yet devised some further improvements upon the publica tion of last yeau",—John Bull, 4th Nov., 1814. " For utlity and information, as a class work, It is unrivalled." — Mining Journal, 4th Nov., 1854. " Improved at every point where improvement is possible."— ' Herapo.th's Journal, 4th Nov. ' 1854. It is truly one of the wonders of the ago, and reflects the highest credit on the ability, industry, and punctuality of its conductors."— JAinEs Wyl,l, Geographer to the Queen, Charing-cross East, next door to the Post-office ; and 2, Royal Exchat:ge. • GUERNSEY, OLD GOVERNMENT HOUSE. • HE PRINCIPAL OFFICER S of HER MA jIJESTY'S ORDNANCE HEREBY GIVE NOTICE. that they are prepared to receive tenders for the purchase of the said house, on or before the 15th November ilex— ' Tenders are to be male separately for the House and Land and for the Public offices. Particulars and Plans of the Property may be obtained on applica tion to the Secretary to then oard of Ordnance, ItoLondn, or the Bar rack-Master at Guernsey, will shovr - timpremises -any persons desirous ofviewing them. The envelopes of the tenders to be marked," Tender for Govern ment House, Guernsey. By Order of the Board. C. POIGNADTD, pro Secretary. Oillce of Ordnance, 24th Sept., 004. Just Published, QIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. AUTHENTIC K., MAP AND VIEW of Sebastopol and its Environs, including iqilaklava, coloured, to show the position of the Investing Corps of the Allied Armies, Octo')er, 1854 ; fi om ,sketches made on the spot by Captain M. A. BIDDULPH, K.A. Price, 2s. 6d. ; per post, 35. Case, 45. 6d. ; per post, ss. BATTLE OF ALMA.—CAPT. M. A. BIDDULPH'S SITE re U of the BATTLE of ALMA Is now ;end". Price perpost, APPOINTMENTS. The following appointments have been made : Chief Engineer Frederick Henry Hood, of the third class, to the fleet. Assistant-Engineer James Harwood, of the first class, to the fleet. Assistant-Engineer Joseph Jolliffe, of the second class, to the float. Assistant-Engineer M. Shipley; of the first class, te the Esk, 20, screw steam corvette, at Woolwich. Assistant-Engineer Henry Bloxam, of the third class, to the Tartar,-20, screw steam corvette, at Chatham. Assistant-Engineer J. B. Lind, of the third class, to the Esk, 20, screw steam corvette, at Woolwich.' Gunner William Courtenay, to the Esk. Boatswain John May, to the Esk. Carpenters James Lucks, to the Esk. London: Edward Stanford, Wholesale and Retail Mapseller, 6, Charing Cross. 911 HE. SEAT OF' WAR IN THE EAST.-- I Mr. WILLIAM , IMPSON, whose works have been for so long a period favourably known to the Publ,e, haS been commissioned to proceed to SEVASTOPOL, for the purpose of making Sketckss of the. Places and Occurrences of interest arising from the WAR In the CRIME A. and the adjacent countries. The extreme importance of procuring Authentic Representations of Events destined to form one of the most striking pages in the annals of England and France, induced Mr. Simpson to enter upon 'his arduous undertaking, in the prosecution of which he received most invaluable assistance by Letters of Introduction to our Ambas sadors and Military and Naval Commanders from the most influen tial personages in the realm. NOTICE. -DIVISION OF PROFITS.-All Persons Assuring their Lives (on the Participating Scale) in the PROVIDENT CLERKS' LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, be fore the end of the present year, will be ENTITLED to SIIA , E ih the Next Quinquennial Division of Profits to Dec. 31,1857. Bonuses paid in Cash, or Added to the Policy, rr applied to Re duce the Annual Premium, at the option of the assurer. The great and continuous increase of business, and the extremely favourable rate of mortality among their assurers, ful yjustify the Board in con fidently anticipating a still further improvement upon the liberal amounts formerly declared by way of bonus. For prospectuses showing the peculiar advantages of the Associa tion, and for all further information, apply to the local agents, or at the Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, London. Nov. 3, 1854. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. > -. ~.~ MAIL FOR THE BLACK SEA. Weekly Times, sth 'Nov., 1854. Kelly & Co , 19, 20, and 21, Old Boswell-court; and (shortly) by all Booksellers. Letters for the Black Sea and Malta will , be despatched by the Hannibal, 91, screw steam-ship, from Devonport on the 13th inst., and by the Curacoa, 30, screw steam-frigate, Captain Hon. George F. Hastings, from Portsmouth, on the same date. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, • London. BriARE OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO FOUR-FIFTHS. Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN POUR-FIFTHS of the Net Profits of the Society, according to the conditions contained in the. Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad dition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy Stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. LONDON NECROPOLIS COMPANY.- It is intended to OFEN the CEMETERY on the 13th No vember, and this Company will undertake Funerals on and after that date. _ _ _ . . _ A train, conveying Funerals and mourners only, will start from the Westminster-road Station daily at 11.20 a.m. Forty-eight hours' notice of any intended Funeral must be given at the office of the Company, 2, Lancaster-place, Waterloo-bridge, where full particulars of the general arrangements may be obtained. The Charges are : First Class Single Grave in perpetuity, including convey ance of Coffin to Woking, Funeral Service, and Inter. -#2 10 0 ment •••••••••••••••• Second Class. ditto ditto • • .... 1 0 0 This Company has also contracted with eminent and respon.ible Undertakers and Statuarie., so that the Public may, either employ their own Undertaker or Statuary, or by one payment obtain all the requirements of a Funeral. A detailed Tariff may be obtained on application, either in parson or by letter. By order. RICHARD CHURCHILL, Sec. ARTNERSHIP.-A PARTNER WANTED in an old established PRINTING and PUBLISHING BUSI /LESS. About 1,500/. required. A gentleman having a practl al knowledge of the trade preferred. Unexceptionable references given and required, and principals only treated with. Address, by letter, to A. 8., care of Mr. Sloper, stationer, Holborn-hill. TO LOVERS OF FISH.- 100 real YARMOUTH BLOATERS for 65., package included. The above forwarded to all parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, or P. 0. 0. (preferred) for the amount. Send plain address, county, and nearest station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, jun., Fish-curer, Great Yarmouth. 9110 CAPITALISTS AND ENGINEERS.- 1 The entire interest in THREE TALUABLE PATENTS, directed to one object, and in fall operation, TO BE SOLD. As the proprietor is retiring from businesi the terms will be liberal. The stock valued at 1,6001., will be included in the sale. Address BETA, Peel's Coffee-house, Fleet•street, London. COAL DEPARTMENT, North London Rail way.—Highbury Depot.—HETTON'S WALL'S-END (the best house coals in the world) are brought to the docks of this rail way at Poplar by IlCv , screw steamers, Cochrane, 770 tons, Hetton, 1 750, and the Northumberland, 650 tons, chartered for this depot, and delivered thoroughly screened, to any part of London, north of the Thames. at 288. per ton. Orders to be addressed to Mr. Thomas Lea, Chief Office, Railway Station, Highbury, Islingtod. Terms, cash on or before delivery. TAITRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- Now Open for the Season. —During the week the Orchestra will perform the Overture to Zampa ; Waltzes : Le Refrain des Mon tagnes (first time), Germania, Solon Spruche : Polkas, Fidelin (first time), Les Polies, Moscow; Quadrilles : La Guerre d'Orient (first time), Schemyl, Partant pour la Syria (by riesire). L'Etoile du Nord • Schot tische: Malvina (first time), and (also by desire) the Alma Galop. Principal Cornet a Piston, M. Boulcourt.—Alterwion of Time - Doors open at Eight; commence at half-past.—Admission, One Shillihg. PATRON—H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. R,OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Miss GLYN will read OTHELLO on Tuesday, the 14th inst.. at Eight o'Clock, and HENRY the Bth on Thursday, the 16th, at Eight. LECTURE specially addressed to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES, Monday Evening, 13th inst., at Eight. Second Lecture of a Course on PHYSIOLOGY, as connected with HEALTH, by Dr. CARPENTER, F.U.S., F.G.S., &c. Subject--FOOD and INDIGESTION. FIRST EXHIBITION of Dr. EDWARDS' PHOTOGRAVIS of the MOON. magnified by the Clay-hydrogen Microscope. LECTURE by Dr. BACIIHOPPNER on the PATENT POLY TECHNIC GAS FIRE. A Splendid Series of 40 COSMORAMIC VIEWS of ST. PETERSBURG, MOSCOW, &c., and the CUSTOMS of the RUSSIANS, is now open daily and iu the Evenings. DIS SOLVING VIEWS of the SEAT of WAR, SEBASTOPOL, loc. Admission, Is. • stalls, 2s ; pit culls; 3s. Opeft'on SATURDAY EVENINGS from half-past seven till ten, with an Entertainment descriptive of the RISE and PROGRESS of .AMERICA, Illustrated by a series of Dissolving Views of American Scenery, by G. HARVEY, Esq. G R AVESEND STAR PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfieet Piers. NOTICE.—Day Tickets are issued upon the Oravesend Star Packets, available for return by them or by the London and Tilbury Railway ; the Return Tickets by the Railway .will also be available for return by the Stir Packets. The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. SUNDAYS, WEEK DAYS, 11 g 5 I Terrace Pier Time t 4 A 5 1-4 2 3 .. 4 0 -1. Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every , quarter of an hoar. BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLAOKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. .....-- WENN DAYS. SUNDAYS. -------- 4:,. Fen- AI 1. 4 1 , ' . 44.' Fen- 5 ..P__ ig - church g; % .5 ' 4 ? church s'.., , e lii Street , -i 8 14 t 7n Street '4 8 1. 0 0 ;•'. 11 ll 2 1 4 - - 5 43( —.— *514 direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and London ••• • • • .... 101, Is. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwieh Bd. .. Os. 10c1. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. ... Os. Bd. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5.. Os.; Six Months, 31. Oa.; Three Months, 21. Os. • to be bad of the Collectors on board the packets ; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Oct. 23, 1854. Passages marked * are :THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 stamps NERVOUS —, ' DEBILITY Its Causes, Symptoms, and ture A a im atorrheea, with Practical Observations on a Essa yon Sper . safer and more succe ssful mode of treatment of the diseases the o fand Generative n br in t a h ry e e u x s a e m o i f na th tl e on M , t i h e o ro r s o c a o l p Microscope in eause detecting Syst em. cils t i n gn i shi n ob t ainedg ,b y every variety of complaint , whether arising from sola:ld effect of m '. excesse s, accident, or climate , followed by practical re arY habits, on twenty years' experience in the treatment of remarks, !minded N e r vo us Debility, Local Wea kness, S p erm atorrheea, &e. pintssanee, are added, Commentar ies on the Physiology of Marriage . •er7tZhich cautionary hints on the ev ils emanating from empirical practice, and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various wri • ters on these important disorders. 6y SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh. Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have proauced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Ito perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical conditin, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, o and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are principles of personal management:which cannot be violated without Incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting, of their bitterness may be removed, end how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. TheAnthor has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have nnfo i r ii tunately been too generally confided to the care of i g norant onio "' who inf lict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their prete Ins onr. NERVOUS I ' )hBILITY m be had, price 2' of Messrs. Piper, Brothers, and oe , 23, p —ay ,, Horne, 19, Leices.te aternoater-row , • Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Dirt r-ecluare• A 139, C hill •or free by post for y stamps tr, any address ann , orn , Bed ford-square.' from the Author's residence, 37, Bed- At homo for comultati on daily from Eleven till Two, and fro m Six,. till UAW. Mr. Simpion's Sketches will be Lithographed in the very best style of the art by Messrs. DAY and Sox, Lithographers to the Queen. It is proposed to issue a series of about Thirty-two Plates, in Eight Pa. is ; each Part, price Twelve Sh Dings, containing Four Subjects ; size, 15 in. by 1l in., printed on paper 22 in. by 15 in., or, Coloured to imitate the Drawings, each part Twenty Shillings. The First Part will consist of Illustrations of the Siege of Sevasto pol, and will be published early in December. Those incidents which from their nature demand more space, will be executed on the important scale of 32 in. by 16 in. and printed on paper 38 in. by 22 in.; they will not ex cee d Eight . in number Price &vex Shillings' and Sixpence, or, Coloured, Twelve Shillings each. . London : published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi and Co., Pub• lifters to her Majesty, 13 and 14, Pall•mall East; and Messrs. Long. man and Co., Paternoster-row. STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA.. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6 d., THE PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of. the URETHRA; with numerous Cases illustrative of every variety of Urethral Obstruction, and their special Modes of Treatment and Cure. By F. B. COURTENAT, - - Member of the Royal College of surgeons of England. " We know of no man to whose care we could with greater confl diPnce entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the ure thra."—Diedicat Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause, DAWSON against STONE, the Creditors of Walter Weldon, late of Nottinghill- square, Kensing ton and Camden-town, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, who died in or about the month of September, 1841, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the 3th day of December, 1854, to come in and prove the it Debts, at the Chambers of the Master of the Rolls, No. 14, Chancery-lane, • Middlesex; or in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Monday, the 11th day of December, 1854, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the said Chimben, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the Claims. Dated this 9th day of November, 1854. THE TYRANNY OF CIISTOM.—Enough and to boast has been written of late against the degrading custom of men shaving the hair from their faces. Every argument, medi cal, more), and social, has been exhausted to prove that nature's gifts are e ver wise ,and beneficent, and not to be thus perversely rejected ; in tact, all right-minded men have long since felt the ab surdity of shaving, but dare not beard the tyrant custom singly. The time has now come for a general and combined movement against the use of the razor. Already 2,000 sensible fellows—includ ing men of all classes—have pledged themselves on a certain day, to wit, on the 12th of this present November, to shave no more ; and from that day forth their well known faces in the streets of London will be seen gradually darkening to the umbrageous fulness of a manly beard. Let ail who are, or would seem men, follow their example. Remember the 12th! MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ADVICE. Secret Disease% removed before charge be made tor medicine by a practical and experienced Surgeon. .Nervous Debility, whether arising from Excesses, Accident, or premature age, are also treated to a successful issue, either sex consulting by letter. The fee is a lialf-guinea, in cash or stamps. Lbws of attendance, 10 till 3, and horn 5 till 10 daily; Sundays, till 2. Address, Dr. SCOT r, 3, King William-street, Strand, London. FOR STOPPING DECAYED • TEETH.- Patronised by her Tlaje4ty the Queen, and H.R.H. Prince Al bert.—Mr. II OWAR IrS PAT ENT WHITE St COE DANEUM for filling decayed teeth, however large the cavity. It is placed in the tooth In a soft state, without any pressure or pain, and in a • hort time becomes as hard as the enamel, lasting many years. Sold by Savory, 220, Regent-street ; Sanger, 150, and Hannay, 63, Oxford street; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; and all chemists and medicine vendors in the kingdom. Price 2s. 6d., with full directions for use enclosed, JACKSON ' S PATENT PREPARATION for the PRESERVATION of POTATOES, SEEDS, &c.—This valuable discovery, for which Letters Patent have been obtained, is the result of fourteen ye irs' study and experiments In the preserva tion of vegetable matters. It imparts health and vigenr to the Plants and Seeds subjected to its action, and effectually prevents the POTATO DISEASE, the SMUT in WHEAT, MILDEW and ROT, all FUNGAL DISEASES, and the attacks of INSECTS and VER MIN, and further recommends itself to the farmer, the planter, and the public generally, by the extreme simplicity of the mode of its application. 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A popular exposition of the principal IMUSei (over and .careless feeding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instructions for the reoimen and observance of every hour out of the twenty. four. Illustrated by numerous cases, &c. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that bath no wif, I hold him lost, , Helpless, and all desolat. He that hath no child, Like sun and winde.". '—Chaucer, Subject : Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development of the'Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate. impelled, and retarded Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Menta Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness —Advantages of Inter. marriage—Theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode o determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitotr, Infertile, and all Unms• similabla Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &e. 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Persons who have purchased the work should Is about delay obtain the Review, which may be had here gratis, or will be forwarded on receipt of one postage stamp. - - - Kelly and Co., 19, 20, and 21, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar, London JOURNAL OF •THE OPERATIONS OF THE ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, FROM THE Ist TO THE 17th OCTOBER. (From the Paris Moniteur.) OCT. I.—The French army was charged with the left of the attacks against Sebastopol, and the English army with those op the right. The former was divided into two bodies. One of observation, composed of the Ist and 2d divisions, commanded by General Bosquet, occupied the positions which command the valleys of Balaklava and of the Chernaya; its left joined the English near Inker mann. Its object. was to protect siege operations against any attempt en the part of the enemy coming from the interior of the Crimea. The other corps, com posed of the 3d and 4th divisions, under the orders of General Forey, was specially charged with the . siege works. The Turkish division was to act as a reserve to either corps as circumstances might require. The landing, which commenced yesterday in the Bay of Kamiesch, continued. At six o'clock in the morning, the second brigade of the 3d division supported a reconnoissance made to the south of the place by the generals command ing the artillery and the engineers. At noon the second brigade of the 2d division supported a reconnoissance made by the same generals on the west side. These two recon noissances were not disturbed by the enemy, and were exe cuted without any accident. The sentinels of our advanced posts approached without firing to within 300 metres of some videttes of Cossacks placed at from 500 to 600 metres from tl e outer wall ; none of the enemy's troops were seen , out of the place. OCT. 2.—As the 4th division was to leave the Bay of Kami' sch to take up its positions for the siege, four bat talions belonging to the Ist, 2d, and 3d French divisions, and the Turkish divisions, were placed round the bay to secure the landing, and to furnish men for the different operations. These battalions were under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Raoult, of the staff. In the morning the 4th division took up a position about 3,000 metres from the town, its left leaning on the sea towards the small bay of Strelitza, and its right at a distance of 3,200 metres from there on a large house called the White Honkie. The English army effected its movement of concentration towards its right, in order to take up its definitive positions. \ Its left, formed of the division of General England, leans on the large ravine of-Sebas topol,i which separates the two French and English at tutu; ; and its right, formed of the division of General Sir De Lacy. Evans, on the cliff of Inkermann. The - centre is composed of General Cathcart and the Duke of Cam bridge, having in advance of them the light division of General Sir G. Brown, and in the roar the largo parks of artillery and a few cavalry. A reconnoissance, sent out in the morning from the corps of observation, saw, on the heights which command the roadstead to the north, from 5,000 to 6,000 Russian troops escorting a considerable num ber of vehicles, which left the'town and took the road to Bakchi Sarai. Towards noon the outposts made known the approach of some troops of the enemy; it was the escort returning. General Bosq net placed 200 Zouaves on tho last height which commanded the defile of the bridges of Inkermann. Surprised by the fire of these Zouaves at the moment when they were advancing on to the bridges, the head of the column of Russians rapidly fell back out of gunshot. As the Zouaves by advancing would have exposed themselves to a cress fire from the place, from the gun-boats, and from the cannon of the Russian column, they remained in their position. They were withdrawn in the evening, as this place came within the position of the English. The Russians, undercover of the ein p g ri f s r o o n m er durin g i night, re-e n t ere d th e p l ace. C ap t a i n d e D am pierre, an orderly officer of General Bosquet, while . returning in the v ais t ( h l landing-place, n g n - i i g rl h a t c eb,ya post lost his efway, Cossacks.and was made OCT. 3.—The landing of the materiel was continued with tw were rparkemployed t h h e e four ienn ge i ndrerieyvriissnigreat acti v ity. The art ill ery and the engineers con ti nue d a their rec onno it r i ng o f th e ground. A number. of men be longinghe of g o divisions , and hs.o o gabions reconnoissances,the Turkish from ae n bay division the htee fire opened on them, having shown that the place had a considerable armament of very heavy guns and of long range, it was decided that the squadron should land for the siege operations 30 pieces of their heavy artillery, as well as some mortars ; 1,000 sailors were to land with these guns, 500 to work them, and 500 as a rescirve. Capt. Rigand do G-enouilly, of the Ville de Paris, had the com mand of thorn. The three last squadrons of the let Afri can Masseurs were landed. OCT. 4.—The landing of the materiel and its removal to the siege parks continued: Soldiers were employed, as on the previous day, in conveying 1,300 gabions from the bay to tho park of artillery. Tho 3d division approached the place, its left leaning on the White House, to the right of the 4th division, and its right on the grand ravine of Se bastopol, thus fronting the north and the town, and unit ing our points of attack to the left of the English. In the rear of the centre of that division was placed the park of the engineers, and on the rear of the right was the great park of artillery. Tho head-quarters-were in the' rear of those two 'parks, in an intermediate point between the siege corps and the corps of observation. The corps of observation commenced on its front, which commands the valleys of the Chernaya and Balaklava, some field-works intended to form the works of circumvallation. OCT; s.—The artillery and engineers continued their landing and their preparations. The officers of the en gineers and the companies of that force attached to the siege-corps and the corps of observation established their quarters at the park of the engineers in order to be at the disposal of the general in command. Some of them re mained with General Bosquet, in order to establish the works of circumvallation. At eight o'clock in the morn ing the sth battalion of the foot Chasseurs and two bat talions of the 3d division, under the command of General d'Aurello, axeade a reconnoissance to the west of the place under the direction of General Bizot. Before they started four men were wounded at the place of mustering by the splinters of a shell at 3,200 metres from the works. They returned at noon, having accomplished their mission, in spite of a heavy fire directed against them. About three o'clock in the afternoon the enemy made a sortie to a dis tance of one kilometre of the place and set fire to a house near the sea to the loft of the 4th division. Tho Russians retired at the first appearance of our troops. OCT. 6.—The personnel of the paying department and all their materiel landed from the Pandora. 500 gabions were carried up from the bay to the park of artillery. The 3d squadron of the 4th Hussars arrived, and replaced the Ist squadron of the African Chasseurs ' in attendance as or derlies on the generals. The lab African Chasseurs, complete, were placed under the orders of General Bosquet, with the exception of a small detachment which remained with the siege corps, .and were relieved every two days, and who wore employed as videttes on the front of the positions. The reinforcements from Varna b e g a n t o arrive. The carps of observation had 2,000 workmen actively em ployed in completing the works which had boon commenced. At daybreak, a recormoissance made by the enemy with about 3,000 men, half of whom wore cavalry, and sup ported by two batteries of artillery, advanced as far as the Chernaya and sent ooit 20 horsemen as videttes. Someshells thrown by th o English ,artillery among these 200 men drove them back to the main body, and the whole reconnoissance then retreated on Mequeusia. In a recon noisanco of the place, Captain Schmitz, of the engineers, was killed by a cannon-ball. The English began to en trench the point of the' plateau, so as to unite their posi tions with our works. OCT. 7.-600 gabions were conveyed to the park of artil lery. 300 sick embarked on board the Provencale for Con stantinople. Orders were given to preserve the biscuit barrels which *mild be used by the artillery as gabions. Storehouses of provisions were formed in each division, which would be distributed in such a manner that the men should always have four days provisions in their bags. The store houses established at the head quarters would supply the cavalry, the reserves, the parks of artillery, and ongineers, •Sro. The enemy has not reappeared on the side of the Chernaya. A daring reconnoissance was made last night, a l'Arabe, by an officer and ten Algerian tirailleurs, who returned and reported that they had gone as far as the Bal bek, and only saw the bivouac which had been made by the Russian troops who made the reconnoissance on the 6th. At six o'clock in the evening nine battalion s o f th e 3d and 4th divisions , under the orders of General de Lour mel, advanced towards the crest of the ground which sepa- rates the town from our camps, in order to render the in t vestment of the place closer, Their left leaned on the house which was burned by the Russians on the sth. At eleven o'clock at night an enemy's column, composed of two bat talions, two pieces of artillery, and a detachment of cavalry left the place, and attempted an attack near the burnt house. They were repulsed with vigour, and retreated pre cipitately, carrying off their wounded. The 39th regiment had two men wounded in this affair. Six battalions of the Turkish division encamped as a reserve in the rear of the 4th division. They are attached to the siege corps. OCT. 8.-1,500 gabions were conveyed from the bay to the park of artillery. The works of circumvallation are nearly completed ' • they already show a very respectable line. At half-past six, the nine battalions of investment were relieved by nine battalions of the 3,1 and 4th divi sions, and the Turkish division under the orders of Gene ral-de Monet. This operation was executed without any interruption by the enemy, OCT. 9.—Seven hundred gabions conveyed from the bay for the service of the engineers. At half-past three is the afternoon a column of four battalions, with artillery, left the place, and marched against the left of the line towards the burnt house. It met a warm reception from three bat talions, and the enemy retired.in disorder. At five o'clock our troops returned to their quarters. WO had two killed and five wounded. In the evening, the Ist, brigade of the Ist division reinforced the siege corps, and placed itself in the rear of the left of the 3d division. This brigade was replaced in the corps of observation by the Turkish batta lions, who were encamped in such a manner as to defend the works on the right of the line of circumvallation. All the arrangements had been made for the'opening of the trenches, the depots for the trenches established, and the ambulance placed in a house called Des Carrieres. Lieu tenant-Colonel of --the Staff Raoult was appointed major of the trenches; Colonel Lebceuf, of the artillery, and Colonel Tripior, of the Engineers, wore charged, under the orders of Generals Thiry and Bizot, with the direc tion of each of his own branch of the army. At nine at night-the trenches were opened by 1,600 men, divided into relief parties. They were supported by eight, batta lions appointed to defend the works, The opening -of, the trenches was favoured by a rather violent north-west wind and by the obscurity of the night, which the moon, however, prevented from being complete. The enemy does noeappear to have perceived what was going on, as there was neither a sortie nor a single cannon or musket shot fired against 'the working parties. 936 metres were opened in the night, at sufficient depth for the men to be covered at break of day. When daylight came it was seen that the Russians were occupied in repairing their embra sures damaged by their own firing the preceding days. Oer. 10.—(First day of the trenches being opened.)— The 2d brigade of the first, division rejoined the besieging corps. That division left to the corps of observation its. artillery, which was placed behind the works on the right of the line. The Turks-occupied all the posts of the first division on the position of observation. The engineers were occupied in widening, deepening, and finishing the parallels and passages of communication. ,The artillery commenced their batteries. The parallel, which has been opened, forms at 800 metres from the enemy's works a sort of bastioned system, in which are to be established, in order to fire altogether, five batteries thus armed, from the left to the right: — - - - - • Battery, No. 1 (armed by 12 howitzers of 22 centimetres. the ships) Battery, No. 2 (armed by 14 howitzers of 22 „ the ships) . . f 8 guns of 30 Battery, No. 3 (armed by 16 mortars of 27 the artillery l2 mortars of 22 , Battery, No, 4 (armed by 12 mortars ,of 24 „ the artillery) 2 guns of 16 16 guns of 24 , 6 guns of 24 31 4 howitzers of 22 11 By, a t t h t e e r ar t il l o s r . y 5) (armed by Making a total of 49 pieces. at the batteries No. 1 and 2, and the artillery the artillery ies No. 3,4, and 5. Towards half past the batter co the right The men from the ships worked, under the direction of ted the works for three-quar tersand left of our attacks interrupted In the night the men commenced rectify ing the right flank past six in the evening_ . two attempts at sortie, on a fire of the town was exceed day. During the whole day the o th t rk necessarily ceased with the ingly sharp. At directed e but afterward be came more precise, without, however, laded by the town fl : st it was During the night the fire doing us much harm. of the Russians continued, and ' lock, became exceedingly when the moon rose, about two o c the aim was less exact, and caused no loss of warm. But b adl y men in the trenches. Three points of the fortifications were remarked for the power of their fire ; the bastion on our right, ,that of the tower in the centre, and that of the quarantine, which enfilades several parts of our works. fibre The Russians have guns of a ea equal to that of our , howitzers of 22 centimetres. OCT. 11.—On the night of the 10th, the fire beca me pretty warm from one to three o'clock in the •face of the English right. The Russians attempted a sortie there, in front of the military port, and kept up a furious firing, which, h o weve r, wounded no one. The English took up their arms, but without stirring from their places. The Advanced guards were sufficient to force the Russian troops back. The French corps of observation was on the alert, but had not to assume its arms. An Austrian vessel, laden with provisions for the commissariat, was driven by the wind in the afternoon under the fire of the place, which poured on her a shower of projectiles. Fortunately, she escaped from them, and went ashore behind the left of the 4th division. One of the vessels of the fleet got her off in the course of the night. The works were continued, 800 men working at a time, with a relief of as many, and having eight battalions- to protect them. The parallels were developed and improved, and two communications were opened behind from the right and the left. A Mor tar battery commenced 1 firing from the town at nine o'clock on batteries Nos. 1 and 2 . The battou No. 1 has arrived more ad vanced. The enemy at its two-thirds, and that of No. 2 is a little fire from net make any sortie, and the from the town was less sharp. OCT. 12. - General d'Autemarre, of the corps of observa tion, set out at daybreak with 400 Zeuayes , and a small body of cavalry, to make a reconnoissance on the Cher naya, but found no trace of the enemy. Continuation . of the works ; widening of the trenches and communications; strengthening of the parapets. The fire from the town has not been very sharp, but regular and continuous during the 24 hours. The establishme n t of the battery which i s to be served by the sailors is d ec ided on, on the site of a n ancient Genoese fort clos e t o th e sea , on the left of the 4 th division. That battery appears calculated to fire with ad vantage on the batteries of the Quarantine fort, and to protect the extreme I:ft of our attacks. It is to be armed with six howitzers of 80, and four guns of 50. This bat tery, the construction of which is protected by a battalion, was commenced in the night of the 12th. The general-in chief has learned that from 2,000 or 3,000 Cossacks ap proached to examine the town of Eupatoria on the 11th and 12th. The removal of 100 sick or wounded was effected in the Caffarelli for Constantinople. • OCT. 13.—Turkish siege-pieces from the arsenal of Con stantinople were landed to arm the principal works of the line of circumvallation. Six of these pieces were given to the English for their works at Balaklava. Various works Of inaprovem-nt in the parallels and communications were effected. The artillery terminated, on the right of the cur tain, its battery No. 3. The batteries Nos. 4 and 5 are less advanced, from being hindered by the fire of the town. Nos. 1 and 2 ace still so. The enemy did not attempt any sortie. The bastions of the centre of the Flag staff Tower directed during the whole day a rather warm fire (50 shots per hour) on the batteries in course of construction, as well as on the points where the workmen were thrown to gether. During the night, the cannonade became much slackened (20 shots per hour). The fire of. the Russians did us but little damage. The enemy appeared much occu pied in strengthening the parapets of the flag-staff bastion and the embrasures. OCT. 14.—The English, thinking the Russians would attempt a sortie by night on the works which they had particularly examined and disquieted, applied for a rein forcement, and two battalions of the loft of the corps of observation, the nearest to them, held themselves ready to march at the first summons of the Duke of Cambridge. The workmen are reduced to 800 by day and 800 by night, divided into relief parties of 400. The battalions for pro tection are reduced from 8 to 7. The trenches and the bat teries have been completed. Workmen are employed on the left of the mortar battery in making stops; and loop holes for musketry. The fire of the town, from every point that has a view to our works, has been of extraordinary animation for one hour—namely, from one to two in the afternoon (about 850 shots, from cannons, howitzers, and mortars). The works were forcedly suspended ; this ex cessive cannonad e on l y caused us a loss of two killed and throe wounded. The damage done will be repaired in an hour's work by night. The battery, No. 5, is that which has most suffered. OCT. 15 ,—The Russians have not attempted any sortie ; the English had no occasion to take up arms, and our two battalions of the 7th Light Infantry were not called on to move. General d'Autemarre, at daybreak, made a recon noissance towards the Chernaya with four companies of Zouaves and a body of cavalry. The Cossack posts, con cealed in the thickets of the wood which linos the river, fled precipately at his approach. Five Turkish pieces, provided with forty rounds of ammunition, are in position on the works of circumvallation. During the day bags are filled with earth, and the communications are widened; during the night, continuation of the first parallel in front of the flagstaff bastion, with works for the establishment of two new batteries, Nos. 7 and 8. Small trenches have been dug to serve as day posts for picked sharpshooters; The fire from the town has been regular and continued. During the night the enemy fired a quantity of bombs and shells of great size. OCT. 1 6.—Eighteen Turkish pieces are in battery with their ammunition and men, on the works of eirennevalla tion, ready to fire. Lnprovements are being effected in the trenches, and passages of communication are being opened with the new parallel directed towards the flag -staff bastion. The batteries have been placed completely in a state to open their fire. Frcm half-past ten to half-past eleven in the morning, a very sharp fire took place from the town, which damaged only the battery No. 5. The enemy not obtaining from the fired ricochet the effect expected, com menced firing shells which became exceedingly accurate. Tho two generals-in-chief having decided that the fire of all the batteries of the two attacks should commence at the same inomene, and, the English being curd to bo ready for the next day, it was decided that the fire should com mence everywhero the next morning at half-past six, on a signal of three shells fired ono after the other by the French battery No. 3. Tho admirals having lent their active co-operation, it was arrang e d th a t t h e ships of the live of the two fleets should take up a position at the same moment, an open their fire against the Quarantine fort, and the southern part of the town and of the port. Every arrangement was made to prevent any event from taking place, either in the town or outside, which should find us unprovided. The men employed on the works are to take up arms at the opening of the fire, and to be ready to act if called on ; the corps of observation is to double its guards, and to bo on the alert ; and the cavalry is to be ready to bridle at a moment's notice. The company of sharpshooters, lately organised, is beginning to render useful services. FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—The foreign exchanges gene rally show no particular alteration, but the rate at Paris has a declining tendency, and any gold that may now arrive will most probably be sent there. The Charlotte Jane has arrived from Adelaide with 2,324 ounces of gold and 125 sovereigns, making a total of 9 4211. ROYAL ENGINEERS. The command of the Royal engineering department at Sheerness has been conferred upon Major J. St. George Ord, late serving as Major of Brigade to Brigadier-General Harry D. Jones at Bomarsund, for his gallant conduct at the taking and destruction of that fortress. It is under stood that•the Sheerness command will now be a separate command from the Medway district, so far as the Royal :Engineeedepartment is concerned. SALE OF A RUSSIAN PRIZE. The Russian prize brigantine Ciiistine, of 160 tons, was sold yesterday by public auction at Liverpool, by Messrs. Tonga, Carry, and Co., brokers appointed by the Admi ralty. There was some competition, and the vessel was ultimately knocked down to Messrs. J. and G. Barnes, of Liverpool, for 8001. The sale of another Russian prize seized in -the Mersey is expected in a few days. SHELLS FOR THE BLACK SEA FLEET. All the 8-inch shells in the Gun-wharf at Portsmouth were sent up to Woolwich by railway on Tuesday, for im mediate despatch to the Black Sea fleet. - MORE CANNON BALLS. The Low Moor Iron Company have just received an additional order from the Government to cast 20,000 balls of large size for the purposes of the war. ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE. At the monthly examination of officers for promotion, and candidates far entry into the navy, which terminated yesterday at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, the following passed : Mates, R.N., for Lieutenants—Mr. S. Court and Mr. W. H. Broadley. For Naval Cadets—Mr. C. S. Harford, G. T. H. Boyes, W. G. Best, and S. A. St. George. For Masters' Assistants—Mr. S. S. Bogdan and D. L. H. M'Bean. For Clerk's Assistant—Mr. F. L. Voules. For Royal Marine Cadets —Mr. G. H. Elliot and Mr. W. E. Despard. THE HORSE GUARDS. During the absence of Major-General Wetherell from the Adjutant-General's Office, tho duties were performed by Colonel Woed. The gallant general is now quite restored to health. The militaty secretary will have a levee on Tuesday next. Lord Hardinge is daily busily engaged with .the Duke of Newcastle. THE ARMY IN IRELAND. DUBLIN, Thursday. —The depot of the 59th Regiment, accompanied by three officers, removed on Saturday even ing from the military barracks, Cork, to Elizabeth Fort, to make room for the large number of drafts, which arrived hero from the .stations of Fermoy, Templemoro, and Birr. Numbers of the 2d Somerset Militia are joining the re giments of the line in Cork. Captain Maunsell, 85th Light Infantry, has arrived in London from the Mauritius. The 16th Lancers have sent a recruitint , party from Cahir to Leeds. The band of the 40th depot ° , at Galway, plays up on every market d a y for recruits. The out-pensioners of Armagh district have sub scribed a day's pay, from Lieut.-Col. Farmer down to the lowest rank, in aid of the Patriotic Fund. Lieut.-Colonel Trench, Queen's Bays,i, Dundalk, is gone on leave, and Colonel Campbell returned from leave. Offi cers on leave of absence.—Major Fraser, 6th depot; Major Cole, 17th ; Major Johnstone, 33d. Captain Tritto'n, of the 23d, has vacated the appointment of adjutant to the depot at Birr, in order to join his regiment in the Crimea. THE COMMANDER OF TEE ROYAL ARTILLERY IN THE BAST. The services of several of the officers in important coin mends of the army at the seat of war in the East having appeared, the following interesting detail of the services o the commanding officer of the Royal Artillery is now given from authentic sources : WOOLWICH, Nov. 9.—Among the general officers com manding divisions in the British army in the East, few pre more distiniuished by long and brilliant war services than Brigadier-General Fox Strangways, commanding the entire force of British artillery of the eastern expedition. In 1813 Lieutenant Fox Strangways embarked with the rocket brigade, under the immediate command of Colonel Bogue, Royal Artillery, for the north of Germany, as the force sent from this country to be attached to the Swedish army during the campaign (the entire Swedish force in the allied army being commanded in person by the Crown Prince of Sweden). At once entering on active service, part of the brigade was detached under the command of Lieut. Fox Strangways, and assisted in the successful issue of two actions and in the siege and reduction of a fortress in Northern Germany, previous to rejoining Col. Bogue, then under the walls of Leipsic: Ono of the first casualties in the battle which ensued was the death of Colonel Bogue, the command of the brigade falling to Lieutenant Fox Strangways; and so distir guished were his conduct and courage in this most important position, and so essen tially did the services of his brigade contribute to the glorious victory of Leipsic, that on the field of battle, at the head of his troops, this gallant young officer received the thanks of the Allied Sovereigns. Ho also received the gold medal of Sweden " for bravery and good conduct," the order of St. Anne of Russia, and the order of the Sword of Sweden, accompanied by the most flattering tes timonials from the military commanders of the Allied Sovereigns present, expressing their high approval of his conduct and courage. Owing to the remarkable rules governing army promo tions at that time in force in the British army, though sc knowledgieg his great merit, Lieutenant Fox Strangways was debarred from promotion or reward, in consequence of his junior rank and age. No comment is needed in illus tration of this system, now happily abolished in her Ma jesty's army. Distinguished by the well-merited favour of foreign monarchs, and wearing the well-earned decorations presented to him by them, Lieutenant Fox Strangways had still, according to the rules then in existence, the mor tification of finding himself superseded in the command of the brigade, by an older officer, sent out from Woolwich, and of again returning to the unnoticed subaltern position, in a force he had shown himself so competent to command. At the battle of Waterloo Lieutenant Fox Strangways was most severely wounded in the hip and spine, while com manding his gun on the crest of the hill, in the hotly-con tested position behind La Haye Sainte, and it was at first supposed mortally disabled ; he was, however, conveyed to the village of Waterloo, and it was several days before he could be removed to Brussels, where the ball was extracted, and he remained in great danger and suffering for months, but ultimately returned with the army of occupation to England. Lieutenant Fox Strangways returned to take up the same undistinguished and subaltern rank that was occupied by those of his brother officers who had re mained at home. Ho slowly, therefore, received, ac cording to seniority. and in the regular order, the dif ferent steps of rank, although always on active service. Captain Fox Strangways was in command of the rocket troop stationed at head-quarters on the occasion of his Royal Highness Prince Albert coming to review the Royal Regiment of Artillery immediately after his marriage. His Royal Highness was cognisant, as a German prince born near the locality, of the enormous results the great victory at Leipsic had upon the early and final termina tion of the terrible war of which the battle of Waterloo was the crowning event, and the Prince graciously con sented to place the undoubted claims of Capt. Fox Strang ways to brevet rank before tho Government of her Ma jesty; but so stripgent were the harsh and extraordinary re gulations governing the promotion of the British army at • that time, that, even thus royally supported, it was respect , fully intimated, in answer to his Roy al Highness, that "it was i mpossible to reward even great services performed so long ago." Promoted in regular routine to the rank of lieutenant -colonel after more than 40 years' active service, Lieut.-Colonel Fox Strangways was sent to command the Royal Artillery in the Dublin district. His Royal ms and the Duke of Cambridge was at the same time iu hcom ma nd of the troops of all arms in the district, and on all occasions distinguished Lieutenant-Colonel Fox Strangways by the most gracious attentions and marked approval. The regular term of the command having ex pired, Lieutenant -Colonel Fox Strangways returned to head quarters at Woolwich, and, as the senior officer, as sumed the command of the Royal Horse Artillery. In I n d e t, R .ud Harryne ..de a r Dra t .p h orders Royal y G o ar e lc n e General or theSganiPdetEcermadrbl Bingham, t e o e r i as l L Bs 3o u a 3 c t : ,e the e a l s so reception ; e l option of Is imperial aisioty Napoleon 111., during his progress through the principal towns of the northern departments of Franca. The English Government having determined or sending an army to the East, acting in conjunction with the Government of France, Lieut.-Colonel Fox Strangways had the honour of being named by the Master-General of the Ordnance to the command of the Royal Horse Artillery attached to the expe dition; the command of the entire artillery of the British army being confided to an old distinguished officer, Briga dier-General Cater, Royal Artillery. Upon his arrival in the East, Lieut.-Colonel Fox Strangways was attached to the light division, under the commend of General Sir George Brown, find with his troops of horse artillery proceeded from Scutari at once to Varna, thence to Davna, to Camp Aladyn, and to Monastir, and while there he was summoned to Varna and placed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern army in the important end high command of the entire force of artillery in the British army of the East, vacant by the prolonged illness of Brigadier-General Cater. Lieutenant-Colonel Fox Strangways was thus placed in command of the most important arm of the British army at the East, and with few exception's was the senior in age and length of servicesto any of the English officers in com mand of divisions, but still with the rank of lieutenant colonel. The general brevet made him a full colonel, and the Commander-in-Chief, in token of his high appro bation of his merits, applied in the most flattering man ner to her Majesty's Government for the bestowal on him of tile rank of brigadier-general, an honour at once granted, with distinguished and most gratifying mention of Colonel Fox Strangways' "brilliant services." This just tribute to a long course of gallant services reached Cul. Fox Strangways when actually embarked for the Crimea. How well he merited the distinction he showed at the glo rious and hard-fought battle of the Alma. In the gallant advance of the infantry against the Russian redoubts, the clear judgment of the English commander saw a great crisis in the battle, and that a moment might come when the noble courage and devotion of the regiments engaged might he over-horno by the deadly fire from the Russian forts. "Is it possible to get artilleryover such ground," said theCom --mander-in-Chief. • --Arr immediate." Yes," was the answer from Brigadier-General Fox Strangways, and he at once put himself at the head of the nearest battery, commanded by Captain Turner, of the Royal Artillery, and over every obstacle, and under the most withering fire from the Rus sian forts, the battery was brought into action. The sub seqxeut and most masterly manoeuvres on Balaklava brought Brigadier-General Fox Strangways again into ac tion with the enemy. No reflections in illustration of the imperative necessity existing for the late alterations in the system guiding the promotion in the British army can give stronger proof than this short notice of the career of so gallant an officer, whose acknowledged merits would, in the service of any other country, have long ago placed him in the highest rank of his profession, as is proved by the positions held in the Austrian and other services by officers of his own standing. His comrade at the battle of Leipsic, Count Walmoden, so well known and so highly esteemed in the service of Austria, was but little the senior to Brigadier- General Fox Strangways, whom ho served with at the battle of Leipsic. Count Walmoden is now a field-marshal in the service of Austria, and loaded with well-earned re wards. But, thanks to the late alteration, rewards for distinguished service will for the future be within the reach of those who merit them, and promotion may be conferred for higher merits than seniority in age. I speak, the allied flags of England, of France, and of Turkey, wave triumphantly over the walls of Sebastopol (lmmense cheering.) We may, I think, without too much presumption, nourish that hope ; for, have we not everything to justify that confidence—the bravery and loyalty of our soldiers, the noble emulation that animates both armies and navies, and, over and above all, the holy cause—liberty and civilisation—which they defend. (Enthusiastic cheering.) The LORD MAYOR then proposed " The Health of the Lord Chancellor," who briefly responded to the toast. The LORD MAYOR said he was extremely happy to find that the Prime Minister and several other members of her Majesty's Government had honoured him by their presense on the present occasion. Their duties at the pi!eeent time were of the most arduous nature, and, kiidwing their zeal and devotion to their country, he was surc'their healths would be received with the greatest cordiality. (Loud cheering.) The Earl of ABERDEEN —My lords and gentlemen, in acknowledging the cordiality of my reception, and in re turning thanks for the honour which you have been pleased to confer upon my colleagues and myself, there are various topics to which I might without impropriety advert on the present occasion ; but I will only say a few words upon that subject by which the minds of all men at this moment are almost entirely engrossed. On this day last year, when I had the honour of being pre sedt in this hall, and of addressing those who were then assembled, we still continued to enjoy a state of peace. It is true that our prospect was then •threaten ing, but a war was not imminent, and as the policy of her Majesty's Government was a policy of peace, I declared that no efforts should be wanting on our part to endeavour to preserve peace. (Cheers.) I know it is the opinion of many that those efforts_ were too long protracted, and that we ought at a much earlier period to have had recourse to the arbitrement of the sword. So far is that from being my opinion that, in spite of the justice of the war, in spite of its disinterested ob jects, I am perfectly persuaded it never would have re ceived the universal support it has met with in this country, and the general sympathy of Europe, had it not been clearly seen and fully admitted that every effort bad been employed to avert the horrors of war. (Cheers.) I think it not improbable that many of those who have been most eager for war are, perhaps, most easily dis couraged by those e vicissitudes to which a state of war fare is proverbially liable ; but I trust that you will never find anything of that sort on the part of her Ma jesty's Ministers. We are determined, under ell cir cumstances, to persevere in the endeavour to perfortn• our duties in such a manner as our Sovereign and ,our country have a right to expect from us. (Cheers. 2 Keeping steadily in view the great objects of the war: and looking to the paramount interests of this country_ acting, too, in the strictest concert, with our great ally —I cannot entertain a doubt that we shall be enabled to bring this contest to a happy termination. (Cheers.) The NOBLE EARL then proposed " The health of the Lord Mayor," who briefly returned thanks. The LORD MAYOR then proposed "The Judges." The CHIEF BARON responded to the toast. The LORD MAYOR next proposed "Lord John RWi• sell and the House of Commons." (Loud cheers.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in acknowledging the toast, briefly referred to the late inquiry into the state of the corporation, and was understood to express his convic tion that they were quite ready and willing to remove all existing abuses. (Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON, who was received with several rounds of applause, said the• Lord Mayor had been gra ciously pleased to permit him to propose a toast, which he was sure would be drunk with the greatest satisfac• tion, and be might say with the greatest enthusiasm. The Lord Mayor had collected together an assemblage in which might be found the most distinguished men in this country, and the representatives of many of the greatest and most considerable Powers of the Christian world. But splendid as such a display must be con sidered, something would have been wanting if the Lady Mayoress had not graced the company with her presence, and if her ladyship's example had not led to the festive board that blaze of female beauty which he had now the pleasure of witnessing. (Cheers.) There was a peculiar appropriateness in the toad which he was about to propose. Whilst, on the one hand, they saw before them the representative of that great nation which was now in such active and cordial alliance with this coun- ' try, and had listened with admiration to the address which that distinguished individual had delivered—whilst his presence was an emblem of a happy national alliance on every side might be seen instances of happy slomestio alliances—(laughter)—and he trusted that the present national alliance would be as durable as those domestio alliances. (Cheers and laughter.) And he must le al lowed to say, when he looked around on the younger portion of the female visitors he anticipated many future happy alliances. (Loud cheers.) The noble lord con cluded by' proposing "The Health of the Lady Mayoress,' which was duly honoured. The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and proposed " The Health of the Sheriffs." Mr. Sheriff MUGGRRIDGE and Mr. Sheriff CROSLRY returned thanks. " The Bar of England" was given, and responded to by Mr. Sergeant SUER. The LORD MAYOR proposed " Alderman Ennis and the Court of Aldermen." Alderman FINNIS returned thanks. The LORD MAYOR then gave " Mr. Masterman and the other Representatives of the City of London." Mr. MASTERMAN acknowledged the toast, and the dinner party soon afterwards broke up, a considerable portion of the company retiring to the ball-room, where dancing was kept up till a late hour. The dinner, which was provided by Messrs. Staples, of the Albion, received general commendation. Mr. Harker officiated as toastmaster. The vocalists (under the direction of Mr. Ransford) were Madame Weiss, Miss Ransford, Miss Eyles, Mr. T. Young. Mr. Pope, Mr. Manvers. Mr. Longhurst, Mr. W. E. Ransford, Mr. Alfred Kempster, and Mr. Mattacks. The following was the bill of fare :- 250 tureens of real turtle, containing 5 pints each ; 200 bottles of sherbet, 6 dishes of fish, 30 entrées, 4 boiled turkeys and oysters, 60 roast pullets, 60 dishes of fowls, 46 dishes of capons, 50 French pies, 60 pigeon pies, 53 hams, ornamented ; 43 tongues, 2 quarters of house lamb, '2 barons of beef, 3 rounds of beef, 2 stewed rumps of beef, 13 sirloins, rumps, and ribs of beef ; 6 dishes of asparagus, 60 do. of mashed and other potatoes, 44 do. of shell fish, 4 do. of prawns, 140 jellies, 50 blancmanges, 40 dishes of tarts creamed ; 40 dishes of almond pastry, 30 ditto of orange and other tourtes, 20 Chantilly bas kets, 60 dishes of mince pies, 56 salads. The Removes-80 roast turkeys, 6 leverets, 80 phea sants, 24 geese, 40 dishes of partridges, 15 dishes of wild fowl, 2 pea fowls. Dessert-100 pine apples, from 21b. to 31b. each ; 200 dishes of hot-house grapes, 250 ice creams, 50 dishes of apples, 100 ditto of pears, 60 ornamented Savoy cakes, 75 plates of walnuts ,80 ditto of dried fruit and preserves, 50 ditto of preserved ginger, 60 ditto of rout cakes and chips, 46 ditto of brandy cherries. THE LORD MAYOR'S DAY. THE DINNER. The Guildhall, the scene of so many civic festivities, was more gaily decorated than usual. The flags of England, France, and Turkey were grouped together in various parts of the hall, and from the galleries were suspended a large number of elegant banners. At the upper end of the hall, and immediately behind the Lord Mayor and the principal guests, was a gothic screen, tastefully decorated. Directly above the screen was placed a large allegorical representation (designed by Roberts and painted by Fenton and. Absolon) of the union which now so happily subsists between England and France, and in which are introduced medallions of the Queen and Prince Albert, and of the Emperor Na poleon and the Empress Eugenie, the arms of the cities of London and Paris, and distant views of the cathe drals of the two cities. Various other devices are dis played, and at the base of the allegory are inscribed the words " Side by side in peace or war." On an outer screen are depicted four colossal figures, representing the British sailor and the soldiers of England, France, and Turkey, surmounted by wreaths of laurel, and the words " God defend the right. The screen also con tains the names and arms of the City companies. The guests began to arrive shortly after four o'clock, and were set down in rapid succession until half-past six. At that time the Earl of Aberdeen and Lord Pal merston mrde their appearance, and were loudly wel comed. Lord John Russell and the Earl of Clarendon, who followed almost immediately, were also most cm. dially received. A few minutes after seven, the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs, preceded by the mace-bearer and other officials, entered the hall amidst the cheers of the company. The healths of her Majesty, Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and the rest of the royal family, having been given and loyally responded to, The LORD MAYOR said the next toast which he had to propose was one of peculiar interest at the present mo• ment, and lie was sure every one present would do it ample justice—it was "The Armies of England, France, and Turkey," with which he would couple the name of Lord Hardinge. (Loud cheers.) Lord HARDINGE, in responding to the toast, said ho had been called upon on several former occasions to ac knowledge the hononr done to the defenders of the country, and ho had always expressed his opinion that whenever the country might require the services of our army and navy they would not be found wanting. He could now say with the utmost confidence that our army had not degenerated, since they had recently dis played on the field of battle all those qualities for which they had been so long celebrated. (Cheers.) The first instance in which their bravery had been displayed in conjunction with that of their French Allies, under the direction of Lord Raglan and Marshal St. Arnaud, was at the battle of Alma, in which they obtained the most signal and splendid victory. (Cheers.) The second instance in which they were displaying their cool and determined courage was in the siege of Sebastopol, where they were showing a courage and discipline worthy of their best days. (Cheers.) In the annals of history there was no instance in which an army had had greater difficulties to encounter than had been ex perienced by the Allied armies during the present cam paign in the Crimea. In forcing the passage of the Alma, and in besieging, Sebastopol, the English and French troops had displayed the greatest rest valour and bravery. Lord Raglan possessed all the gquali ties of a commander, and had on all occasions shown himself to be peifeetly worthy of the command en trusted to him by her Majesty. (Cheers.) The best feeling existed between the English and French troops, and that feeling was likely to continue, founded as it was on mutual respect and esteem ; and be felt confident that they would continue to act together, as they had hitherto done, with perfect unanimity of purpose. The Lord MAYOR next proposed " Prosperity-to the Trade and City of London," coupling with the toast the name of the ex-Lord Mayor. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY, in responding to the toast said he was happy to find that amidst the strife of war, and notwithstanding the high price of food, the pro sperity of the city of London was never greater than at the present moment. (Cheers.) The Lord MAYOR then proposed "The Health of the French Minister, and of the other Foreign Minister' who have honoured the banquet by their presence. (Loud cheers.) Count WALEWSKI (the French Minister, w ho was greeted with several rounds of cheers), in acknowledging the toast, said—Jo viens, au nom du corps diploma tique, remercier l'honorable assemble() qu'il me soit per mis tout d'abord de former un souhait auquel, fen suis certain, tous mes collegues s'associeront sans reserve— c'est quo votre administration, my Lord Maire, prenne fin au milieu de circonstaaces plus paisible que celles qui signalent seri avenement. Mais ce qui nest pas moins desirable c'est, que la pain que nous appelons tons des nos vceux les plus sinceres soit une paix durable, et pour qu'elle soit durable it faut qu'elle repose sur des conditions de stabilite en rapport avec le grand fait qui domino notre opoque, et qui l'illustre, avec le grand fait qui a change, en pout le dire, la politique du monde, et qui doit rassurer sur l'avenir les plus timides comme lee plus incredules. Ce greed fait c'est l'union des deux peoples qui marchent l le tete de civilisation— c'est Faience de la France et 'de VAngleterre. (Loud cheers.) La hataille d'Altna, qui prendra place dans les fastes de l'histoire, parmi lee faits d'armes les plus glorieux du sihcle ; la prise de Bonaarsund, les port des renneuni bloquds dans toutes les mere, ce ne sont lh que des preludes, mail qui temoignent assez hautement de oe que cette alliance pent faire et de ce qu'elle fern. (Cheers.) Esperons qu'au moment on je parle les drapeaux reunis de rAngleterre et de la France et do la Turquie fiottent victorieux cur lee murs, on plutot sur lee mines de Sebals topol. (Loud cheers.) Nous pouvons sans trop dopr somption nourrir net espoir ; car tout dolt nous en donne' o __ as, la confiance—la bravoure et le patriotism° de nos_salnq la supiiriorite de nos connaissances militaires o , / es d o e b u l x emulation qui regne entre les deux (S t e; t I de la cause marines, et, par dessus tout, la sain e qu'elles defendent. (Loud and continued cheering.) The following is a translation oft o l n e ato e above of s t p h e e e p : My Lord and Gentlemen, —In th matie body, I return thanks to this honourable body, and beg to be permitted at the outset to express a wish, in which I am certain all my i e‘g t a coll colleagues will our unreservedly , y hat adminitra join, and that is, my Lord iN tion may close amid circumstances more peaceable than those which mark its commencement. But yet there is ono thing not less to be desired, and that that the peace wh ich we all so ardentl y dtsire i i s r; the sincerest manner may be a lasting peace, and that it may be lasting it must, above all, rest on conditions of stability in harmony with the great fact which marks our epoch, and which illustrates it, to gether with the great f ac t which, so to say, has damaged the politics of the world, and which henceforth mu-it re assure the most timid as well as the most iecredulaus. This great fact is the union of the two nations which ad vance at the head of civilisation—it is the alliance of France and England. The battle on the Alma, which may well take its place among the brightest achieve ments that die page of history has recorded, and to pass from this, the crownin g p roo f o f the military prowess vs of the age, I come t o t h e s i ege of Bornarsund rto the blockaded ports of the ehemy ; and yet these are but preludes of what such an alliance can do, and will yet accomplish, (Cheers.) Let us hope that, at the =mit 1 THE GUIDES AND TILE PATRIOTIC FUND. We have great pleasure in publishing the following letters, as in the highest degree honourable to our late visitors, flattering to the English people, and gratifying as a testimony to the cordial alliance which now subsists between the two countries. It is hardly necessary to explain that the director.s of the Crystal Palace proposed to recompense the band of the Guides for their services on the occasion of the late military fete at Sydenham, a proposition which has elicited from Captain Verdiore A reply, cf which the following is a translation : " Morley's Hotel, Nov. G. "My dear sir,—l have considered that as the band of the Guides came here solely for an act of benevolence, and was sent e specially for that purpose by his Majesty the Emperor, it ought to prefer not receiving any remunera tion. The pleasure of having contributed its share towards tho relief of the members of a nation, an ally, and plunged in misfortune by the consequences of a war is common, is in itself recompense enough. " I therefore thank you, in the name of those I com mand, and in my own, for the hospitality you have ac corded us during our sojourn in London. I also thankyon for the cordial reception we mot with, both from you and' from the English nation, and I beg of you that, if a stun was destined for our band, you gill pay it into the Pa triotic Fund, which cannot be too much increased. . " I beg of you, my dear sir, to be the interpreter of these sentiments to the committee, and to receive the assurance of my most distinguished consideration. " Captain of the staff commandin% the detachment of 14 E . D. VxamEnE. the Guides at London, " To Mr. Grove, Secretary of the Crystal Palace." ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON. COWES, NOY. 9• John Gray, _ Dream, ya wl, George E s q., from ,„ p from a c ruis ' e ya n wl, the Channel. sc h o o n er,Be A nt r i r n iv c a k l,L E —si ! aodl;i ' ra3T-2—h e G MT . l' S ir . a T nd ri a- tton, Esq., from the B—The Oriana, North Seas• and about the Station.—The Titani a , Dream,Yachts a yawl ; Miranda, yawl ; and O r i ana , sc h o oner ; schooner. Yachts l a id ho uL e f r o , r C th io e m s m ea o s d o o n re in th C e o n w i e g s ht H il ar o h n o . ur jce The Zara, sc Earl of Wilton ; Irene, schooner, Joseph Reynolds, -; Amazon, yawl, Sir John Walsh, B ar t. ; l one , schooner, Sir Henry Oglander, Bart. ; Julia, cutter, William Peareth, Esq. ; Lavrock, cutter, Captain C. H. W illi am s, R.N. ; Gipsey Queen, Sir Henry Bold Hogh ton, Bart. ; Constance, schooner, Richard Naylor, Esq. ; Spider, cutter, Thomas Thornhill, Esq. ; Coquette, schooner, Lord Godolphin ; Pandora, yawl, Captain R. H. Smith Baru ; Viking, schooner, Major Sterling ; Miranda, cutter, Joseph Gee, Esq, ; Caprice, yawl, H. B. Baring, Esq., M.P. ; Sultana, yawl, Lord Col ville. CAPTURE OF A BRITISH SHIP IN THE BALTIC BY THE RUSSIANS. Inlell;L,Yence has been received at Middlesborough by yr. Addi- on Brov,ne, ship ,weer, of the capture in the Baltic of the ship Ttiomas Browne, of Middlesborough, by the Russians. It appears by a letter received from his son, Mr. Browne, who commanded the vessel, that on the 26th October, while she was on her passage from Faro to Memel, she was unfortunately driven ashore and stranded on the coast of West Courland. Early in the morning, a party of Russian soldiers came down and took possession of the vessel, removing the ship's com pany out of her. They marched them, as prisoners, about 13 miles up the country, where, up to the date of the in-, formation, they remained. Efforts are being made t a send them money, to enable them to procure better pro, visions and necessaries, as their captors are j ,said not /to have supplied them in point of quality as well as e•Juld be desired. In the hope of a meliorating their conedtion in that respect, or procuring their 'release, the aid of t h e Russian consul at Newcastle has been obtained, w il d g m that of the British consul at Memel.