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''Viilf %•• .; t•t t „ ; 1 1 :;".', _.5. , - , ' c%, ' A ;1014.7 . ,,T ., Liz, , ...17t7 Iv „.,- ,4,5,!: , • t . j , 40,,,, • . ---,,,„ ,T, - • • • • s - ~..... w ,,,,,,..,,, „..:, .--t..; - _ „?,,,,. c -.......... .2- • ' • .." 'Ts - ) s . ". - , e..-• + _.... . . . . . . .._ NAST Ilnik ROTTAE, JCLY, THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, that a QUAR TERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at their House in. Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th Sep tember next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. r TBE RUSSIAN PRISONERS IN FRANCA i - - EAST INDIA HOUSE, 6'rn SEPT., ' 854. TIM COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, that the QUAR TERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company, appointed to be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th. instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, is made special for the purpose of submitting for adoption the alterations in the By-laws of the Company recommended in tho report from the Committee of By-law's which was laid before the General Court on the 21st June. A copy of the alterations in question is now open for the perusal of the :Proprietors at this House. J. D. DICKENSON, Deputy-Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 2Orn SEPT.♦ 18 54 . TELE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, that a Proprietor of e: st India stock has given notice of his intention, at the Quarterly Gem oral Court of the said Company, appoint, d to be held at their Hon coin Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th instant, " To move for a List of the Confiscated B-tates, with their re+pec tive, annual ♦alues, of the chiefs whose property has been absorbed by Government since the annexation of the ru jaub." Also, for an explanation on what conditions the arms have been taken from the inhabitants." . J. D. DICKENSON, Deputy-Secretary, LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road). The, above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON, and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT' , CEVLBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert; also, by H. Laurent , the following Waltzes —La belle Franga•se, Leonora, Villi- Una and his Dinah. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Da'scing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. PATRON-17.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT. Mr. PEPPER begs to announce that in consequence of the power- Jul Voltaic Battery having been lent to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Liverpool, the ILLUMINATED CASCADE will not be shown till Mc iNDAY, the 2d of October, when lions. DUBOSCQ has kindly, ons nted to exhibit a new ELECTRIC LAMP undrr water, and a new CAsC DE APP iRATUS, throw ing fhreeJets of Illuminated Water instead of one. , On MONDAY EVENING, the 2d of October, E. W. BR kYLEY, ' jun., Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c., will deliver a LECTURE on GEO .X,OGY, being the EIGHTH of the MONDAY EVENING COURSE :atAXIATIMEA to the INDUSTRIAL GLASSE.% All the Daily Exhibitions and Lectures as usual. Office of Ordnance, 21st Sept., 1854. TICE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HER MA 3ESTY'S ORDNANCE do HEREBY GIVE VOTICE, that they are iliady to d'spose of, to such persons as are willing to tender fur the name, a quantity of Old Gun Moulds, Slag, and broken Cru'ible., In store at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, winch have been divided into Lots, and may be viewed upon application to the Storekeeper at that place, any day (•lunday excepted) previous to the day fixed fort' e delivery of the Tenders. Catalogues of the several Lots mat be obtained by persons willing To become purchasers. at the Storekee. er's Office, Woolwich, the Storekeeper's Office at the Tow er, and at the Secretary's Office in Tall-mall, where the Tenders for the whole. or any number of the Laid Lots, are to be delivered on or before Thursday, bth October, 1854. By Order of the Board. C. POIGNAND, pro Secretary. ISLE OF WIGHT CHEAP EXCURSIONS.- SOUTH-WESTERN RA I LWA Y.—By the Excursion Trains „,, Ir verY SUNDAY lforning at 7.45 from Waterloo Station , THROUGH ..ETIITRN TICKETS are issued to the ISLE OF WIGHT, via t O ITTHAMPTON, for COWES, or PORTSMOUTH, for HYDE. Fares :—Closed Carriages, Bs. ; Seated Open Carriages, 55., which nclude all pier dues and steamboat fares, but not conveyance between the railway stations and piers. The Return Tickets from Ante will not be available via ('owes and Southampton, nor those from Cowes via Hyde and Portsmouth. „..THROUGHOUT TICKETS betwixt LONDON and R Y DE, via tyRTSMOUTH. PORTSEA, and GOSPORT, available for Four Days, are also issued daily at Waterloo Station, at following fares "htcb include all pier dues, omnibus and steamboat fares. Ist Class, 468 . gd.; 2d Class, 278.8 d. Single Journey Fares-Ist Class, 203.6 d.; . 4 1 Class, 153. 6d. ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Waterloo Station, July, 1854. THE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA, October 4, 1854.—The General Screw Steam-shipping Corn tally's screw steam-ship " ARGO," 1,850 tons, 3 00- horse powe r, u .corge Hyde, Commander, will sail from Southampton with her .tliesly'4 Mails for Adelaide, Port-Philip, and Sydney, on Wednesday she 4th October, 1854, at Two o'clock p m. punctually. The " Argo," one of the faste s t ships afloat, is justly celebrated for her last passage to Australia, having made the run cut in 64 days, and home within England "Me period . She is also the first steam-ship that returned to 44 -agland via Cape Horn, thus accomplishing a voyage round the World in 128 days. The vessels forming the superb fleet of screw steamers of this Company, of which this ship is one , are well known for the punctuality and speed with which iheir voyages are performed. 2C° eaPense has been spared in their construction, and the accommo dations which they ffer to the pu lie are wnsurpas-ed, if equalled , by any ships a fl oa t. Rates of Passage ‘I oney vary, according to the ac commodation reqsired, from 30 to 100 guineas. Full particulars a „ to Freight and Passage may be had at the Company's ,Ogicer., 2:, V aMiOn-street, London.—Agents at Southampton, MESSRS. B. BALFOUR and CO. LIFE ASSURANCE. MOST IMPORTANT BENEFIT EVER YET OFFERED EY THE UNIVERSAL PROVIDENT LIFE ASSOClATlON.—Established 1849. Persons insured for Life, who have paid three yearly premiums •nd upward:, can receive back their money, less the premium for the risk incurred during the time they were insured on surrender of the policy. EXAMPLE. A 1 3, aged 15, pays 14/. as 9d. a-year for Life fer 5001, and at the end of seven years wishes to drop his Policy—he will at this time have paid 99/. 6s. 3d., and for the surrender of the Policy he would in other offices get a very little, if anything, and the premiums Would consequently be lost. The Directors of the Universal Provident, feeling this to be a great. hardship and a positive obstacle to the adepion of Life Assurance by all classes, have adopted the equitable principle of deducting the pre mium for the time the risk has been incurred from the premiums paid, and returning the balance to the parties, thus making a profit themselves without any risk. In the example above the Insurance for 500 i. for the time would have been 91. 9s. 7d. per annum, or 661. Is. Id.; this deducted from 991. Os. 3d. leaves 321. Ms. 2d. to be returned. The advantage of tilt• principle is peculiarly applicable When Policies are taken out to cover Loans. Diseased lives and lives rejected by other offices taken. C. IV. BEV.% N. Managing Director. E. P. ROWSE LL, Secretary. OFFICES-52, Xing William•street, City. • N.B.—Agents wanted throughout the kingdom. Liberal Commis sions. BANK OF DF.POSI r, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST. r,ONDON. Establishe , l A.D. 1844. PARTIES desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the Min of this Institution, by which a high rate of Interest may be obtained with perfect security. Interest payable in January and July. PETE:t M01{1:1 , ;ON, Nlanaging Director. Prospectuses and Forms for opening Accounts sent tree on application. DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OlL.—The most effectual remedy for CONSUM RRONCUITIS. AsT , l MA, G3U!', RIIEUMATISNI, and all ( : 11 :01 , 1JLOUS COMPLAINTS. Pure and unadulterated, contain inY its most active ant es ential principles —effecting a cure much More rapidly than any other kind. Prescribed by the most eminent tnedierd men. and supplied to the leadise hospitals or Europe. Half pint bottles,2s. 6d.; pints, 4s 9d., IMPERIAL M 1 k SURE. Wholesale and Retail depot, .A.NSAR, BAREORD, and CO., 77, Strand. Four Half-pint Bottles sent (earriaize paid) to any part of England on receipt of a remittance of Ten Shillings. R AVESEND STAR PACKETS. NO other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfleet Piers. The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting ) . FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. SUNDAY: WEEK DAYS, Terrace Pier 7 11 1 ,4 '5 _ I Direct Trains from the Boats marked t O Mnibuges from Frnchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BLACKWALL, on the arrival of tho fol lowing Trains from the Fencharch-street Station. SUNDAYS. WEvi.._ ..............._._____. cle .2 ...,.' ... = P en- - 1 ...... '7 , , :.", F,.: Fen- f.. .•.' cl w x ... , :: church ~ P '"', t-1 church ' = -' t street q '`''' 4 ' 't 7 " '' g . . -,trei. i c .. :-..- I: 6 + ,-. ' ?:- 2 z. g n— 114 ._ _ —.— i t IA -- -- 12 _ —1% 21 5 2 1 6 Q l 4 :N *5 i— 5 6% 6 1 ,4 . Passages marked . are run direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. TO or from Gravesend and L0nd0n.......... lOd. .. Is. 2d. ~ Gravesend and Illackwall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. lOd. . . Fore Cabin. S lOd. .. Is, vish Bd. • • Os, ,rs.. 6d. .. Os. . Os.; Six Months, Le Collectors on bo Gravesend. TO or from Gravesend and London.. ~ Gravesend and Illackwall or Wool\ Between Gravesend and Intermediate Pic itoAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, r , Three Months, 2i. Os.; to belied of th, Packets; or of \I r. Monk, T errace Pi er, Sept. 19th. 1'54 31. Os. ; and the TIIE SECRET INTER \TITLES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 E tamps, NERVOUS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper niatorrhcea, with Practical Observations •on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative System, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and distinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of every variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded en twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, spermatorrhcea, &c. To which ar e added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage , with pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers 1m these important disorders. tsy isAMUEL LAWERT, M.D. 37 , BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, D;etor of Medicine ' Matriculated Member of the University o f Edin hurm, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licantiate cf Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c.r The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, Which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man nc'od, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other clas. of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their Physical condition, and who are conscious of baring hazarded the health, happiness, 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, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely 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 unfortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant chldric.s, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place f nth in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, Ilrotheri, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Itoroe, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free by post for thirty stamps to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed ford-square. At home for counNitlin daily from Elena till Tro, L 1 from SixWl Eight, Time No. 19,345.] PUBLICATIONS. .Now ready at all the Libraries In 2 'vols., 215., LIGHTS AND. SHADOWS OF AUSTRALIAN LIF E. By Mrs. CL ACY, Author of " A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings." Hurst and Blackett, publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. JATIONAL THANKSGIVING, October 1.-L- Th, OFFICIAL F0R11.4 of PRAYER sent Postage F . ree by Jamcs Colbert, 49, Paternoster-row, London, on the following terms: —2.5 for 25.,'50 for 35., 100 for 65., 250 for 13e., SOO for 215., 1,000 for 21. 2s 11,mittance in postage stamps, or by P. 0. order. 14:ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.- The Directors are prepared to receive TENDERS for LOAN S. on the Se .unity of the Company's Debentures, bearing interest at the rate of 4% per cent. per annum. J. B. OWEN, Secretary. Bishopmgate Station, August 3, 1854. ATIONAL (late CHOLERA) ORPHAN HOME, HAM COMMON, RICHMOND. The next ELECTION of O':PHAN GIRLS will take place on the 31st October. Candidates must apply before the sth October, tothe Reverend Joseph Brown, Rector of Christ Church, Blackfriars'-road, _ _ Honorary Secretary, or to Mr. Collins, Secretary, ', Parliament street, of whom every information may be had. Subscri tons and Donations may bepaid to the credit of the" National Orphan Home," Henry Kinescote, Esq., Treasurer, at the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, CHOLERA ORPHANS.—In 1849, when the Cholera was la t here, a Home vas opened :or Orphals, now ealied the NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, on Ham t ointribb.n6er Richmond. Nearly f :rty thus left !rive since that time been Clothed, Boarded, and Educated. The Committee have resolved to admit immediately a large number, if :he benevolence of th, Public will filrnish them v , rth the means. Pos,essing two acres of land, through the munificence 0 , a friend, as w-11 as a h-Juse, now let, but which can he at .'nce occupied by thirty more Orphans, if they had funds, the Committee earnestly place she case before the Public, and especially the Clergy, as it is probable collections will he made at the approaching Thanksgiving to the Almighty for such an abun.;ant harvest. Every information will be given by the Honorary Sie-re tarp, the Reverend Joseph Brown, Rector of Christchurch, Black friars'-road. and the Assistant Secretary, Mr. Collins, 37, ladling ham-street, Pmlico. _ _ _ Donations and Subscriptions may be forwarded to the Treasurer, H. Kir gsco . e, Esq.. th., Honorary Aecretaries, or to the a, count of the `ation•,l Orphan Home London and We•todnster Bank, City.; also to Daltons, Cockspur-strect ; Hatchards,'Piccadilly Ni.bets, Berners street; Rivin;tons, 'St. Paul s Churchyard, a ,, d Waterloo plAce, Pall- '..a1l ; ceeleys, 54, Fleet-street, and Hanover-street, lianovcr-square. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE CJMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. Sir WALTER R. FARQUHAR, Bart., Chairman. FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. John Martin, Esq , M.P. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. T. llankey, jun., Esq., M.P. James Morris, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. . Henry Norman, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch. Esq. John Loch, Esq. Henry Yigue, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S., Actuary. LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1855, when all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas 1854, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the several past divisions of Profits made by this Company, the Reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies from One-half the Profits amounted, on an average of the different ages, to about One per Cent. p , .r Annum on the sums insured, aid the total Bonuses added at the Four Septennial Divisions exceeded 770,0001. FORE lA' RISK-, —The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies. the t ßritish Colonies, and the northern parts of the United states of America, have been materially reduced. IN VALID LIVES.- Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may hay..thelr Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS 'granted on Life Policies to tile extent of their values, pro vided'such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 507. ASSIGNMENTS OF PuL[ClEd.—Written Notices of, received and registered. Medical tees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for Policy S►amps. NOTICK IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Fire Policies Which expire at Michaelmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this otice, or with Mr. Sams, No. I, St. James's. street, c,.rner of Pall-mall; or with the Company's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. A.D. 1720. • ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First); For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE. LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, t'ALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville, ,11)-(1 vernor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. • Henry Bainbridge, Esq. sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. John Garrett e'attley, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Edward Nfaxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. William Davidson, Esq. Abraham George Roberts, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson. Esq. Robert ilanbury, Jill., Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, F:sq. William Tetlow Hibbert, EFq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. James Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Will am Wallace. Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. MEDICAL ltErentie•—garnuel , olly. Esq., F.R.S. Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre miums falling due at Michaelmas will expire on the I 4th of , ctoher. FIRE an' LIFE AS , UR %NCES may be effected with this Cor poration on advantageous terms. The Assured are exempt from the liabilities of partnerthin, and payment of their claims is guaranteed by a large invested capital stock. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation in profits, o-, at lower rremiums, without such participation. The Reversionary HONUS on Lite Policies has averaged 2 per Cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 46 per cent. on the Premiums paid. Any sum not excee ling 10,0001. may be assured en one Life. The orporaticn hears the cost of I'olicy Stamps and Medical Fees, and requires no entrance-money. The Assured are subject to no expense but the Premium. No extra charge is made for service in the militia. LO INS are granted on Life Policies to their full values. This Corporation affords all the advantues of modern practice, with the stability of an office safely constituted under Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parli.iment, and tested by the experience of nearly a century and a half. There is but one older life office In existence. FARMING STOCK. The Corporation having determined on a reduction of " One Shil [lug per Cent." in the rate or Premium for the Insurance of Farm ing Stock and Utensils in England and Wales, the Company's agents have been fully instructed upon the subject, and are authorised to accept Insurances on that class of property accordingly. ROYAL EXCIIANGE, LONDON. JOHN A. HIGIINn, Actuary and Secretary. THE CHOLER A!!! Prevented by the destruction of all noxious effluvia. CREWS'S DISINFECTING FLUID, recommended by the Col lege a Physlcians and the London Board of Health. The Cheapest and Strongest CHLORIDE of ZINC. Quirts, 25., Pints, Is., Half pints, rid. Sold by all Chemists, Druggists, and Shipping Agents, and at Commercial Wharf, Mile-end, London. N.ll.—C RE WS'S CHLORIDE of ZINC is a cheap, powerful, and finer preparation.—Medical Circular. rrHE EVENTFUL MOMENTS WIT H OUR till. A WAIF:S.—The period to which we have looked forward with thril inc anxiety has arrived, the landing of our armies in th.t gal lant and magnificent manner which distinguishes the British forces in all their engagements. These formidable companies, under the shelter of the broadsides of our splerdid ships of war, add land on the shores of the enemy, and with oar French allies will push on t , vic tor-le before unknown. Such eventful moments cannot fail to excite the liveliest interest in every patriotic heart, a , -1 inspire with cheer fulness and courage every person in our vast empire. We have a military spirit, a noble independence, a national dignity, and valu able in,titetiens which we are proud at any cost to maintain, and as the campaign is expel - Five, every Eng ishman with his accu.tomed calculation will inquire how he shall pay his portion wi:heut per sonal irmonvenience ~ Ve suggest a plan, and are confident of its success : purchase all you: Clothing, and that for your !amities, at the Establishments of E. MosEs nd Sox, and the war expenses di , - trihuted amongst the people in the shape of increased taxes will be fully met. Economy is the order of the day ; all classes are sensible of its im portance. 255. wi I purchase at E. Noses and SoN's their New l'aletot. which a universa ly famed for the gentlemanly appearance it imparts --t , r the novelty and neatmss of its make—for being the wont suit able Dress fir the close ()faun:liner, as well as for the ensuing autumn. Their stock of Bats and Caps is unrivalled for Neatnes', Durability, and Cheapness. 'f heir Hosiery Geods for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children are the gems of modern mantfa , dure. The Gigantic \lila sale lothing, Shirt, ant Boot and Shoe , iepa , tment secures ailvantagi.s to 51erchants, Captains, and ranigrants which c .nnot be obtained e's , where, anti small or large amounts will meet with spec ly sa'e, At very great pr-fits, in any part of the world. Full lists of Outfit s for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship sailing informa tion, gratis, on application, or post free. 'PE lAA , NOTICE.—The Estahli,hments will be Closed on Mon diy next, Oct. 2, re-opening on Tuesday morning, us usual, at Seven o'clock. C ` V:Tr " .— E. MOSES and SO S regret having to guard the public against Imposition, hz.vinc learned that the antradeaman-like r atoll oo " of Being connected with ':heir Establiehment," or ' It's obvious tll e same r reasons, they n , t'"e has beg b to e ee n resorted thrtedattot:iey havenmanyinstances, and tot “ 80, A.blgate, opposit the No CONNEXION Wing ANT °VIES ELIUSE IN OE OUT OF LONDON. except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 150, and 157, sllnories, 84, ss, end F .ranch, London West -end B eie Church. Branch, 500, , 508 New Oxford-Street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all ' .4) 7' • ' ' Sheffield Branch, 36, Bradford (Yorkshire) P commuicating. all communicating. Colonial Wholesale Branch,arga te . 10 and 20, Bridge-street. Merchant Tail°. - -Clothi Melbourne, Australia. Shoe Makers, and General V, flatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and IMPORTANT.—ShouId a atfltters for Ladies and Gentlemen. exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, article not give satisfaction, it will be without hesitation. All preferred, the money will be returned goods are mark e d i n p l a i n fi gu res, the lowest price, from which no abatement can b e The Establishments ar e closed fr made. on Saturde.ys, when restlitied till 12 o ' c l oc k. business is ' om !arise* on Fridays to sunset A new Book, with ill u strations, nion," containing Mil li sts of untitled" The E c h o of Pablic Opi aunt. &c., &c., may he had prices,on Tel our system o f self-measure lei l'on parte Francais. application, or post-free. liter spricht man Deutsch gni S , Carla 'reliant,. Aqua sa habla Evaqe. THE REFORMATORY INSTITUTION FOR TIIE WEST OF ENGLAND.—The results of the meeting held at Exeter on the 15th inst., of which a report has appeared in The Sun, are of the most satisfactoty character. The sub scriptions then announced amounted to 7001., and they have since been consideraiily increased, the High Sheriff (Mr. It. S. Gard) having very handsomely set the example of doubling his subscription of 1001. The committee appointed at the meeting have assembled, and immediate steps are being taken to secure at the earliest possible period, the foundation of an institution for the reforma tion of juvenile offenders. Sunday next having been directed to be observed as a day of special thanksgiving, the committee had determined on sending applications to all - the clergy in the diocese, and asking them to make an appeal on the occasion in behalf of the funds of the institution. By this means there will doubtless be a large accession to the funds, and there is little doubt but that the tiatitutiou wilt be shortly established, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMI3EIt 9.6. 1854. THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, APPOINTMENTS. Captain Lord George Paulet (1833), at present in com mand of the Bellerophon, 78, on the Mediterranean and Bleck Sea station, to be naval aide-de-camp to her Ma jesty. Lieutenants— William L. Lambert (1842), from the coast guard, to command the Royal Charlotte, revenue vessel ; Lewis M. Croke (1854), recently promoted from mate of the Imperieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate in the Baltic, to the Powerful, 84, at Portsmouth. Chaplain—Rey. Douglas Bontflowcr, to the Cossack, 21, screw steam-corvette, at Chatham. Payniasters—S. H. L. Giles (1846), to the Nankin, 50, at Chatham ; William Soady (1811), to the Victory, flag. ship, at Portsmouth ; John Bell (1821), to the Royal Wil liam. 120, at Devonport. Master's-Assistant—Frederick Seaton to the Curlew screw steam-sloop, at Portsmouth. Clerk—John Shepherd (1850), from the Polyphemus paddle-wheel steam•sloop, just paid off at Portsmouth, to the Cossack, 21, screw steam-corvette, at Chatham. Clerks'-Assistant—Alfred W. Williamson, to the Fie gard, flag-ship, at Woolwich. WOOLWICH, Sm. 25. 11r. Thomas. Baker, inspector machinery afloat, and and at present borne on the books of the Britannia, 120, flag-ship, for the purpose of inspecting the war steamer s in the Black Sea, has received a letter of thanks from Vice. Admiral Dundas, for the very excellent manner in which, with the assiat:ince of the engineers of the fleet, he had altered the position of the starting-gear of all the war steamers in the Black Sea fleet, to render that gear, so important to be protected from shot or shell, less liable to be injured in actual warfare. Mr. Baker has effected his object by placing the starting gear under or near the base of the engines, instead of being near the top level, or above the engines. The Royal Albert, 121, is to be taken round to Ports mouth, to be finally prepared for proceeding to the Black Sea, where that splendid screw steam-ship is to serve as flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Dundee, commander-in-chief on the Mediterranean and Black Sea station, and the crew of the Britannia will be turned over to her on her arrival there. Late as the period of the season is for operations in the Baltic, it is prob: , ble the country will shortly have interest ing intelligence from Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, commander-in-chief on that station, as despatches of a very important nature were forwarded to him on Saturday last. The brass guns captured from the Russians have been placed in the icon stores in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 25. The Miranda arrived here on Saturday last, and moored at 2.30 p.m., having had three months of unremitting work within the arctic circle in the White Sea. This ship, dur ing the 80 days she was in the White Sea, anchored 48 times, and whilst under way and at anchor, has boarded 375 ships and vessels, showing the immense trade that will be lost to Russia from her folly, besides being obliged to sell all her ships at a ruinous loss in price. Only three were captured, and these fell to the Miranda, and are on their way home, loaded with flour, fish, and oil ; but the un kindest cut of all to the Czar was the destruction of Kola, the capital of Russian Lapland, a place conceived to be beyond the reach of ships. Kola is described by the Rus sian Admiral Sutkes in his journeys as the celebrated capi tal of Russian Lapland, which under Peter the Great be came a fortified city, and which in 1809 was visited by the English, who sent in two gun-boats to destroy two vessels, but who made no direct attack upon the town. Captain Lyons has visited it in 1854, made a direct attack upon the town, and expunged it from the list of capitals. Ho had thirty miles of a difficult river to navigate, five miles of which are laid down in the chart as unnavigable, and which in some places is so narrow as scarcely to admit of the ship swinging, with a current running seven knots an hour. The uncertain knowledge of the strength of the enemy offered no check to his determination to place his ship alongside the battery. Success attended his daring. Phe Miranda lay within point blank range of the battery. The governor of the city would not come to terms. Their guns were manned, and every tower and building loop holed and filled with men. But we could stand their shot, and shell, and red-hot shot within musket range. In less than an hour their guns were dismounted, their bat teries in ruins, and their city in flames. One tower of the fortified cathedral alone now stands to mark the spot where Kola once had been. 1 The proceedings of the Miranda, as given by ono of her blue jack ts, may be found interesting to many : " Miranda left Sheerness, the 3(1 of May, under sealed orders, and anchored at Spithead on the 4 h at six p.m., left Spithead on the 6th at one p.m.; on that day chased seve ral vessels, and proceeded agai❑ under sealed orders; re turned to Spithead again o❑ the 15th ; on the 17th vic tualled the ship, on the 19th left Spithead, anchored in the Downs on the 21st at two a.m., weighed anchor and ran through the Gull etream, proceeded north on the 24th at eight p.m., ran for Lerwich Harbour, anchored at eleven p.m., on the 26th left Lerwich Harbour, and the Bth of June anchored in Hammersfort Bay ; having worked through the Sound on the 10th of June, steamed through Rolffso Sound for sea; on the 19th of June chased and captured the Russian schooner —, which ',was after re leased ; on the 22d stood in for anchorage under Cross Island, loft Cross Island on the 24th; on the 2Gth anchored (with a strong current running towards Archangel) off the mouth of the river Dwin ; at ten p.m., in Archangel Bay. We were employed in boats, boarding several vessels. On the sth of July we weighed, and proceeded for the Murman channel of Dwina River, leading towards Archangel Bay. On the 9th, anchored near Tetrina ; got under way, and proceeded for anchorage at Cross Island. On the 18th rounded the Island of Solovetskoi. When about a thou sand yards distant from the shore, our first lieutenant ob served a number of soldiers, with several field pieces, in the woods. His glass and eye are first rate. A gun was fired to dislodge them, which they quickly returned with shot, grape, and canister—a sharp shower—lots of them struck the ship. We kept up a sharp fire from the star. board broadside guns. The enemy retired into the bush wood in the rear. We then anchored off Solovetskoi Mo nastery at about midnight. On the next morning, the 19th, saw the soldiers employed throwing up temporary bat teries. Our ship, with the Brisk in company, hoisted a flag of truce, and fired a blank gun. The Brisk sent a boat on shorn with a flag of truce. The Russians sent a boat off to meet the flag of truce. The boat then returned on shore. At 8.20 weighed anchor, hauled clown flag of truce, and opened fire on enemy's battery with long gun, firing shot and shell, which was pretty smartly returned by the bat tery, and also from two towers of the monastery, and mus ketry from the shore. The Brisk also opened fire soon after. About 9.20 a round shot from the battery killed King Marshall, an ordinary seaman and man of colour, formerly a krooman from Sierra Leone—a very good darky he was. Another shot wounded Stephen Hall, fracturing his right arm close to the shoulder. In about ten minutes we had him down on the orlop deck, when our doctor, John A. Corbett, put him under the influence of chloro form, and took his arm off close up to the shoulder. Hall never moved. It was certainly very quickly done, and in proof that our doctor made a good job of it, in eighteen days ho went to work, such as he could do, single-handed. . . We then opened fire from 121 b howitzers, and also from the tops and gangways, to dislodge the enemy from their cover of trees and bushes. At 11.20 the enemy were seen deserting their batteries. They shortly again returned to their guns, and were again driven away by the precision of our firing. Wo then commenced shelling the monastery from our pivot gun, at the same time keeping up a heavy fire from our broadside guns, also with small arms men on battery and cover. We then proceeded easily, steaming up the inner passage to out-flank the battery, and also to close in monastery. We then commenced firing red-hot shot on the monastery. We silenced the fire of the enemy at about 6 p.m. on the evening of the 19th. On the 31st we landed at Shayley Island, and destroyed all the public buildings by fire, together with nine guns felled on shore. " We coaled on the ',.9th of July. near Cross Island. On the 22d of August our master, Mr. G. Williams, succeeded with the boats to buoy a passage up to Kola. It is a queer river, as if nature had intended everybody coming there to be deceived in the passage. On both sides the river, for about a mile and a half, the deepest soundings are the side channels. You then suddenly come to a regular bank, and we were obliged to back out again ; but the master, after very particularly sounding the midship channel, found water np, and at 6.30 a.m. we anchored off Kola in five fathoms water. We shortly after observed a flag of truce coming off from the fort, and hoisted a flag of truce in return. Our third lieutenant, Mr. C. W. Buckle, went away in the gig to meet the flag of truce with a letter, iu which, we understood from the quarter-deck officers, an immediate surrender (rather sharp practice, but British blood had stained our decks) was demanded of the fort, garrison, and Government proporty. We could see the different forts with the men at their guns. We were kept at quarters during that night. Our gallant commander gave orders to splice the main brace with a good glass of the Queen's own at midnight. We barricaded the tops with hammocks for our riflemen. "No answer being returned in the morning, we hauled down the flag of truce and opened fire with grape and can ister, to dislodge musketry from the batteries and stockades. Our ship was got up within 250 yards of the battery. Our first lieutenant, John F. C. Mackenzie, and Mr. Charles W. Nanthorp, mate, accompanied us in command of the shore party, sou 1844;4, our good is gallant firat nant headed our party of blue jackets and marines, and trotted up sword in hand to dislodge the enemy from the ruins of the batteries and to seize their guns. Immediately upon our pulling in shore, the enemy opened a sharp fire upon us from the different parts of the towers and the monastery. Our ship continued to fire to cover us. It was about 2.30 when we landed, headed by Lieut. Mackenzie, who was the first into the battery, which we found completely destroyed by the ship's fire. The enemy were going off beyond double quick time, m if the real old Nick was after them. We took on board one of the battery guns which had been broken by a shot from our ship ; all the other guns were completely buried in the ruins. All the Government stores were destroyed. Jolly Jock, as we dub our first lieutenant, did honour to his little clan of the Miranda. During our fighting the enemy had been busily employed taking up all the buoys our master, Mr. Williams, had laid down for coming up the river, and he had all his work to go over again, to buoy the channel for our going down again. By 7.30 a.m. on the 24th, we had destroyed the whole of the town. It was a tremendous scene of destruction ; the buildings, stores, and monastery all in flames, and each bell, as their stupendous beams burnt through, fell to the bottom of the tower, tolling its last knell. There were seven bells, and from the sound on falling they rang like the Big Tom of Lincoln. We made Flamboro' Head Light on the 22d day of September, and called at Yarmouth. A lot of papers were brought on board. Wei !might a little here and there. of the good news of the fall o(Bomarsimi, andithe jolly good health of the English and French engaged there was drunk throughout every mess that day. " We have a real live Russian boy, about ten years of age. He was taken out of a fishing lugger which had been deserted by her crew. The poor little fellow was found locked up in the hovel called a cabin, and if not taken must have been starved to death. It appears be had neither mother nor father living, and his relatives had put him on board the lugger to work his way through life. The poor little fellow was christened Kola Miranda, but he will not now answer to that name ; he does not like the name, and has given himself the name of Jack Miranda. He is an intelligent little fellow, and is a great pet amongst all hands. He cannot be prevailed upon to leave the ship. "The Miranda has had touch.and-go on the ground on many occasions; she is to go into dock for repairs, and there are also some defects in her machinery department." Sir James R. G. Graham and Sir Baldwin Walker ar rived here yesterday to - make an official visit this day, when a general muster of the yard will take place. They attended with the commander-in-chief divine ser v i ce yes terday at the dockyard chapel.' The crew of the Miranda have been remarkably healthy; no contagious disease of any kind has occurred. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 26. The Melampus store-ship, Master Commander (pro tem.) Assistant Master Attendant John Jackson in command, arrived here yesterday from Pembroke. The Miranda received orders by electric telegraph here yesterday to proceed to Portsmouth to make good some slight repairs to machinery preparatory to her proceeding for the Black Sea. She left here at four p.m. yesterday in pilot charge of Mr. Milbank, Trinity pilot. The Miranda has brought home a very ancient bell (which is now being used as a ship's bell) ; it was taken from the ruins of the monastery at Kola, in the Gulf of Ortega. It measures in extreme . circumference '6 feet 4 inches, and the internal depth is 2 feet 1 inch. It has a magnificent cathedral tone. The date on it is "Anne 1656." Around the upper rim, in beautiful relief, is a hunt ing party, with flags, horsemen, and dogs, and around the outer base is a splendid raised wreath of grapes and pine apples, which is only broken by the figure of a priest hold ing a cross in his left hand, with a book in his right hand laid over his left breast. The following letters are raised in old Roman characters :—K. 0. R. D. T. *—K. L. E. M.—A. N. * M. E. F. E. C. I. T. The Hannibal goes out of dry dock to-day, and the Ho ratio takes her place. The Royal Albert got up steam on Saturday, and steamed out of the fitting basin in first•rate style, proceeding to her harbour moorings to receive her armament, &c. PLYMOUTH, Sur. 25. The Conrad, hired transport, has had her defects made good, and is now alongside the Victualling-yard, chipping bread for the Black Sea fleet. The Algiers, 90, screw steam-6140m tiketfotit of dock at Keyham on Saturday evening, and lay in the basin till this morning, when she proceeded into the Sound undor easy steam, in charge of Mr. Brown, assistant-master-at. tendant. Powder boys are ready with her powder. The Janus, steamer, arrived yesterday morning with a gun• metal screw propeller for the Algiers. The Algiers will ship her screw in the Sound. The Centurion, 84, was brought alongside the dockyard on Saturday, and will be fitted for a screw immediately. MILITARY. - - ROYAL ENOINEERS.-dye have authority for stating there is no truth in the statement published on Friday, " That it has been decided that a grand night attack will take place at Chatham on the night of Wednesday, the 27th inst., under the direction of Captain M`lierlie." • Lieutenant-Colonel Parker, Royal Marines, with other officers forming a district court-martial, assembled at Chat ham on Friday and Saturday, for the trial of the following prisoners: -Private Martin Haley, 24th, was found guilty of desertion ; Private James Connors, 99th ; Private Mark Coates, 99th ; Private Wm. Wade, 12th Foot; and Private David Macguire, 27th, were separately tried for desertion and found guilty, and Private J. Britain, 37th, was tried for deserting his regiment in 1846, when it was stationed at Monmouthshire. He wasbrought in a prisonerto Chat ham under escort, when he confessed to Colour-Sergeant Woods, of the same corps, that he was a deserter; the prisoner surrendered himself to the civil power. The issue of the above trials will not be known until the proceedings are confirmed at the Horse Guards. THE WAR IN THE EAST.- Itecruiting is most actively going forward on account of the following regiments doing active foreign duty, viz., the Ist battalion of the Ist Royals, the 4th, 13th, 20th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 34th, 41st, 42d Highlanders, 44th, 47th, 49th, s.lth, 57th, 63d, 79th, 88th, 930, 95th, 46th, 55th, the Rifle Bri.2ado, and Royal Artillery. Recruiting is also going on f or the following not on war duty-18th, 51st, 54 t h , 56th, 66th, 720, 80th, 820, 90th, and 91th. For th 6 cavalry recruiting is also going on very actively. Th e S cots Greys, though in the East, have no recruiting party in London, as in the case of other regiments. The complement for the sth, or Princess Charlotte of Wales' Dragoons, which regiment was almost cut off to a man by the cholera, while encamped in the East, will be made up as soon as possible. At present the corps is virtually disbanded, the survivors having been in corporated with the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, now commanded by Colonel Hedge. The purchase of troop and artillery horses is actively going on. _ The 94th Regiment, at Chatham, is being organised as quickly as possible since the return of the right wing, in expectation of soon getting the route for Canterbury. Highlanders has boon rom they cou ld no t o bt a i n Th oy e e d a ep f o ro t tn of l t v h i o n 4 6 2t e l st ß e e r g , w ime h n er t e of recruits, to Stirling Castle, where they will no doubt ob tain many fine Highland lads from the glens in Perth and Stirling shires. The depot of the 93d Highland Regiment has been sent from the Isle of Wight to Dundee, for the same reason. Tho Government has chartered the steam-ship Sarah Sands to convey the second battalion of the 71st Highland and she was to of the 2d l L e i a g v h a t Q ln ue fa b n e t e ry om on fr Frid Q ay ue l b a e s c t. toT4Eengdleapnodt, bat talion is at present stationed at Chatham. Orders have been received at Quebec for the following officers of the Royal Engineers to proceed to England im mediately :—Lieut.-Colonel Henry P. 'Wulff, Captain Hon. H. F. Keane, at present stationed at Montreal ; and Lieutenant A. R. Vyvan Crease, at Quebec; Lieutenant B. A. Wilkinson, at present stationed at Toronto; aad Lieut. George Ranken, at present stationed at Quebec. Two companies of the Royal Artillery have been ordered home from the West Indies, without any other companies being sent out to relieve, and they aro now on their way in one of the West India Mail steam-packets, and will land at Southampton. The companies are Captain J. W. Domvile's company, 10th battalion, stationed at Barba does since October, 1851, and Captain Thomas Kn ox ' s company, 9th battalion, stationed at Barbadoes since Sep tember, 1852. LIMERIOK, SEPT. 23.—Limeriok has at length been to tally ungarrisoned. For the first time since the siege, the city of the violated treaty is loft in the keeping of a hand ful of raw recruits. The 57th depot has gone off to Birr, and the 40th depot has been removed up to the New Bar racks, to replace the "Die Hardy." The Castle Barracks, in which the 40th was stationed, has, since their removal, been closed, and there are at present a sergeant, a corporal and two or three privates keeping possession of A.—Lime rick. Chronicle. POISONOUS PLANTS —A case of growing poisonous plants was tried at the rolice court on Monday. Mr. Bailey, surgeon, appeared to make a complaint agains. William Dellor, chicory dealer. Dellor has a field in hi occupation, near the Barnwell gravel pits, in which he i, growing three different sorts of poisonous herbs, and th. field is not protected by fencing ; the consequence is that children frisk about the dangerous berries, and thre. have nearly been sacrificed by eating them. The mayor requested Superintendent Jaggard to call on Dellor expo4tulate with him on the impropriety of growing hi " villanous stuff"" in the neighbourhood of a populou place, and even without a proper safeguard,—Cambridyt Pre a. REDUCTION OF POSTAGE TO NEW SOUTH WAL6S, VICTORIA, AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA. General Post-office, Sept., 1854. On and after the let October next, the postage upon letters conveyed, whether by packet or private ship, be tween the United Kingdom and the following British colonies, viz.:— New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia will be reduced to a combined British and colonial rate of— For a letter not exceeding Half an ounce in weight Os. 6d. Half an ounce and not exceeding one ounce Is. Od. One ounce and not exceeding two ounces 2s. Od. and so on, increasing one shilling for every ounce or frac tion of an ounce. The postage of these letters may be paid in advance; or they may be forwarded unpaid at the option of the sender. The foregoing reduction of postage will extend to all letters directed to Van Diemen's Land which are sent by the Australian mail packets, whether those which go direct to Australia, or those which take the route to Singapore, as well as to all letters for New Zealand specially addressed "via Melbourne" or •' via Sydney," but, upon such letters, both those for New .Zealand, and those for Van Diemen's Laud, the postage must be paid in advance, or the letters cannot be forwarded. To the reduced rate of 6d. a French transit rate of sd. per quarter ounce must be added in the case of al letters for the above-mentioned colonies, which may be specially addressed to be sent via Marseilles, making the total charge upon such letters— • When under a quarter of an ounce in weight Os. lid. When weighing a quarter of an ounce and under half an ounce When weighing half an ounce and under three quarters of an ounce and so on , The correspondence of Western Australia is forwarded as a rule by private ship. Letters for that colony spe cially addressed to be transmitted "vict Singapore," will continue liable to the existing rate of ls. the half ounce, or, if also directed to be sent "via Marseilles," to the existing rate of Is. 10d. the quarter ounce ; but letters for Western Australia, addressed to go by the direct Australian packet, will be sent in the mail for Mel bourne, and will be liable only to the reduced rate of 6d. In all cases the postage must be prepaid. It must be understood that the foregoing reduction of postage applies only to letters put into the post on or after the Ist of next month, and that all letters which are put into the post before that date will be charged with the existing rate of postage. PARLIAMENTART PROCEIDINGS.—On and from the same date, the rates of postage now chargeable upon packets containing printed votes and proceedings of the Imperial Parliament, sent through the post to New South Wales, will be repealed, and all such packets will be forwarded only by the direct packets, and will be subject to the rates of postage which are levied on printed books sent to that colony, viz. -- For a Packet of Parliamentary Proceedings, not exceeding— Half a pound in weight Os. 6d. Half a pound and not exceeding one pound le. Od. One pound and not exceeding two pounds 2s. Od. Two pounds and not exceeding three pounds 3s. Od: beyond which weight no packet can be sent at a reduced rate of postage. The following conditions, however, must be observed : Ist. Every such packet must be sent without a cover, or in a cover open at the ends or sides. 2d. It must contain a single pub!ication only, the seve ral sheet■ or parts thereof, where there are more than one, being bound or sewed together. 3d. It must not exceed two feet in length, breadth, Width, or depth. 4th. It must have have no writing or marks upon the cover, or its contents, except the name and address of the person to whom it may be sent. sth. The postage must be paid in full, by affixing out side the packet, or its cover, the proper number of stain ps. _ _ If any of the above conditions be violated, the packet must be charged as a letter, and treated as such in all respects. To prevent any obstacles to the regular transmission of lettere, any officer of the Post-office may delay the transmission of any such packet of printed ♦otes and proceedings for a time not exceeding 24 hours, from the time at which the same would otherwise have been for• warded by him. . THE REOISTRATION►q. - CITY OF LONDON. Mr. Thomas Young M`Christie, the barrister, yes terday resumed the revision of the lists of voters for the city of London, in the Court of Queen's Bench, Guildhall. In the list for Lawrence Pountney-lane, there were three notices of claims and five objections sent in to the overseers, but it appeared that only one of the claims, and none of the objections had been published. Upon the list being revised, the published claim was gone into and allowed, but upon the application of Mr. Sidney Smith and Mr. Ledger, to substantiate the two remaining claims and objections, The Revising Barrister expressed a doubt whether he could entertain them, in consequence of their non-pub lication by the overseers. Mr. Sidney Smith and Mr. Ledger contended that this non-publication could not deprive parties of those rights conferred upon them by act of Parliament. Wherever a list of voters was not published, a remedy was provided by the 27th section of the Reform Act, of making the existing register the list, thereby saving the rights of the electors. The 26th section also provided against imperfect publication, by enabling the revising barrister to revise and adjudicate a list published for any portion of the time required, whilst the 38th section, as applicable to claimants, required the barrister to call upon the parties to prove their qualification by proof of the due service of the notice required to be given. If the reverse of that were the law, the overseers might re strict the rights of claimants or objectors as the case might be. The Revising Barrister took the same view of the question, and allowed the remaining claims and ob jections. In the list for the parish of St. Peter-le-Poor, in the ward of Broad-street, Mr. John Sim, of Coombe-hill, claimed to have his name inserted as owner and occupier of a house, No. 39, Old Broad•street, which bad been omitted by the overseers. Mr. Sidney Smitb, ithsupport of the claim, said that the Messrs. Sim were the owners and occupiers of the premises in question—that the premises were not only fit for business, but for a dwelling-house and fit for the reception of a family—that the servants employed were not ,merely housekeepers for the place of business, but were domestic servants, and administered to the wants of the partners, who had separate beds in the house, and that it was a proper occupation. He should quote the opinions of two gentlemen who were considered as authos rittes upon this point, which ho thought would esta blish his claim. Mr. Smith then read extracts from _ _ " Elliott and Rogers on Registration Cases," which stated that it was not necessary for a person to sleep continuously on the premises, so that there was an un brokeh right of doing so. In this case the claimant had a bed assigned exclusively to himself, in his own house, to which be went every day for the purpose of trans acting his business, and having a room assigned to him where he could sleep, be (Mr. Smith) contended that it was as complete a residence as could be set up, but it was not necessary that he should sleep there every night. It was like the case of officers in the army, who were frequently travelling abroad for a long period, but they did not lose their qualification. The law did not so much require a man to sleep at a particular place, but the power of doing so to the exclusion of any body else. What was there in this case but an animus reverdendi f Where a man has a residence, and a bed there, he occupied it when he pleased. He had not occupied it for six months, certainly, but still he had a continuous occupation. A clerk from the establishment was called, who stated 'that the partners in the firm had beds in the house, in which they occasionally slept, but that the claimant, although he had a bed there, had not slept in it for the last sixteen months. The Revising Barrister considered that this was not a residence within the meaning of the act ; but if Mr. Smith wished to have a case upon it for the court above, he would grant it. Mr. Sidney Smith said most undoubtedly he should, as there was but one case in the books bearing upon the point. Mr. Burton, the governor of Whitecross-street Pri son, claimed in respeot of his occupation in the parish of St. Giles, Cripplegate. The Revising Barrister considered that Mr. Burton's residence was compulsory, and disallowed the claim, [PRICE SD. ~—.... ________. claim, all of which were admitted, and 60 oljections, of which 3 were withdrawn, and 57 were sustained. The name of Lodge Raymond de Montmorency (Lord Frank fort). 14, Buckingham -street, was struck out, as also the names of Andrew Mortimer Drummond, Andrew Robt. IDrummond, Ch ar l es Dru mmond, Robe r t Drummond, I Willi am Franks Drummond, Harvey Drummond, Edward Athelin D rummon d, an d for 49, Ch ar i ng - cross. all of whom - were returned To the list of St. Paul's, Covent -garden, there were 14 objections, of which 13 were al/owed and 1 was with• , drawn. Tne Court will sit this morning at 11 o'clock, the lists o f th e par i shes of St. Margaret, St. John when , St. James, and St. Cl ement, will be s ubmitted to revision. LAMBETH. Yesterday M r . Archer Ryland, barrister-at-law 'halo his court at th e S ess i ons -house, St. Mary, Newington, to revise the li st o f voters for several parishes in the borough of Lambeth. Mr. Percy Hart, of No. 4, Studley-terrace, in the parish of St. Mary, Lambeth, sent a written application to have his naive placed on the register, from which, he stated, it had been omitted. The Barrister entertained some doubt whether he could comply with the applica tion, as previous - notice had not been given to the over seers, nor bad the claimant appeared in person to support his application. The legal gentlemen - present offered their aid to solve the difficulty, and, after some friendly reference made to legal authorities, the farm , was about to give his decision on the point ; wher, IA was forestalled by a rate collector calling out, •" Why, he resides in my district, and the name is in the list, quite right ;" and on reference being made to the list, it was found to be so. The list contains the names of about 9,000 voters, and there were but six claims made, four of which were allowed. APPALLING ACCIDENT AT A GRINDING W HEEL AT SHEFFIELD. - - SHEFFIELD, SATURDAY AFTERNOON,—About 2 o'clock this afternoon, a portion of an extensive grinding-wheel, known by the n ame o f t h e " tower wheel, " suddenly fell in and buried eight of the workmen in the debris. The tower wheel is situate in Blonk-street, Wicker, and is a most conspicuous object to the visitor to Sheffield, being seen from the railway termini to rise with lofty castel lated towers above the surrounding buildings. That portion of the building which has fallen was used by the file and table-blade grinders, and was situate at the rear of the most extensive portion of the building. The ground floor contained the boilers, and the floors of the upper storey were formed of brick arches, of which the outer wall formed one abutment, and the inner wall rested on cast-iron pillars. The building was girt toge ther by iron rods running from front to back of the build ing, and underneath the arches or floor of the second storey. It is conjectured that the vibration of the ma chinery constantly at work had loosened these rods from their fastenings, and so deprived the outer wall of the support necessary to preserve it. However that may be, the outer wall about two o'clock suddenly fell out„letting down the arches, and the whole of the rooms above also fell with a tremendous crash, burying eight men, who at the time were at work in the rooms, in the ruins. Being Saturday afternoon, rryiny of the hands were absent who otherwise would have been at work. The crash of the falling buildings alarmed the whole neighbourhood, and speedily drew to the spot an immt nse crowd of persons. A large force of workmen were immediately set to work to search the ruins fir the unfortunate men who were 'entombed, and in the course of half an hour the %%hole of them were extricated and removed to the infirmary. They were George Tingle, Park, 30, table blade-grinder, seriously injured in various parts of his body ; John Mitchell, 16, table blade-grinder, Park, large wound on the front of the leg ; William Headley, 16, fork-grinder, Andrew-street, Wicker, compound fracture of the left leg, and injuries on the face ; John Ibbotson, 18, ivory cutter, Fir-view, fractured leg ; Albert Berry, 13, file grinder, New-street, cuts on the bead and leg, and frac tured foot ; Charles Makin, file-grinder, Sergeant's-row; John Ridge, ferkgrinder, Wicker ; and a young man named Ibbotson, were all bruised, but escaped without fractured limbs. One young lad, when the place was falling, clung to a window sill, and escaped without a scratch. A portion of the outer wall fell upon a horse, il - it so much as to render its destruction necessary. The damage done to the building is variously estimated at from 1,0001. to 3,000/. The extent of the calamity has been greatly exaggerated, the reports being that 19 men were killed, and 30 buried in the ruins. No life bas been sacrificed. Eight men and lade hare, been juredi some of theth very seriously. WESTMINSTER. The Revising Barrister, Mr. J. F. Macqueen, sat yesterday in the Lords Justices' Court, Westminster hall, to revise the list cf voters for the city of West minster. 2.80 objections and 21 claims have been served on the part of the Reformers, who were repreented by Mr. G. Huggett. There were five claims put forward on behalf of persons whose politics were net known. The list of St. Anne's parish was the first revised. There was one claim which was admitted, and seven ob jections, one of which was withdrawn, and the rema i n d er were allowed. In St. George's, Hanover-square, there were nine claims, of which seven, including one Tory claim, were allowed. There were 58 objections, of which 51 were sustained. In the remaining cases the names were re, tained on the list. Amongst the names struck out was that of William Kinder, whose right to vote out of the house 9, Gros. venor•street, was objected to on the ground that the house is lit to a tenant by whom it is occupied, and that Mr. Kinder is merely in occupation of premises in the rear. - To the list of St. Mary's, Strand, there were 12 ob jections of which 10 we re a ll owe d , 1 w i thdrawn, and 1 allowed to stand over. There was 1 chain, which was admitted. the with of St, liortio4zAhetolds there we re 3 REDUCTION OF THE DUTIES ON WINE AND SPIRITS. 1 The following article of the Debats on the de cree reducing the import duties on foreign wines and spirits will be read with interest : "The news which we receive from the most southern of the wine-producing departments, where the vintage has commenced show to what extent the recent de cree allowing foreign - wines to be imported into France, until otherwise ordered, was called for. The yield of wine presents itself under a sad aspect. Providence who has shown us the unexampled mercy of giving us a good corn crop, after a season which seemed but little pro pitious, has not accorded to us the same favour in wine. Assuredly, if men had the choice, they would without hesitation prefer a good corn harvest.' The corn harvest is worth in an average year two milliards; but the wine crop is far from attaining that enormous sum ; besides, though the populations could, strictly speaking, do without wine, they would be reduced to the most frightful misery if they bad no bread. It cannot be denied, however, that the vintage is also of great im portance. In an average year it amounts to several hundred millions, and if wine be not absolutely indis pensable to the subsistence of the populations it is extremely useful. In the southern departments in par ticular, where wine is produced and sold at a very low price, it occupies a great place in the food of the people. In the region bathed by the Mediterra nean, wine, which is there remarkable for its qua- -- lity, is sold by retail, in ordinary times, at from 10 SUSPECTED MURDER. to 15 centimes the quart ; that is to say, that in these The Cork Il(porter has the following account of a fright parts it is within reach of all purses ; the meanest la- ful tragedy which ha- taken place near Cork, and which bourer, in fact, can take it at all his meals, and it, is from still contiuues involved in mystery : it that he derives great part of his strength. At present . About 1 o'clock yesterday (Friday) the neighbour in those parts, a wine inferior to the ordin try quality ' hood of the Merdyke was thrown into great excitement by the antriunceirwrit that o ne o f th e dyke watchm en , costs more than treble, n a m e ly, f rom 40 to 8 ) centimes the quart. At that price, it is an article which ceases 1 Tweed Micheel Keating, ha I been discovered in the to be within re ac h o f th e poorer classes. Hence it : gay den back of the lodge, a t th e eas t ern en d o f the Dyke, with his throat cut. Th e deceased had been eeip l oye d causes great perturb a ti on i n C ie customary regimen fear some time by the corpo rat i on as d ay watch Ilan on of the populatio ns . U n d er t h ose circumstance, the Government, justly anx i ous to maintain, so far - as the Dyke, and while i n th a t p os iti on h a d earned for himself the goodwill, both o f th e resi d ents of the depends on it, food a t a c h eap rate, could not have done better th an t o remove the harrier which pre- D,ke and of the citizens w h o f requente d i t, by the vented the free a d m i ss i on o f ordinary wines from uniform steadiness of hi s con d uct an d the civility abroad. We will f ran kl y state that our opinion is that of his behaviour. In additi on t o hi s pay as watch the taking off o f th e cus t oms d ut i es on ordinary wines man, Cs. a week, he receiv e d a p ens i on of ,18. 6d. a d a y, cannot be of short d ura ti on , b ecause the cause which having been formerly i n th e 61 st reg i ment, in which led to this m easure seems un f ortunately not likely to be two sons 'if his are at p resen t, so th at h e would have been enabled to live c om f or t a bl y an d h app i ly, but for temporary. The m a l a dy i n t h e grapes , wh i c h h as made wine so dear, h as no t ye t reac h e d i ts per i o d of the bad conduct of his wif e . It appears that she is a w decline, especi a lly i n th e d epar t ments i n wh i ch the woman of very intemper a t e h a bit s , an d h as often, to production is gr e at es t. E very year i t exten d s i ts ra- satisfy her craving for d r i n k, t a k en and pledged her wages. We believ e , i n d ee d, th a t f or t h e future the husband's clothes and fu rn it ure. Sh e was also a woman yield of wine will be less bad than that which is being of very violent temper, so much so that one of their prepared at this moment— as i n thi s year t h e v i nes have sons, a lad only a b ou t 14 y ears o f age, had left them not only had to suffer from the oidium, but the season some time ago. The deceased was often obliged to has been so bad that, even without the oidium, the bring her before the magistrates, to whom sh e ma d e yield would hav e b een a f a il ure. B ut it is not solemn promises o f re f orm , but always immediat e ly re less true that th e o idi um i s spread i ng and becoming lapsed again. Th e d ecease d was not seen since Thursday morning, until 16 o'clock yesterday, and pp e Ir r ae v oa a ed n i t nurg o b f es ro a em he he u ee s l eotlnaeessaront found, 1s e lodge, ' generalised. The science of our learned Academies ahed f g e e and the industrious activity of our farmers will triumph the went ap Purpose r i h n p e t b o s f e e m t o a h f l e e over this pest—indeed, they are already in the way of to dry. While doing so, she happened to cast discovering a curing process. But in order that the vines may be completely preserved and recover all their fecundity time is required. This opinion is so who was partly concealed by som her eye near the spot, and instantly raised an alarm, and in a few bushes. She saw the deceased, accredited amongst a certain number of farmers, that number of persons had collected near t ra he in p u l t ac es e a . 'in some localities they have already begun to pull up deceased, whenbisfound,ens lying the vines with the intention of substituting other crops for them. This is the case for example in the cover his face, and were His clenched and canton of Lunel, one of the corners of the world in some bushes, hands were raised so as partly to which the vines gave the greatest yield, but also stained one in which they have most suffered. Before the with blood and gravel. head was nearly severed oidium appeared, as much as 300 hectolitres the from his body, the jugular • vein being entirely divided, hectare were obtained ; and now this marvellous pro- and the gash extending almost to the nape of the duction has fallen to nothing. Even, however, should wever, neck. About half a yard from where he lay was a the oidium be very shortly destroyed, which is a thing large pool of blood,that which had apparently bad we wish for with all our heart, that would not be a reason flowed from his throat,been afterwards as if he for repealing the decree which admits the free import of moved. At first itsupposed that the nnfortu foreign ordinary wines. It is fitting that this decree n ate man had destr was oyed hii own life, but on Con should be definitive for many reasons. It was a chimerical stable Carey's • arriva on idea in 1816 to impose heavy duties on foreign wines, which bore every appearance of ce of having been the on his back amlaTornghgee in order to protect our production. That produc tion protects itself unaided. We may say of • piece newspaper by his side, and this ordinary wines of France, as well as of her finer the in a of weapon used in committing the dreadful deed, wrapped yother ne hands, as it was counted almost sorts, that they are unequalled. They are so only by the quality, the flavour, the just proportion impossible eea t t hat he could have retained sufficient strength circumstance at b at o induced a suspicion that he had spirit they contain, but also by the abundance of t u b of ' o= consciousness to roll it up himself, after inflicting so production, and the lowness of their price. This is,' especially true of the wines in the departments newspaper was found in the lodge. The body was near the ;the d yesterday evening to the Bridee ell, for the Mediterranean. The department .. of the 114 Itwhich rau is i s , fearful a wound on his person. The remaining part of couveye is the most. remarkable of all in this p. t, generally an inquest held on it. The deceased respect PC was between 50 and 60 years of age, stoutly built, ap produces 4,000,000 hectolitres. Th ' prodssetion of France. The wholesale at is the tenth of the arently of a robust constitution, and was said to be of price fur wine a temperate habits. His wife is in custody on sue year old is, under ordinary circ v P ery tances, 7fr. the hec-s picion of having committed the act. Some of the chief tolitre, or 7e, the litre ; and Il ir kept for an additional . . circumstances against her are that she had been heard year, the wine is much more purpose of having agreeable and healthy than' circumstances the wines charged at Paris,several times to threaten his life, and on Thursday 2fr. Even the wine calle in restaurants, 1 fr. 50c. or St. George is generally sold! , evening, when the other watchman asked her if he was in the is absolutely countryshe refused to make any reply, im a p t os 7 s c ib . l t e h t e o li i t m re p , or o t r in th th er F ea ra b o o ce nts ai tbNatorwatiot within, wine which is worth anything expense of coprofit conveyance of commissions, and of the which the importer desires to make. Such a fact suffices to prove that the pretended protection which it was at all, on account of the , thought, right to accord to ordinary wines, b% imposing customs duties on f ore i gn w i nes, i s a fiction. " Sir,—Exe rating, as I do with all my heart, the late sanguinary and demoniacal attempt to destroy the lives of many of our fellow-beings, and approving cordially the object of the meeting to be held to-day—namely, to offer a reward for the discovery of the miscreant perpetrators of this horrid deed of blood—have the kindness to put down my name for whatever amount you may think right,. " Yours, &c., W. M`LotiGHLIN, M.D. " Mr. A. S. Skipton, M.D." Subscriptions to a large amount have been entered into for the discovery of the criminals. The railway company have offered 5001. as their share towards the general fund. The inquest on the remains of the engine•driyer who lost his life by the upsetting of the engines on the excur sion train from Londonderry to Enniskillen, has been adjourned until the 11th of October. The county of Tyrone, as well as Londonderry, is about to assemble, to consider the steps proper to be adopted for the dis covery of the persons concerned in this atrocious outrage. The Marquis of Ahercoru and Lord Claude Hamilton, M.P., have signed the requisition in the former county. The Government have offerei a reward of 2001. Out of 110 steam packets now employed in conveying mails, 54 are built of wood, and 56 of iron ; 89 are pro. pelled bv paddle-wheels, and 21 by screws. Only 21 out of the 110 steamers have lightning conductors fitttd to them. All the mail packets between Liverpool a nd steamers are wood en ones, are prope l led 1 America, and nearly a ll th e R o)a l W est ludia Mail y paddle- RspitgsENTATIoN or FRC:MR.—The Ballot Society, it wheels, and have lightning conductors. A'l the Channel IR said, i nten d soliciting the votes of the electors on be- Island, the Panam a , an d G enera l S crew Companies, and half of M a j or -G enera l P erron et Thompson. A member the greater portion of the Oriental Com pany ' s steamer s, of the Thynne family is spoken of as a candidate on are iron ones. All the General Screw Company's, and High Church principles. None of the candidates has also a considerable number of the Oriental Company's yet personelly visited the electors ! , steamers are WIWI. one Courrier de 1 es the following putiish letter from the Isle d'Aix,, giving details relative to the Russian prisoners - - in ' France: It is dated the 17th : . . - "I arrived here yeiterday, being. 'destined with others to reinfOrce the garrison to guard the Russian p r i. - Boners. This detachment consists of 29 officers, 969 pti vates, and 16 women, each of the latter with two or three young children. There are amongst the prisoners many Finlanders, two or three line soldiers of the Im perial Guard, and some Cossacks of the 1), , n and the .Dniester. The soldiers of the Imperial Guard form a striking contrast with the other Russian soldiers, who are all of Middle height, with dark skins, and ai • exceedingly ugly. They appear robust and accustomed to fatigue ; several have sore eyes ; they are more clean in their persons than is generally supposed; they wear moustaches, like our soldiers, and some have them turned t up with a certain coquetry. Several of the officers speak gond French, and have excellent manners. By order of Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers, they are allowed to wear their swords. Their uniform is a blue frock, with red collar and wrists, and a small blue cap with red edging ; their epaulettes are silver, and vary accord. lug to severalthoef rank th of the e officers, wearer. have and, i nI particular, c with conversed with ar old captain of French origin, who is my neighbour, and all agree in speaking highly of the ardour and impetuosity of our troops at Bomarsund, and blame their Emperor in severe terms for causing so much misery by his obstinacy. The officers are all well lodged is the town, and treated with much considetationr; the privates are lodged in the fort of the island, and a . e treated like our soldiers. Their uniform is of a gross de scription, consisting of a long lightish brown outside ( coat, a 'dark green coat with red facings, blue troll. sers, and a small dark flat cap. Most of them are wish det eet superiors workmen; hoartk well pleased to be in France, and they are delighted with their rations, which are precisely the same as those of our men. They evidently enjoy their meals, twhoeuyldhanyoot beencertainly allowed and utter cries of 'Bono Francais' as they eat ; they will soon be employed on the fortifications. I think rem ain return esn u e th n ;va o ent c r Russi a . ehd c e n yd p i is : tth re, Hithe rto aplvi but ne , ry, Frencht h h e a has t l o t t u w: a e n r d o u t a their t g e o o been used e a s y toward them. Many of the prisoners have money, which they were allowed to brin g with them. They smoke in silence their long pipes, and drink large quantities of brandy. Last evening some of them indulged so much that the commandant has been obliged to take measures to prevent a recurrence of the past. The women are very plain, but clean, although very simply dressed. All wear a silk handkerchief wound round the head. One of them excites interest from having lost her husband during the passage, and being now left alone with her three children ; and another from being, by mistake, separated from her husband, who has been taken to England. An hospital has been established to receive such prisoners as may be ill, and a military surgeon and attendants are attached to it. Now that the first establishment of the prisoners is terminated I imagine that our service will be light. The isle of Aix is rather a stupid place, having about 80 houses. I intend turning my time to account by con versing with the Russians, and studying them in a min• tary point of view. I have already had some long con versations with,the colonel of engineers, who was charged with the works of defence at Bomarsund, and he ac knowledges that what completely embarrassed him was the precision with which the Chasseurs of Vincennes hit the artillerymen in the embrasures of the fortifications. He is enthusiastic, also, about the long range of their rifles, and about the firing of the cannon on board the vessels." IRELAND. THE LATE RAILWAY OUTRAGE. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Ikrry was held pursuant to requisition, on Friday, the Mayor in the chair, to take steps towards the discovery of the perpe trators of the late diabolical outrage, and to give expres sion to the general feeling of horror at that atrocious attempt on human life. Among the principal Npeakers were—Sir Robert Ferguson, M.P., Sir Robert Bateson, Major Scott, the Rey. James Crawford, the Rev. Robert Higginbotham, &c. The resolutions were as follows : "That this meeting of the inhabitants of the city and vicinity of Derry express their indignant horror at the late atrocious attempt to destroy, on the railway between this city and Enniskillen, the lives of the many hundred per sons, orderly and respectable visitors from the latter town to our city, on the 15th of September, 1854. " That we desire, on our part, and on the part of others, to return thanks, with all reverence, to Almighty God for His special and providential care over the lives of so many unsuspecting persons, appointed as sheep for the slaughter. " That we consider it of the utmost importance that a most liberal subscription should be commenced as a reward for the purpose of bringing the criminals to justice, and we beg to remind the public that in cases of great atrocity these means were found ultimately successful. " That a committee, consisting of the movers and se conders of the resolutions, together with Messrs. J. Cora caden, J. W. Gregg, R. M`Vicker, J. Keys, J. D. Cherry, Colhoun, J. Cairns, with power to add to their num ber, be appointed to collect subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers--five to be a quorum. The Mayor treasurer, J. Colhoun, convener and secretary." Before the close of the proceedings, which met with some interruption from a gentleman named Mahon, who insisted that the demonstration of Friday week was a party demonstration, Dr. Henry Stacy Skipton said, he had just received a a letter from a respectable Roman Catholic, which, with the chairman's permission, he would read -to the meeting. He fully reciprocated the sentiments it contained. It was as follows :