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" ', x • ,, d1r t 44... 14 A:„ -* ,-? 141‘ „,l i _________>, i /\._ - -- - -- .40 ;,..., r 8. 6 --v - I. itittlo,„; .9 , ,4-0 , ,P ' i' - ' 7 x.',. 4-, , , it ; ..! • f‘ ---,... , . 4 MONT BLANC.—CHRISTMAS HOLI DAYS.—Dating the Chritinsts Week Mr. ALBERT SMITH will give his MONT BLANC, HOLLAND, and up the RIAINE, every morning and evening, at Three and Eight (except Saturday evening.) Stalls caa be taken for any of the representa tions at the Egyptian Hall, every day, from Eleven to Four. - \-._._ LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1854. No. 19,4:23.] [PRICE SD. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY. 26, Coswritrx, LONDON, 23d Dec., 1854. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the HALF-YEARLY JN TEREST on the CAPITAL STOCK of this SOCIETY, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, due on the 31st instant, will become payable on the 10th January next, and proprietors may receive the same at this Office on that or any subsequent day, between the hours of 11 and 3 o'clock. And notice is bercby further given, that the Transfer Books of the Soddy will close on the 31st inst., and open on the 11th January sett. By order of the Court of Directors. J. LEANDER STARR, Manager. N.R.—On and after the 29th January next, the 'business of the Society will be carried on at their new premises, 142, Strand. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. BANK OF D E P.O SI T, NATIONAL ASSURANCE AND INVESTNIENT AS•D- C 1 A TION, Is. To. 3, PALL MALL EAST, Lo NDO:C. Establiihed A.D.,18 4 4. Empowered by Special Act of Parliam-nt The WARRANTS for the H NIX-YEARLY INTEREST. at the ra'e of 5 per cent. per annum, on Deposit Accounts to 31st Decem ber. will be ready for delivery on and after January the 10111, 1855, and payable daily. PETER TORRI , ON, Tsianazinz Director. Parties desirous of investing Money are requested to examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit. Provectuses.and, lopns for Opening Accounts sent free on application. IVISION OF PROFITS.—AII persons Assuring their Lives (on the.. Partictpaprg F cale) in the PROVIDENT CLERKS' mirrum, LIFE AsSUR NCE A-so- C lATION before the end of the present year, will be entitled to Share iu the next QUINQUENNIAL DIVISION of PROFITS to Dec. 31st, 1857. BONUSES paid in -Cash, er added to the Policy, or applied to Reduce the Annual Premium. ['he steady increase of business, and the extremely favourable rate of mortaity among the Company's Assurers, fully justify V:e Board in anticirating a still further. Im provement on the liberal amounts already declared by way of Bonus. Residence abroad and foreign travel permitted on extremely mode rate terms. A liberal sum given for surrendered policies. . 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. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. 15, Moorgate-street, Dec. 4th, 1854. THE FAVOURITE .HIGHLAND CLOAK, so justly celebrated as a -guarantee against Wet and Cold. Hare you got one of M ACDOUGALL'S Favourite HIGHLAND CLOAKS? If not, you should at once o•ter one. They are most suitable for the nail, the Steamer, the Coach and for Town Wear. The size round chest and height of person is a sufficient measure. Patterns of what they are made of can be sent by post. The price from 255. to 425. D. MAC DOUGALL, THE TWEED AND TARTAN WAYLEHOUSE, INvFatwEss. THE 16s. TROWSERS REDUCED TO 14s. Trowsers and Waistcoat, Vs. ; Coat, Waistcoat, and Trow sers, 475. ; made to order from S:otch Tweeds, all Wool, and Thoroughly shrank, by B. BENJAMIN, M.-rchant Tailor, 74, Regent-street. N.B.—A perfect fit guaranteed. TO LOVERS OF FI - SB.- 100 real YARMOUT FT 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. - - A LLSOPP'S PALE ALE IN BOTTLE, as XX. supplied to the CRYSTAL PALACE; also in Casks of 18 Gallons. Recommended by BARON LIEBIG. Address : —HARRINQTON, PARKE, and CO., 514, Pall-Mall, London. , EARL FITZWILLIAM'S COLLIERIES, on the South Yorkshire Railway.—SAMUEL FLIM OLL, of Sheffield, begs to announce chat the arrangements he has been honoured to make for carrying a portion of the produce of these ex tensive Collieries, and also of the Silkstone Collieries, to London, via the London and North-Western Railway, are sufficiently ma tured to enable him to commence delivering from Camden and Ken sington Stations on New Year's Day: Price per Ton, within four miles of either Station :—Silkstone,* 249. Rd.; Elsecar, 235. 4d., cash en delivery, or on giving the order —Temporary Officei will be opened at both Stations on December 18th, for booking orders, which in the meantime Mr. Plimsoll will be glad to receive at Sheffield. • These same Coals are now being supplied by the Great Northern Railway, at 27s , this Company having at present, and until Decem ber 31st next, a monopoly of the supplies on the South Yorkshire Railway. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- During the course of this wtek will be played by Laurent's Orchestra :—Overture, Masaniello, Auber ; Waltzes: Vennahlung's Toasts (first time), Strauss; La Jardiniere, l abit-ky Souvenir du Luxembourg (first time), Bouquet; Le Carnavql de Venise (by desire), IL Laurent, with Variations for all the principal performers. Quadrilles : Le Palais de l'Alcazar, H Lamotte ; La Guerre, Bos s o ; Le Bement (first time), Ramain ; Lammermoor Tinney. Schot tische, Moldavian (first time), Jullien. Polkas : Blumenfest (first time), Strauss; The New Anne% :±trauss. Gallop, Les Guides, H. Laurent. Principal Cornet a Piston, M. Boulcourt. All Information relative to music to be obtained at the music repository under the orchestra. Doors open at Eight; commence at half-past. —Admis sion, One Shilling. GRAND BAL MASQUE and CHRISTMAS Fi , ,TE at the CASINO VE VI4E, high Holborn.—The Proprietor of the above magnificent and papular Establishment respectfully announces that he wilt, at th' snewestion of his sub scribers and friends, give a GRAND BAL M A.SQUE end CHRIST MAS FETE on THUR.IDAY, December the 28:h (the Thursday in the Christmas week), the arrangements for wbich are of a must ex tensive and superb character Mr. W. bi. Packer's renowned band will o cupy the orchestra, and perform a programme of dance musb• apropos to the festive occasion.—Gentleman's ticket,Ss. ; lady's ditto, 3e. each. Doors open at half-past nine, to commence at ten o'clock punctnally.—Mr. Nathan, Ca,s , le-street, is the appointed costumier CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. ir? OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. II) The following REMARKABLE NOVELTIES have been SPECIALLY PREPARED. LECTURE by J. 11. PEPPER, Esq., oa Professor Wheatstone's experiments on the TRANSMISSiON of SOUND through Scald:Con ductors, illustrated by a TELEPHONIC CONCERT. I. IRS I' PAR P of an ENTIRELY NEW and SI•LENDID OPTI CAL DIORAMA, iPustrating the VOYAGES of SINBAD the SAILOR, with Beautiful PHANTASMAGORIA EFFECTS, and appropriate Music arranged by Mr. Wand. Great Increase in the VIEWS of the WA'? : the B ATTLE of the ALMA, SIEGE of SEBASTOPOL, the ENGLISH BATTERIES, &c., &c. LECTURE on the LANCASTER GUN, the MINTE RIFLE, and that powerfal implement of war, the STEAM GUN, projecting , IxtY Palls per Minute, wh eh has been erected by Mr. PERKINS, and will be diseha;ged daily and in the F_venin,s. LECTURESon ELECTRICITY 1w Dr. RACIIIIOFFNER. Mr. CRAWFORD'S VOCAL ENT ER T A INM ENT of the PATRIOTIC SONGS of SCOTLAND. For•the special Amusement of the Juvenile Auditory, DAVE S'S INGENIOUS M lONETTES will be exhibited All the other LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS of MODELS, &e. &e. &c: Fresh decorations. iPegal;JaeNight on the 3d of January. and gratuitous distrl bastion of the Ornaments of a beanti ul Christmas Tree amongst the Young People. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Lettett. Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole dc Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESE /JAR, No. 1, Is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrlicea, and Exhaustion of th System. TRIESEM AR, No, 2, efectually, in the short space of throe days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs hive so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treat with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use belay suspected. Sold in tin cases at l's. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, &c., &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John ston, 68, Cornblo ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. 14 R AV ES PAC END STA R No other Packets call at the t The Packet 3 call at the Piers RS FROM TERRACE P SETS. 3reenhlthe and Putlent Piers. underlined (weather pertnittinT IER. GRAVE ENT) WEEK DAYS. SVNPATS Terrace Pier 4 a`64 4I 4,1 • Time 5 g FA m g 4 Omnibuses from F• every quarter of an he BRUNSWICK Will( lowing Trains inchurch-street Station to all parts of London --- BF, BLA.CICWILL, on the arrival of the to. is from the Feneharch-street Station. WEuis DA' gIINDAYS, Fen- , r. :S -et:wren 5 ' . Street .8 Fen- 3 church 5 Street 'a' 15) Fore Capm, Saiout, To or from Gravesend and Lon,lon.. •• • • .... 103. .. Is. 2d „ Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwieb Bd. .. Os. lild Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOIT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 6.. Os.; Sts Months, 3/. Os. ; Three Months, 27. Os. • to be had of the Collectors on board t he Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Nov. 13, 1854. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY Just published, price 35., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 _ stamps, _ _ _ NERVOUS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper matenhcea, 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 'muse and effect of every variety of complaint , whether aris i n g Bonisolitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, :ounded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatoiehma, &c. To which are 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 on titese important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MEUT. M.D. 37, .BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, D , ctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of E'lm burgh, Honorary ti,lemher 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 bc,ed, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class 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 having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It 13 absolutely necessary theta 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 real3eved, ard how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and aix ye all, that there is scarcely any (let:Tee of physical infirmity or functionai eerangement to which the timely aid beennee cannot apply - s. cure. The Author has for a goriest of years engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have unfortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant emplrics, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place f3i h in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be bad, price 25, of Messrs. Piper, Brothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; ?Lorne, 19, Leicester addressa 39, Cornhill; or free by post for thirty stamps to any afrom the Author's residence, 37, Bed ford-square. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from 51z Oil Light. PUBLICATIONS. Tenth Edition, with 15 ilinstntions, Irs 6d , bound, T HE CRESCENT AND THE' CROSS, By ELIOT NA lIBURTON. Published for IT. Colburn, by his successors, Hur,..t. and Blackett 13, Great Marlborough -street. Nov ready; at all the Booksellers, )CHEAP EDITION of PEPY'S DIARY an d CO ÜBE SPO •E NCE . Comprising all the re cent addi lona: T:otes SHd Emendation, printed. uniformly with the last edition of El clpn's Diary, in 4 vols. p , .st Bvo., with Poriraifs, &c., prio only 6s. to h,. bound. Publisbed for 11. allnirn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett, NEW TALE BY MR. AINSWOR -• - n! 11NTLEY'8 MISCELLANY. 4 51 ne , JANUARY NUMBER contai❑ the commencement ME 'SPENDTHRIFT. A Tale of the Last Century. By IV, HARRISON AINSWORTH, Em. London: Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street. lIENRY RUSSELL, THE VOCALIST. Will shortly be published, , MAGNIFICENT LITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT (21 inches by 20). This distinguished Composer may justly be entitled the BibdM" of the age, from the many beautiful Qongs he 11.4 written, amongst which may be ranked, " C;:eer, Boys, Cheer," and which have cheered many a brave heart in - .he Crimea. Proof copies, 7s. 6d. Gars:a aildeo:Jle - ienTGa " ! . lery, 71,Tegent-street, PICTURES IN TUE COLLECTIONS OF HER MAJESTY THE • QUEEN AND 11". R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. ' r HE • ART-JOURNAL for January, 1855, (nice 2s. CaL)' comtnences a NEW '-ERIE3, and contains Three Engravings on Steel; two from Pictures in THE ROYAL GALLERIES, and one from a Statde In ;:,.•.1 3Tajb ty a possession. It also includes numerous Wood Engravings, illustrative of subjects connected with Art, Artists, and Art-Manufacture. ILLUSTRATIONS ON STEEL. The Royal Yacht off Mount St. Michael, by Stanfield. The Ductless of Devonshire and Child, by Reynolds. Sappho (a Statue by Theed.) The Literary Contents include A Membir of Constable, with Spectrnens of his Paintings. Notional Museum at Marlborough House, illustrated. Al'ert Durer,,his Life and Times, by F W Fairholi, F.S.A. Taste in Ladies' Work, by Mi s. Merrifield, illustrated. Nomenclature of Pictorial Art, by J. B. Pyne. Progressive Influence of Art-Manufacture, by Prof. Hunt. Biographical Sketch of the late W. H. Bartlett, &c., &c, Virtue, Hall, and Virtue, 25, Paternoster-row. Now ready, price H. Its. 6d , cloth, THE ART-JOURNAL for 1854, containing Thirty five Engravings on Steel, and several Hund , ed IP us trations on Wood. This VoluMe completes the VERNON GALLERY SERIES, and includes copies of Landseer's Peace and War, Maelise's Hamlet, snd other gems of that Collection. The Letter-press forms an illustrated record of the Progress of Art and Art-Manufacture during the year. Virtue, Hall, and Virtue, 25, Paternoster-row. Q (TACKS UNMASKED The Third Elition.—Just published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d. N TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRLICEA, 'le with tho View of distinguTshiug the Imaginary from the heal Sufferers under this diseasa, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relatiop to their Treatment and Cure. Fran - he tierman of Dr. PICKFOR I With an Introduction by the'Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " ur. Plokford *s known to English readers by his frequent pract?- :.al contributions to Gorman medical literature. This is the first t'me, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi nl reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall leteet any ,ther equally flagrant evil which it may be in his •ower to cor rect."-.London Medical Garotte, "The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed : and if this book :teuld find its way into the hands of those who staffer from the corn alaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would ea saved much needless suffering of body And mind, and what is of ess importance, though it is that which the (Tacks most prize— muck money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat meat upon a more rational and physiological basis. It Is, therefore, like'y to do much good." London: H. - nalliere, 219, Regent-street. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. THE most appropriate offerings for the ap proaching Feason of Festivity are those which tend to the promotion of Health and Personal Attraction: none can be more acceptable than RO WLANDS! MACASSAR' OIL, forimparting a transcendent lustre to the hair, and sustaining It in decorattre chhrm ROWLANDS'. KALYDOR imparts a radiant bloom to the Cheek, and a delicacy and softness to the Hands, Arms, and Neck: and ROWLANDS' ODONTO, Olt PEARL DENTIFRICE, bestows on the Teeth a pearl like whiteness, and renders the Breath sweet and pm e. The pa.ronage of Royalty throughout Europe, their general use by rank and fashion, and the universally-known efficacy of these articles, give them a celebrity unparalleled. Sold by A. ROWLAND and .ON3, 20, Hatton Carden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. Beware of Spurious Imitations ! TEETH. —By her Majesty's Royal Letters Pa•ent.—N ewly -invented and Patented Application ce Che nneally-prerared White Inia-rtthber In the construltion of Artificia Teeth, Gams, and Palates.—Mr.,EPllitAlNl MOSELY, Surgeon- Dentist, 61, jrosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, Sole Inventor and Patentee.-4 new, original, and invaluable invention, cot sisting in the.Eidaptation, with the mofl, abso:ute perfection anal success, of HEM WALLY-PREPARE I) WHITE INDIA- R(P`.l3lilll as alining to the ordinary gold or bone frame The extraordinary results of this application may be briefly noed io a few of their most promi nent teatures, as the followilK; r— nil sharp edges are avoided; no springs, wires, or fastenings are required ; a greater increased free dom of suction is supplied : a natural elasticity hitherto wholly no-- attainable: and a fit, perfected with the most unerring accuracy, are secnred, while from the soitness and flexibility of the agent em ployed, the greatest support is given to the adjoining teeth when toose, or rendered tender by Vie absorption of the gums. The acids of the mouth exert so agency on the chemically-prepared White fridia-rubber, and as it is a non-coneuctor, fluids of any temperature may with thorough comfort be imbibed and retained in the mouth, all unpleasmtness of smell or taste being at the same time wholly provided against by the peculiar nature of its preparation. To be obtained only at 61, Grosvenor-street, London ; 22, Gay-street, Bath : 34, Grainger street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. DR. OULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and lltemorrholds, Is each, by post Is. 6d. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentia multi curantur morbi " A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless ceding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how wo should live to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal In the day, and full instructions for the regimen and observance of every hour out of the twenty. four. Illustrated by numerous eases, &c. . LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that bath no wif, I hold him lost, Helples., and all desolat. He that hath no child, Like sun and winde."—Chaucer. Subject : Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development of the Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter marriage—Theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitirriacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas similablo Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &c. C IASTITY AND ITS INFRINGE IfE NTS. A Lecture to Young Men. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as reftned as Athena ever heard." . _ Subject: Life's pilgrimage, from Infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The cas , lallies of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. :On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure. The GREEN BOOK.-sA comprehensive and popular exposition of Benito and urinary diseases—their natuKe and treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary Symptoms, all forms of urinary derangement.% stricture and spermatorrhcea ; with 250 en gravings and prescriptions. 5. The BLADDER, URETHRA, and RECTUM.—Comprising Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Haemorrhoids. Vole 6 and 7, companions to the preceding. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE lIAPPY. "Juclinde Vtvere." "sew words to fair faith "—Shakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or of DP. RICHARD CULVERWELL, firother, Successor, and Twenty Years Oman Wag Colleague of the late Author of the above; 10, Argyll:olace, Regent-street, London, who may be advised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Five, and in the evenings, from Seven till Nine. FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLID AYS.- E. MOSES and SON have ready for inspectton a new and very superior stock of Vests (or Balls and Christmas parties. Tiptse com prise the latest int. eduction, English and foreign, in fabrics of ele gant aid fashionatde manufacture-- , ard thev are made with the Skill for which tho firm of E. MOSES and Sox is everywhere cele brated. ....--- E. Mons and Sox have prepared a new gtock of Juvenile Attire for Christmas holidays—it comprehends every variety, is made from the I est and most suitable materials, hes the recommendation of being designed and finished by the most skilful and experienced artists and workmen in the r trade —it fits gracefully and easy, and is charged th sibeprice : For the , holidays E MOSES and Sore, who have re a d y f or i ns p ee tion an , unparalleled variety of Overcoats, P e l e t otP, Capes &c ,the style, workmanshi p, and gene ral' Wrappers, Reversible., &c., ? h l r o i w st e m st as P° - excellences are perfectly inimitable, and the prices such as are only rendered rem remunerative by immense transactions. For Christmas holidays E. MOSES and SoN's Establish ment, and t elegance, and cheapne's Shoes, stc , during the Christ mas holi days may he most advantageously s lo e t le h e in te g d , of 15 MOBES and S ON. departments present- the largest (for the exp or t or h ome trade) at the most reasonab l e prices. S PECIAL NOTlCE.—Trntil March 1,1855, E. MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS will be CLOSED at EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERT .. OMIT EOST.—E . MOSES and S: - .)N regre t having to goers he EVENING, except S a t ur d ay , w hen they will be open t il l 11 o'clock. Public against imp os i tion, h nt," or " We faltchood of "Being cannected with then'Estabilehme e.vinf learned that tile nntradesman-like the same concern," has been resorted to in many illstalee s ' and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No OattNEXION WITS ANY oTnea ROME IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, es follows : Lontlan City Establishment, 154, 155, 155, and 157, MinorieS, 8 4 85, and 85, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London direst-end Branch, 506, 507, 5080 New Oxford-Stree t , I, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all com municating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Bran c h, 1 9 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36. Palmate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Au s t ra li a, Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot ane dime Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returnee without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunse` on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed' till 11 o'clock. A new Bock for Autumn and Winter. "The Commercial Corns copia," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure. went, &c., liec., may be had on application, or post-free. Id l'on pale Frencats. Qui sl paria Italian°. Bier spricht man Deutsch Aqua sa habl a Espano. An IliwitrAtedAlaianac for 1855:gratis, Qil application, or pot frto 1 PROSPECTUS OF TIIE INVERNESS AND ELGIN JUNCTION RAILWAY. [FROM NAIRN TO FORRES AND ELGIN-FORMING A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INVERNESS AND ELGIN IN CONTINUATION OF THE INVERNESS AND NAIRN RA[LWAY---WITII A BRANCH TO FINDIIDRN.] Carnal., £160,000, In Shares of £lO each. Deposit £1 10s. per Share. CIIAIRMAN. The Right Honourable the Earl of Seafleld. DEPIITY-CIIAIRMAN. Captain William Fraser-Tytler of Aldourie and Burdsyards. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Robert Anderson, farmer, Meikle Kildrummie T. P. B. Biscoe, of Newton The Hon. Thomas C. Bruce, Commissioner for the Earl of Seafleld Richard Butler, farmer, Chapeltown, of Burdsyards Anguv Cameron, of Firhall John Chisholm, merchant, Inverness John Cruickshank, Cloves Thomas Davidson, banker, Forres Alexander G. Dallas, late of Shanghai, Inverness Alexander Dallas, Commissioner for John G. Gollan, of Gollanfleld John Dougal, of filentemess Henry J. Brodie Dunn, of Miltoa-Brodie W. S. Ferguson, Elgin Colonel Alexander Findlay, of Millbank George Alexander Forteath, of Newton Robert Fraser, Brackla William Geddes, of Laurel Bank, Elgin Captain James Gordon, of Ivybank James Gordon, merchant, Inverness The Hon. Lewis Alexander Grant, of Grant Robert Grant, of Kincorth John Grant, of Glen-Grant Alexander A. Gregory, merchant, Inverness Alexander Mackintosh, of Mackintosh Eneas William Mackintosh, of Raigmore, Deputy-Chairman of the Inverness and Nairn Railway Company Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Inglis. of Kingsmills Lachlan Kennedy, merchant, Nairn John Kynoch, Provost of Forres Neil Maclean, Factor on the Estates of Kilravock and Cantray John Maclennan, Corn-merchant, Beauty Cluny Macpherson, Chairman of the Inverness and Nairn Railway Company D. D. Manson, M.D., Spynie John Mitchell, Wester Alves, Factor for Seaforth Bailie Mach, Forres xander I. Robertson, of Aultnaskiah David Rose, of Vieumont, corn merchant, Inverness Adam Shary, merchant, Rothes Alexander Smyth, of Balnageith James Stephen, of Bruceland, M.D., Elgin William Stephen, Inchbroom Major Donald Stuart, late 46th Regiment CharlesitteTrart, solicitor, Inverness James Sutherland, Provost of Inverness Eric SotherLind, Shempston, Factor for Sir Wm. Gordon Cumming of Altyre, Bart. Alexander Thurburn, of Drumduan Henry Wm. White, of Manor and Lentran James Wilson, solicitor and bank-agent, Inverness ENGINEER. John Mitchell, tr.R.S.E. CONSULTING ENGINEERS. Joseph Locke, Esq., M.P. E. J. Errington, Esq., C. E. BANKERS. The Caledonian Banking Company, Inverness, and its Branches Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., London The Union Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, and Glasgow Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Liverpool and Manchester SOLICITORS. Messrs. G. P. Analerson, Inverness Mr. Adam Davidson, Nairn Mr. William Sclanders, Forres Mr. Robert Urquhart, ditto Mr. John D. Davidson, ditto Mr. George Leslie, Elgin P ARLIAMENTA RY AGENT. Theodore Martin, Esq., 10, New Palace Yard, Westminster. Messrs. G. and P. Anderson, Inverness, Interim Secretaries. The present time teems to he peculiarly saitable for the establish ment of the proposed Lin of Railway. The works upon the Inver ness and Nairn line have been commenced, and the contractors un dertake that the line shall be open for traffic by the lit of August next. On the other hand, the chain of Midway communication on the south is complete as tar as the town of ITuntly, and measures are understood to be in progress for extending the line northward f om Huntly. - In these circumstances, it has been thought desirable to apply to Parliament, in the ensuing session for the Incorporation of a Com pany for making a Railway from Nairn to Elgin, which shall com plete the communication between Inverness and Elgin. The corn pony will thus be in a position to commence the necessary works next summer, and thereby, with the least possible delay, to place the fair arid ancient province of Moray on such a footing, with regard to Railway communication, that the laying down of an ironway throughout its whole extent, from the Be iuly to the Spey, and un interrupted connection with the Southern markets mint immediately follow. 'With this view, applications have been made to all the principal proprietors along the line, who have, without exception, declared themselves favourable to the enterprise, and ready , o afford facilities fer its construction. The plans have been fini3he minute e-timates of the cnst have been made, and the line has been gone over and examined by contractors of the highest respectability ; and the pro moters hive no doubt that the works will be undertaken by them for a sum which, together with the purchase of land, rolling stock, Preliminary expenses, and all other charges necessary for the com pletion of the undertaking, will certandy not exceed 100,000/., or 8,0001. a mile, including bridges over the Nairn. Findhorn, and Lossie. For this sum the Company will be in possession of a single line of railway—double wherever this is necessary for its efficient working—and with bridges built and land purchased for a double line. And the promoters are he a position to state, that the contrac tors with whom they have been in communication will be prepared to take payment of one-third of the cost of the works in stock. The Engineering Works—from the level nature of the country, and the light gravelly soil over which the line for the most part passes—are of a simple character, and are certain to be completed within the specified time. Besides the large 10-al traffic arising from the line passing through the centre of the richly cultivated and populous comity of Moray. this Railway, when connected with the Great North of Scotland Railway; now in progress of extension, will form part of the great through communication from Inverness by Aberdeen to the south. From the character of the country the line can never be exposed to railway competition. Through the Inverness and Nairn Railway—with the directors of which the promoters of this undertaking are in cordial ce-operation —the line will be enabled to communicate with the Caledonian Canal at Inverness, and thereby to establish a connection with the large and rapidly-increasing traffic flowing along that great artery of com mu-icati n to and from the counties of Bnnff, Moray, and Nairn. At its other extremity, the line will communicate with the Elgin and Lossiemouth Railway, and the pert of Losslemouth. Besides these, the Railway will receive the traffic of the several ports of Nairn, Findhorn, and Burghead. Careful observations of the traffic, made in 1845, with a view to a u w l o a c y a 1 o r f eaven muchue amply ampg ra a sßuatullowieanytftroomylellndvaerinibesesralloreEtoigrlitii, osphoonwian expensive nature. Since that period, however, the wealth and traffic of the district have been materially augmented, and are still rapidly increasing. Taking the basis of the observations of 1545, the result will be as follows : E4timated amount of local revenue £21,000 0 0 Deduct 40 per cent. for working expenses 8,400 0 0 £12,600 0 0 Of interest on 50,000/, borrowed ...... 2,000 0 0 . • .£10,600 0 0 Leaving • • .... ........ .. For division, on a called•up capital of 150,0001., or a dividend of 7 per cent. immediately after the opening of the line, with the cer tainty of a large eventual increase. The undertaking, therefo - e, presents these neculiar advantages:— " 1. It will be completed and opened for working in two years from the passing of the act. 2. It will cost only 8,0001. a mile, for a single line, while the average co.t of railways in Scotland. with a double line or rails, has been 30,0001. a mile. 3. While the average return per mile per annum, in Scotland, has been 2,0001., a sum of only 8501. per mile per annum, on thisl'ne, will yield a dividend of 7 per cent. 4. The line, from its situation, secures in perpetuity the whole through railway traffic passing northward of Elgin from Aberdeen, and passing eastward of Nairn from the Western and Northern II ighlan s. 5. Tne line will be worked in convection with the Inverness and Nairn Railway, under efficient Parliamentary powers, whereby the facilities of transit will be on the one hand gre etly increased, while on the ether hand the working ex penses will he greatly economised. G.' Lines of this character, constructed at a moderate cost, in the north of Scotland, have proved highly remunerative, as in stanced in the Lossiemouth and Deeside Railways, recently opened—both of which have returned dividends of 5 per cent. on the first year's traffic. 7. The promoters are justified in stating that payment of one third of the cost of the works will be taken in stock, as a guarantee for the due completion of the undertaking, and in evidence of the conviction of its soundness as a commer cial enterprise. Applications for Shares to be ma de, in the form annexed, to Messrs G. and P. Anderson, solicito rs, Inverness ; Messrs Grant and Leslie, solicitors, Elgin ; Mr Adam D avidson, town-clerk, Nairn; Sir Robert Urquhart, banker, and Mr William Scianders, and Mr John D • Davidson, solicitors, Forres ; Messrs. James Black and Co., sharebrokers, Aberdeen ; Mr John Maciver, banker, Dingwall ; Mr S. Taylor, sheriff clerk, Crornarty ; Mr John Grant, writer, Tain ; Mr Willia m Miller, town•clerk, Wick; Mr Wi lliam Flemin g , banker, Grantown ; Mr Donald Meer+e, writer, KillgU,Sie ; Mr Pa trick e a bro rbb k r sharebroker, k r e r 32, H s a t n o ve Vincent-place,-stre et Eti Edinburgh Glasgow; ; 3 I m r e J s a s t r t s te D s rleVwarty scn, wood,t tek Duncan, sharebr o ker, 1, Kirkgate, Perth ; Mr James Black , C(2 ' Richardson,aontAd:,enod..sha sharebrokers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs 11. and Son, Wa3 sharebrokers, York : Messrs Henry Davis and Co., sharebrokers, Dale-street, Liverpool ; Messrs Johnsione and Wal ker,sharebrokers, St. Ann's I Churchyard, and Messrs Hayland, and Messrs Foste ' r and4xc Exchange-chambers, e t i-itaimt r e. Osi,,Boalndki Broad-street, e d t . , s tr Man chester;ee London. POET OF APPLICATION. TO the Provisional Committee of the Inverness and Elgin Junction Railway. Gentlemen, — I request that you will a ll o t me Shares, of 101. each, in this undertaking, and I agree to accept the same, or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree ment, when required. I t un, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, Full Christian and Surname Professiont. .**• • • **** •••• ** : .. • Address ;` ~~ ~~ OND ON JOINT STOCK BANK. 21ST DECEMBER, 1854. NOTICE IS lIEREBT GIVEN, That the next GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY will be held in the Board Room of the Bank, In Princes-street, Mansion House, on THURSDAY, the 18th day of January next, at Twelve o'clock precisely,, to receive the Report of the Directors, and to elect Four Directors in the place of Philip William Flower, Esq. ; George Holgate Foster, Esq.; Geo:ge Meek, Esq.; and George Tayler, Esq., who wlll on that daygo t ut of office, in conformity with the provi4 alone of the Deed of Settlement, all of whom offer themselves for re• election. Notice 13 also give, that the Transfer Rooks of the Bank will be CbsPd on Saturday, the . 30th instant, and remain so until Friday, 'the 19th January next. _ _ _ 'By order of the Board. F. BEIVETT, Secretary, THE GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMP NY. Established 1837. Enipowired bf Special lets of Parliament. 62, King Wiiliam•street, London. Capital, 1,000,000/. DIRECTORS, George Bonifield, Esq. T. Chall.s, E-q., Atderinan, M.P. Jacob Geo. Cope, Esq. John Bixon, Esq. John T. Fletcher ; Esq. Chas. Hindle }; E.aq., M.P. %% 'Man! Hunter, Esq., Allerman James Pißanton. Esq., 11I.P. Thomas Piper, Esq. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. The Right Hon. Chas. P. Villiers, • Edward - Wilson, Esq. The CHRISTMAS Fire Renewal Receipts are now ready, and may be had on application at the Head-office of the Company, or of,any. of its agents , hroughout the country. In the LIFE DEPAR L'MENT FOUR-PIFTIIS of the PROFITS divisible by the Company's Deed of Settlement, allowed to Assurers; and the Company transacts all business relating to Life Assurances, Deferred Annuities, or Family Endowments, on the most liberal terms consistent with sound principles and public security. No cbarge . for Stamps on Life Assurance Policies. LOINS gra , ded on personal security, and the deposit of a Life Policy to be effected by the borrower. To all Agents, Solicitors, Auctioneers, and Surveyors, a liberal allowance is made. By order of the Directors THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. STATE OF THE ARMY IN TilE CRIMEA. (From the Times.) We believe we have, fallen into considerable disgrace among well fed gentlemen, in well-warmed houses and well-aired beds, for taking up what they are pleased to call a " croaking" tone about the state of affairs in the East. We ought to have confined ourselves just now, at all events, to transmitting the comoliments of the season to the Allies in the Crimea and their anxious friends at home. Indeed, if the war can be conducted anywhere exactly as one pleases, it must be on paper. Bore, at least, there need bo no fury of the winds or in clemency of the skies, no " chaos of mud," no midnight or morning surprises. If the placid, well-favoured army of wri!ers, compositors, and printers are good for any thing, they can at least wake it all pleasant, and "cook" up a Christmas carol, even out of such materials as the letters of our correspondents in tho Crimea. That is the fi e!:ng in high quarters, and we cannot be surprised that gentlemen who are now scattered to the four quar ters of the social and political horizon, making a merry Christmas of their own, should wish Sebastopol to be made safe till the end of the holydays. • Very well, we will do what we can, though it certainly does force itself on our recollection that the most terrible disaster that has fallen upon the British arms during the present generation happened just at this time of the year. It was in a merry Christmas that a large British force dis appeared in Cabul. But let that alone. To the task before us. The least; and perhaps the most, we can do is to represent faithfully the expectations still oher ished, and just now rather revived.... Our official people say that matters have certainly seen their worst. The mortality has been frightful, 'but the rain is over ; there will now be a spell of fine open Weather ; mate rials for " hutting" must be now arriving every day, and other supplies in abundance. There are now be fore Sebastopol —so we are assured at . hongle s .- though we do not fled it in our letters—.4s,ooo Pi•ench and 25,000 British troops. These are sufficient for the various purposes of protecting Balaklava, guarding our right flank, manning all the trenches and batteries, and leaving 10,000 to spare for the assault, which may take place now any day we please. The whole army is eager for an assault, if only to put au end to their own misery. The Allies are only waiting till the English have mounted the new guns and mortars of large calibre lately arrived. This operation has hitherto been impeded' by the unfor tunate circumstances that, ever since the Battle of Bala klava, Liprandi's corps has held possession of the best road, or rather the only regularly made road, from Bala klava to Sebastopol ; and we have been obliged to drag our cannon and everything else as w e ll as we cou ld up the steep face of the hill - from Balaklava towards the French position, and that through mud instead of along a high road. It is this that has killed nearly all our horses and a great number of men, b rought our army to half-rations, prevented supplies of a ll ki nds from reach ing our camp, and, in fact, prolonged the siege to the middle of the winter. Happily, however, the retreat of Liprandi has left the regular road open, and doubtless the British army • has profited by the opportunity to bring up its heavy pieces to the newly-constructed bat-. teries. No impediment is now seen in the way of an assault; and in " well-informed circles" there prevails a confident expectation that ere this an assault has actu ator taken place, and that it is more than possible the city is now in our hands. We only wish that it may be so. Dreadful as it must be to reflect on the possibility of 70,000 British and French soldiers and some 30,000 Turks suddenly let loose upon a city that has so long defied their efforts, and for the possession of which they have gone through so much suffering, yet we must desire it as the choice o f ev il s . We desire it indeed, and it is but natural we should desire, at any sacrifice, the cessation of a state of things which costs us every week as much death and sickness as a pitched battle, without the glory, and, still snore, without any result. Nevertheless, we are obliged to confess that we have little expectation that any such event has happened, or is likely to happen at present. We bear in mind the unpleasant fact that. Sebastopol is very much stronger than it was when the allies first found themselves before it. It is better fortified, better garrisoned, and, for aught we know, quite as well provisioned. The new works thrown up for the protection of the town on every side excite the astonishment of the besiegers, not merely for their extent, their scale, and their complete. ness, but for the fastidious neatness with which they have been executed. They indicate an abundance of hands, and a zeal for the work presenting a strange con trast to the operations of our own over-worked army. From the first day of the siege it has always been thought quite possible to take the place by assault, at a certain large sacrifice of men ; and the question is whe ther the generals who did not feel themselves equal to the responsibility of such a step in September should have got over their scruples now, when the odds are evi dently so much more against us. In fact, the price of the capture rises like that of the Sybilline books, and Lord Raglan, if he would ever see the inside of Sebas topol, must make up his mind to follow the example of the King of Rome, and give three times as many men for the city now as he would have had to pay at first. For our part, there is hardly any present cost that we should think too great for it now. Were the immediate capture of the place to cost the allies 10,000 men in killed and wounded, we are persuaded that three months more of such work as we have had would cost as many more and leave the work still to be done. Done, how ever, it must be, unless we would ►nake ourselves the laughing-sto of the worl I, and enable _Russia to say that we had done our worst, and that she feared us no Longer. Since, however, we have given publicity to these con fident expectations, we will add a word of another purport. Should these expectations be utterly disap pointed ; should the army of the Allies dwindle down from 70,000 to the old dead level of 45,000 men ; and should the Generals still think it necessary to wait for r inforcements, then we must say that the disappointed public will require rather imperatively that the army be reinforced, not only with fresh sinew and bone, but also with new heart and mind. It is head—head— head that is wanted, as well as the limbs of the rude helpless soldier. What is the uas of sending regiments perpetually onward s to the seat of war, to perish by scores from the very day of their arrival, if we do not send out men who can take care of them ? The regi ments advanced from Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu, and even the 50 strong, healthy policemen, sent from this metropolis sicken and die, where they have to live, to work, to walk, to sit, to eat and drink and sleep, in wet clethes and wet boots, under wet tents, on the wet ground, in watery trenches, under rainy skies. The human frame was not made for this sort of work, and since the work has doubled, the food been reduced to half rations, and the tents been blown away, the pest has stalked triumphant throughout the camp. What, too, can be the use of sending for more of the unfortunate Turks when they bring no food with them, are dependent on a very short allowance of biscuit from the British stores, and like Irish labourers on fourpence a day, do nothing for nothing ? It is head that has been wanted throughout. There is no denying it. A plain proof is found in the fact that nothing has hap pened in the siege that was not known beforehand, and that could not have been provided for. This was not the case of a fortress or a position in the interior, some hundreds of miles from the coast, attacked after a long and destructive march, presenting unexpected obstacles, to be encountered by an army diminished beyond computation. This was a fortress on the lea, which we call our own, filled with our ships, w i thin 48 hours ' sail of friendly shores and citi es , the besieging army being all the time within sight, and even within sound of the surge. There was nothing w h atever that could not have been pro vided against. We knew the size and wide-spread posi tion of Sebastopol. The very maps hanging up on our walls are from plans that existed in this country long before the siege began. We knew that the siege might be protracted into the heart of winter, and that the lat ter months of the year would be rainy and stormy. We knew that soldiers would infallibly perish without suffi cient food, clothing, and covering over their heads. We knew the sort of distances and roads we should have to traverse in the event of our having to establish out selves outside the walls. We knew perfectly well the nature of the soil rosind Sebastopol, and that, while we were hammering in vain at 'the exterior defences, it would be in the power of the Russians to construct an inner line. We knew that whatever could be done would be done. Yet we had foreseen nothing ; and, possessing the mos t i ngen i ous , a e we ll as the richest people in the world, we have really shown no more skill or artifice in the siege of Sebastopol than our an cestors would have done 2,000 years ago. All this time we are surpassed by everybody, and only boast a sorry superiority over the Turks, whom aecordingly we abuse very freely. The French surpass us in their roads, in their port, in their huts, in their food and clothing, in their hospitals, in everything, and are beginning to look on our helplessness much as we look on that of our bar barous allies. The Russians surpass all three—French, British, and Turks—in everything, except is mere phy sical strength and courage. There we come off the best. Yet how disgraceful that England, so wealthy, so me chanical, and with such infinity of reseureesrshould, after all, depend on the rawest material of war—the British soldier —and should be reduced to throw him away by wholesale in order to make up for our want of military science, not to say common sense ! That has been the case hitherto, though we cannot think that it will last much longer. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SuO:TnIit.TrSeTTIA:aPnOdRD: RAILWAT.—On Saturday another accident, by which had to ono man lost his life, occurred at the Walsall station of the South Staffordshire Railway. About one o'clock a goods train arrived from Burton. wait the departure of a passenger train before entering the station. Whilst remaining on the main line in the cutting another double goods train, heavily laden, and drawn by two engines, came up on the same side, and dashed into the luggage train with great violence, smash ing; eight.or nine of the waggons, and almost totally de stroying one of the engines. A breaksman on the train, ❑amed Stretton, was severely injured, and died on Sun day morning. Very fortunately, a passenger train from Burton, which was due at the time, did not arrive, or in all probability a frightful catastrophe would have been the consequence. The loss of property by the destruc tion of the engine and waggons must be very consider able, THE FRONTIER OF TURKEY AND PERSIA. OROOMIAII, Oct. 13.-1 have just returned from visit ing a Kurdish notability of sufficient local rank and importance to merit a brief mention in your columns-- an individual whose brother, up till his death some 18 months ago-, was one of the most influential friends of, and in constant communication with, Schamyl. The residence, of Sheikh Saleh, the individual in question, is at Burdasoor, a Kurdish village, distant from this a few days' journey into the mountains ; and thinking it probable that he might be able to give me some fuller and more authentic information about the Daghes tanee chief than usually reaches Europe, I resolved to see him in person, and glean what I could. His brother, Sheikh Tahar, had while he lived been the most influential and revered "ecclesiastic" throughout the whole rf Kurdistan : the most savage of the chiefs, who acknowledged no s e C u l- tr sovere i gn, su b m i tte d to his guidance, and their people made pilgrimages to him as a second prophet. Holding. and teaching the same 8 vfee doctrines of which Schamyl has became the great exponent and high priest, he was—as I have remarked—one of the most intimate friends of the Imam ; and, next to him, was considered the greatest of the Mahommedan "New Lights." At his death, about a year and a half ago, he was succeeded by his brother Sheikh Saleh, also a True Believer of great sanctity, and a zealous disciple of the " reformed" faith. In proper course, his son should have inherited the sacred office and its dignity • but as a Kurd ex pressed it to me, " Sheikh Abdullah (so the young man is called) is fonder of horses and fighting than of his prayers," and has, consequently, no reputation or in fluence as a holy man—whatever he may enjoy as . a warrior. To Sheikh Saleh, therefore, rather than to his nephew, I resolved to go. Burdasoor lies at the base of what may be considered the first of the Kurdistan chain of mountains, which stretch south-west from the plain of Oroomiah to the neighbourhood of Mosul, and north wards into Armenia. From the plain the road winds along the banks of a rapid mountain torrent, through a long and tortuous ravine. The mountain slopes on either side are covered with the flocks of the tribe now in tern• porary occupation of the district, aid clusters of black tents everywhere abound in the neighbourhood of the richest grazing grounds, As I rode past several of these canvas hamlets with the gentleman who was to act as my Kurdish interpreter, we had occasion to ob serve what I had previously noticed elsewhere, that the physique of the Kurdish women is, as a rule, much inferior to that of the men, In saying that in appear ance one of them closely resembles a very ugly and very dirty English gipsy, I describe pretty accurately the ex tent of their claims to admiration. The men, on the other hand—whatever may be their rascality—are as fine a race physically as an eastern traveller often sees ; the Persians, indeed excepted, I have myself seen none finer. Kurdistan, however, though rich in this human materiel, is not to be recommended to ethnologists as a field for study ; enthusiastic Pritchards and Lathams might be interrupted in their scientific researches by certain prac tical freaks of their "subjects" which would summarily put an end to their pursuit of knowledge under diffi culties, and to themselves at the same time. Before reaching the village we sent on a servant to apprise the chief of our coming ' • as it would not have been comme it fact to have gone direct and without in vitation to the house of the Sheikh. Unlike the under ground villages of Armenia, Burdasoor is mostly com posed of substantial stone houses entirely above ground, and laid out with a degree of regularity creditable on the whole to the builders' notions of convenience and comfort. Passing through groups of idle gazers— mostly women and children—we ascended the steep cliff, on the overhanging summit of which is perched the castle or fort, occupied by Alahmoud Khan, the chief. At the top we were met by this individual—a youth of nineteen—and his uncle, Schamyl Beg, who was as fine a specimen of a wild ' mountain chief as I have seen ; of lofty stature and ad mirable symmetry of build, he struck me as being the very ideal of a Kurdish Rob Roy, The young Khan led the way into the castle—now in a half ruinous state —and, with rather a sheepish effort to do the hospitable, assured us that "his house and all in it were our own." The inevitable pipes and coffee disposed of, Schamyl Beg relieved his nephew by starting a lively conversa tion in Turkish on the war, the Governor of Oroomiah (with whom the tribe is now at loggerheads) and Sultan Beg. This last is the chief of a neighbouring and hostile tribe, between whom and the Kurds of Burdasoor violent and bloody feud has existed for several years. Unfortunately, my companion mentioned that I had received a letter from Sultan Beg, promising me a safe conduct and a guard over whatever part of the moun tains I should need to pass. This seemed to imply that I was on terms of friendship with his enemy, and it was not till I had explained the extent of my acquaint ance with him that the fiery Schamyl becalie disposed to enter into " relations." S )on after sunset dinner was brought in ; but it would not have tempted an epicure, consisting merely of bread, sour milk, atid dishes of bad pilau, interspersed with pieces of meat, much in the same proportion as raisins in a school plain-pudding. After dinner the conversation was re sumed, and we were then entertained with au account of the famous Nur-Ullah Beg's stay at Burdasoor. When driven from his stronghold at Julanierik by the Turks, this powerful chief, the murderer of the unfortu nate German traveller at Schulz, and the ally of Seder Khan Beg in his massacre of the Nestorians, took refuge in the strong castle of our host's father, and we were now shown some Persian writing which he had left in scribed on the wall as a memento of his visit. As Bur dasoor is in Persian territory, the Turks demanded his extradition from the Shah's Government, and a party of troops was accordingly sent from Oroomiah to effect his capture for that purpose. Achrnet Khan, however, was not the man to surrender so distinguished a guest with. , out a struggle ; a body of Kurds, under his brother Schamyl Beg, was therefore despatched to meet the Per sians at the entrance to the ravine ; a fight followed, and more than 30 of the former were killed and the re mainder driven back to the city. Schamyl Beg boasted to us that he had slain four of the Shah's men with his own hand ; since then he had been " on his keeping," and did not venture to make his appearance in the plain. A still stronger force, however, being soon after sent in pursuit of hien, the Hakkiari chief was compelled to seek shelter elsewhere ; and after having been driven from rock to rock like a patridge was at last taken by the Terks and exiled, in company with Beder Khan Beg, to Candia, where they now are. This subject and its allied episodes supplied matter for conversation till bed-time, when I discovered that the small and not over clean apartment we had hitherto occupied was to be the sleeping place of the whole com pany, with the exception of the young Khan, who retired to probably more agreeable quarters. For the nine who remained, including a mollah and two unwelcome visitors from the governor of Oroomiah, we had a room of about 11 feet by 13 ; and as this was likely to be a tight fit, I measured off space to suit my own propor tions, allowing a fair margin for turning and kicking room. By this timely provision, and an ominous dis play of a pair of heavy jack-boots, I succeeded in ob taining from the mollah, who flanked on the left, a toler ably wide berth ; and bringing down my spu rre d h ee l with a thump that made his reverence start, turned over on the mattress, and tried to sleep. As I more than half expected, however, the effort was useless. Through jack boots and everything else the teeming population of the coverlet penetrated, torturing me with their vampire fangs in a manner which would have kept even the fat boy in " Pickwick" from bobbing an eye. I had passed through a pretty severe noviciate of flea endurance, but these of Burdasoor fairly put to shame the most lively specimens I had suffered from as yet. Sleep, therefore, being out of the question, I made my self some compensation by administering an occasional awakener to the snoring mollah, and so managed to while away the time till daylight. After the Sheikh had performed his sunrise prayers we were told he would see us ; so, accompanied by our host, our host's uncle, and some others, we descended from the castle to his house. To enhance his own im portance, however, the old heathen kept us waiting the greater part of an hour, but had the civility to treat us to a very passable breakfast of fruit, honey, and yaourt in the meantime. Ho then made his appearance, dres sed in a flowing robe of blue cloth, which hung loosely over au under garment of some white fabric, which again was enveloped round the waist in the ample folds of a good Persian shawl. But even this comparative rich ness of rig, with the addition of a rabbinical beard and a ponderous white hat, which completely buried his fore head, could not redeem a strikingly mean and stupid ex pression of features. As we had not come, however, to study physiognomy, after the usual hyperbolical welcomes and compliments, which neither party meant, my friend introduced the object of our visit, judiciously enlarging, by way of introduction, on the great fame of Sheikh Tahar in England. But this imaginative tribute, though it evidently gave great satisfaction, in no way lessened the old man's caution—and it was not till I had given him very sufficient proof of my trustworthiness, that he consented to answer a single question. He then spoke freely of his late brother's intimacy and frequency of communication with Schamyl —whom, I observed, both the Sheikh and the others present invariably spoke of as Schamyl Shah—but said that since his death last year only one letter had been received, owing to the greatly increased difficulties of passing through Georgia and over the frontier since the breaking out of the war. In Sheikh Tahar's time the communication had invari ably been carried on through Lesghian messengers, who knew the country and spoke the local 'dialects. Th oy came from Schamyl, and carried back the Sheikh's let ters to Daghestan. since last autumn, however, n• communication of any kiwi had been received, owing, as the Sheikh supp osed, to the cause I have mentioned. In reply to my inquiry, if lie thought an attempt to reach Daghestan from Persia might be successful, he sa id th a t unless the individual making it were thoroughly familiar with the interjacent parts of Geo rg i a , an d spo k e e i t h er Georgian or Armenian like a native, his seizure would be certain. He had strong hopes, however, of receiving news during the winter ; and if so, he promised to de tain the messenger till he communicated w ith m y se lf. Seeing my interest in the "Shah," he also engaged to procure me one of his autograph letters to Sheikh Ta har, and to forward it to me through my friend at Oroomiah. So much, or rather little, I repot to say, has this a v n i s d i t the e n a f e b a l e s d i b me t y t o o f 1 a e n a ; : n a t a t b e o i n u p t t t t h o e r D ac a h g hh a e i m s t a a n t e pe communi cationecshein e t f Captain 13rock's . experienct? onyar of openingettehre; caonadstlohfalleinmgyreselilaf foundhasprotwvheai proved them tbhhyieln l w m a f r y po rmac both i he aa of Fars quarter; I2 l t Cars and P ers i a t h e ob stacles are equally great. Till the war is carried into Georgia in spring, therefore, the public must still be dependent for news of the Circassian lead er on the same uncertain channe!s through which we have hitherto heard of his movements, taking the reports for w h at they are worth, and that I can testify is in many . cases innotnoiucbs not much. Till b l then, had, mn l ,howeyer, more trustwo o rt e l r i . y Im4.for atin i A native merchant, arrived last evening from Er zeroum, by w+y of Mush and Bitlie, brings no news of interest from the army. At the date of the last intelli gence from Kav,-Zarif Paella had not left for Constan tinople, but was on the eve of doing so. ;The army re mained in camp before the town, and the Russians had made no movement since what I last reported. This person, however, brings intelligence of the very brutal murder of a French officer on his way from Erzeroum to Trebizond. M. Bullet, the victim of this sad occurrence, and whom I knew well at Kars, was an instructor of cavalry, with the rank of colonel, and had done more than any other officer in the place to im prove this branch of the service. At the battle of Kuracdere his personal bravery was conspicuous over that of every European who fought on ,the Turkish side, and I need not say had no equal amongst the Turks themselves. With his own hand he shot and cut down no less than fire Russian Cossacks and dragoons, and brought in their arms as trophies to the Mushir, telling that worthy, as he presented them, that his army and himself deserved what the Russians had given them, and that, for his own part, he would never again draw his sword on behalf of such cowards. I had this from an eye-witness. In fulfilment of this resolution he soon after left Kara, and. after a stay of some time at Brae roum, was proceeding to Trebizond, accompanied by a native servant, when they were attacked- by astray party of Bashi-bazouks. The servant, of course fled, but not before Bellot had shot one and cut down another of his assailants. Some hours after the Turkish govern ment tatar, on his way to Erzerotn; came to the spot, and found the brave fellow literally hacked to pieces with spear and sabre wounds, and the two dead Bashi-bazouks lying near him. When the news of this brutal murder reached Erzeroum, the Pacha despatched a body of Zaptiebs to pursue the perpetrators and bring in poor Bellot's remains. They had not returned when my informant left for Persia. One's indignation rises to soiling point at the news of so brave a man dying a dog's death at the hands of such cowards. Grapeshot is the only treatment for such a cut-throat riff-raff as the whole tribe have shown themselves to be, both at Kars and on the Danube. GRAND CEREMONIAL AT ROME. ROME, Dec. 13.—1 n this most insouciant of cities the postal authorities think nothing of shutting (up the post-office on extraordinary occasions, without so much as putting a notice in the official paper the day before. I fear that my letter of the 10th, containing a description of the Pope's proceedings in St. Peter's on the Bth may thus have been delayed by the absence of the whole post office staff on the morning when the sea-mail is usually made up. They were doubtless attending the grand ceremony of the consecration of St. Paul's extra muros, within. I aceordingly followed them, and found that the Pope, with 49 Cardinals, and 140 Archbishops and Bishops, was still inside the church, engaged in the mysterious formula of consecrating the various altars, with the customary and somewhat Pagan rites of fire, water, oil, salt, ashes, &c. His Holiness had chosen for his immediate assistants in these ceremonies Cardi nals Falconieri, Archbishop of Ravenna ; Sterckz, Archbishop of Malines ; De Bonald, Archbishop of Lyons ; Schwarzenberg, Archbishop of Prague ; Di Cavalho, Patriarch of Lisbon ; Bonel-y-Orbe, Arch bishop of Toledo ; Mathieu, Archbishop of Besancon ; Gousset, Archbishop of Rheims ; Wiseman, Archbishop of Westminster ; and Scitowsky, Primate of Hungary. Cardinal Wiseman with two others walked processionally round the outside walls of the church sprinkling them with holy water and reciting the prescribed invocations, whilst his Holiness, seated on a throne prepared for him in the portico, road a homily expressive of his own and the general exultation at the consecration of so magnificent a temple. Never does Pio Nono appear to be so thoroughly happy as when in the midst of these grand ecclesiastical performances, and had he been fortunate enough to have lived in the earlier ages of the church, before the weight of temporal cares had turned the occupants of St. Peter's chair from the/sincere contemplation of religious sub jects, his devotional zeal and benevolent character would certainly have procured him the reputation of being a saint. --The public, not being admitted to the church during the consecration, waited outside with exemplary patience from eight in the morning until noon, when the doors were thrown open, and his Holiness, surrounded by the Sacred College, prelacy and corps diploinatique, appeared in the transept, whilst a hi-hop, attended by a detach ment of Swiss guards, stood in the act cf adoration be fore each of the temporary chapels erected along the aisles. The Cardinal Archhish9p of Naples wound up the ceremonies by saying mass before the court, after which the Pope head:!,l the procession out of the church, and the scarlet and gold equipages got once more undtr weigh for the city, followed through the rain by crowds of wet and weary sight-seers. It is expected that the greater part of the foreign preiates will leave Rome almost immediately, in order to be at their respective dioceses by Christmas. On the morning following;the great ceremony at St. Peter's, the 9th inst., his Holiness held a consistory at the Vatican, which was attended by the cardinals, arch bishops, and bishops, who had come to Rome purposely to assist at the solemnity of the immaculate conception. Pio Nono harangued the assembled prelates, thanking them for the readiness they had displayed is repairing to the chair of St. Peter, and exhorting them to fulfil zealously the duties of their pastoral ministry. Cardinal de Bonald, Archbishop of Lyons, replied, in the name of his venerable brethren, that the whole epis copacy revered the oracles o! the " holy father," and that every individual would endeavour to the utmost to felfil his holy wishes. Finally, his Holiness ordered every cardinal, arch bishop, and bishop to be presented with a picture of the conception, and a medal of Australian gold, bearing on the obverse the figure of the Virgin, and on the reverse the following inscription :—" Deipara3 Virgini sine labe conceptte Pius IX. Pont. Max. ex euri Australia primitiis sibi oblatis cudi jussit VI. Id. Dec. MDCCCLIV." A body of academicians, distinguished by the title of the Immaculate Conception, held a solemn meeting; on the 11th inst. in the church of the Holy Apostles, to commemorate the Pope's decision on that knotty point of doctrine. Dissertations, odes, and sonnets were read or recited in all the languages of Europe, and the polyglot entertainment wound up by a symphony and cantata expressly composed for the occasion by the cele brated Maestro Paciki, whose style of music, together with the lights, drapery, and crowded audience, reminded one very strongly of the opera. In fact the various ceremonies, rejoicings, declama tions, and publications to which the Pope's bull have given rise would require too long a description for the limits of my letter. The official paper itself has indulged in the luxury of an extra sheet, printed with blue ink, and the Pope's decree in scarlet, to commemorate the proceedings of the Bth inst., and an English M.P., George Bowyer, Esq , has translated for the benefit of his countrymen, and printed in En g li s h a t th e Propa ganda Press, Father Costa's pamphlet on the Immacu late Conception, with a preface of his own, especially recommended to:the attention of Protestant readers. The principal subject of temporal interest here is the anomalous condition of the State bank, no one being able to make out whether the Government intends its paper to be rendered legal tender or not. The Govern ment pays and receives the bank paper, and nothing else is seen in commercial transactions; but there is as yet no explicit decree as to whether the Government's guaranteeing it is equivalent to rendering it forced cur rency. His Holiness has announced his intention of granting land for building to persons wishing to settle at Portu d'Anzio, subject to a small ground rent to the Govern ment. DARING BURGLARY IN BIRMINGIIA.SI. A daring attempt at burglary was made at the Bell Inn, Bristol -road Birmingham, about two o'clock on Sunday morning. The landlord (Mr. Reynolds) went to bed at an early hour on Saturday night, when he was disturbed by sounds which induced him to think that some person was attempting to break into the house. He consequently armed himself with a revolver pistol, descended the staircase, and sud denly unbolting the back door, he hoard some person jump to the ground and rnn along the stable-yard. Mr. Reynolds called upon him to stop, or he would shoot him. The burglar —for such he proved to be—re doubled his speed, and Mr. Reynolds fired but missed him. He fired a second time with ne better result, but the:third shot took effect in the head, and the robber, closing on his :assailant, a fearful struggle ensued. Mr. Reynolds was, however, the successful com batant, for although much injured and exhausted, he succeeded in securing the prisoner until a police man, attracted by the reports of the pistol, arrived on the premises- Tho prisoner turned out to be a notorious character named Charles Davies, who had on two previous occasions broken into Mr. 11v3• nolds' premises, and been once sentenced to transportation fur a burglary at Walsall. He was found to be severely injured by shots received in the head, and was conveyed to the Queen's hospital. Mr. Reynolds, in consequence of bruises in the face, and being o nce knocked down and rolled in the gutter, presented also a frightful appearanc?. The burglar had broken through thelbar window, and remoi . ed several tiles from the roof of the pent-house. A quantity of lucifer matches were found near the window. There can be no doubt that the burglar would speedily have been successful had not Mr. Reynolds been woke iry the bark of the do An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of this company was held yesterday, in the Salle Ste. Cecile, Rue de la Chaussee-d'Antin—Baron James de Roths child, the President, in the chair. The meeting h av i ng been declared duly constituted, M. Delbecque, onS directors, proceeded to read the report : This document commences by stating that the object of the meeting was to obtain from the shareholders the ratification of a provisional treaty entered into by the board of directors for the working of the railway from Namur to Liege. This line would form one of the sec tions of the railway communication from Paris to Co logne, as soon as the branch line from St. Quentin to Erquelines was opened to the public. The advantages to the Northern Company of having the Namur to Liege Railway in its possession )-sas that it opened a new communication to Ger many, an d shortened very considerably the distance between Paris and Cologne. That distance by Amiens, Valenciennes, and Brussels, was 614 kilometres (384 English miles), which weregone over in 14 hours 45 mil , . By the new direction, the distance would be 510 kilom. (319 English miles), and the time 11 hours 30 min. So that the diminution in distance would be upwaid3 of 100 kilm. (63 English and in time, 31 hours. The construction of the hu e fro m St. Denis to Crcil would still further shorten the di--tames, so that eventually the line from Paris to Cologne would be about the ssme length as that. from Paris to Strasburg. Of the MO kilom. mentioned above, t h h e t l ie belonged t) t h e N ort h ern C ompany : adding 2 t o B7 t r t e l a c% 9 kilom. of the Namur to Eie.;e the whole distance in the possession of the Northern e.nnpany would be 346 kilom. The remainder or 164 kil. belonged to the Belgian Government mid the Rhenish Company. The Northern Company would, consequently, be masters of upwards of two-thirds of the whole dis tance ; and the Board of Directors had received the strongest assurances from official te passengers quar rs a t a n d atevery possible facility would be afforded goods. p by tio t n h o e f Belgian Go vernmentenscri the N amur The report for th e t n , h e e n u t, s e u r s a t in r t a o ffi a c d i to Liege line, which is declared to be well constructed, and to pass through a highly industrial country, lik ely in the course of time to give a very considerable adiiitional traffic. The line was also destined to relieve a large transit-traffic from Germany to France, and rise versa. In the cession of the line was not included the stock, consisting of 20 locomotives, 49 passengers' carriages, and 872 goods' waggons. The expenses of working since 1851 had been about 50 per cent. oily, and the leasereee which ipts theadg Nraduamalluyr to andLisegteaedCiloympany improved.gran granted to the Northern Company would be the same, miens one day, as the length of its concession, which was for DO years, from the sth September, 1851, and the sum to be paid by the Northern Company was 1,000,000 f. a year, payable every six months. The Northern Company was to enter on possession on Jan. 1, 1855. The sum at which the stock was estimated by parties appointed on each side was 3,300,000 f., and this was to be paid at once by the Northers Company. The Namur to Liege Company also possessed the branch line from Mons. to Manage, but that portion of its line it was to retain in its own hands, and work itself. The reason of that company ceding its principal line was that it had la debt of 12,500,000 f., which had fallen due last July, and for which it had been unable to provide. By means of the million which it was to receive each year from the Northers Company, it would provide for the interest of its debt, and for the creation of a sinking fund to pay off the prin cipal. The shareholders of the Namur to Liege Company had given their consent to the treaty now alluded to, at a public meeting held on the 22d of November last at Brussels ; and all that now remained to terminate the arrangement was to obtain the consent of the shareholders of the Northern Company. The report concludes by declaring that the board seized on the opportunity of seeing the Northern shareholders assembled to give them some information respecting the working of their line during the first ten months of the present year. Notwith standing that war was being waged, that an epidemic had existed, and that food was unusually high, the portion of the present year, named above, presented an augmen tation of receipts over the corresponding period of 1853 of 3,982,000 f., or 13 3 / 4 per cent. It was evi dent from this result that the prosperity of the Northern line was steadily progressing, and the board felt confi dent that the ratification of the treaty with the Namur to Liege Company would still more contribute to the augmentation of the receipts. The PRESIDENT then inquired if any shareholder de sired to make observations on thejreport ? A SHAREHOLDER inquired how the sum of 3,300,000 francs to be given for the stock of the Namur to Liege Company was to be paid The PRESIDENT replied that if the meeting consented to open a credit for that amount, the board would pay the sum from the funds now in hand, and would in April, at the ordinary general meeting, bring the matter for ward to have the questioa decided how the sum was to be raised, whether by an emission of bonds or other wise. The meeting unanimously ratified the treaty, and opened the credit required. The proceedings then terminated. THE CZAR AND HIS MINISTER. An amusing contemporary, the Charivari, has the following jeu d'esprit on the voluntary donations for the allied armies in the Crimea : • ".Nesselrode I • "Sire ? " You are aware of what is taking place in England! "There are a great many things going on there. "No doubt ; but you cannot'fail to have heard of the plum-puddings which are making there by subscription for the army in tile Crimea ? " I have, Sre ; and it appears that all the women and young girls of Great Britain have set themselves to work on this occasion, " th,?, French subscription, do you know any ;hing about that? "A sithcription for sending cigars and tobacco to the expeditionary army. Nothing else is talked about. " And are you aware of the object of these subscrip tions ? They are got up in order to make Europe be lieve that the war carried on against us is popular iu England and France, and to annoy Russia. " Yes, sire, but we must not allow ourselves to be annoyed at it. "Certainly not, and I intend to immediately open a subscription throughout the whole of my empire for the troops of Menschikoff. " That is an excellent idea, Sire. Ey so doing w• shall not allow ourselves to be distanced by the allies. " Yes, but what can the subscribers send them I " Ah ! that is the question. " Reflect, Nesselrede, reflect— " I have, Sire, but I cannot think of anything. " We cannot send them puddings, those articles being unknown in Russia. "Tobacco and cigars would not come amiss to them. " Certainly not, but it would he said that we copied the French. "./h ! Sire—an idea has just struck me—send therm caviar. "The idea, Nesselrode, is n weak one, very weak. What the devil would you have our soldiers do with caviar when they do not even know what it is I Besides that, pretended national delicacy in only a prejudice accredited by Russian diplomacy. All the caviar which is eaten at St. Petersburg is manufactured by Chevet at Paris, and since the declaration of war not a single bar rel has reached us. --- ‘Thenlkriow not what to imagine. Suppose, Sire, our ladies were to embroider braces for the army of Menschikoff? . — ;;lNlesselrode, that would be immoral ; embroidered braces are only presented by ladies as love tokens. " What say you then, Sire, to embroidered purses "Rococo, my dear Nesselrode, nothing could be MOTO rococo. Think again. " Sire, I am at my wit's end ; take my head. " What ! do you then take me for a Shaliabaham I But let us think a little. Ali? I have hit on it. Listen to me, Nesselrode. " Sire, I am all attention. "What is it that replaces the plum-pudding in the enjoyments of the Russian people ! " Sire, I cannot tell you —that is precisely what we have been endeavouring to find out. "It is candles, my friend, candles. Do you compre- hend now ? " Perfectly, Sire. "Nesselrode, you will proceed immediately to the Mini4er (3 1 1 . Police. and you will tell him from m• that a subscription must be instantly opened throughout the whole of Russia, in order to regale with packets of candles the soldiers who fight in the Crimea in defence of the orthodox faith. Ah ! Sire, the idea is an excellent one—it would never have occurred to me. "Oh ± do not fear, I will find many others. But re member the subscription must have the same character of enthusiasm, and the same eagerness as those in Eng- land and France, otherwise I will send you all to Siberia. The Invalids Rvsse will publish the list of subscribers, and it is in this way that I will reply to the cigars of the French and the puddings of the English ladies. Go, Nesselrode ; candles and orthodoxy. Lot that be the motto of the subscribers." MEDICAL 111 lIT TOR THE .I.llLY.—The .Royal Coll ege of Surgeons of Edinburgh have issued a notice to m e di ca l students, intimating that thosa whose course of study would be completed at the end of the present session, and who intend to apply admission to the army medical service, may be admitted to examination for the diploma on or after the 10th of January, provided they produce a certificate from the Di rector -General, stat i ng that it is his intention so to employ them if found compe tent. The !xamination s , h owever will be as strict and comprehensive as if th e candidates had finished their course of study.— Glavola Com monwea lth. GENERAL SIR DE LACY EVANS AND HIS ATTEND. ANTS IN THE CRIMEA. A fact has been mentioned to us as creditable to the kindness of heart of General Evans as the bravery he has displayed throughout the campaign has been to his military character. Previously to leaving the Crimea he expressed to the men who had been in immediate attendance upon him as servants tho great ebligaticns he felt he owed to them —as indeed all the general officers owed to the sa me c l ass, for he felt s a tisfied that without their constant care and atten tion lie should not have been able to bear up against the severity of the campaign. In testimony, therefore, of this feeling presented them w ith 3 0 1 . each ; and find ingtlia h toneo e f them, a native of Roswell, in this county, had died of dysentry, he has j us t rem i tte d , through T. W. Bramston, Esq., the same sum to his mother, with kind expressions of sympathy—a boon soothing and peculiarly acceptable at this wiatry 6034011.—Chelmsforci Chronicle,