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R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON, PUS EVENING, and Every Evening at Eight o'Clock, (except loatu A r'-`aY) ; and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday M ornin g s, at Three. Fitans .) ou 4 ; area, 28. ; gallery, ill , 03. (which can be taken at the box.offics every day from I I Is.—Mont Blanc will c l ose for the season Saturday, Sept. 16th.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. lAATJRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms , _ (Lessee, Cats. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house , Fulham - road) , The and above Rooms a re now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. F.,' will continue open every evening, with LAURE NT ' S Fair BAND. Constantinople Quadrille , Sulta n Polka, &air Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert ; also, by H. nt. the following Waltzes —La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Villi t'un and his Dinah. Admission, ls. Doors open at half - past 8 . "eing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. TURKISH EXHIBITION and MUSEUM, , ST. GEORGE'S GALLERY, Hyde-park-corner, Piccadilly, closes IMILY 4 from Eleven till Ten, Saturdays excepted, when it T ees at Six. Admission, 2s. 6d. ; children, is . 6d. ; Saturdays, ss. ; h alf -Price. 2s. 6d. Fatnily Tickets for five, 10s. Schools admitted at I l air - Price. Herr Kalozdy and his Band are engaged, and will per 'Y' Daily, from Twelve till five. - 5 , 1 r. J. Osborne Williams will preside srt the Grand Pianoforte during the evening. ------ VllEMORNE.—Admission, ONE SHILLING. DAY.—Great Week of attractions. A brilliant round of entertainments. The following are a few of the principal : A Grand Concert by Bosisio's Band, aided by eminent talent. The .* . _ , cessf ill Pantomimic Ballet of Action, with its beautiful scenery and Y , e nd id dresses. Royal Cirque. introducing the Star Riders , the ir ; o _ , iderfld and daring feats and graceful acts.—Desarals' Dog s and k unkeYs, with their comical and laughter-exciting performances .— arriott's Working Honey Bees.—Professor Taylor and his talented r• — Class)cal Poses, by Signor Pelevanti ant his clever Pupi ls s P l ana o e, where may be seen Living River Fiends and fancy Ch inese d ia Rubber Dogs —Dancing on the illuminated platform.—Aladlle, Xl lsler's startli ng Rope Ascent amidst a brilliant Display of Fire- Wor ks by Moriram. Doors Open at 3 o'clock. PATRON—A.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. itoyAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MAN %GEMENT. 4 0 URSE of MONDAY LECTURES, specially addressed to the IN STRIAL CLASSES, to which they and their f, mines will be admitted, Morning or Evening, on payment of SIXPENCE each, on troducing a ticket signed by the Foreman or Superintendent of the w . o . rks to which they may belong. FoTJRTII LECTURE of this COURSE will be delivered by BecrmorrivEa, F.C.S., on Monday Evening, September 4, on 4-44 t TRICITY. illustrated by brilliant experiments. GREAT SCIENTIFIC NOVELTIES. NATURE PRINTING, by Dr. BACRHOFINER. tXHIBITIoN of the MODERN crti , EIC FIRE, and of DU .VO'CQ'S ILLUMINATED CASCADE, in addition to all the Daily '"' P .,CTURES by MessrS. PEPPER and BACEROFPNER IT(' A L EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GAL LERY,uP &c., &c. knAND of MUSIC under the direction of Mr. WAUD of the Royal Dian Opera. T he Gas-lighting has been re-arranged by JOHN LESLIE, Esq. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.- The Directors are prepared to receive TENDERS for LOANS, bentperiod , of Three Years, on the Se urity of the Company's De urea, bearing interest at the rate of 4}4 per cent. per annum. Lishc J. B. OWEN, Secretary. psgate Station, August 3, 1854. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL -1:1, WA Y. - WARWICK RACES, on the sth and 6th September. 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By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. Doc 37, B EDFORD -SQUARE, LONDON . __,... .. tr of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University o, Earn 17u-et h, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, centutte of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Pze, &c. T he essential o bj ect of this treatise is to point out the fearful con aequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, In 'od, and tel, have produced more L.isery in Youth, degradation in Man nemature dec at stes of Life, than, perhaps, y ot her classpr of disease known to all moder ag n pathologists. Its perusal an is P3rticularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of i;lLieir h P h ysical condition, and who ar e consc i ous of hav i ng hazar d e d entitl e d eal ,x, th, happi ness, and pr i vileges ' which every human being is prilt is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are nciples of personal management which cannot be violated without •ncurring grievous penalties, a when wisdo and regre succe the heyday of inconsiderate nd nsiderate self-indulgence, m t how these penalties stay he 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. T he Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have un fortunately teen too generally confided to the care of Ignorant e coPirics, who Inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, brothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford -street ; borne, 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 fame for cmultittion daily from Eiffel), till Two, aua groin SUNDAYS. Time No. 19,325.] PUBLICATIONS. R. 31ACATTLAY'S ESSAYS, People's Editlon.—Now complete, in two vols. crown 81 , 0 , price 4s. each, cloth ; or in 7 parts, price One Shilling* each. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and LongenanS. Just published, New and Improved Edition, price Is., THE CURABILITY of CONSUMPTION ; being a Series of Papers, presenting the most prominent and important Practical Points in the Treatment of the Disease. By FRANCIS 11. RAMADGE, M.D., Fellow of the College of Physicians, late Senior Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest, &c. Also, by the same Author, Price 10s. 6d. EIATISE on ASTHMA and on DISEASES of the IIEAIIT. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Just published, price 35., THE PRINCESSES OF ENGLAND. .11. A Erilliant Set of Waltzes.—Dedicated to her Majesty. By Mrs. HAYES, Richmond, Surrey. London: Bates and Son, 6, Ludzate-hill. QIIGGESTIONS for the LICENSED VIC TUALLERS. See the "LEADER" Newspaper of this day (Siourday), September 2, No. 232, price 6d. To be had of all News men, or direct from the office, 7, WeLington•street, Strand. THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Colossus, 80, screw ship, Captain R. S. Robinson, is expected to go out of harbour to Spithead, on Tuesday. If she does not do eo then, she cannot go out for some time, owing to the tides. The Malacca, 17, screw frigate, Captain Farquhar, will be ready to undock and haul out of the fitting basin this day. Curacoa, 61, screw; Harrier, 17, screw; Swallow, 9, screw ; Centaur, 6, paddle ; Geyser, 6, paddle ; and Sprightly, tender, are using every despatch in completing for sea. These vessels are in the steam and fitting basins at Portsmouth. Myrmidon, iron paddle, and Centaur, G, paddle, are at present in dock at Portsmouth, but are nearly sufficiently advanced to haul out in a few days. THE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA, October 4, 1854.—The General Screw Steam-shipping Com pany's screw steam-ship " ARGO," 1,850 tons, 300-horse power, George Hyde, Commander, will sail from Southampton with her Majer y' , Malls for Adelaide, Port-Philip, and ~ ydney, on Wednesday the 4th October, 1851, at Two o'clock p m. punctually. The " Argo," one of the fastest ships afloat, is justly celebrated for her last passage to Australia, having made the run cut in 64 days, and home within the same period. She is also the first steam-ship that returned to Eneland via Cape II rn, thus accomplishing a ve•yage round the world in 128 days. The vessels forming the superb fleet of screw steamers 01 this Company, of which this ship is one, are well known for the punctuality and speed with which their voyages are performed. No expense has been spared in their construction, and the accommo dations which they ffer to the pudic are tansurpas•ed, if equalled, by any ships afloat. Rates of Passage money vary, according to the accommodation required, from 30 to 100 guineas. Full particulars as to Freight and Passage may be had at the Company's Offices, a 7, Cannon-street, London. key. ,Captaiu Morris, promoted in the room of Major 1 Levine, deceased, is therefore posted to the 3d battalior_ , vice Thomas. ILLNESS OF BRIGADIER-GENERAT_, CATOR. Brigadier -General Cator, who prow ed to the seat of war in the East, as commanding o - ricer of artillery, has relinquished the command owing. to indisposition, and by the latest accounts w as Constanti no pl e , o n his way home to England. Tha command of the Royal Artillery in Turkey has now Zievolved o n C o l one l F ox Strangways, of the Royal lir;rse Artillery, who has been promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General. DEATH OF COLONEL EDMUND J. ELLIOT. The Earl of Minto, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lady C. Boileau, and many other families of distinction, are placed in mourning by the death of this gallant officer, who died in tho neighbourhood of Varna of cholera, while in the command of the 79th Highlanders, with which corps he had been connected since his entrance into the army. He was eldest surviving son of the Hon. John Edmund Elliot, M.P., and was in his 42d year. The late Hon. Colonel Manic, brother of Lord Panmure, and Colonel Ferguson, whose death from cholera is also announced at Varna, were all belonging to the•79th Highlanders. APPOINTMENTS, l - - ' ' % DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL J. E. JONES, R.A. This gallant officer, who filled the office of Assistant - General of the Royal Artillery, and resigned it a short time since, died ou Tuesday last, at his residence at Hamp ton-wick, after a short illness. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL CIIARLES STUART CAMPBELL, C.B. ,&7/ acknowledgments are due ; Captain Ord, my Brigade- Major, has been most active and zealous, and iu ad dition to his staff duties he offered his services and took his tour of duty, as an engineer, during the period our works were erecting. I have also to express how much indebtocl I am to my naval aide-de-camp, the Hon. Edward Cochrane, for the assistance he has afforded me throughout our operations, and since I have been de prived of the services of Lieut. Cowell, he has performed that officer's duty, so far as a naval man could perform military duties.—l have, &c., (Signed) HARRY D. JONES, Brigadier-General. P.S.—I have omitted to mention the services of Captain King, Royal Engineers, who laid out with great judgment the road up the hill leading to the breaching battery. My thanks are due to him and Lieut. Nugent for the able and zealous manner in which they performed the harassing duties which fell to their lot. The Royal Sappers and Miners have distinguished themselves by their good con duct, and in the construction of the batteries. (Signed) H. D. J. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c. List of Casualties in the Force under the Command of Brigadier General Harry D. Jones, from the 14th to tho 16th August, 1854. / (~ ~l' Camp before Bomarsund, August 18, 1854. Lieutenant Hon. C. Wrottesley, Royal Engineers, mortal. Thomas Collins, private, Royal Marines, mortal. John Mitchell, seaman, her Majesty's ship Blenheim, severely. William Bridal, gunner's mate, her Majesty's ship Hogue, slightly. (Signed) H. ST. GEORGE ORD, Major of Brigade. " Prisoners, 2,300 ; 189 pieces of artillery taken in the different forts. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. 7/ r PRICE SD. L ~/ s}'E.t% ~....... .1 , • / / / /Se ' .--::/ - 4 0" , e 4,... A - r--1 k), T , '''' 1-1 -07- ' - 9" r't. .• _ __--- 1 7 '--- -- -'' --- ......_. . . f - T 4 1 t 11 - 4.- , 1 . ,7 , , szi.e.,.. t . ~, (-- ',` 4 T- . . it _. ~%.&=-*- i eiz r o • A ta • c ~/, ,* . ‘ 10 1 1 111 Dundee ; Lord Kinnaird, the chairman of the -1 ( 3.. • _ .10 . ... •Pic .f!' ( --7--. '; • p rm , - 4 . , • (1. •tr r• , '''',, ,-0 ''''. - - .... 4ti . presiding. - ~,-, %t.. „.- 1 .,,, . ,e —t, -,,, - ' .•?A f- ' < ..?A t ft: •• . '') , * ' * ' 4: ' ' ''Pr ' o r i.• „,. . . .... ~.;,,,, , , ..,..... 4 ,„, .., ~, .... „. ~„, ~ ~,, . e -.- . - *,-. - ~_ ~* ' . "1" , - • • . The report of the directors was held as read. -7.1' . ' /' ' r Lord KINN - AIRD moved the adoption of th :ir l 4 ::*7C ' '' 4 e . '" , 4• . 1 , '-. .- • - - --..t.4 _ - ~, .., ' -... ..* ? 7 ---...„`5 ii .1, ': 4, `,r,.. ~,, . , ,„,_ „./ a, t .., ... jo yt4A ,, % , n, .......,,, ...„ ... ...., .... V. , . ' Ig t ..:, ancl also that interest, at the rate of 5 Der cent. r i v- 4 .1 . 4 , - , , ,, , , _ y_ ,, j , T f, ....- f ~i, f i, 1 . ~..... ~....,4 , ., ....,_...._... ~ . ,*„-4.4.,, t__ zk., ..., _ ~e , 11. t. ... , , ,- i / , , AS 4 . A . : i i v. ~...,,,.,..:: ...t_ ~, ~,, .., 4 , , ~., , -,-,,,7 ~ . ..41, _._l. (4-41 - 4* l / 44 .f . ,d rar - ! fr , .,,mi ' ri• --,.--, 1 ,...: , ' ....; ~,' -,.....“... , 4 ''' -4, , ,- .' 1-- i:::.. ' ;,:: lIUM, be paid to the preference shareholders. 41 -'C'f.„,..,..- -' , 'S l.tr /Is,I I • *-= "'v. ..„,, . , ... ...0 - „:0,0 00 - ~, .1)If- N. i; , • ~,"t: , - ~ ' i - tor. , I c iv N ,,, ,. ''N: Lii ;' iilll; .l. 7 - o t - , t * '' : 'x - ' -s i . ' '' : - i., .; ' ' 3 .et 4 Ar 1...- ;7•77 , 14 - • - - - ct ' . -IT - , - ;'s : ; - :)1 , 1. levi4k ____ . z___ .___ ,,,, , , ..„ 4,„ , , ...t , , 1 ~,, 1 , i . ,, , , .., , Sit. P. 111. THRTEPLAND seconded the motion for , -the adoption of the report. • . , ... _ ... ..... , , . . . , • - it 2 , 8 , Z III rJ:C . EZr. - r.a=10C.V...g.=...,................ ~...............''"111M121110 - --__ l - 54. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING , SEPII.4 I 311.--1114,1 Lie motion was . yen agreed to, Mr. Hunter dissenting.- A good deal of discussion then ensued about the pro posal to go to Parliament to obtain powers to create a' debenture stock, to rank after the present debentures and preference shares, with which to pay off 120 0001: of floating debt. Mr. Wanter moved, as an amendment, that due notice had not been given, and that a special meeting be called for considering the question. On a vote being come to, only the mover and se conder supported the amendment ; and the motion was dec'ared to be carried—Mr. Thomas Neish, Dundee, dissenting, as he thought it would have been better to delay it till a special meeting, although there was no doubt the proposal would then be approved of. Mr. Kennedy, from Aberdeen, expressed his ap- proval of the explanations given ; and Mr. Todd, a shareholder, from a distance, who had never been at a meeting before, also stated his satisfaction with the full explanations made, and moved a vote of thank*. to Lord Kinnaird, which was unanimously agreed to, and the meeting separated. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. 44 ,$:-.\--- M 4 As i F s Surgeon Edward Newman, M.D. (1849), to the Trafal gar, 120, at the Black Sea station. Assistant-Surgeon Andrew M'Cluro (1818), from the Impregnable flag-ship, at Devonport, to Greenwich Hospital. Acting Assistant-Surgeons—John Lovett (1854), to Ply mouth Hospital ; Peter William Wallace (1854), addi tional to the Britannia, 120, flag-ship of the fleet in the Black Sea ; William Janett Lewis (1854), to the Furious, 16, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, serving in the Black Sea ; Doyle Money Shaw (1854), to the Spitefal, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, serving in the Black Sea. Clerk in Charge—Edward R. Key (1851), to the Beagle, screw steam despatch gun-boat, at Woolwich. Mr. C. H. Flower is appointed a temporary clerk in the storekeeper's department, Woolwich dockyard. Mr. Wright, formerly a clerk in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, went out in the early part of the present year in the same capacity in the commissariat department to Turkey, and had given such satisfaction by the zealous performance of his duties that his promotion to be Assis tant-Commissary was sent out by the last mail ; but un fortunately he has not lived to enjoy the step to which he was advanced, as a letter was received yesterday at Wool wich, in which it is stated that, after great exertions at the fire at Varna, he was attacked with cholera, and died shortly after. Mr. Thomas Crawford, surgeon (Nov. 9, 1846), has taken up his commission and joined the Waterloo flag-ship for prison ship duty. Mr. Joseph Caldwell, surgeon, has also joined fur duty in the Waterloo, vice Thomas E. Ring. THE HANNIBAL AND ALGIERS. Orders arrived at Sheerness yesterday to get the lower deck guns landed from the Hannibal and Algiers shipped off in lighters, with carriages, &c., to be ready for imme diate shipment. THE GUN-BOATS. A communication has been received from America on this subject, from which we extract the following :—" We now enclose a letter received this morning from Captain S., an old and experienced ship contractor, regarding the con struction of gun-boats with a light draught of water. It is in reply to a note we addressed him on the subject. We have also conversed lately with several of our largest and best-informed ship builders in this city, who all tell us that there would be no difficulty whatever in building boats of the required size to carry heavy guns and draw only three to four feet water. We doubt not there are plenty of our shipbuilders who would willingly contract to furnish as many of the boats as your Government wants. Captain S , you will note, gives a rough estimate of the cost of such vessels, but, if you want any more accu rate data, please give us the particulars or description of the boat required, and we will endeavour to get nearer the actual cost. "Y. S. This being a neutral country, we doubt if our Government would allow gun-boats to be built here, as the Russian Government would undoubtedly protest against it. " The communication referred to is as follows : " I received your note of the 9th instant in reference to the practicability or possibility of building gun-boats capablo of carrying two of the largest-sized guns, with machinery to propel them five or six miles per hour, to draw from three to five feet water, and with two days' coal on board. I presume it is intended that the engine and boilers should be below the water line, or protected from shot in some other way, Xll of which could be accomplished for about 15,000 dollars to 20,000 dollars each. They would be about 200 tons." THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS. The Russian officers will be admitted to the ward room of the Wellington, and an especial mess will be formed by Commander Josiah Thompson, of the Formidable, for their personal comforts. GUNS, &c., TAKEN AT BOMARSUND. In a letter from an officer on board H.M.S. Amphion, published in the Caledonian Mercury, the guns and stores taken at Bomarsund are valued at 100,0001. SALE OF RUSSIAN PRIZES. Yesterday, by virtue of a decree of the Hight Court of Admiralty, Mr. Lachlan, the Admiralty broker, put up to public auction, in tho Captain's-room, at Lloyd's, Royal Exchange, three Russian prizes. The first submitted was the Livonia, 232 tons burden, built at Riga in 1851, of which Matzkeit was late the master, a prize to her Ma jesty's revenue cruiser Argus. 1,0001. was first offered, and the vessel was ultimately sold for 1,8101. The Najaden, 141 tons burden, built at Uleaborg in 1852, of which Nils Gustaf Thornberg was the late master, a prize to her Majesty's ship Odin, sold for 1,080/. The Gebruders, 71 tons, built at Inverness, in Scotland, of which Victor Alexander Lindholm was late the master, prize to her Majesty's ship Amphion, sold for 3201. Yesterday a number of prize cargoes, captured from the Russians since the commencement of hostilities, were sold by Messrs. Churchill and Sims, at Garraway's Coffee-house, Cornhill, by order of the Court of Admiralty, for the benefit of the captors. The cargo of the Dido, comprising 300 tons of salt, of which Helmberg was late the master, prize to her Majesty's ship Imperious°, Captain Watson, sold for 4101. The cargo of the Froya, from Lisbon, Wickman late master, taken by her Majesty's revenue cruiser Argus, sold for 4841. 15s. The Abu's cargo, of which Goos was late the master, bound from Cadiz, and captured by her Majesty's ship Tribune, the Honourable S. T. Carnegie com mander, and which consisted of about GOO tons of salt, sold for 5691. The cargo of the Fama (503 tons of Cagliari salt), of which Johan Ostman was late the master, prize to her Majesty's revenue cruiser Petrol, Com mander Hughes, sold for 5611. 15s. The freight of the Fidentia, 350 tons of Cadiz salt, of which G. S. S. Serla chens was late the master, also a prize to her Majesty's ship Tribune, sold for 3101. The Cadiz salt on board the Emilid, Gabriel Sounberg late master, a prize to her Ma jesty's steamer Bulldog, Captain W. K. Hall, realised 2861. ss. The 450 tons .f salt taken out of the Auguste, the vessel so gallantly cut out of Eckness in the Baltic, by her Majesty's steamer Arrogant, Captain Yolverton, and the Heels, Captain Hall, realised 3971. Forty tons of salt, excess of cargo of the Russian ship Mentor, prize to the Tribune, brought 38/. ; and 30 tons, excess of the Alex. ander, also prize to tho Tribune, brought 251. 10s. A quantity of sundries, boxes of coffee, sugar, molasses, small quantities of wine, &e., taken out of the prizes Nayaden, Patrioten, Dido, Fidentia, Primus, and Aina realised good prices. The Russian ship Carolina, prize to the Avon, was sold at Plymouth on Thursday, and realised 3261. THE COLOMBO. A private letter has been received at Southampton from a person on board the Peninsular Company's steamer Co lombo, stationed at the entrance of the Black Sea, which states that that vessel is to be engaged in the service of the Government for four months in the East. The troops she took out were encamped about a mile from where sho is lying. The Rifles had lost many men by the cholera. The letter states also that the reaspn the Colombo was stationed at the entrance of the Black Sea, was because several Russian vessels had made their escape, and passed the allied fleets. The Colombo had received orders to pro ceed shortly to Varna in company with twelve other transports. THE ROYAL YACHTS. Tho Royal yachts Victoria and Albert, Fairy and Elfin, the Hornet, 14, screw-sloop, Black Eagle and Vivid, Ad miralty steam-yachts, the whole under the command of Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, assembled off Osborne yesterday, and they will be joined this day by the Sala mander paddle-sloop, and probably also by the Malacca, 17, high-pressure sloop (if the repair of the defect in her propelling power bo effected in time). FATAL ACCIDENTS. A fatal accident occurred on Thursday night at Ports mouth, on board her Majesty's steamer Powerful, 84, Captain Eliott, to a seaman, who fell from one of the tops on to the quarter-deck, which killed him on the instant. similar accident befel a seaman of the Malacca, who fell from her chains into the dock, whereby he sustained such severe injuries that he survived but a short time after ro pier-al to the Naval Hospital at Haslar. PROMOTION OF CAPTAIN MORRIS. The Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance, by general order, dated August 28, has appointed Captain H. J. Thomas to the command of the troop of the Royal Horse Artillery, vacant by the decease of Major Levine, in Tut. We regret to learn the death of this gallant general, which took place on the 29th ult. General Camp. bell was for many years in the lst Foot, from which he retired in 1838. He served in Egypt in 1801, and in Por tugal ~ .and Spain in 1808 and 1809, and took part in the battle of Corunna. He was in the expedition to IValche ren and at the siege of Flushing. He returned to the Pe ninsula in 1811, and was engaged in the several campaigns until the close of the war, in 1814, having shared the perils and honours of the battle of Vittoria, siege and as sault of St. Sebastian, at which he was severely wounded in the thigh, the ball never having been extracted. The General was nominated a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1831, and had received a silver medal for Corunna, and a medal and clasp for Vittoria and St. Sebastian. His commissions bear date as follows :—Ensign, 7th Dec., 1796; lieutenant, 14th Dec., 1797; captain, 14th May, 1804; major, 21st Sept., 1813; lieutenant-colon e l, 23th 1828 ; colonel, 23d Nov., 1841; and major -general at the general promotion this summer. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, G, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS., Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. The Right lion. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P., Chair- man. HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. A. Kingsford Barber, Esq. I Sir Alex. uff Gordon, Bart. Arthur Kett Barclay,Esq., F.R.S. I Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. Henry Bs rnett, Esq. John Mendham, Esq. Robert Biddulph, Esq. Charles Morris, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. William Routh, Esq. ArDITORS. Edward Charrington, Esq. I Captain Robert Gordon, R.N. Francis Dumergue, Esq. John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq. Pram'AN—John Ayrton Faris, M.D., Cantab., Hon. F.R.S., 27, Dover-street (President of the Royal College of Phy- sicians). SURGEON—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.S., No. 54, Green-street Grosvenor-square. SOLICITOR —Henry Young, Esq., No. 12, Essex-street, Strand. ACTUARY—James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. The advantages offered by this Society are : ECONOMY combined with Security, and Lower Rates of Premiums than those of any other office, which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. The WHOLE of the PROFITS are divided every fifth year among the Assured, and a Bonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Premium to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, If a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. The sum of 397,0001. WAS added to Polie es et the last division, a Web produced an average BONUS of 671. per cent. on the Premiums paid. Number of Policies in force 6,600. The Assurance Fund amounts to 1,340,0001. Income upwards :ff 220,0001. per Annum. No charge for Policy Stamps, nor for Service in the Yeomanry or Militia Corps. The subjoined Table shows the advantages offered by this Society, resulting from low Premiums, and a division of the entire profits among the Assured : i 0 , Lc i . i L bo • >,. .-. = g ..: g g t * -. E -,, ; _..,) c , . f. , 5, „,' 7. `,l 7.: 6E t , —r 5 I,' t. c , .... - z.:, z; g 2.40,---!•-:,f•-) ~7 -,.-..r 6'. , g- ` i'T4° 4 ; E g 2 < 7 4 ---' ' 2 a 3 K. . 5 tc7 - <:,' ... . - i .. &.i ;:: ,-- { i E. --- --i X. s. d. £ £ £ 1 1851. 1854. 20 21 15 10 1260 260 116 ! £l2 £l3BB 30 26 13 5 1205 205 125 12 1342 40 33 19 6 1140 140 130 i 11 1281 50 ,45 6 0 1030 30 141 ! 10 1 1181 Assurances cted in the current 3 ear, 1854, will participate in :he Profits in 1859. Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, No. 26, Conlinll, London. Established in 1838. DIRECTORS. • A. Campbell Barclay, Esq. I John Moss, Esq. Charles Bennett, Esq. Thomas Nicoll, Esq. Hugh Croft, Esq. E. S. Symes, M D. John Elliotson, NED., F.R.S. J. Leander Starr, Esq. Thos. Colley Grattan, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. MANAGING DIRECTORS. J. Leander Starr, Esq. (General). I Chas. Bennett, Esq. (Financial). ♦UDITORS. Professor Wheatstone. and Professor John Radford Young. MEDICAL EXAMINERS. J. Elliotson, 3f.D., F.R S., 37, Conduit-street. E. S. Symes, M.D., 33, Daaies-street, Berkeley-square. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse. Esq , F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Vioo'house, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 56, Lombard-street. SOLICITOR. C. Ewens, Esq , GI , Moorgate-street. Total number of Policies granted from December, 1652, to Decembeee 1653-1,194. Under the following heads are briefly enumerated the leading principles of this Society : OBJECTS OF TILE .','OCIETY. I. A Life Assurance may be effected either by One Payment, or by an Annual Premium. 2. Packs may be effected %SITU or without the privilege of withdrawing one-half of the Annual Payments. If with out this privilege, the rates are lower. 3. A Lite Assurance may be effected on the life of another, on Joint Lives or Survivorships. 4. Annuities, Immediate, Deferred, or Contingent, will be granted; also Endowments for Children. 5. Naval and Military Men, not in active foreign service, as sure i without extra charge, and allowed to go abroad with out forfeiture of Policy, on payment of an extra Premium, according to climate. In the event of the Assured (when on the Withdrawal System) not requiring to continut the Pollen, on its surrender one. half the annual payments will he returned by way of purchase of his interest therein. By this in. any, apprehension of great pecuniary loss and doubt as to the intrinsic trans;erable value of each Policy is re moved. its cash vaiue being fixed and determined beforehand be the Society at one-half the annual premiums paid thereon : a vast class of society will thereby be admitted ; and every individual, while steadily pursuing one object —a provision for his family at death — will have, by the plan of this Society, a door open to his savin g s, w hich will never be closed against his wants or his use. Prospectuses, Report of last Annual Meeting, Forms of Proposals for Assurance, and every descr'ption of ne^essary Blank Forms, with Tables of Itatts, and full information on all points, furnished, on ap plication at 26, Cornhill, or at any of the Company's Agencies. JACKSON'S PATENT PREPARATION for the PRESERVATION of POTATOES, SEEDS, &c.—This valuable discovery, for which Letters Patent have been obtained, is the result of fourteen ye re' study and experiments in the preserva tion of vegetable matters. It imparts health and vigour to 'he Plants and Seeds subjected to Its a tion, and effectually prevents the POTATO DISEASE, the SMUT in WHEAT, MILDEW and ROT, all FUNGAL DISEASES, and she attacks of INSECTS and VER- N IN, and further recommends itself to the tanner, the planter, and the public generally, by the extreme simplicity of the mode of its application. It is sold by all seedsmen and Chemists, In packets of one, two, three, and four pounds each, with instructions for its use, and parties requiring larger quantities for their own use or for exportation, can be supplied on advantageous terms, by addressing to Nlr. Jackson, the Patentee, 18. Cannon-street, London-bridge, where the article is always on sale, and the fullest particulars and directions for its use can be obtained. THE DRESS for the SEASON, most fashion ahle in style and finish, and far the che.pest, either to order or ready made, is at E. MOSES and SON'S, Minories and Aldgate, New Oxford-street an-1 Hart-street. The I'ALETOT which fits the most comfortable and looks the most gentlemanly, being the most novel and approved, is that just in vented by E. MOSES and SON. This article is sure to prove one of the first attractions of the season, as it supersedes any Paletot which has been introduced, and wit be regarded as the greatest uxury of Attire for the ensuing Aut' mn and Winter. No Establish ment hut that of E. MOSES and SON could offer an article of such intrinsic excellence at the price, which is TWENTY-FIVE SHIL LINGS. The HATS and CAPS Nob lemen, Men of Business, Sportsmen, Mechanics and their Children wear, are purchased at E. MOSES and SON'S, and have long proved the Lightest and most Elegant, the most serviceable, and the cheapest. TheSIII RV; which FA with exactness and ease, and may be had plain or richly emh-oidered, the materials and work of warranted superiority, and prices the most economical, are at E. MOSES and SON'S. The HOSIERY GOODS, elegant and useful, combining endless variety for Ladies. Gentlemen, and Children, are sold at exceedingly econ , mic prices by E. MOSES and SON. The OUTFITS which every Emigrant should possess, and the Military and Naval equipments, to present reg.ulations, are furnished for considerably lower prices than are charged elsewhere. Full lists of outfits for Ladies and Gentbanen, with Ship-sailing information Gratis, on application to E. MOSES and SON, or sent by them to all parts post free. The advantages Merchants, Captain., and others, derive from out lays in the Wholesale Department, at E. MOSES and SON'S ESTA BLISIINIENT are immediate sale and large profits in any part of the world. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falteh od of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITII ANT OTaEll HOUSE IN OS Our OP LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, IMinories, 84, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all commuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, largate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailor- Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Public Opi nion," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measunt ment, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. lei l'on panic Francais. Qui si parla Italian°. Tiler spricht men Deutsch. Anus SA labia Esnano. A portrait of the late Mr. Justice Talfourd, painted by his brother, Mr. Field Talfourd, has been presented to the corporation of Reading, to be placed in the Town Hall, as a remembrance of the close connection which for so many years subsisted between him and the inha bitants of his native town, as their friend, and also as their representative in Parliament. This faithful and valuable likeness of the late judge was presented by his venerable mother, MALTA, &c. Our correspondent at Malta, writing on the 26th of August, says : " I ani happy to announce that the sick per Medway are now doing very favourably. There have been no more deaths since Wednesday, except one reported to-day as very unexpected, in the lazaretto. " On Friday night the remainder of the convalescents were removed to Fort Ricasoli, and the lazaretto is nearly deserted, 14 men alone remaining in the hospital there. " Every possible means to divert their thoughts from too much reflection on their case has been adopted . . Books, newspapers, chess, &c., have been supplied, and the pre sence of the Governor at their sick beds, and the personal attentions paid them by Captain Graves, R.N., Superin tendent of Ports, have had a conceivably rallying effect upon the spirits of tho prostrate sufferers. " In the city and its environs the cholera is decreasing. Since the ith of July till to-day there have been about 300 cases and 190 deaths. " This morning arrived, after a very long passage, the hired transport Harbinger, with the following officers : " General the Hon. Sir George Cathcart, Rear-Admiral Stopford, Brigadier-General Torrens, Colonel Wyndham,. and Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour ; Captains H. Smith, the Hon. C. Elliott, Greville, and Gordon, R.N., ; Lieutenant Pallas, Surgeon Monroe, Mr. A. Jones, secretary to Admi ral Stopford, Mr. Coppinger, Commissariat department, Chekib Effendi, interpreter, 3G men of her Majesty's 46th Regiment, 10 Commissariat clerks, 21 servants, and 22 horses. One horse died on the passage. " The Harbinger will leave port this afternoon for the east w ard ." OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM GENERAL HAIR Y J ONES. [FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.] WAR DEPARTMENT, SEPT. 1. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle has received two despatches, of which the following aro copies, addressed to his Grace by BrigadiQr General Harry David Jones, of the Royal Engineers : No. 5. Camp before Bomarsund, MY LORD DUKE, August 16, 1854. In my despatch No. 4, under date the 14th instant, I stated that there was every prospect of being able to open my batteries, erected against Fort Nottich, yesterday morning : I have now the honour to report that at 8 a.m. yesterday morning I ordered the two batteries which wore manned by seamen from the fleet and detachments of Royal Marine Artillery, under the command of Captain Ramsay, R.N., to open their fire ; this was done in a very effective manner, by a spirited and extremely well-directed fire. By 3 p.m. the interior of the tower was laid open, and all the guns silenced. At 0 p.m., a white flag havin( -, been hoisted, I directed my B r i ga d e -M a j or, St . G eorge Ord,' who had offered his services to take his tour of duty on the batteries and who was then so employed, immediately to proceed, and take possession of the fort. This duty ho performed in a very satisfactory manner; but finding that it would not be possible for him to keep open his communication with my advanced posts after day light, in consequence of the proximity of the principal work, he brought off three of ficers and 115 soldiers, who gave themselves up to him as prisoners : I have in consequence sent them to the admiral, Sir C. Napier, for shipment. In the fort were sixteen 1 8-pounder iron gulls, and two 32-pounder iron guns. Garrison— 1 Lieutenant of Engineers, 1 Captain of Infantry, 1 Sub-Lieutenant, Infantry, and 129 men, Artillery and Line. There were 6 killed and 7 wounded. Notwithstanding the heavy and well-directed fire upon our batteries, both from Fort Nottich and Presto, the casualties were very few, but amongst that number I have to regret the loss of a very promising young officer of En gineers, Lieutenant the Honourable C. Wrottesley, who received a mortal wound from a cannon ball, which had struck a trunnion of one of the guns. My thanks are especially due to Captain Ramsay, R.N., and the officers of the Royal Navy, and seamen ; and also of the detachment of the Royal Marine Artillery, for the spirited and energetic manner in whichthey performed the laborious duty of dragging th e 32- pounders up the moun tain to the site of the batteries. From my second in command, Colonel Graham, of the Royal Marines, and y orders, andfrom i continue al l the officers ffic e t o rs re ceiveto Aa Aide -do willing ' a l I \ s e s rl i a s j t iel' a s n t ye Although the operations of the last 48 hours may appear to be insulated and in dependent of those carrying on by the French troops, I have to state that I have const ant l y been acting in close communication with General Baraguay d'Hilliers, and that whatever I have ordered to be done, or executed, has been part of the general plan of attack, and which now must be considered as drawing to a close.—l have, &c. (Signed) HARRY D. JoNEs, Brigadier-General. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, sc e . &e. No. G. Camp before Bomarsuml August 1 3: ? 1 , 0r 1 n 8 i 5 n t , of the fire o e f h r o o n m ou t r ho to fi r e e e p t o l, rt a , s th ro a s t u o u: n heo(s t ti li tth,sr e taavn r e e d nfid o i n o.ere t fa h ro e a c r to h g n e e. MY LORD DUKE, induced l at about the 1 6 h h t a h v two fort hours' of flomfiarrisnut Bomarsund, the nwdhi thete figaagi..illysaosn showed nevertheless th at the injury uncon ditionally, and were embarked in two hours afterwards. shipsTh e hna interior been of excellent;the fort to the Governor, with such a strong garrison, no breach, and a works was trifling, and ought not . to well casemated work, to have surrendered. Th'o cause may be considered that, finding two of his principal ad vanced works taken, a breaching battery ready to open, and no prospect of relief, it w ould be a sacrifice of life to hold out any longer : thus has been lost to Russia a most important military post, and, judging from tho nature of the works existing, those partly erected, and the foun dations of others which have been laid, it w as evi dently the intention of the Russian Government to have created a first-rate fortress. The positio n o f Bomar sund at the entrance of the Gulf s of Finland and Bothnia, with a beautiful and extensive anchorage well shel tered, points it out as a position of the most favourable nature, and no expense apparently has been spared in the construction of the works already built, and the walls of those partly erected are of the same substanti a l nature. The position of Bomarsund is naturally very strong, and favourable for defence ; bold and rocky, with a fi ne com mand of the ground in its immediate front, and when oc cupied with suitable advanced works would make its cap ture a very long operation, and if fully garrisoned woUld require a very large force for i ts reduction. Th e Ad m i ra l has sent home his report accompanied l.y a joint report from the French General Niel and myself, upon the prac ticability of holding Bomarsund in its present state. That report will have reached London before this despatch, it is therefore needless for me to recapitulate the substance of that report, as ycur Grace will have been acquainted with it ; in fact I have no copy, as it was called for in great haste, and no time was allowed me to do so before the departure of Liout. Nugent, Royal Engineers, the bearer of the Admiral's despatches. This the first operation of the combined forces having been brought to a successful termination, I may b e per to state that the utmost cordiality and good feeling have pervaded every branch of the service employed, Eng lish as well as French ; and in making these observations I should not do justice to the officers of the Royal Navy, the seamen and marines of the fleet who were employed under my orders on shore, if I did not notice the great order and regularity as well as the great zeal with w hi c h every duty was performed, and the strict discipline which was observed in camp ; not a single complaint h as b een made to ine of any irregularity on their part. From Captain Ramsay,in charge of the seamen, and from Colonel Graham, in command of the Royal Ma rines, I have received the most ready assistance, for which SOUTH-EASTERN. The report of the directors of this company to the proprietors, to be presented at the general meeting on Thursday next, states the directors have to report that the receipts of the company for the half-year ending on the 31st of July, 1854, have been 430,9111. 11s. 6d., in cluding 3131. ls. 7d. received of the Brighton Company for toll ; and the working expenses and renewals 177,1901. 6s. 7d. The sum of 6,2331. has been laid aside for renewal of permanent way. The rates, taxes, and! tolls amount to 20,1361. Os. 3d. ; the Government duty to 11,8611. 13s. lid. ; the rents of the Greenwich Rail way, Deptford-creek-bridge, and Angerstein-wharf and Branch, to 23,2891. ss. 5d., which sums, in addition to the interest on the mortgage debt, South-Eastern An nuities, and guaranteed stock of the company, 88,2691. 10s. 10d., make a total deduction from the gross earn ings of 326,9791. 17s. The profit and loss account shows a balance of 2,601/. Bs. Bd., after providing for the last dividend and steam-boat reserve, as well as 9,212/. 45., the net earnings at the credit of steam-boat account, and is debited with the sum of 3,6001. 16s. Sd. fur Parliamentary expenses, &c., leaving a balance of 112,2141. 10s. 6d. The total increase in traffic for the last half-year, as compared with the corresponding half-year ending 31st July, 1853, is 48,0301. 15s. ld. The revenue account, exclusive of the net earnings of the steam-boats, shows, as compared with the similar period of 1853, an increase of receipts amounting to 47,9851. 9s. lid. The net receipts of the steam-boats, after deducting 2,5001. for the renewal fund, agreeably to the resolution of the proprietors in-March last, are 9,282/. 4s. The charge for working expenses, renewals, rates, and Government duty, for the same period arc increased to the amount of 37,0991. 4s. 9d. The profit and loss account begins with a balance of 2,6011. Bs. Sd., against 1,5201. 12s. ld. last year ; and the balance of 224,672/. 14s. 9W, less 9,2821. 45., earned by the steam-boats, making 215,4901. 10s. 9d. brought from revenue account, is larger for this than the comparative half of last year by the sum of 10,8861. ss. 2d. Against this balance, the charges for rents, interests, Parliamentary expenses, &c., are larger by the sum of 9,1051. Bs. Bd., which iucludes one third of the Parliamentary and other expenses incurred by promoting a line to Lewisham, Croydon, and Brom ley, in the session of 1853, and to Lewisham and Brom ley during the present year. The balance of not revenue, viz., 112,2141. 10s. Gd. is 11,9741. 13s. 9d. larger than that for the corresponding half year of 1853. This will afford a dividend for the half-year ending July 31st, of Bs. Gd. per 301. stock, or at the rate of 2/. 16s. Sd. per cent, per annum ; and this rate of dividend the directors recommend to be paid. There will then remain the sum of 6,9041. Os. 6d. to be carried forward to the following , half-year. The excess of expenditure in the various de partments is thus explained :-In the locomotive it has arisen, first, from increased mileage and from increased cost of coke, which has averaged during the half year 225. W., instead of 18s. 11 2-sd. per ton ; se condly, from an advance of wages ; thirdly, from the higher price of all materials used in the renewals and re pairs of the rolling stock. The total running of the engines has cost, including repairs and renewals, 9.3321 d per mile, against 7.9772 d. per mile for the half-year end ing July, 1853. In the carriage department, the excess of expenditure amounts to 1,6141. 14s. Bd. It is caused by the higher price of materials used in the repairs and renewals of stock, and to a continued advance in the cost of labour. Thirty-seven vehicles have been completely renewed during the half-year, and 65 carriages have been newly painted, besides the usual incidental repairs. The reports of the locomotive and carriage superintend ents certify that the rolling stock is in efficient working order, and well maintained. The amount expended by the engineer for the maintenance of way, works, and stations, is 26,9351. 12s. 2d., being 7,888/. 19s. ld. more than in the same period of 1853. The renewals have cost 17,619/. 16s. 7d., being 2,1771. Os. 6d. less than in 1853 ; and the total amount expended under the latter head has been charged as usual against the reserve fund. This fund, which has so materially relieved the charges against revenue for the last few half-years, has been heretofore supported as well by the sale as the transfer of old materials to sidings at their market value, for which capital account was debited. The stock being nearly ex hausted, the fund mustin future be dependent for support upon the reserve set aside in each half-year. Notwith standing the amount of 6,2331. received from revenue for the half-year, the fund, as shown bat the accounts, is over drawn to the extent of 6,0301. 12s. Bd., which sum ap pears in the balance-sheet. It is manifest, even with a diminished expenditure, that the amount heretofore laid by for renewals, at the rate of 46/. per annum per mile maintained, is inadequate for the purpose : it must either be increased, or the fund must be abolished and the cost of renewals made a charge against revenue in each half-year. The condition of the way, works, and stations, is such that no reduction under the head of renewals can be expected. The directors regret that they cannot agree with the auditors as to the importance of maintaining the re serve fund ; on the contrary, they consider that the revenue of each half-year should in future be charged with the full amount of all renewals, leaving it to the engineer to equalise as far as practicable the expendi ture under this head, which will, it is believed, effect the same result as a reserve fund. To prevent, how ever, any undue pressure upon the current half-year, which, if this recommendation be adopted, would not only have to bear its own burden for renewals, but also the sum of 6,0801. 12s. Bd. overdrawn in the reserve fund, it is proposed by the directors to retain out of the amount available for the present dividend the sum of 6,9041. Os. Gd. referred to in a preceding paragraph. The miscellaneous working expenses exceed those of the corresponding hallyear of 1853 by 11,7091. 2s. 2d. The excess of expenditure has arisen -first, in the goods department, from a necessity of providing addi tional labour, commensurate to the increased work done, particularly in the collection, and delivery of parcels and merchandise ; and, secondly, from the general increase of wages and additional pay for length of service which was brought into operation during the autumn of 1553. The gross receipts from traffic for the half-year exceed those of 1553 by 48,080/. 15s. ld., of which the passenger department earned 30,5981. 10s. 7d., and the goods 17,4821. 4s. Gd. The goods and cattle traffic shows a steady and satisfactory increase, and 539 tons of additional merchandise have been carried to the continent, giving a gross receipt for tolls of 687/. in ad vance of the corresponding period of last year. The company's steam-ships have performed their voy ages with the accustomed regularity. During the half year, 31,956 passengers have passed via Folkestone and Boulogne, and 12,132 via Dover and Calais, making an increase of 5,613 passengers over the same period of 1853. The tidal service to Paris daily, via Folkestone, is in full operation ; and an agreement has been concluded with the Northern of France Railway to continue the fixed service to Paris daily, via Dover and Calais, for a period of three years, the SonthEastern Railway receiving from them a ddiy subvention for performing the steam-boat service. The circumstances under which the board was recon structed in March last especially require the absence of all reserve in this report. The directors feel that their duty is to state frankly and fully to the shareholders the condition in which they found the company's affairs at that period, the policy they have adopted, and the mea sures they have taken to fulfil, so far as time has yet permitted, the expectations which were indicated by the changes then made by the proprietary. Before do ing so, however, they think it right to state, that all their subsequent investigations have confirmed their confidence in the natural resources of the line under prudent and economical management. It runs through one of the most fertile districts of the kingdom, bor• dered by a highly favoured sea coast, studded with po pulous watering places easily accessible from the metro polis by its means, and is the shortest high road for all traffic to the Continent and the East. That the pecu niary results of such a line should have hitherto disap pointed the just expectations of the shareholders, is n o doubt, in a great degree , attributable to the want o f system and foresight with whi ch the Legislature has dealt with railway property in general ; but your present directors cannot withhold the expression of their deli berate opinion that your disappointment h indiscreet as been in creased by premature and , exten s i ons o f th e line, and the absence of primentand economi ca l ma nagment of your affairs ; and it is to remedy th ose defects that they have hitherto devoted and will devote their attention. Economy , of management has had a prominent place in the deliberations of the reconstituted board during the past half-year, and the result has been Some imuiediato sad a large prospective reduction of !expenditure. In all the arrangements effected they have I had efficiency and responsibility, as well as economy, in daysefvtuajori lastent) uti o u ' goun v u r nett e ne ; re half-yearly ho n aialithtcteey b ev y nfi. edrrtsah:lnne attendant on oekr r n u tt ohe the replacet declarationll iae present r y ge w ip i t l u. l dbi be rloTie cfcht g aeco u odr d i smi d iv e ffipi h d caenudn iyl dividend to tttehhiteenheni being meeting by the board, as formerly con -as to raise funds wherewith to pay it, the earned having been absorbed, and no pro had to raise funds at a moment of almost unprecedented pressure on the money market, strongly marks the habitually compelled to anticipate, for its current ex penses, the use of its legitimate profits, and to rely on external resources to pay its proprietary their fairly earned divide n d s ; an d this danger it will be one of the earliest tasks of the board effectually to re move. In March, the embarrassment which the re constructed board inherited was, moreover, aggravated by the rapidly approaching maturity of other very large liabilities for which no provision had been made. The borrowing powers of the company, reaching to 2,465,3751., had been used to within 17,8501. of that amount, and capital account was overdrawn by the sum of 192,578/. lls. ld. The task of providing funds was not therefore I light or easy ; it was however acccomplished, mainly through the liberality of the company's bankers, in time to meet the payment of the dividend on the day fixed, and to discharge .the other liabilities as they fell due. But your directors feel it au especial duty frankly to tell the proprietary that, though the general resources of the company are sound, its finances will continue for some time to require most anxious and careful atten tion. A number of the bridges on the line, especially those constructed of timber, require considerable repairs, or to be more substantially built ; and some of the sta tions, having been only temporary erections, should be rebuilt of more durable materials. For these renewals, and the deterioration contingent upon many years' con stant use, there is no fund ; and it is clear that such works as aro to be rebuilt more substantially will have to be provided for partially out of capital. Your direc tors cannot, thereforb, allow the first opportunity to pass without communicating these facts to you, repeating, however, that there is nothing in the pecuniary position of the company that may not be overcome with care, attention, and economy, aided by your support and con fidence. At the special general meeting held on-the 15th Sep tember last, the proprietors authorised the raising of 500,000/., under the provisions of the South-Eastern Railway, Canterbury and Whitstable and Steam Packets Act, 1853. Of this sum 200,000/. was to be appropriated to the purchase of the Canterbury and Whitstable Rail way, and to the purchase of the steam-boats. 300,0001. was authorised for the general purposes of the company, and to be appropriated as follows :-70,000/. for works in progress, 31st January, 1853 ; 230,000/. for sundry works and buildings, additional locomotive engines, pas senger carriages, waggons, trucks, &c., which were then contemplated as necessary for the traffic. The purchase of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway and steam boats have been completed. Of the sum of 300,0001. the following amounts have been expended up to the 31st July last :—For engineering works, rolling stock, and sundries included in estimates of June, 1853, 192,401/. 13s. 10d. ; for sundry works in excess of above esti mate, 40,082/. 4s. 3d. ; total, 232,483/. 18s. ld. ; and the balance has been appropriated towards reducing the excess of expenditure on capital account. In the engineer's department, the expenditure under certain heads has been in excess of the estimate made in 1853, and works which were then contemplated, and which are still required to be executed, have not been commenced. The amount of 251,669/., estimated as the value of surplus lands, is Only calculated to realise, in addition to 20,501/. already received, a further sum of about 100,000/., inasmuch as your directors are of opinion that certain portions valued at about 118,000/., and which were included in the property available for sale, should be retained ; so that, in effect, provision must now be made for the deficiency arising from the sale of surplus lands, as well as for the engineering works and rolling stock already estimated, but for which there is no avail able fund. Among the first duties which the newly-constituted board undertook was the examination into the assets and liabilities of the company, with the view of deter mining how far the former could be made immediately available. The result showed the liabilities in March last were, as nearly as could be estimated, 218,000/.; and that the assets from all sources, some of which can not be realised for a considerable period, amounted to 130,0001., leaving a balance of 88,0001. (treating the surplus lands as an asset to the extent of 100,0001. only, and not of 251,6691., as has been explained above) un provided for. In addition, no provision was left for the purchase of land at the London Terminus, which the company were authorised by an act of session 1853, to acquire for the enlargement of the stations, the powers of which expired on the 4th of August, 1854. Your directors have therefore turned their careful attention to the financial position of the company, to the various lia bilities for which immediate provision should be made, to the condition of the works and buildings, and to the rolling stock available for the increasing traffic ; and they have had estimates of the requirements which will arise during periods extending to five years. The following is a statement of the requirements of the company :—Balance of capital account overdrawn 31st July, 1854, 163,6271. 14s. 6d. ; for works which have been ordered and others which will be required within twelve months, viz., stables and cattle docks at the Bricklayers' Arms, viaducts and bridges, custom house at Folkestone, foundry, timber-shed, and addi tional shops at Ashford, and new roads at Bermondsey, coke ovens at Strood, &c., 41,7151.; land at the London terminus, 30,0001.; new carriages contracted for and in progress at the company's works, 35,905/.; contingen cies, 10,5001.; in all, 117,6231.; making, with the over drawn balance aforesaid, a tota of 281,250/. 14s. 6d. Then further, for works to extend over a period of three years, from July 31, 1854, viz.: Various engi neering works authorised, but not commenced ; four new locomotive engines, and the difference chargeable to capital for replacing eight old engines with a superior class ; further stock of carriages, vans, and waggons ; two additional steam vessels ; Margate, Folkestone, and New Cross stations and waiting-rooms; arching at London station ; enlarging at various stations, addi tional goods sheds, &c., 170,416/.; and for works to be completed within five years, viz., rebuilding Red Hill, Tunbridge, and Ashford stations ;'London station ; im provement to stations generally ; works, Angerstein branch ; four new engines, and replacing old engines ; additional carriages and trucks, 138,9931. These two [ sums with the preceding total, amount to 590,659/. 14s. 6d.; less, surplus lands, estimated at 100,000/.- 490,699/. 14s. 6d. In order, therefore, to put the finances of the com pany upon a permanently solid basis, to complete the various works which are now and will shortly be re quired, and to provide the necessary plant for the ex tension of the company's business, your directors pro pose, with the sanction of the proprietors, to apply to Parliament in the next session for power to raise an amount not exceeding 5.00,000/., in such a manner as shall appear to them least burdensorneto the revenue of the company. The directors felt it their duty to withdraw the bill introduced into Parliament last session for mak- ing a branch line to Bromley. (The reasons of this re solution are stated at some length in the report.) The directors will be no parties to a reckless expenditure of your money in Parliamentary contests. _Large sums have already been lavished in promoting losing branches and lines, entailing a heavy - annual reduction of your divi dends, and your Parliamentary and law expenses for nine years, from 1545 to 1553, amounting to 479,711/. 7s. 11d., averaging the enormous suns of 53,3011. ss. 3d. per annum, exclusive of the costs of conveyance of land which are merged in the land accounts. The directors are of opinion that a stop must be put to this system if your dividends are to be increased or even maintained. Should your traffic be menaced by competing schemes in Mid-Kent or elsewhere, your most prudent and legiti mate defence will be found in continuing fully to meet the public convenience, by which means you will not only preserve, but enlarge your traffic. Looking, how ever, to the present state of the money market, and to the general depressed condition of railway property, mainly caused by premature extensions, your directors hope for some abatement of that reckless and fatal system by which railway projectors thrive on the credulity of the public. In order to afford explanations to any proprietor who may desire - them on points alluded to in the report now circulated, the directors forming the finance committee propose to attend at ,the offices at London-bridge from 10 to 2 o'clock on Wednesday, the 6th inst. SURREY AND SUSSEX. The association which is in course of formation for l the prosecution of this useful undertaking has, we en . derstand, received promises of encouragement and sup port from nearly all the landed proprietor s th roug h whose -property it is intended the proposed line shall traverse. No opposition is anticipated, either from the Duke of Norfolk or Col. 'Wyndham, as th e li ne w i ll, by its junc tion at Guildford, make a direct communication with the metropolis, and render available the produce of several towns and villages which aro now without railroad communication. Such an enterprise cannot?, fail to be beneficial to the surrounding dist r i c t s. L arge quantities of timber are grown there ; and the agricultural produce which is raised, situated as it is in the most fertile dis trict of England, is of great importance ; but hitherto, owing to the want of unproved means of transport, hag been rendered comparatively unavailable. The port of Arundel, at a small expense, can be rendered deep enough for ships of large burden ; and at this present time exertions are being made to deepen the harbour. This port carries on a large trade with Sunderland and other towns ; it is nearly opposite to Havre, and when the improvements in the harbour are completed, and a railroad connects the town with the metropolis, a great increase of trade must be expected. We have reason to expect th a t, i n t h e course of a few weeks, plans will . e matured, and the operations will be commenced. --4 4 / JOZWPat. Miles .8316921120 0f 875 : 1 4 8d,. Bikebeurdaset NAME OF Ballymena R1 e. :::::: ...... I 1853. 1854. ,v 4.66 831 n a d d, C L ounty Down en z ' * . t B o r. 1 . 1 s k t o th , n n l ' i a l e n i and c r E: x b , e k t , e and al : d i d p r i We a i s s ea: . a. t d i York e.. C . h . . e . 7 : . .... .. ....--- 2;253;1 7 265;214 I:3l23,77EBlBdi.erlikabesurgntlt h and BanGjulcasaTslgh .-----..••••••••• x 1 X ~ 'Dundalk jai,am o k ni ada a an n :: IC 9 1 5 ; 6 : 1 : D. 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Irish South Eastern ................ 280 9O 1 Lancaster and Carlisle... 236 ........... 7,106 1 6,905 260 1 Lancashire and Yorkshire.... .... .... 22,204 93,318 - ' Leeds Northern ..................., - .._ 181 Liverpool, Crosby, and southport -• . (194 644 653% London and :North Western . 56,9:0 t 9,478 s},i ',' London and Rlackwall ...... 174 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 14,680 15,881 253 V, London and South Western. ........ 14,839 j .15,299 - 46 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 475 462 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - - 167 3 4 Manchester, Shefffeld,and Lincolnshire 8 , 7 .. 34 i 9,449 91.6 Manchester and South Junction...... 4,‘ I . 713 28 Mars-port and Carlisle ••••-. • - •• . . - - 498 3( Midland ..... -••••..••• • .. - - - - 27,029 28,542 126 Midland Great Western (Irish) •• • ... 3,078 ; 3,774 37 Monklands ••-.•..--- - • • • • - - 979 1 1.049 78 Newcastle and Car1i51e.........• •• 3 , 15 9 ' 3,556 145 North British ...................... 5,046 5,377 - North Staffordshire •• • ..... •. • • .• • • - - 47 North-Western .. .. .. .. ~.. „ „ 82 Scottish Central ............ , Scottish Midland ............... 29}4 Shrewsbury and Birminclic,m ....., 1,025 955 4) Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 2,012 2,323 29 Shropshire Union .................. i 663 946 256 South Dev0n........ . ............., 2,332 I 2,491 88 South Eastern.... ....... ~„ .: , 1 4,429:504 1 5 :. 415 40 T a ff Vale . . ...... ...........„ .. 2, 7 45 3,248 • Doncaster, ea - sie . r, and Goole • 162 88 Sout h souti i W y ' o a r l k e . s , 1 351 1,262 71 Waterford and Limerick ............ 705 i 670 25 West Cornwall ...... ............• 677 I 775 12 Whitehaven Junction .•• .. ---.•- • - ! - 652 York and, Newcastle, and Berwick & i Tor; and North Midland 5; Leeds ' 30,356 1 37,314 YOHEIGN. 57 IA i Dutch Rhenish .................... 1 1,881 ; 1,801 165 ' Lyons and Mediterranean 63; Montereau and Troyes .......• •• •• : - ' - 63 ' Namur and Lie ge 444 Northern of France 8'47 . Orleans and Central* .. 240 Paris and Lyons .... - 84 Paris and Ro uen . .... •••• • .. 392 Paris and Strasburgh ....... • ...... ; 28,734 28,540 59 Rouen and Havre- . 132 Western of Fra nce . • ...... .- ...• ... 1 7,390 8,559 • The receipts include the tragic ou the Orleans and Central. Or Leans and Bordeaux. and Tours and Nantes. _ • REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE FINE ARTS. The following is the tenth report of the Commissioners. on the Fine Arts : "To THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " We, the Commissioners appointed by your Majesty for the purpose of inquiring whether advantage might not be taken of the rebuilding of your Majesty's Palace at West minster—wherein your Majesty's Parliament is wont to assemble—for the purpose of promotir ' , and encouraging the fine arts in your M a j es ty' s united kingdom, and in what manner an object of so much importance might be most effectually promoted, bog leave to report to your Majesty the progress of the works r ecommence d b y us, i n accordance with the duties prescribed to us. " The series of eight fresco paintings in the Upper Wait ing-hall is now completed. In first . proposing that the apartment should be decorated with paintings executed in that method we observed—viz., in oar report of the 7th of August, 1845—that we were desirous to afford opportuni ties for tho further practice of fresco-painting, and for the cultivation of the style of design which is fitted for it, * provided the architectural arrangements and the light should, on the completion of the apartment, be found to be adapted for the purpose.' The room was ultimately found to be but scantily lighted, but we 'conceived that, as the paintings would admit of being closely inspected, that objection was in itself less important ; while, on the other hand, it might not be without its use expe rimentally, by suggesting a treatment adapted to such a condition. " We have now to add that, apart from the important objects, more or less attained in the designs referred to, of appropriate conception and expression in reference to the bects, these experimental works will be of use in showing what are the external qualities generally essential in fresco painting, and especially so under given local circumstances. It will be for artists to consider, in witnessing the effect of these works, to what 'extent the great requisite of distinct ness, as resulting, in its perfection, from intelligible forms, perspicuous arrangement, and the judicious distribution of light and dark massee; has or has not been kept in view, subject to the local conditions of light, the size of the apartment, and the dimensions of the paintings ; and sub ject to the general technical conditions of fresco painting —a method requiring, from it s comparat i vely limited re sources, an especi a l attention to simplicity and significance in representation. "In the House of Lords 11 of the 18 metal statues of barons and prelates are now placed in the niches intended to receive them. The seven remaining statues are the only works coming under our superintendence now to be completed for this chamber. "In St. Stephen's-hall, without as yet contemplating the execution of the frescoes intended for that locality, we pi•oposc that the series of 12 marble statues of eminent statesmen named in our fourth report, bearing date the 25th of April, 1845, should be gradually conikpleted. cordingiy, iu addition to the three already executed and placed in the ball, we have given commissions to five artists to execute each a statue of one of such personages. " With regard to the Prince's Chamber, which we pro. pose to decorate with statues, bas-reliefs, and other works, as detailed in our seventh report, dated the 13th of July, 147, we have commissioned John Gibson, B.A. to exec ate a statue of your Majesty, with figures of Justice and Clemency, and with bas-reliefs on the pedestal, to be placed in the recess on the north side of the apartment. We have also employed Mr. William 'need to prepare a series of bas-reliefs, to be subsequently cast in metal, for the panels on the walls. _ " - Of the frescoes intended for your n M i s4 l e l st s ys t ' ra r t7v b e in o g f room, undertaken by report, four have been completed. devote his whole ti me t o artist will now be enabled t o the legend of King Al\r7t.hupi•Y,cae'sitpr.AoAps.o'siated:pinpleoauurrs that t en th th e these works, pro ceedr r d to we With n ) f n u t t i u n r g e s , refe more rapidly.okns consider hrey them altogether it is lip ,respecttotolieeLL i paintings sati s f ac t ory, w h ether regarded cr in their general treatment, or as examples of the method of fresco-painting. " We have commissioned John Rogers Herbert, R.A.., to prepare a series of designs for frescoes to be executed in the Peers Robing room, according to a scheme so indicated in our seventh report. . The room itself is not yet built, audit is therefore expected that the artist's designs will b e completed by the time the walls are in a fit state to re ceive frescoes. " We have also given our attention to the decoration of the principal corridors connecting the Central Hall with the two Houses of Parliament. We have accordinglycommissioned Ed ward Matthew Ward, AI:LA., to under take the Commons corridor, and Charles West Cope, R.A.. to undertake the Peers' corridor. The subjects intended for these localities are enumerated in our seventh report, in which it is also proposed that the pictures should be painted in oil. "We further propose to commission Daniel Machu. R.A., to paint in fresco, iu the Painted Chamber, or Can' ference-hall, the subject of the marriage of Strongbow and Eva, the subject being one of the series selected by us for that apartment. The design for the fresco so proposed to be executed will he adapted, according to the requirement of fresco, from an oil picture of the same subject ex ecuted by the artist on his own account, and which he has treated with great ability. " In our last report, dated the 11th humbly stated to your Majesty that the Lords topro. Commis sioners of your Majesty's Treasury had consented amounting to pose to Parliament an annual expenditure rec ommended 4,0001. to defray the cost of the various l i v t o h the sanction of of March, 1850 ,Nr Parliament a n their lordships, continued to submit_ lo limitation of the ex by us. Since that period we have, l to annual estimate accordingly. -penditure as stated may, "Nvc s v orne of the works. of delay in the prosecution of ~ CARLISLE. " ALBERT• " WILLOUGHBY D'ERESBY. " NEWCASTLE. ,4 C. S. LIZI , EVRE. . " SUTHERLAND. ~ J. R . G. GRAHAM. T .,r, be regarded as a cause " LANSDOWNE, " ROBERT HARRY INGLIS. "J. RUSSELL. :: R. ." ABERDEEN. `` PALMER S. STON. w E R R s. s. t " CANNING. 111.10 AG —Holloway's Oint men t an d Pills e fi cures of Bad L?gs.—Mr. J o hn St o kill, of w u s Hailsey, Northallelt , &offer e d f or 1 u pwards of two years with several wounds o n hi s l egs, [ :c y v e E x R tr T A I 4E erd if in n t -T ry i. ovry means were tried in the hope of deriving some benefit, but without success, and the disease ultimately. assumed so severe an aspect, that it was considered am putation would be necessary, in order to save his life. Hopeless as his case appeared, he resolved not to un dergo the operation, but commenced using Holloway's Ointment and Pills, the result was an almost immediate continuing th ose won d er - wor ki ng improvement, and by remedies, both legs were completely cured. Sold by vendors of medicine, and at Professor Holloway's esta blishment, 244, Strand, London. DUNDEE AND PERTH. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholdera of the Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Railway Junction Com- PanY wee held on Wednesday, in the eonapeafo 0f6"13, - • .1•. , 4 A TE: 1 '•• .