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w - e,e) -~ ,~ - -e--., ,4-- t-c_ J //Z • I ONDON (is NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. parties are referred to the Thin.-oills of the Company tor hat of November. By order. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, October, 1954. - t LONDON and N BAIL NA.Y.—CONTRACT The Directors are prepared to re of the undermentioned STORES, A O. of Contract— !. Brass Sheet and Tubes for Locomotives 3. Copper 4. Canvas 5. Carpet and Bags 6. Cloth 7. Axles 9. Crucibles 10. Curled Hair 11. Carriage Furniture, Brass 12. Co ours -12 a Drysaltery 13. Coach Trimmings 14. Cotton Waste lb. Bags, Rope, Hemp, &c. 16. Glass, Plate lea. Glass, various 17. Hardware and Station Stores 17a. Brushes and Pencils 18. Leather OR TR-WESTERN .5 for STORES for the Year, 1855. ceive TENDERS for the SUPPLY So of Contract — t° Lead, White and Red 19a. Led. S'ei-t and Pipe 20. Iron, Yorlrshire 20a. Iron. Staffordshire 205. Iron, Pig 21. Iron Castings 22. Iron Work 23. Wheels 24. 011, Burning, Sce. 25. Oils (various), Tallow, and Turpentin, 26. 011 Cloth 27 Steel S•eel Springs and Files 29. Tin Blocks 3 , 1 Tin Sheet and Spelter 31. Varnishes 52. Sundries 34. Hats 35. Caps ) i ilia. Leather, various Specifications and Forms of Tender may be had on and after Mon day, October 23d, on application, in writing, to the Secretary, Easton •,, Btation, London. • Forms of Tender for each Contract are printed separately, and 1 •; parties applying should state the particular Contract or Contracts for ,••• . . which they propose to tender. Patterns may also be inspected on and after lkfor•day, October 23d, from Ten till Four o'clock, at the Company's Pattern Room, Euston Station ; and any further information required may be obtained on • application to the Heads of the several Departments. • Tenders may be sent in on or before Ten o'clock on Monday, • November 6th. By order of the Directors. • CHAS. E. STEWART, Secretary. • Euston Station, October, 1854. a,. i.= - : CONTRACT FOR MUSTARD SEED. D epar tment of the Comptrolle r for Victualling and ,: Transport Services, Somerset Hon , e, 30th October, 1854. 111 HE Commissioners for Executing the Office of kJL Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain .• a n d Ireland, do Here b y Give Notice, that on MONDAY, the 6th , :I November instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with , . . sech persons as may be willing to Contract for sunplying and deli t. lt ' `lag into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD:— When to be delivered. '..,,J . Quarters. Mao( each in 3 weeks, i-j-- AiIISTARD SEED (White)• • Iso and the remainder in 3 ~ ‘`.,,,,- : .Dltto,- ~..eirli . (Brown)... ._1? . (1 . ~ _ weeks afterwards, or tirrfpreerredbytbe' 4t , party tendering. 1 Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, Ithen the ten dere are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem ilt, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any ; and also an unlimited power of sel.. ofceach tion. T en ders will be received fo r the whole, or any portion description of Seed. t . , Samples (not less than 2 quarts of each) must be produced by the parties tendering. The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con tract has been decided. No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro- Tided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool. The Conditions of the revised eontracts, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said Office, and at Liverpool. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not he required that the party tendering cr an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office en the day of contract, ai the result of the offer re ceived from each person will be commuu,cated to him in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Mustard Seed," and mast also be delivered at Somerset House. COSMORAMA OF ST. PETERSBURG, ROYAL PASO PTICON, Leicester-square.—A COS NIOR MA. of ST. PETERSBURG, including a Portr lit of the Emper or Ni,holaq, has been added to the many attractions at the Royal Panopticon of Science and Art. Amongst these are :—the Luminous and Chromatic Fountain, throwing Illuminated Water 100 feet high—Panorama and Dioramic Views of Verona—A splendid Collection of "Ihromatropei —Heincke's Diving Apparatus, the Subaqueous ight, &c. —Scientific Lectures and Demonstrations by eminent Professors —and Per for mances on the Grand Organ by M. Best, and Distin's Fogel Horn Union every evening. Hours of exhibition mornin .12to 5 ; even ing, 7to 10, Saturday evenings excepted. Admission, Is.; schools and children under 10, half price. Season admission, one guinea; life admission, ten guineas. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 309, REGENT-STREET. —Under the sole Direction of J. H. PEPPER, Esq., F.C.S. A. Inst. C.E. GOJD DRAMATIC READINGS are now added to the other attractions of the Institution. Miss GLYN wid read HAMLET en the 21 of November, at Eight o'clock; and ROMEO and JULIET on the 4th of November, at Eight. LECTURE specially addressed to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES on Monday Evenings. Every NOVELTY in GENERAL SCIENCE will be secured to the Public. An ever-varied succession of LECTURES, MECHANICAL and COSMORAMIC EXHIBITIONS. MUSIC, the MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, &c . I is maintained daily, from Twelve till Five ; Evenings, Seven till Ten. Admission, is. • -tails, 2s. Open on SATURDAY EVENINGS from half-past seven till ten, for Miss GLYN'S DRAMATIC READINGS ONLY. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- Now Open for the sea,on.—The Orchestra will perform during the week—The Overture to Le Pre aux Clercs ; also, for the first time, the following novelties— Quadrilles, Le Demon. and Sehamyl ; Waltzes, Germania and Wiener Lust; Polkas, Les Folies, and Mos cow; Schottische, Dona Maria; also, by desire, The Etoile du Nord, Polka, /inking, Waltz, and Glory Galop. Principal "ornet a Piston, M. Boulcourt.—Altera,lon of Time —Doors open at 8 ; commence at half-past.—Admission, One Shilling. TO LOVERS OF FISH.- 100 real YARMOUT El BLOATERS for Gs., 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, Groat Yarmouth. MORISON'S PILLS. —The VEGETABLE ITNIVERSXL MEDICINE of the BRITISH C JLLEGE of HEALTH, New-road, London. Read the MORISONIA.NA and other ilygeian publications, to be had gratis of all the agents. No chemist or druggist is allowed to sell Morison's Pills. MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ADVICE. Secret Diseases removed before charge be made for medicine by a practical and ex p erienced Surgeon. tier, ous Deb'lay, arising from Excesses, Accident, or premature nue, are al ,o fee is treated to a successful Issue , either sex consulting by letter. The a Half-guinea, in cash or stamps. Hours of attendance, 10 till 3, and from 5 till 10 daily; Sundays, 10 till 2. Address, Dr. SCOT I`, 3, King William-street, Strand, London. TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.-A RETIRED CLERGYMAN having been restored to health in a few days after many years of great nervous suffering, is anxious to make knon t to ohers the means of cure. He will, ther, send free, o receiving a s t am ped envelope, properly addressed,e a fore copy of the pnre scription used. Direst the Rev. E. pouglass, 18, Holland-street, Brixton, London. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF SIR WM. BURNETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID. Gallons, ss. Quarts, 2s. Pints, Is. Half-pints, 61. This Valuable DEODORISER and DISINFECTANT Instantane. only destroys all HAD SMELLS without prod ucin g any itself. Its free use, as directed, PREVENTS CHOLERA and all CON TAGIOUS DISEASES. Sold by all Chemists and Druggists, and at the Office, 18, Cannon Street, London -bridge. N.B.—Beware of a spurious imitation. ----- GR AVESEN,D STAR PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Puorfleet Piers. NOTICE. —nay Ticke ts are issued upon the ravesend star Packets. available for return , y them'or by the London and Tilbury Railway ; the Return Tickets by the Railway will also be available for retum by the Star Packets. The Packets call e the Viers as underlined (weather permit FROM T ERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, WEEK DAYS_ 7 ''' SUNDAYS. c.s—; --- ' ------ 7---------- '''l '' 41 H —, —f:, Ti —. 4-. • a) —. . Terrace , c, .g i',. ilgi T i me 4 t i . av ~. . . ;,, Pier ~ 2 , I o lz, 8 ,c) . :4 S' V" I S' I G. -II '-' , ----- -.--. _ l --_ -- - 1, -_— - T.. - 854 * 1 .: --_. _ _ 3% — \ 11 2 1 . 4_ -1 .... _ 1 —.... 1 Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fencharch-street Station to all parts of London eve ry quarter of an hoar. BRUNSWICK BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. wEgrc DAYS. SUNDAYS. Fen- .. .:, , - V - -, Fen- -3 t. :11 Fr-J, hatch ; :'.. "..: 1 .) church 5,Y v ... 4 2 treet ', i -', IS' Street '', ia t t r ~... = --- —-- -- --- - _—. —... 11 4--- 5 41,4 *5 IA , Fen thatch Street direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or Prom Gravesend and L0nd0n...............15. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwall or Wo olwich Bd. .. O. 18d. od. B e t w een Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5,. 03. ; Six Months, 3/. Os.; Three Months, 2/. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board the packets; or. of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Oct. 23, 1 g 54. Passages marked ' are THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Ault published, price 25., illustrated with cases ; free by post for 30 stamps, NERVOUS • DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper reatorrhma, with Practical Observations on a eater and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative Sys tem, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and distinguishing, by urinary examination, the real Gause and effect of every variety of complaint. whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, o r ea c pa lim e a p t n e, ne fol i i n ow th ed e by tr p e r a a t e m ti e e n a t l r n em f al Impuissance, f i o saan und n e e d , on twenty ye as' Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Sperm aterrbeea, Sm. To which are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, and on the eqngerouS remedies advocated by various writers on these important disorders. By eAMIIEL LAIMERT. M.D. 37, REDFO RD .sQUAItE , LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, c d m Hoasnp.i.taal Medical Soci ' ety n , Matriculated Ildemdber of the University of Fdt burgh, Honorary Member of the Lon Licentiate of Apothecaries' Era% Li'n en' int ou in t earful con- The essential object of this treatise is to iriPeularities, a n d exce. , sequences resulting from certain habits, which have pronuced more misery an, perhaps, any in Youetgh, degr_ adation in M s g. hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, ,than, thologists. Its perusal is other class of disease known o modern P . a _ r taining - secret doubts of particularly recommended to t e rsons me their physical condition, and who are conticinonusevoefryhanlanganhazbeiarngdeida the health, happiness, and privileges to Ww entitled. t bee olated without It is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are principles of personal management which caltn° how these penalties Incurring grievous penalties, and when Wisdom anregret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, , may be mitigated, how the sting av oided , bittertlesniaY and how the evil end its consequences Maybe andbe r e abovemol : that there is scarcely any degree °off thee' r ysical infirmityor f ctional derangement to which the timely a id of science can not apply a c ure. sus un The .Anther has for a series of year s been engeged in extensive ts w hich have practice in the treatment of these delicate eell , Pl ain ,: of i gn orant unfortunately been too generally confided to tile ca r ;;,„„ A to p l a ce emnlries, who Inflict great injury on t hose Who are illta." — faith in their pretensions. of Mosi.srs. Piper, NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2g, -- t ; b post Brothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford -street; Horne, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhil l ; or free Y t hirt y stam p s to any address from the Author's residence. 37, Bed" ford-square. or At home for consultation daily from ri ven till no, a nd 4133 nil tra Eight, •1 . t 11 • o. 19,,376.1 PUBLICATIONS. SIR GEORGE LIRPENT'S NEW WORE. Now ready, in 2 vols, B vo. , wi th Illustrati.,ns, 30S. TURKEY; ITS HISTORY A ND PROGRESS: from the Journnls and Correspondence of Sir JAMES PORTER, Fineen Years .ko,bas=ador at Constantinople ; continued to the Pre sent Time. By his Grandson, Sir GEORGE LARPENT, Bart. From the Athenaeum.—" These volumes are of an authentic cha racter and enduring interest." Hurst find Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE, for NOVEMBER, 1854. No. CCCCLXIX. Price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS. Turkey and its Population. Civilisation. —The Census. The Secret Agent. Colour in Nature and Art. Latin Versification. The Influence of Gold upon the Commercial and Social Condition of the World.—Part I. Peace and War. The War and the Ministry. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. jORTH BRITISH REVIEW, No. XLIII. NOVEMBER. Price 6s. CONTENTS : I. The Wonders of the Shore. 11. Popular Education in Scotland. 111. Milman's History of Latin Christianity. IV. The Insoluble Problem. V. IZaye's Life of Lord Metcalfe. VI. Sir IL Holland on Mental Physiology, Electro•ltiology, &c. VII. Thc Annotated Edition of English Poets—William Cowper. VIII. The Prospects of the War. Edinburgh: Wiliam P. Kennedy. London: Hamilton, Adams, and CO. Dublin: J. M‘Glashan. _OF ' : LONDON,:DIRECTOILY-441 1 , JiL as usual, be Published very early in the present month. Kelly and Co., 19, 20, and 21, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar. BLUNDERS : - WATKINS'S DIRECTORY FOR 1855. In Fight pages Imprrial Octavo, a Review of the _March edition of Watkins's London Directory for 1854, exposing a large number of blunders, by far the greater part of which ap pear, d in the first edition of Watkins's Directory publi , hed in De cember, 1851, and which have since been reprinted with every sub sequent edition 01 the book. Watkins's Directory for 1855 has been alfeady pubThhed, a'id all the identical blunders exposed in the Re-. view have been again reprinted int 9 it. Persons who have purchased the work should without delay obtain the Review, which may be had here gratis, or will be forwarded on receipt of one postage stamp. Kelly and Co., It, 20, and 21, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar, London STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6c1., THE PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA ; Nvith numerous Cases illustrative of every variety of Urethral Obstruction, and their special Modes of Treatment and Cure. By F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. "We know of n(4 man to whose care we could with greater confl &rice entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the ure thra."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliire, 219, Regent-street. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., MY., Chairman. HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Adntag—The Lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the Profits divided among the Assured every Fifth Year. No charge for Policy Stamps, nor for Service in the Yeomanry or Militia Corps. Policies in farce nearly 7,000. The Assurance Fund exceeds 1,400,0001. Income 230,0001. per Annum. The sum of 397,0001. was added to Policies at the last Division, which produced an average Bonus of 67/. per Cent, on the Pre miums paid. . . For particulars apply to ALEXANDER MA.CDONALD, Secretary. 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. SPECIAL NOTlCE.—Proposals for Assurance must be made prior to the Ist January, 1855, to en'itle the Assured to participate in the next Division of Profits in 1859. G REAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAIL WAY COMPANY • At the Tenth Half-yearly General Meeting of Shareholders, held at the Offices of the Company, on Tuesfay. the 31st day o' October, 1851— W. J. Hamilton, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Company, in the chair—the Company's seal was affixed to the Register of Share holders. The Directors' Report having been read, It was moved by the CRAIRmAN, seconded by FREDERICS WALTER Simms, Esq., C.E., and Resolved, 1. That the Report, together with the Accounts now read, he approved and adopted. It was moved by the CHAIRMAN, seconded by JOHN FIELD, Esq., and Resolved, 2, That this Meeting doth hereby authorise the Directors, under the provisions of the Company's Act of Parliament, i2tt and 13th Victoria, entituled, " An Act to Incorporate the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, and for other purposes connected there with," to borrow, from time to time, any sum or sums of money they may see fit, in accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid Act. (signed', W. J. I lAMILTO Chairman. It was moved by Col. DIcEINSON, seconded by A. 13. RICHMOND, Esq., Resolved, 3, That the best thanks of the Meeting are due, and are hereby tendered, to the Chairman and Dii ectors, for their attention to the interests of the Company. (Stgned) CORNELIUS Nrcrio L SON, superintending Director. I ESEM A.R, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of thn Ecole de Pharmacia de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TREE:IEI[AR, No. 1, a remedy for Relaxation, Spernaatorrhma, and Exhaustion of the S ;stem. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, e'rectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely e-adic,tes all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs have co long been thought an antidote for, to the rain of the health of a vast portion of the T population. R I ESE No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIE .q:MAIt, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, and of ad nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at Ils. each, free by post. 25. extra, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Laßemand, Roux, &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in bond= of Robert John ston, 65, Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. DR. CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Hanorrhoids, Is. each. by post is. CA. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentla multi curantur " A popular exposition of the principal causes (ever and careless feeding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instruAions for the regimen and observance of e very hour out of the twenty•foar. Illustrated by numerous cases, &c. 2 LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that bath no wif, I hold him lost, Helpless, and all desolat. He that bath 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 Incmigruities—Mutual Unsuitableness —Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness —Advantages of Inter marriage— theory of Gestation —Hereditary Resemblance —Mode of determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas similable Alliances—Law of Div ace, &c., 3. CHASTITY AIM ITS INFRINGEMENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties 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.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of Benito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, corn prisieg especially primary and seco ndar y symptoms, all forms of urinary derangements, stricture and spennatorrhoea ; with 250 en graviii,s and prescriptions. 5. The BLADDER, URETHRA, and RECTlM.—Comprising Urinary Derangements. Constipation, and 'hemorrhoids. Vole 6 and 7, companions to the preceding. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. BOW TO BE HAPPY. " Juconde Vivere." " Few words to fair faith "—Sbakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paternrster-row ; Mann, 39,,Cornhill ; or of DR. RICHARD CULVERWELL, Brother, Successor, and Twenty Years Ctmsulting Colleague of the late Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, 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. THE CERTAINTY OF VICTORY.-- Sebastopol must fall before the vast engines of war brought to bear on its walls and fortifications. Victory w i le veryll soon word will have en thusiastic expression from every patriotic heart have a charm for every individual in the land. Victory with E. Moses and ort is encircled with commercial honours which have not been awarded to any other house; and their splendid prepara . tions in articles of dress for winter are victorious for superior qua lity, first-rate fashion, and unparalleled cheapness. E. MOSES and SON are the sole inventors of the Twenty•flve Shilling Valetot ; it is the most comfortable and fashionable article of dress at this season. The Overcoats and Whiter Clothing, in their g;gantic ready-made department, are so novel, artistic, well made, elegantly finished, fit so correctly, and charged so economically, that they ire victorious over all previous introductions. In selecting Winter Hosiery Goods on the most gigantic scale -in the manufacture of the most magnificent stock of Shirts, embroidered and plain—in the pia parat'on of a vi+st variety of seperior Clothing and Underclothinz for ladies and children-in procuring the best styles of Hats and Caps which the most distinguished French and English artists have produced -in malt ng and Clothing, Boots and exhibiting the most stylish, most season able, and most comfortable Sh es. &c.—E. Moses and SON have the teaabsolu certainty of being acknowl, deed the victorious champions of trade; nd charging every ,I article at the lowest possible Flee has secured victories celeb ra in ted the ev e ry tongue, and benuficial to every indivi dual and family world. Shirt, and Boot E. Moses and Sox's unequalled Wholesale Clothing, and Shoe Department is furnished with an entirely new and seas a dvantages on able stack, which lila , he selected from with the greatest to retaii-dealers, merchants, captains, emigrants, oohanters. the CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON revet havingd guard Public against imposition, having' learne:l that the untradestnan-like obvioussus souse concern, falsehood of ,' Being connected with their Establishment, or " It's the caosnoenesr,nt,h" they y a b s e b g e t e on autoees!' resorted that to theyin mbaan,yeinstances, and for CNo orm ZION wITII ANY OTHER 1101ISE IN OR OUT OF LONDOIFI except their own Establishments, as follows :-- London City Establishment, 15 4, 155, 156, and 157, 5..1 t 85, and 80, Aldgate, Opposite the . Church, all communicating. I.ondon West-end Branch, and 3, Hart-street, all laradiord (Y COMMllicating. (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch. 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailor?, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT. —Should any article n6t give satisfaction, it will be exc hanged 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 ab atement 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 for A utum and Winter. " The Commercial Cornn containing full lists of prices, our system et self-measure evr Bco, may be had on application, or post-free. Ici %tent, l'on parle A Q UA tl s parla Italian°. Mar spricht man Deutsch. sa habla Espauo. sting ;:i, k~ ~~' ` ~'~ , ~. + *~. :~{;' • „ . / . • ',.1 7 P;. . , s.: . ^ **st* *. *'' " 6l‘l lA#7 l, ,/ t114•44-lia,“'k, 9 ten 2 IN114111:,, ,4111 : p.+4 , . lii! AIL - • ;:kj, e" • ROIT-4 LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1854, EXETER -HALL.—Band of the French Impe rial Regiment of Guides.—To-morrow, THURSDAY EVEN ING, November 2.—Mr. 'MITCHELL has the honour to announce that the BAND of the FRENCH IMPERIAL REGIMENT of GUIDES having been permitted to delay their departure, for the express purpose of a PUBLIC PERFORMANCE on behalf of the French Charitable Association, a Grand Military Instrumental performance will take place to-morrow, Thursday evening, at Exeter Hall, etnder the special auspices of the French Ambassador and the Countess Walewski), being positively their oily public perform ance in London previously to their departure on Friday evening.— Reserved SeAs, ss, ; West Gallery, 3s. ; Area, 25.; Orchestra, Is. The North ind South Galleries, and a small portion of the Area will be numbered and reserved, where seats may be previously secured. —Doors open at 8'• to commence at half-past 8. Tickets and p laces may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the principal Libraries and Music sellers; and at the Office of the Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter Hall. from various regiments, will be embarked on Friday next.—LiverpoeeMercury. DuBLIN, Tuesday.—The Evening Post contains the following announcement of mire troops to the East : "The following drafts have received orders for imme diate embarkation at Queenstown, per Cleopatra, for the East :-21st Regiment, 122 men ; 80th, 52 men ; 33d, 62 men ; 47th, 61 men ; 50th, 108 men ; 55th, 133 men ; and 68th, 41 men. They are to proceed from the depot battalions at Birr, Templemore, and Fermoy re spectively." Cogs, Oct. SO.—The second draft of the Somerset shire Militia (2d), under the command of Major Lord Cavan, in all five companies, numbering over 500 men, arrived in Passage yesterday from Bristol by the Sabrina steamer. The soldiers were conveyed from thence to Cork by train. following the collision he was in constant attendance upon every one, and partkularly on my child. It was through his efforts that many of the ladies were supplied with life-preservers ; and when, at last, the ship was rapidly sinking, he ran to me and asked me if I had a life-preserver. I said I had not. Upon giving him the answer, he insisted that I should take the one he had. I told him that he would need it—that he had better keep it himself." The passengers who were saved in the two boats under the command of Mr. Baaham, have presented that officer with 350 dols., as a slight evidence of their high estimatio❑ of him as a seaman, an officer, and a gentle man. A. like amount was also given to him to divide among the seamen by whose exertions the passengers had been enabled to reach the land. An order has been received by the Earl of Clare for the enrolment of the County of Limerick Militia. The following are the numbers and the names of the officers, who embarked at Queenstown on board the Jura for the Crimea :-sth Dragoon Guards—Captain. R. Thompson, 1 private soldier, 3 horses. Bth Hussars — Captain Lord Killeen, 1 private soldier, 3 horses. 30th Foot—Ensign S. Gubbins. 2 sergeants, 100 rank and file. 33d Foot—Ensign J. Roge r s, 2 sergeants, 100 rank and file. 41st Foot—E ns i gns J . A. H am ilt on , G. Peddie, F. Kingscote, C. V. Fitzßoy, R. S. Hill, and E, L. B. Lowry ; 2 sergeants, 100 rank and file. 47th Foot—Ensign 1. H. White, 1 sergeant, 100 rank and Ce. 49th Foot—Ensigns C. Fitzgerald, G. K. Chatfield, and W. Young, 3 sergeants, 130 rank and file. 50th Foot— Ensigns W. W. Bond, F. L. Barwell, and R. H. P. Doraa ; 2 sergeants, 100 rank and3le. 55th Foot—Ensigns W. B. Johnson and J. W. "Trevor, 2 sergeants, 160 rank and file. 57th Foot—Captains J aso n, Hassard, and F. P. Lea, Lieutenant A. L. Cpel F. A. Slade ; Assistant - Surgeon J. S. Phelp s , 4 Ben o vtd..Ensigns G. Mitchell. Vr. jeants, 240 rank and file. 63 d Foot —Captai n G. W. , Macquarie, Ensign G . P. Beamish, 1 serjeant, 70 rank and file. 68th Foot—Ensigns E. R. F. Vickers and E. Deshon, 1 serjeant, 70 rank and file. In all about 1,200 serjeants, drummers, rank and file, exelusive of officers. The undernamed medical officers have also proceeded in the Jura, viz. :—Assistant-Surgeons C. J. White, 3d D. Guards ; T. Teevan. 3d Foot ; J. C. Ovens, 9th Foot ; W. Hanbury, 13th Foot ; W. Renwick, 14th Foot ' • S. M. Webb, M.D., 36th Foot ; G . Y oung, 60th Rifles; C. C. Rutherford, 620. Foet ; G. Hyde, M.D., 69th Foot. and Acting Assistant-Surgeo n E. C. R ya ll, of the staff. Captain Macquarie, of the 63i Regiment, being the senior officer, is in command of the troops on board the Jura. [PRICE SD. can treasures were about to inundate the world, and to change once again the relations established between the value of things. It was in 1848 that gold was discovered in the sands of Sacramento. In 1849 and 1850 the little that was obtained only served to re-establish the equi librium destroyed by the events of 1848 ; but in 1851 gold was also discovered in Australia, and ever since two rivers •f gold have as it were poured immense metallic wealth on Europe. More than any other cause, it is possible to imagine this irruption of gold caused a re sumption of commercial activity, an industrial move ment, which exceeded everything previously seen. Everybody began working, manufacturing, producing, conveying, and exchanging; everywhere men found occu pation, salaries rose, and consumption increased. A new class of consumers found themselves called on to enjoy more comfort ; and bade adieu to chestnuts, barley, buck-wheat, and oats, and began to eat wheaten bread. It is easy to account for the causes of the existing dearness, by reasoning on an hypothesis which would represent things on a smaller scale. Suppose a province in which there are fifteen thousand inhabitants, amongst whom oily ten thousand find in the reserve formed by their savings, or in the produce of their daily labour, the means of pur- • chasing thirty thousand hectolitres of wheat supplied by the country. If you suddenly open a source of labour in such a province ; if you produce abundance there ;1 if out iof the 5,000 pariahs who cannot pretend, on ac count of their misery, to any part of the 30,000 hecto litres, you give a greater degree of comfort to 2,000 or more, is it not evident that a greater number of pur chasers will oome into the market, that the relation be-4 tween the demands and the offers will be changed, and that a rise will take place ? This is what has taken place not only ii France but throughout all Euro pe : ;. con-' sumptien has. increased, and agricultu r al p roduction, —which &Om - its-natUreralviajeltiteine woke slowly, has sot been able to increase so rapidly. Hence relative scarcity and dearness. Now, it is evident that this; dearness will continue, for, with some very rare and insignificant exceptions, the markets have been hitherto well supplied. The producers do not properly take; into account the causes of the rise, and, thinking it transient, have been anxious to profit by it, and have ; crowded to market to sell the produce of their harvest. One example will suffice to show how eager the holders ; have been to sell. We know not whether it is possible to ascertain exactly the quantity of corn brought to and' sold in the different markets in France, but in Englandan account is taken of all the wheat that changes hands in the public markets. During the first fortnight of the pre sent month there were sold in England and Wales 880,655 hectolitres of wheat ; the quantity sold in the corres- , ponding period last year was only 575,725 hectolitres ; and yet, notwithstanding this extraordinary supply, there has been a rise of about 4 fr. 35c. per hecto-, litre. It is, therefore, evident that it is not corn that is deficient ; it is consumers who present themselves in greater numbers; the demand increases and sellers be come more exacting. We have said that the high price will continue. The only effectual means of putting an end to it would be to apply to foreign entrepots, and our application to them last year has only left insignificant stocks in them. It. would appear that the reserves are exhausted in the old as well as in the new world. At' the end of September, 1853, the warehouses at New York contained 1,736,103 barrels of flour, and 4,385,891 bushels of wheat ; the quantity at the end of September last was only 696,221 barrels of flour, and 2,577,799 bushels of wheat. The only measures to be adopted are, in our opinion, that which the most enlightened econo mists have always demanded. Allow, the trade to supply itself ; the less you seek to influence prices either for a rise or a fall, the greater the supply will be, for sellers will be always certain of finding in your markets the real price of their merchandise." Just Published, SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. AUTHENTIC MAP AND VIEW of Sebastopol and its Environs, including balaklava, coloured, to show the position of the Investing Corps of the Allied Armies, October, 1854; from Sketches made on the spot by Captain M. A. BIDDULPH , IL A. Price, 2s. 6d. ; per post, as. Case, 4s. 6d. ; per post, ss. BATTLE OF ALMA.--CAPT. M. A. BIDDULPH'S SKE Fe II of the BATTLE of .A. 14 MA is now ready. Price Is. per post, ls 2d. London: Edward Stanford, Wholesale and Retail Map-seller, 6, Chnrin4 Cross. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 31. The Royal Albert, screw, 121, Captain Sir C. Pasley, has not yet been out to try her engines, perhaps the lowness of the present tides is the cause of the post ponement. The Powerful, 84, Captain Massie, has been paid .Ad.YMAcie‘AZg.o. The Palestine, American packet, arrived spithead this morning from the river Thames, and sailed in the evening. The Robert Sknall, ship transport, arrived in harbour to-day from the Thames, to take out stores and provi sions for the Black Sea. The Pelter, screw gun-boat, made another trial along the measured mile at Stoke's Bay this afternoon, to test her speed, and returned into harbour in the evening. The Wrangler, screw gun-boat undocked this after , noon. The Walmer Castle, transport, is taking in stores from the Royal Clarence yard for the Black Sea. Captain B. T. Sulivan, who proceeded to the Baltic in command of the Lightning steam-vessel in the spring, to lay down buoys for the guidance of the fleet in that sea, arrived at the Admiralty yesterday, having come home overland, with despatches from the Commander in Chief on that station. The Lightning was brought home to Woolwich about three weeks ago in charge of Lieutenant Cudlip. The Alban steam-vessel, another of the vessels sent out to the Baltic on the surveying service, under Com mander, now Captain, Henry C. Otter, arrived on Mon day at Woolwich from the Baltic. APPOINTMENTS. Paymasters.—G. Pent°ld (1S51), to the Tartar, and J. D. Parminter (1850), to the Esk. Clerk,—J. Lewis to the Victory, 101, flag-ship, at Portsmouth. Master's Assistant.—J. G. Morgan to the Powerful, 84, at Portsmouth. Clerks' Assistants.—D. Yeoman to the Tartar, and G. J. Castor to the Esk. ARCTIC APPOINTMENTS. The following promotions and appointments were made last week from the crews recently serving in the Arctic Regions : Boatswain. —George Kennedy, to the Scout, 20, screw steam corvette, building at Woolwich. Acting-Boatswains. —Henry Bailey (a), James Cor nelius, James Intell, aad Richard Bayley, to the Scout, 20, screw steam-corvette, building at Woolwich. ARRIVAL OF THE HECL.A. FROM THE BALTIC. The Hecla, 6, paddle• wheel steam-sloop, Captain W. H. Hall, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Baltic. She reports the near approach to this port of the sailing ships of the fleet with Rear-Admiral Plum ridge, with which she parted company on Saturday last about 180 miles from the Downs. They consist of the Neptune, 120 (bearing Rear-Admiral Plumridge's flag), Captain F. Hutton ; St. George, 120, Captain H. Eyres, C.B. ; Prince Regent, 90, Captain H. Smith ; and Monarch, 84, Captain J. E. Erskine. These vessels left Elsinore with the Hecla ou the 14th inst., the last named vessel towing the St. George out to sea, and the Driver, 6, paddle, the Neptune. The other two vessels got away under sail. The Driver accompanied the squadron to Scor lighthouse, off the Norwegian coast, and then returned. The Hecla, prior to leaving Elsinore, had put a supply of bullocks on board the sailing ships. When she left them at the above-named distance from the Downs, the wind was blowing fresh, but was con trary for them. The Hecla possesses numerous and important evi dences of the prominent part she played at Bomarsund and in almost every other fray with the enemy in the Baltic. She has several shots in her sides, which are tightly embedded there, whilst she has numerous, shot holes through which the shots have entered the vessel, and it is only wonderful that numbers of her men were not killed by them. Some of,these shots, after break ing through the sides of the ship, passed through as many as four or five cabins, knocking down doors, bulk heads, &c., in their course. Her mainmast was struck below by a shot that entering the side of the vessel passed through a party of seamen, who were sitting down to thelr dinner. The funnel and steam pipe have a num ber of shot holes in them. In all these cases the shot fired by the enemy were 32-pounder shots. But with marks of rifle shots the Hecla is covered, and these appear to have been most deadly missiles. A vast number of these marks are in the neighbour hood of the paddle-boxes and paddle-box bridge as though the enemy had a particular design against the captain of the ship, who was invariably stationed on the paddle-boxes whilst the ship was in action. One spot is particularly pointed out with satisfaction. This is where a shell fell among a number of men, but which, it will be recollected, a young officer, Mr. Lucas, had the pre sence of mind and courage to pick up and throw over board before it bad done any injury. On the whole, the Hecla was engaged with the enemy more than any other vessel of the fleet. She was seven times under fire, and on an average three hours each time. Her exploit at Ekness is well remembered. In addition to the dangers she ran from the enemy's fire, the Hecla encountered others arising from the shallow waters, in which she ven tured in her collisions with the enemy, or in executing the important duty of piloting the heavier vessels through difficult passages. It is said she has been on shore at least thirty times ; she has, however, been, reported offi cially as on shore seventeen times. Her false keel is knocked away, and she leaks very seriously. She will come into harboar to make good her defects. It is ex pected that Captain,Hall will bo appointed to the Blen heim, 60, screw. THE FLOATING BATTERIES. It is stated that Government has entered into a con tract for the manufacture of about 2,000 tons (worth 50,0001.) of enormous slabs or plates made of the best scrap iron, with which powerful floating batteries are to be covered, so as effectually to render them proof against the heaviest shot the Russians can throw. These plates vary from II to 12 feet in length, are from 21 to 36 inches broad, and about 4i inches thick. Each plate will weigh from about a ton and a half to upwards of three tons ; and, after being fitted, they are to be bolted to the out side of the floating batteries. From experiments it ap pears that iron plates of the scantling here mentioned not only resist the heaviest shot, but break them in pieces when they strike. So urgent are the authorities to have the batteries ready for active operations against Russia in the spring, that the contract has been divided amongst the principal makers in GLAsgow, Newcastle, Low Moor, and other places in the north of England. The death of Rear-Admiral John Leith promotes Capt. Wm. Conway Courtenay, superintendent of the Royal Victualling Yard at Gosport, and Naval Hospi t2.l at Haslar, to the rank of rear-admiral, and makes those appointments vacant. Capt. Kellett is spoken of as to succeed Capt. Austen iL the Admiralty Packet-office, at Southampton. The officers and men of the Royal Clarence Victual ling Establishment, Gosport, under the superintendence of Capt. Courtenay, have each subscribed handsomely towards the Patriotic Fund. The staff of the establish. ment is but a small one, but up to yesterday upwards of 241 . was put down. The officers and men of the Royal Naval Hospital Establishment at Hashir, also under the superintendence of Capt. Courtenay, have in like m an ,. rer subscribed a day's pay towards the fund. By the death of Rear-Admiral John Leith, the command of troth these important naval posts becomes vacant, Cap ttin-Superintendent Courtenay having attained his flag. Re will leave a general feeling of regret behind. The Clarence-yard is in full operation night and day to meet tie demands of the war. There were upwards of 14,500 tags of biscuit alone in store yesterday. The I,Valmer Castle, hired transport, was completedyesterday with a full cargo of victualling supplies from Clarence stores for the depot at Malta, and the Robert Small arrived yesterday and commenced loading with a similar cargo for the same destination. MILITARY. DESPATCH OF TROOPS von THE EAST. Colonel Scott is expected here from Manchester for the purpose of inspecting the steamers Ottowa and Cleopatra, be longing to the Canadian Steam - Navigation Company, which have been fitted up by Mr. John Laird, of Bir , kenhead, for the conveyance of troops to the seat of war in the East. The Cleopatra will take out about 650 troops, besides officers ; and the Ottawa will have accommodation for 550 men, in addition to officers, oth steamers have b ac een commodation fitted up in that wi a very ll sup sure erior mann er, affording i both comfort and health to the troops on the voyage. Sh ou ld the whole of the ordnance stores arrive here by Thersday, the troops, who will be made up of detachments RECEPTION OF CAPTAIN MICE IN NEW YORK. The New York papers contain the following account of the reception of Captain Luce by his friends :—• Captain James C. Luce arrived at bis home in Yon kers on Monday night, at half-past 9 o'clock. He came down from Troy in the Albany express train, and every where along the line of the railroad was received with the greatest demonstrations of joy. He arrived in Troy by the Northern line about half-past 4 o'clock in the afternoon, where a company of 2,000 citizens were as sembled to receive him. When he came forth from the train, an enthusiastic shout went up from the assembled mass that made the welkin ring throughout the entire city. He was overwhelmed with the congratulations of the numerous friends who nulled upon him, to grasp -hint la 9 1• hand 43 %Effatagitittigut APIs de., li vira.ncefiOnTire of the deep. Having no time to wait, the gallant captain could do no more than simply thank his various friends for their interest in his safety. The cars left Albany at five o'clock, where there was another company at the depot assembled to receive him. As soon as he arrived here, from hun dreds came the shout, "Nine cheers for the gallant tar rho would not desert his ship." Cheer followed cheer, given with all the enthusiasm of the soul, till the train was lost in the distance. At every stopping place along the line of the railroad the same scene was enacted. At some places where the ears did not stop, hundreds were assembled to give him three cheers as he passed by. At Hudson there was a very large meeting, and the rush into the cars to get a glimpse at the rescued commander soon crowded then from the locomotive to the rear car. All appeared to be mad with delight at the preservation and return of him who resolved "to omh s stand aus Captainneglh d ecb c o mpan i ons,fay weh careworn, which iocu v r hcn e es: has vessel naturally ts stoppedtillucur ae s ldhl yaetfromtweighed Y onkers, sunk." be him e h down.Helooks Allen came in company with C a pt a i n L uce, b ut not stopping at Yonkers, he continued on t o th e c i ty. The public heart bleeds in sympathy with hi m , w h o returns so sadly to his home, leaving his wife, child, a n d many relatives buried in the sea. e xpected f r om with r one or two of Mr. the G F. About half an hour before his arrival, at least 500 of his townsmen—among whom were a large number of his intimate friends—assembled in front of the depot to wel come him. Although the first intention of the people, on hearing the news of his safety, was to receive him with the ringing of bells and the firing of guns, their better' judgment, and the thought that many valuable lives were lost, caused them to moderate the expression of their joy on his return to a home to which it was believed he was lost for ever. The train was detained on the road about ten minutes beyond the usual time, and the people were becoming a little impatient, when the sound of the approaching locomotive was heard. In an instant they formed in two lines, while Judge Woodworth, James Scrimser, and other intimate friends, proceeded to the cars to welcome him. After the congratulations—•which were few, but sincere—were over, Captain Luce was conducted through the lines, every man in which took off his hat. Not a cheer was given, nor was there any outward expression of rejoicing, • but the tears which be dewed the eyes of many told how deep was the feeling, of joy which pervaded the crowd. After passing through the line and receiving the silent but expressive congratu lations of his friends, he was conducted to a carriage, which conveyed him to his home. The crowd, with a feeling of delicacy which did them credit, stopped when they came within about a hundred feet of his residence, and only ' a few friends accompanied him to the% door. There they left him ; who can express the in tense joy of her who was plunged into such profound grief by the news of the terrible disaster ? No one intruded upon the sacred privacy of that meeting, but after seeing him to his home the multitude immediately dispersed. We understand that Captain Luce was in the city yes- terday, and visited the office of Messrs. E. K. Collins and Co., in Wall-street ; and under the impression that he would meet his friends on 'Change to receive their congratulations for his safety, a larger gathering than; usual was present at the usual hour of convening. But; out of delicacy towards the heroic captain, who had not' had time to recover, either mentally or physically, from, his late awful sufferings, he was advised to postpone the meeting of his friends to another opportunity. When he left town he went to Mr. Collins s residence, at New Rochelle. On Sunday, the 15th inst., the churches were thronged in every nook and corner by crowds of people eagerly listening to the expatiations of di vines upon the loss of the Arctic. The Rev. Dr. Cheever delivered an eloquent and impressive ser mon at the Church of the Puritans, and passed a severe censure upon the cowardly conduct of the firemen and sailors of that vessel, and said that men might as well put themselves in the care of pi rates on the Atlantic as trust to those who, in im minent danger, will cut away the boats for them selves and leave the passengers to sink, without so much as aiding even in the construction of a raft for their possible salvation. The reverend gentle man concluded by passing a high eulogium on the public and private ♦irtues of Mr. Samuel M. Wood ruff, one of the lost passengers, and a member of his congregation. THE PRIC.M OF CORN. The &Me has the following on the question of the price of corn : "Governments, consumers, and speculators occupy themselves seriously with the rise which has taken place during the last six or seven weeks in the price of corn. Some time before the harvest prices had de clined, and it was generally hoped that they would re turn to what they were in 1850, 1851, and 1852, for the crops presented a fine appearance, and abundance pro mised to succeed to scarcity. The season fulfilled all that it caused to be hoped ; the harvest was abundant in all parts of Europe, and yet it was no sooner got in than a rise took place in England as well as in France, in Belgium as well as in Spain, at New York, Hamburg,• Dantzic, Naples, Lubeck, and other places. In the first days which followed the harvest, an attempt was made to explain this eco nomic phenomenon by a number of reasons which were soon abandoned. The labour in the fields, the threshing of the corn, the want of water in rivers, re turn, in fact, every year at the same epoch, and yet never prevent the price of wheat from diminishing im mediately after, the harvest, if it be abundant. It is evidently elsewhere that we must seek the causes of this dearness, of which speculation cannot be accused, for it extends over too many countries to be the result of fore stalling undertaken to raise prices. The price of corn, like that of any other merchandise, is regulated in virtue of unchangeable principles, with respect to which laws are nearly powerless ; abundance causes a fall in prices, as scarcity necessarily causes a rise. But this only takes place in a normal and regular manner in the event of the demand maintaining itself in the ordinary proportions. It may easily happen that an abundant harvest is followed by a permanent rise; that indeed is the case every time that the consumption in creases almost instantaneously and more rapidly than the production. The present rise has not, in our opinion, any other causes; otherwise it would be local, there would be hesitation in prices, and all the other articles of food, those of luxury as well as those of first necessity, would not rise uniformly. Europe once before saw a precisely similar phenomenon change in a few years the rela tion between the value of the produce of the earth, of capital, and manual labour. From the year 1400 up to 1561, the price of the hectolitre of wheat varied in France from 3f. 62c. to 4f. 55c., taking an average of g ood and tolerable years. But during that period the old world arose from its torpor—America was discovered, explored, and pillaged. From 1500 to 1550, the gold which the Spaniards wrested from the masters of Peru and Mexico began to spread throughout all Europe, and ' caused general comfort previously unknown. The bulk' of the populations, whose condition was most wretched, ceased to content themselves .with Lbarley bread and cakes of oats, chestnuts, or buck wheat ; they be gan to eat wheaten bread, and the demand all at once exceeding the offer, the 'price of wheat rose in the interval from 1564 to 1601 to 20f, 43c. the hectolitre. The consumption increased more rapidly than the production. A reaction, however, soon came. The sufferings of the populations towards the cod of the reign of Louis XIV., the prodigality of the regency and of the reign of Louis XV., caused a dimi nution in the consumption, and from 1772 to 1788 the average of prices was not more than 14fr. 67c. the hecto litre. But France began her great revolution ; and then there was what was like the discovery of a new moral world, and bold Christopher Celumbuses regenerated nations, honoured labour, and summoned all classes of society to a higher degree of welfare. After some days of confusion, wars, and disasters, peace was established, manufactures developed themselves, commerce extended, and the number of consumers increasing, the price of corn increased also. From 1832 to 1848 the average price was l9fr. 76c. The awakening of manufactures and the g eneralisation of labour produced the same effects as the discovery of America ; wealth increased, and the condition of the most wretched populations im proved. But a new cause of progress was on the point of. becoming developed ; new Peruvian and Mexi- THE LOSS OF THE ARCTIC. The following additional particulars in reference to this disastrous accident, furnished by Captain Luce to the reporters of the American journals, will be read with melancholy interest by the relatives and friends of those passengers who were so suddenly launched into eter nity :—During the time succeeding the discovery that the vessel must inevitably be lost, a young man, named Stewart Holland, an engineer under instruction, had been constantly firing a cannon. About 10 to 15 minutes prior to the vessel's sinking, he discovered that further efforts in that direction were useless, and, as he fired the gun for the last time, young Dr. Waring ap proached Captain Luce and shook him warmly by the hand, and said to him, " Captain, should you ever live to reach the land, let the world know that here's one man who has done his duty bravely." Captain Luce ce s t t h a i t s e e s i t h: y re plied that he knew it. A more brave and self-sacrificing never being e than mv. this Mr. youngßb Babcock were on deck also rip to the last moment. Mrs. Bab cock had been lying sick during most of the passage. eoc m k an and Cap h t i ' s 'in lad L y u , of "I think," said Captain Luce, "that I shook hands with them both." He thought "that Mr. M'Cracken and his sister, Mrs. Scott, were on the upper deck also." Mr. Allen thought, at the time, that he saw Mr. Catherwoed there, but, upon being questioned by Cap tain Luce last evening, he could not call to mind whether he was so or not. Captain Luce said that Mr. Comstock went over when the tackle of the small boat broke. He did not recollect whether Charles St. John was among the crowd on the upper deck when the vessel went down or not. He saw Captain Pratt and his lady there, and thinks that they went down with the rest. Mr. Newbold was one of the most efficient among the passengers, and but a short time before the ship went down was working with all his power to get a spar overboard. He was on the ship to the last. lie saw Mr. Springer, of Cincinnati, on tte upper deck while she was going down. About a minute befere she went down he saw Mrs. Collins, with her daughter and son, standing on the deck. The two former, he thought, had on life preservers. Master Collins had taken off his coat and boots. Mr. Stone and ids family and Mr. Day awl his wife and daughter were also on the deck, and were standing together when the vessel went down. Mr. G r an t and his wife and son were standing together on the upper deek,ln e d t were swept off with the rest. He spcke to Mr. .Gand his wfe not two minutes befo r e the vessel sank. saw Mr. Benedict and lady with the others. He was speaking with Mrs. Hud s on , who was standin g , with her child, with the other passengers. She wished thst he would allow her to go with him , as she sup posed that he was going to take the boat. He told her that he should stand by the vessel to the last. He saw the Due de Gransmont make a spring into the bows of Mr. Dorian's (the last) boat ; but those near to him drove him out again. That was the last that he recol lects seeing of him. Captain Luce states that a large number of persons got on water casks ; some lashed two together, thinking they were thus secured ; but in many instances the lashings became loose, and, of course, the casks became useless. He saw six different persons climbing up and endeavouring to sustain themselves by two casks. They kept above water for a time, but finally sank. After the vessel went down, a great ma jority of those on board, as they rose, got on the raft which had been built. A large number got on small pieces of the wreck, doors and other fragments, float ing by. These gradually separated, and each one soon lost sight oF th e others. When the last boat was upon the deck, Captain Luce succeeded in getting Mrs. Collins and a number of other ladies into it, but they were forced to leave, as the' required the boat for service in making the raft. They did so without any appar en t re l uctance. Capta i n L uc e says that the ladies, a f ter the first fright was over, were as calm a s cou ld be imagined under such circum stances, and seem e d p er f ectly resigned to whatever might be their fate. C a pt a i n Luce continued :—As th e waves were engulfing h im , h e saw, close to him, M r. an d Mrs. Petrie, of Philad e l p hi a. Mr. Mahlon Day succee ded in getting on the pi ece o f the wheelhouse on wh i c h h e was, with others ; b u t, o b serving that they were a l rea dy too full, he betook hi mself again to a door by wh i c h h e had formerly been sustained. Mr. Allen thinks be saw Mr. Edward Sandford on a piece of raft, very soon after the sinking. Mr. Cahill and lady were alongside of him in the water. After he had succeeded in getting on the pine of the wheelhouse, which at that time was lying close to the raft, he reached ever and assisted Mr. Ca hill from the water to the raft. He afterwards fell off again. Mrs. Cahill called to him to try to, reach him ; but he could not do it without going overboard himself After Mr. All an and he had got - up on the raft, they saw Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Brown, Miss Maria Brown, William B. Brown and his lady, and some 50 others, on the main raft ; and they were still upon the raft when they last saw them. With regard to the p r ospects of others having been saved, Captain Luce bolds out a faint ray of hope. He says--" I think it is quite possible, and not at all improbable, that we shall utimately hear of the safety of others. At this season most of the vessels that pass near the spot are outward bound, and I see no reason why others may not have been picked up, the l i same as I and my companions were. After the gale, however, of the Saturday following, I think there was no possible chance for aity who were on the pieces of wreck to be saved. They must have perished. Those who were in the boats, however, would ride out the gal e i n sa f ety, and might have been picked up days afterwards, and, provided the boat was pro perly managed, by having her head kept to the sea, I do not see why the occupants need suffer materially from the heavy seas. A young Ger man boy, named Ferdinand Keyn, who was on the same raft as Captain Luce, and who had previously rescued the French seaman through whose instrumen• ta!ity the attention of Captain Russell was called to the raft, by throwing him a rope when the boat belonging to that vessel was run down by the Arctic, appears to have suffered intensely. He happened to have some biscuit with him which had become soaked with the salt water, and eating these only increased his thirst, and, to make matters still worse, he drank some of the sea water. His sufferings were beyond all description. Twice lie jumped overboard, saying he would rather die than suffer as he was doing ; and each time they pulled him back on the wreck. At one time ho cut open a vein in his arm and sucked his blood. The last time he jumped over was about 15 miuutes before they dis covered the Cambria. This young man has obtained a strong hold on the affections of all who have met with him. Captain Luce speaks in the highest terms of his gentlemanly bearing and kind deportment, and Mr. Allen, his fellow-sufferer, has decided to take him into his employment at the Novelty Works. At Quebec 65 dollars were subscribed for him, and on the cars other sums were generously contributed. As a contrast to the cowardly conduct of the crew, who in one instance threatened to use a knife to Captain-Luce when he ordered them out of one of the boats, is the following instance of faithful devotion. When Captain Luce went below he discovered the stewardess of the vessel, Anna Downer, who was the only person below, working at the pumps with all the power she could command. He told her to come up ; -that she was only exhausting herself; that it was as useless for her to attempt to pump out the ship as it would be to attempt to pump out the ocean. " Cap tain," said she, " I'm willing to pump as long as I can work my arms." He told her again that she had better come up with the others. She asked him if he would not take her into the boat with him. He replied to her that he was not going to get into the boat, but when the ship sank he expected to be in the sea. In another instance— that of a man in his employment —Capt. Luce says :—( 1 During the whole of the scene THE AUSTRIAN RAILWAYS. Extract from a Vienna letter received yesterday : Some days since I informed you that the Austrian Government had sold the South-Eastern State Railway to the " Credit Mobilier " of Paris, on a lease of ninetyl years, for a sum of 200 millions of francs ; and that his Majesty the Emperor has sanctioned the contract entered into with the representatives of this company of French capitalists, - who, I also stated, have reserved to them selves the ratification of the same till the end of this month, or, according to others, till the end of No- vember. In substance the above information was quite correct ; in some particulars, however, I now' find that I have a good deal to add by way of explana tion and completion. M. d'Andre, who has so ably ne gotiated this important affair with the Austrian Govern ment, although a large shareholder in the " Credit Mobilier," acted on this occasion, not as the representa tive of that highly respectable institution, hut as the representative of several exceedingly influential ca pitalists both in France and England, whose intention it is to establish a joint-stock company upon the basis, of the contract in question. The particulars of this contract, as far as I am at prfrsent informed, are as fol: lows :—The Austrian Government sells, and the said company buys, the whole line of railway from Itodia-f back to Biunn ' and that from Ganserndorf to Press burg, Pesth, Szolnok, Szegedin, and Temesvar. The line from Szegedin to Temesvar, which is at present only in course of construction ' is to be completed by and at the expense of the Austrian Government. From Temesvar to the extreme frontier of Hungary, along the Danube, this line is to be continued at the' expense of the said company. The valuable coal mines at Aussig in the north, and at Orovitza in the south, are also included in the contract of sale. The price which this company has by their representative agreed to pay to the Government is fixed at two hundred millions of francs, payable in silver or gold coin, seventy millions whereof are to be paid within fourteen days after the ratification of the contract, for which purpose fifty-two days from the day of the date thereof (October 15) have been agreed to. The remainder of the purchase-money is to be paid by instalments extending over a period of three years. The Government has reserved to itself the right of repurchase upon equitable terms after the lapse of 30 years, but the present sale and purchase is for 90 years ; after this period the entire lines of railway, inclusive of those yet to be constructed, revert to the State, with the exception of the materiel, which will remain the property of the company. 'The State guarantees 5 2-10ths per cent. on the capital in vested ; and if, contrary to all probability, the receipts of the company should yield less, the State pays the dif ference in gold and silver. Now, upon the groundwork of this contract, the said capitalists intend to get up a joint-stock company, with a capital of three hundred millions of francs, two hundred millions of which are to be paid to the State, and one hundred millions are to be in part invested in the purchase of the line from Vienna to Raab, which is then to be continued to Fiume, by and at the expenses of the purchasers, and in part to be employed as working capital. Six hundred thousand shares are to be issued at respectively five hun dred francs, and 201. sterling, and two hundred florins Austrian convention money, whereon 39 per cent. is to be paid up as a first instalment. There are to be twenty directors, whereof ten are to be Frenchmen, and the other ten Austrians. The chief office of the company is to be at Vienna, and a branch office at Paris. To give you something like an adequate idea of the good opi nion which is entertained here of this enterprise, I may mention that a first-rate banking-house has already reserved thirty thousand shares for itself. With respect to the imperial sanction which has been given to this contract, it is proper that I should explain what is to be understood thereby. The Minister of the Interior, Baron Bach, who, by his restless energy and undeviating solicitude for the welfare of the state, has been mainly instrumental in speedily bringing this im portant transaction to a preliminary conclusion, was commissioned by his Majesty to have the requisite statutes drawn up, embodying all essential conditions for the sale of State railway property to foreigners, and to serve for the present and all future occasions of a similar kind. It was to this draft of an enact ment, perfectly applicable to the case in point, that his Majesty has recently given his sanction. Thus it is satisfactorily explained that this Government have ob tained the assent of the Emperor to the contract in question, even previous to the ratification of the same on the part of the aforesaid French and English capitalists. We hear that upon this occasion M. de Baumgartner, the Minister of Finance and Commerce, had raised cer tain difficulties, which, if they had not been most ener getically resisted by Baron von Bach, the Minister of the Interior, would probably have deferred, or pos sibly have altogether prevented, the preliminary con clusion of this important contract. It is also added that M. de Baumgartner is on the eve of retiring from the arduous duties of his office. I cannot, however, help thinking that this faithful servant of the Crown will not allow personal considerations to influence his resolves in this respect, because it would be very unlike him if he did. On the other hand, I believe the time is not far distant when Baron von Bach will be called upon by his Imperial master to give his sole func tions to the performance of even yet hig her in the State, inclusive of la haute finance, t h anled those at present confided to his care. Well-informed persons will have it that, sooner or lat er, a ne w p ost will i b s e destinedspe specially I c to reate d f become chiefor Bn von aorfo the eEm ß p a s c r h, and or,s that he private ht Cabinet, which would be a post similar to the one which the Minister of State fills in France. Still, such a fun damental change in the constitution of the superior go vernment in this country can only be the work of time. Much might be said in favour of the plan, and, it may be, this is well understoo d ; but I hardl y feel myself at liberty to give vent to personal convictions on so mo. mentous a point. In closing my observations, however, on the main subject, namely, the contract for the sale and purchase of the Austrian eneaponrfobtpheiee properly oyp Britisho dSouth-Easternadministered, t doubt. aboi n itpview R i. a th i ii l l - way Twatsi üblic. p lines, I cannot forbear to remark th at not only in a o the l i nes well commercia l, ll N ai v nr o ge r se th O in cib dividends,fuettshtaeolattentionßstheseiwhen a political h to predict that they will in a very few years be found to p a y precisely th e same rate of interest which the lines belong ing Vienna n to i3 r theuun and o Northerndererg • b Railway Company (f rom at present p a y, w hi c h is from 12 to 15 per cent. - And when, with the aid of foreign capital, intelligence, vast, and till now uncultivated, a res nd ources s troyf, this great empire are more and more developed, the finances of the country regulated, the blessings of peace secured, an increased intercourse with the most civilised nations of Eurepe promoted—then we may fairly presume that the political institutions of the land, and the political condition of the people, will doubtless also improve in a commensurate ratio—a proposition which I take it political philanthropists will scarcely be prepared to throw cold water upon. Let the line of railway once be completed down to Sem lin or to Orsova, and I'll be bound its continuation to the mouth of the Danube and to Constantinople will follow within a few years as a matter of course. This investment, therefore, of foreign capital on the Austrian South-Eastern line promises to turn out not merely a most lucrative enterprise, but one also of vast political significancy. It was this enlarged view of the case which, I am told, operated most powerfully in inducing this Government to bring the contract in question to a speedy conclusion —although by delay, it may be, better terms might possibly have been secured. On the other hand, this contract breaks the ice. It opens the grand road for the futu re influx of for eign capital, t have o del yet a and makes known, for the con sideration of enterprising easy and that foirtehignthcealiutastliristasn, G th o a v t er i n t m is e nt, be made to pay as well as the South - E astern. plenty w of other railway lines to disp ose of, which might CITY COMMISSION OF !EWERS. Yesterday business. m a r c o p u e r p t u w t y a s p h e e a l c d f e o k r t o lie despatch ccupied t he o public f chair. ALLSCED NUISANCE ARISING FROM TEE CITY GAS WORMS. The Medical Officer read the following report " October 21. "Gentlemen,--Yon have desired me to report on cer tain complaints referring to nuisances alleged to arise from the City Gas Works. trial.pmt h r eoenc p r oc u r e Ar chemicalodan judgment tMayor'she part assistance, s ohc e ft ;i nt r nhec oee)corporation legal against " I will fi rst mention that two years age (I believe at ed establishment, when I was directed to make inquiry, and c in e g ed , ianngvs, i w a h bl ic e h to m be ay aff , w ye it t h be a en v i le iv w en to in the th e e x se pe;te r ! were this ere sla m ; t t e h e e t r e e d f obr by , yours t still lbe present tion pen d of the subject, I thought it desir a ble icie that my rece nt visit to the gas works should be n wi th Mr. T. Taylor, the gentleman already reta i ned l'.ceul as Pa ch Y emical witness in the case. - ,e wh a t I have now to state ma theistss:am of your refera nee DA3r... 1 3e tViiairea - 0 1110 411 t r— 1:17,7fi11t ;-considering • rally-the - procest of gas teanufactilie, and observing in which -of its stages the liabilities to nuisances arise. " When coal is heated in retorts for the preparation of gas there are volatilised from it, together with the mate rials used for illumination, certain very offensive produ cts. Some of these tend to be deposited from the distilled va pour in proportion as its cools ; others reqiire to be with drawn from it by specific chemical agencies. All ga s works present arrangements for effecting in succession these two acts of separation. The first is an apparatus known as the condenser, the second by one called the purifier. " Within the condenser constant currents of cold water reduced the distilled vapours of coal to a temperature which allows many of their ingredientoLtp revert from a vapourous to a fixed state. An abllll4 @of steam falls as water, rendered foisted by the salphurruLand ammonia cal ingredients which it has dissolv,a; while, simultane ously, the volatile oil and resins of the coal re-appear as that black compound called tar. 'There are mechanical arrangements for allowing these imtpnrities to _settle in a particular receiver, which, of course, requires to be pe riodically emptied. Its very stinking contents are of com mercial value, and the arrangement of the City Gas Com pany is, on certain days of the week, to discharge this re fuse of their establishment into a tank barge, by which it is conveyed beyond your jurisdiction. The loading of this barge always occurs in the day-time, at or about the time of high water. " The second stage of gas purification is to separate, by the action of lime all that has remained in it of sulphu rotted hydrogen. In the City Gas Works, where use is made of the apparatus known as the wet-lime purifier, the gas bubbles through great churning-tubs of milk of lime, and leaves in them its sulphuretted hydrogen, combined into sulphurot of calcium. These constitute a very bulky refuse, and as they are of no commercial value, the com pany discharges them into the Thames by a pipe, which runs from their establishment to near the middle of the river. lam assured by the servants of the company that this evacuation never takes place otherwise than late at night, and at such period of tide as may enable the re fuse immediately to mingle with large volumes of water. " Theoretically speaking, this discharge might perhaps be inoffensive, for (assuming the action of the condenser to have been complete, and the lime of the purifier to have been in chemical excess) the refuse referred to would con sist of an inodorous slush of insoluble proto-sulphuret of calcium, not liable to rapid decomposition in the river water. But this is practically not the case. The blue billy, as it is called, contains many bituminous matters that have escaped precipitation in the condenser, and it is liable, from deficient action of the purifier, to present free sulphuretted hydrogen, or to contain a soluble and foetid bi-sulphuret of calcium, instead of the insoluble and in offensive proto-sulphuret. I therefore cannot doubt that its discharge into the Thames must be regarded in the light of a common nuisance, which it lies within your functions to suppress. " To this, hoWever, I must add that in consequence of the legal proceedings already referred to (judgment meanwhile remaining in abeyance), the gas company has pledged itself to an abatement of the nuisance. In fulfilment of this pledge they have now nearly completed, on a very large scale, and at an expense, as they allege, of many thousand pounds, which will substitute for the second pro cess I have described to you the use of a dry lime purifier, and, by thus giving them a tastable refuse, will enable them entirely to refrain from polluting the river. As this endeavour to effect this reform is now being made in good faith and at great cost, I presume your honourable Court will consider the question of nuisance from the lime pn rifler ono that may stand over for the present. " With respect to the other stage of the process; qie ao• tion of the condenser, I am much disposed to believe that it occasions the more obvious nuisance of the two ; and I suspect that the loudest complaints I have heard relate to the period when the tank-barge moored off the pre mises of the company is receiving its freight of tar and ammoniacal liquours collected from the receivers of the condensing apparatus, for in -these ingredients are con centrated the well-known odours of gas works—a very complex pungency that may be analysed into something of rotten eggs, something of waterproofing, and something of ill-conditioned. urinals. " I think it would be reasonable to require that this process should be so amended as to occasion no spread of stink in its vicinity ; and without pretending to dictate the terms of any such amendment, I would suggest as an illustration of what I mean that the receptacles of this re ' fuse, instead of being fixed in barges, might be moveable vessels, capable of being loaded within the building, where the offensive process could be conducted under cover of some hood ventilation into the furnaces of the establish ment. "In addition to those sources of nuisance to which I have adverted, it seems probable that in various acts of shifting and changing the retorts the general atmosphere of the place may be considerably impregnated with the odours complained of. Under existing circumstances it is difficult to judge whether this evil prevails to any serious extent ; but if there should continue any complaints re ferable to the manufacture of gas when divested of the two principal nuisances now arising in the disposal of the re fuse it may become necessary to revert to this question with a view to require some inodorous ventilation ef the building. " JOHN SIMON." Mr. Ross—l think this a most important question. The report is so comprehensive and minute in all its re ferences to the mode of manufacturing gas, that I think the Court can hardly understand it from the mere read ing it. Nevertheless, there are two points which are brought out in strong relief, and which we can consider; the one, the preparation of gas in the condensers ; the other, the ammoniacal products, which appear to be a great nuisance, as these are removed in the tank vessels of the company. If the statements contained in the report of the medical officer be correct—and I have not doubt their b y t h a e c c g u a r s a c e y o — m thinkcom p any to t tha t something m e s e l t i h g i h n e g s t on o r u e g a h s ought to medy the evil complained of. Thinking that the com pany ought to have the report before them for their con sideration, I move that a copy of it be sent to them forthwith. (Hear, hear.) The motion having been seconded by Mr. H. L, TAYLOR, was put and carried unanimously. THE SMOKE NUISANCE. Mr. M`Call, preserved provision merchant, Gravel lane, Hounsditch, was summoned by one of the inspec tors of nuisances for allowing large volumes of opaque smoke to escape from the chimney ef his premises, to the great annoyance of the surrounding inhabitants. The inspector stated that he had noticed dense smoke issuing from the chimney of the defendant's premises once on Monday and twice yesterday. The defendant said he was having an alteration made in the flues which he believed would altogether abate the nuisance, but that in consequence of the workmen not following out his instructions dense smoke had recently certainly issued from the chimney. The Court ordered that the summons should stand adjourned for a fortnight, in order that resultthe__ of the at the premises of the defendant alterations in progress should be ascertained. 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