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ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, T including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON, fit_s EVENING, and Every Evening at Eight o'Clock, (except dtylly daY) ; and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings, at Two. 3 3. (which can be taken at the box. office every day from 11 tll" 4 ; area, 23, ; gallery, la,—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. INT 0T I CE. CONSTANTINOPLE. The Lecture accompanying the GRAND M.OVING DIORAMA a't vONSTANTINO t•LE is now delivered on Wednesdays and Satur days I ' 7 M r ' •H. STOQUELER, when the progress a nd localities ,e War will be mor e particularly explained ; and on the other e, as usual, by Mr. CHAR .ES KENNEY. A very clear and ezellent Map has been added to the illustrations. —Daily at Half- Pt Two and Eight.— >dmission, Is. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. COLOGNE CHORAL UNION.—HA.NOVER that tia"tjk RE ROOMS.—"r. MITCHELL respectfu , ly annou nces hi mm e Etoove distingaished seciety will give a .ecc nd series of G CONCERTS at the lianover ,quare Rooms, which are nest take place on the following days —Monda , May S. Wed a Y' May ; Friday, May 12 ; Mon 'ac, May 15; Wednesday, Th?,,13; and Friday, ay 19. Director, Herr FRANZ WEBER. ,i re ' A "Pertoire of the Sowiety now cotnprise. more th an'ne Hun oer;4nan.cl Twenty Morceaux, many of them entirely new. The C0i1,.,_,"7111 ,.,_,"7111 be arranged as act year —commencing at Half-past Three, and terminating about five o'clock. guineas; of Admission Reserved Seats for the Six Concerts, Two th e R ditto, Single Tickets, 10s Gd. ; Admission to the Body of 33,01 °' " , s which may be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, (1 Bond -street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—On TUESDAY tivitg N r ENING next. May 2, several Private Gentlemen int, nd tinnisnendA"ATEUß PERFOR M ANC w at this Theatre, unit. r d is the e _ Patronage. The oroceeis will be devoted to the Rinds of es ord ere T , ral .A , sociation in aid of the -oldiers' W yes an I Fanul LAbi'tc , the East The ente , tainments will consist of i WAy BAILE WHERE HERE'S A WILL THE , tE'S A writte,and THE T FAST COACH. T During the evening, an ..address, 'gill be expressly for the occasion, will be spoken, The orchestra hav e ~PrnPl te, and entirely comp ,sed of gentlemen amateurs, who and t,',_'ndlY volunteered their services. Private boxes, and stalls Old li on niay be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, ond-street. IRENT' S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, UiThe ( . I Lemee, LURENT, Onalow-house, Faanim-road), 'hove Roo m s are A now OPEN FOR THE SE '.SON. L „l'm continue open every evening, with LALTREN'T'-', OperZIATED BAND. Two Quadrilles on subjects of Aleyerbeer s 'Moils du Nord; a'so, by H. Law •nt, the following AV , altz,s dti Nourecile Frangtuse, Leonora, Wilkins and his Dinah, and L Etoile to ce n ,, P°l ka• Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Dancing ---...:2 411 ce at 9 o'clock, and ter oinate at half-past 11. ATTRACTIVE NOVELTIES. R oY A-T-1 POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Th e st PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. ICALZT of WAR, showing the principal places on the DANUBE, to t b. WIDDIN, GIURGEVO, SEB ASTOPOL, the entrance ot th e ','LACIK SEA, BATTLE of SI NOPE, and DESTRUCTION the h milusa FLEET, and other scenes (kindly supplied by in . ro P r ietors of the " Illustrated London News"), EXBIHITED lito / Vp.,W SERIES of DIS.i.OLVING VIEWS. 11,1,x,'`,.,„ 8 by J. H. PEPPER, Esq , on the CHEMISTRY of PAPER P.LLA -,, and hs decoration with Colours, and on VOLTAIC N'Ea: - D RI CIrY, and the ELECTRIC LIGHT, by Da. BACIIROFF- Op „ xPlanations of MODELS, MACHINERY, &c.. tac. Child%nalornings and Eveander nings. Admission, Is. ; Schools and Ten years of age, Half-price. ITI\TIVERSAL PROVIDENT LIFE 14 A E islalki-yEE, ,1 2 1 , King owance ii Vi i lli k in; s astreet, London-bridge. EDWARD PUGH RJWSELL, Secretary. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters p h , Patent of England, and sevured by the Seals of the Ecole de "nnacie de Paris, and the Imperial :'ollege of Medicine, Vienna. la a re m a TRLE4EMAR, No. 1, flyn etu. ' , 7 for Relaxation, Spennatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the effectually, TRIESEMAR, No. 2, en t ,".- 1 3', in the short space of three days, ccmpletely and entirely h e. icates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs , f ." so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health 4 Tau portion of the population It th e TitIr:BEM SR, No. 3, great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which t..,4°,llunately the English physic an treats with Mercury, to the in destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the 7Parilla in the world cannot remove. an d of No 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table wuhout their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at I Is. each, free by post. 2s. extra, divided into i7arate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux , c ' ,B co.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston , 68, ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Otf ord-street. ALLLSOPP'S PALE or BITTER ALE.- Messrs. S. ALLSOPt' and SONS beg to inform the TRADE fat they are now registering ord e r s t o r the March Brewings of t heir PALE ALE, in Casks of 18 Gallons and upwards , at the , rtwery, Burton-on-Trent; and at the undermentioned Branch miablislunents : LONDON, at 61, King Williara.street, City ; LIVERPOOL, at Cook-street; MANCHESTER, at Ducie-slate ; DUDLEY, at the Burnt Tree ; GLASGOW, at 115, St. Vincent street; DUBLIN, at 1. Crampton-quay ; BIRMINGHAM, at Market Bail; SOUTH WALES, at 13, King-street, Bristol. t o rAsrl. ALLSOPP and SINS take the opportunity of announcing all the m edical Families that their Ales, so strongly recommended by the protn,ucal profession, may be procured in Draught and Bottles Genuine LE most respectable Licensed Victuallers, on " ALL 81:WY'S ti ALE" being specially asked for. i 7hen in bottle, the genuineness of the label c be ascertained by vila , - (I ALLSOPP and SONS" written across it. THIRD EDITION.—WITH ADDITIONS. Just Published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free , 51 . 6 d. OR TRUE dz FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, 1 5 With the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors o the Treatment and Cure of the Impulasant and Sexual • chondrlacs, WhichTo ranslated from the German of Dr. PICEFORD. is added, an ESSAY on SEXUAL DEBILITY, by the br Editor. ekford is known to English readers by his frequent practi the72lTibutions to German medical literature. This is the first informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi- Oter• We trust this may not be the last, if he shall ietect any Leth , Tid egaal lY flagrant evil which it may be in his •ower to correct.' ?fl Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Syropa tolud 414 Medical Friends,'are mercilessly exposed ; a nd if this book p l aint of d its way into the hands of those who suffer from the cored bewhich it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds won: ► i zu Much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of kileC ° Ttance, though it is that which the quac ks most prize— tgloiri7,°,neY • • •...This volume is well qualified to put an end to the ret, it system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat letelymPon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, •• ' lO much] good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. London: H. riall'ere. 219, Relent-street. t AI I I, Y SUMMER and EARLY FA SHIONS Ittt i., th , e evidences of the senses , re ne v e r disputed—to see and the influences of t°e sun and the at mos p here at once betokens the, '''stene.e of winter or summerebange irom the former to * it ; l atter is this year immediate, and changes in attire to correspond sto e k tile season should he accessi de to all eta ses. The magnificent th e prepared by E. \IOCES and SON furnishes every facility lor , ebertalinnent of this purpose, and the very economical pr ces they The 2 ; are advantage , which cannot be secured at clay 0t ...1 5 , 11 , 0u5e i . r Styles of SUM MElt ['Mr: . for JUV EN i . w an t t end at E. Moses and szon's City Establishment and the r lie, e, "janeh excels all previously exhibited —eleuance,variety, rich derbat",eatneg,,, econom being magnificen t ly c mhined, the desi - 14,ii e , tn in dress has been successfully att.dned, which is wi i velty, enmfort, and durability, and the union o the most ta nted Attir: and the best workm n in the wrld will render he summer manu factured by E. Moses and Son the e ncomium of every in t ie 1 4 SOc ety. the most n0v. , 1 and elegant mat. r als are displayed an e e unnier Vest and eaers eby Moses and Son, and "rereh,idPems Variety of New ro Styles ln mad Coats, E Paletots, &c., are at the moat economical prices. 4re reddenwithß and BO'NT and SHOE Departments, Ith i ,ished every elegant article to the summer season. cheapness will surpass all other productions tu brilliancy, excellence and ePness Ail. lir 11 0LEsALE CLOTHING, SHIRT, and BoOT and SHOE Dung : 4 !trnente prse d nt advantages to -hlppers and emigrants to b e V at no Other house in the wort an d s uTP ., ITS for all classes of emigrants are provided b y E. Moses % An ' tl in the most suitable and economical manner, and full lists of b e ha ts for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship-sailing information, may 0 Al on aPplicatin, or post free. uTION. —E. MOSES and 50N regret having to guard the Ia against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like th •eaood of s " Being connected with - heir Establishment," or " It ob Same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and tor vions reasons, they beg to state that they have NO CONNERIoN WITH &NT OTHER HOUSE IN OR ODT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposit e t h e Churc h , a ll communicating. London West -end Branch, 506, 507, sus, N ew Oxford-street, 1, 2 , and 3, Hart-street, a n communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) B ranch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Flhefileld Branch, 36. ra ro .. te. Colonial Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailo.q Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers Furriers, Boot and %hoe Makers, and General Outfitters f or Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT Should 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, trom which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset '‘ l l Saturdays, w h e n business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book,i with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Public Opi nion," containing full lists of prices, our system et self-measure ment, Btc., &c. M ay be had On app li c a tion , or post-free. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 11354 can be had, gratis, an application. l'on parte Francais. liter arricht man Deutsch. Qui si parls Italian°. Aqua se habla Esparto. P No. 19,216.] Just published, price 25., by post 2s. 6d , DEBILITY and IRRITABILITY induced by APER ATORRHCEA ; the Symptoms, Effects, and Rational Treatment. By T. IL YEOMAN, 51 I)., Physician to the General Post-office Letter- arriers' Provident Institution,&c. London: h.ff ingliam Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange ; an d, by Post only, from the Author, 25, Lloyd-square. DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, &c- Just published, price 45., free by post, 55., PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCHES into the Causes of Nervous Debility and Gen,to-Urinary Maladies, Spermatorrheea rationally considered, with unanswerablt. Remarks on the empirical manner these Diseases are treated ; being a Guide to Health, Long Life, and Happiness. By ME DICUS. Sherwood, Piper, and Co., S 3, Paternoster-row. THE ACHILLES INSURANCE COMPANY. Capit 100,0001. Every description of LIFE ASSITRANCE transacted. LOANS to policy holders on l iberal terms. Prospectuses on application to chief office, 25, Cannon -9t eat, City. H. B. TAPLIN. E BTAB LIS EIED 1837. BRIT ANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM- Eowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vie., Cap. 9. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION , Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. COLONEL ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman. Every description of Life ASSILTRDCB business transacted, with or without Participation in Profits. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. 1, Princes•street, Bank, London. T" I:TOLER A!!! Prevented by the destruction of all noxious effluvia. CREWS'S DISINFECTING FLUID. RECOMMENDED BY THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. THE CHEAPEST AND STRONGEST CHLORIDE OF ZINC. Quarts, 2s. ; Pints, Is. ; Half-pints, 6d. Sold by all Chemists, Druggists, and Shipping Agents, and at Commercial Wharf, Mile End, London. Agents—Messrs. Drew, Ireyward,and Barren, Bush lane, Cannon-street, City. EXTR AORDINARY MECHANICAL MODELS. AIR. BECK, Dentist, begs to ca ll attention to 1_ his Anatomical :Models for developing the structure of Arti ficial Teeth, (true to nature and In full action for mastication and articulation), fixed from one tooth to a complete set, as exhibited at the Paris Exposition. Single Tooth, 10s.; Set, 101. and 201. . o ,* 47, Great Russell-street, opposite the British Museum, London. SALT and CO.'S, EAST INDIA PALE ALE. In consequence of the REDUCTION in price of Hops, the Gs. per barrel advanced on BURTON Ale in October last, is taken off. -ONTRENT, MARCH 27th, 1854. STORES. London.... 22, Hungerford-wharf. Liverpool • • .... 52, Henry-street. Manchester •• ........ 37, Brown-street. Birmingham •• .. 26%, Bull-street. Bristol •• .. Back Hall, Baldwin-street. Nottingham •. •• .. 44, Greyhound street. Dublin .. •• •• 4, Crown-alley. Edinburgh .•• • • ...... 17, Downie-place. Dundee 13, New Inn Entry, Met-street. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and. PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and Roast Meat Grovies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and , and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach Salad to perfectly dige•t the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchtirch-street , London, and 68 Broad-street, Worcester: also by _Messrs. Barclay and Sons. Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilman and tiler. chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard again , t imitations, see that the naraes of "LEA and PERKIN S" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. COT(Tirtrnin TUE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OP DISEASE. Ilustrated by One Hundred Anatomical C o l ou red Engravings and Cases. slew Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6c1., by post, from the F,stablishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps, HE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on F the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by , xcessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of (nercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol towed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which ;,revent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO.. Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster 7ow, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger. 150, Oxford-street ; Gor ion, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Row Church -yard ; Butler, 4, Chsapside ; R Johnson the , 68, Cornhi ctlive l. Pear I. treats of the an atom y and physiology of repro du organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PaaT 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative 'ncapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanator3 Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for ti.eir treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav- logs. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is exclusively employed In treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 s. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitie remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 le. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd., and lie. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A minute detail of the ease is required : age, habits, and posi tion in society. 5/. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, 1/ ,is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon don, from Eleven till Two. and Five to Eight; on Sunday from Eleven to One. / - pf 7 4 ' • ,- . • .. •?'"•I ' e. . - •,......„ . 4 0.17 r • ligt , ~....: . : A ., ‘..,,,,,,..,,.. 1,, . .. „...., ~.‘ - , s iggiun e , 4 - .., . . -. • ~....„ _ • ~ -Ns. ~,, ‘ • ~.,. \\ \ k •A1..,1r0 w ir t* AI I '7 7;,A01( 1 1%L -'' , l' '' ' 4,230 , ih... : ... , ~..r,i).., \I., 7 •1 1: , !" ......) : ,, ._ . 1 . , , ,_ ,,,.: .', -,,, , 4010 11 ,k4Z• 1 4 kralLIF4, ; ALIAt " "k• . _.„„,•,„ , • =' !-'; -,,A.. ; .. ,--. ....., ..„.....4.,.. , --isk, g - ...,-• elFait ° o l, ~ ~, .•.. .. I ...,' , 3 • s, : _...A---- i ,DIt I ‘' 1 ~; _.. , 1 0s ~,,,, , 11 , ,,),,,. tr ,v. +• ~,, zej_ 4 , 01 T ....... .....e" , - - - STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, April 25.—The general state of busi ness is not equal, in the present week, to what it was last week. We are rather unfavourably affected by more causes than one. The large decrease of gold in the Bank of England, during the week last reported, though mainly occasioned by the payment of the divi dends, gives rise, in connection with other circum stances, to an apprehension that we are about to ex perience a somewhat more stringent condition of the money market. There is, too, an uneasy feeling about the aspect of affairs on the Danube, which is not without its influence. The caution of buyers leads them to look, also, at the rather declining tendency of cotton in the United States, in consequence of largely en hanced receipts at the ports and of depressing advices from Europe, which must have foiled the transatlantic speculators. This, though welcome as an indication for the future, has yet some little effect in the way just referred to ; as has also the fact that the turn-out at Stockport, di s countenanced both by the shopkeepers of the place and by the delegates of the union, is evidently breaking down, while the operatives at Preston are gradually accepting the mill owners' terms. These cir cumstances have contributed to check operations in a degree which has been sensibly felt to-day ; but the falling off in business is in a great degree, also, a conse quence of the very extensive transactions for India and China which took place last week and the week before, and which of course left so much less to be done. Al though, however, the sales of the day have been com paratively inconsiderable, both in yarns arid goods, it is only in some few articles that buyers find a trifling advantage as regards price. ROCHDALE, April 24.—We have had another dull, heavy, sluggish market, with little or nothing doing. There appears to be no demand for goods at present at any price. The wool market has been remarkably quiet, and the manufacturers buy for immediate use only. Fine wool may be quoted a shade easier, but low priced English wool fully maintains the last week's quotations. HUDDERSFIELD, April 25.—There has been very little doing in the market to-day, and very little seems to have been expected, for an air of listlessness, so to speak, has pervaded the market during the whole of the day, and 1 few ind pp eed aear to have done anything in the way of sales. The wool merchants say the y have done next to nothing for several days past. HALIFAX. April 22.—The attendance of merchants in our piece-hall to-day has been very slender, and the amount of business transacted very limited. The yarn market is more dep ressed ; and the spinners, being unable to obtain an advance commensurate wit eh h cur the increased cost of the raw material, are still furth tailing production. Wools are rather more lively and the quotations exhibit greater firmness. ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF - 11....fatIAGE., ADD MANHOOD, AND OLD AGE, dra T u n Eh draught TYNE numberSEAMEN.—SHIELDS, g ing a considerable April 25,—We are able-bodied man the INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH, M seamen off to the southern and western ports, to Just - transport- of our ships shortof hands. In consequence of the published, 60th Edition, price ' ps two staMPs,and the seamen, 300 or 400 disputes between the owners SELF-PRESERIT ATI ON a . able-bodied men have been out of employment. The iology and Functions of Mar is PoPular Treatise on the Phys s' ents tracing their seamen's societies, however, have sent agents off to - -age with and Irape im , eri gir ; , its DisqualificationS habits, youthful excess, tropical Liverpool and other ports to seek employment for the . m, Qinut 2 o th r e effects of solitary dbY pr'actical remarks, tounded on and parties of 20 and 30 are going off daily to join ships, twent,,7 Voss study ; followe ~ tment of Impuissabee, Nervous /),,_. J Years experience in the trea a ria an diseases of the big the masters and owners of which are very gladly accept - I; rnty, Local Weakness, spermatorrhcea, b 50 coloured Engrav- their services. The pay offered to the men is 41. ss. i t ' ' l arY and Generative System. Illustrated 9' an d their relative per month in the transport service ; 51. a month in the gs, on the Anatomy of the Reprod active Organs Coi l Australian and North American trade ; and 31 . I°3 ' a ditions in Health and Disease. Hy SAMUEL LA' BERT, M.D. . month, and a clearance at the port of arrival, to the - b-c.,„ 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, - - T. 0 It D O N , States of America. Word has been sent across here that - of Medicine, M a t r i cu lated Member of the Univers ity of Edin society, we may send from 50 to CO seamen a week to Liverpool b t l rgh. Honorary slember of the London Ho s p ital Sledicai to man vessels going to New York, but all the men I leentiate of kpothecaries' Hall, London. B'4"&e.the fearful con- have spoken to prefer the British service. There is ample sert The essential object of this treatise is to point out . ,an. excess __ , es employment for certificated mates and second mates in tuences resulting from certain habits, irregularities a Which h ion in Mali the southern trades and transport service. One of our have produced more misery in Youth, degradation a , ~n)( 1, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, ri , Y has engaged for 9/. a month as a mate in the Aus „ i s men ',,..er class of disease known to modern pathologists Its doubtspen' of tralian trade. Able and experienced north country cap their recommended to persons entertaining secret hazarded well acquainted with the Baltic, are finding ready t he Physical condition, and who are conscious of having , Laing, . e health happiness,which every human being is 1 nent under the Admiralty, as Baltic pilots to the entitled. ' and privileges to It is ah- I British and French fleets. They are paid 11. a day in the that there are I I D rill , .0 utely necessary that all men should know,and 15s. day ' the .i ce i e 'i nl es of personal management which cannot be violated without French sen , ncerrins, d FOR TAKING CRONSTADT.—The following 4,, , • grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed THE TIME n i ,;. s e Yday of Inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties • told by the Prose ,—Some years since the Ein alba ," e mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may he remove", ' story IS . , l ac ting himself as Cicerone, conducted an t t ,„,. () wtne evil and its con,equenc es is,r.y be avoided, and above all, peror Nicao as, over the fortifications of Cronstadt, `: there i , , scarcely any degree of phyglcAl infirmity or t functional Enlish admiral . conversation took place :—" You r T ,,,n p, en tto which the timely aid of science cannot app.y a cure. when the following -"l4ea.uthor has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive that this is a magnificent fortress, tu i f,._ t e e in 'he treatment of these delicate complaints, which are will admit, admiral, as Gibraltar '?" " Oh, Sire, no fort tnl„Ttunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant and as impreg . nable r a ir,_' s, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place -e na e• then, " What, is your but Gibraltar la imp g stniheir pretensions. " It is a good fortress, and one Fr e , th 'PRESERVATION may he had, price 2s 64, in English, opinion of ,ron 0 stadt ?" difficult. It could ~ - s doubtless, }troth,: 4atilah, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper, difficult to take." 1: e ' " "Could it be done with m uln . ? n and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; be done with 15 ship B. _ by i „',.''. C)rnhill ; gratis, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or tree not . " " With 25 • - 2" "It would take a derie-'" for forty-two stimps, to any address„from the Author's real- 20 l" " Not easily. i" "Oh, put . Majesty, 15 ,ez 37 . Bedford-square. "With 35 . _ ", ammo i fortnight," fit z ,„, _ for coneuttation daily from Eleve till Two, and Irvin 1 ' 'CIL AU Mime pauS cottin AIM 9r U. howl!" LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1854. THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Her Majesty's frigate Portland, 50, Captain Henry Chads, with the flag of Admiral Fairfax Moresby, late Commander-in -Chief in the Pacific, was outside Ply mouth harbour yesterday morning, 46 days from Val paraiso ; all well. She saluted the flag of Port-Admiral Sir J. Ommanney, and, having received orders, pro ceeded for Portsmouth. Off Scilly on the 20th she landed the Admiral's secretary with despatches for the Admiralty. She has about 200,000 dols. on freight from Mexico and the West Coast of South America. The Portland left England on the Bth of Nov. 1850, and has been three years and eight months in commis sion, during which period she has visited every port in South America, almost all the South Sea Islands, and has covered a distance of over 80,000 miles, which is almost unprecedented for a flag-ship. She has paid three visits to Pitcairn's Island, from which she em barked the Rev. G. H. Knobs, for England, and to which she conveyed him in April last on his return. The Portland left Valparaiso on the let of February, and on the 16th passed within three miles of Cape Horn, where she spoke the ship Kate, 33 days from Sydney. She arrived at Rio Janeiro on the 6th, and, sailed therefrom on the 10th of March. In the Channel on the 22d of April, spoke the brig Calumet, from Tur key, 35 days from Gibraltar, and on the same day sup plied with provisions a French brig bound to Granville. The ship and crew are in a most efficient state, and, if necessary, would be ready in a few hours for the Baltic, or any other active service. Her gunnery practice is perfect. She is very heavily armed, carrying eight 68-pounders ; all the rest 32's. The Portland brings an interesting present to Queen Victoria from her Majesty's loyal subjects at Pitcairn's Island. The offering consists of a specimen of native industry in ca- binet work. The frigate has also on board two fine speci mens of the lama, male and female, from the Andes of Chili. The Portland brings invalids and supernumeraries from the President, Trincomalee, Virago, and Amphi trite, belonging to the Pacific station, and from the Madagascar, Centaur, Trident, Sharpshooter, Express, Stromboli, Rifleman, Star, and Bonetta, belonging to the Rio station. They number altogether about 64, and among them are Lieut. Field, of the Trincomalee, and Mr. Macausland, Master of the Stromboli. Lieut. Gordon, of the Virago, has come home on promotion, and Hassan Effendi (a Commander in the Turkish ser vice), late acting midshipman on board the Virago, re turns in the Portland, anxious to rejoin the Turkish navy. Commander James Charles Prevost (recently promoted), of the Portland, is the zealous officer who had three men of his party shot when exploring the dangerous passage through forests, across the Isthmus of Darien, from the Gulf of San Miguel in the Pacific, 24 miles in the direction of Port Escosses. The Chan nel pilot who landed at Plymouth from the Portland re ports that the transport Lady Kent. No. 46, was in collision, off Scilly, with a Dutch galliot, subsequently towed into St. Mary's. The transport proceeded. The Alecto, 5, steam-sloop, Commander Crofton, ar rived at Spithead on Tuesday night from the West Coast of Africa station. She put in at Falmouth on Sunday from stress of weather and untrustworthy boilers ; and her arrival and news appeared in The Sun of Tuesday. Her crew will be transferred to other ships in want of men, and she will be repaired at Woolwich. The Centaur, 1 1 , steam-frigate, Captain Harvey, re turned from the Downs to Portsmouth yesterday morn ing. It appears she went to transfer her fine ship's com pany to the Majestic, screw. 80. The Frolic, 16, Commander Nolloth, is ordered from Gibraltar to the Cape of Good Hope station. The African steam-vessel left Sheerness on Tuesday morning for the Downs, for the purpose of taking on board from the ships in the Downs some machinery re quiring to be sent to Woolwich for alterations. The Black Eagle 'steam-vessel, Master-Commander John E. Petley, returned to Woolwich on Tuesday, with Rear-Admiral M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, on board, from the Downs, where he had gone on the previous Saturday, to inspect some of the ships, previous to their departure to join the Baltic fleet. The Minx, iron screw steam gun-vessel, has been completely new rigged, and is now ready for commission at Woolwich. The Zephyr, steam-vessel, is now in an advanced state to serve as a gunboat, and will soon be ready for commission at Woolwich for that service. The Megnra steam troop-ship, Commander Johnson, embarked three companies of the 38th Foot yesterday, at Portsmouth dockyard, and will leave with them this morning for the East. The Melbourne, screw steam transport, passed Sheer ness from Chatham on Tuesday morning, with a part of the 38th Regiment of Infantry for the East. The Shooting Star, with the Bth Hussars, sailed yes terday morning for the Mediterranean from Plymouth. The Rodsley, No. 37 horse transport-ship, having on board Lieutenant Dashwood and Staff-Assistant Surgeon Shelton, with 47 non-commissioned officers and men and 50 horses ; and the Rubicon, No. 38, having on board Captain Barry and Staff-Assistant Surgeon Llewellyn, with 53 non-commissioned officers and men and 48 horses, were taken out of the basin at Woolwich on Tuesday morning, but could not leave the same day on account of a deficiency of seamen. The crews of these vessels having been completed yesterday they were mustered and inspected by Lieutenant Robertson, in charge of the steam department afloat, who has been superintending the embarkation of the troops and horses, and ascertain ing the efficiency of the crews of the vessels previous to their departure. Being reported ready for sea, they left Woolwich yesterday afternoon for their destination. The Harkaway, No. 39 transport-ship, having on board Captain Maude, Lieutenant Whinyates, and A ssis. tant-Surgeon Thornton, with 55 non-commissioned offi cers and 56 horses of the Royal Horse Artillery, was taken out of the basin at Woolwich on Tuesday morning, having Lieutenant J. M. K. Robertson, R.N., in charge as agent. She was permitted, although deficient in sea men, to proceed at once to Gravesend to pick them up there. The Sultana horse-transport embarked Lieutenant Vandeleur and Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Dwyer, with 47 non-commissioned officers and men, and 54 horses of the Royal Artillery, on Tuesday afternoon, in about an hour and ten minutes, and will be taken out of the basin at Woolwich to-day. The horse-transport No. 74 arrived at Plymouth at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. The Hydaspes steam-packet has been taken up to convey the 42d Highlanders from Portsmouth to the East. Admiral Sir John Ommaney, K.C.8., the port-admi ral, retains his command-in-chief at Devonport until the 10th of May. Sir William Parker, Bart., G.C.8., his successor, attends her Majesty's levee in the meanwhile, and makes his arrangements. Mr. Peter Scott, of Ballyhackamore-house, near Bel fast, has taken the contract for supplying the cavalry in the East with 150 tons of compressed hay. A strong draught from the depot of the 68th Light Infantry, stationed at Newry, consisting of two ensigns (White and Smyth) and 180 rank and file, has been ordered to proceed to Malta to rejoin the service com panies quartered there. Ground has been cleared near Fort Amherst Guard, Chatham, for a new garrison church, which will also be used, it is understood, for the regimental schools. The present garrison church in Brompton is expected to be converted into model rooms for the Royal Sappers and Miners and other purposes, for which several of the barrack-rooms are at present used by that corps. This arrangement will afford a great deal of additional room ' in the Brompton Barracks, and also place those rooms in the Cha tham Barracks occupied as schoolrooms at the disposal of the barrack-master for the accommodation of ,roops. count Duncan of Camperdown, and De Winter was treated, as a prisoner in England, with all the respect and honour due to his gallantry and misfortune." De Winter died not long after of a chronic disease. Of the two actions, some have thought Camperdown the more honourable to English arms. Consummate nautical skill was shown in fighting a sturdy enemy upon a lee shore, and, though an Englishman prefers to give rather than take the odds, still that action was an overwhelming triumph. In number of guns the English had 575 against 517 in the Dutch ; in number of, crews the English were 8,221 men opposed to 7,157 Dutch ; and, in round numbers, the superiority of British ton nage was as twenty-three thousand tons to twenty thou sand. At the end of the fight the English were in posses sion of two Dutch seventy-fours, five sixty-fours, two fifties, besides a couple of frigates. Our loss in killed and wounded at these two battles are worth stating. At the sea-fight of St. Vincent we had only three officers killed and five wounded ! There were 59 seamen killed, and 180 wounded ; and 11 of the marines killed, and 33 of them wounded. At the battle of Camperdown the re sult of casualties on our side was :—Seamen : killed, 165 ; wounded, 474. Marines : killed, 26 ; wounded, 48. Officers : killed, 8 ; wounded, 41. Or, in total, there were 707 seamen, marines, and boys, and 49 offi cers, killed and wounded at Camperdown ; and, though it is anticipating, it is worth here remarking, that in the bloodiest and most decisive sea-fight in history—Trafal gar—there was a total of 1,587 British killed and wounded, 36 of our officers having been killed, exclu sive of 3 who died of their wounds ! The results of St. Vincent and Camperdown may be stated as having raised the public feeling from despondency, and as hav ing inspirited England rather than intimidated her [ enemies. To accomplish the latter, the Nelsonian battles were necessary. When we recollect that Nelson died only as Viscount at Trafalgar, after his [ prodigies of personal valour, besides his exploits at the Nile and Copenhagen, we may feel surprise either [ at the moderate honours awarded to him, or the exces sive ones given for a single action to St. Vincent. But the state of public opinion at the time justified the earl dom to Jervis • and, recollecting that the Spanish ad miral sought the encounter, we must greatly admire the audacity of Jervis in assailing such a numerous fleet as Cordova commanded. It must also be recollected that Jervis performed prodigious public services afterwards as a naval administrator. Titular honours have been often niggardly withheld, and sometimes lavishly be stowed. Lord Rodney was very ill-used in being made only a baron • and it was certainly very hard to refuse a rever sion of his title to that noble mariner who has so happily been called " the Bayard of the Sea"—Colling wood, whose genius was great, and whose glory is without a solitary stain. It is not a little curious that two brothers should have won glory as admirals—Viscount Hood and Vis [ count Bridport—like Nelson, the sons of a clergyman. We have a calculation (now before us) made in 1808, on high authority, of the comparative number of peerages traceable to the military and naval life. There were then existing in the peerage, exclusive of any extinct honours, fifteen titles won at sea—from Montagu, Lord Sandwich, in 1660, to Lord Gambier ; and there were fourteen military titles, commencing with Marlborough in 1702, to Lord Cathcart in 1807. Down to the same dates there were not less than twenty-seven peerages actually then in existence, owing their origin to—the law.—Prom the Press. MORE RUSSIAN PRIZES. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. - This morning, at 9 o'clock, the screw revenue cruiser Mermaid, Lieutenant Stokes, R.N., commanding, towed into this harbour a remarkably fine handsome barque as a prize, which she boarded and captured at 5 p.m. yesterday off the east end of the Isle of Wight. She is the Vesta, of Wasa, 472 tons, 2 guns, 11 men, Niel Petersen, master, from Hieres, laden with 600 tons of salt, and cleared out for Elsinore, but prior to sailing received orders for Got tenburg. She sailed from Hieres on the 11th ult., passed Gibraltar on the 26th at 8 p.m., and at 5 yesterday was taken by the Mermaid. The Mermaid took her prize in tow, and anchored in side the Nab at 9.30 p.m., weighed at eight this morn ing, and anchored her capture in Portsmouth harbour at 11. The vessel is seven years old, not. at all unlike a man-of-war in build, clean sparred, and valued at 2,5001., without the cargo ; is copper fastened up to 11 feet, and sheathed with yellow metal. While towing the barque last evening the Mermaid saw a foreign brig, fired a musket at her, but she would not show her colours, and bore away to the southward at "a spank ing rate." The Argus, Fire Queen, Fanny, and Avon, all on the look-out, may give some account of her a few hours hence. SHEERNESS, April 26.—Two Russian merchant ships, prizes, taken by the Alban, 4 guns, paddle-wheel steam vessel, Commander Henry Otter, arrived here this morning between 8 and 9 o'clock. Lieut. John Ward (b), of the Alban, came home in charge of the barque Aina, and Mr. John Bull, Second Master of the Alban, came home in charge of the brig Nadeschda ; both of these vessels were from Lisbon, laden with salt. The Nadesehda was bound for Hel singfors, and the Aina was bound for Christiansand. The bark was sailing under Danish colours, and the brig was sailing under Swedish colours; they were boarded and taken, without resistance, about five miles off the Trindelen light-vessel, off the island of Laeso, in the Cattegat, on Friday last at noon. Neither of the vessels hove to until a musket was fired over each from the Al ban's cutter, in charge of Lieutenant Edward Burstal. The brig Nadeschda having a very smart, rakish appear ance in the distance, was first taken for a Russian man-of-war brig of 10 guns, which had been reported to have been seen out, and the Alban's crew were beat to quarters and fully prepared for action. The British sailors in the Alban were much disappointed on nearing her to see the Swedish colours smartly run up, on her seeing the British ensign flying on board the Alban. However, they were somewhat better satisfied when they found they were Russians under false colours. At the time they were taken the Alban was within pistol-shot distance of both vessels. The brig Nadeschda had a crew of 11 men and the master. The crew of this vessel were taken out, except the captain, boatswain, two sea men, and one boy .The captain's wife was on board with him. The owners of the barque sent out directions to the captain at Lisbon to sell the vessel. She is a new ship, and was on her first voyage, but in conse quence of his not being able to obtain 3,0001. for her he refused to sell her. 2,5001. was offered for her at Lisbon, and the master now regrets that he had not " put her in his pocket " at that price ; but he very philosophically remarks, "It is too late now." The barque Aina had a crew of 16 men and the captain. The Aina has now on board the captain, chief mate, two sea men, and the steward ; all the rest of the crews of both vessels were sent on board the Alban, and after wards landed and liberated under a pledge that they would not take up arms against England or France, to which they gladly agreed, and declared that it was not their intention to return again to Russia. The barque Aina got on shore on the Maplin Sand at 3 a.m. this day, just below the Blacktail Beacon, and floated off again on the flow of the tide. They were both anchored at single anchor in the harbour, and after the officers in charge had communicated with the Admiral's depart ment they received orders to proceed for London, and put the ships into the London Docks. The steam-vessels Fearless and Myrtle got up steam, and they left here between 1 and 2 o'clock p.m. for London. Lieutenant Ward and Mr. John Bull, of the Alban, report that on Saturday last they saw off the Skaw, at the entrance of the Cattegat, a large Russian ship, of from 800 to 900 tons, very deeply laden, homeward bound, and they have no doubt the Tribune frigate has before this time fallen in with her, as the Tribune, was coming down to cruise off the entrance of the Cattegat. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel Avon, Master Commander A. J. Veitch, having in tow a Russian prize, entered the Sound at half-past 6 o'clock this morning. The Avon left Plymouth on Tuesday morning with Lieutenant Millar, First Lieutenant of her Majesty's guard-ship Impregnable, and a party of 20 marines, and the prize was seized at one o'clock in the afternoon 50 miles from the Start. She is a Russian Finland barque, of 370 tons, called the Carlos, is com manded by Captain Backe, has a crew in all of 17 men, two of whom are Frenchmen and two Swedes, and left Lisbon on the 6th instant with salt for Finland. She is three years old, and her papers are in custody of Port- Admiral Sir John Ommanney. Five Russians left Lis bon together, and the Carlos is the third captured in the Channel. RESULTS OF BRITISH SEA-FIGHTS. At the present time it will not be uninteresting to glance at the distinctive results of some of our great victories in the last war, as much misappre hension exists on the nature of the difficulties which our nautical heroes had to overcome in former days : Seldom was England in greater danger than in the momentous year " 1797." It was, indeed, an awful crisis. In France, Spain, and Holland, combined naval preparations were actively carried on for the invaaion of England and Ireland. Civil war was waging in the latter country, and, worse than all, there was a mutiny at the Nore. Taxes were accumulated, the Bank stopped payment, commerce was paralysed, parliamentary ac tion was unhinged, and the Directory of France, raging with revolutionary frenzy, resolved to strike a tre mendous blow, and invade England with 70 sail of the line, ready equipped for sea, in the ports of the Texel, Brest, and Carthagena I While Europe was in suspense, Lord Bridport was ordered to blockade Brest, Admiral ' Duncan was sent to watch the Dutch, and Admiral Jervis was told to look for the Spanish fleet. Two famous sea fights delivered our grandsires from the perils of the hour. The battle of St. Vincent was fought on 14th Feb.. 1797, the English Admiral having 15 sail of the line, while the Spanish Admiral (Cordova) had 27 sail of the line, besides 10 frigates. There are some discrepancies in the accounts as to the actual numerical force engaged on both sides ; but all the narratives, Spanish and English, give a formi dable superiority to the Spanish fleet. The Spaniards had La Santissima Trinidada, with 130 guns, they had six 3-deckers, of 112 guns each, two 80 -gun ships, and 18 74's. The English had two 100-gun ships, three 98's, one 90, eight 74's, one of which, the Captain, was mounted by Commodore Nelson, one 64, one 38, and three 32-gun frigates, two sloops, and one cutter. The line of the Spaniards was loosely formed, and by a skilful manoeuvre Jervis resolved to cut off the outlyin . g Spaniards, the result of which was that he reduced. his immediate adversaries to eighteen. The Spanish ad miral tried to wear his fleet and rejoin his separated ves sels ; but the tactics of Jervis and the gaAlantry of his su bordinates defeated the object of Cordova, who was compelled to a close engagement , in which ho was sig nally defeated, losing four of his large ships and an enormous number of his men. So decisive was this victory that the panic of invasions ceased, and public confidence was completely restored. The English ad- miral was at a single creation made an earl, a course very unusual in the distribution of public rewards. The political result of the battle was undoubtedly very great, and the nation was overjoyed. But there have beenlbattles more glorious to the English name, although Jervis deserves all honour for his resolving with about 15 sail to attack the Spaniards with 25 sail-of-the-line, and an enormous superiority in guns. But it is the men and not the ships who decide sea-fights. For the crews of the Spanish ships were the most worthless that can be conceived, they were composed of pressed land men and soldiers of the new levies, with about 60, or at most 80, seamen to each ship. The circumstances under which the battle of Camper down was fought have been well described in the " Life and Reign of George the Fourth :"—" France had still the Texel and Brest fleets. Fortune, or rather an unfore seen event, in which the French had no share, though such an opinion prevailed at the time, promised them much more decisive aid. A dangerous mutiny broke out in the British fleet at Plymouth, Portsmouth, and still more desperately at the Nore. Adncan, a brave veteran beloved in the navy, was deserted by all but his own ship's crew, his courage, and his presence of mind. He continued, wit h his sin g le ship, to make the usual signals, as if in command of a squadron, and the Texel fleet did not venture out. The mutiny was suppressed ; Parker, the ringleader at the Nore, and a few others, were executed ; subordination was restored; and Duncan was again in command of a fleet. Admiral de Winter, a brave and experienced officer, and an ar dent republican, received orders . from the Government of Holland, now called the Batavian Republican, to pmt to sea and engage the enemy.. He accordingly came out of the Texel with fifteen sail-of-the-line and ten fri gates. Admiral Duncan, who was refitting in Yarmouth Roads, on being apprised o f the enemy s movements, put to sea with 16 sail-of-the-line, and at eight in the morn ing of October 11 the two squadrons prepared for action off the coast of Holland, between Egmont and Camper down. De Winter, whose lighter vessels drew less water, manoeuvred to keep near the shore. Duncan penetrated his intention ; and, by an experiment of un precedented boldness, broke through his line to get be tween him and the land. The battle now began ship to ship, and was fought for several hours with desperate valour on both sides, until the Dutch . vice-admiral struck to Admiral Onslow. De Winter, li!.s ship La Liberte having become a mere wreck, two-thirds of his crew hors de combat, and being himself wounded dangerously, struck to Duncan's ship the Venerable. The Batavian fleet, with the exception of a few ships which got back to the Texel in a shattered state, was either destroyed or captured. This most important . victory extinguished °l a the chances invasion. The admi ral WM created Vie. THE MILITIA. The Essex Rifles have just completed the first week of training, and in that period very satisfactory progress has been made. On Tuesday afternoon the regiment marched, for the first time, to Wivenhoe-park, where some field movements were gone through in a very cre ditable manner. As on the a last occasion, there will b d e two training days in the park weekly, Wednesday an Saturday being at present n amed for the purpose. The general training takes place in the Ordnance-field, which is of ample extent. The exercises have been highly satis factory, the advancing and retiring in line being pro nounced by competent judges equal to many regiments of the regular services. We are glad to find that a con siderable number of the privates of this regiment avail themselves of the benefits of the reading-room which has been provided for their accommodation at the public The South Herts Yeomanry Cavalry, under the com mand of the Earl of Verulam, w ill assemble at Hatfield (aead.quarters), Herts, for eight days' permanent duty, including two extra days' marching to and from head quarters. The regiment will be inspected on the 27th of May. THE " TIMES" AND THE WAR. (From the Morning Advertiser.) There has long been a feeling in the public mind, that nothing which could appear in the Times could excite surprise. We venture to say that this feeling will no longer be entertained by any one who has read that journal of yesterday. As regards ourselves, we confess that the article in question has occasioned utter amazement. We knew full well, of course, the Russian predilections of the Times. We knew that, inasmuch as it is the ser vile organ of Lord Aberdeen, it never has ceased and never will cease, so long as it sustains that character, to be thoroughly Muscovite at heart. But we could not have believed it possible that our contemporary could be so devoid of tact, as to permit the article to which we allude to appear in his columns. The article not only expresses the sentiments of Lord Aberdeen, but must have been actually penned by him. It has nothing about it of the editorial character. From beginning to end, its object is to prepare the people of this country for that course of forbearance towards Russia—now that the Coalition, contrary to their intentions, have been forced into war with her—which we have from the first predicted would be exercised. We have, day after day for some months past, main tained that the Aberdeen Ministry were not going heartily into the war with the Czar ; and that their great object, instead of punishing him thoroughly, would be to inflict upon him the least possible amount of harm. That has manifestly been the principle on which they have acted hitherto ; and on that principle they appear determined to act to the end of the chapter. We have no doubt that when the time comes for a full revelation of all the circumstances connected with the matter, it will be found that our commanders by sea and land have received private instructions to deal as gently with the Czar as possible, and not harm him more than can be helped. What we have thus, in every impression of our paper, said for months past, will be found fully veri fied by the article in the Times of yesterday. No one but Lord Aberdeen himself could have written such sentences as these:—" We can, and. we do, wage war for other purposes than glory or conquest ; and we are content with results that add nothing to our dominion and little to our fame. So, then, we are but addressing ourselves to the usual temper and the prescription, of our country when we say that we are not assembling this day to ask simply for success to our arms and the destruction of our enemies. We ask that no nation should be crippled of its just powers, or humbled of its proper rank and consi deration. It is the melancholy nature of war that it can only act by means revolting to humanity, by the sword and by fire, by massacres and conflagra tions, and by a thousand hideous forms of death, mutilation, and suffering. But when we prefer our petitions to the Giver of all Good, it is not that He will enable us to do the utmost possible harm. We pray that the good we propose to ourselves may be brought about as speedily, effectually, and harmlessly as may be." Is it not humiliating and lamentable to think, that such sentiments as these could be expressed in a journal professing to be pervaded by English feel ings,—which is printed in the English language, and published in the English metropolis ? What is to be expected from a Government which can thus, through its organ, openly admit that in the war which is commencing, we shallbe content with results 1 , which will add little to our fame ? Why, surely if no other result should spring out of the war, it will be conducted with a skill, a spirit, and bravery on the part of our army and navy which will at least add to our military reputation. But to cherish that belief we now find would be a mistake. The Times tells us, iu plain terms, not to expect that we shall add aught to our fame. The obvious conclusion to be drawn from this is, that our com manders, whether by sea or land, are not to put forth, in all their force, the material might and majesty of England. They are merely to give the Czar such a taste of what we can do, without absolutely doin g it, as will convince him that he is not a match for us. We must not on any account go to work with the vigour and the courage which, in former conflicts, covered our arms with glory, and raised our mili tary reputation to the highest height, because we could not " add to our fame" without doing the Autocrat considerable " harm." He must not be harmed on any account. The loss of our fame, or, rather, the want of an addition to it, is less than the weight of a feather compared with the infliction of anything deserving the name of injury on Nicholas. And, as our soldiers and sailors are to act in ac cordance with this feeling, so the Times expressed a hope that the nation would yesterday offer up special supplications to the Groat Supreme, to the effect that Russia should not " be crippled of its just powers, or humbled of its proper rank and consideration." And, if the people took their cue from the Times, they must yesterday have earnestly prayed that the objects we have in view m ight be brought about as harmlessly as possible. No one who is cognisant of the connexion which subsists between Lord Aberdeen and the Times, can, after this, be any longer in doubt as to the way in which the war—if war, under su ch circum stances, it can be called—is to be carried on. The Czar may repeat as often as the opportunity fi offers, the butchery of Sinope ; be may vessels even when a flag of truce i s unfurled her reon may seize the goods of our Minister at St.. Peers bur, after ignominiously expelling him from Russia; he may insult us in every conceivable way, of e le in e )o l un i l r. e injury —he _an h d e in m fli a c y t u d p e on all us t e h v i e s r , yLc i ss a ib s retaliating,ef returning a are goon d o act fe pleases ; but we, in p s ri te n a e d ipl o e f on the Christian evil. For his insolence, we are to render nothing but words of kindness • in return for his blows, we are to pat him on the back, and merely toll him to be a better boy for the future. On no account must we think of punishing the Czar. He must not be harmed in any way. In this extraordinary article of the Times we see oompleto e;planation of the past itteoraprehen, 7 . ..,. 7 1,2 7/ •-•"' Z.- X./ -,--,l",<fre: - ..___--;-'2',,e7 1 : -.---"-- Z --e----e---- e, - - ---- 77 4 'f . ' `-' 7 ' ' f; --Tc. ;,•-• • •i• s•t• • • - - .. . /-/ .•-% i / /‘l_7'7,-;:e ,r. --- -,- -:• - • 4 ‘..' '-• •- - • . 4 \ - assets to the extent of aOsaat ilveilollinga in • . . . e e this a c r n nam p es r ct commis i . LI . i ex : p li r n eo e us .: s.ses h t a e : of; : e" tanhed "l44 4111111 believe {liestnti oann the and enormousfh i • . 4 . pound clear of all charges,,... s.,..,___ Llll ' v l the W a e b ao called attention to the charges of official 40 - • have often assignees, messengers, &c. If we are not mistaken, courthav lre re• the reasonable complaints of the mercantile com. munity upon this head have not been disregarded. It is anticipated that some very decided recom• mendations will be made in accordance with the bulk of the evidence of the Commissioners. It is also expected that a recommendation will be made to mitigate the severity of some of the penal clauses of the Consolidation Act, which it must be admitted, especially as regards speculating in Consols, &c., are unreasonably severe, and, indeed, by their excessive severity, like other harsh laws, defeat their own object. We have been informed that the report contain a recommendation that there be a very decided reduction in the fees and charges of the Court of Bankruptcy, as well as a diminution of the staff. If this be so, the Commissioners will have done good service ; for, if the Courts of Bankruptcy are to be maintained at all, it cannot be as they ars now constituted. So far as expense is concerned, it is in many respects much worse than the Court of Chancery now is. As to the bankrupt's "balance-sheet," and the charges of a class of persons termed accountants, we trust and believe that the Commissioners have i yielded d, atsot to t h t h e e d wishes dictates s o o f f common mercantile sense, ns men , e,i n as I.e recom mending .. mending that the bankrupt should himself make out his accounts. The court broker, we trust, for sake of propriety as well as economy, will be sent about his business ; and we shall be much disappointed if the Commis sioners have not made some very energetic remon strances regarding the emoluments of messengers, and the mode in which they are remunerated. As regards the commissioners, the ConsolidatioS Act provides that, in London, no vacancy be filled Nfi u vv n he ti e. l t t h h rre e rh ir rthe n ee u w m ßo b only er adl is h r : e oa d mra u m c p e il d sys t . ) dn f ec o gr uf a . ht T aev h te e e r m l ia a s r de e he now five. Three would be smrdy adeq uate to discharge even more th an the work done in Basinghall-street. recommendation on this head we cannot say, but as to the country commissioners, it is admitted upon all heads th a t h a l f the number would do the business. Here, too, we anticipate the commis. sioners have directed the pruning -knife. It is needless to extend our speculations or an. ticipations further at 'Present. Much is expected-- justly expected—by the mercantile community from the able men of whom the commission is composed. We believe and trust they will not be disappointed. .111onting Post. [PRICE SD. siblefprocedure of the Coalition with regard to the Eastern question. People could not understand why the Autocrat was permitted to perpetrate the unparalleled piece of savagery which will render the name of Sinope remarkable in the page of his tory, without any retaliation having been inflicted on him. They will comprehend it now. They will also understand how it happened that our fleet in the East, after having been a few days in the Black Sea, returned to Beicos, and there com fortably remained in profound repose for four months. It was for fear that Nicholas should in any way, by some accident or other, receive some " harm." In the same fact, too, we have an ex planation of the delays which have taken place in sending out our armies to the East, and keeping back the officers even after the men had arrived. It is all out of a tender consideration for the Czar —all for fear lest he might be " harmed," or, if not absolutely injured, be "humbled." He must be neither. Come what may to our " fame," he must not suffer. Perish the " fame" of Great Britain a thousand times over, rather than that the Auto crat should be "harmed" or "humbled." After the articles in yesterday's Times, w e s h a ll feel surprised if one solitary individual, of average intelligence, shall be found in this country, who will not adopt the opinion we have expressed throughout that the great object of the t u h p e t o il t l t t o h ma is n ho em ur p , i h r as e, Coalition is to save Rlig but we have interposed to pr event the Turks from s b i e a gr o e t n T d ur er k ed ey by N th o is a c c o t un ual tr a y idto, , towards the end of last autum n, from following fighting their own battles. Thr ou g h our wasprevented Ambas dor at Constantinople, Omer P acha of the Danube, by attacking Bucharest and expel allachia ; V up the brilliant successes he achieved on the banks ling the Russians from Moldavia and \ for it is the opinion of the most experienced mili tary men, that the Turkish Commander-in -Chief could, at that time, have destroyed, or driven hack to their own frontiers, every Muscovite soldier in the Principalities. But that would have been, in the view of the Coalition, too great a punishment of the Czar. It would have mortified him too much. And so it has been ever since. We would not destroy a single ship of the Czar's in the Black Sea, nor allow the Turkish squadron to do it. We have, in fact, while rendering no assistance whatever to the Ottomans, acted as an incubus on their own efforts in every way. The result has been, that the Turks have become exceedingly weakened and discouraged. Their enthusiasm is fast dying away, while their material resources are nearly exhausted. In a word, this country —for France is entirely guided by England— is most surely, and manifestly from design, preparing Turkey for a speedy and easy dismem berment. We are doing the work of Russia. We are, in reality, the ally of the Czar, not of the Sultan. We have no objection to see the Turks massacred in thousands, as at Sinope, by savage Cossacks ; but we take the most scrupulous care that no " harm" shall befall the Czar. We will be tender in the extreme even of his feelings. Not only will we not diminish his power, but we will not be the means of causing him the slightest sense of humiliation. What more could he desire t What stronger inducement could he have to persist in his lawless aggression ? If he triumph, he will, of course, have everything his own way. If he be vanquished, he will neither suffer harm, nor be subjected to humiliation. Thrice happy Czar. Surely even he will, at last, feel some emotion of gratitude to his " friend of forty years' standing," and to the Coalition generally, who, whatever they may be in theory, are no less, collectively, his friends in practice. THE LOSS OF THE TAYLEUR. The loss of the unfortunate ship Tayleur may yet be turned to the benefit of future navigators if the evidence taken before the Liverpool Marine Board and the report of the meeting be duly considered. Much of that evi dence turns upon points of a far too technical character to be intelligible to the general reader, but of the genera results we may fairly speak. Time was when the boldest of the old Greek mariners—the men with heart of oak encased in triple brass—never ventured to leave the coast for one moment. The simple practice of these primitive sailors was the direct opposite of our own in more modern times— they ever bugged the shore. Whether the shore was a lee one or not mattered little to them, for they took excellent care to keep so close that even in the presence of an approaching squall they could beach their little craft, and haul her up high and dry, ere the force of the gale was felt. An iron-bound coast they would only pass in settled weather, and even then the bold manoeuvre was executed with fear and trembling, and with many a sly promise to Poseidon if he would get his servants out of the scrape. So it happened that Ulysses spent ten years on the accomplishment of a distance which even the Austrian Lloyd's boats now per form in as many days. So the Phoenician merchant bound for Gades would follow the windings of the Mediter ranean seaboard on either side, never venturing to stretch across a bay, or let go of the land even for a moment. Other nations followed the same principle, and with the same results. At length a time came when the surface of the untried and pathless waters was reclaimed to the use of man. A little instrument was formed, which, with a certain degree of accuracy, indi cated the position of the ship--or, at least, the direction to which her head was pointed, even whoa the great heavenly luminaries were obscured. Doubtless, great errors prevailed. The nice calculations of variation were reserved for more modern times, and even now remain most imperfect. Still men were scarcely aware of the full extent of their own ignorance, and were therefore bold. They rushed into danger, and his com pass bore the mariner safe to his destination. 'Wrecks, no doubt, occurred to a most lamentable extent, but these calamities were not registered, then as carefully as they are now. Enough, however, was gained to increase the audacity and stimulate the ingenuity of mankind. Each year has brought its contribution to the sum of scientific knowledge in this matter. Now the variations have been registered—now a plan has been devised for correcting the errors of the magnetic telltale, as it was affected by the iron which entered into the ship's construction. Men who were not called by their especial vocation to "go down to the sea in ships, or follow -their business on the great waters," wore left to the pleasing illusion that far more had been gained than the circumstances of the case would appear to justify. When the sun or moon, or certain stars are visible, what with his sextants and chronometers, a modern navigator should be able to prick down his exact position on the surface of the vast ocean with as great certainty as a London cabman might feel with re gard to his whereabouts when urging his impetuous Hansom along Piccadilly. But, even when all these aids are useless or paralysed by surrounding darkness and storm, and the seaman is left to his dead reckoning and his compass, with but a few helps to calculation from one or two other primitive contrivances, we could scarce have imagined that he could have been so completely betrayed to his own ruin by his own compass as appears to have been the case with Captain Noble, of the Tayleur, when that unfortunate ship was cast away in the Irish Channel a short while back. This officer, by the unanimous verdict of the Liver pool Marine Board, appears to have been free from blame in the entire transaction. He was, they tell us, a man who had passed his examinations with the most distin guished success ; in point of fact, a man remarkable among his class for superior dexterity in handling a ship under trying circumstances. The suggestion that the Tayleur was short-handed appears to be negatived by the evidence taken before the Board. The people were a little clumsy, and did not work well together at first —the well nigh invariable case of a crew when picked up from all quarters and just thrown together. Captain Noble says, emphatically, that he considers them to have been " efficient." The report of the action of the vessel herself is not quite so satisfactory ; it does not seem that in any instance they succeeded in getting her fairly about by tacking, but were always compelled to adopt the alternative of wearing her in order to get her round. Still, when the most is made of the deficiencies of the Tayleur in such respects, they are not sufficient to account for her loss. The real cause of the calamity was the condition of her compasses. So says Captain Noble, and the Marine Board of Liverpool endorse his explanation to its fullest extent. With regard to his compasses, again, Captain Noble, before starting ex ceeded the bounds of the caution usual among profes sional men. lie confided all the arrangements to the man of most note in the port of Liverpool ; he endea voured to check the results at which this person had arrived by independent means. He got compasses from other makers. He tried to find out if there was any spot on board his ship where the deviation could not be felt. When his ship was being swung by the tide in the river Captain Noble was always busy with his compasses ; when he got to sea he steadily observed the bearings of headlands and lights to test their accuracy. All this, and much more than this to the same purpose, will be found in the report of the Liverpool Board of Inquiry. Now, what was the result on the morning of the wreck i The steer ing compass, and a compass which had been placed in front of the poop, differed from each other by two points. When the captain came to look into the matter he came to the conclusion that the compass in front of the poop had been thrown into error by the proximity of the mizen topsail sheets, which contained more than two hundred weight of iron chain, and which had been displaced when the sail was sheeted home. It should be added, in fairness to Captain Noble, that the weather was so overcast with haze that he had no chance of getting an observation, and so was left to his guess. The result of it all was, that he fell foul of Lambay island at a time when he thought he was running freely down mid-channel. Here follows the extraordinary part of the report : "This Board would call particular attention to the fact that numerous instances have been brought under their consideration of compasses having proved greatly in error on board of both wood and iron ships while navigating the Irish Channel, and which deviation is not accounted for by any theory at present." noted This is strange enough, but other instances ar a eq wooden of the like kind. On board of the Niagara , steamship, a change of four degrees occur red . The home Teneriffe changed her magnetism in com ingof this a point and a-half. Neither the principleseceviaatniodnosf important science, nor the details ofpracti mechanical arrangement to provide against deviations, are at all fixed. There can be no reason for supp , osing , nbeers result occur isca a n t that such irregularities are confined to the Irish Chan nel. If there, no doubt, th s e umr s f a a in ce. e . other portions of the earth's mariner s compass a be stated in a few words—the most uncertain guide. We do not wish in th ese re• marks to enter int o the case of the Tayleur. We are prepared for the moment to believe that the ship was good, th e crew bettor, the c a ptain best of all. The compasses were of the kind and quality supplied to the Queen's yacht—still, scarce had the Tayleur left port when she blundered upon an island on one side of a wide channel. Cannot our scientific men suggest a rem edy.—Tinter. 'ad, ---- — THE FIRST OF THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON YOU THE BALTIC.—The first of the Royal Yacht Squadro* for a cruise in the Baltic is the Shark, schooner, W. Curling, Esq. She has arrived at Ramsgate, and will be off' in a few days, Other yachts, we hear, will follow. - Y. -- . TEE BANKRUPTCY COMMISSION. The Bankruptcy Commission has brought its labour to a close, and their report, as well as the evidence, will be published in the course of a few days. The form of the commission ran thus : " Victoria R.—Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen Defender of the Faith : To our right trusty and well beloved Councillor Spencer Horatio Walpole, our trusty and well-beloved Sir George Rose, Knight, Clement Tudway Swanston, Esq., one of our counsel learned in the law, Matthew Davenport Hill, Esq., one other of our counsel learned in the law, James Bacon, Esq., one other of our counsel learned in the law, Edward Hol royd, Esq., one of our Commissioners of our Court of Bankruptcy, Edward Cooke, Esq., barrister.at-law, and George Carr Glyn, Esq., Greeting : " Whereas we have deemed it expedient, for divers good causes and considerations, that a commission should forthwith issue to inquire and ascertain whether in any and what particular, the bankrupt law, as it now exists under the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act, 1849, requires amendment : Not know, ye, therefore, that we, reposing great trust and confidence in your zeal, discretion, and integrity, have authorised and ap pointed, and by these presents do authorise and ap point, you the said Spencer Horatio Walpole, Sir George Rose, Clement Tudway Swanston, Matthew Daven e port Hill, James Bacon, Edward Holroyd, Edward Cooke, and George Carr Glyn, or any four or more of you, to inquire and report whether the alteration of the Bankrupt Law made by the said Act of 1849, establishing class certificates, has or has not been productive of benefit ; and whether, with the view of obtaining uniformity of prac tice in the different courts of bankruptcy as to the grant ing of such certificates or for any other reason, any and what alteration of the present enactment on the subject would be desirable ; and generally to inquire whether in any and in what other particulars the Bankrupt Law as it now exists under the last-mentioned act requires amendment ; also to inquire whether any and what more effectual means can be adopted for obtaining a more efficient check on the accounts of the official assignees, and for preventing the misapplication by them of the funds coming to their hands ; also to inquire as to the cause of the diminution of the fees and funds now by law applicable to the payment of the expenses of the Court of Bankruptcy ; and it appearing that those funds are now insufficient to discharge those expenses, to inquire whether such deficiency is likely to be permanent ; and whether, having regard to the quantity of business trans acted by the Courts of Bankruptcy, any and what reduc tion of the establishments of those courts, tither in Len don or in the country, can safely and properly be made, or any and what other measures adopted for meeting their expenses. " And for the better discovery of the truth in the pre mises, we do by these presents give and grant to you, or any four or more of you, full power and authority to call before you, or any four or more of you, such and so many of the commissioners, officers, and clerks of the said courts and all such other persons as you shall judge necessary, by whom you may be informed of the truth in the premises ; and to inquire of the premises by all other lawful ways and means whatsoever. " And we do hereby give and grant unto you, or any four or more of you, full power and authority to cause all or any of the officers and clerks of the said courts to bring and produce before you, or any four or more of you, all books, papers, or other writings belonging to the said courts, or to any of the officers within the same. " And our further will and pleasure is, that you do, within one year after the date of this our commission, or sooner, if the same can conveniently be done (using all diligence), " Certify to us in our Court o f Chancery, under the what hands and seals of you, or any fo ur or more of you, you shall have done in the premises. com " m A i n ss d ion we shall further t i n w u i l e l i n an f d ull no f in or ni ce an a d n ' shall and may from tim e to time p r ocee . d r ip h . n time eo to - time by adjournment. that you our commissioners , or any our o d thatv t i irhteeu thise e f x y e ao o c nu u u dr f , t t i a o i n n e t d h , e althoughre of , an d theof "And for your as sistance in the due execution of this every same bematter not continued i t n hl ue n d g from t ere o ur commission, we have made choice of our trusty an d well-beloved. Francis Savage Reill y,Esq., barrister-at be secretary to this our commissio n , and to law, to attend you, whose services and assistance we require you to use from time to time as occasion shall require. " Given at our Court at St. James's, the 23d day of August, 1853, in the 17 th year of our reign. " By her Majesty's command, " PALMERSTON." it is stated in well-informed quarters that several very important changes have been recommended. One of the matters most carefully considered by the Commissioners was, we are told, the question of the classification of the certificate. At present there are three classes of certificates, one or other of which, if the certificate be not refused altogether it is imperative on the commissioner to grant. A first-class certificate is granted where, according to the language of th e sc h e d u l e o f the Consolidation Act of 1849, the bankruptcy has arisen wholly from unavoidable losses and misfortune; a second class, where it has partly so arisen ; a third class, where the failure is not at all referable to such a cause. To this classification Lord St. Leonards, as well as many professional and non-professional men, are opposed. They are for its entire abolition. Upon the other hand, most of the Commissioners, and, we believe, the great mass of mercantile men who have paid attention to the subject, are decidedly in favour of classification. If we are not misinformed, the Royal Commis• sioners have (inter utrwinquc teas) recommends that instead of three classes there should b e onl y two. By the Consolidation Act it was that no trader should be allowed to become bank rupt on his own petition, unless provoi_elecdo, ho could skow order to keep pauper bankruptcies out f _ CPA.T INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMP NY. 14 0 ,,, T N 1XT11 HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING. Itlif,E IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the NINTH ALF- Ditgy — Za, GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors in tills Corn- Arpet"`sel," be held at the Offices of the Company, 3. New Broad- Dr eo ' o 3lclon, on FRIDAY, the 24th April, at 12 o'clock at noon for the general business of the Conanany ona Notice Is also hereby given, that an EXTRAORDINARY sa ke 4 lt AL MEETING of the said Company e be held on the laket t da .f. anti at the same place, or the purpose of obtaining the Atn en ,,'",or the shareholders to the Bill now before Parliament to tl* tue Act of Incorporation, and for other purposes connected r et i rith. (Signed) WE ARNCLIFFE, Chairman. CORNELIUS NICHOLSON, Superintending 8, Director. Broad -street, London, April 7, 1854. n the books for the registration of shares will be closed from ist -- " r uaY, the 15th, to Friday, the 28th April, inclusive. poismill E. ;T-- ,