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i . ‘i,' M.- MO BLANC.- CHRISTMAS HOLI DAYS. —Daring. the Chriqines Week Mr. ALBERT SMITH will give his I'IONT BLANC, HOLLAND, and up the RUINE, every morning and evetilg, at Ti.ree and Eight (except Saturday evening.) Sti.•lis can be taken for any of he representa tions at the Egyptian Hall, every day, front Eleven to'Four. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SO C IETY. 26, Conamm, LONDON, 23d Dcc., 1154. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the lIALF-YEARLY IN TEREST on the CAPITAL STOCK of this SOCIETY, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, due on the 31st instant, will become payable on the 10th January next, and proprietors may receive the same at this Office on that or any subsequent day, between the hours of 11 and 3 o'clock. And notice is hereby further given, that the Transfer Rooks of the Society will close on the 31st inst., and open en the 11th January Eat. By order of the Court of Directors. J. LEANDER STARR, "%Tanager. N.13.—0n and after the 29th Janlary next, the - business of.-the Society will be carried on at their uew prern'ses, 142, &rand. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. BANK OF DEPOS,IT, NATIONAL. ASSURANCE AND INTESTAIENT CIA.TION, No. 3, PALL•MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. Empowered by. Special Act of Parliamcnt. The WARRANTS for the HA LE-YEARLY INTEREST, at the sate of 5 per cent. per annum, on Deposit Accounts to 31st Decem ber. will be ready for dellYery on and after January the 10th, 1855 , and payable daily , PETER MOREPEON. Manning Director. Parties desirous of investing Money are requested to examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit. PTOFpeCtUSCS eni Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on application. D IVISION OF PROFITS.—AII persons Assuring their Lives (on the Participating Scale) . in the • PROVIDENT • CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSUR aNCE .A.‘' SO CIATION before the end of the present year, will be entitled to Share in the next QUINQUENNIAL DIVISION of PROFITS to Dec. 31st, 1857. BONUSES paid In Cash, or added to the Policy, or applied to Reduce the Annual Premium. the 'steady increase of business, and the extremely favourable rate of morta ity among the Company's Assurer , , fully justify t' e Board in anticirating a rill further im provement on the liberal amounts alrcadftleclared by way of Bonus. Residence abroad and foreign travel permitted on extreme]} mode rate terms. A liberal sum given for surrendered policies. •- For Prospectuses showing the peculiar advantages of the Associa tion, and for all further information, apply tb the local agents, or at the Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, London. • WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. 15, Moorgate-street, Dec. 4th, 1851, ?VIM FAVOURITE HIGHLAND CLOAK, so Justly celebrated as a guarantee a:ilia< .Vet And C'old. Rave you got one of ;NI , CDOUGALL'S P.vo, it, lit',llf. D CLOAKS? If not, you should at once o - der o. e. Tlfey st suitable for the Ma the Steamer, the Coach rn.i for Town Wear. The size round chest and height of person is a auftletemt mes.ure. Patterns of what they are made of can be sent by post. The p: ice from nit. to 425. D. 311CDOUGALL. THE TWEED AND TARTAN WAREHOUSE, INTSRIsTESS. THE 16s. TROWSERS REDUCED TO 14s. Trowsers and WAistcoat, 225. ;Coat, Waistcoat, and Trow aers. 474. ; made to order from S:oteh Tweed.,, all Wool, awl thoroughly shrunk, by B. I:EWA:MIN, • Mkt - chant Tailor, 74, Itegent.strset. 11Th—A perfect fit guaranteed. TO LOVERS OF FISH. - 100 real YARMOUTH BLOATERS for 65., package included The above forwarded to all parts on receipt of penny poqaga stamps, .or P. 0. 0. (preferred) for the amount. Send plain address, county, and nearest station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, Jun., Fish-curer, Great Yarmouth. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE IN BOTTLE, as suppliel to the CRYSTAL PALACE; also In Casks of 18 Gallons. Recommended by BARON L IRMO. Address :—#.ARRINGTON, PARKE, and CO., 5%, Pall-Mall, london. EARL FITZWILLIAM'S COLLIERIES, on the South Yorkshire Railway.—SAMUEL FLUL OLL, of Sheffield, begs to announce that the arrangements he has been honoured to make for carrying' a portion of tha produce of these ex tensive Collieries, and also of the Silitstone Codierie4, to London, via the London and North-Western Railway, are sufficiently ma tured to enable hire to commence delivering from Camden and Ken sington Stations on New Year's Day.. Price per Ton, within four miles of either Station :—Silkstone,* 245. Bd.; Elsecar, 235. 4d., cash on delivery, or on giving the order —Temporary Offices w.ll be opened at both Stations on December 18th, or booking orders, which In the meantime Mr. Plimsoll will be glad to receive at czheffield. These same Coals are now being supplied by the Great Northern Railway, at 275., to's Company having at present, and wadi Dece:n ber 31st next, a monopoly of the supplies on the South Yorkshire Railway: LAITRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- During the course of this week will he played by Laurent's Orchestra:—Overtire. Diasattiello, Auber ; Waltzes: Vermahlung's Toaste (first time), Strauss; ha Jardiniere,habit-ky ; Souvenir du Luxembourg (first time). Bousquet ; Le Carnaval de Venise (by desire), H. Laurent, with Variations tor all the principal performers. Quadrilles : Le Palate de l'Alcazar, H Lamotte ; La Guerre, Bos s o ; Le Iserment (first time), Ramain ; Lammermeor. Tinney. Schot tische, Moldavian (first time), Jullien. Polkas : Biumentest (first time), Strauss ; The New Annen, Strauss. Gallop, Les Guides, H. Laurent. Principal Cornet it Piston, Ni Boulcourt. All information relative to music to be obtained at the music repository under the orchestra. Doors cpen at Eight; commence at half-past.—Admis- Mon, One Shilling. GRAND BAL MASQUE, and CHRISTMAS FETE at the CASINO Dr: VE igh Holborn.—The Proprietor of the above magnificent and popular Establishment respectfully announces that he Iva!, at the suggestion of his sub. , scribers and friends, give a GRAND BAL M..SQUE end CHRIST MAS PETE on THURSDAY, December the 28:h (the Thursday in the Christmas week), the arrangements for which are of a most ex tensive and superb character. Mr. W. M. Packer's renowned band ►ill occupy the orchestra, and perform a programme of dance music apropos to tke festive occasion.— 0 entitman's ticket, bs. ; lady's ditto, 3s. each. Do TS open at half-past nine, to commence at ten o clock punctually.—Mr. Nathan, Cede -street, is the appointed costumier. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. ROYAL POL Y TEdHNIC INSTITUTION. The following REMARKABLE NOVELTIES have been 'SPECIALLYPREPARED. - - LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on Professor wheatstone's experiments on the TRANSMISSION of SOUND through Solid Con ductors, illustrated by a TELEPHONIC CONCERT. FIRST PAR C of an ENTIRELY NEW and SPLENDID OPTI CAL DIORAMA, illustrating the VOYAGES of SINBAD the BAILOR, with Beautiful PHANTASMAGORIA EFFECTS, and surpropriate Music arranged by Mr. Ivaud. Great Increase in the VIEWS of the WAP : the B kTTLE of the ALMA, SIEGE of SEBASTOPOL, the ENGLISH BATTERIES, &c., &c. LECTURE on the LANCASTER GUN, the MINIE RIFLE, and that powerful implement of war, the STEAM GUN, projecting sixty Balls per Minute, vrh eh has been erected by Mr. PEaxtxs, and will be discharged daily and in tha Eveiiru s. MEC ruitEs on ELECTRICITY by Dr. Recnnorrwri. Mr. CRAWFORD'S VOCALENTEBTAINMENTof the PAT RIO TIC SONGS of SCOTLAND. For the special Amusement of the .fitv'enile Auditory, DAVIS'S INGENIOUS M a ItIONETTES will be exhibited All the other LECTURES, EXHIBITION'S of MODELS, &c. Ste. &C. • Fresh decorations. Special Juvenile Night on the 3d of January, and gratuitous distri button of the Ornaments of a beautt:ul Christmas Tree amongst the Yews People. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecolo de Tharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEWAR, No. 1, Is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrbcea, and Exhaustion of th Byitem. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely 'eradicates all traces 01 those Disorders which Capivi and Cubehs !have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, Is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English Physic'an treats with Mercury, to the in evitable.destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the ursaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table twithout their use being suspectod. Sold in tin taus at I Is. each, free by post.2s. extra, divided into ...,_ .. separate doses, as administered by Valpean, Lallemand, Roux, Le., &c.—To be had Whofenale and Retail in London of Robert John , ston, 68, Comhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 160, Oxford-street. G AV E PACKETS. END S T No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfteet Pici The Packets Hall at the Piers as underlined (weather permit FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAIS. SUNDAYS. Terace Pier la v t 41 ' it 4 4 1 0 ..... X 8 S ' k 'P4 6 It -,- 2 Time I . 4 t 5 4. -it sre. tting' 8 Omnibuses from Fanchurch-street Station to all parts of London devery quarter of an hour. ' SEUIIBWICK WIIA.RF. BLLCKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenehureh-street Station. WERE. DAYS. SUNDAYS. .-.........---..- to , a. i 0 e Fen- „, 4 4 f) ti „ 2 Fen- 0 1 8 - /lurch t; ,F, V 'a ' m e church 5,i, 1 trcet 42, p., 0 13 - 's Street ' 8 ' 4 - ... 5 A 10 24 ,_ 4 ' -- I Fen • church :Street Fore Wow. oakuuta SO or from Gravesend and L0nd0n........ •• 101. ls. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Os. 10d netween Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os , sd BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5..0+.; Six Months, 31. Os. ; Three Months, 21. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board th e packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Nor. 13, 1854. 'THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY Just pubndied, price 25., illustrated with eases; free by post for 30 stamps, _ _ NERVOUS —DEBILITY, Its Causes, Symptoms. and Cnre. — An Essay e n s r : sauttorrheea, with Practical Observations on a miter and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative ?ystem, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and cratinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of every variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habitat, excesses, occident, or climate, followed by practical rema; as, toweled on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissanc, Nervous Debililze Local Weakness, Rpermatorrhxa, Sac. To Whi c h are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage. with pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on these important disorders. Cy SAMUEL LA'MFRT, M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE , LONDON, D ,tor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Ed!n. burgh, Honorary Member cf the London Hospital Medical F.tociety, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., The essential object of this treatise is to point oat the fearful con- Sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, awl excesses, nhich have proauced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature' decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is par ticularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary thatall men ohmicl know, that there are orinoiples of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-Indulgence, how these penalties may he mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any aeireo of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have unfortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant empiric& who inflict great injury on those who are . 111 -1 .1,ee t o place faith in their ihetereious. NERVOUS DEBIUTY moy be had, price Ili, of Messrs. Piper, Brothers, and Co-, 23, Paternoster--row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Horne, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or ftee by post for thirty stamps to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed ford-square. At home for coaraltation 61.1 =Olt dallyfrom Eleven till Two, and from _ _ _ FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.- E. 3fOSES and SOY have ready for inspection a new and very superior stock of Vesta for Bags and Christmas parties. These com pri— he latest int oduction, English and foreign, in fabrics of e le t aed fashiona de manufacture—ard they are made with the skill for which the firm of E. Muses and Son is everywhere cele• brated. prepared a new ktock of Juvenile Attire for Christmas ... it eemprehends every variety, is made from — E, - Ifosas at :d lin'shed by the most slillfnl and experienced the i eat and most i uitable materials, has the recommendation of being designed b d ollrv i sT s trade—it fits gracefully and easy, and is th.lon - est possib`e price. charged - holidays E. MOSES and SoN, who have ready For she ' hristmas artists and workinea in the Sze , &Pe , the style, workmanship, and gene- Wrappers, Rener.lb!e , tl inimitable , and the prices such as are for inapeetion en unna:alieled variety of Ovemats, P:detotF, Capes, ' by immense transactions. only rt.,: dered remunerative E. MOSES MOSES awl Sores, Establishment, and For chriztmas hol!clays E y provi 'ed with Hosiery its Bran-h, gene ra] excellences arc perec y and cheapness. Goods, which excel in novelty, elegance, during the Christmas boll . and shoes, &c., Hats nini Caps, Becht; elected of E Mous and Sox. days may Le most advantageously s New Orford-street, areequall Qhirt and Boot and Shoe f the most suitable Goods desar n ments present the largest Stock 0 E. Mons and Sox's Wholesale Clothing , , , E. MOSES and SON'S SPEfli A L INTOTIcE,—UntiI 'March 1,1 a .1, -5 , IT O'CLOCK EVERT ESTABLISJIMENTS will be CLOSED at EIG I (co:- th e export ..,r home trade) at the most reasonable prices. EVE NING. except Sat urd ay , w hen they will be open till II o'clock. CAUTIOIr.—E MONES and SON regret havimg to guard the public against Imposition, having learned that the nntridesMan-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment, " or "It's the same concer n ," has been resorted to in many i ns tances , and for obvious reasons, they h ""--a . to state that they have . No CONNSXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN On OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 153, and 157, Minories, S 4, 85, and 66, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, so 7, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 , and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargete, Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Auttralia, Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest r v ec ,„ t rim wh!rh no taimen)ent e•ftn be made. The Estsi.lisinnent9 are cioA.NI foam viiuset on Fzidays to Sunso on Fatorlays, when business is resioned till 11 o'clock. A new lieali for Autumn and Winter. "The Commercial Corms. topits," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure ment, Ste., Ste., may be had on appliation, or post-free. Id lien parle Francais. Qai si parla Italian°. Ilier aprieht man Deutsch Aqua sa habla Espano. ALI 111451114i0d Almanaclor 1855:10tigion application, yr post erV I NO. 19,423.] PUBLICATIONS. Tenth, Edition, with 15 Illuslrotions, lea 6d., bound, rriilE. CRESCENT AND THE CROSS, By ELIOT WARBURTON. Published for IL Colbarn, by his successors, Hurst and Bl ac k e tt 13, (areal ) llarlbbro-ugh-!treet. Now ready, at all the llooksePers, CHEAP EDITION of PEPY'S DIARY and CORRESPON ENCE, Comprising all the recent additional Notes and Emendatiom, printed uniformly with the last edition of EN elyn's Diary, in 4 vols. post Bvo., with Portres, &c., price only 6s. each, bound. Published for H. Cclburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett. NEW TALE DT MR...kiNiiWORTII. BENTLEY'S MISCE'LLANY.- The JANUARY NUMBER y. =tain the commencement THE SPENDTHRIFT. A Tale of the Last Century. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Elq. London: Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlin;ton•street. • HENRY RUSSELL, THE VOC'ALIST. Will Phortiy he pnblishen, A L MAGNIFICENT ' LITHOGRAPHIC L -. ) , PORTRAIT '2l incl:es by 20). This dtstinguished Composer may justly be entitled the " Dindin" of till see, from the many beautiful 'engs he h.s written; amongst which, may be ranked, "C -eel', Boys, Cheer," and which have chetzed many a b rave h eart in ~he Crimea. Proof cosies, 7s. 6d. Garcia and Co., Regent Ga!lery, 71, Regent-street. PICTURES IN THE COLLECTIONS CF HER. MAJESTY - THE QUEEN AND IL R. .II PRINCE ALBERT.- THE ART-JOURNAL for January; 1855,- (rAcc, convr,,ces a NEW F.RIES,,and contains .. Three Engrayin,s oe tl;.twoltem ricture,in . THE RQYAL GALLERIES, and.one from a Statue in her MajeAy's pos=ession. It also includes numeroos Wond hmr,ravings, Wu:Artifice of subjects connected with Art, Artiste, and Art-14 inufacture. IL' ITsTR ATIONS ON STEEL. The Tlorl Yacht ff Mount St. Michael, by Stanfield. The of D. yonshire and Child, by Reynolds. Sappho is Stlive by Timed.) The Liteirary Contents include:— A V: moir of Constable, with Specimens of his Paintings. tin ; 0 ly,,s n at Marlborough Hoase, illustrated. Al cut s I.lre. and Times, by F .W Fairholt, F.S.A. Werk, by Mts. Merrifield, illustrated.. Nem ne' Incir or Pictorial Art, by J. B. Pyne. I ; •fluence of Art-Marmfacture, by Prof. Hunt. Biographical ketchof the late W. H. Bartlett, &c., &c. Virtue, Hall, and Virtue, 25, Paternoster-row. Now really, mice IL lls. Gd THE ART-JOURNAL for 1854, containing Thirty five Engravines on Steel, and several Hundred Illus trations on Weod. This Volume tompletes the VERNON GALLERY SERIES, and Includes copies of Landseer's Peace end War, Maellse's Hamlet, and other gems of that Collection. The Letter-press forms an Illustrated record of. the Progress of Art and Art•Manufictare during the year. Virtue, Hall, and Virtue, 25, Paternoster-row. QUACKS UNMASKED The Third Edition.—Jost published, price Cs., by post, free, Cs. 6d. N TRUE &FALSE SPERMATORREREA, rvith the View of distirguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and C.un ming of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From - tie German of Or. PO:Kim t. With an introltretion by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " at. l'icsford le Known to English readers by his frequent practi :al contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he Informs us, that• he has addressed himself to the noa-medi aal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall lotect any ether equally tl? , ,zrant evil which it may be In his -over to cor rect."—London M edical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from the corn olaint of which it treats, we arc satisfied that many hundreds would ee saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of iess importance, though It is that which the quacks most prize— much money.-- This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhosa, and to place tho treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: IL Dallier% 219, Regent•etreet. TEETH. —By her Majesty's • Royal Letters Pa'ent.— Newl y-ilivented and Patented Application of Che mically-preNtred White In - la-rubber in the construction of Artificia Teeth, Giuns, and Palates.—Mr. EPHRAIM MOSELY, Surgeon- Dentist, 61, 3rosvenor-strert, Grosvenor-square, Solo Inventor and Patentee.—A new, original, and invaluable invention, eof - slsting In the adaptation, with the most absolute, perfection and success, of ODE !VI ICA LLY-PREPARE D WHITE 1 2 1 , 1D1 RIPIBER as a lining to the ordinary gold or bone frame. The exfraordinary results of this application may be briefly noted in a few of their most promi nent features, as the following ! All sharp edges are avoided no springs, 'wires, or fastenings are required ; a greater increased free dom of suction is supplied : a natural elasticity hitherto wholly un ..ittainai.!, and a IP, perfected with the most unerrinz accuracy, are secure 1, t..,! e from the soitness and flexibility of the agent rm- ployed, the greatest, support is given to the adjoining teeth when toose, or rendered tender by the absorption of the gums. The acids of the monh exert co agency ou the chemically-prepared White India-rubber, and as it is a non-conductor, fluids of any temperature may with thorough comfort be imbibed and retained in the mouth, all unpleasmtness of smell or taste being at the same time wholly provided against by the peculiar nature of its preparation. To be obtained only at 61, Grosvenor-street, London; 22, Gay-street, Bath ; 34, Grainger .street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. DR. CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. MO, on Urinary Derangements, Comtipation, and Hsamorrholds, Is. • each, by post Is SM. WHAT .TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentia multi curantur morbi " A popular exposition of the principal causes (over 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 fall Instructions for the regimen and observance of every hour out of the twenty-four. illustrated by numerous cases, &c. 2. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that hath no wif, I hold him lost, Ilelplest, and all deaolat. 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—Mnritql Incmgrulties—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of inter marriage—Theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Le4ltimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas similablo Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &c. • 21. CHASTITY ND 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. Tho casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. 4. :On Secret Diseases, their Self-ma nagemen t an d C ure . The GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of genito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrho3a ; with 250 en gravings and prescriptions. The BLADDER, URETHRA, ant RECTUM.—Comprising Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and llmmorrhoids. Vols 6 and 7, companions to the preceding. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. "Juconde Vivere." "Few words to fair faith."—Shakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or of DP; RICHARD CULVERWELL, Brother, Succe3sor, and Twenty Years Ginrulting Colleague of the late -Author of the above, 10, Argyll-nlace, 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. , . .. • • . . , . . .•-' . / • ~.. _. .... . . ______,,......... . Pik ' MOW . l 9 4 , rl v 1G .... 1 / 4 .4e, " . ,I , ' • ~.., .N s . , • iii ' . 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This 'person, however, brings intelligence of the very brutal murder of a French officer on his. way from Erzeroutu to Trebizond. M. Bellot, the victim of this sad occurrence, and whom I knew well at Kars, was an instructor of cavahy, with the rank of colonel, and had done more than any ocher officer in the place to im prove this branch of the service. At the battle of iiuraedere his personal bravery was conspicuous over that of every European who fought on the Turkish side, and I need not say had no equal amongst the Turks themselves. With his own hand he shot and cut Moan no less than five Russian Cossacks and dragoons, and brought in their arms as trophies to the i‘lushir, telling that worthy, as he presented them, that his zany and himself deservel what the Russians had given them, and that, for his own part, be would never again draw his sword on behalf of such -cocraricig. - r this from an eye-witness. In fulfilment of this resolution he soon after left Kars, and. after a stay of some time at EfZ9- roum, was proceeding to Trcbizond, accompanied by a native servant, when they were attached by a stray party of Bashi-bazoules. The servant, of course fled, but not, before Bellot ha'l shot one and cut down another of his assailants. Some hours after the Turkish govern ment tatar, on his way to Erz.!reurn, came to the spot, and found the brave feilew literally Lacked to pieces With :pear and sabre wounds, and the two dead Bashi-bazouls lying near him. When the news of this brutal murder reached Erzeroum, the Pacha„ despatched a body of Zaptiehs to pursue the perpetrators and bring in poor Bellot's remains. The ; had not returned when my informant left for Persia. j One's indignation rises to boiling point at the news of so brave a man dying a dog's death at the hanthe of such cowards. Grapeshot is the only treatment for such a cut-throat riff-raft' as the whole tribe have shown themselves to be, both at Kars and on the Danube. / ~L~~~ visit enabled me to learn about the Daghestanee chief, and the feasibility of any attempt to reach him at present. Capfain Brock's experince , ,.:m the coas t o f 31i ngre lia has proved the impra,3ticabiuty of opening a communi cation with him from that quarter ; and I have myself found that by way both of Till Kars and P ers i a t h e ob stacles arc equally great. war is ca rr i e d i nto Georgia in spring, therefore, tie. public must still be dependent for news of the Circasaian leader on the same uncertain charnels through which we have hitherto heard of. his movements, taking the reports for wh a t they are worth, and that I Cali testify is m many cases not much. Till then, however, more trustworthy infor mation is not to be had. OCT. 14. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENYNG, DECEMBER 26, 1854. oND 0 N JOINT STOCK BANK; 21 ST. DECUIE ER, 1854. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY w.ll be held in the Board Room of the Bank, in Princes-street, Mansion House, on THURSDAY, the 18th dap of January next, at Twelve o'clock precisely, to receive , thd Report of the Directors, and to elect Four Directors in the place of Philip Flower, ,Esq. • Geo:•ge Holgate Foster, Esq.; George Meek, , Ecq.; and George Topler, Esq., who will on that day go '414 of office, in conformity with the provi4 siona of the Deed of Settlement, all of whom offer theme - elves for re-election. Notice Is also given. that the Trrnsfer Books of the Bank will be Closed on Saturday, the 30th instant, and remain so until Friday, the 19th January next. By order of the Botrd. F. BEWETT, Secretary. THE GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1837. Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. 62, King Wiliiam•street, London. Capital, 1,000,0001. DIRECTORS. George Bougfleld, Esq. ' 141111 am Hunter, Esq., Alierman. T. Chail►s, F.,...A , Alderman, M.P. lames Pilhington. Esq., M.P. Ja2ob Geo. Cope, Esq. Thomas Piper, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. I Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. John T. Fletch 3r, Esq. The Right lion. Chas. P. VialerP, Chas. Hindley, Esq., M.P. M.P. Edward lYilson, Esq. The CHRISTMAS Fire Renewal Receipts are now ready, and may be had on application at the Ileall-oftice of the Company, or of any of its agents lirtmghout the country. ' In the LIFS DEPAR CMENT FOUR-FIE rils of the PROFITS divisible by the Company's Peed of Settlement, all•iwed to Assurers; and the Company transacts all business relating to Life Assurances, Deferred Annuities, or Family Endowments. on the most liberal terms consistent with sound principles and public security. - No charge for Stamps on Life Assurance Policies. LOANS granted on personal security, and the deposit of a Life Policy to be effected by the borrower. To all Agents, &netters, Auctioneers, and Surveyors, a liberal allowance is made. By order of th , ) Di' ctorl 1 fIO:U.IS ritun, secretary. PROSPECTUS OF THE INVERNESS AND KLGIN JUNCTION RAILWAY. [FROM NAIRN TO FORRES AND ELGIN- - FORMING A. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INVERNESS AND ELGIN IN CONTINUATION OP THE INVERNEiS AND NAIRN RA.LLWAY-}PITH A BRANCH TJ F./NI:01101LN.] CAPITAL, In Sharps of £lO each. "Deposit £1 103. per Share., CHAIRMAN. The Right Honourable the Earl of Sealeld. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN. Captain William rroser-Tytler of Allottle and Burdsyards. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Robert Anderson farmer, Maisie Klldrummie T. P. [l. Biscoe, of Newton The Hon. Thomas C. 'truce, Commissioner for the Earl of Seafleld Richard Bntler, farmer, Chapeltown, of Burdsya Angu' Came' on, of Firhail John Chi-hohn, merch.int, Inverness John Cruickshank, Cloc, s Thomas Davidson. hanker, Forres Alexander G. DaVs, late of Shanghai, Inverness Alexander Dallas, Commissioner for John G. Golan, of Gollanfleld John Dougal, of t,lenferness Henry J. Brodie Dunn, of Milton-Brodie W. S. Ferguson, Elkin Colonel Alexander Findlay, of MI lbank George Alexander Forteath, of Newton Robert Fraser, Brackla William Geddes, of Laurel Bank, Elgin Captain James Gordon, of Ivybank James Gordon, merchant Inverness The Hon. Lewis Alexander Grant, of Grant Robert Grant, of Kiner - rth John Or mt, of Glen-Grant Alexander A. Gregory, merchant, Inverness Alex order Mackintosh, of Mackintosh Enett.s William Mackintosh, of Ralgmore, Deputy-Chairman of the Inverness and Nairn Railway Company Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Inglis. of KiogsreilL9 Lachlan Kenne4y, merchant, Nairn John Kynoch, Provost of Forres Neil Maclean, Factor on the Estates of Kilravock and Cantray John Maclennan, corn merchant, Beauly Cluny Macpherson, Chairman of the Inverness and Nairn Railway Company D. D. Manson, M.D., Spynie John Mitchell, We - itcr Alves, Factor for Seaforth Bailie Riach,. Forres Al.xander I. Robertson, of Aultnaskiah David Rose, of Vieumont, corn-merch ant, Inverness Adam Sharp, merchant, Rothes Alexander Smyth, of Balnageith James Stephen, of Brueeland, M.D., Elgin William Stephen, Inehbroom Major Donald Stuart, late 46th Regiment Charles Stewart, solicitor, Inverness , James Sutherland. Provost of Inverness Eric Sutherland, Shem2ston, Factor for Sir Win. Gordon Cumming of Altyre, Bart. Alexander Thurburn, of Drumdiran Henry Wm. White, of Manor and Lentran James Wilson, solicitor and bank-agent, Inverness ENGINEER. • John Mitchell, F.R.S.E. CONSULTING ENGINEERS. gosoph Locke, Esq., M.P. 1 E. J. Errington, Esq., C. E. BANKERS. The Caledonian Banking Company, Inverness, and its Branches Messrs. Barclay,,Bevon, Tritton, and Co., London The Union Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, and Glasgow Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Liverpool and Manchester SOLICITORS. Messrs. G. P. Anderson, Inverness Mr. Adam Davidson. Nairn . . Mr.' WlElam Selanders, Forms 31r. no , ert Urquhart, ditto Mr. John D. Davidson, ditto • Mr. George Leslie, Elgin P IELIAMENTARY AGENT. Theodore Martin, Esq., 10, New Palace Yard, Westminster. Messrs. G. and P. Anderson, Inverness, Interim Secretaries. The present time seems to be peculiarly satiable for the establish • ment of the proposed Lin • of Railway. The works upon the Inver ness and Nairn line have been commenced, and the contractors un dertake that the line shall be open for traffic by the let of August next. On the other hand, the chain of Railway communication on the south is complete as far as the town of flually, and measures are understood to be in progress for extending the line northward Lorn fluntly. • In these circumstances, it has been thought desirable to apply to Parliament, in.the ensuing session, for the incorporation of a Com pany for mating a Railway from Nairn to Elgin, which shall com plete the communication between Inverness and Elgin. The com pany will thus be in a position to commence the necessary works next summer, and thereby, with the least possible delay, to place the fair and ancient province of Moray on such a footing, with regard to Railway communication, 'that the laying down of an ironway throughoet its whole extent, from the Beauly to the Spey, and un interrupted connection with the Southern markets mutt immediately follow. With this view, applications have been made to all the principal proprietors along the line, who have, without exception, declared themselves favourable to the enterprise, and ready to afford facilities for its construction. The Titans have been finished, minute e•timates of the c'st have been made, and the line has been gone over and exarrined by contractors of the highest respectability; and the pro moters le rre no doubt that the works will be endertaken by them for a sum which, together with the purchase of land, rolling stock, Preliminary metes's, and all other charges necessary for the com pletion of the undertaking, will certaUly not exceed 200,0001., or 8,0001. a mile, inclu ling bridges over the Nairn, Findhorn, and Lossie. For this sum Vas Company will be in possession of a single line of railway—double wherever this is necessary for its efficient working—and with bridges built and land purchased for a double line. And the promoters are is a position to state, that the contrac tors with whom they have been in comma , 'cation will be prepared to take payment of one-third of the oost of the works in stock. The Engineering Works —from the level nature of the country, and the light gravelly soil over which the line for the most part passes—are of a simple character, and are certain to be completed within the specified time. Besides the large lofted traffic arising from the line passing through the centre of the richly cultivated and populous comity of %foray. this Railway, when connected with the Great North of Scotland Railway, now in progress of extension, will form part of the great through communication from Inverness by Aberdeen to the south. From the character of the country the line can never be exposed to railway competition. Through the Levelness and Nairn Railway—with the directors of which the promoters of this undertaking are in cordial ce-operation —the line will be enabled to communicate with the Caledantan Canal at Inverness, and thereby to establish a connection with the large and rapidly-increasing traffic Sowing along that great artery of com ma tdcatien to and from the counties of Banff, Moray, and Nairn. At its other extremity, tke line will communicate with the Elgin and Lossiemoilth Railway, and the pert of Lossiemouth. Besides these, the Railway will receive the traffic of the several ports of Nairn, Findhorn, and 'forehead. Careful observations of the traffic, made in 1845, with a view to a Railway from Inverness to E'en, showing a local revenue amply sufficient to yield a liberal return upon a railway of a much more expensive nature. Since that period, however, the wealth and traffic of the district have been materially augmented, and are still rap T i a d k l n t e h r e a as n . basis of the observations of 1545, the result will be as follows :--- E4lmated amount of local revenue ... 421,000 0 0 Deduct 40 per cent. for working expenses 8,400 0 0 Z 12,600 0 0 Of interest on 50,0001, borrowed Leaving.• . For division, on a called-up capital of 150,0001., or a dividend of 7 per cent. immediately after the opening of the line, with the cer tainty of a large eventual increase. The undertaking, thereto-e, eresents these v•eculiar advantages:- 1. It will be compiet-d and opened for working In two years from the passing of the act. 2. It will cost only 8.000/. a mile, for a single line, while the average co•.t of railways in Scotland, with a double line o; rails, has been 30,0001. a mile. 3. While the average return per mile per annum,in Scotland, has been 2,0001., a sum of only 8501. per mile per annum, on this line, will yield a dividend of 7 per cent. 4. The line, from its situation, secures in perpetuity the whole through railway traffic passng northward of Elgin from • Aberdeen, and passing eastward of Nairn from the Western and Northern II ighlan s. b. Tee line will be worked in convection with the Inverness and Nairn Railway, under efficient Parliamentary powers, 'whereby the facilities of transit will be on the one hand gre stiy increased, while on the other hand the working ex. penses will be greatly economised. 6.' Lines of this character, constructed at a moderate cost, in the north of Scotland, have proved highly remunerative, as in stanced in the Loi...siemouth and Deeside Railways, recently opened—both of which have returned dividends of 5 per 'cent. on the 'first year's traffic. 7. The promoters are justified in stating that payment of one third of the cost of the works will be taken in stock, as a guarantee for the due completion of the undertaking, and in evidence of the conviction of its soundness as a commer cial enterprise. Applications for Shares to be made, in the form annexed, to Messrs G. and P. Anderson, solicitors, Inverness; Messrs Grant and Leslie, solicitors, Elgin ; Mr Adam Davidson, town-clerk, Nairn - Mr Robert Urcpthart, banker, and Mr William Sclanders, and Mr John D. Davidson, solicitors, Forres ; Messrs. James Black and Co., sharehr , kers, Aberdeen ; Mr John Maciver, banker, Dingwall ; Mr J. S. Taylor, sheriff-clerk, Cromarty ; Mr John Grant, writer, Taira ; Mr William Miller, town-clerk, Wick ; Mr William Fleming, banker, Grantown ; Mr Donald Mscr .e, writer, Kingusste ; Mr Pa trick Duncan, sharebroker, 1, Kirkgate. Perth ; Mr James Black wood, sharebroker. I3anover-street, Edinburgh; Mr James Wat son, sharebroker, 32, St• Vincent-place, Glasgow; Messrs Drewry and Richardson, sharebrokers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs 11. Watson and Co., sharebrokers, Yorks Messrs henry Davis and Co., Sharebmkers, 5, Dale-street, Liverpool ; Messrs Johnstone and Wal ker, sharebrokers, St. Ann's Church-yard, and Messrs 11ayland, Son, and Co., sharebrokers, Exchange-chambers, Bank-street, Man chester; and Messrs Foster and Braithwaite, 65, Old Broad-street, London. FORM OF APPLICATION. To tho Provisional Committee of the Railway . Inverness and Elgin Junction übseribers' Agree to Pay the deposit Gentlemen, —I request that you will allot me Shares, of 101. each, in this undertaking, and I agree to accept the same, or l a i n e r d n s i u gn m b th e r e t p h ar a l i n a l m a y e n b ta e r a y l 1 c o t o t n e t d r a t c o t % ment, when required. taleyrelomaa, I am, Gentlene 1, You obedient Servant, _ Signature.- •• • •••.. •• •• •• •. ea Full Christian and Surname ..... ........ Profession Address PAtilituottt...l4lllmlollll•o4l"",. STATE OF THE...ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. (From tire Times.) We believe we have fallen,into considerable disgrace among well fed g e ntl emen, in well-warmed houses and well-aired beds, f en t a ki ng up vying they are pleased to call a croaking" tone about the state of affairs in the East. We oug'st to have confined ourselves just now, at all events, to transmitti p g t h e coma li ments o f th e season to the Allies in the Crimea and their anxious friends at home. Indeed, if the war can be conducted anywhere exactly as one pleases, it melt be on-paper. Here, at least, there need he no fury of the winds or in clemency of the skies, no " charm of mild," no midnight orenorning surprises. If the placid, well-favoured army of writers, compositors, and printers are.good for any thing, they can at least make it all pleaeant, and "cook" up a Christmas carol, even out of such materials as the letters of our correspondent s in the Crimea. That is the feeling in high quarto:B, and we cannot be surprised ' that gentlemen wile are now scattered to the four quar ters of the social and political horizon making a merry Christmas of their own, should .wish Sebastopol to be made safe till the end of the holydays. Very well, we will do what'we cati, though it certainly does ferce itself on our recollection that the most terrible disaster-that has fallen upon the British arras during the present generation happened just at this time of the year. It was in a merry Christmas that la large British force dis apsfpuerrieru. ed s inTeueahluea, and l. st ß utle p t er t h hi a a p t s al t e he alone. To , the task i) do is to represent faithfully the expectations stiilvechcearn ished, and just now rather revived. Our official people say that matters have certainly seep their Worst. The mortality has hem frightful, bat the rain is over ; there will now be at , spell of fine open weather ; mate rials for " hutting' must be weer errivirig e every day, end other supplieeeire abant-laece.. Teseee-easFeenveseeeeee.. - fore Sebastopol—so we are assured at home, though we do not find it in our let ers-45,000 French and 25,000 British troops. These are sufficient for the rightvriri various usp flank,u rp m o s a e u s n o i n f g p a r i t e t c h t e i D a s e a l a a u k i l t a , v w a, h g i c u h a r m d n y g t a o k u e r trenches and batteries, and in p l e l a a v c n g 10, a 0 n 0 y 0 for ail assault, if on l y t o pu t au earl to their o en misery. dtsoysp:ereplfsoarset.h Tee whole army is eager e The Allies are only waiting till th e E nglish have mounted the new guns and mortars of large calibielately arrived. This operation has hitherto beer; impeded by the unfor tunate circumstance that, ever since the Battle of Bala klava, •Liprandi's corps has held possession of the best road, or rather the only regularly made - road, from Bala klava to Sebastopol ; and we have been obliged to drag our cannon and everything else as well as we could up the steep face of the bill from Balaklava towards the French position, and that through mud instead of along a high road. It is this thai has killed nearly all our horses and a great number of men, brought our army to half-rations, prevented supplies of all kinds from reach ing our camp, and, in feet, prolonged the siege to the middle of the winter. Happily, however, the retreat of Liprandi has left the regular road open, and doubtless the British army has profited by the opportunity to bring up its heavy pieces to the newly-constructed bat teries. No impediment is ,now seen in the way of an assault; and in " well-informed circles" there prevails a confident expectation that ere this an assault has actu ally taken place, and that it is more than possible the city is now in our hands. We only wish the it may be so. Dreadful as it must be to relied on the possibility of 70,000 British and French soldiers and some 30,000 Turks suddenly let loose upon a city that has so long defied their efforts, and for the possession of which they have gone through so m u c h suffering, yet lee must desire it as the choice of evils. We desire it index], and it is but natural we should desire, at any sacrifice, the cessation of a state of things which costs us every week as much death and sickness as a pitched battle, without the glory, and, still more, without any result. Nevertheless, we are obliged to confess' that we have little expectation that - any such event has happened, or is likely to happen .at present. We bear in mind the unpleasant fact that Sebastopol is very • Much stronger than it was when the allies first found themselves before it. .It is better fortified, better garrisoned, and, for aught we know, quite as wel provisioned. The new works thrown up for the protection of the town - on every side exeite. the astonishment of the besiegers, not merely for their extent,- their scale, and their complete ness, but for the fastidious neatness with which they have been - executed. They indicate an abundance of hands, and a zeal for the work presenting a strange cone trast to the operations of our own _over-woiked. army. From the first day of the siege it has always been thought quite possible to take the place by assault, at a certain large sacrifice of men ; and the question is whe ther the generals who did not feel themselves equal to the responsibility of such a step in, September should have got over their scruples nom, when the odds are evi dently so much morg r against us. In fact, the price of c. the oapture rises like' that of the Sybiyino books, and Lord m Raglan,us must make a if up fh ese h o i u s ld m e i v n e d r tsee followtbe Sebas topol,ntshiedeex,tipleof the King of Rome, and gi ve th ree ti mes as many men for the city now as he would have had to pay at first. For our part, there is hardly Lary present cost that we should think too great fur it now. Were the immediate capture of the place to cost the 'allies 10,000 men in killed and wounded, we aro persuaded that three months more of such work as we have had would cost as many , more and leave the work still to be done. Done, how ever, it must be, unless we would make ourselves the laughing-stock. of the world, and enable Russia to say that we had (lone our worst, and that she feared us no longer. Since, however, we have given publicity to these con fident expectations, we will add a word of another purport. Should these expectations be utterly disap pointed ; should the army of the Allies dwindle down from 70,000 to the old dead level of 45,000 men ; and should the Generals still think it necessary to wait for inforoements, then we must say that.the disappointed public will require rather imperatively that the army be reinforced, not only with fresh sinew and bone, but also with new heart and mind. It is head—head— head that is wanted, as well tV3 the limbs of the rude helpless soldier. What is the ties of sending regiments perpetually onwards to the seat of war, to perish by scores from the very day of their arrival, if we do not send out men who can take care of them t The regi ments a dvanced from Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu, and even the 50 stron g , healthy policemen, sent from this metropolis sicken and die, where they have to live, to shiunmeeanthferawmeerkvvah work, to walk, to sit, to eat and drink and sleep, in wet clothes and wet boots, under wet tents, on the wet ground, in watery trenches, under rainy skies. The as not s doubled.,me d for the this food sort hee of half rations, and the tents been blown away, the n pest has stalked triumphant throughout the camp. r w ecl o u rk c ' ed an t d o What, too, can bs the use of sending for more of the unfortunate Turks when they bring no food with them, are dependent on a very short allowance of biscuit from the British st ores, and like I r i s h labourers on fourpence a day, do nothing for nothing It is head that has been wanted throughout. There is no denying it. A plain proof is found in the fact that nothing has hap pened in the Siege that was not known beforehand, and that could not have been provided for. This was not the case of a fortress or a position in the interior, some hundreds of miles from the coast, attacked after a lo ng and destruCtive march, presenting unexpected obstacles, to be encountered by ' an army diminished beyond computation. This was a fortress on the sea, which we call our own, filled with our sm.* e within 48 hours' sail of friendly shores and cities, the besieging army being all the time within sight, and even within sound of the surge. There was nothing whatever that could not' have been pro vided against. We knew the size and wide-spread posi tion of Sebastopol. The very maps hanging up on our walls are from plans that existed in this country long ' before the siege began. We knew that the siege might be protracted into the heart of winter, and that the lat ter months of the year would be rainy and stormy. We knew that soldiers would infallibly peiish without suffi cient food, clothing, and covering over their heads. We knew the sort of distances and roads we should have to traverse in the event of our having to establish on.- selves outside the walls. We knew perfectly well the nature of the soil round Seba9topol, and that, while we were hammering in vain at the exterior defences, it would be in the power of the Russians to construct an inner . line. We knew that whatever could be dnne would be done. Yet we had foreseen nothing ; and, possessing the most ingenious, as well as the richest people in the world, we have really shown no more !skill or artifice in the siege of Sebastopol than our•an cesters would have done 2,000 years ago. All this time we are surpassed by everybody, and only boast a sorry superiority over the Turks, whom accordingly w e abuse very freely. The French surpass us in their roads, in their port, in their huts, in their food and clothing, in their hospitals, in everything, and are beginning to look on our helplessness much as we look on that of our bar barous allies. The Russians surpass all three—French, British, and - Turks—in everything, except in mere phy sical strength and courage. There we come off the best. Yet how disgraceful that England, so wealthy, so me chanical, and with such infinity of resoiarcee,should, after all, depend on the rawest material of war—the British soldier—and should be reduced to throw him away by wholesale in order to make up for our want of military science, not to say common sense! That has been the case hitherto, though we cannot think that it will last much longer. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH STAPFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.—On Saturday• another accident, by which one man lost his life, occurred at the Walsall station of the South Staffordshire Railway. About one o'clock a goods train arrived from Barton-upon-Trent, and had to wait the departure of a passenger train before entering the station. Whilst remaining on the main line in the cutting another double goods train, heavily laden, and drawn by two engines, came up on the same side, and dashed into the luggage train with great violence, smash ing eight or nine of the waggons, and almost totally de stroying one of the engines. A breaksman on the train, named Strett'on, was severely injured, and died on Sun day morning. Very fortunately, a passenger train from Burton, which was due at the time, did not arrive, or in all probability a frightful catastrophe would have been the consequence. The loss of property by the destruc tion of the engine and waggons must be eery consider able. THE FRONTIER: OF' TURKEY AND PERSIA. 011005HAII, Oct. 13.-4 have just retwned from visit ing a Kurdish notability of .a.,,iflicient local rank and importance to merit a brif.f mention in your celuiuns— an individual, whoie _brother, up till his death some 18 months ago, was one . of the :nest, infleentiat friends of, and in constant coin;nunication with, Eehanayl. . The residende of .Sheikh Baieh, the individual in question, is at Thardasoor, a Kurdish- village, distant front this- a few days' jeurney into t!(i ineuntaii:s ; and thinking. it probable that he might be able to give me some fuller and more authentic ,infirrniation about • the Daglies tanee chief than - usuany - rea-Ales Europe, I resolved - to see him in person, and glean what I could. His brother, Sheikh Thhar, had while he Lind been the most influential and revered "ecclesiastic" throughout the-whole of Kurdistan : the most savage of the chief, who acknowledged no secular' sovereign; submitted to his guidance, and their people made pilgrimages, to him as' a second prophet. Holding and teaching the same sufee doctrine s o f w hi c h S c h am yl h as become' the great exponent and • high .priest, he was—asj have remarked—one of the most intimate friends of the Imauna ; and, next to him, was considered the greatest of the M thommedan "New Lights." At his death, about a y&r and a half ago, he was succeeded. by his brother Sheikh Said), also a True Believer of great . sanctity, - and a zealous disciple of the " reformed" faith. In proper course,` his son should have inherited the sacred office and itis dignity ; but as a Kurd ex preSsefl it to me, "Sheikh Abdullab (so the young man is called) is fonder Of horses and fighting than of his prayers," and has, consequently, ti o reputation or n fluence .as a holy man—whatever lie may enjoy as- a warrior. .;,. eh ;therefore, rather than to his nephew, I resolved to go.' Burdasoor lies at' the base of what may be censidered the first of the Kurdistan chain of mountains, which stretch seuilewest from the plain of Oroomiah to the neighbourhood of Mosul, and north wards into Armenia, From the plain the road winds along the' anks of a rapid mouetain torrent, through a long and tortuous ravine. The mountain slopes en either silo arc covered with the flocks of the tribe now in tem pernry occupation of the district, and clusters of black tents everywhere abound in the neighbourhood of the richest grazing grounds. As I rode past several of these cenvae hamlets with the gentleman who was to act as my Kurdish interpreter, we had occasion to ob serve what I had previously noticed elsewhere, that the pleysNue of the Kurdish women is, as a rule, much inferior to that of the men, In saying that in appear ance one of them closely resembles a very ugly and very dirty English gipsy, I describe pretty accurately the ex tent of their claims to admiration. The men, on the other hand—whatever may be their rascality—are as fine a race physically as an eastern traveller often sees ; the Persians, indeed excepted, I have myself seen none finer. Kurdistan, however, though rich in this human materiel, is not to be recommended to ethnologists as a field for study ; enthusiastic Pritchards and Latharns might be interrupted in their scientific researches by certain prac tical freaks of their "subjects" which would summarily put an end to their pursuit of knowledge under diffi culties, and to themselves at the same time. Before reaching the village wo sent on a servant to apprise the chief of our coming ' • as it would not have been commcil font to have gone direct and without in vitation to the house of the Sheikh. Unlike the under ground villages of Armenia, Burdasoor is mostly cern posed of substantial stone houses entirely above ground, and laid out with a degree of regularity creditahle on the whole to the builders' notions of convenience and comfort. Passing through groups of idle gazers — mostly women and children--we ascended the steep cliff, on the overhanging summit of which is perched the castle or fort, occupied by Mellinend Khan, the chief. At the tap see were met by this individual--a youth of eineteen —and his uncle, Schamyl Beg, who was as floe a specimen of a wild mountain chief as I have se,a ; of lofty stature and ad mirable symmetry of bui d, li streak me as being the very ideal of a Kurdish it )1, Rey. The young Khan led the way into the castle —now in a half ruinous state —and, with rather a sheepish effete to do the hospitable, assured us that "his house and ell in it were our own." The inevitable pipes and coffee disposed of, Schamyl Beg relieved his nepheev by starting a' lively conversa tion in Turkish on the war. the U evernor of Oroomiah (with whom the tribe is new at loggerheads) and Sultan Beg. This last is the chief of a neighbouring and hostile tribe, between whom and the Kurds of Burdasoor a violent and bloody feud has existed for several years. Unfortunately, my companion mentioned that I had received a letter from Sultan Beg, promising me a safe conduct and a guard over whatever part of the moun tains I should need to pass. This seemed to imply that I was on terms of friendship with his enemy, and it was not till I had explained the extent of my acquaint ance with hirli that the fiery Scharnyl became disposed to enter into "relations." Soon after sunset dinner was brought in ; but it would not have tempted an epienre, consisting merely of bread, sour milk, and dishes of bad pilau, finterspereed with pieces of meat, much in the same proportion as raisins it a school plem-pudding. After dinner the conversation was re sumed, and we were then entertained with an account of the famous Nur-Ulleh Beg's stay at Burdasoor. When driven from his stronghold at Julamerik by the Turks, this powerful chief; the murderer of the unfortu nate German traveller at Schulz, and the ally of Beder Khan Beg ie his massacre of the Nestorians, took refuge in the strong castle of our host's father, and we were now shown some Persian writi ng w hi c h he had left in scribed on the wall as a memento of his visit. As Bur dasoor is in Persian territory, the Turks demanded his extradition from the Shah's Government, and a party of troops was accordingly sent from Oroomiah to effect his capture for that purpose. Achmet Khan, however, was not the man to surrender so distinguished a guest with out a struggle ; a body of Kurds, under his brother Schamyl Beg, was therefore despatched to meet the Per sians at the entrance to the ravine ; a fight followed, and more than 30 of the former were killed and the re mainder driven back to the city. Schamyl Beg boasted to us that he had slain four of the Shah's men with his own hand ; since then he had been "on his keeping," and did not venture to make his appearance in the plain. A still stronger force, however, being soon after sent in pursuit of him, the Hakkiari chief was compelled to seek shelter elsewhere ; and after having been driven from rock to rock like a patridge was at last taken by the Turks and exiled, in company with Beder Khan Beg, to Caadia, where they now are. This subject and its allied episodes supplied matter for conversation till bed-time, when I discovered that the small. and not over clean apartment we had hitherto occupied was to be the sleeping place of the whole com pany, with the exception of the young Khan, who retired to probably more sgreeable quarters. ior the nine who remained, including a mollah and two unwelcome visitors from the governor of Oroomiah, we had a room of about 11 feet by 13 ; and as this was likely to be a tight fit, I measured off space to suit my own propor tions, allowing a fair margin for turning and kicking room. By this timely provision, and an ominous dis play of a pair of heavy jeck-b mte, I succeeded in ob taining from the mallet), who flanked on the left, a toler ably wide berth ; and bringing down my spurred heel with a thump that made his reverence start, turned over on the mattress, and hied to sh•ep. As I more than half expected, however, the effort was useless. Through jack boots and everything else the teeming population of the coverlet penetrated, torturing me with their vampire fangs in a manner which would have kept even the fat boy in " Pickwick" from bobbing an eye. I had passed through a pretty severe noviciate of flea endurance, but these of Burlaenor fairly put to shame the most lively specimens 1 hail suffered from as yet. Sleep, therefore, being out ot the question, I made my self some compensation by aihni aistering an occasional awakener to the snoring mollah, and so managed to while away the time till daylight. After the Sheikh had performed his sunrise prayers we were told he would see us ; so, accompanied by our host, our host's uncle, and some others, we descended from the castle to his house. To enhance his own im portance, however, the old heathen kept us waiting the greater part of an hour, but had the civility to treat us to a very passable breakfast of fruit, honey, and yaourt in the meantime. He then made his appearance, dres sed in a flowing robe of blue cloth, which hung loosely over an under garment of some white fabric, which again was enveloped round the waist in the ample folds of a good Persian shawl. But even this comparative rich ness of rig, with the addition of a rabbinical beard and a ponderous white hat, which completely buried his fore head, could not redeem a strikingly mean and stupid ex pression of features. As we had not come, however, to study physiognomy, after the usual hyperbolical welcomes and compliments, which neither party meant, my friend introduced the object of our visit, judiciously enlarging, by way of introduction, on the great fame of Sheikh Tabar in England. But this imaginative tribute, though it evidently gave great satisfaction, in n o way l esse ned the old man's caution—and it was not till I had given him very sufficient proof of my trustworthiness, that he consented to answer a single question. He then spoke freely of his late brother's intimacy and frequency of communication with Schamyl—whom, I observed, both the Sheikh and the others present invariably spoke of as Schamyl Shah—but said that since his death last year only one letter had been received, owing to the greatly increased difficulties of passing through Georgia and over the frontier since the breaking out of the war. In Sheikh Tahar's time the communication had invari ably been carried on through Lesghian messengers, who knew the country and spoke the local dialects. They came from Schamyl, and carried back the Sheikh's let ters to Daghestan. Since last autumn, however, n• communication of any kind had been received, owing, as the Sheikh supposed, to the cause I have mentioned. In reply to my inquiry, if he thought an attempt to reach Daghestan from Persia might be successful, ho said that unless the individual making it were thoroughly familiar with the interjecent parts of Georgia, and spoke either Georgian or Armenian like a native, his seizure would be certain. He had strong hopes, however, of receiving news during the winter ; and if so, ho promised to de tain the messenger till he communicated with myself. Seeing my interest in the "Shah," he also engaged to procure me one of his autograph letters to Sheikh Ta bor, and to forward it to me through my friend at Oroomiah. 4 00 much or rather %OA X regret W ;ay, JAM thiii GRAND CEREMONIAL AT ROME. ROME, Dec. 13.—1 n this most insouciant of cities the postal authorities think nothing of shutting up the poet-office on extraordinary occasions, without so much as putting a notice in the official paper the day before. I fear that my letter of tho 10th, containing a description of Vie Pope's proceedings in St. Peter's on the Bth may thus have been delayed by the absence of the whole post office staff on the morning when the sea-mail is usually made up. They were doubtless attending the grand ceio nony of the consecration of St. Paul's extra mums, within. I aceordingly followed them, and found that the Pope, with 49 Cardinals, and 140 Archbishops and Bishops, was still inside the church, engaged in the mysterious formula of consecrating the various altars, with the customary and somewhat Pagan rites of fire, water, oil, salt, ashes, &c. His Holiness had chosen for his immediate assistants in these ceremonies Carchs nals Falconieri, Archbishop of Ravenna ; Sterckz, Archbishop of Malines ; De Donald, Archbishop of Lyons ; Schwarzenberg, Archbishop of Prague ; Di Cavalho, Patriarch of Lisbon ; Bonel-y-Orbe, Arch bishop of Toledo ; Mathieu, Archbishop of Besancon ; Gousset, Archbishop of Rheims ; Wiseman, Archbishop of Westminster ; and Scitowsky, Primate of Hungary. Cardinal Wiseman with two others walked processionally round the outside walls of the church sprinkling them with holy water and reciting the prescribed invocations, whilst his Holiness, seated on a throne prepared for him in the portico, read a homily expressive of his own and the general exultation at the consecration of so magnificent a temple. Never does Pio None appear to be so thoroughly happy as when in the midst of these grand ecclesiastical performances, and had he been fortunate enough to have lived in the earlier ages of the church, before the weight of temporal cares had turned the occupants of St. Peter's chair from thuZsincere contemplation of religious sub- ' jests, his devotional zeal and benevolent character would certainly have procured him the reputation of being a saint. The public, not being admitted to the church during the consecration, waited outside with exemplary patience from eight in the morning until noon, when the doors were thrown open, and his Holiness, surrounded by the' Sacred College, prelacy and corps diplomatique, appeared in the transept, whilst a bishop, attended by a detach. ment of Swiss guards, -stood in the act of adoration be fore each of the temporary chapels erected along the aisles. The Cardinal Archbishop of Naples wound up the ceremonies by saying mass before the court, after which the Pope headed the procession out of the church, and the scarlet and gold equipages got once more under weigh for the city, followed through the rain by crowds of wet and weary sight-seers. It is expected that the greater part of the foreign pro'ates will leave Rome almost immediately, in order to be at their respective dioceses bee Christmas. On the morning following/the great ceremony at St. Peter's, the 9th inst., his Holiness held a consistory at the Vatican, which was attended by the cardinals, arch bishops, and bishops, who had come to Rome purposely to assist at the solemnity of the immaculate conception. Pio Nono harangued the assembled prelates, thanking them for the readiness they had displayed in repairing to the chair of Sr. Peter, and exhorting them to fulfil zealously the duties of their pastoral ministry. Cardinal de Donald, Archbishop of Lyons, replied, in the name of his venerable brethren, that the whole epis copacy revered the oracles o! the " holy father," and that every individual would endeavour to the utmost to fulfil his holy wishes. Finally, his Holiness ordered every cardinal, arch bishop, and bishop to be presented with a picture of the conception, and a medal of Australian gold, bearing on the obverse the figure of the Virgin, and on the reverse the following inscription :—" Deiparae Virgini sine labe conceptm Pius IX. Pont. Max. ex euri Australim primitiis sibi oblatis cudi jussit VI. Id. Dec. MDCCCLIV." A body of academicians, distinguished by the title of the Immaculate Conception, hold a solemn meeting on the 11th inst. in the church of the Holy Apostles, to commemorate the Pope's decision on that knotty point of doctrine. Dissertations, odes, and sonnets were read or recited in all the languages of Europe, and the polyglot entertai nmen t woun d up by a symphony and cantata expressly composed for the occasion by the cele brated Maestro Paciai, whose style of music, together with the lights, drapery, and crowded audience, reminded one very strongly of the opera. In fact the various ceremonies, rejoicings, declama tions, and publications to which the Pope's bull have given rise would require too long a description for the limits of my letter. The official paper itself has indulged in the luxury of an extra sheet, printed with blue ink, and the Pope's decree in scarlet, to commemorate the proceedings of the Bth inst., and an English M.P., George Bowyer, Esq., has translated for the benefit of his countrymen, and printed in English at the Propa ganda Press, iather Costa's pamphlet on the Immacu late Conception, with a preface of his own, especially recommended to:the attention of Protestant readers. The principal subject of temporal interest here is the anomalous condition of the State bank, no one being able to make out whether the Government intends its paper to be rendered legal tender or not. The Govern ment pays and receives the bank paper, and nothing else is seen in commercial transactions; but there is as yet no explicit decree as b whether the Government's guaranteeing it is equivalent to rendering it forced cur rency'. His Holiness has announced his intention of granting land for building to persons wishing to settle at Porto d'Anzio, subject to a mall ground rent to the Govern ment. DARING BURGLARY IN BIRMINGHAM". A. daring attempt at burglary was made at the Bell Inn, Bristol-road Birmingham, about two o'clock on Sunday morning. The landlord (Mr. Reynolds) went to bed at an early hour on Saturday night, when he was disturbed by sounds which induced him to think that some person was attempting to break ilito the house. He consequently armed himself with a revolver pistol, descended the staircatte, and sud denly unbolting the back door, hs heard some person jump to the ground and run a'ong the stable-yard. Mr. Reynolds called upon him to stop, or he would shoot him. The burglar—for such he proved to be—re doubled his speed, and Mr. Reynolds fired but missed him. He fired a second time with no better result, but theithird shot took effect in the head, and•the robber, closing on his ;assailant, a fearful struggle ensued. Mr. Reynolds was, however, the successful cony batant, fur although much injured and exhausted, he succeeded in securing the prisoner until a police man, attracted by the reports of the pistol, arrived on the premises- The prisoner turned out to be a notorious character named Charles Davies, who had on two previous occasions broken into Mr. nolds' premises, and been once sentenced to transportation for a burglary at Walsall. He was found to be severely injured by shots received in the head, and was conveyed to the Queen's hospital. Mr. Reynolds, in consequence of bruises in the face, and being once knocked down and rolled in the gutter, presented also a frightful appearance. The burglar had broken through thelbar window, and removed several tiles from the roof of the pent-house. A quantity of lucifer matches were found near the window. There can be no doubt that the burglar would speedily have been successful had not Mr. e Y l _l9lclg tieeu woke by the barb 9f the dog. ~~~. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN OF FRANCE. An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of this company was held yesterday, in the Salle Ste. Cecile, Rue de la Chanssee-d'Antin—Baron Jarnes de Roths child, the President, in the chair. The meeting S la yi ng been declared duly constituted, M. Delbecque, one of directors, proceeded to read the report : This document commences by stating that the object of the meeting was to obtain from the shareholders the ratification of a provisional treaty entered into by the board of directors for the. working of the railway from' Namur to Liege. This line would form one of the sec tions of the railway communication from Paris to Co logne, as soon as the branch line from St. Quentin to Erqueiines was opened to the public. The advantages to the Northern Co m p any o f h av i ng the Namur. to Liege Railway in its possession Teas that it opened a new communication to Germany, and shortened very considerably the distance between Paris and Cologne. That distance by Amiens, Valenciennes, and Brussels, was 614 kilometres (384 English miles), which weregono over in 14 hours 45 min. By the new direction, the distance would be 510 kilom. (319 English miles), and the time 11 hours 30 min. •So that the diminution in distance would be upwards of 100 kilm. (63 English miles), and in time, 3( hours. The construction of the line from St. Denis to Creil would still further shorten the distance, so that eventually the line from Paris to Cologne wou ld be abcnt the same length as ' that from Paris to Str as b urg. Of the 510 kilom. mentioned above, 3P possession remainder of 287 already b e l onged to the Northern Company : adding to that lengththe 59 kilo's], of the Namur to Liege line, 164 ern c i the m wholepany would 346 kilo's], kil. belonged to the Belgian G overnment and the Rhenish Company. The Northern Co m p any would, consequently, the Northern or th he masters of upwards of two-thirds of the whole dis tance ; and the Board of Directors had received the strongest assurances from official quarters, that every P - o-si; , le e facility would be afforded by the - B I• - • • Belgian Go vernment for the usual traffic in passengers and goods. The report then enters into a description of the Namnur to Liege line, which is declared to be welt constructed, and to pass through a highly industrial country, lik ely in the course of time to give a very considerable additional traffic. The line was also destined to relieve a larg e transit-traffic Irons Germany to France, and vice ve rB 4 . In the cession of the lino was net included the stock, consisting of 20 locomotives, 49 passengers' carriages, arid 872 goods' waggons. the expenses of working since 1851 had been about 50 per cent. only, and the receipts had gradually and steadily improved. The lease which the Namur to Liege Company granted to the Northern Company would be the same, minus one day, as the length of its concussion, which was for 90 years, from the sth September, 1851, and the sum to be paid by the Northern Company was 1,000,000 f. a year, payable every six months. The Northern Company was to enter on possession on Jan. 1, 1855. The sum at which the stock was estimated by parties appointed on each side wao 3,300,0001., and this was to be paid at ones by the Northern Company. Tile Namur to Liege Company also possessed the branch line from Mons. to Manage, but that portion of its line it was to retain in its own hands, and work itself. The reason of that company ceding its principal line was that it had fa debt of 12,500,000 f., which had fallen duo last July, and for which it had been unable to provide. By means of the million which it was to receive each year from the Northern Company, it would provide for the interest of its debt, and for the creation of a sinking fund to pay off the pria • clpa l. The shareholders of the Namur to Liege Company had given their consent to the treaty now alluded to, at a public meeting held on the 22d of November last at Brussels ; and all that now remained to terminate the arrangement was to obtain the consent of the shareholders of the Northern Company. The report concludes by declaring that the board seized on the opportunity of seeing the Northern shareholdersassembled to give them some information respecting the working of their line during the first ten months of the present year. Notwith standing that war was being waged, that an epidemic had existed, and that food was unusually high, the portion of the present year, named above, presented an augmen tation of receipts over the corresponding period of 1853 of 3,982,0001., or 13i per cent. It was evi dent from this result that the prosperity of the Northern line was steadily progressing, and the board felt confi dent that the ratification of the treaty with the Namur to Liege Company would still more contribute to the augmentation of the receipts. The PRESIDENT then inquired if any shareholder de sired to make observations on theireport ? A SHAREHOLDER inquired how the sum of 3,300,000 francs to be given for the stock of the Namur to Liege Company was to be paid ? The PRESIDENT replied that if the meeting consented to open a credit for that amount, the board would pay the sum from the funds now in hand, and would in April, at the ordinary general meeting, bring the matter for ward to have the question decided how the sum was to be raised, whether by an emission of bonds or other wise. The meeting unanimously ratified the treaty, and opened the credit required. The proceedings then terminated. THE CZAR AND MS MINISTER. An amusing contemporary, the Clarivari, has the following Jew creep,* on the voluntary donations for the allied armies in the Crimea : " Nesselrode ! " Sire ? " You aro aware of what is taking place in England It "There are a great many things going on there. "No doubt ; but you cannot fail to have heard of the plum-puddings which are making there by subscription for the army in the Crimea! " I have, Sire ; and it appears that all the women and young girls of Great Britain have set themselves to work on this occasion. "And the French subscription, do you know any thing about th e _ __ "a subscription for sending cigars and tobacco to the expeditionary army. Nothing else is talked about. "And are you aware of the object of these subscrip tions ? They are got up in order to make Europe be lieve that the war carried on against us is popular in England and France, and to annoy Russia. " Yes, sire, but we must not allow ourselves to be annoyed at it. _ _ _ " Oe.rtainly not, and I intend to immediately open a subscription throughout the whole of my empire for the troops of Menschikoff. " That is an excellent idea, Sire. ay so doing we shall not allow ourselves to be distanced by the allies. " Yes, hut what can the subscribers send theca "Ah ! that is the question. " Reflect, Nesselrode, reflect.— " I have, Sire, but I cannot think of anything: " We cannot send them puddings, those articles being unknown in RIISSia• "Tobacco and cigars would not come amiss to them. " Certainly not, b u t i t wou ld b e sa id th a t we copied the French. " Al ! Sire---an idea has just struck me—send them caviar. 14 The idea, Nesselrode, is a weak one, very weak. What the devil would you have our soldiers do with caviar ;'ben they do not even know what it is T Besides that, preti.qnded national delicacy is oily a prejudice accredited by Russian diplomacy. All the caviar which is eaten at St. PMersburg is manufactured by Chevet at Paris, and since the declaration of war not a single bar. rel has reached us. " Then I know not what to imagine. Suppose, Sire, our ladies were to embroider braces for the army of blenschikoff Nesselrode, that would be immoral ; embroidered braces are only presented by ladies as love tokens. " What say you then, Sire, to embroidered purses I " Rococo, my dear Nesselrocie, nothing could be more rococo. Think again. " Sire, I am at my wit's end ; take my head. " What ! do you then take me for a Shahabaham But let us think a little. Ah? I have hit on it. Listen to me, Nesselrode. " Sire, I am all attention. " What is it that replaces the plum-pudding in the enjoyments of the Russian people I " Sire, I cannot tell you—that is precisely what we have been endeavouring to find out. "It is candles, Pay friend, candles. Do you oempre• hend now ? " Perfectly, Sire. "Nesseirodo, you will proceed immediately to the Alini.ter of Police. and you will tell him from me that a subscription must be instantly opened throughout the whole of Russia, in order to regale with packets of candies the soldiers who fight in the Crimea in defence of the orthodox faith. "Ah ! Sire, the idea is an excellent one—it woultt never have occurred to me. "Oh ! do not fear, I will find many others. Bet re.. member the subscription must have the same character of enthusiasm, and the same eagerness as those in E, g _ land and France, otherwise I will sen d y ou all to Siberi a . The Invalide Rune will publish the list of s ubscribers, and it is in this way that I will re p l y to t he cigars of the French and the puddings of the English ladies, Go, Nesselrode ; candles and , orthodoxy. Let that be the motto of the subscribers. .--The Royal C o llege of l‘SitfrpgieocAnns on:finFbOußrgThßhEavt'llirrssued a notice to medical stn d en m, intimating that those whose course of study would be completed at the end of the present session, an d who intend to apply for admission to the army medical service, may be admitted to examination for the diploma on or after the 16th of January, provided they produce a certificate from the Directer-General, stating that it is his intention so to employ them if found compe tent. The examinations, howeve r, will be as strict and comprehensi ve as i f the candidates had finished their course of study.— Glasgow Commonwealth. GENERAL SIR DR LACY EVANS AND HIS ATTEND. ANTS IN THE CRIMEA.. —A fact has been mentioned to us as creditable to the kindness of heart of General Evans as the bravery ho has displayed throughout the campaign has been to his military character. Preciously to leaving the Crimea he expressed to the anon who bad been in immediate attendance upon him as servaits the great obligations he felt he owed to them—as indeed all the general officers owed to the same class, for be felt satisfied that without their constant care and atten tion he should not have been able to bear up against the severity of the campaign. In testimony, therefore, of this feeling he presented them with 301. each ; and find. ing that one of them, a native of Roxwell, in this county, had-died of dysentry, he has just remitted, through T. W. Bramston, Esq., the same sum to his mother, with kind expressions of sympathy—a boon soothing and peculiarly acceptable at this wintry season,—Q4onteeni Cltronific. f‘f • CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. THE most appropriate offerings for the ap proaching Season of Festivity are those which tend to the promotion of Health and Personal Attraction: none can be more acceptable than ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, for imparting a transcendent lustre to the hair, knd sustaining it In decorative charm. ROWLANDS' KALYDOR imparts a radiant bloom to the Cheek, and a delicacy and softness to the Hands, Arms, end Ne-lc: and ROWLANDS' ODONTO, Olt PEARL DENTIFIUCE, hestows on the Teeth a pearl like whiteness, and render!! the Breath sweet and pure. The perona , 2e of Royalty throughout Europe, their general nse by rank and fashion and tha universally-knowat efficacy of these artic'es, give them a celebrity unparalleled. P,14 br d. fl , i z n ante nlNd, 20, nett.n daiaeu, i.onaon, and by Chemists and Perfumers. Beware of Spurious Imitations 1 I I: