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Office of Ordnance Rept.. 1854. r i ,E PRINCIPAL OFFICERS , of l3th HER MA ESTY'S ORDNANCE do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they at E in en by Auction, at the lower, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th inst., E.To,„,' v en o'clock in the forenoon precisely, Sundry Lots of OLD consisting of Great Coats, Clothing, Gold Epaulettes and 13 0 , e ' l . n l eciding, Saltpetre Bags, Rags (linen and woollen), Fire Engines, arti . cies 'lPe, Old Steel and Iron, Tcols of sorts, and various other p rev , , the whole of which may be viewed at the Tower, four days ap G 2" , th the sale (Sunday excepted), from Ten till Four o'clock, ev.,oBPplication to the Storekeeper's Office at that place, where Rues 'Person wof the Lots, and Conditions of the Sale will be delivered to who may apply tor the same. By Order of the Board. C. POIGNAND, pro Secretary. IN- ESTMENTS securing SIX to EIGHT per CEN, , , -6.'0, ' -.-• Per ANN - lI:U.—Mr. LANCE has on Sale First-class • -Ric 1 r Inter e ,, `IN RAILWAY BONDS for 1001. and upwards, paying area 2t at the rate of from 6to 8 per Cent. per annum. These Bonds to,.Mortgage,"llre by the mortgage of property, double the value of to producing an income considerably above that required N , alue clY the interezt. The financial exhts on which the estimated ever y . 0 t the security is founded may be seen on appßcation, and any Yacienformation relative to the vAlue of American Securi . ties, or of 4°,1 11 ....,sue r edlted British or Foreign Investment, may be obtained per a Y or bv I t' 4 , ~, , ----......_ Ps'gate Churchyard, London, Sept. 12, 1854. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. tb ARTIES desirous of INVESTING MONEY 4 hi gh are reguested to examine the Plan of this Institution, by which rate of Interest may be obtained with perfect security. Interest payable in January and July. D rosPe e PETER. MORRISON, Managing Director. 6----._ thSes and Forms for opening Accounts sent free on application. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital, 110,0001., fully subscribed. CIIAIRMAN—KENYON S. PARKER, Esq., Q.C. 41,„• I) .Epu2v-CHAtamAN—Henry Blair Mayne, Esq. by e'dents on Railways, fatal and non-fatal, insured against, either Ik e or annual premiums, at very moderate rates. re"' at 7, Bank•buildings, Lothbury. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE CO ‘IPANY. , 4 -4 11 ceidents by Sea, Fire, ordinary Travelling, or from any other iniured against. e kIY payments, together with medical exnenses, immediately testired 11 1 case of any accident what ever , w hi c h may preven t th e from following Ms usual occupation. 44 quire at 7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury. • ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY. AR RISKS either by Land or Sea, or in the face of the Enemy, NUKED A GAINST. p c ' person al attendance or medical examination required. the r r ?firiectuses and further information can be had on application at "Inpany's Offices, or of any of their Agents. 7,1 3 By order. WM. YOUNG, Secretary. ank-buildings, Lothbury. Ait[D6LESEX LUNATIC ASYLUM at HAN th WELL—Persons willing to TENDER for SU PPLYING tAtr e a " "e INSTITUTION with Meat, Flou r, Malt, Ho p s, Hay and l et w, Butter Cheese or Bacon, for six calendar months, from the t e ?etober next ; or with any of the undermentioned articles for r , v e calendar months from that day, viz., Groceries, Soap, Oil, l'lDi n loll rs, Brooms, Brushes, Window Glass, Lead and Leaden Hosiery, Linen and Woollen Drapery, Blankets, Rugs, Straw ogrp.,nd Bonnets, Tobacco, Snuff, Cloth, Boots and Shoes , Le ather, Tena, i ne and Spirits for the sick, are requested to deliver sealed at t h s', B to me, by Eleven o'clock, on THURSDAY, the 21 st ins t., Aer so 4ession3 Clerkenwell-green, and to attend there Teria .: :T , Yon that d a y, at Twelve o'clock. Blank forms, in which ay must be made, may be obtained, awl the form of contract be seen, either upon application to me at this place, or to the cmntraet Per at . the Asylum, and patterns and samples, to which the 4 83 , 1. in ors will be required strictly to conform, may be seen at the aelv e Q s at nanwell. The Committee of Visitors will not bind them bate,, t h is the lowest o any of the tenders. tt this 7th September r , 1854. CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Visitors. „,tlo lt * DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN CO D- Llox OlL.—The most effectual remedy f o r CONSUMP kato, , — t.uNUILITIS, AsT TIMA GDU f, RHEUMATISM , and a l l lit ” E t ii - i OHS COMPLAINTS 'Pure and unadulterated , contain nre ~`s , most active and epent"ial principles —effecting a cure much Is ` 1) ' than any other kind. Prescribed by the most eminent pit bott'ln"' and supplied to the leading* hospitals or Europe. Hall an e2s. 6cl. ; 4s. 9d., IMPERIAL MEASURE. str a p "' e sale and Ret a il depot, ANSAR, HARFORD, and CO., 77 , Pour ' t nlida--- alf-pint Botts sent (earrlac.,,e pd) to any part di on receipt of a remittance of Ten Shilliaings. JACKSON'S PATENT PREPARATION for Valu ab ,`lle PRESERVATION Of POTATOES, SEEDS , Ete,---This th e r ie diseovery, for which Letters Patent have been obtained, is to n ( 7UL of fourteen ye t rs' study and experiments in the preset' , a -444 t v egetable matters. It imparts health and vigour to the Plants l'ryi, A e eds subjected t o it s ac ti on , and effectually prevents the DISEASE, the SMUT in WHEAT, MILDEW and ROT, GAL DISEASES, and the' attacks of INSECTS and VER the" and further recommends itself to the farmer, the planter, and 1141 1 1) : 11 - 11 lo generally, by the extreme simplicity of the mode of its threes Ij:!.n• 'old by all seedsmen and Chemists, in packets of one, two, r eo we and four pounds each, with instructions for its use, and parties be rin g larger quantities for their own use or for exportation, can p et - .Dalied on advantageous terms, by addressing to Mr. Jackson, the 01,, .n3. nt ee, 18, Lond ic on-bridge, where the article is 8 on andsale the fullest particulars and directions for its use V an be obtained. r RIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters ph Patent of England, and secured b y the Seals of the Ecole de a rtnacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TILIESEMAE, No. 1, a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea , a n d Exhaustion of the 937 nm. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, e ffectually, In the short space of three days, completely and entirely ,` r aclieates all traces 01 those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health " 1 a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, II `;`, fortunately Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which ~! the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in a‘gtable destruction of the patient's constitution, and. which all the 44 Lsallarilla in the world cannot remove. T RIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, w T t l of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table 4out their use beinz suspected. Id in tin cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into Car ... ate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, a t o " C ,.. --- To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John it,j)4 Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, ......LOxfrd-street. Tim a„„. SECRET INFIRMITIES OF , YOUTH AND MATURIT Y . published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 stamps, NERVOUS DEBILITY; h iato Its C auses, symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper ellecab°,a, with Practical Observations diseases of the Generative on a safer and more Pysfr2 f ul mode of treatment of th di st Z:u gu , obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and ation, the real aause and effect of v ish . ing, by urinary' e z W_ e variety of compl . am e t x , amhnther arising from solitary habits, ea - :t _ 3 9 accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded /sTe r ; • Y years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, 5r a. " 4, pebillty, Local Weakness. Sp.eerimegaytorrhcea, Sac. To which cautionac'r" of Marriage, with pre- Commentaries on the Physiology from empirical practice, pre and on . Y hints on the evils emanating th ese , the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on - important disorders. 3 e a ; of tolEleCI: SAMUEL° e QuAI t 1 T;A m ' Aa M e m E b R o r T 3i t h . D e U . baet ve r a tYr LONDON,OE bur a h din , Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, The of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., So- Be,. essential object of tins treatise is to point out the fearful con 411ences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, h W o h o l , e l l , l have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man ana premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal I Particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their the health condition, and who are conscious of haying hazard , ed a " e alth, happiness, and privileges to which every human be 11)... entitled. It is absolutely necessary ihatall men should know, that there are ~ well of personal management which cannot be violated without t ' l l l ' e u i l in g grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed taa eYday 0f inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties andYll,3_e Mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, the evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and above all, 4,7,at there to scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional _angement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. I,rae4.tittor has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive tw o re in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have e m F..,`" u natelY teen too generally confided to the care of ignorant Bit l l , l4 aes, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place ,‘,„,112 their pretensions. 13',1:4•070:301JS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. rip er , uroortners, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; th it n e , 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free by post for fora Y Bt4 ' . flPs, to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Red -square. 4 14 4 ,,, , t home f or consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from " 111 HE NEW P A L E T O T.- In the vast number of new inventions which E. MOSES and SON . have had the pleasure of submitting to their patrons and the public, the Paletot which they have just introduced possesses a most prominent place ; it is the article of Attire required for the season by all classes, and is a pioneer of the richest and most novel at , les for the ensuing Autumn in the preparation of which E. MOSES and Son are uniting all the forces of Commerce, Skill, Experience, and Capital. This Paletot is the most ingeniously contrived garment which has been invented, and is the result of mathematical observa tion and great experience in the art of designing and Cutting Dress. It has been the object of E. Moses and Son to produce a paragon in this description of Attire, which they have placed within the read; of all classes, its price being 25:. This article may be worn as Coat or Overcoat, and it is the most gentlemanly and th 3 most comfort able garment ever presented. E. MOSES and SON are Merchant Tailors and Clothiers on the largest scale and on the most practical principles. They aro manu facturers of Shirts with the most elaborate embroidery, and in plain, useful, and comfortable styles. They are Hosiers for Ladies and Gentlemen in all stations and in all parts of the world. They are flatters and Boot and Shoemakers, and their productions arc the most fashionable And the cheapest. They arc Wholesale Clothiers, Hosiers, and Outfitters, and their Goods are the best, the most suitable, and to Merchants, Captains, and Emigrants they are the most profitable articles which can he shipped. ..._._. _ Full Lists of Outfits for ladies and gentlemen, with ship-sailing nformation (gratis) on application, or post free. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsch-od of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITS ANY OTHER. 11017 SE IN OX 017 T or LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, Now Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all commuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailors. Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies an d G entlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exc hanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can bo made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A now Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Public Opi nion," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure ment, ac., &c., may be had on application, or post-fliee. Id l'on perle Francais. Qui si parla Italiano. Ater spricht man Deutsch Aqua sa habla Espano. THE ARMY POST-OFFICE AT CONSTANTINOPLR.—In consequence of the great pressure of work in the Army Post-office at Constantinople, it has been found necessary to appoint a second assistant to the Postmaster, and Lord Canning has selected Mr. Henry Mellersh, of the circulation department of the London Post-office, for this service. Mr. Mellersh takes his passage as far as Malta by the Peninsular packet of the 20th inst., and will proceed thence by the first opportunity to Constan tinople,—Civil Service Gazette, The Termagant, 24, screw frigate, the Hon. Captain Stewart; the Spiynx, 6, paddle sloop, Captain Clifford; and the Hornet, 14, screw sloop, Commander Forsyth, are also refitting at this port to join the Black Sea fleet. The Hannibal, screw, Hon. Captain Grey, is still lying at the' same moorings she first took up on coming in from Brest. Yesterday 14 more of her crew were sent to the Chatham Hospital. Her powder was being taken out of her yesterday morning ; but in consequence of the low ness of the tides she will not go into dock till next Thurs day, when there will be water enough, as she draws about 24 feet. The defects in her machinery are by no means considered to be of any extent ; but the guide frames con nected with lifting the screw being decidedly out of order is the principal cause for her going to be docked that they may be thoroughly examined. The Valorous, paddle, Captain Buckle (so lately returned from hard fighting at Bomarsund), is undergoing the neces sary repairs in her Majesty's graving dock, Sheerness. Her upper works are being caulked, together with that part of her bottom which is partially stripped; her stem•and fore piece are partly replaced, and some of the rock upon which she struck has been taken out of her bottom as large as a 361 b shot ; her new bowsprit was shipped, and gammoned yesterday afternoon. Her crew have all gone on 10 days' leave, commencing from the 15th to the 25th inst. Most of them have gone to Plymouth to their wives and families with the advance they have received. Her running gear and rigging are having a thorough overhaul, and no doubt in 14 days more this ship will be thoroughly repaired, and once more ready to prove, in defence of her country, that she was built of good old English oak. The Hornet, 17, screw, Commander Forsythe, read his commission on board yesterday. The Harrier, 17, screw, and Swallow, 9, screw, have painted topgallantmasts and crossed lower yards. The Rolla and Sealark, boys' instruction brigs, came into harbour yesterday, after having been drilled at the great-gun exercise whilst under canvas. Rhadamanthus, steam store - ship, Master Commander John Belam, left yesterday afternoon for Sheerness and the eastern yards, with stores and boats. Her Majesty's ship Black Prince (hulk), towed by the African and Adder, proceeded for Portsmouth at 11 a.m. Her Majesty's steamer Gladiator arrived from the Baltic, and anchored at 11.30 a.m. The greatest activity appears still to exist in the vic tualling department of Sheerness dockyard, which is under the able superintendence of Mr. Thomas Hockings, which, like many other branches at present, is very shorthanded. The Lords of the Admiralty are expected at Sheerness to-day on an official visit to the yard and port. liorONT BLANC will CLOSE TO-NIGHT, SATURDAY, September 16, on which occasion Mr. ALBERT CIAIITFI will specially ADDRESS the AUDIENCE. TURKTSH EXHIBITION and MUSEUM, OPEN BT. GEORGE'S GALLERY, Hyde-park-corner, Piceadl.ly, DAILY, from Eleven till Ten, Saturdays excepted, when it , closes at Six. Admission , 2s. 6d. ; children, Is. 6d, ; Saturdays, ss. ; ; I na-Wren, 2s. 6d. Family Tickets for five, 10s. Schools admitted at .. alf-price. i Herr Kalozdy and his Band are engaged, and will per '°,lll Daily, from Twelve fi'l fire. Mr. J. Osborne Williams will ) reside at the Grand Pianoforte during the evening. lAIIRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, A (Lessee, Cass. C. Latrazicr, Onslow-house, Fulham-road), The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. An d will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S LEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, a ir Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert; al,o, by H. Lent, the following Waltzes—La belle Prangaise, Leonora, Villl fps andhis Dinah. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. "eing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. 'ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT. T EES SIXTH of the MONDAY EVENING COURSE of LEC in'",, ES to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES wi beg ven on the JBth `', by Mr. JOHNS: the Subject—The CENTRE of GRAVITY. LECTURES by Dr. SCOFFERN, on the DESTRUCTIVE CHEMI '4L RESOURCES of MODERN WARFARE. -NATRE PRINTING, by Dr.ACIIROFFNER. __BXHUIBI TION of DUBOSCQ'S ILLUMINATED 'CASCADE, in .!sldition to all the Daily LECTURES, OPTICAL EXHIBITIONS, rri oTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERY, &c.,&c., 84 e. .. 41 - BAND of MUSIC under the direction of Mr. WAUD of the Royal'LLallart Opera. The Gas-lighting byJous Lzsiu, Esq. CONTRACT FOR RUM. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset House, 11th September, 1854. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 1.42(1 Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on WEDNESDAY , ,`, 48 20th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with -4c h Persons r. s may be willing to contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, When to be dellvertd. Gallons. Half hal 'weeks, and-the reteminder in 3 11.0 11 5,000 weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering. • Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten-. tiers are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such 1 tart thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any; and a so an unlimited power of selection. • The Runt to be exempted from the Customs Duties, and parties tWilering are to state where it is lying. • Tenders will be received from any firm for any portion of the total I linntity not less than 2,000 gallons. Samples of the Rum to be sent in pints for each import mark, and the average strength of each mark ex to -be stated, and not an average of different marks or strengths of several imports, and any Pareel of Rum that is found not to be of the same quality, mark, or !rvera4e strength of the sample tendered and accepted will be rejected by. the officers. are The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted is h ore requested to beecided. taken away by them immediately after the con trac been d ` , To tender will b e rece i ved un l ess ma d e on th e pr i n t e d f orm pro the ed for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at s aid Office, or t o C omman d e r B ev is, conducting the Packet Service at L iv erpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. ti n The conditions of the revised coatrac tsoffice,, to which particular atten °,,_ i s called, may be seen at the said and at Liverpool and tr“:N. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of a,,,„. e 7, and it will not b e r e quired that the party tendering or an en his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of con -0,4 as the res u lt o f th e o ff er rece i ve d f rom each person will be "‘Tenunicated to hi m i n writing. i k ,,, - TlerY tender left be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Th ,`_,.ear in thehand corner the words " Tender for Rum," and —4 " t also be delivered at Somerset House. NO. 19,337.] PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL, EDITED B THE.' AUTFIOP. OF " JOHN Now ready at all the Libraries, In 3 vols., MA TEIEW PAXTON. Edited by the Author of" John Drayton," " Ailleford," &c, Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colbum, INTERESTING NEW HISTORICAL WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols., post octavo, with Portrai t s , p rice 21s. bound T" QUEENS BEFORE THE CONQUEST. By Mrs. MATTHEW HALL. Published for H. Colburn, by his Successors, Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, is Bvo., price, in cloth, 145., THE - BRITISH COMMONWEALTH; A Commentary on the Institutions and Principles of British Government. By HOMERSHAM COX, M.A., Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ; Barrister. London ; Longm No, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Just published, THE POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY of SHEF FIELD, with the Neighbou_ring Towns and Villages; also, Berkshire, Northamptonshire, and Oxfordshire; with Beds, Bucks, and Hunts ; and Warwickshire, Stafford6hire, Worcestershire, and Birmingham. _ . Kelly and Co., 19, 20, and 21, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar, and all booksellers. Unreserved Sale.—Kensington Park, Notting Hill. —lmportant Auction of 76 Leasehold Residences, forming nearly the whole of Elgin Crescent and a greater portion of Elgin Road, desirable Property for Occupation or Investment. 3I R h . a ß vi n O O. B f j u N po S we i r s . f in sa s l t e r u to ct s e e d n, b b y y p t a li bl e ic M Ati o a r i t o g n a ! e t e t e Mart, on Wednesday Next, September 20, andfollowing,day, at 12, under circumstances requiring a positive sale, unless previously dis posed of by private contract, VERY IMPORTANT AND DESIRABLE LEASEHOLD PROPER LIES, presenting to the Capitalist the most secure means of Increasing his income with certainty, inasmuch as the growing importance and ad vantages of this district, famed for all admirable arrangements in affordbsg the most healthful and superior accommodation to families, are attracting residents from all parts. The Auction embraces 56 RESIDENCES IN ELGIN CRESCENT, From No. 1 to No. 32, inclusive, and No. 39 to No. 62, inclusive, AND 20 RESIDENCES IN ELGIN ROAD, From No. 24 to 43, inclusive, several of which are completed in the best style for immediate occu pation, some are let to excellent tenants, whilst others require little more than ornamental decoration, and some remain to be finished — all of them partaking of the novel and pleasing advantages offered only on the KENSINGTON PARK ESTATE AT NOTTING HILL, which secures to every Resident THE RECREATION OF AN EXTENSIVE AND BEAUTIFUL PLEASURE GARDEN, at the rear, and in common to the different Houses. The Properties are held for 99 years from Michaelmas, 1851, at low Ground Rents. More detailed particulars had at the Clarendon Hotel, on the Estate; of Messrs. R. and W. G. Roy. Solicitors, Lothhury ; at the Auction Mart; and at Mr. Robins's Offices, Covent Garden. LIFE ASSURANCE. MOST IMPORTANT BENEFIT EVER YET OFFERED BY T HE UNIVERSAL PROVIDENT LIFE ASSOClATlON.—Established 1849. Persons insured for Life, who have paid three yearly premiums and upwards, can receive back their money, less the premium for' the risk incurred during the time they were insured on surrender of the policy. EXAMPLE. AB, aged 35, pays 141. 3s 97a-;;;I for Life for 5001, and at the end of seven years wishes to drop his Policy —he will at this time have paid 991. Gs. 3d., and f)r the surrender of the Policy he would in other offices get a very little, if anything, and the premiums would consequently be lost. The Directors of the Universal Provident, feeling this to be a great hardship and a positive obstacle to the adoption of Life Assurance by nll classes, :nave adopted the equitable principle of deducting the pre mium for the time the risk has been incurred from the premiums paid, and returning the balance to the parties, thus snaking a profit themselves without any risk. In the example above the insurance for 5001. for the time would have been 91. 9s. 7d. per annum, or GR. 7s. Id.; this deducted from 99/. Gs. 3d. leaves 321. 19s. 2d. to be returned. The advantage of this principle is peculiarly applicable when Policies are taken out to cover Loans. Diseased lives and lives rejected by other offices taken. C. W. BEVAN, Managing Director. E. P. ROWSELL, Secretary. OFFlcEs'—.s2, Ring William-street, City. N. B.—Agents wanted throughout the kingdom. Liberal Commis sions. - 11 HE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA, October 4, 1854.—The General Screw Steam-shipping Corn any's screw steam-ship " ARGO," 1,850 tons, 300-horse power, George Hyde, Commander, will sail from Southampton with her Majesty'. Mails for Adelaide, Port-Philip, and 4ydney, on Wednesday the 4th October, 1854, at Two o'clock p.m. punctually. The " Argo," one of the fastest ships afloat, is justly celebrated for her last passage to Australia, having made the run cut in b 4 days, and home within the same period. She is also the first steam-ship that returned to England via Cape Hnrn, thus accomplishing a voyage round the world in 128 days. The vessels forming the superb fleet of screw steamers of this Company, of which this ship is one, are well known for the punctuality and speed with which their voyages are performed. No expense has been spared in their construction, and the accommo dations which they offer to the pu)lic are ralsurpas;ed, if equalled by any ships afloat. Rates of Passage Money vary, according to the accommodation required, from 30 to 100 guineas. Full particulars as to Frdight and Passage may be had at,theCoraparty's 0814-cc, 17, Cannon-street, London. MR. MECHI wishes it to be clearly understood that he CHARGES the same PRICER at the CRYSTAL PALACE as at Leadenhall-street ; that his manufactures are varied to suit all classes. For instance, dressing-cases at 255., or at 1501; penknives at Is., or at 21s. ; tooth-brushes at 6d., or 25.; each article being good of its sort. Mr. Mechi's assistants at the Crystal Palace will attend constantly to receive orders and dispose of his manufac tures there.-4, Leadenhall-street, June 28, 1854. GR AVESEND STAR PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purdeet Piers. NOTICE.—DAY TICKETS are issued upon the Gravesend Star Packets, available for return by them or by the London and Tilbury Railway; the Return Tickets by the Railway will also be available for return by the Star Packets. The Packets ROM TERRACE call at the Piers aPIER,s underIine dGRAVESEND (weather permitting). F. SUNDAY: WEEK DAYS. H ~.,.~~ Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Stal every quarter of an hour. ;RUNSWICK W[IIRF, BLACKWALL, lowing Trains from the Fenehurc Fen church Street WEEK DAYS. Fen church Street Passages marked * are run direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and London.. •. •..... 10d. .. ls. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. lOd. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, ss. Os.; Six Months, 31. Os.; Three Months, 22. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Sept. 5. 1554. Terrace Pier .- . , 7 ..--' r" ---- , '.: ( e." ~,....; - . 1 / •-. '. „ . . , • , . / C - --- -.--.' ' (''-e- ' 4 - - --- / . . • ' _____------- / . . I kAk . . -. , , , ....7.- •., ~. 1 41:' 46.>. ~, , ) 4 IS : z--4,, , - - -... - lkOrci 4 ( 4 1 % , -----..,,, . . . 4.? - ~," 11 ,0 0. . , 01 9 , ,, 8 .1. -a r : ! s t i l t. - ,,,,-----4, ..,..T. 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We have also to take into calculation the vast but undevelop e d resources of Polynesia and the Indian Archipelago. The Sandwich Islands and Samoan Group already show a progress which could scarcely be credited. The other groups of Polynesia might also be rapidly developed under a system of regular steam communication, which would cross this very path. In the Eastern Archipelago, Celebes contains 3,000 000 • Java, about 6,000,000 ; S uma t ra , 2 ,000,000 ; Bo'reno' 4,000,000 ; and th e Philippi nes a b out t h e same number ' Besides these there are th e i s l an d s o f N ew G u i nea, Nev ; Caledonia, New Zealand, and others, which cope under the general denomination of Australasia." All these form, as it were, the passive agents of com merce ; and it devolves upon America and Australia, as the active agents, to turn them to good account. The connecting links of the chain are still wanting in periodi cal steam communication across the Pacific. And it is an unparalleled circumstance that, with an import and export trade with Australia, which reached last year in value to 27,000,000/. we have at present no regular line of steam communication direct from England to the Australasian colonies. Trade, however, preserves its steady course, and eagerly seeks new channels for de velopment. Commerce and civilisation are being carried by the three great nations among the islands of the South Seas, and, ere many years have elapsed, the calm still waters of the Pacific Ocean will be covered by as many steamers as now traverse the Atlantic. British merchants and shipowners should not be behind hand in the contest for success. They have the means and the will at command, and require but the finger-post to point their att en ti on t o th e fi e ld o f operations,—Ship ping Gazcttc. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1854. THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Royal Albert, 121, screw, is lying at the north side of the basin in the dockyard at Sheerness. Her tanks are being got on board and her ballast stored in the fore hold ; stores of all descriptions are being daily taken in. Yester day her yokes for the rudder were fitted. Her machinery altogether is in a most advanced state, and only receiving the last finish, which has proved by the late trial since she came out of dock, when under steam all parts of her en gines acted in a most satisfactory manner, it is generally expected that the next spring tides this splendid screw will go out of dock; that point, however, is not finally settled; when she does, however, and gets a few hun dred more hands on board, no doubt she will proceed to Portsmouth for volunteers, and take in her bonded stores, &o. Her Majesty's ship Algiers proceeded for Portsmouth at five o'clock yesterday morning. Ganges, 84 (built by natives in India), irgoing into No. 2, graving dock, Sheerness. She is coppered, and has been thoroughly repaired. Yesterday she got her tanks on board, no doubt previously to her being put in commission. She is a splendid model as a sailing vessel, and was a great favourite last war. Colossus, 80, screw, Captain Spencer Robinson, bent sails yesterday. She still remains in Portsmouth harbour, nor will she go to Spithead until Tuesday next. Illustrious; 72, training-ship, Captain Harris, put the lads through the great gun exercise yesterday. Tho Dauntless, 33, screw steam-frigate, Captain Ryder, is ordered to come into harbour from Spitheadi She is to have new boilers, and is then to prCceed to the Black Sea. PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION OF 1855. .t the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 12th day of September, 1854. By the Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council, appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to Trade and Fo reign Plantations. My Lords have had under consideration the best means of apportioning the space placed at their disposal by the French Imperial Commission among the various intending exhibitors in such' a way as to secure the most complete representation of our national industry which that space admits of. In compliance with Art. 9 of the regulations of the Imperial Commission, my Lords forwarded, on the 15th August (the day appointed), a return of the applications received up to that date, representing 2,130 exhibitors, who had applied for 348,625 square feet of horizontal space, including the necessary addition for passages. The Imperial Commission have announced their inten tion of allotting 15,000 square metres (162,000 sq. ft.) in cluding passages, to this country, a quantity exceeding the 62,000 square feet the amount allotted to France in 1851, which must therefore be considered as a liberal allowance. It is, however, obvious that th e demands of the United Kingdom must be materially reduced, in order to bring them within the prescribed limits. Up to this time no judgment has been passed upon the character of the applications, although it must be evident that one part of them is more likely than another to re fuse credit upon our national industry • and that though there are probably few applications which do not include something of public interest and value, the general cha racter of nearly the whole will' be improved, if exhibitors Lords to should sen send such only a their judgment most imports isevid e tly ut b com petence of the officers appointed by ra p :eyond the odurctions. To pass a. ttend to the business of the Exhibition, a n d i t is upon the ex hibitors themselves, and the committ ees formed to repre sent their interests, that my Lords m us t depend for un dertaking the selection, which in other countries is gene rally exercised by functionaries appointed by the State. -- shall b e ma d e f or d t s h h e a v n e e e t e h s e s r a e r f y o r e a o i r w e a c n t e c d e p a r. y j l e ‘ g a o . tr between Russia and Europe is to assume that it signifies nothing to German Governments whether there shall or shall not be any European law protecting the weaker States against the more powerful. If; in fact, there were any Governments . in Europe to which the concerted ag gressions of Russia were matters of little importance, these were the Governments of France and England, for to them the Czar offered a certain deference and a cer tain share of the spoil, while of the German Govern ments he spoke in language evincing little more respect than he showed to Turkey itself. The simple truth is, that Prussia, or, as we should rather say, the Prussian Court, is content to forego the consideration, not only of German interests, but of European, interests altogether, for the sake of preserving an alliance deemed essential to the stability of absolutist principles in Germany. The real question debated at Berlin is not how the Emperor of Russia can be brought to reason in the matter of Turkey, but how a Govern ment so useful to absolute monarchies as that of the Czar can be protected from humiliation or damage. This is the object which is disguised by a false solicitude for the par ticular interests of Germany, and it is this fact which alone explains the inconsistencies of Prussian policy. Prussia could not pretend to deny that the Czar was in the wrong, and she would have been not ill pleased if ho could have been persuaded, without much abatement of his pretensions, to put himself by timely concession in the right ; but, now that the affair has come to blows, and that a war has been commenced which is likely to carry loss to the vanquished, she is only anxious to prevent the consequences from falling too severely on the Government to which she looks for political sym pathy and succour. With this view, she abstains from entering the field herself, and intimidates Austria into a like resolution, while, by palliating the conduct of Russia, and throwing out insinuat l ions against the policy of the allies, she does her best to render the contest less unequal than it would be, and to provide the Czar with what he would otherwise want—the friendship of a European Government. Prussia, while ruled upon ab solute principles, cannot be a party to any operations, however justifiable, which would weaken the great champion of absolutism. Suoh is the simple explanation of the case before the world. APPOINTMENTS. The following to bo Clerks Assistants, viz.:—James Wortley, to Swallow; Francis P. Lyne, to H.M.S. Curlew ;.C. E. James, to H.M.S. St. Vincent ; and W. H. 'Gribben, to H.M.S. Excellent. F. A. Codd, F. A. Raitt, F. H. Chown, C. C. Watson, and R. T. Arrundell have been appointed Clerks Assistants to H.M.S. Britannia. THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 15. The Russian-Fin and Russian cadets, prisoners of war on board the Devonshire and Benbow, have this day signed their paroles, and come on shore on the subsistence money granted them, viz., 7s. per day. There are in all 1,140 prisoners of war taken at Bomar mind now on board the Devonshire and Benbow. THE ROYAL YACHT. Her Majesty hating dispensed for the season with the services of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, the crow of that vessel will on Monday nest be turned over to the rigging department, the officers going to the Royal George hulk. MILITARY. The Janus steam-vessel arrived at Woolwich dockyard on Thursday evening, and having taken on board a supply of coals, went down yesterday to the Royal Arsenal, where she will take on board a large supply of shot and shells for conveyance to Portsmouth, to bo put on board vessel; under orders to proceed to the Black Sea. A woman, wife of ono of the soldiers in Chatham bar racks, having died of cholera, and it having been ascertained that she had been ill with diarrhoea for several days with out seeking medical advice, the authorities have very pro perly decided, since her death, that tho whole of the troops in Chatham barracks are to parade every morning for medical inspection; and also that the whole of the women and children are to assemble every morning for the purpose of being inspected as to the state of their health. The garrison orders issued at Chatham on the 13th inst. direct that the tattoo-roll shall be called at a quarter past eight o'clock p.m., commencing on Thursday, Sept. 14. This is rather an early date for the tattoo change, as in most garrisons it does not change until the month of October, The change, however, is no doubt advisable at the present period, when cholera is so prevalent in many districts, as it will be the means of inducing the soldiers who freqftent the taverns to return earlier to their barracks, and, con sequently, be less liable to get intoxicated, sand thereby become more liable to be attacked by cholera. Orders have also been issued that the cooks or other persons in the barracks are not to put any cabbage-loaves or other vege table refuse in the dust pits. The persons supplying the vegetables have been told that they must take away the refuse on the following morning. The freight ship Bury St. Edmunds arrived from Madra e at Gravesend on the 13th inst., with invalids for Chatham. They landed on Thursday, and proceeded in vans and othor vehicles to St. Mary's barracks and Fort Pitt. They left Madras on the 6th of May. A part of the 18th Regiment of Foot vacated St. Mary's barracks on the 12th inst. to make room for invalids, and joined the head-quarters of the regiment at 'Chatham bar- racks. No. 17 transport passed Woolwich on her way up to Deptford yesterday, from the Mediterranean. She has brought home a number of women whose husbands had left Malta, Corfu, and Cephalonia for the seat of war in the East. THE CIVIL SERVICE. The Secretary at War, Mr. Sidney Herbert, has con , sented to allow the following extra clerks, who are be tween 18 and 30 years of age, in consideration of the services they have given, to undergo examination as competitors for some of the new appointments to be made on the permanent establishment of the War-office, v iz., Messrs. Jafferson, Briggs, jun., Jermyn, Strachan, Coward, Cumming, Hutchins, jun., Lovely, and Lin tott. The salary to commence at 901. per annum. The a ppointment of postmaster at Bath is vacant, caused by the death of Mr. Musgrave ; 4001. per annum, vice Smith, in the gift of the Postmaster General. The appointment of postmaster at Jersey is also vacant. The appointment of governor of Hereford Gaol is vacant, caused by the death of Captain H. G. Maple ton. Mr. Thomas Belgrave Grey has been appointed a clerk in the secretary's department at the Foreign Office. CIISTOMS.-Mr. G, F. Schilling has been promoted from the fifth to the fourth class of clerks for general business in London. Mr. C. E. Green has been pro moted from the sixth to the fifth class of clerks for gene ral business in London. Mr. George Hughes has been promoted from the seventh to the sixth class of clerks for general business in London. Mr. James Scott has been promoted from the eighth to the seventh class I of clerks for general business in London. Civil ser. vice Gazette. AIICILEOLOGY IN WILTSHIRIL—The first anniversary meeting of the Wilts Arobwlogical and Natural History Society commenced on Wednesday in the ancient and appropriate city of Salisbury. The morning meeting was held in the Council Chamber, which was enriched by an extensive temporary museum of antique curiosities, partly in the possession of the society and partly contri butions from various private collections. 2. That the net space shall be broadly divided among the various classes of manufacture. 3. That a small reserve be made for the completion of such departments as may be unrepresented by the de mands received ; and, 4. The remainder subdivided among the various com mittees, partly in proportion to the number and charac ter of the applications that have been received, and partly in proportion to the scale upon which each kind of industry is carried on in a locality. Each committee will then be requested to make such a division of the space thus allotted among the intending exhibitors as will be m os t cre di ta bl e to their district ' , or to the particular branch of industry which they re present. The committees to which the demands will be referred will be as fellows :- 1. For Machinery and Civil Engineering—The Coun cil of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 2. Agricultural Machinery The Committee ap pointed by the Royal Agricultural Society. 3. Manufactures (Metropolis)—The Associate Com mittee for particular Trades. 4. Manufactures (Provinces).—The Local Committees formed at Aberdeen, Arbroath, Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Derby, Dublin, Dudley, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Galashiels, Glasgow, Greenock, Hudders field, Leeds, Macclesfield, Manchester, Norwich, Not tingham, Paisley, Preston, Sheffield, Staffordshire Pot teries, Stockport, Sunderland, Trowbridge, Walsall, Wolverhampton. H. C. Owzrz, Captain R.E., Secretary. DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS BY SCHAMYL. Our columns this morning contain the most satisfac tory intelligence which has yet been received from the seat of war in Asia. After the intrigues and imbecility which have hitherto characterised the proceedings of the Turkish army in Armenia, it is refreshing to turn to the vigorous inroad of Schamyl and his Circassian followers into the very heart of Georgia, and to calculate the amount of injury which he has inflicted on the common enemy. In a great battle near Tiflis the Russians were utterly defeated by their old and implacable foe. They lost, we are informed, "many men, seven guns, 3,000 tents, and all their baggage," and, in addition, " all the provisions and ammunition of the Russians fell into the hands of the victors." It is by exploits such as these— by hard and frequent blows on well.fought fields, and not by diplomatic negotiations or by naval elemonstra tions, which lead to nothing—that the Emperor Nicholas will be brought to feel the hopeless nature of the struggle into which he has rushed, and that peace will be restored to the world. No wonder, then, that after such a signal overthrow, the Russian power in Georgia should totter to its fall, and that Prince Bebutoff shOuld be summoned from Armenia to restore, if possible, the fallen fortunes of his Imperial master. _ - Simultaneously with the news of Schamyl's victory came the intelligence that the rupture between Persia and the Porte was complete. We hope that none of our readers will be weak enough to imagine that the conduct of Persia has anything to do with the issue of the struggle between Russia and Turkey. Persia is the Prussia of the East, and the policy of the Court of Teheran has been as vacillating as that of Berlin. When the Turks gain a victory the Russian Envoy is dismissed, and when the Russian fortunes are uppermost the Turkish Mi nister is suddenly requested to leave the country. Despised or detested by all Powers alike, the Shah of Persia owes his political existence to the long suffer ance of England, for, if it suited us to take any notice of his misconduct, the appearance of a few vessels in the Persian Gulf, barrying a very small portion of onr Bom bay army to the port of Bushire, would soon bring out that double-faced Potentate on his knees. On such a Sovereign, to-day Turk and to-morrow Russian, but who is really at the mercy of England, the influence of a British Envoy ought to be supreme ; and for this rea son, without wishinc, at all to dispara ge th e exer ti ons o f those diplomatists who b have lately represented this coun try, at the Court of the Shah, we are glad to see from an announcement in the last night's Gazette, that British interests are about to be cared for at Teheran, and that Mr. Murray, formerly Consul-General in Egypt, and lately British Minister at Berne, is to proceed as Pleni potentiary to Persia. A better appointment could not have been made, and we have little doubt that the energy and ability of Mr. Murray will exercise the most salutary influence on the policy of the Shah.—Times. THE POLICY OF TEE PRUSSIAN COURT. _____...______. The policy of the Prussian Government at this crisis of the affairs of Europe is not to be disguised by any subtleties of diplomatic language, or any affectation of impartial motives. The truth is plainly discernible through all the veils with which it is hoped to disguise it, and every observer of European politics is perfectly aware that Prussia has not only been false to the cause which she herself approved, but is doing all that lies in her power to frustrate the snore generous exer tions of others. No sophistry of explanation or argument can affect the simple facts of the case before the public. A serious dispute exists between Ruisia and Europe, originating in an aggression of the former power upon a neighbouring State, which was held to be a violation of European law, and, as such, calling for European intervention. In the exercise of this intervention, and for the enforcement of those ss i 8 p prin ciples by which the peace of E urope, like the internal ia to th e a b andonment of h peace endeavouring ne rd e on ffv o oe f un rsiianynveg tclaims, particular ai compel s , and State, to the O b servance of pub lie u France have resorted to arms, anudaheld are at Elathnigsnd and moment lie law. Now, it would bo competent to Prussia, or to any other Government, either to take a different view of the original quarrel and to pronounce Rus sia in the right, or to maintai n pose to her as conditi of e ace were oppressive that, though Rus sia might have been wrong, th e terms now pro andd severe. But neither ons of these p os itions has been token by the Prussian court. That court has expressly acknowledged—first, that the view taken by the Western i c n e et of h t a h v e e se beena admissions unceasingly ducted the Powers of Russia's conduct was entirely justifiable ; and next, that the terms of peace which the se Governments have offered were such as ought to have b een accepted. , but d oes a ll i n defiance of Rus s i a and the em barrassment i effortsreevcetret dhoefl towards thess , i n direct Prussianprotection barrassment of her assailants. Prussia not only refuses herer Russian aidp power w in esru c bt a ot r e r sr y cf i ur n e, g een, the nh :alai palliator into ffesene dv ee e rr x .y e execution, su pports every Russia n a n 0 ff e n c e and is unremitting in her endeavours to prevent Austria, from co-operating actively with France and Engla n d . Con scious of the blame which such conduct must i ncur, she has now attempted to vindicate her policy by a reference to the particular interests which she was bound to con _ - sult, and as if they supplied no incitement to a c t ive in tervention. / We think it would not be difficult to show th a t, as far ', as any such distinction of interests can be drawn, those of Germany are certainly more nearly involved in the pending quarrel than those of France or England. It surely concerns Germany more than any other nation that the navigation of the Danube should be free, nor could any Governments be more interested than the German Governments in the maintenance of the principl es which secure a weak State from the aggressions of a s t rong one. The first glance at a map of Europe will show that Eng land and France would be the last to he dev oure d i n the case of a Russian advance upon the Wrest, nor h as it ever been pretended that these Powers ar e p romoting 1 any interests of their own in the war they h ave under taken. Ou the contrary, it has been explicity declared in the State papers of the two Governments, th at they look for no territorial acquisitions, or other similar ad vantages, but are actuated solely by the desi re o f re dressing the grievance presently suffered b y t h e Otto man empire, and of preventing the recurrence of any such disturbances in future. The obligations incumbent upon the Western Powers in this respect were simply identi• cal with those incumbent upon the . Gov ernments of Germany, for they consisted merely in the co mmon duty of upholding public law, and to this duty one State can be no more bound than another. To assert that Ge rman interests are not involved in the decision of the dispute As it happens, this conduct is not likely to have much influence on the eventual result of the con test. A more honest course of policy might indeed have brought the war to a more speedy termination ; but the forces of France and England will, it may be reasonably assumed, prove quite sufficient for effecting the purposes in view, and Prussia will be left in the posi tion to which such proceedings must consign her. We cannot, however, omit to point out a moral which a cer tain class of politicians among ourselves may draw from these events, and which must prove, we should think, immediately fatal to the theory of international " arbi tration." Who, in European differences, could be arbi trators except the representatives of the controlling Powers of Europe ; and how could an impartial arbitra tion be anticipated from umpires, some of whom, as is now shown, do not hesitate to consider the interests of a political party as superior even to the requirements of justice put on record by themselves The operations of the allied forces will soon, we trust, enable Europe to look with profound indifference on the politics of Prus sia ; but this conduct of a Power pretending to no in considerable weight in the affairs of the world should not be lost sight of in future times.—Times. OUR TRADE AND COMMERCE IN TIIE PACIFIC. A considerable degree of apathy and indifference still prevails respecting the extension of our commercial re lations with the islands and States situate in the Pacific Ocean. This can scarcely result in the present day, from inadequate knowledge of their position and re sources, but most probably arises from a concentration of attention on other points, to which the tide of com merce has been more directly turned. Still it cannot be denied that we aro too ready to abandon all the most prosperous and lucrative sources of trade in that quarter to American enterprise ; and even the French are stealing a march on us in commercial transactions among the equatorial island groups to the Pacific. The whole of the Pacific Ocean is studded with islands abounding in every species of tropical production, whose riches are, to a great extent, at present unknown and un sought. In those islands are to be procured trepang, or bdch4-de-mer, arrowroot, cocoa-nut oil, tortoiseshell, timber of various descriptions, sponge, matting, fibres, and coarse rope, together with various fruits. There also is a soil capable of growing all tropical produce, if encou ragement were but given to the natives to cultivate it. The Pacific Islands were long since called " the West Indies of the Southern Hemisphere." The internal traffic of the Pacific has scarcely yet commenced. ; that traffic of the Pacific depends on a natural law—the bene ficial exchange of the productions of one climate for those of another. The American coast west Of the Rocky Mountains is now peopled by a hardy, enterprising, and persevering race of men, who are destined to become the lords of the Pacific Ocean. Already, within the short space of four or five years, half a million of people have settled in the New States, in the far north-west, and, under their in fluence, the waters between Asia and America will be come—what the waters of the Western Hemisphere have long been—the high road to commerce. Although the 'Pacific trade is yet in. its infancy, the op portunities and channels for its expansion are im mense. Three years ago the British trade with the South Seas and the Pacific) amounted in value to 3,000,0001., and oar trade with the South American States on the Pacific to 2,250,0001. more ; whilst the value of the United States' exports, in 1851, to the South American States on the Pacific and the Islands, was but half-a-million sterling. Since then. American commerce in that quarter has received an im mense impetus, and the merchants of California are striking out energetically, in all directions, in those seas. The North Pacific is now traversed in various quarters by an immense fleet of American whaling vessels, giving employment to nearly 20,000 seamen, and the principal place of resort for these vessels is the Sand wich Islands. Besides the direct trade between Cali fornia and the Isthmus, in passengers, light goods, and specie, steam communication h as recen tl y b een com menced by American enterprise between the ports of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Pa nama. The scope of country thus opened to commerce is one of the richest in aatural production on the Conti nent, whilst its virgin wealth has been comparatively , untouched. Guatemala, the most northern of the Cen tral American States, With its population of 500, 000 souls, is rich in all the minerals and precious metals, and the soil, being extremely fertile, produces sarsaparilla, cocoa, corn, and fruits in the greatest variety, besides cochineal. The value of the British trade is about 500,0001. San Salvador is smaller than G uatemala, hav ing a population of about 300,000; but produces in luxuriance, indigo, dyewoods, rice, sugar, and fruits. Honduras, having a limited extent of coast on th e P ac ifi c, also abounds in minerals and dyewoods, but is principally a grazing country. Nicaragua, with her 350,000 in habitants, is one of the richest producing States in America. Costa Rica is becoming one of the most im portant republics in that region, and is particularly noted for her fine copper. Next comes New Granada, a State of similar character, with which the United States already carry on an import and export trade of the value of 400,0001. to 500,0001. per an num. To the southward, some 300 miles from Panama, is San Buena Ventura, one of the greatest avenues of wealth on the western coast of America, not only on ac count of its mineral and agricultural productions, but by reason of its geographical position and proximity to the valley of the Amazon, and from thence large quan tities of gold dust are sent monthly to Panama and Lima. The imports into the Central American States amount to about 1,400,000/. annually. The exports for 1852 reached the sum of 2,100,0001. But correct statistical returns relative to the Central American Re publics are difficult to obtain, as very few are kept ; and civil dissensions occasionally interrupt them where they are oven kept with anything like system. .... .._ Hitherto the Pacific has been - a field of adventure rather than of regular commerce. Till recently it has been cut off from all direct communication with the trade and civilisation of Europe and America. No maritime nations of importance have occupied any part of the extensive line of coast by which it is circum scribed, and within which it has lain in silent repose, rather like a secluded lake than a mighty peopled ocean. But a new destiny is beginning to dawn upon it. The Pacific is casting its hitherto dormant wealth into the lap of those whose perseverance, skill, and daring enterprise have called it into life • and the forests and prairies of its shores are being re duced to the service of man. The sound of the ocean's waves are no longer echoed by the silent rocks, but are repeated by the busy murmur ings of human life. The steam-vessel foams along the coasts and rivers on the western shores of America, where the canoe once glided, and the wharf and the palace have supplanted the wigwam and the pine-tree. Barren and untenanted islands have yielded up treasures to com merce which have enriched states and individuals, and, by fertilising distant lands, have proved a blessing to thousands. If we look still further westward the vista is equally interesting. A British surveying expedition in the Pacific seas is accomplishing results which will prove highly beneficial to Australian mariners, and a similar expedition sent out by the American Govern ment, under Commodore Ringgold, is destined to open to eastern commerce certain accessible routes and chan nels of approach from the Australian ports to China, to the east of New Holland, and perhaps through some of the various groups of islands known as the New Hebrides, New Britannia, New Guinea, thence up by the Caro line, Pellew, and Philippine Islands to Canton. The examinations and surveys of Commodores Perry and Ringgold, of the American navy, of the French squadron in the Pacific, and of the Commanders of her Majesty's ships Herald, Torch, and Pandora, will accomplish much in the surveys of the coasts and harbours of New Zealand, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and the Feegees, of the islands of Japan, and of the two or three routes formed by the great chain of islands lying between the meridi ans of 150 degrees and 170 degrees east longitude. " The prospect of trade opened up (observes an Austra lian contemporary) is dazzling in the extreme. America, Australia, Japan, China, India, and the isles,' are the countries that will furnish the elements of this new 111. All local authorities and persons whatsoever to exert all the powers vested in them by law for the removal of nuisances. IV. All relations of, or others in charge of the bodies of, pergons who have died of cholera or other epidemic disease, to obey the directions of the medical officers of the guar dians, as to the speedy interment of the dead. In these directions and regulations, the word "Guar dians" means the guardians, directors, wardens, governors, parochial board, or other like officers having the manage ment of the poor of any union, parish, combination, or place, where the matter requiring the cognisance of any such officers arises, and the expression " Local Authority" means the town council, local board of health, or any trustees or commissioners for the draining, paving, light ing, cleansing, managing, or directing the police of any town, borough, or place, highway board, or any other body of a like nature, or any commissioners of sewers, or any body, excepting boards of guardians and overseers, having by law powers for the removal of nuisances. Given under my hand and under the seal of the General Board of Health, this fourteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. (Signed) B. HALL. ST. DUNSTAN'S, STlZPNET.—Yesterday forenoon Mr. William Baker, the coroner, held an inquest at the Crown and Anchor, Storer-street, St. Dunstan's, Step ney, on view of the body of Janet Dean, aged 72 years, who died very suddenly from choleraic diarrhcea, at No. 1, Great Turner-street, Commercial-road, East. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was the wife of a commercial clerk-, and generally enjoyed a good state of health ; but on Tuesday morning last she was seized with diarrhcea and sickness. Deceased had suffered very severely from neglected diarrhcea, which produced prostration and general exhaustion. Verdict, " natural death from choleraic diarrhcea." There have been no fewer than twenty-five deaths in the anion, which includes Mile End Old Town ; St. Paul's, Shad.- well ; St. John's, Wapping ; the hamlet of Ratcliff, and St. Anne's, Limebouse, during the last three days. A seaman was removed from a barge yesterday, which was lying in the eastern basin of the Regent's Canal Dock, Ratcliff. He was suffering from a severe attack of the disease, and after being seen by Mr. Cleland, one of the medical officers of the union, he was conveyed to the cholera ward of the London Hospital, where he ex pired last evening. THE PRECINCT AND LIBERTY OF THE TOWEL—Late on Thursday evening, Mr. Baker, the coroner for the liberty of the Tower, held a long inquiry at the Old ' George Tavern, Trinity-square, Tower-hill, on view of the body of a respectable man, unknown, who died sud denly from a severe attack of Asiatic cholera, while sit ting on a form on Tower-hill. In the deceased's hat were some bread and meat. On one piece of paper was written the following :—" William Keates will thank any person who may think him worthy of their employ. ment. I am one of the unfortunate, and am afflicted with deficient speech. lam not particular what it may be, so that I can occupy my time with credit to myself and to the benefit of my employer. I have a little sup port from the interest of 3001. in the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock. I can give respectable references as to character in London and Bath." Other evidence having been adduced, the jury returned a verdict of "Died of Asiatic cholera." Another death took place in the Tower from cholera on Thursday, after a brief attack, and the epidemic is far from subsiding. The rate payers are about to hold a general meeting in the liberty of the Tower and its precincts, for the purpose of making additional arrangements for the medical re lief of the poor of the Tower district. ST. GEORGE-IN-THE-EAST.—Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, Mr. B. Baker, the coroner, held an in quest at the Ship Tavern, Chapel-street, Back-road, St. George-in-the-East, respecting the death of Joseph Brad ford, aged 11 years, who died from the effects of foul drainage. The jury returned the following verdict : " That the deceased died from malignant fever, occa sioned by certain nuisances on the premises where the deceased had been residing, and the coroner is earnestly requested to write to the board of guardians and the landlord of the premises, relative to the nuis ances complained of, for the purpose of having the house placed in a proper condition." . - ST. MATTHEW, BETHNAL GREEN.—Last evening an other inquest was taken by Mr. W. Baker al, the Butler's Head, Butler-street, Bethnal-green, on the body of Mar garet Sophia Gilderstive, aged 49 years, the wife of a weaver, carrying on business as a herbalist and agent to Dr. Coffin, at No. 6, Gretton-terrace, Green-street, where the deceased died from an attack ofAsiatic cholera caused by the effect of quack medicine administered by the hus band. The evidence proved that the deceased had been in good health until Monday last, when she was seized with violent purging and vomiting. Mr. Stephens, the agent of Dr. Coffin, visited the deceased, but did not administer any of the nostrums. The usual cholera pow der was given to her, but she gradually grew worse and died on the same day. The jury, after a long and de sultory conversation, returned a verdict :—" That the deceased died from the effects of Asiatic, cholera, and that the husband was guilty of great misconduct in not calling in a proper medical practitioner previous to the deceased's death." Mr. Moore stated, in answer to the coroner, that there were a great number of oases of cho lera in the district of Bethnal-green, but the epidemic was not on the increase. THE WEST LONDON UNlON.—Yesterday morning, in consequence of the increase of the epidemic among the poor in the West London Union, the board of guardians issued a notice among the inhabitants :—"Medicines are kept at the houses of the medical officers of the union for the gratuitous relief of the afflicted poor who may be seized with diarrhoea or any of the symptoms of the epidemic. The various dispensaries in the union are also open day and night, where assistance will be ren dered without an order from the relieving officers or guardians." Several cases of Asiatic cholera were re ported yesterday, but the disease is not on the increase at present. The pauper inmates at the workhouse, West street, Smithfield, are generally in a healthy condition. ST. LUKE'S, MIDDLESEX.-At an inquest held yester day afternoon, at the Crown public-house, Whitecross street, St. Luke's, the registrar of the district stated, in answer to Mr. Baker, the coroner, that there were very few fatal cases of Asiatic cholera in that densely popu lated parish, and in the crowded parts the poor were somewhat free from the disease, although many were suffering from diarrhoea. There had only been three deaths in the vicinity of Whitecross-street during the present week. THE CHOLERA. DIRECTIONS AND REGULATIONS OF THE GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH. I. All surveyors, district or assistant surveyors of high ways, trustees, county surveyors, and others by law en trusted with the care and management of streets and pub lic ways and places, and where there are no public authori ties so entrusted, the owners and occupiers of houses and tenements adjoining thereto, to take the measures neces sary for the frequent and effectual cleansing thereof. 11. The owners and occupiers and persons having the care and ordering of all houses, dwellings, churches, build ings, and places of assembly, to cleanse, purify, ventilate, and disinfect the same. THE HOSPITALS. ST. BARTHOLOMEWS.—Yesterday forenoon the num ber of cases in this hospital were rather on the increase, and many of the persons afflicted were in a dangerous condition from malignant attacks of the epidemic. The medical staff at this excellent institution has been in creased, owing to the great number of cases brought to the cholera ward. THE LoNnoN:—There are several dangerous cases of the disease in the cholera ward of the London Hospital, and yesterday more deaths were reported to the registrar of the district. The afflicted persons are brought from all parts of the east-end of London. ST. T HOMAS'S. —Yesterday the cholera ward was open at St. Thomas's Hospital for the reception of cholera cases, and medicine is given away to the poor at all hours of the day and night. The house surgeon and his as sistants are i n cons t ant attendance to m eet allns. i se s _Z_ an urgent c h aracter during the visitation of the ss" among the poo r o f th e di str i ct where the e pidemic was raging. LYNN. —Diar r h oea s till con ti nues to prevail extensively is this town, but there is no appearance of c holera. A. man was brought into town frozn Walpole at the latter The directors of this company state in their report that the receipts for the half-year ending the 31st of July last amounted to 114,9461., bring an increase of 1 5 ,574 /, over those of the corresponding period of 1853, and the expenses to 65,0581., being an increase of 13,4791.0ver the corresponding period, showing that the increas e of net receipts amounted to only 5,0951. The extraordinary stated to be , and still further reduce the net expenses, ii, in addition to the above, are receipts by that amo . unt. The increase in the working expenses of the line has arisen almost entirely in the repairs which have been found necessary to rolling stock and in maintenance of way. 1, 9 68/. have been expended in new rails for th e line between- Portobello and Edin burgh. The balance of revenu e from the last half-year, balance of th to e present 2 half-year n - d le B s a B v l e ' s 3,9431. a c va n i t. able for dividends. The divide; 9, 67 0 5 /1 e an s d p l e e r ave e a preference stocks amount to balance of 4,268/. The arrears of dividend on the 6 per cent. stock, amounting to 2,7421., b eing deducted from the balance, leaves only 1,526/. An arbitration is at present pending respecting the mail service already p - formed, which, if settled and paid f or , might, with the above balance, have yielded a small dividend. The debts to bankers, amounting to 280,0001., with all interest there on, have been paid off. The bill authorising the construc tion of the Selkirk end Galashiels Railway received the Royal assent on the 31st of July. It is proposed that the North British Company should work the line for ten years. The directors regret that their negotiations with the Peebles Railway Company for the working of that railway have been abortive. They offered to work the Peebles line at the actual cost, whatever that might be. The directors have appointed the Hon. E. G. Petre loco motive superintendent, and they fully anticipate greatly increased efficiency in that department. Out of the 450 goods waggons ordered, 295 have been supplied, and there remain 155 to be supplied. These additions to the stock will be a means of the further improvement of the revenue. The directors deeply regret that in spite of the very large increase of revenue, they are not in a position to recommend a dividend ; but they do not hesitate to express their belief that in future the ordinary share holders will participate in the progressive profits of the railway, and they trust that the data contained in their report will enable the proprietors at large to form a cor rect judgment of the value of their stock. The capital account to the 31st of July shows that 4,518,6361. had been received, and 4, 411, 4671. expended, leaving a balance of 97,0151. arrears of calls, and 10,1531. balance of bond on Halbeath Railway, to meet 35,6381. due to bonders and others. The revenue account for the half year shows that 114,9461. had been received, and 65,055/. expended, leaving a balance, of which 25,0391. is absorbed by inte rest on loans and to bankers, and 3,5611. for extraordinary expenses, leaving a balance of 23,9431., including 2,6561. brought from the former account, and disposed of as above. The loan account shows that 1,091,4381. has been borrowed, of which 295,6011. has been borrowed at 5 per cent., 242,5701. at 41 per cent., and 259,0031. at 4 per cent. WATERFORD AND KILKE.NNIT. The line from Dunkitt to Waterford, forming the junction of the Waterford and Kilkenny and Waterford and Limerick Railways is now completed, and the formal openit ' , of this portio n on M on d ay l ast was attended with the most favourable results. The excellence of the new line, and the difficulties that have been surmounted in carrying out operations through the Great Marsh between Dunkitt and the Suir, as well as the formation of a wooden viaduct over the most difficult part of the marsh, and another over the Blackwater river, are alike matters of congratulation. The Waterford terminus exhibits the light and excellent design of the Dublin Exhibition building as being peculiarly applicable to rail way purposes. The day's proceedings were brought to a conclusion by the officials of both companies dining together at Waterford. A. meeting of the directors of the two companies was held at Waterford last Friday week, and arrangements of the most harmonious character was perfected for the mutual working of both lines. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR TUE PAST WEEK. Miles i Receipts. opened, NAME 0 F RAILWAY. ; 1854. 1853. 1854. ---.... BRITISH. X £ 72 Aberdee n . .... , ......„ _ ..„ _ 2,001 2,100 37 % Belfast and Ballymena .............. 7 3 7 790 17 Belfast and County Down.. .. - - .... 269 292 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,368 2,492 2636 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .... 963 998 10434 Bristol and Exeter .................. 6,760 7,641 139 % Ca1ed0nian............. ............ 11,018 12,357 142 Edinburgh and Glasgow .••••• • - •• • • 5,582 5,072 94 % Chester and H01yhead....... „, ~.... 6,405 6,149 634 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ••- .. 2 38 290 20 Cork and Bandon ................. 231 200 56 Dublin and Belfast Junction •• .. -.. 1,420 1,048 6236 Dublin and Drogheda. .. ... 6 Dublin and Kingstown .............. 1,742 1,636 16% Dundee and Arbroath ............. 658 542 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 783 796 19 Dundalk ana Enniskillen.... - ...... 198 251 68 East Ang1ian.......... •••• • • • ....... 783 717 81 36 East Lancashire •........... •••• • • • • 8 , 9 13 6,610 417 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • "4 21 083 21,791 • 3 ' 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...-. 3,181 3,215 6 Exeter and Credit0n................ 122 157 22 Furness Railway .. • ............. 997 1,185 171% Glasgow, and South-Western........ 5,862 6,313 283 Great Northern and E. L........... 17,530 20,016 188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland ) 8,379 5,992 319 34 Great Western ...........• • ......„ 26,068 25,012 25 1 4 Irish South Eastern ................ 218 253 90 Lancaster and Carlisle .............. 6,839 6,164 260 Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ 20,705 22,092 - Leeds Northern .................... - 188 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 560 608 65336 London and North Western ..... .... 58,525 58,593 51 16 Loudon and 81ackwa11.............. 1,632 1,792 174 , London, Brighton, and South C oas t.. 14,474 16,919 2531 i London and South We5tern......... 14,720 1,4931 46 Londonderry and Enniskillen •...• • •• 507 645 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - - 167% Manchester, SheMeld,and Lincolnshire 8,718 8,850 28Manchester and South Junction .. -.. 756 921 Maryport and Carlisle • • •• .. •• •• •• •• - 2 3%3 75 3 1 9 0 9 1,1(1 5 i 498 li Midland .. .. •-••••••-- • • " - - - 126 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 37 Monklands • ... • • •• • • • • •• •• •• - •• .• 7 1 8 49 4 North New 111rIletiashnd Car lisle ... -47 NoNorth-Westernrth Staffordshire Oera ...: ...: •:: .... ••• ... •.: •:. 1 :. .: 3 !: , 3' 7 116 2 7°2;53 6 3 531 , : 8 4°971 4 5 7 511 82 Scottish Midland ..............., 4291% Shrewsbury and a a u n d d c 8 u ir a5 m t i e n r gh .. a . m ... ............ 2,7 %6 24 4 1 q 4 , 1 11 29 Shropshire Union ...............„. 258 South Devon •.• • • ... ...„ .. ~.„ ...: 21,717 21.678 2,832 2,728 8834 South Eastern •• • _ ...,,... 162 South Wales ...................... 4,304 5,798 85% South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 1,578 1,546 3,111 3,363 1,690 1,313 713 749 589 t 90 288 338 682172255 yw W W oh es a ri t i e r an C h tb a o d r :r n eNn w a e n a 1 lwd JunctionLimerick caß . t . 1 . ea ... :d. .. 8. : . . e . ... r.:1 1: .c . .... k. ..... 8,. ...: York and North Midland & Leeds 30,132 34,178 FOREIGN. 5734 Dutch Rhenish • . .......... 1,750 1,720 185 Lyons and Mediterranean .......... 7,238 7,082 63 Montereau and Troyes .......... -.. 1,264 1,125 63 Namur and Liege .................. 1,708 2,185 444 Northern of France .. .. -• • ........ 32,783 36,385 697 Orleans and Central* ............... 36,155 41,000 240 Paris and Lyons .................. 19,489 23,604 84 Paris and Rouen. ••.. • ..... 11,627 11,031 392 Paris and Strasbnrgh ........ ••., • . 26,G78 27,856 59 Rouen and Havre..... •.. 4,957 4,680 132 Western of France • .. .. 6 ,113 7,904 • The receipts include the traffic ou the Orleans and Central, Or leans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes. THE LATE ABORTION CASE.—Our readers cannot have forgotten the very extraordinary arid serious case of abortion which took place at Clapham in the month of June last year, for which three p ersons named Cunning- Bailey,re and Thomas had been tried t the Old and with which th e name of the Rev. a G e o r ge C. Gordon, then one of the Curates of St. Andrew's, Hol born, was so unpleasantly associated. The young lady who was the prosecutrix, and who had been subjected to the most abominable treatment, was Miss Eliza Mordon, the daughter of a retired tradesman residing in Ely place, Holborn ; and the person who was the cause e he o n her shame and sufferings was the Rev. Mr. Gordon,_ a popular preacher, and at the time a lodger in h o us eth ev e . of her father. The evidence implicating h t e her wasof gen tleman as an accessory before and after t he fact the superin tendent conclusive a character that Mr. hand, had made every effort to p managed to give him the slip, a nd l P reached Boulogne in tendent of the P division of police, rweLhhueoehdadhitmh,e but te hein :l a nd brought to this country prisoners, but it was found to be tried with the oth_er_ a p safety.bt heattabk by nthi Inquiries t international t c e u rsntao:d: as to whether be could not hiscaption under the cir cumstancesb justifiable, and thus he escaped would . transpired it appears that the rev. what has recently eyotrneaeim there j a m ad e has communicated j with ust ly t the l Ifamily for . of From d has offered to marry and make her his Mordon, an any answer on the sub cwife ; but t d h th e c y oe delicate affair in the hands of a solicitor tgheentpleumniasnliment hisnooffenceso ject placod p g a iv r i t n i g n the prosecution. This w opened a correspondence with the Rev. Mr. Gentleman sented on the part of the friends of the Gordon, an lady to a union, provided he made a marriage set ! young t entas his means would permit, but this he declined doing, lem and thus the matter at present rests. w ho had taken an w a it e h t o iv u o t SALE OF A RUSSIAN PRIZE. - -Yesterday, at Lloyd's, l the Russian prize Aland, a barque about 506 tons bur then, captured by her Majesty's steamer James Watt, was put up for public sale. She was built at Aland in 1847, and appeared eligible for passengers and general purposes. Her cargo, 700 tons of St. übes salt, had been sold for 784/. 15s. After much competition, 840 • was knocked down for 2,7001. ion to all parts of London , on the Arrival of the fol th-street Station. SUNDAYS. T 1 m e 714 Bey 11!( ) 14 314 ~~~ ~ '~~~~ /~ ~~C~ I end of last week, and died soon after his admission into the infirmary of cholera, but we believe there has been no death from this disease since. At Walpole eight deaths have taken place, in the fen and other parts of the village, where the water is very unwholesome. LIVERPOOL AND BIRKENHEAD.—Since our last, 21 cases of cholera have been admitted into the workhouse, principally from the filthy and over-crowded streets in Scotland and Vauxhall wards. Ten deaths have occurred within the same time, and 33 cases now remain under treatment. Six persons have been discharged conva lesoent ; some are approaching that state, whilst others are in a critical position. During the earlier period of the week the disease, so far as admissions to the hos pital were concerned, seemed to be abating ; but on Wednesday there was a palpable increase, the admis sions on that day amounting to six, three of which proved fatal within a few hours of the time of their admission. THE EXETER DISPENSARY'S FORMULA FOR THE DIAREHCEA MIXTURE.—Take of aromatic confection, 2 drachms ; camphor julep, 7 ounces ; laudanum, 40 drops ; sal valatile, 2 drachms ; tincture of ginger half an ounce. Mix. Dose—Two tablespoonsfull three times a day, or when required. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH BRITISH. -.-~-1 ~ 12 1 24 44 *514 6y. 5 - 0 - 8 10