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TH' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 39, King-street, Cheapside, Lordon. Established 1834. SPECIAL NOTlCE.—Assurances effected before the 3lst Instant Will share in the Profits at the end of next year. SAMUEL BROWN, Actuary. FAAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. —The Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock Company hereby give Notice, that the Transfer Books of the said Company will he shut on MONDAY, the 11th December, 1854, and • open again on MONDAY, the Bth January, 18b5. By Order of the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, 3311 liter-square, 2,d Dec., 1854. BANK. OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. PARTIES desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the Plan of this Institution, by which a high rate of Interest may he obtained with perfect security. Interest payable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Prospectuses and Forms for opening Accounts sent free on application B RITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 37, New Bridge-stre:q. Blacktriars. - - - Empowered by Special Act of Parliament—Accumulated4d, 60,000 L—Annual Income, 30,0001.—The entire profit , ' divided trien nially—No charges except the Anivial Premium—Policies indisput able except in cups of fraud ; aid after three years the assurer may receive the surrender value, or obtitin in exchaive a Free Policy.— Loans granted on approved security. JAMES INGLIS, Secretary. B RITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 37, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. At the Annual Meeting of this Company, August 31, 1854, the fol lowing Resolutions wero passed unarihnously let. That this meeting cordially agrees with the recommendation of the Directors, that 12} per cent. on their premiums be returned to the insurers. 3d. That this Meeting congratulates the public on the signal suc cess which has attended the formation of the British Empire Fire Assurance C mpany on the mutual principle. That it views with approbation the steady and economical, yet diligent manner in which its business has been conducted ; and calls upon all its numerous fellow-insurers to co-operate zealously with the Directors in making known the merits and advantages of the Company. Guarantee Fund 200,0001. Entire profits divided triennially. Complete Mutuality. Policies issued, 12,314 for 5,461,2801. FRANCIS CLONES, Secretary. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 4, I , IW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, Z William IT. DIRECTORS. _ _ _ The Right Mom Sir T. FRANIaTND LEWIS, Bart., M.P., Chair- man. HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. A. Kingsford Barber, Esq. I Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Arthur Kett Barclay, Esq., F.A.S. I Archibald Itastie, Esq., M.P. Henry Barnett, Esq. I Charles Morris, Esq. Robert Biddulph, Esq. William Routh, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. AUDITORS. Edward Charrington, Esq. Captain Robert Gordon, R.N. Francis DLlMergUei Esq. I John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq. rHTSICIAN—John Ayrton Paris, AI.D., Cantab., Hon. D.C.L. F.R.S., 27, Dever-street (President of the Royal College of Phy- siclans). SlllMlON—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.S., No. 54, Green-street, Grosvenor-square. SOLICITOR —Henry Young, Esq., No. 19, Essex-street, strand. ACTUARY—James John Dowries, Esq., F.R.A.S. The advantages offered by this Society are : ECONOMY combined with Security, and Lower Rates of Premiums than those of any other office, which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. The WHOLE of the PROFITS are divided every fifth year among the Assured, and a Bonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Premium to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, If a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. The sum of 397,0001. was added to Policies at the last division, which produced an average BONUS of 67/. per cent. on the fremiums paid. Number of Policies in force nearly 7,500. The Assurance Fund amounts to 1,400,0001. Income upwards Of 230,0001. per Annum. No charge for Policy Stamps, nor for Service in the Yeomanry or Ililitia Corps. The subjoined Table skows the advantages offered by this Society, resulting from low Premiums, and a division of the entire profits among the A.ssured:— ° ,`-'. ) .E.", c% .2 • E PI g Zrs - PI .1 A - t F.. 2 1854. 1855. 1854. 1855. X. x. d. £ £ £ £ £ £ 20 21 13 10 1260 260 116 12 25 1388 1413 30 26 13 i 1205 105 125 12 24 1342 1366 40 33 19 6 1140 140 130 11 22 1281 1303 be 45 6 0 1030 30 141 10 20 1181 1201 Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained en ALEXANDER MACDONALD, application to SPECIAL NOTICE. Proposals for Assurance must be made prior to the 1855, to entitle the Assured to participate in the ne3 ?refits in 1859. aid January, :t Division of CONTRACT FOR PRESERVED MEAT. Department of the Comptroller for Victimlilag and • Transport Services, Somerset-place, Ist'December, 1854. THECommissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on SATURDAY, the 9th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DE.PTFORD, 500,000 lbs. of PRESERVED it OTLED - • • to be delivered, half in six weeks, and the remainder in six weeks afterwards, in equal weekly portions, Or earlier, if preferred by the parties tendering. Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the Beef. A Form of the tender and the coalitions of tho Revised Contract Maybe obtained at the said office. No tender will he received after one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless made on the Printed form provided for the purp, , se, and which may be obtained on application at the said Office. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Preserved Neat," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place. CONTRACTS FOR TEA AND PEPPER. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset House, 30th November, 1854. TRE Commissioners for executing t he Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on MONDAY, the 11th December next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to contract for supplying and delivering Into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Gosport and Plymouth, the under-mentioned Articles, viz. : To be delivered at 1 • '—'—'"---- When to be delivered. Gosport. Plymouth. 1 One-half of each in lbs. lbs. three weeks, and TEA. (Canon). •• •••• • • 141,000 10,000 the remainder in 3 weeks afterwards, PEPPER (Whole Tons. Tons. or earlier if pre- Black) .... •••••• • • 2 ' 2 ferred by the party tendering. SPECIAL NOTICE.—UntiI March 1, 1855, E. MOSES AND SON'S Establishments will be closed at Eight o'clock every evening, except Saturday, when they will be open until Eleven o'clock. EAST AND WEST, TWO HEMISPHERES OF TRADE.. We are ;la accustomed to symbolise ; but the progress of the sun of civilisation, manufacture, science, and literature from east to west, and the concentration of power, influence, riches. and skill in the western nations is illustrated in the commercial transactions of E. Moses and Son. Their magnificent business career commenced in the east of the metropolis and 'extended over the known world, and at the urgent request of their friends, patrons, and the public, they 'founded a branch at the west end. There, and at the Parent Esta blishment, they have continued to furnish the most seasonable, the most fashionable, and the best Dress for all classes at the most eco nomical prices. Winter Attire, Overcoats, Paletots, Waterproof Dress. Juvenile Clothing. Uniforms, Liveries, Ladies' Habits, costumes fer all sta tions and professions, the Working Man's and the Seaman's clothing being provided with the same industry, at prices never imitated. In conjunction with 'the Tailoring and Ready-made Clothing bnsiness, E. Moses and Son have long had the lead as Hosiers and shirt manufacturers. To their Branch Establishment, New Oxford- Street, they have added a Hosiery Department, which cannot be equalled for extent, magnificence, novelty, and splendour of stock ; it affords advantages too numerous for detail, but which will he highly appreciated by the nobility, gentry, and the public, as such Hosiery Goods may there be selected as cannot be obtained else where. . Merchants, Captains, and Emigrants derive the greatest advan tages from investments in the ITholesale Clothing, Boot and Shoe, and Shirt Department, at E, Moses and Son's. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against inaposition,havin; learned that the untradesman-like falsehood 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 WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN Oa 017 T OF 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, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, I'9 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36. Fargato. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailor!, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers. and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trem which no abatement can be made. The Establishments aro closed from sunset on Fridays ti sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 11 o'clock. A new Book for Autism and Winter. " The Commercial Cornu copia," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure ment, &A.. &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Ici l'on parle Francais. Qui at pans Renew,. Bier spnicht man Deutsch. Aqua sa habla Esparto. Tenders may be made for the whole, or any portion of the Articles. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, et for such Part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection. The articles to be exempted from the Customs Duties, and parties tendering are to state where they are respectively lying. Samples of the Tea (not less than 21bs.), from the bonded ware house. and 'of the Pepper (not less than 4115.), must be produced by the party tendering. The Samples produced by persons whose Tenders are not accepted are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the Con tracts have been decided. No Tender will be received unless made on the Printed Form pro ♦!ded for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said Office, at the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liver pool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. The conditions of the revised ecastracts, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said Office, at the said Victualling Yards, and at Liverpool and Bristol. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf should attend at the office on the day of contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty - ' and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for sad must also be delivered at Somerset House. TRIESEMAR, protected . by Royal Lett ers Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacia do Paris, and the Imperi al College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEIIA.R, No. 1, is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhosa, and Exhansticin of the System. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three, days, completely and' entirely eradkates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRI ESEMAR, No. 3, Is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the E ng lish physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparillas in the world cannot rentove. TRIE9EMAR, No. 1,2, and 3 , are alike devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table Without their use being suspected. st, 2s. extra , divided into Sold in tin cases at 11s. each, free by po separate doses, u administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, ice. , &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John ston, 68, Cornhill; Hannayand C0.,63, Oxf rd street* and Sanger, 0., 0 - r 150, Oxford-street. DR. 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In the edition for 1852, published in December, 1851. 2. The same blenders REPRINTED into the edition for 1853. 3. The identical blunders again reprinted in the edition for 1854. 4. The same once more reprinted into March edition for 1854. 5. And finally, the same again reprinted into the edition for NEXT YEAR. In the " Review" we predicted that no full and precise explanation would be attempted, and the result has proved the accuracy of the prediction : instead of an open and direct answer in print, the pro jector has forwarded written statements to individuals complaining of our "incessant" attacks upon his book, but omitting to state that the staple of each of these consists of an exposure of stale, old re printed blunders, each time a different catalogue from that appa rently inexhaustible blunder-mine—Watkins's Directory. The Subscribers to the book are respectfully requested to peruse our last Review, and then to require a full and precise published ex planation of blundering, such 'as we believe never to have beea paralleled in any book purporting to be a " Directory." Kelly and Co., 19, 20, and 21, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar. THE CRIMEA. COLNAGIII'3 AUTHENTIC SERIES. SKETCHES at the SEAT of WAR by OFFICERS engaged in her Majesty's Service. CONTENTS PUBLISHED UP TO THIS DATE. Sevastopol, by Lieut. M. O'Reilly, R.N., sells 7m. 6d.—Bombard ment of Sevastopol, by Lieut. M. O'Reilly, R.N. (just ready), sells 12s —Bombardment of Odessa, by Lieut. M. O'Reilly, R.N., sells sm. —Balakiava, by Lieut. M. O'Reilly, R.N., sells 50.—The Loss of the Tiger, by Lieut. Dunne, R.N., sel s 3s.—Varna, by Lieut. Mansell, Ti N., sells ss.—The Battle of the Alma, from the Sea, by Capt. Gordon, R.E., sells sg.—The Battle of the Alma, from the Land, Lieut. 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Just published , price 25., illustrated with cases ; free by post for 30 stamps, NE RVO II S DEBILITY . , Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper matorrheea, With Practical Observations on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative Syst e m, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and distinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of every variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits , excesses, ac cident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded on twenty' years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermafrtoormrhceema,p&iricc.alTporawc:ieceb, are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on these important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'ME A R RTEM. LONDON, . M.D. V, BEDFORD-SQU , Doctor of hie:Heine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin -burgh, honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society ; Licentiate of Apothecaries' Ball, London, &c., &C, The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have proauced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man othereaniadmp;femdiastueare kn de o ca w y n a to t all od stages . ofttiofieo,Btihstsau., p lis erhaps, any the health, happiness, particularly recommended m ern Pa . perusal is their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded to.persons entertaining secret doubts of entitled. and privileges to which every h u man being is It Is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are principles of perzonal management which cannot be violated without ipeurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed file heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any decree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of, science cannot apply a cure. Tho 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 empirics, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 22, of Messrs. Piper, Brothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; uprnc, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Comb'''. ; •or free by post for thirty stamps to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed ford-square. At home for 00118tiltati011 daily from Eleven. till. Two, and from ~I ~-G--~. /Z 1J V ~/ ~~ f -~i . , , \'' it..- ; ' SQ • --', - /VI Z.'''' . — I fix , ~. ?' , ,•., , i .- \ j - ':+*.,,,,,,,,,,?, It - : : i '''- i . I#' `.7 . 'f• , 4 6 4 ) V 11// , 1 1' s O r ° .0. 'lt sA • - gi. Vifillit: v; , ~ - ' ------- li. , .. ' ~ „ ; a. i i t,, k . 4 I frOi tfl k 4, • ~-. 1, ' '4 ` l " '' Alit tll f O !4 . 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LOANS from 501. to 500 E., on the Security of th 3 borrower and two responsible Iloosekerpers. No Life kssuriiee. Interest, 6 per Cent—Address (wilt post-head), Messrs. I,AW RANCE and CO., 110, Fenchurch-street, CIT. Personally front 11 to 3. TO LOVERS OF FISH.- 100 real YARMOUTH BLOATERS for es.. package included rhe above f•rwurdcd to all parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, :r P. O. O. (preferred) for the amount. Send plain address, county, and nearest station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, jun., Fish-curer, Great Yarmouth. OYSTERS. —J. SWEETING is happy to inform his Friends and the Public .thq his BURNHAM RIVER NATIVE OYSTERS are as fine as last season. Ile has them six years' old, four hours from the beds, at his Fish and Oyster Establishment, 159, Cheapside. Superior Oyster Rooms ; Steed's Ale ; Reid's Stout. 00 AL DEPARTMENT, North London. Rail way.—liighbury Depot.—IIETTON'S WALL'S-END (the best house coals in the world) are brought to the docks of this rail way at Poplar by New screw steamers, Cochrane, 750 tons, Iletton, 750, and the Northumberland, 650 tons, chartered expressly for this depot, and delivered thoroughly screened, to any part of London, north of the Thames, at 275. per ton. Orders to be addressed to Mr. Thomas Lea, Chief Office, Railway Station, Highbury, Islington. Terms, cash on or before delivery. THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.-- The Agents and Friends of Gentlemen In the Army are respectfully informed that the Subscriber has a large supply of CLOTHING suitable for Wintering in the Crimea. Large Heavy PLAIDS, Warm ‘t RAPPERS, the Famous HIGHLAND CLOAK, Warm Coloured FLANNEL SHIRTS, TOP-COATS, Stout STOCK INGS, &c., &c., &c. Parcels leaving Inverness twice a-week by Rail to London, and thence carefully forwarded to the Army by Subscriber's Agent. D. WDOUGALL, TIIE TARTAN AND TWEED WAREHOUSE, INVERNESS. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- Now Open for the Season. —During the week the Orchestra will perform the following music :—Overture Bronze Horse, Auber ; Waltzes: La Naturelle, 11. Wlenard ; Jubilee, Tinney ; Burger Ball (first time), Strauss; Le Carnival de Venise (by desire), with Varia tions for all the principal performers, by H. Laurent. Quadrilles :. Le Palais de l'Alcazar. H. LamOtte ; L'Etoile du Nord, Musard ; Mont Blanc (first time), Biauchetean ; Partant pour la Syrie, 11. Laurent. Schottische: The Moldavian, by J tillien. Polkas: Musen, Strauss; Bacchus, Strauss; L'Etelle du Nord, li. Laurent; Elisen, Strauss. Gallops : Royal Artillery, Coots ; Les Guides, H. Laurent. Shortly, licenig's Staff Polka. Principal Cornet a Piston, M. Boni court.—Al te rat ion of Time —Doors open at Eight ; commence at half past.—Admission, One Shilling. GUARDIAN FIRE ,AND LIFE: ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. Sir WALTER R. FARQUHAR, Bart., Chairman. • FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. . John Dixon, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. T.Hankey, jun., Esq., M.P. James Morris, Esq. I John Harvey, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. r Henry IL Reynolds, jun., Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. • Jahn Labouchere, Esq. James Tullbeh. Esq. John Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. I John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S., Actuary. LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1855, when all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas, 1854, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the several past divisions of Profits made by this Company, the Reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies from One-half the Profits amounted, on an average of the different ages, to about One per Cent. per Annum on the sums insured, and the total Bonuses added at the Four Septennial Divisions exceeded 770,000/. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the United States of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LlVES.—Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. • LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their 'values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 50/. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.,—Written Notices of, received and registered. Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for Policy Stamps. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances effected upon every descrip tion of property, at the usual rates. , Glt AVE'SEND S PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Pint( The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather FROM TERRACE PIER. GRAVESEND, - WEEK Rim. 43) Terrace t Pier .0: 0 PI CI 8• 2 • SUNDAY Time 4 1:0 8% 2 !et Plei permit STS. ttint 51 8 --- - Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK W (UHF, BL A.CKWALL, on the arrival of the fol. lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. NVERK DAYS. SUNDAYS. , 4 , Fen- .5 ' t 1 1 2 Fen- i:i2' li; P., churoh 5i ' 11 „ ,9 church 5 A 414 g Street 4 8 4 et i , , Street 1 8 .0 s t .0., c`s' '' 8 a 10 - it _ 2 4 - - 41, - - - 4A - .- - - Fore Cabin. Saloon. ro or from Gravesend and 10d. .. ls. 2d. „ Gravesend and IllackwaU or Woolwich Bd. .• Os. 104. Between Gravesend and Intermcdiate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. FORT KETS.—Twelve Months, 54 0-4.; Six Months, 31. Os. ; Three Months, 21. Os.; to be had of the Collactors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Nov. 13, 1854. THE PRICE OF AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS.—The pro• prietors of the Sydney Morning Herald, the Sydney Empire, the Melbourne Argus, and other Australian newspapers, have increased the price of their respective journals from 3d. to 6d. per copy. The grounds put forth are their enhanced superiority as journals, and the consequently augmented cost of production. The new tariff came into operation in September last. The Bal larat Times, a very small paper, the Mount Alexander Mail, and others at the diggings, have for some time put boon pUbliehed At 4! NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The :Marlborough, 120, is rapidly approaching com pletion at Portsmouth, and her launch is confidently spoken of as to take place in February. She will be the largest ship of war in the world; her measurement ex ceeding 4,000 tons. The Neptune, 120, 'Captain Hutton, will sail to-day, weather permitting, tor Queenstown, to embark the 72d Highland Regiment, and detachments of other regiments, after having shipped about 100 tons of Ordnance stores for the seat of war. She will only proceed as far 113 Malta, and then return. The troops and stores will be carried from Malta by steamers. Rear-Admiral Plumridge struck his flag on Monday night, and went on extended leave. The Leopard, 18, Captain George Giffard, will not be ready to leave to-day with the Neptune, but is ordered to leave on Saturday for Queenstown, to embark 450 troops for the Crimea. The Odin, 16, paddle-wheel steam-fri g ate, Captain Francis Scott, is under orders to proceed to Woolwich on her return from the Baltic to have new boilers put on board. 'The steam-corvette Cossack was taken out of dock at Devonport, and placed at her sailing moorings in Ha moaze, on Monday. Her Majesty's ship Brisk sailed from Plymouth on the 4th inst. for the Pacific. She took out a large mail for Rio Janeiro. The Perseverance, iron screw steam transport-ship, Commander Pullen, has had her masts put in with the greatest despatch under the sheers at Woolwich Dock yard. She was taken out of dock on Monday at high water for that purpose, and was redocked yesterday at high water after her masts were put in. The receiving hulk Endymion was towed into Ply mouth Sound early on Sauda,,y in i orning, and the pas sengers, ex Whirlwind have be transferred to her. --- Letters have been received at Devonport frets the frigate President, dated off Kamtschatka, Sept. 10 ; officers and crew all well. Master-Commander John Belana, with the other offi cers and crew of the Rhaclamanthus, paddle-wheel steam store-ship, having new boilers put on board at Wool wich, were placed under orders yesterday to proceed by railway, which they did in the afternoon, to Portsmouth, to navigate the Diligence round to Woolwich. Steam transport No. 140 arrived at Spithead yester day. THE PRUSSIAN LEGISLATURE. The Liberals in the Second Chamber of the Prussian Legislature have obtained a victory over the Court party in the Presidential elections. The President, Count Sschwerin, and one of the Vice-Presidents, M. von Bethinann-Hollweg, aro Liberals ; the other Vice- President, M. von Arnim, is a supporter of the Court. These elections are not altogether conclusive as to the tone which will predominate in the Second Chamber, in asmuch as vacancies have been created in the ranks of the Court party, by the appointment of several of its members to seats in the First Chamber which have to be filled up by partial elections. They warrant however, a hope that the insane policy of the Prussian Court may encounter a decided resistance among the representatives of the people. The First Chamber having been recruited almost exclusively from the ranks of Conservatives, will be a mere echo of the speeches from the throne. The Prussian State is at this moment passing through a crisis of unprecedented anxiety. There is no nation in Europe that has more to dread from Russian ascendancy than Prussia. The representative institutions of Prussia, still in their infancy, shifting and changing their form from day to day according to their monarch's whim of the hour, are a constant eyesore to the government at St. Petersburg. Eves were the reins of Government in Prussia held by a King less obsequious to the Czar, the indefensible eastern frontier of the monarchy, and the conflict of races in the frontier province, expose Prussia at all times to intimidation from its Muscovite neigh bours. The people of Prussia are probably the most ripe for a real constitutional government of all the German states, and the most anxious to enjoy it. Their only guarantee for obtaining and preserving it—in despite of the absolutist tendencies of their court, and the domineering disposition of Russia—is to be sought in .a cordial and. intimate 'alliance with the two great Western Powers. If Prussia does not join the Western Alliance, the liberties of the Prussian people are not worth a six months' purchase. And almost tie only chance of Prussia's adhering to the Western Alliance depends upon the attitude which shall be assumed by the Second Chamber, in the session that has just opened. Not a day passes that does not bring us fresh proofs of the subserviency of the Prussian Court to the Czar, and the hollowness of its neutrality. Take the most recent example. On the 2d inst. twenty chests of fire arms, weighing four tons, arrived from Liege, at the railway station is Cologne. When opened, for the pur pose of ascertaining the amount of duty, each chest was found to contain twenty-eight firelocks, making a total of five hundred and sixty. The Russian eagle was en graved on each of these weapons, and the initials of the Czar in Russian characters. They could not be intended for the use of the Prussian army, as all its arms are manufactured in the country. This is the tenth arrival of the kind . from Liege at the Cologne railway station. The ostensible destination of these packages is Berlin, but among the railway and customs officials not a doubt is entertained that they are transmitted thence to Russia. It has been remarked, in more than one letter from the Crimea, that many Russian rifles found on the field of battle have the Liege mark. Here, then, we have the Prussian Government, in contempt of its professed neu trality, conniving at the transport of arms to Russia through its territory. Nor is this one isolated act. More than a month ago we published accounts of the systematic exportation of lead from the Prussian ports on the Vistula to St. Petersburg and Warsaw. The fate of all Germany may be said to be at this moment in the bands of the Prussian Representative Chamber. Its members also alone have the power to im pose a check upon the Russian predilections of their Government. Their struggle against the Court will be an arduous one, for Time has net yet defined and con firmed their privileges. But it is net a hopeless struggle, for even in the Ministry there are men who, though they have not the courage and self-denial to sacrifice place and Court favour by asserting their convictions, are most reluctantly dragged along by the sycophants of Russia among their colleagues. And the reward of the o n f a t t i h o e n a C I Chamber e n w d e i l n l e b e t h g r r o e u a g t h, outfor t c h o e ns w ti a t r ut i i n on d a e l fe e n fi c o e rt o s f Europe, is a war to expel Russian influence from every country that has succeeded in obtaining representative institutions. The members of the Prussian Second Chamber have immediately under their eyes the progress of constitutional struggle which ought to shame them into a resolute assertion of their rights. The Germans are apt to brag of the influence which German science and literature have exercised over the Danish mind, and to flatter themselves that intellectual culture has made greater progress in Germany' than in Denmark ; will they allow the Danes to take the lead of them is an as sertion of popular rights at once temperate and triumphant !—Daily News. AUSTRIA AND THE WESTERN PO WERS. Under the head of "European Alliance" nearly the whole of the front page of the Constitutionnel is filled with an article on the negotiations in Germany relative to the Eastern question. The history of these negotia tions, from beginning to end, is given ; but our readers are already too well acquainted with them for it to be necessary to repeat the account given by the Constitu tionnel. We extract, therefore, only the concluding portion of the article, in which our contemporary shows that the negotiations have ended satisfactorily for the cause of the Western Powers : "It is not in her own name only, but in that of all Germany, that Austria can now speak to Russia ; it is the weight of all the Confederation that she may cast into the balance. Never was a ruder blow given to Russia ; her influence in Germany is annihilated. There only remained to Austria one more step to take before breaking off with Russia, and, to prevent the Emperor Francis Joseph from taking it, Russia determined to make a last and tardy concession. She caused it to be declared at Berlin that she accepted the four gua rantees with certain reserves, and at Vienna that she accepted them as they stood. Tho effort was use less ; whea Prince Gortschakoff made the declaration to Count Buol, the bases of a treaty by which Austria promises her co-operation to the Western Powers were already laid down, and three days after the treaty was signed. The necessity of exchanging the ratifica tions only prevents the text from being made known ; but it may be said that it g ives to the powers all the guarantees they desired, either to obtain peace or to carry on the war. Thus is crowned by a decisive act tlas long series of negotiations which have little by little detached Austria from Russia. Thus is broken the last riffd of the chain concocted in 181 5 —thus is inaugurated in Europe an entirely new state of things. The French Government, whose sagacity had prepared this great re sult, and which rendered it easy by its frankness and persevering moderation, gathers the fruit of its good conduct. The young Emperor of Austria and his pru dent councillors who surround him will gain in return foi• their firmness the security of their country, the illus tration of their name, and the gratitude of Europe, for which they prepare a glorious and lastini peace." On this article, the Pays observes : " The Miniteur has published a telegraphic despatch announcing that a treaty of alliance was signed on the 2d at Vienna, between Austria, France, and Great Bri tain, The great length of the negotiations had produced considerable uneasiness in the public mind, as men hesi tated to believe that Austria could decide on breaking the bonds which had so long united her to the Russian policy. The policy of loyal firmness and of noble inde pendence has triumphed over all obstacles, and Europe will at last learn that the reminiscences of 1815 aro defi nitely thrust back into the history of the past. Tke date of the signature of the treaty is of good augury. France and Austria will behold with pleasure that it corresponds with the anniversary of the resurrection of the French Empire, and of the consecration of the an cient empire of the house of Hapsburg. The young Emperor who represents that glorious dynasty, only listening to the interests of his states, has joined the Allied Powers for the purpose of securing the triumph of right, and we shall soon behold the Austrian eagles mingled with those of France. The thought expressed by the Emperor of the French to General Canrobert is thus realised, ' Europe has beheld without fear our eagles, so long banished, again gloriously taking their flight.' Honour to the cabinets which have prepared such events ! The various nations owe them a debt of gratitude, and history will accord them a noble page. M. de Buol, with ability and firmness, has known how to pay attention, as much as was possible, to the tra ditions of Austrian policy. He endeavoured to bring back peace as long as any hope remained of doing so. But he did not hesitate at the decisive moment. Although complete details have not reached us, the indications preced entl y received leave no doubt as to the accord which exists between the contracting parties. The government of the Emperor, by the eleva tion and straightforward character of its policy, has succeeded in effacing the prejudices which might inter fere with that alliance, and in removing all authority from the party which supported at Vienna the preten sions of the Emperor of Russia. It is r. grand step made towards a definitive and solid peace ; and truly i s it not a subject of admiration to behold all the diplo matic traditions of Europe turned upside down under the successor of the hero against whom all Europe had united ? Austria, Great Britain, and France joined to gether for the same object, are henceforward invincible. War no longer presents danger for any of them. Lot us offer up our prayers that Prussia, comprehending her well-understood interests, will give her adhesion to the accomplishment of the common work, and so lead the Emperor Nicholas to perceive that he must not indulge any hope of obtaining support in the unfortunate course in which he has engaged." Tfllll ROYAL KOH-I-NOOR BATTERY.—A writer of a letter from the seat of war says :—" Our blue jackets' batteries, particularly that of the Diamond, Captain Peel, have done great execution. The Diamond's bat tery attracts the attention of the Russians by having a large board IT in front of it, with "The Royal Koh-i -noor Battery' painted on it. The Russians, our tars say, cannot make it out. They have attacked it several times, and enrich time they have been driven back with very severe loss. They say they lose.a great many blue jackets, as Jack will jump up after he fires, to see whether or not t he shot t e l ls well, at which time he ought (under orders) to be lying down at on WA ago. [PRICE SD. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. Yesterday was the fi rs t pu bli c d ay a t th e s h ow , and notwithstanding the u n f avoura bl e s t ate o f th e weather the attendance was - considerably above the average, The appearance of the stalls afforded a very gratifying proof of the excellent character of the stock, as the label " sold " met the eye in every direction. The Devons have all met purchasers amongst the metropolitan butehetts, and a great number of the Herefords have also been sold. Amongst the short-horned the Duke of Rutland's gold inedallist has become the prize of Mr. Ford, of Kenton - street , Russell - square, at the large pica' of 701. The other stock sold realised propor tionably good prices, as may be inferred from the ra pidity with which they went off. In the sheep and pig department the market has been equally brisk, so that it is confidently expected that before the close of the show the whole of the stock will have been disposed of. The lovers of gigantic sirloins will be glad to learn that Mr. Byam's Bridgewater Leviathan is still in the market, and was during the whole of yesterday the great attraction of the show. The value of the improved ven tilation was very perceptible yesterday in the comfortable repose of the animals, so different from the distress and panting exhibited in former years. The visitors also found the advantage of the alterations, as, although the attendance was so great, there was no crushing or crowd jog, while the entrances and exits were made with per fect ease and facility. The galleries were much crowded, and the various machines attracted a great deal of atten tion, especially a formidable array of locomotive threshing machinss, which occupies one of the apartments. Amongst .the visitors yesterday were the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Leicester, Earl Hardwicke, Sir James Graham, the Prince of Surat and a numerous retinue, Sir W. . Booth, and several other persons of distinction. To-day is fixed for . the club dinner, at which a numerous attendance is expected. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF SIR WM. BURNETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID. --- - - - Gallons, ss. Quarts, 25. Pints, Is. Half-pints, 6d. This Taluable DEODORISER and DISINFECTANT Instantane ously destroys all BAD SMELLS without producing any itself. Its free use, as directed, PREVENTS CHOLERA and all CON TAGIOUS DISEASES. Sold by all Chemists and Druggists, and at the Ofilce,l S,Cannin street, London-bridge. N.B.—Beware of a spurious imitation. TO THE ELECTORS of the BOROUGH of M A RYLEBONE. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, Immediately on the arrival of intelligence of the decease of our much-lamented Representative, Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, I was urged by several Electors to come forward as a Candidate for the vacant seat ; and have continued to receive communications to the same effect, with unsolicited offers of votes and influence. Had the ground been occupied by a Candidate whose rank, -politi cal principles, position, and local associations with the Borough had secured for him the general support of the Electors. and afforded a prospect of an unopposed return, I should have declined to disturb so desirable a state of harmony. But up to the present time no such immediate prospect exists. The names of several noblemen and gentlemen have been suggested, but no unity of purpose is observable even among those Electors who advocate the same principles. I therefore think it right, in deference to the gentlemen who have honoured me with their confidence, to comply with their request, and state briefly the principles upon which I am prepared to stand, provided the same should appear to be generally acceptable to the Electors. Having resided for many years in the Borough, during which time I have been actively engaged in parochial duties, my principles as a supporter of Local Self-Government, in opposition to Centralisa tion, are well known. Being, like a majority of the Electors, engaged in business, I am identified with their interests. I have been and am in favour of Free Trade, and will support the repeal of the unjust restrictions im posed last session upon the public in the purchase of necessary re freshments. I am an advocate of Civil and Religious Liberty: Household and Educational Suffrage ; the extension and imnrovement of education among all classes ; and a reform of the laws relating to elections, in cluding the protection of Voters by the Ballot. Relieving that my principles accord with those of the large liberal majority in the Borough, I shall feel honoured by the support of the Electors, but I am too sincere in the cause of Reform to press myself forward. if in the course of the contest a decided preponderance of opinion should be shown by my own party in favour of a Candidate who may better servo our common cause. . _ I beg to express my acknowledgments to those whose repeated solicitations have induced me to take a step which I should not have taken without such sanction. I have the honour to be, My Lords and Gentlemen, Your very obedient Servant. 15, Langham-place, Dec. ith, 1854. JACOB BELL. PATRON-H. R. IL PRINCE ALBF,RT. OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. II 4) Continued improvements, increased attractions, fresh deco- rations. Re lighted under the Patents of Jolly Leslie, Esq. Miss GLYN will READ ROMEO and JULIET on Tuesday Evening, the stl, inst., at Eight, and HAMLET on Thur i sday, the 7th inst., at. Eight. Mr. COOPER, the ARTIST and COMPANION of LAYARD. will give Two LECTURES on NINEVEH, illustrated by PANORAMIC VIEWS taken by himself, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at Three. and on Wednesday and Friday Evenings, at Eight, com mencing Dee. 5. Opening of the New Hall, with LEC TURES by Dr. BACTIIIOFFNEB, illustrated by the hydro-Electric Machine, the most splendid and snecestful Electrical Apparatus in the World, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at Three. LECTURES on CHEMISTRY, by J. H. PErrEa, Esq. A Beautiful Series of Forty-tve COSMORAMIC VIEWS of RUSSIA and the Costumes of the Inhabitants, The DISsOT,VINO VIEWS maintain their old reputation, with Scenes of the War, Sebastopol, Sec. The Oxy-Hydrogen Microscope as usual. Open on Saturday Evenings, with the American Entertainment and Mr. Wand's Band. Admission, Is. ; Stalls, 2s. and 35. ; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, half-price. • APPOINTMENT. Commander Roderick Dew (1854), promoted in June last from first lieutenant of the Encounter, 14, screw steam-frigate, is appointed to commission and command the Geyser, 6, paddle•wkeel steam•sloop, at Portsmouth. THE LIEUT.•GOVERNOR OF PORTSMOUTH. Major-General H. J. W. Bentinck, of the Coldstream Guards, lately commanding a brigade in the army' of the Crimea, is appointed to succeed Major-General Simp son, as Lieut.-Governor of Portsmoutk Garrison, and Commander-in-Chief of the south-west district. HER MAJESTY'S NEW STEAM-YACHT. The new royal steam yacht, the Windsor Castle, is so far advanced that her lainch is to take place at Pem broke Dockyard about the 15th of January. MAIL TO THE SEAT OF WAIL A mail for the British army in the Crimea, the fleet in the Black Sea, and the sick and wounded in hospital at Scutari, will be made up on the evening of the 9th inst. Letters are to be charged 3d. under a quarter of nn ounce, and so on ; newspapers 2d. each. The postage must be paid in advance. THE THETIS. The frigate Thetis, purchased by the Prussian Govern ment, was placed at her sailing moorings in Hamoaze on Monday. MILITIA. Th• Marquis of Clanricarde, as colonel of the Gal way m ilitia, attended at Loughrea, on Saturday, to superintend the enrolment, which is proceeding satis factorily. Mr. Fitzstephen French, M.P., has been appointed colonel of theßoscemmon militia, vice Viscount Lorton, deceased. SOUTH TIPPBRART.—The recruiting staff of the Tip perary militia arrived in the town of Tipperary on Wed nesday last, and were somewhat successful in the enrol ment of volunteers. The class of wen that there pre sented th"mselves for attestation were generally far better than previculdy came forward, and were it not that an erroneous impression had been widely circulated through the town to the effect that militiamen upon en listment would be drafted on foreign service a far greater number of young men would, we are sure, have flocked to the standard. Ensign Pennefather, son of Mr. William Pennefather, J.P., of Lakefield, in this county, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant in the 2d Lancashire Regireent'of militia.—Cloninel Chro nicle. DEATH OF GENERAL DE LOUBMEL. A. letter from before Sebastopol, of the 11th, in the Moniteur, gives the following account of the death of General de Lourmel from the wound which he received in the affair of the sth ult.:— "The general received a ball right in the breast, but his features betrayed neither emotion nor suffering. No one perceived that he was wounded; and turning towards his orderly officers, who just before had courageously freed him from the thickest of the melee, he said, lam wounded, but let no one know it !' He was still on horseback, firm and impassible. At this moment the order was brought to him to cease the pursuit ; the Rus sians were in flight in all directions. He listened with attention to what was said to him, and then feeling his strength fail, he said, Go and seek the colonel of the 26th ; lot him come to receive my instructions.' It was only half an hour after being wounded that he consented to alight from his horse. He endeavoured to walk in order not to let the troops see that he was wounded ; but sobn his strength gave way, and yielding to the pressing solicitations of his officers, he allowed himself to be carried.. He still, however, continued to occupy him self; with • his troops; at every moment he caused himself .4 t 9.;. be stopped, gave orders, and corrected moVemoutec,,He, however, lost a great deal of blood, and &exit minute he became weaker. At length he was obliged definitively to abandon his command. The general was carried in the arms of his officers ; they adored him, and were bathed in tears. Desirous of giving to the end the example of calm and intrepidity, he in dicated himself the road he wished to take. At length, after two hours' agony, he reached his bivouac. Able surgeons informed in advance awaited him. The gene ral insisted on taking off his clothes himself, and whilst his wound was being dressed, he said It is nothing .] ---I shall get over it.' He thus reassured those whossur-. rounded him. When the dressing was terminated he re quested to be left alone. Shortly after he called his orderly officer, Captain de laJaille I have done with doctors,' said he, and have another account to settle. Go for a priest His other attendants now entered, and seeing their emotion, he cried :—' Why do you pity me Is not my wound glorious?' The soldiers had named him the Bayard of the army,and like Bayard he died as a hero 'and a Christian. The ball, passing between the se cond and third ribs had traversed the left lung, 4nd went out by the shoulder blade. The medical men were not without hopes of preserving his precious life ; they counted greatly on his extraordinary energy and n;toral courage. But the general himself never entertained any illusion ; he made, with the same sangfroid which pre sided over all his actions, his last worldly arrangements. In the evening he said to the orderly officers who stood by his bed, You will take care to say that my' last thoughts were of France and the Emperor 1' The general lived two days. As time wore on, he spat blood more frequently, and his breathing became more difficult. However, he preserved all his faculties. He sent for his officers, and gave them his last instructions. Towards the end his sufferings became frightful—nothing could calm them. He had, however, some repose; arising from the weakness caused by his pains, which were in describable. Those who surrounded him believed that he was a little better ; but on the 7th, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, he bad an attack of coughing. Half an !hour . after he breathed his last. Adored and admired by his soldiers, loved and esteemed by all his companions in arms, who highly appreciated his superior qualities, General de Lourmel, by his good, frank, chivalrous cha racter, will leave eternal regret in the hearts of all who have known him." THE FIGHTING POWERS OF DIFFERENT NATIONS. — The French, proverbially a brave and excitable people, are brilliant and formidable in an attack. If repulsed, a revulsion equally violent usually takes place, and would often prove fatal if it were not for the precaution of placing reserves: When these are not wanting, they are capable of being easily rallied, and their lively spirit is soon restored. The Russians are less excitable ; but, nevertheless, in an attack are not to be surpassed in bravery and perseverance by the troops of any European nation, with this advantage, that they appear to be in capable of panic, and, though they may be repulsed and defeated, they cannot be forced to run in confusion from the field of battle. The Prussian armies engaged in these campaigns were not, for the most part, very young soldiers ; a spirit of enthusiasm pervaded their ranks, which rendered them capable of the most brilliant achievements. In cases of defeat, the effects of momen tary hurry and confusion, to which all young troops are liable, were less violent with them than the French ; but, though easily rallied, and their patriotic enthusiasm soon restored, they could not rival the Russian stoicism in adversity. The Austrians, properly so called, were highly disciplined and brave, but the infantry of that race appeared deficient in energy when compared with the French or Prussians, and their physical powers could not be compared with those of the sturdy Russian soldiery. The Bohemians appeared to bo somewhat more healthy and robust, but did not materially differ in point of national character from the Austrian brethren in arms. The Hungarian infantry were decidedly supe rior to both in point of energy and physical power, and the select corps of grenadiers furnished by that nation were equal, if not superior, to any in the field.—ait4- ' Calfe Coinniattfirig. 7 % ~~~%~ G -~ AUSTRALIA. The arrival of the remaining portions of,the Australian mail, overland, furnishes details of the markets and of general affairs. The fifth session of the Legislative Council was opened on the 2d of August. The following was his Excellency's address :--. " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Legislative Council—ln meeting you on this occasion of the ordinary annual session, I am well assured, from the general manifestation of the public sympathy which is now in progress, that you entirely participate in those senti ments of devotion and loyalty to her Majesty which so cordially animate every breast on the subject of the just and necessary war with Russia in which her Majesty has engaged, far the maintenance of treaties, the honour of her Crown, and the welfare of her people. " 2. All the official despatches which have reached me from her Majesty's Secretary of State, together with a satisfactory communication from the naval Com mander•in-Chief, through the senior naval officer on this Station, will he laid before you. These documents and other public intelligence indicite, in my opinion, how very improbable is the contingency that hostilities may be extended to this remote part of her Majesty's "dominions. " 3. - I has -J, however, to inform you that the rumours of war w hi c h reac h e d thi s colony through the publicjour nals in January last induced me to send an application at that time to England for additional arms, and also for one of her Majesty's vessels of war to be stationed in Gulf St. Vincent, in order that, whilst confiding in the superiority of her Majesty's forces by sea and land as an ample safeguard against any open or serious attack from the enemy, tLe bravery and loyalty of the colonists might be furnished with a timely supply of the most efficient and approved description of arms, to repel any marauding aggression of their hearths and homes. To this application no answer has as yet been received, but may now soon be expected. 4. I have directed a bill to be laid before you for organising volunteer corps of rifles and artillery ; in-the event of legislation for this measure meeting your con currence, the military, as also the armed police, will, in case of need, be enabled to receive such an augmenta tion of force from the patriotism, zeal, and manliness of the volunteers as will ensure protection against any hostile assault. The bill also provides for the eventual formation, when necessary, of a general body of militia. " 5. In closing the last session of this council, .1 ex . pressed an opinion that the present meeting of th e Legis lature might probably take place under the new •conati• tution which you had framed. I have not, however,. yet received any communication on the subject. The delay which has hitherto taken place may, with great probability, be ascribed to the European events whi c h were imminent when our local legislation was trans. mitted. _ F' 6. I have much pleasure in informing you that the public finances continue in a prosperous condition. The remittances in 1853 for immigration were 140,1681., and in 1854 they will aeon reach to 265,000/. ; whilst the remittances for 1855 will probably not be less than 162,000/. "Daring the current year, 4,344 Government imrsi• grants have arrived. The population of the corony is now 81,752. The increase during the last 18 months has amounted to rather more than 13,000. " The Crown moiety of the Land Fund, after provid ing for the survey and other local charges appropriated to that fund, contributes in 1854, in aid of the general revenue, 144,000/. ; and in 1855 the aid may be reek oned to be 60,0001., exclusively of the previously men -1 tioned quota appertainin g to the Emigrati on Fad " The general colonial revenue in 1854 will amount to `about 190,1361., and is reckoned at 228,6511. for 1855. " 7. The estimates of revenue and expenditure will be duly submitted ; and I have directed a bill to be laid before you to constitute a trust for Port Adelaide to raise a loan of 100,0001. for certain purposes of improve ment in deepening the harbour, and in removing its outer and inner bars, as set forth in an address which reached me at the close of last session. It is proposed that, in the first instance, the loan should be provided for out of the general revenue, and afterward be repaid by such means as may appear most appropriate and effectual. " A bill will also be laid before you to raise 250,0001. for the construction of a railway between Adelaide and Gawler Town. " Also a bill to make the deposit of original deeds equivalent to registration ; and another bill to amend the Supreme Court Act, as recommended by their honours the judges. "Some other legislation, comparatively of less public importance, will also be submitted to you ; and on other subjects which I may have occasion to bring to your notice, I will communicate with you in the usual form by message. " 8. In conclusion, Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen, I would offer to you the expression of my cordial desire that the mutual co-operation between. the Executive and the Legislature which has kappily characterised our in tercourse throughout the whole period of my admini stration of the Government may continue uninterrupted to the end of it, which the rules and regulations of the service lead me to expect will now shortly be attained. " H. E. F. YOUNG. " Government•house, Adelaide, Aug.2,1854Y The reply to the address was, as usual, a mere echo of its sentiments, and was passed without op position. The mast important " measure that has been before the council is one to provide for the de fenceof the colony. The Governor had already written to E n eland asking fora steam frigate for the protection of the colony, andalso forsome pieces of artillery and 2,000 Minie rifles. To this request a reply has already been received, stating that the exigencies of the rervico do not enable the British Government to spare us a frigate, and that the Imperial arsenals have been exhausted of their Minio rifles to supply the wants of the troops, but that two field pieces and six howitzers would be sent out forthwith, and that our order for 2,000 rifles had been forwarded to a manufacturer with instructions to execute it as speedily as possible. The market for cokonial produce was dull, and, notwithstanding the accounts from England of better prices for tallow, there has been no rise. This is, however, accounted for by the difficulty experienced in obtaining vessels. Prices ruled at 501. to 55/. for prime mutton, and 451. to 501. for beef tallow. The arrivals of wool were scanty, and prices were from ls. to Is. 6d. per lb. The labour market was better supplied, except for domestic servants and suitable bands for the agricultural and pastoral districts, for which class of persona the demand continued to exceed the supply. The rates of wages ruled as follows " TOWN WAGES. -Printers' work, per week, from 31. 6s. to 31. 129. ; compositors on the stab,' 41. ; Herald morning paper, long primer, brevier, and nonpareil, equal ised, is. Bd. per 1,000, and is. 91. per hour overtime; the Empire's rates are about the same; at these rates men can earn, according to competency, per week, from 51. to 8/. ; painters, per day, 139. to 16s. Bd. ; carpenters, 15s. to 1/. ; joiners, 17s. to 1/. ; plasterers, 1/. ss. to 1/. 10s. ; plasterers' labourers, 12s. to 15s. ; bricklayers, 11. ss. to 1/. 10s. ; ditto labourers, 161. to 18e. ; masons, 1/. Se. to 1/. 10s. ; ditto labourers, 10s. to 12s. ; carters, Bs. to 10s. ; quarrymen, 18s. to 1/. ; blacksmiths, 14c. to 16s. ; male servants, as cooks, an found, per week, 1/. to 21. ; grooms, 1/. to 11. 10s. ; gardeners, 1 /. to 1/. 10s. ; general work, 16s. to 1/. ss. ; female servants, ditto, 10s. to 12s. ; cooks, 12e. to 15s. ; laundresses, 12s. to 15s. ; housemaids, Se. to 12s. ; nursemaids, 7s. to 10s. " COUNTBY WAGES.-Farm labourers, 401. to 501, a year, with rations ; married couples, 601. to 801. ditto ; hut-keepers, 251. to 301. ditto ; shepherds, 301. to 401. ditto ; stockmen, 401. to 501. ditto ; bullock drivers, 401. to 601. ditto. The rations are-flour, 101bs. to 121bs. ; meat, 'Gibs. ; sugar, 21bs. ; tea, ilb. wee kl y . S E AMEN'S WAGES.-Coastin g , 91. per month ; New Zealand, 9/. ditto • England, 121. dit to ; C a lif orn i a an d back, 81. ditt• • China ditto, Si. ditt o; S ou th S ea I s l an d s , Si. ditto ; whaling, 120th lay, and 61. advance." We have been favoured by Captain Pascoe with the following approximate return of copper and lead ores raised in South Australia since the first discovery of our metalliferous deposits : Tons. Berra Burra ..... Karkulta Kanmantoo Ditto (leased portions) Pariuga Ditto (leased portions) 2,000 liontacute 5OO Adelaide......' 200 1,200 Enterprise Reedy 200 South Saptinda Creek 12,650 Kapunda Princess Royal 100 North Rhine Port Lincoln 550 50 DRouyttoaln MineininCompany 6O MINES (COPPER). Strathalban) I3readalbyn Glenalbyn 115,520 MINES (SILVER-LEAD). Tows. Glen Osmond Wheal Watkins 1,000 Wheal Gawlor 90 Wheal Grainger Wheal Margaret Wheal Brothers ........................ 40 Belvidere 2,429' The faille of 115,520 tons of copper ore, at 151 per ton, would he 1,732,5001.; and of 2,429 tons of silver lead or at 121, per ton, 20,145/. • SIR THOS. TROWBRIDGE AT INKERMAN. Se` era letters as!well as the despatch have noticed Major S ir T. Trowbridge'e firmconduct in continuing to give orders after he was severely wounded in a battery. But the public are thus on ly half made acquainted with his heroic fortitude. His wound was indeed severe. Both his feet were knocked off by a cannon shot, and in that dreadful condition he continued to give his orders as if unhurt. REPRESENTATION OF FERMANAGH.—AII the local " talk " of a contest for the seat vacated by the decease of Sir Arthur Brooke has died away without leaving even an echo of the loud noise it made for a few days past. Lord Henry Loftus is to have a quiet walk over the course. This resolve was taken at an influential meet ing of the gentlemen connected with the county, held on Saturday last, at which a resolution was adopted, to the effect that it was " inexpedient" to force on a oonteit it prepent. .SHIPPING RETURNS. The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for the month ending the sth of November have been issued, and indicate no falling off in the employment of British vessels, the diminution observable being still in those of foreign countries, whence at the corresponding peril:A of last year large arrivals of grain were taking place. For the future, however, this feature is likely to be altered, since considerable consignments of wheat must now be on their way from many quarters. Under these circumstances, looking at the number of Bri tish vessels removed from trade by the exigencies of the war, and the degree in which its success depends upon them, it would be well if those Who, year after year, resisted the policy of the statesmen by whom the repeal of the navigation laws was effected would con template the position we might be in if we were limited exclusively to our own supply. Already throughout the demand for breadatuffs of late years, as ►ell as in the shipping requirements consequent upon the Austra lian gold discoveries, we have seen incalculable results from the free system ; but, at the present moment, in the midst of war, and with a necessity for new impor tations of grain, its advantages are likely to become still more prominent. Subjoined are the general totals of entries and clearances, of all classes of vessels, for No vember:— Entered inward : TONNAGE FOR MONTH ENDING NOY. 5. 1852. 1853. 1854. British vessels 425,383 377,289 380,446 United States' vessels 73,810 62,053 65,293 Other countries 193,428 237,277 144,324 692,621 676,619 590,063 The clearances outward were : 1852. 1853. 1854. British vessels 301,821 329,766 326,943 United States' vessels Other countries 139,906 181,485 157,774 496,404 581,290 552,983 For the 10 months just; ended the aggregate of entries and clearances shows an increase of 41 per cent, over the totals for the same period of last year. With regard to the coasting trade, the returns show that the tonnage entered inward was 1,004,977,in the month ending Nov. 5, 1852 ; 865,865 in 1853 ; and in the present return it is 852270, including 32 foreign vessels, of an aggregate burden of 6,263 tens. The clearances outward were 1,053.588 in November, 1852 ; 1,032,719 in 1853 ; and 1,036,255 (including 3,653 tons of foreign) in 1854.. STATE OF TRADE. MANcilEsun, Dec. 5.—A. more cheerful feeling has pervaded the market again to-day, and in some cam' there has been sufficient demand for cloth to check the downward tendency of prices a little. India shirtings of 71b. and downwards have experienced souse demand, and jaconets for the same quarter have met with a better inquiry. Many of the orders executed have been small, but the aggregate business for export is to a fair amount, though there is not much faith in the permanence of the improvement. Some of the home•trade houses, follow ing the practice of stock-taking in the last week of No vember, have also been purchasing a little more freely this week. A good deal of business is still doing in long cloths, T cloths, and domestics. The yarn trade has felt the improvement fully as much, perhaps, as the cloth, and spinners have realised id. per pound mere for cops than they could have obtained last week. For Germany the season is almost over, but buyers have been willing to pick up yarns suitable where it could be done at last week's rates. More inquiry Las also been experienced for India qualities, but not t• the extent to which the home trade has felt the improve ment. While very sanguine opinions are hazarded as to the permanency of an. improvement in yarns more than cloths, there is a general feeling that, so far as prices are concerned, we have probably seen the worst that will be experienced on this side Christmas. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. say : "The accounts from Calcutta to hand on Wednesday last being of a much more favourable nature than was an ticipated, there has been since that day a more active in quiry for low shirtings, jaconets, and Madapollams. Stocks of these goods, which were very heavy, have been much re duced, but no improvement has taken place in prices. For other descriptions of goods there is a steady demand at last week's rates. O❑ the whole, although we have no change in prices to notice, there is aynore cheerful feeling in the market than we have had to report for some weeks." Messrs. G. Fraser, Son, and Co., say :—" There has been some increase of business during the last few days, especially In India shirtings, benefitted, no doubt, by the extreme decline in prices. Most of the stocks which pressed on the market have consequently found buyers, and prices, without being at all 'bnoyant, are certainly steadier. Other goods yemain without change." LEEDS, Dec. s.—The demand for woollen cloth this morning in the cloth-halls has been of a very meagre description, and very little has been sold. There is no perceptible change in prices, but the tone of the trade is scarcely so good as it was on Saturday. At the Leeds corn-market to-day there.has again been a small supply of grain and a dull sale: Wheat is noted 2s. per quarter lower, and other articles in like proportion. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mille discount (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.141 ; awl, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 071, it follows that gold is about 0.28 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Ham burg, the price of gold is 4221 per mark, which,' at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for stand ard gold, gives an exchange of 13.31; and, the exchange at Jiamburg on London at short being 13.3 k, it follows that gold is 0.18 per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on Lon don for bills at 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is no minally 0.17 per cent, in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a trifling profit on the importation of gold front the United States. , NEW MEMBERS I N THE HOU . SE OF COMMONS.— Although only a few weeks have elapsed since Parlia ment was prorogued, no fewer than 25 new members will take their seats in the House of Commons on the opening of the forthcoming session. It be remem bered that a few days before the close of the last session write were granted, on the motion of Sir W. Jolliffe, for five boroughs which had been for a long time' suspended, and the following gentlemen were elected in the early part of the recess :—Canterbury, Mr. C. M. Lushing ton (moderate Conservative) and Sir Wm. Somerville (Liberal) ; Cambridge, Mr. Shafto Adair (Liberal) and ' Mr. Mowatt (Liberal) ; Maldon, Mr. G. W. M. Pea cocke (Conservative) and Mr. J. A. Bramley Moore (Conservative) ; Barnstaple, Mr. Guinness (Conservative) and Mr. Laurie (Conservative) ; Hull, Mr. Watso n, Q.C. (Liberal), and Mr. W. D. Seymour (Libera l). Mr. John Henry Gurney (Liberal) will take t he de se att he ath for King's Lynn, rendered. vacant b y of Lord Jocelyn ; Viscount Duncan (lAberal) the seat for Forfarshire, vacant by the death of Colonel Manic ; Mr. Acton (Liberal) that for Wigan, vacant n by the death of Mr. R. A. Thick nosse ; Lord D ugeaartvhaonf (C on s e rvative) that for Frome, va cant b y the d Colonel Boyle ; Mr. Serjeant O' Br ien (Liberal) that for Limerick, vacant by the death of Mr. Robert Potter ; and Sir J. Paxton (Liberal) that for Coventr y; vacan t by the de ath of Mr. Geach. Lord Haddo will takd his seat for Aberdeenshire, the vacancy having been caused by the resignation of Rear-Admiral the Hon. William Gordon. Eight ether constituencies have 'yet to elect representatives —namely, Abingdon, in the room of Lord Norreys, who has succeeded to the Earldom of' Abing. don ; Bedford, in the room of Mr. Henry Stuart, de ceased ; Limerick county, in the room of Mr. Wyndham Goold, deceased ; Fermanagh county, in the room of Sir Arthur Brooke, deceased ' Antrim, in the room of Colonel Pakeham, deceased ; ' Ayrshire, in the room of Colonel Blair deceased ; East Glocestershire, in the room of Sir Michael Hicks B eac h , Bart., deceased; ' and Marylebone, the room of Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, ]