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, f~ ~J ~~ y 2 ///e 1 . 1 1. 11111.N* /// ' 0144 r - , • :;;;*; • Vetf; 4,11,0` c*,••••,.... • :t 4, • ,o„ k y.m co .tielj , • n o w 4 1 ,0, • mr3 .-- r )tG ,• r. 4 x , '474:7 - I (447-?, .4,3. 1 )Z . " 111 414 11 1 111 .1111111 0 ' 1 t t 6 431 13 II I Oh: 1 : 1 41 16.: II I I 1 :4 T ' :17:14::41 „ ti! t .lr9 ' ' , Ay • 1 0.4.1 0 ‘4•1', 41.011"."(''Z' before the blockade was strictly enforced." In th. first six mouths of 1854 our imports of wheat ex.. seeded the imports in 1853 by 530,000 qrs., and it was the very abundance of our supplies, obtained after the war was declared, and while it was pend ing at the close of the last yea r , w hi c h l e d t o th e decline of price in the summer. That the war, being a totally new circumstance for th e ex i s ti ng generation of merchants, may have confused their judgment—that in the long run it will impede trade of all kinds, including the supply of food, im. peding manufacturing industry, cannot be gainsaid --but that it has hitherto raised the price of corn in England is not proved. The expectation that war might ensue led to excessive importations of corn ; it has led, as Mr. Sturge notices, to a de crease of consumption, and it cannot at the same time have led to an increase of price. A wordy war on this important subject is much to be depre cated, and merchants go more out of their way when they engage in it than journalists—their duty being to state facts, as we have endeavoured to do, whatever opinion they may countenance or con tradict. From other countries, now that our price has risen to pay for importation, we aro getting corn, and it may be doubted whether the great re duction in the price at Azoff, mentioned by Mr. Silage—the consequence of the accumulation of stock there from the Czar's prohibitions—will not more than cov!r the cost of procuring it. Prussia wants corn nearly as much as England, if she have not equal means to buy it, and her merchants and other merchants will, in spite of prohibitions, make the Russian surplus available for other na tions. The world is far less dependent on the Czar for food than Mr. Sturge would have us be lieve.—Daily _Arms. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY COMPANY.—BIRMINGII A.M CATTLE and POUL TRY SHOW, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, 'I FIUItsDAY, and FRIDAY, 12th. 13th, 14th, and 15th December.—On each of the above days RETURN TICKETS at SINGLE FARES will he issued at the Euston-square Station for Birmingham, available to return on the day of I.sue. Passengers with ordinary tickets returning by Express Train will have to pay the difference between a single ordi nary and express ticket. Byorder, MARKIIUISH. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, December, 1854. THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.- The Agents and Friends of Gentlemen in the Army aro respectfully informed that the Subscriber has a large supply of CLOTHING suitable for Wintering in the Crimea. Large Heavy PLAIDS, Warm wRAPPEItS, tho Famous HIGHLAND CLOAK, Warm Coloured FLANNEL SHIRTS, TOP-COATS, Stout STUCK &o., &c., &c. Parcels leaving Inverness twice a-week by Rail to London, and thence carefully forwarded to the Army by Subscriber's Agent. D. 31`1)013GALL, THE TARTAN AND TWEED WIREHOUSE, INTERNEES. No. 19,410.] LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1854. [PRICE SD. MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANO TO-NIGHT at 8 o'clock, and Every Night (but Saturday). Stalls, 3s. ; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. The Mornint Representations will take place every Tuesday and Saturday, at 3 o'clock.— Egyptian Hall, riecadilly. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF IiARYLEBONE. GENTLEMEN, —A telegraphic message was received by me this morning, at 7 a.m., from Sir CIAILLES NAPIER. It is dated December the 9th, from Nyborg, In the Great Belt, and mentions that the remaining squadron of five ships had been detained by heavy gales, that the weather was then bettor, and that he was about to sail. He will therefore in et probability be in Mary.ebone In a day or two. At the first public meeting held in the borough after the vacancy was known, he was orn t.f t'ie five gentlemen nominated out of whore a selection was to be trade. Of these five, at any rate three are no longer before you. The Admiral now authorises m 4 to de clare him a Candidly e fur your suftrales. By 11;t1 previous services .'s y , ur Representative his political prin ciples were well tested. To those principles be adheres Tots will no doubt excuse the brevity which Wt l 3 required by the mode of communication, and at the same time accords with his sador-like hatPts. Ile Announces hims.lf thus .‘ or to the knife with Russia Extenstv, Reform—Vote by Bal lot—Shorter Parliaments—and General Education " I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant. T. HEWITT KEY. . . NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. TETE PRICE OF WHEAT.-THE COBN PUBLICATIONS. The St. George, 120, Captain H. Eyres,• left Ply mouth Sound on Sunday morning for Queenstown, t• embark troops for Malta. The Monarch, 84, entered Plymouth Sound on Satur day morning. She is appointed to be towed up Hanioaze to-day (Monday), and to bo placed in Devonport dock yard for repairs, prior to sailing for South America. The screw steamship Sanspareil, 81, is ordered from service in the East to Plymouth, where she is to be fitte I with engines of 400 horse power, the contractor under taking to complete them on board witkin four months. The Ajax, 60, steam block•ship, Capt. Warden, .hav ing refitted, will be reported ready for sea again at Ports mouth this day. The Leopard, 18, 4 kadd le frigate, Capt. George Gifflrd, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead on Sa turday afternoon, and shipped her powder and other ammunitioa. She left yesterday noon for Queenstown to embark draughts of the 17th and 89th Regiments for the Crimea. TRADE. THE SECOND SEE ES is Now READY CY THE ROMANCE OF THE FORUM ; or, Narrative 4, Scenes, and Aneedotel from Courts of Justice. By PETER BURK E, Esq., of the Inner Temple, Part ister-at-Law. Two Volumes, 21s. bound. "We cannot hesitate in recommending this as one of the most interesting works that have lately been given to the publie."—llorn in. Chronic].. Hurst a!,(1 Ittacitett, Pahl's:tors, successors to Henry Coiburn, 13, Great 31arlborough-street. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, DECEMBER, 1851. THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL will receive Tenders for the supply of WAX, CONI OSITION . , and ,TAL -LOW CANDLES, and OIL and SOAP, for the use of this office, during the year 1855 The Tenders must be delivered at the Secretary's 'Department of this office, et or before noon, on Aatord.ty, the 231 instant, and they must he enclosed in sealed co , ers, addressed to " Her Nlajesty's Postmaster-General," and endorsed, "Tenders for Candles, 8c,0." NOTICE, CIEAP EDITION of PEPY'S DIARY and CO ORE , PON" •E NC E. A New and Cheap Edition of this Popular Work, comprising all the recent. addi.ional Notes and Emen dations, printed pnifirmly with the last edition of EN eh n's Diary, will be rea•ly in a W. , ' days, in 4 vols. p .st Bvo., with Por raits, &c., pric , (oily Ba. per volume, elegantly bound. Orders received by all Booksellers. 48, Csunden , street, Dec. 10, 1854. P.S —.Arrangements lur conducting his Election will be forthwith made ant announced. abliblie , i for H. Colbarn, by his successors, Karst and BlackcH E .N 0 VEL, 'Just Ready, in 2 Ton. post Svo., OAKLEIGII MA SCOTT. By TINA HOWL. THE LONDON AND WESTERN DISTRICTS CEMETERY COMPANY, PARKHILL, ISLEWORTH. Provisionally Registered purivant to Act ith and Bth Viet., c. 110. The Site of the Cemo.tery has been officially sanctioned by her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, " r‘s re quired by Ist section of the 16th and 17th Viet.. c. 131, and by the eider made by her Maje,ty in Coon i 1 in pursuance ther, , ,f." "The arraneementi which it is proposed t,, make with respect to the interest of the Church leave been approved of uy the Bishop of the Diocese." Capital-4 1 ,C , 0 3 /., in 10,001 shares of 51. each. Deposit, 2;. Ills per share. Ne farther call will be made for a peried of at least six months. I.ach original holder of 20 shares an 1 upwards to have right to free space tor a vault ; of less than 20 shares, tor ono tree grave, in perpetuity. TRUSTEE 9. Edward Wall, Esq., M.P. Apsley Pellatt, Esq., M.P. S. AtOrtOil Veto, Esq., M.P. Rowand Ronald, Esq. DIRECTOB.S. Rev. F. T. Atwood, A.M., Vicar of Hammersmith W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., 52, Gra"echurch-street. J. F. Galbraith, Esq.. J.P., Hammersmith. J. C. Sing, Esq.. 15, Charlotte-street, Bedford-square. Rev. J. Lvechman, A. 31., West•end Chapel, Hammersmith. B. S. Lloyd , Esq., 26, R. , Win Cornhill. With power to add to their number. AUDITORS. G. Cumming, Esq., 6, OV Jewry, Cheapside. J. W. Pillans, Esq., 9, Sydney-place, Onslow-square, Brompton. BANKERS. Meat& Prescott, Grote, Cave, and Cave, Threadneedle-street. The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbary. StTavaron. C. Norris, Esq•, 10, Lancaster-place, Strand. Somurons. Messrs. Tatham, Upton, Upton, and Johnson, 20, Austin Friars. BROKERS. Messrs. Ilichens and Harrison, 21, Threadneedle-street. Office of the Company-177, Piccadilly, opposite Burlington House The lands of Farkhtll and others. extending to about 60 acres, at Brentford• end, are offered to the Directors es and plans care abs plutely or andci tionalll• at a pric e which, according to estimaully prepared, will admit of their being drained, enclosed, and fully com pleted. with chapels and every proper convenience, for a sum con siderably under 50,0001., including the amount agreed incur paid to the' promoters for preliminary expenses and liabilities red by them. "That one new and perms - The Board of Heal th has reported, dent Cemetery is required. That the site for such Cemetery should possess accessibility, dryness, suitable soil, natural beauty, broken and undulating surface, chespners of transit ; and that half an hour's journey by railway, or one hour and a half by water, is not too remote." No other Cemetery has access by water, while Park hill has it. The Access from Oxford. street and Piccadilly is by the Kensington and Bayswater Roads—from Islington ani the northern districts by the same roads; or by the Grand Junction Canal (navigated by funeral barges), which forms the eastern boundary of the Cemetery, and is connected therewith by a erivate dock—from the city, and the districts below and above London-bridge, by the North London Railway, from Camden-town, Fenchurch-street, and litlack wall, to the loop line at Kew; or by the River Thames, navigated by st am funeral barges which may come up the tidal canal, to Brentford end; or by the loop line from Waterleo Station, which intersects the lands on the level—from the Western and other districts by the highways, parish roads, and bridles at Vauxhall, Putney, Hammer smith, Kew, Richmond, and Kingston ; or by the Thames or South- Western Branch Railways. Burials will be conducted according to the mode prescribed by the Oficial regulations received from her Majesty's Secretary of State. The Directors are prepared to receive proposals from parishes, for purchase of portions of land, or for contracts for buri haveal, with use been of chapel, subject to the bye-laws. Applications already received. A portion of the Shares is subscribed for by the Directors and others; and responsible parties, part cularly householders, desirous of obtaining the remainder of the stock, may forward applications, in the form annexed, to the Mariasing Director, 177, Piccadilly ; E. Page, printer, Hammersm i th ; Messrs. II chens and Harrison, 21, Threadneedle -street; or to the Solicitors; from either of whom detailed Prospectuses may be obtained. N.B.—Applications for District Agencies may be addressed to 177, Piccadilly. • FORM OP AFFLTCATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the London ard Western Districts Cemetery Company Gentlemen,—t request that you will allot Me Shares of 51. each, in the above undertaking, the whole of which, or any less number that may be allotted to me, I hereby agree to accept ; and to pay the deposit of 2/. 105. pot share, and the calls per share, and to execute the subscription contract and deed of settlement of the Company when required. I am, Gentlemen, Tour obedient Servant, Profession or Business.. • • • • • • • • • • • • • . Address .. • ... • • • • • ....... Date Address of Re'ereuce PATRON—M. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, Continued Improvements, increased attractions, fresh deco • rations. Reli4hted under the Patents of Joh,. Leslie. Esq. Miss GLYN will READ ANTONY and CLEOP TR/ on Tuesday, the 12th inst., At Eight; and OTHELLO on Thursday, the 14th inst., at Eight. MONDAY EVENING, the 11th inst., LECTURE to the INDU TRIAL CLASSES: on the MANUFACTURE of COAL GAS, by LEWIS THOMPSON, EM. LECTURES on CH EmISTRY, by J. 11. PEPPER, Esq. LECTURE on NINEVEH, by Mr. COOPER, the ARTIST an I COMPANION of LAYARD, illustrated by PANORAMIC VIEWS taken by himself, on Tuesdays, rhur,y, and Saturdays, at Three, and on Wednesday and Friday Evening da s. s at Eight. Opening of the New Hall, wi h LEC LTRES by Dr. BACHHOFPNER, illustrated by the Hydro-Electric Machine, the most splendid and successful Electrical Apparatus in the World, en Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at Tune. A. Beautiful Series of Forty-five COSMOR.A.MIC VIEWS of RUSSIA and the Costumes of the Inhabitants. The DISAOLVINO VIEWS maintain their old reputation, with Scenes of the War, Sebastopol, &c. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, as usual. 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To which are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, And on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on these important disorders. By SA MT EL LA 'MERT, M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, M a t r iculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Seciety. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con- Peuences resulting from certain habits, is eegularities, and excesses, which have proauced more misery In Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is Particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are Principles of personal management which cannot be violated without Incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret seem& the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, bow the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. TheAnthor has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate cornett' its, 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 23, of Messrs. Piper, Brothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-rcw; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Horne, Leicester-square; Mann. 39, Cornhill ;or free by post for thirty stamps to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed ford-square. At home for dOnsultatlon daily from Eleven till Two, And from Biz till Eight. Dedicated to Profe:sor Aytoun. Hurst and Blackett, publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Grc Marlburoufgh-street. Just published, price 6d., arid cloth•g It 9d., DRESS AND NEEDLEWOMEN. —Every mistress should read it, and then give it to her maid, and every maid who can red ought to read it. London : Whittak, r awl Co. 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A B C.RAILWAY GUIDE for the present month can be had ()fall NewsveAers. Price Sixpence Just published, price One ••hiding, A. LETTER to the INHABITANTS of II" ;WIC ii, urn!. the INJUSTICE of Mr. JUSTICE CRESS WELL'S SUMMING UP in the CASE of AYRES, Secretary to Eastern Union Company, v. WASON. _ By RIGBY WAS )N. London : Longman and Co. ELEGANT GIFT BOOK FOR TEIE SEASON. Now ready, crown 4t0., with Forty-flee Illustrations and Portrait of Layard, 5s , by. post 65., NINEVEH AND ITS RUINS ; or, The Iltstory of the Great City. By, the Rey. R. FIIIIGIOSON, LL.D., Member of the Royal Irish Academy, &c. ondon: Partridge, Oakey, & Co., Paternoster-row. STRICTURE OF THE URETHRi. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, SS. 6d., PHE PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA; with numerous Cases illustrative of every variety of Urethral Obstruction, and their special Modes of Treatment and Cure. By F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of , urgeons of England. " We know of no man to whose care we could with ireater cont. &nes entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the ure. thra."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailllere, 219, Regent-street. CONTRACT FOtt COFFEE. Department of the Comptroller for Victim Mug arts Transport Services, Somerset-place, Bth December, 1854. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice; that oa WEDNESDAY, the 13th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may bo willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at D EPTFORD, - - When to be delivered. lbs. Half in a week, and the remainder in a COFFEE (Raw) .•• 120,000 week afterwards, or earlier if pre ferred by the party tendering. Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the Coffee. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or fer such part thereof only as they may deem fit, er for a gi eater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of Edenton. Samples (npt less than 21bs.) must be produced by the parties ten dering. The Samples produced by persons whose Tenders are not accepted ars requested to be taken away by them immediately after the Con tract has been decided. The conditions of _the Revised Contract may be seen at the said office. No tender sill be received after •no o'clock •n the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless made on th• Printed form provided for the purp ose, 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 Coffee,' and must also be delivered at Somerset-place. QPECIA.L NOTICE.—UntiI March 1, 1855, E. MOSES'an 1 SON'S ES I ' A BLISHI I ENTS will be CLOSED at EIGHT O'CLOoK EVERY EVENING, except Saturday, when they will be open till 11 o'clock. i s o ofCATTLE tthe sightsSHOW, for which London is cele- This annual display Urged. The pr ductions of the country and the wonders of the world the metropolis. nithe Science, art, manufactures, and agriculture centre ar are in h t represented s hown and sold. City—there their best s am pl es are The visitors to the Cattle Show never o esta bli s hments of E. MOSES and SON, and ittir West-end Branch their v ; sits to the has an overwhelming share of patronage. m. MOSES and Sox have the greatest pleasu r e in submittin g their establishments manu f ac tures to the inspect!on of all visitors, and and their honour ed by a careful observation of the ir stockfeel themselves and arrangemen ts, well aware that their business needs only commercial un derstood to be aPPr eciated, and fully convinced that thenl to be ductioni a fill countries are incorporated with their o prize pro wn manu facture. particularise the variety It is as impossible to particu riety of styles, e 1 knees, and points of superiority in their manufacture, as it Is bywordsxce prsion of the cheapness to convey an .adequate im of their goods. It is only necessary to remark that E. Moms and Sox are the first . in sew inventions for attire, the most punctual in their business transactions, and the most success ,i 1 in seeming to their patrons and the public the best articles at the mo t their e ir Oxford-stre charges. E. MO9E3 and Sow have ad ded to et Branch a Hosiery Department, elaborate'y fsta'shed with articles of the most elegant manufacture, and of the MO: useful kind. There the same convenie nces and advantag-s are arorded as are given at their City Establlshmert, and those unrorm plans of business are pursued which have given such universal sal isfaction. At E. Mosgs and Sea's C.ty Establ!shment a Wholesale Depart mrsc.etnstof unlimited extent is kept, where every p erson may make the and most profitable investment either for the home or export tale. - • ---- CAITTION.—E. MOSES and SON an-liks ntradesM , otthlic against imposition, having learned that the u " or " it s falsehoo,l of" Being connected with their Establishment , . for so guard Atte he same concern," has been resorted to re i ß n e m t ahnsyviinngstanues, and obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION Wl= ANT °THUS HOUSE IN OU OUT OP LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, MitiOrieS, 84, 45, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. Landon West-end Branch, 506, 507, 5 08, Now Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, MelbournejotuesrZ Furriers, Australia. Tailors, Merchant Clothiers, flatters, i shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladi es and Gentlemen. i i : r i c te . i, h pri 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, trom Which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset On Saturdays, when business is resumed till 11 o'clock. A new Book for Autism and Winter. " The Commercial Corn,- c opia," containing (till lists of prices, our system et self-measure vent,may be had on application, or post-free. Qui si parla Italisno. isquitiSa hablit Dim. 84 parle Francais. at mall Delitlich - /11 : - IDDLESEX PRISONS . —To Bakerm Itutchers, Meatmen, Rroce s , nruslitnakerg, Lea ther ther sellers, Woollen drapers, Soap-hollers, and Others. WANTED, at the Houses o Correction, at Coldbath Fiebis and Westminster, and at the House of Deente n et Clerkenwell, SUPPLIES of the aldermen toned ARTICLES, :Or calendar Months from the 25th of December instant—name , y : About L, cwt. of Bre d daily. in loaves of various ; good Ox Beef without tone, consisting of clods and stickines; OK-h. ads, weighing on an average 23'bs each ; Mutton, consisting of breasts', necks, and ribs ; Molasses, Sugar, Rice, Polatoes, Scotch Barley, Oatmeal, Salt, Soap, Oils, Leather, Linen Drapery, Woollen Cloth, Union Yarn, and -Aran' for straw plaiting. Persons' willing to contract may see pat terns and samples, according to which the tenders are to be made, and obtain the necessary forms of tender, upon applica tion at either of the said Houses of Correction. Sealed tenders are to be delivered before halt-past Tea o'Clock on Friday, the 15th instant, at the Session-House, Clerkenwell-green ; and the per sons tendering, or some authothed agent, must be in attendance there at Eleven o'Clock precisely, with the names and addresses of two responsible sureties. The Visiting Justices do not bind them selves to accept the lowest, or any of the tenders.—Dated this 4th day of December, 1854. CHARLES P. ALLEN, Clerks. CHARLES WRIGHT, PROSPECTUS Or Tnn INVERNESS AND ELGIN JUNCTION RAILWAY. 'FROM NAIRN TO FORRES AND ELGIN-FORMING A. COMMUNICkTION BETWEEN INVERNESS AND ELGIN IN CONT[NIJATION OF THE INTERNEiS AND NAIRN RAILWAY-WITH A BRANCH TO FINDHORN.] CAPITAL, £160,000, In Shares of £lO each. Deposit £1 10s. per share. CHAIRMAN. Iffie Eight Honourable the Earl of Seafleld. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN. eaptain William Fraser-Tytler of Aldourie and Burdsyards. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Robert Anderson. farmer, Meikle Kildrummie T. P. B. Biscoe, of Newton The Hon. Thomas C. Bruce, Commissiener for the Earl of Seafleld Richard Butler, farmer, Chapeltown, of Burdsyards Angus Cameron, of Flrhall John Chisholm, merchant, Inverness John Cruickshank, Cloves Thomas Davidson, banker, Forres Alexander G. Dadas, late of Shanghai, Inverness Alexander Dallas, Commissioner for John G. Gollan, of Gollanfleld John Dougal, of (llenterness Henry J. Brodie Dunn, of Milton-Brodie W. S. Ferguson, Elgin Colonel Alexander Findlay, of Millbank George Alexander Forteath, of Newton Robert Fraser, Brackla • Nilliam Geddes, of Laurel Bank, Elgin Captain James Gordon, of Ivybank James Gordon, merchant, Inverness The Hon. Lewis Alexander Grant, of Grant Robert Grant, of Kincnrth John Grant, of Glen-Grant Alexander A. Gregory, merchant, Inverness Alexander Mackintosh, of Mackintosh Eneas William Mackintosh, of Raigmore, Deputy-Chairman of th• Inverness and Nairn Railway Company Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Inglis, of Kingsmilla Lachlan Kennedy, merchant, Nairn John Kynoch, Provo ,, t of Forres Niaclean, Factor on the Estates of Kllravock and Cantray John Maclennan, corn merchant, Beauly Minty Macpherson, Chairman of the Inverness and Nairn Railway Company D. D. Manson, Spynie John Mitchell, Wester Alves, Factor for Seaforth Bailie Mach, Forres AI xander I. Robertson, of Aultnaskiah David Rose, of Viemnont, corn merchant, Inverness Adam Shary, merchant, Itothes Alexander Smyth, of l3alnateith James Stephen, of Bruceland, M.D., Elgin William Stephen, Inehbroom Major Donald Stuart, late 46th Regiment Charles Stestart, solicitor, Inverness James sutherland, Provost of Inverness Eric Sutherland, Shempston, Factor for Sir Wm. Gordon Cumming of Altyre,B4rt. Alexander Thurburn, of Drumduan Henry Wm. White, of Manor and Lentran James Wilson, solicitor and bank-agent, Inverness ENGINEEX. • John Mitchell, r.R.S.E. CONSULTING INGINEERS. Joseph Locke, Esq., M.P. E. J. Errington, Esq., C. H. RANKERS. Thl Caledonian Banking Coi;i;;;;, --- Uverness, and its Branches Messrs. Barclay, Bevan. Tritton, and Co., London The Union Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, and Glasgow Manchester and Liverpoo'. District Bank, Liverpool and Manchester SOLICITORS. Messrs. G..P. Amierson, Inverness Mr. Adam Davidson, NAirn Mr. William Sclanders, Forres Dt r. Robert Urquhart, ditto Mr. John D. Davidson, ditto Mr. George Leslie, Elgin PAALIAMENTIEY AGENT. Theodore Martin, Esl, 10, New Palace Yard, Westminster. Messrs. G. and P. Anderson, Inverness, Interim Secretaries. The present time seems to be peculiarly suitable for the establish ment of the proposed Lin of Railway. The works upon the Inver ness and Nairn line nave been commenced, and the contractors un dertake that the line shall be open for traffic: by the let of August next. On the other hand, the chain of Railway communication on the south is complete as tar as the town of Huntly, and measures are understood to be in progress for extending the line northward tom Huntly. • In these circumstances, it has been thought desirable to apply to Parliament, in the ensuing session for the Incorporation of a Corn pffity for making a Railway from Nairn to Elgin, which shall com plete the communication between Inverness and Elgin. The com pany will thus be in a position to commence the necessary works next summer, and thereby, with the least possible delay: to place the fair and ancient province of Moray on such a footing, with regard to Railway communication, that the laying down of an ironvray throughout its whole extent, from the Beauly to the fjpey, and un interrupted connection with the Southern markets mast immediately follow. With this view, applications have been made to all the principal proprietors along the line, who have, without exception, declared themselves favourable to the enterprise, and ready to afford facilities far its construction. The plans have been finished, minute estimates of the cost have been made, and the line has been gone over and examined by contractors of the highest respectability ; and the pro moters have no doubt that the works will be undertaken by them fur a sum which, together with the purchase of land, rolling stock. rreliminary expenses, and all other charges necessary for tke com • pletion of the undertaking, will certainly not exceed 200,0001., or 8,0001. a mile, including bridges over the Nairn. Findhorn, and Lossie. For this sum the Company will be in possession of a single line of railway—double wherever this is necessary for its efficient working—and with bridges built and land purchased for a double line. And the promoters are in a position to state, that the contrac tors with whom they have been fn communication will be prepared to take . payment of one-third of the cost of the works in stock. The Engineering Works—from the level nature of the country, and the light gravelly roil over which the line for the most part passes—are of a simple character, and are certain to be completed witnin the specified time. Besides the large local traffic arising from the line passing through the centre of the richly cultivated and populous county of Moray. this Railway, when connected with the Great North of Scotland Railway, now in progress of extension, will form part of the great through communication from Inverness by Aberdeen to the south. From the character of the country the line can never be exposed to railway competition. Through the Inverness and Nairn Railway—with the directors of which the promoters of this undertaking are in cordial ce-operation —the line will be enabled to communicate with the Caledonian Canal at Inverness, and thereby to establish' a connection with the large and rapidly-increasing traffic flowing along that great artery of com ma:kat', n to and from the counties of Banff, Moray, and Nairn. At its ether extremity, the line will communicate with the Elgin and Lossiemouth Railway, and the pert of Lossiemouth. Besides these, the Railway will receive the traffic of the several ports of Nairn, Findhorn, and llurghead.. Careful observations of the traffic, made in 1845, with a view to a Railway from Inverness to Elgin, showing a local revenue amply sufficient to yield a liberal return upon a railway of a much more expensive nature. Since that period, however, the wealth and traffic of the district have been materially augmented, and are still rapidly increasing. Taking the basis of the observations of 1645, the result will be as follows : Estimated amount of local revenue £21,000 0 0 Deflect 40 per cent. for working expenses 8,400 0 0 £12,600 0 0 Of interest on 10,0001, borrowed ..... ; 2,000 0 0 Z 10,600 0 0 Leavlng•• .. ... For division, on a called-up capital of 150,0001., or a dividend of 7 per cent. immediately after the open in g of the line, with the cer tainty of a large eventual increase. The undertaking, therefore;fresen ts these reculiar advantages:— I. It will be completed and ope n e d for working!" two years from the passing of the act. 2. It will cost only 8,0001. a mile, for a single line, while the average cost of railways in Scotland, with a double line of rails, has been 30,0001. a mile. 3. While the average return per mile per annum, in Scotland, has been 2,6001., a sum of only 8501. per mile per annum, on this line, will yield a dividend of 7 per cent. .4. The line, from its situation, secures in perpetuity the whole through railway traffic passing northward of Elgin from Aberdeen, aid passing eastward of Nairn from the Western and Northern Highlane s. 5. The line will be worked in connection with the Inverness and Nairn Railway, under efficient Parliamentary powers, whereby the facilities of transit will be on the one hand greatly increased, while on the ether hand the working ox. penses will he greatly economised. ClLines of this character, constructed at a aoderate cost, in the north of Scotland, have proved highly remunerative, as in stanced in the Lossiemouth and Deeaide Railways, recently opened—both of which have returned dividends of 5 per cent. °nthe first year'. traffic. 7. The promoters are justified in stating that payment of one third of the cost of the works will be taken in stock, as a guarantee for the due completion of the undertaking, and In evidence of the conviction of its soundness as a commer cial enterprise. Applications for Shares to be made, in the form annexed, to Leslie, solicitors, Elgin ; Mrs Adam Davidson, town-clerk, Nairn ; Messrs G. and r. Anderson, solicitors, Inverness ; Messrs Grant and Mr Robert Urquhart, banker, and Mr William Sclanders, and Mr Jolan D. Davidson, so licitors, Torres ; Messrs. James Black and Co., sharebrokers, Aberdeen; Mr John Ms:elver. banker, Dingwall ; Mr J. S. Taylor, sheriff-elerk, Cromarty ; Mr John Grant, writer, Tali; ; Mr William Miller, town-elerk, Wick ; Mr William Fleming, banker, Grantown ; Mr Donald Macr +e, writer, Kingu.sie ; Mr Pa trick Duncan, s h are broker, 1, Kiikgate, Perth ; Mr James BlaCk wood, sharebroker, Hanover-street, Ettlnhurgh ; Mr James Wat son, sharebroker, 32, St Vineent-Place, Glasgow ; Messrs Drewry and Richardson. sharebrokers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs H. Watson and Co., sharebrokers, York : Messrs Henry Davis and Co., sharebrokers, 5, Dale-street, Liverpool ; Messrs Johnstone and Wal ker, sharebrokers, St. Ann's Church-yard, and Messrs Hayland, Son, and Co.. sharebrokers, Exchange-chambers, Bank-street, Man chester; and Messrs Foster and Braithwaite, 64, Old Broad-street, London. FORM OP APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of l the w Inverne.ss and Elgin Junction Raiay. „...r request that you will allot me otafeGluCletln:weleahmcehen,ni:aqtuthirsed. undertaking , and I agree to accept the sa S m ha e r , e o s ; any smaller number that may be allotted to me. to pay the deposit thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree ' am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, Signature.... • • • • . • • Full Christian and Surname ......... • •• Profession Address ••"•• RAW 1012±Itittaltetell11 . 11.11• et toe. flail ARL FITZWILLIAM'S COLLIERIES on F the So , ith Yorkshire Itailway.—SA \WEL ruw=olA., of Sh Meld, begs to announce _hat the arrangements he has been honoured to make for carrying a portion of the produce of these ex tensive Collieries, and also of the silkstone Collierio, to London, via the London and North-Western Railway, are sufficiently ma tured to en Ale hint to commence delivering from Camden and Ken sington Stations on New Year's D ky. nice per Ton, within four miles of either Station :—Silkstone,* 249. Bd.; Elsecar, 235. 4d., cash on delivery, or on giving the order —Temporary Offices will be opened at both Stations on December 18th, tor booking orders, which he meantime Mr. fliinsoll will be glad to receive st 6hedielel. being supplied by the Great Northern at present, and until Decem bertiretpgplies ow the South Yorkshire RR aa * i ill; T wi a : a ty e y s .n. e as tx s at2,rov sae-, C to ,l sc monopolyao r n e i pna:nfwy T HE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 39, King-street, Cheapside, London. EStabliehed 1834. SPECIAL NOTlCE.—Assurances effected before the 3l et instant will share in the Profits at the end of next year. SAMUEL BROWN, Actuary. LOANS from 501. to 5001., on the Security of the borrower and two responsible Housekeepers. No Life Assurance. Interest, 6 per Cent—Address (wth post-head), Messrs. LA WRANCIC and CO., 110, Fenchurcii-street, City. Personally from 11 to 3. TO LOVERS OF FISII.- 100 real YARMOUTH BLOATERS for 65., package included. The above forwarded to all parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, or P. 0. 0. (preferred) for the amount. Send plain address, county, and nearest station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, Jun., Fish-curer, Great Yarmouth. G R A V SEND STAR ACKETS, it the Greenhithe and Purileaf Piers. iere as underlined (weather permitting). ACE PIER, GRAVESEND. !Co other Packets call a The Packets call a t the Pi FROM TERM aUNDATI Ti me E ~ 4s WEEK DAYS 4 5 ..' . .1 S - - 9-, - - 2 - - - Terrace Pier Oranibi every ipt BRI7NSV T ses from Fenehurch-street Station to all parts of London irter of an hour. rICK. WIIARF, 73L ACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol. [owing Trains from the Fenchureh-street Station. WEAR DAYS. _ SUNDAYS. —"--- o . i . .. I, = ... , .c 1 o A Fen- , 5, ' 74. t...- Fen- i 9. r , -7 4 . 2hurch 5, ~. 71 0 2 church 8 . Street '3. .. a' V , Street ~ 8 0 .13 - " a i 4 _— - --- --- --- --- --- . 214 4i — Fore Cabin. Saluou ro or from Gravesend and London...• •• .. •• 10d. .. li. 2d. Fore Cabin. Si ro or from Gravesend and L0nd0n.......... 10d. .. Is, „ Gravesend and Illackwall or Woolwich Ed. .. Os, ftetween Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os, 140 AT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 51. Os.; Six Months, Three Months, 21. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on bol Packets ; or of Yr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Nov. 13, 1554, 31. Os.; lard th • EAST INDIA COMPANY'S MILITARY SEMINARY, ADDINCOMBE. A public examination of the gentlemen cadets at the East India Company's Military Seminary took place on the 9th inst., in the presence of the chairman (Major Oliphant), the deputy chairman (Mr. E. Macnauhten), and several members of the Court of directors. The following visitors were also present :- His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, his Highness the Mahara jah Duleep Sing, Major-General Lewis, R.E., C. 8., Brigadier General Jones, R.E., Colonels Carnegie, K. H., Garstin, J. Campbell, C. 8., B. J. Browne, C.D.; Vivian. Handscomli, Justice,. Hay. Coningham ; Lieut.- Colonels Portlock, R.E., Wilson, R. A.., Sir P. T. Cant ley, K.C.8., Melvill, Matthie, Dick, Pond, Gordon, Corfield, Bygrave, Cotton, Neill, Babington, Adams, ' Lucas ; Majors Binzharn,R A., Guthrie, Turner, Way, Stevens, Lavie, Tapp ; Captains M'Kerlie, R.E., Somerset, R.E., Fraser, Agar, Turnbull ; Lieutenants Mallocb, Nicolls ; Ensigns Champain, Pemberton, Sir John Login, M.D. ; Drs. Mount, Morehead, Arnot ; Professor Narrien, F.R.S, ; Revs. G. Coles, Thomas, Good, Randolph, Byers; Messrs, Alcock, M.P., Braithwaite,. Keane, Treise, Hammond, P. Melvin, Easton, Turner, E ‘de, Coningharn. The number of cadets brought forward consiated of thirty-six, of whom Seven were selected for the Engineers, viz. R. Macdovell, Henry Jones, Henry H. L. Carnegie, Edward T. Thackeray, Wm. G. D. Dick, ,John a Forbes, Hugh R. Meiklejohn. Fifteen for the Artillery, viz. :—Morton E. Eden, Frederick C. Mytton, Frederick A. Howes, James G. Lindsay, George Bathrie, Hewel L. Jones, Edward C. Griffin, Christopher E. Newport, John H. Shuldhatn, Alfred J. Wake, John Vibart, James C. de N. Lucas. Henry T. Vachell, Edward H. Baker. Fourteen for the Infantry, viz.:—Charles L. Dayre ll, Henry G. Delafosse, W m . J. D. Cairnes, Newton H. `Wallace, Montague E. Foord, Charles J. Anderson, Edward N. B. Macready, George E. Blew, Alexander M'Goun, Patrick R. Crolly, Alexander J. Vibart, Ayl mer Vivian, Gilbert J. Dewar, Richmond Houghton. It will be observed that the number of young men brought forward for the Engineers was fewer on this oc casion than it usually is , but Sir Charles ?mien the pub lic examiner, reported that the first six of those brought forward for the Artillery required only a little further training to fit them for the Engineers, and recommended that they should be allowed to present themselves again for examination in March next, when it would be finally determined to what class they should be assigned. After the reports had been read by Mr. Hollyer, of 'the India-house, the following prizes were distributed : FIRST CCASS. A. R. R. Macdo nae ll —lst, mat h ema tics ; 2d, Hin dustani ; Ist, genera good conduct (sword) ; 2 d , forti fication (the Pollock medal), Edward J ones--Military . surveying ; 2d, general go ad c onduct ; 2d, m a th ematics ; d ra wing. Ist, fortification ; Ist, mill- W. G. D. Dick—Hindustani. H. R. Meiklejohn—Latin, chemistry. M. E. Eden— 2d, military drawing ; 2d, lug. civil draw. H. J. G. Gordon —French. F. A. Howes -Ist, civil drawing. SECOND CLASS. C. E. Luard-3d, good conduct. J. Bonus—Fortification and civil drawing. C. A.. Goo dfellow —Mathematics, military surveying. B. H. Mat hew—Hindustaai, military drawing. H. Burrs,—Latin. E. P. Gambier —French. THIRD CLASS. J. E. Eckford-4th, good conduct ; military survey. ing, Hindustani, mhhematics, French. A. M. Brandreth—Fortification. H. W. Garnault—Latin. H. T. Gordon —Military drawing, civil drawing. MILITARY DRAWINGS EXECUTED BY THE GENTLEMEN CADETS OF THE FIRST CLASS. Mr. E. Jones (Ist prize)—Aden. Mr. Eden (2tprize)--Island of Hong Kong. Mr. Shuldhana—Aden. Messrs. Carnegie, Macdonell, Lindsay, Gordon, Thackeray—Parts of Hong Kong. Mr. Wake—Hill Fort of Kurnalla. Mr. Meiklejohn—Hill Fort of Singurh. Mr. Dick—Mequinenza. Mr. J. Vibart—Tarragona. SECOND CLASS. Mr. Mathew (prize)—Drawing from the Model of St. Helena. THIRD CLASS. Mr. Gordon (prize)—The Environs of Sebastopol, with the Fortifications and the Positions of tho Allied Armies. Also several minor but very promising subjects in the junior classes. FORTIFICATION DEPARTMENT. After the parade the Chairman , repaired to the sand modelling hall, where the following remarkably interest ing models were explained :—" A front of Chasseloup de Laubat (scale inch to a foot) was explained by Cadet Macdonell ; three fronts •f Carnet's system for hilly ground (scale one•eigthth Inch to a foot) was explained by Cadet Lucas ; and a splendid model of the harbour and forts of Sebastopol (scale 1-16 inch to a foot, cover ing a space of about 2,200 square feet) was explained by Cadets 4. Jones and Forbes. During the time thus oc cupied Cadets Carnei g i e , Cairues, Dolafosse, Shuldham, and Walla ce were constructing a bridge head, and pre perly flanking it by batteries on the reverse side of a river. After dinner the usual examination in this de partment took place in the hall, subsequently to which the prizes were distributed. The fortification drawings also met with great approbation. RAILWAY A CCIDENTB.—Two guards of the London and North Western Railway have dies this week at the Manchester Royal infirmary, one of them, Christopher Mann, having sustained fatal injuries on Monday last by falling off a luggage train. Thomas Dagnall, the other guard, bad met with a similar accident on Wed nesday. Both died at the Infirmary on Wednesday, and inquests were held by Mr. E. Herford, coroner for Manchester, when the deaths were shown to have been purely accidental! The 'Malacca, 17, screw steam sloop, Captain _Farqu har, dropped down from the dockyard to the Royal Ar senal, Woolwich, on Saturday afternoon, to take on board a supply of stores and munitions of war for con ♦eyance to the Crimea. The Hecla, 6, paddle frigate, Commander Hawker, steamed out of Portsmouth Harbour, after a thorough rest, to Spithead on Saturday morning, and shipped a quantity of stores and ammunition for Gibraltar, where it is said she is to be stationed to assist sailing ships through the Gut when needed. APPOINTMENTS. Master John Kellock (1841), from the Coast Guard to the Melampus troop-ship, at Sheerness. Assistant-Surgeon Richard Evans (1851), from the Blenheim, 60, screw steam-ship to the Hecla paddlewheel steam-sloop at Portsmouth. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS IN THE ROYAL MARINES. First Lieutenant Hugh Stukely Buck, of the Artillery Companies of the corps, to be Captain, and appointed to the Artillery Companies, in the vacancy caused by the promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel Holloway. Second Lieutenant RoLea Abernethie Breton, of the Plymouth Division, to be First Lieutenant, vice Buck, promoted and appointed to the Portsmouth Division. Captain Fermor Bonnycastle Gritton, to be attached to the Chatham Division, vice Parker, killed in action. ARRIVALS FROM THE BALTIC. The screw steam-ship Caesar, 91, Captain Robb, from the Baltic, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Sunday morn ing. The Princess Royal, 90, with the flag of Admiral Seymour, arrived in the afternoon, and a screw steam ship, supposed to be the St. Jean d'Acre, 100, was en tering that port in the evening. A first-rate man-of-war, supposed to be the Neptune, 120, from Portsmouth for Queenstown, was off Plymouth on Sunday morning. THE MAGDALENA. An immense number of cases came down from London on Saturday afternoon and evening with about 2,000 pairs of boots for a regiment, which were instantly sent off to Spithead in the Echo and Comet as fast as the goods arrived. The fact is that waggons are so scarce, owing to the employment of the contractor, Mr. Cam melt, for the huts, that only one waggon could be spared to convey the soldiers' boots from the terminus to the dockyard, which caused great delay, and which ought to have been prevented by proper management. The Magdalena has got away with a fresh and splendid breeze from the northward, and which bide fair to take her clear of the English Channel. THE DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have pre sented to Captain M'Clare a very handsome gold watch, with a suitable inscription, as a token of their entire ap probation of his conduct during his absence on the perilous enterprise which he has been so fortunate as to carry to a successful issue. Their lordships admit that Captain M'Clure is the discoverer of the North-west Passage, and we presume that the watch is only a slight instalment of the fay . ours which are due to him for having solved a problem which occupies the attention of the scientific world for so many years. MILITARY. The following changes of the stations of officers of the Royal Engineers took place during the last month : Colonel G. C. Do Plat, K.H., recently recalled from Warsaw, is appointed brigadier-general of the forces in the Engineer department of the Ordnance service in the East ; Colonel M. A. Waters has returned home from the Mauritius, and has proceeded on leave ; Lieutenant- Colonel Daniel Bolton, recently returned from New Zealand, after a short leave of absence since he came home, has been ordered to the Cane of Good Hope ; Lieutenant-Colonel Henry P. Weiff has arrived from Quebec, Canada, and proceeded on leave ; Lieutenant- Colonel Henry Servante, returned from Malta is now at Manchester ; Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Aldrich, of the London district, has obtained leave of absence. Captain John William, recently professor of fortifica tion at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, has proceeded to Malta ; Captain Thomas Fen wick, from Littlehampten to Portsmouth ; Captain Hon. W. F. Keane, for some time past serving at Montreal, Canada, is ordered to proceed to join the forces in the Crimea. Captain Henry Grain has removed from Kingston, Canada, to Halifax, Nova Scotia ; Captain Horace W. Montague has left Corfu for the seat of war in the East ; Captain Frederick W. King left Woolwich in command of the 2d company of Royal Sappers and Miners, and is now on passage in the Royal Albert, 121, screw steam-ship, for service before Sebastopol ; Captain E. C. Demolyns, recently stationed at Ports mouth, has proceeded to the Crimea. Lieutenant L. J. A. Armit has proceeded from Dublin to Malta; Lieu tenant B. A. Wilkinson, recently stationed at Toronto, Canada, is now employed en surveying service ; Lieu tenant Sidney B. Farrell. recently stationed at South end, is now stationed at York ; Lieutenant George Ran ken, recently stationed at Quebec, is now at Edinburgh; Lieutenant W. 0. Lenno, recently stationed at Ceylon, has proceeded to the seat of war.in the Crimea ; Lieute nant Edward R. James has proceeded from Alderney to Malta. THE MILITIA. The Northumberland Light Infantry Regiment of Militia are td be embodied on Tuesday, the 9th of January next, at Aln wick, and are to hold themselves in readiness to march to any part of the United King dom. The nominal strength of this regiment as enrolled is 1,277, but this number has been reduced below 1,000 by enlistments into the regular forces and other causes. A vigorous enlistment will be necessary to make up its full complement. The Notts Militia are new undergoing a term of drill at Newark. The regiment numbers 900 men, and since they have been in training their progress has been very satisfactory. The Leicestershire Militia are to assemble on Thurs day next. Recruiting in the town has been carried on during the week with good success. The regiment now numbers 933 men. _ _ _ The 2d Royal Lancashire (Liverpool) Militia, under the command of Colonel Sir Thomas Hesketh, are ca lled out for permanent duty, to commence on the 18th instant, with training and exercise, at Everton, Liverpool. The West York Rifle Regiment (late the Ist West York Militia), under the command of the Hon. E. G. Monckton, is under orders to assemble at Pontefract on the 19th inst. This regiment has contributed nearly 200 volunteers to the line, and it is yet about 900 strong. • The North York Rifles are to assemble at Richmond, Yorkshire, on the 12th inst. for permanent duty. The Royal Denbigh Rifle Militia has furnished 31 volunteers to the regular army, and has its complement of men enrolled—viz., 432. The Monmouthshire Light Infantry Regiment, now stationed at Newport, has given a number of volunteers to the Grenadier Guards, and last week 80 fine actiie young men left 'the corps as volunteers for the 23d Welsh Fusiliers and other regiments. The regiment is actively engsged in recruiting its strength up to the proper establishment. The 4th Royal West Middlesex Militia at present stationed at Hasler barracks, Gosport, has furnished more than its full quota of volunteers. At the date of the War-office order for volunteering the strength of the regiment was 528. The commanding officer afforded every encouragement to the men to volunteer, and the result has been that 142 have been parted with, and 36 more have passed the doctor, and are waiting for the recruiting officer's sanction to join their new regiments. The West Kent M ilitia re g iment will assemble ,at I Maidstone in January. ALARMING TRUNDIRSTORM.—We learn from a corres pondeat that, on Sabbath last, the towns of Newton stewart and Strabane , with their vicinities, were visited by a sudden storm of thunder, lightning, and rain. The storm commenced about noon, but did not reach the cli max of its fury until about two o'clock. Previous to the thunder, at the time it when the people wer e engage d i n d e votional exercises in the churches, the atm os ph ere be came so dense that was almost impossible to read even tolerably large print. About two o'clock a large ball of fire passed over the town of Strabane, with a t err ific his sing sound, and after proceeding about a m il e an d a h a lf, the belt, as it is termed, descended with a noise resem bling the discharge of a park of artillery, struck in its progress a stack of oats, the property o f M r . J. Crockett, o f Edymcre, in the neiglibourlaood of Lifford, and parish of Clonleigh, and instantaneously set it on fire. Several persons beheld the strange phenomenon, but were so much appalled that they wer e a f ra id to approach and render the ass istance necessary for extinguishing the blaze and saving the oats from destruction. The conse quence was that the entire stack was consumed ; and when the fire had ceased, large holes, which still remain, were found where it had formerly stood, the forked li g htning having thus found a passage and buried itself 'in the bowels of the earth,—,Derrii perr. The greater the evils of the war, the more the world should condemn the author. Believing it to be quite unavoidable —rath er postponed too long than begun too early on the part of England—we have no personal motives whatever for extenuating its miseries, and would throw the responsibility of causing them, augmented ra th er th an diminishe:?, on the head of their guilty author. But when the rtineS—which has since taken a totally differeLt view—and other journals, taught the working people that the war was doubling the price of the quarter') loaf, and thus endeavoured to excite the poi - mlar discontent, it became our duty to state the actual changes in the price of wheat, to show that no such rise had taken -place, and that the price was actually lower after the war had begun, and prohibitions and blockades were in full vigour, than .before. On this account wo are challenged by Mr. George Dornbusch, who challengeS Miss Martineau too, and all the world to disprove his assertion that " the declaration of war caused the price of cora to rise considerably," and who, relying as he well may, " on our sense of justice and fair play," sends us an extract ftom his report on Wednesday, April 5, 1854, stating his opinions at that period. We shall gratify his desire for such distinction as our notice may give -him, so far as it will enable us to place the facts of the case fairly before the public. On the 27th of March the declaration of war was issued, " the immediate effect of which," says Mr. Dornbusch, " was to advance considerably the price of corn and almost all the articles imported from Russia—at the same time Consols and other funds have been depressed very low." The price of corn, we admit, did immediately rise in Mark lane, in Liverpool, and some other places, and so did the price of tallow, hemp, and flax. The porters and holders of these articles naturally en deavoured to make the most they could of the con- tingency, stnd speculated for higher prices. It is however notorious that the speculation was disap pointed. The " excitement which spread to every market " did not continue beyond the week, and the subsequent decline in prices, in spite of much terrific writing in commercial circulars, curtailed the summer jaunts and the Christmas splendour of the unfortunate speculators for a rise. To say no thing more of the other articles, the rise in the price of wheat, which, Mr. Dornbusch affirms, took place in the first week of April, in different markets —from 4s. to 12s. per qr.—is shown from the Ga zette returns—a somewhat better authority, for the whole kingdom, and for the general price, than a Mark-lane report—to have been confined to a few markets, and to have been merely speculative. In the week ending March 25 the weekly average was 78s. 4d. ; in the week ending April 1, it was 755., and in the week ending April 8, 735. 5d., a fall in the two weeks immediately following the declara tion of war of 4s. 11d. This was a continuation of the fall which, in face of the pending war, had —with a slight interruption in the two first weeks in March—continued from Jan. 28, when the average weekly price was 83s. 3d., to April 8, when it had fallen 9s. 10d. The price then took a slight start, and rose somewhat till June 3, when it reached the highest point, subsequent to the decla ration of war, 795. 11d.-Is. 7d. above the price immediately prior to the declaration, and 3s. 4d. lower than the highest price in January. In June measures to give effect to the declaration of war were in full activity. Blockades were established, prohibitions were threatened or issued, but the price of wheat from the beginning of J une steadily declined till the weekly average reached, on Aug. 12th, G2s. 3d.—a fall of no less than 163. Id. from the average price of March 25th, and of no less than 21s. from the highest price in January. It then got up for a week or two, but immediately after wards again fell rapidly, and in the week ending September 16th it was 525. 5d., or 9s. 10d. below the price in August. In the face of the war, therefore, from January 28—with a defective harvest throughout Europe, in 1853—the price of wheat fell in England, between January and September, 30s. 10d. Since then the price has risen rapidly, as wo all unfortunately know, Litt the very latest repert leaves it at 745. 4d., or Bs. 11d. below the price in January. These state ments can be verified by referring to the Gazette re turns, and they show that the price of wheat has been influenced by causes very dith4rent train the war. That the price of corn would CH if war were to cease is probable ; but into the region cf conjec ture we shall not enter, contenting ourselves with having shown that subsequent, and very closely subsequent, to the declaration of Nv ar, the price of wheat fell very considerably. Similar facts to contradict Mr. Dornbusch are apparent as to the funds. Just before the declara tion of war Consols were at 911 ; subsequent to the declaration, when mone♦ dealers were still speculating on the probabilities of a loan, Con sols fell, and in May reached 871, or 31 per cent. below the price in March, but since then they have continued very generally to rise, and have now reached 931, being higher than before the declaration. Without any reference tof those who seek to discredit the generous and patriotic feelings of the people, these facts are worthy of being brought distinctly under the public notice. As we gave currency on Friday to Mr. Sturge's statements, we must add a word to explain or cor rect them. He says that 5,300,000 qrs. of wheat were shipped from Russia and 70,000 qrs. from the Danube, in 1853, and adds, " with a suspension of such enormous exports from countries that would in all probability have furnished as great a surplus in 1854 and 1855 as they did in 1853, for the con sumption of other nations, it is surprising that any respectable writers should assert that cur present prices of wheat are not affected by the war." We know no respectable writers who have made any such assertion ; but the facts concerning the Rus sian corn trade are of great importance, whatever Mr. Sturge or any other writer may say. The supplies from the Danube were impeded and stopped by the Russians entering the Principali ties, and they desired to have the power to stop them at all times. The importance of these sup plies is, however, overrated by Mr. Sturge. In 1853 we imported from Moldavia and Wallachia 227,143 quarters of wheat, which was upwards of 50,000 qrs. more than we ever before im ported. According to the returns obtained by our own consuls, and published in the of ficial " Tables of Population, Commerce, d-c.," the greatest quantity of wheat ever exported from these two provinces up to 1851 was 571,67 8 qrs. Mr. Sturge's estimate of 700,000 qrs. ex ported in 1853 is probably, therefore, an exaggera tion. The highest total exports, too, of wheat from Rus.sia in any yowl. boi,vreen 1842 and 1851, of which we have official returns, was in 1847, when it amounted to 5,744,197 qrs., of which only 850,586 qrs. came to England. At that period the exorbitant price ix England-102s.—the suspension of our laws to procure a supply, and the extreme want of France and Italy, caused every granary in Russia to be clean swept. In no subsequent year, of which we have official returns, was an equal quantity of wheat exported from Russia. In fact, every year since the exports have decreased, and were in 1851 only 2,484,150 qrs. ; in 1850, 2,606,451 qrs. The greatest quantity of wheat ever imported from Russia into England was last year, 1,071,173, when, from an expectation of war, we made exertions to get it. From these facts we infer that Mr. Sturge's estimate of 5,300,000 qrs. of wheat shipped from Russia in 1853 is an exag geration ; if not, it is at least misleading to refer to that whole quantity as affecting our markets to its full extent, when only 1,071,173 qrs. came hither, and it is totally erroneous to imply or represent that the exportation was suspended in 1854. We have an official account of our own impo rts from Russia, in the nine months of 1 853 an d 18 54, which were as follow : 1853. 1854. qrs. qrs. From the Northern Ports ......... 69,101 23,933 " Pints in the Black Sea, Sea of Azar, .............. 704,406 491.710 po All this was imrted in the early part of the year, and if the imports then ceased that was the consequence of our low prices.. At 52e., with an apprehension of the price falling lower, no corn was imported, the growth either of Russia or any oth from er c ountry. The price did not pay to bring it Egypt or the United States, and would not pay to bring it from di stant places. When we obtained these supplies from Rusiia considerable - quantities of corn were imported from the Black Sea into France and Ita l y , thou g h how much we do ' ex actly know ; but, s u pp osin g Mr. Stur ge's other nt statements to be correct, the suspension lie speaks of can only ha ve affected for 1854 abouthaffthe supplies from the Black Sea for all Western Europe. 1853 a The apprehensions of war caused inlarge na ex p or tations from Russia as could he spared, s and we learn accordingly from the b circular of Mr. ni Carr, of Rostock, dated Nove r 10, 1854, who p ro bably knows something o f the Russia corntrade, that, " with the exception. of St. Petersburg. stooks of old corn are very light s most lapin bwa got off THE HENRI Ir. ___ The following letter ha; been received from the Abbe Bertrand, Chaplain of the Henri IV., on the occasion of the wreck of that vessel : " OFF THE COAST OF EUPATORIA, Nov. 18,—O ur magnificent ship was wrecked on the 14th at 6 o'clock in the evening. The tempest commenced at 7 in the morning, and, in spite of all ou r care, our ac ti v i ty, end our energy, we had to yield to its violence. &lice our ar rival in the bay of Eupatoria we had two anchors thrown out, because the approach of winter was felt, and it was necessary to guard against the bad weather. When th e hurricane came on the captain had out a third anchor and a fourth. We thought we should be able to resist. Alas, no l The Henri IV. was destined to share the fate of several other vessels that were hourly broken to pieces on the coast. What a terrible spectacle ! The sea was furious, and bellowed so as to prevent us from hearing each other, and the ship groaned beneath the blows she received from it. The whole of the furniture was flung from one part to the other with the rapidity of a rail road. I had remained in the captain's cabin after break felt, and while he was on the quarter-deck in order to direct the movements of the' vessel every article in the room was flung from one side to another, and for my •wn part I was near 10-ing my senses. We resisted for a good while ; though two of our chains had broken, we held en with two, and the wind began to calm down. But what a sad thing it was to see tke beach, on which a dozen merchant vessels had been just dashed to pieces. Alas ! such also was the fate reserved for us. About half-past five o'clock the captain and I were about to sit down to dinner when all of a sudden we felt a shock, and a man rushed in and cried out, ' Captain, the two last chains have just been broken.' ' The two chains broken l' the captain said ; ' impos sible !' He went up on deck again, which he had only left five minutes before. It was but true—the ship was en her beam ends. There was no further hope ; the sea and the wind were too violent for us to hope to get out to sea. We had only to resign ourselves to our fate. All that was left fcr us was to be thrown on that part of the coast where the bottom was sandy. You cannot have an idea of the anguish we all felt, expecting every moment the first shock when the ship touched the ground. We did feel the first shock, the second, the third, and yet the good ship held out. We were aground, but we knew not at what dis tance from the shore, as we were in darkness. The weather continued awful. At last the day dawned, and we found ourselves at 200 metres from the shore, and our ship had not a single drop of water in her hold. At some yards from us a Turkish vessel had been wrecked at 11 o'clock that night, three hours after us. She drove on a bank, which threw her on her side, and the whole of the crew we saw clinging to the masts and shrouds, not being able to remain on the deck, which was completely under water. At last, after a night passed in indescri bable anguish, fearing each moment that the ship was opening asunder, the day dawned, and we found our selves so near land that, in the event of any great acci dent occurring, it would not be difficult to save ourselves. Fortunately our ship is new, five years having scarcely elapsed since she was launched. We shall all be saved, as well as the stores. We are, however, on the enemy's coast, and the Cossacks, who crowded down to us is the morning, have been received with musketry. Ido not think they will return in haste. Oh ! that Sebas topol were once taken ! Perhar swe are to remain here until the ship is got off, and she is so noble and so beau tiful a vessel that it would be a pity to abandon her. For the present, however, we have nothing to fear." NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANIES. It is with great pleasure we announce that the Inver ness and Elgin Junction and Great North of, Scotland Railway Companies have adjusted their differences, and agreed to an amicable apportionment of the ground be tween Nairn and Huntly. The Great North retire alto eether from the ground west of' the Spey, and the Inverness and Elgin Junction become bound to push their hoe as far as tlta river. Owing to the lateness of the time when this arrangement has been come to, there will be a little apparent complication of matters in bringing the two bills before Parliament ; but the diffi culty is purely technical, and the good understanding that exists between the companies, backed by the earnest wish of the whole country to have railway communica tion immediately established between North and South, will, we trust, enable both companies to complete the preliminary arrangements, and fulfil the usual conditions of railway enterprise, in time to let operations be com menced next year. There is, •however, a good deal to do. and very little time between this day and the 31st of December ; and the public have a grave and pressing duty to perform in enabling the committee to carry through their measures. They must either reject the scheme, or back it with promptness and energy. The arrangements of the Provisional Committee till the pre sent crisis have been made with great judgment, and carried through with energy and decision ; they have now come to that point at which the public way be said to take the matter out of their hands,And are force(' to pronounce decidedly upon the question. The capital must be subscribed, and a subscription contract, to the extent of three-fourths of the required sum, most be lodged with the clerks of Parliament before the 31st of this month.--Inverness Courier. TBE LATE VISIT OF THE GUIDES. The Equerry to the Emperor, has addressed the fol. lowing letter to Mr. W. Blanchard Jerrold, in acknow. led,gmont of the reception of the Band of the Guides in Et.gland : "The Emperor's Household, " Service of the First Equerry and Aide -de-Camp. s i r,—l have received the letter whioh you have done me the honour to address to me, on the occasion of the presence of the band of my regiment at the'grand fete celebrated at the Crystal Palace, on Saturday last —a fete so worthy of a nation which gives to everything a great and useful character. " This welcome which the band of tie Guides and the French received from the immense concourse of the English people, as well as the eagerness which France showed to take part in this benevolent solemnity, are another proof of the intimate alliance, which i■ hencefor ward indissoluble, of the two greatest nations of the universe. " I am happy, sir, to have been able to contribute per sonally to thi s man if estat i on o f m y sovereign's senti ments, and of those of my countrymen for the brave English nation ; and I congratulate myself upon,a cir cumstance which gives me the opportunity to thank you for all your kindness. " Accept, sir, the sincere expression of my most dis tinguished consideration, and of my affectionate send mer.tet, " Colonel, First Equerry and Aide-de-Camp to the "E. FLEURY." Emperor, TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OP THE CONTRACT WITH THE SOUTH AMERICAN AND GENERAL STIAM NA TIGATION COMPANY. -- GENERAL POST-OFFICE, December, 1814. esthe packetsbHer iSfajtY h e a l v o i n n g g i n e g n g t a o g ed t h ethe 0 e u e t r i: American and General Steam Navigation Company, for th e conveyance of troops, and for other purposes of th e v'cofmomese'oBf Government war, it has been found necessary to suspend temporarily the contract entered into with that company for the conveyance of mails from Liverpool to Brazil and the River Plate on the 24th of every month. No packet will, therefore, be despatched from Liver pool to Brazil on the 24th inst., nor en the 24th of any subsequent month, until farther notice. ROYAL COLLEGE 01 SURGEONS.—The following gentle. men having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the Bth instant : :Messrs. John Henry Giborne, army : Jean Charles Arn4d6e Ernest Deville, Gerrardstreet, Soho ; Peter O'Connell, Gloucester.street, Queen-street ; John Parry Birch. Cheshire ; William Henry Corbett, Kingston, Canada West ; Thomas Elkington, Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, and William Henry Beere, Banbury, Oxfordshire. AnDRAY-HORSR IN A BEER CELLAR.—Last Satur day afternoon a fine dray-horse fell into the beer cellar of the Red Lion public-house, Roqonian-street, Clerken well.- The animal Wai hauling some casks up, and when dragging one of them he backed too far and slipped into the cellar. Being a heavy horse, a difficulty arosesbent getting him up again, and in order to effect this it s was found necessary to procure workmen who, with pias and spades, cut away the footpath of ii!e roadray , so u to make an incline sufficient for the eiumal to walk up. After about two hours' detention in this. novel &tibia, he was liberated without having switained *ay gt.M ilkiurY•