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_ cA . T T r tin h j~'~~GG ~G'~~ -- - i z ! : r f ~. . • . • , . • • t • .4 44 . -- ; 44' ,tr •• v . • . 441. 41 . • , /4 . • `l* , e _ •4'• 6N" . tAP'' fc'2 • ' 4 •1. 4 4 , 4 s it: , s 40 i , , ‘s•.,‘ • , , ": '''• '03 , " • " -"."" •• , • te, Tie , „-"'" . \: ) • '•'?", c " 4 4 ^o 7 ' • , v- ac Lt . 1.1 Ii %CGS/ "SP N,P ER EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.- The Directors are prep ired to receive TENDERS for LOAN 5, on the Security of the Company's Debentures, bearing interest at the rate of per cent. per annum. Bishopsgate Station, August 3, 1854. J. B. OWEN, Fecretary. 'd Lou e' LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1854. No. 19,347.] [PRICE SD. nonce sloop Queen, to put Fort Charlotte in au efficient state of defence. PUBLICATIONS. THE WAR. are to be taken in this matter on Friday next, we shall reserve any further comments on this distressing case till further evidence has been obtained ; meanwhile, let us entreat Sir J. Graham either to show more discretion than Lord Hardinge has recently done, or to leave this case in the bands of the civil authorities.—Times, 27. CHEAP EDITION OF " THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS." This day Is pu lished, in 3 vols. post Bvo., handsomely bound, with Illustrations, Price One Guinea, A CHEAP EDITION OF DEPARTURE OF LIEUT. GENERAL 31`DONALD, C. 8., FROM KILKENNY. THE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA, October 4, 11154.—The General Screw Steam-shipping Com pany's screw steam -ship " ARGO," 1,850 tons, 300-horse power, George Hyde, Commander, will sail from Southampton with her Majesty's Mails for Adelaide, Port -Philip, and Sydney, on Wednesday the 4th October, 1854, at Two o'clock p m. punctually. The " Argo," one of the fastest ships afloat, is justly celebrated for her last passage to Australia, having made the run cut in 64 days, and home within the same period. She is also the first steam-ship that returned to ;l gland via Cape Horn, thus accomplishing a voyage roue d the world in 128 days. The vessels forming the superb fleet of screw steamers of this Company, of which this ship is one, are well known for the punctuality and speed with which t heir voyages are performed. No expense has been spared in their construction, and the accommo dations which they efier to the pu , lic are ansurpas-ed. if equalled, by any ships afloat. Rates of Passage Money vary, according to the accommodation required, from 30 to 100 guineas. Full particulars as to Freight and Passage may be had at the Company's Offices, 2', Cannon-street, London.—Agents Southampton, MESSRS. B. BALFOUR and CO. 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 be obtained with perfec Jul t security. I n terest payable in January Jul y. PETER. MORRISON, Managing Director. Prospectuses and Forms for opening Accounts sent free on application. ESTA BLTSEIED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM• PANT. Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4 Vic., Cap. 9. BRITANNIA MRIAL LIFE ASSOCIATION Empowered by Her U Nfajesty's Royal Letters Pate , nt. COLONEL ROBERT ALEXANDES, Blackheath-park, Chairman. Xvery description of Lite Assurance business transacted, with or without rarticipatiOn in Profits. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. 1, Princes-street. Bank, London. ESTABLISHED 18n3. GLOBE INSURANCE, CORNIIILL AND P —LoNDoN. New Tablas of Life l'remiumi—Participating and Non-T'articl• pat I,g. Every class of FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITY business transac'ed. N ATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION 48, Gracechurch-street, London. For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—CHAßLES LHSHINGTON, Esq. John Bradbury, Esq. Robert M. liolhorn, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. William Miller Christy, Esq. Robert Sh-ppard, Esq. Elwin , ' Crowley. Esq. William Tyler, Esq. J,ihn Feltham, Esq. Charles Whetham, Esq. Charles Gilpin, Esq. • J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L S. I Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. TRCSTEEIL John Feltham, Esq. 1 Samuel H. Lucas, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. 1 Charles Lushitigton, Esq. BANSERS—Messrs. Brown, Janson. and Co., and B ink of England. SOLICITOR —Septimui Davidson, Esq. CONsVLTING ACV:URI—Char', a Arts4l, Esq., F.R.S. Extracts from the Report of the Directors for 1853: 'The Directors con2ratulate their fenow-mE mbers t» r the very grati fying result of the recently corn leted Quinquennial Investigation of the assets and liabilities of the Institution, by which it appears that. on the 20th November, 1852, after providing for the present value of all the habil ties in the Life Assurance Department, a surplus re millet of 242,6271. Os. Od., which has been duly apportioned as heretofore. • " The reductions range from 5 to 89 per cent. on the original Annual Premiums, acc. - Tding to the age or the party and the time the Policy has been in force ; and the Bonuses vary it like manner, from 50 to 75 pe: cent. on the amount of premiums paid during the last five years. " The total amount of the reductions per annum for the ensuing five years is 33,348/. 17s. 2d " The Bonuses assigned so those policies on which the original pre miums continue to be paid amount to 89,8801 ss. Od. ; this, together with Bonuses Apportioned at former divisions, makes an segregate addition to the sums as, ured by the Policies in force of 126,564/. " Notwiths , sliding thee' eat reducth as of Prem um., th• net annual income arising from 12,3 ) 6 existing Polices is 163.9121 7 . Id.: 'his sum, with the interest on invested capital, v:z , 37,198/. 75. 31., shows a total annual income of 201,2101. • 4s. 4d." The amount of Capital ex'eeds ()NE St ILLION STERLING. Members, whose premiums tall due on the Ist July ate reminded that they must be paid within 30 days from that date. Prospectuse. and all other information may be o`.tained on appli cation to the Office. June 24, 1854. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, Cass. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road) , The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON, and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT's CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Fultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert; also, by 11. Laurent , the following Waltzes La belle Franga3se, Leonora, Vllll- klns nd his I)inah. Admission, Is. Doors oen at half-past 8. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter oinatpe at half-past 11. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. UNDER ENTIRELY NEW Nit NAGEM ENT. Yr. PEPPER begs to announce that in cons qu nce of the power ful Voltaic Battery having been !eta to the British Assoclation for the Advancement of Science. at Liverpool, the ILLUMINATED CA,CADK will not be shown till M DA Y, the 2d of October, when Mons DUBOSCQ has klndiy , ons need to exhibit a new F.LECI RIC LAMP and .r water. and a new CA , C DE ABP , RATUS, throw ing hree Jets of Water insteal of one. NION DAY EVF NINO, the 2d of oqober, E. W. RR YLEY, Jun., Esq., F.R R., F.O S., &c., will deliver a LECTURE o't OEO - being the EIGHTH of tt e MONDAY EVENING COURSE e! LECTURES to the INDUSTRIAL CL All the Daily Exhibitions and Lectures as usual. MR. MECHI'S DRESSING BAGS, of an entirely novel con•truction, as Exhibited and Sold at the (7r3stal Palace co .hine all the advantages of an ordinary desk and dreS 4 ing case, with numerous ',her conveniences for :.po Irel, and are varied in cost to s. it the e onowie, the utilitarian, or the luxuri ous ; ether lor ladies or gentlemen. 4, Leadenhall-street. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relies to Steaks, Chops. and all Poast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and and by its tonic and Invi4ora.ing properties enables the stomach to periectly diget the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street London, and GS, Broad - street , Worcester;also by messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and men chants, London ; and generall by the vincipal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against linirations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of he bottle. DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OlL.—the most effectual remedy for CONSUNIP TION, BRONCHITIS, AST MA, GM r, RHEUMATISM, and all SCM.PFULOUS COMPLAINTS. Pure and unadulterated, contain ing all its most active an 1 es-ential principles —effecting a cure much more rapidly than any other kind. Prescribed by the most eminent medicril men. and supplied to the lead , ng hospitals or Europe. Half pint bottles, 2s. Gd. ; pints, 43 9d., IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wholesale and Retail depot, ANSAR, HAREORD, and CO., 77. Strand. * 4 .* Four Half-pint Bottles sent (carriage paid) to any part of England on receipt of a remittance of Ten Shillings. GR AVESEND PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhlthe and Putt The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESILND, T A R feet Piers. permitting). SUNDAY, WEER OATS. 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THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. for 30 Just published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post stamps, NERVOUS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure. — An Essay on Sper - matorrhcea , with Practical Observations on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the G e ne r at ive System, obtained by the d use of the Microscope in detecting and distinguishing, by urinary . e t xa . s T rh i e n t a h t e io r n, ar th is e in r g ea f l ro r, m aus s e ol a it n a d ry eff h e a c bd t it o s, f every variety of complain experience excesses, accident, or climate, e fol i l n ow t e h d e by tr p e r a a t c m tl e c n a t l remarks, founded f i o ss un aniec e e d , on twenty years' Commentaries on the Physiology. &I Marriage, wToithwh• h Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, ene Sperina f t r o oo r fm rhi are added, s on s advocated by various writer remedies pre cautionary hints on the evils . emanating and on the dangerous m aarr' pirical practice, these important disorders. By SAMUEL U LA'MERT , E M ' D ' AR LONDON, $7, BEDFOR Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member burgh, Honorary M em b er o f t Ike., &c. D-S Q-- of University of Edin - The essential obj ect of this treatise i s to P t out the fearfu l oI Halhel, L on don Hospital Medical Society , Lend" ' Licentiate of Apoth ecar i es ' con sequences resulting fr om certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have proa uce d more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood,perhaps, any other class of dis ease known to modern patholog and prem a t ure decay at an stages of Life, than, N' is Its perusa l Is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of hazarded the physical conditi on, and who are conscious of having _ the health, happi ness, and privileges to which every human being la entitled. It is absolutely necessary theta]) men should know, that there are Principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all. that there is ecareely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have unfortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant empiric!, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY m a y b e had, price 25, of Messrs. Pi per, Brothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Horne, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, as, Cornhill ;or free by post for thirty stamps to any address from the Author's residence, 37., Bed ford-square. At home hr oatultalios dAil t y Dem Nova till Two, and &Gm Sla lia ailibts 1 . Time T HE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS; Or, MIRTH AND MARVELS. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ANNOTATED EDITION OF THE ENGLISH POETS. By ROBERT BELL. This Day, 2s. 6.1., cloth, JOHN OLDHAM'S POETICAL WORKS. Already publ . shed, DRYDEN. Complete in 'Three Volumes. 7s. Gd. SURREY. Minor Contemporaneous Poets, and SACKYILLE, Lord BUCKIIURST. 2s. Gd. COWPER. Complete in Three Volumes. 7s. 6d. SONG FROM THE DRAMATISTS. 2s. Gd. SIR THOMAS WYAT C. 2s. 6d, On the Ist of November, POETICAL WORKS oF EDMUND W LLER. London : Johu W. Parker and Son, West Strand. In small octavo, price 55., FIRMILIAN; or, the Studeut of Badajoz ; A Spasmodic Tragedy By r PERCY JONES. "Humour of a kind most rare at all t rn , s, and e=peciallv in fhe rresent day, runs torougli every pace; ard pas.alfes or true poetry an 1 deli( versilleation prevent tile continued piny of sarcasm faim be,•oming t dines."—Literary Gazette. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and Lon,!ori. PEOPLE'S EDITIONS. This day is published, LISON ' S HISTORY OF EUROPE. Vol. VII , Price Four ' , billings, cloth, and Part XXV , [rice On, billing. To be completed in Forty- our Parts, lonni g Twelve V, lumes ATLAS to this Edition of ALISON'S EUROPE. Part VI., Price Two Sh.llings and Sixpence. To be completed In Twelve Yarts. tr. WORKS OF SAMUEL WARREN, D.C.L. Part XIY., Price One ,shilling. PROFEzSOR JOHNSTON'S CHEMISTRY OF COMMON LIFE. No. XI., price 6d., containing THE SMELLS WE DISLIKE, viz.: —ilineral smells, Vegetable Smells, Smells Irons Decaying Sub stances, Smell produced by Chemical Art (Kkkodyle), Smells ',re duced by our 31anutactories. IV.ll.am Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Sold by all Booksellers. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE, for OCTOBER, 1854. No CCCCLXVIII. Price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS. Specolitors among the Stars.—Part 11. King Othn and his Classic Kingdom. Student Life in cotland.—Part 11. Civilisation e Census. A Russian Reminis ence. Records or the P.,st. Nineveh and Babyl,Dn. The Opening of the Ganges Canal, Stis April, 1854. Tie uses of 13eauty. Spanish Politica an I Cuban Perils. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. ri IHE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE, and the TRAN , ACTIONS OF T.iE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. No. XLVI., for October, 1854. Price 33. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. FRASER'S MAGAZINE for OCTOBER, Pece 28. 6d., or, by post 3e., contains— l'sychological inqu rice. the Turk and his Future. A Weoc on the Tweed. Our Public Schools—their Discipline and Inst'uction. General Bounce. By the Author of "Digby Grand." Part X. Milman's Latin Christianity. A Lady's Unpublished Journal of Travel. What is the Indian Question now? .A,tumue.l a—A Dirge and its Answer. The Russian Army—Second Paper. London : John W. Parker and Son, We , t Strand. NUMEROUS IMPORTANT 11ES3IFRIC CURES. THE ZOIST, No. XLVII., OCTOBER, price 2s GI., contains—Notices of Cures of vartous Diseases, many after th , failure of the established Exampl. s of Recent decided Clad voyAnce, one most ben 11,ially applied to Eiewsti:e of the Untruths of the " Lancet" respecting George Walk r of North amnion— An Amu-in Ancient Instance of ,p rit Ilappinz., with the Experience and Ratiomil Opinions of the Rev. Dr. Cumming, More than halt of the articles are contri butel by 1. lergyryeß. H. Balidre, 219, Regent-street, London, and 290, Broadway, New York. rinHE EVENTFUL MOMENTS WITH OUR ARMIES.—The period to which we have looked forward with Uniting anxiety has arrived, the landi.,g or air armies in Ili it gal lant and magnificent manlier which distinguishes the British knees in all their engagements. These tormidable companies, under thi her et the broadsides of our splerdid ships of war, aid land on the shores of the enemy, and with our French allies will push on to vic tube- belore unknown. Such eventful moments ca.mot fail to exciti the liveliest in erect in every patriotic heart, a , d inspire with cheer - fuluess and courage every person in our vast empire. We have r, military spirit, a noble indetendence, a national dignity, and valu able in-tit id , ins «I ich a e are proud at any cost to maintain, and so the campaign is expensive, every Eng ishman wit t his accustomee c dculation w,ll inquire how he pty his portion wiliaut per• sanal inconvenience. We suggest a plan, and a: e confident of its success: pu chase all you- Clothing, and that for your f imilies, st the Establishments of E. MOSES nd Son, an 1 the war expenses di.- tritatted amongst the people in the shape of increased taxes will be !al)/ met .comeny is the order of the day ; all classes are sensible of its im• portance. 255. sat I purchase at E. MOSES and SoN ' s their New Paletot. which a universe ly famed for the gentlemanly appearance it impart; —fur the novelty and neaimss of Its make—tor being the most sun aid Dress f r the close ofsuinmer, as well as for the ensuing autumn. Their stock of lists and Caps is unrivalled for Neatness, Durability, and Cheapness. I heir Hosiery Goods for Ladies, Gentlemen, a.: Children are the gems of modern manuiacture. The Gigantic Whol sale lathing, Shirt, and Boot and Shoe department secure acivAntag, s to Merchants, Captains, and Emigrants which cannot b. obtained elsewhere, and small or large amounts will meet with speedy sale, at very great pr.,flts, in any part of the world. Full lists of Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship sailing informa tion, gratis, on application, or post free. :WE 'IAL NOTICE.—The Establishments will be Closed on Mon• day next, Oct. 2, re-opening on Tuesday morning, as used, at Seven o'clock. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the. public against imposition, hr.ving learned that the untradesman-llk4 Nisch ol of " Being connected with their Establishment," or Ita the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITII ANT OTIIEI HOUSE IN 08, OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 5, and 86, Sldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2, and 3, Hart-street, all comfnuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant railo.- Clothiers, flatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot ant shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT. —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will b( exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be return.( without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowe:1 price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sense on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, with illustrations, untitled" The Echo of Pablic Opi nion," containing full lists of prices, our system et sell-measure ment, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Ici l'on parte Francais. Qui si parla ltaliano. Hier spricht man Deutsch Aqua Ca habia E.pano CITY COURT OF SEWERS. A court was held yesterdan Deputy Peacock in the chair. THE TOWER DOCK. Mr. HAYWOOD, the engineer to the commissioner, presented the report upon the condition of the Tower Dock, inquired into in consequence of ;1 letter from Lord Palmerston. Some conversation took place amongst the commis sioners upon the matter alluded to in the report, and was stated that the commissioners had originally desired to have the power to convey sewage by culverts in sucl, cases as the present, to low-water mark in the river, bin that the granting of such power was objected to at the time their bill was in Parliament, and therefore theN did not feel themselves authorised to execute works of the kind beyond the wharf walls. It was ultimate]) agreed to refer it to a committee, to arrange, if possible. to have a culvert constructed to effect the desired object, and Mr. Daw (the chief clerk) was instructed to send a copy of Mr. Haywood's report to Lord Palmerston. BLAcKWALL RAILWAY NUISANCE. Heavy complaints were made against the directors of the Blackwall Railway Company, in consequence of the long-continued existence of a most filthy and abominatle nuisance under the arches of the Blackwall Railway, in Crutch ed-friars. Mr. WHITESIDE, an indefatigable member of the court, said the people who travelled by the Blackwall Railway were not aware of the tact that, immediately underneath the terminus in Fenchurch-street, and contiguous to their waiting rooms, those arches were made the reposi tory of dead cats and dogs and putrid filth of all descrip tions and varieties, as well as the scene of the most dis gusting immoralities by day and night. It was finally agreed that the company should be called upon to abate the nuisance within 48 hours, and informed that if they did not comply with the order peremptory steps should be adopted against them. Several owners of houses and premises were sum moned for not having carried out sanitary works required to Le done by the commissioners, and in all cases they were ordered peremptorily to execute the same, and informed that if they he,itated the commis.ionera would do what they considered to be necessary to the public safety, and sue the proprietors for all the costs incurred. MEETING OF IRON MASTERS.—A meeting of some of the principal iron masters is said to have been proposed in London, with the view of their appointing a commis sion to test the value of a new patent process for the manufacture of steel, lately introduced into France by M. Adrien Chenot. M. Chenot asserts that, by his system, which principally consists in an application cf electricity, he can produce steel of a superior quality Lt less than a third of its present cost, and in one-fourth of the time now required. Some quantities of this steel are stated to have been already delivered to French mann facturerc NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Powerful, 84, Captain Massie, bent sails at Ports mouth yesterday morning, and was towed to Spithead in the afternoon. The Malacca, 17, screw, Captain Farquhar, has replaced the propelling shaft with new links, and she will now come out of dock as perfect as possible. The Miranda, 15, screw-corvette, Captain Lyons, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Nore, and after discharging her powder went into harbour to repair cer tain defects. It is reported that Captain Lyons will have the honour of a Companionship of the Bath conferred upon him for his gallant exploits in the White Sea. He is the son of Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Edmund M. Lyons, G.C.8., K.C.M.G., Second in Command of the British fleet in the Black Sea. The Stromboli, 6, paddle steam-sloop, Commander Robert Hall, left Spithead yesterday morning for the Black Sea. The Hannibal was put out of the fitting basin at Sheer ness yesterday. Her lower deck guns are to be put into lighters, and sent on board forthwith. Every exertion is being made to get her away with all possible despatch. The Horatio is refitting rigging in the same basin, and has not yet been taken into duck. The Joseph Shepherd has arrived off Woolwich from Deptford for the purpose of embarking troops for the seat of war. The Columbine transport has arrived at Boulogne from marsund, with the trophies taken from the Russians by the French troops. THE MILITIA AND YEOMANRY. The North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry, Colonel M.P., commandant, aro now out training at Wells. The regiment has attained a high state of discipline. The Cambridgeshire Militia, Colonel Duncombe, out for duty at Ely, received their colours on Tuesday at the hands of the Countess of Ilardwicik in Ely Cathedral. The regi ment proceeds to Ireland in a few days. The Middlesex Edmonton Ri , le Militia, Colonel Viscount Enfield, musters at Barnet on Monday for 28 days' training. The Yorkshire Hussar Yeomanry Cavalry completed their seven days' training yesterday at York. There was a grand review. THE ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF A FEMALE ON BOARD THE DAUNTLESS. It is with feelings of the most painful kind that we have to direet attention to the report of a trial which appeared in our impression of yesterday, as it materially affects the character of the English navy. We are just fresh from the infamous proceedings in the sister ser vice, which have done more to discredit the position of officers in our army than any event which has occurred in the memory of living man. Lord Hardinge may feel well assured that a deep stain rests upon the British army in consequence of those proceedings, which can never be washed out until the hands of all parties concerned in them are so effectually tied up that they shall never again have the opportu nity of wresting the authority with which they had been intrusted for very different purposes to so base a use. We are sick of the subject—sick of all the false hood and oppression with which it was accompanied, and would gladly have dismissed it from consideration until the meeting of Parliament give the opportunity for calling all persons concerned in the transaction to a solemn a d public account. To-day it is the turn of the navy—but here let us at once premise that we have not a right to bring accusations of the like kind against the senior officers in that service. We are simply speaking, as yet, of the debauchery and profligacy of a few subal terns, with which theseniors are not further concerned than that scenes such as those upon which we are now forced to comment should have occurred iu the Queen's service at all. Some one, we presume, is answerable for the dis cipline of the service. The transaction of which we are about to speak occurred on board of a hulk in Ports mouth harbour. Who is responsible for the good order ' of the ships in Portsmouth harbour ? Is it the Firet- Lieutenant of each in the absence of the captain ? Is it the Port Admiral ? Somebody is, surely, bound to see that prostitutes are not brought on board the Queen's ships, and there treated iu such a manner that death is the consequence. The officers and crew of the Dauntless are now berthed on board of a hulk lying in Portsmouth Harbour. There lately lived in Gosport a young woman —by name Matilda Jane Lodge—given up to vicious courses. On the evening of Sunday the 17th of September— ten days ago —this young woman left the house of her mother about 7 o'clock, in company with a young woman of her sic. quaintance, and about four o'clock on the Monday morning was received in the police station at Gosport in a dying condition. A coroner's inquest has just been held at Gosport to inquire into the causes of her death. The finding of the jury was "That, according to the evidence of the medical men, we are bound to re turn a verdict that Matilda Jane Lodge died a na tural death from rupture of the bladder ; but we also find, from the evidence given before us, that death was mainly accelerated by ill-treatment she had received on the night of Sunday, the 17th September, 1854, in the wardroom on board the hulk of the Dauntless, lying in Portsmouth Harbour." The facts of the case appear to be these :—On Sunday evening Matilda Lodge went out in company with Emma White, and, after p rambulating the town of Portsmouth for some time, at 9 o'clock they went down to the floating bridge to return to Gosport. Wlaile waiting for it they were met by two gentlemen— one of whom was a Lieutenant Knight, of the Marires ; the other was not mixed up with the progress of the transaction, so it is useless to bring him on the scene. Knight arid the two young women had some drink togdther, and he then invited them on board the hulk. They went with him ; a water man took them off, who deposed that the two young wo men were sober at the time. Toi, was about 10 o'clock. When they had come on board Knight took them down to his cabin, which is near the gunroom door ; he shut the door, and subsequently, from the gunroom, brought them j in sonic port wine, and afterward.' some brandy. It is re markable that Kni,glitcautioned thegiri Emma White, as he handed her a glass of port wine, in these words : " Don't drink much ; perhaps it may make you ill." She tasted it, and threw the rest out of the cabin win dow. After Matilda Lodge had swallowed some of the brandy she went out into the gunroom. A little while after Emma White followed her into the gunroom, and found her sitting among some gentlemen and singing. White endeavoured to persuade Lodge to come home, but she refused, and presently fainted. The officers said it would be better if she lay down for a while, and about one o'clock Emma White quitted the ship. When she left, the unfortunate girl Lodge was lying in Knight's cabin. According to her tes timony, nothing had as yet occurred which should have caused marks of violence to appear en Lodge's per son. Thus far we rely upon White's evidence. Job Jackson, a private of Marines, was on duty at the gun room door from midnight until 4 a.m. on Monday morn ing. When he went on duty there were present in the wardroom, according to his statement, • Lieutenant Jer vis, second of the Dauntless, Lieutenant Seymour, and Knight, both of the Marines, and the two women. About half-past one White was shown over the ship's side, and then Lodge was screeching on the floor. The other girl in her evidence says nothing of this. Pre sently the steward carried her into a cabin, which, we presume, although the circumstance is not important, to have been Lieutenant Knight's. The young woman lay here " screeching" violently until about four o'clock. The assistant-surgeon of the Dauntless—by name Roche—went into her seve ral times, accompanied by Lieutenants Jervis and Knight. This witness heard no sound of scuffle, or fighting, or quarrel among the officers in the gunroom during the period of his watch. We call particular at tention to this circumstance, for this witness was a favourable to one them. It remains to be seen how the girl came by the marks of violence which were found on her person. Wm. Poole, another marine, relieved Job Jackson, and it was during his watch that the unfortu nate girl was got rid of out of the ship. When he went in to assist she was lying in Knight's cabin, with her clothes rumpled all round her—her Lair loose, and her arms naked ; but he observed no marks of violence upon her arms. She screamed at first, but after she was re moved never spoke a word. She was put into the boat of a watermau, named Joseph Sherwin, and by him carefully conveyed to the Common(' Hard at Portsea. This witness said, that when she was put into his boat he thought she had only her night-dress on, and in quired for her gown. He particularly noticed, on hand ing her in, that she had no stays. "Her hair was hang ing all about. Her dress was torn at the shoulder, and it was all in a terribly ruffled 'Age." The police man who received her at the Hard and helped the waterman to convey her in a barrow to the station, and the police inspector who received her at the station, deposed that in their hands she received no injury. The inspector said that the dress was much disordered, and she had nothing but her shift sleeve on her arm. It is also right to add that the policeman had heard groans from the hulk during his watch. The nurse Sophia Stevens, who had charge of her at the station, deposed that she complained of pain in the lower part of the side, and that she said, she should die in consequence of the injuries she had received on board the hulk. She threw up about a glassful of port wine—no more—in which there appeared something like a white powder, which did not mix with it. Strange to say, this was not pre served. On Monday morning, about 11 o'clock, she was carried home to her mother's house, where she died about 12 or 1 o'clock on Wednesday, the 20th. The short conversations which occurred between the wretched girl and her mother in the brief interval during which she was yet alive do not throw much light on the transaction. " Mother, I am dying !" " I have re ceived toy death-blow !" and so forth. " You have been cruelly ill-treated," said the poor woman to her daughter, who replied, " Yes, I have." Wh'en she wished to speak of the outrage her mother bade her to be quiet, and when she was better they would talk about it. At one time she said to Emma White, who had come in to see her, that she thought after she (White) had gone away the gentlemen fought, but that she fell unconscious. The suggestion that the officers fought is disproved by the evidence of the marine on guard. Her mother said " I j thigh you must have been drugged." Her answer was, she did not remember anything about it. The medical evidence as to the post mortent examination appears most unsatisfactory. There were great mar k s o f external in jury—bruises, ?T s blowb r is overs, b t l o i s eyes, Vic., as alga also was in a state of "the appearance ilium, which . ecchymosis ; chest healthy, stomach and intestines much inflamed ; no. appearance of inflammation in the lower 1 part of the abdomen ; bladder collapsed and ruptured. This rupture was the cause of death. The distension of the bladder by drink, together with a fall, might have occasioned death. Certainly the rupture not arise tl did • The 46th Regiment of Foot, at present stationed at Windsor, have received orders to hold themselves in readi from the blow on the os The medical portion of the evidence will no doubt occupy the attention of ness to proceed to Woolwich to embark there fur the seat 1 of war in the East. persons far more capable of pronouncing on its value The casemate barracks at Dover Castle are being got than we are ourselves. We need scarcely say that the ready for occupation. It is understood a militia regiment theory set up by the officers is that the wretched will be quarted there. girl had drunk herself blind drunk, and that they A. large ptantitY of heavy shot, shell, and pieces of treated her with every consideration until compelled to ordnance have been hut round to Zetland by the Ord. get rid of her. As we observe that further proceedings APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. Lieutenants.—William Horton (1842), from the Sheer water paddle-wheel steam-vessel on the Mediterranean sta tion, to the command of the Ardent paddle-wheel steam vessel at Malta ; Hon. John W. Ward (1850), from the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, to the Nankin, 50, at Chatham ; James T. Pringle (1854), recently pro moted from mate of the Boscawen, 70, to the Royal George, 120, screw steam-ship in the Baltic ;E. A. Twee dale (1851), to the Excellent, vice Hon. J. W. Ward. Clerk in charge — George A. Welch (1848), from the Sheerwater to the Ardent. Naval Instructor— P. A. Fothergill to the Nankin, 50, at Chatham. Assistant-Surgeon.—G. B. Moore (1350), from the Sheer water to the Ardent. Second Master—T. C. Tilley (1851), from the Sheerwater to the Ardent. Mates—Charles H. Smith (1852), Richard Horner (1851), and W. G. England (1852), to be lieutenants. Clerk—Edward J. Giles (1850), to be paymaster. THE GUN-BOATS. The Pincher, light draught screw steam-gun-boat, got her steam up on Monday afternoon on going down the river from Deptford to Mr. Pitcher's dockyard at Northfleet. The engines worked remarkably well, making about 300 revolutions per minute. The workmen employed on the Palter, light draught screw :,team-gunboat, were at work all night oil board of her in the basin at Woolwich, to have her ready for sea as soon as possible. TRIAL OF THE TERMAGANT. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. —Termagant, 24, screw, under the direction of her first lieutenant (Mr. Bacon), and having on board the engineer in chief (Mr. Murray) and the assistant engineer (Mr. Miller), went to the mea sured mile to test the improvement in her engine gear, as well as to try the increased pitch propeller (24 feet), cast of metal at this dockyard. She left the harbour at 1.30, and her first turn at tho measured mile wtis:— Knots. With the tide. { 2.19.42 } 11.726 2.24.49 Against the tide { 2 2. .55. 44. 55 1 } 6.070 With the title. 1 3.31.28, Against the tide 1 j ..510.37 } 6.533 4.47 3 / 4 With the tide. 4.21. 7 3 / 4 Against the tide Stopped by hot bearings. This was rather unfortunate, and obliged her to lay to for half an hour. Barring this, which will not happen again, the Termagant is equal to nine knots and a half an hour, on the average. The force of the wind was equal to six, and much against her. The , 3ngines worked smoothly and most satisfactorily, making 31 revolutions with 151 b. pressure. THE ORION.. The Orion, 90 guns, iro; building at Chatham, i■ rapidly approaching compiation, and will be ready for launching in November. ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALIA AT VARNA. By letters received at Woolwich, dated Varna, Septem ber 2, the Australia transpert steamer had arrived there, All well, with artillerymen and men for hospital duty with the army in the Crimea, which they were to follow and join immediately. ARRIVAL OF FRENCH SHIPS. Tho French ships of war Pursuivant and Sireno have passed through the Downs for Cherbourg with French troops for the Baltic. Tho Algerine, Trident, Duporre, Duguescelin, Breslp, and Jomappes have left the Baltic for Franco. EXPERIMENTS ON BOARD THE EXCELLENT. Rear-Admiral Berkeley,, Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, lnd his assistant, continued their semi-official inspection of Portsmouth dockyard yesterday, and in the afternoon they rev isited the gunnery ship Excellent, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, to witness further experiments from that ship at the iron plate target mentioned yesterday. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane and Rear-Admiral Martin were again present. Several shots struck the target, and the iron plate was much indented, but none passed through it. After firing several times the Admirals went in a boat and examined the iron plate on the target, after which they landed with Sir Baldwin Walker at the dockyard and went to the Admiral Superintendent's office, after which they left the dockyard. In connection with the second target (alluded to yesterday) which is being con structed in Portsmouth dockyard, an eight-inch (95 cwt.) long gun was yesterday placed on a stage alongside the dockyard, and was towed out by the Beo tender yesterday afternoon, to be moored for the next practice, which will probably take place this morning. COURT-MARTIAL. A general court-martial was held yesterday at the Royal Marine Barracks, Woolwich, for the trial of Richard Davis, private, 20th company of the Woolwich division. The result will not be made known until the proceedings have been examined, and the finding approved by the highest authorities. THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS. A novel entertainment has been got up at Sheerness for the amusement of the Russian and Finnish officers resid ing on shore hero on parole. Some gentlemen of Sheer ness have undertaken to play a match of cricket on the yore Sand, between the Nore light-vessel and the Jen kin buoy, on Saturday next, the distance being within their parole. Several yachts have been engaged for the occasion. The inhabitants, particularly the farmers, seem to vie with each other who shall pay the prisoners the most marked attention. Most of them yesterday were entertained at the farm of Mr. William Coveney, of Min ster, within their limit of parole. Ho is one of the "Fine old English gentlemen," and gave them a hearty welcome. They all express a strong desire not to be removed from this locality. DIVINE SERVICE IN THE ARMY. A Horse Guards circular has been issued, fixing the rate for the remuneration of clergymen officiating to the corps in the United Kingdom. From the Ist April, 1854, the clergymen of each deno mination will be paid according to the average number of hearers and soldiers requiring their spiritual superintend ence during the period for which they are to be paid. The payment shall be made in accordance with the an nexed scale : Clergymen of the Church of England—From 25 to 110 men, at the rate of 10s. por annum for each man. From 200 to 300 men, at the rate of 3s. per annum for each man: On 301 and upwards, at the rate of 2s. per annum for each man. Presbyterian Clergymen--From 25 to 100 moo, at the ra t e o f T. GI per annum for each mau. From 101 to 300 men, at the rate of 2s. per annum for each man. From 01 and upwards, at the rate of le. 4d. per annum for each man. Roman Catholic Clergymen—From 25 to 100 men, at the rate of ss. per annum for each man. From 101 to 300 men, at the rate of ls. CI per annum for each man. From 301 upwards, at the rate of ls. per annum for each man. General and Mrs. M'Doa•dd took their departure from Kilkenny by the 1.10 train fur Dublin on Tuesday, on their way to Scotland. They were met at the terminus by the staff, field, and other officers of the garrison, as well as by a number of ladies and gentlemen, all anxious to pay their respects to the gallant general and his lady previous to their quitting Kilkenny after a residence of six years in that city. They both appeared greatly affected on taking leave. TEE CRIMEA. Now that English troops really have landed and are actually marching in the Crimea, some exceedingly soli citous patriots at home lean forwards to gaze after them, with clasped hands and invocations to the local gods, as if our good fellows were stalking into the pit of Avernus, or going behind the sheet of water at Niagara, or enter ing the Arctic Sea. 'We do not refer to the anxiety about the fighting necessary to the taking of Sebastopol. That solicitude is natural and universal. We filve in view the mysterious misgivings that some people are venting in whispers about what is to coins afterwards—about the winter in a land which is declared to be singularly un known to us. Now, we do not hesitate to say that this is exceedingly absurd. Some people may think it a for midable, and others a safe and agreeable thing, for a portion of the allied armies to pass the interval between two campaigns in the Crimea ; but we contend that the means of forming a judgment are abundant. We know the position and relative distances of the country itself, and every considerable place iu it, infinitely better than we knew either Portugal or Spain when Wellington en tered upon the Peninsular war. We know what roads there are, and what is their condition. We know what the crops are, and what is their average amount. We know what the climate is, and who the inhabitants are ; and we may have a shrewd guess at their comparative affection for the Turks and the Russians. So much is known indeed that we have some hesitation about repeat ing the facts which must be familiar to our readers. But, considering the general and engrossing interest now attaching to the Crimea, we will briefly indicate what the life of the British, French, or Turkish soldier there is likely to be if they stay there for five or six months to come. Supposing Sebastopol taken, and that the Russian troops have laid down their arms, the peninsula will have to be held till every Russian fort on the Black Sea is dis posed of—this season or next. This supposition is fair enough, because the apprehensive patriots we refer to have no doubt that Sebastopol will be taken, and the Russian army rendered harmless'. We have never had any doubt of it ; and now that we know how ill-fed and disheartened the Russian troops are, and that all the hard work at Sebastopol is done by deserters and aliens, and that the inland forts there, and much of all their forts, are made of freestone, which will not stand a can nonade, and that the masonry of the defences is dislo cated or shaken by the firing of mere salutes, and that the conquest of the Telegraph Battery insures that of Fort Constantine, and that of Fort Constantine the whole town and shipping, we have a confidence as strong as can be entertained about any unaccomplished event that Sebastopol will presently be at the disposal of the allies. The feat accomplished, and a part of the forces gone, what will be the winter prospect of the occupiers of the Crimea? They have no invasion, nor any kind of warlike assault, to fear. They can be reached only in two ' ways—by the sea or by the steppe. The captors of Sebastopol will of course have taken care that no Rus sian vessels shall get out of that harbour. "If they will not when they may, when they will they shall have nay." There ought not to be a vessel left there by that time. if such as are not burnt are really as worm-eaten as Russians pretend, they should be broken up for fuel, or made use of as prisons or hospitals ; and, if they are sound, they will have been taken away as prizes. For that matter, however, Russian seamen make no hand of navigating the Black Sea in winter. As to the land side, the steppe is passable only for four months in the year. It is only on occasion, and with difficulty, that the Czar's own couriers and chief officials can traverse the steppe after autumn has rendered it impracticable for pedestrians ; and it is thoroughly understood in Rus sia that all movements of troops become impossible after September. At which end the Russian troops now in the Crimea are to get out of it we shall soon see. Mean time, we may be very certain that no more can come during the next six months. Prince Menschikoff's talk of levying the Crimeana en masse shows that he expects no more soldiers from the north. As for his Crimean " mass," we wish him joy of it. The total population is only 200,000—women and children, old men and boys, gypsies, deserters, aliens, convicts, Tartars, Jews, Greeks, Germans, monks, and serfs, all included. "The masses," as the Americans say, will, we rather think, be very hos pitably disposed towards their guests of the coming win ter, who will bring more custom into the Crimea than it has ever known since the Genoese left it. Being safely harboured there, where will the occupiers live? Not among the- sulphur pits and salt marshes of the north ; nor on the bleak steppe. A naval ga.urd, left in the unfrozen harbour of Theodosia on the one side, and Sebastopol and Eupatoria on the other, must be sufficient for the safety of everybody within the peninsula. Same of the soldiers may be quartered in the towns, but both health and comfort seem to indicate the southern slopes, with some of the lateral valleys, as the best conceivable places for encampment. The immeasurable woods of those slopes mid valleys afford the finest materials for building huts—like those of the French camps at Boulogne. The French at Boulogne would have been glad enough of such a supply and choice of wood as their comrades may have in the Crimea. Everywhere below the great lime stone precipice on which Sirupheropol stands, at the edge of the steppe, the climate of the Crimea is one of the finest in the world. There are slight frosts in winter, but few or no storms. The sky is cloudless for days to gether ; the pastures remain verdant, and the cattle do not leave them. The torrents which tumble from the steep leave no icicles ; and the blue waves below kiss the sand in the sunshine, as on an October day in Corn wall. On those green slopes, amidst the reflected warmth from the precipitous wall above, enclosed by evergreen thickets, and heechwoods abounding in red deer, an encampment of soldiers resting on duty need not be objects of any great compassion to us in London. So much for where they may live. As for how they are to live, who has not read of the valley of Baidar and its fruitfulness ; Lord Derby must have been thinking of Baidar and its district when the name Tat - 111)0ff slipped off his tongue by mistake ; and those who have read of the wheat produced in that valley 30 miles in circumference have probably read of the other products of the region, which would be truly a land of the blessed, if corn, oil, and wine made a paradise, or man could live "by bread alone." There aro herds of cattle on every pasture ; goats abound ; and there are three races of sheep which, degenerating on the bleak steppe, are here found in their highest perfection. If the ruth less Czar should compel the destruction of all the food that can be burnt or slaughtered, there is still much that he cannot reach. Game and fish abound. The oyster beds in various places are inexhaustible ; and the bays and shores swarm with fish. The red deer and the fal low deer throng the woods and parks ; and wild goats, hares, and various birds are plentiful. Fruits and honey are to be had for the gathering ; and no doubt the cattle will be well enough taken care of up in the dales, to yield plenty of dairy produce, as usual. There are some Tartar dainties besides ; such as roast jerboa., and mares' and camels' milk. It may be said, finally, that the pos sessors of the Crimea this winter will have the virtual command of all the stores on the Black Sea coasts. it is to be hoped that the ganaries from Odessa to Yeni Kaki will not be burned by the Czar ; but, if they should be, there is more corn where that carne from and else where ; and the commanders who have carried stores for 100,000 men for two months, while the Crimea was still open to the Russian armies, must surely be able to feed the guard they may leave there, if the land were as bare as the glaciers and storm-beaten shores where our sol diers and sailors have often wintered. It is insulting to our national defenders to pity them for occupying the Crimea, while the snows of Canada and the sands of Africa are remembered as the encamping ground of their fathers.—Daily News. THE BALTIC FLEET. If the most recent intelligence from St. Petersburg may be relied upon, the Russian Government has made up its mind that the campaign in the Baltic is over for this season, in so far u the Western Powers are con cerned ; .and that on the strength of this conclusion the Czar has ventured to despatch to the southward a body of the elite of his troops, which he had drawn together and kept in hand with a. view to operations in Finland. The admirers of mystery and secrecy look delighted at this news, and say that the Czar has been led into a trap ; that the appearances of an intention to close the campaign have merely been assumed to deceive him ; and that, now he has weakened his power in the north, a serious blow will be struck at him before the'Allies leave the Baltic. This is an entirely gratuitous assump tion, and one which all known facts conspire to render improbable. It may be in the recollection of ' our readers, that Sir Charles Napier, in the banquet given to him at the Reform Club before he lett this country, spoke of the fleet entrusted to his command as rather weaker than the Russians in respect of the number of ships and guns ; though, he added, the greater number of screws and steamers on the part of the English might make 'good the difference. The plain English of this remark is,, that in order to effect anything decisive against the Russians in the Baltic, the force of the cenn bined fleet, French and English, must be brought into play. Now, though some of our contemporaries took upon them to pooh-pooh the intelligence from the Baltic which we published some time ago--that the French fleet , was under orders to return home—time' has confirmed the accuracy of our information. In yesterday's Journal des Debuts, an article to which is attached the respect able signature of Xavier Raymond, gives On the strength of the 20th instant, an account of the farewell greeting of the French and English Admirals at Ledsund : " Admiral Parseval, having despatched all - his ntber ships, as many of them as possible provided with turTs had retained only the steam frigate Darin ; but being informed of the grounding of the Austerlitz, he iinine diately sent the Darien to conduct it to iiel. It thus happened that the Admiral's own shiplhe Inflexible • was the, very last of th e squa d ron to m a i l. • Admiral Napier, on his part, exp ec t e d to .'receive by the( courier of the 22d orders to return to England. At the moment of parting, the admirals exchanged salutes with emula tive courtesy; the flags, the national and which had • celebrat e d t h e junction- of ' the fories, the French and English eta*, expressed cordial ;wishes for their next meeting. No stress .need be laid On the statement that Sir Charles Napier was in momentary expectation of being recalled to England ; that could be nothing but mere conjecture. • But the final departure'•of the Fretia EcT- - tniral and his fleet is a fact beyond dispute ; and it is out of the question that any (*mat or important enter prise will b e U n d ertaken by the English fleet, now that the French ship s as well as the French land forces haVe been withdrawn. Indeed, this is virtually admitted even by those who still profess to look for some active operations on the part of the English before the close of the season. Not a word is now said of any attempt upon Cronstadt, or S wea b org, or the Russian men-of. war that are lyi ng p er d u at one or the other place. Th e most sanguine only talk of a bombardment of Re ve l. And, what could be the object of an attack upon a town which is of no importance whatever as a military poei tion,,upsusceptible of being made the basis of military operatfons in the interior ? By dismantling the forts of Cedifsticit'inrSiiiiaborg, or destroying the fleets laid up at_thess,plapeit,ln whole or in part, .the Russian Go verimient would be weakened ;. the loss inflicted by a bombardnienf;A Revel•would fall principally, almost ex-: elusively, upon private individetak, subjects of the Rus sian Government. The destruction of Government pro perty 'at Stye:Atom or Cronstadt would be regarded by the Russian peoPlens a legitimate act of warfare, would impress them with fear of the might of England or the and'Would not excite animosity to the English. But the bombardment of Revel would make the subjects eet-Rueeis-eling-faster to their Government. View it in any light, the bombardment of Revel—as an isolated act,•the winding•up. of an uneventful campaign —pre sents itself as an enterprise impolitic on account of the effect it is certain to have upon public opinion. These considerations cast dis Credit on the reports that such a measure is in contemplation, - either on the part of the English Government or of the English Admiral. They who most regret the prospect of nothing more being at tempted in the Baltic during the year 1854 would be the first to protest against the bombardment of Revel as a piece of work that were better left undone.—,Daily THE LAST AUSTRIAN CIRCULAR. FRANKFORT, SEPT. 25. The following is a literal translation, in extenso, of the Austrian circular of the 14th inst., of which an analysis appeared in our journal of yesterday : ' .‘ AUSTRIAN CIRCULAR OF SEPT. 14. "Addressed to all Imperial envoys at German Federal Governments, except to those of the Mecklenburgs (who are not parties to the treaty of the 20th of April ult.) : ' " Vienna, Sept. 14. "At the time wlien the Courts of Austria and Prussia made communications in common, relative to the Orien tal question, to the Germanic Diet, in its sitting of the 17th of August, important communications in the interest of peaceful negotiations were transmitted to the Cabi net of St. Petersburg on the part of the German Powers. During this we were informed, through the Imperial. Russian legation, of Russia's intention for the time being to withdraw her troops from the principalities. . " Since then the' explanations of the Imperial Russian Court, relative to our propositions for peace, reached us through despatches from Count Nesselrode and Prince Gortschakoff, of which copies are annexed. They are decidedly repulsive, but they confirm the fact of evacua tio iof the principalities. I add to other annexes the note addressed to our envoy at St. Petersburg, where with we reply to this declaration • and a second des patch intended only, as a guidance for the explanation of Count Esterhazy, which has for oloiecto place in a true light the • divers er roneous conceptiCh - ktof the Russian Cabinet as regards our part in thbflatstnegotiations. "Before we communicated to .ousiVerman federal 'allies our views upon the state of things accomplished we wished to ascertain how they appeared in the eyes of the Prussian Court. Being informed of its views, we now hold it to be our duty to disclose fully to the allied Governments the attitude which we have pointed out for ourselves, and to furnish them thereby also with opportunity for further consideration of the decisions to which the German Confederation may think itself sum moned, under existing circumstances. "His Majesty the Emperor most profoundly regrets that the Russian Imperial Court has not thought that he could enter into negotiations for peace on the bases which his Imperial (Austrian) Majesty, in accord with the Courts of France and England, .declares to be the necessary conditions for the restoration of peaceful rela tions between Russia and the Porte, and in the accep tance of which his Majesty the Bing of Prussia had also interested himself. The Imperial Government can not on its side depart from these conditions, with •e hieh hopes of peace and a secure future are now, solely linked; and it hopes that the period may not be distant when Russia also will not hold herself back from the ne gotiations now rejected "bn this point: r ; "On the other hand, his Iniperial,Migesty does not disacknowledge the politic a l importance that is indubi tably to be attached to the declarations of Russia, in so ' far as that they have set aside the direct danger of a conflict between the two empires. The retreat of Rus sia from the principalities was at an earlie t r moment an nounced to us as an exclusive military measure, which in no way bore the charaaer of a political concession. The Court of St. Petersinirg renews, .it is true, at present, the concentration of its forces epon its pwn territory, exclusively under the point of view of 'strategical ne-' cessities ; but it declares this retreat. at the same tithe, to be a second sacrifice offered to - the, interests of Aus tria, and Prussia ; and, what more • is, it !expressly adds thagßasssia is not disposed to bring &beet an increase of complications, but is resolved to defend its territory from all assault whenCesover it may come—to ziemain in a de fensive attitude within the limits of its territory, until reasonable propositions alloSi it to give activity to its love of peace. Hereby, indubitably, a political and not exclusively military position is designated. The inten tion is proclaimed for the-monaent not only to abstain 'from assault, be it upon the imperial territory or upon the principalities • but alone intent on the d e f ence o f it s own territory, also not to trespass upon the Turkish frontier. " The evacuation of the ' principalities may be re garded as already completely accomplished, and thereby an.imPortant event has been'attained, for the time being, through a conjunction pf causes, amongst which we re gard the development of our force 24 the 'most decisive. The occupation of the principalities by. Russia was de clared discordant' with the inteeests Of' AUstria and Ger many by German Courts. It appeared not less •to the belligerent Powers, it being the cause of war, as the first and'necessary obstacle that, under all circumstances, was to be set aside for the'attainment of peace. Russia has now•retraced the fatal step, and the' weight of , this fact already falls, through its direct and immediate results, and by the restrictioe o f th e theatre of, operations by laid,into the balrice of the hopes of peace. We cer tainly will omit nothing which' can contribute to render our exertions favourable to the objects of conciliation. " We cannot deceive ourselves, on the other hand, that the declarations of the Rusian Cabinet have nothing ' in them of a definitive character, and that they carry with them' no sufficient valid security beyond the events of the moment. When Russia occupied Moldavia and Wallachia, and after the• Porte had already declared war, she announced her intention of remaining upon the de fensive, and of not paising the Danube. Circumstances soon' changed the resolution. Hitherto Russia has not abandoned one of her claims. She has offered no guar antees.for European or German interests. Should cir cumstances turn to her advantage, she may again seize her pledge, which, yielding at present to necessity, the has renounced: In the face of these circumstances, we must still continue to rely upon our force in order to fulfil our duties towards the Powers who are united with us for similar objects, as well ,as towards ourselves. We have entered into no engagemeiitito bring about a final decision by active advance against Russia, but we must remain strongly armed, and completely free as to our decisions, in order to be assured that our important in terests shall be sufficiently protected under all changes of events • and hereafter, during the negotiations for the reestablishment of peace, that our efforts for the restora tion of legal security and a state of peace in Europe shall attain their objects. " But if Austria has grounds for adhering, in defence of-interests shared with her by Germany, to the armed attitude which she'has assumedif she wishes to nego tiate, in conjunction with Germany, for the attainment of divers German objects—then also her claim remains erect to expect sufficient future support from allied Go vernments. " What may be the attitude to be assumed in case a state of complications which we did not furesee, and which we will, endeavour if possible to avert, should render it as a law for us to pass to a coercive state—this ques tiOn is not before us—and for this eventuality (fall) the previous special engagements will be insufficient. But Russia, so long as we do not attack her, cannot convert our occupation of the principalities into a cause for as sault upon us, with Out finding entire Germany united with us. This, under the prolonged uncertainty of events, we must undoubtedly desire to see acknowledged in a completely binding manner. We might dwell upon the question of what binding force remains in the addi tional article to the treaty of the 20th, under these cir cumstances. It appears to us that, according to the letter and spirit of .this article, there lays therein the alternative either that complete assurance for the non extension of war and the evacuation of the principalities must be forthcoming, or that our occupation of these t countries tak es p l ace under the protection of a solidarity founded by th e a lli ance. We think we may this point c omp l etely, since we are convinced fresh ex am i nat i on of the legal point, on the lea same conclusion. • that Pea sover this pass each of not exclude pean rights, and can thence. in principlew.in defend the in ~ By our entry into the principalities we defend Euro pean who are entitled. r ß e, tit in tegrity of the Turkish empire; attack on the princi and his allies, against any v! P :d thereby alone, an ap ps.lities. We give thereby, .a. we e ceord with the Sultan roteotion of Austro-German propriate security for the p of events as well as at the interests during the progress future lettleeaent., • • • v - " The assent of the Diet t o this proceeding cannot ffi • cm ytl not in fact sufficie n tly enough fail us, even though it be proved through previous ne g o tistarmandluinifeititittAir e i His Majesty, our august maste. sentiments of federal companionship,: • and. Xmperor, hat secured powerful aid of Prussia in the, most tindih g case we shall be attacked, alwafe-provided Austria djii 4l , not take part in the war againsoassie, a.nd,espeoi,ally she does not cross over the Russian krontier, 'PrAssit, in case of attack by Russia upon 'Aitstriad terabery, would regard the same as dangerous to its own interests - and those of Germany, and assist Austria with all the means at her disposal. "Prussia has therewith expressed the conviction that the remaining princes of Germany will, in such case, shrink from no sacrifices to ward off the dangers that menace closely allied Austria, and thence Germany. Wo entertain the same confidence, and hope that this con viction will-be ratified by the decisions about to be taken at Frankfort. Should the Confederatian accord us security-for its support, and then only also as a German Power, and as contracting party to the treaty of the '')()th_ ,or April, we find. ourselves tranquillised, at least ..inithe future, even without simultaneous military reso. lutions on the part,of the .Diet ; although, certainly, in that case "the sartifices aed exertions, without which Germany under the existing state of the world would not stand secure, would be exclusively borne by Austria. " Departing from these considerations, we have proposed to the Berlin Cabinet to lay before the Diet, through the nthe despatch to P r i nce Gortsche ekovffoys on ,with b a o d th ect ie ra s tion in common in the sense that when also after the evacuation of the principalities the state of things does not call for an immediate develop ment of the military force of the Confederation, on the other hand it contains cause for confirming that any ap prehension of attack by Russia upon the territo r y of forth for common d e f ence a ll Austria shall summon Governments united by the treaty of the 20th of April. " We cannot further see cause for bringing under dis cussion before the Diet any difference between the po sition of Austria and Prussia, as regards the proposed conditions for future peace, through a definite proposi. tiou in regard to the appropriation of the four points to the full extent of the obligations entered into by us. It certainly appeared .to us extremely desirable that Prus. sia, whose European attitude, as hitherto, has also re posed upon the same foundation with us, should place • herself completely upon the same line with as, and that this should also take place on the part of the whole Con federation. • " Meantime, Prussia has on her side warmly recom. mended at St. Petersburg the acceptance of the four points, which have been deduced by the three other Powers from the principles of the Vienn a protocol ; and it conduces to tranquillise us to have learned further, from the late communications of the Berlin Cabinet, that his Majesty the King, without taking upon himself any binding engagement to co-operate militarily against Russia—an engagement which does not exist for Aus tria—will, at all events, also further assure his moral Support to the four points, and has declared hims e lf i n the same sense to the other parties to the Vienna cons ference. " We may therefore calculate on the furtherance of the work of peace on the part of Prussia through the same principles which are binding upon us, and look forward with certain confidence also, in this respect, to the deliberations in the circle of our allies, since we en tertain the fullest conviction that—through our influence over the fixation of the points, which we, with Franco and England, have declared to be the conditions for peace—we have acted in conformity with our own inte rests as well as those of Germany, as these points in part promote German interests, and nowhere come into con flictitherewith. We must also attach great value thereto, and consider it to be consistent with the dignity of the confederation that it may not only express the most com plete approbation of our proceedings, but of our efforts to bring about peace upon these principles, through the weight of its voice, sad in appropriate cases through its active power. "The required guarantees partly secure to the future negotiations the requisite latitude—partly they lay down with all distinctness that which for Germany is irremis sible. If meantime, the Confederation, in giving full assent to the four points, should make a distinction be tween general European and special Germanic interests, in such manner as to stand forward especially for such conditions as regard the latter—such, namely, as the cessation of the previous protectorate in the Danubian countries, and for the freedom of Danubian commerce— in Such case we shall raise no objection to this mode of treating the matter. "Four is requested to communicate the present despatch, together with its enclosures, to the Govern ment to which you have the honour of being accredited. Doubtless the present moment will appear as full of im portance in the eyes of each German Government., and the wish be most lively in their minds to contribute by their voice that the approaching decisions may strengthen the position of the confederation abroad, and at the same time confirm the friendly federal confidence of members: It would afford the greatest satisfaction if you can report to us, as soon as possible, •that the communication with which you are chargedhas met' with favourable recep. tion at (Signed) 14 BUOL Sc" HAIIENSTEN. ASSAULTS ON WOMEN AND CHILDASY IN THE METROPOLIS. Yesterday an interesting return, obtained by Mr. M.P. - , was printed, relating to charges pre ferred against male persons for assaults on women and children, at each Court within the Metropolitan Police District, from Ist June, 1850, to June, 1853 ; and also from the 14th June, 1853, to the 14th June last. The return is of importance in reference to the Aggravated Assaults 'Act, which came into operation in June last year. At Bow-street, from June, 1850, to June, 185; the number of charges were 690 ; 'of which 16 were remitted to the Sessions ; of the remainder 764, 424 were discharged, and 250 were convicted. From June, 1853, to the 14th June last, there were 190 charges ; 137 were discharged, and 62 convicted ; there were 58 husbands in the number of the charges. At Clei ken well, from June, 1850, to June, 1853, the number of charges were 535, and there were 367 convictions. From the 14th June, 1853, to the 14th June last, there were 137 convictions ; in 29 cases the husband was charged. At Greenwich and Woolwich Courts there were 145 charges preferred since the operation of the new act, of which 35 were against husbands. At Hammersmith, since the act, there were 42 charges, of which 18 were against husbands, to the 14th June last. At Lambeth Court, since the new act, to the 14th June last, there were 122 charges and 58 convictions ; and of the number charged, 2$ were husbands. At Marlbo rough-street, since the new act, to the 14th June last, there were 75 charges, and 67 convictions ; of the charges, 17 were husbands. At Southwark Police Court, from the commencement of the new act, to the 14th June last, there were 124 charges, and 87 convic tions ; there were 35 cases between husband and wives At the Thames Police Court, since the new act, to the 14th June last, 404 charges ; of which 235 were con victed before the magistrates ; there were 46 husbands charged. At Wandsworth .Court, since the new act, there have been to the 13th June last, 53 charges ; and there were 21 convictions ;. 2 forassaulting their wives. At Westminster Police Cciurt, since the new act, there were 172 charges, and 43 convictions; 28 ofthese cases were between husband and.wife. And at Worship -street Police Court there ,were 90. convictions, and 3 sent to the ses sions. Forty-one Of itie parties were related to one an other.. The mass of information now obtained is of im• portance with a view of amending the law. From a Parliamentaiy paper published yesterday, we extract the following passage from a letter from Mr. Hammill, the magistrate of Worship -street Police Court, to'the Under-Secretary of the Home Department. Mr. Hartingll, it appeared, had passed sentence on a man f an aggravated assault on a woman, which was quo tioned on the ground of its alleged severity, and in ju tifying his decision he remarks as follows, on the genet working of the act, which empowers magistrate, t punish such assaults with six months' hard labour : " 1 announced," he says, " immediately on t h e passin of the act, that I should adopt such a course of severit on the first case being brought before me and I hav e since frequently repeated it, thinking that ' such an.. nouncement, by means of the press, would deter, from what I must almost characterise the common practioe of ill-using women in this district. With regard to women of the town, I have continually laid down as to them, that so long as they conduct themselves quietly in the streets, they are as much entitled 'to protection as any other class of her Majesty's subjects, which seems to cause astonishment to the people who hear it, so accus tomed have the brutal population of this region been to knock down these poor creatures as if they were so many ninepins, and without feeling. 'Notwithstanding the severity with which I have administered the act, I regret to say that such cases are as numerous as ever , and therefore I don't conce i ve that the time has arrived for me to change the view I have taken of my duty in carrying out the provisions of the act. It can only be, I fear, a remedial measure, until the moral and indus. trial training of the population is put under a more effect. , tual system than is now permitted. Existing disposition to violence can only be held in check by fear of personal suffering. I assure you, sir, this state of things, daily exhibited before me, has long filled me with anviety and perplexity, and I don't, under the existing system at what is called education, see much hope of the next gene , ration being better than this." Hu:mum J. —WicK, Sept. 21.—This wee k some mElio• h u a t v on made trial for herrings, and their sue • teas greater than was expected . Six to eight Tuesday eveaing, and some o f these v h l 'a g b r ought ashore from six to ten crans per b oa t, a great csf crews oi r h boats went -" num ber was induced to make a trial l as t n i ght. been o e isinornirig Th a fleet of about forty boats returned to our h a rbour, having from one cran to 25 crans per boat, nine boats belonging to Scarlet, a part of th e fl eet, ave . raging upwards of 12 crans. The herrings sold readily, at prices ranging from 16s. to 18s. per cran, th e qua li ty of the fish being very superiqr for this late season. Our accounts from Peterhead and Fraserburgh, for the past week, are unexpectedly favourable, the average for the season, to Saturday last, having been brought up, at Peterhead, to 132 crane ; and at Frazerburgh to 147 crans per boat, being an addition for tho week of 40 crans at the former .and of 31 crane per boat at the latter station. In the Iluekie district the general ave rage was brought up to 86 cram at the conclusion of the season, being au addition of 4.1 crans per boat on the ave rage quoted by ns last week. In Orkney and Shetland no good has been done of late. The season is now res , garded as over in Orkney ; and though the Zetland fish ing season has not yet expired, the stormy weather pre. vents the boats getting to sea.—John o' 0 2 7 0 at Journal. SPECIE.—The amount of specie announced from New York yesterday by the Baltic is 250,0001., making a total from America this week of 430,000/. Notwithstanding these remittances, the rate of exchange remains hi h e . and a continuation of th em may therefore be expect THE CRIMEA. The Fourth Edition of MR. OLIPHANT'S RUSSIAN SHORES a -the the BLACK .=EA, including a Visit to : , ehaetepol. With 'an enlarge,' Map of the Crimea, and Map of the Author's Foote, /cc. 145. William Blackwood and Sims, Edinburgh and London.