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On Friday, the 15th ins . ., w1:1 be publi,hed, in 3 vols. post Svo., CHARLES RANDOM ; ,or, Lunatics at large. V Icy THOMAS WHITE. _ _ London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman& NEW POLI rreAL WORK BY TIIR AUTHOR OF "THE RIGHT JION. BENJAMIN DISIZA.ELL 3f.P., A LITERARY AND POLITICAL BIOGRAP 8,Y." On Tuesday, the 12th inst., will be published, 10 v , )l. Bvo , THIRTY - YEARS of - FOREIGN, POLICY : A. History of the Sceretaryships of the Earl of Aberdeen and Viscount Palmerston. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Long-nans. B C RAILWAY GUIDE for . the . present XX month can be had of all Newsvenders. Price Sixpence. R. THICICERAY'S NEW CHRISTMAS L • BOOK, "THE ROSE AND TIIE RING," with Fifty eight Cuts by the Author, price 55., will be published on Saturday next. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. CONTRACT FOR PRESERVED MEAT. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, I st December , 1854 . THE Counnimioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom bf Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on SATURDAY, the 9th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for ettoplying and delivering Into her Majesty's Victualling ( Stores at DEPTFORD, .501,000 lbs. of PRESERVED DOTLED BEEF, to be delivered, half in six weeks, and the remainder in six weeks afterwards, in equal weekly port ous, or earlier, if preferred by the parties• tendering. Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the Beef. A Form of the tender and the coaditions of the Revised Contract • may be obtained at the said office. No tender will be received after one o'clock en the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless made on the Printed form provided for 'the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said Office. . Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Preserved 34/eat," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place. CONTRACTS FOR TEA. AND PEPPER. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset House, 30th November, 1854.. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on MONDAY, the ' 11th December next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing io contract for supplying and delivering Into her 'Majesty's Viktualling Stores at Grogioit and Plymouth, the under-mentioned Articles, viz.:— : To be delivered at Gosport. • lbs. lbs. & (Congou)... .. • • 19,0:0 I 0,000 PEPPER (Whole Tons. Tons. Black) .•.. •• • • .... 2 2 Len to be delivered. Plymouth. 1 , httniteStiff a 661 in 1 three weeks, and the remainder In 3 weeks afterwards, or earlier if pre ferred by the party tendering. • Tenders may be made for the whole, or any portion of the Articles. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when ti , e ten ' dors are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for said - part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power, of selection. • The articles to be exempted from the Customs Duties, and parties tendering are to state where they are respectively lying. Samples of the Tea (not less than' 21bs.), from the bonded ware house. and of the Pepper (not less than 4lbs.), must be produced by the party tendering. The Samples produced by persons whose Tenders are not accepted are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the Con tracts have been decided. • No Tender will be received unless made on the Printed Form pro _ Tided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said Office, at the Victualling Yards at Gosport and P l y mouth, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liver pool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. The conditions of the revised coatracts; to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said Ofßce, at the said Victualling • *Yards, and at Liverpool and Bristol. No tender will be received - after One delock on the day of treaty, and it will not he required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf should attend at the office on the day of contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. - Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the word's " Tender for • and must also be delivered at Somerset House. TO LOVERS OF FISH.- 100 reaIYARifOUTtI 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 neareststation.—Address, ThomafLettis, Jan., Fish-curer, Great Tannolol. PRINCES' BANKRUPTCY.---Any person or persons who shall give such information to the Assignees, ss will lead to the discov , ry and restoration of any pro perty of the said bankrupts, not already come to the knowledge or possession of the said assignees, wilLbe rewarded by a per centage cn the value of the property so recovered and restored, pursuant to the provisions of the Bankrupt Law Consolidate I Act, by applying to H. H. Stansfeld, Esq., official assignee, Baeinghall-street, or to Messrs. Cooper and Hodgson, No. 3, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn, solicitors to the assignees. PATRON-11. R. If. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Continued improvements, increased attractions, fresh deco rations. Re-lighted under the Patents of Joha Leslie, Esq. Miss GLYN will READ ROMEO and JULIET en Tuesday Evening, the sth inst., at Eight, and HAMLET on Thursdak, the 7th last., at Eight. •- Mr. COOPER, the ARTIST and COMPANION of LAYARD, will give Two LECTURES on NINEVEH, illustrated by PANORAMIC VIEWS taken by himself, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at Three. and en Wednesday and Friday Evenings, at Eight, com- Inencing Dec. 5. Opening of the New Hall, with LECTURES by Dr. BAcnnOTTNER, illustrated by the Hydro-Electric Machine, the most splendid and 'auicessfhl Electrical Apparatus in the World, en Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at Three. ' LECTURES on CHEMISTRY, by J. H. PEPPER, Esq. A Beautiful Series of Forty-five COSMORAMIC VIEWS of RUSSIA and the Costumes of the Inhabitants. TheDISSOLVINO VIEWS maintain their old reputation, with Scenes of the War. Sebastopol, Sec. The Oxy-Hydrogen Microscope as usual. Open on Saturday Evenings, with the American Entertainment and Mr. Wand's Band. 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TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacia de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. I, is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the System. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three clays, completely and' entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of & vast portion of the population. • TRIESEMAR, No. 3, Is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which Unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table Without their use beinr,suspeoted. Sold in tin cases at 11 s. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided Into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Laßemand, Roux, &e.. &c.--To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John -.VII. 68 . Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 6 3 , Oxford - st reet ; and Sanger, a. O , Oxford-street. GR AVESEND ST/ PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Furacet Pie' The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permit FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAYS. Terr ace 4 t Pier , fr ; 4 _....- !TS. ttlngl, COAL DEPARTMENT, North London Rail way.—llighbury Depot.—IIETION'S S'MALL'S-END (the best house coals in the world) are brought to the docks of this rail way at Poplar by new screw steamers, Cochrane, 750 tons, Hetton, 750, and the Northumberland, 650 tons, chartered expressly for this depot, and delivered thoroughly screened, to any part of London, north of the Thames, at 275. per ton. 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Just published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 NERstamps, VOUS DEBILITY; a. Its Causes, Symptoms, and Care.—Au Essay on Sper m torrhosa, with Practical Observations on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative A rltem. obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting a nd : s unguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of every variety •of complaint, Whether arising from solitary habits, '''ecases, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded twenty y ears ' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous J Debut.- `, I Local Weakness, Spermatorrhosa, &c. To which e . ...„, 4d , ' l ed, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage , with pre ,,,,-,"°narY hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, on the dengerous remedies advocated by various writers on these Jolla: 1 11am disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. vs_ o 37 , BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, ' , dor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. „, The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con "'ll.nencea resulting from certain habits, irregu larities, and excesses, i l t woll have proauced more misery in Youth , de g radation In Man °od, and premature decay at all stages of L ife, than, p erha p s, an y other tins of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of th eir al condition and who are conscious of having hazarded health , , hapnlness and Privileges to which every human being is entitled. r • It IS absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are principles ea of personal management which cannot be violated without t . 1 ,1 „; ". , 11 n grievous penalties, and when wisdom a nd re g ret succeed /3 -,L e YdaY of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these p enalties a, - .ta"' mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness ma y be removed th , ow the evil a n d it s conseq uences maybe avoided, and above all , atthere is Pcareely any degree of physical infirm it y or functional T e l f7"gernent to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. eAuthor has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive raeti ce in the treat men t o f these d e li ca te complaints, which have unfortunatelyen.,. been too generally c onfided to the care of ignorant faith i n who Infli c t great i n j ury on t h ose who are induced to place their pretensions. R e VOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 29, of Messrs. Piper, H em ln _ r.!! and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; thirtpadi , Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free by post for mto any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed ford-square.siVen.ho_me for consultation daily from Eleven tilt Two, and from Light, 4 LLSOPP'S PALE ALE IN BOTTLE, as supplici to the CRYSTAL PALACE; also in Casks of 18 Gallons. Recommended by BARON L lEBIG. Address :—IIIRRINGTON, PARKE, and CO., b 4, London. Just published, TAY'S MANUAL OF FASHION. Post Bvo., splendidly Maltrated. May be bad gratis, either by personal application or by post, at the LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE, 247, 249, and 251; Regent-street. Just Published, thoroughly reilirettrrk.',•"ll4- with wl Appendix or ;ndex of Sallies contained -in the Volume, 1 0. 61 1. In addi tion, THE RED BOOK FOR 1955. -FRE ROYAL KALENDAR, and..COURT and CITY REGISTER, for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies; containing an improvei and enlarged Peerage and Ba ranetage —The House of Commons, with the latest alterations—the Queen's Ministers —Royal Household GoVerninent Departments— Ambassadors, British and Foreign —Navy and Army—Law and Civil Officers—Ecclesiastical Establishments Universities Literary, Scientific, and Religious Societies—Charitable and Commercial In stitutions—Magistrates, Hospitals, &c. London: R. and A. Suttaby, Stationers'-court ; and other pro prietors. rpflE NEWS OF THE WORLD, LONDON I WEEKLY NE WSPAPE R, price only T H REE PE NCE, sells upon an average, every week. 127,500 copies, proving its great popu larity. Advertisements should be sent on or before e ery Thursday. Office, 19, Exeter-street, Strand, Lyndon. The price 'of the "News of the World" is Threepence only. Will be published on Tuesday. Dec. sth, • BATTLE OF INKERMANN AND SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. 'ITANFORD'S NEW MAP of SEBASTOPOL and Country round (SECOND EDITION), including Bala klava, 'Camara, Kadlkoi, the Belbek and Chernaya Rivers, shows the Positions of the Allied Camps, the Allied and Russian Bat teries, Forts, &c., with number of gnus ; the Position of the Turk ish and ether Redoubts ; the Head Quarters of Lord Raglan, General Canrobert; also, the Position of the opposing Forces on November sth; the Russian Attack of October 26th, &c., &c. Compiled from the New Admiralty Charts, and Authentic Sketches by Captain WsrHEaALL, D.A.Q.M.G., and other Officers. Price, in 1 large sheet, coloured, 25.; per post, 2s. 6d. Case, 4s. 6d. ; per post, 55. London : Edward Stanford, Map-serer and Map mounter to Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 6, Charing-cross. Stanford's List of the Best Maps and Prints of the Seat of War in the Crimea may be had on applic Won, or by post for 1 stamp. QUACKS UNMASKED The Third Edition.—Just published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE dz FALSE SPERMATORRH(EA, with .the View of diatinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From the German of Dr. PICRFORD. With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the noa-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his =ower to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; arid if this book could and its way into the hands of those who stiffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we aro satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money—. —This volume is well qualified to put an end to the e-npirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: 11. Dallier°, 219, Regent-street. PRIZE CATTLE SHOW of the SMITHFIELD CLUB; for the Exhibition of Prize Cattle, Seeds, Roots, Imp'ements, &c. Open To-morrow, Wednesday, 6th December, from daylight till 9in the evening. Admittance, One Shilling. DR. CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Haemorrhoids, Is. each, by post Is. 6d. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentia multi curantur morbi." A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless feeding, &c.) of the above harassin; and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instructions for the regimen and observance of every hour out of the twenty-four. Illustrated by numerous cases, &c. 2. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that hath no wif, I hold him lost, Helpless, and all desolat. Ile that bath no child, Like sun and winder '—Chaucer. Subject : Mau -cage, its expecta::ions and Necessities—Development of the Affections—Lo is Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness —Advantages of Inter marriage—Theory of Gestation —Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas similable Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &c. CHASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEIIENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties o licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure. The GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of Benito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms o urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrhma ; with 250 en , gravings and prescriptions. The BLADDER, URETHRA, and RECTUM. —Comprising Urinary Derangements. Constipation, and hemorrhoids. Vole 6 and 7, companions to the preceding. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. " Juctinde Vivere." "Few words to fair faith."—Shakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or of DP. RICHARD CULVERWELL, Brother, Successor, and Twenty Years Consulting Colleave of the late Author of the abovo, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, who may be advised with on the above matters daily, from Ton till Five, and In the evenings, from Seven till Nine. SPECIAL NOTICE.—UntiI March 1, 1855, E. MOSES AND SON'S Establishments will ba closed at Eight o'clock every evening, except Saturday, when they will be open until Eleven o'clock. EAST AND WEST, TWO HEMISPHERES OF TRADE, We are not accustomed to symbolise ; but the progress of the sun of civilisation, manufacture, science, and literature from east to west, and the concentration of power, influence, riches, and skill in the western nations is illustrated in the commercial transactions of E. Moses and son. Their magnificent business career commenced in the east of the metropolis and :extended over the known world, and at the urgent request of their friends, patrons, and the public, they founded a branch at the west end. There, and at the Parent Esta blishment, they have continued to famish the most seasonable, the most fashionab'e, and the best Dress for all classes at the most eco nomical prices. Winter Attire, Overcoats, Paletots, Waterproof Dress. Juvenile Clothing, TJnitorms, Liveries, Ladles' Habits, costumes for all sta tions and professions, the Working Man's and the Seaman's clothing being provided wth the same industry, at prices never imitated. In conjunction with the Tailoring and Ready-made Clothing business, E. Moses and Son have long had the lead as Healers and shirt manufacturers. To their Branch Establishment, New Oxford street, they have added a Hosiery Department, which cannot be equalled for extent, magnificence, novelty, and splendour of stock ; it affords advantages too numerous for detail, but which will be highly appreciated by the nobility, gentry, and the public, as such Hosiery Goods may there be selected as cannot be obtained else where. Merchants, Captains, and Emigrants derive the greatest advan tages from investments in the Wholesale Clothing, Boot and Shoe, and Shirt Department, at E. Moses and Son's. C kUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition,havlnt learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITTI ANT °rasa UOU3E IN Oft OUT OF LONDON, - - - - London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and except their own Establishments, as f0111057,s 85, and 86, Aldgat e , o pp os it e th e Ch urc h, a ll communicating. 171nories, 84, London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradtord (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. she Meld Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will bt exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, tho money will he returned without hesitation. All goods aro marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trom which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunse on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 11 o'clock. A new Book for Autum and Winter. " Tho Commercial Corm ropia," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure ment. &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Tel l'on parte Francais. Qui si Perla Itr lir no. Hier qpvichi man Deutsch. Aqua sa babl, Espano. MAIL TO THE CAFE OF GOOD ITOPE.—The Post office authorities have given notice that ship-letter bags will be made up on the 15th inst. for the Cape of Good Hope, to be sent out by the steamer Pioneer. ~w t_i j, r * - t Ir • , . : ~. i_ .A.. ././...- , .. . A, i le %V .. . . /. . ......„,..• ~. -•„..,. i .,,-;,..... ~,, , ~ / I IMII 4 14, r‘ - i :I',- ~ i 4r, .!:• -, k,,,0t t 1' , '•-• \ '1:: / . i. I *-; i' 1 0 , , •,.: .- --, . i ''''' ' .• v', ‘..;. , ,, , • 11 014 . . N---- .vi .• '''' \ . 71':: 4t' . : 7"; Q :.. 1. 7 1.11--- „,. 3.S4 :7 #l L7 i ! * . 4:: : if ljkW l ../. .:, s i' lV re. 4 . i, 1.1! )0 !Jr, : - I-, ~v. _ .. si" ~. ',.7,: 2 , • ' O A -:'. 4 ', --- ' • N t , -' - . ------ • -, ) Np s ~ —, l " /*/. , : 1 4-peit' i _ 4 . it, ' 4 '714", :. . 1 ,, , i ' ' '' 140 "'' '' . I\\ ' - -F,,.. 'J....1. ' ' '-'1"" ' - 4* - F x ,',-,. - , - ..... e{) --- ~~~~2~=~ 11T LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1854. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Hannibal, 91, screw, Commodore Hon. F. W. Grey, arrived at Gibraltar on the 23d ultimo, from Ply mouth, en, route to Sebastopol. The Ajax, 60, screw•, Captain Warden; will be ready for sea on the 14th instant, at Portsmouth. The Meander, 44, Captain T. arrived at Lis bon on the 22d ultimo, from Falmouth. Fortunately the leak in the Cossack, 21, screw, Cap tain Fanshawe, has been discovered and repaired at De vonport. It was found to be connected with the engine cock-valves, &c. _ . The Hecla, 6, paddle, Commander Hawker, has com pleted coaling and got her topmasts on end. She will go out of the fitting basin, Portsmouth, to-day or to morrow. The Geyser, 6,. paddle, got up steam yesterday in the. basin at Portsmouth to prove her boilers and machinery. She is coaled and ready for the pendant. The Vivid; Admiralty steam-tender, pendant.. Comman der Allen, left last evening for the eastward with super numeraries. campaign, if an immediate assault proved impracticable; but the resources•of England have not been found in sufficient even for the heavy outlay which has now be come indispensable: Tile costs of the winter campaign will be provided for, and yet 1854 will have passed without any increase of the National Debt. The second' year of the struggle will not be incumbered. with pay ments on account of the, preceding campaign. If similar vigilance 'had been exercised at the close of the last cen tury, thepublic burden - E . ; imposed in the later pirt of the War would have been far less. oppressive. In 1815 the taxes raised to pay the interest of money borrowed since '1793 amounted to about 24 millions, .or to the expense of a regular campaign. ' If loans shoUld at last be found requisite, it is far more clearable to resort •to them at the end of the contest than at the beginning.; for the .country will he the better able to meet the interest of an increased debt, when the ordinary expenditure is once more reduced within its usual limits. A great effs)rt may be made.Withotit recourse to a loan. .In the early part of. the present year the French Government borrowed a sum. of 10,000,000/. At the same time an annual• increase of taxation .to that amount Was voted by the English floui!e of Com mons. Mr. Gladstone would have satisfied or silenced many critics, if .he .had adopted the course . which was, probably for sufficient reasons, taken by our Ally ; and a loan of .10,000,0001., to be repeated within twelte mouths, would have been applauded in the City as a proof of conformity to the sound traditions 'of the past. Yet candid critics ought to be satisfied. The Minister has anticipated their demand by providing that an annuall - subsidy Shall be raised during the whole period Of the war, be has only differed from his advisers in taking the money which he wants direct from the ultimate pay master, unencumbered with charges for management or for interest: The great dealers in capital still remain with their untouched hoards as a further resource incase of need. In the meantime;-kS'Aver; their funds have been usefully employed in trade and in manufactures, in the construction of railways and of steam-boats. Nor must it be forgotten that that portion of the national wealth which is abstracted by taxation is, for the most part, less productive than that which is absorbed when the Government has occasion for considerable loans. It is perfectly true that, at the certain point, the payment of taxes becomes oppressive, and the nation can better endure the appropriation of its accumulated capital than a further drain on its income. This was, in fact, the real issue between Mr. Gladstone and his op ponents ; and when the interests of posterity, and other ornamental portions of the case, are for the time kept out of eight, few sober reasoners will doubt that the Mini ster was justified in his practical conclusion. The taxa tion of 1854 still falls far short of that of 1815. It is evident that a more numerous and more wealthy com munity can well bear a smaller burden than that which the improvidence of the past had accumulated at the end of the last war. The doubl e p ro perty tax is ex tremely unpleasant, nor can the addition to the malt duty be regarded as in' itself desirable ; but the imposi tion of these burdens for a single year relieves us from a perpetual annuity which would probably have amounted to 370,0001., absorbing the whole produce of one or more of the minor taxes which interefere most seriously with com fort and industry. The second payment of the waiz taxes already imposed will,by the end 0f1855, have redeemed an other annuity of equal or larger amount. In three years Mr. Gladstone's first war budget will have left the coun try exempt from a perpetual charge of about a million and a quarter. If the war should unfortunately continue, the same calculation will apply ; nor must the accumula tion of compound interest be forgotten. The annual payments on account of existing loans would have been necessarily met out- of the taxes of future years, leaving a constantly-Decreasing balance applicable to the public exigencies. _ _ It is not impossible that further supplies may be re quired even in the ensuing spring ; but if it should be necessary to contract a loan, the prescience displayed in the Budget of this year will be only the more fully de monstrated. The revenue will at least contribUte largely towards the expenses of the war, and one year's interest will have been saved. The expediency of borrowing must depend partly on the elasticity of the actual revenue, but principally on the amount which may be needed. If fifty millions were required, all the world would con cur in the necessity of a loan. Prudent men, on the other hand, would rely on additional taxation for the means of providing one, or two millions. The practical limit will lie between these extremes ; bat many consi derations must determine the exact point at whiclf it is to be fixed. It is not undesirable that the Government should enter on the inquiry with a certain bias in favour of the course which involves the greatest amount of self orning Chronicle. THE CHURCHES MILITANT. (From the Weekly Dispatch.) MR. EDITOR,—Every man has his opinion upon the present war, not only as to its origin, justice, and policy, but also the manner of conducting it, the wisdom of the military movements, the quality of weapons and stores, and the preparations to be made for its future progress. Questioning, as I do, the competence of 999 out of every thousand who deliver their oracular judgments upon matters of detail, I am willing to trust those whose busi ness it is to manage them, until mismanagement is proved, when I shall cry out as loudly as any one for replacing those who aro not by those who are deserving of confidence—much more of confidence there must be, if we are to wage this war successfully. Our represen tatives, it is to be h o p e d, w ill b ear this is mind when they meet, and not be incessantly badgering the Govern ment with their questions and criticisms, as they did during the last sess i on. Th e prema t ure disclosure of the intention to attack the Crimea, into which Lord John Russell was worried and entrapped by this species of tactics, is a memorable specimen of the damage which may thus be done to our own cause, and of the aid which may unintentionally be rendered to Russia by the bustling vanity an d the loquacious impertinence, aided in some quarte rs b y t h e party spir i t o f British members of Parliament. W e are put thus in t h e position of the card-player who shows his hand, while our opponent conceals his, and s t art l es us w i th a t rum p just as we expected an easy trick. Let us put the best men we have to the work, and then strengthen their hands as efficiently as we can. This will not condemn us either to silence or idleness. It will leave many open questions, and something for everybody to do, if they will but help on the struggle according to their capabilities. For instance, the Church might employ itself very usefully, if those of its agents who are seat abroad would but deal ration a ll y with the sick and wounded, and if the great mass of them who remain at home were to de vote themselves to the intellectual and moral culture of the people, to the promotion of prudential habits, and to the dissemination of geographical, historical, and other facts, inst ea d of hammering away at t h e i r theo logical conundrums, and abusing the Queen for listen ing to secular music from a French band on Sun days, as was recently done by that Manchester fire. brand, the Rev. Canon Stowell. But the war has an ecclesiastical aspect as well as a military one. It is a war of Churches. The Russian troops in the Crimea have been reinforced by a brace of bishops and a corps of priests. We are sending out one batch after another of chaplains and missionaries. Allah and Maheriet, and th e V irgin Mary, and the Protestant Divinity, are all i n the field, as well as the G ree k Di vinity with St. Nicholas. Heaven is between the two fires of the praying Powers. There is war above, as well as war below. As the calibre of our guns is tested, so is the strength of our devotions. And if there be any truth or meaning in the language (profane I hold it) which priests a n d parsons use, on both is both sides, Divine fa vour about to be displayed by the fate of battles, and heavenly ma ns i ons will be won or lost by the success or failure of storming fortresses. The battle of Inkerman tells terribly against theßusso- Greek Church. Th e character o f an act o f d evo ti on wa s previously given to that scene of carnage. Mass had been solemnly chanted by the bishops. A prelate had explained to the troops how the English are the enemies of God. To fall in the field fighting against them was called being "chosen of God for a glorious death." Men and weapons were sanctified by Divine benediction. And yet they were beaten. Beaten by men who rushed to the field without saying their prayers, and on the Sun day too. Heaven smiled upon the Sabbath-breaking. And our Churches return thanks for the successful of fence against God, as they often tell us any work is, if dope upon that day. I confess that all this is as sicken ing to me as would be the sight of those corpse-covered hills and valleys on which went down that Sabbath sun. One smiles respectfully at the honest corporal, who writes to his mother that he prays God to be on the side of the Allied Army, adding, " and I think he is." That man was nearer truth than he who professed the faith that Deity always favours " les grandsbataillons." But men who have bad educational opportunities for largpr views have no right to equally tender treatment,, How does ou r ecc l es i ast i ca l s t a ff con d uc t it se lf i n the camp ? We have their own reports. There is along and minute one in the Tunes of Wednesday, from the assistant chaplain to the second division of the British forces in the East. His great concern with the dying seems to be to ascertain whether they have the true faith. This appears in a variety of forms. He says of one case, "I found poor Colonel Blair in great pain and breathing with difficulty, not expecting to survive the night. He had been wounded through the stomach. He was in deep concern for his soul, and timidly desirous to lay hold of the hope for sinners. He joined earnestly in prayer. Oh, how solemn to witness the soul's anxiety in its fast ebbing moments ! and how anxious the ministerial task (in so sudden a call) to guard against a false peace, and yet not withhold the free promise of perfect peace through Christ." Now, I would ask any man of common sense, who is not in holy orders, nor thoroughly under his par son's thumb, whether this be a fitting treatment for a dying warrior ? What can the " soul's anxiety" or the chaplain's anxiety do at that moment either for the past or the future ? Those who have studied the theological vocabulary will know what the chaplain's language means. " False pence" is a trust in God which does not recognise . the chaplain's dogmas. " Perfect p eace " that associated with a knot of myst ical doctrines. And are these matters to potter about when the life-drops are falling fast, and the breathings are numbered ! The soldier's life cannot then be revised and lived over again. The soldier's character cannot then be remoulded and cast in A different forp, The sold4er creed cannot then be reconsidered, its heresies corrected, or its orthodoxy completed If the chaplain has nothing comfortable to say to the expiring hero, perishing in Lis country's wise, unless it- be interlarded with .his Church's secta ;Han conundrums, he had better hold his tongue and be take himself to some More useful occupation than that of perplexing the dying in their last moments. The stabs of RUssian bayonets should exonerate from wounds by the sharp points of a creed. It is 4ifficult to say which Church—Greek, Russo- Greek, Catholic, Protestant, Episcopalian, Puseyite, Evangelical, Presbyterian, or Islamite, comes worst off in the great battle of prayers which they all assert to be so divinely. .powerful. St. Nicholas had to run for it at Alma and Inkerman. Allah allowed the Turks to be peppered'at Balaklava, and to lose the batteries they should have defended. The Virgin Mary saves sailors froth shipwreck ; but the late storm in the Black Sea -was too strong for her. Nor have the devotions of all the British Churches combined yet conquered the Cri mea. Do all these facts go for nothing ? Are they .cntitled to no influence over what is saict to people from pulpits on Sundays ; Providence has dualt impar tially with all the Militant Churches ? It .has told them all, in a voice of thunder, that they arc wrong in their doctrines of the power of prayers—that they are deluding the people—and that although by God's laws established, over universal being, the true,. the right, and the just shall eventually triumph over the false, barbarous, and oppressive, yet that Churches, priests, bishops, and all the paraphernalia of ecclesiastical pre tension have very little concern or influence in the mat ter. Canon Stowell is a canon that ought to be spiked for firing on the side of the Russians. Now, when union amongst ourselves, and union with Catholic France, are most essential, he seizes the opportunity to open his heaviest batteries against Popery and Papists. He ascribes the very existence of the war to the Jesuits. He denounces any Royal civility towards the French Em peror. And he calls on Disraeli to lead on the " Pro testant" paity to the repeal of the Maynooth Grant and other acts of aggression on those whose co-religionists are fighting our battles and shedding their blood like water. We talk of John Bright. Why Canon Stowell has not the excuse for himself of John Bright's peace principle ; nor is John Bright, like him, the paid servant of the State to do duty on its behalf in the Church. Yet there are bigots and ninnies in Manchester who look on while the one is burned in effigy, and who uphold the other in sowing dissension, stimulating persecution, de preciating the Queen, distracting her subjects, and thus doing his very utmost to serve Russia in the polluted name of the Protestant religion. Nor is he without fellow-labourers of the same clique. Dr. Gregg ascribes the "frightful outpouring of blood" before Sebastpol "as a consequence" to the more lenient spirit of our legislation towards Catholics. He declares that the send ing out Roman Catholic chaplains and nuns to the East will " offend the British people and. may provoke the God of Britain." So then, amongst the Czar's allies we may reckon that section of Church religionists in England and Ireland which follows the teachings of Dr. Gregg and Canon Stowell ; and whose organ is the Record newspaper. It is well that events have shown these fanatics in their proper colours. What their Christianity is worth has long been evident. We are now enabled to appreciate their decency, their loyalty, and their patrio tism. The devoted heroism of the battle-field, with all its sanguinary stains, has more religion in it than the cla mours of the Militant Churches ; and there is yet the finest specimen of all in the hospitals of Scutari. The best embodiment of Christianity which these passing scenes present is in Miss Nightingale and her band of nurses. They come not to trouble the dying with creeds and catechisms. Their mission is one of unmin gled mercy. No vow binds them to duty, but a spon taneous obedience to the law of love. They do not, like certain chaplains, pick out colonels and majors to attend upon ; their services are for the humblest of those who fought and bled in the common ranks. Their mi nistrations breathe a peace which no priestly benediction can bestow. They soothe the mind while they mitigate the pains of the mangled body. With no unchi istian incantations they draw down the spirit of health to abide in the receptacles of the suffering. The wistful eye, as it follows their movements, is moist with tears of gratitude. No distinction of creed or country draws a boundary line to their universal charity. From no offensiveness of anguish do they recoil. The thought ful preparation, the gentle care and tending, the unfail ing assiduity, are for all ; and onwards they move like the Angel of Pity, Who is said to track the footsteps of sorrow whithersoever they may lead. Humanity canon izes them, and a halo beams around their heads. Across interposing seas and mountains our voices re-echo the blessings which are breathed on them from the hearts of those victims of war to whom they minister. PUBLICOLA. TIIE GALES IN THE BLACIZ agA. FURTHER PARTICULARS. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 20.—The disasters of the 14th are greater even than we anticipated. The following names may be added to the list of those totally lost at Balaklava—Gertrude, Pride of the Ocean, Pyrenees, and Ganges. The total loss at Balaklava is :-- Lost. Dismasted. British lB 12 French 18 more British are :aid to be lost or dismasted at Eupa toria or the Katcha. Commander Bayntoun, perished in the Prince. Dr. Spence is also said to be lost. He came out to in quire into the state of the medical service... The Sampson, Retribution, and Vesuvius will come down to Constantinople for repairs. The last is leaky, her beam ends are started, and she is not trustworthy for sea. A Turkish line-of-battle ship is a total wreck off Eupa toria. The flag-ship is dismasted. The crew of the Henri Quatre are said to be in the bands of the Russians. Numbers of French and British sailors were taken by the Cossacks on the west coast. The Bellerophon rode out the gale at Eupatoria, and is quite safe. The rudders of the Queen, 110, and the London, 90, are badly rung ; but they may be kept at Sea, at least for a time. Five French line-of-battle ships have lost their rudders and received other injuries ; they will be brought down to Constantinople in tow. General Liprandi broke up from Balaklava with his army on the 14th, and retired beyond the Tchernaya, breaking down the bridge. The Danube steam-tender is thrown up high and dry in Kamisch Bay. It is said to be decided that Admiral Stopford shall proceed with the British sailing vessels to Sinope to pass the winter. Oaptain Inglis, of the Engineers, was lost in the Prince. It is said that several officers are lost in the vessels off Balaklava. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. About 10 a.m. the transport No. 20, the Ganges, began to drive—she having parted her cable. Right astern of her was No. 1, the Pyrenees, which she soon fouled ; and a most fearful sight it was. Spars snapped like rotten sticks ; jibbooms, bowsprits, yards, masts, all shared the same crash, the two ships grinding together in a most awful manner. Of course No. 1 soon began to drive, as well as No. 20, and both, locked together, bore down upon the poor Sampson. Soon they were foul of her, and the same work of destruction began, and in ten minutes they cleared from her, and there lay the bold, defiant little Sampson, shorn of all her beauty, with not an inch of anything except her funnels standing, her masts having gone with one awful crash, and fallen inboard, so that we are most anxious, though most fearful, to hear of the damages they must have done in their fall. Her bowsprit is also gone short off. In fact, she is a complete wreck. Parting from her, No. 20 brought up, and we hoped was safe, while No. 1 still drove on towards the shore, and, much as we pitied her, help was, of course, utterly impos sible. While this was going on inside us, just outside us two French liners (the Jupiter and Bayard) fouled, but fortunately, or by good management, got clear, with only a slight smashing of boats and their quarters, and brought up with four anchors each. About noon the gale was at its highest, and there was then a cry that the Terrible had parted. a cable, and was among the breakers. Every moment we expected she would go on shore, but soon the paddles revolved, the remaining cable was slipped, and, right in the teeth of the gale, steamed out the splendid Terrible. This was the most cheering sight during the whole of this eventful day, and a glorious sight it certainly was to see that steamer going through everything, and proving the mighty conquest of man over the elements. Our situa tion all the time was most critical. Right ahead of us were four French liners, one or two of which had already driven, and if any of them parted their cables our de struction was inevitable ; and, to make it, if possible, worse, there was the knowledge that we could do nothing, but must patiently abide our lot, whatever Providence thought fit for that lot to be. We had done our all—the result was in God's bands. About two o'clock the view all around was most distressing ; about a dozen transports were driving, four or five had cut away their masts, while only five or six were riding at all hopefully. Near us was a little brig, which we remarked as doing capitally, when, all of a sudden, her masts went over the side ; still she rode on, but now, alas l the little ship lies on shore with scarcely two timbers holding together, so utterly has the sea broken her up. Near us also was the Lord Raglan, a splendid ship, just new, of about 700 tons ; she, too, rode on most capitally. Close astern was the little Beagle ; how she escaped being swamped is to me n marvel, as, although we were not above 100 yards from her, continually- from the height of the sea we could see nothing but the tops of her masts ; still she rode on, and although she rolled enough to roll every thing out of her, yet she seemed to keep her self pretty dry. Astern of her was the Algiers ; she rolled, if anything, worse than the Beagle, and carried away one cable ; still, she held on, and this morning steamed out into safe anchorage. All the steamers had their wheels and screws going, which of course made them much safer ; by taking a ~% /7 7 , ~-/ [PRICE SD. good deal of the strain from the cables. At night fall there were five transports on shore, and others in a very precarious state. A most fearful night we passed! Every now and then a sea struck the ship with such violence that she staggered from end to end, so that it seetned impossible for iron or hemp to hold her. About 2.30 a.m. a rattle was heard, - and we all fancied a cable had parted ; fortunately, however, it was a false alarm —all three still held on. WEDNESDAY — The Lord Raglan is on shore, but taken there in a most sailnr-like manner. Directly her captain found he could not save her, he cut away his mainmast and mizen, and, setting a topsail on her foremast, ran her ashore stern on, where she lies quite upright, and has now (3 p.m ) rig;ed sheers over his hold, either, we suppose, to save his cargo, or to lighten his ship. The shore is teeming with soldiers, who, however, seem very friendly ; so touch so, that an order has been given not to fire upon them , fearing lest they should murder the poor shipwrecked wretches if we do. They are, of course, taking into Sebastopol any men and plunder they can get ; but I suppose that is all right; 5 p m.—The Firebrand has just fired on the coast. It seems the wretches were prevented troin doing harm by their impotence, not their will, for they have just brought down field pieces and fired on the wrecks, and the Firebrand is trying to keep them off. We were rather premature in supposing the Russians had become civilised all of a sudden. THURSDAY, ltith.—To-day broke very fine, with still a stormy breeze from the S.W. ; the Firebrand still busy keeping off the Russians, who continue hovering about the shore ; and some capital shots she makes, dropping shot and shell right into groups of eight or ten, and scat tering them most effectually ; the boats are all busy getting men off the wrecks, and we hope that very few lives are lost here. About half-past 8 a.m. the captain of the Lord Raglan, a most intelligent sailor-like man, came on board ; he has great hopes of saving his ship, which is nearly unhurt, and he says that the Russians were most anxious to persuade him yesterday to go on shore, but he declined, very fottunately, as every poor fellow they caught, half drowned and unarmed as he was, they handcuffed and sent off. He says that directly he . . lighted his lamp they opened a fire at his skylights, but fortunately without doing any damage ; he says, too, that his men, of whom he has 30, behaved most splendidly, and he has brought them all off. On leaving us he returned to his ship, and if man can save her he will do it. One French barque is full of soldiers, and at them the enemy kept up a continual fire ; the poor wretches could not leave their position, owing to every thing being washed away, so that they bad to cling to the bulwarks for safety, thus affording an excellent mark for the Russians, who took great advantage of it. And yet the savages call themselves Christians I At noon No. 1 was set on fire, we presume, by her crew, who we know had left her after saving all they could, there not being the slightest chance of getting her off, and she is now 7 p.m., burning most brilliantly, and shedding a lurid light all around her. A splendid, though fearful, sight is a ship on fire. It belongs to the same owner as the Lord Raglan, and seems to have as energetic a commander ; certainly the next best thing to saving her, which was impossible, was to burn her. A working party has just started for the Lord Raglan, and there seems to be every hope she may he saved, but no other transport. No. 20 was burnt last night, and both she and No. 1 are now smoking. It seems they were not set on fire by their captains, as we supposed, but by accident. I believe, however, that most of the cargoes were saved. The French fleet have all either taken their departure or are on the eve of doing so. The admiral, we hear, is almost broken-hearted with the loss and disabling of his splendid ships. It is rumoured, too, that we are to go into winter quarters, leaving the steamers and Bellerophon, which, with five French screws, will make us a match for anything Rus sian, if they dare show their noses outside Sebastopol.- MEETING OF LIBERAL ELECTORS AT LAMBETH: Last evening Mr. Williams, one of the members for Lambeth, met a large number of his constituents in the large halt of the Horns Tavern. Mr. Williams presented himself to the meeting in company with Mr. Murrough, M.P., and supported by many influential residents of the borough, and was received with great and repeated cheering. The hon. gentleman reviewed in detail the political events of the interval which had elapsed since he last met the electors, and, at the close of the address, had the satisfaction of receiving a vote of approbation and of thanks for his services. In the course of the pro ceedings Mr. Williams was asked by an elector to state his views of the English and Scottish beer bills of last session, and, in reply, he stated that he was opposed on principle to both, and would endeavour to procure their repeal. Mr. FREDERICK DOULTON then moved a resolution, to the effect that the war with Russia had not been carried on with a due regard to the interests of the Allies, and condemnatory of the admission of the Austrians into the Principalities as an act of extreme folly, if not of ab solute treachery, which, by the stoppage of the advances of the Turks, had been the chief cause of the needless sacrifice of our troops in the Crimea. The resolution like wise expressed alarm and disgust at the recently signed treaty with Austria, as not being likely to prove benefich to the Allies, while it would probably prove inconsistent with the restoration of Poland, which was necessary to preserve the stability of Europe. It further declared that the conduct of Lord Aberdeen had proved him unworthy of the confidence of the British people, un fit to hold any office of trust under the Crown, and requested Mr. Williams to exert himself in support of the spirit of the resolution, and to give his adherence to any set of men who would carry on the war to the honour of England and the promotion of the liberties of Europe. Mr. H. SLACK, in an energetic speech, seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted, amidst loud and reiterated plaudits. REPRESENTATION OF MARYLEBONE.— Last night a numerously attended meeting of the electors of Maryle bone was held at the Colosseum Tavern, Portland-road, for the purpose of considering the propriety of recom mending the Right Hon. Charles Tennyson D'Eyncourt as a candidate for the borough. !fir. Michell moved a resolution, approving of Mr. D'Eyncourt as eminently qualified to represent the borough in Parliament, and inviting him to issue an address to the constituency. Mr. D'lflanger, jun., moved an amendment to the effect, " That as a meeting of the reformers of the three pa rishes comprising the borough was to take place, to select a fitting candidate to represent their principles, it would be inexpedient to support any candidate by express resolution." After a very stormy discussion, in the course of which it was denied by Mr. MiEvely and other speakers, that Mr. D'Eyncourt had commenced a canvass, the amendment was carried by a large majo rity, and the meeting separated. APPOINTMENTS, Captain Henry Lyster (1845) to the Monarch, 84, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Bruce, Commander-in-Chief on the Pacific station. Master Frederick J. Krabbe (1851) to the Perseve rance, iron screw steam troop-ship, at Woolwich. Assistant-Surgeon John Turner Caddy (1845), borne on the books of the Conway, 14, flag-ship at Cork, for service at Hawlbowline hospital, to the Monarch, 84, for service on the Pacific station: Second Master Wilfred E. Troutbeck (1848), recently serving in the Herald, surveying vessel, to the Leopard, 18, paddle-wheel steam-frigate. Assistant-Engineers of the third-class William Harri so_4n Sweeting, William Elliott, John Albron "rage, Thomas Smart, George Hunt, Joseph Hood, James P. Slade, Robert Jeffrey, and David Smith, to the fleet. REAR-ADMIRAL PLITMRIDGE AND HIS FLAG-SHIP. Fire Queen, paddle-tender, Master Commander F. W. Paul, proceeded to Spithead yesterday, with Rear-Ad miral Plumridge, to visit his ship Neptune, 120, Captain Hutton. The gallant admiral will strike his flag pro tem., and have a few days' leave of absence. In the interim the Neptune will make the best of her way to Cork, irrespective of the Leopard, 18. The latter steam frigate, Captain Giffard, will proceed to the Black Sea with all despatch. THE WEST INDIA. REINFORCEMENTS, Colossus, 80, screw, Captain R. S. Robinson, arrived at Madeira on the 6th ult., from Falmouth, en route to the West Indies. Eurydice, 26, Captain E. Omtnanney, arrived at Ma deira on the 10th tlt., from Plymouth, and left next day for Jamaica. THE WOODEN HUTS. . PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 4.—The Cumberland, No. 151, paddle transport, having shipped the 80 houses for the troons in the Crimea, hauled from alongside the Dock yard last night, to take in 70 tons of coal from the hulk. She cannot now sail for her destination before to-night or to-morrow morning. The William Hutt, a screw collier, transport No. 149, and Cosmopolitan, screw transport No. 157, both arrived in harbour last night, to ship other portions of the wooden houses for the Crimea. Large quantities are ready in the Dockyard for shipment. ENTRY OF SEAMEN. Yesterday a number of first-class seamen were entered for her Majesty's steam-vessels Esk, Cossack, and Tartar at the Royal Naval Rendezvous, Tower-hill ;20 were .sent to the Cossack alone. A number of men were entered for the Perseverance troop-ship. The entry of landsmen to be instructed as seamen gunners on board the Excellent at Portsmouth, continues daily. Wooywicil, Dec. 4.—The Sinbai, recently mounted with a 13-inch mortar, embedded on a plan submitted by Captain Julius Roberts, proceeded to Greenhitbe, and having taken on board her powder, shot, and shell, is under orders to go down the river,_ and with the Drake, mortar vessel, test the new plan by firing on the long range of sands off Shoeburyness. One sergeant and ten privates of the Woolwich divi sion of Royal Marines left by the North Kent Railway for London, en route for Greenock, to serve in the Athol on that station. Only 30 Russian prisoners are now on board the Rus- sian prison•ship Devonshire, at Sheerness—they are merchant' seamen taken out of prizes, MILITARY. N. General Torrens arrived yesterday at Sbutharapton by the steam-ship Indus. The following announcement from the Horse Guards yesterday created at the clubs great sensation, and many protests : To be colonels of the following regiments, viz. the Bth, the 46th, the 50th, and the 67th, vacant by deaths, to be colonels—Major General Sir Richard England, K.C.8., Major General Sir Colin Campbell, Major Ge neral Pennefather, and Major General fientinck. The old Peninsular officers think themselves much aggrieved on the point. Colonel Douglas, district quartermaster general of Limerick, has returned from England, and resumed his duties in that garrison. Major M'lntomh, barrackmaster of the Limerick dis trict, has received an order to forward immediately to Cork a large quantity of camp equipage from the Ord nance store there for conveyance to the Crimea. STAFF.—Captain Thackwoll, 48th Foot, has succeeded Major Roche as aide de camp to Sir John Thackwell ; Captain Thesiger, Grenadier Guards has ceased to be an aide de camp to Sir Edward Blakeney ; Colonel C. Hastings Doyle has been appointed assistant quarter master general in Dublin ; Lieutenant Lucas, 73d, has succeeded Captain Lawler, 73d, as garrison adjutant at Natal. THE MILITIA. The Royal Cornwall Rangers Regiment of Militia is about to be embodied. During the past week another draught of artillerymen from Pendennis Castle, in Cornwall, has been made, and the men proceeded by steamer to Plymouth, to em bark for the Crimea. _ . Yesterday another draught of 100 men from the Lan cashire, Devonshire, and Essex Regiments of Militia, who had volunteered into the Household Brigade for active service in the Crimea, arrived at the Horse Guards. They are all smart, well-grown, active men, and after inspection by the officers, and receiving each man his guinea, they marched to their respective bar racks, the Grenadiers taking 45. The total number of militia recruits to the Guards this week is 200. Yesterday the, new regulation respecting remunera tion for militia billets took effect, and proprietors of taverns on whom they aro quartered will receive 10d. per day. THE NEW WAR LOAN. The controversy which is from time to time renewed as to the expediency of a loan will not be useless if it tends to clear away some of the popular fallacies which obscure the subject. A few years since, when the bur den of the National Debt was more vividly present to the minds of men than the objects for which it was con tracted, it had become a popular dogma that every ge neration ought to pay the expenses which it incurred. At an earlier period, however, an entirely opposite im pression had prevailed. Mr. Pitt's long-continued popularity was in a great degree founded on the boldness with which he relied on the national credit for the means of supporting the war. Then the Minister himself disco vered the error he had committed in borrowing too has tily and too largely ; his admirers still praised the heaven-born wisdom which has postponed the necessity of increased taxation. It would seem that the theories of 1795 are likely to be once more in the ascendant. The undeniable interest of posterity in the struggle which we have now commenced has of late been dwelt upon with significant pertinacity. If it were possible to raise sufficient supplies by bills upon our descendants, there would be no want of zealous advocates to recommend so convenient an arrangement. Yet some check on the eagerness to borrow may be found in the reflection that, for every 1001. of loan, we saddle ourselves with an im mediate annuity of between 31. and 41. It is perfectly true that the war against Russia is undertaken for the benefit of future generations as well as for our own; but the practical importance of the discovery is limited by the fact that the same proposition will hold good with re spect to every public outlay, so far as it is just and expedient. The distinction between charges on capi tal and those which belong to revenue is altoge ther empirical and arbitrary. A judicious proprietor may mortgage his estate to provide the means of re claiming a common, or of thorough draining his farms ; but he will not overdraw his account at his banker's as often as a few slates are required on the roof of his house. Yet posterity may be as much concerned in finding weather-tight buildings as in an increase of rental. Both classes of expenditure are prudent and ne cessary ; and the only question is as to the most conve nient and economical method of raising the money. A Government must assume that its measures, whether warlike or peaceable, conduce to the public benefit, as they are paid for out of the public pocket. But there are obvious reasons for meeting, as an ordinary rule, the necessary expenses of the year from the incoming revenue ; and a special justification is necessary for the speculative operation of anticipating future resources. The Mintsters will, in all probability, reserve their decision until it can no longer be postponed. At pre sent, the Treasury is fully able to meet all demands ; and since the commencement of the war, not a single instance can be pointed out in which the public service has been starved or stinted from considerations of expense, The expedition to the Crimea might doubtless have been made more costly and more complete, if the Allied Governments had not con curred in the determination to try a coup de main against Sebastopol, with the alternative of a regular RAIL TVA Y TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—Traffio re turn for the week ending Dee. 2, 1854 £13,652 8 5 Corresponding week last year 12,306 18 3 Increase in 1 . ;:54 £1,345 10 2 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 2, 1854 £10,527 10 11 Corresponding week last year 10,518 12 10 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 345,293: 4 4 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 316,289 19 11 HERTFORD AND WELWYN RAILWAY.—The ceremony of " turning the first sad " of the above railway took place in an upland field, known as:the Cottagers' Gar dens, abutting on the Hertingfordbury-road. The Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., on whom devolved the task of turning the first sod, drove his spade into the earth, filled the barrow at his side, and wheeling it down the centre plank, deposited its contents at the bottom of the inclined plane, amidst the hearty cheering of those assembled. The Mayor, following the example set him, turned the second sod, and the ex-mayor the third, each on the per formance of his task being received with a round of ap plause, Tin WESTERN FISHERIES.—The catches of fish on the Cornish coast, on which so large a portion of the popu lation depend, have during the present season been ex ceedingly small. During the past week, however, the seine at St. Ives have been tolerably successful. The drift-beats have been taking from 1,000 to 18,000 fine pilchards, which have found a ready sale at ls. and 2s. per 100 of six score in the Bristol market and for home consumption. At Pendeen a great qaantity of fish, supposed to be pilchardß, has been seen going down Channel. Fish have also been seen off Mullion and Gunwalloe, but the weather has been too rough to se cure any. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Monday, Dec. 4.—Th e __ Royal mail steam-ship Parana, Capta in Philip Has t , sailed this afternoon with the outward mails for the West Indies, Havannah, the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, and the Pacific, and 152 passengers, amongO _riental Steam whom is the Bishop of Guiana. The andPeninsula-une, Captain H. H. Navigation Company's steam-ship Exi Potts, took her departure at 2 p.m. today for Gi d hra E li a ar st , Malta, and Alexandria , carrying the o ar India and China mails. The Euxine has 85 passengers , among whom are M. B. jun., Willcox, M.P. for South ampton, Mr. Willcox, un l Captain Larkins, Captain Logan, Captain Hitchins, and Major Lake. This steamer has a very full cargo, and specie value 65,730/. sterling for India and China, and 39,526/. for Malta and Alex andria. The United States mail steam-ship Washington, Captain Cavendy, arrived here this morning from Bre men. She is taking in a very larze and valuable cargo of continental merchandise, and will leave for New York on Wednesday, the 6th inst., with the regular mails. CHINAMEN AT THE DIGGINGS.—We are informed that there aro several China men at these diggings who have constantly in their employment from 50 to 60 of their countrymen. These gentlemen are to be di§tinguished from the others by their adoption of smart European dresses, and, whether it arises from the difference of cos tume, a longer intercourse with Europeans, or from natural energy, they certainly appear to possess a much greater amount of activity and animation than is usually observable in the Chinese we have among us. ~~_-I~.Z ~- C. THE TURKISH ARMY OF THE DANUBE. BUCHAREST, Nov. 24.—Omer Paella has written a letter to Connt Coronini, s t a ti ng th a t i n accord ance with the instructions o f th e T ur ki s h Ambas sador at Vienna, he would execute all the move ments he had in view, as regarded his advanCe to wards the frontier, and would oc cu py every posi tion that might strike him as advantageous, with out paying any attention to, or being in any way fettered by, the protests or objections of the Aus trian general. The language he uses is very strong, and shows a return of the energy which did so much good service last spring and summer, and which ought to have produced greater results during the autumn. It is probable that an iinmo diate advance of the whole army will now take place, and Omer Paella will probably move down to Ibraila, or some other town on the frontier, in order to superintend the movements ; though I :sna persuade 1, at the same time, that his absence from Bucharest will at no time during the winter be of very long duration, as anything like active operations is iinnossible without greater loss of life than the Turkish army can afford. Before the set ting in of the frost the mud is so deep as to render the ti!ansport of artillery and baggage . all but im possible, an d d ur ing the frost the cold is so intense, that the men suffer greatly under the most favour able circunis , auses ; doubly when forced to take the field and carry on hostilities. Another reason for believing, in my opinion, that we should have nothing i mpor t an t d ur i ng t h e w i n ter months Is, that Omer Paella's army is not in sufficient force to bring about any really use f u l result. To cross the Russian frontier, above all iu winter, with sixty thousand men, whi c h i s a ll ho will have after leaving garrisons in the towns in his rear to keep open his commun i cat i ons, wou ld b e simply ridiculous ; and to attempt to traverse great steppes, covered with snow, would lead to the final and complete destruction of the Sul tan's last army. Had he, h owever, t h ree mon th s ago established himself on the Pruth, or thrown a corps across to entrench itself on th e o th er s id e , as at Kalafat, there is little doubt the Russians would have left at least 100,000 men to observe him, and Sebastopol would ere this have fallen, and many a gallant young fellow, who will smile or weep no more, would have made merry on the oc casion. This is now becoming au old story ; a useless story many may think it, because if told a hundred times over it could never bring the dead to life, or repair the consequences of a single mistake ; but a like case may, and probably will, arise again in the course of the war, and it is only by much speaking that men in office can be got to fix a rule for its decision. Since I commenced this letter, the Turkish army has begun its march. Yesterday and to-day several large bodies of troops have left en route for Foks ch any. I do not expe c t th e y will reach the frontier much before a month, as, although we have had no rain now nearly fora week, the mud is still of great depth: Here, in the town, one no sooner takes his feet off the step of his door than he sinks two feet, and iti many places three, perpendicularly in a single plunge. Many streets are all but impassable even for the hackney coaches, in which everybody is forced to move about, owing to the presence of huge holes in which horses sink to their bellies, and the vehicle to the axle-tree. When this is the state of the affairs in the capital, you may imagine what it must be on the country-roads. As far as aetual progress goes it would have been far more advisable to have waited until the frost had set in, but the moral effect of the move, be it ever so slow, will be doubtless very great, and may do much good. The great subject for regret is the miserable state of the men's clothing, to which I have already alluded in my last letter, and which leads me to fear thailtahe number of the sick will be fearfully large. Colonel Symmons has been at Ibralia for some weeks past, engaged in reconnoitring the various positions in the neighbourhood, but is expected back in a few days. I was mistaken in saying that Bairam Pacha had gone forward. He has been unexpectedly detained by the illness of a relative, but the great part of his staff has already started. A letter appeared in the London Press some time ago which has been copied into a recent number of Galignani's Messenger, containing what the former journal is pleased to entitle " Pleasing Remini scences" of the early life of Sir Stephen Lakeman. The writer relates a most extraordinary tale of his having had a dream, in which he saw a person named L.tkernan fall out of a cab in front of his house, an I break his head, &c., and the fulfilment of the said dream by the downfal of a certain Lake man exactly in the manner represented in the vision. This was the commencement of the corre spondent's acquaintance with Sir Stephen, whom he afterwards met with in the capacity of contractor for some public works in the south of France. After this the biographer goes on to state that his hero was engaged in business—l forget what par ticular branch—at the Cape of Good Hope, and finally crowned an adventurous career by gaining 60,0001. on the itock Exchange in 1846. lam enabled to declare in the most positive manner that every single statement contained in this extra ordinary epistle, except those which refer to Sir Stephen's services in the Kaffir war, is entirely without foundation. The writer has either dreamed not only the lamentable accident, but the whole story from beginning to end, or be has invented it, or he has mistaken Sir Stephen Lakeman for some one else. This gentleman never was in business in any part of the world in his life, and instead of being an aged stock jobber, as the correspondent of the Press evidently thinks him, is a young man of twenty-eight years of age ; a very simple calcula tion will show from this that in 1846, the period of his alleged brilliant speculation in the funds he was only twenty ; and few persons will deny that it is not very usual for young gentlemen of twenty to gain 60,0001. on the Stock Exchange in England. The whole tale bears evident marks of having been compiled by the two domestic ani mals known as the Cock and the Bull, and is only entitled to as much notice as is sufficient to contra dict it in every particular. The want of all discipline amongst the Austrians has, it is to be hoped, reached its height. Every morning the reports of the police are filled with outrages committed overnight by the soldiers. Twenty-four hours never pass without a murder or murderous assault on some of the inhabitants or on the Turks. A few- evenings ago three Aus trians entered a shop, and deliberately seized upon a cheese, and were walking off with it. The owner appealed to two Turkish soldiers who were present for protection, and by their interference the two thieves relinquished their prey, went out, returned in five minutes with some of their comrades armed, and stabbed the shopkeeper and the two Turks. Cases of a similar kind occur every day. The night before last a fearful riot occurred, arising out of a brutal assault committed by some Austrian sol diery upon some of the Wallachian militia, which led to a general melee, in which the Wallachian fire brigade—strong, powerful men—at last took part, disarmed the Austrians, and thrashed them Paella stated to the Wallachian minister of soundly. Omer the interior, M. Jean Phil ip esco , on Saturday last, in most a most p in it d e i h g , n t a h n a t t t h e e rm w s a , s th a a fr t aid matters had hi rea h eh after nightfall with ou t b e i ng accompanied l m e p a a v n e ied s by o h u a s tf e a battalion of infantry to protect him against the insults of the strolli ng ruffians in the Austrian ser vice who infest the streets. Complaints to the officers are useless. All applications for redress forwarded to the celebrated General Popovitch and his subordinates, emanating from French, English, Nirallachians, or Turks, are systematically treated with indifference and even contempt. Lest any of your readers should suppose I exaggerate, or am wanting in proof, I shall give myself the trouble during the present week to take a note of the number of nocturnal outrages, and their atten dant circumstances, committed by the soldiers of his Imperial Majesty, so that you may give the finishing touch to the picture you must have already formed in your imagination of the precise nature of Baron liess's,benediction de la paix. I must add that during the stay of the Russians here, soldiers who were guilty of offering any injury or insult ti ) the inhabitants of the town were punished with frightful severity. PRAYERS FOR THE SICK AND WOUNDED.—The Lord Bishop of Glocester and Bristol has just issued the fol lowing letter to the archdeacons of his diocese : " Stapleton, Nov. 21. " Dear Mr. Archdeacon,—l have been for some time ex pecting that a prayer would be published and ordered by the Queen's authority to be offered up in the churches for our countrymen engaged in the present awful contest with a foreign enemy. I still hops that such a special appeal will be made to God's providence on their behalf. " But, in the meantime, I would suggest through you to the clergy of your archdeaconry the propriety of their de siring at the usual place in the service the prayers of the congregation ' for the sick and wounded in our fleets and armies.' In so doing they will have the sanction and ap probation of their bishops. " Believe me to be, dear Mr. Archdeacon, " Your faithful brother and servant, "J. H. GLOCESTER and BRISTOL." WRECK IN LLANDUWNOi3I7, NORTH WALES.—In the afternoon of Wednesday last, the 29th inst., a schooner was observed in great distress in this bay, a high north wind blowing, and the weather very tempestuous. The signals of the crew were heard, and a boat was imme diately launched near Brynbia, when , after a long strug gle with the raging billows, the brave boatmen suc ceeded in landing the mariners safe on shore. The name of the vessel has not yet been ascertained, but the crew, with the exception of one Welshman, are English. The greatest kindness and hospitality were manifested by Lord Leigh to the poor men. The ves sel was loaded with coal. It is feared she will be. c ome a total wreck.