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ivy R. ALBERT SMITH has the honour to fo a r n t u h o e umt s h o a t his a t AthbeCEEGNIPIIMA,\O_NnTABLIT:ANonemwAIDRAIy,- EVENING, Dec. 4,1854. During the recess the Hall has been redecorated, and every atten tion paid to the approaches, seats, ventilation, and general comfort of the audience. The Route to Switzerland will be entirety changed, and will conduct the visitors from London to Rotterdam by Brussels, and thence through Holland and up the Rhine. The new views, painted by W. BEVERLEY, will be—Amsterdam, on the Rokin Canal, looking towards the site of the old Bourse ; the Village of Brock ; the High-street of Berne, with the Clock Tower; the Pass of the IGemmi ; the Hut lately erected on the Grands Mulets; Lyons ; and the Place de la Concorde, Paris. In addition to these, a Pano rama of the Rhine, by M. Gruppius, of Berlin, will accompany that portion of the lecture, including Rotterdam and the chief objects of interests between Cologne and Bingen. The lecture will be further illustrated by a number of appropriate models and diagrams. In addition to " Gallgnard's Messenger," Mr. ALBERT SMITH will intro duce three news songs, " Murray's Handbook, " Poste Restante," and a running commentary on the scenery, called " Up the Rhine," as well as several new friends encountered on the journey. The Box Office is open from Eleven till Four, when stalls can be taken without any extra charge. CONTRACTS FOR FLUSHING AND rLuallrNo JACKETS. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 25th November, 1654. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notic4, that on IVEoNEsoev. the Gth Dec. next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may he willing* to Contract for ,unplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEVITORD, When to he delivered. Yards. 'laic 0( each in G weeks, FLUSHING 20,001 and toe remainder in 4 No. weeks afterwards, or rLUSIIING JACKETS / No. 1. 5,000 earlier if preferred by the N 0.2. 10,000 party tendering. Tenders may he made for the whole or any portion of the articles. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when tho Ten ders are opened, of contracting eithe,r for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of riot contracting for any. Samples of the Flushiqsaor quality, and a pattern jacket, together with the coadltions of 'ltevised Contracts, may be seen at the Said Office. _ No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for the pur pose, 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 9 And must also be delivered at Somerset-place. CONTRACTS FOR SUET AND VINEGAR. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset House, 24th 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 FRIDAY, the /st December next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may he willing to contract for supplying and delivering • ' Into her Majesty's Tictualling Stores at Deptford, r, When to he ,delivered. 4. 7,- ,„ rounds. In weekly deliveries between the JET ...• May, 1855. Gallons. I. Half in 3w e e n t o e Is , b a e n d d el t i i v , e e delivered. remainder 11' h YINEGAR.....• .. 20,000 in 3 weeks afterwards, or earl, er if preferred 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 the ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for suck part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or asset contracting for any. No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said Office, and at Liverpool and Bristol. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf should attend at the office on the day of contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for , and must also be delivered at Somerset House. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, ROYAL EXCHANGE, 22n Nov., 1854. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE do hereby give Notice, that their Transfer Books will be shut from Tuesday, the sth of December next, to Thursday, the 4th of January following; that the ANNUAL GENERAL COURT appolated by their Charter will be holden at their Office, on the Royal Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th of December, at Twelve o'clock at Noon ; and that a Dividend will be considered of at the said Court. JOHN A. HIGHAM, Secretary. T HE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 39, King-street, Cheapside, London. Established 1834. SPECIAL NOTlCE.—Assurances effected before the 21st Decem ber next will share in the Profits at the end of next year. SAMUEL BROWN, Actuary. PRIZE CATTLE SHOW of the SMITHFIELD CLUB. The Annual Exhibition of Prize Cattle, Seeds, Roots, Implements, &e., will Open to the Public on TUESDAY Morning and Closes on FRIDAY Evening, sth, Gth, 7th, and Bth December ; Bazaar, King-street and Baker-street. Open from daylight till nine it the evening. Admittance, One Shilling. PATRON-H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Miss' GLYN will READ the MERCHANT of VENICE on Tuesday Evening, the 28th inst., at Eight, and MACBETH on Thursday Evening, the 30th inst., at Eight. The Celebrated TYROLESE MINSTRELS on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday Evenings, at Eight. LECTURES by J. 11. PEPPER, Esq., on CHEMISTRY. The next MONDAY EVENING LECTURE to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES will be by Dr. CARPENTER, on PHYSIOLOGY, as con nected with HEALTH. Subject : Drink, Blood, and Circulation. LECTURES by Dr. BACHROFFNEI on the POLYTECHNIC GAS FIRE and ELECTRICITY, illustrated by the Hydro-Electric 3fachtne, the most successful Apparatus in the World. A Splendid Series of Forty-five COSMORAMIC VIEWS of RUSSIA. and the Costumes of the Inhabitants. 'New DISSOLVING VIEWS of SEBASTOPOL, &c. On SATURDAY EVENINGS the TYROLESE MINSTRELS, and an AMERICAN ENTERTAINMENT, illustrated with Dissolv ing Views by G. HARVEY, Esq. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.— Now Open for the Season.—During the week the Orchestra Will perfbrm the Overture to Zampa ; Waltzes : Le Refrain des Mon tagnes (first time), Germania, Solon Spruche ; Polkas, Fidelin (first time), Les Folies, Moscow ; Quadrilles : La Guerre d'Orient (first time), Schamyl, Partant pour la Syrie (by desire), L'Etoile du Nord ; Schot tische: Malvina (first time), and (also by desire) the Alma Galop. Principal Cornet a Piston, M. Boulcourt.—Alteration of Time —Doors open at Eight; commence at half-past.—Admission, One Shilling. TO LOVERS OF FISH.-- 100 real YARNIOUTEI BLOATERS for Gs., package included The above farwarded to all parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, or P. 0. 0. (preferred) for the amount. Send plain address, county, and nearest station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, jun., Fish-curer, Great Yarmouth. DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OlL.—Medical Practitioners and other residents in London are informed that, should they experience any difficulty in obtaining the Oil in their immediate neighbourhood, Messrs. Ansar, Harford, and Co., will forward it CARRIAGE FREE to any part of London, on orders being transmitted to them by post. Half-pint bottles,2s. 6d.; pints, 4s. 9d., Quarts, es., IMPERIAL MEASURE. A.NSAR, HARFORD, and CO., 77, Strand. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. • TRIESEVAR, No. 1, Is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the System. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all tKaces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. 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 being suspected. Sold In tin cases at Ils. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, &c., &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John- Ston, 68, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. GR AVESEND STAR PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Grcenhithe and rurfleet Piers. The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permittlne. FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS, I 4 Terrace , Pier ; z o ;4 ,py g 0 - E c t A g. Time Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WEISRF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol• lowing Trains from the Fenchureh-street Station. - WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. 40 A ' ti - Fen - t *• church 'Ol church . 1 ? street 74$ - o Street 0 - at $4 g . 10 1 2- I Fore Cabin. Saloon. L od_ 2d. To or from Grave...ml oarlA T nlnAn. Fore Cabin. fi, . . loci. 11 To or from Gravesend and London Bd. Os, .w .. 0 . 0 . iw . i;h Between razs a y d Ild an ßl a i r ° all or ate Piers..il Months, d. ;;O s s: Three BOAT TIC TS.—Twelve Months, 151. OS. . s , Months, 21. Os. • to be had of th e Collectors on bOl Nov rackets i 13, 0r1854. of Mr. Monk, Ter race -p ier, Gravesen d . . 31. Os.; lard the THE SECRET INFIRY7--7------- ITIEs OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. I , illustrated with eases; d u st published, price 2s. free by post for 30 IN - E R V 0 Tr g ul p s . DE Its Causes, Symptoms, and c BITY; matorrhcea, with Practical Observatiuroe.— An Essay on Sper successful mode of treatment of the diseases on a safer and more System, obtained by the use of the Microscope of the Generative distinguishing, by urinary examination, the re ci ar in detecting and every variety of complaint, whether arising from and effect of excesses, accident, or climate, followed by treatment ream solitary habits, on twenty years' experience in the treatment rarnarks, founded Nervous Debility, Local Weakness; Spermatorrhosa ) & c Puissance ' are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriag. To which cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical p re . and on the dangerous r emedies advocated b y various practice, writers on thou important disorders. By SAMUEL LAIIERT. M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edha, burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &e. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con. ef'quences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have proauced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, may other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal I , Particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is eatitled. It is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret 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 scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. TheAutbor 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 TnlArics, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 27, o f Messrs. Piper, Brothers, and Co., 23 P t , a ernoster-row, • Hannay, 63, Orford-street; Horne, 19, Leicester- 'by post for thirty stamps to square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ;or flee ford-square, any address from the Author's resictence , 37, Bed- At home for consultation daily from El(rel till Two, and from 81; tai &alit DN. CULTERIVELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Memorrhoids, Is each. by post 1;1,6(1. WHAT TO EAT, - DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentia multi curantur morbt " A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless feeding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of thorn; to which is added, diet tables for every meal In the day, and full instructions for the razimen and observance of every hour out of the twenty. four. Illustrated by numerous cases, &c. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that hath no wif, I hold him lost, Helpless, and all desolat. He that bath no child, Like sun and winder '—Chaucer. Subject: Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development of the Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded CT nions —M arit.4l 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—Larr of Divorce, &c., &c. CIIISTITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as relined as Athens ever heard." Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringemelt. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. 4. On Secret Diseases, their Self -management and Cure. Tho GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of genito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, corn prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrhcea ; with 250 en gravings and prescriptions. The BLADDER, URETHRA, ant RECTUlC—Comprising Urinary Derangements. Constipation, and Hxmorrholds. Vols. 6 and 7, companions to the preceding. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. "Jucunde Vivere." • "Few words to fair faith "—Shakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or of DR. RICHARD CULVERWELL, Brother, Successor, and Twenty Years Consulting Colleague of the late Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, who may be advised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Five, and in the evenings, from Seven till Nine. SPECIAL NOTICE until MARCH 1, 1855. E. MOSES and SON'S E , ',TAB LISMENTS will be CLOSED at EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERY EVENING, except Saturday, when they will be open until 11 o'clock. REINFORCEMENTS OF THE ARMY. The success which has crowned the arms of England and France requires increased numbers to pursue the victories already gained. On the broad surface of the ocean float cargoes of valiant men, whose duty and ambition stimulate them to seek the honour of their na tions, and the establishment of the peace of Europe. The success which has attended the exertions of E. Moses and Son in their re splendent provision for the Winter Season, has induced them to marshal an entire reinforcement of Winter Novelties, which will tell most effectively on the inhospitable influences of the weather. In the Winter Quarter every one will find the most satisfactory Quar ter in the ingenious and seasonable productions displayed by E. Moses and Sou at their Establishments, and may procure the newest and best Attire at quarter the sacrifice of :time and trouble, and at much less cost than at any other house. E Moses and Son's new Stock of Overcoats are the firm and well-tried Guards for Adults and Juveniles. They are proof against the storms and batter of Winter's Forces, Invincible protectors in the cold and wet season. The count less infantry forces signalised for neatness, elegance, and style, are drawn out in splendid files of Juvenile Attire, Fancy Goods, Hosiery, Ladies' Dress, of every Description, Boots and Shoes, &c., &c., which will fully prove that the skill, talent, and resources of the manufac turing world are in the command of E. Moses and Son. The Wholesale Clothing, Shirt, and Boot and Shoe Department offers selections-from the largest and most seasonable stock in the world, and secures the greatest advantage to Merchants. Captains, Emigrants, and others. Ful Lists of Outfits for Ladies and Gentle men, with ship-sailing information, gratis on application, or post free. Mourning, to any extent, at five minutes' notice. CAUTION. E. MOSES , and SON regret haying to guard the public against imposition, haying 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 .DO (CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OE OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sh e ffield 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 be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 11 o'clock. A new Book f or A u t u m and Winter. " The Commercial Cornu copia," containing full lists of prices, our system o f self-measure ment, &C., may be had on application , or p ost-free. Tel pails Francais. Qui si parla URI° no. Hier spricht man Deutsch. Aqua sa habl a Espano. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANT.—It is under stood that, ow i ng to their present arrangements with the Government, the Peninsular and Oriental Company will be obliged to discontinue the Australian branch of their service until further notice. There will, conse quently, be no Australian mail overland on the 4th of January next. THE MAIL PAC KETS. -- SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, Captain Boyce, left this afternoon with the usual mails for Vigo, Oporto, C a di z , Li sbon, .and Gibraltar. She has on board twenty-two first-class, fifteen second, and six deck passengers ; 22,1091. specie for Lisbon, 15,228/. ditto Cadiz, and a very large cargo of merchandise. The Euxine leaves on the 4th proximo with the heavy por tion of the next outward mail for India and China. The next mails from New York, &c., are due by the St. Louis on Friday next at this port. The Magdalena, with the homeward portion of the West India and Mexican snails, is also dl e on Friday neat, NO. 19,399.] PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in 2 vole, ivo., with Illustrations, TI7IWEY; ITS HISTORY AND PROGRESS: from the Journals of Sir JAMES PORTER, Fifteen Years Am bassador at Constantinople ; continued to the Present Time; by his Grandson, Sir GEORGE LARPENT, Dart. - - " A very valuable repertory of information in regard to the past and present state of Turkey."--Examiner. " These volumes are of an authentic character and enduring Into rest."--A thenmum. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, snccessors to Henry Colburn. PARLOUR LIBRARY, Vol. 119, price 2s. AURICE TIERNAY, THE SOLDIER OF FORT UNE .113 - the Author of " Sir Jasper Carew," &c., *,,,* This work by one of the most popular serial writers of the present day is now first published in a collect, d form. " The strangeness of some of the incidents, and the rapidity with which events so remarkable succeeded each miser, almost deter' , d the write* from ever committing them to the press."—" That the chief events related in tkese pages—such, for instance, as every detail of the French invasion, the capture of Wulf Tone, and the attack on Monte di Faccio —are rigidly exact, the writer is most sincere in the expression of his conviction." Author's Preface. London Thomas Hodgson, 13, Paternoster-row. Just published, JAY'S MANUAL OF FASHION. Post Bvo., splendidlr Illustrated. May be had gratis, either by personal application or by post, at the LONDON GENERAL MOURNING IVAREEIOUSE, 247, 219, and 251, Itvint-street. THE MORNING ADVERTISER.- At the Meeting of the Proprietors of the MORNING ADVER TISER, at the L ndon Tavern, on the 17th instant—the largest of their body ever held during thg sixty years of their Journal's exist ence—they formally pledged themselves to the Public that the Paper shall continue to be conducted on those popular and thoroughly in dependent principles which have during the last four years, under its present Editorial auspices, raised it to the high position which it occupies as the second Journal in the Empire, They.allaackWted-a resolution einpowerieg Mr. Vita, ffielnitiii,lo incur any amount of expenditure which may be deemed necessary in securing the very highest order of Literary Talent and procuring the earliest Political and Commercial Intelligence. The MORNING ADVERTISER, there fore, with the vast resources now placed at the Editor's disposal, has before it the prospect of even a more brilliant career than has cha racterised it during the last four years of its existence, in which period it has risen in circulation with a rapidity which has no parallel in the history of the Daily Press. Its present relative position to that of the other Morning Papers, omitting the Times, will be seen front the Official Stamp Returns for the year 1853. MORNING ADVERTISER • ... ...... • • 2,292,815 Morning Herald Daily News•• . 1,16i,188 Morning Post .............. •• • 829,125 Morning Chronicle ......... • •• .. 624,500 Id order further that no effort shall be spared by the Committee of Management to make the MORNING ADVERTISER one of the First Journals in the Empire, a series of Supplements will be published as often as the pressure of Intelligence or Advertisements may render such publication necessary. Published at 127, Fleet-street, London. QUACKS UNMASKED The Third Edition.--jusiiithli;hecr:;r7;;s;., by post, free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View of distinguishing 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. PICKFORD. With an Introiuction 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. Plcktord is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-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; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of loody 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 empirical system of treating Spermatorrheea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London : 11. lialliere, 219, Regent-street. 11/FIDDLESEX.—WANTED to BORROW, on LTA. the security of the County Rates for Middlesex, lor the purposes of the Act of the 17th and 18th Vict., c. 105, in defraying the expenses of altering and providing Storehouses, Orderly-rooms, and Quarters fur the two regiments of the Tower Hamlets Militia, the SUM of SIX THOUSAND POUNDS, to be advanced on the 7th day of December next. The interest will be paid half-yearly, and one-thirtieth part of the principal will be repaid at the end of each year until the whole shalt be discharged. Persons wishing to lend the money are requested to send in sealed tenders, indorsed," Ten ders for Lending Money," addressed to the Chairman of the Com mittee for General Purposes, under cover to me, at the Ses+ions house, Clerkenwell-green, before Three o'clock, on Monday, the 4th day of December next, stating the lowest rate of interest at which they will advance the sime.—Dated the 27th day of November, 1854. CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the'eaid Committee. CIOAL DEPARTMENT, North London Rail way.—nighbury Depot.—HETTON'S WALL'S-END (the best house coals in the world) are brought to the docks of this rail way at Poplar by new screw steamers, Cochrane, 750 tons, Hetton, 750, and the Northumberland, 650 tons, chartered for this depot, and dclirered thoroughly screened, to any part of London, north of the Thames, at 295. per ton. Orders to he addressed to Mr. Thomas Lea, Chief Office, Railway Station, Ilighbury, Islington. Terms, cash on or before deiPrery. , ~(j' ~ //" -- r" ._ .: ~ --. 41 ._,. 1 ...... - - • ,-- ii'' 0 -4,, , ,, . O,ITI -Ir ....... : _:. .' ' '' • • • ........'4l* , :* ~ .. - . • • , .0.„, 1 4's, Opr l A' )iff il ' f-i4 0 4 4 .4 8i1A.:•!`" 1 , , ,. 1 11:: : ......./._ , . ,iiai . co I ' • ' 1 • m , •,....• ..,,, _ ' ••., 4- ji,, .41 0 ,, ,,. . ,- 4 ••;•,'• .. n. " • . 7 •'.., r - , ~, -.. \ ,•,,,; '':*:- . ' - AP*, A'''''': 4° --. n ::'''''''',,,. . ,:--- ~.,',, N,:„„ (...„, A L , •.• •"- . - e" _ 'Nie l ------- ' ' .' ' I 4 .4, —, ~,:.......a . _ ,/, 4 444,,1tti ieiß:tol' 4 , 4 - -,-, -av 1 . - 4,..t .‘. lof, k - f # l :.7.‘ z ....44 . ~• ...., -\\,.. • ./-`•.' ' •----1..._.' 7.`2:;- ,-- . LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1854. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. St. George, 420, Captain Byres, C. 8., is still in Ply mouth Sound ; Calcutta, 84, Captain J. J. Stopford, is at Falmouth. The sea-going ships Royal William, 120,' Captain Kingcome ; Cossack, 21, screw, Captain E. G. Fanshavve ; and the Belleisle, hospital ship, Commander Rosken, are in Hamoaze. Exmouth, 90, screw, Captain Hon. F. Pelham, was not in commission on Sunday. Captain Smith, C. 8., of the Prince Regent, 90, at Portsmouth, having been ap pointed superintendent of the Clarence Victualling Yard, the petty officers, seamen, and mar:nes of that ship are to be turned over to the Exmouth. Her com plement of marines is to be made up from the Marine Artillery at Devonport, The Arethusa, 50, Captain Symonds, had been ordered from Constantinople for Malta. We hear that she has arrived there with 192. invalids. She is to come to England. The Brisk, 15, screw, Commander Curtis, received orders at Portsmouth yesterday morning to leave Spit head without delay. She sailed yesterday afternoon, and will call at Plymouth for her mail. Rolla and Sealark, naval instruction brigs, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday for their usual chan nel cruise. Drake, mortar-vessel, will leave Portsmouth Harbour to-day for practice, after which she proceeds to Sheer ness for further trial, thence to the Crimea. TEE LAST AUSTRIAN N. AUSTRIA AND TIIE WESTERN POWERS. (Front the Daily News.) And what of Austria ? There is something very signi ficant in the fact of,Genera.l Coronini's promulgation at Bucharest of the account of the battle of Inkermann, which we re-publish to-day. In addition to this, we hear in quarters into which the earliest information of the wishes and designs of the Austrian Government are known to penetrate, the affirmation confidently repeated that—Austria is coming round to the Allies. Some even go so far as to maintain that a treaty of alliance between Austria and the Western Powers is arranged, and ready for signature. Without reposing undue con fidence in the more definite of these statements, enough has transpired to show that the almost superhuman valour displayed by the French and English at the battle of Inkermann ; the immense losses sustained by the Russians on that occasion, and their subsequent despondency and inactivity ; and, above all, the tho roughly reused spirit of France and England, and the redoubled efforts that are being made to hurry forward additional troops and military stores to the Crimea, have made a deep impression on the Cabinet of Vienna. .Ye believe that Austria is now ready to draw closer the ties that bind it to the Western Powers—that it is ready to forego all stipulations to be allowed to postpone its final and formal breach with Russia to the spring. We believe this, because we believe that the character of the Austrian Government is unchanged and unchange able ; that it may be apostrophised now as in the days of Shakspeare Thou ever strong upon the stronger side ! Thou—Fortune's champioa—that doest never fight, But when her humorous ladyship is by To teach thee safety ! If Austria is indeed ready to conclude a treaty of alliance with the Western Powers it can only be because Austria sees no other path of safety open to it. The Western Powers may have its alliance upon their own terms ; and it is a duty they owe the two great nations, the assertion of whose rights and interests devolves upon them, to take care that these terms are such as can in no eventuality bring damage or dishonour upon them. There need be io scruples about driving a hard bargain with Austria on the score of delicacy. In its dealings hitherto with France and England, Austria itself has displayed neither delicacy nor common honesty. Its conduct, with regard to the Principalities, has been from first to last hostile to the interests of Turkey and the Western Powers—particularly of England. On the head of the Austrian Government rests in a great measure the guilt of the blood of so many brave Englishmen shed before Sebastopol. Had not Austrian intrigue, at Constantinople, and Austrian chicanery and bullying at Bucharest, paralysed the operations of Omer Pacha, many of the Russian troops which fought at Balaklava and Inker man could not have left the banks of the Danube and the Prath. Austria, while professing friendship to France and England, has been manoeuvring to enable Russia to detach troops from Bessarabia to combat the French and English armies before Sebastopol. Austria his been labouring assiduously to rob Turkey of the Danubian Principalities by converting its temporary military occupation of them into a permanent political annexation of them te the Austrian dominions. The last known insult offered by the Austrian Commander-in- Chief to Omer Pacha was aimed also at England. Austrian intrigue at Constantinople obtained from a weak or treacherous Minister of the Porte, an order to Oder Pacha to dismiss one of his bravest and most trusted officers—Massar Pacha. That officer is an Englishman—an Englishman who has deserved well of his country by his gallant services in the last Kaffir war, at the head of a troop raised at his own expense. Sir Stephen Lakeman was selected by the Austrians to be the man through whose side a treacherous blow was aimed at his General, for no other apparent reason than because he was an Englishman. At the time the order for his dismissal was obtained from a weak or venal Minister at Constantinople, and placed in the hands of Austrian diplomatists and gene rals to be transmitted to Omer Pacha, there had been no open breach between Sir Stephen Lakeman and Count Corenini. The dispute about the reception of Prince Ghika occurred anbeequently to the claniestine impetration of the order for Sir Stephen's dismissal. Not a moment ought to be lost by Ministers, after the meeting of Parliament, to explain the nature of Oils extraordinary transaction, and the steps which they have taken in consequence. They can at the same time inform the Legislature—and through it the country—what amount of truth there it in the assertions of the Vienna journals, that up to this moment Mr. Colquhoun, and his colleague at Jassy, have not re sumed the exercise of their consular functions in Wal- lachia and Moldavia since the entry of the Austrian troops, and what has been the cause of the delay. Austria, it seems, is now eager to conclude an inti mate alliance with France and England ; but, before Austria is admitted to the benefits of such an alliance, France and England ought to insist upon its making reparation for the injury it has done them. Franco and England ought, moreover, to tie Austria down by dis tinct treaty stipulations to abstain from all attempts to transfer the sovereignty of the Danubian Principalities from the Porte to itself:' Lastly, France and England ought to give Austria clearly to understand that they do not bind themselves to interfere in any case between it and its subjects ; that they do not intend to be made the instruments for propping up its tottering dominion over Hungarians and Italians. ( From the Morning Post. ) The document signed, as, we are informed by tele graph, on Sunday afternoon last, by Counts Armin and Buol, was important, no doubt, as securing the adhesion of Germany to the four bases as fit and proper starting points in future negotiations for peace, without in any way fixing them as limits, or forbidding the addition of ether conditions. But, if we mistake not, in a very short space of time the telegraph will transmit to us news of higher moment ; for we believe that, at the time at which we write, or within forty-eight hours of it, a step will be taken by Austria which will have a most potent influence on the fate of the war, by uniting in action her flag with those of England and France, and swelling the alliance against Russia, by the accession of a Power who, from her geographical position and military resources, is in the highest degree dangerous to her ambitious neighbour. Till the deed is signed, till the fact is accomplished, we cannot be perfectly sure. Austria, at the last moment, may retreat. That is possible ; bat most improbable, after the repeated and straightforward advances she has made. The crisis, however, has arrived ; and, if the Cabinet of Vienna wore now to refuse to join us, none could mistake its complicity with Russia, and the atti tude of the Cabinets of London and Paris towards Austria would be immediately and totally changed. But if faith can be placed in professions, we may rely on it that that is now being done at Vienna which will give us a new and welcome ally. The intrigues of Russia in Germany have apparently failed. It were needless now to enter into a history of the long negotiations in which so much time has been wasted ; but it is well to explain the last communications of the German Courts, which have led to the agreement of the Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna upon the manner in which they shall present the four bases to the Ger manic Diet. Without entering into the diffuse arguments of the notes exchanged, we may state that Prussia wished to present the four bases to the Diet, not as mere essential starting points for the negotiation of peace, but as its positive conditions and absolute limits. In this view of the four bases Prussia received the support of the minor States, headed by Bavaria. Austria, however, refused to accede to their views, holding herself bound, by the notes exchanged on the Bth of August with the Western Powers, which plainly allowed such further conditions as might seem fit to be demanded, in the event of negotiations for pease ; laying down the four bases, not as limits, but purely and simply as essential starting points. Matters were in this state, and argu mentative notes were being exchanged, when M. Ven der Pforten, the Prime Minister of Bavaria, started for Vienna, with a view of inducing that Court to adopt the Prussian proposition with respect to the four bases. The result of M. Von der Pfordten's mission, however, was, that instead of persuading the Austrian Cabinet to join kin, he was persuaded to recognise t he j ustice of their views, and accordingly, immediately upon his return to Munich, a personal communication was addressed from that Court to the King of Prussia, announcing its com plete adhesion, and therefore that of other secondary States, to the Austrian view. Prsssia, thus placed in a position of perfect isolation, has had to give way, and, as a necessary consequence, Counts Bud and Argim have signed the agreement, by which Austria and Prussia engage to present the four bases to the Germanic Diet for its acceptance without commentary or limitation. Austria, therefore, instead of being bound down by Germany, has her hands completely free, and may, with the West ern Powers, exact what further conditions of peace the c h a nces of war may hereafter place in their power to demand, without owing any account of such demand to Germany. It is evident that, had not Bavaria and the States which met at Bamberg obliged Prussia to give way, Austria could not have given way to them, if she had any regard for her position as an European Power ; for, whatever deference she may have owed to Germa n y, s h e had higher duties and larger interests to consider, in consequence of her pretension to the rank of a first rate European Power. On the other hand, it i s mani fest that Prussia , which is a purely German Power, could not suffer herse lf to be com p lete ly isolated by the desertion of all Germany ; and thus Russia has been, as yet, completely foiled in the diplomatic struggle. Ger many, and even Prussia, adopt the four bases without limitation, and Austria is, we trust, about to throw her weight into the scale of war on our side. A very brief space will put an end to "ifs" and "be liefs," and will, we hope, enable us to announce the most important event that has occurred since the de claration of war. EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL.—The total number of ships which have left Liverpool during the present atemoton nth for all foreign ports has been 43, of an agg re g nage of 41,474 tons, and having 10,326 persons on board. Of these 9 were bound for Australia, 'with 3,230 pas sengers, besides others to St. wick, 44c, New Bruns _ APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—Robert Reid (1843), to the Conway, 26, flag, at Queenstown ; and John P. Palmer (1842), to the Royal William, 120, ordinary guardsbip, at Devon port. Surgeons—Charles A. Anderson, A.D. i . 1.84), eently serving iii i tte - 13ienVelM, - fe. the Rimouth, 90, screw, at Devonport ; Robert Pottinger (1847), recently serving in the Hecla, to the Blenheim, 60, in the Baltic; and John B. Ricards (1854), to the Hecla, 6, at Ports mouth. THE COMMAND IN CHIEF IN THE MEDI TERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA. We feel that it is perfectly unnecessary at the moment to state more than to announce that the usual period allotted to admirals holding foreign command has expired in the case of Admiral Dundas, and that he will return to this country in his flag-ship, the Britannia, accompanied by the Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell, and the Bellerophon, 78, Captain Lord George Paulet ; these ships having been relieved by the powerful screw-line-of battle-ships Algiers, 90, Captain Talbot, and Hannibal, 90, Captain the Hon. F. W. Grey. Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, as a matter of course, becomes commander-in-chief, vice Dundas, and we sincerely trust that he will Fantle that high, dignified, impartial, and even-handed course in the man agement of the fleet which has characterised Admiral Dundas's term of service, and that the fleet will be kept up in that same degree of efficiency to which his now gallant chief has brought it by the hardest cruising an admiral has had for many years past. It will be re membered that Sir Edmund Lyons was a candidate for the chief command of this fleet before Admiral Dundas was appointed. Having served so many years in a dip lomatic capacity in the Mediterranean, the gallant offi cer's highest ambition has ever beet to hold the chief post in his awn profession in the East. The Royal Albert will, as we stated in our impres sion of yesterday, be the flag-ship of Sir Edmund Lyons, and Captain Sir Thomas Pasley, )3art., now in command of this noble three-decker, will hoist his pen dant (broad) on board the Agamemnon. Rear-Admiral Stopford, the captain of the Black Sea fleet, will, in all probability, continue to hold his present position ; always supposing that the " maintopinan of the Agamemnon," and other supporters,of the Coalition Cabinet of similar rating, have given him a certificate of character.--Korn ing TRANSPORTS FOR THE BLACK SEA. The screw ships Holyrood and Manilla hale proceeded from the Downs for the Black Sea. The Evelyn, iron screw-steam chartered ship, with the Peninsular and Oriental Company's flag, brought up at Spithead yesterday morning. The Diligence, store-ship, has hauled alongside the Jetty at Portsmouth, and is shipping spare spars and timber for the Crimean fleet. THE PRISONERS OF THE TIGER. The four young midshipmen—namely, Messrs. Ham mond, Nind, Rewden, and Robinson—who, it will be remembered, were taken prisoners in the Tiger when that vessel was captured after going on shore near Odessa, hare at length been liberated by the Czar, and have, we understand, already arrived in England. Previously to leaving they were ordered from Moscow to St. Peters burg, and were to have had an interview with the Em peror ; but the Czar was indisposed,• and subsequently preferred not to see them. An officer, however, was appointed to attend them, and show them the lions of the Imperial city previous to their departure. They were treated remarkably well at first, but latterly they were " farmed out," and consequently were all the worse for the Russian system. MILITARY. The following sensible and judicious order has been issued, in a circular memorandum, by the military au thorities : "Horse Guards, 16th Nov., 1854. " It having been decided, that the articles of neces saries specified in the margin [1 shell jacket, 1 shirt, 1 pair socks, 1 towel, 2 brushes, and such articles from holdall as can be immediately dispensed with], and com posing part of the authorised kit of the soldier, are to be carried on the march in the squad bag, each bag con taining 25 of these surplus kits, officers commanding regiments are directed to forward requisitions to the adjutant-general for the number of squad bags required by their respective corps, on the estimate of one squad bag for every 25 men au th or i se d b y th e i r establishment. These squad bags will be provided and carried on the march at the public expense. They are expected to last at least ten years, and it is clearly to be understood they are to be kept in repair at the expense of the regiment to which they are issued. " The regimental quarter-master will have charge of these squad bags, and will serve them out to each com pany according to its effective strength, at the rate of one for every 25. " Officers commanding regiments will cause periodical inspections to be made of the squad bags, and any da mage done to them, beyond fair wear and tear, must be made good by the squad to which the bag belongs. " By command. G. A. WETHERALL, The undernamed officers at Chatham garrison have leave of absence :--94th Re g iment, Captain Maclean, to ' Jan. 31 • Captain F. R. Grantham, 45th, to May 24 ; Captain W. C. Master, sth Fusiliers, to Jan. 22 ; Major Henry Brewster, 76th, to Jan. 7 ; Assistant Surgeon A. A. Stoney, 94th, to Dec. 20 ; Captain Edward W. D. Lowe, 32d, to Jan. 21 ' • Captain Win. Henry Kirby, 94th, to Feb. 2 ; Captain Stephen Annesley, 10th Foot, to Jan. 30. _ . . vv Sergeant Joseph O'Brien, 18th Royal Irish, was tried on Saturday by a district court-martial, and convicted, for being drunk when on duty, as orderly sergeant to the garrison field officer of the day. Captain Jervis, the commandant of the provisional battalion, was president. Lieut.-Colonel J. J. Hollis, 25th (King's Own Bor derers,) has obtained leave of absence until the arrival of the regiment in England 'from India. LIEUT.-GENERAL R. WHISH.—WO regret to have to record in our obituary the death of General Which, at Clifton, on the 10th inst. The general was connected with this town, having married a daughter of the late James Burnes, Esq,, by whom he leaves a numerous family, the eldest of whom is an officer in the Bombay artillery. General Whish had seen much service in India, and was a brother of General Sir W. Whish, C. 8., who commanded the army at the capture of the city of Mool tan.---Montrose Standard. The Quebec Chronicle of the 11th inst. says :—" Her Majesty's troop-ship Resistance, Commander M. Brad shaw, having on board the 16th Regiment, from Jamaica, to relieve the 26th, in this garrison, who are under orders for Bermuda, arrived yesterday. The 16th will disem bark to-day." THE MILITIA. The most perfect success attends the enrolment of the Kerry Militia. Recruits are flocking in in large num bers, and those attested present an appearance worthy of the old character of the corps. During the last week a large number of volunteers have passed muster, and from the spirit manifested by the people the Kerry Re giment will probably be one of the first in Ireland fit for active service. The Tipperary Militia have been also successful in procuring eligible recruits, a large batch o f vo l un t ee rs having been attested in Clonmel on Saturday last. The Oxfordshire Militia is ordered to assemble at the in Oxford, on Wednesday, the 6th of De- Cce°inubntir,-bllwahen the regiment will be embodied for service. EMBODIMENT OF THE SHROPSHIRE following official communication from the Home-office was, on Saturday last, received by the Right Hon. Viscount Hill, Lord-Lieutenant of Salop : " Whitehall, Nov. 17, 1854. "My Lord, —In the absence of Viscount Palmerston, I have the honour to inform your lordship that a war rant will be forthwith laid before the Queen for her Majesty's signature , to empower your lordship to draw out and embody the Shropshire Regiment of Miiitia.— I have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's obe dient servant, H. WADDINGTON. "The Viscount Hill." It will be recollected that at the last training the corps volunteered to p ut itself at the service of h er M aj est y in the present emergency, so that there i s no d ou bt th a t it willingy n a i tld prtt ato take any d u ty w hi c h may b e circularhas just b een i ssue d f rom r t w h eig e llu N b V i :eadrre:officeread y to the colonels of militia regiments. It says :—." The rapid augmentation of the r egu l ar army being at this moment of urgent importance, it has became necessary to call upon all embodied as well as disembodied militia regiments to give as many volunteers as possible to the regiments of Guards and line, and to the Royal Mario. DESPATCH ADDRESSED TO COUNT ESTERHAZY, AT BERLIN, DATED Nov. 9, 1854. "The Cabinet of Berlin replied to cur communication of the 23d of last month by a despatch, communicated to us by M. d'Arnim, of which a copy is subjoined. The communication of the 23d expressed the sincere desire of Austria t., obtain for herself and the German confede rates guarantees which a union desired, in will as in action of Austria and Prussia, can alone assure to all Germany. It is in that spirit that we have examined with the most scrupulous attention the note of Baron de Manteuflel. " We are glad to see that the elements of accordance and entente contained in the preceding declarations of the Prussian Cabinet have a more clear and pronounced form. Like ourselves, Prussia shows herself inclined to confine to the past the divergencies of opinion which had for too long a time compromised the value and effect of the treaty of the 20th April, and. to take resolutions which actual circumstances may claim of it, in conse quence of its participation in the alliance (offensive and defensive) of the 20th April. "It is in consideration of that disposition of Prussia that we recommended in the instructions to Baron Prekesch, and communicated in substance to the Ca binet of Berlin, to avoid as much as possible sterile dis cussions on the point of the obligations already con tracted in virtue of the treaty of the 20th April. But at the same time we proposed, in three points, the project of a federal decision, as it seemed to us, necessitated in an urgent manner by the common interests a Germany in the actual state of affairs. It is, therefore, with very great satisfaction that we head, ii the prepositions made Aiy . thscabinet of kg: te its above-cited =eolumumeXMonot,'"nia l t 'the three p in question are reproduced in their essential dispositions. " We are happy to see in this accordance an assurance of the direction towards the same end of the efforts by which the two German Powers apply themselves to obtain the solution of the serious complications of the moment. But the more value we attach to our accord with Prussia, the more do we hope that the Prussian Cabinet will not insist upon conditions and restrictions of pure form which would very probably diminish the chance of the speedy establishment of peace, and might even, in the course of events, compromise the most important interests of Austria and Germany. " We have not the slightest desire to enter into dis cussions of pure form when the situation is so serious. We therefore think it of very little consequence to ex amine whether it is better to select, for the dispositions to be taken, the more simple form of a federal decision, or that Austria and Prussia should first come to an agree ment (s'entendent d'abord) between themselves on the dispositions to be taken, and then submit them to the Diet ; although the adoption of this last form does not appear necessary, since the treaty of April, in conse quence of the accession of the Confederation, has taken a greater extension, and has become, as regards its exe cution and a new eventual extension, the object of the decisions which the Diet may take conformable to the federal constitution. " But, on the other hand, imperious considerations prevent us from accepting, under any form whatsoever, contractual engagements binding (obligatoires) in the sense of the additional dispositions possessed by Prussia. " According to the Prussian project, we ought to en gage ourselves by a formal convention to address, con jointly with the great contracting parties, a new invita tion to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to accept the bases of peace, and it should only be the result of such a step which should decide whether G-ernsany should bind her self or not (s'obligerait ou non) to defend our position in the principalities, and whether she would leave us or not full liberty of action towards Russia. "Neither the condition upon which it is wished to make depend (dont on ?mut faire dependre) the promise of a common defence, nor the restrictions which there may be 'an intention to put upon our eventual resolu tions, appear to us sufficiently justified. " Why should the assistance of the Confederation only be assured in the case Russia should once again reject the bases of peace t Supposing Russia accepts them, but that the Western Powers refuse to enter into ne gotiations, and that the war continues, would it not be still our task (tacks) to maintain ourselves in the principalities ? And for what reason should we not, in that case, count upon the assistance of Germany ? "To make at once the concurrence of parties to the alliance depend upon future events and the declaration of Russia and the interpretation given to them by the allies, would be to deprive beforehand the steps that might be taken at St. Petersburg of a portion of their weight. Opinion is already so much divided on the right and obligations which result front the treaty of April, that it is to be feared that Russia has it in her power to create new controversies, with the assistance of vague declarations, or of such susceptible of different inter pretations. We should therefor' have -just motives in net formally engaging ourselves to take steps of this description in common, at least as long as all the Ger man governments do not make with us one powerful body, capable of accepting all the ulterior consequences of such steps. "As the Prussian Cabinet justly observes, the con duct of Russia will doubtless exercise a very great in fluence on the measure in which we may claim the assis tance of our allies. Russia may adopt pacific resolu tions, and give guarantees against any attack on her part; she may thus take away (aeigner de nous) the danger with which we are mena ced by her present atti tude. But she will have the more motives for doing so, the more intimate is the alliance of Germany. It is precisely in this respect that it appears necessary to us to extend the common assistance of Germany to our position in the principalities, without making it depend upon the acceptance or refusal of the basis of peace by Russia. " Practically the want of these restrictions appears the less to exist, as according to our propositions the Diet will retain the right of pronouncing itself according to circumstances upon the degree oedanger that would menace us, and upon the case in which military aid should be given. " However, although Russia, by the manner in which she refused to examine the propositions of peace made to ou r own has put us in th e i mpossibility of re t urn ing, in own interests, to the propositions she declined so cate gorically, it is nevertheless by no means in the intentions of his Majesty the Emperor Francis Joseph to exclude all circumstances under which such a step might be taken with the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, in concert with Prussia and the Germanic C o nfederation. The exigencies of our position might ever oblige us to it. His Majesty the Emperor hopes that the Russian Cabinet will not misconstru e the motives which made him advise the free acceptance, but without conditions, of the four guarantees demanded. His Majesty accompanies with his best wishes the confidential steps whioh the Court of Berlin, as it results from Baron Matiteuffel's despatch, recently adopted, in this sense, with the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. If these counsels are not attended with success, an invitation, addressed in the name of the Confederation, to make Russia accept the bases of peace, would certainly not be kora de prolvs• But as regards Austria, she could not resolve to take a step of such a nature except under certain reserves, as, under existing circumstances, such a step would have a very grave cha racter. The eventualities which are necessaraily attached to such a step, the situation created by the definitive non -acceptanc e of the preliminaries of the peace, the case is which the offensive would be inevitable, are so many subjects but little Suited to be brought before the Diet without a preliminary confidential deliberation between the Governments of the German States ; and the Prussian Cabinet will agree, doubtless, that the ques tion of so decided an invitation addressed to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg ought to be treated en dchors of the resolutions which are to be shortly before the Diet. We ought, therefore, to desire that, in the federal resolutions which are to be adopted, neither the eonsequences of the possible ac ceptance of the preliminary bases nor of the refusal of those bases should be the objectef obligatory dispositions. We ought to desire that the condition be not imposed upon us of submitting our liberty of action, as regards the eventual resolutions of the belligerent parties, to re strictions which limit it in a positive manner. Our duties towards our own empire, our position in Europe, do not allow us te say beforehand that if Russia declare herself ready to negotiate on the basis of the four points, we shall not have, whatever turn sweats might take, to de liberate on the ulterior decisions which would be made to Russia. Guarantees generally recognised as such, a real conclusion of peace, can alone satisfy our wants. We cannot recognise the simple fact of an offer of peace made by one party and rejected by another party as ex ercising an obligatory influence upon our resolutions, whatsoever opinion we may entertain upon such a eon juncture. If it were thus, there would be nothing changed in the actual situation, unless that, whilst the belligerent parties continue to act in full liberty according to the in terests and objects of war or of peace, we should be re duced to that forced neutrality which we have already so often refused to accept for Austria. "For all these motives it would be much more suitable that the decision of the Diet should be restricted to the three points which we have proposed. We give ourselves up to the hope that Prussia does not refuse to appreciate our motives in an impartial and amicable spirit, and that if she gives her assent thereto, she will be disposed to render full justice to our desire of perfect entente, a desire of which we have given her a new proof by a preliminary communication to the Cabinet of Berlin of the instructions drawn ,up for Baron Prokesch. We are now ready (a in eine) to await the resolutions of Prussia and of the Germanic Confederation. This is why we give immediate communication of the above mentioned instructions, and of the present despatch, to all the German Governments, and we shall sincerely re joice if we shall shortly be able to hail, as a glorious act for all, au act which would deliver Austria and all Ger many from the anxieties which have hitherto weighed upon them. We are persuaded that to attain it only a little of that impulse is necessary which Prussia can give by that great and legitimate influence which she exercises among the German Confederates;; and finally, we express once again the firm assurance that we shall find the . Prussian Cabinet disposed to give instructions to its re 'L presentative at the Diet analogous to our own., 'ee you will please to l eave a copy of this despatch whir , DANA NAgteuefol,:: 1 [PRICE SD. WH Y SPARE ODESSA? TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Not only is Odessa the greater feeder of Sebas topol and the depot whence the Crimea derives an im mense supply of provisions, amm un iti on , an d men, but it is, in fact and without exaggeration, one of the main spring of the Russian revenue, an d, consequen tly, n o mean pillar of the enemy's power. The rival of St. Petersburgh in wealth and importance, it is the empo rium where the produce of nearly the half of Russia is collected in order to be exported in exchange for the sinews of war. Its various guilds number nearly 1,000 merchants, many of whom are Greeks, whose wealth has, in the shape of loans and donations, contributed largely to the resources of our foe. Why, then, spare Odessa ? It is a courtesy of that superfine sort which the nation can but ill afford; while to our brave countrymen in the Crimea it is an act of the most execrable inhu manity. For my part, Sir, I feel my blood rise whenever I remember the foolery of that bombardment of Odessa. 8,000,0001. or 10.000,000/. worth of Russian " ways and means" lay at our mercy, and we contented ourselves with pelting with red hot shot the military mud banks of the city , or w ith chipping bits of stone from the fronts of its forts. John Bull must be sinking into the dotage of old age, and certainly deserves to be beaten, if he finds any gratification in such perform ances. A. generosity so ungenerous to our brave de fenders merited no better result than the jubilantan nouncement of the Russian Government that the Allied fleets had done their worst and retired in defeat and dis tress. I am, Sir, A TRIM BRITON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,— I am glad to perceive that the columns of your journal have been thrown open to the question, " Why spare Odessa?" and it is much to be desired that by following it up the public may take the opportunity of expressing what I believe to be their almost unanimous opinion, in order that the Government may be awakened from their merciful (so called) way of making war. War is a dreadful scourge and an enormous evil ; but, when it becomes the duty of a nation to take up arms in the cause of right and ofjustice, that is the most merciful proceeding which will render so immense an evil of the least possible duration. We are engaged in a momentous struggle with one of the greatest Powers in the world—a struggle which it will tax all our energies to bring to a satisfactory conclu sion and to humble a grasping and ambitious des pot. We must, _therefore, take every opportunity of injuring and crippling so powerful an antagonist ; and the people of this country have no sympathy with such a half-peace half-war policy as caused the town of Odessa to be spared, and which has undoubtedly occa sioned the loss of many of our gallant countrymen and allies, by that place being the rendezvous of the Rus sian legions, which have poured into the Crimea to annihilate our army, and forming, as it does, the great source whence the enemy is obtaining his supplies. I hope, then, soon to hear, with your advocacy, that we shall make use of the power we possess, and that at least a portion of the allied fleet, which can be easily augmented, will proceed either " to capture," or " burn and destroy," not only Odessa, but also every place be longing to the enemy it is possible to approach.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant, Nov. 27. AN ENGLISHMAN. REVOLVERS IN THE CAVALRY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l believe it is universally admitted that a re volver is a terrible arm in the hand of a cool and deter milted man, and for close quarters far surpasses anything ever invented. This being a fact, I ask, Why does not Government arm our cavalry with revolvers ? It is a very awkward and long jois to load firearms OR horse back, and quite out of the question in an action, so that when a man has fired his carbine or pistols, all be has to trust to is his sword. I have seen several excellent revolvers, most of which can be cocked as well as fired with the trigger, so that a man may fire off his six shots one after another, only using one hand. Now, in the late charge of heavy and light cavalry, suppose every man had been provided with two revolvers ; if they had reserved their shot for close quarters they might have made the most dreadful havoc with the enemy. Nobody who has had any experience of this sort of thing will deny this. Now, the only reason I can see why these weapons should not be universally introduced into the army is the expense. But I have read in your paper that it costs 100?. to get a foot soldier out to the seat of war. I should think the outside price of a good revolver for the army might be 4/. NY hat proportion, then, does Si. bear to the general expense of a soldier or the value of a litei--+}eirret these -whom it may concern to see if there is reason in what I say. —I am, sir, your humble servau t, K. Nov. 25. TWENTY-FIRST DAY A FTER THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—At the outbreak of hostilities a friend well versed in public affairs estimated the cost of the war at 3,000,0001.—in reply, I set it down at 300,000,0001. Which approximates to the truth ? I answer this will depend upon the way in which the war is carried on. It moderate action bo adopted the larger estimate will pro bably be exceeded. If energetic action, then we may hope the cost of the war will be less. We have hitherto acted on the moderate frinciple. The result is known. Now, moderation in a case of exigency is synonymous with ruin. Shall we continue to act as we have begun ? God forbid. Let the nation put forth all its strength, and put forth all that strength at once. Let it realise the life and death struggle in which it is engaged, and rise to the great occasion. To our undying honour, we exhausted all honourably pacific means before committing ourselves to the conflict. Let our courage and daring be equal to our former for bearance. I advocate the conquest of the Crimea and the capture of every Russian soldier there. This may be done ; but it is a question of time ; it is a race, and he who is first at the goal wins. Let the whole strength of the nation be put forth without a day's delay. Let everything be forgotten but the immediate conquest of the Crimea. We can send supplies to the Crimea more expeditiously and easily than the Autocrat. He has stolen a march on us, and we have been misled by our own confidence. Let us pour in myriads of men as fast as our magnificent means of transport can carry them. Let there be an army at. Perekop and another at Eupatoria ; let our forces be doubled at Balaklava. All this is possible, and if achieved before Russia can send reinforcements we shall have conquered the Crimea and every Russian soldier there ; not one shall get out of the trap. Let the French camp on the North as well as on the South ; let our garrisons-- every man that can be spared—militia regiments, and all who will volunteer for the service, start at once for the Crimea. Let all measures be adopted for hastening them to their destination. Let our merchant service volunteer or be pressed to carry troops and sup plies on their way. Let vessels which cannot go to Malta go to Marseilles. Let there be various stations on the way to the Crimea—Marseilles, !Malta, and Con stantinople—whence may be brought up whatever is re quired. The first Napoleon leaped over the Alps ; let us with equal ease step across the seas. Let the English and the French, as they have undertaken the work, do it for themselves without looking for other allies. Do it they can. Neither millions of money nor myriads of men will be wanting. "Impossible" is the adjective of fools or cowards. _ . Frenchmen ! Englishmen ! the blood of your slain countrymen calls for action. The heroes of the Crimea beckon you onwards.—l remain, sir, . _ Nov. 26. A CITIZEN. TILE COASTING TRADE OF NORWAY. Official information was received yesterday that the King of Sweden and N orwa y h as reso l ve d u p on throw ing open the coasting trade of Norway to British vessels. The following decree has been issued on the subject : " We, Oscar, by the grace of God King of Norway and Sweden, the Goths anti. Vandals, make known : In con formity with the law of August 26, in the present year, respecting admission of foreign vessels to participate in the carrying trade between places within this country, we hereby command and enact : " As long as Norwegian vessels enjoy corresponding pri vileges in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, it shall be permitted for British vessels to partic ipa te in the carrying trade between places within this count ry in the same manner as Norwegian vessels. " We command this to be duly observed. " Given at the palace of Stockholm, wee% the let of_Novem ber, 1854, under our hand and sea l of State. 6' (Seal) " Schouboe. " Fredr. Due." --- - TRADE WITH SICILY. Accounts from Naples announce that the King of the Two Sicilies has extended until the end of June, 1855, the free iinportation from foreign countries of grain and will permit, on payme.nt of a duty of 3 ducats per cantanjo net, the exportation of tallow from his domi nions. The following is the decree issued on this sub ject : " Naples, Oct. 2S, 1854. By a royal decree of the 12 th of October, 1854, his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies was pleased to pro rogue until the end of June, 1855, the free importation into his dominions, from foreign you of wheat, oats, barley, Indian corn, beans, found flour. " With another decree of the same date his Majesty was pleased to permit the exportation of t a ll ow, raw or manu factured, en payment of 3 ducats per cantajo net." ROUEN.—The letters from Rouen state that the mar ket for manufactures was heavy, the amount of business having been limitod. PRIVATE AND JOINT-STOCK BANKS. The Biker's Magazine furnishes the returns of circu -1 ation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 28th of Oct., 1854, and gives the following as the average weekly cir culation of those banks during the past month, viz.:— Private banks 23,966,522 Joint-stock banks 3,139,742 Average weekly circulation £7,106,261 On comparing the above with the returns for the pre ceding month, ending the 30th of September last, it shows— An /acreage in the circulation of the private banks of An increase in the circulation of the joint-stock banks of 159,934 Increase on the month ............... £526,558 And, as compared with the return for the correspond ing period of last year —viz., October 29, 1853, it shows— A decrease in the circulation of the private banki of £101,765 A decrease in the circulation of the joint-stock banks of 23,192 Docrease on tho year £124,957 On comparing the above with the amounts of the fixed issues, the following appears to be the comparative state of the circulation : Tho private banks are below their fixed issues £610,933 The Joint-stock banks are below their fixed issues 186,115 Total below their fixed issues i:827,04.8 PROPOSED MEMORIAL TO THE LATE LORD DUDLEY STUART. We are much gratified by a rumour that, since the meeting held the other day to express condolence with the family of the late Lord Dudley Stuart, some well known friends of political and civil liberty have recom. mended a proposal for some public memorial is testi mony of his worth, and their regret for the l oss o f t h e sincere, ardent, and unflinching champio n o f t h e P oles and of the oppressed peoples of Europe. We heartily commend the proposal, not so much from the belief that "storied urn or animated bust" is in the least necessary to convey to future recollection the virtues and the services of that distinguished n o bl eman —his same being already well known in Europe, and his memory certain to be cherished with respect and affection by those for whom, through good report and bad report, he unceasingly raised his voice—but as evi dence of sound and grateful feeling, in contradiction to the common saying, that none receive less thanks from the public than those men who honestly and zealously devote their lives to the advocacy of its rights. Distinguished men in the services, and statesmen, have these honours done to them by' the state, cor porations, and by voluntary subscriptions ; nor have poets and literary men, who lived in obscurity and died of starvation, been allowed to slumber in their graves without posthumous orations of some kind. A thoroughly honest man issatisfied with the encourage ment and reward of an approving conscience ; but never theless in the political arena, as in nearly every other sphere of public life, the services of the popular favourite are soon forgotten, after he is removed from the scene. Let any full-grown reader throw his memory back to the period of the Reform Bill, and let him recall, if he can, without a reference, the names of the excellent men who, in and out of Parliament, fought until they ex hausted their energies in the cause of the people. In regard to the mass of the public, perhaps the ma jority of their names are forgotten, and probably are destined to continue so, until some future Lingard or Macaulay condescends to a casual mention of them in working up the history of the time. On the other hand, unfortunately, the public have much reason to complain of apostacies and desertions on the part of popular representatives, who ultimately, as is often the case, abandon their principles and friends for the sweets of place and power, and the prospects of a coronet. Disappointment in their Liberal representa tive has been the invariable experience of constituen cies from the days of Wentworth down to those of Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P. But we doubt if the greatest sceptic in political virtue would withhold his belief in the sincerity and independence of the late Lord Dudley Stuart. On these grounds we think the proposal on the tapir as much an honour to those who may carry it out, as it will be to the memory of the earnest and honest champion of the political rights of oppressed nations.— Morning Advertiser. AUSTRIA IN THE PRINCIPALITIES. We take the following from the Berlin National Zeitung, which journal has always distinguished itself, with ►opener and. Voss, for its just and im partial appreciation of the Oriental complications and their consequences : "The question at issue relative to the advance of the Turkish army is solved at last. It is reported from all quarters that the necessary arrangements between Omer Pacha and Count Coronini have been concluded, in eon sequence of which Austria will leave open all the march routes designated by the former. The movement upon Eessarabia has already commenced. " The settlement of this question appears to have give❑ rise tl long and complicated negotiations. The plan of the Crimean expedition could not be carried out before the po, , ition on the Danube was secured. It is known that Austria, who had engaged to bring about the evacuation of the principalities, so directed her mili tary and diplomatic demonstrations that the Russian army was not required to hurry in its retreat. The re sult was that the expedition against Sebastopol could not depart until an extremely advanced period of the season, and was thence subjected to all the disadvantages and hazards resulting therefrom. " The success - of the operation depended manifestly, and in a great measure, upon the Turkish army (which was at that time better fitted for war, and inspired with confi dence by recent successes) making a diversion on Bessarabia, and thereby preventing the sending to the Crimea of any considerable reinforcements. The Allied commanders trusted to this as a certainty, and Omer Pacha entered into decided engagements in this sense. The Paris Moniteur announced several weeks past that he would commence operations forthwith, and that orders had already been issued from Vienna to the Aus trian commander not to throw impediments in his way. Nevertheless, the Turkish troops remained spell•bound in their cantonments. Whilst the whole of Dannenberg's infantry corps, with other reinforcements, had been sent from the Pruth, and had reached Sebastopol, the Turkish troops did not attempt even the most insignifiesnt move ment. " While Austria expressly accorded her moral sup port to the Crimean expedition by divers acknowledg ments, and openly expressed her sympathy for the sue• cess of the Allied arms, her internuncio at Constanti nople and her generals in the principalities• spared BO efforts, and that notoriously, to counteract the excite ment produced in the councils and the camp of the Turks by these successes, and to envelope the Turkish forces with the trammels of a most deplorable inactivity. " After Russia had succeeded in concentrating in the Crimea a force far superior to that of the Allies, and . after the roads in the Principalities had, in consequence of autumnal rains, &c., become so bad that they entailed double di ffi culties and loss of time to the movement of the Turkish forces, Austria at length threw open the bar riers which it interposed between the troops of the lawful Sovereign and provinces to which Austria was A stranger. " England and France conduot themselves towards Austria with such exceptional consideration that a dark veil still hangs over the no doubt thorny negotiations that have led to this solution. Scarcely has an English opposition journal—and recently the Times—attempted to lift this veil ; still less has any indiscretion been per mitted at Vienna relative to notes exchanged ou this subject, which, without the slightest doubt, entered more keenly and expressively into the practical develop ment of the matter than the lon winded despatches con cerning the Germanic confederative policy with which the German press has long been inundated, and which, it is evident, are generally elaborated more for the reading public than for diplomatic practical " It may be a more convenient self forth in newspaper articles sm mission sole"be to h u .n c l k d l e a r n oaf ntianteitonaanldGmearnmlyanapctoslifcoyr t o h e a r n m t an o st and forward with dis oth"erWto give material and nations, are being made by greathen the heroic European e ff n o .a r moral validity to ants during th is mighty crisis, are con r that forese e sm whato s t d e d c e e a p r t i t o o n them h may e m ia n a o t t s s d a ekree,d and is be in store for others throug h e these fluctuating inactions difficult whe n to all fo and room-makings. ARRIVAL or SrEcrE.—The amount of specie brought by the Arabia from New York is 256,0001. ; but, not withstanding this large shipment, the money - market was showing some revival from the panic prevalent at the no departure of the p recedin g steamer. With the exception the db oldest een privateof the firm b a n o k n g George -house M s in ilne Cincinnati, and C one o there further failures of importance in the west, and Messrs. Snead, Collard, and Co., •of the Citizens Bank, Cinciu nati, had published a statement that t heir assets amount to 350,000/. to meet their liabilities of 240,0001., an d that they expected shortly t o resume. A l New Y . ork Gilbert and Tuttle, a small importing house, had sus pended ; but, although the daily repetition of disasters of some kind kept all the markets in an unsettled con dition, most descriptions of securities bad experienced a slight improvement. The prospect of consignments of flour to this country had rather increased, as an aug mented supply was known to be on its way from the interior ; the quality generally, however, was not such as to find favour with purchasers, and a partial rise in freights had likewise tended to check transactions. MARIQUITi COMPANY.—An adjourned meeting of those shareholders of the Mariquita Company who sup port the views of the committee of investigation took place yesterday afternoon. After a protracted discus sion, in the course of which the conduct of the directors was strongly condemned, especially in relation to the splitting of votes, a further adjournment was a greed to, a doubt having been expressed as to the legality of the proceedings. Before the shareholders separated, a re quisition, numerously signed, was prepared, ealling upon the directors to convene a special general meeting, at which it is again proposed to discuss the question of the purchase of the Santa Anna property, and to give it, if possible, precedence to that connected win the Puri• ass contract.