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ALTERATION AND ACCELERATION OF TRAINS. On and alter the Ist of March next the 11 a.m. train to Ports- Mouth will be accelerated. The 3 p m Express Train from London will proceed to Salisbury. The train now leaving Waterloo-station at 4 p.m. for Basingstoke Trill proceed to Southampton. A new Express Train will leave Southampton at 5 p.m., Salisbury at 4.20 p.m., and Portsmouth at 4.25 p.m., arriving at Waterloo at 7.15 p.m. The train now leaving Southampton at 7 p.m., Portsmouth at 6.15 p in., Gosport at 6.25 p.sa., and !Salisbury. at 6.10 p.m., will start from these places 15 minutes later. A new train will leave Waterloo at 7.45 p.m. for Woking, calling at intermediate stations. The 10.30 p.m. Hampton Court Train will leave Waterloo Station at 10.48 p.m. For consequent changes see the published Time Tables of the Company. ARCHIBALD SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Waterloo Station. February, 1854. • JAPANESE EXHIBITION. The FIRST DIRECT IMPORTATION from JAPAN is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION, at the Gallery of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 6.t. PaRAMO East. til Ibth March as the Society requires the Gallery for their paintings. un 'Aanaittance. Is. JEGYPTIAN HAT.L.-CONSTA/CTLNOPLE is open TO-XIGHT at Eight, and Every Day at Half-past Two Vela*. The Lecture is delivered by Mr. CHARLES KEHNEY, and yaa been written by Mr. ALBERT SMITH and Mr. SHIRLEY BROOKS. Admission, is. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. • LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, Cius. C. Laxszra, Onsiow-honse, Fuiaam-road), —The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. ant will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. 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The selections for the performance of the HUNGARIAN BAND through the week include the finest efforts of ancient composers, with brilliant Morceaux, popular National Melodies, Marches, &c., which, with concerted vocalism, mew Songs and Ballads, by artistes of acknowledged merit, readers each evening a feature amongst the high•class amusements of the Metropolis. Kalozdy, Leader of the Band. Morning Performance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Three. Plooaasiace FOB Tars DAT. Overture (Martha) ; Waltzes (Sauguiniker and My Dream); Solos, Pianoforte (Barbier de Seville and Fantasia. I. Puritani), Miss Julia Warman; Mazurka (Patriot) ; Quadrille (Crescent) ; Selection (Lucia); Polka (Cadogon); Galop (Cuckoo); Solo, Clarinette, M. .Augarde ; Songs—" Llea 7 nse but once , " " Echo's Song," "When Sorrow sleepeth," " Iline launched a Fairy Boat," " Weep for the Love," " Welcome my Bonnie Lad." 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Are large and liberal measures or small and antiquated plans of business: best calculated to promote the welfare of the kingdoms? renny postage has increased the revenue by an amazing increase of 'bedlam. and E. 3foses and Sox, by cheapening attire, have ren dered it at the same time more fashionable, more comfortable, and More easily accessible to individuals and families. * * * First, to advance new measures suited to the progress of the times -to being out the talent, genius, and skill of all countries for the accom modation of the English public. should be the object of each politi cians as would rise to distinction. As E. Moses and Sou have al ways the earliest samples of new productions in every materiel and every style of dress for the coming seasons, this spring it is certain they will excel the magnificence of the last, from a surprising degree f success which has attended their enterprising efforts. 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Illust rated by 50 coloured Engrav ings, on the Anatomy of t h e Re p roductive Organs and their relative ; conditions in Health and Disease. • ...,1 .4 By SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D. -13,1 , I ' , l 37, EBDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, - , :a , 0:)octor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin brle burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Socie t y , t' Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. • The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearfnl con ,' .7.1 il, i seguences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses, • tti,• ) o mchich have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man iter,d and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any bli°- ' other ' class of disease known to modern pathologists. 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"THE PRESS," No. 44, This Day (Saturday), contains, among others—The Ministerial Crisis—The New Reform Bill Monastic and Conventual Institutions Sligo Election The Law of Partnership and limited Liability The Public Press and Public Decency The Inns of Court and Legal Education -Railway Law - Extracts from the Diary of a Respectable Radical M.P.—The State Littl. -go -Epigrams, '&. Literature—Pollock's Dante—A Year with the Turks ; or Sketches of Travel in the European and Asiatic Do minions of the Sultan. By Warrington A. Smyth, M.A. Lond.— The Russo-Turkish Campaigns of 1828 and 1829, with a View of the present State of Affairs of the East. By Col. Chesney—The Knout and the Russian. By Germain de Lagny—Notices of Books, Pamphlets, audr Reprints—Periodical Literature —Correspondence— Theatres—L'l lyill du Nord at the Opera Coupque—Drury lane— Mr. Melon rib Hamlet—together with all the News of the Week. " THE PRESS" is published every Saturday, at the (Mice, No. 110, Strand, price 6d. 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Alphabetical list of the Boroughs, Cities and Counties re turning Members. The " POSTAL DIRECTORY" gives all the arrangements of the Post-office with reference to the transmisSl n of Letters and News papers, Books, Magazines and Reviews, Pamphlets, Prices Current, Commercial Lists, &c., &c., to all parts of the world. Alphabetical list of all Post Towns and principal places in the United Kingdom, with the names of all Postmasters in England and Wales, the exact distance of each place from the nearest Money-order Office, and the times at which Letters are delivered at each place. Obliterating Stamps. All the regulations of the London District Post; times at which :Letters should be posted for delivery at every place, and the nearest Money-order Office to each. Hours of arrival and departure of the Mails. Railway Mails and Cross-road Mails, &c,, &c., &c. The -supplemental Names are those of persons who have com menced business since the compilation of the Post Office London Directory for 1854. KELLY and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell-court, and all booksellers. THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of JAMES xto LtISON, the Hygeist, which all s archers alter health are recommended to peruse, may be had at tne British college of Health, New-road, London, by post, on enclosing a penny stimp ; or from any of the duly authorised agents throughout the country. WAR RISKS for ALL PARTS of the WORLD.—The HOME C 'UNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMVANT, 29, New Bridge-street, Black friars, London.—This Company will ASSURE OFFICERS and others, at most moderate rates of premium, against WAR RISK, Voyaging, and Climate. By order of the Board of Directors. A. DURNFORD, Secretary. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH (us e d i n her Majesty's Laundry) and WOTHERSPOON'S Machine made CONFECTIONERY, MARM ,LAD F., JANIS . JELLIES, &c , (which gained the Prize Ileclll of 1851), may be had of all Grocers • Wholesale of Wotherspoon , Mackay, and Co., 66, Queen-street ' Cheapside, London, and Robert Wotherspoon and Co., Glasgow. 1 MINING INVESTMENT. —Parties seeking safe and profitable investments should turn their attention to the shares of those companies formed for mining, especially when their estates are in Cornwall and Devon. The dividends from many of these are equal to 10, 15, and 20 per cent. upon the outlay, while others not yet paying dividends, but having excellent prospects of soon doing so, afford abundant scope for speculation, not alone from anticipated early returns to the proprietary, but likewise on account of the great enhancement in the value of the stock at tendant thereon. Mr. JNO S. LANE, 32, Poultry, London, having correspondents in all the richest mineral districts in England, is in a position early to advise his clients. Parties communicating will re ceive all requisite information, and Mr. LANE will recommend either dividend paying, or non-dividend paying concerns, to those wishing to embark in mining enterprise, and state his rcascaS fur so doing. 32, Poultry, London, Jan., 1854. THIRD EDITION.—WITH ADDITIONS. Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE Sz FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors n r,iation to the Treatment and Cure of the Impuissant and Sexual Hypochondriacs, Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. To which is added, an ESSAY en SEXUAL DEBILITY, by the Editor. "Dr. Pickford hi 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 letect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ower to correct." —London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa thisers,'and • Medical Friends,'are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are 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 empirical 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."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. T HE HOME COUNTIES AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 29, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. Every description of risk (home or foreign) connected with Life Assurance Half Credit premiums, on a new principle. Premiums payable yearly, half yearly, or quarterly. One-half of all premiums after the first two years are repayable to Policy holders at any time on demand, without personal liability. Annuities granted either immediate, contingent, or deferred, and also endowments. Policies indisputable. No charge for policy stamps. Money received on deposit at 5 per cent. interest. Active Agents wanted in town or country, particularly in the agricultural towns and villages. Apply by letter, giving names and addresses of referees as to respectability. A. DURNFORD, Secretary. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Established August 1, 1837. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9. 'V Policies issued free of stamp duty. Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, CHAIRMAN. The marked testimony in favour of lite assurance evinced by the Legislature in the exemption from income tax of the premiums paid for the benefit of a surviving family, is deserving the most serious attention or all classes; not only on account of the actual saving but also on account of the Irgh estimation in which it provesthat the system of life assurance generally Is held by the Government of the country. Increasing Rates of Premium for securing Loans or Debts. Half Premiums, only, required during first seven years. Sum assured payable at Sixty or at death. Provision, during minority, for Orphans. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Profits divided annually. Premiums computed for every three months' difference of age. Half-credit policies granted on terms unusually favourable; the unpaid half premiums being liquidated out of the profits. At the last Annual General Meeting a reduction of 30 per cent. was made in the current year's premium on all participating policies. (PROPRINTARY.) (MUTUAL.) ------... , Half Whole i • • Half Quar • z premium premium Age. Annual Yearly terly t. • First for Re- premium Pre- Pre -1 1 Seven mainder mium. mium. Years. of Life. ...-...,-_\ - - £ a. d.; £ s. d. Years. Months, £ s. d.' £ s. d. £ s. d. 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 30 0 2 7 3, 1 4 20 12 3 40 11 9 218 4 3 2 76 1 1 440 12 4 50 2 2 61 4 5 0 6 2 7 101 1 4 6 012 5 60 1 3 6 81 613 4 9 2 8 21 1 4 80 12 6 E. R. Fa ANDREW ISTER, Resident Director. V FRANCIS, Secretary. JOZEAIJ'S COPAHINE-MEGE, or Saccharatt, C kPSULES, approved by the French College of Physicians. successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and aeknowledged by them to be the best remedy for the cure of certain diseases (see " Lancet " 6th Nov., 1852.) Price, per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d.—To be had of the Inventor, Gabriel Jozeau, French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, whose name is printed on the Government stamp ; and all the principal chemists. PROTECTOR ENDOWMENT LOAN COMPANY.—A. numerous party, . AND ASSURANCE consisting of . gentlemen representing the mercantile and r d c a i y al la in st t , er A e l s a t re i h n this metropolis, dined together on T m hu re r e s 2, at the London Tavern, for the company, G Mr. purpose of commem?- rating the establishment of this company. The chair was occupied by the chairman of the Tabor (who also holds the same position intla supported by Messrs. Jenkin Lloyd, B Daviss,adn e ell, reshaln), Pott, Alfred Smee, F.R.S., Soley, F.R.S., Besiey, L a Lad bury, Sowell, &c. After the usual loyal toasts, ' Mr. Alfred Smee, in a very able and lucid speech, explained r the objects and advantages of the company, and was Miss Eyles followed by other gentlemen composing the direction. ' The vocal department was most admirably conducte by Mr. Benson, assisted by Miss Poole, Mr. Barnby, Mr. Higgs, Mr. Donald King, and Mr.' Lawler, who gave some highly pleasing ballads and madrigals. The repast was most rech os erche, combining all the delicacies of the season, and mt creditable o the taste of the caterer, Mr. Bathe. The whole went 1 off, as the playbills say, with unboun ded a pp lause. SOLDIERS' WIVES.—The position of soldiers' wives at this crisis is occupying a good deal of attention over the country. In Glasgow we are gratified to find the ladies moving with a subscription in aid of the married women of the 77th Regiment, who have no friends in Scotland, England, or Ireland, and therefore wish to go to their homes out of the United Kingdom, for which there is no provision made by the country.—Nortit Britisfi, Daily Mail. , - "1 - -..-"- --,••• > . , .. _ ~ . , • , ,fiz / ff z - - - ./..- --- /.e ), . t • /2 ----,-- ( -2--- ; - ,_.>(_. , , .. • t -•:, 2:i: : hir, •: / 6 - ..Ii'SP.A_PER • 7ft.5....„ -tr:. el- ' • • . ."'"\,.. . , gib\ ____<,, y/i a__ _,--- WEST COAST OF AFRICA. \ - ,•- 4 9 , f.Vi i ,,,,k‘ii 4 ,,,, - - 1...---... , ~,..," i • ..... , • T ' - * '-- 0 If r , • -,. — '7!--.......1 --il. 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Her dates are Fernando Po and the Cameroons, Jan. 24 ; Calabar, ' the 25th ; Bonny, the 27th • Lago, the 30th ; Accra, Feb. 1 ; Cape Co a st, the 2d ; Liberia, ;;If'' the 6th • Sierra Leone, the 10th ; Bathurst, the 14th ; iT Goree, the 15th ; Teneriffe, the 22d ; and Madeira, tha ••• 24th. Governor Beacroft had been up the river Bonny to settle a "palaver " with the natives, and took the King with him to Fernando Po. [PRICE SD. nicated to Mr. Lucas the order that was received by Dr. Gray—namely, to reappear again on Monday next, and to be then prepared to communicate to the committee the names of parties from whom he had heard, and with whom he had discussed, rumours of corrupt practices going on among Irish members. Mr. E. B. jloche said that he should like to know from the committee when they intended to examine him, as he had received an urgent call to Ireland. The Chairman replied that, so far as the committee were concerned, there was nothing to prevent him going to Ire land at once. There was really no charge against him, and they saw no reason for examining him at all. In reply to a similar question, a similar reply was made to Mr. Daniel O'Connell, M.P. for Tralee. The next witness was Mr. Richard D. Kane, solicitor, at Dublin, who said, he recollected inve s ti ng 4001. for Mr. Howley, in 1840. His recollection was not distinct, and he could not charge his memory with having negotiated a loan to Mr. Curtis. He was not altogether satisfied with the security offered by Mr. Somers. His dislike to the in vestment was not entirely owing to the nature of the se curity, but he let Mr. Somers have the money, for Mr. Howley took the responsibility of it entirely on his own shoulders. (The witness's recollection as to the circum stances attending the origin of the transaction not being at all clear, he was desired to consult his books in the meantime, and appear before the committee on a future day.) It was then proposed to adjourned to Monday, but it was ultimately agreed that the committee should meet again on Tuesday next, at 1 o'clock. The Affairs of Lagos are settled by Admiral Bruce. Kosoko has accepted terms, and has promised not to molest or in any way to interrupt canoes laden with oil on their passage down the river. An immense trade is now expected with Lagos. Major Hill, the newly appointed Governor of Cape Coast Castle, went out in the Faith ; but hearing on his arrival that there were disturbances at Accra, he pro ceeded on in her. This place belonged to the Danes, and it is what are termed the Danish-Accra people who have rebelled. The last accounts state that Governor Hill has despatched the Adjutant and Commissary to Cape Coast for two mountain howitzers, some rockets, guns, &c. Several tribes of friendly allies were ready to assist the Gold Coast Corps at Christianberg Fort, where the rebels some time since tore down the British flag in consequence of the poll-tax. Accra is almost deserted by the native merchants, being under martial law. About the let of February the Ashantee messengers and the British envoy returned to Cape Coast Castle from Ashantee, having finally set tled the terms of peace agreed to on the conclusion of the war last year. Governo± O'Connor returned on the 80th of January to Bathurst, from an expedition up the Gambia, in the steamer Dover, on board which he received the African chiefs located on both banks. A survey wade of the upper branch of the river, which, if correct, will greatly diminish th e difficulty of penetrating into this part of Africa. . __— The African Steam Navigation Company's charter mail-packet Waterwitch, which left Plymouth Jan. 26, was at Bathurst on the 14th of February. Her Ma jesty's paddle-wheel steam-ship Penelope, 16, flag of Admiral Bruce, was at anchor at Fernando Po. She was hourly expected to sail for Sierra Leone. The Ad miral is coming home shortly. The Antelope, Lieu tenant Commandes . C. H, young, was engaged buoying the River Bonny. The Pluto, Lieutenant-Colonel Bedingfield, was at Lagos. Her boats were np the river, settling with Kosoko. The Polyphemus, 5, Commander C. G. Pillings, was at Quitta when the Faith passed. The Plumper 9, Commander K. A. L. Wharton, was at A ccra , wa iti ng to assist Governor Hill. The Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant Commander E. Wader, was at Sierra Leone. The Racehorse, 14, Commander E. K. Barnard, was at Madeira roads, bound to China. k' :'~ l_ LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1854. POSTPONEMENT OF THE REFORM BILL Ministers have decided to postpone the second read ing of the Reform Bill from the 13th of March to the 27th of April. As everything concurs to impress us with the conviction that they are sincerely and reso lutely bent upon carrying the measure, we have no hesi tation in saying that we believe this postponement to be wise and well judged. Our conviction that Ministers are really anxious to carry the bill rests upon various grounds. In the first place we have confidence in Lord John Russell ; for, independently of the noble lord's well-earned reputation for integrity, it is upon his Reform measure that he has latterly, more than anything else, reposed his claims to the confidence and support of the country. Again we have, on the question of Reform, confidence in Lord Aberdeen. We have been diametrically opposed to his Lordship's policy in the Eastern question, and we have not been slow to express our antagonism. But even in that matter we must admit that Lord Aberdeen never deceived us ; never said one thing while he meant another. We think Lord Aberdeen is sincere, whether we may think him in the right or in the wrong ; and, having found him sincere while erring on the Eastern question, we are bound to give him credit for sincerity when he is right on the question of Parliamentary Reform, Lord Aberdeen has been compelled by the gross and palpable abuses in the representation to become a Re former ; and the very tardiness of his conversion—unex aggerated as his confession of it is—ought to be received as a guarantee of its sincerity. Predisposed on these grounds to place reliance on the professions both of the Premier and Lord John Russell—of the head of the Mi nistry and the Minister more especially charged with the introduction and promotion of the Reform Bill—we are further convinced of their sincerity by the reasons they assign for postponing the measure, and the unexaggerated phrase in which these reasons are worded. When he introduced the bill, Lord John Russell intimated that before proceeding further with it, he felt the necessity of getting through the financial business of the session, in order that in the event of war becoming inevitable the exertions of Government against the enemy should be free and unhampered. This financial business cannot possibly be completed by the 13th of March, the day originally fixed for the second reading of the Reform Bill ; it therefore becomes necessary to take a longer day for that step. Even though no treacherous and insidious opposition to the measure had been threatened it would have been the duty of Ministers to postpone the second reading of the bill. But the Vane- Dering conspiracy must not be left out of account. Were Ministers to insist upon having the bill read a second time on the day originally fixed—before the discussion of the budget was well over—before the mes sage from her Majesty respecting the relations of this country and Russia, which must be presented to the house before the close of the present month, had been brought down—the reasons assigned by the mouth piece of the malcontent Peelites, and the mouthpiece of the territorial Whi g s, might have appeared plausible to some weak though well-meaning members of Parlia ment. But by the 27th of April there is good reason to hope that the preliminary preparations for war will be concluded, and none who really are friendly to the Reform measure can be then misled by the Van-Dering fallacies. Sir Edward Dering, if the vote were to be taken on the second reading immediately, might be supported by many whose eyes will be opened to the factious char acter of his opposition by the 27th of April. By postponing the second reading, therefore, Ministers have actually strengthened their position. We have hinted that the quiet, matter-of-fact, business-like tone in which the intended postponement has been intimated, both by Lord John Russell and Lord Aberdeen, in itself smacks of sincerity. We may also say that the announce ment by Lord John that the Irish and Scotch bills will be ready before the day now fixed for the second read ing of the English bill is—seeing that he has hitherto declined to specify a time when these bills should be brought in—is an additional proof that Ministers are earnestly and steadily maturing their whole scheme of Reform, with a view to have it made law without delay. If anything more were needed to show that the pros pects of ultimate success for the Ministerial measure of Reiorm are increased by the postponement, it would be found in last night's displays of Mr. Disraeli and Lord Derby. The bitterness of Mr. Disraeli's comment upon the announcement of Lord John Russell betrayed his consciousness that in consequence of the postponement he will have to play a losing game, and Lord Derby's angry interpellation of Lord Aberdeen betrayed the same conviction. To say that we acquiesce in the propriety of the post ponement would, therefore, be an inadequate expres sion of our opinion. We are glad of it ; for we be lieve that, by waiting till the preliminary arrange ments in reference to Russia have been got through, and by at the same time peremptorily fixing a day for the renewal of the discussion, and showing that thoy .L busily ..mpletmoutary Bills for Scotland Ireland, Ministers have increased the chances of their bill being carried. And it was necessary for them to take every precaution—to omit nothing that could strengthen their position, seeing how false and un scrupulous is the opposition with which they are threat ened. The re-actionary Derby-Disraeli faction see clearly that the success of the Ministerial measure will effectually take the sting out of them—render them impotent for fu ture mischief—and are therefore waspishly inveterate in their hostility. The smooth traitors who have post ponement in their mouths, while in reality their object is to burke a measure which endangers their ill-won seats in the Legislature, are seeking, amid friendly professions, to tie the hands of Ministers while the ultra-Tories attack them. And certain professors of extreme liberal opinions are doing their little utmost to ridicule and vituperate the Minis terial measure, because it will not enable them to bring a greater number of their tail into the House of Commons. Thus attacked from so many quarters—by so many heterogeneous and incompatible assailants dis honestly allied—Ministers are right to choose their own time for fighting.—Daily News. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. The 63d Regiment, now quartered in Dublin, is under orders for a " particular service," and will either pro ceed to Greece or be drafted in companies on board the Baltic fleet. Recruiting is actively going on to fill up the ranks, 200 men having volunteered to the regiments forming the first division of the expeditionary force. A depot is to be formed in the Isle of Wight for the regiments proceeding on active service. Drs. Mitchell, Dumbreck, and Linton, staff-surgeons of the first-class, have started for Constantinople by the overland route. The Master-Generalship of the Ordnance will net be filled up during Lord Raglan's absence in the East. The provisional battalion at Chatham has a second time given volunteers for the regiments forming the British contingent. Arrangements have been made at Malta to accommo date 5,000 additional troops. ADDITIONAL TROOPS FOR THE EAST.—It is reported that the following regiments, in addition to those already named, have received orders for embarkation to join the army proceeding to Turkey--_-The 20th, 34th, 38th, and 97th Foot,. and the 42d and 79th Highlanders. These, with another brigade to be formed from troops now stationed at Gibraltar and Malta, consisting of the 30th, 47th, and 55th Regiments, will constitute the third division of the army, thus making the total force of infantry 25,000 men. The service companies of regi ments proceeding to the Mediterranean, for service in our garrisons there, are ordered, from the let inst., to be completed to 700 rank and file. The 63d, from the Linen Hall, and 21st from Richmond Barracks, are un der orders for embarkation to the East. Letters to that effect were received yesterday. 1,300 recruits have been already obtained in Ireland since the aug mentation of the army has been promulgated.—Dublin Daily Express. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 3. We understand that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have issued circulars to all the large steam packet companies, inquiring what steam-vessels can be placed at the disposal of the Government for the con veyance of troops or stores. The name, tonnage, and horse-power of the vessels. The port at which the vessels are or, if not in Eng land, when and where they may be expected. If in offering the vessels any derangement of the mail or other service will take place. Whether any of the ves sels are adapted for the conveyance of horses below ; and, if so, whether the internal fittings will have to be removed. The expenditure of coal per day in each vessel. If the ships should proceed to ports in the Mediterranean, whether the company would undertake to coal their own vessels, and not to .draw upon the Government stores. The probable expense, on rough estimate, of the employment of each ship for one, two, or three months. The only assistance which could be rendered from this port, without interruption to the mail packet service, would be the new steam-ships Colombo, Candia, and Simla, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany, and the Magdalena, 2,750 tons, and 750-horse power, and the Medway, 1,800 tons, and 450-horse power, belonging to the West India Mail Company. The Magdalena is already chartered by the Government, and will be a most efficient troop-ship. The Medway might be got ready for sea within a short time, and would carry 700 or 800 men. The Colombo, a new screw steamer, of 1,800 tons and 400-horse power, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, is expected in a few days from the Clyde. The Simla, of 2,600 tons burden and 600-horse power, is getting ready for sea at Greenock with the greatest despatch, and, it is hoped, will be in Southampton in about six weeks. The Candia, of 2,250 tons and 500-horse power, is now in the Thames, and may be got ready for service in about two months. All these vessels would be most powerful and efficient aids to the steam transport service of the Govern ment, and will doubtless be offered. It is not antici pated that any of the contract mail companies will pro pose the employment of any of their ships, the with drawal of which would put a stop to the mail service ; but will, on the contrary, merely tender such steamers as can be spared for the present, thus throwing upon the Government the anus of withdrawing the mail packets in the event of the exigencies of the public service rep:- dering it necessary to do so. poviteut tu..augi j - PORTSMOttIi, MARCH 3. Ea . ch day developer more plainly the advance of the equipment of Sir Charles Napier's fleet, and the con tinued fine weather helps to an incalculable extent. The victualling proceeds almost without intermission ;.so does the gunnery drill of Admiral Chads. A perpetual can nonading from 9 o'clock in the morning until 4 in the afternoon (allowing: only for the dinner-time), is daily going on, and attracts great interest ashore. Aboard of enrvey. nnaia4ing^.l Captain H. Smith, C. 8., of the Neptune,. _CaptainLLVu, of t Prim Regent ; and Captain Crispin, jun., Captain of the Vic toria and Albert, with three medical officers, was held to-day at the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar, Capt. Super intendent Courtenay, on about 60 claimants to be in valided ; 15 marines and 45 seamen, several being coast guardmen newly draughted to serve afloat, were found unfit for active service on board ship, and were passed accordingly. The Prince Regent has completed her six months' provisions and stores for active service already. She will be paid down to-morrow at Spithead by the pay staff from the Admiralty, together with the Odin, Capt. Scott, in the basin, repairing boilers, &c. The Boscawen, 70, Capt. Glanville, was paid to-day. The post of Flag-Captain to Sir Charles Napier has been offered to Capt. Dalrymple Hay, of the flag-ship Vic tory, who distinguished himself in action with pirates in the China seas, when commanding the sloop Colum bine. The Prince Regent and Odin are the only ships of Rear-Admiral Corry's squadron from which paybooks have as yet been received. We trust the sailing of the fleet will not be delayed on account of the non performance of this clerical duty on board ship. We believe we are correct in asserting that if neces sity requires, the whole of the fleet now at Spithead might be sent to sea to-morrow night. All the ships were to-day completed with water before 12 o'clock, and they will have shipped their provisions by to-morrow at noon. Thus the victualling department of Clarence-yard have shown what can be done on an emergency. Rear- Admiral Corry returns from town to-morrow. Commo dore Martin, of the Duke of Wellington, although ap pointed to the Nile, 91, haS the option of commanding that ship or a division of the smaller steam-frigates, with a broad pendant of the first class in the Leopard, 18. The Arrogant, 46, having coaled, returned to Spithead this morning, and the Dauntless, 33, came in for the like purpose. The Magicienne, 16, has steamed away to the westward, apparently for Plymouth, on special service. The steam-vessel Porcupine has been despatched to look up volunteers on the coast. The Blenheim, 60, is adjusting her compasses in th e h ar b our , p re p ar atory to going out to Spithead. The Caesar, 91, new screw ship, Capt. Robb, has been got out of harbour this day. Her re markably speedy equipment reflects the highest credit on all engaged upon her, the engineer departmentespecially. She steamed out to Stokes Bay, an d ma d e two runs a l ong the measured mile, after which she ran through the fleet, and down to the Knati Light, and thence into the har bour again. She bad a large party on board. Her machinery worked most splendidly ; n ot a rivet or screw displaced. She was tried ahead and astern, and an swered 'perfectly. She realised a mean speed of 10i knots per hour, and came. into harbour at 4 p.m. to complete for sea. Whatever ill fortune might have at tended her launch, she seems to have shaken it off. The speed of the Princess Royal on M on d ay was 10 . 7 , no t 4.7, as erroneously printed in the notice of her trial. PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY EVENING. Rear Admiral Berkeley, one of the Lords of the Ad miralty, arrived here last evening, and Sir Baldwin Walker, Surveyor of the Navy, this morning. They are ,cove to expedite the fitting of ships. The Duke of Wellington, 131, Commander H. B. Martin, under charge of Mr. Thompson, Queen's Harbourmaster, left the Sound early this morning. On getting between Millbay-spur and St. Nicholas Island, the weather thick ened ; she was skilfully turned in the Narrows, and went back to the Sound shortly after. The Desperate came down harbour, and the Duke subsequently went up Hamoaze with all her powder on board,which was ,dis charged in harbour. To-morrow morning she will be docked at Keyham, and if the defects in her pump gear or in her valves can be remedied in time, she will be undocked in the evening. The orders are for her to be made sound again by Thursday. Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker inspected her to-day. Admiral Berkeley issued orders at 6 p.m. on Thursday to prepare the screw steam-ship Desperate, 8, Captain W. Chambers, for sea, and at that time her decks were lumbered, topgallant masts on deck, and sails unbent. Every man had leave until 4 this morning, but by the activity of the First-Lieutenant V. Johnson and a wil ling crew, topgallant masts were got up, topgallant yards crossed, and sails bent by half-past 7, and steam being got up in the meantime she shortly after went into the Sound. At 11 o'clock she sailed for Carrick fergus and Dublin to bring men for the squadron. The crew of the Royal George, 121, Captain Codring ton, were paid their wages to day, and she is ordered to sail for Spithead to-morrow. The Rhadamanthus ar rived yesterday with machinery from Woolwich, and the Nautilus, today with supernumeraries from Fal- mouth. Commodore H. B. Martin will probably remove his flag to-day from the Duke of Wellington to the Nile. Commodore Seymour gave up command of the dock yard to-day, and it is expected he will hoist his broad pendant on board the Duke to-morrow. In consequence of the embarkation of the 93d High landers, the dockyard military guard has been reduced from 55 to 43. The equipment of the troop-ship Belleisle, 24, as hos pital ship for the Baltic, has occupied the especial atten tion of Admiral Berkeley this forenoon. He went through her, accompanied by Sir B. Walker, Commo dore Seymour, Captain Singcombe, &c. Doctor Alex ander M'Kecknie, junior surgeon of Haslar Hospital, appointed inspector of hospitals on board the Belleisle, will have under him two surgeons, three assistant sur geons, and one surgeon's clerk. All the lower deck of the Belleisle will be used as an hospital. The first batta lion of the Ist Royals is expected to arrive here by rail at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, from Newport. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 3. Recruiting for the navy progresses rapidly, volunteers freely offering themselves. Yesterday evening a num ber of men, including some from Ireland and the Isle of Man, were forwarded by the mail train, and will be sent on board the Governmen ship Crocodile, whence they will be draughted on board vessels at Portsmouth, Ely mouth, and elsewhere, in accordance with Admiralty in structions. An order has been received at Liverpool stating that several vessels of from 650 to 850 tons bur den are immediately repired as transports, and that they would be engaged for three or four months positively, and might be required for a longer period. Owners of vessels of this class have sent in tenders, and it is under stood that several have been accepted. The 77th regi ment, which has arrived at Preston from Glasgow, will be embarked at this port on board the screw-steamer Kangaroo, which is expected here by every tide. On her arrival she - will go into the Sandon Dock, and the embarkation will take place in the course of a few days. • PEMBROKE, MARCH 3. The Ist Regiment of Foot, now doing duty in South Wales, having received orders to hold themselves in readiness to join the second division of the'British army for Turkey, the four companies now at the barracks here will be relieved by the same number of the 85th Foot, which corps will to a certain extent replace the let Foot. The head-quarters of the 85th are at present at Bristol. Lieutenant-Colonel Crawley, R.E., has assumed the direction of the engineering-- department in connexion with the defences now in course of progress for the better protection of the haven. He succeeded Lieu tenant-Colonel Victor, who has proceeded to Constanti nople on particular service. The volunteering for the navy has been very successful in this neighbourhood, upwards of 65' able-bodied fellows having been sent round to Plymouth as the last batch, The fort at the western side of the dockyard has been mounted with the guns sent for its armament. The pieces of ordnance will be 24 in number, about half of which will be 10 and 8-inch guns, which have been mounted on traversing carriages. This battery was formerly suppfied with 24-pounders, but last summer the whole was altered to receive the present armament — viz., 32's and 68's, which have been mounted by the small detachment of the Royal Artillery stationed here. GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE. The following are the instructions issued by the British and French Governments for the joint protection of w or h e ii of fh Foreign-office, i he o )taaesrr ffic lni e a , Feb. i r e British and French subjects and commerce. They are given in the form of a circular addressed to her Majesty's diplomatic and consular agents abroad : F on Sir,—Thetheb efore communicationcorrespondence b e hHouses recentlyrna e affairs Parliament, 2 been , will lln which has m 5 have 4 a . d e e been toyu o laid f shown you that there is every probability of an early com mencement of hostilities between Great Britain and France ou one side, and Russia on-the-other. The correspondence will also have shown you that the British and French Governments, throughout the difficult and complicated negotiations which have preceded the existing state of affairs, have earnestly and cordially acted together with a view to avert the calamity of war, and that they al 0 equally prepared to act with the same earnestness and cor diality for the preservation of the Ottoman empire, if the Emperor of Russia should still be unwilling to negotiate for peace on fair and reasonable terms. The time has now arrived when it is incumbent on the two Governments to prepare for all the contingencies of war; and among those contingencies it has been impossible for them to overlook the danger to which their subjects and their commerce on the high seas may be exposed by the machinations of their enemy, who, though unable from his own resources materially to injure either, may seek to derive means of offence from countries whose Governments take no part in the contest which he has provoked. But it is a necessary consequence of the strict union and alliance which exist between Great Britain and France, that, in the event of war, their conjoint action should be felt by Russia in all parts of the world ; and that not only in the Baltic, and in the waters and territory of Turkey, their counsels, their armies, and their fleets, should be united either for offensive or defensive purposes against Russia, but that the same spirit of union should prevail in all quarters of the world, and that whether for oflence or defence the civil and military and naval resources of the British and French Empires should be directed to the common objects of protecting the subjects and commerce of England and France from Russian aggression, and of de priving the Russian Government of the means of inflicting injury on either. For these reasons her Majesty's Government have agreed with that of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, to in struct their civil and naval authorities in foreign parts to consider their respective subjects as having an equal claim to protection against Russian hostility ; and for this pur pose, either singly or in conjunction with each other, to act indifferently for the support and defence of British and French interests. It may bo that, in a given locality, one only of the Powers is represented by a civil functionary, or by a naval force ; but, in such a case, the influence and the power of that one must be exerted as zealously and efficiently for the protection of the subjects and interests of the other, as if those subjects and interests were its own. I have accordingly to instruct you, Sir, to act in con formity with this principle. You will consider it your duty to protect, as far as possible, against the consequence of the hostilities in which England and France may shortly be engaged with Russia, the subjects and interests of France equally with those of England ; and you will make known without reserve to the French civil and naval authorities with whom yon may have means of communi cation, any dangers to which the interests of either country may be exposed, or any opportunities with which you may become acquainted of inflicting injury on the common enemy. Instructions to the same effect will be sent by the Go vernment of France to its civil and naval authorities in fo reign parts, and her Majesty's Government concur with that of France in anticipating the most favourable results from this decided manifestation of the intimate union which prevails between them, and which it is their earnest desire should influence their agents in all parts of the world at a moment when they are about to engage in a contest with the empire of Russia for an object of such paramount inte rest to Europe as the maintenance of the Turkish empire. I am, &c., (Signed) CLARENDON. EXPORT Of SPEOIE.—The Plata steamer has sailed from Southampton for the West Indies, the Pacific, &c., with a full cargo of foreign and British merchandise, and 15,0001. in specie. The shipments of specie by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Euxine amount to 155,6681- of which 28,4161. is gold for Malta, Alexan dria, Ceylon, and Hong Kong, and 127,2521. silver for Malta, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Singapore, Batavia, /long Kong, Canton, and Shanghai. THE FACTORIES ACT. - Nr - DEPUTATION TO LORD PALMERSTON. Yesterday evening a general deputation f rom the cotton, woollen, worsted, silk, and linen trades waited on Lord Palmerston, her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, at the Home-office, Whitehall, in reference to a circular letter lately issued to them by the inspector of factories, commanding them to boa in all the shafting and mill gear of their factories, so as to guard against the recurrence of accidents. The deputation was attended by delegates from Bactip, Blackburn, Belfast, Bradford (Yorkshire), Burnley, Car lisle, Colne, Leeds, Tees, Saddleworth, Leicester, Preston, Wigan, Wilsden near Bingley, Halshaumoor, Bury (Lan cashire) , Cleckheaton, Gomersal, Bolton-le-Moors, Chorley, Staleybridge, Hyde, Manchester, Kendal, Keswick, Clithe roe, Stockport, Halifax, Lancaster, Todmorden, Accring ton, Huddersfield, Rochdale, Oldham, Ashton, Lisburne, Newry, Deighley, Glasgow, Dewsbury, Hawick, Gala shiels, and Macclesfield. These were accompanied by several members of the House of Commons. _ _ Lord Palmerston, in reply to the deputation, after de tailing the instructions which he had given to the in spectors, proceeded to say that at times like the present, when, he regretted, the best feelings did not exist be tween the employers and the employed, he thought that the former should be anxious to show to the latter that they had a lively interest in their welfare and safety. The question he had to consider was one of detail, first, as to the amount of accidents, and next, as to the degree to which precautions could be taken to guard against ishem without involving expense, trouble, and interference beyond the necessity of the case. If they took place either from want of caution on the part of the workpeople themselves, or by reason of children undertaking duties for which they were too young, or from persons going through the works iu dresses not suited to the ,place, it might be that the rnillowners themselves might, by certain regulations, obviate the danger ; but if; on the other hand, those distressing acci dents flowed from an unguarded state of nla,qhipery, it was clearly the duty of Government to step in and insist on an alteration. They had, however, he thought, shown suffi cient cause for a reconsideration of the order, and in the mean time he should . give instructions that the order should be enforced. _ _ . _ . . The deputation, having thanked his lordship, then withdrew. • • THE ADMIRALTY PILOTS. . .. The, following memorial has been addressed to the Lords of tits Admiralty froth the gentlemen appointed to act as pilots to the Baltic fleet; it is to be observed that they are Younger Brethren of the Trinity-house, Hull : ' " Hull, Feb. 18, 1854. " , My Lords,—We, the Yeuliger Brethren of the • Trinity house, at thisallace, selected to form part of the expedition in H.M. steamer Hecla, appointed to survey the ,passages, harbours, &c., &d.; in the North Sea and the Baltic, beg most respectfully to complain to your Lordships of the want of berthing accommodation on board that vessel. Some among us are shipowners and retired from the sea, and the remainder are masters in the merchant service, and we all are accustomed to the comforts of a respectable home or cabins while afloat. Before we accepted the appointment in the Hecla, which in volved great sacrifices and pecuniary losses on the part of several of our number, we were assured that our position would be respected, and proper berths iu the after cabins al lotted to our use. Your lordships may therefore imagine our astonishment and disgust when we were informed that ham mocks were slung in the cockpit for our reception. Such, my lords, is the accommodation provided, in her Majesty's service, for gentlemen about to be employed on an arduous duty requiring considerable knowledge and skill, We cannot for a moment suppose that your lordships are aware of the degradation thus imposed on us (and desire to acknowledge with thanks your lordships' order that we are to mess with th o .fac....,), u,ithe'v (10 y,e atta,Lti .1.11 Illctuav e, 6nc , av bvnti, men, from whom we have received the greatest kindness, and who have uo better berths to offer us ; but we humbly submit that the Hecla is unsuitable for the purposes intended, both iu this and other respects, and we entertain no doubt that if a steam-ship of a superior class had been despatched, we could have induced a large number of able seamen from this port to accompany us as volunteers for H. M. navy. In conclusion, we beg to state that nothing but a solemn sense of the duty we owe to our country at the present crisis, to which British sailors will at all times cheerfully respond, if properly treated, would have induced us to embark on board the Hocla. We are aware that this appeal will come too late to admit of a re medy being provided on the present occasion, but we would respectfully urge your lordships' attention, should our ser vices be required hereafter, that orders be issued to provide suitable berths for us among the commissioned officers on board H.M. ships, and that the indignity of huddling us in the cockpit with the men before the mast be not again prac tised upon the Younger Brethren of the Trinity-house of this port.—We have the honour to be your lordships' very obe dient servants."—Shipping Gazette. RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY. The ninth half-yearly meeting of the proprietors in this company was held yesterday at the offices of the company, 3, Old Broad-street, City, Sir John Deal Paul, Bart., in the chair. From the report it appears that the following is a com parative statement of the number of tickets issued during the half-year ending 31st December last, with the same period in the preceding year :--Single journey tickets, first class, 1852; 23,424 ; 1853, 29,754. Second class, 1852, 49,683 ; 1853, 55,548. Third class, 1852, 72,342 ; 1853, 75,229. Double journey tickets, first class, 1852, 2,977 ; 1853, 4,877. Second. class, 1852, 5,431; 1853, 9,514. Third class, 1852, 12,299 ; 1853, 15,665. Periodical tickets, 1152, 2,715 ;' 1853, 2,910. Policies for terms of years, 1852, 47 ; 1853, 32. For life by one payment, 1852, 44 • 1853, 34. For life by annual payments on a decreasing scale, 1852, 173. 1853, NeW policies, 216 ; renewals, 126. Total, 342. The total amount of the premiums on the insurances effected during the half-year is 4,9251. 14s. 3d., which, added to the receipts of the previous six months, makes the total income of the year 1853, 18,9001.155. Bd., against 7,4221. 12s. 6d. for 1852. The amount received to the 31st December was 4,0171. ss. making, with the balance of the preceding half-year, and the interest on investments, the sum of 6,2751. ls. 7d. to the credit of revenue account. Against this are placed the working expenses, the Government duty, the amount paid as compen sation, and a second payment of 150/. towards the replace ment of preliminary expenses, leaving 2,7631. 7s. Bd., to the credit of the revenue account. A further investment of 6001. in the 31 per cont. Consols has been made as a reserve on ac count of sums received for term and life policies, making the total balance invested for that purpose 1,6001. In addition to the amount in hand and invested, the sum of 9081.95. Id. was due from the clearing house and agents, which increases the available balance to 3,6711. 16s. 9d., from which the direc tors recommend that interest for the half-year on the paid up capital of the company, at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, should be paid, and 'the re mainder, after defraying the charges for Government duty and commission unpaid at the close of the year, should be reserved to meet claims and contingencies on existing pe riodical tickets. The sum paid 'as compensation shows a considerable decrease on that paid in previous half-years. The number of claims have been more numerous than usual, but the injuries were generally less serious. The number of claims settled during the half-year has been 34, in respect of which 5511, Bs. 3d. has been paid, against 19 claims on which 1,9011. 13e. 7d. was paid in the preceding half-year. Two claims remain unadjusted from the nature of the inju ries received. The total amount of the compensation amounts by the company since the .opening of the office 13014 amo. to the large sum of 11,8751. ss. 7d., and affords the best proof of the utility of the company. The Caammax, in proposing the adoption of the report, said he might confidently address the proprietors In language he of congratulation at the close of the mos t . plrouspetintroyus of which was year of t existence of the institution , now widely established , in pthroepopilrotr as its advantages were more fully known and appreciated by the travelling public. At the terrible accident which had happened in Ireland only one gentleman was insured, and it was remarkable that he was s eated in the same carr i age with the ladies who had been killed. Ile had; however, escap ed, an d received as compen sation 251. At the accident at Thetford also only one of the assengers was insure d, a commercial traveller, who had falcon out an insurance ticket. • Both of this gentleman's legs were fractured ; but he was happy in being able to state that, in spite of these severe injuries, he was progressing ,favour ably. He was happy also to say that, at the request of a large majority of influential travellers by the line, the Brighton Railway Company had at length consented to issue this com pany's tickets. He trusted. that the South-Eastern Company, which was the single existing exception, would also allow the travellers on their line to avail themselves of the benefits of this assurance. After a short discussion the report was adopted, and the proceedings terminated. CIISTOMS.—The change in the hour of attendance of the officers of the landing and waterside departments of the Customs generally took place on the Ist inst. From this time until the Ist of November the hour of com mencing business will be eight instead of nine o'clock, as during the winter months. As the hours of attend. ance at the Customs regulate the transaction of business at the great dock, establishments and the waterside generally, the .extension of time will take place at those marts of commerce fOr the receipt and delivery of all de scriptions of foreign goods from the bonded premises in the port of London. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's Emigra tion Commissioners have given notice that they are ready IT:Creceive tenders for the supply of two ships to carry einigrants to New South Wales and Victoria, to be ready to embark passengers on the 18th of April next. TRADE AND NAVIGATION RETURNS. The official trade and navigation returns for the month ending Feb. 5, have been issued. The declared value of some of the principal exports, compared with that for the same articles during the cor responding month of last year, was as follows : 1853. 1854. Beer and Ale £106,066 Coals and culm 90,566 Cotton manufactures' 2,105,924 Cotton yarn 482,865 Earthenware 101,282 ...... 76,34 T Haberdashery and millinery 234,978 Hardware and cutlery Linen manufactures Linen yarn Machinery 124,894 Metals 858,216 ..... 772,817 Silk manufactures Woollen martufAdtures , Woollen jritfn , 88,344 The:c6inparison of imports for the month is as under-:: 1853. 1854. 847 Oxen 1,008 Sheep Wheat no. qrs. 4,586 4,253 440,902 Bar) oy Oats .. ~...qrs. 73,690 80,862 " 26,393 Flour Coffee Cocoa Flax Currants Guano ..cw t . 305,620 „lbs. 1,554,092 .lbs. 221,598 .cwt. 69,348 36,824 ..cwt. 9,265 -* 9,859 ..tons 1,584 2,766 Hemp cwt. 21,417 Oil, palm cwt. 28,928 Potatoes cwt. 115,073 Bacon, pork, and beef.... cwt. 19,705 Silk, raw lbs. 818,638 Rum proof gallons 174,097 ...... Brandy proof gallons 185,330 Geneva proof gallons 10,000 ...... Timber loads 61,562 Tobacco . lbs. 790;652 Wine gallons. 170,993 8,280 54,601 3,534 9,836 815,577 405,434 41,379 1,642 805 98,,_ 437,374 ....,,. 442,744 ~.,._ -,..- Cotton _ cwt. 398,,301 Sheep's wool lb s . 3,349,052 The total declared value of all the exports amounted to 6,692,5421., which, as compared with the like month i'. , 1853, shows an increase of 460,7011. THE BELGIAN GIRL'S 'CASE: Mr. Simonds, an inspector of the B division, accom paut,a 4 j - QM. lacruy, the unfortunate Belgian girl, whose case has excited so much sensation in the public mind, waited upon Mr. Arnold on her behalf, at the Westminster Police-court yesterday. The Inspector said that his application was for a war rant to procure the restoration of the girl's clothing, which was detained at the house in Denbigh-terrace, to which she had been brought from Brussels by Fiestel, alias Harrison. It will be remembered that on the oc casion of her escape, on the morning of the 17th ult., she had nothing on her but a woollen dress, and was in debted to the kindness of strangers for the clothes in which she had subsequently appeared. Mr. Arnold observed that he should have no hesita tion in granting a summons to compel their restoration. Mr. Simonds begged to inform the magistrate of the result of some further inquiries respecting the case. He found that Fiestel's mother had kept a house for the re ception of girls for infamous purposes at, he believed, 192,Waterloo-road, where Elizabeth Grimwood had pre viously been murdered. Fiestel's father had left his wife in consequence of her disgraceful conduct. Mr. Arnold inquired what sort of house it was in Den bigh-terrace to which the girl had been brought '? Mr. Simonds observed that it was a very fine house, magnificently furnished. He knew a gentleman who had offered 1,0001. for the house, and, no doubt, would have had it, but that the M. Denis, who professed to be un extensive wine merchant, became the occupant. Mr. Arnold inquired whether Mr. Simonds was aware of the circumstance of its being a brothel before the pre sent case was brought forward ? _ _ Mr. Simonds replied that he was not, and the business was conducted so privately that many of the neighbours did not, although they suspected it was. He had felt it his duty to make inquiries respecting 116, Taohbrook street, where Fiestel alias Harrison resided, and found it was a highly respectable house, and that there was not the least imputation upon the character of the land lord. Fiestel's mother had taken the apartments for herself, and, as she represented, a son, a mathematical instrument-maker, and referred the landlord to a b u ild er in the Vauxhall-bridge-road, who gave her an excellent character. Since the examination of Fiestel, itinerant newsmongers had been selling halfpenny and penny ac counts of the transaction opposite the house, pointing to it, and of course causing great annoyance to the respect able inmates. Mr. Arnold said that the police would of course in terfere to prevent anything of that sort being carried on. Mr. Fenwick observed that it would of course meet with proper attention. The girl, who appears less dejected than before, then left in care of the police. Madame Denis s name is stated to be "Laura La boucher." ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MARCH 3. Wiliam Naylor, William Brand, William Shorter, Henry Townsend, and William Patey, were indicted for attempting to rescue Mr. William Seymour Blackstone, l a t e M.P. for Wallingford, from the hands of the bailiff of the sheriff of Oxfordshire, on the 27th of January, and for an assault upon the bailiff. The prosecution was instituted by the late high sheriff ooffif O ce xf rs o , re v tre w f a o s r a t p h p e p i nutrepdo foree ot the e protecting of o e n x e ec o u f ti h n i g s a writ against Mr. Blackstone, from interference on the part of the defendants with that officer in the execution of his duty. The circumstances of the case were these :—Mr. Blackstone was a gentleman who formerly represented Wallingford in Parliament ; he got into difficulties, and when he ceased to be a member of Parliament he ceased to have protection from arrest by law ; but though there were many writs in the hand of the sheriffs of Oxfordshire and Berkshire agaitist him, it was difficult to enforce them, as he was very popular, and a great lavourite in the town which he had represented ; and he seemed to treat, not exactly with defiance, but with impunity all attempts to take him into custody. His sister lived at Howberry Man sion, a lofty place, commanding a view of the surround ing country, and close to the Thames, where it sepa rates the counties of Oxford and Berkshire, and he.had a punt on the river by which he was enabled to go to either side of the river, as he saw the officers of the other side in pursuit of him. He also provided himself with three dogs of a most formidable character, and by these means enjoyed for a long time freedom from arrest. At length the sheriff of Oxfordshire determined to put an end to this system, and a writ for 1421. having come down he put a warrant int o the hands of a man named Turner, who met with him near his sm• ter's house. On perceiving him Mr. Blackstone ran away, but was overtaken and served with a writ. Mr. Blackstone asked Turner to let him go back to his house for a change of clothes ; but this Turner, who had got special directions not to suffer him to escape, would not allow. He was then taken into a barn, where he sent a message to his solicitor to visit him. In the meantime the defendants appeared with sticks, shovels, and dung forks, and assumed a menacing attitude. A fly was then brought to convey Mr. Blackstone away, upon whioh a struggle ensued ; lrit the officers notwithstanding considerable resistance, succeeded forcing it, and driving him off to Oxford, After him evideatoce had been adduced in proof o f above facts, the defendants, by the advice of counsel, withdrew the plea of not guilty, an d IA guilty, and they were discharged on entering int recognisances to keep the peace for two years. NATAL INTELLIGENCE. The following"notice has been issued at the Admiralty for the information of officers : "Admiralty, March 3. "Under present circumstances Sir J. Graham regrets that he is unable to name any day for the public recep tion of officers." Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.8., retires from the hydrographic and harbour department at the end of the present month, and will then be succeeded by Captain John 'Washington. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Frederick Hutton (1844), at present com manding the Prince Regent, 90, flag-ship of Rear-Ad• miral Corry, is appointed to command the Neptune, 120, at Portsmouth.. CaPtain Henry Suiith4lB29), at present in command of the Neptune, no, is appointed to -command the Prince Regent, 90. Commander Benjamin H. 13unce (1848), at present in the Prince - Regent, is appointed to the Neptune, 120, :it Portsmouth. Commander Richard D. White (1847), to study steam at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard, in the room of Captain Lyons, appointed to command the Miranda, 14, screw steam-sloop, at Sheerness. Lieutenants.—Thoma.s Brandreth (1845), from the Prirlte Regent to the Neptune ; Thomas C. Bruoe (1846), to the Prince Regent; William R. Edye (1853), froM the St. Jean d'Acre, 101, screw steam-ship, to the Prometheus, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, at Devonport ; Charles T. W. G. Cerjat (1846), from the Blenheim, 60, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth, to the Hogue, 60, screw steam-ship, at Devonport ; James Yule (1826), J. S. Keatley 0828), and D. B. Bedford (1330), to be agents for transports. Master .Henry William Allen (1842), who, for some time past, was master-commander of the Lightning steam vessel at :Woolwich, is again' appointed master to that vessel, on her being Commissioned at this port by Capt. B. J. Sulivan, for .surveying the service. Chaplains;---:Rev..E. A. Williams (1854), to the St. George, 120, ..at Devonport ; Rev. Joseph Smithard (1854), to the, pxsar, 91, screw steam-ship, at Ports mouth. Chief-Engineer Charles Kerr Renwick is appointed to the Phoenix, screw steam-sloop, for service in the Arctic regions, and to convey stores to Beechy Island for Captain Sir Edward Belcher's expedition. Chief Engineer Peter M'Dowall, to the Archer, 14, ecru.►-cor'ettc q nt Woolwich• First-class Assisfint-Engineer Patrick — U. - Lambert, to the Phoenix. Assistant-Surgeon John R. Holman (1847), to the Phoenix. Clerk-in-Charge William T. Richards (1848), from the Excellent, gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, to the Phoenix. PROMOTIONS. Assistant-Surgeons—Samuel S. D. Wells (1845), serving in a naval hospital, to be surgeon, and his pro motion to bear date February, 28, 1854 ; Jas. Jenkins (1841), borne on the books of the Fisgard for service in the dockyard, and Henry Piers, serving as assistant surgeon (1842) in the Investigator, discovery ship, in Mercy-bay in the Arctic regions, to be surgeons. COMMITTEE OF COMPLAINT OF BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. This committee stood adjourned to yesterday at noon, but, in consequence pf difficulty in forming a quorum of members,, the - proceedings did not commence till two o'clock. Mr. E. B. Roche, M.P., for Cork county, addressing the chairman, said, that he and Mr. D. O'Connell con sidered that certain statements made by Dr. Gray at the last sitting of the committee contained an imputation upon their characters as gentlemen and members of Parliament, and that they had taken the earliest opportunity of attend ing the committee to ask them immediately to go into an investigation of their case. Mr. F. Lucas M.P., for Meath, was then called as a witness.—He said he id not think the course taken by the committee was a perfectly fair one. When Dr. Gray men tioned his (Mr. Lucas') name he was pressed by the com mittee to mention everything he had ever heard from any body's mouth ; and he had, therefore, no alternative be tween either being guilty of contempt against the com mittee, or mentioning the merest rumours. His (Mr. Lucas') name had been, therefore, connected with rumours which he had never the slightest, notion would be brought before the committee, and which he had made up his mind not to bring before them. With regard to the case of Mr. E. B. Roche, a paragraph had appeared in some of the papers,—in the Standard, he believed, and in the Cori; Constitution, relative to the appointment of Mr. Nagle to some law office in Ireland, obtained through his (Mr. Roche's) influence. That paragraph naturally gave rise to a good deal of talk ; but he had no accusation to bring against Mr. Roche, nor did he know of any thing tending to implicate him stronger than what that paragraph con tained. Up to the time that he (Mr. Lucas) made some observations in the House of Commons, he had heard of no case in which the name of any member of the present Parliament had been mentioned, even in rumour. Had he known anything stronger than rumour, anything positive, he would not have left the case to this or any committee ; he would have brought the proofs under the notice of the Solicitor or Attorney General for Ireland, in order that the parties might be_prosecuted as for a misdemeanour. Mr. Keogh—Did you mention any names to Dr. Gray ? Mr. Lucas—l think I recollect mentioning the names of Mr. Roche and Mr. O'Connell. Mr. Keogh—Did you state to Dr. Gray that either Mr. Roche or Mr. O'Connell had been positively engaged in selling places ? Mr. Lucas—l stated the rumour I had heard. I stated nothing positively as a fact. Mr. Keogh—Give the committee the exact words you used ? Mr. Lucas—l am unable to do so ; and, though I could, I should not, for I could not help mentioning names that, with the greatest possible respect to this committee, I have no intention to mention. I have made up my mind not to commun icate any further information upon a case which in my opinion ought never to have been mentioned in this committee, and I therefore respectfully decline to answer any questions which might lead to the result I am deter mined to avoid. Mr. Keogh—Are you the proprietor of the Tablet news paper ? Mr. Lucas—l am. Mr. Keogh.—There appears in that journal, under date the 11th of February, an article entitled " Sale of Govern ment Places by Irish members," which says—" As it is apprehended that the Government and their Irish sup porters will make some desperate attempt to hush up and hurry 'system the parliamentary investigation into the scan dalous system of place-selling, the assistance of every one who can throw any light on such proceedings is wanted. All those who think they can be of service in this way are earnestly pressed to communicate at once with some Irish member in whom entire confidence is placed." Did you write that article? Mr. Lucas.—l did not, but lam ready to take the re sponsibility of it Mr. Keogh.—And do you consider that you are carrying out the recommendation contained in that article in now refusing to communicate to the committee the information they demand of you ? Mr. Lucas.—l do not think my conduct is at variance with it. I never intended Dr. Gray to mention the names of Mr. Roche and Mr. O'Connell to the committee. Mr. Keogh.—The statements you made to Dr. Gray were made to him in the lobby, while the room was clear on the last day of the sitting? Mr. Lucas.—They were. Mr. Keogh—Then, being a member of Parliament, and so privileged to be present in the room, what reason had you for going and communicating in the lobby with Dr. Gray, at that time a witness under examination ? Mr. Lucas—l can give no reason. It was an indiscre tion on my part, that is all ; but I thought at the time that Dr. Gray's examination was concluded. Mr. Keogh—Do yon withdraw any charge against Messrs. Roche and O'Connell ? Mr. Lucas—l have made no charge. Mr. Keogh—Have you then, the slightest foundation for making any charge against either of them ? Mr. Lucas—l say I have made no charge. After the room had been cleared, the Chairman commu- 42 12 6 fi 127 .ii 4 53,6 Os. 7 9 O u O 0 D 0 II 0, cont. flat -71 ; Tortb and, I, 91; witii and or* class F 2; In,. ion, "-;;J