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T HE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 39, King-street, Cheapside, London. Established 1834. SPECIAL NOTICE. —Assurances effected before the 31st instant Rill share In the Profits at the end of next year. SAMUEL BROWN, Actuary. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY.—ESTABLISHED 1797. Capital, 550,0001. It is provided by the constitution of the Society that the Insured shall be free from all responsibility ; and to guarantee the engage ments of the Office, a fund of 550,0001. has been subscribed by a numerous and opulent Proprietary, which fund has been further in creased by the accumulation of an additional reserve, now amount ing to 96,8601. Returns of Three-fifths of the Profits of the Company are periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus from time to time received ftom the Society sums amounting in the aggregate to nearly 380,000/. The fates of Premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal Offices making no returns to their Insurers. The business of the Company emends 62,000,0001., and, owing to the liberality With which its engagements have been p •rformed, is rapidly increasing. The Duty paid to Government for the year 18.53 was 73,9711., and the amount insured on Farming Stock was upwards of 8,974,6291. This Office is wholly distinct from the Life Office. For Prospectuses apply to the Society's Offices, 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars ; and Surrey-street, Norwich. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The following REMARKABLE NOVELTIES have been SPECIALLY PREPARED. LECTURE by ,T. H. PEPPER, Esq., on Professor Wheatstone's experiments on the TRANSMISSION of SOUND through Solid Con ductors, illustrated by a TELEPHONIC CONCERT. FIRST PAR T of an ENTIRELY NEW and SPLENDID OPTI CAL DIORAMA, illustrating the VOYAGES- of SINBAD the SAILOR, with Beautiful PHANTASMAGORIA EFFECTS, and appropriate Music arranged by Mr. Waud. Great Increase in the VIEWS of the WAR: the BATTLE of the ALMA, SIEGE of SEBASTOPOL, the ENGLISH BATTERIES, &c., &c. LECTURE on the LANCASTER GUN, the MINIE RIFLE, and that powerful implement of war, the STEAM GUN, projecting Sixty Balls per Minute, wh ch has been erected by Mr. PERKINS, and will be discharged daily and in the Evenirizs. LEC T URES on ELECTRICITY by Dr. BACHNOFFNER. Mr. Ca AWFORD'S VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT of the PATRIOTIC SONGS of SCOTLAND. For the special Amusement of the Juvenile Auditory, DAVIS'S INGENIOUS M NRIONETTES will be exhibited . All the other LECT LYRES, EX B ITIONS of MODELS, &c. &c. Fresh decorations. Special Juvenile Night on the 3d of January, and gratuitous distri - talon of the Ornaments of a beauti - ul Christmas Tree amongst the Toung People. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF SIR WM. BURNETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID. Gallons, ss. Quarts, 2s. Pints, is. Half-pints, 6d. This Valuable DEODORISER and DISINFECTANT instantane ously destroys all BAD SMELLS without producing any itself. Its free use, as directed, PREVENTS CLIOLERA zad all CON TAGIOUS DISEASES. Sold by all Chemists and Druggists, and at the Office,' 8, Cannon- Street, London-bridge. N.B.—Beware of a spurious imitation. TR' SEMAR,, protected by' Royal Letters Patent pf England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAIt, No. 1, is a remedy fbr Relaxation, Sperniatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of th System. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and e ntirel y eradicates ail traces 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 sarsi:parllia in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAII, No. 1,2, and 3, aro alike devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use beim.' suspected. Sold in tin cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided ante separate doses, as administered by valpeau, Laliemand, 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. IL AV ES END S T PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfleet Piai The Packets call at the Piers as underlined ß (waather permit PROM TERRACE PIE. GRAVESEND. SUNDAYS, Naas DAYS. lvf-1 g 11 os , . - __ _ • Terrace i t Pier 6 1 - I i Omnibuses from Fenchurch-stn every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WEIA.RF. BLACK lowing 'MIMS from the F 1.) 1 r P. 1 Time 64 I 17 1 ---: - I_ •eet Station to all parts of London :WILL, on, the arrival of the fo: 'enehurch-stteet Station. • WETS DAYS. DAYS. SUNDAYS. CLlr en e - h u 1 1 i church 5,v 'Street :8 .1 '' o. Street 1$ 2)4 , 4 4 7 3 4 4% —.— Al en _ 3 . ._ 4. , ! t; I 4 .1, c 2 g Fore Cabin. tialoon. 10d. .. Is. 2d. Fore Cabin. tialoon. To or from Gravesend and Londo n.. •....... 10d. .. ls. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwall or IYoolWieh Bd. .. Os. 10d. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5..03.•, Six Months, V. Os. , Three Months, 21. 03. • to be had of the Collectors o n board the packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Nov. 13, 1854. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. dust published, price 25., Illustrated with cases ; free by post for 30 stamps, IN"ER VOU S DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms. and Cure.—An Essay on SP er matorthcea, with Practica l Observations on a safe r and moret • suc cessful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Genera System obtained by the use of the Microsco p e in detecting Ze ] e distinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of every variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermaterrhoaa , Sec. To which are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre cautiona hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, and on the 6+lngerous remedies advocated by various writers on these important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, )ctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of :he University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., ftc, The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any o ther class of disease know n to modern pathologists. Its perusal is Pertieularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts 01 their physical condition, and who aro conscious of having hazardee the health, haPPiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It Is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there art prim' plea of personal management which cannot be violated without hearing grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the lyeelay of inconsiderate self-indulgence, bow these penalties irsy be mitigated, bow the sting of their bitterness may be removed, ar.d how the evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely aly deeree of physical infirmity or functions' derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure, The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which hays unfortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant ee epteies, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, twice 2s, of Messrs. Piper, Brothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; - Horse, 1 9 , Leicester - square; Mann, 89, Cornhill ; or free by post fol thirty stamps to any address from the Author's residence, 87, Bed (Ord -Square. At home for eOriStitetioa daily from Eleven till Two, and from Aix Wi Eight. FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.- E. MOSES and SON have ready for inspection a new and very superior stock of Vests for Balls and Christmas parties. These com prise the latest introduction, English and foreign, in fabrics of ele airse everywhere made with the c el brated. gant a id fashionable manufacture—and skill for which the firm of E. Momswd E. Moses and SON have prepare d a new stbok of Juvenile Attire fir Christma s holidays—it comprehends every variety, is made from most suitable materials, has the recommendation of being finishedbythe most skilful and experienced the best and d es igned and ossible Price. charged the lowest artists and workmen in the trade—it fits gracefully and easy, and is MoSES and SON, who have ready u nparalleled variety of Overcoats, Pidetots, Capes, joy inspection an unp &c &c the style; workmanship, and gene ., , rappers, Reversi ble ?, rfectly inimitable, and the prices ouch as are ral excellences are Po For the Christmas') holidays E. Mons and Son's Establishment, and For Christmas holiday s E. 4 ' i m mense transactions. y provided with Hosiery lt only renderedßranch , isiew remunerativeoxforOxford-street, .sa b et, are equal ]y e &c., during the Christmas bon nets and Caps, Boots and Shoes, _ selected of E. Mons and Sox. days may be most advantageously Shirt, and Boot and Shoe Goods, which excel in novelty, elegance, and cheapness. Stock of the most suitable Goods departments present the largest E. Moses and Sox's Wholesale Clothing, k 1 1855 E. MOSES a nd'SON'S SPECIAL NOTICE.—UntiI Marc , , , HT 0 CLOCK EVERY (for the export or home trade) at the most reasonable prices. ESTABLISHMENTS will he CLOSED at EIGHT to guard the CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having EVENING, except Saturday, when they will be open till 11 o'clock. public against imposition ,having l ea rned that the nutradernan,:litkvse falsehood of "Being connected with their Establishment,' or the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances , an d for obvious reasons, they b eg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITSANY OYIIF.It 110133 E IN OS our OF LONDON, except their own .Establishments as follo London City Establishm ent, 154, w.; :-- 155. 156 and 157, 55, and 86, Aldgate, oppo s it e the Church. all , communic l at i n n g "es, .1 84, London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508 New O x ford-street, 1,2, and 3, Mart - street, all communicati ng ' . Bradtord (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Brid ge - s t ree t. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, F • ihoe Makers, and General Ontfltters for Ladies and IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, exchanged if desired , or, if preferred, the money 41e11:: t remen. Boot and on, It will be without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain ngures, the lowest price, irons which no abatement can ho made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset en Saturdays, when business is resumed till 11 o'clock. A new Book for Autumn and Winter. " The Commercial Cornu copia," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure mut, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Ictl'on parle Francon. Qui al parla Italian°. flier spricht man Deutseb Aqua as habla Espano. 4 An Illustrated Almanac for 1855 gratis, on application, or post free. IkTA.TIONAL LOAN ] ANON SOCIETY, No. Establishes DIUC A. Campbell Barclay, Esq. ' Charles Bennett, Esq. Hugh Croft, Esq. John Elliotson, F.R.S. Thos. Colley Grattan, Esq. FUND LIFE ASSUR -26, Cornhill, London. A in 1838. • CTOES. John Moss, Esq. Thomas Nicoll, Esq. E. S. Symes, M.D. J. Leander Starr, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. MANAGING MTIECTOIB. J. Leander Starr, Esq. (General). i Chas. Bennett, Esq. (Financial; AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor John Radford Young. MEDICAL EXAMINERS. J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. B. S. Symes, M.D., 33, Davies-street, Berkeley-square. ACTUARY. w. S. B. woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &C. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. RANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Cb., 56, Lombard-street. SOLICITOR. C. Ewens, Esq., 61, Moorgate-street. Total number of Policies granted from December, 1852, to Depember, 1853 —1,194. Under the following heads are briefly enumerated the leading principles of this Society : OBJECTS OP TUE SOCIETY. 1. A Life Assurance may be effected either by One Payment, or by an Annual Premium. 2. Policies may be effected wrrn or without the privilege of • • withdrawing one-half of the Annual Payments. It with out this privilege, the rates are lower. 3. A Life Assurance may be effected on the life of another, on Joint Lives or Survivorship!. 4. Annuities, Immediate, Deferred, or Contingent, will be granted; also Endowments for Children. 5. Naval and Military Men, not in active foreign service, as sure 1 without extra charge, and allowed to go abroad with out forfeiture of Policy, on payment of an extra Premium, according to climate. In the event of the Assured (when on the Withdrawal System) not requiring to continue the Policy, on its surrender one-half the annual payments will be returned by way of purchase of his interest therein. By this means, apprehension of great pecuniary loss and doubt as to the intrinsic transferable value of each Policy is re moved, its cash v alue being fixed and determined beforehand b y the Society at one-half t he annual premiums paid thereon : a vast class of society have, av pursuing e ,i'by'illthethereby °be admitted; and every individual, while steadily object — s a provision for his family at death— willSociety, a door open to his savings, which will never be closed against his wants or his use. Prospectuses, Report of last Annual Meeting, Forms of Pro p osals ror Assuranco, and every des cri p tion of necessary Blank Forms, with Tables of notes, and full information on all points, tbrnished, on ap plication at 26, corunill, or at any of the Company's Agencies. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND and LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. tstablished A.D. 1815. Head Office—Edinburgh ' 5, Bt. Andrew square. SPECIAI. NOTICE. Fropesals for Assurance, in order to secure ri,ht of entry in the Books for the current year, must be lodged at the Ilead-Oillce or at one of the Agencies, on or before SAI URDAY, the 30th current. JO/IN MACICF.NLIE, /Manager. WM. LlNDESAY,'Secretary. Edinburgh, December,l 854. N.B.—Theamount of Assurances which may be undertaken by the 'Society upon Individual Lives hai now been extended iron 5,000/. to 7,0001...z...raj D l Ei 1 1 fl aCi l illo B a rri s ter,rt S e . 0 . - LONDON HONORARY HOARD. George Young, Esq,, 47, Wimpole-street and Mark-lane. Temple. JD C o hi n r i E dwardi d e m s lirlrLaE :q E. ; P ciE o . , ll asA o t e l k bl „ ,: Samuel Laing, Esq., Chairman of Brighton Railway. Sir John Thomas Briggs. Admiralty. Leonard Horner, Esq.. Home-Mike. John Taylor, Jun., Esq., C.E., Queen-street-place. LONDON AND TSB 13i71111M18. CENTRAL UMW. Hugh 111'Kean, 4, Royal Ex change-building/1, Cornhill. DISTRICT AGENTS, Captain R. S. Ridge, 49, Pall-mall, Agent for the West End District. Benton Seeley, 2, Hanover-street, Regent-street. Ferdinand Graf, 13, Bing-street, Southwark. PROSPECTUS _ OF THE INVERNESS AND ELGIN JUNCTION RAILWAY. [FROM NAIRN TO FORRES AND ELGIN-FORMING A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INVERNESS AND ELGIN IN CONTINUATION OF THE INVERNESS AND, NAIRN RAILWAY- , WITII A BRANCH TO FINDHORN.) CAPITAL, £160,0110, In Shares of £lO each. Deposit £1 10s. per share. CHAIRMAN. The Right Honourable the Earl of Seafield. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN. Captain William Fraser-Tytler of Aldourie and Burdsyards. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Robert Anderson, farmer, Meikle Kildrummie T. P. B. Biscoe, of Newton The Hon. Thomas C. Bruce, Commissioner for the Earl of Seafleld Richard Butler, farmer, Chapeltown, of Barclaylv& Angus Cameron, of Firhall John Chisholm, merchant, Inverness John Cruickshank, Cloves • Thomas •Davidson, banker, Forres Alexander G. Dallas, late of Shanghai, Inv ernm Alexander Dallas, Commissioner for John G. Gollan, of Gollanfleld John Dougal, of Glenterness Henry J. Brodie Dunn, of Milton-Brodie W. S. Ferguson, Elgin Colonel Alexander Findlay, of Millbank • George Alexander Forteath, of Newton Robert Fraser, Brackla William Geddes, of Laurel Bank, Elgin Captain James Gordon, of Ivybank James Gordon, merchant, Inverness The Hon. Lewis Alexander Grant, of Grant Robert Grant, of Kincorth John Grant, of Glen-Grant Alexander A. Gregory, merchant, Inverness Alexander Mackintosh, of Mackintosh Eneas William Mackintosh, of Raigmore, Deputy-Chairman of the Inverness and Nairn Railway Company Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Inglis, of Ktngsmills Lachlan Kennedy, merchant, Nairn John Kynoch, Provost of Forres Neil Maclean, Factor on the Estates of Kilravock And Cantray John Maclennan, corn•merchant, Beauty Cluny Macpherson, Chairman of the Inverness and Nairn Railway C•lnPanY D. D. Manson, M.D., Spynie John Mitchell, Wester Alves, Factor for Seaforth Bailie Riach, Forres Alexander I. Robertson, of Aultnaskiah David Rose, of Vieumont, corn-merchant, Inverness Adam Shary, merchant, Rothe Alexander Smyth, of Balnageith James Stephen, of Bruceland, M.D., Elgin William Stephen, Inchbroorn Major Donald Stuart, late 46th Regiment Charles Stewart, solicitor, Inverness James Sutherland, Provost of Inverness Eric Sutherland, Shempston, Factor for Sir Wm, Gordon Cumming of Altyre, Bart. Alexander Thurburn, of Drumduan Henry Wm. White, of Manor and Lentran James Wilson, solicitor and bank-agent, Inverness ENGINEER. John Mitchell, raz.s.E. CONSULTING ENGINEERS. Oomph Locke, Esq., M.P. I E. J. Errington, Esq., C. E. BAuEItS. The Caledonian Banking Company, Inverness, and Its Branches Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., London The Union Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, and Glasgow Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Liverpool and Manchester BOLICITORS. Messrs. G. P. Anderson, Inverness Mr. Adam Davidson, /cairn Mr. William Sclenders, Forres Mr. Robert Urquhart, ditto Mr. John D. Davidson, ditto Mr. George Leslie..Elaw - PARIMIAIWIS ntraDlr an gam, Theodore Martin, Esq., 10, New Palace Yard, Westminster. Messrs. G. and'''. Anerson, Inverness, Interim secretaries. The present time seems to be peculiarly suitable for the establish ment of the proposed Line of Railway. The works upon the Inver ness and Nairn line have been commenced, and the contractors un dertake that the line shall be open for traffic by the Ist of August next. On the other hand, the chain of Railway communication on the south is complete as far as the town of Huffily, and measures are understood to be in progress for extending the line northward Lmn Huntly. In these circumstances, it has been thought desirable to apply to Parliament, in the ensuing session for the Incorporation of a Com pany for making a Railway from Nairn to Elgin, which shall com plete the communication between Inverness and Elgin. The wm p my will thus be in a position to commence the necessary works next summer, and thereby, with the least possible delay, to place the fair and ancient province of Moray on such a footing, with regard to Railway communication, that the laying down of an ironway throughout its whole extent, from the Beauly to the Spey, and un interrupted connection with the Southern markets must immediately follow. With this view, applications have been made to all the principal proprietors along the line, who have, without exception, declared themselves favourable to th e enterprise, and ready to a fford facilities for its construction. Th e plans have been finished, m i nu t e egimates of the cost have been m ade, and the line has been gone ov er and examined by contractors of the highest respectability; and the pro moters have no doubt that the works will be undertaken by them for a sum which, together with the putchase of land, rolling stock, treliminary elepenses, and all other charges necessary for the com pletion of the undertaking, will certainly not exceed 200,0001., or 8,0001. a mile, including bridges over the Nairn. Findhom, and Lossie For this sum th e Company will be in possession of a s i ngle line of railway—doubl e wherever this is necessary for its effic i ent working—and with brid ges built and land purchased for a dou b le line. And the promoters are in a positien to state, that the contrac tors with whom they have been in communication will be prepared to take payment of one-third of the cost of the works in stock. The Engineering Works —from the level nature of the country, and the light gravelly toll over which the line for the most part passes—are of a simple character, and are certain to be completed within the specified time. Besides the large lo2al traffic arising from the line passing through the centre of the richly cultivated and populous county of sforay. tkis Railway, when co nnected with the Great North of Scotland Railway, now in progress of extension, will form part of the great through communication from Inverness by Aberdeen to the south. From the character of the country the line can never be exposed to railway competition. Through the Inverness and Nairn Railway—with the directors of which the promoters of this undertaking are in cordial co-operation —the line will be enabled to communicate with the Caledonian Canal at Inverness, and ther e b y to establish a connection with the large and rapidly-increasing t raffic flowing along that great artery of com mualcati, n to and fr om the counties of Banff, Moray, and Nairn. At its other extremity, the line will communicate with the Elgin and Lossiemouth Railway, and the pert of Lossiemouth. Bes i des t h ese , the Railway will rec e i ve the traffic of the several ports of Nairn , Fjndhorn, and liureh ead. Careful observations of the traffic, made in 1845, with a view to a Railway from Inver ness to Elgin, showing a local revenue amply sufficient to yield a l iberal return upon a rallWaY of a much more Sithat expensive nature. —nce period, however, the wealth and traffic of the district h ave been materially augmented, and are still rapidly increasing. Taking the basis of the observations of 1545, the result will be as follosvs: Estimated amount of local revenue £21,000 0 0 per cent, for w or ki ng Deduct 40 8,400 0 0 expenses £12,600 0 0 Of interest on 60,000/, b0rr0wed............ 2,000 0 0 Leaving.. • • .... ..... • ........ 410,600 0 0 For division, on a ca ll ed-up capital of 150, 0001., or a d i v i den d o f 7 per cent. immedi a t e l y after the opening of th e li ne, with the cer tainty ef a large e ventual increase. cot onl The undertaking, th erefore, presents these peculia r a d vantages:— I. It will be c ompleted and opened for working in two years from 2. It will the pass ysing pf the B.ooo/. a mile, for a single line, w hil e the act. average cost of rail wa ys in Scotland, with a double lin e o f rails, has been 30 , 0 001. a m ile. E. While the a verage return per mile per annum, in Scotland, has been 2,000/., a sum o f o nly 8501. per mile Per annum, on this line, will yi e ld a di v idend of 7 per cent. of Elgin from 4. The li ne, from its situation, secures in p erpetuity the whole through railway traffic passingnorthward Aberdeen, aid passing eastward of Nairn from the Western and Northern Highlands. b. The line will be worked in connection with the Inverness and Nairn Railway, under efficient Parliamentary pow ers , whereby the facilities of transit will be on the one hand greatly increased, while on the ether hand the working ex penses will be greatly economised. 6 .lLtnes of this character, constructed at a moderate cod, in the north of Scotland. have prove d highly re munerative, as in stanced in the Lossiernouth and Deeside Railways, recently opened—both ef which have returned dividends of 5 per cent. on the first year's traffic. 7. The promoters are justified in stating that payment of one third of the cost of the works will be taken in stock, as a guarantee for the due completion of the undertakin g , an d In evidence of the conviction of its soundness as a commer cial enterprise. Applications for Shares to be m ade, in the form annexed, to Messrs G. and P. Anderson, solicitors, Inverness; Messrs Grant and Leslie, solicitors, Elgin ;Mr Adam Davidson, town-clerk, Nairn; Mr Robert Urquhart, banker, and Mr William Sclanders, and Mr John D. Davidson, solicitors, Forres ; Messrs. James Black and Co. , sharebrokers, Aberdeen ; Mr John Maciver, banker, Di ngwall ; Mr J. S. Taylor, sheriff -clerk, Cromarty ; Mr Jehn Grant, writer, - rain ;Mr William Miller, town-clerk, Wick ;Mr William Fleming, banker, Grantown ; Mr Donald Macrae, writer, Kingassie I Mr Pa trick Duncan, sharproker; 1, Yirkgate, Perth ; Mr James Black wood, sharebroker; Hanover-street, Edinburgh; Mr James Wat son, sharebroker, 32, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow ; Messrs Drewry and Richardson. sharebrokers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs H. Watson and Co., sharebrokers, York ; Messrs Henry Davis and Co. , sharebrokers, 5, Dale-street, Liverpool ; Messrs Joh nstone and Wal ker, sharebrokers, St. Ann's Church-yard, and Messrs Hayiand, Son, and Co., sharebrokers, Exchange-chambers, Bank-street, Man chester London. ; and Messrs Foster and Braithwait e , 63, Old Broad-street, No. 19,4:22.] PUBLICATIONS. NEW TALE BY ME. AINSWORTH. ENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.- The JANUARY NUMBER will contain the commencement , of THE SPENDTHRIFT. A Tale of the Last Century. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. London: Richard Bentley, 8, NOV Burlington-street. Just published, A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Ebq., Governor. ' The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville, tab-Governor. George Fearkes Barclay, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Edmohd S. P. Calvert, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. John Garrett Cattley, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer. Asq. Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. William Davidson, Esq. Abraham George Roberts, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Robert Hanbury, jun., Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. James Stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace. Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. MEDICAL REFERED—SaMIIeI Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre- Milums falling due at Christmas will expire on the 9th of January. FIIIE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor poration on advantageous terms. The Assured are exempt from the liabilities of partnership, and payment of their claims is guaranteed by a large invested capital stock. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation in profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary.' BONUS on Life Policies has averaged 2 per Cent, per annum on the sum assured, or 46 per cent. on the Premiums paid. Any sum not exceeling 10,0001. may be assured on one Life. The Corporation bears the cost of Policy Stamps and Medical Fees, and requires no entrance-money. The Assured are subject to no expense but the Premium. No extra charge is made for service in the militia. LOANS are granted on Life Policies to their full values. This Corporation affords all the advantages of modern practice, Nrifhtlie stability of an office safely constituted under Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament, and tested by the experience of nearly a century and a half. There is but one older life office in existence. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. JOHN A. HIGHAM, Actuary and Secretary. TO LOVERS OF FISH.- 100 real YARMOUTH BLOATERS for 65., package included. The above ferwarded 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. FREEHOLD, COPYHOLD, and LEASE HOLD—MARKET-STREET, HERTS. TO BE SOLD, pursuant to an order of the High Court of Chan cery, made in the cause Seabrooke v. Pickf ,rd, with the approbation of Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, at the Bell Inn, Hemel Hempstead, in the county of Hertford, on THURSDAY, the 11th day of January, 1855, at 3 o'clock precisely, in 10 Lots, by Mr. Phillips, the auctioneer, appointed by the said Court. The valuable Freehold. Copyhold, and long Leasehold Estates of the late Thomas Pickford, Esq., in and near to Market•street, in the parish of Flamstead, Herts, comprising together upwards of one hundred and thirty acres of Arable and Pasture Lands, with Home stead, Agricultural Buildings, Cottages, and Wheelwrights' and Car penters' Shops, let to resptctable yearly and quarterly tenants, and yielding a rental of three hundred and twelve pounds per annum. Printed particulars, with plans, may be had gratis, of Messrs. Hedges and Stedman. No. 9, Carey•street, Lincolft's-inn, London, Messrs. Tatham, Upton, Upton and Johnson, Austin Friars, the Sun Inn, Market-street. the Bell Inn, Hemel Hempstead, the Red Lion Inn, Luton, the Peahen, St. Albans, and at the office of Mr. Phillips, 73, New Bond-street, London. Dated 15th Dec., 1851. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- During the course of this wcek will be played by Laurent's Orchestra:—Overture, Masaniello, Auber ; Waltzes: Vennahlung's Toasts (first time), Strauss; La Jardiniere, Labit.sky : Souvenir du Luxembourg (first time), Bousquet ; Le Carnaval de Venice (by desire), H. Laurent, with Variations for all the principal performers. Quadrilles : Le Palais de l'Aleazar, H. Lamotte ; La Guerre, Bos sic); Le Bement (first time), Remain ; Lammermoor., Timmy. Schot tische, Moldavian (first time), Jullien. Polkas : Blumenfest (first time), Strauss ; The New Armen, Strauss. Gallop, Les Guides, H. Laurent. Principal Cornet a Piston, M. Lionlcourt. All information relative to music to be obtained at the music repository under the orchestra. Doors open at Eight; commence at half-past.—Admis sion, One Shilling. CRIMEA.—WYLD'S MAP of the CRIMEA and SEVASTOPOf, with the Fortified Towns, Ports, and Roads. Including a Map of the countries around the Black Sea, with an enlarged Plan of the Town and garbour of Sevastopol, its Ap proaches, Fortifications, and Batteries. One sheet, ; in case, 54 ; on 7 oilers, 7s. 6d. Ja c 3 Wy t, Geographer to the Queen, Charing-cross East, next door to the Poit,flice ; and 2, Royal Exchange. Just publishei, New and Improyed Edition, price Is., THE CURABILITY of CONSUMPTION ; being a Series of Papers, presenting the most prominent and important Practical Points In the Treatment of the Disease. By FR.I.NC TS 11. RAM EDGE, M.D., Fellow of the College of Physicians, late Senior Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest, &c. Also, by the same Author, Price 10s. 6d. A TREATISE ou ASTHMA and on DISSASES of the HEART. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d.. Fir HE PATHOLOGY aid RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA; with numerous Cases Illustrative of every variety of Urethral Obstruction, and their special Modes of Treatment and Cure. By. F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. _ _ " We know of no man to whose care we could with greater confi dence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the ure thra."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. BANK. OF DE.PO - SIT, NATIONAL ASSURANCE AND INVESTMENT AS3O- CIATION, No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. The WARRANTS for the HALF-YEARLY INTEREST, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, on Deposit Accounts to 3lat Decem ber, will be ready for delivery on And after January the 10th, 1855, and payable daily. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Parties desirous of Invest►ng Money are requested to examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit. 'Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on application. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK (Incorporated by Charter), intend opening, on MONDAY, the Ist of January next, a BRANCH at No. 32, Regent-Circus, Piccadilly. Though one of the principal thoroughfares of the metro polis, there has never been a Bank in Piccadilly ; and it is hoped that the intended establishment may, therefore, be a convenience t 3 at least such of the inhabitants of that important neighbourhood as have not hitherto kept a banker. Interest on deposits and on the fluctuating balances of current accounts are reckoned from day to day, at rates varying from one to four per cent, per annum, according to the 'amount and continuance of the deposit or balance, and promissory notes or bills, circular letters of credit, and drafts payable to order or bearer, which may be cashed in any town at home or abroad where there is a banker, are issued to merchants and travellers, for whom they possess some peculiar features of economy, safety, and utility. l)e•ailed terms of business will be communicated on application at the Head Office, Tokenhouse-yard,; or at the branches, 429, Strand; 77, Bridge-road, Lambeth ; 97, Goswell-road. Islington; I, Shaftes bury-terrace, Victoria-street, Pimlico ; and 60, Stones-end, 'South wark. 11IIGTI INNES CAMERON, General Manager. Royal British Bank, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. EARL FITZWILLIAM'S COLLIERIES, on the South Yorkshire Railway.—SAMUEL PLIMSOLL, of Sheffield, begs to announce that the arrangements he has been honoured to make for carrying a portion of the produce of these ex tensive Collieries, and also of the Silkstone Collieries, to London, via the London and North-Western Railway, are sufficiently ma tured to enable him to commence delivering from Camden and Ken sington Stations on New Year's Day. Price per Ton, within four miles of either Station :—Silkstone,• 245. Bd.; Elsecar, 235. 4d., cash on delivery, or on giving the order —Temporary Offices will be opened at both Stations on December 18th, for booking orders, which in the meantime Mr. Plimsoll will be glad to receive at Sheffield. * These same Coals are now being supplied by the Great Northern Railway, at 27s , this Company having at present, and until Decem ber 31st next, a monopoly of the supplies on the South Yorkshire Railway. TEETH. —By her Majesty's Royal Letters Pa'ent.—vewly-invented and Patented Application of Che mically-prepared White India-rubber in the constrmtion of Arai:leis Teeth, Gums, and Palates.—Mr. EPHRAIM MOSELY, Surgeon- Dentist, 61, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-squire, Sole Inventor and Patentee.—A new, original, and invaluable invention, cot• slating in the adaptation, with the most absolute perfection and success, of CHEMICALLY-PREPARED WHITE INDIA-RUBBER as a lining to the ordinary gold or bone frame. The extraordinary results of this application may be briefly noted in a few of their most promi nent features, as the following :—All sharp edges are avoided ; no springs, wires, or fastenings are required ; a greater increased free dom of suction is supplied; a natural elasticity hitherto wholly un attainable: and a lit, perfected with the most unerring accuracy, are secured, while from the softness and flexibility of the agent em ployed, the greatest support is given to the adjoining teeth when Loose, or rendered tender by th e absorption of the gums. The acids of the mouth exert AO agency on the chemically-prepared White India-rubber, and as it is a non-conductor, fluids of any temperature may with thorough comfort be imbibed and retained in the mouth, all unpleasantness of smell or taste being at the .same time wholly provided against by the peculiar nature of its preparation. To be obtained only at 61, Grosvenor-street, London ; 22, Gay-street, Bath ; 34, Grainger-street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. DR. CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. Use, on Urinary Derangents, Constipation, and Hmmorrhoids, Is. ea me ch, by post Is. 6d. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentia multi curantur morbi." ' A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless reeding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instructions for the regimen and observance of every hour out of the twenty. four. Illustrated by numerous cases, &c. 2. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that bath no wif, I hold him lost, Helpless, and all desolat. He that hath no child, Like sun and winde."—Chaucer. Subject: Marriage, its expectations and Necessities —Development of the Affections—Love Dlatches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Incompatibility and Physi6al Defectiveness —Advantages of Inter marriage—Theory of Gestation —Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy: On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas =imitable Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., 3. CEIAST/TY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringemeat. The casualties of .Icentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. ;On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure. The GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of genito and Urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, corn. prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms o: urinary derangements, stricture and spermaturrhcea; with 250 en. cravings and prescriptions. 5. The BLADDER, URETHRA, and RECTUM.—Comprising Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Haemorrhoids. Vols. 6 and 7, companions to the preceding. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. " Jucunde Vivere." "Few words to fair failh."—Shakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or of DP. RICHARD CULVERWELL, firother, 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. ~~-G-~G~ -4 4 ////..---- . . „, , . "..1,"..... 11:...,.. , ,._:: : ,, . ~ ./.:,-- , - ' . . 4 ' . • ,- '''..._- , ,•/:,: . ,-- ittlik -- - '5 44 • \ gs 'l:,-V-t - ;.‘1•:,',. , ft-, & . . - ..,; ,o q.- \ ai,l • ?, so ), ,- ki, ,.. t o ( _-*4,4„ !' • .'_'•, ;3W.` la— 4, ," -. " /'; • , = ,x,Y. , 1 1 ; i ' fft . i • 1 ~..k. ~,..., ' .-) ' 'g ' .. I'____...., , ~,,,, . ~,4 7,..- . N ' , . I .t. .•4-_, , .i ,,. :, il. P.,7 , , ~ • ..... 4 k :i . „,..- ,., kr %;, r.. 4 , : .•-• p „,_ ,ii ~, ,i hrr-.- - ;f.:: 34, .„i %k : - . - .;.ct N: . . .....-- ~-; : ,...,.,.. 1 .. : , raw- ' r,.: —.1 16-''' ° 1,...4g1r r i . .. tk,v , 6 tt4i # .I :A .-. . \*" ._--'/ K.. 1. '''''' 2 '. _ .'"S ' r .: oti ,- " ..4 1. ' . I;i7 . ' AA'' , . _ ~,, A ,;- , .. ,_ ...' l'. 4, ,;,.. 14 .': --- : - tre,-.0 - H.: 4, ' ! R.O T.# , • -, A : ''' ..:., ''' LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1854. WAR GALLERY-GREAT GLOBE.- The Portraits of Lord RAGLAN, Marshal ST. ARNAUD, OMER PASHA, SCHAMYL, and the the Costumes of the Armies of Europe, are at the Great Globe, Leicester-square. Admission to he Whoie building One Shilling. Open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Children and Schools, half-price. SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL, GREAT GLOBE. —A large model of the country around Sevastvol, including lnkermann, Rataklava, and the Tchernaya, with the positions of the nritish. French, and Turkish Armies, and the siege works, at the Great Globe, Lticester•sgnare.—Open from ten a.m. to ten p.m.— Admission, is. z /Z [PRICE SD. thorised the Government to raise. As the result of the deficiency, when Lord Raglan urgently demanded rein forcements, lads of eighteen were sent him, unfit for the service they bad to perform. When pressed on any point connected with the war, the Ministers are compelled to admit error or mistake. "We were wrong, I admit," Mr. Herbert exclaims, as if absolution must, as a matter of course, follow cnifession,—" We were wrong to send out these boys as reinforcements." If asked why he did not, by reducinc , the standard, advancing the age, an d increasing the bounty, secure more serviceable troops, he replies—" We have reduced the standard, we have vd• vanced the age, we have increased the bounty ;" but he forgets to aid that he has not only done so quite re cently, and that, as a result, the number of recruits has increased sevenfold. The fact is beyond dispute that, while our army was 9 0,000 men or more below the num -ler sanctioned by Parliament, and below the number the country supposed, the Ministry made no adequate effort to recruit it. In the actual circumstances this neglect was more than an error: it was a crime. By embodying the militia they might have obtained this number at once, and now, to cover their culpable ne glect, they bring in a Foreign Enlistment Bill, and make out a case for its necessity by the appalling mortality which has occurred among the lads of eighteen, whom in their panic, when the cry for reinforcements was raised, they hurried off to Balaklava. The country does not want men more than it wants money, or arms, or stores, but it wants a Government able to draw forth and manage its resources. The effect of this bill must, in any case, be mischievous. If it suc ceeds, these foreign troops must, from the necessity of the case—from their requirements of lodging, of pay, of transport, of supplies of every kind—be a subtrac tion from the British force which could otherwise .be maintained, and, if it fails, time and effort will be lost, and we shall humiliate ourselves in the eyes of Europe by the express and public declara tion, through our Government, that our power of re cruiting our army from our own population is at an end, _that we have more wealth than courage, and that we freely open our coffers to purchase mercenary aid, but solicit it in vain. INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, 72, Lombard-street, and 24, Connaught-terrace. Trustees. Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C., I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. James Fuller Madox. Esq. l John Campbell Renton, Esq. A REDUCTION of 25 per Cent. has been made on the PRE MIUMS of POLICIES of Five Years' Standing. • ALEX. ROBERTSOV", Manager. T HE:PEOPLE'S PROVIDENT ASSURANCE SOCIETY. GEORGE ALEX.V.CDEII HAMILTON, Esq., M.P., Chairman. Life Department.—Every description of Life Assurance trans acted. Guarantee Department.—Fidelity Guarantee rolicles are issued on the most economical principles. An important saving effected, combining a life policy with that of guarantee. Saecial and advantageous rates for bank managers and clerks. 1)6, (Ad Jewry. JAMES KNIGHT, Seeletary. QUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 1 ...1 London. MARE OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM OYE•IIALF TO FOUR-FIFTHS , - - - Tolicles effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN POUR-FIFTBS of the Net Profits of the Society, according to the conditions contained in the Cociety's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad dition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy Stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. OND 0 N JOINT STOOK BANK. 21ST DECEMasn, 1884. ir.NOTICE I HEREBY' GITEN, That next GENEAL MEETING o f the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY will R be held- M the Board Room of the Bank, in Princes-Street, Mansion House, on THURSDAY, the 18th day of January neat, at Twelve o'clock precisely, to receive the Report of the Directors, and to elect Four Directors in the place of Philip William Flower, Esq. • George Holgate Foster, Esq. ; George Meek, Esq.; and George Tayler, Esq., who will on that day go out of office, in conformity with tlle provl alone of the Deed of Settlement, all of whom offer themselvei for re-election. , Notice Is also given, that the Transfer Books of the Bank will be Closed on Saturday, the 30th instant, and remain so until Friday, the 19th January next. By order of the Board. F. HEWETT, Secretary. METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. No. 3, Princes-street, Bank. The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall due on the sth of January nest, that the same must be PAID within Thirty days from that date. The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So clay as Members on the sth of January next, should appear or lodge their proposals at the office on or before that day. This Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the whole of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives for the whole term of life as Members of the Society. For the year ending the sth of April, 1855, an abatement of 51 per tent. has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five Years' standing and upwards. HENRY MARSHAL, Actuary. Princes-street, Bank, Dec. 4, 1254. THE GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1837. Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. 62, King William street, London. Capital, 1,000,0001. DIRECTORS. George Bousileld, Esq. illiam Hunter, Esq., Alderman. T. C.:hail's, Esq., Alderman, M.P. James Pilkington, Esq., M.P. Jacob Geo. Cope, Esq. Thomas Piper, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. John T. Fletcher, Esq. The Right Hon. Chas. P. Villiers, Chas. Hindley, Esq., M.P. M.P. Edward Wilson, Esq. The CHRISTMAS Fire Renewal Receipts are now ready, and may be bad on application at the Head-office of the Company, or of any of its agents throughout the country. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT FOUR-FIFTHS of the PROFITS divisible by the Company's Deed of Settlement, allowed to Assurers; and the Company transacts all business relating to Life Assurances, Deferred Annuities, or Family Endowment& on the most liberal terms consistent with sound principles and public security. No charge for Stamps on Life Assurance Policies. LOANS granted on personal security, and the deposit of a Life Polley to be effected by the borrower. To all Agents, Solicitors, Auctioneers, and Surveyors, a liberal allowance is made. By order of the Directors. THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. CITY OF LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, FOR GENERAL ASSURANCES, LOANS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, INDISPUTABLE, ACCUMULATIVE, AND SELF PROrECTING POLICIES. Subscribed Capital—A Quarter of a Million. 2, ROYAL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS, LONDON. TRUSTEES. The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor. The Hon. Corn. West. The Hon. W. F. Campbell. John Thomas, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Hankeys, Fenehurch-street. SECRETARY. Z. F. Leeks, Esq. ACTUARY. G. J. Farrance, E.g. ety esrthracas the fkdlowtng advantage. --- Tuts sect,-. The Mutual System, without its risks or liabilities—an important consideration. The Proprietary System, with its acknowledged security, sim pl'•ctty, and economy. The Accumulative or Deposit System, introduced by this Society. Self Proteeting•Policies, also introduced by this society; embracing by one Policy, and one rate of Premium—A Life-Assurance, an Annuity, and a Deferred Annuity. Half Premisn is for stipulated periods. Immediate payment of Claims. No Charge for Stamps. Quarterly or Half-yearly Premiums. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, '6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., MX., Chair- man. HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. A. Kingsford Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. I Arthur Kett Barclay,Esq., F.R.S. Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. Henry 13t rnett, Esq. Charles Morris, Esq. Robert Biddulph, Esq. I William Routh, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. AUDITORS. Edward Charrington, Esq. Captain Robert Gordon, R.N. I Francis Dumerguc, Esq. John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq. Pnvsictax---John Ayrton Paris, M.D., Cantab., Hon. D.C.L. Oxon. F.R.S., 27, Dever-street (President of the Royal College of Phy sicians). -• • • Stmozon—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.S., No. 54, Green-street Grosvenor-square. SoLicrron—Henry Young, Esq., No. 12, Essex-street, Strand. Acznesx—James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. The advantages offered by this Society are : ECONOMY combined with Security, and Lower Rates of Premiums than those of any other office, which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other. Mutual Assurance Society. The WHOLE of the PROFITS are divided every fifth year among the Assured, and a Bonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Premium tO every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. The sum of 397,000/. was added to Policies at the last division, which produced an average BONUS of 67/. per cent. on the Premiums paid. Number of Policies in force nearly 7,600. The Assurance Fund amounts to 1,400,000/. Income upwards of 30,0001. per Annum. No charge for Policy Stamps, nor for Service in the Yeomanry or Militia Corps. The subjoined Table shows the advantages offered by this Society, resulting from low Premiums, and a division of the entire profits among the Assured:— to Da '1:11 ) pi T ., Igo ,„0 Ers to .aot . gs 0 115 > a ^. * - *4 ' .. :S Pl C e 4g * g 64 .5 04'".12 .4 0 "" gt-. 2 E .,pc 20 Fi • I -1854. 1855. 1854. 1855. X. 8. d. £ £ £ £ £ 20 21 15 10 1260 260 116 12 25 1388 1413 30 26 13 6 1205 205 125 12 24 1342 1366 40 33 19 6 1140 140 130, 11 22 1281 1303 50 45 6 0 1030 30 141 10 20 1181 1201 Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained an application to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, secretary. SPECIAL NOTICE. --- Proposals for Assurance must be made prior to the Ist January, 1855, to entitle the Assured to participate in the neat Division •I Profits in 1859. FORM OF APPLICATION. Ti the Provisional (Ammittee of the Inverness and Elgin Junction Railway. Gentlemen —I request that you will allot me Shares, of 101. each, in this undertaking, and I agree to accept the same, or any smaller number that may be allotted to me. to pay the d e p os i t thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree meat, when required. I am, Gentlemen, Year obedient Servant, Signature.... • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • .......... Full Christian and Surname...,, ........ Profession.. 6 • • • • • • ...... ........ Address ... • ..... ••• • • • ...... ••• • .. Date .••• THE FOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL. (Prom the Press. ) If the Government had wished to disgust the country with the war, they could not have done so more effec tually than by introducing the Foreign Enlistment Bill. It is a manifesto which all the world can understand of weakness and loss. In spite of all that sophistry can urge, it most distinctly procl a i ms th a t th e B r i t i s h people cannot bear their part in this great war, under taken to repel the attacks of a barbarous foe upon the rights and liberties of mankind, without the aid of foreign mercenaries. • Up to the hour of semi o'clock on Tuesday evening the fate of the b It was extremely doubtful, but about that time Lord John Russell cteclared, in his place in the House of Commons, that if the Ministers did not obtain a majority on the second reading they would resign, and immediately all those acquainted with the noble lord's desire to combine a reputation for disinterestedness and public spirit with the sure possession of office knew that a majority was secured. How many times he has thrown out the same mesaceL-for a menace it is to the throng at his back— and has met with the like response, we cannot pretend to number. The artifice, besides showing, as he conceives, his indifference to office, answers another purpose. It confirms in their alle giance all those waverers on the Ministerial side who are inclined to hesitate between their duty to their con stituents and their service to the Government. Reluc tant as they may be to offend the former, they have far more weighty reasons for fearing to displease the latter; and hence, as often as the rod is held over their heads, they submissively kiss it, and obediently walk, or are dragged, from the house to the right of the Speaker's chair. But their voices are free through their votes are fettered, and the sarcastic allusions of Mr. Whiteside to that " rising party in the country, which speaks one way and votes another," and of Mr. Drummond to " the charity there would be in shielding Government from the censures of their own supporters," showed that the reliance of the Coalition on mercenary support was not confined to foreign enlistment, nor to the profession of arms. On many really independent members of Parliament the menace this time produced the reverse of its intended effect. It is not all who have generally given their sup port to the Government that are to be classed with the Riches and the Seymours. - Mr. M. Gibson, Mr. Philli more, Mr. Munts, Mr. Drummond, Mr. Cobden, and others, saw nothing terrible in this threat. Possibly, they said, some other Ministry might do as well, or better—none could do worse. Possibly some other Minister of War might manage to convey stores to the army . they were intended to benefit, to prevent the horses from eating each other, and to save the vfficers and men from shivering ix rags exposed to the winter blasts of the Euxine, or from perishing through want of shelter and firing. The speeches from the Ministerial bench were little calculated to inspire that confidence in the wisdom of Government which the house was so urgently pressed to grant. Previous to the address of Mr. Sidney Herbert on Tuesday, it was supposed that the Government had some scheme settled for raising the force which tkey in troduced this bill to sanction. It was imagined that they had entered into some negotiations with foreign princes for the hire of troops, or at all events that they had some definite plan for raising foreign battalions. No one conceived it possible that the Ministers would, at this crisis, so trifle with the patience of the Legislature and the greatness of the exigency as to introduce this measure merely as an experiment, a leap in the dark, which might produce results or might not, might augment the military force of the country, or might leave it exactly where it was. But the Secretary-at- War in the heat of the debate, with schoollioy petulance, knocked down in an instant all the safeguards of official reserve maintained by his colleagues. There were a great number of denaturalised foreigners in the world (on the fact of their denaturalisation he laid great stress), and why might not our recruiting serjeants pick up some of them ? There were a number of German emi grants who passed throuh England on their way to the United States and Canada. Might not some of them be' persuaded to enter into our service, and go to the Crimea I , Possibly tioops might be raised from those classes, possibly not. If the Opposition,. who asked where these foreign forces were to be got from would tell him where they could be got from he should be extremely obliged to them. The bill was an experiment. When the Go vernment obtained it they would see what could be done to give it effect. If it failed it failed, and there would be no more to be said. By showing that the measure might probably be inefficient, he seemed to con sider that he answered the only objection to it, instead of destroying the only argument which could be urged in its favour. With the tact of an old campaigner in the Parliamen tiry field, Lord Palmerston perceived the fatal nature of his candid colleague's admissions, and endeavoured to repair them. He sought-to replace that veil of ,m,,- hail just been so ruddy torn away, but it was too late. His "good-natured bluster . ' received as usual the cheers of the house, but inspired no conviction. He appealed to the personal feelings of members. Had they relatives or friends in the Crimean army ? Would they deny them the succour this bill was designed to afford Then on them would rest the responsibility of the consequences. But precisely because it was by no means certain that this bill would afford any succour at all, and certainly could afford no immediate succour, it was by many members viewed with distrust. What magic is there in an act of Par liament of itself ? The Legislature might, if it pleased to make itself ridiculous, enact that the Emperor Ni cholas should come immediately to England, and appear on his knees at the bar of the House of Lords ; but of what avail would be its decree ? A prudent Government, before it introduces a bill to Parliament, makes all necessary arrange ments for giving it practical effect. Is this case it is avowed that there has been no preparation, no arrange. ment. Lord Palmerston raised a laugh by his allusion to the folly of putting the cart before the horse. Why, to pass a bill without considering how it is to be car ried into effect is exactly to commit this blunder. Cre dit was given to the Ministry for some plan, some fore thought, in introducing this measure, when up starts the Secretary at War and says there is no plan, no fore thought in it. The Opposition declares that it is most reluctant to sanction a bad principle even for the sake of a ceittin advantage, and Mr. S. Herbert re plies, "You shall sanction a bad principle for an uncer tain advantage." The contradictions of the men who sit side by side are positively amazing. Lord Palmerston says that the bill is wanted to afford immediate aid to the army at Sebastopol ; Lord John Russell that it is a measure of preparation for next year ; and Mr. Sidney Herbert is not sure that it will afford any aid at all, though he thinks it may. There are persons distinguished for sound sense and practical ability who care nothing for the constitutional objections to this measure, and who would be ready to approve it, did they think a serviceable body of troops would be forthcoming. Their argument is intelligible. It is the same which formerly, in the mouth of Lord Suffolk, called forth the indignant remonstrance of Chatham. "We have a right to avail ourselves, against the enemy, 'of all the means which God and nature place in our hands." They would willingly see a German legion in our pay, but they are confounded when they -hear the first thing to be done towards form ing the corps, is like that prefatory direction for dressing a hare—" First catch your German." They listen with dismay to the suggestion that our recruiting officers are to look out for emigrants, whose term of military ser vice in their native country has expired, and who have booked themselves for New York or Quebec. Mr. Cob den's description of the German emigration is perfectly correct. Whole communities move together, with their women and children, their clergymen and their doctor. The men are thrifty labourers and mechanics, no doubt, but all are of the most unlikely class to be caught by our recruiting serjeants, or if caught, to be of the stuff from which good soldiers are made. When enlisted, they must be lodged, and drilled, and formed into regiments. And when this is done, when battalions are formed of the outcasts of every continental State, what, as compared with British troops, will be their value? Is it likely that the unsettled habits which havebrought them to our standard will at once give way to the strictdisci• pline of our army ? Without one tie of home, or family, or national feeling, must we not expect them to desert as often as they think they can do so with advantage ? Whoever heard of mercenary troops that were not wils ling to take service with the State which would pay them best ? The Government complain of misrepresentation when this proposal is treated as one of their principal mea sures for carrying on the war. They forget that they have themselves made it a principal measure ; that they regard it as so essential as to call for their resignation if it be rejected. It is merely an aid they say ; one means out of many. They are willing to avail themselves of every other resource that can be suggested. This plea will not bear the light. Even the vigour of a Newcastle must know some limit. Should there be a rush of foreign recruits to our standard, the recruiting of our own population must slacken; for we are told that already recruits come in faster than they can be drilled, and if barrack-room cannot be found for our militia, how can it be provided for these mercenaries ? Whatever their number, it will not, as represented, be an addition to our total force, but a substitution of foreign for British troops. Monk Lewis wrote his ballad of the " Cloud ring," to teach young ladies the value of grammatical accuracy in expression. When the fiend has the damsel in his power, he swears to grant any two requests she may make—" Let me see here the truest of lovers," she cries, and her faithful page is at her feet. " Now show me a truer than he," she exclaims, and the baffled fiend flies off with a clap of thunder. The War-office has more recruits than it can drill, and the Ministers say, let us enlist foreign recruits that we may drill them too. The introduction of the bill has revealed the full ex tent of the Ministerial mismanagement. The army, says the Secretary at War, is 20,000 men short of the complement voted by Parliament last session ! The admission is astounding. We have now, while main taining the invasion of a mighty empire, twenty thousand men less than Parliament last session, when the war had hardly commenced, before a blow had been struck, au- THE ORDER OF LEOPOI D. We read in a Vienna letter of the 18th, published by the Constitutionnel : "You are aware that when M. de Laceur quitted the post of Minister Plenipotentiary of France at the Court of Vienna to occupy that of Ambassador at Con stantinople, the Emperor of Austria conferred on him the Order of Leopold. That act produced the greater sensation, that during the whole reign of Louis Philippe no Austrian decoration had been conferred on;a French subject. I have to add, that this was occasioned not by any sentiment of hostility to the French nation, but in consequence of the difficulty of admitting the exchange of decorations between the two countries. The Govern ment of July having suppressed all the orders existing under the Restoration, except that of the Legion of Honour, founded, so to speak, the day after the battle of Austerlitz, this could not but excite to a certain point the susceptibility of Austria, on ac count of the reminiscences connected with its ori gin. That is the reason why the Government of Napoleon 111., showing much tact, [abstained from according to any Austrian dignitary the insignia of the Legion of Honour in exchange for the Grand Cross conferred on M. de Lacour. However, when on the occasion of the attempt made in January, 1853, on the life of the Emperor Francis Joseph, the various friendly courts sent decorations to Col. Count O'Donnell, whose courage had saved his august master, Baron de Bour queney was charged by the Emperor of the French to present to Count O'Donnell the Cross of Commander of the Legion of Honour. An attempt was made, it is true; at the instigation of the partisans of Russia, to re vive the ancient susceptibilities against wearing the de coration of the Legion of Honour in Austria, by affirm ing that an order tinged with Austrian blood could not appear on the breast of an aide-de-camp of the Emperor Francis Joseph. But that chivalrous monarch, remem bering that the order of Maria Theresa, although having been created to perpetuate the victory of the Austrian troops over the Prussians in 1757, at Kellin, adorned at present the breast of the valiant generals of the King of Prussia, not only authorised Colonel O'Donnell to accept the Cross of Commander of the Legion of Honour, but in addition was graciously pleased to order Count O'Donnell to be present with his insignia, at a grand dinner to which Baron de Bourqueney had been invited at the house of Prince de Schwarzenberg, brother of the deceased Pre sident of the Council, with the highest nobility of Vienna. The Emperor of Austria, in offering of his own accord to Napoleon 111. the Grand Cordon of St. Stephen, de sires by a movement of sincere friendship to call forth between the two sovereigns the exchange of their deco rations—an exchange, of which the Emperor of the French, through a reserve easy to explain, could not assume the initiative. And what is worthy of note is that the Emperor of Austria is going to display on his breast the star of the Legion of Honour at the moment when he has laid down the cross of St. George which the Emperor of Russia bad sent him in 1849, after the battle of Ofen, where the young Emperor had by his bravery against the Hungarian insurgents electrified the Impe rial troops. Francis Joseph, however, valued that order most highly, since he had gained it on the field of battle." THE FRENCH TARIFF. -~+--- On the subject of the recent modifications in the French tariff of Customs we read in the Pays : " The Government of the Emperor does not cease to study with attentive solicitude and to solve with energy all questions connected with the internal consumption of the country, and which affect the welfare of the people and the fundamental interests of commerce and industry. It is under this inspiration that new decrees have been published reducing the duties on foreign sugar and oils. The duties on foreign sugar are generally reduced 4 fr. per 100 kilogrammes, except those from the French colonies beyond the eve of Good Hope and in America, which are maintained at the present duty of 35fr. and 35fr. the metrical quintal. We mentioned a short time since that the manufacture of home-made sugar had considerably fallen off in consequence of the use of beet-root in the distillation of alcohol ; many estab lishments have even entirely ceased working, and the consumption of that article of primary necessity was thus suddenly threatened with a considerable deficit. In this case there were only two courses to adopt, either to have recourse to colonial production in aid of the home con sumption, or to foreign produce. The first means would lead to inevitable delay in consequence of the distance of our colonies, and several months would elapse before any operations on a large scale could be realised ; the second alone was immediately practicable, thanks to the large supplies in the entrepots of the great commercial nations of sugar from India, China, or the islands of Oceania. The Government, with that spirit of decision which always animates it when theobj ect is to supply food to the people at the lowest price, has not hesitated to lower the barriers of the Customs, and to open a way to foreign importation. At the same time, it has removed the prohibition which weighed on foreign molasses. Henceforth it will be imported at the duty of 3fr. and Mr. by French, and of 13fr. by foreign vessels. This has been done in order to give to distillers a useful raw mate• rial for the manufacture of alcohols, and allow them to struggle against foreign competition. The reduction in the duty on oils is justified by similar considerations. The object of the Government has been to combat the increase in pi ice which has lately taken place in this article, and which has not been less than 40 per cent. The interruption of our commercial relations with Rus sia has had as a natural consequence the effect of di minishing the import of tallow and animal grease, of which that country exports such a large quantity. The decree which has just been issued remedies this state of things by considerably reducing the import duties on grease, oils, oleaginous seeds, candles, and steario acid. For the first three productions, the reduction is in gene ral more than three-fifths of the present duty by French, and a half by foreign vessels. The duty on candles is reduced from 25fr. the 100 kilos. by French vessels, and 271 r. by foreign vessels to the uniform rate of 10fr. For stearic acid in mass, the duty is only 25fr. instead of 601 r. and 651 r. 50c., according to the nationality of the vessels. For worked stearic acid it is fixed at 35fr. instead of 85fr. and 91fr. 70c. These measures are in dicated as temporary and until further orders. Such must be, in fact, the principle and the law of an Ad ministration which, not allowing itself to be guid e d by abstract theories and absolute systems, studies with good faith the wants of the people and the interests over which it presides. These interests change every day, and it would be a senseless task to seek to subject them to the yoke of an exclusive principle, which will not yield either to the experience of facts or to the sovereign authority of general utility." A PRIEST PREACHING AGAINST ENLISTMENT.—It is currently reported about Killenaule that the priest of that parish has been cautioning his young men parishion ers against enlistment, for the sage reason that they would be placed in battle in front of the English soldiers for their protection ! We much doubt that the gallant 88th, when fortunate enough to outstrip the Guards or Highlanders in a charge against the Russians, would take it as any compliment to their regiment to hear the new doctrine of "his reverence," that they had been purposely put forward to save their English and Scotch comrades at the expense of their own lives. We would like to know whether the rev, gentleman read in the public news the description of a charge down a hill at mid night, which those same " Connaught Rangers " made some time since when the Muscovite ranks, hearing the cheer with which our gallant countrymen were rushing on, waited not for their bayonets, but beat a retreat in the best style of "double quick." Perhaps we might add that " but for these vile guns, he would himself have been a soldier."—Clonnzel Chronicle. 3 [A DVE RTISEMENT.] —PRACTICAL EXPERIENC E OF Y . GElSTS.—Upwards of 300 , 000 cases of cure of • diseases have been effected by Morisen' medicines,3d vols. svarious 1 which or cases sn i a arena. Such recorded is in the practical t he lst, experience and ience of t he British te vols. of h ß y r ige s ti rely College w h o e f n Health,they proclaimN e w r o a that d all diseases arise , London, on wh ich from impurity of the blood and that alone. ,----- COALITION TO RAISE;THE PRICE OF FOOD. Great sensation has been caused at Nantes and in the neighbourhood by the Government having caused nine merchants of that city to be prosecuted for having entered into a coalition for raising the price of salt meat sold to the Government. The trial has just taken plat* before the Tribunal of Correctional Police of Nantes, and has occupied several days. The indictment set bareh the following facts :—The Minister of Marine, in ,Apr' last, made k nown i n diff erent sea por t s th a t h e should require a large quantity of salt meat for the navy. In August he demanded at Nantes tenders for the supply of 800,000 kilogrammes ; only two tenders were made —one at 145 fr., the other at 132 fr. 50c. the 100 kilo grammes. The Minister thought those prices exorbi tant, and refused to accept them. Shortly after he de manded tenders for 600,000 kilogrammes, but only one offer was made, and that was at 137 fr. 50c. the 100 kilos. Re refused to accept that also. He made a third atte.opli t) obtain 200,000 kilogrammes in four lots at a reasonable rate ; but again he only received one offer, which was at 127 fr. 50c. This likewise was rejected. At the time these sums were demanded from the Ori vernine,:it, the salt meat was sold in the markets near Nantes at 70fr. the 100 kilos. After the failure of the ti ird a tten pt, tl.c salters sent two delegates to confer n he Minister, who did not disguise limn them that 116 "' I Pr , e;ng need of supplies, and he attempted to come 'o an asnaiad t a rra , i n s g t en i i n en st t ea n d itl o i f th n en p i p , lying hutwas unable to do so, On account of th e hi g h pr i ces th e y d e manded. On this, to dealers he would e-tahlish a special agency at Nantes for the purchase of salt incalt, but they_attemnted to dissuade him from doing anything of the kind, and represented that they were paying 100 lr. for tire; 140 kilogramme,:, though in point of fact the price was far inferior. The Minister charged two dealers, named Wilson and Langlais, to buy meat for his department, and they were able to do so at 85fr. the 100 kilogrammes —a rise in prices having taken place ; but no sooner had they com m eanr ia cedtionsin price opera tions than prices shot up rapidly towBaay v 7sr. fr;tBhBinfrg.,i9nOtfhr.e, 92fr., and at last to 100 fr. Not only wa, such a sud den being rise totoarllyhfru.noexra2mfrp.,ledb,utthteheorerdin state of the market to call for it. On this an inv m . tion was made, and it turned oat that the rise was 00 ;;. sioned by the fraudulent manoeuvres of the accused. Th e accused vehemently contended that they had not don e anything that was not warranted by the liberty of corn. merce ; but nevertheless a prosecution was instituted against them. Evidence was then given in support of the indictment, and it proved clearly that in order to stop the purchases through Messrs. Wilson and Lang lais, and to compel the Government to pay more than a fair market price, the accused had either verbally or in writing recommended the holders of salt meat with whom they were accu:t mod to deal not to sell at less than 100 fr. the 100 kilos.—a price much superior to the legitimate market price ; that as an inducement to the holders to Insist on that price, or to keep back their stocks, they had promised to pay them 100 fr. ; and that so clear was it that they had acted illegally, that a fall in prices took place immediately after their proceedings were discovered, and a prosecution was commenced. A num ber of letters in which their schemes were fully revealed were besides produced. The accused being interrogated contended that the rise was occasioned by the supply of salt pork not being equal to the demand, and that they had to submit to it instead of occasioning it. The Public Prosecutor, in a long and able speech, maintained that they had undoubtedly been guilty of a coalition, and that they deserved severe punishment. A number of counsel were heard for the defendants ; they laboured to prove that the accusation was unfounded. The trial ended by one of the accused named Philippe being acquitted, he having been absent from Nantes at the time the frauds were perpetrated, and his partner having acted in his name. All the other accused, whose names are Dupont, Quemet, Barden, Rondonet, Levesque, Cornillier, Ca naud, and Martin, were declared guilty, and were seve rally sentenced to a month's imprisonment and 2,000 f. fine. One of the Paris papers in giving an account of this case, contrasts the conduct of the condemned with that of certain English tradesmen who have generously offered supplies to the Government for the war ' without profit, and have eves made large donations. The con trast, it declares, is not at all creditable to the patriot ism of Frenchmen. THE TACTICS OF PRIIASSIA. (From Galignani's Messenger.) We were enabled two days ago to confirm the state ment in a private telegraph despatch from Berlin, that the Prussian Government intended to make an effort to induce the French and English Cabinets to enter with it into a treaty on the Eastern question, having nearly the same object as that of the treaty of Vienna, but to which Austria should not be a party. At the same time we mentioned that M. Von Usedom, onelof the most dis tinguished diplomatists of Prussia, was to be the person charged with this mission to London, and that a diplo matist of equal rank was to be sent to Paris. The pri vate telegraphic despatches since received from Berlin give the name of M. Von Usedom, but not that of the diplomatist to the French capital. In one of these de spatches indeed, it is said that M. Von Usedom is to be charged with the mission to both Governments. In an nouncing the appointment of M. Von Usedom, we were ' enabled to add that his mission would have no chance of success, and that in all probability, after the rejection of his propositions, the Prussian Government would give its adhesion to the treaty of Vienna. The Pays, in an article on this subject, erpresses some astonishment at the course adopted by the Court of Prussia. It is diffi cult, indeed, to comprehend the motive that the Prus sian Government can have for a step which on the face of it presents such little probability of success. It is sith a view to gain time for the Emperor of Russia, and to retard the consequences which must result from the treaty of Vienna, in the event of the Emperor Ndiolas refusing before the end of the year to accept the four points of guarantee ie the sense laid down by the three Allied Cabinets ? or has the King of Prussia some modifications to propose at the instance of :the Czar, which he imagines may be accepted by France and England, and which, accepted by them, would be ac ceptable to Austria ? These are questions which time only can solve. There is another which presents it self, and which is founded on as much probability rs either of the others. May not the Prussian Cabinet have resolved to adhere to the treaty of Vienna, but be seeking to prove to the Emperor of Russia that it bad previously exhausted every means of averting in his in terest a necessity greater than all considerations of family connexion and personal sympathy ? The position of Prussia, if she should isolate herself from the policy of the Western Powers, would be one of discredit and. danger. To the shame of a tendency to Russian inte rests in opposition to those of Europe and to the cause of civilisation and justice, she would add the . danger of consequences which might be fatal to the Prussian mo narchy. All this is without doubt felt by the most en lightened men in the Prussian Cabinet, but with a loyal devotedness to their sovereign they maybe endeavouring to do all in their power to prove to the Emperor of Rusia that his royal brother-in-law is compelled by the force of events and by public opinion to make common cause with his adversaries. Whatever may be the mo tive of the mission of M. Von Usedom, whatever may be its result, it is not reasonable to suppose that the Prussian Governinent will adhere long to a policy of isolation. The immediate consequences of such a policy would be to give to Austria an exclusive influence in, Germany by the strong hold that she would have on public opinion, and to put an end to the commercial ad vantages which Prussia has hitherto been permitted t o derive neutral i ty. It is very independentlyrynaturaltosupoi sup pose drat th the family connection of t h e Court with that of Russia, w ould cling as long as possible to a system of neutrality os froma i e le P russian which has enabled it to profit by the want of means of sea transit for Russian produce ; but it knows that the privilege which Prussia now enjoys in this respect will no longer be tolerated, and thus one of the most impor tant advantages of' neutrality will be taken from it. As long as it could be shown to the people of Prussia that they profited by the war of the Western Powers against Russia, and that their trade would increase with the duration of neutrality, it was comparatively easy to render them less sensible to the appeals of honour and the obligations of national independenoe. The ismnber of the partisans of Russia in Prussia will however be very materially diminished, when it shall be generally known that the Western Powers are resolved to put an end to the traffic which has hitherto been tolerated under the system of neutrality. The Pays says -- "We have already announced that Prussia had mani fested an intention of treating direct with the Western Powers instead of adhering purely and simply to the treaty of the 2d December. It is announced that for this pirpose she has sent to London M. d'Usedom, for merly her representative at Rome, with an autograph letter from King Frederic William to Queen Victoria, and that another diplomatist will shortly be appointed to fill a similar mission to Paris. It is difficult to un derstand what hopes Prussia may entertain from this p roce eding. It is evident that the Western Powers w il l not grant her better conditions than those adopted by Austria. For what purpose, then, should separate ne cancapursoedduicsequetude in the no result, and b l d e be of openedab to naturewbi which Confederation, to the great prejudic e of the int erests of go h t i i c a h tio w n o s u Germany ?" LONDON DOOKS.---tEXTENSIVE WINE FEADDS.—_p rom a trade' circular, signed by Messrs. Ridley an d Co , it appears that an extensive sy stem of f raud has be en . the con. i b n y to fine old car riedversioonn o a f t d t a h m e e a as ge t a v r a n u m lt m , a L g o e nd s o a n le Doc by ports, which are disposed of to the public at corm pending prices. It is said that about 70 pipes of inferior sour wine, purchased at from 20s. to 40s. per pipe, have been passed through the Lond on D ock vats, and then f o rwarded to the east v au lt , whence, after about a month's time, they are passed off as valuable racy ports, at prices varying, from 301. to 381. per pipe. We know not how true this statement is, but . it is very cir cumstantial, and w ears on the face of it an a ppearan ce o f truth. The cir cu l ar states that the aut h or ities are pre . pared to go any 'P ° " ibi litYs to punish all parties who are implicated in length, reg ardless of expense and re this hatter. —Civil S erv i c e Gazette. 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