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COMMA! Da %TO, .„, '''er , ilitniont of the . Comptroller for Viesilwinlif un•lol'ort Servte , a, Somerset liou , e, 10th October, lati4. T" Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord iligh Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on S ATURDAY, the 28th Instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with i mch VOrsotis as may be willing io contract for supplying" and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling St:l'es at Deptford and Plymouth the undermentioned quantities of RYE, viz.: When to be delivered. Quarters. j Half of each in 14 days. and the re -200 f mainder in 14 days afterwards, or 200 earlier if preferred by the party tendering. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, n hen the ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem flt, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any ; and also an unlimited power of sel,ction. Tenders may be made for the whole,or any portion of the above quantities; and every tender must specify in words, as well as in figures, the prices at which the Rye may be offered. Samples, not less than 4 quarts, must be produced by the parties tendding. The-tramples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted are requested to he taken away by them immediately after the con tracts have ben decided. No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro- Viderl for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said Office, a' the Victualling Yards at Plymouth, or to Comman der Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool. Thaeoadittons of the revised contracts, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the sail Office, at the said Victualling Yard, and at LiVerpool. No tenderwill be received after One o'clock or, the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party ten dering or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of contract, a' the result of the offer received from each person Will be commun cated to him in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Rye," and must also be delivered at Somerset House. DEP'FFORD • • . PLYMOUrIi GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPI NG NA, • COMPANY. • •7, Cannon-street, October 23, 1R54. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That , he A ce..tm's and Balance Sheet of the "General Screw Steam Shipping Company," for the Six Months, ending 30th June, 195 i. will be OPEN to the INSPECTION of the 811 IItEHOLDEIt 4 , on and after the 110th day of OCTO ,, ER instant, at the Company's Offices, and that the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING will be held on Wednesday. the 15th day of November in xt, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The chair will be taken at 12 o'clock (noon) precisely. By order of the Board. J. L. O'BEIRNE, Secretary. 0ct..18, 1954. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. la ARTIER desirous of INVESTING MONEY -IIL esti requested• to examine the Plan of this Institution, by which a wail rote of Interest may be obtained with perfect security. , Interest PETERI)a 7 1 46 I tt n R u t a s r g ag i r a u n t a y lii Managing Director. Prospectuses and Forms for opening Accounts sent free on application. LAMBETH and PROVINCIAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. • (Enrblled as the Borough of Lambeth Benefit Building Society.) NOTICE IA HEREBY GIVEN, That a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Members of the above Society will be held at the Literary Institution, Borough-road. Southwark, on MONDAY EVENING NEXT, the 23d inst., at 7 o'clock precisely. W. BANKS, Secretary. 211, Hier-street, Borough, 17th Oct , 1854. GRAND BAL MASQ I JE at the CASINO DE VENISE, High Holborn, It IS respectfully announced that in coinplianceiwith the oft-expressed wish of the numerous patrons of th?s superbly decorated and magnificent establishment, a Grand Bill Masque, upon the same liberal scale that rendered &I previous ones given here so extremely popular, w1:1 take place on THURSDAY next, October 25. Mr. W. M. Packer's renowned Band will perform a programme of the most favourite compositions in Danes Music. Gentlemen's Tickets, ss. ; Ladies' do., 3s. Doors open at half-past Nine; to commence at Ten o'clock punctually. Mr. Nathan, Castle- Street, is the appointed Costumier. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO will RE-OPEN on S &TURD S.Y . next. On which occasion the •follo ming fashionable Music will be performed by the well known Band of the Rooms —Programme : Overture, Zanetta ; Waltz, Les Gandoles de la Tamise ; Polka, Bulgarian ; Quadrille, Le Jolt Postillon ; Polka. La Comete ; Waltz, Stars of the West ; Quadrille, Les 'Wiens ; Schottische, Henrietta ; Galop, Conican Brothers ; •Waltz, Bete; Quadrille, Les Francaise ; Po lka, Etoile du Nord; Waltz, Solon Spruche ; Quadrille, Constantinople ; Galop, L'Oiange. Alteration of Time—Doors open at 8 ; commence at half -Past. • PATRON-11.RJ'. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The next MONDAY EVENING LECTURE to the INDUS TRIAL CLASSES, on the 16th inst., will be on GEOLOGY, by E. W. Ertanar, Fsq.. F F.G.S., &c , at eight o'clock. An entirely new and original DUBOSCQ'S CAsC &DE ILLUMI NATED by Electric Light, throwing ibree Jets of Water instead of one, and displaying 4 variety of beautiful colours. Also, DUBOSCQ'S NEW SUBMARINE ELECTRIC LAMP, by which the operations of the Diver can be seen under water. MODEL of SEBASTOPOL, by two of the Royal Sappers and Miners. D[' SOLVING "VIEWS of the SEAT of WAR in the B t.LTIC and BLACK SEA, including sEBA.STOPOL and C RON STADT. The COSMORAMA ROOMS will shortly be opened with forty ',Jests of the chief places in Russia, and the Costumes of the people. Exhibition of the OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE daily, at half-past ono. LECTURES by J. IL PYPPER, Esq., Dr. BACIIHOFFNEIt, and Mr. Jogra. Time . Direct Trains frora the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London eo•e ry quarter of an hour. ISRB-NSWICK EIA.RF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenehurch-street Station. VVEIEL I) A TA. SUNDATd. Fen church Street A Fen church Street .- -- i --- ,: t .1. i at at A' s g siq 10% 12 4 41 4 .51 E 5 i = Passages marked * are run direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To err from Gm emend and London.. •• •• 10d. Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 1 0 d. Between Gravesw) 1 and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TICKET; s.—Twelve Months, 5.. 03. ; Six Months, 3/. OS.; Three Months, th.i. . Os. • to be had of the Collectors on bo ard the Packets; or of 24:/ •• Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Oct. 9, 1P54. TUE SECI;ET Jr.: NTFIRMITIES OF YOUTII AND MATURITY Just published, pr h ie ts., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 stamps E+ Its OUs 'D EBILITY; Its Causes, ; Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on sp a r_ matorrhcea, with i Practical Observations on a safer and more successful mode •af treatment of the diseases os of the Generative System, obtained b 3 • the use of the Microscope nary examination, the real ;suss in detecting and distinguiahing, by t I • fromsAuse and effect of every variety of ci vs •plaint, whether arising t solitary habits, remarks, founded t , perieuce in the treatment of s mpu o issanc e e, excesses, accident, o.r • climate, followed by practice on twenty years' . empirical with Nervous Debility, Li k al Weakness, Spermatorrheea, are added, Comment: II 'ies on . the Physiology of Marriage, ' . T p . ra w e h ti i ce h , pre cautionary hints on •'"" as evils emanating from and on the eqiigerociv remedies advocated by various writers on these Importara disoralt ts• 11 By at .UEL LA'MERT. M.D. 87, ItEDF.I RD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor or Medicine, Y f triculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary aid ita 1 er of the hondou Hospital Medical Society Licentiate of Apoth, • ca ries' Dell, London, The essential object ref this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting fis, Tr certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have pronuced . - n, , re misery in Votith, degralation in Man hood, and premature de, a v at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, an y other class of disease km s ai to modern pathologists. Its perusal is Particularly reeommendee to persons entertaining secret doubts of their pny a i ca l con diti on , a o d. who are COYISCiOUS of having hazarded the health, happiness, and a irivileges to which every human being is entitled. It is ab:olutely necessm 3 thatall men should know, that there are principles of personal man S,reuient which tans`canno iolated without incurring , grievous penalth lt, ar d when wisdom regret succeed u "' neJalay of inconsidera to a :dr-indulgence, how these penalties Lday be mitigated, how the cling of their bitterness may be rem oved, how the evil and its ( 01 iscatiueincos may be avoided, and above al l, that derangementthere is scarcely any d•a' rce of physical intirmity or functional Thea to which th s l'..fuely aid of science cannot apply a cure. t:L tlior has for a ser ha • of years bee(' engned in an extensive pract ice u n f on in the treatment , ,of these delicate complaints, Willett have enlo , " . a atelY been too 1 Ilea, wh • their ;‘ inerally confided to the care of enplaneigoran faith in NERVOIia o inflict gre s t injury on those who are induced Preteirdonf , , D EEI 'LW Brother, ' and •St• may be had, price Is, of Messrs. 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Hurst and Blackect, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. KERR'S COMMON LAW, 1851. This day is published, 12m0., 94. boards!, PRE COMMON LAW PROCEDUR E ACT, 1854. With Practical Notes, an elaborate Introduction, and a copious Index. By B. `MALCOLM KERR, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. London: Butterwortha, 7, Fleet-street, (Law Publishers to the Qu4(n's most excellent Majesty.) MILITARY PROMOTION AND RETIREMENT. i —.--. • 1 VICTORIA R. . Whereas we have approved the recommendations of the; commissioners appointed by authority to inquire intp the several modes of promotion and retirement in Ou4 military forceS, our will and pleasure is - that; from an 4 after the date hereof, the following rules shall be o 4 est blished for the future promotion and retirement of o •ers in the•army, and that by these our rules our crnandet-in-chief shall govern himself in recommend ing officers for promotion or retirement : i Will he published on Tuesday, October 21, t SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. AUTHENTIC 1 1 MAP AND VIEW of Sebastopol and its Environs, including 1, lialaklays, coloured to show the position of the Investing Corps of the Allied Artnieg, October, 1854; floor i-ketches made on the 'spot by Captain M. A. BIDDCLPH, ILA. Price Is.; per post, Is. 4d. Case, 25.!6,1. ; per post, 3s. • R,ondon: Edward Stanford, Wholesale a nd Retail Map-seller, 6, Chitring Cross MORISON'S PILLS. —The VEGETABLE IVERSXL MEDICINE of the BRITISH COLLEGE of HE ALTII, New-road, London. Read the M•RISONItNA and other Hygelan publications, to be bad gratis of all the agents. No chemist or druggist is allowed to sell Iforison's Pills. PROMOTION. I. That the rank of field marshal be given without re ferimce to seniority. 2 That poeml periodical brevets be, for the future, TO LOVERS OF FISH,- 110 real YARMOUT II BLOATERS for Os., package included. The above forwarded to all parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, or P. 0. 0. (preferrel) for the amount. Send plain address, county, and nearest station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, jun., Fish-curer, Great Yarmouth. .belished: 3. That there shall be a fixed establishment, for the wards and the line, of 100 general officers upon unat ,acled pay, in addition to the general officers who aro co oriels of regiments, making in all 234, of whom i 0 shall .)e generals, 70 lieutenant-generals, and 114 majer ;eisrals. 4. That, until the existing establishment of general offi cers be reduced to 231, the senior colonels on the list shall be . promoted, or the supernumerary previously promoted foi distinguished service shall be admitted, alternately aftier the third vacancy on the fixed general officers list—this limitation being observed until the excess be re- QUACKS UNMASKED. The Third Edition.—Just published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d. N TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRE(EA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real 'ufferers under this discuss, and C,rrecting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From the German of tor. PICKNOttI). With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of tire system of terrorism and extortion pursued by ,the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are creldulous enough to seek their aid. 711 r. Nekton' Is. known to English readers by his frequent practl eat, contributions to German medical literature. - This is the first - ttnie,he Informs as. that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his sower to cor rect." —London Medical Gazette. The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book :toold 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 Uody and mind, and what is of 'ess 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 Spermatorrhaia, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, Uke'y to do much good." London: H. llalliere, 219, Regent-street. lIETLEY S EAST INDIA PALE ALE.- Ii.,'ORDERS fur tho OCTOBER BREWINGS are now being Registered, and will be supplied according to priority of date. Parties are recommended to give their orders in due time, to pre 'vent the repetition of the disappointments of last season. Every exertion shall - be used to provide a speedy supply, but the press of orders is already so great as to render it impo,sitile to guarantee the fulfilment of those unregtstsred, out of the early Brewing'. To most judges of the article this Beer is well known to them it May. ha sufficient to say, the quality will be maintained. Others are respectfully referred for proofs of its excel'encefer BOTTLING, Expos X, Or Units CONSUMPTION, theoretically, to the standar d work, " Chemis try. &c.; applied to the Arts and Manufactures," page 277, and the "Analytcal Report," Sc.; practically, to the Colonial and Foreign deports, and to the numerous venders throughout the United King dom. Lists of antkorised Agents and respectable Bottlers and Retailers of TETLEY'S PALE ALE may he obtained on application. THE BREWERY, LEEDS. 169, UPPER THAMES-STREET, LONDON. --- E NGINEERS' MASONIC and UNIVERSAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 345, STR:AND, LONDON. During the prevalence of Cholera, Policies for three months (renew able, if required, at the expiration of that period) are granted by this Society, covering the risk, not only of Cholera, but of all other diseases. • Rates may be obtained at th, Office. Annuitants admitted to share in the Profits. No charge for Policy Stamps. Credit given for half the Premium. Assiviments and Transfers of Policies registered free of charge. A liberal Comm!ssion allowed to Solicitors and Agents mime intro duction of business. ANTHONY PECK, M.A., Actuary and Secretary. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, London. SHARE OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO FOUR-FIFTHS. Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN FOUR-FIFTHS of the Net Profits of the Society, according to the conditions contained in the society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives ire 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 Threalaeedle-street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. &iced. L. That the major-generals, hereafter promoted for dis tinguished service, shall, after the number of generals on th fixed establishment has been reduce d to 234, be p laced onl, the permanent g eneral offieers' list, in the proportion of one major - general for two vacancies—the second vacancy being ,filled by seniority from the colonel's list. 0. That those general officers in the receipt of the 'half ps only of their last regimental commissions be not in elided in the 234 above mentioned, but that their names ho, printed, according to their seniority, on the same nit, with the others as now, but with an asterisk pre fixed to 'them. 7. That the rank of full colonel be given to officers •after serving for three years with the rank of lieutenant-c olonel, in the actual command of regiments, or for the same:pe riod as second lieutenant-colonels of regiments, or as major and lieutenant-colonel , or m a j or in the household cavalry, or as mounted officers of the guards, or on the staff, in the following situations, viz., Assistant Adjutant-General, Assistant Quartermaster -General, Military Secretary (or Assistant Military Secretary where there shall be no Military Secretary) to such general officers alone as are ex ercising the supreme command on a station, or commis sioner to the head quarters of an, allied army, or after serving six years with the rank of lieutenant-colonel as equerry to the Sovereign. 8. That field officers, commissioned as such before the 20th of June, 1854, be allowed to rise by brevet, as under the regulations. then in force ; but no officer, promoted to the rank of field officer on or after that date, is to rise from the rank of lieutenant-colonel to that of colonel, otherwise than by three years' service in the former rank, as above described, or as a reward for distinguished service, or by appointment to be Queen's aide-de-camp. 9. That in cases where colonels shall be appointed, with out regard to seniority, to commands as major-generals, their temporary rank, if they shall have conducted them selves to our satisfaction, may he made permanent, after having held such commands for five years in peace, or after any shorter period in war, upon the recommendation of our commander.in-chief. That, in like manner, the tem porary rank of general and lieutenant-general may be given whenever the convenience of the service requires it, and may be confirmed iu a similar manner. 10. That, in addition to the colonels promoted by senio rity to be major-generals, colonels shall be eligible for pro motion to the rank of major-general, and major-generals to the rank of lieutenant-general, and lieutenant-generals to the rank of general, for distinguished services in the field. In tho case of officers promoted to the rank of general officers, as a reward for distinguished service in war, the recommendation, in which the service of the officer shall he detailed, shall be published in the general orders of the army, and. in the Gazette, with a view to ensure the respon sibility attaching to an appointment thus made out of the regular course of army promotion. 11. That every vacancy on the fixed establishment of general officers shall be filled by the promotion, when there is no supernumerary of the senior colonel qualified to suc ceed to the rank of major-general, and to be placed on the fixed establishment under the regulations now in force ; and that vacancies in the ranks of general and lieutenant general bo filled in the same manner. If there be more than one supernumerary who has been promoted for distin g uished service, the promotion o f the senior colonel shall take place on every second vacancy only, until the supernumeraries be reduced, by the appoint ment alternately of a supernumerary and the promotion of a colonel. 12. That promotions shall be made in the ranks of field officers, below the rank of colonel, from time to time, or as vacancies occur in the major-general's fixed establishment. 13. That any captain, major, or lieutenant-colonel may be rewarded. for promotion for distinguished services in the field. In eves, however, where such promotion would de prive the officer of regimental employment, by which the interests either of the service or of the officer might be prejudiced, brevet rank may be given, to be converted into regimental (or substantive rank) at an early subsequent A.D. 1720. R OYAL 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, Esq., Governor. The Icon. J. T. Leslie Melville, Sub-Governor. G eo rge Pearkes Barclay, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. John Garrett Cattley, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Ed w ard Howley Palmer, Esq. Al exa nder Colvin, Esq. Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. William Davidson, Esq. Abraham George RobartB, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Robert Hanbury, jun., Esq. Soltau, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Tetlow Ilibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. J ame s Stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. L a ncelot Holland, Esq. charles Baring Young, Esq. MEDICAL REVERED—Sarni:lel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pro miu ms tailing due at Michaelmas will expire on the 14th of October. FIRE imi 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 slim not - exece ling 10,0001. may be assured en 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. do extra charge is made for service hi the militia. 11,(1,1,NS are granted on Life Polic?es to their full vahies. This Corporation affords all the advaritaces of modern practice, with the stability of an office safely constituted under Royal Charier 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. psriod. Officers, and other 14. That the commands of general situations on the staff, both at homo and abroad, shall not bo held for more than five years, unless by re-appoint- -meet. 15. That the privilege of selling out of the Army, re• tainiug the name of the officer in the army list in italics, which is now coutined to full colonels and officers having the order of the Bath, be extended, with the permission of the Commander-in-Chief in each case, to all field officers. 16. That. no officer shall be promoted to the rank of cap tain, until he shall have been two years an effective subal- C010ne1.... • • • • Lieutenant-Colonel Major .... • • • • • • ...... •• • Dit o of In'antry, having supe rior brevet rant, and pro vided he shall have served as Captain on full pay for at least two years immediate y before retirement to halt FARMING STOCK. The Corporation having determined on a reduction of One Shil ling per Cent." in the rate of Premium for the Insurance of Farm ing Stock and Utensils in England and Weles, the Company's agents have been fully instructed upon the subject, and are authorised to accept Insurances on that class of property accordingly. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. JOHN I. HIGHAM, Actuary - and Secretary. torn. 17. That no officer shall bo promoted to the rank of major until he shall have been six years effective as sub altern or captain. 18. No medical candidate who has not passed his ex amination at the Royal College of Surgeons of London, Edinburgh, or Dublin, shall be eligible for the commis sion of assistant-surgeon ; and he must have served as such on full pay five years before he shall be eligible for promotion to the rank of staff surgeon of the second class. 10. Staff surgeons of the second class must have served ten years in the army on full pay before they shall be eli gible for the next step of rank. A staff surgeon of the first class must have served three years at home, or two years abroad in this rank, before he shall be eligible for promotion. 20. A deputy inspector-general of hospitals must have served five years at home, or three years abroad, in this rank, before he shall be eligible for promotion to the highest rank of inspector-general. Ditto of Cavalry, with brevet rank, exchanging to Is If pay, after two years' full. pay service, with a Capta'n of Infantry .... • Lieutenant Ditto of Infantry, if commis sioned seven years as Lieu tenant in the regular army at the date of being placed upon half-pay.. • • ..... .; Ditto of Cavalry, of five years' JACKSON'S PATENT PREPARATION for the PRESERVATION of POTATOES, SEEDS, &c.—This valuable discovery, for which Letters Patent have been obtained, is the result of fourteen ye Irs' study and experiments in the preserva tion of vegetable matters. It imparts health and vigour to the Plants and Seeds subjected to its action, and effectually prevents the POTATO DISEASE, the SMUT in WHEAT, MILDEW and ROT, all FUNGAL DISEASES, and the attacks of INSECTS and VER MIN, and further recommends itself to the farmer, the planter, and the public generally, by the extreme simplicity of the mode of its application. It is sokt by all seedsmen and Chemists, in packets of one, two, three, and four pounds each, with instructions for its use, and parties requiring larger quantities for their own use or for exportation, can be supplied on advantageous terms, by addressing to Mr. Jackson, the Patentee, 18, Cannon-street, London-bridge, where the article is always on sale. and the fulltst particulars and directions for its use Can be obtained. ---- NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, 48, Gracechurch-street, London. For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c. • DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—CHAßLES LUSHINGTON, Esq. John Bradbury, Esq. Robert M. Holborn, Esq. M.P.Thomas Castle, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., William Miller Christy, Esq. Robert Sheppard, Esq. Edward Crowley. Esq. William Tyler, Esq. John Feltham, Esq. Charles Whetharn, Esq. Charles Gilpin, Esq. G R AVESEND STAR PACKETS. No ether Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfleet Piers. WOTICE. —Day Tickets are issued upon the Oravesend Star Packets, available for return hy them or by the London and Tilbury Railway ; the Return Tickets by the Railway will also be available forretum by the Star Packets. The Packets Can At the Piers as underlined (weather permitting FROM TERRACE PIER, ORAVESESD. TrITSICIANS. J. T. Conquest, MD., F.L.S. I Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. TRUSTEES. John Feltham, Esq. Samuel 11. Lucas, Esq. I R o b e rt Ingham, Esq., M.P. Charles Lushington, Esq. B kNKERS—Messri. Brown, Janson, and Co., and Bank of England. SOLICITOR. —Septimus Davidson, F.sq. CONSULTING ACTU ißT—Charles Ansell, Esq., F.R.S. Extracts from the Report of the Directors for 1853:1853: — 'The Directors congratulate their fellow-members on the very grati fying result of the recently- com;,leted Quinquennial Investiga s tion of the assets and liabili ties of the Institution, by which it appear that, on the 20th November, 1852, after providing for the present value of all the liabillies in the Life Assurance Department, a surplus re raaioei of 242.6271., which has been duly apportioned as heretofore. " The reductions range from 5 to 89 per cent. on the original Annual Premiums, according to the age of the party and the time the Policy has been in force; and the Bonuses vary in like manner, from 50 to 75 per cent. on the amount of premiums paid during the last live years. " The total amount of the reductions per annum for the ensuing five years is 33,348/. 17s. 2d. " The Bonuses assigned to those policies on which the original pre miums continue to be paid amount to 89,8801. ss. 0,1. ; this, together with Bonuses apportioned at former divisions, makes an aggregate addition to the sums assured by the Policies in force of 126,5641. " Notwithstanding the great reduction of Premiums, the net annual i nc ome arising from 12,32 6 existing Policies is 163,9121. 7, Id.; this sum, with the interest on invested capital, viz , 37,298/. 7s. 31., shows a total annual income of 201,210/. 14s. 4d." The amount of Capital exceeds ONE MILLION STERLING. Members, whose premiums fall due on the tat Oct. aro reminded that they must be paid within 30 days from that date. Prospectuses and all other information may be obtained on appli cation to the Office. Sept. 23, 1654. WEEK DTS. SUNDAYS 4 8 Terrace Pier JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. _ . standing, If entitled to reckon two years for the bat le of Waterloo Cornet Second Lieutenant and Ena•gn Adjutant, if not commissioned as Lieutenant UNATTACHED PAY, RETIRED FULL PAY, AND HALF-PAY. It is our further will and pleasure, ' that-the grants o' unattached pay, and other rates of pay, to general offi cers, not being colonels of regiments, and of retired full pay, and of half-pay, to officers of our army, shall be regulated by this our royal warrant, to be administered and interpreted by our Secretary-at-War, as the sole and standing authority for regulating such grants. UNATTACHED PAT. 21. Officers removed from their commissions as field officers in regiments of foot guards, in consequence of being promoted to be general officers, shall receive unat tached pay according to the following scale—via., lieute nant-colonel, 6001. a year; major, 5501. a year. 22. Officers promoted to be general officers from fall or half-pay commissions in the line, shall, if duly qualified, receive unattached pay of 1/. ss. a day. 23. The number of general officers upon ne ws establish ment of unattached pay of 1/. ss. a day or pds, not being colonels of regiments, shall be limited to 100. 24. A general officer being colonel of a regiment, in the event of his regiment being reduced, may be placed, in the first instance, as supernumerary upon the said establish ment of unattached pay at 1/. ss. a day ; but shall fall into the vacancy that may occur therein, until re-appointed colonel of a regiment. 25. A colonel promoted to the rank of general officer, as a reward for distinguished service in war, or in conse quence of having held a command with temporary rank as general officer, shall be placed, in the first instance, as su p e rnumerary on the said establishment of unattac hed pay, at 4001. a year, until he shall fall into a vacancy on the fixed establishment of general officers. 26. An officer now on the list of general officers, whether on full or half pay at the time of his promotion, but who is in excess of the limited number of 100 entitled to un attached pay of 1/. ss. a day or upwards, shall receive, if duly qualified by service, an allowance in lieu of unat tached pay, at the rate of 4001. a year ; or if lieutenant colonel of cavalry, at the time of his promotion, the net full pay of that rank, until elected to the establishment of unattached pay, at 11. ss. a day, or appointed to be colonel of a regiment. 27. To entitle an officer to the unattached pay of a gene ral officer, or to the allowance in lieu of such unattached pay, such officer must have actually served six years with the rank of a regimental field officer, either with a regi ment of a line or in some other substantive military em ployment in the public service, or as field officer of the Foot Guards, or on the staff appointment of assistant adju tant-general, assistant quartermaster-general, military sec retary (or assistant military secretary, where there shall be.no military secretary) to such general officers alone as aro exercising the supreme command on a station, or as commissioner to the head quarters of an allied army ; or, having obtained the rank of regimental field officer, shall have been obliged to go upon half-pay on account of reduc tion, or in consequence of ill-health contracted in the ser vice (as established by the report of a board of medical officers), or in consequence of wounds received in action, before lie bad served the six years above prescribed. 28. Te the limitations contained in the precedingarticle, the following exceptions only will be admitted, viz : Appointment as major-genoral on the staff. Appointment to a military government. In these cases the insufficiency of service as a re gineutal field officer will not render an e p d ay pa s y ha . ll net be extended offi 2c9e.r iThenel i benefit o for f t the a u t u t n a t e t b a c c ( h i to any general officer, who, when he last went upon half pay, received the difference; nor to any officer who went upon half pay at his own request in time of war before ho had completed an aggregate full-pay service of thirty years, of which period six years shall have been with the rank of regimental field offi -or ; nor to any officer who went upon half-pay, at his own request, in time of peace, be fore be had served six years with the rank of regimental field officer. Officers thus situated shall continuo to receive the half pay only, of which they were in receipt at the time of their promotion to be general officers. • RETIRED FULL PAY. 30. The retired full pay list of field officers and captains shall be prospectively fixed at €O,OOO/. a-year ; all officers who were on the full pay retirement previously to the royal warrant of October, 1840, being considered supernu merary to the establishment of 60,0001. 31. The colonels, li eu tenant-colonels, majors, and cap , tains, allowed to re tire upon sull pay, shall be selected and AUTUMN AND WINTER NOVELTIES in flit vSS.—It affords E. MOSES and SON the greatest plea sure to state that all the Novelties ler the season In Attire, Hats, Caps. Hosiery, Ladies a nd Children's Clothing, Boots, and Shoes, Itc.. &c , are now ready for inspection at their Establishment and its West-end Branch. There is not an article of Attire for Autumn Fo elegant, gentle manly, and comfortable as the new Paletot, which has been designed solely by E. MOSES and SON ; it supersedes any previous invention, and, for Autumn and Winter, is a leading article of dress for all class s. Its price heir g only 255. renders it a convincing by proof E. of the a d van t a ges afforded by the economical prices charged MOSES and Sex. 'the Autumn and Winter Novelties in the mazniftecnt stock of Hats and Caps, now presented by E. MOSES and SON, comprise every new, elegant, and faliionahle style, which has been invented In London and Paris; they are the most seasonable fashions, the most durable articles, and are charged the most economical prices. The Autumn and Winter Novelties in the Hosiery Depa tment at E. Moses and SON'S associate the richest, most fashionable, and most useful goods, and the section exclusively appropriated to Ladies and Children's Dress and Underclothing displays the most elegant and serviceable articles for the season in unparalleled magnitude of Stock, and at the most economical prices. The Wholesale Clothing. Shirt, and Boot and Shoe Department offers advantages to Captains, Merchants, Emigrants, and others, In the magnitude, seperiority, and sultabilly of the stock and economy in price, which will render the goods offered by E. MOSES and SON the Jest and most profitable investments which can be made, Full Lists of Outfits for Emigrants, Ladies, and Gentlemen, with shhessiling information , g ratis, on epplication, or post free. C XUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the agaiast imposition, heving learned that the untradesman-like falu' hood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the sam concern," has been resorted to in may instances, and for obvious e reasons, they beg to state t hat they have No Cetexesiox WITII ANT OTHER 11011 R IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : Lendon City Establishment, 154, 155. 155, and 157, Minories, 84, e 5, and 84, &Ideate, opposite the Church, all communicating. Lotidoti West-end Branch, 505 , 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, end 3, Hart-street, all conimuicating. Brad old (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. , le.ffield Branch, 35. Fargate. Celonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Yerchant Padre - , Clothiers, Hatters, iloslers, Furriers, Boot and She Makers, and General Ontfittera for la.lies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest the Establishments n ' on Fridays to sunse t price, trornveidcli nn abatement are closed can he s see ma,,,ne.t on when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. o s. ok for A utum and Winter. " The Commercial Condi; a. newtu r d n Y a cotta," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure meet, gee., &c., may bo had on applicatioa, or post-free. Tel l'on parte Francais. Qui st parte Italian°. Hier spricht man Deutsch Aqua ea hails Espalo CAVALRY. I 'INFANTRY. N eNy Rate. Per e. d. 15 6 i 2 6 10 0 7 6 4 8 via Rare. rtr diem. s. (1. 13 0 10 0 g 0 5 6 3 0 5 2 3 6 2 6 4 0 New Mite. Tyr diem. MIDDLESEX llosuraL.—The Board of the Middlesex ITospital have presented an address through their chairman, Michael Smith, Esq., to the Rev. John David Hare, D.C.L., chaplain, thanking him for his gicat zeal and a ttention, to the spiritual wants of the patients, esp eciall y during the late severo and awful visitation of cholera. 7 6 4 0 52. If a medical from any other cau shall be allowed the title him, accordini Full-pay of RANK OF RETIRF %I EDICAL OFFICERS. Inspect , r.General of Hospitals Deputy lnspector-Ge heral of RosyltaV, Staff S.'urgeon, t irsi lteghlient .1 Surgeon And still' Su:1;ton; Second Class.. •• Assistant-Surgeon r f -,9" -9- Ii) r;~ z F 7, 1. 4a~ l yK' 4.t. 4; • . • • • „ 4 111111101„.:: = --- -"; • • • 4 e;: - Vg• • - • - • 11,7, t*: -) c • g ; , 615 re N.4 .v.ii ;rel 3. ' (OW • . tl y, TJ • • ' L ' L. SI44I. I • • ••• •• • Wl's LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1854. recommended to us by our commander-in-chief, and ap pointed according toltheir regimental, and not according to their brevet rank • bat no officer shall be placed on the retired lull-pay list, who has not served on full-pay for twenty-one years and upwards, unless he had been obliged to go upon half-pay in consequence of ill health contracted in the service (as established by the report of a board of medical officers), or in consequence of wounds received in action, before ho had served the 21 years prescribed. 32. Each officer placed on the retired full-pay list, shall receive a step of brevet rank, together with the full-pay of the rank from which he retired ; but such officer cannot be further promoted. 33. Officers appointed to veteran battalions shall not, on their reduction or retirement therefrom, acquire any claim to retired full-pay. TEMPORARY ALLOWANCH IN THH NATURE OF HALF-PAT. 34. An officer, hoving served less than three years, will, if reduced, receive only a temporary allowance of half-pay, according to the following scale Services on Full Pay. Temporary Allowance. Under 1 year 1, and under 2 years for 2 years. 2, and under 3 years The temporary allowance ceases at the termination of the above-recited periods, or previously, if the officer shall have been previously placed ou full-pay. 35. But an officer, who has been placed on temporary half-pay, is eligible to be appointed-to a full-pay commis sion, either by exchange or otherwise, provided his appoint ment take place within five years after he has ceased to receive temporary half-pay, in which ease his _former service is allowed to reckon. 36. The exchange to full-pay, under the preceding article, may be made with a full-pay officer entitled to half-pay. 37. An officer who has been rethiced'with only a tempo rary allowance, having purchased his taammission, may receive the regulated price thereof from the public, through our Secretary at War, and the public shall be re imbursed by the sale ! of a first fult-pay commission, which would otherwise ha've been conferred- withou,tp.purchase ; but these sales shatrnot be required in any greater pro portion than one fer every two such vacated commissions. lIALF-PAT. pay, including 3in the rank from which he retires, or, not having served such 3 years, shall have served 10 in the co lonies, or 5 with an army in the field, in any rank, he may be allowed the rate of half-pay assigned to his rank in the schedule annexed to article. 52 ; but it is not to be under stood that this clause is intended to convey an authority to place any officer in retirement immediately subsequent ' to any promotion he may obtain. PAYMASTERS. 54. A paymaster, who shall have served as a commis sioned officer in other ranks, shall, on retiring from the situation of paymaster, be allowed, after conspleting five years' service on full pay as paymaster, to reckon previous service on full pay as a commissioned officer as equivalent to that of paymaster, according to the following scale, in establishing his claim to half-pay. Five years' service in other ranks)" Two years' service as shall reckon as equivalent to t paymaster. Ten ditto ditto Five ditto. Fifteen or upwards ditto Seven ditto. M. A paymaster shall bo allowed half-pay according to the following scale, provided always that our Secretary at-War shall be satisfied with the manner in which the paymaster shall have performed his duties. If of less than five years' service The half-pay of the for tiler regimental cora en full-pay as paymaster . mission. • 6s. a day, or the half- If of more than five years' service pay of the former on full-pay as paymaster regimental commis sion. If of more than ten years' service) (including service in other ranks reckoned as above), but of which }- Bs. a day. at least five shall have been on full-pay as paymaster If of more than fifteen years' ser vice (including service in other 10s. a day. ranks, reckoned as above) ...... If of more than twenty years' 1 13 s. a dux • service (ditto) ...... f , If of more than thirty years' set , } lss. a d ay. vi ce (ditto) 56. An officer on half-pay, who may have served less than.s years as paymaster, will be eligible for-re-employ ment on full-pay, either in that situation or in his former rank ; and if restored to full-pay as paymaster, his previ ous service will be allowed to reckon. 57. An officer who may have served snore than 5 years and less than 20 years as paymaster, and Shull be receiving the half-pay of that commission (viz., 65., Bs., or 10s. a day) will be liable to be recalled to full pay in that ap pointment, if his health shall be found sufficiently good to enable him to resume his duties ; and in case ho shall de cline the appointment, he shall be liable to revert to half pay oftho commission whichhe held before hewas apointed paymaster, and shall be liable to re-employment on full pay in his former rank. 58. Every paymaster who shall have served in the army an aggregate period of 30 years, of which 23 years' service has been on full-payas paymaster, may have an unqualified right to claim retirement. No paymaster shall be entitled to claim retirement-on the ground of unfitness from ill health after any period of ser vice under 30 years, unless such unfitness for service shall be supported by medical certificates to the satisfaction of our Secretary-at-War. . . 38. The half-pay of the army is granted as a remunera tion for past military services, and also as imposing an obligation on the officer to return to his military duties whenever called upon ; therefore any officer not obeying the call is liable to forfeit his half-pay. 39. An officer shall be entitled to be placed en the half pay establishment, if compelled to retire in consequence of wounds received in action. 40. An officer having served more than three years shall be entitled to be placed upon the half-pay establishment, if compelled. to retire in consequence of ill-health con tracted on duty, as certified by the Medical Board or medi cal officers to whom he has been referred for examination. Unless the result of such examination be received by our Commander-in-Chief and Secretary-at-War, he will be con sidered to have retired upon half-pay -for his oven conve nience. 41. An officer having actually done duty in some regi ment or corps, or in some other military capacity in the public service, fer a period of at least three years, shall be entitled to be placed on the half-pay establishment on re duction from full pay. 42. Ne officer shall be permitted to retire upon perma nent half-pay until after a full-pay service of twenty-one years, except on account of unfitness for service from wounds received in action, or from certified ill health con tracted in and by military service. 43. Ns garrison commission or appointment shall give an officer any claim to half-pay on retirement. 41. The residence of the half-pay officer is to be stated every quarter in his declaration, whether his half-pay be received by an agent or by himself. 45. No officer on half-pay shall, of right, have a claim to sell or commute his half-pay ; the permission shall be governed by such consideration of the individual case, as may induce our Commander-in-Chief and Secretary at War to recommend it. 46. If a subaltern officer, whose service confers a claim to half-pay, be desirous of retiring from the army by the sale of his commission, the following rules should be ob served : L If ho purchased his commission the regulated price may be granted (whether he should be receiving half-pay or a temporary allowance in the nature of half-pay). 2. If he did not purchase his commission, and had served less than 7 years on full-pay in the army, e may be al lowed to receive 1001. for each year of service as a com missioned officer, not however exceeding the regulated price of the commission he held. 3. If a non-clammissioned officer shall have been pro mOted to the rank of an ensign, or cornet, or adjutant, he shall not have a claim to retire by the sale of his commis sion unless he chill have served in the army as an officer on full-pay upwards of one year, in which case he may be awarded the full price of the commission which he shall have received without purchase, or such portion thereof as, with reference to the length of his actual service, shall be deemed proper by our Commander-in-Chief and Secre tary at War. 47. An officer of any of the undermentioned ranks, hav ing entered the service since the termination of the war in 1815, and having been permitted to exchange to half-pay, not OH account of ill health, but for his private convenience, before lie had served seven years on full-pay, shall be allowed only the old rate of half-pay specified in the fol lowing schedule : 1 officer shall be placed upon half-pay Lse than reduction of establishment, he o half-pay to which his services may en g to the following teledule sources of the fund. Rates of Raft pay after a Service on 20 10 but but Less 21 than under under but 33 10 21 20 Years. under Years. Years. Years. 30 Years. temporary until he can bi reca led to Service. Per Per l'er Per Per diem. diem. diem. diem. diem. s. d L s. d e. d Xs. d 2: s . d 1 0 1 0 15 0 12 1. •• 0 18 1 0 14 ( 0 10 (• 0 8 1 0 7 016 ( , 0 13 1091 07 to a 015 C0 11(. 08C06 ( 05 0710 6105 00 4003 53. Every medical officer who may have served upon full-pay for twenty-five years and upwards, shall have the right to retire upon half-pay, and may be recommended for the rate assigned to his rank and service in the schedule annexed to article 51, provided he shall have served 3 years in the rank from which he retires ; but if ho shall not have served three years in such rank, he shall receive only the rate attached to the reek from which he was last promoted. if a medical officer shall have served 30 years on full- ~`.~L , 7/ [PRICE SD. visited on Thursday at Woolwich dockyard by Capain Sir Baldwin Walker, Surveyor of the Navy, and Mr Isaac Watts, Assistant-Surveyor, and on Friday was taken out of the basin for the purpose of making her first trial trip, with her guns, shot, and shells on board, and in every respect ready for sea. She left Woolwich at 1 p.m., drawing 6 feet 6 inches forward and 7 feet 2 inches aft, and proceeded in charge of Mr. Mugford, Master of the Fisgard, who has orders to cruise with her iu the Channel, and ultimately take her to Portsmouth by Wednesday next.. Mr. John Dinnen, Inspector of Machinery Afloat,. proceeded in her, to ascertain and report upon her capa bilities for steam, the speed produced, and the working of her high-pressure engine of 60 : horse power. Daring her progress down the river the engines worked smoothly, the rate of 220 revolutions par minute, and realising a speed to the vessel, it was supposed by competent judges, of 8. knots per hour. She was brought up at Greenhithe to have her compasses adjusted, previous to proceeding on her sea trip to Portsmouth. Tip RUSSIAN PRIZES. Yesterday notice was given on the Royal Exchange.that the Russian ship Atlantic, of which Starkings was lsto the master, as also the Esse (name of late master not certified), would be condemned as lawful prizes to the Crown within 20 days, they being the property of the Queen's enemies. Yesterday afternoon the crews of these vessels, principally Dutchmen (24 in number), arrived in the port of London, and were placed on board the Crocodile receiving-ship ,off the Tower. The Russian owners of these ships appear, to have changed their crews, and provided them with simu.. lated papers, to elude' the British cruisers in the Baltic. . . MILITARY. Taoors roll THE CRIDIEI.—The Dublin Evening Post of Thursday contains the following :—" The drafts of the 57th and 634 left Birr, yesterday, for Cork. The drafts are to embark in the Jura steamer, which vessel leaves Liverpool for Cork to-morrow.". ' CORK, Oct. Cork. Constitution says—`,` The follo'wing drafts are to arrive to-morrow from the Provi signal battaii6n; .to join their regiments serving in the Crimes, viz., , 30th Regiment, 1 officer, 2 serjeants, 100 rank and file ; 33d Regiment, 1 officer, 2 serjeants, 100 rank and'file; 49th Regiment, 3 officers, 3 ; perjeants, 130 rank and file ; 50th Regiment, 3 officers, 2 serjeants ' 100 rank and file; 68th _Regiment, 2 officers; 1 serjeant, 70 rank awl file. And the following drafts are to arrive on Friday from the Provisional Battalions at Birr and Temple more, viz.; 41st Regiment, 6 officers, 2 serjeants, 100 rank and file ; 47th Regiment, 1 officer, 2 serjeants, 100 rank and file ; 55th Regiment, 2 officers, 3 serjeants, 160 rank and file ; 57th Regiment, 25 rank, and file, from Birr ; 63d Regiment, 2 officers, 1 serjeant, 70 rank and file, from Birr. Transports' for the above drafts are expected ,in Cork harbour early in the next week, for their convey ance to the seat of war." BATTLE OF ALMA. The following extracts are from a letter written by an officer of the Royal Artillery : . Balaklava, Sept. 28, 1854. "It is one o'clock here in the Crimea, and the post goes out at two o'clock, I cannot therefore write you a long letter, but I knew how great will be your pleasure in re ceiving an account; however -short, of our general's good health and good spirits. I do assure you it requires a good horse to keep up with him, for he is always ' to the front.' In the confusion of the chase on the 25th, I missed hint, for leaving Lord Raglan's side at a full gallop, he was after the rear-guard of the Russians, long before any of us could get near him. It was a quarter of an hour before I could overtake him, and yet rode, all rode, as hard as we could, I assure you. He is now dawn on the beach, examin ing the siege train as it lands. We hope to have a house for you in the Stade Reale (the interpreter is not at hand to put it into Russ), Sebastopol, for your winter quarters. We are closing in upon them ; and so doubtful are they of their feeble tenure of their Crimean stronghold, that on dit our rencontre on the 25th was with a detachment of the army marching to escort Prince Menschikoff's carriages, suite, boxes, and self, out of this tottering possession of the great Czar, his master. Conceive Prince Menschikofrs audacity in daring to have .among his stars and garters, and 'other precious things, a lac-simile of our Royal Horse Artillery uniform, the blue oloth being of a rather lighter shade: The horrid crafty old fox ! No doubt he copied it from our officers who attended the Olmutz and Warsaw reviews last September. . " If you are disposed to think I have been remiss in my duties as aide-de-camp, in not having written to you under date Crimea, till this moment, permit me to quote the occupations of the last few days, beginning on the 20th, OUT previous work having become European in its publicity long ago. • " 20th—Battle of * the - Alma ; busy all . day with. the Russians. 21st—Letters to my family, to tell them I was alive and well. Other occupations of a continued but miscellaneous nature. " 22d—ljp to my oars in starting tumbrils and gun', &c., for the march. "2;d.—March to the Ketch& " 24th —March to the Balback. " 25th—March to the Tchernay. "26th—March to Balaklava. " 27th,-Reconnaissance at Sebastopol. , " 28th—Writing to you, and in comes the sergean' ' The letters for the post, sir.' E. A.' The following is an extract from a private letter from Sir Colin Campbell to a friend, giving an account of the passage of the Alma. It is scarcely necessary to say that the regiments,here!pokon ora,re.the4.2d, 79th, and 93d : " My men behaved nobly. I never saw troops march to bat tle with greater sangfroid' and order than those three Highland regiments. Their conduct was very much ad mired by all who witnesod their behaviour." 1)1 sl'H OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL hoar, 30TH RECII MENT.—IE is with fiseiings of the deepest regret, which we tire certain will be shared in by all our readers, that we have to announce the death, from cholera, of the above named bravo ami l distinguished officer. A native'of our city, he was well known to many of our readers, to whom ho was endeared by the warmth anal amiability of his cha racter, while his known talents as an officer, and distin guished gallantry in the fief t (recognised as it was in Lord Raglan's despatch), rendered hito the idol of his regiment. We insert the following extract of a letter from an officer in the 30th, dated the 3d of October, in reference to his decease, cut off as ho was in the flush of victory and in the prhne of manhood :—" The poor colonel is dead. He died about three days ago of cholera, having been only 24 hours ill. lam very sorry for him, for he was a gallant follow. We likewise lost an officer a few days before, a good young fellow, named Johnston. His death was mere sudden than the poor coroners, turbo was only about six hours ill. It is a melancholy thing to think that, after escaping the murderous fire of the 20th , they should both be cut off by the worst, enemy we have to contend against. Poor Hooy ! ho was a fine fellow."—Dublin Freeman. SOLDIERS SICK AND' WOUNDED FUND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Now that the appeal made through your columns in alleviation of tho wants and sufferings of our countrymen in the East has been so liberally responded to as to have supplied funds to the amount of 7,0001. in seven days, some statement appears called for of the proposed application of the sums received, as well as of the practical effects which have resulted from your power ful advocacy and this expression of public sympathy. As the real efficiency of the gift lies in immediate action, it is well to acquaint the public that it has appeared both to the Times and to me, acting as joint trustees of the moneys received, that we should best discharge the duties entailed upon us by at once, without delay, applying the re- A gentleman, 'therefore, with great qualifications to fulfil a task of much delicacy and trust, has been commis shined to proceed within 12 hours to Constantinople, and there superintend, acting upon the advice of, and as much as possible in conjunction with, some of our respected merchants and other persons of influence on the spot, the distribution of what public gratitude has furnished, not for the purchase of absolute necessaries, which it is the province of Government to supply, but, as the Duke of Beaufort justly observes, of those comforts and even luxuries which will be "of immense benefit to the wounded!! An accurate and detailed statement, audited by Mr. Locke, Mr. Lyne Stephens, and me, will bo fur nished of the disbursements which may have taken place for the public information. As regards the practical effects which have resulted from your powerful advocacy and this expression of public sym pathy, I would observe that the Secretary of State for War acquainted me last evening that, although ho trusted many of the statements which had been current in this country of the inefficiency of the medical staff in the East to minister to the wants of our sick and wounded were ex aggerated, yet that the greatest benefits had flowed from the inquiries which the statements in the Times of defi ciencies and sufferings, and the public response to them in this country, had occasioned ; and that in consequence he had wi itten to the British Ambassador at Constantinople, urging his immediate attention to the state of the hospitals which appears from this to have been hitherto neglected, and that ho had placed at his disposal an unlimited credit from the public resources, to provide whatever might be needed to alleviate the acknowledged sufferings of our men. This liberal application of the public money, thus tardily placed at the Ambassador's disposal, will not by any means interfere with the distribution, or, at all events, the value of the resources of the special fuid for the sick and wounded, and, in order to maintain a har mony of operation, a letter of recommendation (in the event of its being needed) has been sent to the British Am bassador in favour of the gentleman charged with our COl2l - of I nn w o o t t h l lel!, oft moreover, he nu numerous uthat departmentst o official connected with the army acquainted me that, although agn.aanplbeeen pply of medical stores and surgical appliance for ewardedupai:iet(tlie negligence E st n y e t t h i e t appear that there had been Constantinople to appointed pl:ces, d est p i n e tch con o s f e th u e: n e e f e r s om f farther' tiii had been sent to try by court-martil which might have been most serions,.akel t o i l i n a L t .i i a is s t e ' r h u a ct r i g ( e m o d s with this gross remissness 0 In addition to these s ynil f : l t (Y oti n iincreasedof increased activity on the part of the Governmelit to provide for the wan` • of oul countrymen in the East, the Government lime Hs lctinne,l the immediate despatch of the kinperintendent of the Ladies ospital, with a staflof fer,iale nurses, to a c t i n the Elq;- lialr w ilitaly hospital at Consi . antinople, anti thus sup )lv deficiencies cstotrsevfbrai from public te n r t t i o so I o Ilt felt. leas not only charged itself with all the expenses consequent u pon the publication eeti.o o gl y f e t t ut li in e etitne list aritl ako undertaken coiln i s t l i t ilobiapsc,all:yiohn thecti to s , szc pre . expenses but t tl e i ut h ( lm'itnesert g s of nhe u se sts of the fund ; an d I wou i d urge, new that outs ea sent a also ample moans have been supplied s to wo n_ie_.et present omen g i n o n i c f i e r s e , q a u l i i , d i , te d , o t ith a t t l doubtless, . al u l l y i re e s o p n o t n in d u e e d t t o o po th ui e • th tl i l l ' i i jh 3 i i -e l' e l days the subscription be closed, and those who have so liberally appeal made may have the satisfaction of feeling that, in addition.to the ac t ua l b enefits which their contributions will supply, they have been instrumental in inducing the CHAPLAINS TO THE FORCES. 59. Chaplains to the forces shall be entitled to half•pay, agreeably to the terms laid down in the following articles. GO. A chaplain to the forces, in case of reduction before he has completed 6 yeara'sorviee on full-pay, may be allowed temporary half-pay at ss. a day, for 3 years only, and be subject, of course, to a recall to employment during that period. 61. A chaplain to the forces, having served more than 6 years on full pay, may be placed on half-pay at tie follow ing rates, viz. : Per diem. Under 15 years Above 15 and under 20 years Above 20 and under 30 years Above 30 years 62. A chaplain to the forces, who has not completed 15 years' service on full-pay at the date of reduction or retire ment upon half-pay, shall be liable to be recalled to the service, or forfeit his half-pay if he declines, unless a case of disability from ill-health contracted in the service be clearly established ; but, after 15 years' service on full-pay, he shall have an unqualified right to retire, under the terms specified in the preceding article. Chaplains in garrisons, or at certain stations, or at military establishments, having commissions under the sign manual, shall have their retired pay regulated by the warrants for the government of those establishments, or by the rules established for civil superannuation!, but not being liable to sudden orders to serve abroad, their claim to retired or half-pay ►ill in no case be au unqualified right. QUARTER-MASTERS. 64. The rate of half-pay for a quarter-master shall in all eases be determined by the service which the officer may have rendered to the public as quarter-master, or in any former military capacity. 65. If a quarter-master shall have previously served at least five years as a nen-commissioned officer, he shall, in case of being placed upon half-pay, receive the same ac cording to the following scale, viz.:— Per Diem S. d. Under 5 years' service as quarter-master 3 0 Above 5 years' ditto . Above 10 years' ditto Above 15 years' total service, of which 10 years' as a quarter-master 5 6 Above 20 years' total service, of which 10 years' as a quarter-master 6 0 Above 25 years' total service, of which 10 years' as a quarter-master 7 0 Above 30 years' total service, of which 10 years' as a quarter-master 8 0 66. Every quarter-master who shall have served for an aggregate period of 30 years, of which 10 years as a quarter master, shall have an unqualified claim to retirement upon the highest rats of half-pay stated above, provided such retirement shall be recommended to our Secretary-at-War by the Commander-in-Chief. 67. No quarter-master shall be entitled to claim retire ment after any period of service under 30 years' duration, upon the ground of ill-health contracted in the service, unless such unfitness for service shall be supported by medical certificates, satisfactory to our Commander-in- Chief and Secretary-at-War. 68. A quarter-master appointed to this situation from another commission in the army, shall, in case of reduction or retirement to half-pay before he shall have completed 10 years' service as a quarter-master, revert to the half-pay of his former commission ; but, after 10 years' full-pay ser vice as quarter-master, he shall be entitled to the higher rates of half-pay, stated in Article 65. PURVEYORS TO THE FORCES. 69. The rate of half-pay of a purveyor to the forces shall be— After 10 years' service 53 . a day. „ 15 IP /, 20 Of „ 25 ~ 30 70. Every purveyor to the forces, who shall have served upon full-pay for 30 years and upwards, shall have the right to retire upon half-pay, provided that our Secretary at-War shall be satisfied with the manner in which such purveyor shall have performed his duty. But no purveyor to the forces shall ho entitled to claim retirement after any period of service under 30 years' du ration, upon the ground of ill-health contracted in the ser vice, unless such unfitness for service shall be supported by medical certificates, satisfactory to our Secretary-at-War old Rate, Per diem. s. d. 12 0 S 6 7 6 5 0 2 4 VETERINARY SURGEONS. 71. The half-pay to b© granted to a veterinary surgeon shall be regulated by his service on full pay, accenting to the following scale, viz. : In case of reduction before he has completed 5 years' service on full-pay, he shall be entitled to temporory half pay at 3s. 6d. a day for three years only, and be subject, of course, to a recall to employment during that period. Per Diem. s. d. Above 5 years' service as a Veterinary Surgeon 5 0 Above 10 years' service • ditto 6 0 Above 15 years' service ditto.. 7 0 Above 20 years' service ditto 8 0 Above 25 years' service ditto Above 30 years' service ditto l2 0 72. Every veterinary surgeon who shall have served upon full-pay for 25 years and upwards, or who may have served for 20 years, provided he have passed 5 ye krs on foreign stations, shall have the right to retire upon half pay at the rates assigned to those periods of service in the 71st Article. Bat no veterinary surgeon shall be entitled to claim re tirement, after any period of service under 25 years' duration, upon the ground of ill-health contracted in the service, unless such unfitness be supported by medical cer tificates satisfactory to our Commander-in-Chief and Se cretary at War. ADJUTANTS OIL' RECRUITING DISTRICTS. 73. Upon the reduction or retirement of an adjutant of a recruiting district, under 10 years' service as such, he shall be allowed only the half pay of his last regimental commission. Upon reduction or retirement., after the following pe riods of service as adjutant of a recruiting district, the rate of half-pay shall be — After 10 years' service . ss. a day. 75. „ „ 15 PI „ 20 But in every instance in which the officer has not completed a period of 21 years' service on full-pay in the army, he shall be liable to be recalled to the service iu his former rank. Given at our Court at St. James's, this 6th day of Octo ber, 1854, in the eighteenth year of our reign. By her Majes SIDNEY HERBERT. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, The St. Vincent, 101, Captain G. Eliott, flag of Roar- Admiral IT. F. Martin, struck her lower yards and top mast; yesterday in Portsmouth harbour, and made all snug aloft for the winter. ' e The Ajax, GO, screw, Captain Warden, is ordered into Portsmouth harbour to have her defects made good and refit. . Tho Leopard, IS, parbile-frigatoCaptain Gifford , Cu d• steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday to repair de fects, &c. She struck Rear-Admiral 11. 13. Martin's flag on Thursday night. Tho Brisk, 14, screw-sloop, Captain Seymour, is ordered into Portsmouth harbour to refit and make good defects. The Swallow, 8, screw-sleep, Commander Craufurd, was paid wages at Spithead yesterday, and had steam up af o 6 ( 0 5 I sunset last night to depart on service. 040 0 o APPOINTMENTS. Commander Stephen S. L. Crofton (1850) has been ap pointed to command the Rosamond, 6, pad.lle- wheel steam sloop in the Baltic, vice George Wodohouse, promoted to the rank of captain ; and Charles T. Leckie (1854) to com mand the Ferret, 8, sloop, on the West Coast of Africa station, vice Reginald J. J. G. M`Donald, promoted to the rank of captain. THE PELTER. GUN-BOAT. The Pater screw steam light draught gun-boat was 4 0 If the retirement should be for the public, convenience by reduction or otherwise, or in consequence of ill-health, certified by a medical board, the officer shall be allowed the new rate of half-pay. 48. For every three v acanc i es occurr i ng by death on the British half-pay list i n th e ran k s of co l one l an d lieutenant colonel, one major serv i ng upon full-pay may be prom oted to tho unattached r an k an d h a l f-pay of a li eu tenant -colonel of infantry ; in lik e manner f or every three vacanci es iu the rank of major, one cap t a i n may be promo t e d from the full-pay to the un a tt ac h e d rank and hal f- pa y o f a major; and for every thre e vacanc i es i n the ran k o f ca ptain, one lieutenant may be pr omo t e d t o the una tt ac hed rank and half-pay of captain. The officers so promot e d un d er t hi s regu l a ti o n shall retain their claims to pensions for their widows at the rate ac corded to their new ranks. The vacancies which those promotions will create on the full-pay list shall be in all cases filled from the half-pay list. 49. The Additional 1001. a-year to 20 lieutenant - colone ls on the half-pay list, established by former royal warrants, shall be discontinued, subject to existing interests. MEDICAL OFFICERS. 50. The rate of half-pay for a medical officer of the army shall in every case bo dstertnined by the service which he may have rendered upon full-pay, and the circumstances under which he may bo placed upon half-pay. 51. If a medical officer shall be plan,' upon half - p a y b y a reduction of est a bli s h ment, he shall be allowed the half pay to which his services may entitle him, according to the following schedule : :s of Ha'f pay after a Service on Ful -pay of RANK OF REDUC ED EDICAL OFFICERS. 20 10 Less but but 25 than under under 1 , but 25 20 Years. under 30 Years. Years. Years. Temporary until he can be recalled to Service. - - Per Per Per Parr diem. diem. diem. diem. a. d £ s. d £ s. d. £ s. d. 1 5 1, 1 0 0 •• 0 17 C 0 14 U 0 10 6 0 8 0 015 C 012 6 010 0 0 7 6 61310110 0 8 6 0 6 0 07(060 0 5 0 0 4 0 Inspector-General of .... • , Deputy Inspector-Ge- tiers]. of Hospitals Staff Surgeons, First Class .... Regimental Surg,oi: and Staff Surgeon, Second Class Assistant-Surgeon .. 30 Years Per 'item. £ s. d 1 10 t 1 0 ( 0 17 t 0 15 ( 0 7 C - - Sowormat W. totiva auk*, 0. effects of their present expression of hp:apathy. Al ' . forth operate to the public advantage.—l r-• ••tv if yours faithfully, ROBE . • Prince's-gate, Oct. 20. • ; (Front the Times.) • The subscription for the more effectual relief of our sick :7' 7 and wounded countrymen in the East will soon reach what may fairly be considered a reasonable limit. Ten thou sand pounds—which it will probably amount to in a day or 1. two—is about as large a sum as can be weleappliedefor the present at least, and certainly as large aiewe would wlD ingly undertake to administer. A letter from the first subscriber and founder of the fund, iteour cOlniens this day, states the value and results of the movement so plainly and simply that we might have contented our , selves with a refeeence to it. If, indeed, the telly people to be considered were the sick and wounded, the Govern ment, and the subscribers, we should let - the-matter take its course, secure of eyrope.thee cc-operatiote_and, if neoes sery,. indulgence. But the jealousy betrayed in some quarters, and still WOTSO feelings exhibited. in- others, inn a d n u y ce p u u s bl to ic at m l a d t a t . e f r e , w au w d os erdspetcoiaSniyr in Ron oneber t 2 god el o e li tette ma. l a r trd . In ao sacred as the care of our weenie e t ehatnpions.andsdefestders, we would gladly disarm jealousy, and obtain, if not the goodwill, pai,w rtie:.4.9 ei Tohnerarehveas.s, ind eod, at least been n 0 00 t ec t a lee candoursionforiiloffeezdl feeling towards The movement is about as little an affair Of eareeiva sonny *ork that may chance to acquire publicity and favour through our columns. Our. correspondent _at Constanti nople . was under no kind of influence nncoeo,rth:e4gar.srialenowf when he described the slate of things wounded. Had he related from their °Wu lips, and from the evidence of his own senses, that they hid teceived as much attention from the day of the battle as they would in a first-class hospital in this city, and that from first t o 'alit we surpassed the French in the attendance of airgeseue and nurses, and the supply of every imaginable eer4fate undoubtedly we should have hailed the account 'with delight, and should most probably have stepped in to. aoya-, pare our, own practical success with the ostentatious tiaienC o n f e o r u e r up a o ll n ies. Our correspondent told another tale, and We • - expressed our deep c o ncern th a t ho should have to do so. m ev u id n e ifi n c tl en y t h s a c si d ne e o. v to el b l te - hers k e n n o well-known the Wirer of . a distinguished name, proposed a subscription to do "Thai their money at our disposal. a wed nd ethhata set xa t n le o r tae,r m naan p ta l i e vpoiseed on bu a t to accept the oharge,—burdensome, anxious, and even in vidious as we were likely to find it. We have already stated what we have-chine, and it - is further described by Sir Robert Peel. _ It is no small thing that Government has been roused by this sudden burst of public sympathy, and his found in it.a emits' of . warrant for greater Activity. Theron:mist; ' e indeed, - be misconduct or incomPete nc y somewh ere or " other for so many stores and so many Medical men to be • sent out, and not to be at hand when they - are wanted ; and for 2,000 sick and wounded men to remain as they did •fromeSeptember 20 to September 26. The impulse thus given to Government, and so readily obeyed by it, does not come merely from burselves. Our remarks might have passed unheeded but for the public response. In this country teen talk very little, and are rather ashamed to ' avow their feelings. They supply the place of rhetoric by subscriptions, and, when they rush in crowds to subscribe what we know they can with difficulty spare, we conclude they are very much moved or impressed. Government, accordingly, has felt it impossible to resist the mute elo quence of seven thousand pounds, subscribed in five or six days, to do what it ought to have done. It has sent out fresh and more urgent instructions, unlimited credit, and orders for an inquiry into the causes of the mismanage ment or neglect which has undoubtedly occurred. Govern ment does not feel so satisfied that all its officers have done their duty as some of its supporters affect to be. This is ono good result of the movement. We expectlome other results of a very tangible and permanent character. It is admitted that hitherto there has been no provision for nurses, or for that kind of assistance that merely requires a moderate amount of gentleness and strength. The time of surgeons and assistant-surgeons is too value- . ble to be employed in such ordinary services. But, except in regular hospitals and asylums, nursing and the attendance we have described must always partake of the Voluntary character. A corps of army nurses would be liable to very great abuse, and the attempt to employ the o C f h el s o e m a pe nsioners of this sort with a certain sanctity, definite rewards, and p co r m ov e e s d i a n g li r e e r a e t , f b a y il i u n r v e esti l‘ n h g e la g b e em niu rs s even a sacramental character and virtue. • Thus, although wo will venture to say our sick are as well attended age nursed in London as in Paris, still in the latter place, aid 6. throughout France, there was foiled an existing organisa tion as ready for the use of the army as the regiments in garrison. We feel little doubt that henceforth our armies in the field will always hare some equivalent assistance ; and, when the soldier finds a good English nurse at his bed side, two or three thousand milts from ,house, he will owe it to the lecture of the hospitals at Scutari given in our columni last week, and the contrast between the.state•of the French and the British soldiers. If anybody denies that the presence of a gentleman com missioned to inquire and report, having his eyes about him, and without any wrong bias, will be of use to the pa tients of ap hospital receiving shiploada at a time and ter ribly underserved, we really have little_more to say to him. We can say, speaking from mere instinct, and apart from all political considerations, that if we knew a young rela tive to be lying with a shattered limb, or a ball through Ids lungs, in a crowd of faur thousand sufferers in a mili tary hospital on the shores of the Black Sea, we should be only too glad to hear that a gentleman was daily going the round of the wards, to report on the attendance, the sup ply of medicines, and other particulars. But if volunteers are to be admitted at all, and it is worth while to send a visitor'of this sort, there Can be nu doubt-that it is better still to arm him with money. In the East, especially, no. thing can be done without times , . Withent it a visitor will be reduced at every difficulty to fold his arms, and gay " What could Ido ?" We have no doubt !hat with money ho will be able soon enough to raise a sufficient body of native nurses and assistants, for in the nature of things there must, be good nurses -, wherever there is sick ness, childhood, and ego, evliereveiepOojele are born, marry, reken e growold, and die. We want also a body of .ex rienced nurses from England. • Now, it is true that Go vernment has given the Ambassador at Constantinople keno& orders and,unlimited ;Focht for the relief of the sick intleiVoietided,' but it is equally tree that any gentle•e wan of our own staff sent on this errand will be teach more efficacious, much more - free to follow the dictates of. his own, judgment, with money placed absolutely at his own dispiesel, than if he had to report to the ambassador 4r some other official and obtain his sanction to every item of vx-renstiture. It is quite clear that this is an office for individual energy and responsibility. Govern ments and bureaucracies answer pretty well in quiet times, shen they have only bricks and mortcr, paper and ink, hips and guns, and other brute material to deal with, and u times when men's minds are as quiet as that material ;• but a Government would cut a very sorry figure with its ebelvez, its red tape ' and its signatures upon signatures, in a shipwreck, a flood, or a coetiagration. The present is a calamity of this class, and Government has been found ' psuch toe stiff, formal, and unmanageable for it. It is roposed to assist it with the nil of volunteers, - and • Go yerinent very wisely hails this assistance. It d yes so be eause it cares more for its sick and wounded soldiers than for its own- credit, ; or rather, it thinks it 'beet; for that ere lit to accept information, conniel, and aid, than to re- , ject and disdain them. (Front the Daily Xcwg.) , . Every incident in our contrict with R usia deepens The impression, in the minds of thoughtful people, of the blessedness of our political condition, in comparison with that of the subjects of the Czar. We have something to lament and complain of yet—and no reprobation can be too severe for the imbecility or half-heartedness on the part of ministers, which has drawn out the war to a de structiveness and protraction which might have been saved by timely heartiness and energy. But looking be yond the failures of a particular set of men to the system of society In which we live, we see what it is to be Britons, and feel it more deeply with ovary incident that trims up iu the first chapter of the War. The Queen's Proclama tion about the Patriotic Fund comes out in striking con trast, to the Czat's requisitions on his subjects for what our old Kings, before Parliamentary days, used to call " bore ,olences." The Czar (voes into a war for the indulgence of is own ambition, and, through a long season of forbear nce from his antagonists, pampers hie pride till he can no °tiger be endured. War ensues ; and he takes from his nobles their market on the one hand, and their income on he other; and again, their serfs, from whom alone they art derive income in the future. He taxes them more and More in corn and in money; and ordains " free-will offer. tugs." All this is for himself. His soldiers are a property; not men and citizens, like ours ; but chattels which it costs their owner much money to keep in repair or replace. Whits, the Patriotic Fund of St. Petersburg and Moscow is a forced levy from contributors who are reported to abhor the war, and know and care nothing about the soldiers, f.:xce3t such serfs as they may have been compelled to send to the army. . .... _ Our Sovereign will never touch a shilling of our P&.• triotic Fund. She does not want the money for objects of her own. She sanctions the national war, as she led out tho ficet-to'sea ; but it is for the sake of everybody rather than herself. In the same way she, by this Proclamation , leads the national sympathies in a case in which self inte rest is out of the question. The case is sot ono of saving the Government some of its duty, like that of supporting the soldiers' families, when the soldiers were the paid ser- ._ vants of the State ; nor like that of ministering to the wounded, about which so much argument is at present Foing forward. More unque.tionahle than either of these is, in oar opinion, the object of the Pa triotic Fund, as lai& down in the Royal notice. ' A thousand households may he widowed and orphaned in • a day by such battles as that of the Alma. Those of us who are out of reach of the personal danger and the immediate calamity wish for some share in the sacrifice of warfare; but our soldiers and if we do not suffer oursclerts, we desire to bear some pursue war almost of the sufferings of others. To concentrate our efforts the Patriotic Fund is proposed for the support and comfort of the widows, and the education of the children of the scl otafstne:ttainedusl:hbeitp; diem sailors, or marines who fall in the war. We aro not exclusively. We do not fight except to avoid some greater evil than war; but when we do, our military preseutatives put as much heartand and naval re. soul into . ;gh in t il a i s ta o r ill u a a s tiotnhobsey us if glory were the national ia , a and their work The c onsequence is that a inultit they its 'mites. erphans aro in the midst of us ; ~ i ude of widows and of them will be in proportion to It we hope that our care our civilisation, and of the national the humane character of Very unlike Russia; and we hopaonal sentiment. All this is accordant with the ge nu in e that the result will be 19th century. character of England in the • P. OSTAGEIT-- - I" ; :e7re are now now 33 British cc.lonies to•and from which the letter postage has been reduced to GI. In 14 of th ese co l on i es t h e pos t a l ar t `n"` ments are under the control of the local colonial , ntliorti-s, viz., Cevlon. Trinidad, Barbadoes, Bermcda, NoNa z:!cotia Newloionlland, Pt ines Edwar 'il Itilikll , l, ~';. Helena, the Gold Cogs!, Nev, Brunswick, New South Wales, S ou th A us t ra lia, and Victoria ; in tlie re:ll:lining 19 colonic.: the pot,ts a re.controlled by Vac 11,iti , 11 PostinaNter-G-6neral, viz , flong Kong, Antigua, (1 ibi altar, Granada, Matti, Bet hire, Honduras. Deine. rai a, yaha.mas, C triaeo, Jamaica, Tobago, St. Vincent, Montserrat, St. Lucia, Ne. is, S. Kitts, Tortola, and Dominica. The whole of the 6,1. private ship letter rate be'.ong.: to the British post-oilicc for letters to or n Cron the later mentioned colonies, and on l itters to and f the other coloniei the 6d. priv ate , ship divided equally between the local, colonial, a Governments. CHARGE OF MURDEP. —,,n . John Gleeson, of Capparoe, A Monday letter rate is nd British a man named nroittsd to Nenagh w : t s . C : s l izes, charged with gaol to stand his trial at the nc _ _ ..i.sculin Alolo.i • of E-il the murder of Denis ~ ,y, committed on the Ist of -Augus , was then held in that town. which was t last at the fair which There have been several 1 persons previouslytied for trial. committed r s,~ ~