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CONTRACT FOB MUSTARD SEED. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset Ho use, 30th October, 1854. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral Of the United Kingdom of Great Brith 6tain and Ireland, do Hereby G ive Notice, that on Al oNnar, the November iestant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to and t deli• with such persons as may be will in g to Contract for supplying vexing into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFOItD When to be delivered. Quarters. Half 0 , each in 3 weeks, 1 - '0 and tte remainder in 3 :50 weeks afterwards, or earlier if preterred by the party tendering. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, m hen the ten ders 'are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any ; and also an unlimited •pow.-r of sel. ction. Tenders will be received for the whole, or ally portion of each description of Seed. 2 quarts of each) must be produced by t he S a mples (not less t han parties tendering. • The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted are requested to be' taken away by them immediately after the con tract has been decided. No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro- Tided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at pro the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool. The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said Office, and at Liverpool. No tender will be received atter One o'clock on the day .3t treaty, and it will not he required that the party tendering , ran agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of eoirract, 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, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for 51astard Seed," and mnst also be delivered at S menet House. MUSTARD SEED (White).• Ditto (Brown).. TO BUILDERS AND OTIIE r'S. SEALED TENDERS for the following Services, viz.:— 1. Completing the Interior of the Bull.poiat &c. Magazine Establish ment, with Railroads , Asphalting , Metalling, Ike , 2. Forming a Railroad to connec t the Bull-point Magazine w i t h the. Powder Establishment at Kinte bury : 3 Building two Walls at or near No. 4 Magazine, Bull point, as a temporary completion of the enelosui e : 4. Budding a Guard house at Bull-pnt: Pall-Mall For specific sums, will be rece ived at the Ordnarce Office, Lond n on or before th- Ist December next. Detailed specifications of the above 4 services. and every Office Bull requisite information, may be ob tained at the Royal Engineer - point, daily (Sundly. 4 excepted) between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock, from the 17th to 29th Novembe - , both day- inclusive. Royal Engineer Office. Devon Port, 25th October, 1854. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The Right Hon. Sir T. FR ANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P., Chairman. =WRY FREDERICK ST EP i4ENSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. The who ',caveat xateloof Pretnilinl 3ltr dy sttm The whole of the Profits divided among the Assured every t' ilth Year. No charge for Policy Stamps, nor for Service in the Yeomanry or Militia Corps. Policies in farce nearly 7,000 The Assurance Fund exceeds 1,400,0001. Income 230,0001. per Annum. The sum of 397, 0 001. was added to Policies at the last Division, which produced an average Bonus of 671. per Cent. on the Pre miums paid. For particulars apply to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. SPECIAL NOTICE. —Proposals for Assurance must be made prior to the Ist January. 1855, to en , .die the Assured to participate in the next Di v ision of Profits in 1859 SCOTTISHWIDOWS' FUND and LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Constituted by Act of Parliament. The Figures contained in the subjoined Tabular Yew are given as an illustration o' the progressive success which has attended the ope rations of this Institution from its establishment in the year 1815 to 31st December, 1852, when the Fifth Periodical Investigation of its affairs was made. . Amount of Annual Accumulate(' Ass uranc • Rimini e Fund. -4.1 t) sistm‘r. ---- At Ist January, 1815, thel 0 0 0 date of Foundation-- • At 314 Dec., 1824, the Ist/ £17,454 £ 77 , 539 £ 392,808 Period of Investigation.. At 31st Dec., 1831, the 2d do 54,653 264,818 1,280,033 At 31st Dec., 1828, the 3d do. 142,646 792,943 3,145,842 At 31st Dec., 1845, the 4th do. 248,929 1,701,633 5,781,"54 At 31st Des., 1852. the sth do. 338,3G2 • 2,581,109 7,449,038 The Invested Fund, arising solely from the accumulation of Pre miums, and belonging exclusively to the members, now amounts to upwards of Two Millions, Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds. The Annual Revenue now exceeds Three Hundred and Sixty-five Thousand Pounds. The Sums already paid by the Society to the Families or other R e p re sentatives of deceased Members , including Borns Additn (which in various instances have been more than the sums originally absured), amount to nearly Two- JOH Millions terltng. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. WM. LINDESAY, Secretary. Head Office —Edinburgh, 5, gt. Andrew -square. Edinburgh, 30th September, 1854. LONDON HONORARY BOARD. George Young, Esq., 47, Wim,ole-street and Mark-lane. Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barrister, Temple. David 11111, Esq., East India House. John Murray, Esq., Publisher, Albemarle-street. Samuel Laing. Esq., Chairman of Brighton Railway. Sir John Thomas Briggs, Admiralty. Leonard Horner, Esq., Home-office. John Taylor, jun., Esq., C.E., Queen -street-place. LONDON AND THE SUBURBS. CENTRAL AGENT. Hugh M`Keitn, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill. DISTRICT AGENTS. Captain R. S. Ridge, 49, Pall-mall, Agent fir the West End District. Benton Seeley, 2, Hanover-street, Relent-street. Ferdinand Grut, 13, King-street, Southwark. COSMOR AM A OF ST; PETER SBURG, ROYAL PANII.TICoN, %eicest,r-square.-A COS MOR A NI A. of ST,-F ETERFIRURG, including a Portr .it of tha Empe . or Ni , hola., has been added to th... many attractions at the Royal Panopticon of e d Art. Amongst these are :-the Lu • •inons and Chromatic Fountain, throwing Illuminat d Water 100 feet high-Panorama and Dioramic Views of Verona -A splendid Collection of - hromatropec - Heincke's Diving Apparatus, the Subaqueous ; ight, &c. -Scientific Lectures and Demons; rations by en inent Professors-and Pe , for . !minces on the Grand Organ by M. Best, and Distill'. Fugel Horn Union every evening. Dom, of exhibition mornin .12to 5 ; even ,v. ~- 1 •1- , ; • Asig.Z.tn.lo,,Saturday evenings excepted. Admi s sion . Is. ; schools 77. - and children under 10, half•price. Season admission, one guinea ; life admission. ten guineas, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 309, REGENT-4TREET.—I7 , der the sole Dlrectl.n of J. FL PEPPER, 14q., A Inst. C.E. GOAD DRAMATIC RE ADINGS are now added to the other attractions of the Institution. Miss GLYN all relit HAMLET on the 21 of November, at Eight o'clock; and ROMEO and JULIET on the 4th of November, at Eight. LECTURE specially addressed to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES on Monday Eveninel. Every NOVELTY in GENERAL SCIENCE will be secured to the Public. An ever-varied succession of LECTURES, th MECIIA.NICAL SCOPE and COS MORAM IC DISSOLVING VIEWS, &c , is maintained daily, from Twelve till Five ; Evenings, Seven till Ten. Admission, Is.; 2s. Open on SATURDAY EVENINGS from half-past seven till ten, for Miss GLYN'S DRAMATIC READINGS ONLY. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS. — Now Open for the , ea-on.--The Orchestra will perform during the week—The Overture to Le Pre aux Clercs ; also, for the first time, the following novelties—Quadrilles, Le Demon. and Schamyl ; Waltzes, Germania and Wiener Lust; Polkas, Les Folies, and Mos cow; Schottische, Dona Maria; also, by desire, The Etoile du Nord, Polka, Vilikins, Waltz, and Glory Galop. Principal Cornet a Piston, M. Boulcourt.—Alteration of Time -Doors open at 8 ; commence at half-past. —Admission, One Shilling. TO LOVERS OF FISII.- IGO real YARMOUT [I BLOATERS for 65., package included. The above forwarded to all parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, or P. 0. 0. (preferred) for the amount. Send plain address, county, and nearest station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, jun., Fish-curer, Great Yarmouth. G R AVESEND STAR PACKETS. No a other Packets call at the Greenthe nd Purfleet Piers. E.— Day Tickets are issued hi upon the cravesend Star NOTIC Packets, available for return y them or by the London and Tilbury Railway; the It -turn Tickets by the Railway will also be available for return by the Star rackets. The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting' FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. Terrace Pier WEEK DAYS. I A I 41 V. Time l il 4)2 114 I - 1' ) U Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WIT ARP, BLA.CKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street station. WEVIC DAYS. SUNDAYS. Fen- 4 7 , :', g ..;‘ Fen 5 -3' 4 ,, church " 'il .'=" t 3 church 5, _..,' ta, 2 , , .... 5 ....; 0 Street •'-'. 1- ~. 0 c.. 2 street 4 `tr., , i.t• :r. ..-... . Al --- -•-- -- --- -•-•- -- - I 1 - 24 5 l -- 414 . 5 u ' ..., Passages marked • are rim direct. WINVA Illantn. Saloon. 11 'an. direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and r.ondon.• • • •..... 10d.. .. Is. 2d. , Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 10d. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. Os. Bd. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5.. (V. , Six Months, 31. 03.; Three Months, 21. os. • to be bad of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Oct. 23. 1554. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY J u st published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 - -- - stamps, . NERV 013 S DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptom, and Cure.—An Essay matorr hcea, with Practical Observation on a safer and more on Sper successful mode of treatment of the s diseases of the Generative System, obtained by the use of the Microscope e in detecting and , dist i ngu ishing, by urinary examination, the ai rause and effect of every variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practicalremarks, on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, founded Impuissance, wToith pro cautionary which N ervou s Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, &c . e are added, Commen taries on the Physiology of Merrittg cautionary hints on the evils emanatin g from empirical practice, and on the dangerous remedies advocated by swim, writers on these important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D. 87, BEDFORD -SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London. Hospital Medical societ y, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from ce rtain habits, irregelaritles, and excesses, which have proauced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages opt fe, than, perhaps, any Other class of disease known to modem pologists. secret doubts of Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazard i d the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human entitled. It is absolutely necessary thatall men Should know, tht there areh e Principles of personal management whi ch cannot be viola a ted w incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulg erce, how se penalties be removed, maybe mitigated, how the sting of the ir bitterness may and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, fun and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical Intl's:c ity or l ctional derangement to which the timely aid of s cience cannot apply T a cure. d m e et A l utbor has for a series of years been engaged in an exteneive nnfortee in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have emniri unately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant faith in es, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place NERVOUS pretensions. 017 S DEBILITY may be had, price 23, of Mess Brothers,rs. Piper, _ and Co., 23, Patern os t er -row; Hannay, 63, Oxford -street thirty . s , L i v, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free hy post for Horn e , - m e. Ps to any address from the Anther's resid ence, 37, Bed fordsquar At home for nix tail =gm. consultation daily from Vertu till Two, pad rf0132 rirRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters 11l Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole d Pharmacle de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEIiAR, No. 1, Is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhosa, and Exhaustion of th S stem. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cuhebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health cot a vast portion of the population. TR! ESE SI 4.R, No. 3, ;s the great Continental Remedy for that efass of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in e,itable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIE•;EMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without tiler use being suspected. told in tin cases at 119. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided int* , , •eparate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemanel, Roux, &c.,8,:c.—T0 be had Tholes&le and Retail in London of Robert John stm, 68, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. DE. CULTERWELL ONINDIGESTI NERVOUSON. NESS, DEBILITY, AND Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation. and Hmmorrhoids, Is. each. by post la 6d. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " A bstentia multi curantur morbi " A popular exposition of the principal causes (ever and careless feed i ng , &c.) of the above harassing and distressi om ng cplaints, with ac equally in telligible and popular e,position of how we should live to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instruAions 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, Helples., and l desolat. He that bath no child, Like sun and w al inde." — Chau cer. Subject : Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development of the Affections—Love Matches —Precipitate. impelled, and retarded Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness —Advantages of Inter marriage— theory of Gestation —Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas similable Alliances—La w of Divorce, &C., Sze. . 3. CHASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refitted as Athens ever heard." Subject : Llfe's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringemeat. The mot:titles of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy e early marriages, &C. On Secret Diseases. their Sell-management and Cure. The GREEN BOOK.--A comprehensive and popular exposition of Benito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrhcea ; with 250 en gravings and prescriptions. 5. The BLADDER, UR ?ATM A, and RECTUM.—.Comprising Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and llmmorrhoids. Vols. G and 7, companions to the preceding. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. VOW TO BE HAPPY. " Juennde Vivere." "Few words to fair faith "—Shakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paterw ster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or of DR. RI('HARD CULVER WELL, Successor, and Twenty Years Consulting Collea gue of the Brother,iae Author o 1 the above. 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, L on d on, w ho may be advised with en the above matters daily, am T on t u j Fiffi wa d in the eireukagh (19172 WWI Nixie! SUNDAYS. No. 19,377.] PUBLICATIONS. Now ready at all the Booksellers, in 3 vols . H E CURATE OF OVERTON. " Error is a hardy plant ; it flourishes In every soil ; in the heart of the wise and good, alike w th the wicked and foolish."— lupper. Burst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough street. TIIE NEW NOVEL. This day is published, in 2 vols. Bvo., cloth, 18s., T HE LAST EARL OF DESMOND: A Historical Romance of 1099-1603. Hodes and Smith, 104. Graft.m-street. London: Simp kin, Mai shall, and Co. Glasgow: R. Griffin and Co. Just published, QIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL.-WYLD'S NEW MAP of the SIEGE uPERAT4ONS.withthe Fortid , ations and the Russian, English, and French Batteries on a large scale, embrac ing the country between the River Katcha and the Harbour of Bala klava, showing the High Ground, the At.prooches, ai.d the Points of .Atta rk, and the p sitons of the Allied Armies. One sheet, 2s. 6d. ; is case, 4s.'; on , ollere, 7s. Gd. IV YLD'S MAP of the CRIMEA, showing the Roads, Passes, &c., 35., 53 , and 7s. Gd. Jai es Wy•d, Geographer to the Queen, Charing-cross East, next door to the Pipit- 'nice ; and 2, Royal I._xchange. Just Pu,)ll.lled, SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. AUTHENTIC MAP AND VIKW of Sub istopol and its Environs, includinx alaklava, yoloati d, to show the po=ition of the Investing Corps of the Allied Armies, Cietokier, 18 4 4; fom ketches made on the spot by Captain M. A. Ilinritn.rn, ILA Price, s. 6d. ; per post, 3s. Case, 4s. ca. ; per post, ss. ATTLE OF ALMA.—CAPT. M. A. BIDDULPH'S JLIP SKE ..411-1 of the HAT fLE of ALJ/9 is now ready. Price Is. per post, is 2d. London: Edward Stanford, Wholesale asS Retail sfap-seller, 6, Charing Cross. Now Publtehing, Number 17 of '( , HE FREEHOLD LAND TIMES AND L BUILDING NEWS; the Organ of the Land and Architectural Interests. CONTENTS:- Mr. Ruskin anti the " Quarterly Review "- The A- chitectur4 Exhibition-Improvements of the Dwellings of the Labouring Cla.ses (wi h Engravings) - Contracts and Competitions, open througAnt England-Provincial News -Law Intelligence- Land News-The Forty stilling Franchise-Land Meetings of the Month - Meetings of the Church of England -Westminster-Conser vat ve-Lambeth and Provincial- Metropolitan and General - Uni versal Investment-Suburban Villa and Village-London and Subur ban -Secoid East London-Magna Charts -and other Land and hull ling Societies Prices of Building Materials Dwelling Houses along Lines of Railways, &c , &c. Price 4d., Stamped, sd. Office, 20, Oid Boswell-court, Temple-bar. POST -OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY will, as usual, be Published very early , n the present month. Kelly and Co., 19, 20, and 21, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar. BLUNDERS : WATKINS'S DIRECTORY FOR 1855 ight pages Imperial Octavo, a Review of the March edition of Watkins's London Directory for 1854, expo.ing a large num' er of blunders, by far thy greater part of which ap pear d in the first edition • f Watkins's Directory publi•h , d in De cember,^lBs4, ancrivhich have since been reprinted with every sub sequent edition or the book. Watkins's Directory for 1855 has been already publi hed, and all the identical blunders exposed in the Re view have been again reprinted into it. Persons who have purchased the work should without delay obtain the Review, which may be had here gratis, or will be forwarded on receipt of one postage stamp. _ . • *.,• since the first publication of this announcement, an adver tisement, dated from Watkins's Direct pry Office, has been put forth, in which " The public is respectfully CAUTIONED against FALSE STATEMENTS circulated by KELLY & Co.;" but as must have been observed, no attempt is made to disprove in any one case the instances quoted in the above-mentioned Review of Blunders, by far the greater part of which appeared in the first edition of " Watkins's Directory,' published in December, 1851, and which have s'nee been reprinted with every subsequent edition of the book. The third paragraph uf the advertisement is as folio vs The extravagance of the charge made for the Post Office Directory is proved by the recent extension of that work without any addition to the price at which it was sold before the present competition, and when, as may be fairly supposed, the sale must have been consider ably larger than it is at pre , ent." Without having recourse to the term " FALSE," we may say that it may "fairly he supposed" that the proprietor of " Watkins's Directory," has read the Preface to the "Post Office Directory for 1853," in whichit 4 8 mentioned that " several hundred more orders have been received for copies of this edition than were ever received for any former one," and in the Preface to the work for the present year it is stated that the Orders had again increased at the great proportion of thirteen per Cent. We may add that taking the sale of the " Post i ffice Directory" for the three years immediately anterior to the publication of Watkins's Directory, I. e. the years 1849, 1850, and 1851, the average numbers were 8,300, while the average of the 3 ears 18 -, 3 and 1854 is 10,400. After thus raising the question of num , :ers, it is incumbent en the projector of Watkins's Directory to settle it. Ire can do this by fur . I. The number of copies of Watkins's Directory for 1852 printed, and the number sold. 2 The same for 1853. 3. The same co^ 1854. 4. The same or the Nfareh Edition. 5 The nu,ber of compete copies of the edition for 1855 printed: and at what number it has already been deemed prudent to stop the bindmg f the book But it will he found that after raising the question of numbers this information will not he given. To the charee 01 RECENT EXTENSION WITHOUT ADDITION TO THE PRICE OF THE POST OFFICE DIRECTORY we idea i guilty, awl admit that the " street" divi.ion in the edition for 1855 c mtains nearly THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND names which are ctil,irely,proltted from the - correApondhig drvllion of Watihis s srbut. we have shown, the enormous extension of the Post Office Directory is only proportioned to Its extended sale. As to " monopoly," the correct statement of the case is, that the Po.t Office Directory enjoys the monop ly of the good opinion of the mercantile community, earn• d by very many years of unremitted exertion: it is, el course, prep sterous to allege that it enjoys any other kind of " monopoly." We are perfectly willing to let this he tested in the fairest possible mt - inner ; the agents for Wstkins's Directory have induced many persons to " Subscribe" fur their book ior 1855 , let these persons he released from pr misess obtained from them in ignorance that the new book would contain many of the idemical hlundi-rs f former editions, ,fid let them be supelled with copies of the " Post- .ffici, Directory for 1855," and copies of Watkins's, and ALLOWED A MONTH TO DECIDE WHICH THEY WILL RETAIN lithe prcprietor of " atkins's i s s ince re i n hi s expresse d wish as to the public " fairly comparingector" the hooks and their res e ective pri ces ," h e cannot object lnr to such a comparison. The public would then find that " Kell) 's Posts Office Directory, 305.," contains, in ALL the proper classifications, the names of all persons resident in the Subtirbs, all of which are OMITTED from Watkins's at 16e. Gd. There is, of course, no more difficulty in Directory omitting thousand s o f names, than 11 there eap o b w e 1 - 11 r p i c u ed b 1 N publishing a cheap et; onary, omitt ingpublishing a e thousands of words. Kelly and Co., 19, 20, and 21, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar, London. QUACKS UNMASKED. The Third Elition.—J ust published, price 55., by post, free. As. 6d. (IN TRUE & FA LSE SPERMATORRIRE with the View of distinguishing the imaginary from the Heal sufferers under this diseas , and C rrecting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Emu, _he tiermati of Dr. PICK Vow, With an Introitvtion by the Editor containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " tn. Plcktord .5 known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first cline, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the nou-medi aal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if be shall tetect any ither equally flagrant evil which it may be in his sower to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' and Nfeclical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book lould And its way into the hands of those who stiffer front the com daint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would , e Caved much needless suffering (it body and mind, and what is of ,ess importance, thouat it is that which the quacks most prize— antch money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to placs the treat• men: upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, like'y to do much good." London: H. Ranier°, 219, Regent-street. TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.-A RETIRED CLERGYMAN having been restored to health in a few days after many years of great nervous suffering, is anxious to make known to others the means of cure. He will, therefore, send free, on receiving g stamped •envelope, properly addressed, a copy of the pre rcription used. Direct the Rev. E. Douglass, 18, Holland street, Brixton, London. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2,1854. BAND OF THE GUIDES.-TO-NIGHT.- EXETER HALL. - -THIS (Thursday) EVENING,'a GRAND MILITARY INSTRUNIENTAL PERFORMANCE (by permission) by the BAND of the IMPERIAL 'NEGIMENT of GUIDES. for`,..the BENEFIT of the FRENCH CHARI rA BLE AsSOCIAIION, under the auspices of his Excellency the French Ambassador and the Coun tess Walewski. To commence at half-past 8. This will be their oaly public appearance previously to their departure. PROGRAMME OF THE CONCERT. PREMIERE PARTIE. Marche de " Macbeth" ... . Ouverture de " Guillaume Tell" .. ••••••.. •• •• •• Rossini. Folka-Mazurka, "Souvenirs de Varsovie." False " Les Herds du Rhin" ..... ..„ Strauss. Quadrille, " Des Vieux Airs Frrincai5"............M0hr.•• lfautaisie du " Prophete" • • . iECONDE PARTIfi Marche de l'Alma. Air VaHe Bolero de " Jovita" ...... • . Ouverture de " Zimpa" •.•. • • • • ... Benedictions (lei Poignards (fltlguenots) .......... Galop des " Masques." Tickets and places may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-stret t ; at al , t!: e Lihraries and Music sellers; and at the °fine of the Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter Hall. ........ ........ Mohr. .. Labarre. Herold. Moyerbeer. TN CHANCERY (iu the late Master Kinder 0111,e), CLU rTolsr v. PARDON, HARRIS v. MATT TON'S TRUSTEES. Relusal of 5301. for und.vided trust share of a Minor JOHN HARRIS HEATHER'S TRUST.—Under the Manage ment or the Clothworkers' Company —At the Court to be holdtn on the 6th Dece ber next, this Company will distribute to six poor Widows or Decay.d ll.itis , fkeepers, the amount divisible under the above Trust being about Si. to each. Applic Alta are required to produce a Certificate or other proper proof of the death of the husband. The application must be made in writing, and must state such particulars relative to the applicant as may he proper to be consider d its deciding on her clai ti, and name references from whom informatiai may be obtained respecting the patty, and for verifying the statement made concerning her condition aid circumstances. All app ications are to be addressed, as early as possble, to the Company's liar, MitKing-klute, and, none cad, Pe.XeCe4Yed„ and con sidered after the 23d N ovember instant. Printed forms of ap,licatiun may be obtained at the Hall. ROBERT BECKWITH TOWSE, Clerk. Clothworkers' Hall, Ist November, 1854. MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ADVICE. Secret Diseases removed before charge be made tor medicine by a practical and experienced Surgeon. Nervous Debility, whether arising from Excesses, Accident, or premature age, are also treated to a successful issue, either sex consulting by letter. The fee is a Half-guinea, In caste or stamps. Hours of attendance, 10 till 3, and from 5 till 10 daily; Sundays, 10 till 2. Address, Dr. SCOTT, 3, King William-street, Strand, London. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' W O RCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly dige.t the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe ruard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68. Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the vincipal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, 48, Gracechurch-street, London. For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL lIAYHURST LUCAS, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—CHAßLES LUSHINGTON. Esq. John Bradbury, Esq. Robert M. Holborn, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. William Miller Christy, Esq. Robert Sheppard, Esq. Edward Crowley, Esq. William Tyler, Esq. John Feltham, Esq. Charles Whetham, Esq. Charles Gilpin, Esq. PHYSII J. T. Conquest, M.D., P.L.S. I TEL'S' :CLANS. 1 Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. iTEES. :Tohn Felthain, Esq. I Samuel H. Lucas, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. i Charles Lushington, Esq. BANKERS—Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., and Bank of England. SOLICITOR —S-ptimu3 Davidson, Esq. CONSULTING ACTUART--Chalir s Ans-11, Esq., F.R.S. Extracts from the Report of the Directors for 1853: "The Directors congratulate their fellow-members on the very grati fying result of the recently- co m•leted Quinquennial Investigation of the assets and liabilities if the Institution, by which it appears that on the 20th November, 1852, after providine for the present value of all the liabil ties in the Lifa Assurance Department, a surplus re mained 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 five 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 lir paid amount to 89,8801. ss. Od. ; 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 thee' eat reduction of Premiums, the net annual income arising from 12,3 !6 existing Policies is 163,9121. 7 . Id., Ihis sum, with the interest on invested capital, viz., 37,2924 7s. 32,, shows a total annual income of 201,2101. 14s. 4d." The amount of Capital exceeds ONE MILLION STERLING. Prospectuse , and all other information may be obtained on appli cation to the Office. Sept. 23, 1554 JOSE PII MARSH, Secretary. A.D. 1720: R 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, Esq., Governor. The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville, ...tb-(l,vernor. George l'earkes 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. Alexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir .John Henry Pelly, Bart. William Davidson, Esq. Abraham George Robarts, Esq. itiversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Robert Banbury, j un., 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 REFEREE- -Samuel Solly. Esq., F. R.S. Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre miums falling due at Islichaelmas will expire on the 14th of October. FIRE an i 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 bj a large invested capital neck. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation In profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. _ .._. The Reversionary HONUS on Lite Policies has averaged 2 per Cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 46 per cent. on the Premiums paid. Any sum not excee ling 10,0001. may be assured on one Life. The •orporation 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. LO.XICS are granted on Life Policies to their full values. This Corporatton affords all the advanta,es of modern practice, with the stability of an cities 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. REVOLVER CANNO/C—The director-general of the Louvre has just had a revolver cannon placed in the Museum of the Marine, capable of firing twelve shots in a minute, with the aid of two artillerymen to serve it. A NEW TRAGEDY BY SHABSPEARE.—The spirit of the bard of Avon, it appears, has lately been revisiting " the glimpses of the moon," in the prosecution of his old profession of play-wright. We extract the startling intelligence from an article in the Ala California on spiritual manifestations, in the course of which we are informed that a regular five act tragedy, con. sisting of some 4,000 lines, has recently been written, under spirit impulse, by the hand of Mr. Isaac C. Pray. It purports to emanate from the spirit of Shalt. speare ! It was read to the manager of the Broadw a y Theatre and a select num ber of cr itics and editors, among editor i c o o n f e u t r h r e e d N i n ew York Times, a n d we understand awardin g to it litera r y merit of a very high order. One of th em, as we under stand, went so far in his admiration as to declare his be whoni was t t h h e a t al be lief that no living writer could equal it. It was written 'dity, and very few erasureso r with great rapi alterations Aro to be f•und upon the caanumpt. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Powerful, 84, Captain Massie, will sail from Ports mouth to-day for the coast of Scotland, to endeavour to pick up men to complete her crew. The Curacoa, 21, screw frigate, Captain the Hon. G. F. Hastings, bent sails at Portsmouth yesterday, and is ready for sea. The Harrier, 14, screw sloop, Commander H. A. Story, is about proceeding to the West Indies, and will probably sail to-day. The Dee, 6, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieutenant- Commander Smith, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the Cape of Good Hope station—last from Plymouth. APPOINTMENTS. Masters.—Richard T. Saunders (1846), to the Esk, 20, screw steam corvette, at Woolwich ; Thomas H. Fraser (1849), to the Tartar, screw steam corvette, at Chatham. Surgeons.—Thomas H. Lowry, M.D. (1845), to the Eqlt, 20, screw steam corvette, at Woolwich ; Lewis C. Urquhart, M.D. (1846), to the Tartar, screw steam corvette, at Chatham. Master's Assistant.—W. It. Jones, to the Swallow, screw steam-sloop, at Portsmouth. THE HECLA. - The Hecla, 6, paddle-sloop, Capt. W. H. Hall, steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday, from Spithead, to have her defects made good. She is well riddled with Russian balls ; no less than 70 pierced her starboard side, 30 the port side, s evera l the paddlobox an ald undernoi4th the Russianboats, 1 jack on one side and t h e pipe and 1 h er f unne l . French g a u i f i r r i m ae ghaes on da , t2hhaesh there eh s en t r e ,n i 0 t ensign. THE ENGINES OF THE AUSTERLITZ. The engines of the French line -of-battle ship Auster litz are on the horizontal principle, with four cylinder's opposite each other. There is a great deal of gear. connected with the machinery, and great difficulty is continually experienced to adjust lubricators, &c., while working. Tue engines are of 400-herse power nominally, and 800-horse power actually by indication ; she stows 500 tons of coals, and consumes, while working full power, 56 tons per day; am 2 with that consumption, steams in smooth water 9 knots an hour. As this is rather an extravagant consumption, they usually steam expansively, at an ex y, and obtain a battle skip s p p e e n e d d i tu o r f e 7 o f k fm 40 er t to 0 45 H t a o n n n a i b p a e l r n a e f. steams 7 knots, witl 24 tons of coals per day). The Austerlitz' engines are directly attached to . the screw, without the multiple wheel, making 45 revolutions per minute. She has two stokeholes, one forward and the other aft. When steaming full power these stokeholes are excessively hot. The boilers, which are tubular, are loaded at 181 b. on ;he square inch. The screw is of rather a novel construction, having four blades or fans, which are so arranted as to be capable of folding to gether, so that it wll shut up into two blades or fans when steaming in fine weather, but when steaming against a strong held wind, or towing, foer blades are generally used. Screral defects are now being made good in the shaft betrings by the engineers of this ves sel. Mr. Blaxland, civil engineer at Sheerness yard, and Mr. Rumble, ciief engineer of the Royal Albert, have been on board to inspect her engines and note her defects. No orders hare Set arrived relative to the future movements of the itusterlitz. She has not yet com menced taking her coals. She requirse 300 tons. The greatest courtesy is paid to persons ♦isiting this ship, one of the lieutenants or mates accompanying the visi tors through every 'rt of it, and ladies obtain the moat polite and marked respect and attention from her officers and the entire crew. AUSTRALIAN POST COMMUNICA.TION. The following letter addressed to the Postmaster -Ge neral by Sir James Duke, M.P., Chairman of the Aus tralian Postal Association has been forwareled us for publication : " TO THE RIGHT HON. THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. " My Lord,—The arduous contest with Russia in which this country is engaged has for the last few months in duced the committee of this association to abstain from pressing the improvement of Australian postal communi cation on her Majesty's Government; though silent, they have, however, not ceased to lament that the executive, distracted by exterior events, was unable to devote its attention to the organisation of postal arrangements more iu unison with the material interests of the empire and of Australia. Influenced by the nature of the advices re cently received from the colonies, the committee now feel . . it their duty to express to you. the views of the colonists; and at the same time they desire to point out to you how, in their judgment, the postal grievances complained of may tio some extent be remedied, without prejudice to the present demands of the public service. " The committee will premise their observations by freely admitting that, since your lordship's accession to of the Austrian letters, amongst which they willi ng ly office, several improvements have been effected in th e tran sitclass the abolition, at the commencement of this year, of the sailing-packet system, which had totally disorganised the correspondence of the colonies, as also the recent reduc tion in the rates of colonial postage. Much, however, re mains yet to be done ; for the service. as at present con ducted, must be viewed by every unprejudiced person to be far inferior to that on all other existing steam routes, and especially as far as regards the Cape line, to be essen tially'deficient in the two main attributes of postal transit —viz., speed and reghlarity. " Recent letters received by the committee describe the colonists is not only dissatisfied, but highly irritated at the-results of the existing mail system ; and some indivi dual, it appeari4, had evhn gone the length of 'discuising the possibility of obtaining, through America, postal facili ties so long sought in vain at the hands of the mother country. One of the latest newspapers asserts, that the question of steam communication had long constituted a rankling sore' throughout the Australian colonies. The journal using this very strong expression is the well-known leading paper of the southern hemisphere—the ably-con ducted Melbourne Argus, a copy of which, under date 21st July last, accompanies this letter for your lordship's pe rusal. The writer asserts facts, many of which admit of no denial. He states that the communication is infrequent 2h p oo e ,u r ow t r s , o v, f oico ß e t r le i . t r i io s a h lt wg manufactur es goods, is is consi gne d t o a slow, irregular, i in p o rt s b t u i i t e 2 a B , and slowly perform e d ; th a t w hil e even China, which im nightly steam co mmun i ca ti on at a speed of ten miles per "ton'llCish°ingeqnjuoaynstaitly"otf and ill-organised monthly mail service, of which the fol lowing are the distinguishing features " L That the transit of the mails from England to Melbourne, by the overland Indian route, now occupies on an average 70 d a y s an d a h alf, being conveyed at - the rate of six miles per hour, whereas, if forwarded at the same speed as letters are carried on the India and China line, viz., at ten miles per hour, they would easily reach Melbourne in 45 days. " 2. That the line via the Cape of Good Hope is for postal purposes a nullity—the average passage having been proved to be 81 days. " ` 3. That this last-mentioned line is highly irregular; a circumstance not only proved by the passages, but strik ingly exemplified by the fact, that in July last, the home. ward steamers of both lines, instead of sailing each a month apart, both started within two days of each ether—the Indian steamer sailing as usual on her appointed day, the other vessel nearly a month after. " 'l. That under these circumstances Australia may be said to possess virtually only one " effective and reliable" mail communication with England, once every alternate month, vid India.' " Such is the tone assumed by the public journals ' • nor are the remarks of private individuals l ess stringent. Con trasting the policy of America to her gold states with that of England towards her gold colonies, with bitterness of feeling the Australians observe, that California had barely been taken possession of when the United States brought her within 24 days' sail of New York, by organising, at the public cost, a steam line, with an average speed of 11 knots, from the shores of America to Panama, and thence to San Francisco, a distance of upwards of 6,000 miles. The Australian gold fields, they say, have, however, now been discovered four years. In wealth, in their influence en commerce and civilisation, they have far out-stripped California ; yet not even ordinary exertions have been made by England to approximate herself by steam to these —these most valuable colonies she ever yet possessed. They assert that she sails her fast mail steamei s once a fortnight to India, to America, to th e W es t I n di es, t o th e Brazils, and even to China—in short, to every quarter of the globe—but that Australia is forgotten. Last year, the colonial post ages amounted to a sum more than sufficient to cover the expense of the most approved steam line, yet the proceed, were appropriated to general British revenue, while the mails were conveyed chiefly by cheap, but tardy, sail ing vessels. This year a steam transit, as slow as it is irregular, as unsatisfactory as it is unworthy the policy of a great commercial country, dissevers Australia from Eng land. The colonists ask each other the grounds of this treatment, which they term unmerited contempt and neglect.' Referring also to a solemn promise, given eight years ago for the establishment of a regular monthly steam line, they allege that the present steam transit not only involves a breach of that promise, but is in itself a signal instance of Imperial mismanagement of their affairs. " If, my lord, these allegations are in part only well founded, is it matter of surprise the Australian journalists should term the steam question 'a rankling sore ?' Is it to he wondered at that the colonists should look to foreign countries for assistance, and assert that they are treated with `neglect and contempt ?' The committee, on their part, have felt they would not be discharging their duty, if, under the influenc of false delicacy, they concealed from you the sentiments of their Australian fellow-citi zens (they have, therefore, candidly expressed to you what has been stated to them in the hope that you would your self inquire into the facts of the case, and thus be enabled to see that the grievances complained of demand early re dress. How this, in their judgment, may for the present be best afforded they now proceed to detail to you. " By the printed documents enumerated in the margin, and accompanying this letter, you will perceive how con tinued have been the efforts of the committee to induce her Majesty's Government to concede to Australia the same postal facilities extended to every other dependency of the Crown. These facilities may now shortly be summed up as follows, viz.:— "1. The establishment of the same semi-monthly postal communication already conceded to other comparatively unimportant parts of the empire. " 2. The introduction into the service of that regularity, the entire absence of which is now so justly complained of. "3. The acceleration of the preseut speed of the mail steamers from eight and a half nautical miles to the usual contract rate of ten knots per hour. "4. The adoption of a direct course, and the abandon ment of those unnecessary deviations which so much pro tract the arrival of the mails at their destinations. " The printed papers referred to attest that the equity of these claims has been fully admitted by the country ; that their validity has been affirmed by the press, by influ ential public meetings, raid by the leading commercial towns of this country. It is not, however, the desire of the body I represent to press you to make concessions at a moment when we feel that our doing so might, by diminishing the steam-power of the nation, in any way militate against the prosecution of that righteous war England has engaged in. Deeply sympathising with the mother country in efforts to repel the barbarism of the north, Australia is too patriotic not freely to bring her quota of sacrifice to the national cause, and she waives for the present what is most important and most dear to her—her right to frequent communication with the parent state. We do nut, therefore, ask you to establish at present, what the commerce, the wealth, and the postal revenue of Australia entitles her to—a semi-monthly com munication—but we entreat you to improve, so far as you can, our present steam line, and to commence by making it regular. " This, in our opinion, can only be done by discontinu ing to forward the mails via the Cape of Good Hope. That line, in the hands of the enterprising company who conduct it, is not without its merits, and we by no means advocate its suppression. It is adapted for passengers, and may be fitting for they conveyance of the heavier portions of the mails—always unusually heavy ; but being devoid of regu larity, it has proved itself unsuited for the general pur poses of correspondence, and it is in this respect, as the colonists justly term it, a nullity. To establish an effec tive and reliable' monthly communication, we respectfully suggest that the mails be despatched monthly, instead of bi-monthly, via India ; and if you ask us where ships are now to be foiled without prejudice to the public for this service, we reply that the relative imports of China and Victoria, referred to by the Melbourne journalists, point at once to the source whence steam power may be taken without detriment to the country. " China, importing not quite 2 ,000,000/. of British goods, has a fortnightly communication, although a monthly lino would be ample for the wants of her trade. We suggest, therefore, that the China semi-monthly line be made a monthly one, and that the ships thus set free be employed in giving a regular monthly communication to colonies, which, by the paper herewith enclosed, you will see im ported last year, from England alone, goods of theastonish ing value of 14,506,5321. " From the paper we refer to, it appears that the export of British manufacture to Australia exceeded last year our average exports to the United States by 1,509,0001. ; that it more than doubled our exports to India and Ger many ; that it was six times greater than our exports to France and the Wrest Indies ; and seven times in excess of our exports to China. To your lordship, as a statesman, those facts will be more convincing than any arguments we could use ; they will prove to you that Australia is now the best market for English produce, and that a gra ve responsibility must attach to permitting such colonies to continue in that state of isolation from England to which they are now consigned. We therefore respect. fully suggest, that unless you should find that better ar rangements can be effected, the snail ships employed in the China fortnightly line be for the present transferred to the Australian service. That this can take place with ad vantage to the interests of the empire is abundantly proved by the relative value of the British imports of the two countries concerned. The distances, on the other hand, of the two lines—viz., between Galle anti Melbourne and be tween Calcutta and Hong Kong, being not dissimilar, it is assumed that the same number of ships which perform the oua voyage, will also be able to effect the other. " Last, but not least, we would strge you respectfully but earnestly to accelerate the speed of the Indo-Australian steamers from 8, to 10 knots per hour. In an ago when emi nent engineers and shipbuilders some before a committee of the House of Commons (Holyhead and Kingston, 1853), and talk of 23 miles per hour as a speed easily attainable, it is hut little to ask that, on what is virtually the most im portant steam line of the country, the usual contract rate of 10 miles per hour should be maintained. That this speed was not originally stipulated for is one out of many practical proofs how little attention previous administra tions have devoted to Australian affairs. We find, how ever, that although an error has been committed in this respect, you have the power to rectify the mistake, for wo are informed that, under the contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Company, it is competent for you at any time to (grad that asseciatiQto Lamas the rpoed of tkeit yes- [ PRICE SD. sels so as to insure their realising 10 miles per hour ; and this power we venture respectfully to hope you will not hesi qtauteestpiroon of speed,mptlytoe xewrce desireise. also to As intimately connected with the that the pre sen t rou t e followed by thermlinudt o e .A ut tnt t r o you alian steamers is devious, and that the distance and stoppages ought at once to be diminished. To satisfy your lordship's mind on this point, and to show you the results of a ten knot speed, we have had the distances between Melbourne and England carefully calculated, and now submit for your perusal a paper showing within what period the voyage, doing away with unnecessary delays and devia tions, may reasonably be expected to be performed. You will find that, after making every allowance for all usual stoppages, if a direct course be followed, and a ten-knot speed maintained, the mails may easily be delivered in Melbourne within 44 days, and further, that if the speed were increased to eleven knots, as we submit it ought hereafter to be, the passage might be effected within the 40 days. For the contents of this paper we beg to bespeak your attentive consideration, remarking that the elements of our calculation are derived from official soirees and cannot be questioned, and that the average passage by the shortest route, stated by the colo nists practically to occupy 70i days, has never been per formed under 64 days. "A memorial of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, recently addressed to the Lords of the Treasury on this subject, so entirely coincides with our own views as to speed and direct route, that we take the liberty of forward ing herewith a copy for your perusal; not doubting that it will be read by you with the attention due to a document emanating from so important a commercial association. We have to add, that our letters inform us the Sydney and Melbourne Chambers of Commerce were both preparing to address the home Government on the same subject. " The due approximation of Australia to the mother country is a subject so intimately connected with the future of both countries, that we believe it may be said to constitute one of the most important subjects which can come under your lordship's official consideration. In this view, we therefore trust, you will excuse the length of this letter, as well as the earnestness with which we have thought it our duty to press the subject on your attention. "At the request of the committee, " I have the honour to subscribe myself, " MY Lord, "Your lordship's most obedient servant, " JAMES DUKE, Chairman. " Australian Postal Association Committee rooms, 60, Fenchurch-street, London, Oct. 13, 1854." THE AMERICAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Second Grinnell Expedition, Brig Advance, Baffin's Bay, July 14, 1854. My dear —,—lt is with pleasure I comply' with your request, made upon leaving New York. After a passage which only abounded with the usual incidents of ocean life, we arrived upon the coast of Greenland, June 27th. The passage was a somewhat protracted one, owing to the universal head winds and calms we en countered ; but, by wise foresight of the planners of the expedition, we left New York with plenty of time on our hands to guard against every contingency of delays, and to make the best of whatever accidental circum stances might arise to favour an early and safe passage to the scene of our labours. The barrenness of " Greenland's icy mountains" has long held a place in my imagination, but I was unpre pared for the absolute desolation which greeted is. Peak after peak rose abruptly from the very water's edge, and the interior seemed to be one continued waste of snow-capped summits. Not a single foot of level land or soil was to be seen, and the rocks told a mournful tale of sterility. Although water poured plentifully from the hills, even the usual surface vegetation which fol lows our streams at home seemed entirely wanting. Why it should have received the name of Greenland is a puzzle to me. Such as it is, however, with its vernal cognomen, it was doubtless discovered and occupied by the early Ice landers and Norwegians ; and when the suspended in tercourse with the Old World gave rise to the fable of a " lost Greenland" its discovery was due to Frobisher or Cabot, those indomitable Arctic pioneers. To the efforts of a single man—Hans Egedd, "The Greenland Apos tle," as he is termed by the Lutheran Church—the Greenland of the present century owes whatever it pos sesses of civilization with Christianity. _ 'We made the coast near Godshalar, the scene of his early labours, and I write from a point nearly opposite that neatest and most flourishing of its settlements— Egedsmunde, " the nunnery of Egedit." On tite 29th, being becalmed off Fiskenaes, we de spatched a boat by the fiird to look out for the town. Returning soon with a pilotboat and crew from the go vernor, we stood in, and were in a short time in sight of the first Greenland town I had yet seen. It was in keeping with the scenery around. In the midst of Es• quimaux huts rose the only mansion, the residence of the governor, a most kind-hearted okl gentleman, full of Scandinavian hospitality, and fond of his wife, his chil dren, and his pipe. The courtesies of his humble man sion were cordially extended to us, and after breaking bread with his Excellency we felt quite as flinch at home as on board of our little brig, from the cramped guar . ters of which we were by no means sorry to be for a short time relieved. The official letters brought by our commander from the Court of Denmark were anticipated by the cordial kind feeling of the authorities. Every care was extended to the expedition, and we departed with a good supply of codfish and an Esquimaux hunter, whose kayack and lance are expected by Dr. Kane to keep his dogs in food. Sukkertoppen was our next port, a quiet little glen, shut in by rocks, and looking quite cosy in its barren solitude. Here in a single hour we laid in reindeer furs, dogs, harness, and mocassins, filled our water-casks, and stood out to sea. At both these places, while my comrades were busily engaged in hasty preparations for departure from port, I made the best use of my time in collecting botanical specimens. With botany-box and gun I made two sal lies at Fiskenaes and one at Tukkertoppen into the deep mountain gorffes, where the water, caused by the sun s genial rays, had melted the snow that trickled down the mountain sides, and at last found a resting place, around which grew a highly interesting and quite luxuriant flora. Upon the southern slopes I found the willows, as if determined to force a living out of the world, clinging apparently to the solid rock, and, though stunted in growth, looking no less fresh than members of the same family growing_in our own rich soil. The cuttings of these plants were found to be of very deficient development. The same was also observed of the Ana romida Tetrigona, one of the characteristic heaths of this region. These circumstances seem to our commander to indicate a backward summer, while the meteorological returns obtained at Fiskenaes and Lichtenfels show a winter of unusual mildness. The bergs, too, are not numerous, and he seems to expect we shall meet no floe of ice until we reach Melville Bay. Disco we longed to visit—a longing which the sight of the high mountains only increased ; but the breeze, I suppose, did not justify us in losing an inch of ground, for we stood on to the northward, in expectation of reaching the middle ice. But one thing more remains —an increase of dogs—for deficien c y w hi c h we are humbly thankful, as but for that we should not see the settlement of Proven. Proven, July 20. Proven is not unlike the settlements previously visited, except that, in being further to the north, its inhabitants are proportionately more poor and wretched. It is, with one exception, the most northern of the Danish settlements on the threshold of the great barrier of Mel ville Bay. The scenery around presents the same barren picturesqueness characteristic of the Greenland coast. Here resides the Royal inspector, a clever old Dane, possessing a small fortune, obtained through his office, an Esquimaux wife, and good beer. His one-story man sion' looking almost as old as the hills, presented a grand appearance beside the miserable huts of the na tives. Built as they are of stones, covered with sod or moss for winter, and sealskins for summer, they look more like the houses of burrowing animals than anything human. Poor creatures !—their only pasture ground, the sea, affords them occasionally an inadequate supply of food, at which time their condition is truly deplorable. It is the custom of the coast, brought from the father land, to set before the stranger the welcoming cup of co ff e e, after partaking which, like the salt of the Arabs, he may consider himself at home. This custom extends from the governor's house to the native's hut—and good coffee do they make. At the inspector's, signal credit is due to our good Esquimaux hostess for her skill in coffee-making, and the natural ease with which she did the honours of the house. We have here procured some 15 or 20 Esquimaux dogs, but, as the number is less than half a supply, we shall be obliged to stop at Uppernavik, 20 miles further to the northward. These dogs are a necessary part of an Esquimaux settlement, and seem to mingle with the natives in about equal numbers, and in terms of the greatest familiarity—living, in many cases, in the same hut. One striking peculiarity I observed was their huddling together, and tuning their pipes to the notes of a chosen leader, who occupies the centres of the pack, the whole settlement, young and old, set up a chorus, loud and shrill, that lasts about five minutes. Leaving in Proven a n hour ard world to at thoeu scener s backs, me th,of we shal l our explorations. This is, as you are aware, Sound. How far we shall be able to penetrate with our vessel into this unknown t re t gi r o o r , i vnu willi her impenetrable , clependuponthe point at which nature . ice-barrier. Its waters have only yet been sighted by p r e r a e s v o i o n u t s navigators o iep e that ov terminus mysterious o f q u o a u r r t e N r . 0 y e . f e f t a h l a e y r s b g e i a o b n 1 , e a e t n ( t , d e w o d u h e a t v e o u e r y e e r x y . our pl Or , p 1 t l O n n e t i . n t O o t n h e i e s u a n rr k i n ve o d wn at an t d he age, winter quarters will be selected at a point protected to this c to the northward and westward some p r ominent head land against the floating ice in th e early spring. I selection great experience and judgment are requi re d . but in our commander's sagacity we have every conifi: deice. Here we shall be frozen in for th e nine long winter months, during which period the search for are going Fr E an o k r l t in his willseabrcehmtande most e active preparations . on. Once at anchor, but fe w h ours Will expirebefore a boat and sledge party will set out to continue that which could not be accomplished with the vessel. Thi s party iofnhinaen,dsallof have s whola a but ebe h li t ev e e 'd doctor is il not lel ect very s y t as o all oulta unicative as to volunteeredhis intentions, and w e art iu ignore 31 to who will be its fortunate sea‘ FARMING STOCK. The Corporation having determined on a reduction of" One Shil ling per Cent." in the rate or Premium for the Insurance of Farm ing Stock and Utensils in England and wales, 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 A. HIGHA.M. Actuary and Secretary. THE CERTAINTY OF VICTORY.- Sebastopol roust fall before the vast engines of war brought to hear on its walls and fortifications. Victory will soon have en thusiastic expression trom every patriotic heart ; the very word will have a charm for every individual in the land. Victory with E. MOSES and --ON is ei - rireled with commercial honours which have not been awarded to any other house; and their splendid prepara tions in articles of dress for winter are vie' milts for superior qua lity. first-rate fashion, and unparalleled cheapness. E. MOSES and SON are the sole inventors of the Twenty-five Shilling Paletot ; it Is the most comfortable and fashionable article of dress at this season. The Overcoats and Winter Clothing, in their gigantic ready-made department, are so novel, artistic, well made, elegantly finisae,i, fit so correctly, and charged so economically, that they are victorious over all previous introductions. In selecting Winter Hosiery Goods on the most gigantic scale--in the manufacture of the mostmagnificent stock of Shirts,etnbroidered and plain—in the preparation of a vast variety of superior Clothing and Underclothing for ladies and children- in procuring the best styles of Hats and Caps which the most distinguished French and English artists have produced —in malung and exhibiting the most stylish, most seasonable, and most comfortable Clothing, ?toots and Sli es. &c.—E. MOSES and Sore have the absolute certainty of being acknowledged the victorious champions of trade; and charging every article at the lowest passible price has secured victories celebrated by every tongue, and beneficial to every individual and in the world. E. MOSES and Sox's unequalled NVhclesale Cloth;ng, Shirt, and Bost and Shoe Department is furnie , ed with an entirely new an i season able stuck, which may be selected from with the greatest advantages to retail-dealers, merchants, captains, emigrants, and others. CAITTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against impcsition, 'riving learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows :7- London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 86, Aidgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all commuicating. Bradtord (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffielil Branch, 36. Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Worchant Tailor,, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunse' on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book for Autum and Winter. " The Commercial Cornu copia," containing full lists of price; our system et self-measure ment, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Ici l'on parte Francais. Qui si parla Italian. Hier spricht man Deutsch Aqua sa balls Espano. THE ACCIDENT TO THE COSSACK. DEVONI°OIT, Nov. I.—The Cossack is found to be very seriously damaged by running on the Draystone, off Mount Edgcurebe•park, in coming in on Saturday morning about four o'clock. So violent was the shock as to start her boilers and engines, and she was found, on reaching the Sourd, to leak so much that it was found necessary to keep all the pumps going to prevent the water from gaining, She was accordingly ordered into harbour immediately, and at one p.m., one hour and a half before low water, she was taken into the basin, and from thence into the dock, though drawing 17 feet of water at the time—a fact that says much for the ca• pabilities of the port. On examining her bottom it was found that her fore foct and false keel were gone, and more thah 100 feet of ler main keel carried away from forward to abaft the mainmast, and that other parts, as well as her ..ternpost, were much shaken. Artificers were immediately placeL on her. The whole of her cop per has been taken oil and her hold cleared. It is anti cipated that she wilt tint bo-trat of the - hatiartinthirdOW yard under a fortnight. A court martial on the master of the Cossack takes plate to-morrow. THE CURLEW. The Curlew, 8 guns, is waiting her sailing orders at Sheerness. This sloop was designed by the marine archi tects of the Navy-office and built at Deptford in the pre sent year. Her engines are stated to be of 100-horse power. Their actual nominal power is 60-horse only -they are of Maudslay, Son, and Field's manufacture. They were originally made in 1846 for the Hornet, and do not possess any of the late improvements —they take up so considerable a space amidships that there is not room enough for fuel and stores or accommodation for the crew and officers. She can only stow seven days' fuel and one month's provision, and her crew of sailors and marines, 80 in number, are obliged to hang their hammocks in double tiers in the forcastle, where there is not more than one-half the space for each man as prescribed by the Mercantile Marine Act. The stoke-hole, engine-room, and galley are all open to the mess and sleeping deck of the crew, as well as that of the officers, even to the captain's cabin door ; the heat, when the steam is up, is intense ; and if they were for any short time compelled to batten down (which is not unusual), it would be perfectly insup portable. The Curlew is a very fine model of marine architecture, externally. Her ancient engines, which occupy a very large portion of her mean space, are only sufficient to propel her five knots per hour under the most favourable circumstances, and an in quiry is going on as to what is to be done with her under all these serious disadvantages. Her draught of water, 12 feet extreme aft, and 11 feet 6 inches forward, when fully coaled and stored, adapts her for a useful gun-boat. She has 8 short 32-p ounders on carronade slides amid ships, and her lon g 32- pounder for shifting from forward to aft. She cann o t, h owever, carry fuel to admit of her leaving a coal dep o t f or more than siz days. MILITARY. THE OFFICERS SLAIN IN THE EAST.—We regret to state that amongst the officers dead is one of the sons of Mr. Cox, the head o f the celebrated firm of Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, v i z., Lieutenant-Colonel Cox, or the Grenadier Guard s . H e leaves behind him many friends to regret his ea r l y , though gallant, death. We are re quested to stat e th at Mr. Cust, of the Guards, killed, was not the son of th e H on. Mr. Cust, but of Sir Peregrine c Cost, of Audley- street. The error hasaused some painful mistakes. CORK, Oct. 31.—Lord Killeen, captain in the Bth Hussars, was among the officers who left for the Crimea in the steam.transport Jura, on Thursday. His lord ship's father, the venerable Lord Fingal, came to town to take leave of him. On Tuesday evening Mr. Don nelly, collector of customs; and brotber-inllaw of Lord Fingal entertained them at dinner. Lord Killeen has been fifteen years in the Array, having entered the ser vice as far back as 17th of September, 1839. He ob tained his lieutenancy on the sth of March, 1841, and was promoted to be captain on the 23d January, 1846. The following detachments go out in the Cleopatra to the Crimea :-102 of the 50th Regiment, 133 of the 55th, 122 of the 21st, 52 of the 30th, 62 of the 33d, 61 of the 47th, and 41 of the 68th ; total, 673. They are to proceed from the depot battalions at Birr, Temple more, and Fermoy respectively. THE MILITIA.. Eight more regiments of militia are about to be em bodied for permanent duty. On Monday a presentation of colours from the ladies of Somerset was made by Lady Paulett, on the Hoe, to the First Somerset Regiment of Militia, now quartered in the Citadel, Plymouth, and commanded by Viscount Hinton, her ladyship's son. The remains of Quartermaster Moore, 3d battalion Royal Artillery, were interred in St. Thomas's church yard, Woolwich, yesterday, with military honours. THE ARMY IN THE EAST.—Yesterday, a very inte resting lecture was delivered at the Polytechnic Institu . tion, Regent-street, on a new hospital tent designed for the army engaged in the present war, and for other general purposes. The lecture, which was delivered by Mr. Johns, was attended by a large number of military and other gentlemen. MASTER BAKERS' PENSION SOCIETY.---Last night the 22d anniversary of this society was celebrated by a din ner at the Freemasons Tavern, which was very nume rously attended; Mr. Podger, of the firm of Kidd and Podger, millers, Isieworth, presided, and was supported by most of the eminent millers and master bakers of the metropolis and its vicinity. GENERAL DOMESTIC SERVANTS'BENEYOLENT INSTITU TION.—Y estsrday afternoon a meeting of the Governors and Committee of Management of the above institution was held at their offices, in Sackville-street, The annual report was highly gratulatory. Her Majesty and Prince Albert had become patrons, and the institu tion now numbers upwards of 7,000 members, and has a permanent invested fund of several thousand pounds. Twenty-four pensioners are now receiving relief from its funds ; nineteen having 151., and five 201. per annum. Temporary assistance has also been given in a number of cases of urgent distress. The qualification of member ship to this excellent institution, as a resource in old age and infirmities, is the annual payment of the moll eij of from 3s. to ).00,, acoordiog to age. ' hers. They take with them one of the light indiarubber boats constructed by Mr. Bennet, and the dogs. The great object of this expedition will be to pave the way for future operations in the spring. For this pur pose they carry with them a stock of provisions, consist ing of peinican, preserved meats, meat biscuit, &c., with 4 a few luxuries, to be left at different points on the way. 1 The boat, the Forlorn Hope (for so she is called), is so constructed as to propel either on ice or water—on ice by eight men operating against wooden bars lashed athwart the boat, while the doctor will lead off in ad vance to explore the track. The stern is covered with an india-rubber cloth tent, to serve as a protection by night and cooking apartment by day. Raving arrived at the termination of their journey, leaving the Forlorn Hope and provisions to the mercy lof the wolverines and bears, they will return to the brig on foot, in the darkness of the Polar night, guided by their compass and the stars. This plan of operations, hitherto considered impracti • cable by the English, is entirely new, and originated with this expedition. By it there are many advantages gained. The men are more fresh and vigorons than in ' the spring, and the party that fo llows them at this t ime hare not only the advantage of travellin g over g round poievuthe ' r march but a mp i ar ly small quantity of p rovisions ; besides, comparatively explored, but carry during there is a great saving of time. The boat is extremely light compared with those used by Parry and others who have undertaken similar journeys. The most rigid economy with regard to space is preserved, and calcula tions ar a wade with mathematical exactn ess as to the stowage of the diff eren t ar ticles. Nothing will be taken that can possibly be dispensed with, and the cooking apparatus will be of the most simple kind. The whole is a modification of the North American Indian and Russian ; while the complicated machinery for cooking, with the little odds and ends used by the English, is dispensed with or greatly simplified. Quaatity containing i and not qua li ty with regard to food, convenience and not comfort with regard to space, are the points con sidered.e, is b . them, E very two men carry a haversack between a including simplechange a t 0 to weigh no m ore t h an 201 b. - Thus the Arctic traveller ' s wardrobe pair of aboo ts, be used in the homeward journey. Pemican is about the only food to be used, preserved meats and milks, &c., Laing looked upon simply as antiscorbutics and luxuries occasionally to be indulged in. Fats, such as may be procured from bears, birds, &c., together with a small quantity of lard taken with them, with a little spirits to melt and light it, will serve as the only fuel, both for heating and cooking purposes. The lamp used will be the simple copper dish, cork float, and cotton wick of the Icelanders. A supply of tea and coffee, together with the different extracts prepared by Messrs. Alden and Borden, will be taken, as also a small quan tity of the meat biscuit of Mr. Borden, and prepared milk of Mr. Abbott. Our pemiean is of a very superior quality, having been made under the personal superin tendence of Dr. Kane. In our sledge parties we shall be served much like the boy whose variety consisted in first " mush and milk, then milk and mush," pernican soup, fried pemican, pemican raw, and vice vend. The one thing in these regions to be dreaded from such rigid adherence to animal diet, and that of one kind, is attacks of scurvy ; but there is unquestionably more of it in many of our vessels than seed be if proper hygi enic measures were taken. Thorough and regular ablu tions, with moderate exercise, will no clout do almost all that can be done to ward off its attacks ; and when such a system has been made a regular branch of dis6l pline, cases have been rare ; at least such has been the experience of the recent exploring expeditions. In the sledge parties every man will be required to wash down with snow, and rub with a coarse towel, previous to turning into the snow hut for his nightly, or rather pe riodic, rest. A cold comfort," truly ; but experience has proved it to be a very necessary one. Since leaving Fiskenaes, we have lived almost exclu- sively upon the products of the region, little animal food being used but birds and fish. A species of codfish, which I believe to be the gadus messoria, is our almost constant food, and, although a most delicate morsel, it has so often shown itself on our table as to have become very unpopular. The elder, with several of the uria, one of the lorno (uria Bourivechii), the little auk, or " Greenland dove" (W. auk), and the black guillemot (W. grylle), and others, are becoming an every-day dish, and are a most decided improvement over salt beef. Yesterday, while on an excursion to a settlement 20 miles to the southward, for the purpose of procuring dogs, we stopped at a little island, and in a very few minutes procured several fine eiders and a large number of eggs. Ia a few hours we could have shot hundreds, if not thousands, and obtained as many eggs as would have laden our boats. A fire made upon the sand from the fragments of a broken oar soon roasted for us as rich a repast of ducks and eggs as ever mortal need wish. With snow water, and the other necessaries which our good steward had the precaution and kindness to put aboard our boat, we made toddy and tea, and enjoyed our feast, sincerely pitying you New Yorkers who would envy us our ducks. In a - short time we shall make it our business to lay in a large supply of different birds that abound so plentifully, to serve as one of our prin cipal articles of food and luxury during the winter. They will be shot and strung on strings, much after manner of our good farmers in preparing apples, and dried. The bay abounds in gulls, and of these fine specimens have been shot. Our collection already numbers five srecies. The lestris, or Arctic jager, the ekara of the Icelanders, is a beautiful bird. The stormy peterel followed us as high as latitude 57°, and almost immediately afterwards the maulemoke of the whalers took its place. Our slow advance has enabled us to collect interesting facts as to the zones of the ' (ruts and peterels. At Proven we had the first opportunity of testing the beautiful daguerreotype apparatus sent out by Govern ment. In the hands of our artist, Mr. Bousalt, a num ber of fine pictures have been taken, representing the geolo g ical and picturesque character of the country. The difficulties apprehended in the working of the chymicals have been happily in a great measure over come, and Mr. Bousalt confidently thinks he will be able to take pictures with a great deal of decency, even in the highest latitudes we may he able to reach. It pro mises fair to become a most valuable aid in enabling us to bring back such material as will make this little frequented portion of our globe more familiar to you. The glaciers will form an interesting series. Thus far we get on happily and well, each ono in every way seeming determined to do his best to further the one great object of the expedition, while every oppor tunity is embraced of making contributions to different departments of science. Our decks present quite an in teresting and amusing appearance. One is busily en ' gaged sewing pemican bags, another bang-sacks, another lining buffalo robes with indiarubber cloth, to spread upon the ice and snow, &c., while the carpenter is with great diligence at work on the Forlorn Hope. Our net brings up many little curiosities out of the deep, while our guns now and then give us a bird for preparation. All seem, as by one accord, to recognise the necessity of harmony, and a good degree of the same spirit of hope and expectation that inspires our commander he has not failed to instil into those around him. The regulations of the ship enforce a rigid system of domestic discipline. Our only quarrelsome companions are our dogs, who keep up a continual snarling and snapping, and scarce a day passes that does not bear witness to the doctor's heavy Arctic boots flying in the air, preceded by some unlucky puppy, who may have been so unfortunate as to be too little disposed to show fair play. The doctor being remarkably fond of their dogships, it is astonishing to see the gratitude and affec tion they hold for him, and lie is almost always sure to excite their jealousies and raise a fight when he shows any favours. The officers and men of our party fare alike, and the products of our guns are shared equally. We look anxiously for the events in store for us ; aid, if the re storation to a sympathising world and devoted family of the man who braved perils for the world's good in obe dience to his country's commands may be involved in obscurity, we hope at least, with God's blessing, to bring back something which may set the worli at rest with regard to his fate.—Yours very truly, ISAAC I. HAYES, M.D., Of Chester County, Pennsylvania., Surgeon to the Expedition. DEATH OF MR. GEACH, M.P. FOB COVENTRY. We regret lifed to incipient iIII icsdi raes iecalf:l announ cenetteardmkt rne resignation, mortification rsttl.eihgfiene d ,aarßtethiai i. ...r t. Inh h, i on ° 1 iifg:hutMr: sas h ne e s r imt . r ab e b tr eP e e a r . h r n ea l fc'hrehlane;r. of Geach, the colleague of Mr. E ctmo l i l ac i c i.d s cn , ahtnee s orr e aliee i rr • ri,ante.tpues affection of tation of the city of Covent:: been during the last ten days in a precarious since,Geachend 0f i r tnehteu unusuallyr s n eedi ofromsession hg 00 his ohda Scotch dhbeea elnt h health, i i h ffo althougho i n n g g nearly foamt t the e monthoverwork latter -t, of that membergefor became tthe chance with 4i:s him t i f ed i a erroneously-t but - . from that period became Threeohd ti fia o s d n ebaob o sde f e ywe h ße e wasea a kns l t usds h ffka s e: mind,ln u rficu b ne j l g e l yi c t t e aaw d rnrasde m w u e c h h eli s e u v ff e e , r a in c ic h , the left leg. The e fr . x o t ni r yesterday afternoon. Mr - Geach 1 ra c tr e dn r ii a gi ti gt d . , ago. o n . worse occurred .. 11 the Gitiii ereae greatest o nf f fPoar stnS'itgaoB4lnan Sunda? last, fol o tac n e- skr i e small salary of 150 / . per ann um. From that situation ,h o was selected as the mana ging director of the Birmingham and Midland Joint Stock Bank, which he conducted with great ability and credit. Mr. Geach was a few years since the co- partner in the patent for the railway axletree, a lucra tive monopoly, which, though the patent has expired has continued alarge source of wealth to the two proprietors. Mr. Geach was a director of the Crystal Palace Com pany, of the Manchester Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham railways, and he was a large contractor for working power. He wor also the principal and active partner in one of the most extensive manufactures of machinery in Staffordshire. His habits of business and personal industry were us. common, and his extensive commercial operations were all conducted with singular regularity and prudence. i On th e l ast general election his return, and that of lr. Ellice, f or C oventry, was unopposed. Hi s d ea th will be deplored by his constituents of every grade of politics, leted and his se a t w ill no t b e eas il y supp li e d. li b e the o y urs e in moreß Parliament adica w Radical section as independent and t of the electors, e wea:pte, ec but era his to their general satisfaction. BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES IN CLERKENWELL. —The acts for the establishment of public baths and wash. houses were adopted by tho parish of St. James, Clerken• well, more ithan two years ago, and a committee ap pointed to take the necessary proceedings for their estab lishment, lout the committee, n otwithstanding their ut roost endeavours, have not been able to obtaill Elt9 014 Which fact the neffil&Tl kIAiDgE. - --',1.::•:• : -. ..' I. 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