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ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.- _/ The Directors arc prepared to receive TENDERS for LOANS, nu the Se, urity of the Company's Debentures, bearing Intel - cat a' the L ate of 4% per cent. per annum. Wsbnpmgato Station, August 3, 1554, J. B. OWEN, secretary. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. PARTIES desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the Plan of this Institution, by which a high rate of Interest may he obtained with perfect security. Interest payable in January and July. PETE It MORRISON, Managing Director. Prospectuses and Forms for opening Accounts sent free on application. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital. 110,C00/., fuLy subsnibed. CHAIRMAN—KENYON S. PARKER. Esq., Q.C. DEPCTY-CIFAIRMAN—Henry Blair Mayne, Esq. Accidents on Pailways, fatal and non-fatal, insured against, either by single, or annual premiums, at very moderate rates. Inquire at 7, Bank •buildings, Lothbury. A CCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY. Accidents by Sea, Fire, ordinary Travelling, or from any other cause. insured against. Weekly payments, together with medical expenses, immediately awnr4ed in case of any accident whatever, which may prevent the insured from following his usual occupation. Inquire at 7, Itank•buildings, Lothbury. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COM PAN Y. WAR RISKS either by Land or Sea, or in the face of the Enemy, INSURED AGAINST. No personal attendance or medical examination required. Prospectuses and further information can be had on application at the Company's Offices, or of any of their Agents. By order. WM. YOUNG, Secretary. 7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury. THE DIRECTO"S OF VIE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY REQUEST ATTENTION TO THE ADVANTAGE OF JOINING 111 E COMPANY BEFORE TOE CLOSE O'' TEE BOOKS FOR TIIE rRESET YEAR ON 15Til NovEmßut, WM' REFERENCE TO THE DIVI,ION OF PROFITS IN 1155. THE FUND to be Divided in 1855 will be derived from the Profits which have arisen since 1850, and those persons who effect Assurances nt this time wail secure TWO YEAR4' Participation in that Fund, while they will rank at the division in 1860 for seven years' bonus; in 1865, for twelve years' bonus ; and • o on, increasing their claim at FACET PERIOD. The principle on which the Profits of the Company are divided I similar to a TONTINE, and the Directors have been enabled to con fer very large benefits on the Policyholders at the fo mer Divisions of Profits in 183';, 1840, 1 ,1 4 5 , and 18;0: some of the earliest Assur ances having been increased at the rate of 871. 6s. for each 1001. assured. thus making an original 1,0001 policy equal to 1,8731. The Directors confidently wet t that no Life Assurance Institution holds out greater advantages than the STA.N DA RD to persons who, looking forward to long life, effect Assurances ftVlaey,notit of their families. The Company's large Accumulated Funds are Invented on the security of land and in Government securities. The Income is con siderably upwards of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds per annum ; and for some ye ‘rs the average number of per who have amount joined • the institution hits been $25, and the corresponding annual of New Assurances, 460,0001. LONDON. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD• The Right Honourable the Earl of Aberdeen. ORDINARY DIRECTORS. F. Le Breton, Esq ,3, rosby square. John Lindsay, Esq , 26, Laurenze Pountney-lane. homes ti. Brooking, Esq , Oid Broad. street. John Griffith Frith. Esq • Austin- friars. Aexander Gillespie, Esq., 3, Billiter court. Ales. Macgregor, Esq., Arlington-street. Jahn scott, Esq., 4, Hyde-park-street. Further information will be supplied at the Company's Offices and Agencies. WILL. THOS. THOMSON, Manager. H. JONES WILLIAMS, Resident Secretary. London, 82, King William street. EDINBC111011• • 3, George-street. LONDON .. —B2, King William-steet. DUBLTN.• • ...66, Upper Sackville r -street GLASGOW • • ..35, St. Vincent-place. TURKISH EXHIBITION and ORIENTAL MUSEUM, ST. GEORGE'S GALLERY, Hyde-park-corner , Tice-101y —MICHAELMAS HOLIDAYS. OPEN DAILY, Iron Eleven till Ten, Saturdays excepted, when it closes at Six. Admis sion, 2s. GA ; children, le. 6d. ; Saturdays, ss. ; children, is. 6d Family Tickets for five, 10s. Schools admitted at Half-price. Mr. J. Osborne Williams will preside at the Grand Pianoforte and Patent - Harmonium. An Illustrated Ha ndbook is published, price Shilling. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, Cass. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road), The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON, and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, Pair Star Waltz, and Overlan4 Mail 'Galop, by D'Albert; also, by H. Laurent , the following Waltzes • La belle Frangaise, Leonora, t Wil- S. kins and his Dinah. Admission , Is . Doors open at half-pas Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter !dilate at half-past 11. PR INCE ALBERT. - 1 - 4 .OPAL P POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT. Mr. PEPPER begs to announce that in consequence of the power ful Voltaic Battery having been lent to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Liverpool, the ILLUMINATED CASCAI? E. will not be shown till MONDAY, the 2d of October, when -atom. DUBOSCQ has kindly eons nted to exhibit a new ELECTRIC LAMP under water, and a new CASC APPARATUS, throw ing three Jets of Illuminati Water instead of one. On MONDAY EVENING, the 2d of October, E. W. BRAYLEY, Jun., Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c. , wil l deliver a LECTURE on GEO LOGY, being the EIGHTH of the MONDAY EVENING COURSE 'of LECTURES to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES.. • - All the Daily Exhibitions and Lectures as usual__ 'TETLEY S EAST INDIA PALE ALE. — ORDERS for the OCTOBER. BREWIN S are now he;ng Registered, and will be supplied according tb 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 she' dy supply, but the press of • , • orders Is already so c-eat ac to reticle- it impo,slhle to guarantee the iulfilment s..f those nnregiste • e l, out of the early firewings. To most jurt , s of the article this Beer is well known . to them ate it ThaY be snflicient to say, the nortlity be maintained. Others Yespectfully rePrred for proofs of excel once for BOTTLING, E xl , O T, or ljomE CONSUMPTION, theoreticarly, to the stands: d work, " Chemis ' try. &c., applied to the Arts and Mannfactilres." page 277, arid the !" Analyt esl Report." lee.; practi , ally, to the Colonial and Foretm Reports, and to the numerous venders throughout the United King dom. Lists of authorised Agents and reseeetable Bottlers and Retailer s Of TETLEY'S PALE ALE may he obtained on application THE BREWERY, LEEDS. 169, UPPER THAMES-STREET, LONDON. DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVERA... OIL.— I he most effectual remedy for CONSUMP TION, TIRONCIIITIS. AST It NIA, GOU r, RHEUMATISM, and all SCROFULOUS COMPLAINTS. Pure and unadulterated. contain ing all its most active and es-ential principles— &teed= a ost cure much more rapidly than any other kind. Prescribed by the m emine metlichl men, and supplied to the 1 , aditsa hospitals or Europe. Hall . - 'Ant hottles,2s. 6d. ; pints, 4s. Pd., IMPERIAL ME A SURE. Wholesale and Retail depo t, ANSAR, HARFORD, and CO., 77, * Four Half-rint Bottles sent (carriaze paid) to any part of England on receipt of a remittance of Ten Shillings. JACKSON'S PATENT PREPARATION for the Plt EsERVATION of I'OTATOES, SEEDS, &c —1 his valuable discovery, for which Letters Patent have been obtained, is the result of fourteen ye rs' study and experiments in the preserva tion of vegetable matters. It imparts health avid vigour to he Plants and seeds übj ect ed to its • Ett tion, and effectually prevents the TO DISEASE, the SMUT in WHEAT, MILDEW and ROT, all FUNGAL DIH,EASE!7., arid the attacks of INSECTS and VER MIN, and further recommends itself to the farmer, tit , planter, and !he public generally, by the extreme simplicity of the mode oi its application. It is sold 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 ow ddress inn use or for Mexportati ackson, theon, can be supplied on advantage ous terms, by ag to r. J Patentee, 1, Cannon-street, London -bridge, where the article is always on sa B le, aad the fullest particulars] l directions for its use can be obtained. AVESEND PACKETS. go other Packets call at the Grcenhithc and Pura , Tho Paaets nail At the Piers as underlined (weather FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, eet Pie permi' IY EER DAYS.. Terrace Fier Time tting -§ 11 114 31X, Drect Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from nmchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. RUNSIVICK W BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lewing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. ----- WEsIE DAYS. S U NDAYS. _____.-------,--, ___,_,____ , 5 ,- Fen. ,:-- .:•-• ' .' •-• j r2 ; - .a . f. church 5:: V., 0 9. church .. 7 ... V, 0 t Street -, 8 z t -,-,., street A 8 r, - 5 , s ' a = - - - 9 --- t, % IA 1 4 1014 1 0 14 - II 1 2 ),i 24 314 44 5 -- —, .51 , 4 .. . Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and London .• •• •• 10d. Is. 2d. Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. .• Os. 10(1. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5.. Oy. ; Six Months, 31. Os. ; Three Months, 21. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the PAckets or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Sept. 26th. P. 54. Passages marked are direct. TIIE SECRET INFIRNIITIEis OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 stamps, NERVOUS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Seer rnatorrlicea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative System, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and distinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of every variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, spermatorrhcea, &c. To which are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on these important disorders. By SA MUEL Lit'MERT. M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matricedaed Member ot the Universe.y oi burgh, Honorary Member ofttho L on don - Hospital Nicene:o SoetietY, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Ste., &c. The essential object 01 this trenise is to point out the fearful eon ' sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have proeuced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists, Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know, that there are princi ; :les of personal wana:cment which cannot be violated without Incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may he mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its colvequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of rhysical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. TlisrA uthor has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice iu the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have rinfortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant ernpirics, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, Brothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay , 63, Oxferd - street Horne, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or tree by post for thirty stamps to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed ford-square. At home for consultation daily from Eleyeri till TWO, and (hill 04114 pate • -4., 44 1., THE EVENTFUL MOMENTS 'WITH OUR ARMIES.—The period to which we have looked forward with thril ing anxiety has arrived, the landing of our armies in that gal lant and magnificent manner which distinguishes the British forces in all their engagements. These formidable companies, under the shelter of the broadsides of our splendid ships of war, will land on the shores of the enemy, and with our French allies will push on to vie torie before unknown. Such eventful moments cannot fail to excite the liveliest interest in every patriotic heart, abd inspire with cheer fulness and courage every person in our vast empire. We have a military spirit, a noble independence, a national dignity, and valu able institations which ise are proud at an) cost to maintain, and as the campaign is expensive, every Erigishman with his accustomed calculation will inquire how he shall pay his portion without per sonal li:convenience. We suggest a plan, and are confident of its success: purchase all you' Clothing, and that for your families, at the Establishments of E. MOSES ,nd Sow, and the war expenses dis tributed amougst the people in the shape of increased taxes will be fully met. Economy is the order of the day ; all classes are sensible of its im portance. 255. will purchase at E. Moses and SoN's their New Paletot, which universau famed for the gentlemanly appearance it imparts —fir the novelty and neatness of its make—for being the most suit able Dress for the close of summer, as well as for the ensuing autumn. Their stock of Hats and Caps is unrivalled for Neatness, Durability, and Cheapness. '-'1 heir Hosiery Gods for Ladies. Gentlemen, and Children are the gems of modern manWacture. The Gigantic Whol• sale lothing, Shirt, and Boot and Shoe department secures advantage s to Merchants, Captains, and Emigrants which cannot be obtained e'sewhere, and small or large amounts will meet with sPee'iy sale, at very great profits, in any part of the world Full lists of Outfits for Ladies and Genilemen, with ship sailing informa tion. gratis, on application, or post free. IsPE , NOTIC E.—The Establishments will be Closed on Mon day next, Oct. 2, re-opening on Tuesday morning, as usual, at Seven o'clock. CAL TION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the put lie against imposition, havin g learned that the untra desman-Ilke ialieh o i 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•tbat they have No CONNEXIOn 'MTN ANT OTTIEF. HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 8.1, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch ; 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-Street, 1,2, and 3, Ilan-street, all consmnicating. Bradtord (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. ahefileld Branch, 36. Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Pails. , Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Oatfittera for Ladles and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will ho returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments aro closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Public Opi nion," containing full lists of prices, our system al self-measure ment, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Ice 'on n spricht man Deutsch itric Francais. Qui si parla Italians. Mier A qua sa habla Espaao SUNDAY! NO. 19,349.] PUBLICATIONS. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vole,, A THEW PAX TON. 1 . Edited by the Author of "John Dra3 ton," " Ailleford," &c. Mathew Paxton beers a strong gene , io resemblance to those clever stories, John Drayton' and Ailleford,' and awakens in the perusal a kindred gratification. It displays the same simple pathos, the same homely humour, the same truth to nature, and the same fine sense of natio al peculiarity."— Morning Post. " This book will win its way into tasting popularity."—Messenger. " A narrative to arrest attention and excite admiration. The story never tlags."—Daily News. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The October Number contains the Lire cf Lord Metcalfe.— The Abduction of Lady Caroline Caper. By Dudley Costello.—Louis Philippe and Mademoiselle Rachel.—Costume in the Eiihteenth Cen tury.—M ildred Arkell.—Diary of a First Winter in Rome. Polp,rro. —A Right Day.—The Loss or the " Tiger." Inva•ion of the Crimea. —And numerous other important Articles by Sir Nathaniel and Captain Meiwin. Also, price 2s. Gil., the October Number of AINSWORTH'S M kGAZINE. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. The OCTOBER NU ‘IBER, Price Half-a-crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, CONTAINS — The Boulogne Fetes, and the Emperor Napoleon. Sevastopol. Aspen Court, and Who Lost and Who Won It. A Tale of our own Timm. By Shirley Brooks Arthur Arden, the Medical Student. Russia and the Russians. Theatres of London. The'r Blistery, Past and Present. Recol ections of a Journey to Jellalahld. The Phantom Party. By Angus B. Roach. Adventur s f Benjamin Bobbin, the Bagman. By Crawford Wilson. Paps and Mishaps of a Tour in Europe. By Grace Greenwood. An Undergraduate's Vacation Ramble in Sweden, including a Visit to Bomarsund. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Price one THE NATIONAL MISCELLANY for M. OCTOBER contains-1. The Commerce of Central Asia In the !Finds of the 1;u-sians or of the Turks.-2. Life of Bdisarius —3 , hips-of War in Olden Time. —4. Pinto Ribeiro ; or, :he Revoluti.m in Portugal (continued).-5. Extracts from the Journal of an Officer in the Expediti nary Force (continued) —6. The Cardinal and the court Ph‘ siclan.-7. Notices: Clara Morison.—The Boo!: of Psalms in English Verse, and in Measures muted for Sacred Music. My Friends and Acquaintance. Forest Scenes in Norway and Sweden' —The Last of the Old Squires.— 8. Poetry. At the Office, No. 1, Exeter-street, Strand. London. MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA, October 4, 1854.—The General Screw Steam-shipping Com pany's screw steam-ship " ARGO," 1,850 tons, 300-horse power, George Hyde, Commander, will sail from Southampton with her Majesty'- Mails for Adelaide, Port-Philip, and Aydney, on Wednesday the 4th October, 1854, at Tw. , o'clock p in. punctually. The " Argo," one of the fastest ships afloat, is justly ct lebrated for her last passage to Australia, having made the run cut in 64 days, and home within the same period. She is also the first steam-ship that returned to England via Cape Hi , rn, thus accomplishing a voyage round the world in 128 days. The vessels forming the superb fleet of screw steamers of this Company, of which this ship is one, are well known for the punctuality and speed with which their voyages are performed. No expense has been spared in their construction, and the accommo dations which they ffer to the pudic are insurpas-ed. if equalled, by any ships afloat. Rates of Passage money vary, according to the accommodation required, trom 30 to 100 guineas. Full particulars as to Freicht and Passage may be had at the Company's Ofllcee, 2 Cannon-street, London.—Agents at Southampton, Messrs. B. Balfour and Co. The public is informed that there are still a few Berths at 40 and 50 Guineas disengaged in this ship. All the 30 Guineas Berths have been let. A.D. 1720. ---• ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. The Hon. .1. T. Leslie Melville, Sub-ll ,venior. George rearkes Barclay, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. John Garrett ('attley, 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 Roberts, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Robert Hanbury, jun., Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. James Stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. MEDICAL REFEREE---Samuel Solly. Esq., F. it.S. Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre miums falling due at Michaelmas will expire on the 14th of October. FIRE an' LIFE _4,SsURANCES 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 rremiurns, without such participation. The Reversionary BONUS on Lite Policies has averazed 2 per Cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 46 per cent. on the Premiums paid. Any sum not excee 10,000/. may be assured en one Life. The orporatim bears the cost of Policy Stamps and Medical Fees, and requires no• entrance-money. The Assured are subject to no expense hut the Premium. No extra charge is made for service in the militia. LO %NS are granted on Life Policies to their lull va\aes. This Corporstron affords all the advantaces of modern practice. with the stability of an offlce safely constituted under Royal Charter and Special - Acts of Parli4inent, and tested by the experience of nearly a century and a half. There is but one older lite office In existeuce. FARMING STOCK. The Corporation havingdetermined on a reduction of " One Shil ling per Cent." in the rate or Premium for thy Insurance of Farm ing rock 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 clan of prouert , accordingly. ROYAL EXCHANGE. LONDON. JOHN A. INGHAM. Actuary and Secretary. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. Sir WALTER R. FAItQUIIAR, Bart., Chairman. FRANCIS lIART DYKE, Esq., Deputy-I hairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. John m artin, Esq., M.P. Slr W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. T.Hankey, jun., Esq., M.P. James Morris, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. John G. Hubhard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John LabouchPre, Esq. James Tulloeh, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Henry Yigue, Esq. ___ITORO. A. N. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. I John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S., Actuary. LIFE DEP ART ENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1855, when all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas 1854, will be allowed to share in the Profits At the several past divisions of Profits made by this Company, the Reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies from One-half the Profits amounted, on an average of the different ages, to about One per Cent. per Annum on the sums insured, and the total Bonuses added at the Four Septennial Divisions exceeded 770,0001. FOREIGN RISK s.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and Nest Indies, the Mritish Colonies, and the northern parts of the United ,tates of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LIVES.- • Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each care a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF PuLlClES.—Written Notices of, received and registered. Medical tees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for Policy Stamps. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Fire Policies which expire at Michaelmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this office, or wills Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. James's street, ek , rr er of Pall-mall ; or wilts the Company's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become Toid. AUDI' A. LIBEL ON Tro LADIES.—A United States paper is chargeable with the following libel on the " sex" : , 4 We have noticed that five women will spread out their clothes so as to take up the entire side of an omnibus, thus occupying the room designed for eight and then if another woman presents herself at the door, they will cry out, 'You can't come in here !—there ain't any room ;' but if a man wants to get in, they can make room easy LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 80, 1854. THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Royal Albert, 121, screw, Commander Little, is lying off the fair-way to the moorings at Sheerness. Her internal fittings and arrangements are being proceeded with, and she is daily shipping provisions, &c. .This splendid screw is not half manned yet ; with that exception she might be made available for service in a week or two. Hannibal, 91, screw, Commodore Grey, is still at the same moorings, abreast of Sheerness dockyard, that she took up when coming cut of the basin. She is taking in her guns, and on Thursday shipped 150 tons of coals. Yesterday morning she took in a lighter full of beef and pork, in casks. Her machinery is still undergoing the many necessary repairs ; the brasses have all arrived from Woolwich which were fitted there for her ; and uo doubt by the Sth proximo she will be ready for sea—that is, as far as machinery, ,is concerned ; but being only half manned, and many of hor crew now ill at Chatham, will, we fear, cause a longer detention. Valorous, paddle, is lying at Sheerness ; her paddles are getting the floats on, &c. A great many of the tars have not yet returned to the ship, but aro expected up shortly in the Janus, paddle ; however, those who have returned are busily employed rattling her down, and giving her rigging and gear a thorough overhaul. Horatio, screw-frigate, is lying in the basin, Sheerness, with her topmasts struck and jibboom run in ; she is being caulked outside, &c. No orders we hear as yet have been received for docking, which no doubt will be given prior to her going out, in consequence of having touched the ground iu the Myer Humber. Lizard, paddle steamer, Lieut. Christopher, is waiting Admiralty orders at Sheerness. Nothing definite is known further than she is all ready for immediate orders, come when they may. . • There is a rumour here that the Curlew, revenue cutter, is to go to Ireland, and that the Margaret is to supply her place. We cannot, however, vouch for the accuracy of the above. Tho Viper gun-boat, from the eastward, was receiving 50 tons of coal yesterday from the Lavinia hulk, in Ply - mouth Sound, preparatory to sailing for the Black Sea. Condor, Stranger, master, from London, ran into Sheer ness harbour, on Thursday morning, having one man ill with the cholera, and two others in a sickly condition with a sort of ague. Sho is a fine Norwegian brig, and is chartered to take coals from Newcastle to Constantinople. Dr. Smith has been called in. We hear the two men with ague are much better; but the one with cholera is by no means out of danger. She will most probably, however, proceed on her voyage this evening. When loaded she is capable of carrying GOO tons of coals. The Baraguay Dl:Milers transport, Captain Downes, with stores for the fleet, arrived at Faro Sound on Septem ber 6th, and was at anchor on the 13th. field works and engineering, and the Ist company is to be made up immediately to the full complement of the war establishment for service. Owing to the number of persons collected round the field works of the Royal Engineers at Chatham, on Wednesday night last, the 27th, in expectation of witnessing a military spectacle, two accidents occurred; one it is expected will prove fatal. It appears that, noar Fort Thomas, a man of the name of William Weedon, of Islington, fell into the trench, a depth of nearly 43 feet; and another man, of the name of George Savage, residing in Rochester, also fell in at another part of the trench; he is hurt very much about his body and legs. Weedon's back is supposed to have been broken. NENAGH, Sept. 27.—The first division of the 57th de pot arrived here yesterday from Limerick, and this morn ing proceeded on the march en route to Birr, there to be stationed.—Guardian. Major-General F. Mannsell commands Cork district, in absence of Major General R. C. Maned. THE MILITIA. The Royal Jersey Militia Artillery, Colonel Hammond, commandant. have been out for training at St. Helier's. The regiment has been reviewed by the Lieut.-Governor of the island. The different manoeuvres were, performed with skill and precision. His Excellency was pleased to express his'entire satisfaction. THE ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF A FEMALE ON BOARD THE DAUNTLESS. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 29.—The borough bench of ma gistrates met this morning at 12 o'clock, at the borough gaol, in Penny-street, to resume the hearing of the case regarding the death of the unfortunate girl, Matilda Jane Lodge. The magistrges present _were the Mayor (G. C. Stigant, Esq.), G. Gilman, Esq., J. F. Pratt, Esq., J. S. Sayer, Esq., O. J. Scale, Esq., B. Bramble, Esq., T. E. Owen, Esq., J. 0. Travers, Esq. The court was densely crowded during the investiga tion, and hundreds were suable to get within hearing distince. The public were not admitted into the gal lery until a little before 12 o'clock, but when the doors were opened the rush was tremendous, and could only be equalled to that at the gallery of a theatre on boxing night. The arrival of the officers was the signal for a volley of yells from the crowd assembled. Captain Ryder, the captain of the Dauntless, was on the bench during the inquiry. Mr. Henry Ford, solicitor, of Portsea, again appeared to-day for the prosecution, and Mr. Hoskins, of Gosport, for the officers of the Dauntless. At the opening of the case, it was intimated that there were thirty-five witnesses to examine—a fact that promises to extend the inquiry over two or three days at the least. The Bench told Mr. Ford that the bench were then quite ready to hear from him what course he proposed to pursue. Mr. Ford said be had t) inquire of his friend Mr. Hoskins if he appeared for Lieutenants Frederick Knight and John Busteed Seymour, of the Royal Marines, the former belonging to H.M.S. Dauntless, and the latter to H.M.S. Colossus, as it was his (Mr. Ford'sl duty, in reply to the question put to him on Tuesday last, to in form his friend that he was there to prefer against those officers a charge of mans!aughter in reference to the death of Matilda Jane Lodge. Mr. Hoskins said he did appear for the officers named, and who were in the preciects of the court, having at tended the inquiry voluntarily, and without being re quested to do so, and they were quite ready to place themselves in the hands of the bench. All that he had to ask on their part from the bench was its protection from insulting demonstrations of public feeling. On their arrival at the court they had been most grossly insulted, and from such insults they, as Englishmen, had a right to be protected. He would also request that his clients might be permitted to have seats near him, the better to enable him to conduct their defence. Mr. Ford said no one more warmly deprecated any exhibition of feeling than he did. He had no objection to his friend's request being complied with, and he had also a similar one to make. It was that he might have by his side Mr. Leggatt, the superintendent of the Porte mouth police, and Mr. Harvey, a superintendent of the county constabulary. He (31r.tFord) had an immense mass of evidence to produce, and the aid of the officers he had named would materially facilitate the inquiry. Mr. Ford then opened the case for the prosecution in a lengthened speech, in which be reviewed all the facts of the case as they have already appeared at the coroner's inquest. Emma White was again the first witness. She deposed The was a single woman, residing at Gosport, and knew Nlatilda Jano Lodge : i also that she went to her mother's house on Sum tight last, at half-pest six at night. She proceed ye evidence, as already re ported at the. entom Flst, in reference to crossing to Portsmouth. go) o zwk to the Floating Briago . . little before 9 o'clock, when they met two — gentleTnen . essed in private clothes. One of the gentlemen was the prisoner, Lieutenant Knight. They went to a public iuuse on the Parade, and had each a glass of brandy and water. One gentleman then left them ; on which witness, leceased, and Lieutenant Knight went to the Fortitude ;mblic-linuse, in Broad-street, where they had one more ;iass of brandy-and-water. They then had some pastry, med after xards went to the bridge, which was closed fur the night. Witness an I deceased then got into waterman's boat, when Lieutenant Knight also came on board. He asked them to go on board the Daunt less's hulk, but witness and deceased said they knew some one belonging to the Colossus ; and they asked if the crew of the Colossus were turned over from the Vic torious hulk ? He replied they were turned over. The gentleman witness meant belonging to the Colossus was the defendant, Lieut. Seymour. As he pressed them they went up alongside the hulk, but again refused to go on board, on which Lieut. Knight said he would not keep them long. They then went on board, and Lieut. Knight told them to follow him ; they did so, and in get ting near the ward-room witness saw a friend there and ran back to deceased, and said, " Seymour's there--I'll not go in." They ran back on deck together, where they saw Lieut. Knight, who said, " Oh, never mind, he'll not see you." Matilda Ledge also said. "Come on, let's go—l'll say it is in a jest : never mind." The three then went down together ; Lieut. Knight going first. Witness then recapitulated the evidence she had already given as to herself going into Lieut. Knight's cabin, whilst deceased remained with several officers in the Ward-room ; to the deceased subsequently coming into the cabin, and being followed by Lieut. Knight, who gave them a light, and then brought them some wine in a tumbler. Deceased drank a part of a tumbler full of this, and gave witness sonic, saying " Don't drink too much, it will make you ill." Witness drank a little, and threw the remainder away. Lieut. Knight after wards again came to the cabin, and asked them if they would have anything else. Deceased said she would like some brandy, which Lieut. Knight brought ; of this deceased poured out a tumbler full and drank some, but witness could not say how much. Deceased thee said she would go out of the cabin, and she did so. Her dress was not disordered then. When she went into the ward-room, there were present Lieut. Seymour, Lieut. Knight, and other gentlemen witness did not know. Lieut. Knight then went into the cabin, on which, wit ness said, I went out. He said, " Oh, don't go out ; stop here." He pressed me not to go out, on which I said, " I must go. I want to go home." I went into the ward-room, and Lieut. Knight followed me. Matilda Lodge was singing at this time. I was in Lieutenant Knight's cabin about half an hour. I said to the deceased "Do you know what time it is ; it is time to conic home." She said, "Never mind, this will cut our acquaintance." I suppose she said this because I told her I should go without her. I sat down and persuaded her to go, but she refused. Whilst she was sitting iu the ward-room I did not see her take any more drink, or any one offer any. After I was in the ward-room about an hour, she fainted. Mr. Ford here stated that a portion of the body of the deceased had been taken away most unaccountably. It had been given to a Mr. Knight, the pupil of one of the gentlemen who had been present at the post mortent ex• amination. H• had left the town, and had taken this with him. (The portion of tho deceased's body here referred to was the bladder and uterus.) Mr. Lows and Mr. Knight, his pupil, had it given to him instead of its being buried, as the case was sup posed to have been disposed off. Be had gone to Rill, near Thane, in Oxfordshire, and would immediately produce it it required. lie had put it in spirit to pre serve it. Mr. Knight was no relative whatever to Lieutenant Knight, the prisoner. The examination of the witnesses was resumed—When deceased fainted she was taken into Lieut. Knight's cabin and placed on the table; her face was also sprinkled with water, and ber dress unfastened. I returned into the ward-room. A party of marines had come into the cabin and said that deceased and witness must go, as they were making a noise ; this was a message from the commanding officer. do not know what answer was made to this. This was before she had fainted. After she had done so another similar message was brought, to which Lieutenant Knight said she was not in a fit state to do so. When she fainted she was lowered down on the floor before being placed in the cabi❑ ; she was lowered gently ; she uttered a scream. I left the ship at past 1 o'clock ; up to that time I did not see any violence whatever used towards deceased ; if it had been used I must have seen it. The scream deceased gave after she fainted was not whilst she was being lowered on the floor, but afterwards, whilst she was coming to. When I left the ship deceased was in Lieut. Knight's cabin. The waterman who took use on shore was the one who had brought us to the ship, and who knew that we both belonged to Gosport. I next saw deceased at her mother's, when she was ♦ery ill, bruised in several places. She said she had received her death-blow, but the did not know who did it, as, after witness left, she became unconscious. Witness saw her the following day, when she said she was dying, and asked if Knight was not the name of the officer they went on board with ? Witness replied that she thought it was. Deceased then said she thought that • was the name, for she saw it on his card, with Lieute nant Royal Marines." Deceased also said she thought he had had a quarrel with shother officer, awl that be was in liquor, and did not care whom he had his revenge on. On Thursday night I saw Lieutenant Seymour and Lieutenant Knight in Gosport. 4 I was sent for. Lieu tenant Seymour said " It's a had job ; have you seen her ?" I said "Yes, it is a bad job." Lieut. - Seymour said " she had not been ill used while he was on board." (He stopped till half-past two in the morning.) Lieu r. Knight also said she was not ill used on board ship. Lieutenant Knight then left, and Lieutenant Seymour asked witness "how it would be brought in." Witness replied that she knew nothing about it. A bone fur wearing in front of the dress, a fall, a piece of flannel for wearing in front of the bosom, a pocket handkerchief, and a purse were then produced, and these witness believed had been left on board by (licensed. Witness swore to most of the articles having belonged to deceased. Deceased did not wear stays. This closed the examination of this witness for the prosecution. Cross-examined by Mr. Hoskins—l have known de ceased for sonic months, and during that time we have bee nerally walked out together of an eve n i ng . W e h ave wa lk e d together, but not at late hours. We have been to the Marine Barracks together. Neither of us knew Mr. Knight ; I had known Mr. Seymour some time. I do not remember asking Mr. Knight, as we walked together in High-street, whether the Colossus was lashed alongside the Victorious hulk. I did not ask him. I did not ask him if Mr. Seymour was on board. I did not mention Mr. Seymour 's name till I got on board the ship. As far as I remember I think I stated this at the coroner's in quest. We got into the boat first, Mr. Knight handing us in. We refused to go on board several times ; but when the boat got alongside the Victorious he said, " Oh, do come on board ; I will not detain you long." Mr. Knight left the boat first, and when he got on the gangway he again pressed us to come on board. We then consented. There was no water in Mr. Knight's cabin. During the time I was on board Matilda Lodge was treated with the greatest kindness. I had seen her faint once before. Ido not remember that her dress was opera by direction of the surgeon. She was carefully lowered on to the floor and carefully treated afterwards. Mr. Knight's cabin is a small one. I. did not drink the whole of the wine deceased poured out for me, because I do not drink wine, and I threw it out of the cabin win dow in order that she might not drink it. I wrote to Mr. Seymour on Tuesday evening to meet me on the Wednesday. He could not come, but did on Thursday, When I saw him my mother was present. Re•examined—Mr. Knight said he would go to Gos port with us when we got into the boat. • The height o Mr. Knight's bed from the floor was about three feet. The Mayor—Yon say that deceased said " she did not know who did it ;" what did she mean ? . Witness—lt was in answer to me, when I asked her who had served her so. Henry Allen, a waterman, living at Gosport, de ' posed—l knew Matilda Jane Lodge and Emma White very well. I was plying for hire on the beach at Point, on the night of Sunday, the 17th instant, when the two 'young women came up to engage my boat. An officer, who said he belonged to the Dauntless, came with them; I asked the gentleman if the Victorious was the Dauntless's hulk ; he told me he did not know, but he told me to go to the Victorious. I did not notice that there was any conversation between the gentleman and the females as to going to the Daunt less or the Victorious. I was engaged in pulling, and they might have spoken on the matter without my noticing anything. I did not hear what was said when we got alongside of the ship. Ido not think I recollect any conversation between the gentleman and the ladies, when we got alongside of the Victorious. I think the ladies got out first ; but I won't be certain about that. Mr. Ford—On your oath, did the ladies get eut first ? Witness—Well, I 'most forgets. (Laughter.) I can not say that Any conversation took place between them (the ladies and the gentleman) about going on board. The gentleman said ho would make all right and satisfy me for my trouble during the night. I don't recollect if the prisoner Lieutenant Knight was the gentleman who said this ; the gentleman gave me two shillings before we got alongside the hulk. I don't recollect if it was Lieutenant Knight. Mr. Ford—Were they sober when they went on board Witness—The ladies were, but I think the gentleman ICASthree sheets. (Laughter.) . .. . . Mr. Ford—That means drunk ? "Witness—Well, two out of three. Joseph Sherwin, waterman of Gosport, deposed to being in his boat and going up the harbour at a little past four on Monday morning, the 13th inst., when he was hailed from the Victorious hulk; to take a drunken woman on shore. He was asked how much the fare would be, and said ls. The person who spoke to him said he should have is. 6d. From what was said I took her to Common Hard. She was in a state of in• sensibility. She received no injury whatever whilst in my boat, and groaned several. times. I did not know who the female was. When 1 got to Common Hard I got a barrow, but two dockyard policemen had already corns to meet me. When she was given ta. me ner ulothes we'. 6..,n ; ale ...- •.; thou L a bonnet or A shawl, and in a white dress. I thought she was in her night clothes, and asked for her gown- - telling the steward that she had no dress on. When we lifted her into the barrow we placed her on her back ; I wheeled her carefully along the pavement to the police station. She did not speak a word the whole tune ; the dockyard policemen did not go with me to the station. When I took her from the ship I asked for some one to go with her, but the steward said be could not go, as he did not know where she lived. By Mr. Hoskins—A shawl was not put in the boat. One was thrown in, and this I covered deceased over with. William Rolls, constable in the dockyard police, de posed to relieving another constable at two o'clock on Monday morning, the 18th, who told him about some thing going on on board the Victorious. He (witness) noticed the same himself. At about 3.45 I heard a groaning three or four times. It sounded as though it came from the Victorious or Dauntless. At ten or fif teen minutes past four o'clock he heard a boat hailed from the hulk. Witness told his inspector of the fact, and from orders he gave him on seeing the boat leave the hulk, he (witness) went out of the dockyard. An other constable, Scholefield, came up also. A woman was in the boat and we helped to get her out. She ap peared to be in a very bad state. Her arms wero bare and her hair was loose. She was insensible. Her dress was very much rumpled. Mr. Hoskens would not ask this witness any ques tions. ‘Villiam Bone deposed—l am an inspector of police in this 'borough. I was on duty in the station-house in Portsca on Monday morning, the 18th. I saw Sherwin the waterman, with the &ceased. her dress was a stiff white muslin oi,e ;it was quite crumpled up. Up to that time there were no marks of bruises upon her per son, excepting a flush upon her cheek. There was no thing covering her arms but her shift sleeve. Her dress in front was all torn open, and she had no stays on. I made up a bed on the bottom of a boarded cell and laid her down. I left Police-constable Croucher in charge of her. I saw deceased afterwards the same day, in charge of her mother. Her face was then quite black. She was treated with every possible kindness at the police-station. • Cross-examined by Mr. Hoskins—Deceased had her drawers and petticoats on. I did not hear any groans from the woman. Her insensibility appeared to me to arise from drink, but I thought she had been very roughly used. I thought this from the appearance of her clothes. Police-censtable Croucher deposed to being on duty at the Portsea station on the morning in question, and confirmed the above testimony in reference to the re ception and treatment of deceased whilst she was in charge of the police. This witness also described the state of deceased's dress. It was torn at the sleeves and all open in front. Cross-examined by Mr. Hoskins —When we handed her out of the barrow she Was heavy, like a drunken woman would be. Mr. Ford—But she was a fine, stout woman, was she not Witness—She wm. Polio-constable Ricketts deposed to deceased being taken out of the cell into the constable's room. He then had some conversation with her. She had become sen sible. She had become so before she left the cell. I asked her (witness said) where she had been. She said she had been on hoard the Dauntless. She either said she went on board with Knight or Wright, and that he was a first lieutenant of Marines. She asked me if I was a married man, and when I said I was, she said she did not mind then, and asked me fora bucket to ease herself. Ig ,t one, but she could not effect her pun pose. She complained of great pain in her side and belly. Shortly after Dr. Carter came and attended to her, and after he had gone she said she was dying. When I took notice of her person (which was first whilst in the cell, I going in in consequence of her groans), her dress was in such a state that I could see the whole of the upper part of her person. There were marks on her arm as though from grips. Her face was black. I examined her side and found a black mark or bruise there. Mr. Ford—Have you the sleeve of her dress by you ? Witness—l have produced it. It was give❑ to ins by a woman named Frampton, living in White's-row, the wife of a marine on board the Dauntless. I had another sleeve, which I found in the bonnet of deceased when she was brought to the station. [The latter ap pears to have been the sleeve of deceased's dress, whilst the first-named was an under sleeve of lace.] Inspector Astridge, of the borough police, deposed to finding deceased in the cell at the station-house. She WAS lying on her side, and she said, "Don't disturb me, lam dying." I then thought she was suffering from the effects of drink. I left her and returned at a quarter to nine o'clock, and then had her removed into the con stable's room, and provided a chair for her. She said she could not sit down in it, for she had such a rain in her belly. I then had her placed on her right side, and asked her for her name, but she said she could not give it me. She said she was a stranger, but living in High street. I then told her, if she could not tell me, I must remove her to the union house. She kept complaining that she was getting worse, and would die. I then went over to a Mrs. Sophia Stevens, living near, who came soros ! Tin romegied toget* about s putt/ of la _ I PRICE -.D. hour, and in consequence of what Mrs. Stevens said I I sent for a surgeon. I afterwards asked her where she had been, and she said with an officer on board the Dauntless. Witness then described what steps had been taken to find deceased's mother. In reply to a question, the witness stated that he went on board the Dauntless to inquire into the circumst.inces of this case, when the officer in command, a junior lieu tenant, said he could not make any inquires on board ; uirles-; with an order from the magistrates. The Mayor said as this question had been referred to, it was desirable that the letter from Captain Ryder should be read, as a matter of justice to that officer. The letter was then read. It was aslollows :—" To the Mayor of Portsmouth.—Sir,—I lea'rnt that two po licemen had been on board the Victorious, hulk, with a message from you requesting that they might be allowed to examine one of the crew regarding the occurrencea that are alleged to have taken place on board the Vic torious, hulk, on the night of the 17th instant, and that the commanding officer declined in my absence t o per mit the policeman to make any inquiries. I beg to in form you that I am mos t anx i ous to afford every facility for the most searching investigation into the truth of the charges made against some of the officers of H.M.S. Dauntless, in the verdict of the coroner's inquest. I sh-11 be most happy, therefore, to permit any one you may send to make any inquiries that you may think fit, also to send any one of the officers or crow that the bench of magistrates may wish to bxamine to the court, and, in fact, to forward the ends of justice in any way in my power.—l am, sir, your humble and obedient ser vant, ALFRED P. RYDER, Captain, R.N.—H.M.S. Dauntless, Sept., 27, 1854." " P.S.—The ship's company are employed in the dockyard, except at their meal hours. The dinner hour is from noon to one o'clock, during which time they will be certain to be found on board the Victorious." Mr. John Astridge then deposed to seeing deceased in the station-house, and to the bruises on her person. Alm Sophia- Stevens deposed to visiting deceased in the station-house, and to her suffering- great pain. She also deposed to seeing some white powder among what deceased vomited. Mr. Hoskins—The white .powder attracted your atten• tion ? Witness—lt did, because when she sp6ke ate in a rational manner I did not think • her state altogether arose from intoxication. I did not call the attention of the police officers to it. None of what she vomited was preserved' because I thought it would attract the atten tion of the doctor, as a natter of course. Z don't know whether Dr. Carter looked at the bucket ' • he ought to have done. (Laughter.) I hbould think there was quite a dessert spoonful. The powder and the wine deceased vomited did not mix together. .o The court was then adjourned till this day, • THE FISHERIES, dc.---TREATY WITH AMERICA. RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED AT WASHINGTON, SEPT. 9, 1554. Signed at Washington, June 5, 1854. Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, being equally desirous, with the Government of the United States, to avoid further misunderstanding between their respective eubjects and citizens in regard to the extent of the right o f fishing on the coasts of British North America, secured to each by Article 1 of a convention between Great Bri tain and the United States, signed at London on the 20th day of October, 1813, and being also desirous to regulate the commerce and navigation between their respective territories and people, and more especially between her Majesty's .possessions in North America and the United States, in such a manner as to render the same reciprocally beneficial and satisfactory, have respectively named plenipotentiaries to confer and agree thereupon ; that is to say— • Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland, James, Earl of Elgin and Kincar dine, Lord Bruce and Elgin, a Peer of the United King dom, Knight of the Most Ancient any 'Most Noble Order of the Thistle, and Governor-Genetql 'in and over all her Britannic Majesty's. provinces on the continent of North America, and iteand over the island of Prince Ed ward ; And the President of the United Siates'ofAmerica; William L. Marcy,' Secretary of State Of the United States ; Who, after having - communicated to each other their respective full powers; found in, good And duo form, have agreed to the follo w i ng articled • ARTICL E I. _ _ _ _ It is agreed by . t t be high contracting parties, that, in addition to the liberty secured to the United States fishermen by the above-mentioned Convention of Oct.' 20, 1818, of Vakim, curing, and drying fish on certain coasts of the. British North American colonies thereit,► defined, the, nhabitants of the (United Statei aball haste, in common with the subjects of her Britannic Majesty; . . the liharty4o take fish of every kind, except shell-fish, on the sea.-dastst-s arriabores,-and in the tray's, harbonrw and creeks Of Canada, New Brunswick, _Nova Scotia, Prince 13,14vartrs and of the several islands there unto adjacent, without being restricted to any distance from the shore ; with permission to land upon the coasts and shores of those colonies and the islands thereof, and also upon the Magdstlen Islands, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish ; provided that in so doing they do not interfere with the rights of pri vate property, or with British fishermen in the peaceable use of any part of the said coast in their occupancy fur the same purpose. - • It is understood that the above-mentioned liberty ap plies solely to the sea fishery, and that the salmon and shad fisheries, and all fisheries in the rivers and the mouths of rivers, and are hereby reserved exclusive to British fishermen. And it is further agreed that in order to prevent or settle disputes as to the places to which the reserva tion of exclusive right to British fishermen contained in this article, and that of fishermen of the United States contained in the next succeeding article, apply, each of the high contracting parties, on the appli cation of either to the other, shall, within six months thereafter, appoint a commissioner. The said commis sioners, before proceeding to any business, shall make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity, without fear, favour, or affection to their own country, upon all such places as are intended to be reserved and excluded from the common liberty of fishing under this and the next succeeding article ; and such declaration shall be, entered on the record of their proceedings. The com missioners shall name some third person to act as An ar bitrator or umpire in any case or eases on which they may themselves diEr in opinion. If they should not be able to agree upon the name of such third person, they shall each name a person, and it shall be deter mined by lot which of the two persons so named ehal be the arbitrator or umpire in cases of difference or dis agreement between the commissioners. The person so to be chosen to be arbitrator or umpire shall, before pro ceeding to act as such in any case, make and subscribe a solemn declaration in a form similar to that which shall have been already made and subscribed by the com missioners, which shall be entered on the record of their proceedings. In the event of the death, absence, or incapacity of either of the commissioners or of the arbi trator or umpire, or of their or his omitting, declining, or ceasing to act as such commissioner, arbitrator, or umpire, another and different person shall he appointed or named as aforesaid, to act as such commissioner, ar bitrator, or umpire, in the place and stead of the per son so originally appointed or named as aforesaid, and shall make and subscribe such declaration as aforesaid. Such commissioners shall proceed to examine the coasts of the North American provinces and of the United States embraced within the provisions of the ' first and second articles of this treaty, and shall desig nate the places reserved by the said articles from the common right of fishing therein. The decision of the commissioners and of the arbitra tor or umpire shall be given in writing in each case, end shall be signed by them respectively. The high contracting parties hereby solemnly engage to consider the decision of the commissioners conjointly, or of the arbitrator or umpire, as the case may be, as absolutely final and conclusive in each case decided upon by them or him respectively. ARTICLE 11. It is agreed by the high contracting parties, that British subjects shall have, in common with the citizens of the United States, the liberty to take fish of every kind, except such fish, on the eastern sea coasts and shores of the United States north of the 36th parallel of north latitude, and on the shores of the several islands thereunto adjacent, and in the bays, harbours, and creeks of the said sea coasts and shores of the United States and of the said islands, without being restricted to any distance from the shore ; with permission to land upon the said coasts of the United States and of the islands aforesaid, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish, provided that in so doing they de, not interfere with the rights of private property or with the fishermen of the United States in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose. It is understood that the above mentioned liberty applies solely to the sea fishery, and that salmon and shad fisheries, and all fisheries in rivers and mouths of rivers, are hereby reserved exclusively for fishermen of the United States. ♦RTICLE 111. It is agreed that the articles enumerated in the schedule hereunto annexed, being the growth and pro duce of the aforesaid British colonies, or of the United States, shall be admitted into each country respectively free of duty : SCHEDULE. Grain, flour, and breadstuffs of all kinds ; animal s of all kind ; fresh, smoked, and salted meats ; cotton wool, seeds, and vegetables ; undried fruits ; dried fruits ; fish of all kinds ; products of fi , h and of all other creatures living in the water; poultry ; eggs ; hides, furs, skins or tails und resse d ; stone or marble in its crude or un wrouzht state ; s l a t e ; butter, cheese, tallow ; lard, horns, manures ; ores of metals of all k i nds ; coal ; pitch, tar, turpentine, ashes ; timber And lumber of all "di ; round, hewed, and sawed, unnianufactured in whole or in part ; firewood; plants, shrubs, and trees ; pelts, wool; fish oil ; rice, broom-corn and bark; gypsum., ground or urtgro un d join t or Nought or liali•ollgth _ _ I APPOINTMENTS. Captain Sir T. Parley (1831) to the Royal Albert, 12i screw steam-ship, at Sheerness. Lieutenants W. Spratt and T. T. Phillips to the Nan kin, 50, at Chatham. Mrster W. H. T. Green (1844) to the Powerful, 84, at Portsmouth. Clerks R. J. Waterfield (1851) to the Impregnable, 101, flag-ship, at Devonport ; T. Braddon, to the Calcutta, 84, at Devonport ; E. A. M. Chaffers, to the Indefatigable, 50, at Devonport ; A. Howard, to the Nankin ; and T. T. Jennings (1816), to the Hannibal, 90, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness. Naval Instructor,W. S. Harvey (1841), to the Powerful. Second Master, A. J. A. Parks (1851), to the Illustrious, 72, at Portsmouth. Clerk in Charge, T. E. Wright, to the Snake. EXPERIMENTS AT SHOEBURYNESS. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 29. The introduction of the Minie rifle into the service having a range equal, or nearly so, to that of a 6-pounder artillery gun, placed the infantry regiments in a position to compete with the 6-pounder light field pieces, and the field batteries have since been supplied with 9-pounder brass guns, and 12 and 21-pounder howitzers. The supe riority of the Mini° rifle over the old common musket suggested experiments with rifled cannon, but it has hither to been found impracticable to obtain a description of shot suitable to be fired from rifled cannon, as in every instance the lea I portion necessary to be attached to the iron shot fur the purpose of expanding into the rifled groves, inva riably separated when fired, owing to the plans for securing it being inefficient, and the consequence was ik.a. 51.. al_ rectionof tho shot could not be depended upon, or the range be calculated with any degree of certainty. The result of several experiments caused great doubt as to the practicability of joining the iron and lead in such a man ner as to make effective shot suitable for being fired from rifled cannon. Mr. Jeffery, the inventor of the marine glue, having had his attention drawn to the difficulty which existed of securing the lead to the iron shot, so as to pre vent their being separated by the action of firing, submitted a plan to the members of the select committee at Woolwich and they afforded him every facility for having it tested at the long range at Shoeburyness. Mr. Jeffery accord ingly had twelve shot cast on purpose under his own superintendence upon his plan, and they were all tested yesterday, commencing at 10 o'clock a.m., and concluding at 12 noon. The plan is very ingenious, and yet simple ; and the shot which were recovered afforded evidence that ho has overcome the difficulty which has hitherto existed, and introduced a principle in the construction of shot well adapted for firing from rifled cannon without separating the lead from the iron portion of the metals. The practice was carried on at two targets, the ono about fifty yards in front of the other, and the entire range about 1,700 yards. Mr. Jeffery's shot were all cast suitable for the bore of a nine-pounder gun ; but, being of the Minie ball shape— conical at the one end and having a cup form at the other, and varying in their length—they weighed from 11 lbs. to 24 lbs. each. The lino of firing at that range was very good, but iu almost every instance they went beyond the most distant target, and ricocheted a great distance—fully a mile, at least, beyond the target. There were twelve of Mr. Jeffery's shot and four spherical shot fired during the practice, and the last round one of Mr. Jeffery's was fired with the gun at an elevation of 10 degrees, and a charge of two pounds weight of pciwder, and it made a range of up wards of 3,000 yards, or nearly double the distance of the target, before it struck the ground. Lieut.-Colonel Wilson superintended the experiments, and he bas very properly placed sentries since the time of the late melancholy acci dent, by the bursting of a 98 cwt. gun, to prevent strangers from getting within one hundred yards on each side of the gun-battery platform at Shoeburyness. THE FINNISH AND RUSSIAN PRISONERS. Two brothers Grotenfelt, two brothers Dalin, Essen, Captain Milart and wife, Captain See'linen, Dr. Oker mann, Lieut. Blume and wife, Lieut. Boliras, Major Gram. The above aro the names of the Finnish prisoners (officers) that leave Sheerness for Lewes, on Monday next, on which morning they aro all ordered to appear at the admiral's house (Gordon), with the whole of tho baggage and effects. The Russian officers are to remain for the present. The Finnish officers are all the superior grades ; in fact, no doubt they are in reality gentlemen by birth and educa tion. The Russians have risen from the ranks, and are not quite so gentlemanly as the others in appearance. SALE OF RUSSIAN PRIZES. Yesterday another sale of Russian ♦essels captured by her Majesty's naval forces tuuk place at the Captains'-room, Lloyd's. The ships were put up to auction by Mr. Lech lane, the Admiralty broker. The first submitted was the Mentor, a bark of 506 tons, built at Abo in 1838, of which Eklund was late the master, prize to her Majesty's steamer Tribune, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie. The first offer was 1,000/. ; after some competition she was knocked down for 2,0001. Her cargo, 700 tons of Torre Vecchia salt, sold for 6531. The next was the brig Alexander, 225 tons, of which Woolsgarcl was late the master, built at Sunderland in 1852, but belonging to Helsingfors, also prize to the Tribune ; after some competition, she was knocked down for 1,530/. Her cargo, 250 tons of Cadiz salt, produced 2751. 7s. Next followed the bark America, 150 tons bur den, built at Helsingfors in 1846, of which Romberg was late the master, also prize to the Tribune. The first• offer for this vessel was 500/. ; she was sold for 0101. ; her cargo, salt and sherry wine, sold for 4861. 108., making a total of 5,836/. 175., to be divided between the officers and crew of the Tribune. The next Russian ship to be sold is the Emile, prize to her Majesty's steamer Bulldog. The Russian vessels Bog Noja Nadischa and the Dwina, captured by her Majesty's steamer Miranda on the 24th of August, at Litscha Fiord, in the White Sea, are now on their way home to England, in charge of plize crows. VOLUNTEERS FOR THE EAST. Yesterday morning, at eight a.m., the usually quiet streets of Sheerness were disturbed by a cavalcade of sol diers proceeding on their way to the pier, to go on board the Nymph steamer. We found, however, that the greater portion of them merely accompanied their companions— to bid a farewell adieu to 25 volunteers from the artillery hero, who go to Woolwich to join a corps proceeding, we understand, very soon to the seat of war in the East. We noticed only ono officer, and that was Liout. Tucker (son of Captain Tucker, captain superintendent of her Majesty's dockyard here), who accompanies these brave fellows. MILITARY. A party of Royal Sappers and Miners will proceed from the head-quarters at Woolwich to Chatham, consisting of . ;58 nam (Hmiits), to g thOugh s course of instnotion in burr or grindstones ; dye stuffs ; flax, hemp, and tow, unmanufactured ; unmanufactured tobacco ; rags. ARTICLZ IT. It is agreed th a t th e c i t i zens and inhabitants of the United St a t es s h a ll h ave t h e r i ght to navigate the river St. Lawra”ce and the canals i n C ana d a used as the means of commu nica ti ng b etween the Great Lakes and the Atlantic O cean , w ith t h e i r vessels, boats, an d crafts, as fully and freely as the subjects of her Britannic Majesty, subjt 7 ct only to the same tolls and other assessments as now nre or may hereafter be exacted of her Majesty's said subject:; ; it being under. stood, however, that the British Government retains the right of suspending this privilege, on giving due notice thereof to the Government of the United States. It is further agreed, that if at any time the British Government should exercise the said reserved right, the Government of the United States shall have,the - tlyht — orsTiFffiendin - g; if it think fit, the operation of Art, 3 of the present treaty, in so far as the province of Ca lada is affected thereby, for so long as the suspension ,:f the free navi!ation of the river St. Lawrence or the canals may continue. It is further agreed, that British subjects shall have the right freely to navigate Lake Michigan with their vessels, boats, and crafts, so long as the privilege of navigating the river St. Lawrence, secured to American citizens by the above clause of the present article, shall continue ; and the Government of the United States further engages to urge upon the State Governments to secure to the subjects of her Britannic Majesty the use of the several state canals on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the United States. And it, is further agreed, that no export duty or other duty s h a ll b e l ev i e d on lumber or timber of any ki n d cut in th a t p or ti on of the American territory in the stat e of Main e, watere d :b y th e r i ver St. Joh n a nd it s t r ib u . taries, an d floated down that river to the sea, when the same is shipped to the United States from the province of New Brunswick. The present treaty shall take effect as soon as the laws requ red to carry it into ope ration shall have been passed by the I m p er i al Parliamet of Great Britain and by the Provincial Pariiainents'of those of the British North American Colonies which are affected by this treaty on the one hand, and by the Con gress o f the United . States on the other. Stich assent h aying been given, t h e t rea t y shall rem a i n i n f orce for ten years from the date at which it may com e i n t o operation, and further, until the expiration of twelve months after either of the high contracting parties shall give notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same ; each of the high contract• ing parties being at liberty to give such notice to the --.-‘h e end of the said-term of ten 74 " e -at any time afterwards. It is clearly understood, however, that this stipulation is not intended to affect the reservation made by Art. 4 of the present treaty with regard to the right of tewp o rarily suspending the operation of Art. 3 and 4 thereof. ARTICLI VI. And it is hereby further agreed, that the provisions and stipulations of the foregoing articles shall extend to the island of Newfoundland, so far as they are applicable to that colony. But if the Imperial Parliament, the Provincial Parliament of Newfoundland, or the Congress of the United. States, shall not embrace, in their laws enacted for carrying this treaty into effect, the colony of 'Newfoundland, then this article shall be of of no effect ;• . but the omission to make provision by law to give it effect, by either of the legislative bodies aforesaid, shall not in any way impair the remaining articles of this treaty. ARTICLE VII. The present treaty shall be duly ratified, and the ran tual exchange of ratifications shall take place at Wash ington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty, and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in triplicate, at Washington, the sth day 'of June, A.D. 1854. ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. W. L. MAncy. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. We await with the greatest anxiety a fuller explanation of the intelligence which reached the Admiralty by tele graph on Thursday from Conk; • -It . ' was to the effect that a telegraphic despatch had just been received from that port, announcing the arrival bf the Phcenix with the captains of the Investigator, Resolute, and Assistance —(that is Captains M'Lure, Kellett, hod Sir E: Baehr) on board. It is also stated that the Pdoenix brotight home part of the crews of the Resolute and Assistance, and that the North Star, •Commander Pullen, conveys back the remainder of the crews of the Assistance, Re solute, and Investigator. Beyond the reasonable infer ences which may be founded on the above short despatch we have nothing as yet to communicate. It would seem to follow that the three .ghips, are logt to the Queen's service; and, if this_ be so, , we say,.l* them go,,proe vided the crews be safe; and' that there is no fresh t .. edy. to be added to the chrdnicle of 'die' Art-tic region.. .In the next place, we presuingitsji t y toe fakep that Mee ieardh after the relics of Franklin's party has proved runlets, otherwise-the.-officers brought home by the Pheenix could not but have addeelapiSme to theirdespatch fupon'so important a point. The result _is what we hael .`prediested throughout. Noting was to be expected fro ba search pqntinued for so. lona period :after the' disap pearance of Franklin's party. Either they had been. overwhelmed the prsiseure of some sudden calatnit, Which had at mice swept theta from existence—Ot tbsy -- had been carried to a point from which they could not return• seriiserbet - arid m whieli — no - oilier person evil bad made his way, thither in quest of them could ret-nr7. It was on the loth of August, 1852, that Captain Sir E. Belcher sailed up Wellington Channel, and on the same day Captain Kellett proceeded eastward in the direction of Melville Island. It was on the 31st of July, 1850, that Captain Al`Lure in the Investigator was seen by the Herald steering for Point Barrow ; but, as we are in possession of far more recent intelligence with regard to the proceelinge of this vessel, it is idle to dwell on former uncertainties and remote dates. We shall soon know all that can he known of the proceedings of thee three ships. The Enterprise, howevcr, under the com mand of Captain Collinson, has not yet been accounted fur. The latest intelligence with respect to her was derived frota..a brief paragraph in the Panama Herald of December 25, 1852, to the effect that she had re cently—with reference to that date—been seen by some American whalers. Happy would it have been, had the same telegraphic despatch which brought us intelligence of the three other ships detained in the ice carried with it some assurance with regard to the Enterprise, which would have put an end at once to what is called the History of Arctic Discoveries." From the previous character of the three officers con cerned we have no manner of doubt that whatever could be accomplished by human courage or human fortitude to extricate the Queen's ships from any perilous situation in which they may have been placed had been effected by the three Arctic captains before they determined on abandoning their trust. Of this "trust" the lives of the Queen's seamen committed to their care con stituted by far the most important part ; and these—at least we trust so —they have contrived to secure. If the public mind could once for all be set at rest with respect to the late of Captain Collinson and his companions, it would be a simple matter to close the Artie aecount foe ever in the records of the Admiralty. There is no danger of our being drawn on a g ain to ustenance the further prosecution of researches from which no benefit can he hasped nt all proportionate to the expenditure and ri k necessarily incurred. The mischief hitherto has been that the despatch of one ship almost ievolved in strict necessity the despatch of another to her relief, so that until the last ship was withdrawn (ruin the ice there was really no kind of security that all the vessels in the Queen's service might not be dotted about the frozen seas anywhere between Cape Storno way and the North Pole. What are we to do with fur ther search in this direction as soon as tidings reach us of the Enterprise ? The great problem of our ancestors —the north-western passage—has been dicovered, and is proved to be of no advantage to the human race now that we know all about it. We may presume, although the experience of the Investigator is not very attractive, that a ship can, in the space of three or four years, make her way from Behring's Straits to Baffin's Ray, or vice versa, by taking advantage of the short gaps of thaw in open seasons ; but what benefit • is to accrue to humanity from the discovery we are wholly at a loss to discover. The north coast of Ame rica has been surveyed, thanks to the unwearied exer tions of Beechey, Franklin, Back, Dease, Simpson, and Rae, and that result, we admit, is worth so et m rae e ra t c h kh i s n h g aos .. f Ihnyane :oftfrozen, hohzi latitudes, nneegn ialada and the t a h b that el is,a Pole, between foundae t e w far e b e nua but streaks esthe n jammed up w ith Ameri canßyttteua t t e nie r noxr g ttteh e hn n eed e rhen r d ally i a c n e To be u d. Wellington ing t s nn r ein Channel, h an n Lancaster el, a greater Sou Sound, breadth Regent'sand depth Inlet, depth of water has been sailed over, but what purpose it is to serve would e b x c e e d p i t ffi t c o u n i n v d e e y e d e x t p o l o e r a s y r . s tics It would d d e h s e tr i dulcet,i how ever,on it n i f n w u h s i e t h o w in e a k a h e a g ll u p e s r s e e s se presently t h b e e e i t ti t b p s t n a e n s e c s e s i o o f n n s f o u r fa m 0 e a - tion NFvirlalnakliminoshtasedeertfialiiintliy„ elycorroborat it for th e moment to mention y the three points which it aban doned iook,weli. n v t i h m e c‘ i 3c. e, been heard of the R eso l ute, and Assistance seem to have been. we nothing has eve proved ae —the search after f a ilure ; the Investi gator,epoken positively as t o the sa f e ty o f the majority of the Enterprise. but the c r e w w e s s w a i v s e h d w ; crews —the silence as t o the numbers saved does not TRR COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKETEL—The oolonid produce markets during the week have been quiet, and prices are in most instances unaltered. The transactions in tea have been characterised by some excitement COR• sequent upon the receipt of the further news from China corroborating that by the previous mail. Speculative buyers were, as usual, the first to act, and many thou sand packages of common congou have changed hands at an advance of folly d, per lb. The present q uotation for sound condition is lid. per lb., at which there are buyers. The dealers, who had previously in some degree held back, yesterday manifested s disposition to purchase f u ll y w h enever they could do so at only a slight advance on former rates. The quantity of sugar brought to sale has been very small, but prices are rather firmer, Privately a fair business has been transacted ; some cargoes of foreign and several parcels on the spot have been sold. 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