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• GREAT-WESTpRN ALTERATION of TR/IgNS.—On and after let JANUARY, 1855, the 10 . p.m. Train from Paddington, asd the 10 10 p m. Up- Train from Windsor, will be discontinued. The 5.35. p.m. Train from Hungerford will start at 6.10 p.m. On SUNDAYS the 11 a.m. Train from Birmingham to Wolver hampton, and the 12.30 p.m. Train from Wolverhampton to Bir- Ming/tam, will be discontinued. rot minor alterations, see tl Train Bills of the Company. Paddington, Dec. 29, 1854. L ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY.—NOTICE for JANUARY, 1855. The train leaving Manchester for London at 3 40 p.m. will call at Handforth and Wilmslow, and cease calline , at Heaton Norris. The train from Liverpool at 11.15 a.m. will call at Tring and cease calling at Kilburn. The train to London leaving Aylesbury at 6.30 p.m. will leave at 1.45 p.m. The train leaving London at 5.43 p.m. will stop at Cheddington. Third-class passengers between London, Banbury, Oxford, Lea mington, and Bfrmingharn, will be conveyed by the parlamentary traiq only. Between Birmingham, Liverpool, and Chester, third-class passen gers will be conveyed by the parliamentary train, and by the 6 a m. down train from Birmingham, and by the parliamentary and 5.15 p.m. up train from Liverpool, and 6.10 p.m. train front Chester. A revision of the fares will be made between Liverpool and Bir mingham. By order, MARK HUISII. General Manager's Office, Euston.StrAtlen, Dec., 185 t. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSITIt- Asc - A sOC I ETY. CORNDILL, LONDON, 23d Dee., 1554. NOTICE IS HEREBY GEVEN, That the HALF-YEARLY IN TEREST on the CAPITAL, STOCK of this SOCIETY, at the rate of 5 per cent. per anntar.., drie on the 31st instant, will become payable , on the 10th JahuarS next, and proprietors may receive the same at this Office on that, or any subsequent day, between the hours of 11 and 3 o'clock. And notice. Is hert by further given, that the Transfer Books of the Society will close on the alst inst., and open on the 11th January next. By order of the Court of Directors. J. LEANDER s unit, Manager. N.8.-0n and after the 22th January next, the business of the Society will be carried on at their new premises, 142, Strand. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK (Incorporated by Charter), intend opening, on MONDAY, the Ist of January next, a BRANCH at No. 32, Regent-Circus, 'Piccadilly. Though one of the principal thoroughfares of the metro polis, there has never been a Bank In Piccadilly ; and it is hoped that the intended establishment may, therefore, be a convenience t, at least such °tile inhabitants of that important neighbourhood as have 'Mt hitherto, kept a banker. Interests on deposits and on the fluctuating balances of current accounts. are reckoned from day to day, at rates varying from one to Your pe': cent. per annum. according to the amount and continuance of the; deposit or _balance, and promissory notes or ',MS, circular letters of credit, and drafts payable to order or bearer, which may be eaelt.ed in any town at home or abroad where there is a banker, are laimied to merchants and travellers, for whom they possess some Iptcallar features of economy, safety, and utility. Detailed terms of busisesa will be communicated on applicat!on at the Head Office, To: enhouse-yard ; or at the branches, 429, Strand; /7, , Bridge-road, Lambeth ; 97, Goswell-road. Islington; I, Shaltes bußy.torrnoss, "Victort•i-stresti ; and GO. Stones-end, South --HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager. Royal :British Bank, Tokenhonse-yard, Lethbury. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made is a cause, ALEXANDER FINDL ATER and OILERS against WILLIAM ROCHE, the Creditors of Garrard Roche, late of No. 2, Upper Wellington-street, Strand, in the county of Middlesex, Solicitor, deceased, the Intestate in the proceedings of this cause named, wko died in or about the month of May, 1854, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the 18th day of January, 1855, to come in and prove their claims, at the Chambers of the Tice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart, No. 12, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex ; or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Wednesday, the 17th day of January. 1855, at 12 o'clock at neon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the (Maims. Dated this 7th day of Dec., 1854. ALFRED HALL, Chief Clerk. H. D. BUSHBURT, Plaintiff's Solicitor, 2, Surrey-street, Strand. ORNAMENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM, LIBRARY, and DINING-ROOM, consisting of a new and elegant assortment of Vases, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper-weights, &c., in Italian Alabaster, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and 'manufactured by JAMES T ENNA.NT (late Mawe), 149, Strand, "London. Mr. TENNANT arranges elementary Collections of Shells, Minerals, and Fossils, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of Conchology, Mineralogy, and Geology, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. EARL FITZWILLIA.M'S COLLIERIES, on the South Yorkshire Railway.—SAMUEL PLIM• 4 OLL, of Sheffield, begs to announce that the arrangements he has been honoured to make for carrying a portion of the produce of these ex tensive Collieries, and also of the Silkstone Collieries, to London, via the London and North-Western Railway, are sufficiently ma tured to enable him to commence delivering from Camden and Ken sington Stations on New Year's Day. Price per Ton, within four miles of either Station :—Silkstone,* 245. Bd.; Elsecar, 235. 4d., cash 41 delivery, or on giving the order —Temporary Offices will be opened at both Stations on December 18th, for booking orders, which in the meantime Mr. Plimsoll will be glad to receive at Sheffield. * These same Coals are now being supplied by the Great Northern Railway, at 275., this Company having at present, and until Decem ber alst next, a monopoly of the supplies on the South Yorkshire Railway. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.— During the course of this wtek will he played by Laurent's Orchestra:—Overture, Masaniello, Auber ; Waltzes: Vermahlung's Toasts (first time), Strauss; La Jardiniere, Labit , ky : Seu♦enir do Luxembourg (first time), Beusquet ; Le Carnaval de Venise (by desire), H. Laurent, with Variations for all the principal performers. Quadrilles : Le Palals de l'Alcazar, H. Lamotte ; La Guerre, Boa'sio ; Lo Serment (first time), Ramain ; Lammermoor Tinney. Schot tische, Moldavian (first time), Julliem. Polkas : Illumenfest (first time), Strauss; The New Annen, Strauss. Gallop, Les Guides, H. Laurent. Principal Cornet A Piston, H. Boulcourt. All information relati♦e to mule to be obtained at the music repository under the •rchestra, Doors open at Eight; cemmence at half-past.—Admis sion, One Shilling. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The following REMARKABLE NOVELTIES have been SPECIALLY PREPARED. LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on Professor Wheatstone's experiments on the TRANSMISSION of SOUND through Solid Con ductors, illustrated by a TELEPHONIC CONCERT. FIRST PAR(' of as ENTIRELY NEW and SPLENDID OPTI CAL DIORAMA, illustrating the VOYAGES of SINBAD the SAILOR, with Beautiful PHANTASMAGORIA EFFECTS, and appropriate Music arranged by Mr. Waud. MONDAY EVENING, the tat of January, first of a New Course of MONDAY EVENING LETTURES to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES : On the CHEMISTRY of LIFE, by Dr. LETIfEBY. Great Increase in the VIEWS ef the WAR: the BATTLE of the ALMA, SIEGE if SEBASTOPOL, the ENGLISH BATTERIES, tro., &C. LECTURE. on the MIVIE RIFLE, and that powerful implement of war, the STEAM GUN, projecting Sixty Palls per Minute, which Ms been erected by Mr. Mims, and will be discharged daily and in the Xvelings. LEC CURES on ELECTRICITY by Dr. BACANOFFNF.R. Mr. CRAWFORD'S VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT of the PATRIOTIC BONGS of SCOTLAND. For the special Amusement of the Juvenile Auditory, DAVIS'S INGENIOUS M lONETT ES will be exhibited All the other LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS of MODELS, &c. &c. &c. Fresh decorations. Special Juvenile Night on the 3d of January, and gratuitous distri • button of the Ornaments of a beautiful Christmas Tree amongst the Young People. Mr. VAN .Nooxpletes New Musical Game, the POLY-HARMONI CON, explained Daily by the Inventor TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole d, Pharmacia de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. - TRIESEIIAR, No. 1, Is a remedy fbr Relaxation, Spersaatorrhcea, and. Exhaustion of th- System. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health ef a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of tats or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use being suspe‘ttcd. Sold in tin cases at Ils. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided lots separate doses, as admiMstered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John ston, 68, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. G RAVESEND S T A PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfleet Pity The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (w3ather permit PROM TERRACE PIER, GRANESEND, • - - WESK DAYS. SUNDAYS. -A 1 , - - -i § 11 ... 1 , Torract t t - .1 5 I ,? t :g , Time . g .§ Pier .F. g a I X 1 8 0 14 I 14 a Pr t t ...---- -.......--. -- 8 9_l" i 2 - , i - 1 2 , , Omnibeses from Fenchnrch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. WEIARF, BLIOKNIALL, on tho arrival of the fol lorries Trains from the Fenchuroh-street Station. . , WE DAYS. SUNDAYS. 1 " . " 1 " . " —.-----* " . " --------, ' —. 0 , Fen- fl 4 .4 II 1:1, , Fen- 3=.. lii , 4 clutch ; , 1 5. V :4; . 11 church ; .: 7 '..; V, g ;street 4 8 4 o a Street I' er , 4 N °° 10 - v 2 1 4 . 4 .'". I _ Fore Cabin. lialoon. ___ _.... r ~,..i.n.......... 101. .. le. 2d. To or from Gravese nd and Loadon.• • • - 101. .. ~ Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich ad. .. Os, Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os, BOAT TICKETS. —Twelve Months, 51. Os.; Sik Months, Three Months, 21. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on bo, Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Nov. 13, 1854. 3L Os. ; and the THE SECZET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURI fo T Y . l u st published, price 25 ., illustrated with cases; free by poet r3O stamps, NERVOUS DEBILITY; It s Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper mfttorrhcea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more iticcessful 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 Impulse 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 SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. Z 7. BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, ro >dor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of t he University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, See., &t. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con- Scauer.ces resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have prouuced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man bead, and premature decay at all stages of L ife, than, perhaps, any ether 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 thatall men should know, that there are principles gr ieve ersonal management which cannot be violated withont incurring grs penalties, and when ss isdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties rr ay be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may beremoved, ar.d how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, Met there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. 7 heAuthor has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive pt male° in the tresSinent of these delicate cemplaints, which have unfortuniteiy been too generally confided to the care of ignorant empirics, 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, B r others, and C o ., 23, PaterneAer-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Horne, 19, Leicester-s q uare; Mann, 39, Cornhill or free by post for thirty stamps tr, any addres3 from the Author's residence, 37, Bed ford -square. At home for consultation day coin: Eleven till Two, had from Siz 0.11 =Att. -.'- ~ . . '• .. , . , ‘?'M " -;?-- ' : 4) ) : 47 .0, 16. 14 ; ~.: ' 41111111111 Z..— ----- ...''. '. , 1 ' -.= '.--.,.. ',. • -,. 7 ' ' : / l .f , - L i :- . 4 ~. :".',',, F:.•.•• -•- a' h, -...,„ ‘ : lit • , P : z. ~ , t,-Tii ‘• , 'if :1 1 : ',:..,• :It ilj - 1 .. --`'' ~ i et" NA, , - Obi* , , * '"ff k if' !.., if - - . , CWl„..j'. - ~ A. , .4 „,', - I "*--.,_-:' ~,,,. -_ , lin , . _ . .. . ‘ . //-;----- - -..,...., ~ ..- 1:-;. 4. 3 / 4. , :IT ~,. - R" - ''. 1- it., , ,/ 4,,, 1110111‘.., • „il k - --.-- ,r,. ~.. 41 11% *s tV• - i ..:, ) , , - • --4...,•-•,- 4 , 4,•.• ,-, 4 0C, . , , . dp ! 4- 14____= -,4 7" , 1 ~ 0 ,.,, ; --- - = 7 ",...... 44 1:::; '..• t?' ' ' l.:l " :2.'---. .swtle,': 4- 41,1 42141 1t,, — II: ci l-L itYYSt .16914 . ;: Y 4:;- -'' ,i t . 4 e3i1 11 't ', 'l,, "‘ 1 -^ 7 I ; 2 \7' ...-' -? A -......... [PRICE SD. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NAVAL AND MILITARY INTRLLIGENOE. The Royal George, 120, screw, Captain Codrington, C. 8., is lying at the Fair-way moorings, Sheerness. The last ammunition was discharged on Thursday. She will go into the basin next spring tides ; hi the mean time, alt► will be done to lighten her as much as possible. The crew are going on leave shortly. The Cressy, 81, screw, Captain Warren] is in. No. dry-dock, Sheerness. The whole of the crew were paid (keeping two months' in hand) on Thursday, and proceeded on leave till the 15th proximo, with the ex ception of 42 of the first-class boys, who went yester day. The crews drafted from ships coming home front foreign stations have long;leave of 60 days. Cressy's sides are being caulked and her machiaery will undergo a thorough overhaul. The Majestic, $l, screw, Captain Hope, C. 8., is in No. 3 dry-dock, Sheerness. Her -crew have all been drafted in the Minotaur hulk,, lying in the stream. They go on leave the beginning of next week it is ex pected, for which the " tars" are most. at The Monarch, 84, Captain Patsy, Devonport.—The foremast of the Monarch has been taken out and taken to the dockyard for survey ; the mizenmant is also to be taken oat. The Ajax, 60, screw, Captain Warden, will be eut of the .hands of Portsmouth dockyardle-day. She may possibly remain in the sea basin for a few days, from OA want of a berthing hulk. - - The Euryalus, 51, screw, Captain Ramsay, was taken into Ne. 1 deck at Davenport on Ttosksday. The Melampus, frigate, fitting etit as a troop-ship, Is still in the basin at Sheerness, ba r . lower masts are stepped, but just new few hands working at her.l The A.mphion, -34, screw, Captal&4. g j Key, is still o tat v . er are on:h irre e . w4 dai st ly sh .expecezn ore the t :orz a , ei S r h i e e 7ssa. v.vistit4a -She . has, we balieve e _not yet rec eived sly definite oixisnli; She has made all snug, but in consepenee of her boilers being defective, the opinion gains ground at Sheerness, And on board, that ultimately she will be ordered to Woolwich. The Penelope, 22, paddle, Captain Caffin. This vessel will pay down as soon as they can arrange the mods of payment ; the men will have 60 days' leavo, with per mission to volunteer into any of her Majesty's ships at the expiration of their leave. We are happy to say that the crew of the Penelope have subscribed a day's pay towards the " Patriotic Fund," which has amounted to something over 281. The Es — k, 21, screw, Capt. Birch, arrived in Sheerness harbour at about 12.30 p.m. yesterday front Woolwich. She is bound to Portsmouth, and called in here to take any " liberty man" that wanted a passage. She re mained at ire p.m., The Pylades, 21, screw corvette, is still under the sheers in the basin at Sheerness. She has taken in all the machinery aid both boilers, which came down in the Beaver ; one boiler is in the hold, being stowed A way ; the other on deck. The Malacca, 17, screw, Capt. ilillyer, was completed at Devonport on Wednesday; Ishe went out of harbour ; and sailed direct on Thursday morning, with a heavy wail, for the Black Sea. The Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander Roderick D.w, was towed down to Portsmouth Harbour, yesterday, by the Echo, steam•tug, and swung, to ascertain the devia tion of her compass. The Cuckoo, 3, paddle, Lieut. Commander Augustus Murray, which left Sheerness yesterday morning for Plymouth, takes with her a number of supernumeraries, there to be distributed as required by the service. She has undergone many improvements since she came home from Bomarsund, and steamed well out of the harbour. The Oberon, 3, iron paddle, at Portsmouth, lit fires yesterday morning and got up steam. She worked her paddles in the steam-basin dock for some hours to preys boilers and machinery. CONTRACT FOR SHOES. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 26th December , 1854 . THE Commissionem for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on SATURDAY, the 11th of January, 1855, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract tor supplying and deli rering into her Nfaiesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD, the undermen tioned articles, viz. : 5,500 pairs, size No. 101 ShOES. 5,500 ~ „ No. I 1 One half thereof within six weeks, and the remainder within six weeks afterwards, or earlier, if preferred by the parties tendering. Tenders may he made for the who's or any portion of the Shoes. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, frr for suck part thereof only as they may deem fit. Patterns of the Shoes and the conditions of the Revised Contract may he seen at the said office. No tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless made on the Printed Corn provided for the purpoee, and which may be obtained on application at the said Orrice. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Shoes," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place. ARTILLERY PRACTICE. The artillery at Shoeburyness practised the whole of yesterday morning, at the long gun exercise, of which we hare ample proof here, in consequence of the loud reports felt every two or three minutes, not withstanding Shoeburyness is ever on the Essex coast, and distant many miles from Sheerness. THE TROOPS AND TRANSPORTS. The Imperatrice, steam transport, being now ready to receive her allotment of reinforcements for the Crimea, the following detachments will embark this morning from Portsmouth Dockyard, and proceed in her to the seat of war : Grenadier Guards— Lieutenant. Coulson. Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant-Colonel Stepney, in command. Ist Foot—let Battalion—Ensigns Brock and Creagb, 2 sergeants, and 100 men. 4th Foot—Ensign Williamson, 1 sergeant, and 65 men. . 7th Foot—Ensign Robinson; 1 sergeant, and 75 men. 20th Foot—Major Crawley and Lieutenants Warren and Dickens, 1 sergeant and 30 men. 23d Foot—Captain Crofts, Lieutenant Mostyn, 2 sergeants, and 100 men. 28th 'Foot—Ensign Menzies, 1 sergeant, and 65 men. 44th Foot-1 sergennt, and 50 men. 46th Foot.—Lieutenant Connell, 1 sergeant, and 25 men. 77th Foot—Lieutenant Richards, 5 sergeants, and 247 men. 95th Foot.—Lieutenants Taylor and Robinson, 1 ser geant, and 39 men. Medical Staff.—Assistant-Surgeons Halesbury and Lynch. The Imperatrice has the appearance of a splendid vessel, and is admirably fitted for the conveyance of troops. The Baniana, steam transport, 1,529 tons, No. 160, will, about the middle of the ensuing week, receive on board at Liverpool the 82d Regiment, for conveyance to Corfu ; 33 officers, 630 men, 40 women, and 119 chil dren, will be the number embarked. On her arrival at Corfu the let battalion of the 71st Regiment will ship in this vessel for conveyance to the Crimea. The Clyde, screw-steamer, 1,168 tons, No. 145, which was to have conveyed troops and stores to the Crimea, has been appropriated by the Lords of the Admiralty for the conveyance of stores only, there being an urgent requirement for the shipment of coffee and a quantity of naval medical stores, now lying at Portsmouth. She is to fill up with provisions. The Marley Hill, screw steam transport, 508 tons, has been appropriated for the conveyance of huts and warm clothing to the Crimea, and has received orders to proceed immediately from the river to Portsmouth, to receive the same. The Prompt, screw steam transport, No. 168, 417 tons, will receive iinreediately a cargo of warm cloth ing, powder, and other ordnance stores, at Woolwich, for conveyance to the East. The Kangaroo, steam transport, No. 170, 465 tons, has been appropriated by the Admiralty for the con veyance of ordnance stores from Deptford and Wool wich, part of which will consist of 300 tons of warm clothing, bedding, &c. The Eagle, screw steamer, 480 tons, has been char tered by the Admiralty for the conveyance to Scutari of army medical stores, and was yesterday ordered into the London Docks to receive them. The Stag, 678 tons, appropriated by Government for the conveyance of 226 male convicts from this country to Western Australia, will leave Deptford in a few days to receive them on board at Woolwich, Portsmouth, Portland, and Plymouth, respectively. A pensioner guard will accompany her. She will also carry four warders and their families, and 49 tons of ordnance stores to that place. The Foyle, iron chartered screw-steamer, having com pleted with 104 wooden huts for the Crimea, hauled off at Portsmo u th, yesterday evening, and sails' to-day for the Crimea. She also takes a few bales of woollen goods. The Clyde, iron chartered screw-steamer, will have completed the stowageof an immense quantity of woollen goods, boots and shoes, gauntlets, &o. and with a de tachment of 200 t roops and about 20 to., she will be enabled to leave Portsmouth for the Crimea to•morrew morning. The Zilla and Isie, transport, Nailed from Devonport, with store: for the Black Sea, on Wednesday. The Oscar, screw-transport 158, Captain Thatcher, from London for Balaklava, requiring to fill up her coals, put into Fal mou th y es t er d a y. The Libertas, transport 95, has arrived in the river. DEATH OF GENERAL ARNOLD. Lieutenant-General Arnold, K.H., K.C., died at his residence in Onslow-square on Wednesday. The follow. ing is a summary of his services :—At the blockade and surrender of Malts, in 1800 ; through the wkole of the campaign in Egypt in 1801, inchiding the attack and surrender of Alsoukir Fort and Castle, the battle of Alexandria, and he afterwards accompanied the division of the army which expelled the French from Grand Cairo, and took possession of that city ;he was present at the surrender of Alexandria to the British troops ; served several years in the West Indies, and was at the last attack and surrender of the colonies of Demerara, Essequibo, Berbice, Wand Surinam, at which latter he was severely wounded in successfully leading the storming party against the redoubt Frederici and Fort Leyden. He was several times handsomely mentioned in the public despatches for his conduct at Sunman', and was on that occasion presented by the committee of the Patriotic Fund with a sword of the value of 1001. He has since served several years in Bermuda and North America. He had also the honour of being appointed an aide-de-camp to King William IV., on his Majesty's accession to the throne. He entered the corps of Royal Engineers in 1708, and served 66 years. THE MILITIA. The South Devon Militia hea contributed 150 men to the regiments of the lime, and now oonsists of 29 offi cers and 532 non-commissioned officers and rank and file. During the past week the regiment contributed li9l. 10s. sd. towards the Patriotic Fund. On Wednesday the men of the West Essex Militia mus tered at head -quarters, Chelmsford, for permanent duty. The complement of the corps is, including permanent staff, 907; of these upwards of 600 responded to the summons. On Thursday the Ist Devon Regiment of Militia as sembled for embodiment at Exeter were considerably lessened in consequence of a large number of the married DECEMBER 30, 1854. men being sent home. The corps musters at present, after allowing for deductions, about .550 ; but since the visit of Captain Bourke on Monday aboilt 140 men have volunteered, into the regular set vice, and of these it is expected that a - considerable number will ultimately.pass. The Lord-Lieutenant, who is Colonel of the regiment, bas handsomely given a Lieutenant's commission to Ser jeant-Msdor M.aoslonald, who "has also been appointed Quartermaster.. BLYTR'S NOVEL STEAMERS ON THE DAN EIB E. Under a charter granted by the Austrian Government, the exclusive privilege .of the regular traffic of the Danube is conferred upon an association established under the title of the " Imperial and Royal Steam Danube Navigation Company," which now possesses upon that great stream and its tributaries, the Theiss and Suave, a fleet of eighty-eight steamers, with an aggre gate of ten thousand - horse power. These v,ssels, averaging two hundred feet in length, are built for speed, - fitted with the - utmost elegance, and every re quirement for the comfort and luxury of their passengers. At certain seasons, however, the traffic is interrupted, sometimes for several weeks, by a bed of rock, known as the " Iron Gate of the Danube," near Orsova, a fron tier town of Little. Wallachia, about 40 miles east of Moldova, on the borders of Hungary. This rock barrier has hitherto:rendered it necessary to land the passengers and convey them in. rude waggons, over moat execrable roads, 'to re-embark where' the river again becomes navi gable; The company, heavens', has now surinetted, this inconvenience, haying just added to its fleet a steamer that can pass the Iron Gate in a7l states of the river, berdraft, with passengers and "fue), being only twelve and a --half inches I This vessel—which . has - been J . A . constructed by_Messrs. J. and A. Blyth,, the eminent marine iiiiiiieeriref Itiniehoise, 'Londe's, - who hay* lately been particularly successful in improvements of this nature for foreign service where shallow draft is a chief desideratum—is 150 feet in length, and 20 feet beam ; has excellent accommodation for passengers, and has only nominally. 40-horse power, or 1-horse power to 8 tons measurement. Her extremely light draft, com bined with strength and speed, has been obtained by some peculiarities in the construction and arrangement of the vessel and her machinery. For instance, the hull is composed of four longitudinal and six transverse divi sions, arranged in the form of a compound truss ; and, with the bottom and sides of the vessel, forming 15 water-tight compartments. The boiler occupies the centre of the vessel, and is suspended by attachments to the vertical ribs, so as to diffuse the weight over the whole surface of the bottom of the steamer. There are two pairs of paddle-wheels, very small and light, constructed with revolving floats, and each pair driven by a distinct pair of engines, the forward wheels making 87, and the, after 86 revolutions per minute. This duplicate arrange ment of the paddle-wheels is entirely new, and is in tended to diffuse the weight as well as the force of the machinery over a larger extent of the surface of the boat than usual, and to meet the difficulty of obtaining suffi cient propelling surface, with 12 inches immersion, with out immoderate width of float. The engines, which are very light and compact, are an adaptation of the light screw engines of these well-known constructors to pad dle-wheel propulsion. The Tachtalia (so the vessel is called), en her trial trip, under the superintendence of Captain Masjon, at tained a speed of 114 miles, against the current ; and from the novelties in her construction and appearance, and the important improvement in the navigation of the Danube which she is destined to effect, she is an object of much interest on that river. A still greater signi ficance is attached to her, - and to the principle her example is certain to achieve in the sy'tem of steam transit on this great riverine artery of Austria, when we contemplate the peculiar position of that empire in the present European struggle, and reflect what may be the consequences, whether to her own disaffected depen dencies, or to the Allies, or to Russia, from the facili ties these engineers have now placed at her disposal for pouring troops into the provinces on the Lower Danube, without the delay which previously intervened atthe Iron Gate. This famous pass may be said to be the very key to the strategetic position it will probably be most im portant for Austria to secure in the approaching crisis in her fate and the fate of civilisation in that part of the world ; for it is literally the "Gate" between Servia and Wallachia on either side the river, is the focus of the e S i c l t v e o n populations or control, andiist m s a o y much her said dr almost interest t o t o c c o o m n .- mand Widdin, so valuable to the Turks. It is sonse• what remarkable that the last ship launched by Messrs. Blyth should also have approached its destination at a its critical moment in the fortunes of the Government itNAs built for. The noble war-steamer, the Tacuari, fitted with an armament superior \ te anything known to any South American authorities, Would arrive at Para guay, having on board the late ambassador to England and France, Brigadier General F. Solano Lopez, son of the President, shortly after his father, having quar relled with the United States diplomatic authorities at Asuncion, had ordered to be closed against all f."- g.' vessels of war; the Brazilian Getvernment also being simultaneously intent in demanding reparation from President Lopez for some slight offered their Chargil d'Affaires, and having resolved to send war-steamers to Asuncion to exact srtiifaction. The presence of such a vessel as the Tacuari at such a conjuncture would doubtless produce a most marked change in the relative bearing of the disputants, especially when it would be come known that she was to he followed by a fleet of six or eight steamers of a like kind from the same yard on the Thames, General Lopez having left orders for their construction before his departure, and seen their machinery far advanced towards completion. POSTAL TREATY _BETWEEN EIVGLAND AND FRANCE. (From the London Gazette •f last Evening. ) Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the luiperor of the French, alike animated by the desire of improving, by means of a new Convention the Postal Service between the two countries, have named as their plenipotentiaries for that purpose; that is to say : Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable Henry Richard Charles, Lord Cowley a Peer of the United King dom, a Member of Her Majesty's Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of tho Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Her Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of the French ; His Majesty the Emperor •f the French, M. Edward Dronyn de Lhnys, his Minister and Secretary of State of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Vice-President of tie Senate, Great Cross of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, &c., &c. ; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles : ARTICIA I. The postage to be collected in France and Algeria upon paid letters addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as well as upon unpaid letters origi nating in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, shall be as follows :- 1. For every paid letter, forty centimes per seven grammes and a half, or fraction of seven grammes and a half. 2. Ind for every unpaid letter, eighty centimes per seven grammes and a half, or fraction of seven grammes and a half. Reciprocally, the postage to be collected in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland upon paid letters addressed to France and Algeria, as well as upon unpaid letters originating in France and Algeria, shall be as fol ' lows : 1. For every paid letter, four pence per quarter of an ounce British, or fraction of a quarter of an ounce British. 2. And for every unpaid letter, eight pence per quarter of an ounce British, or fraction of a quarter of an ounce British. ARTICLE 11. The rate at which the Post-office of France shall account to the British Pest-office for paid letters addressed to Great Britain, forwarded by the French exchanging offices to the British exchanging offices, as well as for unpaid letters ori. ginating in Great Britain, forwarded by the British ex changing offices to the French exchanging offices, shall be as follows :- 1. For paid letters addressed to Great Britain, the sum of sixty centimes per thirty grammes, net weight ; 2. And for unpaid letters originating in Great Britain, the sum of one franc twenty centimes per ounce British, net weight. Reciprocally, the rate at which the British Post-office shall, on its aide. account to the Post-office of France for paid letters addressed to France and Algeria, forwarded by the British exchanging Offices, to the French exchang ing offices, as well as for unpaid letters originating in France and Algeria, forwarded by the French exchanging Offices to the British exchanging Offices, shall be as fol lows :- 1. For paid letters addressed to Prance and Algeria, the sum of one frame per ounce British, net weight ; 2. And for u n p aid letters originating in France and Algeria, the sum of two francs per thirty grammes, net weight. ARTICLE 111. The payment on account of the sea conveyance of letters eentained in the mails which the respective offices of ex change transmit to each other by means of merchant-ships plying in the Channel shall be equally divided between the British Post-office and the Post-office of Franco. *These payments shall be made to the commanders or owners of the said vessels at the rate of one penny, or ten centimes per letter. ARTICLE IV. The conditionS under which newspapers, gazettes, peri odical works, stitched books, pamphlets, sheets of music, catalogues, prospectuses, announcements and notices of various kinds, whether printed or lithographed, forwarded from one of the two countries addressed to the other, aro to be exchanged, shall be rep:data hereafter by a special Convention which shall be based upon the principle of compulsory prepayment to destination, and of the removal of every duty or tax which would. otherwise be payable by the personS to whom newspapers and the other printed papers enumerated above are addressed. ARTICLE V. The present Convention, which shall be considered as additional to the Convention of the 3d of April, 1813, shall be ratified ; the ratifications shall be exchanged at Paris as sooa as possible ; and it shall be put into execu tion on the let Janualer, 1855. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have ji g ned the present Convention, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done in duplicate at Paris, the twelfth day of Decem ber, ono thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. (L.S.) COWLEY. (L,S.) DROUYINT LIEUTS t THE NEW FRENCH LOAN. The English nation has purchased at no small cost its knowledge of the theory of borrowing ; but, however dearly enlightened economists may appreciate the re sults of our dearly-bought experience, Governments which require loans must sometimes make concessions to popular opinion. Moro than half a century has passed since Fox agreed with Pitt that it was expe dient, when money was raised for the purposes of war, to incur an additional liability for the sake of creating a Sinking Fund. The same course is ad o pt e d in the Bill which has been unanurrom.ly voted by the French Legislative Body. The dotation of the Cai.ssc d'Amortissement is to be increased by the rum of 1 per cent. on the nominal capital of the Rentes which are about to be issued. It has long been admitted by financiers that it is an error, in theory, to I increase a debt with the view of ultimately diminishing it ; but it tray nevertheless be prudent in a debtor to con:ult the tastes or prejudices of his creditor. The small capitalists of France, although frugal and cautious, have not yet sounded the depths of political economy ; and they will probably come forward with their hoards the more readily, when they are asked to furnish the means, not only of carrying on the war, but of paying off at some future period the very loan to which they will now be contributing. The success of last year's experiment has induced the Emperor and his advisers to repeat the appeal to the country at large, in preference to negotiating a loan with the great money dealers of Paris ; and it is hoped that the large sum of twenty millions sterling may be proeured from the savings of farmers, shopkeepers, and manufacturers. The charaoter of the French Govern ment for integrity in financial dealings has always stood deservedly high ; but the present dynasty seems to have acquired, in an unpretiedented degree, the confidence of the general community. The aubseciSion may be ex pected to cover the greater part,. It the whole, of the required amount. The Governme ,of course, reserves to itself the power of filling up by other methods any de ficiency which may be found to exist ; but the bill is identical in principle with the measure of the previous session. The rate of interest of the new stock, and the general terms of the loan, will be arranged between the lenders and the Treasury. The Minister of Finance prudently widens, to the utmost of his ability, the market is which he proposes to deal ; and, should a loan ever become aecessary in England, our own Government may, perhaps, derive some useful lessons from the ex ample of France. Mr. Gladstone has already, in some minor operations, tried the experiment of offering in• vestments to private individuals without the interven tion of great contractors ; nor is there any reason why the State should be left at the mercy of half-a-dozen capitalists, when railway or dock companies issue deben tures to the amount of millions at the ordinary rate of interest.-21ferning Chronicle. THE COMMERCE OF RUSSIA. Attention has recently very justly been paid to the increase in the commerce of Russia by the Prussian frontier since the sea was closed against it. It is evident that if this state of things were to continue, it would be necessary to take measures to render more efficacious and more certain the effects of the blockade, which it is the right and duty of the belligerents to establish in order to attain the object of the war. The roads leading to Tilsit, Memel, and Koenigsberg are at this moment encumbered with interminable convoys, and the streets and squares of those towns are filled with Russian caravans, which, after a few days, return with merchandise for Russia. Hemp, flax, tallow, grain, aid copper constitute principally what the Russians bring, and they take back coffee, sugar, cotton, various cloths, pewter, and, in particular, wine and olive oli. The trade in salt has also taken a very considerable de velopment, and the importation of that article is estimated at not less than a million quintals, and the price of it is at present tripled in the mar ket at Riga. In a singl4 day, at the beginning of this month, at Tilsitt, as many as 300 Russian vehicles, which had passed the night on the other side of the river, owing to the want of room, were counted. Part of , these convoys are at present proceeding towards Koenigsberg, but the greater part go towards Memel. The number of arri vals by water was not less considerable, but the frost, which had suddenly set in, had interrupted all expeditions by.rivers. From Memel to Kowno, on the two principal water-courses, there are more than 300 different sorts of vessels, all with freights, caught in the ice, and the parties interested in them run the greatest risks for their merchandise. The temperature, however, which has recently become milder,- causes it to -be believed that it will be possible again to forward vessels by the rivers, by the employment of great number of men, and the adop tion of minute precautions ; but much risk will have ,to be run, and there will be inevitable loss. There are at ha t 130 rafts of building timber, loaded cryru which hare been caught in the ice: Great part of the corn has been got of in good time, but the wood must take its chance. A great number of the rafts have indeed gone to pieces, and the wood has been caught here and there in the ice. The different local reports, in making special mention of the extreme activity displayed in the Prussian Custom-houses fur the expedition of so much merchandise, state that the Cust , ms' officers refuse to allow to Fists for introduction into lead, whether in pigs or i i oiler forms, be cause they consider it was materiel. Nevethele: 8, even if it were clearly proved that the cintraband of war is severely prohibited on - that frontier, it would net be less urgent to pay attention to a situation which, by being prolonged, would produce the moss serious in convenience to the Western Powers, and to ascertain what are the means of remedying it. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles ttecelpts. opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. 1854. 1853. 1854. .....-- ----- ............... 1111T1811. X 5 £ 72 Aberdeen .... •..... •• • • ...... ..... 1, 6 7 1,870 37X Belfast ant Ballymena .....• •.•• •• „ 825 750 17 , Belfast and County Down.. • • ....... 205 224 3 3 , Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,00 5 2,230 2634 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •• • • - - 117 i Bristol and Exeter -.•.•..„„ _ • • • , 4,939 4,445 1304 Caledonian-••••• „ ... ............ 9,.,47 11,258 142 Ethsbnrgh and Glasgow .• •••••• • • • • • 4,624 4,571 9I % Chester ant Holyhead. •.••••• • .. .. „ 4,236 4,425 64 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ••• • • • 126 121 20 Cork and Bandon .. • • .......... • • - 182 220 56 Dublin and Belfast Junction • • .. • • • • - - 63 Dublin and D:ogheda.. •.••• .• . • - 1,190 1,367 6 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • •• 630 608 16% Dundee and Arbroath •••••••• - • • • • 411 391 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 7 09 790 25 Dundalk and Enniskillen • • .. • • • • • • • • - - (8 East AnglirL... •••.••••••• • • • • • • • • • 691 898 8134 East Lsmeashire ••••---•• • • • • • • •• 4,329 5.293 417 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. ••.. 7. 21,818 21,003 7 8 Eastern Union. . 6 Edinburgh, Per"). and Dundee.... •• 2, - 342 2,775 Exeter and Crediton.. • • .. • • • - • • • • • • - - 22 Furness Railway •• •••••••• • • • • • • • 573 509 183 Glasgow, and South-Western.• ••• • - 4,950 5,156 233 Great Northern and E. L..... •• .. 18,544 23,569 183 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5 ,69 9 6,159 342 Great Western •••• • •• • ...... 25 , 39 3 29 , 332 95 Irish South Eastern • • • • • • • • - • • • • • • - - 90 Lancaste: and Car' isle .. • ... .. .. 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire..... ••.. - ,86017862 19,276 - 6 Leeds Northern .. • • .. • • • • • • •• •• • • •• 2 341 16 i Liverpool, Crosoy, and Southpo rt. • • • E tl7 6 ? ,3 11 1 4 1 55354 London and North Wester_ .•• ••• • • • 5% London and Blackwr l' •••••••• • • • • • • 10,899 12 174 Lo ndon, Brighton, and South Coast 9,455 14,731 267 London and South Western. • • 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen •••• • • • • 429 561 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - - 841 9,741 171% Manchester, Shettleld,and Lincolnshire 7, 936 Manchester and SonthJunction .... ••61$ 677 98 Maryport and Carlisle .. ••• • •• ..... . 644 740 498 X Midland .• ••••• • • • • • 12634 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 2,536 2,716 - - 78)4 Newcastle and Carlisle.. • • .......... 2,720 3,152 149 North British ••.. • • ................ 4,793 4,683 - North Staffordshire •• .• - - - 649 773 4614 North-Western ................ •• .. 3 es Yo Scottish Central .... .......... .. ~ • • 1,929 2,259 32 Scottish Midland •• • • ... ..•. • .. 631 801 2934 Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• •• •,, - - 48 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 1,753 2,111 30 Shropshire Union ...• ..... ••••• • • .. 759 906 57% south Devon • • ...... . .... . • ........ 1.605 2,044 289 South Ta5ter5............ -..-.• •• 14,145 18,549 16234 South Wales ---- - .• - .. •• 4,174 5 ,601 97 South York., Doncaster, andGoole .. - - 38 Taff Vale • • .....• •• ••••--.. - • • .. 2,616 3,51 S - - 77 Waterford and Limerick •• ........ • . 691 718 25 West Cornwall •••••• *. - ....... 550 565 12 Whitehayen Junction - ..... . 253 330 632 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds - - 107101011. 874 Datch Rhenish .. •• • • ........ • • .... 1,324 1,153 262 Lyons and Mediterranean .......... 7,948 8,400 63 Monterean and Troyes .. . . - - 63 Namur and Liege .. • • .......... • • .• 1,653 1,903 415 Northern of France •••••••• • • • • •• •• 25,510 30,531 617 Orleans and Central° .. 240 Paris and Lyons .... •••• .• • • ...... - - 63 Paris and Rouen. ••• • .. 392 Paris and Strasburgh .. . • -•. •• .... - - 69 Rotten and Havre ••.• •• 157 Western of Franco - * rho receipts include the traffic) on the Orleans and Central, Or• leans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes lines. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tuts DAY. Arnsterdara.. •......... 11 15N Gibraitar •••••••••••... Ditto, three months .. 11 17N Lrghorn .......... ... 30 5214 Rotterdam ............ 11 17 , 4 Geroe ...... .. • • ..... . 25 55 A n twerp .............. 2 5 70 Milan ........ „, „„ ~ ' ____. Brussels .. ••• • • ....... 25 30 ' . Venice ....., „.. „,, .. _ ilambitrgli .......... 13 5% Naples . 4s)' Altana .. • • ............ --- I Palermo .............. 1304 Paris ... • .. • • .... 25 5 ! Me , Ana ~ ditto, three months .. 25 PO ' Lisbon . Marseilles ........... 2 5 30 O p orto ... ..... „„_ ~ 534 Bourdeaux .. •.. ——— ~ I Rio Janeiro 1 Frankfort on '4 aino .• .. 117 T„ Buenos Ayres.... • .., „ Berlin .• •• •• e• •• •• •• •• •—•. i New York, GO days' sight Vienna.......... • • .... 12 42 i Philadelphia • Trieste •• •• .• •• •• •• .• •• 12 45 I PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Petersburg ............ 35 1 4 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 i Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 Madrid ............... 50 1 ,6 l'ortugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Cadiz ........ • • Barcelona .... ~....... • — 504 ) ITlvi Dollars ......0 0 0 Seville.• •••••• .• •• ••••• i Silver in bars .....0 5 1 ,, s MR. EDWARD OLIVER'S AFFAIRS.—At the Liverpool Bankruptcy Court, yesterday, Mr. Edward Oliver was declared a bankrupt, at the slut of a creditor at New castle-on-Tyne.• POLITICAL RUMOURS. It is scarcely, perhaps, worth while to allude to the rumours which yesterday evening were prevalent, that a partial modification of the Ministry was about to take place by the retirement of the Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Sidney Herbert, and the substitution of Earl Grey ! and Lord Panmure ! ! We need scarcely say that the country would gain nothing . by the exchange, and it might, perhaps, have suggested a doubt of the accuracy 1 of their information I the rumourmongers had remem bered that the office of Secretary-at-War, being, in truth, the finance minister of the army, is one which a necessary etiquette invariably assigns to a member of the House of Commons. Rumours, however, like these are, let us say, but one I forir of the natural impatience which is felt at the con tir cad and apparently hopeless mismanagement of the Wareefice. It is impossible to convey any adequate idea of the number of complaints, every day increasing, which are uttered against the hauteur, the incapacity, and the blundering of the Duke of Newcastle. He is the very evil genius of British war. Wherever his in fluence extends confusion and mismanagement appear as . a necessary consequence to prevail. There is not a clerk in his office who, if he could speak his mind, would not tell you that the wonder is that any Ministry alive to their responsibility could tolerate the Duke of New castle in his present position for one week. It is, in a word, th e universal feeling that he ought to be removed, which gives rise to these numerous rumours, which, we presume, will one day or other turn out to be true. Bet let us say, also, that if we trace the statement of the Duke of Newcastle's removal to the very general be. lief that is entertained of his incapacity, we can also trace in the substituted names the influence of a feeling which is actively and powerfnliv at work. We have more than once pointed out that in the distribution of the Coalition offices every department practically influ encing the conduct of the war has been studiously and designedly conferred upon a creature or partisan of Lord Aberdeen. From all these departments the Whigs have been most religiously excluded, and are so up to this hour. We believe they will be so as lon g as they con sent to occupy their present position of ;subservience to the views and policy of Lord Aberdeen. It must not be supposed that this exclusion of the Whig party from these offices is viewed with p er f ec t complacency by that party, either within the C a bi net or without it. What passes within the Cabinet cm , only be conjectured by dim and probably uncertain indications. Still it is not very unsafe to affirm that this extraordinary distribution of rams is the subject, • even among Ministers, of both jealousy and rflopialut. The members of the Whig party not in officio de *et • hesitate very freely to express their opinion both upon the character and the motives of that exclusion. We, who in a party sense may perhaps be considered impartial between the rival sections, have already eV pressed our sense of the arrangement by which Lord Aberdeen has contrived to monopolise these offices, and centre in the hands of his personal adherents all practical control over the. operations of the war. When the rumour of yesterday pointed to Whigs as likely to be appointed to the places made vacant by the expul sion of the Peelites, it only gave expression to the senti ment of the wrhig party that some each change ought to be made. The occasion, however, recalls our attention to the fact, that after a fortnight's sitting of the House of Commons, Lord Aberdeen and his little knot of un principled adherents still hold in their hand the entire control of the movements of the war. The result of their management is unhappily too noto rious. Truth, however, obliges us to add, that it is just what might have been expected. No posi tion that we can remember at all resembles that of the personal coterie who have managed to fill up one half of the Cabinet offices, and in that half to seize on every one of those connected with the management of the war. Followers they have none. To say that they have no weight in the country would be untrue ; but unquestion ably they have none which could entitle them to meet on equal terms with the great Whig party led by Lord John Russell. Their pesition may be briefly summed up in this, that they kayo neither principles nor party. They look with veneration to the memory of Peel as that of the man who taught them how to surrender the one and be tray the other ; and in this superstitious veneration for this master and this lessen they find a substitute for the ordinary ties that unite men in political pursuits. Deprived, however, of the power which belongs only to politicians who can command a following in the country, they are driven to maintain as equivo cal position by expedients to which their necessity obliges them to resort. There is no party se small that they will not court it. There is no measure so opposed to all their• declared political opinions that they may not find reasons to adopt it. To-day they are ready to fawn upon the Popish brigade ; to-morrow to flatter the Court. And over all their inconsistencies they have hitherto managed, with consummate skill, to throw a veil, by the artifice, now almost worn out, of saying they did everything for the sake of free trade ! ! To this little faction, we once snore ring in the ears Of the English people, the whole management of the war i s confided. Into every one of the war department of ad. ministration Lord Aberdeen has thrust a personal de pendent of his own. Lord John Russell, as a matter of personal dignity, ought never to have submittted to this. He received but a poor atonement for the slight when his personal vanity was gratified by his nomination to be President of the Council. But the time is gone by when it can be treated as a matter of personal feeling. We have bad experiences enough of the evils of snaking the adherents of Lord Aberdeen the exclusive managers of the war. Whether or not it be consistent with the honour or the dignity of the Whig party it is not for us 'to say. Events, however, justify us in declaring- that it has not turned out to be either for the honour or'safety of England. We should indeed be sorry to see ti:is exclusion broken down by the introduction of ouch a man as Lord Grey. But to the fact of the exclusion it is right once more to direct the attention of the country. 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Work, will be received at the Ordnance Office, Pall-mall, London. on or before MONDAY, the Bth January next, at Noon, addressed to the tk ecretary to the Board of Ordnance, and endorsed "Tender for Artillery Barracks, Devonport," an the left-hand corner of the Envelope. Tke Royal Artillery Barracks Comprise a Building containing six of quarters and servant's rooms ;-a range of stables, with har ness rooms, artillery store., ablution rooms, with internal stair cases, and soldiers' rooms over the whole range; infantry stables and yard; forage barn for hay, straw, and corn ; forge,shoeing shed, pharmacy and cooking house ; guard house and cells; orderly room and work shops ; privies, dung and ash pits ; enclosure walls, gates, Side doors, roads, parades, drains. Plans, terms, and conditions, with specifications, and addenda thereto, may be seen, forms of tender and all necessary information bbtained, at the Royal Engineer Office, Devonport, between the hears of Nine and Four o'clock; from Tuesday, 19th instant, to Saturday, the 6th of January next Sandays and Christmas Dv -mteeptect. Royal Engineer Office, Devonport, 13th December, 1854. THE • 165. TROWSERS REDUCED TO 14s. Trowsers and Waistcoat, 225. ; Coat, Waistcoat, and Trow sere, 475. ; made to order frora Scotch Tweeds, all Wool, and thoroughly shrunk, by B. BENJAMIN, Merchant Tailor, 74, Regent-stmt. N.B.—A perfect fit guaranteed. PATENT FURNACES, AND THE LAW QF Fl TENTS. (Front the Mining Journal.) In the matter of Letters Patent granted to Mr. John Lee Stevens, for improvements in furnaces, grates, &c., proceedings have been recently taken against a person who had previously been in the patentee's employment, which have elicited the needless and vexatious sacrifice of time, labour, and expense to which plaintiffs may be put by unscrupulous defendants under the new law ; and to which we call the attention of our readers, to prepare them for another crusade against the legal fictions that still remain in our statue books relative to Letters Patent. It appears that, notwithstanding the ingenuity of the defendant, and his acquired knowledge of the patentee's specifications and practical application of the system founded thereon, the colourable evasions of the former, being mere additions to, undoubtedly, the simplest and most successful means in existence for the prevention of smoke and economy of fuel, were too palpable, and the evidence against him toe conclusive, to allow the re motest chance to his defence. Still the so-called Patent Law Amendment Act admitted of his throwing difficul ties in the way of justice, which, to an inexperienced, hesitating, or unprovided patentee, might have been in surmountable ; and, in which case, the wantonness of a dishonest man, the wickedness of an ungrateful servant, and the recklessness of an impoverished schemer, might have made the existing law a triumphant instrument in the perpetration of the grossest fraud. Under the new law, it appears, the defendant's pleas and objections amounted to the extraordinary number'of forty-three ! They included everything that could be brought to bear upon the subject of furnace and other grates, however inapplicable to the case at issue. They declared that the patentee was not the first inventor ; that the invention was not properly described ; that it was not any manner of manufacture ; that it was not a, new manufacture ; that the invention was not new • when patenteed ; that it was not specified in time ; and that it was not sufficiently speci fied. Then the defence went on to declare that the invention had been previously published, during a period ranging from about 1814 to 1853, inclusive, in the Journal of Arts, do., the Repertory of Arts, &c., the Repertory of Patent Inventions, &c., and in the Combustion of Coal, by Mr. C. W. Williams. Further, that the invention had been previously described in the specifications of numerous patentees, including those of William Johnson, Josiah Parkes, John Wakefield, James Gilbertson, Charles Wye Williams, Samuel Hall, W. F. Eggleston, George Holmes, William Bedington, &c. And lastly, that the invention had been absolutely in use at enumerated places in town and country ; the particulars of which we omit, out of consideration to the highly respectable firms mentioned, to prevent fur ther inconvenience to them in gratification of *velem; curiosity in addition to the trouble already given and the annoyance to them by such unauthorised references. As, however, the last category 'comes fairly under the denomination of ascertainable facts, it may be satisfac tory to our readers to learn that, at some considerable cost of labour and expense, their real value, which as re garded the purpose of the defence was positively nil, could be more easily learnt than the vague assumptions (equally worthless when examined) to be gleaned from scientific works some of which have long been out of print, and from specifications, the enrolment of which began in 1818 and only terminated with 1152. All this toil and expenditure oftnoney had necessarily to be made, in order that no allegation on the part of the defence should be overlooked. To that extent it ' will , no doubt, be valuable to the patentee, since the result has been entirely in his favour. And the process has obtained for him those statutory certificates from the Lord Chief Baron which clothe any one, the novelty of whose invention, and whose rights as a patentee, have thus been established at law, with great ulterior advantages. The verdict, therefore, against the defendant, who may not be able to defray the damages and costs, will not be altogether barren, as the power of prompt proceedings in Chancery, or of the enforcement of onerously increased damages and costs against defendants at law, must be of considerable im portance in respect of an invention so universally adapt able as that of Mr. John Lee Stevens'. And our little narrative of the facts may not be without service to pa tentees who are determined to protect their property ; nor, on the other hand, in the way of caution to parties who do not give themselves the trouble to ascertain the responsibility of those who offer to subdue their smoke, and economise their fuel. As a matter of course, the patentee, should such an occasion arise, will prefer re spectable firms as defendants to quondam servants ; and the speediest and most stringent means of enforcing his rights. &e. London: Hippolyte Balllere, 219, Regent-street, and 290, Broad way, New York. Just published, New and Improved Edition , price Is. , THE CURABILITY of CONSUMPTION ; being a Series of Papers, presenting the most prominent and important Practical Points in the Treatment of the Disease. By FRANCIS 11. RAMADGE, M.D., Fellow of the College of Physicians, late Senior Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest, &c. Also, by the same Author, Price 10s. 6d. ♦ TREATISE on ASTHMA and on DISEASES of the HEART. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. QUACKS UNMASKED. The Third &Mon.—Just published, price 55., by post , free , 55 . 6d . ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORREICEA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From the German of Dr. PICKFOItD. With an Introluction 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. " Dr. Pickford 's known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the not-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if be shall Ictect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his -ewer to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribeof' Quiet Sympathisers,' and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of thosa who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we aro satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of fess importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ......This volume is well qua".flcl to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: 11. Balllere, 219, Regent-street. TO LOVERS OF FISH.- 100 real YARMOUTFI BLOATERS for Gs., package included. rho 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. TEETH. —By her Majesty's Royal Letters Pa'ent.—Newly-invented and Patented Application of Che mically-prepared White India-rubber in the constrtrnion of Artificial Teeth, Gums, and Palates.—Mr. EPHRAIM MOSELY, Surgeon- Dentist, 61, 3rosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, Sole Inventor and Patentee.—k new, original, and invaluable invention, consisting in the adaptation, with the most absolute perfection and success, of CHE3I IC A LLY-PR EPA RED WHITE INDI RU RH ER as a lining to the ordinary gold or bone frame. The extraordinary results of this application may be briefly noted in a few of their most promi nent features, as the following'-411 sharp edges are avoided; no springs, wires, or fastenings are required ; a greater increased free dom of suction is supplied ; a natural elasticity hitherto wholly un attainable: and a fit, perfected with the most unerring accuracy, are secured, while from the softness and flexibility of the agent em ployed, the greatest support is given to the adjoining teeth when loose, or rendered tender by the absorption of the gums. The acids of the mouth exert so agency on the chemically-prepared White India-rubber, and as it is anon-conductor, fluids of any temperature may with thorough comfort be imbibed and retained in the mouth, all unpleasantness of smell or taste being at the same time wholly provided against by the peculiar nature of its preparation. To be obtained only at 61, Grosvenor-street, London; 22, Gay-street, Bath ; 34, Grainger street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. DR. CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Ilmmorrhoids, Is. each, by post is. Gd. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentia multi curantur morlsi." A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless feeding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instructions for the regimen and observance of every hour out of tke twenty. four. Illustrated by numerous cases, &c. • 2. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " re which that hath no wit, I hold him lost, Helpless, and all dcsolat. He that bath no child, Like sun and winde."—Chaucer. 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—Law of Divorce, &c., &c. 3. CHASTITY AND ITS INFEINGIEMIINTS. A Lecture to Young Men. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casnalties if licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. 13PORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. There was a moderate attendance at the rooms to-day and a marked improvement in business. Since our last quotations, St. Hubert, Lord of the Isles, Grozoulus Esuriens, and De Clare have been in strong force for the Derby. The following were the latest prices : 4. On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure. The GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of genito and urinary diseases--their nature and treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrhosa ; with 250 en gravings and prescriptions. i. The BLADDER, URETHRA, and RECTUM. —Comprising Urinary Derangements. Constipation, and Hanorrhoids. Vole 6 and 7, companions to the pieeeding. TIM ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. " Jucunde 'invert." "Few words to fair faith."—Shakespore. Norwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or of DP. RICHARD CULVERWELL, Brother, Successor, and Twenty Years Consulting Colleague of the late Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, who may be advised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Five, and in the evenings, ttom Seven till Nino. MANCHESTER STEEPLECHASE. 4to 1 aget Rosa (taken) CHESTER CUP. 59 to 1 agst Rotheram (taken) 50 to 1 aget Neville (taken) 50 to 1 agst The Reiver (offered) 66 to 1 agst Arthur Wellesley (taken) 500 to 5 agst Llanforda (taken) 1000 to 1 aget Dr. O'Toole (taken) TWO TIIOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 aget St. Hubert (taken) 5 to 1 agst any other (offered) DERBY. 11 to 1 aget Grasculus Esuriene 11 to 1 aget De Clare to 251. each 11 to 1 agst St. Hubert 11 to 1 aget Lord of the Isles (offered) 15 to 1 aget Rifleman (offered) • 22 to 1 agst Cruiser (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (taken) • 25 to ,1 agst Polydore (taken) FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.— E. MOSES and SON have ready for inspeetion a new and very superior stock of Tests for Balls and Christmas parties. These com prise the latest introduction, English and foreign, in fabrics of ele gant aid fashionable manufacture—and they are made with the skill for which the firm of B. Moses and Sow is everywhere cele brated. N. Moses and Sete have prepared a new Stook of Juvenile Attire for Christmas holidays —it comprehends every variety, is made from the lest aid most suitable materials, has the recommendation of being desigied and finished by the most skilful aad experienced artists and workmen in the trade—it fits gracefully and easy, and is charged the lowest possible price. Capes, For the Christmas holida y s E. Moss's and Sox, who have Teady f o r inspeetion an unparalleled variety of Overcoats , Teletote , Wrappers, erfectly imitable,in and the prices such as are cos See., tec style, workmanship, and gene ral excellences are p 'd s E. Moms and SoN's Establishment, and For Christmas ho i fayd-street, are eqsally provided with Hosiery only rendered remunerative by immense transactions. its Branch, Goode,dee during the Christmas boll- Boots and 6 oes, , Hats and Caps.of E Moses and Sox. dvantageonsiy selected which exc el x in ° n r ovelty h , elegance, and cheapness. days may be most a of the most suitable Goods the largest Stock . departments present A l a t the most reasonable prices. E. mons and SoN's Wholeaale Clothing, Shirt, and Boot and Shoe for the export or home tra de) MO „.4F SPECIAL NOTICE.- 17 n CLOSED at EIGHT O'CLOCK EV ERT EVENING, except Saturday, whe n they will be open till 11 o'c l o ck. til March 1, 1855, E. Mo. e S and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS will be CAUTION. —E . ntradesman- like icr i ot learned that the ii „ "It's Establishment," or falsehood of '`Beimg c onne cted with their Este instances,and far obvious reasons, E. MOSErI and SON re gret having to guard the public against imp os i t i on, h the same conceru," has been resorted t o in many No CerneexioN WITH ANY oTusa Rouse IN 01 OUT of LONDON, they beg to state that th e y have except their own Establishments, as follows : . London City Establishment, 154, 155. 154, and 84 , . - , ee 85, and 88, Aldgate, oPPosite the Church. all communieeiting. RUSSIAN PRODUCE AT MEMEL.—The Journal de St. 1 , London West -end Branch, 506 , 507 , 50s New Oxford-street, 2, and 3, Hart-street, all coetwouni tin ' Petersbourg parades the following account of Russian Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Austra l' 19 and csl 2 g . • Bridg e-st reet. 3linories trade in North Germany :—Since the setting in of Sheffield Branch, 30. Varmint. 0- winter, the quantity of Russian produce imported into A Hemel has been much larger than at the beginning of Merchant Tenon', Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers Furriers, Boot ans , IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satis faction, shoe Makers, and General Ontlitters for Ladies ' and Gentlemen. spri ng . The streets and squares of that town are en ,xetuingcd if desired, or, if preferred, the . summered it will be isered with Russian sledges and waggons. Hemp, without hesitation. All are money will be returnee goods marked in plain fl price, trom which no abatement can be made. tallow, wheat, linseed, and copper are received by the merchants on their own account, or as transit agents. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to S I the 0 figures, the lowosi other hand, vessels are arriving, and landing far on Saturdays, when husinee3 is resumed till 11 o'clock. c On . A new Book for Autumn and Winter. "The Commercial n copia," containing full lists a prices, our system of s Corn n- and more especially very large supplies of olive oil, of aunt, &c., Esc., may be had on application, or post-free. -measur,e- transmission to Russia coffee, sugar, tin, cotton goods, Ici Von parle Francais. Qui si Perla Italian°. a great deal is used in Russia during Lent. En- Hier spricht man Deutsch Aqua sa habla Esparto, otense quan A.1:1 niustrAtoCiinianAc_ for 16M grallmmappllcatioa, or mime w hic h•tig wn atcitoioeus n o t f o sal f aalso exported from Memel . - t. on 1 0 • MANCHESTER STEEPLECHASES, JAW. 1. Acceptances for the Manchester Steeplechase, a Free Handicap of 5 cove. each, with 46 added. Winners 71b extra. The second to save his stake. About three miles and a half. Age st lb Nons de Guerra a 10 4 Rosa Columbine a 10 0 Jemmy the Black 6 9 10 Gradeley Lass 6 9 4 Acceptances for the Stretford Steeplechase, a Free Handicap of 3 soya. each, with 25 added. Optional selling allowances. About three miles and a half. Age st lb Age st lb Augean Falcon WHITEWALL STABLES.—This celebrated training esta . blishinent has contributed 251. 2s. in ail of the Patriotic Fund, Mr. John Soott heading the list with a donation of 101. Age et lb Ivanhoe (h b) a 9 4 Garland a 9 3 Royal Blue (II b) a 9 3 Enchantress, 5 9 2 tting' A VISIT TO THE BULLDOG. This fine six-gun steamer, which bore the Slag of Sir Charles Napier at Bomarsund, is now lying at North Shields, and has been inspected by thousands of visitors from the shore. On Monday last the crowds which put off to her were immense, and nothing could exceed the civility with which all were received on board. Go to what part of the vessel you had a mind, the blue jackets or the marines were all attention when information was sought by young or old ; and one corporal of marines, in particular, rather took our attention from the complete indifference with which he and his men treated a smok ing plum-pudding on their table, compared with replying to the scores of queries put to them about the Minie rifles piled at their backs. The pudding seemed to be regarded as nothing compared wait the proper enlighten ment of civilians upon the " grooving of the barrel," and the peculiar advantages which the simple contriv. ance for "sighting" afforded to the marksman. "Bless you," s: 'd tl'e corporal, "we can pick off a man at a thousand yards' distance with this quite well, when the old rifle wouldn't look at 'lm !" The shrill whistle of the boatswain's mate prod iced silence for a moment, and a serjeant of marines prepared to tike the names of "those who are going shore." A goodly number were pencilled down, and the serjeant took upon himself to be the friendly adviser of some of the choicer spirits, ape. cially warning two young 'Wows against mistaking "the bridge" (at Newcastle) for the." Bulldog," as they bad apparently done upon a recert occasion. The fiddler shortly afterwards began to labour in his vocation, and a dance of a vigorous although Hot of a very neatly pos tured description followed. We took advantage of the hub. bub to learn from one of the men how the tars accounted for the comparative failure of the Baltic expedition, and pitched by chance upon a sensible Aberdonian. Speaking of the capture of Bomarsund, he said the most of the Russian prisoners taken off by the boats of their ship were tipsy, and numbers of them threw their caps into the water after they had pushed off. Although the British colours were fixed in the stern of the boats, the Musco vites did not seem to recognise the nationality of their captors, and by their repeatc . 1 inquiries of " Franko r " Franke 1" evinced their anx'ety to learn if they were in the hands of the French. On being told that they were in the custody of the English, they seemed more at ease; and the others pul ir I out their snuff-boxes to treat our lads to a pinch. Regarding the popularity of Sir Charles in the ships generally, the Scot could give us no precise information, but as far as their ship's com pany was concerned, he said they would have done any thing to serve the good old man. The circumstance of all others, however, which had fixed itself most indelibly upon the mind of our friend, in connection with Set Charles's stay in the Bulldog, was that he had requested the captain on one occasion to treat all hands to Mk extra glass of grog, and for this liberality the Admiral had been unanimously voted " one of the best old chaps alive " by every single Bulldog in the abiP. Being curious to hear what might be the opinion of the A.B.'s on the Cronstadt business, we remarked that folks at home were greatly disappointed with the proceedings of the fleet up there. " Well, was the answer, "us in the light ships were within range of the forts, but they didn't let us do anything. Char. lie would have taken the place, and wrote home to Lord Aberdeen that he would manage it with the lore of half the fleet ; but somehow or other he never got an answer, and the thing was humbugged:. p oor Lord Aberdeen ! everybody must have a kick at him in some shape, because he wasn't swift to shed blood ; but with an approving consc . ence be can afford to bear it all in meek 6ess. Alter discushing Cronstadt our friend edged over to a formidable 84 pounder, and did his best to instinct us in the rufliments of scientific gunnery, but with what (mount of success it would be very mor• tifying in us to confer •. however, we left the tidy craft rather wiser than we stepped on board, convinced that, hke Sam Slick, v. o ha.,l added a wrinkle to our horn, and were up to a (r two in the fire-eating hich I , ef. re 1;1,1 only been guessed at through the medium of b. very remote agency. The Bulldog is to remain in the T 3 to for a couple of months, and efforts a re bciDg made to add to her complement of bands. A nuniber have joined l'er already, and, so far as we could see, they will have no cause to regret the step, for pains seems to be taken on board to render all her crew at once comfortable and contented.—Sunderland Herald. ANTRIM ELECTION.—Captain Pakenham has been elected for the seat vacant by the death of his gallant brother in the Crimea. The proceedings at the election were pro forma, no opposition being apprehended or offered.