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Aft old-failaiont h ad Or Farm -house would suit, and a small quantty otpasture iewta4sir able , though not essential. A retired eltu i tion pa wi t ; to, but a dry so il and good wa t e r indispensable. Address. ' 4ll Particulars, to M. T. Y., 33, Brydges-street, Covent garden. narket n bin er i"'' row an st ling at 31S 6a LONDON & SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. FOREIGN TRAFFIC.—SPECIAL NOTICE. Prom Itrr„,,, and after Ist JANUARY, 1834, the existing THROUGH Paris flood+ Traffic betwixt London and Parf+, and betwixt 0 ,, and the Chahnel Island+, will be DISCONTINUED. or to an era will be conveyed, as heretofore, betwixt London and Havre, rate, ,` thv ixt Havre and the Channel Islan&, at reduced thr.mgli l ti Vlich include all charges from th Quay at Havre to Loudon, In'ur a Channel Islands, the amount of Customs' Duty and Marine ‘.., nce excepted. ,50,,,,.._ . w ee , a F ill be conveyed betwixt London and Havre three times a p'''each way, as heretofore. 1 5 I ° . ! Particulars of through rates, and all ether information, apply gouZion , SIMKIN, 53, King Williarn-strcet, City ; in bit. (}ILLS, to Mr. •WA MINS hallway-station ; in Havre, to LLI . B . 5, Rue-de•la-Gaffe. ' Itch, (BY order) ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. "•--....._ Y•office, London, Dec. 24, 1853. No. 19,114.] LONDON, TIEHJASDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1853. [Plum SD. refin° a readi 42 to e ntifal i s firm pieces Ja litie s b3t' i f i RCTIC REGIONS.—GREAT GLOBE, Lei cetter-Fquare. -A Collection of Dresses, ATMS; and Maple ments of the Tuski Esquinis e ux and the North Pole, collected by Captain Inglefleid, Lieut. Hooper, and in the Exploring Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin and the North-West Passage. Mr. WYLD'S MODEL of the ARCTIC REGIONS. Geographical Lec tures every hour frbm 10 till 10. Admission, Is. ; Children and Schools half-prlde. WILL' SHORTLY CHOSE.-DR. KH AN'S ANATOMICAL MUSECM, Portland Gallery, Regent- Street, pposito the Polytechnic.-01)en for Gentlemen daily at the tmial hours, excesting on Wednesdays and Fridays, froM Two to Fire, during which hours Ladies only are admitted. Explanations for Gentlemen by Dr. - Leach, and for Ladies by Mrs. Leach. Ad mission, Is. CANADA.-DESPATCH OF LORD ELGIN. NOTICE.-VOLIIME 111. OF TIM CHEAPRE -ISSUE OF EVELYN' AND CORRESPONDENCE, S DIARY ill be ready with the Magazines, Dec. : 3l. To be completed in on:: more volume, price only 6s. board. Tublished for Henry Colburn, by his successors Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LAI7RENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, Cues. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fmaam-road), The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR TUE SEASON. and will continue. open every evening, with LAURENT'A CELEBRATED BAND. 'Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter.ninate at half-past 11. 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To be continued in Monthly Volumes, 2s. 6d. each, in cloth. London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. CHANGE IN TIME OF PUBLICATION. 1 SHE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. XXXVIL, price 65., will he published on the 2d JANUARY. CONTENTS :-- 1. Niebuhr. 2. Modern Syria. 3. Recent Scientific Ballooning. 4. Coleridge as O. Theologian. 5. Trades' Unions and Strikes. 6. Memoir of Dr. Pye Smith. 7. Dante's "Beatrice." 8. French Literature under the Restoration. 9. The War—its Seat and its Prospects. 10. Our Epilogue on Affairs and Books. London: Ja k‘on and Walford, 18, St. Paul's Churchyard; and Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers' hall-court. F RASER'S MAGAZINE for JANUARY, Price 2s. 6d., or by post 35., contains — The Birth of the Year. By Frederick Tennyson. The Decline and Fall of the Corporation of London.—l. The Con stitution. Dr, Veron's Memoirs. General Bounce; or, The Lady and the Locusts. By the Author of Digby Grand."' Chaps. I. and 11. Lord• Palmerston and the Presbytery of Edinburgh. The Freight of the Jacobina. A visit to the Hospital for Sick Children. The Principle of the Grecian Mythology ; or, How the Greeks made their Gods. Young Germany. Canforidze Lite according to C. A. Bristed. With Notes by P. Jenkinson. Gallioacerna. A Few Words on Irish Antiquities. Derbyistn. London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. MINING. The ANNUAL' REVIEW of MINING OPERATIONS (luring 1853, (Including the GOLD DISCOVERIES), will appear in the " MINING JOURNAL" of Saturday next.—To be had at the " Mining Journal" office, 26, Fleet street, London, and of all booksellers and newsmen, price Six pence. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. FIRiT EXHIBITION of PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES MAGNI FIED about 40,40 times on the Disc, with an ENTIRELY NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. LECTURES by Dr. BACHOFFNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LECTURE' by J. 11. PEPPER, Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUS TION, with Brilliant Experiments. An y HISTORICAL and MUSICAL LECTURE, illustrated with DISSOLVING -CENERY, entitled " The ROAD, the RIVER, and the RAIL," by J. E. CARPENTER, Ecq., 'assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, daily at a Quarter to Four, and every evening, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools and Childr n under Ten years of age, Half-price. DELETERIOUS CON FECTIONARY. —Man y children having been poisoned by eating the oraaments of twelfth cakes, in consequence of the general use of mineral colours by confectioners, Messrs. PURSIELL, 78, Cornhill, near the Ex change, have introduced an entirely novel method of DECORATING their CAKES with FRENCH RON BONS, &c., of delicious flavour; the colours, being prepared solely from vezetables, are quite harmless. Ornamented cakes of every variety, suitable fur country presents, new year's gins, &c. A great variety of fan,:y French and swiss pastry, mince pies, &a —Messrs. Pursed% 78, Cornhi:l, near the Ex change oely. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. 11' list 334 ;aturdays only „,q Trains from the Boats marked t elt 'nib. ' ety - Ses from Fenchurcii-strect Station to all parts of London quarter of an hour. *WICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the 101- lowing Trains from the Fenehurch-street Station. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE _KA SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. _ The daily . useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe lard to Sold by the praprietors, Lea and Perrin, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68. Broad-street, Worcester; also by e,srs. Barclay and sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; asd generally by the p'incipal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that_the names of " LEA and PERRIN g" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. ana rt.:Kitt, s are upon tne mei aria parent cup or um Dottie. ... 5... 5--..:„ ... 1 . 2VERK 'DAY S : • - SUNDAYS. 1 • 2 n. ~ 'he r -I•c t .-..1 .; 1-; F -a f: ti 3 4 VRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. ii, eh , . , $.. en- r .., <, . 7 ,-., t ' .net 4 ,; 19 c. La ..9 church .6' 1 , 1,E. 1 a ~.,a . I.: !The following testimonial is another proof of the great efficacy c . ci: 0 7, Street, 7 ; 8 0 23 di 1 of this medicine : %•..,.,: '...' , •4 6 4 ' 5 g " Win chm or e Hill, Middlesex, April 16, 1851. 90 --- _ _—. _ ____ . —....— ~ Sir,—ln consideration of the great benefit I' have derived from IW . _ _ _ 91 4 taking Frampton's Pill of Health, I feel it a duty that I owe to you 12 1 2 -- 11 -- and the public to send you the following statement. For upwards of 2q, 2li nine years I have experienced the efficacy of this excellent medicine. 4 % --- —3!,./, - I had long previously been , afflicted with headache and indigestion, kit a friend having Induced me to make a trial of Frampton's Pills, . .. . _ _ tO :an direct. er fr Fore Cabin. Saloon. Gravesend and L0nd0n.......... 10d. .. Is. 2d. -mtc,.,: wr esend and Blackwall or Woolwish Sd. .. Os. 10 d. 0; 1 II G ravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Ba. r,te ' rICKETS.—Twelve Months, 5/. Os. ; Six Months , 31 . Os . ; keti ll t ll ll, 21. Os.; to he had of the Collectois on board the Aron. O r Of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. • I/. 1853. "Sir,—ln considerationof the great benefit I have derived from taking Frampton's Pill of Health, I feel it a duty that I owe to you and the public to send you the following statement. For upwards of nine years I have experienced the efficacy of this excellent medicine. I had long previously been afflicted with headache and indigestion, out a friend having Induced me to make a trial of Frampton's Pills, I now inform you that a few doses gave me great relief; and during this long period of time I have taken them In preference to any other medicine ; and I have the happiness of saying that I never had a better state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg further to add, that this medicine is in general use by my family, and we know of nothing to equal it. I am, Sir, yours respectfully, THOMAS PROVINCE. To Mr. T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Passages marked * are „ I,ol—ent year's pre k nium on all Participating policies. - --..,.....2ita m „. y.) (MUTUAL.) I --------_, Half g,,1 , premiu m vi r boie ' _irstui premium half Quar. .ev en for Ite- Age. Annual Yearly terly IK.enrB Mainder premium Pre- Pre . ....„...i •Or Life. i nitwit. , mitnn. ,-................_ 1 n ' f 8 (LI Z ------ s i £ A £cilz Ba. 40 - 1 , --• ( )Years. Months O. - . •s. . • I , ~, 2 3 3O . 0 2 7 3 1 4 20 12 3 i, 2 9 ' 2 18 3 2 7 6 1 4 4i 012 4 - 3 `: f) 4 & 6 2 7 10 , 1 4 6, 012 0, 13 ,159 2 8 9, 1 .4 8' 0 12 6 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for ,orrecting all disordeis of the stomach and bowels, and is a pleasant, safe, easy aperient ; they unite he recommendation of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no re straint of diet or confinement during their use. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, strand, London,”on the Government Stamp. Price Is. 134 d. and 25. 9d. per box. MERRY CHRISTMAS and CHRISTMAS FE , STIVITIES.—Good cheer, smiling faces, warm-hearted wishss, visits, balls, amusements, everything_pleasinsr—variety tri umphing over monotony, pushing the dull system of things entirely out of practice, and helping every one to be msrry and cheerful. All observ , rs of the preparations made for Christmas festivities by E. Moses and Sox will easily understand how this is accomplished. There is not anything more necessary to cheerfu ness than first-r Ate Attire, and hat presented by E. Moses and Fon exhibits greater ex cellence 'and variety than on any previous season. For the fesrive season E. Moses and Son hare rendered their gigantic commercial resources available for every one, the best and cheapest articles of Attire being offered for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children. The variety In Overcoats end Winter Clothing is produced by an extraordinary association of skill and experience, which has selected the most fashionable and durable materials, and fashioned them to the most celebrated habiliments of the age. The variety in Dress for Christmas parties entirely surpasses description ; every material in which taste and fashion is conspicuous is made into the most mag nificent attire ever witnessed. Juvenile Attire is rendered universally attractive by new modes of cutting, making, and Trimming ; many new steles are introduced as distinguished or fashion and comfort, as the Goods are for Durability • and economy. The New Stock in the Ladies Dress Department comprehends all the Novelties in the World, and Hosiery Goods for Ladies and Gen tlemen the richest and cheapest articles ever offered. Variety is the charm of Christmas Parties, byt it was never so magnificently provided as this year by E. Moses and Son, and in Presenting the hest and cheapest articles of Dress to all classes, they wish their Friena, Patrons, and the Public " A Merry Christmas." CAUTION.—E. SIOSEh and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like taisehood of " Being connected with :heir Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and tor obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER. ROUSE IN Ott OUT OP LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156,'and 157, Minories, 83, 14,85, and 85, Aldgate., opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 505,507, 505, New Oxford -street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 30; Margate. Colonial Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailors Clothiers, Ilstters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe %takers. and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IdipORTANT —Should any article not giVe satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trom which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A now Ebok, "The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain- Ir.g full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Ici Pon parle Francais. Qut si parla lila *richt man Deutodu Aqua se habla Espano SECOND EDITION.—WITII ADDITIONS. Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, no TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORREICEA, ' ,7 with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors In relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Gantrative System, or Sexual 17ypochondriasi 5 . Translated Piorn the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Plotter,: '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 hin;selt to the non-medi zal reader. We trust thin may not be the last.. if he shall detect any Other equally flagrant evil which it may be in Irk ~ewer to correct." —London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa hisers:and ' Medical Friends,'are m et cilessly exposed ; and if this book zould find its way into the hands of those who gaffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which this quacks most prize— much m0ney...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical n a syste m m ote of ra tr ti elt a in l g an S d pe p rm hy a s to loi rr ogi lice ca t b a as nd is t . o p l l t a i c s e , tthheerterfeoarte mlikely to do much good."—Medical Circular, Juno 16, 1852. 111 Loudon; 11. I3alliere, 219, Regent-street. ROYAL DANISH RAILWAY.—First Section. IN TER zl t ,o'nez Is HEREY IVEN', That the HALF-YEARLY De r, i s , 'ST, at the rate of 5 B per G cent per annum, to the , 316 t Decem icl be pa 4. on the Capital paid upon the Shares of this t,ompany, won n a i!! le the C,mpany's Offices, 84, Bing William-street, on Of Bh, '_''r the 2d January, 1i54. It is necess a ry that the . Certificates d elive " r 'es be left' two char days for examination, Fcc , previously. to in g tile as for the Interest due. GEORGE GRENFELL GLYN, Chairman.. L = ", ~ ,o e. 15, 1853 C. MOLLER, Secretary. A-'. . . .. ROYAL DANISH RAILWAY.—First Section. is ter TIII RD the mebr CALL of 3/. per Share, making 121 paid.-:- , l4lstice Given, That the Third Call of 3/. per Share will tie due on Biti tre jan narY, 1854 at t he „ 1 22 e i e ers will be required to deposit their Certificatea , ctShares the n ul l t l of the Company, 84, King William street , on and after Call Lett c e i m atter` in a ant, between the hours of Ten and Two o'clock, _ ~ wiz be delivered. Upon production of the Banker's . R.- ' ''''th the the Offices of the Company the Certificates will be returned, Sh areh all endorsed thereon as paid. /1111 be ~,° lde ra are reminded that Interst at the rte f er cent . — arged on all Calls in errear after the 2d Janauaroy,s p 1854. • • GEORGE GRENFELL GLYN, Chairman. d e n, 15th Dec., 1853. OLLER, Secretary. EAST INDIA CADETS receiving APPOINT- Nshedt,rB, on application to :Messrs. CHRI , I'IAN, will be fur gllaatiti2u EKTIMANEs, giving the entire cost of an outfit, with he ,arld RX h requircd for the route a Egypt or Cape.—Vbritian 1- artic i " h oue, ,Manufacturing vi Outfitters, 1 t l, Wigmore-str s eet. doe, rwequaited uPon with samples within, one hundred miles of Lon ired. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSIi, RANCE SOCIETY, . . . , 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. 4 ,te I December 27. 1853.: ..eel „; 's hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY INTEREST on Der ;4:171111AL STOCK of this SOCIETY, at the rate of 5 per Cent. t he 1.0,, ut a , due on the 31st instant, will become PAYABLE on a t tits ` 4 ,-L3' of January next, and Proprietors may receive the same ,t°4l:4l;o‘llTot_iceee' on that or any subsequent day, between the hours 4, 4 ,;!tt and Three o'clock. is hereby further given, that the Transfer Rooks of Ntitc.,.„'LY will close on the 30th instant, and open on the II th 'NY next. • By order of the Court of Directors, W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. 11 E LANCASHIRE INSURANCE .4 a , COMPANY. ',nester, Liverpool, Oltvgow, Greenock and No. 2, King-street, CheaPside, London. Capital, Two Millions. TRUSTEES James Caul , ffe, Esq., Winker, London. Arthur H. Heywood, Esq., Banker, Manchester. J. P. Brown Vfesthead, sq.., M.P., London. DIRECTORS IN LONDON, John Cheetham, Esq., M.P., Chairman. • John James Saunders, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. b,,,koki god_ crick Clare, Esq. Robt. Schofield, Esq. G.,"LaS.Thomas Shepperson, Esq, li4sauei Bill E sq. Sydney Smirke Esq , Cl rirnsdell, Esq. Henry Vyse, Esq.. 4sce Pickersgill, Esq. James W agstaff, Esq. ti lto NT , LIFE DEPARTMENT. • Ass,, sE9 — EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits apportioned to Niy c'red triennially, after the first five years, and applicable as Preferred at the time of each valuation. No charge whatever for Stamps or Policies. FIRE DEPARTMENT. 4l e "S —FIFTY PER CENT. of the Profits apportioned to ta g astired annually, on Policies of three years' standing, an advati ferfered by few offices. the 4„ 11r8 t Year's Fire Duty, payable to Government, amounts to Atis e ,w r ecedented sum of 11,300/., and the first year's BMUS and Nei Fuod to near 8,0001. Neh n a e • — Persons insured with this office whose Policies expire at witill„nas are respectfully reminded that they should be renewed llienzitalifteen days from that period: and those who desire to avail I' l 4 cgs of the advantages and security of the ancashire Incur- . Nlei m ui ParlY, incur no extra expense by the Irander of theii J AMES NORTIICOTT, Secretary to the Loudon Board, tOk„, • `RACTS FOR. RAISINS, SUGAR, TEA, AND TOBACCO. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 23d Dec., 1853. Plitt,t;Commissioners for Executing the Office of l ad Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 4 44 Leland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 2th ber,, A 'rY, 1 854, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such 1 ,,41.1;1; 4 2 as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering ‘Qe 1 ,7`. r Majesty's Victualling Stores at GOSPORT and PLYMOUTH ad erinentioned articles, viz.:— To be d 4 livered at I When to be delivered Plymouth. (Eleme, Va - lotti Cheeme, or any ~,..the rde,scriptioJl). • • • ..... • • • )• • • ••• • • Tons. 8 1 it One-half oc each in one month, and the remainder in one month afterwards, or earlier if pre fer', d by the party tenderinst. 50 i lbs. 20.000 Tons. I Tons. , 10 : rider 1,1 11 1 to be exempted from the Customs Duties. i Ven s ,:hder 1,111 be received for a less quantity of Raisins than 1411 s Gus. °f Sugar than 10 tons—of Tea than 4,000 lbs. —and of Tobacco l e a ' rnPles -th Of the Raisins (not less than 0 lbs ), of the Sugar (not \V a n 4 aret io lbs.), of the Tea (not less than 2 lbs. from the Bonded ' 4 eed b u s), and of the Tobacco (not less than 2 lbs.), must be pro ,:the „ 3 : the parties tendering. Z r e re,; qt nPles produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted 'ect4 eB ted be taken away by them immediately after the con .. T he ave been o dectded. "en 'cliclitions of the revised contracts. to which particular atten -4t o,,„ ea hed, may be seen at the sail office, at the victualling yards I ' o ol''Ort and Plymouth; at the office of Comthander Bevis, at Liver ?NZ.," ef the Co lector' of Custom, at Bristol. No tender will be Znle , ,, g 7,alter One o'clock on the day , of treaty, nor any noticed 'ue Party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorised in .7 „.E e4b - e 7I tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for ttita end l:'ust also ea be delivered at S merset•place, aril those for Raisins, must be accompanied by a letter signed by a respon the s , °oll , engaging to become bound with the person tendering, 4 le of C 1.2 per cent. on the value, for the due performance of AVESEND STAR oth„ PACKETS. The p'r Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. ! te kets call at the Piers as underlined (( weather permitting PROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, Time. tli ceri n g 110 , $1 44 ,10A OOP' T, ,; , : ,, !Gosport Tons. 12 CHRISTMAS WEEK. 11►/IR. ALBERT SMITH will give his ASCENT of MONT ULAI , TC TO-NIGHT (WEDNESDAY), and EVEItY EVENING (except Saturday).at Two and Eight o'Clock, during the week. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. XPORTERS to AUSTRALIA,. EAST' 1N x:.41 DIES, ozkrE, &c.—Gennine YARMOUTH BLOA.TERS.— For terms apply to Tames LETTIS, Fish Merchant, Great Yarmouth A TIUNSON and COMPANY, CABINET MAYUFACT'URERS, UPHOLSTERERS, and CARPET. WAREHOU ,, EMEN, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster bridge-road, Lambeth, London. ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, SILK MERCERS, LACEMEN, ,"69, - 70," 71, 72, IS, 74, and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs, Mantles, Family Mourning, &c. • OYSTERS-TO EPICURES. 0 lIEE NB Efftb Git and^ FAVERSHAM NATIVE OYSTER S. 7 1te most acceptable Present at this 'season of the year is a Barre of the best NATIVE OYSTERS, which are to be obtained at SCOTT'S Celebrated OYSTER WAREHOUSE, 18, Coventry-street, at ss. 6d.per Barrel, warranted to weigh 141bs. FIVE THOUSAND • Fresh, Large, and Fat TURKEYS, .GEESE, FOWLS, and - OSTEND RARBITS, which arrived too late, for sale on Saturday last, will be cleared off daily without any reserve by THURSDAY next, by GEORGE and EDWARD BROOKE, Salesman, Leadenhall-market. DO YOU BRUISE YOUR - OATS YET ? NEW OAT CRUSHERS, 21.15 x. 6d. and 41. ss, id. ; CHAFF CUTTERS, 1/. 7s. 6d. and 21. 19s. 6d. MANGLES, 21. 10s. 6d.; FLOUR MILLS, 41. 10s. 6d. MARY WEDLAKE and CO., 118, Fenchurch-street. 110 the CHARITABLE.—Members of Societies and others, now preparing their cugtomary gifts to the Poor at this inclement season, are advised that FLANNELS, BLANKETS, and all similar materials, calculated to give not merely an empty appearance, but the actual warmth and usefulness intended by benevolent donors ; such are SELLING OFF at a great reduction from their actual value, in consequence of the recent dissolution of Partnership, at Warwick mouse, 142 and 144, Regent-street. 'CHRISTMAS GIFTS.—It is truly said. that few things form a more welcome Present than an elegant SHAWL, a Mantle, or Silk Dress, than can now be obtained at halt their real value, owing to the Retirement of Mr. Merrett, and the necessity for an immediate SELLING OFF. Every article is marked in plain figures, and will fully sustain the high reputation enjoyed during a quarter of a century by Warwick House, 142 and 144, Regent-street, London. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS, For Orphans and Necessitous Children, Wanstead. PRESIDENT -JOHN MASTERMAN, isq., M.P. A GENERAL COURT of the Governors of ti.is Institution was held at the London Tavern, this day (Wednesday), the 28th inst., GEORGE MOORE, Esq., in the chair; At which an Election of 12 children for admission into the schools took place. At the close of the poll, the result was declared as fol lows: BOYS. j Adderley, Henry „, ...... 3,094 M`Ribbin, James ........ *4,800 Bowden, Thomas Alfred.. 1,3 80 Mee, George Edward ...• 2,362 Cane, Frederick William.. 1,759 Phillips, Henry .... ..., 150 Ewing, Charles Henry.... * 3,7 19 Sternberg, James Robert.. 1,741 Fox, William.. •• • • ...... *4 , 148 ,windell, Charles .....• .. 1,373 Hopkins, James.. ...... .. 3, 607 Stockdale, James ........ *3,985 Howell, Richard Adolphus *4 , 002 Travis, G. Robert .... • • .. *7,142 Keene, George Henry.... 1 , 851 Tweddle, Latincelot Marshall 408 Kempsten, Robert.. • • .... *3,61 Williams, Robert Haworth *3,807 GIRLS. I Bradbury, Isabella Frances *3 ,3 22 Murray, Henrietta ..... . 1,706 Cockerton, Ann.. ...... .. 1,729 Patten, Jessie. .. .. .. • .•. 496 Cooper, Mary Helen.. •. . • *2,964 Taylor, Caroline King.... 846 Davis, Catherine .. ••.. .. *4,178 I Wilcox, Fanny Emily .. .. 2,265 Hextall, Elizaleth Adelaide *4 ,46s I Those marked • are the successful candidates. ALFRED LINCH SA.UL . , Sec. Offices, 81, Cheqpside, Dec. 28, 1853. no AKER'S OVENS. Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, 1, Fish-street-hill. Sir,—l am entirely satisfied with your PATENT SMOKELESS OVEN %RATE, put up by Mr. BURTENSHAW. of Southwark bridge-road, in one of my ovens on these promises, and doubt not of having the invention adapted throughout my bakeries as convenient opportunities occur. Besides subduing the smoke, it gives a quicker and better heating to the oven than before, with a saving in coals of one-third; and, what is of more consequence to me, it leaves the oven free from soot, which is otherwise so liable to spot; confectionery in the process of baking. And I am, air, yours truly. .20, Ludgate-bill, Dec. 27. 1853. JOHN R. PURSAELL. THOMAS SALT and CO., EAST INDIA PALE ALE BREWERS, BURTON-ON-TRENT. STORES. London .• 22, Hungerford-whari. Liverpool ............ 52, Henry-street. Manchester •• ...• .... 37, Brown-street. Birmingham •..., 26%, Lull-street. Bristol Back Hall, 13aldwiu-stloct. Nottingham •• .. 14, Milton-street. Dublin ........ 4, Crown-alley. Edinburgh • ... 17, Downie-place. Dundee 13, New Inn Entry, High-street. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.--At the Social Re-unions of this Festive Season, the Fair and Youthful are more than usually desirous of shining in PERSONAL ATTRACTION uniler the gaze of many friends; and the following unrivalled dis coveries for the Toiler are necessarily called into increased requisi tion, namely, ROWLANDS' MACAS4AR OIL, for creating and sustaining a luxuriant head of hair ; ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, for rendering the skin soft, fair, and blooming; ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, for imparting a pearl-like whiteness to the Teeth ; and ROWLANDS' AQUA D'ORO, a fragrant and spirituous perfbme, an essential accompaniment to places of public amnsement and crowded assemblies. The patronage of royalty and rank and fashion throughout Europe. and the well-known efficacy of these articles, render them a peculiarly Elegant and Seasonable Present. Beware of Spurious Imitations. The only genuine of each bears the name of " RO WLANDS' " preceding that of the article on the wrapper or label. Soll by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hatton-garden, London ; and by Chemists and Perfumers. MECHI'S PREPARATIONS FOR NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS. Sensible that the season is approaching when love and friendship give their tangible testimonials, MECHI has taken care to provide an abundance of objects for tasteful selection. None need deny themselves the luxury of giving, for the most in expensive as well as the most costly articles are to be found at his Repository of Utilities and Elegances, 4, LEADENHALL-STItEET, London, near the India House. England has always been renowned for its hearty Christmas libe rality, while " Le jour de I'an" of our lively neighbours the French is equally consecrated to the gifts of affection. MECHI invites a visit trom the natives of all countries to his emporium, where they may be sure of putting their kind intentions into an acceptable shape. In his Elegant Show-Rooms are displayed to the greatest ad vantage, a su ,erb stock of Ladies' and Gentlemen's dressing cases, work-boxes, tea-trays, work-tables, chess-tables, tea-caddies, card-cases, &c. Those who desire to make really useful pre sents will find in the general department the best table cutlery, scis sors, thimbles, penknives, writing-desks, ivory and other hair brushes and combs, and a variety of goods adapted to every exigency. Also bagatelle-tables, affording a charming amusement on a wintry or wet day. 4, Leadenhall-street, London. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIEg OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, DEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Stwiety, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro tuced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitilil Marrt agea, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may. be removed, and how the evil and its consequene es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged . in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delica te com plaints, and is the only legally qualified Fhysician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest , has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to d i re ct attention to these enormdus evils, from which no grade of society is free. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 1/., and advice and medicines can he forwarded to any initials or address. it is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT hould first obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION A. Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits arid excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cases, and may he had, price 2a 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. P,per Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Stone, Titehborne-street, Daymarket ; or free by post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's resi dence. 37, BEDFOR.D.SQUARE LONDON. NETHERLANDS LAND ENCLOSURE COMPANY. NOTICE is - ItEREBY GIVEN, that' the FOITRTII INSTAL MENT of'll. per Share (making 51,in all), will become PAYABLE on the shares of this Company on the 30th December next. Shareholders are requested to pao the same at the banking-house of Messrs, Mastersoan and Co., Nicholas-lane, London, whose receipt must afterwards - he presented with the shares at the offices of the Company, in, order that the amount of the call may be endorsed thereon. • ,' • By order of the 13oard, GEO. FASSON, Secretary. 3, Adelaide•place, London-bridge, t6th Nov., 1853. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London.—Enrolled under 6th and 7th Wm, IV., cap. 32, as the Conservative Benefit Building Society; and established for.the purpose of aiding Members of all Classes to obtain speedily and cheaply the Freehold Franchise in all Counties, and as a most eligible mode of Investment. TAMTEES. Viscount Ranelagh. • J. C. Cobbold, Esq., M.P. The Honourable COlonelLoWther, I W. Thompson, Esq., MX., M.P. • Alderman. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. • Chairman—Lord Viscount RA.NI?.LAGH. Vice-Chairman—Colonel BROWNLOW KNOX. M.P. Booker, T. W., Esq., M.P. 'Laurie, Fector J., Esq. Churchill, Lord Altred Maidstone, Viscount' Cobhold, 3. C:, Esq., M.P. Maitland,J..G., Esq. • • Codrington, Sir W., Bart., H.P. Pawns% Henry, Esq. Cribb, Mr. William Ray, H. 8., Esq. Dimcombe, Hon. W. E., M.P. Stracey, H., Esq. Fowler, Robert Nicholas, Esq. - Steven, Robert, Esq. Holmes, T. K., Esq., Worthington, Rev. J. W., D.D. Huddleston, J. W., Esq. BANKEss (City)—Messrs: Dimsdale, Drewett, Fowlers, and Barnard, BANKEm.§ (West-end)-Messrs. Herries, Farquhxr, and co. STANDING COUNSEL—Richord .3talttis, Esq., Q - 6, M.P. CONVEYANCING COUNSEL William David Lewis, keg:, and John Fish Pownall, ,Esq, NoLicirons—Messrs. Harrison and Lewis, Boswell-court. LTAVEY Olt —George Morgan, Esi., Architect and Surveyor. Accourerarrr—Perse Stace, Esq. SECRETARY—CharIes Lewis Gruneisen, Esq. _ _ . . Office hours from Ten to Five o'clock, except on Mondays and Fridays, and then from. Ten to Eight. Shares, NI. each, unlimited in number. No restriction On the number of Shares held by one Member. Entrance fee, 2s. 6d. per Share ; Quarterage for Expenses, ls. per Share ; Pass-book per Member, Is. ; Monthly payments, Bs. A year's subscription and fee in advance-51. 3s. 6d. A Completed Share, which is at once entered on the Order of Rights-521. ss. 6d. Interest on Completed Shares, and for any payments in advance 01 a year's subscription and above, Five per Cent. No fines on iniadvaneed Shares. Each .siembr may•pay up his share monthly, quarterly, yearly, at once, or in such instalments as he thinks fit, so that it be at the rate of not less than Bs. per month. Shareholderscannot be held or made liable for any debts or engage ments of the Society, beyond amount of their sbares. The members are consequently free from any partnership liability. The prompt withdrawal of shares by Members is insured when ever he may wish to draw out his money. Post-office orders for I2s. 6d., which is the firstmenthly payment; or for 51. 3s. 6d., the first yearly payment in advance, and entitled to five per cent. interest, in the name of the Secretary, Charles Lewis Gruneisen, Esq., payable at. 282, Strand, will secure the im mediate entry Of the names of new members in the society's books. Persons already members, in taking new shares, will not include the pass-book fee in their remittances. A Bonus of Six per Cent. has been declared on all Shares which were unallotted for the first financial year ending the 29th of Sep tember, 1853. No Shares issued until the first payment thereon has been re ceived at the office. The taking .of lots on estates is quite optional. • Prospectusei, Rules, Plans of Estates, the Aunuel Report of the Beard ofDirectOrs, and the Audited Statement of Accounts, to be had of the Secretary. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN. LETTER FROM THE BL .ACS SEA. The following is from the special correspondent of the Daily .News, dated Varna, Dec. 8 I arrived here on Wednesday, by one of the Austrian Lloyds' steamers, after a most tedious and vexatious passage of nearly five days from Constan tinople. The distance is about 172 miles (English), and a boat of ordinary powers ought to be able to accomplish it in eighteen hours. Previous to the outbreak of the war there were Turkish boats on this line, which ran two or three times a-week both ways ; and, owing, to their regularity, and, above all, to the civility.and attention with which the passengers on board of them were treated, they left the Lloyds' boats with very little to do. They ' have, however, ceased running within the last three or four weeks, as one of them was captured not long ago by a Russian frigate. The Austrians now have the route all to themselves ; and accord inglyz manage matters in a manner quite charac teristic of the nation. I had. made arrangements to leave Constantinople for the Danube on the 29th ult., in company with an English officer, who is about to pass the winter at Schumla en amateur, by the. boat which is advertised to sail regularly every Tuesday. To make sure, we called at the office to inquire, and were told by the agent that the steamer would start as usual. Tho day arrived, and brimful of blissful confidence we put ourselves iu marching order, and proceeded to the Custom-house with our baggage, to have it examined previous to embarka tion, various articles of home manufacture, such as chibouks, saddlery, &c., being in Turkey liable to a small export duty. This troublesome ceremonial over, we got into a boat, and commenced to cruise about the harbour in search of the steam-boat for Varna. Therer were plenty of Austrian ones at anchor, but neither flag nor smoke gave sign that any of them had the smallest intention of going anywhere. We hailed them all, but the crews not only denied that they were about to sail for Varna but seemed rather doubtful whether there was such a place at all, and whether we were not couple of eccentric Englishmen whom "the natives " were gulling. There was nothing for it but to return to the office, where we gave vent to our indigna tion, rather to take the load off our hearts than in the hope of producing any effect upon the obdurate official, who heard us with a face calm and impas sible as that of a Sphinx. As soon as we had done he informed us that they had two boats missing on the Danube, which was the cause of our disappoint ment, but that if neither of them arrived that day (Tuesday),' they would send an extraordinary boat on the . Thursday following. We waited accord ingly, and on. Wednesday evening went down to inquire once more regarding the " extraordinary boat," but then learned, to our astonishment, that the despatch of such a boat was not one of the measures contemplated by the " administration," and, we were moreover unable to ascertain whether the Ste,ain -Navigation Company of the Austrian Lloyds would ever again send another vessel to Varna in the whole course of that distinguished body's existence. We started off directly to the Porte, and applied for firmans to enable us to travel overland on horseback by Adrianople—a ride of at least ten . days—no very pleasant prospect in the present state of the roads, and with heavy snow in the Balkan, and the ther mometer down very near zero in Constantinople. We were promised them at the same hour on the following day. Thence we proceeded to the post office, and arranged for horses, a Tatar, and a Swindji or postilion, all necessary but, expensive items in our equipment, reserving to ourselves the right of countermanding the order within 24 hours if we thought proper. On the Thursday, when walking over for the firmans, we called in at the Austrian Lloyds' office—more from Curiosity than any other motive, as rumours were afloat that they had received a hint from their Government, in the interest of Russia, to break off the commu nication by sea between Constantinople and Varna —to inquire whether they had received any news of their missing boats. No, they had not, but had made up their minds in any case to send one on the Saturday. Seeing an incredulous smile on our faces the functionary waxed warm, became slightly imperious, and swore and protested in the most solemn manner that the boat would positively sail on the day he mentioned. Thinking there might be some truth in his statement, and being un willing to • impute deliberate perjury to a man of whom we knew nothing, we determined to wait once more, and accordingly countermanded the horses. On the Saturday we started from the hotel with our bag g age again, but this time took the precaution to call again at the office on our way down. No boat till the morrow ; the weather on the previous day was really so stormy, and the "mer si grosse," that it was impossible to put the cargo on board. As all this was undenia able, we remained silent and patient, and. meekly took our places at the tablt-d'hôte once more in the evening, to the great amusement of those of our, fellow travellers who were 'aware of our two abor tive attempts at getting away. On the Sunday we made a third and last trial, and this time were partially successful. I say " partially," because, though we got on board, and were made certain, humNfly speaking, of reaching to the mouth of the Bosphorus that night, we heard such terrible moaning and, groaning amongst the captain and officers over the horrors of Black Sea navigation, that getting out of the Bosphorus seemed to be a feat which we could only hope accomplish after many efforts and great and sus tained exertion. We resigned ourselves to our fate, and to the contemplation of the glories of the scenery around us, as we slowly passed up the strait. I am not about to describe it, or attempt to describe it, lest it should be found that I was the one hun dred thousandth individual who had done so ; but I may remark that, in gazing on Constantinople, it was not hard to understand why a rapacious and ambitious man, like the Czar, backed up by a sensual and luxury-loving nobility, should be ready to fling away the lives of a few theusands of serfs, if only in the hope of advancing one day's march nearer to so splendid a prize. The imagination of the ele- gant barbarians who shiver in their palaCes on the Neva, under the cold and cloudy skies of the north, may well kindle, when they hear or read of the sunny slopes, the pleasant glades, the balmy breezes, the calm e t erna l blue of. the waters, which make the sail from the Sea of Marmon. to Therapia a succession of delights. But let us hope that no plots against human liberty and peace will ever again be hatched ,in scenes so blessed by na ture, and that the fleets and armies of tyrants will never again issue from the Hellespont on a crusade against the dearest interests of mankind. We found the fleets moored in Beikos Bay, the English squadron close to the southern shore and the French farther out. The Turkish ships lay on the other side . of the strait. The coup-d'ceil was magnificent ; but the sight of such tremendous might slumbering there, when so much wrong and mischief was being enacted a few miles away, was to me anything but a pleasing one. The Rus sians are carrying their ravages to the very mouth of the Bosphorus, when two English first-rates would make their flag invisible for long enough to come, at least in those waters. Our anticipations regarding the Black Sea proved only too well founded. After getting out a few miles we found the sea running very high, the sky black enough in all conscience to keep the sea in countenance, and our - captain's face very long indeed. So, as we expected, we put about, and, running back into the Strait, came to anchor under one of the forts. We had no sooner done, so than the Fury steamer passed us at full speed, followed by a French one, bound, as wo have since learned, for Varna. We did not pro ceed on our wayjiutil. noon on the following day, and on Monday about noon, after a deal to do, reached Burgas, a small village, possessing a very good harbour, and a small trade with Con stantinople. At the entrance to the port on a narrow rock, some distance from the 'shore, stands a Greek convent; A more lonely. and detiolate abode can hardly be imagined—lonely and desolate enough, one would imagine, to satisfy the most thorough going anchorite.- I have been struck by the total want amongst the Greek monks of that eye for the picturesque, that love for pleasant, shady, or romantic abodes, for which the holy men . of western Europe were in old times so remarkable. • Barren rocks, difficult of access, track less wastes, or lonely dens of various kinds, in which no delights for the senses were to be found, are the places in which the Greek recluses mostly sought to expiate their offences. There are no Melroses or Mucrosses amongst the abbeys . and convents .of the east. Even Mount Athos has little to recommend it in the way of scenery. ehreh.T u heG reek love of nature did not follow them into the Somewhere near Varna, in some bay or creek, whose name I neither know or care to know, our valorous captain anchored in the night after leaving Burgas, so as not to arrive at Varna before daylight, all entrance to the port in the dark being prohibited since the commencement of the war. I was inclined to (=ink* his caution 'after I had seen his engine. walked forward one day, and in sheer listlessness occu pied myself for a few minutes in looking down into the engine-room. I was amused to find that this speci men of the great "power" of modern times was mended in two places with cord. lam not enough of a mecha nician to designate properly the parts which were thus fortified ; but in one case the shaft appeared strongly lashed, as if it had been spliced : whatever may have been the nature of the repair I can vouch for the fact itself. This discovery was, of course, not calculated to increase our comfort ; and when to all this you add general want of accommodation of every sort, exorbi tant charges, and a rate of exchange lower by 20 piastres in the Turkish Medja than at Constantinople, you will have a tolerably accurate notion of voyaging in the Black Sea at present by the Austrian Lloyds steamer— always remembering that the cold was intense, with high northerly winds. We have met with a most hospitable reception here, under the roof of Col, Neple, the British Consul, whose house happens to be the only one in the town open to strangers, excepting the khan, a bare room, to which the outer air has always easy access through innumerable crannies—the domestic manners of the Turks not per mitting the admission of men of any nation into their households. His kindness has, during the past autumn, been put to a very severe test, jn consequence of the great number of English travellers who have passed and repassed on their way to and from Shumla, and all of whom owed more or less of the comforts of their journey to his assistance. His spirit of practical benevolence was displayed in a still more remarkable, and even more praiseworthy, manner towards the Polish and Hungarian exiles, who sought refuge on the right bank of the Danube in 1849. Many of them have spokenito me of his conduct towards them in terms ex pressive of the warmest gratitude—deeply felt, I have no doubt, not only towards him, but through him to wards the nation he represents. These little acts of charity performed by British agents in far-off corners of the world towards men who, God help them, have no country and no home, will I am sure prove rich in bles sing to England one day when the rotten despotisms of the world are scattered to the wind, and the outcasts of to-day become the statesmen of a new and better era. In connexion with the affair at Sinpe described in my last, I may mention that the French admiral some days ago, on learning from the Capitan Paella that a detachment of his fleet was lying at Sinop% expressed his surprise that it should be allowed to remain in so exposed a situation. Two days afterwards, when the above news arrived, the Capitan Pacha sent to Admiral Hamelin to know whether he had had any previous knowledge of what had occurred, thus unconsciously paying a very high tribute to the foresight of the latter. A Russian war-steamer came in her on the 6th ult. with topgallant sails set, and showing no colours. As she kept her bows towards the batteries, it was sup posed she was a sailing vessel, till, on arriving right opposite the town, she wheeled completely round, and thus showed her funnels. The British consul, who was standing in front of his house, at once perceived her real character, and informed the authorities, who were quite taken by surprise. She got off, under full steam, before there was time to give her a suitable reception, for which, it appears, she was fully prepared, as she had her guns loaded and matches lighted, The object of her visit seems to have been to ascertain whether any vessels of war, foreign or otherwise, were lying in the harbour. Ever since this, great vigilance , has been shown by the military Pacha of Varna, lest any similar event should take place. Everything is in constant readiness at the various batteries to bring the whole available force on the seaside into instant action. Varna has often played a prominent part in the military history of the Turks, particularly in the war of 1828, when it was taken by the Russians, owing to the treachery of the Pacha, after a siege of font- months, and the fortifications totally destroyed. They were restored completely three years after by European officers, and are at pre sent four times stronger, both in extent and in the number of guns in position. The defences are much larger, and the guns number two hundred, nearly all of English make, and mostly sixty-eight pounders, none being of less calibre than forty-eight pounds. These are distributed over eleven batteries, and do not include those mounted on the outworks along the harbour. The latter are four in number, besides two batteries at Cape Galata, at the entrance of the bay, which command the whole anchorage, and could, in conjunction with some of the town batteries, sweep it with a tremendous cross fire, besides which, one of them is so elevated as to be out of the reach of ship's guns. The total number of guns in the outworks is twenty-five. In the hands of Turkish soldiers I need hardly say that these masses of artillery would render a repetition of the event of 1828, by the Russians at least, all but impossible. A distin guished English officer of engineers, who passed through here a short time ago, expressed great admiration of the whole of the defences. The town is also surrounded by a wall and ditch, the former pierced with loopholes for musketry. It would of course be of little use against artillery, and perhaps not of much use anywhere except next the sea. The beach is too small for the landing of a large body of troops, as they would not have room to form, and a small one would of course be destroyed by musketry alone, as soon as they left the boats. General Prim and his staff have left Schumia for the winter, and many of the troops are going into winter quarters in the large towns. Omer Pacha does not in tend, I believe, to attempt any fresh operations before spring ; but it is thought by no means improbable that the Russians may attack his position at Kalafat as soon as the frost sets in hard. They are greatly chagrined by their defeat, and it is even rumoured th a t G eneral Dan. nenberg, who commanded the force at Oltenitza, has been sent into exile. But when we remember that he is one of the best generals in the service, it is hard to attach much credenceuunderrated. affair o ld mention to the report. that their numb ers in thedrr Ish of the 4th at Oltenitza ha ve been greatly un It must have reached at l eas t 15,000. Every his infancy is familiar with th e use of firearms, nearly all, except where s ome physical deinfecTihtuarkel na ro .sat rs m e, good marksmen. This was the first time that their 1 0- I fantry have been seen under fire since the European system of training came fully into operation, and the result has excited the admiration of all the foreign offi cers present. Perfect steadiness, perfect silence , and (thorough devotio n t o t h e terrible work before them, prevailed throughout. Of the artillery it is needless to speak. The only arm in which they are deficient is the cavalry ; and I have no doubt that Omer Paella's exer tions will at last bring this up to as high a standard as any of the others. BINERUPTCY.—A. petition in bankruptcy against Win. Bernard Anderson, of Billiter-street, Leadenhall street, general merchant, has been opened before Mr. Commissioner Fane. The bankrupt is the person of that name whose case has been recently before the Mansion-house Police - c ourt, and his debts are said to be about 120,0001. It is further stated that the assets are large, notwithstanding some reports to the contrary.. ROBBERY OF BIRDS FROM ST. JAMES'S PARK.-- Three white birds and one black one have been stolen from the ornamental water in St. James's Park, the property of the Ornithohigical Society. The society have issued a notice offering a reward of 51. for the cap ture and conviction of the party guilty of this impudent robbery of fowl from the park waters. COPY OF A DESPATCH FROM THE EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. Government House, Quebec, Aug. 16, 1853. (No. 58.) (Received Sept. 5, 1853.) My LORD DuKE,—I have the honour to transmit herewith the Blue Book for 1852, together with two printed volumes, containing respectively the public ac counts of the province, and tables of its trade and navi gation for the same year. 2. In my despatchto Sir John Pakington, No. 116, of the 22d December, 1852, which accompanied the Blue Book for 1851, I endeavoured to submit as detailed and accurate a representation of the then state and prospects of the colony, and the bearing of recent legislation, both imperial and provincial, on its material and moral in terests, as in a document of that character it was pos sible to furnish ; it is not necessary, therefore, that I should on the present occasion go over the same ground again. I have only to inquire how far the experience of another year may have modified conclusions previously arrived at. 3. The value of imports into Canada for the year end ing the sth January, 1863, is stated at 4,168 , 457 1 .85. s d. against 4,404,409 O s . 3d. for the year immediately pre ceding. Here then is a falling off, 'though to no great amount, into the causes of which it - may be proper to inquire. i. It will appear, on a close examination of the returns which accompany this despatch, that a considerable por tion of the falling off in question has taken place in goods which are classed as free goods,' the total value of goods imported under this head in 18$1 ha v i ng been 372,058/. lis. 10d., and in 1852 256,4071.165. Bd. Among the goods comprised in this category, o f which there has been in 1852 a diminished Im portation, are military stores, wheat, to the large importation of which from the - United Statei in 1 1851, I called special attention, in the second paragraph of my dispatch to Sir John Pakington, No. 116, ofthe 22nd December last, and coin and bullion, which represent in the imports of 1851 the sum of 90,3971..25. Bd., but are altogether omitted from the re turns of 1852. This circumstance may in some mea sure account for the fact, that the diminished importa tion for the year has not been accompanied by a corres ponding diminution in the revenue for customs, the said revenue having been— £. s. d. Gross 606,114 5 2 Net 577,158 15 8 Gross 607,613 18 11 Net 579,964 1 10 5. As respects dutiable articles, there appears to have been a falling off in cotton goods, which were imported in 1851 to the Value of 802,492/. 15s. Ild., and in 1852 to the value of 636,3211. 17s. Bd. Of woollens, linens, and many other manufactures, there was, on the other hand, an increase in the latter year over the former ; but on the whole I am inclined to believe that importing merchants looking to the great and rapid increase that had recently taken place in the aggregate amount of the annual imports which had risen from the value of 2,468,1301. 6s. 9d., in 1849, to the value of 4,404,409/. Os. 2d., into 1851, conducted their operations with espe cial caution during 1852. PST 1851.. For 1852:.. 6. With the view, however, of ascertaining whether or not the check which had been given in 1852 to the rapidly progressive increase of Canadian imports was due to causes which were likely to be permanent, I have caused returns to be prepared, showing the comparative amount and value of the importations during the first six months of 1852 and 1853 respectively. It appears from these returns that the imports into the province during the six months enclitic: the sth of July, 1852, amounted in value to 1,782,4641. 13s. lid., and during the six months ending the sth of July, 1853, to 2,811,9701. 10s. id., showing an increase of about 50 per cent. in the latter period over the former. I may observe further , that the importation of articles paying an ad valorem-duty of twelve and a half per cent., which includes cotton and other manufactures, has increased from 1,199,0961. 19s. 2d. in the first six months of 1852, to 1,910,0551. 17s. 3d. during the same period of 1853. 7. The exports for the year 1852 exceeded those of the year preceding. Total value of exports during 1852 :-- From sea ports From inland ports 1,285,923 15 4 2,888,214 0 0 Against 2,663,083 14 4 or 1851. Or, with the addition in either case of 20 per cent, to the valuation of exports from the inland ports, in order to approximate to the actual values. Grand total of exports in 1852 £3,145,09814 3 1851 8. In this statement of exports the value of the ships built at Quebec in each of the years in question is in cluded. It is estimated for 1851 at 1852 at The estimate for the formeryear being thus considerably , in excess of that for the latter. It may be proper, how ever, to mention that from information I have received I have reason to know that the returns for the current year, when completed will show a great increase in ship buildiner at the port of Quebec for 1853 over 1852. 9. The returns herewith transmitted give the follow ing statement of the commerce of Canada, with the un dermentioned countries for the year 1852 : Exports. Imports. Great Britain... £1,388,495 5 8 £2,192,698 6 7 N. A. Colonies 166,877 18 4 93,826 3 9 B. W. Indies... 2,867 15 8 1,050 19 8 United States... 1,201,340 1 8 1,743,991 15 4 Other Countries 38,731 18 2 133,890 0 9 As regards the commerce with the United States, how ever, it is to be remarked that it consists both ways, to a great extent, of goods which pass through the country in transit. The imports of the States comprising large amounts of tea, West India sugar, and other articles not indigenous and the exports thereto including, among other items, vegetable food to the value of 654,711/. 9s. 6d. 10. The revenue on the provincial canals, which was— Gross £62,640 3 8 Net 52,545 5 6 Gross 69,536 3 7 Net 57,031 17 4 and the total movement of property in tons on the canals— in 1851 in 1852 Welland. St. Lawrence. Chambly. ISSI 691,6271 450,400/ 110,726:1 1852 743,060 492,575 87,514 The decrease of traffic on the Chambly Canal is pro bably due to the competition of railways which have come recently into operation, and afford a direct com munication from Montreal to the States. 11. The per centage of increase in the total move ment of property on these canals in 1841, as compared with 1848, appears to have been as follows : Welland 141.5 St. Lawrence Chambly 364.6 Although the traffic on the Chambly Canal, therefore, fell off in 1852, its ratio of increase on the longer term was larger than that of the other canals. Its rapid growth is attributable to the great demand for Canadian sawed lumber which has sprung up of late years in the United States. 12. The number and tonnage of the vessels from sea which entered inwards at the ports of Quebec and Mon treal were : In 1851 1,469 ships ......... 673,397 tons. In 1852 1,332 „ ......... 528,738 Of which totals the following were foreign vessels belong ing to the under-mentioned countries :—. 1851. 1852. Countries. ~.--,-----------, ------- ---- ~ tons. .0+ um. 1 t o ns. ' Breßremen---------- -----• ----- 1 134 Mecklenburg. ***************** ... ~, 478 2 469 / 640 58 21,541 Norway ... ........ .. ............ 47 1,, g 7 32 10 314 P ru55ia , ............. . 2 - 7,Gu. 1 '599 Hamburg ......................... 6 1,019 ................ Portugal ..................... . ..... 3 —989 3 979 Sweden 35 20,062 73 36,354 United anover States• . ................. 1 212 H ...... . iii 3,068 ni,..5..., .... Russia ......................... ............. --- ------- 117 50,716 176 71,409 Total 13. The net revenue of the province of Canada for the year 1852 Was 6 23,7241. 7s. sd, ; expenditure including interest on public debt and sinking fund, 535,1711. 6s. 7d. 14. Before c oncluding this report I will, with your G race ' s permission, offer a few remarks on two districts of the province which I have visited since the close of the parliamentary session, and which, though they are out of the track of ordinary travel, possess features of considerable interest. 15. Of these districts, the one which I first visited lies to the south of the St. Lawrence, at a distance of about GO miles from Quebec. The discovery of gold at various points within it, and more particularly in the beds and banks of some of the smaller streams which fall into the River Chaudiere, has attracted attention to it of late years. The geological formation in which these disc> veries hale been made is held to be a prolongation of the Green Mountains of Vermont and its strata bears a pretty close analogy to those that run through Virginia, the Carolinas, and other southern states in which gold has been found at intervals in veins and alluvial deposits. The guldworking in this district have been hitherto conducted on a very small scale, by companies employing is hired labour, and for obvious rea sons it difficult under such circumstances to ascertain what may have been the amount of the actual yield. The encouragement which the com panies have met with is at any rate such as to induce them, altar the experience of two or three years, to continue their operations. I was unable to visit the most productive working, but a considerable quantity of gold was extracted in my presence from the gravel on the banks of a maaal.l stream called Des Plantes, which runs into the Chaudiere. Whether the gold workings in Lower Canada are likely to prove in any high degree productive, and whether, if they were to become so, it would be an advantage to the province, are questions on which I do not ventnre to hazard an opinion, but of the existence of that metal in very appreciablelquaTatitieg in the district I visited, and over an extensive tract of country beyond it, no doubt can be entertained. 16. It may be questionable, however, whether the principal inineral wealth of the townships of Lower Canada will be found eventually to consist in their au riferous deposits. Copper ore; magnetic and specular oxide of iron, and other materials capable of economic application, are found in the regions so named ; and al though I am, unwilling in a document of this nature, where nothing should be introduced which 'is not sus ceptible of proof, to admit opinions which are speculative, I am bound to say that statements have been made to me on what purports to be high authority, which seem to warrant the expectation that some of these articles will, at no distant day, be worked to advantage. 17. My second visit was paid to the district which is probably doing more at the present time than any other single section of the province to enable Canada to enter the markets of the world as a purchaser. In my last year's report I adverted to the fact that the returns for 1850 and 1851 showed that in those years the exports •f timber and agricultural produce from this Province were nearly balanced in respect of value ; the returns for 1852 exhibit a similar result. The products of the forest exported during that year being valued at 1,351,713/. 9s. 7d., and agricultural products, includ ing " animals and their products," " vegetable foods," and " agricultural products," at 1,214,2141. 3s. 10d. Of the vast amount of wealth represented in this esti mate by the products of the forest the valley of the Ottawa furnishes a large and increasing proportion. 18. This important region takes the name by which it is designated in popular parlance from the mighty stream which flows through it, and which though it be but a tributary of the St. Lawrence, is one of the largest of the rivers that run uninterruptedly from the source to the discharge within the dimensions of the Queen. It drains an area of about 80,000 square miles, and receives at various points in its course the waters of streams, some of which equal in magnitude the chief rivers of Great Britain. These streams open up to the enterprise of the lumbermen the almost inex haustible pine forests with which this region is clothed, and afford the means of transporting their produce to market. In improving these natural advantages con siderable sums are expended by private individuals. 50,0001. currency was voted by Parliament last session for the purpose of removing certain obstacles to the navigation of the Upper Ottawa, by the construction of a canal at a point which is tow obstructed by rapids. 19. From the nature of the business, the lumbering trade falls necessarily in a great measure into the hands of persons of capital, who employ large' bodies of men at points far removed from markets, and who are there fore called upon to make considerable advances in pro viding food and necessaries for their labourers, as well as in building slides and otherwise facilitating the passage of timber along the streams and rivers. Many thou sands of men are employed during the winter in these remote forests, preparing the timber which is transported during the summer in rafts, or, if sawn, in boats to Quebec when destined for England, and up the Richelieu River when intended for the United States. It is a most interesting fact, both in a moral and hygienic view, that for some years past intoxicating liquors have been rigorously excluded from almost all the shanties (as the dwellings of the lumbermen in these distant regions are styled), and that, notwithstanding the exposure of the the men to cold during the winter and wet in the spring the result of the experiment has been entirely satis factory. 20. The bearing of the lumbering business on the settlement of the country is a point well worthy of notice. The farmer who undertakes to cultivate, un reclaimed land in new countries generally finds that not only does every step of advance which he makes in the wilderness by removing him from the centres of trade and civilisation, enhance the cost of all he has to pur: chase, but that, moreover, it diminishes the value of what he has to sell. It is not so, however, with the far mer who follows in the wake of the lumbermen. Ho finds, on the contrary, in the wants of the latter a steady demand for all that he produces, at a price not only equal to that procurable in the ordinary marts, but increased ,by the cost of transport from them to the scene of the lumbering operations. This circumstance, no doubt, powerfully contributes to promote the settlement of those districts, and attracts population to the sections of the country which, in the absence of any such inducement, would probably remain for long periods uninhabited. • 21. The country of the Ottawa, besides its wealth in timber and water power, and considerable tracts of fertile soil, is believed to be rich in minerals, which may probably at some future period be turned to no count. It is also worthy of remark that the route of the Ottawa, the Mattawa, Lake Nipissing, and French River, is that by which Europeans first penetrated the West. Along this route Champlain, in 1615, pro ceeded as far as Lake Nepissing, and thence to the vast and tranquil inland sea to which he gave the appropriate designation of La Mer Douce. The Recollect father, Le Caron, bore the Gospel to the Huron tribes along the same tract, and was followed soon after by those Jesuit missionaries whose endurance and sufferings con stitute the truly heroic portion of American annals. This route has been for some time past in a great measure abandoned for that of the St. Lawrence and the Lakes. The distance, however, from Montreal to the Georgian Bay, immediately facing the entrance of Lake Michigan, is, via the Ott awa a b ou t 40 0 miles, against upwards of 1,000 via the St. Lawrence. From this : point to the Sault St. Marie, the highest of the three narrows (Sault St. Marie, Detroit, and Niagara) at which the regions lying on either side of the four great lakes, Superior, Huron, Erie , and Ontario, ap proach each other, is a di s t ance of about 150 miles. it is highly probable, therefore, that before many years have elapsed, this route will be again looked to as fur nishing a favourable line for railway, if not water com munication with the fertile regions of the north-west. 22. I enclose the supplement of a local newspaper, which contains copies of the addresses that were pre sented to me at various points in my progress up the Ottawa. Your Grace will observe with satisfaction the uniform testimony which they bear to the prosperity of the country and the contentment of the inhabitants. Reports which reach me from other parts of the province speak on this point the same language. Canada has enjoyed seasons of prosperity before, but it is doubtful whether any previous period in the history of the colony can be cited at which there was so entire an absence of those bitter, personal, and party animosities which divert attention from material interests, and prevent co-opera tion for the public good. 23. Into the political causes which have mainly con tributed to this gratifying result I do not now propose to enquire. When the irritation by which periods of transition are unhappily attended shall have entirely passed away, it is not improbable that Canadians will acknowledge the advantages they have derived from the steady application of sound principles to the administra tion of their affairs, and that they will look back with satisfaction to the period at which they began to feel practically that the interests which they have in common are more important than those which divide them, and that faithful allegiance to the Crown is not inconsistent with the exercise of those faculties and the indulgence of those aspirations w hi c h i n communities as in individualare proper to m a t u rity,_.] h ave, &c. (Signed) ELGIN AND KINCARDINII. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c. &C. Nxw LITERARY SOCIETY.—We are glad to learn that a literary - society is being formed at Holt, Norfolk, under the patronage of the Right Hon. the Lord Hast ings and the leading clergymen and gentlemen in the neighbourhood, and the principal tradesmen in thetown. Its objects are to provide a reading-room, form a library of useful wor k s , a nd arrange for the delivery of occa sional lectures. We heartily wish the society success. A. GOOD EXAMPLE.— On Thursday last a treat was given -to the children of the St. James's District Day Schools, in Henry-street, Hampstead-road, on the ter mination of their first year, by the lady visitors of the schools. The children, to the number of 320, assem bledthe Infant School-room, at four o'clock, an d after in a plentiful meal of bread and butter, cake, and m ilk, they were taken up to the girl's school-room, w hi c h had been tastefully decorated, under the super intendence of the clergyman's wife, with evergreens, flowers, and flags, and a Christmas-tree ' eleven -feet high, hung with toys and sweetmeats, and lighted by gas. After a short address from the Rev. Dr. Stebbing, and singing a Christmas hymn, the tree was stripped, and each child received a toy and a bag of sugar-plums. SCROPE DAVIES'S PUNS.--Baillie (commonly called long Baillie a very clever man, but odd) complained to our friend Scrope B. Davies, in riding, that he had a stitch in his side. " I don't wonder at it," said Scrope, "for you ride like a tailor." Whoever had seen Baillie on horseback with his very tall figure on a small nag, would not deny the justice of the repartee. When Bruin mel was obliged (by that affair of poor Meyler, who thence acquired the name of " Dick the Dandy-killer“-- it was about money, and debt, and all that) to retire to , France, he knew no French, and having obtained a grammar for the purpose of study, our friend Scrope Davies was asked what progress Brummel had made in French; he responded, "that Brummel had been stopped, like Buonaparte in Russia, by the Blements." I have put this pun into Beppo, which is a fair exchange and no robbery ; for Scrope made his fortune at several din ners (as he owned himself) by repeating occasionally, as his own, some of the buffooneries 'with 'Which I had encountered him in the morning.—Murray's Beauties of Byron. _ SIR PHILIP SIDNEY'S DEATH,--After having had a horse shot under him, Sidney rec e i ve d a woun d from sb musket-bullet on the left thigh a little above the knee. As he was carried from the field a well-known incident occurred, which Lord Brooke, his biographer and emu' panion, thus describes :—" As he passed along by the rest of the army, where his uncle the General was, ha soon became faint and thirsty from excess of bleeding, and called for some drink, which was presently brought him ; but, as he was putting the bottle to his mouth, he saw a poor soldier carried along, who had eaten his last at the same feast, ghastly casting up his eyes at the bottle, which Sidney perceiving took it from his head before he drank, and delivered it to the poor man with these words Thy necessity is yet greater than mine.' " The wound unfortunately proved mortal, and after many days of severe suffering he died at Arnheim, in the arms or his wife, and of his faithful secretary, William Temple, on the 7th of October, 1586, in the thirty-third year of his age. 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