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MAIN DRAINAGE' of the METROPOLIS. — • NOM -.—The Plans for the Main Drainage of the Me tropolis having been referred to Captain Douglas Gallon, It E., James Simpson, Esq., C.E., and Thomas E. Blackwell, C.E., Notice is Hereby Given, that all pers - mg desirous of Communicating with those gentlemen upon the subject may direct letters, plans, &c., to them, at their office, No. 29, Great George-street, Westminster, on or before 28th, F ebruary next. The following conditions must be observed communications to contain the names and addresses of the parties forwarding them, and to be written on half sheets of foolscap paper, on one side only, with two-inch margin on the left. If plane are sent in, those plans which are district plans must be on a scale of 'not less than four inches to the mile. Sections of lines of drainage, present and prerosed, to be on a Scale of 20 feet to an Inch vertical, an t not less than 4 inches to a mile horizontal, and to have the gradients mar;; , :d on them in all calm. with the heights in feet and inches at every ch ine of gradient. A blue line to denote Trinity high water mark to be shown on all sections. Drawings of works must be on a scale of one-eighth of an inch to a foot. ' 29, Great George-street, Westminster, Jan. 10, 1857. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the BOOKS in which TRANSFERS of STOrIC and SHARES of this Company are registered will be CLOAED on FR D VT, the 23d inst , and that all ;ranger deeds for registration must be deposited in this lice on or before that day to entitle Proprietors to the forthcoming Dividend. By order. 11. BOOTH, CHAS. E. STEWART,' Secretaries. Office; Euston Station, January 10, 1857. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. —TO RAILWAY CONTRACTOR , AND OTHERS.—The Directors are desirous of receivms Tenders for Widening the Railway between Primrose-hill Tunnel and Willesden Station. Parties desirous of tendering may Inspect the drawings and spe cifications, and obtain a statement of :he quantlties, at the Engi neer's Office, Easton Station, on Monday, January 19, between the bones of 10 and 4 o'c'ock. Sealed Tenders, addressed to the Secretary, at this Office, to be Sent in on or before Wednesday, 28th January, at 10 o'clock a.m The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender. By order. CIIAS. E. STEWART, Secretary. Secretary's Office, Jan. 7, 1857- ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 11, Waterloo-place, Pall•mall. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND to the 31st ultimo, after the rate of Seven per cent. per annum, will be in COURSE of PAYMENT to the Shareholders on and after the 12th January instant. HENRY WILLIAM SMITH, Bth January, 1857. Actuary and Secretary L A W LIFE, ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Fleet-street, Ist January, 1857; Notice is Hereby Given, that a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Law Life Assurance Soc'ety will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet street, London, on 1%1 ()await, the 2d day of February next, at 1 2 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the proNt alone •f the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of receiv ing the Auditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to the 31st December last; to elect a Trustee in the room of the late Right Hon. Sir John Jervis, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Com mon Pleas, deceased ; and for general purposes. By order of the Directors. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY (FLEE, LIFE, and ANNIIITIP S). A.D. 1714. Cornhill, and 70, Baker-street, London. Coltegl3-green, Dublin.—G ronengets street, Hamburg. Exchange-street West, and Tithebarn-street, Liverpool. North Nelson-street, Edinburgh. Instituted in the reign of Queen Anne, A D 1714, with large Invested Funds. DIRECTORS. &C. CHAIRMAN—JOHN RE vt INGTON MILLS, Esq. DlibuTT-Cualaxati —HENRY A LDWIN SOAMES, Esq. James Bentley, Esq. John Paynter, Esq. Thomas Bodley, Esq. John Rogers, Esq. Daniel Britten, Esq. Henry Hutt, Esq. Nicholas Charrtngton, Esq. George Spencer Smith, Esq. S. Preston Child, Esq. Itichd. Horsman Solly, Esq. William Gilpin, Esq. W. Foster White, r sq. Thomas Lewis, Esq. Samuel Wilson, Esq., Aid. Thomas Mpls , Esq., M.J. Stephen Wilson, Esq. John Morley, Esq. LIFE. Reduced rates for young and middle ages, with guarantee of a company in existence upwards of 140 years, and a large accumulated capital. The last Bonus (1855) gave additions to policies varying from 25 to 70 per cent. on the previous seven years' Premiums Lower rates, without profits. Two-thirds only of the premiums may be paid until death. Decreasing and increasing rates of premium, and half-yearly or quarterly. Medical fees allowed. FIRE. Insurances at the usual rates, and profits returned on policies taken oat for seven years by p ompr paymeut. Loses occasioned by ex plosion of gas made good. The offices close on Saturdays at two o'clock, excepting in the fifteen days after each quarter-day. Insurances now expiring must be paid on or before the 9th Janu ary, at the office in London, or of the respective agents. WILLIAM B. LEWIS, Secretary. IN the matter of the Joint-stock . Companies Wilding-ap•Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the Protestant Life and Fire Insurance Association. By direction of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, the Judge of the High Court of Chancery to whose Court this matter is attached, and by whose order the winding-up of the above-named association is proceeding, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That His Honour purposes, on MONDAY, the nineteenth day of Jaruary, 1857, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at his chambers, No. 3, Stone buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, to proceed to make a Call *pon all the Contributories of the said Association. and the said Judge purposes that such call shall be for Four Pounds Ten Shil lings per share. AU parties interested are entiiied to attend at such day, hour, and place, to offer objections to such call. Dated this 2d day of Jannaty, 1857. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. WILLIAM KINSEY, Solicitor for Alfred Ainger, the Official Manager, 9, Bloomsbury-place. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIXTH SALE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, London, January, 1857. FOR SALE, by order of the Honourable the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane, on MONDAY, Jan. 19, TUESDAY, 20th, WEDNESDAY, 21-t, THURSDAY, 22d, FRIDAY, 23d, and MON DAY, 26th, at twelve at noon precisely, the following GOODS for home consumption, viz.:— Agate Ornaments, Berlin Embroidery, Bags, Brushes, Books, Brandy, Cambric Handkerchiefs, embroidered; Clocks, brass, black, bronze, and . ormoulu, Coffee, Cordials, Cotton Articles, Elastic Web bing; Embroidery or Needlework, Habits, Sleeves, Collars ; Furni ture, viz., Chest of Drawers, Tables, Cabinets, Chairs, &c. ; Flowers (artificial); Geneva, Gloves, Hair (pig's), Hair Guards, Hat Linings, /yory,Ornaments and Brooches ; Jewellery (mock), viz., Bracelet., Brooches, Pins, Chains, &c.; Lace Articles; Leather A rticles, viz., Harness, Saddles, Boots and Shoes; Mats (table), Needles, Org Opera Glasses and Optical instruments, Paper, Pipe Stems, Perfumed Spirits, Picture Mouldings, Portemonnaies, &c.; Prints. Rum, aegars, Succades, &c.; Shawls (wove) ; Spirits, plain and mixed, Silk Manu factures, viz., Velvet, Braid, Vestments, Canvas, Trimmings, China Gauze, &c.; Sugar, Tallow, Tapestry, Tea, Timber, Toys, a Vessel, Watches (Gold and Silver), Water (Mineral), Waterproof Clothing, Wine, and various other Goods. For Exportation or for Home Consumption, on payment of the Duties :—Books, Sugar, Spirits, Tea, Wise, and other Goods. For Exportation only :—Sweetened Spirits, &c. For the benefit of the Crown :—lron, Rope, Canvas, Sugar, Spirits, Wine, &c. The above goods may be viewed, at the Queen's Warehouse, Cus tom-house, and Cox's-quay, Thames-street; at the London, St. Katha rine, East and West India Docks ; Tobacco Ground ; and Gordon's Sail Loft, Princes-stairs, Rotherhithe ; on Thursday, the 15th, Friday, the 16th, and Saturday, the 17th of January, from Ten in the morning until Three in the afternoon, and on the days of sale from Tea in the *Horning until Twelve at noon. Take Notice, that goods sold at this sale will not be delivered unt'l after two clear days of the day on which they are sold, and that no lots can be paid for at the office of the Receiver-General after Two •'Clock in the afternoon, and that on the days of sale money will not be received by the Receiver-General after eleven o'clock in the fore noon. Catalogues may be had at the Queea's Warehouse, Custom-house, Thames-street, price one shilling each. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—Secretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu tion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Establishment, for one month, and for a longer period If recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn -fields; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. By order. W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The. sick Poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re coranosudatien is required. buring the past month the following number received the benefits of this Charity, either ea out or in-door patients, on their personal application Week ending 7th November 2,154 Ditto 14th November .... 2,043 Ditto 21st November Ditto 28th November 29th and 30th November.. • • Total in November Of which 2,775 were new cases, th e • • • 8,747 remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previou sly, The clergy of all denominations Y. have unlimited access to the patients. Heavy expenses are Inevitably incurred in affording such wart., sive relief. The Committee, therefore , earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers General Meeting in January. A Board I s held every Chairman), to conduct the Th u rsday, at business, when o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board busePeas, all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation', at The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Afasterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas - lane ; also by Mess rs . Coutt; and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; B erries a n d, Co. ; Ranso m and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; smith, Payne, and Co.; Gly n and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams. Deacon, and Co, ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber. hers-street; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN. M.A., Chairman. ALT and Co.'s EAST INDIA PALE and 1.7 BURTON ALES. BREwEaT—BURTON-ON-TRENT. STORES : LONDON.. ••.. • • • LIVERPOOL .. • ......... 52, Henry-street. MANCHESTER 37, Brown-street. SHEFFIELD l2, George-street. BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL.. .. DUBLIN 4, Crown-alley. EDINBURGH ........ • • GLASGOW St. Vincent-place. These Ales, in Casks of Eighteen Gallons and upwards, and in ottle, obtained from all respectable Bottlers. R. HOWARD, burgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet. street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI ICIAL TEETH ,tixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so ,erfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve tee th that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. A NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. M P atent Ocoee Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmaci e edicine, Vienna. P harmacien de Paris. Imperial College of A TRI ESEMAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, devoid of taste or sme ll , an d can b e c arried in the wa istcoat pocket. Sold in tin cases, divided into separate doses, ValPean. Lallemand, Roux, Ilford, 43, e' , 8". a s administered by RIESEMAR No. 1 is a !stressing l'll• RE LAXATION, SPERMATORRIBEA, and all the d eons en xcesses, or too Inn..—Jlences incharis from early abuse, indiscriminate e Remedy for . who are et,,!..r,sidence ot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual r i — o :l a th and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals NS for MAR- Nv,_list e tli o onleyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; and 14 144%,naay be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIO . ' ‘neY are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. elltetw, TRIESEMAR No. 11., t ryit omt .f, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely forms, o i l e all tracea of Gonorrlicea toth in its tnild and aggrava ed_ Urin e, 1, WI/ Strictures, Irritation ' of the Bladder, Non-retention of Copah, l ::`,T l ,s the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which lain of ti:n_‘-;nbebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ' ""itil of a vast portion of the population. is the gie et conu TRIESEMAR No. 111., toms. it m e° nnental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary SYmP - Cutanen ee trunp,oartitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula. and all tions and ti n g.r. is, removing the virus of ties i and expelling in its course all corrup dist _ rom the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate through the m e z:. and expel it with the insensible perspiration Ph meZ r the English ysideo t he Pores of the skin and urine, and is a c t , r r that class of disorders which unfortunately • lion of the patient's co eat a with Mercury, tone inevitable destruc titution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot resr ore n ! which saves 115., and in and to 11 5, or four cases in one for 335„ To be had wholesale and ; 150, Oxford eai nea. whereby there is a saving of I/. 12s. 140, Leadenhall-street London, of Derby and Gordon, Prout, 2 1 2 a - ford-street ; Sanger, ' Strand; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox ringdon-street ; Butler and hard[ot; Barclay and Son, 97, Far- Paul's Churchyard.ng, 4, Cheapside ; Edwards, St. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LAEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrin, 19, Fenchnrch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Me ssrs , C rosse and Blackwell, an d o th er oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRIN'S" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. HUMAN FRAILTTY a work, price ls., post ftee, Popular Medical beautitully illustrated with 100 engravings, and containing the opinions of Valpeau, Lall t hose &c. It gives copious instruction s f or the ernand, Roux, perfe ct restoration of those , who are prevented by impedime n t s from entering into the married state, also showing the dreadful results from early abuse, gonorrhosa, and syphilis, and the benefits arising froM the c hemical tests and ezaraination ofte spermatoza, ea bye e author'. constructed - -w4Y- ugoronope, with powerful lensr-er and Co., , lOW ; aucl from all agents for the sale offiTriesemar: 2B Paternoster- CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. T HE exuberance of the feelings, amid scenes of gaiety, induces the fair and youthful to shine to advantage under the gaze of many friends, and therefore to devote especial attention to the duties of the toilet. It is at this festive season that ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, For creating and sustaining a luxuriant head of hair ; ROWLANDS' IiALYDOR, For rendering the skin soft, fair, and blooming and ROWLyeAaNriDitSt'e OwDhOitNenTeuo, t o o r t P h e e ar t l ee p tl e i n , t a lf r r e ic c e al , called into in creased I.crimrrelqinugisiation, to the attainment of those personal advantages so universally sought for and admired. Beware of spurious imitations !! The only genuine of each bears the name of " Rowlands" preseding that of the article on the wrapper oarnalabel. Sold by A. Rowland and Sens, 20, Hatton-garden, London, by Chemists and Perfumers. it is saithat their abandonedinterrupted the supers r t ? Among the lower orders of Paris patron saint, St. Genevieve, must have City, since she allowed her neuraire to be by the murder of the archbishop. The r!ted augur ill for the year 1857 from that eircumstanc l e ti"B The destruction THE LATE GALES.— uction of shipping pr o perty on the Durh am and N o rthumberland en n n - s i: occasioned by the late gale, has been very great. Above 30 vessels are ashore on the line of coast lying between the Tees and the Tweed. Above 50 semen have been drowned by vessels foundering at sea within the same area. The gale was very fearful in the neighbourhood of Sunderland on Sunday. Several of the small craft employed in conveying iron ore from Whitby to the Tyne have been lost with their cr ews ; and the loss of life by vessels foundering on the coast between Lowestoft and Berwick will exceed 100 persons. The Northumberland coast in the neighbourhood of e Coquet and the Fe-- Islands felt e the i storm, the storm, which wa ste most viol , 4 deetructiye experienced for many years. . H PEMALE SCHOOL. Increase.. ei (: 2 • , —•:. r 1 ' ' -1 . 1 / • 41 P • M at 444.• - • • • fr "ec that N CH . AT E 4 4 J.! z,:<4llllv 411[1, 'tt r i5 ."4141' C) (Prom, the , 1 / 4 pectator ) •= it. , Its •,* • .0 11 4?) /‘ / 2 1 5/7/ / 2 e --1 ,/_/c , 1 )-• • d „ p 4", • ) 4 OP 1 \ wassa n o House Brandenburg r , 4 „rt. , p,, • ,41 , 4 5 :: • T •41,/fr.l% ~.Acti)")11 • 4 ',‘ . • • , , TAI N .7 , 7 1 ' r c z iogi,7l DIP IT W\ "4/ Ni! - b.4 .0 - , t ' se: of the Princip‘lity of Neuchatel. The death,. of a S r t a ti n o d t e n n it b is u t rg of u t e h e e m N l V le ar se o l f ze :o* tpo b 34 : : the Duchess of Nemours, the last of the House of Lon. [PRICE 4130.' STAMPED scratch. The prisoner asked whether there were any injuries on the legs of his wife, and, on being answered in the negative,• he made4.seatetnant that the deceased had some time previously fallen idoWn stairs by acct c'ent. Mr. 8 - uperiutitudenk Wrenn having given a sirrilla,r,.apootint ,to ; tbat,of• Mr..tyke of the appearance presented by ,the, premises. on being called in, adde d that, op asking the pri'snrier 'if he knew whether ai l y one had been in the ;house, he said, " A man named Ezekiel was 'here' in the morning, and he went out with me to the Miners' Arms about 12 o'clock. We had some beer together, and I clime home ab tut half-pa-i 2' T ha..l some dinnii, but did not eat it all. My wife told mo she had bean to the Pos:-office with sotne.letters. I asked her, for a shilling, but she was not vey willing to give it, and scolded me for having been drinking ; but 0 last she gave me a ha!f-Soveveign, and made rue prOinise to bring back the change. I then went out and changed the half-sovereign, and had two quarts of beer. I then went to the Plymouth Arms, where I spent 6d." Re stated further that he came home at'about. 7 o'clock, and finding ho could not gain admission he stayed about for .some time, and then forced the door, when he found his wife lying at the foot of the stairs all over blood. Ire then moved her into the kitchen, and culled to Mr. Morgan as soon as he came in. No motey being found on the person of prisoner, he e±plained this circumstance by saying that as he was knocking a t, the door a girl canoe up 'to him add took it out of his pocket. Ezekiel Jones, thp man referred to in the statement inado.by the prisoner, contradicted his assertion as to his wife having given him a half-sovereign ; and other 'witnesses were also examined, whose testimony was in direct opposition to the account given by Lewis of the mariner in 'which he i , ecupied himself on the day in ques tion. At the close of the evidence the prisoner made a rambling suit -merit, after which the coroner summed up, and the jury, after a deliberation of about a quarter of an hour, returned a verdict of " Wilful Iturder against John Lewis," who was thereupon committed for, trial. DESTRUCTION OP THE ROYAL NAVAL gueville, threw the Principality, so to speak, into chan cery. There were several claimants, but the chief were, the King of Prussia, who c:aimed from our William. and the Duke of Orleans. At that time the allies we're! in the ascendant, but wanted all the men they could oh taro from Prussia. Frederick 1., greedy of-territory, honours, and European standing, was open to a bribe, y ass h ia e n ob o t o a r:t n i e n d en h t o , , a v nd he F u r s e e d i eri h ck is b p e o c:m er e , and the allies exerting their influence, and She King g N l :e t r uchatel. But bow he got it, what amount opening his pursestring and showering gold.among the questions having only an archxotogical inte• chief men of Neuchatel, Marlborough succeeded in ob. vega f e o rore r a:fi Frederick William IV. does not, or rather did tuning these i rsei n tsns i sovereignty not., hold princedom under the title deeds of Frederick I. The claims of the house of Hohenzollern to Neucha tel are of a mere modern date ; they are not ancient rights ; their founditions are ne older than 1815 ; for in 1806 the Emperor Napoleon obtained a legal cession of the fief from the King of Prussia, whose army he routed at Jena ; and gave the principality to . one of hie generals —Marshal Berthier. For seven years the Marshal err j 'Yed hie princerlona ; but in 1813 the fortune of war changed; Napoleon fell back upon France, and his allowed. Tne of Vienna of . prup Thei,ia was elaii not,n was however, ieeivu eert,a troops with hint ; Neuchatel passe d into the bands o f the allies, and Prussia put in her cla i m at the Con g ress himself as Prince of Neuchatel withou t conditions. Successively th e C ,ngr-ss refused to admit N euchatel as part of th e domi n ions of Prussia into the G erman Bond, to allow the King to isolate the canton a n i t l i Led to establish from Switzerland, to become an ally of the canton of Berrie. The Congress had other views. They were determined to make Switzerland a powerful neutral State, and they resolved to round her fr mtier on the side of France with the canton of Neucha tel. As regards Switzerland this was their priMary First in order came the incorporation of the canton in the Confeieration—that was essential ; next, the grant of the suzerainty to the King of Prussia—that was second ary and non-essential. By this arrangement the King acquired a limited, not an absolute, sovereignty in the canton. Thus, while he bad local executive power, nominated the Governor and the judges, had a veto on tee acts of the Legislative bodies, aid drew a tribute from the revenues of the State, the Helvetic:Confedera tion alone could declare war, make peace, negotiate treaties of cemmerce, and raise a contingent of troops in the canton for Federal purposes. The inhabitants of Neuchatel were thus subjected to a double .allegiance— to their Prince and to the Federation. This double relation had long before 1848 become a grievance. It reached a climax in 1847, when the Prince forbad the canton to take part in the war against the Sonderbund —a veto which his subjects neither respected nor obeyed —and when, towards the close of that year, he propm.etl that Europe eheuld hold a kind of congress at Neuchatel to deliberate respecting an intervention in Swiss affairs he forfeited the slight hold he had over the majorily of his Swiss subjects. It was not strange, therefore, that in the revolutionary fever of 184 h the people'of Neuchatel should be able by pacific means to repudiate the sove reignty of Prussia, and proclaim the canton a free and independent member of the Swiss Confederation. Tire question may be asked, why did the Helvetic Government acknowledge the new constitution of Neu chatel ? It had no other course. Prussian sovereignty over Neuchatel is recognised in no document signed by Switzerland. Neuchatel entered the Bund as a " sovereign" canton. By the act of union, which determined the relations of the canton principality with the Federation, it was provided that the lat ter should recognise exclusively " the Government residing at Neuchatel ;" the object of the stipula tion being to exclude the King of Prussia, as such, Irom all authority in the Federation. So far As Neuchatel, therefore, was affected by the treaty of Vienna and the acts to which it gave rise, Neuchatel stood exactly in the same position as England, France, Belgium, or any other country. It had the imprescrip tible right—a right so freely used in France—of chang ing at pleasure its form of government ; and the Federal authorities of Switzerland, it was expressly stipulated, were to recognise no Government but the resident Government of Neuchatel. No doubt the King of Prue • RICHMOND, SUNDAY. The fine old mansion on Richmond-green known as Hope-house, and tenanted for several years past by the Royal School for the Education of Daughters of Naval Officers, was destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. The premises have been unoccupied since July last, when the pupils of the Naval School were removed to St. Margaret's, formerly the beautiful residence of the Earl of Kilmorey, on the Midd!esex shore of the river, opposite Richmond, but new one of the newly-acquired estates of the Conservative Land Society. A short time since neeotiations were opened for purchasing the re mainder of the lease by the promoters of the new Cavalry College, just established under the presidency of Viscount Combsrmere, - the former site of which at Roebampton bad proved too small for the proposed objects of the in stitution. These negotiations were so far completed, that the mansion and grounds had been handed over to the promoters of the Cavalry College, who for some two or three weeks have occupied it permissively, for the purpose of effecting necessary repairs and alterations, the actual tenancy being arranged to commence from Lady-day next. The Me-srs. Lovell, of London, were the contractors to whom the repairs were entrusted ,and they have had a large staff of workmen employed in decorating the interior for some days past. Th 3 college having been advertised to open for business on the Ist of February, the operations of the wor, , men have been expedited by working early and late, and charco fires have been burned in several of the rooms for the purpose of drying the fresh paint. The workmen left off yestetday at four o'clock, and the promises were left untended from that hour. At half past 5 o'clock this morning, Mr. Warren, a respectable wine merchant,reeidingin Duke-street,a narrow thorough fare running from Richmond High-street to the Green, whom house overlooks the side front of the mansion de stroyed, fancied he heard an unusual noise in the street, and on jumping out of bed to ascertain what it was he observed Acmes issuing from several of the windows. Mr. Warren, without waiting to make his toilet, drew on a pair of trousers, and ran off to the chief officer of the Richmond fire brigade, Mr. Simmons whom he aroused, and then hastened on to the police station, where he was also the first to give intimation of the fire. Inspector M'lntyre, of the V division, on ascertaining the extent of the conflagration, now distinctly visible by the reflection of the flames, first despatched a mounted patrol officer to London to summon the en gines of the brigade establishment, and then got together all the ()EL:us of the district, for the pur pose of aidi , ,g in extinguishing the fire. There are two engines at Richmond supported by the parish, and a sort of amateur brigade establishment of ~fficers, who, without being paid any fixed salary, are accorded a kind of eleemosynary reward in the event of their services being required. These men were quickly upon the spot with both engines, but their usefulness was paralysed for nearly two hours by an almost total want of water. It will, perhaps, scarcely be credited that in the large anti wealthy town of Richmond, with its narrow streets and densely crowded population, and boasting a special water company for the supply of its inhabitants, no fire main exists ; and although plugs are numerous in all parts of the town in the event of fire, the only water obtain able rem thenl is derived from the ordinary service pipes sia protests i ; and in 1852, taking advantage of the advent of a Tory Ministry in England, and his position in the councils of Europe, he induced France, England Austria, and Russia to sign the protocol of London re cognising his claims. This was an extraordinary step to take, especially as in 1848 the European Governments had recognised the new Swiss constitution, and, of course, the change in the state of Neuchatel. The King of Prussia, however, was not in a position to enforce hie claims by arms ; and he allowed four years to settle over the protocol of London without action, thereby strengthening the Swiss side of the case. It was not until the insurrection of last September had been suppressed and the insurgents imprisoned that he moved in the matter, and so mteinperately conducted his case as to bring the two Governments on the verge of war. It will be seen from this plan statement that the status quo satisfies the larger and more important purpose of une treaty of Vienna in the disposal of Neuchatel, and is in accordance with the desires of the people of that canton. Europe is not in the least degree benefited by the presence of the sovereignty of Prussia in Neuchatel; the Prussian monarchy is not injured by its absence ; while the Swiss republic is positively benefited by the incorporation of the canton under its Federal c institu tion, and Europe is benefited by the homogeneity of Switzsrland. In the presence of facts like these it would be idle to talk of the violation of the treaty of Vienna—still more idle when we remember that Russia has systematically violated the treaty by her absorption of Poland ; that Austria has violated the treaty by the suppression of the Republic of Cracow ; that France has violated the treaty by selecting Bonaparte - for Emperor ; and that a distinct violation of the treaty was consummated when Belgium was cut off from Holland. So far as the people of Neuchatel are concerned they have as good a right as the people of France to change their form of government. Tee Prince of Neuchatel is precisely in the same position towards the canton and the confederation as the Count de Chambord or the Count de Paris towards France. Ills rights have been extinguished in the same manner that their rights were extinguished., The sovereignty of a Bonaparte in France is a violation of the solemn compacts of 1815, when Prussia, with others, bound herselt to use force for the exclusion of Napoleon Bonaparte and his family from supreme power in France. Yet Prussia not only per wits, but recognise , this violation of European treaties. If the Prince of Neuchatel were not King of Prussia he would probably be as helpless and as incapable of die tuebing Europe as the Count de Chambord or the Count de Paris. Plain men would settle the dispute in five minutes. Ther, are two things to uphold—the integrity of Swit . zsrland as a neutral State, and the right of a people "to select their own form of government and to regulate their • domestic affairs ;" and these two things would be upheld if the King of Prussia were induced to surrender his rebelpsawricsh s ni p wr e i n o t e l i a r n. agree, s simultaneously ese Such cah nids thea whichrr wawniotguhel arrangement h e e bn s et u rtaroe reas which onable [ settlement of the question. o f the town. Even this supply fails one day in each week and upon every day at sunset ; so that, if a fire breaks out on any Thursday, or between sunset and 6 o'clock in the morning of any other day, no water is obtainable until the Engineer of the Richmond Water Company has ignited his fires and got up the steam necessary to set his pumps in motion. The fire this morning occurring before 6 o'clock, as a matter of course no water was procurable from the service mains, and all that Mr. Sins mons and his amateur staff could do was to pump all the wells in the neighbourhood dry, a proceeding involving immense labour with a very small result, in so far ss reducing the ravages of the fire was concerned. The turncock was among the first upon the spot, and all the plugs were speedily opened, but water there was none, and accordingly the honest fellow has tened off to the waterworks under Richmond-hill to rouse the engineer, who was quietly enjoying him stif in the arms of Morpheus. On being roused he b3tirred him-elf, and in about an hour the pumps were in motion, and all the cisterns in Richmond were speedily overflowing. What waste water remained in the pipes was now at the service of the engines, and Mr. Simmons and hi, gallant little brigade worked away manfully, as far as the supply would allow. But the flames at this time bad gained too great head to be stayed by the limited means at command, and shortly after 7 o'clock it was clear no portion of the mansion could he saved. The attention of the firemen was therefore chiefly directed to keeping the outbuildings and surrounding property well saturated with water, and in this judicious proceeding the Rich mond inert were assisted by the brigade from Kingston, who arrived with the town engine, drawn by four post• horses, at a quarter after 7 o'clock. The mounted patrol despatched to London galloped to Wandsworth, and then sent on a fresh man to London, who gave notice of the fire at the Brigade and We-t of England Fire-engine Stations. The latter was st on the road, and after a journey of some difficulty, owing to the heavy state of me roads, drove into Richmond shortly after 8 o'clock. Mr. Henderson, foreman of the Southwark division of the Fire Brigade, who had lost a few minutes in fruitless endeavour to obtain four post-horses, arrived soon after Mr. Connorton, and both engines were speedily at work. The miserable effect of. the paltry economy which leaves so vast a neighbourhood almost unpro tected against fire was now again apparent, the Lon don engines with their superior pow,r speedily absorbing the whole supply of water. The flames, however, bad now nearly exhausted themselves, and the whole in terior of the mansion having been destroyed, the fire was easily pr i evented from extending, and before ten o'clock it was confined almost exclusively to the sm ,,oldering ruins in the basement. The catastrophe has occasioned great excitement in the town, chiefly owing to the want of water above alluded to ; but, apart from this, much regret is felt at the destructio❑ of one of she finest old decorated man sions with which this neighbourhood abounds. As to the origio of the fire, no doubt whatever exists that it must have occurred through the culpable care lessness of the workmen in leaving charcoal fires burning without any person to attend them. The mansion and premises are insured in the Sun and L'hcenix fire offices. Mr. Superintendent Fenn, of the V Division, rode over from Wandsworth at an early hour, on receiving intelli Bence of the fire, and personally directed the police fficers on duty. mf officersn) ar C c u a di p nta t an a t is,o i : n f go dtrf ehatt,ehti ßarrow, freiynuinesit3tegitwot u l nt a tcoi t oo e , butv l. :t 7 ivehr t niyhestaiohcLtbhpeel Collett house n ndrl teis c ehneg e bt ge r eou s :ri , adti t fi alnhin rebuielding, toeshttehi either resident ami,et:rih;teteli geri morning; eother s .. a e ii i i j r st v e na r P fr i e ! r e le r nt with e twh P t DrdeoEstneegdvicinity or OCCUPY their pre sent house at Roehampton. ThE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY SPATION. At this station a very large amount of building is in pro gress (in the way of additions to the enormous establish ment), from the designs of Mr Brunel, the eminent engineer. Among the most prominent of them is a new goods station, the platform portion of which is 520 feet in length, with an average width of about 80 feet. The roof is of corrugated iron, and supported by iron columns. trout which spring seginentat arches, roofed in with glass and slate. At the eastern end of this large plat form is a wire house of irregular plan.the length of which is 150 feet, and its greatest width 90 feet. This ware house has a height of four storeys, the ground floor being 17 feet in height, the first 11 feet, and the second and third floors 9 feet each. Thee floors are constructed of wood, some of the beams of which are of three and others of two thick saws, bolted together, the whole being sup ports t v,,rt , catly by a wile- of 38 iron stanchions of grey strengto, which traverse the whole of the floors from the hasetn3nt to the roof. The flours are composed of boards 1A inch io teiekness, and tied together by what are tee ni call v called iron tongues. The ground fluor and also those of the platform are composed .of 2 inch battens, resting on very strong joisting, saturated in creosote for effec tual preservation. The roof of the warehouse is com posed of irsn,aud is light and even elegant in design. At s northern end is a large water tank, 44 ft. in length and 33 feet wide at one end and 20 feet at the other, and e ght feet deop, containing an enormous body of water for the supply of the establishMent, including the hy draulic crane-, of which there are 36 in all on the outer platform and interior of the warehouse, besides two lifts in the interior of the structure worked by the same means. The whole of the windows have iron lintels, &c., and everything about the building is con structed with the greatest regard to strength and dura bility. ~ o rne very la . rge workshops are ab,o now nearly completed, extending to a length of 300 ft ; the upper one to be used as a carriage trimming shop, being 3 4 ft. 6 in. wide, and the lower ooe, which is appropriated to repairing and painting carriages, being 81 !set 6 inches in Width. The .e lower shops are 400 feet m length. In addition to these there is also the Queen's car riage shed, which is 42 f e et long by 32 feet 6 inches wide ; this shed is finished in a somewhat superior manner, being roofed 'with iron girders, arched between and plastered, and heated with Perkins's hot water ap paratus, with a view to the preservation of its contents, as a preventive of damp. In this portion of the vast area occupied by the company new clerks' offices and stores have been erected, together with carpenters' shops. Adjoining to these a range of offices has been built, on the ground floor of which are strong rooms, cionstr.uueteed. on the most substantial principles, and fireproof t a t k t also printing and stamping offices, police-office o ffices for the resident engine ers and their and 36 o ver these is a spacious board -room, lo 3G to it, so that it may be divided into thr o e feet wide, which has temporary cross 7:agrfteiieerteiorolnasormgaetstsawycahhceeill not used for general meetings, City-road, r t y . John -r h ad, Jay, has t cbounitlrdaeurt, o f uf Macclesfield-streetinnoprrtbot of he Mr. Brunel, the r being under the general supervision_ _ geahrerise.st,e33:tengrditnrMaeemrr.hßobert Rowelistthe clerk of the works, pariensyid.__enet . I, e: ta g:n ag _ ee h r v , ew t s h . e w hole ofe b eing g e ctohne3 COAL STATISTICS. —The follow i railways, awl P w s' itb 1855, have .141 the coalsintopast year,London cm by ya compared ug particulars of th e been c , Anpi led b y Mr. J. R. Scott, Re g istrar of the Coal Market, Lond on : ciuimp,aoir:adtcior:lo Ships. Tons, Seaborne —In 1856 In 1855 103,016 Tons. cwt. By Railways and Canals—ln 1856 1,271,700 4 In 1855 1,161,086 0 Increase 110,614 4 Total importation of coals by ships, rail ways, and canals in 1856 4,391,584 4 The entries of ships by the principal factors during the year were—Hill, Wood, and Hughes, 2,188 ; Smith, Seurfield, and Co., 966 ; Dixon, Harris, and Angier, 954 ; Marshall, Page, and Co., 817 ; 11. Taylor, 714 ; S. 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VANE TEMPEST, after some few preliminary observations upon the vastness of the subject he had un dertaken to discuss, and the expression of his fears that he hould not be able to do full justice to the magnitude of the task, proceeded to say that ho was not one of those who were permitted at the commencement of the Russian cam plign, to take part in the expedition to the Crimea. Al though he made application to be allowed to join the gal lant band who in 1854 left the shores of thiseountry to en gage against a powerful foe, he found that the claims of enior officers were preferred to his, and it was not until 0ct.N.855, that he was enabled to leave this country to join his regiment at the seat of war. It was not his fortune to be present at the glorious struggle of the Alma ; it was nut his fortune to take part in the gallant but mournful achievement at Balaklava ; nor was he permitted to be present at the memorable engagement on the heights of Inkerman, where 8,500 British soldiers withstood, for 3 hout:s, 40,000 of the best disciplined troops in Russia, and where the brigade to which he belonged greatly dis tinguished themselves by their intrepidity and valour (Loud cheers). It was his misfortune to find the British army almost destitute of clothing and provisions, covering, or shelter, tolsupport the privations and hardships of the terriVe winter that ensued. Against those unexampled hardships land struggles they bore up with the most heroic fortitude, and he could give them - the evidence of an eye-witness 'as to the sufferings they endured. In doing so, he should not furnish them with mere retrospective opinions, but would, with their permission, occasionally refer to letters written at the time, some in despondency, some in the height of misery, and some in hope that the war would ultimately terminate in a manner which would secure to the allies all those objects for which hostili. ties were commenced. Before doing so, however, he would briefly advert to those causes which had led to the war, which, in the language of an eminent states man had proved so disastrous to Europe and led to the destruction of human life at the rate of a thousand per day. In the year 1851, our ally, Louis Napoleon, then the President of [the French republic, claimed from the Sultan of Turkey certain privileges in behalf of the Latin Church. Those demands were enforced by threats of the presence of the French fleet in the Dardanelles. The Sultan, alarmed by those threats, conceded the demand wade upon him, and Russia, feeling jealous of the privi leges granted to the _ Latin Church,. determined to enforce : imilar demands on behalf of the Greek Church. The Sultan hoped to satisfy his two powerful applicants, and certain concessions here made which it was thought set tled the question respecting the Holy places. In March, 1853, however, Prince Menschikoff arrived on his memor able mission at Constantinople, and the spirit which he evinced showed that his designs were anything but of a pacific or conciliatory character. Matters continued ilk dispute till the sth of May, when the Prince made his ul timatum to the Sultan, the effect of granting which would have been to place 12,000,000 of the Sultan's subjects under the Emperor of Russia, and virtually to reduce Turkey to the position of a dependency of the Czar. This ultimatum was refused, and Prince Menschikoff left Constantinople. On June 27 the Russian armies crossed the Pruth, and the two-headed eagle swooped down upon its prey, while England and the other European Powers stood aloof, and Turkey was left unaided to cope with her powerful enemy. His lordship then proceeded to comment upon the gallant achievements of the Turks at Oltenitza and other places, and then went on to speak of the abortive attempt which was made to terminate existing differences at the first Vienna conference. A note was concocted which it was thought would effect a satisfactory settlement of the question at issue, but the Turkish Minister finding that, according to the Russian interpretation of the note, it would fully secure the demands of the Czar, he, con trary to the advice of the allies, advised the Sultan to reject it. Turkey for a time was left to struggle with Russia, and in October application was made for the allied fleets in the Black Sea, but they were only sent to the Dar danelles, where they engaged in innocent pastimes at the time when the Turkish fleet was destroyed at Sinope. The Russians obtained various successes until they came before Silistria, which was defended with the utmost gallantry, and ultimately, by the attitude taken by Austria, the troops of the Czar were compelled to raise the siege on the 22d June. On the 11th March, 1854, the Queen led out the first division of the Baltic fleet, unprovided with gunboats, and when (it was now admitted) the only attack could have been made upon Cronstadt with any hope of success. In the early part of that year, the British troops were sent out, and in the month of June instructions were issued by the English Government for an expedition to the Crimea. In September a landing was effected with most perfect success ; and on the 20th of 'that month the memorable battle of the Alma was fought. It would be needless to dwell upon the heroism displayed by the English and French armies on that occasion ; suffice it to say, that the formidable position which Prince Menschikoff boastingly asserted he would hold for three weeks was carried in the space of three hours by the invincible gallantry and deter mination of the allied forces. After the battle, the allied -armies marched upon Sebastopol. Unfortunately, how ever, the number of wounded and the wadt of sufficient transports prevented them from making a forward move ment immediately after the engagement, and the delay that took place gave the Russians an opportunity of sinking their ships at the month of the harbour, and preventing the entrance of the allied fleets. This, of course, necessitated some other movement on tho part of the allies, which led to the adoption of a flank march on Balaklava, where they arrived in October, and on the 17th they. first bombardment of Sebastopol began. His lordship here made a digression from his narrative, and proceeded to animadvert nptm statements made by a Staff Officer, in a work recently pub lished, entitled "Realities of: the Crimean War." He condemned ;the indiscreet praises which he had 'lavished upon Lord Raglan's abilities as a commander, and disputed many of his alleged facts ; and especially he denied the accuracy of the statement that in December, 1854, the troops had begun to hut themselves, and that Lord Raglan was frequently seen in the camps. The lec hirer spoke in terms of reprobation of the deficiencies ex hibited by the staff, by the home authorities, and by the commissariat department, and remarked that the intense sufferings which the army had to undergo from the rigour of the Crimean winter obtained little alleviation, except what was furnished from private resources through th e i medium of the Times fund. After some further criticisms on the " Staff's Officer's " views, which he characterised as partial, narrow, and unreliable, his lordship proceeded t quote from letters which he had written home from the seat of war. His personal recollections had reference es pecially to the sufferings of the troops, who, without means of roasting and grinding their coffee, without fresh meat or fuel, died by thousands of scurvy and dysentery. No effort of imagination could enable them to conceive the amount of privation and misery which the troops endured . The officers, badly off as they were, di3 not suffer so much as the men, as they were enabled to procure the necessa ries of existence at enormous prices ; but the rank and file, with their green coffee, salt pork, biscuits, anZi no fuel but the roots they were enabled to dig with much la borious effort, were in a most deplorable condition. As a proof that Lord Raglan seldom visited the camp, he men tioned that it was some time before the British commander became acquainted with the fact that green coffee berries wore served out to the men, but when he did discover it he severely took the head of the commissariat to task on the matter. Lord A. Vane Tempest then went on to ob serve that he was of opinion that many of the disasters which the army met with occurred by the army being sent to the Crimea at so late a period of the year, and without sufficient forethought and previous arrangement being exercised. Three great evils, after the landing, he consi. dared to be the issuing of green coffee, salt pork, and the deprivation of bread, and he believed thab all those might have been averted by a moderate amount of energy and forethought on the part of the authorities. With regard to the coffee, there would have been no difficulty in pre• paring and roasting and crushing it at. Balaklava, where thorn was plenty of fuel, and there was no reason why the British troops should not have been provided with broad l as well as the French. Numbers of steam vessels were lying idle in Balaklava which might have been employed in fetching fresh meat from the shores along the Black Sea ; and he mentioned, as a proof of the want of energy, fore thought, or arrangement, which characterised all the de partments excepting the regimental department, that he saw one vessel bearing the misnomer of "the Propeller," which to his certain knowledge was never propelled for two months ; and that was at the time when the army was gradually molting away for the want of those neces saries which the most ordinary care might have supplied to them. His lordship next made some incidental allu sions to th e F ore i gn E n li s t men t Bill, a nd cont ras t e d th e difference and 1 81. t h peei with w hi c h th e G overnmen t h a d b e h ave d towards foreigners per man,ow n a plot countrymen, of land fur p' nisl ing the former with tit !).pe, and a free passage out, and discharc , ' the militia, brought to their stand ment of their greatest ernergenc— clothes upon their backs, ce• This was a system no 4 army at the ti" proceed- the c ong Many ..ard in the um - verYli likely penny fill the h t h t h e s ec r ia a rr n e k epl i any o c f kets. our -.AO of our greatest need. His lordship then ..dd to remark upon the duties of his own battalion _ a in the Crimea, and observed that they had only 700 men to int end p e rform the trench duty,of 2,000, and he quoted from one I of hie own letters, written at that period, an observation to the effect that, if the Russians had attacked their works at that time, he should have been anxious for the result. Other letters which he read gave accounts of the Rufiian ace of the entry into their advanced p ara ll e l, and he mentioned an in - n madroit on coolness t thef of e f a t, Russian spy, who walked through the batteries and, when ques tioned as his business, he stated hi m self to be a medical officer at tached to the 3d divi s i on . Hi s lordship next alluded to th e unfairness o f th e F renc h, w h o l e ft the British armies to parform the greatest portion a the trench work. When the armies landed iu the Crimea the British army amounted to 24,000 men, and the French to 20,000, and each army ook up ground in front of Sebastopol according to their, numbers. The French received constant reinforcements until their numbers far exceeded thelritish, and repeated applications were made to them to take some of our ground, but they uniformly refused, even when their army amounted to 68,000 men, whilst the available British force was not above 12,000 strong. These matters went on until the railway was nearly completed, and at last the French con sented to-help our army and take some of our ground. Lord Raglan wished them to take ground to the left at tack, but they refused and wished to take ground to the right, which the British commander, from the weakened state of his forces, was at length reluctantly obliged o con cede, and the French thus robbed them of their birthright. (Applause.) Lord Adolphus here read a letter, written by him on the 19th of Feb., expresAve of his regret that the English troops were obliged to give up ground which they had held so long, and at such an enormous sacrifice of life, and in this epistle was the following observation :—" If Sebastopol is ever to be taken, the French trill get the chief credit, as it is now admitted that the Malakhoff, the ground in front of which we have held - so long, is the key to the Russian position." His lordship then noticed the gallant attack of the Zouaves on the outworks of the Ma melon, which was repulsed with a losi'4f 20(if men and 16 officers, killed and wounded. The Zouaves were furious that they were not led on to a second attack, and it was not known to this day why a second attack was not made. Lord Raglan offered the services of an English division, which was, however, declined. The next letter contained an account of the sortie made by the Russians on the 26th •f March, when poor Capt. Vicars was killed. Other let ters contained accounts of the second bombardment, and of the successful attack on the Russian rifle pits, which were carried at the point of the bayonet. In the latter engagement he was sorry to say Colonel Egerton, an accomplished soldier, who led the attack, was killed! In subsequent letters Lord Vane adverted to a circum stance that wanted satisfactory solution, which was, that an artillery officer, at the bombardment, received orders not to fire to the fullest extent of his force, but only to fire six shots an hour. He refused to obey this inj mice tion, unless under the hand of Lord Raglan himself. The reason why an assault had not been made after that bom bardment had never been explained, but it was said to arise from an indisposition on the part of the French. His lordship next read a letter alluding to the sailing of the expedition to Kertch, and remarked upon the cir cumstance that the expedition should have been delayed so long when the Duke of Newcastle had recommended it as early as June, 1854. The next letter had reference to the appointment of General Pelissier to the command of the French troops, and the subsequent attacks which led to the taking of the Mamelon, after a heavy loss. This engagement, of which Lord Adolphus was an eye witness, he very graphically described. The English attack on the rifle pits was equally successful, but the losses in killed and wounded both on the part of the French and English were very considerable. His lordship next gave an account of the unsuccessful assault on Sebastopol on the 18th of June, when the fire from the double-shotted guns of the Russians was most terrific, and made fearful carnage amongst our gallant troops. Having adverted to the loss of two of his intimate personal friends, the adju tant of the regiment and Captain Drummond, the former 4,1 whom was shot in an advanced parallel, and the latter killed by a shell in the trenches, his lordship next adverted to the gallant engagement of the Tchernaya, or the battle of the Traktir, where the gallant Piedmontese greatly dies tinguished themselves, and three times repulsed the despe rate attacks of the enemy. Lord Vane at length came to the final bombardment and grand assault on Sebastopol. The French gained by a surprise the Malakoff, but did not prove so fortunate on their attack on the left. Five times they attacked the Little Redan with the greatest vigour and intrepidity, and five times they were repulsed. The English, on the signal being given, assaulted the Great Redan, which they entered in the midst of a terrific fire, but, in consequence of the supports not being sent up, to gether with the formidable nature of the work, and the desperate resistance made by the Russians, they were un able to hold it. Arrangements were made for - a second attack on the following, morning, but it was discovered that the enemy had retreated. and they -found that the attack had been a work of supererogation; as the Malakoff, an formerly conjectured, commanded the whole. It had since been stated that the attack was of the greatest im portance to the success of the general assault, as by draw ing off the Rassian forces it enabled the French to establish themselves inside the Malakoff, and that, in point of fact, the assault of the English was but a feint. As Englishmen, we could not but feel mortified at the loss of 2,000 bi are men in killed and wounded, and if it was necessary for the final success of the attack on the fortresses, the French ought to have taken their share of the feint, and the Eng lish shared in the glory of the success. (Applause.) It was believed that this was proposed by General Simpson, but was not consented to on the part of the French, and, therefore, this was another instance of robbing us of our birthright. (Applause.) Instead of saying that the French attacked the Malakoff, on the Bth of September, with success, and that the English attacked the great Redan, and failed, it ought to have been that the allies attacked five places and carried one, and that by a surprise, for the French got into the Malakoff with a loss of 25 men. General Pelissier gave, to his mind, a very gratifying de scription of the English attack on that occasion, and which was in striking contrast with the disparaging accounts that had been given by our own countrymen. He said, " the same causes which frustrated our endeavours on other points militated against the attack of our brave allies on the Redan, not withstanding their courage and valour.' , (Applause.) The French gallantly attempted to carry the little Redan, and two other points on the left, at all of which they failed; but he (Lord Vane) never read any re mark made by the public prints in France in this matter, but all shared equally in the glory of the success on the Malakoff, and he thought it very unpatriotic on the part of English writers—men from their position exercising great influence—to decry and depreciate the courage of the British troops, not only in the eyes of their own countrymen, but in the estimation of the whole of Europe. (Applause.) His Lordship then briefly adverted to the subsequent events which occurred after the fall of Sebas topol, and concluded by presenting to the members of the Athenaeum au inkstand formed of a small round shot, raised on a marble slab, surrounded with minie rifle balls, together with a curious painting, which had been taken from the city of Sebastopol. His Lordship resumed his seat amidst considerable applause. The CHAIRMAN proposed a vote of thanks to Lord A. Vane Tempest for .his interesting address, which was ac corded to him by acclamation. Lord A. V. TEMPEST briefly acknowledged the compli ment. Earl VANE next proposed a vote of thanks to the Chair man, to whose extensive scientific attainments he grace. fully adverted. Professor CIIEVALLIEIt briefly responded, and the pro. ceediugs terminated. THE GALES. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. it. The gales of wind Which have been , so prevalent of late have caused almost daily arrivals at this port of distressed merchant vessels. On Friday night consi derable alarm was excited by a large merchant-ship firing guns and burning blue lights for, assistance. The paddle. frigate Retribulion, Captain Barker, at Spitheed, an• sacred the signals and repeated them to the dockyard; and at the same time sent out tier boats and men to the distressed ship, which was found to be the Sabrina. Fox, master, from Loridon to Melbourne, calling at South• ampton for emigrants. In cawing, up to St,ithead she got on shore on the Dean Sand. Admiral Superinten dent Martin at once sent out the 'doCkyard tugs Echb and Comet, with Flag Liewehant Malconabe, Assist ant Master Attendant Tonkin, Mr. Jones, pilot, and a large supply of hawsers, gear, &c. These tugs were out till one o'clock in the morning, when they returned, having towed the Sabrina off and anchored her at the Motherbank. Fortunately she sustained little damage. , In order to ascertain the exact po,ition of_ the ship, Mae Cormnarider-in-Chief, Vice - Admiral Sir G. Seymour, sent out the Sprightly, steamer, and she brought back the gratifying information that no further assistance was required. Fears are entertained as to the fate of a collier, the Fearful, belonging to Mr. Byeriey, of this port. She has been absent for a fortnight, and not a word has been heard of or from her. She was a fine i•trong ship. LOWESTOFT, 'JAN. 9. At about 3.30 p.m., on the sth inst., the wind being then NE., in a most severe snow storm, a brig on the Newcombe made signal of distress by a flag in the rig.: ging. The Lowestoft life boat was immediately launched and went off to the brig, and having been enabled to anchor to windward of her dropped down upon her , stern, and succeeded in taking on board half her crew, when in a tremendous squall the cable of the life beat' parted, but having taken a strong rope from the brig as a guy, the crew were enabled to hold till the remainder. of.the crew were got on board with the exception of the master who, when striving to get into the boat, was washed overboard, and was with considerable difficulty, recovered and hauled into her in a senseless condition,, after having more than once disappeared in the sea. The life-boat's crew then immediately ran for the harbour, in order the more expeditiously to land the crew and, the master, as the latter had since he had been taken into the life-boat scarcely shown any signs of life.. By the prompt and unwearied exertions of a surgeon and his assistant, on the master's landing, they succeeded ultimately in his resuscitation. The brig was the Tennant of Stockton, 220 tone burden, with a cargo of timber, from Dentate to London, and a crew of eighehands. Nothing could ev.ceed the zeal and hardihood of the life-boat's crew, in clu ling the gallant , Captain Joachim ,N , who w 4 with them throughout the trying (tees,- ion in the severe snow-storm, as well as of the willing aid of the people on the beach in launching the life-boat. This life-coat in connection with the National Lite-Boat Institution', the life-boats of which society have been successful during the last week in saving the lives of about 60 persons from shipwreck. The crew of the above life, boat will receive, as usual, a liberal reward from the National Life-Boat Institution for their meritorious services. THE LOSS OF THE NORTHERN BELLE. Several cheques and sums of money were yans mitted to Mr. Lang, of Broadstairs, for the boatmen who saved the crew of the Northern Belle from a watery grave ; and Mr. R. B. Campbell, American consul ib London, invites American residents in London to give similar expression to their gratitude. Mr. Croskey, the United States consul at Southampton, subscribes 50/. The names of the brave fellows are published, and are as follows :-- Crew of the Mary White ; John Castle, Geo. Castlq, Wm. Hiller, jun., Robt. Miler, Jas. Rowe, Geo. Empt• age, Edward Emptage. This boat saved seven hands. Crew of the Culmer White on her first trip to the wreck. John Cowell, Wm. Wales, Jethrow Miller, John Saud well, Geo. Emptage, Thos. Holbirn, Wm. Ralph, Robt. Gilbert, Robt. Parker. Saved 14 hands. Crew of die Culmer White on her second trip to save the captain anti pilot—John Cowell, Wm. Wales, Jethrow Miller, Jerry Walker, Fred. Lawrence, Thomas Sand wel:, Robert Simpson, James Bere, Robert Parker, Geo Emptage, Alfred Emptage. " These men," writes Mr. Lang, " were not labouring under any species of excitement when they engaged in the perilous duty which they performed so nobly and so well. Under the impression that these men would never return—the impression of all who witnessed their departure from the shore—l watched their countenances closely. There was nothing approaching bravado in their demeanour—nothing to give a spectator an idea that they were about to engage in a matter of life or death to themselves and the crew of the ship clinging to the fore rigging of the Northern Belle. They had no hope of a 'decoration,' or of pecuniary reward when, with the coolness of manner and a calmness of mind which contrasted strongly with the energy of their movement+, they 'stripped to their shirts' and bounded into the Mary White and the Colmar White to storm hatteries of billows far more appalling to the human mind than batteries surmounted 133 cannon and bristling with bayonets. There could be no question about the heroism of these men." gilose-'ber " whose husband One of the subscribers is a lady crossed the Channel on the night of the sth inst., and when off the outer edge of the Goodwin at daybreak next morning was within so short a distance of the Northern Belle as to hear cries from those still clinging to the wreck, himself expecting each moment that the steamer in which he crossed ould not outlive the violence of the storm." THE Loss OF THE VIOLET MAIL PACKET. — LIST OF THE SUFFERERS.—The following is an official list of the names of the unhappy crew of the Violet, which was wrecked :—Captain Edmund Lyne, com mander, left a wife, no family ; Mr. James Paul, chief officer, wife, one child ; Mr. Henry Polman, second officer, wife, two children ; Mr. George Dtke, engineer, wife, seven children ; Alexander Smart, carpenter, wile, two children ; George Freeman, boatswain, wife, sever:. children ; Henry Fox seamen, wife, three chil dren ; James White, seaman, wife, one child e ; Samuel Laslatt, seamen, wife, no family ; James Harber, sea man, wife, one child ; Nathaniel Harmer, stoker, wife, two children ; Samuel Sharpe, stoker, wile, no family ; John Shillatoe, stoker, wife, two children ; William Patrick, stoker, wife, two children ; Stephen Penny, steward, wife, two children ; Penny, cabin boy ; Wm. Crofts, ship boy ; Mr. Mortleman, Post-office guard, wife, and ten children. In all, 16 widows and 42 children have been left unprovided for by this sad calamity. The name of the only passenger has not yet been ascertained. The company estimate their loss at 14,0001. The violet was only insured for 4,000/, THE MURDER OF A WIFE AT MERTHYR. The inquest on the body of Gwenllian Lewis, respect ing whose murder some particulars have already ap peered in The Sun, was resumed on Friday afternoon. The inquiry excited great public interest, both on ac count of the circumstances which bad been previously disclosed, and from the fact that it had become generally known that the husband of the deceased woman at tempted suicide on the previous evening. This attempt at self-destruction was of a novel and determined cha racter. On being conveyed to the station house on Thursday the prisoner, John L-wis, was searched, and deprived of everything with which it was supposed pos sible that he could inflict any injury upon himself. In the course of the eveeiog, however, he contrived to get out a stay nail, which was used to to support one of the fixtures of the cell in which he was confined, and having worked the bead of it into the wall so as to present the point towards him, he ran his head violently against it, apparently with the hope of being thus able to terminate his existence. It so happened that the nail not being firmly secured in the wall gave way at, the first blow, in• fleeting a wound on the scalp, but without materially in juring the skull. Foiled in this attempt at suicide, Lewis then took the stay nail and made a de-perate a ttempt to force it into his bowels ; but the instrument not being very sharp did not prove fatal, but caused the wreteheet man such pain that he fainte d . Mr. Superintendent Wrenn, who had from the first deemed it prudent to keep a frequent watch upon the prisoner, soon afterwards found him in a state of insensibility, and, having admi nistered some restoratives immediatelysent for Mr. Dy ke, surgeon, who was promptly in attendance', and who used further means for Lewis's recovery. At the inquest on Friday a great change was observable in the appearance and conduct of the prisoner. Instead of displaying the indifference amounting to hardihood which he had before manifested, he seemed to regard the proceedings with anxiety, and more than once shed tears. The circumstantial evidence adduced was very strong Mr. John Morgan, to whom the deceased had been housekeeper for three years, deposed that she was io good health when he left his home about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 4th inst. On his return, at about 11 o'clock, he let himself in with a latchkey, but not finding his night candle placed as usual he rang the bed. A a no one answered he went into the passage, when the prisoner called out " Please come to me." On going down into the kitchen, and seeing the deceased lying on the floor, he said, " How is this John ?" The prisoner replied, " I don't know, indeed. I knocked at the frtmt door many times and tried to get into the house, but I was obliged to go over the wall into the field, and force open the back door, and when I returned 1 found my wife at the bottom of the stairs in her blood, as you now see her." Witness sent immediately for Mr. Dyke, sur geon, and also for Mr. Superintendent W renn. On exa mining the premises it was found that the back door had been forced open. The deceased' was a very steady woman, but the prisoner was occa sionally addicted to drunkenness. Mr. Dyke, surgeon, baying restated the injuries found upon the person of the deceased, described the condition in which the premises were found by him when he was called in. Besi des a quantity of recent blood stains observed on the kitchen stairs and wall, witness noticed that a quantity of lime from the wall at the side of lithe stairs had been knocked off, as thou g h a struggle had taken place. The prisoner was intoxi cated at the itime, and on his face there was a recent THE LATE COUNT DE SALVANDY u geot, late F r e nc h Mi n i ster to th e The Count do Chamboid addressed the following on hearing of the d ea th o f t h e C oun u let n t i e t r ed to s M tat . e P s, de Salvandy " VENICE, DEO. 25, 185 G. "On arriving at Venice, I learnt, sir, the death of Count de Salvandy, and I cannot lose a moment in charging you to be, under those lamentable circum stances, the interpreter to Madame do Salvandy of my sympathies and my profound regret. Nobody more than myself esteemed that worthy man—so intelligent, so talented, and so gone -warted. I have not forgotten that it was he who first came to see me with you at Wiesbaden, and who, while he brought me the frank and noble assurance of his entire devotedness, offered mo the assistance of his zeal and of hi 3 constant efforts to prepare the way for that desired reconciliation which has since been so fortunately accomplished, and which France has a right to look upon at present as one of the firmest guarantees for the future. Those are good and loyal services which, united with other recollections of lus life so honourable and his death so Christian, will render his memory ever precious and dear. Say so on my part to his family and to his numerous friends. May they find in that reflection some relief to their just affliction ! " I am always in the hopes that I shall soon have the pleasure of seeing you. lam anxious to be able to r'•:.new verbally the expressions of my entire esteem, atnd alyvery sineere affection , " HENR . There has been a great increase in the importation of cocoa. From January to November 7,024,027 lb. were imported. A RAILWAY GUARD KILLED.--A few days ago the guard of a luggage train, named James W oo dbury, me ht t with a'fatal accident at the Ilkeston Junction, eig mi l e s from Nott in g ham. Woodbur y was stepping on to the break before the train had stopped, when from some cause or other it was jerked, and the man was pitched over. He was frightfully mutilated, and died soon after his removal to the Nottingham General Hoopital. .