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London, England, 1855-05-12

TWO VISITS to the UNITED STATES.
By Sir CHARLES LYELL. Third and Cheaper Editions, 4 vols.
*oat &to., 245.
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HANDBOOK for YOUNG PAINTERS.
By C. R. LESLIE, R.A. Plates, post Bvo., 10s. 6d.

POLYNESIAN MYTHOLOGY, and TRA-
DITIONS of NEW ZEALAND. By Sir GEORGE GREY,
:ate Governer of New Zealand. Woodcuts, post lino., 10s. Bd.

HISTORY of the ENGLISH POOR LAW ;
in connexion with the CONDITION of the PEOPLE. By Sir
GEORGE NICHOLLS, K.C.B. 2 vols. Bvo., 28s.
14.

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER ; or, the Pro-
ductive Forces of Modern Society. By CHARLES KNIGHT,
Esq. Woodcuts, crown tivo., 7s. 6d.
JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle-street.

Next week, crown Svo.,
JOURNAL of a TOUR in the PRINCIPA-
t TITLES, CRIMEA, and Countries adjacent to the Black
Sea, in the Years 130-6. By LORD DE ROS.
London: JOHN W. Banana and Sox, West Strand.
London, England, 1855-05-12

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the Treasurer, No. 1, Brick-court, Temple ; also by the following
Bankers :—Messrs. Cocks, Drummonds, Henries, tioares,Veres;
and by the Secretary, No. 7, Craven-street, Strand, where the
books may be seen by those who are inclined to support the
Charity, and where the Society meet on the first Wednesday in
every month. JOSEPH LUNN, Secretary.
London, England, 1855-05-12

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WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 24.
BREVET.
The under-mentioned promotion to take place in the
East India Company's Army, consequent on the death of
Major-General Edward tiwatkin, of the Bengal Infantry,
on the 13th April, 1855:
To be Major-General—Colonel Philip Francis Storey.
The under-mentioned officers of the East India Com-
pany's service, retired upon full-pay, to have a step of
honorary rank as follows; their commissions to bear date
May 11:
To be Colonels--Lieutenant-Colonels Robert Campbell,
W. Anderson, S. Hennell, A. Knyvett, S. J. Grove.
To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Majors W. Ward, A. J.
Begbie, H. W. Burt, George Cecil, J. C. Salkeld, G. F.
Whiteloke, Thomas Brodie, John Samuel Knox, T. Elliot
Colebrooke, James Roger Western.
To be Majors—Captains William Cumberland, J. S
Phillips, D. h,. Brewster.
London, England, 1855-05-12

THE FRENCH CAMP.

The following letter from a soldier in the Crimea
contains some curious facts, showing the ingenious
promptitude with which the French soldier knows
how to make a home for himself, even in positions
apparently most unfavorable :

Nothing can be seen at head-quarters but small houses
surrounded with gardens, and little seats constructed by
the soldiers for their officers. There are regular lines of
stables erected, and also a number of wooden huts. The
tents which still exist have alt planks for flooring, and in
many of them pretty mantelpieces made of wood. In a
corner is the camp-bed, and the arms are tastefully
arranged round the post in the centre. Such is the
appearance of an officer's tent. We have at headlitarters
three telegraphs for different directions, a printing•cf}ice,
two good roads made by the soldiers, and the railway
from Balaklava, which every day approaches nearer to us.
Whet has given pleasure to every one is a chapel which
has lately been built; it is very pretty and surmounted by
a steeple—without a bell. It appears to us very fine, for
it reminds us of our village, of France, and of many
other things. Two masses are performed on Sundays in
this chapel, at seven and ten in the morning. Every-
one can enter, and so many do so that the place is
twenty times too small. Everything is conducted in
the greatest order—not the slightest noise interrupts the
divine service. You may thus see the difference produced
by circumstances ; in France, the soldier who attends
divine service is frequently pointed at, but here this re-
ligious act is regarded as quite natural, and no mockery
takes place.
London, England, 1855-05-12

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CONSULAR ESTABLISHMENTS.

The committee of ways and means on Monday
brought on a debate on this subject, in which Mr.
WISE oomplained at some length of our whole
consular system. The cost of that department had
risen in five years from 148,000/. to 157,000/. Our
consuls were now permitted to trade, and from their
position obtained undue advantages over other
merchants. Our consular expenses in the Levant
were enormous, far greater than those in the United
States and France, while our trade was much less.
He complained of the system of paying consuls in
part by fees, and thought we should do better by
paying them good salaries, and ordering the fees to
go to a fund as in the case of fees in our courts of
law. He alleged that Christians in the Levant pur-
chased, by gratuities to the consuls, the right to
post up the English arms, by which they were
enabled to avoid the capitation tax. He read a
letter from a Neapolitan now in England, which
complained that while England compelled the Turks
to reform their abuses, it left its own in the same
country untouched.
Lord PALMERSTON replied by deprecating asser-
tions made on no definite grounds. The high pay
to our consuls in the Levant was due to their
assumption of judicial functions, not necessary in
States with more regular governments. The
number of consuls do not depend on our imports and
exports; we must have one at each port with which
we traded. The increase of our trade had caused
the increase in our consular establishments. The
fees paid to the consuls were only in accordance
with their expenses; most of them were from notarial
acts, which required a proportionate staff of clerks.
As for the trading of consuls, it was only permitted
under the direct sanction of the Secretary of State,
and always prohibited when the consuls had political
duties to perform. If they were not permitted to
trade, they would, of course, expect higher salaries.
London, England, 1855-05-12

RUSSIA.

A. special commission has been instituted at St.
Petersburg by the Emperor Alexander to consider
all matters relating to the Eastern question. It is
composed of the Grand Duke Constantine, M. Nes-
selrode, Count Orloff, M. Kisseleff, Count Bludoff,
and Prince Dolgorouki. The war party has a majo-
rity in the commission.
Russia has been making the most formidable pre-
parations for a long and vigorous defensive war
along its whole extensive line of frontiers from
Samogitia up to St. Petersburg. Magazines of am-
munition have been formed, stores of provisions
laid in, fortresses constructed, the more importar.t
places fortified, and cannon mounted.
The Post Ampt Gazette contains a letter from Hel-
singfors, which states that an official notice has been
published there, dated April 4th, announcing that a
new loan of 650,000 silver roubles is to be contracted,
at four per cent., on the account of the Treasury of
Finland, to meet the expenses of the war.
London, England, 1855-05-12

(11-1 U BB' S LOCK S, with all the recent
k.) Improvements. Strong Fireproof Safes, Cash and Deed
Boxes. Complete lista of sizes and prices may be had on appli-
cation. _ _ _

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Lord•street, Liverpool; 10, Market•atreet, Manchester; and
Horsley-fields, Wolverhampton.
London, England, 1855-05-12

THE BALTIC.

The blockade of the Gulf of Finland, from Hangoe
Head to Dagerort, commenced on the 28th ult.;
notice of which has been given to the Danish govern.
ment.

The Aland Islands are denuded of Russian troops.
Several English ships have already arrived before
Raidbarnin, near Ledsund.
The White Sea squadron, consisting of the Mean-
der, 44, Captain Baillie; Ariel, 9, screw; and
Phounix, 9, screw, left the Downs on Thursday fur
the Baltic.
London, England, 1855-05-12

THE PRESS.

had been tried to please the club., for their want of suc-
cess in Volhynia, but acquitted. Forty•seven persons,
including several Russian prisoners, and several uncoil•
nected with politics, and confined for debt, fell victims to
the fury of the populace on this calamitous occasion.
Next day the Government, utterly powerless either to
avert calamity or punish crime, gave in their resignation.
They were succeeded by a new set of rulers, composed
of the most violent of the clubs, at the head of which was
Krukowieckski, whose talents were considerable, and
energy of character well known.

The last hope of the Poles vanished with
their defeat before the walls of Warsaw, and
thenceforth the Emperor Nicholas, by the
extreme severity of his rule, endeavoured to
make further resistance impossible. How
well he has succeeded may partly be conjec-
tured by the submissive attitude of Poland at
the present moment. Sir A. Alison, however,
concludes his volume with a flourish on the
necessity of reconstituting the kingdom.
" Poland must be restored by an effort of
" united Europe." The rear is, lest the time
for achieving an object in itself so desirable
has not imaged by. In 1855 we are paying
the penalty of Lord Palmerston's refusal to
enter into an alliance with France and Austria
for the protection of Poland in 1831 On this
and on many other subjects the volume
throws reflected light on the circumstances of
our present state, while ably and instructively
recording the vast changes which followed
immediately on the July revolution and the
fall of the Wellington Government.
London, England, 1855-05-12

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM.

THE inaugural meeting of the new association
formed for the purpose of obtaining a reform in the
administrative departments of Government was held,
according to previous announcement, on Saturday
last., at the London Tavern. Much excitement pre-
vailed, and a dense crowd assembled long before the
hour appointed for beginning business. The room,
which was calculated to hold fifteen hundred persons,
became thronged, while numbers more were seeking
admission. The overflow was accordingly directed
towards the Guildhall, where a kind of supplemental
meeting was held under the presidency of Mr.
Oliveira, M.P. At the principal meeting Mr. Samuel
Morley presided; and among many City and political
personages who took part in the proceedings were:—
Mr. Lindsay, M.P., Major Reed, M.P., Mr. F. French,
M.P., Mr. Swift, M.P., Mr. Brady, ALP., Mr. Duffy,
M.P., Mr. Maguire, M.P., Captain Scobell, M.P.,
Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.l'., Mr. Bennoch, Mr.
Laird, Mr. Torrens M'Cullagh, Mr. Travers, Mr.
Wilkinson, Mr. Amory, Mr. Tite, Mr. Nicoll, and Mr.
Samuel Brown, the secretary of the new association.
The speeches that were delivered at both gather•
ings referred chiefly to the abundant tokens of mis-
management that had lately been furnisted in the
conduct of every branch of administration ; and the
resolutions passed unanimously expressed the opinion
of the assembly that matters could never be set
right until better men were put into high places, and
efficiency alone become the test of desert for office.
Among the many addresses delivered, that of Mr.
Lindsay presented the completest and most graphic
array of facts, testifying to the negligence and in-
competence of our present Administration.
Before the proceedings closed a committee was
nominated to meet periodically, collect funds, to
organise sub-committees throughout the country, and
generally to advance the objects of the movement in
favour of Administrative Reform. By way of begin-
ning to the practical work of the association, the
chairman announced that already twenty-five gentle.
men had put down their names as subscribers of
1001. each towards the fund relutred fur cartrug tt
AN'Orard,,
London, England, 1855-05-12

RAILWAY ACCIDENT INSURANCE.
Z 16,221 bs. have already been paid as compensation for Fatal and
other Railway Accidents, by the
RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE
COMPANY.

£l,OOO was paid to the Widow ofJ.G., killed on the 24th Feb,
1859, secured by a payment of £1; £350 was paid to H.C.H.J.,
who had his leg broken on the 31st August, 1b53, secured by a
payment of £l.
For the convenience of frequent travellers, Periodical In.
surances are granted, which now coveetlie risk of Fatal Acci-
dents while travelling in any class carriage on any Railway in
the United Kingdom or on the Continent of Europe, and insure
Compensation for Personal Injury in any Railway Accident in
the United Kingdom only.
To Insure £l,OlO at an Annual Premium of 20s.
Ditto £2OO ditto 58.
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A new class of Insurance has also been established in case of
Death by Railway Accident alone, without compensation for

To Insure £l,OOO at an Annual Premium of ....5s
Ditto, any sum not exceeding 11,000 for the whole
of life by a single payment of 6s. per cent.: thus
one payment of £3 will secure Rlpon.
The premiums charged include the Stamp Duty, which is paid
by the Company under its special Act of Parliament.
WILLIAM J. VIA S, Secretary.
Railway Passengers' Assurance Office, 3, Old Broad-et., London

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are disappointed with other so-called dyes. It is easy to apply,
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Price 66.8 d. and Bs. Sold by all Perfumers and Chemists, and by
E. RIMMEL 89, GERRARD-STREET, SOHO.

THE CASPIATO, or Folding Bonnet, a new
Invention, for which J. and E. SMITH have her Majesty's
Royal Letters Patent, combines convenience with elegance. It
Is packed in a case, 1e inch deep, thus dispensing with a bonnet
box. Prices moderate. Also every kind of Bonnet in the best
Paris taste. Light Bonnets, w'th flowers, at Ms. 6d.; Glace
Bonnets, with flowers, lGs. fid.: Mourning Bonnets, with
flowers. 12s. ed.—At J. and R. SMITH'S Show Rooms, 151,
REGE NT.STRE ET, opposite Beek-street. Directions for Self-
Measurement sent freo by post.
London, England, 1855-05-12

IIEAFNESS.—The only medal awarded at
1J the Great Exhibition of 18b1 (for Acoustic Instruments)
was to F. C. REIN, for his new ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS
for the DEAF. They are made of different power, to suit ex-
treme and every degree of Deafness. To be procured only of the
sole inventor and maker, F. C. Rein,loB, Strand, nearly opposite
Exeter•hall, where the Instrument can be tried, and numerous
testimonials aeon amongst many one from the Right Eon. Sir
John Patteson, one of her Majesty's Privy Councillors.
London, England, 1855-05-12

UNITED STATES.

New York dates to the 25th ult. have arrived by
the America royal mail steamer. There is no politi-
cal news, but several accounts of serious accidents
leading to fatal results.
At Detroit on the Ist ult. the propeller Oregon,
Cleveland, exploded, killing ten persons, and severely
wounding several others. Another steamer, the
William Knox, from Cincinnati for St. Louis, was
destroyed by fire on the 23rd ult. below Louisville.
The boats were full of passengers, but all were ex-
pected to be saved by a steamer seen alongside.
The Maine liquor and license question caused a
sanguinary riot at Chicago on the 21st ult., in which
four men were killed and six others dangerously
wounded. The rioters were chiefly composed of
Germans. Incendiaries were busy at work during
the excitement, and nine or ten buildings were set
fire to, but were speedily subdued, the authorities
being on the alert.
In the Supreme Court of New York on the 19th
ult. a verdict of 15,234 dollars was returned against
Phineas 'l'. Barnum for Crystal Palace shares bought
at the time he assumed the presidency.

GENERAL PELTSRIER has issued the following
general order relative to flags of truce :—" The
General in-Chief has decided that the communica-
tions with the enemy should hereafter take place by
sea, and that the flags of truce should meet in boats,
off the harbour. Consequently, the general com-
manding the first corps expressly recommends to the
general, major, and superior officers in the trenches,
not to admit any Russian flag of truce, either on the
right or centre of the attack of the first corps, or near
the cemetery, where it, was hitherto usual to exchange
messages and communications. Every infraction of
the present order will be severely punished."
THE benefits which have resulted from the resi-
dence of the French troops in the Greek capital are
pointed out by the Athens journal the Unnerve.
Streets formerly almost impassable have, it says,
been thoroughly cleared ; squares planted with trees ;
pieces of waste ground converted into highly culti-
vated gardens ; in a word, the town of the Piraeus,
by the exertions of the French admiral, has not only
been cleared and rendered healthy, but the aspect of
it has been completely changed. "If the army re-
main here some time longer," says the Unnerve," the
town will be entirely embellished in the European
style, and the Pii fens will resume its ancient splen-
dour."
THE SHIPPING INTEREST is stated to be suffering
severely from the great reduction which has recently
taken place in freights, while the high cost of victual
ling is not only maintained, but bears every prospect
of increase. The wages demanded by seamen are
beyond what the owner can afford, and the consequence
is already showing itself in the laying up of vessels
—an alternative some of the principal shipowners are
already adopting,

THE PRESS.
London, England, 1855-05-12

An Iliad rising out of one campaign.

Even the gay muse of Prior recognised the
necessity of premeditation and design, upon
undertaking a panegyric of the war. " When
" I first thought of writing upon this occasion,"
says Prior, "I found the ideas so great and
" numerous, that I judged them more proper
" for the warmth of an ode than for any other
" sort of poetry"; and so he took Horace for
his model, raised the English general to the
level of Drusus, and transferred to " Great
Anna" the honours that were paid to Au-
gustus. It is quite certain that none of the
bards of the Alma and Inkermann found " the
ideas so great sad Putooloas " as to Morel
London, England, 1855-05-12

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive.
Their insertion is often delitied, owing to a press of matter,
and when omitted, it is frequently from reasons quite inde•
pendent of the merits of the communication.
We cannot undertake to return communications of which we do

not avail ourselves.
Ccmmunications should always be legibly written, and on one
side of the paper only. If long it increases the difficulty of
finding space for them.
Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the
name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publica-
tion, but as a guarantee of his good faith.
Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by a
remittance or a reference for payment in town.
London, England, 1855-05-12

SHARES.

Transactions in Railway Shares arf. very limited,
and no considerable fluctuations have taken place in
the range of prices.
The half-yearly meeting of the National Provincial
Bank of England was held on Thursday, when a
dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum was
declared, with a bonus of 6 per cent. The chairman,
(Mr. J. F. Laurie) stated that the progress of busi-
ness had been satisfactory during the six months.
FOREIGN.
Foreign Stocks and Shares have been little dealt
in, with the exception of Turkish, in which a notice-
able rise is established. This afternoon the quota-
tions showed a little weakness, but the prices of these
Bonds are still maintained at 741 5 for the account.
London, England, 1855-05-12

THE MILITIA BLUNDERS.

IF any doubt existed as to the serious nature
of the loss which has been caused by Lord
PALMERSTON'S blunder respecting the reattesta-
tion of the Militia, it is set at rest by the de-
bate in the House of Commons of the 4th
inst., and the official statements of the Under-
Secretary-at-War. It will be remembered
that on the 29th of March Lord PANMURE in-
formed the House of Lords, in answer to a
question from Lord ELLENBOROUOIL that the
total strength of the embodied regiments of
England and Wales was 44,000 men. On the
same day was issued the circular (rendered
necessary by the pledges of Government in
the preceding year) which authorised the
dismissal of those who were unwilling to
serve more than fifty-six days. Large num-
bers of the men availed themselves of the
permission, and the newspapers were tilled
with accounts of their departure. Of the
total loss it was difficult to judge. We aro
now, however, in a position to form an esti-
mate of its amount. Mr. PEEL states that at
the present time the number of men under
arms in the embodied regiments of England
and Wales, exclusive of the regiments which
have sailed for the Mediterranean, is 25,000
rank and file. The regiments which have
gone abroad are four in number, and muster
in all 3,000 bayonets. It follows that the total
embodied force of the two kingdoms is 28,000
lank and file, and that since the 29th of March
there has been a diminution of no less than
18,000 men.

So large a loss is of itself sufficient to arrest
attention, but there are considerations which
give it additional importance, and which de•
serve to be pointed out. Sixteen thousand
men exceed the number which, according to
the regulations of the service in the last war,
should be allowed during twelve months to
volunteer from a force of 44,000 men into the
Line. To a very great extent the loss will dis-
able the regiments of England and Wales from
contributing their proper quota for the en-
suing year. It has already prevented several
militia regiments which were under orders for
the Mediterranean from proceeding to their
destinati•n and relieving the line regiments
which garrison those fortresses. Thus it has
materially hindered the despatch of reinforce-
ments of seasoned troops to the seat of war.
Such is the effect on the army. The effect on
the Militia service is still greater. More than
one-third of its numbers have laid down their
arms. Two sanguinary battles could hardly
have been so destructive. A whole campaign
might have been carried on without a greater
sacrifice. But the moral effect has been
worse than that of long campaigns, or a series
of costly victories. It has been equivalent to
a succession of defeats. Victories would have
thinned the ranks, but they would have in-
messed the spirit of the troops. Hardships
London, England, 1855-05-12

CAMBRIDGE.

The following degrees were conferred on Wednesday:—
8.D.—8. M. Cowie, St. John's College; J. C. Franke,
Trinity College.
M.A.—W. L. Christie, Trinity College; A. A. Ellis,
Trinity College; D. H. Hodgkinson, Trinity College;
Alexander Taylor, Trinity College ; J. C. Reade, St. John's
College ; Charles Parke, Pembroke College ; G. W. Pierity,
Cahn; College; W. G. Searle, Queen's College; E. 1).
Marshal, Catharine Hall ; E. J. Huntsman, Jesus College ;
pi T. Salisbury, Magdalen College; V. V. Fowler, Sidney
College.
B.A —Wm. Charles Green, King's College ; Peter
Righton Atkinson, Trinity College ; John Bateson, Trinity
College; Goodal, Clare Hall; John James Scerpill!
Clare Hall ; Johnathan Henry Bennett, Corpus Christi
College; Shovell Henry Brereton. Corpus Christi College;
Paul Louis Sanberg, Christ's College; lieory Watroll
Wow, MilVdtileu college,
London, England, 1855-05-12

LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1855.

THE Peers of England have acted a great,
though not uniformly honourable part in the
history of their country. They have, since the
day when they won tha Great Charter of our
Liberties, often proved themselves the chain-
pions of public freedom, and been foremost in
successful efforts to maintain the honour and
greatness of the State. But they have also at
times shown want of moral courage in resist-
ing the usurpations of power, and in opposing
corrupt influences. In modern times espe-
cially they have not taken so active a part in
the business of Government as the best
friends of their Order could wish. For the
last ten years they seem to have regarded the
various Administrations which have existed
with equal favour or equal indifference. They
have ceased to assert that influence in prescrib-
ing principles of policy and in directing public
opinion which their place in the Constitution
and their weight in the country justly entitle
them to exercise. No Government within
that period, at least, has had reason to rely on
their support or fear their hostility. The
Commons have done all--the Lords nothing.
Their apathy has led to a presumption of
their insignificance ; and they must now
be told, in a spirit of respect, that a con-
tinuance of this apparent disregard to those
political questions and situations which are
keenly discussed by the community and
strongly agitate the public mind, will surely
deprive them of their rank as a riling power
in the State. All rights—even rights of pro-
perty—are lost through disuetude. Neither
laws nor opinion will support privileges which
the parties most nearly concerned in their
maintenance are content to let lapse through
neglect. What is true of laws is yet more true
of political powers—Cessante ratione legis cutest
tpsa lex. The House of Peers must inevitably
sink into a mere committee for the examina-
tion of legislative bills, or into a court of
record subsidiary to the House of Commons,
if it systematically abstains from asserting
those higher functions and duties which
legitimately belong to it as a co-ordinate
branch of the Imperial Parliament.
We can understand the argument that the
Peers should not suffer themselves to be
lightly moved by the breath of party, and that
they should act with great reserve in express-
ing an opinion on the conduct of Ministers
chosen by the Crown. But there is a wide
difference between the cautious moderate
exercise of a right and its total abandonment.
On questions decidedly affecting the welfare
of the country it is culpable laxity in the
Peers to remain silent. There are times and
occasions when. from thepeculiar position of
affairs and the dangers and difficulties which
surround the country, we anxiously look for
guidance from that high council of the nation
which is above the region of factious elements
London, England, 1855-05-12

LLOYD—On the 29th tilt, at Cheltenham, Rear-Admiral Ed.
ward Lloyd, K.H.
STRACHEY—On the 6th instant, in Upper Montagu•street,
Rear-Admiral Christopher Strachey, aged 77.
VIVIAN—On the sth instant, at Niton, Isle of Wight, the Hon
Mrs. J. C. W. Vivian, aged :is.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
lb Lessee and Manager, MR. ALFRED WIGAN.
On Monday and during the Week the performances will com-
mence with (never acted) a new and original Comedy, in Three
Acta, called STILL WATER RUNS DEEP. Principal charac-
ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Eatery, 0. Yining, Danvers ; Mies
Maskell, and Mrs. Melfort. To conclude with the Burlesque of
THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF THE GOLD
MINES. Characters by Mr. F. Robson, Miss Julia St-George,
Miss E. Ormonde, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitzallan.
Doors open at Seven; Performance to commence at half put.
Stalls, be.; Upper box Stalls, es.; Boxes, 45., Pit, 21.; Gallery, 15.

THE SECOND ANNUAL EXHIBITION
of the FRENCH SCHOOL of the FINE ARTS is NOW
OPEN DAILY, from Ten to Six o'clock, at the Gallery, No. 121,
Pall-mall, opposite the Opel& Colonnade.—Admiesion, le.; cata•
logue, 6d.

THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA.
NOW OPEN, from Ten until Six, at the EGYPTIAN-
HALL, Piccadilly, the great picture of this important military
event, painted by IC Comma, from studies made during four
months spent in the Crimea during the present war. Admission,
One Shilling.

SOCIETY FOR THE DISCHARGE AND
RELIEF OF PERSONS IMPRISONED FOR SMALL
DEBTS THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES.
Established 1772.
PassiDENT—The EARL of ROMNEY.
TREABURra-BENJAMIN BOND CABBELL,Esq., M.P., F.R.S.
AUDITORB—LAPEL CURE, Esq., and H. HARWOOD
HARWOOD, Esq.
At a MEETING of GOVERNORS, held in Craven street, on
Wednesday, the 2nd day of May, 1865, the cases of Twenty-
seven Petitioners were considered, of which twelve were ap-
proved, twelve rejected, and three inadmissible.
Since the Meeting held on the 4th of April, THIRTY-
FOUR DEBTORS, of whom twenty-five had Wives and
sixty-eight Children, have been discharged from the Prisons
of England and Wales; the expense of whose liberation, in-
cluding every charge connected with the Society, was
6061. 11s. 4d., and the following
London, England, 1855-05-12

Dll3llOl Vadat a 0 it ttttliigtntt.

FRIDAY EVENTNe.
THE resignation of M. Drouyn de Lhuys, accom-
panied as it was with many rumours of its probable
cause and consequence, occasioned a marked depres..
sion in the prices of Stock early in the past week.
Subsequently the shock has been got over, and the
market has shown renewed and increased buoyancy.
The public still come in as large and regular
purchasers, seeming to be especially eager in the
inquiries after the new loan, which, accordingly,
shows well in the quotations. On Thursday the
monthly settlement in Consols was arranged, the
account being unusually large. Some heaviness was
produced by the failure of a dealer, with differences,
it is believed, of not less than between two and three
hundred thousand pounds. Another defaulter was
notified, at a late hour, in the "House," but his
liabilities are said not to be extensive. During the
day, also, the publication of the Vienna protocals
caused a partial decline, their tenor being considered
to prove the utter impossibility of dealing with Russia
in any other way than by actual force.
The daily fluctuations of the Consul Market have
been, Saturday 891 I, Monday 84 1, Tuesday 88i
Wednesday 881 1, Thursday 881 1. Friday's prices
have improved in consequence of a publication of a
telegraphic dispatch from the Crimea, announcing
the repulse of Russian sorties with considerable
loss. Consols marked 88f to Besj for both money and
account. Reduced Three per Cents. 87j, New Three
per Cents. 881. Bank Stock, 209. India Stock,
230 i ; ditto Bonds, 15s. Exchequer Bills, ss. to Ps.
prem.; ditto Bonds, 99ft.
Money continues easy, and some considerable
arrivals of bullion have been reported during the
week, both from Australia and the West. The Om-
nium of the new loan has advanced to 8 f premium.
London, England, 1855-05-12

THE CAMP RAILWAY.

In a report on the progress of theßalaklava Railway,
Mr. Beattie states :
The line commences from both sides of the harbour,
and proceeds direct up the valley to Kadikoi. where it
turns sharp to the west, round the foot of the hill on which
is placed the Sailors' or 4-gun Battery, and through the
French camp, thence along the side of the hills to the
flagstaff at the top of the plateau, and about half a mile
from head-quarters. The line then diverges to the north,
and proceeds direct to the Woronzoff road ; this is about
gun% miles from Salaklsvp. her is Moo a laralicil about
London, England, 1855-05-12

THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE
AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Established June 1, 1836.
London Board. _

Chairman-41. FoitarEa, Esq.
Deputy•Chairman—GEOlME FRIZDERICK YOUNG, Esq.
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8,212 19 8 .... New Life Premiums 10,267 14
Capital Subscribed, 11,695,000. Liability of Proprietors um
limited. Annuities immediate and deferred. Insurances effected
both at home and abroad. Offices-20 and 21, Poultry.
London, England, 1855-05-12

SPAIN.

The extraordinary tax of 200,000,000 reels on the
property of the Church, in order to cover the press-
ing deficit, has been accorded to the Government.
Letters from Madrid of the 4th state that Lord
Howden does not cease to press the Government to
allow Protestant worship to be freely exercised in
Spain ; but the Minister of Foreign Affairs replies
that, as the penal code forbids any meeting of more
than twenty persons without the permission of the
authorities, it is not possible to nuke the 0012C08blOU
dolundod,
London, England, 1855-05-12

HORTICULTURAL FETES at Chiswick,
Gore House, the Crystal Palace, and the Regent's Park.
For these fashionable reunions and favorite promenades of the
aristocracy, Sewell and Company have an immense variety of
the " NEWEST COSTUME " in all the most prevailing styles,
including many new fabrics and designs, exclusively the property
of their establishment, among which will be found (rarely met
with) elegant, and yet appropriate, dresses for young ladies, in
simple styles and new colors.
SEWELL and COMPANY invite attention also to their un•
equalled selection of "COURT COSTUME," from the most
simple to the most costly of manufactures.
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HUNT ON STAMMERING.

Justublished, price Sc. Gl. ; by post, 41.,
!I TREATISE on the CURE of STAMMER-
; with a Memoir of the late T. Hunt, Esq., Author of
"The System for the Cure of Defective Articulation," by JAMES
HUNT, M.R.S.L, &c.
" Mr. Hunt's cases are proofs of his skill in curing this ma-
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The mass of evidence is sufficient to satisfy the most seep-
tical."—Morning Post.
"A valuable treatise."--john
London: LONGMAN and Co.; and by post only from the
Author, at his Institution for the Cure of Stammering, No. 8,
New Burlington•street lista of Regent•strert).

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For the (possibly) vacant elastic boots
Of juniors Yawhaw, Heehaw, and Toots.
Clean-looking young men can not be admitted ;
A preference given to visages pitted
With small-pox, and snub or turn-up probosces—
No defect thought a bar, except ocular losses.
No Cambridge or Oxford men need apply,
Save those who've been " plucked," or " didn't try."
In short, it requires—in plain English to speak—
Something two-thirds a snob, and one-third a sneak.
For the better performance of work, the Society
Intends to abolish the idle variety
Now affected in dress by the junior " fry ;"
Who strangely neglect good oil fashions gone by,
Aud sport ev'ry thing novel in collar and tie,
Disgusting immensely the " business eye,"
Which is very much duller
To beauty of colour,
Than the optic " arrangements" of beetle or fly.
It proposes to start, for redressing these ills,
" A Reform of the Juniors' Tailors' Bills "
And, to check any future eissorial enormity,
Has drawn up these hints towards " A New Uniformity" :

" Coat—a black swallow-tail, tight cuffs, twenty years old ;
" Vest—black satin, close-buttoned, with the collar call'd' rolled ;'
" Black, or dark Oxford mixture, " continuations,"
" Strapp'd down, in defiance of late innovations,
" Over high-lows, displaying grey worsted socks.
" The throat to be cased in the stiffest of stocks ;
" Not a vestige allow'd of collar or front,
" On pain of forfeiting half a day's ' blunt.'
L " The hat, a Perrin's Light Seven and-six;
" No canes permitted, but stout oak sticks ;
" And, to add to this lengthy description the ' tag,'
" Each junior must cany a heavy blue bay."
London, England, 1855-05-12

It is humbly submitted that youths, thus encas'd
In vestments devoid of fashion and taste,
As working clerks, will be vastly superior
To those of a more prepossessing exterior ;
And, though the Society's fain to own,
That none of its speakers yet has shown
The objections, upon industrial grounds,
To the species of collars call'd all rounds ;"
Nor prov'd that Intellect's so-called " March "
Tends to abolish the use of starch ;
Nor yet that he who follows the rule
Prescribed by fashion must be a fool,
Or a greater fool than the man who defies
What's pro tempore in most people's eyes;
Yet, out of its love for innovations,
It feels bound to propose the above alterations,
And, in matter of coat, collar, neck-tie, and vest,
For once the East-end will give laws to the West !

H. S. F.

TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES.

I beg to inform the hon. gentleman that the telegraph to the Crimea is open, and that the
First Lord of the Admiralty received messages by it to-day and yesterday. Those messages do
not contain any news from the Crimea, but simply announce that the telegraph is opened.—Lord
Palmerston, House of Commons, April 26.
To-day I have received a telegraphic message, stating that there was no news to communi-
eate.—Sir C. Wood, ibid.
It is stated that the Government have been unable to make out the cipher in which the
messages from the Crimea were sem. —Deify Papers.
All we know is that we know nothing.—Socrates.
Cipher: zero, nothing.—Johnsen's Dictionary.
Ex nihilo nihilfit.—Scholattic Axiom.

" Ex nihilo" ! were it not better read "pro" 1
" Pro nihilo nihil is fit," which would show
That Cipher's the guise in which Nothing should come,
From the Ciphers abroad to the Ciphers at home.

F. H.
London, England, 1855-05-12

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VI. Death of the Emperor Nicholas
VII. Sir Richard Steele
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THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY.

THE evidence given before the Committee of
Inquiry continues to be heard with great
interest, but it were to be wished that more
method was pursued in the investigation.
The inquiry is left to be prosecuted by the
desultory zeal and chance exertions of in
dividual members of the Committee. The
Chairman, Mr. ROEBUCK, is unfortunately an
invalid, and ho cannot lead the examination
in so complicated a case with that energy
which would he absolutely required; Lord
SEYMOUR has not taken the chair, and the
proceedings might be more systematic. We
think it ought soon to become a question what
special issues should be raised, and that wit-
nesses might be examined consecutively on
distinct points. _ _

The evidence given more than authenti-
cates the previous descriptions in the news-
papers of the horrors suffered by our troops.
Squeamish persons may recoil from reading
the odious state in which our men were left
after being wounded, in miserable rags, swarm-
ing with vermin, and perishing amid filth.
The description of the plague in Thucydides,
or the details given by DE FOE of the horrible
epidemy in London in the days of CHARLES 11.,
are surpassed in horror by the plain matter of
fact narratives given by the various witnesses
this week. Brave men stretched on death-
beds, amidst yerminiand dirt, form too horrible
subjects for the imagination to dwell upon.
We prefer, rather, to direct attention to the
mass of facts proving that the Quartermaster-
General's Department and the Commissariat
totally broke down. It is evident that Mr.
FILDER is seriously inculpated, and how far
that gentleman may endeavour to escape by
throwing the blame on the War-office is not
for us now to determine. But no special pleas
can relieve the War-office of the cruel neglect
London, England, 1855-03-17

SUCCESSION TO REAL PROPERTY.

Mr. LOCKE KING on Thursday moved for leave to
introduce a bill for amending the law on this subject.
He proposed simply to apply to real property the law
of succession which applied not only to personal
property but to leasehold property of every descrip-
tion, even for periods which made it equivalent to
freehold, and by which the property of persons dying
intestate was equally divided among all the children.
He read several cases of the hardship of the present
state of things.
The motion having been seconded by Mr.
MASSEY,
The SOLICITOR•GENERAL argued that the altera-
tion of the law of primogeniture would strike at the
root of all our social institutions. Besides this, it
would affect the many arrangements and settlements
made under the existing law, for the law of primo-
genituro filled the professions with able and Indus-
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movement for obtlining the rights of the Church. I
may say for myself, and for hundreds of my brethren
the clergy, we are not Romanisers, we are true men ;
but we will never desist from our efforts until the
synodal powers of the Church are restored.
The question before us then is plainly this—Can
churchmen feel confidence in the heads of the
Conservative party ? The answer is as distinct—
Not so long as those gentlemen are supposed to
resist the exercise of the legitimate functions of the
Church. I am far from saying that the return of
Mr. Gladstone and his copoliticians to the Conserva-
tive 'ranks would confer an honour on Lord Derby
(Ismael in this respect unwittingly does me an in•
justice) ; but I did say, and I repeat it, that this
return is essential to the solidifying of the Conserva-
tive party. And a calm survey of late proceedings
seems to indicate that if the one question of the
revival of Convocation were settled, no other obstacle
needs impede so desirable a consummation.
Let me assure Ismael that if we differ I cannot
yield to him in staunchness as a Conservative
(saving the rights of the Church), and, as he adopts
an Oriental costume, I may have the satisfaction of
offering him a salutation, which in happy days gone
by I ever uttered with pleasure—" Ooroolah,
ooroolah, Ismael."—Believe me, sir, your faithful
servant, Pex.