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London, England, 1855-08-18

ACLEAR COMPLEXION.-GODFREY'S
EXTRACT OF ELDER FLOWERS is strongly recom-
mended for softening, beautifying, and preserving the skin, and
giving it a blooming and charming appearance, being at once a
most fragrant perfume and delightful cosmetic. It completely
removes tan, sunburn, redness. dm., and by its balsamic and
healing qualities renders the skin soft, pliable, and free from
dryness, scurf, rte.; clears it from every humour, pimple, or
eruption, and, by continuing its use a short time, the skin be-
comes and continues soft end smooth, and the complexion clear
and beautiful. In shaving it is invaluable, salt annihilates every
pimple and all roughness, and affords great comfort if applied to
the face during the prevalence of cold easterly winds. Sold in
bottles price 28. 9d., with directions for using it, by all medicine
vendors and perfumers.
London, England, 1855-08-18

RA I LWATS-

Aberdeen
Blnn.Wolv. & Stour Val.
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Cheater and Holynead
Cork and Bandon
Dublin & Belfast June.

East Anglian
Eastern Union (13)
East Lancashire
Eastern Counties
Great Northern
Ot. Sth. and Wet of Ire.
Great Western

Cancasiiiiett Yorkshire
Lon., Tilbury, & Fithend
Lon.,Brigh ton, aa
London and Blackwalr
London and Nrth-West.
Midland

Newmarket
Newry and Enniskillen
Norfolk
Nrthrn. Counties Union
North British
North Staffordshire

North-W astern
Oxf., Wrostr., and %Vols
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland
South Devon
South• Eastern and Dov.
South- Western
South Wales
Waterford a Limerick
I.IIBCSLLANZOUS-
London, England, 1855-08-18

FRANCE.

Wednesday being the Emperor Napoleon's fête-
day, most of the public offices in Paris were closed,
and even the Post-office shut its doors a little after
twelve o'clock. In the early part of the morning
salvoes of artillery were fired by the guns of the
Invalides. Provisions were afterwards distributed to
a number of indigent families. At midday gratuitous
representations were offered at all the theatres,
which were crowded. Receptions were given
by the Emperor at the Tuileries to the Ministers of
State, the members of the household, the corps
diplomatique, &c. In the afternoon all kinds of amuse;
ments were going on at the esplanade of the Invalides
at the Barriere du Trone. The whole day was
devoted to publio rejoicing, into which the people
entered with their accustomed spirit, and was wound
up at night with illuminations of a varied kind, some
of ingenious device, and beautiful in execution.

An immense list of names appeared in the Moniteur
of those upon whom the Legion of Honour has
been conferred for services rendered either in the
Crimea or in the Baltic.

The Emperor has just given his sanction to a
number of public works that have been brought be-
fore his notice, which will secure employment to
many of the labouring classes for many months to
come.

General Canrobert arrived at Marseilles on Tues-
day in the Indus. General Espinasse takes his
command.

The trial of the prisoners who were charged with
attempting to assassinate the Emperor by an infernal
machine, during his transit on the railway, took place
on Saturday at Lille. Dussart, Cordier, and Dusu-
monerez have been acquitted, D'Hennin was found
guilty of conspiring to kill the Emperor, and
Desquiens of a participation in a plot. Extenuating
circumstances were, however, admitted. D'Hennin
is sentenced to bard labour for life, and Desquiens
to five years' imprisonment.
An Italian named Fontana, who was arrested on
suspicion of having followed the Emperor to Biarritz
with an intention to take his life, has been set at
liberty. He is said to be a man of weak intellect.
and from the fact of his liberation it is to be presumed
that he is not thought a dangerous lunatic.
A schoolmaster, named Freret, had an audience,
on Tuesday, of the Emperor to present a petition,
and dropped down dead in an apoplectic fit in his
Majesty's presence.
London, England, 1855-08-18

THE PRESS.

HAYMARKET TllKATRE.—Planche's comedy, Court
Favour, played some years ago at the Olympic
Theatre, has been revived by Mr. Buokstone, for the
purpose of introducing a most agreeable actress, Miss
Blanche Fane, to the London public. The piece is
one of the best of Mr. Planclies, having been written
at the earlier period of his career, and when his
powers were in their highest vogue. The dialogue is
neat, and has a refinement about it which is rarely
met with in the present race of dramatic authors.
Miss Fane, who played on Monday night the part
originally represented by Madame Vestris, made a
favourable impression upon the audience, who were
thoroughly unanimous in their verdict. She deli-
neated the clever, sharpwitted Lady Morton with
great point and intelligence, preserving throughout
the air of simplicity and naïveté under cover of which
she is enabled to "confound the politics" of the
libertine duke, and make him serviceable when he
least expects it. The part is cne requiring no
ordinary amount of finesse, but Miss Fane was quite
equal to the emergency, and fairly entitled herself to
the liberal and enthusiastic applause she met with.
She is possessed of great personal attractions, and
her debut may be considered as highly successful.
Mr. Buckstone enacts the plain and homely David
Brown, whose fortunes are made the unwitting peg
for so much diplomatic chicanery among the knaves
and parasites of the court, with his usual comic dry-
ness. Mr. Chippendale is an excellent guardian,
and Mrs. Paynter a most overbearing Lady Flamber-
court.—Perea Nena still continues to claim and
attract full houses every night, and her engagement
certainly has proved the most successful hit Mr.
Buckstone has made this season.
London, England, 1855-08-18

glorug Market an 64 itttitigente.

FRIDAY EVENINO.
THE English Consul Market has been extremely
inanimate during the past week, the attention of
dealers, as of the monetary public generally, being
absorbed by the forthcoming guaranteed loan to the
Sultan. Fine harvest weather having at length set
in with prospect of continuance, the hopes of an
average crop of cereals, if not even more, have
revived, and the late droop in the quotations has
been to some extent recovered in consequence. The
news of the successful bombardment of Sweaborg,
which reached the City on Wednesday, also contri-
buted to render the market more buoyant, though
the actual result on prices was of very trifling
extent.

Expectations of a renewed attack on Sebastopol
upon the Napoleon-day, Wednesday, were so general
that the mere absence of any official intelligence
from the Crimea this morning has induced consider-
able heaviness, rumours being widely spread that
the allies had received a serious check, which,
though founded only upon negative evidence, ob-
tained credence under an impression that the Govern-
ment had received news too discouraging to be
communicated immediately to the public.
The daily variations in the price of Consols have
been of very limited range, speculation being languid
and dealers cautious. On Saturday the quotations
were 901 to 1; Monday, 91 to 1; Tuesday, 901 to
11 ; Wednesday, 911 to 1; Thursday, 901 to 14.
Consols to day were done as low as 901 for money,
and for the account at 001, but recovered before the
close of business to 904 to 1 for transfer, and 901
to 91 for time. The Three per Cents. Reduced have
been done at 911 to 1; New Three per Cents. at
921 to ; Exchequer Bills, 17s. pm. for the March
issue, and 13s. to 178. pm. for June ; Exchequer
Bonds, 1001.
On Tuesday next an instalment of ten per cent. on
the late loan of 16,000,0001. falls due, representing a
total of 1,600,000/. Including this payment, sixty
per cent. of the loan will have been paid up.
Another new joint-stock bank is in course of
formation, called the Western Bank of London. The
object is to afford banking accommodation more es-
pecially to the nobility and gentry, and in order to
give greater facilities to parties residing at the west-
end of the metropolis, it is proposed to have two
boards of direction—one to attend to that depart-
ment, and the other to regulate the City business.
The proposed capital is 500,0001., in shares of 1001.
each.
London, England, 1855-08-18

Friday, Augusi 17.

BANKRUPTS.-4am. CARTER BALTON, Coleman - street,
City, trader--Joßm WITHERS TAYLOR, Nottingham, hosier—
THOMAS EARLE, Parliament-street, Westminster, railway con.
tractor—WlLLlAM LEEDHAM, and WILLIAM ALFRED WILD,
Sheffield, opticians—JOHN BROWNHILT., Tipton, Staffordshire,
shoemaker—WlLLlAM BACKHOUSE, Lathom (not Latham, as in
last Tuesday's Gazette), timber deaIer—WILLIAM BARTI.ETT
WHITEWAY, Kingsteignton, Devonshire, miIIer—EDWARD WIL-
LES KNIGHT, Bath, dealer in china, glass, and earthenware—
GUSTAVUS OIDLEY, Torquay, Devonshire, share broker—
CHARLES HENRY WALL, and CHRISTOPHER HOLT, Samlesbury,
Preston, cotton spinners-B).unit LEWIN WALTER, Manchester
coal merchant—JOSEPH WHITTLE, Saint Helen's, Lancaster,
provision dealer—EDwlN LaTmam and WILPRID LATIUM, Liver-
pool, merchants—Growoz WHARTON, Manchester, furniture
broker--..TOSEPR WHITEHOUSE and WILLIAM JZTFERIES, West
Bromwich, Staffordshire, ironmasters.
London, England, 1855-08-18

Age

Without
Profits

E 1 11 0
1 13 10
2 4 0

With
Profits

C 1 15 0
1 19 3
2 10 4

Without
Profits

£2 18 10
4 0 9
8 1 0

With
Profits

E 3 6 6
4 10 7
6 7 4

For Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal apply at the Offices
above, or to any of the Company's Agents.
R. TUCKER, Secretary.

RALPH'S ENVELOPE PAPER reduced to 58.
per ream; also at 88. and 98. 6d. Samples on application.
F.W.M.L113, Manufacturer, 86, Thropnortvn•street, Bank.
London, England, 1855-08-18

WEST INDIES.

A West India mail has arrived, with dates from
Jamaica of July '27 ; Trinidad, July 24 ; Barbadoes,
July 28 ; Antigua, July 28 ; and St. Thomas, Aug. 1.
The political news is of little moment. The Gover-
nor of Jamaica (Sir H. Barkly) was said by a local
paper to be very unpopular, and intended shortly to
leave the colony for England. A good deal of sick-
ness prevailed in the island, consisting principally of
fevers. Trade was exceedingly dull in all its depart-
ments. Agricultural operations also wore a gloomy
aspect. Several estates had been offered for sale,
but few purchasers could be found, and those that
were disposed of went at almost ruinous and in-
credible prices. The accounts from the mining dis-
tricts were very satisfactory.
London, England, 1855-08-18

GREECE.

The despatches from Greece show that King
Otho is more Russian than ever ; he persists in
requiring the retirement of Kalergbi, and wishes to
have for Minister of War Botzaris, who has just
arrived from Russia. The Ministers have all ten-
dered their resignations.

The neighbourhood of Athens is overrun with
brigands, who arrest and kill all they meet, even at
the very gates of the city.

TURKEY.

Constantinople advices of the 9th instant state that
the Chief Minister of War is dismissed. Refoat
Pacha is his successor.

Omer Paella has been ordered to leave immediately
for the Crimea.

The number of troops at the camp of Maslak had
been increased.

The Turks are fortifying the banks of the Danube.
The mouths of the Sulina are infested by river
pirates.
Five hundred Russian prisoners were embarked
at Constantinople on the 3rd, to be exchanged at
Odessa for English or French.
It was asserted that General Zamoisky was about
to organise the Russian deserters and the Poles who
had been made prisoners, who would then march
against the enemy.
Difficulties have arisen in the principalities between
the Turks and the Austrians. The latter pretend
that they ought to have notice given them of any

AUG. 18, 1855.

movement made by the Turkish troops. Two mem-
bers of the Moldavian Ministry had arrived on a
special mission to the Sultan.
All the disposable troops in Asia are concentrating
in Erzeroum. A battle was shortly expected.

1.
London, England, 1855-08-18

SHARES.

The Share Market has undergone a serious fall
within the past few days. Great Westerns have
largely declined upon the announcement of the re-
duced dividend, and again after the half•yearly meet-
ing. The total depreciation has been not less than five
per cent., the shares, marking 60 this day week, and
falling to 56 on Tuesday, and ranging down to
54f. From this extreme price, however, there was a
partial reaction, the latest quotations being 55# I.
Other stocks have also been prejudiced, though not
to the same extent.
London, England, 1855-08-18

SIEGE CHRONICLE.

Letters from the camp to the 4th inst. have arrived
but they contain little news of importance. The
correspondent of the Daily News writes on that
day :
No event of much importance in the siege operations
has occurred since the last mail left. The nights have
been generally too light for much progress to be made in
advancing the approaches toward the principal points
against which the operations are now directed, but the new
batteries have been forwarded, and the approaches already
existing have been placed in a more favorable condition
for future necessities. Our allies have taken advantage of
a few hours of darkness to throw up, unobserved by the
enemy, an important branch approach on the Malakoff ad-
vance. A very complete system of telegraphic signals has
been established between the fleet and our works in front,
and from facilities of observation obtained by vessels placed
in certain positions with regard to the enemy's works, the
information which may thus be furnished is not unlikely
to prove occasionally of a very valuable nature.
Our allies still speak with confidence of the Malakoff
position being gained by them before the Imperial fete•day
of the lith of August. It is doubted by many whether the
preparations will be sufficiently ripe for such an event
within the period named.
It is stated that Lord Stratford de Reach& is coming
to the Crimea, by her Majesty's command, to hold an in•
vestiture of the Order of the Bath. It was also expected
that the distribution of the Crimean medals would take
place at the same time, but it is now said that they will not
arrive in time. The Alma and Inkermann medalists are
daily diminishing in number. Independent of the
casualties from sickness, our nightly losses from wounds
and injuries are necessarily very severe. The close
neighbourhood of the hostile wOrki renders theta
London, England, 1855-08-18

RUSSIA.

A letter from Lemberg, in the Cologne Gazette,
says :
According to accounts from Southern Russia, the com-
missariat department has declared that it is impossible
to feed a greater number of men than are now in the
Crimea, estimated at 250,000 men, and that it has conse-
quently been resolved to send no more reinforcements
there. Great efforts are, however, being made to stock
the storehouses with provisions and ammunition sufficient
to last through the winter. And in order to keep up the
armies in the Crimea at their present strength troops
have been stationed in the Governments of Bessarabia
and Cherson in such a manner as to be able to proceed
rapidly to the Crimea, or, if required, to effect a concen-
tration.

Prince Paskiewitch, who had already authorised
the free exportation of Russian corn into Austria, has
just given similar permission for exportation into
I'russia by the frontier town of Granica.
London, England, 1855-08-18

PRINCIPAL AND HEAD MASTER.

- --- -
The Rev. Charles Mackenzie, A.M., Pemb. Coll., Oxford,
Prebendary of St. Paul's, and recently Head Master of St.
Olave's Grammar School, Southwark.
Classical and Mathematical Master—Horatio J. Ward, Esq.,
A. 8., Emm. C 311., Cambridge
French Teaoher—M. Adolphe Ragon, of University College,
London
German Teacher—Herr Zertil, Dr. Ph.
Drawing—James Radford, Esq.
Class Vocal Musie—Frank Mori, Esq.
Hebrew, Greek, Ma Latin—The Rev. J. W. Laughlin, A.M.,
late scholar of Trinity College, Dublin
English History and Literature—The Rev. T. H. Bullock,
A.M., late Fellow of King's College, Cambridge
Elements of Physics—Trevetbau Spicer, LLD., A.M.
Gymnastics—Mr. W. G. Creach
Writing—Mr. W. T. Hall
Other Languages, Fencing, and an Education for any Special
Service, will be considered Extras. Fees for the pupils, six,
seven, or eight guineas a term, according to age and proficiency.
Entrance Fee, two guineas, and one guinea per annum is charged
for stationery, tkc.
The school hours are from Nine to Twelve, and from Two to
Five (or in winter Four).
Wednesdays and Saturdays are half-holidays. Several of the
masters receive Boarders. Arrangements are made for
pupils to dine on the premises. A prospectus will be forwarded
on application. The Inauguration Address is published, and
may be obtained at the College, or at Masora. Smith, Elder, sad
Co.. Cornhill, price One Shilling.
August 4,18 H. C. MACKENZIE, A.M. Principal.

EDINBURGH LADLES' INSTITUTION,
1, PARK PLACE.
(Founded in 1839.)
Conducted under the Direction of Mr. and Mrs. DALGLEISH,
by a Lady Superintendent, Resident and Assistant Governesses,
and Twenty Professional Teachers
FEES for the INSTITUTION COURSE of INSTRUCTION
First Division 18 Guineas

Second Division 21 Guineas
Third Division 24 Guineas Per Annum.
Preparatory Division, Junior 12 Guineas
Do. Do. Senior 15 Guineas

Extra Charge foritiusicalinetrwn 6d. per Quarter.
All Fees payable Quarterly In advance.
Quarter• Days—lat October, 15th December, Ist March,
and 15th May.
BOARD.

Mr. and Mrs. DALGLEISH, Resisted by Resident Governesses,
receive a limited number of YOUNG LADIES as BOARDERS,
who attend the INSTITUTION. Terms, from 40 to b 0 Guineas
per Annum.
Prospectuses, containing full iuformation, may be had by
applying at the Institution ; or, if by letter, to Messrs. J. GIIZIG
and SoN, Booksellers, No. 2, Me' bourne-place, Edinburgh.
W. S. DALGLEISH, Secretary.

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the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, by
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London, England, 1855-08-18

UNIT ED STATES.

Advices from New York to the evening of the 2nd
have been received by the mail steamer Canada.
The intelligence from the States is of very little
importance.
In New York it was rumoured that the cashier of a
Wall-street bank, who is also an officer in the finance
department of the city government, is a defauiter to
a considerable amount, variously estimated at from
25,000 to 100,000 dollars. The particulars have not
transpired.
By telegraphic accounts it appears that yellow
fever prevails in the seaports of Virginia, and also
that Asiatic cholera has made its appearance in Port-
land and in Middleton, on the opposite side of the
Connecticut River.

Advices from the Salt Lake, or Mormon territory,
give a melancholy view of the condition and future
prospects of the inhabitants. The grasshoppers were
destroying the crops to an alarming extent, causing
the people to feel greatly discouraged. The nearest
point from which they can procure supplies is San
Barnarding, 800 miles distant. It is feared there
will be a great deal of suffering this winter, as the
emigration from the East, already on the road to the
Lake, is very large.
London, England, 1855-08-18

HOLLOWAY'S PILLS, a certain Remedy fur
LIVF.R and STOMACH COMPLAINTS.—The Daughter
of Mr. Thomas Todd, of Houghton•le•Spring, was for a long time
afflicted with a disordered state of the liver, bowel complaint,
indigestion, and a sickness after partaking of any food, however
simple. She had recourse to a variety of remedies, but unfortu-
nately without being benefited. At last, like thousands of others,
she commenced taking Holloway's Pills and by persevering with
this admirable remedy for four weeks she was perfectly cured,
and now enjoys the best of health.
Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world; at
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80, Malden lane, New York; by A. Stamps, Constaatisopi• ; A.
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London, England, 1855-08-18

THE PRESS.

but on Friday it ruled heavy, at 2d per 81bs less money. In
sheep, lambs, calves, and pige, a steady business has been
transacted, and the quotations have been well supported.
Beef, from 35 10d to 58 2d; mutton, Sc 6d to be 2d ; lamb, 45 8d
to 68 ; veal, 4s 2d to be 2d; pork, 38 6d to 4s 6d per tlba to
sink the offale.
NEWBAI E AND LEADENHALL Each kind of meat
has sold to a fair extent, u follows : Beef, from 34 4d to
4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d; lamb, 4s 6d to bs 10d; veal,
38 10.1 to 48 10 ; pork, 38 8d u. 4s fid per Sibs by the carcase.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.

Tuesday, August 14.

BANKRUPTS.—BENJAMIN HAYNE and CHARLES HAYNE,
Upper Whitecross•street, carpenters and builders—AßTHUß
COOLING and HRH RY MARC HAM, LOGc1011•Wall, City, soap makers
and perfumers—War. HACKErr, Oxford, gas and water engineer
—JOHN FIRLD, BUTIIII&M, Westgate, Norfolk, draper—CHARLES
Haa' Rico, Upper Stamford•street, Blackfriars, apothecary—
JOHN Olovsn, Strand, envelope maker and stationer—WimtAm
CHARLES Goons, High-street, Borough, warehouseman—CHAS.
Honsmum, Chelmsford, ironmonger—WY. FAIRKY, Bedford,
provision merchant--JOSEPH SPENCER, Bilaton, Stafford, iron-
founder and engineer—SANDHl. FENN and JOSEPH FENN, Bir-
mingham, tailors and woollen drapers—JOHN MONK and THos.
Moss, Prince's-end, Tipton, Stafford, boiler and gas-holder
makers—RICHARD GOODACRE.PeIham-street" Nottingham, grocer
—CHARLES PHILLIPS. Weston•super•mare. potter and brick and
tile mannfacturer—Wm. FEAR and Wm. FEAR, jun., Hampton-
court, Cross-street, St.. Paul's, Bristol. sawyers and engine‘rs—
Lotus AHLBORN, Liverpool, toy dealer—Wm. BAcknousz, La-
tham, Lancaster, Umber dealer—JOHN RUSHTON, Carrisle, plas-
terer and cementer—JOHN AUGUSTUS NOEL, South Shields, wine
merchant.
London, England, 1855-08-18

FINANCIAL FALLACIES.

THE state of English finance seems alarming ;
all the more so, because the danger, perceived
by few, is fully appreciated by scarcely any
one. Doubtless, money can always be raised,
at higher or lower interest as the case may be,
for purposes of war. Doubtless, the civil
administration of the country will go on as
usual, and the business of private life be but
slightly interrupted, whether peace be made
in the autumn, or fighting be indefinitely pro-
tracted. Of present disturbance, present suf-
fering, there is as little as is compatible with
the carrying on of any war whatever. But it
is in that very circumstance that our peril
lies. The disease is fatal, because painless.
There is nothing to call attention to the symp-
toms, until the mischief has grown past cure.
All seems to go on pleasantly, until the ma-
chine breaks down altogether, or comes to a dead
standstill. In other countries, and in other
times, the case has been quite contrary. Prussia
towards the close of FREDERICK'S seven years'
war was reduced to the last extremity of dis-
tress; the fields untilled, entire towns de
stroyed, fifteen thousand houses burnt to the
ground, the population diminished ten per
cent. in six years, the cattle swept away,
famine and pestilence everywhere, the cur-
rency debased, the law absolutely in abey-
ance. Such were the fruits of the most
patriotic devotion, directed by the most splen-
did military genius, and rewarded by complete
succ3ss. France under NAPOLEON lost millions
of men, millions of treasure ; was left in 1815
weak, poor, disorganised, seeming unlikely to
rally during many years. In the same series
of revolutionary campaigns, all Germany was
overrun, and almost every continental nation
endured extreme hardships. But the evil
done ended, or nearly so, with the generation
in whose time it began. Even before
FREDERICK'S death, Prussia had risen to the
condition of a prosperous and powerful State;
the BOURBONS had not been driven off the
French throne, before the losses of France in
men and treasure were repaired. How stands
it with us now? England is carrying on distant
campaigns at an expense which equals, if it does
not exceed, that of the costliest period of the
great Revolution struggle, when half Europe
was in her pay, and more than 300,000
British subjects were actually bearing arms.
In round numbers, she is spending 100,000,0001.
per annum, instead of the peace estimate of
55,000,0001. ; and of this extra load of
45,000.0001., considerably less than one-third,
or 15,000,0001., is paid for by the present gene
ration. Taking the entire national expendi-
ture together, and assuming the continuance
London, England, 1855-08-18

AUG. 18, 1855.

NOTICE.

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through the post if an ordinary postage-stamp be
affixed to the direction.
London, England, 1855-08-18

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive.
Their insertion is often delayed, 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.
Ccmmuoications 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
flame and address of the writer, not necessarily for publics.

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, 1855-08-18

Lord PALMERSTON, hurriedly replying, said :

There is no one more entitled than my hon. and gallant
friend to express his opinion on the conduct of the war,
and upon the manner in which it is in future to be carried
on. His high military position, hie distinguished talent,
and the great scope to which his thoughts upon these
matters have extended, give great weight to whatever may
fall from him. I can assure him that the suggestions which
lie has made will receive the careful attention of her
Majesty's t3overnment. Some of the subjects, indeed, to
which he referred are already under consideration. My
hon. and gallant friend commenced by stating that he
hoped a declaration would be made by us of our determi•
nation to prosecute the war. I and my colleagues have
paready stated our intention upon that point, and I think
it my hon. and gallant friend, when he hears the words
which will come from her Majesty's Commissioners this
day, will find them entirely in accordance with what has
already been stated by us. ( Hear, hear.) It is quite true
that if you compare the amount of the army now in the
field with the number of troops employed in the latter part
of the late war the balance will be greatly against the pre.
sent time ; but if hon. members will carry their minds a
little further back—to the first year of the Peninsular war—
they will find that the efforts now made equal those which
the Government of that day were able to make. It must
always be a matter of great difficulty when we start with a
peace establishment to raise in a short time that augmen-
tation of force which the exigencies of a country at war may
require. I believe that in comparison with the present
time there has been no period in the history of this country
in which, within the same space of time, such a large aug-
mentation of force has been made, and in which an army
so large has been sent out to so distant a country. It is
true that the population is greater, but it is also true that
the inducements of industry, the wages of labour, are
perhaps now more tempting than they have been at any
previous time, and that the army therefore has now to
combat obstacles which did not formerly exist. Still, how-
ever, I must do the people of this country the justice to scy
hat there never was a time in which the patriotism and
London, England, 1855-08-18

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A Plain Question for the British People in the War with
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London, England, 1855-08-18

INDIA AND CHINA.

An overland mail has arrived with dates from Cal-
cutta to July 4, and Bombay July 11. The fortnight's
summary of Indian news is thus given in the Bombay
Time. of the 10th ult.:—

We have not during the last fortnight heard of any strife
or contention, war, or rumour of war, from any part of
India, and the ploughshare and pruning hook for the pre-
sent take the place of the sword and spear. Money is
getting plentiful; the Four per Cent Loan, which fell to
fifteen discount when the Five was issued, has now risen
to seven discount, and it is believed that, had Government
been able to wait to the present time, they would have
got all the money they wanted at the lower rate of interest,
without requiring to open a five per cent, loan at all.
Since the despatch of last mail, up to within four days of
the departure of the present one, has been a pericd of
almost uninterrupted storm. The weather, unpleasant as
it was to the European, has been most favorable for the
country, moisture having been supplied just in the proper
quantity and at the proper time, while the fine open
showery weather at present prevailing permits the trans-
planting of rice to go on with the utmost vigour, and we
await the last week of July and first fortnight of August,
with the showers of September, to complete our usual
seventy inches.
The rumours of an expedition into Central Persia have
on one side gained body and form amongst us, so that the
names and numbers of the corps forming the army of
Bagdad next cold season have been published, while the
idea of anything of the sort has on the other side been
flatly contradicted or loudly ridiculed.
A native in Calcutta, a son of the celebrated Dwarka-
nauth 'T„ gore, is, it is said, to be raised to the bench of
the Sudder Adawlut, or Company's Supreme Court, by far
the most elevated position ever yet obtained by any but an
Englishman under Government, and byl all we can learn
he is likely to do honour to his high office, and this will
form the commencement of a new era in our Indian judi-
cial administration.
IlliThe Governor-General continues on the Neilgherries,
and is understood to be improving iA Atli,loogl Har•
London, England, 1855-08-18

SPAIN.

The Government has received the Pope's allocu-
tion, addressed to the Secret Consistory. Canovas is
going to Rome with letters, and without any official
character. Letters from Madrid affirm that the
Government intended to answer the allocution in a
moderate but energetic tone. The reply was expected
to appear in the Gazette of the 11th. The period
for the subscriptions to the voluntary loan of 230
millions is extended to the 31st of August; these
subscriptions are filling up well.
London, England, 1855-08-18

THE PRESS.

public spirit of the nation were displayed in a more hearty
manner than they have been by the great number who have
entered the ranks of the army since the war began. (Hear.)
L The noble lord was then proceeding to refer to the Indian
army, when Mr. V. Smith called his attention to the fact
of a messenger having arrived from the Lords.] His lord-
ship proceeded :—I will only now say, in conclusion, that
I thank my hon. and gallant friend for the suggestions
which he has made, and I can assure him again that they
will receive the most careful consideration of the Go-
vernment.
London, England, 1855-08-18

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THE PRESS.

'unavoidable. It is calculated that, taking the whole
allied force engaged in the siege operations, the
average number of men placed hors de combat are now not
less than one hundred and fifty during each twenty-four
hours, or between four thousand and five thousand per
month. This estimate appears to be immense, but it is
based upon returns which cannot be contradicted.
The Duke of Newcastle has been suffering from illness.
His attack is said to be of a dysenteric character—a malady
to which many new comers appear to be liable.

The Commander of the Forces, it if, understood, has ob-
jected to the number of shells which have been discharged
from our batteries of late. The constant consumption
prevents the accumulation of a store in the batteries to
such an amount as is requisite on the occasion of a regular
bombardment. In future shells are rarely to be fired, ez•
oepting on special order, or on the occurrence of a sortie
on the part of the enemy.
London, England, 1855-08-18

793

FOREIGN.
The conditions of the new Turkish Loan were an-
nounced on Wednesday by M. Musurus, and are
published in another column. Subscription-lists
have been opened by Messrs. Baring and other
houses in London, and will close, it is understood, at
latest to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon. The scrip
has been speculatively dealt in meanwhile at 2 to 3
premium. The bonds of the former Turkish Loan
are held firmly at 931. French Scrip (new loan) has
been quoted at 21 to 3 premium. In other foreign
stocks the transactions have been few and unim-
portant. .

Money is more in demand in consequence of these
concurrent loans, domestic and foreign.

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London, England, 1855-08-18

Ittibtnts anb Ofentts.

A MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT occurred at Cremorne-
gardens on Monday night, involving injuries, more or
less serious, to about twenty men of the Grenadier
Guards. Mr. Simpson, the proprietor of the
grounds, had announced a grand fete, representing
the capture of the Mamelon and the rifle pits by the
allied troops before Sebastopol. As it was to be held
for the benefit of the Wellington College it readily
received the patronage, not only of her Majesty and
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, but of the highest
military authorities, and, in consequence, not only
were the bands of the Household Troops and of the
Royal Artillery permitted to attend, but the presence
of a body of men, to the number of 500, and drawn
principally from the Ist and 2nd battalions of Grena-
diers, was sanctioned. They were to conduct the
storming operations included in the mimic spectacle,
and thus to give the whole display a character of
reality, which could not be hoped for from the mere
efforts of the scene painter and the pyrotechnist.
London, England, 1855-08-18

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PIEDMONT.

A correspondent of the Independence Beige writes
from Turin that, at the request of the Archbishops
of Piedmont, the Holy See authorises the clergy of
that kingdom to receive the sums put at their dis-
posal by the Government, conformably to the new
law relating to the convents. They are to protest,
but not to refuse the money.
London, England, 1855-08-18

THE PRESS.

ris is at the seat of government, and Lord Elphinstone at
Poona. Trade is dull, and freights are low at the presi-
dency, but as money gets abundant speculation begins to
awaken, and the two cotton-spinning companies and two
paper-manufacturing companies projected last autumn are
calling up their deposits. The buildings of the first pro.
jected cotton•mill are already twenty feet above ground,
and look spacious and magnificent.
Ceylon advices of the 11 th ult. state that a loan of
900,0001. is to be raised, at a guaranteed interest by
the colony of six per cent. for twenty-five years, and
renewable; 800,000/. being for the construction of a
railway, and 100,0001. for works beneficial to the
native community. The guarantee is to be raised by
a duty upon exports.
A suggestion has been thrown out by some capi-
talists of Manchester for the establishment of a cotton-
growing colony in the large and fertile island of New
Guinea.
London, England, 1855-08-18

AUG. 18, 1855.

recess: --

DOWNING•STREET, August 15, 1855.

My dear --,
The session having now happily terminated, I am induced to
address to you, in common with the other members of her Majesty'e
Government, a few words of advice, which may be useful during the
time when we are precluded from mutual consultation.
I would call your attention to the extreme undesirability of our
displaying during the recess that marked disunion and difference of
opinion which has characterised our conduct during the session of
Parliament.
This disunion has prevailed, I am sorry to say, up to the very
termination of the sitting, for within the past week I find two remark-
able instances of it. The Marquis of Lansdowne and myself have
been directly at issue on the Lords' amendments to the Limited
Liabilities Bill, he thanking the Peers for their " valuable" improve-
ments, and myself declaring them to be most " objectionable." The
Lord Chanecilltir and the Solicitor-General have been equally at
tariaiic9; the latter having indignantly censured the conduct of the
London, England, 1855-08-18

LITERARY NOTICE.

WE are happy to see that Lord John Russell has devoted his leisure
hours to a selection of portions of our best poets, and to their adapts•
tion to the meanest capacities. With but few alterations, our author
has skilfully succeeded in the application, to passing events, of the
flowing numbers of our bards. These selections will appear in monthly
numbers. In the first number we have been much pleat dwi h the
rendering of that beautiful lyric of our Whig foot R )6ers known
as the

ITALIAN SONG.
Dear is my little native vale,
Mazzini stabs and murders there ;
Close by my cot he tells his tale
To every passing villager.
Leave the poor man to wander free,
And flesh leis knife •t liberty.
London, England, 1855-08-11

FOREIGN.

Turkish Bonds have been actively inquired after
lately at improved prices, pending the issue of the
new loan, for which the biddings are expected to be
made on Monday next. There is still a delay in
the apportionment of the new French loan, and
many complaints aro made on the subject on
'Change. Besides the uncertainty that prevails on
the proportion of Stock that will be allotted to the
English subcribers, no small amount of deposit-
money is kept locked up, to the serious inconvenience
of many parties. It is rumoured that the ratio of
the allotment to the subscription will be something
under 10 per cent.

Canada
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace of Fiance
North British Aus. Laud
Peel River Laud &
Scottish Aust. invest.
South Australian Law'
Van iiiaman'a Land ~
London, England, 1855-08-11

DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO THE QUEEN.

Complete in 2 large vole. royal Bvo.,
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London, England, 1855-08-11

The War in Asiatic Turkey.

Just published, in 2 vole. post eve., price 215.: cloth,
A CAMPAIGN with the TURKS in ASIA.
By CHARLES DUNCAN, Esq.
These volumes contain an account Of a winter residence at
Erzeroum, and a sojourn with the Turkish army at Kars; in-
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Kurekdere. The novelty of the scenes and characters, the pic-
turesque sketches of the Turkish army, and the solid informs-
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obtain from these volumes some sound information respecting
these places, the surrounding country and its inhabitants, which
will make the news more intelligible."—Leader.
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11 IVI N E LOVE IN CREATION AND
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London, England, 1855-08-11

LAW REFORM.

THE state of English law, partly sketched in
some earlier articles, remains, and seems likely
to remain, the opprobrium of our civilisation.
The statutes alone, up to 1851, are comprised
in thirty-eight quarto volumes of the largest
dimensions, containing 33,000 pages of close
type. There is nothing to tell the layman
who consults these whether the law which he
reads has been repealed, amended, or in any
way altered by subsequent enactments. Some
statutes include a heterogeneous jumble of
provisions relating to different, and even
totally unconnected subjects. Many are in-
consistent with others, and even contradict
themselves in different clauses. Of method,
order, arrangement, there is an absolute and
lamentable lack. In a word, the Written Law
of England, as it stands, contains little more
than a heap of raw material for legislation,
the disjointed members of some future possible
system, at present lying dispersed, and not
even bound together by the link of any one
guiding principle. To leave the law in such a
state, be its interpreters who they may, would
be no light evil. But its magnitude is in-
creased tenfold, when we remember that not
merely judges learned in the profession
(though even their decisions present occa-
sional instances of uncertain and conflicting
judgment), but a vast number of magistrates,
for the most part educated and sensible per-
sons, but devoid of all technical knowledge,
are required to comprehend and give effect to
this complicated body of enactments. In the
union of these conditions the very height and
climax of absurdity seems to be reached.
First, you make that complex which all man-
kind has an interest in having as simple as
possible Next, by perpetual additions you so
enlarge the mass that no one knows accurately
what may or may not be in it. Thirdly,
having rendered the task of administering
justice as difficult as art can make it, and
having trained, or allowed to be trained, a
body of men whose exclusive business it is to
disentangle the knots which society has so
laboriously tied, you commit the solution, in
great measure, to individuals who have not
acquired this skill; but, lest they should con-
sult only their own common sense, and refuse
to play according to the rules of the game,
you assist their understanding by setting two
trained masters of the art to perplex them by
contrary readings of the legislative intention :
nor do these lose reputation, but, on the con-