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The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-16

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

The 19th ordinary half-yearly meeting was held, yes-
terday, at the Euston station.
Sir Harry Verney, Bart, chairman of the board, took
the chair.
The SECRETARY read the following report :—" The
directors have to present their usual statement of the
receipt and payment of guaranteed dividend for the half-
year ending the 30th of June last. The account shows
that the rent received from the London and North-
Western Company to the 31st of December, 1854, added
to 1,1301. 11s. 3d., the balance from the formeracca ount,
amounts to 26,0301 lls. 3d. The dividends paid to the
bal-
ance proprietors
fl , 57a8T. oousn. t7tdo. 24T, 4h5e2/.
warrantslOs. Bd.,for the
leaving
approach-
ing dividend will be issued to the proprietors on the-23d
of August. The directors have the satisfaction of report-
ing that the traffic on the line shows an increase during
the past half-year, as compared with the corresponding
period of 1854.
The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report.
The motion was seconded by the Hon. PHILIP SYD-
, NEY PIERREPONT, and carried unanimously.
" A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors having
Iteenvaistindc,
The proceedings then terminated.
• -WORCESTER AND HEREFORD.
The usual half-yearly meeting of this tompany was
adveitised to take place at three o'clock yesterday after-
noon, ,in; the.Eustontainare station. o
111 r. Thomas ney wood, the chairman of the directors,
London, England, 1855-08-16

I CAUSES

..... . ........ ...... .. 993
Population Deaths in cone- , Deaths
Enumerated. eponding We in the
1861. of 1854. West.
West Districts
North Districts 490.396 .. .. .. 28t ••••.. 200
Central Districts 893,256
East Districts 485,522 ...... 318
South Districts

1,832

Totals
Males
Females.

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males..

Females..

Total .

1,583

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wonderful for the Cure of Scrofula.—Copy of a letter
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London, England, 1855-08-16

HAY MARKETS.

SMITIIITELD.—OId meadow hay, 410 s to 6/ 10s ; new
ditto, 4/ lOs to 6l 6s; old clover, 4/ lOs to 6/ 12s ; new ditto
4/ 5s to Cl Gs; and straw, 11 4s Od to 1/ 9s Od per load.
Trade dull.

CIIMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, 415 s to 61 12s ; new
dittos 4/ 10s to 6l Os; old elovei , 41 lOs to 61162 ; and new
ditto, 4/ 5s to 61 Os ; and straw, .11 5s to 11 10s per load.
A moderate supply and a steady demand.
WHITECEIAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 41 Os to 6' 10s; new
ditto, 4/ Os to 61 56 ; old clove?, 41 Os to 6/ 15s ; new
ditto, 41 Os to 64 Os; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 9s per load.
A. slow trade.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EWER (THIS DAY.)—This
morning between 9 and 10 o'clock a fatal accident took
place on the river off Foley-house stairs, Blackwall,
under the following circumstances :—The deceased had
been employed on board a steam tug and was standing
upright in a skiff holding on to a rope, while one of the
men was iu the act of getting down into the same boat as
the deceased, when the current of the tide drifted the skiff
away from the side of the steamer, whereby the deceased
lost his hold and fell head foremost into the water. An
alarm was raised and every assistance was afforded by
the Thames_police and several watermen, but before the
deceased could be found life was quite extinct. The body
was conveyed ashore for an inquest. The deceased's name
was William Chapman, aged 14 years.
M. Claudet, the eminent photographist, has received
a royal warrant appointing him photographist to her
Majesty. This compliment is well bestowed on one of
the most ingenious and clever artists of the day.
The Government is now seeking ships to carry out
1,000 tons of shot and shell to Balaklava.
MARQU/SATE OF THOMOND ANH EAELDOi or Thrill-
QIIIN.—We understand that Murtagh O'Brsen•
sub-inspector of constabulary, at present stationed
Ardee, is about to be installed into the above t 1 • He
will also enjoy the additional title of
Teter
of the United Kingdom.
W. °l3r3r-enbrogherba Argus
of Inchi-
quin, was-created a marquis in 1800.—T
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London, England, 1855-02-27

TIIE SORTIE OF JAN. 31.

The lnvalide Russe publishes a report in which Prince
Monschikoff writes, under date Feb. 4, that in the
night of Jan. 31 a sortie was made from Sebastopol
against the right of the French trenches. The Russian
detachment, consisting of 330 men, led by the naval
lieutenant Biruleff, approached the sheltered position
of the French, attacked the occupants with the
bayonet, and expelled them. "Notwithstanding the
cross fire of musketry and grape kept up from th•
French and English batteries, Lieutenant Biruleff pre-
cipitated himself six times on the nearest trenches,
and inflicted so much loss upon the enemy that one of
them was filled with the dead bodies of French soldiers.
Our party made three officers and seven men prisoners.
On our side we had Ensign Semeneky and three men
killed, and 34 wounded, among whom is one of the best
known of our brave fellows, Koschka, the sail Or." In his
report General o.teu-Sacken speaks in the highest terms
of the skill and valour of Lieut. Biruleff, " who has now
led four sorties with remarkable success."
Such is the Russian account of this affair. It is need-
less to say that it differs widely from that which we have
published from French sources.
London, England, 1855-02-27

APPOINTMENTS.

Commander Alan H. Gardner, who was senior lieu-
tenant of the Polyphemus at the attack against pirates,
and promoted for his services performed on that occasion,
in 1843, has been appointed to the Driver, 6, steam-
sloop, at Sheerness.
Lieutenant the Hon. Arthur Hay (1853), recently
serving in the Vestal, 26, on the North American sta-
tion to the Excellent, 46, gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth.
Lieutenant Charles D. Lucas (1854), who it will be re-
membered was promoted from acting mate of the Hecht,
for his gallant act, for having thrown overboard from
the deck of that ship an ignited bombshell, by which
coel and courageous act, in all. probability, a great
saving of human life was effected, has been appointed to
the Calcutta, 84, at Devonport.
Master. —George Biddlecomb (1835), recently serving
as master of the fleet, in the Duke of Wellington, flag-
ship, in the Baltic, has been appointed assistant master
at Keyham yard.
Paymaster.—James Lewis (1854), from the Victory,
to the Hecate, 6,'steam-sloop, at Woolwich.
Clerk in Charge.—Thomas C. H. Shears (1849), from
the Prometheus to the Weser, gun-boat, at Devonport.
Clerk.— John G. Rickard, to the Hannibal, 91, screw,
in the Black Sea.

Acting Clerk.—John•T. Farwell, to the Hastings, 60,
screw, at Portsmouth.
Clerk's Assistants.—Frederick J. Fitzmaurice, Alfred
J. Myers, Henry C. T. Medder, and Jahn B. Alvies, to
the Royal Albert, 121, flag-ship in the Black Sea ;
Bertram Mitford, to the Prometheus, A, steam-sloop; at
Devonport.
London, England, 1855-02-27

PETITIONS.

Mr. :NIUNTZ presented a petition agreed to at the
public !meeting of the inhabitants of Birmingham, pray-
ing for a full and searching inquiry into the conduct of
the war.

Mr. MIALL presented a petition from the Town
Commissioners of Rochdale, praying for the abolition
of the local charges on shipping.
Mt. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the Me-
dioal .f moo ;owl:we. esadoplaitaing ofd fw
tive medical arrangements in the army, and praying
for inquiry.
Sir J. V. SHELLEY presented a petition from the
Exeter Hall meeting, praying for the repeal of the
newspaper stamp.
Mr. W. PATTEN presented several petitions from
placesin Lancashire against the sale of intoxicating drinks
on Sundays. _
London, England, 1855-02-27

THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE

COMPANY.

The Twenty-ninth Annual General Meeting of the Standard
Life Assurance Company was held within the Company's
Office, Edinburgh, on Thursday, the 15th of February ; An-
thony Trail, Esq., the senior director, in the chair.
The following statements, containing minute details of the
progress of the company, and of its position at the date of
the periodical balance were submitted to the meeting:—
Annual balance sheet as at 15th November, 1854, certified
in accordance with the company's acts of Parliament.

Report by the auditor Q.fter examination of the books and
accounts.
General statement as to the progress of the business and
its results as at 15th November, 1854.
The following abstract of results exhibits the actual pro-
gress of the year.
The number •f proposals for assurance made to the direc-
tors during the year was 1,265

The number of proposals accepted during the sand pe-
riod was• 1,046
and with annuity transactions accepted, to the
number of 4O

makes the transactions of the year 1,086
being an increase of 171 policies as compared with the
largest number issued in any previous year.
The amount of sums proposed for assurance
wa5................................................. £622,200 8 5
•
The amount of sums contained in policies
issued wa5,......,,...

The difference £107,083 1 5
being the amount of the declined proposals And it is curious
to remark, as evincing the continued care bestowed in the
selection of lives, that the accepted and declined proposals
for many years have borne the same relative proportion.
It will also be observed that the average amount of each
policy has been nearly 500 e., a result which, in the manage-
ment of life assurance institutions, is considered a very favour-
able feature in th.s. 4raPlAction4gr
The =Mal preihiume corresponding to the new assurances
amount to £16,650 0 2

The amount of claims by death was £89,428 13 10
And with bonus additions

Makes in all £95,361 1 0

The amount of claims is greater than in the previous year
by 5,8611.65. 2d. ' • but it is only in proportion to the ex-
tended business of the company.
The annual revenue at 15th November, 1854, had reached
218,9681. 16s. 5d., being an increase on the year of 13,9361. 2s.

The following aro the yearly results of the now business
since 1844 :

Sums . .
1845—Bonus Year £446,o26Assured Annual
12 10 £l4,979Premiums 810
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850—Bonus Year
1851
1852
_ .
1853 ...

455:248 17 1 14,886 9 3
London, England, 1855-02-27

SHIPS FOR THE BALTIC.

The ships now fitting for the Baltic will carry a total
armament of 2,188 guns, a considerable proportion of
which will be of the Lancaster construction. Several
hundred extra shipwrights have been put on at Sheer-
ness, Woolwich, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Pembroke,
to expedite the preparation of the ships, and on
Saturday the majority will be ready to coma out of
dock.
London, England, 1855-02-27

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.

Lessee and Manager, M. Wm. Cooke.
THIS EVENING,
The BATTLE of B ALAK LAVA and of INKER MANN, aided, by
a Third Act, to the successful Spectacle, the BATTLE of the ALMA,
which this week reaches its 115th representation 1 The addition
embraces the ever-memorable charge of the British Cavalry, and
also those tremendous hand-in-hand encounters which characterised
the above engagements.
After which, and to conclude with, a select and prolonged Series of
SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. Wm. Cooke.
Box-of ice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W,
West. Acting Manger, 5 r. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian, Director
Mr. W. Cocky, jun.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOIS.
'NTS DAT —Morning 49 min.aftez 10 Evening 32 min.aft. 11
To-loamy -Morning 0 min.after 0 Evening 13 inin.aft. 12

VIZ WEATHER.—Scnq Orval, Feb. 27.
TIEILHOMETEB, IN THE SNADH
41—highest sine• noon yesterday.
38—!owest this morning and during the night.
43—this day, at noon.

BAROMETER, 29'81.
WIND, S.W.—Light, with dull, rainy weather.

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London, England, 1855-02-27

Quekoc (A)

West Flanders
Do 64 per c. Pref
Western of France
West, of Switzerland
Wiesbaden ......
Zealand

JOINT-STOI

11 Australasia
11 British Colonial Bank
and Loan Company
611 British N. American
5 Chartd. Bank of Asia
2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India,
Australia, & China
15 Colonial
!O Commercial of Loud
l 8 English Scottish and'
Australian
dl Loud. Chart. Bk. of
Australia

Ditto Now
20 Loudon and County
10 London Joint Stock
20 Lond. & Westminster
35 National Provincial,
of England
10 Do. New
22 l National of Ireland
all Now South Wales '
all Oriental Bank of
Corporation.
25 Provincial of Ireland
all

Do. New
1 Royal Australa.Bkg,
gy Gob) Imp Co._
:• ....,

L 1111,.1 Jt hU6 LLAI
2 Do. New
.0 Union of London
London, England, 1855-02-27

LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1855.

The Ministerial arrangements have not as yet
been completed. It is true that new writs have
been moved for the city of London, for the
boroughs of Radnor and Halifax, and for Forfar-
shire, in consequence of the acceptance of office
by their late representatives. But notwithstand-
ing the existence of many rumours, we have no
conclusive evidence as to any further appointments
from members of the House of Commons. Lord

STANLEY of Alderley (formerly Lord EDDISBURY)
has been nominated President of the Board of

Trade, in the place of Mr. CARDWELL, who, as
we had anticipated, steadily resisting all the
blandishments by which he was tested, shared the
fate of his Peelite companions.
. The claims of the aristocracy have certainly not
been slighted by the New Premier in the arrange-
ments aboie referred to. We have one Member
of the House of Lords, two Lords by courtesy,
and two Baronets, each of whom happens to be
brother-in-law to an Earl ; a fact that, in each
instance, apparently constitutes the chief claim
to high office. As yet untitled merit has not
been appreciated, and, although we are far from

thinking that a title should constitute any

impediment to the promotion of a man otherwise
duly qualified, it still seems rather strange that
all the five prizes should have fallen to persons
thus distinguished and so closely connected with the
nobility by birth or marriage !
London, England, 1855-02-27

FOREIGN.

A law.' pcatotterdam
Belgian Eastn. June
Beziers to Graisseaßac
Bombay, Baroda, and
Central Tudia,Scrip
Central of Italy
Demerara
Dijon and Besancon
Dutch Rhenish

Eastern of France
Do. New
East Indian
Do. Extension

Do. 41 p. c. Bds., pay
'57, convertible
Do. do. do., '59, do
Tk of CanadaA is
Do. St. Lawrence &

Atlantic do.
Do. Cert. of Deben.,
con. into Stk. till '63
Do . Comp. 6p. c., do,
Gt. Central of France
Gt. Indian Peninsula
Do. New 5 per cent.
Great Luxembourg
Constituted Shares
Do. Obligations
Gt. Western of Canada

Shares
Do. Bds., payable's7,
with option till '55
Do. do., '62, p.'56
Do. do., '76, p. '6O
De. do., '73, without
option
Hamilton & Teronto
Do. 6 per tezi*--..e.c.
Lake Const. & Basle
Lucca 4 Pistoja6p:p,
, pref."?'
I Lyonv,Thd Gene4ti,
Lyons M Mediterrak:
(adr
Do. New
Maria Antonia
Do. do. New
Namur dz Liege (with

interest)
I Do. (ex interest)
Northern of France
Do.2ol.Shs.late Char-
leroi and Erquelines

guar. 3a p. c. & red.
at 2261. dur. 88 yrs.
from IJan. 1854
Do. 201. 3 p. c Me
(fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.)
NorwegianTrunkPref
Paris and Lyons
Ditto Bonds .....
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rotten—
ParisCaen&Cherbrg
Rouen and Havre
Royal Danish
Royal Swedish
Sambre and Meuse
Do. p. cent. Pref
Southern of France
St. Andrew's and
London, England, 1855-02-27

Just published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d.,

STRICTURE of the URETHRA : its Rational
Treatment and Prompt Cure.
By F- B. COURTENAY,
Memt•er of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

" We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stric-
ture during the last twenty years has equalli d, if, indeed, it has not
surpassed, that of any of his contemporaries. It is, therefore, no
matter of surprise that he should enjoy the reputation of being a
most dexterous and skilful manipu ator with urethral instruments ;
and when it is remembered that the lamented Liston used to assert
that the introduction of instruments through a stricture which had
previously been impermeable to them, was the most difficult In the
whole range of surgical operations, it mist be no slight source of
gratification on Mr. Courtenay's part to have achieved the reputation
he has in this res :ect ; and for our part, with the knowledge we have
of his experience, we know of no man to whose care we would with
g-eater confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture
of the urethra."—Medical Circular.
London: H. Lailliere, 219, Regent-street.

ALLSOPP'S EAST INDIA PALE ALE,
as specially ordered for SCUTARI, recommended by BARON
LIEBIG and the most eminent members of the medical profession,
in Bottles and Casks (18 Gallons and upward.), imperia' measure.
Address : —HARRINGTON, PARKER, and CO., Etter Merchants,
5%, Pall-Mall.
London, England, 1855-02-27

On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure.

The GREEN BOOTC.—A comprehensive-and popular exposition
of genito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com-
prising, especially primiry and secondary symptoms, all forms of
urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrho3a ; with 250 ea-
.:ravings and prescriptions.

The BLADDER, URETHRA, and RECTUM.—Comprising
Urinary Derangements, Constipation. and Eremorrholds.
Vols 6 and 7, comer' L. to the preceding.
TEE ENJOYMENT OF LTFE. ITOW TO BE HAPPY.
" Jucunde Vivere."l
"Few words to fair faith."—Shakesperc.
Sherwood, 23, Paternost row; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or of
DP. RICHARD CULVERWELL, _

ther, Successor, and Twenty Years C•nsuiting Colleague of the
ate Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-etreet, London,
,vho may be sdviscd with on the above matters daily, from Ten till
Five, and in the evenings, from Seven till .Nine.
London, England, 1855-02-27

LATEST NEWS.

THE CRIMEA.

MARSEILLES, TUESDAY, FEB. 27.

The Sinai, which left Constantinople on the

19th inst., has arrived.
Despatches for the Government left at 5 a.m.
Advices dated Balaklava, 17th Feb., state that
the Russians have disappeared from Baidar.
They energetically defend the north side.
14,000 French have marched on Inkerman.
The thermometer varies from 36 to 72 deg,

The country is very dry.
Lord Lucan has left.

VIENNA, MONDAY MORNING, FEB. 26.

Authentic intelligence has been received here
hat the state of the British camp at Balaklave. is

improving.

The ships took part in the battle at Eupatoria
on the lith instant.

Official intelligence has been received here of
he departure of Lord John Russell from Paris for

Vienna, via Berlin and Dresden.

A telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, 25th

Feb., says :

"An Austrian circular despatch has been issued,
dated 17th February. It declares that the rigo-
rous execution of the Frankfort Diet relative to

the preparations of war of the Federal army, is a
'que scion of honour' for the States of the Confe-

aeration.

" At the same time the circular criticises the
grounds of the Dietal resolution, and endeavours
to prove that the demand of Pr ussia, that the
Federal contingents should be held exclusively

upon the territory of tho Confederation, at the
disposal of the Federal Assembly, is impracti-

cable."

Wo have received the following from Paris :
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 26.
Colonel d'Olberg, aide-de-camp of General de
Wedell, arrived_ at Pails on Sunday evening from
Berlin.

Satisfactory letters were received here on Sun-

day evening from General Niel, in the Crimea.

BATOUM, FEB. 1.

A body of Georgian militia (Asian) attacked at
the camp at Laghoe, yesterday, a post confided to
800 Bashi-Bazouks. The Russians were driven
back with considerable loss.

BERLIN, FEB. 24.

The negotiation with France still remains with-
out result. The parties, it is believed, thoroughly
understand each other. Prussia wants to enter

:he new Conferences in the interest of Russia.

The Czar is exceedingly anxious on this head.
But Prussia would enter the Conference in vain

if she took upon herself any positive engagement
to act against Russia. M. Drouyn de I'Huys has
held very decided, although conciliatory, language
to General Wedell, and the issue of the negotia-
tions will not be long delayed.

VIENNA, FEB. 23.

Lord John Russell is expected here on Tuesday
or Wednesday. It is not thought that the nego-
tiations will be long protracted, unless England
and France declare themselreg ready to give up
the objects for which they have taken up arms.
London, England, 1855-02-27

",1 :001i ON THIS PICTURE." Freezing
!ILI kern and severe—Tee to be seen everywhere. Sk sting and
siding the passion—comfort and warmth the right fashion, All
streams in a state of blockade. but those of E. M. and SON'S trade
Nb business can freeze in their bands—their Clothing wal meet all
demands. 'I hie Winter 'tie very we 1 known, they've the greate4
adtivity shown. In the parks, on the ice, everywhere, Messrs.
MOSES' productions appear—their OveacoATs, Waaprzas, and
CAPES— their HATS in the newest of shapes
,SPECIAL NOTICE.—UntiI March f,1855, E. MOSES and SON'S
ESTABLISHMENTS will be CLOSED at EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERY
EVENING, except Saturday, when they will be open till 11 o'clock.

- - -
#CAUTION.—B. MOSES and SON regret, having to guard .tie
;Millie against impoaltion, haling leamel that the untradesman-like
falsehool of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " ft's
the same concern." has been resorted to in many instances, and for
obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have
No Os:ISE:MT/ WITT! AMY OTRER ROME IN OR OITT OH' LONDON.
( except their own Establishments, as follows :
London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84,
8, , and 86. i&ldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating.
l London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2,
and 3, Hart-stmt, all communicating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street.
heflleld Branch, 3t. rargate. . . ..

Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia.
Merchant Tailo Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot ard
shoe rifaters, and General Outfitter/for Ladies and Gentlemen.
' IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be
ichanged If desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
thou t hesitation. All goods era marked in plain figures, the lowest
price, trom which no abatement can► be made.
The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset
bn Saturdays, when business is resumed till 11. o'clock.
IA new Book for Autumn an 4 Winter. " The Commercial Corm-
pia," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure,
rent, &c., &c., may he bad on application, or post-free.
Ici l'on patio Francais. Qui si parla Italipno.
Slier sorleht man Dentsob Aqua sa habla Espana.
j An Illustrated Almanac for 1855 pratison application ,or pest free.
London, England, 1855-02-27

ANIERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY, Six p.m.
The United States mail steam-ship Union has
just arrived with the American mails. _
She brings advices from New York to the 10th
instant.

There is no news of 'political importance to
notice. _ _

The New York cotton market was unsettled, in
consequence of foreign news.
In flour the foreign news exercised no influence
on prices, the export demand being light. The
state of the weather is reported as unfavourable to
the trade.

In freights the enga2,-ereents for Liverpool were
light, and included about 100 bales of cotton at
3s. 6d. per bale, and 500 boxes of bacon at 17s. 6d.
No engagements to London. No change in rates
to Havre and Marseilles.
The iron market was steady.

The provision market was firmer, and many
kinds in fair demand, realising somewhat higher
prices.
Ix Philadelphia the money market was un-
changed. Stocks dull.
In the cotton market at New Orleans prices
were unchanged. Demand active at previous
rates.

The steam-ship Atlantic arrived at New York at
six o'clock on the evening of the Bth inst. She
remained at Sandy Hook that evening, being un-
able to proceed. further on account of a snow-
storm.

AUSTRALIA:

PLYMOUTH, MONDAY.

Plantagenet, of London, Captain Pollock, ar-
rived here to-day, from Sydney 130 days, having
left Sydney Oct. 16, touched at St. Helena Dec.
23. She brings 15 adults and 11 . children pas-,
sengers, and a full cargo of wool, oil, tallnw, hides,
horns, and bones. She has also a quantity Of gold ;
value not known, said to be about 12,000 ounces.
She put in here short of provisions, and will sail
again as soon as it clears.
She landed a mail here and most of her passen-
gers. Her crew were engaged at 101. per month.
he passengers report labour to be at a high pre-
mium still at Sydney. Female servants refuse to
take service under a guinea per week, 16s. given.
For flour 261. per ton. Brandy and rum on the
decline. Geneva not much in demand. London
gin much in demand. Lowndes' old Tom, 17s. to
17s. 6d. ; Booth's about the same price. Beer in
demand ; Allsop's still maintains its superiority ;
prices, 81. 10s. to 91. Wine not over brisk; sherries
sellinc, at fair prices, and first-class red wine in de-
mand.' Drapery and slops, prices anything but
satisfactory. Tobacco market overstocked.
London, England, 1855-02-27

MILITARY.

The 30th, 54tb, 66th, and 92d regiments were at Gib-
raltar on the 18th of February.
Major C. C. Young, of the Royal Artillery, who was
unfortunately killed by fallin from the window of an
hotel at Portsmouth, on Saturday morning, as reported
in The Sun, served on the north coast cf Spain from
January, 1838, to August, 1840, and was present in all the
affairs and operations that took place from Jan., 1838,
to the conclusion of the war, in front of San Sebastian,
and also at the camp of Paz y Fueros, on the Bidassoa,
in Dec., 1838, and Jan., 1839. He served also in the
operations on the Yang-tse.Kiang, in China, including
the storm and capture of Chin-Kiang-Foo ; he was also
present at the demonstration before Nankin. He again
served during the operations in Caffraria, in 1847, to the
conclusion of the war, as well as military secretary and
aide-de-camp to Sir H. Pottinger, her Majesty's High
Commissioner and Governor. At the time of hie de-
cease, in addition to his being a major in the army, he
was a captain in the Royal Horse Artillery. He entered
the army in 1834, was a lieutenant in 1837, captain in
1846, and major in 1848.
The Government has entered into an extensive con-
tract for the supply of Minis rifles, rifles for the use of
the Rifle Brigade and 60th Royal Rifle Regiment, and
rifled carbines for two ,cavalry regiments, which will be
designated "Mounted RiEemen." This latter branch
of the service was found to be most efficient in the cam-
paign on the Rhine in the years 1793 and 1794. A
large contract for cavalry sabres, holster pistols, and
lances has also been agreed to, in order to place the
cavalry arils of the service on the. most efficient footing.
A quantity of musquetoons, pistols, cutlasses, boarding-
pikes, and tomahawks
ohave also been
are
to b
ordereeddefl,i)vrertehde
navy, the greater portion
into store at the Tower by the middle of March.
The Royal Malta Regiment will be augmented to a
strength of 1,200 bayonets.
London, England, 1855-02-27

VALE OF NE.ATIL

Tho statement of accounts to the 31st of December
last shows that 513,267/. had been received on shares,
and 198,5801. on debentures, to‘al • 711,874/., and
764,855/. expended ; leaving a balance of 53,0081.
against the company. The traffic receipts for the half-
year ending the 31st of December amounted to 23,393/.
and tke expenses to 9,994/. leaving a balance of 13,3997.,
which, added to 699/. the balance from the former ac-
count, makes 14,098/. available for interest on loans and
dividend.
London, England, 1855-02-27

FOREIGN.

Antwerp&Rotterdam
Belgian Eastn. Juuc
Beziers to Graisscssac
Bombay, Baroda, and
Central India,Scrip
Central of Italy
Demerara

Dijon and Besancon.
Dutch Rhenish .
Eastern of France
Do. New
East Indian

Do. Extension.

Do. 4i p. e. Bds., pay
'57, convertible
Do. do. do., '59, do
Gd. Tk of CanadaA is
Do. St. Lawrence &
Atlantic do.
Do. Cert. of Deben ,
con. into Stk. till '63
Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do.
Gt. Central of Fiance
Gt. Indian Peninsula
Do. New 5 per cent.
Great Luxembourg
Constituted Shares
Do. Obligations
Gt. Western of Cana&
Shares
Do. Bds., payable's7,
with option till '55
Do. do., '62, p. '56
Do. do., '76, p. '6O
De. do., '73, without
option
Hamilton & Toronto
Do. 6 per cent.
Lake Const. & Basle
Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p. c.

_
pref
Lyons and Geneva
Lyons & Mediterran
Madras

'Do. New
!!aria Antonia
Do. do. New
Namur di Liege (with
interest)
Do. (ex interest)
Northern of France.
D 0.201. Shs.late Char-
leroi and Erquelines
guar. 33 p. c. & red.
at 22i1. dur. 88 yrs.
from 1 Jan. 1854
Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde
(fmy. B. & Ares. Shs. )
NorwegianTrunkPref
Paris and Lyons
Ditto Bonds
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen-
ParisCaen dt Cherbrg
Rouen and Havre
Royal Danish
Royal Swedish
Sambre and Meuse
Do. 5i p. cent. Pref
Southern of France
St. Andrew's and

Quebec (A)
West Flanders
Do 5 per c. Pref
Western of France—
West. of Switzerland,
Wiesbaden
Zealand

JOINT-S'

1 Australasia ..

British Colonial Bank
and Loan Company
British N. American
Chartd. Bank of Asia
Chrtd. Bnk. of India,
Australia, & China
Colonial
Commercial of Lond
English Scottish and
Australian

Lond. Chart. Bk. o
Australia,.
Ditto. New

London ar 3 County..
London Joint Stock..
Lond. & Westminster,
National Provincial

of England
Do. New
National of Ireland
New South Wales
Oriental Bank of
Corporation
Provincial of Ireland
Do. New
Royal Australn.Bkg
& Gold Imp Co
South Australia
Union of Australia
Do. New
Union of Loudon
London, England, 1855-02-27

THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.

The Himalaya screw-steamer troopship, Commander
Priest, proved the accuracy of her compasses yesterday,
in Portsmouth harbour, and is now ready to embark her
cavalry horses and troops. The Blenheim, 60, Captain
Hall, wa■ under the shears in the fitting basin, at Ports-
mouth, yesterday, re-shipping her mainmast, which is
now stepped upon the kelson, instead of upon the orlop
deck, as before ; her new boilers have admitted of this
improvement. The Arrogant, 46, Captain Yelverton,
left her sailing moorings, on the west shore, at Ports-
mouth, yesterday, and moved over to the Carnatic hulk,
to give place to the Imperieuse, to adjust her compasses.
The Edinburgh, 58, Captain Hewlett, was docked yes-
terday, at Portsmouth, to refit for the new Baltic service.
Rear-Admiral Superintendent Martin, and Mr. Abethell,
the master shipwright of Portsmouth dockyard, in-
spected the state of the Malabar coaling hulk, in Ports-
mouth harbour, yesterday, which had been reported de-
fective.

The hired Government transport War Cloud, Captain
Fox, No. 56, which entered Plymouth Sound on Sunday
evening, left the Bosphorus on the 6th of January. She
arrived at Gibraltar on the Ist of February, and sailed
on the 15th, with a detachment of the 89th Regiment,
consisting of 2 serjeants, 3 corporals, 39 privates, 63
women, 107 children, and a detachment of the 92d
Highlanders, 1 woman and 2 children, in charge of Staff-
Surgeon D'Arcby.
London, England, 1855-02-27

The report was adopted and the dividend declared.

ST. HELEN'S.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes-
terdaY at St. Helen's ; Mr. G. Greens!), M.P., in the
chair.

The report stated that the gross revenue far the half-
year ending the. 31st of December amounted to 34,7011.,
and the expenses' to 12,233/., leaving a balance of
19,4681. From this wan deducted 7,9971. for interest on
loans, including 3511. for renewal of permanent way,
leaving 11,4701., which, added to 1451. balance from the
last:account, made a disposable suns of 11,6151. Of this
amount 3,6001. was absorbed for a dividend at the rate
of 2i per cent. on the consolidated stock 8., 3,7571. for
3 per cent. on stock C, 2,475/. for 21 per cent. on stock
D, and 1,7281. for 21 per cent. on the 251. and 201.
shares, leaving a balance of 541.
The report was adopted, and the dividends were de-
clared.

SOUTH-EASTERN.
It appears that some of the large shareholders in this
company are endeavouring. to cheek the vigorous con-
test which is now being carried oa by various parties for
the purpose of obtainingihe-facitnt seats at the board.
In reply to some of the candidates who oppose the Direct
South-Eastern line, Mr. J. J. Hamilton, one of the
largest shareholders in the company, contends that it is
imperatively incumbent on the company to shorten the
trunk line by cutting off the angle between London and
Tonbridge, as a matter of necessity, to prevent the inva-
sion of their territory, and to afford additional accom-
modation to the public.

BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND
STOUR VALLEY.
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this line
(which is leased to the London and North-Western
Company) was appointed to be held in Birmingham yes-
terday. The only business of importance transacted on
these occasions is formal, being limited to the declara-
tion of a dividend at the rate of two-thirds of the Lon-
don and Nerth-Western dividecd. It is payable on the
28th inst.

NEWMARKET (BURY EXTENSION).
The report states that the Eastern Counties Company
have agreed that the capital shall be finally fixed at
142,4251., which is Si. Ss. 6d. a-share on the 27,000
shares constituting the extension capital. From each
dividend warrant will be deducted the call of 6d. per
share just made, but all future dividends will be paid at
the rate of 5 per cent. per annum with regularity and
without deduction.

VALE OF NEATH.
The statement of accounts to the 31st of December
last shows that 513,2671. had been received on shares,
and 198,580/. on debentures, total 711,8741., and
764,8551. expended ; leaving a balance of 53,008/.
against the company. The traffic receipts for the balf-
year ending the 31st of December amounted to 22,393/.
and the expenses to 9,994/. leaving a balance of 13,3991.,
which, added to 6991. the balance from the former ac-
count, makes 14,0981. available for interest on loans and
dividend.
London, England, 1855-02-27

viz. :-

Average circulation of the Irish hanks £6,732,620
Average circulation of the Scotch banks 4,119,523

Average circulation during past m0uthe...£10,852,143
On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the
several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, the
following appears to be the state of the circulation :

The Irish banks are above their fixed issue £378,126
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue 1,032,314

Total above the fired issue,

£1,410:440

The amounts of gold and silver held at the head offices
of the several tanks during the past month have been as
follows :

Gold and silver hold by the Irish banks 22,102,478
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks 1,724,101

Total of gold and silver hold ...

£3,826,679

The above statements complete the returns of the sir
culation in England, Scotland, and Ireland for the month
ending the 20th of January.
These returns show an increase of 638,6301. in the
circulation of notes in England, and an increase of
452,029/. in the circulation of the United Kingdom,
when compared with the month ending the 23d of De-
cember, 1854 ; and, as compared with the month ending
the 21st of January, 1854, the above returns show a
decrease of 1,797,8111. in the circulation of notes in
England, and a decrease of 1,483,522/. in the circulation
of the United Kingdom.
The average stock of bullion held by the Dank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the
20th of January was 13,150,9121., being a decrease of
959,450/., as compared with the previous month ; and a
decrease of 2,911,330/. when compared with the same
period last year.
The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks
during the month ending the 20th of January was
3,826,5791., being a decrease of 35,012/. as compared
with the previous return, and an increase of 387,6611.
when compared with the corresponding period last year.
London, England, 1855-02-27

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Gold, 3/. 17s. to 3/. 17s. Gd. per ounce ; Ovens,
4/. to 41. ls. ; Port Philip, 4/. to 4/. Os. Gd. per
ounce.

GEN. CAN.ROB4RT'S GENgRAL ORDER,

General Canrobert issued the following order of
the day, dated the 4th, relative to the sortie of the
31st ult.:--

"I have again felicitations to address to the besieging
corps, several detachments of which have shown the
most remarkable energy in repulsing a large Russian
column, which attacked the right of our works in the
night of the 31st ult. The principal attack of the enemy
was resisted by the company of picked men of the 7th
regiment of the line, the 2d and 3d companies of the Ist
battalion of the 42d of the line, the detachments of the
21st, 39th, and 47th of the line, and 9th battalion of rifles
and by a detachment of engineers (4th company, 2d
battalion, and 3d regiment). Two charges with the
bayonet were successively made by the 42d, which I
specially compliment on the vigour displayed by it in the
action, and I take pleasure in specially mentioning Col.
Sencier, commanding the attacks of the right, and
General de Failly, in the trenches. In the midst of the
affair the following have distinguished themselves—M.
Sarlat, chief of the battalion of engineers, an intrepid
soldier, and a distinguished engineer, whose loss we have
to deplore and for whom I express legitimate regrets ;
CaptainFourcade, of the engineers, seriously wounded ;
Captain Remy, of the 42d, who has died of his wounds ;
Captain Rousseau, of the picked company ; and Lieut.
Wouillmot, of the same company."
The order concludes by mentioning some othe r
officers and soldiers who distinguished themselv es,
and by conferring a number of promotions and de,
corations.
London, England, 1855-02-27

THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.—The Pique, her Britannic
Majesty's frigate, reached San Francisco on the Bth of
January, having left Honolulu on the 17th of December.
She announced the death of King Kamehameha 111. on
,the 15th of that month, in his 41st year, after an illness
of five or six days. His son, Prince Alexander Liholiho,
had been proclaimed king, under the title of Kameha-
meha-IV.
INCREASE OP PAT:PERlM—Yesterday a return from
the. Poor Law Board to the House of Commons was pre-
thiced:'of,the number of pauper 3 in England and Wales.
On the Gst;Tanuarylast,-the-number in receipt of _relief,
in-door and out-door, was 840,720, and on the 14 Janu-
ary, in the preceding year, 819,985, showing an increase
of 20,735.
London, England, 1855-02-27

DR. CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND
INDIGESTION.
Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Haemorrhoids, Is.
each, by post le. 6d.
THAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID.
"Abstentla multi curanturmnrbi."
A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless
'ceding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints,
with-an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how wo should
live to get rid o' them; to which is added, diet tables for every meal
in the day, and full instructions for the regimen and observance of
• very hour out of the twentyfour. Illustrated by 'timorous
cases, Sec.

LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE.
" He which that bath no wif, I hold him lost,
Helpless, and all desolat. He that hath no child,
Like sun and winde."—Chauccr. _ .

Subject : Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development
of the Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded
Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental
Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter-
marriage—Theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of
determining Legitimacy.. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas-
similable Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &c.

CiIASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS.
A Lecture to Young Men.
". What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."

Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old ago. The advent
of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of
licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative,
and remtdlative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c.
London, England, 1855-02-27

pATRIOTIC JUG.—SAMUEL ALCOCK and
CO., Hill Pottery, Burslem, Staffordshire, beipg desirous of
putting it within the reach of all to possess a memorial both of the
present war an .l of the code and generoaA sympathy displayed by
all classes towards our truly brave soldiers, have publi•hed a
Patriotic Jug, illustrative al.ke of the honors of war, as well as of
the nation's grateful efforts to alleviate them, evidenced by the Royal
Patriotic "Funl. Copies of this interesting work can be bad at all
china and glass warehouses in the kingdom.
London, England, 1855-02-27

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Feb. 27.—Wind and weather this day at
noon, S.W. ; dull, hazy weather.
RAMSGATE, Feb. 26.—The Richard Reynolds, Shields to
Genoa, which struck on the Goodwin, has commenced dis-
charging.
PLYMOUTH, Feb. 26.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—
H.M.S. Cesar, from Gibraltar.
COWES, Feb. 26.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Union, from
New York, and left for Bremen.
_ _

oupttaU.NGENESS, Feb. 26. Arrived—Glenorehy, from Cal-

SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 26.—Arrived--Olive, from Monte
Video.

WHITBY, Feb. 26.—The Enterprise (brig), of Stockton,
from London to West Hartlepool, is on shore in Robin
Hood's Bay, and is likely to become a wreck • crew saved.
PORT TALBOT, Feb. 26.—The Favourite (schooner), of
Falmouth, for Cardiff, was wrecked- yesterday on the
Nash Point ; crew saved.
ARUNDEL, Feb. 26.—The Ellen, of and from Falmouth,
for London, struck and grounded yesterday morning on
the foot of the Straits, at the east end of Brackolson Bay,
during a thick fog, and, owing to the heavy sea, were com-
pelled to abandon the vessel ; crew saved.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 26.—The Qaits, from Islay to London,
was spoken on the 11th Feb., in lat. 46 N., 18 W.; with
all hands laid up with the scurvy, oxoept five men and a
boy, by the Emma Jane, arrived here.

(BY SUBMARINEGRAANVDEBSBEI;DIrmentstdBaGy7AIO7I4.O)
Wind, S.W. ; tide, four hours flood ; weather, cloudy.
Arrived, 26th—Jane and Mary, from Terceira ; Daring,
St. Michael's ; Gipsy, Guernsey ; Dublin Lass, do. ; Rapid,
Terceira ; Jenny Lind, Figuera ; Telegraph, Catania.
Arrived, 27th—Corsair, from Guernsey ; Carolina de
Forrest, Nantes; Eclipse, Madeira; American Congress,
New York ; Victoria, Santander.
_ _ _

DEAL, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m.
Wind, S.E. ; moderate, and clear.
Passed—Chilian, from Adelaide, for London.
Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Cressy, for Portsmouth.
The Glenorchy, from Calcutta, for London, is being sup.
plied with an anchor from here.
London, England, 1855-02-27

THE _RUSSIANS ON THE VISTULA.

The following is an extract from a letter of an
Irish officer in the Austrian Service :

" Feb. 8.
"I had the pleasure some days back of leading an
observation patrol on the Russian frontier some 10
miles from here (Taslo) by Sandomir, on the Vistula.
This immense river is frozen. The day I arrived there
was' 22 deg. of cold, and opposite, from rue about 400
paces, I could see a Russian brigade, with the men of
the infantry manceuvring barefooted. You may form
some idea of the barbarity of the country when they
treat the soldiers so. They say it is to harden
the men l Scarce a day passes that numbers de not de-
sert over to us, and the poor devils meet, then, a miser-
able fate ; for, as a declaration of war has net as yet
been made' we are ebliged to give up the deserters. My
serjeant, who commanded an escort of Russian deserters,
brought me the intelligence that, when be delivered
them up to the commanding Russian general, he coolly
said, Wait and you shall see how we treat such wretches
as desert their colours.' The poor fellows were again
marched out, and on the banks of the Vistula, where
they left Russian ground, were strung up like dogs, with
the wolves and foxes,'which are here very numerous, to
howl their sad requiem l"

CAMBRIDGE ELECTION COMMITTEE.—The Committee
bf Selection-,met yesterday afternoon, and struck the
following metrileisio. try the validity of last -election':
—Mr. R. Ingham, chairman ; Lord R. Grosvenor, Mr.
J. M. gaskell, Mr. M. Wyvill, and Mr. J. H. Phillips.
London, England, 1855-02-27

MILITIA.

The North Gloucest?rßeobiment, under the command
of Colonel Kingscote, of Kings co te-p ark, late of the
Life Guards, has been assembled at Cirencester since
the 26th of December, and embodied for permanent ser-
vice. Within the space of two months this regiment
has sent 162 volunteers to the 41st and other regiments
of the line, and two officers of the corps, Ensign Corn-
wall end Ensign Boddington, have in consequence re-
ceived their commissions in the 41st Regiment. Ensign
Raymond has also joined the 44th Regiment. Notwith-
standing this large contribution to the line (larger, com-
paratively, than any other embodied regiment of Mili-
tia), the corps still musters nearly 600 rank and file, of
whoM the greater part aro fit for duty. The men ate
as steady on parade and in their evolutions as most re-
giments of the line, and the corps is in daily expectation
of receiving orders for garrison service.
The Royal Cornwall Rangers, now assembled at Bod-
min, finder the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Coryton,
number 386 of all ranks. This regiment has given 26
approvel volunteers (out of more than double the num-
ber that offered) to the regular forces since einbodinient.
on the 16th of January. The men have not yet received
their knapsacks or new clothing. It is expected that
the regiment will be removed to Ireland, it having been
one of the first to volunteer for service in that country
during the late war.
The South Gloucester, Colonel Earl Fitzhardinge, end
the South Lincolnshire, Colonel Sibthorp, are ordered
to Portsmouth for garrison duty.
The let Royal Lancashire Milit'a, in quarters at
• anano
Majorl
dwa rieyffi andGacireepi:
appointed
ale
tln:l33tdatrli
eletSotne,a
Portsmouth, and under orders to embark in the Penin-
y
ship Calcutta for
Corfu, were inspected yesterday, in barracks, by the
ed
dr Lieutenant-Governoreb‘vy thhi
se .13
most
af
offs.t Portsmouth,gratifyingThe state
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bt a onfrdrdosemar
satisfactory.
and Captain Whittle amused the men with foot racing
and other sports for prizes.
Steam
regiment t tend Company's
London, England, 1855-02-27

LAST GRAND BAL MASQUE, at the Casino
de Venise, High Holborn. —The Proprietor of the above very
poptvar and magnificent establshment he 7,4 to announce that his
LAST BAL MASQUE this season is fixed for THURSDAY NEXT,
March 1, and will be on a scale of unrivalled splendour. Mr. W. H.
Packet's timed Band will perform a Frog amme, including all the
new and popular works of the day. Doors open at half-past 9, and
dancing will commence at 10 o'clock punctually. Supper at 1
o'clock. Gentlemen's Tickets, 5s ; Lady a ditto, 3s. each. Mr.
Nathan, Castie-street, Leicester-square, the appointed costumier to
the Bal.