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seats himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to
the audience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi-
tion as peculiar as perplexing.
Act. 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the
Nucleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the
audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part
of the evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin)
in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which
all will be produced.

Act. 12. The Homological Evapqration ; or, the Shortest
Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of
ridding ourselves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages
of the newly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west-
ern to the eastern hemisphere.
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9f Mr. Chatterton, jun. Grand fashionable ltiorning. Per-
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at half past 1.

FRIEND of the CLERGY CORPORATION,
for allowing pensions not exceeding, 4' 1. per annum to the
Widows and Orphan unmarried Daughters of Clergymen of the
Established Church, and for affording temporary assistance to neces-
sitous Clergymen and their families, throughout England, Wales, and
Ireland.

The next Election of Pensioners will be held at the London Tavern,
Bishopsg.te-Etreet, on TUESD IY, November the 27th ;
ROBERT BAXTER, EN , in the Chair;
when four ladies wi I he placed on the funds.
The Rev. JOSEPH BROWN, NI.A. Ilion.
The Rev. JOHN EDMUND COX, M.A., F. LA. Sees.
HENRY BRAMALL, Qecretary.
The Report, List of Subscribers, &c., may be had at the Offices of
the CorpJration, 4, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square.

ESTABLISHED 1837.
BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM.
PANT.

Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.

BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION,
Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.
MAJOR•GENERAL ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman.
Every description of Life Assurance business transacted, at the
lowest possible rates consistent with security to the assured.
E. R. FOWTER, Resident Director.
ANDREW. FRANCIS, Secretary.
1, Princes•street, Bank, London.

OR TFI-W ES TERN
for STORES for the Year 1851.—
:dye Tenders for the Supply of

LONDON and N
RAIL wAY.-CONTRACT
The Directors are prepared to rec
the undermentioned Stores, viz. : -
N.A. of Contract- Co. of Contract-
1. Brass Sheet and Tuley for 18. Leather.
Locomotives I ass. Leather
„ Iron tubes - 19. Lead, White and Red
3. Copper ' 19a. Lead. Ingot, Sheet and Pipe
4. Canvas 20. Iron, Yorkshire
5. Carpets and Rugs - 22. Iron Wo:k
9. Crucibles 24. 011, Burning, &c.
10. Curled Hair 25. Oils, various, and Tarpentin.
1.1. Copper and Brass Work . 26. 011 Cloth
12. Co'ours 23a. Augurs, Hammers, &c.
12a. Drysaltery . 29. Tin Block
13. Coach Trimmings 30. Tin Sheet and Spelter
14. Cotton Waste . 31. Varnishes
16. Glass, Plate 32. Sundrie., consisting of Bas•
Ira. Glass, various ke s, Felt, Candles, Soap,
17. Hardware Brooms, Pitch, Links,
I7a. Brushes and Pencils Sponge, Hose Pipes, Fog
17b. Nails and Tacks Signals, Sieves, Cement, In-
17e. Screws diarubber, Flannel, Calico,
I7d. (4 is Fittings &c., &c.
17e. Locks 34. Hats
17f. Lamp Cottons 31. Caps
Specification and Forms of Tender may he had on and after Mon-
day, November sth, on application in writing, to the Secretary,
Euston Station, London.

Forms of Tender for each Contr et are printed separately, and
partie9 an,pying should state the particular Contract or Contracts for
which they propose to tender.
Patterns may also he inspected on and after Monday, Nov. sth,
from Ten till Four o'clock, at the Company's Pattern Room, Euston
Station, and any further information require i may be obtained on
application to the heads of the several deparlments.
Tenders to be sent in on or before Ten o'clock on Monday,
Nov. 19th.

By order of the Directors.
CiiAS. E. STEWIRT, Secretary.
Euston Station, October, 1855.

GEELONG and MELBOURNE RAIL WA:
COMPANY.
Incorporated by an Act of the Vieteris Legislature, Feb. 8, 1853.

Capital .£350,000, In 17,500 Shares of £2O each

Bearing 11, Minimum Interest of Five per ('ent. per Annum, gua-
ra•teed by the Colo.dal Government for Twenty-one Years, and
payable Half-Yearly, viz., on the 20th April and 20th October, in the
Colony and in London.

DIRECTORS.
Elected by the Aharehold.rs.

CHARLES NUTTA LLT 110 R NE, F.sq., President.
William G. 31`Kellar, Esq., J.P. I Charles ibbetson, Esq., J.P.
James B. Hutton, Esq.
Appointed by the Colonial Government.
Charles Edward Strutt, Esq., J Y., Immigration Agent.
George F. Belcher, Esq., Sub-Treasurer.
ENGINEER—Edward Snell, Esq.
SECRETARY—Martin Sholl, ESCI.
LONDON OFFICE.

11Loreosa—S. J. Coo'c, Esq., 36, Cannon-street (late Treasurer to
the C...lonial Government, and a Director of the Company).
AGENTS—Messrs. Larnack and Walker, 37, Cannon-street.
EXAMINING AND CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
Daniel Gooch, Esq., C. 6. ( Great Western Railway).
henry Stothert, Esq. (Stothert and Slaughter, Bristol).
Summits—Messrs. Goodwin and Co., 3, Lancaster-place, Strand.
BANKERS.
Lonlon,Joint Stock Bank, and Bank of New Po:lth Wales.

The FJURTII HALF-YEARLY REPORT, made by the Direc-
tors and adopted by the Shareholders in the above Conically, dated
3d July last, has just been received, by the Marco Polo.
The earthworks and bridges were so far advanced that tenders
had been already taken, and others invited, for the laying of the per-
manent way in several sections; and it was confidently anticipated
that the line would be entirely completed and open in the early part
of the ensuing year, and within the originally estimated capital of
351,000/.

The shares already allotted In England have provided funds for
the purchase and shipment of rolli sg stock and materials (the
greater p9rkon of which Is now delivered or on the sea), which, with
contracts still in progress, wi'l be sufficient to complete the perma-
nent way and open the traffic throughout between the capital of
Victoria and the terminus at Geelong.

When it is remembered that Melbourne, in the year 1852, num-
bered a population 0f25,000, and Geelong was a mere village, with
its 8,000 deriving their tr,de and support from the scattered sheep
and cattle stations far removed in the interior ; and that now the
former ranks with our third-rate English towns, having a fixed,
increasing, a* busy population of 120,030, and the latter, keeping
a-head of its former proportion, being now estimated at nearly
GO,OOO, it is almost impossible to overrate the prospective advantage
offrred by the connecting link of these two seaports within the
Roble bay of Port-Philip.
The colonial government, fully impressed with the importance of
this great basis of communication between the principal towns com-
prised in this undertaking and the great gold fields of Ballarat and
Mount Alexander, had ordered surveys to be made for two trunk
lines of railway, intended to be adopted and carried out under
legislative authority, for facilitating the intercourse with these im-
portant and populous districts.
The strictest economy has been observed hi.herto in the prosecu-
tion of the Company's plans of operation, no expenses having been
incurred beyond those indispensably necessary for the actual for-
mation of the line of railway.
No greater proof can be adduced of the popularity and confidence
with which the results of this enterprise ara regarded by its present
sharehollers than the ready manner in which they have met the
calls in a colony where the current-rate of i'derest is from 8 to 12
per pent, the Government guarantee being scarcely more than equi-
va'ent to a minimum rate of interest in this coutrtry, viz., 5 per cent.
Upon 10,000 shares allotted in the colony seven calls had been
made, amounting to 141. per share ; and the capital, therefore, will
most probably be fully paid up about June next. Nearly 10,0001.
had been pa d up in anticipation of calls, and many shares have been
transferred from the colony to the London register.
The maximum dividend allowed under the Act of Incorporat'on is
25 per cent , and, from the valuable grants of land and other privi-
leges conceded by the Local Government, the level nature of the
country through which the line passes, the absence of great parlia •
mentary and legal expenses, costly bridges, earthworks, tunnels, or
via !nets, it is not unreasonable to expect, on the thorough comple-
tion of this pioneer Railway, that this large dividend will be fairly
reached, and a reserve fund still secured for progri ssive improve
ments in the permanent development of its future resources.

The greater Portion of the shares referved for allotment in England
are already subscribed and paid up in fall (i.e , 201. per share). The
residue, viz., 3,000, are now finally off, red to the public previously
to their re-transmission to the colony for distribution there. It is
necessary that they should be paid up in full, and the interest of 5
per cent. will take effect from the date of payment, and the share
certificates, bearing the seal of the Company, will be so endorsed.
Prospectuses, Reports, Register of Contracts, Plans, Working
Coloured Sections of the Line, and Specifications may be seen, and
all further information obtain•.d on application at th• Office of the
Ooinpany. S. J. COOKE, Manager.
Geelong ani Melbourne Railway Office,
36, Cannon street. City, Nov. 1, 1855.

Form of Application for Shares.
To Messrs. Larnach and Walker, 37, Cannon-street, London.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me -- guaran-
teed shares of 201. ea^h in the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Com-
pany. at ; and I hereby undertake to ac.-..ept the Seal. d Cer-
tificates, and to pay for the same on receipt of the Allotment Letter.
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CONTRACT FOR MOULMEIN TEAK TIMBER.
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The Expedition to the Mouth of the toug.

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(Front the Times Special Correspondent.)
SATIMIDAY, Oct. 20.--The French Rear-Admiral, in one
of the small gun-boats, weighed early this morning, and
stood up Kherson Bay with the lighter vessels of his squad-
ron before the English Admiral was aware of his intention.
Our smaller gun-boats started in the same direction soon
aftet dawn, and Rear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart,
having Oat off his despatchls to Sir Edmund Lyons,
hoisted the signal for the largo gun-boats and steam-sloops
under his command to weigh anchor, and at 9 eelock,
with his flag flying in the. Stromboli, led the way to-
wards the confluence of the Boug and Dnieper. He was
followed by the Gladiator, Spiteful, and Triton steamers,
and i)y the. Wrangler, Snake, and Viper gun-boats ; and
the shoal of gun-boats, small and large Cracker, Grinder,
Clinker, Fancy, &c.—were some miles in advance, cruising,
in cmnpany with the French squadron, among the intricate
shoals which guard the entrances to the Dnieper.
As we approached tho mouth of the Bong the water
became of a green colour, and was covered with a scum

of spawn and vegetable matter like a ilnekpond. Tho

mouth is about five miles wide, the banks steep and high,
and studded with farm-houses. As we approached we ob-
served a portion of the French squadron coming down
the river, and the smoke of the light vessels, which were
hull down, rose up from the horizon towards the Dnieper.
Sir Houston Stewart was assured by the French Ad-
miral that he had been up to the Spit in the river which
extends from the western bank for some distance into
the stream, at about seven miles from Ajiojhiol point
on its western entrance, and that he had not seen
anything there. As there was nothing else to be
done, the Admiral resolved to have a look for himself,
and weighed in the Stromboli, which was followed
by the Spitfire and by the Grinder and Cracker, small
gun-boats, and proceeded sloWly .up the river. The
banks are high on both sides, and the brown steppe,.
studded with herds, farm-houses, and Cossacks,
presents no object of interest. About throe miles up, OD
the left-hand bank, there is a small village, and one of the
largest farms I ever saw. Five miles up on the right-hand
bank, there is another village with two pretty churches.
There aro guard stations and lookout posts on both sides,
as usual. The river is three or four miles broad up to the
Spit, where it narrows considerably. On both sides the
cliff is upwards of 100 feet high, and can scarcely be com-
manded by the guns of a ship. However, it was advisable
to ascertain what defences there wore on the lower part of
the river till it contracted into within range from both
banks. The Cracker and Grinder went on ahead, the
Stromboli followed with the Admiral's flag flying, and the
Spitfire came along slowly, busily engaged in her indefa-
tigable labour of sounding, and probing, and angling every
bit of the earth's face and of the waters under the
earth. We glided merrily along, examining hear-
ings and farmyards at our leisure. Above the Spit
there is a high bank, ascending to the steppe '
behind it, and at the distance of some hundred yards from
the edge there is a tumulus on the steppe, behind which I
saw some Russian artillery at a considerable distance as we
were running along the coast. The Cracker had run on
a-head, and the Grinder was just drawing on parallel with
this bank—we were all examining it—one officer was say-
ing to the other, " Well ! I wonder the Russians have not
got a battery on that cliff"—when from a seam in its side,
parallel with the water, a puff of white smoke spirted
out, and the rush of a shot followed, end was terminated
by a splash of water close to the side of the Grinder.
" Tell the Grinder ho may give him a shot in reply," cried
Admiral Stewart, and little Grinder, with more valour than
discretion, at once put down his helm and ran in to laud,
drawing as he did across the tromboli, at which the enemy
had opened another gun att he moment, but this shotalso fell
short. As the drum beat to quarters the men rushed on deck
in a high state of delight; the berthings were removed, and
the guns ready for action iu a few moments; but there
was Grinder intent on doing his devoir and getting in our
way, throwing dust and smoke in our faces, so that at last
the fatal edict went forth and Grinder's recall was hoisted.
And now the gnus on the top of the cliffs, which were
only light field-pieces, opened, and as none of the shot from
the Russians had yet fallen closer than :!0 yards to us, all
on board were in a merry mood as the Stromboli slowly
craned over towards the bank. The work from which the
Russians fired their heavier guns was a trench in the cliff,
almost half-way up its side, and looked very insignifi-
cant, but when you came to squint aloug a gnu, and could
only see four little black eyes staring at sn u over a line
of earth which did not seem three inches high to
your sight, you began to understand the difficulty of
striking such objects at the distance of a mile. " Try
2,500 yards !" The gun was trained. At the words
" Well ! Fire 1" 'out spouted the flame and smoke, and
the iron globe, whose curve you could trace through the
air, hurtled with the peculiar and nerve-shaking hiss of
its race right over the earth-work, knocking up a pillar
of black earth from the crest of the hill, and bounding far
away to the rear. The enemy replied. We heard the shot
coaling right at us, and, as it flew over the head of Captain
Sprat t, who was stationed at the foretop, looking out for
shoals, and plunged into the water 500 or GOO yards be-
yond us, it became evident that the Moscov had been play-
ing the deep game of firing short to entice us well under
his battery, so that he was trying extreme range, and had
heavier guns than we thought. The Spitfire, Cracker,
and Grinder were now coming into play, and the
former two made some excellent practice, and struck the
earth right and left of the battery. Stromboli was
edging down nearer, and the captains of the guns
were all with oyo intently gazing along their guns. " Try
two thousaud yards." A way flew the iron messenger
again, but he only told the Russians to bob their heads
and keep out of his way, and flew behind them. The field-
pieces now took to firing shell, and studded the air above
us with smoke-clouds, and the angry hum of the splinters
was heard once more, but for the most part they were too
light to reach us. Whiz ! - right across our crowded deck
comes another round shot, and plashes into the water ever
our counters. The long gun at the bow sends a shot in re-
ply right into them this time, at 1,700 yards, and the
Spitfire follows the example. Whiz ! whiz ! two shot,
one after the other at the Stromboli, one dashing the water
up in a pillar close to her sides, the other cutting the
jib foot-rope. The smoke obseares the view, but it is
quite clear that the Russians are keeping close behind
their works after the last reply from our guns
nearer and bettor directed than before. However, there
was no object to be gained. by continuing a contest in
which it would have been salable indeed to lose one man.
That there was no' intention of going up to Nicolaieff
with a steam-sloop, a surveying-sloop, and two small gun-
boats I need not say, and had the enemy been driven out
from the point ten times a-day they could have returned
at any time, and have constructed just such another flying
defence as that with which we were engaged. Indeed the
Admiral would not have replied to the enemy's fire at all,
but that Jack is dissatisfied when he is not permitted to
return a shot whenever ono is sent at him. It would
never have done to turn back without any reply at all ;
but, having gained the only object in view that of
ascertaining how far small vessels could go up the
river without opposition to take soundings, &c., Sir
llouston Stewart resolved to return, and, with a parting
salute from our guns, the Stromboli set her jib, slowed
round, and steamed slowly down the river. The enemy
fired two guns one after the other, but the Spitfire,
Grinder, and Cracker soon silenced t hem, and a final shell
from the latter fell right into the earthwork, burst, and
appeared to do the Russians a good deal of mischief.
SUNDAY, Oct. 21.—Late last night the glare of fires was
seen on the Kinbourn Spit, near the south mouth of the
Dnieper, and, although the gunboats are operating in that
direction, it must be that the Cossacks aro burning the
produce of the Russian peasants, lest it should fall into
the hands of the enemy.
The French Admiral, in one of the gunboats, attended
by two others, went away during the night. Church pen-
dants were hoisted in the forenoon, and Divine service
according to the Church of England was duly cele-
brated in the confluence of the Boug and Dnieper for
the first time since Christianity blessed the earth,
and within sight of the spires of many Greek ortho-
dox churches. At 2.30 three large and one small
gun-boat got up steam and weighed. They stood
straight up the river, and great was our excitement lest
they should think it necessary to silence the battery which
we had loft with its teeth drawn, if not its tongue tied
yesterday. Before they started, and just after church
service, Sir Houston Stewart, having signalled for an
officer of the Spitfire to come on board, went off in the
Cracker, attended by the Grinder, to examine the coast
to the S.S.E., and ascertain the cause of the numerous
fires indicated by pillars of smoke in that direction. They
were speedily invisible in the haze to the southward, and
they in vain endeavoured to find out the position of the
troops who were supposed to be advancing along the Spit
to destroy all the forage and provision in their way for
40 miles, so as to make the country a barren waste, and
prevent the enemy marching towards the fort without
taking with them supplies. However harsh this mea-
sure may appear, it is a necessary operation of war.
The day was very dull, as I have said, and the north wind
created an immense refraction, so that the end of the cliff
appeared to be lifted out of the water, and the vessels to
have wavering hulls and quivering masts as they advanced,
just as ono would see them through the haze from a hot
walk in a July day. On they went, however, and at last
they came ofl the Spit, and the enemy opened fire on them
as before. The small gun-boat stood bravely in with
❑
1,500 yards of the shore, and others anchored at 1,800 , and
all engaged the guns in the breastwork very sharply.Their shut flew over the cliff' hit his face, knocked the
water nt its base into clouds of spray, and tho Russians

• struck the water behind, before at this side, and at
that side of the vessel, but never bit mast, spar, or rope,
and so the fight continued ; but the French aver
they dismounted ono gun at least, and drew down
a great body of the enemy before they retired, which
they did after half an hour's dalliance with the Rus-
sians, and then they anchored off the mouth of the
Bong close to us once more. Meantime, we had seen a sight
which led us to believe that his Majesty tte Czar, or some
of his Imperial family, was actually honouring our little
squadron by a minute inspection. Perhaps ho was think-
ing how they would run fur a marina Cesarewitch. It
might, indeed, have been only a Governor of Cherson we
saw, but after midday there certainly did appear on the east
bank of the Doug some great man on a big dark horse, fol-
lowed by ten or twelve officers mounted, and same few
orderlies, and he rode over to the Cossack post, dismounted,
and honoured us by a minute inspection, which he inter-
rupted from time to time by a few words to those around
him. Presently a Cossack came galloping across the steppe
at full speed, right to the group of cavaliers. When
he approached, be dismounted, and, walking to the
great surveyor of our navy, -knelt down and appeared
to kiss his feet as ho handed him a despatch. The great
man read the missive, mounted his horse, and rode off
to the next post, followed by his suite, and the next
we saw of him was that he was visiting the Cossack
post higher up the river, after which he proceeded along
the road towards Nicolaieff. Some time after the French
boats retired the English gun-boats came in sight, and in
the early evening they anchored in their old place, and
Admiral Stewart left the Cracker and returned to the
Stromboli. At night strict watch was kept on board the
little fleet. Fire-ships are not much to be feared by steam-
ers, but still the wind was strong down from Nicolaieff,
and the Russians for once might attempt to do something,
and so there were look-out men .fore and aft, and armed
sentinels and loaded carrosades, and so we went to slcep—
in the waters, for the time being, of her Majesty the Queen
and of his Imperial Majesty Louis Napoleon.

MONDAY, OCT. 22.
At 10 o'clock Admiral Stewart went on board the Spit-
fire, and proceeded southwards towards the Kinbourn
Spit to look out for the troops, and to find out the cause of
the fires which were still blazing along the horizon. As
he bore away on his course a French gun-boat came close
to with a despatch fur the Admiral from Admiral
Pellion, in which ho very politely and handsomely
placed at the disposal of Sir Houston Stewart several
chaloupee cannonieres lying off the mouths of the Dnieper,
in case he felt inclined to destroy certain large boats on
the beach below Stanislaff. The French officer who
brought it stated that in the little affair between the gun-
boats and earthwork yesterday they had dismounted one
gun and had suffered no loss, and ho proceeded on his way
in his boat to rejoin his chaloupe after a hearty shako of
the hand from the admiral. As the Spitfire was forging
a-head on her course a small craft, with au admiral's flag
red at the mizen, was seen at the horizon. It could be no
other thaw Sir Edmund Lyons. The dull echo of the
guns and the distant scent of gunpowder hail enticed him
up into our waters to see what was going on, and his flag
was flying in the little Danube. The admiral sent off his
barge to the Spitfire, and Sir Houston Stewart, Captain
Spratt, Commander Cowper Coles, Mr. Brooker, went
on board the Danube, which immediately went away
towards Kinbourn Spit, accompanied by the Spitfire.
As they approached it was clear the enemy thought two
British admirals did not fly their flagstogether for nothing.
A strong body of infantry was drawn up on the heights
among the houses which were, no doubt, filled with rifle-
men, and a very considerable force of field artillery was
collected in the rear in case the admirals and post captains
determined to land and take Stanislaff by assault, and that
the Danube and Spitfire should attempt to bombard
the place. It was really wonderful to see that
the Russians had erected a solid compact-looking
sand battery with five embrasures on the sandbank
below the town, where no trace of such a work
existed 24 hours previously. The admirals here parted
company ; Sir E. Lyons returned in the Danube to the
fleet, and Sir H. Stewart steamed away in the Spitfire to
the anchorage of the Bong, and went on board the Strom-
boli. At 8 o'clock the French gun-boat came back and
anchored near us. There were some traces of the troops

at Skadovska, about 13 miles from Kinbourn, to-day, as
black columns of smoke roso up from the Spit in that

direction. They may be the work of tho Cossacks. But

,ho reconnaissance of the admirals failed in detecting the

march of the soldiers. It is understood that the whole of

both armies, except those required for working parties, is
employed on this grande promenade militaire, in which
the fleet is obliged to lao too far from the coast to rends

them much assistance.

(Feoni. the Special Correspondent of the Daily News.)
DNIEPE[ (or (KHERSON) BAY, OCT. 23.
My last letter from off Kinburn will have informed you
that we sailed from before Sebastopol with a combined
fleet of 90 vessels of all sizes, and a land force of some
8,000 men, on the 7th of this present month, and that after
wasting five days in needless idleness off Odessa, we jogged
quietly on to Kinburn, recovered from the mental and
other exertion of that effort by another three days' rest,
and then, with more than 1,000 heavy cannon, bore down
upon and captured three paltry forts, garrisoned by 1,306
men, and fighting iu all some 50 or GO guns.
From this introduction you will be prepared to hear that
nothing has been done since I last wrote ou the 19th. On
the morning of that day the greater part of our own and
the French land force started on a two days' march inland
towards Kherson; and five or six hours later a flotills,
composed of the Stromboli, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad•
miral Stewart; Spiteful, Spitfire, and Triton, steam sloops,
with the Wrangler, Lynx, Viper, Snake, Beagle, Clinker,
Cracker, Grinder, Boxer, and Fancy, screw gunboats, and
twelve &cuee gun-boats, also under the command of a
rear-admiral, was detached from the main fleet for parti-
cular service in the direction of Nicolaieff or Kherson.
Great haste was displayed in getting these vessels under
way about noon, but on their rounding the Spit, and tak-
ing on board Sir Houston Stewart from the Valorous, the
whole pulled up and anchored for the night. This preli-
minary movement occupied about a couple of hours, at the
end of which the weather was as fine, and the preparations
as complete, as the most fastidious old lady who ever com-
manded an army or fleet could have desired. As wo
steamed through the narrow strait between Kinburn and
Otchakoff Points, the Russians were busily employed in
dragging up the guns from Fort Nicolaieff, which had been
blown up two nights before, and placing them in a new
earthwork on the brow of the high slope near the town.
We passed through, however, without in any way inter-
fering with their labours, and anchored, as I have said off
the north-eastern face of our now capture.
About eight o'clock on the following (Saturday) morn-
ing the signal was made to weigh anchor, and soon after
the whole of our quota of the flotilla got into movement
after the French, who had already gone on a-head. The
course from this point to the mouth of the Bong lies at an
average distance of about two miles off the northern coast,
Which preserves a uniform highness throughout, broken
only by narrow ravines running up from the see.
The inner slopes of these last are generally wooded, and
in amongst the trees nestle pretty villages, much like those
which one may see in the best districts of the north of Ire-
land. Windmills, too, alternate with semaphores along
the brow of the intervening plateaux, relieving the scenery
from the lonely dulness which would otherwise be pre-
sented by its unenclosed wastes to the eye of an observer
from the sea. Iu striking contrast to this is the landscape
on the opposite side of the bay—low, flat, and uninterest-
ing as any part of the Essex shore of the Thames, from the
Nore to North Wo•lwich. So low, indeed, is it at some
points as to present all the appearance of partial submerge-
merit. Some 10 or 15 miles round from Kinboura the
sandy barrenness of the ground ceases, and a flat Dutch
landscape, dotted hero and there with clumps of trees, and
thinly covered with villages—not to mention numerous
swampy salt lakes—continues on round as far as to Zebure-
vski Bay, at tho mouth of the Dnieper. Shortly before 3
o'clock the flotilla reached the embouchure of the Boug,
which fells into the bay about eight miles west of the
Dnieper, and at this point gives an anchorage of nineteen
feet of water. Leaving behind him the Spiteful, Triton,
and the gun-boats but the Cracker and Grinder, Admiral
Stewart proceeded about five miles up the river,
view of making a preliminary inspection of the bankst
the
with theon
hostile
either side, and, ascertaining, if possible, what forts
enemy had thrown up to bar the passage of a host
squa-
dron. The vessels had come nearly abreast of Vo ors Spit
irk
—a jutting tongue of land on the western bank—when an
unperceived earthwork on that point opened fire from six
eighteen pounders. The Cracker, ie ieut Hamilton, was
ordered to steam ahead and reply with her heavy Lance{.
ter gun, whilst the Grinder and Stromboli camp up.
Rather a vigorous fire then commenced from the three
ships, which was returned so warmly by the Russians
that, after expending some thirty-four rounds, the ad-
miral deemed it best to draw off, and return to the
mouth of the river to the anchorage of the other vessels.
At this latter Point, Lieutenant Paget, the " first
loft" of the Spiteful, had been then senior officer dur-
ing the absence of the commander with the admiral,
and on hearing the firing he at once signalled to the
tiag.ahip for permission to run up and join in the fray ;
but Sir Houston declined the offered help, and soon
after brought off his three vessels to join the others. I
may just add, that during this little passage of arms none
of our ships were hit, with the trifling exception of one
shot having struck the rigging of the Stromboli. This
formed the sum of Saturday's proceedings. In the mean
time, the French and many of our other gun-boats had
gone up to the Dnieper, and were anchored off its mouth,
seemingly with no more definite purpose than ourselves
in the Bong.
Sunday morning broke over the idle crews, raw an

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like logs upon the troubled waters. Shortly galore noon,L -
I nevertheless, three or four French boats weighed and t--1.,
stood up the Bong, and on reaching within some fifteen . R.'
hundred yards of the battery which had fired upon us
the day before, opened with their long thirty-twos.
After a brief and resultless fire, however, they hauled
off and returned to their anchorage, satisfied with hav-
ing done as much as ourselves. In the afternoon, Ad.
miral Stewart went on board the Cracker, and, accom.
panied by the Grinder, proceeded across to the mouth of
the Dnieper to confer with the French rear-admiral, and
make inquiries as to a large fire in that direction which
was Ndsible from our mooring ground. On his return in
the evening we learned that the latter was merely the
burning of some forage destroyed by a large party of Cos-
sacks near the coast, to prevent its falling into the hands
of our own or the French troops. As to the conference
with the French admiral, it appears to have been result-
-I?ss, for yesterday again was suffered to pass away without
a single anchor of the whole flotilla, with ono exception,
leaving ground. Tho cold and windy roughness of Sun-
day ended with the day, and the weather was again excel-
lent, with only a slight breeze from the north-e.tst. Shoitly
before mid-day the Danube brought up Sir Edmund Lyons
from liinburn, and, after a brief delay, be passed over on
board the Spitfire, in company with Admiral Stewart, to
the anchorage of the French rear-admiral in the Dnieper,
but with what result nobody as yet knows.

Thus I have to tell you of no:bing but further delays--
of a waste of time, every day of which, at this season, ii
precious, and doubly so under the circuinstsnces. Already
have we seen largo masses of troops marching on Nico.
laioff, and wo may rest well assured that every hour which
our admirals thus waste in feeble indecision is being turned
to the best possible account by the enemy in increasing and
strengthening their defences. Since leaving Sebastopol I
have had not a few opportunities of mingling with the
officers of the fleet, and from hardly an individual of them
have I heard any but such expressions of dissatisfaction,
almost bordering on disgust, as those which I venture] to
give utterance to in my last letter, when animadverting on
the marvellous hesitancy and waste of time with which the
expedition has asyet been conducted. So again in this minor
gun-boat affair. We have steamed some 25 miles, wasted 4
days and literally done nothing whatever. So far as any-
thing can be learned, there is as yet only ono other ( )
battery, about five miles higher up the river than that
which was fired upon us ; whilst there is at the same time
an average depth of more than 20 feet of water right up to
the southern face of the town of Nicolaieff, off which our
gun-boats and steam-sloops could safely lie, and shell the
dockyard and other public buildings beyond, without being
in any degree exposed to the fire of a heavy fort on the
next bend of the river.

VISIT OF THE COLOMBO TO ODESSA.

OFF KISBURN FORT, OCT. 23.
Since penning the above hasty record of our last four
days' idleness off the Bong and Dnieper, I have come down
hither, and find a ship just starting for Constantinople
with a large number of exchanged English and Turkish
prisoners, received two days ago from the authorities at
Odessa, during my absence with Admiral Stewart's flotilla.
By the courtesy, however, of Capt. Methuen, in whosa
ship, the steam transport the Colombo, they were brought
off, and are now about to be sent on to Constantinople, I
am enabled to send you a list of the Englishmen thus
liberated, and (from another source) some few particulars
of what took place on the occasion of their exchange. Tho
former may be of interest to the relatives of the captured
men, and I therefore append it in full, with the rank,
regiment, or ship of each.

After the receipt of a despatch from Constantinople on
the 13th inst., Sir Edmund Lyons sent off the Colombo to
Odessa on the following day, to deliver up two Russian
officers, and the wife and child of one of them, in ex-
change for the mate, boatswain, and two sailors of 11.M.'n
gun-boat Wrangler, who had been surprised and taken
some weeks ago by a party of Cossacks, near Yenikale, on
the Sea of Azoff. On reaching Odessa, the Colombo hoisted
a white flag at her fore, and Captain Methuen, accompanied
by Messrs. Smith and Moser, the first and second pursers
of the ship, rowed towards the shore with a flag of truce. A
Russian boat, however, put off at the same time from the
landing-place, and met them about half way from the yes-
s7l, when Captain Methuen was informed that, in addi-
tion to the four men of the Wrangler, the Russian autho-
rities were prepared to deliver over 133 others, Eaglish,
and 280 Tusks—the latter captured at various periods
within the last two years in Asia and on the Danube. As
the lateness of the hour, however, rendered it impractica-
ble to embark so largo a number of mon that evening, it
was arranged tnat the exchange should bo made on the fol-
lowing morning. Accordingly, about 10 a.m. on Sunday,
Capt. Methuen, accompanied as before and bearing with
him his prisoners, rowed ashore, and was received at the
landing-pier in the Quarantine by Gen. Krusenstern, Com-
mandant of Odessa ; Lieut. Colonel Prince Mestschevsky,
Aide-de-Camp to Count Stroganoff, the Governor-General
of Bessarabia; and the Chief of Police, with a numerous
staff of attendant officers. As it was necessary that the
documents connected with the exchange should be signed
by Count Stroganoff, an orderly was despatched to his Ex-
' cellency, who resides in a country house on the outskirts of
the town ; but in the meantime the count himself came in,
and was present during the remainder of the proceedings
attending the embarkation. In the course of the conver-
sation at this interview, the commandant of Odessa put
several incidental questions about the recent capture of
Kinbourn, and, amongst others, inquired if any of our
(English) floating batteries had been present. On receiving
an answer in the negative—the French being the only ones
-wise replied in a tone that,gave additional force to the ex•
pressiou of his uncomplimentary estimate of our allies'
courage in naval operations, " ne Jane pas de grand
courage pour un epuipage cache" —alluding to the shot-
proof construction of the batteries. Ho further inquired
the names of the two admirals, and was informed that, in
consequence of his recent promotion, M. Bruat, being
senior in rank, commanded in chief ; on which the general,
turning to one of the others present, remarked in German,
" Ist cs moglich!" (Is it possible !) In the meantime the
liberated prisoners were being taken on board a small
Gdessan steamer, and conveyed to the Colombo, in the
roads, at the end of which operation Captain Methuen and
his party returned on board their ship, much pleased with
the courtesy they had received.
During the progress of the embarkation, none of our
people were permitted to make use of their legs on shore,
the locomotion of all parties been restricted to the narrow
and enclosed limits of the Quarantine. It was impossitle,
therefore, to gain any occular information as to the coast
defences the enemy have thrown up for the protection of
their town ; but one of the Turkish prisoners, a bimbashi,
taken near Kars last year, tolls me of three long and
heavily armed redoubts above the Quarantine, mounting
respectively 11, 14, and 23 guns.

Though I do not myself attach value to the information
of such an observer, it may be more or less accurate as far
as it goes, and I therefore make a note of it in passing.
How the bimbashi made his discoveries I do not pretend
to say, though ho lays claim to having seen the above on
his way down to the pier; for none of the English priso-
ners—and I questioned many of them—had been able to
make out anything beyond the small earth-faced batteries
near the Quarantine, which we had seen before from the
fleet. Ou approaching the town the Colombo had drawn
in so near to the shore as to induce General Krusenstern
to remark to Captain Methuen that the proximity was
such as might probably provoke the fire of the batteri!s,
in which case he would not be answerable for any-'mischief
that might arise. The ship was consequently carried fal;
ther out into the roads, and having there received her 412
passengers, weighed anchor on the following morning for
Kinburn, where the whole of the officers, soldiers, and
(naval) sailors have been transferred to the Agamemnon
and Royal Albert, for transmission to Balaklava. The re-
mainder, composed of Turks and merchant sailors—the
latter having belonged to ships cast away in the great gale
of the 14th November—are, as I have said, to be sent on
by the Colombo to Constantinople. And I may here
conveniently remark on what strikes me as a groat hard-
shipasanilloirnsi,ufrte not
ice in the fact that these last, the trans-
port to receive a shilling of compensation
for the loss of their kits, or of pay for one day for their
entire eleven months' captivity. Such,
however, I learn
to be the custcin
i ; and, if it be, I, for one, very ear-
nestly hope that t may in this extreme case be departed
from by Lord Penni are. During their long detention the
poor fellows have undergone hardships enough, heaven
knows, without being now cast adrift penniless, or nearly
so, without employment or any immediate moans of pro-
curing it. I venture to think that not even the strictest
and most Peace-loving of Manchester economists would
find fault with his lordship's generosity if he paid these
poor men their wages for the whole term of their con-
finement. I have spoken with several of them, and find
all entirely destitute of everything excepting the clothing
given them by the Russians.

To this brief narrative of the proceedings at Odessa I am
glad to have an opportunity of adding what pppears to be
a well-merited tribute of praise to the Russian authorities
for their treatment of all the prisoners, both English and
Turks. Every individual of both with whom I have
conversed speaks in terms of high eulogy of the liberality
and general kindness which ho experienced. As n
ill
bo seen from the enclosed list, our own portion of the
batch embraces men of all grades, from that of private
to lieutenant, and of nearly every arm of the service,
who fell into the enemy's hands at widely distant
periods from each other, and wore brought into contact
with the officials and native population of several provinces ;
yet all concur in bearing testimony to the kindness with
which they were everywhere treated. So, again, even the
Turks, who, of course, fared rather worse, admit that they
were well lodged, abundantly fed, and warmly clothed—
which is more than they ever were on the Danube or at
Kars. Of our own men, some were taken as far back as
the battle of 13alaklava, and others at various times since
then iu the trenches; whilst of the Turks the majority
were captured nearly a year and a half ago, during service
with the Asiatic army at Batoum and Bayazid. After
after having been variously scattered about, the whole were
collectedinto one depot at Voronetz, a considerable town
300 wiles south-east of Moscow, whore they were lodged in

At Kinbourn, nothing has occurred during ray absence
with Admiral Stewart in the bay. The Union Jack and
Tricolor continue to float together ou the ramparts of the
captured fort, which is held and sentinelled exclusively by
our allies. Since the despatch of my letter on the 19th I
have collected a batch of Gallic anecdotes connected with
the taking of the place which are both amusing and in•
structive, but I have not now lime to put them into
readable shape before the departure of the mail. I
may add, however, that the French troops are to occupy
the place during the winter, our quota of the garrison
being limited to a small party of sappers under an engineer
officer. The French are already busy in repairing the in-
juries done to the ramparts by the bombardment, and in
a few days will have made it much stronger than before
its fall.

RANK AND NAMES OF THE ENGLISH
PRISONERS OF WAR
EXCHANGED AT ODESSA ON THE 21ST OF OCTOBER.
Lieut. James, Royal Engineers ; Mr. Ochevaine (mate),
Royal Navy; Sergeant-Major Francis O'Neill, 44th Regi-
ment; Privates Joseph Chapman and Dennis Driscoll, 4th
Dragoon Guards ; Trumpet Major Hugh Crawford, Cor-
poral Joseph Armstrong, Privates Jas, Bagshaw, Jas.
Bolton, Robt. Farquharson, Chas. Fredericks, Thos. King,
Thos. Lucas, Mich. O'Brien, and Samuel Parkes, 4th
Light Dragoons ; John Bevan, Wm. Bird, Patrick Horan,
and Richd. Palfryinan, Bth Hussars ; John Dryden,
Nathan Henry, Henry Parker, and Wm. Pilkington, 11th
Hussars ; Troop Sergeant-Majors John Linkon and Geo.
Smith, Sergeant H. Alderson, Privates Geo. Cooper, Ed-
ward Hanlan, Amos Harris, John M`Cann, and Charles
Warren, 13th Light Dragoons ; Jas. M'Allister, Thomas
Marshall, and Jas. Wightman, 17th Lancers; Alex. Wil-
ley, Royal Artillery; Edward Whitfield, Grenadier Guards;
Jas. Kirby, Coldstream Guards; Corporal Thos. Edwards,
Privates Robt. Hogue, Thos. Kelson, Terrence Lynch,
Atkinson Nettleton, and Jas. Walsh, 7th Foot; Patrick
Murray, 20th Foot ; Sergeant G. Newman, Corporal W.
Hill, Privates Richd. Clarke, Geo. Cumbers, Jno. Crook,
Jno. Gettings, Wm. Lancaster, Edward Mandeville, W.
Macdonald, Jas. Wilkinson, Charles Williams, and
John Birch, 231 Foot ; Sergeant Thomas Shaw, 30th
Foot; Privates W. Paradise, and Sam. Smith, 33d Foot ;
John M'Carthy and Michael Phillips, 41st Foot; Alexander
M`Kenzie, 421 Foot; John Maypole, 46th Foot ; Dennis
M‘Donald and George Smith, 47th Foot ; Sergeant John
Serrage, 49th Foot ; Corporal John Courtney, Privates
John Callaghan. Thomas Corcoran, Edward Haitian Jas.
~ •
Howeth, and Patrick Thomp on, 50th Foot ; Martin Gra-
ham, Michael Mahoney, Thos. ashorne Jeremiah Redly,
and Wm. Sullivan. 55th Foot ; Sergeantal; Connolly
and Private Hugh King, 57th Foot ; Sergeant Wm.. Cooper,
Privates Win.
pAhtlir Bywater,,,n(ij John Clarke, John
Lau r son, Ste
Christopher Border and Jas, as: Meanagh, 68th Foot ;
Delaney, John Drury, o's apre 77th Foot ; Patrick
sttleeld,
and Thos. onion, 97th Feootig•eTholhos. Packer
O'Brien,Bi 88th Foot ;
Colour Sergeant George Noss;ley fein
wain of H.M.S. gunboat Wrander •Waill33,rsial'it; Boats-
bellCamp-
talk,i3t,si-rw°2l John
and John •
Thirson, Royal Navy ;
West, Sailors Frederic Applet
pincirt 'JWna.
Bell, Augustus Dollart, Henry Dore, W
Flowers, Arthur Franks,
.Joseph Harris, Thos. Randa,m4
John Houselopp, John Sinnifer, John M`Canqus, jej;
Mills, Jas. Page, George Phillips, John-Richardson, Ulm.
Rivers, Joseph Sharper, Daniel Sheehan, Henry Shippy,
John Stephens, Thos. Sudden, Jas. Wey, Edward Wshs,
Chas. Watkins, Augustus Sellma, A. Cooper, Yeraa
Manuel, John Secbrna, F. Safferinzia, J. Damietta, and
Maultel Pelegrina, Transport Service.

SIR WILLIAM CODRINGTON VERSUS SIR

COLIN CAMPBELL.

ern •
The following letter has been addressed.b to thefor editorr4any
of the Morning "Jerald :—Sir,—Having
years a constant reader of the Morning "Jerald,. and
.00b-..
served bow justly it always censures the appointment t
incompetent persons to important posts,
I would beg to
offer tbroukh your columns a few words on the choice, said to have been made of a new commander for our
army in the East. The person chosen having passed
more than 30 years of his military life without any ser-
vice beyond mounting guard at St. James's Palace, and
attending an occasional review in Hyde-park, went
out to Turkey about a year since. Having had the
interest of the late Lord Raglan he was appointed to the
command of a brigade, subsequently to that of a divi-
sion, and now he is said to have been chosen to com-
mand the entire army, after just one year's foreign ser-
vice. This person is &r William Codrington.
The persan rejected has acquired experience in active
warfare in almost every part of the globe, from the time
that he gained his company by leading a forlorn hope
till he commanded a division in our last great battles in
jo;lia. Ho went with our army, and has never left it
since its arrival in Turkey ; h en,o_s.
J y good health, has
a sound constitution, active,epos,,

Jsessing great firmness
of character, and is proverbially calm and collected in
the midst of the greatest danger. This parson is Sir
Colin Campbell. The brilliant deeds a Sir Colin and
his Highlanders in the Crimea must be fresh in the me-
mory of most people. At the Alma, when he made that
the enemy's position, which elicited
beautiful advance on
atßalaklava, when he re-
the admiration of the army ;
his line of infantry
pulsed the
.Russian cavalry
withade up to the enemy's
the perilous march which
be
made up
for which he re-
position during a terrific
sn
ceived the special commendatoiwonsofohrme; Ma
alone would he sufficient proofs of talent and jye
determinedst ;---t
he
resolution. They could be vastly multiplied by bis deeds
in other lands.
Considering that Sir Colin Campbell is a much
officer in the army to Sir William Codrington, senior
during a long and distinguished service he haasnadlwtahyast
met with the approbation of his Sovereign,
almost incredible that he should be passed over by a
it appears
junior officer of only one year's military experience, and
that acquired when cooped up before Sebastopol, where
the various duties and skill in the movements of an army
in the field could not have been learnt but without
which knowledge in its chief the honour and safety of
an army must ever be in the greatest peril.
1
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant, I
AN OLD SOLDIER.

Nov. 6.

barrack, and received for their support—the English 20
copecks (about Bd.) a day, and the Turks half that sum
In the case of our own officers the allowance was 7 copecke
daily. On this sum all were able to live comfortably, every
article of food being cheap—bread ld. per lb., meat the
same, and other items of dietary in a similar low propor-
tion. Many of the men, indeed, assure me that 10 copecks
a day generally sufficed to feed them, and that the remain
der enabled them to indulge in a fair allowance of agree-
able extras besides. In addition, however, to this ample
provision of the Government, the liberality of private in-
dividuals procured them many supplementary comforts,
and more than one Voronetz " Miss Nightingale" minis-
tered, with all woman's assiduity and discriminating ten-
derness, to those of them who in any way needed more
than common care. At Rezan, a town about 200 miles
north of Voronetz, where some of them had previously
been located, several resident English ladies had been
especially liberal and attentive in this respect, supply-
ing them with very many additional comforts in the
way of underclothing, tea, and other adoucissements of a
winter's captivity in Russia, beyond what the Govern-
went allowance would have permitted. About a month,
however, before their departure from Veronetz for Odessa
a party of about 50 English deserters arrived at the former
tow, and at once commenced a course of annoyance to
their countrymen, which led to the withdrawal from the
Itater of the liberty they had previously enjoyed of free
movement about the town and neighbourhood. •These de-
serters were, of course, universally " cat" by the prisoners
—nor did they receive any of the kindnesses so liberally
bestowed upon the latter by the townspeople ; and to re-
sent this the scoundrels availed themselves of every oppor-
tunity to abuse 'and otherwise annoy the captives. There
was, however, amongst them one remarkable exception,
whose case excited the merited pity of the prisoners, and
which deserves mention in print. The poor fellow had
been a colour-sergeant in the 79th Regiment, and had been
led to commit the rash net of desertion by having lost the
regiment's money during a fit of drunkenness at Balaklava,
whither he had been sent by his colonel to receive it from
the commi sariat. Dreading the consequences of his mis-
conduct, and fearing that he would be charged with hav-
ing stolen the lost cash, and punished accordingly, the poor
man deserted under cover of the darkness to Sebastopol,
whence, after a short stay, he was sent on into the interior.
His wife and children aro in Landon, and the unfortunate
fellow was pining away in broken-hearteciness for the rash
act which he had committed, separating him for ever from
them as it did, and consigning him to deeply-felt disgrace
and wretchedness. In pity for the unhappy man's contri-
tion and misery, the prisoners invited him to share in their
games and other amusements; but no effort could induce
him to mix with any of them, or abate his self-approaches.
Shortly before the prisoners left Veronetz, the Russian i
authorities offered to the whole of the deserters liberty to
return, if they choose, but all—with ono exception, who
declared he would rather go and be shot by his country-
men than remain as he was—declined availing them-
selves of the permission. The poor sergeant was strongly
urged by the prisoners to accompany them, encou-
raging him to hope that his case would be mercifully con-
sidered; but the wretched man's sense of the deep dis-
grace he had brought upon himself would not let him
yield to their urgent advice.
On the arrival of the whole party in Odessa, they were
lodged in barracks in the rear of the town, and treated
with kindness and liberality similar to what had already
been shown to them in the interior. Amongst the lady
philanthropists who here again came to add to their com-
forts was a resident Irish lady, who was unceasing in her
attentions, and from her own private resources and those
of charitable friends supplied them with many a creature
comfort. She was not, however, permitted to converse
with any of them in English, and as Russian was beyond
their linguistic abilities, she was therefore compelled to
give expression to her kindly sympathies in acts alone. Iri
the name of every prisoner amongst them I say, " All
honour to her Irish heart !" and I only regret that the
men's ignorance of their benefactress's name put. it out of
my power to make it known over the length and breadth
of Britain. I have only to add that new military great
coats, similar to those worn in the Russian army, were
served out at Odessa to all the men ; and other assistance
having been given to the non-commissioned and petty
officers to replace their worn-out uniforms, the whole came
on board the Colombo in a state of physical and sartorial
" condition" that was in every way creditable to their
captors.

BURGLARY.—£200 REWARD.—On the
Night of Friday, the 26th of October inst., 103, Oakland
Reuse, Cricklewood, Kilburn, near London, was robbed, among
-Aber thing, of 2/. ss. Cd. in money, some diver Teaspoons, Threaded
:hell Pattern, engraved with a Lion's Head, and the Initial "S," and
the Motto, " Prudentia et Animis," of the Works of a Drawing-room
Clock, purchased of Silver, of Hatton-Garden, and of 3 Coats, one
black twil ed Waterproof, another black cloth, with velvet collar,
and the other a dark brown driving coat of thick fine cloth.
Whoever will give such information as shall le,d to the conviction
of the Thief or Thieves, shall receive the above Reward, on applica-
tion to Mr. Steele, Sodcitor, No. 1, Lincoln's.inn-fle:ds, where, or at
the premises, or to the police, all information is to be rendered.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. Bucketone.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed GUY M INNER' NG Characters by Messrs.
VilPers, Compton, and Howe; and Miss Swanborough and Miss
Cushman.

Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE.
To conclude with LODGINGS FOR SINGLE GENTLEMEN.

,ovAL PEINCESA'S THEATRE, OXFOED-STREZT.
Under the Management of Mr. CRAM= KW.
THIS EVENING
Will be presented DON'T JUDGE BY APPEARANCES.
After which, THE WONDERFUL WOMAN. Characters by
'Messrs. F. Matthews, D. Fisher, Cathcart, Everett, and Miss
Heath.
To conclude with THE CRITIC.

itOYAL
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Ca:esta.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performel T iE WAIVE 11)R9E OF TI 1E PEPPER;.
Gerald Pepp r, %fr. Hudson; supported by Mews. Moreland, P.
Bedford. Phellm, Miss Kate Kelly; Magdelen3, MLss Laldlaw;
Agatha, Miss Visndham.

Followed by VALENTINE AND ORSON.
After which, the Face of THE £lOO NITE.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. J. IL Anderson, 18, Norfolk-street, Strand.
Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio
THIS, AND EVERY EVENniti. at Eight o'Clock,

Will 'se presented, with entirely Now Rad Magnificent Appoint-
m !nig, \t 4.111 C and MTiTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two
p 4rts, by Professor Anderson. -

After which. the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. HALF-
A.,l*-1-10Ult WICH TgE SPIRIT +. being the most surprising anti
interesting series of experiments ever given within tha walls of any
theatre.

Revival, in an improved form, of the astounding novelty which
startled London 10 years ago, the GREAT GUN TRICK !
Prices of a4asisslon:—Private Bmes, 11. Ils. 64. and IL Is. ;
lrehestra Stalls, 45.; Dress Times, ; Upper Boxes, 25.; Pit,
Is.; Gallery, 61. No Half-price. Boa-office open from II to 5
d illy.

Grand Morning Performance on Saturday Next at Two •'Clock.
Doors open at Half-past One.

R)YAL OLYIIPIC THEATRE.

THIS EVENING,

Will be presented PLOT IND P kSIONT. Characters by Messrs
r' Robson, Emery, G. Vining, White, 11. Cooper, and
Franks; and Mrs. Stirling and Mils Bromley.
Followed by CATCHING A MERMAID.
To conclude with A BLIGHTED BEING.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Under the direction of Mr; Payne.
Tars EVRNING,
Will be perfume' TOE RAGPICKE /I OF PARIS,
Followed by NITOCRIS.
To conclude with THE LADIES' CLUB.

ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke.
THIS EVENING,
The vivid and tremendously real Spectacle, The FALL of SEBAS-
TOPOL
After which the JEUX EQUESTRES DE "L'ARENE, or Acts in
the C ircle, with that miraculous feat, Mr. J. LI. Cooke's Sent du Pont.
or Flight of the Bridges.
To conclude with a BALLET D'ACTIONT, with a variety of Prin-
cipal and other Dances, by artistes of celebrity.
ilox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
.Net.. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. inn.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

T Tia DAY—Morn. 20 min. aft. 12 —Evening 38 min. aft. 12
To-Monnow—Morn.s4 min. aft. 12 —Evaningll min. aft. 1

THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, Nov. 7.
THER3fOHETER, IN THE SHADE.

57 - highest since noon yesterday.
52 -'owest this morning and during the night.
55 -this (lay at noon.
BAROMBITE, 29'85—falling rapidly.
WIND, S.S.W.—Light, with mild weather.

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