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of the Lodgers, which finishes with " Confusion worse con-
founded."

THE WEST END AND THE CITY.

Scott's Tavern, Haymarket, and Samuel Brothers, Ludgate-
hill—Measures and men—Hits and Skits at Everything and
Everything—lnns and Outs— Shoe-black Brigade—A Polished
Gentleman—Comic Duet between the Clown and a Blaeking.
Bottle —Howlett's Hair Dye—A Dyer's Material—A Dire Art
for Falsehood framed— Coloured Imitations—The Sydenham
Trousers—Height of Fashion—Genuine Malt and Hops—All-
sopp's Pale Ale—The East and the West—Scott's Lot, and a
Race for Public Favour.
NUMBER O'E, LONDON.
A Visit to Dakin's Tea Establishment, St. Paul's—" In to
spes est"—Bohemians and Teetotallers—Groat Drawing Mate-
rials—The Magic Chest and the Enchanted Teapot—Clown
gets Tea in it, and Pantaloon gets into Hot Water in conse-
quence—Omnibus Companies on the Old System and the Now
System, and the System that don't assist 'em—Strong Opposi-
tion, and final discovery of the " Right Men in their Right
Places"—Whack, bang, flip-flap, hey, presto, and Change to
" LAST SCENE OF ALL that ends this strano eventful
History."
Doors open at Half-past Six, and commence at Seven,

BAST INDIA 11011 Ar., 2Srti Dzczmana, 1555.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do lierchy give Notice, that the Rate of
Exchszige at which they will receive Cash for Bills on Bengal and
Madras will, from the present date, and until further notice, he 2s. Pd.
the Company's Rupee, and for Bills on Bombay 25. Old. the Com-
pany's Rupee.

J. D. DICKINSON, Deputy Secretary.

LOAN.—The NEW RIVER COMPANY are
prepared to receive TENDERS for SUMS' of MONEY (raised
under the provisions and requirements of their Acts of 1852 and
1554) on Bonds o 1 not less than 5001., for three, Ave, or seven years,
at per cent. interest, payable halt-yesrly.
Further information may be obtained, if required, of the under-
signed, at the New River Office, New River Head, Clerkenwell, be-
tween the hours of Ten and Four, to whom Tenders are to be addressed
for the Directors.
By order.
New River Office, Nov. 30, 1855.

FRED. INGLIS, Clsrk.

lONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
-11-4 WAY.—ALTERATIONS for JANUARY. 185 G.
The express train leaving London at 9 a.m. will he discontinued.
The train leaving London for the Oxford, Worcester. and Wolver-
hampton line, at 9.45 a.m., will be despatched at 9 a.m., and call at
Wat,ord, Leighton, Winslow, and Meeker.
The 9.15 a.m. mail train fiorn London will convey passengers to
Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen.
By order. MIRK
General Manager's Office, Euston Station, December, 1855.

LONDON ct SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
ALA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a SPECIAL GENERAL
MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held
at the Waterloo-bfldge station, Lambeth. on WEDNESDAY, the
16th day of January, 1856, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely,
prior to which the Directors will submit a Report to the Proprietors
on the subject of the Extension to Exeter, in respect of which the
Company is under obligations to make application to Parliament,
including certain provisional arrangements with the Salisbury and
Yeovil Ra lway Company, respecting their undertaking ; and the
Meeting will consider and decide upon t,,e course to be adopted with
reference thereto ;and for other special purposes
The Books of the Company for the Transfer of Stock and Shares
will be closed from the 2d till the th January, 1856, both days in-
clusive. By order.

L. CIZOMBIE, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge Station, 27th December, 1855.

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY of
C .NAI)A.
NOTICE IS' HEREBY GIVEN, That the Transfer Books of the
abole Company will he Closed from Tuesday, the lot day of January,
185(1, to Tuesday, the 15th, both days inclusive, for the purpose of
Making up the Half Year's Interest accrued on the " A." Series,
Queb-c and Richmond, St. Lawrenca and Atlantic, and Toronto and
Guelph Issues of Grand Trunk Shares,

Each of the Propriet,rs registered on the 31. t December, will have
a Warrant forwarded to him for the amount of Interest to that date.
Notice is also given, that the Interest at the rate of six per cent.
per annum accruing on Debenture Certificates. No. I (or Company's),
and Debenture Certificates, No. 2 (or (overnment), up to the 31st
December, will be payable on and after the 16th January, 1856,
the Certificates to be deposited 'at this office throe clear days prior
to the receipt of the interest.
By order of the Board.
C. I'. RONEY, Secretary.
_,Offices of the 'Company, 21, Old Broad-street, London,
19th pecember, 1855. '

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COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS
for Orphans and Necessitous Children.

Patron—His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT.
A GENERLL COURT of this Institution was held at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, this day, Friday, the 2sth first., at which
an election of Twelve Children (or admission into the schools took
place. At the close of the poll the result was declared as follows :

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES.
SOTS.

Atkinson, Thomas T.. • • 7,549
Holloway. Sidney C.• • 6,339
Davis, Albert T... .• • ..
Nicol, John G 5,798

Truscott, 5,479
Travis, Alice M. 4 0421
Callow, Elizabeth 3,394

Addyman, Robt. F•...
Reith, Henry J.
Sanderson, Richard r 4,839

Owen. Janet C. .. 3,9'2
Bass,Mary 3.459

IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.

Tin
RIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an
byas the High Court of Chancery, and
on themade perpetual, against Joseph
ijiutnnct
Juneio grantedfollowing w
'ranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou-
iand pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by
w ag
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Vienna.
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iptern, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate.
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s tectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely
s •adicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs
so long been thought an antidote for. to the ruin of the health
)f a vast portion of the population.
TRIESEM AR, No. 3,
Is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which
a•vortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in-
evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the
sarsaparilla In the world cannot remove.
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end of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet tail,
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THE NEW NOVEL.
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A FAMILY nISTORY.

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This day is published, in am, 145.,
LAMARTINE'S MEMOIRS of
C ELEB RATE D C RAE AC TE including Madame de
Seviga,, William Tell, Brosuet, Milton, &c.
London : Richard Bentley, Publisher in ordinary to her Majesty.

BENTLEY'S MISQ..ELLANY,
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Aspect of Affairs in Relation to the War—The Spendthrift. By W.
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viewed—The Dockyard Warrants. A Tale of the Times. By Dudley
Costello—Damascus and its Neighbourhood.—The lion In the Wh;te
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Lewes's Life and Works of Goethe. By Monkshood. &c., &c.
London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington•street.

Will be delivered to-morrow, Illustrated with Two Maps, at all the
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THE ENGLISHMAN IN RUSSIA.—A Tale
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Monthly Part., Five Pence.

THB UNRECOGNISED INSANITY of
DOMESTIC LIFE. By FORBES WINSLOW, M.D., D.C.L.
An Essay on this deeply interesting subject is lust published in No.
I (New Series) of the PISYCTIOLOGILAL JOURNAL, edited by Dr.
Wrpsiow. Also, Papers on the War ; Somnambulism ; Insanity,
associated with Religious Depression; a Visit tone Lunatic Asylums
of Scotland; an Account of the Sensations occurring during an
Attack of Insanity, written by a natient after recovery, and other
interesting papers relating to the Treatment of the Insane, and the
Diseases of the Brain.

yr R. ALBERT SMITA'S MONT BLANC,
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MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES,
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Character, and Costume, and a mov;ng Panorama of the beautiful
Lakes of Westmoreland and Cumberland, every evening, at 8. A
representation of the celebrated tragedienne, Mlle. Rachel, as Camille
in Les Horaces, with other new features, have been added to the
above entertainment. Darin.; the Z'hristmas Holidays Mr. W. S.
Woodin will give two morning performances only—Saturday, Dec.
29, and Saturday, Jan. s.—Polygraphic-hall, King William-street,
Charing-cross.

DR. KAHN'S CELEBRATED
ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-
square, open for gentlemen only (the rarity and completeness of
whose contents have already acquired fer it an European reputation,
and obtained the warm , commendations of the press, in this and
other countries) is now open daily. A New !'eries of original Speci-
mens and Models, embracing some most Important and curious
features, Illustrative of the wonders and secrets of the human struc-
ture, has Just been added to the '•ollectIon, which now stands wholly
unrivalled in the world. Medical practitioners and students, anti
the public at large, are invited to visit the Museum, where Lectures
are delivered during the day; and a new and peculiarly Interesting
one is delivered by Dr. Kahn. at half-past eight o'clock every even-
ing, on the Reproductive Functions in Man. Admission, One
Shilling.

Just Published, price One Shilling, Free by Post (Gratis to Visitors
to the Museum), a New Edition of Dr. Kahn's Treatise, " THE
iIIOALS and QUICKSANDS of YOU NI," an Essay, specially
intended to avert dangers to which the young and susceptible are
peculiarly liable, and to arrest the progress of evil.

PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of
Chancery, made in the cause, Edwin Willoughby and others
against Jimes Sanders and another. the creditors of WILLIAM
SORRELL, and also the creditors of HARRIET ANN HARRISON
SORRELL, are, by their Solicitors, o❑ or before the 21st day of
January, 1856, to come in and prove their debts or claims. at the
Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, No.
3, Stone. buildings, Lincoln's•inn, Middlesex; or, in default thereof,
they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said
Decree. _ _ _ _ _

Friday, the 25th day of January, 1856, at Three o'clock in the
afternoon, at the said Chambers, is appointed fur hearing and adjudi-
cating upon the Claims.
The above-named William Sorre'l was a schoolmaster, and resided
in Marsn -street, Waltham stow, in the county of Essex, where he
carried on a school, and died in the month of October, 1845, and
after his death his widow, the enid Harriet Ann Hodson Sorrell, eon-
tinned to carry on such school until the time of her death, which
happened in the month of June, 1846.
CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk.
Further information may be obtained of Mr. Hughes, No. 10,
Chapel-street, Bedford-row, London, plaintiff's solicitor.

SECAETART TO THE BOARD OF WORI:9.—R,IIOIOUNI are
abroad that Mr. Josiah Wilkinson, the representative of
St. Pancras, who has taken upon himself the office of
hon. secretary to the Metropolitan Board of Works, is
a candidate for the appointment of permanent paid se-
cretary. Ia reference to the appointment of the chair-
man pro tem., it will be remembered that the board
were exceedingly particular that no gentleman should
be perinited to fill that office who was a candidate for
the permanent and paid chairmanship of the beard, as
it was felt that it would give him an undue prestige and
advantage over his competitors. This was no doubt a
very proper precaution, and the general feeling amongst
those whom the rumour has reached, as to the probable
candidature of Mr. Wilkinson as paid secretary, is that
the same course which was pursued by the Central Board
of Works with respect to the chairman should have been
adopted with respect to the secretary, namely, that a pledge
that he "did not intend to offer himself for the paid office"
should have been exacted from the gentleman who volut
teered his services as honorary secretary. It was believed
to be the impression of the board, so far as we can learn,
that the pledge that applied to Mr. Nicholay, as the
chairman pro tern., equally applied to Mr. Wilkinson as
the honorary secretary. Amongst the other candidates
in the field are mentioned—Mr. Woolrych, the present
secretary of the Sewers' Commission ; Mr. L. C. Herta-
lett, secretary to the old commission ; Mr. J. Hall
Buckaton, accountant, of Holles-street, Cavendish-
square ; and Mr. E. It. Cook, barrister-at-law, of 10,
New-square, Lincoln's-inn, the author of an edition of
the " Metropolis Local Management Act, with Analysis
and Notes," and the framer of the Metropolitan Burials
and Building Acts and Whitechapel Improvement Acts,
carried by the Derby Goverament,Obscrctr.

THE RETURN OF THE IMPERIAL
GUARD.

PARIS, Saturdly, Dec. 29, 13 p. tn.
There is no section of the armies of Franco snore popu-
lar than the Imperial Guard ; none whose history awakes
more interesting memories, or whose name is associated
with more noble traditions. Poetry • and painting have
contributed to preserve their fame. From the palace to
the cottage ; in the most elaborate production of the
artist to the most unskilful daub of the village sign-
painter; from the most carefully-finished engraving to
the rudest wood-out that decorates the white walla of
the country wineshop, the Grenadier of the Guard stands
next to the Emperor himself, as the type• and model of
the military virtues of the French soldier ; and every-
where, on all occasions, and in every class, to have been
a vieux de la Vielle is the passport to respect and ad-
miration. With that costume every child is
and veriest gamin of Paris, who respects nothing, looks
upon it with reverence, and feels stirring within him the
ambition of being some day worthy to rival the heroes
with whose history he is so familiar.
The existence of the Guard dates before the empire,
though it was after that period that it acquired its great
celebrity. It existed under the Consulate, and not the
least remarkable of its triumphal entries into Paris was
after the battle of Marengo. The day after that hard-
won victory it bent its way to the capital, which it
entered on the 14th of July, 1800 ; and it deposited in
the Hotel des Invalides the colours captured from the
enemy. It was during the long encamptnett or; the
shores of' the Channel which separates France from
England that the IMperial Guaids was AmPfetely
organised. It was intendedf`to form the 'Peserve of
the whole army, and as such more innnediatelY under the
command of the Emperor himself. ,Each ,corps com-
prised four divisions, varying
.in. strength from
5,000 to 7,003 men, commanded 'by, generals of
division, who received their orders from the' general of
the corps. The Imperial Guard was considered so essen7
tially a corps d'elite that it was only on some great ocOa-
sioa, either to turn the scale of victery when yet doubt-
ful or-to serve as the last rampart against the victorious
enemy that was employed. On the 'Paid-fought field of
Borodino the Guard was'not broughMup: It Was toe
precious an instrument to be used, except on the most
important occasions, and the Einperor:bNiself declared
that he felt the necessity of preserving it unimpaired in
order to•strike a 'decisive blow in the greater battle which
he expected the enemy would fight in the plains in front
of Moscow. Had the Guard been seriously damaged at
Borodino it is doubtful whether the army, of which it
was the heart and sou!, would have been able to repass
the Niemen.

It was to the Old Guard that the last farewell was
addressed at Fontainebleau, when the Emperor declared
that he bad over found them in the path of honour and
of glory, a,,cl that in adversity as in prosperity they
never ceased to be models of bravery and fidelity. It
was to them that pathetic farewell was addressed ; it
was their eagle that he last pressed to his bosom before
setting out for Elba, and it was on their standard he
imprinted his last kiss," while these weather-beaten war-
riors, whose name was synonymous with glory, wept
like women at that bitter parting froth thd chief whom
they believed they had: then seen for-the" ladtime.
One of the first acts,of the Restoration was the:disso-
lution of that noble corps. They•had, in Ahe:first in-
stance, been intrusted with the guard at the Tuileries,
but were speedily removed, and their -pace supplied
by troops obtained from Sxitzeidand And Lai Vend6e.
They were even removed from 'Parit under pretence of
avoiding, quarrels with
.the troops of the allies, who
occupied the capital ; the ,officers. were seni Al-,their
homes, there to avVait" their ulterior destination, and
the most' stringent orders givoi 'to -he troops who
had returned from' foreign, garriBohs. in prevent the
slightest, allusion to the name of .this! fallen Emperors.'
The new force wearing uniforms unknown toths army,
of Imperial France, and''never stained on the field of
battle, supplanted the old iri.ops and the.lstational Guard,
in the service of the Royal palace. These changes were
submitted to in silence, but they were never effaced from
hey heart of the army, and that dream of security
measures ;vas soon to bare a 'terrible

wakening.

The organisation of the Guard by the present Emperor
is of too recent a date to require notice of any particu-
lar kind, and the events which gave interest to its en-
try into the capital this day are familiar to every one.
The ceremony has been looked forward to with much
interest, and the entire popu'ation of Paris seemed de-
sirous of associating themselves with this military /etc.
There were not many among the multitude who wit-
nessed the exciting spectacle that did not count among
these gallant troops a relative or a friend, and the accla-
mations which bailed their presence proved to the sol-
diers of Alma, Initerman, and Sebastopol what sympathy
really exists towards them in the hearts of the people.

At 10 o'clock this morning while an immense crowd
thronged the main passages leading to the Bastille and
filled its approaches the battalions of the National Guard
and the regiments composing the army of the East formed
the double line, which reached from the Place Vendome
to the Bastille, along which the Imperial Guard, and the
20th, tiOth, and 70th Regiments of the Line were to past,.
The 39th, which had much suffered before Sebastopol,
has not yet arrived, though it was hoped it would form
part of the cortege. It is hardly necessary to say that
great preparations were made to give this remarkable
Pte all the solemnity which was due to it. Near
the Place de la Bastille, at the entrance of the Bou-
levard Beaumarchais, a lofty triumphal arch was
erected, coloured so as to represent a structure of
red granite. On the frieze of the monument were
inscribed the words, "A la gloire de l'Asirde
d'Orient." A shield with an azure field bore in letters
of gold the name of Sebastopol, and was encircled with
various military emblems. On the summit were the
Imperial arms, surrounded by a cluster of flags, and
four golden eagles, with outspread wings, occupied the
sides. Two gilt statues, representing Victory, appeared
on the right and left of the two façades of the monu-
ment, and held in their hands crowns of laurel. On the
frieze were inscribed the names of the different corps
&armee ; a bas-relief which adorned the arch represented
France and the muse of history. On the sides were in-
scribed the names of the principal battles fought and
wun against the Russians—namely, Boinarsund, Eupa-
toria, Kertch, Kinbourn, Sweaborg, Balaklava, Kami-
esh, the Alma, Inkerman, Traktir, Kouglril, the Mala-
khoff, and Silistria. Four lofty poles, with oriflammes
floating from the summit, were planted in front of the
triumphal arch. The whole line of the Boulevards was
adorned with flags and streamers, and at regular inter-
vals Venetian masts supported trophies and shields, and
immense banners with the national colours, on which
glittered in gold the initials of the Emperor and Em-
press, and inscriptions in honour of the victorious
troops.

In some places platforms richly ornamented were
erected, and which, from an early hour of the day, were
occupied by crowds of operatives eager to behold the im-
posing spectacle, which appeared like one long triumphal
avenue. Opposite the theatre of the Porte St. Martin a
second triumphal arch particularly attracted the atten-
tion of the crowd, from the richness and elegance of it■
decorations, and which, like that on the Boulevard Beau-
marchais, displayed emblems and devices illustrative of
the great event of the day. The Cirque d l'lmperatrice
and the other theatres along the line of march were
also decorated. The Rue 1e la Pais, through which the
troops were to pass, and the Place Vendome were
dressed out with banners ; and two trophies, surmounted
by the Imperial eagle, and farmed of clusters of flags ar-
ranged in tasteful symmetry, decorated the Bazaar at
the entrance of that noble street.

The facade of the Hotel of the Minister of Justice,
which is in the Place Vendewe, nearly opposite the co-
lumn, was richly decorated. A canopy of crimson velvet,
embroidered in gold, extended from the windows of the
first floor, where a large balcony had been prepared for
the reception of the Empress, the ladies of the Court,
and the members of the Diplomatic Corps who represent
the belligerent Powers.

At 11 o'clock the coup d'mil was very fine. The wea-
ther was find, though the sun did not show himself. The
more genial air which has succeeded for a time the bitter
cold of the previous days, was admirably suited to the
occasion, and the wind kept in constant movement the
long lino of banners and streamers which extended to the
Bastile. The crowd was immense— quite as much so as
on the occasion of Queen Victoria's visit. The people
were everywhere in the lateral streets of the Boulevards,
the windows and balconies were crammed with specta-
tors, and groups climbed to the roof of the houses. Seen
from the windows there was scarce an inch of ground
vacant, and as the hour advanced every eye was strained
in the direction of the Rue de la Paix, by which the Em-
peror was to pass, on the way to the Bastille. At a

quarter to 12 the squadron of Guides with their band
issued from the Rue de la Paix, and at some distance the
Emperor made ?his appearance. His Majesty was
dressed in his usual costume of a General of Divi-
sion, with the Grand Cordon and a Star of the Legion.
He was mounted on a beautiful bay charger, covered
with rich housings. He rode in advance at a slow pace,
at some short distance from his staff and escort. Hic
graceful bearing on horseback and the skill with which
he directs the movements of his horse are familiar to all;
and as he now and then turned to the right and left, and
touched his hat to the acclamations that greeted him,
his worst enemy must have avowed that he became his
place, and that he looked the Emperor.
Hie Majesty had left the Tuileries at about half-past
11 o'clock. The Imperial cortege was composed as fol-
lows :—The regiment of Guiles, preceded by its band ;
the military household of his M3jemty, and a detachment
of Cent-Gardes ; the Emperor ; Prince Napoleon ; Mar-
shals Valliant and Baragnay d'Hilliers and Gen. Canro-
bed ; the Staff of the Emperor, formed of a great num-
ber of general and superior officers, among whom were
several belonging to foreign nation, ; another detach-
ment of Cent-Gardes, and two squadrons of Cuirassiers;
of the Imperial Guard.
At 12 o'clock the troops who have been quartered for
some days past in the environs of Paris were massed in
the Place de la Bsstille, where their arrival was hailed
by the most enthu-iastic acclamations. Nothing could
prevent the crowds from approaching those weather-
beaten warriors, and young and old gazed with toe same

interest on those worn uniforms, the asp- torn_tiv.ri-
bands, the eagles kere and there perforated with Ruasia'n
bullets. Each one detailed to his neighbour the story
of the part the battalion had taken' in the campaign of
the Crimea, and dwelt on the dangers they had braved,
the privations they bad suffered, and the glory they had
won.: At once the drums beat to arms, and the distant
about announced the approach of the Emperor, and in
few minutes his' Majesty, preceded by the Guides, and
followed by his brilliant staff and no less brillant escort,
entered the square in which the Pillar of JOy:starids.
Ile was received at the Bastille by Afars4al,Slagnan ;
and the expeditionary troops, having placei their kepis
on the points of theirbayonets, cheered him with deafen.
ing cries of l'Enzperearr in whidla'qhey were
joined by the, immense multitude whicli;"covered the
Place de la Bastille and the adjoining Boulevard. The
Emperor slowly rode before the lines of the troops, re-
turning to the centre, near the Pillar of July, 1830, and
the officers having drawn up around him, his Majesty
delivered, in a firm and strong voice, the following ad-
dress to the troops :
" Soldiers,—l have come to meet you as in other
times the Roman Senate went to the gates of Rome to
meet her victorious legions. I have come to tell you
that you have deserved well of your country.
" My emotion is great, for with the happiness I feel
at again seeing you are-mingled painful regrets for those
who are no more and deep sorrow that I could not my-
self lead you on to battle.
" Soldiers of the Guard and soldiers of the Line, I bid
yon welcome.

"Yon all reprOsent:that army of the-East *hose cou-
rage and whose perseverance Live investedTwitb new
lustre onr eaglesi.na won for France the rank iwhipla is
her due.
"The country, alive to all that is accomplished in the
East, receives youfwith all the greater pride thAshe
estimates your effods;by the obstinate resistance dr the
enemy.
"I have recalled you, though the war be not termi-
nated, because it is onlyiust to relieve in their turn the
regiments that have suffered most. Each will thus be
able to take his share in*glorSr, and the country'wrieh
,maintains 600,000 soldiers has an, interest in taaintitin-
ing:in'VraNce a numerous asd
,experienced army rqady
to niar<cli *heresoever necessity ilia require. 2restrKc,
then; carefully the habits of war,kti‘d fortify yonrs;lies
lin the experience you have alr'eady acquired.' mold
iyourselv,es,in readiness tikrespondp if, seed iba; &Vey
appeal ,but yet on this day forget the hardships of a
soldier's life, return ihanks to God for having spared
you, and march proudly in the midst of your brethren
in arms and your fellow•citizens vvbe'se acclamations
await you."

After this address, not one word of which was lost by
the troops, and which was received with the loudest ac-
clamations, Marshal Magnan assumed the command of
the Crimean corps, who formed lute columns, and the
cortege of the Emperor returned in the same order to
the Place Vendome.

The troops then commenced their movement is the
following order, preceded by the Schools of the Etat-
Major and St. Cyr :—A detachment of mounted Chas-
seurs ; the Sappers and band of the 2Ath Regiment of
the Line ; Marshal Magnan and his Staff ; the General
of Division of the expeditionary carpe ; the 20th, 50th,
aid 97th Regiments of the Line ; General Mellinet, who
bore 'tin kis face the noble scar he received in the can-
guinary action of the Bth of September ; the Staff of the
General ; the Foot Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard ;
the Zouaves of the Guard, the two Regiment. of Volti-
geurs of the Guard, the Artillery and Engineers of the
Guard, the two regiments of Grenadiers, and the Regi-
ment of Gendarmes of the Guard.

The whole of the troops were in heavy marching or-
der, and were preceded by such of the wounded of each
corps as were able to walk. As the regiments passed
they were received with the loudest acclamations, and
the ladies nerer ceased waving their handkerchiefs. A.
each commanding officer rode at the head of his corps
he raised hie sword and saluted the fair enthusiasts who
welcomed them. Brigadier• Gen. Cler, who distinguished
himself as Col. of the Zouaves ; Brigadier-Gen. Blanshard
late Colonel of the Grenadiers of the Guard, who was at
the head of the Voltigeurs ; and another commanding
officer whose pale and haggard features and mutilated
arm told of severe wounds, were particularly remarked ;
and the greeting that met General Canrobert, who rode
at the.head of the division, was, it is euperflueue to say,
of the heartiest kind. Ac the column passed along se-
♦eral of the people rushed in between the ranks to grasp
the hand of some old friend, and whisper a word of wel-
come. The Zonaves came in for a great share of the
enthusiasm. The cortege was closed by a crowd of men
in blouses, who marched in military order, and followed
the column to the Place Vendome.

When the Emperor reached the Place Vendome, the
acclamations redoubled, and cries of " rive l'Empereter I"
" Time l'lnsperatrice I" ware raised on all aides. MB
Majesty took his station with his back to the Pillar of
the Grand Armee, and facing the balcony of the Ministry
of Justice, where the Empress shortly afterwards ap-
pearet I surrounded by her Ladies of Honour, the officers
of her household, the representatives of the Allied
Powers, Scc. All the windows of the square were lined
with ladies attired in the richest toilets. The spectacle
was truly splendid. According as the troops reached
the sqeare they defiled bef,re their Majesties, crying
if Vice l'Eatperear" and " Vine vimpercarice.” At two
o'clock, the defile being terminated, and the troops hay-
ing marched to the quarters assigned to them. the Em-
press ascended her carriage and returned to the Tuileries,
the Emperor riding at the right door and Prince Na-
poleon to the left, and Marshals Valliant, Magnan,
Baraguay d'Hilliers, General Canrobert, and a number
of general and superior officers forming an escort of
honour. The Emperor and Empress re-entered the
palace saluted by the acclamations of the crowd.
As I write the whole line of the Boulevards is bril-
liantly illuminated, and the flags and streamers are still
floating in the air.

THE COMMISSIONERS Or SEWERS.—This day (Monday)
the powers of the Commissioners of Sewers expire, and
the duties are transferred to the new Board of Works.
All rates made by the former are now to be enforced
under the Local Management Act.
It is our painful duty this week to record the death of
John Mercer, Esq., one of the leading members of the
highly respected firm of Mercer, Randall, Mercer, and
Mercer, of the Kentish Bank, Maidstone. The melan-
choly event took place at Nice, in Italy, where the de•
ceased gentleman had been for some years in the habit
of passing the winter months.—Maidstone Journal.
THE BILLETING SYSTEM. —DEPUTATION TO LORD
PANMURE.—On Saturday afternoon a deputation from the
licensed victuallers of St. Pancras waited, by appoint-
meat on Lord Panmure, at the office of the War Depart.
ment, Whitehall•place, for the purpose of presenting a
memorial from the trade complaining of the grievances
suffered by licensed victuallers in connection with the pre-
sent system of billeting. The deputation consisted of Mr.
Pattie, chairman of the public meeting ; Messrs. Jones,
Suter, Sugden, Ilarbert, Parsons, Prickett, Quinton,
Burgess, Middleton, and the Secretary. The Secretary
having re:id a memorial, which had been adopted at a
public meeting, Mr. Jones, et considerable length, de-
tailed the evils of the present billeting system. Lord
Panirure assured the deputation that the memorial
should have his best attention, and the licensed victual-
lErs, metropolitan and provincial, might rely upon the
Government doing all in their power to remedy the in-
conveniences complained of. The deputation then
I withdrew.