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LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBE:a. 22, 1855.

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lava' and Military Intelligence.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

CAPT. RAFTER'S NEW WM:K.

The L ords of the Admiralty concluded their inspection
of Port imouth yesterday by visiting the Victory and
Illustrio us, mustering the artificers of the dockyard,
holding a levee at the Naval College, and receiving a
deputatioia from the corporation of Portsmouth relative
to a mvLvh needed dock for commercial purposes, which
the cor,poration offered to construct on their own site (in
the'CamLer) if their lordships would give them their
sanction_ This, however, was not conceded. In the
evening the Board of Admiralty entertained the heads
of the naval, military, and civil departments of the port,
the may or,'conamandants of Royal Marines and Artillery,
&c., at lihe George Hotel, which terminated their official
duties.

MATZLDOROUGH-STREET.—THE BETTING SYS-
TEM.—Frederick Harding, No. 62, Margaret-street, of
no occupation, was brought before Mr. Bingham,
charged with obtaining from Mr. John George Hamilton,
55, Rupert-street, gentleman, the sum of 41., by false
and fraudulent pretences.

Now reads, at all tho libraries, in 3 vols.,

ER CY BL AK E;
or, The Young Rifleman.
By CAPT. RAFTER.
Ilurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13,
Great ➢larlborough-street.

The complainant said—On the 18th inst. I was desi-
rous of backing the horse Indian Warrior, and a man,
who, I believe, is a sort of betting touter, offered to take
me to a person who kept a betting-book, and who would
make a het on the race in question. I went to the
King's Head public-house with the man, and, in the
parlour, the prisoner was pointed out as a person named
Smith, who had a betting-book there. The person said
his name was Smith, that he had lived for three months
in the house, and had kept a betting-book thige for that
period. I proiosed to him to take the odds—nine sove-
reigns to three sovereigns en Indian Warrior. The pri-
soner agreed to accept this bet, and I put down three
sovereigns. The prisoner handed me a card with the odds
altered from 3 to 1 to 3to 2. Having got my 3 sovereigns,
the prisoner then, as a temptation to induce me to bet
more money, said he would make another bet of 2 to 1. I
put down another sovereign to make the second bet, and
this made four sovereigns. Th:re was a gentleman present
who saw me pay the money, and who made a small bet
himself. I left the house with the man who led me to
it, and, after walking a few yards, I thought it advisable
to ask the man what he knew about the prisoner. The
man said he knew the prisoner, and added, " Do you
think I would let him take in a gentleman like your-
self l" As I thought it very likely that it was a gen-
tleman like myself who was to be taken in, I thought it
advisable to go back to the public-house to make some
inquiries. When I got back to the King's Head I found
that the prisoner and the man who had introduced me
had left the house together, and this at once aroused my
suspicions. I asked the landlady of the house if she knew
Smith, and if he kept a betting-book there. She said she
did not know any one of the name of Smith. I said,
" Why, I thought all these tissues, which were hung
round the bar, belonged to Mr. Smith."
Mr. Bingham—l am so ignorant of these matters
that I have not the least notion what tissues mean.

At t'ae levee held by the First Lord of the Admiralty
yestert lay at the Royal Naval College, to receive officers
who h:,td not had interviews during the past 12 months,
the fo'ilowing had audiences :
Vi ce-Admiral—Peter John Douglas.
R ar•Admiral—John Hollin worth.

lajor-General Royal Marines—H. Evans.
captains, R.N.—Robert Sharpe, Sackett Hope, J. A.
P. hynter, J. F B. Wainwright, F. L. M'Clintock, Ed-
and Herrick, James Gabriel Gordon, Rochford Maguire,
:And Joseph Cammilleri.
Commanders, R.N —G-. T. M. Purvis, F. W. R.
Sadler (retired), J. Bulley, T. Mitchell, H. Goold, W.
Bowden, G. F. Meeham, C. L. Waddilove, G. F. Bur-
gess, S. G. Cresswell, J. E. Elliott, R. Fegen, W.
Worsfold, J. M. Langtrey, J. Barnes, W. Douglas.
Lieutenants—E. M. Leycester, G. W. Patterson,
C: M. Chapman, E. H. Kennett, N. B. Bedingfivld, J.
Jeayes, J. Billingsley, G. H. Wall, A. 0. L. Lewis
(Royal Marines), J. Wainwright, and W. H. Fenwick.
Surgeon.—S. Irvine, R.M.
Chaplain.--Rev. E. S. Phelps.
Agent.—John Russell, of the Royal Hospital, Haslar.
Master Shipwright—Richard Abate% of Portsmouth
Dockyard.

Second Master, R.N.—W. Johnston.
Airs. Lewis Elliott, widow of the late Lieutenant
Elliott, R.N.
The Lady Eglinton, steam-transport No. 165, Captain
Dunn, arrived at Spithead from the East yesterday
morning. She left Constantinople Sept. 2 ; Malta, 10 ;
and Gibraltar, 15 ; with Lieut. Sidebottom, in military
charge of four men of the Royal Artillery, nine women,
and ten children. The Sovereign ■team-transport was
ashore in the Dardanelles on the 2d. Capt. Dunn stayed
by her some time, and attempted to tow her off, but
found he was unable to do so, and was compelled to
leave her where she was. The Volunteer screw-trans-
port left Gibraltar one day, and the City of Aberdeen
two days, before the Lady Eglinton, both bound for
England. The Volunteer brought home Messrs. James
Kelt and Alexander Brebner, engineers ; John Camp-
bell and William Watson, stokers ; and Stewart Ander-
son, carpenter.

Complainant—They are silver paper, with the names
of the w:nning horses and the odds, and are important to
betting-men. The landlady said the tissues were only
hung up for her husband's amusement—that she did not
know Smith, and that no such person kept a betting-
book there. I said—" Now lam convinced the affair
is a swindle. I declare the bet off, though it is pretty
certain the horse I have backed will win." The landlord
tried to hunt out the prisoner, but failed to do so.
Mr. Bingham—The false pretence then is, that the
prisoner had said his name was Smith, that he had lives
in the house three months, and had kept a betting-book
there all that time.

Complainant—Yes. The prisoner admits the fact,
but disputed his identity at first.
Mr. Bingham to prisoner—l'll hear what you have to
say. _ _

The jEolus, shell magazine-ship, Master-Commander
M. L. Browne, returned to Spithead from the Baltic
yesterday.
The Emma Eugenia, freight-ship, arrived at Spithead
yesterday from Halifax, with recruits for the British
German Legion. The names of the officers are Captains
Cartensen, Tiemacki, and Corpini ; Lieutenants Pildiski,
and Sherman ; and Ensians Samsay, Terargiver, and
Ritter ; Assistant-Surgeog Biel, and 184 rank and file.
She also brought Lieutenant Westropp and Ensign Cor-
raincP, five rank and file, two women, and one child, of
the 76th Regiment ; and Captain Nixon, and 52 rank
and file, of the Royal Artillery.
The Alster, steam-transport, left Portsmouth yester-
day afternoon, with a cargo of new huts for the troops,
built by Mr. Luke Camwoll, of Portsmouth.
The City of Aberdeen, steam-transport, arrived at
Spithead yesterday afternoon from the Crimea with the
following passengers ; —Lieutenant-Colonel Montgomery,
of the First Royals ; Lieutenant-Colonel O'Meara, Ma-
jor Sutton and J. F. King, of the Turkish Contingent ;
Mr. Langhurst, Assistant-Surgeon 23d Regiment ; Ad-
jutant Corbutt, of the Land Transport Corps ; Mr.
Staioforth and Mr. Penrier, of the Commissariat De-
partment ; Captain Lewes, of the 3d Buffs ; Lieutenant
Singer, Lieutenant Douglas, and Mr. Ivey, Surgeons of
the Rifle Brigade ; Mr. Beale, Paymaster, R.N. ; Quar-
termaster Kalnitza, 11th Hussars ; Quartermaster
Blake, of the 12th Lancers ; Captain Seagrave, of the
14th Regiment ; Lieutenant Bower, ditto ; Lieutenant
Phipps, of the 90th ; Mr. Arlidge, Paymaster, R.N.;
Mr. Hollingsworth and two children, and 38 soldiers
and seamen, invalids. On the 7th inst. the City of
Aberdeen exchanged signals, in lat. 44 18, long. 9 20,
with No. 1,485 first distinguishing pendant, Camper-
down, as expressed by book.
Her Majesty's ship Calcutta, 84, Capt. J. J. Stopford,
arrived off Portsmouth last night, after a week's pas-
sage from Sheerness.
The steam vessel Alecto, 5, Commander R. Phillips,

-i'risoner—l have nothing to say, except that I am
not the person. I was summoned on the jury at the
Old Bailey at the time. I keep a house, and pay 1301.
a-year rent and taxes. I want to ask the complainant
who brought him to the public-house ?
Complainant—l do not know the man, unless he was
a "plant " of your ewn on me.
Mr. Bingham—l understand the prisoner to say, in
his defence, that he is not the man who obtained the
money as the betting-man Smith. Why should you
want to know who brought the complainant to the
house if your story is true ? Your best course is to put
no questions.
Complainant—The prisoner has offered to pay the
money.

Mr: Bingham—Then you had better take it.
The four sovereigns were then given to the complain-
ant, and Mr. Bingham discharged the prisoner.

WORSHIP- STREET. —Ax UNNATURAL SON.—
John Pullcrgatc, a young fellow of dissipated appear-
ance and bad character, was charged before Mr. Ham-
mill with assaulting his mother, an elderly woman of
weak intellect, who has some small independent means
.of support.
Mrs. Eliza Castrow said the prisoner lived with his
mother at her house in Ada-place, Hackney, but was
in the habit of ill-using her, and bad been so to the
knowledge of the witness for 16 weeks. On Thursday
afternoon witness heard him using the most vile lan-
guage to his mother, threatening to " beat her
skull in" unless she gave him 125.: after which he fol-
lowed her down stairs And struck her, and the mother
then went out for a policeman and gave him into cus-
tody. The witness added that the prisoner's mother
was not quite right in her mind, occasioned, as she be-
lieved, by the prisoner's ill treatment of her.
Win. Twist, the police-constable, said the prisoner's
mother told him that she was nearly bereft of her senses
by her son's ill-usage.

left Plymouth Sound onWednesday evening for the West
Coast of Africa. The hired steam-transport Hydaspes,
having embarked a division of Land Transport Corps,
left Plymouth Sound on Thursday .morning for the

Mr. Hammill sentenced the fellow to two months'
imprisonment, with hard labour, in the House of Cor-
rection ; and at the expiration of that term to find hail,
'two housekeepers for 20/. each, to keep tiro peace far six
months.

The Hope, screw transport No. 64, G. Corbett master,
arrived yesterday at Woolwich, from the Crimea. The
Gibraltar and Stella on Thursday went down to Green-
hithe, with huts, guns, shot, ammunition, and carts from
Woolwich for the Crimea. The Regina was yesterday
morning received at Woolwich arsenal from the docks,
and has taken up her position to embark stores for the
Turkish Contingent in the East. The Earl of Durham
No. 230 transport, of 547 tons register, and SO-horse
power, sailed yesterday morning from Greenhithe, with
ordnance and army stores for the Crimea.
The Tartarus, 4-gtin paddle-wheel steamer, of 523 tons
burden, is being masted and rigged in Woolwich basin,
and prepared for service. The Caradoc's repairs are
progressing with all possible speed. She is receiving
new boilers, and is undergoing a complete overhaul of
her engines. The Tyno is being unladen and cleared, so
that her repairs may be commenced forthwith. On her
homeward voyage she experienced some heavy squalls,
in one of which she sprang her topmast and lost her
maintopsail yard and several spars.
First Lieutenant Daiby, Royal Marines, stationed at
i Woolwich Barracks, is ordered to proceed forthwith to
Plymouth, for the purpose of taking charge of a guard
over Russian prisoners.
Second Lieutenant John Mastley Sailer, of the Chat-
ham division, is to be First Lieutenant and appointed
to the Plymouth division, vice Cutler, deceased.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :—George Clarke, acting-surgeon, to the
Urgent ; James Wallace, assistant-surgeon, to the Ur-
gent ; W. H. Skinner, clerk's-assistant, to the Simoom.
Lord Seaton was to have reviewed the troops at the
Curragh yesterday.
A general court-martial assembled on Thursday in
Fermoy Barracks on a private of the 50th Regiment,
who deserted from the trenches before Sebastopol, made
his way to a vessel in Balaklava harbour then under way
for England, and was taken up as a deserter in Devon-
port, from which place he has been transmitted to his
depot in Fermoy. A number of officers from Cork gar-
rison are summoned to attend the court-martial.

SOUTHWARK.—THE MURDER OF A FEMALE.—
George liemblc, a shoemaker, residing at 17, Pepper-
street, Southwark, was placed in the dock for further
examination, charged with having caused the death of
Mary Ann Latimer, a female with whom ho cohabited,
by knocking her down in a brutal manner.
It appeared from the evidence of Helen Gorman, a
married female, residing at No. 23, Pepper-street, that,
about a quarter-past five o'clock on the morning of Tues-
day last, she went out in the road to fetch some water.
She there saw the prisoner and deceased quarrelling
about a dozen doors off, when she went to the latter
and asked her what was the matter, when she replied
that she was not going to let her old man beat her, and
she pulled off her bonnet and asked her to hold it for
her. She had marks of violence about her and was
bleeding, when witness told her to go in-doors. She re-
fused to do so, and made use of some words unfit for
use, when the prisoner came to her in the road and de-
liberately knocked her down with brutal force. Ile
struck her on the breast, and she fell backwards against
an iron post in the street, and never spoke afterwards.
The prisoner then became irightened and assisted witness'
to lift her up, but she was quite dead. Witness went
and fetched a doctor, but it was no use. The prisoner
appeared sober, but deceased had been drinking and
quarrelling with him all night.
Richard Barnett said he was passing the end of Nor-
folk-street and heard them quarrelling. The prisoner
was endeavouring to persuade the deceased to go in, but
she refused, and was very violent towards him, several
times attempting to strike him. She also threw mud and
and oyster-shells at him, which so exasperated him that
he knocked her down, and she fell against an iron post
and was killed. He called police-constable Arthur
Griffin, 91 M, to the spot, and the prisoner was appre-
hended.
Mr. Combo asked whether an inquest had been 'odd
since the last examination.
Sergeant Wise, 11 M, replied that Mr. Carter em-
pannelled a jury on Wednesday ; and, after some of the
witnesses were examined, the inquest was adjourned un-
til Tuesday next, for medical testimony.
Mr. t ombe said that if such was the ease be should
further remand the prisoner until Thursday next, when
the depositions will be completed, and he can then be
sent for trial.

GRAND ILLUMINATIONS EVERY EVENING.
LAST WEEK BUT ONE.

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Victory. Dancing in the New Saloon every evening (Saturday ex-
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the week : March aux Flambeaux. Waltzes —The Lily
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Ethel Ncwcome (Laurent), La Sultane (Bosisio). Quadrilles—Le
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Polkas—Des Ilulands (Lamotte), Italie (0 aviolo), The Lillian (D'A !-
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successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and
acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder.
(See" Lancet" o" Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on app"-
cation.—Price per 100, 48.6 d. ; 50, 2s. :id. To be had of the inventor,
GABRIEL JOZEAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and
all the principal chemists.

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KARS, August 9.—On the 31st of July ti
left their camp at Buynk Tikmek, situated al
of three leagues from Kars, and formed an(
mezor, j ust beyond the range of the heaviest
guns.
On the 7th of August, while one-half of the litiasian
army manoeuvred towards Erzeroum, the other half ad-
vanced on the Kanli Tabia for the purpose of covering a
convoy that had been despatched from Alexandropo
(Gumri). They advanced to within range of the Turkic
guns with 17 battalions of infantry, three regiments o
cavalry, a powerful artillery, and some Bashi-bazouks,
&c. The garrison in Kars allowed them to advance, and
as soon as they came within reach, remaining in close
column without making any further demonstration, thei
cavalry being thrown forward and being also in serried
column, the Turks opened their fire. The Russian artil-
lery not finding ariy position could only reply four times,
whereupon they decided on retreating, but for more than
hourwhio h
was
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the
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The Russians have lost one general of
colonel of dragoons, 14 officers, and about
and others wounded.
2cea3oeomquarterinayrtyh's'masses.(3 Tnouferan
non-commissionedgk officers and privates, some killed

This loss was confirmed by four Circassians in the
cconfirmingmail from Kthaers account with let
justt
letters
Russian servic,?, who deserted after the action.
Yesterdaydow ntot
given. They inform us that General Mouravieff, who
arrived before Kars on the 15th inst. from his expedi-
tion to Hassan Kaleh, was furious about this wretched
he wle6t
h received
init., a
manceuvre of the artillery under General Breema. who
ordered it. The Russian cavalry surrounds and observes
Kars very strictly, according to the letters we have re-
ceived. It appears that different couriers sent by us,
and one due here last week from Kars, have been caught
by the Russians. All this leads us to fear that our
correspondence will become less frequent and more
difficult.
They send us word that provisions are abundant, but
that barley and hay run very short, on account of
of which the horses receive only half-rations of either.
Other particulars brought here from Kars state that
scarcity of everything prevails there, and that if rein-
forcements with provisions do not arrive within twenty
days they will be compelled to surrender. Ido not
know which statement we ought to believe, since it is
probable, our friends there tell us, they have an abundance
of food, being fearful lest their letters should fall into
the hands of the Russians. These, too, on reading such
a statement, might possibly be induced to raise the siege.
Or it may be, that the contrary particulars may have
been sent by pessimists—that is to say, by persons who
see everything in gloomy colours, and by exaggeration
convert truth into falsehood. It is, however, quite po-
sitive that meal is sold to the public in Kars at the rate
of 30 piasters the batman (18 lbs.), whereas in ordinary
times the market price is from 3to 31 piastres. There
can be no doubt that they are suffering more or less at
Kars, and we are convinced that if the command were
exclusively held by Turks, the place would either have
been surprised by the Russians, or it would have sue-
r ndered. General Williams and his staff are far from'
anticipating either eventuality. The example they set
of zeal and activity, both of which increase with the
danger, contributes powerfully to rouse the courage of
the Turkish generals and the army. To the self-denial
of the English general we can only add our prayers
for its sivcess.
Letters from Kars inform us that a young Russian
lieatenant, son of the Minister of War, was killed in the
action of the 7tb. Whenever General Mouravieff bas a
convoy to send to or receive from Alexandropol, or
whenever he has to send out foraging parties, he puts
his whole army in movement, it seems for keeping the
garrison of Kars in a state of alarm, and for disconcert-
ing its operations.
The sanitary state of the garrison is satisfactory.
Last Friday the intelligence was brought hero that a
Russian army corps, having left Uch Klissie, was march-
ing on Melasghirt and Bu'ani*, two districts half way
between this place and Van. Both of these places con-
tain rich granaries, so that the enemy will obtain not
merely supplies for his own men, but will destroy all that
he cannot transport to Erivan.
There is also a rumour that the Russians have cap-
tured in Melasghirt two sons of Resvan Aga, the Kur-
dish chief of the district, and that they keep them as
hostages. Perhaps they hope by this means to gain over
the father to their cause, as they did with the Kurdish
chieftains of Bayazid.
Last Saturday a courier extraordinary arrived here by
land from Constantinople with despatches fur Hafiz
Pacha from the Porte. It is said the ministers of the
capital thank the Pacha for the zeal he displayed in com-
ing to the aid of this province with his Bashi bazouks,
and that he must now hasten his return to Trebizonde,
where his presence is more necessary than ever, leaving
behind him ten thousand men selected from his troops,
fixing the pay they are to receive, and putting them
under the orders of the military authorities here. It is
considered here that this order sent to Hafiz Pacha is a
disgrace.
,e had written to persons in Constantinople that he
was coining here with thirty thousand men, whereas all
the men that followed him were only eight, and certainly
not ten, thousand strong. Numbers of these have since
deserted, and I think there are now not five thousand
men left to take the field. This remnant still suffers
severely from the prevailing epidemic, from gastric and
bowel complaints of a choleraic nature. The recall of
the Pacha is also known to them, and the result is that
they are all preparing to disperse and return to their
several homes, let the worst come to the worst. Yes-
terday many of the companies still entire, with their

standards in front, marched to the mountains that are
-nearest to their barracks.

The arrival of these hordes at this place has, perhaps,

. .
been of some service by deterring the Russians, when
approaching Hassan Kali, from advancing against this
city, hearing as they di,l what a large force we had of
Turkish fighting nice to oppose them. But it turns out
that not one of these Bashi-bazooka was willing to fight,
the motive for their coming here being, not fighting, but
plunder and licence.
When the inhabitants of this city saw those bands of
savages disappear they began to breathe freely, and
tranquillity in some sort is now re-established. As long
as they remained here the regulars kept in the back-
ground, and the citizens began to wish the Russians
would come and be their deliverers.
Our civil and military authorities still remain in the
camp of Dev 6 Boyun. The consequence of this arrange-
ment is that we in the city are without any governors.
Fortunately we have not had many disturbances, and this
comparatively peaceful state of things is entirely owing
to the good feeling of the inhabitants themselves.
Diarrlice3 has been very prevalent in the city and
neighbourhood, but the deaths are few in number ; the
temperature is still very high, which, together with
anxiety, has, I think, contributed to the permanency of
the disease. Among the regular troops, and in their
military hospitals, there is no cause for complaint in a
sanitary point of view.

Another letter says : - -Gene
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imefTrilKeacrb,t:alihvra
Kars,
ea.
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battalions of infantry, 3 regiments of cavalry, 1,000 irre-
hroiiaernns ad
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paces
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generalirre-
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edci attackratvoha llwrtytite,
were allowed to advance quietly for a certain distance
when the Turkish batteries were unmasked, and the,
whole of the guns poured a terrible fire on them. The
mortars threw shells ; the enemy, who
four cannon shots, then retreated in thecouglrdeaotensl
order, with a loss of 200 or 300 men and several officers.
Tile Russian Dragoons did not exhibit their usual firm-
ness and solidity, and were seen to fly in the most un-
yt
d fireis-
soldierlike manner. From that day to this the Russians
have not disturbed our repose.
Another letter from the same place of the 27th says :
We are invested almost exclusively by about 7,000 or
8,000 Russian cavalry ; the infantry is still in camp near
Coinnissoun and Zahn. Generals Vassif-Pselia and
Williams have issued an order of the day, couched in
concise and very char terms, announcing that every spy
will be hung and every deserter shot. The shooting is
meant for the Bashi-basoults, who have shown seine in-
clinat ion to pass over to the enemy. As to the spies, the
measure was absolutely necessary, for the slightest
movement on our part was at once made known to the
Russians. On the 21st a spy was taken, tried, and con-
demned by court-martial, and hung the next day. On
the 22d, four others were taken and served in the same
manner, and had we to hang all the Persians and Geor-
gians who are here, and who are suspected by us, we
should do so without compassion. If on one side we
brkve to mistrust certain people, on us. other we are
greatly encouraged by the admirable conduct of our
chiefs, Vassif Pasha, General Williams, Colonel Lake,
and other officers. They disilay zea', activity, and
energy beyond all praise, and if they sec-iced in saving
Kars there can be no reward too great for them. We
bare news for some days past of the reinforcements that
are to join us from Constantinople and from the Crimea.
We are greatly pleased at it, but it must not be lost
si.ght of that these reinforcements must come furnished
with supplies. Kars does not want an increase of garris
son, and if reinforcements are necessary it is not to de-
fend us, but to assume the offensive, and enable us to
attack the enemy in our turn.

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ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
LC.ISCC, Mr. J. H. Anderson, 18, Norfolk-street, Strand.

,THIS EVENING,
Will to presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint-
ments, MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged !It two
parts, by Professor Anderson.

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prices of admission:—Private Boxes, H. Ils. 6d. and H. Is.;
Orchestra Stalls, 45.; Dress Boxes, 33.; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit,
is.; Gallery, 6,1. No Half-price. Box-office open from 11 to 5

Doors open at Half-past Seven. Commence at Eight.