The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-20 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER. 10. 1855.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The
Directors hereby Give Notice that they will receive Money
en Loan, to pay off Debentares falling due, and are prepared to accept
Tenders for the same for a period of 3,5, or 7 years. at 5 per cent.
per annum. Application may be made to the undersigned.
By order of the Directors.

CHAS. A. SAAINDERS, Secretary.
Paddington Station, 2d November, 1855.

BOMBAY.—Shippers per CAIRNGORM will
please take notice that all Goods mu 4 be alongside and
cleared by Friday, the 21st inst., as the Ship will positively clear at
the Custom-house on Saturday, the 22d.
The undersigned will n t be responsible for the shipment of Coeds
not alongside, &c., accordingly.

JiMES THOJF.'ON, & CO.,
6, Billiter-square.

OTTOMAN CL1113.-A GENERAL MEET-
ING of the Members of the Club will be held on MONDAY,
31st of December, at the Club House, at Tbr,e o'clock.

By order of the Commtttee.
CAPEL A. CUMWOOD, Hon. Sec.
Ottoman Club, 14, Regent-street, Dec. 18th, 1855.

QOUTHWARIC BRIDGE. - NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN, That a Dividend will be Payable on the
lath of JANUARY, to the Proprietors of the New Shares, and to the
Subscribers of the 131. advanced on the Old Shares of the Southwark-
bridge, and that the Transfer Books of the Company will be closed
front the 25th inst., until the lith of January next.
JAM ES LEITH, Secretary.
Office, Queen-street-place, 19th Dec., 1855.

VIETROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE
LTA- SOCIETY.

No. 3, Princes. street, Bank.

The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall
slue on the sth of October next, that the same must be PAID within
Thirty days from that date.

The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on
the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October,
either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the
'ear to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So.
ety as Members on the sth of October next, should appear or lodge
tlvir proposals at the office on or before that day.
This Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the
vhole of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives
"or the...yam:de term of life its. Ildanabita of the Fociety. For the year ending the sth•of Aiiill;1851. an tafareffie'frf an pet
.ent. has been declared, on the Premiums of all Members of Five
Years' standing and upwards.

HENRY MARSHAL, Actuary.
Princes-street, Bank, Dec. S, 1855.

• NOTA BENr.—Resolved, this 19th Sept., 1455, That during the
present war every person assured or to he assured as a membor, or
otherwise, not a mariner by pro'ession, may proceed to any part of
Europe where there are no hostilities, without a licence from the
r`ourt of Directors, and without paying any additional premium.

THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL
LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION and BENEVOLENT

Established 1840.
TRUSTEES.

Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. I W. G. Prescott, Esq.
Thomas Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L de Rothschild, M.P.
TREASURER—John Abel SIT' ith, Esq., M.P.
LIFE ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
15, Moorgatc-street, London, 18th Dec , 1855.
Notice Is hereby given, that the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL GENE-
RAL MEETING of the Members of the MUTUAL LIFE AS AU-
RANCE DEPARTMENT will be held at the London Tavern
Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London, on MONDAY, the 21st
day of Jaguars-, 1856, at Six o'clock in the Evening precisely.
The following Managers,- In accordance with Rule 7, go out of
office by rotation, but, being eligib!e, offer themselves for re-elec-
tion, viz. :
Mr. Edward Coleman.
Mr. John White Welch.
Mr. Henry Rogers. Mr. Sancton Wood. -
By order of the Board.

WILLIAM THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary.

BENEVOLENT DEPARTMENT.

Notice is hereby given, that the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL GENE-
%L MEETING of the MEMBERS and FRIENDS of the BENE-
VOLENT DEPARTMENT, will he held at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street. in the city of London, on MoNDAT, the 21st day
of January, 1856, at Half-past Seven o'clock, or immediately
after the conclusion of the 'Sleeting of the Members of the Mutual
Life Assurance Department, appointed to take place on the same
Evening, at the Fame place, at Six o'clock preclsely.
JOHN ABEL SMITH, Esq., M.P., Treasurer, In the Chair.
By order of the Board,
WILLIAM THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary.
*.* The annual accounts of both departments may be inspected
at the office one week prior to the general meeting.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSUR ANC E A SSOCINT lON,

15, Moorgate-street.
MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE in all its branches.
WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary.

BANK of L O N D O N.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.)

Capital, 600,000/.
HEAD BArmixo-lloust —Threadnee'lle-street (late the Hall of
Commerce).
CHARING-CROSS BRANCH-450, West Strand. ,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
CHATIIMAN.—Sir JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY, Bart., M.P., 25,
Park-lane, and aresfleld-park, -ussex.
VICE-CHAIRMAN.—JOKY GRIFFITH ! RITII, Esq. (Frith, Sands,
• .

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John Edmund nderdon, Esq., Devonshire terrace, ant Co ), Austin-friars.
Hyde -park.
Major William Elsey, H.4'.
Hank House, Acton.
Thomas Gooch, Esq. (Gooch and Couscns, London-wall), Brixton-
rise.
Jeremiah Greatorex, Esq. (Firadbury, Greatorex, and Co., Alder-
manbury), Spring-hill House, Upper Clanton.
Alexander Constantine lonides, Esq. (firm of lonidel, Sgouta, and
Co.. Gracechureh-street), Tulse-hill.
Charles Joyce, Esq. (firm of Charles Joyce and Co., Moorgate-street),
Gloucester-gardens, Hyde-park.
Thomas Luce, Esq., M.P., Albemarle-street, and Malmesbury,
Wilts.
Henry Morris, Esq., late of the Madras Civil Serviee, 25, Mark-lane,
City.
Sir Henry Mv.ggeridge, Alderman and Sheriff of London, St. Andrew's-
bill, City, and Streatham-common, Surrey.
Alfred Wilson, Esq. (Venables, Wilson, and Tyler, Qucenhlthe),
Firgrove, Weybridge, Surrey.
TERNS OF BUSINESS.
Current or drawing accounts are received, and interest allowed on
balances.

DErostr AccotrNrs.—The rate of interest now allowed on depo
sits at ten days' notice of withdrawal is 5 per cent. on sums of 101
and upwards.

BuEsniLisi'sil utaidnedrtFakreeni.gn Agency and every description of Banking

ADVANTAGES OFFERED TO CUSTOMERS BY THE BANK

OF LONDON.
PROFIT —Receiving a fixed rate of interest on their balances, the
customers participate in the profits without incurring the risk of
partnership.
SzECURITY.—A capital of 600,0001., of which 300,0001. is paid up and
invested.

This capital, or any portion thereof, cannot be withdrawn.
Further security is afforden by four hundred partners, whose lia-
bility is nut limited to the amount of the capital or of their respec-
tiye shares.

PUBLICITY.—The assets aad liabilities of the Bank are published
monthly in the " Gazette."
auditors to examine the accounts are appointed by the share-
holders.

full account of the position of the flank, attest d by the Audi-
tors, must be pti,llshed at least once in every year.
iqiCRECY —While complete publicit•• as rezards the position of the
Bank is provided for, the pecuniary affairs of the customers are pro-
tected y dociarations oi secrecy executed by the Directors, Mana-
ger, and the officers of every grade.
(By order).

MATTHEW MARSHALL, jun., Manager,
BENJAMIN SCOTT, Secretary.
Threadneedle-street, December 6, 1865.

STAR PACKETS from the TERRACE PIER,
GRAVESEND, 9, 2.
WLIARP, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the
following Trains from Fenchurch-street,lol,4, 3%, weather permit-
ting. _ . _

The Packets will call at the Roshervllle, Oreenhithe, Purfieet,
and North Woolwich Piers.
To or fr.= Ora. t: 'ea," t.na L0ud0n..... •• 10(1. .. Is. 2d.
,;ravesend and Illaokwali or Woolwich 83. .. 08 tO,I,
„ e'rith and London •• •• •• • •• • Bd. .. Os. 104
„ Frith ani Illackwall or W001wich...... 64. .. Oa. Bd.
t.e! •ee Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. gd.
Niel-4r 23,1855,

IT R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet-
.
.1 street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI-
FICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so
perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from
the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or
decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used.
This method does not require the extraction of roets, or any painful
operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is
guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth
rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At
home from ten till dye.

[AnvEnnsEmENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills
wonderfully efficacious for the cure of Wounds.—Mr.
Woodall, of Barlby, near Selby, was afflicted with an
abscess at the back of his neck for a considerable time,
and notwithstanding he was under the treatment of a
most eminent surgeon in the neighbourhood, yet he
could not, by the various remedies applied, heal the
wound ; he therefore determined on giving Holloway's
ointment and Pills a trial, and by these invaluable medi-
cines alone be has been perfectly cured, and is now in'
excellent health. Sold by all medicine vendors through-
out the world ; at Professor 1191loway's establishments,
244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden.lane, New York ;
by A. Stampa, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ;
and Lis iloodo, Malta.

Naval and Milit iry

The Queen of the Soath steam-transport, Capt. Beale,
embarked yesterday at Portsmouth dockyard the follow-
iog troops for Malta, with a quantity of stores for the
same depot :—Brevet-Major Mein, Lieut. Cumming,
Ensign Badgley, 1 sergeant, and 46 men of the Ist Royal
Regiment of Fuot; Ensign St. Aubin, I sergeant and 20
men of the 3d ; Eosigns Kuper, Bastable, and Davis, 2
sergeants, 1 drummer, and 92 men of the 4th ; Captain
Dashwood, Lieut. Gethin, Ensign Cox, 4 sergeants, 6
drummers, and 61 men of the 20th ; 1 sergeant, and 13
men of the 231 ; Ensigns Wade and Htiruphreye, 2 ser-
eeants, and 54 men of the 28th ; Capt. Welby, Ensigns
Protheroe and Kerr, 1 sergeant, 2 drummers, and 32
men of the 48th ; Ensign Peach, 1 sergeant, 4 drum-
mers, and 3 men of the 77th ; Capt. Cross,'Capt.Bayoes;
Lieut. Gilby, Ensigns Fox and Foote, 4 sergeants, and
310 men of the 88th ; Ensign Chapale,.. 2 drummers, and
13 men of the 96th ; Surgeon Blake,' of the 55th ; and
Assistant-Surgeon Gibaut, of the 17th. The Queen of
the South wiil not leave Portsmouth until this morning 'f
she is full of stores, and carries her troops and munitians
comfortably. She makes 15 knots under steam and sail.
The steam-transport Indiana arrived at Spithead yes-
tearday, from the East, with invalids,•and the following
passengers in Medical charge of Mr. W. H. Aldersey,
surgeon of the ship :-Lieut.-Col. Lindsay, 63d Regi-
ment ; Lieut.-Col. Warden, 19th ; Capt. Stewart, 93,i ;
L
Capt. Moody, German Legion •LieuarTonkin, R.N. ;
Lieut. Laurie, 34th Foot ; Mr. Harrington, Purveyor to
the Forces ; Lieut. Caldwell, Land Tran-Porteorps ;' Dr.
Whipple, R.N. a Mr. Addarne, Oidnince Department, 1
horse, 19 invalid seernen,.B marines, 37 servants, and
others. She spoke the following Ve-seefs the':sth
inst., lat. 37 N, loig. 10 E, the British transport Cul-
loden ; on the Bth, in lat.-37 N, long. 3 E, the
brig Macedonian ; on the 9th, off Cape de Gatte, the
Grace, of Liverpool ; on the 12th, . off Cape Trafalgar,
the Egyptian Witch ; on the same day, the 'French ship
Anne, who wished to be reported ; on the 13th, off papa
'3t incerbß; the sloraweetatanter.Caresala,Tehe Naliaasfaha
ordered to be paid off out of the transport servaires '• •
The Canadian ktearn 'transport; No. 176, arrived at
Spithead yesterday 'lions the East. Bhe branght 1 cor-
poral and 13 privates of the 9th 'Regiment, in charge of
two military prisoners ; 1 private of the 3d Buffs, ser-
vant to Major Green ; 1 civil servant to Captain de
Norman, of the Turkish Contingent ; 2 invalid seamen,
from the merchant service, Mrs. Bayliss and child, from
Constantinople ; 1 nurse from Reukioi ; Dr. Gibbon
(medical officer in charge) ; Mr. Trotman, assistant de.;
Mesdames. Bramwell, Osborne, Gibson, and Smythe,
lady nurses ; Mrs. Windsor, 2 children, and nurse ;
Miss Barclay and nurse ; Mrs. Rogers (matron) and 5
hospital nurses, 1 laundrywoman, 6 wardmasters, 2
cooks, and 15 orderlies; 11 invalids and 1 woman and
child from Smyrna ; Captain J. B. Young, 51st Regt.;
in charge of troops, and 1 civil servant ; 7 nonesominis-
sioned officers of the Royal Artillery ; 70 invalids from
various regiments ; 2 warrant officers, late of her Ma-
jesty's ship Hibernia ; 1 captain's. steward, late of her
Majesty's ship Swallow ; and Mr. James Forward,
head storekeeper of Smyrna Hospital. When the Cana-
dian left Gibraltar on the 12th the following ships were
there :—The Keselaw, windbound from Arica for New
York ; the brig Arabella Fullerton, from Genoa for
London ; the transports True Briton, No. 114 ; Go-
melee, No. 26 ; Bombay, No. 24 ; St. Hilda, No. 11 ;
and Indian, No. 197. The Canadian is ordered to be
paid out of the transport service.
The paddle-wheel steam-frigate Vulture, 6, Captain
Frederick H. 11. Glasses which left Kiel on the 12th
inst., arrived in Plymouth Sound on Monday evening.
The screw steam:sloop Conflict, 8, Commander Wm. C.
Chamberlain, and the screw steam frigate Euryalus, 51,
Captain Geo. Ramsay, which left Kiel on the 13th, ar-
rived at Plymouth on Tuesday morning.
The screw corvette Cossack, 20, Capt. Cockburn, and
the screw ship Desperate, 8, Commander N. D. White,
went from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze on Tuesday.
The Dutch ship New Hollatd, from Batavia for Am-
sterdam, put into Plymouth Sound yesterday morning.
On the 13th itst. in lat. 47 35 N., she saw a brig on fire,
the stern burnt out. The schooner Elizabeth, Captain
Price, of Newport, 40 days from Tarragona, for New-
castle, put into the 'Sound yesterday. About 10 days
since her mate, Mr. Thos. Phillips, was knocked over-
board by the spanker boom, and drowned.
-In consequence of the Sardinian Government having
discharged 9,000 men, on whose services they have no
further claim, and who are at liberty to enter the British
Italian Legion, this force will before long be complete.
Colonel Hudson, the Inspector of the Legion, who is
now completing, at his office in the War Department, a
list of candidates for appointments, is still in want of a
few good English subaltern officers who can speak Ita-
lian, and whose colonels will vouch for their knowledge
of their duties as captains of companies.
Yesterday 500 artisans, handicraftsmen, and navvies,
very carefully selected for the duties which they will
have to discharge, embarked with their officers on board
the Jura steam transport, and proceed at an early hour
to-day direct to the Crimea. They form a portion of Sir
Joseph Paxton's Army Work Corps, and have been
organized by him as a.special body always available
for the work of the Commissariat, hitherto very expen-
sively and ineffectively performed by Croats and
other labourers hired in the East. __They will_not be
placed under Mr. Doyne, but will have a chieKivi
dan superintendent of their own in Mr. Wakefield,
an active and zealous officer of the Works Corps, whose
experience in the c doilies well qualifies hint to fill the
situation. The formation of this body was not a sug-
ass.tion of the home authorities, but originated in a di-
rect application from the Commissary-General at the
seat of war, who has g only half the nurnuer of men
he asked for. The application was founded on the benefit
which the Commissary General saw other departments
of the army deriving from the Works Corps, and is a
satisfactory testimony to the usefulness and excellent or-
ganisation of the navvies. Not more than five weeks
have elapsed since Sir Joseph Paxton receiver: the au-
thority to form this body, and it is already on its way to
the Crimea, fully equipped and provided for the service
which it svill have to execute. It is worthy of notice,
also, that the numbers presenting themselves for adruis.
sion into the corps were frequently at the rate of 1,000
a day, and that the fellows who thus presented them-
selves are not lads, but stalwart brawny men inured to
labour, and each capable of getting through more work
than any three of the Croat labourers now employed.
Such is the estimate of their value made by the Commis-
sary-General. Their wages, therefore, though somewhat
above the scale at home, present a large economy as con-
trasted with the cost of Turkish labour, and the greater
portion of the amount remains is this country for the
support of the men's families during their absence. They
were mustered eaily yesterday morning near Sir Joseph
Paxton's house at Sydenham, and
proceeded thence in a
body by railway and steamer to De
oferl, where the
Jura was moored. A military band was in attendance
to keep up their spirits, which, however, appeared to
require little stimulus of the kind. Sir Joseph accom-
panied them on board the transport to see that every
arrangement had been made for. their comfort and wel-
fare on the passage. Miss Marsh, who has acquired
much influence among the navvies at Sydenbam, was
also present, distributing religious books to the men and
giving each a word of kindly advice at parting.
The experimental iron mortar float No. 1 of that series,
which was towed down to Shoeburyness from Woolwich
a few days ago for experiments, returned yesterday
morning. Her mortar (an ordinary 13-inch) fired 30
rounds on the first day's trial, and on Tuesday the proof
was continued. It was intended to have tested this newly-
constructed mortar-vessel to the extent of 300 rounds
when with the ordinary charge, at the 66th discharge
on the second day, the mortar split in equal divisions, in
precisely the same manner asthose at Sweaborg ; neither
of the portions, however, being carried beyond the bed.
The boat itself has sustained no damage beyond the iron
coating of the mortar-bed, which, at the first concussion,
shrank and sprang from the woodwork, ripping out the
screws with irresistible force at each successive explosion,
thereby strengthening the opinion of the superiority of a
wooden framework in the formation of the mortar-bed.
The annexed circular memorandum has been issued,
directed to regiments and depots at borne and abroad :
"Horse Guards, Dec. i 4.
" Commanding officers are requested to cause all per-
sons intrusted with the care of regimental ammunition
to be strictly enjoined to avoid the use of irop hoops or
iron nails in the heading up of cartridge barrels, or the
presence of iron or grit amongst the percussion caps, car-
tridges, or loose powder, if any should accumulate from
broken cartridges taken from the men's pouches.
" The use of iron nails in fastening on cards of address,
when ammunition may be packed for return into store
conveyance from one place to another, is also to be
strictly prohibited.
"By command. "G. A. WETHERALL."
The subjoined circular has been addressed to general
or other officers commanding in the several districts and
stations at home and abroad :
" Horse Guards, Dec. 12.
" Sir
In transmitting the enclosed copy of resolu-
tions (a detailed account of the meeting on the 29th ult.
for, the Nightingale Fund) adopted at a meeting held
for the purpose of giving the public an opportunity of
expressing their approbation of the noble and benevolent
exertions of Miss Nightingale for the improvement of
the discipline and superintendence of military hospitals,
the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief desires that
pleased to cause the same to be notified to
you will be
the commanding officer of every corps and department
in
the 'army under your command, in order that all ranks
may be afforded the opportunity of contributing to-
wards a fund which has for its object the extension of
those laudable and charitable views of Miss Nightingale
by which the army has already so materially benefitted.
" I have, &c., "G. A. WETHERALL."
In a paragraph going therounds of the papers respect-
ing Col. Henry White, of the Longford Militia, there
are two slight inaccuracies. The gallant officer was a
lieutenant, not captain, in the 14th Light :Dragoons,
and in the particular action referred to he had but one
horse shot under him, and not three, as stated.

The following appeared in our late edition, last

nigkt :

ADMIRALTY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

An erroneous impression appears to be entertained
(arising from the publication of an imperfect document)
with roped to the examination which is to lhold

V`dk

C. 14 A.

at Portsmouth. on the 23d day of January
neat, , for the purpose of testing the qualifica-
tions Of thirty young gentlemen who have been
nominated by the Board -of Admiralty as candidates
for Naval Cadetships. 'The examination is of couree
confined t,) those. who have been nominated.