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IN- 0T I CE. CONSTANTINOPLE. The
Lecture accompanying the GRAND Mt,VING DIORAMA
!I COXSTANTINOY'LE is now delivered on Wednesdays end Satur•
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,T the War will be more particularly explained; and on the other
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the
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UN THE PHILOSOPFIY OF MARRIAGE, A' I) THE sECRET
INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH, MANHOOD, AND OLD AGE.
8. Published, 60th Edition, price 23. 6d.. or free by post for forty-
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Debility,
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brinary and Generative system. Illustrated by 50 coloured Engrav-
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37, REDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
b',eta'. of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
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Lieentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, Loneon. Ice..
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Sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses.
Man-
Which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man -
an-
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ether class of disease known to modern pathologists Its perusa Is
Particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of
their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded
the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is
entitled.
It is absolutely necessary thata— men should know, that there are
Principles
of personal management which cannot be violated without
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the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties
'nay be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed,
and how the evil and its consequenc es maybe avo.ded, and above all,
.that there is scarcely any decree of physical infirmity or functional
,2rangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure.
The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive
Practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which are
Unfortunately teen too generally confided to the care of ignorant
rlAtrics, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place
faith in their pretensions.
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RETURN OF THERIZES TRIBUNE AND HER
P.
The Tribune, 31 guns, screw steam-frigate, Captain
the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, arrived at Sheerness from the
Baltic at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday. The officers and crew
have succeeded in falling in with and capturing seven
Russian merchant vessels, of which the following are the
particulars :
The first prize, taken on Sunday, the 9th of April
last (the Tribune being in company with the Insperieuse
and the Leopard), was the Fidential, of 300 tons, and
13 men, Salarkis, master, laden with salt, from Cadiz,
bound for Lovisa ; she was sent home in charge of Mr.
William Buck, second master of the Tribune. The
Fidential was captured off the island of Dago.
The second prize, taken on the 12th of April, by the
Tribune alone, at sea, in lat. 57.2 N., long. 13.53 E.,
was the Russian brig Alexander, of 250 tons, and 11
men, J. P. Volsk master ; she was laden with salt for
Helsingfors, and was sent home in charge of Mr. Francis
R. Hartwell, mate of the Tribune.
The third prize, taken the same day, in the same lati-
tude and longitude, was the nuesia,n barcine Fenix, 476
tons, 16 men in crew, with 70 passengers, being the
masters and crews of the Russian ships sold at Copen-
hagen. The Fenix, of which H. Selonaa was master,
was clean swept from Copenhagen, bound for Finland ;
she was sent home in charge of Lieutenant Marcus E.
Sinithett, of the Tribune.
The fourth prize, taken on the 13th of April, was the
Russian ship Mentor, of 430 tons and 17 men, M.
Eklund master, laden with salt. She was taken in lat.
56.17 R., and long. 17.51 E. She was sent home in
charge of Mr. Michael Seymour, midshipman. TCa
Mentor was from Cadiz, bound for Finland.
The fifth prize, taken on the same day, and in the
same latitude and longitude, was the Russian barque Abo,
of 450 tons, laden with salt, 17 men, G. R. Goo, master,
from Cadiz for Finland. The Abo was sent home in
charge of Mr. Hastie, midshipman of the Tribune.
The sixth prize, taken on the 23d of April, in the Kat-
tegat, was the Russian brig Eger, about 250 tons (in
ballast), S. G. Pistorfon, master, from Sweden for Elsi-
nore. The 2Eger was sent home in charge of Mr.
Childers, midshipman of the Tribune.
The seventh prize, taken on the Ist of May, off Scar-
borough, was the Russian barque America, of 260 tons
and 14 men (she was sailing under Swedish colours),
W. Roseberg, mater, laden with salt, from Cadiz for
Stockholm. The America was sent home in charge of
Mr. Henry E. Crozier, mate of the Tribune.
There were 150 prisoners taken from six of the prizes
named, all of whom were taken up to Copenhagen on
the 20th and 21st of April, and delivered over to the
charge of the Russian minister, with all the clothes and
effects they had on board their own ships. The sailors,
even to their marlinspikes, knives, forks, and spoons,
and the masters and mates included all their personal
property, cabin furniture, nautical instruments, charts,
&c. In some cases the personal property of the masters
and mate consisted of casks of wine, boxes of oranges
and lemons, and a great number of musical instruments,
principally guitars. The crews were put on board a
Russian ship, by order of the Russian Minister, to wait
orders at Copenhagen, under a guarantee that they would
not serve against the western powers during the present
war. The Minister was desired to use all possible de-
epatch in receivingthe prisoners'luggage, which amounted
to 16 tons. The Russian Minister expressed his unfeigned
astonishment at such extreme liberality being displayed
towards the prisoners, he having made all necessary
arrangement for beds, bedding, and all other necessaries
for their comfort, supposing they would have been de-
livered over to him with only what they stood clothed in.
Sums of money found on the persons of the seamen were
immediately returned to them, much apparently to their
astonishment, and they did not fail in the highest terms
to express their gratitude.
In one instance the sum of 2001. sterling was found on
the person of one of the Russian masters, which was forth-
with returned to him on his declaration that it was posi-
tively his personal property, over which the owners of
the ship had no control whatever. In many other in-
stances sums of greater or less value, with gold and sil-
ver watches, chains, jewellery, &c., were taken away by
the respective owners without question on the part of
the captors.
There are at present on board the Tribune 10 Russian
they are fine, well made, hardy
• i Finland seamen, part of the crew of the barque America,
113UBLIC CONFIDENCE.—.
..a. It matters but little how the Russians may act in defiance of i
fellows—all cheerful, and obedient to command. Some
taken off Scarborough,
England and France ; public confidence is not likely to be shaken;
the money is forthcoming for any event ; the eagerness to invest on of them have ex resod a great desire to join the Tribune.
nit onal eeeurity is quite unprecedented. This is principally the re- They unhesitatingly avow their determined hatred
suit of our commercial greatness and the justice i f our public Iran- . t Russia and wouldwillingly fight
sections. The long-tried, universally.known, and everywhere-ap- agains ,
proved business of E. 510SES and SON is the precedent of all • Finland being restored to them, so that they may once
ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED lAISEZIES modem improvements, and has inspired agr ater amount of public
confidence than any other plans of trade. That confidence will be •
be `what their fathers were—a free
people.
AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. fully sustained by their present Stock of Sprisg and Summer Attire, The foregoing particulars relative to the treatment of
THE SILENT FRIEND. which, asst combines every novelty in materials and designs, and • the prisoners have been fully given in consequence of a
In six LallgUageB--Fiftieth Editia%
DisEAal is the mot seasonable Dress for Juveniles and k daft.; of all classes, report which has gone tbe rounds of the daily (and copied
,„ CONTAINING THE REMEDY Fos PaavEnTiON .
_ha,____ is charged such economical prices that each individual's share in
ssiustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Egr Vmg. and 1 the cost of war will be fully refunded by their purchases or orders at • many provincial) papers dated
into from Cophenagen,
Nee' Cases. 'E. MOSES aid soN's Establishment, or their West-end Branch, Ox- givingand d' 1
a sad disgraceful account of the treatment of
el.? Edition, enlarged to 200 Pages, price 29. 6d., by post, from the ford-street, corner of Hart-street. the English towards their prisoners. The officers of the
Establishment, 3s. fid. in stamps, ___ _ Co fldence of success has propelled the energies of E. MOSES and
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on SON in every branch of their mag ,ificent business ; and in the Order Tribune have good reason to suppose that the paragraph
roduced by or Ready•made clothing, Hat and C Bootand Shoe. Shirt and alluded to must have emanated from a suspicious looking
cap,
the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, P II Igigantic w
excessive indul fect or the abuse of os eta •or who esale and Outfitting Departments, it is stranger, no doubt being entertained that he was a Rus-
r"relrrs with gen"' the consequences of
thein
preventive lotion, 101- difficult to say which first inspires pub is confidence, though it is • Pole. He styled himself " the Correspondent of
row, by
observations
tot the went):
the pi
a squalifications which plain they all possess it to a larger extent than was ever known; rt,d sian. ,
Prevent it. illustratedo 10a1011agea Fn ravings. BY N. and L. L.
by superiority, fashion, novelty, variety, and cheapness, accom- the Tames,' and sometimes gave his name as Captain
n
PERRY and.,y s ColouredOxford- panted with punctuality and undeviating attention, E. MOSES and Martin, when visiting the public rooms at Copenhagen.
I'9 gIl ners-street,
CO., Consulting , urgeons„ deluges-street,
'treat, London. Paternoste- SON are detetinned to keep the fliat position in public connderce He was all times most anxious to exchange old news-
se Published by Sherwood and Co., 23,E. MOSES and soN's Wholesale Clothing, shirt, and oat. and
W, and sold by Hannay,G3 and ,50 Oxford-street; (for'
d0n,146T ad
Bow
Church-yard; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, bB, Cornhill. Shi,ppers, fiajpi
--
mElgrvianOtaskS and SON being a: correspondent for the Tunes was scouted by all
pc,-tUri —•.. • _. regret having to guard the the English officers when visiting Copenhagen, and the
Air I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive
°Nan piihho against imposition, nevine learned that the untradesman-like - •
al and is illustrated by 25 Coloured Engravings. '_Martin wasgenerally
would-be Captain
4, hood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or "It's
dio T 11. treats of the consequnces resulting from excessive in- filqC
."genees and the l t. tileeffects on the system producing the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for . that silent contempt which all deserve when sailing under
mental and bodily ir amen a
and enerative 1 obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have
weakness, nervous excitement,, g false colours.
ileanacity, Illustrated INo CON wiTi..,St OTHER NOUSE IN Oa OUT OF LONDON,
p _
__,_ by Explanatory Engra ngs, The Tribune saw all her prizes clear of the Scaw,
I except their own Establishments, as follows :
me ;LT 111, treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in , Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minorios, 84 , leaving Kronborg on the 26th of April, and arrived here
tLeir ter
at er secondary form, and contains explicit directions for London Cltiyg
d ate, opposite the Church, all communcating I r ' ill s eak.
tam treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav- 85, and 86,yesterday at half past six p. ~ 13 ing her prize Men-
d Bran.sh, 506,507, 505, New Oxford-street, 1, ' -
London West-en- 2, • tor of Aldborough•
l'Assr and 3, Hart-street, all communicating.
ii IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a Singular to say, her Majesty's ship Tribune arrived
naPle application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Bradtord (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street.
raar vis '.Sheffield Branch, 3a, pargate. at Copenhagen on the 2nd of April, 1854, being the
Th. .
odevoted to the
iconsideration ofce nmarriagei and its duties. , .
Colonial Branch, Melbourne, Australia. anniversary dayof the Danes famous battle of
causesfifty-
subjecteritiefaiiiinproluchttilve unhciienaltiretrial
inquired
Isnclteered, and the whole
Merchant Tailor Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and
THE eoRDIAUBL 'iso,aPF
•ayßyikllJM is exclusively employed Shoe .Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. three years since. Her officers visited the city and prin-
ts,.,,,,
per bottle. nervous and jsexual debility, impotence, BLe, 115. i ags. ImpoßTANT.—Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be , cipal public buildings, and were on every occasion most
r.:__l:dottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an 'anti-syphilitic exchanged if desired, Or, if preferred, thehmloaney_w,mlßesbe_ returnede i courteously arid kindly treated nod received. Amongst
„yal,.„_Z;lefor purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary without hesitation. All goods are marked ladle) in a ,th lowest other places they did not fail to visit the cemetery at
Pottle. , eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 is. and 333. per price, from which no abatement ca be
'' PerrY's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. AA
---", and its. The Establishments are closed t. on Fridays
from sun aye to sunset the (to an Enolishma '
the East Gate, containing ,
.e n pain•
PET boxresumed till 12 o'clock.
0.,...,_,e , a certain remedy for gonorrlices, elect, stricture, and on Saturdays, when business is . I fully interesting) place of sepulture ot the brave Danes
tl d" The Echo of Public 0 '
11:1/4"1-2 Inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, Anew Book, with illustrations,. enti ear 8
6. m
8. 8
....
__ Del-
ui. who fell in defence of their country on that memorable
tp..., A. rns minute detail of the case is required : age, habits, and posi- nion," containiag full lists of prices, o yte
t-i eu meal -
"" ins be 51, Packets, with advice, Wbe had at the Establish- mtlat. &ea gm,
_may be had on application, or pos free. , ,
i occasion. It is a tumulue attended to most carefully,
meet only, by,
which
the fee, IL, is saved. Messrs. Perry,
Surgeons, A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1854 can be had, gratis, and adorned on the top and sides with young pine firs,
are in attend
don. a. Mice, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lou- ou application. with large unpolished masses of granite having the
ons tie,QUI Si palls Milano.
IS14"11 tf) QUO. en till Tyfca and Eve to Eight; on %Imlay from lei I'on parle Francais. names of the honoured and lamented dead inscribed on
Hier spricht initnDentsch. Aqua se habln Zoptll9.

them. On the top is an obelisk of the same material,
bearing this simple and forcible sentence :—" Died for
their fatherland, April 2, 1801."

vey the 13th Light Dragoons from Portsmouth to Tur-
key, arrived at Spithead on Saturday afternoon, and
were towed to the dockyard jetty. The Negotiator
takes the head-quarters. The transports were inspected
by the Military Commander in-Chief of the South-
Western District (Major-Generalimpson, Lieutenant-
Governor of Portsmouth) on Friday, and would be
ready to embark the troops next day. The Mary Ann is
fitted up with 58 horse stalls in her hold. These troops
will be landed at a port in the Black Sea, and will not
touch at Malta or Gallipoli. unless compelled by stress
of weather. Nes. 36 and 33 transports arrived at Ports-
mouth on Friday, and will be towed into harbour.
The Philip Laing, No. 41, horse transport ship, with
the spare men and horses of Capt. Turner's field battery
on board, was taken out of the basin on Friday morning,
and left Woolwich for the Mediterranean and seat of
war in the East.
The London, No. 34, horse transport, was taken into
the basin on Friday, and the right division of Captain
Turner's field battery with the horses were embarked on
Saturday.
The Harbinger, hired steam transport, came down
the river on Friday, and is now taking on board at the
Royal Arsenal a large supply of ammunition for the use
of the British troops in the East.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wingfield succeeded last month in
purchasing upwards of 80 fine horses in Yorkshire and
Durham for the Royal Artillery, and they have all ar-
rived and been approved at head-quarters. The price
paid for horses fit for the horse artillery, or for field bat-
tery service, is now about 40 per cent. higher than at
this time last year, but that rise has been in some degree
compensated for by the great price given for horses re-
jected as unfit for further, duty in the garrison, or the
work for which horses are required in the Royal Arsenal.
Some of the cast off horses of the artillery service, consi-
dered not worth 505., were sold last week by auction in
London, and each realised from 181. to 201. each, and
were in great demand at those prices. It is now diffi-
cult to obtain a sufficient number of horses without going
to Scotland or Ireland.
The annual review of the Royal Lancashire Hussars
took place at Southport on Thursday. This fine body of
Yeomanry Hussars muster about 200 strong, and are all
athletic young men ; they were mounted on very good,
well-trained horses. At the conclusion of the evolutions,
Major Wardlow (Ist Royals) congratulated the com-
manding officer, Sir F. Gerrard, and the men of the re-
giment, upon the admirable condition in which it provad
itself to be.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have
issued instructions that sailors, natives of Finland,
taken prisoners of war by her Majesty's naval force
from on board Russian vessels, may be permitted to
enter the British merchant service ; they are, however,
not to be allowed to join any vessel hound north of the
British channel, or eastward of Gibraltar, iu the
Mediterranean.
On Saturday morning Sir William Parker hoisted his
flag, white at the main, as Commandenin-Chief of the
Port of Plymouth, on board the guard-ship Impregnable,
104, Captain A. Lowe, in Hansoaze, under a salute from
the Royal William, 120, Captain Kingcombe, which was
duly acknowledged by the flag-ship.
Admiral Ommanney, who entered the naval service
74 years, and has just retired from the command at Ply-
mouth, was escorted to the railway station on Saturday
by Major-General Sir Harry Smith, Captain Lowe, of
the Impregnable, Captain Kingcombe, of the Royal
William, and other naval officers, and left Plymouth by
the 3 p.m. train.
Among the passengers who departed from Southamp-
ton on Saturday by the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's steamship Simla were the following officers
attached to the British expedition in the East :—Colonel
Beatson, on special service Lieutenant-Colonel Cobb,
Majors Creagh and Conolly, Major Norther, Captain
Kilvington, Lieutenants Elliott and Davies, Surgeon
Stockley, a medical officer, and 18 men servants. The
Simla likewise takes out on deck 27 horses belonging to
Brigadier-General Scarlett and the officers of the Staff :
and a portion of her cargo comprises 300 tons of Govern-
ment stores, principally provisiote for the Black Sea
fleet, which are to be landed at. Malta, and thence con-
veyed toConstantinople by some of her Majesty's steamers.
The officers and their horses, as above, will be trans-
ferred at Malta to the Peninsular and Oriental screw
steamer Manilla, bound to Constantinople. The Manilla
left Southampton on the 2d inst., and it is expected will
reach Malta about the same date as the Simla.
The Portland, 50, Capt. Chads, flag of Rear-Admiral
Moresby, C. 8., returned to Spithead from the Downs,
on Friday, at 9 p.m., after turning her experienced crew
over to the St. George, 120. On Saturday afternoon her
freight, amounting to 200,000 dole. was landed at the
dockyard, and at 6 p.m. she left for Devonport to be
paid off. She took round about 50 invalids for Stone-
house Hospital, and a detachment of Royal Marines for
the screw ship Algiers, 91. It is reported that the Port-
land is to refit as flag-ship for the Brazils, under Rear-
Admiral Johnstone.
The Waterwitch, 8, Commander A. H. Gardener,
arrived at Spithead on Saturday afternoon from the
West Coast of Africa, and was instantly signalled to
continue her course for the Downs, to transfer her crew
(80) to the ships waiting there to convey them to the
Baltic for distribution among Sir Charles Napier's fleet.
Her news has been anticipated by the arrival of the
packet last week. The Waterwitch has been in com-
mission nearly three years.
The Powerful, 84, Captain Mansel, hoisted the pen-
dant at Portsmouth on Saturday, and will be fitted out
with the utmost expedition.
The Eurydice, 26, Captain Ommanney, completed the
adjustment of her compasses at Portsmouth harbour on
Saturday and bent sails, preparatory to dropping out to
Spithead this day or to-morrow.
The Resistance (old 42) transport and troop-ship,
Master-Commander Bradshaw, having taken in a great
quantity of stores at Portsmouth dockyard, sailed on
Saturday for Sheerness to ship more there for the fleets.
The Sprightly steam-tender, Acting Master-Com-
manderg h
storest e rm
wentfro
Allen, returned to Portsmouth from the Chan-
innetl lasto
Portsmouth
Friday
lan tdhe dockyardpev on
harbour
t
Devonport.
The Centaur, 11, paddle-wheel-frigate, Capt. Harvey,
whose crew was draughted into the screw two-decker
Majestic, in the Downs, was put out of commission at
Portsmouth on Saturday ; but she will have her ma-
chinery repaired and be advanced for re-commission.
The Lucifer steam-tug left Portsmouth on Saturday
morning for Pembroke dockyard, taking Mr. King,
Master of the St. Vincent, and a navigating party from
that ship, with riggers, to jury rig and navigate the
new?y-launched screw-corvette Hornet, 15, to Ports-
mouth, to he equipped for sea.
The Brisk, 14, screw-corvette, Commander Seymour,
got up her steam in the basin at Portsmouth to try her
engines on Saturday.
The steam-vessel Rhadamanthus arrived at Plymouth,
from Ireland, on Friday night. She is to tow to the
Thames the Russian barque Casio, captured on the 25th
of April off the Start by the steam-vessel Avon.
The hospital-ship Belleisle, 24, Captain Hook, for
service in the Baltic, has been towed into Plymouth
Sound.
The Comet steam-vessel was navigated round from
Woolwich to Portsmouth on Friday, in charge of Mr.
Pym, one of the masters of the Black Eagle.
One sergeant, one corporal, and 48 privates of the
Woolwich division of Royal Marines have been placed
under orders to hold themselves in readiness to proceed
to Portsmouth, and embark at that port, for service in
the Powerful, 84, commissioned by Captain Mansel.
One subaltern, one sergeant, one corporal, and 50
privates of the Chatham division, at present doing duty
at Woolwich, have also been placed under orders to pro-
ceed to Devonport, to embark there for service in the
Calcutta, 84, commissioned there.
The Otter, one of the flotilla of steam gun-vessels ap-
pointed to active service in the Baltic, has been commis-
sioned by Lieutenant Hunt, late of her Majesty's ship
St. George. She has completed her fittings, &c., at
Woolwich, and is expected to put to sea during the week.
The Medina, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, of 312-horse
power, has been commissioned at Woolwich by Lieu-
tenant-Commander Henry B. Beresford (1842), recently
in command of the Spy brigantine, when serving on the
West Coast of Africa station. Lieutenant-Commander
Beresford has arrived at Woolwich, taken up his com-
mission, and hoisted his pendant, and is now entering
petty officers, able and ordinary seamen, and stokers.
The Medina is to be employed as a steam gun-boat with
the fleet in the Baltic, under the command of Vice-Ad-
miral Sir Charles Napier.
The French line-of-battle ships Le Breslau, of 90 guns,
and Le Tage, of 100 guns, were riding in the Downs on
Monday last, the Ist inst., when they came is collision.
Le Breslau had 100 fathoms of chain out upon one
anchor, and the wind was blowing a hard gale from
S.W. to S.S.W. At about 9.30 p.m. Le Tage Caine
in collision, having drifted from her berth. Her anchor
had fouled during ,ide time, as appeared when it was
sighted afterwards. Le Tage came across the bows of
Le Breslau, carried away her jibboons and starboard cat-
bead, and otherwise damaged her, the jibboom of Le
Breslau reeving through the mainstays of the Tage, so
that to clear the ships the lanyards were cut away. The
main guardboard on the port side was considerably
damaged, and the quarter gallery also. The ships were
in collision for nearly an' hour, and then cleared by Le
Tage slipping her chain at the request of the Baltic pilot
on board the Breslau. By this act the ships were
parted, and thereby averted a very serious accident. The
spanker-boom of Le Tage was broken to facilitate the
clearing of the ships. No accident to any of the crews
fortunately took place.
The damage done to the Breslau will be completed in
time for her departure at 6 a.m. to-day. She will be as-
sisted from Sheerness by two Government steam-vessels,
which, if found necessary, will accompany her to the
Downs. Her officers on Saturday morning gave a
champagne breakfast to Colonel P. V. England, com-
mandant, and the whole of the Artillery officers sta-
tioned in Sheerness garrison.
Lieutenant-Commander Augustus G. E. Murray, late
of the Beleilsle hospital-ship at Devonport, as hoisted
his pendant on board the Cuckoo.
The Holyrood screw steam transport, P.C. Lovett, Com-
mander, arrived at Sheerness on Friday from Deptford
to complete her cargo of provisions for the Baltic fleet.
The Holyrood is a fine vessel admirably adapted for a
transport, combining stowage and speed. She carries
700 tons of provisions, and is chartered by the Govern-
ment from the Dublin and Limerick Steampacket Com-
pany. Mr. J. D. Pentin, Baltic pilot, had arrived here
to proceed with her to the Baltic by Admiralty order.
The Nile took her departure from the Sunk light-
vessel, on Wednesday evening last, for the north, under
steam and sail, with every prospect of a quick passage
to the Baltic, as her machinery was working most satis-
factorily, and she was going at the rate of about ten
knots, with the wind fair but light.
The Avon, steamer, Veitch, master, arrived at Ply-
mouth yesterday morning from the Downs, having on
board supernumeraries, two stokers, one petty officer,
and one seaman for the Jasper gun-boat, and other ships
fitting out at this port. The Portland had left the
Downs. The Fox and a steamer were the only men-of-
war there. On Friday, 260 men, with their mess traps,
were taken from the Fox by the Avon to the steamer.
The Avon spoke on the passage, about 15 miles off the
the Isle of Wight, a fine screw-steamer, supposed to be
the Miranda, looking out for prizes.
The Himalaya is be ready to take cavalry on board
about the 20th inst. The whole of her fore cabins on
the main deck are being taken down, and in their place
stalls for the horses will be put up. The Himalaya will
accommodate 350 to 400 horses, a like number of men,
and 20 officers. It is expected the whole of them will
be embarked from Southampton, as that port is said to
be the only oee it England where the horses can walk
straight on board so large a ship from the wharf. We
may also add that that port has obtained a pre-eminence
over every commercial place from the facilities it has
afforded for the embarkation of soldiers. The whole of
the military sent from Southampton have come direct on
board the several steam transports from the dock wharfs
alongside win sh they were moored. From Liverpool
and oi er ports the men have had to be put on board in
boats, and have experienced inconveniences which have
not been found at Southampton.
The Harkaway transport, No. 39, with horse artillery
ftmil Portsmouth, which struck on a sunken rock in
Torbay, was towed from Plymouth Sound to Hamoaze
and floated into Keyham on Friday. She was docked
on Saturday, and had her defects made good with all
despatch.
The transports Mary Ann (No. 42) and Negotiator
(No, 50), forming two of the squadron taken up to eon.

meats, and, being supported by than, I hate lei a .
greater claim to expect from you that confidence which
--I may conscientiously say it with my hand upon my
heart—l am deserving. Orators frequently make use of
a figure of speech, by which they compare the cause of
a nation to a ship tossed upon the waves of a stormy
sea. I cannot, in the present instance, employ a more
appropriate simile. What craft was ever tossed by
greater misfortunes and calamities than ours! In an
almost permanent and frequently very cruel war, at
every moment on the point of being swallowed up, can
we rely upon the only means of rescue ? Can we anti-
cipate a safe landing if our craft is commanded by two
or more authorities, opposed to each other, if she is
steered into two opposite directions, and has two helms
to answer ? It is no easy matter, indeed, to keep up
discipline and unity when an auxiliary material power
is wanting. Yet this deficiency might be supplied
amongst us by interior conviction, by a self-imposed,
honest determination, directed to one common ob-
ject. This is required of us by our country for the
sake of her rescue. The attempt of forming two op•
posed legions, which, as von know, has been started
at Constantinople, is such' a malicious, hateful, and,
to present exigencies, as well as to the future pros-
pects of Poland so detrimental an idea, that it can
only be supported and hailed by those who are bent
upon our annihilation. Two camps will never conduct
us to our country ; for their antagonistical efforts would
throw into the country, at its very revival, anarchy,
strife, and civil war, and produce distrust, ill will, and
contempt amongst the nations who are now our best
friends. It is not necessary to remind you, or the ma-
jority of the Poles, of these truths. I receive, as I
have already mentioned, numerous, and, in this respect,
very satisfactory assurances, for which I feel it my
duty to express my most sincere thanks. But there
are likewise, on the other hand, efforts opposed to
union and concord, by which many of our impatient
young countrymen are seduced, and which it behoves
us to check. I, however, repeat these obvious truths,
were it even for the smallest minority, for I would fain
convince everyone of their vital importance, and thus
gather them into one cordially united body, which would
then be mighty and strong indeed. The confidence shown
to me, and the remembrance of services rendered during
a very long life, have put me in a position where the en-
trusted authority will be exercised for the benefit of
the refugees, as well as for promoting the future des-
tinies of Poland. To preserve and strengthen that au-
thority is a sacred duty ; to desert it would be treason
against our country It hath pleased God to grant me
strength enough to address you thus, notwithstanding
my advanced age. My position, acquired by diligent
and faithful labour of forty years, is Poland's property,
which cannot be allowed to be impaired or destroyed.
Whoever is desirous of securing a halo and hearty
national life, free from marasmus, trance, and convul-
sions, let him support and join me. • My position, how-
ever, is not a bed of roses, le- it is burdened with im-
mense and heavy responsibility, and an incessant anxiety
about everything being attended to p:operly, and nothing
omitted or forgotten, which frequently deprives rue of
rest. But neit er the heavy responsibility nor the toil,
however great, can ever be as painful and as grievous
to me as the thorns and wounds inflicted by the
hands of my own countrymen. Besides, I consider
myself in my position only as long as necessary
to the nation, as its destiny is uncertain and over-
whelmed with difficulties, and until the future indeprnd-
ence of Poland is secured by providential circumstances,
When this fervently desired object is once obtained,
the kingdom of Poland will most probably become the
object of negotiations. The powers of Europe having
emancipated Poland will then decide between them-
selves, as they have done with Belgium and Greece,
who is to reign over it ; and these negotiations may be
the means of accelerating the conclusion of the peace,
and of facilitating the adjustment of conflicting claims.
But if, by some fortunate event, a prince of some reign-
ing family was to put himself at our head, and brought
us, with the prestige of his name assistance in warlike
stores, I should be most happy to encourage him in
this goodly undertaking, and secure to him my support
and my services, I belong, gentlemen, to a family who
never had any longings for such high distinctions, and
amongst whom the glory of sacrifices and proved dis-
interestedness was always valued beyond all others.
May only our poor Poland be free and prosperous—and
if it should please God to prolong my life until they fer-
vently desired moment, I will be sufficiently rewarded,
and requre nothing else. I as well as all true Po4es
never did, never will, aim beyond that.