_ cover goods-waggons are sent, with it large . temporary tents and huts, impervious to wet, . or destroyed by water. i HASZARD’S GAZETTE, JANUARY 31. BALAOLAVA RAILROAD. The last division of Navvies bound for1 work in the rimea—lcft for the scene of operations. The vessels ccnve ing them, an to coastructt c railway from Balahlavn to the trenches before Sc- , tb"l°P?l’p~°°fl|i|¢l tlfrselyen steam-ships and ' wo Isl vesse .e t e e ate tonna e °r5‘9,l “'5-‘Btu’ HCEE: gower. In-I-rs-ll out--i-t-, srisoo tons ofrails and fifllflflll 3. ax” sleepers, 600 loads of tim- 59". ll" pbout 3000 tons of other material and machinery, consisting of fixed engines, Crane’. Pile engines, truck waggons, bar- rows, blocks, cain-falls, wire-rope, icks, ha": “Pnulli Cribs, and a variety of’ other plant and tools; besides sawing-lnachines, lorgel. carpenters’ and smiths’ tools Ste. This material is distributed over the difl'c- rent vessels in such a manner that should any onp orjtwo vespels be lost or disabled, it will _ - a -' -_ "° ' ., uftheivhole. The “ml” °°'"°Y I III parties of 50 or 8), Workman; each party under the charge of "' f°"°'“3“ ‘Dd llllstsut; as well as a surgeon “_’ "°h_"°"°lt and a clerk to attend to the "'°l“°-"'08 8013 care of the stores. The al- lowance of provision. will be on a liberal Scale; both of the same description as usu- f‘“.V '"Pl}l|°d _to ships’ crews. Each man II supplied with clothing suitable for the voyage and for the service he will have to.perform on his arrival, as follows:—-l P‘“"l°‘! big. I ainted suit, 3 coloured cot- ton shirts. 1 Incl shirt (red), I flannel 51"" (“’l"l°). l flannel belt, 1 pair moleskin "‘°“99|‘5t 1 lnoldskin vest lined with se e, l fear-nought slop, l liusey drawers, 1 b ue °l‘flV_|t. I blu_e worsted cravat, 1 pair of l°g8|flg9. 1 pair of boots, 1 strap and buckle, 1 bed and pillow, l pair of mitts, I portable stove for every ten men, I rug and blanket, l_pair of blankets, ] woollen coat, 1 pair of waterproof boots, I pair fisherman’s boots, 1 pair grey stockings, and 2 pounds of to- bacco for present use. By the above ll“. it will observed, that each man is provided with a painted waterproof bag, capaple of containing his kit, and also three days provisions; no boxes or lumber of any kind being allowed. The fishcrman’s boots, reaching to the knee, are for their use on b°*“'d. as well as in wet weather in the Crimea. But, besides, there is a pair of P“ strongly nailed boots, commonly called navvles' boots, to be served out to each man on_ arrival in the country. One hundred pairs of long boots, reaching to the hip, are also provided for the use of parties requir- ng to work in the water. Besides ten huts, each capable of housing 40 men, 100 rail- way sheets or covers generally used to quantity of boards and scantlings, with the and not easily inflammable which can in ii. few hours be erected and as easily removed. The sheets will also afford temporary cover- in to provisions or fuel likely to be injured Coal, coke, and firewood are also furnished in large quan- tities. To each party of tell a cooking stove, of a ver portable but cfiicient cila- racter, is provided, which will boil, bake, and fry in the open air. The stall‘ consists of one chief engineer and three assistants, one accountant and clerk, one stoi'-ekeeper and 'clerk,besides foreman and time-keepers. Whilst ever thing is provided to render their work 6 cieiit, the sanitary condition of the men has not been forgotten, the medi- cal stall‘ cousin of a surgeon, four assistant surgeons, and four nurses, selected from the first hospitals in London. n ample stock of medical stores and comforts is provided, and a lar e number of Dean and Adam’s revolvers liave also been provided in case any of the workmen should need them. Two railway missionaries will likewise ac- company the men, and a selection of books is provided for their use. On arriving at Balaklava, one of the sailing ships will be appropriated as a store and hospital ship, the rest of the squadron will be employed as circumstances may render expedient. Emuonimsnr or run Esrlas MILITIA. —It is intended to call out the whole of the Militia regiments of the United Kingdom, including the Irish as well as Scotch Militia.-—Alrcady sixty-four English and Welsh regiments are embodied, and sixteen more are ordere out, making eighty out of the hundred of England and Wales. The remaining twenty will make the last batch. The number of men authorised by Parliament for this part of the local force is 80,000, whilst the number for Scotland is l0,0(Il, and for Ireland 30,000.—If out of tllese,80,000 can be ot together, it will be an outside number. ome l5,000 of the better pre ared Militia regiments will gar- rison the editerranean colonies, requiring afourth more to remain at home for the purposes ofdepots and keeping up the force abroad. Thus, 20,000 are provided for. The remaining 60,000 will be required for home duty, in conjunction with the depots of the re ular army, and for volunteering into the fiine. It is expected, that sufiicient fortified places, and of addin to the most im' portant of them an entrenche camp, capable o . accommodatinga division of infantry. In fact; it is stated that this system of entrenched camps is to be carried out on a larp mic. 9;D_ extend from (Ironstsdt to most of the mlllhry positions in Poland. This among other matters. is tllc cause of the visit 11125118 G_csler Dehgm, the governor of the town a dtidel of Cronsaldt to Field-Marshal Paekiswltsch at Warsaw, in order to confer wmth him on a grand plan of defence for the w ole length of the Vistula, and thence to Nev_a, in case of an invasion during the ensuing campaign. 8 A'l"I'ACK ON THE FRENCH BATTERIES. e Courier dc Marseilles, ofthe 28th ultimo, publishes the following letter from the seat of war: . Baroili»: SIBASTOPOL, Dec. 12.—I have very little to communicate to on, and were it not for two sorties made b the Russians against the Froncli batteries, t c monotony of our life would not have been interrupted. On Sunday, the 10th. about half- at ei ht o’clock, p. m.. the night being ver rk an stormy, the wind blowiuga re ular urricane, a lug bodyof thcenemysiil iedout of Sebastopol by shat ry he rdens, opposite the most advance works 0 the French. Favoured by the obscuri- ty, the Russians had approached within fort yards of the French batteries when the alarm was given, but before our troops could be ready. the enemy rushed forward, and some of them had even succeded in scaling the perapets of the batteries. The surprise, however, was O "'0 av- only inolnentary. The Russians who netreted into the works were all killed, and e French to the number of 700 or 800, charged the re- mainder with thc bayonet. The Russians, thrown into the greatest confusion,lled towards their lines, leaving several hundred killed, wounded, and prisoners in the hands of the French, who ursued them to the very walls of the place. A l the forts opened fire to protect the retreat, but, owing to the darkness and the nature of the ground, the French suffered no material loss. At one o'cloc a. m., strong detachments of the Russian infantr eflbcted a second sortie, with a view to is the French from the sitions the had taken. On their approach, t e latter retired in silence and ispersed among the neighbouring ruins. The Russians continued to advance, but meeting none of our soldiers they thou ht they hit returned to their camp, when ad of a sudden the French opened upon them a deadly fuell- hide. The enemy, so cruelly sur rised, was compelled to retreat, and re-enters the city in the greatest disorder. was a real sauve gun‘ I. All the batteries of the place then began to tire, and the shots so close y followed each other, that the whole sky was illuminated and the ground trembled under our feet. This frightful uproar gave me an idea of hell. In all those attacks the French, had not more than 40 men pla s dc combat. t two o’clock all was again tranquil. The Russian loss must have been 300 men. Our troo s ve mounted the artillery they lately received in their third parallel, and they are ready to open tire with 00 guns, amen which are several mortars of the heaviest call The French will, however, wait, until the English be plreparedto operate. The French had taken t sir precautions be- fore the bad weather set in, b constructing a good military road between K arson and their camp, so that they were able to t up in the time their amunltien and, provisions of every sort. The English. unfortunately, were less provident; but their allies came to their assist- ance, and worked dagfind night to construct a this stone road from laclava to their camp. They, moreover, lent their horses and mules for the conveyance of their srtille It has been admitted by all the English 0 cars that, while their horses prrpnsent a wretched a pear- ance, those of the h are in a 1hr ctter condition than the day they landed in the Cri- mes. nr Allies cannot understand how our men and horses enjoy such good health. Before the end of the week, the English will have pla- ced eighty uns in position. They have resol- vedto esta lish a second psral cl. The two batteries constructed at Inkerman are admira- bly situated, and two redoubts will soon be erected on the bill which commands them. Those batteries are to be armed with four 18- inch mortars and twelve 32 pounders. This position is tobc defended b the French and the two rcdoubts b the Eng ish. The redoubts are to mount four inch mortars, ten 32 und- ers,and other guns of long range. Al this artillery will be so disposed, as to fire upon all the points of the city, particularly upon the port. e reckon on these new works to des- troy and burn the Russian fleet. The due weather has fortunately returned, the wind has ceased, an mperature i ' French lent their ambulance wagons to the English for the conveyance to Balaclava of the sic . who are to be embarked for Scutari. The English frequently visit the port of Khcrson, which,as you know, is the French port. The are surprised at the order we have established there. The French navy has constructed several landing-places, one for the cavalry, another for the infantry, and a third for ammunition and provisions. At Balaclava, the service is not so well or niscd. General Canrobcrt and the other chietli inspect the troops eve day; they visit the hospitals, regardless of t c weather, ~their resence euimates the soldiers and con- soles t c sick. so. 13.—-The enemy made another sortie last night a inst the French lines. At nine o’clock, Russians sallied out again from the Garden Battery, but finding the French prepared to receive them, they made a move- ment as if the intended to attack in think one of the Englis batteries. The English being also on their guard, the assailants met with a warm reception, and were obliged to retreat in great disorder. I think they will now leave us quiet for some time, for they have been un- fortunate in all their nightly expeditions. The divis' n of General Liprandl has not alto ther barracks will soon be ready for the whole number; sooner, in fact, than the men can be rocured. In the military colonies of Mata, Gibraltar, and Corfu, the Militia regiments will do the garrison duty. At Malta, in addition, it is intended to have a reserve force of regulars in training, and ready for immediate embarkation to any point where their services may be required in the field. We understand that already it most lively competition is displayed by the Militia regiments longest enrolled, for the first turn of garrison service in the Mediterranean. Sriisivornsrilito run Foa-rlrian Pucss IN Russia. —Lctters from St. Petersburg state,that several councils have lately taken place there under the presidency of the Minister at War with the attendance of the naval and milita oflccrs commanding in the Gulf of Finlsn and its. shores. Thssc councils recognised the necessity of strengthening and augmenting the various I. aban oncd the neighbourhood of Bela lava. Part ofit is cncampecl about a league from its former position, 25,000 men quartered a little to the south, and a division of between 15,000 and 18,000 men has strongly entrenched itself near Inkcrman. It is gcnerall believed, that the Russians intended to attac our advanced bat- teries in that direction. The s ifanncr of that General has lately received reinforcements, and he has now upwards of 40,000 men. The 3tth English Regiment coining from Corfu has arrived, an 4 French have landed at Khcrson. The moment all our reinforcements have arrived we shall, in all probability, march against the Russian army in the field. Akussus Siiau. Porno INTO an Elva- i.lsa Gus.-The Artillery have taken ad- vantage of the fine weather to bring up two- inch mortars, and the French have drag- ged u five cannon; they b an to repair our atforms yesterday in the batteries, whic looks as if they intended to have 71" another Ilrtlfi. sit t _ 2- Our last 68- jsundcr on the left ck was disabled two days ago in a curious manner. It was a ship gun, and the sailors had loaded. and were standing by ready to fire, when a shell from one of the Russian guns, entered the muzzle. The concussion sent our gun oil’ and at the same time the enemy's shell burst inside the gun, tearing two or three feet oftlle lip to pieces. lsuw the gun yesterday in the trenches, all jagged and splintered. Not one of the eight sailors was touc e . STATE OF AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 20th, in the Coiistilutioniiel, says,-—" The heslih of the Em- ress is very llcr sons, Nicholas and biichael, have. on her pressing solicitations, been recalled from the Crimes by a special order from iinpercr. They went direct to Gatschina, where the Court is residing, and are only to leave in a few days. The side-de-camp of the Grand Duke Michael, who was wounded at Iulisrmann, has received leave of absence for eight months to recover his health. a pro ted the Prince 5 o ,1 against the eticmy’s balls, and was at last seriously wounded. During the last few days the Emperor has not come to St. Petersburg. Christmas will not be very gay this year. The furious enemies of the West make declsmalions in the Russian journals against the purchase of French and English articles for presents. ' prices of these articles have risen incredibly high. To make up the deficit resulling from the Treasury by the diminution of the duties on foreign imports. the Minister of Finance, M. de Brock,hss had recourse to various cxpedients. The plies of salt, for example, has been coil- sidcrably increased in a great part of the empire, and a recent uksse providcs for llle augmentation of the revenue from the mono oly of tobacco. The Minister of the Interior, oullt Panin, on his part. animated with the same financial zeal, excites by different measures, and especially by the direct action of Government functionaries an the clergy, the pstrioiic enthusiasm of the people, so as to cause them to make voluntary donations. 'l'lius, for example, when, in ii province, is con- tiisctor for the sale of liquors, which is a Govern- lncnt monopoly, does not make a voluntary sacrifice of solnc hundred quarts of spirits of wine for the troops on the march, it is certain. that the contract wil not be prolonged. The fanaticism of the people is excited by different means: bill it great many people are now already learning to make adistiociion between the interests of the country andihose of Czarism. It is only when the Government fears to cause misery and famine that it lessens somewhat the rigour of its fiscal measures. Thus, in Finland, it has not dared yet to prohibit the exportation of hemp, flax, pitch, and timber, as it has prchibiled the export of the raw material of the smith of Russia. The Government appears decided to defend Sebsstopol with all its disposable forces. The Ministers Nesselruds, Dolgoronki. and Paula have a great deal to do. The former liss had to abandon his svonritc pleasure of playing at whirl and ombre ; Dolgcrculli is required to resent every day an ncrease of the army; and min to resent s new register of voluntary donations. nfoiiuuatcly, most of these sugmeniaticns only figure on sper." Tn: Youxc Bitirlsn 0mcsas.—Previous to the war, luxury and indulgence appeared to have reached a point the most extravagant. Young men and elderly men seemed to vie with one another in providing means of inordinate self-gratification. The club-houses of the me- tro lis became joint-stock palaces of refined an elaborate luxuriousness. If, on the Derby day, or 0ak’s day of 1853, one had walked into St. James’s street about 11 o'clock in the morn- in , there were to scan the young men of fee ion with their admirably appointed car- riqges, preparing for the sports of the day, an most of them with blue veils tied round their hats, intended to be used as guards for their complcxion,when encountering the sun and dust of the road. If one walked on to the Army and Navy Clubhouses in Pall-Mall, the most prcposterously luxurious of all the laces in that neighbourhood, there were other similar ups.—Among all these young men, thou h in the dross of civilians, were officers of t e regiments which have been rforming such astonishln feats of valor! T cse young men, who thong t it necessary to guard their faces from the sun of a British summer day, are the sanle who have lain in their tents upon the heights above Sehasto l, scarcely a eltercd from the cold damps o it November night, and have started with alacrity at the first sound of the morniu . to lead their men into the most a terrible con lots that ever soldiers were engaged in, and to face death in every terrible aspect that death can assunie.-—Londan paper MINISTERIAL Ciilsis—Tltr¢alened Resig- nalt'on.—ln well informed circles the impres- sion is general, that a ministerial crisis i at hand, if it has not actually arrived. Lord John Russell, it appears, and a party who act with him in the Cabinet, are determined not to incur the responsibility of acting further with the men to whom the manage- ment of the War Department has been con- fided. The vague rumour of Cabinet dis- sension has at length assumed a definite shape. The Lord President of the Council has demanded, it is said, the removal of the Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Sydney Her- bcrt from the posts for which they have proved themselves so miserably disqualified, and the dismissal of those poor incapables involves the retirement of the remainder of the “ gang," including, of course, the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord John Russell can neither have forgotten nor forgiven the slight to himself and the great party he rep- resents, of placing every oliice connected with the War Department in the hands of the Peelite clique, while Whigs have been carefully excluded. The few men of ability and experience in the Cabinet have been compelled to look on, while their incompe- tent colleagues were blundcring along their ruinous course; and they had the satisfac- tion of reflecting, that although they were powerless to control the mischief daily ac- cumulating throwh the ignorance and pre- sumption of the ar Ofiice, they were held accountable for it by the country at large. It is not sur rising, therefore, that Lord John Russel should have resolved no longer to peril the remnant of the expedi- tion in the Crimea, and his own reputation as a statesman, by an association with the most incompetent and erversc Ministry who ever scrambled to 0 cc. The advantages which the people of 010 United States expected to have derlvedfrom the war in the East have not been reallz,ed' on the contrary, it has serlvlflly 0'70“ . stagnation and bankrupfcy among them. When the contest first couimeuced between Russian despotism on the one hand, it justice and moral advanceiilcut, as exhibttod hy the Western Powi.-_rs, on the 0ll|0". 0"" Republican friends vulllly indulged the hope that they would be in the position of the fox while the two sturdier animals were con- tending for the prize, they lliiagllled that piriltical vessels bearln the Russian flag would swarm the seas, that British colli- merce would be sadly molested, and that they would have the carrying trade almost exclusively in their own hands. l_ilIl. lllefie anticipations have not been reullzed,_ the vigilance and activity of the allied cruisers having effectually prevented any depreda- tioiis upon their commerce. once _W6 find, that the American papers are altering tllcir toile, and that the most rnbid among them are earlicstly wishing for the return of peace. This, however, cannot be ex- pected, until Russia has been completely hunibled:—the Crimea will be wrested from her grasp, and the fortifications of Sebasto- ol, it is said, will lie-razed to the ground, leaving nothing but the site of the city. Ir. Evans, an American, writes from St. Petersburg to the New Bedford Mercury, under date Nov. 1, as follows:—- Iani confident that we shall have ace by the let of April next, or a general uro- pcnn war. If peace is not concluded by spring, the campaign will be continued by the allies on a gigantic scale, and we may expect to see the French and English armies in St. Petersburgh and Moscow. The Russians will show a good front, but they cannot stand before all Europe, or even the French and English alone, if they sllould put their whole force against Russia. The Queen has been pleased tocorpinnnd that, asa mark of her l\lajesty‘s recogllltiori of the meritorious services of the non-coiuiuissioned ollicers of the army under the command of Field Marshal Lord Ra lan, in the recent bril- liant operations in t lo Crimea, the Field Marshal submit, through the General Coni- manding-in-Chief. the name of one sergeant of each regiment of Cavalry, of the three batalions of the Foot Guards, and of every regiment of in- fantry of tin line, to be promoted to a cornctcy or cnsigncy, for her Majesty's approval aud,wit I the view to render immediately available the services of these meritorious men, ller Majesty has directed that the Field Marshal do appoint, provisionally and pending her Majesty's plea- si-re, tllc sergeants so recommended, to regi- ments in the army under his command; and her Majesty has further been graciously pleased to signify her intention that, on the several recommendations receiving her Majesty's ap- roval, the commission shall in each case bear ate the 5th November, 1854. Her Majesty has also been pleased to com- mand that. one sergeant in each regiment of cavulr and infantr , and of each battalion of Foot iuards and tie Rifle Brigade serving in the East, in the Crimea or elsewhere, under the command of Field Marshal Iord Raglan, shall be selected by the commanding oficer and recommended for the grant of an annuity not exceeding £20, rcvided that the aggregate of grants now ina c, and to be made, shall not exceed £4,000 in any one car. And further that the commanding oficer of each regiment of cavalry shall be allowed to recommend one sergeant, two corporsls, four privates, and the commanding ofiicer of each regiment of infantry, and of each battalion of Foot Guards, and of the Rifle Brigade shall be allowed to recommend one sergeant, four cor- porals, and ten privates, to receive a medal and gratuity of For ii. sergeant, £15 For it corporal, 10 For a rivatc, 5 The Gratuity to be placed in tho Regimental Savings’ Bank, there to remain in deposit at interest until his discharge. OBITUARY. The great biographer of Sir Walter Scott, ‘ems IBSON tar, is no more. e died in the 65th year of his age. He early aban- doned the profession of Law to engage in lite- rary pursuits. He contributed some articles to lackwood’s Magazine, which first broil ht him under the notice of Sir W. Scott, 18 8, after his return from study in German . He was employed about this time by the llan- tynes to write the historical rt of the “ Edin- bur Annual Register,”an his first published work, issued soon after, was entitled “ Peter’s Letters to his Kinsfolk,” which was a series of sketches of notable personages of Edinburgh, which contained a deal of caustic satire. In 1820, the same ear of his marriage with Sop,hia, Scott's edest daughter, he ublighed “ alerius, a Roman Stor ,” a , followed by “Reginald Dalton," “ Adam Blair,” and “ Gilbert Earl," all novels of eat interest. Early in 1825 he issued his “ Li c ofBurns," as a. contribution to Com!sbIe's Miscellany, then newly started. Durin this car he removed to London, and succec ed Gi rd as the editor of the Quarter! , and conducted that journal with marked a ility, although his articles are justly chargeable with harshness, severity, and prejudice. llis “ ifs of ott," furnishes materials which make its standard work in English Biogreph . Besides these works, his “Ancient Spenis Ballads” will long be re- membered and admired. Left uite alone in his old age, his only remainin daughter llnving become a Roman Catholic rcc Ilse, his situation was desolate and cheerlcss in the extreme. A Loi_idon Correspondent of the Traveller thus wri s- “ In person Locksrt was slight and handsome. In manners very gcntlcmsnl . A turn for the satirical, lhndlh touch of t e cynic perhaps, obscured the real kindness of his nature. His slicer was dreaded; but Ican bear witness from it hundred occasions, that he was a warm friend to many who never knew whence the services emanated. Where best known he was most esteem . Be this his true epitaph. It is the tcstimon of one who knew him long and intimately. ’ The Rev. Dr. Kitto, who had been sulfcrin ill health for some time, ended his usefu career on the 25th of November, at Canstsdt, near Stuttgard, whether he had nc in hopes of recovery by foreign travel. r.Kitto will be long remembers by the Christian ublic, on account of his contributions to iblical G-4 _ . their commerce, and causal llercllllllfi‘ literature. His works on the Holy [‘,,:,d\ those illustrative of_the Antiquities and Hf.‘ of Scrl ture, (said bile rsctical, eapsi 0 tie 'sx areof ' ubm a lht of his’. bliscatig , " vo. ; It with Atlas. roy. 8vo. : " History of l2ino; “ Pictorial" ditto, 2 vols. my V0 _ “Lost Senses, Deafness and Blindness," 2 ‘.01’ ' 18mo.; " Physical Geography of the " land,” 2 vols. l8mo_. ; “ Pictorial Life ol'l,?,l,’ Saviour,” 4to.; Scrl ture Lands and Blblr Atlas,” l2mo. ; “ The borneele and its P3,“: ture," -Ito. He also established and ccndumd until within two years, “ The Journal ' cred Literature." which has since pngged mo the hands of Rev. G Burgess. Sir Joseph Paxton, the designer ofthe Cry, tal Palace, has been elected to represent Coven. try in Parliament without opposition. The Glasgow contribution to the Patriotic Fund amounts to £37, . AMERICAN NEWS. Cuila—-It appears that the Governmem and people of the United States now despai. of acquiring possession of Cuba, by hook or by crook. The New York Herald lhu; wrltes:— One thing is certain, General Pierce 1",, abandoned all idea of obtaining Cuba, for 1],, premll at least, eilhcr by purcltaseorcon. quest. The hopes of the Cubans, which were raised in anticipation of moral aid from the government of the United States, are blasted. And even those who clung to the President as a man of nerve in on, foreign relations—-and were willing to con- sider his failures at home were more the re. sult of accidents than fault-—now bitterly complain ofhis weakness und his abandon. lnent of the policy which they were led to believe would, ulider all circumstances, be adhered to. There is reason to believe that it firm course on the part of the government of the United States would have so expedi. ted matters in the island, that ere this Spain would gladly have accepted even a more moderate compensation for the loss of her tottering power than would willinglv have been given by this country. Bllt tlfe moment has passed by—the weakness of the President, alsying all it touches, and the strength ofhlarcy, have laid builds upon the flickering torch of libelty in . Cuba, and English policy and European diplomacy are triumphant. The Steamship North Star, from Aspin- wall, arrived at New York on Wednesday morning, havin about 200 passengers, $l,ll9,6:Z3 in gold, and the California mails to December 16, hrou ht down to Panama by the steamship John Stephens. . Naw Guano Dlscovi:alas.—The follow- ing is an extract from a letter from Gtluyn. qull, published in the Panama Star:—“A seamen applied to M. P. Game, Esq., U. Consul, some days since, for relief, stating that he had deserted from ii whaling ship, and, on his passage to this on, land- ed on the islalid of La Plata. Boring his search for birds’ eggs, he found what be supposed to be guano. Mr. Game charter- ed a vessel, and proceeded tothc island, where he found guano to exist,’ according to his bstimatc, to the amount of five hun- dred thousand tons. I understood the an- chorage is good, the water smooth, and that vessels may lie in ten fathoms within forty yards of the base of the clifl‘. He also discovered a lar e quantity to exist on another island. a fact, the discovery ap- pears of _such importance that it causesa great excitement." in "_NaurILus 8ai.i.."’—0ne day last week an sxlilhiiion was made, from a ship in the harbor. of the perfection in which the art of coiisirucliu and employing diving bells liss been carried‘. be ap arstus tested is called the "Nautilus Diving ell." _ It is provided with sii-tight coin- partments, which hold either air or water. as sscenl oi descent is required: and is so ballsslcd that, when filled with water, buoyancy is destroy- ed, and the machine gradually sinks. Expel the water from the tanks, and the mnhing comes of course at once to the surface. By opening a valve near the bottom of the bell, the water enters through a pipe into the tanks; the air It the same time escaping through a valve at the "P. °P¢Iied or closed by the operator at will. . nt is thus effected. On the contrary, let an be turned into the tanks, escape at top close and valves at bottom 0 coed, water is ex elled and ascent secured. o raise heavy weights, a greater or less amount of water is expelled. Suspension chsins attached to weight imnipdiately lighten; machine and weight beeoiae buoyant. and than by cables attached to anchors working ‘l“'°“Ih slufling boxes, our windlssscs may 50 lrsnsportedio any desired spot, and there do- res communication may be held with the bottom through an opening ofbgqpggn twelve _ 7003. according to size of be". closed by an iron door, and second 5 'l"““'l"ll “'9 0001' blfilt. In eqnilibr utn bstlw‘ air and water may be attained at any depth, by grealer or less amcunls of air as determined b suitable guages permanently fastened in the hel . Siiclrls the ingenious mechanism of this wonderful conlnvance. “ Til: Naw-Yoilir Ul'rlzI:N."—.lohn Mitchell has wlihdrswn from the editorship of the Citizen- Fsiling eyesight is among the reasons for this step. He is also, it is said, convinced that his personal identification with the paper has boon injurious to lll prosperity. is course in reglfd to slavery lost 10,000 subscribers, and his WI! on Bishop Hughes several thousands more. MI’- Mitchcll declares his intention to remain lii entire obscurity for at least " four” ears. e wil contribute, however, to the Citizen, mainly on literary topics; and always under his own signature. The paper will he conducted hereafter by Mr. Clcnehsn, who has been counseled Will lls editorial department from the beginning.- 0“ mm‘! “lllht in Boston,a destructive In occurred on School street. in what is called Ill‘ “ Newspaper Exchange.” yihich, destroyed lh0 offices of lhc -' Pulitsn lleeeidsr" slid the " NOV England Farmer." A teiii rsry suspension of bulb those journals is the y cceseiossd.