... I HOW TO IDESTROY RUSSIAN I | FORTRESSES. Mr. i. C. Slimmonds, in a letter to the Morning 4A vertiser says: ?? are aware of the tremendous explosive panver of deto- Dating silver, being more than fnrty times the strength of guui- onder. This is the agent with which I propose to destroy the fet and fortifications of Sebastopol. m y plan, to make it available without scarcely any risk, is this A ...

... Guns. power. E Duke of Wellington, Captain Caldwell; flag of g Rear-Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dnndas,O.B.; Captain of the Fleet, the Hon. F. T. Pelham 131 700 D Exmouth, Captain W. E. Hall, flag of Rear- I - Admiral Michael Seymour ?? ?? 1 400 Retribution, Captain Fisher, flag of Rear- Admiral R0. L. Baynes ?? - 8 40D - royal George, Captain Codrington, ?? 102. 400 James Watt, Captahl George ...

... LAUNCa OF Two FLOATING BA;TThIEs.-Oa Tuesday slel afternoon, two large screw floating batteries, called the ties Meteor and the Thunder (constructed for the govern- the ment), were launched from the yard of Messrs. C. J. Marc ?? and Co., at Blackwall. These floating batteries, or enor. Cit mous gunboats, as they may be called, present a very her imposling appearance. Their length between the ...

... ?? ?? . ?? ?? ?? ?? - - .1- .1 - - - - - ?? - - - . ?? [B3Y T~EE BaITcSEV AMDO~ SUBMARINE TLEGRAPH1.] ?? BOMBARDW1~NT OF SEBASTOPOLW c it was said in Pgris thus evening (Monday)that'a, 'A iopatoh, dated the-9th instant, from General Clarobert;, .announced that the bomlsardment of Sebastopol, bad L coommenced on the StisIand that it wasstill con',inued en .0 te 1th, henthe despatch was sent off ...

... WAYVR TRFE LOCAL BOA1RD uF HREALTH. ,3 VYA V LiW4Ar JUIu 1 J DaSx UA a ?? ta'n Lain e Tbe usual ronthly merting of tbis board was held last the eovening , In the absene of the Rev. Wlbiaml Bidnall, the bur, n chairnioa, through illness, Mr. Thoimas Chalfer prcsidel. The fiou iL other members present Were Messrs. Halhaed, Picton, Auder. HIee toss, Gore, Davis, Clarke, Hill, and ?? the nmotibn ...

... rTOWN'S MEETING 'AT ST. HELEN'S1. aillg I yctotrday, a large oald inflosentlil meeting of tho ratopayere is of St. iiealene anti the neighbourhood was hield at the Town were lital, for the purpoasi of considerhig a report of Mr. Johnson, U1 I the law-clxrlc, with referonce to the above bill. Mir. JOhG insto IMarsh, the obeirmonai of the local commissioners, oceupied the Rus, chair, end a ...

... METEOROLOGICAL RESULTb DBDUCED FROM OBSBIVATIONBTAREN AT TEB LIVERPOOLOBSERVATORY, During the week ending SaturdaV, April 7, 1555. Latitude,53S24'48N. Longitude, 3'O'1' W. STATE OF THE ATMOSPHERE. zone(0-10),at p.m. | ?? | pal fro N.: an, bol 0 Ozone(Oo), at 9 a.m. j ?? C W oo t Timeoccpsl o~oo > cf C a ollottlingauge I a Mr 0 80ft.abvegrouud | Sat 4, o al olota : 2C 001>l4- C moon of air. : ...

... TILE LIB6RAL REGISTRATION ASSOCIATION. Dun contemporary the 6axelte favours his readers this week *-,wtth another leader on the affairs of this assocIation. In -the nesin he does not impugn the accuracy of the simple nrration of facts which we felt it last week expedient to give as a corrective of his bellicose effusion of the previous Wed- neoday; there are, however, one or two points upon ...

... lortip PWITYCAM - - . .1 [Continued from the Supplement.] THE BOMBARDMENT OF SEB&STOPOL, (From the Times Correspondent.) Fourth Division Camp, Friday, April 13.-Up to the present moment our batteries have succeeded in establish- ing a superiority of fire over the Russians, but it is not very decided, and the silence of the enemy's guns may arise, in some measure, from want of ammunition, or ...

... |rIlE GREAT IHIFELLION OR REVOLUTION OF I I . ?? ?? -.z . ?? s F ,v PpnIi8-.th I We briefly noticed last week that, onf pridaty evening, ea l~hMarch, T. IV. Evans, E sq., M. A., of Allestree, had de-I litered an excellentlteei5ueon, tha above subject, to the mneen- I thers and friends of' %ll Sits'Istructifln Society. We niow g fornishu report of the lecture. Mir. Evans spotke atollows:.-r I ...

... LOUGHBOROUGH AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIA- TION. The members of this Association held one of their quarterly qi discussions, on Thursday last, on subjects connected with the it welfare of agriculture. Amongst others present were air. C. VP Stokes, of Kingston, AMr. Buckley, of Normanton, Mir. T. C. \ngrave, of Leake, Mr. R. Swinifen, of Knight-thorpe, Mir. L iumphrey's, of Beaunfanlr, Mr. Carton ...

... (m1OM OUR sPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) d EUPATORIA, MARCH 22. The long talked-of commencement of the outworks was made the day before yesterday. The whole of r the cavalry which has yet arrived (numbering about e 2,500 men), with twelve guns, went out about day. 0 break, under the command of Ali Pacha, whose f movements were under the control of Major Vierg-. bitaki, as a staff officer. They were ...