... j AT4JAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY, MAY 18.-APPOI:NTMENTs._-ASist- nt.Surgeons F. Creighton (1550), to the Hawke, 60, screw steam ship, at Sheerness; and R. Evans (1S61), to the Cornwallis, 00, screw steam ship, atDevonport. second Master C. K. HEa well, to the St. George, 120, at Spitbead. Actingd Aseistant.SurgeonS J. Noble, to the Majestic, 80, screw steam ship, at 400 horss-power, at ...

... CONTINUATI ON- OF DIARY FROM. THE CRIMEA. CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, MYr I. The following was issued late last night:- - GElxrzAL ArTER ORDER. April SO. The Comnmander of the Forces has the highest satisfaction in publishing to the army the copy of a despatch which he has received from the Minister at War, conveying her Majesty's gracions approbation of the conduct of the troops engaged in ...

... M&ORAL ANATOMY of tho XETROPOIS. There has just been issued a series of .valuable Tables, showing the number of persons taken into 6distody by' the ?? Police, and the results, in the year 1854. These statistical returns afford illustratioxis,' ~which-sate both curious and interesting, respecting the habits of: the population of London. . Nearly one person out' of ev ery thirty falls into the ...

... CLUBS FOR THE XIDDLE CLASSES. Wre continue the subject on which we broke ground the weel before last. We have in some measure precognised the classes to be accommodated, and will now endeavour to point out the mode in which they should be attracted to our district Club. As meeting a universal demand, there should be, in the very first place, a good and commodious News-room, sup- plied with ...

... THE AILTON CL UB. ! A lerge number Ofthe friends and supporters of thie Vn. dertakiitg lisstiv .bled on Monday to ilnatemuate the tera- porsry openflg of the ?? for the convenience of | the sumbea who flock to the metropolis at this season, in I order ?? participate in the proceedings at the mnniversartes of our great religious and benevolent orgrnisations. ! he eluh consists of dining.roonis, ...

... ENGLAND AND IRELAND IMPROVED COMMUNICATION1BILL COMMITTeBE. The committee appointed by the House of Commons to hear evidence on this bill assembled yesterday, at one o'clock; present-Mr. Lowry Corry (chairman), Mr. North, Sir Staf- ford Northeote, Mr. B. Sheridan, and Mr. Floyer. Sir. Hope Scott, Mr. James, and Mr. Merewetber appeared in support of the bill. Tho parties petitioning against it ...

... IE AII,1MY BEFORE SEBASTO POL. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE. [TUII;TIETii DAY.] Ti;e ceomittee met agaoi yesterday, at twelve o'clock, 1: Roebcu' ioi the chair. Mlr. (ir lt Wao cAlled, and in reply to Lord Seymour said siheii st'e oflice of cmiptroller of victualling and comptrol- ?? ?? s rts at the Board or Admiralty, until the recent poit:anent of thetransport board. He had held that office :ethe ...

... FluE IN COU1K. ! On Sunday I fire broke out in the mil of Mr. Cornelius Keller, in Biackpool, Colk. It is not known how the tire originated, hut in a short time the whole building was consumed, and nothing re- mained of the mills but the black walls. We under- stand the loss is estimated at between £3,000 and £4,000, a portion only of which is covered by in- surauce. A strong feeling of ...

... I !E. [FROM A YOUNG MEDICAL OFFICER AT TIE CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, .AND ONE OF OUR OCCASIONAL le- CORRESPONDENTS.] Mlay 14, 1855. ng The weather for the last four days has been truly ld- miserable, raining in torrents, and mud over your ankles ; there is, therefore, some considerable trouble in walking. Living in a tent here is very he different to when at Suntari, where we had good ...

... UEPE IAJESTY'S STATE BALL. The QueOu last evening gave a State Ball, to which a party of betweefl sixteen and seventeen hundred were invited, and for which the whole of the State-rooms of Bhckingham Palace were appropriated and brilliantly illuminated, The three entrances were arranged as foilows :-The Royal Family aliilted at the garden entrance ; tile Foreign Ministers, Privy Councillors, ...

... -I MORAYJ? CHRONICLE OEFJIC/. Tueeady, 1 p.m. e TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. e [FROM OUtt OW?N CORRBSEPONDENT.] WI PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING. The intelligence communicated by the Indus, which left Coustautinople on the 30th April, is t 8 without interest, and has been anticipated by tele- b graph. t The suspension of the bombardment is an- f nounced. ' The Aroniteur of this morning contains the official ...

... DEFEAT OF THE RUJSSIMAS BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. Lord Panmare presents his compliments to the Editor of ThC Morning Chronicle, aoad has great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence, which has this day reached him from Lord Raglan. War Department, May 11, 1855. SEBASTOPOL, MAY 10. The Russians made a sortie with a large body of troops on our right advanced trench this morning, but were ...