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CHARLES MATHEWS "A F1031E," This Evening, at Eight o'clock, At Her MRPsty's Concert Room, Haymarket. During the Christmas Holidays there will be a perform ance Every Evening in the Week—Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, at Eight, Wednes day and Saturday Mornings at Three. Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the Box- Office, which is open daily from Ten till Five, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. No extra charge for bookir t g. Carriages to 'oe ordered at a quarter-past Ten. At the South Lancashire Assizes, on NidaPthe S case of Watson v. Teal was tried before Mr. Justice Crompton. The plaintiff, Barbara Watson, sought to recover from' the defendant, Wm. Teal, compensation for breach of promise to marry ; and the defendant pleaded that he had never agreed as alleged. The plaintiff is a dressmaker, aged 61, residing at Can nonley, Yorkshire. The defendant, who resides in the same neighbourhood, is now 66. The courtship out of which this action arose commenced 11 years ago, and was continued without interruption until May last. Things went on pleasantly till the 13th June last, when the defendant was unexpectedly married to his own servant, a young woman aged 30. The defendant's propeity consisted of real estate worth about £6OO a year, as well as a large sum he had invested in the funds. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1862. No. 21,691. PRICE..... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. - A_RGiYL H L ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS The Band and Musical arrangements under the arm ',Ain of M. BOULCORT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In Ikddition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss 2uadrille, and novel ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.— Manager, M. P. Grenet. PUBLICATIONS. INDIA. 27th idem, just after we had closed.. Since then we have had telegraphic advices via Gs the to the 11th inst., both of which report favourat .ly of the home markets. CAPE RACE. resign ; and we suppose that members of Parlia ment may expect to be called together at an early day. CHARLES READF'S NEW STORY. Eighth American edition, and Fourth English edition of "T HE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH." Money still continues tight; thcr Bank rates, however, are unchanged since our East. Government securities have agear advanced fur ther. Qutotations are now as f °blows :—Fours, 844 ; Fives, 97i ; Fives-and-a-Half,. 1041. Exchange fell considerably on th.ct arrival of the last China mail, and now stands thus.::—Bank paper, 2s. 04d. ; first class local credits, 25,. 13-16 d. to 2s. 15 16d.; documents, 2s. 11d. Imports—We have to report a Arrther material advance in the values of piece goods. generally. For several days after the departure of the last mail our market was very excited, an , 3 large sales of piece goods were effected at an adv: ace of 2a. to 4a. on previous rates ; 61b. 40-in. shirtings reached the high figure of 4r. Ba., and 71b. do. tin. 8a; This im provement was subsequently checked by the inju dicious policy of some European houses "calling" bazaars, thinking by this means to s.et rid of large quantities of goods at fall prices. De alers, however, took fright at this, and at once reduced their offers 2a. to 3a. per piece, and the bazartrs closed with out any sales being effected. Within the last few days holders are again firmer. Drraders, however, are now purchasing more cautiously, their recent purchases only slowly leaving their hands, owing to a very limited demand in the native bazaar. AMERICA. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. FPPS'S COCOA. --A (Commonly called Epps's Fromceopathic Cocoa). "We shall look in vain, even in the volumes of Walter Scott, for a passage which can rival in dramatic force the in terview h-tween Gerard and Margat et in the fourth volume." —Westminster Review. The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. ilb., and lib packets, at ls. 6d. per lb.,by Grocers. Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. On the Ist of Jenuary, No. V., price 3s. 6d., T HE MEDICAL CRITIC and PSYCHOLO GICAL JOURNAL. A letter from the plaintiff's attorney had been sent to the defendant after the breach of promise, but it was not answered (Teal could not write), though the defendant called at the office, said he did not purpose to defend the action, and was prepared to pay any reasonable amount of damage for the compensation of the plaintiff. He, however, failed to keep an appointment which he made with the latter view, and a writ was issued and served upon him, he again stating that he would not defend the action, and that he would pay reasonable compensation. After an interlocutory order had been made, the defendant took steps to have the judgment set aside, which was effected by means of a judge's order; and therefore, the parties being replaced in their former position, the present action was brought. p OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, for the Destitute Sick, Gray's-inn-road.—Earnest Appeal.—Owing to an unexpected delay in the payment of a considerable legacy, on which the Committee relied, this Hospital is left without immed , ate funds. A a the period is rapidly approachinfr when its resources are always severely tested, the Committee make an earnest APPEAL to the pubUc benevolence for means to enable them to carry on the charity. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mae terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co.; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; J. Barned and Co, Liver pool ; and at the Hospital. Edited by FORBES 'WIN SLOW, .31.D.,.D.C.L., Oxon, Contains : The Medical Council ; Instinct and Reason ; Periodicity ' • A. Brierre de Boismont on hallucinations ; Lunacy in Ireland ; New Educational Minute ; The Street Folk ; Micro-psychology ; and other artic:es on important and interesting subjects, illustrative of the progress of Psychological and General Medical Literature, with all the Medical News and Literary Gossip of the Quarter. *** Volume 1., containing the numbers for 1861, is now ready, neatly bound in cloth, price 15s. " A medical quarterly, edited by Dr. Forbes Winslow, with a pleasant liberality. (►f all medical journals, it is the one of which, without the slightest forfeiture of scientific character, the general interest is greatest."— Examiner. London : John W. Davies, 54, Princes-street, Leicester square. STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec. R OYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM 'VIE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex - perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." - - SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Charter). Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Contributions. P ATEONESS—iIer Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRES IDENT—Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum- berland, K.G., F.R.S. Cam berland, Baring, Fsq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P., Chair- D>eP — man of Lloyd's. - - v71,- CRAIIIMAN—ThomiIkI Ch apman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of Lloyd's Registry of British and Foreign Shipping Society. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, during the past ye ar , th e I nst i tut i on h as i ncur T ed ex penses amount ing to £6, '5B Is. in establishing Life-boat stations on dif ferent parts of the Coasts of Eng and, Ireland, and Scotland. The Institution has also expended on the repairs, stores, alterations, and inspection of its numerous Life-bo •ts, Boat houses, and Transporting-carriages, £3,632195. ; and £1,550 for exercising the Crews of its Life-boats—making altogether a total of £11.441. Duin i n str um enta l s rar the Life-boats of the Institution have been n rescuing the Crews of the following Wrecked Vessels : Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Roper, of TJlverstone Brig Pallas, of Shields .. • Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth Schooner Cathetine, of Newry . • • •• Barque Niagara, of Shields .. -• A Barge of Teignmouth •• •• •• Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby Coble Hono' , r, of Cullercoats . • •• Schooner Eliza, of North Shields Barque Oberon, of Liverpool • • • • Brigantine Nancy, of Teig,nmouth Smack Wonder, of' Teig - nmouth Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. • Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. -- Brig Ann, of Blyth .• •• Sloop Hope, of Dublin .. • • Schoener Druid, of Aberystwyth .. Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby •• •• Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis . Steam Dredge, at Newhaven . Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. Schooner Rose, of Lynn • • • • Brig Prodroma, of stockton Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Frela, of Konigsberg .. Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. 1 .. 9 .. 6 .. 5 .. 3 .. 11 .. 7 .. 6 .. 7 .. 7 Total .. ..210 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has Voted £905 Bs. 4d. as re ards. It has also granted rewards amounting to £203 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by shore -boats and other means, making it total of 455 persons saved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United Ringdom. During the present year (1861), the Ltfe-boats of the Insti ' talon have also been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following Vessels : Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham •• •• •• 6 Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. Schooner Prospect, of Berwick • • Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives A Fishing-boat of Whitburn Brig Arethusa, of Blyth • • • • Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoo Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris Schooner Rilliam, of Morecambe Smack Gipsy, of Newry • • • • Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven • . Schooner William, of Liverpool .. I rigger Nimrod, of Castletown Brig Providence, of Shields .. Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle Sch , on er Village Maid, of Fleetwood Barque Guy ilia, of Glasgow .. •. .. • • Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. 10 Brig San Spirld one, of Galaxide • 2 Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vianna ... 8 French Brig La Jenne Marie Therese .. 6 Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. 5 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast • • •• •• •• 17 Set•ooner IFlortensia, of Hanover .. 4 Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven 4 Brig St. Michel, of Marans . 8 Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) • • • • • • • • 1 Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) .. • • • • .. .. 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and crew) .. •• •• •• •• •• •• 6 Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. 1 Barque Peace, of London . .. 2 Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. 11 Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew of four bands) .. 4 Sma , k Adventure, of - Harwich 10 Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft .. • • • • 7 Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen . 11 Wrecked boat on Bl ac k wa t er Bank, on the Irish coast, saved one man .. 1 Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone .. • • •• • 6 Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. .. • • 5 Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. 5 Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. .. 6 Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. 4 Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin .. .. 5 Brig Content, of Sunderland •• •• •• 5 Smack Ellen Owen, of Cardigan .. Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam .. .. 5 Total .. . • ..288 The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being made by this Institution to save tlives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at thepresent time, when, through the extraordinary exertions societ has made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man agement, or the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely Deeded, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. Donations and Annual scriptions will be thankfully re ceived by Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farquhar. and Co., 16, St. Jame•l's-street, London ; by a 1 the Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C. Payments Messrs. made b , Cheques or by Post-office Orders (crossed), to W llis, Percival, and Co or to the Score ., tart', TEA.—STRACHAN ai:d CO.'S Strong Rough " Domestic " Black at 3s. Id. per lb.-26, Comhill. London, E.C. TEA.-STRACHAN and CO.'S Fine " Inter mediate'' Black at 3s. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon don, E.C. TEA._ STRACHAN and CO.'S Delicious " Drawinr Room " Black at 4s. 2d. per lb.-26, Corn hill, London, E.C. Dr. Masall's Certificate of Purity, and a Prim Current free on application, 26, Cornhill, London, E.C. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-M AIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION or 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective invention in the curative treatment of II ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its fleets, Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the bloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting, with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufficturer. Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, Hs., 215., 265. fd., and lie. 6d. Postage, Is. A Doublo Truss, lie. ed., 425., and 525. fid. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Sd. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post- Office, Piccadilly. VEAV PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, -A- KNEE-CAPS, &c., for varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of , tie Legs, Sprains, &c. They arc porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, And are drawn on lit'e an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 78. 6d., 108., to 16s. eita. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 22.8, Piccadilly. DR. LA'MERT ON SELP•PRESERVATION. P r i ce I ; post-free, 13, or sealed ends, 20 stamps, with En gravings and Cases. !kft‘y be had of Mann and Co., 3?, Cornhill, London, or direct from the Author. SSELF-PRESERVATION.-_A popular Essay on Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from injurious habits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, which, by orematurely exhausting the functions of Manhood, de stroy the happiness of Married Life or prevent the fulfil ment of engagements which constitute the most cherished objects of existence. • By Dr. LA'ISTEnT, n, Bedford-square. L ondon. Licentiate of the Royal College of I hytsicians o f F dinburgh Member of the Royal College of Snrgeons of England, Am' The above work contains most useful and interestin g i nformation on the physiological chan g es which occur in the Reprod uc ti ve System during the periods of y outh, Puberty, and manhood ; and on the due attainment of that degree of functional vigour upon which the hopes of posterity depend. It also points out how all the attributes of Man hood can be preserved to an advanced period of life, how the y are lost, and how they can be recovered. It is free from the gross exaggerations, alarming descriptions, and dangerous r emedies so generally resorted to by persons, who , prac tising with false medical qualifications, inflict most serious injuries, and ren d er judicious treatment frequently abortive. The Author is the only legally qualified practitioner Whose name stands on the Medical Register (the only true test of medical qualification), who has been exclu sively engaged for a series of years in the treatment of the variou • functio na l di sor d ers o f th e nervous an d re productive system, which, owing to the great discoveries of modern science, are rendered subservient to a rational, simple, and easy mode of treatment. At home for consultation daily from 10 till 2, and from 6 w" 4 4 8, either personally or by letter.-37, Bedford-square, Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., ON SPERMATORRIICEA. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.' The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in hie power to oorrect."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. URNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VA SE S, Ei gures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, heautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149. Stand. W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate he interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRA :,'TICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C. INO CHRISTMAS GIFT is more valuable than OLDRIDG K'S BALM OF COLUMBIA, which has been established upwards of 30 years. It is the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, be tutifying, or restoring the hair, whiskers, or m.,ustache, and preventing th..m turning grey. So'd in bottles, 3s. 6d., 65., and 11s., by C. and A. ►LDRIDGE, 22, Wellington-street. Strand, London, W.C., and alt chemists and perfumers. For childrens' and ladies' hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND M Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of'Dr. eott, of Bromley, Rent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and iver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, izziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they .re truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to he stomach, they create appe ite, pro mote digestion, and trengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert. 9 0. Jermvn-street, Haymarket, London, , nd by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert." engraved on the stamp. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH. M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous ufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 panes). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike 'o Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature ieath ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health Ind vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob -ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope .nd two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., c. Burton .rescent. Tavistock-square, London. W.C. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN A FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. - - - This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Rilord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at lie., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Hall) DR. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price is., by post Is. Id. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill. On Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, Ilmmorrholds, Meets, &c Marriage Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. _ . Dr. C. may be consulted daily till 12, at The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand; ancifrOrnl till 9 p.m. at 3, Great Marlborough-street, W. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. 2s. till 5, and is. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, le. till I. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Bathe in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the Ty actical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Blerald and Standard, Nov. 12, 1861. " The post-office Turkish Bath 09, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of the best set of bathe, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its applianres, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on coming out of a '1 urkish Bath."—Era, Oct. 13, 1861. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: MEDICAL. ESSAY ON SPERM AToßliffeg NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. ust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price la., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, A m l\ A T HO T ut ap p : E t c h L e n 9 R A I U N S 3 F r A , and ww th PIain CURE D o f i r P e R t o E n or ['cried Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. c:URTIS, 15, A:bermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: IN Tlt ODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological tructure and Puncticns of the Reproductive Organs. CIIA PT Mt I I.—Canses of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; arlv Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications I Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the collies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CIIAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting ages, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive r,otion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. 'Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and hould be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 3d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."--.. Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain - ind sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from hervous excitement and de ratty ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and xcesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. - • - - London Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row Mann, 39, Cora l "' Hotka Oi Collollltatiolt -- 10 to 3 awl 6 sundae, 10 till 2, By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re ceived files of papers from Bombay to the 12th of December, and from Calcutta to the 3d of De cember. We take the following summary of news from the Bombay Gazette of the 12th December. " The Governor-General has relinquished for the present his intention of visiting either the Godavery or British Burmah. Lord Canning has decided on leaving for England before the close of the present month. "The Hon, Mr. Laing arrived at Calcutta by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Candia, on Saturday, the 30th of November. " The Kurrachee papers declare that Nana Sahib, of Bithoor, disguised as a fakir, has been appre hended in that city. " Russia is drawing supplies of cotton from Khiva and Bokhara, and the cultivation of the staple in those countries has been very largely extended. The value of that sold recently at the fair of Novo gorod was estimated at £150,000. Sir George Russel Clerk left Mahableshur last week, and has arrived at Poonah. " His Highness the Nizam has issued orders to the talookdars to make over to the British officers the lands required for a road to be constructed for the Godavery traffic. " General Birch, it is stated, is about to retire. " Orders for the creation of a Chief Commissioner ship of the Central Provinces have been issued. The new Palatinate will consist of Nagpore and the Saugor and Nerbudda territories in 13 districts. The administration and pay of officials will be like those of Oude. The whole additional cost for the good government of the most neglected of our pro vinces will not be more than £lO,OOO a-year, " The amount of income-tax for the town and island of Bombay for the year commencing Aug. 1, 1860, and ending July 31, 1861, was 11,58,000 r.; nearly the whole has been realised. '• Kirkee, Kurrachee, and Mhow are to be the head-quarters of the Bombay Artillery. The Horse Brigade, the 18th and 21st Brigades, to be perma nently fixed respectively at these places. Colonel Baird Smith, of the Bengal Engineers, who has reported so ably on the famine, is so ill as to necessitate his return to England. His illness is the effect of incessant work and application to duty. "ha Chota Nagpore some fine waste lands with an excellent cotton soil may be obtained on 20 years' leases, rent free for three years, at the rate of half a rupee all round. The plateau is from 1,500 to 2,000 feet above the sea level. " The senior Line officers included in Sir Charles Wood's pension and retirement scheme, and whom the Government cannot employ, are sending in their adhesion and acceptance of his offers in considerable numbers. " The North-west Provinces, so recently ravaged by famine, are covered with most promising rubbee crops. The people are happy and contented, and engaged in irrigating their fields. " The Kurwee prize money is to be divided among General Whitelock's and the Central Indian Field Force, or Sir H. Rose's column. " India is indebted to European enterprise and capital for her tea cultivation, which is rapidly in creasing. The produce of the Assam Company's gardens alone is now about £1,000,000 sterling, and the wastes of Cachar, which five years ago scarcely yielded to Government a revenue of 50,000 rupees, now yield upwards of 32 lacs per annum. _ _ " A letter from Cabul states that Sultan Ahmed Jan, the ruler of Herat, has established friendly re lations with Afzul Khan, the Dost's son, and resolved to throw off his allegiance to Persia. " Salabut Khan, the murderer of the late Major Burton and his sons, has been convicted, sentenced to death, and hanged at Kotah, the scene of his crime. " The 30th of Nov., 1861, was the last day of the existence of the regiment of the Bombay Artillery. 113 years of good and gallant service has to be re corded of the corps. The Duke of Cambridge is now the commandant of the corps. " The proprietors of the Bank of Bombay will meet on the 20th inst., when the following impor tant propositions will be submitted for decision— " ' 1. That the directors be authorised to enter into and make such arrangements with Government as may appear expedient and advantageous to the Bank for taking over the business of the General Treasury at Bombay, and for the management of the currency here and in the Mofussil under the provisions of Act 19 of 1861, entitled an Act to pro vide for a Government Paper Currency, and Act 24, of 1861, entitled an Act to enable the Banks of Ben gal, Madras, and Bombay, to enter into arrange ments with the Government for managing the issue payment, and exchange of Government currency notes, and certain business hitherto transacted by the Government Treasurers. " 2. That the directors be authorised to establish branch banks at such places as they may deem ex pedient and advantageous for the interests of the bank. " 3. That the directors be authorised to take such steps for varying, altering, or annulling all, or any of the provisions of this Act under which the bank is at present constituted, and for obtaining the re-incorporation of the bank as to them may seem expedient for securing the efficient working of the I bank. " Property to a considerable amount has been dug up at Delhi under one of the apartments of the ex- King. " The health of the city and island of Bombay is good. The weather very cool and delightful. " The English mail of the 3d of November ar rived in Bombay on the 27th of November, on the morning of the day of the departure of the Bombay mail." We take the following from the Calcu(ta English man of the 3d of December : " Our markets are characterised by the most pro. found inactivity. Instructions from home forbid any sales of cotton goods being effected, except at prices far in advance of present rates; and the last telegram received here from Bombay on the 28th ult., announcing a fall of id., has effectually pre vented any demand for skirtings, yarns, or mules, even at previous rates. Under these circumstances, with the English houses holding their goods in an ticipation of a rise, and the bazaar dealers holding off in anticipation of a fall below the rates at which transactions were effected, there is little prospect of any activity prevailing until one or the other give way. In the export market we have nothing to record ; transactions have been very limited, owing greatly to the excesbive demands made for first-class freights. Prices keep np,—a natural consequence of a plentiful supply of money in the bazaar; but this must shortly change' and the na tive dealers give way, as very large demands for money are being made for the Upper Provinces. There has been a public sale of cotton, preceded by one of indigo, at the mart of Messrs. It. Thomas and Co. The latter touched the high price of 300 r. per mound ; the biddings were extremely spirited l owing to the advanced rates prevailing at home. Of the former there was but a very limited supply offered, and but few competitors. The lots were knocked down at bazaar prices. It is, however, a good feature in the trade now fast aquiring impor tance, that any cotton whatever should have been offered to public competition at this early period of the year, and it plainly shows that the 50,000 bales reported by Mr. Paterson Saunders, the Cotton Commissioner, as being stored at Mirzapore, are being thrown upon the market here. In a few months more the cotton sales at Calcutta will, no doubt, be as spiritedly contested as are the indigo and opium sales." THE BOMBAY MONEY MARKET AND COM MERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Times of India of Dec. 12.) The London mail of the 3d ult. reached la on the The sales of the -.;)rt.night are chiefly confined to gray shirting ; in 'alai. descriptions of gray goods the sales are very small. There is now an improved demand for bleached and printed fabrics, which are a shade higher in price, and there is every prospect of a good business being done in piece goods gene rally if holders will remain moderately firm, and not press sales till there is more vigour in the Bazaar. Twist is again in excellent demand, and the values of most counts have advanced from half an anna to 1 anna per lb. THE REPORTED CAPTURE OF NAN A SAHIB. (From the Times of India of Dec. 12.) By far the most important item of news carried by the present mail to Europe is the announcement that the miscreant Nana of Bithoor was captured a few days , 'when on the point of embarking Kurrachee, when difficulty seems to ago rom at a u t r r paocrhte be experienced in identifying the prisoner, and the conflicting evidence upon the point will be found fully detailed below. The capture was preceded some days by a rumour in Kurrachee that the Nana was making his way down the valley of the Indus in the guise of a Hinglagee, purposing to make for Dwarka from either Sonmeanee or Kurrachee, and to proceed thence to Zanzibar or Muscat. " We submit our readers this morning the follow ing details, which may be relied on. It was decided yesterday by the authorities to liberate the person apprehended as the Nana, when Mr. Nugent Sulli van, apothecary in charge of the General Hospital, learned from one of the patients under his care that the Nana was known to him, he having been in his employ at Bitboor for a long time, and having parted from him just before the mutinies broke out. Mr. Sullivan immediately put the man in a dooly, and accompanied him to the place where the pri soner was confined, when a number of Purvoes and others were presented to him, and he was called on to state if the Nana was among them. After a minute ex'tmination, he declared that the miscreant was not there. Subsequently, another batch, among whom was the apprehended man, was brought forward, and he at once singled him out, declaring that he was the Nana of Bithoor.' He was thereupon questioned, and stated that he had served the Nana, eaten of his salt, and seen him for some years regularly every day ; he could not be mistaken ' That man was the Nana of Bithoor.' Mr. 'Sullivan had his patient carried off to the hospital, and by four o'clock in the evening Mr. Ingle, the Deputy Magistrate, the Foujdar of Kurrachee, and a number of others, came up to the hospital with the prisoner, and it was proposed to question the sick Poorbeeah again. Mr. Sullivan suggested that the prisoner should be disguised as a Purvoe to make assurance doubly sure, which was done, and the sick man was brought out to meet the party ; he was asked if the Nana was there, and, looking around, immediately pointed out the man, declaring that That man is the Nana of Bithoor and the' adopted son of Bajerow. I would recognise him in any disguise.' A bystander ob served, ' The Nana has a hole on the top of his ear.' 'lf so,' said the Poorbecah, that man must have it, for here is the Nana; look for yourselves.' The ear was examined, and the hole was there. After this we can only say Mr. Sullivan deserves the hi g hest credit for the tact, zeal, and energy he has displayed in the matter; were it not for him the Nana would now have been free, and the bird lost after it had been caged. Should the reward pro mised by Government be granted, Mr. Sullivan, in our opinion, merits the lion's share of it. "We told our readers not to be startled if the Nana were among us in Kurrachee undiscovered. We now tell them that the murderers of the Jen nings family, Mogul Beg and his accomplice, were a few weeks ago apprehended and identified beyond dispute in Upper Scinde, and sent up for trial to the Punjab authorities. This information we with held, fearing it would scare away the Nana, whom we expected down." THE DISCOVERIES IN WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. We recently noticed in The Sun the discovery of two very ancient coffins in the sanctuary of Wor cester Cathedral in the course of the extensive repairs now going on there. On Friday and Satur day last, by permission of the dean and chapter, the remains were inspected by a portion of the pub lic, a formal examination having been previously made by the Very Rev. the Dean of Worcester, several Roman Catholics, lay and clerical, and Mr. Bloxham, of Rugby, a well-known authority on ecclesiastical antiquities. It will be remembered that the first discovery made in the sanctuary in digging out at the base of the north wall was a stone coffin containing the body of a dignitary of the church ; robed in canonicals, with the pastoral staff by its side, and the paten on its breast. The chalice and ring no doubt were buried with the body, but these, it is supposed, must have been ap propriated by some of the workmen, as they cannot be found. The vestments must have been exceedingly rich and costly, but they are now a mass of shreds. They are of gold tissue and embroidered with scrolls and other accessories. Mr. Bloxam fixes the date of the burial about the middle of the 13th century, and thinks the remains are those either of William de Blois, Bishop of Worcester, who died A.D. 1236, or of Walter de Cantilupe, who died A.D. 1266, but he is inclined to prefer the latter. He promises, however, to make further investigations, and to read a paper on the subject at the next annual meeting of the British Arebrelogical Institute, which will be held at Worcester in the summer. The paten, which is of silver gilt, is in the hands of the Dean of Worcester. It is very similar to one or more dis covered in the graves of prelates in York Cathedral, and Mr. Bloxam says it is clearly of the 13th cen tury. The second coffin was a lead one, or rather it was an embalmed corpse enclosed in lead, which conformed to the shape of the body, and even showed the features of the face and the joints of the lower limbs. Through an opening made between the legs the cerecloth is visible ; it is very strong, and still retains a powerful aromatic odour. Mr. Bloxam says this may be of the 15th, 16th, or 17th centuries. It has been suggested that the remains are those of the Duke of Hamilton, who was mor tally wounded io the civil wars at the battle of Wor cester, and buried in the cathedral about the spot where the body was discovered. The leaden cover ing was originally enclosed in an outer coffin of wood, of which, however, nothing was left but the iron handles. A small javelin head was found in or near the outer coffin, which is now in the hands of the Dean of Worcester. This body lies some two or three feet below the floor of the sanctuary, but the stone coffin of the ecclesiastic is close against the pavement, which, in fact, forms the lid of the coffin. Both are on the left or north side of the sanctuary. Cape Race, which is so often mentioned now in connexion with our intercourse with the United States, is the south-eastern point of Newfoundland, and is the nearest point to Europe. The North Transatlantic steamers pass near there on their way to and from the United Kingdom and the United States. There is a telegraphic communication be tween Cape Race and New York. The distance by water is about 900 miles, and upwards of 1,000 miles by land. Outward bound steamers carry out epitomes of English news in tin cans attached to floats, which are thrown overboard off Cape Race, and are picked up by boats, taken ashore, and the epitomes are telegraphed to New York three days before the outward packets can reach that port. Sometimes these cases are not found, and occa sionally captains of steamers refuse to communicate with Cape Race, and carry on their news to New York or Boston, for the sake of the eclat and inte rest the bearers of important news excite, This would appear to have been done by the commander of the Europa, who might otherwise have allayed fer six days the irritation of the American public as to the demands of the English Government re specting the Trent affair. Steamers, as they leave North America and pass Cape Race on their way to England, receive there American telegrams, with three days' later news to bring to this country. Sometimes the darkness of night and rough weather prevent these telegrams from being put on board the steamers. If the electric telegraph cable be tween Ireland and St. John's, Newfoundland, had been successfully laid down, the English Govern ment might have saved a couple of millions of money spent in preparing for war with the United States ; gambling to the tune of millions in public securities might have been stopped, and two months of intense excitement in this country and the United States have been prevented. CANADIAN PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. The following notification, dated Quebec, Dec. 20, has been issued : " In view of the fact that Great Britain has made certain demands of the United States, and of the uncertainty whether the Washington Government will accede to them, preparations for a war which is, to say the least, quite possible are being made by the authorities, both in England and Canada. Three transports, the Persia, Australasian, and Mel bourne, are now on their way to Riviere du Loup, with 30,000 stand of arms, two regiments, and three batteries of Armstrong guns. We have no doubt that further reinforcements and more munitions of war will be sent on very shortly by way of Halifax; and, as the Temiscouta road is now finished, both troops and arms can be conveniently and expedi tiously forwarded by it, as well as by the Kempt road. We understand that his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of the Militia will to-day issue a general order for the immediate formation of one company for active service from each battalion of Sedentary Militia in Canada. It will be remem bered what valuable services in the field were ren dered during the last war by the so-called flank companies,' and we suppose a similar organization to theirs will be adopted now. There are at present, in both sections of the province, 459 battalions of Militia, and the organization of one company from each will give a force, including officers, of 39,015 men. Adding the strength of the active Militia, clas ses A and B, which may be estimated at 7,500 men, there will thus be organised a total militia army of 46,515 men. The flank companies are to be formed so that each shall preserve as much as possible its local character. This will also be kept in view in grouping them together. Thus the Kent, Lincoln, Quebec, Rimouski regiments and others will doubt less have a strong esprit de corps, and endeavour to keep up the credit of the locality from which they are recruited. Further details of the proposed ar rangements will of course be speedily made known to the proper officers and to the public." (From the Quebec Morning Chronicle, December 17.) There is not a man among us who does not feel proud of the old meteor flag this day. England has been magnanimously patient during these many years, remembering that, although the United States were often insolent and overbearing, the American people were of British blood and spoke the familiar mother tongue. But the States have now presumed too far. The tone of mild expostulation is exchanged for that of decided resolution. 'We hear no more of protocols and diplomatic correspondence; but of a British ultimatum, backed up by British regiments, British arms and ammunition, and British men of war. It is a happy thought for us Canadians that we are not responsible for the impending struggle. No offensive act of ours has caused the quarrel or precipitated its solution. Great Britain is not called upon to partake in or avenge a quarrel of our seek ing or our making. We can therefore the more con fidently look to the parent State to help to defend our territory with all its power. We may expect rapid action now. Within a wuk L'jrd Lyons may either he os the dick of the Warrior at Annapolis or inside the fortifications at Quebec. Within a month there may be 25,000 or 50,000 men threat ening our frontiers. And glad are we this morning that we at least have not been sleeping, but have foreseen the crisis, and have cried " Prepare !" so urgently, that, in spite of the opiates administered by a pusillanimous press elsewhere, the people are aroused already. We shall not name the journals to which we here allude. We 'will not say one word now against their motives, for we we wish to forget, as all patriots must forget, that we have ever been divided into sections, with bitter po litical, national,religious, and sectional animosities. We are all one people now; It has been the Chronicle's aim, for months past, to urge upon the Imperial Government the necessity of sending hither, during the open weather, additional regi ments and additional arms. We have not ceased to call for their assistance to construct the Intercolonial Railway as a means of communication with this colony during winter. But we would not have either our own people or t he Americans forget that we have arms ready for at least 50,000 men, that more are coming, and that, though there is no railway all the way to Halifax, there is a good broad road, tolerable in summer, excellent in winter, with settlements all along it. There is now no wilderness to traverse, and half-a-dozen regiments could come to Halifax, either on foot or in sleighs, with greater ease and in much less time than one regiment accomplished the task in the beginning of this century. It is, how ever, evident that we must put forth every effort to help defend ourselves. The national life which is beginning to throb in our veins is endangered. 'We must show ourselves worthy of the Queen who go verns us, of the name we bear, of the history of our fathers in England and France, and of our own glo rious traditions too. Let us set ourselves earnestly to the work of preparation—mustering and drilling our militiamen day after day. Under-estimating neither the valour and resources of the people who may be our enemy nor our own, let us do our duty while we have time for making ready, silently but well. We must knit our teeth and clinch our fists as resolute men are wont. We must not emulate in brag and bluster the politicians of the States—lVelles, Se ward, Everett, Sumner, Caleb Cushing, Governor Andrew—but must imitate and endeavour to excel in earnestness of purpose the Southerners, who battle for independence, and our own sires who fought and won at Queenstown heights and Chateauguay. It is still possible that peace may be preserved. The decided attitude of England, the promptitude of the demand for reparation, may produce a beneficial effect in bringing to their senses the insane Government of - Washington. We hope so. But the chances seem slender, certainly not of a nature to admit of a day's delay in preparation for immediate hostilities. Our L Active Militia must drill incessantly ; the officers of the sedentary Militia must qualify theinselTeo or The American journals brought by the Hansa, Anglo-Saxon, and Glasgow, are unanimous in as serting that the European advices on board the steamer America, which left England on the 7th ult., were looked form , ard to at Washington with the greatest interest, previous to the determination of the Federal government as to the demands of Great Britain relative to the Trent. Singularly, the America, like the Europa, which took out Earl Rus sell's despatch to Lord Lyons, has been unusually delayed on her outward passage. The America was due at New York on the 21st ult., but on that day she was at Halifax taking in coals. She could not possibly, therefore, reach New York before the 23d, and possibly her despatches would not reach Wash ington before the 24th. On that day the English mails leave Washington and New York for Boston, to be brought home by the Europa. Unless, therefore, the latter is detained, it is not probable that she will bring the official answer of the Federal Cabinet to Earl Russell's despatch. The Spectator of Saturday says that the answer must be given on the 29th, and that if not given before that day it will reach England on the 6th inst.—that is, to-day; but this must be an error. No steamers leave America on the 29th, and if they did they could not reach" here in eight days. After the Europa leaves, on the 25th ult., the Teutonia and City of Washington leave New York on the 28th, and then no steamer will leave any United States port until the Niagara, which leaves on the Ist of this month, and she will not be due at Queenstown until the 13th inst.—that is, next Monday. .. 6 .. 3 .. 4 .. 4 .. 4 .. 4 LARGE EXPORTS OF C07201V FROM :LIVERPOOL TO AIIIERICi4. Large purchases of cotton have been made in Liverpool during the last few weeks for the pur pose of reshipment to the States, and the demand for vessels, and particularly steamers, has been so great that the Inman Company have decided to de spatch the City of New York on Wednesday with 800 bales of cotton, the intention being to despatch the Glasgow about the 9th or 19th as an extra steamer. The steamship John Bell, which came round from the Clyde on Wednesday, is taking in a cargo of about 2,000 bales, and sails in a day or two for New York. The Hope, steamship, a vessel of smaller tonnage, is taking in about 1,000 bales, and applications have been made to the owners and agents of other steam vessels in Liverpool. It is stated that the agents of one of the mail lines have declined to take out cotton on freight, preferring to adhere to their usual business. The steamship Sarah Sands was offered but re fused, in consequence of not being in readiness, as she is at present undergoing necessary repairs re quisite before being sent on a long sea voyage. As regards the rate of freight now being given for cotton to New York, we may state that the state that the steamers now engaged are receiving 2d. per lb. and 5 per cent. primage. The Inman Company, however, decline availing themselves of the present crisis to raise their freights to their cus mers, and therefore adhere to their customary charges. It was stated, and on very good authority, that the Cunard Company, now that the whole of the 10,000 men have been despatched to Canada, have received instructions from Government to the effect that their steamers will not again be required at present for transport purposes, with the exception of accommodation for 20 officers. This one fact, the truth of which is more than probable, speqks well for the " peacemakers," as it is generally believed here that Captain Seymour, who took out Earl Russell's despatch in the Europa, and who arrived at Queenstown on Wednesday morning, in the Africa, was the bearer of return despatches, the purport of which was much more serious and im portant than the public at present have any idea of. Altogether, the feeling in Liverpool now is that there will be no war at present; and we may add, from our knowledge of the American press, that when such papers as the New York Tribune, Times, and herald coincide in opinion that Mason and Slidell ought to be given up, it is quite clear the Federal Government will find no serious difficulty in doing so. As another pacific fact, we may state that the British ship-of-war Rinaldo, which was at Annapolis to receive Lord Lyons in the event of the Federal Government refusing to accede to the British request when the Africa left, had, in the interim between the sailing of the Africa and Hansa, left port. The Europa, which was to have left Boston on the 25th ult., is now due, and it is hoped and expected that her news will strengthen the hopes of peace. MEMORIAL OF THE PRINCE CONSORT' AND THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851. At a meeting of the committee for the erection of a memorial of the Great Exhibition of 1851, held on Thursday last—Alderman Challis in the chair —a duplicate of the letter from his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, which appeared in our impres sion of Saturday, in connection with the proceed. ings of the Horticultural Society, was read. The committee unanimously resolved to carry out the wishes of her Majesty, and the appended reply was determined on. A committee, consisting of Mr. Foley, R.A., Baron Marochetti, A.R.A., Professor Westmacott, Mr. S. Smirke, RA. ; Mr. George Godwin and General Grey (as a channel of commu nication with the royal family), was appointed to confer with Mr. Durham, who is to execute the statue : " Brompton, Jan. 3. "To HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, &c. Sir,—The committee for the erection of the memorial of the Great Exhibition of 1851, for which the Horticultural Society have granted a site in their gardens, have received, through General Grey, by command of your royal highness, a duplicate of your letter addressed to the council of the Horticultural Society. In this letter your ro3 al highness re calls to recollection, by command of the Queen, that her Majesty had been pleased to assent to a proposal to place a statue of herself upon the memorial ; that the characteristic self- denial and modesty of your royal highness's deeply lamented and beloved father (whose loss the whole nation now mourns) had induced him to interpose to pr4vent his own statue from filling that position on the memorial which properly belonged to it ; that her Majesty had directed your Royal Highness to say it would now, however, be most hurtful to her feelings were any other statue to surmount this memorial than that of the great, good prince, your Royal Highness's beloved father, to whose honour it is in reality to be raised; further, that your Royal Highness had sought and had obtained the permission of the Queen to present the statue thus proposed to be placed on the me morial. " The Memorial Committee, having considered this com munication, request me to state, with mos t res p ectful and heartfelt expressions of the cheapest sym pathy, and of j us t admiration of the sentiment that suggested it, their entire readiness to meet these wishes, n ot only as enabling the subscribers to the memorial to carry out their original de sire, which was emphatically and aim e all things to offer a public and lasting tribute to his Royal highness the la mented Prince Consort in connection with the Great Exhi bition, but as rendering that memorial also th e first of the many records of pu blic homage whi c h w ill b e offered throughout the length and breadth of the kingdom to the memory o as a private as w e ll as a nat i onal calam i ty. This f a prince whose loss is deplored by every subject of thes griefrealm is m felt peculiarly by the committee I have the ii re honour to represent, they having received from the Prince for a long time the kindest consideration and personal as sistance of inestimable value in the preparation of the design. They recall with melancholy satisfaction the circum stance that the last public act in London of the lamented Prince, your royal highness's father, was the approval of the statue of her Most Gracious Majesty, by Mr. Durham, then intended to surmount the memorial. , 4 The appropriation of this statue, which is now being pro duced in bronze, the memorial committee most respectfully place in the hands of your royal highness. " With reiterated expressions of the deepest sympathy on the part of the committee, and their prayer for the health of the Queen, I beg leave, sir, most respectfully to sub scribe myself your royal highness's humble servant, 4 ‘ GE9RGL QODWIN I 1/011, Secretary," The eldest sister of the plaintiff, Martha Watson, 65 years: old, said the plaintiff was about 60 years of age, and was a:dressmak er. Plaintiff and defen dant had been courting fora long time; and they had often been together, both in the garden and in the house. On one occasion, five or six years ago, defendant said to plaintiff, " I am deter mined to be wed, Barbara, and if you will not have me somebody else shall ;" to which the plaintiff re plied she was quite willing. On another occasion, after having been on a pleasure excursion, the defendant said, " Barbara, I have not brought you you anything, but I can give you money and you can buy something for yourself." On a third occa sion he said, " Barbara, I think we will order our wedding now, to which she again replied that she was quite willing it should take place. She had procured a shawl for the anticipated marriage. De fendant had continued to keep ccmpany with the plaintiff until a very short time before his marriage In cross-examination, the witness admitted that she, in common with most of the neighbours, had been to the defendant's wedding party, and that she had enjoyed herself pretty well. She was some what dubious as to the exact age of her sister, and said the plaintiff might be, though she did not know, 62 years of age, and that she might have been born in September, 1799. She considered defendant a very agreeable man, and he always appeared very fond of the plaintiff. No witnesses were examined for the defendant, but it was contended by the learned counsel in his address to the jury, that no promise of marriage had in fact been made by the defendant, all the con versations deposed to by the witnesses being merely jokes between old and intimate friends, and that if the plaintiff had really sustained any injury, very slight damages would compensate her. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, £l5O. THE TURF. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,— I will venture to say that no article, no review, which has appeared in your columns for some years sur passes in importance the strictures on the turf, as it is in England, which I have just read in your paper of Jan. 1. Horseracing is one thing, the business of the turf is quite another. In reality, the system now pursued makes horses mere animated dice, the race-course a gambling table, on which the most unmitigated rascality is avowedly so generally practised that the paying or not paying bets makes the rule of professed honesty or rascality, without the smallest re ference to the circumstance under which the betting en gagement was made. To go in for ict goed _thing may mean _coolly to overreach _ your friend, your host—for all I know, your own father. If you have purchased information on which you can take in anybody in regard to any event to come off, I know no one you are not by custom, or at least good precedent, con sidered justified in so robbing. If a nobleman was found using loaded dice, manipulat ing a la Robin cards at whist or ecarte, so as to make his adversaries in the games victims of his rascality, I believe ho would be turned out of any club in London—ho would have to retreat to Baden, and share with other known rascals the spoils of open villany. Who will venture to say the same code of honour applies to the turf? From one year's end to the other the " book maker," if honest, has to watch those with whom he must associate as detectives watch returned convicts out for a walk, He will himself be watched by noblemen (P) gen tlemen (?) that they, having information he would scorn to obtain, may get a bet on his books, which, so far as anything human can be certain they know to be, in plain language, as deliberate an act of dishonesty as if they had tempted him to play for a cool fifty at cart with cards themselves had marked, or at any game with dice they knew to be doctored. No man can keep race horses, even with an honest trainer, and yet feel any reasonable assurance that his horses are fairly dealt with from first to last. Light weights must ride, in training and on the course ; as the rule, light weights are boys ; they live in an atmosphere in which they are tutored to mistrust. The very excess of caution an honest trainer must take to keep secret the powers of his horses, their ailments, special merits, or special deficiencies, keeps a boy's wits alive to the value of " information." He soon finds a market for any he can obtain. Stable-watching is a profession; we have improved upon the old system of "the shepherd and his dog" accidentally crossing the course during a private " trial." To get money well laid on on some great event, it has been proved pos sible to have trials of horses of which the real owner has never known anything. From one year's end to the other there is an uninter rupted alliance, not disavowed, between men received in the best society, having rank, position, &c., and a school o: scoundrels who arc known to live by means of selling in • formation which they obtain with about the same honesty as that by which a pickpocket adopts your watch as his own. If a nobleman or member of Parliament was found bribing astable-boy to temporarily lame a hunter, that he might get it from me at a low figure, I do not believe a single " Hunt" would permit his appearance in the field ; and yet, if I keep race-horses, and want to give them fair play, to let the public take their character from their real known value; I must keep a sort of pseudo-detective on my premises, not to watch mere penniless scoun drels who wish to pick up anything saleable, but scoundrels well salaried, agents of "confederate men" of my own class, employed to tamper with my servants, that they may, per haps, even make myself their dupe—at all events, make my property the means by which they g o to the " Corner" and deliberately cheat every man who books their bets. Again, the public little know to whom the horses really b e l o ng which run for many of the great events ;—but why should it now exists ? Y es, i t i s an " institution, " a part, of England's social fabric. Let me add— csel he ne occupy ey s o as say, of space with comment u p on th e t ur f an d it s an d who dares to contradict me?--that year by year it is getting more and more disreputable, its "business" falling into the hands of men who make no secret of their utter disregard of all the rules of honour. It is corrupting to the very core many a young man on whose future life de • pends the question of the utter ruin or preservation of many a vast estate. It is undermining all sense of honour in the class in whom, under our constitution, it is most important to preserve it. It is breeding up a race of boys and men in the training stables to whom honesty must become an almost unknown luxury ; the wealth and multitude of the tempters make their life one in which to be honest is to be miserable. It is giving to the nation in return no one advantage that can weigh for one moment against the curse of a perennial school of vice and deceit, promoted by men of rank and wealth, simply, in the main, to afford a high gambling ex citement, free from any, the least, restraint in the way of honourable rule. Alas for the land in which noblemen and legislators arc linked to a pursuit which merges all distinction of rank or character, levcls the peer to the swindler, and, so long es the swindler "pays," raises him to the level of the peer ! PALMERIVOIig. Merit.—The wonderful cures elected by [ADvEnnsEmENT.]—Holloway's rills.—Extr aordinary alone enabled them to withstand the keenest and perfect eospeporsiiltlisonhaf‘o' r e 27 years. They are valued at the humblest hearths as well as the houses of comfort and wealth. Holloway' s gentle alterative Pills work :a thorough purification a the whole system without disordering, weakening, or otherwise interfering b s y yste th m eir the with tho natural action of any o rgan. They are admitted germs of OM to be the best restorers of appetite, strength, health to the most delicate constitution. Th ey give colour propertiesand freshness era t d o i c a t thee fromface, andthe sumption, scrofula, and scurvy, without annoyance or danger to the most fragile female or moat weakly child,