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After which will be produced, with that attention to com pleteness in every department by which the Christmas Annuals of this Theatre have been so pie-eminently dis tinguished, the New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT; or, Old Mother Hubbard and het W onderful Dog. " If a man do build a dwelling upon common land from sunset to sunrise, and enclose a piece of ground, wherein, there shall be a tree, a beast feeding, a fire kindled, a chim ney smoking, and provisions in the pot, such dwelling shall be freely held by the builder, anything herein to the con trary nevertheless notwithstanding."—Old Forest Charter. The Novel Effects and Splendid Scenery by WILLIAM BEVERLEY. No. 21,715. GUILDHALL, 27th January, 1861 - -The Com mittee for Letting the City Lands will MEET at GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, the 12th February next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive PROPOSALS for a BUILDING LEASE, for FO years, of a PIECE of GROUND on the north side of Queenhithe Dock, in the City of London ; also to receive Proposals of Leases of a HOUSE, No. 178 (late No. 91), Goswell-street ; and a HOUSE, No. 57, Banner square, Finsbury. Plans of the property may be seen, and further particulars and forms of tender obtained, upon application at the Archi tect's Office, Guildhall. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. -• Assisted by Messrs. C. Pitt, Craven, Brow, &c., &c. Masks, Symbolic Devices, Personal Appointments, and -Oes'igns for the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkvn. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. 11. TULLY. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and As sistants. The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transtor illations, by Mr. Needham, assisted by Messrs Glindon, H. Adams, 11. Langham, &c. The Costumes by Miss Dickin son, Mr. Lauri, end Mr. P a l mer. The Gas Appointments by Mr. liinck?ley, The Choregraphic Arrangements by Cormack. The Harlequinadc and Comic Scenes by INlessrs. Cormack and B. Jones. The Perfume of the Flowers supplied by Rimmel's process. Thc, Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and written by E. L. BLANCHARD. And the whole arranged and produced under the imme diate superintendence of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY. Synopsis of Scenery, Incidents, and Characters, OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE, With Rural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the titnce ( Daylight), "Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, to get her poor Dog a bone ; when she got there, the cupboard was bare, and so the poor Dog had none."—Ancient Nur sery Legend. Old Mother Hubbard, Mr. Atkins ; Her Dog, Signor Lorenzo ; Jack (the " Man all tattered and torn"), Miss E. Hunt ; the Squire, Mr. Tom Ma'rthews ; Dame Wiggins of Lee, Mr. Dixon ; Dame Trot, Mr. Barsby ; Her Won- j derful Cat, Master W agg l es ; th e G reat Goose, Master ' Sageaninguns ; Constables, Messrs. Grib and Grab ; Parish Beadle, Mr. Bumble; Villagers, Messrs. Yokel, P um pki n , Whackstraw, Chawbacon, &c., &c.; Rosetta (th e " M a id en all Forlorn"), Miss Stuart. How Mother Hubbard has a certain " party" to tea and turn out, and of the remarkable pranks played by her comical Dog—The Head, the Hat, and the H ose —Th e D og ' s Tale and Mrs. IL ' s Narrative— Arrival o f th e Squire—Proclamation of Witch Burning— Threatened incremation of Mother Hubbard on her own hearth, and her Mystic Flight upon a Broomstick. THE WITCHES' GLEN AND WATERFALL, in the Valley of Perfumed Flowers, by Moonlight. Will-o'..the-Wisp Ignes Fatui—Mdlles, Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes, Livermore; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammilton Step ley, Harris, C an d y, Copeland, Archer, Hawkins, Delaney, Wilson, Williams, Robinson, Wood, Watson, and Hamel. ton, Grand Ballet, Chagne-a-Lanterns, by the Misses GUN -NISS and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The, Invocation! The Incantation I I and the Evapora tion I 1 THE VILLAGE GREEN AND ROADSIDE ALE HOUSE, Old Grype (the Steward), Mr. Glindon ; Old Scratche (his Clerk), Mr. Tanner ; Tenantry, Messrs, Cringe, Scrape, Shuffle, Cut, Packoff, Moonraker, and Runaway; Tailor, Mr. Snipshears ; Bootmaker, Mr. Tightfit ; Mum lilies, Messrs. Grinner, Joker, Magger, Cracksides, U Reilly, 111‘Phun, &c. ; St. George, Mr. E. Roe ; the -Dragon, Mr. Scalyfellow ; Valentine, Mr. Febbyerry ; Orson, M r . Wild man; Still-Walker, Mr. Longlegs; Bear- Warden, Mr. Smuggins ; the Bear, Mr. Huggins ; Land lord, Mr. Treblex ; Morris-Dancers, Messrs. Trip, Tap, Flip, Flap, &c., &c. ; Jack Padding, Mr. Merryman. How the Squire celebrates his birthday, and the Village Revel that follows—Coming of Age in the Olden Time j How the Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is rested in. another—the Dog's instinct and Mother Hub - bard's reason. 1 1 1-IE INTERNATIONAL SUPPLEMEN TARY EXHIBITION of 1862. Although the Great txhibition Building, now in course of erection, covers nearly 25 acres of ground, yet there remains a very large number of intending- Exhibitors who have been necessarily excluded by the want of space; This has caused great disappointmtnt, both at home 'and abroad, to many who had made preparations for the exposition of their pro- ductions, To meet this want, and at the same time to give facilities for the sale of the goods which will be Collected from all parts of the world, it Company has been formed, the Capital of which is subsciibed, for the purpose of erecting on a spot closely contiguous tO the Great Exhibition 12uilding ' an Ornamental Structure designed by Sir JOSEPH PAXTON, where the Exhibitors will have the advantage of a Building in every respect applicable for a favourable display of their goods, and with the priVilege of selling the same to the vast concourse of visitors who will inevitably be attracted to Lon don during the present year. The Building will be called "The International Supple mentary Exhibition," end will cover about three acres of around. The who's of the space for exhihition will be upon the ground floor, and upon the walls, there being no galleries, and such is the perfection of the design, that all parts will be equally well lighted. A provisional contract has been entered into with an emi nent contractor for the erection of the Building, which is to be completed, under a heavy penalty, on or before the 15th day of May next. The charges will be— For floor space l2s. per square foot. For wall apace 6s. • Persons desirous of obtaining space must apply at the Offices of the Company, having previously paid to the credit of the Trustees, at the City Bank, Threadneedle-street, or at the Agra Bank, 27, CanhOtu:street, the amount payable upon the space applied for, which will be allotted according to the priority of application. The names of the Trustees are— Sir ROBERT WALTER CARDEN, Alderman, Chair man of the City Bank. Mr. Alderman FINN'S, Director of the Agra Bank. WILLIAM JACKSON, Esq., M.P. If from any cause the Building should not be completed, or if the space applied for should not be allotted, the amount of the deposit-money will be returned in full. Further particulars may be obtained at the Temporary Offices of the Company, 42, New Bridge-street, Blacktriars, corner of Ludgate-hill. THE "CAGE" ON THE COMMON (Sunset). Grand Scena Comique and Pas de Broomstick, by Mother Hubbard. The Dreamer and the Worker—The Vision of Pleasure and the Division of Labour—Figures of Fun (from the Fancy -store of Dykwynkyn)—Messrs. Mason, Drainpipes, Carpenter, Rodman, Old Brick, and Young Shaver, Lilli putian Labourers, Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, Minia ture Masons, Baby Bricklayers, Short Sawyers, Dwarf Drain Makers, and Child Carpenters by a Host of Juvenile Auxiliaries. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. The Rat, Master Longwhisker ; The Cat, Miss Mouser,; The De g , By Himself ; The Cow, Madame Brindle ; Thie Priest (" All shaven and shorn"), Mr. Jollyman ; Cock ('' That crowed in the Morn") Master Cocky-doodle doo. Realisation of the famous Picturo in the National Gal lery of Little Britain, taken (by permission) for Boys, from a rare work in the collection of Master Smith, London. FROGPOOL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight). Song, " Will o' the Wisp," composed by J. H. Tully, Esq. How the Squire goes Hunting tuid loses his way and his temper, and what follows in consequence—Another curious instance of Canine sagacity—Bull-frogs, Masters Hop, Skip, Jump, Creak, &c. SQUASH-HOLLOW SWAMP AND BED OF BULRUSHES. How the Squire comes to grief and afterwards to repent ance, and how Jack is recognised as the rightful heir—The reward and harmonious movements of the Fairies on a Grand Chromatic Scale towards WILL 0' WISP'S HOME BENEATH THE WATERFALL. The Transformation. Harlequins Messrs. COItMACK and ST. MAINE. Columbines .• • • The Misses GUNNISS. Pantaloons Messrs. G. TANNER and MORLEY. Clowns •••, • • Grotesque 1861-1862 SPRITES by the RIDGWAYS and SUWELL FAMILY. I . —EXTERIOR. OF TWO SHOPS IN " UP-OR DOWN" STREET. IVlcsErs. Huline, St, Maine, Tanner, and Miss S. Gunnisa. Christmas Presents —every Man (and Boy) to his Post, even the Post-Man —Clown rides the high horse, which proves his rock a-head—Two Young Men from the Country, and Clown gets over them—a Sewing Machine (not a poor Needlewoman)—a thorough Blow out—a Man in very re duced circumstance—Clown finds the Fruits of stealing Apples in an elephantine way—a Band of Brothers—the Police in Great and Small Force—Clown gets into a row and blows up a policeman—the end of this scene is all Bustle-- - N.B. Not Crinoline 2.—THE GREAT SENSATION KITCHEN. Messrs. Forrest, Cormack, Morley, and Miss Gunniss. Harlequin seeks Protection, although a Free-trader— The Cook's Guide—Clown tries to take the chair—the head ish of the table—Harlequin goes through a Deal, and Clown becomes a Board-er—Silence those dreadful Bells— Clown and Pantaloon make an ap-Peal to the Audience on the Merry Musical Bells—Pantaloon rather hard pressed— arrival of a distinguished Foreigner—Clown falls into his own trap, and kills a Blue-bottle, which proves a bad Buzz-ness for him—a I.ccturo on the Gorilla, by a well known character—Clown meets with a few Friends (not Quakem)—this Scene ends at the finish of it. 3,--.THE INTERIOR OF A RAILWAY STATION. Eight hours at the Sea-side for 2s 6d—Duty off Paper— * 'the Times" reduced and the Times on the rise—a book that takes leafe of Clown—Harlequin gets his horse from a Stall and sets up a trap. No Smoking a-Loud, only on the Quiet—Clown makes a Tremendous Christmas Tree-- late arrivals—Messrs. Neverintime, Toolate, Dearme, and Elessme—Clown burns his fingers (not the only person that has done so)—Clown gives Good Bail and finds a Bale 0 goods. 4.—The SEA-SIDE. The Sands! The Sands I I The Sands I I I Come unto these yellow sands. A Sailor telling a Yarn and a boat Lying too—the Pier Master's ap-Pierance—Clown makes a Man's hair turn sendy and proves himself in the wrong box—by a slight Miss-Take, which a certain Miss won't Take—Pantaloon gets some shell-fish in a very Selfish manner—Clown asto nishes the Natives—Sailors that use their Cut-Lasses but don't Cut Lasses when they can join with them in a National Hornpipe—Clown gets a Sensation Leader—The Great Donkey Stir St. Leger—Clown and Pantaloon's Concert— fine ears for Music—they fish in troubled waters —a Divided Interest—a sudden Squall (Children and all) —The latest Novelty in Parrchutes. Scene—A DISMAL SWAMP—After a storm a calm appears, a HARLEQUIN'S HOME ON HIS TIIRONE OF SPLENDOUR. Doors open at half-past Six, to commence at Seven o'clock. Tickets for Boxes, Pit, and Galleries, may be had at the Box Office before the opening. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. P P S (CommonlyS COCO A. - called Epps's Homoeopathic Cocoa). The delicious aroma, gra t e f u l smoot h ness, and invigo ratinf,r power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. lb., and llb packets, at is. Gd. per lb., by Grocers. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK. MANHOOD: A MEDICAL ESSAY N ATIE P E DE% A I L T PT R Y R , Tl & T 4. , NERVOUS AND G O tNICI :hint Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates. in a sealed envelope, price la., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, forl 2 stamps, I N 1 ANH001) : the CAUSE and CURE o f R E TI i MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions P- -• or rerfeet Restoration to Heal th and Vi gour. By Dr. CURTIS, 15, Alberm ar l e -street, Piccadilly, London. J. L. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHA FT Ett on the pn y , lolob'oai . structure and Functions of the Rep roductive Or g ans. , CHAPTER. IL—Causes of Spermatorrlicea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. • • Cif A PTER tll.—A Review of the various Disqualifications tt Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate , o r Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of fionorrhcea and Syphilis. The Book ecncludes with numerous varied and Interesting times, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. 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," 13d March, 1855. "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. THE INTERNATIONAL SUPPLEMEN TARY EXHIBITION. No APPLICATION for SPACE in this Building can be entertained after SATURDAY, the 15th February instant. _ This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from nervous excitement and de • bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and exresSeS it Will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann, $9, Cornbill urs pt Consultation—lo to 3 cud 6 to 4; Sundaye, 10 till 2. TURIN AND SAVONA RAILWAY COM PANY, With a BRANCH to ACQUI. (Societe Anonym With Limited Liability and Shares to Bearer.) Concession for 99 years. CAPITAL.---Mmx LlNE.—Shares, £500,000; Subventions (or Free Gift ft'otn Government and Communes), £480,000 ; Obligations, 1760,000; Total, £2,040,000. BRANCH TO ACQUl.—Obligations specially secured by Go vernment Guarantee, £368.000. The Share Capital is divided into 40,010 shares of 500 f, (£2O) each. Interest at 6 per cent. during construction, payable in London at 25f. exchange. Deposit on application £l, and £1 on Allotment. It is pro vided that no more than £6 per share will be called up in any one year, but Shareholders will be at liberty to pay up their shares in advance at any time. Interest at 6 per cent. per annum will be payable on all such advances. PRE SIDE N T. Signor Ratazzi, President of the Chamber of Deputies. VIOE-PRESIDENT. Signor Paleocapa, Senator (tate Minister of Public Works). COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION IN TURIN. Signor Bombrini, Director of the National Bank, Turin. Marquis de Cavour, Member of the Chamber of Deputies. Count Cossilla, Syndic of Turin, Member of the Chamber of Deputies. Count Corsi, Syndic of Savona, Member of the Chamber of Deputies. Chevalier Genero, President of the Bank of Discount, Turin, Member of the Chamber of Deputies. Colonel Pescetto, Royal Engineer Department, Member of the Chamber of Deputies. General Solaroli, Aide-de-Camp of the King of Italy, Mem ber of the Chamber of Deputies. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. William Walter Cargill, Esq., Director of the Oriental Bank, Chairman. Coleridge J. Kennard, Esq., 4, Lombard-street, Vice- Chairman. William Dent., jun., Esq. (late of ,the firm of Messrs. Dent and Co., Hong Kong). W. B. Greenfield, Esq., Director of the Pernambuco Rail way Company. Patrick D. Iladow, Esq., Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. John Hegan, Esq., 11, New Broad-street. Alexander Mackenzie, Esq. (late of the firm of Arbuthnot and Co., Madras). Bonamy Price, Esq., 11, Princes-terrace, Princes-gate. W. Gordon Thomson, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the South 3aEastern Ij Major-General - R G aii rg. T e r ' e m m l eh a n nY eere, late Bengal Engineers. BANKERS IN LONDON. :" n •-• Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co., 4, Lombard-street. BANKERS IN Timm The National Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Wilkinson, Stevens, and Wilkinson, 4, Nicholas-lane. BROKER. Lewis H. Haslewood, Esq., 7, Lothburg. SECRETARY. John Wilson Pillans, Esq. LONDON OFFICES. 61, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street. The Italian Government has granted to this Company the definitive Concession for the Railway frcm Turin to Savona, with a branch to Acqui, by means of which branch the most direct access will be secured to the Mediterranean from the whole system of Italian Railways; whilst the sea-coast line now being constructed from Nice to Genoa will complete the connexion with all the Railways of France. The leading features of the Concession arc :- 1. The use of the Government line from Turin to Car mag-nola, 16 miles, subject only to a toll of 10 per cent. of the gross receipts. 2. A Government Subvention, or free gift, of 10,000.000 f. (X 400,000). 3. A Communal Subvention of 2,000,000 f. (00,000). 4. A Government guarantee of a minimum receipt of £1,600 per mile per annum on the branch to Acqui. The distance from Turin to Savona i5....90 The length of the branch line to Acqui...3o „ Total 120 miles. Responsible contractors, from whom substantial guarantees will be taken, have engaged to execute the whole work, in cluding purchase of land, stations, rolling stock, and all in cidental expenses, together with payment of interest at 6 per cent on the capital during construction, for the sum of £2,408,000, being at the rate of £20,000 per mile over 'lie entire distance ; but as the subventions of £lBO,OOO will come in aid of this amount,rthe real cost of the Railway to the share holders is virtually reduced to £16,000 per mile. The population adjacent to the line amounts to 250 inhabi tants per kilometre, whilst the population of the seven Southern Departments traversed by the great line from Paris to the Mediterranean does not exceed 80 inhabitants per kilometre. The gross annual receipts on the Italian State Railways exceed £2,500 per mile per annum. The concurrent testi mony of the Government Commissions and the Chamber of Commerce of Savona shows that a traffic at the rate of £2,300 per mile may be confidently reckoned on this line from the commencement, and that the gross revenue may be expeated rapidly to rise to £2,800 per mile per annum. Assuming a traffic of £2,300 per mile only, the gross annual receipts on 120 miles will be £276,000 ; from which deduct Working Expenses at 45 per cent. (which is above the Govern ment average) on 101 miles constructed by the Company, Z 117,640 ; Toll to the Government on 16 miles, £3,700 ; Rent of Station at Turin, £6OO ; Total, £111,940. Leaving a net profit of £164,060. Out of this amount there will be required for the payment of interest on the obligations at 6 per cent., 467,680 ; Sinking Fund for repayment of ditto, £5,640 ; Total, £73,320. Leaving 400,740 profit for the shareholders, equiva lent to a dividend of more than 10 per cent. During the construction of the line, interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum will be paid half-yearly on all instal ment from the date of the respective payments. One-half of the Share Capital having been taken in Italy, the remaining half, viz., 20,000 Shares, is now offered to the English Public. Prospectuses and Forms of Applications for Shares may be obtained on application to the London D'rectors at the Com pany's Offices, or to Mr. Lewis H. Haslewood, 7, Lothbury, London. No application will be entertained if sent in after Saturday, the Bth inst. London, Feb. 1, 1862. 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 pages). 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, &a., 'which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health end v4,rour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope Ind two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, 111. D., b, Durton ::resoent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. DR. JORDAN'S APHRODISION. 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It regenerates all the important ele ments of the human frame (when emasculated by youthful indiscretions), and enables man to fulfil his most sacred obli gations. "It is available for the most varied uses in the body." "The peculiar characters of this substance, fitting it for vital uses." Extracts from the " Cornhill Magazine" on the subject of Phosphorus, April, 1861. PRICE..... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. THE CONFEDERATE FORCES. e position Examine,,mtoonn: oht ht 16th ele o ci f oes t ne h efat e asdrnoenr aatei Confederate mnf a o s mirl a caa n esns o bd t : another been expose w o llo r e f e s iet k h4 p s ie e , n riod uncertain in duration, whether of e d x a il y r ) , truce. T a h n is d i a s thetim e tr h u a e s w co in m te e r lii T lien h ne e d fi iti r l s ios t t c nh a oi m ulg p o,n ai gf g oe n rr iusnesic:iee to rei .;,:w results and consider with candour the situation of our ants,.. • w e strictlyha vhave defensive. attempted territory during the comparatively little of actual We no gain. That That WC have lest latter six months is due only to the difficulties of invasion in a country like this, the necessity for time to prepare half a million of soldiers , the courage of the Southern Volunteers, and the ind ividual cowar dice of the Northern mercenaries. It is, however, undeniable that the defensive policy , besides the moral stain on an army that awaits repeated and endless attack, and the exhaustion of a country which is the scene of war, has given the enemy an uninterrupted opportunity to prepare a gigantic host, and to arrange it at leisure, for the full trial of relative strength when the seasons permit the resumption of hostilities. While the political leaders of the South have been reposing in dreams of approaching peace, and while our accomplished captains of Engineers have been expending their remarkable scientific ingenuity in the erection of works as wonderful and almost as extensive, and quite as valuable, as the Chinese wall, to resist in vading forces from a given direction, the enemy have gradually and at leisure gathered up their im mense resources and concentrated their tremendous energies to envelope the Confederacy with the armies and fleets, and to penetrate the interior from some one of many alternative points. Although they can now do nothing, they have their general programme in perfect order for execution when the weather changes in the ordinary course of the earth round the sun ; and at this moment we find our selves in the face of superior forces wherever we lock, whether to the North, the East, or the West, or the South itself. General Sydney John ston has to strain every nerve to prevent the military as well as geographical heart of the country from slipping out of his grasp. Generals Joseph Johnston and Beauregard are held by M'Clellan on the Potomac as in a vice. A gigantic armament is ready to attempt the descent of the Mississippi and their fleets on the Atlantic seacoast and the Gulf are too freshly before the public attention to require remembrance. Such are the fruits of a policy purely defensive. Without even the hesitation which would come of a possible interruption, the enemy have thus surrounded the Southern Confederacy; and, if permitted to repeat as often as may be de sired their efforts to penetrate its heart, they will necessarily attain the place and the time where success awaits them. There is now but one chance of escape from the net that has been coolly drawn around us ; it is to concentrate our energy on one point and cut it through ; to convert:our defensive into an offensive war, and transfer the scene of at least a part of these hostilities to the enemy's own country. Situated as we are, it is only possible at one,point, and that is Kentucky. If the force that we are dispersing to the four corners of the conti nent every day, to meet new menaces, were col lected under the hand of General Sydney Johnston till a column was formed sufficient to enable him to manoeuvre with some possibility of success over the plains of that region he might hurl back the array in front of him at present, and penetrate the State of Ohio. The attainment of this object would ren der worthless all the plans of the enemy. The circle of armies would be in the condition of the constric• tor whose back has been broken, the scene of war would be transferred to his own territory, and every one who has witnessed the ravages of armies in any of the invaded districts of Virginia knows what a priceless blessing is designated in that brief phrase. He would be attacked beyond his defences. The alarm and confusion of the United States would paralyse its Government and its Generals, and the entire arrangement, by which we suffer now and dread great disasters in future would be imme diately reversed. We have pointed to the General commanding the Confederate forces in Kentucky as the person to whom this business should be intrusted, because he is the only one in position, at this point of the game, to undertake an advance on the enemy with probabilities of success, even if sufficient forces could be allotted to the others. No natural obstacles encumbered his path as in the case of Polk and Beauregard. A concentration of troops now em ployed on the sea-coast and at other points where no vital blow can be either given or received is all that is necessary to:him for effecting this great end, To form such a concentration it will be necessary to leave some portions of the frontier without other protection than the inhabitants of the neighbouring country can afford, but this will, in most cases, be found more than sufficieht against the attacks that were only intended to withdraw our troops from real points of strategy ; and, even If otherwise, they must for a brief time be left to take their chance till the blow that will relieve them, with the whole Confederacy, can be struck where only it can be delivered. At present General Johnston confronts superior forces of the enemy under Buell, one of the most cautious, painstaking, and able Generals on the other side. General Buell has now, immediately in front of Johnston, an army of 76,000 men, and can bring to bear on us, at other given points, 30,000 more. What the Confederate commander has may not be stated, but it is probably enough to hold his present strong position against any numbers that might attack him there. But the enemy has the choice to attack him there, or to pass him on either 0 Th i s he can do by g a sufficient of G e neral Johnston , w hile he can still send upon the r ight or left_fiank a force as large as he leaves be hind.soi longer g e e , rg doubtful.et t o his l eavH rear ne, has an placed cutf ahf armyos r s c u e p o p fi n i B e : for . oon That this is the plan of Buell is now no at Glasgow, 30 miles to the eastward of Bowling green, threatening the rear of General Johnston, while it is in easy supporting distance of two other posts held in strong force by the enemy. If the plan of Buell is successful, it may result in a great disaster. To defeat him it is absolutely necessary that more men should at once be sent to Bowling green. General Johnston must have a force sufficient to attack Buell in front with good chance of success, and by doing so will not only defeat his scheme on the centre of the Confederacy, but immediately transfer the war to the State of Ohio, and thus save the whole South from the great danger of being overrun in the fine weather of the coming spring. We are satisfied that, beyond theh flittering possibilities of a foreign intervention, t e m only a trationalthis hope warw we can s to bentertafoundin f i a a s n p campaign across the Ohio, from the point that The best line of General Johnston now defends. hat is through North, which are the Lake States --t i s a plain, the people not Kentucky. The country e e e ff d e y n atievre without stint, and the actively hostile, supplies North is beyond. The enemy great resource of the advance imaginable is tostrike at the vitals of the them without the possibi l ity to secure Kentucky to This season of inaction, from the incle mencyof escape. skies, of the is a precious boon of Providence We can now determine on a plan, and pre understand this, and are making . tremendous efforts p to ar u e us. We its execution in a short time, that will ren der naught and abortive all the costly and compli cated devices of the adversary." The same paper says "As phosphorus in a state of nature illumines the dark ness, so the exhausted frame revives when impregnated with its electrical properties." Prices : lls. per bottle, or four lls. bottles in one, 335. ; and in cases containing three 335. bottles, £5, which saves .£l. 12s. 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To account for this seeming excessive mortality among our brave defenders we may state that to within a very re cen t period it had been the practice in the army of the Potomac to retain all sick and disabled soldiers in the scanty and ill-provided NEWSPAPER: , -4t - ,..0 .;--: , • l.• i . tek4, f ,tia -( e1 . ..: 0, ., tl7 , 0 , 64- 7 - 4 , 714--, , i 4 --- - ;_. 14 ;74 Nivk hospitals of that place, till, from ni , : t . /)opiptiti ~,e , ,,A? virulence of the disease, exposure, at:- . 4E6*-I)Wakf.4/) cause, they were past the power of inthian ail. S When the soldier was thus reduced he was de spatched to Richmond. It may in truth be stated that many who thus came were as good as dead on their arrival,— The parties having c harge of the hospital here:have shown neither want of atten tion or skill.. The soldiers, or many of them, vvben — received, were past hope.. No wonder thiii*4hey - died. The matter having attracted the attention of those in authority, steps have been - taken tending to give the sick soldier a chance for his life, as we learn it is not contemplated in future to bundle them off from Manassas after the .sunds of life have so nearly run out as to leave the subj(ct one chance in a hundred of surviving the journey to Richmond. A hospital, with all the necc:,sary adjuncts. has been established at or near Manassas. In this all sick and disabled soldiers will be taken for treatment. When sufficiently convalescent to bear the fatigue of P journey to this place, and not I3efore, he will be sent ei,;wn in the sick train to be either cured, killed, or dischhrged here. This is as it should he." S7'. THOMAS'S .HOSPITAL. (From the Times' City Article.) The following relates to the Charing-cross Rail way and St. Thomas's Hospital : " Charing-cross Railway, London.bridge Statical. Feb. 1, 1862. Sle,—The letter signed ' A,' inserted in your City Article of Thursday last, being calculated to mislead the public as to certain matters of fact in reference to the affairs of the Charing-cross Railway and St. Thomas's Hospital, I have to request that you will do me the favour to insert the following corrections in the same place. "1. The offer which your correspondent refers to as having been made by the hospital a month ago, to give the company possession of the land required for their purposes,' was only made on the express condition that the title of the hospital was accepted, a proceeding which the Lord Chan cellor intimated, on giving his judgment upon the appeal heard before him on Wednesday last, would be placing the company under duresse in this respect, and was a coursehe could not approve of. His words were these :--- " Motives of humanity dictate that a reasonable time should be allowed to you to go, and, if I s aw a proceeding on the part of the company that really would interfere with your having that reasonable time, that would, of course, very much incline me against them ; but if I find a pro ceeding on your part which is to exclude them from every portion of the land, until by the duresse of that exclusion you have compelled them to adopt some course of conduct for perfecting the title which you think it right to dic tate, that is a proceeding which I cannot altogether ap prove of.' "2. With reference to the further statement of your correspondent, that the governors obtained a resolution from Parliament admitting the fact 'that the construction of the railway must destroy the hospital,' I have only to observe that the resolutions which stand recorded in the Journals of Parliament arc precisely to the contrary effect. It is true the governors endeavoured to impress that view on the minds of the committees, but whether they succeeded let the following resolution of the Commons' Committee serve to indicate : " The committee are unable to adopt the opinion of the Governors of the Hospital,—that the construction of the railway as proposed necessitates the entire removal of the hospital to another site, however expedient such removal may be; but the committee consider that it is a case for liberal compensation, on account of the injurious effect on the north wing as now occupied, the risk of some annoyance being occasionally felt in other parts of the hospital, and the probability of a rearrangement being required of the other hospital premises. If the Governors should consent to the com p ensa tion being name d by the committee, they will name a sum, or otherwise they will leave the case to the operation of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, or to arbitration, as the Governors may prefer. 'The committees moreover, think that in case the Governors shall accept any of these propositions, and decide on not opposing the Bill in its future stages, the expense hitherto incurred by the,Governors should be borne by the company.' " It is also right to allude to another statement made in your City Article of Saturday last, to the effect that a con siderable portion of the money required for the purchase of the hospital property is reported to have been lent to the company by the Bank of England for that purpose, on secu rity furnished by the South-Eastern Company. That report is:entirely without foundation. " I am, Sir, yours truly, S. SMILES, Secretary. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1862. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. , THE LAST OF THE mown NIERS. By the Author of "Margaret Maitland," ,te. " A charming book—simple, quaint, and fresh. 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Grenet. price than they could have been obtained at if the Government naval officers had been employed to purchase them. The proceedings in Congress on ian. 15 and 16 were unimportant. On the 17th, in the Senate, the joint resolution from the house declaratory of the purpose of Con gress to impose taxes which will yield 150,000,000 of revenue was adopted, Mr. Powell alone voting against it. In the House of Representatives Mr. Stevens re ported the West Point Academy Appropriation, and stated that he had been informed that numerous libelling letter writers had been finding fault with the Committee of Ways and Means for not reporting an equitable tax bill. The committee, however, he said, were gathering facts, and worked for hours after attending to business in the house. He desired to say the criticisms and libels of the press would not make them move one minute faster than a due regard to public interests would permit. The Fortification Appropriation Bill as originally reported was passed. It appropriates between five and six millions dollars for completion of defensive works already commenced. No definite financial plan appears yet to have been determined upon by the Government. A bill is now before Congress punishing with death persons guilty of fraud in army contracts. The correspondent of the Cincinnati Times states that Mr. Cobden has written a letter to General Scott, expressing his opinion that if the rebellion is not crushed before April next, England will be com pelled by the popular clamour of the manufacturing interests to open the cotton ports. The New York Tribune of the 19th publishes the following : " Washington, Jan. 17. " Very important news from Mexico has been re ceived. Before the adjournment of Congress Juarez formed a new and stronger Cabinet which gave general satisfaction. It is constituted as follow : State, General Doblado : Interior, Senor Yerran ; War, General Hinojosa ; Finance, Senor Gonzalez Escheverria. "The Department of Public Works is absorbed in that of Finance, and the Department of Justice in that of the Interior. " Senor Yerran was formerly Governor of Aguas calientes, and held the portfolio of the Interior in Comonfort's administration. " The new Minister of War, General Hinojosa, played a distinguished part in the last revolution. The Minister of Finance is a new man from State Zacatecas. " Soon after his appointment, General Doblado, in the name of his government, issued a proclama tion, closing the port of Vera Cruz, then in posses sion of the Spaniards, to foreign trade, recommend ing the governors of states to respect the rights of foreign residents, and give them as little cause of complaint as possible, increasing the regular army to 52,000 men, and calling for as many volunteers as the Government can properly furnish from their respective states. It is believed that under this call 150,000 troops will soon be in the field. Juarez was vested with full dictatorial power by Congress before its adjournment, and is heartily supported by the people. " It is believed the Spaniards will find few allies in the country. Comonfort has offered his services to the Government, which has accepted them. A general amnesty has been offered to the church party. The reactionists who still remain have almost all been subdued, or voluntarily yielded their allegiance. Marquez and Zuloaga, with a few followers, are still in the mountains. Lozada was killed in battle, and his forces were destroyed by Governor Ogazon, of the State of Jalisco. Bentron and Cajiga have been captured, and their forces dispersed or taken prisoners. " Thus supplied with men, the Government has provided means for the war by laying two direct taxes, which although heavy, were well received by the people, who are desirous, at any cost, of repelling the invader. " Very likely the first battle will be at Tampico, which Juarez has determined to defend against the expected attack of the French." The following is from the New York Times of the 19th ult. : "We have from Washington this morning the first indication that a forward movement of the grand army of the Potomac may be looked for to occur soon. A general order has been issued by Gen. M'Clellan notifying all persons engaged in the military service to hold themselves in readiness. The fact that about 900 Government waggons, drawn by four and six horses, were reviewed in Washington yesterday is also significant. "The Burnside expedition, however it may task our ingenuity to determine its destination, is evi dently a much greater puzzle to the enemy, besides being a great source of apprehension. The papers of Virginia and North Carolina exhibit a general uneasiness on the subject. If the preparations at Fortress Monroe indicate that Norfolk is the place aimed at, our own curiosity, as well as that of the rebels, will soon be satisfied. Whether their apprehensions will be allayed as readily is another question." A despatch, dated 12 miles from Columbus, from the correspondent of the Chicago Times, states that on the 16th a heavy reconnaissance was made by General Grant, which advanced to within five miles of Columbus without discovering the enemy. The result of the reconnaissance was a reliable know ledge of all the routes leading out of Columbus to wards Blandville and other towns. Deserters from the rebels represent that the force at Columbus is 40,000 men, but this is doubtless an exaggeration. From other authority it is ascertained that the rebels were in a state of great excitement on ac count of Gen. Grant's movement down the river. to t he The f reports f m r o o m v e C m a e i n r o t a fr f o e m w t d h a a y t s p a o g i o nt in se r e e m gar t d o have been exaggerated. There was a movement of some 7,000 troops as far as Mayfield Creek, about half-way between Cairo and Columbus ; and prepa rations are going on rapidly for the general advance down the river. But it will be some time vet be fore things are ready for the assault on Columbus. Another and minor, though hardly less important movement than that, is evidently on foot. The Wheeling Intelligencer learns by passengers arriving from Paterson's Creek on the preceding evening, that rebels to the number of 2,500 had oc cupied Romney. On the night of the evacuation of Romney 400 sick had to be removed, which ac counts for the want of transportation, and the neces sity of destroying tents and provisions. We learn from the Upper Potomac that Jackson and his army have disappeared entirely from the vicinity of Hancock, and it is believed they have retired to Winchester. The whole river line is re ported quiet. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, writing from Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky, under date of Jan. 10, notices the departure of Gen. Thomas, with six or seven regiments, for Somerset, or in the pursuit of Zollicoffer. The Fifth Ken tucky,Col. Beatty, were at Bucksville, on the Cum berland River, 20 miles below Columbia. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JAN. 21. Cotton dull. Middling Upland, 32c. Breadstuff's tend ing downwards. Stocks heavy, New York Centrals, 831 Illinois, G2l. Erie, 31/. Exchange on London, 112. Gold at 24 per cent. premium. THE HARTLEY DISASTER.—The National Choral Society will shortly give a grand performance of the ora torio of " The Creation" for the benefit of the widows and orphans of Hartley. The chorus of this society, numbering nearly 700 voices, will be assisted by a complete band se lected from the Philharmonic and Opera orchestras. A committee of noblemen and gentlemen is now being formed to assist in carrying out the views of Mr. G. IV. Marti!, the conductor of the society. Ladies and gentlemen willing to co-operate are requested to send in their names to the (Coes of OR National Choral Society, 11--15, Exeter-ball, AMERICA. NEW YORK, JAN. 18. The steamship Arabia was intercepted off Cape Race, Jan. 14, and her news received in New York Jan. news 15. The Arabia ar r i ve d a t H a lif ax J an . 16. The of the Arabia had a favourable effect on the New York stock market. The steamship Saxonia, from -Hamburg, arrived at New York Jan. 16, bringing two Complete batteries consisting of 16 guns and equipments complete, also a large quantity of arms. A British steamer is reported by the Houston Telegraph of the Ist to have arrived in a Texan port, laden with 45 tons of powder, 700,000 caps, 5,000 cannon primers, and a considerable amount of coffee, dry goods, bagging, rope, & e . The New York papers report the death of Cap tain Leander Starr, formerly of the British service, and late of the 13th Wisconsin Volunteers. General M'Clellan had resumed active duties. He had an interview on the 17th with the Com mittee on the Conduct of the War, which is thus reported : " Without entering into any details of his plans, he convinced the members of the committee that the result which all desire —the suppression of the rebel lion and the end of the war -- will be attained with certainty, and even more despatch than the most sanguine were inclined to believe. "General M'Clellan's the M‘C Jointlellan's firm and di gn ifi e d p os iti on , taken before Committe e on the Conduct of the War, has produced a most wonderful change in his favour. His startling narrative of the detail work of raising, equipping, and drilling the army showed him to be a man of wonderful genius and executive ability. The tone of public sentiment towards General M'Clellan has altogether changed, growing out of the sudden right about face of certain Congressmen towards him since his appearance before the committee. Men who claim to be states men have been howling against General M'Clellan would be unbecomi ng a id use the committee not understand all his b w oe eyeeser,ke mainly secrets, a a n dm, because a s n e n c e o r n d t lt h yh a , e t yb ed failed to obtain from one of M'Clellan's generals a statement of the plans of the General-in-Chief. The general alluded to, when called before the you think G en . M'Cl e ll an committee, was asked if he had ever been invited by General M'Clellan to a cou n cil of war. He replied that he had. has any " General—l know he has. "Committeeman—Has Compmliatntee o f m operationsan ? o he ever submitted his plans to any Council of War that you have at tended ? "General—He has. ",Committeeman —Will you please state to the Committee what General M'Clellan's plans are ? " General—No, sir ; not until I am ordered to do so by General M'Clellan. " This prompt and soldierlike reply brought the committee suddenly to the consideration of the fact that they were meddling with affairs that did not concern them, and about which they had no busi ness to interfere. The General - in question was discharged, and returned over the Longbridge to the head-quarters of his division. The foreboding and dissatisfaction at the inactivity of the army, which was recently apparent here, is rapidly dis appearing before the evidence of energetic prepa rations for a grand blow at the vitals of the rebel lion. The people who were wont to murmer at the seeming delay, the reason for which they did not understand, now begin to perceive a glimmering of the wisdom of preparation as a means of insuring success. Confidence in the Commanding-General is constantly increasing." The appointment of Mr. Stanton as Secretary of War has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate in executive session. The appointment seems to meet with general public approval. Mr. Cameron has been confirmed Minister to Russia. The Evening Post says that private letters from Charleston state that only one of the banks in that city was burned in the late fire. The Mills House reported burned was saved ; none of the business portion of the city was destroyed. The New York legislature has passed resolutions in favour of the State assuming the collection of its quota of national taxes. The New York Herald of Jan. 18 has the follow ing on the " situation ": " There is nothing new to report from the Army of the Potomac. The severity of the weather still precludes drilling the troops in large force, but the evening parades are kept up in the different regi ments. Some of the remaining vessels of the Burn side Expedition left Hampton roads on Thursday. They comprised the bark John Tracks, with D'Epi neuil Zouaves on board, the schooner Colonel Slat terly, with the signal corps, the hospital attached to the expedition, and several:other vessels. Colonel Harvey Brown opened fire from Fort Pickens on the Ist inst. on the rebel steamer Times, while loading stores at the Pensacola Navy Yard. He was provoked to adopt this course by the fact that the rebel batteries at Pensacola had been firing for some days previous at our small craft. The rebels returned the fire, several of their shell bursting within Fort Pickens, but wounding only one man. The firing was continued until evening, when the last shot came from Colonel Brown's guns. One of the shots from Fort Pickens made a breach in Fort Barrancas, and during the day the town of War rington was set on firs by our shells, and continued to burn until the night of the 2d, when the Rhode Island left. With regard to the expedition at Ship Island, in the Mississippi Sound, we learn, by way of Fortress Monroe, that the gunboats St. Louis, New London, and Waterwitch, had proceeded to wards Biloxi on the 31st of December, and that at latest accounts the New London was returning with three schooners in tow, evidently prizes taken from the rebels. The steamer Rhode Island, from Galveston, which brought this news to Fortress Monroe, captured the rebel schooner Venus, off Galveston, bound for Franklin, Louisiana, with a cargo of tin, lead, copper, and wood, from Port Isabel, valued at 10,000 dole. She was sent to Ship Island. The e xpedition down the Mississippi River from Cairo is being rapidly reinforced, but no skirmish with the rebels had taken place up to last night. The columns of Generals M'Cler nen, Cook, Rame, and Grant, have all united at a point twelve miles from Columbus. It is stated in the Louisville Journal on the authority of its Mumfordsville correspondent, that the rebels were destroying all the ponds and wells in that vicinity, by throwing dead cattle into them, in order to deprive the Union troops of water suitable for drinking. The movement of troops from Saint Louis to Cairo is considerably retarded by the ice, which prevents the ferry boats from crossing the river. The weather was moderating yesterday, how ever, and a prospect of a breaking up of the ice was presented." The Government Contract Investigating Commit tee are said to have discovered immense frauds in the contracts for army supplies, the same horses having in some cases been sold twice to Govern ment, each time for double their value. The Secretary of the Navy has sent to Congress an elaborate defence of his employment of Mr. Mor gan to purchase vessels at New York for the Go vernment, stating that by the means he employed the Government obtained all their vessels at a lower ATLANTIC TELEGRAPII _REVIVED. (Rom the Observe() There is reason to believe that attempts will shortly be made to connect. England with America once more by the electric telegraph, and this time with greatly increased prospects of permanent suc cess. Recent occurrences have impressed the go vernments of England and of the United States with the enormous importance of such a means of com munication, and it is not too much to say that, had an electric telegraph existed between the two con tinents, the affair of the Trent would not have been attended with those serious apprehensions which we have witnessed ; would have saved the vast ex penditure which our government incurred; would have prevented the depreciation of property in both countries to the amount of millions, and that inter ference with commerce and manufactures which resulted from the ill-judged and unauthorised con duct of Captain 'Wilkes. The President and goTern ment of the United States are fully sensible of the importance and value of telegraphic communication, and of the possibility of providing it, that they have decided upon giving every support in their power to any well-considered project of that kind. The government of the United States have in the most liberal manner offered to subscribe one-half of the sum which would be required for making the cable, and give the use of vessels of their navy in assisting to lay it, provided the British government will grant the remaining portion of the sum. Mr. Cyrus Field, who took so active a part in reference to the former Atlantic telegraph, has, we are informed, undertaken a mission to this country, for the pur pose of inducing the British government to act Ida spirit of equal liberality and co-operatiag with this friendly offer on the part of the United States. As further evidence of the friendly spirit which has actuated this offer the government of the United States are perfectly content that the telegraph should have its terminus on British territory, as that will afford the nearest point of communication with England or Ireland. Any arrangements that would be entered into between the two governments would of course provide for the efficient working and use of the line, and would guarantee its protection by both countries in the event of hostilities. We are at a loss to see upon what grounds our Government can refuse to respond favourably o the offer, which, if not already made, will shortly.Ve'iubmitted to its consideration. The cost of the cable, calculated with the greatest amount of care, and with every improvement, would not be greater than that which was expended on the line from Malta t to Alexandria, and which was w h o lly defrayed by he Government. Our interests with the American continent are not less important than those with India, and even if greater import. ance were to be attached to our Eastern possessions, it would only render still more necessary a line across the Atlantic, seeing that, with the telegraphs which already exist on the American continent, and which now extend to the Pacific coast, it would afford a means of rapid and valuable communication from the West with China and our Indian empire. The house of Mr. G. P. Zolas, at Manchester, which suspended during the crisis among the Greek firms last year, has resumed business, having paid all liabilities in full, with interest, thus adding another to the numerous instances of the intrinsically substantial character of the business and assets of these firms. 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