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,~.' . ^ 1 \ \ \ R. AND \IRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "A 1' HOME," At Tier Mal .?.sty's Concert [loom, Haymarket. During the Christmas Holidays there will be a perform ance Every Evening in the Week—Monday, Tuesday, Wed resday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, at Eight, 11-edues 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 fur booking. Carriages to be ordered at a quarter-past Ten. MR. MARK LEMON ABOUT LONDON. MONDAY MORNING, January 6, and every ➢ion• day, Wednesday. and Friday, at Three o'clock; and Satur day Evenings at Eight. January - -Monday, 6th ; Wednesday, Bth; Friday, 10th ; Saturday, 1111, PART I.—OLD LONDON CITY WITHIN THE WALLS, I. Old Southw. Old London RI idg,elllustrations : . 16. Cheape and the Marching 2aik. 3. Castle li a y nar d . Watch. 7. The Fire of London. 4. Paul's Walk. I 8. Old Guildhall and Water Pageant. 6. t.• ornhill on M a y D ay. January, Monday, 1 3th ; Wednesday , 15 th ; Friday, 17th , Saturday, ISt h, PART IL—OLD LONDON CITY WIT ROUT TIIE WALLS. Eight Illustrations. January—Monday, 2oth ; Wednesday, 22d ; Friday, 24th ; Saturday, 25th, PART 11I—LONDON TO WESTMINSTER. Eight ILustrations. Stall Chairs, Is. ; Stalls, 3s. ; Unreserved Seats, 25., Is. Stalls can he secured at Mr. Sams', St. James-street, and Mr. Mitchell's, Bond-street, Fach Part complete in itself. Mr. and Mrs. German Reed's entertainment as usual every Evening. (except Saturday) at Eight; Thursday and Satur day Afternoons, at Three, at the Royal Gallery of Illustra tion, 11, Regent-street, Waterloo-place. ARGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS !!- The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of 31. Tiour.conT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In Addition to the Laurent. False, Strauss Zuadrille, and novel ties of lost week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission is.— Manager, IL P. Grenet. MORTLOCKS' CHINA WAREHOUSE, 250, Oxfo rd - street. —CHINA Dinner, Dessert, Breakf as t, and Tea Services at a great reduction for CASH, in conse quence of the expiration of the Lease. 250 , Oxford-street, near Hyde-park. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BAIiLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. • 6 irJous-agliaY Parax, Mirte•Deptitrithrestiovitsw • innEcroulf: Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. Edxvd. Maxwell Daniell, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. William Dent, DavidEsqson, . Esq. Charles Henry Nelson, Esq.- Thomas Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlroann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Charles Farquharson, Esq. Willi am Soltau„ Esq. " Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Tetlow Ilibbert, Esq.: Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.— rite usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on oth January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such Participation. nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums Payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Life. Any sum n o t exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies —with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALE The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCIIANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. ROY AL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, _ _ (Incorporated by Royal Charter). rounded in 1824 . -- Supported by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONESS-11er Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESID ENT — Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, KG., F.R.S. CITAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Faq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P., Chair man of Lloyd's. DEP UTY - CHAIRMAN —Thomas Chapman, 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 year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount ing to £6,258 Is. in establishing Life-boat stations on dif ferent parts of the Coasts of Rug 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, £3,63: 19s. ; and £1,550 for exercising the Crews of its Life-boats—making altogether a total of .11,441. D uring the past y ear th e Lif e- b oats o f the Inst i tut i on have been i nstrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following Wrecked Vessels : Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone Brig Pallas, of Shields .. •• • • • • • • 3 Ship Ann Mitch e ll, o f Gl asgow • • • • . Smack John Hull, of Yarmouth .. • • • • S chooner Catherine, of Newry4 Barque Niagara, of Shields .. 11 A Barge of Teignmouth •• • •• .• •• 2 Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby •• •• •• •• 6 Coble Honour, of Cullercoats Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .. •• • .. 7 Barque Oberon, of Liverpool Arigantine Nancy, of Teigmouth .• • • 9 Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth .. 2 Brig Scotia, of Sunderland . .. • • •• 6 loop Three Brothers, of Goole .. .. 5 Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. .- • • trig Ann, of Blyth 8 Sloop Hope, of Dublin •• •• •• •• .... .. . ...3 S chooner Druid, of Aberystwyth .. • • ••5 B arque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. .. 16 Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon .. 2 Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby .. • • • • 5 Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. • • 3 Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. .• • • •• 9 Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. 6 S chooner Susan and Isabella, of D un d e e .. .. 5 Schooner Rose, of Lynn •• •• .• •• 3 Brig Prodroma, of Stockton 11 trig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Frcia, of Konigsberg 6 Brigantine Liana, of Fredrikshamn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. • • • • 7 Total ....210 For these and other Life-boat services . the Institution has Voted £9OB Bs. 4d. as re ci ards. It has also granted rewards amounting to £203 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by shore -boats and other means, making, total of 455 persons b, v ed from a wa t ery grave on t h e Coasts o f t h e U n i ted Ingdor n . tlDuring the present year (1861), the Life-boats of the Insti ition have al so b een i ns t rumen t a l i n rescuing the Crews of e following V esse l s : Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham 40 44 44 Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. • • •• 5 S chooner Prospect, of Berwick • • • • 6 Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives 3 A. Fishing -boat of Whitbum 0 . 4 4 44. 4 Brig Arethusa, of Blyth 0 8 Sc hooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoo 8 Flat Cy mraes, of Beaumaris .. 2 Sc hooner 'William, of Morecambe .. • • • • 6 S mack Gipsy, of Newry Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston .. .. 4 Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven 8 Schooner William, of Liverpool • • • • 5 •• 1 uggerNimrod, o f C a stl e t own . • a Erijy, Providence, of Shields .. .. 8 Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle Scheoner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. .. 4 Barque Guy ma, of Glasgow .. .• .. 19 Brig Boman Empress, of Shields .. .. 10 Brig San Spirid one, of Galaxide . 2 Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vienna 8 French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese . 6 Pa retie Pe rseverance, of Scarborough . .. 5 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast OS 00 04 44, 17 Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover .. • • .. 4 Schooner Oregon, of St onehaven .. 4 Brig St. Michel, of Maran Ft 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) . .• • • • • ' 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 hands) .. • • .. .. 4 Smalk Adventure, of Harwich.. .. .. . 10 Pilot cutter Whim, of L owes t o f t . 7 Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen . 11 'Wrecked boat o n Bl ac k water Bank, on the Irish coast, saved one man .. .• • Schooner Skylark, of Folkest one . Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin Brig Content, of Sunderland Smack Ellen Owen, of Cardigan . • Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam .. 1 .. 6 .. 5 .. 5 .. 6 .. 4 .. 5 .. 5 .. 5 .. 5 Total ..288 The public cannot but sympathise with • the vigorous efforts now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, th rough the extraordinary exertions the Society has made within the p as t f ew years, i t has now One Ilundred and Twenty-one Life-1 oat s under its man agement lor the maintenanc e of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely heeded, 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- Ftreet ; INI essrs. Coutts and Co., 59, and Co., Stessrs. erries, Parquhar, and Co., 16, St. Jamei's-street, London ; by a 1 lhe Bankers ! n th e United Kingdom ; and b y the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 11, J ohn-street, Adelphi, London, W.C. f P ayments may be made by Cheques or by Post -office Orders eressed\ to Messrs. W Ws, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre tary. ' Tier VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN POUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIPP.. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most Phatte red constPution , whether arising ex cesses, noct urna l em i ss i ons, the effieeTs from mclimate,self-pollution, natu ral causes The time required to cure the most inveterate ease is fou r weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. T his life -restoring reme d y s h ou l d b e taken b y a ll about to In .rarrY, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by medicai press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Su ccess in ev er y case i s as certain as that water quenches thirst. stru c Dr. Ric rd's Essenc e o f Life i s so l d i n eases in M with full in andtfor use, at its., or f our quantities one for S, on re Will be sent to a ny p ar t of t h e world, carefully packed, ceipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout an d CO.; atentMedielneWarehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stat(oncro'Haa) No. 21,689. PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY SILVERPEN. Just ready, in 3 vols., LADY HERBERT'S GENTLEWOMEN, By " SILVERPEN." Author of "Mainstone's Housekeeper," &o. Hurst and Blacken, Publish.rs, V, Great Marlborough , street. Now ready, price 55., bound and illustrated, THE ROMANCE OF THE FORUM; or, NARRATIVES, SCENES, mud ANECDOTES from COURTS ofJUSTICE. By PETER. BURKE, Sergeant-at- Law ; forming - the New Volume of DUBS!' AND BLACKETT'S STANDARD LIBRARY. 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THE ROYAL FARMS.—The GARDENERS' CHRONICLE and AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE of January 4, will contain a description of the BARTON FARM at OSBORNE; to be followed in succeeding Numbers by similar articles on the other . Royal Farms. The Number ,4 - Wamenar r eL, A.new-Volume, Order of . any News-7 • - vender. Office, 4', Wellington-street, Covent-garden, W.C. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties of - 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." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. 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M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the bens tof Nervous '-ufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuahle - work, Til E WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Nremory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike o Society, Spermatorrhcen, 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 and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob nervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope Qnd two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., b, Burton lrescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. DR. LA'MERT ON SELF-PRESERVATION. Price Is. ; post-free, 13, or sealed ends, 20 stamps, with En gravings and Cases. Mhy be had of Mann and Co., A Cornhill, London, or direct from the Author. SELF -PRESERVATION.---A popular Essay on Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from injurious habits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, winch, by prematurely exhausting the functions ot 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. I.A'MERT, 37, Bedford-square, London. Licentiate of the Royal College of l'hyeicians of Edinburgh ; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, &e. The above work contains most useful and interesting information on the physiological changes which occur in the Reproductive System during the periods of youth, 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 they are lost, and how they can be recovered. It is free from the gross exaggerations, alarming descriptions, and dangerous remedies so generally resorted to by persons, who, prac tising with false medical qualifications, inflict most serious injuries, and render 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+ functional disorders of the nervous and reproductive system, which, owing to the great discoveries of modern science, are renderA subservient to a rational, simple, and easy mode of treatment. At home for consultation daily from 10 till 2, and from 6 till 8, either personally or by letter.-37, Bedford-square. D R. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price Is., by post ls. 16. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill. On Spermatorrlitea, Syphilis, Stricture, Haemorrhoids, (fleets, A6c. 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" The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-G rand. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician ; he has now priwed 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 diseo 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 baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, 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 coining out of a Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct. 13, 1861. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: & MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATO MIME NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 1 2 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE 'vL MATURE DECLINE IN MA I'7, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. . By Dr. J. 1,. CURTI6, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTEnt ll.—Causes of Sperrnatorrheea and Impotence; Farly Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications 4 Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhora and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting aces, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF TILE WORE'. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and , hould h e i n th e h an d s of young and old."—" Sunday Times," ad March, 185 ti. "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 27,1858. "This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in a plain and sympathising manne r on the various disqualifications Find impediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. 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The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo rating power of this preparation have procured its genera] adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. ... Vb., Ib., and llb packets, at is. 6d. per lb., by Grocers. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 2. The Royal Mail steamship Africa, Captain Shannon, which left New York on the 20th, at 6 45 a.m., has arrived. Her advices have been partially anticipated by express, via Holyhead. The following vessels of war were in New York harbour—Two French frigates, two ditto paddle steamers, two English corvettes, and one ditto gunboat. The Cunard steamship America, with ad vices from Queenstown to the Bth, passed Cape Race on the night of the 18th, but refused to be boarded. In the Senate, on the 19th, Mr. Willey (Union), of Virginia, offered a resolution that the existing war was forced upon the country by the States in rebel lion without provocation ; it was designed to de stroy the Union and Constitution, and their purpose was to disavow and repudiate the fundamental principles of a Republican Government. He pro ceeded to speak at some length on the resolution, contending that the rebellion was perfectly unjustifi able. In no country was life more secure and civil and religious liberty more perfect. The country had been in unexampled prosperity, and especially was the South favoured, and there consequently could be no grievance to cause the rebellion, as a Virginian Senator and slaveliolc erraa declared - that the South always got what was demanded. He commended the proclamation of those Generals who had declared that it was not their intention to interfere with legal institutions, and expressed his gratification that the President in his Message had re-declared fidelity to the Constitution. He declared that by no effort of his should slavery be extended, though he believed it necessary for the present that the African race should be kept in bondage. He gave a brief sketch of the rise of Secession, and declared that it was the result of a long concerted conspiracy, as avowed by the leaders of the rebellion. He argued at some length against the doctrine of Seces sion, and contended that the real cause of Secession was hostility to the Democratic principles of Repub lican Government. Without finishing, Mr. Willey gave way to a motion for an executive Session. The Senate adjourned to the 6th of January. A Message was received from the President on foreign relations, in which document no allusion was made to the affair of the Trent, but the Gulf expedition was gravely alluded to. In the House of Representatives on the 19th a bill was passed authorising the construction of 20 iron-clad gunboats. The New York World of the 19th says— " It would seem as if Lord Lyons might be ap prehensive that the demand he is required to make would be more peremptory than a correct knowledge of the facts would warrant. Why has he detained the Africa ? Yesterday was her regular day, and she is detained, by his direction, until to-day. He would have received his despatches, brought by the Europa, at 6 o'clock last evening, and the steamer will have sailed before he can possibly expect a reply from our Government. May we not safely conjecture that it is a wise foresight on the part of Lord Lyons to prevent the consequences of too hasty action ? He knows perfectly what his Government does not yet seem to understand, that Capt. Wilkes intended the reverse of a discourtesy, and if he should find the demands of his Government too peremptory for the circumstances, he probably wishes to state that opinion and await further instructions, issued on fuller information, before shutting the door against a diplomatic solution. If he believes that a removal of the misapprehensions that exist in Eng, land would immediately restore friendly relations, such a course would reflect credit on his wisdom and magnanimity. Knowing that Captain Wilkes intended a courtesy, Lord Lyons probably will not allow his Government to act as if Captain Wilkes had intended an insult in not bringing in the Trent for adjudication." In another article the World says— "Neither nation desires war. The interests of each alike strongly urge against it. But neither will submit to a supposed belligerent spirit on the part of the other. Both are determined not to be bullied ; and so each prepares to fight against its grain, under the false notion that the other is fixed upon having a fight. It is all wrong, and the public journals which are infusing that feeling, and inflaming the passion thereby engendered, involve themselves in fearfurguilt. This malign influence must be neutralized. Englishmen must be made to realize the fact that in the taking of Mason and Slidell no insult was intended to their flag ; and that the whole course of action was dictated by a considerate and courteous spirit. They should be made to understand that if there was irregularity in the exercise of an undoubted belligerent right, it came, as was the fact, from a regard to their in terest, and not from any disposition on our part to carry things with a high hand. Let that right impression once be brought home to them, and the danger of the case will vanish at once. All depends upon England's conception of the animus which governed the transaction. An unintentional affront is no affront at all. We say, then, that the Ameri can press, which is everywhere regarded as the exponent of American sentiment, should avoid all exultation and defiance ; and be governed by the same urbane spirit which we are all sure ruled Commodore Wilkes in his noble act. If public opinion here should express itself in that key, opinion on the other side would soon right itself, and the two Cabinets would be left free to bring the whole matter to a speedy and satisfactory settle ment." Alluding to the hostile feeling in Canada, the same paper says :—" Whatever may betide us now, we aro ultimately victorious, and Canada will do well to remember it." The New York Tames of the 19th says : _ _ _ _ " In seizing Messrs. Mason and Slidell Captain Wilkes either did or did not conform to the well established principles of international law. If the act was not warranted by the code we shall make the proper amends. If it was, we shall hold, with out objection, the prisoners. No cause for war exists. No cause is desired on either side. Such we understand to be the position of our Govern ment, by which we learn that no apprehen sions of a rupture of friendly relations exist. It does not seek to disguise its opinions upon this matter. It wants no war with England on any pretext, and especially it wants none in such a crisis as the present. It well understands the secret of the zeal displayed in certain quarters in its behalf in the emergency, and of the gratulations of the rebels over the threatened rupture between it and England. The prospect of such a war has en listed even Mr. Vallandigham and Mr. Cox ardently in the support of Government in its vigorous prose cution. Not an instant's time is to be lost, accord ing to these gentlemen, in pitching in. In such a war they see the safe deliverance of the rebellion. But in all this they are doomed to speedy disap pointment. As soon as the two countries can make up a statement of the case between them, all diffe rences wilt be speedily reconciled. While no appre hension need be felt in reference to any captious action by our Government,we have equal confidence that the despatches from the British Government will be in a similar tone. The communications be tween the two will have little in common with the ebullitions of popular feeling on either side. These were caused by apprehension and alarm at the con sequences of war, not by any desire for one, which is universally deprecated by the great majority on both sides. We predict we shall get out of thi4 en4roglio, into which wo were entangled without any design of our own, as speedily as we fell into it," The New York Shipping List, of the 18th, says:— "The effusions of the British press generally are very wild. In the absence of any, thing official, however, there need be felt no apprehension of a disruption of the friendly relations between the two countries. The reports that the British Go vernment has determined to adhere to its own inter pretation of the law, and treat this ar; a case to be settled only by an imperative demand, the demand to he accompanied with an offensive menace, and that the special messenger said to have been de spatched by the Europa is the bearer of England's ultimatutn, appear to us to be too absurd for a mo ment's credence. If international law has been vio lated, it is assuredly a question to' be settled by diplomatic discussion rather than by war, and we doubt not it will be so adjudged by the British Government. At all events, until it is definitely settled to the contrary, we shall continue to ad here to the belief that neither the British or American Government has the least desire to en gage in hostilities, and that, so long es there is no intent on either hand to provoke a war, there can be none. If the action of Captain Wilkes was a violation of the law of nations, there is little doubt that an apology will be offered. If it was not, then, if the demand for an apology has really been put forth by the British Government, it will doubt less be withdrawn. Both Governments are doubt less open to conviction ; in view of which, though things may look rather squally for the moment, all disputed points, in our opinion, may be settled by diplomacy. The Royal ptcMareetion prohibiting the shipment of articles Contraband of war is in accordance with Queen Victoria's previous procla mation of neutrality." The .New I ork, Journal of' Commerce concludes au articles as follows : "There is very little in all this to fight about. If England claims the inviolability of her decks in war as in peace, she will back out on a proposal to make a treaty to that effect. If she asks an apology, she cannot have it till she apologises for her Con sul's misdeed, and by so doing she will admit the right of our deed. If she demands tho giving up of Mason and Slidell, we will call our children to gether and consider the matter." The New York, Herald, of the 17th, says England cannot afford to go to war with us, for the conflict, sooner or later, would involve the loss of her West India Islands, of Canada, and the ad joining provinces, and, last and most fatal of all, the loss of Ireland, her right arm in war, her granary in peace. England cannot go to war with us, for 600,000,000 dols. worth of American stock is owned by British subjects, which, in the event of hostilities, would be confiscated ; and we now call upon the companies not to take it off their hands upon any terms. Let its forfeiture be held over England as a weapon in terrorern. British subjects have 200,000,000 dols. or 300,000,000 dole. invested in shipping and other property in the United States. All this property, together with the stocks, would be seized, amounting to 900,000,000 dole. in all. Will England incur this tremendous loss for a mere abstraction ? For the purpose of intimidating us she issues a proclama tion prohibiting the expert of saltpetre, arms, or , ammunition. 'We have saltpetre in the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky, and other parts of the country, which, if properly worked, will render us indepen dent of England ; and we can manufacture arms and ammunition for ourselves. But in a more vital point she is not equally independent of us. We can place an embargo on all breadstuffs, and the effect of that measure would be to starve her popu lation in three months, We can prevent her getting a pound of cotton. All she can do in return is to blockade Northern ports. But we will shut them up against her ourselves, if she proceeds much fur ther in her hostile course. We can live indepen dent of her and all the world. We have a vast and fertile country, with boundless resources, and all that a nation needs within. We could prosper if we had not a single ship, and every port were closed. Our own internal trade and manufactures would be ample to sustain a large mercantile class. Not so England. She is an artificial nation, like Venice of old, depending entirely upon her mari time commerce. Let that be struck down, and where is she ? It is in our power to give it a death blow. We can spare from our merchant marine 6,000 ships for privateers. We can arm them and send them over the ocean to 'E; weep her commerce from the face of the deep. In her present circum stances, a few months of such warfare would ruin her. The greatest injury she could inflict upon us would be a little inconvenience—the deprivation of a few luxuries by no means essential to the welfare of a great nation. But the maritime prestige of England once destroyed, and her commerce cut up in every sea, she would sink immediately to the position of a poor third or fourth-rate Power, destined soon, perhaps, to become an appendage of France. What happen again. Venice, so mighty years, and the greatest maritime nation ai t s gi oh happened for o fthe 1,300 world, once may what is she now ? 'Where is now the glory of Carthage and Tyre ? Spain Portugal, and the Dutch Republic have in turn ruled the waves. But they have lost the trident, and England, which has succeeded to the empire of the seas, sees her sway gradually transferred to the Western World. Hence her jealousy of the American Republic, and her desirr to split it into powerless fragments, but a war with us would hasten her downfall, and precipitate the fate she is so anxious to avert. In the event of England, in her folly, declaring war against the United States, the annexation of the British North American pos sessions, to which Mr. Seward looked forward in his speeches made before the present Administration came into office, will inevitably follow. Between Vermont and Minnesota we could pour 150,000 troops into Canada in a week, and overrun the pro vince in three weeks more, It would take a longer time to capture the citadelof Quebec, but still time would do the work. In this invasion we should be aided by a largo portion of the inhabitants, two thirds of whom are in favour of annexation to the United States." MR. SEWARD UPON AMERICAN INVES THEN TS. Wa take tho following. letter, especially im portant at this moment of threatened confiscation, from &ward's Works, vol. iii., p. 472 : "Albany, Sept. IG, 1839. " TO WILLIAM BROWN, ESQ., OF THE HOUSE OF BROWN BROTHERS AND CO., LIVERPOOL. " I think your suggestions concerning the hazard of con fiscation of investments, by foreigners, in American stocks very important and useful. I beg you to consider me under very special obligations for them. I can easily appreciate the solicitude foreign capitalists feel on that subject, although no person here dreams that our Government could be guilty of so gross a violation of faith as to confiscate in time of war money invested in our securities in time of peace. It will give me great pleasure to use these valuable suggestions in a manner which may be of service in increas ing our credit. I have noticed the decline of confidence in American securities. Nothing can be more absurd ; but what absurdity does not gain a temporal y influence in the operations upon 'Change ? " Can you add to my obligations by any further sugges tions which would be of service to me in presenting to the public the grounds of American credit in Europe ? I am, dear Sir, with the most sincere respect and esteem, your friend and obedient servant, " W. H. SEWARD." The trade of Dublin has just been exempted from some heavy imposts. The 2s. entry, and also the im posts on the trade of that port for the purposes of the Public Safety Harbour at Kingstown, for the abolition of which the Council of the Chamber of Commerce had laboured so lcng, ceased on Tuesday, the council having, after extraor dinary exertions, induced the legislature to recognise the injustice of those taxes upon the enterprise of our mer chants, and to decide upon their discontinuance. The dif ferential duties also ceased, by: which the Ballast-office revenues will be decreased by £3,000 a year. CAPTAIN W 1 LKES. A writer in a contemporary says observe in your paper au extract from a speech by Mr. White, M.P. for Brighton, in which it is represented that Captain Wilkes is the commander who many years ago executed a midshipman for mutiny under cir cumstances which excited indignation. This is a total mistake. The case referred to is evidently that of the brig Somers, which attracted general attention, and was discussed at length in both Eng lish and American newspapers in the year 1843. The commander of that brig having, as he imagined, discovered a mutinous conspiracy on board, and believing that the vessel could not be brought into port without danger to the lives of the faithful officers and crew, sentenced and caused to be hung on the high seas, on the Ist of December, 1842, two seamen and a midshipman, Philip Spencer, son of the then Secretary of the American Navy. I have now before me the commander's defence when tried for the act by a court-martial held at the Navy-yard at Brooklyn. Some of the passages in it are very singular. The commander of the Somers was, he says, alone on the ocean. " The high seas," he pro ceeds, " furnished no learned jurists with whom to consult. But he had with him a volume of Nature's laws, written by the finger of God on the human heart. In that volume he found that necessity ordains its own controlling canons," &c. He was acquitted by the court-martial, and in a sword of honour was presented to him by a subscription of his admiring countrymen ; but Fenimore Cooper published in 1844 a pamphlet in strong reprobation of his conduct, and I believe that in England public (minion gepkrally condemned him. But this officer was not Captain Wilkes, b u t Li eu tenant Alextuider Slidell Mackenzie, better known by the name of Slidell, which name he bore till 1837, when he was authorized to assume his mother's name of Macken zie by an Act of New York Legislature. He had previously acquired no inconsiderable reputation as an author by his " Year in Spain," which was re viewed by his friend Washington Irving in the Quarterly Review, and re-published by Murray. He died in 1848. As he was of a New York family, and as Mr. Slidell, the Southern Commissioner made prisoner by Captain Wilkes, is also of New York origin, it is probable that they were related. It is the similarity of names which has no doubt led Mr. White, relying too confidently on an inaccurate recollection, to make the statement which I wish to correct. The name which is connected with the affair of the Somers is not Wilkes, but Slidell. GENERAL PIIELPS'S PROCLAMATION .61G4INST SLAVERY. The following is the text of the proclamation issued by General Phelps:— TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH-WEST . Headquarters, Middlesex Brigade, Ship Island, Mississippi, Dec. 4. Co the loyal Citizens of the South-West,—With out any desire of my own, but contrary to my private inclinations, I again find myself among you as a military officer of the Government. A proper respect for my fellow-countrymen renders it not out of place that I should make known to you the motives and principles by which my command will be governed. We believe that every State that has been ad mitted as a Slave State into the Union since the adoption of the constitution has been so admitted in direct violation of that constitution. We believe that the slave States which existed as such at the adoption of our constitution are, by be coming parties to that compact, under the highest obligations of honour and morality to abolish sla very. It is our conviction that monopolies are as de structive as competition is conservative of the prin. ciples and vitalitica of republican overnment ; that slave labour is a monopoly which excludes flee la bour and competition ; that slaves are kept in com parative idleness and ease in a fertile half of our arable national territm y, while free white labourers constantly augmenting in numbers from Europe, are confined to the other half, and are often dis tressed by want ; that the free labourer of the North has more need of expansion into the Southern States from which it is virtually excluded, than sla very had into Texas in 1846; that free labour is essential to free institutions ; that these institutions are naturally better adapted and more congenial to the Anglo-Saxon race than are the despotic ten dencies of slavery; and, finally, that the dominant political principle of this North American continent, so long as the Caucasian race continues to flow in upon us from Europe, must needs be that of free in stitutions and free government. Any obstructions to the progress of that form of government in the United States must inevitably be attended with dis cord and war. Slavery, from the condition of a universally re cognised social and moral evil, has become at length a political institution, demanding political recogni tion. It demands rights to the exclusion and anni hilation of those rights which are insured to us by the constitution, and we must choose between them which we will have, for we cannot have both. The constitution was for freemen, not for slaves. Slavery as a social evil might for a time be tole rated and endured; but as political institution it becomes imperious and exacting, controlling, like a dread necessity, all whom circumstances have compelled to live under its sway, hampering their action, and thus impeding our national progress. As a political institution it could exist as a co ordinate part only of two forms of government, namely, the despotic and the free, and it could exist under a free government only where public sentiment in the most unrestricted exercise of a robust freedom leading to extravagance and licen tiousness, had swayed the thoughts and habits of the people beyond the bounds and limits of their own moderate constitutional 'provisions. It could exist under a free government only where the 'peo ple in a period of unreasoning extravagance had permitted popular clamour to overcome public rea son, and had attempted the impossibility of setting up permanently as a political institution a social evil which is opposed to moral law. By reverting to the history of the past, we find that one of the most destructive wars on record, that of the French Revolution, was originated by the attempt to give political character to an institution which was not susceptible of political character. The church, by being endowed with political power, with its convents, its schools, its immense landed wealth, its associations, secret and open, became the ruling power of the State, and thus occasioned a war of more strife and bloodshed, probably, than any other war which has desolated the earth. Slavery is still less susceptible of political charac ter than was the church. It is as fit at this moment for the lumber-room of the past as was in 1793 the monastery, the landed wealth, the exclusive privi lege, &c., of the Catholic Church in France. It be hoves us to consider as a self-governing people, bred and reared and practised in the habits of self go vernment, whether we cannot, whether we ought not to revolutionise slavery out of existence with out the necessity of a conflict of arms like that of the French revolution. Indeed, we feel assured that the moment slavery is abolished, from the moment our Southern brethren, every ten of whom have probably seven relatives in theNorth,would begin to emerge from a hateful delirium. From that moment, relieved from imaginary terrors, their days become happy, and their nights peaceable, and free from alarm. The agregate amount of labour under the new stimulus of fair competition becomes greater day by day; property rises in value, invi gorating influences succeed to stagnation, degene• racy, and decay ; and union, harmony, and peace, to which we have so long been strangers, become re stored, and bind us again in the bonds of friendship and amity, as when wo first began our national PRICK.... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. career, under our glorious government of 1789. Why do the leaders of the rebellion seek to change the form of your ancient government ? Is it because the growth of the African element of your population has come at length to render a change necessary ? Will you permit the free government uuder which you have thus far lived, and which is so well suited for the development of true manhood, to be altered to a narrow and belittleing despotism, in order to adapt it to the necessities of ignorant slaves, and the requirements of their proud and aristocratic owners ? Will the labouring men of the South bend their necks, to the same yoke that is suited to the slave ? We think not. We may safely answer that the time has not yet strived when our Southern brethren will abandon their long-cherished free institutions, and enslave themselves for the mere sake of keeping Africans in slavery. It is the conviction of my command, as a part of the national forces of the United States, that labour, manual labour, is inherently noble ; that it cannot be systematically degraded by any nation without ruining its peace, happiness, and power; that free labour is the granite basis on which free institutions muet rest ; that it is the right, the capital, the in• heritance, the hope of the poor man everywhere— that it is especially the right of five millions of our fellow-countrymen in the Slave States as well as of the four millions of Africans there, and all our efforts, however small or great, whether directed against the interference of government from abroad or against rebellious combinations at home, shall be for free labour, our motto and our standard here and everywhere, and on all occasions, " Free la - - hour and working men's rights." It is on this basis and on this basis alone that our munificent govern ment, the asylum of nations, can be perpetuated and preserved. J. W. PHELPS, Brigadier-General of Volunteers, Commanding. THE NAVY. VALETTA, Dee. 21.—The only addition to her Majesty's ships in port since the departure of the last mail is the Doris, 32, Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clin tock, which arrived to-day from the coast of Syria, pursuant to orders from Malta. This fine frigate is to proceed with all possible despatch to join the squadron now in course of formation on the North American and West Indian station. The gunboat Foxhound, 4, Commander the Hon. A. C. Hobart, left Malta harbour on the 16th inst. to exercise her crew in the use of the Armstrong gun, and returned next day. The James Watt, 89, Capt. Codd, left port to-day for a similar purpose, and will, it is said, proceed as far as Naples. The ships just now in port are the Marlborough, 131, the Hibernia, re ceiving ship, the former bearing the flag of the Com mander-in-Chief, and the latter that of the Admiral Superintendent ; Neptune, 89; Medina and Firefly, surveying vessels, and Foxhound, 4, Wanderer, 4, and Growler, 3, gunboats. The Growler is to be paid off here on Tuesday. Intelligence of the death of the Prince Consort was officially received here on Sunday last. On the following day the Governor issued a proclamation, desiring that the constituted authorities, civil servants, and inhabitants gene rally, should put themselves in mourning, and that all public places of business and amusement should be closed for three days. The iron screw steamer Resistance, 18, 3,668 tons, 600 horse power, was yesterday placed in No. 3 deck at Chatham, vacated the previous day by the Defence. Apart from a slight hitch occurring at the entrance to the dock, the operation was success fully performed under the direction of Mr. Lang, master shipbuilder, and his subordinates. Her draught of water forward was 19ft. 9in., and aft just 22ft., leaving about a foot between her keel and the blocks on the floor of the dock. She will proceed with her fittings as fast as the present resources of the establishment, taxed as they are to the utmost, will admit. The operation of pumping the water out of the dock after the iron ship had been shored up occupied until late last evening. The bottom of the Resistance is ordered to be payed over with Peacock's composition, to prevent corrosion. The screw steam sloop Zebra, 17, 951 tons, 200 horse power, having completed her necessary alter ations:and the trifling repairs ordered to be executed has been removed out of the steam basin at Sheer ness, and now lies moored in the harbour. During the time she was in dock an alteration was made in her catheads, which were removed further aft, to allow of the freer working of her Armstrong guns at the bow, ',and ratchet plates were fitted to her stern-post. This fine steamer presents an exceed ingly smart and yacht-like appearance as she lies at anchor, and is much admired by all nautical men. She will be attached to the first division of the steam reserve in the Medway for the present, and being fully equipped with her armament on board, will be ready to proceed to any part of the world at a very few days' notice. The War Department vessel Henry arrived at the Ordnance Wharf, Chatham, yesterday, from Wool wich, with a full cargo of 100-pounder and 40- pounder Armstrong solid shot and miscellaneous stores, for the steamers fitting for commission. Sails were drawn yesterday (Thursday) for the fleet of gunboats fitting in the basin at the Devonport dockyard ; several are already fit for the pennant. In accordance with orders to that effect received from the Admiralty, the various gunvessels ordered to be fitted at Chatham and the other ports for home service are to have their present smooth-bore guns removed, and each to be fitted instead with a 100- pounder and 40-pounder Armstrong. Yesterday three Limmense anchors for: the iron screw frigate Defence, 18, Capt. Powell, C. 8., ar rived at Chatham from the establishment of Messrs. Brown and Lennox, Cardiff, where they were forged. The - anchors are of the largest kind used in the service, the sheet anchor weighing 95 cwt., and the two bower anchors 92 cwt. each. They will be tested by the hydraulic engines before they are placed on board the Defence. The cupola furnace for heating the red hot shot having been completed at the factory in the dockyard, it has been shipped on board the Defence. The furnace is as large as those used in line-of-battle ships, and is capable of heating 10 inch shot as fast as re quired. Yesterday fires were lighted and steam got up on board the Defence, for the purpose of testing her boilers. The iron mainmast, weighing 16 tons, was fixed in its place yesterday. The deaths of the following officers have been officially reported at the Admiralty since the 20th of Sept. last :—Vice-Admiral G. Le Geyt, C. 8.; Rear Admiral W. P. Stanley; Capts. S. Morrish, W. F. Leith, R. Hall, and R. H. Elliot ; Comman. ders J. M. Cooke, P. C. C. M'Dougall, W. Thomp son, W. Pardoe, W. J. S. Clark, B. R. Robertson, R. N. Kelly, R. Barclay, W. Welsh, A. Young, and T. Read ; Lieuts. J. H. Whitshed, S. Osborne, W. J. Stevenson, S. W. H. Handley, R. Hea, D. Moodie, W. Hooper, B. G. Bowles, and F. Willoughby ; Masters W. Byford, F. Prior, and W. W. White ; Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets 0. Evans; Surgeons W. M‘Dermott, M.D., E. D'Anvergne, Sir J. F o rbes, M.D., D . . F L e e r w g u is s ' so W n ; Watson, M.D., P. Ramsay, a n d M.D. ; Assist.-Surg. F. J. Withers ; Chief Engineer E. West ; Sub-Lieut. J. Tracey ; Paymasters J. B. Moorman, J. Olive, W. Pritchard, W. G. Tomlin son, and W. G. Hopkins ; Assist.-Paymaster H. T. West. Royal Marines.—Major -Gen. R. Mercer ; Captains G. Hockey and R. J. Little; Lieuts. L. , and G. D. Lane. R o t e ley, R. Standish On Wednesday a detachment of Royal Engineers, consisting of 5 officers and 120 men, together with C battery of the Royal Artillery, consisting of 7 officers and 255 men, and No. 6 battery of the Royal Artil lery (garrison), consisting of 5 officers and 117 men accompanied by 12 men of the Army Hospital Corps, arrived in Liverpool by the London and North- Western Railway. They marched down to the landing-stage, and wero immediately conveyed on board the Canadian mail steamer Hibernian. Yes- NEWSPAPER terday a detachment of the Ist battalion arrived from Dublin in the Dub. Windier. The detachment, which consi, officers and 147 men, was immediately transhiv red a from the Windsor to the Hibernian, which was to sail with them in the afternoon forNewßrunswick. The embarkation was most satisfactorily accom plished, under the able superintendEnce of Colonel Greathead, Quartermaster-General for the district, and Commander Leycester, R.N., Admiralty agent for Liverpool. Besides the troops the Hibernian also took out 12 cabin passengers. The following appointments were made at the Admi ralty last evening : Assistant-Paymasters—Allen F. Gain to the Victory; Edward S. Lean to the Royal Adelaide. Masters'-Assistants—Henry V. Prichard and William Renwick, supernumeraries, to the Bacchante. Naval Cadets—C. H. Herring to the Edgar ;J.E. F. King and E. J. V. Pritchard to the Bacchante. 131,:iilkiw i t : 0 .,.. ~_ 4 ,er , 1 tikyr THE EIVOLISH CONVICT SISTE.7I. The annual reports from the convict prisons of England which have just been issued are accom panied by a memorandum prepared by Sir Joshua Jebb, the chairman of the directors, the contents of which cannot fail to be of interest. The general principle he lays down is that the means of refor mation should be united with punishment, but that the deterring features of a sentence should predo minate; and he declares the system now inform in England combines these elements in a proportion based on experience, and that there is reason to believe it has proved more conducive to the com bined objects of repression and reformation than if any undue prominence were given either to one or the other. The discipline comprises separate con finement for nine months, and then associated labour • -blic works in three successive stages. The object is to encourage and reward all efforts to do well, and to train the men to habits of industry which will fit them on discharge for earning an honest livelihood. Penal servitude, as now esta blished at Portland, Sir J, Jebb considers to be as much of a system " intermediate" between impri sonment and release on license as is necessary or, prudent. Practical people interested in the work ing of 'the Poor Law, or in the improvement of benevolent institutions, frequently make a minute inspection of some of our convict establishments with a view to the adoption of different parts of the system of industrial training and management—an indication that the utmost limit of relaxation has been reached. But now comes the question, what is to be done with the convict on his discharge? Is it possible to establish a system of close police supervision ? Mere the difficulty arises mainly with fellow-servants ; they will not work with convicts. Protection to the public becomes destruc tion to the convict. Sir J. Jebb holds that any general supervision by the police would, in effect, insure the return of the convict to crime for a main tenance, and drive him into the ranks of a desperate and dangerous class, which might then be created. Such a scheme would require that the Government should take the responsibility of securing employ ment for discharged prisoners, which is the real secret of any great success. The stigma due to crime remains uneffaced by any prison discipline; it is a retribution inflicted by society upon any one who forfeits his good name. He never wholly regains his position, though, according to his good conduct, facilities for obtaining employment will gradually increase, and, though the Government cannot inter fere with effect, a wide field is open for the energies of the philanthropist; and more organised and satis factory means of assisting well-disposed prisoners on discharge are very desirable. The case of Ireland, which here naturally presents itself, differs greatly from that of England. The small numbers with which it is necessary there to deal render possible appliances which could not be secured in England with any reasonable outlay. There is a centralised police at the disposal of the authorities, and the criminal class are said to be so effectually controlled that there exists no such scope for the exercise of their calling as in England, to which, indeed, many of the discharged convicts of Ireland betake them selves in consequence of the stringency of the Inca. sures adopted there. There is also in Ireland very great aid derived from emigration on a scale which would be impracticable with our large numbers; and there is the advantage of the superior organisa tion of the Roman Catholic laity for charitable purposes, which is especially valuable as applied to females. What Sir J. Jebb submits to the Govern ment is, that there should be increased means of superintendence of the convict prisons of England ; that a more strict enforcement of the conditions of the licence, or " ticket-of-leave," appears to be re quired ; and that " some stringent measures for dealing with incorrigible offenders might be adopted with advantage." With these improvements he believes that the system of management and dis posal of convicts established in this country would be, in its main essentials, as well adapted to meet the circumstances with which we have to deal as it is possible to make it, consistently with a due regard to economy. He sums up the results of the ticket. of-leave system thus :—From its commencement in October, 1853, down to April last 9,181 licences had been issued to males and 764 to females: of those granted to males the total number revoked has been only 834 (9 per cent.), of those to females 65, or 8.5 per cent. ; and the number of ticket-of-leave men reconvicted has been 1,034, or 11.3 per cent., and of women 65, or 8.5 per cent. He considers that to any one who recollects the fearful anticipations which prevailed when the abolition of transporta tion was first talked of, these results will appear almost incredible. TRADE RETURNS, The following on the stocks of imported goods in the Customs bonded warehouses is from Messrs. Joseph Tra vers and Sons : " Subjoined is an account of the quantities of the princi. pal articles of imported merchandise remaining in the Cus toms bonded warehouses of the United Kingdom on Nov. 30, 1861, compared with the quantities in warehouses on Nev. 30, MO : Remaining in the Customs' Warehouses Nov. 30, 1860, Nov. 30,1561. Cocoa, lb. 3,567,631 3,224,414 Coffo, lb .. 19,535,648 24,636,941 Currants, cwt. .. 213,626 324,949 Raisins, cwt. .. .. 14,539 65,283 Pepper, 113_ 1 .. 5,368,614 5,312,783 Rum, gals... .. 6,538,312 7,726,418 Brandy, gals. 3,277,294 3,039,564 Sugar, refined(forcign), cwt 83,150 37,446 Do. unrefined, cwt. 1,466,342 2,353,208 Molasses, cwt. .. 100,711 235,209 Tea, lb. 60,521,317 6 5,553,889 Tobacco, lb. 46,315,892 62,885,625 Wine, gallons .. .. 12,449,438 11,233,078 The aboN e figures indicate that the country is unusually well stocked with most descriptions of imported goods. Out of 13 articles, eight show an important increase, and only five a decrease, compared with the corresponding period of last year. Those in which there has been an increase are— Coffee, 21 per cent. ; currants, 52 per cent. ; raisins, 350 per cent. ; rum, 18 per cent. ; sugar, 31 per cent. ; molasses, 133 per cent. ; tea, 81 per cent. ; and tobacco, 36 per cent. Those which exhibit a decrease are—Cocoa, 91 per cent. ; pepper, 1 per cent. ; brandy, 7 per cent. ; refined sugar, 55 per cent. ; and wine, 10 per cent. " Compared with the stocks held in October last, the pre sent totals are as follows : Oct. 31, 1861. Nov. 30,1861. Cocoa, lb. .. 3,298,492 3,224,414 Coffee, lb. .. ..22,985,284 24,636,941 Currants, cwt. 133,640 324,949 Raisins, cwt. 32,014 65,283 Pepper, lb. 4,681,336 5,312,783 Rum, gallons .. 8,137,700 7,726,418 Brandy, gallons 3,00.5,147 3,039,561 Sugar, refined, cwt. .., 48,097 37,416 Do. unrefined, cwt. .. 2,603,719 2,353,208 Molasses, cwt. .. 290,988 235,20 G Tea, Ib. ..63,488,726 65,553,889 Tobacco, lb. ..59,849,042 62,885,625 Wine, gallons .. 11,385,485 11,233,078 "Thus it appears that• during the month the goods which experienced an accumulation were coffee, currants, raisins, pepper, brandy, tea, and tobacco, while those of which tee arrivals were lsss than the demand were cocoa, rum, suga r s molasses, and wine." THE STRIKE AT THE E XHIB ITION. —The strike of the labourers employed on the great dom e of th e Exhiti. last, tion building, on Monday and Tues da y terminated on Tuesday evening by the contr actors a cceding to the demand of the men, w hi c h was an addition of (id, p er d ay to their wages, on account of the laborious and dangerous nature of the employment, The 1 1 2 m, have all resumed work.