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The Weekly Board invite benevolent persons to make a per sonal visit of inspection as to the mode in which the several departments of the Charity are conducted. Contributions are earnestly solicited, and are received by the Treasurer,Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by M essrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Bar clay and Co. ; Denison and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; J. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the HospitaL J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman of the Weekly Board. ARGYLL ROOMS.—GREAT SUCCESS !! The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. BouiconT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss' Zuadrille, and novel ties of last weak, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.— Manager, M. P. Grenet. TOOTHACHE. -HOWARD'S ENAMEL, for stopping decayed teeth, however lame the cavity. It Is used in a soft state, without pressure or pain, and hardens Into a white enamel. It remains in the tooth many years, rendering extraction unnecessary and arresting the decay. Directions for use enclosed. Sold by all chemists and medi tine vendor s, Price ls, TEA.—STRACHAN aid CO.'S Strong Rough " Domestic" Black at 3s. ld. per lb.-26, Cornhill, London, E.C. TA-.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Fine " Inter mediate '' Black at 3s. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornbill, Lon uon, TEA' STRACHAN and CO.'S Delicious " Drawing- Room " Black at 4s. 2d. per lb.-26, Corn hill, London, E.C. Dr. Hassall's Certificate of Purity, and a Price Current free on application, 26, Cornhill, London, E.C. TVIORTLOCKS' CHINA WAREHOUSE, 250, Oxford-street.--CHINA Dinner, Dessert, Breakfast, and Tea Services at a great reduction fbr CASH, in conse quence of the expiration t.f the Lease. 25n, Oxford-street, near Hyde-park. SZAUCE.-LEA AND PERRINS F.—) beg to caution the Public against Spurious Imitations of their world-renowed WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Purchasers should .ASK FOR LEA AND PERRINS' SAUCE, Pronounced by Connoisseurs to be "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." *** Sold Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors, Worcester; Messrs. CROSSE and BLACKWELL, London, &c. &c., and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. NO NEW YEAR'S GIFT is more valuable than OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA, 'Which has been established upwards of 30 years. It is the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the hair, whiskers, Pr moustache, and preventing them turning grey. Sold in bottles, 35. 6d., 65., and lls., by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Wellington -street, Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For childrens' and ladies' hair it is most ellicacions and unrivalled. RUPTI7RES.—BY *OVAL LETTERS PATENT. "WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT k:t,9lnrriort or 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two lintkired Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invenvion in the curative treatment of RERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, ! 8 here „avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body whiic the requisite resisting power is supplied by the 23 -oc -Main pi,„ , l and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness hat It cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, - . and the truss, which cannot rail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the bo,,?v, two inches below the hips, being kent to the manufacture "• TE Mr. WHI, 228, Piccadilly. -& Single Truss, 165., 215., 2,:5. Ed., and 31s. 6d. Postage, le. A .Double T russ 31s. 6d., 425., and 52 5. ed. Postage, is B d. 413 tmbilical Truss, 425. and 52 5 . Cd. Post a g e, ls. 10d. Post -office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post "ace, Piccad illy. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, RWEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of iVeakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Sto. They are porous, liqht in texture, and Inexpensive, and are drawn on ean ordinary stocking. Piioe 45. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228:Piccadilly. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY' —LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC Bti LSAM, without confining the 'bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, Is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases 43. 4 asthma, and consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in curable, admirably allays the ticklin„,o' which provokes freque nt coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes atter taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket London, and by all Ilruggists, in bottles, 131 d., and thre e times the quantity in 'one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's 'Asthmatic Balsam. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." rp,RULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- A. Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre- Sared o;rithout'any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. cott, oi' Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer froin bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind En „ mg , giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, .as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier they are truly excellent ; of the blood,mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro- Mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Bold by W. Lambert. 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London. *lid by most druggists, In boxes, Is. lid., and three times tEle quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's BVious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green Pacitage, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. DR. BUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINES. PATENT SUGAR-COATED PILLS, for purifying the blood, regulating the bowels, and removing vitiated hu Mors, bilious and liver complaints, rheumatism. gout , scor butic affections, co-tiveness, &c. These pfil3 work their way to the very roots of each disease, cleansing in their passage, and removing every unhealthy accumulation, the bloo 1 is purified, the whole system renovated, and all the functions net according to nature, whilst the duties of life beco.:le pleasure, where before they had been sad and weary burdens. Do not hesitate—do not delay ! a clean stomach must make a clean body. A clean bode will contain pure blood, when the stomach, body. and blood are pure, from regulating and cleansing the bowels, health is certain. Bexin at the be ginning, wast e no time; strike at the root of your ailment. Again, I say, look to your stomach. One trial of these pills 'will force conviction. Sold in bottles, at Is. lid., Is. 9d., 45. 6d., and lls. k Solcl by Buchan and Co. 22 N ew man-street, Oxford- Strt, et, London, W., a n d to be had of all chemists in town and noun try, or forwarded on re - elpt of stamps. wb,olesale Agents :—Barclay and Son, 75, Farringdon-st. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : A. MEDICAL ESSAY PERMATORRIPZEtt, NERVOUS AN D GENER N ATINS E DEBILITY, &c. Just PublishOd, the 150th thousand, b with numerous plates, envelope, price le., Sold in a sealed i'y the Author, for 12 y all Booksellers, and sent post paid, stamps, Tti ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE k MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain 'kr Perf e ct Restoration to Health and Vigour. Directions 3 I CUILVIS, 15, Albermarle-greet, Piccadilly, London! Dr. J. L. CONTENTS: . IN'TRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the ph Struc t 'irre and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CH A,'TE 'R ll.—Causes of Sperraatorrhcea and Impotence, . -aril, vicious Indulgences: Dang ers of Neglect. r CHAPT:M lII.—A Review of the various Disqualificatio ns -et _Marriage; whether resu ltin g from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Mailfrity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of 4 30norrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and a interesting r•ses, to which Is added the Author's recipe of preventive t.otion. REVIEWS OF TUE WORN. "'Curtis on Manhood.--This is a truly valuable ork, and should be in the hands of young and old.' —" Sundawy Times," .3d I.l.lreh, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or mere f re q uentl y p remature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 185 A. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in a plain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications nnel impediments arising from iiervous excitement and de• loility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London ; Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann, IP, Cornbill. 7.l9urs Of Ecni su i tat i v n—lo to 3 and 6 to? 8 ; Sundays, 10 WI 2, N°, 21,696, PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Portrait, 21s , MEMOIRS OF QUEEN HORTENSE, MOTHER OF NAPOLEON 111. "This book furnishes a compendious biography of the beautiful and unhappy Queen more satisfactory than any we have yet met with. Besides the main subject of the volumes, and the interesting notices they contain of Louis Napoleon's childhood and youth, they afford us glimpses of many of the celebrities: of the Empire and the Restoration." —Daily, News. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, Bvo., 10s. 6d., TiHE AMERICAN UNION : Its Value and Real Effects on the Well-being of the American People ; the Causes of its Disruption, and Probable Results of the Present Conflict; with an Examination of our own Interests in the issue, and an Inquiry into Secession as a Constitutional Right. By JAMES SPENCE. "Mr. Spence has assembled facts and authorities in mas terly support of his reasoning, and has grouped them with a temperate and logical clearness that cannot fail to convince. He writes with the discretion of a judge who has all the evi dence before him, strong and honest in his own convictions." —All the Year Round. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. CHARLES READE'S NEW STORY. Eighth American edition, and Fourth English edition of " 11 HE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH." " We shall look in vain, even in the volumes of Walter Scott, for a passage which can rival in dramatic force the in terview between Gerard and Margaret in the fourth volume." —Westminster Review. Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. Just published, NO. I. OF THE VOICE OF THE STARS. Price 6d. Edited by Zadkiel. Contains Predictions of the Great Events Forthcoming, and a statement of the Astrological Causes of the Decease of the Prince Consort, as foretold in Zadkiel's Almanac for 1861. George Berger and all booksellers. Also ZAD K lEL ' S ALMANAC for 1862. 48th thousand. And HANDBOOK of ASTROLOGY. Price 3s. ad. By Zadkiel. Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price 58. by post free, 6s. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrlicea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Baßliere, 219, Regent-street. Now ready, price 2s. 6d., MADAME CAPLIN'S Large and Beautifully Illustrated WORK on HEALTH and BEAUTY, or Corsets and Clothing adapted to the Human Body. By the same Author, Woman and Her Wants. Price Is. Darton and Co., Holborn-hill, and from the Author 58 Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. MRS. DOCTOR GOSS attends and corresponds with ladies in all Female Complaints and functional irregularities, and in pregnancy, midwifery, and the disap pointments of marriage. References to ladies of the highest distinction. See Dr. Goss's Illustrated Medical Work, " Man and Woman," price 2s. M., post free 31 stamps.-55, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn, London. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. I] PPS'S COCOA. (Commonly called Epps's Homoeopathic Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. }lb., Ob., and 11b packets, at Is. 6d. per lb.,by Grocers. THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work, a Guide to the Married and those contemplating Marriage, who entertain secret doubt of physical strength, having im perilled the power of manhood by youthful indiscretions ; also treating on Syphilis, Secondary Symptoms, and Gonor rheea,, and containing a Prescription known as the Preventive Lotion, Nature's Disinfectant, precluding the possibility of contamination ; containing 190 pages, with 100 engravings, free by post 12 stamps. Address R. and L. Perry and Co , 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. Attendance daily, from 10 till 8, by a Consulting Surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (registered under the new Medical Act). T HE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Ricord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at lls., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Front and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers'ilall.) GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. ENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers, 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, &c., '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 obl servatlon, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., b, Burton crescent, Taviktock-square, London, W.C. DR. LA'MERT ON SELF-PRESERVATION. Price ls. ; post-free, 13, or sealed ends, 20 stamps, with En gravings and Cases. Mity be had of Mann and Co., 30, 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, which, by prematurely exhausting the functions of Manhood, de stroy the happiness of Married Life or prevent the fulfil ment of engagements which constitute the most cherished objects of existence. By Dr. LA'MERT, 37, Bedford-square, London. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, &c. 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 ar3 lc st, 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, prae thstn,, with false medical qualifications, inflict most serious 'fliuries, and render judicious treatment frequently abortive. Th j Author Is the only leg-ally qualified practitionr stands on the Medical Register (the only whose true test of Medical qualification), who has been exclft sively engaged for, series ofyears in the treatment of t-t-t various functional disc, dere of the nervous and reproductive system, which, owing to ,`_he science, are rendered subservLgreat discoveries of modern nt to a rational, simple, and easy mode of treatment. At home for consultation daily from i d fill 2, and from 6 illB, either personally or by letter.-37, Bedford-square. DR. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price is., by post is. Id. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill. On Spermatorrheca, Syphilis, Stricture, 11xmorrholds, Gleets, &c. Marriage : Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Dr. C. may be consulted daily till 12, at The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand; and from 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, Great Marlborough - str e et , W. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and ls. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, ls. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF TIIE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the p , actical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, N0v.12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Bath., 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as lie has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established , the Turkish Bath. . . Our obiect beino• merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess O ne of the best s e t o f b a th s, a t 19, St. M ar tin'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, w hich, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. • . We may justly say that if a man ever :feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on coming out:of _a Turkish Bath, "—Era, Oct. 13, 1861. • /- - (7TH ~`~' lv - _ d 4 114 : 71 4 41 4116111- k ..".'N ell> "• : F, :1?; , i12 . 1` ) I9i1: , 7 7 T Vi , it"2TY • 2(-3 IBTROPOLITAN 21 • . - ,oof /rib. ,4,ter •s• Oa 1 .1%.1 a - ,- 4 41.,„.L51-11 q‘% r.a L.) • I". &If / 4, '7ls. „ ''S , l O - 4./ i 4 •. _ )41 1 / 4 •kk ) , >,45 1 4 Uhl 9 ' l Ibi ' l7 ' ,1 The usual meetiun - of the I\letropolitan Board of r -1. - -.7 - • / 0.-1,11 , ,. • Works was held yesterday at the offices in Spring ce%4' 9? ct '4 . ;3 4111P ir • gardens—Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. • • ';'• - `;' • PROPOSITION TO DISPOSE OF THE SEWAGE OF THE METROPOLIS. PRICE ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. The Board proceeded to consider the report of the Main Drainage Committee, stating " that the committee entertain very favourably the proposition for dealing with the sewage of the northern area of the metropolis, contained in the communications from the Hon. Wm. Napier and Mr. Wm. Hope, and recommend the Board to assent to the principle of a concession of the sewage for a term of 50 years, provided the requisite authority be granted by the Legislature to the Board, and subject to the intro duction of all necessary clauses in the bill for the protection of the Board and of the public interests confided to them, and for insuring the fulfilment by the company of the obligations undertaken by them." Several communications were read strongly con demning the proposition of handing over to the applicants the sewage of the metropolis, which might impede the drainage, and was a valuable commodity which ought to be applied in liquida tion of the rates of the metropolis. _ _ us to suppose that the liberation of Messrs. Mason and Slidell has. in reality caused disappointment rather than pleasure. The following is from the Siecle ; " The despatches which announce the favourable solution of the conflict between England and the United States have produced general satisfaction in Paris. The prospect of a war which would ne cessarily lead to the most serious complications, would fill with mourning all those who, like us, would wish to see all nations proceed regularly and unshackled towards liberty and prosperity. In ac cepting the consequences of the act of captain Wilkes, the Washington Cabinet would have com promised the future of the two hemispheres and the cause of the American Union. To yieldunder such circumstances is, on its part, a proof of strength rather than of weakness. It renders homage to the principles which it has itself defended for so many years, and yields to the wishes expressed so unanimously by the European Government. All had adopted the arguments so clearly developed by M. Thouvenel ; all condemned the conduct of the Commandant of the San Jacinto as contrary to the law of nations, but what is remarkable is that no Power, in presenting considerations on an-isolated fact, called in. question the good faith, the intelli gence, and the patriotism of the Government of the American Republic. It has rallied round it sym pathies which were about departing ; and Messrs. Mason and Slidell set at liberty by its orders, may, without danger to it, resume their voyage ;to Europe." Mr. WILIUNSON, in moving the adoption of the report, said a committee of 21 gentlemen had almost unanimously recommended a concession of the sewage of the metropolis to a private company, the Board in no way being responsible for any of the expenses that would be incurred in carrying on these works. Their engineer had reported favour able on the plan as the only one that had been sub mitted which offered any prospect of reasonable return for the outlay, and at the same time would not be a nuisance to the metropolis. They had now an opportunity of having a work done by a private company, and at their own expense, which in a few years might be required to be done by the Metropolitan Board of Works, providing the new outlets which would be formed for the discharge of the sewage should not be unaccompanied by a nuisance. He hoped the Board would not consent to any further delay ; and as to the river schemes, if they called before them the projectors of them, they would be taking on themselves the functions which properly belonged to the committee of the House of Commons. On a comparison of the advan tages of the different schemes he believed these men had presented the only practioal plan which admitted the irrigation of the land by liquid ma nure without creating a nuisance, and in granting the concession to them they would be running no risk whatever. He concluded by moving, "That this board assents to the proposal of the Hon. W. Napier and Mr. Hope, representing the Metropolitan Sew age and Essex Reclamation Company, in the terms of the communication to the board, providing the grant from the Crown and the requisite authority of Parliament be obtained in the ensuing session, and that the solicitor of the board do see that all the necessary clauses are inserted in the bill to con vey the necessary authority of the board." Mr. CARPMAEL seconded the resolution, and said the persons making the proposition proposed to use the sewage in the irrigation of the land, provided the assent of Parliament and this board was previ ously obtained. They believed that the sewage of the metropolis was a valuable property, and if they succeeded they would pay them a percentage for it; but if they failed this board would not be called upon to pay a single farthing towards the construction of the works. Therefore he did hope the board would at once give the company this concession, and so enable them to go to Parliament and ask for powers to carry their scheme into effect. Mr. DOULTON said his opinion on the general question would be in accordance with the mover and seconder of the resolution, but, at the same time, he thought it would at present be impolitic on their part to take the course now proposed which might bear the appearance of favoritism. Other parties had applied to this board for similar powers to those now sought to be given, and it was only on 16th Nov. last that Mr. Pollard, the clerk of the board, sent a letter to other parties requesting them to be good enough to supply a map and sections, shew ing the intended operations, the level of the sur face, and the lines, levels, and sizes of the intended aqueducts, indicating the various kinds of surface soil with which it is prepared to deal, and showing in detail what mode of subsoil drainage it is in tended to adopt, with the size, depth, and incli nation of the several proposed lines of drainage, together with the particulars of the pumping power to be employed and the nature of the out fall ; also a statement of the manner in which it is proposed to work the scheme, what kind of powers will be taken for dealing with the land to be ope rated upon, how owners and occupiers are to be treated with, what quantity of sewage will be taken daily, over what area of land it will be distributed, and many other particulars in reference thereto. That letter was sent only two months ago, and all he asked them to do was that, as persons were en gaged in preparing that information, they should wait until that was laid before them, which they themselves by their own officer had asked for. He was not in favour of any particular scheme ; but he was opposed to the board committing itself to any particular plan until the fullest information as to other plans was obtained. He moved as an amend ment that all the documents and report of the com mittee be printed and placed in the hands of mem bers, and that the subject be adjourned for a month. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE seconded the amend ment, believing that they would be doing wrong by precipitately agreeing to tbe plan now before them. Mr. FREEMAN supported the original motion, as the company had come before the Board with all calculations for carrying the works into effect, and for a bona fide purpose. If the question was ad journed for a month the bill would be entirely ignored for the present session. Mr. NICIIOLAY believed the proposition of 1111. Doulton was a most reasonable one, to give other companies the power of sending in their plans, and he hoped the board would not hesitate to grant the delay of one month, to enable them to send in their plans, and he should have been glad if the time had been for a longer period than a month. Mr. ROBINSON supported the amendment, believ ing that the irrigation of 20,000 acres of land with sewage could not fail to create a nuisance; and he hoped that they would confine themselves to so much of the subject as referred to the metropolis , with which alone they had to deal. Mr. 13IDGooD said he did rot see what the board had to do with the scheme at all, for if they were to assent to it it would at once be put prominently forward that the Metropolitan Board of Works had agreed to it, and persons might be induced to part with their money in consequence. He therefore urged the board to be very cautious in giving their assent to any scheme, but let the whole of them go to Parliament and ask for compulsory powers on the Metropolitan Board of Works to let them have the sewa ge . Mr. PECKETT supported the motion. Mr. PHILLIPS said if the assent of the board was obtained even then it would be required that the company should make out their case before Parlia ment, or they would not get their Bill. Mr, BENNETT said there was an opinion amen{; the public that this sewage was valuable, and, if that was so, it was impossible that they could give away what was the property of the ratepayers and could be used for their advantage. Mr. liuctiEs gave it as his opinion that if ever there was a scheme calculated to create a nuisance more than another, this was one, as it was proposed to spread over a sandy sail a thickness of sewage which would pollute the 'air with malaria, and would affect such towns as Maldon, and Chelms ford, Southend, Gravesend, Dartford, and many other places until it finally reached the metropolis, Sand could not imbibe ammonia, and indeed it sas intended to form a soil on top of the sand of the sewage of the metropolis, ; until it should reach a depth of 10 inches, which must be most pernicious to the surrounding neighb ourhood. As to th e scheme he believed it was altogether impracticable. It was an interference with nature and the boun dary of the coast, and if submitted to Parliament. would be immediately rejected. After a f e w observations from Mr. D'lffanger and Mr. Deputy Harrison, Mr. WILKINSON replied, and the amendment was carried by 17 to 13, y ~ c~ ESSAYS AND REVIEWS. At the opening of the Arches Court yesterday morning, before Dr. Lnshington, the case of the " Office of the Judge Promoted by the Bishop of Salisbury v. Williams (clerk)" was proceeded with. Dr. Phillimore resumed his arguments in support of the articles of indictment, contending that the doctrine of in spiration in the Church of England was one that excluded altogether the view of inspiration which placed it upon human reason, and that inspiration, when applied to the Holy Scriptures and the prophets, meant an action of the Holy Ghost upon the mind different and distinct not only in degree, as his learned friend who spoke last on the other side contended, but in kind from the ordinary use of the word. Mr. Stephen—l said it was of the same kind, but for dif ferent objects and different in degree. Dr. Phillimore—Substantially I think that comes to the same thing, for we say that it is an entirely different kind of inspiration. In support of his contention on this point the learned counsel quoted the words, " According to the mind of the Holy Ghost expressed in the Scriptures" from the preface to the homilies and canons, and held that to make good their argument the counsel for Dr. Williams would have to show that it was the mind of the Holy Ghost, expressed in the same way, which appeared in the works of Shakespeare and Milton. In further confirmation that his view of inspiration was the doctrine of the church, Dr. Phillimore read extracts from the homilies, which also bore upon the question of the predictive element of the pro phecies, and especially of the 53d chapter of Isaiah, which was denied by Dr. Williams to have any reference to the coming of the Saviour. He had been surprised to hear Hooker quoted to the effect that reason in men's minds was an inspiration in the same sense as theinspiration of the Holy Scriptures, and that reason must be applied to the understand ing of the Scriptures, for the whole tenor of the Ecclesiastical Polity went to show that the insufficiency of the light of nature for the understanding of God's truth was fully and perfectly supplied by the Scriptures, and one passage in that book contained these words, which he thought singularly applicable to this case, " The mixture of those things in speech which by nature are divided is the mother of all error." But he had in the same way been pressed into the service to support the opinion of Dr. Rowland Williams upon the subject of prophecy, but a reference to the "Ana logy," under the head " Credibility of Revelation liable to Objections," would show that Butler admitted a primary and secondary meaning to the prophecies, whereas the alle gation against Dr. Williams was that in no part of his essay was there an acknowledgment of the spiritual part of the prophecies—the view of the essayist being that the pro phet was the historian of contemporary events, and in no sense a foreteller. Dr. Phillimore read several passages from Butler's " Analogy," all of which he considered mili tated entirely against the notion that there was no authority in Butler for the opinions of Dr. Williams. Butler distinctly admitted that the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures was different not only in degree but in kind from reason, and that to deny the inspiration of the particular Book of Daniel referred to in the essay would be to deny the authority of the Saviour, and to put in jeopardy the whole system of Christianity. The learned counsel thought it also material to give a summary from Leland of the writings of English deists of the last century—Collins, Wolsten, Tindal, Chubb, and others—whose method was shown to be neither more nor less than a close anticipation of Baron Bunsen and his reviewers. Coming, then, to the authorities cited on the other side, he denied that any of them could really be re garded as favourable to Dr. Williams ; and he must say that he had heard with the utmost surprise the great name of Bishop Pearson included amongst the number. It was clear from the whole context that Dr. Williams had used the word " Messianic " as equivalent to "predictive of our Lord ;" and it was therefore quite astounding to be told that Bishop Pearson only allowed one text in the Prophets to be "Messianic." In point of fact the bishop's work abso- lutely abounded in passages which assumed texts in the Old Testament to be predictions of our Lord ; but it appeared that he had chanced, in commenting on the word "Christ" in the Creed to say that the word " Messiah"—its Hebrew equivalent—was only once directly and solely applicable to our Lord, namely, that where it spoke of Messiah as being " cut off." Unless Dr. Williams was prepared to say that he admitted the Hebrew prophets to be full of passages pre dictive of our Lord, it was a mere quibble to speak of Bishop Pearson as on his side. Then his learned friend had quoted Bishop Lowth ; but the result of that learned and distin guished man's criticisms bad been greatly to strengthen the predictive element of the sacred writers. For example, in stead of our translation of Isaiah liii. 9, " And he made his grave with the wicked and with the rich in his death," he read, " And his grave was appointed with the wicked, but with the rich was his tomb ;" which exactly corresponded with the evangelical narrative of the death and burial of our blessed Lord. There was obviously all the difference in the world between a criticism like Bishop Lowth's, the object of which was to restore and bring out the full mean ing of the sacred text, and a destructive criticism like Baron Bunsen's and Dr. Williams's, which put an end to pro phecy altogether. It was really too absurd to quote the one as any authority for the other, or to say the labours of Bishop Lowth proved the Church of England Chad left the inspiration of Holy Scriptures an open question. So likewise Bishop Marsh had been quoted for the other side; but in reality there was no stronger possible opponent of the school of interpretation.patroniscd by Dr. Williams. The bishop had, in fact, stated in express terms that " the prophecies relating to the Messiah were of such importance that they affected the very truth of our religion." He did not care what Bishop Marsh might have said in any par. titular passage, for every one must be construed with re ference to the context—to the entire scope, that was, and design of the author: And this answer applied to all the other authorities which had been quoted, even to Baxter himself, who in 1665 shad actually published a confession of his faith in which he said, "I do believe the holy canonical Scriptures, and all things therein contained, to be infallibly true, as being the Word of God." After that Baxter, he supposed, would have been very much aston ished if he had been told he would come to be cited in an ecclesiastical court as an authority for the non-inspiration of the canonical books. Yesterday he (t h e l e arned civilian) had exposed the unfairness with which Dr. Williams had dealt with Bishop Chandler; now he had a similar complaint to make of his treatment of Paley. On page 66 he remarked, " Bishop Chandler is said to have thought twelve passages in the Old Testament directly Messianic; others restricted this character to five. Paley ventures to quote only one." Y es terday he showed that Bishop Chandler had selected twelve passages merely be-. cause an examination of the whole number would have occu pied him too long, and now be had to state what it was that Paley really had said. Hie words were, " There are other proofs in the Old Testament. which deserve great regard, hut I will content myse lf with stating the above [namely, Isaiah:liii.], because I think it is the clearest and strongest of them all." As for Baron Bunsen's notion that there were two or three Istuahs and Jeremiahs, it was very characteristic of the man. Some day somebody might say there were two or three Baron Bunsens—one a very sen sible person, who used the prayers which it was said he used, and another, who wrote all kinds of extravagant follies about the Old Testament, (A laugh.) The learned counsel then went through the other passages which had been extracted from Dr. Williams's review for censure, and contended that the court ws bound to accept the allega tions containing them. lie was still speaking when The court adjourned. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Cheer Up.—Sufferers from rheumatism need not despond till a trial has been given to these restorative remedies, Fomentation with warm water and friction with this in valuable Ointm en t are the surest antagonists to rheuma tism and gout. The inflammation of the joints soon yields to this treatment. After rub Ling in Holloway's Ointment and taking his Pills for a few days, the throbbing pain, heat, and swelling begin to subside, the fever decreases, and the patient feels he can move without agony, and sleep calmly without dislocating starts. llolloway's Pills contribute to dispel the rheumatic principle from the system, facilitate the present recovery, successfully ward off any return .of the attack, and confer flexibility and strength upon the injured joint. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1862. THE TRENT AFFAIR, THE OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. By the Jura we have received further details of Messrs. Mason and Slidell. The first is a letter from Secretary Seward to Mr. Adams, the American Minister in London, dated Nov. 30, 1861. Mr. Seward in this letter compli ments Mr. Adams for speaking and acting so wisely at the Lord Mayor's dinner, and also states that he told Lord Palmerston the simple fact when inform ing him that the life of the insurrection is sustained by the hopes of a recognition of the Southern Con federacy by England and France, and if those hopes ceased the insurrection would perish in 90 days. He refers in the same note to the fact of the arrest of Slidell and Mason by Capt. Wilkes as a new and un forseen circumstance. which is to be met by the two Governments, if possible, in a kindly spirit. Lord Lyons had said nothing on the subject, and no explanations were furnished to Minister Adams, it being deemed prudent that the ground taken by the British Government should be first made known at Washington, and discussion be had there, but Mr. Seward deemed it proper to state that Captain Wilkes acted without instructions, and the subject, therefore, is free from the embarrassments that might have ensued if the act had becn specially directed. He trusts that the British Government will consider the subject in a friendly temper, and it may expect the best disposition on the part of the Washington Cabinet. The next letter is from Earl Russell to Lord Lyons, dated Nov. 30, which details the Trent affair. He says : " It thus appears that certain individuals have been forcibly taken from a British vessel—the ship of a neutral Power on a lawful and innocent voyage, —an act of violence which was an affront to the British flag and a violation of national laws. Her Majesty's Government are willing to believe the act was without authority and resulted from misunder standing, as the Government of the United States must be fully aware that the British Government will not allow such an affront to its national honour to pass without due reparation ; and the British Government are unwilling to believe that the United States deliberately intended unnecessarily to force a discussion of so grave a question between the two Governments. Her Majesty's Government trusts that the Government of the United States will of its own accord offer such redress as alone could satisfy them—namely, the liberation of the four prisoners and their delivery to Lord Lyons, that they may again be placed under British pro tection, and a suitable apology for the aggression committed. Should these terms not be offered by Mr. Seward, you will propose them to him. Mr. Seward replies to Lord Lyons (by whom he was furnished with a copy of Earl Russell's letter) stating that the despatch has been submitted to the President. Mr. Seward says :—" The British Go vernment rightly conjectured what it is now my duty to state, that Captain Wilkes acted upon his own suggestions of duty, without any direction or instructions, or even foreknowledge of it, on the part of this Government. No directions had been given him, or any other naval officer, to arrest the four persons, or any of them, or the Trent, or any other British vessel, or any neutral vessel, there or elsewhere." After discussing the whole question at great length in all its bearings, Mr. Seward says—" I trust I have shown to the satisfaction of the British Government, by a very simple and natural statement of facts, and an analy sis of the law applicable to them, that this Govern ment has neither meditated, nor practised, nor approved, any deliberate wrong in the transaction to which they have called its attention ; and, on the contrary, that what has happened has been simply an inadvertency consisting in a departure by the naval officer—free from any wrongful motive—from a rule uncertainly established, and probably by the several parties concerned, either imperfectly under stood or entirely unknown. For this error the British Government has a right to expect the same reparation that we, as an independent State, should expect from Great Britain or from any friendly na tion in a similar case. I have not been unaware that in examining this question I have fallen into an argument for what seems to be the British side of it against my own country, but I am relieved from all embarrassments on that subject. I had hardly fallen into that line of argument when I discovered that I was really defending and main taining not an exclusively British interest, but an old honoured and cherished American cause ; not upon British authorities, but upon principles that constitute a large portion of the distinctive policy by which the United States have developed the re sources of a continent, and thus becoming a con siderable maritime Power have won the respect and confidence of many nations. These principles were laid down for us by James Madison in 1804, when Secretary of State under Jefferson, in instructions to James Monroe, our then Minister to England." Mr. Seward says, after quoting these instruc- tions,— "If I decide this case in favour of my own Government I must disallow its most cherished principles, and reverse and for ever abandon its essential policy. The country cannot afford the sacrifice: If I maintain those principles and adhere to that policy I must surrender the case itself. It will be seen, therefore, that this Govern ment could not deny the justice of the claim pre sented. We are asked to do to the British nation just what we have always insisted all nations ought to do to us. In coming to my conclusion, I have not forgotten that if the safety of this Union re quired the detention of the captured prisoners it would be the right and duty of this government to detain them ; but the effectual check and waning proportions of the existing insurrection, as well as the comparative unimportance of the captured per sons themselves, when dispassionately weighed, happily forbid me from resorting to that defence. Nor am I unaware that American citizens are not in any case to be unnecesssrily surrendered for any purpose into the keeping of a foreign State. Only the captured persons, however, or others who are interested in them, could justly raise a question on that ground. It would tell little for our own claims to the character of a just and magnanimous people if wo should so far consent to be guided by the law of retaliation so as to lift up buried iujuries against 'Rational consistency and national conscience. Put t% behind me all suggestions of this kind, I prefer to express my satisfaction that by the adjustment of the present case upon principles confessedly American, and yet, as I trust, mutually satisfactory to both nations concerned, a question is finally and rightly settled between them, which heretofore ex hausted not only all forms of peaceful discussion, but also the arbitrament of war itself, for more than half a century alienated the two countries from each other, and perplexed with fears and ap prehensions all other nations. The four persons in question are now held in military custody at Fort Warren, in the State of Massachusetts. They will be cheerfully liberated. Your Lordship will please indicate a time and place for receiving them. " I renew, &c., " W. H. SEWARD." The despatch from M. Thouvenal to M. Mercier,. the French Minister at Washington, as already published, is also contained in the correspondence. The following is from Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward : " Washington, Dec. 27. " I have this morning received the note which you did me the honour to address to me yesterday in answer to Earl Russell's despatch of November 30, relative to the removal of Mr. Slidell, Mr. Mason, Mr. M'Farland, and Mr. Eustis from the British mail packet Trent. I will, without loss of time, forward to Her Majesty's Government a copy of the important communication which you have I made to me. " I will, also, without delay, do myself the honour to confer with you personally on the arrangement to be made for delivering the four gentlemen to me in order that they may be again placed under the protection_of the British flag. " I have the honour, &c., " LYON S." A Washington telegram of the 28th says that the decision of the President in this affair as announced in Mr. Seward's despatch has the approval of every member of the Cabinet. The Washington National Intelligence,. (the organ of the Administration), in an article apparently semi-official, says :- 64 Whatever may be the disappointment of any at the re sult to which the Administration has come in settling a question constitutionally devolved upon the executive branch of the Government, we are sure all will applaud the firmness and sincerity in which the Administration, resist ing a natural tendency impressed by the conceited drift of public opinion in our own country, has resolved to do what it believes to be right in the premises, and it surely should cause to pause all who may be disposed to challenge the propriety of the resolution to which the Administration has come when they note that a contrary decision would leave us in opposition, not only to the views of Great Britain, but also to those of the Government of France respecting the principles of public law involved in this transaction." The Intelliyencer says, in conclusion : " Whatever, therefore, may be said by any in the way of exception to the extreme terms of the demand made by the British Government in the case of the Trent, it is, at least, just to admit that the case ha: been so adjusted by our Go vernment as to subserve, we hope, the great cause of neutral rights against the assumptions heretofore asserted by Eng land, but now repudiated by that Power in common with France and the United States. The law of nations, as traditionally interpreted by our Government, has received a new sanction, though at the cost, it may be, of some national sensibilities waked into disproportionate activity by the temporary exacerbations of our civil feuds ; the latter, let us remember, are but for a day, the law of nations is for all time." _ CANADA. A letter from Toronto, dated Dec. 26, says : His Excellency Lord Monek has, by virtue of the power vested in him by the provincial law, issued an order calling out a large portion of the militia. The whole of Canada is divided into military dis tricts, each district being subdivided into battalions. We have colonels commanding districts, and lieu tenant-colonels commanding the battalions. These gentlemen, as a general rule, know nothing of mili tary matters, but the organisation will prove useful to a certain extent. The order requires each lieu n olne commanding a battalion to call out a e flank t company men. Volunteers are first t n s co le o f 7 5 asked for. If the companies are all filled about 33,000 men will be raised. At present they are merely required to notify their readiness to serve. They may not be actually " called out" at all. But if the necessity does arise they will be marched off to the rendezvous appointed by the Commander-in-Chief (the Governor General), and titular re colonels and majors re-officered. It is easy to see there that re or many i s e e df the d -o who were " honoured" with commissions when there was no prospect of war will be dispensed with, and that some jealousy and discontent will ensue. But Lord Monck owes it to his Sovereign, and to the people both of England and Canada, that not even an ensign shall be appointed who is not quali fied to discharge the duties required of him. Upon the way in which a militia is officered their value depends. If we are to be supplied with a lot of swaggerers like those who flourish in the American army, we may as well give up the contest at once. This we confidently hope will not be the case, and I am sure that in any measures Lord Monck may take to secure the efficiency of the militia he will be fully supported by public opinion. As the order of which I speak was issued but a few days ago, and as it has not reached the country districts, sufficient time has not elapsed practically to judge of the re sponse it will meet with. But in every town and village throughout the province volunteer companies are in process of formation. The greatest enthu siasm is manifested; in fact, Canada is " spirtling for a fight." All our public buildings are occupied day and night in drilling. Men of all classes are ready to shoulder the rifle and risk their lives in de fence of the country. Everything is so far in embryo, but we shall soon emerge into a more fully deve loped state. A meeting of mechanics was held the other evening in this city, and such was the ardour manifested that I am assured in a week from this date a battalion of 600 men will have volunteered. A similar spirit is manifested in the Lower Province. For the details of the movement I must leave you to consult the Canadian papers, but you may rest assured that, unless the advices from Washington become especially pacific, in a fortnight from this date nine-tenths of the unmarried men of the cities, villages, and towns, and a large share of the mar ried men capable of bearing arms, will have volun teerd in the active militia force. By so doing they render themselves liable to five years' service, while the regular militia are only subject to 12 months. But the volunteers of the active force nominate their own officers, such nominations being subject to the approval or disapproval of the Commander-in-Chief. In an order issued by the Deputy-Adjutant-General yesterday, the officers commanding battalions of the regular militia were requested to place their com panies under the control of men who had been in the regular army,when their services could be obtained. So far as possible the request will be complied with; but though there are many gentlemen in Canada belonging to the class in question, their numbers are far from sufficient to officer the whole of the militia. This being the.case, any ex-officers in England competent to take the command of raw levies may be sure of getting commissions here, if not in the regular militia, certainly in the volunteer force. Though there is more of the Yankee about Canadians than about Englishmen, they are by no means oblivious to the lesson taught at Bull Run, and thus desire, above all things, to secure good and efficient officers. Allow me a few remarks upon the temper of the French Canadian population of the Lower Province. If England were to go to war with France I would be sorry to answer for the loyalty of many. But war with America is a different matter. The Lower Canadians have long seen their nationality, or, as they more correctly express it, " their language, their religion, and their laws," threatened by the rapidly-increasing numbers of Anglo-Saxons in the Upper Province, and they resist any and every effort to Anglicise them, with a determination ex ceedingly detrimental to the cause of progress. They know this, however, that if Canada should be lost by Britain and gained by the United States, they, the French di, would be completely swamped. notre religion, et nos "Notre Canaans langue, lois," would soon disappear. This consideration makes the habitants as loyal subjects of the throne, in a contest with the States, as she has anywhere in the world. The enthusiasm manifested is very great, and from all parts of the Lower Province comes news of the formation of volunteer companies, and offers of whole regiments from influential men. As mentioned in my last letter, a battery is in course of erection, and will command the entrance to the bay of this city. The other day a couple of recruits, who a week or two ago had enlisted in the 100th Regiment, deserted. They procured t, small fishing boat belonging to a coloured man, and actually attempted to cross Lake Ontario—a dis tance of 45 miles at least—to the American shore. But before they had got far out the African sus pected their intentions, and, procuring aid, he started in pursuit, and came within bail when about ten miles from land. The deserters refused to "heave to," but the negro fired at them from a fowling piece loaded with buck shot, wounding both severely. Their capture was then effected, and they were brought back to the barracks. Upon tht) person of one of the men was found a sketch of the new works just erected. He is said to be an Ameri can, and it is rumoured he enlisted for the purpose of being the better able to act the spy. So far as our "fortifications" are concerned there is no. thing to hide. The men of the 30th have thrown up one battery with embrasures for eight guns. It is simply a plain bank of earth running parallel to the bay. A little further to the east, in such a position that its guns would act upon a vessel en deavouring to enfilade the main battery, is an earth work for two 68-pounders. I understand it is the intention of the military authorities to erect a fort at the mouth of the Humber, a little river west of Toronto two and a half miles. The fort will com mand one of the two roads, which an enemy ad vancing from the west upon Toronto would be compelled to take. The news of the death of Prince Albert is very deeply felt by the people. There are none who do not express heartfelt sympathy with her Majesty in this affliction, coming so close as it does upon the decease of her mother. All look with great anxiety to the next mail, which will bring intelligence of the way in which she bears her affliction. THE CANADIAN REINFORCEMENTS. THE ARRIVAL OUT. (From the Quebec Chronicle of December 27.)] The Persia, which passed Father Point a few minutes after noon yesterday, soon reached Bic, anchored about a mile and a half from the shore, and commenced landing about 600 men in her own boats. They were nearly all landed by the evening, without any casualty, the weather being mild and calm, and the harbour perfectly clear. They will start for Riviere du Loup to day, at about noon, in caricoles procured from the people in the vicinity. The road, 36 miles long, is good, and the country well settled all the way. We understand that if the weather continues fine the Persia will proceed at once to Riviere da Loup, for the purpose of landing stores, and the remainder of her men, said to be in all 2,000. There is not much ice in the channel, and the military men who went down thither to superintend the debarkation say it could have been effected to day without difficulty. Our information is to the effect that the steamer would not be able to lie along side the wharf there for more than four or five hours at high water, and that boats or schooners cannot make their way to the wharf from her side if she should anchor in the river. If the weather should not be fine the Persia will remain at Bic, where there is shelter under the island from all winds, and excellerit anchorage, and the 20 canoes with 100 men who were sent down to Riviere du Loup two days ago will proceed at once to assist in getting the stores on land. The Australasian, it will be seen, is safe at Halifax. Of the Melbourne we have heard nothing yet. She is fully due. The Governor-General and Col. Paynter were in the telegraph office here all yesterday afternoon en gaged in correspondence. The line was kept open all last night. The lighthouses in the river have all been relit for some days past, owing to the prudent fore thought of the Governmsnt. SURRENDER OF MESSRS. •''LIDELL AND MASON. OPINIONS OF THE FRENCH PRESS. Several of the Paris journals express their satis faction at the settlement of the Trent difficulty, and congratulate the United States on having acted with so much moderation and self-command. The feeling of our contemporaries inclines more towards America than England in the matter, and some of those journals even go the length of imputing to the British Cabinet a desire to fasten a quarrel on America on any pretext, however futile. Such a supposition we conceive to be completely unfounded —first, because England has enough to do at home with her manufactures and commercial undertak ings to render a war anything but popular ; and next, because the American nation. is not one that any Power whatever would choose 'to encounter in the field unless urged to such a morn by some strong necessity. We subjoin a few extracts from the articles of which we speak, conwitencing with one from the Debats— " The outburst of joy which has taken place in London on the receipt of the news, and the testi mony of which is brought us by the English journals, shows to what a degree England dreaded war,' after having adopted, perhaps too precipi tately, the very system of conduct calculated to render it inevitable. England not only uses the language of satisfied national pride, but breathes freely like a man who finds a hea. - rir weight re moved from his breast. The Post affects a little coldness and diplomatic haughtiness.. We hope,' it says, that this tardy reparation has been ac companied by the apologies demtimiled ;' but the Times, that echo of public opinion, treats the ques tion of excuses as one of little varxte ; and, being content to see the nightmare of a. maritime war dispelled, is disposed to pass over th..etn." The Temps expresses itself in these germs " Honour to the Government of the United States, as well as to public opini on. in America! To admit the necessities of a situation, and to con form to it with a manly resignation, is a proof of wisdom which is not yet very common among nations and Governments. The American Go vernment, in releasing the prisoners, has doubtless done nothing more than apply the• doctrines which it has constantly professed, and, et the same time, it wards off a great danger. To do , so has not the less required great strength of mi nil, great mode ration, and great command over it self. We have faith in that strength, in that moderation and in that self self-command. If, moreover, President Lincoln wishes to crown his work, and restore to the incident of the Trent its true and general signi fication, he has only to solemnly cm Isider the re monstrance of England as an abamdoliment of the old maritime policy of England. T he satisfaction of the moment is for England ; the re al triumph is in every way for the United States, a. ad for the cause of the freedom of the seas. This p Tecedent is des tined to be deeply engraved in the me mory of nations. It has been said that England and the English Government hold in reserve other motives and other pretexts for - war. That may be possible, but she can now be defied to make use of them, as public opinion would forbid it. Already divided, before the victory which the Cabinet of Washington bas just gained, over itsd 1, public feeling will become unanimous. If we are not mistaken, a great change in favour of the United States is about to take place, not only in. England, but in every country: This incident was perhaps necessary to make the Old World feel by what bonds the United States were connected with it. The South had considered the capture of its plenipotentiaries as equivalent to a victory ; it will not be mistaken in regarding their release as an omen of its defeat." _ . - The Op i n ion Nationale employs the following lan guage :- " Th e affair is now settled, and we may henceforth sleep 7.n peace. John Bull and Brother Jonathan are ollagt reconciled, and we might perhaps give way to enthusiasm on the subject, if the insidious question; is the reconciliation sincere ?' did not suddenly present itself to our mind. We should hesitate to answer in the affirmative. The Fede ral Cal Anet has made a concession for which it must he Are felt great repugnance ; but it saw all the danger of plunging into a war with Eng land Linder present circumstances. It has there fcs'e swallowed the affront, but feels it too eenly to pardon England' for inflicting it. The fire smoulders; some day or other, we shall see the flames burst forth. But is England, which has obtained so great a triumph for her self-love, satisfied with it, after all ? The fact is open to doubt. The British Cabinet is suspected, not with out some plausible grdunds, of wishing to force a war ; upon the United States, and the language of tN3 principal English journals would almost induce ff