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ARGYLL 7100115.-GREAT SUCCESS!!- The Band and Musical arramrements under the three tion of M. BOUICORT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss 2uadrille, and novel ties of !,,st week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Iloulcourt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission Manager, M. P. Grenet. mR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "A I! ROME," At Her Maj2sty's Concert Room, Haymarket. During the Christmas Holidays there will be a perform ance Every Evening . in the Week—Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, at Eight, Wednes day and Saturday Mornings at Three. Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the Box office, which is open daily from Ten till Five, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. No extra charge for becking. Carriages to be ordered at a quarter-past Ten. ROBIN'S Guest Attractions at the EGYPTIAN FIALL, v YIZY EVEIsiING, at S (Saturday excepted) and Wednesday and Saturday at halt-past 2.—The intense !.:.'! - - - itement produced by his last sensation wonder, entitled The Enchanted Christmas Tree," with its myriads of pre bents, Will be continued at each Performance until further notice. Admission, Is. and 2s. Stalls, 3s. On FRIDAY next.—in CHANCERY.—WiIIcs v. Oliver— N.:pies v. Kearns.—LEASEHOLD GROUND RENTS and HOUSES at lIOXTON. Mjr-R. ROBERT REID will Sell, at. Garraway's, on FRIDAY next, January 10, at Twelve for One precisely, in four Lots, by direction of the nigh Court of Chancery, LEASEHOLD PROPERTY, consisting of Ground Rents amounting to £26 10s. per annum, amply seen ed upon Nos. 1,2, 3,4, and 5, Ivy-terrace, and No. 1, Old ivy -street, St. John's-road, Iloxten. Also, Seven Lease hold Houses, Nos. 2,3, 4,5, 6,7, and 8, Old Ivy-street, Hoxton, let at Rents amounting to £135 per annum. The whole held on Lease for a term, of which 35 years less 11 days were un expired at Michaelmas, IS6I, subject to a ground rent of £:3 per annum. Particulars and Conditions of Sale may be had of Messrs. Vichols and Clark, Solicitors, No. 9, Cook's Court, Carey strcet, Lincoln's-inn ; of W. M. Kearns, Esq., 3, Bloomsbury place, Bloomsbury-square ; at Garraway's, E.C. ; and of Mr. Itobert Reid, 1 , , Great Marlborough-street, W. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.- -I- I) Notwithstanding - the liberal support which the Corn mittee continue to receive from the public, the large increase of destitute sick at this inclement season of the year occasions a frequent exhaustion of the current resources of the Charity. 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. 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The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption a• a most desirable breakfast beverage. Vb., Vb., and 1113 packets, at is. 6d: per lb., by Grocers. 0 NEW YEAR'S GIFT is more valuable than 0 LOH IDGE' S BALI OF COLUMBIA, 'hich has been established upwards of 30 years. It is the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, be altilying, or restoring", he hair, whiskers, or m.ustache, and preventing th, m turning grey. Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d., Os., and I ls., by C. and A. oLDRIDGE, 22, W ellington -street. Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For childrens' and ladits' hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. TOOTHACHE. -HOWARD'S ENAMEL, for stopping decayed teeth, however large the cavity. It is used in a soft state, without pressure or pain, and hardens into a white enamel. It nmains in the tooth many years, rendering extraction unnecessary and arresting the decay. Directions for use enclosed. Sold by all chemists and 'Judi tine vendors, Price ls, GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH. M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous c• e nfferers, 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 1 0 Society, Spermatorrlicea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &e., which, if neglected, result in consumption, Insanity, and premature Ceatii ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health end vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob Eervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope end two stamps. Address, HENRY Smrrn, M.D., e, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London. W.C. 1111 E PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSITITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ey perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at band. Anxiety in buEi 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." Rent and Co., Paternoster-row. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, .nd Dinin-ro, consisting of anew and elegant assort- In ent it VASES Figurres,Groupr Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, heautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her irajesty, 140. Stand, W.C., Lonnon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of STIELLS, MINERALS ROCKS, and FOSSILS. which will greatly fa cilitate be interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CIIOLOGY, ind GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRA L'TICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNAN P. at 149, Strand, W.C. DR. LA'MERT ON SELF-PRESERVATION. Price ls. ; post-free, 13, or sealed ends, 20 stamps, with En gravings and Cases. Nlay be had of Mann and Co., 30, Coruhill, London, or direct from the Author. SELI-PRESERVATION.-A popular Essay on 2•- ) Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting, from injurious habits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, which, )8 Y irematurely exhausting; th" functions of Manhood, de stroy the happiness of Married Life or prevent the fulfil- Merit of engagements which constitute the most cherished objects of existence. By Dr. LA'MERT, 37, Bedford-square, London. Licentiate of the Royal College of I hysicians of Fdinburzh: • Member of the Ttoi , al Collei. - w of Suigeons of England, Sze. ; The above work contains most useful and interesting information on the physiological changes which occur in the Reproductive System duringthe 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 hrod 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 frevently 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 Parton 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 ill 8, either personally or by letter.-37, Bedford-square. D R. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price is., by post ; of Mann, 29, Cornbill. On Spermatorrhma, Syphilis, Stricture, llmmorrhoids, Gleets, &c. Marriage : Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Dr. CC. may be consulted daily till 12, a t The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand ; and from 1 iill 9 p.m. at 3, Great Marlborough-street, W. Fr CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 28. till 5, and ls. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, ls. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATTLING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very Useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish 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 wilt derive additional advantage if they observe some of the practical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, N0v.12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Bath ,, , 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician ; lie has now proved himself to be a worthy Philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice Of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of the best set of 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 lip 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 obt a i ned to a d d to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. We may justly sa y th a t if a m a n ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on coming out of a Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct. 13, 1861., DB. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : AIEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRIT NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Boksksellers, and rent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE o f PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. r ;tinTis, 15, Albermarle-street, Plecadill Y , L oudon. CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Plivsioloulcal 14 ructnre and Functions of the Reproductive Orgai m CHAPTER ll.—Caases of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; arty Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications •-i Marriage; whether tvsulting from Youthful Ab use, the Polite,' of Maturity, the Effects' of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTINtS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and inter esting it f 'es, to which is added the Author's rec i p e of a preventive REVIEWS OF T 11 1 .3 \YORE. 'Curtis on -Alanhood.--This is a truly valuable work, and , heuld b e i n t h e hands of young an d old."—" Su- I ' 6 " Times ' 'ld Its arch, 1556. "The author has conferred a ~ Y reat boon by publisbincr, this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases Which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature Old affo."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1858, "This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain an 1 sympathisim; manner on the various disqualifications !),-1 Impediments arising from nervous excitement and de -1:111tY ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and F.xoeesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record.udon : Published by J. Allen, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhill. 41911173 9f C9ndultati9n-19 to 3 and 6 to 6; suAdays, ;0 0 11 2, The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price 50. by post free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRIICEA; 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 llypochrondriasis. 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 Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places lit within tipo reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. N° 21,692. PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY SILVERPEN. On Friday, Jan. 10, in 3 v 01.., LADY lIERBUYI"S GENTLEWOMEN. 1y " SILVERI -4 :N." 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Part I.—CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 10s. 6d. „ IL—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 2Cs. „ lII.—ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 20s. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. CHARLES READE'S NEW STORY. Eighth American edition, and Fourth English edition of " T HE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH." '"We shall look in vain, even in the volumes of Walter Scott, Cur 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. Jnst published, No. I. OF THE VOICE OF THE STARS. Prie 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 A :mann for 1861. George Berger and all booksellers. Also ZADK EEL'S ALIIA.N AC fur 1862. 48th thousand. And HANDBOOK of ASTROLOGY. Price 3s. 6d. By Zadkiel. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, 55. 5d., ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA ; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. Byhis systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular. London: 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. THE 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 eauses The time required to cure the most inveterate case is tour 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 arc 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 its., 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 grout and Co., Patent IledleineWarehouse, 220, Strand, London. - -- • (Entered at Stationers' Ball.) RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT ExmnimoN OF 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment 'of lIEIINI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its fleets, .5 here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the sToc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had,' And the !ruse, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir anference of the body, two inches below the hips, being ient to the manufacturer, Mr. WIIITE ' 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, Ifs., 215., 265. Cd., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A fleublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. rd. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. V-EW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling 01 the Legs, Sprains, &o. They arc porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on lilre an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228,:riccadilly. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.-LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, cods, confirmed cases of asthma, and consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in curabie, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprivel of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chem!st, 20, ,Termyn-street, Haymarket. London, and by all nruggists, in bottles, 13.1 d., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9,1. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert 's ksthmatic Balsam. 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 rhoea, and containinu a Prescription known as the Preventive Lotion, Nature's Disinfectant, prec'uding the Trssibility of contamination ; containing 190 pages, with 100 engraving's, free by post 12 stamps. Address It. and L. Perry and Co , 19, Berner: -street, Oxford-street, W. Attendance d , fly, trom 10 till 8, by a Consulting Surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (registered under the new Medical Act). FIR. BUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINES. PATENT SUGAR-COATED PILLS, for purifying the blood, , egulating the bowels, and removing vitiated hu mors, bilious and liver complaints, rheumatism. gout, scor butic affections, co tiveness, Ac. These pills work their way to the very roots of each disease, cleansing in their passage, and removing every unhealthy accumulation, till the bl is purified, the whole system renovated, and all the functions ac: according to nature, whilst the duties of life become a pleasure, where before they ha i been sad and weary burdens. Do not hesitate—do not delay 1 a clean stomach must make a clean body. A clean body will contain pure blood, when the stomach, body. and blood are pure, from regulating and cleansing the bowels, health is certain. Be,zin at the be ginning, waste 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., 4s. 6d., and lls. Sold by Buchan and Co., 22, Newman-street, Oxford street. London, W., and to be had of all chemists in town and country, or forwarded on re 'elpt of stamps. Wholesale Agents : —Bat-a ay and Son, 75, Farringdon-st. London : 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre ,ared withoutany mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to be stomach, they create appeite, pro mote digestion, and -trengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 'M Jermvn-street, Haymarket, London, nd by most druggists, in boxes, 13. lad., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's tsilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. NEW PADDLEWHEELS FOR THE GREAT EASTERN. —We learn that to Messrs. Brotherhood, of Cnippenham, is entrusted the construction of new paddlewheels for the above named leviathan steamship. The diameter of the wheels over all will be 52 feet, their width 13 feet, and the depth of the floats, which will be formed of stout beech, will be two feet nine inches. The greatest despatch is to be used in the preparation of the new wheels, and to in sure this perhaps no better firm than that of Messrs. Bro therhood could be named. The new paddlewheels will be in every way materially stronger than those with which the great Eastern was originally furnished.—Mechanics Magazine, Two million visiting cards have passed through the Paris Post-office within the last three days besides the cadiory letters,. ( 7- c t LC C e NENVSPAPER .33 rZ • - LI) 0 ari - WA I - . • - .7.• , * . ,i 4 tl - ) 1* -4( r 414 Adz: . „ o f citi •-- r buk s : / 416411111111114 AO. ' " 1. • )P 6 :•''''..o fret A . 0 4 4 • . . 14-01;74:4‘ 6f.±"iv; jjk' '•• • • .• tp,,- , ( ' - , ..- 1s 9 - eyoN, ...... . • , . • , • ) • c" that I had nothing to do with my I then said I was sorry to hear V left him, lie said se ry calmly, Yes know where she is. I have employed a detective to trace her, and I am going . to Scotland this even ing to bring her back. I cautioned him against using any violence, lest it should be brought for ward against him ; and he said, You need not be afraid. I can be firm without being violent. She knows that I have right on my side. I shall tell her I am acting under my lawyer's advice, and that the law gives me great power as a husband, and I shall therefore tell her to come home without making any piece of work. He then added," Here again--they are spreading all manner of reports about my wife ; among others, that when I married her she owed Emmanuel, the jeweller, several hundred pounds ; but, in fact, she owed him only somewhere about £6O, which she paid out of her own money." I think that was the whole of the conversation I had with him. I told Mr. Bury Hutchinson, the solici tor of Mr. Windham, that I was only a consulting surgeon, and did not pay special attention to mental diseases. I therefore advised that he should send' for Dr. Sutherland, Dr, Tuke, Mr. Connolly-, and Mr. Lawrence, who were considered first rate autho rities on such subjects. Dr. Winslew's name was mentioned; but Dr. Neale had previously informed me that when he called on Dr. Winslow in the mornihes for the purpose of obtaining his services he found Gen. Windham sitting in the waiting room, and, consequently, nothing further was said about Dr, Winslow. I frequently in the course of my practice meet with cases of insanity. During my interview with Mr. Windham I neither saw nor heard anything which would justify me in arriving at any other conclusion than that he is of sound mind. His demeanour was characterised by perfect self-possession, perfect calmness, and total absence of levity, especially when he referred to his father. I observed no signs cf slavering. I should say that Mr. Windham, as far as his physical appearance goes, is a well developed young man. He seems to me to have plenty of animal spirits, and is the kind of man who would be fond of athletic exercises. Cross-examined by Mr. Chambers—The forma tion of Mr. Windham's mouth would not lessen the space filled by the brain.' There are the two orbits, and the whole cavity of the nose between the cra nium and the roof of the mouth. The peculiar for mation of Mr. Windham's mouth is not confined to idiots, nor are idiots restricted to that formation. It may be observed in idiots, but it occurs in other cases as well. Mr. Windham did not tell me how long he had worn the plate introduced into his mouth by Mr. Lintock, the dentist, for the purpose of shielding the upper jaw. I made an affidavit in this case, but I have gone more into detail in my evidence to-day. I did not ask Mr. Windham how it happened that his wife had gone to Scotland. Re-examined—ln my opinion the formation of Mr. Windham's mouth has no relation at all to the question of his sanity or insanity. Dr. Gwyn, examined by Mr. Karslake—l am a medical man, practising in Hammersmith. I am a native of Norfolk, and it was my uncle who pro posed Gen. 'Windham at the last election. Early in September I saw Mr. Windham in Norwich, and upon his invitation I went to Felbrigge-hall on the 23d. Mrs. Windham and Mr. Roberts were there. Mr. Windham consulted me professionally about his throat. I attended him for some time, going down from town for the purpose. He made a pecu niary arrangement with me himself. I went out shooting with him. He proved a capital shot and a good driver. His demeanour was that of an ordi nary person. I never saw him do anything that could not be done with propriety by a person of sound mind. By Mr. Coleridge-1 had never seen nor heard of Mrs. Windham before I went to Felbrigg-hall, near the end of September. On the 23d of September I know she was perfectly well; since the Bth October she has suffered very severely. Cross-examined by Mr. Chambers—Mr. Wind ham never told me of certain letters which had been returned to him from the Dead Letter-office. I so cempanied him down to Scotland on Sunday, the 3d November. He told me that he wanted me to go with him to Glasgow, and mentioned something abort a paramour or lover of Mrs. Windham. He said he suspected that she had been unfaithful to him with that person and had run away with him to Glasgow, where he was then living as a member of an operatic company. I told him that, owing to the illness she was suffering from, it was not likely she could be unfaithful to him at that time. He did not tell me, as far as I recollect, that he had received information that they were sleeping in the same bedroom in the hotel. He did not tell me that Mrs. Windham had been in Dublin with the same individual after her marriage. He informed methat he had received a letter from his wife saying she was staying in Dublin. Mrs. Windham left Fel brigg owing to her husband's illness on the 29th of September, and she returned from Dublin on the Bth October. I was not aware that the opera singer was in Dublin at the same time. I slept all the way to Glasgow, and have no idea how Mr. Windham got on. During the journey I did not hear him shout out the name of the person whom he suspected of cohabiting in Glasgow with his wife. We did not succeed in finding Mrs. Windham. After stay ing only 40 minutes in Glasgow we returned to London, and Mrs. Windham was found in the Euston Hotel. In Glasgow we were told by the landlord of the hotel in which Mrs. Windham had lived that while there she conducted herself with perfect pro priety. Mr. —, I think, was still in Glasgow, for I saw his name in a playbill in the hall of the hotel, but we took no steps to find him out. Mr. Windham sat in the cirriage all the way to London. The cross-examination of the witness was not concluded when the court adjourned. PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. accommodate vessels of 100 ft. long, 19ft. beam, and 51-ft. draught, so that by this route our gunboats might gain Ontario and Erie, while the corvettes and short frigates came up by the St. Lawrence. At Sorel, also, about 20 miles below Montreal, is a river which leads through the St. Outs Lock and through the Chambly Canal, direct on to the head of Lake Champlain. The locks on this canal admit ships of 113 ft. length, 22ft. beam, and Gift. draught, so that by this route also any number of gunboats might be sent into Lake Champlain, on the waters of which there is not a single vessel larger than a steam ferry, and on the shores of which are large, rich, and utterly unprotected towns, such as Bur lington, Newhaven, &e. All these canals are British property, on British toil, and held by the Canadian Government as the keys which give access to our ships to the most distant provinces of the West. In our previous notice of the military reinforcements for Canada we omitted, in speaking of the high efficiency of the military train, to men- tion the name of Colonel I\l‘Murdo, io whom, us having been intrusted with its organisation from the commencement until very recently, so much praise is most justly due. 7HE TVINDHA3I CASE. Mr. Hancock, chief surgeon of the Charing•cross l{ospital,—l have carefully examined Mr. Wind ham's mouth, It is a peculiarly-shaped mouth. The upper jaw is exceedingly narrow, and drawn so much to a point in front that there is room only for two teeth. It measures rather less than an inch from one front molar tooth to the other, whereas the average width of weil-developed jaws is from to lain. The roof of the mouth, or hard palate, instead of being a piano-concave, is ex tremely lofty and shaped like a pointed arch, so that it diminishes to a very great degree the cavity of the nose. The depth from the soft palate to the back of the throat is unusually great. The lower jaw is also narrow, but not so much contracted_ as the upper one. His tongue is fully developed— large in proportion to the size of the jaws. This condition of mouth would affect very materially the sound of his voice and lead to or favour very much the slavering that has been described, and also the noisy, and apparently disagreeable, mode of eating. It would also have a considerable effect upon the appearance of his face, and would likewise very much affect the tone of his laugh. I should doubt whether Mr. Windham could halloa or laugh as other people do. The relative volume of the diffe rent air-passlges is so very much interfered with by this formation of the mouth that the sound of the voice and the laugh must be materially altered. In deglutition the tongue is pressed against the roof of the mouth. In a natural formation of themouth the act of swallowing i.s done almost unconsciously ; but, in consequence of the extreme height of the roof of Mr. Windham's mouth, that formation would re quire some unusual attention from the party him self; so that, while from the size of the tongue and the contraction of the jaws, the pressure upon the salivary glands would produce when Mr. Windham was excited an unusual secretion of saliva, the height of the roof of the mouth would prevent that saliva being conducted down the throat in the usual way. The same remark applies to the swallowing of food. The peculiar structure of the hard palate must interfere with the passage of air through the nose by inspiration, and it is obvious that in Mr. Windham's case, in order to obtain the passage of the proper amount of air into the lungs, he has fallen into the habit of keeping his mouth open, and this habit, added to the peculiar action of the muscles of the upper lip, gives that apparently vacant look which appears about the lower part of Mr. Windham's face. By the Master. I have seen similar mouths before, presenting similar results. Witness resumed.—The formation of the back of his mouth would lead to snoring. He told me that some years ago his mother took him to Mr. Lintott, a dentist, who extracted some of his teeth, and then introduced a plate with pegs or wedges into his mouth for the purpose of stretching the upper jaw. He also told me it was a formation prevalent in his family on the maternal side. He referred to three persons in particular who had a peculiarity of the same description. He told me his mother had attributed the slavering to his having been tongue-tied as a child, and the operation having been improperly performed. I asked him whether he recollected it, and he laughed and said, "I recollect a good way back, but I don't recollect that, for I was an infant at the time." My exami nation was made, I think, on the 17th of December. He told me he had nearly cured himself of the slavering. I saw him first on the Ist November, On that occasion I was with him- nearly three quarters of an hour. Dr. Neale was present. I had no previous knowledge of the case. When I went to Piccadilly, Mr. Windham accompanied Dr. Neale and myself into a room. I placed him in a:chair opposite the window that I might watch his countenance while he was talking to me. He told me that he wished to see me because his uncle General Windham, was endeavouring to prove him insane ; that long before he came of age the general had spread reports that he was an idiot and squan dered his m oney; that it was very foolish of the general to treat him so, because he had over and over again told him that it would be the worse for him and for his sons. " But it was no use," he added, " and therefore as my father left me power by his will to cut off the entail, I have done so." He also told me that upon a more recent occasion the general had sent him word that if he married he would be if he wouldn't have him locked up. I asked hiin whether he had any evidence to that effect, and he replied that his uncle sent the message through his bailiff. He then continued, "He accused me of keeping improper company, alluding to Mr. Ro berts. Mr. Roberts has been a good friend to me, for you must know that I have only come into a portion of my property—X3,ooo a year. Of this I have to pay my mother £1,500 a year, and I leave you to judge whether I can support a wife and keep up a large place in the country, besides having apartments in London, upon the remainder. I therefore was in want of money. My father had always cautioned me against getting into the hands of the Jews, and I was determined not to do so. Now, Mr. Roberts was with me at my estate in the country, when one day out riding he said Why should you borrow money, pay i ng interest upon interest, when you have the m one y here upon your estate ? You have so many trees ; they are being spoilt, and I can introduce you to a timber merchant who would not attempt to cheat you by taking the timber in a lamp, but would pay you so much afoot for it.' Of course I consented, and he ac cordingly introduced me to Messrs. Lawrence and Fry, who are very respectable timber merchants, and who paid me £l,OOO down, agreeing to give me some £350 a month up to £5,000 a year for four years, or £20,000 in all. He said, " The trees have not been cut for so many years that, so far from the estate being injured, it would be much benefited by having the timber cut down ;" and he added, "You may depend upon it I shall take care that they don't cut down anything that will injure the estate." Ho told me that after his marriage, on coming to town, he could not afford to take a house, and therefore his wife advised him to take apartments in Mr. Roberts's house, he being her trustee. He declined telling me what rent he paid, but he assured me it was not exhorbitant. I asked him whether they could bring any accusa tion of intemperance or extreme extravagance against him. He said, "No ;" he lived well, but was not intemperate, and he was very fond of driving hor_ses, but there was nothing in that. I asked him_ how many horses he kept. He replied that before his a nother for himself, marriage he kept only two, but t hat since then, as his wife was fond of riding on horseback, he had bought a riding,, horse for her, and two carriage horses. I said, You have six i n all ;" to which he replied, "No, only the two r idi ng and the two carriage horses.asked him how much food he gave his horses. He said, I keep them down at my estate in the country, and I am very particular that the g rooms don 't cheat me. I muchofcorn a day. You can easily hay as they can eat, and allow eachhas the four horses a feeds s tell how much it has in the course of the week. I said, "But how much do you make it yourself ?" and he answered, We calculate differently in Nor folk from what you do in London. You calculate by the bushel or quarter, we calculate by the boll ; but it is somewhere about a sack of corn per week for two horses. I said, "You have not mentioned the straw. Oh, he replied, that doesn't cost me anything, my tenants are obliged to supply me with that. I then said, "As insanity has been al leged against you, have you ever been examined by any medical man on the part of Gen. Windham ?' He replied, I don't know whether it was a medical man or no, but somebody called on me a short time ago pretending that he came about a debt which he said was owing to him by my mother. I therefore began to suspect, and very quietly bowed him out of the room, saying he must know as yell as I did RAILWAYS AND TELEGRAPHS 1N THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Annexed are the latest accounts of the progress of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal, especially as regards telegraphic and railway communication : " Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, Nov. 21, 1861. " In my last you were informed that contracts were about to be entered into by the Government for the erection of electric telegraphs between Cape Town, the seat of government, and the military headquarters—namely, Graham's Town. The con tract was signed on the 18th inst., and Mr. Charl ton Wollaston, one of the parties to the contract, proceeds to England by this mail to complete arrangements for the erection of the wires. The contract is taken with a subsidy of £1,500 per annum from the colonial government. For this consideration all government messages must be transmitted free of cost for a stipulated number of years. Natal, not to be surpassed by the older colony, has also entered into terms with Messrs. Pickering and Wollaston for the erection, main tenance, and working of a line of electric tele graphs between the port, Durban, and Pietermaritz burg, the capital. The corporation, the mercantile associations, and the banks have all liberally offered and engaged to pay a fixed sum per annum for several years as a guarantee for the interest of the sum expended on the line. The port and capital of British Caffraria are in regular communication with each other throughout the day. Mr. Mackenzie, the sub-contractor for the line from Algoa Bay to Graham's Town, has finished a large portion of this length, and communication from the Sunday River to Graham's Town can now be had at any time. The line from Cape Town to Simon's Bay is now made available for dropping the time-ball in the Admiralty-yard, thanks to Sir Thomas Maclean, the Astronomer Royal; and the railway company are about to place the city in communication with the towns Stellenbosh and Paarl by means of the telegraph. Mr. Cox goes down to Paarl for this purpose next week. " The works of the Cape Town and Wellington Railway are being pushed on now with all the power the company possess, and it has been said, on fair authority, the first part will be opened for traffic about the Ist of February. "The line projected from the metropolis to the suburbs, towards Wynberg, is expected to answer well. Mr. Marcus Smith, C.E., has been appointed engineer to the company. To-morrow a meeting will be held at Durban—a village situated about 18 miles from Cape Town, and six from the nearest railway station—to consider whether it shall be put in communication with the railway by a tramroad. As soon as the railway is completed to 'Wellington active steps will be taken to have it extended to oreester, through New Kloof and Talbagh. This would open the most productive part of South Africa to markets which are not worth attending at pre sent. " The money-market has continued to indicate a healthy state of trade. Large advances have been made for wool, this being the season when the port is active with shipments. Discounts are not quite so free within the past few days, the banks towards the close of November putting the screw on a little, prior to a tight squeeze, which is usually given at the end of the year, to enable the directors to show a flourishing report, and give large dividends after their half-yearly meetings. Ten and 15 pTr cent are commonly paid for private accommodation. While the Cape has refused to be represented mined of cat Exhibition next year, Natal has deter uoeti a e ita f . figure well. Strenuous effortsars, there fore, being made to collect a large and choice etrirae l d ex T te h n e d ‘ colonial produce and manufactdaros• ing medium' is sadly require Natal." •••_---- ----- -- _ ROYAL FREE H O SPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD.— The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending Jan. 4, was 2,689, Of whi c h 667 wer e now cases, THE SITIS, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1862. THE NAVY. Yesterday Vice-Admiral W. J. Rope Johnstone, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore., accompanied by his Flag-Lieut. T. K. Mackenzie. :arrived at Chat ham in his steam yacht Wildfire,Manter Commander G. Brockman, for the purpose og inspecting the Wellesley, 72, which has lately been fitted as a training ship for boys and lao's at the port of Chatham. The Admiral, who vas received on board by Capt. Fanshawe, superit itendent of the dockyard, and Commander Studdar t, of the '►Welles ley, made a minute inspection of the ship, which has undergone the most extensive • alterations in order to adapt her for the service f.O Jr which she is intended. The number of lads ncw on board is only about 50, but accommodation has been pro vided for 250 second class boys, a. od the whole of the alterations being now complete, the lads will be sent to the Wellesley from the various ports during the next few days. The Admiral expressed himself much pleased with the fittings of the ship, and espe cially the large bath room. Before leaving the boys were mustered, and went through the gun drill. Admiral Johustone afterwards t ransacted business at the Dockyard, and late in the afternoon returned to the Nore in the Wildfire. The Duncan, 101, screw, crossed topsail and lower yards at Portsmouth yesterday in progress of outfit. - _ _ _ The Swinger and Savage screw gunboats, of 60- horse ppwer gach,,itt the steam basin at Portsmouth., are ordered to be complete in every respect for sea by Thursday evening, and t) join the other ad vanced gunboats at the port, in readiness for any sudden order or emergency. Their armament will be the same as others of their class recently fitted —one 100-pounder, and one 40 pounder Armstrong, The Racoon, 22, screw, Capt. Chamberlain, the arrival of which at Spithead from the Mediterra nean was reported in Me Sun of yesterday, re mained there up to sunset yesterday awaiting orders. The Vigilant, 5, screw, Commander Pike, also remains at Spithead. The Chanticleer, 17, screw, Commander Stirling, was swung yesterday at Portsmouth for the ad justment of her compasses, and remains in the har bour for orders. The Geyser, 6, paddle, Comman der Jackson, remains in harbour, completing coal, &c., for foreign service in the Pacific. Her Majesty's 11-gun screw steam sloop Rapid, under fitment at Woolwich for commission, will be ready in a few days for the pennant. Her destina tion is expected to be the Atlantic. The small paddle steamer Investigator, Coin. Macleod, R.N., fitted out at Woolwich for Dr. Livingstone's expedition on the Zambesi, yester day received one corporal and a c - ,,suple of privates, Royal Marine Light Infantry, and is expected to go to sea during the week. The Rifleman, Master-Commander I. W. Reed, commissioned at Woolwich in November last for survey in the China seas, yesterday received her crew from the receiving hulk Salsette, in the river, and bent sails. The steam transport St. Andrew, at Woolwich pier, has been detained beyond the time intended for her departure, with a heavy cargo of war stores for America, in consequence of the tramways throughout the arsenal now undergoing a thorough renovation. She is not now expected to be ready for sea before Thursday or Friday next. The several boats supplied for the Defence are as large as those furnished to line-of-battle ships, the two launches being each upwards of 40ft. in length, while the pinnace, cutters, and jolly - boat s are all of a correspondingly large size. According to present arrangements the Defence will be re moved, in the course of a few days, from her pre sent moorings off the dockyard to Folly-point, where she will complete fitting. She is at pre sent lashed alongside the floating sheer-hulk, and the depth of water at that spot being inade quate for a ship of her great draught, she settles down and takes the ground at every low tide. Her immense weight while thus aground has done seri ous mischief to the sheer-hulk, by tearing out her bits, opening her decks, and otherwise straining her. It is not considered that any injury has been done to the hull of the Defence by thus grounding, although there can be little doubt that a vessel of her im mense size and tonnage must be subjected to a very unequal strain when aground, and so much anxiety is experienced on this account that Capt. Powell is sparing no exertions to have her completed in readi ness to take her departure from Chatham. According to garrison orders issued yesterday at Woolwich, three brigades of Horse Artillery, a squadron of the sth Lancers, and a battalion of Royal Marine Light Infantry will assemble this morning on Woolwich-common at 10 am. Headed by Sir Richard Dacres and staff, Col. Campbell, commandant R.1‘1., and the officers commanding divisions, &c., and attended by the regimental bands, they will march through Welling and the high roads, making a circuit of 12 or 14 miles, in lieu of field drills, and return to Woolwich about 2 o'clock. Commodore Sir F. Nicholson, Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, yesterday received instructions from the Board of Admiralty to hasten the termi nation of the screw steamship Caledonia, 91, about to be ironclad, For that purpose a spacious open shed is to be erected adjacent to the building berth of the Caledonia, to contain the smitheries and all the appliances requisite for grooving and bend ing the plates to the contour of the ship's sides after their reception from the Lancefield factory in Scot land. The shed, which is intended for permanent use, will be roofed with glass, and will be open at the sides, so as to afford the greatest possible amount of light and ventilation. Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., recently appointed to Her Majesty's ship Russell, 60, Coastguard ship at Falmouth, took the command on Saturday, vice Capt. G. Wodehouse, whose period of service ha expired. —Capt. and Brevet Lieut.-Col. Mitchell to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Smith, who resigns the appointment therein, and is posted to the 2d Brigade ; Lieut. H. L. Mitchell. to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Elton, promoted; Lieu% W. M. F. Hutchinson to be aide-de-camp to Major-Gen. Hutchinson, commanding the troops in the Western Dis trict; Lieut. E. H. Cameron, to be aide-de-camp to the Governor of the Windward and Leeward Islands. The fol lowing officers are raised to increased pay, viz—Lieut. P. D. Barclay, let Brigade, N ice Handecck, deceased ; Lieut. H. Graves, 11th Brigade, vice Elton, promoted ; Lieut. T. J. Jones, 2d Brigade, vice Franklin, promoted; Lieut. R. F. Millett, 15th Brigade, vice R. B. Stoney, deceased ; Lieut. J. L. Bell, Ist Brigade, vice Collingwood, promoted ; Lieut. E. 11 , ines, loih Brigade, vice Anley, promoted. The following transfers have been ordered :—Lieut. T. C. Price, from No. 2 battery, 15th Brigade, to No. 3 battery, 7th Brigade ; Lieut. C. M. Long, fr,;na the Depot Brigade to No. 4 battery, Bth Brigade; Lisut. C. E. H. Symons, from No. 3 battery, 7th Brigade, to the Depot Brigade ; Lieut. G. A.. Crawford, from No. 4 battery, 7th Brigade, to the Depot Brigade; Lieut. H. G. Palmer, from No. 5 battery, 7th Brigade, to No. 7 battery of the same ; Lieut. C. Bent, f rom No. 7 to No. 5 battery, 7th Brigade; Lieut. H. F. A. Boodle, from No. 1 battery, 2d Brigade, to B battery, 9th Brigade; Lieut. E. H. Cameron, from No. 3 battery, 3d Brigade, to No. 7 battery, 7th Brigade. " The following batteries have been placed under orders to embark for foreign service, viz. :—E F G and H bat teries, 4th Brigade, and A battery, Bth Brigade, for British North America ; Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 5, and 7 batteries, 10th Brigade, and the head -quarters, for Halifax; No. 6 bat tery, 10th Brigade, fur Now Brunswick, under Col. P. H. Mundy; Nos. 2 and 3 batteries, 16th Brigade, for Bermuda, under Col. G. Gradon. The undermentioned officers a: o posted as follows :—Veterinary-Surg. Oliphant to the Horse Brigade, to do duty at Shoeni&liffe7 Veterinary-Stag. Paley to the 4th Brigade; Veterinary-Surg. Clarke to the 4th Brigade, to do duty at Hilsea. The following officers have been placed under orders to proceed to British North America on particular service : Lieut:-Cols. G. B. Shake spear and R. F. Mountain. The undermentioned officers have been ordered to British North America :—Lieut.-Cols. H. L. Gardiner, J. Turner, C. 8., Lieuts. T. C. Price, C. W. Long, G. C. Davie, and C. Bent; Assist.-Surgeons Harrison, Jones, Hogg, and Woodfal ; Veterinary-Surga. Paley, Lang, Stockley, end Meyrick. Second Capt. Naugle has been posted to the Depot Brigade, and Second Capt. Franklen to the 7th Brigade. " The officers commanding Royal Artillery at stations concerned will obtain tbe sanction of the general officers commanding the troops to the following removals : Lieut.- Col. Mitchell, from Dover to Woolwich ; Second Capt. Franklen, from India to Eng l and ; Second Capt. Coiling wood, from Plymouth to Woolwich; Second Capt. Anley, from India to Halifax. Captain and Adjutant Eden and Quartermaster Pitt are to do duly with the depot brigade at Sheerness. In future authorities for the sale of cast horses of the Royal Artillery will be sent direct from the . War-office to the officer in command of the corps at the stations concerfled, instead of through the medium of this department, as heretofore ; and commanding officers are requested to make application to the War office for supplies of a new form of sale account, which will shortly be ready for issue. A copy of the account of each sale is to be furnished to this office as soon as possible after the horses are disposed of. In future, when men of the Royal Artillery stationed in Ireland are sent to Dublin, for discharge, they aro to be trans ferred by the ordinary No. 1 report into the payment of the district paymaster there, who will make all the necessary railway and other arrangements in such cases. There will shortly be a vacancy for the appointment of instructor in surveying and sketching at the Royal Military Academy at 'Woolwich, and any second captain or subaltern near pro motion,who may be desirous of the appointment is requested to make application to the Inspector of Studies at that in stitution. Specimens of Pettruan's percussion fuzes for land service common round shells have been sealed as patterns to govern supplies. The Secretary of State for War has de cided that men who apply for their discharges before com pleting six months' service, but who cannot be discharged till after that period has expired, aro not to be permitted to have the same for less than £3O in consequence thereof. "The Secretai y of State for War having approved the formation of two field batteries in the 4th Brigade, the fol lowing arrangements have been made, viz.:-1 he batteries to be formed at Hilsea under Lieut.-Col. Anderson, C. 8., No 9. battery, 4th Brigade, to become I battery ; No. 10 battery, 4th Brigade, to become K battery. A battery, 4th Brigade, to move from Christchurch, and B battery from Ililsea, to Aldershot. 200 horses of E, F, and G batteries to be sent from Aldershot to lilacs, for I and K batteries. The following removals of field officers have been ordered : Col. W. J. Smythe, to Pembroke Dock, to command the Royal Artillery in the south-western district; Col. A, Irving, C. 8., to Guernsey ; Lieut.• Col. O'Connell, to Col chester; Lieut.-Col. Gibbon, C. 8., from Colchester to Woolwich ; Lieut.-Col. Dixon, from Guernsey to 'Wool wich. The head quarters and all the batteries of the 15th Brigade have been ordered to Woolwich." The remaining division of the 96th, under the command of Lieut.-Col. the Hon. A. M. Cathcart, left the Curragh at 5 a.m. yesterday for Cork, to em bark for North America. THE NAVAL REINFORCEMENTS FOR NORM AMERICA. If praise is duo to the War Departm.ent for their rapid and energetic action in sending out military stores and reinforcements for Canada, the same tribute can unquestionably be claimed by the Ad- miralty for the rapidity which they have shown in preparing for the impending struggle, strengthen ing our fleet on the North American station, and bringing forward the vessels that will be fit for ser vice on the Lakes of Canada. It isjust five weeks since we laid before our readers a list of the naval force under the command of Admiral Milne on the North American and West India stations. That list comprised five line• of-battle ships, 10 first-class frigates, and 17 powerfully armed corvettes and sloops—all steamers, and mounting in all 850 guns. This fleet is, in fact, equal to the whole Federal navy,"whether steam or sailing. As we have said, only five weeks have elapsed since that list was given, and already the preparations are far ad vanced towards reinforcing this fleet with 2 line-of battle ships, 23 of the largest, fastest, and heaviest armed screw frigates, and 8 powerful corvettes, mounting among them 1,000 guns. Some of these vessels have sailed and are already on the station, others are on their way out, others only wait their sailing orders to start at a moment's notice, some are in commission and will be ready and off in a very short time, and only one or two, such as the Black Prince, though rapidly fitting, are not sufficiently forward to be commissioned yet. Of the squadron of frigates, each vessel has been carefully chosen for its great sailing speed, high steam power, and heavy armament, and never yet has such a fleet of picked cruisers been sent out against any enemy. Among them are the Shannon, 51 guns ; Leander, 51; Euryalus, 51; Sutlej, 51; Orlando, 51; Severn, 51; Phoebe, 51; Warrior, 40; Black Prince, 40; Galatea, 26 (sister to the formidable Ariadne) ; Defiance, 22 ; Defence (iron), 22; Re sistance (iron), 22 ; Satellite, 21 ; Orpheus, 21 ; Barossa, 21; Pylades, 21; Rattlesnake, 21; Chanticleer, 17 ; Greyhound, 17 ; Zebra, 17 ; and Magicienne, 16. The two line-of-battle ships are the Hero, 91, and Mecanne, 81, The sloops, very heavily armed, are the Styx, 7 ; Stromboli, 7 ; De vastation, 7 ; Petrel, 11; Rapid, 11 ; Rosario, 11; Pandora, 5 ; and Vigilant, 4. All these ships, like those already on the station, are screws or paddles, so that by the beginning of February Admiral , Milne will have at his disposal 65 sail—namely, seven line-of-battle ships, 33 frigates, and 25 cor. vettes and sloops. Of the seven line-of-battle ships, four—the St. George, Conqueror, Donegal, and Hero —both steam and sail as fast as the best frigates in the service. With such a force a total and most effective blockade of all the Federal ports could be established in a single week ; for, unlike the coast lino of the Conferate States, which is protected by myriads of little islands and countless inlets and channels leading to the great rivers beyond, all the great Federal harbours have such narrow entrances that a single vessel would be sufficient to stop all passage in or out. With the Warrior at Sandy Hook, what could enter New York, or rather what effectual resistance could Fort Hamilton and the batteries on Staten Island offer to a combined at tack of the four iron frigates, in ease the Govern ment wished to force the passage, and dictate their own terms of peace by laying the fleet broadside on to the streets of New York and Hoboken ? That the Warrior and Black Prince, Resistance and De fence, could engage and destroy these batteries without the smallest risk to themselves, the experi milts against the Warrior target have proved con elusively. A single vessel at each port closes Bos ton and Portland, and two off Cape May would be ample for the Delaware River and the trade of Philadelphia. Admiral Milne, we believe, has al- ready made very complete arrangements as to the Disposition of his squadron, so that in the event of war the Federal cruisers off the Southern Coast may be promptly and satisfactorily accounted for. The worst part of the struggle, however, will not be on the North Atlantic seaboard, but on the great Lakes of Upper Canada and North America. It was said truly in the last war that whoever was master of these Lakes would be master of all. The know- ,edge of this may have led to the clause in the reaty of 1815 by which both Powers agreed to build no war vessels on the Lakes in time of peace, and this clause again accounts for the fact that the New Orleans, 84 guns, commenced in 1814 in Sackett's harbour, on Lake Ontario, has remained unfinished to this day. Of course, from this vessel, left unfinished nearly 50 years ago (though it is to this hour reckoned is the Federal Nary List as an effective line-of-battle ship), we have nothing to fear. It is, however, most important to remember that the Federals have a navy-yard on Lake Ontario and that, to avert the ravages of war from Upper - - Canada, we must be careful to maintain as absolute a supremacy on Lakes Erie and Ontario as we shall do on the American coast from the Bay of Fundy to the Chesapeake. This, as concerns our success in the struggle, is a point of vital interest, and we are glad, therefore, to be able to tell our readers that this danger bas been foreseen and amply provided against, and that within a week after the breaking _ _ up of the ice in the rivers and canals a whole fleet of gunboats, with the most powerful of the screw cor vettes sent out to Admiral Milne, will carry the pro tection of the English flag from Montreal to Detroit. Between Lake Ontario and Montreal the naviga . tion of the St. Lawrence is rendered difficult and somewhat dangerous to vessels coming down the stream by the rapids of Long Sault, the Cedars, Cascades, and Lachine, places where there are sud den rapids formed by a series of declivities in the bed of the river, and where the waters rush down, sometimes for a distance of one or two miles, with a velocity of from 20 to nearly 25 miles an hour. Until within the last few years these rapids were considered too dangerous for any vessel to attempt to descend them, and, of course, getting up them again is impossible. To overcome the obstacles which these currents offered to water communi- cation by the great highway of the St. Lawrence to the Lakes above, the Canadian Government, with British assistance, have formed a series of canals with innumerable lock-gates above Montreal, by which the rapids are avoided, and easy commu • &cation obtained with Lakes Ontario, Erie, and Michigan. The first canal is about two miles long, through the southern extremity of the island of Montreal, and this avoids the rapids of Lachine. The next, in order to avoid the Cascades and Cedar Rapids, is much longer, and unfortunately it is made on the right or American bank of the river, and only some 12 or 15 miles distance from the frontier itself. This extends from Beauharnais to Hungry Bay, and is called the Beauharnais Canal. The next, the Cornwall Canal, extends from Cornwall to Thekenson's Landing, to avoid the Long Sault. Beyond this are short detached canals at Ferrand's Pair t, the Platte, Iroquois, and Galops Rapids. After these the navigation is clear through the Thousand Islands into Lake Ontario. The tall, wide, three storied river steamers which ply between On tario and Montreal go up these canals every day, and up these canals, too, the gunboats, sleeps, and corvettes must pass to protect the shores and trade of Western Canada. They may do so with ease, since all the locks in these canals are built to pass vessels 186 feet long, 441 feet beam, and 9 feet draught. On this important point we can speak with certainty, as we have an official engineer's plan with the dimensions of the locks and canals, before us. All oar smaller 21-gun frigates, such as the Pylades, Rattlesnake, Barossa, Satellite, &c., could, we think, with perfect ease pass up these locks if lightened of their heavy stores and armaments, which could, of course, be taken up with them on timber rafts or flat-bottomed country boats. Once on the waters of Lake Ontario all our difficulties would be at an end, for at the western extremity of Lake Ontario is the Welland Canal, connecting Port Dalhousie, on Lake Ontario, with Port Colborne, on Lake Erie. The length of this canal is about 35 miles, and it passes entirely through British territory. The lock gates on this are cap able of passing vessels of 142 feet long, 26 feet bßam, and 10 feet draught—an ample accommo dation for the heavy armed six-gun screw despatch gunboat vessels like the Flying Fish, or even for the heavy armed 11• gun sloops of the class to which the Rapid, Petrel, and Rosario be long. From Lake Erie the River St. Clair leads direct, between Detroit, on the American side, and Chatham, on the Canadian side, into Lake Michi gan. Across Lake St. Clair and down the St. Clair River two-thirds of the corn and provision traffic between the States of the Far West and the Atlan tic seaboard is carried on, and one or two corvettes on Lake St. Clair would be sufficient to stop it all. The Grand Trunk Railway has a line to the settle ment of Sarnia, on Lake Huron, around the shores of which grows any quantity of the finest timber. If shipwrights were employed to build a few gun boats at this place (their machinery and armaments could be forwarded by rail), they could steam at once, by a passage as wide as the Straits of Dover, into Lake Michigan, and find not only the enor mous traffic of this great lake, but even such towns as Chicago and Milwaukie, entirely at their mercy. It may be said, perhaps, that in case of war it is equally open to the Federalists to do all this as to ourselves, but this is not so. Undoubtedly if we built gunboats on Lake Huron, the Federals could build others to check them on Lakes Michigan and Superior quite as fast. But it is equally certain that they cannot possibly build steam frigates and , corvettes on Lakes Erie and Ontario as we can send them up through the canals we have mentioned ready built, manned, and equipped. There is, more over, only one practicable means of communication between Ontario and Erie, which is through the Welland Canal we have spoken of, held by the British. As soon as the ice breaks, therefore, if the war goes on, we may expect to find these lakes covered with cruisers, and each Federal port on them as closely blockaded as Boston and New York. It must not be supposed, however, that the Federals will quietly acquiesce in our supremacy. In the time that would intervene between a declara tion of war and the thawing of the canals on the St. Lawrence, the Federals would be masters of the situation, and would be certain to fit out something like the mosquito fleet that swarmed over the West India station when the' sensation" as to the slaver right of search ran high. Such vessels, however ridiculous when opposed to steam frigates, would be very formidable when there was nothing to re sist them, and we cannot meet them in the Lakes before next April. Kingston, with its Fort Henry and some still more formidable batteries, a /leur d'eau, can take care of itself, and a couple of guns on the long spit of land which shuts in the splendid harbour of Hamilton would well shield that fine town. But Whitby, Cobourg, Belville, even Toronto itself, might be laid in ashes by a couple of ferry boats carrying long range guns, if immediate steps are not taken to defend them with earthworks when it is first seen that war is inevitable. However, as the Canadian Government have direct telegraphic communication with Lord Lyons at Washington, we may trust they are not likely to be taken by surprise on this point. But there are other means of carrying the war into the enemy's territory be sides by the Welland and St. Lawrence Canals. Lake Ontario can be reached from Montreal by the Ottawa and Rideau Canal. This is the longest in Canada or America, about 120 miles in length, nu ning from Ottawa to Kingston. The locks on this THE ARMY. The Secretary of State for War having repre sented that several military store clerks are urgently required, and that the list of candidates for those appointments is nearly exhausted, his Royal High ness the General Commanding-in-Chief has directed by a circular memorandum, dated the 4th of January current, the attention of commanding officers to the War-office circulars having reference to these ap pointments (Nos. 689, 690, and 705), and desired that they will forward to the War-office the appli cations of any non-commissioned officers who may be on the eve of the completion of, or who may have actually completed their service for pension, and whom they cats recommend for the clerkships in question. The following General Regimental Order, noti fying the appointments, transfers, and orders for embarcation of the batteries of Royal Artillery, signed by Col. C. Bingham, Deputy-Adjt.-General has been issued from the Horse Guards, by com mand of the Duke of Cambridge : ,‘ Her Majesty has been pleased to approve the following promotions in the Royal Regiments of Artillery :—Lieut. F. C. Elton, to be second captain, vice Capt. Majendie, removed to the supernumerary list ; Second Capt. M. P. Eden, to be adjutant, by augmentation; Lieut. C. R. Franklin, to be second captain, vice Capt. Eden ; Sergt.- Major J. Pitt, to be quartermaster, by augmentation; Capt. A. Orr, from the supernumerary list, to be cap tain, vice Capt. Hayman, removed to the supernumerary list ; Brevet Major F. Miller, to be captain, vice Capt. Ingilby, removed to the supernumerary list; Lieut. C. Collingwood, to be second captain, vice Capt. Miller ; Second Capt, R. W. Haig, on the supernumerary list, to be captain; Brevet Major C. 11. Owen, on the supernumerary list, to be captain; Brevet-Major G. A. Milman, to be captain, vice Capt. Miller, removed to the supernumerary list; Lieut. A. F. Anley, to be second captain, vice Capt. Milman ; Assist-Surg. T. R. Mould, from the 83d Regiment to be assist-surg., vice W. Haughton, N. 8., placed on half pay ; Paymaster H. G. A. Powell to have the hon. rank of captain, under the Royal Warrant of the 27th Jan., 1880. His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief lase been PlOOO tc) aPProire of tlic following appoiAtuacAts F-~ r -_ ~