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At an Extraordinary General M eeting of the Shareholders, held on Tuesday, the Bth inst., Two Thousand Ne .y Shares of Twenty-five Pounds each were created, on each of which .£ I will be due on allotment. The Dividends are paid in January and July. All applications for Shar s must be made on or before the 30th inst., on which day the Share List will be finally closed, to Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, 15, Angel-court. Throgmorton-street, Brokers to the Company. 11th April, CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR. HER MAJESTY'S DOCKYARD 4 , VICTUALLING-YARDS, &c. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 19th April, 18G2. TIIE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING THE OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the Oh May next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contrait for supplying her Majesty's Dock Yard?, Victualling Yards, Naval Hospitals, Royal Marine Barracks and Infirmaries, ant the Admiralty, Ai arine, and Coast-guard Offices, with COALS, ----- A distribution of the Ceals and a Form of the Tender may be obtained at the said Office. No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day : , f treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words Tender for Coals," and must also be delivered at Somerset place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible per sons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of £2O per 100 tons, for the due performance of the contract. India Office, April 21, 1852. THE SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in COUNCIL hereby gives notice, that, until further notice, sealed Tenders will be received at the Chief Cashier's Office, at the Bank of England, up to Two o'clock on the First Wednesday in each month, commencing with the ensuing Month of May, for Bills of Exchange, payable on demand, to be drawn on the several Governments in India, at Calcutta, Madras, or Bombay, for the sum of Rupees 30,0',000 in each Month, of which not more than Rupees 7,500,000 will be drawn on the Government of Bombay, and Rupees 2,0,000 On that of Madras. Power is reserved to issue Bills for any smaller amount than Rupees 30,00,000 in any one month, and to carry over the difference to the succeeding months. No Tender is to be f'or a sum less than Rupees 10,000, and one-eLthtli of a penny per Rupee is to be the smallest frac tion tendered. Each Tender must specify the rate of Exchange at which the applicant is prepared to purchase a Bill, or any number Of Bills, and the lowest amount of any one Bill is to be Rupees 5,000. The Secretary of State will not be bound to accept any Tender, and reserves the right of accepting the whole or any portion of a Tender. In the event of two or more Tenders being equal, and the amount remaining to be allotted not being sufficient to sup ply both or all, the Bank will be instructed to allot rateably. 'in the day following the receipt of the Tenders at the Bank, the parties will, on application at the Chief Cashier's Office, be informed whether their Tenders have or have not been accepted. If accepted, the amount of payment must be lodged at the Bank on or before the 15th day of each month. Those applicants whose Tenders shall have been accepted, Will be furnished with a Form to be filled up with the parti culars of the Bills required, and the Bills themselves, drawn In Duplicate, will be delivered on the day following the pay ment. THOMAS GEORGE BARING. OPAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.— The Weekly Board have great satisfaction in announc ing that the financial position of the Charity justifies their opening two additional Wards for the reception of the pa tients, and they venture to rely on the continued liberality of the public to enable them to support this considerable in crease of annual expenditure. Contributions received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Nisk)et and Co., Berners-street ; J. Barned and Co , Liver- Pool ; and at the Hospital. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman of the Weekly Board. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRTACUM, for Nervous Relaxation and General Weakness, restores with magical rapt - ity the most debilitated constitution. A single course of this remedy will enable man at once to fulfil The most sacred obligations of married life, ensuring to all health, manhood, and rigour. Price 11s., or four in one, 335. To be had direct from R. and L. Perry and Co., 19, Berners street, Oxford-street, London, W. Consul ations daily, 11 'lid 2, and from 5 till 8. Agent : Barclay, 75, Farringdon- Street ; and all chemists throughout the world. 11)R. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK OURSELVES. On Sperrnatorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, Ilmmorrhoids, Gleets, Nervous Debility, Palpitation, Art. MARRIAGE : Its Expectances and Disapp - intments. Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. I'rice Is., by post Is. Ici. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill ; or Author, 3, Great Marlborough-street, Oxford-street, W. Consultations daily from 12 a.m. till 9 p.m. COUGHS, ASTHMA, AND INCIPIENT CONSUMPTION ARE EFFECTUALLY CURED BY Tz EATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.- Statistics show that 50,000 persons annually fall vic tims to Pulmonary Disorders, including Consumption, Dis eases of the Chest, and the Respiratory Organs. Prevention !f 4 at all times better than Cure; be, therefore, prepared dur- Cg; the wet and wintry season with a supply of KEATING'S tough Lozenes, which possess the virtueaf averting, as well as of curing a Cough or Cold; they arc good alike for t he young or for the aged. Prepared and Sold in Boxes Is. 134, and Tins 6 , 1 ., and IOQ. 6d. each, by 1 lIOMAS KEATING, Chemist. &c., L 9, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Retail by all Drug st•ts, sac. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN LipE FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most s hattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, , xcesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate ease 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 s tru Dr ction. Ric s or for us e, at lie. or four quantities n one for 335., will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' HalL) I.\ ' o W Ready, price ls., post free 14 stamps, or in a sealed envelope 20 stamps, a popular Medical Work on NERVOUS VAHAUST lON. VIVA VITALIS, illustrated with 100 Engravings from Life (of Cases attended at the Hotel Dieu, Paris, and other Hospitals), descriptive of the baneful effects conse quent upon the errors and excesses of youth and maturity, Ihcl the debility arising from the too frequent indulgence of e passions, containing a prescription of the Author's Invi- Rorating Lotion, an external appl cation, with directions for Its use, with an Fssay on true and false Spermatorrhcea, every s tage of Syphilis, and all uretnral affections, showing how hanhood can be restored with increased muscular develop- Ulent, by the most simple means ; thereby removing all Dis qualifications and Impediments to Married Life. By lIEDICUS, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Eng land and Licentiate of the Royal College or Physicians, itdinburgh, registered under the New Medical Act, who may I, e cons tilted at the residence, 44A, Maddox-street, Regent tri.'eet. London, W. (opposite the side of St, George's Church), daily 11 till 2, and from 5 till 8 ; Sundays, 11 till 2. To be had direct as above, and from all Booksellers in Paternoeter 'ow, London. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MALN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT rXrttnrrioN or 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Pundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective 41 vention in the curative treatment of II ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the tiody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the ' 4O c -Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease And closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn `zing sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. 8 Piccadl. A Single Truss, 16s WHITE ., 215., 26 , 5. 2 C 2 d. , 31s, and il y . 6d. Postage, ls. Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Posta,..,e, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made p a y a bl e to John White, Post- Office, Piccadilly. VEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS KNEE-CA PS, ft.., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling o 1 the Legs, Sprains, Am They are Porous, light in texture, !Ind inexpensive , and are drawn on ' 1 1"e an ordinary stocking. Urice 4s. 6d., 78. 6d., 10s., to 16s. Q 'wh. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.-LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, , ig admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving c oughs, colds, confirmed eases of asthma, and consumption. tfrequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in eurabie, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent ,tougiiimr. In approaching co n sumption its effects are truly ,oeneficial. Persons deprive d of slee p , or even lying down for 'ear 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 I) rup..,gists, in bottles, 134-d., and three times the qu an ti ty In , le, 2s. fici. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's kstlimatic Balsam. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD A MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORTURE NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price la., Sold by all Booksellers, and scent post paid, by the Author, tbr 1 2 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUE and CURE of PRE -I MATURE DECLINE INSMAN, with Plain Directions 'or Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. enitTlia, 15, Alberruarle - street, Piccadilly, London. . CONTENTS: , INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the PhysiolOgiOal , itrueture and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. C MATTE R Ul.—CaliNes of Spermatorrhees. and Impotence; • , Tarly Vicious Indulgences: Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications ci Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Ponies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of t.onorrlium and Syphilis. The Book onclodes with numerous varied and interesting ~Ues, to which is added the Author' s reci p e of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. , "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and ,'Louid. be in the hands of young and old '—" Sunday Times," 4d March, 1856. , "The author has conferred a great boon by p ublis hing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases Which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature od age . ,---" Daily Telegraph," Marc:. 27, 18.56. This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of Drofessfonal criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from hervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering' from youthful errors and c acesses it will be found valuable and useful." —Record. tendon Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row: Mann, so. c orn hin. n oun 91 Cousultation -10 to 3 and 6t9 hundlty6, 10 Mt 2 N°. 21,78. PUBLICAI lON MRS. S. C. HALL'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., WRONG BE By Mrs. S. C. HALL. "This excellent and interesting story is quite the best tha' Mrs. S. C. Hall has written."—Athenaeum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CAN It I G II T ? PRESENT ,DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITII'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." - - Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published. Bvo, in cloth, price 5s by post free, ss. 6d. (IN TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; ‘._.l 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 Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' Is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. Fost Free 12 stamps, ON the Successful TREATMENT and CURE of SPERMATORRIICEA, by a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. IL J. Smart, 10, Ave Maria-lane, Paternoster-row, London, CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS. The O r i g i na l, Well-known, and only CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS are performing nightly to crowded houses at the POLYGRA PHIC HALL, - King William-street, Strand. Tickets to be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Austin's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.— Morning Performance every Saturday at three o'clock. — W. P. COLLINS, Sole Proprietor. ARGYLL ROOMS.—Series of New Music, Valses, Quadrilles, and Polkas, by the unrivalled Band of 50 performers, under the sole direction of Mons. Bour,- conm, Conductor and Composer. This gentleman will play every evening at 11 o'clock, until further notice, variations arranged by himself on the Cornet-a-Piston.—The free-list will be open for the profession by leaving their card at the door. By order of the Proprietor.—Manager, Mons. P. Grenet. Admission Is. MESSRS. FOWLER and WELLS, Phreno logists, from New York, having visited the principal towns in the United States and North American British Provinces, have arrived in London on a LECTURING TOU K. through Europe. LECTURES will shortly be given at EXETER HALL. At present Messrs. FowLER and WELLS May be consulted daily at 147, Strand, near Somerset House. COLLARS, PAPER and CLOTH. 6d. per Dozen, or es. per Gross. Post Free. Muslin and Net, highly ornamented with Paper (very choice) Collars and Cuffs, Id. and 2d. ; Coverings for Parasols, 25., post free; Ditto for Bonnets, Is , post free ; Frilli ngs for Dresses, per yard ; Curtains, Antimacassers, d'Oyleys, dic., at the cost of washing. Patentee, ARTHUR GRANGER, Paper Hat, Bonnet, and Drapery Depot, and Noted Cheap Stationery Store, 303, _High Holborn, London. Trade supplied. Agents Wanted. - n R. BUCHAN'S INVIGORATING ESSENCE, for NERVOUS RELAXATION and GENERAL WEAKNESS, at once restores and invigorates with magical rapidity the most Debilitated Constitution, therebyensuring permanent health, increased strength, energy. and a re doubled development of the muscular system. One trial will force conviction, and prove failure impossible. Price per bottle 4s. 6d., 11s., or four times the quantity, 335. Wholesale Agents, Barclay and Sons, 75, Farringdon-street ; and of all chemists throughout the world. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE MEGE,—C opa ib a an d Cubebs are doubtless the best remedies, but are of a re pulsive taste and odour, and occasion collicky pains, nausea, and gastric disturbance. M. Jozeau has succeeded in render ing them perfectly innocuous by increasing all their curative properties. It has been adopted by the t'aris Academy of Medicine after more than a thousand trials in Paris and the different London hospitals, viz., St. Thomas's, Guy's. and St. Bartholomew's, under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland, and Legros Clark.—(Lancet, Nov. 6, 1857). The Copahine, which is in form of a pretty pink sugar plum, effects a ewe in about six days. 100 Capsules, 4s. Od.; post tree, ss. 2d.— At G. JOZEAVS, French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London; 22, Rue St. Quentin, Paris; and all Chemists. MEDICAL REVELATIONS. SELF-TREATMENT SIMPLIFIED, through the aid of the TEST-TUBE, URINOMETER, and MICROSCOPE, when employed for special diagnosis in all disorders of the nervous, sexual, and generative system, in cluding spermatorrhcca or seminology, loss of power, noctur nal and diurnal wastings, and withering of the nervous tissues, &e. By Dr. WATSON, Member of the Ecole de Medicine, Rouen, National Academy of Sciences, Paris, and Fellow of the Imperial Institute of France, &c. Presented to "Nervous Invalids," with a view of superseding medicines and expensive consultations. Sent post free on the receipt of two stamps, by Dr. Watson, 27, Alfred-place, Bedford square, London. Consultations daily from eleven till two, and six till eight, on all those ailments and infirmities peen liar to youth, manhood, and old age, and which tend to em bitter and shorten life. For distinguished qualifications vide diplomas. GIVEN - AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. H 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, Sze., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health .nd vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob , ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, Timmy SMITU, M.D., b, Burton crescent. Tavistock-square, London, W.C. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD . - Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Qeott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &a 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 he stomach, they create appe ite, pro mote digestion, and , trengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. Just published, containing 190 pages, with 100 Engravings, free by post, 12 stamps, sealed 20 stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, the Greatest Medical Work of the Age, or Youthful Indiscretions and conse mien' Impediments to Marriage, describing- the Anatomy of the Reproductive System in health and disease, and pointing* out the sure means of perfect restoration to manhood ; with an Essay on Single and Married Life, containing- his Pre scription known as the Preventive Lotion, precluding. the possibility of contamination. Address R. and L. PERRY and Co., :9, 13t rners-street. Oxford-street, W. Attendance daily, from 10 till 8 ; Sundays, 11 till 2, by a Consulting Surgeon, of Surgeons Surgeons of England (Regis_ t M e r e e m d b u e n r doefrtthheeiNtheyWalCollege Medical Act). POST -OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and is. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, ls. till 1. An ESSAY on Yr URKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. _ " Tjic 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, s t n - ogffi information,c , while presents thoset h who uninitiated havealready a m encouragedas s ofint e this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the practical regulationwich the writer ~n deavours to enforce."—Herald an i d 9,st. Standard, N0v.12, 1861. —Dr. Culverwell has already established thrteinreluiet; " The Post-office Turkish Baths, t G io r n an o d i an able physician ; he has nowproved himself to philanthropist. in as far as he has established, in e the wo h rthy of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the T ur kish Bath. . . Our object being m ere l y 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, luxury, Culverwell and has refinement,f it t fitted u his ad baths moat w ar h ir a a d bl e e gT in ee eff of eet. elegance,pr. which, considering the space at his disposal , is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on' coming out, of a Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct 13, 1861. Consultations daily till 12 a.m. MEDICAL ADVICE.—Dr. LA'MERT, Licen tiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Rlinbural , &C., continu es Roceaprindifitcrintivitettio s b rt e etn ersulted on the various Disorders of the and on the cure of Nervous and Phy Where a doubi. esulting from injurious habits or excesses. - particul Involving os the happiness of a life and that y y b exist. and where the solution of such o d f on o b th t e o r n s, n m b a e y e p asii o pined, reason, morality, and intelli gence dictate the duty ° who entertain such doubthaving, it solved. There are many respecting* their present or future state of health in particulars profoundly affecting, their own that who ought to be dearest to future and the future of period such doubts have relation to them, and it often occurs painful recollections of a n i l n y d m e d o moulded e fo d r b m y td e n v b i l l e e xi °d of life when the habits are fa r s ple. Is the doubt, then, too serenity. Imparted t 0.,, or can it be removed and peace well cl e efa founded entrtous question," which tion ? That is, indeed, ~a the mind by skilled investiga dotrfeeoaeriveextinsttosrnz ()lioness ought to put to hSehould the result show l e i v i m e r y s e lmt under Sense w a o n r d t h c y o n a s d e v i 1 o ~ Ipn which may guide ill have the satisfac ca"larmetlYto; ur odonsollequulCin be threatened, thattion of n o k p n pressing it, t c , a a s n e M. D ., sre,, 37, Bedford -man g h r is av f e u r t a u s r p e eo p t at a h nd in , ted by judicious treitnie4B matt , ro assume a su p ch r. c L an A b , 371 n e a t " only regularly educated practitioner, whi'aje, London, the attended exclusively to this difficult and i n rs for 20 years Pathology, and very useful information andricate branch of gestions are to be found in his essay on „ s, if-Pre sug which may be had from the Author, or from m reservation, ' hill. 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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNEBDAY EVENING-, APRIL 23, 1862 of instruction in fortification and sapping and min ing at Chatham, have been selected from the depot and other companies at head-quarters, Brompton barracks, to join the 10th Company at Aldershott, just returned from China. During the time the 10th Company is stationed at Aldershott the men are employed in the general engineering duties connected with the camp. Major-Gen. A. B. Stransham, Deputy-Adjutant- General Royal Marines, has arrived in Portsmouth for the purpose of making his first annual inspec tion of the Marine force in that garrison, consisting of the Light Infantry Division at Forton, and the Artillery at Fort Cumberland. 1118 BATTLE AT CORINTH: (Flom the New York Times.) PITTSBURG, via FORT HENRY, APRIL 9, 3.30 A.M. One of the greatest and bloodiest battles of mo dern days has just closed, resulting in the complete rout of the enemy, who attacked u s at d ay b reak, Sunday morning. The battle lasted, without inter mission, during the Entire day, and was again re newed on Monday morning,and continued undecided until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when the enemy commenced their retreat, and are still flying towards Corinth, pursued by a large force of our cavalry. The slaughter on both sides is immense. We have lost in killed and wounded and missing from 18,000 to 20,000; that of the enemy is estimated at 35,000 to 40,000. It is impossible, in the present confused state of affairs, to ascertain any of the details. I therefore give you the best account possible from observation, having passed through the storm of ac tion during the two days that it raged. The fight was brought on by a body of 300 of the 25th Mis souri Regiment, of Gen. Prentiss's division, attack ing the advance guard of the rebels, which were supposed to be the pickets of the enemy in front of our camps. The rebels immediately advanced on Gen. Prentiss's division, on the left wing, pouring volley after volley of musketry, and riddling our camps with grape, canister, and shell. Our forces soon formed into line and returned their fire vigo rously, and by the time we were prepared to receive them had turned their heaviest fire on the left centre of Sherman's division, and drove our men back from their camps, and bringing up a fresh force o p ene d fire on our left wing, under Gen. M'Clernand. Thi s fire was returned with terrible effect and deter mined spirit by both infantry and artillery along the whole line, for a distance of over four miles. Gen. Hurlburt's division was thrown forward to support the centre, when a desperate conflict ensued. The rebels were driven back with terrible slaughter, but soon rallied, and drove back our m en i n turn. From about 9 o'clock, the time your cor respondent arrived on the field, until night closed on the bloody scene, there was no determina tion of the result of the struggle. The rebels exhibited remarkably good generalship; a t t i mes engaging the left with apparently their whole strength, they would suddenly open a terrible and destructive fire on the right or centre. Even our heaviest and most destructive fire upon the enemy did not appear to discourage their solid columns The fire of Major Taylor's Chicago Artillery raked them down in scores, but the smoke would no sooner be dispersed than the breach would again be filled. The most desperate fighting took place late in the afternoon. The rebels knew that if they did not succeed in whipping us then their chances for success would be extremely doubtful, as a por tion of General Buell's forces had by this time ar rived on the opposite side of the river, and another portion was coming up the river from Savannah. They became aware that we were being reinforced, as they could see General Buell's troops from the river bank, a short distance above us on the left, to which point they had forced their way. At 5 o'clock the rebels had forced our left wing back so as to oc cupy fully two-thirds of our camp, and were fight ing their way forward with a desperate degree of confidence in their effcrts to drive us into the river, and at the same time heavily engaged our right. Up to this time we had received no reinforcements, Gen. L. Wallace failing to come to our support until the day was over, having taken the wrong road from Crump's Landing, and being without other transports than those used for Quartermaster's and Commissary stores, which were too heavily laden to ferry any considerable number of Gen. Buell's forces across the river, those that were here having been sent to bring up the troops from Savannah. We were, therefore, contesting against fearful odds, our forces not exceeding 38,000 men, while that of the enemy was upwards of 60,000. Our condition at this moment was extremely critical. Large numbers of men, panic struck, others worn out by hard fight _ _ ing, with the average percentage of skulkers, had struggled towards the river, and could not be rallied. Gen. Grant and staff, who had been recklessly rid. ing along the lines during the entire day, amid the unceasing storm of bullets, grape, and shell, now rode from right to left, inciting the men to stand firm until the reinforcements could cross the river. Col. Webster, Chief of Staff, immediately got into position the heaviest pieces of artillery, pointing on the enemy's right, while a large number of the bat- ,eries were planted along the entire line, from the river bank north-west to our extreme right, some two and a half miles distant. About an hour before dusk a general cannonading was opened upon the enemy, from along our whole line, with a perpetual crack of musketry. Such a roar of artillery was never heard before on this continent. For a short time the rebels replied with vigour and affect, but their return shots grew lees frequent and destructive, while ours grew more rapid and more terrible. The gunboats Lexington and Tyler, which lay a short distance off, kept raining shells on the rebel hordes. This last effort was too much for the enemy, and ere dusk had set in the firing had nearly ceased, when, night coining on, all the combatants rested from their awful work of blood and carnage. Our men rested on their arms in the position they had at the close of the night, until the forces under Major- General Wallace arrived and took p os iti on on th e right, and General Buell's forces fr om t h e oppos i te side and Savannah now being convey e d t o th e b a ttl e ground. The entire right of General Nelson's divi sion was ordered to form on the right, and the forces under General Crittenden were order e d t o hi s sup port early in the morning. THE Buell ueSlEl havingCoN D DAY'S arrived the following BATTLE. General even ing, in the morning the ball was opened at daylight simultaneously by General Nelson's division on the left, and Major-General Wallace's division on the right. General Nelson's force opened up a most galling fire on the rebels, and advanced rapidly as they fell back. The firo soon became general along the whole line, and began to tell with terrible effect . _ on the enemy. Generals M'Clernand, Sherman, and Hurlburt's men, though terribly jaded from the previous day's fighting, still maintain e d th e i r hon ours won at Donelson ; but the resistance of the re- bels at all points of the attack was terrible, and worthy a better cause. But they were not enough for our undaunted bravery, and the dreadful desola tion produced by our artillery, which was sweeping them away like chaff before the Wind. But know ing that a defeat here would be the d ea th blow to their hopes, and that their all depended upon this great struggle, their Generals still urged them on in the face of destruction, hoping by flanking us on the right to turn the tide of battle. Their success was again for a time cheering, as they began to gain ground on us, appearing to have been reinforced; but our left, under General Nelson, was driving th e m, and with wonderful rapidity, an d by 11 o ' c l oc k General Buell's forces had succee d e d in fl an king them and capturing their b a tt er i es o f ar tillery. They, however, again rallied on the left, and recrossed, and the right forced themselves for ward in another desperate effort. But reinforce ments from General Wood and General Thomas TILE NAVY. During the past few weeks large supplies of the best descriptions of both angle and plate iron have poured into Chatham Dockyard, to be used in the construction of the iron steam frigate Achilles, 50. The number of hands employed upon the vessel will shortly be increased to 700, the utmost number that can be accommodated in the factory adjoining the dock in which the Achilles is under construction. Messrs. Collier, of Salford, have received orders to erect two powerful machines in the factory—one a " slotting" engine, for cutting and shaping the slabs of iron which will form the shield-plates of the Achilles ; and the other a planing machine, the largest of its kind in the world, for smoothing the sur face of the plates before they aro affixed to the ship's side. Both machines are now being fixed in the factory, and will shortly be fit for working. By direction of the Admiralty, Mr. Robinson, first as sistant master-shipwright at Sheerness Dockyard,has been removed to Chatham Dockyard, in order that he may acquire a knowledge of the details of the system of iron shipbuilding. The projecting bow of the Achilles, forged at the Thames Ironworks, has been fixed in its place, and the stern-post will shortly be received from Glasgow, where it is being forged. The following are the principal dimensions of the Achilles—Length between perpendiculars, 380 ft., length of keel for tonnage, 338 ft. din. ; ex treme breadth, 58ft. 31in ; breadth for tonnage, 58ft. 14in. ; breadth, moulded, 58ft. ; depth in hold, 21ft. lin. ; burden, 6,079 5-94 tons. Orders have been received at Chatham to prepare the following quantities of projectiles to be supplied to the iron screw frigates Hector, 32, and Valiant, 32, now under construction at private establishments for the Admiralty—viz., 290 common 110 pounder and 290 of the segment 110 pounder Armstrong shells, 113 common and 113 segment 20 pounder Armstrongs, 200 12 pounder Armstrong shells, 288 of the 68 pounder smooth-bore Moorsom shells, 96 of the 7* naval 68 pounder smooth-bore shells, and 96 of the 68 pounder and 50 of the 12 pounder diaphragm smooth-bore shells. The solid shot to be supplied to each of the above ships is 1,680 68- pounder, 280 110-pounder Armstrong, 75 20- pounder Armstrong, and 50 12-pounder Armstrong. Each vessel is also to be supplied with 115 common 12-pounder howitzer shells, and 60 24-pounder con greve rockets. The above is the largest quantity of projectiles ever ordered to be furnished to any vessels of that class. The Shannon, screw frigate, Capt. Vainwright, has been officially inspected at Spithead by Capt. H. Broadhead, commanding the Reserve at Ports mouth, and will go into harbour this morning should the weather moderate. Yesterday a strong wind prevailed from W.S.W., accompanied the fore part of the day with heavy rain. The Shannon is ordered to be placed in dock on the 26th inst. to stop a leak and examine her bottom. The Victor Emmanuel, screw liner, Capt.W. J. C. Clifford, C. 8., has also been inspected at Spithead by Capt. Brordhead, and will go into Portsmouth harbour this morning, weather permitting, to dis mantle and pay out of commission. An attempt was made yesterday to take out of her the 45 cases of goods she has brought to England from Corfu for the International Exhibition, but the vessel sent out by Lloyd's agent to receive them split her mainsail, and was unable to get alongside the ship, owing to the roughness of the weather. The cases will now be landed at the dockyard on the ship going into harbour. ' The Tribune, 23, screw frigate, Captain Viscount Gilford, under orders for the Pacific, is detained at Spithead, retubing her boilers. The Royal Sovereign, at Portsmouth, will be placed in No. 3 covered dock at that port, on the 25th inst., to complete her conversion to a shield ship. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Capt. L. G. Heath, C. 8., [to the Cambridge, vice Capt. Jernirigham, whose period of service has expired ; Commander H. Campion to the Boscawen, vice Strode, promoted to be captain; Commander S. B. Piers to the Firebrand, vice Bruce, promoted to be captain ; Commander Lord Elphinstone to the Devastation, vice M'Crea, promoted; Commander T. B. Lethbridge to the Adventure, commissioned; Commander W. C. Chapman to the Ariel, vice Oldfield, promoted to be captain ; Commander E. Nares to be Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard, vice Commander Wasey, whose period of service has expired; Com mander G. A. Brine to be Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard, vice Chapman, appointed to the Ariel ; Lieut. the Hon. M. Murray to the Bac chante, additional, for disposal; W. G. Hill, sur geon, to the Coquette; John Hay (b), paymaster, additional, to the Russell; Edward Faulkner, pay master, additional, to the Asia; Richard Sainthill, paymaster, to the Britannia; Mr. Gordon Glennie has been nominated to a naval cadetship ; J. B. Jillard, chief engineer, to the Adventure ; T. Seger, engineer, to the Adventure; T. Summers, engi neer qualified for sharp, to the Asia, for the Psyche ; John Lawson, engineer qualified for charge, to the Fisgard, for the Vivid; John Fox, acting engineer, to the Asia, for hospital treat ment ; Henry F. Saunders, supernumerary in the Indus, promoted to acting engineer; Thomas Jeans, first-class assistant-engineer, to the Tribune ; H, J. Bailiffe, first-class assistant-engineer, to the Asia, for the Swinger; J. Jolly, first-class assistant-engi• neer, to the Adventure ; M. M'lntyre, second-class assistant.engineer, to the Adventure ; William Williams, confirmed as second-class assistant-engi- neer, in the Defence; J. W. Siyewright, acting second-class assistant-engineer, to the Adventure; It. Pattison, acting second-class assistant-engineer, to the Asia, for the Wallace ; H. W. Ross, acting second-class assistant-engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Adder; S. Watts, acting second-class as- sistant-engineer, to the Cumberland, as supernu merary; J. W. Nelson, acting second-class assistant- engineer, to the Indus, as supernumerary; B. Tay lor, acting second-class assistant-engineer, to the .._. Rhadamanthus, as supernumerary ; v S. Glaysher, acting second-class assistant-engineer, to the Cum berland, as supernumerary ; and E. Gravestock, acting second-class assistant-engineer, to the Asia, for the Traveller. THE AB MY. By direction of the Duke of Cambridge a general order has been issued from the Horse Guards, signed by Sir James Yorke Scarlett, Adjutant- General, laying down a new code of regulatiqns for carrying on the musketry instruction of the army. These rules have been drawn up with a view to establish uniformity, and to bring under notice of the General C ommanding-in -Chief the progress in musketry instruction in a clear, concise, and systematic form. Orders have been received at Chatham garrison by Colonel Harness, C. 13., Director of the Royal Engineer establishment, for the detachment of non commissioned officers and men of the Royal En gineers who were despatched to:Canad a , in the Vic toria steam transport, for the purpose of laying down the telegraphic wires in that colony, but were unable to proceed in consequence of the breaking down of that vessel, to be held in readiness for im mediate embarcation to prosecute the work in tended to b e underta k en. Th e d e t ac h ment goes out under the com man d o f Li eu t. J. C. Ardagh, Royal Engineers, the men being furnished with the wires and necessary apparatus for proceeding with th e work of establi s hi ng commun i ca ti on b e t ween the different military s t at i ons of t h e co l on y. T he non commissioned offi cers and men have b een i nspected 13 by Colonel Harness, 0.., and are ready to embark at a day's notice. In accordance with orders issued by Colonel Chapman, CM., Deputy -Adjutant-General, a num ber of the:non-commissioned officers and men of the Eoyal Engineers ycho have completed their course were coming in, regiment after regiment, which were sent to General Buell, who had again com menced to drive the enemy. About three o'clock in the afternoon General Grant rode to the left, where the fresh regiments had been ordered, and, finding the rebels wavering, sent a por tion of his body guard to the head of each of five regiments, and then ordered a charge across the field, himself leading, as he brandished his sword and waved them on to the crowning victory, while cannon balls were falling like hail around him. The men followed with a shout that sounded above the roar and din of the artillery, and the rebels fled in dismay, as from a destroying avalanche, and never made another stand. General Buell followed the retreating rebels, driving them in splendid style, and by half-past 5 o'clock the whole rebel army was in full retreat to Corinth, with our cavalry in hot pursuit, with what further result is not known, not having returned up to this hour. We have taken a large amount of their artillery and also a number of prisoners. We lost a number of our forces pri• Boners yesterday, among whom is General Prentiss, The number of our force taken has not been ascer tained yet. It is reported at several hundred. Gen. Prentiss was also reported as being wounded. Among the killed on the rebel side was their Gene ral-in-Chief, Albert Sydney Johnston, who was struck by a cannon ball on the afternoon of Sunday. Of this there is no doubt, as the report is corrobo rated by several rebel officers taken to-day. It is further reported that General Beauregard had his arm shot off. This afternoon Generals Bragg, Breckinridge, and Jackson were commanding posi tions of the rebel forces. There has never been a parallel to the gallantry and bearing of our officers, from the commanding-general to the lowest officer. Gen. Grant and staff were in the field, riding along the lines in the thickest of the enemy's fire during the entire two days of the battle, and all slept on the ground on Sunday night during a heavy rain. On several occasions General Grant got within range of the enemy's guns and was dis covered and fired upon. Lieutenant - Colonel M'Pherson had his horse shot from under him when alongside of General Grant. Captain Carson was between General Grant and your correspondent when a cannon ball took off his head, and killed and wounded several others. General Sherman had two horses killed under him, and General M'Clernand shared like dangers, also General Hurlburt, each o whom received bullet-holes through his clothes, General Buell remained with his troops during the entire day, and, with General Crittenden and Gen. Nelson, rode continually along the lines encourag ing the men. FEDERAL ATTACK ON ISLAND NO. 10, From Island No. 10 we learn that on the evening of the 3d, as an attempt was being made to tow the Confederate floating battery to a serviceable posi tion, the mortar boats opened upon it and struck it several times. The battery was then submerged and towed out of danger. The Sumter steamer had been partially destroyed by shells. On the night of the 4th a Federal gunboat, the Carondelet, ran past the island without damage, and reached General Pope at New Madrid, The night was in tensely dark and stormy. She passed the first bat tery before being discovered. The second fired on her as soon as its guns could be brought to bear, but, owing to the darkness and the speed with which she moved, the fire was totally harmless. A third battery also concentrated its fire on her, but not a shot struck the boat, She passed the fourth and fifth batteries with the same fortunate result. Fifty-three shots were fired at her: Three miles below the island the Confederate floating battery opened on her, and continued firing until the Caron delet was out of range. All through the passage a continuous fire of musketry was kept up from the shore, and many bullets struck the boat, but all hands being below, nobody was hurt. The Carondelet did not discharge a gun during the entire passage. She passed the last battery within an hour after leav ing the fleet. The account of the operations is thus continued. " New Madrid, April 7, a.m. " Commodore Foote got another boat safely past the batteries last night. General Pope is now cross ing opposite New Madrid in force. There is heavy firing in the advance. " Noon. " General Pope has just landed General P . aine's Division on the Tennessee shore. The whole move ment has been a grand success. The whole army will be moved over today and to-night. " General Pope has four steamers to ferry with, which arrived by the new route through the swamps last evening. Another gunboat arrived this morn ing from Island No. 10. I will report from the field as frequently as possible. " A large force of infantry, artillery, and cavalry have crossed the Mississippi within the last six hours. Everything is working well." " Chicago, April 7. " A sp€cial despatch from Cairo to the Tribune says that the gunboat Pittsburg ran the bloekade of Island No. 10 last night, under a terrific fire from the rebel batteries. Four steam transports and five barges were also got through the Slough, from Phillip's landing, above the island, to New Madrid, by Colonel Bissell's corps of engineers, " This morning, under the fire of our gunboats, which silenced one of the rebel batteries, a company) under Captains Lewis and Marshall, crossed the river at New Madrid, and spiked the guns. Another force took three other batteries, spiked the guns and threw the ammunition into the river. At 11 o'clock, in the face of the fire of the re maining rebel batteries, General Pain e, with four regiments and a battery of artillery, crossed the Mississippi, near to the Kentucky shore. Subse quently the divisions of Generals Hamilton and Stanley crossed ; also General Granger with his cavalry. They are now strongly posted, ready for any emergency." TO 1101 , ;', CIDEON "WELLES, SECRETARY OP THE NAVY. " Steamer Benton, off Island No. 10, April 8, 3 25 a.m. " Two offiers of the rebel navy have this instant boarded us from Island No. 10, by order of their commanding officer; they were ordered to surren der Island No. 10 to the commander of the naval forces. As these officers knew nothing of the bat teries on the Tennessee shore, I have sent Captain Phelps to ascertain something definite of the sub ject. Gen. Pope is now advancing in strong force to attack the rear. lam ready with the gunboats and mortars to attack in front. Buford is ready to co-operate, but it seems as if the place is to be sur rendered without further defence. " A. H. FOOTE, Flag Officer." "Flag-steamer Benton, off Island No. 10, April 8, " Honourable Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy,—My telegraph of three hours since informs the department that Island No. 10 has surrendered to the gunboats. Captain Phelps has this instant returned, after having an interview with the late commandant. I have requested Gen. Buford, commanding the troops, to proceed imme diately, in company with two of the gunboats, and take possession of the island. The batteries on the Tennessee shore have been hastily evacuated, where we shall find, no doubt, in the morning large quan- titles of munitions of war. I communicated imme diately with General Pope, who has, under cover of the two gunboats, v, hich gallantly ran the blockade in the thunderstorm, crossed the river in force. I was ready, as well as the gun and mortar boats, with General Buford and his troops, to have made a simultaneous attack upon the rebels, had they not so hastily evacuated the Tennessee shore, and sur rendered Island No. O. A full report will be made as soon as we can obtain possession of the land bat teries and I am able to communicate with General Pope. , c A. H. FOOTE, Flag Officer." The following are General Halleck's despatches:— " TO HON, E, M. STANTON, SECRETARY OF WAR. " Sir,—Genoral Paine's Diyision marehocif9rward PRTCIe. ..... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. " TO lION. E. M. STANTON, SECRETARY OF wAn. " St. Louis, Tuesday, April 8. "Brigadier-General W. M. Makall, late of the United Statcs' Adjutant-General's Department, and 2,000 of the rebel forces, have surrendered to General Pope, and it is expected that many more will be captured to-day. Immense quantities of artillery and supplies have fallen into our hands. "H. W. HALLECK, Major-General." "LATER.) "TO HON. E. M. STANTON, SECRETARY OF WAR. St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday, April 8, " General Pope has captured three Generals, 6,000 prisoners of war, 100 siege-pieces, and several field batteries, with immense quantities of small arms, tents, waggons, horses, and provisions. Our victory is complete and overwhelming. We have not lost a single man. "H. W. HALLECK, Major-General." GENERAL M'CLELLAN'S ARMY. The following advices had been received from General M'Clellan's head-quarters : " THE HON. E. M. STANTON, SECREARY OF WAR. "Before Yorktown, Saturday Evening, April 5. "That portion of the army of the Potomac re cently concentrated at Old Point advanced yester day morning in the direction of Yorktown, 24 miles distant. The right was assigned to General Morrill's Brigade, of General Porter's Division, two companies of the 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry, and a portion of Berdan's Sharpshooters, acting as skirmishers. Nothing of interest took place until their arrival at Big Bethel, 12 miles distant, where they met the outer pickets of the rebels. The troops were delayed here two hours in reconstructing a bridge which had been de stroyed. The rebels retreated before the advance of our skirmishers to Howard's Creek, where they had some abandoned earthworks. Four shots were fired here by the rebels from two field pieces,which were soon silenced by the 4th Rhode Island Bat tery, when the rebels beat a hasty retreat, taking their field pieces with them. The main body of the army here rested for the night, while General Mor rill's brigade advanced three miles to Cuckleville, and six miles from Yorktown, and then encamped. "By 7 o'clock this (Saturday) morning the column was again in motion, and at 10 o'clock was in front of the enemy's works at Yorktown. " The first shot fired was by the rebels, the shell passing over the heads of General Porter and staff without exploding. The batteries of Griffin, 3d and 4th Rhode Island, and sth Massachusetts were now placed in position, replying to every shot sent by the rebels. The cannonading continued with but slight intermission until dark. About 400 shots were fired by both parties during the day. The loss on our side was three killed. " The position of the rebels is a strong one. From present indications their fortifications extend some two miles in length, and mount heavy guns. The ground in front of their heavier guns is low and swampy, making it utterly impassable." "Fortress Monroe, Monday, April 7, via Bal timore, Tuesday, April 8. "Nothing has been done to-day in front of York town, with the exception of a reconnoissance in that direction and some cannonading, " A telegraph line is built to our headquarters near Yorktown. "The Spaulding came in this morning from Ship Point. The rebel works abandoned there are quite formidable. The rebels took off their guns,but left their barracks complete. Ship Point is about eight miles from Yorktown, affording a fine base of opera tions. " A great crowd of Norfolk people assembled on the shore near Sewall's Point on Sunday, including men, women, and children, all eagerly engaged in watching the Yankees." " War Department, Washington, April 8. " The Secretary of War received a letter this afternoon from Gen. Wool, stating that at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon nothing was doing at York town except preparations for attacking the fortifi cations; that the enemy's force was reported to be from 25,000 to 30,000, and at 2 o'clock p.m. the Merrimac, Yorktown, Jamestown, and four tugs were lying at Craney Island." The War Department had received the following despatch from Major-Gen. Wool ; " THE HON E. M. STANTON, SECRETARY OF WAR. " Fortress Monroe, April 5. " Sir,—We have heard some firing in the direc tion of Yorktown. Two or three regiments have gone to Ship Point. " From information received to-day it appears that the Merrimac is in the dry dock, loaded with coal. She is to come out of the dock today with two more guns, one of large calibre. " All goes on very smoothly. I do not believe the army of the Potomac will find many troops to con tend with," Letters from Fortress Monroe state that either Captain Pegrim or Captain Peagrim would corn mand the Virginia (Merrimac) on her next expedi tion. Of the battle before Corinth we have the follow ing reports: " CHICAGO, TUESDAY, April 8. " Arprivate despatch received in this city to-day from one of Gen. Grant's staff says that ' we have fought and won the hardest battle ever fought on this continent.' The despatch is dated from Pitts burg Landing, the 6th." " ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY, April 8. "In response to a serenade to-night, Gen. Hal leek said that General Beauregard with an immense army advanced from Corinth and attacked the com bined forces of Generals Grant and Buell. The battle began at daybreak yesterday, and continued till late in the afternoon, with terrible loss on both sides. We have gained a complete victory, and driven the enemy back within his fortifications. He also an nounced his departure for the field to-morrow morning." " To THE HON. E. M. STANTON, SECRETARY OF WAR. " The enemy attacked our works at Pittsburg, Tennessee, yesterday, but were repulsed with heavy loss. No details are given. " H. W. HALLECK, Major• General." WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, APRIL 8. " The following message was received by the Se cretary of War on the 7th " On the 6th inst. the rebels, in overwhelming numbers, attacked our forces at Pittsburg Landing- The battle lasted from morning till late in the after noon, and resulted in the complete defeat of the rebels, with heavy loss on both sides. Gen. Grant is following up the enemy.' " General Buell has arrived in Tennessee. Two divisions of his army were in the b a ttle. " General Pope is scouring the country round Island No. 10, and so far has captured General Makall and Staff, and 2 , 000 men. " The above is not from an official so urce, but is deeme formed ea n previous authentic, o and correspondsofficial tations information." CAIRO, TUESDAY, APRIL 8. "Information was received here to-night that on the 6th the rebel forces under General Beauregard attacked our forces under General Grant. The battle lasted all day. Our lines were driven in by the attack, but as our reserves were brought into action the lost ground was regained, and the rebels re pulsed with great slaughter. Our loss is very heavy. No particulars are known as yet." " LOUISVILLE, TUESDAY, APRIL 8. " The IVashville Patriot of this morning says a, to Tiptonville last night, and captured General Makall, formerly an Adjutant-General of the United States' Staff, and about 2,000 prisoners, from Arkansas and Louisiana, large quantities of stores and ammunition, and other property. Gen. Pope's movements have been a complete success. We move in the direction of Island No. 10, in a few minutes, to capture all that are left." - / ~ ! 4: ; : ,!,,•: \ K_,. _'-'ll7. ~< ~~ / ~-~ y~v) ty *-) I-M. --_,..--, p•-/ ; 77„.*-. w a , ‘,,,-4- \K b. , ..1 , 4 , . , .; b I. A. _;; 5. , .?" gentleman who left the neighhourhocktof ifiii,444.,,c A:74 .[ army o f A. - - 4 \ z"i 'a* the West last Thursday says'aeL3eaM:li- -4 0e1 Bard left Corinth that day with his com Map 1 '-, , Purdy, Tennessee, and General Johnston 'left tot S Purdy the same day, via Hamburg. It was expected they would bring on a battle on Friday or Satur day, if their march was not impeded by rain." A Norfolk paper of the 6th contains a despatch dated Mobile, the Gth inst., announcing the recep tion of news from Corinth that morning of a great battle; that the Confederates had taken eight Federal batteries and a large number of prisoners, and that it was expected the whole Federal army would be swept away. On the Gth G en . B an ks's com mand occupied and crossed over St on y Creek-bridge, at Wood s t oc k, under fire of a Confederate field battery. There had been some skirmishing at Flenburg. Gen. Fremont's command is reported to have ad vanced from Cheat Mountain to Camp Alleghany, the Confederates falling back before them. A Charleston paper gives an account of the damage received by the Virginia (Merrimac) in her encounter with the Federal squadron : "The Virginia steers beautifully, and her speed is three miles more per hour than it ever was. She is very comfortable ; there is not the least unplea sant sound from the guns, and all the officers are highly pleased. The Virginia is now in the dry dock for repairs. Her iron plates are said to have withstood with the most complete success the effects of the terrific cannonading of the enemy, some of the sections only being riven. Her smoke stack and ventilators were riddled by th e enemy ' s b a ll s , so as to give them the appea r ance, as our infor -graters. W e mant describes them, of huge nutm eg are glad to learn from the Norfolk Daybook, that the large gun recently cast in Richmond for the Virginia has been placed in its position on board of that vessel. It throws a solid shot weighing 3GOlb. The shot is of wrought iron, long, and has a steel point. This point is not conical, as in the comm on rifle cannon ball, but shaped like that of the ordi nary instrument for punching iron. Recent experi ments show this to be a very ugly weapon, even against thick iron plates. The gun for this new projectile with the two Armstrong guns, put aboard the Virginia since she returned from Newport News gives her one of the most formidable batteries in the world, in addition to her being per fectly shot and shell proof. The Richmond Le vatch of the 20th says, 'Private information from Norfolk assures us that the Ajax of the Roads will not be long idle, and that when she makes her second excursion it will fall with crushing effect upon the old hulks of the Federal navy. Since her gallant exploits of the Bth and 9th, the people of Norfolk breathe freer, and less danger is apprehended of a visit from Burnside.'" From Warsaw Sound we have advices to the 29th ult., which report that the Federal land bat teries were prepared to attack Fort Pulaski. Heavy firing was heard on the 30th. The residents of Sa vannah, it is said, had offered 190,000 dols. for the release of the garrison of the fort. A despatch of the 4th from Mobile mentions the landing of a Federal force at Biloxi, and the cut ting of the telegraph wire between Mobile and New Orleans. In the Confederate Senate on the 14th ult. Mr. Phelan, of Mississippi, presented a Bill prohibiting the planting of cotton during the year 1862, allow ing for each planter only 3 acres for each labourer, and from which not more than five bales of 6001 b. for each said labourer shall be gathered. The penalty is fixed at 1,000 dols. fine, not less than 12 months' imprisonment and the forfeiture of the crop. On the following day the Senate passed the house resolution which requests planters of cotton to refrain from the production of that staple, and devote their energies to the raising of provisions. In the House of Representatives on the 19th ult. a resolution was adopted instructing the committee • on claims to inquire into the expediency of provid ing payment for damages resulting from the use of private property for military purposes. A bill was introduced for the relief of the families of soldiers. The bill looks to the;relief, by pension or otherwise, of all discharged, sick, and disabled soldiers. A telegram of the 7th from St. John's, New foundland, states that the coast was completely jammed with ice, and that many vessels were close by and their crews starving. About 15 sealing vessels had been crushed. From Venezuela the advices are to the 6th ult. The rebellion had been suppressed. General Paez and his Government passed through Puerto Cabello, en route for Caracas, where a financial scheme was carried out. A sum of 50,000 dols. was immediately advanced by the merchants, and the Government had destined 25 per cent, of the revenue on imports for the liquidation of this loan. In Caracas a subscrip tion for 100,000 dols. per month had been formed, to cash for one year what bills the " Banco de Vene zuela" might issue, these bills to be payable in six. months. A letter from Havannah, of the 2d, reports as follows of evasions of the blockade : "On the 24th arrived the Sardinian schooner Guio, 51 tons, 40 days from New Orleans, and five days from the mouth of the Mississippi, with cotton. On the 25th came in the rebel schooner Independent, six days from Mobile, 102 tons, with cotton. The same day the rebel schooner Cuba, seven days from Mobile, 90 tons, with cotton. On the 27th, the rebel schooner Eagle, 24 days from New Orleans, and three days from the mouth of the Mississippi, 54 tons, with cotton. On the same day the English (?) schooner Julia sailed for Mata moros. On the 28th the English (?) schooner Mayflower sailed for Matamoros. On the 29th the schooner Mary, from Pensacola, 26 days, arrived with cotton. From Nassau came in the same day the English (?) steamer Ella Worley, Captain Swasy, 10 passengers. On the 30th sailed the schooner (?) Borgia, for Matamoros. On the Ist inst. the Confederate schooner Mary Ellen, 68 tons, arrived from Pensacola with cotton ; also tho United States' despatch-boat Nonpareil, bringing Judge Marvin. ~.~ i 32ATE OF 2RADE. MINCHEsTER, April 22.—There has been a very strong yarn. market, but spinners are asking much higher prices (in some cases fully id. per lb. more than lasi week), and there has not been a very large business. The demand for what has been done has been pretty general, including buyers for India, China, Germany, the Mediterranean, and home trade. The cloth-market is in a loss satisfactory state' e a e v , e to eh :th em na v tu ery ro e th f a t n he it a w dvi as e l e a s st fr w em eek A , o ra w e i ri ng ea ,.in s E em ay e e d rs egr h little inclination to purchase ; indeed, manufacturers, find. ing they cannot get the prices they obtain ed last week, while cotton and yarns are dearer, have n ot been dis p osed t o press sales, except where they aro ob li g ed to realise. Many of them looked for an advance of prices this we e k, and the h a ve expe r ienced is naturally productive y check which they It has been found easy of much disappointment . enough from time to time, sinc e the scarcity of cott on, to get up a little excitement in cotton and in yarn ; but When these ma terials come to be made up into goods there is generally a ex p o rt trade that is very di lack of spirit an d enterprise amon g merchants, both i n th e m d scouragilg. The business a very trifli ng sca l e , a nd n m s beenee n n ° offering less than last week's a o t e s ta s r • A telegram from Calcutta t o th e 31st of M arc h re - haand done'es buyers to-day h has a v e b re ports no material improvement in that market, and conse quently but little has been done for that quarter. For shirt inge, longcloths,Tcloths, printers, &c., the market is alike without animation. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report Since Tuesday last there has been a fair demand for goods at full, and in some cases improved rates. The late accounts from America have, however, to-day caused buyers to suspend operations; while manufacturers are asking an advance on last week's prices. We have, therefore, to re port a small amount of business, and renew our quotations of last Tuesday." LEEDS, April 22.—The markets in the cloth-halls, as is usual at Easter, were characterised by much quietness to day. There was a thin attendance both of manufacturers and merchants, and only a small amount of business was done. In other respects the markets were satisfactory, prices being steady and no anxiety shown to effect sales. The Easter holidays hero have been kept with the usual amount of fes tivity, or nearly so, and there have been few manifestations of any suffering from want of employment among the ope rative classes. RoCHDALE, April 21.—There was a fair attendance il l this flannel market to-day, considering that it was Ead'er Monday, and more disposition was shown than of late te, d o business. The demand is mostly for the home trade , tho , • houseswell a s lately reported, and late price s • are oh- doing but little. Manufacturers arr, f u ll y , as ell employedtsahiinliping d. Y or k s hi r © goods are still slow of sale, Wools keep l firm in price, and there is a halo more dein = 7 especia ly iat sorts for flamel-making.