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k. ZZ J. T /‘ (f( ee e .c4„a6.:67 - s•-•• • 11 4 t 7 • " -- 11111111 GREAT FIRE IN • • eIISTWO 0.: c. • • i a jk • ' - ' 4 4 1 / 4 1111ftwww . mt, . iatt • .4 41 , :7 4 1. %:,411 • o ) o 4a tt- b ritZ''\ P • 4411 ' /' • lar b . - ` 4 %,e‘ • Di i; 1. __ 4 , ROIT. • 41 1° • ' t4a elr cur y n. PARTNEB 11 I: P.—WANTED, a 'artier, P i or Partners, with £25,000, in a ManufattUring, Concern, established half a century, and of which the nett profits for the last six years have averaged upwards of £5,000 per annum. For particulars, apply to Messrs. Mason, Sturt, and Mason, solicitors, 7, Gresham-street, London. PRICE..... - ..4d. ARGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS!!- _ The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc "lon of M. BOULCORT Conductor and principal Cornet. In STAMP ..sd. addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss Zuadrille, anti u‘,. ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, th, Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission Branner, M. P. Grenet. James Hutchinson, acting assist.-surg., to the Rifle man. ; Alexander D.WArthur, paymaster, confirmed in the Encounter. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT ___ PUBLICATIONS. TEE TRENT rI.PFAIR• INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Charter). RUSSELL. THE ARMY. Third Edition. Post Octavo. Cs. HYPATIA: OR, NEW FOES WITH AN 0i.,) FACE. liy CHARLES KINGSLEY, Rector of Eversley and Professor of Modern History in the Univer sity of Cambridge. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. Co:. Hamilton, who has hitherto commanded the second battalion of the 12th Regiment, embarked yesterday at Plymouth on board the steam-ship Annette, Capt. Jones, for passage to Sydney, where he will take command of the first battalion of the same regiment. Yesterday morning, at Woolwich, there were presented by Col. Walsh, for good conduct and long service, to Colour-Sergeant Edwards, 22 years' ser vice, a gratuity of £l5 and a good-conduct medal; to Barrack-Master Sergeant Bulwer, 21 years' ser vice, 16 of them as Barrack -Sergeant, £l5 and a good-conduct medal; and to Acting Barrack-Master Sergeant Kemp (stationed at Deptford), 21 years' service, £lO gratuity and a medal for good conduct. . - PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. rill: BILDEN T —Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., F.R.S. „ CITAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Fsq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DErtrry-CHAIRMAN—Tikomds Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. Octavo, Price 13s. The Fourth Volume, completing the APPEAL. Work, of THE SPANISH CONQUEST in AMERICA, and its RELATION to the lIISTORY of SLAVERY, and to the GOVERNMENT of COLONIES. By ARTHUR HELPS. Vols. I. and 11., 285.. Vol. 111., 16a. Loudon : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. This Day, Second Editirm, Pont gyp., 5£4., THE DESTINY uF CREATURE, and other Sermons, Preached before the University of Ca-n -bridge by CHARLES J. ELLICOTT, Dean of Exeter, and Professor of'Divinity, King's College, London. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. This day is pub.ished, in Two Volumes, post Svo., price .E 1 ls., ikHISTORY OF TIJE OPERA IN ITALY, FRANCE, ENGLAND. GERMANY, and RUSSIA, from its Origin in Ita y down to Our Own Times. "With Anecdotes of the most celebrated Composers and Vocalists 01 Europe. By SUTHERLAND EDWARDS, Esq. " A highly entertaining work."—Observer, Jan. 19, 1802. London: Wm. 11. Allen and Co., 7, Leadenhall-street. TEE VOYAGE OF TEE 16th REGIMENT 1N THE PERSIA. .. 16 .. 2 .. 5 .. 3 .. 9 .. 6 CHARLES READE'S NEW STORY. Eighth American edition, and Fourth English editi on of " T E CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH." - _ - - " We shall look in vain, even in the volumes of Walter Scott, for a passage which can rival in dramatic force the in terview between Gerard and Margaret in the fourth volume." •Westminster Review. .. .. . •• •• 6 .. .. 5 .. .. 6 Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. .. 8 .. 2 .. 6 .. 4 .. 4 The Committee of Ttiantwement have to state that, during the past two years, the Institution has incurred expenses amount; to £28,(150 on various Life-boat Establishments on the Coasts of Eng:and, Scotland, and Ireland. Doriner the past two years the Life-boats of the National kire:ooat Institution have F cen instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following Vessels:— Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose •4 Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstonc Brig Pallas, of Shields „ „ Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow .. Smack John 114, of Yarmouth Schooner Cathetine, of Newry Barque Niagara, of Shields A Barge of Teig - nmouth Brig Gorge and Janice, of London Brig Zepbyr, of Whitby • • Coble honour, of Cullercoats •• Sell'Aner Eliz4, of North Shields P.aripie Oberon, of Liverpool • • • • Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmoivh Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth • • •• Brig Scotia, of Sunderland • • Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole . • • • Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge • Brig Ann, of Blyth • • • • Sloop Hope, of Dublin •• •• •• Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth •• Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. • • Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon Prig Flying Fish, of Whitby • • • • Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. •• Schooner Admiral hood, of Rochester .. Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. Schooner Rose, of Lynn Brig Prodroma, of Stockton •• Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough .. Brigantine Freia, of Konig.sberg, Brigantine Dian of Brig Gloucester, a, of South Shields Fredrikshamn.. Brig Lovely Welly, of Sealiam Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford Schooner Prospect, of Berwick Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives A Fishing -boat of Whitburn • • Brig Arethusa, of Blyth •• •• Sehooner Dewi Wvn, of Portmadoo Plat Cymraes, of Beamnaris Schooner William, of Morecambe .. Smack Gipsy, of Newry • • • • Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven • . Schooner William, of Liverpool Lugger Nimrod, of Castletown Brig Providence, of Shields .. Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood Barque Guy tna, of Glasgow .. •• Brig Roman Empress, of Shields Brig San Spirld•one, of Galaxlde Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vienna French Brig La Jenne Marie Therese Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast • • •• Schooner Ilortensia, of Hanover .. Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven • • me Brig St. Michel, of Martins .• • • • • Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega(saved ves sel and one of the crew) •• .• •• 6• Schooner Murrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) „ .. 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and crew) .. • • • • 6 I3arque Frederick, of Dublin .. .• • • • • 1 Barque POMP, of London .. •• • • •• n Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. 11 Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew of four hands) •• • • • • • • 4 Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. .. 10 Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft .. • • 7 Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen 11 Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast, saved one man .. Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone .. Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. Schooner Friends, of Lynn Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin .. Brig Content, of Sunde,rland Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan •• Galliot Epimaclius, of Amsterdam .. .. 8 .. 4 .. 10 .. 2 .. 8 .. 6 .. 5 .. 4 - 5 _ 5 .. S .. 5 Total .. .. • • • 498 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has Voted £1,893 as rewards to the crews of the Lifeboats. It has also granted re cards amounting to X. 515 10s. for saving 173 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, mak ing a total of 871 persons saved from a watery grave during the last two years. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is upwards of 12,2' 0 for which services 82 Gold Medals, 704 Silver Medals, and £15,250 in cash have b een gran t e d as rewards. The Institu tion has also exyended £57,200 on Life-boat Establishments. The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being made by the Society to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions the Society has made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man agement, for the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely rfeeeed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. The Committee gratefuhy acknowledge the following con tributions s. d Alerltrajesty the Queen annual 50' C 0 Clark, Mrs. .. annual 2 10 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. annual 1 1 0 Cotton, Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. .. don. 25 0 . Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 0 8 Rigby, G W., Esq., Sherborne Castle .. annual 50 0 Erle, Lord Chief Justice . don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. 2d don. 25 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 3 0 0 Lanibton, Messrs. W. IL & Co., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 Lanesborough, the Earl of .. .. annual 5 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. .. don. 15 15 0 Robartes, T. J. Agar, Esq., 31. P. annual 5 0 0 Smith Mrs. George, Greenwich .. .. annual 30 0 Slinging, Col. Sir Anthony, .. annual 2 0 0 Donations and Annual Su' scriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar. and Co., 16, St. James's -street, London ; by a 1 the Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Instituti on , 14, John-street, Adelphi, Lon don, W.C. Payments may be made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders (crossed), t 0 Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre tary. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY 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 to Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re taxation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob survation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., b, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. DR. LA'MERT ON SELF-PRESERVATION. Price is. ; post-free, 13, or sealed ends, 20 stamps, with En gravings and Cases. May be had of Mann and Co., 3R, Cornhill, London, or direct from the Author. SELI: -P RE S ERV ATI ON.—A popular Essay on Nervous and Physical Debili tv, resulting from injurious habits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, which, by prematurely exhausting the functions of Manhood, de stroy the happiness of Married Life or prevent the fulfil ment of engagements which constitute the most cherished objects, of existence. By Dr. LA'MERT, 37, Bedford-square, London. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, &o. The above work contains most useful and interesting information on the physiological changes which occur in the Reproductive System during the periods of youth, puberty, end manhood ; and on the due attainment of that dea,ree of functional vigour upon which the hopes of posterity depend, It also points out how all the attributes of Man hood can be preserved to an advanced period of life, how they are lost, and how they can be recovered. It is free from the , gross exaggerations, alarming, descriptions, and dangerous remedies so generally resorted to by persons, who, prac tisine- with false medical qualifications, inflict most serious injuries, and render judicious treatment frequently abortive. The Author is the only legally quali fi ed practitioner 'Whose name stands on the Medical Register (the only true test of medical qualification), who has been exclu sively en , aged for a series of years in the treatment of the various functional disorders of the nervous and reproductive system, which, owing to the treat discoveries of modern science, are rendered subservient to a rational, simple, and easy mode of treatment. At home for consultation daily from 10 till 2. and from 6 till a, either personally or by letter.-37, Bedford-square. DR. 'JORDAN'S APHRODISION. TTIE PIIOSPTIORISED NERVINE TONIC—The New Chemical Combination cf Phosphatic Salts, Quinine, Iron, &c., containing all the Essential Constituents of the Blood, Brain, and Nerve substance.—Great philosophical and chemical research has led to the discovery of this invaluable remedy in its present perfect state, agreeable to the palate, and innocent in its action—still preseryng its wonderful Properties, affording immediate relief, at once reinvigorating and restoring with magical rapidity the most debilitated con stitutions, insuring health, increased strength, energy , and a redoubled development of the muscular system, and perma nently Curi ng a ll w h o su ff er f rom SPERMATROPHY, Diseases of th e KIDNEYS , BLADDER , an d a ll URINARY %POSITS, which cause incapacity and degeneracy, total and partial prostration, and every other exhaustive derange ment of the system. It regenerates all the important ele ments of the human frame (when emasculated by youthful indiscretions), and enables man to fulfil his most sacred obli gallons. " It is available for the most varied uses in the body." Th e peculiar characters of this substarce, fitting it for vital uses." Extracts from the " Cornhill Magazine" on the subject of Phosphorus, April, 1861. ii As phosphorus in a state of nature illumines the dark ness, so the exhausted frame revives wh en i m p regna ted with its electrical properties." Prices : lls. per bottle, or four 11 5. , b2 5 tt1es in one, 335. ; and which saves £1 12s. in cases containing three 335. bottles, _ee t t i:e l e l t a . nover- square ; To be had direct from 29, George. Newbery, 45, from Barclay and Son, 75, Farringdon Oxford- St. Paul's-churchyard; Sanger,lso, and li ann ; t Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Romer, 43, KingY, 63, street, London -bridge ; ilowden, -75, William street;Gracechur h Trout, 229, Strand; and of all chemists throughout fh-sw3troereltd! Prepared at the Laboratory of Robert J. Jordane Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England ; ' I : D., Licen tiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh &, , —e„ .; author of "NERVOUS EXHAUSTION," its cause and cure, decline of manly power and consequ en t obstacles to wedded life, with an Essay on true and false Spermatorrhcea, price 2s. ed., by post 2s. 10d. Also a TREATISE on the DISEASES of the RECTUM, with the Author's new mode of treatment, without the use of the knife, ligature, or cauterisation, price 2a. 6d., by post 2s. 10d. Likewise SKIN DISEASES and their REMEtheDlESHo,spital Con taining the modern treatment ( as adapted at St. Louis, Paris), and for the cure of those diseases s os o p2s reva lent in a high state of civilisatio n, p rice 2s. lid , by pt . lod. To be had of the Author, who is r e g istered under the New Medical Act (see Medical Register), and who has devoted his exclusive o studies to the above diseases , and is the discoverer of the Aphrodision, 29, Georg e-street,Hanover-square, Lon -5.!0n % W. Hours of consultation from 11 t o 1, and 5 to 8; Punclays 11 till 1, • 1 .. 6 • 5 .. 5 .. 6 ▪ 4 T HE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSI.IITIPS " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRS' PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties EN perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at band. 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 ss. by post free, 55. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRMEA ; 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, wit 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 merate 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. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, " ROGERS against HARDING," the Creditors of Elizabeth Challis, late of No. 3, Nottingham-street, St. Marylebone, in the County of Middlesex. widow, who died in or about the month of Sep tember, 1860, are, by their solicitors, on or before the twenty seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, to come in and prove their Claims at the cham bers of the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Richard Turin Kindersley, at No. 3, Stone -buildings Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will' be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Saturday, the eighth day of Mardi, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at te said chambers, is appointed tor hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this eighteenth day of January, 1862. CHARLES PUGH, Chief Clerk. BICKNELL and BICKNELL, Plaintiff's Solicitors, 70, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road. SPAIN and FRANCE.—" Excellent in q ualit y and flavour."—Sun. " Pure, sound, and palatable." — Press. "A really good Sherry."—Morning Star. XERES COMIDA SHERRY, soft, fine body, age and flavour, and genuine, 188. per dozen; rate, VM:Pfr dozen. "Extraordi nary for the money."—Mark-lane. 'Es press. Cash only: Carriage.—Orders of two dozen and upwards carriage paid to any railway station in England.—Vintage Wine Company, Importers of Spanish \Vines, West-end Offices, 14, Blooms bury-street, London, W.C. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. PPS'S COCOA. (Commonly called Epps'a homoeopathic Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. ilb., ilb., and llb packets, at is. 6d. per lb., by Grocers. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- 1 Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre ,)ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. -cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and dver 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 the stomach , the y create appetite, pro mote London, and and , trengthen the whole nervousystem. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, llaymarke t, and by most druggists, -in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the quntity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for r. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORE D IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple). failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to mar, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the m ryedical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Eicord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at lls., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co., Patent MedieineWarehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) D R. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price Is., by post is. 1 ;of Mann, 29, Comilla Sp erm atorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, llmmorrhoids, Gleets, &c. Marriage : Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Dr. C. may be consulted daily till 12, at The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand ; and from 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, Great Marlborough-street, %V. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5. and ls. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, ls. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS; OF 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 will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the practical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, Nov. 12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as 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. Pr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever 'feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on coming outrof _lt Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct. 13, 1861. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MAN - HOOD : &11IEDInAL ESSAY ON SPERM ATOR Rll (E A, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. Test Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price le., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 1 2 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE TA MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions or Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CURTI% 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTICR ll.—Causes of Spermtorrhcca and Impotence; Farb, Vi c i ou s Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications Marriage; whether resulting . from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorriteen and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting [ ases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORE. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and hould be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," , Sd March, 1856. "The author has conferred great boon by Publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age. Daily Telegraph," March 27, 18% " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of Professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain a nd sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from hervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it Will be found valuable and useful. Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lan e, Pater noster-row; Mann, 19, ()Drain* 119"4 vt 444414141911-10 ti? 3 arid 0V? §witdaYol FURTHER OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE. (From the London Gazette of last Evening.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 28. Copies of correspondence with her Majesty's Minister in the United States : EARL RUSSELL TO LORD LYONS. fice, Janua ry 23, 1862. F o reign-of My Lord,--I mentioned, in my deal* tch of the 10th instant, that her Majesty's Government differed from Mr. Seward in some of the conclusions at which he had arrived ; and that I should state to you on a future occasion wherein these differences consisted. I now proceed to do so. It is necessary to observe that I propose to discuss the questions involved in this correspondence solely on the principles of international law. Mr. Seward himself, speak ing of the capture of the four gentlemen taken from on board the Trent, says :—" The question before us is whe ther this proceeding was authorised by and conducted ac cording to the law of nations. This is, in fact, the nature of the question which has been, but happily is no longer at issue, It concerned the respective rights of belligerents and of neutrals. We must, therefore, discard entirely from our minds the allegation that the captured persons were rebels, and we must consider them only as enemies of the United States at war with its Government, for that is the ground on which Mr. Seward ultimately places the discussion. It is the only ground upon which foreign Governments can treat it. The first inquiry that arises, therefore, is,'as Mr. Seward states it, " Were the persons named, and their supposed despatches contraband of war ?" Upon this question her Majesty's Government differ en tirely from Mr. Seward. The general right and duty of a neutral Power to main tain its communications and friendly relations with both belligerents cannot be disputed, "A neutral nation," says Vattel,* "continues, with the two parties at war, in the several relations nature has placed between nations. It is ready to perform towards both of them all the duties of humanity, reciprocally due from nation to nation." In the performance of these duties, on both sides, the neutral nation has itself a most direct and material interest; especially when it has numerous citizens resident in the territories of both belligerents; and when its citizens, resident both there and at home, have property of great value in the ter ritories of the belligerents, which may be exposed to danger from acts of confiscation and violence if the protection of their own Government should be withheld. This is the case with respect to British subjects during the present civil war in North America. Acting upon these principles, Sir William Scott, in the case of the Caroline,t during the war between Great Britain and France, decided that the carrying of despatches from the French Ambassador resident in the United States to the Government of France by an United States' merchant ship was no violation of the neutrality of the United States in the war between Great Britain and France, and that such despatches could not be treated as contraband of war. "The neutral country," he said, "has a right to preserve its relations with the enemy, and you are not at liberty to conclude that any communication between them can par take, in any degree, of the nature of hostility against you. The enemy may have its hostile projects to be attempted with the neutral State, but your reliance is on the integrity of that neutral State, that it will not favour nor participate in such designs, but, as far as its own councils and actions are concerned, will oppose them. And if there should be private reasons to suppose that this confidence in the good faith of the neutral State has a doubtful foundation, that is matter for the caution of the Government, to be counterac- Led by just measures of preventive policy ; but it is no ground on which this Court can pronounce that the neutral carrier has violated his duty by bearing despatches, which, as far as he can know, may be presumed to be of an inno cent nature, and in the maintenance of a pacific con nection." And ho continues, shortly afterwards : "It is to be considered also, with regard to this question, what may be due to the convenience of the neutral State; for its interest may require that the intercourse of correspondence with the enemy's country should not be altogether interdicted. It might be thought to amount almost to a declaration that an Ambassador from the enemy shall not reside in the neutral State if he is declared to be debarred from the only means of communicating with his own. For to what useful purpose can he reside there with out the opportunities of such a communication P It is too much to say that all the business of the two States shall ho transacted by the Minist , r of the neutral State resident in the enemy's country. The practice of nations has allowed to neutral States the privilege of receiving Ministers from the belligerent States, and the use and convenience of an immediate negotiation with them." That these principles must necessarily extend to every Mud of diplomatic communication between Government and Government, wheth7A - j; sending or receiving Anibaseadgra or Commissioners personally, or by sending or receiving despatches from or to such Ambassadors or Commissioners, or from or to the respective Governments, is too plain to need argument; and it seems no less clear that such communications must be as legitimate and innocent in their first commencement as afterwards, and that the rule cannot be restricted to the case in which diplo matic relations are already formally established by the resi dence of an accredited Minister of the belligerent Power in the neutral country. It is the neutrality of the ono party to the communications, and not either the mode of the communication or the time when itat first takes placehi , which furnishes the test of the true application of the principle. The only distinction arising out of the peculiar in stances of a civil war and of th e non -recognition of the dependence of the de facto government of one of the belli gerents, either by the other belligerent or by the neutral Power, is this—that " for the purpose of avoiding the diffi culties which might arise from a formal and positive solu tion of these questions, diplomatic agents are frequently substituted, who are clothed wit h the p owers and enjoy the immunities of Ministers, though they are not invested with the representative character, nor entitled to diplomatic honours.t Upon this footing Messrs. Mason and Slidell, who aro expressly stated by Mr. Seward to have been sent as pretended Ministers Plenipotentiary from the Southern States to the Courts of St. James and of Faris, must have been sent, and would have been, if at all, received; and the reception of these gentlemen upon this footing could not have been justly regarded, according to the law of nations, as a hostile or unfriendly act towards the United States. Nor, indeed, is it clear that these gentlemen would have been clothed with any powers, or have enjoyed any immunities beyond those accorded to diplomatic agents not officially recognised. It appears to her Majesty's Government to be a necessary and certain deduction from these principles, that the con veyance of public agents of this character from Havana to St. Thomas, on their way to Great Britain and France, and of their credentials or despatches (if any) on board the Trent, was not and could not be a violation of the duties of neutrality on the part of that vessel ; and both for that rea son, and also because the destination of these persons and of their despatches was bona fide neutral, it is in the judg ment of her Majesty's Government clear and certain that they were not contraband. The doctrine of contraband has its whole foundation and origin in the principle which is nowhere more accurately explained than in the following passage of Bynkershoek. After stating in general terms the duty of impartial neutra lity, he adds :—" Et sane id, quod modo dicebam, non tan turn ratio docet, sed et usus, inter camps fore gentes recep tus. Quamvis enim libera sint cum amicorum nostrorum hostibus commorcia, usu tamon placuit, no alterutrum his rebus juvomus, quibus bellum contra amicos nostroa in - struatur et foveatur. Non lied ig;tur alterutri advehero ea, quibus in hello gerendo opus habet ; ut aunt torments, arena, et quorum prwcipuus in bello usus, mulles. Optimo jure interdict= est, no quid eorum hostibus subministre • taus ; quia his rebus nos ipsi quodammodo videremur amicis nostris helium facere." The principle of contraband of war is hero clearly ex plained ; and it is impos s ible that men, or despatches, which do not come within that principle, can in this sense ' be contraband. The penalty of knowingly carrying con traband of war is, as Mr. Seward states, nothing less than the confiscation of the ship; but it is impossible that this penalty can be incurred when the neutral has done no more than employ means usual among nations for maintaining his own proper relations with ono of the belligerents. It is of the very essence of the definition of contraband that the articles should have a hostile, and not a neutral, destina tion. " Goods," says Lord Stowell,l going to a neutral port, cannot come under the description of contraband, all goods going there being equally lawful. The rule respect ing contraband," ho adds, "as I have always understood it, is that articles must be taken in delicto, in the actual prosecution of the voyage to an enemy's port." On what just principle can it be contended that a hostile destination is less necessary, or a neutral destination more noxious, for constituting a contraband character in the case of public agents or despatches, than in the case of arms and ammu nition ? Mr. Seward seeks to support his conclusion on this point by a reference to the well-known dictum of Sir Wm. Scott in the case of the Caroline, that " you may stop the Ambas sador of your enemy on his passage ;"¶ and to another dic tum of the same judge, in the case of the Orozembo, that civil functionaries, " if sent for a purpose intimately con nected with the hostile operations,"** may fall under the same rule with persons whose employment is directly mili- tary. These quotations are, as it seems to her Majesty's Go- * Vattel, book iii, cap. 7, s, 118. S- The Caroline (Chr. Rob,,. 461) ; cited and approved by Wheaton ("Elements," part iv, cap. 3, sec. 22.) + Wheaton : "Elements," part iii., chap. 1, sec. 5 Bynkershoek : " Quwst. Jur. Publ.,' lib. 1, cap. 9. The Imina, 3 Chr. Rob., 167. 11 The Caroline ;16 Chr. Rob., 468. ** The QrOZOlOO 6 Gig , 13, *) 434' vemment, irrelevant. The words of Sir W. Scott are, in both cases, applied by Mr. Seward in a sense different from that in which they wore used. Sir W. Scott does not say that an Ambassador, sent from a belligerent to a neutral State, may be stopped as contraband while on his passage on board a neutral vessel belonging to that or any other neutral State ; nor that, if he be not contraband, the other belligerent would have any right to stop him on such a voy age. The sole object which Sir Wm. Scott had in view was to explain the extent and limits of the doctrine of the in violability of Ambassadors, in virtue, of that character ; for he says : " The limits that are assigned to the operations of war against them, by Vattel and other writers upon these sub jects, are, that you may exercise your right of war against them wherever the character of hostility exists. You may stop the Ambassador of your enemy on his passage, but when he has arrived, and has taken upon him the func tions of his cffice, and has been admitted in his representa tive character, he becomes a sort of middle-man, entitled to peculiar privileges, as set apart for the protection of the relations of amity and peace, iu maintaining which all nations are in some degree interested." There is certainly nothing in this passage from which an inference can be drawn so totally opposed to the general general tenor of the whole judgment, as that an Ambassa dor proceeding to the country to which he is sent, and on board a neutral vessel belonging to that country, can be stopped on the ground that the conveyance of such an Ambassador is a breach of neutrality, which it must be if he be contraband of war. Sir W. Scott is here expressing not his own opinion merely, but the doctrine which he con siders to have been laid down by writers of authority upon the subject. No writer of authority has ever suggested that an Ambassador proceeding to a neutral State on board one of its merchant ships is contraband of war. The only writer na med by Sir Willia m- Scaria r these : " On pout e ncore atta q uer et arreter see gens" (i.e., do l'ennemi) " 'putout di on a la liberte d'exercer des vititaee-whoi, gens actes d'hostilite. Non seuloment done on peut justement refuser le passage aux Ministres qu'un ennemi envoys a d'autrea Souverains ; on les errete meme, s'ils entrepren nent de passer secrUement et sans permission dans les lieux dont on eat maitre." And he adds as a n example the seizure of a French Am bassador, passing through the dominions of Hanover during war w gland and France, by the King of England, who was also Sovereign of Hanover. The rule, therefore, to be collected from these authorities is, that you may stop an enemy's Ambassador in any place of which you are yourself the master, or in any other place where you have a right to exercise acts of hostility. Your own territory, or ships of your own country, are places of which you are yourself the master. The enemy's territory or the enemy's ships are places in which you have a right to exercise acts of hostility. Neutral vessels, guilty of no violation of thelaws of neutrality, are places where you have no right to exercise acts of hostility. It would be an inversion of the doctrine that Ambassa dors have peniler privileges to argue that they are less protected that other men. The right conclusion is that an Ambassador sent to a neutral Power is inviolable on the high seas, as well as in neutral waters, while under the protection of the neutral flag. The other dictum les ir 'William Scott, in the case of the Orozembo, is even pertinent to the present question. That related to the case of a neutral ship which, upon the effect of the evidence given on the trial, was held by the Court to have been engaged as an enemy's transport, to convey the enemy's military officers, and some of his civil officers whose duties were intimately connected with mili tary operations, from w ho enemy's country to one of the enemy's colonies', which was about to be the theatre of those operations, the whole being done under colour of a simu lated neutral destination. But as long as a neutral Govern ment, within whose territories no military operations are carried on, adheres to its profession of neutrality, the duties of civil officers on a mission to that Government and within its territory cannot p ossibly be " connected with" any "militaryre used operations" in the sense in which these words pass ages already cited from his own w b P y era Sirtiilliam Scott, as, indeed, is rendered mil ; judg mentquite icnleathreby casehet o f the Caroline. I n connection with t his p art of the sub j ect it is necessary to notice a remarkab le p assage in Mr. Seward's note, in which he says, " I as sume, in the p resent case, what, as I read British authorities, is regarded by Great Britain her self as true maritime law, that the circumstance that the Trent was proceeding from a neutral port to another neutral port does not modify the right of the belligerent capture." If indeed the immediate and ostensible voyage of the Trent had '..een to a neutral port, but her ultimate and real desti nation to some port of the enemy, her Majesty's Govern ment mid; ht have been better able to understand the refe rence to Bri..ish atuthorities contained in this passage. It is ukdoubtegy the law as laid down by British authorities, tn , , destination' ottirceves4el be-hostile (that,is, to No enemy or the enemy's country); it eaanot be covered and rendered innocent by a fictitious destination to a neu tral port. But if the real terminus of the voyage be bona fide in a neutral territory, no English, nor, indeed, as her Majesty's Government believe, any American authority can be found which has ever given countenance to the doc trine that either men or despatches can be subject during such a voyage, and on board such a neutral vessel, to bel ligerent capture as contraband of war. Her Majesty's Go vernment regard such a doctrine as wholly irrecontileable with the true principles of maritime law ; and certainly with those principles as they have been understood in the Courts of this country. It is to be further observed that packets engaged in the postal service, and keeping up the regular and periodical communications between the different countries of Europe and America, and other parts of the world, though in the absence of treaty stipulations they may not be exempted from visit and search in time of war, nor from the penalties of any violation of neutrality, if proved to have been know ingly committed, are still, when sailing in the ordinary and innocent course of their legitimate employment, which con sists in the conveyance of mails and passengers, entitled to peculiar favour and protection from all Governments in whose service they are engaged. To detain, disturb, or interfere with them, without the very gravest cause, would be an act of a most noxious and injurious character, not only to a vast number and variety of individual and pri vate interests, but to the public interests a neutral and friendly Governments. It has been necessary to dwell upon these points in some detail, because they involve principles of the highest im portance, and because if Mr. Seward's argument were acted upon as sound, the most injurious consequences might follow. For instance, in the present war, according to Mr. Seward's doctrine, any packet ship carrying a Confederate agent from Dover to Calais, or from Calais to Dover, might be captured and carried to New York. In case of a war between Austria and Italy, the conveyance of an Italian Minister or agent might cause the capture of a neutral packet plying between Malta and . Marseilles, or between Malta and Gibraltar, the condemnation of the ship at Trieste, and the confinement of the Minister or agent in an Austrian prison. So in the late war between Great Britain and France on the one hand, and Russia on the other, a Russian Minister going from Hamburg to Washington, in an Ame rican ship, might have been brought to Portsmouth, the ship might have been condemned, and the Minister sent to the Tower of London. So also a Confederate vessel of war might capture a Cunard steamer on its way from Halifax to Liverpool, on the ground of its carrying despatches from Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. In view, therefore, of the erroneous principles asserted by Mr. Seward, and the consequences they involve, her Majesty's Government think it necessary to declare that they would not acquiesce in the capture of any British merchant ship in circumstances similar to those of the Trent, and that the fact of its being brought before a Prize Court, though it would alter the character, would not dimi nish the gravity, of the offence against the law of nations which would thereby be committed. Having disposed of the question whether the persons named and their supposed despatches were contraband of war, I am relieved from the necessity of discussing the other questions raised by Mr. Seward, namely, whether Capt. Wilkes had lawfully a right to stop and search the assuming that he possessed it, was ex-- Trent for these persons and their supposed despatches ; a lawful and proper manner ; and whethe re Vi r h e ieStehaer bthyheahht ir a mi d gh a itn :ight to capture the persons found on board. The fifth question put by Mr. Seward, namely, whether Captain Wilkes exorcised the alleged right of capture in the manner allowed and recognised by the law of nations, is re solved by Mr. Seward himself in the negative. I cannot conclude, however, without noticing one very singular passage in Mr. Seward's despatch. Mr. Seward asserts that " if the safety of this Union re quired the detention of the captured persons it would be dutythe proceedsi h of t to say this Government to detain t hem." lle th at the waning proportions of the r g in surrection, and the comparative unimportance of the cap tured persons themselves, forbid him resorting to that de fence. Mr. Seward does not here assert any right founded on international law, however inconvenient or irritating to neu tral nations ; he entirely loses sight of the vast difference which exists between the exercise of an extreme right and the commission of an unquestionable wrong. His frankness compels me to be equally open, and to inform him that Great Britain could not have submitted to the perpetration of that wrong, however flourishing might have been the insurrection in the South, and however important the per sons captured might have been. Happily all danger of hostile collision on this subject has been avoided. It is the earnest hope of her Majesty's Go vernment that similar dangers, if they should arise, may be * Wel, lib, iv., asp. 7, owl 85, averted by peaceful negotiations conducted in the spirit which befits the organs of two great nations. I request you to read this despatch to Mr. Seward, and give him a copy of it.—l am, &c., (Signed) LORD LYONS TO EARL RUSSELL. Washington, Jan, 14, 1862. (Received January 27, 1862.) My Lord,—Three days ago, in obedience to your lord ship's orders, I spoke to Mr. Seward on the subject of the plan adopted by this Government of obstructing the en trance to some of the harbours in the Southern States, by sinking vessels, laden wish stones, in the channels. Mr. Seward observes that it was altogether a mistake to suppose that this plan had been devised with a view to injure the harbours permanently. It was, he said, simply a temporary military measure adopted to aid the blockade. The Government of the United States had, last spring, with a navy very little prepared for so extensive an operation, undertaken to blockade upwards of 3,000 miles of coast. The Secretary of the Navy had reported that he could stop up the " large holes" by means of his ships, but that he could not stop up the "small ones.* It had been found necessary, therefore, to close some of the numerous small inlets by sinking vessels in the channels. It would be the duty of the Government of the United States to remove all these obstructions as soon as the Union was restored. It was well understood that this was an obli gation incumbent onthe Federal Government. At the end of the war with Great Britain that Government had been called upon to remove a vessel which had been sunk in the har bour of Savannah, and had recognised the obligation, and removed the vessel accordingly. Moreover, the United States were now engaged in a civil war with the South. He was not prepared to say that, as an operation in war, it was unjustifiable to destroy permanently the harbours of the enemy, but nothing of the kind had been done on the present Oeessio2, - Vessels hade,been-sunk 14...theyebels to prevent the access to their ports of the cruisers of the 'tin ta States. The same measure had been adopted by the United States in order to make the blockade complete. When the war was ended, the removal of all these obstructions would be a mere matter of expense—there would be no great diffi culty in removing them effectually. Besides, as had already been done in the case of Port Royal, the United States would open better harbours than those which they closed.N I asked Mr. Seward whether the principal entrance t) Charleston harbour had not been recently closed altogether, by vessels sunk by order of this Government; and I ob. served to him that the opening of a new port, 30 or 4) miles off, would hardly console the people of the large town of Charleston for the destruction of their own hal- bour. Mr. Seward said that the best proof he could give tie that the harbour of Charleston had not been rendered inac cessible was, that in spite of the sunken vessels and of the blockading squadrons, a British steamer laden with con traband of war had just succeeded in getting in.—l have, &c., (Signed) LYONS, THE NAVY. The Collingwood, 80 guns, late sailing vessel, con strutted from plans made by Capt. Symons, has been fitted with a pair of horizontal double-piston rod engines, and has since been twice tried at the measured mile off Maplin Sands. The engines are of 400 nominal horse-power, the diameter of the cylinder being 632; stroke, 3ft.; and nominal revolutions 50. On the first trial the vessel attained an average speed of 10.415 knots per hour, against a force of wind of 3. On her second trial, which took place yesterday, she attained, with full boiler power, an average speed of 10.462 knots ; force of wind, 6 ; pressure of steam, 20 ; actual revolutions, 65 ; vacuum 261 ; indicated horse power, 1,660; temperature in engine-room, 64 ; draught of water forward, 17ft. bin. ; aft, 21ft. Sin. ; and, with half-boiler power, 8.294 knots; revolu tions, 52 ; the pitch of the screw being 19ft. 3in., and the diameter 17ft. ; the results showing that the second trial is of a much more satisfactory cha racter than the preceding one. There were present on the part of the Government, Capt. Schomberg, of the steam reserve at Sheerness ; Mr. W. Price, inspector of machinery afloat ; and Mr. S. Towns end, foreman of engineers in her Majesty's dockyard at Sheerness. The engines were in chargo of Mr. T. Scott, the manager of the firm of Messrs. Rennie and Sons, who has had the superintendence of their construction. The firm was represented by Mr. In consequence of the extensive repairs required to be effected on board the screw steamer Pyladcs, 21, 1,278 tons, 350 horse power, at Chatham, the fourth dock, in which she lies, is ordered to be housed over, to protect the ship and the workmen employed on her. The whole of her copper sheath ing, as well as a considerable portion of her plank ing, has been removed to enable the officials to in stitute a careful examination of the hull. The result has been to show that many of the timbers are in an exceedingly rotten condition, and that the vessel generally is very unsound. She will be put into a thorough state of repair, which will detain her in dock for several months. The screw steam -sloop Rosario, 11, 150 horse power, having had some farther alterations effected in her engines and machinery, has been taken on another trial trip to the Nore, when her engines were found to work far more satisfactorily, The hired transport Berkshire yesterday went down to Woolwich for the purpose of shipping war stores for Cape Coast Castle. The Persia also ar rived at Woolwich yesterday, and commenced ship ping Armstrong 100 pounder guns and 600 tons of shot for Bermuda. The Ajax and Brunette have hauled off the T pier at Woolwich to make room for three other ships expected to-day, and have moored in the river to fill in 1,000 barrels of powder, in addition to their cargo of war stores, for Halifax. The Tortoise and Sindbad, in the dockyard ser vice, yesterday arrived at Woolwich, laden with naval stores from Plymouth. In consequence of the peculiar species of charge required for the proof trial of the huge 300 pounder Armstrong gun, recently received at Woolwich from Elswick, and which still lies on the wharf, a considerable delay has been occasioned. The first trial, however, as a smooth bore will take place at Woolwich in a few days, at the proof butt, with a charge of 381 b of powder and a round 10 inch shot, after which (if successful) the gun will be rifled on Sir W. Armstrong's principle and undergo a second proof for service. Capt. Lambert has retired from the command of the hired steam transport Adelaide at Plymouth. Capt. Alan Gardener is spoken of as his successor. The French gunboat Pelican, Capt. Palmer, from Dartmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Monday. From her Majesty's ship Medusa, which left the British Commander-in-Chief on Jan. 5 for New York, we learn that the destination of most of the ships on the West India station will be changed in consequence of the pacific tone of the news from Washington. The Mersey, 40, is ordered up to Ber muda ; the St. George, 86, carrying his Royal High ness Prince Alfred, is to return home immediately in consequence of the death of the Prince Consort. The Donegal, 100, is to sail for the Gulf of Mexico, to fill the place of the St. George. The Conqueror, 100, will follow in the same direction. The Nile, with the Admiral's flag, was at Bermuda, as well as the Diadem, 32. The Hero, Aboukir, and Eme rald, recently despatched from England, had not vet arrived at Bermuda ; in fact, her Majesty's ship Donegal was the only ship of the Channel fleet which had joined Admiral Milne on Jan. 5. The remainder of the large 2,1-inch bower cables, from the factory of Messrs. Brown and Lennox, manufactured for the iron screw frigate Defence, Capt. Powell, C. 8., at Chatham, were shipped on board yesterday. The six cables, each of which is about 100 fathoms in length, were all subjected to the most powerful hydraulic pressure at the testing house in the dockyard before they were shipped, the work of testing the cables having been delayed in consequence of the setting in of the late severe frost, during which the cab l e s could not be tried. Each of the chains bore the req uired strain without giving signs of any flaw. ma d e yestet- The following appointments wer day at the Admiralty :—Captain Richard W James, Vesey Hamilton, to the Hydra; Lieut. Jo to the Victo r y; a ddi t ional for opeoal service; Dr, The Sheffield Independent gives the following description of the voyage of the 16th Regiment to Canada, in the Persia, written by one of the soldiers to his wife, who is residing in Sheffield : 1..." MONTREAL, Jan. 1, 1862.—We sailed from Lirerpool on Sunday, the 15th ult., and had a very o p f le t a b s e a w n i2 ; 3d v ;veret, o s y eu a co g ob e u . wl u tt bi p as t ft o sbeee t warti h sth e4 l 2 .sero d ub , ibooeebugtscoatenogenla: wind it a.osrwnriviTilf: Ai wi ll t u he cold that as the sea waslA usfrout'rk6ii to stern it turned to ice as it fell on the deck, and we huddled together in every available corner, to avoid the sea washing us and to prevent ourselves being frost-bitten. So passed the 24th ; the gale continued to increase in strength all night, and on Christmas morning at six o'clock it blew with a violence that I never witnessed in my time, all ice and snow. Every rope in the ship was thickly en crusted with ice, and we were afraid to move, that we might not break our limbs, the decks were so slippy with ice ; so you may imagine our Christmas Day. The 26th was so intensely cold that it was with difficulty we could keep our blood in circula tion ; and as we crashed through the ice up the St. Lawrence the men were employed with sticks and hammers breaking the ice off the ropes, to keep them in working order. When about 200 miles up the river, it was found impossible to proceed further for fear of being frozen in, so we steamed to Cape Bic, about 500 miles from Montreal. We landed at head quarters on the evening of the 26th, and on the 27th we commenced landing by companies, and landed a large quantity of ammunition and light baggage, and, as the rock on which these things were landed is surrounded with water, it took the whole of the left wing (as hard as you ever saw men worked) to prevent the whole being covered with water and frozen. I saw the men give up and swear they could do no more ; still, through the exertions of both commissioned and non-commis sioned officers, we got them above high water mark. I worked all the evening—dragging up boxes of ammunition till I fell under it and could do no more. AR they were landed they were taken by carioles to the village of Bic, till night put a stop to the work, thereby leaving a large quantity on the ground; and I was preparing to move up to the village when I heard the adjutant shouting was there any non-commissioned o ffi cer present? I shouted to him could Ido anything for him ? He said yes, if I liked ; he rather surprised me when he told me he wanted a sergeant to volunteer to keep guard over the ammunition that remained on the ground. I could not well refuse, so I said I would. He then asked me to get if possible six men to form my guard, and I got them, poor Kieby being one of them ; so there we stopped on the ice all night, with the thermometer 30 deg, below zero. - We kept our blood from freezing by tear ing down tho branches of the trees and making a fire, but the wind was so high that it was with great difficulty we could keep it in. The captain of the ship was so fearful of getting frozen in that he made an effort to land a por tion of the heavy baggage during the night, and sent off eight boats from the ship ; but the night was so intensely dark, and it blowing a gale at the time, that the poor fellows lost their way ; but through the mercy of God, they, seeing the glare of my fire, pushed for that part of the beach, and when within hail they shouted to us on shore to give them a light, that they might not be dashed to pieces against the rocks. I got the men of my guard to pile on the branches of the pine trees to raise a good blaze, while I ran down to the water's edge with a burning log in my hand to direct the poor fellows, who were shouting for help, when none could be afforded. At last they drifted into shallow water and jumped from their boats into the water, let the boats go, and left 13 sailors and three officers for us to look after. I took them to my fire, and, by my guard working hard cutting down the trees and piling them on the fire, and by interweaving the branches we formed a kind of a shelter to pre vent the poor fellows from being frozen to death, and we found from their account that one boat was still missing with nine men on board, and that their fate was uncertain. Next morning, after that fearful night's frost, it was pitiable to see six of the ship's boats—some smashed to pieces and all frozen in for the winter, arid the baggage on board, through the spray washing over them, formed one compact mass, and had to be cut out of the boats with axes. The missing boat with her nine men was found six miles down the river, with some of them badly frozen. We still had one company on board, and the river was closing so fast that the captain of the ship would wait no longer, so leaving 23 men , behind him, and one compan.y of the ßaww niaicdts with rgoeumg the ihrrmd relieved e magistrates a t aefdg o nr o n itt smot b ro o anin a t r ei; d 0, marchtu h o rut e dwer.oe steamed bbl il o olel ff aetsh: t e seo, villageatHo nm a a l myself l i ef met by the colonel, who complimented me on my non-hestitation in complying with his wish to volun teer to command the guard on the banks of the St. Lawrence. That night he himself brought us to a house that we might have a sleep ; but before we could get a morsel to eat or a sleep, as he wished, an order came for Nos. 8 and 9 Companies to pro ceed on their journey, and as I had a morsel of salt pork on a pan, I had to leave it and jump into a cariole and drive 35 miles that day, and had no bed but the bare boards of a roo m that night; up again at seven o'clock next morn in g , and away again 30 miles over the mountains of Canada to Riviera du Loup. Started by train at eight o'clock that even ing,theuse anti had Theto sleep followingon y fl , o s o ht r t aof o tub f u ebrtehfiotvt i c eeo a dec r kn r p a ew g aar e es. ba o wd u never saw," aorurrivleidmabts Ablyonttrbeeabiunteeaursley doeupidri.vemd ma intersilbarrack,es to vacant an da drunken n • college s t uoh so s old i ers, confusion,ahras t, SHOCKING ACCIDENT. --A shocking accident oc curred at Richmond on Monday to Dr. Burney, of the Naval and Military College, formerly of Gosport. The unfortunate gentleman was in the act of adjusting an out side bell-wire from a window 50 feet high, when he is sup posed to have overblaanced himself and fallen on to the gravel path underneath. Medical aid was immediately at hand, but was quite unavailing, and his death took place in a few hours. A GRATEFUL EDITOR.—We find the following in the Observateur de la Corse, under the signature of M. Fabiani, chief editor of that journal :—" A telegraphic dis patch, which arrived from Paris on the 15th, ordered me to be set at liberty. His Majesty has deigned to remit the re mainder of the imprisonment which I had to undergo. My gratitude to the Emperor is the more lively and sincere that I had not made any application for pardon, or taken any steps to obtain it. Being a party in the cause lam nut at liberty to make known the dealings with which the Poptdation here have welcomed thie kind act of the Sove reign," EXTRAORDINARY NENII On Friday a serious conflagration broke out ha Plymouth, and resulted in the t o t al destruction of a. large rope manufactory. The IF estern Daily Mer cury narrates the following singular incident : ' = 'ne on the spot in order of time was that of the County Office, manned by the county men, and superintended by Mr. J. M. Carkeet, the agent of the office. The party went at once to the west end of the building, where they stationed their engine , and , havin g taken posses sion of the only available well in the neighbourhood, and connected the hose with it, then got promptly to work. Soon afterwards Major Grills arrived from the Citadel, with a company of the Royal Artillery and the Citadel engine, and proceeded to take up a position on the north of the build ing and close to it. While Major Grills was direct ing his men in this operation, the Mayor of Ply mouth, William Perry, Esq., who had arrived a short time before, and was exerting himself in th(, general arrangement of affairs, went up to him, and the following conversat i o n occurred. We give it as accurately as it could be heard by the bystanders : The Mayor—Are you in command, Sir ? Major Grills—You stand back. The Mayor—l am the Mayor of Plymouth. Major Grills—l don't care ad— who you arc. The Mayor—l am the person in command here. Major Grills—You may go to h—, if you like. (To the soldiers) —Push him back. Inspector Thomas, who wa s standing by, here stepped up to the major and assured him that Mr. Derry was the mayor ; but Major Grills made no reply, simply repeating the order to his men—Push them back. The men then, taking their weapons in both hands and holding them lengthwise, pushed back the mayor, the superintendent of police, Mr. Codd, Inspector Thomas, Mr. Hodge, the town surveyor, and several other persons. The Mayor, addressing Major Grills—l shall report you to your superior, Sir. Major Grills — Yo u ma y g o to h—, if you like. Shortly. afterwards Major Grills said to the engine and my men. y ha m t he might do so if he m aTyhoer— Mayor woirl replied take . away t liked; and the major immediately. ordered the men la e the Tgiervy§y. The-Order wsis, of coarse,, .e.„4 ( A byatianclor, wisp •.I;.""°.4'the scene, states that Major Grills repeatedly said to the Mayor, "I'll takaorders from no one—l'll see you d—d first ;" an' that, when he ordered the men to push them away, he seized the Mayor roughly by the collar and assisted to push hi m away. In the meantime Captain Drake, from r of the Royal E ng ineers, brought up .a party of Sappers I)evonport, with an engine , a nd took up a positifon on the west of the building, near the engine of the County Office. Upon the arrival of Colonel Crofton, that officer commun i c ated with the mayor, and inquired whether he wished the Citadel engine, in charge of the Royal Artillery, to return. The mayor re lied that he should be glad to see it return under Colonel Croften's command. The colonel then ordered the men to take up a position, and the en gine was placed in a line with the others on the rope-walk. The artillerymen who were not em ployed upon the engines undertook the duty of keeping the ground in the immediate nity of the fire clear, in co-operation with the police. TILE FALKIRK lIRDST ROB.BERY OF £ 2,250. Justiciary At the High Court of Justiciary on Tuesday the Lord Justice-Clerk, Lord Cowan, and Lord Ard millan on the bench, James Jones and Helen Cliff ate ord, were charged with the crim e of theft, aggravd by previous convictions, in so far as on Monda . y, Oct. 7, 1861 (being one of the days of Falkirk Tryst), in Rashiehill - cl ose, near the High-street of Falkirk, or in Horse-Market -lane there, they were concerned in stealing from John Bowstead, farfarme r, Beck Bank, Cumber land, a pocket-book, containing seven bank-notes for £2O each, and £230 in smaller bank-notes, be a bank-draft or letter of credit for £1,300 payable to the said John Bowstead, or order, drawn by the agent of the Cumberland Union. Bank on the Royal Bank of Scotland ; a bank draft for £4OO, and another bank draft for £250, the property of the said John Bowstead ; as also a bank-draft for £2OO, payable to t he order of Mr. Richard Pattinson, drawn by the agent of the Car lisle and Cumberland Bank, at Pe nrith, on the National Bank of Scotland, at Falkirk Tryst, in the lawful possession of the said Joh n Bowstead. The prisoners severally pleaded not guilty. The prose cution was conducted by Mr. Maitland Heriot and Mr. Ivory, advocate-depute; and the prisoners were defended by Mr. C. Scott and 1). B. Hope. Voluminous evidence having been given, The Lord Justice-Clerk summed up, remarking that the evidence was chiefly of a circumstantial character, but stated that such evidence, when the chain was complete, or nearly so, was &ten most satisfactory. He proceeded to recapitulate and comment upon the evidence, and concluded by stating that it was for the jury to decide whether the combination of circumstances proved in the evi dence was sufficient to convict the two prisoners of the theft. The jury, without leaving the box, returned a verdict, by a majority, finding both the prisoners guilty as libelled. The Lord Justice-Clerk sentenced each of the pri soners to penal servitude for 10 years. The female prisoner burst into tears when the ;verdict was pronounced, and seemed much affected while the Lord Justice-Clerk was passing sentence. A CONFEDERAOF ETHE F VIEWE DERA OF TILE CONDITION TL& The following is a copy of a letter from a gentle man, a resident of New Orleans, who was recently imprisoned in Forts Warren and Lafayette. He was released on condition of his leaving for Great Britain, and took passage in the Etna, the last steamer from New York. He thus writes from Liverpool to a friend in London : " Liverpool, Jan. 24, 1862. " I begin to feel very uneasy about our friends, Messrs. Mason and Slidell, and secretaries. They left Fort Warren nine days before I did, and unless they were sent by some roundabout route they should have been here a week ago. There was a terrific gale of wind the very night they started, which makes me feel the more alarmed for their safety. " And now let me tell you how matters were progressing when I left; As badly for the Lincolnites as their worst enemy could desire. There had been no forward movement by them since the sailing of the previous steamer, nor bad there been any skirmishing , exce p t at Hancock, on North Potomac, where the Federalists were whipped and obliged to retire. At this place, which is in the vicinity of Romney and llarper's Ferry, there will probably, within a week, be a big fight or a rapid retreat of the Unionists, as the Upper Potomac is now frozen over, and General Jackson, in command of the Confederates with a view of crossing into Maryland at that point, was, when last heard from, concentrating an overwhelming force in front and on both flanks of the enemy. " But it is their finance that is giving the Lincolnitcs tho most trouble. Let me tell you exactly how they stand, and you may rely on the correctness of my figures. Their ex penses, by their own admission, are 3,239,000 dols. daily. They have paid their audited bills only to the 10th o f October. From the 10th of October to the 11th of January i n clusive, a period o f 93 days, their penses were 301,227,000 dols. , Their receipts during these 93 days were :-50,000,000 dols. from proceeds of the second t a ken by the New York Banks at for Customs, the Secretary of the 7.30 Loan , 44,750,000 dols. (being provcds of 50,000,000 013de t : h 1ds . orised to issue 50,000,000 dol. on demand snTS9iorltee)ars's,eu9rN,l7:l;hoioewell'hoatos. a uthorised to issue 50,000,000 dol. on demand note', which doubtless ho availed himself of, making total reported te of d demand a b i a rece ipts 153,750, 000 dol., and leaving a deficit of 147,477,000 dol. To mee t this 'lie Committee of Ways and Means 1v an issue of another 0 no il te n s . , but making no provis ion for their redemption, and adding a clause making this issue 11a0,e0001, and the previous issue of 50,000,000 del. a legal tender for all debts. Notwithstanding that the English papers of yesterday report, among the news received by the Etna, that a tax bill of 150,000,000 dol. had been reported by the Committee of Ways and Means, such is not a fact —no plan of taxation had been matured when the Etna sailed, and over this measure of taxation, in my opinion, the house will have an out-and-out Kilkenny cat fight. To add to the woes of the Administration, the demand notes being now a legal tender must necessarily drive out of cir culation the entire local curren c y of the banks, which has always been considered as a very important item in their profits, and has already produced an undisguised alienation between the moneyed interest of the North and the Govern ment. " Such was the state of the case when I left New York. Daily expenses 3,239,000 dol., an unprovided for deficit of 47,477,000 dol., credit. entirely gone with the bankis, n the th e moneyed men of the c o u ntr y , without a dollar Treasury. Creditors vo ciferous for payment ,heir naval ex peditions all utter failures — them army ne arly surrounded in Washington, and unable to make the least advance movement—distraction in their councils, and discourage ment eviiently pervading the minds of all reasoning men:. - u . sly signed The Mayor of Cork, Jr. 3 J. F. Maguire, M.P., in comp li anc e with a most unanimo of the citizens for next requisition Satur has called a public meetingday to consider the most appropriate manner of manifesting d th iehe ceirtfccliinyg o f TFSpat to Sir J. Arnott, M.P., who Occu . pio c h a ir for three consecutive years,