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MEM 4L144.. gOldfield g t which fo ; scarce In L ng during di;icovered 'Atm Mitts , ;Juicing is an d the red, is not 120 oiles s jourtgY .travagezt in conse the groa t this arid I is veil les of the tnd, if Wu Some of a none of Ire than a ties over 3 not pro• , lder fields i few, and tho leads shafts last ihdirt has ae of these he claims 12e load, a e ,old lead .0 t ,f pure ks ) oun c°°, :ed, --- on 3 )ssickers, ,, about in to work" s surprio aitted are tly-diseo an from a 1. several qu it e 104 ;gets, but bourhoed respec , Creswiek, lefcrd one Ter, these cial men.- y intelli t things y iMpOr. Th e P , raven 0. so to 111 made it, wel an d fs be ing , n , pok er me c 1 use abo erecting'. r neigh' ['his has way Of s, those ing able )wn use.. addrosS he Land : t i n the may 1343 tffairs , rovisiott; men of Luce the rom tho quartz, . 17dwt• ,esideo nd sup third a 'he only na frai l be said and ,btained iza Reef, , s t 190 7 is C conies• of large le deer 1 oz. of ne day, he two lumber oz. the st their apanie g ly hav e led ar o claiXes, he deep vorked, with 0. 3 brisk, llliples . ey was hi g her s were rsq ooicl fullY ian k good. t o —s, to 28 6 to 40. —8 pel ewhat I and prices , 63s ;. t sup r qr.; sale-- ,ceded arley , as at eI,REAP WESTERN RAILWAY.— EASTER HOLTDAYS.--RETURN TICKE rs issued ou THURSDAY. the 17th April, and foliowing days, will be available up to TUESDAY, the 22d April inclusive. CHEAP FIRST aria SECOND-CLASS RETURN TIC .Ts, at SINGLE FARES and a small booking fee, will be SO between PADDINGTON, and SLOUGH, and WIND 80R, on Saturday and Sunday, the 19th and 20th April, and Will be available for return up to the Evening of Tuesday, the 22d April. On GOOD FRIDAY the trains will run as on Sunday. REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- EASTER 110LIDAYS.—CHEAP EXCURSION to the !WEST of HNC; LA NO.—On THURSDAY, the 17th of April, an EXCURSION TRAI N w ill leave Paddington at 8 a.m.; and Reading at 9.5 a m., for WESTON-SUPER 81ARE Ilighbridge, Bridgewater, and Taunton (20s. and 14 5.); Williton and Watchet (for Lynton and lilineliead), riverton, and Exeter (225. 6d. and 165.); Starcross, Dawlish, and Teignmouth (255. and 175.); Newton, Torquay Paignton, n rixham !toad. and Totness (275. and 18s.); Kingsbridge Road and Plymouth (308. and ',Os.); returning cn Thursday, April 24, from Plymouth, at 8.25 a.m., and intermediate sta tions as per bills. ( REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- EASTER HOLIDAYS.—CHEAP EXCURSION to the NORTH.—On T HURSDAY, the 17th of April, an EXCURSION TRAIN will le we Paddington at 2.40 a.m., and Reading at 10.50 a.m., for OXFORD (fares 6s. 6d. and 9 s.), Banbury (Bs. and 55.), Leamington and Warwick ((Os. 6d. and rs.), Stratford-en-Avon and Birmingham (12s. and 75.). West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Bilston (12s. 6d. and 75.6 d.), Wolverhampton (I3s. and Bs.), Wellington and Shrewsbury (17s. and 10s.), Oswestry, Llangollen Road, Wrexham, and Chester (IRs. 6d. and Ils.), Birkenhead, Liverpool, Warring ton, and Manchester (21s. and 12s. 6d.) ; returning on Tues day, April 22, as per bills. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.— EASTER HOLIDAYS.—CHEAP EXCURSION to the SEA SIDE.—On SATURDAY, the 19th April, an EX CURSION TRAIN will leave PADDINGTON at 2.15 p.m., and READING at 3.20 p.m., for Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, and Frome (10s. and Os.); Bruton, Castle Carey, and Yeovil (11s. and 75.); Maiden Newton, Bridport, Dor chester, and Weymouth (12s. and 88.); returning on Wednes day, April 23, from Weymouth, at 7.25 a.m., and intermediate stations as per bills. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- EASTER HOLIDAYS.—On SATURDAY, the 19th April, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave PADDINGTON at 6 35 p.m., and READING at 7.45 p.m., for Chippenham ,and Bath (12s. and 65.), and Bristol (14s. and 75.) ; returning 'rota Bristol at 8.15 a.m. on Tuesday, the 22d ApriL GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- _ EASTER lIOLIDAYS.—CHEAP EXCURSION.— EASTER SUNDAY, the 20th April, an EXCURSION , I RAIN will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m., and Reading at 6 '50 a.m., fbr CIRENUESTER and STROUD (9s. and 55.), Rath and Cheltenham (10s. and Bs.), Chippenham and Isath (IQs. and 55.), and Bristol (108. and es.); returning the Bailie day, as per bills. REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- , EASTER HOLIDAYS,—On EASTER SUNDAY, lne 20th April, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Pad dington, at 8.45 a.m, for TAPLOW ( 5 5 ., 3s . 6d., and 2s. 6d), wyford, Henley, and Reading (ss. 6d., 45., and 35.), Theale and Aldermaston (65., 48. 6d., and 3s. 3d.), Woolhamptai, Thatcham, Newbury, Rintbury, and Hungertord (6s. 6d., 55., and 3s. 6d.); returning the same evening. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- EASTER HOLIDAYS.—CHEAP EXCURSION to OXFORD, BIRMINGHAM, and WOLVERHAMPTON.— On EASTER MONDAY, the 21st April, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington at 7 a.m., and Reading at 8.5 for OXFORD (6s. 6d. and 45.), Banbury (Bf 3. andss.), Leaming ton and Warwick (10s. 6d. and 65.), Birmingham (12s. and 75.), West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Bilston (12s. 6d. and 7s. 6d.), and Wolverhampton (13s. and 8s.); returning the same day at 7.15 p.m., or on the following day at 11.50 a.m. MR. AND AIRS. CHARLES MATHEWS " Al! HOME," At Her Maj2sty's Concert Room, Haymarket. Last Week of the present Entertainment, which will ter- Mlnate on SATURDAY next, the 19th inst. Every Evening (except Good Friday and Saturday), at Eight. Wednesday and Saturday Mornings at Three. Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the Box- Mee, which is open daily from Ten till Five, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. No extra charge for booking. Carriages to be ordered at Ten. Stalls, ss. ; First Circle, .Is. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Unreserved oeats, 2s. and is. ,Due notice will be given of the Production of the New Entertainment. Office of the Gas Light and Coke Company, Horseferry-road, Westminster, 14th April, 1862. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a „,HALF YEARLY GENERAL COURT of the PROPRIE TORS of this Company will be held at the Company's Gas Works, Horseferry-road, Westminster, on FRIDAY, the 2d uay of May next. The Chair will be taken at 12 o'clock precisely. By order. JOHN ORWELL PHILLIPS, Secretary. pRENCH GALLERY. 120, PALL MALL.- „ The NINTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PICTURES, the contributions of Artists of the French and Flemish School, is NOW OPEN. Admission, is. Catalogues, 6d. fIHRISTIPS MINSTRELS. The O r i g i na l , ‘J Well-known, and only CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS are performing nightly to crowded houses at the POLYGRA PHIC HALL, Ring William-street, Strand. Tickets to be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Arr. Austin's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.— Wiornino- 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 0 1 50 performers, under the sole direction of Mons. Boni,- conT, 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. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. The numerous and urgent appeals which are made for a dmission by the homeless and destitute sick render it im perative on the Committee to entreat the continued bounty of the affluent and humane to enable them to persevere in the eXtensive system of relief afforded by this Hospital. 'During the past year, in addition to 1,190 in-patients, no Charity. than 50,498 out-patients received the benefits of this Lharity. Since Christmas two additional wards have been °Pened for the reception of in-door patients. , Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas certnan, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec. jOZEAU'S COPAHINE MEGE, successfully tried in the Paris and London hospitals, under the care °I Messrs. Cultrier, Rilord, Lloyd, Poland, and Legros Clark, "(Lancet, Nov. 6, 1852)- effects a cure in average of six days, e ither in the recent or chronic diseases. 4s. 6d. per bottle; tipost, ss. 2d.—At G. JOZEAIPS, French Chemist, 49, aymarket. toR. BUCHAN'S INVIGORATING ESSENCE, for NERVOUS RELAXATION and GENERAL WEAKNESS, at once restores and Invigorates with magical rapidity the most Debilitated Constitution, thereby ensuring 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., 118., or four times the quantity, 335. Wholesale 4 _,,genta, Barclay and Sons, 75, Farringdon-street ; and of all uoemists throughout the world. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre- Qared without any mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. eott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who hiller from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind 13 1)asins, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual c ostiveness, 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, they create appetite, pro pote digestion, and -trengthen the whole nervous system. old by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, the by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to aak for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. J ust 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 liruen' Impediments to Marriage, describing the Anatomy of Lae 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 "riPtion known as the Preventive Lotion, precluding the possibility of contamination. Address R. and L. PERRY and Vr o o ' , 7 , o ui ßrn i ers -street, Oxford-street, W. Attendance daily, 8 ; Sundays, 11 till 2, by a Consulting Surgeon, t Menderdofthe Royal College of Surgeons of England (Regis ere under the New Medical Act). POST-OPFICE TURKISH BATHS 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2e. till 5, and is. 6d. from 5 till 9; Sundays, Is. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OP THE PRESS. " The Use and tile Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very Useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the V.,roprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the ost-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte testing 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 e ndeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, N0v.12, 1861. " The Post-oce Turkish Bths, 19, St.Martin's-le - Grand. Culverwell has already a established the reputation of 4 / 1 able physician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy MilanthroPist, in as far as he has established, in the heart ? ?. 1 . the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco ,el7 of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice s T l Physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, I,_e Turkish Bath. readers FobJect being merely to direct ..,‘ 4l e attention of our City to the fact that they possess L'ile of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand' which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, a 'M most admirable in effect. Dr. C ulver well has fitted up 4 18 baths with a,degree of eleganc e, luxury, and re fi nemen t , Which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sm.- while everything that taste or delicacy could desire 413 been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the r!rnaitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever f eels Turkish reg,enerated and new made, it is o n coming out _of a Bath."—Era, Oct 13, 1861. - - Consultations daily till 12 a.m. AS THE FACULTIES OF THE BODY, in j harmony with those of THE MIND °Ped maturity, the rising human being,, surrounded by T Leetitious c i rcums tances —same salutary, some pernicious— becomes susceptible of impressions which, according to the legree of PRUDENCE and KNOWLEDGE With which he is en _owed, may be the sources of happiness or of unspeakable 44 isery. Some of the most deadly and terrible of the influences last referred to ortc-inate at that period when parents fondly hope iet the objects of their love ar e b eing prepared to fig ht h onourably the great battle of life—name ly , the scholas tic a nd collegiate period. Habits a re th en contracted, in „ 'ustispecting ignorance of their effects. which, if not ar lested, tend to sink the VICTIMS OF ER R OR to the deepest depths of degradation and woe. The evil is amavated by ~ue apathy too generally evinced by the medical profession, rt only as to the nature but the very existence of the general arising from the cause indicated, and to which the %eneral and inadequate designation of "Nervous Disorders the Debility has been given. One of the consequences of Cl neglect is, that the treatment of the most delicate O s es of disease which afflict society has been taken 1 "„ 0 3' unqualified and uneducated persons. ▪ LAMERT, M.D., Licentiate of the Rua.. Society of 111.„'pothecaries,Bedford-square, London, IS ONLY PRACTITIONER REGULARLY QUALIFIED AND REGISTERED who has devoted his exclusive attention for 20 1 ears to the cure of these H affections, which war with the very ,7'ontains of hilman APPINESS, HEALTH, and FUNCTIONAL . 1' ti l Gonu. The result of his experience and successful prac /nay be perused with advantage in his Treatise, " SELF ESERVATION," sold by Mann,39,Cornhill, London , price o ; post free for 13, or with sealed ends for 20 stamps. 37 tit holne for consultatiOn, daily, from 11 till 2, and 0 till 8. Item -*,:t54-square. N°. 21,776. PUBLICATIONS. On Tuesday, Vol. 1., T HE LIFE AND LETTERS OF WASHINGTON IRVING (GEOFFREY CRAYON), Author of "The Sketch Book," " Bracebridge Hall," "Tales of a Traveller," "Life of Columbus," ttc. Edited by his Nephew, PIERRE IRVING. Mr. Bentley has purchased the English interest in this work, which will be published in England in advance. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Just published, fcp. Bvo., cloth boards, price 45., WAIFS AND STRAYS, CHIEFLY FROM THE CHESS-BOARD. By Captain H. A. KENNEDY, President of the Bristol Athenamum Chess Club, &c. " This pleasant little addition to the literature of chess is made up of fugitive essays and sketches, . . The name of Capt. Kennedy is doubtless well known to all lovers of the game as a strong player and pleasant writer about the game. . ." "Pleasant, readable, and often instructive. Some of the anecdotes are evidently intended to point a useful moral, and well do they serve the purpose."—Critic, March 29. "The result is a book readable to all, but especially inte resting to the amateur of the game of chess."-- Bath Journal. "Capt. Kennedy's style is agreeable and easy."—Globe. L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. T HE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin. ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., - - S ON By B. E co ß uRT M EN A Ai y 31 0 .R R .c.s R .E ll CE A. And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which theyhave hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.: ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershott, April 19, 1862. MENDERS will be received at tbis Office, until noon, on T EIURSDAY, the Ist May, 1862, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to supply FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD in such quantities as may be required from Ist June, 1862, to 30th November, 1862, for the ute of her Majesty's Land Forces stationed at Aldershott Camp, and within the command. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, be tween the hours of ten and four o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office, under closed envelope, marked on the outside "Tender for Flour for Hospital Bread," and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office. ALFRED SAL W EY, Deputy Commissary-General. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershott, April 10, 1862. TENDERS will be received at this Office, until noon, on THURSDAY, the Ist May, 1862, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to supply FLOUR AND MEAT - - - In such quantities as may be required from Ist June, 1862, to 30th November, 1862, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces stationed at Aldershott Camp, and within the command. Separate Tenders are required for Flour and for Meat. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, be tween the hours of ten and four o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office, under closed envelope, marked on the-outside " Tender for Commissariat Supplies," and no Tenders will be noticed unless made on forms ob tained from this office. ALFRED SALWEY, Deputy Commissary-General. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. EPPS'S COCOA. (Commonly called Epps's Homoeopathic Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo. rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. ilb., Vb., and 11b. packets, at Is. 6d. per lb., by Grocers. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM, for Nervous Relaxation and General Weakness, restores with magical rapidity 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 vigour. Price ils., or four in one, 335. To be had direct from R. and L. Percy and Co., 19, Berners street, Oxford-street, London, W. Consul' ations daily, 11 till 2, and from 5 till 8. Agent : Barclay, 75, Farringdon street ; and all chemists throughout the world. D R. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. On Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, Haemorrhoids, Gleets, Nervous Debility, Palpitation, km, dm MARRIAGE Its Expectances and Disappointments. Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Price is., by post is. ia. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill ; or Author, 3, Great Marlborough-street, Oxford-street, W. Consultations daily from 12 a.m. till 9 p.m. 'THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Ricord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at lls., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229, Strand, London. GIVEWAWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the Univ ers ity o f 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, Arc., :which, if neglected, result in oonsumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from obl servation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope end two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., b, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. 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 spermatorrhcea or seminology, loss of power, noctur nal and diurnal wasting s , and withering of the nervous tissues, &c. 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 pecu liar to youth, manhood, and old age, and which tend to em bitter and shorten life. For distinguished qnalifications vide diplomas. (Entered at Stationers' Hall) Now Ready, price is., post free 14 stamps, or in a sealed envelope 20 stamps, a popular Medical Work on NERVOUS EXHAUSTION. 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, and the debility arising from the too frequent indulgence cf the passions, containing a prescription of the Author's Invi gorating Lotion, an external appl cation, with directions for its use, with an Essay on true and false Spermatorrhcea, every stage of Syphilis , and all uretnral affections, showing how manhood can be restored with increased muscular develop ment, by the most simple means ; thereby removing all Dis qualifications and Impediments to Married Life. By ME DICUS, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Eng land, and Licentiate of the Royal College of ot Physicians, Edinburgh, N m registered under the ewAct, who m a y 11 till 2. To b e consulted d a n t , Tir t h . e (o r p e p s i o d s e i t n e c e t , h 4 e 4 s A i , d M e o a t d s r a - e s o t t r e e e CRheugrecnhti: • Sundays, had direct as above, and fro d bst a er i c l e y oe , tn. ll till 2, and from 5 till m all Booksellers in Paternoster. row, London. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : k, MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRHCE NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. rust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Bookselle! . :0, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 1 2 stamps, ANHOOD : the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions or Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. INTRODU CTORY CHAPTER CONTENTS: on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. ER ll.—C auses of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgen ces ; Dan Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER g Review of the various Disqual ifi cations i t Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abus e , th e Follies of Maturitb the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS Iv. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book oncludes with numerous varied and interesting zees, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS Or TDB WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.---This is a truly valuable work, and hould be in the hands of young and old , "Sunday Times," 'Ad March, 185 6 . is described the source of those diseases "The author has eontred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which which pro duce decline in y0u,t 1 40....r more frequently premature old age."— , . Daily Telegraph," mama 27, 1856. 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'''''''''''''''''''''''' - 4 I".' : : C t ' I" 4: 1 ...: - ---41 5' 1441: f_ , -.- - ,-,-.,..,,,„... . „, , ..,,,, 1 Edward Topping, of the Imperieuse confirmed as \ 14 :,;5„, .. 4.- . 21 lII' ---A Q: i --r:7/Po'' --- - ---11-----, •• - 14 ' . --- '',..0 .1 -.„ second-class usistant-engineers. • ; 4111'-,:...-‘ , i, < - N .. _: . .1 _ . 4 leof_ , ' • ' 'Or ,- •,-.= - 0' ' ____ • THE ARMY. STAMPED _SA. John Cleary, the soldier belonging to the L9th Regiment recently tried, but acquitted by the jury on a charge of shooting Mr. Outen, a student of Bishop Gilbert's College, near Chichester, is ordered by the military authorities to be tried at Chiches ter by a Court-martial, of which Col. Edwards, 0.13., of her Majesty's 49th Regiment, will be Pre sident. The chargoi on which he will be tried are desertion and the abstraction of an Enfield rifle end ammunition. troops that had left that city on the sth inst. had encamped. The barraciis are in ruins, and from them 1,300 bodies have been taken. It seems that their stores of powder took fire and caused the terrible accident. The French division of the ex pedition passed the night of the Gth at Cordova. and arrived at Orizaba on the 17th, and on the Bth started for Tehuacan. The Canada arrived on the 10th at Vera Cruz, and the battalion of Chasseurs she brought started immediately to join their comrades. A battalion of Spanish Chasseurs left this port on the 20th for Vera Cruz. The re mainder of the French reinforcements were ex pected hourly in that city, but had not arrived on the 11th. There were rumours (entirely discredited here) of a large force under Marquez and Cobos having won several battles over the Mexican forces.' A despatch from Washington of the 28th states that the President had unconditionally pardoned James Gill and William Witheritt, two subjects of Great Britain, who were convicted three years ago, in the District Court of Florida, and sentenced to imprisonment in the District of Columbia Peniten tiary for seven years, for resisting and preventing the master and pilot of an American vessel in the free and lawful exercise of their authority and com mand on board thereof. The President, in his pro clamation to Marshal Lamon, says the convicts, it extend t w en a d liP to appears, m we t r h e e E gui x lt e l e e u ss tiv o e f c e r l i e m m in en al ey i . ntent, and that Lord Ly ons cause d spec i a l i nqu i ry to b e ma d e into the mer i ts of the case, and besought him to A detachment of Grenadier Guards, consisting of three officers, five sergeants, and 100 rank and arrived at the North Camp, Aldershot, on Thurs. day afternoon, from London, for the purpose of going through a course of musketry instruction. The A battery of Royal Horse Artillery arrived at Aldershot from Woolwich on Friday. The Inca are quartered in Y lines, South Camp, and the horses in the 20th stables. The new cavalry barracks at Colchester are now fairly commenced. A considerable quantity of building materials has been collected on the ground, and the foundations of the Jfficers' quarters are in progress. Col. Dixon, C.B, visited the camp in tlie course of last week, but in consequence of continued ill-health ha is still unable to reassume the command of the 9th depot battalion. His leave of absence has been extended to the 30th of June. It is expected the sth Dragoon G uards; who are under orders to leave for Ireland, will be succeeded in their present stations by the sth Lancers or the 18th Hussars. His Majesty Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, has conferred the title of Knight of the Royal Order of Saints Maurizio and Lazzaro on the Che valier Vincent Papalardo, Italian Consul at Ports mouth, for meritorious services. A large supply of Capt. Grant's cooking appara tus for the troops is now in course of construction in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. A.. num ber sufficient for the use of 12,000 men is ordered to be fitted immediately upon 20 of the Rdyal Artillery service waggons, under the direction of that officer. They enable the soldier to prepare his rations with as much comfort and variety in the field (according to the experience of the past three years) and on the march as in the barrack kitchen. Orders have been issued to suspend for the pre sent any further progress in the construction of the foundations for the Spithead forts, on the Horse, Noman, and Sturbridge shoals. It is surmised that any commission appointed to inquire into and re port upon the subject will very probably recommend the execution of the works on the Noman and Horse shoals, as they command the narrow passage be tween the shoals by which Spithead must be ap proached. No such argument can be brought for ward in favour of the fort on the Sturbridge, and very possibly that might be abandoned, which would then leave but two, those on the Horse and Noman, to be constructed out of the six in the original plan of the Defence Commission. The number of men in the employment of the contractors for the works on Portsdown is being largely increased, in readiness for the coming summer. A similar increase is being made in the different forts along the ridge of the Downs. At Wallington, the west-end of Portsdown, and at the Purbrook and Crookhorn works, on the eastern side of the London and Portsmouth turn pike-road, the greatest progress has been made, and at these points the depth and breadth of the cut - tings, and the general appearance of the works, now give to the eye of even the non-professional visitor a pretty fair idea of the important part they will play in the defence of the country when completed. The original road which existed along the crest of the Down, from east to west, has been stopped, being within the lines of defence, and another road has been formed along the face of the hill, but in rear of all the works. ITALY AND GERMANY. The following letter has appeared as a reply to an address sent by Italian Democrats to their Ger man brethren : TO THE ' CLUB DEMOCRATICO' AT MILAN.; Friends,—The warm words of international sym pathy which your society, established under the honorary presidency of Mazzini and Garibaldi has expressed in an address that has been put into my hands, I respond to with an equal feeling of cor diality. On this occasion, I think it a duty, however, to de clare in my own name and that of my friends that people in Italy have evidently been deceived with re gard to a so-called' General Committee of the Ger man Movement,' erroneously alleged to have its seat at Frankfort. The names of the pitiful authors of this mystification are known to us. They have not the slightest connection with the German democracy, either at home or in exile. One of them does not even consider himself a German, but a specific Czech (which in reality, nevertheless, he is not) ; whilst he presumes, in the name of our popular parties, to offer as a present to other nations a number of our own Federal provinces ! I will waste no words on these follies. But this is only a remark in passing. Our senti ments towards you admit of no doubt whatever•. Venice, now the possession of the Hapsburg—foisted upon the House of Austria by the first Bonaparte as a Danaian gift—rightfully belongs to the Italian body politic. The Germans who, within their Fe deral frontiers of 1848, aim at freedom and unity, with every success to the neighbouring nation on the South on the road of deliverance. The fraternal appeal which Garibaldi has recently intended for the Viennese, finds therefore its echo among us. It was with admiration that we saw him go forth on that heroic expedition, which, while bringing about the overthrow of the Bourbon yoke, at the same time thwarted the Napoleonic designs upon Naples, and opposed, to the semi-Bonapartist policy of Turin, the idea of full and unbroken unity, as preached by Mazzini, for 30 years past, with ardent zeal. If we, as Germans, regretted anything at that time, it was that, in the midst of its victorious career, the Revo lution of Southern Italy was made to halt before the shadow of the Quirinal. We are united with you in the hatred ~against a valiant Hapsburg tyranny, and against that dark system of monkhood which tends to stifle, in its bla p c i k ne fol b d u s l ,_ the mind of your nation and of our own. And surely, we are united with you also in the resistance against that crafty despot who has overthrown the Roman d When Louis s ß w e e p r u d b ; lic w , h o u n c h e as s eg robbedlori gloriously u g ly defended b A y l w w h ar u k e ; un d t e i p u r u i a v l e ly d Garibaldi of o a f fu h r i t s h n e a r t d iv e e town ; development of ' w o i f ll sbpeolfioarteieodn.tu On the withdraw The enlight ened hand N hi a s p ' o i l d eo e n a from Rome, on that day the solution of the Venetian or iwillty becomee the German measy n task.ati nation have no desire oferricHeouf ng th a e r i y r . ow W n territory, and a co r rn e ol a N v yc i h insisttmh e t n h e best tecionueoedpstpmiorenajss either Italy de to,nainsd—tinhethis they hope to be in accord w an it d h t t h h e e e re i s ii i i s g t h an te ce n p : t d ri f o r t e s e o T n en ep o u f b l l t i a e l a y n , even Switzerland.they ' With these wi s h es, and with hearty salutation. to the Club Democratico,' I remain, &c., ever yours, KARL BLIND. The contents of the above letter bare been ad dressed also to the honorary presidents, Mazzini and Garibaldi, in person. The Berlin National Zeitung, and the German press in general, have published it. ‘ THE EASTER MONDAY REVIEW.—We are glad to report that the arrangements for the review at Brighton on Easter Monday are proceeding in the most satisfactory manner, and should the weather prove n9P and gratifying display o f ou r VolunteePrstirta g 5 a bth‘Ariiilialbnet made. From the number of application s made, it is no w mo st likely that a b ou t 15,000 men will be on the ground. oTiliheeefrosrocef t w h i e ll r b e e gu in lar tw aray two divisions, and the brigades generally w i ll visions, commanded by gen era l also be und er o ffi cer s of the line. Lorinanelagli, however, is to have a brigade—a distinction which Lord Eleho, with a discrimination not less wholesome than wodest, has de clined,—Army and Navy gazette. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1862. AMERICA. SOUTHAMP TON, SATURDAY. The North German Lloyd screw steamer Hansa, Capt. H. J. Von Santen, arrived off Cowes at 2 30 p.m., from New York, bringing advices of the 29th ult., three days later than those previously to hand. She had 36 passengers for this port and Havre,and 91 for Bremen ; and on freight 29,800 dols for Eng land, 176,600 dols for Havre, and 500 dols for Bre men, with 1,200 tons of merchandise, of which 70 is for England. The Hansa proceeded on to Bremen after transhipping mails, &c., for this port. On the 30th ult. the Hansa passed the steamship Caledonia at 1 30 a.m., and the City of Glasgow at 10 30 a.m., both bound from New York to England. The Glasgow steamer, from Liverpool, arrived out at New York on the 24th; the Hansa, from Southampton, at 4 p.m., on the 24th ; the Edin burgh, from Liverpool, on the 25th; the China, from Liverpool, on the 26th ; and the Saxonia, from Southampton, on the evening of the 27th. The Saxonia was four days three hours in the ice, during which period she was in a position of great peril, and could make but very slow progress. She reports that she could only make three miles on the 22d, and during the four days a distance of about 200 miles only was made. It appears from the latest accounts from Fortress Monroe that the reported burning of the Nashville steamer by the Confederates at Beaufort and the later rumours of her having been captured by the Federals are alike untrue. She has once more made her escape, having succeeded in running out of Beaufort harbour on the night of the 18th ult., safely passing the blockading steamer Cambridge and the sailing bark Gemsbok. The blockading vessels had news of the capture of Newbern, and were on the lookout for the Nashville, but they were not numerous enough to prevent her escape. The Gemsbok first saw the Nashville, and immedi ately telegraphed to the Cambridge that she was coming out. The Cambridge followed the Nashville and fired a number of shots at her with the hope of getting her into a fight, but the superior speed of the Nashville soon put her at a safe distance. Two of the shots from the Cambridge were supposed to have struck the Nashville. It appears from the accounts received from the scene of action that there are three channels to guard, and on this occa sion but two vessels—the Cambridge and Gemsbok thealatter a sailing vessel—were there to perform the duty. The extreme distance between the mouths of the three channels is five miles. The Swash channel (by which the Nashville so success fully entered the harbour) ran the distance of only a third of a mile, when it connected with the main ship channel, whose mouth was at another point a few miles distant. The Gemsbok lay as near as she could, so as not to be in the range of Fort Macon, which is situate on Bogue Bank. The Bogue and Shackleford banks are sandy, and the main land is plainly visible over and beyond them. The depot wharf and buildings are situate on the swampy low land ; the Bogue banks, however, somewhat hide the view from the sea. The shoal grounds outside the three chan nels (or seaward) do not dry at low water, but are covered in the calmest weather with breakers along the whole extent. The purser of the Cambridge, which vessel arrived at Fortress Monroe on the 25th from Beaufort, gives the following account of the Nashville's escape : " On the night of the 17th inst., the sky being very dark, the Cambridge and the Gemsbok were the only Union vessels blockading Beaufort. They were in constant anticipation that the Nashville would attempt to make her escape. Accordingly, the Cambridge took up a position to command one of the three channels leading from Beaufort to the sea. The Gemsbok guarded another, thus leaving one channel open. For several days prior, and on the night of the 17th inst., bright lookouts were kept for the Nashville, the Cambridge under a full head of steam all the time. At balf-past 7 o'clock in the evening a rocket was sent up from the Gems bok—a preconcerted signal that the Nashville was coming. The crew of the Cambridge were imme diately beat to quarters. The Gemsbok soon after opened fire at the fugitive craft, firing several rounds. The officers on the Cambridge endea voured, but in vain, to see the object against which the Gemsbok was directing her fire. They therefore concluded to fire in the same direction the Gemsbok did. The Cambridge in a few minutes after slipped her anchor and steamed in the direction of the third and unguarded chan nel, hoping to cut the rebel craft off. But after some time the chase was given up, and the Cambridge returned to her original position. The Cambridge being the flagship, Captain Cavendy, of the Gemsbok, came on board and reported to Captain Parker. He said he distinguished the outline of the Nashville from first observing moving lights as the vessel progressed in her escape. The Nashville steamed very fast, and was soon.out of range of the Gemsbok; but Capt. Cavendy is positive that the shot from his vessel hit her several times, no doubt doing some damage. It was deemed futile by Capt. Parker, of the Cambridge, to give chase to the Nashville, as his vessel can steam only 8 knots an hour, while the Nashville, it is said, can:steam 14 or 15. It is thought that the Nashville will go to Nassau, New Providence, there to be sold on the rebels' account. The barque Glen, which has been blockaded in the harbour of Beaufort for some time, was set on fire by the rebels on the 23d, and was still burning when the Cambridge left in the evening. The Glen was supposed to be fitting out as a privateer. The burn ing of this vessel was, doubtless, preparatory to an evacuation of the place. Fort Macon had not been blown up by the rebels at the last accounts. The barque Gemsbok and the steamer State of Georgia were left at the station by the Cambridge. The New York papers are very furious at the fact of the Nashville having again made her escape, and attack the Secretary of the Navy in unmeasured terms. Witness the following extracts from three of the journals. The New York Times says , " The fact that, under the circumstances, this vessel was allowed to escape to sea is another of the long series of national disgraces which we owe, not to our navy, but to the administration of our Navy Department. They have followed each other in such quick succession that one has been forgotten only to make room for another. It has become useless to lay complaints about the past before the Depart ment, and of no avail to attempt to put it on its guard against impending dangers in the future." Next comes the World:— "The report that the Nashville had escaped from Beaufort harbour is, we are inclined to believe, a canard, invented by the enemies of the venerable and amiable gentleman who presides over the desti nies of the Navy Department. It is simply incre dible. The whole country is a witness to the fact that this dangerous steamer was in Beaufort har bour; and to charge the Navy Department with placing one slow sailing vessel and one steamship not much faster as guard over her —one of the swiftest vessels of the kind ever built—is a clear case of scandal and defamation. Besides, if it were true, Mr. Lincoln would by this time have furnished the country with a new secretary of the Navy ; as this has not been done, we incline to the belief that the Nashville is still in Beaufort, or burnt perhaps." What rebel h as Thirdly, the Herald:— `° rt some ri(aVne into Weller to B e s a a u y fo ? the steamer Mr. When weeks ago, past our blockading ships, we all NSaeschrevtiallrey con cluded that that was the last of her. The means were in the possession of the Secretary of the Navy to prevent her escape under any circumstances. How then is he to justify himself in permitting that vesse l again to run to sea ? The Chamber of Com merce of New York could have provided against her escape, and would have done it, pith the Pre sident's permission, had they supposed the duty would have been neglected by Mr. Welke. We hope that Mr. Hale, chairman of the naval com mittee of the Senate, will at once move an inquiry into this bad piece of business." Another fight was expected to take place imme diately between the Merrimac and the Monitor. The following despatches give the latest intelligence received relative to the rival ironsides : " Baltimore, March 26. " The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the Bal iinzore American gives a report of two intelligent contrabands relative to the condition of the Merri mac. She returned to Norfolk leaky and six feet of water in her. Six steamers towed her up, and it was feared at first she would go down before extra pumps could be rigged on board to relieve her. Her fires were extinguished shortly after hauling off from the Monitor. These contrabands also positively assert not only the death of Bucha nan, but of the lieutenant in command on Sunday, with seven seamen, and a number of wounded. They positively assert the death and burial of both. Possibly Lieutenant Minor, her second officer, and not Jones, is meant by them. It is rumoured that Yorktown, or a considerable portion of it, is burnt. A large fire was visible in that direction Sunday night, which was thought to be something more than burning brush. A large fire was also seen to day in the neighbourhood of New Market Bridge, which seemed to be quite extensive. Heavy volumes of smoke rose for several hours. It was beyond the Union lines, and its character could not be ascer tained. Forts Macon Pry, Beaufort are still in pos session of the rebels. On Sunday night the Sawyer guns at the Rip Raps made some capital shots at Sewall's Point. Tuesday morning one shell, filled with new liquid fire, exploded in the midst of th e rebel parade ground. It is believed it did consider able damage. The rebels have brought the cannon heretofore commanding the channel at Sewall's Point around the point facing the Rip Raps. They fired at the Rip Raps, but the ball fell short about 50 yards. It was a good line shot, but the calibre was insufficient." " Fortress Monroe, March 26. " Contrabands state that the rebel steamer Mer rimac, having been fully repa ire d , was brought out ot' the dockplaced on board, on andMondaymorning that her crew had that he was ready for action. Several new guns of a heavier metal than she had before had been placed on board of her. The rebel steamers Jamestown and Yorktown have also been greatly strengthened, and are fully prepared for action, and will accompany the Men. rimac. The flag of the Yorktown, with the commo dore's pennant, was flying when the contrabands left. Three deserters arrived here to-day in a b oa t from the south side of James river. They belonged to a North Carolina regiment, and report that the rebel steamer Merrimac has been daily ex pected to come out and attack the Monitor for the past three days. The rebel gunboat Jamestown army re on account o f the made a reconnaissance to - day , co ming down some distance below Craney Island . The deserters repre sentrank thatana file thereeof th was therebe l rumours of Union victories. Th e Monitor, Lieut. Jeffries commander, stands out in the Roads at panic among the a g this side of Sewall's Point, with steam up, ready for action. The greatest confidence is felt in the re sult. She is in fine condition, and ready at a moment's warning. The newspapers are carefully kept from the rebel soldiers, and they have been so often imposed upon by false statements of rebel vic tories that they are much dissatisfied. The deser ters say that during the excitement that prevailed in Norfolk immediately after the fall of Roanoke Island it was believed that if a demand had been made on General Huger he would have capitulated. A flag of truce was sent to Norfolk to take up the Commodore of the French ship Catinat. No news or papers were brought back. A bundle .of letters from the Union prisoners at Richmond was received, as also despatches from General Huger to General Wool. The steamer Con stitution arrived from Ship island last night. She sailed from there on the 15th inst. The French steamer Catinat arrived yesterday afternoon from Havana, and she and the Gassendi have taken a position within 200 yards of the Monitor, for the purpose of obtaining a good view of the ex pected battle. Two drummers of one of the regi ments in Hampton strayed out to Back river yester day, and were taken prisoners by the enemy's cavalry." A despatch received at Washington from Fortress Monroe, dated 4 p.m. on the 27th, says : " There was a reconnaissance this morning ex tending to Big Bethel, which was occupied by about 1,500 rebels, who fled on the approach of our forces without any hostile demonstrations. Our troops now occupy the place." Two deserters from the Confederate army at Pig Point, James river, arrived in New York on the 28th. They are both natives of the State of New York, born in St. Lawrence county, and were en gaged in business in North Carolina, and shortly after the breaking out of the rebellion they were impressed into the Confederate service. These gen tlemen say that they were never at any time willing to fight against the Union, but under the circum stances in which they were placed they were compelled to join a regiment. They were at Pig Point on the occasion of the battle between the Merrimac and Monitor, and felt pained beyond measure when they saw the two frigates destroyed. The Merrimac on her return to Norfolk looked as if she had been very much used up, and evidently had the worst of the fight. At Norfolk and Richmond they say it was admitted that the Merrimac had found her match in the Monitor. The Confederate vessel was all ready to come out again, and when they left it was generally expected she would show herself within a very few days. The Southern troops were becoming more despondent every day, and the Union sentiment of the army, especially among the North Carolina troops, w as made more evident daily. The Confederates had issued an order that the commander of each company should find out whether his men intended to re-enlist at the expiration of their term, and report to the commander thirty days in advance. This was for the purpose of preventing any diminu tion of the army. Every one who refused to re enlist would be impressed in t o the service, and passes should be should be kept "one-year" regiments o g r r d u e u r t s ed h , a b d u b t e t e h n ut g a iv u en th t e ha r t eg n i o m m en o r ts e they enlisted wtoiltlhoeoiur conclude eqtuhootat.ormAlflorthewhio h be tween the 25th of April and the 25th of May, and nearly all of the regiments there are "one-year" volunteers. The Confederates were extending their fortifications at Pig Point , so tha t it might be made to mount 40 guns of hea v y calibr e , being ten more than the work now m ounts. There are seven f or t s between Pig Point and Richmond, Pig Point being the principal one, garrisoned by about 18,000 men. They are well fed and cared for. At Norfolk every thing sold at a most u nreasonable price. Salt had gone up to 25 cents per lb. Calicoes were 50 cents a o yard,ud bring As for flannel, it w price. N ort h C aro li na could not supply her q uota of troops. She was would a nd very scarce an a y t i that. called upon to turn out 20,000 men for garrison ; but they found most stringent mea impt u a r nu p yt o t s ein e r sleyna even impossible s , O bs iOybOl usingo for fo the r t he this fiel d state to supply so sures. • Latest despatches from Island No. 10 do not indi cate much progress made. H eavy and rapid can nonading was heard in the d ir ection of Point Plea sant on the night of the 26th, indi cat i ng th a t th e Confederate steamers were again attempting to run A balloon recon naisance Professor St e i ner , accom - General Pope's blockade. was made on the 27th by shells had been Captain Maynadier, p w a h n i i c e h d e b s y t a Co b i l s o h n e e d l B t u h f e o r f d a ct and that thrown at too great a range to be sufficiently effec tive against the Confederate batteries. This defect in 'mortar practice had since been remedied. We learn from the Lower Potomac that a cool derable body of Confederate cavalry were still in the vicinity of Shipping Point, and that a large number of Confederate troops were concentrating on the Rappahannock, probably at Frederickburg, to make a stand there. Two boats' crews from the gunboat Yankee had landed at Shipping Point, to take possession of the artillery abandoned by the Confederates, but a squadron of their cavalry made its appearance, and the men only succeeded in securing two guns--one a 9-inch Dahlgren and the other a long 32- pounder—together with a consider able quantity of shells, loaded and unloaded. A party of Texas Rangers was, on the 27th, sur rounded by two squadrons of the Ist New Jersey Cavalry, near Dumfries, on the Lower Potomac, and after a brief skirmish ten of them were captured and taken to Washington. From Strasburg, where General Banks was sta tioned with a portion of his command, we learn that Jackson, with the remnants of his army, was quietly established below Edinburgh. A force of Confederates under Ashby, with four pieces of ar tillery, appeared near Strasburg on the 27th, and threw several shells into the Federal camp, killing one man and wounding another. Their position was such that they could not be cut off. Most of the population of Strasburg were represented to be Unionists. Many of them had for weeks been re siding in the mountains, but were returning, and from them General Banks gained much useful in formation. Arrangements were nearly completed for estab lishing a line of steamers between Washington and Fortress Monroe, so as to secure daily arrivals at Washington—the trip to be made in nine hours. The proprietor would extend facilities for carrying the mails, and it was more than probable that the Post-office and War Departments would encourage the enterprise. The divisions of Generals Franklin and King, of the Potomac army, were reviewed on the 27th by General 111‘Do well— General M'Clellan, Lord Lyons, the Prince de Joinville, and several British officers of high rank from Canada, being present on the ground. The latter expressed themselves greatly surprised at the superior drill, stature, and disci pline of the troops. Secretary Stanton had forwarded a highly compli mentary despatch to General Shields, thanking him and his troops for their victory at the battle of Winchester. He says that the wounds, as well as the success of General Shields, proved that the di vision of General Lander was still bravely led, and that wherever its standard was, displayed the Con federates would be routed and pursued. Secretary Welles had addressed a letter to the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, in which he proposes the construction of a few vessels of light draught, great speed, and heavy armament for the Western waters ; also a class of vessels for harbour defence, and to operate upon the Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, to be as far as possible in vulnerable, and armed with 15-inch guns ; also an ocean steamer armed with guns of 20-inch calibre He asks an appropriation of 30,000,000 dols. for these purposes. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company an nounce that all the bridges on their road are com pleted, and that the last rail to re-connect Balti more, Washington, and the Eastern cities with the West would be laid on the 31st ult. The Secretary of the Treasury had issued special licences for commercial intercourse with certain localities in the South; the licences do not extend further than Nashville. No article shipped under the licence is to be disposed of to persons in arms against the United States, or to any persons fur nishing them aid and comfort; In the Senate on the 27th ult., several petitions in favour of the emancipation of slaves were pre sented. The Naval Committee were instructed to inquire whether there was any laxity on the part of the officers of the blockading squadron on the coast, especially at Charleston, and whether there was any foundation for the statement of the British Consul at that port that armed troop ships of the Confederate States have been allowed to go in and out of the port of Charles ton and no attempts have been made to stop them. The joint resolution in favour of extending pecu niary aid to the States that may emancipate their slaves was taken up, and Mr. Henderson, of Mis souri, made a speech in its favour. The Financial Committee reported a Bill to allow arms, ordered by the States to aid in suppressing the rebellion, to be imported free of duty. The Naval Appropria tion Bill was then taken up. Dlr. Hale, from the Naval Committee, offered an amendment, appro priating 783,294 dols. for the completion of the Stevens floating battery. Debate ensued, but with out taking the question the Senate went into execu tive session, and subsequently adjourned. On the 28th, a bill to prevent the allowance of pensions to widows and children of Revolutionary soldiers, un less their claims are established, was passed. Mr. Wright, of Indiana, introduced another bill pro viding for the abolition of slavery in the District ' of Columbia. A motion to take up the resolution declaring that no more brigadier generals should be appointed, unless for gallantry in action, led to a discussion, in which it was stated that there were a less number of officers in the present army, in pro portion, than during the Mexican or Revolutionary war. The motion was disagreed to. The Naval Appropriation Bill was then taken up, the question being on an amendment appropriating 783,294 dols. for the completion of the Stevens floating battery, which was adopted, with the condition that Mr. Stevens should not be repaid the money he had ex pended on the battery unless she proved successful, and also that the appropriation was not be used unless the Secretary of the Navy was of the opinion that it would secure to the public service an efficient steam battery. An amendment appropriating 13,000,000 dols. for the construction of iron-clad vessels of war was adopted; also an amendment appropriating 250,000 dols. for casting heavy ord nance at the Washington Navy Yard. The bill was then passed, and the Senate adjourned. The House of Representatives was occupied on the 27th in discussing the Tax Bill in committee of the whole. Among the amendments adopted was one taxing anthracite coal 15 cents. per ton, and cotton 1 cent. per lb., after the lst of May next. On the 28th the Naval Committee reported a joint re solution of thanks to Captain John Ericsson, for the enterprise, skill, energy, and tact displayed by him in constructing the iron-clad steamer Monitor, and the great service rendered by her to the country in Hampton Roads. The resolution was adopted. In answer to an inquiry, the chairman of the Com mittee on Invalid Pensions stated that a bill had already bean reported providing pensions on ac count of deceased officers and soldiers of the present war. The consideration of the Tax Bill was then resumed in Committee of the Whole, and a specified assessment levied upon gas, coal oil, ground mus tard, sugar, gunpowder, printing ink, &c. The tax upon crude coal oil, rock oil,and tar was struck out, and a reduction was made on coffee and certain de scriptions of tobacco ; the tax on other varieties of tobacco was increased. The tax on iron was fixed at from 1 dol 50c to 2 dols per ton, according to its condition of manufacture. Ready made clothing, hats, caps, hoop skirts, &c., are taxed three per cent. ad valorem, and umbrellas and parasols five per cent. General Cadwallader was on the 28th nominated by the President as Major-General of Volunteers, and he was expected to take the field immediately. It is stated from 'Washington that cars were run ning to Manassas, and that the railroad was open four miles beyond that point. Advices from Havannah to the 22d ult, were re ceived at New York by the steamship Columbia. A letter of that date says,— "By the Forfait (French), five days from Vera Cruz, which came in on the 17th, we hear that a frightful explosion has taken place within eight leagues of Orizaba, at a town where the Mexican THE NAVY. Our Malta correspondent, under date of the sth inst., announces the departure from that island, on the 31st ult., of her Majesty's iron screw store ship Himalaya, Captain J. Seccombe, for Marseilles. Her Majesty's steam surveying vessel Firefly, Commander A. L, Mansell, left Malta on the Ist inst. for Alexandria, in order to resume her survey ing duties on the coast of Syria, Her Majesty's screw steam line-of-battle ship Marlborough, 131, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8,, which had gone out for a cruise to exercise her crew at gunnery and sailing evolutions, returned into Malta harbour on the 2d inst., and resumed the flag of the Comman der-in-Chief, which had been temporarily hoisted on board the Neptune. Fears are entertained with respect to the safety of the screw steamer Wisbeach, which sailed early in the year with Government stores for Canada. A month has elapsed without any tidings having come to hand respecting the steamer, and therefore, unless the letters distributed to-day bring some intelligence respecting her, it will be only too probable that she has met with some serious disaster. The steamer is the property of Mr. R. Young, the Mayor of Wisbeach. The Royal Sovereign, converting to a shield-ship from a three-decker at Portsmouth, is expected Co be placed in dock on Wednesday, where she will remain until her conversion at the hands of the shipwrights is completed. She has now 250 ship wrights employed upon her, besides coppersmiths, blacksmiths, and about 60 labourers. The ship's outer planking has been removed to the port-sills of her middle deck, which, when her conversion is completed, will become her upper deck, or the glacis covering her towers and shields. The greater part of the ship's internal fittings and tanks have been taken out, her poop has entirely disappeared, her upper deck beams are all out, and by the time she goes into dock but little will be left to remove above the line to which she is at present ordered to be cut down. She has been lightened to 20 feet draught of water. The Sealark, boys' training brig, at Portsmouth, has been taken into dock to clean copper, &c., pre paratory to commencing her summer's cruising, for which sails have been bent and all necessary prepa rations made. The Rolla, training brig, arrived at Spithead on Saturday, from off Osborne, where she has been stationed to give his Royal Highness Prince Alfred practice on board, under the supervision of Lieut.- Commander C. G. Nelson. The Rolla returns to her anchorage off Osborne to-day. Mr. Cunningham, the inventor of the system of reefing sails from the deck, has brought out a plan for protecting the screw propeller from fouling, a danger to which all ships of war carrying sail power are liable in action when losing masts or spars, from their floating alongside. Mr. Cunning ham has fitted a small screw vessel on the plan, and has applied to the Lords of the Admiralty to fit one of her Majesty's ships to test the principle: The screw steamship Revenge, 73, Capt. Charles Fellowes, which arrived at Plymouth from Ports mouth on Tuesday, sent supernumeraries on board the Royal Adelaide, and went on Friday afternoon from the Sound into Hamoaze, to have some slight , defects in her machinery made good. Rear-Admi ral Robert Smart, K.H., has not yet re-hoisted his flag on board, and it is uncertain whether he will do so now or after her arrival at Queenstown. The hired sailing transport Robinson commenced shipping 3,000 Armstrong shells and other war stores on Saturday from 'Woolwich Arsenal for Malta. The Prairie Flower, for Newfoundland, with powder and other war stores, has sailed from Wool wich for her destination. Five hundred mechanics and labourers were dis charged on Saturday from the manufacturing de partments of Woolwich Arsenal, being a portion of the 3,000 ordered to be reduced to meet the estimates granted for the financial year commenced on the Ist inst. In addition to the above-named perma nent discharges, the boring and rifling and other branches of the Royal gun factories have totally suspended operations since the commencement of the month, awaiting the issue of orders from the War Department ; consequently large numbers of the select artisans to be retained on the establish ment are also out of work. The iron frigate Resistance, 18, 600-horse power, was completed, so far as the authorities at Chatham are concerned, on Saturday afternoon, and this morning will proceed to Sheerness, where she will be rigged and prepared for the steam reserve, the Admiralty having decided that she shall not pass another spring tide in Chatham harbour, where, from the position which she occupied, she has grounded several times ; she has not, however, done so to the extent of the Defence, although the latter vessel occupied the same berth alongside the sheer hulk. The whole of the hired carpenters, smiths, joiners, and other mechanics employed on the Re sistance, not required for the service of the yard, received their discharge on Saturday afternoon, several of the hands discharged being first-class workmen. The Resistance will be navigated to Sheerness by a party of A. B.'s from the Formi dable, 84, flagship at the Nore. Although ordered to be placed in the" first•class steam reserve, it is probable that the Resistance will hoist the pennant as soon as she is completed. Orders were on Saturday received at directing the Zebra, 17, 200-horse power, - for service on the W es t C o ast of Africa, rtn-o. be furstrone,s, nished with:two of the long 40-pounder A hinerl.ieuof The Zebra the s b h r o a r t w A i r l mb be t r inspectedon g s were ro -- Previb°yu s IY furnished Vice-Admi ral Johnstone previously teleaoviimnogrrtohw. the Nore, fr om which she is expected to sail t The following ter, to the Imaum ; Robert oe day at the Admiralty aP P° t m W e ß i n l i s t a c m T. reg of the I mper i euse, made i d no, m Fri confirmed as second-class assist.-engineer; and J. cPloss assist.-engineer . wright,of the li‘egxra, confirmed as second la The following appointments Were made on Satur day at the Admiralty : " — Commander Charles Bal four, additional to the Victory, for temporary ser vice in the Eagle ; Lieut. D'Arcy Denny, to the Coquette; Samuel Winnecott, master, to the Fie gard, for the Adventure ; John J. Brown, master, to the Cumberland, for the Resistance; Charles to 24 3 to 440 to r, 4315 )1d at ey at' Oats o 604 .0 36 4 ;0 305 7d ay' cvas pre - : veil. • the Um,- J wife tai is W., mth and aint [los. 3 1110 rgn,