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MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "A TTO 31E," At Tier 111aj sty's Concert Rem, Haymarket, aDuring the Christmas Holidays :here will be a perform !ce Every Evenin, in the Week (except Saturd a y) , at Ei g ht . ednesd a y and Saturday Mornings at Three. T'riv a t e boxes, stalls, and places may be seer, at 'A the Box ce. 'which is open d a ily f rom T en till 'A v e, and at Mr. M itchell's Royal Lib rary, 33 , Ol d Boni!,. c harge for booki ng . street. No extra Carriages to be ordered at a quarter -past Ten. A R. GYLL ROOMS.-.1, - ;: ftEAT - t-k- The Band and Musir , , a i . SUCCESS !!- 'ion of M. Iloura.ionT, CrAid iigdition to the Laurent , .i. actor and principal Cornet. In lies of last week, A ' , %Ise, Strauss 2uadrille, and novel -4.,T.5V POLKA, by 31. Bonlco . urt, the f , olos performed b• - Manager, 31. P. G- i ) iiiin and 31. Grcebe. Admission ls.- - -- - emet • --- Fp. t k),l T '..ti - N COUNTIES RAILWAY.— "-- 7 .2-AND-A-ITALF PER CENT. PREFERENCE STOCK.- _ . this stock offers a most eligible, investment to capitali . 8 Ther„, ,}",,a stern Counties Railway Company is now prepared , - e applications for their NEW SITARES of £6 13s. ld. fi c'.•eated under the powers of their Act of 1861, b ear i ng a ' preferential interest ot 4 , per cent. per annum. cans to be made, either personally or by letter, t o It v undersigned.' J. B. OWEN, Secretary. Bishopsgate Terminus, Jan, 13, 1.13:. S4CINDE RAILWAY COMPANY. &PPLIC TIONS are reeived for DEBNUES in sums of not less than 1:lr 0, fo c r the purposes of T the ß Indus ;Steam Flotilla, bearing inter est at 5 per cent. per annum, for five years, with power of renewal for a second period of five years. These Debentures are convertible into Indus Steam Flotilla Capital Stock on one month's notice being given at this office. Interest is payable half-yearly by coupon, at Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths. Principal and interest, are guaranteed by the S ecre t ary o f State for India in Council, on the face of the bonds. W. PETERS, Acting Secretary. Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, Jan. 11, 1862. ALBE r MEDIC AL and FAMILY ENDOW MENT LIFE ASSURANCE C.'jmpANY, 7, Witerloo-placc, Pall-mall, London, S.W. Established 1838. NOTICE IS TIEREBY O AVI4',N, That the HALF YEARLY DIVIDEND to P.te 31st ultimo, after the rate of Seven per Cent.. per Annum, is in course of PAYMENT to the Shareholders. FRANK EASUM, Secretary. 10th January, 1862.' GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard -street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions.—Paid up, One Million. DIRECTORS. HENRY VIGNE;iiq,, Chairman. fir MINTO T. FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Deputy Chairman henry Hulse Eerens, Esq., ).lohn Labouchere, Esq. Charles Wm. Curtis, Esq. 1 John Martin, Esq. ( barles F. Devas, Esq. I Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis hart Dyke, Esq. I James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. I Henry Norman, Esq. T homson Hankey, Esq., 1%.1,1'. , henry R. Reynolds, Esq. John 'lolln - Harvey, Esq. Jants Tulloeh, Esq. G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. AUDITORS. Levvis Loyd, Esq. I llenry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. r-i .1. tonias Talleniach, Esq., Secretary. —Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. T THE PROVISIONS OF AN .aUT OF PARLIAMENT, this CO`inpally now offers to new In- Fu ors Eforrry rEn CENTof the Profits, at Quinquennial biv isions, or a L ow na,teot: , Premiuni without participation of Profits. c ash value of I: ?tee the es ta l .ilistirnent of the Company in 1821, the _oh value ,fx0.,0,0,7;0, intits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in 1-5 "' e s of 4;058,000. which represents equivalent Reversionary A s A s „ ft " 5-All Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life nr n „ - „ r . a ' 4 ovs in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, p ra - 2 -ed to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Life ' X 2 07,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, 11kpendent of the ea ital, exceeded £1,618,000. Xtra P OCAL MILITIA. and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No remium is re quired for service therein. A Diu VLID LIVES assured at corresponding Extra Pre- I f u ()A N. § granted on Life Policie s t o th e ex t en t o f th e i r it such value be not less than £5O. ASBIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re etived and registered. t °IMEwcAL FEES paid by th e C ompany, an d no charge ? Ole) , Stamps. Notice is hereby given, that FIRE PolNes which expire 'ill Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this UPali•ffico, or with Mr. SAMS ' No. 1, St. James's-street, corner o f Sall ; o r w ith the Company's Agents throughout the 111 dom, otherwise they become void. .„ L osses caused by E x pl os i on of Gas are admitted by this tml.) p an y. R OYAL HOSPITAL, F RE Gray's-inn-road.-- u Notwithstanding the liberal support whic the Corn nn ittee centiut t e t o receive from the public, the larg h e increase of destitute sick at This inclement season of the year occasions a frequent exhaustion of the current resources of the Charity. The Weekly Board invite benevolent persons to make a per sonal visit of inspection as to the mode in which the several departments of the Charity are conducted. Contributions are earnestly solicited, and are rece:ved by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman. Esq., Nicholas-lane ; also by Al essrs. Coutts and Co. ' • Drummond and C o. ; H err i es and Co. ; Ra nsom and Co. ; Prescott,Co. ; Grote, and CoCo.;Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and • Bar clay and C o. ; b enison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co.. Berners-street ; J. Burned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. J. 13. OW EN, 111. A., Chairman of the Weekly Board. • SAUCE.-LEA ANT) PERRINS beg to caution the Public aUainst Spurious Imitations of their world-reuowed WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Purchasers should ASK R LEA AND PERRINS' SAUCE, Pronounced by Connoisseurs to be "TIIE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." * 4* Sold Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors, Worcester ; 111ers. 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Dr. HassalPs Certificate of Purity, and a PrLe Current free on application, 26, Cornbill, Loudon, E.C. RUPTURES.—TIY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. Av T.E'S 1110 C-111 AIN LEVER TRUSS EXIIIRITION(PERFECTED AND EX HIBITED IN TILE GREAT OF hundredlBsl), is allowed by upwards of Two hun dred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective invention in the curative, treatment of II IC RNI A. The use of a steel spring so often hurtf u l i n its Abets, is here avoided—a soft bandage' being worn round the Moe while the requisite risting power is supplied by the Bloe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may tie had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WIl ITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 168., 218., 265. Cd., and nis. 6d. Postage, Is. A Doubbi Truss, 318. 6d., 425., and 525. ed. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. ed. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post eflice, Piccadilly. EW PATENT ELASTIC STOCK INGS, _l_l KNEE-CAPS, &c., for 'Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &e. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 108., to 16s. each. Postage fid. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 2.2B,"Piccadilly. A N EFFECTUAL REIVIEDY.-LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and consumption. I lirequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in eurabie, aemirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent couching. In approaching consumption its effects are truly bent licial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relict in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 20, dermyn-street, Havmarket, London, and by a!1 'nruggists, in bottles, 1:3 1 €1 and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9,1. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. THE SILENT FRIEND, a M e di ca l W or k, a Guide to the Married anti those contemplating Marriage, who entertain secret doubt of physical strength, having im perilled the power of manhood by youthful indiscretions ; also treating on Syphilis, Secondary Symptoms, and Gonor rheea, and containing a Prescription known as the Preventive Lotion, Nature's Disinfectant, precluding the possibility of contamination ; containing 190 pages, with 100 engravings, free b reost 12 stamps. Address R. and L. Perry and Co , 19, Eerstreet, Oxford-street, W. Attendance daily, from 3u till 8, by a Consulting Surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (registered under the new Medical Act). DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK. MANHOOD : A MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRHCE NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price la., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, ibrl2 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE ®A MATURE DECLINE IN MAN with Plain Directio n s lor Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. Celina, 15, A:berraarle-street, meeadin y, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive or gan ,. CIiAPTER ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences Dangers of Negl ec t . CHAPTER Review of the various Disqualifications ri Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, th e Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhcea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting 'tees, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.--This is a truly valuable work, and =hc,ul , l be in the hands of young and old. sunday Times," :;:u arch, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this Uttle work, in which is described the source of those diseases Which produce decline in youth or more frequently p remature old age."—"D a ily Telegraph," March 27,1856. "This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of p r ofessional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in a p lain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications P rld impediments arising from hervous excitement and de ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and Londo n it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. : Published by J. 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Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of th e b est set of bathe, at 19, St. Elartin's-le-Grand, which the cou n t ry can produce;. perfect in all its appliances , and most admi ra b le in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up bis 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 himself regenerated an d Turkifili Datk."77Erits cm. 13, au. may justly say that if a man ever feels new made, it is on coming out of a N°. 21,698. rUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY SILVERPEN. Now ready at all the Librar!eri, in 3 v 015., LADY HERBERT'S GENTLEWOMEN. Ey " SILVEItPEN." Author of "Mainstone's Housekeeper," ,te. Hurst and Blackttt, Publish.rs, 1?, Great Marlborough street. This day, Demy Bvo , 155.. 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The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties eN - 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. Grosemitli's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, sti. ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA ; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and (tt►fidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who arc subject to stricture."—Medical Circular. London: 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. TOOTHACHE. —HOWARD'S ENAMEL, for stopping declyed teeth, however large the cavity. It is used in a soft state, without pressure or pain, and hardens into a white enamel. It rmains in the tooth many years, rendering extraction unnecessary and arresting the decay. Directions for use enclosed. Sold by all chemists and mcdi eine vendor s, Price ls, A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. PPS'S COCO A. -A-J (Commonly called Epps's Efomceopathic Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo rating power of this preparation have procured its general doption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. 41b., and Vb packets, at is. 6d. per lb.,by Grocers. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH., M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous 'ufferers, 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, Spermatorrheea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re nxation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature ,leath ; with plain directions fir perfect restoration to health ,nd vig,our. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob' •ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope nd two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITIT, M.D., 6, Eurton 3rescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. ITHE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN _FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF I, WE. This wonderful went 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 vase is lour 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 birst. Dr. Ilicord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at lie., 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 MedilneWarebouse, 2211, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Han) TAR. BUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINES. PATENT SUGAR-COATED PILLS, for purifying the blood, regulating the bowels, and removing vitiated ltu mors, bilious and liver complaints, rheumatism. gout, scor butic affections, co tiveness, &c. These pills work their way to the very roots of each disease, cleansing in their passage, and removing every unhealthy accumulation, till the IA is purified, the whole system renovated, and all the functions act according to nature, whilst the duties of life become a pleasure, where before they ha I been sad and weary burdens. Do not hesitate—do not delay ! a clean stomach must make a clean body. A clean body will contain pure blood, when the stomach, body. and blood ars pure, from regulating and cleansing the bowels, health is certain. Be,zin at the be ginning, waste no time; strike at the root of your ailment. Again, I say, look to your stomach. One trial of these pills will force conviction. Sold in bottles, at ls. lid., ?s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lls. _ Sold by Buchan and Co., 22, Newman-street, Oxford street, London, W., and to be had of all chemists in town and country, or forwarded on re eipt of stamps. Wholesale Agents :—Barclay and Son, 75, Farringdon-st. DR. LA'MERT ON SELF-PRESERVATION. Price ls. ; post-free, 13, or sealed ends, 20 stamps, with En gravings and Cases. Ihy be had of Mann and Co., 38, Cornhill, London, or direct from the Author. QELF-PRESERVATION.---A popular Essay on Li Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from injurious habits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, which, by prematurely exhausting the functions of Manhood, de stroy the happiness of Married Life or prevent the fulfil ment of engagements which constitute the most cherished objects of existence. By Dr. LAWERT, 37, Redford-square, London. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, &c. The above work contains most useful and interesting information on the physiological changes which occur in the Reproductive System during the periods of youth, puberty, and manhood ; and on the due attainment of that degree of functional vigour upon which the hopes of posterity ebpend. It also points out how all the attributes of Man hood can be preserved to an advanced period of life, how they ara 'cat, and how they can be recovered. It is tree from the gross exaggerations, alarming descriptions, and dangerous rem , 3dies so generally resorted to by persons, who, prac tisin, with false medical qualifications, inflict most serious injuries, and render judicious treatment frequently abortive. The Author is the only legally qualified practitioner whose name stands on the Medical Register (the only true test of medical qualification), who has been exclu sively engaged for a series of years in the treatment of the variou , functional disorders of the nervous and reproductive system, which, owing to the great 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 ill 8, either personally or by letter.-37, Bedford-square. eZe • 7 T 4 / i2 a ; l e /./ tilße _ W4oYeer" , z, 4 ., . o.rt • hr 4i , -4 - • - ; -e. • L 4 ? ‘C-- ) F: \. 4 A • *-.„„": - ik`rf, dir - 1,11.("`" , - DR OTT. ATP • cu..... PRICK .... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. opponent, uti question to pl ace yourse lf i n the position of your rc i ean justice, t w e aitdwh one-sidedhji ca u i ti d judging h nel nt i s ro m uf l oevt Christian i oe v f w e s s n. u a ap n t riT d oe h e nm o isse n p d wi suri pro- a t , df from t i a d a n e d p n fessedly aecept, of doing to others as you would they should do unto you. Take, for example, the terms in which the right hon. gentleman refers to the settlement of the re cent dispute. Instead of labouring, as some who' affect to represent the Government have done, to detract in every possible way from the merits of the honourable coecession made by the American Government, he recalls attention to the special circumstances which tend to enhance its value. He places himself in the position of the American people at the time when the seizure of the rebel C)mmissioners on board the Trent occurred. There was undoubtedly at that time a good deal of irritation in the Northern States at our studious neutrality, and Mr. Gladstone takes this into ac count, making full allowance for the influence which this excited state of public feeling would naturally have on the popular judgment of Captain Wilkes's act. Having thus prepared the way for a fair estimate of their subsequent conduct, the right hon. gentleman does full justice to the noble self conquest achieved by the American people over themselves. In this, however, Mr. Gladstone but reflects the unanimous feeling of this country. The frank, straightforward, and honourable manner in which our demands have been met has been joy fully acknowledged by all classes, and produced throughout the country a strong reaction in favour of the American Government and the American people. Even the Conservative journals, which are usually the hostile critics of everything American, have, to their credit be it spoken, shown themselves lovers of English fairness, and appreciated the self restraint and honourable dealing of the American Government and people in the matter of the Trent. But while this feeling has universally prevailed, it has never been so vividly and eloquently expressed as in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's noble speech. " I trust (said the right hon. gentleman, referring to this question) nothing will be said, and nothing will be thought in this about previous questions and old controversies with Americans. Let us endeavour to look at their conduct in a generous spirit. Let us look to the fact that they are of necessity a people subject to quick and violent action of opi nion, and liable to great public excitement—in tensely agreed on the subject of the war in which they were engaged, until aroused to a high pitch of expectation by heating that one of their vessels of war had laid hold on the Commissioners of the Southern States, whom they regarded simply as rebels. Let us look to the fact that is the midst of that exultation, and in a country where the principles of popular govern ment and democracy are carried to extremes — that even, however, in this struggle of life and death, as they think it to be—that even while ebul litions were taking place all over the country of joy and exultation at this capture—that even then this popular and democratic Government has, under a demand of a foreign Power, written these words, for they are the closing words in the de spatch of Mr. Seward—" The four Commissioners will be cheerfully liberated." Mr. Gladstone's ge neral references to our relations with America and the feelings which Englishmen at large entertain towards the American people were equally cour teous, conciliatory, and just. Speaking on behalf of the great body of his countrymen, he nobly repu diated at the outset the notion that the Secession was welccmed here, and the prospect of t he Union being destroyed hailed with satisfaction, because it would help to weaken the strength and humble the pretension of a rival Power. It is quite true that many of those iu this country who have all along sided with the South, and who were most eager to I provoke a rupture with the North, have in the clubs, and other congenial circles, freely assigned this as one of their reasons. But few have had the courage to avow it in public. Mr. Gladstone, most justly, declines it altogether on behalf of Eng lishmen at large. "I do not believe that at the time when the convulsion commenced there was one man in a thousand in this country who had any sentiment whatever towards the United States of America except a sentiment of affectionate and spmpathising goodwill—(cheers)---or who felt any thing but a desire that they might continue to go on and prosper, and to finish the work, whatever it may have been, which Providence had appointed them to do. (Cheers.) I have not the least scruple in saying, for myself, that my opinion is, that not only had England nothing to fear from the growth of the United States of America, but that, so far as we had a selfish interest at all in the matter, our interest was that the American Union should con tinuo undisturbed." With regard to the future, Mr. Gladstone hopes that a better understanding and a more cordial intercourse will exist between the two nations. The frank and honourable conduct of the Federal Government and the American people has given them a fresh claim on our sympathy and good offices. The two nations understand each other the better for the collision that has terminated so happily, and should be all the better friends for the future. This is the moral Mr. Gladstone draws from the re cent difficulty with regard to the Trent. Since it has been settled in so prompt and honourable a manner we may fairly hope that " a spirit of bro therly concord" may henceforth regulate the inter course of the two peoples. The settlement of the difficulty having made us better friends, he ear nestly deprecates any step likely to provoke a col lision or misunderstanding with the Federal Go vernment and the American people :—" Let us form good auguries for the future from that which now stands among the records of the past, and let us hope that whatever remains, or whatever may yet arise, to be adjusted in those relations between the two countries which afford a thousand points of contact every day, and must necessarily likewise afford opportunities for collision—let us hope that, in whatever may arise or remain to be adjusted a spirit of brotherly concord may prevail ; and, to gether with a disposition to assert our rights, we may be permitted to cherish a disposition to in terpret handsomely and liberally the acts and in tentions of others, and to avoid, if we can, ag gravating the frightful evils of the civil war in America by perhaps even greater evils—at any rate, enormous evils to what, though not a civil war, would be next to a civil war—any conflict be tween America and England." Protestant mis- We regret to see in the North China licrald a China, D . r. Ylaninded in China in n u o i t il i dB c g e ro o :t f lnv th h. oendHeDeatrh. leftmo f oA t r h mni : eor o ni l e d aw o s ai t ns ro tlhB i e2 se 9o io lla n n : d sionary in that vast empire, lle died on the 2d November at the age of GO. OMME.RCIAL TRAVELLER THE GAROTTING OF A . C IN SREDlTCH.—Yesterday evening inquest was opened at the Sutton Arms Tavern , Carthusian-street, by Mr. John Humphre ys, the coroner for East Middlesex, upon the body of Mr. R. Pearce, aged 41, commerci a l tn.. morn ing, at one o'clock, from the injuries he re ce i v ed on tha t o ccasion. I ns p ector Webster, of the N d i v ision, at tended to w atch the case on behalf of the p olice authorities. a v b el l l e e i r e , w w e h u o; y as on g the t The jury hav in g p roceeded to view the bod y , the first wit ness called was the wife of the deceased, Mrs. Elizabeth Pearce , who said —I reside temporarily at the Sutton Arms. I am the widow of th e deceased Richard Pe arce, who was a dealer in jewellery and hardware, On Saturday week list I left him to go on a visit to some friends at Torquay. I know nothing about the cause of deceased's death. A communication was here made to the coroner, who then ed inst.,and robbed of a quantity o f valu 7th and who died on la s t F r id a y said that, from information which he had just received, it appeared that the ends of justice might be frustrated if the proceedings were to go any further at the present moment. Only one of those implicated in the death of the deceased had been as yet apprehended, and he should therefore ad journ the case to a future day, Tho jury were then bound over in the usual manner to appear again, when due notice would be served on them by the proper officer, NEWSPAPER TEE NAVY. c _ 47.',1-,----- 1- fce ‘,, tiz oz „a 0. 1 , - :.--- , VALLETTA, San. 7.—There is transmit from this place by the , I tse naval movements have been lim of the gunboat Surprise, 4, Con 1. Whyte, on the 2d inst. from Beyroubiancllther - g Scourge; . 6, on the 6th from Candia. The Scourge is under orders to leave to-morrow for England to be paid off' She conveys home for the British Mu seum an ancient marble sculpture, discovered some time ago by Capt. Spratt,'Royal Navy, in the in terior of the Island of Candii. We are daily ex pecting the London line.of battle ship here from Corfu, on her way to Gibraltar, sbe having left that place for Malta. The James Watt, 89, is to remain at Naples with the Exmouth, 89, for the present and will later relieve her. The Exmouth will pro ceed home shortly to be paid off. BY - the last Bel 'counts from the Coast of Syria there were in those waters her Majesty's ships Malacca, Pelican, 17, Gannet,;ll, and,lntrepid, 6 ; also the French frigate Mogador. The ships of war in Malta harbour arc the "Marlborongh, 131 (flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K,C,13,); 616 Hiliernia receiving ship (flag of Rear Admiral 11. J. Codrington, C. 8,); the Neptune, 89, the Scourge, 6, the Foxhound, 4, the Surprise, the Wanderer, 4, the Medina and the Firefly surveying vessels, and the Hearty tug ; the Boxer and the Growler gunboats, out of commission ; and the Italian war steamer Tripoli: JAN. B.—ThiS morning telegiaphie information Was received from. Benghazi of the loss of an un known steamer, supposed to be English, in the bay of Syrtis, between Benghazi and Tripoli ; her crew were saved, and are at present in the Castle of Zaf frau. She was a paddlewheel vessel with white funnel ; the crew were dressed in red. Increased exertions are still continued at Wool wich to supply munitions of war to the British pos sessions in North America. The screw steam store ship, Spartan, Capt. Wiggins, at the Arsenal T pier, has shipped 300 tons of 100 pounder Armstrong' shot and shell, 50 tons of medical stores, 100 chests of muskets, and a large amount of beds and bedding, hospital-clothing, and stores and general necessaries for the garrisons of St. John's,'.New Brunswick, and. Halifax. The Wisbech, a screw steamer of heavy tonnage, yeiterday arrived alongside, awaiting a berth to ship for the same destination. The Rodotria yesterday commenced shipping at Woolwich Arsenal Armstrong guns—forming two , complete batteries of 12 pounder field guns and ap purtenances, for the E and H batteries, Bth Brigade Royal Artillery, at Cork. The screw gunboats Spanker, Herring, and Mislctoe, each shipped at the Ordnance-wharf Chatham, yesterday, ono 100 pounder Armstrong gun, and one 32 pounder east-iron gun, together with a supply of shot and shell. They will remain at Sheerness to await orders. The Calypso, 18, Capt. F. B. Montresor, bas com menced being dismantled in Chatham harbour, cre paratory to being put out of commission. During the heavy gale which prevailed on Saturday the wind caught the sails, which had been loosened to dry, and the vessel immediately commenced dragg ing her anchor. Another anchor was at once let go, without checking the ship, which went a ground on a mudbank, from which she was subse quently got off, without having sustained any in jury. The Calypso was built at Chatham only a very few years since, and is the last of the sailing ships which will be commissioned. Her royals, topgallant, and top masts were sent down yester day, and the crew are busily engaged in returning her stores into the dockyard, The Galatea, 26, 800 horse power, having com pleted fitting at Chatham, will proceed to day from Folly Point to Sheerness. She will be attached to the first-class steam reserve until intended for com mission. The screw steam sloop Lapwing, 4, Commander Montague F. O'Reilly, whicti arrived at Plymouth on Saturday, was inspected yesterday (Monday) in the Sound by Capt. Jerningham, preparatory to her being paid off. The Lapwing left Gibraltar on the 4th, and came home under steam and canvass. Topgallant yards were crossed yesterday morn ing on board the screw steam sloop Revenge, 89, Capt. Charles Fellowes, in Hamoaze. She would probably drop down into the Sound in the afternoon. The naval invalids, to the number of 40, who arrived from the Mediterranean at Plymouth on Sunday iu the screw steamship User, 86, Capt. T. H. Mason, were landed yesterday by the steam tug Pike. Lieut. O'Brien, 7th Fusileers, and Lieut. Stanbridge,ltoyal Marines, came home in the Ca , sar.. The Trafalgar, 86, screw, Capt. J. B. Dickson, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning, and, anchoring at Spithead, commenced taking in her powder and shell in readiness for future orders. A chain of telegraphic communica tion is now formed between the Victory, flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, in Portsmouth har bour ; the Trafalgar at Spithead ; the Warrior, off Osborne; and the Dauntless, in Southampton Water. The Chanticleer, 17, screw, Commander C. Stir ling, was undocked yesterday at Portsmouth, and afterwards commenced taking in ordnance stores in the harbour. Her crew are on 14 days' leave. The Black Prince, 40, iron frigate, in No. 10 dock at Portsmouth, is ordered to be fitted with an hydraulic apparatus for steering the ship, and also for raising the screw. The Sutlej, 51, screw, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday on a preliminary trial of her ma chinery, which will be resumed on Wednesday. The 'Megwra, screw troopship, Commander Hen derson, yesterday landed the troops which she has brought home from various regiments serving on the Mediterranean station at Portsmouth dockyard, where they were taken charge of by the military authorities of the garrison: Those invalids who were most seriously ill were sent to the military hospital; the remainder of the men were forwarded. by train to Woolwich and Chatham. The following appointments were made at the Admi ralty last evening : Commander James P. Thurhurn to the Dauntless (addi tional) for service in the Coast-guard. Paymaster Edward Howe, to be Paymaster in Chief. Clerk—Frederick L. Dyer, to the Impregnable. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1862, MR. GLADSTONE IN SCO2LAND. Mr. Gladstone laid the foundation stone of a new church for the Episcopal congregation of St. James's, Leith, on Saturday. He spoke briefly on this occasion, congratulating his hearers that they were about to raise a structure worthy of Divine worship. " In one sense, indeed, the meanest structure is worthy even of Divine worship. But it is a mise rable perversion of that true doctrine IN hen those who are blessed with the goods of th's world think it scorn to bestow them on the honour of God, and shelter themselves in the undisputed fact that it isn't in silver or gold, or precious stones or rich carvings, but in the heart of man that God is truly worshipped. It is a miserable perversion of it when those whose hearts are too much attached to the wealth of this world, and wish to reserve the disposal of it for selfish pleasures, shelter themselves under the principle that Christianity teaches us with regard to the indifference of the Almighty to material substances, and thus present a revolting contrast between the miserable character of the buildings in which they are sometimes content to meet and worship the Almighty and the unbounded luxuries which characterise every apartment of their own dwellings and every detail of their pri vate lives." The ceremony over, Mr. Gladstone met a crowded audience in the assembly rooms, Leith, where he was presented with a municipal address. Allssion was made to the fact that Leith was the birthplace of his father, and Mr. Gladstone, in reply, said : " I am very sensible of the very great advan tages of birth. The aristocracy of this country is an aristocracy which is strong and deeply rooted in the affections of the people—(cheers)—and the privileges of that aristocracy depend, not upon the letter of the law, not even upon the strength of custom, but upon two things—upon the wisdom with which they are commonly used, and, above all, upon the strong conviction of the people that its existence is beneficial to the community at large, (Cheers.) But although sensible of the advantages of high birth, I may be permitted to say that when I remember my own father, I never could desire to exchange him, if it were in my power, for the father of any other man." (Cheers.) At two o'clock in the afternoon a meeting of the Town Council and community of Leith was held in the Assembly Rooms, Constitution-street, for the purpose of presenting an address to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, The PROVOST having made a few introductory remarks, The Town Clerk read au appropriate address. Mr. GLADSTONE on rising to respond was most enthusiastically received, the whole assemblage cheering vociferously. After acknowledging the honour which had been conferred upon him, be proceeded to pay a tribute to the memory of his Royal Highness the late Prince Consort. Referring to the recent anxieties in regard to the relations between this country with America, the right hon. gentleman spoke as follows .—I heartily wish that it was in our power to exhibit to the community of the United States the precise and exact state of feeling that has subsisted in this country ever since the beginning of that tremendous convulsion which now agitates that continent, and overturns its peace and prosperity. (Cheers.) I do not believe that at the time when that convulsion commenced there wag one man in every thousand in this country who had any sentiment whatever towards the United States of America, except a sentiment of affectionate and sympathising goodwill (loud cheers)—or who felt anything but a desire that they might continue to go on and prosper, and to finish the work, whatever it may have been, which Providence had appointed them to do. (Loud cheers.) I have not the least scruple in saying for myself, that my opinion is, not only has England nothing to fear from the growth of the United States of America ; but that, as far as we had a selfish interest at all in the matter, our inte rest was that the American Union should continue undisturbed. (Cheers.) Our forefathers had known the pangs of national dismemberment, and this gallant country, after a long struggle, had submit ted to what they then regarded as a great calamity, but what we have since discovered under the cir cumstances of the case to be no calamity at all, but rather the accomplishment of a normal process of nature herself. Universal goodwill was the senti ment which prevailed towards America in this country. (Loud cheers.) Yet we could not help forming an opinion upon that terrific and fright• ful convulsion, when it occurred ; and there is no doubt of the fact. I am not pretending to reveal secrets, or to be an interpreter of public opinion more than any other man ; but there is no doubt, I think, of the fact that all thinking men in this country had come to the conclusion that in that war which had commenced the party which was apparently the strongest had committed them selves to an enterprise which would probably prove lo be entirely beyond their powers. We saw there a military undertaking of tre mendous difficulty, and a military undertaking which, if it was to be successful, would only be the preface and introduction to political difficulties far greater than even the military difficulties of the war itself. (Cheers.) Now, I am afraid that when this opinion came to be prevalent in England, that this war was a war to be lamented and to be deprecated, and likely to result in great misery, great effusion of human blood, enormous waste of treasure, per manent estrangement, and bitterness of feeling—l am afraid that the formation of that opinion, though conscientiously formed, gave deep offence to the people, or to many persons at least, in the United States." Well, we know in private life that the same thing constantly happens, when a man is engaged with his whole heart and will upon some enterprise that he thinks vital to his well-being ; and when some other person is known to have said that he thinks the enterprise had much better not be undertaken, great irritability, great susceptibility, is the result; and such a state of things arises in despite of the inclinations of the men themselves, in which there is a disposition to quarrel and to contention. (Cheers.) I believe that is a true and fair descrip tion of state of things between England and Ame rica at the time when what is so well known as the case of the Trent occurred and produced so profound a sensation in this country. When that case oc curred, I need not say that it was the duty of the Government to use their very best exertions to make an examination of the facts and law of the case ; because, if we had b►en mistaken in our views of the facts and law, I hold that, whatever our inclinations might be to maintain the honour of our country, our duty is not to disturb the facts, but to pay strict obedience to the laws, especially to those laws prevailing between nation and na tion, the creation of which is one of the grandest results of modern civilisation, and the maintenance of which is vital to the interests of every people in the world. (Cheers.) But, having used the best exertions in our power to inform ourselves on these points, we made a demand to the American Govern ment which is known to this country. You all know also the success of that demand. (Cheers.) Now, what I earnestly hope is, that we shall take in good part the concession that America has made. Do Rot let us be tempted to criticise in an unfriendly spirit any portion of their proceedings; perhaps if any individual might be tempted to criti cise their proceedings it is the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Laughter.) I hear some people say, " Why did they not give up Messrs. Mason and Sli dell at once, without waiting for our demand" Well, now, I think I am the person who has the best right to put that question, because undoubtedly, if they had given up Messrs. Mason and Slidell at once, without waiting for our demand, it would have saved the various departments of the State a great deal of trouble, and would have enabled me to present at the close of the financial year a balance sheet more entirely satisfactory than I can possibly do, although I do not despond with respect to it. But I hope that question will not be put. Let us look, ladies and gentlemen, upon the bright side of that which the Americans have done, and surely a bright aide it has. Let us look to the fact that they are of necessity a people subject to quick and violent action of opinion, and liable to great public excitement—intensely agreed on the subject of the war in which they were engaged, until aroused to a high pitch of expectation by hearing that one of their vessels of war had laid hold on the commissioners of the Southern States, whom they regarded simply as rebels. Let us look to the fact that in the midst of that exultation, and in a coun try where the principles of popular government and democracy are carried to extremes—that even, how ever, in this struggle of life and death, as they think it to be—that even while ebullitions were taking place all over the country of joy and exulta tion at this capture—that even there this popular and democratic Government has, under a demand of a foreign power, written these words, for they are the closing words in the despatch of Mr. Seward— ' The four commissioners will be cheerfully libe rated.' (Loud cheers.) Let us take these words, I sa y, without minute criticism upon anything that may have passed at former times, and may have been open to differences of view—let us accept them with thankfulness to the Almighty for having removed any apparent cause of deadly collision, in which the hearts of the people of this country were united as the heart of eneoinan tc vindicate, under all circumstances and to all extremities, the honour of the British flag, and to discharge the duty of protection to those who had placed themselves under its shelter. Let us form for the future good auguries from that which now stands amongst the records of the past, and let us hope that whatever remains or whatever may yet arise to be adjusted in those relations between the two countries which afford a thousand points of contact —every day must neces sarily likewise afford opportunities for collision—let may arise or remain to b e a n d s j h u o s p te e d t , h a at sp inwhatever irit of bher and altow thar with the disposition to assert our iotly concord may prevail, r i g h ts, we ma y be pernatted to cherish a disposition to interpret handsomely and liberally the acts and intentions of others, and to avoid, if we can, aggra vatirg the frightful evils of the civil war in America by, perhaps, even greater evils —at any rate,enormous evils to what, though not a civil war, would be next to a civil war —any conflict between America and England. Mr. Provost, I could not appear before I you on this occasion and speak of the happy state of this country within, and lik ew i se o f t h e h appy condition of its relat ions 'with foreign powers—l could not avoid referring to these questions of such vital interest. I now pass to that matter on which you have been pleased to make a parti cular appeal to me, and at the same time to con vey to me the assurance of a fact by which I am deeply gratified. You have referred, sir, to a series of legislative efforts by which the last 20 years have had impressed upon them a stamp which I be lieve will endure in history. We must not suppose that we are likely to ace great and sudden revolu tions—l hope we may possibly see great improve ments; but at any rate We are not likely to see great or sudden revolutions in the principles which govern the intercourse of nations. Yet I do cherish the hope that, by gradual, calm, and silent influ ences, the constant increase of kindly and friendly intercourse, mutually beneficial in their operations on trade, is calculated to be an humble auxiliary to the great principles not only of an enlightened civilisation, but even of our holy religion—this which contemplates as a great practical result peace, union, and harmony among the nations of the world. (Cheers.) At any rate, ladies and gentlemen, this country has contributed its offering upon that sacred altar. We have done what could be done to destroy those strange barriers which the caprice of men had erected. No doubt under a view, though with a mistaken view, of doing particular and local good, those strange barriers which the caprice of men had erected to prevent the tree interchange of commodities between the nations of the world. I am extremely glad, sir, to learn from authority that I cannot but regard as conclu sive that the town of Leith has profited, and has profited greatly, by the freedom of trade which has recently been established in this country. I venture to make an inquiry with regard to the condition of trade in which Leith, as I know, has a special inte rest, and for which it has during many generations past enjoyed a peculiar fame—l mean the wine trade. (Cheers.) I believe it is the ease that houses in Leith have very extensive private relations with customers all over the country, on account of the fame attaching to this port for the importation of good wine. I must not presume to say too much of my own personal experience—(laughter)—but I must say that whenever I come to Edinburgh, and enjoy the hospitality in which that city abounds, I am always struck by the goodness of the wine —(re newed laughter and cheers) —and I cannot ascribe the particular goodness of the wine in Edinburgh to any special cause, so much as to the happy cir cumstances that its site places it within very easy access of the wine imported at Leith. (Laughter.) I hope with regard to the trade of wine in Leith, that it will derive great advantage from the changes that have recently been made. But we must not expect the effect of these changes to be sudden. Neither the laws, nor the necessities, nor the palates of men change in a moment. (Laughter.) It is not neces sary for us to advance an argument in support of the proposition that these benefits have arisen from the change. But a single illustration may perhaps be permitted, and I will, if you permit me, draw that illustration from a case which to me, has been, and perhaps to others of us, has been one of great and peculiar interest, I mean the case of the treaty of commerce with France, in the negotiation of which Mr. Cobden has conferred, I am bound to say, a benefit upon his oountry, such as, I trust, that country will never cease gratefully to remember and acknowledge. (Loud cheers.) The treaty with France has only been in operation for a very few months. There are but three months, in fact, with respect to which any reference can be made as to its results that would be of great importance. That time is much too short, and in submitting to you a comparison, in a very few figures, between the present and the former state of the trade with France, pray understand I am giving you the re• sults of a very short experience, and which are, I think, more an indication of what we may expect than any full account of the results of that great and important measure. But I must think that they are satisfactory. You may, perhaps, recol lect that under the provisions of that treaty we in England, who had overcome all international difficulties with respect to freedom of trade—we at once gave effect to the general nature and con ditions of the treaty, and admitted French produce w itho at any limitations, excepting in those cases where it was absolutely necessary for fiscal purposes. In France, on the contrary, where the Government, with a wisdom and courage that I really think deserve our warmest commendations —(cheers)—not in the interest of England, but in interest of France itself, determined to face what were called the Protectionist interests of that coun try, they wisely allowed the lapse of a certain time before their treaty came into operation. It has not yet entirely come into operation. One or two arti cles took effect in the year 1860, a n d on e or two more took effect at different periods in 1861 ; but it was only upon the Ist of October, 1861, that the most important chan g e was made. Th a t c hange, how ever, is not fi na l ; b e cause u p on a f u t ure day the general scale of d u ti e s upon E ng li s h co mmodities will be further re d uce d. Th ere f ore , we have not done more, as I consider, than, if I may use the the expression, tap the benefits that I hope are to be the result of that great measure. I take the months of October and November, which are the only two months during which we have the result before us ; but I acid the mouth of September, be cause, although the new law was not then in opera tion in France, yet the exports of this country in preparation for the new law, on the Ist of October, had, of course, taken place by anticipation. I take the exports of this country to France in the three months of September, October, and November, 1861, and I compare them with September, October, and November, 1860. I ought, however, to observe to you that the three months of 1860 already profited greatly, even by the one-sided operation of the treaty, because the free admission of French goods tended to produce, and did produce, au increase of expsrtation of British goods to France, even irrespective of a change in the French law. But the three months of September, October, and November of 1860 showed that we exported in those three months British produce to France to the amount of £1,517,000. I now give you the exports of the same three months in 1861, which represent what I may call the first-fruits of the treaty; but it is right I should mention that in 1861 there was a considerable export of corn to France, caused by the deficiency of the French harvest, - which did not occur in 1860, which would have caused some temporary increase, although nothing like that which I am about to mention. The exports for the three months in 1860 from Eng land to France in British produce were £1,517,000 ; while during the same three months of 1861 they amounted to £3,6l7,ooo—(cheers)—showing a gross increase of £2,099,000, and an augmenta tion in the total extent of the trade of more than cent. per cent. As I have said, the main portion of the result was due to the increased ex port of British goods and to the operation of the treaty, Now, Mr. Provost and gentlemen, I think it very peculiarly desirable, on many grounds, that this improvement in our commercial relations should take place between us and France. It is true the old state of things in the commercial law be tween this country and France savoured of the period when it was almost thought in this country —not perhaps so much in Scotland as in England— a matter of duty to regard Frenchmen as tradi tional enemies. That opinion does not, I am happy to say, prevail now. (Cheers.) At present English men aro in general disposed, and wisely disposed, to treat the tradition of their ancestors as a tra dition for which they have much less respect than they used to have, for which, I trust, they will in a short time have no respect at all. (Cheers.) The truth is that the union of England and France in the bonds of special amity and harmony is, of all other things that can be named, the greatest benefit to these countries themselves and to the other nations of the world. It is a benefit which you cannot always enjoy, because it is im possible that the views and the policy of Govern ments and of nations should always coincide ; but it is a benefit in respect to which I presume to say that when we can have it we should have, for there is none other comparable to it in magnitude. There is no other which so completely offers us, humanly speaking, a guarantee for the general peace and happiness of the world. (Cheers.) Mr. Provost and gentlemen, it is quite true that the policy of Governments, as opposed to nations, may sometimes interfere to mar that harmony. Therefore I say it is well that we should not look simply to the policy of Governments, but we should endeavour to unite the two nations in harmonious feelings. (Cheers.) When was there any means or instrument so power ful and so valuable for that purpose at our command as the means and instrument employed in the treaty of commerce with France, which increases and multiplies tenfold the quiet, peaceful, unnoticed, habitual, daily principles of kindly and beneficial intercourse between the two countries? And when is it that we are deriving this advantage ? It is at the very moment when we:wanted it. I have given you the state of trade between England and France. What is the state of trade between England and America ? I will take these same three months in 1860. Then we exported £5,109,000 of British produce. In the same three months of 1861, instead of £5,109,000, we exported only £1,932,000, show ing a decrease of £3,176,000. I humbly submit, therefore, to you, that it is a national benefit of no common order that, at the very moment when so large a portion of our working population were de prived of employment, it had been so appointed— and I hope I may venture to say it was provi dentially appointed—that the new system of law should come into operation with France, which, although not filling up the entire gap, should fill up more than one-half of it ; because, while we have a decrease of about £3,000,000 in our trade with America, we have an increase of £2,000,000 with France. I have ventured thus to illustrate to you in a particular point the working of those principles to which you have been good enough to direct my attention by the address that I hold in my Lands. It is useless for me to say on my own behalf and on behalf of my colleagues that our attachment to those principles is well rooted in our convictions and well sustained by our ex perience. (Cheers.) Let us hope that a similar spirit the spirit which has guided the councils of this country with regard to the question—will continue to guide them with regard not only to the question of commercial free dom, but with regard to the general tone and spirit of its policy—l mean the spirit that prefers liberty —to slavery—a spirit that, while indisposed to violent and capricious change, yet is sedulously and ever awake to devise the means of well-considered improvements—a spirit of generous reliance on the people of this country, as being, under God, the best means—for we have found it the best means—of strengthening the laws of the country, and of giving permanency to its institutions by placing their firm seat and foundation in the hearts of the nation in which we live. The right hon. gentleman resumed his seat amid loud and prolonged cheering. cheers call of Provost giv T e h n ep fo r r oc u eed r. in Lindsay. terminatedonbythtehree being proceedings Gladstone, (From the Daily News.) Mr. Gladstone is the first Cabinet Minister who has spoken in detail on the recent difficulty with America, as well as on our general relations with the . Northern States, and his just and generous words will be heartily welcomed by right•think ing men on both sides of the Atlantic. Amidst the merchants of Leith the Chancellor of the Exchequer, himself the son of a Leith merchant, discoursed of the great conflict which has crippled our manufactures and seriously damaged our com merce, not only with the spirit of a patriot, but what is far rarer in these days, with the calmness of a statesman and the scrupulous fairness of an unbiassed judge. The main value of the speech, enhanced, of course, by the high position and au thority of the speaker, lies in this characteristic— its elevation of view and thoughtful impartiality, the anxious desire evinced throughout to do justice to both countries. Mr. Gladstone rises far above the petty devices and vulgar temptations which, in discussing this question, seduce so many writers and speakers less gifted, less honourable, and less high-minded than himself. He has no theory to gratify, to party object to serve by undue deprecia tion of the American people, and covert or open abuse of their Government and institutions. He will not condescend to catch a passing cheer by blustering appeals to the vanity and self-love of Vs hearers, and scorns to trade in the lowest national passions in dealing with a subject which pre-emi nently appeals to the reason and conscience of the community. In a word, he has no sympathy what ever with that unmeasured abuse of everything American, and unmeasured praise of everything British, which bigoted and vulgar minds insult their country by denominating an Englis h point of view. On the contrary, he adopts the maxim in culcated by moralists and instinctively acted on b y honourable minds, of endeavouring in any disputed 2 (2 - - z OC-) 9/ (2 /7 /--- C c---c_ - - I L/-c THE ARMY Y. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, on the recommendation of Col. H. D. Harness, C. 8., director of the Royal Engineering establishment, Chatham, has authorised some important changes in the internal organisation of the Royal Engineers, Until within a very recent period the whole of the training given to the young officers and men at headquarters was imparted by a certain number of non-commissioned officers, under the superintend ence of two officers as field-work instructors. From the constant changes made the knowledge imparted was exceedingly meagre. Since the appointment of Col. Harness, however, to the command of the Royal Engineers, an important alteration has been brought about in the system, and authority has been given by the Duke of Cambridge for the appoint ment of a numerous body of efficient instructors in the various kinds of engineering operations. In stead of the limited number of instructors hitherto employed at Brompton, an increase is to be made in the staff at headquarters by the appointment of six field-work instructors, two surveying instruc tors, one lithographic instructor for the print ing -office, one telegraphic school instructor, one photographic school instructor, one labora tory instructor, one topographical instruc tor, one additional assistant-schoolmaster, and one as an instructor in field-works, who will occasion ally be attached to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, for the training of cadets. The above arrangements, coupled with the facilities which exist by the completion of the new schoolrooms and lec ture theatre, will enable a much greater number of men to complete their curriculum of e ducation at the Royal Engineer establish ment during next and succeeding years than has hitherto been_.the case. In addition to the other branches oinstructf m.struc t ion imparted to the officers of the Royal E . nginee or rs Lieut.-Col. Collinson has been appointed in architectural and mechanical drawing. The citizens of Dublin are beginning to compl a i n , and not without reason, of the increasing burden of taxa tion. In the So uth Dublin Union the poor rate is 2s. in the pound, and in the North 2s. (3d. The whole of the rates in the South 'mount to 7s. 61d. in the pound, and the t o t a l in the North is Bs, °id, in the pound, 1 i ...