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11/ItVIORIAL FUND—His Lath Royal High ,,„ ,riess the PRINCE CONSORT.—At a PUBLIC .'Y- 1 1 1 , TING, held in the EGYPTIAN II ALL, Mansion 44 - 0 '.se, on TUESDAY. the 14th January, IS The Right Hon. WM, CUPITT, the Lord Mayor, in the The Chair, followit.4 y resolutions were unanimous) carried : -al oved by tit, Lord . ishop of LONDON, seconded by C o lo n el WILSON .„ "That thisruntry meeting, deep deploring the irreparable lost ec has te la of his late -",vve,Yal Highness the sustained Prince Cohnsort,m ented whose death powerful and 0 11- re` - ulated mind, and great aAli , ies, have tor more than 2Y e ars been uncea s i ng ly d evo t e d t o i mproving the condition ! t he humb i e r c l asses, an d to the development and exten in- of -deuce an d ar t , an d to the judicious education and of the Royal Family, is of opinion that a lasting 4.einorial should be erected, commemorative of his many *Virtues and expressive of the gratitude of .he people." Moved by Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE, seconded by WESTRN WOOD, Fli 31. P.: " That the memorial recommended q 'should be of a moan- Illental and national character, and tht its design and mole Q ) ! execution be approved by her Most a Gracious Majesty the Moved by :Baron LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD. M.P., seconded by the Hon. GEORGE DENMAN.M.P. f" That committees throuuhout the United Kingdom be ormed to rais e su b scr i p ti ons for the proposed memorial, and t all her Majesty's subjects be invited to sub,cribe." Moved by HARVEY 'LEWIS, Esq., M.P., seconded by P. LE NEVE FOSTER, Esq.:— " That a comro'ittee be formed, consisting of the blowing noblemen and gentlemen, to carry into effcct the forezoing r esolutions, with power to add to their number, and that the Riot Hon. the Lord Mayor be President of the same and Treasurer of the fund." Moved by the Earl of COVENTRY, seconded by SAMUEL MORLEY, ES(' : oThat the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to the taght Hon. the Lord M a y or f or convening and presiding over the same." a President—The Right Hon. WM. CUBITT, Lord Mayor. COMMITTEE. Th eßh.;htlion.and Ilitßev. 1 Henry Cole, Esq., C.B. the Lord Bishop of London. IR W. Crauford, Esq., M.P. The Right lion. the Lord I A. A. Croll, Esq. Str atford de Redeliffe. 1 G eo. C u bi tt, Esq., M.P. ThMarqan is of Breadalbe, K.T. W. Dent, Esq Th e , l i larl of Coventry. C. W. Dilke, Esq. • d Henry Lennox. Jeo. Dillon, Esq. - Lord Rich°. J. Griffith Frith, Esq. The H.on. G. Denman, M.P. P. Le Neve Foster, Esq. ,The Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P. It. N. Fowler, Esq, S lion. J. S. Wortley. W. Giln Esq. p,ir Moses Montefiore, Bart. Henry Ghinn, Esq. „,. 3 ir Morton Peto, Bart., M.P. Mr. Deputy Fry. ~ e-ir Thos. Phillips. Rev. Michael Gibbs, M.A. Sir F. Antrobus, Bart. G. Godwin, Esq., F.R.S. The Very Rev. Dr. Millman, P. Graham, Esq. Dean of St. Paul's. s. Gregson, Esq., M.P. The Raron L. de Rothschild, , Russell Gurney, Esq., Q-C, 31,p, Recorder. Mr. Alderman Copeland,M.P. ' T. Hankey, Esq., M.P. Mr. Alderman Wilson. 1 Wm. Hartridge, Esq. Sir F.. G, Moon, Bart ~ Alder- , Chas. Hill, Esq. man, • 1 W. li owes, Esq. Mr. Alderman S;lomons,M.P. Wm Humphery, Esq. Mr. Alderman Rose. Harvey Lewis, Esq., M.P. Mr. Alderman Phillips. S. P. Low, Esq. lir. Alderman Gabriel. J. C. Macdonald, Esq. lilr. Alderman 3lechl. Edw i. slajoribanks, Esq. Tr . Alderman B es l ey. Chas. Mills, Esq. r. Alderman Dakin. G. 'Moffatt, Esq., M.P. 3lt • . A:der-min Finnis lir, Alderman Sidney.. Saml. 3lorley, Esq. W. Murray, Esq., M.P. Mr. Alderman Lawrence. J. F. Norris, Esq., M.P. 111 r. Alderman C. J. L as% rence. Mr. Deputy Obard. .Ml% Alderman Hale. R. N. Phillipps, Esq. ~,•''',.; Alderman Abbiss. Henry ,- oberis, Esq. '...,d• Cockerel], Esq., Sheriffof Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. •Th."-,Qndon and Middlesex. S. G. Smith, Esq., M.P. "JLTi ventyman,Esq.,Sheriff Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. ,-,. ( 4 London and Middlesex. Thos. Sopwith, Esq. Win Alger, Esq. R' le sq. W. Sportiswoode, Esq. James Spicer, Esq. in "ngerstein, Esq., M.P. W. Tite, Esq., M.P. 4_ °nuts Baring, Esq , M.P. Sir Jas. Tyler. osiiria Bates, Esq., M.P. lucid. Westmacott, Esq., R. 13-elkin, Esq. ILA., F.R.S. "\r ' ll "V• L k e . , roc . W. Foster White, Esq. 1,,5. Butler, Esq , MP. West , rn W od, Esq., M.P. 11;1n. C k 4 e ta r tn ge b a e ri r t s, Esq., Com- John Wood, Esq. Thos. Winkworth, Esq. 4117 Chester, F,sq. C. White, Esq. With power to add to their number. „,Su bscriptio ns may be remitted to the Right Hon. the Lord -04 ayor, at the Mansion House. 4 "- Sub-Committee will sit daily at the Mansirm House. th2tiottihrsint st s . t of subscriptions will be published on Monday, MICHAEL GIBBS, S. R. GOODMAN, Hon. Secs. mansi on R ouse, E.C., Jan. SAMUEL BROWN, 14, 18c2. I I E ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL "1 ELEGRAPTI COMPANY. (Inco'porated 1816.) 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The Author is the only legally qualified practitioner vittrue test of medical qualification), who has been exct- V 37 engaged for a series of years in the treatment of t of modern —o'ou, functional disorders of the nervous and reproductive PYstem, which, owing to the rest discoveries "e nee, are rendt re ere atment. d subservient to a rational, simple, an d easy mode of At home for consultation daily from 10 till 2, and from 6 8, either personally or by letter.-37, Bedford-square. 1)R. !JORDAN'S APHRODISION. , TH E PHOSPHORISED NERV INE TONIC.—The --I_`elv Chemical Combination cf Phosphatic Salts, Quinine, flood &c., containing all the E ssen ti al Constituents of the , Brain, and Nerve substance —Great Philosophical an ( hernieal research has led to the discovery of this invaluable Rod in its present perfect state, agreeable to the palate, and innocent in its action—still presery ng its wonderful 'pro perties, affording* immediate relief, at o nce re i nv i gorating and restoring with magical rapidity the most debilitated con stitutions, insuring health, increased strength, energy, and a. redoubled development of the muscular system, and perma nently curing all who suffer from SPERMATROPFIY, Diseases of the KIDNEYS BLADDER, and all URINARY DEPOSITS, which cause incapacity and degeneracy, total and partial prostration, and every other exhaustive derange /nein of the system. 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CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTIM ll.—Causes of Sperpaatorrhcea and Impotence; t:arly Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER Review of the various Disqualifications .1 Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting aegis, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. le THE WORK. `Curtis on Manhood. REVIEW — S Th O is is a truly valuable work, and bould be in th e hands of young and old. —" Sunday Times," Id March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source a those diseases which produce declin e i n youth or more frequently premature old age. '—" Daily Telegraph," March 27,1866. 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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. Byhis systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular. London: H. Bail Here, 219, Regent-street. AIR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "A V HOME," At Her Majesty's Concert Room, Haymarket. 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A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike o Society, Spermatorrhma, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will he sent, post free, secure from ob eervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITE!, M.D., b, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. 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 tour weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. 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These pills work their way to the very roots of each disease, cleansing in their passage, and removing every unhealthy accumulation, ti.l the bl o i 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 had 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 are pure, from regulating and cleansing the bowels, health is certain. Begin 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 convicti Sold in bottles, at Is. 10., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11s. Sold by Buchan and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, W., and to be had of all chemists in town and country, or forwarded on receipt of stamps. Wholesale Agents :—Barelay and Son, 75, Farringdon-st., London. D R. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price ls., by post is. iu. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill. On Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, Hmmorrhoids, Gleets. &c. Marriage : Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Dr. C. may be consulted daily till 12, at The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand; and from 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, Great Marlborough-street, W. D R. CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and ls. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, Is. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the p - actical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce.''—Herald and Standard, N0v.12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin' s -l e -G ran d . —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of' the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on coming out:of_a Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct. 13, 1861. 6- e- c /l l IN EN VS PIIPER --C ( C • - r i t_ l 4 (- 4 - 6 4 ' 44 C4 ' C y ' ' Xt ;42:\--:"'4714:74 " 14: I°4: •'.. be` 41 - *it • . _ Orni ti l t o'7ogisna en :e e tA • .= ' • : • not to ihtlu , 7 8. :4VZ ' ("i • I . •• ing to the 'lll' Alik, 4F, ,/ • : 1 :1 .!F I ROIT- '4llll - ~_..~_ ...4d. STAMPED manding officer to the Admiralty. In Sept., 1800, he was appointed acting captain of the Leviathan, 74, flagship of Sir J. T. Duckworth. After assisting in the reduction of the French island of St. Martin and the Danish and Swedish islands of St, Croix, St. Thomas, and St. Bartholomew, in June, 1801, he was appointed to the Andromeda, also on the West India station, but was shortly afterwards obliged to return home invalided. His nett appoint ment was to the Endymion in the spring of 1805. In that frigate betook part in the blockade of Cadiz. In the same ship he assisted at the clefenee of Gaetn in 1806. As captain of the Monmouth, 64, .he as. sisted at the capture of Trancinebar. He was actively employed afloat until 1828. In 1833'he was knighted . by King William IV. In July, 1840, he was ap pointed commander-in-chief at the Cape . of Good Hope and Brazil station, and in 1845 was selected for the chief command at the Nore. His commis sions bore date as follows :—Lieut., Sept. 5, 17 94 ; commander, Jame 23, 1796; capt., Jan. 8, 1801; rear-admiral, July 22, 1830 r vice -admiral, Nov. 23, 1841; and admiral, Oct. 30, 1849. Sir Edward had received the medal for Lord Howe's action, also the naval medal and two clasps. He was among the flag-officers in receipt of a good service pension. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Commander E. W. Wilmot, to the Agamemnon ; Lieut. Hugh H. Knocker, to be flag-lieut. to Commodore Dunlop, C.B. ; Lieut. Philip E. Luarda to the Imanm ; Lieutenant Henry J. F. Campbell, to the Royal Adelaide; Lieutenant John Liddell, to be flag. lieut. to Vice-Admiral Sir Houton Stewart, Commander-in-Chief at Devon port; Lieut. Ferrand F. Waddington, Lieut. A. H, Gilmore, Lieut. I. M'Neill Boyd, and Lieut. E. D. Law, to the Shannon; Sub Lieut. F. C. Vincent, Sub Lieut. Edward C. Rope, and Sub-Lieut. the Han. Henry H. Molyneux, to the Shannon ; F. R. Henwood, master, to the Shannon; Augustus G; Whichelo, master, to the Dauntless for - the Coast guard; H. D. Sarratt, master, to the Fisgard for the Black Eagle; John G. Morgan, master, to the Majesty ; David Thomas, surg , to the Donegal ; Walter Lawrence, surg., to the Shannon ; Daniel O'Connell, assist. slug., to the Shannon; G. Ro bertson, acting assist. burg., to the Shannon ; H. T. Gimsou, Charles R. Alarcon, and Edwin H. Cun ningham, masters' assistants, to the Shannon ; M. F. Moresby, paymaster, to the Shannon ; Henry P. Brenan, assistant paymaster, to the Shannon ; F. A. Carter, clerk, to the Shannon; and James Tatlock, assistant clerk, to the Shannon. -lands adjoining the railway' which dered by Mr. Fowler as now or pr sari for the traffic of the line, but . manev, shares, or other property belong Soutii. Wales Railway. " 4. As soon as-the Great Western and West. Midland amalgamation shall have been sanctioned. by Parliament (a sanction which the companies re spectively bind themselves to seek without delay) the lease as now proposed On d'fired rental to be changed into a division of net receipts on the same principle as between the Great Western and West Midland, and further powers it' any which may be necessary for that purpose to bo forthwith applied for. 5. , is assumed .that the Great Western Thiii,Way and South Wales Itailway Amalgama ti.TPAct.(if-necesirtry) will be obtained in 1863, and:t:hat.the attalgamation will take cffpet on the ISt of .Tarinftry,-1864. - That for the years 1861 and 1865 the proportion of oft receipts -payable to the Sonih'lrtleq Shall be . I().7pirr cent.. - ; - for 1866 and 1867, TO ' per cent.; and for ,iB6B - and-in perpe tuity; 10.9 poi Opt, of the United Great Western • R tilrifa We'sl - "Mid ran d . "" Thin Way, South Wale .IWl,way...nr ri_ 7 ceiptf, Shouid the amal gamation :net. be effected . by the lqt of January, 1864 ; and the auditors of the South Wales and Great Western as at present sho it certify that the net receipts of the South Wales Railway (allowing 64 1. - ! q. weriting *.expensed) slbtad exceed the £170,00Q agreed to be paid ''.by clause the South Wales Company, shall be entitled, after the year 1863, to such excess receipts tn, the extent Which they would have been paid had the amalgamation taken effect. • And into case shall the South Wales Company receiVe. less than £170,000 per annum ( v w io h u e s t l h y e t r o t is h B e 64. ain ) mencement of: the l ea s e . • - tt; , k ca e r s, 4 , affercotmorthneoteporme: -6. Four directors are. to be selected in the first instance by the Great Western Railway Board from the South, Wales Board, to join the amalgamated Board of. the Great Western Rail Way and- West Midland. on the Ist January, 1862.. "7. The plant now belonging . to - -the South Wales. Rail Way, to be paid for by the O'rest Western Rail way and West Midland Company, - at-the rate of £5,000 per annum. "8. All additional capital required from the Ist of January, 1862, is to be considered as spent for development of traffic, and interest on it at 41 per cent. is to be a first charge. _ " 9. This arrangement is to commence on thelst of January, 1862, up to which period South Wales are to provide for all debts and liabilities. " 10. Until the amalgamation is completed a sum of .L 1,500 a year is to be •allowed by the Great Wegtern and West Midland to the South Wales towards expenses of direction and management. " 11. All questions as to Barlow Rails are to be considered at an. end, and the expenditure incurred in their renewal up to the Ist of January, 1862, is to be charged against joint triffie revenue up to that date. "12. A formal document is to be forthwith pre pared by Mr. Lloyd to carry out this arrangement, and, excepting as herein provided, the terms and conditions are to be as nearly as circumqtances will admit the same as those of the Great Western and West Midland agreement. "13. All questions of difference arising under this agreement are to be left to Mr. T. E. Harrison and Mr. Lloyd, to determine on behalf of both parties." The CHAIRMAN then moved a formal resolution approving and confirming the heads of agreement entered into with the South Wales Railway Com pany, dated the sth of Nov., 1861, and authorising the directors to give effect to the same between tho three companies or any two of them. Lord BARRINGTON seconded the motion. After some observations from Mr. Taylor, Mr. Delahunty, the Rev. Mr. Nicholson, and Mr. Saker, the resolution was adopted. On the motion of the Chairman, the meeting was adjourned to Friday, the 21st of February, when the final deed of arrangement would be submitted to the proprietors for their sanction. Similar resolutions were passed at meetings of the South Wales and West Midland Railway Com pany. C (-7C; DOUBLE 111UR,DER I,V ESSEX. CLAVERING, ESSEX, THURSDAY EVENING. A frightful murder has been committed at Star ling-green, Clavering, a village on the borders of the counties of Essex and Herts. The house in which the crime was committed is in a lonely place. Built in a hollow, it is about half a mile from any other human habitation. The place was occupied by a man named Samuel Law, a farm labourer and rat catcher, about 27 years of age, and his family. He had been married to his wife Rebecca, aged 25, for seven years. Two children were the issue of the marriage, the eldest being over six years of age, and the youngest a boy, named Alfred, 16 weeks Old. Law was a man of loose habits. The woman was sober and generally well conducted. They fre quently quarrelled during the earlier portion of their wedded life, but of late years they lived more happily together. About a month ago the husband was charged with having broken a gate, and was sentenced to a month's imprisonment in Hertford Gaol. The term of incarceration expired on Friday. His wife had during his imprisonment gone into the Union house with her two children. He went to her on the following day, and promised to take her out if, as he said, he should sell every stick and rag he possessed. He redeemed his promise on the very next day, and early on Sunday morning he took her out of the Union and took her home. On Tuesday morning, it seems, the woman presented herself at her mother's house, which is situated at Langley, about 3 miles from Starling-green. Her hands and dress were besmeared with blood, and she was accompanied by her eldest child. They had walked across the fields and through a wood in the dead of night. Upon gaining admittance she said that some one had broken into the house and had murdered her husband. She went into her mother's bed, and some time after wards told her parent that she herself was the mur deress. Soon after daybreak the statement came to the knowledge of a tradesman named Codling, for merly a police-officer, who, with a young man named Prentice, drove over in his horse and cart to Starling-green, and entered the house. He went upstairs, where a frightful spectacle was presented to his view. Law's body, covered with blood, was 13 ing partly on and partly out of the bed. The head was fearfully mutilated. Subsequent examination disclosed nearly a hundred wounds on the head, face, and neck, and from 15 to 20 terrible gashes on the right hand and arm. While looking at the body Mr. Codling was startled by hearing the cry of an infant. It proved to be the youngest child, which he wrapped up in a blanket and gave to Pren tice, without suspecting that any violence had been used towards it. Mr. Codling went back to Lang ley, where the woman was, and went to her mother's house. When the woman first saw him she reached out her hands and said, '‘ Oh, my dear Sir, poor Sam's gone." This sho repeated several times. She said, " I didn't want to hurt him, but I could not help it ; I was forced to it. I chopped him with the bill. He went to bed first, and then I went upstairs and struck him when he was asleep, and he shrugged his shoulders and jumped up. I struck him again, and he groaned very much." She said that she struck him again several times after that. She then, according to her account, went down stairs and re mained in the house nearly an hour, and then went up again and asked him if he knew her. He made striking him him there was witness " This a kind of expressive gr unt of " Yes," an d then she struck him again severa l times. She further said such that a all noiset e time she a on murder I have seen a month ago, and heard Sam's shrieks and groans just as I heard them last night." s e tai w rs as . She also said that she went down stairs and put the light out, and then started off to her mother's ; that going along, she looked fo r a pl ace t o d rown th e c hild (referring, as witness presumed, to the one left alive), but she did not find any, and was afraid lest the shrieks of the child might be heard by any one. Witness said, " I wonder you did not drown yourself." She replied, "I wish I had, but I thought that one day out of hell was better than being in it." She then referred to the other child—the one that had been killed—and said, "I have killed poor Sam, and the child as well. I hit it with the ham mer." She kept constantly repeating the same words all the way to the lock-up, where witness consigned her to the care of the police authorities. On being examined the child discovered in the room whore the murdered man was lying was found to be suffering from severe injuries. These had been inflicted about the head, apparently by a hammer or some implement of that description. Mr. Robin son, a surgeon of Newport, attended the child,which had been conveyed to the house of its grandmother in this place, and that gentleman at once adopted such remedial measures as he was able. The inju ries, however, were of such a nature that, after lin gering in considerable agony throughout the day, the unfortunate little creature expired about nine o'clock the same night. Although a very strict search has been made in the house and in the out buildings for the hammer, the weapon has not been discovered. With regard to any motive for such a crime The no thing reliable is at present known. wretched woman has not allowed a single word to escape her which would enable the motive to be ascertained. The Coroner's inquest was held yesterday after noon at the Fox and Hounds, Clavering, before Mr. C. C. Lewis, coroner for this division of the county, but no few facts were added to those above recorded. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1862, ' • :•1:k " t "follow - venue of more than £60,000;000 in t.h6 ing manner : A tax of I per cent. on all veal and personal Dols. property, to produce net .. 110,000,000 The tariff, readjusted 50,000,000 Excise (ales, cider, and liquors) 25,000,000 Tonnage of 1 dol. per ton on all vessels, canal-boats, and railroad companies (an nually) 15,000,000 • Stamps income-tax 15,000,000 Legacies, transfers of real estate and of cor porate stocks Tax on soap, candles, oil, gas, salt, and other articles, on which it is easy and convenient to collect Aggregate (annually) The blessings of free institutions are becoming rather costly, and it is my humble opinion that the people will not pay that price for them in many parts of the United States, even supposing the figures to be above suspicion. 21IE CIVIL WAR IN AgIEBICA (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) WASHINGTON, DEC. 30. The New York journals of yesterday pursue "the roaring nightingale" line of writing. One rejoices that Jefferson Davis will be disappointed, because Mason and Slidell will be surrendered, if demanded, as nothing must be allowed to prevent the prosecu tion of the campaign. Of course the American people do not dread an English war—" their invin cible pluck would carry them through more than two wars at once," and the foreign question is only postponed because the nation acquiesces in the acts of the Administration. By next summer "We shall have in the field a million of disciplined soldiers, and afloat a navy of 500 ships manned by 50,000 sailors of the sort that gained us Hatteras and Hilton Head. It will be time enough then to call Spain to account for her Mexican imbroglio and to demand reparation of England for the manner in which, in violation of her own proclamation, she has aided the rebels, and insulted this country. The hour for a foreign war is not now, but it will come." This is refreshing and encouraging. The same journal is kind enough to promise that the United States will some day annex Canada to Portland and the State of Maine, and intimates that it will be necessary to provide work for the million of patriots by vindicating the Monroe doctrine as soon as the South is subdued, annexing Canada and Cuba at one blow, conquering all the West India Islands, and establishing a military empire " like ancient Rome." The scribe did not know how like it would be in all but the discipline of its troops and in their glorious victories, "reducing the neigh bouring nations to her sway, but giving them also her freedom and her power, and at the same time allowing them to retain their own domestic institu tions." Cruel enough, the same sheet announces that Mr. Chase has not got any means to carry on the present war with the South after Jan. 15, 1862 three weeks hence. " On or about that day his ex chequer will be exhausted. No plan for its replen ishment has yet been ventilated. When Mr. Chase was here last week he laid no project before the banks, and they laid none before him." But there is to be a great success. Poor air-fed, promise -imbibing people ! " Man never is, but always to be blest.' " The banks might then place the second 50,000,000 of 7.30 notes.' But if no victory comes? The pre tence of there being Union men in the South is fast vanishing. One officer who is a prisoner in Alabama writes : " I have already alluded in a former letter to the extraordinary unanimity of sentiment of the people of the South in regard to this war; all whom I con versed with—and they were not a few—express ar dent Secession views. This dwarfish place appears almost entirely deserted by its inhabitants ; they having entered the army to repel (as they term us) Lincoln's hordes,' Hessians." Indians,' and many other silly epithets. It is time our Government looks this fact square in the face. Our troops have been worsted in almost every battle. The enemy have certainly proved themselves a belligerent Power. Therefore let the war be conducted on civi lised principles ; let an immediate exchange of pri soners be effected and I think iu less than 12 months more we will be able to bring the Confederates back into the Union which they are now endeavouring to dismember." All the prisoners are urgent for exchange, and the pressure on the Government to yield so much of recognition is increasing daily. The men suffer privations, and are in need of clothing and blankets, as well as other necessaries. And, in deed, no wonder, for the South cannot clothe its own troops. The killed, wounded, and pri• Boners in the affair at Dranesville were dressed in cotton clothing, and this in weather which is now keen and raw, with bitter cold winds and frost at nights. As the war continues it requires augment ing faith to believe in the speedy success—in any success in subjugating the South, for the arm of the North will be stricken down for want of means. The capture of Savannah and Charleston is daily expected, and the farther the North advances the more will it be distracted by contending views on the negro question. The Secessionist organ in New York, which endeavours to conceal its policy under the cloak of immense zeal for the Union and the Constitution, calls on the Government to arrest the editor of the Tribune and all the leading Aboli tionists, and declares such an act would be of more service than if Gen. M'Clellan won a great battle at Manassas. Neither is very likely just at present. The General indeed may contemplate a movement, but his victory is by no means assured. Trusting the defence of the outlying States to their own people; the Confederates appear to have concentrated an enormous force on the Potomac. Missouri has shown how its sympathies lie in one district at least, by destroying 100 miles of the North Missouri Railroad, from Hudson to Warrentown, and Ken tucky has received less aid from the South than she has from the North. SATURDAY, 28th. General M'Clellan is slowly recovering from an attack of fever of a mild typhoid type, which has been treated homceepathically, and was probably much exasperated in consequence. General Marcy, his father-in-law, and chief of his Staff, has also been undergoing homoeopathy and an attack of some other illness, from which he is getting better, but neither is fit at present to direct operations. There are no indications that the long talked of, much expected advance is to take place very speedily, but to the eye of faith things look pro mising. It is certain than Jan. 15 is approaching rapidly, and that promises must be fulfilled. The troops who have been sent down to points along the coast are suffering from sickness. Those at Hat teras are in a miserable plight. The corps of occu pation at Beaufort is much reduced by sickness. In Missouri the indefatigable Price, having been threatened by the successes and activity of the Fede ral General Pope with the loss of communications, is making a retreat once more to Arkansas, whence he will no doubt emerge in a few days to lay waste once more anything left to be wasted in that unhappy province—or State. General Siegel, in the West, is disappointed because he has not an independent command of 20.000 men, and threatens to resign. General Wool, in the East, is eagerly looking for a force of 30,000 men under his orders, to operate on the rebels from Fortress Monroe. Generalßose crans is here to prosecute his charges against General Benham. General Sherman, in Kentucky, is said to have gone mad. Brigadier-General Phelps, at Ship Island, is excused by some organs for his proclama tion on the ground that he was formerly deranged. As to the row at Paducah between General Smith and his subordinates nothing further has come to my knowledge; but I know that much of the time of the authorities is occupied by settling disputes between the higher officers. The great Mississippi expedition, which was to have sailed at the end of autumn, is not yet ready, inasmuch as the troops are not properly equipped ; but the mortar vessels and gunboats are nearly all in readi ness. It is believed that in a fortnight or earlier Generals Bosecrans and Reynolds will move forward from Romney on the right, while M'Clellan advances on Manassas, and Burnside turns up somewhere on the right flank of the Confederates in Virginia. The Confederates say they desire nothing better, but they will meet different men from the three months' volunteers encountered at Bull's Run ; and though they may have improved in discipline, they cannot have effected any great alteration for the better in their own arms and equipments. DECEMBER 29. The lack of ordinary political common sense—of any sort of common sense in the comments of the American journals on the relations of the great Powers with the Government of the United States is astounding. They are really open to the charge of the Confederate paper which accuses them of judicial blindness and insanity, The known senti ments of Prance are supposed to be counterbalancd by the 41liance of Mr. W. S. O'Brien, and an Irish rebellion is confidently reckoned on as the result of a war with Great Britain by the "Know-nothings" and " Native Americans." I have to rub my eyes over and over again as I read. Here, now, is a State official writing under a nom de plume to a journal of position in Philadelphia, who gravely declares that if the Government here had been as "precipitate" as that of England we should have had inevitable war. TIIQ President maintained a significant reticence, and the Secretary of State awaited the course of events; while the patriotic press and the people were honouring Captain Wilkes ; but the British Ministry, it appears, on the esparto statement of their prejudiced officers, rushed to the extreme of madness, and encouraged their people to the most inflammatory demonstrations, forgetting how they had encouraged the abolition excitement by their British emissaries—Trellope, Bank, Hall, and George Thompson and by luxurious banquets to Mrs. Stowe, and would not wait for the President's explanation, who had in his significant reticence none to offer; or the action of the Secretary of State, who was awaiting the course of events. "Insensate pride," " drunken rage," " hatred," "ambition," " unreasoning mad ness," "British tyrants," "Irish unanimity"—such phrases and sentiments to tickle the palate of the vulgar are used by the Philadelphia oracle, without the smallest sense of shame, in reference to a just and calm demand made by the British Government for restitution and redress, with which his Govern ment is about to comply. While all the nations of the world are exclaiming against the outrage, the multitude are told that " the civilised world will not hesitate, while applauding the magnanimous course of the United States, to affix the lasting seal of condemnation on the arrogant and domineering people have f oun d ou t th at proceedings of the British Governm en t." England dare" i n thi s ma tt er "trance llowevweri,wasantdhe,, follow a common policy and expect a concession to the refused e u sed principles of international test law, which cannot be fof the indifference without a practical of Americans to the public opinion of E urope , th ey will probably forget all these sesquip e d a li an wor d s and sentiments, and "permit Mason and Slidell to slide." "When Lord Lyons shall send back to his masters the moderate and dignified answer of Mr. Seward the discomfiture of the British aristocracy will be complete." There is a perfect lunacy here about this "aristocracy," which is generally supposed to be connected with large cotton manufactories, and which is fiercely opposed by Mr. John Bright and Mr. Cobden, w h o ar e probably regarded as country gentlemen of the Hampden type, and by Mr. Iron side, who is thought, I suppose, to be connected somehow with Oliver Cromwell, and by Mr. O'Brien who is an uncrowned monarch of the Irish people. MONDAY, DEC. 30. _ _ _ arranged with M r . S ewar d for Lord the Lyons reception this dfaSlidell under the protection of the British fl ag . S o littl e confidence had the American Mini s t er i n th e oessrs. Mason and obedience of the American multitude that he desired the preparations to be made as secretly as possible, It was, after a good deal of argument and compro mise, decided that a vessel under the American flag was to proceed to Fort Warren, and there receive the prisoners, and that then she was to repair to the American port of Pfovincetown t where she would trsnsfer them to a British man-of-war, in which they would sail for Halifax. It will thus be observed that the captives will leave the shores of the United States under the shelter of the flag from which they were forcibly removed. In acceding to this arrange ment, Lord Lyons was prompted by the desire to spare the feelings of a people so proud and so irri table as our American brethren. When the refugees are at Halifax they can act as they please, but it i s doubtful if the Admiral has a comfortable vessel to spare for their passage te7,ngla.nd. The statement which appear in the journalsliere do not deserve the smallest credence, and are hazarded without the smallest foundation. It is not true that Lord Lyons dined with Mr. Seward on Friday last, and that the matter was arranged there. FRIDAY, JAN. 3. Thesuspended their c i rcu lation for on order to enable their printers to enjoy New Year's-day, have re-appeared this morn inge papersday in having with some expressions of gratification at their finding the world had been able to survive their sbsence. It is almost ludicrous to read their la borious efforts to prove that the people were quite indifferent to the surrender of Mason and Slidell, and to watch the faces which the indifferent people make as they swallow their "great triumph of diplomacy," or" 111 r. Seward's New International Law," or whatever else the fact is called. One paper candidly admits, in a letter from Boston, that the people were exceedingly angry, and would have made short work of the Commis sioners ; or as it calls them in another place, " the Ministers to France and E ngland," had they fallen into their hands. It is admitted that the country was in a state of "intense excitement" at the capture of " the two noteriou3 rebels," but Mr. Seward having found out that they were "comparatively insignificant," and that their arrest was not legal in form, the country as suddenly became quite resigned to the surrender. The tone of public feeling in Great Britain is still regarded with apprehension, and is fiercely denounced, but the American press does not consider how entirely its language and the acts of its Government are to blame for the national irritation. Let them remem ber the writings, and speeches, and acts which have been reported to England, mail after mail, since the seizure, all of them justifying it, after de 31aring the intention of the people and the Govern ment to sustain the act. Even as it stands it would seem that the American Government are of opinion the law of nations would justify them in seizing any of our mail steamers in which any "rebel" emissary was a passenger, or in the mail-bag of which a "rebel" despatch could be found, and taking her into port for condemnation. Everything which has gone to England has been of a nature to increase the national excitement, and it will be great surprise to discover that the articles and speeches and public excitement meant just nothing at all but readiness to do whatever the Government liked. In Great Britain we attach weight to such manifestations. Here they mean, on their own showing, nothing whatever so far as fo reign Governments are concerned, and the little piece of information thus afforded to ns may be useful on future occasions. There are rumours, to which some credence should be attached, that a vast slave conspiracy has been discovered in the South, and that the leaders have been executed or destroyed. It is affirmed, with alarming probability of truth, that the negoes on Dr. Duncan's plantation, on Dr. Mercer's, and on General Quitman's estate, have been or are in a state of insurrection. The Demo cratic party wash their hands of any complicity in or approval of such assistance from our natural allies ; but the abolition organs for some time past have been rebuking their leaders for a coyness and un willingness to encourage the slaves to emancipate themselves, and the readiest way of procuring emancipation is to murder their masters. The new year opens with a general disposition on the part of the Government and the politicians to tax the people to carry on the war by some process of direct taxation. Here is the new era coming. One writer in the New York Times supposes that that the war will impose a debt of 2,000,000,000 dols., and demands a tax large enough to pay the interest and to keep the Government go i ng; an d i n proof that such a tax is ye) y easy states that the valuation of real and personal estate in the United States, according to the censuses of 1850 and 1860, wa s —in 1850, 7,135,780,227 doll.; in 1860, 16,159,616,06 8 do's. ; increase, 9,023,835,841 dols., or 126 45 per cent. in the 10 years. He further adds that the amount of personal property in the United States, according to the last census was five billions eighty-one millions six hundred an d s i x ty thousand dollars, and it is proposed to raise a re- THE NAVY. While the Defence, 18, Capt. R. H. Powell, C. 8., was under steam on Wednesday, in the run from Chatham harbour to Pally Point, her rate of steam ing wee exceedingly satisfactory, a speed of 13 knots an hour being attained with only two boilers at work. From the trials already made to test her steaming capabilities, it is"confidently believed she will reach a speed of 18 to 20 knots an hour with her full boiler power. As she will have to depend a great deal on her sails she has been what is termed bark-rigged, in order to spread the greatest possible amount of canvass. Cunningham's patent self reefing topsails, which have been manufactured at the dockyard, were yesterday fixed on board. On the occasion of her run from the harbour to Folly Point her rudder was found not to work satis- factorily, -the " yoke" was accordingly un shipped yesterday, and landed at the dockyard, in order to have some alterations effected in it. A much larger rudder yoke has been forged at the smithery to take the place of that which has been unshipped. The vessel is to be fitted with Clifford's boat-lowering apparatus. Up to yes terday no date had been given for the departure of the Defence from Chatham, and from the large amount of work still requiring completion on board it is doubtful whether she can leave her present berth for at least ten days or a fortnight. It is now understood that before proceeding on her cruise, to test her sailing capabilities during the equinoctial gales, she will be tried as a ram in run ning down a vessel selected for the experiment, in order to enable the Admiralty to ascertain her powers in this respect. The sister iron steamship Resistance, now fitting in dock at Chatham, is being pushed forward as rapidly as the resources of that establishment will permit, and will probably be completed in about six weeks or two months from this date. The Ccesar, 86, screw, Capt. Thomas H. Mason, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Ply mouth and the Mediterranean. She is ordered into Portsmouth harbour to dismantle and be put out of commission. The Warrior, 40, iron frigate, Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon from off Osborne, where she has been relieved by the Vigilant, 5, screw, Commander J. W. Pike. The Warrior is ordered to embark supernumeraries at Spithead for the Mediterranean and West India stations, which she will convey to Lisbon. On arrival there she will t rans f er th ose f or _ the North American and West India squadron to the Edgar, 86,screw, flag of Rear-Admiral S. C. nacres, C. 8., which sails immediately afterwards to join Vice-Admiral Milne's squadron. The supernume raries for the Mediterranean will be transferred to some other ship, and, according to present orders, the Warrior will await further instructions at Lisbon. The Black Prince, 40, iron frigate, at Portsmouth, has now 340 mechanics atd labourers employed upon her, exclusive of hands from the factory de partment or in connection with engines of the ship. This number of men is to be further increased on Monday next by another division of shipwrights, and probably of labourers, &c., in proportion. The plan for the fitment and application of the hydraulic apparatus for steering the ship is still before the authorities, receiving their final consideration. It is proposed to inclose the cylinder and pistons in a box of 34 and 41- inch iron abaft the rudder head, under the beams of the upper deck, and the appli cation of the power to be brought to bear upon the rudder head by a right and left threaded screw, similar to the one fitted on board the American frigate Niagara. It is also proposed to supply the Black Prince with a 90-horse power engine and steam capstan for heaving up the anchor, raising the screw, &c., and thus keep the hydraulic power intact for steering purposes. The hired screw steam transport Adelaide, Capt. Lambert, bound with the 15th Regiment from Cork for Halifax, which put back to Plymouth on Wed nesday, went yesterday (Thursday) from the Sound into Hamoaze, where she she will discharge 25 tons of ball cartridge and disembark her troops, in order that she may be repaired. The screw steamship Revenge, 89, Capt. Fellowes, went on Wednesday from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound, and received her powder yesterday (Thurs day) morning. The Osborne, paddlewheel steam-yacht, Master Commander Bower, is receiving her boats and stores, preparatory to proceeding to Osborne to embark the luggage, &c., belonging to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, after which she will leave for Trieste to meet his Royal Highness, who is about to make his intended tour, which was delayed in con sequence of the death of the Prince Consort. The Britannia, naval cadet ship, Captain Harris, will be taken into the ship basin to-day, and from, thence into No. 2 dock, as soon as it is clear of the Meteor, floating-battery, which is being broken up. An American man-of-war screw-steamer, flying the Federal flag, passed through Spithead on Thurs day afternoon, and anchored off Osborne. Shortly after the Pigmy, paddle-wheel steam-tender, Master Commander Johnstone, went out of harbour and proceeeded with instructions from the pert-admiral that the steamer should remove from that anchorage either to Cowes or Spithead, so that the retirement of her Majesty might not in any way be likely to be disturbed. The Calypso, 18, sailing-vessel, Captain F. B. Montresor, which has latelfreturned to England from the Pacific, where she has been stationed about four years, is now being rapidly dismantled at Chatham, and her rigging and other stores returned to the dockyard. The Mary, victualling lighter, has been alongside the vessel, taking in the remainder of her provisions for conveyance to the victualling yard at Deptford. Her water tanks have also been taken out. So energetic have been the proceedings of the officers and crew with regard to the stripping of the Calypso, that although she only entered the harbour on Sunday last, she is already divested of nearly everything which it is intended to take out of her. Her crew, numbering about 180, including marines, will, according to pthent arrangement, be paid off on Monday next. Admiral Sir Edward Durnford King, K.C.11., ex pired on Tuesday evening, at his residence in Devon shire. This distinguished officer entered the navy in 1786, and first went afloat in 1789 on board the Director, 64, Capt. T. West. By his gallantry in the actions of the 29th of May and the Ist of June, 1794, he obtained promotion to the rank of lieuten ant, he having been midshipman on board the Bar fleur in Lord Howe's action. In 1795 he was ap pointed to the Dryad, 44, of which he became flag lieutenant under Lord A. Beauclerk, He assisted at the capture, after a spirited action, of the French frigate Proserpine, 42, and was promoted to the rank of commander for his conduct on that occasion, having been strongly recommended by his com- THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief has appointed Major Connolly, of the Coldstream Guards, and Captain Herrick, 2d bat talion 12th Foot, Instructor of Musketry at the depot battalion, Walmer, to assist the Ordnance Select Committee in making experiments with small arms of different kinds. • The Secretary of State for War, with the concur rence of the Lords of the Treasury, has sanctioned the grant of two servants for officers of the rank of Brigadier-General, as also for those acting in that capacity, instead of one, as hitherto allowed. In anticipation of large demands being made on the Government Small Arms Factory at Enfield, the whole of the workmen employed in that estab lishment were on several occasions during the last few weeks kept at work the whole night. It was found that the existing gas arrangements were not of a nature to admit of a sufficient supply being kept up during the whole night. Prompt measures are now, by direction of the Secretary of State for War, being taken to remedy this defect. The sick and disabled troops sent home from India and the colonies, and also the time-expired troops, the whole of whom were inpected at Chat ham by a Chelsea Board of Officers, who assembled at St. Mary's Baraacks on Friday last for that pur pose, were discharged from the army at the invalid establishment yesterday, and forwarded to their respective homes. A few convalescent troops who, upon examination, were found to be fit for further service, were sent to rejoin their respective depots at the several home stations. The discharged troops going to Scotland and Ireland will leave the invalid depot to-morrow. Notwithstanding the large number of troops who have been discharged at Chatham for some time past, the numbers show scarcely any diminution, the avera ge num b er o f men discharged being nearly 100 weekly for some time past. This rate will, however, now be lessened, owing to the termination of the season during which it is customary to despatch troops from India to England. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. A special general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Paddington Station, for the purpose of considering and determining with refe rence to certain heads of arrangement which had been provisionally made between the directors of the South Wales Railway Company and the direc tors of the Great Western Railway Company for a lease of the undertaking of the South %Vales Rail way Company to the Great Western Railway Com pany, and for the ultimate amalgamation of those companies and the West Midland Railway Com pany. The Earl of Shelburne, the chairman of the company, presided. Mr. C. A. Saunders, the secretary, read the notice convening the meeting. The CHAIRMAN said the subject they had to con sider was one that had been so much in the minds of the proprietors of both companies that it would not require much comment on his part to induce them to carry out the object for which they had met. At the same times he thought the arrange ment that had been come to was a matter of con gratulation for the proprietors, inasmuch as that which appeared some time ago to be an intermin able difficulty was now set at rest. It would be recollected that he had stated at a former meeting what had been offered to the South Wales Company, and he had told them that the Great Western had then gone to the limit in offering certain terms of arrangement. He might be asked why he had gone from those figures. His answer would be that he believed it to be for the interest of the Great Wes tern Company to do se. The whole question had been sifted with great care on both sides, and also by the South Wales directors and themselves. He had told the proprietors on a former occasion as to how many meetings had been held, with a view to come to a settlement of the disputes then existing. After carefully going into the matter the directors of both companies came very nearly to the same conclusions, and the difference was not a large one. At the same time, considering the indications that prevailed at the last meeting on the subject, and looking to the expenses to which the company might be put by a long contest in Parliament and other matters, he came to the conclusion that it was for the best interests of the Great Western share holders that they should endeavour to put an end to that most disastrous state of things. Every thing was duly we i g hed on both sid es , an d a compromise of the two points in dispute Was ef fected. Both parties made a slight concession, and certain terms were decided on. The Secretary then read the following HEADS OF AGREEMENT. if 1. Great Western Railway Company, in lieu of the present agreement, are to lease the South Wales for a period of six years, or until after the Great Western and West Midland arrangement be sanc tioned by Parliament as hereinafter referred to in clause 4, whichever may first happen. is 2. Great Western are to have fall and indepen dent power of fixing rates, &0., and working the South Wales as a part of their own system during such lease. " 3. Great Western are to pay a fixed rent of £170,000 per annum during such lease. The pro perty to be leased to comprise the line of railway as now constructed, with all buildings, cottages, and, I lared d on t lb 6 12 6 12 6 12 6 12 6 12 6 12 6 12 6 10 6 10 6 10 i 12 i 12 i 9 ado, lent Sus ltetl Bxa- hem 1 be city. and ion -8 of •ode tart 431 Y Ludo ;ed. and but Mb. tee. 31s 35; 27s 470 —0