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Coming in very Low, if taken immediately. Apply to Parr's Stay Manufactory, Stockwell-green. Q ET,E5710217: THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1862. N°. 21,708. PR1CE.....-...4d. STAMPED ....sd. INDEMNITY MUTUAL MARINE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 36, Great Winchester-street, London. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ANNUAL DIVIDEND duo to the Shareholders on their capital in this Company, to the list of December last, will be PAYABLE on and after MONDAY, the 3d of February next. FRANCIS STEPHENS, Secretary. January 25, l8(1?. INDIA OFFICE, ?2D JANUARY, 1862. T HE SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in Councl Hereby Gives Notice,— - - That SEA LED TENDERS will be received at the Chief 'Cashier's Office at the Bank of England up to One o'clock on the Ist day of Fe ruary, March, and April next, for Bills of Exchange, payable on demand, to he drawn on the several Governments in India, at Calcutta, Madras, or B mhay, for sums not to exceed Rupees 90,00, 6 00 in each month, of which ant mo-e than Rupees 10,00,060 in each mouth be drawn On the Government of Madras, find the same sum on that of Bolabay. Power is reserved to issue Bills for any smaller amount than Rupees 40,00,000 in each month, and to carry over the difference to the next succeeding month or months No Tender is to be for a sum less than Rupees 10,000, and tarthinq, per Rupee is to be the smallest traction tendered. Each Tender must specify the rate of Exchange at which the applicant is prepared to purchase a Bill, or any number of Bills, and the lowest amount of any one Bill is tobe Rupees 5,000. The Secretary of State will not be bound to accept any Tender, and reserves the right of accepting the whole or any portion of a Tender. In the event of two or more Tenders being equal, and the amount remaining to he allotted not being sufficient to sup ply both or all, the Bank will be instructed to allot rateably. On the day following, the receipt of the Tenders at the Bank..fihe parties will be informed whether their 'Anders have: or have not been accepted. If accepted, the amount of payment must be lodged at the "tank on or tefore the 15th day of each of the said months. Those applicants whose Tenders snail have been accepted, Will be furnished with a Form to be filled up with the parti culars of the Bills re luired, and the Bills themselves, drawn in Duplicate, will be delivered on the day following the pay ment. TOOMAS GEORGE BARING. -L OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, L e i ces t er - C square.—SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.—The Pro prietor of this Establishment begs to stae that the Per formanes on TUESDAY EVENING next the 28th, will be for the BENEFIT of the WIDOWS and 0 KPHANS of those who have died from the melancholy ACCIDENT at the lIARTL Ey COLLIERY. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Leotard at half -past 9. Admission as usual. ARGYLL ROOM,-GREAT SUCCESS ! The Band and Mustlml arrangements under.the dire°. tion of M. BOULCORT; Conductor and principal Cornet. Tll Addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss 2 uadrille, and novel ties of lust week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.— Manager, M. P. Grenet. PAIN and FRANCE.—" Excellent in quality and flavour."-Sun. " Pure, sound, and palatable."— Press. "A. really good Sherry."—Morning; Star. XE ItES COMIDA SHERRY, soft; fine body. age and flavour, and genuine, 18s. per dozen ; pate; 20s. per dozen. "Extraordi nary for the money."—Matk-lane Express. Cash only. Carriage.—Orders of two dozen and upwards carriage paid to any railway station in England. —Vintage Wine Company, Importers of Spanish Wines, West-end Offices, 14, Blooms bury-street, London, W.C. T OOTHACHE.—HOWARD'S ENAMEL, for g decayed teeth, however large the cavity. It la used in a soft state, without pressure or pain, and hardens into a white enamel. It remains in the tooth many years, rendering extraction unnecessary and arresting the decay. Directions for use enclosed. Sold by all chemists and meth tine vendor a, Price ls, A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. F-4 PP S'S COCO A . (Commonly called Epps's Iromceopathic Cocoa). ratin The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invlgo z power of this preparation have procured its general adoption it s a most desirable breakfast beverage. lib., ilb., and lib packets, at is. 6d. per lb.,by Grocers. r rEA•—STRACHAN atd CO.'S Strong Rough " Domestic" Black at 3s. Id. per lb.-26, Cornhill, London, E.C. TA'—STRACHAN and CO.'S Fine " Inter , E m p liate " Black at 3s. Bd. per lb.-26, Co rn hill, Lon don TEA' STRACHAN and CO.'S Delicious " hill Drawinn• Room " Black at Is. 2d. per lb.-26, Corn , London, E.C. free on a Dr. Efasmall's Certificate of Purity, and a Pri:e Current pplication, 26, Cornhill, London, E.O. R UPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED 'Atm EXIIIDITED IN -TILE GREAT FXDIRTTION OF 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective invention in the curative treatment of if ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its Pffects, Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting pow er i s supp li e d b y the Moc - Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much case and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be 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. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 21s. 265. 6d., and 31s, 6d. Postage ls. A Doubt Truss, 31s. 6d., ' 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is' Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Ad. Postage, ls. 10d. Post -office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. \TEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, IC NEE-CA PS. &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling 01 the Legs, Sprains, kc. They are Tiorous, I I Vitt in texture, 4nd inexpensive, and are drawn on li) ean ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. eadi. Postage 6d. aonzt .1111:E. Manufacturer, 228," Piccadilly. p OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.— Notwithstanding' the liberal support which the Com mittee continue to receive from the public, the large increase of destitute sick at +his 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 male in which the several departments of the Charity are conducted. Contributions are earnestly solicited, and are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman. Esq., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. • Herries and Co. ; Ran som and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and'Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Bar clay and Co. ; Denison and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisb e t an d C o ., B erners - street ; J. Earned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman of the Weekly Board. D R. - BUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINES. PATENT SUGAR-COATED PILLS, for purifying the blood, regulating the bowels, and removing vitiated hu mors, bilious and liver complaints, rheumatism, gout, scor butic affections, costiveness, etc. These pills work their way to the very roots of each disease, cleansing in their passage, and removing every unhealthy accumulation, till the bl s 3 I %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 conviction. Sold in bottles, at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lls. 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 re:elpt of stamps. Wholesale Agents :—Barclay and Son, 75, Farringdon-st., London. TAR. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price Is., by post Is. ;of Mann, 29, Cornhill. ::0414Spermatorrheea, - Syphilis, St r i c t ure, Hzemorrholds, (Beets, Itlarriage c Impediments removed, and H s ealthy Offspring secured. • Dr. C. ma be consulted daily til a The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19. St. Martin's- t le-Grand; and from 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, Great Marlborough-street, W. CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATIIS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 28. till 5, and ls. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, ls. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF TILE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very win' pamphlet has been-published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood One 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."—llerald and Standard, Nov. I.?, 1861. " The Posi-otfice Turkish Bath 4, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwr 11 has already established the reputation of an able,phySician ; •he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as lie 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 o f our City readers to the fact that they possess One of the best set of bathe, 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- Fi t : o ,7, while everything. that taste or delicacy could desire Ilavimtonnen. obtained to add to the co m f or t an d l uxu ry of the himself ree,enerv7 'nay justly say that if a man ever feels 13 - nc, a ed and new made it is on coming out:of a 'Turkish a —Era, O c t . 13 , 1861: PR. CTIRTIWATII(CAL WORK, MANHOOD: A hi EDICA I, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE ATIV B E r E D H E I B T A I L T WY E , 1 1 c .(: E 1 1 ' Just Published, the 150th thousand, with n umerous pl a t es , in a sealed envelope, ice sent post Paid, by the Author,, cold by all Booksellers, and 11l ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE stamps, SPermathrrhcea and Abuse Trealthecanaddi Vi t l hElkin Directions AZ MATURE DECLINE IN ATA London. J. J. L. for Perfect Restoration to CURTIS, 15, Albermarlc-street, pi CONTENTS : INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on th Structure and Functions of the Reproductiv:o Physiological CHAPTET, IL—Causes of Dangers of Neglect, ---- • --- C e ; Early Vicious Indulgences; CRAFTER Il L—A 'Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriacre; whether resulting from Youthful Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Life crtArrErts IV. and V. on the modern Treatfae.nt o f Gonorrhcra and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and inter es ti ng aces, to which is added the Autho r's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and hould be in the hands of young and old. Sunday Times," 43d March, 1856. "The author has aonterred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source ot those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27,185(. " This work, which for twenty years bas stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in a plain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from hervous excitement and de• bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and t_NCeRRCS it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, rater nester-row; Ham *9, Cornhill. Hours OL Cousultaticw,-10 to 3 and 0 to /i; &u4Ic I I L Y B / 10 till 2. THE SILENT FRIEND, the:Greatest Medical Work of the Age, on Youthful Indiscretions and con sequent Impediments to Marriage, describing the Anatomy of the Reproductive System in health and disease, and point ing out the sure means of perfect restoration to manhood; with an Essay on Single and Married Life, containim! a Pre scription known as the Preventive Lotion, precluding the possibility of contamination 190 pages, with 100 engravings, free by post 12 stamps. Address 11. and L. Perry and Co , 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. Attendance daily, from 10 till 8; Sundays, 11 till 2 ;'by a ConsultingSur,geon, Mem ber of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (registered under the new-Medical Act). GENERATIVE and MUSCULAR POWER REGAINED by the use of PERRY'S CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM. Established nearly a century, and known throuchout the world as THE GREATEST RE GENERATOR, a never-failing remedy for the loss of manly power, produced by early indiscretions, or any other cause. It enriches the principal vital fluids, enabling those who have deemed themselves incurable at once to fulfil the most sacred obligations of married life. Price lls. and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S TIIREE DAYS' CURE.—The most speedy remedy known.—The BUCIIU GLOBUL ES, contain ing the Quintessence of Copaiba. Cubebs, Buchu, Sze., at once cure, without the possibility of failure, Gonorrlicea, obstinate Glect, Stricture, ,CC., immediately subduing all in flimmatory action; encased in sugar, free from taste:or smell. Price 45. 6d., by post ss. rd.; lts. ' by post 12s. rd.— The above to be had direct from No. 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. London Agents : Barclay and Sona, 75, Farringdon-street ; Edwards, (17, and Newbery, 45, St.l'aul's Churchyard ; Sanger, I'o, and Ilannay, 113, Oxford-street; Butler. 4, Cheapside ; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London Bridge; 'Lowden, 78, Gracechurch-street ; !'rout, 229, Strand ; and of all the mists throughout the world. r-- PUBLICATIONS. ERASER'S MAGAZI: 2s. COT. The Spanish Conquest in America. Thalatta! Thalatta!—AStudy at Sea. By the Author of " Catarina in Venice." Part 11. Editors and Newspaper Writers of the Last Gene ration. By an Old Appren tice of the Law. Westborough Fair. Sidney Herbert, First Baron Herbert of Lea. London: Parker, Son, and : 'AIMS NE FOR FEBRUARY, 6d., The Reform Agitation of 1831-2. By Lord Strathe den. Celibacy v. Marriage. Barren lionour.--A Tale. Tiy the Author of" C.; uy Living% stone," "Sword and Gown," kc. Chapters X IV.—X VI. The Ziuse of the Drawing- Room. The Contest in America. By John Stuart Mill. Bqurn, West Strand, W.C. CHARLES READE'S NEW STORY. Eighth American edition, and Fourth English edition of "THE CLOISTER - AND THE lIEAItTIL" "We shall look in vain, even in the volumes of Walter Scott, for a passage which can rival in dramatic force the in terview between Gerard and Margaret in the fourth volume." Wcmtmins ter Review. Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITII'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, In cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. sd. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRWEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative 8 triy or sexual rfypocbrojsgriasis. r iflatl `llrook eticcit . " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other oqually flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcca and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within tha reach of every one interested in the. matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere.2l9, Regent-street Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., 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 variouv 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 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: U. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, " ROGERS against HARDING," the Creditors of Elizabeth Challis, late of No. 3, Nottingham-street, St. Marylebone, in the County of Middlesex. widow, who died in or about the month of Sep tember, 1860, are, by their solicitors, on or before the twenty seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, to come in and prove their Claims at the cham bers of the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Richard Torin Kinderaley, at No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be pezemptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Saturday, the eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this eighteenth day of January, 1882. CHARLES PUGH, Chief Clerk. BICKNELL and ETC KNELL, Plaintiff's Solicitors, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road. N 0 NEW YEAR'S GIFT is more valuable than OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA, which has been established upwards of 30 years. It is the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, be tutifying, or restoring the hair, whiskers, or m,,ustache, and preventing them turning grey. So!el in bottles, Is. 64., 65., and lls., by C. and A. Oz.nutn6E, 22, Wellington-street. Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For cbildrens' and ladies' hair it is most efficactuum and unrivalled. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.-LAMBERrS 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 tirequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in curable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by a'l nruggists, in bottles, 134 d., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's ksthmatic Balsam. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena; has Just published, for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike o Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, eat, Which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob , ervatfon, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITTI, M.D., b, 13,urton 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 sell-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Rhlord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at lls., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-oflice order payable to ]'rout and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) DR. LA'MERT ON SELF-PRESERVATION. Price ls. ; post-free, 13, or sealed ends, 20 stamps, with En gravings and Cases. Mhy be had of Mann and Co., 30,' Cornhill, London, or direct from the Author. `ELI'-PRESERVATION. —A popular Essay on kJ 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. LA'MERT, 37, Bedford-square, London. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 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 (I:3,ree of functional vigour upon which the hopes of posterity d epend. It also points out how all the attributes of Man hood can be preserved to an advanced period of life, how they ara lest, and how they can be recovered. It is free from the gross exaggerations, alarming, descriptions, and dangerous re mAfets so generally resorted to by persons, who, Me' tisinz, with false medical qualifications, inflict most serious i njuries, 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 various 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 ;6 till Zi*, either personally er by letter,--37, Bedicorcl-square. THE NAVY. Rear-Admiral James J. Stopford was yesterday appointed Commander-in-Chief of the East India and China station, in the room of Rear-Admiral Sir James Hope, K C.B. The Euryalus, 51, screw, was commissioned at Portsmouth yesterday by Capt. Gordon, for the flag of Rear-Admiral Stopford. The paddlewheel steamer Terrible, 22, 800 horse power, Capt. Glasse, C. 8., is being dismantled at Sheerness, where she will be paid off and put out of commission on the 4th of February next. The Pylades, 21, screw corvette, 350-horse power, which was a few weeks since taken into No. 4 dock at Chatham, to undergo repairs preparatory to being brought forward for commission, is now found to be in a very unsound condition. Many of her stern timbers are completely rotten, and herplankiag both outside and inside, is in the same advanced state of decay. Her copper has been entirely stripped off. In order to put the vessel in thorough repair, it is said that it will be necessary to. have her engines lifted out, for which purpose it is consi dered probable that sho will shortly be floated out of dock, and taken alongside the floating sheers in this harbour. So extensive are the repairs re quired, that it is said she will not be completed within six months. The iron-cased steam frigate Caledonia, of M guns, is fast progressing, and a sufficient number of workmen are ordered to be set on, to ensure her completion for launching in October next. In consequence of the inadequate accommodation on board the surveying screw steamer Swallow, 9, Wildireased by A - port - ft of the vessel being appropriated as a room for the charts and surveying instruments and stores, orders have been received at Sheerness for a poop to be built on the deck for the use of the officers and crew. Orders have also been received for two 20- pounder Armstrong guns, on rear chock carriages, to be supplied to her in lieu of two 24-pounder brass howitzers. Only two-thirds of the usual naval allowance of shot and shell will be furnished to the ship. The work of erecting the poop on the deck is to be prosecuted with as much expedition as possible, in order that the Swallow may proceed to her destination, the coast of Japan, before the setting in of the tremendous storms which are fre quent in those latitudes at certain periods of the year. A return has been prepared by the officials at Chatham Dockyard, for the Admiralty, of the names, tonnage, and horse••power of the various vessels repaired and refitted at that establishment during 1861, the return specifying the number of shipwrights employed on each. The works connected with the fortifications on the western side of Plymouth Sound have been con siderably damaged by the late storms. The con tractor's road, tramway, and landing-place, under Picklecombe ,Fort, Mount Edgcumbe, have been washed away. Some of the blocks of granite for sustaining the:road weighed three or four tons each. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty Last evening : Rear-Admiral James John Stopford to be Commander in-Chief on the East India and China station. Lieutenants—John C. Wells, John M. D. Elphinstone, and James E. Hunter, to the Euryalus. Sub-Lieutenants—Osborn H. Parker, M. R. M. Grif fiths, and Frederick Edwards, to the Euryalus. Masters—William H. Parker, to the Euryalus; William Wallace Vine, confirmed in rank. Second Master—Cuthbert T. Layton, to the Euryalus. Masters'-Assistants—Thomas J. Kelly and Augustus Fane, to the Euryalus. Assistant-Surgeon Thomas H. Taylor, additional, to the Victory, for &Mark ; Dr. Robert Hague, to the Trafalgar. Assistant Clerk Richard E. Moore, to the Euryalus. Midshipmen—Reginald C. Pole, Vincent J. English, Robert R. 3 - affray, Frank G. Denison, and C. W. Atkin son, to the Euryalus ; George H. Verner, to the Orpheus. Naval Cadets—Owen F. Glanville, Duncan G. Boys, R. N. Custance, Edward F. M. Davis, and Henry T. G. Tipping, to the Euryalus. Assistant Engineers—G. Metcalf, in the Jackal ; L. J. Croom, in the Cygnet; W. Wivil, in the Indus; G. T. Allison, in the Revenge ; J. Clift, in the Asia, have been pro moted to first-class assist.-engimeers. A . Stewart (A), in the Algiers ; C. Lind. Mutino ; J. S. Smith; in th © Forward ; and J, Hopwood, in the Odin, have been pro meted to acting first-class assistants; John Francis (seco class), to the Shannon, vice Hyde. THE ARMY. The 44th Regiment will leave the camp at Alder shott early on the morning of the 29th inst., by South Western Railway, for Portsmouth, there to embark on board Her Majesty's ship Himalaya ler Dublin. It is expected that the 73d Regiment, from Plymouth, will relieve the 45th Regiment in the North Camp. It is understood that the 17th company of Royal Engineers, which has been nearly completed to its proper strength, will be despatched to Dover, to be employed in the repair of the existing fortifications on that important part of the coast. Tho 4th com pany of Royal Engineers was for some time em ployed on this duty, at Dover, until despatched a short time since to Canada, since which the works have been nearly at a standstill. The headquarters of the 41st Regiment landed at Portsmouth dockyard yesterday from the Isle of Wight, and proceeded on by special train at 6 p.m. for Sheffield. The following gentlemen cadets, who have been gazetted to commissions in the Royal Engineers, ' are ordered to join headquarters, Chatham, on the Ist proximo, with the temporary rank of lieut.:— Frederick Firebrace, Alured Do Vere Brooke, Jeffrey Llewellyn Morgan, James Robt. M'Cullagh, Malcolm William Rogers, Richard Arthur Sar geaunt, John Yaldon Knowles, George Anslie Lechmere,Aston Whitmore, Albert Eugene Durum bler, Jeremy Taylor Marshall, Robert John Henry Parker, Henry Loftus Lewis, Henry Champer nowne Beauchamp, Clayton Scudamore, William Osborne, George William Giffard, Leslock Francis Boileau, Charles Edward Pridden, Thomas Brown Blake Savi, William Sedgwick, Andrew Wilson Baird, and Albert Henry Hime. The Government has accepted the tender of Messrs, Lucas Brothers for the erection of the new Cavalry Barracks in extension of Colchester Camp. The original estimate was £52.000, and the amount of the contract is understood to be £49,700. The works are to be completed in 12 months, which will necessitate their commencement as soon as the weather moderates. A large staff of artizans and workmen will during the spring and summer be employed on them. The barracks, which are for a regiment of cavalry on the home strength, and are to be formed in blocks affording accommodation for about 72 men each, will be built of red brick, two stories high, except the officers' quarters, which are to be of three stories, the most modern improve ments consistent with economy having been intro duced into the plans. The site of the erections will be the extensive grounds of the Abbey Farm, pur chased two years since by Government, and pos sessing all the requisite facilities both for drainage and water supply. Although these works will ex haust the Parliamentary grant of £60,000 made during the last session it is understood that further sums will be asked for in order to carry out the entire plan, which embraces suitable accommodation for two or three batteries of artillery and a strong body of Royal Engineers. This scheme will bring together various branches of the service, and make Colchester the principal military station of the eastern district of England. A board assembled at the mess hut, T lines, South Camp, Aldershott, on the 22d inst., for the purpose of considering the employment of soldiers in different trades, as suggested by a committee now assembled at the War•office, of which Major- Gen. Craufurd is president. The board consisted of Lieut.-Col. Bingham, 60th Rifles, president; the senior captain Royal Engineers, the senior captain l t e s Brigade, r t mas erls Ist the h ß e r i s g e a n d i e o a c ad u t a ai r n t e 2 r m a a ß s r t i e g r a 3 d d e , B a r i Q g u a d e r e, And the BArrackmaeter. THE DREADFUL COLL:RBI CCIDENT IN NO.RIBUMBIELAND. SHIELDS, FRIDAY MORNING. The following is a statement, compiled by the clergy and parochial authorities, after a house-to house visitation, of the bereavtd families left desti tute by the awful calamity atllartley Colliery : Widows Children Sisters supported by brothers Orphans Parents supported by sons Aunt supported by nephew 1 Grandmother supported b) grandson Total The exact number of men and lads killed in the mine is 219. Of the male population employed at this colliery, only 25 remain alive. The fami lies of the lost men reside in Colliery-row,Quarry row, and Old Hartley, and all day yesterday bene volent persons, including the Bishop of Durham, with his chaplain, and a number of ministers of re , went to and fro among the cot ligion and ladies tages administering such comfort and consolation as each case required. The immediate wants of the poor people have also been attended to, members of the Society of Friends being very active in that respect. Lord Hastings, who is the owner of the royalty of the mine, has also •sent one of his stewards down from Norfolk with special instructions to see that the necessities of the widows and orphans are attended to : The village, denuded as it is almost entirely of its." 9read winners," pre• sents an affecting spectacle thirinorning. The in flan ished, a te a r m i° o rb srpi t t ti m e Z t s ta rt: " es are, with tha ,A B ht ac v clock, the chest of drawers, and the four-post bed with chintz curtains. With the exception of some dozen or so of dwellings the curtains are dropped, showing that death has entered the household, and that " Dadda will come ne mair hame to the bairns." Most of the poor widows are putting on decent black, and few, except strangers from distant parts, but have friends staying with them, some of whom have come a couple of hundred miles to be with them in their bereavement. Deeply affecting scenes are occurring as relativcesr arrive, and the bereave ment in some families i heavy. There are several widows left with large families, one poor woman named Oliver, having lost her husband and six sons, with a boy they were i bringing up. Th e fol lowing extract from the eturns of the lost and the bereaved forms an interesting, though affecting, chapter in the "short tsnd simple annals of the poor :" " James, William, and George Glen, three lads lost in the pit, sons of Thomas Glen, who has four other children under eight years of age; himself unable to work for 19 weeks past. "Mark Bell, another Sufferer, unmarried; father almost entirely dependent on him ; also a boy, who broke his leg in the pit .15 months since, and can not work. " Patrick Whalpole ; has been only a fortnight at the colliery ; leaves a mother unprovided for in Scotland. _ _ "John and William Rutherford, young men, sons of J. Rutherford, who is 67 years of age, and past work, and who has a daughter unmarried, quite un provided for. l o n, George, and Alexander North, lads— leave a father, mother, and two children, who have been dependent upon them. " Thomas Pearson, a single man—leaves an in firm father whom he supported. " Duncan Gallagher, nd his brother—maintained a widowed mother and:sister under 16 years of age. " William Anderson=—the only son who could work of his widowed mother, supported her, and a younger brother and four sisters, all under 16 years of age." These are cases, as will be seen, quite apart from the heavy bereavements suffered by wives and chil dren through loss of husband and parent. The miners of New Hartley have the character of being a remarkably steady and orderly class of workmen. There is not are pntlichours -within a--mile and a-- q uarter of the village, and several of the men were local preachers and class-leaders among the various Methodist communities, and very many of them were pledged abstainers from intoxicating drinks. Mr. Humble, the resident viewer, a calm, self possessed man of the George Stephenson type, has wrought his way to his present position from being an ordinary working hewer. Mr. Charles Carr, the head viewer of the mine, and one of its proprietors, and whose accumulated and almost overwhelming misfortunes eery one laments, is highly respected and esteemed in the Northern coal trade. Amos, the lost overman—who every one said would be found at his post whenever the mine was entered, whi c h was the case, for he pears to have been stricken down by death after making the last " jowling"—was a fine fellow; and Tennant, one of the deputies, was a remarkable character: He was a tall, noble-looking man. Some years ago, while this pit was flooded out w ith water, he fell dow n th e shaft an extraordinary depth ; but, by a wonderful providence he escaped comparatively unhurt. He subsequently emigrated to Australia, whence, after trying his fortune at gold-digging, he returned home to his former employment. Great confidence was placed in the judgment of Amos and the energy of Tennant is bringing the men out of the pit, and into a place secure from the water. This they succeeded in doing, and like true captains of industry, they died at their post. They had struggled up through the furnace drift after the accident, and had hacked and hewn at the obstruc tion in the shaft until Suaday afternoon, when the fall of stone took place in the shaft which drove them away, and they were found lying at the post of danger, but the post of duty—the furnace— having died in mortal agony, the men and boys "in by " having subsequently slept quietly away. There will be great difficulty in getting the bodies out of the mine. Fears are entertained that the water may rise up to the yard seam, and then it might be months before they could be recovered. The dangers and difficulties that have had to be en countered in the shaft have been great, and but for the patience and perseverance of Mr. Coulson, the master sinker, no doutt many lives would have been lost in the shaft, and many weeks more might have elapsed before the real state of things below could have been revealed. Be tween nine and ten o'clock this morning there was another heavy fall of stone heard in the shaft, not from the sides, fortunately, this time, but from among the obstructions, and which went to the bottom. The gas again came away—so much so that the men working in the shaft had immediately to come to bank ; and Mr. Coulson will not allow any more to go down until the shaft is cleared of the g the Effluvium that is coming up, as decomposition must be going rapidly on among the dead below. eega alsoie The men wh o h ave b een d own i n the shafta . complain of It is hoped that the obstruction in the shaft may to a large extent have neighbouringmay the soon is dead, collieries, o got ee pldown been removed by the fall that took place this morning. But that is all conjecture. The can vass bratticing has been compl e t e d d o wn to the speedily furnace drift, and it is hoped that if the obstruction has been cleared away to some extent by the fall, and the removed, the brattic ing -own to the yard seam. Coffins which h ave b e en made at the the pit this morning. have been brought to A large number of sheets and other things necessary for bringing the dead decently to bank have also been stored up in readi ness in the school-room. The pitmen belonging to the a au thorities, have arranged that every decent respect h :I conjunction with the :mains when brought to b bodies will be coffined below. They will be iden tified, if possible, do n have been erected; the there also, and the name called out if identified; and if not identified they will be taken on to the schoolroom. A quantity of disinfectants have been sent from Newcastle to take into the pit when the yard seam is opened, and every precaution will be adopted to prevent any further loss of life. The pitmen are conducting themselves in a most creditable manner. Some disturbances was likely to occur yesterday, the more thoughtless and ardent among them finding fault, with the arrangements adopted by Mr. Coulson for clearing out the shafts. But when the steadier and more prudent of them explained how matters stood they became satisfied. A large meeting was held among them yesterday upon the pithead, and two of their number were deputed by the body to attend the public meeting to be held today in Newcastle for the purpose of commencing a fund for the relief of the bereaved. Watson, one of the three pitmen whose miraculous escape in the shaft has already been noticed, describes the acci dent in the following words :—" The cage, consist ing of an upper and lower deck, was being drawn up at 20 minutes to 11 o'clock on the morning of Thursday, the 16th inst., with four men on the upper deck—viz., W. Sharp, Geo. Sharp, sen., Geo. Sharp, jun., and Ralph Robson, and four on the lower deck—viz., J. Watson, W. Robinson, W. Bewick, and W. Brown. They had entered the cage at the bottom of the shaft, and their ascent was regular as usual, until they were within a few feet of the bank. Then they heard a great crash above them, and before they could conjecture what it was they felt a heavy substance strike the cage, and the cage at once descended with great velocity. After a momentary perception that they were falling down the aliaft; the rake caught the brattier!, and wag in— stantaneously crushed with falling timber. The first blow is supposed to have been given by the fallen beam, and that shock knocked Geo. Sharp, the younger, R. Robson, W. Brown, and W. Bewick out of the cage, and they fell down the pit. As the cage hung on the brattice, the four men left on it began to perceive the reality of their situation. Above them the shaft was choked with ruins, below them all was dark, but they heard the sound of weighty material falling. The first idea of the men in the cage was to obtain relief from the yard seam, and Watson, who was uninjured, volunteered to slide down the rape ropes to that place, both the Sharps being much injured in the head and body, and Robinson slightly hurt. Watson slid down accordingly, and soon found his progress stopped by obstructions that have since caused so much trouble. There he found the bruised and wounded bodies of the poor fellows who had fallen, and from whom the breath of life was fast ebbing. George Sharp, the younger, was a member of the Society of Primitive Methodists, to which body Watson also belonged. The two joined in prayer, and while imploring His mercy upon their souls Sharp, Bewick, and Brown yielded up their breath to the God who gave it. Watson now found his own situa tion to be one of difficulty and danger. It was impossible for him to reascend to the suspended cage by means of the rope, and he therefore at tempted to climb up by the pumps but his efforts were unsuccessful. He engaged in prayer, as did also those in the cage above, and in this way the time passed until they were relieved. The first signs of assistance were the sounds of hammering above the obstructing material. In responseWatso and his comrades shouted as loudly as they could, and they bad the satisfaction of hearing faintly the sound of human voices in reply. At length a ray of light appeared in the obstacle above, and even tually a rope was lowered to the men in the cage. G. Sharp was the first put in the sling, but as he was being drawn up he fell out, and the next instant he was a mangled corpse, lying at the side of 'Watson, who only noticed him breathe twice after he fell. The other men were drawn up in safety, but Wat son still remained among the dead men below. A rope was then lowered tohim, and he began to ascend. But his dangers were not past. He had been exposed to a heavy fall of water, and while he stood pieces Of the ruins fell at intervals around them, but happily not on him. After he was drawn up two fathoms 'another shower of stones fell around, but happily missed Watson. He then reached the cage, and after getting through that was safely drawn to bank. While in their perilous position the men were only able to make conjectures as to the cause of the accident, and those are somewhat interesting, as affording ground for believing that those immured in the seam would be likely to entertain similar opinions as to the nature of the accident. Watson and his comrades be lieved that the main engine -work must have fallen, but the thought of the beam having broken never occurred to them at all. They believed, also, that the pump spears had fallen and the shaft was closing in. They were of course aware of the dreadful position of the men in the workings of the pit, and must have been fearfully impressed with the terrible nature of the catastrophe, as they hung, as it were, between life and death. At two o'clock this afternoon the whole of the ruins had fallen below the yard seam and cleared the shaft. When the rubbiskfell there was a sud den discharge of gas, which drove the men to bank and filled the shaft 34 fathoms upwards from the yard seam. At this time Mr. Coulson suspended operations for half an hour in order to clear it away, at the expiration of which time he went down and opened a door between the staple and the shaft in the high main leading to the return over furnace. He subsequently went down to the yard seam to seo the state of the shaft, and, the rubbish being all gone, found it compara tively safe. Workmen have now commenced to carry the brattice down to the yard seam to cause ventilation over the bodies. A meeting held at Newcastle to-day to consider what should be done to raise a fund for the perma nent relief of the bereaved has been very successful. The Mayor presided, and among the speakers were the Bishop of Durham, the Earl of Durham, and Sir Matthew White Ridley, M.P. The Earl of Durham was very mach affected. It was ascertained that at least £17,000 would be needed for the per manent relief of the widows, orphans, and other sufferers. Her Majesty has sent £2OO. The Duke of Northumberland subscribed £3OO ; the Earl of Durham, £200; Sir Matthew White Ridley, £100; Bell Brothers, 100 guineas ; Elswick Ordnance Company, £100; and Sir Wm. G. Armstrong, 50 guineas. It was stated at the meeting that the London Stock Exchange had subscribed £5OO. Before the proceedings had concluded the subscrip tions from all sources amounted to the noble sum of £4,000. The Duke of Northumberland has offered a piece of land at Earsdon for the interment of the dead. There are hopes that some of the dead bodies will be got to bank to-night—certainly by to-morrow; but Mr. Coulson is extremely careful in having the bratticing complete, so that when the men go into the workings to send up the dead they may take good air with them. The coffins have nearly all arrived from the neigh bouriti g colleries. There have been but few people out hero to•day, and scarcely any pitmen. RAPID PROGRESS OF THE LONDON, CHATHAM AND DOVER RAILWAY.—On all the lines of communica tion b. tween this railway and the metropolis the promoters of the line are making rapid progress. This is more paiti cularly the case on that part which is in connection with the intended terminus on the site of St. Thomas's Hospital, and that near Blacktriars-bridge. In each of these direc tions during the last week a large number of houses (above 50) have been sold and are now in course of being cleared away. These premises are situated in the Borough, Union street, and the neighbourhood of the Borough-market. This day, for the purpose of constructing the line to the Black friars-road, Messrs. Pullen, Horne, and Co., by instructions from the directors, will sell above 30 houses in the Wal worth-road and the streets adjoining, viz., A m elia-street, West-street, Hanover-street, &e. In a short tim e the direc tors will be prepared to put up to auction the extensive struetnre and premises of St, Thomas's Hospital, CRYSTAL PALACE BIRD 8110 TV. To-day an exhibition of canaries and British and foreign cage birds opens at the Crystal Palace, and will remain on view till Wednesday next. The show, if shcw it may be called, when the en tire aggregation of such small deer could be dis played with almost better effect in any ordinary sized room, takes place in the tropical department of the building, where the little cages are laid out in thin rows and made to go as far as possible under the cir cumstances. There are, in all, 90 classes open to exhibitors, but several have not been filled, and many others are only represented by a couple of little birds, so that, although each warbler is good of its kind, the collection is, on the whole, about the smallest that can well be called a " show," or, if a " show," is one which any large bird fancier can almost compete with in his own shop. The canaries are the. strongest point of the little exhibition. There are a great many varieties of these, from the lean, high-shouldered, ugly mite known as the " Belgian Fancy" down to the full-coloured, well shaped Norwich buffs, the spangled lizards, and mealy mules, the favourites of London dealers. We question, however, if the minute shade of difference which exists between a " Jonque London" and a ," mealy London Fancy" are viewed with deep interest by' the public or are even known to any beyond the dealers them selves, and cannot help thinking that just as many visitors would be drawn to Norwood to-day if the show was one of white mice or even . guinea-pigs. The tropical department is full of wild singing birds, and yesterday, daring the private view, when there was no crowd of visitors. to frighten tht4n, every bird that could sing, either in tree or cage, was tril ling away in harmonious rivalry, straining its little throat to bursting, and making the building echo again. Such a concert is worth a journey to hear, though it is not likely it will be heard to-day, as the crowd of visitors awes them all to silence, and a singing bird that does not sing is oven less interest ing than the saucy London sparrows, which chirp under the very cab wheels. Of the show of English birds we cannot say much, as it is neither large nor very varied. There is one cage which contains all the varieties of the finch family—all except the haw finch, a truculent-looking bird with a beak like a meat axe, and which, having the power and not lacking the will to split the skulls of all his brother finches, is wisely put in a cage by himself. There are a pair of jackdaws which were taken from a nest in England, and singularly enough are, though full grown, of a pale cream colour. These, however, are all the native notabilities, for we cannot count among them a few cages of r2bins, over the fronts of which, when left alone, it is necessary to drop a little screen, lest the wild robins in the Palace should come down and fight them to the death. Among the foreign birds are one or two fine specimens of par rots, lories,:cockatoos, mackaws, and paroquets, none of which, however, seem sufficiently impressed by the situation to abate one jot of their usual loquacity and noisiness. For this exhibition about £7O is to be awarded in prizes of from £3 to 10s. among the vari ous competitors. When these and other charges con sequent upon the show have been defrayed, we much question if the company do not find themselves losers by the transaction. A canary show of little more than a hundred birds will not draw down the gene ral public in crowds to Norwood. Even poultry shows do not pay unless in connexion with cattle or dog shows. The latter have been quite new experiments in the way of exhibitions, yet the interest which the public feel in them has been proved by the most severe of all tests—that of financial success. The dog shows at Leeds and Birmingham last year paid largely, though many if the most valuable dogs ware withheld from the provincial exhibitions, be cause their owners, not having time to go down and see that they were properly cared for, were not wil ling to trust them. A well-planned and well-ma naged dog -show at the Crystal Palace would now pay the company, for to such an exhibition gentle men would send send their best bred hounds, setters, spaniels, bloodhounds, mastiffs, &c. Abroad English dogs have as high a name, and cotatnand as high a price as English horses, yet some of our most valued breeds have become totally extinct, and others, not less valuable, are fast becoming so. A dog exhibition at the Crystal Palace will not entirely correct these losses, we quite know, but as it is evident the Company are at their wit's end for shows, when they hope to draw with "London jonques" and " mealy mules," we cannot help diverting their attention to the example which the provinces have set them in this respect, where even the most crude and hur riedly formed dog shows have cleared immense pro fits—profits which would cover ten times over the amount spent to secure the poor display of larks and canaries at Norwood. THAMES PURIFICATION AND THE SALMON FISHERIES. It appears probable that, before another session of Parliament elapses, the necessary powers will be applied for and granted to a company for the pur pose of utilising the sewage of the Thames, and fertilising the adjacent land therewith. That the scheme will have our very best wishes for its suc cess we need hardly say. We can see no reason why it should not be successful. Even if it were not successful in a pecuniary point of view, as a question of public utility it might bo fairly entitled to some support from the Government, if such were required, which, however, we do not at all antici pate. Here, then, at length, would be the extra neous support which our salmon fry require. Let us get rid of the mass of sewage, and salmon will soon again abound in our river. To Londoners i generally, as well as anglers , this s a very interest ing consideration in every wa y . The difficulty of restocking the river is nothing—is not to be named. £5O would put hundreds of thousands of young salmon into the river, and the river might be thoroughly stocked from end to end for £lOO, so there is no difficulty in that direction. Now, this is not a small question, nor one likely to be passed by, though at a cursory glance it may seem so. What does the reader imagine might be the money value of the Thames salmon ? Taking a fair calculation from other rivers, and looking at the number and extent of its tributaries and their capabilities for spawning, &c., under reasonably fair and favourable management, we might at a rough estimate consider the money-value of salmon in the Thames as equal to about £50,000 per annum. The market being on the spot, and no cost of car riage incurred, we probably considerably under rather than over estimate it. £50,000 a-year re presents a capital of about a million and a half ster ling created to the country out of nothing. Great has been the cry of late years as to the dearness of salmon in the London market, but we calculate that an increased supply of £50,000 worthofsaa briskerlmonat Billingsgate would make the trade easier and ie B , u t But , g if gain this in and the fi sh less di ffi cult n e t have some 20 mil es o f t h e atnodconmot a little , e bY be the advantage in a commercial point of view, the anglers matter. have s ire h w ig best f is hing water on the Thames open to th e pu b lie, on which not a net is allowed, D o not the ang l er ' s nerves thrill at the bare thought of a con test with a 20 or 30 pounder in the white foaming waters of Teddington or Sunbury weirs ? Yet, if the scheme above propounded be carried into effect, w e venture to predicate that such things shall be ; a y, and many more as bright and curious, hidden in the sewage of ignorance and our filthy, abased, and ruinous habits of waste end pollution.—. Field. It may be remembered that the Second Chamber of the Austrian Reichsrath was prorogued to the 4th of February. The rumour of a further prorogation his given rise to apprehensions which havo found utterance in the Ost-Deutsche Fost. To put an end to all uneasiness on this head, the Government has announced that the Reichsrath will resume its sittings at the time originally fixed, NEWS PAVER - -,..-• -..- ,-,-,...,,„,,,,,, 4 •filt, A\ , t ) - ' .;." •- - .4, "",,,?, . • .1 L 1:1. - --:4: ija '• ~ w'rEwvF,- - Ai a. Mr. Baxter, M.P. for Montrose, in the course tql . a speech delivered at the Grocers' Benevolent Society in Dundee on Wednesday last, thus adverted to the: American question:—" It is all very well and very-- true to tell us that the question of free trade versus e 1 1; ,, h protective tariff is, and has always been, a bone of contention between the South and the North. No doubt that and other causes of dif ference have helped tobring matters to their present pass ; but slavery is the real culprit, the root of bitterness which troubles them, the funs et ()rig° mall. (Applause.) And I would not have the people of this country—however exasperated by the language of New York mobs and their organs ; however inclined, out of a feeling of natural gene rosity, to take the weaker side ; however dissatisfied with the soldiership of the Federal army, or the measures of the Federal politicians—l would - net have them cverlook one or two considerations which, amid the exciting incidents of conflict, are apt to be forgotten. The first—and ever to my mind the foremcst—is that this Southern confede racy is the child of treason—that this scheme was hatched by men who, at the time of doing so, were holding offices under, and were in the pay of, the United States Government, and who made use of their position and influence basely to betray their trust. There may be a difference of opinion as to their right to advocate a severance of the union merely because their party, which had been too long dominant, had been fairly beaten in a con tested election ; but there can be none among well regulated minds as to their conduct in secretly plot ting against the flag under which they served. Then, don't let us run away with the idea that the South is more friendly to England than the North. My personal experience is "that the reverse is nearer the truth. The German and Irish mobs in the North unquestionably are hostile to us, and the poli ticians chime in 'with them too often, to gain popu larity and votes, but I do not belie7sl.hat the great mass of the iniustrotts popltition, the native Americans, the men who-. :146 too little part in polities, but whO a:O4 and , ..,:.•-_ , • ' again have saved the commonwealth — cherish any such sentiments. (Great applause.) On the con trary, my firm conviction is that they entertain towards us the same feeling of amity which we entertain towards them, mixed, perhaps, with a little less consideration for our feelings, but a little more respect for our character. In ordinary times these people are too busy to-attend to public affairs —in times of danger, last month, for example, their influence has never been wanting. I should like to know who are the representatives of this class down South. It may suit the purpose of the Confederates to use honeyed phrases for the present. Tell me, do you think that there are many in the Congress of slaveowners who do not hate in their hearts that England whose name is a pleasant sound to the black man all over the world ? Tremendous ap plause.) Besides, lam not sure that there exist in the South the elements which go to form a nation; I know not which of the peculiar customs, either of life in the drawing rooms of New Orleans or life on the plantations of Carolina, deserve a particle of our sympathy. Has not slavery blighted society in all these States, stunted the intellectual growth, and debased the nature of the white man, whilst it bruta lises the negro? There are sights and sounds there to be seen and heard which I cannot think of still — though it is several years since I was in these States —without a shudder; and sorry indeed should I be were Great Britain to step one foot out of her way to assist, or prematurely to recognise, such a confede racy. It is reported that pressure is being brought to bear upon us by France to resist the blockade of the Southern ports, on the ground that it is ineffec tive. But are we to jump to the conclusion that, because some vessels have run it, it should not be recognised ? Have not all blockades been occa sionally run by daring skippers ? The question is whether this blockade is as complete, or nearly so, as is usually the case; and I submit that there is no evidence to the contrary. Then, with regard to forcing a supply of cotton, surely for us to advocate the opening of Charleston or Savannah for this pur pose would be very short-sighted policy. If we are ever to be independent of these States, now is the time for us to try the experiment; and better for us to be a little short of our great staplefor six months longer, that its growth in India, Africa, and the West Indies may be encouraged, and so, at a little temporary inconvenience, the cotton manufacture benefitted in all time coming, -whilst a blow is dealt -,-*''' --- at American slavery which it never can recover. The only other matter to which I shall refer is that strange announcement in the Observer newspaper, that England and France, acting on the precedent of Greece, are about to interpose for the pacification of Amerita. It cannot be that a statement so ill timed—not to say offensive in its terms—has the sanction of her Majesty's Government. We are always too apt to intermeddle in the concerns of foreign nations. At present, in all conscience, we have enough business of this sort on our hands als ready. It will be time enough for us to step in be tween the two contending armies on the Potomac when asked to do so by the parties themselves, and I hope that our rulers know too well the sentiments of the middle classes of this country, and their re presentatives in the House of Commons, to embark in a policy which can only end in embarrassment and humiliation. (Applause.) Ido not venture to touch upon topics so delicate and difficult as the probable termination and result of the civil war, the effect of the financial difficulties in the North upon the contest, and the present remarkable atti tude of political parties at Washington ; but I should be ashamed of myself were I either to feel or express any satisfaction at the probable disrup tion of a republic in which there are at least as many things to admire as to censure, and which, but for causes totally unconnected with the working of free institutions, might have gone on prospering for a great while to come. (Applause.) Ladies and gentlemen, I owe you an apology for occupying so much of 3 our time with this political talk ; but f , out of the fulness of the heart the mouth speaketh," and surely it is not unprofitable for us, met to pro mote a work of quiet beneficence, to 'think for a moment on the condition of out brethren less happily circumstanced in Europe and America, and to wish them out of all their troubles a happy issue. (Great applause.) WILLS AND BEQU LS2S. The will and codicil of Harriet, Lady Arbuthnot, relict of Lieut.-General Sir Robert Arbuthnot, K.C. 8 ,, late of Portland x Plonaacei were proved in the London C our t, th e u nominated being Sir Alexander R amsay , B ar t. ; Captains e tor s n ' H ug h Smith Baillie and D uncan J ames B a illi e executors (two nephews of Lady Arbuthnot, the testatrix) ; also, the Rev. Marmaduke Vuvasour, M.A., Hon, Canon of Peter borough, Rural Dean and Vicar of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. The personal property was sworn under £BO,OOO. Lady Arbuthnot died possessed of a very large for tune,consistin g of realty as well as personalty. Her will,which is of considerable dimensions, contains numerous directions and bequests, the principal recipients being her Ladyship's nephews and nieces. To her nephew Captain Hugh S. Baillic she has devised the estate known as the Tops of Spotland and Grimes, Lancashire, for the joint lives of himself and wife, Viscountess Glentworth, and afterwards to his issue, and has bequeathed to him also one-fourth of the residue of her general estate in like manner. To her two nephews Captain Duncan James Baillie and Alfred William Baillie, Esq., she has devised the estate of Hunter's Hall and ether estates in Yorkshire be tween them, and to each of them a fourth of the residue. To her niece Ellen Matilda Ramsay an estate in Lancashire is devised for life, and afterwards to her eldest son. To her niece Frederica P. Perceval she bequeaths her jewellery, furniture, carriages, &c., together with a fourth of the resi due. Her ladyship has left liberal annuities and legacies to her servants and bequests to some individuals she occa sionally employed. The will bears date in 1857, and the codicil in November, 1860. The will of 'William Vaughan, Esq., of Courtheld, Here fordshire, and Gloucester-etreet4,Portman-square, has been proved in London by his son, Lieutenant -Colonel John Francis Vaughan, the sole executor; Mr. Vaughan (the testator) has left to h is son, the Right Reverend William Vaughan, all his stock of wine at his town resi dence, also a small pecuniary legacy ; and after bequeath.. ing legacies of £lOO and £5O to two of his female attendants as an acknowledgment for their long and faithful services, and also bequests to four of his other servants, has appoin ted his oldest son to be also the residuary legatee of the whole of hi s properly.--111iistraw h o w" Arno. 3