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MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "AC HOME, ,, • At Her Maj3sty's Concert Room, Haymarket. Every Evening (except Saturday), at Eight. Wednesday and Saturday Mornings at Three. Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the Box office, which is open daily from Ten till Five, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. No extra charge ror booking. Carriages to be ordered at a quarter-past Ten. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester ; square.—SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. —The Pro prietor of this Establishment begs to state that the Per formances THIS EVENING (TUESDAY, the 28th), will be for the BENEFIT of the WIDOWS and 0 HPHANS 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. A RGYLL ROOTS.-GREAT SUCCESS !!- LA_ The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. BouLconT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In 'addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss 2uadrille, and novel ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission is.— Manager, M. P. Grenet. INDIA OFFICE, 22n JANUARY, 1862. T HE SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in Council 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 Fehruary, March, and April next, for Bills of Exchange, payable on demand, to be drawn on the several Governments in India, at Calcutta, Madras, or B .mbay, for sums not to exceed Rupees 40,00,000 in each month, of which not mo e than Rupees 10,00,000 in each month will be drawn on the Government of Madras, and the same sum on that of Bombay. 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 a farthing per Rupee is to be the smallest fraction 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 to be 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 be 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, the parties will be informed whether their Tenders have or have not been accepted. If accepted, the amount of payment must be lodged at the -Ban* iefore the 15th day of each of the saikziaontia,D.e. Those applicants whose Tenders snail have been accepted, will be furnished with a Form to be filled up with the oarti culars of the Bills re iuired, and the Bills themselves, drawn in Duplicate, will be delivered on the day following the pay ment. T ; 1031 AS GEORGR BARING. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.-- I Votwithstanding - the liberal support which the Com mittee continue to rentlye from the public, the large increase of destitute sick at ibis Inclement season of the year occasions a frequent exhaustion of the current resources of the Charity. The Weekly Board invite benevolent persons to make a per sonal visit of inspection as to the mode in which the several departments of the Charity are conducted. Contributions are earnestly solicited, and are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman. Esq., Nicholas-lane ; also by M essrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ;'Terries and Co. ; Ransom 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. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; J. Barned and Co., Liverpool : and at the liospittil. SAUCE.-LEA AND PERRINS beg to caution the Public against Spurious Imitations of their world-renowed WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Purchasers should ASR FOR LEA AND PERRINS' SAUCE, Pronounced by Connoisseurs to be "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." *** Sold Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors, Worcester ; Meeers. CROSSE and BLAcirsvm., London, &c., and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.-LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficarions and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medkine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and consumption. I tfrequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in curab.e, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprivel of sleep, or even lying down for - fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes atter taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 20, .Termyn-street, Haymarker, London, and by all nruggists, in bottles, I 31d., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. GI TrEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENR B Z SMITH. M.D., of the University of Jena, has' lust published, for the benefit of Nervous sufferers, a FRED EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICI TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the . ' ure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike to Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re laxation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, acc., which, if neglected, result in consumption, Insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health end vigour. 'The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob F ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope :and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, b, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W:C. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD. — Dr. SCOTT ' S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS re pared Without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley , Kent , will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &a For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera. .o nion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, p mote digestion, and , trengthen the whole nervous London. n by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, nne, by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the vantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious ::nd Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, w;th " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTOR ED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S NSBENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most Chattered 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 ease is lour weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in.' structions (which are very simple). failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to xnarry, 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' Ricord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full for use, at Ile., or four quantities in one for 335., struct. 4ollB and will be gent to any part of the world, carefully packed. pt of remittance opost-ofliee order payable to Prout on reeei p a t t ,lnt Medicine Warehouse, 229. Strand, London. and Co , entered at Stationers' Hall.) THE SILENT 1471IEND, th e G reatest M ed ical • I TWork of the Age, on Youthful Indiscretions and y and con sequentpoint- Impediments to Marriage. describing th of the Reproductive System in health and diseas a hood ; ing - out the sure means of perfect restoration to a n v g i P r . the e - "%yin an Essay on Single and Married Life, containTn7 acription known as the Preventive Lotion, preclu gr di Possibility of contamination ; 190 Pages. with 100 en free by post 12 stamps. Address R. Attendance r rY and Co g , Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. d.ily, ti. on ; 10 till 8 ; Sundays, 11 till 2 4 by eonsCrgeon. mem. gfatered ;her of the Royal College of Surg of England ,(re milder the new Medical Act). GENERATIVE and MUSCULAR POWER REG,IIN,ED by the use of PERRY'S CORDIAL BALM of BYRIACIDT. Established nearly a century, and known throuchout the, world rem E GREATEST R GENERATOR, a never -failing y for the loss of ma n ly power, Produced by early indiscretions, or any other cause. I t enriches the principal vital fluids, enabling *ose who have deemed themselves ineurab'e at once to fulfil the /lo s tle. acred obligations of marries life. Price 11s. an d 335. p bot PERRY'S THREE DAYS' CURE. —The most npecdy remedy known.—The &THU GLO RUL KS, contain ing we Quintessence of Cop siba, Cubobs. Buell% & c., at once cui.e , without the possibility of failure, Gonorrhoea, obstinate leet,G Stricture, &c., ftnlnediately subduing; all in obstinate Tee from tote ;Or flammatory action ; encased in sii"'' smell. Price Is, ed. , by pobt ss. ed. - - it *.g eel° 12g. 4.4-- The above to be had direct from' No. 19, Berne - 17 -4t ' Oxford-street, W. London Agents : Barclay and Sons, 75, Farringdon-street; Edwards, 67, and Newbe 45, St. Paul's Churchyard ; San g er, VO, and Hannay, 53 Orford-street; Butler. 4, Cheap side ; H ' ooper 45, King William-street, London Bridge • Howden 78, Gracechurch-street ; Prout, 229, Strand ; and Of all die: mists throughout the world. , RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MO C-M AIN LEVER TRUS S (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 18M), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective invention in the curative treatment of Fl ERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease Ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir zumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being gent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 268. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. ed., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. ed. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. ¶EW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Sm. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on lite an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6cL J. B. Col% EN, M.A., Chairman of the Weekly Board. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, " ROGERS against DARDING," the Creditors of Elizabeth Challis, late of No. Nottingham-street St. Marylebone, in the County of 111 uldlosex 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 Kindersley, at No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Saturday, the eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and s i x ty-t wo , at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the Bald chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this eighteenth day of January, ISG2. CHARLES PUGH, Chief Clerk. BICKNELL and BICKNELL, Plaintiff's Solicitors, 79, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road. A HOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. PPP S'S COCOA. (Commonly called Epps's Homceopathic 'Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. ilb., and llb packets, at is. 6d. per lb., by Grocers. 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, beautifying, or restoring the hair, whiskers, or muustache, and preventing them turning grey. Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d., 65., and lls., by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Wellington-street. Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For childrens' and ladies' hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. TOOTHACHE. -HOWARD'S ENAMEL, for stopping decayed teeth, however large the cavity. It is used in a soft state, without pressure or pain, and hardens into a white enamel. It remains in the tooth many years, Tendering extraction unnecessary and arresting the decay. Directions for use enclosed. Sold by all chemists and medi vino vendors, Price is, TEA.—STRACITAN aid CO.'S Strong Rough " Domestic" Black at 3s. Id. per lb.-26, Cornhill, London, E.C. TA.-STRACHAN and CO.'S Fine " Inter mediate" Black at 3s. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon don, E.C. TEA. STRACHAN and CO.'S Delicious " hill, London Drawinz Room " Black at 4s. 2d. per lb.-26, Corn- Dr. E.C. Hassan's Certificate of Purity, and a Price Current free on application, 26, Cornhill, London, E.C. N°. 21,710. PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY E. HENEAGE DERING, ESQ• Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vole A GREAT SEN• S Apr ON. By E. HENEAGE DERING, Esq. Also now ready, in 3 vols., LADY HERBERT'S GENTLEWCI'IN. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW EDITION OF DE TO CQU EVILLE'S . NrORIi. ON DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA, On Thursday, Feb. 6, will b 3 published, in 2 vols. Bvo., DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA. By ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE. Translated by HENRY REEVE, Esq. New Edition, with an Introductory Notice by the Translator. London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CCXXI., Is Published THIS DAY. CONTENTS. I. Railway Control. 11. The Princess Charlotte. 111. Popular Education The New Code. IV. Iceland—The Change of Faith. V. The Late Prince Consort. VI. Spain As It Is. VII. Lord Castlereagh. VIII. The American Crisis. John Murray, Albemarle-street. pOLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. ‘.J The FEBRUARY Number, containing the fifth Part of the " SHADOW OF ASHLYDYAT," with a great variety of important Articles, is NOW READY. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. MIS CEL LANY. ENTLEY'S The FE_JAII,4,Ia_N R (Now Aeaflylcnntains , R OF ir,014436 - - Or, City Life in the last Century. By WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH. Chapters IV., V., and VI. 11. A Real American. _VII. The Death Ship. By 111. Scandinavian Travel. Mrs. Bushby. IV. Table-Talk. By Monks- VIII. Social Science and hood. . Sunny Scenes in Ire- V. Lorn Loriot. ByDudley land. Costello. Chapters IX. A Chant fo , Little xxxix. to XLII. Mary. By Mrs. Acton VI. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage. Tindal. By Ouida. London : Chapman an id Hall, 193, Piccadilly. CHARLES READE'S NEW STORY. Eighth American edition, and Fourth English edition of "THE CLuISTER AND THE HEARTH." "We shall look in vain, even in the volumes of Walter Scott, for a passage which can rival in dramatic force the in terview between Gerard and Margaret in the fourth volume." Westminster Review. Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. DEDICATED BY EXPRESS PERMISSION TO LORD BROUGHAM. Just published, in one vol. bvo., cloth, price 125., CIVILIZATION CONSIDERED AS A SCIENC E. in Relation to ITS ESSENCE, ITS ELE MENTS, and ITS END. By GEORGE HARRIS, F.S.A., Barrister-at-Law, Author of "The Life of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke," "The True Theory of Representation in a State," &c. The necessity is here shown, not only for general education, but for supplying, In conjunction with it, all those various institutions and requirements which together constitute the Elements of Civilization, and the different measures, legisla tive and social, essential for its complete accomplishment, are pointed out. CONTENTS, THE REAL NATURE AND ESSENCE OF CIVILIZA- TION. THE ELEMENTS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROMOTION OF CIVILIZATION. 1. National Education of the 5. Liberty of the Press and People. Toleration. 2. National Religious Influ- G. National Commemorations once. and Festivals. 3. National Instructory In- 7. Dignities and Honorary stituti on s. Rewards. 4. Cultivation of Art and 8, Moral Jurisprudence. Science. 9. Internal Communication. 10. International Intercourse THE END RESULTING FROM THE COMPLETE ESTABLISHMENT OF CIVILIZATION. " Contains many sound and instructive statements, and is evidently the result of much reading and thought."—Daily News. " The work, as a whole, is calculated to have a useful effect in directing attention to the various systems of education, and in inducing thoughtful men and women to examine in a philosophical spirit those evidences or results of civilisation with which they are surrounded."—Observer. " This work is remarkable for the carefulness with which it has adhered to the exact province marked out by the term civilization, greatly to the advantage of the precise and logi cal character of the treatise. Mr. Harris discusses the nature of civilisation in a very lucid and comprehensive manner. Of course, however, a work like this must be full of controver tible propositions. We can, at all events, say that Mr. Harris's theories are carefully considered and ably pro pounded ; and if we cannot agree with all that he says, we are delighted with the generous and truth-seeking tone in which he discusses all the questions which come before him." —John Bull. London ; Bell and Daldy, 186, Fleet-street. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55 . , by p ost free, 55. 6d., ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATME NT 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. COITRTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professicnal reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 22E1, -Piccadilly. DR. 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, Am These pills work their way to the very roots of each disease, cleansing in their passage, and removing every unhealthy accumulation, till the blood 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;i 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., 25. 9d., 45, 6d., and lls. Sold by Buchan and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 10..Berners-street, Oxford-street. London, W., and to be had of all chemists in town and country, or forwarded on re:eipt of stamps. Wholesale Agents :—Barclay and Son, 75, Farringdon-st., London. D R. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price Is., by post Is, id, ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill. o,n Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, Haemorrhoids, Gleets, Arc. garriage : Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Pr, 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. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 25. till 5, and is. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, is. till I. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS or THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Tarkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood pf the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte rthesisting information, white those who have already encouraged obsen7neewsosmyestoemf the e ll p l T d a e c i t i i v ea e i "IreCigiutl a p tio nal n advantage if they endeavpurs to enforce."—Herald and Standard. Nov. 12,1861. s which the writer an able physician ; " The, Pngt-pflice Turkish Ilath#, 19, St.ll , Tartin's - le - Gr and. —Dr. Culverwt. II has already established the reputation of philanthropist, in as far as lie has established, in. the heart he has now proved himself to be a worthy of the City, an i ns ti tut i on th a t more nearly tbap any disco very the Turkish Bath. . of fookrn days, goes nearer the abolition of tli practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established , of b a O t I I: p r , a Abject lo, bseti fact 1 tr i l merely nl;4 t e ip_ c d:t , the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of tilP best set which e count,ry can produce; perfect in all its appliances, .. v p ~4 0 admirable in rim bit IS ... wbich, Co.. ____l dat , rtli.r7 ,, l7l.r.;., l4; ecipeg p aant r e . lie c ig u io, i d v xis e u. r pr w ro e .s i aa l in : Br s ei fir fl un t ie te 7rn d se: u rt p l prising, while ever -4 ) . I. ' uff that filOp or . 51016/Ley epnld desire, h a s been o btained to add to ” 10 eeHltbil smi lexory of the regenerated an,d himselfllrkio3l Ba. VVe may justly say ti m i: !t a ;man ever :f is t'h.,,__Era, oot new na m is a o d i e : it is on corm Tit,...C.11 , . . . •, , , --- . . . . . ~.,.• ~. .... • f s 1 , ..... . k ~. OPENING OF TH , f1‘:414. . 7 _ 7 .—/' t •tf, :‘, , , 5 , , _ . i I i i „ , ~ 6 CIIAMBE _% .4"; 3 ftit •• , t..:: 'J ' el 1 . '..• . ~, - 4,' , - + ~ , f ge k - 0 AICS' lin • at . • .;,-. , --, . -- ----*-- t 154 1,1111 \\* •,. ' 0: 5 4 %,---‘ A ~ A* 42, ' 1......; L.......----, n SPEECH OF THE . PARIS, 3 4t,... , 7 * • k., , , , • , s . • • A •. ' . O A --'•-.: ---- • t ( 1 2. 9 4 0,06%, .1 11 ' - ~ i, •:,••••• • 11 -I. 4 .e-,..), . .. • -...... t „KA) __, , , ~, , ) - TV %Ik i llilli ••:• --94 -•-- , 71% -, -, • I n 0 " * 0 ~..- *'' avy, .7N . 4 , . . . 4 / 7. 'a_ 1 `;4' l 4 ti - 1 -: X ' , orri , .../.1 , ~ , q,, , , , 0 , i c 4, --- '' I The French Chamb -Z.,, ;i " . cy _ ~,,,, , k i ., i) - r .„--;., . ~/, , , ..,:,.....,a Ron. -; ------------ --- A, ,-%, \ ~.)::.,,.. , x - v fi r" ~ IA °' ..... / ' ,_ .l '''' l :•' . 2i..::" ,, L;V ' ''' - ' l. ' - 'E FRRNOH 'RS. PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. sity of removing from the national territory a foreign functionary who decidedly came to favour the chief fosterers of a rebellion against the lawful authorities of the republic. The Government then used a right which all nations possess and exercise, and which Spain has repeatedly put iu practice, but declaring at the same time that that determina tion in no wise affected the good relations which were then existing, and which the Government desired to preserve, with the Spanish nation. "Neither can the violence committed against Spanish subjects be offered in refutation of the in tention to maintain the best harmony with the Go vernmbnt, because those violences have been not only the inevitable consequences of the social revolution which the nation commenced and prosecuted in order to extirpate abuses which had been the per petual cause of its misfortunes, but consequences which both foreigners and natives have suffered without any distinction of their respective nation allies. And if a greater share of those misfor tunes has fallen upon Spanish subjects, has it not arisen from the fact that the num ber of those residents is greater than that of thoie of any other nationality ? Could not this have arisen from the fact that the Spaniards, more than any other foreigners, have taken and still take part in our dissensions, in which many of them have shown a ferocious and sanguinary character ? "Nevertheless, the different Administrations which have succeeded each other have always listened, to thesornplaints of the Spanish Legation, and have favourably received those which appeared to be supported by some principle of justice. " Long before the recognition of our indepen dence the Mexican Congress nationalised the debt contracted by the Spanish Government, although a large part of it had been employed in combating that very independence, and a no less considerable share had been intended for European obligations of the Spanish monarch. " Subsequently the character of agreement was given to the settlement of the Spanish claims ; but, it coming to light afterwards that some of the Spanish subjects interested in them, abusing the good intentions of the Government of the Republic, had introduced a great number of credits which evidently had not the qualities required by the agreement, the Mexican Government has earnestly endeavoured to correct these operations by reducing them within just and equitable bounds. " For the rest, the Government has been and still is disposed to satisfy all just claims, as far as the national resources will permit—a fact well known to the Power which now invades us. All nations, and more especially Spain, have passed through times of penury and want, and almost all have had creditors who have waited for better times in which to secure themselves. From Mexico alone are sac rifices beyond her strength required. " If the Spanish nation cloak other designs an der the financial question, and with the pretext of groundless insults, her intentions shall soon be known. But the Government, which must prepare the country for any event, proclaims, as the basis of its policy, that it does not declare war, but will repel force by force as far as its means will permit; that it is disposed to satisfy the claims against it founded on equity and justice, but without accept ing conditions which cannot be admitted without offending the dignity of the nation or compromising its independence. " Mexicans, if such upright intentions be despised —if it be intended to humiliate Mexico, to dismem ber her territory, to interfere in her internal policy and government, or perhaps extinguish her nation ality, I appeal to your patriotism, and urge you that, laying aside the hatreds and enmities to which the diversity of our opinions has given rise, and sacrificing your properties and your blood, you rally united around the Government and in defence of a cause the greatest and most sacred among men— the defence of our country. " Exaggerated and sinister reports from the littemica'.4 ,- Mexiea , kave preset ted us before the world as uncivilised and degradeu. " Let us defend ourselves in the war to which we are provoked, observing strictly the laws and usages established for the sake of humanity. Let the de fenceless enemy live in peace and security under the protection of our laws. Then shall we repel the calumnies of our enemies, and prove ourselves worthy of the liberty and independence bequeathed us by our fathers. " BENITO JUAREZ. " Mexico, Dec. 11, 1861." EMPEROR. lONDAY, 1 O'CLGCK. Jers were opened to day by the Emperor in person, who delivered the follow ing speech:— Gentlemen Senators, Gentlemen Deputies, The year which has just passed away has,not with standing certain misgivings, seen peace consoli dated. All the rumours designedly propagated, re specting imaginary pretensions, have disappeared of themselves before the, simple reality of facts. My relations with foreign powers give me the most entire satisfaction, and the visits of several sovereigns have contributed again to draw closer our bonds of friendship. The King of Prussia, in coming to France, has been able to judge for himself of our desire to unite ourselves still more to a Go vernment and a people who march on with a calm and firm step towards progress. I have recognised the Kingdom of Italy with the firm intention of contributing by sympathetic and disinterested counsels to conciliate two causes the antagonism of which everywhere troubles men's mind and consciences. The civil war which desolates America has come to compromise gravely our commercial o(crests. However, as long as the rights of neutrals sfiall be respected, we must confine ourselves to wishes that these dissensions may speedily cease. Oar establishment in Cochin China has been consolidated by the valour of our soldiers and sailors. The Spaniards associated in our - enter prize will find, I trust, in those countries, the reward of their courageous assistance. The Anna mites feebly resist our dominions; and we should not be in conflict with anyone, if in Mexico the conduct of an unscrupulous Government had._,. not obliged us to unite with Spain and England to protect our compatriots, and repress attempts against humanity and the law of nations. Nothing can arise out of this conflict of a nation to diminish confidence in the future. Free from exterior pre-occupations I have more specially directed my attention to the state of our finances. A candid exposition has made you acquainted with their real condition. I shall only say a few words on this subject. The public has been startled at the amount of 963,000,000 f. which the floating debt has reached ; but this debt, its further progress being arrested, has in it nothing to alarm, for it had already reached this amount before 1848, at a time when the revenues of France were far from approaching to what they are now. Besides, if we subtract from this amount, first, the 652,000,000 f., which were incurred at an epoch anterior to the Empire ; then the 78,000,000 f. repaid to the fundholders at the period of the con version ; and finally, the 233,000,000 f. of uncovered outlay in the last two financial statements, caused by distant expeditions, and which it would have been possible to cover by a loan, it will be seen that since the establishment of the Empire—thankq, it is true, to the excessive consolidations effected— ' the deficits have not increased in proportion to the necessities which it was imperative to provide for, and the advantages obtained during the last ten years. In truth, gentlemen, it would be unjust to for get the increase of expenditure demanded by pay ment of the annual interest of debts contracted for two wars which have not been without glory. The 622 millions applied by the Treasury to the great works of public utility, independently of the three milliards devoted by the companies to the completion of 6,553 kilometres of railway, the exe cution of the Telegraphic Act, the ameliora tion of the condition of nearly all the servants of the State, the augmentation of the well being of the soldier, the effective of the army placed in proportion with that which the dignity of France requires in the time of peace; the transformation of the fleet and of all our material of artillery ; the renewing and sustaining of our religious edifices and of our public monuments. This expenditure has given to all useful works over the surface of the Empire a fruitful impulse. Have we not seen our cities transform them selves, the country districts become enriched by the progress of agriculture, and the coma merce with foreign nations increase from 2,600,000,000 f. to 5,800,000,000 f. ? Finally, by this increase of the public prosperity alone, the revenues of the State have augmented by many hundreds of millions. This enumeration shows us in their fnll extent the financial resources of France ; and nevertheless, whatever may have been the origin of the deficits, and however legitimate the expenditure, it was pru dent not to increase them. With this object I have proposed to the Senate a radical measure, which confers on the Legislative Body a greater facility of control, and associates it more and more with my policy. But this measure was not, as anyone may easily convince himself, an expedient to alleviate my responsibility. It was a spontaneous and earnest reform, calcu lated to compel us to economy. In renouncing the right of opening supplementary and extraordinary credits in the interval between the sessions, it was at the same time essential to retain the power of providing fn. unforeseen necessity. The system of transfers (les virements) furnishes the means, and it has the advantage of restricting this faculty to wants that are really urgent and in dispensable. The severe application of this new system will enable us to establish our financial regime upon un shakeable bases. I reckon on your patriotism and intelligence to second any efforts by an earnest as sistance. The budget will he laid before you imme diately on the opening of the session. It is not without regret that I have decided to propose to you the re-arrangement (remanienzent) of several taxes, but from the increase of our revenue, the aggravation of those taxes, I am convinced, will be only temporary. You will be pleased to take up first the projects de loi relative to the conversion of the Four-and-a.-Half per Cent. Rentes—a measure the object of which is, in equitably conciliating the interests of the Troasury and those of its creditors, to prepare the unification of the debt. I have explained to you, gentlemen, frankly the state of things. You are aware that upon every occasion v 1 ,0 1 .1 reform of a useful character presented itself, I have resolutely taken the initiative of its introduction. At the same time, I will maintain not the less intact the fundamental bases of the Constitution, which has already represented to the nation ten years of orler and prosperity. lot of all who are in pow er, ia a s a s m n u sv e e r l well troo d aware,he their most d is to see their lan purest abin tentions acts misinterpreted by the spirit of party; but all clamorous voices are impotent when the ruler possesses the confidence of the nation and neglects nothing to deserve it. This sentiment, which manifests itself in all circumstances, is my most pre cious recompense, and forms my greatest strength. Should unforeseen events, such as the dearness of provisions and the falling off of employment, cause the people to suffer want, the people ought not in justice to hold me responsible for their suf fering, when they know that all my thoughts, all my actions, tend without cessation to ameliorate their lot and to increase the prosperity of France. Let us not form any illusions as to what remains for us to accomplish, but at the same time let us felicitate ourselves upon having traversed 10 years in the midst of the calm of contented populationsi an ii d e o t f u th s e p u e n rs io eN n ,e o re f th in e gnurerattabsokdiwesitohf the ery, Sgtateh.ad place ourselves with confidence in thy hands gn o s f given us visible signs of who has always of His protcctioi. APOTHECARIES'-lIALL.7-The following gentle men passed their examination in the science and p rac ti ce o f medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, ~ tho 23d of January , 1862:—Walter Tyrrell, St. Thomas's Hospital ; Thoulas.S. Worboys, St, B artholomew's Hospi- Ntaelw; Newbury, erks; NI, ilham Dunderdalo, Poult on -l e -Fylde, Lancaster. B Holman, Uckfield, S ussex ; Thomas Joyce, ry THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1862. REPUBLICAN D„ESPOTISAL When the Lowlenders rushed to battle with the cry, " God defend the right 1" the Highlanders, as they pulled their bonnets tighter on their brows, raised the slogan, " God defend the M'Gregors, whether they be right or wrong I" The Grecian ruler declared that be should scorn to be as just to an enemy as to a friend. When the farmer stated that his bull had gored the lawyer's cow, the latter demanded payment of damages. Bat when it turned out that it was the lawyer's bull that had gored the farmer's cow, the former changed his law and said, " Oh, that alters the case." As reason, with lofty integrity, raises its serene head above the chopping surge of prejudice and passion—as intelligence and reflection maintain their loyalty to and veneration for inexorable law and even-handed justice—as divine philosophy reigns supreme in the statutes of inflexi ble moral principle, and proclaims and enforces the univer sal rule of right—just in the measure of that serene judicial temper does a people become humanised and righteousness exalteth a nation, " Oh, Liberty I" exclaimed Madame Ro land, " what deeds are done in thy name!" Protestants and Catholics burned each other—Churchmen and Dissenters were equally persecutors and bigots. Episcopacy banished Presbytery to New England ; and scarce had the latter settled in the New World when it drove Independency to the woods, where the latter in its turn condemned Quakers to execution. The love of liberty and of country is glorious in Hampden or Wallace in England and Scotland, but utterly iniquitous in India. Whigamores are heroes at Bothwell Brig, and their Covenant crotchet is sacred ; but Pandies have no right to have a religion. The superstition that testifies at the Grassmarket is glorious; while self sacrifice for an ancient faith at Delhi is worthy only of being blown from guns or "hung like fun." Bga.use the Federalists are Republicans, and the Con lederaia'slive -owneis, we have been "expected to belie every fundamental political principle with which this paper has from its first number been identified, Hard cases, it is said, make bad law—respect of persons and of parties makes politicians palter with principles and trifle with their con victions. "Disloyalty, allegiance, insurrection, traitors, rebels, oaths of fealty, swearing to the Constitution, sedi tious assemblies," are words and expedients as glib in the mouth of Seward, the Republican demagogue, as of Bomba or Francis Joseph. His Generals and their proclamations are as like Kirke and Claverhouse as two peas of one pod. The putting of test oaths to suspected persons, or prisoners, is the very expedient by which Dalzell's dragoons, or Graham's Life Guards, detected Covenanters by asking them to renounce the Covenant. " New presbyter is but old priest writ large." Why are we to read our political creed backwards on the other side of the Atlantic ? Why does democracy abet tyrants because they are the rulers of a Republic in place of a. monarchy ? Read Wendell Phillips's own account of the pass to which the Union has come, not muttered in a corner, but proclaimed in the largest hall to the greatest and most distinguished assembly of New York—himself an Abolitionist and Federalist — every assertion avouched by the unanimous assent of his audience :—" There is," said ho, "not an element of good in this war—nothing we might not have gotten better, fuller, and more perfectly in other paths You know we never shall go out of this war without a debt of at least 2,000 millions of dollars—we pay Jeff Davis's debts as well as our own—debt, the fatal disease of Republics— the first thing, the mightiest to undermine Government and corrupt the people, When we go out of this war we go out with an immense disbanded army—an immenso military spirit, embodied in two-thirds of a million of sol diers, the inevitable source of fr€sh wars and new debts— things enough to make the most sanguine friends of free institutions tremble for the future. You know the writ of habeas corpus has been suspended, the right of free meeting and of free press are annihilated in every square mile of the Republic. We live to-day, every one of us, under martial law or mob law. The Secretary of State puts into his bas tile, with a warrant as irresponsible as that of Louis, any man he pleases. And you know that neither press nor lips may venture to arraign the Government without being silenced. It is a mere question whether you prefer the de spotism of Washington or that of Richmond. We are tend ing toward that strong Government which frightened Jef ferson, toward that unlimited debt, that endless army. We have already alien and sedition laws. We have passports which even Louis Napoleon pronounces odious. Govern ment spies frequent our great cities. It is the same posi tion that England held when Holcroft, Tooke, Frost, and Hardy went into dungeons, and the laws that Pitt exe crated, Burke praised. There is no single right that Go vernment is scrupulous to protect except the right of a man to his slaves. Every other bulwark has fallen before the necessities of the hour," The people acquiesce in the dic tatorship, actually fortify and do homage to the despotism; they hate their seceding fellow-citizens so much more than they love liberty or prize their Constitution, that they ape every vice of Bourbon nimolniism, and defy ever.,', maxim of popular institutions. At last Mr. Seward proves that he not only disregards, but not so much as even knows, the least doubtful of :moral obligations, and in a formal despatch avows that the Republic recognises no law but its own interest and convenience ; that the stolen goods of which he became the receiver, the prisoners kid napped by Wilkes, are given up, not on account of the law lessness of the theft, but of the worthlessness of the booty; and that, if the fancied exigencies of the Union required the perpetration of a wrong, it would be his right and duty to commit it. Our earliest convictions were only too prophetic. For the fantastic idea of the federation of a whole continent, the North seeks to save the Union at the price of the destruc tion of the Constitution, and to preserve a republic by the expedients of a despotism. The position of the South is perfectly inexpugnable. It is the will and interest of eleven distinct Governments, Legislatures, and peoples, each hav ing its own laws and constitution, to secede from the rest, and to form a separate confederacy. Can any friend of Hun gary, of Poland, of Italy, deny their right ? They have never parted, as Scotland and Ireland have, with their sepa • rate legislative and administrative functions; they have always been separate Governments, and asserted State rights. They were never conquered, or merged by dynastic inheritance under one common reigning Sovereign, Pure popular vote made the treaty of Federation. The same power can recal it, But even if there were no such power, self government inheres in the very genius of republicanism. Patina and Modena disclaimed their dukes—why are eleven States to be denied a right springing up in the veryeconomy of political society—why are they traitors and rebels because they prefer Jeff. Davis to Aby Lincoln ? Has not the time arrived when we must " conquer a peace P" Four millions of our people directly draw their very life from the produce of the South—indirectly, the want of cotton effects two millions more of us. An awful future is before us if we are bereft of the staple of America before we can supply the deficit elsewhere. Are we bound, are we entitled, to stand by and see half the nation ruined and starving because the North chooses to order us not to deal—not, mark, with itself, but with the South, with other States ready and willing to servo us ? The North has actually, by the votes of only half the representatives of the original Union, virtually excluded our goods from its markets,'and now cuts off the exports of _ _ the South.from our manufacturers. On what principle of political ethics are we bound to submit to this double in jury ? Why aro we "grossly to gape on" while civiliza tion is outraged by the destruction of Southern ports,made by the Creator for the service of the whole human race P In mercy to these suicidal madmen save them from them selves. Religion, reason, policy, right, cry out against the fratricides. To compel a reunion is to perpetuate slavery, and deteriorate the condition of the slave. To help Seces sion is to render emancipation certain, by making every Northerner an abolitionist and repealing the Fugitive Slave Law in the Free States. If ever the South can be brought back to the Union it can only be by suffering it to go peace ably out of it; an unwilling and compulsory reunion would be forcing the Trojan horse full of treachery and antipathy into the very citadel,to plot with every discontented faction, and conspire with every disaftected State ; for the overthrow of the conquerors. What is to become of the half million of Southern troops f What of the monster hordes of the North, or the fearful debt foreshadowed by Mr. Phillips ? Is there to be an army of occupation ? Where is the in dependence of the States—where of the Imperial Legisla ture, cooked up out of forced elections overawed by martial law, and corrupted by vast patronage of armies, navies,ord. !lance, civil service, the monopoly of the victors. What is the object of the North ? Is it to realise the Munroe doctrine of universal dominion ? The more ex tendedtheFederation the weaker would be the Government; besides the menace the policy holds out to England and other St ates. Is it to preserve power ? How can antipathy, disaffection,and revolution, suffused through every vein and artery of a distracted Republic, compass that ? If the South be conquered, how are four millions of slaves to be dealt with ? How can it be held without an army of occupation, suppression of freedom of election, military law, and the destruction of the very genius of self-govern ment ? The commonwealth is destroyed, the constitution trampled under foot by the very measures resorted to as necessary to preserve them. " Oh, mother 1" exclaimed Coriolanus, "you have saved Rome, but lest your son 1" May we not say that should M'Clellan be triumphant, he has only saved the Union to lose the Republic I Seward, who eagerly asseverates it is not in a state of war, asserts the right to search neutral ships for political offenders ; and men who claim sympathy for their cause as that of eman cipation, represent free states, some of which prohibit any person of colour from so much as setting foot upon their soil. It is right it should be known that a large party of the House pf Commons will, whenever Parliament meets, in sist upon breaking the ploplcade and recognising the Confe. derates. They 'refuse 'to sacrilice•our revenue, our trade, the wpbsistcnce of many million's of our people; to the ,fine feelings of Abolitionism. They can prove that 600 Federal raerOututmen bava ran the mopiggle whallenged ? awl that it is only enforced agast us. They ask, of the two belligerents, which is the justice and which is the thief?— whether it is not as open to the South to call the Federal ists rebels as for the Federalists to declare their opponents traitcre ?—which half of the Union are we to recognise ? whether the South is not as much entitled to claim recog nition as the Republic as the North is seeing that of the thirteen States which made the original Federal compact six adhere to the party of Secession ? They say, if Mr. Lincoln is not at war with a Power de facto, what right has he, in the face of treaties, to keep us from the cotton of the United States, and at the very same time to pass a tariff expressly devised to shut out our goods from his markets ? It is a fact that, while our imports from the States have grown since 1854 from £20,000,000 to £44,000,000 their imports from us up to 1860 did not increase at all, and are now one-third less than they were then, or about £14,000,000. Is there any plea or necessity for this anti social destruction of harbours, which are the heritage of the human race from the Creator—any pretext of national ex tremity for the blockade of the raw material of the very clothing of the world ? Are the blockaders in peril— threatened even ? On the contrary, is not their action wan tonly aggressive—is not the South purely defensive, asking only to be let alone ? Lyons is starving ; the producing classes of France suffering privation, Nottingham is de scending to pauperism. Lancashire and Lanarkshire, even Yorkshire, give solemn warning of coming calamity. The industry of America is devoted, all over the country, to mutual destruction, in place of prosperous production. Ships, richly freighted, burnt ; harbours ruined ; a million and a quarter of fellow-citizens flying at each other's throats, and instigating four millions of workers to cease producing and to assassinate their masters. Paper promises are substituted for money; an enormous debt, daily in creasing, is piled. upon the shattders of posterity ; the best subjects are being thoroughly demoralised by camp life, and national bankruptcy is gathering its mob thunder clouds. Why is the vast commerce of the world to be afflicted merely to let a duel come comeoff,wtiothengriabelveouths s e liff S e ta r t in es g, to destroy each other, and great communities to become little? This scandal to our race, to civilisation, to human reason, has outraged intelligence only too long ; and, with the uni versal assent of the public opinion of Europe against all Mr. Seward's threats, we believe the great Powers will now agree to put an end to it.—Dispatch. Company's steamer Indus at Southampton on the 4th proximo, for conveyance to Malta :-Ist batta lion 22d Foot; Capts. Holland and O'Malley, and 45 men ; 2d battalion 22d Foot, 5 women and 3 children ; 2d battalion 3d Foot, Assist.-Surg. Wil son ; 2d battalion 23d Foot, one man ; 2d battalion 15th Foot, Ensign Moore; 2d battalion, 2d Foot, Capt; Coghlan ; 2d battalion 4th Foot, Major Ansell ; Royal Artillery, Capt. Farmer, wife, and child ; 4th battalion Rifle Brigade, Ensign Hulse; and 19th company Royal Engineers, one corporal. A wing of the 3d Buffs is occupying a part of the Wellington Barracks, for duty, in the absence of the Guards, ordered to Canada. The examination of candidates for direct commis sions before the Vice-President and the members of the Council of Military Education commenced yes terday at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. There are about 150 candidates. Yesterday was confined to medical examination. The order of examination is as follows :—To-day, English and history ; to-mor row, mathematics; Thursday Latin and Greek ; Friday, drawing and French ; and on Saturday(the last day), experimental sciences, German, and na tural sciences. THE EXPEDITION TO MEXICO. From Havannah we have advices to the Bth. The I correspondent of the New York journal of Com merce gives a list of vessels which had run the Southern b:oeleade and reached Cuba. The number at Havannah was 37 ; Matanzas, 6 ; and Cardenas, 5. The latest arrival at Havannah was the steamer Cuba, from New Orleans, with 700 bales of cotton. Respecting the Mexican expedition, we have the following advices : " On the 28th ult., after a most enthusiastic re ception by the Spanish residents here, principally tha Catalans, his Excellency Gen. Prim, Conde de Reus, and Marquis de los Castillejos, sailed in the Don Francisco de Asis to take command of the ex pedition at Vera Cruz, accompanied by a part of the French contingent under Vice-Admiral Jurien de la Graviere, consisting of the Messina, with 500 Zouaves and 200 Marine Artillery ; the Guerriere, with 300 marines ; L'Ardente, with 500 infantry ; L'Astree, with 500 infantry—making in all about 2,000 troops for disembarkation. The Aube, with 600 troops, and the Montezuma, with 228, have since sailed, making therefore 2,821 en route for Vera Cruz. The Berthollet, Lavoisier, Chaptal, and Marceau have also sailed. The English vessels Desperate, Georgina, Challenger, Plover, Nimble, and Spiteful have all been here. The last four sailed fur Cape San Antonio, where they were to meet transports from Jamaica with 800 troops, and then proceed to Vera Cruz. The Pajaro del Oceano ar rived on the 29th ult., bringing the first news from Vera Cruz. She left on the 25th and reported the Uraga expedition near the city with 12,000 men. Sir Charles Wyke, English Minister, arrived• on the night of the 24th, having stopped some days at Orizaba, where there was intense feeling against the Spaniards. Daza Gercona of Mexico had been deposed, and Azcarate appointed in his stead. The Cot tes closed on the 15th, after fully authorising the President to adopt all measures he might deem pru• dent in regard to the Spanish Invasion.' Gen. Par radi had been named Minister of War. Gen. Gas sett, of the Spanish force, had established a custom house in Vera Cruz, and Uraga had established another, five leagues from the city. Benito Juarez issued a very temperate and dignified proclamation to the Mexicans, calling on all parties to give up their present quarrels and unite against the com mon enemy. All had been done to save Zuloaga, who had but a small band, and Miramon's party, to which since his departure but little more than the name is left. The proclamation was published here in the Diari• de la Marina of the Ist insL On the sth arrived from Vera Cruz, in five days, the steamer La Cabana, with little news of interest. No sortie haneeminade by the Spa:elards. Tampico, occuptel and will defended bytl Mexicans, would hold out a long while. Gen. Uraga-has all the passes from Vera Cruz well defended, and has under his immediate command 20,000 troops, well armed. He has received 22 deserters from the Spanish forces, and on the arrival of my informant in the city he found 18 more had deserted, and more were ex pected to desert as opportunity offered. Forced con scripts, they are never contented. Here all is quiet Miramon, who arrived in Matanzas on the 31st ult., in the steamer Noc Daqui from your city, is still here with his three aids. The attempt to get up an exhibition of agriculture, industry, and fine arts has failed. The first portion of the Sancti Espiritu Railroad was opened on the 29th ult. On the 28th ult. the English steamer Labuan sailed under very suspicious circumstances for Mate mores. On December 31 the new Avuntamiento or City Council, was sworn in, and went .immedi ately to felicitate the Captain-General on the taking of Vera Cruz. The French Division for Vera Cruz got off nicely on the 2d inst. ; also General Prim, who began to be weary of indolence and entertain ments. His lady and her family remain here. The British division has also been spoken at sea, getting near to their destination. The news from Mexico is vague, and it is supposed there will be some fightiug done as soon as General Prim arrives down. A French transport with 600 Zouaves and some 300 mules (purchased here) have left this morning for Vera Cruz. The expedition, and the secret purpose of acquisition, is very popular here, and it will seek to overcome opposition by an apparently.unbiassed vote of the people." The following is the text of President Juarez's Proclamation : " Mexicans,—Tho warnings of the approaching war which was preparing in Europe against us have begun, unfortunately, to be realised. Spanish forces have invaded our territory, our national dignity is insulted, and, perhaps, our independence in danger. Under such difficult circumstances the Government of the republic believes that it complies with one of its principal duties by placing within your reach the cardinal idea which shall be the basis of its policy in the present state of 'affairs. The interest of all is concerned, and if we all are bound, as good sons of Mexico, to contribute our intelli gence, our fortune, and our blood towards the sal vation of the republic, all claim an equal right to be informed of the conduct and proceedings of the Government. "On the 14th of the present month the Governor of the State of Vera Cruz received an intimation from the commander of the Spanish naval forces to evacuate that city and the fortress of Ulloa, which that commander announces his determina tion to hold as a security until the Goveinment of the Queen of Spain shall be satisfied that the Spanish nation shall be treated in future with the consideration which is due, and that the com- pacts between both Governments shall be religiously observed. The Spanish officer also declares that the occupation of tho city and castle will serve as a guarantee for the claims which France and Great Britain may have against the Mexican Government. " The grounds for , this aggression are incorrect— namely, insults offered to her Catholic Majesty by the Government of the republic, and the blind obstinacy with which the Government of Mexico has constantly refused to listen to the just claims of Spain. " The consistent behaviour of the Mexican Go vernment does not permit the impartial eyes ofjus tice to assent to such imputation. Since the treaty 1836 the Spanish Government has always been con sidered as a friendly Power, and bcund to Mexico by special ties, without the expulsion of the Spanish Ambassador being used as a well-founded objection to that truth, since the peculiar circumstances of that case are well known, and no less well known is the disposition which the Government had and still entertains, to give the most reasonable and suitable explanation in regard to that affair, ' which may be reduced to a few words—the nev)s- LATE' AMENDMENT SOCIETY. The fifth general meeting of the members of this society was held last evening at the society's rooms, in Waterloo-place, R. P. Collier, Esq., M.P., in the chair, for the purpose of hearing a paper read by Mr. G. Hastings, on " The Marriage Laws of the United Kingdom." The paper commenced by declaring the desirability of assimilating the marriage laws of the United Kingdom, which at present widely differed. There were three essential conditions to a good marriage law—firstly, publicity ; secondly, certainty ; and thirdly, an authentic record. The paper then re viewed the marriage laws in England from the Anglo-Saxon period down to the present time, they being now, it was said, in a tolerably satisfactory state. i The state of Irish law was no t so satisfac tory, inasmuch as by the act of Geo. 11. any mar riage performed by a Roman Catholic priest, where the parties were not both Roman Catholics, was considered illegal. Lord Campbell last session had introduced a bill which, when it became law, would remedy this evil. In other respects the law in England and Ireland was similar. It was in Scot land that the greatest dissimilarity existed in the marriage law, and which required, in the interests of morality, immediate alteration. The law of Scotland recognised three systems of m arriage, the church, first regulara the h other marriage erw o irregular,b efoe viz., y witnesses b in a parish a verbal contract between the man and woman, in the presence of a witness, and the marriage by repute or where a man cohabited with a woman, and chose to say in public she was his wife. The paper contended this was a wrong upon the woman, in stancing the Dalrymple and Mountgarret cases as examples. It was the source of unchastity amongst women, and the cause of the frightful immorality which prevailed to so great an extent among the lower orders of women in Scotland. The paper contended that this immorality could only be checked, and a proper protection given to the women of Scotland, by at once assimilating the marriage law in that country to the other parts of the kingdom. A long and interesting discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Wingfield, Flood, Rochfort Clarke, E. Web ster, James Haywood, and the Chairman took part —Messrs. Clarke and Webster defending the Scotch law, and contending that immorality existed to as great an extent in England as in Scotland. Mr. HASTINGS replied, contending that there were more illegitimate children born in Sc otland than in England in proportion to the . population, which he considered a sign of greater immorality. A vote of thanks was given to Mr..Hastingb for his paper, which was ordered to be printed, and the meeting concluded. A WOMAN BURNT TO DEATH. —The wife o f Mr. Robert Barnard, a respectable butcher of \\ration, in Nor folk, was on Tuesday last burnt to death. About 4 &clock in the afternoon, when she was quite alone in the house, her clothes caught firo. She could not extinguish the water e before . ef owhichr charred stood in a room. h flames, and ran to a n ei g hbouring cotta g e for assistance, but found no one at ho me. She then a pp ears to have returned to her own hllese then to Wheng f e e t l l a d ai c sn r e o do ovkere expired dh any backaansadismtanuteie eouldbegiveSn. house l a t e d remains presented a most fearful spectacle. An in quest was held before Mr. W. Massey, deputy coroner, the body of the deceas.ed upon 5 when a verdict in accord ance with the painful nature of the case was recorded. [ADVERTISEMENT. TT , • ]---.-LollTay's Ointment and Pills.— The Human Constitution he systems of thousands become impaired, and .7 — by the neglect of their subsequent happiness de stroyedhas the power of trifling causes. Every person efficiently repelling these by the use of Holloway's well-kn own remedies. The bother or the nurse can always eradicate disease on its first appearance in their charges, Ointment is by means of these preparations. The Particularly well suited by its soothing, cool ing, and healin g qualities,and ' id by its easy application, to the little ailments ' of n e d h' t l hu h s ood i It penetrates from the surface internally,in the hands of an attentive nurse n efficient me p ans ace ; dis orders of the throat, chest, or bellysolrvigouintguararhing ming or annoying the child with internal medicine, THE NAVy. 0 6 w 00 as horse Power, Capt. R. A. many as 600 hands, r. T w h e e l D e e . f ß e n . c has e , 18 n , in cluding mechanics of all trades, as well as her crew, employed on board, in order that no delay may take place in completing the vessel. So anxious are the Admiralty to have her ready to proceed to sea that an order was yesterday received at Chatham Dock yard directing 150 additional shipwrights, smiths, engineers, and labourers to be placed on her, which necessitated several of the hands being taken off the iron frigate Achilles, 50, under c_onstruction, as well as an additional number of men from the smithery. Both decks are now swarming with workmen. The cupola and furnaces for preparing the molten iron and heating the red hot shot are being fixed on board near the engines, which required some slight alterations to adapt them for use in connexion with the furnaces. At the rate in which the work is now proceeding, it is expected that the Defence will be ready to leave Chatham at the end of the present, or the commencement of next week. Her guns, shot, and shell are all on board. The Scourge, 6, paddle, Commander the Hon.W. G. Ward, arrived at Spithead from the Meditere ranean yesterday morning, having sailed from Gib raltar on the 18th inst. Previous to leaving Gib raltar the Scourge towed the Doris frigate clear of the bay, starting on her return voyage to Malta. At lying, when the Scourge Gibraltarleft, her Majesty'sthere s w h e i p re s Queen, Amphion, Scylla, and Firebrand. The naval invalids brought home in the ship were transferred to the Victory, and the Scourge received orders to proceed round to Wool wich to pay off, taking round with her the case of sculpture for the British Museum which she received on board in the harbour of Canea. She had steam up at sunset, and was expected to sail immediately afterwards. The Shannon, 50, screw, Capt. Wainwright, re ceived T derayo9l:dremove from Spithead a berth at the mouthiirAitfiampt*Wifef:' The Investigator, paddle Steamer, Lieut.-Com mander B. L. Lefroy, which arrived at Spithead on Saturday from Woolwich, on her way to the Coast of Africa, yesterday went into Portsmouth harbour tofill up coal prior to resuming her voyage. The fine screw corvette Rattlesnake, 21, 400 horse power, fitting at Chatham, bent sails yesterday, and as all her guns and most of her sea stores are on board a few days will see her completed and ready either for the pennant or the first division of the steam reserve. The Rattlesnake differs from the Racoon, 21, and some ethers of the class of screw corvettes, in having the whole of her armament on her upper or spar deck, instead of her main deck_ She is also fitted with four catheads, in order that her anchors may be suspended further aft, to bring her down more at the stern. A number of addi tional dockyard labourers were placed on her yes terday to hasten forward her completion. She has shipped the whole of her shot and shell. The War Department transport Marlborough went alongside the Ordnance wharf at Chatham yesterday, and lauded the remainder of the guns, shot, and shell from the paddlewheel steamer Ter rible, 21, Captain Glasse. C. 8., which is ordered to be paid off on the 4th February. _ . The works in connection with the construction of the paddlewheel steamer Salamis, 836 tons, 250 horse power, building under the first shed at Chat ham, which were suspended a short time since on the threatened hostilities were America, were re sumed yesterday. A number of shipwrights have commenced planking this fine steamer, which is as long as many of our line-of-battle ships, although only intended to mount four Armstrong guns, She is diagonally constructed, and is built almost en tirely for speed, the Admiralty intending her for a despatch gun vessel. Large supplies of munitions of war continue to arrive at the Ordnance stores, Chatham, almost daily. Yesterday the War Department transport Thames completed landing upwards of 1,200 cases of the 100-pounder Armstrong segment shells, toge ther with a quantity of miscellaneous war stores, from the factory at Woolwich. The Baltic, Ord nance transport, also landed 10 of the large 100- pounder. Armstrong guns, with sights, screws, car riages, &c., complete, and one 12-pounder Arm strong. The issue of the new 70-pounder Arm strongs has not yet been commenced at Chatham, that description of gun not being at present kept in store, though a larger supply will shortly be re ceived from Woolwich. The Lords of the Admiralty yesterday made the following promotions for special service :—Com mander David Spain to be Capt. for zealous and active service rendered by him in conveying to and disembarking troops in Canada ; ComMander Richard Vesey Hamilton to be •Capt. for zealous and active service rendered by him as senior officer on the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador, and afterwards at Halifax ; Lieut. Thomas Alexis de Wahl to be Commander, for active, zealous, and gallant conduct in the suppression of the slave trade on the coast of Africa. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : Engineers —George Trevess (chief), George M. Dooley, W. H. Wivil (first-class assistant), R. IV. Meiklejohn Joseph Bamford (acting second-class ditto), to the Euryalus. (acting first-class assistant), THE 4RMY Y. The embarkation of the 45th Regiment on board the Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt. J. Seccombe, at Portsmouth, has been postponed till to-morrow. The regiment will march from Aldershot to Farn borough station, whence they leave by special train menthe Roy al Artillery, with whom Hi ma laya at Dublin she will take on board two offi eriment disembarking from the she will return to Portsmouth. a c t 9s and a.ra 110 .0n The folloWing detachments of troops are ordered to embark on board the Peninsular and Oriental ~-i .a 31.., ~~ y ~ .Y v T HE PRESENT DISTRESS- IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row.