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Mars ton, Atkins, Misses Chapman and Mrs. Charles Kew:i t After which will be produced, with that atte - n ti o t tro com pleteness in every department by when the Christmas Annuals of this Theatre have beer, so pie-eminently dis tinguished, the New Grand Ceinic Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT; or, Old Mother Hubbard and her onderful Dog. "If a man do build a dwelling upon common land from sunset to sunrise, and enclose a pi ece o f groun d , w h ere i n there s h a ll b e a tree, a beast feedin g , a fi re ki n dl e d, a chim ney smoking, and provisions in the pot, such dwelling shall be freely held by the builder, anything herein to the con trary nevertheless notwithstanding."—Old Forest Charter. The Novel Effects and Splendid Scenery by WILLIAM BEVERLEY, Assisted by Messrs. C. Pitt, Craven, Brow, &c., &c. Masks., Symbolic Devices, Personal Appointments, and liesi' , ns for the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. T. IL TULLY. The Machin er y b y M r. Tuckr and As sistants. The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transfer. nations, by Mr. Needham, assisted by Messrs (=linden, H. Adams, 11. Langhorn, &c. The Costumes by Miss Dickin son, Mr. Lauri, and Mr. Palmer. The Gas Appointments by Mr. Hinkley. The Choregraphic Arrangements by Mr. Corn - lack. The Harlequinade and Comic Scenes by Messrs. Cornmek and B. Jones. The Perfume of the Flowers supplied by Rimmel's process. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and written by E. L. BLANCHARD. And the whole arranged and produced under the imme diate stivL , erintendence of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY. Synopsis of Scenery, Incidents, and Characters, OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE, With Rural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the Distance (Daylight). "Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, to get tact' poor Dog a bone; when she got there, the cupboard Was bare, and so the poor Dog had none."—Ancient Nur aery Legend. Old Mother Hubbard, Mr. Atkins ; Her Dog, Signor Lorenzo ; •Jack (the " M an a ll t a t tere d an d torn " ), Miss F. Hunt; the Squire, Mr. Tom Matthews; Dame Wiggins of Lee, Mr. Dixon ; Dame Trot, M r . B ars b y ; H er Won derful Cat, Master Waggles ; the Great Goose, Master Sageaninguns ; Constables, Messrs. Grib and Grab; Pariah Beadle, Mr: Bumble; Villagers, Messrs. Yokel, Pumpkin, • Whatkstkaw, Chawbacon, &c., &c . ; Rosetta (th e " M a id en Forlorn".), Miss Stuart. How Mother Hubbard has a itiartitin 4 ' party" to tea and turn out, and of the remarkable pranks played by her comical Dog—The Head, the Hat, and the Hose—The Dog's Tale and Mrs. IL's Narrative— Arrival of the Squire—Proclamation of Witch Burning— Threatened incremation of Mother Hubbard vn her own hearth, and her Mystic Flight upon a Broomstick. THE WITCHES' GLEN AND WATERFALL, in the Valley of Perfumed Flowers, by Moonlight. Miss Lanza, I fines Fatui—Mdlles. Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes, Livermore; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammilton, Stap ley, Harris Candy, Copeland, Archer, Hawkin s , D e l ane y, Wilson, Williams, Robinson, Wood, Watson, and Hamel ton. Grand Ballet, Chagne-a-Lanterns, by the Misses GUN NISS and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Invocation! The Incantation I I and the Evapora tion I r 'Lli-E VILLAGE GREEN AND ROADSIDE ALE- MOUSE. Old Grype (the Steward), Mr. Glindon ; Old Scratche (his Clerk), Mr. Tanner ; Tenantry, Messrs. Cringe, Scrape, Shaine, Cut, Packoff, Moonraker, and Runaway ; Tailor, Mr. Snipshears ; Bootmaker, Mr. Tight& ; Mum- Inks, Messrs. Grinner Joker, Magger, Cracksides, M'Phun,O'Reilly, &c.; St. George, Mr. E. Roe; the 'Dragon, Mr. Scalyfellow ; Valentine, Mr. Febbyerry ; Orson, Mr. Wildman ; Still-Walker, Mr. Longlegs; Bear- Warden, Mr. S mug gins ; the Bear, Mr. Huggins ; Land lord, Mr. T re bl ex ; Morris-Dancers, Messrs. Trip, Tap, p, Flap, &c., &c. ; Jack Padding, Mr. Merryman. How the Squire celebrates his birthday, and the Village Revel that follows—Coming of Age in the Olden Time I How the Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is rested in another—the Dog's instinct and Mother Hub - bard's i:eason. THE "CAGE" ON TIIE COMMON (Sunset). Grand Scena Comique and Pas de Broomstick, by Mother Hubbard. The Dreamer and the Worker—The Vision of Pleasure and the Division of Labour—Figures of Fun (from the Vancy-store of Dykwynkyn)—Messrs. Mason, Drainpipes, Carpenter, Rodman, Old Brick, and Young Shaver, Lilli putian Labourers, Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, Minia ture Masons, Baby Bricklayers, Short Sawyers, Dwarf Drain Makers, and Child Carpenters by a Host of Juvenile Attilkaries. No 21,715. UILDHALL, 27th January,_lB62.—The Com- VI mittee for Letting the City Lands will MEET at GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, the 12th February next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive PROPOSALS for a BUILDING LEASE, for ,0 years, of a PIECE of GROUND on the north side of Queenhithe Dock, in the City of London; also to receive Proposals of Leases of a HOUSE, No. 1;8 (late No. 9/), Goswell-street ; and a HOUSE, No. 57, Banner square, Finsbury. Plans of the property may be seen, and further particulars and forms of tender obtained, upon application at the Archi tect's Office, Guildhall. FERDTNAND BRAND, Comptraer. T HE INTERNATIONAL SUPPLEMEN TARY EXHIBITION of 1862. Although the Great Exhibition Building, now In tcht•Se of erection, covers nearly 25 acres of around, yet there remains a very large number of intending EXltlbltttra who have been necessarily excluded by the want of space. This has caused great disappointment, both at home and abroad. to Many who had made preparatiotia for the exposition of their pro ductions. To meet this want, and at the ntlnie time to give facilities for the sale of the goods whin will be collected tech all parts of the world, a Company has been formed., the Capital of which is subsciibed, for the purposr, of erectint , on a spot closely contiguous to the Great Exhibition Building, an Ornamental structure designed by Sir JOSEPH PA XI ON, where the Exhibitors Will have the advantage of a Building Ii) every respect applicable for a favourable display of their goods, and With the privilege or selling the same to the vast concourse of visitors who will inevitably be attracted to Lon don during the present year. The Building will be called "The International Supple mentary EXhibition," and will coVer about three acres of around. 'The who'e of the space for exhihition will be upon the ground floor, and upon the walls, there being no galleries, and such is the perfection of the design, that all parts will be equally well lighted. A provisional contract has been entered into with an emi nent contractor for the erection of the Building, which is to be completed, under a, heavy penalty, on or before the 15th day of May next, The charges will be— Fm- floor space l2s. per square foot. For wall space OS. 1 Persons desirous of obtaining space must apply at the Offices of the Company, having previously paid to the credit of the Trustees, at the City l3ank, Threadneedle-street, or at the Agra Bank, 27, Cannon-street, the amount payable upon the apace applied for, which will be allotted according to the priority of application. The names of the Trustees are— RO RN ItT WALTER GAItI)Eit, Alderirtart;Thair man of the City Bank. Mr. Alderman FINN'S, Director of the Agra Bank. WILLIAM JACKSON, Esq., M.P. If from an,veause the Building should not be completed, or it the space applied for should not be allotted, the amount of the deposit-money will be returned in full. Further particulars may be obtained at the Temporary Offices of the Company, 42, New Bridge-street, Blackiriars, corner of Ludgate-hill. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT, The Rat Master Longwhisker ; Th e C at, Mi ss Mouser The Deg, By Himself; The Cow, M a d ame B r i ndle; The Priest (" All shaven and. shorn"), Mr. Jollyman; The Cock (" That crowed in. the Morn") Master Cocky-doodle doo, Realisation of the famous Picture in the National Gal lery of Little Britain, taken (by permission) for Boys, from a rare work in the collection of Master Smith, London. FROGPOOL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight). " Will o' the Wisp," composed by J. H. Tully, Esq. How the Squire goes Hunting and loses his way and his temper, and what follows in consequence—Another curious instance of Canine sagacity—Bull-frogs, Masters Hop, Skip, Jump, Creak, &c. SQUASH-HOLLOW SWAMP AND BED OF BULRUSHES. How the Squire comes to grief and afterwards to repent ance, and how Jack is recognised as the rightful heir—The reward and harmonious movements of the Fairies on a Grand Chromatic Scale towards WILL 0' WISP'S HOME BENEATH THE WATERFALL. The Transformation. harlequins 3lest.s. CORMACK and ST. MAINE. Columbines •. • Pantaloons , Messrs. G. TANNER and MORLEY. Clowns ........ 3lessrs. FORREST and IIU LINE. Grotesque ...... Signor LORENZO. 1861-1862 . Mr. STILT. SPRITES by the RIDGWAYS and SUWELL FAMILY, Iet—EXTERIOR OF TWO SHOPS IN " UP-OR- DOWN" STREET. Messrs. lino, St. Maine, Tanner, and Miss S. Gunniss. Christmas Presents--every Man (and Boy) to his Post, even the Post-Man —Clown rides the high horse, which Provo his rock a-head—Two Young Men from the Country, and Clown gets over them—a Sewing Machine (not a poor IsTesdlewornan)—a thorough Blow out—a Man in very re duced circumstance—Clown finds the Fruits of stealing Apples in an elephantine way—a Band of Brothers--the Police in Great and Small Force—Clown gets into a row and blows up a policeman—the end of this scene is all Bustle—N.l3. Not Crinoline 2.—THE GREAT SENSATION KITCHEN. Messrs. Forrest, Cormack, Morley, and Miss Gunnies. Harlequin seeks Protection, although a Free-trader— The Cook's Guide—Clown tries to take the chair—the head ish of the table—Harlequin goes through a Deal, and Clown becomes a Board-er—Silence those dreadful Bells— Clown and Pantaloon make an ap-Peal to the Audience on the Merry Musical Bells—Pantaloon rather hard pressed— arrival of a distinguished Foreigner—Clown falls into his Own trap, and kills a Blue-bottle, which proves a bad liuzz-ness for him—a Lecture on the Gorilla, by a well known character—Clown meets with a few Friends (not Quakers)—this Scene ends at the finish of it. B.—THE INTERIOR OF A RAILWAY STATION. Eight hours at the Sea-side for 2s 6d—Duty off Paper— ' The Times" reduced and the Times on the rise—a book that takes leafe of Clown —Harlequin gets his horse from a Stall and sets up a trap, No Smoking a-Loud, only on the Quiet—Clown makes a Tremendous Christmas Tree— late arrivals—Messrs. Neverintime, Toolate, Dearme, and Blessme- 4 Clown burns his fingers (not the only person that has dono so)—Clown gives Good Bail and finds a Bale 0 goods, 4.—The SEA-SIDE. The Sands I The Sands I ! The Sands II I Come unto these yellow sands. A Sailor telling a Yarn and a boat Lying too—the Pier plaster's ap-Pierance—Clown makes a Man's hair turn sandy and pro ves hi mself in the wrong box—by a slight Miss-Take, which a certain Miss won't Take—Pantaloon gets some shell-fish in a very Selfish manner—Clown asto nishes the Natives—Sailors that use their Cut-Lasses but don't Cut Lasses when they can join with them in a National Hornpipe—Clown gets a Sensation Leader—The Great Donkey Stir St. Leger—Clown and Pantaloon's Concert—fine ears f or Music—they - fish in troubled waters —a Divided Interest—a sudden Squall (Children and all) —The latest Novelty in Parrehutes. Scene—A DISMAL SWAMP—After a storm a calm appears, a HARLEQUIN'S HOME ON HIS THRONE OF SPLENDOUR. Doors open at half-past Six, to commence at Seven o'clock. Tickets for Boxes, Pit, and Galleries, may be bad at the Box Office beforo the opening. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. F, F, P S ' S COCO A. (Commonly called Epps's Homoeopathic Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo rating power of thi s preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. }lb., jib., and lib Packets, at Is. 6d. per lb., by Grocers. Dll. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: II MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMA TO RRIHE NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price le., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, forl 2 stamps, I'l ANIIOOII : the CAUSE and CURE o f PRE - MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L . Comm, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY cIiArTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTHR ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhcca and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. C El AI" ElI 111.—A Review of the various Disqualifications 01 Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, th e Follies of Mid vrity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CIIAPTEI:S IV. and V. ou the modern Treatment of Conorrhoca and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting aces, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF TILE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly va l ua ble work, and Should be in the hands of young and old.' —" Sunday Times," 7ld ?March, 1858. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases Which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from nervous excitement and de • bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann. 59, Cornhill. H ure of cOnglitatioll-10 to 3 and 6 to g • Sundays, 10 1311 2, • 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, i .oss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike o Society, Spermatorrhcca, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axatlon, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature Leath ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health :nd vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob •ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope Ind two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITII, M.D., b, Burton 'rescent, Tavistock-square, London. W.C. - DR. JORDAN'S APHRODISION. 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It regenerates all the important ele ments of the human frame (when emasculated by youthful indiscretions), and enables man to fulfil his most sacred obli gations. "It is available for the most varied uses in the body." " The peculiar characters of this substarce, fitting it for vital uses." Extracts from the " Cornhill Magazine" on the subject of Phosphorus, April, 1861. • "As phosphorus in a state of nature illumines the dark ness, so the exhausted frame revives when impregnated with its electrical properties." - • Prices : lie, per bottle, or four lls. bottles in one, 335. ; and in cases containing three 335. bottles, £5, which saves £1 12a. To be had direct from 20, George-street, Hanover-square ; from Barclay and Son, 75, Farringdon-street ; Newbery, 45, St. Paul's-churchyard; Sanger,lso, and Hannay, 63, Oxford street; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Hooper, 4 3 , King William street, London-bridge; Howd. n, iB, Graceehurch-street ; Prout, 229, Strand; and of all chemists throughout the world. Prepared at the Laboratory of Robert J. Jordan, M.D., Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England ; Licen tiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, &c. &c.; author of ~.. THE INTERNATIONAL SUPPLEMEN TARY EXHIBITION, No APPLICATION for SPACE in this Building can be entertained after SATURDAY, the 15th February instant. TURIN AND SAVONA RAILWAY COM PANY, with a BRANCH to ACQUI. (Socidte Anonyme With Limited Liability and Shares to Bearer.) Concession for 99 year•, CAPITAL.-I►LAIN LlNE.—Shares, X 800,000; Subventions (or Free Gift trom Government and Communes), £180,000; Obligations, £760,000 ; Total, £2,040,000. BRANCH TO ACQUl.—Obligations specially secured by Go vernment Guarantee, £368,000. The Share Capital is divided into 40,00 o shares of 5001, (.£2O) each, Interest at 6 per cent. during construction, payable 111 London at 251. exchange. Deposit on application 41, and £1 on Allotment. It is pro vided that no more than £6 per share will be called up in any one year, but Shareholders will be at liberty to pay up their shares in advance at any time. Interest at 6 per cent. per annum will be payable on all such advances. PRE SIDEN T. Signor Ratazzi, President of iiti . ehamber of Deputies. VICE-PRESIDENT. Signor Paleocapa, Senator (late Minister of Public Works). COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION IN TURIN, Signor Ifoingini, Director of the National Bank, Turin. Marquis de Cavour, Member of the Chamber of Deputies. Count Cossilla, Syndic of Turin, Member of the Chamber of Deputies. Count Corsi, Syndic of Savona, Member of the Chamber of Deputies. Chevalier Genero, President of the Bank of Discount, Turin, Member of the Chamber of Deputies. Colonel Pescetto, Royal Engineer Department, Member of the Chamber of Deputies. General Solaroli, Aide-de-Camp of the King of Italy, Mem ber of the Chamber of Deputies. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. William Walter Cargill, Esq., Director of the Oriental Bank, Chairman. Coleridge J. Kennard, Esq., 4, Lombard-street, Vice- Olaf rman. William Dent., jun., Esq. (late of the firm of Messrs. Dent and Co., - Hong Kong). W. B. Greenfield, Esq., Director of the Pernambuco Rail way Company. Patrick D. Hadow, Esq., Director of tne Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. John Began, Esq., 11, New Broad-street. Alexander Mackenzie, Esq. (late of the firm of Arbuthnot and Co., Madras). Bonamy Price, Esq., 11, Princes-terrace, Princes-gate. W. Gordon Thomson, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the South Eastern Railway Company. Major-General Tremenheere, late Bengal Engineers. BANRERs IN LONDON. : 11, 11NPr'''' Messrs. lleywOOd, Kennards, and Co., 4, Lombard-strect. BANKERS IN TURIN. The National Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Wilkinson, Stevens, and Wilkinson, 4, Nicholas-lane. BROKER. Lewis 11. llaslewood, Esq., 7, Lothbury. SECRETARY. John Wilson Pillans, Esq. LONDON OFFICES. 61, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street. The Italian Government has granted to this Company the definitive Concession for the Railway frcm Turin to Savona, with a branch to Acqui, by means of which branch the most direct access 117111 be secured to the Mediterranean from the whole system of Italian Railways; whilst the sea-coast line now being constructed from Nice to Genoa will complete the connexion with all the Railways of France. The leading features of the Concession are :- 1. The use of the Government line from Turin to Car magnola, 10 miles, subject only to a toll of 10 per cent. of the gross receipts. 2. A Government Subvention, or free gift, of 10,000.000 f. (£400,000). , 3. A Communal Subvention of 2,000,0001. (.C80,000). 4. A Government guarantee of a minimum receipt of £1,600 per mile per annum on the branch to Acqui. The distance from Turin to Savona i5....90 The length of the branch line to Acqui...3o „ Total 120 miles. Responsible contractors, from whom substantial guarantees will be taken, have engaged to execute the whole work, in cluding purchase of land, stations, rolling stock, and all in cidental expenses, together with payment of interest at 6 per cent. on the capital during construction, for the sum of £2,408,000, being at the rate of £20,000 per mile over the entire distance ; but as the subventions of £480,000 will come in aid of this a.mount,rthe real cost of the Railway to the share holders is virtually reduced to £16,0(.0 per mile. The population adjacent to the line amounts to 250 inhabi tants per kilometre, whilst the population of the seven Southern Departments traversed by the great line from Paris to the Mediterranean does not exceed 80 inhabitants per kilometre. The gross annual receipts on the Italian State Railways exceed £2,5f0 per mile per annum. The concurrent testi mony of the Government Commissions and the Chamber of Commerce of Savona shows that a traffic at the rate of £2,300 per mile may be confidently reckoned on this line from the commencement, and that the gross revenue may be expected rapidly to rise to £2,800 per mile per annum. Assuming a traffic of £2,300 per mile only, the gross annual receipts on 120 miles will be £276,000; from which deduct Working Expenses at 45 per cent.(which is above the G overn ment average) on 101 miles constructed by the Company, .£0 7,640 ; Toll to the Government on 16 miles, £3,700 ; Rent of Station at Turin, £6OO • Total, £111,940. Leaving a net profit of £164,069. Out of ihis amount there will be required for the payment of interest on the obligations at 6 per cent., £67,680 ; Sinking Fund for repayment of ditto, £5,640 ; Total, £73,320. Leaving £90,740 profit for the shareholders, equiva lent to a dividend of more than 10 per cent. During the construction of the line, interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum will be paid half-yearly on all instal ment from the date of the respective payments. One-half of the Share Capital having been taken in Italy, the remaining half, viz., 20,000 Shares, is now offered to the English Public. Prospectuses and Forms of Applications for Shares may be obtained on application to the London D rectors at the Com pany's Offices, or to Mr. Lewis 11. Ilaslewood, 7, Lothbury, London. No application will be entertained if sent in after Saturday, the Bth inst. London, Feb. 1, 1862. "NERVOUS EXHAUSTION," its cause and cure, decline of manly power and Consequent obstacles to wedded life, with an Essay on true and false Spermatorrhcea, price 2s. 6d., by post 2s. 10d. Also a TREATISE on the DISEASES of the RECTUM, with the Author's new mode of treatment, without the use of the knife, ligature, or cauterisation, price 2s. Cd., by post Likewise SKIN DISEASES and their REMEDIES, con taining the modern treatment (as adapted at the Hospital St. Louis, Paris), and for the cure of those diseases so preva lent in a high state of civilisation, price 2s. 6d., by post 2s. 10d. To be had of the Author, who is registered under the New M e dical Act (see Medical Register), and who has devoted his exclusive studies to the above diseases, and is the discoverer of the Aphrodision, 29, George-street, Hanover-square, Lon ys iHijill I. ours of consultation f rom 11 to 1, and 5 to 8; Lon don Wda THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1862. PUBLICATIONS. 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Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. NOTICE. —A STRANGE STORY ;by the Author of "Rienzi," "My Novel," &c., will be ready on Satsrday next, at all Libraries and Booksellers in the Kingdom. London : Sampson Low, Son, and Co., 47, Ludgate-hill. "BLACK BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY." Price 2d., or 3s. for Twenty-five, HOW shall we BEST COMMEMORATE, on AUGUST 24, 1862, THE 81-CENTENARY of the ACT of UNIFORMITY? A Plea for Truth, and Peace, and Love. First published in "Evangelical Christendom" for January, 1862. _ By CIIARLES GIRDLESTONE, M.A„ Rector of Kingswinford, Staffordshire. London: W. J. Johnson, 121, Fleet-street, E.C. T HE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITIPS " 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 18 lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., ON SPERMATORILHCE A. By F. B. COURTIWAY, And formerly Surgeon to the ➢letropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. Thes2 objects arc discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. T HE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. 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OPINIONS OF TIIE PRESS. ” The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the p•actical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, N0v.12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Bath 09, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician; lie has now preived himself to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as he has established, fit 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 estaolished, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever :feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on coming out of a Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct. 13, 1861. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "AT HOME," At tier Majesty's Concert Rodin; Hay Market. Every }Whiting (except Saturday), at Right. Wednesday anti Saturday Mornings at Tlirtie. 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Grenet. . . price than they could hate been obtained at if the Goic,rpment naval officers had been employed to purchase then). The proeeedings in Congress on Jan. 15 and 16 were unimportant. On the 17th, in the Senate ; the joint resolution from the house declaratory of the purpose of Con gress to impose taxes which will yield 150,000,000 of revenue was adopted, Mr. Powell alone Toting against it. In the House of Representatives Mr. Stevens re' ported the West Point Academy Appropriation, and stated that ho had been informed that numerous libelling letter writers had been finding fault with the Committee of Ways and Means for not reporting an equitable tax bill. The committee, however, ho said, were gathering facts, and worked for hours after attending to business in the house. He desired to say the criticisms and libels of the press would not make them move one minute faster than a due regard to public interests would permit. The Fortification Appropriation Bill as originally reported was passed. It appropriates between five and six millions dollars for completion of defensive works already commenced. No definite financial plan appears yet to have been determined upon by the Government. A bill is now before Congress punishing with death persons guilty of fraud in army contracts. The correspondent of the Cincinnati Times states that Mr. Cobden has written a letter to General Scott, expressing his opinion that if the rebellion is not crushed before April next, England will be com pelled by the popular clamour of the manufacturing interests to open the cotton ports. The New York Pribune of the 19th publishes the following _ _ " Washington, Jan. 17. " Very important news from Mexico has been re ceived. Before the adjournment of Congress Juarez formed a new and stronger Cabinet which gave general satisfaction. It is constituted as follow : State, General Doblado : Interior, Senor Yerran ; War, General Hinojosa ; Finance, Senor Gonzalez Escheverria. "The Department of Public Works is absorbed ,n that of Finance, and the Department of Justice in ,hat of the Interior. " Senor Yerran was formerly Governor of Aguas calientes, and held the portfolio of the Interior in Comonfort's administration. " The new Minister of War, General Hinojosa, played a distinguished part in the last revolution, " The Minister of Finance is a new man from State Zacatecas. " Soon after his appointment, General Doblado, in the name of his government, issued a proclama tion, closing the port of Vera Cruz, then in posses sion of the Spaniards, to foreign trade, recommend ing the governors of states to respect the rights of foreign residents, and give them as little cause of complaint as possible, increasing the regular army to 52,000 men, and calling for as many volunteers as the Government can properly furnish from their respective states. It is believed that under this call 150,000 troops will soon be in the field. Juarez was vested with full dictatorial power by Congress before its adjournment, and is heartily supported by the people. " It is believed the Spaniards will find few allies in the country. Comonfort has offered his services to the Government, which has accepted them. A general amnesty has been offered to the church party. The reactionists who still remain have almost all been subdued, or voluntarily yielded their allegiance. Marquez and Zuloaga, with a few followers, are still in the mountains. Lozada was killed in battle, and his forces were destroyed by Governor Ogezon, of the State of Jalisco. Bentron and Cajiga have been captured, and their forces dispersed or taken prisoners. " Thus supplied with men, the Government has provided means for the war by laying two direct taxes, which although heavy, were well received by the peopl9, who are desirous, at any cost, of repelling the invader. " Very likely the first battle will be at Tampico, which Juarez has determined to defend against the expected attack of the French." The following is from the New York Tithes of the 19th ult.:— "We have from Washington this morning the first indication that a forward movement of the grand army of the Potomac may be looked for to occur soon. A general order has been issued by Gen. M'Clellan notifying all persons engaged in the military service to hold themselves in readiness. The fact that about 900 Government waggons, drawn by four and six horses, were reviewed in Washington yesterday is also significant. "The Burnside expedition, however it may task our ingenuity to determine its destination, is evi dently a much greater puzzle to the enemy, besides being a great source of apprehension. The papers of Virginia and North Carolina exhibit a general uneasiness on the subject. If the preparations at Fortress Monroe indicate that Norfolk is the place aimed at, our own curiosity, as well as that of the rebels, will soon be satisfied. Whether their apprehensions will be allayed as readily is another question." A despatch, dated 12 miles from Columbus, from the correspondent of the Chicago Times, states that on the 16th a heavy reconnaissance was made by General Grant, which advanced to within five miles of Columbus without discovering the enemy. The result of the reconnaissance was a reliable know ledge of all the routes leading out of Columbus to. wards Blandville and other towns. Deserters from the rebels - represent that the force at Columbus is 40,000 men, but this is doubtless an exaggeration. From other authority it is ascertained that the rebels were in a state of great excitement on ac count of Gen. Grant's movement down the river. The reports from Cairo a few days ago in regard to the forward movement from that point seem to have been exaggerated. There was a movement of some 7,000 troops as far as Mayfield Creek, about half-way between Cairo and Columbus ; and prepa rations are going on rapidly for the general advance down the river. But it will be some time vet be fore things are ready for the assault on Columbus. Another and minor, though hardly less important movement than that, is evidently on foot. The Wheeling Intelligencer learns by passengers arriving from Paterson's Creek on the preceding evening, that rebels to the number of 2,500 had oc cupied Romney. On the night of the evacuation of Romney 400 sick had to be removed, which ac counts for the want of transportation, and the neces sity of destroying tents and provisions. We learn from the Upper Potomac that Jackson and his army 'nave disappeared entirely from the vicinity of Hancock, and it is believed they have retired to Winchester. The whole river line is re ported quiet. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, writing from Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky, under date of Jan. 10, notices the departure of Gen. Thomas, with six or seven regiments, for Somerset, or in the pursuit of Zollicoffer. The Fifth Ken tucky,Col. Beatty, were at Bucksville, en the Cum berland River, 20 miles below Columbia. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JAN. 21. Cotton dull. Middling Upland, 32c. Breadstuff; tend• ing downwards. Stocks heavy, New York Centrals, 831 Illinois, 62k. Erie, 34k. Exchange on London, 112. Gold at 21 per cent. premium. THE HARTLEY DISASTER.—The National Choral Society will shortly give a grand performance of the ora torio of " The Creation" for the benefit of the widows and orphans of Hartley. The chorus of this society, numbering nearly 700 voices, will be assisted by a complete band se lected from the Philharmonic and Opera orchestras. A committee of noblemen and gentlemen is now being fermi to assist in carrying out the views of Mr. G. W. Martin, the conductor of the society. Ladies and gentlemen willing to co-operate are requested to send in their names to the offices of the National Choral Society, 11-15, Exeter-hall. PRICE..... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. TUE CONFEDERATE FORCES. The _Richmond Examiner of the 16th has another expose of the position of the Confederate forces ‘, For a period uncertain in duration, whether of days, weeks, or months, the season commands a truce. This is the true winter. The first campaign is ended, and a time has come when it is no longer unsafe to review results and consider with candour 'he situation of our affairs. The campaign has been -p ens i ve . We have gained nothing, for strictly we hate attempt , - 4 no gain. - That we have lost comparatively itte e. al territory during th e ; I „, the difficulties of latter six mr , n;lis is due tfrsql invasion in a country like this, treeßfL4b2 tY for lime to prepare half a million of soldiers, the courage of the Southern Volunteers, and the individual cowar dice of the Northern mercenaries. It is, however, undeniable that the defensive policy, besides the moral stain on an army that awaits repeated and endless attack, and the exhaustion of a country which is the scene of war, has given the enemy an uninterrupted opportunity to prepare a gigantic host, and to arrange it at leisure, for the full trial of relative strength when the seasons permit the resumption of hostilities. While the politic leaders of the South have been reposing in dreams of approaching peace, and while our accomplished captains of Engineers have been expending their remarkable scientific ingenuity in the erection of works as wonderful and almost as extensive, and quite as valuable, as the Chinese wall, to resist in• vading forces from a given direction, the enemy have gradually and at leisure gathered up their im mense resources and concentrated their tremendous energies to envelope the Confederacy With the armies and fleets, and to penetrate the interior from some one of many alternative points. Although:they caii now do nothing, they have their geneial programme in perfect.order for execution when the weather changes in the ordinary course of the earth round the sun ; and at this moment we find our selves in the face of superior forces wherever we lock, whether to the North, the East, or the West, or the South itself. General Sydney John ston has to strain every nerve to prevent the military as well as geographical heart of the country from slipping out of his grasp. Generals Joseph Johnston and Beauregard are held by 11I‘Clellan on the Potomac as in a vice. A gigantic armament is ready to attempt the descent of the Mississippi and their fleets on the Atlantic seacoast and the Gulf are too freshly before the public attention to require remembrance. Such are the fruits of a policy purely defensive. Without even the hesitation which would come of a possible interruption, the enemy have thus surrounded the Southern Confederacy; and, if permitted to repeat as often as may be de sired their efforts to penetrate its heart, they will necessarily attain the place and the time where success awaits them. There is now but one chance of escape from the net that has been coolly drawn around us ; it is to concentrate our energy on one point and cut it through ; to convert:our defensive into an offensive war, and transfer the scene of at least a part of these hostilities to the enemy's own country. Situated as we are, it is only possible at one point, and that is Kentucky. If the force that we are dispersing to the four corners of the conti nent every day, to meet new menaces, were col lected under the hand of General Sydney Johnston till a column was formed sufficient to enable him to manoeuvre with some possibility of success over the plains of that region he might hurl back the array , in front of him at present, and penetrate the State of Ohio. The attainment of this object would ren der worthless all the plans of the enemy. The circle of armies would be in the condition of the constric tor whose back has been broken, the scene of war would be transferred to his own territory, and every one who has witnessed the ravages of armies in an) of the invaded districts of Virginia knows what a priceless blessing is designated in that brief phrase. He would be attacked beyond his defences. The alarm and confusion of the United States would paralyse its Government and its Generals, and the entire arrangement, by which we suffer now and dread great disasters in future would be imme diately reversed. We have pointed to the General commanding the Confederate forces in Kentucky as the person to whom this business should be intrusted, because he is the only one in position, at this point of the game, to undertake an advance on the enemy with probabilities of success, even if sufficient forces could be allotted to the others. No natural obstacles encumbered his path as in the case of Polk and Beauregard. A concentration of troops now em ployed on the sea-coast and at other points where no vital blow can be either given or received is all that is necessary to,him for effecting this great end, To form such a concentration it will be necessary to leave some portions of the frontier without other protection than the inhabitants of the neighbouring country can afford, but this will, in most cases, be found more than sufficient against the attacks that were only intended to withdraw our troops from real points of strategy ; and, even if otherwise, they must for a brief time be left to take their chance till the blow that will relieve them, with the whole Confederacy, can be struck where only it can be delivered. At present General Johnston confronts superior forces of the enemy under Buell, one of the most cautious, painstaking, and able Generals on the other side. General Buell has now, immediately in front of Johnston, an army of 76,000 men, and can bring to bear on us, at other given points, 30,000 more. What the Confederate commander has may not be stated, but it is probably enough to hold his present strong position against any numbers that might attack him there. But the enemy has the choice to attack him there, or to pass him on either side, get to his rear, and cut off his s upplies. This he can do by leaving- a sufficient army in front of General Johnston, while he can still send upon the right or left flank a force as large as he leaves be hind. That this is the plan of Buell is now no longer doubtful. He has placed a force of 8,000 men at Glasgow, 30 miles to the eastward of Bowling green, threatening the rear of General Johnston, while it is in easy supporting distance of two other posts held in strong force by the enemy. If the plan of Buell is successful, it may result in a great disaster. To defeat him it is absolutely necessary that more men should at once be sent to Bowling green. General Johnston must have a force sufficient to attack Buell in front with good chance of success, and by doing so will not only defeat his scheme on the centre of the Confederacy, but immediately transfer the war to the State of Ohio, and thus save the whole South from the great danger of being overrun in the fine weather of the coming spring. We are satisfied that, beyond the flittering possibilities of a foreign intervention, the only rational hope we can entertain of a speedy ter mination of this war is to be found in an offensive campaign across the Ohio, from the point that . General Johnston now defends. The best line of advance imaginable is to strike at the vitals of the North, which are the Lake i States—thats through Kentucky. The country is a plain, the people not actively hostile, supplies without stint, and the great resource of the North is beyond. The enemy understand this, and are m aking tremendous efforts to secure Kentucky to them without the possibility of escape. This seas on of inaction, from the incle mency of the sk ies, is a precious boon of P rov id ence to us. We ca n now determine on a plan, and pre pare for its execution in a short time, that will ren der naught and abortive all the costly and compli cated devices of the adversary." Th e same paper says : gs The report of the keeper of Holywood Cemetery that up to the 12th inst. MO Confederate soldiers bad been buried at that place, was one well calcu lated to induce reflections of an unpleasant nature. To account for this seeming excessive mortality among our brave defenders we may state that to within a very recent period it had been the practice in the army of the Potomac to retain all sick and disabled soldiers in the scanty and ill provided _ _____ ~, • . f IN It: W S pApE R . ...":„..:,,,::::,..-. 4 .-1---: ~...- hosptta s o at place, till , from wat 4 i kiiiiti.' s virulence of the disease, exposure, . .I:Ar r y4 ''''"._:.. 1 , - c \tiy. cause, they were past the power o Ciktia • "'-' i. When the soldier was thus reduce -!.: - ...o'' spatched to Richmond. It may in truthld stag that - that many who thus came were as good as dtad on their arrival. The parties having charge of the hospital here have shown neither want of atten tion •or skill. The soldiers, or many of them, when received, were past hope. No wonder that they died. The matter having attracted the attention of those in authority, steps have been taken tending to give the sick soldier a chance for his life, as we learn it is not contemplated in future to bundle them off from Manassas after the ssnds of life have so nearly run out as to leave the ~ , tilject one chance in a hundred of surviving the journey to Richmond. A ,hospital. with 811 the necessary adjuncts, hat; been established at or near Manassas. is this all sick and disabled soldiers will be taken • • for treatment. When sufficiently convalescent to bear the fatigue of n journey to this place, aud not L efore, he vi ill be sent down in the sick train to be either cured, killed, or discharged here. This is as it should be." - - S7'. 71102L1 S'S HOSPIYAL. (From the Time' Gift Articl e. ) The following relates to the Charing-cross Bail way and St. Thomas's Hospital :-- " Charing-cross Railway, London.bridge Station, Feb. 1, 1862. "Sir,—The letter signed ' A,' inserted in your City Article of Thursday last, being calculated to mislead the public as to certain matters of fact in reference to the affairs of the Charing-crone Railway and St. Thomas's Hospital,. I have to request that you will do me the favour to insert • the following corrections in the same place. "1. The offer which your correspondent refers to as having been made by the hospital a month ago, to give the company possession of the land required for their purposes..' was only made on the eXpress condition that the title of the hospital was accepted, a proceeding which the Lord Chan cellor intimated, on giving his judgment upon the appeal heard before him on Wednesday last, would be placing the 7, company under duressc in this respect, and was a coursete could not approve of. His fiords were, ttl4ase " 'Motives of humanity-dictate that a reasonable 'tinfir"--": : should be allowed to you to go, and, if I saw a proceeding on the part of the company that really would interfere with your having that reasonable time, that would, of course, very much incline me against them ; but if I find a pro ceeding on your part which is to exclude them from every portion of the land, until by the duresse of that exclusion you have compelled them to adopt some course of conduct for perfecting the title which you think it right to dic tate, that is a proceeding which I cannot altogether ap prove of.' "2. With reference to the further statement of your correspondent, that the governors obtained a resolution from Parliament admitting the fact 'that the construction of the railway must destroy the hospital,' I have only to observe that the resolutions which stand recorded in the Journals of Parliament are precisely to the contrary effect. It is true the governors endeavoured to impress that view on the minds of the committees, but whether they succeeded - let the following resolution of the Commons' Committee serve to indicate : " The committee are unable to adopt the opinion of the Governors of the Hospital,—that the construction of the railway as proposed necessitates the entire removal of the hospital to another site, however expedient such removal may be; but the committee consider that it is a case for liberal compensation, on account of the injurious effect on the north wing as now occupied, the risk of some annoyance being occasionally felt in other parts of the hospital, and the probability of a rearrangement being required of the other hospital premises. If the Governors should consent to the compensation being named by the committee, they will name a sum, or otherwise they will leave the case to the operation of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, or to arbitration, as the Governors may prefer. The committee, moreover, think that in case the Governors shall accept any of these propositions, and decide on not opposing the Bill in its future stages, the expense hitherto incurred by the Governors should be borne by the company.' "It is also right to allude to another statement made id your City Article of Saturday last, to the effect that a con siderable portion of the money required for the purchase of the hospital property is reported to have been lent to the company by the Bank of England for that purpose, on secu rity furnished by the South-Eastern Company. That report is:entirely Without foundation. " I am, Sir, yours truly, "S. SMILES, Secretary. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH REVIVED. (Frohl the Oliqyre,..) There is reason to believe that attempts will shortly be made to connect England with America once more by the electric telegraph, and this time with greatly increased prospects of permanent sue eess. Re cent occurr ences have impressed the go vernments of England and of the United States with the enormous importance of such a means of com munication, and it is not too much to say that, had an electric telegraph existed between the two con tinents, the affair of the Trent would not have been attended with those serious apprehensions which we have witnessed ; would have saved the vast ex penditure which our government incurred ; would have prevented the depreciation of property in both countries to the amount of millions, and that inter ference with commerce and manufactures which resulted from the ill-judged and unauthorised con duct of Captain Wilkes. The President and govern ment of the United States are fully sensible of the importance and value of telegraphic communication, and of the possibility of providing it, that they have decided upon giving every support in their power to any well considered project of that kind. The government of the United States have in the most liberal manner offered to subscribe one-half of the sum whicfi would be required for making the cable, and give the use of vessels of their navy in assisting to lay it, provided the British government will grant the remaining portion of the sum. Mr. Cyrus Field, who took so active a part in reference to the former Atlantic telegraph, has, we are informed, undertaken a mission to this country, for the pur pose of inducing the British government to act in a spirit of equal liberality and co-operating with this friendly offer on the part of the United States. As further evidence of the friendly spirit which has actuated this offer the government of the United States are perfectly content that the telegraph should have its terminus on British territory, as that will afford the nearest point of communication with England or Ireland. Any arrangements that would be entered into between the two governments would of course provide for the efficient working and use of the line, and would guarantee its protection by both countries in the event of hostilities. We are at a loss to see upon what grounds our Government can refuse to respond favourably to the offer, which, if not already made, will shortly be submitted to its consideration. The cost of the cable, calculated with the greatest amount of care, and with every improvement, would not be greater than that which was expended on the line from Malta to Alexandria, and which was wholly defrayed by the Government. Our interests with the American continent are not less important than those with India, and even if greater import ance were to be attached to our Eastern possessions, it would only render still more necessary a line a cross seeing that, with the telegraphs which already h ' t on the Am er i can con ti nen t, and tLtylan exist iwhich now extend to the Pacific coast, it wou!d afford a means of rapid and valuable communication from the West with China and our Indian empire. The house of Mr. G. P. 'colas, at Manchester, which suspended during the crisis among the Greek firms last year, has resumed business, having paid all liabilities in full, with interest, thus adding another to the numerous instances of the intrinsically substantial character of the business and assets of these firms. 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A British steamer is reported by the Houston Telegraph, of the Ist to have arrived in a Texan port, laden with 45 tons of powder, 700,000 caps, 5,000 cannon primers,,and a Considerable amount of coffee, dry goods, bagging, rope, & c . The New York papers report the death of Cap tain Leander Starr, forMerly of the British service, and late of the 13th Wisconsin Volunteers. General M'Clellau had resumed active duties. He had an interview on the 17th with the Com mittee on the Conduct of the War, whi c h i s th us reported : " Without entering into any details of his plans, he convinced the members of the committee that the result which all desire—the suppression of the rebel lion and the end of the war—will be attained with certainty, and even more despatch than the most sanguine were inclined to believe. " General M'Clellan's firm and dignified position, taken before the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, has produced a most wonderful change in his favour. His startling narrative of the detail work of raising, equipping, and drilling the army showed him to be a man of I‘C T l h e e lla t n en h e as e a f ltogether changed, geniussentiment and wond p er u f b u l l ie e towards v eGeneral y growing out of the sudden rig ht about face of certain Congressmen towards him since his appearance before the committee. Men who claim to be states men have been howling against General M'Clellan for weeks in a manner that would be unbecoming in boys, mainly because they did not understand all his secrets, and, secondly, because the committee failed to obtain from one of M'Clellan's generals a statement of the plans of the General-in-Chief. The general alluded to, when called before the committee, was asked if he had ever been invited by General M'Clellan to a council of War. He replied that he had. " Committeeman —Do you think G en . M'Clellan has any plan of operations ? " General—l know he has. " Committeeman—Has he ever submitted his plans to any Council of War that you have at tended ? " General—He has. "Committeeman—Will you please state to the Committee what General M'Clellan's plans are P "General—No, sir; not until I am ordered to do so by General M'Clellan. " This prompt and soldierlike reply brought the committee suddenly to the consideration of the fact that they were meddling with affairs that did not concern them, and about which they had no busi ness to interfere. The General in question was discharged, and returned over the Longbridge to the head-quarters of his division. The foreboding and dissatisfaction at the inactivity of the army, which was recently apparent here, is rapidly dis appearing before the evidence of energetic prepa rations for a grand blow at the vitals of the rebel lion.- The people who were wont to murmer at the seeming delay, the reason for which they did not understand, now begin to perceive a glimmering of the wisdom of preparation as a means of insuring success. Confidence in the Commanding-General is constantly increasing." The appointment of Mr. Stanton as Secretary of War has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate in executive session. The appointment seems to meet with general public approval. rM. Cameron has been confirmed Minister to Russia. The Evening Post says that private letters from Charleston state that only on e o f the banks in that city was burned in the late fire. The Mills House reported burned was saved ; none of the business portion of the city was destroyed. The New York legislature has passed resolutions in favour of the State assuming the collection of its quota of national taxes. The .New York Herald of Jan. 18 has the follow ing on the " situation ": "There is nothing new to report from the Army of the Potomac. The severity of the weather still precludes drilling the troops in large force, but the evening parades are kept up in the different regi ments. Some of the remaining vessels of the Burn side Expedition left Hampton roads on Thursday. They comprised the bark John Tracks, with D'Epi neuil Zouaves on board, the schooner Colonel Slat terly, with the signal corps, the hospital attached to the expedition, and severai:other vessels. Cclonel Harvey Brown opened fire from Fort Pickens on the Ist inst. on the rebel steamer Times, while loading stores at the Pensacola Navy Yard. He was provoked to adopt this course by the fact that the rebel batteries at Pensacola had been firing for some days previous at our small craft: The rebels returned the fire, several of their shell bursting within Fort Pickens, but wounding only one man. The firing was continued until evening, when the last shot came from Colonel Brown's guns. One of the shots from Fort Pickens made a breach in Fort Barrancas, and during the day the town of War rington was set on fire by our shells, and continued to burn until the night of the 2d, when the Rhode Island left. With regard to the expedition at Ship. Island, in the Mississippi Sound, we learn, by way of Fortress Monroe, that the gunboats St. Louis, New London, and Waterwitch, had proceeded to wards Biloxi on the 31st of December, and that at latest accounts the New London was returning with three schooners in tow, evidently prizes taken from the rebels. The steamer Rhode Island, from Galveston, which brought this news to Fortress Monroe, captured the rebel schooner Venus, off Galveston, bound for Franklin, Louisiana, with a cargo of tin, lead, copper, and wood, from Port Isabel, valued at 10,000 dols. She was sent to Ship Island. The expedition down the Mississippi River from Cairo is being rapidly reinforced, but no skirmish with the rebels had taken place up to last night. The columns of Generals M'Cler nan, Cook, Rame, and Grant, have all united at a point twelve miles from Columbus. It is stated in the Louisville Journal on the authority of its Mumfordsville correspondent, that the rebels were destroying all the ponds and wells in that vicinity, by throwing dead cattle into them, in order to deprive the Union troops of water suitable for drinking. The movement of trocps from Saint Louis to Cairo is considerably retarded by the ice, which prevents the ferry boats from crossing the river. The weather was moderating yesterday, how ever, and a prospect of a breaking up of the ice was presented." The Government Contract Investigating Commit-. tee are said to have discovered immense frauds in the contracts for army supplies, the same horses having in some cases been sold twice to Govern ment, each time for double their value. The Secretary of the Navy has sent to Congress an elaborate defence of his employment of Mr. Mor gan to purchase vessels at New York for the Go vernment, stating that by the means he employed I the Government obtained all their vessels at a lower