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• , - • „ . 6- 7 - ( 1- r a Et 11 7 11 % _ . 0 Fri, , 1)', : 1 :::?1 ,10 6:r111 - 1: , 1 1, 0 8 j Vcl,2:) r S rl lZ4r,. 4•S*a • z • Thi , . he; 1 : trglo - - _ rT.TNT)--TT;c7 1:1-0 17;p 1, , • 7 4 ::: 1 1 .171 4 1 ' 11 '.' :::, 2: 0 1: kl:4:r r :' "11:1:161111;41:14.'' ' were daily dying by hundreds the Gore ell /- 411 Plik. / A )0.14 ( A f\ _ ' ness the PRINCE CONSORT.—At. a PUBLI( • ;:".' MEETING, I,ld in the EGYPTIAN BALL, Mansion , • • House, on TUESDAY, the 14th January, 1852, i• /- 41, ' ir k • , ", 0 4 , _ The Right Hon. WM. CUEITT, the Lord Mayor, in the N. /: EtN\ osc , ~i- I hmk„l‘ A c is —% Chair, _ • ..... • ) + The following resolutions were unanimously carried : not show the common humanity of t. measure of instituting a medical commission to exa mine the camps, and, if possible, check the progress and ravages of disease ? Why was it that, when the Government had control of the whole line of trans portation from the Carolinas and Louisiana to the depots at Manassas and Centreville, and could have bought sugar in New Orleans at 3c., it permitted our army tcksuffer for months for rice, sugar, and molasses, and winked at the practice of buying sugar from the sutlers at 40c. a pound ? Why is it that to-day the Government reeks not what it reads and tolerates habits of intemperance among officers end the disuse of regimental drills in our army on the Potomac ? All of these acts of omission and negligence, which have contributed to the demo ralisation of on: army, might have been avoided. It is not too late to repair them. We are firmly convinced that the reform of the condition of our army, with a wise and firm hand, and the holdirg out of rewards, not to avarice or idleness, but to the true patriotic enthusiasm of our country in the pro spect of an active military policy and of a share of military glory, will provide the best security for re enlistment and the most successful stimulant to vo lunteering. We are firmly convinced that no other measures will restore the spirit of the volunteer and enthusiasm of the country." From Venezuela we learn that Paez was still in power, but that Monagas had taken possession of two or three towns. Moved by th Lord Bishop_of LONDON, seconded by Colonel WILSON : "That this meeting, deeply deploring the irreparable loss the ceuntry has sustained by the lamer) , ed death of his late Reyal highness the Prince C nsort, whose powerful and ulated mind, and great abi i ie , have tor more than 20 years been mice sing) , devoted to improving the condition of the hu her classes, and to the developm , nt and exten sion of cience and art, and to the judicious education and tra'n eg of the Royal Fami , y, is of opinion that a lasting Memorial sh, uld be erected, commemorative of his many Virtues, and expressive (f the gratitude of 'he people." N° 21.703 PRICE ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. PU it will be found that these are all the prizes they will or. can gain for =an enormous expenditure. Wherever the water is deep enough for their large ships to get within range of the hasty and insuffi cient seacoast defences of the South, they can cer tainly batter them down and land their troops. But then will end their barren glory. Whenever they attempt to march a column into the land it will inevitably come to grief. The causes are easily seen. The seacoast can never furnish a sufficient basis of operations for an efficient attack on a State in arms, unless the whole power and force of the nation that makes it is employed in the adventure. If the North could give up its whole line of land operations, take all its armies of the Potomac, Mis souri, and Ohio in vessels and transport them to the shores of Carolina, they might make with success the inroads they have planned. But we need fear nothing from columns of 10,000, 15,000, or 20,000 Bull Runners when they leave their vessels even for a distance of two miles. In no part of the Southern country, even if they could make such descent unknown and unheralded, would they find a land so destitute of men as to become their prey. We may be content and happy when we hear of similar efforts, from the rational assurance that they will arrive at parallel catastrophes. The fear that some minds entertain of the Northern fleet, and the consequences of its operations in the South, are not less without foundation than the security or indiffer ence which the firstaccount of its sailing received were without justification. That fleet can do mischief to the villages of the coast, but is without power to inflict a vital or even a disabling wound upon the Confederacy itself. It will cost the Northern Union many millions of money, and many a fine ship ; it will ravage a half-dozen small towns, and cause some good cotton to be burnt. But whenever the popular outcry of the North forces the generals who have charge of it to risk an advance of the smallest and mildest sort in any part of the interior country, we will have our revenge, and our enemies will get the reward of insolence and cowardice. The troops sent on this expedition, and borne by the transports at tached to it, are, like all the troops in the field, raw and undisciplined. Now, here, as elsewhere, when ever the untrained volunteers of the South meet the untrained volunteers of the North, with an equality of numbers and commanders, the defeat of the lat ter may be assumed as a certainty. The repeated trials and proofs of this war leave no possible doubt of the individual superiority of the Southern man over the Northern man in a personal combat, and this superiority is still the only element in the battles fought between the two nations. This is our security against the fleet and army which oper rates this winter on the Southern coast. It is also our perfect and absolute defence for the present against the great force collected along our Northern frontier. So long as the armies of the Union and of the Confederacy are both composed of recruits we stand in no danger, and need entertain no appre hensions. The dark hour of our trial has not yet come. It will come whenever M'Clellan has sue ceeded in converting his Yankees into the involun tary machines known to the military science as regiments, brigades, and divisions. This is the end that he proposes to himself. This is the secret of his long delay. This is the work of his hands and his head at this moment. He may succeed in ex ecuting it completely. The most cowardly indi viduals of the most unwarlike race, when long sub jected to a rigid and methodical discipline, can be amalgamated into bodies which act with the certainty and insensibility of combinations of iron and brass moved by steam and direc • ted by one human hand. There is no reason to suppose that the people of the United States are exceptions to the rule that holds good with Hindoos Muscovites, and Malays. Their separate pol troonery can be overcome by the power of military organization, and then the courage of our segre gated soldiery—however noble—may be broken like the wave on a mass of stone. Here lies the true danger of the future. While the North relies on discipline we trust still to individual superiority ; and, however brilliant the results that the last has hitherto gained, and may still secure, it will be found in the end as inefficient on the American Continent and in the 19th century as it has ever been in all other ages and all other lands." The same paper of the 2d gives a dismal account of the condition of the Confederate army on the Potomac : Moved by Lo;d STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE, SCCOTIded by WESTERN WOOD, , M.P.: - - - - • EDITED EY LADY CAROLINE ELIOT. Now ready, 1 vol., with an Illustration, as., bound, WHAT CAN IT BE Or, The Fact Family Travelling Incognito. " That the memorial recommended should be of a monu mental and national cha'•r+cter, .nd that its design and mo e 0' execution be approved by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen." Moved by Baron LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD, M.P., seconded by the Hon. GEORGE DENMAN, M.P. : - - - Edited by Lady CAROLINE ELIOT. Hurst and Blackea, 13, Great Mariborough-street. " That committees throughout the United Kingdom be formed to raise subscriptions for the proposed memorial, and that all her Majesty', , subjects be invited to subscribe." Moved by HARVEY LEWIS, Esq., M.P., seconded by P. LE NEVE FOSTER, Esq.:— " That a committee be formed, consisting of the following noblemen and gentlemen, to carry into effect the foregoing resolutions, with power to add to their number, and that the - Right Hon. the Lord Mayor be President of the same and Treasurer of the fund." Moved by the Earl of_COVENTftY, seconded by SAMUEL MORLEY, EBGI : " That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor for convening and presiding over the same." President—The Right Hon. WM. CUBITT, Lord Mayor. COMMITTEE Th eR ight Hon. an cl R ight ev. the Lard Bishop of London. The Right Hon. the Liird Stratford de Redcliffe. Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T. The Earl of Coventry. Lo.d G. Gordon Lennox, M.P. L Ord Elcho, M.P. The Hon. G. Denman, M.P. The Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P. The Hon. J. S. Wortley. Sr Moses Montefiore, Bart. Sir Morton Peto, Bart., M.P. Sir Thos. Phillips. Sir E. A ntrobus. Bart. Sir C. Wen'worth Dilke, Brt. The-Very Rev. Dr. Millman, Dean °f St. Paul's. The Baron L. de Rothschild, Mr. Alderman Copeland, Kr- Mr. Alderman Wilson. Sir F. G. Moon. Bart., Alder man. SirJ.MusFirrove,Bt., Alderman Mr. Alderman Salomons, M.P. Mr. Alderman Rose. Mr. Alderman Phillips. Mr. Alderman GabrieL Mr. Al erman Mecht. Mr. Alderman Besiey. Mr. Alderman Dakin. Mr. A:der.nan Finnis Mr, Alderman Sidney, 31. P. Mr. Alderman Lawrence. Mr. Aid. man t'. J. La% rence. Mr. Alderman Hale. Mr. Alderman Abbis.. G. J. Cockerell, Esq., Sheriff of London and Middlesex. W.H.Twentyman,Esq.,sheriff of London and Middlesex. hn Alger, Esq. N. Alexander, Esq. W. Angers- ein, Esq., M.P. Thomas Baring. Esq , M.P. Joshua Bates, Esq., M.P. W, ‘ • H. B iikin, Esq. Rev W. Brock. S. Butler, Fs M.P. Thos ambers, Com mon. Sergeant. With power to add to their number. Harry Chester, Esq. Henry Cole, Esq., C.B. R W. ('rauford, Esq., M.P. A. A. Croll, ESQ. Geo. Cubitt, Esq., M.P. W. Dent, Esq. Jno. Dillon, Esq. P. Le Nev , Foster, Esq. R. Esq, J. Griffith Frith, Esq. ' Mr. Deputy Fry. Rev. Michael Gibbs, M.A. W. Gilpin, Esq. Henry Gbinn, Esq. G. Godwin. Eb.q., F.R.S. P. Graham, Esq. • 4 Gregson, Esq., M.P . Russell Gurney, Esq., QC., i Recorder. T. Hankey. Esq., M.P. Wm. nartridge, Esq. Chas. Bill, Esq. W. ti owes, Esq. Wm Humphery, Esq. Harvey Lewis, Esq., M.P. S. P. Low, Esq. J. C. Macdon , ,ld, Esq. Kdw . Alarjoribanks, Esq. Chas. Mills, Esq. G. Moffatt, r sq.. 11. P. Saml. Mo , ley, Esq. W. Murray, E-q., M.P. J. T. Norris, F,sq.. M.P. Mr. Deputy Obard. R. N. Fhillipps Esq. Henry ober a, Esq. Abei , -mith, f sq., M.P. S. G. Smith, Esq., M.P. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Thos. Sopwith, Esq. James Spicer, 1' sq. W. Sportiswoode, Esq. W. Tite, Esq., M.P. Sir .Tas. Richd. Westmacott, Esq., R.A., F.R.S. W. Foster White, Esq. Thos. Winkwnrth, sq. West rn W od, Esq., M P. John Wood, Esq. C. White, Esq. The Right 'Ron. W. Cubitt. Ld. Mayor £lOO 0 0 The Society of Arts.l,oso 0 0 The Governor and Company of the Bank of Engl nd 500 0 0 The Rio, Nona is. Palmerston.. .. 100 0 0 The kt, lion. Earl Russell 100 0 0 The Marquis Clan ricarde. i‘ .P. .. 50 0 0 The Marquis Bread albane, tt.T. .. 105 0 0 Lord Str •tford de kedeliffe, G.O 8... The I old Bishop of London • • The Lord . Blehop of Exeter .. 100 0 0 Alessrs.Baring• Bro thers and Co. .. 210 0 0 Are: tys N. M.Roths- (N. sn A n lexander and £55 0 0 Sir H. M. Cairns, M.P. • • 52 10 0 Sir Frannie Gold- Bart.. — 31:1". 100 0 0 Fred k. D.Goldsmid, Es .. 0 Sit George 52 to orve T,Smart 5 5 o Rev. W. G. II aw tayne 1 1 0 Hunt and Roskell 20 0 0 Negretti and %am bra 10 10 0 Thomas Page, E ;q. 10 10 0 Hon. Geo. ~.enman, M. P. .. 10 10 n Charles Hill, Esq... 10 i 0 0 W. Foster White, 14:sq.. 10 10 0 Peter Graham, Esq. 10 10 0 Joseph Causton, Eb.. 10 10 0 Fredk q . Beslev, Esq. 10 10 0 T. William Helps, Esq.. .. 10 10 0 Harvey Lewis, Esq., M.P. .. 10 10 0 Charles Cand ,Esq. 10 10 0 SamL .regson,Esq. M. Edwd. Jas. Jerome, 55 0 H. G. Bohn, Esq.., 55 0 Joshua Gallworth, Itc q„ 5 5 0 George Godwin, Esq., F.R.S. .. 5 5 0 Robert Broadwater, Esq.. .. 55 0 Predk.Woodthorpe, Esq., Town C'erk 2 2 0 R. N. Philipp9,Esq., 2 2 0 Geo. Hoperaft, Fog, 5 5 0 P. P. Rolll, Esq. .. 5 5 0 C. Grlmwade, Esq.. 5 5 0 John Wood, Esq... 6 5 0 W. A. :-haw, Esq.. 6 5 0 Mr , erjeant Payne 5 5 0 Mr. Deputy Obbard 5 5 0 J. W. Butterworth, Esq.. 5 5 0 Gisborne Molineux, E.. .. .. John sq and Charles 6 5 0 White and Co, .. 25 0 0 Thomas Ratley, Esq.. 0 10 0 nctavius Wigram, Esq.. .. 10 10 0 William Dent, Esq. 10 10 0 J. W. Gilbart, Esq., F.R.S. 10 10 0 Rev.W.G.Cookosley 010 0 Marchant, Singer, and C.). 1 1 0 Geo. Mitchell, Esq. 2t 0 0 C. W. Dilke, Esq... 10 0 3 Sir C. Wentworth 21 0 0 20 0 0 thy.," 210 0 0 The Fishmongers' Company .. .. 210 0 0 The sacred Harmo- nieSociety.Exeter per Robert Bowley, Esq. 105 0 0 Robert K. B.wleY, sq, .. • • 21 0 0 Sir James Tyler .. 21 0 0 }NY. Johnson, Esq. 2 , 0 0 Per Messrs. Coutts and CO. keßsrs. Coutta and Co. • •• .. 210 0 0 ;Irissilurdett Coutts 100 0 0 ' 1 E 1 .4. Farquharson, •r•olc1.• of Inver cauld 21 0 0 The • " • • Earl of awdor 30 0 0 Miss Emily Lousia t lose .. 5 0 0 Min Mary F.Wood burn 31 0 0 Dike, Bart. 20 0 0 Charles W. Dilke, Esq.. .. .. 10 0 0 Ashton W. Dilke, Esq.. .. 10 0 0 M. 5... .. 2 20 Fredk. G. Reed, q,Fs M.D. .. 5 5 0 Mrs. Drury, sen. .. 1 1 0 August G-ldstald, _ _ " The present condition of our army is a cause of severe and painful anxiety. The courage of our troops is not abated, the eagerness for the fray is not relaxed, and yet demoralization is creeping in, we fully believe, from the insane and reckless neglect of the Government to sustain and to culti vate the spirit of our soldiery. There is too much drunkenness among the officers on the Potomac,and too much vacant idling among the men. We are informed as a positive fact that in the majority of the army on the Potomac the practice of regimen tal drills bas fallen into complete disuse. This alone would be sufficient to demoralize any army in circumstances such as ours. The drill is not only essential for schooling the soldier, it fulfils other vastly important and essential purposes. It de velopes and educates the physique, fortifies the sol dier against disease, and, what is perhaps the most important moral consideration of all, gives him oc cupation for a portion of his time each day, and protects him, at least measurably, against the can ker worm of the army—ennui. What can be pre d:cted but utter demoralization for an army whose condition is that of tens of thousands of metylving in utter idleness, grovelling in their tents, with no other occupation than what is afforded by the greasy pack of cards that is the inevitable inmate of every tent, or the yellow-covered novel, whose wretched and perhaps filthy entertainment has more than once gone the rounds of the company ? We cannot shut our eyes to the fact that the army is becoming a name of terror and dread in the minds of our citizens. The newspapers are still filled with advertisements of bonuses for sub stitutes, although the War Department has adopted a rule restricting the number of substitutions to one in each company. The rates paid for substitutes are enormous. We are informed that they average from 200 dols to 250 dols, and we have been told of a recent instance where 1,500 dols was paid for the prompt procurement of a substitute to take the place of a private suddenly constrained to leave the army. Evidences stare us in the face of the unwil lingness of men to accept the life of famine, dirt, and vacant idleness in the army. Richmond is filled with soldiers who have come out of the hospitals, or who have got here on some pittance or other, naap plying for discharges, and striving an in all sorts of ways to get out of the arindy. w . rigltgli was s but a few days ago that a soldier u discharged rather dfrom one of the hospitals here committed than be constrained to return to the army. There is no unwillingness among our young men to serve their country. There are thousands who would willingly go with their lives on their sleeves to battle with the ls to the in tc the h m enEmy, and to atte st a devoted and c ourageous pa triotism, but w ho dread betaketo va vacancy, a themselves idleness , a pa. This is the restr a i n t upon volunteer wrecead, h a lf-fed life of dirt, volunteer ing. The Government will in vain essay to remove it by a bounty law for re-enlistments—the provi sions of which, by the way, for c impany reorgani sation has already, we understand, proved a fruitful source of intrigue and demoralisation in our army —without other measures that will reach to the root of the evil, The authorities at Richmond may assure themselves that, as long as the health of the army is neglected, and it is maintained in its dirty, sluggard condition, the drills neglected, the half rations of commissaries winked at, the rowdyism of officers passed over, and the vacancy and idleness of a a defensive policy' held out as rewards to volunteering, the army will not be filled and replenished but from few classes of our people. Why was it that when our soldiers, }Sq.. .: 33 0 Col Sir P. MeWill K.C. .. 10 10 0 W. Gale Townley, Esq.. •• •• 55 0 Rev. John Peat, 0 10 6 Henry Pearson Gates, Esq .. 10 0 0 Henry C. Chilton, Es,.. •• .. 2 00 Joseph Maynard, Esq.. 5 5 0 S. D Sassoon, Esq. 10 0 0 Richard Gunter, Esq• • • • .. 1 1 0 Richard Redgrave, Esq., R.A. .. 10 10 0 Samuel Redgrave, Esq.. .. .. 33 0 Griffith Frith, Esq., .. 10 10 0 'obt. Hunt, N:sq... 2 2 0 Sir Benj. C. Brodie 20 0 0 Sir Chas. K Trevel yan, C.B. .. 10 0 0 Rev. Henry %Tel lie 10 10 0 ("ha'. GI egory, Esq. 10 0 0 Pratt, Rut:ey, and Silv,rlock . 10 10 0 Cunlifre, Dobson, & _ _ _ Co. 2 0 Thos. C. Cowie.Esq. 5 0 0 Henry Mil. Esq. 5 5 0 Walter T. Fawcett, Esq. .. 5 5 0 Walter H. Hendley, E-q. , 5 5 0 Thos.Graham.F.R..S., Master of the :hint 10 10 0 Messrs. Waugh mad Sons .. .. 10 10 0 Jno.KempWelcl),l eq. 26 5 0 w es rs.J. Schweppe and Co. .. 26 5 0 Rev. J. Russell Stock 1 1 0 Messrs. W. Chatter- ton and Co. .. 1 1 0 H. Waldo :_.zibthorp 5 0 0 Mrs. Waldo Sibthorp 5 0 0 C. Frederick Elliot, Esq. 5 0 0 Lord Colville 25 0 0 G. Dines. Esq. 5 0 0 William Carr, Esq, Blackheath .. 2 2 0 Miss Riizerow, Ger many 0 5 0 R. and S. Garrard _ _ 52 10 0 Capt. Jas. Mangles, R.N. 5 0 0 Geo. T. Duncombe, Esq. 5 5 0 Lady Catherine Buckley .. 30 0 0 The Hon, and Rev. Baptist Noel 5 0 0 GeorgeW.Franklyn 25 0 0 Chas. 3 1`Garel, Esq, 50 0 0 John Nieholav, Esq. 5 0 0 Admiral Sir George JoSSee3bmhTohuroi.Coope.r.• 5 0 0 Esq., F.R.A.S. 1 1 0 John Alger, Esq. . 22 0 Sir W. W. Button... 2 2 0 Messrs. Dawes and Sons • • • • 21 0 0 3D ssrs. Openshaw, Unna, and Co. .• 21 0 0 ikfr. John T. Barry 5 6 0 Michael Coster,Esq. 21 0 0 Major-Gen.Watkins 5 6 0 John Curtis. Esq... 5 5 0 Norton. llogsart, and Trist 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 100 0 Aid.Frit s h,s; i a in n e d y. s,a 3 n E e p Co. . H. Butt,r, EFq. .. 5 5 0 Wood, Field, an . d . 52 10 r, Hanbury James Ilcnt7ev,Esq, 10 10 0 F. Itichardson,EFq. 1 1 0 Per E. Burke, Esq. John R uss,ll an deo. 5 5 ° R. m•h, E- q., Q.C. 21 0 0 Sir Chas. R.S. 5 0 0 Sir Jas. Weir Hogg - , Bart. .. 1 , 10 0 Messrs. George Pea bode and Co. .. 105 0 0 Geo. 3loffatt, Esq., M. 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In siddition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss Zuadrille, and novel ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.— Manager, M. P. Grenet. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE - BOAT INSTITUTION • FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Charter). Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRE SIDENT —Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P., Chair man of Lloyd's. DEPUTE-CHAIRMAN —Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of Lloyd's Registry of British and Foreign Shipping Society. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, during the past year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount ng to £6,'58 Is. in establishing Life-boat stations on dif ferent parts of the Coasts of Eng' and, Ireland, and Scotland. The Institution has also expended on the repairs, stores, alterations, and inspection of its numerous Life-bo ts, Boat houses, and Transporting-carriages, £3,632 19s. • and £1,550 `or exercising the Crews of its Life - boats — making altogether a total of £11.441. During the past year the Life-boats of the Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following wrecked Vessels: Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose 1 Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone Brig Pallas, of Shields .• 3 Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow .. 9 Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth .. .. 5 Schooner Catherine, of Newry •• •• •• 4 Barque Niagara, of Shields .. 11 A Barge of Teignmouth Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby Coble Honour, of Cullercoats • • •• ........3 .. Schooner Eliza , of North Shields .. 7 Barque Oberon, of Liverpool •• •• •• 15 Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth g Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth .. 2 Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. „. ' 6 Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. 5 Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge 5 Brig Ann, of 131yth .. • . •. .. 8 Sloop Hope, of Dublin 3 Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth .. .. 5 Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. .. 16 Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon .. 2 Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby .. 5 Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. 3 Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. g Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester ,„ 6 Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. 5 Schooner Rose, of Lynn Brig Prodroma, of -tockton ~ 11 Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg 6 Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn .. 7 Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. 7 Total .. ..210 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has voted .£9OB Rs. 4d. as re ards. It has also granted _ rewards a mounting to £203 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, making total of 455 persons saved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United Kingdom. Purink the present year (1861), the Life-boats of the Insti otion have also been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of he following Vessels : Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham Brigantine Nugget, of Bid , -ford 5 Schooner Prosp ct, of Berwick Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives .. 3 A Fishing-boat of Whitburn Brig Arethusa, of Blyth Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoc ~ 8 Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris .. 2 Schooner William, of Morecambe .. 6 Smack Gipsy, of Newry .• •• •• •• 4 Schooner margaret Anne, of Preston .. .. 4 Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven .. • . .. 8 Schooner William, of Liverpool .. 5 Lugger Nimrod, of Castletown •• •• 3 Brig Providence, of Shields 6. .. 8 Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle •• .• 8 Schnoner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. .. 4 Barque Guyana, of Glasgow .. 19 Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. .. 10 Brig San Spirid one, of Galaxide .. 2 Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vianna .. 8 French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese .. 6 Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. 5 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover .. .. 4 Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. 4 Brig St. Michel, of Marans 8 Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. 1 Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) .• •• • • • • • • • • • • 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. .. 1 Barque Peace, of London . .• .. 2 Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft • • .. 11 Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew of four hands) .. .. • • • • .. 4 Sma it Adventure, of Harwich .. „. 10 Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft 7 Barque Undaunted. of Aberdeen . 11 Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast saved one man .. 1 Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone .. 6 Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. .. • • • • 5 Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. 5 Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. 6 Schooner Friends, of Lynn . .. 4 Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin .. .. 5 Brig Content, of Sunderland Smack Ellen Owen, of Cardigan .. S Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam 5 Tot al .. ..288 - - - - - --- The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at 'he present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions he Society has made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man agement, or the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. Donations and Annual n scriptions will be thankfully re reived by Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar. and Co.. 16. St. James's-street, London ; by a 1 the Bankers , n the United Kingdom; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C. Payments may be made b' Cheques or by Post-office Orders (crossed), to Messrs. W His, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre tary. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. fENRY SMITH. M.D., of th e U n i vers it y o f Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous offerers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the core of Nervous Debility, Loss of Vemory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike o Society, Spermatorrlora, Local Weakness, Muscular Re fixation, 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 and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., b, Burton.. lrescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. DR. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price Is., by post Is. ;of Mann, 29, Cornhill. On Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, Ilmmorrholds, Gleets, Scc Marriage : Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Dr. C. may be consulted daily till 12, at The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand; and from 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, Great Marlb oroug h- s t reet, W . DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and ls. fd. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, Is. till I. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the wactical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, Nov. 12,186 i. " The Post-office Turkish Bath 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverw, 11 has already established the reputation of an ab'e physician ; he has now prov e d hi mse lf to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on coming out - of 'a urkish Bath."—Era, Oct. 13, 1861. BUILDING GROUND.—CITY of LONDON.— To be LET, on a Building Lease for 80 years, a PIECE of GROUND on the North side of Queenhithe Dock in the City of London.—Plans of the Ground may be seen, and fur ther particulars obtained upon application at the Architect's Office, Guildhall FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. EPPS'S COCO A. (Commonly called Epps's Homoeopathic 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. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, The Cunard steamship Persia, Captain ludkins, which landed troops at Bic, and then went to Hali fax, has arrived from the latter port with advices to the 10th inst. She made the run in seven days 23 hours. The steamship Vanderbilt bad lauded at New York 3,600 bales of Sea Island cotton, collected at Beaufort. The Rinaldo, with Mason and Slidell on board, sailed from Princetown on the 2d inst., a strong gale from N.E. blowing off shore. She had not reached Halifax on the 10th, and Captain Judkins supposes she has borne down south for Bermuda, or some other of the West India Islands. The Asia arrived at Halifax on the Ist inst. with head-quarters and one battery 10th Brigade, Royal Artillery, and the 3d Battalion Military Train. The Adriatic arrived on the 31st ult. with 1,100 New Brunswick, on t m h e e n B , t a h n d in l s e t f . t for St. John's, The Magdalena arrived on the 4th, with the 2d Battalion 16th Regiment and Artillery. The Melbourne arrived on the sth, having put into Prince Edward's Island for coal. The Australasian landed 1,100 men at St. John's, New Brunswick, about the 4th, and reached New York on the 9th. Major General Romney landed at St. John's. The 62d Regiment, Bno strong, from Halifax, proceeded overland reached Woodstock, for hav i n Q g u a e r b r e i c v . e d Theat S re . . e John's, ment and could proceed no further owing to the bad state of the weather and the roads. It would proceed when the weather improved. The Parana, with the Scots Fasileers and Artil lery, arrived at Sydney, Cape Breton, on the 6th, and. after coaling, would proceed to St. John's on or about the 10th. The Canada, with Royal Engineers and Artillery, arrived on the Bth. The Cleopatra, with the 2d Battalion 17th Regi ment, arrived on the 9th, and would remain at Halifax. The Adriatic, with General Lord William Panlet and the Guards, arrived at ISt. John's, New Bruns wick, on the 9th, and commenced di sem b ar ki ng . Her Majesty's ship Orpheus arrived at H a lif ax e n the Bth. The Himalaya reached Bermuda on the 6th, and, after landing troops, proceeded on the 9th for Jamaica and Barbadoes. The Challenger, Bulldog, and steady were at Nassau on the 25th alt. The Immortalite sailed on the 26th ult. from Bermuda. The Donegal arrived on the 30th ult. from England via Jamaica, where she transferred the marines of the expeditionary battalion to some other vessel. The Nimble and Spiteful left for Havannah ; the St. George, Ariadne, and Jason, for the Gulf of Mexico. The flagship Nile was at Bermuda on Ist inst. On the 27th the French ships of war Massena, Guerriere, L'Ardeur, and L'Astrea, the former carrying Admiral De la Graviere, arrived at Havannah. The British ships Challenger, Spiteful, Steady, and Plover also ar rived the same day. General M.Clellan had recovered sufficiently to ride out. Oa the 3d an exchange of 239 prisoners took place near Shipping Point on the James River. The Federals wero forwarded to Baltimore, where they were well received. A letter from Baltimore professes to give a correct account of the treatment of the prisoners while at Richmond.:— "The prisoners, according to these accounts, were crowded together in tobacco warehouses, with no thing to sleep on but the floor, and with but scanty covering. They bad no conveniences for washing or for personal cleanliness. Their food was scanty and of the worst possible description, except the bread, which was fresh and sweet. From the time of their capture, July 21,. until Dec. 15, they were liable to be shot if seen at the windows. At the later date, according to the Richmond Enquirer and the Rich mond Dispatch, iu both of which papers the state ment appears, tin order was issued by the military authorities forbidding this shooting in future. One case was related. to me of exceeding barbarity. It ' was that of a young man whose self-denying kind ness and attention to his c omra d es had won for him the respect and attachment of all. Ho was sit ting at an open, window smoking a pipe, but not leaning out of Vale window. Without the least pro vocation some ruffian in the street fired at him. The ball passed' through his head, killing him in• stantly. Dr. Higginbotham happened to be in the room at the tie ae al id witnessed the shocking scene. There was a S wins sergeant in charge of the pri soners, whose brutality is attested by them all. It was his duty to assemble them and call the roll every morning.. any were the least tardy in get ting up, he would strike them over the head with the butt of his musket. His language uniformly was of the most vulgar and outrageous character, " Get up, you God d—d s—s of b—s," was his usual style. When any of the prisoners died their bodies were carried out to t' ae deadhouse, but no one knew what became of th .ern, or whether they were buried or not. • Some of the men state that when coffins were provided the bodies were thrust into them without tenderne as or decency, and if a leg or an arm happened to. 'be shattered or broken, it was rudely doubled up , or crushed in. Such is the dark side of the picture,. But there is, for the honour of humanity, a, kig: liter side also. The prisoners all concur in the statement that they were occasionally visited' by ladies, who never failed to leave behind the= some token of their 'angel visits.' They brought them cakes, jellies, and other delicacies, a xiel often when the stern sentinels would refuse the to admission they would seize the presented bayou et with their little hands, turn it aside, and thus c hiding the guard, make their visit. Other ladies, in i riding past in their carriages, threw bouquets of flow, srs in at the windows. One lady, with two beauti, NI daughters, is particularly men tioned as havicg be an kind to the prisoners. Some of the prisonere„ tin der a guard, were allowed to go to a spring for w ater. The guard remaining at some distan , a, w' omen would occasionally meet them at the, spring. One of these women told them that she laad a Unie n flag concealed in her house, and that if the 1./ast n troops came to Richmond she would display it: from her housetop. All of the prisoners speak in. terms of the deepest gratitude of the kind attentioru 'of Dr. Higginbotham, a well known physician_ a aiehmond. He was constant in his attentio as 'to them from first to last,—so much 'so, inde ad, that his loyalty was suspected, and he was put under arrest by the military authorities. ie - was subsetnently released, how ever, by the ( fivil authorities, and resumed his kind ministrations,. C ,n Thanksgiving-day some kind persons serve seal lad roast turkeys to the prisoners. Captain 'Warner , also, the Commissary-General, frequently sent it t presents of cakes, &c. The men appF.ed to him ft 'equently for little favours, which wr:re oftener gr anted than refused. The men seemed remraltab ly grateful for any little kindness of this sor t. 'l..,hey speak, for instance, in high terms of S argeom J. Tripp, of Scranton, Pennsyl vania, Bth . Pennf ;ylvania Regiment, who they say supplied them with many comforts from his own purse. t acme of ti ae men state that they got letters from ft.; Lauds at home stating that money had been "close' i p but ate latter had been abstracted. Others who had gold sent them say they never got it,but got instead the worthless Southern shinplasters. Dur ing the whole time of their imprisonment the fidelity of the men to their country never wavered. Not one of them would have asked to be released till the Government saw proper to do so. They would cheerfully have remained there and died in prison rather than have our Government release them by acknowledging the rebels as belligerents. So they say, at least; and it may be that a know ledge of that fact has made the Government more tardy in exchanging them than it otherwise would have been. They say that even now they do not know on what terms they are released, except that they have taken no oath whatever. They are going on to Washington, to report themselves to head quarters, and to obey whatever requirement may be made of them. Their desire to re-enter the army, however, and to fight is universal. They say they are in for the war, and they are burning to revenge their wrongs." Some sharp skirmishing had taken - place between the opposing pickets on the Potomac. On the 3d a body of Federals, 800 strong, under General Weber, advanced from Fortress Monroe to Big Bethel, and dispersed the Confederate pickets. Breastworks nearly half a mile in length were noticed. The reconnoitring party then returned. On the 6th the Confederates and Federals ex changed artillery fire at Hancock, Maryland. Advices from Hilton Head to the 3d inst. report that the navy was actively engaged reconnoitring along the coast and rivers, having occasional skir mishes with riflemen. On the 26th, despite there being 11 vessels off Charleston, the Confederate privateer Ella `'Parley, alias the Isabel, succeeded, after several endeavours, in getting away. The Pocahontas was sent in chase, but abandoned the pursuit. On the 2d inst. she succeeded in returning to Charleston, although chased and shelled. On the Ist inst. a combined military and naval ex pedition, under Brigadier-General Stevens and Cap tain Rodgers, of the Wabash, advanced on Port Royal, and, after a short resistance, took possession of the Confederate batteries. General Stevens then advanced within six miles of the Charleston Rail road. The Confederates then requested a brief time for the burial of the dead, after which they fell back upon the fortifications which were near the railroad, leaving one large gun in the hands of the Federals. The Confederate force was estimated at 8,000 men, under Generals Gregg and Pope, and the Federal force at 4,500 men. The latter lost nine men wounded, one, a Major Watson, mortally. Accord ing to the latest report, General Stevens was wait ing for reinforcements. The Southern papers give a somewhat different version of the affair. Private despatches received at Augusta, Georgia, from Pocataligo, South Caro lina, dated January 1, state that the Unionists at tempted to advance from Port Royal Ferry, but were repulsed by the 14th Regiment of South Caro lina Volunteers, under command of Colonel Jones. The Confederate loss was 15 killed and wounded. One Yankee was taken priscner, but their loss is not otherwise given. The following is a despatch to the Richmond Examiner • " VICTORY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. " Charleston, S.C., Jan. 2. " Fighting on the coast commenced yesterday. Thirty-five hundred of the enemy landed on the main, near Port Royal Ferry. They were met with the bayonet by two regiments of our troops. The Yankees fled precipitately, throwing away their arms as they ran. They were driven into their boats. The howitzers on the boats opened fire on our troops, killing six and wounding twelve South Carolinians. The enemy's loss is about the same. To-day the enemy landed,in much larger force at the same place. Gen. Gregg's brigade fell back a short distance to an eligible position. The pickets were skirmishing all day. The enemy design an attack on the railroad, and cannot avoid a battle." The Richmond Examiner, under the head of " War Rumours," says— " Later in the day another report obtained circu lation that a battle had been fought in the neigh bourhood of Port Royal, South Carolina, and that the enemy, who were advancing inland, had been repulsed and a great victory had resulted to our arms. This report, although not authenticated by any despatches received at the War Department, obtained considerable credit last night, on the strength of private despatches alleged to have been received in the city , giving an account of the engage ment: We are not disposed, however, to credit the report without further and more distinct confirma tion of it than yet received. " P.S.—Since the foregoing paragraph was writ ten we have received a special despatch from our Charleston correspondent fully confirming the re port, to which we are happy to refer the reader. " Passengers from Richmond who left that city on the 3d inst. state that news had been received there that Commodore Dupont landed 3,500 troops ' on the mainland near Port Royal Ferry on New Year's-day. An engagement ensued, in which the rebels repulsed the Union troops. On Jan. 2 the attempt was renewed with better succees, and Gen. Gregg's South Carolina Brigade was driven back with heavy loss. The Charleston ercury has a despatch, stating that a large force of Federals had landed on the North Edisto, and seized railroad station No. 4 on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. General Lee has informed Jeff. Davis that he is confident of his ability to prevent th e Federals from advancing on Charleston or Savannah. Southern advices of the 3d inst. state that the Federals under General Butler had made advances from Ship Island, in the Mississipi Sound, to Beloxi, a small town on the coast, and had landed some thousands of men. On the Ist and 2d the artillery duel between Fort Pickens and the Confederate batteries was resumed without damage. The Federals are reported to have obtained a success at Huntersville, Western Virginia, on the 4th. The Confederates are alleged to have lost 80 in killed and wounded, and 80,000 dole worth of army stores and clothing. From St. Louis, Missouri, our advises are to the 2d instant, but they contain no information of in terest. There was no foundation for the report that a battle had been fought at Paducah, Kentucky. Part of the Louisville and Nashville Railway had been destroyed by the Confederates. The Union force, according to telegrams from Louisville of the sth, was about to advance. The fire at Nashville is reported to have occasioned damage to the extent of 700,000 dols. Advices from Cairo to the 6th instant state that General Pillow had resigned his command in the Confederate army; that all classes of men were being impressed for the military service ; and that energetic measures had been taken to oppose the advance of the Federals. Submarine batteries had been submerged between Cairo and Memphis. A powder mill exploded at New Orleans on the 29th ult. The Richmond Examiner of the 3d alludes to the operations on the coast of the Federal forces : " The repulse of the enemy in South Carolina is a joyful earnest of the future. Although no official accounts have been received, yet we think it true news. The Northern troops, after long hesi tancy, have made their first attempt at a march from the seacoast towards the interior of the State, and have received their first rebuke. Whenever and wherever they repeat the experiment, it may safely be predicted that they will arrive at a simi lar result. The Northern people and Government anticipate great effects from the naval operations o-,1 the coast, because a part of the plan was a multi plied series of successful marches and subjugations throughout the Atlantic States. They suppose d that, having the ports, they would soon and easil y have also the country commanded by the ports. To take possession of a harbour and a strip of wave wash(ra sand was the design of their armada. Yet COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. - --- --- The New York Bank statement, published on the 6th, was as follows : Dec. 28. Jan. 4. Di fference ,. Loans Specie Circulation Deposits - Some of the banks refused to take Treasury notes on de posit. Money was abundant at 7 per cent on call. There was much speculation in gold and exchange; sterling 114 to 115. Gold was bought freely at 21 pm. A large busi ness was doing in stocks at the following quotations : United States Sixes, registered, 1881, 861 to 87 ; ditto Sixes coupons, 1881, 88k to 1; Indiana Fives, 76; Virginia Sixes 49 to 1; Tennessee Sixes, 421 to 43 ; North Carolina Sixes, 591 to 60 ; Missouri Sixes, 41 to ; Pacific Mail, 941 to 95; New York Central, 811 to 1 ; Erie, 331 to 34 ; ditto pre ferred, 56 ; Hudson River, 39i to 40 ; Haarlem, 13 to 1 ; ditto preferred, 314 to 32 ; Reading, 36 to f; Michigan Central, 49/ to 50; Michigan Southern and Northern In diana, 201 to 21; ditto guaranteed, 415 to 42; Panama, 113 to 1; Illinois Central, 631 to 1; Galena and Chicago, 675 to ! ; Cleveland and Toledo, 37 to ; Chicago and Rock Island, 521, to 53; Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy, 581 to 591; Milwaukie and Prairie du Chien, 191 to 20. Ashes, 6 dol. 25c. Flour and wheat were firm. Cotton firm with few sales; Middling Uplands, 36e to 37c. Mo lasses quiet. Spirits of turpentine, 1 dol. 52c to 1 dol 55c to arrive.. Sugar quiet. LIBERIA. A conflict has taken place in the harbour of Monrovia between the Liberian Government schooner Quail and a Spanish vessel of war. The following are the facts of the case, as stated in the Message of the President of the Republic of Liberia, dated Dec. 7, 1861. The President having been informed by Prince Mannah, Chief of Gallinas (a district about 70 miles N.W. of Monrovia), that a Spanish slaver was at Gallinas Bar, sent the Quail to overhaul her, and by that vessel she was seized. Soon afterwards her Britannic Majesty's ship Torch, Captain Smith, arrived at Gallinas in search of the same slaver, and she was burned by his orders on the 14th of June. The captain of the Quail remonstrated against this act, as the Libe rian flag was flying on board the prize, and she was in possession of a Liberian prize crew when she was boarded by Captain Smith's lieutenant. The Presi dent states that " the commander of the Torch ex pressed his disapproval of the act of his lieutenant in taking possession of the prize after ascertaining that she was a prize to the Liberian Government schooner Quail. Though the act was, as he stated, done without his knowledge and approval, yet it having been committed, he concluded to direct her to be destroyed as aforesaid. The motive by which he was to an extent actuated in deciding upon the latter course he hoped the Government of Liberia would appreciate, as it was intended thereby to relieve the Government of Liberia from any un pleasant misunderstanding with the Spanish Go vernment, he in the name of his Government assuming the responsibility of the matter." These events occurred in June last, and on the 11th of the following September the Spanish war steamer Ceres entered the harbour of Monrovia, and fired upon the Quail, but was beaten off by that vessel and by the guns of the fort. The last news in relation to this affair is given as follows by the Liberia Herald, of Nov. 20 : " A rumour having reached Sierra Leone of several Spanish war vessels being at this port for bombardment, her Majesty's steamer Torch was immediately despatched by his excellency Governor Hill of Sierra Leone, with a message to President Benson, the purport of which we are not at liberty to give. The Torch left on the evening of Oct. 18th for Sierra Leone, bearing a message from the President of Liberia to Governor Hill. We have only to say at present that the object of the visit was gratify ing to the Government and people of Liberia. By the English mail stet.mer, which arrived about the middle of last month at Cape Palmas, intelligence was received from one of its officers that the Governor-General at Fernando Po was so incensed at the failure of the Ceres and her ignoble retreat from the harbour, that he wes fitting up three vessels of war to capture or sink the Quail. Nothing has been seen or heard of Spanish inten tions since. FOREIGN _VAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Jan. 18. via Marseilles ... Feb. 13 Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Feb. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Feb. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Jan. 18. via Marseilles ...Jan. 27. Falkland Islands . .. Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 18. via Marseilles Jan. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Jan. 19. Lisbon Jan. 21. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 18. via Marseilles Jan. 19. ._ Newfoundland . Tby Canadian . packet. j ;a n n . Oporto and Vigo 2 2 2 1 . . U. S. and British N. Amorica, ty Brit. packet.... Jan. 22. I _ by U.S. packet.... W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and muffle .......... Feb. 10. Bahamas, via New York Frb. 13. Mexico ............. . .. t .............. . . ...Jan. 28. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Jan. 28. California, and British Columbia. SHOCKING AND FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTII STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.--On Friday afternoon an acci dent of a most shocking nature occurred on the South Staf fordshire branch of the London and North-Western Rail way, by which a man was killed on the spot. The 2.15 p.m. passenger train from Lichfield was proceeding to Walsall at about the usual time, and arrived at the station here before it was known to the engine driver that anything extraordinary had happened. It was then, however, ob served that there was blood upon the wheels, and imme diately afterwards information came that a man had been smashed to pieces on the line at Hammerwich Forge cross ing. This is a crossing level with the road, and it is sup posed that deceased was in the act of making his way across, and that he fell down on the line before the train came up. Assistance was immediately procured, and the body was carried to the Fitters' Arms Inn, Hatherton street. Further information is to the effect that a young woman who lives in a cottage near the crossing saw de ceased at the moment the engine came up, and her state ment is that it appeared as if the unfortunate man went up t) the engine.—Birmingham Post. THE WILL OP THE LATE JOIIN ANDREW, OF CARRoN.—We (Falkirk Her alcl) hear it rumoured that the late John Andrew, who had amassed —though but a work. man—a fortune of upwards of £lO,OOO, has bequeathed his money as follows :—To his immediate relatives between £l,OOO and £2,000 ; to the Synod of the United Presbyterian Church, for the furtherance of its foreign mission, £500 ; to the Scottish Society for the C onversion of Israel, £500 ; to the Falkirk Charity and r equalitagg ed division eh O 0 ; 1 s th a e nd Female reversion, E enevolent Society, 000, fo 000, goes to the Edinburgh Bible Society, after paying stamp and other dues, amountin g to between 15,000 and £7, instituted 1809. Deceased was one of the most exact Bible critics in the district. He made the Bible a peculiar study, an d wa s a formidable debater on theology. He seems to have had a special interest in the Bible Society, which re ceives the largest bequest. In August, 1860, he gave a donation to its funds of £lOO, and since then no less than qwer £6oo—making £7OO in all, 7'• 417 10 0 Messrs. Gosling, Sh.trpe, and Co.. 100 0 0 Robt.os ling Esq. 50 0 0 Messrs, gmith. Payne, Sind Smith 100 0 0 Ilessrs.Jones,Lloyd and Co. .. .. 100 0 0 Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. .. .. 100 0 0 Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co.. 100 0 0 Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. „ 100 0 0 lilessrs. Truman, B anbury,Buxt on, and Co., per Robt. Banbury, Esq., „ 105 0 0 Benj Bond Cabbell, sq,F.R.S. .. 100 0 0 Messrs. VI ills, Per cival, and Co. .. 100 0 0 Messrs. Drumm nd 100 0 0 Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and C 100 0 0 Mesas. Child and Co., Temple-bar.. Sir Mose, Monte fiore and Lady Monteflore 52 10 0 Messrs Spicer Bro thers Al derman and C ol. Wilson • • • • Jose ph Somes, Esq., 11 • • .. 21 0 0 tradbury(lreatorex, Esq.. M.P. „ 21 0 0 Hr Chas. East (3reatori x, Esq... 55 0 lake, P.R.A. 21 0 0 George Cubitt, Esq„ MP • • • .. 100 0 0 Mrs .Cubitt,Denbies 100 0 0 Lord Kingsdown .. 100 0 0 G. Coekerell,Esq , Sheriff of London and Middlesex .. W. IL Twentyman, Esq., do 10 0 Sir Joseph Paxton, M ' P ' • • .. 25 0 0 Sarril. Morley, Esq. 51 10 0 Messrs. W. Cubitt and Co. .. . 100 0 0 Messr, Lucas, Bro th,•rs, and Co. .. 100 0 0 John Kelk. Esq. 100 0 0 Mrs. John Kelk 100 Alderman Contend, m . p P. Sir John mu-grove, Bt., Alderman .. Sir Francis G Moon, Bart., Alderman. Alderm. Salomons, M. P. Aldermen Finnis Alderman Rose .. A l derman Hale .. Alderm. Lawrence Alderman Phi ' lips.. A .derman Gabriel.. Alderman Mechi Alderman Conder.. Alderman Abbiss.. Alderman J. Clarke • Lawrence.. Alderman Dakin Alderman Pe-ley.. Rich. Paterson. Esq. J. and C. Boyd and C 0... Alex. Angus Croll, Esq The Very Rev. the Dean of St. Paul's Rue. Gurney. Esq., Q.C., Recorder of London .. Thos. Sopwith, Rev. W. T. Jones 100 0 0 50 0 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 .; 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 .. 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 LO 0 0 21 0 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 ( • ydenham) Renry Cole, C. 8., Esq. .. Mrs. Itunry Cole R. Hardy Cole, Esq Mr. Coles' children Mrs. A ppell Mrs. W. - - Master W. Rix Mi , rs C. Thompson Rev. J. V. Pocatt Jeremiah Evans and W . Cook, Esq. • • Tite, Esq., M.P. *Wm. Murray, Esq., NI. P. . • • • rfon. J. Stuart Wortley .. •• It Blake Byass, Esq. .. And. Cuthill, Esq. Thos. Grissell, Erg. Mess/R.l'ra- CiF,Bro thers, and Pott The .31a or of outh- •ampt on Thum; Roberts Esq W. Birk and So'ns.; o m Es yns Browne, Eliasq Davis, Esq. Rt'v. J. W. Wrench Edgar E. A. Bow ring, E sq. 3 lessrs Marshall and Dann! William Paynt 21*, G n 1.. Llewellyn, l'ol. 3,;th Regent. 5 00, Sub , eriptions may be remitted to th Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion House; and to all the L. nd n bankers. A Sub-Committee w:11 sit dai:y at the Mansi n House. MICH A I.L G 1 BBS, - S. R. GO' DMAN, Hon. Secs. SAMUEL BROWN, • 31 a 11 8j911 House, E.C., Jan. 18, 1862. 10 10 0 2 2 0 2 00 1 1 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 20 0 0 52 10 0 10 0 1' 10 0 0 5 60 DR. LA'MERT ON SELF-PRESERVATION. Price Is. ; post-free, 13, or sealed ends, 20 stamps, with En gravings and Cases. Mt.) , be had of Mann and Co., 39, Cornhill, London, or direct front the Author. `ELI -PRESERVATION.—A popular Essay on nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from injurious habits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, which, by orematurely exhausting the functions of Manhood, de stroy the happiness of Married Life or prevent the fulfil ment of engagements which constitute the most cherished objects of existence. By Dr. LA'MERT, 37, Bedford-square, London. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Fdinburgh ; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, &c. The above work contains most useful and interesting information on the physiological changes which occur in the Reproductive System during the periods of youth, puberty, and manhood ; and on the due attainment of that dl , ..!ree of functional vigour upon which the hopes of posterity d It also points out how all the attributes of Man h^od can be preserved to an advanced period of life, how they ar it st, and how they can be recovered. It is free from the gro ja exaggerations, alarming descriptions, and dangerous real idies so generally resorted to by persons, who, prac tisid r with false medical qualifications, inflict most serious injuries, and render judicious treatment frequently abortive. The Author is the only legally qualified practitioner whose name stands on the Medical Register (the only true test of medical qualification), who has been exclu vfvely engaged for a series of years in the treatment of the variou functional disorders of the nervous and reproductive system, which, owing to the great discoveries of modern science, are rendered subservient to a rational, simple, and easy mode of treatment. At home for consultation daily from 10 till 5s Gt 4 fro,i :0 5, either peraowilly or by letter,--3; Bechorti_aiet. , W.-. .e irc and Olb ; r re -1851, ) ex three lb to 1851, f the foot, the the heir iese tied rtil ay's, an-- 1 BS prO e in the trjV. AYEIr met 26 6 .00 -a 4711 " cep for r•-••••