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GRAND NATIONAL NAVAL & MILITARY TROPHY to Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN, and Ills late Royal Highness the PRINCE CONSORT. Arrangements are being made to hold an early Public Meeting at St. James's Hall, for the purpose of forming a Committee of Management and selecting Treasurers to pro mote and carry out the above design. Detailed particulars will be duly announced in the daily and weekly papers. Noblemen and Gentlemen desirous of co-operating in the above are requested to communicate with JOHN KEYSE, Projector and Designer. Offices-8, St. Martin's Chambers, Trafalgar-square, W.C., Where the Design may be viewed. IVIR AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "AT HOME," At Her Maj zsty's Concert Room, Haymarket. During the Christmas Holidays there will be a perform ance Every Evenin , in the Week —Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, at Eight, Wednes day and Saturday Mornings at Three. Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the Box office, which is open daily from Ten till Five, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. No extra charge for booking. Carriages to be ordered at a quarter-past Ten. i\ V I R. MARK LEMON ABOUT LONDON.- VJL Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Three o'clock; and every Saturday Evening at Eight. PART 1.-OLD LONDON CITY WITHIN THE WALLS. Eight Illustrations. Stall Chairs, ss. ; Stalls, 3s. ; Unreserved Seats, 25., ls. Stalls can be secured at Mr. Sams', St. James-street ; Mr. Mitchell's, Bond-street and at the Royal Gallery of Illus tration, 14, Regent-street, Waterloo-place. Mr. and Mrs. German Reed's Entertainment as usual every Evening (except Saturday) at Eight; Thursday and Satur day Afternoons, - at Three. ARGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS ! !- The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. BOULCORT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss , luadrille, and noTel ties of last weak, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulconrt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.— Bianager, M. P. Grenet. ROVAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.— Notwithstanding the liberal support which the Corn Mittee continue to receive from the public, the large increase of destitute sick at this inclement season of the year occasions a frequent exhaustion of the current resources of the Charity. The Weekly Board invite benevolent persons to make a per sonal visit of inspection as to the mode in which the several departments of the Charity are conducted. Contributions are earnestly solicited, and are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman. Esq., Nichols s-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.;• Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and do. ; Bar clay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; J. Earned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman of the Weekly Board. OYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION "TIE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, "noorporated by Royal Charter). t4.—Supported by Voluntary Contributions. is—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRI - Tice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, R. G., F. R. S. CITA (—Tilos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P., Chair man of Lloyd's. - " 3 . 4 .inmAx—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., , rman of Lloyd's Registry of British and Foreign Shipping Society. APPEAL. Committee of Management have to state that, during past year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount- Aaf!, - to £6,358 ls. 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-boats, Boat houses, and Transporting-carriages, £3,632 10g. ; and £1,550 for exercising the Crews of its Life-boats—making - altogether a total of £11,441. During the past year the Lifeboats 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 BnIP, of Yarmouth 5 Schooner Catherine, of Newry Barque Niagara, of Shields .. •• •• •• 11 A Barge of Teignmouth .. 2 Brig George and James, of London 8 Brig Zephyr, of Whitby •• •• •• •• 6 Coble Honour, of Cullercoats Schooner of North Shields .. 7 Barque Oberon, of Liverpool Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth 9 Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth .. 2 -Brig Scotia, of Sunderland . 6 Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. .. 5 Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. •• 5 Brig Ann, of Blyth 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 Smack Elliabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. .. 3 Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. 9 Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester . 6 Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee . .. 5 Schooner Rose, of Lynn Brig Prodroma, of Stockton .. 11 Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg „ 6 Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields 7 Tota' For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has voted £9OB Bs. 4d. as rewards. It has also granted rewards amounting to £203 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, making a total of 455 persons saved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United During the present year (1861), the Life-boats of the Insti tution have also been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following Vessels : Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford 5 Schooner Prospect, of Berwick Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives A Fishing-boat of Whitburn Brig, Arethusa, of Blyth 8 Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoe Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris .. 2 Schooner William, of Morecambe .. 5 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 Brig Providence, of Shields .. 8 Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. .. 4 Barque Guyana, of Glasgow .. 19 Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. 10 Brig San Spiridione, of Galaxide .. 2 Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vianna 8 French Brig La Jenne Marie Therese .. .. 6 Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. .. 5 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater 4 !hip 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 4 Brig, Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and Ba e r r rue ) 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 Smack Adventure, of Harwich • - • • •• 1 2 Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft . • • • • • Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen .. 11 Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast, saved one man „. „. 1 Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone .• • • • • 2 Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk . • • " Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. • • Schooner Auchincruive, of G rangemou th .. • • 6 Schooner Friends, of Lynn . 4 Schooner Eliza An ne , o f D u b lin • • 5 Brig Content, of Sunderland ••. 5 Smack Ellen Owen, of Cardigan • • • • • • S Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam •• •.: .. 5 Total ..2SS The public cannot but sympathise with the vizorousefforts now wing . made by this institution to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions the Society has made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man agement, for the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, it its humane mission is to be perpeluated. Donations and Annual Sn ,, scriptions will be thankfully re ceived by Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co.. 16, St. ,Tames's-street, London ; by a 1 the Bankers In 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 Cheques or by Post-office Orders (crossed), to Messrs. W Ills, Percival , and Co., or to the Secre tary. R. BUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINES. 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CH, kI'TF.R II I.—A II eview of the various Diseinameatior m et MarCiaa - e ; whether root:Bing from Youthful Abuse, the Follies o.' Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPT.NRS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of -El onorrlura, and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting _aces, to which is added the A uthor's recipe of a preventive .1.,0t on. REVIEWS OF TTIE WORK. "'Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and 1 1 shoo id be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," sad Ta.Nrch, 1856. "The author has conferred a great b oon b y publishing en t little w 2 in which is described the source of those diseases Which proOttee decline in youth or more frequently pr emature old age.9.—..' 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M. , ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA ; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular. London: R. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. IVIORTLOCKS' CHINA WAREHOUSE, 250, Oxford-street.--CHINA Dinner, Dessert, Breakfast, and Tea Services at a great reduction for CASH, in conse quence of the expiration LI the Lease. 250, Oxford-street, near Hyde-park. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. EPPS'S COCOA. (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. }lb., Ob., and llb packets, at is. 6d. per lb.,by Grocers. 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The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Ricord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at lls., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance o~r order payable to Front and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITHS M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous :.!ufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike o Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, Arc.,*which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health , nd vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from obi ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY Slum', M.D., r 4, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. DR. LA'MERT ON SELF-PRESERVATION. Price Is. ; post-free, 13, or sealed ends, 20 stamps, with En gravinfrs and Cases. May be had of Mann and Co., 30, Cornhill, London, or direct from the Author. cl ELF-P RESERVATION.—A popular Essay on N ervous and Physical Debility, resulting from injurious habits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, which, by prematurely exhaustinf 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'l%lElrr, 37, Bedford-square, London. Licentiate of the Royal College of l'hysicians of Edinburgh; Member of the Royal College of Furgtzons 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 de! - .ree of functional vigour upon which the hopes of posterity depend. It also points out how all the attributes of Man hood can be preserved to an advanced period of life, how they ar lest, and how they can be recovered. It is free from the gross exaggerations, alarming descriptions, and dangerous remedies so generally resorted to by persons, who, prac tisin.,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 Reeister (the only true test of medical qualification), who has been exclu sively engaged for a series of years in the treatment of the variou 4 functional disorders of the nervous and reproductive system, which, owing to the great discoveries of modern science, are rendered subservient to a rational, simple, and easy mode of treatment. At home for consultation daily from 10 till 2. and from 6 ill 8, either personally or by letter.-37, Bedford-square. DR. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price is., by post Is. Ici. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill. On Spermatorrlicea, Syphilis, Stricture, Htemorrhoids, Gleets, &c. Marriage ; Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Dr. C. may he consulted daily till 12, at The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand; and from 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, Great Marlborough street, W. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and ls. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, ls. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the IT actical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce. '—Herald and Standard. N0v.12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Bathe, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician ; he has nowproved himself to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Rath. 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, w hich the countrycan produce; perfect in all its appliances, an d most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, w hich, considering the space at his disposal, is truly everythingsur that taste or, delieney . cpnyl 4 9f ilre ras si b n e g e wh nob il t e ained to add to the comfort and luxury o the itsoi nelrVaetedmaanyajuustwlymade, it is on coming ouloc:a say that if a man ever !feels Turkish Datli."--Nra, Oct e 150,861. vihismerf r e. - y ~s' —~--~ ~ " , . . .. . 1 , . . . _ . ...---:__ • ___ . • '''. V / ('' Z . 7 e . : ( / /ei e - e_ .e---_...c NEST )2 e t.- e / ) . • . TIVI V*-.1 6 , ' r .....•-• -- " - , • . - ,' - C . -4-- : .. - • ) . . . , . . K.-- ---- . „ . -, ..-- -- i- • • . // !- , - t 4? c_ c Z- - A7 l , 4 :, 0, , . ‘ , . .c ~..., • 1 ~.........- ///:;::: _, . • . E l # 44 Z 4 1 aiL.,, f r ei f 0: 4; ,7 4, - 3 , '4 : 4 , 11-_-_ ..:,....., ~.„,...„..„:,, .....,... v ,„ .o . If ,4 ... 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' 11, .!• , .- _.,,,, 'Y '.!.' ' t ^Z" aj \ ••..,. A. ;.. "To see ourselves as others see us," or, ratllcr, to know the impression which our national habits and modes of thought produce upon our neigh bours, must always be amusing and often instruc tive.t, Hence the avidity with chick_ we, peruse every volume that prufesses to give us a portrait of Eng lish life and manners from the foreign point of view. A new essay of this kind has just appeared froiii the pen of an American. This time it is the citizens of Manchester who have had " a ehiel among them taking notes," and their attitude in relation to the American question is the subject. of criticism. " Mr. H. Adams, son of the American Minister in Los don," seems to have been deputed, in November last, to report on the feelings of Manchester towards the Federal States, and the results of this delicate inquiry are published in the Boston. Daily Courier. We had certainly not fancied that the great capital of the English cotton trade was so much out of the world as to need a Special Commissioner to bring its hidden opinions to light. We presume, how ever, that the Federal Government thought other wise, and decided to gather its information respect ing the policy of the millowners from sources more authentic than newspapers or private letters: Manchester had been represented as " bitterly hostile" to the Northern States. Cotton was sup posed to have obscured her political vision, and stopped her ears against the voice of reason and justice, and it was believed that there was a "pirty in Manchester forming to bring about the infrac tion of the blockade by Great Britain." So young Mr. Adams was despatched on a voyage of discovery, and proceeded to take soundings on this unexplored and dangerous coast. He kept a diary of his investigations, in which we find entries of interviews and conversations " with several gentle men," " with a member of a large s 'inning firm," " with Mr. -• one otthe M P • "*. Tc, the 'statements . ,„ ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. cationsoih correspondents,= an we mast confess having felt some curosity to learn the details of the alleged Manchester conspiracy against the integrity of the American Union. We are sorry to disappoint our readers, but it really does net appear that the Manchester men interrogated by Mr. Adams disclosed any views materially differing from those which the rest of us have long entertained. The " member of a large spinning firm," when informed that the belief was general in America that England meant to break the blockade, that this belief had caused great irritation, and that " it was the lowness of the motive that had disgusted us," replied in terms which most of his countrymen would be ready to adopt. He ridiculed the existence of any such intention, and declared that England had every wish to give the Federal States a fair trial; but that if so large a part of the commerce of the world were to be sacrificed indefinitely to a chimeri cal object, an intervention might become justifiable and necessary. Perhaps he went somewhat too far in saying that " most Englishmen would prefer to see a separation accomplished ;" but he was quite right in pointing out that the strictest neutrality for the present is compatible with the belief that this result is inevitable, The mysterious M.P., on the other hand, was hardly justified in giving the " strongest assurance of English sympathy with the North," in any sense that would be inconsistent with this neutrality. We know nothing of a pro posal " among some of the men of position" in Man chester "to make a public demonstration of sym• pathy with, the North," and we do not believe that public opinion would have supported any such gratuitous expression of partiality. We cannot help wondering, however, that Mr. Adams, who had reminded his previous informant, with some degree of rudeness, that " the opinions of England were of no consequence to us except as they indicated her actions," should have eagerly em braced the idea o f a Manche s t er d emonstra ti on in favour of Mr. Lincoln's Government. With his own view of the bearing of the cotton question on the staple manufacture of Manchester we have no fault to find. We agree with him that India has already obtained a hold on the market which she will never altogether lose, and that, whatever advantage America may possess in com petition with other cotton-growing countries, she cannot regain the monopoly which she has lost. These considerations may enable the Lancashire capitalists to bear the blockade with more or less patience, but it is absurd to suppose that the re cognition or non-recognition of the Southern States will depend on a selfish struggle between them and a confederacy consisting of " the Radicals," " the Indian and Colonial interests," and "the Anti- Slavery interest." To do so is to confound two questions essentially distinct, the one of which may and probably will, be determined long before the other. Mr. Adams' diary would not have been deemed complete by those for whose eyes it was intended had it not contained a little of that gossip which our cousins import into their most serious trans actions. Accordingly, a document which evidently purports to be in the nature of a State paper, contains a smart comparison between London and Manchester society, greatly to the disadvantage of the former. " Manchester society seems to be much. more like what one finds in American cities than like that of London." The great charm of it is that the old folks considerately keep in the background, leaving it in " the hands of the young, unmarried people ;" that it has no Court to " give it dignity and tone," and that it does not " slight dancing." " One is usually allowed a dressing-room at an evening party," the master and mistress of the house exert themselves to make things go off plea santly, and " it is still the fashion to finish balls with showy suppers, which form the great test of the evening." " London society" is the gloomy an tithesis of all this ; there stiffness and discomfort rule supreme ; "the guests shift for themselves, and a stranger had better depart at once as soon as he has looked at the family pictures." The suggestion seems to be that what a French nobleman calls the massive and granite like pride" of our aristocracy exacts from their guests an unwilling homage to the emblems of their illustrious ancestry, without making the corresponding return of courteous hos pitality. Such is Mr. Adams, junior's, experience of high life in the British Metropolis ; and we can hardly be surprised that he should look back on it with little pleasure. Mrs. Stowe's Sunny Memories gave the brighter side of the picture, and yet, feted and caressed as she was, she can hardly have had better introductions than the son of an American Minister, who is able and anxious to make the best use of his o pp or t u nities. We have no right to wince under the social criticisms in which English travellers so freely indulge, especially as our man ners and customs have been quite_ as extravagantly praised as they can ever be ridiculed. The truth is, . that what called " society" is as inscrutable to a stranger as individual character. Even though he speak the same language and belong to a kindred stock he must ever be an outsider in this kind of intercourse. There are few Frenchmen so friendly to England or have had such opportunities of studying cur peculiarities as M. de Montalembert ; yet his works abound,with inaccuracies and m he ea i t s ii d n e g u e l s y c e a d p h e y his very miscon ceptions wherever he touches on this sacred ground. The very same charge is brought by foreigners,. doubtless with equal justice, against . English 9 o l b e fu a t . r conception of all that he writers who have undertaken to describe them as they are "at home." The reason is obvious enough. Not only do a thousand . traits of cha racter vt yaHaniod wholefshadesforeigner, aim is to seize typical facts and draw inferences from them; h e i s i ncessan tl y gene ralising on experience the most inadequate and one-sided, and ever on princip l e of look-out f ora • • 1 of unity where a nati ve recogn i ses no thi ng b u t in exhaustible variety. Every well-filled drawing room seems to him a representative salon, every fluent and consequential talker a person with special means of information, every loose expression of a public man clothes itself with a deep significance, every whim of prejudice or caprice of fashion, ekes out the materials for a sweeping induction. No one ventures to dogmatise on the habits and opinions of his countrymen, as almost every one is ready to do on those of a nation among whom he has spent a few weeks, or oven a few days. This thought must be the consolation of those to whom, if to any, Mr. Adams's strictures apply. He will profess to know less of us when he really knows more. Let him but persevere in frequenting the soirees and admiring the " family pictures," which make London society " a distinct thing" from that of a provincial to - ,vv, and we shall not despair of reading some day 11, new diary in the Boston Daily Courier, wherein tho anzende honorable will be made to the gay world of the metropolis.— 2 imes. The range of the Apennines, which yielded the valuable statuary marble of the Carrara , were formerly con sidered by geologists to be the very type of primitive me• li stone. This was regarded as a rock of the highest anti quity, because, firstly, it' was traversed by granite veins; secondly, it was a crystalline texture; thirdly , there w e r e no traces of fossils. But the recent disco . verkus have sho wn that it is simply limestone of the oolitic t r ra, such as the hills around Bath, altered by the present o of plutonic or fire rocks. As the distancefr from the ditflurbing points in— creases this very c h a racteristic, fossils o f th e 'Dolly 4eriodi the rock ts elf resumes th e oo lit e c h arac t er . which is more recent t han . the coal, b eg i n to iiheiv'tliein way we can satisf actorily demonstrate that the I s n elv th es is , while I Apennines and the CQtlwold Bills are of the same age,-- 044 a Rai, TILE NAVY. The fine screw frigate Arethuse, 51, 500 horse power, having had her engines and machinery fixed on board, got up steam in the basin at Sheerness yesterday, for the purpose of trying her condensers, The screw frigate Rosario, 11, 150 horse power, fitting at Sheerness for commission, will require to be supplied with new valves before she can proceed to sea. Her present valves are so defective that only about 61b. pressure of steam could be kept up on the occasion of her last trial. The screw corvette Racoon, 22 guns, 1,467 tons, 400 horse power, Capt. W. C. Chamberlain, which has just returned from the Mediterranean, arrived at Gillingham Reach, a short distance below Chat ham Dockyard, on Wednesday evening, in tow of the Adder and African steamers. She has been in commission upwards of four years. An Admiralty order reached Chatham, directing her to be exa mined by the dockyard officials to ascertain the length of time it would take to refit her for tem porary service. Her powder and shell were landed yesterday at the powder magazine, Upnor Castle. The Defence, 18, 600 horse power, Capt. Powell, C. 8., got her topmasts on end yesterday, and has nearly completed rigging. In consequence of the Defence taking. the ground at ley tides, in. oang, .natian beeiii** - 10VN411$4110 factory to know that she has sustained no injury whatever, and that no anxiety need be experienced on that head, as the spot whore she grounded is soft mud. No date has yet been fixed for her to leave Chatham. Yesterday her immense anchors, weighing about 95 cwt. each, which were a few days since received from the Government contrac tors, Messrs. Brown and Lennox, of Cardiff, have been subjected to the usual severe tests, to ascer tain that no blemishes either in the quality of the material or workmanship existed in them, after which a number of shipwrights were set to work to fit them with stocks as soon as pos sible. A new tiller-yoke, upon a new and improved principle, is being forged for her at the smithy in this yard, the one with which she was originally fitted not being considerd suitable. The new yoke will weigh when completed about 30 cwt., and in order that it may be finished as early as possible workmen are employed upon it night and day. The naval department transport, Dove, Mr. Burtenshaw, master, is ordered to proceed to Black wall for the purpose of conveying to this dockyard the iron tubular bowsprit for the Resistance, 18, which is being completed in No. 3 dock. The bow sprit has been made by the eminent iron ship-build ing firm, Messrs; Samuda and Co., who are likewise to supply the ship with masts of the same con struction. The War Department transport Baltic completed landing at the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, yester day, upwards of 600 cases of the 100-pounder Arm strong solid shot, together with a miscellaneous assortment of stores, from Woolwich. The Thames, War Department transport, also landed at Chatham several hundred boxes of Armstrong shot and shell, as well as gun carriages and other stores. The steam transport St. Andrew, laden with war stores for Canada, yesterday hauled off to the buoy from Woolwich pier, and received the following passengers, in readiness to sail this morning by the early tide :—Mr. Jenner, belonging to the storekeeper's department from Aldershot; Mrs. Greig and five children, to join Mr. Greig, of the abovenamed department, who proceeded in tha Melbourne ; 10 sergeants of the 15th Hussars, six of the Ist Dragoon Guards, one of the sth Lancers, one of the 9th Lancers ; one of the 16th Lancers, one of the 12th Lancers, one of the 13th Light Dragoons, one of the 16th Lancers, and one of the 18th Hus sars, to drill the Canadian Militia Regiments ; one first-class and two second-class sergeants, and 17 privates of the Army Hospital Corps. Notwith standing the conciliatory intelligence brought yes terday by the City of Washington from America, no relaxation has been considered necessary in the war like preparations in progress at Woolwich Arsenal. On the contrary, increased diligence was observable throughout the departments yesterday. The ship ment of stores, forming a heavy cargo, was yester day commenced on board the fine new screw steamers Spartan and Ajax for Halifax and Jamaica, arrived alongside yesterday. They consist of upwards of 2,000 tons, principally shot and shell and other heavy stores. Huge piles and pyramids of cased Armstrong and loos© common shot and shell, which have been stacked and stored during the past year, were yes terday cleared out and hoisted on board in readiness for the earliest possible departure. The following war transports were yesterday berthed in front of the T pier, and were loading ;with the greatest ex pedition :—The St. Andrew, the Parthenon, the Ajax, the Spartan, and the Brunette, besides smaller craft and barges at the wharf receiving cargoes for conveyance to the London Docks for Kingston and other North American ports. A gross piece of negligence, which but for its timely discovery must have caused a most serious loss of life, occurred in Sheerness Dockyard on Wednesday afternoon. The boilers for driving the powerful machinery used in the engineers' factory are situate in a separate building at the north end of the shop, immediately over which are rooms appropriated as offices for the chief engineer and his staff. It appears that Mr. Townsend, the principal foreman of the factory, on going his rounds in the afternoon, made the alarming discovery that the water in one of the boilers was almost if not en tirely exhausted, the result of which was that the tubes had actually fallen in upon the furnace bars. The discovery was happily made not a secondsstop the e boilerd there would isno db et mo ment too soon, for had th e steam not instantl y be en tu machinery three have collapsed, and a fearful sacrifice o f lif e an d o r u n off atan in d two the o r property been the result, as the factory and the offices above were filled with workmeu and officials. An investigation has boen ordered into the circum stances in order to ascertain who is responsible for such gross carelessness. The following appointments were made at the Admi ralty last evening : Commander—Peter A. Scott to the Nile (additional), for surveying service. Lieutenant—John C. Drew to the Atedißa (additional). THE AR. The followitg officers have joined the depots of their respective regiments at Chatham garrison, in addition to those of whom a list has alre ad y been given in The Sun—Lieutenant Mars M. Poble, 35th Regiment ; Lieutenant F. B. Morris , 75th Regi ment ; and Ensign J. HumphreyBs 94th Regiment. THE AMERICAN DIFFIctri,TY.—NEWCABTLE-ON -The intelligence brought by TYNE, Thursday afternoon. the City of Washington, that Mason and Slidell will be set free by the Federal Government, has caused great satisfac tion here; for, while t h e feeling was general h ere th a t if the question had to be submitted to the arbitrament of war it was the duty of all classes of Englishmen to sustain the Government, yet the sacrifice to trade would have been great. The intelligence has been a great relief to the ship owners. Nottingham. — The news of the surrender of Slidell and Mason was received in Nottingham by telegraph on Wednesday evening, and spread with lightning rapidity throughout the town. The intelligence was posted up in the Commercial Exchange, and read aloud to the persons present. The liveliest satisfaction is expressed throughout all commercial circles, and the town generally, that war has been averted. The receipt of this gratifying news will doubtless influence the demand for both lace and hosiery goods. Norwich, can. 9.—The intelligence that the Wash ington Government had at last determined •to " swaller down their pride," and remit Messrs. Slidell and Mason to the protection of the flag from which they had been un righteously torn, arrived here about 6 p.m. last evening, and was received with great satisfaction. Throughout the evening and late into the night the fine bells of the o church of St. Peter, Maneroft, rang joyous peals, and thiglOriOus news was the theme of general conversation, all classes appearing to consider that Lord Palmeraton, has again preyed himself a truly Dritiolz THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1862. THE CIVIL WAR IN AIIIE.RICA (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) WASHINGTON, DEC. 27. THE SURRENDER OF MASON AND SLIDELL. Omitting all matters of detail till next post, I hasten to announce that the Government of the United States has acceded to the demands of Great Britain and has consented to surrender Mr. Mason, Mr. Slidell, and their secretaries. This morning Mr. Seward sent to Lord Lyons a request that his lordship would call at the State Department, and in the interview which took place Mr. Seward handed the British Minister an exceedingly volumi nious note, which will no doubt see the light some day in England, and informed him at the same time that the captives were at his lordship's dispo sal. Let us take this act as the expression of the conviction in the minds of the American Govern ment that they were wrong in retaining their pri soners, and that the seizure was an outrage, nor let us, till we know the nature of the despatch, attri bute any other motives to them than the desire to do what is right. The effect in this country, when it is known, will be exceedingly great, for such a dish of humble pie cannot be taken into stomachs which have been disordered by cocktail talking without a great deal of nausea. Do not imagine that the real intelligence and worth of the people will disapprove the act. The men I allude to are the writers in the "sensation" press, and the bunkum orators, as well as the more violent Abolitionists, who by insulting messages and in temperate pledges have bound themselves to oppoie the concession, no matter how just it might prove to be. Doubtless, Mr. Seward in the elaborate despatch he has written will seek to show that Great Britain has laid down some new principle in this trausaction, and in swelling periods will endeavour to demonstrate that by yielding the prisoners the United States has gained some great point for herself and the world in general from Great Britain, which can never again take political offenders from neutral ships. Let it be so. The case is memorable enough and clear enough to serve as a precedent. No one can doubt but that the rela tions of both countries would have been much more satisfactory if the Government of Washington had restored the prisoners as soon as it heard of the cap ture, and if all the irritating writing and speaking to which we have been treated here, and the ex pense, anxiety, and sense of indignity to which we were exposed in Great Britain, had been obviated. I fear that the wrath to come will be greater than anything yet experienced by us, and that a terrible future is in store for Great Britain, at the indefinite time when so many great things are to come to pass. The Government here, which has thus far got over its external dangers, will now have to face a tremendous ordeal. The sense of justice or right or even necessity cannot prevail over the cherished love of doing what they like among the masses. The Union can get more than half a million of melt to fight for her, at a considerable expense, it is true, but moved in the main, let us admit, by love for the Union ; but she could, I am assured, raise a million to fight against England. That is, the hate of Great Britain is at least twice as strong as the love of the Union among many millions of Americans. They will be disappointed this time. If Mason and Slidell be surrendered without any extravagant threats in the press, or without any indig nation meetings, we may hope that friendly re lations will be preserved for years to come, as it will be a token that in a crisis the sound sense, patriotism, and desire to do what is demanded by justice and right predominate in the United States over the violence of popular passion. Let us stand by and see if it will be so, and let us be thankful meantime that we are spared the war which would have been forced on us in vindication of our honour had the Government here been deaf to the voice of reason. The secret of the Govern ment has been well kept. Mr. Seward must have enjoyed the pleasure of tantalising Mr. Sumner and the other senators and politicians who thought to worm out his secret, for he is fond of a joke, and could not have been indifferent to the pangs of the Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Relations of the Senate, who to the last persisted in be lieving or in stating that Great Britain had made no absolute demand which did not admit of either a deliciously long correspondence, or a delicate negotiation by mediator or arbi trator. Some of my good friends of the sword who have been very fierce and belligerent will, no doubt, be difficult to appease. Men like M'Dowell, Halleck, and General Scott, who appreciated the gravity of the • question, have spoken of it with moderation. Some of them, indeed, have from the first maintained that the seizure was unjustifiable. As to the officers of the navy, I must do them the justice to say that those I have met were from the first willing to surrender the Southern Commis sioners, and that more than one expressed the strongest disapprobation of Captain Wilkes's act, not withstanding that the Secretary of the Navy had highly lauded him. Mr. Welles is of the same opinion still, and submits to "force majeztre." Mr. Fox, the able and experienced Assistant-Secretary of the Navy—a naval officer who has seen the world, and has raised his head above the clouds and mists which dim the vision of the indigenous American who has never stirred out of his own country—dif fered from his chief. There were people who went about talking and writing in the most patriotic manner about never surrendering till death or after wards, and seeing every city in a blaze before they would surrender the prisoners. These people will now most probably go about using the same language in another tense, and declaring that it would have been better to have done all sorts of things than to have performed an act of justice, and have averted much bloodshed and misery to two kindred nations, while they at a blow destroyed the possibility of success in the contest on which they had set their hearts. The interval which has elapsed since Mon day, when Lord Lyons presented his note, of which he had at several previous interviews discussed the nature with Mr. Seward, was not unreason ably long, though it has given birth to a de spatch which might not he characterised in the same way, and the press and the politicians were alike in the dark as to the demands of Great Bri tain, and the view taken of them by the Govern ment. It was only the pressure of circumstances, and the convincing arguments founded on the state of the navy and the present position of affairs, which prevailed over the indisposition of the highest persons in the State to yield the prisoners. So late as yesterday a violent speech was made in the Senate by Mr. Hale, in introducing a resolu tion for the correspondence arising out of the Trent affair. It will be observed that the Congress did not ad journ over the holidays, as was proposed; to the great disappointment of the Government they have sat on, adjourning over a day or two and then re sitting wth renewed vigour. There are, indeed, symptoms of a disposition on the part of certain Senators and Representatives to turn the Congress into - a permanent Committee on the state of the nation, and they talk of sitting en permanence or till such time as they have passed measures for the confiscation of the South, and the emancipation of the universal negro. The army will soon be placed under surveillance, if " the Young Chieftain," as the papers were wont to call him, does not effect something. The Ides of the fatal month which shall find Mr. Chase without a cent in his locker are fast approaching. Whether Congress can do anything in the premisses is hard to say, but it is significant enough that the President did not refer the Slidell and Mason question to the Senate, that he abstained from speaking of it in his Message, and that he did not even refer it to the Corm;nittee on Foreign Relations, but that Mr. Sewar4eind, he took on their shoulders the responsibility of the de cision, Here is a brief report of what took place in the Senate on Thursday, the 26th of December " Mr. Hale submitted, `That the President of the United States be requested, if not incompatible with the public interest, to transmit to the Senate copies of despatches and communications which have passed between this Government and the Government of Great Britain, or between this Government or any of its functionaries, relative to the seizure of Messrs. Mason and Slidell on board the British steamer Trent ; to be transmitted either in open or executive session, as he may judge best.' The affairs of this country in relation to Great Britain were very critical. From the newspaper press and from those who were supposed to stand in confidential relations with this Administration, he learned that the Cabi net had, and for some days had had, under consi deration a measure involving more of good or evil to this country than anything which had ever occurred. He meant the surrender, on the demand of Great Britain, of the persons of Messrs. Slidell and Mason. To his mind a more fatal act could not mark the history of the country—an act that would surrender at once to the haughty and arbitrary demand of Great Britain all that was won in the revolution, reduce us to a second-rate Power, and make us the vassals of Great Britain. He would go as far as any reasonable man could be expected to go for peace, but no further. He would be willing to submit the question to the arbitration of any of the great Powers of Europe,. but he would not yield to the arbitrary and abiblute demand of Great Britain for the surrender of these men, even to escape from a war with that Power. Such a submission would be a humiliation to our flag, and he would prefer a declaration of war against Great Britain by this Government. No senator would make more honourable concessions to preserve the peace than he would, but he would suggest that peace was sometimes more dishonourable and calamitous than war. The Administration ought to know the feel ing of the people of this country. With the permis sion of his friend from Indiana (Mr. Lane), he would repeat an observation which that gentleman made at the breakfast table this morning. That senator said to him that Indiana had already 60,000 men in the field, and in sixty days she would double the number if a war with Great Britain should be brought on. He had seen no gentleman who was in favour of the surrender of the persons alluded to; it would humiliate us in the eyes of the world, irri tate our own people, and subject those who sanc tioned it to their indignant scorn. If we are forced into a war with Great Britain he did not think it would be because we refused to surrender Messrs. Mason and Slidell. That was a pretence. If we are forced into a war it will be because it is deter mined by Great Britain to force it upon us. They would humiliate us first and fight us afterwards. If we are to be humiliated he preferred that it should be after rather than before a war. War he knew would be a sacrifice to this people. He could see its horrors, its disasters, its carnage, its blood, and its desolation ; but still he would say let war come; our armies scattered, preservation of the our our fields i e s barren, rbatteredcn for d o t w h en national honour; a regenerating spirit among the people would rebuild the cities, restore the army, and render fruitful the wasted fields. Francis I. of France, at the battle of Pavia, in which his army was annihilated, and he was taken prisoner, ex claimed, All is lost but honour,' and the hon our preserved then was the germ of the great ness and glory of France to-day. He prayed that this Administration would not surrender our national honour. He could tell them that hundreds of thousands would rush to arms and bare their breast to its dangers rather than submit to degra dation. If this Administration would not listen they would find a fire in the rear that would con sume them as stubble. ; The, people would rise and hurl them from the power which they dishonoured. If a war should come he had the satisfaction of knowing that we should not be entirely defenceless and with out satisfactory consolation. We should be fighting in that great cause of constitutional liberty which received its baptism in the blood which centuries ago flowed from the scaffold in England and animates millions to-day over the face of the earth —a cause which lies deep in the hearts of English men, whatever may be the policy of their Adminis tration. If this war be determined upon in Eng land it was because it was out of the hands of Eng land's statesmen and in those of pettifoggers whom they call law officers. If we are to preserve peace we must preserve honour, and not sacrifice honour to an inglorious peace. If this war is to come it will not be carried on without fighting ; and, if we un derstand our true position, we can proclaim it to every man who speaks the English tongue on God's Footstool, and our:appeal would go to the hearts of Englishmen, Irishmen, and Frenchmen. Some fears had been thrown out that Louis Napoleon was taking sides with England, and that we should have to contend with the combined forces of France and England, but ho did not believe it. He believed if Louis Napoleon harboured one single sentiment, entertained one principle, or had one single feeling predominant over all others, it was to have a fair field to try again the issue which resulted so dis astrously at Waterloo ; and he assured the Senate that all over this country and Canada and Ireland there were hundreds of thousands of true-hearted Irishmen who have long been praying for an oppor tunity to retaliate upon England for the wrongs which for centuries that Government has inflicted upon their fatherland. If we know our own posi tion and our own strength (he alluded to the strength which principle gave us), we had nothing to fear in this contest. He did not pretend to be a prophet, but he thought it required very little sagacity to determine that when England entered upon such a war she entered upon nne of more doubtful contingency than any in which she had been engaged. In such a contest England would war with the spirit of the age, with the irre sistible genius of liberty, with the sympathies of her own best people, and with a cause that was dear to the hearts of patriots the world over. She would war with a cause upon which we may ine oke with confidence the blessings of the God of Liberty, who will not fail in his own time and in his own way to vindicate his own cause. If this war must come, he , would repeat, let it come, and let us thank God that he has made us the chosen instruments in his hand of vindicating his own cause. " Mr. Sumner said the senator from New Hamp shire had treated the question en a hypothesis. He had said that Great Britain had made an arrogant demand, and that ho was against it. How did the senator know that ? Who in the Senate knew that ? Who in the country knew that ? He did not believe it. The senator from New Hampshire had expressed a willingness to consent to an arbitration. How did he know that this Administration was not likewise willing to submit to arbitration ? Who there could speak for the administration on that point ? He submitted to the senator from New Hampshire that he had spoken swiftly on both them points. There was no evidence that could lead him to believe that any arrogant demand had been made, nor was there any evidence that could lead him to distrust the fealty of the administration on this question. He had a firm conviction that this question would be peaceably and honourably adjusted. He did not believe it was a question to be settled by war, and he hailed with gratitude the suggestion of the senator from New Hampshire in what to a cer tain extent might be called a war speech. He had expressed a desire to resort to arbitration. He, however, did not wish to be understood as suggesting that that mode was under considera tion. He was not authorised to say anything on the subject ; and he contented himself with repeat ing that it was in safe hands, and it was better for them to reserve themselves for the question when it was presented in a practical form, and not to speak en hypotheses which facts may afterwards show to have been false. The motion was with drawn." From Mr, 1161fiti rpecob, yhich is ox 1y too well founded in its exposition of the national feeling in many States of the Union, it will be seen what is in store for the Government, and that Mr. Seward had no small danger to face when he resolved to yield up Mason and Slidell, and it will also be observed that American Senators do not always speak wisely, temperately, or with knowledge of law, and that in a grave question of international right they can appeal to the prejudices and passions of the igno rant and inflammable masses of the fierce democracy, which they can wield in no other way, A great evil is averted from Great Britain, but it is impossible to deny that a very serious mischief is generated in the United States themselves, and that there will be a clamour against the President and his Cabinet. There will be irritation, too, in the volunteer army. Some of the regiments were rejoicing over the pro spect of a war with the British, whom, perhaps, they think more easy to be beaten than the Confe derates. In the quasi-French and foreign regiments such' a sentiment was said to prevail very strongly. The Irish element will also be excited and angry that they could not meet their fellow-countrymen in Canada, who, according to Mr. M'Gee, are quite ready for them whenever they come, in a way they do not anticipate. With the intestinal struggle be tween the Abolitionists and the Democrats, with an empty treasury, and with a civil war on their hands, the prospects of , the people of -1* United States `are dark enough without any additional cause of disunion and faction. Let January pass over without some great victory and the fate of the Government is sealed, and with it something more goes too. At present General M'Clellan is unwell. The weather is very fine. Republican generals ought never tobe unwell —time is passing away. But the respectable public will find itself quite mistaken if it supposes it is master of the situation. It is in for the war for the Union, and it must abide the consequences and sub mit to all the agencies it has evoked. Perhaps it rubbed its eyes a little on Christmas morning when it saw Dragoons with drawn swords at all the an gles of the streets to keep order in Washington, where the sight of a soldier a year ago was a strange phenomenon. The Dragoons are there still, and I was reprimanded by one of them yesterday for can tering down the street. They are nominally to keep order, and perhaps they may be withdrawn when the holydays are over ; but it is certainly such a spectacle as I never beheld elsewhere in America. The people take to it quite naturally. Then there are heavy patrols through the streets, just in the old Austrian fashion in Milan not long ago. As soon as General Burnside's expedition is ready it will proceed from Annapolis, and possibly make a diversion on the right flank and rear of the Confe. derate position on the Lower Potomac. Captain David Porter's mortar-boat flotilla, fitting out at New York, may be intended to co-operate. with it ; but at all events it is expected that General M'Clellan will be enabled to make an onward move ment, with every chance of distracting the Confe derates by placing them between two fires, as soon as Burnside has fairly landed and has made some progress below. The action at Dranesville has given this army more confidence, and has been admitted by the Confederates to be a serious disaster for their men. The superior arms of the Federalists must in the long run establish a moral as well as a physical advantage over their opponents. A fowling-piece is but a poor match for an Enfield rifle While the South is cut off from Europe, unless by the chance passage of a vessel through the blockade, the North is importing arms by tens of thousands, and the Hamburg steamers each week are freighted with munitions of war for the Federal troops, All that ought to give victory in numbers, wealth, and resources, is on their side, and still their progress is not sure, and is very slow. But of its ultimate rapidity and success I have no doubt, and never had any, with the im portant proviso that the people pay taxes and give money to the Government to carry on the war. The Treasury Department announces that it is now ready to issue the 7 3-10 notes of the second 50 millions taken by the banks, and it is hoped that subscrip tions will flow in ; but to my notion that source of income is nearly dried up, and the investments have been falling off at a great rate within the last few weeks. The Far West may be excluded from all calculations founded on tax collections, and the Go vernment will get little indeed from Michigan, Western Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. By the next mail I will forward the extracts of my journal, in which are some details which may be interesting. The melancholy and surprising intelligence of the Prince Consort's death was received here on Tuesday, by telegraph, which reported that the newspapers of the 15th, brought by the Persia, and taken from her when she was spoken off Cape Race the day before, contained a statement that his Royal Highness expired on the previous day. It sensibly affected every Englishman in our small community, and for some time we hoped against hope that the intelligence was untrue, or that there was some error in the name ; but at last the fact was established, and a deep and universal emotion filled our hearts, mingling with the profoundest sympathy for the Queen, and for those on whom the blow has fallen so heavily. If anything could console Her Majesty for the loss, which is irrepar able, it would be the exhibition of the nation's grief and the common sorrow of her whole people ; but it is a tribute to her virtues and to the character of Prince Albert which is of singular value, that in the midst of the excitement arising out of the diffi culties between the two countries the American press has with one voice expressed its sympathy with the Queen in her grief, and has announced the event in a manner very creditable to the people and gratifying to us. It touches the English heart to hear Queen Victoria spoken of as she is by all classes in A merica, and, though the praise may be extorted by the blameless life and the dom . estic t qualities pride in the honour showered on our Queen by those sp o le f a t s h a e n t w t o o m u a s n to an listen the S t o e v it,r e l e g e n i d , t t o s takenot who are by no means friendly to her subjects. Her misfortune and the calamity to the Royal family and to the country have been treated with respect ful condolence in America. May the tears of the wife in whose grief all English-speaking races share be wiped away, and long may she be spared to her country and her children after the Comforter has come and soothed her affliction The following notice appeared in the National Intelligencer on Christmas-day:— " THE DEATH OF PRINCE ALBERT. _ _ " It was yesterday announced under our telegraphic head that Prince Albert, the estimable and virtuous Consort of Queen Victoria, died on the 15th of the present month. The intelligence was as unexpected in this country as it will be desolating to the home of the exalted lady who is held' in highest respect, not only among her subjects, but where ever she is known, for those qualities which equally adorn the public and the private station, but which, in her case, have been made especially conspicuous by the peculiar felicity allotted to her, under Providence, in the rela tions of wife and mother, as well as in those which she sustains as the honoured Queen of a loyal people. Called as she now is to sit in the shadow of a great affliction, she will be attended by the sympathies of millions in our own country who but a few months ago found pride and plea sure in tendering to her eldest son the cordial civilities which were meant no less in homage to the virtues of the mother than to the titled rank of the Royal visitor. No passing cloud in the diplomatic relations of the two countries will be suffered to check this natural impulse of the American people at the present moment. May we not rather hope that it will only afford the better occasion of revealing how sincere is the friendly feeling really existing between the two peoples, and how impossible as well as unnatural a thing would be a war between them I" THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT. —Yesterday the Lord Mayor issued a notice convening a public meeting in the Egyptian-hall of the Mansion-house on Tuesday next, at two o'clock, to 'consider the propriety of inviting contri butions for the erection of a suitable memorial of his late loyal Highness tile, Prince Consort. His lordship has also requested the attendance of many gentlemen of rank and influence to take part in the proceedings, aAd to aid in Carrying out the proposed object. ;,._..: