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A Night Porter in attendance. No INCREASE OF CHARGES. INDIA AND THE COLONIES. PASSENGERS Embarking or Disembarking will find superior accommodation and moderate eliarges at CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, extending to the River. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET -STREET, near Temple-bar. , ANVYF,R'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER for THIS the 7th inst., will consist of POTAGE s. Purée de Lievre—A la Printaniere. POISSON. Turbot sauce Homard—Filets de Merlans frits. ENTREES. Dindon a la Bechamel—Filet de Bceuf sauce Tomato Baeuf bouilli—Mouton roti. ENTREMETS. * P ouding de Vermicelle —C om p o t e d e P runes de ,••• Bordeaux. Fromage et Salade. UM T O-MORROW, th e Bth i ns t ., "T HE LONDON DINNER " consist of POTAGES. De Tortue—Consomme Ordinaire. Poissox. Morue sauce aux Huitres—Soles frites.. ENTREES. Cotelettes de Mouton a la Saubise—Rissoles de `'eau avec du Jambou. Mouton bouilli—lkeuf rat. NTREMETS. Souffiee de Ginp , i E mbre—Beignets de Pomme. Fromage et Sal de, An extensive and carefully.selected stock of FRENCH IMENISIL MOSELLE, and other WINES imported ex pressly for TnE LONDON DINNER. A fine Haunch of Venison every day at 5 o'clock. Turtle Soup and all Fish in season daily. Ge ntlemen attention of Clergymen, Officers, and Professional V s e ntlemen is especially drawn to the advantages offered by ese elegant Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of west -end Club of the a most aristocratic and exclusive cha -acfer. trouve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les Vellleurs Journ aux An glais, mais aussi Journ aux Allemande, 'rancais et Belges. SAWYER, Proprietor. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Inoorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—II er Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT —Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., F.R.S. CnArnmAx—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN —Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since the beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has incurred expenses amountng to £27,260 on various Lifeboat Establishments on the Coasts of Eng'and, Scotland, and Ireland. During the same period the Lifeboats of the Institution have !pen instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the follow ing Vessels:— 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 .. .. 9 Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. 6 Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. .. 5 Schooner Rose, of Lynn •• •• •• Brig Prodroma, of Stockton .. Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg; Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford Schooner Prospect, of Berwick Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone Brig Pallas, of Shields .. Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow .. Smack John Bur, of Yarmouth .. Schooner Cathenne, of Newry Barque Niagara, of Shields .. . A Barge of Teignmouth Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby •• •• •• Coble Honour, of Cullercoats .• • • Schooner Eliza, of North Shields Barque Oberon, of Liverpool • • • • Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth Brig Scotia, of Sunderland Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. Brig Ann, of Blyth Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) Sloop Hope, of Dublin Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) .. Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and crew) .. Smack Merrion Lass, of Aberystwyth (saved yes and crew) .. Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew) Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives Fishing-boats of Whitburn Brig Arethusa, of Blyth Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoc Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris . Schooner William, of Morecambe .. Smack Gipsy, of Newry • • • • Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven. Schooner William, of Liverpool Lugger Nimrod, of Castletown Brig Providence, of Shields Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood Barque Guyana, of Glasgow .. Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. Brig San Spiridione, of Galaxlde Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vienna French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast • • Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven Brig St. Michel, of Marans Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam Barque Druid, of Sunderland Schooner Bellona, of Red Bay,. Brig Pioneer, of Carnarvon Schooner Princess Alice, of Ipswich Brig Minerva, of Workington •• •• •• Schooner Elizabeth and Hannah, of Newburgh .. Brig Sisters, of Whitby Brigantine Matilda, of Stockholm .. Brig Jane, of North Shields Brig Trial, of Poole Schooner Liberty, of Dublin .. Schooner Sylphiden, of Nakskov (saved vessel and crew) •• •• •• •• • Barque Frederick, of Dublin .• •• • Barge Peace, of London •• •• •• . Lugger Saucy Lass, of Low es t o ft .. •• 11 Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. .. 10 Pilot cutter Whim, of L owestoft .. 7 Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen . .. 11 Wrecked boat on Black wa t er Bank, on the Irish coast Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone • • • • • • Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk . • • • • • • • • • Schooner Rook, of Liverpool Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland •• • Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth Schooner Friends, of Lynn • . Schooner Eliza Anne, o f D u b lin Brig Content, of Sunderland Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan Barque Cedarine, of Bermuda Smack Frodsham, of Liverpool Sloop William, of Liverpool .. Sloop Elizabeth, of Teignmouth Portuguese Barque Cruz V. • .. 7 ▪ .. 7 6 .. 5 ▪ 1 • 6 .. .. 1 5 3 4 .. .. .. 5 .. .. 4 .. .. 10 .. .. 6 .. .. 5 - .. .. 17 .. • • .. 4 •• •• ... 9 .. .. 5 4 .. .. 9 .. .. 4 .. .. .. 10 3 .. .. .. 5 •• .. ..134 Total •• •• •• ..• 740 For these and oth er Lif e -b oa t services the Institution has voted £2,458 as rewards to the crews of its Lifeboats. It has also granted rewards amounting to £572 for saving 562 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, mak ing a total of 1,302 persons saved from a watery grave during the last two years and a half. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,690; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 713 Silver Medals, and £16,0(0 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £64,300 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-cart iages, and Boat-houses. The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being made by this Institution to save the li ves o f 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-three 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, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions : Her Majesty the Queen .. . annual 50 0 0 A Lady at Leith, p er W . G . Slater, Esq... don. 100 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. annual 1 1 0 Cotton, Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. . don. 25 0 0 Coutts and Co., Me ssrs. , B an k ers .. annual 10 0 0 Erie, Lord Chi e f J us ti ce .• . don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. 2d don. 25 0 0 Harvey. Rev. G. G. and Mrs. . don. 30 0 IL Lambton, Messrs. W. &Co . Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 Legacy of the late W m. L Lanesborough, the Earl of annual 5 0 0 upt on, sq., of Salford.. • • • . 100 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • . • . 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. • • • . don. 15 15 0 Robartes, T. J. Agar, Esq., M.P. .annnal 5 o 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0 Trench, Lady llelena . don. 30 0 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re reived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; s fessrfa. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London ; by all the Bankers in the United Kingdom; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphl, Lon don, W.C. TEN PER CENT. PER ANNUM.—Sims of FIFTY POUNDS to TEN THOUSAND POUNDS may be INVESTED for SEVEN YEARS to pay the above Interest, without partnership liability, and with less risk than any ordinary Joint Stock enterprise. Full particulars will be forwarded, postage free, to Gentlemen giving Banker's reference to A. G., Universal Advertising Office, 26, Brydges street, Covent-garden. AMUSEMENTS. CANTERBURY HALL STECKEL, The greatest Trapeze perforiner in the world. Grand Operatic Selection as usual, with Lull Band and Chorus. Principal Artiste—Miss Russell. %worth, with the original Stump speech, " Or any other man," in conjunction with Eugene and Duley, forming the Rreatest Comic Trio in London; and a host of other Comic avotuites. H E 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD STREET. Reappearance of Miss Russell. Last Two weeks of The miraculous Steckel." Every Evenin Grand Operatic Selections by Miss Russell, Miss Towneley ;Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert. Conductor, Mr. F, Jonghmans. Glees, Duets, Four-part Songs, &c., by the Company. Comic—Miss Caroline Parkes, Mr. W. Randall, the Rum fieY and Newcomb Minstrels, Eugene, and Linsworth (the original " or any other man") gall, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, Is. ; Private Boxes. 108. 6d. W S. WOODIN'S CABINET of CURIO • SITIES—NewIy Polished and Re-Iined—POLY CRAPHIC BALL, King William-street, Charing-cross, Every Evening, at eight (except Saturday), :With new characters music, songs, and dances. The scenic il lustrations and effects, entirely new, painted by and under the direction of Mr. William Callcott. Morning Performance, Saturday, Oct. 4. at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 25.; amphitheatre, ls. Box-office open from eleven to five. Mr. Woodin as Mr. Sothern, of tho Haymarket, in his celebrated character of "Lord' Dundreary," Morning and Evening. ARGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.—GßAND CASINO FRANCAISE.- - o - pen every Evening for Promenade and Dancing, with the celebrated Rand of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. RouLeonum.—The new Imperial Qua drille, Valse Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValse will be played nightly. A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above Establishment for Reading, Coffee, and Refreshments.— Admission ls.—Manager, M. Grenet. P OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, Balfe's popular Opera, THE PURI TAN'S DAUGHTER : Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan dyne; Messrs. Santley, W. H. Weiss, Patsy, A. St. Albyn, J. Rouse, C. Lyall, E. Dussek, and W. Harrison. Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past 7—Commence at R. THEA TRE-R OVAL, DRURY-LANE. Dion Boucicault, Lessee. THIS EVENING, PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Mr. Leigh Murray. After which, at R o'clock, the new Scottish Drama, THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW : Mrs. Dion Boucicault, Madame Celeste Jordan ; •Messrs. Dion Boucicault, Ryder, Atkins, C. Vand en h o ff , Swinbourne, Mellon. T o conclude with THE ARABS OF THE DESERT : a `Troupe of the Beni-Zoug-Zoug, at 10. Commence at 7—terminate at 11. TREAT RE-RON Al. HAY MARKET. Lessee Mr. .T. R. Puelrstone. I'ITIS EVENING. at 7, A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ?dr. Farren. Mr. Rogers, Mr. Clark, and Miss E. Romer. After which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (247th time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck etone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. ‘ ,Eollowed by a new Far^e, entitled DUCK HUNTING . Compton, Mr. Howe, Mr. W. Farren, Mrs. Wilkins, an d 'Ass C. Hill. To conclude with THE GALLICIAN FETE. NEW TH FA TR "E -ROYAL, ADELPFIL- Solo Proprietor nnd Ynns, , , , er. Mr. B. Webster. Tlfis FITEFTNG, TTIE GTEEN BUSHES Messrs.J 7 ° o lre P. Bedford, Billinvfon , S efton. Stephenson, Lewis 4,urne, Romer ; MIPS A von ia Jones, Miss Woo l g ar, Mrs. 'lngton, and Mrs. Stoker. , conclude with THE SHIT LING DAY AT THE It IAT EXHIBITION. Messrs. .1. L. Too le . P. Bedford, and illips, Sefton, C. J. Smith, Homer ; Miss K. Bland Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lensee, Mr A. Tinrrlv. • l I IRIS EVENING, THE RENDEZVOUS. Messrs. Hide, " ( lows, dm., and Miss Maria Harris. After which, at a quarter to Eight, KING HENRY VIII. cardinal Rolsey, Mr. Charles Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs. Ch arles Kean. _To conclude with BORROWING A HUSBAND. Mr. H. Widdiconrib and Miss Maria Harris. Commence at 7. No half-price. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Li Sole Lessee and Manazer —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 280th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS E VENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Trim:mg. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, ',IICI Edmund Falconer : Mrs. D. P . Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, and Miss M. Hudson. After Which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and b a ll e t , i ,„ lll ,ferlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and M iss Lydia Thomson. entitled HE 1 4, P, v 4,011 wed rr b sF, Y LE a D n A ew T AST.. Mr. Charles COLLEE Selby and Miss N .. ThonJ)son. Aci i n a Manazer—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Itice ß usm .i, Doors open at half-past 8, to commence at '4ox- ffi daily from 11 tills. 0 cc ope Cmnmence a 7 AS ------ T LE y s ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Sole Proprietor aid Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. u. r fili pvw Revival o,' " Mazeppa." '• ild S ' • --XING will be New Scenery, Dresses, and performed MAZEPPA ; or, The Te be I t Trorse of Tartary, with - eeorations. routine of novel and daring -„,' tenea ;n°Bowed by a brilliant ronti and Young wlll appear. 4-lever,„_ the Circle, in which Madan Hislop curraZoo.irclude with a COMIC BALLET. in which Miss Annie "nle and limy Croueste will appear. Commence at 7.—Stage Manager. Mr. W. Searle. "--!------ THE . 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CONTENTS : INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhma and Impotence; F.arlv Vicious Indulgences ; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER 111. Review of the various Disqualifications Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV ? . and V. on the modern Treatment of onorrhcea and Syphilis. , The Book on o l u d es with numerous var i e d an d i n teresting co.oes Lotio , to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on $a VIE WS is a truly valuable work, Times," e a s n , l ghould be in the hands of young, and old "- 2,d March, UM. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases whien produce decline in youth or more frequently premature o:d age."—" Daily Telegraph," Mara, 27,1856. :.ondon Published by J. Allen, 20 Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann. 29. Cornhill. Hopi's 01 Consultation-10 to a and IS to at gaudily% 1v "x N°. 21,925. INERA LOG Y. - KING'S COLLEGE, London.—Professor TENNANT, F.G.S., will give a COURSE of LECTUREs on MINERALOGY, with a view to facilitate the study of GEOLOGY and of the application of mineral substances in the ARTS. The Lectures will com mence on WEDNESDAY MORNING, October 8, at Nine o'clock. They will be continued on each succeeding Friday and Wednesday, at the same hour. Fee, £2 2s. Od. n S T E 0 Ell) O N: O What is it? See Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. GABRIEL'S Sell-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEETH and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, springs, or wires, and without operatiMASTICATION and One set lasts a lifetime. and WARRANTED FOR ARTICULATION. Purest materials only, at half the usual cost. Messrs. 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Dr. SMITH will, for the BENEFIT of persons suffering from NERVOUS DEBILITY, ,tc., on receiving a description of their case (enclosing a stamped directed envelope for re ply), send his written opinion, with advice and directions for the most successful treatment and cure.—Address, Dr. Smith, 8, Burton-crescent, London, W.C. C -7 4 e 41* 4 ...In. • f fc 411 , 1 e At : • t re 2:: •- • , I , ; # * 4 " ••• _.‘ 1!„ 44 7 . A " YAS('' 4 • • -, to. o 4 Am i fa, e r t h y;-- ' • - . 21 :41:iti 0 , d 6 ," 4111 P ' 1 1-17 !. '4,al -AO ( • a' „ • Att."ll THE SUN, LOINpON, TUESDAY EVEN! '4l, OCTOBER 7, 1862: Smeeth and Fen sluice (the subject of the accident) was built and the drain itself excavated in 1832, under the direction of Sir John Rennie, Mr. Dyson being, we believe, the builder. The still erect posi tion of the sluice, under the circumstances described, is a proof that its foundations and brickwork az e of very great strength. Its weak point is that of every such work —the junction of the masonry with the earthwork, where the stream continually seeks an entrance, and often effects one in a place beneath the surface, and thus quite out of view. The damage is only discovered by very careful in vestigation, and then, as has been seen, sometimes too late for any remedy. A fact which ought not to be forgotten in con nexion with the flooding of the Marshland proper is, that this would probably not have occurred but that the defensive -bank between the two drains was some years ago largely excavated and the clay used in making bricks, thus leaving holes and low places over which the water has found immediate vent. Such a piece of short-sighted folly would be incredi ble, but that the evidence of its commission is stilt plainly visible, and the fact itself is well remem bered in the neighbourhod. The Smeeth and Fen commissioners may be said to be sitting en permanence at the scene of opera tions; and the Court of Sewers is to hold a meeting this day (Tuesday) to decide what is to be done for the protection of their distinct, which is seriously threatened, not only by the gincreased overflowing of the banks, but also by the probable destruction of their own sluice. AT7E3IP2ED BALLOONING AT WIN CHESTER. The interest felt in ballooning just now gives value to the following account, by " one of the gar rison," of an attempted ascent from Winchester Barracks by Mr. Coxwell Lest any incorrect account of the accident which occurred on the morning of Tuesday last to Mr. Coxwell's " Mammoth Balloon " should go forth, I venture to offer you an account of the occur rence, and some other details. It was contemplated that the balloon should be filled with gas, and the ascent take place on the Ist of October, from the inner quadrangle of Win chester Barracks, a spot full of interest from its associations with Charles 11., and one which from its sheltered aspect on all sides, and from its af f ording ample accommodation at different eleva tions for several thousand persons, was eminently fitted for the object desired. Numerous spectators were expected from Ports mouth, Salisbury, and Southampton; even the quiet Hampshire villages were to have contributed their quota, with,' further, the benevolent intention in view of contributing their shilling for the Lanca shire Distress Fund. On Monday, the 29th ult., Mr. Cowell arrived, having only just ascertained that, in consequence of the defective size of the pipe (owing to a mistake of the gas manager), the balloon could not be filled in barracks without a fresh arrangement, which there was not then time to make; so that the only remaining chance of not disappointing the public was to fill the balloon at the gasometer, a distance of 900 yards from the barracks. Strict secrecy was kept to avoid any crowd, and the filling was most successfully and vigorously per formed on Monday night by a detachment of sol diers, who received orders, given with much fore thought by Colonel M'Donald, who energetically directed everything. Such were the cheerfulness and intelligence of the men that Mr. Coxwell re marked of one that he thought he must, before en listing, have had experience in balloon filling. The weather caused much anxiety, but the fre quent showers we had during the night had lulled the wind, and at sunrise there was a dead calm, though with every indication of a stiff gale coming on, and this we felt in violent gusts just as the bal loon was ready for moving, at seven a.m., on Tues day. Then, during a favourable lull, 65 soldiers, obeying Mr. Coxwell's signals under their own officers with such accuracy as only discipline can insure, started with their capricious and bulky in fant, guiding it on its way to the barracks by three ropes, ?ur. Cowell and some others riding aloft in the car at some 30 feet from the ground. Our success, however, met with a check before we had travelled 150 yards, from the balloon touching a tree ' • three tears was th e result. Mr. C oxwe ll , with his characteristic patienc e , took it to a neighbouring fi eld and repaired the damage done. He proposed, however, to leave the balloon tethered till the wind a b a t e d , but the stra i n f rom the violent gusts that c aug h t i t was too great ; f or while a bystander was p o i nt i ng out a sma ll h o l e t o Mr. Coxwell, it suddenly i ncreased to a ren t f rom the top half way to the bottom, without allowing an instant for the valve being opened; everything consequently came to the ground, and our hopes of an ascent on this day were at an end. SIR JOHN RAMSDEN SUING A CRICKET CLUB. At the Huddersfield Count Court on Friday, be foreden, James ßart. , broughtS tans fi e I a d n , appeared afe a l au c t rh o dbe m es, p p f li b o e a e r r : t k n t d h, and J. cover for the plaintiff:a . the I nra ' s r defi e l : pie as the parade-ground afield adjoining Green head Mr. Shaw, barrister, n ne it opd i lwadvtauoi orocedlnEcauyutensoftqtfiteho.o'eni j mr - r yu s e .dhgyem, the against rS t o . i M h r jll e j . e : e a. w u We d r m d. e I ceG i t o r F l f so l: ni e W g s i s hd - 0 of Wakefield, for the defendants. The facts of the ea se on the occa s i on ofSir are these :—ln the year 1852, John Ramsden arriving at his majority, t h e Huddersfield Cricket Club, after having played for seven years on ground that was m not altogeth er suitable a() application to Sir John by letter, requesting '1 at hi s d hands a suitable plot of ground, an d that he would give such directions to his ag en t, Mr. Alex !fathom, as.would g secure them on e a d apte d t t e h r eir necessities, so that they might r an k with ne ighbouring possession of grounds." he towns in the re quested permissi on t o enrol the h same letter also name of Sir John Ramsden as honorary preside nt John replied to this application thatof the club. Sir he should be glad for the club to have th e use of a piece of his ground for their sport, and fe lt gratified at the honour of being made the honorary - president of the club. This letter was considered by the club as a promise of a piece of land free from rent, and they made application to the agent for the use of the field now occupied by the volunteers. The agent, however, informed them that their impression was a wrong one, and that Sir John would expect them to pay a yearly rental of from £lO to £l2 for the field, which is four acres in extent. Disregarding this information, they drew up a memorial to Sir J. W. Ramsden, and forwarded it to the residence of the agent for presentation, and meanwhile entered into possession of the ground on the understanding that the question of rent was reserved for appeal to Sir John himself. The agent, in his discretion, did not forward the memorial to Sir John, who hap pened to be abroad. On this becoming known to the club some time after, they wrote to Sir John re questing a personal interview. This was declined by Sir John, on the ground that business ought to be transacted in writing, The club then forwarded a full statement of their case, and received in due time a reply to the effect that he should abide by the letter of his agent, correcting the misapprehen sion which had existed in the minds of the club re garding the tenure of the cricket-field. The club then instructed the secretary to write to Sir John (at the close of 1858), pointing out that the enforce ment of retrospective rent would lead to a dismem berment of the club, which they could not conceive their honorary president would permit, and asking Sir John to remit the rent of the present year, and promising to pay in future. To this request Sir John refused to accede, informing the club that Mr. Hathorn's application for rent 'was duly made ac cording to instructions from himself. The club thereupon refused to pay any rent, and received notice to quit in February, 1859. They quitted the ground in February, 1860, their tents, grass. roller, and other property being retained by the parties taking possession in the name of Sir J. W. Rams den. The matter was allowed to lie over in the hope of an amicable settlement, but the club refused to come to terms, and the case was entered in the county court. After a prolonged hearing, the j ury returned a verdict in favour o f the plaintiff to the amount of £8 17s. 11d. Mr. Clough, on behalf of Sir John, refused this verdict, preferring a nonsuit. A nonsuit was therefore entered against t he plain tiff) with costs. A d/ r e / ; :: (-7/eZ z YZ - IN !; WS l'A 1- 3 - i'' TR --- that tibtl. Italica( math, nu kset 4 net of l it*O".-- , -;4 44 *. 1 F•:.1 ,21. 1.,<-;.(1r.;,:', . pointment at the non-arrival of reinfoi 6 . .e. ig ". 44 , „ } that he has urged expedition upon '-. - ..... 4 ,, - -..- O" • vernors, but with no success, although the mkt° a s North ia swarming with the now levies. In - Yew Jersey alone there appear to be 10,000 men ready to go, but retained by the Governor. In New York there :are one way or another at least three times the number. General Coteors.n's Irish Bri gade is spending its bounty money in beer, whisky, and jewellery, and othu wise amusing itself riot ously in Staten Island; and on Saturday last the 26th and 27th New Jersey Regiments —a portion , no doubt, of the idle 10,000 of that State—coolly disbanded themselves, or, as the newspapers say, "skedaddled" and dispersed into private life, be cause their officers would not allow them a fur lough to spend, in New York, the superabundant dollars that were burning holes in their pockets as effectually as if they had been gold and silver. Great numbers of them have since been recaptured by the police; but, perhaps, under such circum stances, General 111‘Clellan was none the worse at Sharpsburg and Antietam for not having been encumbered with such assistance as these " ske daddlers" could have rendered Min. THE CONFEDERATE STATES, LETTER FROM MR. MASON'. The following letters were read at the Staleybridge meet ing : Stayleybriage, Sept. 17th, 1862. Sir,—lmpelled by a desire to remedy the distress that pre vails in the cotton-manufacturing districts, a committee has been formed in this town to promote the recognition of the Confederate States of North America as an independent nationality. The persons comprising tlais committee feel satisfied that the Confederate States, by their sacrifices, exertions, and successes, have made good their claim to be admitted into the family of nations. This, it is thought, would be a just, effectual, and speedy way of terminating the disastrous war that is now desola ting the hitherto most prosperous and enterprising portions of the earth, and bringing ruin and misery into many once happy homes. As secretary of this committee, I am in structed to write to you, as the only person with whom we are acquainted who officially represents the interests of the South in this country, asking you what effect recognition would have in accomplishing so desirable an object. We have drawn up a requisition to the Mayor, desiring him to calls meeting of the ratepayers in the Town Hall. The requisition has been signed by 150 of the principal in habitants of the town, including millowners, clergymen, professional men, &c. The Mayor has consented to call a meeting and to pre side on the occasion. In the meantime we are collecting all the information we can on the subject, in order to supply our speakers with the strongest possible arguments in favour of recognition, and thus enable them to overcome opposition. We write to you to request you to favour us with such in formation as you think will best tend to advance the cause we have at heart. Believing you will be able to supply the required information, I am, dear sir, waiting your reply, yours very respectfully, WiLmArs BOON. TO WILLIAM BOON, ESQ. 54, Devonshire.street, Portland -place, London, September 19, 1862. Sir,—l have had the honour to receive your letter of the 17th inst., informing me of a project e d meeting to be held at Staleybridge, in Cheshire, of the ratepayers of the town, who are to have under consideration the question of recog nition of the Confederate States of America, and asking my opinion as to the effect that such recognition would have in bringing about a peace, and any other information I may deem pertinent to the subject. As a citizen of those States I do not feel at liberty to re fuse your request under the circumstances stated, when per haps otherwise to offer my opinions might be deemed intru sive. It is certainly a settled principle of international law that when a new nation or empire is brought into existence as a separate and independent Power, other nations are at liberty without giving cause of offence, to recognise it as such, and to receive it as an equal in the family of nations ; and to en title it to such recognition it is only required that sufficient evidence be exhibited of stability and permanence in the new government, coupled with the power to sustain itself in its new position. In the case of the Confederate States, I think it may be confidently submitted that the facts which have transpired since their separation from the United States, both in the Cabinet and in the field, come fully up to such requisitions. It has existed as a perfectly organised Government, in full and unimpeded operation, for more than 18 months ; and as to its ability to sustain itself, its career in arms, against vastly superior forces, may challenge the judgment of the world. The present population of the Confederate States comprises about 12 millions of people. I think I may confidently assume as the public judgment of Europe, that the separation of these States from the late United States is final and for ever, and that in no possible contingency —even could the war be continued to their ex termination —can they ever be restored to the repudiated Union. Under such circumstances, how far it may be deemed in cumbent by other governments publicly to acknowledge the existing fact of such final separation, and thus to recognise the new power, is for those Governments to determine. Fortunately for us, our people have shown themselves not only self-reliant, but worthy of that reliance. We have fought our battles unaided and a l one, and, until recently, have uncheered fears, norby nations looki ng on. For the future wo no e would the recognition to which you refer be of any value to us, except so far as it might tend to bring the war to a close— a war to be waged henceforward hopelessly by our enemy, and at which humanity shudders, In reply to your inquiry as to what effect recognition of our independence would have towards putting an end to the war, I have only to say it would at once and for ever dispel all delusion on the subject in the United Stales. So long as it is withheld by Europe it is taken as an admission in America that in European judgment there may yet be a restoration of the broken Union, and to that extent our adversaries may be encouraged to persevere. That lam warranted in speaking of this as a delusion I may appeal to the verdict of every intelligent Englishman. Again, you are aware that the war was commenced and has been prosecuted for the purpose of putting down an alleged rebellion, Our recognition by the European powers would be the decree of enlightened, impartial, and able ob servers that a rebellion, if one ever existed, h a d k m brought to an end, and there stood in place of it, acknowledged by them, a s eparat e , sovereign, and fade as pen.. re. dent state, the eq ua l o f any in the line of empi It Is not in tho e x p er i ence o f the world that a war so disastrous in its results to th ose now waging it a ga i nst the Confederate States, when they were made to understand that It was no longer condu c t e d against alle ged rebels in you have submitted, arms, but against an acknowledged equal political power, Such could long be maintained. b a u r e t I m h y op view sintly t e o l n l g en, giv en.—I have the honour the questi ons to be y,Sue very respectfull e y, Your obedient servant, J. M. MASON. itifERICAN COLONEL. M_ . __ ,,w _ — ____ writes ajor G. Longley, R.E., in a l etter to a contemporary, :—I have the honour to request you will give pub licity in your valuable journal to the following statement of facts, which I am sure you will agree with me deserve pub licity, in order to show the state .of affairs and feeling in North America. I was travelling on the Baltimore and Washington Railway this morning, and had occ asion to stop at R e l ay H ouse to wait two hours for a train While there a train containing rebel prisoners arrived. I remarked to an efficer of the United States' army, Who happened to be standing near me, that they were fine-looking men ; to which he replied that they were Sc), if lice and dirt could im askedt , a e k n e d t z nht that a m wt h s t o oh . stated ely l wwaesr inl that apytl that replied iopinion hoAnand finenothingEnEnglishman.,, mliselit a.taon Hed with then e said " Yes, a d—d infernal Englishman." I replied that I supposed he must be ay ankee of that description. He then seized my arras, which were folded, pushed me off the rail way platform nearly on to an engine first, and then back, and kicked me as I f e ll. M eanwhile I naturally resisted, took and aimed a blow with my r i g h t f i st at his face, which only partial effect, fortunately for him. He then fetched a guard to take me prisoner, which I quietly assented to. brought me to Baltimore, and took me before the Pro lie vost Marshal. I sent for Mr. Bernal, the English Consul wh came at onc e , an d I appeared face to face with m ,oy accuser, Lieut.-Col one l M assy, 2d Marylands, General Wool read his charge, to which I replied that it was in the main cor rect, but that I felt deeply insulted at the lieutenant -colo nel forcibly pushing me back ; to which General Wool said I was wrong to express my opinion so freely, and that the lieutenant-eolonel was also wrong in using force to ma, The General advised me to leave this town for New York at once, and that be could not give me leave to visit the Federal army, as I had expressed Southern Secession opinions. I replied that I was willing to do so, but wished to have some satisfaction from him for the brutal treatment I had experienced from a United States officer, He said Lieut.-Col. Massy would afford me Per sonal satisfaction, but as to any other I must apply to. the civil power. I t o ld h im I did not require personal sfhtisfae tion, but military. He declined having anything more to say. I then retired with the Consul, and am now en route for New York. Such facts sneak for themselves. I only wish them to be known in England that travellers tnay knew what to expect in th e N ort h United StatessilyasGeneralpoe WrJ ol also advised mtown eto leave the as sp eedily sible, as it was not safe for me to remain. ABOLITION OF THE CITY-ROAD TOLLS. •—• The Me.. tropolis Roads Commissioners have just given notice t o the local authorities that it is their intention to a b o li sh th Ci ty - roa d ga t e , and throw the nuuntenan co of the thedistrieti 71IE MARSHLAND FEN SLUICE KING'S LYNN, SUNDAY NIGHT. The excitement occasioned by the banks of this sluice havigg, " blown-up," has been very great, and not without reason, as the entrance of the tides into the drain is likely to lead to an inundation as great or greater than that caused by the failure of the Middle Level bank; and, further, should the efforts to construct a dam across the drain be successful, the Marshland, Smeeth, and Fen will be altogether deprived of an efficient outlet for its waters during the approaching winter. The news of the disaster having got widely circulated, people of all classes flocked in crowds from Lynn, Terrington, Tilney, Wisbeach, and in short all parts of the surrounding country, and by three o'clock this afternoon not less than 3,000 were assembled, and anxiously watch ing the progress of the defensive works. Several hundreds of sacks laden with earth and clay from the adjacent banks were rapidly tipped from the bridge into the drain to form a temporary dam, and by four o'clock the heap reached to the crown of the arch. Additions were still made to it to strengthen it against the advancing tide, and some hopes were entertained of success; but at about a quarter-past four (high water being at six o'clock), with very little warning, the dam gave way bodily, and the entire mass having been carried some score of yards up the drain, was then disintegrated, and sank out of sight. The tidal water having thus overcome the obstacle, went with a rush and a roar on its work of devastation, carrying with it great quantities of earth, as well as a number of trees which had been just cut down, and laid on the bank for future use. Before destroying the dam the tide had made an easy prey of the cradge bank con structed in the morning between the two drains, and poured over in a cataract of a hundred yards in width into the Marshland sewer. Thus another item of theparallelism between this disaster and that of the Middle Level has been com pleted. Tne cause of both was the same, the barrier formed by the sluice failed in precisely the same way in the latter as in the former instance, the attempts to raise a fortification against the tide have once more been abortive, and the water is flowing over the banks upon some of the very same lands which had just been recovered from the former in undation. One great point of difference is that the Smeeth and Fen drain is much narrower than the Middle Level Drain ; and another is that the lands subject to inundation from it have their outlet through this drain, whereas in May last they were drowned from the failure of a drain which at no time was of any benefit to them. It should be men tioned that the sluice which has just failed, and that of the adjoining Marshland Sewer, though smaller than that of the late Middle Level Sluice (having each but one arch instead of three) were constructed in very nearly the same way. The main structure is a bridge, strongly built of brick and stone, with its abutments prolonged on both sides to form flank walls or wings for the support of the adjoining banks ; and having between them a pair of heavy doors or valves opening outwards to let out the drainage water on the ebb tide, and closing again of themselves on the flood to prevent any return. Besides these doors each sluice is fur nished on the inner side with a "slacker," or door, working in perpendicular grooves, and having above a rack and pinion apparatus to regulate the quantity of water discharged, and to stop its emis sion altogether if necessary in dry seasons. MONDAY AFTERNOON. The second Marshland deluge has set in in earnest. The lands flooded by last night's and this morning's tide already amount to fully 1,000 acres, of which some 50 acres are in Marshland proper, the so-called highland, which had fortunately escaped the former inundation, and has rarely, for centuries past, been subject to such misfortunes. At present the sluice still stands, but its walls are very seriously cracked from top to bottom, and large portions of the foundations are washed away. The gap which the water has made for itself in the southern bank is now 50 yards in length and half as much in depth, and the precipitous sides of this gulf fall away at intervals in large masses. The northern bank is also extensively fissured, and behind the outer wing wall on this side is a large conicie hol low, like the vortex of a whirlpool, in which the earth continually sinks, proving that the water has undermined the foundations beneath, and that if the sluice does not shortly fall, it will become quite detached, standing between two chasms, or rather forming a solitary mass in the centre of a wide and powerful torrent. Near the sluice has overflowed the central bank between it and the great Marsh land Sewer, and also the northern bank of the latter upon the farm of Mr. Peck (opposite St. Mary's Hall) in Marshland, to the extent of 49 or 50 acres. Running up the Marshland sewer, it has filled the internal drains to overflowing in various places, and in particular has flooded the stack yard of Mr. Robert Coe, at Islington, and came within a few yards of his door. (Mr. Coe was a severe sufferer by the former flood.) Higher up the country, in Broad Short Fens, about 600 acres, in the occupation of Mr. Little, Mr. Robert Coe, and others have become drowned, together with 300 or 400 acres more, in Marshland Fen, principally occupied by Messrs. John Markham, Little, Whiteman, Hubbard, Neap, &c. The water has also been on the high lands of Bladik (or Black Dike) Level, in Marshland, to the extent of nearly 200 acres. These quantities must be increased at every tide, unless an effectual dam is made, as the springs will rise one or two feet between now and Friday, when they will be at their highest. The prospect for the occupants of the whole district is indeed terrible, and many of them (not an hour too soon) are making prepa rations for flight by removing furniture, thrashing out corn, &c. Several h ouses, mostl y of cottages, are already invaded by the flood—those Mr. Robert Coe's tenants, for instance, being two feet under water. The banks of both the Fen drain and the great sewer are already much injured by the scour through them, and are caving in in several places. In two or three instances near the sluices, portions of cottage gardens, with their crops stream, p of vegetables, h ave s lid down into the rushing oatnadtotahnedp otheroo r people cro p s are to hastily rease wdigginghat t he y u p their can before they are wholly drowned out or deprived of a home by the impending destruction of their humble dwellings. The sack dam at St. Mary's brick-bridge having failed, Mr. Harding is now commencing the con struction of a pile-dam at the same place, for which purpose the remaining p ortion of the is being cleared away, h and large quantities of tim ber are being broug h t of the Marsd an t d up from Lynn. At a meet ingSmeeth, and Fen commis sioners this morning Sir John Rennie and Mr. Mur ray, C.E. (who had been making investigations in connection with the pendin g were suits against the Mid dle Level commissioners) called in, and under their advice the bank s on both sides are being ex tensively raised. A dam of sheet p ili ng is to be made about a mile and a half up the drain (just below the junction sluice, between it and the Marshland sewer), and a permanentdam struck at about 100 yards above the broken sluice. Between these two dams Mr. Harding's will inter vene, and thus there will be three successive bar riers against the tide. if all these operations are successful the sea water will not penetrate into either of the drains, and the danger foi the present will be at an end, but very much must be done to achieve this greatly longed-for and hardly anti cipated result. In the meantime all farm ing operations must be at a stand-still ; th e re cently recovered lands, which h av e nearly all b een ploughed, cannot be sown, and thus another season will most probably be lost to these unfortunate people. m ention that the It may not be uninteresting to THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA (From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, SEPT. 24. Gen. M'Clellan having failed to crush the rebel lion on the banks of the Potomac, President Lin coln has come to the rescue with a proclamation which ho hopes will crush it in the cotton fields. Sixty days ago he declared that he would confiscate the property, slaves included, of all persons who at the expiry of that term should ba in arms against the Government. That proclamation having remained a dead letter—having had no effect whatever in coercing or persuading the Southern people to re enter the union which they abhor, has been fol lowed by a second, extending the day of grace until January 1, 1863. On that day, as far as Presi dent Lincoln's action can penetrate, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State of which the people shall then be in rebellion against the Federal Government, shall be con sidered henceforward and for ever free, and the naval and military power of the United States shall recognise and maintain their freedom. But the President does not take it upon himself to abo lish slavery, for he proposes to purchase the manu mission of all slaves within such States as may be loyal at the time specified, and which may desire to rid themselves of the institution, and to leave sla very alone in all such loyal States as may not feel disposed to try the experiment of emancipation. The document is what it is the fashion to call " a step in advance ;" but it has the fatal demerit of being insufficient to please the ultra-abolitionists, and of being more than enough to offend the South ern slaveowners, the Northern pro-slavery party, the advocates of State rights, and all that large class of persons, American as well as Irish, who have a social, a political, and an economic objection to the negro, and who though refusing to enslave hi m , would abso- lutely expel and banish him from their territories, as in Illinois and Wisconsin, and who would deny him all social status, as in New York and Pennsylvania. It is true that the President foresees this difficulty and endeavours to obviate it by his favourite, but foolish and futile project of expatriation. It is enough to say on this point that the negroes of the South are not likely to hear of it for many months, if ever; that the free negroes of the North object to leave the land of their birth to try their fortunes in Central America, in Africa, or anywhere else ; that Chiriqui, the place selected for the first expe riment of the new colony, does not belong to the United States; that if the scheme could be carried out it would reduce the South to a wilderness for want of the labour that white men could not under- take ; that it would cost more money to expatriate the 4,000,000 of men, women, and children of the South, to say nothing of those of the North, than Mr. Chase could print off in three years in any form of note or bill that would pass current ; and, last of all, that it is absurd, impracticable, and im possible. It is too soon to judge of the effects of the procla mation. In New York the Abolitionists—who are but a small party —are delighted, and their chief and ablest organ emphatically prays that " God will bless Abraham Lincoln" for it; but the vast mass of the people who have no sympathy for the negro, and who think he is well placed in the South and very ill-placed in the North, seem to think that it is but waste-paper at the best, or that if it have any results at all they will only be to embitter Southern feeling, to render reconciliation more hopeless than ever, and perhaps to drive the Border States out of the Union. Tho document seems as much designed to influence the public opinion of Europe as to in timidate the South, but it is likely to fail in both respects. It is not a decree of emancipation on the merits of the case, such as Mr. Wendall Phillips might pen were he Secretary of State, and such as General Fremont,were he President, might issue with the confidence of a theorist, believing that he was in the right, but is a halt between two opinions. It does not strike at slavery because slavery is wrong; but only because slaves are pro perty that, in the President's opinion, may be confiscated, like lands, houses, money, or munitions of war, with the sole view of damaging an enemy. 'Worse than all, if the public opinion of the North should not support Mr. Lincoln and con done his offence, the document is illegal and uncon stitutional, and as complete a breach of his oath on assuming office as if he had abolished trial by jury or any other institution of the country. If the Democratic party obtain a majority in the next Congress the impeachment of Mr. Lincoln will be among the probabilities of the new year, and per haps a result much less improbable than the aboli tion of slavery. Wall-street, of a certainty, does not look with favour upon it, for within a few hours of its promulgation it sent up the price of gold and silver and reduced stocks one and a half per cent. Next to the President's proclamation and the movements of the battle-field in present interest, and, perhaps, destined. to be superior to them in future importance, are the efforts made by the Democratic party to control the policy of the Go vernment, if not to supersede Mr. Lincoln before the expiry of his term of office. The mingled im becility and corruption of the Administration, as well as the whole current and fortune of the war, have given the Democrats a chance of which they seem determined to avail themselves, not only in the election of the Governors and local Legislatures of the several States, but in that of members of the next Congress. The struggle has commenced in the State of New York, which has hitherto been almost as Republican in its sympathies as Massa chusetts, with the exception of New York City, which is, and always has been, intensely democratic. The present Governor, Mr. Morgan, aspired to re election, but as he is tainted by the exposures of the Van Wyck Committee, in the matter of some army and navy contracts which he considerately put into the hands of his brother, because he could not touch them himself, he has deemed it wiser not to offer himself again. There is a talk of putting for ward General Wadsworth, who has rendered the Federal Government good service in the Secessionist city of Washington, and General Dix, who was still more useful in Baltimore. Another section of the Republican party are of opinion that General Fre mont would be a better man to fight their battle. The Democrats, on their part, have no objection to Fremont singly, to Fremont and Wadsworth, or to Fremont and Dix, or to Dix and Wadsworth, or to the whole three in conjunction, or to any number of Republican candidates that may be brought forward jointly or separately. If opposed by one candidate, General Wadsworth is considered to be the most formidable, as likely to unite the greatest number of suffrages. If they were so fortunate as to be opposed by General Fremont singly, they would be but too happy, as in such a case they imagine the success of the Democratic party would be as easy as it would be encouraging ; and, as General Fremont is a man who does not believe in his unpopularity, and is as completely the victim of one idea as Mr. John Bright, the chances are that the Democratic writers and agents will unite in heaping hypocriti cal praises upon him as the day of election ap proaches, with the view of inducing him to stand. The Democrats calculate that the anti-abolitionists among the Republicans would in such a contingency rather given thei r votes t o t h e i r can did a t e , the Ron. Horatio Seymour, than run the risk of e l e cting impracticable a p erson as F remon t. In the meantime the schem ers , th e m ancnuve rers, and the wire pullers are busily at work in preparing for the strug gle. The electi ons t a k e pl ace o n the second of November, an d i nc l u d e a Governor , Governor, a Canal Commissioner, an Lieutenant n Inspector of a Monday State Prisons, a Clerk of the Aem bly for the Stat e Court of Appeals, and 17 members of the House of of New York, together with six members to Con gress for the six M r . Seymour is a can did ate congres s i on al districts of the county and city of rew York. h s party, and big well qualified to unite his talents, if' ISUCCeafill „me and I , ail, will not only carry his STAMPED ....sd. own election, but the whole "ticket." His speech at Albany on the 10th instant, when accepting the nomination, of which only a meagre abstract ap peared in the newspapers of the following day, has just been published in extenso, revised by his own hand, and is by far the ablest as well as the most eloquent and fearless exposition of the state of the country, and the duty of the Conservative party, that has yet been uttered. Not content with de nouncing the whole policy of the Government as radically wrong, and as equally unconditional in the treatment of its Northern friends as of its Southern foes, Mr. Seymour declares the policy of his party to be to strengthen the State Government and to weaken the Federal power. He asserts that no other party and no other system can save the liberties of the country; and, while he is strongly in favour of restoring the Union by military force, he would only restore it by doing justice to the South and scrupulously refraining from any interference with the rights of the Southern States to uphold as long as they please the domestic institution of sla very, with which no Northern nor Western State or combination of States, has the slightest justifica tion in meddling, even so much as by a word of ad vice or remonstrance. Administering a rebuke to those Abolitionists, the President among the num ber, who, while the South holds that the negro is fit to liye in America as a slave, deny that he is fit to live in America at all, he proclaims that the Re publican, inclusive of the Abolition party, is unable to save the country, because through its powerful press it teaches contempt for the laws and the con stitution ; because it is not only destroying the Union, but is shaking and weakening the whole structure of State as well as of Federal Government, by denunciations of every law and of every autho rity that stand in the way of its passions and its purposes. On the great question of taxation, which nobody in New York, or throughout the North, appears to regard as of the least consequence, simply because the tax-gatherer has not yet made a single demand on the public, and because the national necessities are supplied by Mr. Chase's illimitable paper, Mr. Seymour gave utterance to opinions which ought to startle the North out of its dream of security, and compel it to look its own position steadfastly in the face before it incurs another mountain of debt, and piles a Pelion upon the Ossa of its liabilities, in paying for the manumission of millions of negroes, to be reduced to pauperism in the process, or expatriated against their will by a new form of slavery such as Mr. Lincoln proposes. " The weight of annual taxation," said Mr. Sey mour, "will severely test the loyalty of the people. Repudiation of our financial obligations would cause disorder and endless moral evils. But pecu niary rights will never be held more sacred than personal rights. Repudiation of the Constitution involves the repudiation of national debts, and of the guarantees of rights of property, of person, and of conscience. . . . If we begin a war upon the compromises of the Constitution we must go through with it. It contains many restraints upon our na tural rights. It may be asked by what right do the six small New England States, with a popula tion less than that of New York, enjoy six times its power in the Senate, which has become the control ling branch of the Government ? By what natural right do these six States with their small popula tion and their limited territories balance the power of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan ? The vast debt growing out of this war will give rise to new and angry discussions. It will be held almost exclusively in a few Atlantic States. Look upon the map of the Union and see how small is the territory in which it will be owned. We are to be divided into debtor and creditor States, and the last will have a vast preponderance of power and strength. Unfortunately there is no taxation upon this national debt,. and its share is thrown off upon other property. It is held where many of the Government contracts have been exe cuted, and where in some instances gross frauds have been practised. It is held largely where the Constitution gives a disproportionate share of political power. With all these elements of discord is it wise to assail Constitution a l laws or bring authority into contempt ?" Mr. Seymour may well ask these questions. They involve issues which are likely to shake the foundations of the American Government and Ame rican society long after the war shall have been brought to a close by the exhaustion of the com- batants or the intervention of Europe; but nobody heeds them now. The mind of the country is in the bloody battle-field. The brain of th e nat i on i s _ _ _ dizzy with the thunder and the smoke of artillery. Its passions are excited by dreams of conquest. It is like a spendthrift, casting right and left the gold which it never earned, in orgies that are disgraceful and in excesses that are injurious. The item of money is held to be too vulgar and too unfit for the consideration of this noble youth, whose solo ambi tion is to do grander things than were ever done by anybody else, to enrol and manipulate larger armies, to kill and wound more men, and to dwarf all other wars alike in bitterness, in bloodshed, and in cost. liness, and all with the aim, end, and object of mak ing a greater noise and figure in the world than he might have made had he been honest, frugal, in dustrious, and peaceable like his forefathers. Every one knows how such a career is certain to end in private life. The United States (or the remnant of them) have yet to learn that in national affairs the result is equally calculable and inevitable. The ambition of various gentlemen who fill the Position in other States to which Mr. Seymour aspires in New York is leading, or has already led, to some curious results. A convention of Gover nors has been summoned at Altoona in Pennsyl vania to meet to-day and consult upon the present condition of affairs, and especially to concert mea sures whereby prompt assistance may be rendered to the Federal Government in ease of any possible emergency. Half a dozen of these functionaries are reported to have passed through New York yesterday on their way to the place of meeting. . 16 is not yet known whether their deliberations are to be public or private. Hitherto many o f these gentlemen have ende avoured to act l ik e petty Presidents of i n d ependent republics, yield i ng suc h aid and comfort to the Federal Power a s France might yield to E ng l an d , to Italy, or to Spain if any common purpose were to be pursued among them. The question of St a t e r i g ht s th a t lies at the founda tion of the S ou th ern S ecess i on st ill s urvives in the North. Th e G overnor o f Massachusetts arms negroes, though President Lincoln denies the authority refuses to do so. The Governor of New Jersey the Hab eas of the Federal Government tosuspend Corpus Act within his territory,e assumption of f orce of and publicly pro . claims that he will resist the arms if need be. The G o vernors of re derseveralal Govern. States, though they obey the ca ll of the ' troops, postpone the t to suit their own purposes, and meat for the levy of a ddi!ional their chance of re-election by unpopular draught imperil will not until they are assur e d o f a co nsc ription ordering of office. Neither w'll another term 1 they suffe r in the with, th em the Federal Govern ment to int er f ere appointment of officers to the regiments w hich they raise, becaus e they claim the patronage for themselves, and are determined to exercise it for political and not for military purposes, imperil the ' even though by so doing they safety of armies in the field, by the employment of ignorant, drunken, or otherwise unfit persons to command. Although they raise regitnents, and know the need of the Fe deral Government to be so urgent that every thou sand men would be a godsend at this day to an im perilled nation, idleness f or they ret a i n th e l ev i es a t h ome in purposes of their own, and which they decline to divulge until after the meeting of +1- - Bellows, P 7os;dent of the - con vention. Th e R ev . D r .weir Sanitary C ommission for P.-- the Army, statP•3 • _,proving the Health o f 'a.« - - ~,. to his congregation on Sunday --, atter his return from Washington on the previ ous day, that Gen. M'Clellan was unable to follow up his advantages at Antietam for want of men; . ~~ 110 been pre- (Re- who with 0. d. ct. 23•