The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-20 00:00:00

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Carriages to ne ordered at a quarter-past 10. SPECIAL NOTICE. During the 'Christmas Holidays a performance every Evening—Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, at 8. Morning Performances every Wednes day and Saturday at 3, except. Christmas Week, when the Morning Entertainments will be 04 Thursday (instead of Wednesday) and Saturday, at 3. ARGYLL ROOMS.—GREAT SUCCESS! !— The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. BouLcowr, Conductor and principal Cornet. In addition to the Laurent False, Strauss Zuedrille, and novel ties of lost week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe, Acbnission Is. Manager, M. P. Grenet. CONTRACT FOR BRITISH 0 K TiMBER, THICK STUFF, PLANK, AND TREF:NAILS. Department of the Storekeeper General of tbe4sTpxy, Somerset Place, 18th Dec., 1861. - 'THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the Of - TICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the 14th Jan. - next, at Two o'Clock, they will he ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying 12,000 Loads of BRITISH OAK TIMBER (rough contents, but to be delivered in a rotu , h or sided state as the said direct), 1,250 Load s of BRlTlSH Commissioners OAK shall THICKSTUFF, 900 Loads of Ditto PLANK, No. 900,000 Ditto TREENAILS, to be deliv ere d a t her Majesty's several Dockyards by the 31st December in each of the years ISO?, 1863, and 1864, at prices, including all carriage and other expenses. A Vander may be made for the whole Contract, or for the quantities required at any one or more of the' yards, but not for less than the fun quantities of Timber, Thickstuff; Plank, and irreenitils required for any one yard. A Form of the Tender. showing the distribution. sidings, and dimensions of the Timber, Thickstuff, Plank, and Tree pails, and all of necessary particulars. may be had on ap plication to this Office by letter or otherwise. No Tender will be rece after Two o'clock on the da of treaty, nom will any be ived noticed unless the party atteuds,y or an agent, for him duly authorised in writing. Every r :tlender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and tear in the left-hand corner the words "Tenc'er for British Oak;" and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two re sponsible persons, engaging to become bound with the Per- Son tendering, in the sum, of £20,000, for the due performance of the whole Contract, or in a dueproportion for apart only. SALE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 16th Dec., 1861. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING THE OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on FRIDAY, the 3d Janpary next, at Tho o'clock, they will be ready to receive Scaled Tenders for the purchase of her Majesty's un dermentioned Ships : Where Tons. Lying. Portland 1477 Lively. 1080 Pallas. 051 Spartan 9lB Pilot Express 362 Peterel Pandora.... 319 Crane 359 Arrow ... 477 Lynx ..... 477 Viper ~ 477, Tons. Frolic Arab........, 481 Daring 426 Elk... Tyne 6OO Electra. 462 Kangaroo Dispatch 483 Daphne 726 Mariner 4Bl Fantome Vestal .. 013 Cleopatra.... 21S, f 'No Tender will be received after Two o'clock of treaty. Where Lying. Devonport. Chatham. on the day Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for the purchase of MAT_ Ship," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place. Persons wishilw to view the Ships must apply to the Su perintendents of H.M. Doctcyards at Devonport and Chatham for Notes of Admission for that purpose. Catalogues and conditi'.olla of sale may be had here or at the said yards. ROYAL ATION AL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Charter). Founded, in 182 4.---Supported by Voluntary Contributions. PAr arwtss—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PIIESII3I7:NT — Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., F.R.S. CRATTImAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P., Chair man of Lloyd's. Dr r, tir r - CifAlßmAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of Lloyd' s Registry of British and Foreign Shipping Society. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, during the past year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount ing to £6,258 ls. in ystablishing Life-boat stations on dif fertmt 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-bolts, Boat houses, and Tr ansporting-carriages, £3,032 19s. ; and £1,550 for exercising the Crews of its Life-boats—making altogether a total of £1 1,441, During ',:he past year the Life-boats of the Institution have been in - .trumental in rescuing the Crews of the following Wreo lo .xl Vessels : 2chooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone Brig Pallas, of Shields • Ship Ann Mitchell, of Gfasgow Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth Schooner clatherine, of Newry Barque Inian'ara, of Shields .. A Barge of Teignmouth Brig Corge and James, of London • • Brie' Zephyr, of Whitby •• •• •• Co'cie - Honour, of Cullercoats . • •• F:•chooner Elizq, of North Shields .. Barque Oberon, of Liverpool .• • • ?Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth :Snack Wonder, of Teignmouth Brig Scotia, of Sunderland Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. • • Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. Brig Ann, of Blyth .. • • • • Sloop Hope, of Dublin •• •• •• Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth .. Barque Vermont, of Halifax, 'U.S. .. • • Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. • • Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. Schooner Rose, of Lynn .• Prodroma, of stockton • • !trig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg .. Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn "Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. .. 1 .. 6 .. 3 _ .. 5 .. 4 .. 11 .. 2 .. 8 .. 6 .. 3 .. 7 .. 15 .. 9 .. 2 .. 6 .. 5 Total .. ..210 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has Voted £9OB Bs. 4d. as re ards. 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 Kingdom. 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 • • • • • • 6 Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. • • • • 5 Schooner Prospect, of Berwick Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Dies 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 Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston .. 4 Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven 8 Schooner William, of Liverpool .. 5 Lug•ger 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 Spirid one, of (-3alaxide 2 Schooner Voa dor du Vouga, of Vianna 8 French Brig La Jenne Marie Therese .. • • 6 Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough . • • • 5 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater .. 4 Ship Danube, of Belfast .. 17 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) .. Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) . • • • • • • • • • • • . 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and crew) .. • • • • • • • • • • .. 6 Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. • • .. 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.. 10 Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft .. 7 Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen . • .. 11 Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast, saved one man .. • • • • ' • • • a Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone • • • • • • Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. • • • • • • - Barque Robert W a t son, o f S un d er l an d • • • • 5 Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. • • 6 Schooner Friends, of Lynn . Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dubin; :: 5 Total The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions the Society has made within the past few years, it has now nearly One Hundred and Twenty 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 perpetuated. Donations and Annual Su' ,s c ri p tions w ill be thankfully re ceived by Messrs. Willis , Perc ival, and Co. , 76, Lombard street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; Messrs. 'ferries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. Jame4'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, 11, John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C. Payments may be made be Cheques or by Post-office Orders (crossed), to Messrs. W Ills, Percival; and Co., or to the Secre tary. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS v (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION or 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HEItN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much case and closeness that it cann ot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had,' and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being bent to the manufacturer, Mr. Will TE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 16s.' 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is . A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6el. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. EW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS , /1 KNEE-CAPS, pia, for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, end inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s, CAL, 75. 6d., 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. Joita WRITE, NottintuZor, 228,Ticoadilly. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: A. MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATO RUG: x, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, forl2 stamps, MANITOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vibour. By Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Alberntarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAVI'EII. on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTEIt. ll.—Causes of Spermatorrheca and ImpotenCe; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER I IT.—A 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 Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous vcried and interesting aces, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive I.otion„ REVIEW Or THE WOK. "Curtis on Manhood.-- S This is a truly v R aluable work, and hould be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 3d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in a plain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from hervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann, 119, 10 1 411 Qt to 3 and oto 8 St days, 10 till; N°. 21,677. PUBLICATIONS. DEDICATED TO LADY TRAYELYAN. Just ready, in 3 vols , FOHEST K E E P. A ROMANCE. Also now ready, in 3 vols., THE CASTLEFORD CASE. By FRANCES BROWNE. Hurst and Blatkett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. N(Jw ready at all the Libraries, in :1 vols., lAT"ITE AND BLACK. A STORY 01"11IE SOUTHERN STATES. "This story is Inn of interest. The characters arc life-like and free from exaggeration, and the style is vigorous, fresh, and Engiish. It is a clever novel, with a purpose, fairly carried out. 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" 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: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. 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ELF-PRESERVATION.—A popular Essay on 1,1 Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from injurious habits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, which, by prematurely exhausting the functions of Manhood, de stroy the happiness of Married Life or prevent the fulfil ment of engagements which constitute the most cherished objects of existence. By Dr. LAMERT, 37, Bedford-square, London. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh ; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, &a. 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 degree 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 are lost, and how they can be recovered. 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On Spermatorrhoca, Syphilis, Stricture, Ilmtnorrhoids, Gleets, Marriage : Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Dr. C. may be consulted daily till 12, at The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand ; and from 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, Great Marlborough-street, W. DIL 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 ne i g hb our h ood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system wilt derive additional advantage if they observe some of the practical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, N0v.12, 1861. " The Post-office Turktsh Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician ; he has now proved 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 Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. We may justly say that if a man ever . f ee l s . • himself regenerated and new made, it is on coming out - of a Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct. 13, 1861. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1861. 111 E NAVY. VALETTA, Dec. 13.—The French steamer which leaves to-day for Marseilles affords me an opportu nity of sending you a few lines. The naval autho rities here continue busy in getting vessels ready for sea, to proceed to Gibraltar, where a large naval force has been ordered to assemble. Her Majesty's frigate Melpomene, 51, Capt. C. J. F. Ewart, which had been recalled by telegraph from the Pirceus, arrived here on the 10th inst. Repairs being neces sary, she was admitted into dock, and the work was continued all night, so that no time should be lost. She left for Gibraltar yesterday. The Agamemnon, 89, Capt. Hope, followed for the same destination to-day; and the James Watt, 89, Capt. Codd, fol lows in a day or two, when her repairs will be com plete. The Cmsar, 89, Capt. T. Mason, will also leave for the westward in about a week. The Marlborough, 131 (flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8., the commander in chief on this station), is, I understand, to remain here for the present. The Terrible, 21, Capt. F. H. H. Glasse, C. 8., commissioned in 1858, left on the evening of the 11th for Gibraltar and England. Her Majesty's gunboat Foxhound, 4, Capt. the Hon. A. Hobart, which had been ordered to Gibraltar, received counter orders to proceed to Corfu. On the 10th inst. (real oranvg were received, in consequence of instructions by telegraph from England, and she proceeded the same day to Marseilles, conveying Rear-Admiral Daeres, C. 8., who has been selected to the second in command of the West India fleet. A telegram has been received from Corfu an nouncing that the Megmra, steam troopship, Commander Henderson, had broken down, and that her arrival at Malta would be consequently delayed. The Trident, 3, which arrived hero a few days ago from Gibraltar, proceeds to-day with a mail to Corfu. Commander G. B. Nicolas, of this vessel, was tried by court-martial on the 11th inst., on board her Majesty's receiving ship Hibernia, for cruelty, in excessive punishment of two boys of the crew for breaking their leave at Gibraltar. He was found guilty, and sentenced to be dismissed the service with disgrace. The sol dier Edwards, of the 3d Brigade, Royal Artillery, who shot at the Adjutant, Captain Ideate, was tried last week by court martial. The court closed its sit tings the day before yesterday, but the sentence is not yet known. The prisoner confessed his crime, but could give no reason for it; on the contrary, he stated that he had no grounds of complaint against any of his officers. Her Majesty's gunboat Lapwing, 4, Commander M. O'Reilly, has just come in from Beyrou t. MALTA, DEC. 12.—Her Majesty's steam corvette Firebrand, Commander J. M. Bruce, arrived on Sun day morning from England and Gibraltar, having on board three naval officers. On arrival she was im mediately ordered to proceed to Gibraltar, and left on the following day. The liners Algiers, Captain E. B. Rice; and Queen, Capt. C. F. Hillyar, sailed for Gibraltar on Monday evening. The screw steam frigate Melpomene, Capt. C. F. J. E wart, arrived on Tuesday morning from the Piraeus; having under gone some repairs in the dock, she leaves this even ing for Gibraltar. The liners Agamemnon and James Watt are, it is said, also under orders to proceed to Gibraltar. Her Majesty's screw gunboat Foxhound, Commander the Hon. A. C. Hobart, took her de parture on Tuesday for Marseilles. The steam frigate Terrible, Capt. F. H. H. Glasse, sailed yesterday evening for Gibraltar and England, to be paid of; she was commissioned in June, 1858, by Capt. Glasse. Her Majesty's surveying steamer Medina, Capt. T. A, B. Spratt, C. 8., arrived early this morning from Alexandria, where she was lately onaployoa on cm 1 - o) lug a lltieb. Thtl llutll libl; Lath Captain Shadwell, which left Gibralter on the 28th ult. for Malta, has not yet made her appearance ; probably she is sailing under canvas. Her Majes ty's troop-ship Mega3ra is daily expected from Corfu. The Marlborough (flag-ship), Cesar, Aga memnon, James Watt, Melpomene, Trident, Firefly, Medina, and Boxer, are the only English ships of war at present in port.—Malta Observer. Rear-Admiral Sidney C. Dacres, C. 8., arrived at Dent's George Hotel, Portsmouth, yesterday, from London. At noon he hoisted his flag as second in command on the North American and West Indian station, on board the Edgar, 89, screw, Capt. Mends, anchored at Spithcad. The salute from the flagship's guns, customary on such occasions, was omitted in the present instance owing to the decease of H.R.H. the Prince Consort. The Edgar has taken in an extra 100 pounder Armstrong gun for conveyance to the station. The Edgar is expected to leave on Sunday for Lisbon, to meet that portion of the fleet from the Mediterranean to be placed under his command, and wait ,further orders consequent on the reply from the American President. Should war be the result, Admiral Dacres will then pro ceed to join Admiral Milne, as second in command; but should peace still be preserved, the ships from the Mediterranean will return to that station, and the Admiral to Spithead, in the Edgar, which will immediately refit, and he will proceed to the Medi ter, anean in her as his flag-ship, in the place of Rear-Admiral Mundy, who has returned to Eng land in ill health. The Shannon, screw steam-frigate, in the steam basin, commenced shipping guns yesterday. Her external appearance is improved, not only aloft, but hor sides are being painted, and she looks more like a man-of-war ready for sea. An attempt was made yesterday to dock the Black Prince in No. 10, but as there was not suf ficient water, it was postponed until to-day. She is to have her bottom coated over with Mr. Hay's solution, as is also the Wallace, paddle-wheel steamer, for which purpose she is put into No. 6 dock. The Stromboli, 6, paddle, Commander Lord El phinstone, and the Devastation, 6, paddle, the for mer fitting out at Portsmouth, and the latter at Woolwich, are each ordered to take on board two 100 pounder Armstrong guns with their carriages, equipment, and ammunition complete, to the North American station, where they will be disembarked for service in the shore batteries. The guns have been selected from the ordnance stores at Ports mouth, and the Devastation will call in at Spithead to receive her allotted number on her way down Channel. Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Rattlesnake, 21 guns, 1,705 tons, which has recently been built at Chatham, was this day taken from Sheerness harbour to Maplin Sands for the purpose of trying her speed and machinery at the measured mile, The engines, which are of 400 nominal horse power, are constructed by Messrs. Ravenhill and Co. The vessel was in charge of Captain Schomberg, R.N. Mr. Price, inspector of machinery afloat at Sheerness, and Mr. Baker, chief engineer of the Chatham Dockyard, attended on the part of the Government. Tho contractors for the engines were represented by Mr. Hodgson, the engines being in the charge of their foreman, Mr. Elliott. At the time the trial took place the vessel had to contend against a very strong gale, notwithstanding which the results were most satisfactory viz., mean speed, 13.3 knots per hour; revolution of engines, 86; 25 ; with half -10.455 kn o t s; p b r o e il s e s r u p re ow o e f r, s s t p e c a e m d , , 20 ; vac uum , pitch (Griffiths's screw), 231 t. 6in., variable f rom that to 28ft.; o rs f el w f in to d' be one of 7. The vesseldiameter has of accordingly s cre w , l6f p t . force r o ; ved the fastest ships which has yet bee n t r i ed in these waters. Her Majesty's steam sloop Devastation, Com mander M'Crea, having embarked a portion of her cargo, consisting of Armstrong guns and ap purtenances, shot and ammunition,intended for the flagship Bacchante and Clio, in the Pacific, yester day left the basin at Woolwich for Greenhithe to adjust compasses for sea. She took charts for the Pacific, and will find in her magazine and receive the remainder of her freight at Greenhithe, to be forwarded in lighters from Woolwich. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Lieutenants—E. W. Fitz Gerald, Henry Izod, and Charles Chute to the Nile, for disposal ; John S. Eaton, to Pelorus for disposal ; Bernard Moore and Francis C. R. Baker to the Marborough, for disposal. Master—Alfred J. Veitch to the Orlando. Second Master—John J. Covey to the Dee; Richard Reed (acting) to the Hawke, for Coastguard. Assistant-Engineers—Abram Gray promoted to acting first-class in the Arrogant; Edwd. Watson, acting second class, to the Asia, as supernumerary; D. Crichton (A), confirmed second-class in Edinburgh. and file, viz. :—Adriatic--Staff, 3 officers ; Grena dier Guards, 33 officers, 841 men; Military Train, 15 officers, 300 men ; Artillery, 6 officers, 113 men ; total, 57 officers, 1,254 men. Parana—Scots Fusi liers, 32 officers, 887 men ; Royal Engineers, 5 officers, 120 men ; total, 37 officers, 1,007 men. As the Adriatic moved out of dock the large shields on her paddleboxes, emblazoned with the stars and:stripes, reminded everybody of the remark able coincidence that an American-built steamer, and until within a few months the property of American owners, should be one of the first em ployed in the transport of British troops to the northern part of the American continent to operate rrobably against the country in which she was built. -On the two vessels leaTingthe docks the volunteer band took up a position on the extreme end of the jetty, and as the Adriatic slowly moved past they played the appropriate airs of "I wish I was in Dicey," and " The British Grenadiers," followed by " Cheer, boys, cheer," and " Should auld acquant ance be forgot," as the Parana passed, in each case closing with " God save the Queen," after which several parting rounds of enthusiastic cheers were exchanged between the multitude of spectators on shore and the gallant fellows on board the vessels. It was understood that the Adriatic and Parana would not put to sea till this morning, but nothing certain was known on the point. The Magdalena will embark her troops (39 officers and 900 men of the 16th Foot) on Saturday morning. Each of the above-named vessels carries out an immense supply of stores and clothing, and it will be gratifying to the country to know that the men are well provided with warm clothing to protect them from the rigours of a Canadian winter. All the steamers are fitted with Clifford's boat-lowering gear, the Adriatic having it applied to four of her boats. The despatch of these ships has been effected with remarkable speed. The order for chartering the Adriatic and Parana was only received here on Wednesday se'nnight, and the Magdalena on the following day. Seven days have, therefore, sufficed to prepare and fit them for sea, in a manner which has given the greatest satisfaction. As illustrative of the work which has been accomplished in that time it may be mentioned that the Adriatic has taken in 1,500 tons of coals, 14,000 gallons of water (in addition to which she has an apparatus on board capable of distilling 1,000 gallons of water per diem), and three months' provisions for troops and crew, besides the erection of all the fittings through out the ship for the accommodation of so large a body of troops. Similar results have been achieved in the case of the other vessels. The excellence and completeness of the arrangements for embarkation were manifested by the fact of between 1,700 and 1,800 men walking comfortably on board, the whole embarked, and the two steamers moving away from their berths in about a couple of hours from the arrival of the first detachment. THE ARMY. A detachment of the sth battalion of the Mili tary Train, numbering 130 men, and under the com mand of Capt. Corbett, left Aldershott yesterday afternoon for Woolwich, to take the place of the 2d battalion, which is ordered to proceed to Canada. The sth battalion was billeted at Guildford last night, and resumes its march this morning. The 3d battalion of the Military Train, com manded by Major M'Court, which is now stationed at Aldershott, is under orders to proceed to Canada. This battalion leaves the camp today for Liverpool, whence it will embark. The following officers and men of the Royal Artillery will leave Woolwich this morning for Southampton to embark on board the Asia for America, viz :—the headquarters' staff of the 10th Brigade Garrison Artillery, composed of Col. Dun- 10p,C.8., Col. Burrows, Capt. and Adjt. Cairnes, Surg. Nash, M.D., and Quartermaster Hans, toge ther with No. 5 battery of that brigade, consisting of Capt. Tweedie, Lieuts. Baines, Ormsby, and Harvey,and 117 non-commissioned officers and men. Admiralty instructions were yesterday received by Col. Campbell, commanding the Royal Marine division at Woolwich, to hold in readiness for the Pacific a detachment under his command of one subaltern, two sergeants, two corporals, and 36 pri vates. Lieut. Collins has been selected for the com mand of the detachment which it is expected will be appointed for protection of the mails. An officer of experience and a fair proportion of old soldiers were ordered to be told off for the service, and will sail in the Peru. Capt. Kennedy and Capt. Prit chard, of the same division, have proceeded from head-quarters to Plymouth to join the screw steam frigate Orlando for service in the fleet, under the command of Admiral Milne, for the Pacific. The 3d Regiment of Foot (the Buffs) relieved the second battalion of the Coldstream Guards at the Tower of London yesterday morning, arriving from Aldershott shortly before 11 o'clock, preceded by the band of the regiment. The Coldstream Guards have returned to their quarters at the Wellington Barracks. Orders have been issued from the Horse Guards that 100 men from each of the second and third battalions, stationed at the St. George's and Port man-street Barracks, are to form a guard of honour in the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle on Monday next on the occasion of the funeral of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. The 2d battalions of the 17th and 96th Regiments have received orders to bold themselves in readiness for immediate embarkation for British North Ame rica, in consequence of which the former corps was medically inspected by Surgeon• Major Mackenzie at the Curragh Camp on Friday, the 13th inst. The result was satisfactory, 13 only having been consi dered unable to go abroad. They will embark with the full establishment, viz., 38 officers and 870 men, the women not being allowed to accompany them. On Wednesday last Major-Gen. Ridley made his final inspection of this corps, after which, the bat talion being formed in close column, the general de • ilvered a ziun L with-vac, in whioh tic alludod to thc service on which the troops were to proceed, and expressed his confidence in the discipline and good conduct of the battalion, which, although young he pronounced to be in every way worthy to stand be side any of the older regiments. EMBARKATION OF THE GUARDS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. The early days of the Crimean war, at the com mencement of 1854, were brought forcibly to the recollection of many a spectator among the thou sands who assembled in our docks to-day to witness the arrival, embarkation, and departure of some 1,800 officers and men of the Grenadier and Scots Fusilier Guards, and to cheer them on their way. As on that occasion the picked men—the very flower 3f the British army—leave this port, in some of the finest steamships in the world, amid the fraternal plaudits of many thousands of our townsfolk; and the gallant fellows returned the greeting with those hearty bursts of cheering which British soldiers know so well bow to give forth when they go to defend the honour and maintain the glory of their country. _ _ About half-past 10 o'clock this morning the first train arrived from London, followed at short inter vals by three more trains, the first two bringing the Grenadiers and the other the Scots Fusiliers. Each party was met at the terminus by the band of the Southampton Rifle Volunteer Corps, which played at the head of each division as they marched to the steamers to which they were respectively assigned. The arrangements for the embarkation were so com plete, on account of the great facilities afforded in the Southampton docks, that the whole of the men marched on board with the greatest ease and expe dition, and by 1 o'clock both the Adriatic and the Parana were moving out of dock, much to the asto nishment of the lookers•on. The dock quays and all the vessels in dock were crowded with people, who cheered the troops lustily. There could not have been less than 12,000 or 15,000 personapresent. The Adriatic, Capt. G. C. Nicholson, takes out the Grenadier Guards, and a battery of Artillery, and the Military Train (of which the particulars were reported yesterday). The Staff of the Guards, which is composed as follows, also proceeds in this ship :—General Lord Frederick Paulet, who com mands the brigade ; Captain George G. Gordon, of the Scots Fusiliers, Brigade-Major; and Captain Seymour, of the Coldstream Guards, Aide-de-Camp. The following is a complete list of the officers who have embarked :—Colonel Hon. H. Percy, V.C.; Lieut.-Colonels M. Bruce, Lord F. Fitzroy, C. G. Ellison, A. Capel Cure, J. H. King, W. B. de Horsey, E. H. Cooper and R. Anstruther ; Captains F. A. T. Clayton, S. A. B. Earl of Carrick, C. E. Malet, Hon. J. C. Stanley, E. W. L. Wynne, W. Earle, F. W. Viscount Hood, R. H. C. D. Lowe, A. W. Thynne, L. G. Phillips, T. F. Fairfax, and E. C. Nugent; Lieutenants C. W. Pakenham, J. T. R. L. Fox, L. C. Seymour, R. C. Vyner, C. J. Her bert, C. E. H. Stanley, Hon. C. F. Crichton, F. W. Duncombe, and G. P. Littleton; Quartermaster J. Hockey ; Surgeon C. R. Nicoll ; Assistant Surgeons H. J. H. Lawrence and G. P. Girdwood ; 41 ser geants and 800 men. The Parana, Captain T. W. Sawyer, has em barked 32 officers and 887 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Scots Fusilier Guards, together with 5 officers and 120 men of the Royal En gineers. The following are the officers of the Fusiliers :—Colonels J. H. E. Dalrymple and F. C. A. Stephenson, C.B. ; Lieut.-Cols. the Hon. R. Charteris, H. G. Wilkinson, W. Aitchison, E. Ne ville, F. Baring, and H. C. Fletcher (attached from the Ist Battalion) ; Capts. D. H. Blair, W. S. Rous, E. M. Beresford, J. Paynter, G. W. Beaumont, R. A. Cooper, W. S. Rooke, C. Shelley, S. F. Elphin stone, J. E. Ford, C. W. White, and R. A. Dalzell ; Lieuts. Sir R. Cunliffe, A. A. Speirs, S. J. Ram, H. Farquharson, J. H. W. Thomas, J. St. J. N. Barnes, Earl Dunmore, and W. R. M. Wynne; Capt. and Adjutant G. H. Moncreiff ; Battalion -Surgeon F. Robinson ; Assistant-Surgeons A. G. Elkington and H. Turner. The total number of troops who go out in the Adriatic and Parana is 94 cificcris and 2,261 rank BAROMETER INDICATIONS FOR NOVEMBER. At the last meeting of the Meteorological Society, Thomas Sopwith, Esq., F.R.S., who had recently come from Northumberland, stated that from infor mation he had received there were giounds for sup posing that a large number of lives had been saved by the caution which had been induced by atten tion to the barometers on the coast. Captain Washington, R.N., F.R.S., Hydrographer of the Admiralty, who had also recently visited the coast of Northumberland, in a letter to the National Lifeboat Institution, bears evidence to the interest taken in the barometer by fishermen, and to their watching the records of its movements, day by day, as shown in charts like the accompanying one, which I send for your information, which has been laid down from observations taken daily at the Lifeboat Institution, from one of Negretti and umbra's barometers, during the month of Novem ber. In addition to the instruments on the coast of Northumberland, the National Lifeboat Institu- tion has placed no fewer than from 40 to 50 of like character, all examined by myself, at as many dif ferent places round the coasts, at every one of which places a chart ]aid down like the one submitted to you is exposed to view, It is impossible to say how many lives may have been saved by the daily in spection of the zig-zag line, caused by the varying pressure of the atmosphere, in conjunction with the local knowledge of the climate of each locality pos sessed by every fisherman, causing caution on the one band, by the day by day falling of the line, and certainty on the other, by the day by day ris ing of the line, on the chart. The chart at once speaks to the eye ; the past variations of the pres sure of the atmosphere are seen at a glance. For instance, by reference to the diagram I send you, it will be seen that at the beginning of the Month the barometer reading was low, being 29 in 22' on the Ist day, and decreased to 29 in 18 by the 2d. It then turned to increase, and on the 4th was 29 in 95 ; decreased to 29 in 50 by the next day, and to 29 in 27 by the Bth ; increased to 29 in 73 by the 12th ; then fell rapidly to 29 in 18 by the night of the 13th; but this point, the lowest in the month, is not shown on the chart, in consequence of its occur ring at night. It then increased to 29 in 27 by the 14th, then increased rapidly, passing the point, 30 inches, on the 17th, to 30 in 56 by the 19th, or nearly one inch and a half in six days; this was the highest reading in the month. A fall as rapid then set in, and the reading passed below 30 in on the 21st, to 29 in 39 by the 23d; and from this time to the end of the month the readings were alternately increasing and decreasing, but generally low. The pressure of the atmosphere until the 16th, with the exception of the 4th, was always below its average; from the 17th to the 20th, 24th, 25th, and the 28th above ; and the remaining days below. The average for the month, at the level of the sea, was 29 in 74, being two-tenths of an inch in defect of the average of the month ; and when compared with the pre ceding 20 years, one instance alone of less pressure, viz. in 1852, and one of equal pressure, in 1845, are found. In all other Novembers, eighteen in num ber, the pressure of the atmosphere has been greater than in the past month. The fall of rain in the month was in no less than 51 in, exceeding the average for the month by 21 in. In November, 1852, 6in of rain fell. With this exception the fall of rain was greater in the past month than in any Nevember in the preceding 45 years. Snow fell on the 2d day. Satisfactory as it is to know that so many charts of weather are constantly on view where so much needed, yet I cannot avoid fearing that loss of life may result on other equally exposed coasts for the want of similar instruments, for certain it is that the number of barometers requires to be greatly increased. _ _ It will probably be remembered that fearful storms swept over the north-east coast of England on the 2d, 3d, and 14th ultimo, when the lowest points marked on the accompanying chart were reached. On these occasions great lof-s of life as well as destruction of property took place. It is, nowever, gratifying to find that valu able services were rendered during these disasters by the lifeboats of the National Lifeboat Institution in saving the crews of the following wrecked yes• sels : —Smack Adventure of Harwich, 10 ; lugger Saucy Lass of Lowestoft, 11 ; schooner Fly of Whitby, saved vessel and crew of 4 hands; pilot cutter Whim of Lowestoft, 7 ; barque Undaunted of Aberdeen, 11 ; brig Lively of Clay, Norfolk, 5 barque Robert Watson of Sunderland, 5; schooner Auchincruive of Grangemouth, 6; and schooner Friends, of Lynn, 4 ; total, 63, making an aggregate total of 288 persons rescued from a watery grave by the lifeboats of the institution during the present year alone. JAMES GLAISHER. Royal Obieryatory, Greenwich, Doc, 19, 1861. PR1CE.........4d. STAMPED ....sd. THE EAST INDIA, CHINA, AND A US- T.RALIAN MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamship Pera, Captain T. Jamieson, arrived at Southampton at 12.30 p.m. yesterday, with the heavy portion of these mails, in charge of Mr. U. Ronayne, of the General Post-office. She brought 64 passengers (of whom 38 were first class, 9 second, 11 children, and 6 servants), including, in addition to those published in The Sun of Tuesday, Lieu tenant-Colonel the Hon. Hugh Annesley, Captain Prevost, Assistant-Surgeon Corbett, &c. On freight she had 23 packages of specie, value £26,935 ster ling, 1,083 bales silk, 109 bales flax, 81 packages elephants' tusks, 160 boxes oranges, 131 barrels gum, 400 sacks wheat, and 210 packages of general mer chandise. The Pera left Alexandria on the 6th inst., Malta on the 10th, and Gibraltar on the 14th. She expe rienced strong north-westerly winds, with heavy squalls, between Alexandria and Malta; thence to Gibraltar, fine weather and light easterly winds; to Cape Finisterre, variable winds and northerly swell ; across the Bay, strong north-easterly winds; and in the Channel, strong northerly breezes and fine weather. Three French transports and the usual Egyptian fleet were at Alexandria when the Pera left. The British squadron at Malta on the 10th com prised the Marlborough, Terrible, James Watt, Caesar, Firefly, and Foxhound. Her Majesty's steam frigate Amphion, 36, Capt. T, F. Birch, 16 days from Malta and 10 from Mes sina, arrived at Gibraltar on the Bth inst ; and the Racoon, 22, Copt. W. C. Chamberlain, 14 days from Malta, on the 13th. The Amphion, Racoon, Fire brand, Procris, and Cuckoo were at Gibraltar on the 14th. The hired transport ship Lord Dalhousie, Capt. T. Markham, 33 days from Deptford and 11 from Portland, with Government stores, &c,, for Gibral tar, arrived out on the 11th inst. The American bark C. B. Allen, Captain J. Ray, from New York, which arrived at Gibraltar on the 7th inst., had on board the mate, P. Regan, and crew, 12 in number, of the late British bark Majes tic. The Majestic was bound from London for New York, and on the 13th ult., when in lon. 52 18, lat. 41 44, she lost her rudder, when the master aban doned her, and got on board the American bark John File, bound for Cork. The mate and crew remained on board till the 19th, when they were picked up by the C. B. Allen. The Portuguese schooner Nigra, Capt.A .J.Vianna, bound from Mazagan for Cork, laden with maize, ar rived at Gibraltar on the Bth. She was in collision with an unknown vessel on the 6th, and lost a boy over board, bowsprit, yard, &c. The following outward bound British merchant steamers had arrived at Gibraltar :—Dec. 8, the Sicilian, Capt. J. Bates, seven and a half days from Liverpool, for Palermo, &c. ; 9th, the Cadiz, Capt. J. Russell, 8 days from London and two and a half from Vigo, with Government stores, 90 bullocks, &c.; the Ceylon, Capt. R. W. Evans, 4 days 22 hours from Southampton, with mails, &c. ; the Dom Pedro, Capt. W. Kennedy, 16 days from Glasgow and two from Lisbon ; 10th, the Euphrates, Capt. R. Bonfellow, 6 days from Liverpool, for Malta and Constantinople; the Morocco, Capt. G. Langlands, 6 days from Liverpool, for Genoa, &c. Gibraltar exchanges were quoted as follows : London, 90 days' date, 49i ; Paris, do., 5f 26c; Marseilles, do., 5f 27c ; Genoa, do., 5f 29c ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, dis ; Cadiz, do., I dis ; Malaga, do., pm ; Seville, dis ; Alicante, I dis ; Valencia, .1 pm ; Barcelona, L pm. Spanish pillared dollars, Ferdinand, 2 per cent premium—no demand ; do., Carolus, 22 per; cent premium—in demand. Silver 5f pieces, per cent premium. Mexican dols., 3 per cent premium. Fi eights—To London and outports in the United Kingdom, 25s to 30s per ton by steamers, and 10 per cent ; Brazil and River Plate, 12 dols. per ton, and 10 per cent, nominal ; Gulf of Mexico and Havannah, 12 dols. per ton, and 10 per cent, nominal. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. The English funds opened yesterday morning without alteration, but there was soon a renewal of heaviness. Consols were first quoted 90k, and after having ranged between that price and 89Z they closed at 894 to 90. For the 9th of January there were buyers at 90. Any little activity that the parties who assume to be exclusively the friends of peace continue to exhibit adds to the disquiet of the commercial community, who remember keenly that these were the persons really responsible for the Russian war, and who also feel that the long series of indignities from the United States which I have culminated in the Trent outrage have been stimulated by a belief among the mob in that coun try that our Government dare not defend itself. The merchants of London, although they make no professions on the matter, are conscious that they constitute the most earnest peace society in the world, but they have yet to learn that the best mode of securing its blessings is to submit to every wrong rather than undergo the pain and expense of enforcing justice. On the suggestion for arbi tration they find it equally difficult to understand the propriety of allowing that there are no suffi ciently defined principles of right or wrong in the world to enable Englishmen, with all their natural desires for peace, to judge a case in which they are interested with the same impartiality as foreigners whose pacific tendencies are certainly less to be relied upon, and who may yet have an interest of their own, either in fomenting war or in ingra tiating themselves with one country at the expense of the other. Moreover, as in the case for arbitra tion it is necessary that the referee should never have expressed a previous opinion on its merits, it is impossible to conceive that this essential condition could in the present condition be complied with since all the influential Powers,including the United States themselves, have pertinaciously for nearly 50 years upheld one—and only one—law on the subject, and have latterly, with France at their head, given strong indications that they have not retrograded. The disregard by the Federal Government of America of the principles that through recent cen turies have mitigated the worst barbarities of war has led those who are interested in private commer cial and pecuniary affairs with that country to entertain some feeling of solicitude as to whether, in the event of hostilities with England, similar indifference would not be manifested to the example set by European nations in dealing with such cases. It is true the doctrines of the United States in this respect have been hitherto in full accordance with those of the:rest of the civilized world, and that even so long back as 1794 they were distinctly embodied in a treaty. Supposing any respect to be still entertained for the motives and principles then avowed by themselves, there can be no reason to apprehend any dishonourable course, but the bold ness with which the hitherto cherished axioms of President Madison and of all his successors on the right of search question have just been disavowed and contemned furnishes cause for fear that the present career of the United States is intended to be made remarkable, not merely by a perfect indepen dence of the precedents of every other nation, but also of their own, when the purposes for the moment can thus be better served. Annexed is the article of the treaty referred to : Extract of 10th Article of Treaty between Great Britain and the United States of the 10th of November, 17 94 , commonly referred to as Jay's Treaty. " Neither the debts due from individuals of the one nation to individuals of the other, nor shares nor meneys which they may have in the public funds or in the public or private banks, shall, even in any event of war or national difference, be sequestered or:confiscated, it being unjust and impolitic that debts and engagements contracted and made by individuals having confidence in each other and in their respective Governments should be destroyed or impaired by national authority on account of national differencesand discontents.' " Unhappily, the Confederate States of America„ likely to show any superiority over their opponents in their sense of what is due to private rights. The system of confiscation of the property of individuals and non-belligerents was commenced on the occurrence of the present outbreak almost simultaneously in both sections of the country, and has been ca rr i e d b y the Confe d erates to t h e extent of sequeste r i ng all the property of neutrals—Eng lishmen and others—situate in the Southern States, and held in trust for their owners by Northern eiti zens.—Tinies' City Article. S N PINA.N CE S. We find that of all the States pretending to power or influence in the affairs of the world Aus tria is the most helplessly crippled and embar rassed. The finances of the Nizam of the Deccan were not more thoroughly deranged than are those of Francis Joseph. There is no attempt at equili brium, and the only question is as to the magni tude of the deficit. That for 1861 is estimated at £6,500,000 ; that for 1862 at £5,800,000. Such a deficiency would astound even a British financier, but it must be understood that in the case of Aus- tria it occurs upon a total income of only some £30,000,000, reckoned at its best ; so that the Go• vernment spends a good 20 per cent. beyond its proper means. Our first inquiry, after such intel ligence, is as to the methods by which the difficulty is to be met, and here the announcements are more extraordinary still. The deficits, we learn, are to be covered by a variety of " credit operations," includ ing a loan of £8,000,000 from the National Bank - ; by the sale of lands belonging to the Crown, and, in some proportion, by an increase of taxation. How far these operations are likely to suffice can be tra l n h s e ac E ti m on p s ir p e r o e f ce A d u in s better estimated a ft er a b r i ef rev i ew o f cer t a i n g tri t a h b em eg . an the year 1848 with a public debt of little more than £100,000,000. From that time, however, the decline set steadily in, and the Imperial accounts up to the present hour resemble nothing so much as those of the " Bank of Deposit," now engaging attention in Chancery-lane. The progress of the Government along the road to ruin was marked by deficits which never failed. Once during the period the deficiency of the year exceeded £14,000,000, twice oaly was it below £4,000,000, and never was it below £3,000,000. Altogether, the aggregate deficit be tween 1848 and 1858 amounted to the sum of £72,000,000 sterling. Of course the National Debt mounted as the balance fell. Since the year 1849 Austria has contracted loan after loan with extra ordinary rapidity, and under every variety of form and title. Subscription loans, foreign loans, lottery loans, voluntary loans, war loans, and national loans followed each other in quick succession, but all to no purpose. The finances of the Empire were not restored, the paper currencywas not re-estab lished, the Government credit was not improved. The National Bank, always a party to these trans actions, was driven to a suspension of cash pay ments. Government transferred to it in 1855 Crown lands to the value of £15,000,000 and up wards, but four years afterwards, on the failure of a "war loan," it seized the silver in the establish ment. There is but one end to operations like these. The public debt of the Empire, which had been but £100,000,000 at the close of 1846, had risen to £240,000,000 at the close of 1857. We may be quite sure that things have not improved since. Steadily, therefore, and without so much as an interval of solvency, has the Austrian Empire been sinking into debt, and it is quite needless to inquire whether new loans, new sales of Crown domains, and new arrangements with the National Bank will restore its finances. Increased taxa tion can do but little in a country where the transactions of trade are so limited, and where political disaffection impedes the collection of the ordinary revenue. In all such cases the true remedy lies in a reduction of expenditure, and in the instance before us the course to be adopted is transparently clear. Austria has suffered from a vicious policy perversely maintained. In her Italian dominions she opposed herself so obstinately to the spirit of popular liberty, and allied herself so closely with obnoxious Governments, that her subjects were in a state of chronic insurrection against her rule. In Hungary, again, she alienated a loyal pea pie by her unconstitutional attempts against their rights, until at last she found herself compelled to govern by the sword, and to keep on foot excessive military establishments, to the ruin of her finances. Ever since the revolution of 1848 surprised her the mischief has been manifest, and, though she con trived to tide over that crisis, she was never so pru dent or so fortunate as to conciliate her angry and suspicious subjects. Some of these she has since lost. The rest, in great, part, she retains only by such a display of force and at such an outlay of money as must speedily bring her to financial ruin. A time must come, and, indeed, can hardly be distant, when no more money can be borrowed, when no more Crown lands remain to be sold, and when no more taxes can be collected, except at a cost ex ceeding their produce. All this while the outgoings increase rather than diminish, as is to be seen in the very sheet before us, and so at last there comes the crash and atter that a chaos. Austria, however, has this great advantage in her embarrassments—that she could right herself by a single resolution. There is a " Crown land" to be sold the alienation of which would set the State right at once. It would be a good bargain to give away Venetia,—a better still to dispose of that costly appurtenance for a round sum of money. This done all the Venetian garrisons could be dis banded, and all their charges retrenched. If such a measure were followed by a reconciliation with Hungary, all the deficit would disappear from the Austrian balance-sheet, and a surplus might be expected the very next year. The Government would thus gain at both ends, and every budget would bring it nearer to a state of credit and pros perity. This advice, we know, is not likely to be palatable, but we are sure it is sound. The present policy, in fact, cannot be long maintained. Empires, like ordinary spendthrifts, must inevitably come, sooner or later, to the end of their tether, Austria has already had a pretty good swing, and the financial as well as political reckonings of the last 12 years ought to convince her that it is high time to remodel her policy in order that she may cenQe from her extravagance.— Tinios. THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.—The election of a Chancellor in the place of the late universally lamented Prince Consort is fixed for the 31st inst., the statutes of the University requiring that the new Chancellor shall be elected within 14 days after the vacancy has been declared. The names of Lord Palmerston, of Lord Lansdowne, and of the Duke of Buceleuch have been mentioned, but for the present, of course, no means can be taken to ascertain the sense of the University. It is not forgotten that for many years Lord Palmerston represented the University in Par liament. The Duke of Buceleuch is understood to be the Conservative candidate, though a portion of the Liberal party also maintain that the Chancellor should he a mem ber of the House of Peers. MEETING OF NEWSVENDORS.—An adjourned meeting of the Manchester and Salford newsvendors was held last evening in the clubroom of the society, Blue Boar court, to receive a report as to the steps which he d been taken to carry out the resolution agreed to on the 14th ult. to the effect that the trade would look to be supplied with penny papers at the rate of not less than 13 to the dozen.—Mr. D. Arlott, who presided, stated that they had communicated with other districts with a view of ascertaining what their Practice was. In Liverpool it was found that the wholesale agents were united with the news agents, and that the latter paid Is. for a dozen of 13 papers, and sold each paper for lid. It was for the meeting to say whether they would adopt some such plan as that, or adhere to the resolution they had already agreed to. Very few of them t oo k s i x dozen of London penny weekly papers —a g rea t many took less; but when they had sold their six d ozen, and all the trouble had been gone through, they would make just is. profit. This was a small item towards a day's wages, and it was unfair to other proprietors who were selling their papers at a price which remunerated the agent. —Mr. Hutton, the secretary • said pea tens ., that a state ment of the ' grievances of which the newsvendors com plained had been sent to various districts, and several replies had been returned ; most of those replies ex pressed concurrence with the o • bject, and said that the writers were ready to join Manchester in the movement. The obstacle to selling 13 to the dozen was that the proprie tors of papers themselves said that they wore working at a loss, or at all events without profit. But the meeting would have to determine whether they would also work without profit.—Mr. Pickford and Mr. Ferguson stated the result of interviews they had had:with the wholesale news agents. They found that different opinions prevailed amongst them as to the proper course to pursue; but some of them pro mised to get up a meeting amongst themselves,to determine on some combined course. —Mr. Duffy was not so much op ,e as the system of selling papers in posed to the present pr ic e the streets. — The Chairman said that was not the subject before the meeting.—Mr. Ferguson proposed, and Mr. Pickford seconded, a resolution pledging the meeting to adhere to the proposition carried at the last meeting to require from the publishers not less than 13 penny papers to the dozen. The motion was carried unanimously, and the Secretary was instructed to communicate with the publishers of three penny weekly London papers, which were named, and report their answers to a meeting to be held next month. 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