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WWI vii hi Ur, Of ran • elg CUBITT, Mayor.--Ii COMMON COUNCIL. holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London, on Thursday, the 21st day of November, 1-61, d unanimously,—That the thanks of this Court be presented to the Right Honourable William Cubitt, Lord Mayor of this City, for the dignity, fidelity, audind, fatig .hle zeal with which he has discharged the arduous and important duties of that high office during the past year ; for the judg ment, firmness, and humanity which he has displayed in the punctual performance of his magisterial duties, whereby lie has given universal s itistacton to the mei cantile and all other classes of his fellow-citizens who have soughtjustice at the civic tribunals; for his munificent support of the various charitable institutions of this City, and for originating the fund for reli,wing the famine in India, from which fund relief was so speedily and bountifully sent to the suffering popula,- tions of India, and many lives were saved ; for the splendid liospitalify which he has so signally displayed ; for the readi ness with which he has convened Courts ot Common Coun cil, and for the ability and strict impartiality with which he has presided over their deliberations ; for the urbanity of manner and easiness of access for which he has so uniformly been distingui,hed, and the devotion he has ever manifested in support f the rights, privileges, and interests of his WOODTIIORPE. INDIAN CARRYING COMPANY (Limited), NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the allotment of RITA I: ES hi the INDIAN CARRYING COM eANY ( Limited), will be made on TUESDAY NEXT, the 2Gth By or !er of the 3oard, WALTER, THOMPSON, Secretary. 62, Moorgate-street, E.C., Nov. 21, 1861. MR AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "At' H031E," At Her Majesty's Concert Room, Haymarket, ()71 MONDAY, November 25, an i Every Evening except Saturday. Saturday Afternoon at 3. "REMINISCENCES in Eic.,rht Chapters." Part I. "The Romance." Part 2. "The Reality." Prices of Admission :—Dress Stalls, is. ; Dress Circle, 4s. ; ]''first Circle, 3s. ; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, 14.; Private Boxes, 41 Is. No extra charge IT booking. Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the llox-offico, which is open daily from 10 till 5, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ARGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS !!- - The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. Bout.conT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In uddition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss Zuadrille, and novel ties of last weak, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the Solos perlorined by him and M. Greebe. Admission I.s. Manager, M. P. Grenet. HWALKER'S New NEEDLES.—ThesePatent • Needles have a ridtze to open the cloth in front of the eye and a groove beyond, into which the thrc 'd falls in sew ing without the slightest drag. The eyes are large and easily threaded. Samples of 100 post free from dealers for 12 stamps. Queen's Works, Alcestor, and 47, Gresham-street, London. BOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK (the ORIGINAL), for Marking on Linen, Silk, or Cotton. Requires no preparation, anu is by far the Best. NOTlCE.—Observe that IN 0 SIXPENNY SIZE of the GENUINE has ever yet been prepared, and that each Bottle bears the Address on the Label-28, LONG-LANE, WEST SMITHFIELD, CITY, E.C., whore It may be obtainei Avho'csale and retail, and at most Dile:osta, Medicine Ven dors, Stationers, &c., in the United Kingdom.—Price One Shilling per Bottle. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, for the Destitute Sick, Gray's-inn-road.—Earnest Appeal.—Owing to an unexpected delay in the payment of a considerable legacy, on which the Committee relied, this Hospital is left without immediate funds. As the period is rapidly approaching when its resources are always severely tested, the Committee make an earnest APPEAL to the public benevolence for means to enable them to carry on the charity. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. 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"An admirable contrivance for remedying the defects of nature, 'without requiring* new sets of teeth."—Sun. Decayed Teeth Stopped, Loose Teeth Fastened, Discoloured Teeth Restored, Sm. Constant Daily Attance at 8, Grosvenor- Street, Grosvernor-square, London ; Old Steine, Brighton; Be nnett's-hill, Birmingham THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN LIFE.FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most Shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate ease is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. TNlord's Essence of Life is sold In cases, with full in structions for use, at lls., or four quantities in one tbr 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, o receipt of:remittance or post-office order payable to T rou t and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) 411.1EI PTI:TRES.-13Y ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WRITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS frEREECED AND EXHIBIED IN THE GEAT _P_XIIIRITIox or T 1851), is allowed by upwards of R Two yundred Medical Gentlemen to te the most effective invention i t in the cura ti ve t rea t men t o f if ERN I A. I Use of a steel s p r i ng , so o ft en hurtful in its effects, ._l3 _ her e avoided—a so ft b an d age b e i n g w orn round the .9E I Y. whil e th e requisite resisting power is supplied by the aloe Main Pad and P a t en t L ever, fitting with so much ease sand clos eness that it cannot be detected, and 1 . may worn 7 , r u c, rin sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the l as, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir tunnerence of the body, two inches below the hips, being ge nt to the manufacturer, A Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. Sin Truss, 165., 21s , 265. 6d , and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. Double Truss, 31s. 6d 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is Bd. 1 2_ Umbilical Truss, 4 9 s..and 525. ed. Postage, Is. 10d. _rost - office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post 'nice, Piccadilly. ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &e., for the iVaricose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of and i t,B, Sprains, &C. They arc porous, light in texture, I. • ne Xpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 43. 6d., 7s. 6d., 108., and 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228," Piccadilly. OrENERATIVE and MUSCULAR POWER - I , A REGAINED by the use of PERRY'S CORDIAL LM of SYRIACUM. Established nearly a century, and ,11,ayii throughout the world as THE GREATEST RE VEItATOR ; a never-failing remedy for the loss of manly wer,. produced by early indiscretions or any other cause. venriches the principal vi , al fluids, enabling - those who bathl' e deemed themselves incurable at once to fulfil the most ed obli gat i ons of married lif e . Price lls. and 335. per le. T ERRY'S PURIFYING TASTELESS GLOBULES. a rompt Cure in every stage of Gonorrhoea; immediate'y sub duing all inflammatory action, at the same time restoring the organs and surrounding parts to a vigorous and healthy Bt aj P. Per box, lls. and 335. TERRY'S CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, /or effectually eradicating all Syphilitic poison from the blood, and the after consequences of mercurial treatment. Price 10s. and 335. per bottle. THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on Single and Married Life, enlarged to 190 pages, with 100 engravings, ls., by post 14 stamps ; also, Extraqs from the above Work in all Languages, post free on receipt of two stamps. To be had diret from 11. and L. Perry and Co., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, W., where all letters and Post-office orders are to be addressed. Attendance daily, from 10 till 8, by a Consulting Surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ent - t ,quilt]. (registered under the new Medic a l Act). DR. LA'MERT ON SELF-PRESERVATION. I'll " lg. ; post-free, 13, or sealed ends, 20 stamps, with En gravings and Cases. Mhy be had of Mann and CO., 33 , Conditll, London, or direct from the Author. SI ELI - PRESERVATION.—A popular Essay on Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from injurious hby abits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, which, rrematurely 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. LAWERT, 37, Bedford-square, London. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, &c. The above work contains most useful and interesting; information on the physiological changes which occur in the Reproductive System during - the periods of youth, puberty, and manhood ; and on the due attainment of that degree of functional vigour upon which the hopes of posterity depend. It also points out how all the attributes of Man hrod can be preserved to an advanced period of life, how they are lost, and how they can be recovered. It is free from the gross exaggerations, alarming- descriptions, and dangerous remedies so generally resorted to by persons, who, prac tising with false medical qualifications, inflict most serious injuries, and render judicious treatment frequently abortive. The Author is the only legally qualified practitioner 'whose name stands on the Medical Reoister (tile only true test of medical qualification), who has been exclu sively engaged for a series of years in the treatment of the Variou functional disorders of the nervous and reproductive system, which, owing to the great discoveries of modern science, are rendered subservient to a rational, simple, and easy mode of treatment. At home for consultation daily from 10 till 2, and from 6 till 8, either personally or by letter.-37, Bedford-square. DR. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, Price ls., b OURSELVES. y post Mann, 29, Cornhill. On Spermatorrhoes Syphilis, Stricture, Haemorrhoids, Glcets, Marriage: Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Dr. C. ma be daily till 12, a The Post-office Turk y consulted ish Baths, 19, St. Martin's- t le-Grand; and from 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, Great Marlborough-street, W. DR. CULVEhWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BAT lIS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and ls. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, ls. till 1. Au ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very Useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already er couraf.red this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the p actical regulations which the wr it er e n d ea vours to enforce."—Herald and Standard. Nov. 12,18t11. .. Th e vost-office Turkish Bath , , 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. Culverw , ll has already established the reputation of he has now provt.d himself to b e a worthy an ab'e physician ; 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 cemfort and luxury of the 'tisitor. . We may justly say that if a man ever feels imself regenerated and new made, it it 911 coming out of a tukish Bath."—Bra, Oct. 13, 1801. DISSOLVING VIEWS & MAGIC LANTERNS lent out, and sent into the country, with the option to purchase. Messrs. SOLOMONS' improved Phantasmagoria Lanterns being arranged with their beautiful light, which surpasses any other, a cle .r disc is obtained from 6 to 20 feet diameter. Slides in great variety, viz., Pilgrim's Progress, Cruiek4hank's Bottle, Missionary Sketches of American Life, Ice. Their new Instrument is one of the most amusing and instructive ever brought out. It illustrates the motion of the Planets, and many instructive and laughable effects. Lecturers and schools supplied at reduced prices. Scientific Instrument Makers, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. W. Makers of the new Government Barometer to tell the weather days before hand. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANBOOD: MEDICAL ESSAY ON srEIIMATOREME 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, ibrl 2 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Directions cr Pct R erfeestoration to health and Vigour.Plain By Dr. J. L. COATIS, 15, AlberrAarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: -3truetTtiltr°e DantraCTOitY Functions A th P e T n E e l p t rixi on uct i t v h e e r P ga h n y s s . iologioal CHAPTER H.—Causes of Spermatorrheca and Impotence; , 'arlv Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER 1 . 11.—A Iteview of the various Disqualifications 1 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 varied and interesting ases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. N°. 21,652. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in 2 vols. Svo., with Portrait, &c., TIIE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF DMIRAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.B. By MAJOR-GENERAL, .ELERS NAPIER. " This personal history of another of England's great sea wor.hies is sure to be warmly welcomed by the British pub lic. The work possesses an interest whith will not pa-s away with the present generation. We know of no books so likely to excite the enthusiasm of English youth as Southey's 'LP e of Nelson' and these Memoirs' of Admiral Napier."—Daily News. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, price 55., FRANCATELLPS COOK'S GUIDE. From the Times.—" An admirable manual for every household where pleasure, health, and economy are consulted. The whole book has the merit of being exceedingly plain, of containing sufficient cross references to satisfy a Panizzi, and of being so serviceably arranged in all its parts that we defy you to miss any of the consolations intended for your physical infirmities." London Riliard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Pub lisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. Price Gd., or post free for 7 stamps, UNSOUNDNESS OF INDIAN GUARAN v TEES, shown in a Letter to liffuLL SLAUGHTER, Esq., Secretary of the Stock Exchange. By 11. TEMPLE HUMPH iIEYS. Tallant and Co., 5, Ave Maria-lane. C. READE'S NEW WORK.—SECOND EDITION. Just out, in 4 vols., £1 lis. 6d., THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH. The Era—The characters (male) are the Hero, a Burgo master, a Cross-bowman, a Giant with a treble voice, a Dwarf with a bass voice, several Monks, good, bad, and in different, a Medireval Beggar, a Pope, a Physician, an Alder man, a Professional Assassin, a Cure, an Italian Painter, Thieves, Robbers, ttc. Females-=The Heroine, a Flemish Painter, a Busybody, a Domestic, a Female Dandy, a Roman Matron, an Italian Princess, an angelic Cripple. Among the more Dramatic Scenes are: The Lovers' Meet e Duke's Banquet—A Mystery—A Struggle with a Leopard—The Hero rescued from a high Tower by means of an Arrow—The Bloodhound—A Man Hunt— Suffocated by his Sweetheart, and saved by his Foe—A Walk from Hol land to Venice—A desperate Fight with a She-bear—The Crowded Gibbet—On the Rhine--In the Rhine—The Siege in a Bedchamber —Seven to Two—The Assassin's living Hand pinned to the Door—The Colossal Robber spitted on two Swords—Medimval Justice-1 he Dead Man's Meal— Servant to a Beggar, and Master to a Count—The Robber's Mill—The Fatal Bed—Strange Escape by the Sails of a Mill —The Mediaeval Shipwreck—Executions in Rome—The Fatal Letter—The Goddess of Beauty a Boy—The Suicide baffled by the Assassin—The Ordeal by Cold Water—The Preaching Friar—Meeting of the Living and the Dead—The Medifeval Curse—Wife and no Wife—The Hermit's Cave—Strange Meeting of the Hermit and his Wife—The Wife's Repulse— Meeting of the Hermit and his Child—The Wife's Victory— The Plague—The Cross of Wood Ashes—The Lover's United, to part no more. Trubner and Co., GO, Paternoster-row. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, s s. ed., ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, 31.R.C.5.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitanlnfirmary for the Cure of Strictures of tile Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. 13yhis 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; TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without'any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient mec.tinc, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellen ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and -trergthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. lid. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. TOZEAU'S COPATTINE, or SACCHARATED P-1 CAPSULES.—Copaiba and Cubeba are doubtless the best remedies, but these drugs are of a repulsive taste and odour, and occasion colicky pains, nausea, and gastric dis turbance. M. Jozeau has succeeded in rendering these valu able therapeutic agents i•erfectly innocuous by increasing in his Copahme all t - e curative properties. This preparation has been adopted by the Paris Academy of Medicine, after more than a thousand trials in Paris and the different Lon don hospitals, viz., St. Thomas's, Guy's, and St. Bartholo mew's, under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland, and Legros Clark.—" Lancet," Nov. 6 and Dec. 10, 1857. The Copahine, which is in form of a pretty pink sugar plum, effects a cure in about six days, either in recent or chronic diseases. 100 capsules, 45. ; post free, ss. 2d. Post-office order required ; at J. JOZEAU'S, French Chemist, 42, Haymarket, London ; 22, Rue St. Quentin, Paris ; and all the most important Chemists. DR. BRIGHT'S APHRODISION. - The GREAT CHEMICAL COMBINATION of Phos phorus, Quinine, Iron, and other invigorating ingredients, is the never-failingßemedy for Spermatorrhcea, and all Diseases of the Reproductive System. A single course of this invalu able preparation insures health, strength, and manly vigour in every stage of life. Price, lls. per bottle, or four 11s. bottles in one, 335. ; and in cases containing three 335. bottles, for £5, at a saving of £1 12s. DR. B IG HT 'S TII REE DAYS' CURE ; the most speedy remedy known. The BUCHU GLOBULES, containing the Quintessence of Copaiha, Cubcbs, Buchu, Jzc., at once cure, without the possibility of failure, Gonorrhoea, obstinate G leet, Stricture, &c., immediately subduing all inflammatory action; encised in sugar, free from taste or smell. Price lie. ; by post 125. cd. Prepared and sold at the Labora toyy, 44A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, W. (opposite the side of St. George's Church), London, where also may be had the new medical work, en titled "Nervous Exhaustion," on Physical Disqualification and Impediments to Marriage, 275 pages. Price 2s. rd. ; by post, Os. 10d. ; abridged edition Is., by post 14 stamps. All communications and Post-Office Orders to be addressed to Ralph Bright. The above medicines have been confided to a Registered Physician, Member of the Royal College of Sure - eons, Eng land, who may bo daily consulted from 11 to 8. TELESCOPES, Opera, Race-course, Field, and general Out-door Day and Night Perspective Glasses, very small, for the waistcoat p - cket, each containing 12 and 18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show distinctly a person to know him at two and a half and three miles, and an object from 8 to 10 miles distant. ller Majesty's Coast guards are making use of them as day and night glasses in preference to all others; they are also preferred for deer stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeeps. Tele scopes, 31 inches long, by which a terson may be clearly seen and known at 3t miles, and an object at 12 to 14 miles' dis tame ; and with an extra astronomical eye-piece Jupiter's moons, Saturn's rings, and the double stars, are distinctly seen. They are in endless variety, of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal letters patent. Messrs, S. and B. SOLOMONS, makers of Barometers, Thernymeters, &c., 39, Albemarle-street, Pic cadilly. SIGHT and HEARING being sympathetically connected, Messrs. SOLOMONS having a thorough knowledge of the anatomy of the eye and ear, and, after an experience and extensive practice, have it'll ented an instrument for extreme cases of Deafness, called the SOUND MAGNIFIER, Organic Vibrator, and Invisible Voice Conductor. It fits into the earnot perceptible ; the un pleasant sensation of singing noises in the head is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief to deaf persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at church, .ec. They have also constructed TINTED SPECTACLE LENSES of the greatest transparent brilliancy. The advantage derived is that vision impaired is pm served and strengthened ; very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation ; can see with them of much less magnify ing power, and do not require the frequent chancres to more powerful assistance. 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. REVIEWS or THE WORK. °Curtis on truly valuable work, and should be in the hands o f 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 sympathisinz, manner on the various disqualifications lnd impediments arising from nervous excitement and de. bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and xcesses It will be found valuable and useful."—Record. ; Published by J. 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Bower, was docked yes double dock at Portsmouth. By direction 'of the Admiralty, max. to mast studding sails are in future to be disallow. .ed to all steamvessels in the navy. „ aced The War D e p ar t ment transpori:Pitrel was r," alongside th e O r d nance-wharf at Chaillam Ff ss4,. er : s day, and land e d a quantity of shot and other Aork. for the vessels lying in th M d e e way. Some considerable time has elapsed since the; entrance and Goft. of the flooring of an intended new dock leading out of the steam basin were mn structed. at Portsmouth dockyard, and in the last naval estimates a vote was taken for further carry ing on the work, which has been named the North. Inlet Dock, in contradistinction to the one at the opposite angle of the basin, named the South Inlet Dock. The invert of the north, like that of the finished south dock, was flat on the dock floor and of shallow depth of water, and consequently utterly useless to any of our new class iron ships ; besides, it was of an unnecessary height from the floor of the dock. These faults in the dock construction at Portsmouth have been pointed out more than once in The Sun. The deficiency in the designs seems to have been in only providing for the present at the time of construction, and not for the future. The fact has, however, been as patent to the Government authorities doubtless, as to the public, if we may judge by the steps now being taken to provide for the errors of the past. Yesterday the caisson was removed from the north dock invert (the one alluded to as unfinished), and placed in No. 7 dock, where it will undergo an ex tension of size and alteration .1 form at the bottom. The work will be carried out by Messrs. West wood and Baillie, of Limehouse, it having been re solved by the Admiralty to lower the invert of the dock three feet, and to increase its length to 400 feet. Messrs. Smith, of Pimlico, who are the con tractors for the work, are busily engaged collecting the plant upon the ground in the immediate vici nity, and will commence active operations next week. Plans are under consideration for the con struction of several other docks on the mudlands adjoining the north corner of the dockyard of even more extended dimensions than the north inlet will be, or than the double dock (the one that received the Warrior, and will receive the Black Prince) is as now finished. A very comprehensive scheme for the extension of Portsmouth dockyard and the in crease of its resources in other matters besides its docks is also about being carried out, owing to alte rlittiens which will shortly be effected in the old ‘ ,.fortifications, or " lines" of Portsmouth and Portsea. The main line of the Hilsea defences is being rapidly completed, and this will be no sooner turned over from the depart ment of the Royal Engineers to the , hands of the Royal Artillery than the whole of the interior of the defences of Portsmouth and Portsea will be thrown into the moats and the ground levelled. This will be done in consequence of the utter uselessness of lines of defence smothered in the midst of miles of streets and houses, which have been for numberless years growing up round and about them. By their removal a large portion of Portsea lines, on the glacis of which timber for shipbuild ing purposes is now stored, will be taken into the dockyard, an extensive site will become available for the erection of a naval cadet college. The emended regulations respectizig the employ ment of dockyard apprentices on board her Majesty's ships in commission have been received at Chatham from the Admiralty. No apprentice will be allowed to serve on board any vessel if he has less than 18 months, or more than two years of his time, to serve. The apprentices are to be borne on the books of the ship to which they will be attached as supernume raries, and will be paid at the rate of £lB ss. per annum, besides the usual tool money, rations, allow ances, &c. They are not to be employed as servants, but are to be treated in all respects as artificers. The number of apprentices selected to serve on board ship has been 28, of whom 20 are shipwrights. The whole of these proceed to the Mediterranean in the Firebrand, 6, Commander Bruce, and will be dis tributed in the various ships composing the squad ron, in such number as the Admiral commanding may consider most desirable for the general service of the fleet. Each apprentice is to be allowed to attend school under the Government schoolmaster. In their code of instructions for the guidance of the officers commanding, their lordships express the belief that under the system now for the first time adopted her Majesty's ships will ultimately be sup plied with well-educated and efficient dockyard artificers, and that it will eventually be of much benefit to the service in enabling the several Com manders-in-Chief on the different stations to repair, to a greater extent than at present, damages to spars, hull, &c., by means of the artificers of the fleet, and thus relieve the dockyards of much of that class of work, which now proves such a source of delay in the building and fitment of ships. The previous order relative to the pay of the apprentices has been cancelled. The following promotions and appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—William Chase, in the Fisgard, T. Hodgson, of the Cornwallis for the Sandfly, H. Hull, in the Queen, William Tot tenham, of the Liffey, and George W. Robins, in the Sanspareil, promoted to first class assist.-engi neers ; G. F. Sutton, in the Nile, T. Gray, in the Victor Emmanuel, and William B. Cottam, in the Liffey, promoted to acting first-class assist.-engi neers; William Holloway, engineer, Alfred Waters, acting first-class assist.-engineer, and William Had low, acting second-class assist.-engineer, to the Swallow, commissioned. PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. ' mittee give a very strong hint as to increasing the powers of the military police, but it will do much undoubtedly to destroy their occupation. We have already said it owes its origin to private zeal, and the greater part of the cost will be borne by private subscription. The whole expense will amount to some \there about £5,000. Of this the War Depart ment—under Lord Herbert's wise and liberal admi nistration—have promised £2,000, and the Indian Council £2OO. Looking to the composition of the force, the Marines will no doubt frequent the Insti tute in considerable numbers, and o-a that account a liberal subscription is looked for from the Admiralty. With these exceptions, th e rema i n d er o f the c ost will be ,raised by private subscription. Miss Nightingale, always the zealous and enlightened friend of the soldier, has contributed £75. The officers of the 2d Depot Battalion and the medical officers at Fort Pitt have subscribed about £lOO between them. Speaking generally, the greatest liberality has been shown by all connected with the garrison. Still there remains at least £l,OOO to be provided, and the building committee are appealing now to the public to make up the deficiency. No plan has been submitted for the improvement of the soldier's condition which more deserves public sup port. The evils to be remedied are patent to any body who will ba at the trouble to look for them; and the men have in every case shown a remark able readiness to avail themselves of every means of escaping from them. In an economical point of view, they have everything to recommend them. Military prisons and hospitals are costly affairs, and the evils which lead to crime and disease may clearly be traced, in a great degree, to the want of suitable physical and mental employment of the men when off duty. Every year since the introduc tion of the 10-year service system, a large body of men is being draughted into civil life, and it is of the greatest importance that these men, when they leave the military profession, should have acquired those qualities which will fit them to make useful members of civil society. Such institu tions, by making men comfortable and con tented, improved in morals, and increasing their tastes for rational and harmless amuse ments, must prevent desertion, and in time facilitate recruiting, and attract that higher class of recruits, whom we have long been endeavouring, but in wail ~ to bring under our standards. Of the ultimate success of the Chatham Institute we entertain not the slightest doubt, and we hope before long to see ono on its model at full work at every station' of the British army. THE SUN, LONDOri, FBIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1801. THE DESTRUCTIOIV 01 AN AMERICAN SHIP BY A CONFEDERATE SHIP OF WAR. -- SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 21. The greatest excitement prevailed here this morn ing by the arrival in the river of a large steamer of war with the Confederate flag of America flying at the peak, and a pennant at the main. She proved to be the Confederate steamer Nashville, which ran the blockade at Charleston a short time since—viz., 26th Oat. She brings the crew (29 in number) of the late American ship Harvey Birch, and landed them in the docks at 10 o'clock this morning, with all their personal effects. The latter was a full rigged vessel of 1,500 tons burden, cost 150,000 dols., and was bound from Havre to New York in ballast. The following is the statement of Captain W. H. Nelson :—The American ship Harvey Birch, Capt. W. H. Nelson, of New York, left Havre on Saturday, the 17th inst., bound to New York, in ballast ; when in let. 49.6 N., long. 9 52 W., was brought to by the Confederate steamer Nashville, Commander Peagrim, late of the United States navy. The Harvey Birch was immediately boarded by the offi cers and crew of the Nashville, who were at once ordered on board the Confederate steamer, allowing Capt. Nelson and crew to take a few of their effects and some fresh provisions. The Harvey Birch was then ordered to be fired by Commander Peagrim, who remained alongside until she was burnt to the water's edge. Capt. Nelson states that Commander Peagrim informed him that he held no commission from the Confederate Government of America as a war steamer, or letter of marque; further, that himself and two mates :were treated exceedingly well whilst on board the steamer, but that his crew were all placed in irons immediately. Capt. Nelson stated that the Nashville shipped her crew in Charleston, which is composed chiefly of English and Irish lads; that they were shipped under false pretences, and forced to sign other articles when on board, and that Commander Peagrim endeavoured to compel himself and crew to take the oath of alle giance, and not to take up arms against the Southern States. The captain of the Harvey Birch immediately on his landing in the docks placed himself under the protection of Capt. Britton, the American consul at this port. At half-past 12 o'clock the Confederate steamer Nashville arrived off the entrance of the docks, and at 1 p.m. was moored alongside the north jetty, which was literally besieged with spectators. I im mediately went on board and obtained an introduc tion to Commander Peagrim and Col. Peyton, a pas senger from-Charleston, who arrives here as the re presentative ofliorth Carolina on special business. The following - is the report of Commander Pea. grim :—On the morning of the 19th inst., at 8 a.m., sighted the packet ship Harvey Birch, of New York; immediately bore down upon her; when near enough hailed her, having unlumbered guns and cleared decks for action. Then spoke the vessel and ordered the captain to haul down his colours and bring his papers on board. The stars and stripes immediately went down slowly, and Captain Nelson and his crew came on board the Nashville. Capt. Peagrim then informed him he demanded an unconditional surrender, but all private effects would be respected. The crew were then brought on board,.and with the exception of Capt. Nelson, his two mates,. and a passenger, were placed in irons. The captain and mates were allowed to re tain their revolvers, but put upon parole. A few provisions were then brought on board, and the Harvey Birch committed to flames. Before the Nashville left her the three masts were seen to fall, and the entire vessel enveloped in a burning mass. Capt. Peagrim states that the burning of the ship and hauling down of her flag was the most painful act of his life, having for a period of 32 years fought and served under the United States flag. The Nashville brought as passengers under orders of the Hon. the Secretary of the Navy, Col. Peyton and lady. Cal. Peyton is on special duty for the State of North Carolina, and notwithstanding the length of the voyage and the heavy weather expe rienced throughout her passage, which carried away portions of her paddle-boxes, &c., they are in good health. The colonel and Capt. Peagrim will proceed to London by express train to-morrow morning. Col. Peyton says that there are 750,000 bales of cotton of the old crop, and over 4,000,000 bales of the new crop, and 50,000,000 dols.' worth of tobacco and naval stores ready for shipment. Col. Peyton says that Messrs. Mason and Slidell the Southern commissioners, left Charleston on the 12th of October in the steamer Theodore, passing through the blockading squadron at night. Their safe arrival was reported at Cardenas, Cuba, before the Nashville left Charleston on the 26th ultimo, and they are expected to arrive here by the West India steamer La Plata, due on the 29th inst. Capt. Peagrim is an old officer of the United States navy, and bore a conspicuous part in the Mexican war, in the Paraguay and Japan expedi tions, and during the war waged by the English and French in China. For his distinguished ser vices his native State of Virginia voted him, by the unanimous voice of the General Assembly of the Legislature, a splendid sword. The numerous statements which have been received in this country through the papers of the United States of the scarcity of provisions at the South, want of clothing in the army, &c., I learn are ut terly without foundation in fact. The country is prosperous, and the people satisfied of their ability to achieve their independence. The esprit de corps of the army is admirable. President Davis, instead of being dead, is intwenjoyment of fine health and spirits, as are 'also _the ' generals, Beauregard and Johnston, who have been reported killed. Captain Peagrim indignantly denies the absurd statement of Captain Nelson that ho holds no com mission from the Confederate States of America, and has furnished me with the following, which is a copy of tho commission under the Confederate seal : (Copy.) " The President of the Confederate States of ,' America. "To all who shall see these presents greeting " Know yet that, reposing special trust and con fidence in the patriotism, in the valour, fidelity, and abilities of Robert B. Peagrim, I do appoint him a lieutenant in the navy of the Confederate States, to rank as such from the 10th day of June, A.D. 1861. He is therefore carefully and diligently to dis charge the duty of lieutenant by doing and perform ing all manner of things thereunto belonging, and I do strictly charge all officers and others under his command to be obedient to his orders as lieutenant. And he is to observe and follow such orders and directions as from time to time ho shall receive from me or the future President of the Confederate States of America, or the superior officers set over him ac cording to the rules and discipline of war. " Given under my hand at the City of Richmond this 20th day of September, in the year of our Lord, 1861. (Signed) " JEFFERSON DAVIS. " By the President, S. R. MALLARY, Secretary to the Navy." ANOTHER ACCOUNT. SOUTHAMP TON, THURSDAY EVENING. The Nashville is lying alongside of the quay wall of the eastern side of the docks, and is an object of great curiosity. She did not let her steam off until four or five o'clock. The Confederate flag, of one white and two red horizontal stripes, with the stars on a blue ground in the upper corner, is flying at the peak; a broad pennant from the main. The vessel appears to have met with foul weather since she has been at sea, and will go into one of the graving docks to morrow to be overhauled. It is re p orted that her crew consists of 70 officers and m en, and that each is armed with a revolver and cutlas s. She is about 1,600 tons burden, and formerly ran as a trader be tween New York and Charleston. The Harvey Birch is said to-have been a remarkably fine full rigged ship of the same tonnage, quite new. Everything appears very quiet on board the Con federate. The crew do not show at all, but now and then an officer or two may be seen pacing the deck. They do not appear to be at ease, anti are very reserved, particularly upon this affair, should they be questioned. The vessel is armed with two rifled cannon, but they are not visible to persons on shore. The crew of the Harvey Birch are domiciled at the Sailors' Home, opposite the docks. They are in a highly excited state, and vow vengeance against the officers and crew of the Nashville. Fearing that a collision might take place and mischief result, the mayor, Frederick Perkins, Esq., has ordered a batch of the borough police to patrol the docks dur ing the night, in connection with the usual dock policemen. The crew of the burnt ship describe the officers of the Nashville as young and inexperienced and their disgust is beyond expression at being taken by such a set of " brats of boys," as they de scribe them. To use the expression of one of them, he said " By --, if only half a dozen of us had been loose, we would have cow hided the whole of the lot over the stern, clean." A good joke is told of the captain of the Nashville, who, it appears, belologed to the American navy for 30 years before he joined the secessionists. In relating the capture of the ship to a gentleman at Southampton he observed that he felt bound to treat the captain and officers with every attention and kindness—that he invited them daily to his own table, and behaved with true hospitality and courtesy ; " but," said he, "my morti fication was great when I sent them on shore to find that they did not acknowledge my kindness by even expressing their thanks." One circumstance, forcibly illustrating the per fectly suicidal nature of the present unhappy out break, is this, that the owner of the burnt ship, resident at New York, is said to be a man of strong Southern tendencies. The following statement was taken by the quar antine officer at Southampton from the second mate of the Harvey Birch :- 4 , STATEMENT OF JAMES STEWART, SECOND MATE OF THE HARVEY BIRCH. " On Tuesday morning, at 9 a.m., about 40 miles off Cape Clear. the steamer Nashville came along side the Harvey Birch, Captain Nelson, from Havre in ballast, bound to New York ; he ordered us fo haul our flag down, the United States colour, and the captain to come on board. The captain went on board, and remained about rb - minutes ; he then re turned to his ship and gave James Stewart, second officer of the ship, orders to tell the crew to pack their things up and bring them to the gangway (bags only) with the exception of the officers who were allowed to bring their chests. " 11 A m.—The crew left their ship and went on board the Nashville. The lieutenant of the Nash ville, with his crew, went on board the Harvey Birch, and set her on fire. " 6.30 P.m.—l saw the masts go over the side. The Nashville then proceeded to Southampton. to land the crew of the Mr vey Bi rc h . (Signed) ' "JAMES STEWART, Second Officer." THE SOLDIERS' INSTITUTE AT CHATHAM. Fortunately for the British soldier, the popular estimate of the military profession has been very much changed since the time when Alderman Smuggler proposed to celebrate the disbanding of a regiment by " a bonfire as high as the Monu ment." Standing armies have long since ceased to be a theme for patriotic declaimers, and the soldier is no longer regarded as a necessary nuisance to be retained with as little cost as possible, and to be thrown aside without mercy when the emergency has passed. Of late years, particularly since the Crimean war, the public have shown a keen inte rest in all military subjects, and no War Minister has had to complain of opposition or lukewarmness when he has had a project to submit to further the efficiency of theservice or the well-being of the sol dier. Army reform has taken a first place among the questions of the day, and under the judicious guidance of men like the late Lard Herbert im • provements have been effected in the condition of the soldier which the prejudices of a past genera tion would have made impossible, and at which, it is said, officers of the old school of stocks and pipe clay still shake their heads incredulously. But, though much has been done, very much more still remains to be done, not only to make the army popular and to bring into it a better class of re cruits, but also by increasing the comforts and ad vantages of the soldier's life to raise its morale and to make its government easier. The establishment of schools and libraries was undoubtedly a step in the right direction, but they have not been com pletely successful in dealing with the evils which they were meant to meet. The great vice of the British armv—that which is the fruitful parent of all other shortcomings and offences—is undoubtedly drunkenness. The canteen and the public-house lead to the vast majority of breaches of discipline, and consequent punishments, and how many men are ruined by them morally and physically com manding officers and medical ofl•'icers alone could tell. Yet those who have 'put their heads into a barrack-room will hardly be so surprised at the prevalence of the vice. A long, low, whitewashed, bare-looking barn , with a scanty fire at ono end, lighted by one solitary gas burner, the sides lined with turned-up bedsteads and a table running down the middle, on which is huddled together a confused heap of blacking brushes, bread, pipeclay, tobacco, tea, potatoes, salt, &c., is not the pleasant est place to spend a leisure hour in. It is about the last spot where anything like comfort is to be found, and it is scarcely to be wondered at if the soldier yields at times to the superior attractions of the well-lighted, well -warmed taproom which the neighbouring publican is very careful to provide for him. As in other walks of life, a cheerless home is the publican's best friend, Again, when he has got well through his drills, the soldier has much spare time on his hands, and the want of suitable mental or physical employment naturally brings on a sort of ennui which he has no means of dissipating but at the same place. It is scarcely possible to increase his monotonous military duties without wearying and disgusting him, and, though some army reformers propose to set him to work at various industrial occupations, there does not seem much prospect of that project being seriously taken up at present. Everything combines to lead him or drive him to dissipation, and the real wonder is, not that so many yield to it, but that so many resist the temptation. The necessity of providing the soldier with some means of amusing or employing himself when off duty has long been urged by those who take an interest in his welfara, and who best know his habits. The Barrack Committee of 1854 strongly recommended some reform in this respect, and, though Lord Herbert's Sanitary Commission did not formally consider the subject, the witnesses examined before it were pretty nearly unanimous as to the evils of the present state of things. After standing the usual ten years' siege, the War-office is beginning to apprehend that there m ty be some thing in the idea, after all. Facilities have been given for opening reading rooms in various barracks, which, though na great things, are still au improve ment on the ordinary barrack-room ; hero and there skittle-alleys and fives -courts have been built, and the departmental mind, though it still hesitates to commit itself to anything like a general change, clearly perceives that it is not altogether creditable to the various parties concerned that the British soldier should be cared for something worse than a convict, and a great deal worse than a pauper. The energy and liberality, however, of a few private persons is just about to be put into practice at Chat ham an experiment which it is hoped will prove a stronger rival to the taverns and other Inundation able temptations to debauchery in which a garrison town abounds than any influence which has yet been tried. In the north-west corner of the Chat ham barracks fronting to the road leading from the Engineer barracks, and overlooking the dockyard, there is rapidly approaching completion a hand some building which, under the name of the Soldiers' Institute, is intended to afford the soldier the means of harmless recreation, which at present are almost entirely wanting in the station. It is, in fact, to be the Soldiers' Clubhouse where he will meet his comrades, smoke his pipe, drink his cup of coffee, and take his ease generally, without restraint or interference, just as his offieers do at the United Service or the Army and Navy. It consists of two stories, and will afford accommodation for pretty nearly 1,000 men. The ground floor is divided into two spacious coffee-rooms, divided by a bar, at which tea, coffee, cold meats, bread and butter, and eggs, may be obtained at cost price. They will be well furnished with comfortable chairs and settees, and a plentiful supply of little marble-topped tables, such as we see in French cafes or estaminets. In one room there will be a supply of newspapers and popular periodicals, and in the other there will be chess, backgammon, and solitaire boards, bagatelle ; and German billiard tables, with other games ; and the men will be well warmed, ventilated, and lighted. A portion of the upper floor will be occu pied by the barrack library, consisting of 4,000 volumes, which is to be moved into it from its present quarters ; and on the other side is the lecture theatre —a very handsome room, some 26 feet high, and brilliantly lighted with star pendants, after the fashion of St. James's-hall. Some 600 men may be accommodated in it. This is to be used principally for evening classes, for instruction in singing, draw ing, Hindustani, &c., but occasionally lectures will be delivered by the officers and men, or by lecturers specially engaged if the funds are forthcoming; and by an ingenious arrangement the tables are so con trived that they back together, and form a conve nient platform for the lecturer, or a stage for private theatricals when there may be a sufficient supply of dramatic talent in the garrison. The room is not yet finished, but it is to be very handsomely deco rated. On panels round the walls will be inscribed the names of the principal victories in the Penin sular, Indian, and Crimean Wars, and under each in their proper order will be ranged the busts of the victorious generals. Quarters for the librarian are provided on the ground floor. Some objection has been taken to the building as being too highly ornamented ; but here we think the Building Com mittee hove shown their knowledge of the soldiers' ways of thinking. It is always the most splendid and the best fitted gin palace which attracts him the readiest, and he will take all the more pride in his club-house for its not being a mere long, low, cor rugated iron excrescence, little differing in outward appearance from the shed in which the Armstrongs are housed in the neighbouring barracks. Next to the Convicts' Prison it is about the handsomest building of which Chatham can boast. Close by, a large American bowling alley is pretty nearly finished; two fives•courts are already in use, and there is room in the corner for a spacious skittle alley, which appears to be the game most affected by the men. All these will be covered in and lighted with gas, so as to be available for all times and weathers. Plans have been made for a large gymnasium, which it is hoped the War Depart ment will take in hand; and certainly everything which tends to increase the muscular strength and activity of their men is a matter of which the Go vernment alone ought to bear the cost. To this building, with all its advantages, every man in the garrison willbe, admitted on the payment of a sub scription of a penny per week, of which a penny per month will be payable to Government for the use of the library. There are about 8,000 men in garrison, including the Marines, and it is hoped. that this small subscription will be sufficient to make the institu tion self-supporting. It is placed in such a position that no man can get from any of the barracks into the town of Chatham without passing by its doors. It will be open at 7 o'clock in the morning, so that a man may get his cup of coffee the first thing on turning out, instead of the dram of spirits with which too many old soldiers have the habit of stay ing themselves till breakfast time. As to the time of closing, that at present is not settled, but it is hoped that permission will be obtained to keep it open till half-past 10 o'clock. The men feel that they are treated like children when they are sent to bed at half-past 8 in winter and 9 o'clock in sum mer, and if they are spending their evenings at the club, instead of at the public-house or low dancing saloon, there is no reason why the present severe rule should be retained. The government of the in stitute will be vested in a sub-committee of non commissioned officers and privates, controlled and superintended by a committee of officers. It has been wisely determined not to attempt anything in the way of religious instruction. The first object is to provide harmless recreation, and in all proba bility if the men felt that they were being entrapped into anything beyond that, the doors would stand open in vain. The less interference on the part of the officers the better, for the experiment can hardly hope to be successful unless the men feel themselves perfectly at their ease and free from all surveillance. This idea of soldiers' clubs was one in which the late Lord Herbert took a great interest, and one of almost his latest acts was to appoint a committee of officers to inquire into the whole subject of the means of recreation provided for the soldier. Their report has just been made, and is highly favourable to these institutions provided they be accompanied with due precautions for the maintenance of dis cipline. The committee circulated queries to 144 commanding officers and others, and the proposal appears to have met with very general approval from those primarily responsible for the discipline and good conduct of the men. At a few stations they have already been tried on a small scale, and the reports from them are most encouraging. Without exception, they appear to have improved the sol dier's habits and diminished crime ; and in every case the men have shown themselves eager to profit by the comforts and advantages held out to them. At Gibraltar the effect of opening three small homes in different parts of the garrison is reported to have been the closing of several of the largest and most objectionable publichouses in the town, and at every station where even the smallest attempt has been made to keep the men out of mischief it has to a great extent succeeded. It was but the other day that the depot of the 83d Regiment, 100 strong, marched into Chatham Barracks, and when they were told that they could have a spare barrackroom for a readingroom if they choose, every man of them, except three, put down his 3d. a week, and they have for it a little room, where a score of them at a time may read their papers, smoke their pipes, play at draughts, or write their letters at comparative ease and freedom. The committee, with characte ristic caution, though the evidence is unani mously in their favour, decline to recommend to the War Department anything like a general and official sanction of this scheme for soldiers' clubs until they have been fairly tried at Chatham and at Aldershot, where they propose the Government shall establish ono at once at their own cost. Certainly no better place could be chosen for the experiment than Chatham. The greater part of the garrison consists of young recruits, who are sent there to learn their drill before being draughted off to join regiments in all parts of the world. They are peculiarly liable to temptation, and they are just the class of men whom it is of the most importance to save before they become confirmed mauvais sujets. Not to be more explicit, a walk through Chatham streets, and a reference to the medical statistics of the garrison, will indicate the magnitude of the evil to be dealt with, and the crying necessity for some counter attraction to these debasing influences. It is very possible that the Soldiers' Institute may not be able to cope with complete success against the panderers • who dog his steps in every street; indeed the com- „ lIIE NAVY. The following letter is dated Valetta, Nov. 16 : " Our harbour has been the scene of several move ments of ships of war during the past week.. Her Majesty's screw sloop Intrepid, 6, Commander J. H. Marryat, left port on the 9th inst. for Beyrout ; the screw corvette Pelican, 17, Commander P. Brock, and the screw gunboat Cockatrice, 3, Lieat. Commander Gibson, took their departure the same day, the former for Candia, where she is to be sta tioned, and the latter for Athens. The screw sloop Alacrity, 4, Commander J. K. E. Baird, arrived on the 13th inst. from Smyrna four days, and Cape Colonna three. The screw sloop Surprise, 4, Com mander W. H. Whyte, returned the same day from Bengazi, whither she had proceeded to bring back the staff of engineers and electricians who had been engaged there. The screw gunboat Boxer, 2, Lieut.- Com. H, Cleveland, arrived here on the morning of the 14th fromMarsala, where she has been stationed for some months past, for the protection of the littlo English colony at that place. By the last accounts from Sicily the Scylla, 21, Capt. R. Lambert, was still at Taranto, on the Calabrian coast ; the Victor Emmanuel, 91, Capt. J. Clifford, at Messina; and the James Watt, 91, Capt. E. Codd, at Syracuse. The Terrible paddlewheel frigate, 21, Capt. F. H. H. Glasse, C.B , left this morning for Syracuse and Palermo. She took provisions for the James Watt. The chief portion of the Syrian squadron has not yet returned to Malta. The Cresar, 91, Capt. T. Mason, was by the last advices at the Pirreus, waiting to be relieved ; and we have not yet heard of the departure from Beyrout of the Algiers, 91, Capt. D. O'Callaghan, and the Aga memnon, 91, Capt. T. Hope, although it is most probable they have left before this. It has already been announced that several ships have been ordered home from the Mediterranean—namely,the Caesar, 91, the Liffey, 51, the Racoon, 22, and the Lapwing, 4. The Hannibal, 91, Capt. E. Wilmot, has since received orders also to proceed to Eng land. These vessels, and others which have already been withdrawn from this station, are to be replaced by ships from England. The screw line-of-battle ship Aboukir, 90, left Plymouth on the 7th instant for the Mediterranean, and it is said she will be followed shortly by the Conqueror, 101 ; Nile, 90 ; Centurion, 80; Phaeton, 51 ; and the iron-cased frigate Warrior, 36 ; and probably one or two other vessels. The screw frigate Amphion, 36, Capt. T. F. Birch, at present in this port, has completed her provisions, and yesterday took in powder, prelimi nary to going to sea ; but her destination is not stated. The screw line-of-battle ship Mars, 80, is refitting, and has had her engines taken to pieces to be examined. The screw line-of-battle ship Marl borough, 131 (flagship of the Commander-in-Chief), is expected to go to sea shortly for a cruise. The screw line-of-battle ship Neptune, 90, Capt. G. Hornby, is also making ready for sea. The Mars, it is not expected, will go to the Pincus. The screw frigate Melpomene, 51, Capt. Ewart, and the screw corvette Malacca, 17, Capt. Napier, left port this afternoon, the former for Athens and Smyrna, and the latter for Beyrout. The screw cor vette Gannet, 11, commander the Hon. H. M. Nelson, expects to proceed to Beyrout in a few days. The screw sloop Surprise, 4, is under orders for Messina and Naples. Dr. Armstrong, who was summarily superseded in the post of Deputy Inspector-General of the Naval Hospital at Bighi, has been summarily reinstated. The Russian frigate Le Grand Amiral left port this afternoon. On the 13th inst. the Russian Admiral visited the Marlborough. Rear-Admiral Schesta koff and his wife dined with the Governor at the Palace on the following day, and in the evening were present at a soiree dansante at the Palace. At the moment of closing my letter the Algiers and Agamemnon are entering port." The Black Prince iron frigate steamed into Ports mouth harbour yesterday afternoon, under the charge of Mr. Jones, Queen's pilot of the port. She was somewhat late upon tide in entering the harbour, owing to a strong westerly wind, which kept the t n e r s theywu r n e g . mained until the ebb tide bec ame sufficientl y stron g to swing them fair at the ir moorin g s. Th e Black athwartshipping gphosiwtiao the fo r harbour,om e time in a w fte h r ich hi Prince is ordered to be brought for ward immediately for the first class reserve and commission. - The Prince Regent screw liner, fitting at Ports mouth, has been removed from the steam basin to the old ship basin of the dockyard, the former being about to be pumped out to enable the contractor to deepen the entrance to the north inlet dock, the construction: of which is about to be resumed. The Samna, 10, attached to the sailing reserve in ordinary at Chatham, is ordered to be fitted at that dockyard as a guardship and depot to be stationed at Lagos, on the west coast of Africa. She is to have a complement of 50 men, and while fitting she is to be housed over, and tb have cabins fitted for six officers. By direction of the Admiralty, two of the mortar vessels built during the war with Russia, and since laid up in Yantlett Creek, Chatham, are to be sent from that port to Sheerness, to be used as Admiralty lighters for the service of the dockyard. The two mortar boats selected are Nos. 16 and 23, The Swallow, 9, 60-horse power has been commis sioned at Sheernessby Mr. H. N. Harris for survey ing operations on the coast of Japa n. She is to THE 4RIIII. Yesterday another numerous party of cavalry and infantry, to the number of 163 men of all ranks, who have either completed their period of service and have been sent home from India or the colonies to be discharged, or who, after medical examina tion, have been pronounced unfit for further service, were discharged from the army at St. Mary's Bar racks, Chatham, orders to that effect having been received from the Horse Guards. After being in spected, the men were conveyed from the invalid establishment to the railway station, where each man was handed his discharge papers. Many of the troops discharged yesterday were fine young men, who have only had very slight illnesses. Not withstandingl t f the oema Woolwichbatham t,gh there large garrison, irseonare m l b e severalr s weeklybattery hundred of t h edischargedH naoHorse sn at the invalid establishme n t w aitin g th e arrival of e their discharge docu ments from the Horse Guards. Yesterday the weekly " marching past" d a y o f Commandant, en th us e ti H B r igade, 151 of all ranks, w h o h ad arrived at head quarters, Woolwich, on Monday f rom I n di a , assem bled on parade i n th e presence of S i r R. Dacres, and the garrison Staff. Having formed in line, together with the squadron of the sth Lancers, the Horse and Depot Brigades, and the battalions of the Military Train, numbering about 2,500 men, they marched past in double columns, and from their bronzed and travel-worn counte nances were easily recognised. Notwithstanding the unusual length of time they were detained at sea (140 days), they turned out in admirable condi tion. The decision arrived at by the Commissioners ap pointed to investigate the proceedings of the cadets at Woolwich has been looked for during the past week with the utmost interest, but nothing has as yet transpired. The rations are now served on a much more liberal scale, and, from information ro• ceived yesterday at the Academy, it appears that his Rnyal Highness has yielded to the representa tions of the Committee , an d is willing to grant per mission for the use of tobacco to the gentlemen cadets on the grounds of the establishment. [ADVERTISEMENT.I-llolloway'B Pills.—Paralysis Apoplexy.—Those formidable diseases always attend the end of the year ; for the most part they come on gradually, and may be prevented by proper precautions. 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