The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-28 00:00:00

•eEit . a.' i ' \•••'.4- 'el'oo-nd aTyutehs de there was eve evening 4 ..p. idnisrte.c,tanfraomeapCt.hmrarelestoi , ~,..-• •es -.....\•,..,*1 ._.,•_,.._,„...,„ ~„,-* al, *iDN.i./DAIS ai Part 1. " The Romance, Fart 2. "Tile Reality, Charleston d 0 10 Prices of Admission :-Dress Stalls, ss. ; Dress Circle, 4s. ; . . First Circle, 3s. ; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, 14.; Private Boxes, . - -. • - • 'Change in consequence of tb . ______ _ -_______ late 41 lta No extra charge fi• booking. Private boxes, stalls, .. sr PRICE.. 4d. and places may be secured at the Box-office, which is open daily from 10 till 5 and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, No. 21,657. , , TIIE SUN LONDON, TI-lURSDAY EVENING NoVEM_3I4:4It, 28 1861° . STAMPED sd. tO Old Bond-street. ' _ aa . ill Doors open at half-past 7-commence at S. ....-......-• -„-,- - - - -______ THE INSULT TO THE BRI7-1811 FLAG to England and France. We do not say that there sonment, of Brit ish subjects have borne him- federate Commissioners-one on his way to theEnj- dorf. She left Char) P ÜBLICA.TIONS. BY AN AMERIC,IIV IVAB-SHIP. • is any provision in the law of nations which will self with more p" ttience. And for what object lish, and the other, it is supposed, to the French .s. ARGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS ! l- . 4' -4- entitle us to maintain that their persons were sacred should the United States Government risk a rap- Government. They were forcibly taken out of the safely out to sea. The Band and Musical arrangements under the direr- MISS KAVANAGH'S NEW W ORK. quite clear o' lion of M. Bouecowr, Conductor and principal Cornet. In OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. by reason of their mission; on the other hand, we are ture with this cor intry P For the miserable gratifi- Royal Mail Company's steamer Trent, whilst on her ding squadron to adclidon to the Laurent Valse, Strauss Suadrille, and novel- Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 21e., not aware of any authority which will show that cation of getting the persons of two of its adverse- passage from Havanna to St.Thomas's, by the Coin lies ot lsst week, A NEIV POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the (From the Times.) solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.- Manager, M. P. G renet. FBENCII 'WOMEN OF LETTERS. these Envoys were contraband of war. If we had . re- ties into its pover. The Washington Cabinet has mender and men of the American war ship San all By JULIA KAVANAGH, American 1- It requires a strong effort of self-restraint to dis -______________ Author of " Nathalie," " Adele," Bc. cuss with coolness the intelligence we publish to- • cognised the Confederate States weapprehend tl- tat shown itself sufficiently imbecile, but to authorise Jacinto. handsome to SALE OP OLD STORES AT DEVONTORT. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. we should have been perfectly justified in taking the forcible arrest of gentlemen under the protec- We do not wonder at the sensation which this per, a Admiralty, Somerset-place, 22 i Nov., 1861. - day. An English mail steamer, sailing under the British flag, and carrying letters and passengers these Ambassadors on board our own vessels of w •ar tion of the British. flag would be nothing less than circumstance has caused among all classes here, he THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., nor as_ THE OFFICE of LOTH') HIGH ADMIRAL of the Tim LAST OF THE MO RTIMERS. from a Spanish port to Da E gland,has been stopped and bringing them to Englan without in any way madness, at the fall of nearly al per cent. which it has caused of ;SA ITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE- By the Author of " 3larga et Maitland," &c. on the high seas and overhauled. Four of the forfeiting our character as n rals. But, even if:' it Incidents like these ate irritating, but the British in our Funds. It is a mostuntowardeventat the r has e ~-"AND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on WEDNES- "The reader of these volumes will find enough to i ivet his were necessary to admit that these gentlemen w ere people have the satisfaction of knowing that their present moment, and cannot fail to prove produc a 'AY, the Dec. next, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon, the attention, and to awaken his liveliest sympathy. Ilia feelings Of Admiral Stiperintendent will put up to Sale in her Majesty's will be deeply stirred by the natural pathos and tenderness passengers have been taken out and carried off as - in a belligerent or contraband character on he and affairs are under firm guidance. With the irascible live of very serious complications. Dockyard at Devonport, several Lots of of the narrative, die restinte of which grows more intense as prisoners, claiming, and vainly claiming, as they were being forced away, the protection of the flag OLD STORES, it nears its deuouement." Des, News. the English vessel, it is, we believe, the opinion of Earl ;of Derby or the fussy Lord Malmesbury in And matters, there is every reason to fear, wi' consisting, of old Rope, Shakings, Spun Yarn, Sacking, Ham- Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. of Great Britain. These are the naked facts. We very eminent jurists that this was not a question to power, we might well be concerned for the into- greatly aggravated by the fact, that there ir mocks, Canvas, Hemp Tyers and Rakisess, Coal Sacks, Lig llum vise, Cast Iron, Carpeting, &c., &c., all lying in the - be adjudicated on by a naval officer and four boats' rests of peace at a time like this. But from the some important and very difficult points of swim yard. BLACKWOO I) 'S 'MAGAZINE put out of sight the accidents that the four gentle men thus kidnapped were accredited with a diplo er crews. The legal course would have been to take the present Government we may expect energy without kind involved in the circumstances under . Persons wishing to view the lots must apply to the Super- for DECEMBER, 1861. No. DLIV. Price 2s. ea. 'lltendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose. CO v 7 ship into port and to ask for her condemnation, or precipitancy, and prudence without weakness, occurrence has taken place. ,Cr „Catalogues and conditions of sale may be had here and at America mission from the Confederate States of for the condemnation of the passengers, in a Court Their course is tolerably clear ; and it will be The Federalists will doubtless wait the yard. Captain Clutterbuck's Champagne -A West Indian Reminis cence. Part ill. ica to the Couits of Europe, and also the of Admiralty. The result might, no doubt, have for the Government of the United States to deter- ' capture comes within the scope of t -____ )le Augustus Welby Pugin. peremptory manner in which the Federal frigate • 11 () YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT Chronicles of Carlineford : The Doctor's Family, Part 111. been the same, but if the proceeding was irregular mine what shall be the future relations of the two Right of Search, to which we mr Wassail: a Christmas Story. Part I, INSTITUT lON acted in making her seizure. The intention of the Federal Government evidently was to act et. A Word from a New Dictionar y-" Flunkeyism."we have surely a right to demand that these pri- countries. ties a few years ago. They wir FOR TIIE PRESERVATION" OF LIFE FROM Pechter in Hamlet and Othello, upon their strict right, and to do so in as little ------- r SHIPWRECK, *A Month with "The Rebels." Boners shall be restored, question, contend that the' Account of Both Sides of the American War. ceremonious a manner as might be. If they (From the Morning Herald). ! • • (Incorperated by Royal Ch irter).When such tremendous interests are at stake we missioners, Messrs. Slidell if Founded in 1824.-Supported by Voluntary Contributions. *Someßy two recent visitors to the Northern and Southern States. Quoit Deus vult perdere, prius dementat. The feel deeply the responsibility of discussing a ques- tered our West India step PATRONESS-Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. are justified by their rights as belligerents in conduct of the American Government has long been tion like this. Our first duty is to calm-certainly on PRESIDENT --Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northam- - capacity as private ; what they have done the manner of (TfnEgi, irtudi: - such as, to Europeans, scarcely seemed consistent berland, K.G., F.R.S. 'IIIIE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE not to inflame-the general indignation which will . charged with an impr eneart MAN -Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., E.R.S., V.a, Chair- i a mere question of good or bad taste. fellow claims his rights coarsely we must yet giv© with the supposition. of its being directed by men tat fully explained in J. GROSSMITIPS be felt in these islands as the news is told. We can- the Confederate Go. man of Lloyd's. 'sr- BErtery-CussruarAx -Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." him his rights ; and if wo would not find ourselves not yet believe, although the evidence is strops). bf in full possession of their senses. The outrages on England and of T nd Chairman of Lloyd's Registry of British and The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex.- in the wrong we must not quarrel with him on ac- the constitution which have been every day perpe be Foreign Shipping Society. rerieneed in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bust- that it is the fixed determination of the Govern- to capture as e nese has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. trated with impunity in every state under the juris ment of the Northern States to force a quarrel upon band of war. APPEAL. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all count of his ill manners. diction of the Federal Government ; the frantic lan- To 'Ma Committee of Management have to state that, during is icst, All denominations or Constitutions are carefully the Powers of Europe. We hope therefore, that our . ~ guage in which its proelainations have been couched. the past year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount- examined in J. Grossraith's "Government upon. First Pen- Is it, tben, true that every officer of the American ae to prove , ior .., a' to £6,255 ls. on the follow ins" Life boat stations :- ciples. ' Navy can stop and overhaul our ships wherever people will not meet this-provocation with an out the extravagance of its boasts, and the imbecile tlemen i• ee . ENGLAND., Llandudno,-Carnarvonshirts , • Kent and COS,Taternoster-row. burst of passion, or rush to resentmeent without full the Co' at vent le:gin, Northumberland. Southport, Lancashire. they may be found, and can take out of them any persons whom he may claim to be citizens of the weakness of its action • the savage excesses which its troops have been encouraged to commit in the t;,7 Saltburn Yorkshire. Lytham, consideration of all the bearings of the case, On a's Filet', ' " Silloth, Cumberland. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., United States or officers of the Confederate Govern- the other hand, wo appeal to the reasonable men up taistor, Norfolk. SCOTLAND. SPERMATORRHCEA. border States, by which it has alienated Kentucky, Aldborouele Suffolk. Ayr, Ayrshire. ONByF. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., ment ?If we were to admit the Federal view of of the Federal States-and they haxe some reason- Margate, Kent. Irvine, „lost its last chance of preserving Missouri, and exas- P Weimer, „ Kantyre, Argyleshire. And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. their own position it would be plain that no such able men among them-not to provoke war by such perated Virginia beyond the possibility of forgive Selsey, 'West Sussex. Buckle, Banffshire. acts as these. It is, and it always Ins been, vain to Grange Isle of Wight. Banta "The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view right exists. They tell us that they are not at appeal to old folios and bygone authorities in jus- ness; the wanton extravagance of its tyranny Brooke,' St. Andrew''s', Fifeshire. of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this war, but are only putting down a rebellion. They Maryland-all seem to proceed from the headsf Pee canoe, Cornwall. North Perwick, Haddington- Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional tification of acts which every Englashman and every Ft. Ives, shire. Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of say, or said, that they are not blockading their Frenchman cannot but feel to be injurious and in- fury of men who never wore under the cot INlewquay, :: IRELAND. Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the principle, and are now beyond the control e Penarth, Glamorganshire. Portrush, Antrim. destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These own ports, but are simply enforcing a law which suiting. Even Mr. Seward himself must know tlandwyn, Anglesey. Tyseiha, Dundrum Bay. objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical Mr. Lincoln, on his accession to power, ten has closed the Southern ports as ports of entry. that the voices these Southern Commissioners, The Institution has also expended on the repairs, stores, manner."-Medical Circular. to be an honest, vigorous, straightf London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street." They insist upon putting their quarrel upon the sounding from their captivity, are a thousand times alterations, and inspection of its numerous Life-bo she Boat . ter houses, and 'Transporting-carriages, £3,632 19s. ; and £1,550 ss,-----• ....• same ground as if the Queen of England were put more eloquent in London and in Paris than they whose firmness of temper might Ls I ,er exercising. the Crews of its Life-boats-making altogether a total of X 11,441. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, for the Destitute tins" down a rebellion in the Isle of Wight. Now, would have been if they had been heard at St. eth tellectual deficiencies, and vela D During the past year the Life-boats of the Institution have Gray's-inn-road.-Earnest i innnt the oc la. ;InE :or payment ofe s ta ConsiderableAp P ealO wi legacy,ng to if this were so, it is clear that the Federal States of ;ins been • - instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following an unexpectedSicklaw might atone for his u' her Wrecked Vessels:- on which the Committee relied, this Hospital is left without America have in stopping our mail steamer been Questions of this kind Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose .. .. 1 immed!ate funds. As the period is rapidly approaching when guilty of an act of aggression which could only be in countries where the people exercise power pass James's and the Tuileries. politics. Unhappily, ho f Schooner Jane -Roper, of Ulverstone its resources are always severely tested, the Committee make laying an embargo on ever t only far more lemma len Brig Pallas, of Shields .. .. • • • • •• 3 an earnest APPEAL to the public benevolence for means tobut too quickly out of the hands of lawyers and n° statesmen, and give irresistible power to neither the Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow .. • • •• 9 enable them to carry on the charity. i;hiendßl:iytishp ports and sweeping theirY than any one imagined hi Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth ......5 Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas- Schooner Catherine, of Newry .. .. .. 4 terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; little Navy from the seas. y 172:11-Z1:111.1i The would according wisest nor the most peaceloving members of a com fit decision of character, or ght Barque Niagara, of Shields .. .. • • •• 11 Drummond and Co.; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.;I to their point of view, not be at war, and would munity. to the constitution of A Barge of Teianmouth Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and go trig George and James, of London .. .. 8 Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and have none of the rights of belligerents over neutrals. --...- guardian. He has r Brig, Zephyr, of Whitby .. .. so el. 6 Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Coble Honour, of Cullercoats elo .. *. 3 Nisl;et and Co., Berners-street ;J. Barged and Co , Liver-more be belligerents than England They would no Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .. • • •• 7 pool; and at the Hospital. after the celebrated Smith O'Brien battle in the The American Government is surely the most naturally allied was Inc . Marque Oberon, of Liverpool .. se •. 15 STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec. Brigantine Nancy, of Tele-mouth .. ••• • 9 - against all op Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth .. .. .. 2 Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. .• .. .. 6 TOOTFIACHE.-HOWARD'S ENAMEL, for to stop our ships and carry off our passengers than guine. An officer of the, Federal navy has struck phrase whi' osi- Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole • .. .. .. 5 stopping, decayed teeth, however large the cavity. It we should have had to stop a French ship and take a better blow for the rebel cause than either General character hat Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. .. .. 5 is used in a soft state, without pressure or pain, and hardens Brig Ann, of Blyth .. • • .. .. • .. 8 into a white enamel. It remains in the tooth many years, Mr. Smith O'Brien out of her. But this assumption Beauregard or Johnston has yet been able to do. Mr. Se'Sloop Hope, of Dublin .. .. .. .. 3 rendering extraction unnecessary and arresting the decay. • • Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth .. .. .. 5 Directions for use enclosed. Sold by all chemists and meth- of Rowed. the Federal Government has been disa There is rejoicing on board the Nashville, and if prim- I3arque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. .. .. 16 eine vendois, Price its, The world generally has refused to see in this dis- Messrs. Yancey and Dudley Mann did not feast an? Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon .. .. 2 Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby ruption and reconstitution of the North American their friends last night they missed a fine opportu- D. Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. .. 3 QAUCE.-LEA AND PERRINS Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. .. • • •• 9 enu le a mere rebellion. 'We have recognized pity. The news by the La Plata, which we pub- Steam Republic le., beg to caution the Public against Spurious Imitations of re Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. .. 6 their world-renowed both Republics as belligerent States. We declare lish to-day, will raise the spirits of the whole Sout' Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. •• 5 5611, Schooner Rose, of Lynn Brig Prodroma, of stockton .. - - - 3 WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE, Purchasers should neutrality between them as between two warring The United States Government-for, until the last trig Eliza, of Middlesborough .. • • •• 7 AS K FOR LEA AND PERRINS' SAUCE, Powers. We mete out a precise degree of equal is disavowed and atoned for, on it must fe' Oat 3 Brigantine Frcia, of Konigsberg .. . • •• •ti consideration for the ships of war of each. In responsibility-has struck its best friend Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn Pronounced by Connoisseurs to De Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. .. .. 7 "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." everything but our diplomacy we bear ourselves face, a friend that never yet when smitt - - es. Sold Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors, Total .. .. .. .. ..210 Worcester ; Messrs. CnossE and BLACKWELL, London, between them. Whenever the exactly equal left cheek turned the right for a secon' a, 03 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has &c. &c., and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. Southern States shall have given proof of such On the Bth instant the Royal M' ;s Oa Voted £9OS Bs. 4,1. as re , ards. It has also granted rewards is Od amounting to .C'2o3 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by stability as may make it sure that they can steamer Trent was performing the • sOd shore-boats and other means, making a total of 455 persons (ILDRIDGE'S BALM of COLUMBIA.-No. sustain their independence we shall doubtless re- Havannah and the Danish islar Paved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United V_l 22, Wellington-street, Strand, London, W.C.-This IS ts.. iiingdorn. invaluable Balm, established upwards of 30 years, is the best cognise them diplomatically, as we already do de having on board Mr. Slidell ar is Ott Durinr, II e present year (1861), the Life-boats of the Tnsti- and only certain remedy. ever discovered for . preserving, 5s Od lotion _, 1. have also been instrumental in rescuing tac Crews of strengthen n„, ie• be autifying, or restoring the hair, whiskers, facto. This is the test applied by all writers on • • raissioners from Mr. Jeffers )IE, oil the or Vessels :- or moustache and preventing tie m turning grey. Sold in International Law. To support a claim to enter way to this country. In r is Od bottles, 3s. 6•1'., 65., and Ils., by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, and Brig Lovely Kelly, of Seaham all chemist' and perfumers. For children and ladies' hair it into the comity of nations the only proof required Bahama Channel she war Der ilsigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. .. .. 5 is most efficacious and unrivalled. Schooner Prosp et, of Berwick e. " " 6 Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives .. .. 3 A Fi-hing-boat of Whilburn .. .. .. 4 independence respected. Kings and Emperors, shot and then a she' A N EFFECTUAL REMEDY.-LAMBERT'S Ong- Brig, Arethusa, of Blyth • • • • • • •• s Schooner Dewi Wyie of Portmadoc _fl.. ASTII MATIC BALSAM, without confining the and even Dukes and Electors, have sometimes re. brought her to. week Flat Cymraes, of Beaurnaris .. bow' la or affecting the bead, truly efficacious and pleasant, fused to recognise the Government for the time Lieutenant Fai awl aahooner 'William, of Morecambe .. .. .. 5 is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving Ter, Smack Gipsy, of Newry .. coughs, colds, confirmesi cases of as, lima, and consumption. being of England or Franco or Italy, but only to with ten men ices, Schooner ‘targaret Anne, of P•r•este; • .. 4 It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in-• met Brig. New Draper, of Whitehaven .. .. .. 8 ' 1 the tickling 1 icl provokes frequent curabie, admtrablyal ays I\ 1 1 their own ultimate ridiCul©. We hay® already re- her list of pr Schooner William, of Liverpool. .. .. .. 5 couching. In approaching consumption its effects are truly cognised these Confederate States as a belligerent He then t, I no-o.er Nimrod, of Castletown beneficial. Persons depr.ve lof sleep, or even lying down for g Od ~.. g Providence, of Shields .. .. .. ... 8 fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes Power, and we shall, when the time comes, recog- that Mr Bri sOd trig Mayflower, of Newcastle after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, - Luse their Government. '1 hnrefore we have imposed taries, sOd Scheoner Village Maid, of Fleetwood. .. .. 4 ' k r London, Iby '1 Chent'st, 20, Jermyn-street. Ilaymar, e , an, a 5 001 Barque Guy ,na, of Glasgow .. • • .. .. 19 Druggists, in bottles, 130, and three times the quantity in upon ourselves all the duties and inconveniences of boar, sOd trig Roman Empress, of Shields .. .. . a Power neutral between two belligerents. Ti," sOd Prig San Spirid one, of Galaxide .. .. .. 2 Asthmatic Balsam. Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vianna .. .. 8 Unwelcome as the truth may be, it is neverthe- r ;s Od French Brig La Jeanie Marie Therese .. .. 6 Od ;$ Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. .. 5 GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. less a truth, that we have ourselves established a sO3 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater .. •• 4 HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of system of International Law which now tell sOd Ship Danube, of Belfast 40 00 •• •. 17 Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous s Oil Set, ooner 'Hortensia, of Hanover .. .. .. 4 -'ufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE against us. In high-handed, and almost dupe ,Od Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. .. .. 4 WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 seo.ses). A manner, we have in former days claimed - sßrig St. Michel, or Marans .. .. .. .. 8 s P'' medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Danish Barque Primers de Torreviega (saved ves-Indigestion, Dislike leges over neutrals which have at differer oel memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, sel and one of the crew) .. - • • • • 1 o Society, Spermatorrheea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re 'l3d Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and banded all the maritime Powers of t' [3O crew) , ~ .. .. .. .. .. 4 axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if ' eglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature against us. We have insisted even up' 0.3 a Bri.c,, Anne, Of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 se.ath ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health 3 OCI Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and • The book will be sent, post free, secure from oh - the ships of war of neutral nation' , Od nd- vigour. ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope British] subjects out of them ; an' 3oa Barque Frederick, of• Dublin .. .• • • • • 1 and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., e, Burton- Barque Peace, of London .. .. : .. 2 • B Od crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. given by Jefferson in his " Meme - oa Tel .. . • .. ~ -200 s Oa Theemw 1 Public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts d s • 'Mil; s O SPAIN AND FRANCE. cruisers as they were return made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship s Od wrecked Crews, 'Their lel was never more needed than the - . • , •at " QPAIN is determined to share the advantages placed as common seamen s 03 theSocietypresent time, when, through the exti aordinai y exertions sOd Onefrom an extended commercial intercourse • has made within the past few years, it has now LY resulting for themanagement,VintageWineimportSpanish Maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency,Wines at such prices as to induce customers to give the pre- asserters of the rights 0 otars-, permanent annual income is absolutely neded, if its. fereuce to Sherry instead of to the light Wines of France."- O 0 ninnitne mission is to be perpetuated. Court Circular. and the decisions 0' 0 0 )1 Donations and Annual •-•ii scri lions will be thankfully re- " Nat only excellent in quality and flavour, but remark- must now be cite? I reived by Messrs. Percival, and Co., 711, Lombard- able for cheapness. Eighteen Shillings per dozen for a 1 ttreet ; Messrs. Courts Willis,' d 5O, Strand; Messrs. Henries GENUINE MILD Siirrtur for the Dinner Table."-Sun. in confirmation Farquhar, c 61 St.an C0.,1., : -street, et, I. olde ;by a i " A PURE, SOUND, and pALATABLE WINE, and far more the Bankers in the United itairne-deo4ms•sarned Joy" the Secretary,• fitted for our climate than the thin acid Clarets of France." have called i' Wchard Lewis, Es, at the Office of the Institution, 14, -Press. neutralities John-street, Adelphiq., London, W.C. " A really good Sherry."-Morning Star. 19. Payments maybe made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders XERES COMIDA. SHERRY, Soft, fine br,dy, age and flavour, and genuine, been moil 13. .crossed), to Messrs. IV llis, Percival, and Co., or to the Seem- RIG lITEEN SHILLINGS PER DOZEN. ' preme • Lary. 4. PALE-TwENIY SHILLINGS PER DOZEN. . facts 2. " Quite equal to that for which we have been accustomed 2. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. to give 60s. ' -Atlas. "Extraordinary for the money, and that no man need be que 21. *WHITE'S MOC-Al AIN LEVER TRUSS ashamed to put on Isis table."-lane Express. tr 4. f (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT 2. BxnutiTlON OF 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two CASH ONLY-Country orders must contain remittances. 2. Ilundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective Town orders to be paid for on delivery. . 27• invention in the curative treatment of II ERN I A, CARRIAGE -Orders of Tiro Dozen and upwards carrie 11. The use of a steel sring* so often hurtful in its effects, paid to any railway station in Englan. li. Is here avoided-a soft bandage being worn round the SAMPLES -Samples of the Wines forwarded on r' body Iv] •of Eighteen Postage Stamps. 1. „,,. , tile the requisite resisting power is supplied by the bloc-Alain Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease BOTTLES, &c., charged at cost price, but not rain 2. and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn MODE OF REMITPANCE-By Post-office Ord, , 27• during sleep.at the GENERAL POST-OE' 27* truss • A descriptive circular may he had,' and the __ truss which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir- don ; or by Cheque, crossed' 1. %,u_i_ll.te ence of the body, two inches below the hips, being or LONDON, 6. sent to the manufacturer, N.8.-In either case the Order or Cheque to Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. to "THE VINTAGE WINE CO' ele A Sin A _ e 1 ,Truss, 165., 215., VINTAGE WINE CO ti 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. - ooublo rues,3ls. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. 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They were forcibly taken out of the Royal Mail Company's steamer Trent, whilst on her passage from Havanna to St.Thomas's, by the Com mander and men of the American war ship San Jacinto. We do not wonder at the sensation which this circumstance has caused among all classes here, nor at the fall of nearly per cent. which it has caused in our Funds. It Isamost untoward event at the present moment, and cannot fail to prove produc tive of very serious complications. And matters, there is every reason to fear, will be greatly aggravated by the fact, that there may be soms important and very difficult points of a legal kind involved in the circumstances under which the occurrence has taken place. The Federalists will doubtless maintain that the capture comes within the scope of the Treaty of the Right of Search, to which we made ourselves par ties a few years ago. They will, there cannot b 3 a question, contend that the two Confederate Com missioners, Messrs. Slidell and Mason, having en tered our West India steamer the Trent, not in their capacity as private individuals, but as persons charged with an important political commission by Confederate Government to the Governments of England and of France, rendered themselves liable to capture as coming under the category of contra- band of war. Of course, it will be for the Federalists to prove in the clearest manner that the two gen tlemen in question were really Commissioners from ,he Confederate Government, and were on their way :o Europe for the purpose of promoting the warlike objects of the Southern States. We deal with the question on the assumption Id the Northern States Government will be able of spirits . (3 le To-day th ere was a goo d deal of excitement o n alarr'Cte h i a v n a ge in consequence of the arrival in the Mersey, dd oi rr ef c.t on l f sir T soh tm u e h e l e s e d fci a t ill y cea hi re e al n v er e , sl e n t cos i ont n mo. g nm , or of f i one 1 de the a e d 1 i C abe o myv n ee f nc e i d aon e pfo r t a .ot t Nfi e l vet v eh e sne s t ee s 2 e rwd l . inst., and Capt. W esterdorf informs us that he passed safely out to sea, with out seeing any of the blocka ding squadron ; the e n t rances to the port being quite clear of the F e d era l fl eet. The Helen is an American built barque, of 310 tons, an extremely o and 500 b arre l s handsome vessel, quite new, and shows,a''regu lar clip per," She i n a s b 1 0 1 a e r r d r u l t , i l f o r o o m bar a C r i h .e a l r s l cos; rosin, plainlysin, of turpentine ; but just previous t o l eav i ng Charleston ston she had stowed away 250 bales of cotton which she was obliged to unship again in conse quence of the determination cf the Charleston people not to let a bale of cotton go out of the port. This statement may appear somewhat strange in the face of the arrival of the screw steamer Bermuda at llavre yesterday, with close upon 2 000 bales of cotton, from Charleston. We are, however, reliably :o establish their allegation beyond all possibility of doubt, but then will come another question—" Did the commander of the Trent receive Messrs. Slidell informed that the Bermuda received her cargo of cotton as a reward for the temerity displayed by and Mason on board his vessel, knowing them to be Commissioners from the Southern States Govern- ment ?" On this point we have received no informa tion, and therefore we do not enter into a considera- lon of the other question—supposing it can be proved that the English Commander knew nothing of the official character of the two gentlemen—how far that would bar the right of the Commander of the Federal ship of war to insult the British flag and board the British steamer, in the face of a most vehement protest made by the Captain and Corn-. manderWilliams, the Admiralty agent, against such steps on the part of the Commander of the Ameri can vessel of war. These and other points will be for the con sideration of the law officers of the Crown. But whether or not the conduct of the Govern- ment of President Lincoln in this matter be in con sonance with international law, one thing is suffi ciently clear, namely, that the Federalists have committed an act which is the reverse of courteous to this country. It would appear as if they were determined to irritate, by affronting, the English Government and the English people. We say no thing of the taste, whether good or bad, of this sort of procedure, but, as regards its policy, there will not, we are certain, be two opinions either in Eng land or in Europe. To " find out their mistake" is a favourite American phrase. The Federal Govern ment will, in all probability, be furnished with an experimental illustration of the import of the words. Unless we greatly err, they will discover before long that the proceeding in question is as unwise as it is outrageous. Even already, before the intelli gence of the occurrence in question had been known three hours in this country, an indignation meeting was convened to be held in Liverpool. The senti ments on this subject of the merchants and people generally of that great commercial place will be found, before many days have elapsed, to be those of all classes in the British empire. It would seem as if the wounded vanity of the Americans had brought upon them a judicial in her captain in running the Charleston blockade with a cargo of supplies for Charleston. The holders of cotton will gladly exchange that article for arms and other necessaries; but they will not sell. " There is no use (said Capt. Westerdorf) in vessels running the blockade in ballast in the expectation of getting cargoes of cotton. It is only vessels like the Bermuda, which can carry supplies to Charles ton, that may expect to get cotton cargoes." This determination, the captain says, is not confined to Charleston alone, but it prevails throughout all the Southern ports. The Helen sails under the Confe derate flag, and made the passage from Charleston to this port in 24 days, although she encountered rather stormy weather. Through the kindness of the consignees of the Helen we are favoured with files of Charleston papers, the latest dates being to Nov. 2. Although the papers are considerably diminished in size, yet they contain war and other news of the very latest dates from the North and Europe. The papers are well advertised, and contain numerous patriotic call upon the people of the South for volunteers, and judging from the rejoinders these calls are well responded to. The following description of the departure of the Confederate Ministers, Slidell and Mason, from Charleston, is from the Charleston Mercury of Oct. 31:— fatuation. Just before the war broke out with the Southern States they affected to make so light of hostilities with the Confederates as to say, that it would matter little to them if they were to have on hand, at the same time, six or seven other wars, The Commissioners having resolved to make the venture of running the blockade of Charleston, after mature consideration, selected for the experiment the stanch and swift little steamer Theodora. The preparations having been completed, they embarked a little before midnight on Friday, Oct. 11. The party of passengers who were starting on this very unusual and somewhat hazardous trip consisted of the following persons :—Hon. J. M. Mason, of Virginia; Mr. M'Farland (secretary to Mr. Mason), Hon. John Slidell, of Louisiana, Mrs. Slidell, Miss Mathilde Slidell, Miss Rosine Slidell, Mr. Eustace (secretary to Mr. Slidell), Mrs. Eustace who is a daughter of Mr. Corcoran, the Washington banker, now a prisoner in Fort Lafayette, Col. Le Mat, of Louisiana, and several other gentlemen. The night was pitch dark, and about midnight a GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous -'ufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike o Society, Spermatorrlicea, Local Weakness, - Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &e., which, if eglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature 'eath ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health -nd vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from oh - ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope Ind two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., e, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. " including one with the Britishers." More than six months have passed away since then, and so far these intolerably vain people have found their one war with the Southern States quite sufficient to afford full scope to their gallantry and their mili tary skill. It will be time enough for them to boast of "licking the Britishers" when they have " whipped" the Confederates. If in this country and in Europe little sympathy was felt for the Federalists before, there will be still less now. No matter, as we have already remarked, whether they be right or wreng as regards inter national law, there was something so gratuitous and deliberate in the insult thus offered to the British flag, and something so surpassingly auda light rain began falling, which rendered the chances of being detected by the blockade exceedingly slight. At 1 o'clock on Saturday morning the cables of the Theodora were loosened, and she glided down the harbour on her important mission. As the steamer passed Fort Sumter every light was extinguished, and away she went right through the fingers of the blockaders far out to sea. On the evening of the 11th she reached Nassau in safety, where, had the opportunity been a favourable one, the commissioners would have disembarked, but on inquiring they ascertained that the English steamer connected with the point, touched at New York. However gratifying a sight of New York might have been under other circumstances, the Commis sioners determined in this instance to forego the pleasure. So the Theodora left Nassau, and steamed away towards Cuba. On the 16th inst. she arrived at Cardinas, where the Commissioners landed. The news that a Southern steamer had arrived with Messrs. Mason and Slidell on board, telegraphed from Cardinas to Havana, was scarcely credited at the latter place. But when on the 17th instant the Theodora came up the harbour of Havana, displaying the Confederate flag, the quays were immediately thronged with thousands of spectators, and a most cordial and en thusiastic reception was given to the adventurous little craft. The Yankees in Havana, as a matter of course, were much annoyed at the welcome given to the Theodora ; but, on the other hand, the ladies of Havana prepared a splendid Confederate flag for the steamer, which was presented to the captain with appropriate ceremonies. The ladies of Ma tanzas also took advantage of the chance to send hither a splendid flag for the Hampton Legion. The steamship Columbia, formerly a Charleston vessel, but now in the armed service of the Yankees, was at the time in the harbour of Havana. Luckily, however, she was not ready to put to sea. Her consort, the Keystone State, had gone to New York with a Southern steamer, loaded with a valuable freight of arms and munitions, and which, unfortu nately, had been captured while endeavouring to make the ran to Tampa, Florida; so the Theodora left the friendly port of Havana unmolested, and with a freight of coffee, sugar, saltpetre, sulphur, acids, lead, iron, shot, block tin, &c., ran quietly into -- (we wont say where), bringing a number of Charlestonians who had reached Havana from Southampton about the same time the Theodora made her appearance. cious in the whole affair,—that their conduct mus. draw down upon them the indignation of the whole civilised world. Hereafter they will look in vain anywhere for sympathy in their conflict with the Southourn States. In reading the account of this affair, there is one feeling which will most certainly be expe rienced by every Englishman. We allude to a feeling of gratitude that Lord Palmerston, with his characteristic sagacity, foresaw not only the possi bility, but the probability that collisions might occur between the Northern States and ourselves before the war was over, and that, therefore, he adopted precautionary measures to meet such a contingency. He has considerably strengthened our Canadian de fences, and made other arrangements, by which we should be able to repel any aggression which might be attempted on our North American possessions. It is a curious coincidence that, on Tuesday we were enabled to announce, on the best authority, that Earl Russell had, a few days ago, officially apprised Mr. Adams, the American Minister in London, that if the Federal Government stopped or overhauled any Royal mail steam-packet, the fact would be considered as an insult to the British flag. It is a remarkable circumstance that the very day after we made this important announcement, intel ligence should reach this country that the very contingency here contemplated as possible should actually have occurred. THE CASE OF THE NASHVILLE. Yesterday a letter was addressed from the Foreign-office by Mr. Layard, under the authority of Earl Russell, to Messrs. Oliverson, Lavie, and Peachey, of Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, who have acted as the solicitors of Capt. Nelson, lately commanding the ship Harvey Birch, in an applica tion which was made in his behalf, first to the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house, and then to the local magistrates at Southampton, for a warrant to search the steamer Nashville for certain property alleged to belong to him or the owners of the Harvey Birch. It will be recollected that on Monday last the Southampton magistrates declined to interfere in the way suggested on the par t of Ca p t. Nelson, nn - THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ENGLISH less with the sanction of the Secretary of State for VESSELS.—Some months ago the Perthshire, of Hartlepool, Foreign Affairs. Their decision was immediately a large colonial vessel of 840 tons, the property of Mr. Wm. telegraphed to London, and in the course of the Gray, of Hartlepool, had been boarded without legal war - a ft er noon a letter was addressed to Lord R u ssell a t rant by the United States steamer Massachusetts, off the t h e Foreign-office, by the abov ename d so li c it ors , American coast, on the alleged ground that the Perthshire re questing his lordship to authorise the local magis had violated the blockade of the Southern ports. Mr. trates to issue a warrant or summons for service m, gr . p Peai Cat Gray, on being made acquainted with tho fact, p resented a upon commanding the Nashville, claim, through the, British Governme nt, for the loss sus- calling upon him by th e pro d uc ti on o f th e au th or ity tained in consequence of det ention, deviation, and con not deliver u p t o C ap t. N e l son th e p ro p er ty i n G - under which h e ac t s t o s h ow cause w hy h e s h ou ld sumption of stores. Mr. Gray' s claim has been honourablyco and promptly responde d to b y the United States Govern- question, which is alleged to be detained on board meat ; the following communication has been received from the Na,shville. The application to the magistrates the Foreign-office by that gentleman :—" Nov. 12, 1861. is understood to have been made with the know- Sir, —I am directed by Earl Russell to inform you that a ledge and sanction of Mr. Adams, the American despatch has been received from her l‘lajesty's Minister at Minister, and on the recommendation of two emi- Washington, stating that, in answer to the representation went counsel—one of them at the Equity Bar, the which he had made to the United States Government re- ot h er prac ti s i ng i n th e C our t of Admiralty. Its real specting the seizure and detention of your vessel, the Perth- motive is believed to have been, not so much to rc shire, the United States Secretary of the Navy had failed cover the chronometer, barometer, and other things to satisfy him that the detention of that vessel by Com- belonging to the owners of the Harvey Birch, as to mender Smith, commanding th e U n it e d S tates bteamer ascerta i n b y a searc h w hether there arc any cir- Massachusetts, was warranted by la w , o r by th e P res id en t' s cums t ances i n the character of the Nashville orn proclamation instituting th e bl oc k a d e , an d th a t th e P res i- di ca ti ng the purpose of her visit to international lay-, of Southampton i on dent would recommend to Congress to appropriate the sum which to apply the principles of of £2OO claimed by you as compensation. I am, Sir, your or to ground an infringeelit Ea most obedient h um bl e servan t, E. HAmmoNo.—Nr. W. listment Act , o r of the Queens'of P the Foreign roclamation. Be Gray, Hartlepool." that as it raatv,ortdhße Russell l r h of ad M d r. ire l e ia t y e r h d im is to to [ADVERTISEMENT.] —IIOIIOWay '8 Ointment and Pills.— the e ff e ct that Inflammations of sensitive parts, piles, fistulas, and such state th at he has no i power to give authority to like painful diseases, may, without consulting any one, be the magistrates, either to ssue any summons or presently relieved and ultimately cured by the proper and warrant, or to do, or to abstain from doing, any- diligent use of this cooling and healing Ointment, whose thing in relation to the matter in question, and that action should in such cases be assisted by judicious doses his lordship must therefo re declin e to interfere in _t. of Holloway's Pills. Ere many days have elapse l , the it. So the question rests for the present. Captain anxious patient will experience a wonderful degree of ease from this treatment. Doubts and fears will soon disappear, Nelson is understood to have lost money or property and the sufferer will bless the day on which he first to the amount of £ 3OO by the destruction of the applied these remedies. They are equally suitable foie bothn ci ship he commanded ; and it is not exactly k nown sexes, all ages, and any climate; nor is th is whether the vessel herself was insured against the impaired by long keeping. Their action on the : ramfficwar risk. soothing, safe, and certain, *~tol l ' SALE OF OLD STORES AT DEVONPORT. Admiralty, Somerset-place, 22 i Nov., 1861. 11 ITE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING THE OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the _ .V-NITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE OND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That onIVEDNES -"AV, the llth Dee. next, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon, the Admiral Snperinteudent will put up to Sale in her Majesty's Dockyard at Devonport, several Lots of OLD STORES, consistin, of old Rope, Shaking, Spun Yarn, Sacking, Ham- Mocks, Canvas, Hemp Tyers and Makin s, Coal Sacks, Lig- Vlife, Cast Iron, Carpeting, &c., &c., all lying in the said yard. Persons wishin,• to view the lots must apply to the Super intendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose. Catalogues and conditions of sale may be had here and at the yard. 11 0 YAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION FOR TIIE PRESERVATION" OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Ch irter). Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT —Vice-A dmiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., F.R.S. enittit MAN —Thos. Baring, Vsq., M.P., F.R.S., V.?., Chair man of Lloyd's. DE ruTy-CnArimvx —Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of Lloyd's Registry of British anti 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. on the follow ing Life-boat stations : ENGLAND., Llandudno,-Carnarvonshirr: tlewbiggin, Northumberland. Southport, Lancashire. Paltburn, Yorkshire. Lytham, Silloth, Cumberland. t'aistor, Norfolk. SCOTLAND. Aldbormrb, Suffolk. Ayr, Ayrshire. Margate, Bent. Irvine, „ Walmer, „ Kantyre, Argyleshire. Selsey, West Sussex. Buckle, Banffshire. Grange, Isle of Wight. Banff. Brooke, St. Andrew's, Fifeshire. P,?ezance, Cornwall. North Perwick, HaddingtOn- St. Ives, 51 shire. INTewquay, „ IRELAND. Peuarth, Glamorganshire. Portrush, Antrim. tlandwyn, Anglesey. Tyrella, Dundrum Bay. The Institution has also expended on the repairs, stores, alterations, and inspection of its numerous Life-bo sts, Boat houses, and Transporting-carriages, £1,012 10s. ; and £1,550 for exercising the Crews of its Life-boats--making altogether a total of X 11,441. During the past year the Life-boats of the Institutio n ha v e been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following Wrecked Vessels : Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose .• Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulyerstone Brig Pallas, of Shields .. .. • • • • Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow .. • • Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth .. • • Schooner Catherine, of Newry •• Barque Niarrara, of Shields .. • • A Barge of Teignmouth •• •• trig George and James, of London • • Brig Zephyr, of Whitby • • Coble Honour, of Cullercoats • • •• Schooner Eliz , , of North Shields .. • • Barque Oberon, of Liverpool • • • • Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth .. • • Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth • • •• Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. . • • • Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole • • • • Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. Brig Ann, of Blyth .. • • • • • • Sloop Hope, of Dublin •• •• •• Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth .. Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U. 5..... Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby .6 •• 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 • • •• Brig Prodroma, of Stockton .. • • Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Frcia, of Koniusberg Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. .. 1 .. 2 .. 5 .. 3 .. 9 .. 6 .. 5 .. 3 .. 11 .. 7 .. n .. 7 .. 7 Total -210 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has 'voted £9OS Bs. 4d. as re yards. It has also granted rewards amounting to ,-C203 4s. for saving, 245 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, making s total of 455 persons Paved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United B - Ingdorn. During the present year (1851), the Life-boats of the Insti 'ation have also been instrumental in rescuing t!te Crews o! the following Vessels : Brig Lovely Neily, of Seaham Nugget, of Bideford .. • Schooner Prosp - ct, of Berwick Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives A Fi-hing-boat of Whitburn llrlg, Arethuss, of Illyth Schooner Dcwi Wyu, of Portmadoc Plat Cymraes, of Beaurnaris Schooner William, of Morecambe .. Smack Gipsy, of Newry , chtlorier ‘iargaret, Anne, of l'reston Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven Schooner William, of Liverpool .. I 112-ger Nimrod, of Castletown Brig Providence, of Shields .. Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood Barque Guy ,na, of Glasgow .. .. • Brig Homan Empress, of Shields .. Brig San Spirid one, of Galaxide Schooner VO3dor du Voug,a, of Vianna Proud). Brig La Jeune Marie Therese Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast • • 04. • • Schooner Hortensia, or Hanover • • • • Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .• •• Brig St. Michel, of Marans • • • SPaufsh Barque Primera de Torrevtega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. • • • • Schooner Ilurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and . crew) . 4 Prig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and crew) .• Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. Barque Peace, of London . 5 . 4 . 17 . 4 . 4 . 8 6 .. 1 .. 2 Tot al .. • ..200 hii Thf Public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship fjeeiced Crews. Their help was never more needed than at thepresent ti me, w h e n, through the extraordinary exertions 0,." 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" This Work, which for twenty years has stood the test of Milt Professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain rl.ll s ympathising manner on the various disqualifications i mpediments arising from fiervous excitement and de ex: : and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and Lon( s i ses it will be found valuable and useful." —Record. ° n : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater -4011/46 0 i noster-row; Mann 29, Cornbill. .4 conoultation-10 tO 3 and 6 to 8; sun days, 10 till 2. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NoVEIW3ER 28, 1861. TILE INSULT TO THE BRI7ISII FLAG BY AN AMERICAN WAR-8111P. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. (From the Times.) It requires a strong effort ofself-restraint to dis cuss with coolness the intelligence we publish to day. An English mail steamer, sailing under the British flag, and carrying letters and passengers from a Spanish port to England, has been stopped on the high seas and overhauled. Four of the passengers have been taken out and carried off as prisoners, claiming, and vainly claiming, as they were being forced away, the protection of the flag of Great Britain. These are the naked facts. We put out of sight the accidents that the four gentle men thus kidnapped were accredited with a diplo matic mission from the Confederate States of America to the Courts of Europe, and also the peremptory manner in which the Federal frigate acted in making her seizure. The intention of the Federal Government evidently was to act upon their strict right, and to do so in as little ceremonious a manner as might be. If they are justified by their rights as belligerents in what they have done the manner of doing it is a mere question of good or bad taste. If a rude fellow claims his rights coarsely wo must yet give him his rights; and if wo would not find ourselves in the wrong wo must not quarrel with him on ac count of his ill manners. Is it, then, true that every officer of the American Navy can stop and overhaul our ships wherever they may be found, and can take out of them any persons whom he may claim to be citizens of the United States or officers of the Confederate Govern ment ? If we were to admit the Federal view of their own position it would be plain that no such right exists. They tell us that they are not at war, but are only putting down a rebellion. They say, or said, that they are not blockading their own ports, but are simply enforcing a law which has closed the Southern ports as ports of entry. They insist upon putting their quarrel upon the same ground as if the Queen of England were put ting down a rebellion in the Isle of Wight. Now, if this were so, it is clear that the Federal States of America have in stopping our mail steamer been guilty of an act of aggression which could only be properly punished by laying an embargo on every American ship in British ports and sweeping their little Navy from the seas. They would, according to their point of view, not be at war, and would have none of the rights of belligerents over neutrals. They would no more be belligerents than England was after the celebrated Smith O'Brien battle in the cabbage-garden, and they would have no more right to stop our ships and carry off our passengers than we should have had to stop a French ship and take Mr. Smith O'Brien out of her. But this assumption of the Federal Government has been disallowed. The world generally has refused to see in this dis ruption and reconstitution of the North American Republic a mere rebellion. We have recognized both Republics as belligerent States. We declare neutrality between them as between two warring Powers. We mete out a precise degree of equal consideration for the ships of war of each. In everything but our diplomacy we bear ourselves exactly equal between them. Whenever the Southern States shall have given proof of such stability as may make it sure that they can sustain their independence we shall doubtless re cognise them diplomatically, as we already do de facto. This is the test applied by all writers on International Law. To support a claim to enter into the comity of nations the only proof required of any people is that they are able to make their independence respected. Kings and Emperors, and even Dukes and Electors, have sometimes re• fused to recognise the Government for the time being of England or Franco or Italy, but only to their own ultimate ridicule. We have already re cognised these Confederate States as a belligerent Power, and we shall, when the time comes, recog nise their Government. '1 heref ore we have imposed upon ourselves all the duties and inconveniences of a Power neutral between two belligerents. Unwelcome as the truth may be, it is neverthe less a truth, that we have ourselves established a system of International Law which now tells against us. In high-handed, and almost despotic manner, we have in former days claimed privi leges over neutrals which have at different times banded all tho maritime Powers of the world against us. We have insisted even upon stopping the ships of war of neutral nations and taking British] subjects out of them ; and an instance is given by Jefferson in his " Memoirs" in which two nephews of Washington were impressed by our cruisers as they were returning from Europe, and placed as common seamen under the discipline of ships of war. We have always been the strenuous asserters of the rights of belligerents over neutrals, and the decisions of our courts of law, as they must now be cited by our Law Officers, have been in confirmation of these unreasonable claims, which have called into being Confederations and armed neutralities against us, and which have always been modified in practice when we were not su preme in our dominion at sea. Owing to these facts the authorities which may be cited on this question are too numerous and too uniform as to the right of search by belligerent ships of war over neutral merchant vessels to be disputed. "The only security that nothing is to be found inconsistent with amity and the law of nations, known to the law of nations," said Lord Stowell in the celebrated case of the Maria, " is the right of personal visitation and search to be exercised by those who have an interest in making it." Again Lord Stowell, in the same judgment, which is the storehouse of all the English law on this subject says,—" Be the ships, the cargoes and the destina tion what they may, the right of visit and search are the incontestable right of the cruisers of a belli gerent nation. Till they are visited and searched it does not appear what the ships or the destination are ; and it is for the purpose of ascertaining these points that the necessity of this right of visitation and search exists. This right is so clear in prin ciple that no man can deny it who admits the right of maritime capture; because if you are not at liberty to ascertain by sufficient inquiry whether there is property that can be legally captured, it is impossible to capture. The many European trea ties which refer to this right refer to it as pre-exist ing, and merely regulate the exercise of it. All writers upon the law of nations unanimously ac knowledge it." The great American authority Kent, treating upon the same subject in his " Commen taries," says—" The duty of self-preservation gives to belligerent nations this right. The doctrine of , ir a a n l d t y o n C t o h n e r Courts t i n t a t t h i o e n r i o g f h t t h o e f r g i s h i t tt t e i o E n n a g n l d isi s k e A ar d c m h has been recognised in its fullest extent by the Courts of Justice in this country." So far as the authorities go the testimony of international law writers is all one way, that a belligerent war cruiser has a right to stop and visit and search rny merchant ship upon the high seas. We quote these authorities because it is essential that upon a matter so important as that now before us the public mind should be well informed. But it must be remembered that these decisions were given under circumstances very different from those which now occur. Steamers in those days did not exist, and mail vessels carrying letters wherein all nations of the world have immediate interest were unknown. We were fighting for existence, and we did in those days what we should neither do nor allow others to do, nor expect ourselves to be allowed to do, in these days. Moreover, if we gave full scope to all this antiquated law it remains still to be asked whether the men who have been taken from beneath the protection of our flag were liable to seizure. They were not officers of the army or of the navy of the Confederate States. They were Diplomatic Envoys, wanting only in some formalities to be Ambassadors to England and France. We do not say that there is any provision in the law of nations which will entitle us to maintain that their persons were sacred by reason of their mission; on the other hand, we ',re not aware of any authority which will show that these Envoys were contraband of war. If we had re cognised the Confederate States we apprehend ti tat we should have been perfectly justified in taking these Ambassadors on board our own vessels of NI, 'ar and bringing them to Englani without in any w ay forfeiting our character as n4rals. But, even if: it were necessary to admit that these gentlemen w ere in a belligerent or contraband character on be and the English vessel, it is, we believe, the opinion of very eminent jurists that this was not a question to be adjudicated on by a naval officer and four boats' crews. The legal course would have been to take the ship into port and to ask for her condemnation, or for the condemnation of the passengers, in a Court of Admiralty. The result might, no doubt, have been the same, but if the proceeding was irregular we have surely a right to demand that these pri soners shall be restored, When such tremendous interests are at stake we feel deeply the responsibility of discussing a qui,?s tion like this. Our first duty is to calm—certainly not to inflame—the general indignation which will be felt in these islands as the news is told. We can not yet believe, although the evidence is strong, that it is the fixed determination of the Govern ment of the Northern States to force a quarrel upon the Powers of Europe. We hope, therefore, that our people will not meet this provocation with an out burst of passion, or rush to resentment without full consideration of all the bearings of the case. On the other hand, wo appeal to the reasonable men of the Federal States—and they haxe some reason able men among them—not to provoke war by such acts as these. It is, and it always has been, vain to appeal to old folios and bygone authorities in jus tification of acts which every Englishman and every Frenchman cannot but feel to be injurious and in sulting. Even Mr. Seward himself must know that the voices:of these Southern Commissioners, sounding from their captivity, are a thousand times more eloquent in London and in Paris than they would have been if they had been heard at St. James's and the Tuileries. Questions of this kind in countries where the people exercise power pass but too quickly out of the hands of lawyers and statesmen, and give irresistible power to neither the wisest nor the most peaceloving members of a com munity. (From the Daily sews.) The American Government is surely the most unfortunate of governments, or else the most san- guine. An officer of the, Federal navy has struck a better blow for the rebel cause than either General Beauregard or Johnston has yet been able to do. There is rejoicing on board the Nashville, and if Messrs. Yancey and Dudley Mann did not feast their friends last night they missed a fine opportu- nity. The news by the La Plata, which we pub lish to-day, will raise the spirits of the whole South. The United States Government—for, until the act is disavowed and atoned for, on it must fall the responsibility—has struck its best friend in the face, a friend that never yet when smitten on the left cheek turned the right for a second blow. On the Bth instant the Royal Mail Company's steamer Trent was performing the voyage between Havannah and tho Danish island of St. Thomas, having on board Mr. Slidell and Mr. Mason, Com- missioners from Mr. Jefferson Davis, on their way to this country. In passing through the Old Bahama Channel she was met by the United States war steamer San Jacinto, which fired first a round sonment, of Brit ish subjects have borne him self with more p ttience. And for what object should the United States Government risk a rup ture with this cormtry? For the miserable gratifi cation of getting the persons of two of its adversa ries into its poser. The Washington Cabinet has shown itself szfliciently imbecile, but to authorise the forcible arrest of gentlemen under the protec tion of the British flag would be nothing less than madness, Incidents like these ate irritating, but the British people have the satisfaction of knowing that their affairs aro under firm guidance. With the irascible Earl :of Derby or the fussy Lord Malmesbury in power, we might well be concerned for the inte rests of peace at a time like this. But from the present Government we may expect energy without precipitancy, and prudence without weakness. Their course is tolerably clear ; and it will be for the Government of the United States to deter mine what shall be the future relations of the two countries. (From the Morning Herald). Quoit Deus vult perdere, pries dementat. The conduct of the American Government has long been such as, to Europeans, scarcely seemed consistent with the supposition of its being directed by men in full possession of their senses. The outrages on the constitution which have been every day perpe trated with impunity in every state under the juris diction of the Federal Government; the frantic lan guage in which its proclamations have been couched; the extravagance of its boasts, and the imbecile weakness of its action ; the savage excesses which its troops have been encouraged to commit in the border States, by which it has alienated Kentucky, lost its last chance of preserving Missouri, and exas perated Virginia beyond the possibility of forgive ness; the wanton extravagance of its tyranny in Maryland—all seem to proceed from the headstrong fury of men who never wore under the control of principle, and. are now beyond the control of reason. Mr. Lincoln, on his accession to power, was thought to be an honest, vigorous, straightforward man, whose firmness of temper might balance his in tellectual deficiencies, and whose respect for law might atone for his utter ignorance of politics. Unhappily, he has proved himself not only far more ignorant and unintelligent than any one imagined him, but utterly wanting in decision of character, or in conscientious adherence to the constitution of which he was the appointed guardian. He has usurped a power beyond the law to exercise it with a feebleness and vacillation very naturally allied with frantic and ungovernable rage against all opponents. Sul inzpotens is the classic phrase which most accurately describes both his character and that of his chief friend and adviser. Mr. Seward's want of common sense, reticence, and principle, have long been notorious to Americans ; and recent circumstances have directed to him an amount of English attention which has made him equally well understood and despised in this coun try. Unhappily, until yesterday, we had not been able fully to appreciate the extent and depth of his moral and mental worthlessness. We knew that he had proposed to " annex" Canada ; but the idea was to us, who know our strength and the weakness of the United States, so utterly ludicrous that we did not, and coal , ' not, appreciate the utter folly and desperate wickedness of the man who could pnt it forward as a serious proposal. Since then Mr. Seward has done everything in his power to insult and exasperate Great Britain ; he has encouraged the piratical seizure of our ships, he has ordered the illegal arrest of British subjects, he has directed his envoys at foreign courts to revile and menace us ? All this we have borne a little too quietly—the na tion has endured it with the patience of contempt ; the Government, with an indecision which, to Ame rican eyes, looked like the irresolution of fear. The Herald has more than once warned its readers that more outrage yet might be expected from such a man, placed in a critical moment at the head of a nation which has no respect for law or right, and no idea of the immeasurable superiority of force of the great European powers. But we confess that we were hardly prepared for a crime so wanton, an outrage so flagrant and so unpardonable, as has just been perpetrated under the orders of the Cabinet of Washington. Unless Mr. Seward be simply out of his senses with rage, fear, and help lessness—unless he be intoxicated with his own boastfulness till he really believes his own state monts—he must be aware that England can, before a month is passed, destroy or take posses sion of every sear ort in the Northern states, raise the blockade of the Southern coast, and sweep the seas clear of the Federal flag. And yet, with this know ledge, he has ventured on an outrage which ought to be avenged by the immediate appearance of a British fleet in the Chesapeake, bringing the alternative of instant reparation or—war. (From the Morning Post.) The Government of the United States has taken a step of a very serious character. By its direction the captain of the war-ship San Jacinto has stopped and boarded the West India mail-steamer Trent, and has by force of arms seized four of her pas sengers who claimed the protection of our flag. The account of this will be found in another column. The facts are before the legal advisers of the Crown, and upon their decision as to the legality of the proceeding will depend the action of the Govern ment. It would be therefore premature for us to discuss the consequences of this important event. We may, however, observe that there can be no doubt that it is competent for the United States or any other bel ligerent Govornment to stop any merchantman on the high seas, and to seize any soldiers, arms, despatches, or contraband of war she may convey. But the question is, can a belligerent search a mer chantman, and take out of her what passengers he may be pleased to seize upon ? The fact of the Trent being a mail-steamer does not remove her from the simply commercial class of vessels—ships of war and transports being alone strictly sacred from search. The point, therefore, to be deter mined in the case of the Trent is simply whether the British flag covers her passengers, without dis• tinction of country, so long as those passengers aro not military, not classable under the definition of contraband of war. Our own opinion is that the Federal Government had a legal right to stop the Trent and to seize upon contraband of war, under which definition, we believe, despatches belonging to the enemy are included. But no such despatches were searched for, nor, indeed, did the Trent convey any. Four passengers only, who bore no official character, were taken out of the ship. We think that this proceeding was not according to international law. The opinion of the law officers will, however, very shortly decide this question. If we are right, the British Government will clearly be entitled to reparation and apology, and no reparation could be complete without the resti tution of the passengers taken from lender our flag. If we are wrong, of course we shall have to submit to the law. But we shall not the less keenly feel an affront which must prove to us how little the Federal Government app reciate the courtes y , dis cretion, and generosity with which w e have inva riably acted. nations, therefore, it in will n: The arrival of these gentlemen in England could re ally be no matter of great moment. Mr. Yancey T has been here for months — what could it matter if it not likely Mason to onh aadffe affect t arrived the safely precise ? and His settled policy presence was case was most gratuitous ; and if, as we thi n k, I n ot only w ashi which we unwarranted pursue. he by the code insult, of only be deeply felt but duly resented. (From the Morning Advertiser.) The town was startled yesterday by the telegra phic communication from Southampton relative to the capture of two gentleman assumed to be Con- shot and then a shell across her bows, and thus brought her to. An officer of the war steamer, Lieutenant Fairfax, thereupon put off in a boat with ten men, boarded the Trent, and demanded her list of passengers, which was of course refused. He then stated that he had reliable information that Mr. Slidell and Mr. Mason, with their secre- taries, Mr. Eustace and Mr. M.Farlane, were on board, and demanded that they should be given up. This request Capt. Moir, of the Trent, peremptorily rejected, utterly denying the right of the Federal officers to take any person from under the British flag. It is very likely that, had Lieut. Fairfax re ceived no assistance in this conjuncture, he would have been without the means of identifying the objects of his search, and would have had to depart unsatisfied. The Confederate Commissioners, how ever, preferred to announce themselves, and having done so, formally claimed the protection of the British flag. Had Lieut. Fairfax now desisted from his attempt, a gross outrage would have been com mitted; but he went further. Waving his hand to his ship, ho summoned a force of 30 marines and 60 sailors, who leaped on board the Trent cutlass in hand, and seized the Commissioners by main force. Against this violent and arbitrary act Commander Williams, of her Majesty's navy, acting as Admi ralty agent of the Trent, protested in solemn terms : "In this ship," he said, " I am the representative of her Majesty's Government, and I call upon the officers and passengers present to witness, that, in the name of the British Government, I distinctly denounce this as an illegal act, an act in violation of international law, an act, indeed, of wanton piracy, which had we the means of defence you would not dare to attempt." The remote consequences of this act we shall not attempt to predict. Enough for the present that it is one which will make it the duty of our Govern ment to insist on ample, complete, and immediate satisfaction. Its wanton folly bids us hope that Lieut. Fairfax was acting without instructions, and that the Washington Cabinet will no sooner learn what has taken place in the Bahama Channel than it will disavow the act, restore Messrs. Mason and Slidell, and tender the fullest apology: Nothing short of this repara tion can be accepted. Until there has been time to receive news from Washington, we feel bound to believe that the seizure of passengers on board the Trent was an act as much in excess of duty as it was in violation of public law. No Government should know better than that of the United States the lines which separate the rights of belligerents and neutrals respectively. While this war lasts we must submit to have our mercantile vessels stopped on the high seas by bath parties in search of con traband. Had Lieutenant Fairfax confined himsel must l‘ir have acquiesc e d i n his a vi ildt s a it ke a n s S l disagreeable id e l occurrence s incident e t') a to o hn ee d m e o demanding a tff n h, d e w i n e g voyage in the neighbourhood of contending foes. But the seizure of persons stands on a different footing. In the eyes of Mr. Seward, Messrs. Slidell and Mason are rebels ; in our eyes they aro simply passengers. And the Washington Government may rest assured we shall no more permit it to take its rebels out of our vessels than we should concede a similar right to Austria or Russia. The circumstances of this event still more strongly compel us to disbelieve, in the absence of direct evi dence, that this aggression was ordered by the United States Government. The Cabinet at Washington known perfectly well that it cannot act in this fashion with impunity. In fact at this moment cause lies at our mercy. We could with ease re move that severe pressure which it exerts on the South by means of its blockade, and on which, far more than on the sword, it relies for success. We could open all the Southern ports at once to receive gold, and commodities, and munitions of war, in return for cotton. And if need were, we could at small cost find abundant occupation for all the San Jacintos they could muster, and for half the army of the Potomac into the bargain. We have given no provocation for this outrage, The course of our Government has been uniformly forbearing and considerate, Lord Palmerston's high spirit has manifested itself only in magnanimity. No Mini ster could have avoided more anxiously all that could fairly give offence, or when occasions for remenstranco have arisen, as in the recent impri- Kent and CO., Paternoster-row. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2 s. 4 d., ON SPERMATORRHCEA. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cureof Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : 11. Baillicre, 219, Bcgent-street." 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. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Ilerries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Nist;et and Co., Berners-street ; J. Barned and Co, Liver pool; and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, See. TOOTHACHE. —HOWARD'S ENAMEL, for stopping, decayed teeth, however large the cavity. It is used in a soft state, without pressure or pain, and hardens into a white enamel. It remains in the tooth many years, rendering extraction unnecessary and arresting the decay. Directions for use eneosed. Sold by all chemists and medi cine vendors, Price ls, 4 1 AUCE.-LEA AND PERRINS Li beg to caution the Public against Spurious Imitations of their world-renewed WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Purchasers should ASK FOR LEA AND PERRINS' SAUCE, Pronounced by Connoisseurs to be "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." *** Sold Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors, Worcester ; Messrs. CnossE and BLACKWELL, London, &c. ,t c., and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. OLDRIDGE'S BALM of COLUMBIA.—No. 22, Wellington-street, Strand, London, W.C.—This Invaluable Balm, established upwards of 30 years, is the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, be iutifyine,r, or restoring the hair, whiskers, or tn.ifistaclie, and preventing tin m turning grey. Sod in bottles, 3s. 0.1., Os., and lls., by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, and all chemists and perfumers. For children and ladies' hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. A N EFFECTUAL REMEDY.-LAMBERT'S ASTII MATIe BALSAM, without confining the bowl is or affecting the head, truly efficacious awl pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, co'ds, confirmed cases of as' lima, and consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in curabie, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent couching. In approaching* consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons depr.ve lof sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffwation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chem'st, Jermyn-street. Ilaymarker, London, and by a'l Druists, in bottles, and three times the quantity in one. 2s. it i. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Bids am. SPAIN AND FRANCE. " cPATN is determined to share the advantages ki resulting' from an extended commercial intercourse with England. The Vintage Wine Company import Spanish Wines at such prices as to induce customers to give the pre ference to Sherry instead of to the li g ht Wines of France."— Court Circular. " Net only excellent in quality and flavour, but remark able for cheapness. Eighteen Shillings per dozen for a GENUINE MILD SHERRY for the Dinner Table."—Sun. " A PURE, SOUND, and PALATABLE WINE, and far more fitted for our climate than the thin acid Clarets of France." —Press. " A really goon Sherry."—Morning Star. XERES COMIDA. SHERRY, Soft, fine body, age and flavour, and genuine, EIGHTEEN SHILLINGS PER DOZEN. • PALE—TWENTY SHILLINGS PER DOZEN. " Quite eual to that for which we have been accustomed to give 60s."—Atlas. "Extraordinary for the money, and that no man need be , ashamed to put on his table."—Mark-lane Express. TERMS : _ CASH ONLY—Country orders must contain remittances. Town orders to he paid for on delivery. CARRIAGE —Orders of Tao Dozen and upwards carriage paid to any railway station in England. SAMPLES —Samples of the Wines forwarded on receipt of Eighteen Postage Stamps. BOTTLES, &c., charged at cost price, but not returnable. MODE OF REMITTANCE —By Post-office Order, payable at the GENERAL POST-OFFICE, Lon don ; or by Cheque, crossed to the BANK of LONDON, N.B.—ln either case the Order or Cheque to be made payable to "THE VINTAGE WINE COMPANY." VINTAGE WINE COMPANY. IMPORTERS or SPANISH WINES. West-End Offices, 14, Bloomsbury-street, London, W.C. D R. BRIGHT'S APHRODISION.- The G BEAT CHEMICAL COMBINATION of Phos phorus, Quinine, Iron, and other invigorating ingredients, is the never-lailinetemedy for Spermatorrlra, and al !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, 11 s. per bottle, or four 11 s. bottles in one, 335. ; and in cases containing three 335. bottles, for £5, at a saving of £1 12s. DR. BE IG HT'S Tll REE DAYS' CURE ' • the most speedy remedy known. The BUCIIU GLOBULES, containing the Quintessence of Copaiha, Cubebs, Buchu, &c., at once cure, without the possibility of failure, Gonorrhma, obstinate Gleet, Stricture, &c., immediately subduing all inflammatory action; encased in sugar, free from taste or smell. Price lls. ; by post 12s. fd. I'repared and sold at the Laboratoyy, 44A, Maddox-etreet, 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 vs. Cd. ; by post, '2s. 101. ; abridged edition Is., by post 14 stamps. All communications and Post-011ice Orders to be addressed to Ralph Bright. The above medicines have been confided to a Registered Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Eng land, who Ph"iciall' may be daily consulted from 11 to 8. DR. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OU lISELVE S. Price Is.. by post is. Id.; of Mann, 29, Cornhill. O n Spermatorrlicea, Fyphilis, Stricture, Htemorrholds, Gleets. kc Ma.rria;;e Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Pr. 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 Marlboroug-h-street, W. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TITIIKISTI BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and ls. dill. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, Is. till 1. An IiSS NY on TURKISH ItATII ENG, gratis. OPINIONS OF TIIE 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 &ready encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the p actical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, N0v.12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Bath 09, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverw , 11 has already established the reputation of an ab'e physician ; he has now proved himself to boa 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 apsee at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on coming out Of a I.lirklett Bath,"—Nra, Oct, 13, 1861. G. of raw),