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N°. 21,657. federate Commissioners—one on his way to the Eng lish, and the other, it is supposed, to the French Government. 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. A RGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS ! !- -ES- The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. Bour.conT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss luadrille, and novel ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.— Manager, M. I'. Grenet. PUBLICATIONS, THE INSULT TO THE BRITISH FLAG BY AN AMERICAN WAR-SHIP. MISS KAVANAGH'S NEW WORK. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 215., FRENCH WOMEN OF LETTERS. By JULIA KAVANAG IT, SALE OF OLD STORES AT DEVONPORT, Admiralty, Somerset-place, 22 i Nov., 1861. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING THE OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That onIVEDNES DAY, the 11th Dec. next, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon, the Admiral Superintendent will put up to Sale in her Majesty's Dockyard at Dcvonport, several Lots of OLD STORES, consisting of old Rope, Shakings, Spun Yarn, Sacking, Ham mocks, Canvas, Hemp Tyers and Ilakimrs, Coal Sacks, Lig,- num \lire, Cast Iron, Carpeting, &c., &c., all lying in the said yard. Persons wishing. 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. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Chirter). Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., F.R.S. CIIAIRMAN —Thos. Baring, Faq., M.P., F.R.S., V.?., Chair man of Lloyd's. DENITY-CIIATRMA N —ThORMS Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of Lloyd's Registry of British and Foreign Shipping Society. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, during the past year, the Institution has incurred expensea4ww." -- tng,to £6, 5S la. on the follovang Life-boat StaL :ENGLAND. Newbig•gin, Northumberland. Southport, Lancashire. Saltburn, Yorks)?. , rP• Filey, Cafstor, Norfolk: Aldborough, Suffolk. IMargate, Kent. Balmer, „ Selsey, West Sussex. Grange, Isle of Wight. Brooke, ," Penz?,nce, Cornwall. St. Ives, If Newquay, IRELAND. Penarth, Glamorganshire. Portrush, Antrim. Llandwyn, Anglesey. Tyrella, Dundrum Bay. The Institution has also expended on the repairs, stores, alterations, and inspection of its numerous Life-boats, Boat houses, and Transporting-carriages, £3,632 19s. ; and £1,550 for exercising•the Crews of its Life-boats—making altogether a total of £11,441. During the past year the Life-boats of the Institution have been in.drumental in rescuing the Crews of the followillr Wrecked Vessels : Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone Brig Pallas, of Shields .. • • Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow • Smack Je;on Bull, of Yarmouth Schooner Catherine, of Newry 1.4 Barque Niagara, of Shields .. A. Barge of Teignmouth • • • • - Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby • • •• Coble Honour, of Cullercoats • • Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .. Barque Oberon, of Liverpool Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth . • S:ca.', - :k Wonder, of Teignmouth Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. Brig Ann, of Blyth Sloop Hope, of Dublin Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth .. Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. . Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby • . • • Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. . Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee Schooner Rose, of Lynn • • • • Brig Prodroma, of tocktort Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough • • Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields 1.0119 :- .npt Lytham, Billoth, Cumberland. SCOTLAND. Ayr, Ayrshire. Irvine, „ Kantyre, Arcy,yleshire. Bnckie, Banffshire. Banff. St. Andrew's, Fifeshire. North Berwick, Haddington shire. .. 1 Total ..210 - - - For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has voted £9OB Bs. 4d. as re "cards. It has also granted rewards amounting to £203 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, making a total of 455 persons saved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United liingdorn. the present year (1861), the Life-boats of the Insti tution have also been instrumental in rescuing tile Crews of the following Vessels : _ Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford Schooner Prospect, of Ber w i c k ••••••• a n a rtf 04- T--- A Fishing-boat of Whitburn Brig. Arethusa, of Blyth Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoo Flat Cymraes, of P,eaumaris . Schooner R illiam, of Morecambe .. Smack Gipsy, of Newry .• • • Schooner argaret Anne, of Preston Brig Ne,w Draper, of Whitehaven licho'Jner William, of Liverpool .. 1,1 74ger Nimrod, of Castletown .- Brig Providence, of Shields .. trig Mayflower, of Newcastle Sch-oner Village Maid, of Fleetwood 'Barque Guyana, of Glasgow .• Brig Boman Empress, of Shields .. . Prig San Spirid one, of Galaxide .. • . Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vianna French Brig La Jenne Marie Therese .. Barque I'erseverance, of Scarborough .. Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater . • Ship Danube, of Belfast •• •• •• Schooner Ilortensia, of Hanover .. • • Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven Brig St. Michel, of Marans • • Spanish Barque I'rimera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. • • • • Schooner Murrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) •• •• • 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and crew) .. .• • • " " • • 'Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. - Barque Peace, of London .. .. 6 .. .. 5 Total .. - 4 .. 8 .. 4 .. 19 .. 2 .. 8 .. 6 .. 5 .. 4 .. 4 .. 4 .. 8 .. 6 .. 1 .. 2 ..200 - - - The public cannot but sympathise with the vizorous efforts —O W beinZ, made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship- Zrjeeked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the S lle present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions Society has made within the past few years, it has now ? ne,lluridred and Fifteen Life-boats under its management, °r the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency. largc, permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its " 111 P-ane mission is to be perpe!uated. 'Donations and Annual Su' scrintions will be thankfully re ceived by Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; Niessrs. Herries. Farquhar, and Co., 1 *, St. JaMei's-street, London ; by a 1 the Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 11, John -street, Adelphi, London, W.C. _ _ _ Payments may be made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders Crossed), to Messrs. W llis, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre tary. RIIPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN Tut GREAT T . :XI - MOTION OF 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to e the most effective invention in the curative treatment of II ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its fleets, here avoid e d— a so ft bandage being* worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe -Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn ;hiring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, And the ruse, which cannot Tail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WIIiTE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and Ms. 6d. Postage, is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 428., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, kc., for Varicose Veins and all cases of 'Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOAN WHITE, Manufacturar, 228:Piccadilly. plploa," ON TIIF, VIG OUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. 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 case is lour 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. itilord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at lls., or four quantities in one for 335. and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Proul and Co„ Patent Medi ineWarehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) DR, CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRINE A, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. 'lust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates , in a sealed envelope, price ls., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, IVI ANITOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions or Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15,A . ..bet - merle-street, Piccadilly, Loudon. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. early IL—Causes of Spermatorrhma and Impotence; Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. .YIE-APTER, I lI.—A Review of the various Disqualifications ul Marrisze ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. C Ha.pTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of t icnorrlicea and Syphilis. The Book condi:ties with numerous varied and interesting asefi, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion, REVIEWS OF THE 'WORK. I 'Curtis on 3lanhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and thonl ,l be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 3 4 March, 1R56. "The author has conferred a grea t boon b y p ublishin g this little work, in which is described th e source of those diseases Which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."_" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 185 k " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test o f p r ofessional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain a nd sympath ising manner on the various disqualifications MlLtlmpediments arising from hervous exci tement and de - Y ; and to i nva lid s su ff er ing from youthful errors and Ex cesses r it will be found valuable and useful." — Record. London Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater -Hour 1 / noster-row • Mann 39 Cornhill. of co l lBllltatio 1171 .0 tO 3 a nd to 8 ; 81111411y8, t l _ ll 2. Author of "Nanalie," "Adele," &e. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street, Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE LAST OF THE MORTIMERS. By the Author of " Marga et Maitland," &c. " The reader of these volumes will find enough to rivet his attention, and to awaken his liveliest sympathy. Ills feelings will be deeply stirred by the natural pathos and tenderness of the narrative, the interest of which grows more intense as it nears its denouement." -Daily News. llurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE for DECEMBER, 1861. No. DLIV. Price 2s. fxL CONTENTS. Captain Chitterbuck's Champagne -A West Indian Reminis cence. Part 111. Augustus WeThy Pugin. Chronicles of Carlingtord: The Doctor's Family. Part 111. Wassail : a Christmas Story. Part I, A Word from a New Dictionary—" Flunkeyism." Fechter in Hamlet and Othello, *A Month with "The Rebels." *Some Account of Both Sides of the American War. * By two recent visitors to the Northern and Southern States. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. T HE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties cv perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is Jost. All_cluanadinafiens—oc Constitution" are- carefully toielveduedismith's ".Government upon First Prin- sent and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., SPERMATORRHCEA. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of 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 : H. Bailliere, 219, Ilegrent-street:, OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, for the Destitute LI ) 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. ; Ferries 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.; Nistaet 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 romains in the tooth many years, rendering extraction unnecessary and arresting the decay. Directions for use enclosed. Sold by all chemists and medi cine vendors, Price is, QAUCE.-LEA AND PERRINS 17 beg to caution the Public against Spurious Imitations of their world-renowed WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Purchasers should ASK FOR LEA AND PERRINS' SAUCE, Pronounced by Connoisseurs to oe "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." *** Sold Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors, Worcester; Messrs. CROSSE and BLACKwELL, London, ac., and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. ()LDRIDGE'S BALM of COLUMBIA.—No. V 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 tutifying, or restoring the hair, whiskers, or moustache, and preventing them turning grey. Sold in bottles, is. 6c1., 65., and Ils., by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, and 1.1 ohcmimtc and pciLomcrrt. For children and ladies' hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. AN EFFECTUAL A LF;r-.. , scto.c.+ confining the bowels or affecting the R newt, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in curable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its e1y...t...re truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 20 Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by all Druggists, in bottles, 1 3id , and three times the quantity in one. 2s. 9A. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous czufferers, 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, Spermatorrhma, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, Sic., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature Leath ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health ind vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob.. -ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., b, Burton.- crescent, Tavistock-square, London. W.C. SPAIN AND PRANCE. SPAIN is determined to share the advantages 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 light Wines of France." — Court Circular. " Not 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 good Sherry."—Morning Star. XERES COMMA SHERRY, Soft, fine bndy, age and flavour, and gennine, EIGHTEEN SHILLINGS PER DOZEN. PALE—TWENTY snrr.r.rNcs PER DOZEN. " Quite equal 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-laue Express. TERMS : CASH ONLY—Country orders must contain remittances. Town orders to be paid for on delivery. CARRIAGE —Orders of Two Dozen and upwards carriage paid to any railway station in Eng,land. —Samples of the Wines forwarded on receipt of Eighteen Postage Stamps. BOTTLES, dr..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 OF SPANISH WINES. West-End Offices, 14, Bloomsbury-street, Lon . don, W.C. DR. BRIGHT'S APIIRODISION.— The GREAT CHEMICAL COMBINATION of Phos phorus, Quinine, Iron, and other invigorating ingredients, is the never-failingßemedy for Spermatorrlicea, 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, 11s. per bottle, or four Ils. bottles in one, 335. ; and in cases containing three 335. bottles, for £5, at a saving of £1 12s. DR. BRIG lIT'S THREE DAYS' CURE ; the most speedy remedy known. The BUCIIU GLOBULES, containing the Quintessence of Copaiba, Cubebs, Buchu, &c., at once cure, without the possibility of failure, Gonorrlicea, obstinate Gleet, Stricture, &c., immedifitely subduing all inflammatory action; encased in sugar, free from taste or smell Price lls. ; by post 125. 6d. Prepared and sold at the Laboratoyy, 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 25. fid. ; by post, "s. 10d. ; abridged edition ls., 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 Surgeons, Eng lan.d, who may be daily consulted from 11 to 8. D R. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price Is., by post Is. td. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill. On Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, Hxmorrhoids, G lee ts. &c. Marriage : Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Dr. C. may be consulted daily till 12, at The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand; and from 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, Great M a rlborough-street, W. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFIOE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and ls. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, ls. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF 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 these who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they obstrve some of the p actical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—herald and Standard, N0v.12,18 61 . " The Post-office Turkish Bath 09, St. - Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverw, 11 has already established the reputation of an able physioian ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, au institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it if; on coming out of a Tarkieti Bath.',- a, cm, 0, nu. OPINIONS OF TIIE PRESS. (From the Times.) It requires a strong effort of . self-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 we must yet give him his rights; and if we would not find ourselves in the wrong we must not quarrel with him on ac count of his ill manners. 'l3-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 arc 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 twu Lmperurs, and even Dukes and Electors, have sometimes re fused to recognise the Government for the time being of England or France or Italy, but only to their own ultimate ridicule. We hay...a..-.,4„p_ cognised these Coured...t , . bau s areut Power, and we shall, when the time comes, recog nise their Government. lherefore 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 the 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 bo 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 o f se lf-p reserv ation gives t o belligerent nations this right. The doctrine of Englishan and seasearch, Admiralty an d e nCourts limitationo n th e r i e g f htthoe fright visi tation the has been recognised in its fullest extent by the Courts of Justice in this country." So far as the n t y h a o t f a i n b t e e r i n li a g t e i r o e n n a t l w l a a w r a w u r t i l t s e o r r s i t i cies gaoll t h e e n e t es w ti a m y o , cruiser has a right to stop and visit and search Fn.) , 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 d a ys, 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 come Winalities 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 are 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 that we should have been perfectly justified in taking these Ambassadors on board our own vessels of war and bringing them to England without in any way forfeiting our character as neutrals. But, even if it were necessary to admit that these gentlemen were in a belligerent or contraband character on board the English vessel, it is, we believe, the opinion of very eminent jurists that this was rot a question to be adjudicated on by a naval officer and four boats' crews. The legal course would hare 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 ques 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 have 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 peaceleving members of a com munity. (From the Daily News.) 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 the 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 firPa first a round shot and then a shell across her bows, and thus brought her to. An 01.c.er ur t h e war steamer, Lieutenant Fairfax, thereupon put off in a boat with ten men, boarded tho Trent, and demanded lig i rf s Tarv,r," rat --aPttingairbWriiirditicaffil that Mr. Slidell anti Mr. Mason, with their score- aries, Mr. Eustace and Mr. M‘Farlano, 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, he summoned a force of 30 marines and 60 sailors, who leaped ou 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 to demanding Mr. Slidell's despatches, and taken them off, we must have acquiesced in his visit as one of the disagreeable occurrences incident 0 a 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 are 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 donee, 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 its cause lies at our mercy. We could with case re move that severe pressure which it exerts on the South by means of its blockade, and on which, far more than ou 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. 'rho 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 remonstrance have ari!en, rs in the recent impri. sonment, of British subjects have borne him self with more patience. And for what object should the United States Government risk a rup ture with this country ? For the miserable gratifi cation of getting the persons of two of its adversa ries into its power. The Washington Cabinet has shown itself sufficiently 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 are irritating, but the British people have the satisfaction of knowing that their affairs are 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). Quern Deus milt perdere, prius demented. 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 were 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. Sui impotens 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 could not, appreciate the utter folly and desperate wickedness of the man who could put 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 9 than once warned its readers 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 • ments—he must be aware that England can, before a month is passed, destroy or take posses sion of every seaport 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 nstant reparation or—war. (From the _Morning Pose.) 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 Government 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 are 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 under our flag. If we are wrong, of course we shall have to submit to the law. But we shall not the loss keenly feel an affront which must prove to us how little the Federal Government appreciate the courtesy, dis cretion, and generosity with which we have inva riably acted. The arrival of these gentlemen in England could really be no matter of great moment. Mr. Yancey has been here for months—what could it matter if Mr. Mason had arrived safely? His presence was not likely to affect the precise and settled policy which we pursue. The insult, therefore, in any case was most gratuitous ; and if, as we think, it was unwarranted by the code of nations, it will not only be deeply felt but duly resented. (From the Morning A(leeplism) The town was startled yesterday by tho telegra phic communication from Southampton relative to the captilro of two gentleman assumed to be Con- We do not wonder at the sensation which this circumstance has caused among all classes here, nor at the fall of nearly a per cent. which it has caused in our Funds. It is a most 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 some 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 ba 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 the Confederate Government to the urovvii...-dts of England and of France, rendered themselves liable to capture as coming under the category of contra land.oLwar. ,01. course, it will bettor the Bader&iiaie to prove in the clearest manner that the two gen tlemen in question were really,Commissioners from the Confederate Government, arid were on their way to Europe for the purpose of promoting the warlike objects of the Southern States. We deal with the question on the assumption that the Northern States Government will be able to establish their allegation beyond all possibility of doubt, but then will come another question—" Did the commander of the Trent receive Messrs. Slidell 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- tion 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 Com mander Williams, 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 be beforeelasses manyinthe British t is hav e h the fatuation. Just before the war broke out with the o Southern States they affected to make so light of empire. aea L J t „ wis seem. elap se d , to be if_the , wounded vanity of hostilities with the Confederates as to say, that it those foli of would matter little to them if they were to have on hand, at the same time, six or seven other wars, " 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 wrong 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 cious in the whole affair,—that their conduct must 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 r actually have occurred. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ENGLISH VESSELL—Some months ago the Perthshire, of Hartlepool, a large colonial vessel of 840 tons, the property of Mr. Wm. Gray, of Hartlepool, had been boarded without legal war rant by the United States steamer Massachusetts, off the American coast, on the alleged ground that the Perthshire had violated the blockade of the Southern ports. Mr. Gray, on being made acquainted with the fact, presented a te b en n t r a e t c e e Geoav from r claim, through the: British Government, for the loss sus tained in consequence o f detention, deviation, and con sumption of stores. Mr. Gra y 's clam has dee been hons iv curab ly ande ly th e Foreign-of f ice by that ge ntleman :—" Nov. 12 , 1861 . Sir, —I am directed by E arl R u ss e ll to in f orm you that a responded t communication by m te has ili d es patch has been received from her Majesty'e Minister at promptlythe following Washington, stating that, in answer to the representation which he had made to the United States Government re specting the seizure and detention of your vessel, the Perth shire, the United States Secretary of the Navy had failed to satisfy him that the detention of that vessel by Com mander Smith, commanding the United States steamer Massachusetts, was warranted by law, or by the President's proclamation instituting the blockade, and that the Presi odfen4t2Novoouclladi m recommend to as C c o o n m gr pe e n ss sa t t o io a n p . pro l p a ri m at , e s t i h r, e m y s o u ur most obedient humble servant, E. HAMMOND.—Mr. W. Gray, Hartlepool." 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Their action on the frame is soothing, safe, and certain. oiran there was Charleston. direct T o- d f r ay late on Tuesday 'Chan g e con sequ ence a g o o f o t d T h he deal arrival name n excitement ot hf e t:vessel Mersey, rns ee e yw n , evening, of a Confederate arrival is the Helen, commanded by Capt. Wester dorf. She left Charleston on the evening of the 2d inst., and Capt. Westerdorf informs us that he passed safely out to sea, without seeing any of the blocka ding squadron ; the entrances to the port being quite clear of the Federal fleet. The Helen is an American built barque, of 310 tons, a: extremely handsome vessel, quite new, and a " regular clip per," as her run from Charleston plainly shows. She has on board 1,100 barrels of rosin, and 500 barrels of spirits of turpentine ; but just previous to leaving Charleston 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 Havre yesterday, with close upon 2 000 bales of cotton, from Charleston. We are, however, reliably informed that the Bermuda received her cargo of cotton as a reward for the temerity displayed by her captain in running the Charleston blockade with a cargo of supplies for Charleston. The holders of cotton will gladly exchange that article for arras 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 Soulhern 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:— 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. Eustaco 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 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 fiugers of the blockaders far out to sea. On the evening of the lith 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 However gratily 'us ~•n— -have been under other circumstances, the Commis sioners determined in this instance to forego the P^ ". Theodora left Nassau, and steamed away towards Cub.. nn 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 lith 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. SAMPLES 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 lad the Southampton magistrates declined to interfere in the way sug gested on the part of Capt. Nelson, un less with the sanction o f the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Their decision was immediately telegraphed to London, and in the course of the afternoon a letter was addressed to Lord Russell at the Foreign-office, by the abovenamed solicitors, requesting . his lordship to authorise the local magis trates to issue a warrant or summons for service upon Capt. Peagrim, commanding the Nashville, calling upon him by the production of the authority under which he acts to show cause why he should not deliver up to Capt. Nelson the property in question, which is alleged to be detained on board the Nashville. The application to the magistrates is understood to have been made with the know ledge. and sanction of Mr. Adams, the American Minister, and on the recommendation of two emi nent counsel—one of them at the Equity I.3F t , r t ea le l other practising in the Court of Admiralo:. much to ' motive is believed to have been, not s i o things re cover the chronometer, barometer, oother Broireahn,y;csirto. a b s e o l o o r n t g a i i n n g b t y o t a h e searchoNs: there Nashville or in dicating in the character 9! it t to e Southampton i on the purpose of hervi , of international law which to apply the. principlesent or to ground an infringQem ne rsof whetherthe Harveyh a( of tho Foreign Queens "roclamation listmcnt Act, or of the . lie Layard h. is to the latter of dive . t t h he at effaseetitthmata.Lord Russell la . Imo e rn to tshtactemtahgattshtreathoass, oi n .t o her po t w o er iss t .u o e g a iv n e y authority to warrant, or to do, or to abstain from . doing, any thing in relation to the matter in question, and that his lordship must therefore decline to interfere in it. So the question rests for the present. Captain N stwhoh e it l peh s t o heh n eear i me s too u hmu n eran d vt e ae r ons s fsd t eoeliod commanded :traoosnheablafyviett the o ies s t an m eos o tt n re e ux y cat o cit r olny p rkoo of the e ot r lsi t ,i : e • was insured against the war risk.