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Tele- Scopes, 34 inches long, by which a person may be clearly seen and known at 3 miles, and an ooject at 12 to 14 miles' die Lance ; and with an extra astronomical eye-piece Juniter's moons, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly seen ; they are in endless variety, of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal letters patent. —Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, W. mAGTC LANTERNS and DISSOLVING VIEWS lent out, and sent into the country, with the option to purchase. Messrs. S. &B. SOLOMONS' improved Phantasmagoria Lanterns having lenses of pure German Glass, and being arranged with Solomons' beautiful light, which surpasses any other for its simplicity and brilliancy, a clear disc is obtained 20 feet diameter, hitherto unattained. Slides in great vartuty. They QUIC• be.g . to intruduoo thoir new Instrument, which is one of the most amusing and in structive ever brought out. It illustrates the motion of the Planets, Armstrong's shot, and many wonderful effects, price 255, Also, the improved Life-boat Barometer, by Admiral Fitzroy; it needs no comment upon its superiority, and is now arranged by them for the use of the public. Price £4 4s. Scientific Instrument Makers, 39, Albemarle-street, Picca dilly, W. DR. CURTIS' ➢iEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: A MEDICAL ESSAY ON NERVOUS AND GENERA , TIVE DISEASES. Just 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, MANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: - - . INTRODITCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER IL—Causes of Sperraatorrheea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting eases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. MR. LAINIONT'S SPORTING ADVENTURES. On Friday, in I vol , Svo., with numerous Illustrations, QEASONS WITH THE SEA HORSES ; or, Sportino,. Adventures in the Northern Seas. ByJAMES LAMONT, Esq., F.G.S. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., KATHERINE AND HER SISTERS. By the Author of "The Discipline of Life," &c. " Lady Emily Ponsonby's Katherine and her Sisters ' is, without exception, one of the very best novels of modern times."--Messenger. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. This day is published, price 2s. Gd., LETTERS ON SOUTH AUSTRA LIA. B y A. K.INLOCIT, Esq. Second Edition. With a Map, shOwing recent Explorations in Australia. Edward Stanford, d, Charing-cross, S.W. ' 1 1 11 E PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSIIITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 18GO. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the zrini torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefull3r examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., late Piper and Co., DitAnoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price 58. by post free, 6s. 6d. t - I N TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, lie informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrheca and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter." — Dublin Medical Press. - • REVIEWS OF THE WORK. • "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 23d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27,1856. Dr. CURTIS may be consulted as usual, either by letter or personally. at his residence, as above. The efficacy and harmless nature of the remedies employed by him having been demonstrated by the most complete success during a practice extending over a period of twenty-five years, nervous sufferers can rely that the utmost skill and experience will be made available in the treatment of their cases. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane ; Mann, 39 Cornhill. THE GREAT SOCIAL MYSTERY. — The recent change in the law of Separation and Divorce has raised up a new problem which taxes the ingenuity of social philosophers to solve. In a nation so renowned as this for the sanctity of its domestic ties, it appears unaccountab'e that so many marriages, contracted under circumstances apparently auspicious, should result in sorrow, disgust, and degradation, and that this should occur even to those who before wedlock had passionately loved each other. It the inquirers into the cause of this mystery bad consulted the great book of nature, instead of dwelling on conventional theories, they might probably have had less difficulty in arriving at the truth. Have they ever sufficiently considered how much these constant revelations of unhappy marriages May be connected with a peculiar INFLUENCE, frequently originating in corrupt associations at college, or at school, and the pernicious effects of which, too often unsuspected by medical men, poison the very well-springs of life, and produce many of the disanpointnaents witnessed in the connubial state. It is a matter that deeply concerns the well-being of thou sands who have no idea of the danger that threatens them. Every person of intelligence should ask himself whether there be not something in his past life which admits of the possi bility that he himself may be concerned, either at present or prospectively, in the subject. Science and experience, founded on 'professional study, have happily discovered effectual means of relief • but it is important that care be taken in selecting the quarter from whence assistance is sought. Dr. LA'MERT is the only legally qualified pr ctitioner on the Medical Register who for 20 years has exclusively devoted himself to the treatment of a peculiar class of infirmities incidental to youth and maturity. A fund of valuable suggestions and in formation is contained in his well-known work on the Cum of Nervous and Physical Debility, which may be had, price ls., or free by post for 13 stamps, from Mann, bookseller, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the Author, who may be daily Dcon sulted from 10 till 3, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, 11ED FOR SOU A. It LON Dt )N. "The temporary relief obtained b means of purgative m edicines is pur c h ased at the high rice of the aggravation y and d the perpetuating th e disease."—MENßY, M.D. NO' MORE PILLS OR (DYSPEPSIA), PALPI. 0" -- R ANY OTHER, PHYSIC Io 7011. CONSTIPATION, N TATION, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, DEBILITY, DROPSY, EPILEPSY,F AESVTIIERMSA., CONSUMPTION, BRONC PARALYSIS, COUGH, HITIS, SORE THROAT, Dll BARRY'S delicio us HE ALTH RESTOR ING REVALENTA ARA BI 10. FOOD. which, at a few pence per day , saves fifty times cost in Medicine, and cur es without purging or any of the m .uncertainties, annoy ances, and ruino us ex p enses incu rred D oil, or visits to dist ant climates. Y medicine, cod liver zer ; Dr. Shor- Certificate No. 36,418. —We find it the safest many years' drew Ure, M.D., F.R.S. ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. u.... _ F l i . t remedy, An land ; Dr. Campbell. of fifty years' indicoic_rijnhl We extract a few out of 56,000 cures : Cure Na. 1,771, Lord Stuart de Decies of dyspepsia. Cure No. 49,832. agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, lion, flatulency, spasms, sickness. and vomiting, m ari n i r of Lymi, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. James T. Campbell, Syderstone Rectory, near Fakenham, Norfolk of lindigesti-n and liver complaints. Cure No. 56.814. Mr. Samuel Laxton , Leicester, of two years' d iarrhoea. 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Contents :—Modern Treatment of Syphilis—Stricture — Impotency—Unhealthy and Debilitated Offspring—Diseases of the Urinary Organs—Nan retention of Urine—Desire for Solitude—Grotindlees Fears—lncapacity for Married Life, &c. • showing how these supposed incurable maladies may be effectually eradicated by the most simple means. Pub lished and sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster row, London. DR. KAHN on MARRIAGE.—A new and entirely re-written 'Edition (the 45th) of this celebrated Treatise, with new Steel Plates, Woodcuts, &c., is now ready. The object of the work is not to maintain any particular hypothesis, but to enable every one to understand for himself the structure and functions of the organs concerned in the fulfilment of the physical obligations of the married state ; to acquaint him with the consequences arising from excesses to prevent unnecessary misapprehension from unfounded fears, and to indicate, when those fears are well founded, the means of speedy relief. The work is not crowded with the technicalities of ordinary professional books, nor does it pre sent the crudeness which 'characterises the so-called "popular works" on the subject. Price One Shilling, free by post for 13 stamps, or in a sealed envelope 22 stamps, either from the publisher, J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, or from the Author's address, 17, Harley street, Cavendish-square, London. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards of 200 Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its .fleets, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive 'circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir mmference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 168., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A. Double Truss, 318. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. fd. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &e., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, Ind inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 3s. 6d., 75. 6d., 105.. and 16a. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. FREE ISSUE. NOTICE.—The following invaluable works have just been published, and arc now being issued gratis to all who enclose two stamps for postage, to No. 27, Alfred-place, Bedford square, London : DR. WATSON'S NEW MEDICAL ESSAY on SPERMATORR(EA and URINARY DEPOSITS, NERVOUS and PHYSICAL DEBILITY, with their EASY DETECTION and SELF CURE. Lately discovered and now made public by the Author, with Cases and Diagrami, showing the connection between the brain and the sexual organs. Also prescriptions and the appropriate remedies for the sell treatment and cure of those special diseases, and whether acquired in youth, manhood, or old age. By Dr. Watson, F.It.A.S., London, Member of the Medical Society of Rouen, the National Academy of Sciences, Paris, and Fellow of the Imperial Institute of France, &C. &C. (vide Diplomas and Medical Directory). By the same Author, SECRET DISEASES and their REMEDIES , containing clear instructions, and certain safe and effec tual remedies, recently discovered for the self cure of nervous debility, organic or local weakness, muscular relaxation, langour, listlessness, depression , &c. , by which all sufferers may speedily, effectually, and privately cure themselves at a trifling cost. Also showing how all impediments to marriage may be effectually removed, with numerous illustrative cases of parties who have been restored to health by following the simple means laid down. X, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal ILI College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo heearics' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as ‘bove, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Less of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements If both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive :indul gences Has Just published, price Is. ; by post, 18 stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation ...The Origin of - Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Mao, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange rents and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagia Gonorrl:na\ Spermatorrhtea, Impotency, and all Diseases of 'he Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &o.; FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women—Functional Tr •egulaiitles in Health and Siokness—Choice in Marriage— their Expectancies and Disappointments —ThF: :Cau of se and .!•emoval of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms ,Gesta ien—Use of the Speculum. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE : tieir Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments; Love ad other Matches. Sterility Removed. and Healthy 00- ring secured. No. %. TEE CASE BOOK 100 Cases of SPERMATOKUMEA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, ConfessionS and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, Sze. /to. dice. To be had of Alann, 30, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice to the WorkinO Classes tce Tlalf-a-Guinea: (SPECIAL NOTICE.) Dr. Culverwell is the only legally qualified medical practi tioner living of that name, and can be consulted (only as above). DR. 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Strand, Oxford-street; Butler, sz c. 4, 22, Member of the Ro p ya ß, oil l f C Ca o ßAl l i le ag g N e e' Gratis, or post free for one ! f t sp,s Surgeons n gme d Eo the new Medical Act), attends daily, TICEA:&Dc.I Physician( (registered D e C s t l e N ar enEddS under. Buchan suchanabov and to Cgiveo.'s Medic ine advice without fee to those purchasing W s. N.B. Medicines forwarded to all parts of the world on receipt of Post-office orders, to be made payable to Buchan and Co. CAPITAL-TWO MILLIONS. FIRE BRANCII. Notwithstanding the large accessions of business made annually through a long series of years, which obviously in crease the difficulty of further advances, yet the Fire Pre miums of the year 1859 rise above those of the preceding year—by a larger sum than has been obtained by the increase of any single year since the formation of the Company, ex ceptista the year 1853, disclosing an advance of 50 PER CENT. IN THREE YEARS. The following figures exhibit the progress of the whose Fire Branch, running' over the last Ten years : Total Premium Increase of the year received. above each preceding one. 1850 £44,02710 0 £9,557 19 8 1852 76,925 4 2 24,251 18 3 1851 128,459 11 4 15.895 7 0 1856 151 733 9 6 21,673 17 7 1858 196,148 2 6 21,092 17 10 185° 228,014 7 3 32,166 4 9 Placing the Company among the very largest offices in the Kingdom. Indeed, it is believed that there are now only three offices in existence which equal it in Fire revenue. LIFE BUSINESS. The Directors desire to call the especial attention of the Proprietors of THE LIFE BRANCH of the Establishment. The ACTUARY'S Report on this subject is accompanied by an Appendix, illustrated by . two coloured Diagrams, which make plain to the unprofessional eye the mortality ex perienced by the "Royal, as indicated by curved lines, which contrast most favourably with the former Averages of mortality, also displayed on the Diagrams. The Bonus apportioned to the Assured, with participation, amounts to £2 per cent. per annum, to be added to the origil nal sum assured of EVE R Y PARTICIPATING POLICY effected previously to the Ist of January, 1858, for each entire year that it had been in existence since the last appropriation of Bonus thereon, and is ONE OF THE LARGEST BONUSES EVER DECLARED. The Paid-up and Invested Capital, including Life Funds, amounts. to upwards of £700,000 sterling. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary. CONSUMPTION and ASTHMA CURED. — Dr. H. JAMES discovered, while in the East Indies, a certain CURE for CONSUMTION, Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds, and General Debility. The remedy was dis covered by him when his only child, a daughter, was given up to die. His child was cured, and is now alive and well. Desirous of benefiting his fellow-creatures, he will send post free, to those who wish it, the recipe, containing full directions for making and successfully using this remedy, on receipt o their names with stamped envelope for return postage:— Address 0. P. Brown, 14, Cecil-street, Strand. INDIA. By the arrival of the Overland Mail we receive advices from Calcutta to January 8, and Madras, January 14. Very little of public importance had occurred since the departure of the previous mail. The disastrous effects of the famine in the north west appeared to increase. It was expected that Lord Canning would visit Jubbulpore on the 12th ultimo. The Friend of India says :—As his camp passes through districts where famine has either commenced or is threatening, he sees the misery of the people. Care is taken to avoid oppression in procuring supplies for the camp. The famine which so long threatened the north-west is now a sad reality. It is most severely felt in the districts around Meerut and Agra. Government are making every effort to relieve the people by affording labour to those able to work, and direct assistance to the aged and helpless. Ever mindful of the hearty response which followed the appeal in behalf of the sufferers by the mutiny in 1857, the Europeans in India have now an opportunity of showing their own readiness to afford aid to those who are now undergoing similar trials. The following is from Darjeeling, dated Jan. 2 : It is expected that a force of about 1,500 men will leave here under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Gawler, in ten or twelve days hence. Officers as well .as men will have to rough it, as they will got but few coolies to accompany the force. Another detachment of H.M.'s 6th Regiment has arrived at Punkabarrie. The invalids and a few other men left here yesterday for Calcutta under cora -1 mand of Lieutenant Evans, of H.M.'s 16th Regi ment, Dr. Maclean in medical charge. One of the 73d Regiment N.I. broke open the commis sariat chest a few nights - since, and walked off with more than 2,000r5. A circular letter was sent round the station addressed to Mr. Grant to ask him to push on our cart-road from Funkaberrie to the station, as the Municipal Commissioners are willing to give as much as 10,000 rs. out of the funds towards the same. I call it a circular letter for many reasons. It is a shame for us to assist a thankless and useless Government with funds to make a road for their benefit when we are so highly taxed. Mr. Grant ought to look after the Ganges and Darjeeling road, and rub up the officer in charge, and make him a little sharper." A Syrian relief committee has been formed, of which the Governor General is president. The court-martial on the officers implicated in the Cairo affair in April last, had been sitting during the past fortnight. The Friend of India says :—The evidence so far brings to light no offences of an aggravated character, and con firms the belief that the reports spread about what occurred were greatly exaggerated. CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE CALCUTTA, JAN. 8, PRODUCE MARKET.—LittIe change is noticeable since our former report. Most articles of export are in no de mand, with the exception of shell lac and indigo, but holders refuse to give way as yet. IMPORT MARKET.—A remarkable dullness prevailed throughout the last fortnight. Almost all kinds of import remained without demand at nominal prices. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.—The speculative advance before reported in government stocks has not been main tained. The few transactions that have taken place have been either on Bombay account or for local speculation. reased scale; the demand has however now subsided. The following transactions are reported :—Congou, sales 40 chops, at 22 dols. to 27 dols.—stock, 70 chops; souchong, stock, 10 chops; scented capers, 9,000 packages, 14 dols. to 231 dole. ; scented orange pekoe, 4,500 packages, 191 dole. to 30 dols. ; Canton packed, none ; Powchong, 1,500 packages, 15 dols. to 16 dols. ; congou, 3,500 packages, 18 dols. to 24 dole. ; gunpowder and imperial, 8,000 packages, 17 dols. to 19 dols. ; young hyson, 1,700 packages, 17 dols. to 18 dols. _ _ Business in manufactured goods appears at a dead stand in this colony. There have been several arrivals from England, and under ordinary circumstances, large sales ale immediately effected "ex ship ;" but at present holders are firm in their demands, whilst buyers appear equally deter mined to resist any advance, and press for reduced rates. The only sales reported are in T-cloths, of which about 2,000 pieces have passed at various quotations. 41 to 5 catties, 1.45 dols. to I.iis dols. ; 5 to 51. catties, 1.65 dols. to 1.70 dols. ; 6to 61 catties, 2.20 dols. to 2.40 dols. Quo tations of other goods are quite nominal. CHINA. From Hong Kong we have news to Dec. 31, and from Shanghai to Dec. 23. The following is from the summary of the Claim; Mail: — The troops at Tientsin are frozen up for the winter, and we are glad to be able to say that the latest news from that quarter have refuted the un warrantable rumours which we alluded to in our last issue, of Mr. Adkins having been assassinated at Peking. From the consular notifications it is seen that the treaty of Tien-tsin has already come into operation, though neither the treaty nor the convention are believed by the Chinese in the south to be authentic documents, and they have not been published in the usual manner by the Governor-General of Kwang-tung. His Excellency the Earl of Elgin was still at Shanghai when the latest advices left. We under stand that an expedition will be sent up the Yang tsze early in the spring, with the view of opening up that river, General Grant and staff and all who were not to pass the winter there left Tien- tsin in the beginning of November, and embarked at Taku. The garri son is now settling down into comfortable quarters. The 31st were located inside the south gate, the 60th inside the east, and the artillery and military train in different yamuns all along the street, which runs from the east to the west gates. The 67th were stationed on the south bank of the grand canal, just outside the north east part of the city wall ; and Fane's Horse were in the south east suburb. The French and British embassies were in two of the best places in Tien-tsin, on the west side of the river, and but a short distance from the city wall. The French troops had taken up their quarters on the east side of the Peiho and the north of the grand canal. Besides the departures of the generals, the only circumstance worthy of note was the arrival and delivery over of two instalments of the indemnity money. The first was 200,000 taels, and the second 300,000 taels; and similar amounts were paid over to the French. Some information has just been received which tends to the belief that the late collision in Japan between the native W and foreign authorities is con tinuing to look serious. A despatch from Yoko hama was brought to the Admiral while lying at the mouth of the Peiho, in consequence of which he departed immediately to Japan. CHINA COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. HONG KONG, Dec. 30, Tea comes very slowly to market, the arrivals not ex ceeding 5 chops. The business up to the arrival of the 10th of November mail from Lome had been on, an AUSTRALIA. We have received papers from Melbourne to Dec. 24, Sydney, Dec. 21, and intelligence from Adelaide to Dec. 26. The following is the list of the new Ministry at Melbourne :—Chief Secretary, Mr. Heales ; Presi dent of Board of Lands and Survey, Mr. Brooke; Treasurer, Mr. Verdon ; Commissioner of Public Works, Mr. J. S. Johnston ; Commissioner of Cus toms, Mr. Anderson ; Commissioner of Railways, Mr. Loader ; Minister of Mining Affairs, Mr. Humffray ; Attorney-General, Mr.Jxeland ; Post master-General, —. The Melbourne Argus says : "We are now very near the termination of the year, and still without that improvement or increase in the yield of gold which was some time back so confidently looked fur. A new gold field has been reported by Mr. Howitt, the leader of one of the Government prospecting parties, in North Gipps Land; and a rush on an unusually large scale has taken place to a locality in the Maryborough district, known as ' Mackin non's Station.' Some 12,000 people have congre gated there within two or three weeks, and the reports at present are favourable. Another gold field in the direction of the Ovens has been reported by the leader of the Government party.. His repre sentations of the character of the discovery are high, and are at present under examination. A fourth new field is announced—in this instance in Kilmore district—and extended claims are asked for by the proprietors. Quartz•crushing, however, is rapidly taking the place of alluvial mining, and is extend ing over all the mining districts." The Melbourne Herald says : " The commercial features of the past month may be stated in a few words. In connection with great quietude, amounting at times to dulness, there has been a growing firmness on the part of holders, notwithstanding the lack of eager and large pur chasers, sellers have been steadily advancing their demands, and in several articles rates more pro • fitable to the importer have already been esta blished. The abseil& of activity in the market has been owing to temporary and local causes, among which the chief have been numerous holidays and heavy floods." From Sydney the news is unimportant. The .Herald observes respecting the gold fields : " At no period has our great gold interest been in a more healthy state than it is just now. Capital is being invested in machinery to work claims in a scientific manner, and as our diggers extend them selves over the country, we may expect to hear of new fields and new treasures. Kiandra, perhaps, has not fulfilled expectation, but the weekly escorts prove satisfactorily that the average yield is two ounces per max per week. The last weekly returns per escort for the Western and Southern goldfields amounted to 5,000 ozs., and this is considerably under the yield, for much gold finds its way to Sydney through private hands, concerning which we have no account. In our next summary we hope to be able to place before our readers the quantity of gold received at the mint during the year now just passing away." The same paper has the following in reference to the New Zealand disturbances : " Since the battle of Mahoetahi, no aggressive movements on the part of our troops has been at tempted in consequence of the force at the disposal of Major-General Pratt being divided, after that event, between Auckland and New Plymouth. All, therefore, that could be done was to act on the de fensive. This has been accomplished so judiciously that few casualties of a serious nature have taken place, and the troops, although constantly on the alert, appear to have been, to a considerable extent at least, freed from that state of harassing anxiety that prevailed prior to the engagement of the 6th ult. :n its commercial review the _Herald says : " Since our last summary, dated 20th November, the money market has continued tight, and great caution is observed by parties hating capital to in vest. The rates of exchange are without any altera tion' the buying rate for bills on London at 60 days' sight being per cent. discount, and the selling rate 1 per cent. premium. The rates of discount remain at 7,8, and 9 per cent." 14, and desired to be reported all well. Some uneasiness was created among the people of Cape Coast by the rumour of the death of his Majesty the King of Ashantee. Trade on the Gold Coast was slowly recovering. H.M.S. Ranger was at Fernando Po on the 2d Jan., and was about proceeding to the rivers. At Bonny trade was suspended in consequence of the attempts which were being made to reduce the bar. The river was healthy, and the exploring steamer Sunbeam was there on the 6th Jan. also proposes resolutions declaratory of the consti tntionality 'of the Fugitive Slave Law, and the necessity of enforcing it, and repealing all State laws interfering with it, but that that law ought to be amended, so as to make it less unjust. Lastly in the catalogue, of which by this time I am afraid you have had quite enough, come the resolutions of the Virginia Legislature, transmitted by the President to Congress yesterday in a special message. They invite all the States, non-slavehold ing as well as slaveholding, to send Commissioners to:meet in Washington on the 4th February, " to consider and, if practicable, agree upon some suitable adjustment." Ex-President Tyler, Mr. Rives (former Minister at Paris), Judge Brocken brough, Mr. Summers, and Mr. Seddon are named the Commissioners by Virginia. In the opinion of Virginia, the resolutions of Mr. Crittenden, as amended, will form a suitable basis of adjustment. They ask the Commissioners if they agree upon any plan of adjustment requiring amendments to the Constitution, to submit them to Congress for the purpose of having them properly enacted there; and if they cannot agree, the. Virginia Commissioners are to report that fact to the Legislature, that it may be laid before a convention of the people. One Commissioner is sent to the President, and one to each of the seceding States, to request them to abstain, pending the proceedings contemplated by the resolutions, from any acts calculated to produce a collision. Several of the other ,States have already ap pointed Commissioners to meet the Virginia Coin missioners, under the belief that 140mething May yet be done to harmonize public opinion in that section of the country. But unless the Virginia Commissioners are prepared to recede from the ground of the resolutions, and take something less than Mr. Crittenden's resolutions, there is little prospect of their agreeing. A private letter from Washington, dated yester day, says : " The secession excitement is increasing in the Border States. The Conservative men are really alarmed. Think of Cassius M. Clay coming on as the ambassador of Gover nor Magoffin and the prominent men of both parties, who have been persecuting him for years, and whe now beg him to act for them here in helping to save the Union. He goes strongly for the Adams resolution (to admit New Mexico and Washington immediately as States), which he says will suffice ; but the Northern men are backing from that now. I was told that on a canvass during the past week 82 men were found opposed to giving that. My own opinion is that something like that will pass, and that Crittenden will amend his resolutions in that sense. The country at large will accept almost anything that is called Crittenden's re solutions, and, as I say, they will probably be so altered by him that they will get the support of at least the Conserve • tive wing of the Republicans." There is great apprehension in Washington lest the long-meditated attack should take place, not withstanding the precautions taken by General Scott to avoid it. A large organization exists pledged to that object, to oppose which General Scott has only about 750 regulars and 1,500 militia. The General professes to feel great confidence in his ability to protect the Government and archives with the force at his command, One week from to-mor row is the day for counting the votes for the President in presence of both Houses of Congress, and whatever is done will probably be done before that time, Mr. Callamer, of Vermont, has introduced a bill into the Senate, authorising the President to dis continue any ports of entry (giving notice by pro clamation) whenever, in his opinion, it becomes impracticable to collect the public revenue at such port, and also to suspend the postal service in any part of the country where it cannot be effectually and securely performed. This strikes at the root of secession. If it becomes a law, it will enable Mr. Lincoln, when President, to cut off the mails of the seceding States (which have been a heavy annual burden to the Treasury), and to make all commerce with Savannah, Charleston, Mobile, New Orleans, and other ports in seceding States illegal. The Union party believe that this will operate in juriously upon the commerce of the South, without affecting the general trade of the country with the rest of the world. Foreign vessels (with coffee for instance, for New Orleans) will, they argue, avoid a port where there is no officer to give them a legal clearance, and seek one where trade is unquestion ably legal, and where there is no fear of civil war. Thus the exports and imports of the country will be sent out and brought in at New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. The great trunk railways, instead of competing with each other for frieghts at ruinous rates, are to be overburdened with remunerating traffic. If collision can be avoided, the North, they argue, obeying the laws, and submitting itself to the restraints of the Con stitution, will be compelled to do the business of its more turbulent neighbour. On the other side, however, the South looks to Europe to interfere, to prevent the blockade of their harbours and the destruction of their commerce. I enclose a short extract from a Southern paper, showing the views that are entertained there : "We learn, upon authority which we deem perfectly reliable, that a few days ago President Buchanan notified the British Consul at Charleston that no foreign flag would be recognised in Charleston harbour. Upon receipt of this information the Consul communicated the fact to Lord Lyons, the British Minister at Washington, stating that English vessels were in port empty, and waiting to be freighted, and asked to be instructed is the premises. He was immediately telegraphed by Lord Lyons to ' load with cotton and go.' The captains of the vessels did as in structed, and we presume are now far on the way to their proper destination. " In scanning the above the reader must not hastily con clude that the conduct of the British Minister was an officious intermeddling with our internal affairs. It must be remembered that there is a treaty of amity and commerce between Great Britain and the United States which guarantees the vessels of the former against molestation or obstruction by the authorities or citizens of the latter while engaged in the pursuits of lawful commerce in the harbours of the United States. The obligation to observe this treaty can in no wise be affected by the fact that the Federal Government should deem it advisable to blockade one or more of the Southern ports. But, even without a treaty, our transatlantic brethren could never consent to the enforce ment of such a policy. Their shipping interest and their immense manufacturing system Would go to pieces under the shock, to be succeeded by a revolution which would shake the foundations of more than one throne in Europe. There can now no longer be any doubt that England, at least, has an equal interest with ourselves in the preservation of her present commercial relations with the South, and, should an attempt be made forcibly to disturb them, we can quietly fold our arms and enjoy the display of fireworks from Federal and British frigates along our coast. The over powering strength of our position is that an injury inflicted apon us will react with accumulated energy upon the civi lised world. The North may not now appreciate this truth, but the time is not far distant when she will." I omitted, by the by, when speaking of the Vir ginia resolutions, to say that when the Commissioner to South Carolina made his appearance at Charl rowes ton the Legislature of that St ate turned a very cold shoulder to him. They passe d the following lutions at once ra l A s sembly - "Resolved unanimously,—Th a t the of South Carolina tenders to th e Legislet 4r ll : n i e enf the State of dly motives e f r Virginia their acknowledgment ofateo Hon. Judge Ro bertson, inspired the mission intrusted bertson, her Commissioner. t "Resolved unanimou'sly,__iThat ca ndour, which is duo sympathy to the long-continu ed an d respect which has sub sisted Pad l o uth Carolina, induces this b e tween - Virg inia an Assembly to declare with frankness that they do not deem it advisable to initiate n egotiations when they have no desire or intention to promote the ultimate object in view, that object being, as declared in the resolution of the Vir ginia L eg islature, the procurement of amend men t s or ne guarantees to the Constitution of the United States. "Resolved unanimously,—That the separation of South Carolina from the Federal Union is final, and she has no further interests in the Constitution of the Uhited States ; and that the only appropriate negociationsbetween her and the Federal Government are as to their mutual relations as foreign States. "Resolved unanimously,—That this Assembly further owes it to the State of Virginia to declare that they have no confidence in the Federal Government of the United States; that the most solemn pledges of that Government have been disregarded ; th a t under the pretence of preserv ing property hostile troops have been attempted to be intro duced into one of the fortresses of this State, concealed in Notwithstanding the violent tone of these resolu tions, Fort Sumter will not be attacked if the volun teers can be restrained. The leaders earnestly de sire to preserve peace, but the soldiers may break loose any time. Fort Pickens at Pensacola will be reinforced, probably without resistance. The New York and Erie Railroad was sold yes terday, under the decree for the foreclosure of the sth mortgage, and subject to the liens of the Ist, 2d, 3d, and 4th mortgages for principal and interest, and to the lien of the sth mortgage for principal. It was bought in by Mr. Gregory and Mr. Ban croft Davis, trustees for the unsecured creditors and stockholders under the contract for reorgani sation, who bid the amount of the whole mortgage interest in arrear, taking a credit until the 31st of December on the payment, and having the right to have the net earnings applied to the reduction of mortgage interest in the meantime. THE LATE GALE. An old English couplet, itself the translation of an older Latin rhyme, informs us that,- 6 ‘ If Candlemas is bright and clear, There'll be two winters in one year; " and the adage has certainly been verified by the experience of 1861. Never was a day more bril liant than the 2d of this month, and within a week after its sunshine snow again covered the fields, and tempests swept the coasts as destructively as at any former visitations. We thought we had got over the winter. The , ice had thawedat last ; the snow, except here and there, at the bottom of a ditch or in some bleak corner - , had fairly d' .sap peared ; spring flowers were beginning to &how themselves, and all the old poetry about reviving nature suggested itself to the mind. As we write, however, the aspect of things is changing once more; snow has again fallen in many parts of the country, and in recording the ravages of the recent gale we seem to be reprinting the sad reports of some weeks since. But it is not for the sake of abstract reflections that we address ourselves to the subject. We have a practical ainiin view. It has long been declared that meteorological science has reached a practical stage, and that, though our learned men could not sell a wind or conjure a tempest like the wizards of Lapland, they could enable any sailor to forecast the weather and secure himself against harm. We shall be asked why, if this is really the case, the thing is not done. We reply that it is done to a great extent, though whether the proceeding might not be rendered more comprehensive, and turned to better purpose, may be a question still. A letter which we published yesterday from Admiral Fitzroy distinctly asserts that every fre quented port of our. coasts might have received in formation of the coming gale three days before it burst. The event was predicted with as much cer tainty as an eclipse, and could have been announced by signals as conspicuous as fiery beacons. The information was actually telegraphed to several places. Aberdeen, Hull, Yarmouth, Dover, Liver pool, Valentia, and Galway were apprised of the impending storm in the plainest terms. Notice was sent to those ports as follows :--‘, Caution — Gale threatening from south-west, and then north ward. Show signal drum." Now, as all points of our coasts are connected by telegraphic wires, and as there can be no difficulty in showing signals of this description, we think it highly.desirable that the system should be established without delay. The plan, though organised at the Board of Trade, is not yet, we arc told, in full practical operation, but as the details, according to the delineation given, cannot involve much trouble or cost, the sooner the scheme is introduced the better. As it is, we should like to know whether notice of the gale was received at the points where it proved most disastrous—at Hartlepool, Shields, or the Irish ports which have been so severely visited. If the notice was given, was it observed or was it turned to account by those for whose profit it was intended ? We arc well aware of the chances against an immediate recognition of a new principle, but the destruction of life and property on these occasions is so appalling that. we cannot keep the subject too constantly before the public. All the warnings of the Meteorological Depart- . ment will be useless if they are not attended to, and attention is just. what the authorities cannot command. Sailors are reckless and foolhardy to a proverb. They are somewhat inveterate in their prejudices and bigoted in their ways. It might he vain to tell a boat's crew that in three days' time there would he a tornado. They would, perhaps, disbelieve the information, or, still more probably disregard it. Everybody conversant with such matters knows how hard it is to instil caution into minds habituated to risks. Miners will tamper with safety-lamps, people of all classes reject sanitary improvements, and seamen do but share the common failing in neglecting the warnings of the barometer. Nevertheless, these warnings have now been so deeply studied, and the information obtained has been re duced to a shape so absolutely practical and so truly beneficial, that it would be deplorable if such advantages should be thrown away. For a long time the barometer was simply interpreted according to its rise and fall. If the mercury rose, the weather was on the mend ; if it fell, bad weather was impending. But. these indications I have been now so scientifically combined with the signs of the sky and the actual direction of the wind, that our insight into the future is vastly extended, and the notice which we have quoted is a practical proof of the advance which has been made. If certain ports can receive timely informa rtion of a tempest, all ports can be similarly apprised; and if the warning be given three days beforehand, there must surely he ample opportunity for preparation. If we have actually got to this point the problem has been solved. It is like the first voyage of a steamship across the Atlantic — a clear proof that the Atlantic could be traversed by steam. Meteorology now rests upon evidence as palpable as that which confirms our theories of astronomy. We believe those theories because the predictions of an astronomical almanack are infallibly verified. An eclipse occurs at the hour and minute set down for it, occulta tions and transits take place with similar punctuality, and, as all things invariably happen according to programme, the truth of the principles on which the science is based becoMes evident to all, whether learned or unlearned. We are now in exactly the same position as regards meteorology. We cannot yet forecast the general character of the season, but it seems that we can really foretell a gale three days before it comes, and even ascertain the quarter from which' the wind will blow. If we have indeed got to this point—and there appears no reason to doubt it—the rest ought to be easy- It is because we are so impressed with the im portance of the problem, as well as the practicabi lity of the solution, that we strongly desire to be informed of the circumstances attending the recent visitation. The tempest was distinctly forresseceenr, and accurately predicted — tha t muchapp9a warning note tain. It is also announced that the d i s t 1. 1 ei usepb r u ofi t en e cw_ d tt sh , sio t cy h : si e t ewt f mh a a c e.s t coastawßc t a u u s t . was duly sounded at certain t h •t e ei pohiantts if ofthe coast, and we are willing to presun t genre was but partially due to the defects of an iro at the places where ally t made wholly or in part from the exempted e ither o visited d others ? Was the information it was received. ec wishe o i v f e the d t . vrr en I tas ht s nee ties which visl _ _ conspicuously published ? Were the signals effec tive? And above all, did our seafaring people l)eed them as they ought to have done ? These are points which we should like to see cleared. It is because we have so firm a c onviction of the value of meteorological science that we have lately con ceded so considerable a portion of our space to the statistics on which it rests, but we should like now to see the returns take another complexion. In stead of a catalogue of ships wrecked, lives lost, and cargoes sacrificed, we should like to report that, in consequence of warnings given and notices pub lished, the devastations of a tempest had been, escaped, and that a storm had swept our seas with out leaving any victims of its fury. If such visita tions can be announced and provided against three days beforehand, we do not think our expectations can be regarded as presumptuous or unreasonable. —Times. WM' LADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Woman's Friend.—Much depends for securing future health on the judicious management of the system's irre gularities. For present comfort it is requisite ; for ease in after life it is essential. For this purpose nothing equals Holloway's remedies. The slightest departure from natu ral functions, or their complete suspension, are safely, painlessly, and effectually set right by the proper use of these admirable preparations. The ointment must be rubbed at least twice a day on the back. Full directieadons f o r guidance accompany each pac ka g e, which all who r can thoroughly comprehend. Professor Holloway. generously placed his remedies within the safety that every household may with promptitude andr o e meet and turn the first insidious approach of order ci action. AFRICA. THE KING OF DAHOMEY AGAIN. The Royal Mail steamship Ethiope, with the mails from the West Coast of Africa, Teneriffe, and Madeira, arrived in the Mersey at a late hour on Monday night. A telegraphic summary of her news Las been published. Another barbarous affair had taken place at Dahomey. The Nest African herald publishes statements from eye witnesses of the barbaric cus tom just perpetrated at Dahomey. In this fearful narrative we learn that the grand custom of Bada hung, King of Dahomey, was one of the mJst revolting which had ever taken place. Several persons agree in stating that the number of persons slain on, the occasion was estimated at 2,000, but another correspondent gives the number at 7,000. He says he was present by compulsion, and that, the blood swept past him like a flood into a large reservoir. Another gentleman, referring to these inhuman butcheries, says--" I assure you it made me quite sick, and at the same time I felt stunned. The poor wretches met death with perfect indiffe rence." The herald, which gave Government notice through its columns many months since of the intention of the King of Dahomey to hold an unusual grand custom, in remembrance of the death of the late King, concludes the recital of these butcheries by stating that " Consul Foote has come out with full powers to treat with the King of Dahomey as to the abolition of these human sacri fices." The news from the Gambia is rather stirring. The King of Badaboo, whose country is extensive, and who exercises rule over 27 towns, the principal of which lies about 60 miles above Bathurst Gam bia, has been at variance with the Colonial Govern ment of Gambia. The quarrel was occasioned by his having plundered some of our merchants' representatives who trade in his country. Repara tion for the injury done has been asked from him at the hands of the Governor of Gambia (Mr. D'Arcy), and her Majesty's sloop Espoir, Commander Douglas, has been up to the King's chief town to endeavour to bring him to reason ; but as the King treated such leniency with disdain, it has been found necessary to make an example of him, and an expedition was being formed in Sierra Leone and the Gambia for that purpose. The steamer Avon was at Sierra Leone on the 21st January, and after coaling, would proceed with the troops from the various West India regiments now at Sierra Leone to the Gambia, to co-operate with the troops there. The force would consist of 1,000 men, exclusive of 400 Kroomen, to act as land transport. Draught bullocks for the purpose of drawing the guns have been sent for to Teneriffe, so that the expedition was expected to be fully equipped about the 10th of February. Trade at Cape Coast was improving. The palm oil season was expected to be very good. Trade at Old Calabar was exceedingly dull, but an improvement was expected in about six weeks after the steamer's departure. River moderately healthy. Cameroons healthy, but trade was rather dull. H.M.S., Alecto was at Cape Coast Castle on lan, THE UNITED STA7ES. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) NEW YORK, JAN. 29. Two months have now gone by since Congress met, and they are, apparently, no nearer a settle ment of the national troubles than before they came together; So many different plans for com promise have been devised that one is lost in attempting to comprehend them all. I have, how ever, succeeded in getting them together, and will briefly attempt to give you a synopsis of them. The President was the first in order. He called for a surrender by the Republicans of everything for which they had contended. His Message was referred to a special committee of 33—one from each State, and there his plan was quietly slaughtered. No one has heard of it since. On the 18th of December Mr. Crittenden intro duced his measures. As amended, they provide for amendments to the C . onstitution to the effect that slavery is to be established, and protected in all territory " now held, or hereafter to be ac quired," south of 36 deg. 30 min. ; that Congress shall have no power to abolish slavery in the States ; nor in the district of Columbia while it exists in the :adjoining States ; nor to prohibit the slave trade between the States; that the Fugitive Slave Law 'shall be amended so as to give the owner compensation in case of a rescue by a mob ; and that no amendment of the Constitution shall affect these provisions, or authorise Congress to abolish slavery in the States. These resolutions also declare that the Fugitive Slave Law is Con stitutional, and that all State laws interfering with it should be repealed. On the 24th of December Mr. Douglas brought in his plan. He proposes an amendment to the Constitution to the effect that Congress shall make no law in respect to slavery in the territories ; that existing laws shall remain till the organisation of the territories as States, with or without slavery ; that no more territory shall be acquired except by treaty ; that when acquired, the existing laws in regard to slavery shall remain unchanged till ad ' mission as a State ; that the areas of the new States shall be of as nearly equal extent as possible ; that the extradition of slaves shall be made by territo ries as well as States ; that there shall be no negro suffrage ; that the United States may acquire terri tory in Africa and South America for negro colo nisation ; that Congress shall have no power to abolish slavery in places within its jurisdiction situate within the limits of slaveholding States; nor in the district of Columbia, without the assent of Maryland and Virginia ; n.or to prevent the slave trade between the States (but the African slave trade is to be for ever suppressed) ; and that the value of fugitive slaves shall be paid to the master in case of rescue. The next proposition, in time, was submitted by Mr. Rice of Minnesota—that all the territory north of 36 deg. 30 min. should be at once admitted as a State, to be called the State of Washington ; and that all the territory south of that line should be at once admitted as a State, to be called the State of Jefferson, with a right to subdivide each into new States as they should become peopled. Mr. Seward's was the last plan that has been brought out in the Senate—if his sketch of what he was willing to vote for can be called a plan. He was willing to organise the territory into two States,—to give the South a guarantee against interference with slavery in the States, and against Personal Liberty Bills; and to have a law passed to . prevent invasions of one State by citizens of another. I call this Mr. Seward's plan, although he does not regard it as a plan for compromise, and will not bring forward one. The committee of 33 in the House of Represen tatives to whom the President's Message was re ferred had many sessions without being able to agree. The majority at length reported a series of resolutions to the , effect that the existing discon tents at the South ought to be met with constitu tional remedies, giving more effectual guarantees oi their peculiar rights ; that there should be no attempt to interfere with the surrender of fugitive slaves; that the several States be requested to repeal their Personal Liberty Bills ; that Congress recognises slavery as existing by the laws of the Slave States ; and they recognise the justice and propriety of • the surrender of fugitive slaves ; that there is no cause for a dissolution of the Government; that it is the duty of the Federal Government to enforce the federal laws and protect the federal property, and preserve the Union ; that the laws of Southern States interfering with the freedom of Northern citizens travelling in the South be repealed ; that the States be requested to pass laws to prevent in vasions of other States and Territories ; that no amendment of the constitution affecting slavery within the States shall be valid without the assent of all the States; that New Mexico be at once ad mitted as a State ; and that the Fugitive Slave Law be amended so as to be less objectionable to the North. A minority from the same committee made a long report, recommending a resolution that the provi sions of the constitution are ample for the preserva tion of the Union, that it needs to be obeyed rather than amended, and that the extrication from the present difficulties is to be looked for in efforts to preserve and protect the public property and en force the laws, rather than in new guarantees for particular interests or compromises or concessions to unreasonable demands. Another minority report from the same commit tee, signed by Mr. Adam, only states that he has arrived at the conclusion that no form of adjust ment will be satisfactory to the seceding States which does not incorporate into the constitution of the United States a recognition of the obligation to protect and extend slavery. He deems it unadvisable to proceed a step further in the way of offering un acceptable propositions. It can be of no use, he thinks, to propose an adjustment which has no prospect of being received as such by the other party. Still another minority report is signed by seve ral Southern members. They think that the pre sent difficulties can only be remedied by consti tutional amendments, and suggest the Crittenden compromise. If these or something like them can not be carried through, dissolution of the Union is inevitable. They recommend a convention of the States, with a view to peaceable separation, partition of ' the common property, settling the terms of social and commercial intercourse, and making permanent arrangements for the naviga tion of the Mississippi. The Committee of Thirty-three having made such a lamentable failure, what is known as the Border State plan was next introduced, which proposes amendments of the Constitution; that Congress shall have no power to legislate concerning slaves in places within its exclusive jurisdiction ; that in all territory north of 36 degs. 30 mins. slavery shall be prohibited, that in all south of it Congress shall pass no law to interfere with it, and that States may from time to time be created out of these territories with or without slavery as the con stitution of each State may determine that the African slave trade shall be for ever prohibited ; that Congress shall have no power to prevent the domestic slave trade, nor to abolish or control slavery as established within any State. This plan