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CONTI? ACT POP. PTITISTI 0 1K TIMBER, THlCK c,,rrip PT . AI7T. - A NJ") mlzvrN IT,q. Somerset Place, 18111 Pcc., 18 , 1. THE COMMISSIONERS fOr EXECUTING the - 1 - OFFICE of LOBD DIGIT ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM oc GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE. That on TUESDAY, the 14th Jan. next, at Two they willbe ready to treat with such Persons as may be Willing to Contract for supplying 12,0(0 Loads of BRITISH OAK TIMBER (rough contents, but to be delivered in a rough or sided state as the shall chrecl). 1 11 n; do fl . - - 'l l '7•-;-.! OAF THICRWrI7I4-14', 01 Losds f Ditto 900,000 Dit'o TREENA to le delivered et her 11 ajesty 's several Dockyards by the 31st December in each of the years 108?, 1883, and 1884, at prices, including all carriage and other expenses. A Terder may be made for the whole ContraA, or for the quantities regrind It r,ny one or more of the yards. but not for 11 ss th ,n the full quantities of Timber, Thickstuff, Plank, and Treenaiis required for any one yard. A Form of the Tender. showing. the distribution. sidines, and dimensions of the Timber, Thiekstuff, Plank, and Tt ee n ails, and all other necessary particulars. may be had on ap plication to this (~ffice by letter or otherwise. No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and car in the left-hand corner the words " Teri7er ,er British Os,k r" and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter si,ned by two re sponsible persons. engaging to become bound with the Per son tendering, n the sum of £20,009,1er the due performance of the whole Contract, or in a due proportion for apart only. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 20, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. • GEORGE PEARRESS BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. !TORS, Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Rot,ert Barclay, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. John Gar/wit Cettley, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. Edwd. Maxwell Daniell, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrino.ton Smith, Esq. Charles Farquharson. Esq. William Soltau„ Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Pobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Wallace, sq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.; Chas. Baring Young, Esq. This day, 25., LETTER to the RIGHT HON. BENJAMIN DISRAELI, M.P., on the PRESEN I` RELATIONS of ENGLAND WITH THE COLONIES. By th Right Hon. C. B. A DDERLEY, M.P. xt ith an APPENDIX of Extracts from Evidence taken before the Select Committee ongolonial Military Expenditure. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.— Phe usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on 9th January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured — Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. The Corporation hare always allowed the Assured to serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. illMt 0 ~ AL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE FRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Charter). 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. CHAIRMAN —Thos. Barinm an g, ofsq.oyd.P., F.R.S., V.P., Chair 's. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN —Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of Lloyd's Reeistry of British and Foreign Shipping Society. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, during the past year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount ing to £6, Is Is. in Establishing Life-boat stations on dif ferent Tres of the Coasts of Eng and, Ireland, and Scotland. The Institution has also expended on the repairs, stores, alterations. and ;nspecCon a 7 its numerous Life-bo ts, Boat houses, and Transpo. ting-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 -trumenerl in rescuing the Crews of the following wrecked Vessels : Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montr ose 1 Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone Brig Pallas, of Shields .. • • • . 3 Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgo w • • .. .. 9 Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth .. 5 'Schooner Cather t lne, of Newry :Barque Niagara, of Shields .. 11 A Barge of Teignmouth •• •• •• •• 2 Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby •• •• •• •• Coble lionarr of Cullercoats Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .. 7 Barque Oh ron, c Liverpool Brigantine Narcy. of Teignmouth 9 Snack Wonder of Teignmouth .. 2 Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. 6 Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. .• • • 5 Sloal Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. • • •• 5 Brig Ann, of Binh Sloop Hope, of Dublin Schooner Druid, a= Aberystwyth .. 5 Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. • • .. 16 Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby Smack Elizabeth Ann. of Lyme Regis 3 Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. •• •• 9 Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. .. 5 Schooner Rose, of Lynn •• •• •• •• Brig Prodroma, of Stockton .. • • .. 11 Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberr, .. • • 6 7 Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn• Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. • • •• 7 - Total .. •• •• ..210 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has voted £9OB Bs. 4d. as re xards. It has also granted rewards amounting to £203 4s. for saying,* 945 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, making a total of 455 persons saved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United Kingdom. Durim; the present year (1861), the Life-boats of the Insti tution have also been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following Vessels : Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford 5 Schooner Prosp, of, of Berwick Sloop Thomas end .Tone. of St. Ives A Fishing-boat a` Whiflorn Brig Arethusa, of Blyth Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoc Flat evirraes, of Berumaris Schoor.-rar. William, of Morecambe Smack Gipsy. of Newry Schooner %largaret Anne, of Preston Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven Schooner William, of Liverpool • • .. 5 J,ll,crger Nimrod, of Castletaryn 3 . Brig Providence, of Shields •• 8 Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle 8 Schc , oner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. 4 Barque Guy-,na, of Glasgow .. 19 Brig Boman Empress, of Shields 10 Brig San Spirid one, of Galaxide .. 2 Schooner Vondor do Vouga, of Vianna .. 8 French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese 6 Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. 5 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover .. 4 Schooner Oregon, of Stenehaven .. • • 4 Brig St. Michel, or Marens • • 8 t•panish Barque Primera de Torreviega(saved ves sel and one of the crew) • • • • 1 .Schooner Burrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and • crew) .. ••• • • • • •• .. 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) '8" , Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and crew) .. .. • :. • • • .. 6 Barque Fredericlr, of Dublin .. •• - •• • • 1 Barque Peace, of London • •• .. 2 Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .• 11 Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew of four hands) .. • • •• • • .. 4 "Srna - rk Adventure, of Harwich .. • 10 Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestofr .: • • .. 7 Barque • Undaunted, or Aberdeen : • .. 11 Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast saved one man • • S c h oo ner Skylark, of Folkestone • • • • Brig Lively, ol Clay , Norfolk • •• 5 Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland 5 Schooner A uchincruive, of Grangemouth Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. • • 4 Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin Brig Content, of Sunderland 'Smack Ellen Owen, of Cardigan „. 8 Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam 5 Total ..288 The pablic cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions The Society has made within the past few years, it has now ane Hundred and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man , c ement, f or the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough ,effiefency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. DollatiollB and Annual Su' scriptions will be thankfully re , ce i v ed by Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co, 76, Lombard street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Berries, 'Farquhar, and Co., 16. St. Jamees-street, London ; by a I the Bankers in the United King.dorn ; and by the Secretary, Ju c hard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 11, John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C. rayments may be madei r to Cheques or by Post-office Orders croEtsed) , l to Messrs. W s, Percival, and C o ., or t o th e Secre (• Lary. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, NAND A. MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATGOOD: A NBRVOIP3 AND GENERATIVE DEBILIT RRME ' lust Published, the 150th thousand, with nnmero DEBILIT Y, n j' itt,, in a sealed envelope, price is,, Sold by all Bookseller-5.:161 gent, post paid, by the .A.nthor, for 12 stamps, NA ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of pR F N 1 - MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain for Perfect Restoration street, and Vigour.Dire ctions 1.300,Tia, 15, 6Abermarle Piccadilly, London. Dr. J. L. CONTENTS: INTRO VICTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTIM IL—Causes of Spermatorrhcca and Impotence; axle Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect CHAPTER 111. —A Review of th e various DquAbuse alificationsthe of Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthf is ul , Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, o m r Infection. of CHA PTERS IV. and V . on the mode Treatment Gonorrhcea and Syphilis. The Rook conem oes with numerous varied and interesting uses, to WhiOil is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. -"Curtis on Manhood. —This is a truly valuable work, and Icold be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," ; M lvfArcb. 184 56 . "The Author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of' those diseases which prod decline in youth or more frequently premature JO age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 185R4 j‘ r i Ng work, which for twenty years has stood the test of treats in a plain professi,:nl eriticisra an d empirical hostility, using manner on th e various disqualifications and sYmP a. .ats arising from nervous excitement and de • lsuffering 'd an d impedin; M c oa 1 s f rom youthful errors and bility; and to , • +etairi valuable and Übniul. "—Record. excesses it will be . '- v 3. Allen, 20, Warw i c k Lane, Pater- London : Published t,, . t , Mann, SO, Cornbill. ItQure of CON n uol s ta te ti r co -r A o — vo J:o :',, a $, and 6 to 8 ; Soudays, 10 till 2, D R. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK OURSELVES. Price Is., by post Is. id. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill. On Spermatorrheea, Syphilis, Stricture, Haemorrhoids, . Glcets, &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 Marlborough-street, W. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and is. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, ls. till 1. An ESSAY on,TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte restieg information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the p actical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—}lerald and Standard, N0v.12,1861. " The Post-office Turkish Batho9, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of the best set of bathe, 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 is on Coming Outiof a Itutieh Bath."—Era, Oct. 13, 1861. N° 21,678, '1 I Now ready at a'l the Libraries, in 2 vols., 21 5. , T RAVELS TN THE HOLY LAND. By FREDRIKA BREMER. anslated by MARY 1101VITT. "This is one of the very best of Miss Bremer's works. We have read many accounts of Palestine, but never remem ber to hive read in any author more charming descriptions of places, persons, and events than occur in these volumes." —Messenger. - • • 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 " Margaret Maitland," &c. " The Last of the Morlimers'is a charming book—simple, quaint, and fresh. It is a novel ' &mine it y'en a peu ' (the more'a the pity), and it will go far to sustain the reputation of the author of 'Margaret Mai land.' "—Athenwum. Hurst and Blackeft, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Portraits, & - z., SOs., bound, 'THE LIFE OF J. M. W. TURNER, R.A. AL From Original Letters and Papers furnished by his Friends and Fellow-Aeadem'cians. By WALTER THORNBURy. " Mr. Thornbury has honestly endeaVoured to paint Turner truly. This work must not only be considered as the very best that he has written, but as a valuable addition to our artistic biography."—Spectator. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. This Day, Foolscap Svo., 2s. 6d., CANADA : WHY WE LIVE IN It, AND N.-) WHY WE LIKE IT. By MRS. EDWARD COPLESTON. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. Now ready, Second Edition, one vol.. price 55., cloth boards, A GONY POINT ; or, The Groans of Gentility. By the Rev. JAMES PYCROFT, RA., Author of " Twenty Years in the Chur,h," " Ways and Words'of Men of Letters," &c. " The sketches of character and general remarks are de cidedly clever, and 'Agony Point' must be pr,nounced a good novel."—Globe. "This is a capital story, with an excellent and useful moral. Mr. Pycroft has taught, or rather illustrated, the wisdom of the Apostolic advice, ' Owe no man anything."— Observer. " nr. Pycroft's former works have obtained for him a high reputation, which the work before us, with its sound sense and keen perception of the follies and fallacies of our social existence, will increase."—Sun. L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. This day is published, price 3d., PUNCH'S ALMANACK FOR 1862. Illustrated by JOHN LEECH and JOHN TENNIEL. Punch Office, 85, Fleet-street. Price One z•hilling, or Post Free for Thirteen Stamps, INDIAN RAILWAY ANT) INDUS FLOTILLA - 1 - GUARANTEES EXAMINED AND FOUND TO BE DP. LUSIVE ; with extracts from the Official Contracts. Third Edition, with an introduction, containing a Corres pondence of Mr. W. P. ANDREW with the Author, and Re plies to Mr. W. P. ANDREW, and Mr. THOMAS WATT. By JAMES MILLS. W. Wilson and Co., 103, Cheapside. Price Gd., or post free for 7 stamps, UNSOUNDNESS OF INDIAN GUARAN TEES, shown in a Utter to Minna', SLAUGHTER, Esq., Secretary of the Stock Exchange. Landon. By 11. TEMPLE HUMPH EYS. Tallant and Co., 5, Ave Maria-lane. 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ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRIIMA; 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 Ger Man of Dr. rit7arolu). " Dr. Pickiord is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he 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 oqually flagrant evil which it may be hi his power to correct."—London hfedical 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 Spermatorrhcea 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. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. Now ready, price 2s. 6d., • "ITADAME CAPLIN'S Large and Beautifully Illustrated WORK on HEALTH and BEAUTY, or Corsets and Clothing adapted to the Human Body. By the same Author, Woman and Her Wants. Price ls. Parton and Co., Holborn-hill, and from the Author 58, Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. VERS. DOCTOR GOSS attends and corresponds —v_s_ with ladies in all Female Compla'nfs and functional irregularities, and in pregnancy, midwifery, and the disap pointments of marriage. References to ladies of highest distinction. See Dr. Goss's Illustrated Medical Work, " Man and Woman," price 2s. Cd., post free 31 stamps.-55, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn, London. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. FTENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous -ufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pag■es). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike o Society, . Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation,- Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature ~4. eath ; with pain directions for perfect restoration to health nd vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from oh rvalion, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope 71(1 two stamps. Address, TIENRY SMITH, M.D., 6, Burton •rescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. DR. LA'MERT ON SELF•PRESERVATION. Price ls. ; post-free, 13, or se9led ends, 20 stamps, with En gravings and Cases. Nifty be had of Mann and Co., 3), Coruhill, London, or direct from the Author. Q.EL I . 2 -PRESERVATION.—A popular Essay on 1►) Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from injurious habits contracted id youth, or excesses in maturity, which, by prematurely exhausting the functions of Manhood, de stroy the happiness of Married Life or prevent the fulfil ment of engagements which constitute the most cherished objects of existen ce. By Dr. LA' ALERT, 37, Bedford-square, London. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; Member of the Royal College of surgeons of England, &c. The above work contains most useful and interesting information on the physiological changes which occur in the Reproductive System during the periods of youth, puberty, and manhood ; and on the due attainment of that degree of functional vigour upon which the hopes of posterity depend. It also points out how all the attributes of Man hood can be preserved to an advanced period of life, how they are lost, and how they can be recovered. It is free from the gross exaggerations, alarming descriptions, and dangerous remedies so generally resorted to by persons, who, prac tising with false medical qualifications, inflict most serious injuries, and render judicious treatment frequently abortive. 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'''' ....... .om we conchiate sh: ,ld be lieve it impossible that this last of so many insults should have an effect which all that we have sufnrrd before has failed to produce. But. it is even so. We are convinced at last that there is little dignitY or wisdom in submitting any longer to treatment which, on the part of the United States, has become habitual and traditional. Peace can never be pre served.in this way. Such conduct, like all other over-indulgence, only tendS to makzi us - contemptib'.e in the eyes of those on whom it is practised, and we w o tEod vu Ib lti of .idtsi shall probably be driven to give the most terriWe proofs of our s t rengt h b ecause we have h it h erto used it - - ----- moderation which has caused America et s xis il te_ ve ne v e. l - 7 1: r. i nl es, 2 with a degree SOUTHAMPTON, Friday. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam- Ship Indus, C'eptaTa--7. 'Weeks, sailed hence to day with the Mediterranean, Calcutta, China, Mauritius, Australias, and New Zealand mails, Just as the Indus was leaving a telegram was received at the Admiralty-office to detain her for the arrival of a tug from Portsmouth, with naval stores to be shipped on board this vessel. Captain Patey, the Admiral Superintendent, ordered her to proceed down the river to meet the tug, so as_ to avoid unnecessary delay. The tug was met off Calshot Castle, and she went alongside the Indus, into which some 4,000 blankets, and large quantities of flannel and peajackets, were shipped, supposed to be for toe fleet ordered from the Mediterranean to the northern coast of America, and the Indus proceeded on her voyage immediately. The Indus tikes out 73 flret and 25 second class passengers, among whettaanre Ensign Daly, for Gibraltar; Ensign Healy, Mr. J. P. Clements, R.N., and Rev. H. Smytton, for Malta; Rev. J. J. Harrison, for Ceylon ; Captain D. Scott, Lieutenant-Colonel Temple, Dr. J. G. Barton, and Captain and Mrs. Johnson, for Madras ; Colonel and Mrs. Scudamroe, Lieutenant Woodcock, Captain Fortescue, Lieutenant E. G. Clark, Colonel H. F. I)*(l4brdifitargesanaHordinge, ,Staaff-Stiwajiaing, Captain Knatehbull, Ensign - Omagh, "antrßev. G. - --- C. Reynell, for Calcutta ; Commander J. Moresby, R.N., and Dr. Tate, R.A., for Hongkong, &c. Among the passengers (68) via Marseilles arc Dr. H. Miller, for Ceylon ; Major A. L. Peel, Lieu tenant C. C. Kens, Captain T. Graham, Lieu tenant W. Jackson, Major and Mrs. Agg, for Cal cutta, &c., Captain and Mrs. Pedder, for Calcutta, join at Malta. The freight of the Indus includes 160 boxes of specie, jewellery, &c., value £46,618 lls 6d—viz., for Alexandria—sovereigns, £l,OOO. For Ceylon—sovereigns, £2,000 ; watches, £4O. For Madras—gold coin, £8,308 ; bar silver, £9,500 ; gold thread, watches, &c., £1,2&). For Calcutta— jewellery, watches, &e., £656 17s 6d. For Singa pore—£4lB 5s ; gold thread, watches, &c., £195. For Hongkong—dollars, £13,461. For Foochowfoo —dollars, £678. For Shanghai—bar silver, £3,936 9s ; dollars, £B,Oll ; jewellery, &e., £175. For Hobson's Bay—gold coin, £2OB 10s; silver coin, Os 6d; jewellery, watches, &c., £317 3s. For Mel bourne—medals, &c., £453. For Sydney—jewel lery, £9BO. The Tagus, Captain W. B. Hail, is due this day with the mails from Lisbon, Oporto, acid Vigo; the Bavaria, Captain Meier, on Thursday next, with mails of the 14th inst. from New York ; the Ellora, Captain N. Roskell, on Friday, but expected a day or two earlier, with the it mails; and the Shannon, Captain Abbott, on the 29th instant, with the West India, Pacific, and Mexican mails. The Bremen, Captain Wes sels, will sail hence on Wednesday, wita mails for New York; the Tagus, Captain Hall, and the Delta, Captain J. S. Field, on Friday, the former taking the Peninsular and the latter the Bombay mails. FRENCH POSTAGE. The question which naturally occurs to every one conversant with the subject is this,—Why should we pay Bd. for a half ounce letter from Dover to Calais, a distance of only 24 miles, when we can send a letter of the same weight from London to New Zealand, a distance of more than 16,000 miles, for 6d. And not only in this latter case do we send it more than 600 times as far, but are actually charged 33 per cent. less. The following are a few specimens of the rates of charges for a half ounce letter:—From London to New Zealand, 16,100 miles, only 6d.; ditto to Sydney, 15,000 miles, Gd.; ditto to Calcutta, 14.000 miles, Gd.; ditto to St. Helena, Cape Town, Quebec, Alexandria, the West Indies, &c. But here we have a set-off. For a half ounce letter from Dover to Calais, 24 miles, Bd. ; ditto, from Inverness to Jersey, 640 miles, ld. But Jersey to the nearest town on the French coast, only a few miles further on, Bd. Now, does not this look like levying black mail on her Majesty's lieges ? We are told that " Salus populi supreme, est lex." Do we find this case here ? Other instances could be easily quoted, but the above will suffice to show the existing incongruities of the present system. The fact that a profit of £56,000 per annum is made on this route clearly shows that the public are taxed to the extent of £56,000 more than is actually neces sary to defray the expenses of transit. Why should not the Post-office authorities be content with mode ration, and not insist on making a clear profit of one half the sum, say £28,000 ? Surely the public, for whose benefit alone the Post-office exists, would be thus more equitably treated. It may be objected by the Post•office authorities that since they lose £466,000 on various _other naval lines they require the above £56,000 to attempt to make both ends meet. But why not let every case rest en its own merits, and a fair charge be made when fair value is given, which, judging from the above convarative rate of charges, cannot be said to be done in the present case? When it is remem bered that the reduction of the postage in this coun try from 91 to ld. bas created an increase in the number of letters annually passing through the Post-office of nearly 500 millions, is it not natural to expect that a similar reduction in the postage be tween England and France would largely increase the international correspondence ? The arguments brought forward in support of the reduction in 1839-40 are quite applicable to the present case. — Leeds Mercury. msl4 - ' i Am o n am••••••=1.••••• run . SUN, LONDON, sA r URDAY EVE NING, DECEMBER 21, 1801. MR. ROBIN, the FRENCH WIZARD, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, EVERY EVENING at Eight (Saturday excepted), and Wednesday and Saturday After noon at half-past 2. -- • ' Admission, ;s. and 2s. 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Lambert, Chemist, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by a'l ')ruggists, in bottles, Ind., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 91 each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's sthmatia Balsam. Dillon to the Gorgon; J. Boswell, supernumerary, to the Indus ; R. J.Carnpion, to the Rifleman . ; F. Grundy, to the Meguera; W. Rumble (acCng), to the James Watt, promoted to first-class assistant-engineers., Masters' Assistants—Henry "W.Williatrls to the Revenge; W. E. Farrington to the Chanticleer.; • Edwin 0. Hallett to:the Defence; Cecil H. Franks, and„ George; W. Ballis ton, to the Warrior. -.; Assistant Paymaster-=Charles - S. Vettisi to the Corn ' • wallis. Clerk—John E. Charlton, to the Hawke, - Naval Cadets (nominated)—Mr. Richard G.. Day, and Wm. Stanhope Lovell. TILE ARMY: • • The B battery, Royal Horse Artillery, in com mand of Capt. Williams, was yesterdal ordered to march from Woolwich to Windsor, to-be present on Monday next and fire the salute of 21-guns on the solemn occasion of the funeral of his;Boyal High. ness the late Prince Consort. :1 Orders have been issued that no firing of guns shall take place by the military or .natal authori ties at Portsmouth, under any dreumstances, whether it be arrival of Royal personages, or from any other can* however important, Prior to the funeral of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. The third battalion Military Train proceeded l from the Farnb oroug h s t a ti on , Alder 4 ', it,at 7 p.m. yesterday, by spe c i a l t ra i n to Lir 001, as per route for embarkation for British Nortli.Amcrica. Heavy baggage and stores werei ordered to be at Liverpool by daylight yesterday,ybe shipped on board the steampacket Asia. -ri` f ,,. aaketThursday the route. for, the viltnitobattalion of the 16th Regiment was received to march from Aldershot at 7 a.m. this day (Saturday) to Farn borough, and to proceed thence by special train at 9 a.m. to Southampton, for embarkation on board the Magdalena for 'British North America. The H battery 4th Brigade Royal Artillery marched from Aldershot yesterday en route for Woolwich, there to remain till further orders. The whole of the Lancer brigade, consisting of the 9th, 12th, and 16th Regiments, were paraded and underwent a medical examination on Thursday as to their fitness for foreign service. The General Commanding-in -Chief has sanc tioned the formation of two new field batteries of Royal Artillery by re-forming Nos. 9 and 10 batteries of the 4th brigade into field batteries, to be called "I" and "K" respectively. "B" field battery, now at Hilsea, will march into camp at Aldershot. "A" battery, 4th brigade, is to be held in readiness to march to Aldershot as soon as " G" battery, 4th brigade, which is under orders for ser vice in British North America, leaves the camp at Aldershot for embarkation. The headquarters staff and No. 5 battery of the 10th brigade, Royal Artillery, left Woolwich last evening, at 7 o'clock, by the North London Railway, thence to the Euston-square station, for Liverpool, to embark in the mail steamer Asia for America, In addition to the detail given in 2he un of yes terday of the officers and troops, the names of Capt. Orr and Paymaster Thompson have been added. Capt. Orr, who was lately Captain Instructor of Royal Laboratories, has received orders to instruct the men during the voyage in laboratory exercises, such as the method of preparing the new Armstrong shells and the construction of cartridges for firing, Sze. No. 7 battery will embark on the 28th inst. on board the Royal mail steamer Canada, at Liver pool, for Halifax. The Royal Aitillery now consists of 17 horse, garrison, and field brigades, which are composed of 145 batteries, or subdivisions, in the following pro. portions :—viz., Li horse, 67 garrison, and 47 field batteries. The latter are equipped almost exclu sively with the 12-pounder Armstrong guns, at an average of six guns to each battery. The strength of the corps now is 30,000 officers and men, of which number there are 1,080 officers of all grades. All are in a high FitatA of discipline. scale of - pay, ) pension, allowances would be pre cisely the same as in the Royal Navy. He hoped and trusted that the resolutions which would be offered would be agreed to, especially that one which thanked the Lords of the Admiralty, and especially Lord Clarence Paget, for the form in which the reserve was novrorganised. (Hear, hear.) He would now call on Captain Daniells to move the first resolution. . Captain C. L. F. DANIELLS moved :—" That this meeting being convened in consequence of the pro mulgation of the regulations for officers of the mer chant service desirous of enrolling thenisclves as officers for the Royal - Naval 'Reserve, the comman ders and officers Present cordially accept the same, and pledge' thetosetios 'heartily to co-operate with the .Government." Captain D. D. WISIART, in seconding the reso lution, reminded the meeting that it was the mer chant service which had carried the British flag all round the world. He believed that that service would receive the new orders most cordially. (Cheers.) The resolution was put and carried unanimously. Captain ALLEN YOUNG moved, " That the com manders and officers now present desire to assure her Majesty of their attachment to her person, and their devoted loyalty to the British crown ; and that they will at all times be prepared to cooperate with her Majesty's ravy whenever their services may be required to man the national defences, or uphold the honour of the British flag." He believed that the mercantile marine would never be found wanting when their country required their services. As a proof of that he need only refer to the Russian war, when they co operated so efficiently with the royal navy, and transported not only our own troops, but the French, Italian, and Turkish armies to the scene of action. (Hear, hear.) They all knew how the work was done, not a soldier, he believed, hav ing been lost at sea, although hundreds of transport officers and men left their bones on the shores of the Bosphorus. (Cheers.) Since then their services had been equally valuable in India and China, and if they should be called on again they would be equally efficient. The mercantile officers would, he be lieved, be ready to serve with and under the officers of the royal navy. (After.) 'Well, a mercantile commander might have to serve under the junior lieutenant of a line-of-battle ship. (Hear, hear, and no, no.) He believed he would have to ask him for a boat if he wanted to go on shore. (Hear.) He thought, however, that on the whole the proposi tions were exceedingly fair ; the mercantile officers were not compelled to join, and if they did join they could not object to be under the same rules as naval officers. Captain 'Wilkes had been asked, "Would he have boarded a British man-of war in the same way as he boarded the Trent ?" and he replied, " Certainly not." This showed how wise had been the policy of the Government in abolishing all dis tinctions between the flags. (Cheers.) He hoped that every merchant captain would qualify himself for these appointments, and that these chose private engagements permitted would at once volunteer for active service. This would give an excellent example to our merchant seamen, who who were the best in the world, notwithstanding all that had been said of them. (Loud cheers.) He believed that those fine fellows who followed their commanders from ship to ship and from voyage to voyage - would be glad to assist them in manning the national ships. (Renewed cheers.) He begged now to move the resolution, a task which he ac cepted as a very great honour. Captain P. MASTERS seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. R. W. CRAWFORD, M.P., moved, " That the thanks of this meeting be tendered to the Lords of the Admiralty for the opportunity they have now given the officers of the mercantile marine to co operate with the royal navy, and - especial thanks are due to Lord Clarence Paget for the support he has always given to the officers of the merchant service." He said that although not connected with shipping he wished to show his sympathy with the present movement. They owed much to Mr. Lind say and to their chairman, Mr. Green, for the pro portions which the movement had attained. They owed a great deal also to Lord Clarence Paget and to the Lords of the Admiralty, who he was glad to see so well appreciated the value of merchant sea men. He thought he saw in the present movement the germ of a most important modification in the naval service of the country, and a more general employment of the mercantile marine than at pre sent. It was impossible that a service which in cluded so much skill, ability, and courage, should not be equally distinguished in warfare. He for one, therefore, hailed the present movement with the greatest possible satisfaction, and should give it his most strenuous support both in Parliament and out of it. Mr. PHILLIPS seconded the motion, observing that one advantage of the movement would be to abolish the infamous press gang for ever, One vo lunteer was worth two pressed men, and therefore he hoped that the movement would go ou until they had volunteers enough to meet all the enemies of their country—and to beatthem too. (Loud cheers.) The motion was put and carried with ono dis sentient. A Mr. EVANS got upon the platform, and wished to deliver his views respecting the Navigation Laws, but was speedily put down by the meeting. Capt. MANGLES, M.P., moved, " That this meet ing is unwilling to separate without tendering to her Majesty the expression of its sincere condolence on her Majesty's recent heavy bereavement, toge ther with the hope that it may please Almighty God to assuage her grief and long to spare her Ma jesty and her 11,Jyal house to direct the affairs of this great country, and to reign over a loyal, con tented, and devoted people." There was, he said, some sorrow too deep for words, and therefore he should content himself by simply moving the re solution. The motion was seconded by the Rev. Mr. JAY, and carried unanimously. Mr. C. H. WIGItAM moved that the foregoing re solutions be forwarded to the Lords of the Admi ralty. He wished, as the chairman had alluded to the uniform, to call attention to the fact that the inscription on the button was in the old English character. Now, he believed that the old English character was the finest in the world, and had sus tained our naval reputation when we had no regu lar royal navy. What they had done before they could do again, and they would, he was sure, be to the navy what the volunteers were to the army. Captain WILSON seconded the motion. Mr. CAMPBELL, while supporting all the resolu tions, objected to the limitation to captains of 500 ton ships. What was to be done with captains of 300 and 400 ton ships—were they to serve as com mon Jack Tars ? He thought that this was a ques tion that ought to be looked into. Mr. LINDSAY, M.P., admitted that there was con siderable force in Mr. Campbell's observations, but it would be admitted that a beginning must be made somewhere. At first the thing was limited t 3 captains of ships trading to India, and that had been conceded. Captains of 400 ton ships would, of course, be most eligible, but those of the larger vessels had greater experience, and should be the first enrolled. It was impossible to frame any plan that would meet the views of all men, but he must say that he thought the rules, as at present modified, were a great concession. The motion was carried unanimously. Letters were read from Bristol, Cork, and Hull, approving of the order, after which Mr. T. HANKEY, in moving a vote of thanks t) the chairman, testified to the skill and energy of the captains of the smaller vessels, especially in the West India service. He thought it would be most grateful to the Queen to learn that all classes in the merchant service were so eager to enter her Ma jesty's service. (Hear, hear.) He quite agreed RIIPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. 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VEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, -LI KNEE-CAPS, 4-c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, l i ght in texture, and inexpensive, and arc drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. fld., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. • JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228,' Piccadilly. 2HE NAVY. The gunboats in the second-class reserve at Ports; mouth are ordered to fit out immediately, to take the place of the boats in the first class, ordered for commission for foreign service. The Sutlej, 51, screw, the Pandora, 6, screw, and the Volcano, 6, paddle (floating factory), at Ports mouth, are ordered to complete their armament for immediate commission. The Sutlej will take on board one 100 pounder Armstrong, and six 40 poun ders as part of her armament. The Shannon, 51, screw, ready for commission at Portsmouth,will receive two 12 pounder Armstrongs, in addition to her complement already on board. She is expected to be commissioned every hour. The Lyra, 7, screw, Commander Alexander, put into Portland Roads, from stress of weather, on Thursday afternoon. She left the Cape of Good :Hope on the 20th of October, St. Helena Nov. 4, and Ascension November 12. An excellent passage was made to lat. 45 N., long. 15 W., when a heavy gale of wind was met with from the S.W., in which she lost her quarter boats. She was off the Isle of Wight on the night of Wednesday last, but a strong N.E. gale prevented her reaching Spithead. She bore up for Portland, where she has anchored until the weather moderates sufficiently to allow her to proceed to Spithead. Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham for a trial to be made at that establishment of a new plan submitted to the Admiralty, the inven tion of Mr. Daft, for coppering iron ships by sepa -1 rating the copper from the iron by means of vul canized indiarubber sheets, with fastenings of ebonite. A trial of the invention is to be made on the bottom of one of the iron mortar floats used as a lighter at Chatham. The Reindeer, 17, 200 horse power, building at Chatham, has had nearly the whole of the hands removed from her in order to complete the various ships fitting for commission at that port. Admi ralty orders have been received for sufficient space to be provided on board for 103 cases of powder, 140 70-pounder shells, 100 50-pounder shells, and 140 32-pounder shells, together with five boxes of the 12-pounder diaphragm shells. Her solid shot will consist of 980 32-pounders, 60 40-pounders, and 50 70-pounders. _ _ _ Yesterday, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W Grey, K.C.8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, accompanied by Rear-Admiral Robinson, Controller of the Navy, visited Chatham dockyard for the pur pose of inspecting the progress made in the frigate Achilles, 50, building, and the iron steamer De fence, 22, Capt. Powell, C. 8., fitting in the third dock. His Lordship, accompanied by the Control ler-General, Capt. Superintendent Fanshawe, and Mr. Lang, master shipbuilder, went over the De fence, the interior of which they minutely inspected, and on board which they were engaged for some time. In consequence of the magnitude of the work still to be accomplished on board the Defence, the period of her completion is now deferred from the 2d to the 16th January, by which date it is expected she will be able to leave the dock, although it is very doubtful whether she will be completed by the latter date, Sir F. W. Grey also inspected the Galatea, 26, the Pylades, 21—the latter in dock—and the other vessels fitting for commission, and urged their completion as rapidly as possible. Before quitting the dockyard his lordship and Admiral Robinson inspected the Achilles, which is progres sing as fast as circumstances will merit, a number of the large ribs on each side being already fixed. Sir F. W. Grey left the dockyard just before dusk, and returned to the Admiralty. The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Captain Arthur Cumming, continues in Plymouth Sound ready for sea. She will probably be detained un til Monday or Tuesday. The new screw steam frigate Orlando, 51, Capt. Francis Scott, C.B , having been completed for sea service, went yesterday morning from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound. Her crew (600) consists chiefly of trained men from the Impregnable, Cam bridge, Indus, and Royal Adelaide. She has on board an Armstrong gun for the Liffey, 51, ordered from the Mediterranean to the North American station. The Orlando is supplied with provisions for eight months. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Chief Engineer—F. W. Sutton (A) transferred from the Fisgard to the Cumberland, as additional, for service in the Vixen, Assistant-Engineers—W. R. Henry, confirmed 2cl class, to the Philemel ; J. C. Saunders, to the Forte ; H. D. Gar wood, to the seven; A. Rindroarsh, to the 'Urgent; R, THE NAVAL _RESERVE. A numerous and highly-influential meeting of British shipmasters and owners was held yester day, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of testi fying the approval of the persons present of the re cent order issued by the Lords of the Admiralty for the organisation of the Naval Reserve. The chair was taken by Richard Green, Esq. ; and on the platform were IV. S. Lindsay, Esq., M.P., Alderman Salomons, M.P., R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P., R. D. Mangles, Esq,, M.P., C. Wigram, Esq., W. Phillips, Esq., &c. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said that, having always taken a deep interest inthe esta blishment of the Naval Reserve, he felt proud and happy to see the officers of our mercantile marine occupying their present proud position. The object for which thepresent m.eetingfiad been called would, he was sure, be acceptable to bor Majesty in her afflic tion, for it would let her Majaty see how ready were the officers and seamen:of4e mercantile marine to rally round the Crown co-4el'ence of the British flag. (Loud cheers.) Theyhia'all read the rules which had just been issued, and the first observation he should make respecting them was that he should prefer to have the Naval Reserve called the Royal Naval Volunteer Force, so as to assimilate them more closely with the volunteers on shore. By the rules mercantile commanders would rank with lieutenants, and subalterns with subalterns, "with," not" after," not under. (Hear, hear.) As to rank both would be equal, but on duty somebody must be first. He for one thanked the Admiralty for placing the mer cantile marine in so honourable a position. The second clause referred to the qualification. Ship masters must have a certificate of competency from the Board of Trade, and must have commanded a ship of not less than 500 tons for not less a period than two years. Officers of such ships would have the ranks of lieutenant and sub-lieutenant of the reserve. The obnoxious point of the examination had been with drawn. The restriction of 45 years would be reduced to 35 years. The next was a very valuable clause. Masters of merchant vessels afloat, although above the age, would be enrolled as honorary members of the reserve. He was glad of this, because he did not see why a man, because he was a little old, should not have a finger in the pie. During active service pro motion would be exactly the same as it was in the Royal Navy. He now came to the uniform, which looked very fine, and no doubt would be tolerably expensive. He hoped the common sense of our mer chant captains would prevent them wearing their fine clothes too much in common. They might wear them on board their own ships, but they must wear them on duty, and so they should take care and not wear them out too soon. (Hear, hear.) He was sorry to see that the patterns were already being exhibited in the office of the Shipping Gazette. The drill would occupy 28 days each year, and having paid a visit to the drill ship he could tell his hearers that the work was more fun than anything else. He trusted that, in addition, commanders would have as much drill as possible on board their own ships, so that any ship might in time be come a little man of war. (Hear, hear.) He be lieved that if they did so they would very soon be able to give a good account of the Yankees. (Cheers,) The allowance to officers would be respectively 10s. and 75., which was most liberal. It was not to be looked upon as wages, but as an allowance for ne cessary expenses. He had been asked whether an officer of the naval reserve could be taken from his ship at a foreign port. He believed there need be no apprehension on that head, as he felt sure the Admiralty would never be guilty of what must be looked upon as an act of piracy. The intention, he believed, was, that when all the other reserves, coast guards, dockyard riggers, and pensioners had been called in, and the country was in the extreme of danger, then the naval reserve would be called on, but not until then. And as these amounted to 26,000, there was no fear of the naval reserve being called out except in time of the greatest peril. The PRICK .... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. with Mr Campbell that the captains of the smaller vessels should not be left out. Alderman SALOMONS seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. - The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and _the pro ceedings terminated. BNOLAIVD AND AMERICA. Let those who believe that man has the power to shape for himself his own destiny, and that what we will firmly we may generally, by patience and perseverance, bring to good effect, consider care fully the relations which have existed for the last fifty years between Great Britain and her revolted American colonies. When the peace was signed which put a close to the war of independence, glorious, as was believed, for the Colonies, and disastrous, as was believed,for the mother country, George 111. announced to the American Minister, with much dignity and good sense, that as he, had been the last to recognise the independence of the Colonies, so he would also be the last to interfere with it when established. This undertaking has been loyally observed by the Government of Great Britain up to the present day. There is no trace of any attempt to avail ourselves of the weakness into which the first Confederation fell till replaced by the present, or rather late form of Government, in order to recover the large possessions we had lost. We made peace in 1815, just as the war was beginning to lest to the very utmost the sta bility of the Union, only too happy to escape from a conflict which had been wantonly forced upon us, in -order to grntify ppifitr-44 mosity, after the orders in Council in which the quarrel originated had been withdrawn. From that time forth we had but one wish with regard to America,—the wish to live in peace and amity with the descendants of our former Colonies. That purpose we have succeeded in accomplishing lip to the present moment; and at last we have been forced, in the purest spirit of self-defence, to take a step which leaves the issue of peace and war entirely in the power of the Union. Like Lord Clive, when he remembered the temptations of his Indian career, we are absolutely astonished at our own moderation. How the fiery and indomitable race which has so often poured out its blood on every sea and every shore for the slightest causes can be so changed as to bear what we have recently borne is indeed a marvel, and ought to redeem the modern Englishman in the eyes of Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright from some of those charges of a quarrel some and bloodthirsty disposition which he is re peatedly obliged to endure. First, there was the Canadian rebellion of 1837 The movement was of the very slightest nature, and nothing could be more trifling than the resistance offered before the mutineers disbanded, never to meet again, and sought refuge in the American ter ritory. The American authorities refused to give up Mackenzie and his associates on our demand, on the ground that, although they had beela guilty of robbery and murder, their offences were merely po litical. At the same time the Government of the State of New York threw open its arsenals to a portion of its own population calling themselves "sympathisers," in order that the arms which they contained might be used for the invasion and, if possible, for the subjugation of a friendly Govern ment. For this outrage, deliberately planned and openly committed, no reparation was ever made. The Government disowned the acts of the State of New York, and the State of New York disclaimed all responsibility for the proceedings of its own mob, so that the English territory was invaded by men armed through the connivance of the State and the authority of its Government, and yet nobody ac cepted any responsibility for their acts. The Ashburton Treaty displayed the same sys tem of overbearing violence on the one side, the same conciliatory and pacific demeanour on the other. Infinite was the abuse poured on our de voted heads, and violent the encroachments on the territory which was at that very moment the object of dispute. Once more we bowed in meek humility to the tempest, and, instead of standing on rights which it was only too easy to support by unan swerable argument, we selected from ourselves a nobleman well known for his American connexions and feelings, and sure, if it were possible, to avert a coming quarrel by the most ample and unreserved concessions. Our envoy justified the confidence we reposed in him. The case of America was much assisted by the intentional suppression, on the part of "the Godlike" Webster, of certain maps which appeared to give us the victory by proving the truth and justice of our demand. We gave them the things that we never took; we surrendered, for the sake of peace, the territory in dispute; and, rather than incur any risk, we threw in the upper part of Lake Champlain and the commanding position of Rouse's Point, not above forty miles distant from the great city of Montreal. The parent bowed down before her offspring, and endeavoured to conciliate their unjust anger and their insatiable greedi ness. In Oregon we for a while stood on the defensive, and threatened to maintain our rights by the sword. But this position we soon saw fit to abandon, and America once more triumphed through our extraordinary desire for conciliation. We were treated with much rudeness on the ques tion as to the fisheries of Nova Scotia, but the most sensible wound to our self-love was reserved for a question on which England thinks she can hardly pour forth too much blood or incur too many sacri fices. The so-called right of search for slaves had been exercised for many years by England without even the pretence of any serious abuse. But New York became a favourite depot for this infamous traffic, and the United States were suddenly seized with the burning desire to protect the honour of their flag from the visitation of English ships cf war. That flag was notoriously prostituted to con ceal slave-trading operations by Brazilian and Spanish vessels. But the United States insisted that, whatever might be the guilt which that flag concealed, that wickedness should be shrouded in the most perfect impunity. They deemed it more honourable that their flag should be a protection for kidnapping and murder than that it should be stopped on the high seas by Great Britain in pi suance of a mission of the most disinterested and exalted pl!ilanthropy. The Law of Nations was against us, and we had no choice but to yield, and thus give another and more convincing proof of our determination to abandon the most cherished objects of our policy rather than give the United States an opportunity to fasten a quarrel upon us. Then came the affair of the enlistment. In the very heat of the Crimean War our Minister had what, considering the results it brought about, we are bound to call the indiscretion, of seeking to enlist in Canada a few recruits for our army, re duced to scanty numbers by cold and famine, from among the German population of the United States. That America does not estimate this crime as one of very great magnitude is abundantly proved by her own conduct in filling up her armies with the peo ple of every country, and seeming content to rely for her defence on the population of any territory except her own. It was the time of a keen Presi dential electron ; political capital was wanted, and our Minister was ignominiously expelled for this alleged offence; and now, for all these outrages and insults, supported with such exemplary meekness and tameness, what is our reward ? We are se lected as the objects of an insult so strange and so groundless that all Europe, wont, as it is, to catch greedily at anything which may seem to compro mise our naval superiority, cries shame upon the outrage, and agrees that it is one to which even we, well used as we have been to every species of insult, cannot possibly submit. It is not, perhaps, to be wondered at, when we consider our former forbear ance, when we consider that at this moment we are actually giving effect to a paper main tained by a contemptibly n aval Power, give the slightest excuse rather than blockade, for a quarrel, that those SUBSTITUTES FOB COTTON: Ono of the effects of the sudden stoppsge of the cotton supply on the breaking out of the war in America has been to call attention to the substitutes which might be found for that precious substance. The question is an old one. In the beginning of this century the Emperor Napoleon decreed a reward. of one million of francs for the discovery of a me thod by which flax might be spun as fine as cotton, and Philippe de Girard (of Vaucluse) solved the problem, and would have received the promised re ward but for the sudden fall ofthelmperial Govern. went. The Restoration offered Girard the pitiful. sum of B,ooof. by way of a loan on his invention, but he preferred leaving France, carrying his inven tion with him to Austria, whence he proceeded to Polead, and there established a spinning mill, around which b. small village soon sprung up, now called Girardow. A few years ago the present Emperor granted the family of Girard an indemnity of 200,CrO0f. by way of reparation. Meanwhile other inventors had come forward—Tissot and Montague in 1819, Laforest in 1827, Tette in 1329, and M. Edmond Bertin in the present year. The method, of the latter does away with the steeping of flax, and this, as well as all the other fibrous plants, may be stripped by his machine in a superior way, by which the length of the fibre is preserved, and an extraordinary degree of smoothness and supple. ness is insured. Another invention of the same kind has sprung up in America, and the inventor, Chevalier Claussen, has imported it into France. He strips the fibro us p lants b y a chemical p rocess I and repeated maceration, by, which he rids the fibre of the gluten and other adhesive substances it contains. The produce of these opera ' tions he calls " fibrilia," and it is described to be a substance as closely resembling cotton as can well be imagined. Spun with wool it produces stuffs of a very superior quality ; and alone, it appears to be stronger than cotton. Whether this substance, which in fact is nothing mere than the fibre reduced to its simplest expr(ssion, will acquire a pe traa , Dent position in the market, time alone can show. l: !•' i ~~