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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That no application for Shares in this Company will be received after TUESDAY, the 22d of October instant. ty, a scr9- 58th, and The ser s brought was driv- On closing - the allotment of Shares the Directors will pro cee i to consider the applications for the appointment of Manager. By order of the Board. J. POPE QON, SearetarY, Temporary Offices, 27, Gresham-street, KC. BANK OF DEPOSIT. - (Established A.D. 1814.) No. 3, PALL DIALL EAST, LONDON. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on application. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. V. R.—ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot, October 10. 1861. TENDERS will be Received at thi s Offi ce un til Noon on Monday, November 4 next, from Persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to Supply FLOUR FOR lIOSPITAL BREAD, in such quantities as may be required, from December 1, 1861, to May 31, 1862, for the u se o f h er M a j esty ' s Land Forces sta tioned at ALDERSHOT CAMP, And within the Command. Forms of Tender, and Conditions of Contract, may be ob tained on application at this Office, by letter or in person, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this Office, under closed enve lope, marked on the outside "Tender for Flour for Hospital Bread," and no Tender will be noticed unless made on Forms obtained from this Office. (Signed) ALFRED SELWEY, Deputy Commissary-General. V. R.—ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot, October 10, 1861. TENDERS will be re ce i ve d a t thi s Ocfi ce unt il -a- Noon on Monday, November 4, 1861, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to supply FLOUR AND MEAT, in such quantities as may be required, from December 1,1861, to May 31, 1862, fo r th e use of her Majesty's Land Forces at • ALDERSHOT CAMP, And within the Command. Separate Tenders are required for Flour and for Meat. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this Office, by letter or in person, be tween the hours of Ten and, Four o'clock. Tenders on the printed Forms must be properly filled up, and signed, and delivered at this Office, under closed enve lope, marked on the outside " Tender for Commissariat Sup- Plies," and no Tender will be noticed unless made on Forms obtained from this Office. (Signed)s ALFRED SALWEY, Deputy Commissary-General. V. R.—ARMY CONTRACT. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot, October 10, 18Q1. SEALED TENDERS will be r ece i v ed at this Office until Noon on Thu rs d ay, November 7 next, f rom supply of persons who may be willi ng to enter into Contract for the PAILLASSE STRAW, AND STRAW FOR ROYAL ENGIN. NER SERVICE, in such quantities as may be required from Ist December, 1 861, to 3 0th November, 186., for the use of Her Majesty's L and Forces st a ti oned at - ALDERSHOT CAMP, and within the Command. Contract Printed warms of Tender, together with the Conditions of ,y be obtained on aication at be tween the hours of Ten and Four p o' pl clock, where this every infor mation which may be required on the subject will be furnished. The Tenders must be made on the Printed Forms, which should be properly filled up and signed, and delivered under sealed invelope at the above-mentioned office, marked outside " render for Army Supplies," before noon on the 7th proximo. No Tender will be noticed unless made on Forms obtained from the Office. (Signed) ALFRED SELWEY, Deputy Commissary-General. ANNUITIES. NATIONAL ASSURANC INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION,E AND 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 17 Vie, cap. 43. ESTABLISHED A.D. 1844. terms E DIATE ANNUITIES grant e d on very favourable The Tables for Reversionary and Deferred Annuities arc particularly deserving of attention, whether regarded as a means of providing for a particula r i n di v id ual, or as a re source against the casualties of age and th e uncer t a i nt i es of health and fortune. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Prospectuses sent free on application. THE INDUS STEAM FLOTILLA The Directors are prepared to receive applications for DEBENTURES, at par, bearing interest at 5 per cent. per annum, guaranteed by the Secretary of State for India in Council. The Debentures , !re for five years, and may be renewed for a further term of five years, at the same rate of Interest The Debentures may be converted into Indus Steam Flotilla 'Capital Stock at the option of the holder. T 11031 AS BURNELL, Secretary. Indus Steam Flotilla Office, Gresham House, Old Broad-street, Sept. 25, 1861. ADVOICSON.—FREEHOLDS UPTON AND ROTHERS THORPE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. TO BE SOLD, pursuant to an Order of the High Court of Ch ancery, in a cause of Donaldson v. Fat High with the approbation of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, 1.,.11.01`ive Lots, by Messrs. 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Price la. ; post-free, 13, or sealed ends, 20 stamps, with En graving's and Cases. nay be had of Mann and Co., 3 D, Cornhill, London, or direct from the Author. SELF -PRESERVATION.--A popular Essay on ki Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from injurious habits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, which, by prematurely exhausting the functions of Manhood, de stroy the happiness of Married Life or prQvent the fulfil ment of engagements which Constitute the most cherished objects of existence. By Dr. LA'MERT, 37, Bedford-square, London. Licentiate of the Royal College of I'hysicians 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 1- 7088 exagizerations, alarming descriptions, and dangerous remedies so generally resorted to by persons, who, prac tising' with false medical qualifications, inflict most serious injuries, and render judicious treatment frequently abortive. The Author whose name st iands s the only leg a ll y qua li f i ed practitioner true test of m edical on the M e di ca l R eg i ster (the only qualifiealion), who has been exclu sively engaged for a series sys t em + functional disorders Of years in the treatment of the t which, owing t , theof the nervous and reproductive o great discoveries of modern seifrace, are rendered subservient to a rational, simple, and easy mode of treatment. daily fro m 10 ti t home for consulta n ttii s, either personally or by letter._till 2, and fr om 6 37, Bedford-square. ---------__________ , i n n T n A m T e O rc : 8 1 : DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL 1 - yT ------------ RR. MANHOOD : D MEDICAL ESSAY ON spp,... NERVOUS AND GENERA.TIVE DEBILITY" ' 114 :1 c.(E ates, just Published, the 150th thousand with in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Book se ll ers, and sell t post paid, by the Author, forl2 stamps, hil ANII001) : the CAUSE and CU RE of PRE. "I'l MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Direeti t - er Perfect Restoration to Health an l d yizonr. BY Dr. a s . CURTIFE, 15, Albermarle - strec dilly, London. CONTENTS: vcre:a°aZiainn7;potencc; INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiolonioal qualifications Str ll ici t ti p re u a i n r i loinneAcinitseVoti IR,terpmraofd(uircrtli, "'lv Vic.l , ;u-; of Negket. CI - 1A PTE. It Rev iew of the various Dis Of 1 1 Tarritwe whether resultimf from Youthful Abuse, the of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. Ci I APT le,lf V. and V. on the modern Treatment of nonorrinea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting Ttes, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and Bhould be in the hands of young and old. '—" Sunday Times," £3d March, 1856. 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This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case 38 four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is Impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst Dr. Ricord's Essence of Life is sold In cases, with full in structions for use, at Hs., or four quantities in one for 335., and may be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance stamps. Sole Agents in London—Prout and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229. Strand (near Temple-bar). (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.— Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without'any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a fa mily aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, and by most druggists, in boxes, Is. 14d. and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. TOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED CAPSITLES.—Copaiba and Cubeba are doubtless the best remedies, but these drugs are of a repulsive taste and odour, and occasion colicky pains, nausea, and gastric dis turbance. M. Jozeau has succeeded in rendering these valu able therapeutic agents perfectly innocuous by increasing in his Copahme all the curative properties. This preparation has been adopted by the Parts Academy of Medicine, after more than a thousand trials in Paris and the different Lon don hospitals, viz., St. Thomas's, Guy's, and St. Bartholo mew's, under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland, and Leeros Clark.—" Lancet," Nov. 6 and Dec. 10, 1857. The Copahine, which is in form of a pretty pink sugar plum, effects a cure in about six days, either in recent or chronic diseases. 100 capsules, 4s. 6d. ; post free, ss. 2d. Post-office order required; at .J. JOZEAU'R, French Chemist, 42, Haymarket, London ; 22, Rue St. Quentin, Paris ; and all the most important Chemists. R. 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"As phosphorus in a state of nature illumines the darkness. so the exhausted frame revives when impregnated with its electrical properties." Price 2s. 6d., by' post 2s. 10d. ; abridged edition Is., by post 14 stamps, from the residenceof the author (44A Maddox -street), where he may be daily con sulted, from 11 to 4, for the cure of the above diseases, to which he has, for a lengthened period, devoted his exclusive attention. RUPTURES.—By ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND Ex lIIBITED IN T lIE GREAT Exrunrrfow or 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of Ii ER N I The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, 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 during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, - . and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,'Post office, Piccadilly. ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., f or -1--J Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like anbrdinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. ed., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage ed. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturor, 228,:11cCadilly. 3, GREAT MARTHE LBORtiIIGH-ST PANTHEONRE. ET, W., NEARDTh CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo thecarlos' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) its above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both 6exce, emanating from early and ,exceasive ,indul clime 13 stamps, Has Just published, price is. by post, 28 sealed, No. 4. An entire new and origionl Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis: The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation —The Ort7in or Di sease —Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagia GouoTrhcchi, Sperinalotrbrca, Impotency, and all Dit•CAROi of ,he Urinary Organs, with rularip kn. 3 VEMAI,E. The Physiolozv and Anatomy of Women--Functional Tr- TA r tllarities health and Sickness—Choleo in 111arriage— E 7, Peetancies and Disappointmentk—The Cause and Removal of St er ilit y — The Theory and Symp t oms o f Gesta iton —Use of the Speculum. Also, No. 1. RATTINESS, and LONGEVITY; Debility, Nervousness , Dyspepsia, and Indigestion; Th O e n fr LOVE AND. 2. RRIAGE ncl other Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointrmmts; Love l't.tohes, u secur e d.: "ernirt Removed, and Healthy OS p~g No. 3. nix CASE BOOK': 100 Cases of SPERMATORIIMEA, Their Causes, Symptoms, And Treatment C,onfessionil and Cure o t.auterisaticus, Galvanism, &o. &e. To be had of Mann, 39, Cornhiii ; and the Auth or s. Advice to the Workine Classes fee halt-a-Guinea: (PPECIAT. NOTICE.) Dr. Culverwell is the only legally qualified medical practi tioner living 01 that name. and can be consulted (only an above.) THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1861. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. The North German Lloyd screw steamship New York, Capt. G. Wenke, bringing mails from New York to the 28th ult., arrived off Cowes at 3 30 p.m., and went on to Bremen after transshipping mails, &c., for this port. She brings four passengers for Southampton, 21 for Havre, and 169 for Bremen, with 500 dols. specie and a large cargo for the last•named place. During the passsage the Bremen spoke the fol lowing vessels :—Oct. 7, lat. 49 9 N., 21 16 IV., the American schooner Black Swan, steering east; Bth, lat. 49 31 N., 14 41 W., the American ship Senator, steering westward; 9th, off Scilly, the English schooner Volga, steering about N.E. The Belgian steamer Congress, from Antwerp, arrived at New York on the 27th in a disabled con dition, and was towed up the bay. Affairs at Washington were quiet, and along the lines of the army across the Potomac. The Con federates were keeping remarkably still, not even showing themselves at any point. It had recently been discovered by the Potomac flotilla that new batteries had been erected by the Confederates at Freestone Point, and on the 25th two or three ves sels approached the place and threw in a few shells, which elicited a response. The location of the batte ries having been ascertained, it was thought that measures would soon be taken to capture them, as . they had rifled cannon, which proved a consider able annoyance to vessels passing up or down. The only occurrence of moment near Washington on the 27th was the discovery of another Confederate battery on the Lower Potomac, at the mouth of the Occoquan Creek. The schooner William Allen, from New York, loaded with hay, was fired upon by it, some 12 shots in all. Two shells entered her deck-load, and another struck her cabin, but fortu nately did not explode. These shells were fired from a 30 pound rifled cannon, supposed to be the Parrot gun captured at Bull Run. A despatch from Washington of the 27th says : " The steamer Yankee arrived at the Navy-yard to-day without being molested by the rebel battery at Freestone Point, which is about 25 miles below Washington. The transport Delaware was Fred at yesterday as she passed that point, seven shots being thrown, striking over and around her without the least damage. The battery is represented as being a large one, with the rebel flag prominently flying. It is thought by others attached to the Potomac flotilla that there are other forts or batteries be tween Freestone Point and Acquis Creek, but that, as yet, they are concealed by the trees, which are thick along the shore. The policy of the rebels seems to be to first build their offensive works and then to clear the woods in their front. This view of their operations is strengthened by the report of a farmer from Occoquan that the rebel troops are in considerable force between Occoquan and Acquia Creek. He further says they are building forts and drawing cannon thither. "Paymaster Gallagher, having given satisfactory security to the Government for the settlement of his accounts, embracing a long cruise in the East Indies, at the Naval Academy, and4tt the Washing ton Navy-yard, has been released from arrest." The latest intelligence from General Lane re ported him to be moving towards Oceola, in Western Missouri. He had a fight on the 21st ult. at Papins vine, with a superior force of the Confederates, whom he surprised and routed. His loss was 17 killed and a large number wounded, while the Con federates lost 40 killed, 100 prisoners, and all their tents, waggons, and supplies. General Lane had issued a proclamation to the citizens of Western Missouri, guaranteeing protection to all not in arms against the Government. From Cairo we learn of a skirmish at Lucas Bend, on the Mississippi :fiver, between a cavalry com pany, commanded by Captain Stewart, numbering 75, and a company of Confederate cavalry. The latter were pursued into Jefferson Thompson's camp, at Belmont, with the loss of four killed, five cap tured, and many more wounded. The remainder scattered into the woods. A report prevailed at Cairo that the Confederates had crossed the river below, but it proved to be untrue. Jefferson Thompson has under his command about 2,000 men. Occasional reports were received of a privateer down the coast in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras, notwithstanding the proximity of the Federal crui sers at Hatteras Inlet. The brig Arabella, Capt. Lindsley, arrived at New York from Aspinwall, reports that on the 20th, in lat. 33 deg. 56 min, long. 74 deg. 56 min., she was chased by a schooner, with the English ensign set union down, but the Arabella, by altering her course and squaring away before the wind, soon left her astern, upon finding which the schooner hauled her wind, took down the English flag, and boldly set the flag of the Confede rate States. Capt. Lindsley also states that upon the following day he saw the same schooner far astern, chasing a brig, but she did not succeed in overhauling her. Another flag of truce was reported to have arrived at Fortress Monroe, from Norfolk, accompanying 25 ladies desirous of proceeding north. The steamer carrying the flag was stopped near Sewall's Point, and the passengers were taken off by one of our vessels, Commodore Goldsborough having very pro perly decided that no more flags of truce shall come near our fleet. There was nothing later from Hat teras Inlet or the other points of interest below. According to a despatch from Cincinnatti, John C. Breckinridgc, on the 25th, had a narrow escape from falling into the hands of the Federal autho rities. A detachment of one of the Ohio regi ments succeeded in capturing James B. Clay and 16 others, white on their way to join Zollicoffer, and Breckinridge was understood to have been in Cincinnatti with the party, but succeeded in making his escape. The commander of a vessel which arrived at Boston on the 26th from Demerara, which port she left on the 4th, reports that the pirate Sumter had been at Surinam, where she was supplied with coal by an English planter. She left on the let, steering southward. She was supposed to be in the track of coffee-laden vessels from Rio Janeiro. " Since our last," says the New York Shipping Gazette of the 28th ult. : "There have been several important seizures of vessels at this port by the surveyor. The ship Great Republic, which arrived in ballast yesterday off quarantine, was boarded there by a revenue officer and taken possession of. 5-16ths of the vessel is owned by W. 13. Whitehead, of Virginia, and s.l6ths by Richard A. Riddock, of North Carolina. The schooner Danville, the brig Kensington, and the schooner Medora have also been seized. The Danville arrived in port on Thursday from Rio Janeiro, in ballast. The owners reside in Rich mond, Virginia, from which port the vessel sailed four days after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, with a cargo of tobacco. It is said that this vessel attempted to run the blockade with a cargo of coffee, but was ordered off by one of the United States' frigates. The schooner Medora also arrived on Thursday in ballast. She is wholly owned in North Carolina. The brig Kensington is entirely owned in South Carolina." The telegraph on the 27th announced a most de structive break in the high embankment of the old portion of the Erie Canal, at Holly, Orleans county. The whole embankment was swept away. The bottom of the canal was also gene out to the depth of 80 feet. Dams would be constructed at the junc tions of the old canal, which would probably take two or three days. Navigation could then be re sumed. It was feared that the track of the Niagara falls road was damaged and a grist mill destroyed. A telegram from Boston says the ship Harriet, from New York for Rotterdam, off Highland Light, Cape Cod, in. distress. THE SIEGE OF LEXINGTON. The Chicago Post gives the following graphic account of the battle of Lexington, furnished by Alfred M. Tenny, of Chicago, a non-commissioned officer, who was engaged in the fight, and whose company, G, took part in every one of the many brilliant charges:— " On the Ist day of September the brigade re ceived orders to proceed to Lexington, to reinforce Colonel Marshall, wbo had gone up about a week previous to protect the Union men of that place. But those who were not Union men, embracing about all the population, were found too numerous, and about 5,000 butter -nut-coloured rebels, under General Hughes, being in the neighbourhood, Col. Marshall sent down for reinforcements. "The brigade left Jefferson City on the Ist, and arrived at Lexington on the 7th September, having marched by land the entire distance, 160 miles. We found there Colonel Marshall's Ist Illinois cavalry, and Colonel White's Bth Missouri infantry, from St. Louis, together with about 750 Home Guards, under Colonel Peabody. The whole force, including Col. Mulligan's regiment, was 2,700 men. " The position where Colonel Marshall was en. camped was called Fort White ; Colonel White, of the Bth Missouri regiment, being in command until the arrival of Colonel Mulligan, who super seded him. Intrenchments had been thrown up on a rather small scale around the Masonic College building, which served as a general store house and magazine. " On the day after our arrival a contraband came into camp and asked protection, saying his master, had gone to join the ' secesh' army at Yorktown, about 15 miles from us. The enemy, we learnt from him, were about 10,000 strong, under General Rains. Our scouts confirmed this statement the same day. Col. Mulligan immediately despatched Lieut. Pease, of Company D, to Jefferson City for reinforcements. Orders were also immediately given toconstruct intrenchments, embracing an area much larger than Fort White. The whole com mand worked day and night, and on the 12th the works were rather more than half completed. The breastworks were 10 feet high, and the ditch sur rounding them about 14 feet wide. On that side next the new town mines were constructed beyond the ditch communicating with our position inside, "Our artillery consisted of two brass six-pounders, three iron six-pounders, and two six-inch mortars, for which we had only about a dozen shells. We also had but a small supply of round shot and musket balls, but plenty of powder. " On the 12th (Thursday), while we were still at work on the intrenchments, our pickets--companies A and C of Marshall's cavalry —were driven in. Col. Mulligan immediately sent out companies B, I, X, and G (Capts. Gleeson, Dan Quirk, Fitz gerald, and Lieut. Wallace), to entertain the enemy. The enemy's advance guard, about 5,000 strong, were discovered in a corn-field on the top of the bluff near Old Town. We immediately fired upon them six volleys in rapid succession, killing about 600 of them before they could form in line. We lost in this part of the battle S killed and 15 wounded. " We retreated into our intrenehments, followed by the enemy, who brought six pieces of cannon and commenced playing on the college building, where our ammunition and all our provisions were stored. We replied with all five of our guns, giving them round shot and shell to their hearts' content. The cannonading commenced about 3 p.m., and was kept up until dark. We used up all our shells before dark. We silenced one of their guns by knocking it to pieces, and killed, as we learnt afterwards, about 75 of their men. We sustained no injury at all, except in the using up our ammu nition. The action ceased at dark. " The enemy did not recommence the battle next day, for the reason that his reserve forces had not yet come up. We took advantage of the interim to continue work on our intrenchments, working day and night. " After the battle of the 12th, in which the rebels were repulsed, a second messenger, Lieut. Ryan, was despatched to Jefferson City for reinforcements. He left Lexington on the steamer Sunshine, which boat was captured by the rebels on the way down, and Lieutenant Ryan was made prisoner. " On the morning of the 17th, we discovered that we were completely surrounded by the enemy, who had cut us off from the river entirely. His force was six times greater than when the battle, com menced on the 12th. " The battle recommenced at eight o'clock pre cisely, a signal gun being fired from General Price's head-quarters at the Court-house in the new town. The firing then recommenced with artillery on both sides. " The enemy continued fighting from the 17th to the 20th inclusive, night and day, without interrup tion. During this whole time we were without any water except about 20 barrels in cisterns around the college building. Most of this we had to keep for hospital purposes. On the morning of the 19th it rained heavily for about two hours, saturating our blankets, which we wrung out into our canteens for drinking. " The rebels aimed most of their shots at the college building, supposing our magazine to be there, which it was at first ; but after the engage ment of the 12th we had removed it to a safer place. During the nights we continued to throw red hot shot at each other ; during the days the battle was continued with both cannon and musketry. "During the 17th (Tuesday) and the 18th, the rebels made very poor progress, getting no nearer to us than we found them when the battle begun. On the 19th (Thursday) they commenced erecting breast works of hemp bales, from behind which they continued their fire, while they rolled the breast works towards us. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon of that day they charged over the intrenchments upon Colonel Peabody's Home Guards, and planted their flag upon the top of our breastworks. The Irish Brigade were ordered to leave their position on the opposite side, to retake the ground which Colonel Peabody had lost. We fired on the run and continued at double quick. The rebels scattered and fled like a flock of sheep, but left the top of the en trenchments covered with their dead. We killed about 500 or 600 in this single charge, and cap tured their flag. We lost about 30 killed and wounded. They had no bayonets, and most of their weapons were shot guns, and we did not give them time to make use of even these. They fired only at random. Colonel Mulligan received a buckshot in the leg, which passed through the calf, laming but not disabling him. He received six or seven balls and buckshot through the green blouse he wore. This was the end of the action on that day, except the cannonading, which continued through the night. " On tho 20th the engagement continued, with musketry firing at intervals. We fired hot shut into their hemp-bale breastworks, hoping to set them on fire, but we found they were saturated with water, for which purpose they were dipped in the river. They came up in force to the top of the hill, when the brigade left the intrenchments, together with Company A of Col. Marshall's:cavalry, and charged upon them, drivicg them down the hill with great slaughter. In this charge the cavalry company was entirely destroyed both men and horses being killed. Colonel Marshall himself was in the college build ing with the Home Guards. The charge, like the one of the day previous, was led by Colonel Mulli gan in person. The brigade lost in this charge about 60 killed and wounded. The cavalry com pany received the whole contents of the enemy's hy s a t e e amt n nh e afe e r . os2mpt B :th u he tde( (Friday), r e el de a d ar. their a v ), e u n s the n r o e t b e b l s e i f n r g o m a b theire to o battery of six pieces, whi c h swept them entirely out pbt take battery e x ot r i they brought up more cannon to their hemp-bale battery on the bill. Between 10 and 2 o'clock we made three charges upon this battery. We were led by Colonel White of the Missouri Bth, Colonel Mulligan being scarcely able to walk. Colonel White and his men fought bravely during the whole battle. Colonel White is one of the bravest of men. Colonel Alulligan relied more upon him than upon any other officer of his command. In the last charge upon the rebel battery, about 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon, he was shot through the lungs, and died on Saturday morning. "Six different times during the siege the rebels were allowed to approach the intrenchments on the side next the city to the edge of the ditch. When a regiment had got sufficiently near, our boys in side would explode a mine, sending them up into the air and hurling them promiscuously in every direction, slaughterinF them by hundreds. Six mines were thus exploded under their feet, and they evidently began to regard that side of the entrenchments as a dangerous locality. " Immediately after the charge in which Colonel White was killed, Major Baker, of Colonel Pea body's Home Guards, planted a flag of truce on the entrenchments. Colonel Mulligan immediately ordered it to be taken down. It was taken down, and the firing recommenced and continued until 4 o'clock, when Captain Graham, of the Home Guards, again put up the flag of truce, and the whole force of Home Guards left the trenches, refusing to con tinue the fight. " We were out of water and out of ammunition ; three of our cannon had been silent since the day before, for want of shot ; our men had only six rounds of ball left. The reinforcements we had expected had not arrived, and we had reason to believe they had been cut off. It was evident we could not hold out much longer. " When the firing ceased the rebels sent in a flag from their battery, and Colonel Mulligan sent Major Moore to Price's headquarters. Price came up in person and received the surrender. " A day or two previously Price had sent a flag of truce to us, and offered if we would surrender to permit us to march out with our arms, but Colonel Mulligan promptly refused the overture. " The rebels took from us everything except the •lothes on our backs, and hurried us across the river on Satudray morning. The swords of the officers were not taken away. Price said to Colonel Mulligan that he was too brave a man to be deprived of his sword, and permitted him to retain it. Mul- ligan wept like a child when he found he must give up the battle which he had fought for four days without ceasing against an army of 31,000 men. "All the round shot we had were cast by our selves at an iron foundry in the city. We continued this work until the rebels took possession of the town. " The rebels had 15 or 16 cannon, and seemed to be well supplied with ammunition, round shot, grape, and cannister. Their small arms were prin cipally shot guns and squirrel rifles: They had only a few muskets with bayonets, taken from our troops at Springfield. " During the entire time, from the battle on the 12th to the surrender on the evening of the 20th, we neither saw nor heard of reinforcements. We knew that General Raines, with about 10,000 men, had been sent out to intercept and cut off any rein forcements that. might be approaching from the west and north-west, and we had reason to believe that M'Culloch had forces near the river below us for a like purpose. Had they not been intercpted and whipped we could conceive of no good reason why reinforcements had not arrived two or three days before. We knew, or at least believed, they had had ample notice of our situation. Two mes sengers had been sent to Jefferson City, but nothing was heard from either of them afterwards. "There is no truth, nor shadow of truth, in the statement published in certain newspapers, that Colonel Mulligan, in reply to Price's summons to surrender, told him to Go to h—."rhe first sum mons we had from Price was a cannon ball; the reply to it was another. "Neither is there any truth in the statement that he refused to give up his sword when it was demanded. His sword was not taken from him, unless it was done after his men left the ground. " The statement that Colonel Mulligan challenged Price to a fair fight, four to one, is false. Colonel Mulligan had enough to do in conducting battle like a soldier, and a brave one ; he had no time to spend in' buncombe' exhibitions of valour for the benefit of sensation reporters, " Colonel Mulligan displayed the greatest cool ness and bravery throughout. Both he and Colonel White passed over the ground where grape and cannister were flying in all directions, giving their orders with as much coolness and consciousness of what they were about as if there had been not the slightest danger. Both led their men to the charge against a storm of deadly hail such as few veterans of the line have stood amid without quailing. Their actions proved them to be men than whom there are none braver. Both deserved a better fate, the one being killed, and the other wounded and a prisoner. " Before we left Claib Jackson made a speech. He said we had no business in Missouri ; that we' (meaning himself, it is supposed) would take care of that State without our assistance, and that we had better go home and mind our own business. All of which we listened to with such patience as be came men who could not help it. " General Price also had something to say as we were formed in a line to be sent across the river. He passed a compliment upon Colonel Mulligan's command, by saying that they had been the hardest troops to capture he had ever seen. In this he could not have included the Home Guards. " The Home Guards were not released, but held as prisoners by Price, and it was rumoured that some of ; them were to be shot as traitors to the State." The following despatches give additional particu lays relative to the siege of Lexington : " ST. LOUIS, SEPT. 25. " Lieut. Harris, of Colonel Marshall's Illinois Cavalry, who was in the battle at Lexington, ar rived here to-day. He says he disguised himself in the uniform of the enemy after the surrender, and passed through their lines, escaping without taking an ' obligation.' He reports that a large amount of gold, seven cannon, 4,500 rifles and muskets, the equipments of Colonels Marshall's and Mulli gan's regiments, a number of waggons, and a con siderable quantity of provisions fell into the hands of the rebels. There were but 2,200 engaged on our side, the balance of the men being sick or absent while the force of the enemy is stated at 30,000 en gaged, and 10,000 out on marauding expeditions. , JEFFERSON CITY, SEPT. 26. " A special despatch to tho St. Louis Republican says :—Colonel Daggart, of the 26th Illinois Regi ment, has arrived from Ostenili, where he heard yesterday that Claib Jackson was advancing on Booneville with 10,000 men, and Price was marching towards Georgetown with about 20,000 men, the army at Lexington having been divided for that purpose. _ _ "General Davis is in command of our forces at Georgetown, where a large number of troops can be concentrated in a short time. " The rebels were reported moving fcrward to burn the Len - iino-bric'.ge 2 gain, but it was well de fended. "Scouting parties were reported to be near Boone , yille last night. " General Siegel went west from here to-day. "Ex-Governor King and Judge Ryland have been released by the rebels. " General Sturgis, with 1,100 men, reached a point six miles from Lexington on the 19th, but, learning that some 5,000 of Price's rebels were sta tioned in the woods skirting the river, waiting for his approach, he marched to Liberty and thence to Kansas city. "Reports which are regarded as reliable say that Colonel Montgomery, of General Lanee command) PR1CE....... .4d. STAMPED ....sd. attacked Oceola, in St. Clair county, on Friday last, and burnt the town by shelling it, and replsed a large force of rebels. " There are said to be about 4,000 rebels in St. Clair county, committing all kinds of depredations upon Union men." THE GREAT EASTERN. The Great Eastern left Queenstown Harbour on Sunday, the 6th, at 6.30 p.m., arrived off St. Ann's Lights next morning at 5.30. It would seem that the pilots in this quarter, like most other classes of the people, are devoid of the spirit and enterprise so essential to their own welfare and to the protec tion of the shipping bound up the very dangerous Irish Channel, and the mercantile body are preven ted getting latest colonial and foreign intelligence which might be got, as well as the passengers brought ashore from the homeward bound ships ; yet these so-called pilots do not scruple to demand what they call their dues without having earned them. The big ship is lying right abreast the town of Milford, about half a mile from the shore. She con trasts very forcibly with the numerous barques and other vessels in the part of the harbour wherein she lies, and if the Secretary to the Society of Naval Architects, who lately wrote so disparagingly of Milford Haven, were here, he would see there is very abundant space for more than a hundred Great Easterns to lie at ease in these capacious waters. In writing as this secretary did he gave evidence to all who know the facts that he was totally unacquainted with the facts he pretended to demon strate. The ship has 5,000 tons of coal and a quantity of goods on board, which are to be discharged here, and then she will be moved to the grid opposite the Royal Dockyard. From top of the paddle-box to water's edge is about 55 feet ; she lies 27 feet aft and 23 feet forward above her water line. She made the voyage from Cork to Milford Haven at 101 knots per hour with her screw only. Except that the floats of the paddles are gone and some damage done to the rudder, there is little sign of mischief outside; and upon visiting the interior I had some difficulty in being convinced that any very material damage had been done either to the furniture or fittings. A table striking against a large mirror starred it considerably, and a gentle man walking into it completed its destruction. Large sheets of ground glass were placed in parts of flooring of deck to give light below, and were railed round. One of these was in front of the " Bridal Chamber." A visitor at Cork, with more of a prying curiosity than discretion, got across the rail to peep behind the muslin and crimson and gold curtain—the glass was smashed, and in lieu of find ing himself in the presence of the bridal party tete-a-tete, he was precipitated a considerable depth below, where but for the collection of sails he would have received his just reward. The attendants being absent, this honourable gentleman contrived to slink away, without reporting or paying for the mischief he had done. Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, and other direc tors of the ship, are here ; also a French gentleman, who, they say, is accredited by the French Go vernment for the purchase of her. The weather here is remarkably fine and mild, and the South Wales directors would do wisely to run trains fre quently between this and Swansea and the populous towns lying between them. But persons who come to see the ship should not be deluded by the Milford Junction into the supposition that there is any means of getting on from thence to Milford; they would find it a very great mistake, and should come on to New Milford, or, as better known, Neyland, the ancient name of the place ; and here, at the South Wales Hotel, they will find every comfort and attention, and inducements to remain. A small steamer runs several times a day from this pier and Hobb's Point to the "Big Ship" and Milford, and people would find it an _agreeable and healthful recreation. TELEGIeAPII TO INDIA. A writer in a contemporary says :—" I request permission to occupy a small portion of your valu able space upon a subject of great national interest —the telegraphic communication between Great Britain and India, China, and the Australasian colonies. " I shall not waste the time of your readers by discussing the past proceedings connected with the telegraph by the Red Sea further than to state that her Majesty's Government having given the gua rantee, and, after doubts of its validity having been raised by the law officers of the Crown, having ob• tained an act of Parliament to confirm and carry out the original intention of the contracting parties, the public confidence has been so much shaken as to have materially prejudiced the original under taking, irrespective of the injury inflicted upon it by the failure of so many sections of the cable, which might otherwise have been repaired and restoyed without exceeding the capital origizially provided. One result is the indisposition of her Majesty's Government to proceed further with the undertak ing as a Government question. "Now it is impossible that this country can stand still while France, Russia, and other countries are extending their telegraphs with all the speed they can command. It is not the characteristic of Eng lishmen to abandon what they have once delibe rately, and upon conviction, undertaken. Diffi culties afford no excuse for apathy and indifference. The communication is indispensable, and practicable with due and rightly-directed exertions ; and I now write with a view to apprise those of your readers who are interested in the subject that a proposal has been submitted to her Majesty's Government by responsible persons, who are prepared to undertake the restoration of the cable without either guarantee or pecuniary assistance from the Government, and that, assuming that the matter is promptly decided, the restoration of telegraphic communication upon the eastern division of the line will probably be completed before March next. " It is assumed that so soon as Parliament meets authority will be applied for to consolidate the capital of the existing company. The most experi enced electrical engineers have been consulted, and reports from Sir Charles Bright, Mr. Latimer Clark, and from Mr. Brunton, the late superintendent of the Red Sea Telegraph Company, have been re• ceived in confirmation of the grounds upon which a successful issue to the operations is expected. " The results, if successful, are of so great im portance that the policy of using every exertion to accomplish the object will scarcely be questioned, and the plans proposed of repairing the eastern division first will allow of the experiment being tried with the least cost, while the completion of the through communication will afterwards be effected by the use of land lines on a great portion of the Egyptian and Abyssinian coast. The poe session of alternative lines by Asiatic Turkey and the Red Sea will alone render the country indepen dent of all contingencies. "If prompt measures are taken the public will within a very few months receive daily telegrams from all parts of ludia. SEPARATION OF AGED COUPLES IN WORKITOI7ES. —At a meeting of the guardians of the Greenwich Union, held last evening—Mr. B. Carter chairman—Mr. Baseett, one of the Woolwich guardians, moved, " That a commit tee be appointed to consider and report what arrangements can be made for enabling married couples in the workhouse, both of whom are over 60 years of age, to live with each other, as the 23d section of the Act 10th and 11th Victoria, cap. 109, declares it to be illegal to compel such married persons to live apart." Mr. Ellis seconded the motion, which was supported by several members. Mr—Maslen expressed his opinion that if it wore needed, he could obtain by voluntary subscriptions among the ratepayers sufficient money to pay the whole expense of providing apartments. The motion ; on being put to the Nice, " carried utuziraosly. mutable W 6, N TILE A.RIIISTRONG GUY. EWSPAPER' =-;- 5 .e.,, ''''' l 44 X- ,, - 4' r ., ~-.,..• .4z , _ ~,i, i , ' r ' TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. :i<5...: ~-.),.., t 4 4 , r„t c ' Sir,—l observe in your paper of yes ayt,., t 'e--11" t)4 ,4.-,. , /4„:„. 1 article on the Armstrong Gun, copied ott, :-- . 4,45 , 2hechanies' Magazine, and, as you have ma . air' '-ri.:. esV subject of comment, lam induced to point out £ Al. g misstatements made by the writer in the Magazine, and also to offer some general explanations on the points to which you refer. The allegations, you say, "take a distinct and specific form." It is asserted that, under the direc tion of the Ordnance Select Committee, a heavy gun was recently tried to test rapidity of firing, that four vent pieces were destroyed in 50 rounds, and that the time occupied was eight hours. It is true that a 40-pounder gun was last week tried at Shoe buryness for the above purpose by the committee, and that 50 rounds were fired from it, but the time occupied was only 57 minutes, and no vent piece was broken or injured. The gun remained perfectly sere. viceable at the close of the experiment, and the metal did not become unduly heated as was alleged. I will add that the time occupied in loading and running up the gun was only 25 seconds per round, the remainder being spent in laying the gun, which was done with such effect that the target was rarely missed, and had three times to be changed in eon sequence of being knocked over or destroyed. A somewhat similar experiment with a 100- pounder gun was subsequently commenced; but not finished while I was present, and, althwigh I have not yet heard the result, I feel assured that had any failure occurred it would have been communicated to me. I know of no other trials of heavy guns lately may' by thr, committee to test rapidity of firing. allegation concerns the shell. It is said that 40,000 shells stored on the wharf at Woolwich are undergoing an exfoliation of the had from the iron, so obvious as to be apparent on the slightest examination. In answer, I may observe that the attention of the Ordnance Select Committee and of the Superintendent of the Chymical Department in the Arsenal has been of late especially directed to the condition of these shells and that they have been found free from deterioration. A report made on the subject states that the appearance of rust on the leaden covering of some of these shells had given rise to the idea that oxidation of the iron was going forward, but that it was found to arise from small particles of iron filings which, in the rolling of the shells upon the floor of the workshops, had become imbedded in the lead and stained the surface by rusting. As to leaded projectiles not admitting of use over troops without the risk of casualties, the groundless ness of the objection has been repeatedly shown. The simple fact is that the shell on bursting proves more effective if the lead be not too adhesive, but the lead may be made to hold with any degree of tenacity that may be required. With regard to " the important alterations" that are said to have so far " regenerated" the 12- pounder Armstrong gun that " the inventor himself will hardly be able to recognise his own offspring," these are set forth in the following terms, which would lead uninformed persons to believe that the changes almost involved a new gun :—" The breech tangent sight (the writer states) has to be altered from steel to gun metal, and from a rectangular to a hexagonal form, the upper portion being at the same time completely remodelled, including the leaf, crosshead, horizontal and vertical verniers, elevating and deflecting screws. The ratchet has undergone considerable improvement. The trun nion sight has been remodelled, while at the same time it is secured to the body of the gun, instead of being let through the trunnion. Considerable improvement has been made in the dispart sight." Now, every word of this applies to the sights, and simply amounts to this—that I have improved their Construction. The writer proceeds to state that " a change has been effected in the elevating eye." If it has, it is of so unimportant a nature that my memory fails to recall it. He goes on to say, " the lever and tappet pins have been altered." I confess to using split pins instead of solid ones, if that be worthy of notice. The next two items are a climax. It is gravely brought forward in proof of my changes that the lubricating wad is in future to be put in side instead of outside the cartridge, and that a piece of string is to be attached to the shell plugs for convenience of lifting. The truth of the matter is that the 12. pounder gun to which these remarks apply has undergone no alteration whatever in form or dimensions since its first introduction. You remark that the vent piece appears to be a weak point. This is perfectly true, but the weak ness is one of construction, not of principle. In determining the material and pattern of the vent piece I have had to rely upon the experience afforded by specimen guns ; but it is only by ob serving the regular course of practice on an extended scale that the liabilities due to manu factute and service become apparent. Thus, steel vent pieces which had endured trial of great severity failed under ordinary use. Wrought•iron has proved a much more suitable material, and there is no difficulty in increasing the strength of wrought-iron vent pieces to any extent by adding thickness, the only restraint being the considera tion of weight. Up to the time of the recent experi ments on board the Trusty no instance of the failure of a wrought-iron vent piece had been reported, although they had been extensively used, nor has any such failure of wrought-iron yet occurred in the instance of the 100-pounder gun. There is every reason to believe that the breaking of the vent pieces in the Trusty experiments arose from special causes, and I have no doubt that by a very moderate increase of thickness, and by improved manufacture, as well as by elongating the cartridge, so as to make it occupy the whole length of the chamber, the liability to fail will be entirely ob viated. It is impossible that a system of rifled breech loading ordnance, with new forms of projectiles and fuses, can be at once brought to full perfection in all sizes of guns. The amount of detail involved in such a system can hardly be realised, and it is not surprising that some points remain incomplete. For instance, I am at this moment anxiously engaged in settling points of detail connected with the use cf cups for arresting the escape of gas from the 100-pounder gun. Nothing but a little time and experiment is needed for this purpose, but in the meanwhile some inconvenience must arise. As to inquiry, I cannot have the slightest objcc• tion to it; but the fact is that the whole subject, even to the minutest detail, is, and always has been, subject to the control of the Ordnance Select Com mittee, who are fully acquainted with every par ticular. I think I have now adverted to every point which has been raised, and, so far as the 7ilnCS is con cerned, fairly and temperately raised. I will only add that I cannot continue a controversy which I should not have entered upon in this instance but for the prominence given to the subject by your article.---I am, Sir, your obedient servant, W. G. ARMSTRONG. London, Oct. 10. A CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY FINED SEVEN POUNDS FOE FALSE SCALES AND WEWIITS.-011 Wed nesday, at the Rochdale Police court, Hugh Bamford, manager of the Brickfield Co-operative Store, appeared to answer a charge of having in use at the store, two pairs of scales out of balance, and 11 weights light. The case was proved by policeman Wilkinson, who stated that there was not one weight on the premises in proper order. Bamford said that the scales had been examined every fortnight at Cie old premises, hut this duty had been s:)rnewhat neg•-• leetA Eitice they entered the new premises. The weights had all been adjusted in May. (To the Chairman, Mr. Chadwick)—We have weighed all sorts of goods with these weight:l.—After some severe remarks from other magis trates the Chairman said, " We shall, for the scales,com'iet .—At the close of the Fal kirk highest penalty, 1.:5 and costs ; and for the defective necessary.r wo think it dealer ' —.Leeds lllcreU) from Northumberland, who ° R i public o h B i s s h ß ' b l i : O el F p n r e d o x lt s o y2 t L ' o e no t f i o : ' Eg Y n e a i t T t 3 h r, mwaernkte over v during r al the k rdka where became e k get rhkaiatbrakebTrerye“nsmtar engagedketm and i n tow with some ladies, who robbed him of his o bool4containiugL2,ooo in cheques, MIN, and Pc-et. money. There was only about £lOO in money. The',pro ice were communi cated with, but they have not - et Oiscovered either the thief or the money, I the nples 0 56s 0 26s 0 54s ►.' s. ; 6 I 9