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iv," <- 7 . . ort • _nr 160, t, oc, -.A. 4. /// r 4f-:— Nvard the eneray,but will rtot venture be onsitoalthgE , 7* . het, p., . • 40%. . , .• - _ - , • " 'tifetteigt `1 I . Itg'' I • - ow 4. ' 4 - 1 • . 1 11 14 7, 7 ,1 7 ' 0 14 •` .7e.„, • •.• `".• . , •"•• • , f ,•• - 41 , 4 s ' Ron. • ...... '4l llll • •t•':, PA Elt 47% •:,.; BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.-- Incorporated by Royal Chartor. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA will be he'd on TUESDAY, the 3d day of December next, at the Office of the Corporation, 7, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, at One o'clock pre cisely, to receive a Report from the Directors. By order of the Co— commanding, or w ith ou t hi s special order. ki , 11 7. The Commanding Officer of the Naval Squadron has - kindly consented to furnish 300 sailors to assist in launch ing and manning the surf-boats, and he appeals to the patriotism of the masters, mates, and sailors of the several - transports to furnish an additional number of coxswains and oartnnen. Any deficiency of oarsmen in surf boats will be supplied from the platoons on board of those respectively, so that each boat when ready may be rapidly rowed ashore. Thu soldier oarsmen will land and form with their platoons. 8. General and field officers, with their respective staffs, will endeavour to obtain landing boats for themselves, and the necessary coxswains and oarsmen from the transports and other hired vessels of the fleet. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1861. C. 31`NAB, Secretary. 7, St. Helen's-place, Linldon, Nov 6, 1861. N°. 21,642, PRICE STAMPED ....sd. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. SALE OF OLD STORES. The Directors are prepared to receive Tenders for the pur chase of old Copper, Bras, Iron, and Steel, ac., tee., now lying, at the Nine Elms Station, where they may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, on application to the st ore k eeper. Tenders to be marked "Tender for Old Stores," and to be sent in to me not later than 10 a.m. on Thursday, the 21st November inst. The Di ectors do not bind themselves to accept the highest or any tender. carry 50 guns; but as screw-vessels can now only be recognised, she has been put aside as useless as a man-of •war. She has, therefore, been readily handed over to a certain number of patriotic mer chants of London, who had applied to the Admiralty for the loan of a training-ship. We believe that the Messrs. Green, of Blackwell, Mr. T. Baring, M.P., Mr. Thomson Hankey, M.P., Mr. Cave, M.P., and other influential members of the commercial community of the City, have agreed to join in the movement which is to render the Worcester of faer !ice to the country.—Arniy and Navy Gazette. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Arthur R. Wright, additional, to the Impregnable for service in the Squirrel; Lieut. Charles S. Cardale, to the Grey hound ; John King, surg., to the Donegal ; R. L: B. Head, assistant-surg., ; additi ona l, t o th e Impregna ble, for the Squirrel ; Frederick. Seaton, second master, additional, to the Impregnable, for service in the Squirrel; John Brown, master's assist., to the Greyhound ; PR- Johnson, chief engineer, to the Indus, for charge of the machinery of the Gladiator; G. Griffiths, engineer, qualified for charge, to the Greyhound; F. Wheeler, first• class assist.-engineer, to the Greyhound; I. Johnson, acting first-class assist.-engineer, to the Greyhound ; and J. Beech, second-class assist.-engineer, to the Greyhound. posed by Dr. W. M. Muir, C. 8., Inspector-General, the principal medical officer of the garrison, with whom the suggestion originated, it is intended to make the mess-room a reading, lounging, and smoking room for the exclusive use of the inmates of the establishment, the tables being furnished with most of the daily and weekly papers, and with books of a light and amusing kind suited for the class who will peruse them. PUBLICATIONS. 7HE NAVY. THE REMOVAL OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP BRI TANNIA FROM PORTSMOUTH TO PORTLAND. — The greatest possible dissatisfaction has manifested itself throughout the borough of Portsmouth on account of the fact that this cadet ship is to be removed. The matter was on Saturday discussed at the Town Council, and every endeavour will be made to induce the Admiralty to permit the Britannia to remain at her old mooring, or, at the least, to only temporarily withdraw her. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "MARGARET MAIKAN D." On Friday nesa, in 3 vols., THE LAST. OF THE MORTIMERS. By the Author of " Marga-et Maitland," "The House on the Moor," &c. 3 Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The Arabia has brought us our private corre spondence and files of papers from New York up to the 30th of October. The following description of the great naval expedition aboat to sail against some point of the Southern Coast is given by a correspondent in New York : 9. The seamen and officers of the troops on board each transport will arrange with the master for voluntary helps of this kind, which may b 3 needed and can be given, and will make a special report to their head-quarters as early as practicable of the assistance thus rendered. By order, L. Wate rloo - bridge Station, L on d on, Nov. 8, CROMME, Secy. 1861. Now ready, in 2 vols. Svo., with Portrait, THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THE INDIAN CARRYING COMPANY, Temporary Offices, No. 02,L imited. Iltoorgae-street E.C. Caita .Lleo,ooo, in 50 , 000 Shares of £2 each,t with power , to incre p ase. l First issue, 25,000 Shares. Deposit los, per share on appli cation, and 10s. on allotment. Registered under "The Joint-stock Companies Act," with Limited Liability. Sir Macdonald St e CHAIRMAN. way Company. phen.on, Directo r o f th e E as t Indian Rail- ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.B. From his Private Papers. THE WOOLWICH INQUIRY. 10. As soon as the landing shall have been effected, the Surf and other landing boats will revert to the chief gu ar ., termaster for immediate supplies. By MAJOR-GENERAL ELERS NAPIER. "Sir Charles Napier will undoubtedly rank among the first of our sea worthies. This work, without pretence, accom plishes much, bringing all the incidents of the Admiral's life together, so as to create a story of great interest with much that is amusing for the general, and more that is instructive to the professional reader."—Athenmum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—An investigation is just now taking place as to the recent disturbances at Woolwich Aca demy. Before a verdict is pronounced, I earnestly entreat you to allow me to submit to the military authorities and the public a few remarks upon what has recently occurred, and what is still occurring, at that great military school. 11. The sick and non-effective men will remain on board the several transports until provision can be made for them on shore. The non-effectives will be especially charged with the care of the sick, under directions to be left by the respective medical officers. _ _ _ 12. Medical officers, excepting ono from each brigade to be designated by the respective brigade commanders, will land with the troops. The three medical officers left afloat will, under the directions of the medical director, divide the duty of visiting all the sick on board, including those of the 3d Rhode Island Regiment, and the battalion of Volunteer Engineers. By order of Brigadier-General T. W. SHERMAN, LOUIS H. PELOUSE, Captain, 15th Infantry. Head-quarters lst Brigade, E.C., steamship Empire City, Oct. 25. Official, PERM C. KANE, Acting-Assistant ' • Adjutant-General. The electric telegraph is at last completed to San Francisco. SIR J. E. TENNENT'S NEW WORK ON CEYLON. Now ready, in 1 thick vol. past Bvo., with 82 Wood Engrav ings from Original Drawings, price 12s. 6d. cloth, `KETCHES of the NATURAL HISTORY of CEYLON; with Narratives and Anecdotes illustrative of the Habits and Instincts of the Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes. Insects, &c., including a Monograph of the Elephant , and a Description of the modes of Capturing - and Training it. By Sir J. EMERSON TENNENT, K.C.S., LL.D., &e. London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. J. G. Frith, DIRECTORS. Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Great Indian Peninsula Railw ty Company. P. D. Hadow Esq., Deputy hairman of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Wm. Hartridge, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Company. J. Co F. Le a i n th, Esq., Ch a i rman of the Eastern Bengal Railway y. Georgem Norton, Esq.,Director of the Great Southern of India Railway Company. John Stewart, Esq., late of Bombay. James Walker, Rag., Managing Director of the Madras Rail way Company. Alexander Wilson, Esq., Director of the Oude Railway Com pany. SOLICITORSFFCIAL AUDITOR —J. E. E. Coleman, Esq. —liessrs, Preshfields and Newmn. BuoaErta—Messr s . Robert and James Sutton, 22, a Royal Exchange. BANKEYiS—The London and County Bank, 21, Lombard-st. SECRETARY —Walter Thompson, Esq. Temporary Offices, 62, Moorg,ate-street. GED POCTUS. The object of ABRlD this undertaking R is to SP p provide moans of trans port at the terminal and intermediate stations along the lines of the Indian railways and steamers, similar to the establish in.ents of Messrs. Pickford and Co. and others engaged in connection with the various lines of railways in Great Bri tain, collecting for despatch by rail, and distributing on its arrival the enormous amount of merchandise and produce conveyed upon these lines, for which the existing primitive native means of conveyance by bullock hackery are totally in adequate, and the native carriers possessing neither the capi tal, skill, nor enterprise required to organise the system necessary for the purpose. Messrs. Pickford and Co. have liberally placed at the 'Board's disposal all the valuable information which their Tong and successful experience enables them t, supply, and lave otherwise rendered to the Co rpany and promised to continue all the assistance in their power. Estimates, carefully prepared, based on a comparison of the outooings and returns of similar establishments in Eng land, with the present Indian rates, after making due allow ance for the additional expense of European superintendence and improved stock, and liberal deductions on account of de preciation and renewals, snow a profit fully equal to 25 per cent. upon the capital employed. These estimates have been made upon the safe principle of calcniating the expenditure in excess of what is anticipated, and the returns at the lowest existing scale of cha - ges ; and they are based upon th e as - anmption that only about 104,000 tons are carried annually by the Company at all their stations, while the export trade of Calcutta alone, for one year, exceeded 725.000 tons. A deposit of 10s. per share must be made on application, and 10s. on allotment. If n allotment is made, the deposit Will be returned without deduction. Payments may be made at the Head Office of the London gib d County Bank, n. at any of its Branches. Pull Prospectuses and Forms of Application may be ob tained of the Brokers, or at the Offices of the Company, 62, Moorgate-street. ASSISTANT LAUNbßENS.—Required in the Female Prison, at Fulham, a LAUNDRY MATRON, l'Re not unde r 25, coetent to Instruct the Prisoners In e ver y branch of Laundry work Unexceptional testimonials as to klec,lisary qualifications and general character will be re ignired. Written aplication, with copies of testimonials, - will be received at the office of the Directors of Convict Pe volls, 45, Parliament -street, Westminster, until Two o'clock on Friday, the 15th instant. 45, Parliament -street, Nov. 7, 1861. ARGYLL ROOMS.—GREAT SUCCESS !! The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. Bour.couT Conductor and principal Cornet In s tddition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss tuadrille, and novel ties of last west, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the Solos performed by him and Greebe. Admission 18.— Manager, M. P. Grenet. CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR ASCENSION. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset Place, 31st Oct., 1861. T HE COMMISSI ONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRA of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the l'ith Nov. nr . ,:xt, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delive ring into store, at A=cension, 4,000 Tons of SOTJTII WALES COALS, ffit for the service of her Majesty's Steam Vessels. The Conditions of the Contract and a Form of the Tender anay be seen at the said Office. 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. Admir Every Tender Insist be addressed to th e S ecre t ar y o f th e alty, and bear in the left-handcorner the words "Ten der for Coals tor A acension7;" and must also be delivered at Fomerset-plrAce. accompanied by a letter ai med by two re to become bOuno witn use r er son tendering, in the sum of £2,000, for the due performance of the Contract. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.— Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind , sapaams, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe - ite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Bold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, Is. lid., and three times the qamitity in one 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Biliouri and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. _TOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED CA PSULES.--Copaiba and Cubeba are doubtless the best remedies, but these drugs are ot a repulsive taste and odour, and occasion colicky pains, nausea, and gastric dis turbance. M. Jozeau has succeeded in rendering these valu able therap eu ti c agents erfectly innocuous by increasing in nis Copahine all t , e curative properties. This preparation has been adopted by the Paris Academy of Medicine, after more than a thousand trials in Paris and the different Lon don h ospitals, viz., tit. rehomas's, Guy's, and St. Bartholo ew'o9 under the care ot Messrs. Lloyd, P o l an d , an d L erros which Lancet," Nov 6 and Dec. 10, 1857. Th e C o p a hi ne. in abrui I • 5 in form of a p re tty p i n k sugar plum, effects a cure l six days, either in recent or chro n i c di seases. 100 cat apsules, 4s. 6d. ; post free, ss. 2d. Post-office order required ; CherJ. JOZEAU'S, French Chemist, 42, Haymarket, London ; ue St. Quenti n , P ar i s ; and all the most important ists. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is 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. Rhord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for nse, at lls., or four quantities in one for 338., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co., Patent Medi ineVVarehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Halt) I_l4 XTRAORDINARY OPTICAL DISCOVERY. Extract from the "Medical Circular," Nov. 16, 1859 : We have observed with much pleasure sub mportant dis covery in the grinding of spectacle lense Mr. Bernard Davis, optician. They are superior to any others ; and from their peculiar transparency can be easily adapted to any sight, avoiding all strain to the vision. We have no doubt that the most imperfect eyes may be surprisingly assisted by this novel discovery." Country residents suited with the greatest accuracy by station - age. List of Prices:—Fine steel frames, with real Brazil pebbles, 7s. 6d. ; ditty,very finest frames, lOs. Ad. ; ditto, with best glasses, 3s. 64., 4s. 6d. , Is. Ad. ; patent panto scopic, for the clergy or public speakers, to look ovcir without removing,, with pebbles. 12s. Ad., 10s. Ad. ; with best glasses, 4s. ed., 65., 7s. Ad. ; solid sold, 2ns. per pair. Address, BERNARD DAVIS, 430, Euston-road, London, Optician to the Opthalmic Institutions. TELESCOPES—By the application of the Improved lenses, Mr. D. can guarantee his telescopes as being of the highest power and at half the usual charges, viz. : -Small pocket telescopes, to define 5 miles, 10s. 6d.; ditto, 10 miles, 215.; ditto, and showing all the heavenly bodies, 42s.—size, from 4 inches tog inches long. MICROSCOPES with the improved lenses. -Student corn pound achromatic micrnscopes, with three powers and every necessary 63 e. and 84s in mahogany cabinets ; compound mi croscopes with tree powers, 10s. 6d. ; tons strong power, magnifying, 5,000 times cessary, magnifyi ng 12s. 6d. ; ditto, with every instructions h0w20,000 to 40,000, 215., 305., 425. Printed to use microscopes free with each instru ment. Opera and Field Glasses of the highest power, at 155., 215., 305., 40s. MAGID LANTI/ORNs AND DISSOLVING VIEWS. Descriptive Catalogues for sta mps.—Post-offie,e Orders payable, Euston-square, Eus ton-road, near Regent's -park, Ildni,loanviB' optician, 430, DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORE, MANHOOD: A MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRWE A., NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, all Bookseller d in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by 3, an .ent post paid, by the Author, for 1 2 stamps, AANHOOD : the CAUSE an d C URE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions : Or Perfect Restoration . to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L . Cunvxs, 15, A ~ bermarle-street. Piccadilly, Lond on. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiologfe.i Structure and Functicns of the Reproductive Organ s . CHAPTER IT.—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and impotence, Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER Review of the various Disqualifications at Marriaze ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhcea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting Meg, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Nianhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old. '—" Sunday Times," March, 18.56. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases Which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age ,—" Daily Telegraph," March 27,1856. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of P r ofessional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications billt Impediments arising from nervous excitement and de- Y and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and fixoc_e!ses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. 1140 n : Published by J. Allen, 20, W ar wick Lane, Pater *Nl noster-row; Mann, 39, COrnhin• y Consultation - l 0 to 3 and 6 to 6 • Stuld4 th 1 ° till s, GREAT MARLBOROTIGH-STRET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON. DR. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all oases of Nervous Debility, Languor. Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements ,)1 both Sexes, -emanating from early and excessive ;indul games/ Has Just published, price Is.; - by post, 1$ stamps; 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis: The Physiology and Anatomy of our Genera tion —The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. !so, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MAL. The modern tre a t men t of Sy ph ilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagla Gonorrhcea), Spermatorrhcea, Impotency, and all Diseases of he Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, dic.s FEALE. The Physiology and Anatomy o f Women—Fnnotional Ir rezularittes in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Removal of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion —Use of the speculum. Also, o. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debilit y . N ery °winos, heir Obligations Ha_ppiness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. VE ste A r ND llity M ß A:R ov lA edi GE an : d Healthy Off. ;tad other Mateh L e: and Disappointments; Love spring secured.; No. 3. THE CASE BOOK':100 Cases of SPERMATORRIREA; Galvanism .Im. &c. T cu h r e e ir u C y a‘uuasesut,e ris Snn ati P ou tra. and Tr ea t ment, ConiesSion and To be had of Mann, 39, cor n hiu and the Authors. Advil:* to the Worki ng Classes fee Half-a-Guinea; (SPCIAL NoTicE.) Dr. Culverwell is the only legally qualified medical practi tioner hying of that name,i,and can be consulted (only as iibove,) The Orion, 89, screw steamer, 600-horse power, Acting-Capt. W. C. De Vere, was paid off at Sheer ness on Saturday. This vessel was commissioned by Capt. E. C. T. D'Eyncourt at Plymouth in June, 1858, and formed part of the Channel fleet till April 1859, when she received orders to proceed from Bantry Bay, in company with the Victor Emma nuel, to Gibraltar, on particular service. After re maining at Gibraltar for a month she was despatched to Genoa, Malta, and Palermo. She was afterwards stationed at Gibraltar during the invasion of Mo rocco by the Spaniards, and she returned to Malta in February in the following year. In May she visited Naples, when, after a month's stay, she was, in consequence of an accident to her screw shaft, obliged to return to England, and was docked at Plymouth, after which she joined the Channel fleet at Holyhead, where she received orders to return to the Mediterranean. A portion of the fleet being at Corfu, the Orion proceeded to that station, where she remained till the end of Nov. 1860, when she proceeded to Malta, where, at the end of December, she was ordered to Gibraltar for a cruise. After her return, in Feb., 1861, she lay in Corfu roads until ordered to the coast of Syria, in July, 1861, and lay at Beyront until ordered home. The Phaeton, 51, screw, Capt. E. Tatham, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning from the Nore. Orders were subsequently received for her to proceed to Devonport, for the purpose of being placed in dock before proceeding to her station, understood to be the Gulf of Mexico. The Phaeton, it is now said, will not hoist an Admiral's flag, as it was said she would when first commissioned by Capt. Tatham. She had steam up soon after noon yesterday, but remained at Spithead up to sunset. She will pro bably sail thence this morning, if the weather should moderate. The Shannon, 51, screw, in the first class of the reserve at Portsmouth, is held in readiness to pro ceed from that port to Devonport should it be found expedient to transfer Capt. Cumming, his officers, and crew from the Emerald to another ship, owing to the injuries the Emerald received off the banks of Newfoundland during the severe gales she fell in with there. A court-martial assembled on the 2d inst. on board the flagship Impregnable, in Hamoaze, and again on the 4th and sth, for the trial of Henry Sandars, seaman of her Majesty's ship Centurion, who was sentenced to penal servitude for life. Mr. William L. Norcock, paymaster of the Impregnable, officiated as Judge-Advocate. Two boys, belonging to the Centurion, now under medical treatment in the Royal Naval Hospital, will, it is expected, shortly be tried by court-martial. The discipline on board this ship is not of the highest order, and the petty officers have requested that the crew may be paid off. Capt. Rogers is invalided, and his suc cessor is not yet appointed. She is under orders for the Mediterranean. The Childers, 12, is to be broken up by the con victs at St. Mary's Island, and her timbers are to be used in the construction of the river wall which is now being built there. The Rosario, 11, screw steamer, in getting under way to proceed on the trial trip of her engines at the Nore, unfortunately took the ground close to the White-house Guard station, Isle of Grain, but was shortly got off again, without receiving auy noticeable injury. The average speed attained during the trial was 91 knots. The Chanticleer, 17, screw (new), fitting for commission at Portsmouth, made her trial at half speed at the measured mile in Stokes Bay with four runs at the measured mile, the mean of the revolutions of engines being 71 ; pressure of steam 22114; vacuum, 25.5; and the speed of the ship being (mean of the four runs) 8 . 296,—a result which gave great satisfaction. The Arethusa, late sailing vessel, now screw frigate, 51 guns, after being lengthened from 40 to 50 feet amidships, was on Saturday taken into the fitting basin at Sheerness Dockyard, for the pur pose of having her machinery put in and fitted by Messrs. Penn and Sons, the contractors. Her Majesty's ship Lizard, Commander W. Lysaght, proceeded on Saturday from Sheerness to Chatham with the marines who had been paid oft' from her Majesty's ship Orion. The Lizard steam vessel, Lieut.-Com. Spratt, ar rived at Chatham on Saturday, having on board the Royal Marines from the Orion, which was paid off at Sheerness in the morning of that day; the marines consisted of three officers and 64 non-com missioned officers and privates. They disembarked at the New Stairs, and marched to the headquarters of the Chatham division, where they were inspected by Col. Gascoigne, C.B. The screw steam troopship Megmra, Commander Henderson, from Portsmouth and Portland, which arrived on Thursday evening at Plymouth, disembarked some supernumeraries for the Donegal and Conqueror, and proceeded for Queenstown to embark troops for Malta. The screw steamship Aboukir, 90, Capt. Charles F. A. Shadwell, C. 8., having embarked supernu meraries for the Mediterranean fleet, left Plymouth on Friday. _ _ The screw steam gunvessel Sparrow, fitting at Devonport, will, in addition to her 68. pounders, have some small Armstrongs. The War Department transport Bomarsund went alongside the Ordnance-wharf at Chatham, on Sa tui day, and shipped upwards of 800 eases of the 8- inch conical Lancaster shells brought from Malta in the Orion, 89, for conveyance to Woolwich. The cases of shell were in precisely the same state as they were when they left England several years since, none of them having been opened. The de scription of shell is not required in the service since the introduction of the Armstrong shells. The Thames, War Department transport, having unloaded the grape, case, and 8-inch shot at the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, brought from the Orion, 0 8 1 9 d, screw guns s a t n e d am es er r , ro a u t u t d h e e s for Nore c , o s n h v ip ey pe a d uc a e number .w mbe o r o o l- f wich, where they will be broken up, the whole of them being unsuitable for service. The serviceable guns and carriages brought from the Orion by the Marlborough th ordnance transpo r t We hear that with a viewestore s i n a t t r o C d h u a c t i h n a g m a r n ea in ly . have been dep os i ted in forpro im proved e e - d i s s s y u education uired. into her Majesty's ship s , vessels of a certain class w i ll in future bear upon their books two pupil teachers,who in due time will be rated as seamen's schoolmast ers. , The Danish Governm ent have ordered two iron cased vessels from the Thames Shipbuilding Com pany. They are to be 483 tons burthen, shell-proof, and coated with 21- inch plates. They are to be armed with one 58-pounder and two 40-pounders. Some of our naval readers who are old enough may recollect that many years ago one of the build ing slips at Deptford was occupied by what was then considered a very fine frigate. She was, if we are not much mistaken, about 14 or 15 years on the stocks. Many thousands of pounds sterling were lavished upon her, as it was resolved that she should be a crack vessel. In due time she was launched, and from that time to the present she has never been to sea. In short, she has been a dead loss to the country. We are afraid to say to what extent; but, as money doubles itself at five per cent. in no very great term of years, we may fairly say she has cost the public some £lOO,OOO. We allude to the ailing frigate Worcester, built to ~~-~. NEW WORK BY CAPTAIN RICIIARD BURTON. In 1 vol. Bvo., with 3 Maps and 18 Illustrations, price 18s., THE CITY of the SAINTS ; and across the Rocky Mountains to California. By RICHARD F. BURTON; captain H.M. Indian Army; Fellow .nd Gold Medallist of the Royal Geographical Societies of France and England ; H.M. Consul in West Africa ; Author of a "Pil grimage to Mecca and Medinah," _ _ _ London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. NEW EDITION, WITH IMPORTANT ADDITIONS, OF MRS. PIOZZI'S LETTERS AND MEMOIRS. 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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. The Author is the only legally qualified practitioner whose name stands on the Medical Register (the only true test of medical qualification), who has been exclu sively engaged for a series of years in the treatment of the various functional disorders of the nervous and reproductive system, which, owing to the great discoveries of modern science, are rendered subservient to a rational, simple, and easy mode of treatment. At home for consultation daily from 10 till 2, and from 6 till 8, either personally or by letter.-37, Bedford-square. THE ARMS. A Royal warrant, revising the Royal warrants of April 8, 1856, and the 14th February, 1857, re gulating the numbers, pay, clothing, and allowances while serving, and pension on discharge from the School of Musketry at Hythe, has been received at Chatham. 'The following is the pay to be received by the non-commissioned officers attached to the head-quarters at Hythe :—Two serg.-majors are to receive 4s. Bd. per day each ; two quartermaster clerks, 3 8 . eac h ; t wo paymeuder-clerks, 3s. s6edr.gesa,,o4hs; twoper d o a rd y e e rl a y c - h ro ; o t m wo hospital sergs., 3s. each ; 16 first-class sergs., 35- 6d. each ; 36 second-class ditto, 3s. each; 36 third class, 2s. 2d. each ; two fatigue corporals, ls. Bd. ; and 36 privates, ls. 4d. There is to be extra pay for good service—to first-class serg.-major, after and to the second three years' service, o t two t y h e i a r r d s . o s l e a r s y s i service, sergeants,of 3d.p e a r f t d e a r y; of 3d. per day. Their pay, however, is not to ex ceed the following rates of daily pay—namely, serg.-majors, ss. 2d.; quartermaster-sergs., 4s. 6d. ; first-class sergs. 4s. ; second-class sergs., 3s. 6d. third-class sergs., 2s. Bd. In addition to the usual allowance of clothing, they are to be furnished with one forage cap, one fatigue jacket, and one pair of trousers. That portion of the expeditionary battalion of Royal Marines for service in Mexico selected from the Plymouth division, about 400 men, was in spected on the parade on Friday last by Col.-Com mandant Holloway, C. 8., in the presence of Port- Admiral Sir Houston Stewart and the Commander of Forces in the West, Major-Gen. Hutchinson. On Saturday the men embarked on board the Sans pareil, Donegal, and Conqueror. The two last named ships have received eight Armstrong guns from the frigate Emerald. Fifty Royal Marine Artillerymen and 160 in fantry, from the Portsmouth division, who left at 8 a.m., arrived by South-Devon Railway at Plymouth at 10 a.m. on Saturday ; and 88 infantry from Woolwich at 8 a.m., arrived there at 930 p.m. They were under orders to embark yes terday (Sunday) on board the Donegal and Conqueror. The number of marines assigned as passengers to each ship is—Sanspareil, 500 ; Donegal, 150 ; and Conqueror, 150. The three were prepared to sail yesterday, but, in con sequence of prevalence of very heavy weather from the south-west, they were not likely to start before to-day. By direction of the Duke of Cambridge instruc tions have been forwarded to Sheerness by Major- General Eyre, commanding the Chatham district, directing Col. Nedham, commandant of Sheerness garrison, to hold in readiness a strong detachment of the first division of the depot brigade, Royal Artillery, with a proportionate number of officers, to proceed on an early date to Shoeburyness, to be instructed in the use of the Armstrong gun. The detachment will be relieved by a similar number of officers and men as soon as it has acquired a thorough knowledge of the subject, the authorities having de termined to have the whole of the officers and men of the Royal Artillery in the Chatham district thoroughly instructed in the practice of the 100- pounder and 40-pounder Armstrong guns. Large supplies of conical shot, common and seg ment shells, with other stores, are daily landed at the Ordnance camber, Sheerness, under the direc tion of Mr. J. Greig, assistant-superintendent of stores, for the 100-pounder Armstrong guns which are ordered to be mounted on the sea face of the fortifications at the entrance of the river Medway. In consequence of the numerous additions which have of late been made to the head-quarters of Royal Artillery at Woolwich by transfers, arrivals of recruits, &c., on the representation of Col. Ken nedy to Col. Bingham, Deputy-Adjutant-General, instructions have been issued to Major-Gen. Sir R, Dacres, K.C.8., commandant of Woolwich garri son, to hold in readiness detachments of Royal Ar tillery under his coomand to proceed to Sheer ness and Warley, in order to relieve the over crowding, and to increase the strength of the first and third divisions of the brigade. The re movals will be effected as soon as the necessary ac commodation can be provided at the stations named. From the continued influx of men to the Royal Artillery, the depots are so rapidly augmenting that before long it will be necessary to form another subdivision. Some Armstrong guns have arrived at Warley Barracks, in exchange for six-pounder field guns, formerly in use at the depot when it was in the hands of the East India Company. In consequence of the advance of winter an order has been issued granting one-third more fuel to each hut, and an additional blanket for each bed, at the Camp at Colchester. The command of the men stationed at Languard Fort, Harwich, will shortly be transferred to Lieut. Bicknell, of the 38th Regiment, assistant-instructor of musketry to the 'loth Battalion. Lieut. Bicknell will also perform the duties of Acting-Adjutant and Quartermaster. The works connected with the drainage of the proposed new cavalry barracks at Colchester will be completed by the end of the year. The artesian well, intended to supply water to the barracks, is to be carried to a depth of 500 feet. The mixed committee of officers, of which Captain Howlett, C. 8., was the president, assembled at the War-office for the purpose of fixing the sites of the sub-arsenals at the naval stations, have closed their labours, and submitted their recommendations to the Government. For the site in Portsmouth they have chosen the slope of the Mill-dam lying between the fortifications of Portsmouth and Portsea, con tiguous to the Gun-wharf Department, and at a very short distance from the dockyard. There we may soon expect to see the foundations of a new department laid out, and when the Milldam is filled up, and the railway connected with the gun-wharf, as is now proposed, the convenience of the spot chosen for the new works will be proportionately increased.—Army and Navy Gazette. It is intended to convert the officers' large mess room, recently erected at Fort Pitt Hospital, into a reading-room for the use of the patients who are able to leave their wards, as well as for the non commissioned officers and men of the Army Hospi tal Corps in attendance on the invalid soldiers. The want of a reading-room at Fort Pitt has long been experienced, there being on an average from 400 to 500 invalids and others connected with the service always stationed there. According to the plan pro- Formerly the Woolwich cadets were mere raw boys, ranging from 14 to 17 years of age, admitted to the school by patronage after a very slight test examination. They are now young men from 18 to 22 years of age, admitted on their merits proved in open competition, after having submitted to the Board of Military Education satisTactory testimo nials of subordinate habits and general good con duct from the .heads of the schools at which they have been previously educated. It being clear, therefore, that the materials upon which the gover nors of Woolwich Academy have now to work are materials of preyed and indisputable superiority, it is not unreasonable to suspect that the ferment which has recently arisen may have been caused rather by the mismanagement and neglect of the governors than by the misconduct of the governed. And I do hope that this point will be very clearly ascertained before we hear that a verdict bringing desolation to the hearts of parents and ruin to the future prospects of their children has been arrived at. I will give my reasons for presuming to make this appeal. Formerly the rules of Woolwich Aca demy, drawn up, as I have stated, for the manage ment of mere boys, were, undoubtedly, over strict and harsh, and the result was that the Academy de servedly bore an ill-name among the educational establishments of England. Hardly any time was allowed the boys for exercise or games ; they were confined within very narrow bounds ; they enjoyed no privacy of any kind, washing all together in public, sleeping four in a room, changing their linen but three times a week on fixed days, and going to bed in the dark in winter. Their fare was not only plain, but of inferior quality; and they were allowed to bring back from home but £2 a half-year in order to eke it out. Incredible as it may appear, I am now told, on authority which I give you, and which I think you will allow to be excellent, that the selfsame rules are still enforced, without any mitigation or change among the young men of ftom 18 to 22 years of age who now fill the academy. They also are compelled to wash in public, to study in public, to sleep four in a room, to change their linen only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, to take their exercise in a very small playground, to go to bed in the dark, and to content themselves with £2 pocket-money every six months, exactly as their predecessors of 14 and 16 years of age did before them. Nor is their food any better than it used to be; yet for such treatment and such fare they are charged £125 a year each. If this be as I have described it, is it astonishing that they should be dissatisfied; and ought the onus of the recent emcute to lie with the governors or the governed? I have no doubt that we shall be told that whether the governors or the governed are in fault the latter ought to have made their complaints " through the proper channel," and that nothing can excuse their insubordination in the eye of the War office. It requires, however, but a very mode rate supply of common sense and knowledge of the world to know that no proper channel exists through which complaints made by cadets who have just entered Woolwich against the system which exists there, and with which all its officials are identified, would have met with either indulgence or even at tention, while the youths who complained would have been indelibly marked at head-quarters as agitators and troublesome fellows. Indeed, the stereotyped reply to all such complaints has hitherto been, " We are not going to change our system for you—if you do not like it, you need not remain here." The question at present at issue is not a narrow question of discipline; it is a question which con cerns the nation at large. Through Woolwich alone can admission be now obtained into the scien tific branches of our"military service; to prepare a young man for admission to that school costs much money; and the picked pupils of our best schools are alone calculated to compete for such a prize. Is it not, therefore, all-important that the public should feel assured that when such excellent mate rials have been collected for their service a good use will be made of them, and that the parents who have reared their sons for their country's service should not be allowed to see their hopes wantonly blighted and their children ruined through the in difference or the incompetence of the officials into whose hands they have been consigned by the War office for further training P—l am sir, your obedient servant P A FATHER. P.S.—Allow me to subjoin a precis of a day's work at Woolwich Academy, reminding those who examine it that it is not drawn up with the view of " cramming" and forcing dunces, but that it is the scheme of education deliberately enforced among young men from 18 to 22 years of age, who have proved them Selves the best pupils of our best schools : Rise at 8 o'clock ; breakfast and inspection till 8 50 ; in study at 9 till 11 30; clean and prepare for inspection at 11 45; drill till 12 4.5; dinner at 1 p.m.; in study from 2 to 4; parado at 4 15 ; drill till 4 45; in study from 5 till 7 ; tea at 715 ; leisure until 10 in an enclosure 200 yards by 50. At 10 cadots aro required to answer namos at rounds com pletely dressed, when lights are immediately extinguished, and they aro left to go to bed in the dark. THE CAVE IN RATHLIN ISLAND.—Tradition records that on one occasion the islanders fled for refuge to the larger of these caves when there was a threatened inva sion of Danish pirates, who formerly infested these coasts. Their hiding-place was however discovered, and an inhu man practice, often resorted to in those times, was adopted, of burning a quantity of straw or fern at the entrance of the cave, till the smoke with which it was soon filled suffo cated the wretched inmates, whose bones are said still to remain beneath a heap or mound at the furthest end of the cave, where they had congregated together in the agonies of death. This story bears a strong resemblance to that told of the celebrated cave of Eigg, in Skye ; and as both are founded on tradition, each may have an equal claim to truth. But it appears from a passage in Coxe's History of Ireland (vol. i. p. 73), that this was a practice frequently adopted; for in the reign of Edward 1., A.D. 1274, "the islanders and Scots made an incursion into Ireland, burning several towns and villages, killing every one they could get, and carrying off vast booty. Soon after, Richard de Burgo and Sir Eustace le Poer entered the islands, and burnt the cottages, slew all they met, and smoked out those that bid themselves in caves, after the manner of smoking a fox out of his earth."—Once a Week. THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE REGULAR ARMY.-- It is this consideration of the cheapness and extent of the Volunteer project which has inspired many members of the regular army with a degree of jealousy, and caused them to apprehend that as soon as the invasion-panic has subsided, and questions of taxation assume importance again, the efficiency of the Volunteers, and the implicitness of the reliance which may be placed upon them, will be assigned as a reason for reducing the regular army or dealing with it less liberally. That, however, would be a fatal mistake; and greatly as a diminution of the popular burdens is to be desired, we would by no means purchase the boon at such a price. The country cannot do with a regiment less of regulars, or afford to neglect her army proper in the smallest particular. The volunteers would be a wall of sand about our isles if they stoodalone, or lost con fi dence in the nucleus of dis• cipl . and strategy which the regular army constitutes. To impair the latter to the extent of a single regiment would be to inflict irreparable injury upon the former. The two bodies are in. some important senses interdependent, an d in none antagoulgic,—Publin University Xagazinc, " The naval expedition, which in magnitude and in the celerity with which it has been created and equipped exceeds any enterprise that has ever been undertaken by this Government, now lies at anchor in Hampton Roads, and only waits for fair breezes to carry it to its destination. Probably, as I write it is already under way, unless, indeed, there should chance to be truth in the rumour, published this morning in the Tribune, that treachery has been discovered in the staff of the commander. Whatever may have been the misfortunes and short comings of the United States in the field, it is en titled to the greatest praise for the rapidity with which it has raised and equipped this expedition. When it is remembered that it is but a few days more than six months since the nation was stunned by the booming of the batteries that opened upon Fort Sumter,—that at that time the army and navy of the country were alike scattered over the globe with scarcely a regiment or a ship at command, — that nearly one-half of each service was demoralized, and the officers known to be loyal to their country, to the flag which they had sworn to defend, and to their own honour, were purposely placed at distant posts,—that the Treasury was bankrupt,—that every bureau at Washington was filled with traitors and spies,—and that the Cabinet officers had but just taken the reins in hand, and were unused to the duties of administration,—the results that have been attained seem all the more wonderful and credi table. For several months past the several navy yards still in possession of the Government have been worked to their utmost capacities, building gunboats, fitting transports, and equipping vessels , of war. The result of these separate labours, when combined, is seen in this expedition, detailed ac counts of which may be found in most of the New York papers of this week. From them I condense the following brief statement of the number and class of of the vessels engaged, and of the number of the troops :—The naval part of the expedition is commanded by Captain Dupont, the flag officer of the Naval Coast Division extending from Hat teras Inlet to the Keys in Florida. From the fact that he is selected for the command it is assumed by some reasoners that the expedition is in tended for operation upon that part of the Atlantic coast. This part of the expedition con sists of 27 men-of war, with the Wabash (50 gun frigate) as the flagship. Of the remaining 26 vessels 16 are gunboats, carrying each one 11-inch Dahlgren gun, one Parrott rifled gun, and two 24- pounder howitzers, and the remainder are frigates or sloops of war, carrying from 16 to 50 guns. The entire armament of the fleet is'about 400 guns. The transport fleet, which is to be conveyed by the naval branch of the expedition, consists of 24 ocean steamships of various tonnage, ranging from 3,400 American measurement to 450 tons. There are also seven steam ferryboats and four sailing vessels, —the Great Republic, 3,356 tons; the Ocean Ex press, 1,697 tons ; the Golden Eagle, 1,128 tons ; and the Zenas Coffin, 338 tons. All these transport vessels are armed, and carry in addition to the troops immense quantities of provisions, ordnance, and quartermasters' stores, bricks, frame houses, shovels, picks, sandbags, horses, boats for landing guns and men, timber, and ever other article likely to be required for a campaign. The troops compos ing the expedition are to be commanded by General Sherman, one of the most experienced officers in the army of the United States, and affiliated politically with the Republican party. He is a Rhode Islander by birth, left West Point with the class of 1836, and since then has been almost constantly in active service in the Artillery. His brigadiers are Gen. Viele, of New York, General Stevens, of Oregon, and General Wright, of Connecticut, all West Point men. The troops under his command will probably number about 20,000 men, mostly from New England and New York. " Everything necessary for the success of an expe• dition of this magnitude appears to have been pro vided. There are boats enough to land a division at a time. There are army wagons, horses, and other means of transportation quite sufficient for the force ; the Great Republic alone is said to have 650 horses on board. There are carpenters, masons, and labourers in abundance, picked from the North ern cities. There are coal, corn, hay, carts, gun carriages, extra camp supplies, everything which foresight and military knowledge could suggest; so that, if the expedition fails, it will not be for the want of care on the part of those who have had the charge of getting it up. The following general order of the commander may be interesting : (General Order, No. 19.) Head-quarters E. C., steamer Atlantic, Oct. 25. 1. This command will sail for its destination in a very few days, under convoy of a naval squadron, commanded by Commodore Dupont. The transports will move in three columns, and in rear of the main body of the squadron. The transports belonging to the Ist Brigade will compose the right column, those of the 2d Brigade and 3d Rhode Island Regiment the centre, and those of the 3d Brigade and the battalion of Volunteer Engineers the third column. Each vessel will retain its order in column, and the columns will move in parallel lines, equidistant, regulating from the right. The sail vessels and other transports in adequate to the task of sailing with the fleet will be towed by such steamers as the chief quartermaster may desig nate. Commander Dupont, in co-operation with the land forces, has kindly made such an arrangement of his fleet as will secure the transports from unnecessary diffusion, and all senior officers on transports and masters of vessels will enter into the spirit of and conform to these arrangements, a copy of which will be duly given. 2. The General Commanding announces to the Expedi tionary Corps that it is intended to make a descent on the enemy's coast, and probably under circumstances which will demand the utmost vigilance, coolness, and intrepidity on the part of every officer and man under his command. In consideration of the justness and holiness of our cause, of the ardent patriotism which has prompted the virtuous and industrious citizens of our land to fly to their country's standard in the moment of her peril, he most confidently believes that be will be effectually and efficiently supported in his efforts to overthrow a zealous, active, and wily foe, whose cause is unholy and principles untenable. 3. On the approach of the transports to the place of dis embarkation each brigade commander will anchor his transports as near each other as practicable, and will at the proper time superintend the disembarkation of his brigade The surf-boats, with other means of disembarkation on hand, are believed to be capable of landing at once from 3,000 to 4,000 men. The surf-boats are of different sizes. Two of the largest may take the officers and men of , a com panyofloiOnli)reonp, proportion. The tho next size a company of 4 0 men, and so on other means of transp ortation may take the remain der of a brigade, with probably ono or two sections of field artillery. 4. The disembarkat ion will be made in three lines ; t he first line will be the brigade of General Wright, flanked by two sections of Hamilton's light battery, and accompanied by the squad of regular Sappers and Miners, and two com panies of Sewill's Volunteer Engineers, with a sufficient supply of intrenching tools and sandbags. The second line will be the brigade of General Stevens, and, if necessary, accompanied by a section of Hamilton's battery and two field pieces, to be manned by a company of the 3d Rhode Island Regiment. The reserve will be composed of Gen. Viele's Brigade, the remaining portion of Sewill's Volunteer Engineers, and the 3d Rhode Island Regiment, and will be disposed of according to circumstances. 5. The boats of not only each company, but each regi ment and brigade, will land abreast, as far as practicable, and in the order of battle. The utmost effort will be made to effect the landing in that order. Should it be found im practicable to land immediately from the lighters, then the surf-boats, when emptied, will immediately proceed to the rapid landing of the men from the lighters, and as soon as the whole line is landed all the boats will return and bring forward in like manner the troops of the second line, and so with the reserve: 6. The general officers and commanders of battalions, Etc., will be furnished in time with the plan of descent and the particular order of battle. It is probable thattsltieelfizirssht line will have to conquer the ground on which to n e r oy _- itself. If not seriously opposed, the first line, to drive bacekr. !coming immediate difficulties , will continue One version says :—" The objects expected to be realised from the great naval expedition are to carry the war into the cotton States which are chiefly re sponsible for the rebellion, and by doing so to pro duce the disorganisation and dispersion of the im mense rebel army now collected in Virginia. To secure winter quarters for our troops, and harbours of refuge for our naval and mercantile marine. To open one or more Southern ports to commerce, and thus satisfy all demands, and obviate all difficulties about the supply of cotton." Mr. Memminger, the Secretary of the Confede rate Treasury, has issued a circular, dated Rich mond, 17th October, relative to the produce loan. and the appeal of the cotton planters for relief. Mr. Memminger, in the name of the Cabinet, de clines to grant any relief, either by the purchase of the cotton-crop or an advance upon its hypothe cated value. Ho declares that the South, being now engaged in a gigantic war, needs money, and no planters' notes or produce, and explains that what the Government requires is a loan from the planters, secured by Treasury notes, which now form the currency of the Confederate States. He advises the planters to apply to the banks for relief, and recommends them to apply themselves in future to the cultivation of grain and other products ra ther than to that of cotton. Brigadier-General Kelly attacked Romney, Western Virginia, on the night of the 25th of October, after a march from New Creek, and com pletely routed the Confederates, taking some pri soners, three pieces of artillery, and all their wag gons and camp equipage. The Confederates retreated towards Winchester. The Neu; York Times of the 29th ult. says : "There is nothing new to report in the condition of affairs in the vicinity of Washington. General Fremont reached Bolivar, 30 miles above Springfield, on the 26th (evening), and is now without doubt in the occupation of Springfield. He was to leave the next morning, with Gen. Siegel's division, to make a forced march to that place. The remainder of his army is also hurrying rapidly forward. General M'Kinstry, on the 25th, was only two miles north of Warsaw. General Pope was already below the Osage, and General Hunter was in advance of him. Late advices from Price's army render it probable that he is endeavour ing to reach Arkansas in obedience to instructions from General Johnston, who, it is understood, has been appointed commander of the rebel force in Missouri." Two skirmishes are reported to have taken place in Kentucky, in both of which the Federal troops were successful. A scouting party of the Illinois 28th encountered a party of Confederate cavalry and infantry on the 26th, 30 miles below Cairo, and routed them. The second affair also took place on the 26th between three companies of the Illinois 9th and a company of Confederate cavalry, 48 miles up Ihe Cumberland River from Paducah. The Con federates were completely routed, with the loss of 13 killed, 24 prisoners, 52 horses, and all their camp equipage. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. The North German Lloyd screw steamer Bremen, Captain H. Wessels, which left New York on the 26th ult., arrived off Cowes early this morning, and proceeded for Bremen after transhipping mails, &c., for this port. She brought seven passengers for Southampton, 12 for Havre, and 119 for Bre men, and about 1,300 tons of cargo. Her advices are anticipated by the Etna. The arrival of the Bremen was retarded by an accident sustained in the early part of the voyage. She experienced heavy north-easterly gales during the first two days from New York, and on the second day shipped a heavy sea, which got into the boiler-room, lifted the platform, filled the bilge with ashes and coals, and choked the pumps. The ship was obliged to be brought to, and stood to the northward for 36 hours to clear the bilge and pimps. Pleasant weather was experienced the latter part of the voyage. On the 6th inst., in lat. 49 22, long. 17 15, the Bremen spoke the English bark Witch of the Wave, steer ing to the eastward. A NOVEL FEATURE IN THE OPERA OF " NORMA." —Fechter, it would appear, is not alone in his novel stage renderings. Last night a most humorous, though in a sense disagreeable incident occurred in the Queen's Theatre in the opera of Norma. In the ninth scene of the second act, where Norma reproaches Pollio for his infidelity, and where the latter rushes after the former towards the gong, Mdllc. Titiens, in her impatience to strike the " sacred bronze," that " a new victim" might be revealed to the assembled Druids, Bards, and Warriors, by some mischance brought the mallet in contact with the nasal organ of Signor Giuglini, as Pollio, and made a bleeding victim of him on the spot. The accident was not observed till a minute or two afterwards, when the Signor, from loss of blood, had to retire. The fair cantatrice, evidently much disconcerted, could not proceed, and the curtain suddenly dropped, greatly to the astonishment of the audience, few of whom had noticed the occurrence. Mr. Wyndham im mediately appeared, and explained that a slight accident had occurred to Signor Giuglini ; and in a few minutes the Signor presented himself again, and, with the blushing priestess, brought the opera to a brilliant close.—Cakdonian Mercury, November 9. THE PRISON CHAFLAIN.—It is the way of the world to take a benefit without acknowledging too loudly who its benefactors ar e. Mr. Clay's son expresses his just i n di gna ti o n at the way in w hich his father's claim t o pro. en tassedever.ANtth a very e de end of m e a 3 r 5 years' chap laincy ae°s passed parsonage va sw mal ate reward to oti look for. Hundreds of Chancellor's livings were given away to claimants who had a friend at Court, a county member, or a powerful nobleman to be conciliated by the disposal of patronage. But the chaplain of Preston had not learned the art of getting on in the profession, as the Times described it with infinite humour a few weeks ago. The arts by which a bishopric was got in the days of patronage ought not to be told to the unitiated, or, else, as in the days of Cicero, one augur could not look another in the face without laugh ing. In these respects Mr. Clay was as simple as Henry Goldsmith, and Preston was the prosaic Auburn where he spent his days, and retired from it only to die. 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