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SPAIN AND FRANCE. SPAIN i.g determined to share the advantages resu/Aing from an extended commercial intercourse With Engl:And. The Vintage Wine Company import Spanish es a such prices as to inluce customers to give the pre ferenc' to Sherry instead of to the light Wines of France - ."— Cop-.t Circular. Not only excellent in quality and flavour, but remark able for cheapness. Eighteen Shillings per dozen for a GENUINE MILD SHERRY for the Dinner Table."—Son. " A PURE, SOUND, and PALATABLE WINE, and far more fitted for our climate than the thin acid Clarets of France." —Press. " A really goof Sherry."—Morning Star. XERES COMIDA SHERRY, Soft, fine body, age and flavour, and genuine, EIGHTEEN SHILLINGS PER DI►ZEN. PALE—TWENTY SHILLINGS PER DOZEN. "Quite equal to that for which we have been accustomed to give 60s.' —Atlas. 'Extraordinary for the money, and that no man need be ashamed to put on his table."—Mark-lane Express. TERMS : CASH_ ONLY—Country orders must contain remittances. Town orders to be paid f )r on delivery. CARRIAGE' —Orders of Two Dozen and upwards carriage paid to ,iny railway station in En land. SAMPLES —Samples of the Wines forwarded on receipt of Eighteen Postage Stamps.BOTTLES, &c., charged at cost price, but not returnable. MODE OF REMITTANCE—LBy Post-office Order, payable at the GENERAL POST-OFFICE, Lon don ; or by Cheque, crossed to the BANK of LONDON, N.13.—1n either case the Order or Cheqne to be made payable to " Mb% ITINTAGE WINE COMPANY." VINTAGE WINE COMPANY. IMPORTERS OF SPANISH. WINES. West-End Offices, 14, Bloomsbury-street, London, W.C. RAMSGATE, SANDWICH, DEAL, and DOVv:R RAILWAY. • Incorporation of Company ; New Railways between Dover, Deal, and Sandwich; Lease of Undertaking; Working and other arrangements ; Running Powers ; Amendment of Acts and other purposes. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application will be made to Parliament in the, ensuing session for an Act to incorporate a Company, hereinafter called " The Company," for the purposes following, or some of them, that is to say— To construct, maintain, and work the following Railways, or some or one of them, together with all necessary and convenient or incidental works, stations, approaches, roads, bridges, or communications connected therewith, that is to say : 1. A Railway commencing by a junction with the Lon don, Chatham, and Dover Railway at, or near, the north western corner of the goods station of the Shepherds Well Station, in the parish of Sibertswold, otherwise Shepherds Well, in the county of Kent, and terminating on the north ward side of the public road or street leading from the end , of Queen-street, Deal, to Upper Deal opposite, or nearly so, to the west end of the block of houses commonly known as Albert-terrace, in the parish and borough Of Deal, in the said county of Kent; and which said intended Railway will be made in, or pass from, in, through, or into the several parishes, townships, extra-parochial, and other places fol lowing, or some or one of them, that is to say,—Siberts wold, otherwise Shepherds Well,. Barfrestone, otherwise Barston, Butten 'street, Green-street, Nonington, Knowlton, Tilrnanstone, Betshanger Eastry, Ham, West- street, Worth, Northbourne, Finglisham, Cottington, Sholden, Deal, Upper Deal, Lower D ea l, a ll i n th e coun t y o f Kent. 2. A Railway commencing by a junction with the said intended Railway (No. 1), at or near a point about 3 fur longs and 50 yards from the commencement, of the said Railway (No. 1), in a meadow or grass field belonging to the Trustees under the will of the late Peter Lane Fector, and now or lately in the occupation of William Higgins, the north-west corner of which said grass field joins the south-east corner of a farm-yard belonging to the said trus tees, and now or lately occupied by the said William Hig gins, and terminating by a junction with the London, and Chatham, and Dover Railway, at or near a point about 3 furlongs and 50 yards in a north-westerly direction from the goods shed of the Shepherds Well Station, and which said Railway (No. 2) will be wholly within the parish of Sibertswold aforesaid. 3. A Railway, commencing by a Junction with the said intended Railway (No. 1) at a point at a near the North -ward corner of an arable field belonging to Robert Thom son, Esq., and now or lately in the occupation of Charles Ratfield, in the parish of Ham aforesaid, which said cornet abuts upon the boundary or division between the parishes of Ham and Eastry. about 1 furlong and 3 quarters from the place where the public footpath from Updown Farm to Eastry crosses the said parish boundary, and terminating by a Junction with the Branch of the South Eastern Rail way to Sandwich at or near the Booking-office of the Sandwich Passenger Station, in the parish of St. Clement, in the Borough of Sandwich, in the County of Kent ; and which said Railway (No. 3) will be made in, or nass in, from, through, or into the several parishes, townships, extra parochial, and other places, :or some of them (that is to say), Eastry Betshanger, West-street, Ham, Northbourne, Sholden Finglisham, 'Worth, Wodne s b oro ', a ll i n th e coun t y of Kent ; Saint Clement, Saint Peter, saint Mary, Saint Thomas, Saint John, in L'ne borough of Sandwich and county of Kent,'and Saint Bartholomew, in the county of Kent, otherwise Saint Bartholomew, in the borough of Sandwich, in the County of Kent. 4. A. Railway commencing by a junction with the said intended Railway (No. 3) at or near a point in the parish icf St. Clement aforesaid, where the said intended Railway (No. 3) is intended to cross the public footpath from Saint Bartholomew's Hospital towards Worth, alongside the drain or stream known as the Delf, about two furlongs from the south end of the said footpath near to Saint Bartholo mew's Hospital, and terminating on the south bank of the river Stour, about half a furlong eastward of the eastern boundary wall of the Sandwich Gas Works, in the parish of Saint Clement aforesaid, which said intended Railway (No. 4) will be made in, or pass in, from, into, or through the several parishes, townships, and extra parochial or other places following, or som or one of them, that is to say--Saint Clement, Saint Mary, Saint Peter, Saint - Thomas, Saint John, in the borou g h o f Sandwich and county of Kent; and Saint Bartholomew, in the county of Kent, otherwise Saint Bartholomew, in the said borough of Sandwich and county of Kent. To purchase and take by compulsion or agreement lands, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, and easements, for the purposes of the said intended undertaking. To enable the Company to form Junctions with any other railways which now are or during the ensuing Sessioni of Parliament m a y b e sanc ti one d u pon the line or course of the intended Railways, or any of them, and to cross, alter, divert, or stop up all turnpike and other roads, highways, streets, railways, tramways, aqueducts, canals, streams, and rivers, within or adjoining to the aforesaid parishes, town ships, and extra parochial and other places, or any of them with which it may be necessary to interfere in the construc tion of the said intended Railways and works, or any of them. To vary, repeal, or extinguish all existing rights or pri vileges in any manner connected with the lands and build ings proposed to be purchased, or taken, or which would in any manner impede or interfere with the construction, Maintenance, or use of the said intended Railways and W orks, and to confer other rights and privileges. To authorize the levying of tolls, rates, duties, and other charges for, an d i n res p ec t o f, the use of the said intended Railways and works, and to grant exemptions from such tolls, rates, duties, and charges. To empower the Company to lease, ..or sell, and transfer to the South-Eastern Railway Company, and to the Londlon, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, or to one of such Companies, the undertaking, railways, and property of the Company a u th or i se d t o b e constructed or vested in them, Under th e p owers o f th e i n t en d e d A c t , or any part th ereo f , and all their powers, rights, privileges, and authorities for such consideration, and upon such terms and conditions as may have been, or may be agreed upon, or, as may be fixed by, or under the provisions of the intended ,ct, and to authorise the South-Eastern Railway Company, and the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, or either of them, to make such purchase and accept such lease, or transfer, and to sanction and give effect to agreements between the Company and either, or both of the said Com panies, for those purposes. To enable the Company and either of the said Companies M enter into and carry into effect, arrangements and agree ments for, or with respect to the execution and mainte nance, working, use, and management by the contracting Company of the said intended Railways and works, and also with respect to the conduct, regulation, and manage ment of the traffic of the said intended Railways, and with respect to the tolls, charges, or other sums to be paid in re spect of the use of the same, and with respect to the ap portionment between the Company and the contracting Company of th e t e lls and charge s received for traffic pass ing to, from, over, or into the said intended Railways, or 2 Y of them. To empower the South Eastern Railway Company, and the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, or either of them, to acquire and hold shares in the Capital of the Company to the extent of £lOO,OOO, or any lees sum, or otherwise to contribute towards the proposed,undertaking ; and for that purpose to apply any part of their Capital already authorised, or to raise additional moneys by the creation of shares with or without preference, or by mort gage or bonds To empower the Company and all persons and Corpora tions lawfully using tha said intended Railways, or any of them, or any part thereof respectively,•their officers and servants to run, over, work, and use with their engines and carriages of every description, and for the purposes of their t raffic Upon such terms and conditions as, in default of agreement, shall be settled by the Board of Trade, or by arbitration, the lines of the South-Eastern Railway Com pany, between Deal, sandwich, and Ramsgate ; and of the L ondon, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, between the Shepherds Well Station and Dover; and all stations, watering -places, water-works, branches, sidings, platforms, booking, and other offices, warehouses, b u ildings, machi neryworks, and conveniences belonging to the said lines of Railway, or used and enjoyed therewith; and to levy tolls, rates, and duties, in respect of passengers and traffic carried over any part of the said lines of Railway, effectu ally to secure the due accommodation, protection, and direc and speedy transmission of traffic passing to, from, or over the said int en d e d R a il wa y s or an y o f th em , to or over the said lines of Railway or any of them, and to ensure all de sirable facilities for these purposes, and in default of agree raent to refer to the Board of Trade or arbitration the terms and conditions upon which such accomodation, protection, and transmission are to be afforded or effected. To alter, amend, and enlarge or repeal such of the powers and provisions of the several Acts relating to the South Eastern Railway Company, and the London, Chatham, and t'over Railway Company, or any of them as are inconsis tent with the powers and provisions of the said intended Act. The Bill will incorporate with itself the necessary provi sions of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1846, the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and the Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act, 1860. On or before the 30th day of November instant plans and sections of the intended Railways and Works, together With a Book of Reference thereto, and also a published Map With the line of the sai& intended Railways delineated thereon, and a copy of this Notice as published in the Lon don Gazette, will be deposited for public inspection with the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Kent, at his office, at Maidstone, in that county ; and on or before the said 30th day of November instant a copy of so much of the said P'sus, sections, and Book of Reference as relates to each Parish and extra Parochial place in or through which the said intended Railwayi and Works, or any of them, are or 40 intended to be made, together with a copy of this Notic e as Published in the ondon Gazette, will be deposited for Public inspection as follows—viz , in the case of any parish 'srith th e parish clerk at his place of abode, and in the case "each extra parochial place, with the parish clerk of some Parish adjoining thereto, at his place of abode'. And Notice is Hereby Given That, on or before the 23d Bill of Decemb er nex t, printed copies of the said intended 1 1 will be deposited at the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons. Dated this 14th day of November, 1861. 'ROBERT OALLAND, 23, Parliament-street, London, Parliamentary Agent. DR. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price is., by post Is. Id. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill. On Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, Haemorrhoids, Gleets. &c. Marriage ; Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Dr. C. may be consulted daily till 12, at The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand; and from 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, Great Marlborough-street, W. D R. CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and Is. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, Is. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OP THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the 1) - actical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, N0v.12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Bath., 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly , sur prising, while everything- that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on coming out of a lurldah Bath."—Era, Oct. 13, 1861. ~'` N°. 21,662. PUBLICATIONS. MISS BREMER'S NEW WORK. On Friday, Dec. 6, In 2 vols., 215., TRAVELS TN THE HOLY LAND. By FREDRIKA BREMER. T. anslated by MARY HOWITT. • Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough s treet.: Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., WHITE. AND BLACK A STORY OF THE SOUTHERN STATES. 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From the Original Papers of the Family, and other sources, embracing a full account of the Campaigns of 1813 and 1814 in Germany and France, and of the Congresses of Vienna, Layba;,h, and Verona. By Sir ANCJIIBALD ALISON, Bart., D.C.L., Author of the " History of Europe.' 2 William Blackwood and Sons; Edinburgh and London. This day is published, a New Edition of ' r OM CRINGLE'S LOG. With Illustrations - 11 - by Stanfield, Weir, Skelton, Walker, &c., engraved by Whymper. Crown ivo, price 65., bound in cloth. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. This day is published, a Cheap Edition of the POETICAL WORKS OF MRS. HEMANS. Complete in One Volume, large Bvo., price 12s. ed. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. This day is published, THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER. Translated into English Verse in the Spenserian Stanza. By PHILIP STANHOPE WORSLEY, M.A., Scholar of Corpus Christi College. Books Lto XII. In Crown Octavo. Price 9s. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. This day is published, in Two Vols. Octavo. price 245., H ISTORY OF THE GREEK REVOLUTION. By GEORGE FINLAY, LL.D., Author of tile " istory of Greece under Foreign Domination." William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Of whom may be had, by the same Author, GREECE UNDER THE ROMANS. B.C. 118 to A.D. 717. Second Edition, 16s. HISTORY of the BYZANTINE EMPIRE ; and of the Gre k Empire of Niema and Constantineple. A.D. 716 to 1453. Two Volumes, £1 7s. 6d. MEDIEVAL GREECE and TREBIZOND. 1204 to 1566. 12s. GREECE under OTHOMAN and VENETIAN DOMINATION. A.D. 1453 to 1821. 16s. 6d. JfEC EST PARVA DOMUS NATUS QUA MAGNUS ERASMUS. For the strange but trite story of that great Scholar's Birth and Parentage, see THE CI. , SISTER AND THE HEARTH," by CHARLES READE, the Third Edition of which is Just Published. Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 1862. The forty fourthM thousand ; price 61, contains :—Result of the War in America. and Warlike Doings in. England. See page 38, &c., &c.—G. Berger, Maps/ell-street, London ; and all Lloolwalliara__ STEAM CULT UR E.—A large number of RETURNS of COST of. PLOUGHING with FOWLER'S, HOWARD'S, and SMITH'S STEAM CUL TIVATORS, are given in the Agricultural Gazette and Gardeners' Chronicle of Saturday last, November 30. May be ordered, price 5d., of any News Agent, or a copy had from the Office, 41, Wellington-street, Covent Garden, W.C., on receipt of ti postage stamps. THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE and GARDENERS' CHRONICLE of SATURDAYS, December 7 and 14, will contain Two LECTURES by Dr. DAIIBENY, " On the PAY SICAL FORCES CONCERNED In the PHENOMENA of VEGETATION." May be ordered of any News Agent, price sd. D.DAUBENY on the PHYSICAL FORCES CONCERNED in the PHENOMENA of VEGETA TION. Tile Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette of Saturdays, December 7 and 14, will contain full reports of these Two Lectures. May be ordered o. any News Agent, price sd. THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE and AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE of SATURDAYS. December 7 and 14, will contain Two LECTURES by Dr. DAUBENY, " On the PHYSICAL FORCES CONCERNED in the PHENOMENA of VEGETATION." May be 3rdered of any Newsvendor, price sd. 'IIIIE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE I fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published. Bvo, in cloth, price 55. by post free, ss. ed. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRIICEA; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasia. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. fickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, thathe has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. Now ready, price 2s. 6d., MADAME CAPLIN'S Large and Beautifully Illustrated WORK . on HEALTH and BEAUTY, or Corsets and Clothing adapted to the Human Body. By the same Author, Woman and Her Wants. Price Is. Darton and Co., Holborn-hill, and from the Author 58, Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. MRS. 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War was not yet declared, but ho ht.d not the least hesitation in saying that within two:months of the day when it was declared there would not be an American ship afloat on the open sea. Other ports might turn out in greater num bers, but he defied them to produce a finer body of men than would be found in Sunderland. The demonstration was then brought to a close with a round of vociferous cheering. The total strength of the reserve in Sunderland is between 800 and 900 men. THE SUN, LONDOE, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1861; "TTm S. BRITANNIA."—A Naval Instructor 11.• R.N., F.R.G.S., on half-pay, can receive a few NAVAL CADETS, as resident Pupils or otherwise, during any portion of their long vacation.—Address, so, Albemarle street. PRIZE CATILE SHOW of the Smithfield Club. The Annual Exhibition of Prize Cattle, Seeds, Roots, Implements, Asc., commences on Tuesday Morning and closes on Friday Evening, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Decem ber. —Bazaar, King-street and Baker-street. 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ROBIN, the FRENCH WIZARD, will give .1_ at the EGYPTIAN HALL his Soirees Fantastiques, consisting of a new series of Magical Illusions, EVERY EVENING at 8 (Saturday excepted), and Wednesday and Saturday Afternoon at half-past 2. Admission, is. and 2s. Reserved stall chairs, 3s. ; balcony, ss. Children under 10 half-price. Tickets at Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street ; the principal Libraries ; and at the Hall. CATTLE •SHOW WEEK. -SM ITHFIELD CLUR —EVANS' HOTEL and SUPPER ROOMS.— The annual meeting of Country Gentlemen will take place in the above establishment ; ever their home. An enlirged and liberal entertainment, suitable to the well known re spectability of this in s titutian Forty Performers every hvening. Co anne,Leing at Eight. ARGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS ! !- The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. BOULCORT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss Zuadrille, and novel ties of last weak, A NEW POLKA, by M. 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JORDAN, M.D., Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, &c., Embracim especially FILES, FISTULA, and S CRTC TU HE, and all other morbid affections to which thc., , Lou er Bowel is subject, from luxurious and sedentary habits of life, Pregnancy, constipation, and diseases of the liver, &c., giving the result of improved treatment, successfully adopted in an extensive p"actice, without recourse to the knife, ligature, or cauterbation, but by the mildest and most simple means, yet efficacious and permanent. To be had from the Author, 29. Genrze.street, Hanover- Hours of UOllrsuitticiOD, from 11 to 2, ana o TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.— Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without'any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. ~,c ott, of Bromley, Kent, 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 family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to he stomach, they create appelte, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid., 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. 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 sell-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 oertain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Ricord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at Sts., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co.,•Patent MedidneWarehousc, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) DR. BRIGHT'S APHRODISION. — The GREAT CHEMICAL COMBINATION of Phos phorus, Quinine, Iron, and other invigorating ingredients, is the never-failingßemedy for Spermatorrhcea, and all Diseases of the Reproductive System. A single course of this invalu able preparation insures health, strength, and manly vigour in every stage of life. Price, 11s. per bottle, or four lls. bottles in one, 335. ; and in cases containing three 335. bottles, for £5, at a saving of II 12s. DR. BRIGHT'S THREE DAYS' CURE ; the most speedy remedy known. The BUCHU GLOBULES, containing the Quintessence of Copaiba, Cubebs, Buchu, &0., at once cure, without the possibility of failure, Gonorrhoea, obstinate Gleet, Stricture, &c., immediately subduing all inflammatory action; encased in sugar, free from taste or smelt Price lie. ; by post 12s. 6d. Prepared and sold at the Laboratoyy, 44A, Maddox-otreet, Regent-street, W. (opposite the side of St. George's Church), London, where also may be had the new medical work, en titled "Nervous Exhaustion," on Physical Disqualification and Impediments to Marriage, 275 pages. Price 2s. 6d. ; by post, 2s. 10d. ; abridged edition ls., by post 14 stamps. All communications and Post-Office Orders fo be addressed to Ralph Bright. The above medicines have been confided to a Registered Physician, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Eng land, who may be daily consulted from 11 to S. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851), is allowed by upwards of TWo Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effbctive invention in the curative treatment of 11 ERNI A. 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 Stoc-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 be bad,' 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, Is. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Po s tage, ls Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. made. 64. Postage, Is. 10d. Post.office Orders to be payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, Ac., for Varitose Veins and a ll cases o f Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s, 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s,, to 16%. each. Postage 6d, 211 E NAVY. The following list will show the number and con dition of the steam reserve fleet in ordinary in the' Medway at Chatham :—The first division contains the •Meannee, 80 guns, and 400 horse power; the Baroisa i 21 guns, and 400 horse power; the Zebra 17 guns, and 200 horse power ; the Resario, 11 guns, and 150 horse power ; the Lee, 5 guns, and 80 horse power; and the gunboats Julia, Bullfrog, Carnation, Cochin, Griper, Britomart, and Sandfly, each mounting two Armstrong guns, and of 60 horse power. Total in the first division, 12 steamers,l4B guns, and 1,650 horse power. Of these _the wbole, with the exception- of the Zebra and the Rosario, would be ready to proceed to sea in a few days' notice. In addition to these the screw frigate Severn, 51 guns, and 500 horse power; is now in hand, being brought forward for the first division. Itr the second division are the Waterloo, 90 guns, and 500 horse power; the Rodney, 90 guns, and 500 horse power; the Hood, 90 guns, and 600 horse power ; the Irre sistible, 80 guns, and 400 horse power; the Goliath, 80 guns, and 400 horse power; the Leander, 01 guns, and 400 horse power; the Arethusa, 51 guns, and 600 horse power ; the Galatea, 26 guns, and 800 horse power; the Victor, 6 guns, and 350 horse power ; the Snipe, 5 guns, and 80 horse power ; and the screw gunboats Misletoe, Spanker, Herring, and Sepoy, each of 60 horse power, and mounting two guns. Besides the above the follo*- ingsteamers are in coarse .of being prepared for the second division, viz.: —The Bristol, 51 guns, and 600 horse power; the Newcastle, 51 guns, and 600 horse power e the Horatio, 12 guns, and 250 horSe power; the Lily., 4 guns; and 200 horse power; arid the Star, 4 guns, and 200 horse power, ordered to be sent from Woolwich. The total number of steamers in the second division is 19, mounting 699 guns, and 6,720 horse polver. The third division includes the Anson, 91 guns, and 80 horse power; the Atlas, 91 guns, and 800 horse power; the Pylades, 21 guns, and 400 horse power; and the gunboats Manly, Mastiff, Pelter, Thrasher, Spey, Tickler, Thistle, and Dwarf, each constructed to carry two Armstrongs on the upper deck, and of 60 horse power. The third division also contains the following vessels, fitting either at Chatham, Woolwich, or Sheerness :—The Collingwood, 80 guns, and 400 horse power; the Undaunted, 51 guns, and 600 horse power; the Cyclops, 6 guns, and 320 horse power; the Dragon, 6 guns, and 560 horse power ; and the Fidget, 2 guns, and 20 horse power. The ships ordered to be prepared for the third division, are the Orion, 91 guns, and 600 horse power; the Cressy, 86 guns, and 400 horse power ; the Chesapeake, 41 guns, and 400 horse power; th e E uro t as , 12 gni*, and 200 horse power; the Hermes, 6 guns, arid 220 horse power; the Argus, 6 guns, and 300 horse power; the Millet, 5 guns, and 80 horse powe ; the Lily, 4 guns, and 200 horse power ; and t e Locust, 3 guns, and 100 horse power. Total in t e , third division, 24 steamers, mounting 531 gu is and 7,180 horse power. The above return does n guns, 200 horse power, 4 'power, and the i t n h c e lu s d e e rp t e h e e t, T 4 ta g ce e h e o e r , s 2 e o , o 4 horse gun boats Phwnix, Pigeon, and Lifinet, with regard to which no orders have been re2tived ; nor the large fleet of mortar boats built at the close of the Rus sian war, and now laid up in tantlett-creek, ready for service whenever they may be required. Admiralty orders reached Chatham yesterday for the Pylades, 21, 400 horse power, the Rattl snake, 21, 400 horse power, and the Galatea, 26, 800 horse power, to be prepared for sea at that port with all possible despatch, the Admiralty having decided on immediately commissioning those ships. The Galatea is at Sheerness, but will be forthwith removed to Chatham, Orders were also received for the entry of 50 additional shipwrights, joiners, caulkers, and smiths. One hundred of the seamen a; ,„,, h ,„,, vad last as,orair frAnt th A WAllefdPjf. 74, and the other ships attaohdd to the ordinary at Chatham, are to be entered aVthe dockyard as la bourers. The Severn, 51, 530 horse power, the Rosario, 11, 150 horse power, and the Barossa, 21, 400 horse power, attached to the first division of the steam reserve in the Medway, are to be brought forward for immediate commission. The line-of-battle steamer Bombay, 81, 400 horse power, having completed fitting at Folly Point, Chatham, for the steam reserve, is to be removed to Sheerness on Saturday next, where suitable moor ings have been prepared for her. The Orpheus, 21, screw, Commodore W. B. Bur nett, C. 8., steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yes terday morning on the completion of her outfit for foreign service. On reaching Spithead Commander D. Miller, of the steam reserve, took charge of the ship to test her speed officially at the measured mile in Stokes Bay. A strong breeze was blowing through the roadstead the greater part of the day, raising at times a rough sea. Like all our vessels of the same class, the Orpheus when under steam depressed her head in the water, raises a huge con tinuous wave under her bows, and promises to be a remarkably wet and uncomfortable ship when con tending against a head sea. The ship's draught of water yesterday prior to leaving the harbour was 18ft forward and 19ft 9in aft. Four runs were first made at the mile with full boiler power, the mean of which gave the ship a speed of .10.155 knots. Four runs were then made with half boiler power, and the mean of these gave the ship a speed of 9.204 knots, the revolutions of engines at full power being 631, and at half power 51, the vacuum on condensers being 251, and the pressure of steam 20. The action of the machinery and boilers gave every satisfac tion. At the close of the trial, which occupied the greater part of the day, the Orpheus was anchored at Spithead, where she will take in her powder and shell, &c., and await final orders for sea. The Warrior, 40, iron frigate, Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., unbent sails yesterday, in course of refit for sea. According to existing arrangements no alterations will be made in any part of the ship's fittings that will occupy more than 12 days to com plete it, as by that time she is to be again ready. The rudder and steering apparatus of the ship will therefore be retained for the present. What may ultimately be done with the ship will, of course, de pend upon the nature of the reply which may be received by her Majesty's Ministers from President Lincoln's Cabinet at Washington. In addition to the ships named in 2Ae San yes terday as ordered by telegram from the Admiralty to be hold ready for immediate oommission, at Portsmouth, and which yesterday were having their sails and other stores put on board, the Pandora, 6, screw three-masted schooner, and the Vigilaht, 4, screw despatch vessel; are named for being also held in readiness for the pennant. The excitement in naval circles respecting the American difficulty increases hourly. Officers of all ranks, and some of them holding high dockyard appointments, are said to have eagerly offered their services to the Admi ralty should matters turn out for the worst. Among the many on dits current, it is said to be likely that the Orpheus, 21, screw corvette, will be added to the squadron under the Admiral commanding on the North American and West India station, Com modore Burnett hoisting his pennant on board a heavy frigate for service in the Australian waters. It is also rumoured that the' first service of the Orpheus will be to convoy a transport from the Thames to Halifax, loaded with stores and arms for Canada. The Flying Fish, 5, screw steamer, Commander W. H. Anderson, was placed in the dock at Portsmouth yesterday to repair damages received to her cut-water, stem, and bows, by her collision with the Dutch schooner Wilhelm and Edouard off Dungeness, during the night of the 30th ult. A wooden model of a cupola (fixed in this in stance), on the plan of Captain Cowper Coles, R.N., is being constructed at Portsmouth, and, when finished, will be fixed on the deck of the Hazard, old sailing sloop. The object sought by the con struction of the model is understood to be to test the practicability of working two guns inside the cupola at the same time, a doubt, it appears, L.:ring been raised on that point. The interior diameter of the cupola at its base is 15 feet 4 inches. The hired transport S. Lemon, 160 days out; ar rived at Woolwich-pier on Monday evening with troops and returned stores from Hongkong. Many of the men having been fever-stricken and invalids, a number died during the voyage, and were buried at sea, and cne death took place after the vessel had entered the river. In addition to `the Orlando, 51, nearly ready, the following ships of war at Devonport are ordered to IA prepared for sea :—The screw steam frigate Phoebe, 51, in the second division, not rigged ; the new screw steam sloop Perseus, 17, machinery in the paddlewheel steam sloop Magicienne, 16, at present under the crane at Keyham steam-yard receiving her machinery, and expected to be ready in a month ; and the paddle heel steam vessel Styx, 6, in No. 1 dock at Keyham, repairing, and likely to be ready in about three weeks. It was intended to bring the Orlando yesterday from the, northern part of Hamoaze to the vicinity of the dockyard, to facilitate her despatch ; she will probably be docked to have her bottom cleaned. The Phoebe is re ceiving coal, and is already getting her masts on end. The Perseus, 17, is to be armed with short 40-pounder Armstrong guns ; she was placed yesterday in No. 3 dock at Keyham to be cop pored and have her propeller adjusted. The Ad miralty have now advertised for the following addi tional artisans and others for the public establish ments at Devonport ;-150 shipwrights, 23 joiners, 14 smiths, 14 caulkers, 17 other trades, and 150 labourers, in all 368 men, to be entered at once. Notwithstanding the shortness of the notice, by 10 o'clock yesterday morning there were between 300 and 400 applicants for employment at the gates of the dockyard. Her Majesty's ship Collingwood, 81, screw steam ship, 2,611 tons, after being converted from a sail ing vessel into a screw steamer, was taken out of Sheerness harbour yesterday for the purpose of test ing her engines at the measured mile off Maplin Sands. The vessel was in charge of Capt. Schom berg, of the steam reserve, who, with Mr. W. Price, inspector of machinery afloat, and Mr. G. Blaxland, foreman of her Majesty's dockyard at Sheerness, superintended the trial on the part of the Govern ment. The contractors (Messrs. G. Rennie and Son, of London) were represented by Messrs. John and George Rennie, and the machinery was under the management of Mr. Scott, foreman of that firm, 'lhe Collingwood is fitted with return connexion rod engines of 400 horse power, constructed on an im proved principle by Messrs. Rennie and Son, which workei in a satisfactory manner. The vessel at tained a mean speed, with full boiler power, of 10415 knots per hour, the pressure of steam being 23, revolutions 61, and vacuum 27. She was then tried with half-boiler power, when she attained a mean speed of 8.155 knots per hour, the revolutions being 47*. In addition to this she turned the circle in 5 minutes 13 Beclouds, the diameter of the circle being only four times the length of the ship, and the half-circle in 2 minutes 53 seconds. The temperature on deck was 46 ; cockpit, 44 ; engine-room, starboard side, 53 ; port side, 45 ; stokehole, after-part, 58 ; fore part, 71. Force of wind (S E.), 3 ; draught of water forward, 17 feet 6 inches ; aft, 21 feet 4 inches. The vessel is fitted with Griffiths's screw, 19ft. 3in. pitch, diameter 17ft. The trial occupied seven hours; and, so far as the engines are con cerned, it was of a very successful character. The paddlewheel steamer Investigator, built at Deptford for Dr. Livingstone's expedition up the Zambesi, yesterday went down the river from Wool wich in command of Master Commander J. M. Hall, on an Admiralty trial of her machinery. The ~„b l ues at full speed yielded 10.6 knots per hour, and the trial was in all respects satisfactory. The greatest expedition is being employed on board the steam transport Melbourne, at Woolwich, in fitting out the troop accommodation and maga zines requisite for the reception of the troops and stores, so as to admit of her sailing for America to morrow, as at first intended. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND SALE CUSTOM HOUSE, London, December, 1861. FOR SALE, by order of the Honourable the Commis sioners of her Majesty's Customs, at the COMMERCIAL SALE ROOMS, Mincing-lane, on TUESDAY, 10th, WED NESDAY, 11th, and THURSDAY, 11th of December 1861, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, the following GOODS, for Exportation or Home Consumption Anchors, Arnott Stoves (Iron), Articles of Carved Wood, Boats, BoolE4 ' Bee-, Brandy, Candles (Stearine), Chenille, Cider, Copper, ''Cotton Wool, Chicory, Coffee, Cordials, Dice, Empty Bags, Empty Casks, Embroidery or Needlework, Feathers, Geneva, Glass, Gilt Mouldings, Lime Juice, Mus kets, Mineral Waters, Molasses, Needles, Painters' Colours, 2istols (Revolvers), Pepper, Perfumery, Perfumed Spirits, Pitch, Rags, Rum,Raisins, Segars, Succades, Spirits, plain and mixes, Sugar, Seeds, &c., Ships' Gear, Tallow, Tobacco, Tobacco Ashes, Tca, Timber, Turpentine, Vegetable Ivory, Vinegar, Wine, Watches,,Water (Mineral), and various other Go, ds. The above goods may be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom House, Thames-street ; at the St. Katherine, Lon don, West India, East India, and Victoria Docks ; and To bacco Ground, Rotherhithe, on Friday, the 6th, and Monday, the 9th December, from ten o'clock in the morning until three o'clock in the afternoon, and on the days of Sale, from ten o'clock in the morning until twelve o'clock at noon— the tasting of Spirits and Wine being restricted to the day of sale as regards the Queen's warehouse. - - Take notice, that goods sold at this sale will not be de livered until after two clear days of the day on whichthey are sold, and that no lots can be paid for at the office of the Re ceiver-General after two o'clock in the afternoon, and that on the days of sale money will not be received by the Receiver- General after Eleven o'clock in the fo; enoon. - • Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom House, Thames-street, price Is. each. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturor, DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL NrORIL MANHOOD: A. 41111:MAt ESSAt ON SPERMATORRIRE NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, dm Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price le., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps; 1/ ANHOOD: the OAUgE Etna CORE of PRE NATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions or Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. Cilium, 15, Aibermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER - on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER IL—Causes of Sperrnatorrhcea and Impotenoe; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriagei whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Elonorrhcea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting ages, 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 should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 3d March, 1856. •The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature Telegraph," March 27,1856. ol‘d, a lh e i:wl; D k, a w il h y lch for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empiri3al hostility, treats in plain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from uervons excitement and de. bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and PXOOI3OB it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. Condon Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann, go, commit acour o of Consultation-10 to 3 and 6tp 8; Sundays, 10 till 2, THE AR2III. General Knollys, president of the special com mittee, now sitting for the revision of the regula tions affecting the guidance of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, yesterday paid an official visit to the establishment, unattended. The E Battery of the 4th Brigade Field Artillery, numbering 6 officers, 90 gunners, 70 drivers, non commissioned officers, &c,, and supplied with six Armstrong guns, under the command of Captain Vesey, will leave Bristol by special train this morn ing for Woolwich, whence they will embark with other detachments on board the Melbourne for Canada. The guns and waggons have been already despatched, and the horses will follow immediately. A notice has been issued by Major Savile, com mandant of the British Volunteer Artillery Corps, requiring the attendance of the band and corps to accompany the Royal Artillery to the railway ter minus. One hundred non-commissioned officers and men belonging to the Depot of the Royal Artillery were yesterday despatched by rail from Woolwich to Bristol, to take charge of the horses belonging to Capt. Vesey's battery. THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE A 7 ASUNDERLAND. The men of the Royal Naval Reserve at Sunder land have not been behind their brother seamen at other ports in expressing their determination to support the Government in any extreme measures which it may ultimately find necessary to adopt to vindicate the honour of the British flag against the recent attack upon the mail steamer Trent. On Saturday upwards of 100 members of the force assembled on the main deck of the training-ship Trincomalee, now stationed in Sunderland Docks, and the chair having been taken by John Robertson, he addressed his shipmates in a few stirring sentences. At the conclusion of his speech the chairman submitted to the meeting the following copy of an address, which he proposed they should send to Captain Heard, the commander of the Trincomalee :—" Her Majesty's ship Trincomalee, Sunderland, Nov. 30. Captain Heard. Sir,—At a general meeting held on board her Majesty's training-ship Trincomalee, now lying in the south dock, it was resolved—that, seeing by the Skipping ana Mercantile Gazette the insult offered to the British flag by the Americans, we, the undersigned Naval Reserve men, do freely and spontaneously offer our services to resent the insult, and will shed the last drop of our blood against any nation that dares to insult our gradous queen or national flag." The address was carried amid enthusiastic cheering, and was then signed by Robertson on behalf of the meeting. Loud calls were then made for Captain Heard (who, together with all his officers, had entirely kept aloof from the proceedings), and the captain having stepped upon deck from his cabin was presented by Robertson with the address, which he said he should have great pleasure in forwarding to the proper quarter. Three cheers for the gallant captain terminated the pro ceedings. Before the men dispersed it was resolved that they should meet again on Monday, and show to their fellow townsmen, by a public demonstra tion in the streets, that they were thoroughly in earnest. Accordingly, at one o'clock on Monday afternoon they assembled on board their training ship in much larger numbers than on Saturday, men both on and off drill coming forward to join in the procession. On stepping ashore they formed in ranks, and, preceded by the Union Jack, with a band of music at their head, they perambulated the the docks and the principal streets of the town. In 2HE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. The scheme proposed about two years since for forming a great naval reserve of seamen, to be called out in periods of national emergency to man the Royal Navy, has, we are glad to say, survived the period of doubt and mistrust with which it was at first received by the mercantile marine, and slowly grown up till it now forms one of the most impor tant parts of what is called our second line of national defence. Parliament by its vote of this year Gaily granted money for the enrolment of 7,000 seamen up to the close of the financial year in March next. Yet already the number who have joined exceed this estimate, for up to last Saturday there were not less than 8,000 able seamen who had accepted the conditions, and, as they are now coming in at the rate of not less than 200 a-week, it is almost certain that before the financial year is out between 11,000 and 12,000 men will be borne on the books of the Reserve list. When the plan was at first proposed the advantages which it offered to the merchant seamen were so great that it was confidently anticipated 10,000 men at least would hurry to enrol them selves in a single year. The only conditions required were that the men must have served five years at sea, be under 35 years of age, have ranked as able seamen for at least one year, and that during each year they should perform 28 days' drill at great gun exercise on board such training ships as the Admiralty should appoint. In return the government offered to pay every man of the Reserve £6 per annum quarterly as a retaining fee; to give pay and allowances amounting to £1 ls. a week while at their 28 days' drill ; to make all the men eligible for the Coast Guard and Greenwich Hospital, and entitled to a pension of £l2 a year when worn out ; and, above all, not to c ell upon the services of the Reserve at all unless in periods of really national distress. Than these terms nothing could be more fair or more liberal. The men were not restricted from making long voyages after having performed their drill, being only required to produce their books to the shipping-master in order that the authorities might have a correct register of where each Volunteer was in case of his being wanted either at home or abroad. Yet, in spite of all these certain advantages offered for merely signifying their readiness to undertake a duty which they might never be called upon to per form, the seamen at first seemed to have an invinci ble repugnance to joining, or, indeed, having any thing to do, however remotely, with the Royal Navy. The plan was proposed at a time when seamen's minds were full of the emeute on board the Princess Royal, and when it was known that considerable discontent prevailed in the Royal Navy on the much-debated question of leave ashore. Above all, the men entertained a rooted impression that the Admiralty vont.° not to be trusted, and that as soon as they joined the Reserve advantage would be taken of one pretence or another to ship them off to man vessels on distant stations. In vain meetings were held at the various seaports; the men were ob stinately suspicious, and the whole plan seemed about to become a dead failure, when it was fortu• nately determined to address the seamen of the northern and Scottish coasts. Now, these men are, as a body, proverbial for their prudence and fore sight, the care with which their leaders look after the interests of their class, and particularly for the admirable system of union and bene fit societies which is established among them. These men were addressed and asked to join the Reserve, and they acted with their usual caution and good sense. They appointed delegates to examine into all the various branches of the plan, considered each maturely, and at last expressed their cordial approbation of the whole, and informed the Admiralty agents that they would do their utmost to persuade their comrades to join. When once this decision was publicly known the seamen of North and South Shields, of Sunderland, New castle, Dundee, Hull, &c., came in fast to join the Reserve, and their example had an immediate effect en all the seaports in the kingdom. At the begin ning of this year they were only joining at the rate of some 10 or 12 a week. From this the number gradually rose to 50, 100, then to 150, till now and for the last month or more even the number of 200 a week is fast increasing again. Already 8,000 are enrolled, and there are now upwards of 600 fresh applicants waiting to have their claims to admission examined, and who will all be on the list within another fortnight. Eight thousand men, at the first glance, may seem a small force, if it is not remem bered that these are all carefully selected, able sea men, of whom we have only now 15,000 employed throughout the whole of our vast navy. The pro portion of able seamen in the crew of a line of-battle ship is rarely more than 250, and this is exactly the class of sailors whom it is so difficult to procure, for, of course, any number of ordinary seamen can be had at an hour's notice. These 8,000 therefore would suffice to man 30 line- of-battle ships. In fact, the standard of the Reserve men, as being all care fully picked out of a large body, is far above the standard of the able seamen of the Royal Navy. Thus, of the 8,000 enrolled, no less than 40 hold certificates of competency as masters, 149 certifi cates of competency as mates, and 1,050 are petty officers in the merchant service, Of the whole num ber 6,000 have passed their gunnery drill, only 850 are on leave for long voyages, 2,000 have got leave for short voyages to home stations, and 5,000 are engaged in the coasting trade at home, and could be assembled in a week. These are most important facts, and become still more so when it is recol lected that the plan is daily growing in popu larity with the whole of our mercantile marine. and that by the close of next year we may confi dently expect to have a which force of not less than 20,000 able seamen, of at least one-half will be formed by men in the coasting trade, close at hand. Such a number, with the seamen of the Coast Guard, 4,000 strong, and always told off in divisions of 250 for instant service in line-of-battle ships, would place the Royal Navy of this country on such a footing of strength as it has never yet stood since its first formation. One of the objections at first raised by the men was the distance to which they were often compelled to go from their homes in order to learn their gun nery drill. This has now been met by the Admiralty sending round large frigates as training ships to the chief ports at which the men enter, and thus the President, 50, is stationed in London ; the Trinco malee, 26, at Sunderland ; the Castor, 36, at Shields ; the Hastings, 60, at Liverpool ; the Dmdalus, 22, at Bristol ; the Brilliant, 20, at Aberdeen; and the Eagle, 50, at Dundee. These, therefore, form per manent guard ships at these ports, and, in addition, no less than 14 batteries have been erected for drill on various parts of the coast, and more still are to' be constructed. Ia fact, therefore, even during peace, the organisation of the reserve is at the same time perfecting a powerful system of coast defences, which, like the Volunteers, will be always ready) i IN EWS PAPER \ 9 o l ` hough, we hope, never wa ;1, 1 1 41 4 ". objection which has ever bee x Ta plan of the reserve is, that th incrollarlapp4l,oA. though willing to enrol himself, - taut than ever to actually serve in t nal* inki. much as the retainer he receives now as a Reserve man eaases the moment he enters a Queen's ship, This is undoubtedly true, and the only remedy is to allow every seaman being a member of the Reserve: to receive his annual retainer of £6 wherever lie is serving, either in the merchant or Royal navy. This, it is said, would be tantamount to offering the premium to all the able seamen of the Royal. navy who would volunteer to a man in the Reserve as fast as their ships were paid off. We have not • the least doubt but that such would be the case, and most heartily should we rejoice if it occurred to morrow. Before our Naval Reserve was establi . shed it was the fashion to laud to the very utmost the perfection of the French system of maritime inscrip tion, which undoubtedly was the best of its kind for the simple reason that - it vas then the Only one. It is not at all improbable now, however, that our allies, if they do not adopt a scheme similar to our own Reserve, will at least abandon that of 'their much-praised inscription, which in a pamphlet just published in Paris, has : been most strongly con demned by M. Brun, the , Cammiasary-Generai of Marine. This high authority states that the system of inscription does not work at all; that in Toulon alone during one year judgment has been pro nounced against no less than 900 sailors deserted froth the inscription ; that " France, who counts 40,000,000 of inhabitants, has only 170,000 men in scribed, and out of this number, according to Admi ral Remain Desfosses, only 62,000 are fit for ser vice." Mr. Brun's conclusion is significant. Ile says :—" This state of affairs is brought about .by laying burdens on a particular class. Every one tries to avoid being inscribed upon certain catego ries ; above all, when the compensation is not equivalent to the service required. I do not abso lutely protest against the maritime inscription, but I cannot help thinking that, as at present regu lated, it is most hurtful to the country." Yet, strange tosay, very few parts of the French military system have been more highly eulogised in our Parliament than that of their maritime inscrip tion, which is here so unequivocally condemned by one of the highest French authorities on the subject. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. FINSBURY. The plot is thickening in Finsbury. Hitherto Mr. Mills has had it all his own way, but Mr. Cos, the late member, if he has not actually entered the field as a candidate, is preparing to do so with some effect. Last night he addTessed a meeting in the Cowper•street Rooms and offered his services to the constituency. Like Mr. Sleigh, however, he thinks that £3,000 is too mush to pay for tho honour of a seat in the House of Commons, bat he is willing to defray the strictly legal expenses of the election. In other words, if the electors will contribute some thing like £2,600 out of their own pockets, and at the same time guarantee his return, he will have no objection to go the length of £4OO. The meeting, composed almost entirely of working men, was en thusiastic in his favour, and a resolution was passed declaring him to be the most eligible man to repro. sent the borough in Parliament. Mr. Cox returned thanks, but stated that before issuing an address he would call district meetings, for the purpose of ascertaining the wishes of the electors generally. There is thus some chance of a contest after all, but should Mr. Cox eventually resolve to declare him self a candidate he will find that a good deal of pre cious time has been lost. The ground is already well occupied by an elaborate organisation in the interest of Mr. Mills, and even if Mr. Cox should get over the pecuniary difficulty, which is rather doubtful, he may discover that there aro other ob stacles in his path of a still more stubborn charac• ter. While Mr. Cox was addressing the meeting in Cowper-street last night, Mr. Mills was giving an exposition of his political principles to a large body of the Islington electors assembled in Myddel ton Hall. In reply to a question, he expressed the opinion that the present system of Parliamentary grants for education has been proved to be thoroughly inefficient, and that some change is necessary. He is in favour of the Revised Code, but is willing to give a careful consideration to the case of the cer tificated teachers. A resolution, pleAging the meet ing to use its best efforts to secure his return, was moved by Mr. Nattage, seconded by Mr. Fullar, and carried unanimously. The proceedings ter minated with three cheers for Mr. Mills. NOTTINGHAM. A meeting a the heads of the Liberals took place on Monday evening, for the purpose of recommend ing a candidate for the suffrages of the electors. Several names were mentioned. A meeting of the entire body of Liberal electors is to be held shortly. Mr. Cheetham, cotton spinner, Lancashire, and Mr. S. Morley are named, as also is the Earl of Lincoln. The Conservatives still speak of Mr. Bromley, the unsuccessful candidate at the last election, as a probable candidate. There is to be a meeting of the Liberal party, convened by circular, at the Exchange room to night. The Conservatives have yet held no meet ing, and in the event of Mr. Bromley declining to come forward (and unless he announced himself a supporter of Lord Palmerston it would be of very little use) no other candidate has been mentioned. AMERICANS 1N BERLIN. About 70 or 80 Americans, resident in Berlin, dined together in that city a few days since at Arnim's Hotel, to celebrate their national custom of the harvest home, or autumnal feast. The follow ing account of the proceedings is a condensation of an ampler report which has been received:— " The first toast was, the !Health of the Presi dent and his representative at Berlin.' Mr. Judd, the American Minister, replied, and after describ ing under what circumstances the custom was usually observed, alluded to the changed position of affairs at the present day. The conflict now raging in America was, he said, of the highest im portance, not only for that country, but for the world, as on the issue depended the freedom of the citizens and the Union of the States. Mr. Judd then expressed his unshakeable confidence that the result would be the complete abolition of slavery which was the inheritance of England, and an in crease of the power of the Union. In the course cf his speech his Excellency expressed the opinion that the recent affair respecting the English mail boat would not oblige England to take warlike measures, Another toast, proposed by Dr. Harding of Illinois, was—' Onr glorious dead, the heroes of our second war of independence.' It was replied to by the Secretary of the American Embassy, Mr. Kreismann, who spoke for the army and navy, and made a great impression upon his hearers. Half a million Volunteers, had, he said, sprung from the ground, and 310 armed vessels, created as if by magic, displayed the banner of the stars on every sea, not for the purpose of conquest, ambition, or self-interest, bat to restore the blessings which the American: constitution made common property— freedom of the person, security of property, and the pursuit of happiness. The ' Health of General Scott' was the last of the official toasts. 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