The Express. — London, England, 1863-12-17 00:00:00

. 7 / f - (2- ~. I,''., L ~.,, c.•••• -x • , • ;--O ' l / • ";;; ," 4r:C !AV Tte At rt • ,g 4 fiSalld 'a No. 5,415.1 rIALCUTTA, calling at the Cape of Good Hope , V ant ‘l...lra.—SllAM COMMUNICATION between LO ~,S and I N by the magnificent Fleet of Steamers heinnging the 1 , ....t India and Loudon Shipping Company •Limitoril. Shs oeu.knonn clipper amities, steamship INDIANA, 2Stie on& 0.00-lior-e power. J. SM Yin, Commander, now loading a the %lewd* tlemnitin) Dock". will Dew , on dab January, mearklng paamenpre et and lamina Gravesend on the I ith :unary, for Caktitta. calling at the ('ape Gold Hope and Madras. The magnificent ship, built expressly for the •ana trade, has been thorourhly refitted, has first-rate se- Almaden's' tee mummer., sad grill carry an experienced swelsota ; also • triewanient The average passage of these owners has her * days to Madras, some of them making the eeriest pumice on rewni. For freight or passage apply eo irtedlay and Co., as, Parliament-street, S. W;the Mogen, Alfred Brett tad C.... 111, Leadenhall.street, E. 0.: or at the aces or the Company, 0, Mtneing-lane, London, LC.: where z ezt cations for appointment' as midshipmen In this service toad*. 1111.:MARD DItZW, Secretary. AiLCUTTA Direct (under engagem ent to the 11 c ou ncil of India, the magniacent c lipper ship WRITE ids& Al, 1.193 tons resister, W. Y. R e d id , Commander. to load in the k i d India Docka. This splendid ship, built in ISM weed by Mama Potter, Wilson. and Co., or masc..% n con t.:lady recommended to shippers. Guaranteed not to take mere than eOO toss of dead stia—Apt*, to OXLLATLY, ILNLEY. and 511 Will, fr, Leadenbalbstroet. QHANGHAE Direat.—Maurs. DUNBAR and co.'s new Aberdeen befit clipper im PT-CHOW, A I 14 rut 7ao tor register, will receive lithe Mast India Dock, till Woody. the aatit December.— or w ay to ofiLLATLY, HANLEY, and SEWELL,Ndr o Lv r ar= e c - Meet, LC. WWto 11011WEIANG aid 811.11.NOHAZ goods for Hang-Cow and Jiapan`.tai apicautid maw gairaciitta In screw steam clipper ship, VAC ROT A 112 yaws, IMO toes register. 154 nominal horse-perwar. working isp to SOD pm-Power, HENRY JON 13 late of the Leherat). COUSTINIAIr aiding in the Zug India Docks. This gragniboent new Oran gup, NHL hi Mama J. and W. Dodgem, of NWwalt, Maeda p i p pea opportunity to sloppen requirlag despatch. Her cabin accommodation cannot be surnamed Vacancies for midship. am. —Apply to Captain HENRY JONES, on hoard or to atiLLATLY, HARMS Y, and SEW CLL, t?, Leadenhallatreet. LC. UONG KONG and WHAMPOA.—The mag a". Mimi Aberdare built clipper tidy CITY of ABERDEM 114 years, 541 toes register. A. H. TAYLOR. Commander Lading la the Rut India Docks This opliodld vessel, built hue par by Hems. John Leith* fiana. sad Cs. especially fur the Mum trade, is confidently recommended tealdppera. Has meg- Skeet cabin accommodation. —,ld to CRUICKSHANK and, ILYO. re. Leadenhsil-street: or Se - M.LATLT, ILLIMLY, and swELL, T 7. Leadentudl.sireat BLACKWALL LINE of PACKETB.—For MELBOURNE Tort Direct—Memn, mom aoIOHLUDLIT. I,lolltons, Captain JOHN WITH. will leave Y last India Docks on the 6th January, Dalt, call at Plymouth, mi carry so upwleaced sururoa.—Apply to PHILLIPPj, &kW, sod LOWTHLB, 2, Royal Melange-buildings or to F. SUES sad Co., Tr, Corahill , E.C. Passenger. by this Um ma poeW by roll trots Paddiwtoti to P=th at reduced Wes, implying to F. OWN and Co. for PPLACKWALL LINE of PACIENTS. For 3112.80V12111 ((Pat PhiMp! Direet—ilesura GEEILVS ship MUNCH. LNG eims. Captain J. M. GILL will leave the hst lads Decision the eth Fabruary, call at ftruroutit and carry • ar•sos• storm—Apply to Pll.ll.l.Pti. SHAW, and t. loyal Exchange buildings or to L GEM d Co., 72, Conk% E.C. Pinipimgers by this Hue can proceed rah from Paddington to=uth at reduced fares by applying ▪ T. OREM mod Co. for FROM LIVERPOOL OR IYINNITOWN TO NEW YORK. THE LIV RFOOL, NEW YORK, and PHILADELPHIA STEAM-PIMP oconAtcy intend dea n/Alm their eallpomered Clyde-belt Imo Barry Steani-iiblyn lerytne the United States made, FROM LlYERetiol, FOR NEW IMRE. CITY OF BALTIMORE. Wednesday, Dec. 33. CITY OP LIMERICK. s•turday, Dec. .26. CITY Of LONDON, Wednesday, Dec. SO. AM Pray Waimaday, and every alternate Saturday. Olio prop kg fha mad steamers sailing every W dn I, 11, mid 23 socording to Om accommodatlol e gai =la Me a steamers, 19 guinea& Foment passage bmAnang all provisions cooked. Passengers toe Made, the lIMIMMatea, and Delilah Columbia, booked thrones ■ very advantages= la ne.—Poe foram particulars apply to INMAN INMA TANK .111, , D Wansmaleuek I, Water-dm [Zemmol ;oe to MY& MACEY 111.111:107.—Direct Route to Hanover, Bruno. J wick. Nod Orr& Gonsooy, WIMP TRUINDAY. I North Cram lard's stomrs OCHWALII =Ol or MOW; trout Horsol7doiro. at 9 &XL. oalllog Pir for at 10 or —Tarr to Dreosen: rad Al ; More tietatti Ai sad 41 10a at CRAF- S 4arosl Mos, Issortormik, W.; or to PELELLIPPII. 4914 sod PWILLIPPY.II. too. LC. lIPSCIAI. NOTTCM iHI WU4'UAL Ca r e ASSURANCE Wain 193191ildral I.D. Itlts . , 39, itntatarest, Cheap , Lowloa. _ _ Asserances effected cm se before tits 31st instaat win participate k mat year's divides at profit& Prorpectusee and loess of proposal may be hal en application. CH ASLIB INtiALL. Aotord7 LGERIAN ONYX MARBLE. It llama NOWILL, JAMIE, sod 00. respecitally solicit an 1 111 10dion uf Omar eon Salon. witiek sambaing upwards mama, Mused objects, ammisting of CLOCKIS. Caloisiabra. L Imam Jardinieres, Inkstands, Pen Trays, sed • variety of Moller articles of taste, at moderate prima Thl, beautiful Marble Is perfectly translucent, bears a vary floe polish, presents I dlrenlty of pleasing tints, and can be tanked or chiselled into Efore n necessary for utlllty or ornarnamt.-4,7,11, Remelt tetreet, 101 PAS and CHAIRS.—HOWARD and SONS' (IM. T 1 1W() Lay Orin and Setae, In every variety. at wit 'rainbows, II and 17, MINIMS STREET, OXFORD =W. Inaslisted eatidagair on application. CHANDELIERS.—R. H. HUGHES begs to Wens the weds that be beim extensive assortment of drew tar the seasoo, onsatmentel sod ankles, of patent ATLLS INDICATING CHANDUIP.B9 , that prevent ex- Inion and accidents from the fall=alance weighte—Attu hot s: animas No. Hatton I :a kILWAY ALTICRATIONB.—FURNITURE s Qupeee. Iron Halstead,. RICHARD Lk = Curia l% New OFFER their well conned. indent at really reduced pram their premien betas repaired Ur WROPOLITAN =TENSION. Oa view, al ead EU, Yintaiff. Leiden Eery applicatlea Deccan's. Co. ankle necked In plan Edores.—RICHARD LOAD= ism OVERCOATS.—Gentlemen about - - area their wnrriiiiiiiTS are — lnvited to see aped napsatiaa ar asla, at NW DS. in— * w pimento as beaallfal materials rd. lsr. the and N to Oa GOO had oaly at HAMILTON and HIMPTONII, and Overcoat Makers, 1/6, Wand. opposite Enter Hall. WHAT BOYS REQUIRE for WINTER WEAL—Thaw ma be no question that 11YANI and 10 3 Overcoats am the may moments revived 1 , 7 Hors and foaths at Mk tralsomt mason of the Yew intr a e Dove ' and {Mehl la del" Swabia In material, warmly Hued, and well lade Tha New Capes sad Jackets ate also of a very superior 611. Ova and rteats and Capes, 1:a. Yd. to Ms. ; Jackets, , tan JITAX and Co., Of sad 67, Orfordetrret, W. ; 11, 22, and Tfi, SwF, Birminsham ; and 41, Briggate, Leeds. !toys LOOK WILL in HYAM and CO'S UMW —RYAN awd CI7B meek and wall-trimmed kW for Childhood sad Boyhood andawradlr l w l = l, hd a . the DORMk monk styks of the Season. The New Knickerbocker hews. the windeor sod Osborne, et., are well adapted to earl IR Price Its. ed., Us.. 214. and 301, Utile Boys' bark, la the meet recent design., 10n. Ode. US. 0. , lesll6a. 111.111 and Co., se sa d 67, uoord4inot, : 11. tt and U khan/et, Bloataghses ; W V, Mos* Leo& poR BOYS at SCHOOL and COLLEGE—The Hanw, and Rugby Suite designed by H YAM sod , for the present semen. are ampler of taste sad fashion, rubeetive of their quality in fabric and unblemished workman :Mx Prior, ?Ss., Ms., and V2IF Overcoats, Ve. 6.1. to Me 'Utak IA M 158 - and 2.1 n : Boys and Youths' Shirts, nd Gomm' if °Mary of every description, at fiesbolbiled RYAB sad Co., SS and IR, Ovford•etivet.lS • Si, Si. leestrett. lifradaglises: and St, BrigpM, Leads. HEN ARE SPECTACLES REQUIRED? Thi• TAM hi worthy consideration by every one anxious Is fetish% the inestimable blessing - sight ; for on Correct know *, la to tile Proper time for using Spectacles will depend the erilbt Y P.orryleg elesr china to the end of life. Whew Ile leery is determined ►a nicety .4 discrimination must he used adapting lenses of the elect power that will supply the toss, or rankislarywlll result. 0%u.l quacks, like medical si ocakulable rob.luef by their Ignorant pretenMon, red by the 'Sams of rountry hawkers and unskilled vendors. ly, Men, it were wiser to ask advice rather from some an of repute, and avoid risk to one's sight. The old firm Thomas Harris and Sna established I7MT. epprlto the British beum j ak . Inch, having specislly • to the mann . ure spectacles, are competent to adrisi on all that pe-s t the remedying dtfertive vision by the accurate adaptation Ina lames, isstbematlcally One, of the reeillisitea ,_ e%.,_ and brae lorticions selection of a spectacle frame (w ImPorkunt) of the foes most booonsing the Woe. yt. SCOTT'S BILIOUS LIVER PILLS, s never &Mad remedy, and Maims say sermuist Indica. from the recipe ell . will be farad Invaluable sa ebo seam tram Whom sad liver oreaplahMs. Int= id .......... 19 maa ittddlams, Mathews of the eyes. its. Ile --. ......• " • ialanY aparlast Esiaricine, sad es a partner of ','ltlttlre/ amteoly eseetimst ; mild la oar slmrs_,__lS•• abd 7:lt*** ikeaseb, tbay mate web* promsa• mr......* .Mb* Ur *bale arms —Meld by ivy V 4 Kix, winialadre•t. and br g , '"" a k.,2 1 edal ti rsl44l. mod b. 9d. .are to sek ter Ifre. ' ' '. o es sad rUla The peaks are In a alsare pan -• with • Inaba laminae aggyavad as tia Stan,* [ I BS IR VIGO RATIVE NERVINS ESSENCE. s !lie mad acientiacally add lucre seemerfal mitre cordial 11.11 r Introduced . their normal condition sayeeleek. on the inteerfty of which perfect health &- I'll ' a la • , Pedic tor debility of all kheda, and from its Com elay„ • Pim o ther tunedirlii•• Pardon me pidepeesee ate. Ice en hie ue beeendal the Denton and dyspeptic. , or tow .inantltlee la one be el s. Bab Malmore. !Manua:ten end S2O, Oatorddireet, W.C., altall.earect, Loudon. M. JIILLIEN'S CONCERTS.-HER MAJMYTTS THILATRIL—Podtavelv the Last Night but Two of the Seesaw —TONIGHT. M. Juni. Ws New GitikAT 00NORMIS QUADRILLL. Introducing the national melodies of different nations. Vocalist Mdlle. % °lola Grand orchestra; three tary bands and full chorus. Conductor,LLl R. Commence at N. Admitaloo. One JULLIENff BRNIYIT will take place on SATURDAY next t ' being positively the last night of the season), and the Grand NAL d'OTERA on MONDAY, the 21st Instant. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL, Islington. GRAND YDURNAKINT. RIPPODROMIL. and CIItQL E cm • scale el magnificence hillasens saattempted in this twuntry, will 01.Y.N on BOXING-DAY. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL, Islingt on . CROCKETT the rewswasd LION KING, will wake his FIILeT APPRARA NCR to Landes with his wonderful Troup 01 Laos on BOXINOIDAY. Lenses, Messrs. ETILL.NOI sad PULLEYN. ROYAL* ALHAMBRA.—Immense success. Houses crowded nightly. FRANCONIE CIRQUE IM PERIAL The meet tiented Male and Female Equestrians, Acrobata, Gymnasts, and the best Stud of 'Trick and Manage Hones In thefWorld. EVERY EVENING at Halt-i.an Seven. Day Perkimances ea Mondays, Wednesdays. and Saturdays at Two. Admission—Esteemed neat*, :St lb, 22.. Promenade, Is. HOD Pear. Private Boma, One Guinea. Box-oDce open daily from Ten THE OXFORD.—OPEN EVERY EVENING. lIDSICAL ISMUITAINMENTS. onnsisting of Operatic Selections, Choruses, Me., by the whole of the Company . Solon Violin. Viotti C.olltna, the celebrated English violinist Mute, Drew Dean , Pianoforte, Iliss Bryant and the marvellous Instru ment, The Orchestra! Mae," by the inverreer.-ITerrltehalkes bath. Director, Mr. 1. Joarhmans. Comedy by Bosworth (or say other man"), Eugene, W. Randall, W. T. Crutchfield, T. Ifavin and J . Ileadersoo, dc., Br. Admission—Area, ed. ; Stalls and . B• 1 0007. LL : Private Boxes, les. ed. THE GHOST CLUB, an entirely new Spectral Fmtertatinneet. Introdnebtg startling and nove' effects never before sampled Produced under the immediate c ot K. of Professor PILPP2I, and by permission of K. Eat --CANTIIIBUIY BALL. Westminster-road. THE REGENT NEW MUSIC HALL, ltegentakreet, Vlsosatequare, seer tiotorinetrect, West minster. —The largest, tent ventilated, and handsomest In the Metropolis.—Open every evening, with the best Comic and other talent. Selec tio ns and Choruses by the moat efficient company in London.—Admisalon, ad. stalls and balcony, ls. Open at 7. CIREAT REDUCTION in HOTEL CHARGES ILA it Ur BRUNSWICK. larmys-dreet, et James's, throve*. eft the Maier awes MARSHALL'S HUNGARIAN BRANDY. L...4: Z0 me l t Cognac, and Use pond spirit iraported."—Dr. Ola retailers, in singly battles, Is. sot. sack con soled, labeUed, and sort Winded J. O. atalifiliALL, mole con signee: sm. per dozen case ,corrtage paid) _ Moat. lit, Alum gate-atroot, City. Lista agents pall free. no public Is cautioned spinet spark:so iraitstiona ALLSOPP'S ALE and GUINNESS'S STOUT. JOHN 1. BICiOS and Co., role contractors for Bottled hear So the lateruational Extilbitiola Astute for Samuel Allaopp sad Ben's India Pale and Burton Ales, and 01111113eal. Sob, sal Oa's ion ;Soul, Importer. at Mass and and nom. Ow s to PAN Lisbangs, bads supplied ea anal termorb. WILLIAM TUCKER and SONS, 287, Strand, (isishlielsed 40 yaws), beg to announce Mutt they have a flu STOCK of DAMTMGOR FOREST and WELSH MUTTON shwa,' reedy for dressing Devonshire Poultry, Game of every deacsiption, Clotted Cream received daily, Fresh Wee, Prime oilitoua, Norfolk and Cambridge Sausage., Norfolk liAtus sad Bacon. Pickled and Smoked Tongues, Mottos Mowbray Pork Pies, 40sviare, Ac. A list of prime pest fres. Goods delivered within four miles west of Temple-bar. STILTON CHEZSIt, and York liams, in perfective : Ise Waters Brea se earl, 9 d per lb., by lb. side or belt side, et IL B. °ALM% Wbresalc sad Retell Cbesemerbsr. lb, Newer* Oreotiprden. Ler Percy ZOOM. Zerlblied MO year Cub re delivery. WATHERSTON and BROODEN'S GOLD CHAINS or kw weight, as realisable value, and the workmanship at whetroaa reanntectaren . prices. The sold la the chains gaarmelemd, sod reinuchased at the price charged. liere's the rote, How mach peer atria weighs, to the utmost carat The limos et she yid. sad chow for fashion.: . _ forlea.un ~ lballtilika, Rik 14 Worfaitia.atirest, Covaa-ganlea, Am yl sods et sham aad jewalory for la dab. IL& Ma ell allalumal to dead a la the do sad ao laaladaya l Walesa. VALUABLE god inagralleit ECILNTITIC lITSTEVNENTE suitable for the assuagements of .inter manes and an assortment of USEFUL and OZNANENTAL OttJECTO for CHRISTMAS PIMENTO. I R. J. C. STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION, J. at hi. Great Rooma. 38, ILlngstreet, Covent-garden. TO MORROW (Molar and Satanlay, Dee. 18 and 1., at half -past 11 precisely, several expensive MICIIOBOOPIIII, by West and other esteemed makers. sad mamas objects for ditto, tele scopes, dissolving view lanterns and luterevting slides, opera glamea, stereoscopic slides, carte de vi to portraits, Tens.., steam engine, spectacles, barometers, excellent photographic csmeraa and lenses by °Merrill, Bland and Cu., Imuneyer, Lerehour, Clifford, and other celebrated makers; also rations other photographic apparatus, a collection of Swim carving.. books, bookcase, colas, antiqultle-, jewellery, gm On °en, and catalogues had of lit. .1. C. STEv ran, auctioneer aim valuer of smentlfle inatnunesta, 3d, Cing.atrear., Covent.gardeu. MR& LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS. OONDITION of the AGRICULTURAL DIS TKICTS. —The BITILuRR of, this 1 week contains the melt of lequiries in the agricultural districts, with various illostrahons —View of the Albert Memorial, A tougdon—Anclent Stained Glass—The Royal Academy—end several other papers, with all the Art news of the week. Mt, or by post, ft-1, York street, Covent-garde.: and all DOWIIOIOII. VIARD CASH, the New Novel, by CHARLES H Raab& wM Do ready, In volumes, at all the libraries, M day. London Samson Low, Soo, sod Co., Ludgate-UHL STOPPING • FRIZZ FlGHT.—Yesterday morning, prolioasergeset Seymour, and a detachment of the It divinities Metropolitan police, as aho a strong body of the Kent County Constabulary, proceeded to the Erith-marshes, for the purpose of previsothig a prise fight which hod been an aouncest to take place between Goss and Baker. On ar riviag at the. spot the police found that the ring was farmed, and the fight was about to commence, but the combatants and their fnends quickly rushed to the shore and entered • number of amen boats lying off, in which they erred over into Ewa, where it is stated the tight was resum. idAsioaiAL ON SZNALP or Ozonos Vicron TOWNLIT.—A memorial to the Home Secretary is in course of signature at Manolseeter, praying that the extreme emb lemw of the law may sot be carried into effect in the case of this aiminsL The memorial refers to thel serious points rained at the trial in ax iomatical of the crime, and urges that the mind of the priaower is now, if not at the time of the murder, permanently deranged. The first signature to the memorial as that of the Mayor of Maothester. It VI reported that Mr. Baron Martin has written to Sir George Grey in reference to the alas, suggesting that • communioa of in qiury as to the present state of mind of the prisoner should Moue, the evideoce at the trial having been strongly to the effect that be I. not now mane, although the jury were ✓atiefied that he was so at the time when the crime was earnmitted. _ _ Twa ST. GLUM'S MURDEIL—We stated a day or two ago that a man mimed John Markham had been appre hended at Minutest, os soaps:non that be wee the perpetrator of the murder of an unfortuaate girl, named Emma Jeckerm, at • Loam in George -streets Bt. Giles's, wine months moos. Bergsma Tboomen, of the detective department, Scotland mud, has been to Menton, seeempained by • person panted Stokes. with the view of establishing the Mouthy of the seemed. Whilst Markham was *Remising with several other men in the prison grounds Stokes was introduced, bat could not ideetify say man present es the one be saw is the company of Emma Jaeluion on the day sits was mur dered. Markham was thereupon at ones permitted to go at large. MUTH IRON HYDROPHODIA.—John Meteor, a boy of 15, linos with his mother (a widow), at 11; Upper Frederick-street, Liverpool, died oa Meeday night is dreadful egosy, from the effects of this bite eta dog. About five weeks ego the lad interfered to provost a dog from worrying hi younger brother, when the dog Mused apse Jobs Menu and hit him severely over the eye. The lad thought nothing of it et the time, and the wound afterwards partly healed. On Saturday Wt, however, be oomplaused of a numbness and alternate prickier sensation is the rules of the wound. His neck grew miff, burned whoa robbed, and be experienced a feeling of choking. On Sosday sight sad Monday rummies the more palpable symptoms of hydro phobia set in ; he trembled at the sight of water, particu larly in a basin, and implored ilia mother to mauve it. Towards evening be onstnenced to teak like a dog, leaned at the mouth, and shheately died is chwidtal egos,. FATAL COLLINST ACCIDENT.—An accident of a =rims mature oseurned on Teenday at the Caragethis , Illackeroed, Masemorabehina by which two sees were killed, five rerioesly injured, sad a ecesideroble anereat at damage dose. The age wee atetioury at the smooth of the pit reedy for desseat, whew by some mem the pit retie dipped a the arc d the engine, letting the cage m dews the elieft with fearful forte. There was so ewe is the Rage, bet a masher ef sea wee* at work at the bottom el Mis idt spas gimes the ergo tel hi lie dowsword onerna The we hod est time to got out of the way, sok wow immodiekly heeled lees ender the cage. Whom talion set two mere hood S. be deed end Ave moriosaly 'Owed, and lit Me or se hope I. rearateimed of their wiewery. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1863. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE (MUM'S THE SCHLEI3WIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. ALTONA, Ow. le. It is stated that Has you Scheel-Please° has again been summoned to Copenhagen, and has proceeded thither. It is asserted upon good authority that on the 20th and 21st inst. a corps of 6,000 Saxon troops, and some Hanoverian Hussar regiments will enter Holstein upon the right bank of the Elbe. 6,000 Prussians will at the same time be stationed in Lubeck, and 5,000 Austrians in Hamburg. About 6,000 Hanoverian troop', composing the first corps of reserve in case of resistance on the part of the Danes, will remain upon the left (Hano verian) bank of the Elbe. The second reserve, consisting of 10,000 Austrians and Prussians, will, for the present, remain at home. COPENHAGEN, Dcc. 16, Evianro. The Danish government has been officially in formed that Federal execution in Holstein will be aarriZtiut on Tuesday next. The Feedrelandet of to-day publishes a telegram dated Stockholm, Dec. 16, noon, stating that the King has taken a decided resolution with regard to Schleswig-Holstein, and that it is beyond doubt that notes were despatched to the great powers yesterday informing them of his intention. Great activity prevails in the Swedish military establishments. THE DEBATE IN THE FRENCH SENATE. PARIS, Lac. 16. The debate on the address was continued in the Senate to-day. After speeches by M. de Tourangin, Baron Dupin, the Marquis de Boisay, and M. Royer, M. Rouland, replying to a question of the Marquis de Larochejaquelin, whether the ten dencies of the government were Christian, was astonished at such an inquiry, when the flag of France was protecting the Holy Father at Rome. Cardinals Mathieu and Donnet pointed out books they considered intended to pervert society. Paragraphs 3 and 4 were adopted, after some observations from }L Michel Chevalier. MM. Ladoncette, Parkin, and Beaumont spoke upon paragraph 5, referring to the extension of the powers of the Conseil' Generous, and the paragraph was then adopted. The debate will be continued to-morrow. ITALY. TURIN, Mc. 16. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the items of the budget of the revenue, containing the ordinary and extraordinary public receipts, were agreed to. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. BERLIN, Dec. 16. Piotrowski, Jaskold, and Chomeki were hung by order of General Mouravieff upon the 4th inst., at Souwalki, the capital of the palatinate of Augustowo, in the kingdom of Poland. VIENNA. DEc. 16. News received here from Poland announces that the insurgent chief Rembaylo defeated the Russians upon the 11th, near Stobnica. A detachment of Bossak's Polish cavalry engaged the Russians on the 12th at Dzialoezyce. The result has not yet transpired. SPAIN. CADIZ, Dec. 16. . - The steamship Alfonso left yesterday for the Antilles, with a cargo consisting of 5,000 muskets, munitions, and other war materials. AMERICA. New Tort papers to the sth inst. give us detailed accounts of the events summarised in our yester day's impression. The following despatch, an nouncing that Meade had made a retrograde move ment across the Rapidan, was sent from Washing ton on the and : The army of the Potomac has fallen back, and to-night is probably in its old quarters at Brandy Station, on the line of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The retrograde movement began yesterday. Meade's friends here say that the object of the advance movement was not so much for the purpose of fighting Lee as for the purpose of preventing him from sending reinforcements to Louptreet in Ten nessee. The movement is claimed to be successful, and it is now hinted quietly that the army will settle down into winter quarters on the of the Rappahannock. General Lee did not seem inclined, however, to permit the army of the Potomac to settle quietly down for the winter in the location where General Meade bad led it. On the night of the 3rd the Confederates made a reconnaissance in force, consisting of artillery, infantry, and cavalry, and crossed at Raccoon Ford, with the probable intention of ascertaining the Federal strength and position. But they were repulsed by • detachment of cavalq, and rapidly retreated to the south side of the Rapidan. The Federals oc cupied Culpepper with a cavalry force on the 4th ; all was quiet. Details of operations at Knoxville up to Monday, Nov. 30, are given in the New York papers, from which it appears that Longetreet at that date was still making strong efforts for the capture of that place. On Sunday morning, Nov. 29, the Confederates made a furious assault on Gen. Ferrero's position, Fort Saunders, but were gallantly repulsed with heavy lose-700 killed and wounded, and 234 taken prisoners. Their killed and wounded were left on the field and afterwards removed under a flag of truce, which Gen. Burnside granted for that purpose. On Monday morning, Nov. 30, every thing was quiet. The following despatches are published i the New York papers of the sth : Ciaciaaati, Friday, Dee. 4. The following despatch be. been received in the military headquarters in this city :—"Keuville, Mucky. Nov. 30. —All well. The enemy we. repulsed yesterday with heavy loss. Everything is going on well, and we feel very wog dun, Despatches state that in the assault on Kaulvtlle, on the th alt., the rebels lest over 1,000 killed, wounded, and prisoners.' . _ _ Cincinnati. Friday, Dee. 4. Special despatches from Cumberland asp, dated report that there was fighting yesterday at Welter's Ford, twe miles from the Gap, between Fester's and Loogetreet's cavalry. is attempting to cross the Clinch River we were repulsed with the lora of 50 men. We captured four MY. Two of our surgeons were found murdered in Joseeville„ Up to the departure of the mail nothing positive was known sa to the movements of Grant s at my. A despatch dated Chattanooga, the 4th, says that the weather was exoellent, and the roads in such good condition that the column of troops sent to relieve Burnside had probably reached within striking distanos of Longstreet. Refugees from Northern Georgia report that in all that region a reign of terror exists, and that the rebel authorities are conscripting males and every thing else they require for their shattered troops- In obedience to the clamour for the removal of Bragg, Jeff. Davis had displa•Agd hie favourite, and appointed General Hardee in his stead. - The President had received official despatches from General Banks announcing, under date of Nov. 9, the occupation of Brazos Island, Fort Isabel, gad Brownsville by the forces under his command. The general speaks with hopefulness of the prospect before him in Texas. General Stone, writing from New Orleans on the 28th ult., offici ally makes known the capture, on the 17th, of Cor pus Christi and Aransas City, with 100 prisoners and three guns. Advice' from Charleston to Dec. 1 announce little change in the position of affairs. The bom bardment of Fort Sumter bad almost entirely ceased, as the work for all warlike purposes bad been rendered unserviceable. Its west wall bad been undermined by our fire, and had fallen into the sea, and the Confederates display no flag over the ruins. General Gillmore has turned his atten tion to the fortifications on Sullivan's Island, and with such effect that two of them are said to have been destroyed. Shells are also thrown into Charleston at the rate of twenty a day, and the inhabitants are said to have deserted all the buildings within range of the Federal guns. The people believe that General Gillmore's operations will inevitably end in the capture of the city. Much destitution exists among the poor of Charleston and Savannah, and deaths from starvation have oc curred. The Confederates took advantage of the respect /Igo is everywhere paid to the hospital litg to . .Uat a etronglattery behind the Moul trie-house on Sullivan's Island, over which the signal of sickness was flying. They afterwards raced the hotel, and opened fire from the work which they had built under these circumstances. "From Richmond," toys the New York Times, "we have full tiles to the 30th of November, in clusive. The extracts which we give from the rebel papers are exceedingly interesting. Their own ac counts of the resent operations in Tennessee and Georgia are very meagre, but a terrible disaster' is frankly admitted ; and though they strive to conceal it as much as possible, yet there is a very strong tone of gloom, disappointment, and depres sion pervading the Southern community in conse quence of this rebel defeat. Bragg is denounoed in unsparing language, and his removal is de manded without delay. Loogstreet'e position in East Tennessee, after many positive assertions of great success, is finally admitted to be precarious, and there is hardly a gleam of hope or oonfi•lence to be extracted from any point of the rebel military situation, by even the hopeful and defiant rebel journals themselves." The same paper contains the following remarks upon the military prospects of the winter : Seasons of intense activity, with alternations of cam• parstive repose, form the ebb and flow of all great wars. We have just passed through one of the grand climacteric periods, resulting in a series of great operations in the West, and at least of portentous movements in the East ; and the fact that the season naturally fitted for field work is passed, and winter and the " skyey influences" advents to military operations are upon la gives plausibility to the opinion that , we may now have a period of comparative quiescence, sad that our armies will go into winter quarters. This of itself, to be sure. would not absolutely determine the audio° of active work; sad if we should judge by the history of last year, when the month of December wit nessed two of the greatest battles of the war—that of Fredericksixirgh, in Virginia, and Murfreesboro, is Tenneuee—there would be little to indicate such an inter. mission of operations. But the circumstances of December, 1863, and of December, 1862, are widely different. In the West a great aggressive army, threatening the lunation of Kentucky, hooted Rosecrans, and it was in the last degree desirable to foil that intention by dealing the rebels a telling blow. In Virginia the spirit of "On to Richmond" still controlled our military policy. No such necessity and no such prompting now weigh upon as. Our great army of the West holds • position which makes all attempt. at the offensive on the part of the rebels mediums. Genemltlrant is master of the situation, sad the mastery, too, is of a kind that makes military operations in Virginia of quit* subordinate moment. Both our armies have secured coignes of vantage where they can securely rut for the winter; sod there is no commanding military DOM aity to instigates winter campaign. An enthusiastic meeting was held on the 3rd at the Cooper Institute, New York, to promote the raising of volunteers, and to celebrate the victories of Grant. There was a very large attendance. The following resolutions were passed : Whereas, the people of the city and State of New York, at the commencement of hostilities between those in rebel• lion against the government of the United States, did, in popular assemblages, and represented in municipal and State legislative bodies, pledge their liver), their fortunes, and their sacred honour to sustain the government in quel ling the rebellious, and reestablisbing the national autho rity ; acid whereas, the city and county of New York has already appropriated for that purpose more than save° millions of dollar—bas sent to the field tens of thousands of its citizens ; therefore, Resolved—That we, in mass meeting assembled, again most solemnly repeat and reaffirm the pledge heretofore made by our city council and by the legislature of the State, that "We will uphold and reinforce our armies in the field, and sustain at home the families of our soldiers in the service of the government," and that we will never cousent to a pesos but upon the basis of the restoration of the Union. Resolved—That we point with pride to the position of New York. She boa sent more volunteers to the Geld than any two cities of the Union. Her merchants, her bankers, and her citizens have placed at the dispoial of the government their accumulated wealth, never refusing to honour a draft made upon them ; and are to-day more willing than at the commencement of the war to furnish all needed moral and material aid to sustain the govern ment in reinstating constituted authority, and " conquer ing a peace." P.esolved—That we recommend Congress to increase the pay of the privates in the military servios of the govern ment to 20 dole. per month—this to apply as well to those now in service as to those who shall hereafter be mustered into such service. Resolved—That we most cordially approve the mll of the President, and of the Governor of New York for additional volunteers ; that we recommend that the people of each Congressional district organise and act efficiently for the purpose of procuring them ; and to that end that UN chairman of this meeting appoint a committee of eve from each Congressional district of this city, to devise means and act in conjunction with the military commis sioners appointed by the Governor and the Provost- Mershal-Geriend to promote volunteering. Resolved—That we deeply spmpathise with the ifaion soldiers now confined in Southern prisons ; that we implore our government to make every effort to supply their wants, alleviate their sufferings, and procure their speedy release ; but we know that these brave moo, who have risked their lives to secure victory and unity to the nation, will not ask the government for their sake to forfeit honour, or compro mise its position in reference to the exchange, according to the usages of civilised warfare, of all soldiers who have been made prism's , * of war. Resolved—That we rejoice at the recent victories of mar armies—affording as they do the highest evidesce of • return of pesos ; sad that the thanks of this meeting are tendered to General Grant, his pli►nt officers sad brave men, for the splendid success and decisive battle of Chat tanooga. In the course of the evening the following letter from the President was read : Evocative Mesas, Weabiogtoo, Wedeeeday, Dee. 2, 1863. __ ... Messrs. George Opdyke,Joliph Sutherland, Beojiimie F. Ifaideeve. Prosper N. Womore, and Spencer Kirby, commit. tee,—Your of the 28th ult., inviting me to be enema at • roosting to be bold at the Cooper Institute ea the 3rd inst., to promote the raising of volunteers, is received. Nothing would be more agreeable to my feeliap, or better accord with my jadgeiest, We to contribute, if I oould, by my preemies or otherwise, to that runineutly patriotic object. Nevertheless, the sow early meeting of Cooper, together with a temporary illness, renders my attendance prerible. You propels. also, to celebrate our Nest. nee victories. Freed from apprehension of woundieg the just sensibilities of brave 'oldie's fighting elsewhere, it would be exceedingly agreeable to a to joie is a suitable acknowledgment to these of the greet Walk (Stamped, id. Additional.) 1 with whom I wax born and have passed my life. And it is exesedingly patifyieg that a portion lately of the army of t►e Potomac, but now serving with the great army of the Wan, have berm so conspicuous a pert in the late brilliant triumphs in Georgia. Hooour to the soldier and mulct: everywhere who bravely bears his country's muse. Honour also to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field, and serves as he best am the game muse. Honour to him, only km then to him who braves for the common good the storms of heaven and the storms of battle.—Your obedient servant, (Signed) A. LINCOLN. Immense cheering followed the reading of the letter. NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS. THE STREET TRAFFIC OF LONDON. In laying out any plan for new railway commu nications in the metropolis the great object to be attained is to relieve the streets of traffic. Its, therefore, desirable to consider of what the street traffic of London consists. There are the passenger traffic and the goods traffic : the first, pedestrian and vehicular ; the last, entirely vehicular. The passenger traffic is DO doubt by im tks largot wo ioLmocueim th• largest share of space, although there are certain looalities and certain hours of the day in which the goods traffic offers the greatest proportion of obstruction. First, as regards the passenger traffic. The pas senger traffic of the most crowded thoroughfares of London consists of persons resorting to the great centre of business in the City from the various suburbs. It has been ascertained that the number of persons who enter the City of London daily amounts to an average of about 700,000, of which number about 170,000 avail themselves of about 58,000 vehi cles. The bulk of these 700,000 persons enter the City in the morning and leave it in the afternoon. The larger proportion of them keep in their counting- offices, warehouses, shops, and other places of business during the greater portion of the day, but it may be taken that one-fourth, or perhaps one-third, of the whole number move about the streets of the City, from one place of business to another, during business hours, thus keeping up the constant current of passenger traffic which crowds the City thoroughfares. The great object to be attained by new metropo litan railway communications is to relieve the streets as much as possible of the vehicles which are used for passenger conveyance. It can scarcely be doubted that the great bulk of the cabs and a very large proportion of the omnibuses are employed for the purpose of conveyance to and from the railway stations. If our streets are to be relieved of auy of these vehicles, it must, therefore, be by lines of rail way which would unite the different stations within the metropolis, so as to enable passengers to get from one part to another without passing through the streets to so great an extent as is now necessary. It is very clear that this object would not be in auy degree accomplished by an outer circle railway girdling the metropolis outside the present stations. The North London Railway circles the northern and eastern sides of the metropolis. What has been the experience of the North London ? Carry ing an enormous number cf passengers from the City to the northern suburbs by its circular line, it nevertheless finds itself called upon to make a direct entrance into the heart of Loudon from the north, which it is now constructing from the Kings land-road to Bishopsgate. This fact demonstrates that the railways needed for metropolitan traffic are railways within the metropolis, which will com municate with the direct lines which lead out of the metropolis. To clear the streets people must be enabled to get to and from the great resorts of business with as little necessity as possible for passing through the streets. And as an outer circle railway would in no degree facilitate this object, we may take it that, as regards passenger traffic, an outer circle railway would not answer the chief objects which have to be secured in pro moting new metropolitan communications. Second. As to goods traffic. The House of Lords appear to imagine that the goods traffic which passes through the streets of the metropolis merely consists of merchandise passing from the north to the south of the river Thames, and rice versa. Now, this is a mistake. There is, compare ' lively speaking, very little traffic in merchandise or minerals passing through the London streets from the northern to the southern railways. We had occasion recently to show how very small was the goods traffic on any part of the Brighton line of railway. The carriage of all their goods and mine rals amounts to less than 50,0001. a year over their whole system ; and of course only a very small pro portion of that traffic is derived from or passes to places north of London. The South Eastern, in the same way, has a comparatively small goods traffic. The article hops is probably the principal article of merchandise carried on that line, and nearlyall the hops it brings to London &repurchased by the hop merchants of Southwark, and are stored in the great hop warehouses on the south side of the Thames. Mr. Eborall, the traffic manager of the South Eastern Railway, told the select committee of the House of Lords that there was very little communication indeed between the South Eastern and the Northern lines of railway ; the bulk of the goods exported from the north of England to France, and other countries on the Continent, finding their way across the Channel by steamers to Dieppe and Dunkirk from Hull and Grimsby, and other eastern and north eastern ports. As to minerals for the southern districts, not • ton of them passes through the streets of London. They ant passed from the northern on to the southern lines by way of the West Loudon Railway and the Kensington-bridge ; and when the Blackfriars Railway-bridge is open they will also, no doubt, be passed from the Great Northern on to the London, Chatham, and Dover line by that communication. Practically, there fore, the Lords' Committee was entirely in error in imagining that any large proportion of the goods traffic in the streets of London is traffic pairing directly from the railways on the north to those on the south of the Thames, or rice weal. London is the great depot of the world for foreign and colonial merchandise ; and she is also, though in a less degree, a great depot for British manufac tures and productions. The foreign and colonial mer chandise reaches Loudon by the River Thames, and is stored in the warehouses of the different Jocks. The Victoria Docks and the East and West India Docks have communication with all the rail ways of England by lines extending to every one of their warehouses and wharves. From these docks, therefore, nut an ounce of produce sent from London to the provinces passes through the streets. Sixth has not been hitherto the case with the London and St. Katharine's Docks. The Blackwell Railway is now being extended into those docks, [TWOPENCE but up to the present time they have established no communication with any railway, and the con sequence has been that the merchandise warehoused iu th.me docks has had to be carted through the streets to the various railway stations, or barged up the river to the goods station established by the Great Western Company at Brentford. This it is which causes Fencharch-street and other streets in the neighbourhood to be so crowded with traffic, and it is an evil which it is most desirable to remedy. From the various river-aide wharves and granaries ever} thing, also, has to be carted ; but as no railway can very well touch those ware houses, the cartage which blocks Thames-street and Eastcheap on one aide of the river, and Shad- Thames and Toole)-street upon the other, is not likely to be largely affected by any improved cos• 'unifications. In addition to the foreign, colonial, and Irish produce, which is all warehoused in the docks or on the river side, there is the produce of our own manufacturing districts, which is warehoused in the City for the convenience of London and pro .Jrineig pnveleaseva. Oates', woollens, silk leak ironmongery, hardware goods, and cutlery, are all warehoused in the district between St. Paul's. churchyard and the Mansion-house, and between Fore-street and the Thames. These goods are brought to London for examination and purchase. They are carted from the different railways to the different wholesale City warehouses, and are carted away again from those City warehouses to the addresses of the different purchasers. Unless Lou don is to cease to be a depot for British manufac tures, it is difficult to see how this is to be avoided. Retailers cannot, and do not, as a rule, make their purchases by sample. When they do so, of course goods can be sent to them direct from the manufecturingdistricts without passing through the metropolis at all. But the largest class of pur chasers require delivery of their goods at once, and cannot wait until they are expressly made or pro cured for them from samples. They buy when they want the articles, and not in anticipation of • want which may not arise. But although the cartage of foreign and colonial produce from the docks and wharves to the railway stations is considerable, and although the sale of articles of British manufacture iu London causes much traffic through the streets from and to the railway stations, yet the bulk of the goods traffic in the streets of London is of a class which has nothing to do with existing railway communications. By far the greater proportion of the vehicles conveying goods which crowd the Loudon streets are vehicles conveying goods from the docks, and wharves, and wholesale warehouses to the retailers' shops, and from the retailers' shops to the houses of the dif ferent consumers within the metropolis itself. The supply of three millions of people cannot be accom plished without an enormous amount of street traffic. There must be intercourse between the great markets and the shops, and betwees the shops and the houses of the customers. Butchers' carts, bakers' carts, brewers' strays, grocers' carts, linen drapers' carte, warehousemen's carts, green grocers' carts, and all the endless variety of vehicles that appertain to the shopocracy of London, constitute the bulk of the vehicular traffic of the metropolis. No railway system can largely affect this class of traffic. If any can do so, it must obviously be an inner, and not an outer circle of railway. Every shopkeeper wants to carry from market or warehouse to his shop door, and from his shop door to the door or area gate of his customer. No railway can accomplish this, but least of all a railway that circles London with a diameter of some nine miles. No outer circle rail way, for example, could prevent the driving of cattle through the streets of London to and from the Cattle Market, which it is universally felt to be desirable, as far as possible, to prevent. In fact, the more extended the circle the less the butchers would be likely to use it. If an outer circle railway were used at sll for the purpose of conveying traffic out of London, it is quite clear that its effect would be to crowd the main arteries of communication more than they are crowded at present. An outer circle railway eonld only receive its traffic at particular points— say, for instaucce, at some one eastern and some one western station. If it concentrated its traffic at those two points it is obvious that all the routes to such points would be thronged with the traffic endeavouring to reach them, and London would practically suffer from that which is universally regarded as inconvenient and undesirable—to wit, a general or central terminus. On the other hand, if the traffic was not thus concentrated, but was received upon the outer circle, through the means of the existing stations, how would the outer circle in any way relieve the streets of traffic These various considerations as to the street traffic of London will show at once the fallacy of sup posing that either passengers or goods can be carried round London without entering it. It is of the very essence of the trade of this great commercial metro polis that both men and goods should enter it, and I should not be carried round it ; that they should be able to get to their places of business by the shortest, best, and moat expeditious route ; and that they should be able to buy and sell, and to handle the commodities which they buy and sell. It is all very well for noble lords, who know little or nothing about trade, to talk of the convenience of sending goods round London. If they knew more of the requirements of trade they would probably have felt more strongly the necessity of promoting that trade within London, by which the commerce, not only of England and of Europe, but of the whole world, is regulated and governed. THE PERCHASE or ARTON- PA/lE.-11e Bir mingham " Peoples' Park," %boat the payment for which NORM amphorae revelations have recently bee n made. was made the subject of discussion at • meeting of the town oouncilnf that townon Tuesday. A longdiscurion tout place, several geotlemeu contending that if there was any honour in the town, or any sense of it, the town council is booed to purchase the perk, after the pledge given by the mayor in 1858 ; that gentleman having, than is so doubt, acted bowl fide, and the council having shown thew coalidesee is his acts by having these times sleeted him mayor. A resolution was moved to the effect that the question be referred heck to the Baths and Park Closamitre to take into cousideration any proposal made for the pur chase of Aston-park, Its, but inasmuch as there is nothing more to inquire into. this looks very like purposing the affair sine as. It was moved by Mr. Peyton, that the coun cil do take such seer as ere necessary for the purchase of Asses-perk. This was lost, eleven gentlemen only voting for it, and forty for the resolution to refer the matter back to • committee. In these circumstances it seems not im probable that the park will pass back to the old cprietors. If such is the care it will bring lasting des. dit upon the town. and can be regarded in no other light than that of an affront to royalty itself. A meeting was bold on Tuesday in the Town hall, Waterford, for the rupees of erleevourieg to proms a redaction of the taxation of the onuniry. The attoadanesi was an soar vas. Mr. Joseph Fisher, Alderman Denny, sad other spoken, entered into comparative statistics to show that Ireland was too heavily taxed as compared with Great Britain. A committee was appointed to prevorci petition to parlisonnit paying tor redress.