The Express. — London, England, 1863-01-12 00:00:00

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P RI SCIISM Tills Eclairs* THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. MI Constance Aylmer. —And tae Pantomime, EIQUIT WITH THE TUFT . or, Harlequin and Mother Shipton, Mews. Milano, E. Power, and Raiford, Miss A. Wahiawa. BRITANNIA,. THIS Ewronec, the Pata . c7trtraW,AlloN HASSAN. Mrs. lane Messrs. Evans, Louis, Newham. and Mdliw Celeste Stephan Tom Sayers and his two pertoesisher Mules.—And SOME ..BELLS TR AT EANG.—Coramoos a& hat-past O. litoll NATI.' AT LONDON BRIDGE TIM DAY Morning. dh. 1748.....Aftmeumm. EA. Wm. To.moammir—Mmniug, 7d Im.....Attermoon. 7n. 24m. LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 12. Tag election of Sir EDWARD DERINO for East Rent is an event which Lord DERBY and his fol lowers are in no danger of misunderstanding. Sir EDWARA is the first candidate who has been chosen by that constituency on a profession of Liberal principles since the passing of the Reform Bill, and his election has been carried at a time when the party opposed to him believed they were stronger than ever in the county. The Tories do not disguise the magnitude of this defeat ; they -describe it as a disaster, and mourn it accordingly. The language in which a portion of the Minis terial press has noticed Sir EDWARD DERINO'S re turn is not so simple. The event has seemed to need explanation, if not apology. The Times says that the Government has gained a vote and Sir EDWARD a seat, but, beyond that, no interest, no principle is affected by the defeat of Sir NORTON KNarcasuu. A Tory contemporary has put forward the some view for the consolation of the defeated party. "The return of Sir E. C. DralNo for East Kent," says the Press, "is anything but a triumph for " the Liberal cause." Under these circumstances it may be useful to recall the facts. Sir E. C. DRRING presented himself to the electors iof East Kent as a Liberal, and Sir N. KNATIAISULL 'offered himself as a Conservative. Both, however, proclaimed themselves supporters of Lord Poi szanow. This is the peculiar fact which might have been expected to fix the attention of public commentators on the struggle. On all sides, however, there seems a disposition to avoid it or pan it over lightly. Sir E. Deux°, as a Liberal, said he would "give a cordial and " hearty support to the government of Lord "PALMERSTON;" Sir NORTON KNATCHBELL, not content with so feeble a profession, said " he be " lieved Lord PoLurarrom to be the best man to fill " the post he now occupied." If this unanimity proves the personal popularity of the PREMIER, as we have no wish to deny, it must be taken also to prove that the contest was fought to decide some other and more disputable question. This singular spectacle of two candidates, of opposite principles, claiming the same leader, does not surprise the public, which has been accus tomed to see sound Conservatives in the House of Commons glancing dubiously now at Mr. Hinton', now at Lord PALMERSTON, and finally deciding that the Passings was the better man for their purpose. At this present moment the Tories am comforting themselves with the thought that Lord PoLsziorrow offers the most effectual resistance to such reforms as Sir E. Daum] has been returned to support, and that " he gives assurances"—not to his Liberal followers, we presume—" that he will sinere to a " strictly Conservative policy, and proves his sin ' "cerity by his acts." A month ago • Tory was returned for Southampton, and Lord Pnanterow's especial daily organ made the philosophical remark that the country was evidently getting more Con servative, and intimated that, under the altered circumstances, Lord PALMERSTON would be equal tithe demand on him. These and similar indica tions, which are furnished in abundance from various quarters, leave us free to regard Lord Pomtrarrow as personally elevated by circum stances above the accidents of party conflct to a height from which he may contemplate the loss even of his Liberal majority without any other sentiment than friendly regret. The part of the constituencies at elections undergoes a corre sponding modification : thei- function now is to decide at elections what measures shall be re commended from the hustings for the Passura's adoption. Evidently this was how the people of East Kent understood what they had to do last week. Only this hypothesis affords an intelligible explanation of the election. Sir E. C. DERING offered his supporters the ideal Lord PALMERSTON of four years ago,with extension of the suffrage, abolition of church rates, strict economy of public expenditure, and progressive im provements of every kind. Sir N. KNATCHBULL was equally warm in support of the Lord Realize wrox of Hansard and the Estimates, the upholder • of profligate expenditure, who may be implicitly trusted to stifle all Liberal principles, and provide that every Liberal measure shall decently mis carry. The men of Kent have been called to choose be tween these different roles of the same individual. They have voted for the candidate who will support . Lord PALMERSTON in a policy of progress and re form, and they have rejected the one who is perfectly satisfied with the stagnation of the last three years. That in oar eyes is the significance and value of the East Kent election. THE Rua of OF FRENCH MEDIATION is AMERI CAN AFEA/RA.—Reporta have been in circulation for some dapped to the effect that the Emperor of the French has renewed his proposal of joint mediation between the coo_ tending parties in America. We have reason to believe that no offer of the sort has been made to her Majesty's go vernment ; and, further, that the Emperor has distinctly intimated to Mr. Dayton, the American minister at Paris, that it is tot his intention to submit any proposition for the settlement of the question in dispute between the Northern and Southern States.— ()Narver. Roma THI CAPITAL OP ITALY.—The Oii 1j Gazette of Turin, in a recent article, expresses it. conviction that Rome will some day become the capital of Italy, and adds—" We must await this happy result." FARMING THE TAXES IN TURKEY.—Evidently all hope of seeing an end to the vicious system of tax-farming most be abandoned for at least another year (says the Lecant Herald of Dee. 31, 1862). In addition to the sales we have already reported, eight other di►triots—including those of Sparta, Cyprus, Coninh. and Angora —are now up at auction, and positively "must be sold" to-day. The highest price offered till yesterday afternoon for the group was 195,0004, bid by nimble-ogle. This amount is said to be much below he isles of the revenue levied from the districts in ques ion ; but, again —the palish has no choice. ebt Court. OSBORNE, daa. 10. Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by Captain Von Westerweller, visited Portamouth Dockyard yesterday. Sir C. Eastlake, President of the Royal Academy, arrived at Osborne on Thursday, and left to-day. SCNDAY. The Queen, Prince and Princess Louis of Hew, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold, the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, and the domestic household, attended Divine Service thin morning at Osborne. The Honourable and Very Reverend the Dean of Wind sor officiated. Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colade'. office from the Governors of the Mauritius and Gibraltar. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Malta, Ceylon, Hoag Kong, Wotan, and the Noah American Provisions. THE PRINCE OF WALES. SANDRINGHAM, SATURDAY NIGHT. His Royal Highness rode yesterday afternoon on horseback, sad inspected the Wolverton portion of hi estate. Today the Prince has been 'booting in Wademore Wood and the Scotch belt with considerable sitcoms. The address of the Norfolk magistrates, resolved on in public meeting at Norwich, has been received by Lieut.-General Knollys for presentation to his Royal Highness. It is undentood that the Prince will follow the West Norfolk hounds on Wednesday next, and the loven of the hunt are on the qui are for the event. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Prlooses Mary, and Ws Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, leave teen today for Badminton Eloise, Gloucestershire, on • visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort. A select party are invited to meet their royal highoeues. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester are about to receive • 119C001111i0D of visitors at Kimbolton Castle, Iluutingdonalaire.__ The Earl of Fife leaves Powerscouz i Castle, county Wicklow, this day, on a visit to Mr. and Lady Louisa Brooke, at Acton Park, near Wrexham. Lord and Lady Calthorpe left Groavenor-aquare on Saturday for their seat, Elvatham, Hanka. The arrival of Sir Robert Peel at Killarney is announoed in the Cork papers. He is to remain on a visit with the Right Hen. H. Herbert, at Miami Abbey, for some time during the shooting season. Mr. CharleaKesn'e Irish to his native city, Water ford, bas been made the occasion of great festivity. Sir Benjamin and Lady Morris invited 40 of the elite of the neighbourhood to meet him and Mrs. Kean at dinner on Wednesday, all of whom were presented with tickets for the readings in Shakespeare, sad 400 cards were issued for a ball in the evening, which was held in the Town-hall im mediately after the performance. Dancing took plsce in the council-chamber, and supper was laid out In the town clerk's offios. The band of the 86th Regiment attended. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury has accepted the office of Vice•Preeident of the Reformatory and Refuge Union, as representing the reformatory move ment throughout the country. The Gavazzi rioters at Tralee were put on their trial at quarter •11160118 on Thursday, before Mr. Christopher Oopinger, Q.C., chairman, and a large bench of magistrates. All the jurors who tried the are were Romeo catholica lower clue than are usually put upon the panels, and, aa might have been expected, the result was a verdict of so:mitt-1 A new English church has been consecrated at Nice by the Lord Bishop of Gibraltar in the promisee of the principal French authorities, who had the courtesy to accompany the English consul in his official capacity. The church has been built entirely by voluntary contributions, at a total cost of 6,40 W., the architecture being that of the 14th century. It is said to be the most complete English church on the Continent, and is certainly the most so of any in France. It has accommodation for 700 persons, including the organ gallery. The health of the King of the Belgians is said to be main failing. A celebrated German ar•geoo, Dr. Long whack, of Berlin, is at present attend;og his Majr sty. The director of the imperial printing-house at Paris is actively engaged at present in preparing for pub lication the documents relative to the rtf►irs of Italy, Mexico, and Greece. The Emperor bag commanded that these documents shall be published pret:otis to the (vs. Gossips on the &Urea in the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. The public will thus have an opportunity of appreciating the conduct of the government on thoee ques tions. The Official Gazette of Turin formally contradict& a statement to the effect that orders bad been given to the postal authorities to prevent the tranimiuion of portraits of Garibaldi. The notice confutes itself by the utter imps. aibßity of carrying such an order hto effect, and a'so by the fact that portraits of Garibaldi have always been exhibited in the shop-windows without the slightest attempt at molestation from any quarter ; and not of Garibaldi him self alone, but of his boot, "u it appeared at Aspro monte," with the bole made by the bullet—not to speak of the groups purporting to represent " Dr. Neuron asserting his belief that the beget is in the wound," " Dr. Pat:ridge maintaining the contrary," and a vat:ety of eqri"y imita tive specimens of the photographic The Journal de Rouen states that Messrs. Platt Brothers, engine builders at Oldham, have sent 401. to the relief fund for the starving operatives in Rouen, and ex presses its gratitude. A Turin correspondent of a contemporar; writes : "If it will be any consolation to the pomessois of the ob jectionable anynames enumerated in Mr. Buggey's list (see the Times of the 30th December), I beg to assure them that they have every respectable muster of fellow-sufferers in the other countries of Errope. Confining ourselves to Italy, we have hero such untranslatable designations as Caglioni and Camay Afflitto (afflicted), Spares:M. (frightens), Pa ddle (frying-pan), Catenaecio (door-chain), Bev - Llamas and Berilatte (th:okwater and drinkmilk), PocViateste I head), Cane (dog), Cesnola (bitch), Srlsa (sauce), Verdun' (greens), Cipella (onion), besides such cogucier'el enigmas as Speceacreta, Mangiagatti, end Fumagalli (challtsplitter, cockeeter, and cockamoker). With time and observation the list might be immensely extended. Your Naples cor. respondent could furnish you s:th a choice co'lection of si miler appellative eccentricities, that being the part of the country where they luxuriate in the greatest profusion." Advicee from Stockholm state that astonishment is felt at seeing the importance attached by some foreign journals to the motion brought forward by one of the mem bers belonging to the Chamber of Peasants, for abrogating the Salk law in Sweden, and declaring the Princess Louise, daughter of King Charles XV., to be eligible is succeed her father. The motion to that effect has been unanimously rejected by the committee to which it was referred, and the question cannot again be skirted. The Official Jourital of Turin contains in its impression of the 9th inst. a summary of the information published in several French paper■ respecting the reforms granted by the Roman government, and states the opinion of the French press to be that the radical vica in the system of that government renders any efficacious reform impos sible. The Turin Official Gazette of January 9th says " We are happy at befog able to announce that not only at Turin, but in the other principal town, of Italy, the sub• scriptioo oil behalf of those who have suffered by brigandage has net with peat favour. The municipalities almost everywhere take the in;tietive." A course of lectures in Turkish is shortly to be berm in Stamboul in the large hall of Reschid Pasha's University building. Dervish Pada will deliver the first of the series, his subject bciog chemistry and natural philosophy. The government is to furnish the instruments, sec., for experiment and demon -tration. INDIA-OFFICE, JAW. B.—The Queen has been plumed to appoint Edward Perique Laying*, Esq., herristerot-law, to be a judge of the High Court at Fort William, in BengaL—Ca:ette. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 9.—The Right ilooourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Couocil for Trod* give notice that the Almiittur of the 6th instant contains a French imperial decree flxiog the customs duty opal natural netron imported into France at 3f. pet 100 kilos (decimes included.—Casette. THE LATE LAW/ MAYOR.—The Lord Chancellor, oe the nomination of the Marquis of Winchester, Lord- Lieutenant of Haute, has been pleased to place Mr. Cubitt, the lam Lord Mayer, on the commiasion of the peace for that county. Mr. Cubitt has loge resided in the immediate neighbourhood of Andover, in Hampshire, for which borough he was reemitly returned to parliament. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS.-(THIS DAY.) THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1863. SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR. (BY 81:7BYARINI TMLIGRAML) PARIS MONDAY APTICILWOON. This day the session of the Legislative Chambers was opened by the Emperor Napoleon, in the fol lowing speech : " Massa& Sew/cons AND Dimoriats—lf the Legislative Corps commenced its last session before the term fixed by the constitution, it would have been in my eyes au act of ingratitude towards the Chamber, of distrust towards the country. The time is past when it was considered necessary to seize the occasion of a lucky incident to secure the suffrages of a limited number of electors. Now, everyone sees that there is no longer amongst the masses the fickleness of other days, and men's convictions are not changed by every passing breath that seems to agitate the political atmosphere. " Since we find ourselves assembled for the last time, it will not be in vain to look back upon what we have done together in the last five years, for it is only by taking a period of some duration that we can appreciate the spirit which has distinguished the direction of affairs. Men usually please themselves by seeking in the acts of sovereigns for some hidden springs and mys terious contrivances. However, my policy has been very simple—to increase the prosperity of France and its moral ascendancy, without the abuse, or without the enfeeblement of the power which has been placed in my hands ; abroad, to favour within the limits of right and treaties the legitimate aspirations of the peoples to wards a better future ; to develope our commer cial relations with the country to which we are drawn by the greatest community of interests ; to erase the diplomatic scrolls of old questions put in litigation in order to raise pretexts for misunder standings ; to prosecute boldly the reparation of every insult to our flag, of every injury to our fellow-countrymen. I wil show you how circum stances have permitted us to apply these prin ciples." The Emperor then proceeded to mention the chief events of the year in the Danubian Principali ties, in Montenegro, in Spain, Mexico, and other countries. "Our arms," he said, "have ' defended the independence of Italy, without tam pering with the revolution, without altering, away from the field of battle, our good relations with our adversaries of a day ; without abandoning the Holy Father, whom our honour and our . past en gagements compel us to sustain." [We had not received the conclusion of the speech When we went to press ; but shall publish it imme diately it arrives.] (azunes TELsosAmi.) FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 12. The Moniteur of this morning announces that Mgr. Darboy, Bishop of Nancy, has been appointed Archbishop of Paris. The Moniteur, in its bulletin, remarks that the movement in favour of peace is acquiring increased strength in America. ITALY. •TURIN, JAN. 10, Bymum. The committee appointed to inquire into the causes and extent of brigandage has arrived at Naples. The national subscription for the relief of the suffers from brigandage has been a complete success. The municipality of Milan have appealed to their fellow-citizens to join in the subscription, and thus by an act of charity repeat the plebiscite in favour of the constitution of Italy. • The tram:Rini= of this telegram from Totiu his oc cupied thirty hours. THE CAPTURE OF A STEAMER BY THE ALABAMA. The New York papers publish the particulars of the capture of the Vanderbilt steamship Ariel by the Alabama, on her outward trip to Aspin wall. The following is the purser's statement of the occurrence : The Ariel was captured on her ontwartrpassage by the rebel steamer Alabama, noder the following CiMUDOILDCOS: On the 7th Dec., at 1.30 p.m., when rounding Cape Meysi, the eastern point of Cuba, we saw a vessel about four miles to the westward, close under the high land of Cuba, barlue•rigged, and under canvas. As there was nothing in her appearance indicating her to be a steamer, her smoke. pipe being down, no suspicions were aroused, till in a short time we saw she bad furled her rails, tailed her smokestack, and was rapidly nesting us under steam, the American flag fiyiog at her peak. Such was her speed, in comparison to ones, that in about half an hoar she had wine up within half a mile of us, when she fired a lee gun, hauled down the American ensign, and ran up the rebel flag. No attention wee paid to the summons, and the Ariel was pushed to her utmost speed. She then sailed across our wake, took a position ou or- port quarter, about 400 yards distant, and fired two gnus almost simultaneously, one shot passing over the hurricane deck, between the walking-beam and the smoke-stack, and the ' other hitting the foremast, and cutting it half away. A body of United States marines, coosistiog a 1•_'0 men, pas sengers on board the Ariel, had been draw a up and armed ; but ►he officers in command deemed it worse than folly to resist, as we could plainly as they were training a fall broadside to bear upon us, and Captain Jones gave orders to stop the ship and haul down the ensign. A boat then put off to us, and the burdiog officer, on coming aboard, at once assured the passengers that none sbou'd be molested, and that all baggage and . private property should be respected. He then demanded the keys to the special locker, together with all tho sbip's papers and letters, end informed the captain he must be in readiness to go on board the Alabama with him, where be was detained as a hostage until the next day. The mone► in the ship, amounting to 9.5 C) dela, was taken off, and the pr Z 3 crew, 20 in number, all well armed, put onboard. The engine-room was taken in charge by two engineers from the Alabama. The officers and marines on board the Ariel were paroled, and their arms takes, es well as some belonging to the ship. Both wash; lay off the cape during the night sod part of the next day. On the afternoon of the fish our arils were thrown overboard and the steam-valve taken away, in order to prevent our escape should they give ch►se to any other vessel, as they were expecting to capture the Champion also, and had been lying in wait for several days at this point for that purpose. The same night our valve was returned, and the intention of landing us at St. Diut'ngo changed to Kingston, Jam. Both vessels were then headed for that place, and ou the 9th, at 9 p.m. we arrived off Point Moraot, about 40 miles from Kingston. Near this point the Alabama gave chase to and boarded a vessel, from which some informa tion was received which induced Captain Semmes to again change his mind, and take heavy bonds for ship sod cargo, permitting us to resume our voyage. The reason given was that this vessel had reported yellow fever raging in Kingston, and he would not subject our passengers to its ravages ; but we were afterwards informed at klorant that no yellow fever had prevailed there for some time. The conduct of those officers and crew of the Alabama in charge of this ship was extremely courteous. They were in regular communication with the United States, both by letters and papers, and were fully cognisant of our days of sailing, and that no cruisers were is these waters to inter- °apt them. For this tosion, the specie to come by the Ariel wee left et Aspinwall, as (leptain Jones did not think it prudent to bring It. Other amounts state that Capt. Jones gave a bond to Capt. Semmes in the sum of 250,000 dons., to be paid in thirty days after the independence of the Con federate States is acknowledged by the United States government. The purser of the Ariel says he was informed by the rebel officers and crew who came on board the Ariel that the Alabama had a crew of 126 men, who were mostly English, and who were shipped by the government shipping master in Liverpool, and knew where they were going and for what purpose. They left Liverpool in another steamer, and joined the Alabama at one of the Azores Islands. Before they came aboard of the Alabama, Captaiu Semmes made a speech to them, in which he told them what business they were bound 00, and said that if there 'many one among them who was not ready to stand by him through thick and thin, he wished him to Signify it before they started. After listening to the address of Captain Semmes, three of the men only refused to go on board the Alabama. The rebel officers informed the purser that Capt. Semmes had a wife and daughter in Cincinnati, and another daughter in Philadelphia. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (TOON 0011 OWN 001RINPONDEBIT.) PARIS. SONDAT EVINING. The Opinion Nationale, positively contradicting the France and very many other authorities, says there is not the least truth in the story of Prince Napoleon being about to start on a voyage. The inference from this no doubt authentic denial is that the prince will appear in his place in the Senate and make a speech on the address. It cannot, I think, be doubted from a good many symptoms that some hint of a more or less mild character has been given to the senators and depu ties that they are expected to be good boys and not make quite so much noise as they did before the last holidays. I think, however, that there is still public spirit enough in both houses to tell the govern ment some home truths about Rome, Mexico, and America. It is useless, however, to speculate now upon these topics, because the Emperor's speech will be the all-absorbing theme of political discus sion to-morrow. The France states, not as an on dit, but as a positive fact, that the speech was read at a ministerial council yesterday. This is contrary to imperial habits, which are (although there may have been exceptions) to produce the speech from the imperial pocket at the time of pronouncing it, the ministers, as a body, being utterly ignorant of its contents—and, moreover, often greatly surprised at them. M. Billaudt has refused to accept a gold medal sent to him by some French inhabitants of Lima, who admire his last speech on Mexican affairs. He disclaims praise which is due to the Emperor alone, and suggests that the medal should be given to Trumpeter Roblet, who distinguished himself at Guadaloupe. A very old story, which has many a time been served up to illustrate the charitable character of deceased, and even of living priests, is now doing duty in the press as a "touching anecdote "of Cardinal Morlot. The papers say that his valet one day asked him for some money to buy neces sary linen for an honest man who was in great necessity and had nobody to care for Lim. The money was given, and on the following morning the cardinal found half-a-dozen new shirts on his dress ing table. He asked why they were there I The valet, bursting into tears, replied. "Oh ! Mon seigneur, pray forgive me—you are the poor man that I wanted the money for ; you give everything away and never think of yourself, and I could not bear to see the ragged state of your shirts any longer !" The moral of the tale is good, but its historical value is more than doubtful. Almost all the old English residents in Paris, and very many friends iu England, will learn with deep regret that "Dr. Gunning" is dead. I call him Dr. Gunning because that was the appellation by which he was best known, but he always repu diated the title. He was the oldest member of the College of Surgeons, but had not a physician's de gree. The sad event occurred at 9 o'clock this morning, at his house, No. 52, Rue du Colisie. John Gunning, C. 8., who has just been removed front this world after attaining the great age of 90, was a distinguished army surgeon. He was on the staff as long ago as 1792, and his name must be familiar to the ear of many an old soldier. A. Waterloo he held the rank of deputy-inspector general of hospitals, and on that battle-field it fell to his lot to cut off Lord Raglan's arm. He came to Paris with the Duke of Wellington's army, and has resided here ever since, universally beloved and respected. His house was a joyous rendezvous for his own countrymen. at which he delighted to mix with young people and promote their amusement. There was scarcely anything of the old man about him. His sight, hearing, memory —all his faculties, indeed, were perfect to the last, and his friends confidently predicted that he would live to a hundred. On New Year's-day he bad a dinner party ; and cards for one of those little friendly dances which he loved to see were issued so lately as last week. Au attack of bron chitis prevented him from receiving his friends on the day expected. His medical attendant, Dr. Davison, thought it serious ; but he got better, and within the last two or three days was considered to be out of danger. This morning, however, he ex pired in his arm-chair without pain, and with scarcely any previous symptoms to denote an approaching end. His daughter, Mrs. Bagsbawe (the wife of the Queen's nounsel), and two of his granddaughters were with him at the time of his death. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EYETER-HALL-- MendelasolDei datalie and Mozart's Requiem will be per formed on Friday next, the 16th inst. Mr. Phelps is en. gaged to recite the illustrative verses to Athalie. TI ie Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. C. R. Ferguson Davis, son of Sir Henry Ferguson DaYe, Rut, M.P., to the Ileitis of Exhall-cum-Wixford, in the county of Warwick and diocese of Worcester. The Rev. P. N. Mackichan has been appointed to the Church at Lorlagilphead, in the Presbytery of In usury, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. John Stewart, late minister thereof, to the charge and °Moe of the united parish of Inverness and Bona. The Rev. G. W. H. Taylor, curate of Pontefract, is to be appointed to the Perpetual Curacy of the new parish of at . Mark, Hull, vacant by the deat h of the Rev. H. Brooking. Eight deserters, seven being Neapolitans and one Tuscan, taken prisoners at Aspromonte, have just been tried at Palermo. They were declared guilty of rebellion, not of treason, and were sentenced to 15 years' imprison. ment. The public prosecutor gave notice of appeal, on the ground that the sentence was too lenient. A letter from Nuremberg, iD Bavaria, says : " Our pencils have obtained the first prize at the r, blbition of London. No branch of industry in our city has taken such an extetsion u this manufacture. We possess about twenty large factories, employing about 5,000 workmen, who pro duce annually 216 millions of pencils, representing a value of three millions of florins (6.400,000 f.)." VY . AYENEY VALLEY RAILWAY.—This line has been traversal throughout by a locomotive from Bunpy to Bucks. It is at present worked from Tevetaball to Bungay, and ou the Ist of February it is expected that traffic w il l be commeooed to Beccles. It will then effect a junction transversely between the East Suffolk and Eastern Union lines of the Great Eastern system, into which it will in all proLability be eveetnally merged, a bill being about to be introduced into parliament for the purpose, inter (dia. AMERICAN RELIEF TOR THE LANCASHIRE OPERATIVES. (Fran the Nat York Times et Dee. 30.) A person crossing the Wall-street ferry from Brooklyn will have his attention attracted by a fine new ship lying at pier „No. 9, flying the American ensign at the mire's, and the English aces at the fore. Upon inquiring as to the meaning of this fraternal blending of the flags of Old England and of the United States, at this time, he will learn that the noble ship at whose masthead these national emblems are displayed, is loading with breadstuff s, at the rate of over a thousand barrels ► day—the free gift of go. nerons merchants—to feed the starving poor of England, and that the ship herself, the property of an honoured New York merchant, has been freely given for the purpose of conveying this, her first cargo, as a free-will offering to the pining operatives of Lancashire. The wharf at which she lie; he will find literally blocked up with barrels of flour of the best New York brands, while horses and men are busily employed in hoisting them in at the rate of nearly three per minute, and a gang of stevedores in the lower bold engaged in receiving and stowing away the precious bur den in the capacious sides of the ship. As this vessel wig deservedly be an historical one in the noble merchant marine of the United States, we append • brief description of her. She wail built at Quincy, Massa chusetts, near the house of the sage end patriot, John Q. Adams, by " Deacon Thomas," a well-known shipbuilder of that town, who, it is said, never constructed an inferior ship. She is " &Hoak," at least her frame is, with top-tim bers and stanchions of locust, and is copper bolted through out. She is 200 feet long, 38 feet breadth of beam, and 21 feet depth of bold, with two decks. Her tonnage by car penter measurement is 1,280 tons, but, being constructed for great buoyancy, she will carry probably 1,5011 tons. She has a long Sst floor with sharp ,ends, and will doubtless be • fast sailer. Having already received about 7,000 barrels of flour, she has gone down only front 11 to 14 feet of draught. Captain Nye. who, with Captains Charles H. Marshall and Thomas Tileston, is purchasing and super intending the loading of the ship, says he has never met with • more buoyant vessel. Her spars were put in at East Boston, by Francis Low, rigger. She is provided with double topsail yards, all handsomely proportioned. Her sails are of Scotch hemp canvas, an article which, in the scarcity and high price of cotton, has taken the place of the heavy duck made of that material. It is much softer sod more durable, but dote not hold the wind so well. ' She has • tank amidships, reaching from the keelson to upper deck, which will contain 5,000 gallons of water. With this exception the ship has a clear hold and between decks from stem Ito stern. Her ample cabin and other houses are upon the upper deck. Taken for sll in all the George Gris wold is one of the stanchest and beet ships which has ever made her appearance in our waters. The noble mission to which her Bret voyage is consecrated entitles her to bear the name of one of the most honoured, though now departed, 1 1 shipowners of New York. The committee of the Chamber of Commerce, through their agents, have purchased 8,250 barrels of Boar, at an average cost of about 6 dole. 21c. per barrel, most of which is already on board. Besides this, they have put in 200 boxes of bacon, 50 barrels of pork (donated), 500 bushels of corn, and 50 barrels of beef, contributed by the committee of the Corn Exchange. Eight casks and two barrels of rice, donated by an unknown good Samaritan, and 500 bushels of corn, given by the " Buffalo Corn Man," who ever that philanthropic dealer in maize may be. The foi -1 lowing note accompanied this last gift : " Buffalo, Dec. 6. " DOLT Sir,—l am rejoiced at the outburst in favour of the starring operatives. It seems now that we shall honour state and nation. Enclosed find an order on my correspon dent for 500 bushels of corn. May it, with other food, anon be on its way, and reach some suffering family before they are compelled to apply to the ' p,ormaster' of their district, and thus save that pride, the humbling of which biteth worse than famioe.—Respectfully yours, BurriLo Coax Maui." The ship will take from 3,060 to 4,000 barrels moss, which will be put on board as rapidly ai passable. She will be ready to sail probably inside a week. Persons preferring to contribute any kind of provisions from their stores, instead of making donations in cash, can send such gifts to Pier No. 9, East River, and have them put on board. It is desirable that these contributions should be carted to the pier at the expense of the persons giving them, so that all the cash in the hands of the c,mmittee may be expended in the purchase of provisions. PRESIDENT DAVIS'S RETALIATORY PROCLA• NATION. Jefferson Davis has issued a proclamation di rected against General Butler and his officers ; against all officers found in arms with slaves, and against all slaves found in "in insurrection." lie stale with a preamble with numerous whereaaes, in which he states that Mumford was hung by General Butler for pulling down an Ames lean flag in New Orleans before the city was occupied by the United States forces, and ends as follows : . "And, finally, the African slaves have not only been in. cited to insurrection by every licence and encouragement, but numbers of them have actually been armed for a servile war—a war in its nature far exceeding the horrors and most menden atrocities of savages. . "And whereas the officers under the command of the said Butler have been in many instances active and zealous agent", in the commission of those crimes, and no instance is known of the refined of any one of them to participate in the outrages above narrated. "And whereas the President of the United States has, by public and official declarations, signified not only his op- Koval of the effort to excite servile war within the Confe deracy, but his intention to give aid and encouragement thereto, if these independent states shall continue to refuse submission to a foreign power after the i.e day of January next, and has thus made known that all appeal to the law of nations, the dictates of reason, sod the instincts of hu manity would be addressed in vain topur enemies, and that they can be deterred from tho oommisaion of these crimes only by the terrors of just retribution. "Now, therefore, D, Jefferson Davis, president of the Con federate States of America, and acting by their authority, appealing to the Divine Judge in attestation that their con duct is not guided by the passion of revenge, but that they reluctantly yield to the solemn duty of redressing by neces sary severity crimes of which their citizens are the victims, do issue this my proclamation, and by virtue of my autho rity as Commander•in-Chief of the armies of the Confede rate States, do order : "1. That all commissioned officers in the command of the maid Benjamin F. Butler be declared not entitled to be ooasbiered as soldiers engaged in honourable warfare, but as robbers and criminals deserving death; and that they, sod each of them be, whenever captured, reserved for execution. "2. That the private soldiers and non-commissioned officers in the army of said Butler be considered an only the instruments used for the commission of mimes perpe- trated by his orders. and not as free agents ; that they therefore be treated when captured as prisoner, of war with kindness and humanity, and be sent home on the usual parole that they will in no manner aid or serve the United States in any capacity during the continuance of this war, unless duly exchanged. "3. That all negro slaves captured in arms be at once delivered over to the executive authorities of the respective states to which they belong, to be dealt with according to the laws of said states. "4. That the like orders be executed in all cases with re spect to all commissioned officers of the United States when found serving in company with said slaves M insurrection against the authorities of the different states of this Con federacy. " In testimony whereof I have signed these presents, and caused the seal of the Confederate Siete* of America to be affixed thereto, at the city of Richmond, on this 73rd day of December, in the year of our Lord, 1862. "J El FERSON DAVIS. By the President, "J. P. BSSJAXIS, Secretary el State." NINE Morirrona Fiwpoinn.—Three of our iron clad men-of-war were 'notched on Saturday, meat [Liston, the Nantucket, and the Catskill and Keokuk at New York. The Lehigh, one of the small Ericsson batteries. is also re. ported ready to launch at Chester, Pa. This will complete Mr. Ericsson. contract with the government for tine vends like the Monitor. There are now in the neighbourhood of New York five impregnable ships afloat, all preparing rapidly forma, and some twelve or fifteen are on the stocks. —New York paper. BIRTH OF FOUR LION CORR.—Yesterday fore noon the lioness Victoria, belonging to Menders' menagerie, presently exhibiting in Nicbolson-street, gave birth to four cube. The young animals are mid to be ray fine specimens of the leonine family, and will forma vahinble acquisition to the collection. We understand that the lioness and bar progeny are " doing welL"—Zdiaburph Coaraxt. THE OTTOMAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION. The improvement in the weather having permit ted the works to be resumed, ornsiderable further progress has been made with the shell of the building during the week. Nearly the whole of the framework of the roof has been laid, and if the present fine weather shonkl continue, another eight or ten days will suffice to cover it in. Aeoom• modation is being simultaneously prepared in the mar neigh bourhood of the building for the temporary receipt of goods sent for exhibition. Of these, further considerable promises have been received by the commission during the week. Applications have been made from French and German agricultural implement makers for space, but, though the invitation was similarly addressed through the London papers to our home manufacturers, none of these last have as yet shown any sign of an intention to compete. Surely Messrs. Ransoms, Garrett, Howard, and others who have done so much to make English agricultural machinery the first in the world, might not unprofitably have sent some specimens of their implements—if only to show their unapproachable superiority over anything that Paris fie Vienna can turn out. On the lowest ground of paying, we are confident that the experiment would be remunerative, and as there is yet time we earnestly hope that our British preeminence in thin—u in every other—department of mechanical engineering will not be left unasserted. An intimation has been boned by the commission that jewellery will be received for exhibition, and that a govern ment guarantee will be given for its safe custody and re. delivery. Specimens of native caligraphy and painting will also be forthcoming ; and, altogether, as the time for the completion of the collection approaches, the prospect of • varied and most interesting show increases. The " jury" has already been named, and the formation of an intelligent staff of subordinate employes is also considerably advanced. —Levant Herald, Dec. 31, 1862. The Lord Chancellor will take appeals in Bank ruptcy on Wednesdays during the ensuing term. MIL BARON WILDL—h will be seen by our law reports that this learned ,jadge has resumed his seat on the bench of the Court of Exchequer. It will be recol lected that his lordship was seized with illness at the last summer wires at Liverpool, and !ram that time until now be has been unable to discharge his judicial functions. The learned baron appears to have entirely recovered from his long indisposition. THE ST. PAUL'S SPECIAL SERVlCES.—Yesterday evening the second of the special services in the cathedral was performed under the dome, there being an immense concourse of persons present. Prayers were intoned by the Rev. B. Morgan Cowie, 8.D., rector of St. Lawrence Jewry, who was senior wrangler in lleel The lessons of the day were read by the Very Rev. Dr. H. H. Milman, Dean of St. Paul's. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Alford, Dean of Canterbury, who selected for his text the words addressed by St. Paul to Timothy :—" From a child thou bast known the Holy Scriptures." He pointed out that in all classes of English society there was a lamen table ignorance of the Holy :Scriptures, particularly in the higher and middle classes. Amongst the humbler dame he believed that the knowledge was greeter, and that the children who went forth from our national schools knew more of Scriptures than those who went out of our grammar schools, and even from our universities. He expressed his opinion that • higher range of knowledge should be exacted from the candidates for admission to the ministry of the church, and that no one should be permitted to minister to even the humblest congregation who had not a perfect knowledge of the New Testament in its original lan guage. He next dwelt upon supposed discrepancies in the Scriptures, which had been of late made much of by those who, from their position, should have been ranked as defenders of the faith rather than as objectors. He counselled an earnest, prayerful, and reverent study of the Scriptures, before which all difficulties would vanish, and which would render the humblest student a match for the shallow objector , ' of the present day, who were generally igoorant of the subjects which they criticised. The dean referred in strong terms to the objections recently raised against the Pentateuch by a bishop of the church of England, and contended that, because we might have lost the clue to the solution of some of the facts, we were not hastily to deny the historical accuracy of those books or to reject, as some had done, all faith in the divinity of Christ. The sermon was listened to throughout with marked at tention. The Rev. John Lawrell, M.A., of Merton College, Oxford, incumbent of St. Matthew's Church, City-road, will be the preacher next Sunday evening. THE CONFERENCE IN THE BOOT AND SHOE TRADE.—THE MACHINE AND MITZTTING ETATEM.—The conference of dates from the various trade societies of boot and shoe iers throughout the kingdom, which has been sitting for the last nine days at the Bell Inn, Old Bailey, was brought to a conclusion on Saturday evening last. There were 28 of the must important societies repre sented by delegates, and about 100 by letters. The main object of the conference was to consider the complete revo lution taking place in the manufacture of boots and shoes consequent on the introduction of machinery and the pegging and rivetting systems. and the most desirable mode of meeting those systems. The whole subject under went long and careful discussion, and the general fecliallf the delegates speaking on behalf of their societies no opposition should be offered by the men to thess wi lered modes of working, but that the attention of the societies should be directed as to how best they could secure • share of the advantages resulting from the new manufacturing well as the employers. Various resolutio ns M e ri a g leias this object in view were adopted with more or lees of unanimity, but it was agreed on all sides that the system itself now in operation must be cordially accepted. It wan also resolved that the whole of the societies of the United Kingdom should form themselves into one body, to be called "The Amalgamated Society of Cmdwainers," and that the new workmen introduced into the trade, such as join the society. An improved system of tramp relief,with a sick and funeral fund, was also agreed upon. The trade generally are looking to the results of the conference with interest. THE YELVERTON CANE.—WO understand that notice of petition to appeal to the House of Lords has been served upon the pursuer by the defender's agents in this case. The petition to the House of Lords can only be lodged when the house is little( ; but the ease, involving • question of status, will no doubt be taken up early in the session.—Edinburgh Courant. FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN ACROBAT.—Ina recent impression we gave an account of an accident to a travelling performer during • tight-rope performance near Gravesen by which a man of colour named Beujamin Prewett, and • female imitator of Blondin, received severe injuries. Preset* was taken to the Gravesend Infirmary, having sustained • fractured arm, together with injuries to the right hip, back, and lunge, arising from the fall, from the effects of which he died on Thursday last. An inquest on the deceased was held on Saturday by Mr. Haider, the borough coroner, when Robt. Abbott, a travelling °quests :an, residing at Canterbury, stated that he and deceased were attached to Mace's circus, and, having been discharged about eight weeks since, resolved on giving street performances. They fixed • rope, supported by six poles, across the green at North fleet. His daughter was one of the performers, and had ' performed on the tight rope for the last two years. She was attired in a Ganbaldisn dress, and went along the rope the first time safely. The second time she at tempted to walk along the rope she had a handkerchief tied over her eves and • sack placed over her head. She had reached about the middle of the rope when the de oeased climbed up the poles to stand on the rope, so as to receive the performer when she had got to the mad of the rope. The deceased called to her to go back, and imme diately there was a crash, occasioned by one of the lodes breaking, and his daughter and the deceased fell from the rope. He caught his daughter by the waist as she was falling, but she was was hurt. The deceased fell to the ground and sustained severe injuries. He was known as Ben Asters, the African champion. The &ceded was oc. easioned by the deceased climbing up the poles, which were not sufficiently strong to bear him. They were twenty-six feet long, and the rope twenty-four feet from the ground. Medical evidence was given as to the nature of the injuries received by the deceased. The coroner having summed up, and remarked upon each exhibitioos, the jury returned a verdict of " Axidental death," and strongly condemned the practice of allowing females to ascend ropes placed at so great an altitude, especially is the public streets. RESPITE OF MARY Cox.—On SatUrilay morning Mr. Gram, the governor of Durham gaol, received a nom ' municatioo from Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, l i ordering that Mary COM should be reepited until further signification of her Majesty's pleasure. The prisoner. it will be remembered, was convicted along with her hue bald. John Cox, at the last Durham Assizes, of the murder of an old woman named Ann Halliday. at a place called Broadniires, near the city of Durham. John Cox was executed on the 23rd ult. ; but the sentence on Mary Cox was ordered to be deferred until after her eon- Homed, • jury of =trees having declared her to be pregnant. The decision of the Home Secret..ry was made known to the prisoner by the Rev. Provost Platt, catholic priest, who bad been in attendance upon her siuce her con. deumation. The prisoner, who had at times been in= excited condition, has become numb eslmer since she I that there was a strong probability that her life would be spared ; and the two female warders. who have been in ate tetehmee epee her day and eight since her coudeaswatias, have been withdrawn from her mill. THE FATAL BUNNINo DOWN CASE IN THE SOLENT.—The coroner's lamed on the pilots who met their deaths through the collision between the Peninsular ad Oriental Company's mail steamer Ceylon and the brig Rides dale, in the Soleut, on Friday monde,: terminated late cm Saturday night, when • verdict of - 'ACcidental death" was rani ned. MISTAKL—ORWeaIIeAdAy even.. inn last a strange mistake occurred with the train leaving Selkirk at 7.45 p.m. The driver, thinking all right.. started as weal at the hour for Galashiela On arriving at lindens station, however, be was rather surprised by the statics-. master asking him where the train was; and no looking back. saw to his amazement that be lout onl► the engine end tender and a eingle truck attached, the paseenger carriages having been left behind. Of arum ho immediately started back to Selkirk for the admirer train. —Bunt, r Adrertiacr. 1 INN