The Express. — London, England, 1864-01-02 00:00:00

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Pecntet. brougham, d mery, Charles, and Jordan ; Misses Terry, 'Avenue, and Nan orthy , cud Mrs. Lee. BILITA.VN lA. nrs Evrsmo. the Ne - te l'autorrthne lITKOET. mcK,lRv. B. M • 6 Mrs s. Lane and first-rate Pantoe 113i4t , .-yht• Nlarvels of Peru.- THE GREAT GHtsif f.YVECf.- krtiver,tna liertratuL -li, Is ry fouutaku.-Aud THE t;OItILLA H C NI. HIGH WIT/ER AT LONDON BRIDOP . . 21118 DAY Mornam. U 2 0I m To Mama g, 7h. Om. . Attersown. 711.. ICm .Alternooa. LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2. lr will probably strike the most solicitous student of the soothing speech delivered yesterday by the Emperor NAPoLEos that when the Sovereign who of all others has the issues of peace or war in his hands, and who has already " fought for " the independance of Italy " and " lifted up his " voice" for Poland, is " convinced•' that, notwith standing all difficulties, peace will be maintained, an operation for the rise is the most natural and legitimate consequence of such a conviction. Go the other hand, without being alarmists, or be traying unjustifiable suspicion or mistrust, we may take the liberty to observe, that had the EMPEROR spoken in any other Nuac thin thil on the ere of the grand debate in the Legislative Corps his words would have surprised even more than at present they should re-assure the most I candid and careful observer. For even the' Emperor of the FRENCH can only be con sidered the arbiter of peace and war in Europe in one sense. Ity opening or closing the palm of his hand he can transform a local into a general war, and bring all the armies of Europe into the field against some monstrous aggressive alliance , iu which his voice should no longer be lifted up for Poland nor his sword drawn for the independence of Italy. But N-u•oLEus is not responsible for the ills which the madness of the German people or the rashness of the Ger man Princes may bring upon Europe. He cannot answer for the consequences of German rapacity in the North of Europe, or of Italian impatience i❑ the South. No doubt, by giving up the pet project of bringing the sovereigns or the diplo matic representatives of Europe together to tight over a table in Pans, by setting at once the ex ample of disarmament, and withdrawing his troops from Rome and Mexico, the EMPLEoP may power fully display a conciliatory spirit, which not even the IioLV FATHER seems likely to display at a Congress. For our own part, we are persuaded thaj all the rational and sober-minded portion of the French pub he are sick of fighting for empty glory and desirous of consolidating an honourable peace. Yet un.iues tionably there ern causes and principles at stake in Europe for which even the most sober-minded of our gallant and chivalrous neighbours would rush to arms. As for the Emperor .NAPOLEQN, we are convinced that ho desires peace at least as ardently as the most pacific of his subjects; because no Frenchman knows better than himself, after some experiences of campaigning in Italy, his own scientific capabilities as a military chief ; be cause no Frenchman knows better than tile Emeesoa that in a great European war the military chief of the French army mast be a Boller of genius ; anl because there is no room in all France for a victo rious soldier of genius a,, , 1 a N ArtiLEoN. No ; we are confident that Naroluos 111. desires peace. But peace without liberty, as M. EMILE PE GINALDIN truly remarks, is as impossible as war without glory ; and is the EMPEtt•IK prepared to accept peace abroad with liberty at home ! Only the other day his Minister of State, replying to M. DE LA GCEERONNIEI:E, repudiated the proposition, and declared that France had already liberty enough. Now, the Opposition in the Chamber, who make up for numerical weakness by moral authority, are as ardent for liberty at home as for peace abroad ; and the only dissentients iii their party are two Democratic Deputies of Paris, more disposed than the rest to accept Imperialism, but on con dition that the Second Empire will not only give liberty to France, but go to war for Poland. So that even if we take \'i ,- ros EMMANUEL'S New Year's appeal to his subjects as the purely spontaneous inspiration of a soldier-King chafing at inaction, and conscious moreover of his own domestic difficulties, and if we contrast it ever so forcibly with the very peaceful Speech delivered yesterday by his magnanimous ally, we cannot in common prudence lose sight of the fact that, how ever " convinced" the EMPEROR may be of the con ciliatory spirit of his brother Sovereigns, he is himself exposed to trials, temptations, and re sponsibilities which have no relation whatever to "events in different parts of Europe," but which, although they begin and end within his own domi• THE nions, are perhaps not altogether under his control, because they are of the very Nance of absolute power, and because a NAPOLEON is as likely to be their slave and victim as their master. This, we affirm without malevolence or disrespect, is the one great danger to the peace of Europe ever im pending under the Second Empire. How un feignedly should we rejoice if it could be dissipated by yesterday's deliverance at the Tuileries ! Ir is announced on authority that GEORGE TOWNLEY, the murderer, has been respited. A medical inquiry instituted by the Stearrsar of STATE is said to have established the fact of his insanity. If this is the truth, the respite is a necessary measure, for nobody would approve of the execution of a madman. We trust that the docu ments in the case, which mast be placed before the public, will clearly show that Towiner has been reprieved on account of the state of his mind at the date of the inquiry, and not at that of the crime ; and further, that they will contain no recognition of the extraordinary theo ries of insanity which were produced at the trial, and have been repeated with modifications in the letters of medical men published in the newspapers. The convict's state of mind at the time of the trial was a fact for the jury to decide, wnilo the theories of the doctors are in their ten dency most destructive to society. It would be a public calamity if the belief should become common that TOWNLEY'S life has been saved in deference to the views of insanity which have been urged in some quarters, in order to take away his responsibility for the Wigwell Grange murder. Of course, the external evidence as to the condition of the prisoner's mind—as for in stance all that can be proved as to the existence of an hereditary taint of madness in his family—ought to receive the most earnest attention. But in the present case it is in the act itself that reasons have been sought for absolving the agent from criminal responsibility. We cannot help thinking the argu ments that hare been addressed to the public with this object a disgrace to the intelligence of the age. We have reason to believe that this is also the feeling of the public, which has never ceased to confirm the verdict of the jury. The act of TOWN LEY, although it is possible to give a romantic colouring to its circumstances, was in its essential feature one of the com monest and most simple of crimes. He had been wronged, and was of a nature to feel the wrong most acutely. He allowed disap pointed passion and wounded vanity to possess his nature until they became predominant. Whoever has seen a spoilt child in a paroxysm of anger has seen in little a picture of GEoaur TOWNLEY'S mind when he murdered his sweetheart. If we are to be told that the exuberant passion of a mind unaccustomed to control itself is to release the subject of it from responsibility for violence, then half the crimes upon which the judges pass sentence will be absolved. But, in fact, nobody believes this. The appear ances which might lead to an opposite supposition are easily accounted for. There is a class of persona who, because they think that capital punishment ought under no circumstances to be in flicted, are ready to countenance any argument or promote any method of procedure which may save a convict from the scaffold. And while the news papers which advocate these views publish articles, the friends and relations of the prisoner write letters to the press, publish the opinions of doctors, and, it is said, in certain cases can even induce fashionable preachers to recommend me morials to the Hymn SECRETARY and petitions for mercy. These people seem stronger than they are, because they have the field almost entirely to themselves. They uk for mercy to one whose life, forfeited to the law, is in danger. And although everybody feels that, if false theories of responsi bility are to avail murderers, society will be in danger, nobody nevertheless likes to come forward on behalf of society, when to do so would be to ask that a fellow creature may be put to death. We have laws, and judges and departments charged with the execution of their decisions, and we have a right to expect protection from them. Unfortunately, however, it is becoming more and more unsafe to rely on these for security. The Home-office is perpetually giving woy before the well-organized attacks of the friends of convicts. From the moment the SECRETARY of STATE assumes a responsibility which it might be sup posed he would dread and avoid, that of deciding on the life or death of a prisoner, we can see pretty well how matters will end. The proper course would be the constitution of a Clurt of Criminal Appeal capable of dealing judicially with cases like this of TOWNLEY. This measure has, however, hitherto been opposed by Secretaries of State ; and meanwhile, in the case of nearly every murderer, a false public opinion is paraded and urged on the Home-office in order to ob. tain a reprieve. Should this unwholesome prac tice continue, a very unpleasant duty will be cast on that portion of the public which thinks that the lives of the GooowiNs are as much the care of society as those of the TOWNLEIN and we may have to insist ou the claims of public justice and public safety as strenuously as flaccid senti mentalists plead for a misplaced pity. A letter from Warsaw says :—"The capture of the Alibi' Mackiewicz was. it appears, effected by accident. On the 18th December ho was resting in an inn on the high road, feeling exhausted by constant fighting and want of rest. It was late, and a Russian elbow at the bead of a convoy perceived that the lights in the inn had been cud deoly extinguished. This excited hia suspicions; he sur rounded the building with his men, and after some search the abb6 was found in an excavation in the neighbourhood. He hail but two men with hini. The value attached to this capture by the Russians may be estimated from the fact that a reward of 4,000 roubles and the Cross of St. Wlitdmir has base given to the officer. Mackiewiez is now being tried at Romeo. The issue cannot be Ilouatful, especially as be was a priest as well as a anklier. His memory will be inseparably attached to that of the insurrection of 1863, and be has shared with Sarbutt the dangles and the glory of a prolonged campaign, sustained with an heroic perseverance." The Berlin papers& record the death of the King's head gardener (Flute'mann), at Gharlottenburg, on Christ mas-day, at the age of 'ID. When young, he was employed at Sans Souci, and he loved to tell how Frederick the Great owed to point to the finest figs with his cane and make him fetch them down from the trees. It was he who cultivated the first dahlias, which Alexander von Humboldt introduced into Prussia, and to him are due the chief attrac tions of the gardens on Peacock's Island. near Potadarn, the favourite resort of Frederick William 111. THE ACCIDENT To THE V IcEROT OF EGYPT.--SGTne particulars of the recent accident to the Viceroy of Egypt, intelligence of which was first received by telegraph, have reached us. It appears that his highness was proceeding in his carriage to Cas.rel-Nil. when, on leaving Abdin, the horses took fright, and ran off at a furious pace towards the Nile. Observing that the coachman bad lost all COG trol over the animal., and that there was danger of being precipitated into the river, the Viceroy threw himself from the carriage, and fortunately fell to the ground without sustaining any serious injury. The runaway hones were subsequently stioped, and his highness, mounting another equipsge, drove on to Cboubrah, apparently none the worse for the alarm which must hare attended the inimioeat peril in whirl be was planed. CRYNTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAT. —. FIUDAT, JAN. I.—Admission. on payment, 3,666; ditto season ticket., 1,001: bAwl , 4,667. ; .11, 'REf3S, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1864. ebt eon. i LATEST INTELLIGENCE. OSBORNE, JAI. 1. The Queen walked and drove in the grounds yesterday morning, aceompanied by Princess Helena. Prince Leiningen arrived at Osborne on a visit to her Majesty. The °muster of Macclesfield has also arrived, in waiting on the Princess of Wales. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey has arrived in town from his seat, Fallodon, Northumberland. Despatches were meet yesterday from the Colonial-office to the Governors of the West India Islands, British Co. lumina, Bermuda, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the Lonn' Islands. HER MAJLIEY'S NEW . Yeae's Girra —The New Year's gifts by her Majesty to the poor of the parishes of Windsor, Clever, and the Holy Trinity, were distributed yesterday morning at the Town-hall, Windsor, under the management of the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor, the Rev. H. J. Ellison, vicar, the Revs. Thomas Rookie, R. J. Simpson, and S. J. Stone, curates of St. John's Church, the Mayor of Windsor, &c. Since the death of the lamented Prime Consort this annual distribution of her Majesty's bounty has been divested of the deep and royal interest attached to it, by its not, as heretofore, taking place in the riding school in the presence of her Majesty and the members of the royal family. The recipient' of the royal gifts were divided into five classes according to the number of their families. la the first class then were 16 families, who received each 71ba, of beef and :3 cwt. of coals, value Bs. 2jd. In the sewed class there were 37 families, who received each 6114. of beef and 2j cwt. of coals, value 61. 11d. In the third class there were t'.2 families, to whom were allowed slbs. of beef and 2 cwt, of coals. value ss. Bd. The fourth class contained 118 families, who received 41bs. of beef and 1 j cwt. of male. In the fifth class there were 124 recipients of 31ke. of beet and 1 cwt. of coals. The meat, which was of the finest quality, was sup plied by the royal butchers. In the perish of Windsor there were 357 families who partook of the royal bounty. The proportions distributed to Clewer were at the rate of 9 to 4 as compared to Windsor, and three of Holy Trinity as 13 to 6, which was according to the population of the re spective parishes. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to return to Frogmore House on the expiration of their visit to her Majesty at Osborne, either to-day (Saturday) or at the beginning of the week. The prince and princess will remain at Frogmore during this month, and afterwards will reside at Marlborough House for some time. Their Royal Highneffees the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary entertained a large party at dinner last evening et the Cottage, Kew. The Duke and Duchess of Blanchester go to Knowsley on Monday to join the distingniihed circle about to assemble at the invitation of the Earl sod Countess of Derby. The Duchess of Montrose left Belgrave-square, yesteidsy, for the Continent. The noble duke and the Marquis of Graham are staying at Poiria Castle, on a visit to the Earl of POW The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland are passing the w;oter in town. The Earl Russell returned to Pembroke Lodge, Richmond-park, on Thursday evening, from visiting her Majesty at Osborne. The Duchess of Inverness entertained a large party at dinner last evening at her apartments in Ken sin;ton Palace. Amongst the company were the Prince Gortchitkoff, his Esc°Barmy the Spanish Minister and Madame Comyn. his Etcellency the Danish Minister and Mille. Bille, the Greek Charge d'Age 4, es, the Earl and Countess of Errol, General Sir Charles and Le ly Gore and Miss Gore, Mr. Stapleton, Mr. and Mrs. Algernon West, ke The Earl and Countess of Fife entertained their Serene i"ghnesses the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar at dinner last evening. A small party were invited to meet their highnesses. The Earl of Malme,bury has arrived at his resi ilea," in Stratford.),lace from Heron Court for a few days. We (John /30) understand that the marriage of Mr. Leigh with Miss Trench will be solemnised in West tuinster Abbey on Thunder next. The service will be choral, and the Archbishop of Dublin will officiate. COXSECEATION OF THE ARCHBIcHOP OF LUBLIN. The Rev. Dr. Trench was yesterday consecrated Archbishop of Dublin in Christ Church Cathedral. The hour fixed for commencing the service was 11 o'clock, but from 10 the cathedral was crowded. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant was preseut, accompanied by Mr. Hatchell, private secretary, and Colonel Forster, A.D.C. Ate quarter to 11 o'clock the procession from the Chapter•room to the church was formed. The members of the choir led, the clergy of the chapter of St. Patrick's Cathedral followed. After those came the clergy of the chapter of Christ Church, then the consecrating bishops, then the Primate and his chaplains, and, finally, the Archbishop-designate and ins chaplaio, the Rev. Dr. Lee, F.T.C.D. The consecrating bishops, who were his Grace the Primate, and the Bishops of Oesory, Killaloe, and Cork, haying take* their places before the communion table, and the Arch bishop•designate and his chaplain having been conducted to a pew near the table, the service began. The Rev. Mr. Barton read the prayers, the Rev. Dr. Tisdall and the Rev. J. H. Monahan read the lemons. The Te Daum and Jubilate of Mendelesohn were sung by the choir, and, the morning prayers having cor.cludel, Purcell's beautiful anthem, "0 give thanks unto the Lord," was sung with fine elf ect. The special service for the coasecratiou commenced, the Primate reading the Commandments and Collect. The epistle, which was taken from the third chapter of lit Timothy, was read by the Bishop of °wry ; and the Gospel, beginning at the kith verse of the 21st chapter of St. dohs, was read by the Bishop of Killalos. After the Nicene creed had been chanted, The Rev. Dr. LEE preached the consecration sermon, taking his tent from the 3rd verse of the Epistle of Jude— " Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto Tuu of the common 'ideation, it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints." The preaoher. in conclusion, alluded specially to the ceremony which wss to take place. The English language had been tared in order to describe the nature of the gifts of a bishop and the depth of the responsibility which be undertook. The Archbishop-desigoete, he believed, would not be unworthy of a dietioguished line of predecessors, but would prove his ability and zeal in defending the cause of the Church and contending earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. After the sermon, the Queen's mandate having been read, The Her. Dr. lrench toot the oath of supremacy, and answered the formal interrogatories of the service, and was then consecrated Archbishop of Dublin. by the imposition of the hands of the Lord Primate, and the Bishops of Ossory,Killaloe, and Cork. After the cornmuoion he.l been partaken of, the service terminated.—Dublin Etymng Moil. Our obituary contains the name of the Earl of Charlemont, the moo of the patriot, who died last week at Marino, county of Dublin. an his eighty-ninth year. He was the intimate friend of Moore and Byron, and married, in 1802, the beautiful and witty Anne Bermingham, whose proses both bards were food of sounding. Lord Marie , moot was an elegant scholar, and a "wit among wits" no less than among loafs.—Rrader. DEATH of THE REV. F. MoNon.—The Rev. F. Monod one of the moat respected pastors of the French protestant church in Paris, has just succumbed to • malady from which be had been long suffering.—Golionani. ACCIDENT IN THE HUNTINO-FIELD.--011 IVetlUet. ! day lost, while hunting with the Tedworth hounds near I Dom:dory, in Wiltshire, Lord Clthmaurice, aim of the Marquis of Lansdowne, was thrown from his horse. and severely kicked in the face by the animal. His lordship was I assisted to Boomed, where medical waistlines was obtained ; and we are glad to hear that has lordship is progressing favourably. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETING,: FOR THE ENSUING Wrsg.—Monday : Entomological, at 7; Archi ; teas, at R. Tuesday : Anthropological, at 4 (anniversary); Photographic, at A : Royal Institution, at 5, " Electricity at Rest acd in Motion,' Professor Tynaall (juvenile lec tures). Wednesday : Geological, at 8, "Recent Geological Change., Sornersetshire," Mr. Poole ; " Reds superior to the &aerie in Suffolk and Essex," Mr. Wood, jun.; Society of Literature, at Itj. Thursday : Royal Academy, at 8, " Architecture," Professor Solirke Royal, at H. , Letter from Dr. Otto Torell to General Sabine, " Houtly Obser vations of Magnetic Declination at Port Kennedy, Arctio Sea. 1858.'59," General Rabic.; Royal Institution. at 3. " Electricy at Rest sod in Motion," Professor Tyndall (juvenile lectures). Friday : Archeological Institute, at 4; Astronomical, at 8. A DANISH VIEW OF FEDERAL EXECUTION. In the hat number of the Doe,ladee we read : Win avg ►angst ink , lay that the intervention in Holstein come' under the bead of federal execution! In the instructions given to the eninmissioners it is ex pressly laid down that they have to administer the affairs of the Duchy, reserving to the Sovereign all his rights and without doing prejudice to them. Is it, we say, in confor mity with the tenor of that order completely to ignore the existence of the King of Denmark, by allowing the inhabi tants publicly to proclaim a new sovereign ? The execution is nothing less than a meek to foster revolt. In the interest of peace Europe rejoiced when, on the 7th December bet, the Confederation voted by a small majority execution instead of the occupation of Holstein. What has now become of the distinction between those two ides, ? Had occupation been voted, it would have been a direct in fringement of international law. A heavy pressure has been exercised upon Denmark to compel her not to monde( the execution a cocoa WU, and to resist it by force of arms. The powers who have made their will prevail at Copen hagen, and who, disdaining to listen to the wishes of the nation, have extorted that concession from the government, have acted under the supposition that it was simply federal execution, and that any attempt to make a demonstration in favour of the Duke of Augnstenburg would be rigoroculy prohibited. What will they say now, after it has been proved that the Plenipotentiary Commissioners of the Con federation pat:valee and facilitate every-thing which tends to deprive the crown of Denmark of the Duchy of Holstein! This pressure of the mutral powers at the present moment is our greatest evil. We do not hesitate to say that the whole Danish people chafe, with indignation at the incon ceivable attitude assumed by the neutral powers, who style themselves the friends of Denmark. (REVITICS TELEGRAMS.) THE NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION AT THE TUILERIES. PARIS. JAN. 2. The Monifriir of this morning contains an ac count of yesterday's reception ..1 the diplomatic body by the Emperor At the Tuileries. It pub lishes his Majesty's reply to the address of the Papal Nuncio, which entirely agrees with the tele gram already published. PROCLAMATION OF THE DUKE OF AUGUSTENBURG TO THE PEOPLE OF THE DUCHIES. KIEL, J. 1, Evestsa. The Duke of Auguatenburg ha., under the title of Duke of Sebleatei::-Holstein, pp.elama tion to-day, dated Dec. 31, addre,sed to the people of the Duchies. The Duke says :—" I would not hold back before your call. 1 fulfil a duty in hearing the cares of this momentous epoch. The Federal execution, which from the beginning was not directed against my government, has now ceased to have any object. I am convinced that the Federal Diet will now acknowledge that tile reasons which determined it to order the administration ef the Duchy byFederal commissioners, no longer exist. I expect that my faithful subjects will, however, respect the Federal administration, and that they will avoid any con flict." THE BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE MAILS. SOrTHAMPTON, JAN. 2. The Royal Mail steamship P.traua, with the above mails, arrived otl the NE:lies at 11.35. a.iu. to-day. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (TROY OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS. FRIDAY EVENING. This is the most miserable New Year's day, in regard to weather, which has afflicied Paris for a very long time. Snow, sleet, and slush—presided over by thick heavy layers of leaden clouds —reign supreme. The boulevards are deserted, and the keepers of the traditional stalls mourn over the ruins of long-treasured hope. The functionaries in uniform, who spoiled their polished boots in trudging to the Tuileries to pay their respects to the Emperor, presented a melancholy spectacle. Many of them could not afford a cab, but many more could not get one for money. The public carriages in Paris are always insufficient for public accommodation ou a fete day, and on a day like this, when so many who would (if fine) have pail visits on foot were forced to ride, cabs were scarcer than ever, and from the bad state of the roads many horses were knocked up early in the day. Although since the new year's speech to the Austrian ambassador which suddenly foreshadowed the Italian war several years ago, the Emperor has never said anything itnportant to the Corps Diplo matique on this anniversary•, the political public has been all agog to know whether at this important crisis of the world's destiny he would not say some thing from which au inference might be,l raw u one way or another. As far as I can learn, up to the pre sent moment these new year's speeches amount to nothing —or, if anything, are rather peaceable than warlike. Peaceable in expression of course they would be, even if war were intended ; but I believe it will be found that they contain nu hint of war. The Emperor used very few words on this occasion ; and as what he said will be reported to you exactly by telegraph, I do not send the imperfect accounts which have reached me. It will be remembered that when the Pope lately made Mgr. Bonnechose, Archbishop of Rouen, a cardinal, he created another cardinal, whose name was to be subsequently declared. That is techni cally called the creation of a cardinal in pdto. The Franee Central, now says that Mgr. Dupanloup, the eminent member of the French Academy, and Bishop of Orleans, is the favoured prelate. The Daily Noes is seized. VIVISFAIION IN F IREN E.—La Nw_inne of Florence contains in its number of Tuesday, the 29th December, the following statement from Professor Schiff : "The undersigned thanks the subscribers of the address he has received respecting vivisection in the Speeola , for the honour they havedoue tom. He feels it hie duty to declare that they have been misled by false and absorb report., sod that the manner io which the physiological experiments at the Swot& are conducted has always been in conformity with the wishes expressed by them, which renders the address absolutely unuecessary. Prof e lOC MAI:111810 SCHIFF. Floreuee. Dec. 28." THE DANISH QUESTioN.—Lord Robert Cecil bas addressed a letter to the nrrui correcting some ap parent ioaccnracies in its special information from Homburg. It is obvious from the tone he 'Adopts that the section of the tories which be represents-- loess who distrust Mr. Disraeli—intend to support the Danimb aide. The TIMs of the middle classes seem on the whole, to be of the same opinion, which is alio Lord Palmerston'.. The Court —the Prince of Wales tempted— entertains a different view, as does that coosiderable ses tina of politicians which holds that Germany is in all raises the natural ally of Great Britain, the only real defers* alpinist the aaceodency of the Western and Eastern mili. taus monarchies.—Spertatcr. The Maseachusetts volunteers, under the bounty act just published by the general court, will be the beet paid troop. in the world. The amount of bounty and pay to be received for three year's service, by a soldier, who has previously been iu the army nine mouths or more, if be has a family of not leas than three persons dependent on his labour for support, is as follows :—Poited States bounty, 402 dole. ; the Commonwealth's bounty, :t25 deli. ; pay, 468 dole. • ratimse. 324 : clothing, 126 dole.• sal to family, 4 ? .42 dole.—total, 2,077 dole. if instead of i 25 dela in hand from the state, he ..ccepts the offer of 20 dole. per month increase, he will receive 445 dole. of pay more than the sum above—New York !agar. . . . . Olian Francisco. It Spani:j.l f+itip'g conk, his been ea/emitted by the Liverpool magistrates for stabbing • pilot's apprentice. THE SULTAN AT A THEATRE. The Sultan attended a representation at the Italian Theatre. Constantinople, a few evenings ago, an act quite out of =nal custom. The Lerant Herald gives the following account of the visit :—" ris usual hour for the performance is 8 o'clock ; but the Sultan keeps early hours—he wanted to return in fair time to the Peace ; and he, moreover, bad brought his little son and nephew, and dad net desire to expose the children too late to the chill and frosty air of a winter's night. This was the second time that Abdul-A six—that any Turkish Sultan, we believe—had been to a Frank theatre. The coup was very striking, and presented au attrac tive and glittering scene. It did occur to us, perhaps, that even in the bores the male element was rather too conspicuous to suit artistic effect ; of course, below, and above, amongst the celestials, they were as densely packed as human patience and the theory of matter would permit ; but there was quite enough of youth and beauty, of bright eyes and comely faces, of sparkling jewellery and rich toilettes, to combine with the accessories of light and music so produce a brilliant tout cnseanide. The Sultan was, of course, the observed of all observers ; opera-glasses were incessantly levelled from all quarters of the house at the central box where, alone, with a rather grave air, though dashed now and then with curiosity, and a sort of pleased surprise, wearing his plain fez, and the lower part of his form wrapped in the fold of his cloak, sat the ruler of Turkey. If ever a man was libelled by his photograph it is Sultan Abdul-Az - z. He has moue of that morose acd semi-scowling appearance which he is made to wear in his own capital at all places of public entertainment, and almost at every street corner. He Ina a fine manly face, intelligent, with clear and open eyes, keen and rather scrutinizing, bat his countenance is shaded nearly always with an air of pensiveness amouutiog almost to sadness, which is so often present in Turkish physiogoomies. His black and rather closely cut beard looks all the darker is contrast with his rapidly-whitening hair, although he is only 34 years old. Now and then his face lit up with animation at some fine passage of Verdi in the Trorarorc, and once or twine • smile played about his features at the humorous absurdities of the opera buff) of Crispi,, , , which followed it. The young princes, who were in the next box, and seemed delighted at the scene, looked very attractive in their co quettish little uniforms. Bewilderingly imposing, too, looked the Arab body-guard in their picturesque costumes. The Sultan waited until the conclusion, and then, amidst Visas,' and through illumined streets, dashed away back to ll.ilnia-Baghtclu"c. The artistes exerted themselves ad mirably ; and on leaviog. the Sultan presented the director and his associates with 650 liras." LUCKS COUNTY ELECTION. The polling took place yesterday at the several districts into which the county is now divided—viz.. Ayles bury, Arnersharm Bletchlev, Brill , Buckingham, Newport Pagnell. :Slough, and High Wycs.inbe. The proceedings altogether were of the quietest character possible, and the occasion was unattended by the excitement which is usually expected at an election, as will be seen by the total number polled ; cot half the constituency voted, and the remaining section—those who did not vote—is composed almost ex clusively of the liberal party. Dr. Lee came forward en tirely unsupported by the liberals of the county, and even in his own behalf has made no effort whatever to secure his return. His reason fur offering himself, es was stated in one of his addresses, WAS merely to give the liberal electors an opportunity of voting. He declined to be at the expense of bringing the voters to the poll, and neglected the ordinary aids even of legel agents, check clerics, Szc. This he calls purity of election. On the other hand the tones have left no means untried to bring in every stray voter on their side, and endeavoured by every means at their command to swell the majority of their candidate. As we have before stated, Dr. Lee did not receive the support of a third part of the liberal electors. The result of the contest must not, therefore, be taken as a fair criterion of the stremlth of parties in the county. Had a man hero brought forward who would have received the support of the party, the result would uo doubt have been different. At the close of the poll the numbers were —Harvey, 2,311; Lee, 312. For Monday next Mina L. Fyne and Mr. Harrison promisee° operettaby Messrs. Haddisan, *lrian, and Fairtotte, to be Oiled before the pantomime. The Westmoreland Se!iolarship in the Royal Academy of Music, the foundation of which was announced the other day, has this year been gained by Mbs Edith Wynne. TIIE RI . ,NIAN ARMY OF THE CAI:CAM:B.—A cor respondent, writing from Anapa, under date of Dec. 5 says :—" You have been already informed of the state of the Russian army of the South, I am enabled to-day to give you some particulars about the army of the Caucasus, which forms a separate cot., a d'armee. It is divided into four divisions ; numbered 19, 20, 21, and one of grenadiers ; each division consists of four regiments of six bat talions each, and a brigade of artillery, amounting in all for each division to 27,000 to 30,000 men. lo this ' force, there are 7 battalions of rifles. The 19th division occupies the line from Taganrog to Staveropol ; the 20th (ruin the latter place to Soulak ; the list from the Soulak to Balton ; and the Grenadiers from Bakoo to Tiflis. Be sides this force, there are 37 battalions stationed on the frontier, 4 battalions of Rifles, and 2 battalions of Engi neers, • division of 8,000 Dragoons, 50 regiments, of from sOO to 1,000 each, Cossacks of the line, 10 battalions of the Cossack' of the hoe, 20 regiments of Don Cossacks, 15,0110 Georgian and other militia. This imposing force of over 200,000 men, under the command of the Grand Duke Michael, has for its support, if the communication be pow the other troops of the Don." METILOT.U.ITAN BENEFIT SOCIETIES' ASYLUM.— The usual annual dinner is to be given to the inmates of this institution Balls-pond-road, on Monday next, when it is auticipeter; an unusually pleasant meeting will take place, many subscribers having promised to attend, end the committee having provided liberally for the aged people. Pro vost G. M. Stephen', of the Manchester Unity, will occupy the chair, and 1). S. C. R. Knowles, of the }wester; the vice chair. A course of ten lectures has been arranged for th e w i n t er q uarters, to entertain the inmates and neighbour- Mg residents. Thera will be given in the chapel of the asylum every Wedoesday evening. A REFRACTORY CHERCH WEAT/IF.ECOCIL —About 20 years ago the church of St. Lawrence in Southampton we e rebuilt, but from want of funds the spire was not erected. By great exertions made a short time since money was raised, and • spire was added, which was surmounted by a heavy sane. Soon afterwards this vane became re (rectory, and would not revolve, and the wind had such power over it that the stone ball in which it was inserted apparently became loose, and it was feared that unless some thing was does an accident which might he serious would take place. The cost of erecting a scaffolding would be more than could be defrayed, but at length a working man offered to take down the roue for the sum of 10/., and he was employed for the purpose. From a window in the tower he dragged up a plank, and laid it 'cross some of the masoury, and on to this plank he raised a ladder. Through some eyelet-holes in the spire he pro hacted wooden bars from the inside, and hung at them other olders, fastening the bottom of one to the top of anotber.ln a short time slender ladders were trailed all up the spire, and the workman was seen lashed to the nave, nearly 200 feet high, cutting away the portion that caused the mis chief. He was to be paid for all extras, and he informed an officer of the church that the stone ball of the spire was so loose, that repairs were necessary. That officer doubted this, and he was issued by the man to go up and amnia* for himself. This incitation was, however, declined, although several friends of the official offered meort bias ;to the church sod witness his ascent. The result will be that the repairs will have to he made without a survey—a course which is somewhat irregular. Tai EXTRAORDINARY CAREER OF CRIME BY THREE BOYS AT HULL—Our readers will remember that some short time ego we published particulars of an extra ordinary career of crime which had been pursued by four Hull bora, three of whom bad been raptured by the Hull police oa several charges of felony. The names of these boys were respectively Joseph Morse Wriggleeworth, sixteen years of age, Richard Wm. Lord, sixteen years of age, and James Joseph Reynolds, fifteen years of age. At the Hull sessions, on Wednesday, the prisoners were brought before the Recorder, Mr. Samuel Warren, charged with having broken into the counting.bouse of the Electric and Inter national Telegraph Company, and stealing a large sum of money therefrom. After bearskin into these premises, the youthful burglars bad gained an entname into the large warehouse of Messrs. Young and Pool, ironmongers, Wal tham-street. Here they attempted to break open the free safe, but in this they failed. They however took away with them a comber of spoons. forks, knives, Lc., which , they afterwards attempted to dispose of at a low prim I When they had committed all the depredation they could do iu Hull, they decamped in a dog-cart to Drifilea On She road they smashed the vehicle, and left it is • fit and the borne • they took to the neighbouriag attempted to sell for . It is stated by one oflri,- -whether seriously or romantic—that the party had deter rained to leave Hull in a cab, and when ea the read to taro upon the driver and murder him. but one of tie boys bad certain misgivings, and would not be a party to this mur derous scheme. The lade were tracked from Hall to Drif field, and two of them were apprehended by comet the super. inteodents of the East Riding Constabulary._ The Recorder sentenced Wriggleeworth to twelvemonths' imprieonmeu., sod Lord and Reyoolds to nine month'. inimisonment each, the three prisoners to spend cue week in solitary coofinemeat. THE YEARS EXODUS PROM LIVERPOOL; LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. The Goverameat Emigration Officer, at this port issued to-day their usual annual return of the Dumber of emigrants which hays left Liverpool during the year 1863. Accord ing to these returns, the emigration from Liverpool, when compared with 1862, is enormous in its Moreau. The following are the returns of the exodus to the United States, for the quarters, ending March. June, September, and December. Li the March quarter there riled bathe United States "under the act "51 ships, with 339 cabin and 16,630 steerage puseogers ' of which 3,02.3 were English, 403 Scotch, 12,796 Irish, and 406 foreigners. lo the June quarter there sailed ta7 ship., with cabin and 39,902 steerage passengers, of which 9,511 were Eng lish, 1,004 Scotch, 27,115 Irish, and 2,212 foreigners. In the September quarter there sailed 83 ships, with 1,018 cabin, and 13,539 steerage passengers, of which 8,891 were English, 934 Scotch, 12,-;:,9 Irish, and 1,275 other countries. In the December quarter there sailed 76 ships with 743 cabin and 1,4.397 steerage pas seogers, of which 7,063 were English, 835 Scotch, 8,960 Irish, and 1,529 foreigners. There was no emigration to Canada for the quarter ending March ; bat in the June quarter there sailed four ships, with 42 cabin passengers and 938 steerage. of which 727 were English, 159 Irish. and 52 other coun tries. In the September quarter there sailed 7 ships, with 137 cabin and 933 steerage, of which 723 were English, 21 Scotch, 96 Irish, and 93 other countries. In the December quarter there sailed 5 ship, with 99 cabin and 1406 steerage passeogene 399 of which were English, 2 Scotch, 66 Irish, and 139 other countries. To New South Wales there was no emigration in the March quarter. In the J9llO quarter there sailed 762 steerage passengers, of which 297 were English, 99 Scotch and 366 Irish. In the September quarter there was likewise no emigration, but in December there sailed 3 ship with 1 cabin and 1,019 steerage passers. gees, 177 of which were English, 94 **itch, 744 Irish, and 4 other countries. To Queensland, io the March quarter, there sailed 4 ships, with 24 cabin and 1,271 steerage passes. gen, of whirls 850 were English, 110 Scotch, 309 Irish. and 2 other c °entries ; in the January quarter their sailed 3 ships, with 19 cabin and 1,31 , 4 steerage passenger., of which 492 were English, 269 Scotch, and 57.7 Irish ; i n the September quarter there sailed 1 ship with tO steerage passe ugers. of which 48 were English, 2 Scott!), and 30 Irish ; in the December quarter there sailed 1 ship, with 275 steerage of which 82 were English, 16 Scotch, and 143 r f a Ml age T fl4 o Victoria there sailed in the March quarter 10 ships, with 155 cabin and :4,1 8 3 steerage passengers, of which 1,369 were English, 335 Scotch, 1,788 Irish. and 96 other countries ; in the June quarter there were 9 ships, with 56 cabin lied 3.947 steerage passengers, of which 1,467 were English, 304 Scotch, 2,015 Irish. and 161 other countries; is the September quarter there sailed 9 ships, with 8e cabin and 3412 steerage passengers, of which 1,374 were English, 366 Scotch, 1,571 Irish, and 81. other countries; in the Decemher quarter there sailed 8 ships, with 147 cabin and 2.: , 5 . 2 steerage passengers. of whom 1,162 were English, 231 Scotch, 1,953 Irish, and 136 other countries. Only one ship sailed during the year to New Zeeland, and that was in June. This vessel carried out 406 steerage passengers. of whom 353 were English, 11 Scotch, mid 42 Irish, all beiug distressed cotton operatives. To South America there sailed in the March quarter 1 ship, with 11 cabin and 76 steerage passengers, all of whom were Irish. lo the June quarter there sailed 1 ship, with 37 steerage reaseegers, 36 of whom , were Irish, and 1 Scotch. There were no sailing. in the September quarter, but in the December one there was one ship with 11 cabin mid stectaire passengers 7, of whom were English, sod the remaining 79 Iriab. The: shim railing not under the act were--To the United States, 108 with 5,522 cabin, and 2,911 steerage passengers ; and to Canada 19 ships, with 950 cabin. and 4,025 steerage pas senger. to New Bruus wick. 7 ship with 32 cabin and 51 steerage ' • to Nova Scotia, 9 ships, with 25 cabin and 7.1 steerage passengers ; to Newfoundland, 2 ships, and 6 passengers; to Priam Edward's Island, 3 ship, and 17 passengers ;to Van , couver's Island, 2 ships, 6 cabin and 23 steerage Pal ! seogers • to New South Wales, 11 ships, with 21 cabin a nd 168 steerage passengers ; to Victoria, 11 ships, with 52 cabin and 301 steerage passengers ; to West Indies, 17 ships and 103 cabin passengers ; to South America, 40ships, with 201 cabin and 213 steerage passengers ; to Africa, 12 ships and 293 cabin passengers ; to Cape of Good Hope. 1 ship and 6 passengers ; to East Indies, 7 ships and 38 passengers ; to Hong Kong, 1 ship sod 4 passenger, ; to Mexico, 4 ships and 15 passenger. ; to Sandwich lahieds, 1 ship and 10 passengers ; making • total of ships of 256 ships sailing "sot under the act," 7,595 cabin and 6,850 steerage passengers. The total number of steerage passengers sailing under the act was 119,772, and of cabin passengers 3.765, making a total of 123,537. Added to this t: re are the passengers carried out in the short ship!, which number 14,445, making • greed total of 137.98:„. When compared with last year there is an increase of 76,66 e. The immigration was 2:ki ships, with 10,442 steer age passengers and :049 cabin. The above figures will show -and.iodeed, the immigration officers assert it-that the tide of emigration is principally accelerated bythe enormous Irish emigration, whic'i appears to increase daily, monthly, and quarterly. It is also a fart that the Irish emigrants, are much better clothed, more usefully equipped, and apps. really wealthier than the ernicraots whose homes have been in England or Scotland. This is generally attributed to the high ray now being given to all sorts of labourers in the United States. FRENCH AUTOGRAPHS. (From the 11l txtrated Times.) I have been looking over the new French publi cation L'Autograpite. Its editors—Messieurs de Villemes sent and Bourdio, formerly of the F4ynro—have uodertaken a somewhat considerable task. They propose to publish twice a month, and their paper is to contain lithographic faesimilies of the handwriting of all the political, civil, mili tary, bureaucratic, literary. acientitic, dramatic, artistio, musical, and conversational celebrities of France, past sod present. I bud by the specimens in the &minutia = that the ladv wbo professes to discover the sex, age, calling, tastes. personal appearance, height, weight, and complexion of an individual by • mere sight of his or her cargraphy, mast be • genius by intuition. The haodwritiog of the present Emperor is undecided, nervous. fitful, and wavering. He has four ways of forming the letter s ; sometimes crowds his si cede into a small space, and sometimes sprawls them over • large one. On the other hand, the writing of Louis Philippe, when be signed his abdication, is 1848, is firm and bold. Will any reader who has matriculated in Germany, and who passes his days in the study of the solid truths and satisfactory results gleaned from the Joyous science of meta. ph)sics. explain this apparent contradictios I translate • few of the most characteristic traits in the text of the autographs. Here is Garibaldi's address to his soldiers after the takiog of Rome. It sounds like a trumpet of thunder : '• Soldiers! To those who would follow =I offer hunger, cold, and heat—neither bread, barracks, food, nor =mu nition ; but instead, continual duty, ormstaat attacks, battles, forced marches, and charges of the bayonet " Who love their country will follow me ! "July, 1819." " Caulaumt. A different address the above—l still quote from L' Att. togrophe —from that of a certain commandant of gendar merie, who, when in Africa. immediately before a decisive charge, said to his men " Gendarmes !—Forward ! Do not forget that von are all married men, and that your horses are your own property !" M. Durnanoir, the famous dramatist, gives the follow* bit of copy-book m orality "Cowards are ever the Mende of the wicked!" True, M. Dumanoir ; but neither original nor witty. V. Broglie'• contribution tuns, " My Dame is not worthy to figure io • collection -" to which George send says, "Nor mine to ;" which 'Eugene Sue says. "Nor miss either;" of which Viennet very properly remarks, "Oh triple pride r to which Paul Feval, the real author of the drama known in Lindon as the " Duke's Motto," adds, "Bay quadruple, and say no more about it." Here is mole outrageous modesty. Thiere being asked to 000 tribute, sends : " I know not what to say, and ! avow it!—A. Tetras." On which M. Emile de dininlin remarks, "Oh, Bayard!" Well may Ss/randy, the ex-Minister of Public Instroo. taco say. apropos of the above, "And these are the two men of our day who poems the most extraordinary fecundity of ideas. IL Emile de Girardin promises us one a day ; y. Thies, without pro mising, gives us a thousand. They were is • niggardly humour when they wrote the stove :" The handwriting of Lamar;iee is small and delicate u that of an exciteable and impressionable woman. His con tribution rune : "Horne dans sa nature, iefloi dans sae wrens. L'homme estop Dieu tombs qui as souvient del Pious." Here is an idea of Leon Go;:lan's singular and clever enough to deserve reproduction : " Being rather mad, I have always attached to every shade of sensation I have experienced the notion of a colour. Thus, to me, piety is of a tender blue ; resignation. pearl-grey ; joy, apple-green ; satiety, the colour of WI vtis.. lait ; pleasure, velvet-rose; sleep, the hue of tobacco smoke reflection, orange ; ennui, chocolate ; the unpleasantly of paying a bill, lead-colour; reoeivice money, a bright red; rest day, burnt sienna—a villanous colour. As to happi ness, that is a colour I know not. " Lgog GostAg:". SPECIAL SERVICFR AT ST. PAtes CATREDR•L— To-morrow the dome arse of St. Paul's will be re-opened for the Sunday evening speci services. which it is proposed to continue until Easter Sunday. It is announced that the Lord Bishop_of Loodon will preach the sermon. GREAT WESTERN AND METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. It appears that the Great Western Railway Company have given notice that the through trains which have besa miming during the past three months between Windsor sad farriegskspatreet will be discontinued after the 314 Inst. BtraoLutv.—The private resilience of Staff-Coin mender Luke, R 5., of Woolwich D. , ckyard, residing is the Greenwich•road, was entered about S o'clock in the evening of Thursday, during the absence of the family, sad was robbed of polliwog, wearing apparel, and jewelry to the value of rot. or SOL It is supposed that the were interrupted is their depredations. as, though tit s = of the chests of drawers end wardrobes had been forced open and ransacked, a censiterable sum in notes and gold escaped their notice. I