The Express. — London, England, 1867-12-26 00:00:00

, A • • . 7 / 4 . 4 .15,11 r I 11l 'jj t rt4l3 , 8 . ~~. _~-~ ! • 1\ No. 6,67z1.3 LINE. —The LIVERPOOL, NSW wati. and ILADLLPIIIA ISTLAMASHIP COMPANY hug their fulbpowered Cl)dabuilt Iron screw su .,„ .14. ury't.,; the Vidted States 1.411, calling at Queens „ ,n 1.1,. ',Atoning day, to take on board passenger' old .1, 4 1. itches, and pith Wisely to call at an Intermediate poet. t It ittifts.lgr by the niall steamers sailing every Wednesday, - g - Lowas. according to the accommodation. Forward , I tltia IA full supply of cooked provisions. Passengers 1 , s end l'nitcd St des booked Ult....ugh on very *lvan ru, •r further particulars apply to WILLIAM u:d,ratr,..et. Liverpool; and to tIVIPS and MACEY. s! t,., it dltaelvtroeS. London. - 131: I.: NI EN. --I)ireet Route to Hanover, Bntna mA ottr.Ll th-rmany.—The North German • ...row steamer W.ILUE, l'aptain C. U. , I,spatelted ealliUg at prthottitr4 at 12 110W1.—.EaR1 to Breineu, th-Lts, t. 3 :Loa tl lOs —Apply at i'llA PLIN'S 1:.....v0t.. - irens. W. or to Pll ILLI PPS. tIRAV C... St. Dunstans-honk., Crowlane, Great , •-1,,t,E.0. lET IZOPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN L It .11 LAV I'd. i'IIn!STMAS hetneen the Pity. King'aerota,oower-atreet, lhatent-eir..Aus'. itakeratreet, Paddington, La l'r)stal Palace and West London Line , , Ham. -!., i.herdabuth, and %VostbourneApark. the trAilus at Portlandroad for Rtgeidecinua. ry oRWICII UNION FIRE OFFICE. 11, I. !, cnent of the redaction of duty to Is. Sd. per cent. ~, It I , • tt,,tnes eifeet ill; ;alleles with this Company. I, 0,4 is:, ti..' o .t the DointaSystsmi of the Norwich futon, the, 4 •4 n -.Ai. tt -, .- ',lured to a minimum amount. 1 b•. rates ..t pr. min la are in no ease hieher than those charged r im 9., .41.er mi... ~...tt ~tees giving no bonus to their insurera. i The .leti ose• p i ......•rtiment for the year 1563 was ad 4.152 it. 'd tt., ...,...,:n: up.ureii on farming Walt was L 10,203.372. s •.r p,•••;s etes • a 1 ;;y at the Satiety's Mese, 40, I.lcet-street, J. ts ..4.: -Al. • •tt t. t, N,,essich, nri !t t: T 1: E ROYAL, DRURY-LA NE. aSeC ! Manager, NIL F. D. CIIATTERTON. I .OAING Thmaday. IXtcmbcr 2nth, and every Meth, r will be performed a new and 114PNEVIIOVIK'S TAM - TILE& After will 1.- perb.rnteel the Drop-lane ANNI'AL GRAND I t!::1•01As PANToSIIME. entitled YAW FEE 1 , 0 FUM. or II IN JAIIK the GIANT KILLER. To -NIGHT, TO-NIGHT, TO-NIGHT. - ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Tll l'Esl).llf. December 26, 1567.—A1l the NEW CHRIST. ENTr KTA I N M ENT+. om yaAsing In novelty and splendour 'he mogt sip,rssful effort,if former yesrA, will be Tepee. m... 1 by the third time TD-NIGIIT (Thtustlayi, Dec. DI, and Ls,'" violins daring the week. AA NEW COMIC BALLET, introducing peculiar oflcets. and supported by MM. :Mullen and Warde, from the Theatre de la Porte St. Martin. nal Mr. F. Evans, called X X X., or CORHIBUSTER and THE HAPPY FISHERS. Dawns by Vilna. Scenery by W. Callrott. and music by Rider, - TIII RSDAY, Dec. 1567.—ROYAL ALHAMBRA PXLWE. ANEW GRAND SPECTACULAR BALLET and TRASoirt IRMATION SCENE, called the GOLDEN PLI'tIE.S. The scenery invented, painted, and constructed by r William Calleott, the Dances by Milano, the Music by Riviere, support, .1 by a double company of dancers and figurantes. iVAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, THURADAY, Dec. 26, 16.47. ROYAL ALI:IA/ABEL PALACE. iMenaging Director, Mr. F. Strange.) Three Ballets, !OO Lamers, 60 Instrumentalists, Singers, Acrobats, Mimics; tares, Latest Telegrams, Saloom, Suppervoonts, Lavatories, Smoking-room, Evening Paper; 10 Orchestral Pieces Every Eight. Open at Half-past Seven, begin at Eight. Prices—La, 116, and 6d. ; Reserved Seats, ; PAM, Boma, ham LI la koz-otEce open from Eleven to Four. A LL the CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES. TO-NIGHT, Dm 2G, ISCJ. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. MORNING PERFORMANCE. - BOXING DAY 2 tecluelL ROYAL ALT AMBRA PALACE. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EX HIBMON, 1865. This celebrated old Hain WIIIHKY gained the DUBLIN 11 ED.\ L —it is pore, mild, mellow, delicious, and 'try wholesome. Hold in oodles, He. *I. each, at the retail hopes la Loodon : by the agents In the principal towns in ibgb11101; or wholesale at 8, lireat WimlndUiareat, London, W.—Diner's the red seal, pink label, and cork branded itluahaul LL Whisky.' Ira HOTEL KEEPERS and IargeCONSUMERS. _R. The Cheapest House In London to POULTRY, GAME, and all kinds of OA IRV PRoIiCCE Wiltshire Baron, by silo or half-side Good family Cheese 7d. to per lb. Mae tbeshere Cheesej per lb. Pork, Poultry, and Game are now very cheap. W. and J. E. TA YLstfes. 34, Little Pulteneystreet, tioldm-squere. Established Halt a Century. irtAIIDLES.—A Hint to Purchasers.—Do not ‘.-/ make sure that you know what price you are paying per pound for your candles until yon have stripped them and put them in the scale. Some candles are tight weight without the wrappers, some with moderately thick wrappers, some with very thick wrappers. and SOON are not nearly righ t weight with wraopers however thick. PRICE'S 'BOLD EDAL PALM'. TINE," "Sherwood Palmitlne," "Belmont Sperm," and "Bel moat Wax," "Beat,.' "No. Y.," "No. 9," and " Battersea" Committee, "Ribs Paraßine," and " Belmontine," and all the other candles of Price's Patent Candle Company (Limited;, are full weight without the wrappers. SIDLES.—If you do not want your candles V exclusively for show, but with pleasantness of appearance reunite excellence of burning, buy "PRICES GOLD MEDAL I'ALIIITINE," or their "Sherwood Palmitin.," or their good old fashioned "Belmont Sperm," or " Belmont Wax," or their "Befit," " No. 2,' " No. 3," or " Battersea" Composite, In prefer ence to the finest, sod most transparent Paraffin Candles. But if you most have the extreme transparency of pure Parafilne. "Prises Paratline" or their " Belmontine " will give it to you in perfection. and at a more moderate pprice than is usually charged for any other really first-class Parafgne Candles. The new toilet soap " PRICE'S SOLIDIFIED GLYCERINE," (villainies half Its weight of their concentrated distilled Glyce rine, shoiild he in general nse in every house before the winter tomes e, became of Its admirable effects in preventing chapping of the Muds and face. In every home there ought also to be one of the sealed bottles of their concentrated Distilled Glyce rine, known everywhere as Prices llitycenne," and prescribed by the moat eminent medical men abroad as well as at home, as the one only Glycerine for medicinal use whether externally or internally . PRICES FANCY SOAPS of the different sorts usually made are excellent, and command a constantly increasing sale. The "Solidified Glycerine" spoken of above is, however, the one fancy cup to use . ?Elf b's NEW PATENT NIGHT LIGHTS," for burning In the wide gl.aes, are believed to be the very best night lights made. " Price's Childs' Night Lights," ter burning without filmset and their different sorts of "Chamber Candles" are so well known, and so generally used and appreciated u not to need any special notice here. CIRRISTMAS PRESENTS and NEW YEAR'S N.." GIPPS for all who court the gay and festive scenes.— ROWLANDer hIACASdAR 011, • preserver end beentifyer of the We beyond all precedent. Rowlands' Nalydor, for impart ing 3 radiant bloom to the complexion end a softness and deli rialto the hands. arms. and neck. Rowlands' °dont°, or Pearl Dentifrice, for piing a pearl like whiteness to the teeth, and fra rinito the breath. The patronage of royalty throughout , their general use by rank sod fesition, and the univer sally eosin efficacy of these articles, give them a celebrity paranded.-8014 by chemists and perfumers.—Ask for .• Row 'atoM articles. PRICE'S SOLIDIFIED GLYCERINE Patented;.—Ookl medal. Paris, DOM. —11 s• newest and belt teller soap, Tears well, gives a rick and fragrant lather. is eatimy free from cocoa nut oil or excess of alkali, and contains ball its weight of Price's distilled glycerine. kelatlel by all chemists, grocers, at., in ad. and ed. tablet. PRILES PATENT CANDLE COMPANY (limited), Deimos{ Works, Ilatteevea, &W. T HRESHER and GLENNY, OUTFITTERS. establishment In London, nest doe, to &menet boom, W o ad. & Vide of worm outfit for ovary purpose oDd ap ded on applitaam.polotrosett to 15414 Mak and the Catchup, will be lor. War LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, an ettctual remedy, without confining the bowel, or affecting the bead, truly etdcaidoon and pleasant, Is admitted to be the hest medicine for Immediately relieving coughs., colds, •:cadlrmed cases of asthma, and Incipient consumption. It fre quently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce Incurable admirably alleys the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. It. antwouldng consumption Its effects are truly beuellciaL Persons eerrived of sleep. or Oren lying down f tr fear of Guffaw tion, two , depend on relief in a few minute. after taking It Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, chemist, 8, Kink WO- Ilarottrver, llama-cross, London, and by all druggists, In bc4 V , t `. 1 44., and three 4 . lantitio. In one, M. ad. Be particular and ell: for Lootterra Asthmatic Balsam. The name and addrese are e,.trat.,l on the stamp. LAITUE.—The LETTUCE contains an active -m-4 principle the latnelne, whida possesses all the wahine Prof.rtiesof 48 Tinrn 'Afloat Its dangert.—Mr. 0. JOVI.At, Preach , I astr.arket, prepares a Syrup and a Pate of Mane lee lettuce , , h41.1y ir,rmnmended by the Medical Prefeeslonfer c " l 'ls , mama. bronchitas, and all chest affections. Brrup,ls. bd.: Pate, l• lid. and a. ild. Pate, by post, Ia hid and Id. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE.—In cbrottyy'pp or recent diseases a cure Is effected Is an a di days. by the Parte Phyaieians' Academy.—Sold by all n ab •t,I. e chemists, tr. ed. General Depot, ee, 1133 - market, L A ndnn: at 0. JOICAO, the only /Vouch chemist with the dlPi.ma of the Paris School of Pharmacy. A T CHRISTMAS many persona are induced to -LIL take more than Is er...me. Two Or three of PARR'S Lir E PI .L% w.II clear Of ACIDITIES, whaI awl remove FEVERISII 11l t fruit!: rod other oupleaaar.t symptoms, without pain or boons. nien... SEE LIFE PILLS may be obtained an). IlesiHne In bnaa , Is. lid 2., sod,, and in family Pacts. Us. cm.h. Directions with, each box. BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLIJM,. SfACKENZII PARK, Slough (formerly at awls's:prise. Instituted 1827. Patron—llex Most Uracluus Majesty the QUEEN. For the gratuitous hoard, clothing, and education of destitute Orphans from all parts of the British dominions, and of all de nominations, whose parents once were In prosperous circum stances. one hundred and seventy orphans now in the Institution. Ample room for about forty more. Increased SUPPORT indispensable, as this charity Is not en dowed, and ts in the greatest need of further pecuniary assist- Mire. . _ Stihscr[hers nod the public are Invited to Inspect the Institu tion, a n d judge as to the nature of this charity and its peculiar clabrs. Tli,Tiast report can he obtained on application to the secretary. The next election of pupils will take pl►ce lu January. leas. HENRY SYKES THOR_NTON, Treasurer. THOMAS TILSOS, J.P., Cludrmaii. STEPHEN REED CATTLEY, lion. Sec. ALFRED MACKENZIE, Sanatory. Offices, 73, Cheapside, London, L.C. Rankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchln-buie and Mears Heywood Brothers, Manchester. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (REUTZIN TZLEGLUIL) ITALY. FLORENCE. Dtc. 23. Earl Clarendon left yesterday evening for Rome. Lord Bloomfield has arrived in Florence. M. Boittel, chief of the French police, has also arrived here. MALTA. MALTA. Deo. 24. Her Majesty's Indian steam transport &lupus, nine days from Portsmouth, has arrived here with batteries F F and G of the Bth brigade Royal Artillery, under Colonel Bruce, and other Indian reliefs, together 1,050 of all ranks, 139 women, and 162 children. The iron-clad Lord Clyde has also arrived here from Lisbon and Gibraltar, and the gun-boat Trinculo from Patraa. The steamer Ceyck (1) has sailed for Alexandria, with stores fur the Abyssinian expedition. Heavy north-westerly gales continue, and many vessels are arriving here for shelter. FRANCE. (now OUR ows CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TCESDAT EVIIIIRO. Although what is called the 4 general discussion" on the army bill was nominally closed on Satur- ' day, it was in effect resumed yesterday. The democratic counter project brought forward by M. Jules Simon, for converting the army into a national militia on the model of that of the Swiss Confederation, and which, of course, was not taken into serious consideration, served as a peg on which to hang a resumption of the debate which M. Jules Fevre complained was prematurely closed. Marshal Niel, in condemning M. Jules Simon's project, quoted the language of Marshal Gouvion Saint Cyr, " A levy ea mane is only useful to the enemy. Men sent to us without any organization exhaust the country, and sow the seed of indiscipline in the army. It is a great misfortune to have a levy en masse, but a greater still to make use of it." The minister, who spoke with great facility and power, defended the French army from various imputations, especially that of being pretorian, and went at length into the economy of the bill before the Chamber. In answer to the objections of M. Picard and others that the bill whose effects were to be only fully p roduced at a distant time, yet left the country unprepared in case of emergency, he insisted, in such an emphatic manner as to encou rage the apprehensions of war which are prevalent, that "in consequence of circumstances which they had to fear or provide for, " the army was now on an excellent footing, and t hat infantry, cavalry, ar tillery, munitions, stores, fortified places were all everything that could be desired for immediate action. After speeches from M. Jules Favre against, and the Marquis d'Havrincourt for the bill, the speeeh of the day was made by M. Emile 011ivier, who took the opportunity of proclaiming himself more distinctly than ever in the ranks of the opposition. He commenced by paying a compliment to the parliamentary ability displayed by Marshal Niel. Cato the elder bad said, Rem militarem et argute lgui. In general these qualities were found sepa rately, but the Minister at War had shown that they might be united. He (M. 011ivier) objected to the bill in every one of its fundamental points. The first category of service, that of the active army, was too heavy • the second, the reserve, was too light ; and the ihird, the Mobile Nation al Guard, was badly conceived. He insisted that a very short time, two years, or three at the utmost, was sufficient to give a soldier the highest amount of military education which it was possible to receive short of actual experience on the field of battle. The true policy would be, in every case when that maximum point of instruction had been I attained, to send the soldier to his home, leaving him there liable to be called out in the reserve as long as might be thought necessary. Speaking gene rally, and admitting that there were numerous and honourable exceptions, the " old soldier," from the habits he had acq uired, was the least useful of citizens. Among the great military authorities who were of opinion that three years at the utmost was enough to form a soldier, ho cited Generals Morand, Lamarque, Trochu, Paix bans, and Marshal Soult. In Prussia. the ime of service, fixed by a law of 1814, was three years ; but in 1833, with the concurrence of all the ge nerals but one, it was reduced to two. In 1853 the time was made two-and-a half years, and in 185 b three, but the latter change was made in spite of the opposition of the Chambers and provoked general dissatisfaction. When they were told that recent events in Ger many had changed all the rules of the military art, it was important to remember that the conquerors of Sadowa were men who had passed but from two to three years in the ranks. Instead of the present bill the best thing to have done would have been to maintain the seven years period of service fixed by the law of 1832, and then to have enacted — thereby making a not =frequent practice a gene ral rule—that at the end of three years the men should be sent into the reserve for the other four. He was not one of those who would make war easy. On the contrary, he desired such a state of things that war could not be made without causing an immense perturbation in the country. He wished that when war came, the groat majority of the nation should directly suffer by it, for ho knew of no better security for conciliation and peace. In this respect he was a disciple of an illustrious English statesman, Mr. Gladstone, who, when con sidering ways and means for providing war re sources, preferred a new tax to a new loan, because taxation would more palpably bring home to the feelings and conscience of the nation the immense responsibility of war. (Great applause.) His second point was that the reserve at present pro posed, consisting in great part of men who had escaped service in the active army, would not be sufficiently drilled to be reliable upon an emer gency. They would be, to use the words of a great military authority, not a reserve, but men in re serve—a very different thing. He bad but a word to say on the Mobile National Guard. It was good to have machinery ready for calling out in case of danger that part of the population which had not been drawn for regular military service. But the only thing practicable was that they should be organised upon paper, and some times on a Sunday instructed in their own com munes in the use of the improved rifle. The ex pensive assemblages of these men contemplated by the bill would be excessively inconvenient without LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26. 1867. any countervailing advantage. He was for all 1 these reasons radically and altogether opposed to ; the bill. He was far from saying that no army reform was called for; on the contrary, the un necessary number of the Imperial Guard, the great military commands, the vicious system of promotion, the fanciful equipments, and the theatrical inameuvres which would be utterly useless in the face of an enemy, were all things that demanded revision. But he felt that , lin going even to the slight extent he had done into 1 technical matters, he was beside the question; because, in reality, what they had before them weal not an organic, not a permanent law ; it was a transitory measure, an expedient for a particular purpose, in short, however speciously the fact; might be denied, it was a war measure. (Loud exclamations.) Ho was not to be hoodwinked by the argument that the bill was not a war measure because its full effects would not be produced till six or seven years hence. Had not the Minister at 1 War admitted that from and after the Ist of January next the government would have under 1 its hand 400,000 mobile national guards, and thus be enabled to empty the internal garrisons, and send the whole active army to the frontiers As to the possible momentary diminution of two I or three thousand men of the first category, it was not a matter to which any importance could be i attached ; and for this plain reason, that the mlcu- I 1 lation might at any moment be upset by an aug mentation of the annual contingent. The Minister at War, with parliamentary ingenuity, for the purpose of catching a vote, had said, " Give ' me the nine years service, give me the mobile ' national guard, give me the permanent law, and I then I promise you that this year we will try whether a contingent of only 100,000 men will not be enough. Yea, " by way of trial," and to-morrow perhaps we shall be asked for 120,000 or 130,000 for another trial, and for more in case of necessity. The concession was but apparent. They were aaked to vote what was irrevocable ; the promise made them was transitory and experimental. On such a solemn occasion as the present it was necessary to speak the whole truth. Ho was persuaded and would say that it was France which had prepared and organised the alliance between Prussia and Italy. It was France that had fomented the war of 1866—Venetia was only the pretext. One object was to find occupation for the army—an in dispensable thing whenever an army was large ; otherwise promotion was slow, and discontent followed. The other motive had its rise in the detestable conviction, very prevalent in certain minds, that a new dynasty could only be founded by victories and conquests. [This language in the mouth of a man who only a year ago received the offer of a portfolio produced much confused interruption.] What was hoped was, that the struggle between Prussia and Aus tria would go on for a long time, and that France might ultimately intervene and get a share of the spoil. (Interruption.) If this were not the calcu lation, the part taken by the French government in organising the war of IFai6 would be not only inexplicable, but criminal. Well, events had thwarted the expectations of the French govern ment, and now it could not resign itself to the dis appointment. The Corps Legielatif was deeply responsible for this state of things. It took every opportunity of professing its love of peace, but in reality it voted every day for war. (Great noise, and cries of "True, true" on the Left benches.) Yes. Whenever a speaker rose to say that the events that had taken place in Germany were neither humiliating nor menacing to France he was cried down •, and those who affirmed that Bedews was a diminution of the prestige of France were applauded. If this were denied, he would only ask those who interrupted him to read the Muniteur. When these things were constantly said it was impossible that a sensitive nation like France, with a chief whose name was Napoleon, could long resist tho pressure. Either the Chamber and the nation must resign themselves without any arriire pens* to accept accomplished facts, or they must manfully , prepare for a terrible war with Germany. The only way to avoid such a catastrophe was for the Emperor to substitute a liberal and constitutional for a personal government, and for the Chamber, which officially represented the country, to reject this bill. Referring to M. Thiers' pas sionate excla mation, " Let us be Frenchmen , " he would say ! that it was not the most noble way of being a ' Frenchman, to prevent Germany from being Ger man, and Italians Italian. The patriotism which consisted in paying for a substitute,voting supplies, and composing a few well-turned phrases for a I speech was cheap and easy, but they should think I seriously of the interests of the working classes, ' upon whom the blood tax most heavily fell. Among the many war symptoms I regard as not the least significant a well-accredited report that the Minister at War means to propose an increase of pay of 3,000 f. for generals of division and 2,000 f. for generals of brigade. The Bourse showed further weakness at the opening, and Routes went down to 68.50, being 16c. below the lowest point of yesterday's depres sion. But on the news of General Menabrea having been ordered by the King to re-form a ministry there was a reaction, and the last prices show scarcely any change. the temperance of the Italians, that if the higher classes would exert themselves to be active, studious, honest, and leas slothfully devoted to idling at es.f.W and theatres, the army would be on a fur better footing. There were many " meetings " in Florence se to the propriety of demonstrations to call back the House of Loraine and the other princes. These demonstrations did , not take place upon the following grounds :—The party had not the least feeling of shame at calling in foreign troops ? but the government had agreed to be peasive, if thu exiled princes were to return, unless a French army took possession of Italy. Now the expenses of such an army, estimated at 200,000 men, must fall upon the great landowners, all oodini, and these burthens the latter shrank from undertaking ; consequently the demonstra tion did not take place ; and more, the clerical newspapers were, for thern, most moderate, having received their cue, a most remarkable symptom of the slugglish, selfish apathy of the party, and contrasting strangely with the generous imprudence of thousands of Garibaldini. It is reported that the backwardness and apathy of the codini, or clerical ' party, greatly enraged the French Emperor, who was ready ' to send back the princes if their subjects wished for them. The state of lorence in September, October, and November, was the most singular in the world. Yon could not expect particular enthusiasm for the success of the Roman enterprise, but you might have looked for some disapprobation of a scheme which would deprive Florence of the privileges of being a capital. No such thing. Not a single opinion, one way or other was expressed by the Florentines. Ido believe if the *coon of Japan was set up in the l'itti, the genuine Florentines would only say " guardi" (look), and ask who had won at the lottery. All the rows were got up by young scamps from the Ban ned, and the troops soon dispersed these. Now, the fear ful epidemic being, we hope, over, the troops are being exercised with the now weapons , but there is A hitch in the Chassepot, at least in those Chassepots sent to our trooc here—probably very different from the weapons designed the inventor, and made under his immediate supennten ence. It is perfectly true they did " merveilles," and mowed down 600 Italians, armless, and without ammunition, at Mentana, and that inglorious butchery only took one hour and a half. Afterwards it was found the weak points (the india-rubber valve) began to tell, and that the cart ridges fouled the nel. Now, the great claim of the in ventor to notice was that the barrels did not foul. It is supposed, therefore, that the fault lies in the cart ridges supplied. However, the fact remains. There is • hitch to overcome about the weapon of which we have heard so much. At present our poor Italy is in sad straits, but it is "dement to know she defiantly told Narvaes, on hearing of his impudent threat through the French, that if any ships of Spain tried to land troops in Italy they would be fired into. The Due de it got into an awful rage after this, and asked for his passport, but on the pad fielding prayers of the French he was induced to retract his demand. They Nay here the King of Bavaria is willing to resign, and live like his grandfather in which ease Bavaria would be hitched forward to P russia. The Ita lians, of course, are anxious for this, looking to the natural hatred of France and Prussia as their best chance. To the great delight of the Italians, the crops all over Italy this year have been more than abundant. They have been overwhelming. Hay, corn, pulse, fruits, wine, oil, and chestnuts, all equally astonishing in quantity as in quality. This, after the clericals had predicted scarcity and famine, owing to the sales of the Beni Dennaniali, has set the Italian party crow ing, as you may suppose, and there is no denying the fact, as it is delightfully patent to the humblest Contadino. At Mazzadi, in the Romagna, there are not barrels sufficient to hold the wine, nor vats for the oil. This I had from landed proprietors there. So wonderful was the crop, that strong, excellent wine only ' costs 16 francs the soul= (two barrels). The French are buying up everything eatable and drinkable they can, and are driving away all the oxen, swine, mules, and donkeys, and giving excellent prices for them. It amazes one now and then to get a peep behind the scenes of rural life in the Peninsula. The province of Molise contains 100,000 souls. Its chief town is Campo basso. It' was originally a fortress of Manfred, he who was slain at Benevento, 1289 or thereabouts. The place is exceedingly beautiful aud healthy, on an elevation in a lovely valley, surrounded by an amphitheatre of very lofty, beautiful mountains. Provisions are extremely abundant, cheap, and good, and the people very wealthy, and able to command every comfort ; but dreadfully igno rant and filthy. A " Galantnomo" there signifies a man who wears broad cloth ; and even the richest families all eat out of one enormous brown crockery tegarpe, or dish, just as the very poorest Irish do. The women would not be ill-looking but for their incredible filth. There are no tire-places, because nobody knows how to make • chimney, the native way of cooking being to hang a pot over a fire in the centre of a room. Yet the maocarom I. of first rate quality, and only calls for Parmesan instead of acrid sheep's milk cheese to be excellent. Though so abundant in fruits, the country yields no wine, the people not understanding the use of their grapes. As a matter of course, their religion is a mass of gross superstitions, and their morality very doubtful. No man is withheld by say scruple. Whose is the fault? The Roman priest and the Bourbon government. The sale of the seques tered church property has hitherto proceeded rapidly, and with keen competition for the different lots, greatly to the mortification of the clericali, who had hoped to frighten away purchasers by threatening them with eternal damnation, end thus to secure all the bonus Gouda for their friends and themselves. But it only showed the remarkable want of knowledge of humau nature which priests are so distinguished for. People only laughed at the thunders of the Vatican, and rushed to the auctions, thankful to exchange cellos of the national debt for real property at a moderate price, and with parliamentary titles. A house in the Via Montebello, put up at 10,000 f., was sold at 60,000 E—this, of course, was en exceptional case, but it is not too much to give 50 per cent. above the valuation aa the fair propor tion. This measure will have the effect of creating a great body of proprietors interested in the welfare of the land, and resident for many months on the land. I myself think it a great pity government did not con vert. either by voluntary offer or by a little wholesome pressure, the great body of peasionaff, or dependents of tho exiled princes, thus into land or house owners, as it would have relieved the treasury at once of en enormous dead weight, which will be but very slowly dimiuished by time, and certainly to a peasioNatu the con version of an uncertain and temporary provision into a commutation of real property would have been but too welcome. However, lf this was thought of, it was not carried out, possibly for fear of making tee pensionoti too independent, whereas they are left under the fear of being turned adrift should they become obnoxious. The country ia fulled money, but unfortunately the want of a good, practical, clear home administrat ion prevents this money benefiting the people. The insufferable worries, plagues, delays, forms, and the grinding stamp duties crush all private enterprise, and leave no business brisk, flourishing, and lucrative, save that of the smuggler. Indeed the smuggler is the tutelary god of the rural household, and it is entirely owing to the pig-headed obsti nacy of the Piedmontese notion of finance that it is so. The great merchants in Florence, even, are obliged by the maltreatment, worries, losses, and extortions of the royal customs to enter into this protection league—and so des perately s:nggish is national industry that even those miserable grey rugs used by the very poorest classes for their beds came from abroad—wretched coarse grey rage, composed of refuse, wool, horses'and goats' hair. Surely in • pastoral country like Italy these might be worked up for the use of the people. It is the torpor and sluggishness of the people here that disheartens the best friends of Italy. The graceful but trivial art of glass-blowing is, however, flourishing at Masan°, thanks to tho ardent patronage of the English court and aristocracy. The coloured glasses are most exquisite, especially those imitative of the I nautilus shell. Bat in white glass nothing approaches I the crystalline purity of the English. THE BOMBAY MAlL.—Eirr.z, DEC. 25.—The Rangoon, from Bombay 14th inst., arrived at 9 a.m. to-day. QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 25.—The National Steam ship Company's steam-ship France, from New York. arrived off this port at 10 p.m. to-day. She brings 61,463 dollars in specie. After landing tho passengen she pro ceeded for Liverpool. THE NEW WORKSHOP REOULATIONS Aar.—On Wednesday next the act to regulate the hours of labour for children, young persons, and women employed in work shops in the United Kingdom will take effect. No child under 8 years is to be employed in any handicraft. A " child " is to mean one under 13, a "young person " one of 13 and under lei, and a "woman" 18 or upwards. No child is to be employed more than six hours and a half in each day, or a young person more than twelve, with at least one hour and a half for meals and rest. There is to be no work on Sunday, or after 2 o'clock on Saturday, except in cases where not more than five persons are em ployed, and where such employment is in making articles to be sold by retail, or in repairing similar articles. Every child employed in a workshop is to attend school fur at least 10 hours in each week, and on the applin.tion of the teacher the master may pay for the schooling, and deduct the same from the wages. There are provisions to enforce the new law, and to inflict penalties in a summary manner. 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The following is an extract from a private letter recently received from Florence: Naturally you will expect some notice of the remark able, though unsuccessful, attempt on Rome. Although I was away in the country at that time I heard the opinion of all parties, from the warmest Italian to the blackest clerical. There is no doubt poor Garibaldi was urged on prematurely by the party of action in France and in Ger many, and that he was grossly duped into the belief that he would not be opposed either by the Emperor or by the Prussian government, and that money did come from Ger many. There is also no doubt that Rattazzi was "game," but that the generals refused to march. They say here Madame Rattazzi was the prime mover of the whole thing. As for the country, you never beheld such a deep, genuine, national feeling. The entire body of the lads from 15 to 20 marched to the frontiers. They had no arms, no clothes, no food, and little money. Of comae in such • multitude there were some ruffians, and more loose characters, and of these Garibaldi made severe, just, and wholesome examples, but the great mass were very sincere and most self.serrificing, and it was gloriously shown that where the terms were anything like equal, the national arm was stronger than that of the foreign merce nary. Of course it could not be supposed that unarmed lads of such extreme youth could stand before the finest troops in Europe, armed with the best new weapons, and backed by an overwhelming French army, but even at Meutana the Pontifical troops were sadly beaten until the French Chassepot came up. The Italians, so far from having anything to be ashamed of, have every reason to think they came off with great credit ; and the clericals, in their hearts, are staggered exceedingly by the pluck and heroism of these poor lads. I The scenes in the hospital at Rome, where the wounded i i Cairoli reproached Pio to his face for the crimes the Papal government committed in his name and the murder of his brother, made the greatest sensation at Rome ,• and the Pontiff, wbo is only allowed to hear the most abject fiat s tery and the stupidest adulation, wee greatly struck by the ' dauntlessness of the poor wounded Garibaldino. Justice demands it to be noted that popular Mitred is solely directed against the foreign mercenaries of Rome, and that the Roman troops behaved most fraternally and humanely to the wounded Garibaldians, nor did Pio Noma himself show any rancour, he is so wrapped up in that sublime idea of his own infallibility. He was rudely awakened by the voice of truth coming from poor young As usual, the Italians shine more in enthusiasm for • great leading idea than in common sense and practical judgment and administration. All the departments of the I public service are in a universal muddle. There is no lother word to express it. The state of the artillery was so (Ungraceful in September and October that to serve the few batteries sant to the frontier government had to press horses into the service by requisition. Most cheerfully were these given, and hardly • soldier missed when the category of 1642 was called. But one deeply deplores that the class just above the people should be so wanting in those qualities which would utilise the tine feeling of the latter for the benefit of the country. There can be no doubt, considering the native intelligence and MAMMA 14. ADDMOILL.] AMERICA. (REITTER'S TELEGRAM.) The Inman steamer Etna arrived at Queenstown at 1 p.m. yesterday, with the mails, 300,000 dots., and 1,500/. in specie, and 30 cabin passengers. She proceeded at 1.20 p.m. for Liverpool. (Per the Etna.) NNW YORK, Du. 14. It is reported that President Johnson has sent a message to the Senate, assigning the following reasons for the removal of Mr. Stanton :—The lack of proper respect - shown by the Secretary, who attempted, in defiance of the President, to retain office under the provisions of the Tenure of Office Bill, which Mr. Stanton, with the rest of the Cabinet, had previously denounced as unconstitutional. Furthermore, he says that Mr. Stanton was the cause of the New Orleans riots, by withholding from , the President the information that the Federal Commander at New Orleans asked for special in structions relative to the anticipated riot. It is re ported that President Johnson further states that , Mr. Stanton's successor has already saved the country millions of dollars, and that the Cabinet are now entirely harmonious in reference to the ; reconstruction policy. IThe herald states that Mr. Stevens has an nounced that he will introduce a bill to Congress providing loyal provisional governments for the Southern States. A resolution directing the mili tary committee to inquire into the expediency of a further reduction of the army has passed the House of Representatives unanimously. The Virginia Convention has memoralized Con gress to continue the Freedmen's bureau. The Convention has recommended the removal of the present State officials in Virginia. The Virginia Conservative Convention at Rich mond has passed a resolution declaring this to be a white man's government, and pledging the people of Virginia to perform all their constitu tional duties on their restoration to the Union. The Union Loyal League of Alabama has adopted a resolution declaring that the new con stitution of Alabama, framed by the State Con vention, is an infamous fraud, tending to debase the white and destroy the black race. The Conservative negroes at Montgomery, in Ala bama, hold a meeting, where resolutions were passed opposing the proposed constitution. The Tennessee Legislature has passed a bill pro hibiting distinctions of colour in public convey ances. The American war steamer De Soto, reported to have been lost at St. Thomas, has arrived safely at Norfolk. The loss of the war steamer Mononga hela is confirmed. St. Thomas is to be formally transferred to the United States on the Ist January. It is reported that the United States have re opened negotiations with Baaz for the purchase of Samana Bay. (nom ova SPECIAL CORSESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, Dic. 7. The debate on impeachment was opened in the house on Thursday in a very temperate speech by Mr. Boutwell, but he had not got into the details of his subject when the adjournment took place. The great change in his manner, which, during the whole of the reconstruction process, has been rather violent, and the moderation of his tone, are encou raging signs. Moreover, he made one admission which unquestionably, it seems to me, settles the result of this affair. Ho acknowledged that Con gress had no power to suspend tho President during his trial, inasmuch as if it could do this, all the majority would ever have to do in order to de prive the President of his powers under the con stitution would be to prefer articles of impeach ment against him on any charges, however frivolous. This possible result of the suspension theory was pointed out long ago by the opponents of the pro ject, but it was never admitted until now by the impeachers that it was of any moment. In fact, if I am not greatly mistaken, Wendell Phillips, as well as others of the extreme radicals, has openly avowed that they would care nothing for impeachment whatever, and that it would not serve their purpose, unless accompanied by suspension from office pending the trial. Now there is hardly any doubt whatever that what with the preliminary debates in the house, the drawing up of the articles, the appointment of managers, the speeches of counsel, and the production of evidence before the Senate, the trial would last all through the winter, or, in other words, till the country was plunged into the excitement of the next presidential canvass, so that even if the process were as successful as its supporters could desire, the result would not be reached until it had ceased to be of any use to them. This has been so plain , ever since the failure to bring the matter to a head last winter, that I never supposed that the im peachers would abandon their suspension from office theory, and Mr. Boutwell's doing so, in their name, has taken, I think, most people by surprise. I still see no reason to doubt the correctness of the opinion I have expressed ever since the late elec , tion about the course the matter will run. It is r difficult at the same time to make any calculation with any confidence when Mr. Johnson is one of the elements in it. His message, for instance, would derange the best prophesying apparatus ever seen. It has unquestionably strengthened the impeachers, but in what way it has benefited either Mr. John son or the country it would be hard to say. The greater portion of it is taken up with the reitera tion of his old opinions on reconstruction, and which read, at this stage in the process, very much like a denunciation of the French revolution. The repetition of them cannot possibly change the course of events, but it can irritate the majority, and regain for them, what they were fast losing, the sympathy and support of the country, and all this it has done. It is of course absurd to suppose that it is now possible to undo what has been done at the South. Even if it were shown that the country I was utterly opposed to the congressional plan of bringing the Southern States back into the Union, Congress would not stultify itself by repealing the law, and putting things back into the state in which it found them. No body of men gifted with the least self-respect would subject them selves to any such humiliation, and the present Congress has a year from next March to sit. There fore there is absolutely nothing to be gained by railing against its doings, and for Mr. Johnson there is much to be lost. He has not, however, confined himself to the simple reiteration of his own opinions. He has strongly hinted that in certain contingencies he would feel himself justified in resisting emigres aional legislation by force, and intimates pretty broadly, in fact, that such a contingency had actually occurred ; that he refrained from resort ing to violence and plunging the country into "civil war," solely because he hoped the elections would turn in his favour. There can, of course, be no good purpose served by talk of this sort. If it be a threat, it is nut a threat by which anybody is the least likely to be frightened. Nobody is afraid of a "civil war," with Mr. Johnson on one [TWOPENCE aide and Congress on the other, and perhaps none fear it so little, or, perhaps, I might say, desire it so much, as the extreme radicals, on whom doubt less he hoped to make most impression. Therefore, the only result he has achieved by it is to irritate not only the majority in Conaress, but the whole North. It may not be altogether fair to infer from his messages and documents that he is a bad man, but he is unquestionably one of the stupidest men who in his position ever put pen to paper. There is nothing else in the message of much interest, except what relates to the view taken by European powers of the force of the American natu ralisation laws. I touched slightly on this sub ject at the close of my last letter—but I would not have you underrate its importance. I do not believe the claim of European powers, whatever force it may derive from either usage, judicial de cisions, or the text books, will much longer be admitted. The question has, it is true, been made somewhat more prominent within a week or two by the decisions of the Irish courts in Warren's case, but it has been long pending between this country and Prussia. The Court Journal (English) has had an article on the Fenian cases, treating the claim. of Warren and others to be treated as American citizens as silly and absurd, and declaring in a very contemptuous way that it deserves no more respect or attention than the American talk about the Alabama case. 1 have not of late seen a more flippant and irritating deliverance on any American question in the columns of the English press. It has been copied into the Tribune and various other papers, and circulated all over the country a propoa of this very subject, and a better fillip to Fenianiam it would be hard to think of. It may seem absurd to Eng lish readers to attach much importance to the poli tical utterances of the Court Junnial, but it must be borne in mind that people here imagine it to be the special organ of the Court, and the exponent of the opinions held by the Court circle, or highest " set " amongst the aristocracy. It must be re membered also that the foreign element in the population is already very large, and is inc easing very rapidly. The Germans and Irish together must number at least a fourth of the total popula tion. These were the figures of the last census ; I think if I now said a third, I should nut be very far above the mark. Thirty or forty, or even twenty, years ago, when a man came from Europe to settle in this country, he seldom had much hope or expectation of going back. The voyage was too long, and too disagree able to be encountered lightly, even by those who could spare the time and money it required ; so that the European governments were seldom or never either troubled or rejoiced by the re-appear ance of exiles from their shores, and the question of the effect of American naturalisation seldom came up. It had, too, so little political importance, that the American judges, with the sanction of the legislature, construed the naturalisation laws in the light of European precedents. But in our time all this is changed. Not only is the number of the foreign-born population here very large, but vast numbers of them have emi grated, not simply as men did in the last genera tion, from the desire of bettering their material condition ? but from political discontent, from well settled dislike to the political system under which • they have been born, from dislike to the conscrip tion, or the monarchy, or the aristocracy, or, as in the case of the Irish, to the rule of another country. Large bodies of them also are now persons of great enterprise and intelligence, and have accumulated considerable sums of money, or are engaged in commercial undertakings which either carry them back to Europe frequently, or force them to keep • up a close correspondence with it. Moreover, the almost complete substitution of steamers for sailing vessels in the passenger trade has put a trip to Europe within everybody's reach. Any labourer has now-a-days enough money in the savings bank to take him across to Cork or Hamburg in ten days or a fortnight. There are half a dozen lines leav , ing New York now twice or three times a week, which are as well filled when going eastward as , when coining westward, and filled, too, mainly with "adopted citizens" who are going back to Europe ' to see their friends, or on business, and who, far ' from thinking of remaining there, are enthusiastic, or, if you like the phrase better, red-hot Ameri cans. To have such large bodies of persons exposed to demands on their allegiance by the country of their birth, which they have quitted, is a growing inconvenience. In the ' case of the Germans it has become an intolerable grievance, owing to the rigidity of the Prussian conscription laws, and it is aggravated by the in creasing alienation of all American citizens tram European political ideas, and their growing con ' tempt for European ways of doing things. In the case of the Irish the sure is kept open and aggravated by the national hate of everythuig English, and it is the Fenian policy now to keep it open, and make it tell on American politics. In writing about Fenianism a year ago, 1 ventured to warn you that there was no hope of quiet in Ire land as long as the Fenians here were busy and active, and there are real grievances there to supply them with ammunition. The more numerous they become, the less disposition they show, it seems to me, to become part and parcel of the American commonwealth, and the more fervently they cling to their Irish nationality. The cry you hoar from the Irish agitators now that it is too late to redress Irish grievances, and that nothing short of separation will suffice, unquestionably comes from this side of the water. Tho thought of a contented Ireland firmly united for ever to Great Britain is one which the American Fenian cannot endure, and they will never give up the hope of working out their ends, till England has been tried in a great war and come out successfully. There is a feeling amongst them, which is largely shared by Americans, that England is not equal to another struggle with a first class power, that she cannot raise or organise the kind of army which modern warfare needs, and that with ironclads and the new artillery her maritime supremacy has passed away, and that a sharp struggle with a naval power of her own size a, uld reveal the secret of her weakness. You c:in not, therefore, hope, I think, for rest from this side, until there is no material left in Ireland for American Fenianism to work on, and until you have shown what you are able to do in tho way of raising a great army on a pinch ; and questions like this naturalization question will be kept going till the proper time comes. There is perhaps no point, too, on which the Fcnians will command so much sympathy from the Ameri cans as this naturalization question, Chancellor Kent and the Supreme Court in anywise notwith standing. It is easy to imagine, however, a broad construction of the naturalization laws working monstrous abuses, owing to the frauds committed in this city and other places like it. 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