The Express. — London, England, 1866-12-18 00:00:00

• 4 a . I 111 • • i 11 - , • t I . 1 ll' idXZ RECEIVED I 367 • IXI76TTICINT TUESDAY EVENI24G. DECEMBER 18, 1866. Vi3TAXPED, 14. ADDIZIONAIL I " rrITTITA"."""'"'" Mas i ker. am rrikit6 TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. AMERICA. wlatioo, min f or w abaft Qui oo II *maw who 46, MINSTRELI3_ ST. JAMES'S HALL, ' MOe S ; TY uny.—tv MIN WIGHT M 8 ; Wednesdays and Satre , dye M a pad 11,—Yreperatema extraordinary for Christmas. — In order to afford a ter amount of accommodation for their Qlaine e. &ring the h grea oildaya, the Christy* hare engaged the e'sermod Mall. wherein Um will sire Eli= DM rex livai Afternoon at 3, commencing Boxing DAY.— , Mr. Frederick Burger. Mature Tasaisms.) ITALY. • (milrrn's TosawL) (Pee theOtty of Baltimore, vi► Queenstown.) CIVITA VECCHIA, Dsc._lB.. The Canada sailed to-day for FranoS, with the artillery train and ambulance belonging to the French army. All the French soldiers who had been left here embarked for France this evening on (board the Mogador. NEW YORE, Dsv. 8. L11• — ..--" -- - tEIJM FROM LIVERPOOL OR 79 SEW YOEX TMICI A ORK TEPLLIVERPOOL, NI Y, wad UDILPIIIA BTIAMORIP COMPANY Maned do. esicalndiuthOr Cull DlR ed at ra ma etrollOnat blearing altaft-alle. ils. FROM LIVERPOOL for Mr YOU I CITY OF WAYHINOTON, Irleeday, Dm. IS. CITY OF MANCHESTER, Siddirfty, Dee. ft CITY OF BALTIMORE, Wednesday, Dee. M. Aad every Wednesday and Dettaday. oos woo by the mall otesmere sailing ovary wedaraday, fr: r m . r i yai : v i z i ;mak awarding to the wonniarodatlaa. pare Includes a hill IV ol cooked vl% is ona - ter ftnedis and the United MAW booked to aZlAlltenor —For Mather particulars to , 23, Waterotreet, Liverpool; sad la sal MACRE. M. Iho Wllllamotrast. Leaden. k BYROPOLITAN RAILWAY. Trains every Five linetas. ETROPOLIT AN ~~RAILWAY. RAILWAY. Nloorgatadreet atailon. METROP AldaseateTetOLlAN RAILWAY. B* )11[ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY. Yarringdon street Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY King's-craw Station. ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY GOTIOT4VOIIi SWIM. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. Portland-road station. METROPOLITAN RAILWA Y. Regent-chcus Atation :orate the P s oleteehnle th r pos t e lls; *46 ' .M. 4hal:s t.- eh to stAtt The Portland-road/Ration lees every I ItiIETROPOLITAN RAILWAY. OIL Baker -greet Station ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY. Edgware-road &Atka. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. Etshop's•road Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. Trainaenikaminatsa m NTON. General Masai r• METROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN RA ILWA SS —CHRISTUAS HOLIDAYS. EXTRA TRAINS between the C Ki 7411.210111, Gower-street. 1-road, Regent-drew Baker-street, FAgware-road, and M i ln w eton, Hammersmith, Kensington, Shepherd's-bash, Not- Reg-hill, and Westbourne-park. NOTICE OF BONUS DITITING. CILERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERA L LIFE SUBANCE SOCIETY, 13, St. JlMereilqllllTO, London, 1.4/ An EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the mo lars and persons assured in this Society will be held at this on THURSDAY. the 3rd day of next, at One O'clock precisely, for the purpose of declaring a bonus out of the = arising from the general D 111111616 during the the years June 30th lest . GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. . December 14. 'WU. rIE LIVERPOOL and LONDON and GLOBE INSUR.LISCE COMPANY. 11110712: —l, Dale-street, Liverpool; 20 and 11, Ponita ; 7 Condilli ; and Charing-cross, London. Divested Funds 0,177,610 Fire Premiums rem:lye,' in 18134 799,522 250,1011 We Premiums received in 186 6 The following L are IFE a f PO LI CIES of tew of the ADVANhis TAGpanES attaching to the comy: )tolerate rates of premium for all descriptions of Insurance. Fixed bonuses guarauteed by the numerous proprietary of an =Malted company . Whole world leave granted on reasonable terms. Policies held as securities are not considered raid by this ra provided ce, although the assured should leave the prescribed limits. the bolder inform tbe office so soon as it comes to his inowledge, sod pays the adequate extra premium. Cabal are payable SO days alter admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Seeretary. MO IMPORTERS, Shippers, Steam Shipping .11. Companies, and Consigams of Foreign Goode, by steamers er otherwise Into the Port of London.—The proprietors of 3te Trade Wharf, Rateliff, and Upper Free Trade Wharf, Dow pie Dock, Upper Thames-street, OFFER FACILITIES to the elem.—Further information may be obtained on application, by law or In person, to it. CLAY and Co., wharengers and wars home keepera-081ces, 83, Upper l'hamweetreet. DETACHED VILLA to be LET or SOLD, at .11.1 very low ground-rent, fitted up with every convenience, sad In thorough repair good entrance-hall, drawing-room 30ft. by lift. file , dining-room, domestic offices, four best bedrooms mod dressing room, two servants' ditto : charming garden taste fully laid out. Flue open situation. Rent or price moderate. — Apply on the premises, No. 7, Grosvenor-villas, Junction-road Holloway ; or to Mr. WM. WILLIAMS , su rve y or, 18, Queen street, Cheapdde. FURNITURE, Merchandise, &c., BOUGHT for ready money, or cash advanced on same, with or without removal. 100 Houses, furnished or unfurnished, wanted imme diately for applicant. —Aply to Mr. BAYNE, Grcevenor House aud Estate Agency, are. , h p rookatreet, Grosvenorequare. N O. 9, GREAT RUSSELL-STREET, Price Lista tram VAIITION. The PERMANENT STEAM N./ DYEING COMPANY'S BAYSWATHR BRANCH is 21, West kerne-grove ; end the chief °Mee, 9, tutu Bureikareet,TotteD bun-eourt.road. Price Lista free. THOTELS and large eonanmers. -s- Fhie YORK 11 ASIS, ltd. per lb. ; Ayleebnry and Dorset Butters, Cheshire, Cheddar, and Stilton Cheese, in fine condition; gme, and all descriptions of poultry cheaper than any other Muse in Donlon. At W. and 3 . E. TAYLOR'S, 35, LITTLE •ITLTENEY.STREET, COLDES.SQUARE. Families and hotels waiter' on with regularity. Casts to all parts of the west-end -*very hour. !TEA is CHEAPER THAN EVER.—Ia. 6d., 25., b. ed. per pound are the prices at which PHILLIPS and Co., tea merchants, 8, King misers-street. city, London, E.C. are selling good and tine BLACK TKA. A price current post free. w"ttli eaniz.ge free to any railway station or market town in the United Kingdom. Obeerve.—PHILLIPS and Co. have no - *gents, nor any connection with any house inWorcester or swaa aca. Sugars are supplied at market prices. AVALUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT. - A CHINESE C A DDT, containing 16Ibe. of really good BLACK TEA, sent carriage tree to ray railway station or market town In Haitian& Ireland, Scotland, or Wales, on receipt of 401,, by PHILLIPS and Co., tea merchants, 8 , King William-atreet, City CIPETS. —Best Brusaela 3e. 6 d. per yard ad price ss. ed.) Many patterns to select from. Tapes Kyr, Kidderminster, Dutch, felts, blankets, sheeting*, and floor cloths, equally cheap. Also £lB,OOO worthfurniture being offered et very reduced prices, to make room for extensive alterations, it WM. WAIN VS, 153 to 139, Newington Butts, S. FIELD'S HARD PARAFFINS CANDLES (the London. Sold everywhere, 15. 3d. per lb., warranted squid to any others at the price ; having, besides, the advantage of the patent tapering ends, fitting all candiPaneks, and render ing unnecessary scraping and the use of paper. VrIIITE and SOUND TEETH are India able to Personal Attraction, and to Health and = Iffy by the proper mastication of food. ROWLAND'S ODONTO ts , to PEARL DENTIFRICE , compou nded of Oriental ingredien, Lot inestimable value in preserving and beautifying the Teeth, strengthening the gulna, and In giving a pleasing fragrance to the breath. It eradicates tartar from the teeth, removes spots at incipient decay, and polishes and preeervea the enamel, to which it imparts a pearl-like whiteness. Ile invaluable proper ties have obtained the patronage of royalty and the aristocracy 0 Europe, and It is universally In high repute. Price 9d. per boa. Sold at ?A Ilatton-garden, and by chemids and perfumera Ask for Rowlands' Odonto. DUCNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.—The medical profession for thirty years have approved of this .pare solution of nutfplesia ts the best remedy for acidity of the &mach, headache, heartburn, gout, and indigestion: and as a mild aperient it is especially adapted for ladies and children. 'Prepared by DINNEFORD and Co.. Chemists, etc., 172, New Bond-street, London, and sold throughout the world by all Inspect-Ide chvolists. Caution —See that " Dinneford and Co." is on each le.ttle .ind red label over the cork. DRSCOTT'S SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILL S, a never failing remedy, prepared without any mercurial hitredient, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious sad liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, of the eyes, he. For habitual costiveness, as a family Outwit medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; in their operation and grateful te the stomach, tht7 create apetite, 'mama* digestion, and strengthen the *We nervou s sYstera.—Sold by W. Lambs% chimist.in 81ure)=1 Willismatreet, Charing-cross, and byuantity most druWea, 11. 11.1 and three times qln lid. Be s ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious the and Liver Filh. Th e genuine are in s lics groan package, with " William Lambert" unpaved on the D. rERFECT FREEDOM from COUGHS in ten minutes is secured by Dr. WOQCK ' S PULMONIC AFEPai They give instant relief, and a rapkl cure of asthma, consumption. toughs. and all disorders of the breath and Mar. Price Is. lid., 24. 01 U. 6d., and lla. per bog. Sold by all Medicine Vendors. THE BEST REMEDY for Indigestion' Bilious and Liver Complaints, FRAMPTON'S FUJI of MALTA Medicine Vendors, at la lid. and 11. bd. box box. ox *Wined through any Chemist. jOZEAVS COPAHINE MEGE, the only French preparation adopted by the Parte Aeadem_ Ind totem College of Surgeons on the =t , of Wenn. r. Lloyd, Poland sad _ 4 . " . . aa a a l 41. Ed ., at G. JOZZAI.7B, Friar/ °bad* 419. t me to nadDi o di. Ob C 490. I to the Win In mid par. 109 99 mi x upon tn. in them it for his d refused re not ea. Mug sad ca 111.11 Md eV they Dam 15. AL tats. • r 5 18,5{1 51 I 7,580 14 MIMI 81 sows 48 • 43 44 3.9111 CABS 18 nos In isms 168 88 sans 398 t* 18.710 3 3. 4 88 1,471 4 %878 Min 14,001 81,111 34,206 7,878,1 • market has per cwt. In the tallow the °amp. to come la der they had present pries o—Spot, new, 6d. ; March, xto Dec.m lien offering. Town tallow, )(labia, 69a ; L; mixed to Laps. Palm as. Smith sad e has bean a Mew a general ales, inoludiag mimeo, 12d. to )0 Maranhao, d. to 133. ; 000 id. to 12Id. to 11d. ; to 10d. ; 100 was the peat were shout the the correspond. and the quality nd and sold at dso Bold rather acept fors few 3eef, 41 to 9d. w prime making i Hartley, 184; arras,. 17s. 6d.; ley, 19s. ; Was Lyons, 18s. 3d. ; Ils End Clomp, ram, End East 20s. 9d. ; Walls ket, 65; sold, 56. or- Tatal. row. ~el.w 181 t 87 a 28.817 31.71 14 58,481 6 1 , 66 as 18,103 tin r 69 11,543 14008 8,177 7, - 10.563 AM wiS 1.253 1,25 L lot 19.820 Ito 149 21.907 toJal NDLL it Company's 'team tnce this of !v i e , W e st Indies. in.kci. She took ht a general cargo, 4., and French 30, , DEC. 16. —The he Foolish sailed at ed at Marseilles an Lptoa about the 25th Inman ateamshiP ale Bth inst., arrived 1 ere and 13,240de1a gand p en is —Visitors during —On Monday, Tow 6.m. t o 10 ti 11.2 a nd FridA (a r" - A ni, 409 ; . 7 "9,971. former in 6,449, 901 'fi'PILLS.—RZ3IIIA ect on which mad cet , Ith in himself and lair_ wherever 11111016 MOM 14 sllnneoins or and pniit able diet, and the e bodY Pam" na rm bea averted , &Da dike mournfu l *Mr 'ared a hours of the dal—ef ell •e w sit es the trarsill W ttly defec tive actiG2‘. D DRATIII trio alas, Sutton. S arni, Doti, IS nonage , D ear Dn. Ws of t d, Kilburn, the Ki , t h e wife of /if. B, Reigate , the wile et *- leld Villi, Eallel4,the ll° of WO tri.heitoPariihn H . Be rtoo i nrch . 11 10 „ A " thogiiter of J . it heel. W e t row , c e of c. C. Barton' l'are'lLloyd, &MOW Queenitoir",,,,'„ r dOLOt t St. Peas 000 , Bearer , .•- -- ffze ielik a mar Bala , alswe :kdgemoor LWOW, O. h, near Faversham, VA , aged ft .0,4h0c u ant thrlata Agbaw, wife of O. Yenta. 01 In -road. Witco. Yr. 1 dead. Leaden. J. T. II" stuor, oil Tartans. Psirsierio."; PreClll4 Og 717 702 4 t 2 186 016 K' NAHA N'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN BLEIRMOIf, IIeL This celebrated old UMW WHIEUCT" plod the DUBLIN PRIZE MEDAL.—It is me, mNd, nsellow, delicious, and wo7 wholesome& Mold la hotels, bi, Id. each, at She Mal beans in London; by t B he Meet& hi the W.htelPel " me in Zi t=t " wholesale at , Great WindmMuir London, W. wed soli. plat label. and cork trended ees, ”Nlaisheses 0 Whim hekr.' MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY.—Fird-olass gubsoriptioa for • constant encoasslon of the bed new Books, One Guinea per annum, commencing at any date. Pros peetneee postege free on application.—MUDlTB BKLECT LIBRARY (Limited), New ortord4ceseg; Citif 060 1 14 4, WW - I street, iMeapaide. HER and GLENNY, OUTFITTERS. ii offtrestamittunint In London. next boor to timmenst haw Wand. N.A. Lists of necessary matt for *very parpose and appointment to India. Chink and Ma Cabala% will las warded of applicatilon. OVERCOATS for the present Sesson.—The RIM MINIM OVILHOOATS, of bolt material; ars kept on hand and made to order, at HAMILTON sad rinrrrows, Tailors and °Tema& Makers, 106, STRAND, opposite Exeter-MIL BOW ATTIRE. tOYS' and RYAN and Co. BOYS' at 66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. BOYS' NEW STYLE OVERCOATS. tOYS' NEW STYLE REEFERS• BOYS' KNICKERBOCKER SUITS. Ilts , OSBORNE SUITS. BOYS' HARROW SUITS. BOYS' JACKETS for ALL PURPOSES• BOYS' TROUSERS and VESTS. BOYS' HOSIERY and SHIRTS. BOYS' HATS, CAPS, &c., &c. I:YAM and Co.'s BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING, 66 and 67, Oxford4reet, London. The First Establishment in the Kingdom tor Juvenile Clothing. Boys' Sandringham Overcoats Boya' Prince Alfred Reefers Won' Overcoats for Little Boys loa. Od. to 90a. Od. Boys' Knickerbocker Suite Boys' Westminster and Osborne Snits lsa. Od. to us. Od. Boys' Eton, Harrow, and Rugby Snits 2sa. Od. to 425, Od. Boys' Jackets for Schoo/and Rome 9s. 01. to 21s. Od. ITYAM and Co.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN, en and 67, Orfordetreet, London. Hyam and I'o.l Winter Tweed Overooata Ile to 30e liyam and Co.'s Winter Reefer Cayes 80a. to 84$. liyam and Co.'s Winter Overcoats Ilyam and Co.'s Winter Suits Hyam and Co.'s Winter Jackets Hyam and Co.'s Winter Frock Coats Ilyani and Co.'s Winter Yenta Hp= and Co.'s Winter Trousers HYAM and Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. No. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. No. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. No. 3. Boys' and Youths' D istin ct Department. No. 4. Bate Caps Hosiery, and Outfit Department TT YAM and Co.'s ONLY ESTABLISHME LONDON-66 and 67, OXPOIRD.STREKT. BIRMINGHAM-21, 21, and ts, NEW-STREET. LYNDS-42, BRIGOATS ; and DEWSBURY—WESTOATE. :YEW AND REVISED EDITION OF "LADY LISLE" This day thoroughly revised, and in parts re-written, uniform with , Library Edition of bliss l3raddon's Novels, price t&, LADY LISLE. By the Author of " Lady Audley's Secret," &c. " bliss Eraddon has written nothing stronger or fuller of human interest. . . The story is intensely readable to Its last line."—The Globe, Dec. 8, 188& Ward, Lock, and Tyler, Paternoster-row. MAGIC LANTERN AND DISSOLVING VIEWS. NEGRETTI and ZAMBRA'S NEW ILLUS TRATED BOOK, describing the OXY-HYDROGEN and OXY-CALCIUM LIGHTS, painting on glass, spectral effect and ghosts. Price one shilling.-1, Hatton-gardan ; 6G, Cornbill lgt, Regent-street : and 163, }feet-street , Catalogue of lanterns, slide*, dm, post free. A New and Improved Edition, with Plate, price 3a. dd., DR. RAMADGE, F.R.C.P., London, on CON SUMPTION. " Pathological anatomy has never afforded more conclusive evidence to proof of the curability of a disease than it luis of that of consumption."--Carswell. Also, by the same Author, price lea 6d., ASTHMA; Its Varieties and Complications. To which Is an nexed a succinct Treatise on thc Principal Diseases of the heart. London Longman and Co. THE THEATRES. COVENT-OARDEN.—This theatre will be opened under Mr. Alfred Mellon's sole management, on Boxing Night, with a comic operetta, called Terrible Hymen, and a grand new pantomime, entitled Ali Baba; or, the Forty Thieves, furnished by Mr. Gilbert a Beckett, produced by Mr. Augustus Harris, pictorially illustrated by Mr. Grieve, and pantomiruically portrayed by the clever Payne family. DRURT-LASE.—The great Drury annual for this year, founded by Mr. E. L. Blanchard on a German fairy legend, is entitled Number Nip ; or Harlequin and the Gnome King of the Giant Mountain. Mr. William Beverley has provided the scenery and effects, Mr. Cormaek the illus trative action, Mr. Dykwynkyn the devices, and Mr. J. H. Tully the music. The cast employs nearly all the dramatic strength of the company, in addition to Miss Lydia Thompson, Master Percy Rochelle, and Tom Mat thews. HATMARKET.—OnBoxing Night Mr. Sothern will return with Mr. Tom Taylor's comedy, A Lesson for Life. LTCEUM.—The Lyceum produces on Boxing Night the new drama of rouge et Noir, in which Mr. Fechter will make his first appearance this season. ADELPHI.—The Adelphi brings out a burlesque on The Lady of the Lake, by Mr. Andrew Halliday, and called ' Mountain DU, Mr. J. L. Toole reappearing and repre senting Roderick. O LY MPIC.—The Olympic, at Christmas, will pass under new management, and Mr. and rs. Charls Mathews will probably open the new season with the old e comedy of Lon don Assurance. Panecess's.—The Princesswill reviv nvisiblee, for Mrs. ,u John Wood, Planche's extravaganza of The I Prineese elated with Barnaby Badge. ST. Jaitu'a.—This theatre will be provided by Mr. W. S. Gilbert with a new lyrical eccentricity, called Du/ca imans, founded on Donizetti's opera of The Elixir of Love. BT R AND. —The Strand will have o n Boxin g Night a new burlesque by Mr. Burnand, called Gay Paulin. PRINCI OP WALg&—Tbe Prince of Wales Theatre, which has been deprived lately of the services of Miss Marie Wilton, through a domestic calamity, and has, in consequence, introduced Miss Lydia Thompson as a sub stitute in the comedy of Ours, will have a new classical extravaganza, called Pandora's Box, from the pen of Mr. H. J. Byron. NEW ROTALTY.—The New Royalty . with its present pro gramme may be considered well furnished for Christmas. MlTSZTll.—Astley's will reopen with a pantomime, founded on nursery stories, and called A Frog he would a Wooing go. Mr. hlillward and a well-known comic artist and writer are mentioned in connexion with the author. ship. Winn-moms.— The Marylebone has Who killed Cock Robs* And at all the theatres, eastward and northward, suitable preparations are being actively made for the boll , day folks. LETTISH FOR THZ Cup= OF GOOD HOPIL.—Az l e tters for the Cape of Good Rope , when forwarded by the route of Sum and Mauritius, frequently reach their desti nation later than those despatc hed by the next direct mail packet from Plymouth, se correspondence for the Cape Colony will, in future, bs sent in the mails, sit Sues and Mauritius, excepting such as may be specially addressed by the writers to be so forwarded. All Correspondence not so addressed will be Dent by the direct pact.—My menmeisd of the Peeknoster-Getteral. INDIA. (Via Trieste.) BOMBAY, Nov. 25. The grand durbar held by the Viceroy at Agra passed off with much eclat. The Viceroy is now en route to Calcutta. The government of India has appointed a com mission to visit and report upon the Orissa famine districts. The ship Gem, of Bombay, has been wrecked off Chittagong. Sixteen lives were lost. The Indian government have invited tenders for a public works loan for Bombay to the amount of 60 laca. All debentures are payable by January, 1870, and the interest is fixed at 5 per cent. A committee has been appointed to inquire into the loss by fire of her Majesty' ship Berenice. Sir Bartle Frere has returned to Bombay. Ho is expected to lay the foundation stone of a new lighthouse on the island of Kenery in December. The Bombay creditors and shareholders of the Agra Bank haveunanimously approved the London , plan for the resuscitation of the bank. The cotton market is quiet, and piece goods are dull. Money easy. The weather is cool, and public health good. THE CONDITION OF THE SOUTHERN STATES. — General Grant, in a report to Mr. Stanton, the Secretary of War of the United States, says :—" Passing from civil war of the magnitude of that in which the United States has been engaged to government through the courts, it has been deemed necessary to keep a military force in all the lately rebellious States, to insure the execution of law and to protect life and property against the acts of those who, as yet, will acknowledge no law but force. This class has proved to be much smaller than could have been expected after such a conflict. It has, however, been sufficiently formidable to justify the course which has been pursued. On the whole, the condition of the States that were in re bellion against the government may be regarded as good enough to warrant the hope that but a short time will intervene before the bulk of the troops now occupying them can be sent to our growing territories, where they are so much needed." On the same subject General Sickles says :—" The most satisfactory progress seems to have been made during the past year in all that con cerns the welfare of these States. A year ago civil authority did not exist. The duties of the executive were in the hands of provisional functionaries appointed by the Presi dent. These have been replaced by governors elected by the people. The courts were all closed, and the adminis tration of justice depended altogether on military tribu nals. Now the courts are all open, and the jurisdiction of military tribunals, except on the sea islands, is confined to persons in the military service, in cases arising under the Aiticles of War. The administration of municipalities, towns, and counties devolved upon military officers. The police of Charleston, Columbia, Raleigh, and Wilmington was exclusively military. The taxes imposed, the streets that were lighted, the licenses granted, and all the regu lations of commerce and trade, were subject to military authority. Now the local magistrates and officials chosen by the people, or appointed according to law, are dis charging their ordinary duties. The police is almost ex clusively municipal. AB taxes, assessments, and charges of every kind are levied by civil authorities, and all TO• striations upon commerce, trade, and intercourse, other than those imposed by the laws, have ceased." Naw CUSTOMS TRANSIT REGULATIONS. —The Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs have given notice that the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have directed that on and after the first day of January, 1867, a duplicate shipping bill of all goods en tered or required to be entered in transit, the transit regulations now in forte, from the United Kingdom to the British possessions abroad, shall be furnished by the person or persons entering such goods, to the proper officer of endorse at the port or ports the said kingdom at which such goods my be entered for exportation in tow& THE ITALIAN P, FLORIINCE, Dm 17. The Chamber of Deputiei held a Kitting to-day for the verification of the new electiona. TEE PAPAL STATES. ROME, Dic. 17. Montebello left this morning. THE NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION. BERLIN, Dec. 17. It is stated that by the — constitution for Northern Germany the military oath of fidelity to the Bing of Prussia will be combined with the oath of allegiance to the Sovereigns of the States to which the soldiers may belong. The conferences on the subject of the future con stitution of the North German Confederation were opened on Saturday evening at the Ministry of State by a speech from Count Bismarck to the plenipotentiaries from the North German govern ments. Twenty-three plenipotentiaries were pre sent. HUNGARY. MTH, Dzc. 17. The address adopted by the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet was brought forward in to-day's sitting of the Upper House, and was favourably received. It will come on for discussion on Wed nesday next. Count Szeeaen has given notice of his intention of opposing its adoption by the Upper House. THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE AT JERUSALEM. ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 17. France and Russia have concluded a convention relative to the restoration of the chapels in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem. The French and Russian representatives in Je rusalem demand that the houses built on the ter races of the church shall be pulled down. GREECE. ATHENS, DEC. 13. An English vessel has arrived here with some Cretan families who embarked from the island notwithstanding the Turkish blockade. Enthusiastic popular demonstrations have been made before the English embassy. According to advices received here from Candle, Mustapha Pacha appeared to be marching against Selimno and Kissaraos. MALTA AND ALEXANDRIA CABLE. VALETTA, Mc. 17, Evawnco. The Malta and Alexandria telegraph cable is repaired, and communication was resumed this evening. The quarantine imposed upon arrivals from Alexandria, Smyrna, and Constantinople has been aboliahect THE BRAZILS. (By Telegraph from Lisbon.) 11ONTE VIDEO, Nov. 17. Exchange on LondoßUn, 51 ; on Paris, 81.41. ENOS AYRES, Nov. 14. Exchange on London, 49} to 49i ; dollars, 2295. Tallow, 151. Lumber, 49. Sugar, 21i. Secretary Seward's instructions to Mr. Campbell direct him to proceed to the seat of the govern ment of Juarez, and to furnish the State Depart ment at Washington with information relative to the condition of affairs in Mexico, but to enter into no stipulations with Maximilian or the French which would be likely to embarrass the administra- I tion of Juarez. Mr. Seward declares that the 'United States desire neither to conquer nor to purchase Mexican territory, but only to see the country relieved from foreign military inter vention. - . . General Sedgwick has been ordered to Washing ton to undergo court-martial for violation of orders in occupying Matamoros. Washington despatches, published in the New York papers, assert that Mr. Bigelow has tele graphed that he is convinced of the Emperor Napo leon's good faith, and that the latter will withdraw from Mexico and co-operate with the United States to restore the republican form of government. He adds that the Emperor Napoleon favours the un controlled election of a President by the Mexicans. ,A bill has been introduced in the House of Re presentatives to provide Territorial governments for the Southern States, and extend the franchise to all persona who remained loyal during the re bellion. The Judiciary Committee of the Senate has re ported favourably on a bill for repealing the par doning power of the President. The Alabama Legislature have rejected the con stitutional amendment. The Fenians in Canada sentenced to be hung have been respited until the 13th of March. (nox ens smut commaroirmerr.) NEW YORE, Dec. 4. The republican members of Congress have met at Washington in high spirits, and held their first " caucus," in which the plan of operations during the coming session was clearly indicated. Nothing was said about impeachment, an omission which warrants the belief that nothing of the kind is seriously thought of by the main body of the party. The resolutions and speeches were mainly directed to the imposition of restraints on the ap pointing power, and it is clear that this will form at the opening of the session the main point of attack. One proposition is, to request the Senate not to confirm any appointments made during the recess to fill vacancies created arbitrarily. Thaddeus Stevens gave notice of his intention to introduce a bill regulating the tenure of office, and making all persons once rejected by the Senate, ineligible for three years thereafter ; confining the power of re moval to cases of malfeasance in office or disa bility, and making it incumbent on the President to report within twenty days after making such removal, the reason therefor. A committee was also appointed to report what measures may be necessary during the coming session. From the composition of the committee, it is fair to presume that the measures it will pronounce necessary will be very radical. The utmost confidence and good humour seems to pervade the party. It is evident that they apprehend no trouble with the Presi dent, or that if they do they think they will be able to deal with it 'wtthont much difficulty. Horace Greeley's plan of impartial suffrage in return for universal amnesty has certainly taken no hold as yet of the congressional mind, and finds, I think, just as little favour with the country. Those members of both houses, such as Messrs. Stevens, Boutwell, and Sumner, who are strongest in their advocacy of universal suffrage, would also be strongest in their hostility to universal am nesty, so that as long as the two things are linked together as essential parts of the same proposition, there is not much likelihood of their being carried. One thing, I think, is tolerably certain : the South will not be long suffered to maintain its present attitude of passive resistance. The amendment has generally been rejected by the Southern legis latures, and they offer nothing in its place. They deny the right of Congress to impose conditions on them, deny even its right to legislate for them, and wrap themselves up in their dignity. But here they will not very long be suffered to remain. Active measures will be taken to put an end to the present unsettled state of things. Whether the South will be re-admitted into the Union or not I do not know, but if it has to stay out its position will be strictly defined, and rigid and exact rules laid down for its government, so that everybody may know what its future is to be. The uncertainty which has prevailed as to its status ever since the war ended, has had a most prejudicial effect on its industry of all kinds. A large class of the popula tion, and that perhaps the most enterprising and energetic, lies under the ban, and has little chance of pardon until the President has in some way or other settled his difficulties with Congress. Then the uncertainty about the future status of the negroes naturally inspires more or less caution about all enterprises of which the results are likely to be remote. The admission of the negroes to the franchise, whether it come by the voluntary acts of the States, or by constitutional amend ment, is pretty sure to work some important changes both in the social and political condition of the community ;what these changes will be, prudent men are naturally waiting to see, before investing their capital or providing themselves with a pursuit. Not many Southerners, it is true, have much capital to invest, but Southerners are, neverthe less, apparently the only persons who will invest capital in the South. The Northerners are very chary about linking themselves to Southern fortunes any further than may be necessary to secure the custom of Southern dealers, to whom, as a general rule, credits of three months are still given. But even the limited amount of confidence which sprang up after the close of the war has been rudely shaken. It was expected that the dearth of everything which pre vailed throughout the South, when peace was re stored, would create an enormous demand for goods of all kinds. How they were to be paid for nobody well knew, but there was a vague impression that cotton and tobacco would, as in old times, buy everything the growers needed. The earlier anti cipations as to the amount of last year's crop did not rate it higher than a million and a half of bales ; but people supposed that in spite of the Indian and Egyptian supply, the price would, as in old times, rile in the inverse ratio of the amount of the crop, and the planter be no worse off when he raised one bale to the acre than when he raised two. Most planters, too, who had not been directly in the track of the invading snake had saved ,menta in calm an d mo d er ate language. It has ex tsrerehuniousested states of the Co beesm nfed e ersey iepi to y o w ntithd hich, of on eoirse uxes , aaanan t ryd are.deterzidnedThe radicals peeatantheenothinimmeg through,"majoity some; large quantities had accumulated in the (dad interairt or attention throughout the harrender ; but ordinarily the inhabitant, did not as th e phrase is now, w i thout much attent i on t o very rigidly respect this rule of ißtemational law, Mr. Johnson's feelings or opinions. A bill has and the news of the fall of Richmond was in most been introduced, and has passed the house, de eases a signal for a general descent upon the goods Priving him of the power of Pardoning before con and chattels of the defunct government. At all viction, which was conferred on him by an act f events, whoever got the cotton, it was well known 1 6 863 _ and another is preparation regulating alb that there was a great deal of it intim cotintry, and I X h rl i m a a es ag alZ o itti4r_wer, so ea to pr The event it was inferred that if goods were sent to the South ra pidity with w hi c h thPam measures last sum mar' hurried it would be forthcoming in exchange for them. throu gh shows what the temper of Congress is. Goods were sent accordingly In • great quantities, and the market became speedily glutted, and glutted it remains. The political uneertainty.has led to commercial stagnation. The Northern dealere are not receiving the returns they looked for, in spite of the fact that last year's crop of cot ton exceeded the earlier estimates by a mil lion of bales, and even the later and shrewder ones by half a million. The result has been that there has been a tremendous fall in the prices of " dry goods " here within the last fear weeks, and although there have been no great failures, the losses have been enormous. In the South, on the other hand, while the rich, or " twenty thousand dollar men," as it is the fashion to call them, alluding to the line drawn by Mr. Johnson in his amnesty proclamation, are sitting with folded arms and waiting for the triumph of the " President's policy," the poor, or rather the middling men, are emigrating in large numbers to the north-west. Thousands are leaving North and South Carolina and Virginia every week to seek homes in Illinois and Minnesota and other western States. There they get rid of the negro, of the constitutional amendment, of all disa bilities whatever, and find themselves members of the rising and happy communities, with a thousand avenues open to comfort and independence. Great number! of the young men of the better classes are coming to the Northern cities in search of employ ment as clerks and ahopmen, and are making com petition in these fields, which in the seaboard cities are always crowded, more crowded than ever. Some have connexions in trade here who are able to help them ; others find employers whose Southern sympathies make Southern birth a passport to their favour ; but the great majority find it hard work, I think, to get even a crust of bread and shelter. There are some as hard cases of distress to be met with in New York to-day amongst persons of "genteel exterior" as are to be found anywhere. In fact, it may be said in general terms, that a young man might as well, or better, go to Paris or London in search of employment as to Now York, unless he is an artisan or an able-bodied labourer. Some decisive move is, therefore, universally felt to be necessary. It has been proved abundantly that the North can do without the South ; but the commercial North will not do without it, alid as long as it calculates on the South, be it never so remotely, as a market for its goods, the condition of the South must be a matter of serious moment to Northern business men. Since the South refuses to " reconstruct" itself on the Congressional basis, I think an effort will be made this winter to provide either for its immediate return to the Union under rules fixed by Congress, or for its indefinite staying out of the Union, under a go vernment provided by Congress. I am not sure that one would not be as good for it as the other. Ido not attach very much importance to the return of the Southern members to Congress, as far as the South is concerned. What it wants, is not repre sentation, but order and quiet. The very best government it could have at this moment would be a government which would provide a good police, and enable every man, woman, and child in it, of whatever race or colour, to eat and sleep, and labour, in quiet and security. Until the South gets used to law, and learns to tolerate dissent, it will make little difference to it what footing it holds in Congress. John Surratt, one of the suspected assassins of Mr. Lincoln, and whose mother was hanged for it, has beencaptured in Egypt, after making his escape from custody in Rome, where he was recognised while serving in the Pope's guard. It is generally believed, and has been believed from the beginning, that this man knew more of the plot and had more to do with originating it than any of those who were tried and convicted. It was believed, too, that had he chosen to come forward and surrender himself, he might have thrown such light on his mother's connexion with the plot as to exonerate her from all knowing complicity in it ; but he chose to let her meet her fate. What gives him moat interest in the eyes of the public is the belief, which,whether ill or well founded, is widely spread, that he is the link through whom the conspirators were connected with the Richmond government. It does, no doubt, on general grounds, seem rather absurd to suppose that Jefferson Davis was privy to Mr. Lincoln's assassination. One would think him far too shrewd a man, to say the least, to give any countenance to such an enterprise, or to suppose that he or his cause could be bene fited, directly or indirectly, by the violent death of the Northern President. But there Boaresatuismtfiweeneduo,f thats o tan f dpitaann:::idhutwasuttsca,tioanwn h h o ere are , such per ai f i eet hir ly . a ccomplice in Mr. Lincoln's murder, and that this government knows he was, but withholds the proofs, to avoid having to go to extremities with Davis. Of course of the soundness or unsoundness of this view I can form no opinion. But I can say with certainty that the popular suspicion of Davis has a basis which, whether sufficient or not, cannot be treated lightly. The Confederate archives have been in the possession of the Federal government ever since Lee's surrender. They are stored in Ford's old theatre in Washington, and have been placed in charge of Dr. Lieber, the Professor of Political Ethics in Columbia College—a man known all over Europe as one of the ablest publicists of our time, land whose standing here, not as a politician, but as scholar and a gentleman, is of the very highest. He has been for over a year engaged in the exami nation of these Confederate documents, and has discovered, and holds, not one, or two, or three, but several papers, addressed to Mr. Davis, by persons in various parts of the Confederacy, Dim. 12. soldiers as well as citizens, offering to assassinate Yesterday, at eight a.m. the French flag, which , Mr. Lincoln and other Northern officials, in some has floated for 17 years over the entrance of the cease one at a time, in others wholesale. These Castle of St. Angelo, was publicly lowered, and the papers, instead of being thrown into the fire, were fortress handed over to the Zouavea, who are now endorsed in Mr. Davis's handwriting, and actually •in possession. While the French flag was never, referred for consideration to one of the secretaries. I believe, allowed so giddy a flight, the Papal The president's message has been sent in, and ensign was immediately hoisted to the very summit, with it the reports of the various departments. where it is now conspicuous by the side of the The message is simply an iteration of the old argu- Archangel ITALY. OWN 0911 anew. ROUE, Doc. 11. That Rome should be unusually empty at the present moment is only just what was to be ex pected under the circumstances, and is a fact which seems to be sufficiently evidenced by the unwonted number of lodgings still to be let everywhere in the habitable parts of the city, and the almost univer sal complaints of hotel, shop, livery-stable keepers, and others, dependent on foreigners for their living, that they are all going to be ruined together. Yet, if Rome really be u empty as it is asserted to be, whence that gay and fashionable crowd, that endless string of well-appointed equipages ' which thronged the Pincio on Sunday afternoon last Z So positively brimming over was the hill with car riages, that I really doubt whether it could have held another without overflowing. At any rate, it is a fact that when one carriage stopped all had to stop likewise, and that, except at the risk of creating inextricable confusion, and under pain of incurring the severe displeasure of a Papal dragoon, stationed policeman-like to prevent the manceuvre, no coachman dared draw out of the line, even for the purpose of descending the hill, without com pleting the orthodox circuit. The only inference to be drawn from those apparently conflicting phe nomena the emptiness of Rome and the fulness of the Pincio—seems to be, that, in the ab sence of the usual influx of foreigners at this time of year, the Romans themselves are having a very pleasant time of it, before they are quite ruined. This view of the case was so far confirmed by the spectacle, which I witnessed on Sunday, of the landlord of my own hotel—a very extensive build ing, which would hold 200, and actually contains 12 guests—seated in an elegant barouche, quietly smoking a cigar. Gradually during the last ton days the French troops have been evacuating the city, and one poet after another has been handed over by them to the " Papalini," whom it has been thought expedient to rig out, is la Frangaise, with brand-new red breeches, which give them an appearance not un suggestive of the ass in the lion's skin in the fable. Somewhat perplexed to make out the nationality of the band which was playing on the Pincio on Sunday, the friend with whom I was driving inquired of his coachman — an ex-Garibaldino, by the way—whether the players were French or Italian 1 "They are Papalini," was the reply, "neither French, nor Italian, as yet." At 5 a.m. yesterday morning, while - the Romans were still wrapt in their slumbers, and before even the pifferani, those Advent birds of the Roman States, hadcommenced their earliest pipings to the Madonna, a few wakeful strangers beheld a dark moving column, and heard from their bedroom windows the measured tread of the lest of tie French regiments of occupation marching through the Piazza d'Espagna on its way to the railway station, now no longer far away beyond Trastevere, but established provisionally in front of the Baths of Diocletian. At 3 p.m. the celebrated regiment of Papal Zouaves, which has latterly been quar tered at Velletri, marched into the Eternal City by the Lateran gate, General Zappi—commandant de Place do Rome—who with his staff had gone out to meet them, riding in at their head, by the side of Colonel Allotz, a veteran Swiss. In order to witness its reception by the Romans, I accompanied the regiment on its march through the city, which it completely traversed from the Lateran to St. rete!'": Ae A wound, snake-like ; round the huge curve of the Coliseum, advancing in column four abreast, the spectacle presented by the regiment was most picturesque, and I was anticipating the further gratification of seeing it defile through the Arch of Titus, and advance along the Via Sacra to the Capitol, when, to my disappointment, it turned off into the back streets which skirt the Forum to the eastward. Making for the Corso by way of the Forum of Traits, the regiment was debouching from the network of narrow streets which ho at the back of the Capitol into the open apace of the Piazza di Vinezia, when word was flashed along the line that the Pope was coming. A few seconds later, the Holy Father, who happened to be passing that way, made his appearance upon the scene, seated in his red coach, and escorted by a body of the guardia nobile. On the instant, the whole regiment, with one accord, dropped upon its knees, prepared then and there to receive the Papal benediction, of which, however, it was for the moment disappointed, for the Pope, apparently as startled as if lie had come upon the vanguard of an army obeying the orders of Victor Emmanuel, instead of upon the head of a column of his own faithful Zouaves, suddenly ' turned off at a right angle, and rapidly drove out of sight, having, in fact, stumbled upon the regi ment unawares, and being bent on getting back to the Vatican as quickly as he could, in order to ra j ceive his soldiers with greater solemnity in the Piazza in front of St. Peter's. As the &mares, who, strange to say, are most of them Dutchmen, marched down the Corso, where the usual crowd of afternoon loungers were assembled, their appearance seemed to create no more and no less excitement than a battalion of Coldstream , would have done marching down Ox ford-street. In fact, there was nothing observable whatsoever about the attitude of the Roman I people, which at the present moment seems sawn ' lady apathetic, and is, to all appearance, quite unaware that the eyes of the world are upon it. If we are on the eve of anything like a revolution, it is quite impossible for the uninitiated to read any indication of it on the surface.