The Express. — London, England, 1862-12-17 00:00:00

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Barrisoo.—Cooduclor, A. Melka.—Commisoo at S. MATYALEIT. TRI9 Mom% MCI 1117NYING. Mr. Campton.-0171 AKIEIC.AS U)U&N. Herne. aotbana ancfratane ; Mts. Fitratlltaa.—A DAY AFT= nig WEDDING. Min Hartleur.—AaA MY IGABANDS OHOET.—Coauseace at 7. BRITANNIA. Two NVINING, SOU TIE BIWA M' RINO Az( YEAR OLT AND A NEW ONZ IN.-15leering by the Neapolitan lliurke Mr. Randall—Denel TI nig by 11.111 e. Stepham—CAST OLD ON THE MERCY OF THE WORLD.—And DAVID RUNT. NIGH WAVIER AT LONDON ISM& TIM Mania& H. 5013.Aftioussa i t s 36aL LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEOEMBEB 17. Tea principal topic on which President LlN cour addresses Congress in the midst of s great war is Negro Emancipation. And yet we are told this war has nothing to do with Slavery. There is a short and easy way of wholly missing the meaning of the plan which Mr. LINCOLN re commends to Congress. It is the way which was followed by those who found their account in mis representing the Proclamation of Emancipation. It consists in taking separately parts of a policy which are the complement each of the other. The Proclamation offered liberty only to the slaves of rebels, ergo, Mr. LINOOLN was the protector of slavery in the loyal States. To affirm this it was only necessary to shut the eyes to the feet that the PRISIDENT had proposed another and milder plan, a project of pecuniary compensation for the redemption of the slaves in those States which, since they were loyal, he could not include in a war meaa ure. It was thus that some among us tried to persuade them: selves and others that the man who in the short space of eighteen months had abolished slavery in the District of Columbia, excluded it from the "Ter " ritories," made a treaty with England for the suppression of the slave trade, and offered to co-ope rate with the State governments for the abolition of servitude everywhere, was a prop and pillar of slavery. In making Ina present proposition to Congress, Mr. LIICOLN, far from revoking any part of his former policy, and nullifying the Proclamation of September last, simply fulfils a pledge which be gave then, that in the nazi seesion of Congress he would recommend a measure offering compensation to the loyal owners of slaves. We may look solely at the PRESIDIST'S war measure of eman cipation, and call him, as some have done, *nester . minator and an abettor of assassination; or we may look solely at his projects of peaceful liberation, and ask sceptically whether it is likely that this great war will be terminated by a small bribe. Or, again, we may, in the extravagance of candour, look at the Pa ILSIDLICeB policy as a whole, and regard him as he stands, extending with one hand the sword and with the other the olive branch. Whichever we do the fact remains the same, that from his accession to office Mr. Liwtxnav has pur sued a course of action which is not the less con- sistent and coherent because it is progressive. Ilia amicable and belligerent methods of emanci• pation are designed mutually to aid one another. In his first communication to Congress on this subject, one of the chief arguments by which he recommended his plan of emancipation to the Southern States was the certainty, foreseen by all the world, that, in default of the adoption of such a scheme, the progress of the war would bring about the uncompensated liberation of slaves. Hundreds of planters in Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Louisiana, have since learned the significance of that warning. . . The step which, in pursuance of his promise, he now invites Congress to take, is to authorise the Government to propose the following resolutions to the various State Legislatures: " First.—Every State wherein slavery now " exists which shall abolish slavery at any time " before January of the year 1900 shall receive " the following compensation from the United " States. Presidents of the United States shall " deliver to every such State United States " Bonds, bearing a certain interest, for each slave " known to have been therein by the eighth " United States census ; these bonds to be " delivered to such State by instalments, or 4 ' in one parcel at completion of abolish- 1 " meat, according as abolishment shall have been " gradual or at one time. Any State introducing " or tolerating slavery after having received these " bonds shall refund the bonds and interest to the " United States. " Sccond.—All slaves who have acquired free " dom by the chances of war at any time before " the end of the rebellion shall be for ever free. 4 ' Loyal owners will, however, receive composes " tion. Congress may appropriate money and " provide for colonising free negroes, with their " consent, at places outside the United States." It is proposed that the articles of these reso lutions shall be so enacted as to become formal amendment& of the Constitution. A vote of two thirds of each house of the Federal Congress and of three-fourths of the State Legislature is, therefore, to be made requisite for their adoption. By its nature the proposed measure is "moiler to loyal States, and to others which it is hoped may be induced by its provisions to declare themselves so. It is a promise that if any Slave State will return to the Union, the slave-owners resident there shall not lose the value of their slaves upon their emancipation. The Slave States are now in a much better condition to appreciate such wieder than they were a year ago. It is one by which they might rapidly be regenerated, and acquire the respect of the world. It is one which should have great merits in the eyes of Euro peans, who believe in the superior advantages of gradual emancipation. It is one which Mr. LlN cots is entitled to describe as just and generous; it engages him more deeply in au Anti-slavery lOC 1 W.S.W. B.W. W.B.W. Ia &W. 1 &W. 1 N. 2 W.N.W. $ 8.8. W. (From the New York Times.) The proceedings of the meeting, and particularly towards its alone, were grand and thrilling. We cannot, perhaps, describe the thing better than by saying that it was cha racteristically American ; or, closer still, that ft was pecu liarly New York-like ; and especially after the style that characterises all the action of the enterprising and wealthy mercantile classes of the commercial metropolis of the coun try. After the speeches and resolutioos, which were all both humane and businesslike, a brief letter was reed from the eminent shipping-house of Messrs. N. L. and George Griswold, which contained the following sublime eenteuce :—" As an earnest of our desire to further this cense, in behalf of ourselves and others, owners of a new ship now in Boston, we tender her entire capacity, I,soO tons, for the conveyance of the supplies, and our serwisss,ll needed, to forward them free of charge for freight." The meeting at once tendered thanks for the generous offer, and Mr. Dodge stated that it was virtually a contribution of 20,000 dole. to the fund. Another letter was read from a gentleman who did not wish his name mentioned, which closed no ler eloquently than the first one :—" Thank God l" said the writer, " we have bread and to spare, and they will not say, ' I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat.' Will you add so your list 1,000 barrels of flour, from one wham lost will taste the sweeter for sharing it with a famished brother, and brand it—Umos." After the read ing of this letter, the same munificent anonymous donor who bad sent it banded in, as an additional contribution, seven 1,000 dollar United States treasury notes, but he still desired his name should not be mentioned. Mr. Dodge desired that the firm of which he is a member might be put down for 5,000 dole. ; Mr. Johnsen, the aearetery of the meeting. offered 2,500 ; Captain Marshall, 2,000; Babcock Brothers, 2,000 ; six other individuals or firm, gave 1,000 dole each sad several sums nearly as large were offered from other donor,. (From the New York Tribune, Dec. 6.) Yesterday the committee appointed at the Chamber of Commerce-rooms held a private session to perfect their plans to aid the suffering operatives of Lancashire. John Jay has written an address to the people of the United States, and submitted it to this committee for revision. die appeals to the benevolent lof all classes to come forward promptly and contribute geserously for the relief of the unfortunate and 'tarring poor in the cotton -manufacturing districts of England. Yore than 40,000 dole. in cash has been subscribed al ready, and the amount will, no doubt, be largely increased at once, so that the pressing wants of the poor sufferers may be immediately relieved. One of our merchants has given the large sum of 10,000 dole., and many others can claim "the blessing of thee who were reedy to perish," for their prompt and blend donations. The good ship that sails with bread for the hungry at this crisis in our history is the beet guarantee that can he given of the Christian charity of our people. It can storm the citadel of grateful hearts and achieve a victory more glorious than • fleet of iron-olads can win. THE CASE OF GENERAL M'NEIL. r'• (From the New York Commercial Advertiser.) As yet the government has made no sign as to what it will do in the case of General !life& The follow log from • fit. Louis correspondent of the Columbus GO.) Oriels gives a new aspect to this case : "The man for whom General shot ten some time ago, and which wu noticed in the Crisis. has returned home alive and well, and his wife, before the execution of those men, went to him (General N'Neill and pleaded with him to wait and see if he had been killed before he ailed thane men, and the brute spurned her. I can write no more." The return of the missing man alive and well really neither adds to nor takes from the atrocity of the murder of the ten men, but it brings the matter home to the dullest and most prejudiced *apprehension. (From the New York Times.) There can be no possible justification for such • butchery ; and our government owes it to itself, to the country, and to the sentiment of the civilised world, to mark, by some prompt and distinct action, its reprobation of it. Whether it has any such jurisdiction over General M'Neil, or quasi the military organisation with which he is connected, as will enable it to punish as it deserves this most barbarous sad inhuman act , we cannot say. But whatever power it has in the ow, direct or indirect, should be promptly ex ercised. not only to prevent the threatened .retaliation of the rebel President, but to remove from the Union cause the damning stigma which such acts are calculated to imprimis upon it. Oprosrnox TO HilarmiliktVialx RAILWAYS IN PADDINGTOIL—At a meeting of the Paddington Vestry, h e ld yes t e rday, at the Vestry Hall, Harrow•read, the Mew. Neon Boyd in the chair, notices were received and eisealdered, of several bills which are to be introdnoed la the next aeries of parliament, for subterreasse rail ways the parish of Paddington. The first of ea t h en railways, reported by the vestry clerk, was the Pimlico and Paddington Railway, to corn. mance at the Victoria Station. aa to pus through Bt. George's, Henoverequare, Hyde-park, and Kensington. gardens, entering Paddington at • point opposite Lebow t e r.gste, and terminating at the station of to Meet Railway, opposite the Great Western Hotel, the whole length to be oonstructed by tunnel, at a depth of only one foot from the surface to the top of the tuned. Another proposed railway, called the Kensington. Knights bridge, and Metropoltan Junction, was to commecios at the Metropolitan station, near the Great Western Hotel, (ran thence down the Grand Junction-road, entering Kensington gardens, westward of the ornamental fountains, theses skirting the western hank of the Serpentine to the bridge, g= out into the Knightsbridge-road—a second lies to ar near the Serpentine, yawing westward throe* Keasiegion-prdeas to Kensington. An animated dim maims on these projected railways took place, in which the general opinion appeared to be that a petition should be presented against the bills without delay, with a view to the interest* and rights of the ratepayers sad the parish = ill eelaieatly protected. On the mottos of Mr. G. Mills Roche a resolution was adopted, referring the subject to • _ . against the bills, it engages nun more ueeply iu "" """'"e'"7 row for isrosoithae, on a VMS be ibama • policy ; and it will do him personal credit as a man p a i ram iaa. denim ana one ror •u rAm desirous of attaining the ends of the war by Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are about plated, will, adwrding to the description given, be one of the Tun Frame( PROBS.—A new senn-omeint puma.' doom, most • rtaat 'Deed works ever executed i• Europe. bout to be tablished in Turin. It will start with a earamittee do willt i•eiwofiows to petition -- against the !heed. A - policy _ ner the • sad that report b• piths& and a cony sent to esels ' 'ta t s the Inca was in asked who did it. whoa the lair humane and peaceful means rather than by blood- to repave a sucomelou of • .tews Beeadlaada The ca nal be '4' l3 milcalong, navigable by ships drawing fi sa p a it i a o f 200,000 1 6. and it is t o same BM as the =o b i , e t th e vis i m sa g e e the oseopiers of she mine laid be did it, and would give himself up. The o.beer shed. But for all this, we do not think it is a Admiral Bowls left town yesterday for Broad- 24 feet of water, and will shorten the dideace from Am- Perim-raw& The mina has not yet been decided upon. se e tarsi is IM imbed sdrresoe• loolooß mod the room to see what weap on hi d be " measure very likely by itself to achieve its end, Lade, on • vidt to Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston. denim to Lon don, ' and all ports south of the Taxa, by Rumour mye that there atobe • fusion between the lepPero 138 Fawn. TOR nal GROAT RIMIER wed, and found again( boot of the prisoner's right foot, In or to hasten the termination of the war. We Mr. G. Towline , M.P., entertained a chit about 80 miles, and enable vowels to get to sea within • and the Discossione, and that the two PiPsrs when united Ramway.—lt appears flat the train eureka of this tom. easialal..Wd be he toned it s Imbed all over blood. do not believe that sL►very will succumb to suchawl iat tiognished party, last week, at Orwell Park, near Nacton, few hosts , w here's th e y now seeere uy spend three days, will bedews the organ of Sigma Ilattesd. A new journal at .pupy is about to he aoss= the w roved t ... 6in. To dub, , was a sawn boot, p I mid the sides cov es • The prisoner made use or blandishments as these. Suffolk, the e, isitrs Melndiag his Royal Highness the Duke and often s walk In that Peewee. Florence is also spoken of, which is to bear the name of that this object some =Pratwife " The wheels see to be employed, singable oi ettaising ea a a wow- the ~k • "He dm" cot coma &t i e r my the station, wily any blood on it, be: en ,. of Cambridg the Hannsis of Clanricarde, Lord FAoho, &o. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer city. Like tbe Napoli of Naples it will be an organ of ths ot t nom nu hour The ewe . y e w s prisoner was taken into custody, and taken to Mr. Li moms, like most Americans, is unwilling I s s s . d a is a party ;of gentlemen killed 1,010 pheasants. Ifooltea will . leave for on the 20th ins' t., to supply reactionary party. Some of the former functionaries of the 1/66 eire b a fteeue r— s o "via 7 t here wed to perceive the greatness of the social and besides harm and partridges. the plow al the lost marl wait Colombo. ex-Ormid•Dnke ere to be Urn political directors. and Niwwielt is abou avo t haurs.—Buty and Norwich Post. I ceased, sod when the inspector on duty asked if the — joarris . y between L o pa t a where be was charged with violently assaultiog the de• 11111 THE EXPR. revolution which i 4 tracing place in his dip. • He sees plainly that "the Constitution* it la," disfigured and debased as it has bedff,d*ed tions and judicial decisions delivered in the inte rest of Slavery, cannot guard and stimulate the freedom of a groat nation. He says explicitly that the maxims of the .past will not suffice ; that the difficulties and dangers of the Republic are great, and that the citizens must disenthral them selves if they would save the country. He sees that American slavery is as inimical to the white man's liberty as it is to the black man's progress, and that " in giving freedom to " the slave you assure it to the free." And no doubt he does right to propose his plan, and fami liarise the public mind with it, however little chance there may be of its immediate acceptance by the South. But impartial observers at a distance can plainly see that the grand scheme of domination upon which the Confederate States have embarked is not to be bought up by an issue of Tresaury Bonds. When the Confederates have been convinced by sterner arguments than are contained in this Message that their cause is desperate, an offer of compensa tion for the remaining number of their slaves may facilitate their advance to an issue which is inevitable. The need of a measure like this will then strike every mind, and it will be adopted under the forcible persuasion of cir cumstances. But that time has not yet come. It is with satisfaction, therefore, that we observe that the new proposal is not to stand in the way of the Proclamation of September reoagnising the _ _ liberty of the slaves in the Confederate States on and after the first of next month. The Pziesuriurr expressly says, "Neither the war, nor proceed " ings under the Proclamation of Sept. 22, 1862, " are stayed because of the recommendation of " this plan." This is wise and right ; the whole force and virtue of freedom must be arrayed against the slave power. To the 200,000 negroes who have already gained their freedom through the war, hundreds of thousands, and perhaps millions, will soon be added. The freemen of the North have it in their power, if they are worthy of their cause, to destroy root and branch the monstrous growth which has cursed their country. With the failure of the political and military fabric raised on the foundation of slavery that institution itself would be lees prized : and with the loss of slaves the system of government constructed to save and propagate slavery would be discredited, and cease to be considered worth the sacrifices demanded for its preservation. At present we can see no pro spect of an extensive liberation of slaves but by war, and no. safe peace but through complete ernanci piton. After the blood that has been spilt, no mere paper settlement of the question is possible or desirable. Nothing short of the actual undoing of slavery and the inauguration of universal free dom can either compensate the sacrifices or destroy the causes of this war. Cite Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Die. _l6. The Queen, accompanied by the Princeea Louie et Huse, walked and drove this morning, attended by Lady Augusta Bryce. Despatches were neeived yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Lord High Cemmiesioner of the lonian Islands. Despatches were sent to the Governors of the West India Islands, British Columbia, Bermuda, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. PASSIONABLES A7' NICE. Jam._ .. :`:Taz sigitsitz 011. ./•,i The following notice has been issued bjf the Consul-General of Greece in London : GIEN All Greek citizen' of the age of twenty or more are in vited to register their votes for the election of the King of Greece. The voting in London will take place at the offices of the Oonsulate-General of Greece, from the sth (17th) to the Bth (20th) December, and from the 10th (23ad) to the 12th (24th), and finally close on Friday, the 14th (26th) Deo. It will commence each day at 1 o'clock, and terminate at 2 o'clock, p.m. On Sunday, the 9th (21st), and on the 13th (25th) (Christmm-day), the voting will be continued in the vestry. room of the Greek church at London-wall. HELLENIC KINGDOM. Coasulake-Giseral a Greece, 17, Gesosobsunhntroot, London, Dee. 3 (15), 1862. ELECTION OF THE KING OF GREECE BY UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE. A letter in the Post dated Nice, Dec. 12, says : "Wears living under the mild government of a most hospitable ball-giving,prefect, and our houses are surrounded by orange trees, covered either with fruit or blossom. We have bad now seven days of uninterrupted sunshine and real summer weather. The season has thoroughly begun in earnest, aad all sorts of gaieties are promised, particularly through the hands of the Duo de Beaufort. I enclose you a list of the foreigners and English, which (if you think St to place in your oolumas) may induce others to make more the merrier out bare. "The Kings of Bavaria and Wurtemberg, Prince and Princess Stirbey, Count and Countess Orono, Prince Kepchko, Countess Nicolas Koucheleff, Baron de Wolf, Baron and Baroness Adolphe de Rothschild, Prince and Prinoess D. Galitsin, Dec de Beaufort, Count sad Countess de Preseszieki, M. Unletoweki, the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon, Marquis and Marchioness of Northampton, Earl and Countess of Warwick, Lord and Lady Stratford de Redeliffe, Earl of Roselyn and Lady EL St. Clair, Lord and lady Rakeby and Han. Wm Montagu, Lady Harriet and Right Hon. H. Corry, M.P., Colonel and Lady C. Towne ley, Right Hoe. Sir E. Belmar Lytton, Bart., M.P., Lady Emily Peel, Eat and Countries Annesley, Right lion. E. Moe, DLP., Lady Grey, Mr. Gregory, M.P., Mr. Clay, M.P., Earl and Countess at Portarlington, Hon. Mrs. S. Dawsoa Darner and Mr. Dermal Darner, M.P., Mr. and Lady Virginia Sanders, Lim. Mrs. Ellison, Lord and Lady W. Godolphin Osborne, Mr. Lockwood, Lord and Lady O. Clinton, Lady Coots, Mrs. Milner Gibson, Sir C. and Lady Looock, Mn. Reid, Mr. Goldschmidt, Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan, tic." Her Majesty, with the royal household, is ex petted to lean Windsor for Osborne on Saturday next, and remain there tell after the Christmas holidays, when she will return to the castle, to remain till after the marriage of the Prince of Wake, and also the expected accouchement of the Priam:as Alice. THE RE3IAIN9 Or THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT. The new royal nuiusoleum in Frogmoreisrdens win to be con masted about two o'clork to-day. The members of the royal household were to attend, and the ehosr of St. George's Chapel, Wiodsor, were to amist at the ceremony. The noel removal of the remains of his late Royal Highness to the mausoleum will take plane at aa early hour to-marrow morning. Drava OF Bre MICHAEL BIYCL—WO have to record the death of Sir Michael Renee, Bart, a descendant of Robert Bruce, Lord Annandale, who in 1290 was a competitor for the crown of Scotland. He warn born in 1796, and be is succeeded in his title and estates by his nephew, William Cunningham, late captain of the 74th Foot. _ ... ilia Excellency the Baron de Gros, the newly appointed sinhaseedor from France to the court of St. James's, is expected at Albert-gate Hossein a fewdays from Paris. The Marchioness Conyngham has taken a house in Chasham-place, the residence of the late Lady Ann Tuf • Dalt The Earl and Countess of Tankerville have arrived at Chillingham Castle, Northumberlaud, from a tour of visits. The Earl and Countess of Courtown have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Elmham Hall, Hort ol _ _ _ The Earl and Countese of Malmeabury, who arrived in town on Saturday from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Aileebury at Tottenham Park, Wilts, have since left town for their Beat, Heron Court, Hanka The Countess of Jersey has arrived at her resi dame in Wiltoo-plane, from Paris. The Count and Countess de Flahault and Mies Elpbinatone de Flahault will leave Coventry House to•mor row for Broadlands, on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess WEDNESDAY EVEIWTG, DECEMBER 1i 1862. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nox OUR a* onnsponian.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVIINING. There is no news yet of the Emperor's sport with Baron de Rothschild. Unfortunately, a hard frost set in last night, and there can have been no scent except in the woods ; but there is no doubt that an immense bag was made in an incredibly short space of time. The estate swarms with game of all kinds, and nobody in France keeps a sharper look ont against poachers than the baron. In order to vary the sport of shooting tame pheasants, gold and sil -1 var ones, as well as the Chinese variety, live grouse, and blackeocie in great numbers were brought alive from Scotland, and turned out in a wide expanse of short copse, about two feet high, where they were easy of access, and in which those that had strength enough left to get upon the wing would not have the slightest chance of escape. This evening, on his retuin from the Chateau de' Foulkes, the Emperor, acoompanied by the Empress, will go to the Opoira Comique to witnes s the performance of the Dame Blanche for the "thousandth" time at that theatre. On this oc caaion some stanzas, composed in honour of Boiele dion by the poet ?dory, will be recited. The Constitutionnel is instructed to say that there is no truth whatever in rumours of a forthcoming loan, circulated by the inevitable "foreign jour nals," and to its general denial it adds two special OEM concerning rumoured loans of 60 millions and 400 million& Of course the public know not what the truth may be, but we cannot but remember that all former loans have been preceded by persistent rumours and a series of official denials. In the present case I am much inclined to adopt, as appli cable to France, what the France says in reference to Italy :—" We do not doubt that by combina tions of the Treasury it may be possible to provide for present wants ; but the fact is there is a deficit, and sooner or later it must be filled up." The France, which notoriously belongs to the snbventioned gang whose mission is to write down Italian unity, gravely announces, as a symptom of public opinion in Italy, that a new journal, to be called the Firenze, is coming out at Florence, which will advocate the principles of the Napoli of Naples. The " opinions" and " principles " of these journals, the France in cluded, are precisely of the same value as those of a defunct French organ in London, the proprietor of which is bringing an action for damages occa sioned to his property by the work which he per formed. .. The Bourse has been dulL The effect, generally tending to a rise, of the dividend struck to-day was produced yesterday, and the Route closed heavily with a fall of Ik., both for cash and account, at 69fr. 80c. and 69fr. Bk. ex div. Mobilier fell 10fr. The Italian Loan rose 30c., owing to a report that there is to be no loan. The Orleans Railway fell Mr., and the other lines from 'fr. 2k. to 2fr. 50c. The Court of Assizes of the Seine yesterday tried the young actor Dumont, charged with an attempt to murderM. Franck, another actor, of the Thattre Mont-Parnasse, on the night of the Gth July last. The prisoner was put on his trial at the November anises, but, doubts being entertained as to his sanity, the further hearing of the case was postponed I to obtain medical opinions on that point. Dr. Parchappe, inspector of lunatic asylums, was accordingly appointed to examine the prisoner, and yesterday his report was presented to the court, declaring the prisoner not to be insane. As all the circumstances of the crime were given at length last month, it is only necessary now to state that, after an able speech from Mr. Jones, the prisoner's counsel, the jury set aside the count of attempting to murder, but found the accused guilty of wilfully wounding, and the court sentenced him to four years' imprisonment. .-(THIS DAY.) IT, II LX. AMERICAN AID TO pis OPERAtIVII 'CASHIRE (Frees thisiete York Oesseriefiel Advertiser, Dec. ii.) The 'meeting held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms yestusday began the good work of aiding the Lanca shire sufferers with subscriptions amounting in the aggregate to forty thousand dollars. This munificent offering, made by only about a score of our more promioent citizens, shows that the city of New York alone will probably raise a quar ter of a million of dollars, and it may be half a million. What is still better, we hear of similar movements in other parte of the country. The spirit manifested at the meeting yesterday, in fact, shows that the loyal states stand ready to contribute one million of dollars in money or pro- visions. _ - It was not in money or food alone that the generosity of our men of wealth displayed itself. One firm placed at the service of the committee the nee of a new ship of 1,800 tons, without any charge. Another was ready to take charge of the stores sent to England and distribute them gratuitously. While this princely liberality is being exercised by individuals, we might remind our great railway corporations, which have reaped abundant profits the past year from the conveyance of provisions to the seaboard cities, that they ran render most valuable aid by forwarding freely, or at reduced rates, the donations in bread stuff, which the people of the West will doubt less contribute out of their very great abundance. And it occurs to us that those lines especially, whose stocks or bonds are largely held abroad, or may be hereafter, would hardly be losers by liberally assisting in some such manner as we have indicated. The western people have not large rams of money to bestow in charity ; but they have abun dant supplies of the staff of life, which they will readily part with to feed the hungry, w ho are made such not by their own fault or neglect, but by a state of things in this country for which they are not responsible. Anyhow, let the good work, so favourably inaugurated yesterday, go on from North to South, sad from the At lantic to the Pacific, city vieing with city, and state with state. It is enough that hundreds of thousands of those who have a common nature, origin, language, religion, civi. lhation, and common sympathies with ourselves, are hun gry, cold, naked, and sink. We have the mesas of relief, let them not be withheld or delayed. " lie gives twice who gives quickly." - A. C. Immo, ozol.Geoerd of Gnaw. On the 30th nit, the provisional government at Athens promulgated the following telegraphic despatch, received from the Greek embassy in London: " Landon, Nov. 28,1862. "To the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Athens. " Lord Russell has informed me that the English government will not accept the crown for Alfred, whether it comes from the National Assembly or from the people. France has not insisted upon the duke ; to-day she is against it. France is not at all opposed to Alfred, but England has changed her policy on account of the withdrawal of Lench tenberg. The powers are now about to sign the protocol. France and England are considering to gether for the most suitable candidates. England seems disposed to cede the lonian Islands. All hopes are not yet lost. " TRICOVPI." ROME. A letter from Rome in the Prase says :—" The pamphlet of the secretary of Prince Napoleon reached this city with great difficulty. Copies of it were seized from all foreigners who had them in their possession., A Jesuit, who has a great taste for examining into old archives, is, it is said, making a collection of documents in a quite con trary sense." BRIGANDAGE IN NAPLES. TURIN, DEC. 16, EvianNo. In a secret sitting of the cabinet to-day, a 1 special commission was named to proceed to Naples to inquire into the causes of brigandage, with a view to the proposition of a remedy. RUSSIA. THE EMPEROR AND THE PEASANTS. At Moscow the Emperor has received the fol lowing letter from the delegates of the enfranchised peasants of all the districts of the government of Moscow : . . Imperial Majesty, very gracious sovereign liberator! What thou hart dime for us, thy faithful subjects, is above an praise and all gratitude. May the Lard, who contem plates from above thy reign so rich in glorious works, assist thee in increasing them day by day, for thy greater glory and that of our dear country. Such, great Emperor, are the wishes which we venture to express in presenting to thee bread sod salt. At the same time, end as belonging to a class laden with thy benefits, we give thee, 0 our father, in the name of all our companions, the promise that we will express our gratitude for thy constant solicitude, by oarryMg out as best we can thy wise and beneficent desires, (by faithfully dis charging the imposts which fall upon us, or which will be ultimately decreed, and by labouring with a common and amicable undentoudiog in the amelioration of our lot. Imperial Majesty! we are thy very faithful subjects, and the representatives of the peasants temporarily subject to the government of Moscow. (Here follow the signatures.) (azirrza's TILIGIAWL ) MEXICO. PARIS, Deo. 17. The Mouileur of this morning publishes the following latest intelligence from Mexico : "The state of health of the troops is generally good. The only sickness prevailing arises from fevers, the gravity of which diminishes every day. "Communication between Vera Cruz and Orizaba is becoming more easy. Twelve days, however, are still necessary to perform the journey. The want of means of transport has prevented the commencement of operations. This state of things has been modified by the dispatch of 1,200 mules and 280 carts from New York to Vera Cruz on the 14th of November last. "Before entering Jalapa General Berthier's vanguard defeated a corps of Mexican lancers, demoralising 4,000 national guards, who imme diately dispersed. The enemy lost 15 killed, 35 wounded ; 50 saddle hones taken and 10 killed. The road was strewn with arms thrown away by the fugitives. The French troops lost 2 killed and 5 wounded." THE BRAZIL MAIL. MONTE VIDEO, Nov. 19. (Per Navarra, via Lisboa.) Exchange, 411 d. Wet salted ox hides, 150,000, sold at 56 reale to 52 reale, and in demand ; dry hides, American, 481 1 reals. Tallow, 19i reals. &laden)s have commenced. The Second Chamber of the States-General of Holland has postponed its decision on the question of iron cased line-of-battle ships, and expressed a desire that the government should do nothing until science should have pronounced more positively on the subject. The editors of the Austrian papers who are now in prison are treated (writes the Vienna =respondent of the Times) as if they were common malefactors. They have nothing in their cells but a straw mattress, a straw pillow, a @beet, a rug, two benches, a jog of water, and an open tub for unmentionable purposes. The food given to the prisoners is the so-called " house diet," which oonsists of black bead, soup, and vegetables. On Sunday, and on Sunday only, s small piece of meat is set before them. The smell in the cells is so offensive that the unfortunate pri soners are obliged to hays the windows open night sod day. Important modifications have bout made in the halls of the Louvre. These changes hays been occasioned by the necessity of making room for new treasures ; amongst others, the famous Camp= Museum, which has given rise to so many discussions respecting both Its merits and destina tion. The Sauvageot Museum, which formerly occupied the upper stories of the building, and was only to be seen by special cards, will be brought downstairs, and thrown open to the general public. The large room of the Guards, which contained the immense pictures of Lebrun repre senting the Little' of Alexander, will be hung with tapes tries, and receive the china, majolica, and the teens of the Campine Museum. The pictures of Lebrun will be placed in a special room with 25 other paintings presented by the chapter of Notre Dame. The Dutch Chambers have ratified the conces sion for cutting a ship canal through North Holland, by which a direct communication will be made between Am sterdam and the North Sea. This undertaking. when oom . . WEATHER REPORT. WIDNIEDLY, IL L ---- -- - 8Y.... - 30 02 44 &OREBRO! • Ro.oz a tms 30.11'43 / Baawan . .13 46 LEDROODAE .1346 FOAM= OLLRAT .39,41 TALEITIA 130.3713 ;unzip:ol,i' .36 60 Hum BRAD 3645 ra8; . 87887r4. hotea,oca 29.47 P22IZAIIOII 3613 1.T1190 S 90.3963 /13tatIr .48 49 V/99X. U. ronsmonz 3669 1441D041 30.30 50 VAllbao7ll 50.2980 604Z404000e 30.13 44 Il9oici 4 • lIRLIOnILAND 50.8040 W.B.W. W. W.&W. N.W. A.R. F.R. W.W. ii:*: i I S.W. 1 W. --- .341 •_••r— THURSDAY. • FRIDAY. N.W. to NA., fresh, firiOnalrls. N.N.W. to LICE, with snow. fresh, some snow. N.N.W. to It.N.E., DMAm N. to K. moderate. fresh to moderate. fine. As next shove. W. CriarriAL. As next above. N.W. to Ni.,. fresh a.vraupurals. N.N.E. to E.S.E., mo t* moderate. derste, fine. As next above. &L EDRIAMID. As next above. N.N.W. to EN.E., E. MAST. N y e E., moderate, fresh, fine. (nos LAST =Wee oszErra.) Downturn-STRIST Dec. 13.—The Queen has been pleased to spt R obert William Gifford Wataon, Eq., to be Chief Magistrate for her Majesty's Settlement of La rtraiNo-trfitairr, Dec. 15.—The Queen has been =I to appoint Henry Byerley Thomson, Esq., to be Judge _of the Supreme Court of the Island of Ceylon ; Richar d F. Morgan, Esq., to be bee Majesty's Ad vocate for the Wendel Ceylon ; and John Comber Billups, Bag., t? be Superintended of Goverement Schools and og Neater for the Island of Mauritius. °smolt OFFICT, Nov. 7.—The Queen has been y pleased to appoint John Elijsh Blunt, Esq., now VaVioe•Consul at Adrianople, to be her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Adrianople. FOREIGN OFFICS, Dec. 13.—The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. C. Kramer Waller se Consul at Newcastle, Now South Wales, for the Free lianeestic City of Hamburg. 10, WHITITUALL-PLACI, Dec. 15.—The Archbishop of Canterbury has, under the anthoritv of the act of the 13th and 14th years of her Majesty's reign, chapter 94. IP• pointed the Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole to be a Church Estates Commissioner, in the place of William Diodes, Esq., M.P., &ceased. A new protestant church was inaugurated on Sunday at Havre. A number of clergymen of the Reformed Churches of Paris and the departments of Calvados and the Seine.lnferieure were present, as well as the sub•pre• fact of the arrondiseement, the Mayor of Havre, and many notabilities of the town. Sermons ware preached by the Revs. MM. Fontanes and Aniphoni, the clergymen of the new church. A letter from Turin, published in the &ale, says that Prince Mtust's recent epistle to his friend, the InviMbie Prince, has been reproduced by all t h is Italian pipets, bat the; it has attracted not the slightest attention. pass. —A new semiofficial journal 0.631 I tal I lusl i i 11 i 4 o.__ 3 1.4e1 Ici•iii i LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THD3 DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings at Nisi Prins after Term at Guildhall.—(Before Lord Chid Judie. Cockburn and a Special Jury.) IMMO V. RITCHIE. —LIBEL AND SLANDZII. The further hearing of this ease was again resumed this morning. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Watkin Williams, and Mr. Edward Begley were counsel for the plaintiff ; Sir F. Kelly, Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., and Mr. Raw were counsel for the defendant. Mr. M. Chambers continued his address to the jury on behalf of the plaintiff. He mioutely renewed and criticised the evidence on both sides, and also the statement& and counteretstemente contained in the pamphlets, observing in the course of his remarks that probably he was hasty in what be said against the directors about the days of gram. He alp added that if be was hasty and warm in his re mark a few days aims to Mr. Macaulay, he apologised for it. [TM caw was procesdia; whoa we went to press.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. SKOOND COURT. Mins at Nisi Pries ia Lrdire c: (Befcore Mr. Justice Will aia a — aii•c - 1. - 1 Jitu. I LEIVTLLIX V. WINDIAN.—ma. ontiniAm AOATN. This was an adios spinet Mr. Windham, of Felbrigg Hall, to recover a sum of moose, mid to be due from him for board and lodging, end the defendant paid into engirt 261., and by his plias denied his liability beyond that amount. The jury were called but only 10 of them 'metered to their names, and in answer to the question whether either party prayed a tales, no pupates was made. Mr. Justice Willa therefore directed the panel to be called, and he fined all those gentlemen who had been pro. perly summoned, and for who,* absence no sufficient cause wee shown, 101. each. In the course of this proceeding one other gentleman took his place In the jury-box, making in all eleven. Some little time was spent in waiting while search was made to find another juryman, but in vain, and ultimately the cause went ca for &dealt of jurors. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Ware the Jags Ordinary.) WITT V. WI TT AND zunnworra. _ _ _ Mr. Hawkins, Q. 0., sad Mr. Keane foe Me petitioner ; Mr. Karelake, Q.C., tad Dr. Tristram for the respondent ; the Queen's Advocate sad Mr. [Heasley Hill for the co-re smaMat. The petitioner, • music seller. caging on business in Ragent-street, under the name of L L Ewer and Co., sought • chreolutioe of his minims on the ground of his wife's adultery with Mr. Kliadworth, a teacher of mimic, in the neighbourhood of . Manc h est e r equare. The case, which hid already occu pied two days, was folly reported on Satur day and Moadaylast. Th 6 morning additional evidence was given on behalf of the respoodents, who denied the charge, and pleaded a re crimination. Mrs. de Clermont, of Champion-hill, a friend of ire. Witt, deposed to the very delicate state of the respondent's health. At her instance a nuns, mead Wakeman, was engaged to take care of her. Merle Wakeman said she was in attendance on the re rart from the 3rd of December, 1860, till the 20th of ry. Mr. Klindworth was frequently at the house, but it was with the perfect °eminence of the petitioner. Recol lected him copyist mince in the dining-room. Witness wept in several times while he Tea so engaged. Mr. Klind worth had been gimping at the house the night before ; and Mr. Witt left him titers when be went away to busi est& After Kim Karop, the respondent's sister, came, Mr. KUndworth west away ad did not return till he came bask with Mr. Witt. Mrs. Witt wee vary ill all the time that witness stayed with her. Cross esamined—She did not go out of the house at all during the whole time witness was there. Saw the co ! respondent in Mn, Witt'sibedroom three times ; but once a lady mm ales there. [t did not surprise witness that he west them alter so essay gentlemen had been taken is. Father Name, nay a German, said she fie ! quested the Ha et. Was a foroper, but declined to say where she came from' for she ' did not think that her fader and modes and country had anything to do with these things. Had known the petitioner before he was marled (viz., in Jan., )858). Had met him oa several ocesehm in the Deane of the following year. One weedier midnight ie Meech or MAL He was drama se if ha had Meet hem a party. He went home with whom Did not = 8 I . i they walked or rod*, for 'items bad bad too Was too drunk to recollect what paned. but esdi rim. West on the 19th of Marsh last to the City vie Mr. Witt sad a friend. Met him again not long rishl the Haymarket. That was not above a [Mai& Had also met him on the Bth of October, sad had been with him to his place of business is Regent-etreet. Could not explain what peril. Cron-examined—Came over to England in 1857 from Paris. Had been " beeped" there by a gentleman. Had been brought to Eagle* by that gentleman. who was still living in London. as not with him sow. Had since done as well as she could. Declined to say within • hun dred and fifty how many gent l e men bad been home with her. Went to night-houses when she felt inclined. Had • little to drink sometimes, but declined to my whether she drank too much. If she drank she spent her own money. Drank when she felt inclined. Never felt inclined to go to the police-oration for being disorderly. Declined to say whether she went without being inched. Might have been before a magistrate once, but it was not for being " screwy. " (A laugh.) Knew Klindworth. He had been home with her once to her ktiowledge, but that was four years ago. Eight or nine months agowitasee went with Klindworth and other friends to some night-honsen They had supper. That gentleman (pointing out one near the jury-bus ) was a friend of Mr. Witt and Mr. Klindworth. He wee parish °Seers had once threatened to prosecute her for keeping a bad house. Mr. William Kumpel, of Bernenetreet (the person identified by the last witness), was a friend of Mr. Witt. The letter produced was in his handwriting. [The docu ment seemed to have been written after the respondent had left him. It was written in very affectionate terms, and implored forgiveness for some offences of which the wnter appeared to think that she had been guilty, but of which the precise nature did not appear. ]] Had been sc. uaioted with Mrs. Witt sear sines her marriage, and had frequently visited the house. Used someibima to go about with him of evenings. Went with him to the Haymarket. to the cafes, and night-homes there. The people who frequent theme booms were gentlemen and prostitutes. Began to go there not long after the petitioner's marriage. Used to look around and take a glass of beer. Mr. Witt used omesionally to converse with the women there, and sometimes room a nd them. On one et these occasions Witt left the room and girl Mao went out. They retained after. wards almost together. Crces-axamined—Was an artist—an historical and land scape painter. Klindworth was also an intimate friend of wittier.. Knew Esther Pearson. Happened to be at the same table with her at leach on &today. Had been mos to her lodgings, and had been about with her at night three ar four Mum Had left off that kind of life since July, 1881. Had keg been tired of it ; out had latterly hem with friends now sad thee. [The was proceeding when we went to press.] COURT OF BANS To ' (Before Mr. Registrar Raslitt.) II BB °ALIT AND BILIS. The bankrupts were fancy warehousemen, of Newgate• Menet and the Strand. The debts and liabilities are stated at 5,3001. ; suety stated at 2,4471. Mr. Curter; appeared for the assignees ; Mr. Lucas and Mr. F.. Reed for the bankrupts. It was stated that, though the accounts were not satin• factory, the assignee* did not wish to offer any opposition. Order of discharge granted. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Botor. Mr. Baron Martin.) Fneieriek Pearce, 36, smith, was charged with the man• slaughter of Thomas Pierce. Mr. Bedey conducted the prosecution. Mr. Sleigh was eouissi far the defence. l n larred from the opening statemc mt of the learned ae for the prosecution that the prisoner and his wife sad three children occupied the first-floor room of a boos., No. 12, Wood's-buildings, Southwark. The trans action that was the subject of inquiry took place on the evening of the 22nd November, and it appeared that about 9 o'clock ths deceased was is he prisoner's room, sod for some time all the parties who were there isesised to be on friendly te', and they were heard singing. After • short time, however, the voice of a man, supposed to be that of the deceased , was heard demanding some amp, and also that if thee di d not give him his mosey he _would " punch" it out of them. After that a great ditalhaea took place, in which a table sod some crockery IMO upset. The noise ceased for • short time, but again commenced, and • witness living in the floor called pollee, and some of the neig hbours eame r e T i bis prisoner's wife called out, "For God's sake fetch • policeman, he's chopping his braias out." The dieturhuoi , however,. was quelled, but sbotgeataterwards the Name witness beard another streaming mid a poise as if something was being SOWN the floor, sod afterwards heard something heavy throws down the stairs, and upon going to see what was the m iser, she saw the demised lyiog at the foot of the stairs, with his him covered with blood, and three large wounds upon bas head. A policesconatahle was called in, and oo seeing the who did it, when the prisoner give himself up. The mheer to see what weapon had been with . any blood on it, but on the prisoner's right foot, which !owed it splashed all over blood. The prisoner made use of not come after my wife The custody, sod taken to the station, ad with violently assatiltiog the de inspector on duty asked if there were Id L