The Express. — London, England, 1860-12-21 00:00:00

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W Demur. • admen Win King, Mir Itotbert, sir& wit..—Ari NW BOO& —Commas. past 7. ME WA= AT LONDON =IDOL TEIB TIL .... Allyness. IL 17 es. T941100011—/liandiss,a 48. Mimeos. 11b. 11. LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 21. Tits confirmation of the St. Petersburg tele gram of gaturday last has not waited for our own overland mail from China. The Russian Govern ment appears to have now received the actual despatches from Pekin of which the news just mentioned was an anticipation, and with them is • letter from Lord Eton himself, addressed to the British Minister at St. Petersburg. Lord &our, writing on the Bth of November, states that the Treaty with China had been ratified and pub lished. The instrument referred to can be no other than the Treaty of Tientsin, the ratification of which Mr. BaceE went to obtain last year, and which has already been ratified on the part of our Government. We are still left in ignorance of the terms of the new convention, in cluding the amount of the indemnity. The French, according to the Moisitnir, are to have more than two millions sterling towards their war expenses, and appear to have got besides material for as many adaptations in China of the drama of the " Holy " Places " as exhibited at Constantinople in 1853, as it may suit them to make use of. It seems to have been forgotten that it was the claim of foreigners to interfere in China in matters of religion that a century ago drove the most tolerant of eastern governments, under which Christianity was thriving rapidly, to a general expulsion of mis sionaries and the persecution of thousands of their converts as allies of the enemies of the state. Lord Eton makes no mention in his letter of the prisoners. The omission will be variously in terpreted. We take it as a sign that he did not regard as conclusive the reports which had doubt less reached him. Had he believed that he had grounds for making a positive statement respecting the prisoners he would hardly have failed to trans mit one because of its unfavourable character. Ge neral lortarnerr, the Russian Minister at the Court el Pekin, indeed sends a categoric state ment respecting ,three English and three French prisoners " merincred" by the Chinese, two of the former being Mr. Di NORMAN and Captain ANDIRSON, of whose death we were informed twelve days ago, while the third is the correspon dent of the Times, and we cannot but admit that his report seriously diminishes the ground for hoping for Mr. Bowise's restoration to his friends. Still, we may point out that the date of the Gene ral's despatch is not known, and that unless it is later than that of Lord ELGIN'S letter our Ambassador's reserve, which must have had a reason, may be set against the belief of the Minister of another nation, more especially as we are unacquainted with the evidence on which General linirierr has drawn up his report. In a few days—perhaps a few hours—we shall know the whole truth, and in the interval of agonising suspense the friends and colleagues of Mr. BOWLRY will have the earnest sympathy of every Englishman. Lord Eton states that he was indebted to General IGNATIRVI for the manner in which that Minister had promoted the object of his negotia tions. The probability that the Minister of Russia had lent a band in obtaining a settlement of our quarrel with China has been suggested in many quarters, and the interest of the Russians in post poning the threatened break-up of the dominions of the Chinese EMPRRON is sufficiently obvious. The CZAR counts with reason on the heritage of that " sick man." Every thoughtless blow which a Western European Power deals at Pekin does his work. By his important and rapidly growing settlements at the mouth of the Amoor he may be said to be always on the spot. Hie ie no DolitY of passion. He simiies the character and profits by the weakness of his neighbours, from whom be has within these six years filched a whole province without striking a blow. Still he does not want to have too much on his hands at once ; and there can be no question that the next expedition we send to China will find him much better prepared than he is now to profit by that general disintegration of the Celestial Empire which it seems the fate of England to hasten on, but by which she can never profit. The two Powers which, starting at a disadvantage, have in a short time made good their footing in China, by placing their relations with the Government on the basis of common interests, an America and Ramie, neither of which has wasted a shilling in war ex penses in Chinese waters. President BUCHANAN says in his Miminge of the 4th inst. :—" The " friendly and peaceful policy pursued by the " Government of the United States towards the " Empire of China has produced the most satis " factory results. The Treaty of Tientsin of the " 18th June, 1858, has been faithfully observed "by the Chinese authorities." Thu Pannier goes on to state that the claims of American citi zens, aa adjusted in the supplementary conven tion, had been liquidated by the Chinese Govern ment to the amount of 700,000 dollars, and that the United States Minister to China, while re rosining neutral, had ever been ready, in conjunc tion with the Russian Minister, to employ his go.,d Minus in restoring peace. We presume that if the Americans, instead of pursuing their real intereste in China, had been above all things anxious to demonstrate their power—if they had advocated the maxim that you can get no justice from the Government of that coun try except by brute force, and if they had accustomed themselves to value every concession and st.pulation obtained just in proportion as it was offensive to the ether side, they, too, in stead i,[ having to speak of the fidelity of the Chinese to their engagements, would be by this time inyotently lamenting the incurable pen dime ii,.• of that people. In 157,7 Count Pot. Ticr. , .l, !hen linpenal Itieisum Commissioner to .• ..bed to tie. cione, Government for levee .:•n to go to Perish, and ass refused. It TES • - •.r- 41 1" ROM A lig war expected at the time that uald join the Allies in a war ; but, although the refusal referred to involved a breach of treaty, the Count received orders from his Government to confine himself to peaceful endeavours to establish relations with The Court of Pekin. Accordingly by 1858 he had contrived to sign a treaty before Lord Eton( was able to do so, and in communicating the fact to our Plenipotentiary just as Mr. Bauca was, to use Lord Etorres words, "extorting from the fears of the Chinese " Government concessions which amount to a re " volution, and involve the surrender of some of " the most cherished principles of the traditional " policy of the Empire," gave Lord ELGIN some sound advice. He wrote, "It is for your Ex " oellency now to decide on the future fate of the " present Government, and it will depend on you " to place the necessary check on the stream " which might otherwise deluge China, now newly " opened, and cause so many disasters. The too " great concessions which might be exacted from a " Government so roughly shaken would but " precipitate its fall, which would only " produce new and much graver difficulties. " It is repose that is necessary for China, and it " will be alike profitable both to the commerce " and general interest of other Mates, who cer " tainly desire nothing so much as to see the " Chinese Government arrive at the conviction " that the concessions which it has now made are " above all useful to itself." Such are the wise and moderate maxims which have enabled Russia, 'without cost and without loss of temper and dig nity, to acquire in three years a position in China which made the co-operation of its Minister valuable to the Plenipotentiary of a nation whose army held the capital of that country. How little we have profited by these truths, as serious as they are undeniable, and what price we are paying for the neglect of them, all the world knows. Lord Zuni confirms the reported evacuation of Pekin in announcing the march of the army to Montan). When this measure was announced in the telegram which arrived last Saturday evening, it was generally and naturally received as indicat ing a sudden and important change in the state of the negotiations with the Chinas. Government. For, only a few days before, her Itarneres Consul- General at Alexandria had telegraphed to the Foreign-office a despatch, which immediately ap peared in all the newspapers, stating that one portion of the army was to winter at Pekin and another at Tientsin, an announcement the gravity of which was instantly appreciated by the public. The price of the public funds fell, and for a whole week the country was under the depressing influence of the intelligence. Now what we wish to point out is—not that the statement, promulgated with so much authority, was inconsistent with intelligence of later date, which would be7natural enough— but that it did not represent the actual state of things at the date it bore—in other words, it was in contradiction with the fuller news of which it purported to be an anticipation. There does not appear to have been at any time any likelihood that the Allies would winter at Pekin : no such statements occur in the published private letters, or in the official despatches. The signa ture of the treaty, the evacuation of Pekin, and the return to Tientain, just as they are now announced, were all in expectation at the latest date of the last overland mail. The alarming de spatch referred to professed to give the news to the 13th of October. But on that day our own correspondent at Pekin was writing, in the letter we published last Monday, these words :—" It is " antielpated that all difficulties are now at an " end. Pekin is at our mercy, and the ratifies.- " dens will probably be exchanged and the army "on its way back to Tientsin in ten days." Nor was this written on account of any sudden turn in the course of affairs, for in his letter of Oct. 9 the same correspondent had said, " The " general opinion is that the war is over, and by " next mail you may expect to hear that peace is " proclaimed." This last sentence was written before the Allies took possession of Pekin, a measure which was adopted with a special object, apart from those of the treaty and the convention which were to end the war. It may be hoped that matters have peeved the point at which we may expect many shore important telegrams from China, for the pre sent, but it is certainly desirable that information which is destined to be given to the world on offi cial authority should be compiled ender some guarantee of correctness. There are always gen tlemen attached to the Stet of a diplomatist of Lord ELOIN'B rank who could be trusted to pen a few lines for the telegraph. At any rate, this Alexandrian experiment does not answer. A Calcutta letter says that the elect of the med iae of Fa H. Ravis order of disbutdaiset woe the sth lhoropeast WY dour—overwhelming. " Many of . . _ the Old sultan, met who ILA beam desighted from the old Bengal and from royal regiments, appeared utterly broken ; men, with medals on their breasta, who hid fought England's tattles all over the world, sobbed like children at the mmouseemeot of tine terrible disgrace. Not a thought of resistance was present to timer imagina tion. They seemed prostrate ender the weight of the blow. Even upon the spectators the effect was very great. No time wrts left to the men for reflection. On the following morning the first detachment left to joie the lst Fusiliers at llooltais, a three mouths' march, without arms, the commander-in-chief having declared that, to prevent the occurrence of these scenes of mutiny, and to provide for the public safety, the men should not awry their arms. Two days later a second detachment was to start for Rooritee, and ►he others in due course after them Thus was succeadully met the second attempt of the 6th Europeans to dictate law to the state. Had this formidable coaspiracy—for such it was—bee sacred to pun but one inch of ground, twee an say to what as ex tent it night not have spread." 801701 D'a PANORAM A.—MERSIN A.—Mr. Bur food has prepared his annual for the Christmas holidays, as well as the other caterers for the public entertainment. It is somewhat of the largest size, but it will not be the less acceptable on that account, seeing that it is a very beantital sod accurate panorama of the city of Messing, just sew we of the most hitereeting localities in Europe. The view is taken from the Lighthouse, whence the eye takes in the whole of the city and famed suburban Orange Groves, the waters of the Faro, and the distant Calabria° meat. Nothing is omitted, the spacious harbour, the gloomy la. sannto, and the deep waters is which, close up to the quay walls, are moored the commercial ships el the world. The classical student may see the famed Cberybdia, and the admirer .f scenery will be charmed with the perspective of the straits and the distant moon rise jest Upped with mow. There could hardly have beep chosen s better tiros than the present for the opening of a panorama of Manna, when the incidents of the Ski- Has revolution are fresh is every one's memory, and the end is still in suspense. The spectator who visits Mr. Surford's picture will be not only planted with its artistic beauties, bat he may rely upon its haring all the correctness of asap Ting PROPOSiD Nsw Thomas or Coviorrar. Lora Palmerston returned the following reply I. the memo rial from Coventry, praying that a new bishopric might be crested in the diocese of Wormlike :—" Dowsing-stmt. December 12, : I am hind by Loyd Mawr don to acknowledge the receipt of the memorial from the clergy of the diocese of Worcester, which accompanied year letter of the 10th instant, anti to inform you that there are no means of creating a new bishopric, men if it were desir able to do am— I remain, 'lir. your obedient servant, ('. G. B.taua4TVr. The Von. the Archdeacon of Coventry." • eV Gorr. . , ROYAL PAVILION, ALDERSHOT? CARP, DSc. 19. The Queen, Prince Consort, and Royal Party arrived at ass North Gimp station, woe ifter 11 etas& this morning, wham her Majesty's carriages were waiting. The Queen, Princess Alice, and Princess Helena drove in an open carriagrewl-four round the camp, and arrived at the Pavilion at half•part 1. The Ladies in attendance followed in another carriage. The Prince Coesort and Prince Louis rude on horse back. Her Majesty visited the bakery, the stoves, the @tables of Royal Artillery, and the racquet court. Lieuten►nt-Gene ral az J. Pennefuther, the Staff of the Camp, the Adjutant- General of the Forms, sad Deputy Quartermaster-General, were also hi 'Abode/toe. In the afternoon the Queen andthe Prince Consort, mown. ponied by Princess Alice end Prince Loma, walked to the Prince Consort's Unary. Her Majesty's dinner party in the evening included the following :—The Prinoeee Alice, Prince Louie, Lieutenant- General Sir J. Pennefather, K.C.8., Major-Genersa the Hon. Sir J. Barlett, /C.C.S., Adjutant-General; Colonel the Hon. P. Herbert, C. 8., Deputy Quartermaster-General; Major-General Lawrence, C. 8., let Brigade; Brigadier- General llossdl , C. 8., 2,1 Brigade; Colonel Little, CA, 9th Lancer; Colonel Yltemayer, C. 8., commanding 8.A., Colonel Simmons, C. 8., commanding ME. ; Colonel Arm strong, C. 8., Amin/ant Adjutant-General ; Lientreser Colonel the Hon. H. Clifford, Aeon:Mat Quartermaster- General ; and Baron Wenterweller. DiC. 90. In ocemequence of the hairy fall of snow, the pride el the troops ordered for this morning yea countermaeded. The gases, Prince Consort, Princess Alice, Primes Helena, sad Prince Louis, walked in the grounds oidjoining the Perilke, sad hit eta quarter before two o'clock tor the North Camp statics, when a 'podia train was is medium to convey the royal party to Windsor Castle. A deputation, consisting of Rev. W. Cureton, Rector of at. Marpret's ; Mr. Godson and Mr White, churchwardens; TkoChencelkw Mr W. Pap Wood, Mr. Whitely, and Mr. Rogers, vestrywisek, bed an interviow with the Right Hon. W. P. Cowper, M.P., at the Mike of her liaputy's Works and Public Buildings, in Whitehall-place. 8k Osage C. Lewis returned to town yesterday from Wilt= House, Wilts. The Judiail Committee of the Privy Comical sat yeater• day. Lord Chelmsford give judgment on as appal from New Brunswick, " Bt. Andrews and Quebec lisilway Casa- piny v. Broadfleki and Kim." His lordship also gave judgment on an appeal from the Lye of Min, " Corlett v. Radsliffe." Dr. Dashingsus gave judgment on as appeal from Bop', " Doorripenad Roy Chowdry v. Ural:weed Boy Chowdry." s' 04* \ • *N.., 7N . • ix.pyiEs§, FRI A - /VBININGI, DIOCEMBER - 2 ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL. The winter speeches, as they are called—that is, the costoreary recitations of classical sod modern dramatic poetry by choler boys of this venerable public school—were delivered yesterday afternoon, preliminary to the breaking sip for their Christmas holidays. A fair company of ladies and geed/mai, some of them parents or friends of the young scholars, and others who were themselves " old Panlines," owing their education to this school, had &ram bled to witness the performaace. The Surveyor Account eat, Mr. C. F. daimon, Mr. Lane, and Mr. flarington, di rectors of the school, were also present. The proceedings began, as usual, with the Win lyrical composition which his gained the Thurston Memorial Prize for the year. It is a translation, in Sapphic verse, of Tennyson's well-known poem, entitled " The Brook." Mr. A. W. South, the cap tain of the school, who was the successful candidate apse this occasion, came forward and repeated his composition. He was then congratulated by the head master, the Rev. Dr. Kynseton, who is banding him a set of books for his pries, remarked that the St. Paul's boys were always glad to hear of the distinctions obtained by any of their inscrUellows aliewhire ; and he would therefore mention that cos of them, Mr. Honied, had just won the schokzahip of Tririty College, Cambridge, which was open to all the world. Two others, he was glad to say, bad this year gained very high places in the civil swim examinations of the East ladia Government ; another Mr. Spurting, bad got a first-class in the Cambridge tram! sky examination, and there war a scholarship besides, which had been obtained by one of the Bt. Paul's boys. He felt so doubt they would continue, by diligence and good be haviour, to maintain the old character of the school After this speech from the head master, the academical private theatricals began. The latter portion of that racy political satire, The Knights of Aristophanes, was performed by Mesas. South, Roberta, and Gardiner, with mach humour and spirit. Doubtless Professor Mackie might here contend that an Attic ear would be sorely afflicted with the English style of pronunciation, which has prevailed among the Grecians rid Latinists of our own country ever since the days of Dean Colet, the founder of this school, and of his friend the learned Dutchman. Erasmus. But although it might not perhaps have sounded like Greek to an Athenian audience resuscitated for this occasion, it was Greek enough to a majority of the English grown-up people, especially of the gentler sex, who were yet greatly amused with the contention between these two fluent rivals for the favour of the puzzle-headed Demos, the superior vivacity of Agony:rites, end the final discomfiture of Oen. The next thing was a erne from Shannon, the meeting of the conspirators in Jolla. Caesar. Seven young gentlemon took part io it, but somehow or other the acting of the English play was not se effectively done as we should desire. Then earns the fourth and fifth acts of the Andrea, in which these Pauline boys showed that they could make themselves quite at home in Terence, almost as well as the Westminster', who are wont to use him so ones. Much astonishment and some laughter were naturally ex cited among the ladies of the company by the sudden bring ing in of the baby, and those who had no Latin lore al their own seemed very anxious to find out the truth about its birth and parentage, while their curiosity was not so easily gratified as that of respectable Mr. Chromes, by overhearing the conversation between the nurse maid and the servant-man. The character of that most amiable elderly gentleman was sustained with some drollery by AMU ; and the part of Darns by Black. From th e domestic comedy of the Roman stage these reveille youth immediately leaped away into the midst of all the fun of Puff's rehearsal of his Elizabethan tragedy, in Sheridan's immensely comical play of the Critic. This was produced by the St. Paul's scholars for the diversion of their friends yesterday, with a degree of enjoyable rigour and freedom of manner, a rich sense of the ludicrous, and a power of mock-intonation and grimace, equal to the average of burlesque acting at any theatre in London. The audi ence were kept in a roar of merriment from bogie. ring to end. The part of Puff was taken by Mr. Bennett ; that of the Earl of LOOMI.O. by Mr. C. (Meth ; and Tilburina (exceedingly well dew), by Mr. Ramsbothain, who had also been the female servant of Terence'. comedy. The young gentleman who had thus mouthed and vaponred as the Earl of Leiesetsr in that Elizabethan monk tragedy, instantly, upon the retirement of Puff's absurd company, turned up again as the captive Andromache of Euripides, and recited with mush pees and feeling her pathetic lamen tations, a widow and a slave in the Grecian camp. The last item in this abundant bill of fare, which the clever Thespians of St, Paul's School afforded us, was a very piquant dish, cornixsod by that excellent French cook of dramatic dainties, Monsieur Scribe. Ina scene or two of La Deux Prterpteurs, Mr. (least, as the roguish ex-valet and share tutor, delivered his pert not only with a vary pure French accent, but with adroitness and good tests. This finished the day's entertainments. The Trinuntenets of Plautus was repeated hat night by the Scholars of Westminster, in the presence of a numerous and applauding audience, amongst whom were the Turkish Ambassador., the Dean of St. Paul's, Sir D. Donau, &c. I.l4ooBPOiraltri SOCIITT FOR PROMOTING TEI PJGAIGENTST, BUILDING, AND RF.PAIRINO OF CHURCHES AND Cuarzt.s.—This society held its usual monthly meet. big (the second for the present session), on Monday last, the 17th indent, at the Society's house, No. 7, Whitehall, S.W., the Right Hon. the Earl Of Romney in the chair. ?here were also present the Melt Has. the Earl of Pouts, Sir Thomas Phillips, Rev. Onion Jennings, Rev. W. H. Cosem Rev. T. F. Stooks, Mr. J. Park Har rison, Rev. George Ainslie M.A., secretary. Grants of money were made in a id of the following objeeta Building churches at Jarrow Docks, in the parish of South Shields i Sheldon, lathe (pariah of Bakewell _ Derby ; and Stopeley, in the pariah of Luton . Bede ; rebuilding the churches at Aberfm4 near Milford Junction, York ; Man ton, near Kirton-in-Lindsey. Lincoln ; and Southgate, Mid dlesex. Enlarging or otherwise increasing the accommoda tion is the churches at Seaham Harbour. Durham ; Cray ford, Kent and Duetoe, near Biggleswade. The great formerly made towards the restoration of the church at Rockhold, near Monmouth, wee also increased. The racist, likewise accepted the trust of sums or mossy MI repair funds for the new churches at Lianybrill, Carmarthen, and Jesmond, in the parish of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. SOCIETY FOR THE ENOOIIRAGEMIINT OF THE FINS ARTA.-1414 evening, at the Society's rooms, in Conduit. street, Mr. Albert Gilbert delivered a lecture "on Carl Maria roe Weber and his works," illustrated by numerous examples, vocal and instrumental. The lecturer spoke with fervour of the versatile genius of his subject, who, binders music, had distinuished himself in science and letters. In music he had produced works of the highest order in every department—for the church, the chamber, and the theatre. In one point, especially, he bad entitled himself to the consideration and gratitude of the musicians of the chamber —namely, in what he had done for the pianoforte, being the ant great composer who had composed works expressly fur and directly calculated to bring out in the highest effect the peculiar capabilities of that instrument. The illus trations presented comprised the Maas in 0, which was given entire by the Arlon choir, forty voices—the solo parts by Miss Charlier, Mdme. Andrea, and Messrs. Bol ton, , Houghton, and Milne, accompa nied on the harmonium by Dr. Barnett Gilbert ;" Sona sighs," from Ds r Freiant GMdme. Gilbert; and other v o cal pious by Miss E. esham, Miss Bodes, Kim Fosheoke, ttc. ; the slow move ment rondo from sonata in C (pianoforte), Mr. Alfred Gd bert • the wholeconcluding with solo, quartette, and chorus from I:to-mutat. The lecture and illustrations,which men ! pied upwards of two hour. in the delivery and performance, afforded great delight to a numerous audience, who com pletely crowded the great gallery, sod frequently expressed their appivyal by the warmest expressions of applause. 1860. LATEST IN fiLLIGENCE. FRANCE—CHINA. PARIS, FRIDAY MORRTNO. The Moniteur publishes a decree regulating the right of precedence of the ministers of state. The Moniteur also publishes the report of General Montauban, from which it appears that there are some inaccuracies in the amounts of the plundering of the palace of the Emperor. The General states that the booty was divided between the allies. ITALY. PARIS, THURSDAY &MM. The Petrie says : " The negotiations for the evacuation of Gaeta have failed. " The bombardment was to recommence on the morning of tho 18th instant." THE PARIS BOURSE. PARIS, THURISDAT, 3.35 P.Y. The Bourse has been •ery dull. Rentes closed at 68.60, or 10c. lower than yesterday. UNITED STATES. QUE, Maar. The Liverpool, New Y TO or WN k, and THU RSD P AY hiladelphia Company's steamer Glasgow, Captain Thompson, from New York on the Bth inst., has arrived. She brings Zr passengers, but no specie. Her news has been generally anticipated. NSW YORK, Doc. 7, Evionse. Exchange depressed. Commercial billy 101 to 103. Freights steady. GARIBALDI AT CAPRERA. CAMERA, Dic. 2. At break of (lay all are astir, and everyone pre paring himself for his own occupations, so that on the little square facing the house you see on one side Colonel D— sharpening • knife, on the other F— mending • spade ; Menotti, his coo, trying a musket ; B—, who with a needle mends nets ; G— selecting the weds ; and, inside the house, the daughter's good governess preparing some coffee for these working people. Then each goes about his busineee ooe to the direction of the plough, another to the plantation of the vine, which is to be tried • some devoting themselves to fishing , others to the chase, and the General to survey all, to direct all, selecting the best agricultural systems that his mind suggests to him. Towards mid-day • alight and sober collation, where, seated around an old walnut table, "belonging to drawing or entrance room," they narrate to each o th er their cempee tral feats, interspersed by relations of war episodes, of mili tary adventures, and • hundred other things, which render that familiar intercourse so exquisitely agreeable. Then We daughter, d riesprestpitt, makes the house resound with the accords of an excellent piano (sole luxurious article of %rafters he poseesses at Camera), and begins playing the allegro, " Dagliela avanti un passe," followed by "Vs &oft d'lta li a"—hymns which mall so much grief and so many national Joys. After breakfast sash remises his occupation again to meet at the frugal evening dinner, where certainly no one envies the regal re peat shared in gilded saloons. At night, after a short walk, I the Dictator retires to his own little room, and there, alone with his thoughts, meditate* on the future destiny of that Italy, which, 1 may say, he never names without a tumour of love. De.s. 3. Iu my preceding letters I did not tall you that the govern. meet sent to Maddalena, for the Dictator's disposal, the natiosal steamer Wuhington— the same that so greatly as sisted at the disembarkation on terra Anna. (inlaid', however, gratified at such estpressassist, would not allow that the State should suffer an •enditure which he thought unnecessary, sad nobly retied the offer. lest week he with various Mends went to the farad= coin to hunt. Hardly WAX Garibaldi's arrival known than a thousand fires shone on the surrounding kill summits, and multitudes of mountaineers hastened from every part. Arralog than Aiwa he @peat • happy day. in lag I lam jam all over °work and I went in the de means@ of the Alt propriekir of the bland, an English Lay,. who, 'Map% nikanabrapirelly inclined, or given to contemplation, hi. this. mroaw•s~ yams come to bury herself in the solitude of • cabin, 'lda she bas had built in the southern part al ties Mud TIM tire tames of the genera mid the lady are asparatat by • wall a few feet high, sad here and there intern:4od by inklubsped gates. The de clivity of the bill, where sins weak shrubs grew, is roamed by erratic masses of yanks imilladdadia • thousand fanciful ways by the corroding action of the maritime waters whir& in remote times spinal than best. DEATH OP THE MARQUIS OP DALHOUSIE. The above nobleman died at Dalhousie Castle, Wit Dahlia, ea Wednesday evening, at half-past 6 o'clock. The state of his health had for some time precluded all hope of his recovery. Having no male issue, the Scotch earldom sad estates of Dalhousie fan to his cousin, Lord Paamurn Th e deceased par was In his 48th year only. James Aadww Broun-Ramsay was born on the 22nd of April, 1812, at Dalhousie Castle, the sou of the ninth Bari of Dalhousie, moos familiarly known in Scotland am "the laird of Cookpsa," from his representing In right of poansmion, if not of descent, the hero of a coral's Mumma song whose courtship by as llamas ran smoothly. The future IItiVADIDIDD, who was a third sea, was I sent to RUM', and from Harrow proceeded to Christ Church, Oxford, wire is 1833 ha took his digress with honours. In 18112 he soasseded to the hammy tit.* sad entered the parliament *hick was nimmoosd om the moss aim of her Majesty, as member for the county of Had diagton. Hs was called early in the neat year to the Upper Homan is oceseqasoos of the death of his haw. In 1843 Kr. litidmissio rose to the ?mikes, al the Board of Tends, sad Lord Dalhousie took his plain as Vico- Prairie. Than, again, when his chief rested the pre limey in 1845, Lord Dalhousie occupied the same elks, not °sly during the remainder of Sir Robert Peers term of government, but itim loader Lord John Russell, who begged him to retain his peat In Mims years he thoroughly studied the railway victim and all that it involves in the way of hateroommunication ; be made himself acquainted with every description of outlay, of management, and of returns • he framed rules for the pre paration of the legion of bill that were promoted to parlia ment in the height of the mania, and thus giving hi mind to the peat public works, as wall as to this vast tads of this eeuntry, he was educating himself for the government of an empire loss advanead in civilisation, and especially needing the creation of similar public works for the develop. meta of its ramparcas. He was, in fact, after a short but active appreeticeship at the Board of Trade, offered the splendid position of Governor-General of India, as succemor to Lord Harding.. He accepted the offer, and arrived at Dakota os the 12th of January, 1848 The best amount of what Lord Dalhousie proposed to himself, and what he effected as Cloarnor.Oensral, will be (mind in the celebrated minute which he drew up, review ing his adniinistration in India horn January, 1848, to .. . March, 1856. ft wow*. some 40 folio pages, sod is one of the most remarkable *see papas ever peeved. His con stitution was not strong, and it broke down under the excess of labour. He bad, in 1853, sent his wife home also in had health; but sbe had died on the homeward voyage, and the first intimation be bad of her death wee from the newsboys Mooting the announcement is the assets of Calcutta. It was • dreadful shock, and ere long it seemed doubt ful whether he himself should sur►ive the fatigue of • voyage home, or whether he might not eves die before the arrival of his suomesor. It wee when his health was thus destroyed that the home authorities decided to depose the Bing of Code and occupy his kingdom. Lord Dalhousie wrote to the court of directors to say that if his services were required he would do the work before leaving his poet, cad his bust days in India were given to that work of his which has bees most questioned and which his brought epos has not a little obloquy. On the 211tb of February, 1556, Lord Oman( commenced his reign over India, and on the 11411 of March Lord Da -1 housie left Calcutta. Her Most Gracious Majesty haa, we are informed, 000trilmted 100 &was to the fund in aid of the distressed Aland weavers of Coventry aad its neighbourhood. Sob seriptioms will be received by Japes, Loyd, sod Co.; linith, Payne, and Ow; Glyn, Mills, and Ca; sad by Messrs. Drummood. His Excellency the Antbemeador of France and the Connteis de FLibault and Wes Elphinstone de Fla- Limit are staying at Bowood, on a visit to the Marquis of Lsoadowso. The Earl and Counters ot Westmoreland are .expected in town to-day from Apthorpe Perk, Northanip tooehire. Hie lordship has taken the Fart of Teadtemlle's hose in South Audleratreet for a few mouths. • The Earl of Shelburne leaven Lauedowne Rouse to-morrow for Bowood. The Countess of Winch'nes sod Lady Florence Paget have arrived at the St. Georges Hotel. The Viscountees Falmouth gave birth to a son at Tunbridge Walls on the 19th. A marriage is arranged, and will shortly take Once, between Lonl Otho Pitsgerald and Lady Matilda Butler, daughter of the Countess of Glengall. The llou. James Fitewalter Butler, eldest son sod heir of Lord Dunboyne, has recently assumed the ad ditional name and arms of Chfford, in consequence of his marriage with the only surviving child and heiress of Colonel Henry Morgan Clifford, of Llantilio, near Abergaveooy, ILP. for Hereford. . We (Stamford Mercury) regret to hear that the health at the Earl of Yarborough does not improve. His lordship takes frequent airiop at Brighton, and be is laid to be exceedingly cheerful, but he costumes very weak. By the death of Major-General W. F. Williams, a goad-terviee pension of 1001. per annum has been placed at the disposal of his Royal Highness the Doke of Cambridge, Oentsoasdier-ii-Chid. The 1011 for the election of an Honorary Presi dent of the Associated Societies of Ediabargh University took place oa Tuesday afteraasu cud erasing. The !allow ing was the state of the poll at the close :—Professor Ay teen, 177 ; Mr. Thackeray, 77 ; and Mr. Ruskin, 58, The Duke of Saio-Coburg has, with the consent el the Lag of Saxony, promoted the celebrated publisher of Leipeic, Y Bernhard•Taechnita, to the rank of Here. ditery Item. The dignity Las been conferred as an acknowledgment for the exertions Made by the baron to promote the extension of English literature in Germany. UNIVISI3IIY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD,Dic. 20. Quints's COLLSOL—The election to a Fellowship at this caw termianterl this morning in favour of Mr. Jean Zio4wt h r Scholar and Exhibitioner of OrieL Mr. obtained the Stanhope Prize in the present year. " The Rine of the Swine Confede ration." _ _ _ MODZIATION MMENZATIOAL CUM 1.127.—The Ere miners in the Moderation Mathematical School have this evening published the following award of classes : Clue I.—Alfred Woodley Croft, scholar, Exeter. Clara 2.—Oesege Car&le, commoner, Oriel ; Alfred Castellani and Charles Cavtellain con:masers, ; Charles Godfrey, Bible clerk, Wo rcester ; Sackett Hope, scholar, Queen's ; Joseph Frank Payne, demy, Magdalen; and Henry Sewell, scholar, University. Lams 3.—Richard Edward Coles, scholar, Pembroke ; William Jackson, exhibitioner . " Meilen Hall. J. A. AIIIWORTI, fit Ferman?, }Examimen. Diu., HONOURS IN TNI FINALINiNTIOL OF LAW - AND MODNAN Itaroar.—The examiners in the Final School of Law and Modern History (the Rev. Robert Owen, 8.D., Fellow of Jews ; Mr. Montague Bernard, M.A. sod 8.G.L., Fellow of All Souls; and the Be.. Choice Edward Oakley, M.A., lia&f; have to-day issued the following du : .—George Elwin, Corpus Christi ; and Henry Prit chard, Odd Liar 2.—Edward J. Foster. Chriat'Church ; and Roland Bawdier Vaughan Williams, Christ Church. Glue 3.—Thurlow Aetley, Christ Church ; John A.Bed hare, Pembroke ; Robert G. °realism, Exeter ; Drum mood Smith, Balliol ; Edmund Turner, Christ Church ; James P.N. Weide, Trinity ; and Edmund M. E. Welby, Corpus Christi. Class 4. —liambard Brunel, Balliol ; George L. Hodgkin son, Pembroke ; Thomas M. HorsfaLl, Worcester ; Joseph Radcliff, Trinity ; Henry Montague Villiers, Christ Church ; and Frederick Wickham; New. *Pi y *6ll. , . ma BONN TRIAL. BONN, Dec. 17, 3 P.N. Our trial terminated to-day at 2 o'clock, and we attend court on Monde next to hear the sentence, though, indeed, that bag already been passed, only Monday next is fixed for the Anal decision, after reference to Berlin. Every one in England will be glad to learn that a highly respectable lady of Cologne, named Wplf Heydin, gave evidence in court to-day entirely exculpating Captain Macdonald. She states that she got into the same compartment before Mrs. Yarrow ; that Cap tain politely motioned her to a seat disengaged ; then came Mn. Barrow, when Captain Macdonald gently placed his band, or fingers of one hand, on Mrs. Parrow's shoulder, zeiriming to her in a polite m anner that the sear were already taken. Mrs. Farrow was not to be deterred, bat entered the carnage. Mr. Barrow, close behind, seeing Captain Macdonald plain his band oa his wife's shoulder, gave him abuse, and called the railway official, and said the liagiiakmao had insulted his wife, and he would not ride in the same image with him ; whereupon Hoffman, the rail way director, told him (Macdonald) to turn out and go into another compartment ; and, on Ilaciloualirs refusing to obey help was called, and three men and the director Hoffman bundled him out with force, and the result we all know. Soon after this the names of all the passengers were taken down by the railway officer, Mrs. lleydin's among the number. In the course of the journey to Cologne Mr. Barrow asked his wife if that Englishman had insulted her. She said " No." Mr. Yarrow, moreover, advised Mn. Heydin to get her name scratched out ; that it was of no use, and would save her trouble. This she did, and that is the reason ass for her not appearing before at Mae doeald's triaL .onald's imprisonment is this proved to have been entirely nuituit, and they cannot carry into effect any punishment against us. The judges and all the law officers have exhibited towards us during the trial the greatest politears, kindlier, sod forbearance. The French government have determined, in ardor to give more animation to the magnifoeut Boulevard Sebastopol, that a theatre shall he built on tho square of the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers. There are already two new theatres on the Place de Chktelot, and the new theatre will make the third in that neighbourhood. The object of building so many new theatres in the same quarter is to attract some of the superabundant population from the other boulevards, and give them an induoement to settle in the new quarter. An artist in Paris Las made a discovery which will effect a complete revolution in the manufacture of cabinet work. lie has found a means of rendering any de scription of wood so soft that it will receive an impression either of the most varied sculpture or the most delimits claming. The wood is then hardened to the consistency of metal, while the impressions remain perfect. The artist has already completed some splendid sculptured articles, each as picture (mum, inkstands, chaste, and liquor-stands. With the introduction of this new art, it is expected that articles of household furniture will be considerably reduced in price. - - • THE SOURCES or THE NILI.—The Royal 000- graphical Society propose raising a subscription of 2,000 f., for sending an expedition, under Mr. Petherick (her Ma jesty's consul at Kluirtbm), up the Nile, to explore its sources, and to aid that of Capt. Speke, already dispatched by way of Zansibar for the same direction. The society gives 106 f., the Foreign-office 100 t., Lord Ashburton and Miss Burdett Coutes each contributed 50f. An appeal le made to scientific men arid others, and already 666 f. has been secured. Should the required sum be quickly raised, Mr. Petherick undertakes to reach Goodokoro in November next ; he will then explore till March, 1862, and, after the rainy reason, start afresh, and continue his travels till the end of 1863 or the beginning of 1864. FEARFUL AeCIDENT.--SHLELDR, THURSDAT.—A most fearful accident occurred yesterday on the Blyth awl Tyne Railway. The train for Shields and Percy Main left Morpeth at five minute' past 2 in the afternoon, and reached the Choppington station at fourteen minutes pest that hour. At the romneut that it was starting from the latter station a stout, middle-aged roan came mining up. He Betted hold of a handle of our of the carriage doors, but the steps beiug slippery, he was hurled backward ou to the platform, the wheels of the train Latching his feet. He was dragged oe to the hue, when the train pared over him, causing instant death. Me was fearfully mangled. The deceased turns out to be a Mr. Tullocb, a traveller tot a Scotch distillery. He formerly kept the Star and Garter Inn, in North Shields. On the previous night a special train which was coming from Sunderland to NewcasUe ran into a luggage train very shortly altar pacing Brickley Whins station. The latter train was knocked off the true by tire force of the concussion. The occupants of the special train —many of them being ladies—were of course a pod deal alarmed, but, fortunately, not one of them was hurt. UNITED STATES AND CANADA. In the United States Senate, on the sth, Mr. Powell, of Kentucky, moved that so much of the President's message as relates to the dementia troubles of the country be referred to a select com mittee. The motion was laid over under the rule. Mr. Green, of Missouri, introduced a resolution for the establishment of an armed police in the border slave and free states, for the maintenance of general peaoe, the prevention of invasion of one State by the citizens of another, and for the efficient execution of the Fugitive Slave Law. Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire, then opened the debate on the impending crisis in the affairs of the country, and was followed by Messrs. Iverson L of Georgia ; Wield', of Texas ; Saulsbury, of Delaware, and others. In the Senate, on the 6th, Mr. Powell, of Ken tucky, introduced a resolution providing for the appointment of a select committee on so much of the President's message as relates to the distracted state of the country, and that said committee be instructed to inquire whether any additional legis lation than already within the sphere of federal au. thority and duty will be necessary for the protec tion and security of the property of the United States, and, if so, to report by bills ; and that the said committee be also instructed to consider and report whether it is deemed expedient to propose an amendment or amendments to the constitution of the United States, so as to insure a prompt and full protection to the rights and property of citizens of every state and territory, and to ensure the equal rights of the citizens aforesaid under the federal constitution. In the House the Speaker announced the special committee of one from each state, as provided for by the resolution, to deliberate upon the existing condition of the country. Mr. Coriom, of Ohio, is the chairman of the committee. When the reading of the list of names; was concluded, Mr. Hawkins, the only representative from Florida, asked to be excused from serving on the committee. Mr. John Cochrane, in an eloquent and patriotic speech, ap pealed to Mr. Hawkins to reconsider his determina tion. Before action was taken on the request of Mr. Hawkins, the hones adjourned to the 10th. The House Committee on the State of the Union ' consists of 16 republicans, 14 democrats, and 3 southern opposition. A Washington telegram of the 7th says that a better feeling prevailed at the capital on that day. Messrs. Hawkins, of Florida, and Boyce, of South Carolina, were the only members of the house who sought to be excused from serving on the special committee on the "state of the Union," and the indications were that their requests would not be granted. The President had explicitly expressed his deter mination to send no more troops to the forts near Charleston. He said everything would be done on his part to avoid collision. An able leader in the Washington National Inteltigencer proposes a convention of the slava-hold ing states to consult upon the impending dangers and the remedy. The southern conservatives re• gard this as the last hope for preventing the imme diate secession of four states. Charleston merchants were labouring under the impression that the foreign consuls there will grant clearances which will be valid for foreign trade until the custom-house of the new government is established. _ The Georgia Senate had rejected the bill calling for a convention of the Southern Staten. A resolution was pending in the Georgia legisla ture requesting the representatives of that state in Congress to propose to Congress to appoint com missioners on the part of the North and South, to provide for a peaceable dissolution of the Union and an equitable distribution of the public property between the two sections. _ _ _ As an instance of the manner in which English sentiment is misrepresented in America, we quote the following telegram from the Richmond (Vir ginia) correspondent of the New York Tribune : " I learn from a well-known English capitalist, just arrived here, that every Englishman whom he had conversed with on the subject of disunion was in ecatacies over the impending ruin which over hangs the Union, and they hoped to God it would eventually occur." The advises from British Columbia are to No vember 10. Since the 4th of November, 115,000 dollars in gold bad been received at Victoria from the Fraser River mines. There was a serious riot at the Victoria Theatre, Nov. 3, growing out of long existing prejudices of negroes against the whites. The negro population emigrated to British Columbia from California, to improve their social position, which they claim to have done, and to be equal in all things to any other race. The whites demurred, and the management of the theatre provided seats for its coloured patrons in a separate part of the house. On the night in question the negroes concerted a plan to take possession of the reserved sesta. Two negroes first forced admittance to the parquette. The whites attempted to expel them. The actors on the stage jumped into the parquette to assist in the fight. The ladies took refuge behind the smiles. A party of negroes, armed with clubs, came to the rescue of their fellows. A number of whites were knocked down and kicked by the negroes. Lighted camphine lamps were thrown about, bursting and setting the theatre on fire. The negroes got possession, and drove out the whites, and were in turn repulsed. Some of the negroes had firearms. The principal rioters were arrested, and order was restored by the police. One hundred negroes were engaged in the riot. Another attack on the theatre was planned for November 10, the day the steamer left. A large police force would be on hand. THE DISTRESS AT COVENTRY. A meeting of the Relief Committee was held at St. Mary's Hall, Coventry, on Wednesday; Lord Lmott presided, and there was a large attendance. The chairman announced that since the last meeting he had visited Man cheater, in company with the ex-roayor, Mr. Brecebridge, Mr. Franklin, and Mr. Cash, for the purpose of waking subscriptions. That visit had resulted in the receipt of scb ditional subscriptions from Manchester, to the amount of 3141. 4a., making in all 4141. 41., and at least another lOW. was expected. He had also put himself in communication with Sir Charles Phipps, with the view, if possible, of ob taining the sympathy of her Majesty on this occasion. The reply that he bad received was as follows : " Windsor Cutle, December 15, 1860. bf dear Lord Leigh,—l have had the honour to submit to her Majesty the Queen the papers which you have forwarded to me re lative to the distress which exists amongst the ribbon wen yen of Coventry and the neighbourhood, and 1 have received the commands of her Majesty to forward to yon the enclosed cheque for one hundred guineas as a subscrip tion from her Majesty towards the fund which has been raised for the relief of these poor people.—Sincerely yowls C. B. Purees." (Cheers.) His lordship, then further an nounced the receipt of 501. or 601. from the Rev. Mr. Trim mer, of Steueleigh, which he had collected from amongst his personal friends at Cheltenham. It was agreed that Mr. Trimmer be appointed hoes. secretary, to receive sub scriptions for the fund at Cheltenham. The hoe. secretary, Mr. A. H. Pears, announced that the georill subscriptions now amounted to 5,0001. In company' with the Mayor, he had been to Loudon for the purpose of citing subscriptions, and the result had been an add non to the fund of nearly 4001. They were also introduced to Mr. Eaton, who represented the silk trade in London. They found that that gentleman bad anticipated their arrival. nod had employed himself in collecting subscriptions amoniA the silk merchants and his friends. The ,üb scriptions which Mr. Eaton had already obtained, amounted to the magnificent sum of 2,3241. The Mayor then profs • vote of thanks to the Queen for her handsome donati.b the fund. The motion was seconded by Lord Leigh, .‘nd carried by acclamation. After the transaction of some tom' mitten business the Rev. Canon Ravage said, lest the !del should get abroad that the amount of money now subscribed was sufficient to meet the necessities of the case, he *call state that, however great that amount might be, they sere merely distributing the fund at the rate of Is. per bend 1 4 week, and no more. lie did riot think ft was possible be any tongue to describe what their condition 'coda tor been if these liberal subscriptions had not been forthconer.. This relief WAS offered just at the moment when they s , beginning to despair, and he could not help fishing ups thankfulnessto God for it. The Rev. 'Femple sour' that as soon as possible statistics showing the nstur. extent of the distress which existed in this district idle , be printed and circulated in all parte of the country. I meeting soon afterwards broke up. Yesterday evening a public meeting was be! 1 . Freetnatons'-ludl, in commemoration of the first em-W :- the Genteel Aram} , ly of the Church of 5..410 December 20, 1560. 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