The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-31 00:00:00

-- .' r --e-e_- i:: ; ~~i✓L-'G~~LG~: EIVSPAP.kIi • _ f eff - 4 4401,4 444 ,t , 1; 0 4 .41111 66, ( 9 /4 h a. -• k bt,?n ; A CCAFT - 6 k 7\ 4 :..i, /IL " . 4 it • 4. 9 , , 7 kttg 414 0 • _ -lid iv, Naval and Military, i n 1 4101MIL ik . " el 'VA 411 • • ILA - • ROrr • es 0 4 ‘, r"1". year le, ofE THE ATLAN, TIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY (Incorporate? , by Act of Parliament in 1857, whereby each shareholder': s liability is specially limited to the amount of his aubseriptlo•~), Guaranteed & per cent, by the British Government upon completion and NI •orking of the cable. trass' ikely, darg rife , done:, THE NAVY. The Termagant screw frigate, 25 guns, CaP: Hall, arrived at Spithead at 10 p.m. on Monday, from the Pacific, after one of the shortest runs en record. She left Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, on the 7th November, and made nearly the whole passage under sail. Fine weather, with occasional strong and favourable winds, has been experiencA throughout the passage. The ship was commis- sioned on the 28th of January, 1859, and was employed on the home station until the Bth of August in the same year, when she sailed for the south-east coast of America. She arrived at Mon tevideo in time to take part in an important war- • like demonstration made against the town. On the 6th of February, 1860, the Termagant sailed from Rio de la Plata for the Pacific in company with the Forward and Grappler, Gaiters° power gunboats, which vessels she conveyed to Vancouver Island, a. distance of 12,240 miles, towing them through the Straits of Magellan, Abe Smyth, Wide, and. Sar etiento Channels for-644 miles by the Gulf of Penes to the Pacific Ocean. On the 31st of July follow ing, while proceeding under steam through the A-&tive Pass, near the Island of San Juan, Vancou ver Island, owing to a tremendous set of tide, and the ship not answering her helm, she struck on the rocks, and sustained such severe damage as to be obliged to proceed to San Francisco for the purpose of being docked. She was conveyed into ,port in an excessively leaky condition by the Ganges, 84, flagship of the Commander-in-Chief on the station. _ On the 22d of September she was placed on the sectional floating dock of the United States' Go vernment, at Mare Island, -California, and when nearly clear of the water the weight of the ship broke down the dock, causing damage. to the ex tent of 30,000 dollars; The repairg;of the dock, tv/rieemeegynednte tte month% -;; gant until the Bth af.DeoemberielLe silent! year„, when she left for the coast of Mexico and Pa name, on which division of the station she remained until July, 1862. Embarking her Majesty's Com missioner for the Sandwich Islands, she sailed 'for Honolulu. The ship on her arrival at the Sand wich Islands took a prominent part in the solemni ties consequent upon the death of the late Prince Haiwaii, which occurred during her stay at the islands. On the day of sailing for England Capt. Hall and officeis of the ship were presented to their Majesties King Kamehameha and Queen Emma. Out of 294 officers and men who left England on board the Termagant only 155 have returned. Only one death has occurred on board during all this time. Nearly 140 desertions have taken place from among the crew, principally at San Francisco. The Termagant has brought home a few invalids and end passengers from the station, who were landed yesterday. She awaits at Spithead final orders as to the port in which she will be paid out of com mission. £600,000 in 12(4000 ShP;res of £5 each. Deposit on allot raent one pound. Share, DIRECTORS. The Right Er :on. =TAMES STUART WORTLEY, Upper Sheen'. House, Mortlake, Surrey, Chairman. CURTIS M. T.JAMPSON, Esq. (Messrs. C. M. Lampson, and Co.), 6 -1, Queen-street, Cheapside, London, Vice- Chairman. George Peal Jo dy, - E sq., 22, Old Broad-street, London (Messrs. Geor ge Peabody and Co.) Francis Le. Breton, Esq., 21, Suss6x-place, Regent's park. John Per ale; E-q., M.P.; Manchester (Director of the 33 ritish and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company). John W., Brett, Esq., 2, Hanover-square, London (Vice- Chairman S u b mar i n e Telegraph Company). Edward Moon, Esq., Liverpool. Samuel Gurney, Esq., M.P., 65, Lombard. street, London (Messrs. Overend, Gunny, and Co). William :Brown, Lq., Liverpool, (Messrs. Brown, Ship ley, and Co.). Edward Cropper, Esq., Swaylands, near Penhurst (Director of the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company, and of the London and North-Western Railway COMpany). Captain A. T. llamilton, 12, Bolton-row, Piccadilly. G. P. Bidder, 'Esq., 24, Great George-street, Westmin ster (Director of the Electric and International Telegraph fompany, and late President of the Institution of Civil 4nghleerS). N°. 21,998. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1862. PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. Sample of a Cabby's Fair—A Foreigner all Abroad—Harry Boleno's return to his Old Quarters—Somebody's Luggage —Nobody's Luggage (Oh, Dickens)—My Lodgings are on the cold ground—A Damp Bed with Sheets of Water (which are always damp)—Bottling Spirits—A Policeman on Duty —Coming down with the Dust—Clown and Pantaloon re solve to change their quarters—The new Bedroom Door — the Exhibition Early-rising Bedstead—Clown makes an Impression—Oh, rest thee, my Babe—A Novel Eatin• guisher -Put out the Light ! Put out the Light—A Squally Night—Clown gets rid of a Lodger—Both Child and Nurse are fast asleep—Clown gives them a drop too much—anew method of getting off to sleep—forty winks—Harlequin Box and Cox (up)—'Tis when to sleep the World retires—the Vision—an unwelcome Visitor—The Shades of Night and the Night Shade—Look on this Picture and on this—List, oh, list—l'm always with you—l'll warm yer—Oh, slum ber my darling, and sleep while you may—Visions light as air—the Nurse—the Child—the Great Sensation Scene and Denoument. common by the three Courts, and which excluded from the throne of Greece the members of their families. understanding with the Great Powers, free from all political rivalry and all calculation of interest, is the only way of obviating complications menacing to the repose of the East and the peace of Europe, which, since the war of 1856, have become more numerous and pressing. However difficult this endeavour may be, we con tinue to regard it as not above the efforts of the cabinets, if all bring to it the same conciliatory and disinterested sentiments. ,borough and M'Kinlay upon their safe arrival in 'Victoria. (Cheers.) The resolution was put, and unanimously adopted amidst cheers, as were also the resolutions subse quently proposed. Since then we,have nothing to add to a declara tion sufficiently categorical. The opportunity of following a joint course of action with the same end in view, in reference to the Provisional Government at Athens, did not ap pear to us sufficiently demonstrated. Greece was the prey of a lively agitation, the inevitable result of the crisis which it was passing through. In these circumstances there was some danger of adding a new element of trouble to the effervescence of passions already over excited, in placing the Hellenic nation between contradictory chyarations, some of which tended to recognise in it, as an independent nation, full liberty in its choice of a sovereign, while others would have imposed upon the exercise of this kight very narrow restric tions. oadivg d-as s cod' Mr. ISPKINLAY, who was received with hearty and prolonged cheering, briefly returned thanks for the kindness which had been shown him. His journey had certainly been accomplished success fully,but it had been undertaken under very favour able circumstances, and had such not been the case probably the result might have been very different. He felt himself compelled to refrain from stating tnany,particulars which the public would be glad lo learn, but they would, no doubt, be known which ch c course. yshei had m . dbAerte. been received present,ol eMr. Kirbyh he t at could ,eve na merely inndm g. Mr. w express his sincere th an k s for the great kindness w i t h fellow-travellers w ith M r. M‘Kinlay, wer r e . D se a v v e i r s : ally introduced to the meeting by the chairman, and each received a cordial welcome, which they duly acknowledged. B ENTLEY'S MISCELLANY• The JANUARY NUMBER contains Part 2 or CARDINAL POLE; OR, THE DAYS OF PHILIP AND MARY. By WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. [Oll 5 i 6 lericed (Signed) GORTSCIIAKOFF. St. Petersburg, Dec. 2 (14), 1862. MR. WILKIE COLLINS' NEW NOVEL. NO NAME, by the Author of "The Woman in White," is Ready this day at all the Libraries in Town and Country, in 3 vo umes, post Svo. London : Sampson, Low, Son, and Co., 47, Ludgate-hill. Scene 3.—SHELL-FISH SHOP, COBBLER'S STALL, AND MUSIC WAREHOUSE! Invented by Mr. D. Johnson. Pantomimists—Misses GUNNISS and Messrs. ST. MAINE, DEULIN JOHNSON, and C. LAURI. Pas Trois Mansilla Spiritu—The Misses GUNNISS and M. ST. MAINE. A Neat Trip—a Trip less Flat—Flat Fish, Flying Fish, and Ground Bait—taking in the Natives Childish Games, Boyhood's happy days—Arrival of Fun—Sudden appear ance of an old friend—Clown goes a fishing—Gets a bite which prove to be a nibble for him, Garotting with a Ven geance—the strong Arm of the Law—Clown in a Fix— Lucky Escape—Clown gets a Ticket of Leave—the indus trious Cobbler that Lived in a Stall—Clown finds a pair of Boots and gets Awl for his pains—a Rally and a Jump— Clown has a taste for Music and Gives a Concert, in which he will play a Solo on the smallest Banjo in the world and 12 Common Garden Pots—Pataloon has Five Bars rest— Clown gets Drummed in and quickly gets Drummed Out Again—A Supply of Natives—a fair Division—the head of the force and everybody taken in and done for. THE EXPLORATION OF AUSTRALIA. HONORARY DIRECTOR. W. H. Stephenson, Esq , late Official Director on this Zoard on b e h a lf o f her Majesty'sf Government, and now Chairman of the Board of Indian Revenue. The Russian Despatch on the Affa4f Greece. A public meeting of the citizens of Melbourne was held on the 14th of October, at the Exhibition Building, in honour of the leaders of the Queens land and South Australian Contingent Explora tions and their parties, and to testify the admiration of the inhabitants of the colony at the successful and heroic manner in which those explorers had accomplished their mission. Nearly 3,000 persons were present ; the Hon. Matthew Hervy, M.L.C., presided, and was sur rounded on the platform by several members of the Exploration Committee. Mr. Landsborough and Mr. M'Kinlay and some members of their respective exploring parties were present; as was elao Mr.t King Ole com anktiskxbAtap fortunate_ B erte s ; and AU° Mr. C. Areidoli, who was recently the successful bearer of despatches from the ExPloring Committee to Mr. Howitt. ELECTRICIAN AND ENGINEER. Cromwell F. Varley, Esq. CONSULTING COMMITTEE. The following is a full translation of the despatch upon the affairs of Greece recently sent by Prince Gortschakoff to the representatives of Russia : Sir,—The sensation which has been caused in Europe in connection with the Greek question, and the erroneous conjectures upon this subject, which have been accredited, induce me to inform you of the attitude adopted from the commencement and during the course of this crisis. Occurring as it did so sud denly, the first information respecting it conveyed to Europe by the telegraph was too vague to admit of a just appttciation of the situation. There might hence haveresulteda discouragement that would have push the people of Greece into the hands of extreme.itarties, and plunged them into anarchy. Now, of all the perils which threat ened them, that in our opinion was not the least. The Provisional Government had made an appeal to the elections for a National Assembly, which was appointed to meet in the month of December, and pronounce on the destinies of the country. The re gular procedure had met, ith the unanimous ap. probation o£ the: tatibigets `;lt was of consequence in no way to disturb it Prematureli. When that Assembly should have met, the moment would na turally have arrived in which, according to us, the three great Powers, already agreed in principle, and having had time to come to an understanding about the details, would have found themselves prepared to guide the Greeks by their well-intentioned ad vice in this crisis so important for their future. William Fairbairn, Esq., F.R.S., late President of the British Association. Joseph Whitworth, Esq., F.R.S. Professor Wljeatstone, F.R.S. l'rofeesor W. Thomson, F.R.S., of Glasgow. SECRETARY. George Seward, Esq. BANKERS. Mr. LANDSBORMIGH then came forward to ad dress the meeting, and was greeted with enthusias tic cheering. He said, my friend and brother ex plorer has just come in from a glorious trip to South Australia, by Carpentaria and Port Denison. I consider his mode of exploring with live stock, consisting of camels, cattle, sheep, and horses, -Dearly the best. ,4'o make it complete be out". In London—Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Company, and the -blank of England. In Lancashire—The Bank of Man chester. In Ireland—The Nationalßank and its Branches. la Scotland—The —. ABRIDGED pßosuggius... 1,800,000 t in £5 shares: Deposiron'allot . --irnt"trper share. These shares are specially guaranteed 8 per cent. per 'maitre by the British Government on the success of the table. The surplus profits of' the c..ompiny remaining after the above 8 p er tent, has be en p a id on; !be new capital , and per cent. on the old caPital, will be divided pro rata be tween them both, providing also for a reserve fund. No 'allotment will be made or deposit de manded until at L# iFa l se £3oo,l)Qo'liaie beeit applied for. Nor will an y 1 1 . ity. be incurrell by thif new subscribers on account „P In'eliminaryoreifrry other expenses un less that amount „ vi tikreached. sp ffi cient capital beyond the £300, 000 be °i 'llhmtrety raised, thell e p os its will be 'returned 8P a elnall oharge for expOnses—at u time to' be fixed by the next general meeting of the , shareholders..: e %.,Pfillicntions for Pros peetuses, and Farms of Application, 'raise Applicatiopetfor gores, may be made ; to George ever, the'Sdretaty, ap t h.e Company' ‘ e.,o[fices, 2 2 , Old kad7streetLendon: ' By order. GEO. SAWARD; tetretatiy. 2 4./Old Broad-street, London:- • ' of beet s too. rs Scene 4—THE ISLINGTON:AGRICULTRAL HALL, AND GREAT DOG-SH - OW;CAT-SHOW, AND FLOWER-SHOW. Invented and Produced by BOLENO (Registered). Pantoraimists- 7 -11ARRY_BOLENO,_EMMA BOLENO, The instructions I sent on the 14th (26th) October by telegraph, by order of the Emperor, to our minister at Athena were simply that he was not to act except in common with his colleagues, and that he was to remain in the country a mere observer without entering into official relations with the pro visional government. I announced to him that a Russian frigate was placed at his disposal, not as a political demonstration, but in order that our re presentative might in this respect be on the same footing as his French and English colleagues. On the 18th (30th) October we were informed by our ambassador in London that the English cabinet had assumed in Greece a similar position to that we had prescribed to Count Blondow. Like ourselves it wished the great guaranteeing Powers to act in concert; like ourselves it requested its representative to abstain from all interference in the events occur ring, and placed at his disposal naval forces for the protection of his countrymen: The French Government displayed similar senti ments towards us, and thus an essential principle, as we considered it, was established, the main tenance of the good understanding between the three courts. wanted some aborigines as trackers. This, I am sure, he felt on one occasion, When Mr. Kirby and his sheep were lost for three days. Mr. MKinlay deserves the greatest': credit for being the first to take sheep - acrosi-ihe continent. The camels will yet be found of the greatest value, for it is probable that other explorers will not find water atsuch con venient distances , as we have done, and as they can go nearly three times as far as horses without water, they will be of the greatest value for searching ahead for witer,.and when water is once found it is very efisy to' take - the party like that which Mr. M'Kinlay and Iliad. By Burke, Walker, M'Kin lay, and•myself six of the Carpentaria rivers have been traced. These rivers chiefly water country of a character which, although dry, is the kind that I like best for pastoral purposes. And now that my friend M'Kinlay has taken sheep across the conti nent, lA-hope flocks and herds will soon follow , ao that the fine,pastures of Carpentaria, instead of lying:waste, will' soon become profitable, not only to Australia4nt,to the world. (Applause.) 'neon elusion, Nrik.Ltyadsborough intimated that he in tended to t ptib r lish the rest of the information which he- 44'0 communicate in the form of a pamphlet. Ou riisuininehik seat he was again warmly ap plauded.' Mr. BOURNEi the only member of Mr. Lands. borough's exploration party now remaining in Mel bourneywas introduced to the meeting, who like. wise honoured dim with a round of cheers. He acknowledged .tlie compliment in a few . pertinent remarks. Is 4"3" 3s 2s 44° 3s 4" CORMACK, and TANNER. Flowers of Loveliness and Flowers of the Forest—going to see the Green Bashes—Heartsease and Tulips—coming in Pears (pairs)—a clearing Pair —Fruits of Industry— the Food of Love—l calculate not—Music hath Charms—not so always—Where's the Police ?---Opening of the Great'National Dog Show—Port Whine and Bark—an Impudent Puppy—Carrots and a Turn-up—Clown gets Pugnatious—a Dog-MA—Dog cheap and dear Hound— Clown keeps the - Dog Watch, which he enters—the Way to Barking—Clown and Pantaloon gone to the Dogs— Sweet Sounds—Calculation, Multiplication, and Vexation —Clown's Cat Show—Cats-up and Cats down, and a Cat for the Garotters—Descend ye nine—Dogs' Meat—Cats' Meat—a Jolly Dog—a Pair of Tabbies—the Kill-Kenny Cats—the Seat of War—How it will all end—a Prize Fight for a prize Cup-r- 7 Catalessis—Catacresis—a Catastrophe which leads to a Cataract of tho Feline Race, and thus ends the Catalogue." Scetie s—(Comie)-L.EXTERIOR of MARINE STORES, PUBLICHOUSE, AND SAILOR'S HOME. Intented by Mr. J. Cormack. C. LAURIOX. JOHNSON, ST. MAINE, and the 4 `.:l Misses GUNNISS. Nautical Hopi ;f by N. ST. MAINE and the Misses • GUNNISS. Set a thief tck - ektthla thief—and he will go the " whole Hog or Non.a"Aafitior; half Seas over, mistakes all he Sees—Old AunktiSally proves herself, rayther— Shell Hands wanted= eil secured by Hook or by Crook—An cient and Modern Mriors-..Hearts of Oak—Our Ironsides (not Cromwell's), Al good metal—the great Drainage Question—Pretty!relltf :Wapping—she was such a nice young Gal! wft3l Old ; Ballad, " the Lass that loved a Sailor"—" Homes home, Sweet Home"— The Sailors' Home—time to gc4ome, bift•before doing so we introduce you to Last 4eene,—. (Denson and Sons.) ENG-LOAD'S' OLORY AND RICHES BROUGHT tin" HER' OCEAN WAVES Box-office opeaufro'm Ten.till Six daily. Doors open at Half past Six, con#nence at Seven. Acting Manager, - Mr. F. 11. CHATTERTON. The:ThuißmAN,ln opening the proceedings, con gratulated the assembly npou having met together to pay a rnark of respect to _th e i r di st i ngu i shed fello witeountqmen, Messrs. Landsborough and MsliSlttY. (Applause.) * They were doubtless aware of the circumstances under` which those gen tlemeit , hacPbeemite conspicuOus amongst the Aus tralian= commuhity; • Immediately upon the dis covery, of ~any ,danger attending the Victorian ex- Pierer% Messis.,i3yrke and yaps—upon discover ihg tip there no a possibility of their being unable to surmount the difficulties which surrounded them in the 'desert, "it was thought desirable to st ar t continketni ca ileditions front' the neighbouring colonies, as welLas from Victoria, in search of them. The .people of Melbourne had assembled that even ing lc. congra,talate. those .distinguished gentlemen, Messrs. Landsborough and M‘liinlay, upon their safe feturn from their expeditions. They most cheerfully volunteered their services to the respec tive 'governments under which they lived to pro- Ceed in - search 'of Burke and Wills, and everyone was•aivare, to Seine extent, of the result of their . labours. They, had been most successful explorers —thiy.procaeded. in cheerfulness to encounter dan gera,in the desert, such as in the , eye of every indi vidnf'unaccustomed to bush travelling seemed in- Eturminettible, The immense difficulties which each 04 experienced placed both gentlemen side by siitehs great and successful explorers. (Cheers.) He was sure that the meeting had done their duty as ir/habitants of Victoria in thus welcoming back; again to the colony the gentlemen who had beenisaut out in search of those who first crossed the opitinent of Atytialia,, and brought into con spictious notice the gyeat erterprise which was first initiated by the colohy of Victoria, of exploring the whole Of-thit vast continent. (Cheers.) : wiliel / Toreigl se 155. In consequence I replied to the English Ambassti dor that, at the time when passions were much ex cited, the course of conduct which he proposed to us in reference to the Provisional Government ap pearing to us of a nature to disturb the minds of the people, and throw them by discourage ment into anarchy, the Imperial cabinet did not think it could give its adherence to the measure proposed under a solemn form of a collectiveradion. an d for ne b ar ; rasio- 40 0 7s 400 93 43 0 Os os 38 : -8 00 4s ..-0 -a 5s 400 8 -0 9 )3 3 • As for the second demand, concerning the Duke of Leuchtenberg, although the civil position of this Prince might have offered matter foi 'sonie', legal doubts, yet to have called up a discussion upon that subject would have been in some sort to establish his candidature. Now, his Majesty the Emperor had resolved not to establish the candidature 'cif-ithy one. THEATRE ROYAL DRURYttAN'E. Sole Lessee and-Manager, Mr. EDMUND PA.LCONER. The public is respectfully informed that this ' Theatre, havi ng een Re-modelled, Decorateid and Embellished in - ' llll y magnificent and costly style, s now open. Notwithstanding the immense expenses incurred in the r rangements, the Pt ices of Admission will be as usual, and t s kailar to those of the principal London Theatres, viz.:— private Boxes, 10s, 6d., 215., £1 lls. 6d., £2 25., £3 35., £4 4s. Stalls 6s. Dress circle, 4 s. First Circle, 3s. Boxes, 28. Pit, 2s. Lower Gallery,-Is. Illper Gallery, No 4alf-pripe. - .• •d MORN'ING 'PERFQIOIANCE of the,,fPANXO - WEDNESDAY, at Two o'clock. THIS EVENING Will be::presented Mr. E. Falcop.cr's Cynic Drama, entitled . . NEAT OAF KIN. Characters by Messrs. S. Calhaem, ll . Sinclair, Warde, Rourke, Fredericks; Mrs. Edmund. F9l, eolth., and Miss Portman. ~ trod' The paddlewheel steamer Adder, Master Com mander Blakey, left Chatham harbour yesterday for Shoeburyness, having in tow one of the dockyard lighters, containing a number of the large armour plates for the target which is being constructed to be used in the approaching trials before the Ord nance Select Committee with the 130 pounder Whitworth. gun. The target will be covered with plates varying from 4-3- up to 6 inches in thickness, in order to test the effect of the Whitworth shot and shell on each. A number of workmen have becn despatched to Shoeburyness to be employed in the \ construction of the target, which is directed ,to be built of a strength surpassing that of any of the targets hitherto experimented upon. Private letters received at Chatham yesterday from her Majesty's screw steamer Cadmus, 21, an nounce the arrival of that vessel and the Petrel, 11, 150 horse power, at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, on the 13th inst., from Charleston, the former having left Charleston harbour on the 9th inst., and the latter on the 11th inst. The screw frigate Ariadne; 26, 800 horse power, was at Charleston on the 10th inst., and left the following day for Bermuda; in obedience to orders received from the Admiral Com mander-in-Chief of the North American squadron. The iron sfernPst and sill 6riliCaelailles, 5 1 ); 1,250 horse power, have arrived at Chatham dock yard from the private factory at Glasgow where they were forged, having been conveyed to Chat ham in the Rhadamanthus paddlewheel steamer. The sternpost weighs about 30 tons, and is one of the largest forgings in one piece ever accompli s h e d for the Admiralty by any p r ivate firm. This is the second sternpost forg e d f or th e A c hilles, the one originally prepared for that vessel having been dis covered to contain several flaws, which led to its rejection. Before the sternpost was removed from Glasgow it was carefully inspected by some of the officials connected with the Admiralty. A court-martial assembled yesterday morning on board her Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, to try Mr. Walter Jago, carpenter of her Majesty's ship Emerald, on a charge of being drunk, on or about the 17th of December. Evidence having been given by Commander Carter and Lieut. Garford in support of the charge, the prisoner in his de fence stated that on the previous night he had been up late with his friends. He attributed his demeanour on the following morning to weak • nese and nervousness, but denied being drunk. The Court found the charge proved, but, in consequence of the prisoner's length of service and previous good conduct, only adjudged him to be dism4ssed his ship and placed at the bottom of the list of second-class carpenters. It is to this effect that I replied to Lord Napier positively renewing to him, besides . the assurance that we had neither made use of quibbles, nor had any afterthought that our minister tit Athens had not pronounced a single word, nor made the slightest allusion to the choice of the future Sove reign of Greece, and that the instructions of the Ihiperial cabinet scrupulously enjoined` on him the maintenance of this reserve. The better to define this understanding the Emperor ordered me to inform the cabinets of London and Paris that his Majesty remained faith ful to the common engagement of the three pro tecting courts, which excludeAthe members of their families from the throne of klitece. This declaration was transmitted 'by telegraplvtwour ambassador in London on the 19th (31st) October. , A similar communication; was addressed - te our charge d'affaares in Paris. . In my despatches to his Maiiisty's representatives I studiously confirmed and developed the principles expressed in these telegraphic communications. On the 18th (30th) October, I wrote to eur ambassador in London that the Imperial Cabinet was delighted to find itself in accord with the British Government in the attitude it had assumed from the commence ment—that we should patiently await the deve lopment of events, the measures of other courts, and the manifestations of opinion in Greece; that his Majesty the Emperor had steadfastly resolved to adhere to the obligations of the treaties, especially that which excluded from the Greek throne the reigning families of the three courts ; that no step, and not the slightest hint had been or would be made by our court respecting the choice of the future sovereign of Greece: that we felt convinoed the two other courts would be equally faithful to their engagements ; that in our opinion those en gagements existed as long as the three powers were resolved to maintain them, and that they could not be set aside except by unanimous consent ; in fact that we were animated by the desire we expe rienced in all the great European questions; the desire of maintaining a good understanding with the other Powers, without any reservation (arrzere pensees) or personal views ; and that if the other Powers were influenced by the same in clinations, an understanding of general benefit would be established without difficulty. The instructions sent to our minister at Athens were received in the same spirit. By his tele graphic communications and his despatches we could see that he was strictly conforming to the attitude 'drawn out for him. Before receiving our first instructions, he had stated, in reply to a notification from the Provisional Government of Greece, that he could not enter into any official relations with that Government. The directions I successively sent him kept him in this po sition. He was ordered to confine himself to the part of an impartial observer The imperial cabinet, bringing to this question no personal views, the calmness and the friendly reserve of its attitude would be the best means, we thought, of upsetting the calculations of those who ascribed interesting longings to Russia. _ _ )f. d e 0. A Aftei whidh will be, produced the Great Drury.-lane r'unual in the form of an entirely Novel, Original, Bur °PIiC Chris tma Grotesque, aniominiekintitled Poeticslf — Pictorial," Pastotel; prand s P CANT , E-1113U , RY HALL.- THE THIRD EDITION of the celebrated Panto mintiagnteitaintwoUt THE ENCHANTED HASH, thirteen characters, :inclailint Harlequin, Columbne, Clown, and 'l4,antaloon, sustained solely by Mar i shall, re-written br 1 7 97F.;yandervell, Esq., new characters and new dresses. IT UNSWORT; in his renowned Speech upon all the topics o th e and thqfollowiw Comic l a Vourites : -Eu9,ene, 'Arthur Lloyd, Frani( Halt,'and Mis - Georgina Smithson. GRAND SELNTIONS from POPT,ILAR OPERAS, as usual, conducted.iffitr. Jongtimans. At the same time I communicated to the English ambassador the joint course of action which we thought it useful to propose to 'the two other guaranteeing Powers regarding►; the Court of Munich, and I addressed a like communication to the French ambassador. Nevertheless this position did :not at all meet with the assent of the cabinets of Paris and London. :. .. 4. . The replies, however, which I hull given to the overtures which had just been transmitted to me by the English ambassador had produced in London an impression which we were far from expeqting. At the time that the English Government would in no way have shared an opinion as to the delicacy of action called for by the state of men's minds in Greece, we had no idea that—after such categori cal declarations as we had made in the name of his m.j.sty the Emperor as to the maintenance of the principle of the exclusion of the reigning families of the three courts—the doubts which we enter tained as to the seasonableness of the joint declara tion to this effect at Athens could have been in terpreted as an intention to free ourselves from obligations contracted in common, and to give to the other powers the right to avail themselves of it as a reason for considering themselves released from the same obligation. Such, nevertheless, is the meaning which would appear to have been attached to these doubts. 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Nevertheless, in spite of the satisfactory inter change of ideas which had taken place between the cabinets, their intentions had been prejudged, their dispositions canvassed, their decisions anticipated ; names had been put forth, and party having made use of these materials as a rallying cry, much agi tation had been excited in Greece. Under these circumstances the Imperial cabinet thought it might be useful to make the under standing of the cabinets advance a step upon the course to be followed in common. With this view it appeared opportune to associate events with the provisions of the conference of Lon don at the precise point where the facts accom plished had broken off their connection. A treaty had been concluded between the three protecting Powers ; it had called King Otho to the throne and settled various eventualities connected with the Bavarian dynasty. It seemed to us that the first step to be taken was to make a collective representation to the Court of Munich, asking whether, under the existing cir cumstances, it was in a position to maintain the rights arising from the decisions 01 the Conference of London, and if it was prepared to offer a candi date who would fulfil the conditions imposed by the Hellenic constitution, and confirmed by the treaty of London. Without meaning by this any coercion, or even any peremptory injunctions towards Greece, we thought that such a measure would, at least, be a useful point of departure for a collective action by the three courts, based upon engagements re sulting from previous diplomatic transactions, and calculated to reconcile, as far as possible, existing in terests with recognised rights. While this was under consideration on the 6th (18th) of November, the English ambassador trans mitted to us a proposal from his court, having for its object, Ist, to declare by collective act of the three Courts, that no prince connected with any of the three reigning families be eligible for the throne of Greece; 2d, to ask whether we considered the Duke of Leuchtenberg as included in this exclusion. Regarding the first point, we had already made the Cabinets of London and Paris acquainted with the determination of his Majesty the Emperor to remain Aithful t 9 the engagement contracted in The movement which was produced with this object had acquired a character such that the popu lar enthusiasm, anticipating the period &tire meet ing of the Assembly, appeared at the point of abruptly solving by a plebiscitum a question the solution of which had been originally committed to the delegates of the country. In this situation, Which was in fact obviously re moved from the understanding entered into in prin ciple between the three Courts, the Imperial Cabi net, desiring to remove on its part all cause of mis understanding, hastened to confirm, by a telegram addressed on the 13th (25th) November to the Rus sian Minister at Athens, the preceding communica tions, which informed him of the full maintenance of the principle which interdicted the then Greek throne to the members of the three reigning fami lies, adding that the English Cabinet had thought it desirable to recall at Athens the existence of this understanding. Count Blondow was requested to explain himself in this se nse, after having con ferred with his colleagu e o f France,if the Engli sh Minister received directions to take this step. We have, in fact, been informed that our repre sentative at Athens and the French Minister have made to the Provisional Government a declaration in this spirit. The English Minister appeared to have received', instructions to act later—that is to say, after the signature of the notes exchanged between the Cabi nets of Russia and England on the 22d November (4th December). In order to obviate all kind of doubt as to our at titude, not only did the Imperial Cabinet bring to the knowledge of the Cabinet of London the direc tions with which . M. Blondow was furnished, but also the representatives of his Majesty the Emperor at Paris and at London received on the 18th (30th) November, by means of the telegraph, directions to declare that we had never proposed the candidature of the Duke of Leuchtenberg ; that for us this can didature did not exist politically, whatever interpre tation the treaty might receive, and that in conse quence nothing could prevent the three Courts from deliberating on the choice of possible candidates for the throne of Greece, The Government of her Britannic Majesty having shown itself fully satisfied with this declaration, our ambassador proposed to embody it in a reciprocal engagement. Notes to this effect have been signed and exchanged on the 22d November (4th Decem ber) between the Ambassador of Russia at Lon don, and the principal Secretary of State of her Britannic Majesty. They recall the engagements which exclude from the Hellenic throne the members of the three reigning families, and declare that it is mutually agreed that any election of the Duko of Leuchtenberg or of Prince Alfred shall be null and void. The French Cabinet has been invited by the two Courts to adhere to this engagement. Such, Monsieur, is the course which the Imperial Cabinet has adopted from the origin of this crisis up to its present development. It has been inspired, as you may be assured, by the general principle ' which actuate the policy of our august master— namely, that the maintenance of a frank and loyal The Rev. Dr. CAIRNS, who moved the first reso lutiop, said one of the characteristic signs of the present age yas the great progress of discovery in opening up regions of the earth which had hitherto beedthermetically sealed even to the eye of intelli gence:, It was4csuggestive faieto his mind that the succNkf t til exploration'af Central Africa and the IM great Andian continent had been reserved fur the present day—that until now those immense dominions had been unknown lands to the civilised world. The friends whose success they had met to celebrate that evening would henceforth have their names enrolled with those of Mitchell, Leichhardt, &tut, Gregory, and Burke and Wills, who had sacrificed their life to their zeal. (Hear, hear.) To the two latter explorers belonged the praise, which time would never obscure or diminish, of having solved the practicability of traversing that great continent from south to north. The names which he had mentioned constituted a bril liant catalogue, and he ventured to think that no inferior splendour would henceforth illustrate the names, now familiar as household words, of Stuart, Landsborough, and M'Kinlay, and the name of King ought also most assuredly to be included. (Cheers.) Without deliberation they undertook the arduous task assigned them, and faced its hazards. They had to contemplate hard privations, and it might be disease, accident, or even a linger ing and lonely death. These were the terms, the necessary terms, on which they engaged in their un certain and perilous speculation. Their wonderful success, under God, was owing to their foresi 4 ht, prudence, and, for want of a better word, he would say their bush experience. The result of their ex plorations had been immense, for they had probably tripled, or even quadrupled, the extent of territory in Australia available for settlement, and added greatly to the resources of the country. The advan tages thus secured for pastoral purposes were be yond all calculation, though they could not now be appreciated as they would hereafter. They de served well of their country. In all ages such ser vices as they had rendered had been regarded as na tional benefactions. The principle of the state re warding such services had been recognized in this colony, and had been reduced to practice. Recom pense was decreed by parliament to the discoverers of new gold fields, and the admirable constitution of this colony had provided a most soothing consola tion, in the shape of £l,BOO per annum, to requite the devotion of those self-secrificing spirits who con sented to bow their studious heads and delicate shoulders to the responsibilities of government for the weary space of two whole years. (Laughter.) If such were the case, what was the debt which the country owed to those great national benefactcrs— the explorers ? Their discoveries had opened the eyes of the people of Australia to the fact that God bud given them a most wealthy inheritance, which might be compared to the wh o l e wor ld i n miniature. It had the best of every clime under the sun, and the gifts of nature were scattered with great pro fusion. As to the precious metals, it might turn out that what had been found was only an earnest of what was to follow ; but there could be no doubt that Australia was to be the wool grower of the whole world, and that it would grow cotton to feed all the mills of England. He concluded by moving —" That this meeting begs in the most cordial man ner to welcome the explorers, Messrs Landsborough and M'Kinlay, on their safe return, and to express admiration of the many excellent qualities displayed by them in the prosecution of their arduous enter prise, and considers that it is a duty to acknowledge the hand of Divine Providence in preserving them in the midst of danger." Mr. KING, who was received with great accla mation, said it afforded him much pleasure to be present on that occasion, and join with so many of his fellow colonists in congratulating Mr. Lands borough and Mr. M'Kinlay on their safe ar rival in Melbourne. (Applause.) He was the more glad to offer his congratulations, because he knew the arduous nature of the journey which M'Kinlay had Messrs. Landsborough. and accom plished. He was little accustomed to appear or to speak in public, but he should have been sorry to miss this opportunity of expressing his thanks to Mr. Landsborough and Mr. M'Kinlay for the man• ner in 'which they had endeavoured to come to the relief of the party of which Burke and Wills we re at the head. However successful they might have been in that expedition, they could have been of very little service to Burke and Wills, for it would have been impossible to reach them in time to save their lives. He had much pleasure in secondingthe resolution, and in congratulating Messre, Lands- Mr.'AerrirALL, M.L.A., proposed the second re solution;-4" That this meeting recognises the good services rendered by the governments of SOuthAus, tralia at ';Queensland, in organising these contin gent expeditions with a view to discover,and assist, the missing party, under the lamented Burke and Wills."" Whilst the meeting recognised , these gal lant men--=Landsborough and Mainlay—men of heroisntntrethe colonies which they repre t sented— • they ought also to recognise in them . a manifesta tion on; thepart of the neighbouring colonies of a hearty sympathy in a matter concerning the general, welfare of Australia. (Applause.) While, doing , honour to the men themselves, they ought to express their giatefnlness to the go'vernments and the peo ple who ctiOse_thent foi the work which they had performed. The explorers, however, must be re garded as the representatives of the sentiment and the feeling of the colonists who had sent them forth. In sending them forth those colonies were not in fluenced by any ideas of the acquisition of territory, and whatever advantages they might have gained, their primary object was to endeavour to rescue Burke, and to assist the expedition of which those unfortunate explorers were the leaders. While admiring the heroism of Messrs. Landsbor. ugh and M'Kinlay, let them add their tribute of admiration to the colonies which had sent them forth to do the work which they were so admirably fitted. to do. The resolution was carried unanimously. Dr. MACADAM, M.L.A., proposed the third reso -" That this meeting is persuaded that it is incum bent on the various Australian governments to mark in some appropriate manner their sense of the great merits of the leaders of the contingent ex ploration parties, and of the important result which must flow from their discoveries ; and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded for the consideration of the respective governments." Some difference of opinion, he said, had been manifested in refer ence to the manner in which the exertions of the respective explorers should be recognised. He himself had only had one opinion upon the subject, namely that they should be re cognised through the legislature of the re spective colonies to which the explorers belonged. In conclusion he trusted the governments of the re spective colonies would reciprocate in an adequate manner the services which had been rendered by the explorers ; he thought the gratitude of the go vernments of the respective colonies should also be shown by their doing more to encourage immigra tion than they have hitherto done. Some two years and a half ago the task of exploring the continent was commenced in Victoria, and whetever might be said derogatory to the management of the explo ration, the work had been accomplished—the con tinent was now marked out—and it only required private enterprise to establish communication be tween every part of it. Captain NORMAN, being loudly called for by the meeting, made a few remarks indicating the cordial unanimity in which he and Mr. Landsborough had cooperated together, and mentioned that Monday was the anniversary of their safe arrival at Car pentaria after the wreck of the Firefly in Torres S ti sits. The resolution was put and carried. The proceedings then terminated, the meeting, in response to Dr. Macadam, giving three hearty cheers for the explorers. The journals announce the death of General the Marquis de La Roche-Aymon, Vice President of the Council General of the Indre-et-Loire, aged 82. FATAL GAROTTING EXPERIMENT.—On Monday morning Mr. Jahn Humphreys, the coroner for East Middlesex, received information relative to the death s n e o sn f o gu a itn y he o we u ra t , h r k residingn_ b a r i m d e g d e J .art a o m Na d e o!, „ivs, l R a o Mn, ud s s ledl underlg t l h 6 c u t i h i de followingf o s . s o a t rf cir cumstances e . :--It appears th a t d ecease d was a t h ome w ith his friends on Sunday morning last, when his sister's sweetheart, named Williams, a young man engaged on one of the large steam packets, called on a visit. He remained for some time, when he was invited to dinner. The con versation between deceased and Williams turned upon the subject of garotting, when the latter told deceased that he would show him the way to secure a garotter. The deceased stood up, when Williams went behind him and pinn , :d him by the arms. At the same time Williams pulled out a largo pocket knife, which he brandished in his right hand ; and while he had the deceased secured behind he said, " This is the way I would serve him." At the same moment he plunged the blade of the weapon into the thick or fleshy part of the thigh, severing the femoral artery. The blood flowed from the wound very copiously, and no time was lost in calling in a medical gentleman, when Mr. Maunder, one of the senior surgeons of the London Hospital, rendered temporary assistance, and suggested the deceased's removal to that institution, whither he was conveyed in an exhausted condition. Upon his arrival a consultation was held, and it was decided to amputate the right leg above the knee joint. The poor fellow bore the operation with fortitude, being for a portion of the time under the influence of chloroform. Mr. Maunder removed the limb, but the deceased gradually sank, and died from the absorption of pus into the injured parts. The haemorr hage from the wound was very great, as the femoral artery waii ompletely divided, In giving details of the wreck of the coal-laden Norwe gian schooner Saphea Key, from Newcastle to Christian sand, on the island of Unst, Shetland, the Norther n Ensigu says :—"ln the course of the afternoon the vessel was ob served from North Unst lighthouse to be in a critical posi tion, under a heavy press of canvass, and labouring in the sea. There was a heavy gale of wind at the time, and as night came on fears were entertained that in beating up the Firth she would not be able to escape. Those fears were realised, as shortly after dark she missed stays, and soon after ran alongside of a large rock, up which the captain (J. Tarlsen) and four of the crew succeeded with great difficulty in scrambling, leaving the mate on board. Dur ing the night the sea made almost a clean breach of the rock, and two of the men were washed off at different times and drowned. When morning dawned on the three sur vivors it revealed to them the imminence of their danger. They found themselves without food or any means of escape or signal, on a bare rock about 200 feet from the shore, and in this condition they remained until Friday night, cold, wet, and starving with thirst and hunger. As night came on, one of the men proposed, as the gale had somewhat moderated, to make an effort to reach the shore by swimming, which he at last attempted, succeeding with great difficulty in reaching the shore. The poor captain, quite exhausted, seeing the successful issue of the sailor's exertions, followed his example, and had reached the shore in a state of exhaustion, when, owing to his strength being entirely gone, and having to make an effort to climb up the rocks, he fell back, and was speedily carried away by the waves and drowned. The solitary man left on the rock remained there. Meanwhile the other, after resting for a short time, clambered up the face of a precipice upwards of 100 feet high, from the top of which he observed a light, to which ho directed his footsteps. It turned out to be the house of Magnus Winwick, by whom the suffering seaman was received with true Shetland hos pitality. Having told his tale, the alarm was instantly given, and in a short time a boat was on its way to the rock where the other sailor was left. There he was found, in a very debilitated condition—so much so that he had to be carried from the rock to the boat. Concluding that the mate bad perished with the vessel, no attempt was that night made to find out where she had been driven; but early next morning several boats were manned and de spatched to the vicinity of the spot where she first struck. She was found sunk, with the masts and rigging above the water, and the signal flying. No trace of the mate was obtained, till on further search the poor fellow was found lying in the crevice of a rock, where he had been without food since Thursday evening. He was instantly removed to a comfortable house, where he and his two comrades re ceived every attention. By last accounts they had all quite recovered, after making one of the most wonderful escapes on record. Importing tea without colour on the leaf prevents the. Chinese passing off inferior brown leaves as in the usual kinds. Horniman's tea is uncoloured, therefore always good alike. Sold in packets by 2,280 agents. A Turin letter mentions that Generals Petitti and Della Rovero have distributed 128 rewards to the army for gallant conduct in Sicily and at Aspromonte. Among them were 17 crosses of the Order of Savoy, 3 of that of St. Maurice, one gold and Si silver medals, T " OXFORD, 6. OXFORD STREET. "NAZARETH," A New Christmas Song, music by GuoNoD, words by F. Chorley, Esq., supported by the entire Company, Band and Chorus. "La Circassienne " and "Nabuco " by Miss Russell, Miss 'Townley, and Miss Oesten • Messrs. Albert, Greene, Bernardi, and Huish—Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Solos on the Flute—the Neapolitan Mins trels —Miss Caroline Parkes' Christmas Entertainment., " Little Bed Riding Hood "—Mr. George Hodson (the re nowned Irish Comedian), Mr. T. Maclagan, Mr. W. Randall, Mr. A. B. Hollingsworth, Eugene (the great burlesque singer and dancer), and Unsworth (the originai "Or any other man.") Commence at She o'clock during the holidays. 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