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A Nigid, 'Porter in attendance. ILO INCREASE GE CHARGES. pAssINDIA AND THE COLONIES. iNGERS barking or Disemba r ki ng chatgelClljialli fi APLITcnd anperior F."l accommodation and moderate 'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A I da in front, extending to the River. AMUSEMENTS. A „ICTTP,Tt-nurty HALL . 110064iZtM) SELECTIONS from VERDI'S " S P H T 1111Ap,,T.GRA," M A CPARREN'S CANTATA r.„.1/1-iq,11,9e/CE'S M USICMACBETH," and Mr. „, , e4 GILBERT'S NEW OPERETTA, " A NIGHT znllll LAND" Conducted by Mr. JONGH3IANS. 94nd and ChOriv. Sid PRINCIPAL ARTISTES. Miss RUSgELI, Miss TOWNLEY. ThQ Co Mr. Green, Mr. Raynor, and Mr. Russell Grover. Olt knic by ITNsWORTH (the Original Stump Orator, I)w,, OTHER MAN"), in conjunction with_Eugeue y 14 14i d a o ri n d Little Bob, forming the greatest Comic Quartet A ho :I nithr; o e following; Comic Favourites :— Miss Georgina 1,1 0 A 11, bressrs. E.' 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An Epitome of the Histories contained in the Old and New Testament, simplified for the Use of Children. By the Author of "Happy Sundays." Postage, Bd. London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. Now ready, price 365., POST - OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY FOR 1863. SIX HOME COUNTIES DIRECTORY also ready, price 365. London : Kelly and Co., 18 to 22, Old Boswell-court, Strand, W.C. ; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., and all Book sellers. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATuorrEss—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. IHESIDENT —Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum , berl au d, K. P.R.& CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., 31. P., F.R.S. V.P. DEPUTY...CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, tag., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL, The Committee of Management have to state that, since he beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has incurred expenses amount ng to £27,260 on various Lifeboat Establishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. During the same period the Lifeboats of the Institution have eon instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the follow ing Vessels : Barque Vermont, of lialifax. U.S. .. 16 Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon 2 Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby 5 Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. .. 3 Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. .. • • .. 9 Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. 6 Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. 5 Schooner Rose, of Lynn •• .• .• •• 3 Brig Prodroina, of Stockton .. 11 Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg .. .. 6 Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn .. 7 Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. 7 Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham •• • . .. 6 Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. 5 Schooner Prospect, of Berwick .. .. 6 Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone 6 Brig Pallas, of Shields 3 Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow 9 Smack John Bulll, of Yarmouth. .. • • .. 5 Schooner Catherine, of Newry .• .. 4 Barque Niagara, of Shields .• 11 A Barge of Teignmouth Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby Coble Honour, of Cullercoats Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .. 7 Barque Oberon, of Liverpool Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth g Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth 2 Brig Scotia, of Sunderlaud .. 6 Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. .. 5 Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. . 5 Brig Ann, of Blyth .. • . .. 8 Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. 1 Sloop Hope, of Dublin Schomer Druid, of Aberystwyth .. ...... 5 Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and Crew) .. 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and crew) .. • • • • • • ' • • • 6 Smack Merrion Lass, of Aberystwyth (saved yes and crew) .. • • '' • • • • • • 3 Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and Crew 4 Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives 3 Fishing-boats of Whitburn Brig Arethmsa, of myth Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoo .. • • • 8 Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris .. • • 2 Schooner William, of Morecambe .• • ••• 5 Smack Gipsy, of New r y Schooner Margaret Anne, of P • r • eston .. 4 Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven . • • 8 vi m die r in od. ia 0 00 f C Nsa a iewh a di t : l eaol e d t f s o wn • • .. Schooner William, of Liverpool • • • •• 5 Brig 3 f Brjh L ug g ergo oPnreoN May fl ower,rvi Fl tle eetwood 4 Dal q ue uuya na , o f Glasgow • .• .. 10 .. 19 Brig Roman Empres s , o f Shi e l ds Brig San Spiridlone, of Galaxide :• • • . 2 Schooner Voador du Vouga, o f Vienn•a •• .. 8 French Brig La Jeune M ar i e Therese • : •• 6 Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough :. • •• 5 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast •• •• •27 •• • Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover .. 4 Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. • . .. 4 Brig St. Michel, of Marano . 8 . Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam .. 5 Barque Druid, of Sunderland Schooner Bellona, of Red Bay.. .. .. 1 Brig Pioneer, of Carnarvon 1 Schooner Princess Alice, of Ipswich .. 5 Brig Miners-a, of Workington Schooner Elizabeth and Hannah, of * Newburgh .. 6 Brig Sisters, of W hitby g Brigantine Matilda, of Stockholm .. 4 Brig Jane, of North Shields .. 1 7 0 Brig Trial, of Poole .. .. • • s F s ch hoo oo n n e e r r L sy ib ip e h rt i y d , en of , o D f u N b ah lin sko . v . crew) .. • • • • • • • • • • •• 7 (saved ves • ; 3 el an d •• Barque Frederick, of Dublin :: 2 :: 1 Barge Peace, of London Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. . • • • • • Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. 1 1 1 0 Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft . • .. 7 Irish 11 Barque e d U n boatd a u u o t n e d B , l o ac i k w Aberdeen a k: on the Iri 1 * .. 6 Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone .. • • Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. 3 Schooner Rook, of Liverpool .. 6 Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. .. 5 Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. 4 Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin .. .. 5 Brig Content, of Sunderland 5 Smack Ellen Owens, of CardiganB Barque Cedarine, of Bermuda .. l3 4 Smack Frodsham, of Liverpool .. 2 Sloop William, of Liverpool .. Sloop Elizabeth, of Teignmouth 3 Ship Annie E. Hooper. of Baltimore, U. 5... .. 18 Portuguese Barque Cruz V. Barque Henry Everest, of Rochester .. 4 Total .. • • 762 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution haw voted £2,458 as rewards to the crews of its Lifeboats. It has also granted re wards amounting to £572 for saving 562 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, mak mg a total of 1,302 persons saved from a watery grave during the last two years and a half. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society and other means, since its formation, is 12,68 0 ; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 713 Silver Medals, and £16,0c0 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £64,300 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-cart cages, and Boat-houses. The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions he Society has made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Twenty-three Life-boats under its man -0 gement, for the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions : X s. d Her Majesty the Queen .. .. annual 50 0 0 A Lady at 1 eith, per W. G. Slater, Esq.. don. 100 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, B.A. .. annual 1 1 0 Cotton, Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. .. .. don. 25 0 0 Coutts and Co.; Messrs., Bankers .. annual 10 0 0 Erie, Lord Chief Justice .. .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Harvey. Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 30 0 Lambton, Messrs. W. 11. & CO., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 Lanesborou,gh, the Earl of .. annual 5 0 0 Legacy of the late Wm. Lupton, Esq., of Salford.. •• •• •• •• •• 100 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. .. • • .. .. don. 15 15 0 Robartes, T. J. Agar, Esq., M.P. anneal 5 0 0 Stirling, CoL Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0 Trench, Lady Helena .. .. don. 30 0 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 78, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; Messrs. 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CaossE,and BLACKWELL; Messrs. BAR CLAY and Sows, London, dce, &c., and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. TB E SUN, LONDON, TH U R DA lir EVE KIN 0, _DEC EMB ER 18, 1802 ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (NEW YORK DIVISION). Coupons due Ist January next will be paid in London at the Banking House of Messrs. Heywood, Kennard, and Co., at the rate of 4s. to the dollar. London, No. 9, Old Broad-street, Dec. 16, 1862. T HE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. FOUR-AND-A-HALF PER CENT. PREFERENCE STOCK. The GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY is pre pared to receive applications for sums of £lOO, or upwards, of the above Stock, bearing a fixed Preferential Interest of 4i per cent. per annum. Interest commences from the date of payment. Applications to be made either personally or by letter to the undersigned. J. B. OWEN, Secretary. Bi hopsgate Terminus, December, 1862. B ANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.- Incorporated by Royal Charter. THE COURT OF DIRECTORS HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of Six per Cent. per Annum (free of Income-tax), on the Capital of the Bank, will be Payable to the Proprietors of Shares registered in this country, on and after the sth day of January next, at the Office of the Corporation, No. 7, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, between the hours of Ten and Four. No Transfer can be made between the 15th inst. and the sth proximo, as the Books must be closed during that period. By order of the Court. C. M'NAB, Secretary. No. 7, St. Helen's-place, London, Dec. 9, 1862. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE, ANDDVER. Yesterday the electors of this little Hampshire borough were convened in their Town-hall to elect a representative in Parliament, in the room of Mr. Henry Beaumont Coles, recently deceased, who, as a Conservative, had sat for the place for ten years, from the summer of 1847, and again from July, 1861, until his death. The number of regis tered electors is only about 250, out of a population of from 5,000 to 6,000. At the passing of the Reform Bill the con stituency was not more than 320, including freemen,---a class now all but extinct there, and one wonders how so small an electoral body eould have so long retained the pri vilege of sending two members to the House of Commons, as it does at this day. It is, however, but just to the com munity there to state that, 10 years ago, whatever may be the case now, it was computed that an extension of the franchise to £5 rated occupiers would have much more than doubled the constituency. On this occasion the only candidate was Mr.--Cubitt, the late Lord Mayor, who has long been identified with the town by near residence and by property, and who, up to July, 1861, had represented it in Parliament for 14 conse cutive years on moderate Conservative principles. Accom panied by a few personal friends, he drove into the town yesterday morning from his seat at Penton, in the immediate neighbourhood, and was escorted from the Star Hotel to the place of election by some of the principal inhabitants. The ceremony took place in the presence of Mr. Frederick Ellen, the Mayor, who is the returning officer; Mr. Foot ner, the town clerk ; and a goodly muster of the people of the place. Captain POORE, a retired naval officer and an old inhabi tant of Andover, proposed Mr. Cubitt to fill the vacancy in the representation. He referred briefly to Mr. Cubitt's long connection with the borough as its representative ; to the circumstances, still fresh in the public recollection, under which that connection was severed ; and to the fact that during his mayoralty hundreds of thousands of pounds for public purposes were spontaneously peured into his lap without any other security beyond the confidence inspired by personal character. The nomination was seconded by Mr. T. P. CLARKE, The MAYOR inquired if any other elector had a candi date to propose, and, there being no response, he declared that the election had fallen on Mr. Cubitt. The announce ment was received with cheers. Mr. Cußrrr, addressing the meeting, made first of all a passing reference to the sudden death of Mr. Coles, and to the void it had occasioned in a neighbourhood with which that gentleman had been identified by residence during the greater part of a long life and by the conscientious dis charge of Parliamentary and magisterial duties. For him. self, he (Mr. Cubitt) was unable adequately to express the grateful sense he entertained of their great kindness to wards him, and he gladly availed himself of the opportu nity of resuming the position of their representative in Par liament. There the course he intended to follow would be the same as that which he had previously pursued—look ing at every public measure with a single eye to the welfare of the great empire for which the representative body and the other estates of the realm had to legislate, always aveidinc extremes and aiding in every endeavour to im prove the condition ot the pcv 444-3 4- ....hail the Anna;;- of our common country among the nations of the earth. (Cheers) Many important questions would demand the careful deliberation of Parliament. The terrific struggle which on the further aide of the Atlantic was being waged for the destruction of human life to an extent more horrible than anything on record in the history of the world was in itself sufficient to occupy their minds and to awaken the most anxious solicitude, even if it were not attended by the awful consequences to which half a million of our own people were suffering victims. He was not prepared to advocate an immediate recognition of the separate government of the South; for, although he thought the people had fairly vindicated a claim to such recognition, he feared the time for it had not yet come. It would, however, be the duty of Parliament to occupy itself with this great question—careful neither to urge Ministers into the adoption of measures that might involve us in difficulties, nor to allow us to remain passive spectators of this vast and terrible tragedy, if intervention on oar part could be made available in putting an end to the barbarous strife. (Hear, hear.) There were also at this moment social ques tions of considerable importance requiring the gravest con sideration of Parliament. Foremost among them was one which had never been dormant—he meant the treatment of criminals. Much especially had to be done in the preven tion of juvenile vagrancy, in finding employment for and in enforcing habits of industry on the young neglected out casts who swarmed in our great cities—(hear) —and who, if neglected and left unaided in their helpless condition, must inevitably grow up to swell the ranks of the class of hardened criminals, who were pests of society. Still, in legislating on this difficult subject, the feeling of mercy must not be disregarded; but he hardly knew what ought to be done. It seemed to him that to transportation they must recur— (cheers)—but how was that to be dose. We might not inflict on our colonial communities the pollution of which we were seeking to rid ourselves. On the other hand, with the recollections of Norfolk Island, we must take care how we deported the class of hardened offenders to an uninha bited, isolated country. He was indicating the difficulties with which the question was surrounded, without ventur ing to solve them, and showing the necessity there was to have careful men in Parliament, animated by an honest wish to assist the Government of the day. From his ex perience in Parliament, where by their favour he sat for 14 years, he knew that it abounded with men of large and active minds, who, if not great orators, were continually dwelling on subjects like those. Mr. Cubitt added, in con clusion, that to the best of his ability he would endeavour to promote the public weal, and to sustain the character of the constituency who had done him that fresh honour. With that the ceremony terminated and the people dis persed. REMEMBER THE G'BOT7ER!" (From Punch.) ♦ CHRISTMAS CAROL. Remember, remember, the first of November, Slippery, sludgy, and fog ; For I sees good reason why this glummy season • Should keep us in pocket and " tog." Hurrah Then a squeeze and a shake for Sir George's sake I A squeeze of the gorge for the friends of Sir George I Hip, Hip, Hurrah I Remember, remember, the last of November,— Old Bailey and sentences long,— If we drops upon Bramwell, it's queer but he'll clam well; He gave it our pals hot and strong. Then Hurrah! For a twist and a wrench for the cock of the Bench 1 A jolly good shake for Judge Bramwell's sake ! Hurrah I All hail to November I—But welcome December, For we'll " put the hug on" yer yet ; So the shiners are swagg'd, we don't care if we're lagg'd, A ticket .of-leave we shall get. Hurrah I Then a twist and a hug for tho Londoner's lug I A jelly good squeeze for the Cockney's wheeze I Hurrah I Chorus. A cord, a cord, For Beggar and Lord, A trusty steel to poke him ; An " Indian €law," To fracture his jaw, And a jolly good squeeze to choke him! ANOTHER VICTIM TO CRINOLINE.—On Monday evening Miss Sarah Howard, aged 14, whose parents reside in Catherine-grove, Greenwich, died from injuries sustained through her clothes taking fire. It appears that the unfor tunate girl was sitting with her brother near the fire, and on getting up to possess herself of a book which he had, her frock, owing to the crinoline which she was wearing, came in contact with the fire, and she immediately became en veloped in flames, receiving such frightful injuries that death roWted Ave hours afterwards. IN7ELIVATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. We are informed that her Majesty's Commis sioners for the Exhibition of 1862 have addressed the following letter to the Secretary to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales:— Exhibition Building, South Kensington, W., Dec ; 16, 1862. Sir,—l am directed by her Majesty's Commissioners to request that you will do them the favour to submit to his Royal Highness the Prince of %Vales an expression of their sense of the gracious intention, communicated to them in the month of October last, of his Royal Highness's readi ness to mark his interest in the success of an enterprise which owed its origin to his illustrious and distinguished father, by distributing, at a state ceremonial, the prizes which have been awarded by the juries. Such a mark of his Royal Highness's personal interest in the Exhibition would have been highly appreciated by every one connected with it. Although the number of successful exhibitors would have made it impossible for them indivi dually to receive the rewards of their skill and industry from the hands of his Royal Highness, the value of these rewards would have been greatly enhanced by the fact that his Royal Highness had presided on the occasion of their distribution. It is therefore with great regret that her Majesty's Com missioners find, on consulting various competent authorities, that it would be practically impossible, for a single occasion, to carry out their original design of warming and lighting the building. The proposed distribution of the prizes can not, with due regard to the interests of the foreign commis sions, be possibly postponed beyond the end of January. Under these circumstances, hezajesty's Commissioners have come to the conclusion that they would not be juctr: fled in inviting his Royal Highness to preside at a cere mony, the success of which would have to depend in a great measure upon the doubtful chance of a fine day occurring in the depth of winter ; neither would they be willing to expose to the probable chance of disappointment, from the accidents of rain, snow, or fog, the many distinguished foreigners, and British exhibitors, who would come from great distances to be present on the occasion. Her Majesty's Commissioners trust that his Royal Highness will not dis approve of the decision at which they have most reluctantly arrived. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, F. R. SANDFORD, Secretary. Lieut.. General Knollys. 2HE LATE PRINCE CONSORT. (From the Court Circular) WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 17. The consecration of the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore took place this day. Her Majesty the Queen, previous to the cere mony, went from the Castle to Frogmore-house in the most private manner, and, when the Bishop of Oxford, the clergy, and the members of the Royal Household, and others had assembled, walked to the Mausoleum, accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Prince of Wales, the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, the Princess Helena, the Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and the Princess Beatrice. The Queen entered the Mausoleum at five minutes past 12 o'clock. The Bishop of Oxford (Bishop of the diocese), Archdeacon Randall (Chaplain), Sir John Phillimore,D.C.L. (Chancellor of the diocess), the Dean of Windsor, the Dean of Christchurch, Rev. Dr. Stanley, the Vicar of Windsor, the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, and the Rev. James Blunt, Vicar of Old Windsor, then commenced the consecration by passing round the external walls of the building, with Dr. Elvey and the choir of St. George's Chapel singing (Tallis's Chant) Psalm 49, "0 hear ye this, all ye people." Earl Granville, Lord President; Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamberlain ; and the gentlemen of the Household, followed in procession. The psalm having been chanted, the Bishop, clergy, and gentlemen entered the Mausoleum, and the Bishop continued the ceremony, " Dearly be loved in the Lord" followed by the prayer " 0 God, who bast taught us in Thy Holy Word." The choir sang the Amen Chant, and afterwards a hymn from In Memoriam, commencing "The just man's spirit shall not be Parted from kindred spirits; 3,1c..:11 VU lu A future home inherits." The Bishop of Oxford recited the prayers :- 4 , Grant, 0 Lord, that they who shall bring forth their dead into this place may be so strengthened and comforted by Thy grace that they may not be sorry as men without hope for them that sleep in Thee." " Grant, 0 Lord, that they who shall here lay the bodies of Thy saints, to rest in hope of the blessed resurrection, may evermore steadfastly believe in the fellowship and communion of Thy saints, living and departed, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." " Grant, 0 Lord, that all who here shall call upon Thy name may so be raised from the death of sin to the life of righteousness, that they may be delivered from the bitter pains of eternal death, and have their part in the glorious resurrection of Thy saints, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." A hymn of four verses, from "In Memoriam," was sung (the Old Hundredth) by the choir : " 0 fond and loving spirit, thou Far, far away from me art now ; I miss the hand of friendship true, The heart that all my feelings knew. But, while my grief thus fills my heart, Thou in God's bosom lying art; Freed from the body's yoke at last, The gentle soul to life hath past , No, spirit not one moment e'en Would I recall thee to this scene. Thou wert lull worthy of my love, And God bath gnicken'd thee above. God will in turn raise me, and then I shall rejoin thee once again; Into thy loving arms I'll fly, Immortal thou, immortal I." The bishop concluded the ceremony with— " Now unto the King Eternal, Immortal, and Invisible, the only wise clod, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, honour and glory, for ever and ever. Amen." His Lordship, sitti ng in his chair, directed the Chancellor to read the sentence of consecration, which was then signed by the bishop. The ceremony was finished at half-past twelve o'clock. The Queen, with the members of her family, quitted the Mausoleum, and, unattended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, walked back to Frogmore. The following ladies and gentlemen were present upon the occasion :—The Duchess of Atholl, the Hon. Horatia Stopford, the Hon. Harriett Phipps, Lady Augusta Bruce, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Lady Caroline Barrington, Viscount Sydney, Lord Camoys, the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, Major General Seymour, Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat, Lieutenant-General the Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey, Col. the Hon. Sir Charles Phipps, the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Bidduiph, Miss Hildyard, Madame Hocede, Mademoiselle Bauer, Major Elphinstone, Mr. Ruland, Mr. Wood ward, Mr. Buff, Dr. Jenner, Sir James Clark, Lieut.-General Knollys, Captain Grey, Baroness von Schenck, Baroness von Grancy, Captain West erweller, Dr. Becker, Countess Blucher, the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland, Earl Granville, M. Van de Weyer, Colonel Francis Seymour, C. 8., Colonel and L a dy Elizabeth de Ross, Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, Mr. Meyer, Mr. Brown, a portion of her Majesty's domestic household, and also the servants who had been particularly attached to the service of the Prince Consort. The Mausoleum has a central dome, an oc t ogon, 64 feet in height and 30 feet in di ame t er . Th e groundees plan with b ailding is formed of four re cesses, circ ular corridors, the space b e t w een the opposite recesses measu r i ng a l so 64 feet. There is an en t rance porch projecting from , connecti ng f the the east side, approached by a flight of steps. ss Although the building is not yet completed, the central portion in which the Royal sarcophagus is to be placed is entirely closed. The exterior of the Mausoleum will be nearly covered with granite of various colours. The inte rior will be finished by coloured marbles and frescoes. The building has been designed by Mr. Humbert and Professor Grunner. The contractor is Mr. G. Dines. _ . His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, __. attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived this morning from Greenwich Park. Earl Granville, 'Viscount Sydney, and the Bishop of Oxford arrived yesterday afternoon at the Castle. The Bishop of Oxford left this afternoon. The Dean of Christchurch arrived to-day. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times Correspondent.) NEW YORK, DEC. 2. Mr. Lincoln's Message to Congress, delivered at noon yesterday, has surprised everybody. Many anticipations were formed respecting it. S .me said it would be " black" with Abolitionism; others predicted that it would be " whiter" than the pro. clamation of freedom to the slaves; white a third were of opinion that it would be of no colour at all, but vague in hue and impalpable in shape. The document is certainly not " black" in the sense in sinuated by the Democratic party; and it is just as certainly neither vague nor unmeaning. If it be " white," it is at all events white with good inten tions. Ostensibly it surveys the whole field of public affairs, but virtually it concentrates attention upon the one great subject of negro slavery. Mr. Lin coln is not an obstinate man. Aware, apparently, that his proclamation of freedom to the slaves of all who should be in rebellion on and after the Ist of January next was contrary to the Constitution of the Union which he desired to restore; that it was a direct incentive to a servile war, and to the count less and almost unmentionable horrors that would inevitably ensue if the negroes took up arms against their masters; and that, moreover, it was fairly open to the objection urged against it by the divines, philosophers, and philanthropists of the Abolitionist party, of permitting loyal people to hold slaves, and of guaranteeing the existence of slavery in loyal States, he has, without openly disavowing and an nulling the ill-adviseddocument, introduced another project for the discussion of Congress, which, if adopted, will convert the proclamation into a dead letter. At the eleventh hour he proposes what should have been proposed at the first—a general convention of the States of the Union to revise and amend the Constitution, so as to make the action of i Congress on the subject of slavery as legal and con stitutional as it is now the reverse. He further proposes that every State which shall under this convention abolish slavery within its limits at any time before the year 1900 shall receive compensa tion, at a rate to be hereafter fixed, for every slave proved to have been in existence by the eighth census of the United States ; that all slaves who shall have enjoyed actual freedom by the chances of war or escape within the Federal lines shall be maintained in their freedom, whether their masters were rebels or loyal men, but that loyal masters shall in such cases receive full compensation; and, lastly, that Congress may (not shall) appropriate money and otherwise pro vide for colonising free negroes with their own con sent in places beyond the boundaries of the United otSiftoacint dealing as Then g Such, in with iththisbrief, Abolitionists great i s tan Mae ne r rd . L ae: m n i c tb o a l ar n lr r ' a s esas n di e ny w g uq m nu o de d es r e , the name of " Gradualism," insisting that if free dom be a good thing it cannot be administered too suddenly to the eager expectants of the boon, or the right, and prophesying that the war will walk over this proposition, and force the President back again to unconditional and immediate emancipation as the sole effectual weapon for dealing a final blow at the Southern slaveowners and their system. But if Mr. Lincoln have purposely worded his proposal so as to grant compensation only to slaves proved to have been in existence by the eighth census, which was taken in the year 1860, his scheme has a signifi cance which ought to gratify the Abolitionists, if no one else, for it virtually proposes that all negro chil dren born after that date shall be declared to have been barn free. Surely the Abolition preachers and lecLurera, w bu art; AU diffitiliilb to pion au. Will raise loud prone of delight when they become aware of this portion of the plan, and will do their best to aid, and not their worst to thwart, the President in placing it fully and fairly before the mind of the country P If in a kindly spirit, and before the firing of a shot, Mr. Lincoln bad, in his inaugural address, sub mitted such a scheme to the undivided Congress that first listened to his official voice, he might have preserved the Union and averted civil war. If, in consequence of the obstinacy of the South on the subject of slavery, it had refused to consider the proposal, the sympathies of Europe, and especially of England, would in this case have taken another direction, and been wholly and heartily with the North. It is most probable that Mr. Lin coln's painfully acquired wisdom has come upon him and upon the country too late, and that the day has irrevocably passed when any treatment of the slavery question that religion, philanthropy, or statesmanship can devise will bring back the South to a Union which the events of the last 12 months have taught it to abhor. Great as has been the interest excited by the Pre sident's Message, it has not drawn attention from the critical position of the army of the Potomac. The prevalent feeling is one of disappointment that so little has been done by General Burnside, from whom so much was expected. People may "call spirits from the vasty deep"— but will they come ? Presidents and Ministers may command great generals and men of genius to emerge from the Dead Sea of national mediocrity, but if such generals do not exist to answer, of what use is it to call ? People were not satisfied with M'Clel lan, because he could not achieve impossibilities. They are equally dissatisfied with Burnside for the same reasons. It was confidently announced when the appointment was made that be would be master of Richmond by the 181 of December. The 2d of December has come, and he is still on the wrong side of the Rappahannock, opposite Fredericksburg, held in check, it appears, by a small body of the enemy, while the main force has fallen back 30 miles nearer to Richmond. The probabilities are that he must either go into winter quarters at Fredericks burg after its capture, or remain until the end of March at Acquia Creek. The rains have been all but incessant ever since he commenced operations. The roads of Virginia are impracticable. The Con federates hold all the railways by which he could make a more rapid advance. To march on Richmond under such circumstances would be madness. To re main between the Potomac and Rappahannock would be prudent, were it not for the fact that such a hy bernation would inevitably end in the loss of half the army before the spring —in disertions, camp di sease, fever, and prostration of hope, spirit, and energy. Nevertheless, though the prospect is gloomy enough, the prophets of good fortune are not to be silenced. Cheerful voices still proclaim that Burn side's valour is not overpowered by his caution, like M'Clellan's, and that he will indubitably eat his Christmas dinner in the rebel capital, and restore Virginia and North Carolina to the Union before the I Ist of January. Other voices, not at all cheerful, despair of him altogether, and call for his removal, and the World of this morning announces, as "from a source not likely to be deceived," that General Burnside is no longer in command, but has been superseded by General Hooker. The report is not improbable, but needs confirmation, and, if it should prove to be true, is more likely to offer up another victim on the shrine of popular impatience, in the person of General Hooker, than to bring the Fede ral army into possession of the long coveted capital of the enemy. It is asserted that " General" M'Neill, who so savagely shot ten innocent persons because one man, • on whom he bad set his heart, was not delivered up to him by the Confederates, is not an officer in the Federal army, but a guerilla leader ; and that he • will be delivered up to the military authorities of the South, to be dealt with as Mr. Jefferson Davis may decide. Public opinion justifies his surrender. The elections for City Controller, Corporation STAMPED Councillor, and other minor municipal offices, to the number of upwards of 300, were decided to-day. There was very little excitement. The Republican party seemed to know that the contest was hopeless, and allowed the Democrats to carry the day by overwhelming majorities in almost every instance. The whole patronage of the city is thus placed in Democratic hands; and will be used to the fullest extent in all the political elections of the next t welvemonth. 7HE REVOLUTION IN GI?L'ECE. ---.--- _ (From the Times' Special Correspondent) ATHENS, DEc. 4. This t h e tardi ness approaching was n election owing for r o t a h d e i fferenc themselves as e of places o M p i i s n s i olf i n ° , e n o b g m u h te i, rousedm e n t byyet, to Ke im portancet ahlhaeav circumstance t j a o , i and nwedh :co a h t trhtha had the eda , Atnplfoar o tre n tddy l e y flies t pl rvr r e e ietd e ., Assem bly, runs very high there, and has thrown every thing into the background. In all countries which are young in political life there is a tendency in parties which gain the ascendancy to be merciless on their prostrate adversaries, and the Greeks are as yet too young as a nation to understand that free political life is a succession of compromises. _ Thi s compromise was, perhaps, easier here than any where else, for there was no difference of grin c.wi t l h e s few A e s x c s e o p o t n i o a n s s t e li v o e ry re volutionon one join e w d a, and s co m i f pl eted possi ble, those who had been devoted to the old - sysfeth became more violent in their approval of The 'new state of things than those who had brought about the change. But they were almost invariably re jected by the victorious party, so that nothing remained to them but opposition, in order not to be altogether excluded from political influence. The members of the Provisional Government were in this respect not wiser than the rest; on the contrary, having all the means in their hands they used them in their respective provinces to ostracise whatever displeased them from one or another reason. Thus it comes that the agitation and opposition is greatest just where some member of the Go vernment has been at work. It is the general opinion that nowhere have things been so inju diciously managed as at Patras. The place has of old been divided between the Rouffos-Londos and Bigopulo-Calamogdati factions, the former repre senting the late Opposition, and the wealth and intelligence of the province ; the last-named the populace, which, in a thriving commercial town like Patras, is more numerous than in any other place in Greece. It is but fair to say that the latter faction, judging well of the signs of the times, turned round immediately after the Revolution, and offered to co-operate with the victorious faction. The offer was peremptorily rejected, and in the combination for the election only strict adherents of the Rouffos faction were taken in. The result was that Patras has been kept in a constant state of excitement ever since ; both parties have mustered their adhe rents, have armed them, and are ready to fall on each other at the first opportunity. It was in order to avoid a collision that all demonstrations have been discouraged, although the general feeling is perhaps nowhere stronger in favour of Prince Alfred. _ _ On Satnrdaylast, nevertheless, the captain of the Hydra, one of the Greek Company's steamers, de termined to get up a demonstration. He dressed his vessel with flags and inscriptions, got her under way, and, going twice round her Majesty's ship Shannon, which was in port, fired a salute of 21 guns. He had a band on board and many friends, who cheered most lustily. The whole party came on shore at dusk, with lights surrounding a picture of Prince Alfred, the captain holding it and all the erew with revolvers round him. They were joined by all the merchants and most of the respectable townspeople, afid passed before the houses of the I R. 8 1;.h r"rianl find At. the house of the former a speech was made, and then the crowd went to cheer the French and Russian Consul. The Calamogouti faction tried to stop the demonstration by getting up cries of " Zeto to Ethnos ;" but the cry was quite drowned, and the whole thing passed off quietly enough. Not so next day, when the other faction got up a counter-demonstration with the picture of Leuchtenberg and those of the three protecting Sovereigns. Returning from the French and Russian Consuls, one of the crowd assailed a passer-by, who would not shout " Zetor upon which the assailed man, a doctor, drew his revolver and tried to shoot his assailant. He was prevented, and the aggressor was arrested. The mob tried to rescue him, but one of them getting a severe sabre cut on the head, the others .withdrew, It was time, for immediately after 50 men of the counter-faction, all armed, rushed through the town, but luckily they met with no opposition. The people of Patras are, as you may imagine, not without apprehension about the impending elections. Fortunately, Patras is the only place in Greece which has been guilty of such disgraceful conduct. In Missolonghi and Xalav rita, above all, the former, the demonstration on Sunday was gone through with all the honours, the municipal councils passing resolutions to communi cate the wishes of the people to the National Assem bly. DEC. 6 (Morning). To-day the elections for the Assembly begin all over the kingdom, the first free elections—at any rate, the first which will not have been systemati cally falsified. This time Government, as such, has not interfered, although of course each member of it in his own province has tried to exercise what ever influence he could. But this influence was personal, not collective ; there is tho great differ ence, so that even in the places where the combina tions brought forward by the members of the Go vernment are carried, the representatives returned , will represent only the interest of each individual in the Government and that of his friends, and this as legitimate influence as any other in a country where every man having completed his 25th year is an elector, and where, in spite of the attempts of the late dynasty to break down all influence besides its own, there exists still a powerful territorial and family influence in most provinces. The country is strongly democratic in feeling, the war of inde pendence has ruined many wealthy families, the late dynasty has done its best to level all distinctions, yet so strongly seems this influence of the old pri mate families rooted, that it still survives, and will, according to all appearances, play a prominent part in the elections. Nor can anything be more just than this influence; it is something real and existing, and therefore a right to be represented in the Assembly. As for any struggle of principles, there is and can be none. Even if no one but par tisans of the old system were elected, they would unan i mo usly approve the condemnation of the la t e system by the revolution, and inscribe the 4 , Constitution" on their flag. All the ad dresses of of candidates which appeared in the papers are synonymous, almost the only difference being, perhaps, the greater or lesser stress laid on the great Hellenic idea of the future. These addresses published in the papers and distributed among the constituents, are the only public means of canvass ing. There is no nomination, and there are no hustings : the canvassing is carried on privately. As you will recollect, the country is divided into 27 districts, which, according to their size, choose from two to four deputies, chosen indiscriminately by town and country. Hitherto a candidate could only stand for the district in which he was inscribed as an elector; although this restriction has been re moved, the old habit will still be adhered to almost universally on this occasion. This old habit consists in this,—that those who have influence in a district try to combine and work together One is the man who brings the town or part of it ; the other brings the other portion of it; the third, one or two com munes, and so on. There is a man for the wealthy and intellectual portion of the district ; there is NEWS 1-7 A PE li I, ;`, ;t:' . '':. - .:t• : : n4;c1 , . - 11t 1, ,, ) another — fin: the peasantry ; another:4qt thilcitit -' 1-44,7 :".4„, classes in the towns ; again another :fortife ; ;o - 4 4, :::, , rs' merciel interest, if there exists any. - "If 4; if AT E1" -4- 6 system has the advantage of bringing in' the el , - ferent interests, it has the inconvenience of check ing all freedom of movement in the candidates, and makes it almost impossible for any man, however deserving, to be elected on his own merits ;:he must combine with others, no matter what the character and opinion, and is dependent on their success and d:feat. 'On the other hand, an elector who wishes to vote for a good man is forced to give his vote to those 132:.n whom he, perhaps, does not want, or else leave out themon of his own choice. c inconveniences of thi s s y s t em Never were i.!' more apparent than DO this occasion, when th e num ber of deputies which cub district bee to send has been doubled, so that in many place a combination of eight men had to be found. In the interior where local, well-defined interests are opposed to e4ich other, this may perhaps still succeed, for the practice is the e soh party provides the tickets for its own men ; but in the c ; pit al end other more independent comtnunities the practice was ntsces eerily modified. Thus, at Athens, the combina tion comprises only four men—Calligas, C'alifour nes, Psylas, and Dosios, and for the other four places t h er e is to be a scramble. So many are the competitors that :Jot even a guess may be made. From all this you wii: see that the c o l our o f th e A ssem bly will be of that V.!'certain neutral tint which all things wear at dawn, an,:l it will depend on events which colour w ill come out ultimately. To-day is likewise the first day of the plebiscite for Athens as well as the majority of the pro:Times- The decree fixes the third day after its publication, and according to this the plebiscite ought to have begun yesterday, but the intention here is to make it as complete as possible. The Holy Synod, with its president at its head, is first to give its vote in favour or Prince Alfred, then the National Bank, the; oitteervaad soldiers, National Guard, students, - _ &C.!, liiit,,o 3 Aptlice in the clearest possible light the generitl.*l4aall classes. Dec. 6, Afternoon. The elections both for the Assembly and for the Sovereign have begun, and everything is as quiet as possible. The Holy Synod, as .1 told you, ex pressed the wish to be the first to sign their names on the lists for the election of the Sovereign, so the registers were taken there, and the whole Synod, with the president; at their head, have written therein the name of Pride e Alfred as the Sovereign of their choice. The regkaters are open at the Maisie, where a crowd presses to sign. LI7E.RATURE. Journal of a Mission to Afghanistan in 1857, under Major (now Colonel) Lunoden, with an Account of the Country and People. By H. W. Bellew, Medical Officer to the Mission, Smith, Elder, and Co. Although Affghanistan possesses many features of interest, and is inhabited by a very peculiar people, it is a country which, to the ordinary tourist, may be considered inaccessible; not from difficulty of transit, but from the savage nature of many of its tribes and the jealousy of strangers entertained by the dominant Affghan race. Descended un doubtedly from the Jews, they trace their pedigree back to Saul; they retain, although Mahommedans, not only many of the distineive customs of their ancestors, but also their turbulent disposition and impatience of authority which so'eminently charac terised the chosen people. " A man who goes to Hindostan acquires wealth, a man who goes to Affghanistan loses his head,'' says a native pro verb, and that the author and his companions re-- turned unhurt must be attributed solely to the fact of their having visited the country at the Amir Dost Mahommed's express desire, and under a gua rantee for their safety, and even then they were not permitted to enter the capital, but rested at Kandahar under the protection of his son, the heir apparent. The purpose for which the mission en tered the country was that of watching the pro gress of the Persian war, and transmitting informa tion respecting it to the Imam' Government, the Affghan Amir having requested aid in consequence of his frontier appearing in danger. Shortly after the arrival of the mission, however, the Persian war concluded, but the Indian mutiny broke out, and they therefore remained until it was quelled ; and the influence of Major Lumsden appears to have been of no slight service in restraining the Affghans from taking advantage of the opportunity to attack the British territory, which they were strongly disposed to do. Although the author's observation of the country was restricted to what he saw on the journey to and from Kandahar, his excursions round that city being very limited in extent, he nevertheless, from the nature of his profession, came very exten sively in contact with the people, and had abun dant opportunity of studying their manners aad disposition, and the conclusions at which he arrived are by no means favourable. Oppression he found not the exception, but the rule. The common people look upon burglary as an honourable and legiti mate occupation, and the ill-paid and undisciplined soldiery take every opportunity to rob the peasants ; order there is none, and filth and disease abound. Apart, then, from its value as a record of Affghan life, the work is valuable as showing the result of Asiatic rule, though it must be admitted that it assumes, under the Affghans, its worst form. During his stay in Kandahar Mr. Bellew dili gently studied the few native works he could meet with which threw light upon Affghan his tory; he also describes, at length, the natural productions and resources of the country, and the volume, which contain a number of illustrations, is a valuable addition to our knowledge of that remote district of India. SMITH, ELDER, AND CO.'S CHILDREN'S BOOKS. Tufkngbo's Tourney in Search of Ogres. By Holme Lee. We have here a fairy tale, written in a matter of fact stye, but displaying considerable power of fancy. The Tufiongbo's birth, childhood, and edu cation are described. We are told how he resisted the seductions of the Salamanders and the Ondines ; and how, having started on his journey, he escaped, with his companions, the clutches of the ferocious Ogre Gulmalog; rescued from imminent danger the pusillanimous Ogre Clickaclop, outwitteed cer tain deceitful Griffins, and finally, his labours done, departed to join his fairy parents in the realm of Shadowland. Stories of Old ; or, Bible Narratives, suited to the capacity of young children—first series, Old Testament.—Second series, New Testament. By Catherine Hadley. The nature of these two volumes is su ffi ciently indicated by the title. They are nicely got up, contain various engravings, and parents will find them valuable. Children's Sayings ; or, Life at Home. By Cathe rine Hadley. To assist in training up children in the way they should go, the author has collected a number of those wilful words in Which the juvenile nature toof indu l ge,theill effects o f eac h. 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