The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-30 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 30, 1862. A French Final:l.:ler is perpetually more suo looking forward a great deal further than into the middle of next week. It has just proved so in the instance of M. FOULD. His penetrating glance reaches forward even to the close of the year after next ! His latest Budget, though in many parti culars far less pretentious than its immediate pre decessor, takes into account successively the pro bable results of that predecessor ; the calculations of the Budget next ensuing (that of 1863), the one, that is, actually here under consideration ; and, finally, the estimates of the ordinary and extraor dinary Budgets of 1864! A tolerably comprehen sive survey for any financier to take, under the cir cumstances—a survey at once retrospective, present, and anticipatory ! Yet all compacted together, by the skill of M. ACHILLE FOULD, within the narrow compass of a few succinct paragraphs. Supposing that our own great Master of the Science cf Finance, the right hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, were required to submit to the scrutiny of the House of Commons in a Committee of Ways and Means a cluster of budgets thus portentous in the magnitude of their col lective scope—as surely as ever HEROD was out- Heroded, GLADSTONE would inevitably be out- Gladatoned. The annual speech of four or five hours' duration would be lengthened into an ha rangue requiring the small hand upon the clock confronting Mr. SPEAKER to make at the very least the circuit of the dial. The elaborated oration filling now, year after year, some fourteen or six teen columns of closely ccmpacted letterpress, would expand in bilk to dimensions equivalent to a thickish octavo volume or a moderately ponderous quarto. A stray orange, by way of a parliamen tary lubricant, would be altogether insufficient for the emergency—the refreshing Sevilles requiring no doubt in such an emergency to be pro vided beforehand by the round dozen. Here, again, as so frequently in other par ticulars they do incontestibly manage these things better in France—according to the hackneyed dictum of the Reverend Wag YORICK. So much better do the French Financiers manage in the way of epitomising their most iatricate statements, that whereas Mr. GLADSTONE requires a crowd of columns in which to explain the nature of one Budget in reference to the national income and expenditure in a single twelvemonth, M, FOULD finds but very little more than one solitary column sufficient within which to group together the salient results, calculations, and estimates of three or four Budgets linked harmoniously together! After summing up the figures, distributed by him with a skilled and masterly discrimination over the years immediately past, present (as one may say, seeing that the jour de l'an is now so close upon us), and to come—le,, 1862, 1863, 1864, —M. FOULD thus closes this his latest statement of the actual Financial siniatiun of the Empire : ad dressing these eminently gratifying words, first of all, directly to His Majesty the EMPEROR, and then indirectly through his Imperial MAJESTY, to the whole French multitude, rich and poor—"W e may dismiss all idea of the necessity of appealing to credit !" And, as if that assurance were not sufficiently explicit and emphatic, adding immediately thereupon—" It is an assurance that I repeat with confidence to your MAJESTY, and which will be welcomed with satis faction by the country." Doubtless. For it is an assurance that speaks, of itself, most eloquently to the hearts and pockets, or, as Lord BACON has it, to "the business and bosoms," of all alike. The ex- tt aorainary expenses that have weighed upon th e current year, the year just now upon the eve °f expiring, exceptional expenses, such as those ece " it at tdby the prosecuti on o f the M exican Ex pedition, l uwe alone, the Minister argues, pre vented the e attivn the beginning ot of 186 the finances of the empire at de4itab t i o Et completely normal con att '` is once This result," however, he adds , only aaja,,nd. maintains with a confiden c e Beyond whi c h, h e alone b orn f rom hi s own absolute conviction, the total of th e f res h de ticuaney within the li m i ts in which i t i s tat can be braced does not exce e d the resources now cm furnished by the floating debt, h without that debt exceeding the proportions it has several James tained during th e last si x years.” at_ ()fits , ell Et moat satisfactory and encouraging consideration. It is undeniable, no doub!, that in ene imp ortant particular M AcJIILLE FoLLD has been compl etely "out" in his calculations. He himself is cot e _ strained to acknowledge it. Confessing as much, however, with as good a grace as possible. Accord ing to the hope expressed by him earlier in this current year, a hope still clung to with exemplary tenacity as recently as October, the Budget of 1862 at its winding up would leave the finances Hof the empire at the worst in a state of equillibriun]. If without leaving behind it any surplus whatever, though but one of an infinitessimal character, the Year of Grace, A 1862, thought M. FOULD before Midsummer, in sisted his Excellency even after Michaelmas, would die out at length without at any rate any result as unsatisfactory as a positive deficit—that rankling sting left behind it, in flitting by so many an irri tating Bee of a Budget. The actual result has unhappily proved quite otherwise. There will, the once san guine but now perfectly candid Financier himself acknowledges, he found at the close of 1862 not only a deficit, but a deficit as it happens of 35,000,000—francs! however—not livres sterl ing ! Eight millions more, as the event proves than had originally been anticipated as requisite for the carrying out of the Mexican expedition ! Sixteen millions (again exactly double the pro-Mexican increase) formed the supplementary demand of the Minister of Marine, be yond his original estimate of the maritime re quirements of the year ! Eleven millions (making up, with the last two items, the total deficit upon the twelvemonth already specified, of 35 millions in the aggregate) eleven millions being required for premiums upon the exportation from France of sugar extracted from beetroot. Like a skilled and practised administrator, as he is, M. FOULD having filled up an unlooked-for cup of bitterness for France by pouring out these dregs of the Budget of 1852—at once endeavours to take the unpleasant flavour away from the national palate by his still favourable comparison of the current financial year with its immediate predeces sor, viz.-1861. Making a wry face enough over the eighty-three millions already lavished within 1862 upon the prosecution of the War in Mexico, M. FOULD, with the deficit of 35 millions lying at the moment fresh before him, still confi dently hopes for a surplus of no less than 110,000,000 in 1863. A whispered acknowledg ment, however, follows hard upon the heels of this momentarily exhilirating vaunt, that, of course, there will, probably, follow in due time the usual string of supplemental credits year by year autho rised by the Imperial Legislature ! Truly— "of course," It is a result this—judging from the past—only perfectly en regle. And so the confidently anticipated surplus, glowing and ripening yonder in the distance, when approached and culled and tasted, turns out to be no better upon a nation's lips than the dust and ashes of a deficit ! Financially, no less than socially and morally—the Frenchman, like other men, "never is but always to be blessed." And so it falls out systematically it might almost be said, year after year, that the nation, there upon that side of the Channel, no less undeniably than Of late years upon this—wanders perpetually onward through a very quagmire of deficits in quest of that brilliant but illusory Will o' the Wisp of a surplus always wandering away, quite within view but never within reach yonder in the hazy distance. Nevertheless, while it is so, undeniably, alike in France and in England—there is, at the same time, visible to all, upon the opposite shores of the British Channel, a rapid and wonderful development of the resources of the two nations, an expansion, beyond all, denial in the scope of their commerce and of their general enterprise, and this ever in amicable rivalry, in sound and wholesome competition. The Finan cial superstructure may, to the more timorous critics, both in France and England, appear in many respects too aspiring and ambitious, but there in France, no less than here in England, they are built up for the most part, we believe, upon broad and solid foundations. It will encourage rather than check the flow of contribution to Lancashire, to know that it proves fairly adequate to the emergency. Sacri fices and efforts on the part of the generous, which fail of their object, are apt to be given up in despair. We cannot, therefore, doubt that the note sounded by Mr. GLADSTONE, in his speech at Chester on Saturi.ay last, is the one which will cheer us all on to action during the remain ing winter months. At the best the distress will be great ; the greater, because distress is always relative to position. There is reason to hope that numerous families of the cotton operatives are now receiving relief to an amount which, in some agricultural districts, would be thought fair wages; but this, to a family accustomed to live on double or treble those wages, is felt as painful poverty. Standing, as all contributors outside Lancashire do, in the same relation to the whole community, it seems harsh to say that the ploughman can shift comfortably with ten or twelve shillings a week for a family of five or six, while the cotton spinners and weavers can barely exist on the same pay. Such, however, is the fact. We all of us recognise it when we have to provide for the wants of families of the middle class and upwards; and, in point of fact, these operatives form one of the lower strata of the middle classes. Curates and clerks by hundreds, we fear we might truthfully say by thousands, have incomes not exceeding, frequently below, the income derived from the united wages of an entire operative family. And then, unfortunately, these people, like most others, spend their incomes. They spend them, too, rather more freely than they need on generous diet. Not required by their position to make the appearance expected of the curate or the clerk, and the peculiar nature of their monotonous work, carried on in rooms of high temperature, creating the desire or the need for stimulating and nutri tious diet, they spend their earnings largely in this way. So far as our own observation and inquiries have gone, the work-people of the cotton districts were not remarkable for intemperance, but they were remarkable for luxury in food. According to their means they liked goDd clothing, on Sundays and holidays especially; also furniture worth hav ing in their cottages ; but what struck an observer or inquirer most was that, in the parlance sense of the phrase, they " lived well." We advert thus distinctly to this fact, because we can speak of it from personal knowledge, and because probably few of our readers are fully aware of it. All the kind-hearted among us, however, will at once feel that if it cannot affect much the standard of relief which can be afforded, it yet reveals the sharpness of the suffering endured, and enhances the merit of the patience with which it is borne. It would obviously be imprudent to raise the amount per head of relief above the ave rage of agricultural wages ; subscribers in agricul tural districts might reasonably, in that case, re monstrate against being called on for contributions. It should, however, be remembered that partly the healthiness of agricultural work does not demand such generous living as that carried on in towns and factories, where the conditions of lire are more la bourers is such as enerwriling and depressing. But chit fly, we fear, the competition for employment amongst farm la the smallest sum Lan cashire sustained. To k speakin man on a ic ee i. to have minced their wages to on which life and health could be It is keep up, therefore, relief of Lan gd:sptiresangtothethis amount is not, properly unemployed and the employed unwillingly idlo work when that h not be absolutely unfit for coveted bl • would take a long time, indeed , a. aunaerely taking care that the cashire operative into a willing idl er have seen a private letter from blessing shall return. It , t o convert the Lan cashire by a rer • relief. We leving officer's wife, who had distributed a large p arcel of cloth. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. I:nder the Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, to commence with the Second and Third Acts of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. After which, the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, en titled HARLEQUIN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Doors open at halt-past 6—Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL , DRURY - LANE , _ Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVE N ING, the Comic Drama of THE NEXP OF KIN. After which, the Grand Pantomime of LITTLE GO DDY TWO SHOES. Commence at 7, TREAT RE-RO YA J., HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, will be performed OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. After which, a new and original Extravaganza, entitled ItASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA ; or, The Happy Valley. Rasselas, Miss Louise Keeley. Followed by A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Rogers, and Miss Hartleur. THEATRE. ROYAL, LYCEUM, Will OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECBTER, on SATURDAY, 10th January, 180, with a New Romantic Drama, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, in which the prin cipal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougham, H. Widdicombe, M'ln tyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, H. Butler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Els worthy. Box-office open on Thursday, Ist January, from 11 till 5. NEW TN F ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.-. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, A TICKET OF LEAVE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, and Mrs. Billington. After which, MARGERY DAW. To conclude with Jth time)" GEORGE DE BARNWELL ; or, Harlequin Folly in the Realms of Fancy." Miss Woole:ar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Seaman ; Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bed iord, Stephenson, C. J. Smith. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams ; Clown, Mr. W. Hildyard ; Cantaloon, Mr. J. Paulo. The celebrated Arthur and .I;ertrand. Commence at 7. ItOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr Lindus. THIS EVENING, TIME TRIES ALL: Mr. H. Vezin and Miss Constance Aylmer. After which, the New Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, " RiQUET WITH THE TUFT ; or, Harlequin and Mother Shipton." Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. Seyton, Misses Gray and Hudspeth, Mr. Milano, Mr. R. POWET, Miss A. Collinson, and Mr. Halford. The WEATHER. —Sun Office, Dec. 30, 1862. Highest since Noon yesterday Lowest during the night This day at Noon Barometer-29.44. Wind—Westeriy ; light, fine but cold weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 9h. 2m.—Afternoon, 9h. 38m. To-moßßow.-Morning, 101). 14m.—Afternoon, 10h. 47m. v ufo ing among the distressed, in which she mentions that at one of the sewing schools in which she was, the news came that, though on reduced wages, a mill near would reopen and employ them all. MO writer says that the girls wept and laughed by turns, and became almost wild for joy I Let not our readers imagine that their charity will create idlers. It is indeed another of the characteristics of the North that there is a great deal of sturdy indepen dence and self-reliance. We do not mean that the North, like all other parts of the kingdom, does not furnish its full quota of those who like to live by doing nothing, and at other's expense ; and who will even prefer semi-beggary to industry. This is but one of the vices incident to some of all classes. But nowhere do we meet with more persons who are ashamed not to earn their living; with more who will part with all they have rather than—we do not say beg—but rather than be dependent on freely-proffered charity. They look at the money as if it were a kind of degradation to take it. They hardly feel that it is theirs if they have not given money's worth for it. We have known of a high born lady compelled to open a school ; liberally and delicately patronised, she yet shed tears over the cheque which paid her first school bill. But we may well question whether the tear which steals down the cheek of the unmanned cotton operative as he receives the first money which he has not earned is not indicative of a better, if a ruder breeding. Mr. GLADSTONE, with his official view of the distress in the North, illustrates it by the loss it causes to the revenue. On the current year he estimates the loss at a million sterling; and the annual rate of loss, if things continue as they now are. at a millinn ass w batf. ii; computation for us all is, roughly, that each of us spends about one eighth of his income in supplying the demands of the National Exchequer. £l3 out of less than every hundred guineas of income ! Was this slyly let out to stimulate the popular pressure on his money-spending Chief ? Be that as it may, since the loss on wages is well estimated at twelve millions, Mr. GLADSTONE would not be far out in his calculation of the effect of the cotton famine on his budget. It will be such as to leave us little to hope for from the promised reductions of expendi ture, in the shape of reduction of taxation. More encouraging are the two facts that in some districts the increase of pauperism, we use the technical term, has been arrested, and in others even con verted into a decrease. While, on the other hand, the benevolence of the country does not diminish. Only about half the amount actually raised has been expended—that is, about £600,000 is in hand from subscriptions, wnich, it is expected, will yet reach £1,500,000. Again, the Committees were spending £25,000 a week, but the Executive Com mittee was receiving, between the 6th and 20th of this month, at the rate of £7,000 a day. With such facts before us, we may all rejoice that we do not contribute in vain ; we may hope that the worst of the crisis has been reached; and with stores of cotton accumulating—although much of it may be " Surate—and the prices of manufactured goods rising, we may contemplate a considerable resump tion of work in the spring as quite a probability. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, DEC. 29. Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather the Queen was unable to leave the house this morning. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, St, Helena, and Canada. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Malta, the Mauritius, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Labuan, and the Australian colonies. Cornet Edward W. Pritchard, of the 17th Lancers, has been empowered to sell out, in conse quence of his recent escapade in India. A change of some irterest to the military world is understood to be on the eve of announcement, in the form of a new issue of the Dress Regula tions. SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSETTM.—During the week ending Dec. 27 the visitors have been as follows : On Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday (free days), open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 14,841; on Wednesday, stu dents' day (admission to the pubic 6d), open from 10 a.m. till 4 p xn., 246 ; total, 16,087. From tho opening of the museum, 3,648,312. PORTSMOUTH, Monday.—A strong gale from W.S.W. set in here yesterday, and continued through the night and early part of to-day, accompanied by a heavy fall of rain. Since noon to-day the wind has gone down and tho rain has ceased, with the mercury sta tionary in the Victoria-pier barometer at 29.5, at which pcint it stood at 10 a.m. to-day. On Saturday, at 10 a.m. the mercury had risen to 30.43. Yesterday, at 10 a.m., it had fallen to 3015; and this morning, at the same hour, it had fallen to 29.5, at which point it now stands. THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—An under standing had been come to that a train should start from the Paddington and Victoria-street Termini at 12 o'clock yesterday morning, but a few minutes after that hour a telegram was received at the latter place stating that no train would be run during the day. The certificate of Colonel Yolland for the opening had not been received by the company at the closing of the offices in the evening. It is, however, expected that it will be received to-day. It is stated that the line is now quite ready for traffic. NEW RAlLWAYS.—Wolverhampton and Bridg north Railway.—The Parliamentary estimate for this new line is £150,000. It is to commence by a junction with the Severn V alley Railway, near Bridgnorth, and terminate by a junction with the Grand Junction section of the London and North-Western, nrar Wolverhampton. North and South Staffordshire Junction Railway.—The estimated cost of this new line is £130,000. It will run from the Trent Valley, near Rugeley, to the Potteries line of the North Staffordshire, near Uttoxeter, with branches to Colwich, and from Stowe to Abbott's Bromley. Focha bers and Garmouth Railway.—This new Scottish line is proposed to be constructed from the Fochabers station of the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway to Gar mouth, in the county of Elgin, at an estimated cost of £40,000. SHOCKING SUICIDE ET A RETIRED GOVERNMENT OFFICER.—An inquest was held at a late hour on Saturday night by Mr. W. Carter, at the Royal William, Dorset-street, Clapham. road, to ascertain the cause of death of John William Miles Brooks, who, as alleged, committed suicide on the morning of the 26th inst. by cutting his throat. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased had been for many years in her Majesty's Customs, and about two years ago, when the offer was made to some of the old servants to pension them off at the same rate to which they would be entitled after ten years further ser vice, the deceased, who was then upwards of 50 years of age, applied for and received his pension. Ever since that time he has been more or less in a desponding state, and regretting the resignation of an appointment that afforded him active employment. The evidence showed that on Fri day morning he was found in his bedroom with his throat cut from ear to ear, and with such premeditation that he had actually put the basin on the floor, and held his head over it as he inflicted the fatal wound. The jury returned a ver diet of suicide whilst in a state of mental derangement." THE GREAT EASTERN.—The following is pub lished in the New York papers of the 17th :—" We, the undersigned, having carefully examined the steamer Great Eastern—including her repairs, which have been done in a scientific and workmanlike manner—are of opi nion that she is in every way seaworthy and in condition to carry passengers with safety and comfort, and a full cargo of any description to any part of the world. Tho acci dent and subsequent occurrences have fully demonstrate I the great value and safety of a double bottom. We fur ther certify that, having examined into the circumstances connected with the accident to the steamer off Montauck Point, we are of opinion that no blame can be attached to Captain Paton, who, from the cross bearings of the dif ferent lights, knew the exact position of the vessel when she struck a submerged rock, not laid down in any chart, though in the fair-way channel,—Robert Mackie, Lloyd's agent ; Wm. H. Burleigh, president Board of Port War dens; E. B. Seaman, port warden; Wm. C. Thompson, vice president Neptune Insurance Company; Erasmus W. Smith, engineer; Benjamin Ritchman, port warden; John M. Marks, United States inspector of hulls; Charles H. Haswell, surveying officer, Board of Underwriters."—The Great Eastern is to leave New York for Liverpool on Saturday next, and, in addition to a large cargo, it is I expected that she will bring a considerable number of passengers. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. SPAIN. IMPORTANT MINISTERIAL DECLARATION. MADRID, DEC. 29. In to-day's sitting of the Senate, Marshal O'Don nell, in his speech upon Mexican affairs, said that the Treaty of London did not imply any interven• tion for upsetting the Government of Juarez. The allies, he said, were to take possession of. Vera Crnz and the fort of San Jaan d'Ulloe, and to wait until satisfaction should be accorded them. Spain had never spoken of intervening in the internal affairs of Mexico. The plenipotentiaries of the other Powers found the claims of France excessive. Marshal O'Donnell farther stated that it was not General Prim who caused the rupture. The re embarkation of the Spanish troops became indis pensable on account of the general state of things. The real cause of the rupture was Almonte, who had deceived France. In conclusion, Marshal O'Donnell censured the conduct of the Government fo Juarez, and made an appeal for the union of parties. His speech produced a great sensation. The address to the Throne was then adopted by 95 against 23 votes. FRANCE. PARIS, DEC. 29. It is asserted that a conference of representatives of the protecting Powers of Greece will shortly be held in London to settle the question of the cession of the lonian Islands. Letters received here . from Madrid hint that a modification of the Cabinet may be expected. La France of this evening says,— "After the defeat of the Federals on the 13th President Lincoln had a long conference with the Minister of France. The peace party consider this stop to betoken a desire for conciliation;" News from Mexico states that General Forey will commence operations in the middle of January. BOURSE, Dec. 29.—The assurance given by the Minister of Finance that there would be no loan in 1863, has inspired confidence and given firmness to the Market, but without causing any very material advance in prices. For the Account, Threes opened at 70fr., and the business done up to the present time has been at about that quotation. Rail way Share Market quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. 1.97 95 Do. end month.... - Bank Shares 3310 Credit Fonder 1387 50 Piedmontese Fives 71 75 Italian Loan 72 50 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 54 Florae Debt 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 05 New 3 per Cents .. Do. end month.... - Credit M0bi1ier...,1155 Do. end m0nth....1157 60 RA ILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1072 50 .. 1072 50 Northern New, ditto oo - • . Lyons and Mediterranean 1157 50 .. 1160 Gen Ava 377 50 ~ 372 50 Southern Western - Eastern .... 625 .. 522 50 Sardinian Austrian Lowbard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona ITALY. TURIN, DEC. 29. A circular has been issued by the Minister of the Interior, desiring the Prefects of the Southern Pro vinces to report to Government the municipalities who do not give sufficient assistance in suppressing brigandage, that measures may be taken for their dissolution. The Minister, while stating that he reckons upon the co-operation of the National Guards, wishes the Prefects to complete tin organi sation of these bodies. The Minister is determined to use every Effort to put an end to brigandage. In the Electoral College of Averse, in the pro vince of Terra di Lavoro, General Pallavicini, who commanded the Royal troops at Aspromonte, has been chosen deputy. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, DEC. 29. A royal decree, dated the 22d inst., has been published to-day, calling together both Chambers of the Diet for the 14th of January next. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, DEC. 29. In to-day's sitting of the committee elected by the shareholders of the Bank of Austria, the motion of the directors of the bank to accept the agreement between the State and the Bank which had been voted by the Reichsrath was passed after a long discussion. POLAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) WARSAW, DEC. 27. After numerous announcements of the official organs, the trial by a court - martial, under the pre sidency of General Kornilonitz, of the 66 political prisoners, commenced on the 11th inst., with all the eclat of a public judicial proceeding. The court is held in the large hall of the palace called Pae, but the admission to it by tickets has been limited to the Russian officers and civil functionaries, and rendered almost impossible to people who naturally take a lively interest in the matter. As the accused, who are all young men, between 18 and 25 years of age, were conveyed from the citadel in long vehicles, under a strong military , they were respectf u lly sales c u o r t e t d , t b h y r o t u h g e h p t o h p e u s l t a r t e i e o t n s ; and their feelings dis played on this occasion were the stronger, from the haggard looks and emaciated faces, fully denoting the sufferings and privations which those fresh victims of Russian tyranny have undergone during their long detention and examination by a com mission of inquiry. The prisoners have been divided into six categories, and one counsel to each category has been allowed, a task most difficult to effect, in spite of many eminent lawyers, who tendered their services gratuitously. The charge brought against the prisoners con tains four distinct counts :-1. To have formed part of a secret society, whose object was to free Poland and to re-establish it, such as it existed before 1772, 2. To have taken an oath contrary to the rights of the Emperor and the laws of the country. 3. To have contributed to the distribution of the clandes tine journals inciting to insurrection. 4. To have levied contributions of money, or enacted subscrip tions in order to procure means of carrying out the above objects. It is superfluous to add that there does not exist any positive proof to substan tiate those charges, and the whole bears on hear say and suspicion. Although tha date of the for mation of the secret society is stated by the autho rities to be as far back as the commencement of the present year, yet even this fact cannot be satisfac torily etablished in the open court. According to the reports of one of the spies, it is said that the members of the society used to meet at the period just mentioned in the street Krzyioe Koto, at the house of one named Oborski, considered as the principal conspirator, and in some other place in the Faubourg of Cracow. Nothing, however, was found in the latter place, and in the former, when the police made its appearance, it found Oborski in his bed fast asleep. Disappointed in its expecta tion the police agents employed a novel trick worthy of imitation by French and English detectives. They carried away Oborski to the citadel, and one of the agents got in his bed, without any one know ing anything aboui it, and all persons who next morning came to see Oborski in his room were at once arrested, as belonging to the secret society. In reference to the charge of organising a revolu tionary army, this turns out to be bosh, as be sides a few models of muskets made of wood, two old and rusty swords and one flask of powder, I nothing more was discovered. The count charg ing them with taking an oath is simply imaginary ; the poor fellows, when once in the citadel, were, by starvation, flogging, and every other ill-treat ment, coerced in acknowledging that they took the oath, but as soon as they had a counsel assigned to them, they all and each denied before the judges that declaration not to be true, and protested against it most vehemently. As to raising subscriptions, some have admitted this crime, if crime it can be called collecting money for the relief of the poor and needy, as it was really the case. This is the substance of the whole of this extraordinary trial, the results of which can be anticipated, in accordance with the Russian notions of law ; the sentence had long ago been determined upon, and the futile motives, which in England would have been laughed at by any country magistrate, served here as a pretext for condemning as criminal a mere ebullition of youthful excitement, and gave the Russians an opportunity of throwing dust into the eyes of Europe by the display of an apparently public and impartial trial, but which is a perfect mockery of justice. The expression of the national wishes is now the order of the day throughout the whole extent of Poland. Following the example of the kingdom, and the Podolian nobility not discouraged by the fate which befell the distinguished patriot Count Andrew ZArnoyski, the nobles of the Government of Muisk, who were allowed to assemble on the 25th of November last, have unanimously agreed to the following address : " Sire,—Tho nobles of tho Government of Minsk, as sembled for purposes of election and public discnssion,which are permitted to them alone in the whole Government dis trict of Wilno, and thus being its sole present representa tive, beg to avail themselves of their right to expose the wants of the country, and lay before the throne of your Imperial Majesty a statement of their feelings and wishes. " We first raised our voices to your Majesty, praying that the peasants might be emancipated. Our prayer found a generous acknowledgment in the heart of your Majesty,and at your word the bonds of ages were riven asunder. " Tho equalisation before the law of all classes and reli gions, freedom of conscience, institutions based on the spirit and traditions of the nation—these aro the chief conditions of every social fabric, and are the necessary consequences of your Imperial Majesty's great work. "The more grievous the existing state of the country,the bcttc. .at 41, tee. 4 +bat (U.,- un derstood, and the more do all minds turn to the past, and see in union with the kingdom of Poland their only remedy. And this, Sire, is our only demand. May its expression be regarded as a mark of respect to your Imperial Majesty. " A monarch who has made himself the instrument of Gud's will in emancipating the peasants cannot fail to re cognise it in the voice of an unhappy nation." The next morning a letter was received, forbid ding, in the name of the Emperor, the presentation of any address having for its object the annexation of Lithuania to the kingdom of Poland, and two other letters from the Minister, addressed to the Governor, and communicated to him by the Marshal, enjoining him to close the elections at the first mention of the address. The opinions of the members were then divided ; some wishing for the adoption of the address zn extenso, others for recording it the minutes of the proceedings the wish of the assembly to present the address. On the 29th November, the anniversary of the glorious revolution of Poland of 1830-31, the nobles, ever faithful to their patriotism, attended a funeral service in the cathedral, after which they returned to their deliberations. The letter of the Governor was then read, and the Assembly drew up two documents—the first, stating the wish to present the address for the annexation to the king dom of Poland ; and the second, the answer of the Attorney. General, confirming the law which autho rises the order of the Governor. Of 297 present, 285 nobles signed these documents; the others, who refused to affix their signatures, were the old func tionaries grown fat in the Rnssian service. This spontaneous act of public duty, which re dounds so much to the honour of the Poles, is another proof of their moral union, and of their determination to assert their sacred rights; whilst Russia again appears as the violator of the Treaty of Vienna in 1815, by which all ancient Polish pos sessions, under whatever rule they may be placed, were to be governed by the national institutions, and even their commerce received one and the same national organisation. How long Russia will be allowed to break the observance of treaties, as in the case of Greece, and to trample under the foot those which affect Poland, and which are solemnly guaranteed by France, England, and other Euro pean Powers, British people and British Parlia ment should at once decide. THE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 30. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Massilia has arrived here. She brings a portion of the mails from the Co lombo, 47 passengers, £760 in specie, and 274 packages of cargo. She experienced rough weather throughout the passage, and was detained 24 hours at Malta in consequence of a heavy gale. The Delta left Gibraltar, on the 25th, for the East. On the 29th inst. the Manilla passed the Dutch barque Pudderskirk standing up Channel. The Massilia reports having observed a large ship on Cape St. Vincent. Her crew had erected four tents. She held no communication. The Confederate steamer Sumpter was sold at Gibraltar on the 19th inst. for 19,500 do's. Gibraltar exchange.—On London, 90 days, 501 to 504 ; Paris, 527; Marseilles, 528; Genoa, 530; Madrid, eight days' sight„ -1 prem. THE BkAZILS. LISBON, DEC. 29. The Royal Mail Steampacket Company's ship Tyne, from the Brazils, arrived here to-day, and will leave for Southampton at 3 p.m. with 46 pas sengers, £1,500 in specie, 383 rolls of tobacco, and 134 packages of sundrieF. RIO JANEIRO, DEC. 9. Exchange on London, 27k. Coffee is quoted 6,600 to 6,700. Total shipments since the departure of the last mail, 95,000 bags, of which 27,000 are for the Channel. Stock, 85,000 bags. Freights, 555. to 60s. At Bahia, exchange o❑ London was quoted 271. Cotton, 15,000 to 16,000 reis. Sugar, 2,200 to 2,300 reis. Exchange on London at Pernambuco, 29. Sugar, whites, 3,400 to 3,500 reis ; browns, 2,800 to 2,900 reis. Cotton, 13,600 to 14,000 reis. The Estremadura arrived at Pernambuco on the 12th, and sailed the same day for Bahia. (PER TYNE, via LISBON.) MONTEVIDEO, Nov. 29. Exchange, 414 d. Wet salted ox hides, 611 rls. Dry hides, Atnerican,4B,l- rls. Wool, nothing doing. Tallow, 191 rls. The West India and Pacific Mails. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 30. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Shannon, Captain Abbott, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 147 passengers, 1N85,360 in specie, and a cargo consisting of 3,731 packages of merchandise. The Shannon left St. Thomas's on the 15th inst , and had a fine passage throughout. A public meeting was held on the 9:1 inst. at Valparaiso, the object being to renew to the Presi dent and the Ministry votes of their sympathy and confidence. This nct had been occasioned by the conduct of the House of Representatives, who had proved themselves hostile to the Government and public opinion. The railway from Santiago to the South was completed as far as San Fernando, a distance of 120 The new President of Peru was continuing to introduce reforms into es ery department of the Government, and a circular which had been issued to the Peruvian Diplomatic and Consular Corps enjoins them to abstain from all extraordinary expenses. On the 1 lth the Minister of Finance sent a message to Congress, laying before the House the embarrassed condition of the Exchequer, and soli cited its sanction to accept the proposal of Witt and Schute to leild the Government 700,000 dols., on condition of making over to them the consignment of guano iu Germany for eight years, allowing the same terms granted to other consignees. The Cham bers appOoved the contract. The proposal of Thompson, Bonnard, and Co., of London, for laying down a railway between Lim A and Lauja, under conditions of which the pkineipal are the exclusive privilege for 90 years, and a gua rantee of 7 per cent., on the capital invested, has been approved by the Chamber of Deputies. The floods on the Isthmus of Panama have sub sided, and the railway communication is again opened. The news from the West India Islands is unimportant. 'the corps at Barbadoes are promising, and expected to give fair returns. The health of the islands is improving. Exchange, 90 days, 487 half• dollars. At Demerara the weather was wet ; trade dull, and no prospect of improvement. Tonnage scarce ; freights advancing. THE AUSTRALIAN SHIPS. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY EVENING. The ship Monarch, 2,000 tons burden, T. W. Gill, Lieut., R.N.R., commander, belonging to Messrs. Green, of Blackwall, 90 days from Melbourne, hav ing sailed September 30, has arrived in the Chan nel, and was off the hie of Wight at noon to-day, all well, bound to the Thames. The Wave of Life left Port Phillip the same day, the Giant's Cause way on the 9th of October, and the E. A. Bright on the 11th—all three for London. HELP NEEDED. Let the reader picture to himself, as a field for mission ary labour, a famous slum, called Charles-street, Drury lane. Here, and roundabout, poverty, vice, and crime are strewn thick as the leaves in Vallambrosa Vale. The curi ous stranger may direct his steps to the north-east corner of Drury-lane, which lies against Holborn. He will find women in dirty gowns and shawls, and with matted hair, lounging at the corner whatever hour of the day or even hie it may be. In this north-east block of poverty and crime, men, women, and children are packed so close to gether that it is wonderful they are still alive to prove the extent of human endurance. The city missionary pays his visits to these 155 houses and 16 common lodging-houses where the vagrant, the beggar, the prostitute, and labourer out of work rest their tired limbs at night together. There are degrees of misery even here amid these black and gaunt houses. They who have their own furniture have not reached the bottom of misery's ladder. Fate has done her worst with a man when he has come to be the inhabitant of a furnished room in Charles-street, Drury-lane. Here the patterer and the hodman, the thief and the costermon ger, the street-singer and the prostitute, the strong-boot maker and the beggar pay their 7d. or Bd. per night. In King-street are market hands and orange-sel lers; in Coal-yard and Smart's .buildings working folk who are ready to do any odd work. There are numbers of shoemakers also hereabouts. The common lodging-houses tempt all who can pay only 3d. or 4d. for a bed, and so the honest, poverty-stricken man finds himself lying beside the felon. Shame festering in rags fills Bar ley, Fagerty's, and Shaw's courts. Here is a dense and dangerous mixture of the poor and the wicked, All kinds of cunning and cheating are well represented, About 300 come trooping to these repulsive houses in company— the broken down labourer, with the beggar, the patterer, and the burg lar, In the low, long, whitewashed common room, groups lie and lounge, or huddle over the coke fire ; while abandoned women talk the slang of the neighbourhood, and the men curse and swear. It is an evening school for the propaga tion of vice. If a man is seen to affect reading, he is soundly rated and ridiculed. The sick lie unregarded along greasy benches; and beyond, clothes black as soot are washed in water dark as ink. For the young who are compelled to pass their nights here what hope is there ? Their daily companions and their bedfellows are the vilest of the vile; their nightly supper is seasoned with stories of crime. They are poor, and the poor cannot choose their companions.—Morning Post. Some one having remarked to Johnson that a young lady's performance on the pianoforte was very diffi cult, the Doctor grumbled out, " Ah, sir, would it were quite impossible." Jebb's lambs are pronounced black sheep, and. the fat pasture must be cleared of them. There must, be no mote such Dartmoor mutton.—. Examiner. ILLUSTRIOUS EXILES.—In two of the greatest victories ever achieved over the English, those of Beauge and Almanza, the French were commanded, in the former by the famous Scotch General, John Stewart, Earl of Buchan, and in the latter, by the equally renowned English commander, James Duke of Berwick. Singularly enough, at Almanza, while the French were thus under an English general, the English army was led by a French officer, the Marquis de Ruvigny. In more modern times there was scarcely one of the Marshals of Napoleon abler or mote considered than Macdonald, Duke of Tarentum ; and in our own day Patrick M'Mahon, Duke of Magenta, has given another illustrious addition to the roll of British names associated with foreign renown. Undt r every na tion's banner but their own the Irish fought with success, and some of them attained the highest rank. Marshal Brown, who contended so ably against the great Frederick, De Lacy, who organised the Russian army, and the heroic Mahony, who saved Cremona, who gained immortal glory at Almanza, and became eventually Lieutenant-General and Commander of Castile, were Irishmen.—Sir Bernard Burke's Vicissitudes of Families. ANGLICISED WELCHMEN..--." For the third time I spoke to him in Welsh ; whereupon, looking at me with a grim and savage contempt, and showing a set of teeth like those of a mastiff, he said, How's this ? why, haven't you a word of English? A pretty fellow you with a long coat on y our back and no English on your tongue. Ain't you ashamed of yourself ? Why, here am I in a short coat, yet I'd have you to know that I can speak Eng lish as well as Welsh; aye, and a good deal better.' All people are not equally clebber,' said I, still speaking Welsh. Clebber,' said he, clobber I what is clebber ? Why can't you say clever ? Why, I never saw such a low illiterate fellow in my life;' and with these words he turned away, with every mark of disdain, and entered a cottage near at hand."—George Borrow's Wild Wales. THE DUKE'S HORSE COPENHAGEN.—" Among the chargers brought over by Gen. Grosvenor was a mare, which proved to be in foal, and, after her safe re turn to England, produced a colt, which was named Copenhagen. This horse being afterwards sold to Major • General Sir Charles Stewart was taken by him to the Pen insula, and when that officer quitted the army ha 1813, on the death of his first wife, it was sold and became the pro perty of the Duke. At Vittoria and other battles his Grace used no other charger, and it became a great favourite with him. That horse also carried the Duke of Wellington throughout the glorious day of Waterloo, when it is said he bore him for 18 hours on his hack, and when at length re leased at its close, gave no sign of fatigue. He was of a full rich chestnut colour, with a strong dash of the Arab in his appearance, and ehowed at all times an endurance of work that was very remarkable. He died in 1835 at the age of 27, and was buried at Strathfieldsaye with military honours. His mane and tail furnished a great many rings, brooches, and bracelets, which were presented by the great commander to enthusiastic ladies; so that this celebrated charger obtained a renown which will probably long con tinue, for these memorials will not cease to be regarded as the heir-looms of many a noble family, Copenhagen was modelled for the horse of the Wellington statue upon the arch in London." —Sir _Henry Cust's Annals of the IPars of the 19th Century. UTILITY OF 8 PIDERS.—One species of spider is very common in gardens, and about autumn is especially conspicuous. It has a great liking for the grape vine, and its webs may often be found covering the clusters of grapes. The webs should be sedulously protected, for though slight in texture, they are an admirable protection to the grape, intercepting the many insects that love to prey upon that delicate fruit. In some places it is so plen tiful that almost every bunch of grapes has its protecting net-work thrown over it,—Routledge't Natural history. AMERICAN ESSAYS ON WIDOWS.—They are the very deuce. There's nothing like them. If they make up their minds it's done. I knew one that was ter ribly afraid of thunder and lightning, and every time a storm came on she would run into Mr. Smith's House (he was a widower), and clasp her little hands and fly round till the man was half distracted for fear she would be killed, and the consequence was that she was Mrs. John Smith before three thunderstorms rattled over her head. Wasn't that dip'omatic ?—American Paper. HYDROPHOBIA. —A farmer at St. Meurice (Soan et Loire) has just died in horrible suffering from hydrophobia after more than three months from the time of being bitten by a dog. When the bite took p l a ce he . made use of some qua c k reme d y, and paid no further attention felt to the wound, whi c h h ea l e d up. Just 96 days after he the first attack s o f th e f earfu l malady, an d sexing that his case was hopeless, he put his affairs in order. On the fol lowing day he was raving mad, but between the paroxysms had sufficient presence of mind to warn the bystanders to keep cut of his reach. As his fury kept on increasing the assistance of geniarmes was outained, and he was roll e d i n a blanket and bound on a bed, where he died, three days from the time of the first attack.--Gallynani. A A FREAK Pio's 0, 3 Monday, whil e a man was driving m pigs along by Wellingt on - p l ace, one of theirn s u o mb e er strayed from the, oth ers. A number of buys gave chase, when his pigehip, to baulk their efforts, ran first into the Lower Justice 31i11-dm:li, and after that proceedel into the covered lead, which it ascended for nearly 80 yards. The lead was so narrow that it could not turn round to get back; so, after r ema i n i ng in its prison fur some 20 hours, a " Shaft" was next day dug right down to where it stood, and the pig pulled up, nothing the worse, apparently, of its confinement.-4beravon .11-erak?. Death of the Archbishop of Paris. In Cardinal Morlot, Archbishop of Paris, who expired at six o'clock yesterday morning, the Galil ean Church hat.; Iva its Pinnate, and the Papacy (Jae of il.i most devoted friends. The archbishop had been ill for ten or twelve days of inflammation of the chest, and received the last sacraments three or four days age. The Pope sent him his blessing by telegraph, on hearing of his illness ; and the Em peror himself called and sat for some time by the bedside of one of his most loyal servantsand domes tic counsellors on Saturday evening. Though the deceased archbishop can hardly be designated famous for learning or for eloquence, circumstances will invest the fact of his death at this time with something more than a local interest. Francois Nicholas Madeleine Morlot, who died invested with such high dignities, was the son of humble working folk at Langres, in the department of the Haute Marne, and was born December 28, 1795. After pursuing a course of study in his na tive town, he went to the Grand College of Dijon, in which city he was afterwards destined to hold a high ecclesiastical office. After taking orders, young Morlot became tutor in the family of M. de Saint Seine, and in this position, living in high society, he gradually acquired the courtliness of manner for which in latter years he was noticeable. Subsequently he became, in succession, curate of the Cathedral of Dijon, honorary canon thereof (18251, grand vicar of the diocese (1830), canon of the cathedral (1833). After the Revolution of 1830, Monseigneur Rey was appointed by Louis Philippe to be Bishop of Dijon—this prelate being, with the Abbe d'Humieres, the first chosen by the new Govern ment. The wrath of the Ultramontanes and Legi timists was excited; Rome was indignant; the French bishops refused to consecrate Monseigneur Rey, and he was forced to obtain episcopal ordina tion at the hands of a Spanish prelate. Bishop Itey's grand vicar was the soul of this pretty illus tration of Roman unity. He resigned (or was dis missed from) his office, and devoted himself to de molishing his bishop in the columns of the Am de la Religion ; he published remonstrances against the luckless monseigneur in the journals, and he refused to accept any parozhial charge. Wearied out, Monseigneur Rey resigned his see in 1837, and by way of compensation received a canonry in St. Denis. The unfortunate Rey's successor, Monseig neur Rivet, was quite alive to the necessity of pro pitiating Franpis Morlot, whom he reintroduced to his vicar-generalship early in 1838. In the year following, the obnoxious Government of July wag forgiving enough to offer M. Morlot, and he pliant enough to accept, the Bishopric of Orleans. He was consecrated at Paris on the 18th of August. Two years later he edited a supplement to the bre viary, and issued two commisions, one for the re vision of the liturgy, and the other for the compihr tion of a catechism. In June 1812 he was appointed Archbishop of Tours, and Feb. 26,1843, received the pallium at the hands of Mgr. Affre, Archbishop of Paris. In this diocese, as in that of Orleans, ha conciliated everybody, and won universal esteem. In 1849 he presided over a provincial council, held at Itennnes, and in 1852 over one at Tours. II 1853, at a consistory, held on the 7th of Marifn, the archbishop was nominated a cardinal pr;.est, the stall of Saints Nereus and Achi.V ißs . H e re' ceived the hat from the Pope. Jur, o 27, in the same year. When Archbishop Eikour fell by the hand of mad priest, Terger., the Archbishop of Tours, val e at Rome dischs-,ging a high mission on which be had been sent by the Emperor. On receiving I L telegraphic despatch he returned home, Bn a , (Janua r y, 24, 1857) was appo i nte d Archbishop ( 3 Paris, and was instituted March 19, and took Po' session of his see April 25. The 13th of the fol lowing August he was nominated Grand Almoner of the Court, and head of the Imperial Chapter of St. Denis. He was also created a Senator, and one of the Council of the Regency in case of the Empe ror's death during the minority of his son. The nomination gave universal satisfaction, and Was considered to do honour to the discretion and judgment of the Emperor. At that time Mon' seigneur Morlot was reputed to belong to no e% - treme party of the Church. His piety and Christian charity were universally honoured at Tours. He did not accept the Archbishopric of , Paris without much personal urging on the part of the Emperor; it was said that his final decisionwas dictated ra th er b y d uty than ambition, and there was a gen era l rumour that the P a pal Nuncio used all his skill to prevent the appoin t : went as one displeasing to the Vatican and the Jesuits. Cardinal Morlot's position has brought him into' intimate relations with the Imperial Court, notably with the Empress. At Tours he was said to be 11 Galilean, but his ultramontanism has been gra tl , ll : ally developed till th e countenance shown by the Emperor to the Italian cause led him to offer the resignation of his offices at Court and in the Sena te .' He earned his early fame by supporting the Legi tl e mists ; he acc e pt e d pre f erment and honour from til. House of Orleans and from a Bonaparte. He ha s IT:I his old age voted for the Immaculate Concepti on ' protested against Itali an lib er t y, and has di e d W ith the well-deserved bl ess i ng o f t h e Holy Father on his head. As a writ er or as a preacher Cardina l lkf°rte lot's reputation will hardly live. His mandenle? circulars, &c. are well written enough—lP:A bly ! more. Among hi s wor k s are " H eures Cho i s ies la Marquise d'Audebarre" (1825), which Pea se f through many editi ons; l ectures i n explana tion v_ Christian doctrine, a ca t ec hi sm f or Dij on dioce se , and one or two o th ers . Th e card i nal received t cross of the Legion o f H onour i n 1841 at t h e baptisms of the Count de Pari s; h e was named o ffi ce r De c , 11, 1849, and commander Aug. 11, 1855. In official quarters, four prelates are spoken ° I as likely to succeed Mgr. Morlot. Mgr. de la P ur d'Auvergne, the Archbishop of Bourges ; Mgr - I)ubois, the Bishop of N ancy ; M gr . L anamay Bishop of La Rochelle; and Mgr. Chalandon: Archbishop of Aix. The name o f Cardinal Mathieu, the Archbishop of Besancon, is also mentioned. Mgr. Landriot's candidature is second e by the Empress. THE SHAH OF PERSIA.—His dress was a• hind of short f roc k- coat, made of shaw l- wo rk, an d awkwardly cut. It stuck out in sharp angles at the skirts, and was tightly belted in at the waist. He wore small re , high-heeled pointed shoes, European trousers of black cloth narrow, and badly made. On his head was a cap of black lambskin, shaped like a sugar-loaf. Hi s wa . 11 ..: ners were easy and familiar. He had a jaunty bobbins sort of way with him; but a good deal of sterling pride and a kind of dryness in speaking sometimes, as if he k v! . a great many things which he did not intend to discuss. Ho remarked that this last peculiarity was very E ffeetive. had, moreo ver,a short,decisive royal manner of speaking,a n d came abruptly to the point at once. On the whole,his appear" ance struck me as being prepossessing., although the resena; blance to the kindly and debonair lords of Austria wor . away when one looked at him more closely. I n areH Ho has fineeconsidered person 111 0 majesty is small and slight ; he is dark, with regular fea' high Persian tuxes, but his face is not marked with any peculiar elevatio n b a la g c r k ea e t y b es ea o u f ty th irk e Persia, and although he kept them nearly closed, there Nva° evidently a smouldering fire in them, that it might be dna" shape a t p h e ou of g thought or almond,o cspr e whichs n. gerous to kindle. Tho worst of the eyes is that they nevi' look anybody in the face, but shift about uneasily, like th° s° of a lion in a cage; but this may have been owing to solve' slight defect of vision. Tho king wore a lone drooping black moustache, and had a way : f twisting it whil e speaking. His face, with exception of the upper lip, was closely sh aven ' He is an ardent hunter, a good shot, able to bring down I ) wild ass with a rifle. He is a bold and and dexterous rider. He is witty and accomplished, after the misuser of bi g ' countrymen, and, indeed, something more. He draws w ith taste and talent, he has a good knowledge of military inusi and, when I was in Persia, had just caused a most magni ficent and beautifully illustr a t e d co py o f th e Arabian N i gh ts Entertainments to be prepared for his own use. His h iatbil s are simple and abstemious. His daily food is usu a l ii , little rice and a little roast mutton, with dry bread. favourite drink is champagne. His mind is active ancn usually vigorous for that of an Asiatic.—. Dickens's -4` the Year Round," just published. berg SEASONABLE LIBERALITY.—The two mew x , ' for Salisbury, Lieut.-Gen. Buckley:and Mr. Matthew Marsh, have sent £5O each to Mr. J o hn Style, the made of the city, to be distributed in small su ms among the " e serving poor of the town. gory' CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY . day, Dec. 29.—Admissions on p a y meu4 , 2, 979 ; do. bY "- sou tickets, 1,003; total, 3,984 Tht - the m still t rnent The Indies the B t the w, The tioo fo ber ha that t the U i With . khowi r decreal Yarn, 1 and lat The atnallei in flax corn, fl neCOUn tonnag IC- ingdi lticreas Ing tra Inerea4 crea se The £200,3 Thex ceipts , th e Soi The ttens the 6tl Cont stook I been ai 0 pub money Reduce Indian Paper, quer Bi The 1 ie a rial 110 W 93 l 'as bee Sia n h a li I di, 941 95 i I re m . ; l'aesivc 188 , i and th iirni at A Nr4 transa, pri ces ] proved. advan e( North ] elined The stead y 18 a ; Were q Indi a 3 div• ; a. Joint tally .1r tank Si 3 per Ce 3 per Ce. New 3p New 2i India S Ditto + Ditte D tto Ditto Ditto D ,r+,l Ditto In lift St Excheqt trazilia] Ditto 7 Aduenos Ditto Egpptial bitto, Greek 5 Mexican Ditto •r,ruviai Ditto 4 "orto g r u Ditt o Dittoßossi Ditto —Etrdi tija : SPattipli Ditto 1 T urkish Ditto f Ditto Ditto ' enezue Ditt o Ditto .L l, ana, I Ditto Ditto" p ~~' P THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 30, 1862.