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NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. his Evening, THE GREEN BUSHES. Followed by XCI. ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. This Evening, THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Alter which SCENES from THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. To co clude with ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEA TRE. S IN THE This Rveninz, IT MUST BE T RUE, 'TWA PA.PERS. Followed by PEEP O'DAY. T o conclude with KILLARNEY, Commence at 7. --- W. S. WOODIN'S CABINETOF CURIOSITIES, Tolygraphic Hall, King William -street, Charing-cross. Commence at 8. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Hay market. Open every evening for Promenade and Dancing. CANTERBURY HALL.—EVERY EVENING.— Grand Selections fr?m Verdi's "Boecanegra," Illacfarren's Cantata "May Day, and Locke's Music of "Ma ebeth."— The Etoile Family -Unswortli, Eugene, and Duley, &c. Commence at 7. T 11. E OXFORD, 6, OXFORD -STREET, EVERY F ,v F, N IN G.—Donizetti's "Don Sebastien," Verdi's " 11 Cor sato" and "Nabuco," and Macfarren's "May Day," with full bind and chorus.—Drew Dean, the great Flautist—the Nea olitan Minstrels—the comic performance of Miss Caroline P a rkes—Mr. Maclagan's Entertainment —Cnsworth. the Original of " Or any other man," Sro. Commence at 7. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE AND AMPTIL THEATRE.-01mar every Evening. - Grand Musical En. tertainnient, 60 performers. Commence at halt-past 7. THIS NEWSPAPER, gor II E S U N 5" To be SOLD by AUCTION, by a Decree the Lord Chancellor and with the approbation of the Master of the Rolls, on THURSDAY, the 4th December, 1882, at the AUCTION MART, London, unless previously disposes of by Private Contract. The property may be viewed by cards, to be obtained from the auctioneer, Mr. Edward Lumley, of 87, Chancery-lane, London, W.C., and of the undersigned ; of each of whom printed particulars may also be had, and to whom proposals for purchase by private contract may be made. ADAM RIVERS STEELE, Solicitor, 44, Bloomsbury-square, London, W.C. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 7h. 40m.—Afternoon, Bh. 14m. To-mointow.-Morning, Bh. 51m.—Afternoon, 9h. 26m, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 29, 1862. Before saying another word, however, upon what occurred yesterday in the Central Criminal Court, let us epitomise Baron BRAMWELL'S sentences upon the first batch of Garotters :- 1. James Anderson For life 2—Edward Marks (41) For life 3. George Roberts (33) For 20 years 4. James Mowatt (31) For 20 years 5. Thomas Redshaw (20) 6. James Dixon (20) 7. John Allen (30) For 10 years 8, John Redwood (22) For 10 years 9. John Painter (22) For 10 years 10. Charles Thompson (22) For 10 years 11. John Kingston (19) 12. Joseph Hall (30) For 5 years 13. Robert Leat (25) For 5 years 14. Charles Jones (18) For 4 years 15. Charlotte Redshaw (19) For 4 years 16. John Lane (18) ,, For 4 years 17. James Butler (18) For 4 years _ . For 4 years 18. J o h n F or d (18) Baron BRAMWELL has pinned the ruffians by I the throat as vigorously and effectually as ever NICHOLAS NICICLEBY did the Yorkshire School master. The learned Judge has punished some of the Garotters literally within an inch of their lives. Penal Servitude is the one only kind of expiatory infliction his lordship could apply—but he applies it vigorously—rigorously " Penal Servitude " he condemns one ruffianto for ten years—another for twenty—another for Life The force of determina tion could not go further than that, it may be al lowed, under the circumstances. But it is the manner in which this was done by Baron BRAM WELL that excites at once our gratitude and our admiration. Addressing the first of the Garotters brought up before him yesterday to receive his sen tence, the learned Judge said forcibly that, " As to ANDERSON, it appeared that he was convicted of a robbery with violence in 1859, and sentenced to three years' penal servitude, and he had also suf fered fourteen other convictions, so that the present was his sixteenth conviction. He was sure, there fore, that with regard to him it was unnecessary to make any observations to justify the sentence that he was about to pronounce upon him. As to any chance of his being reformed, he feared that it was utterly hopeless ; he did not believe there were any of the materials of reformation in him, and that he was utterly destitute of morality, shame, religion, or pity, and that if he were let loose he would do what any savage animal would do— namely, prey upon his fellows." Consequently, taking all these things into consideration, he pro nounced upon ANDERSON the extremest penalty at his (Baron BRAMWELL'S) disposal—viz, the pun ishment of penal servitude for the remainder of the ruffian's natural existence. Certainty, a list of punishments—that—calcu sled to Prove to all intending Garotters what the Yanke es expressively term Cautionary ! Punish ment, it i s • 1 T, ' ,_ ' l_ o n li t i he fullest sense of the word--Exem plaryseer:trht BRAMWELL. t having doomed, it will Eighteen w o most hardened among these the br utalizedwholeheie offenders to penal servitude During among of their lives ! And having distributed the re ma i n ing Sixteen Garotters more than hundred and sixty y ears " and a half—" one servitude, varying from fo o t : Penal servitud e ! P e nal to twenty, according to the r sear'' to five, to ten, geater or les ser in famy of the criminal, and the greater or le sser atrocity of the particular instance brought home to each ! Amon , the of g arott i ng ,' choice lit t l e c :uster of garotters sentenced yesterday toundergo a term of twenty years' penal servitude, it wi G. ll be see n that the first -mentioned—a ruffian, namea EO ROBERTS, aged at t i is p resent time, 33, will, at the close of his felon life of imprisonment, pass out into the world again, if be be still surviving, a sadder and, it m a y bc just barely pos sibl e , a some what wiser man on the shady side of fifty ! The twenty best years of that man's life having been passed in durance vile, in the meanest of all possible uniforms. Worse even (wonderful to tell) than that badgo of the very high crime and misdemeanour, here in England, Poverty—the pauper dress worn by the inmates of our workhouses. There was a tl.inuch of refined irony, now and then, in the man- , in which Baron BRAMWELL awarded some of j the lesser punishments—lesser, that is, than the fig): L • 44 .7e' Nk • < 1 : 71 N - 1,414E+ ia* 4 • ?- THE SUN. extreme penalty of Penal Servitude for Life ! Sen tencing these detestable ruffians to the nzader punishment—milder only by comparison—to the intrinsically frightful punishments of ten or even twenty years' penal servitude! Upon ROBERTS, said his Lordship, in the flagrant instance already particularised, his (RoBERTs') case not being quite so bad as that of the ruffian ANDERSON, the sen tence would be one of twenty years' penal servi- tude. Again, in the cases of MOWATT and ALLEN, the Judge thus discriminated between the guilty pair. " MOWATT," he said, "had been before sen tenced te six years' penal servitude, but he sup posed for some sort of good behaviour he obtained his liberty in four years and a half, when he ap peared to have resumed his old courses ; and at the time he was taken into custody there were found under his bed a j emmy, a life preserver, and a quantity of skeleton keys. It was manifest he was a sort of per son who must be kept out of the way of harming the public for some time, and the sentence upon him would be one of penal servitude for twenty years. With regard to ALLEN, it appeared that this was the only time that he had been convicted, and he should, therefore, sentence him to penal servitude for ten years only !" So with the others—the irony being in each instance so poignant of its kind and so instantly recognisable that it must have pene trated even to the apprehension of these hardened and brutalized offenders. "It might perhaps be thought," observed the learned Baron, towards the close of his last award of punishment, " that this was too light a punishment; but it should be kept in mind that courts of justice always desired te give young men an opportunity of retrieving their character. He would, however, assure those who might be inclined to repeat the offense, that if the law as it stood at present and the sentences now awarded were not found sufficient to protect the public from such outrages, some revision of the law would certainly take place, and alterations be made in the punishment with a view to produce that effect." Now, all this is but the first taste by the garotters of the return blow for the thud of the knuckle-duster and the swoop of the loaded bludgeon. If Sir GEORGE GREY can find it in his heart to deal so leniently with the brawny assassins now haunting our streets, that he may be virtually said to have put on the gloves, and delivered a feeble padded blow or two by way of retaliation—Baron BRAMWELL has shown himself quite equal to the occasion, delivering to one and all of the Eighteen Garrotters just brought up before him for punishment, as effective and eminently judicious a knockdown blow as ever was found to be Tom SAYERS'S celebrated Aactioneer We have received from the Vestry of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, a copy of the Report of their Sanitary Committee, to whom the subject was referred, on the Removal of St. Thomas's Hos pital, " the House of the Poor, in Southwark." With much pleasure we invite the attention of all who are interested in the subject to its contents. The matter ought not to be lost sight of till the public is fully assured that its real interests will triumph over the strange crotchet, to bestow upon it the mildest name, which has taken possession of the minds of the grand committee, and, above all, of those of the treasurer, his three sons, and his nephew, the incumbent of an hospital living. The main points are already well before the public ; we are only anxious that it should not forget the importance of energetic action in refe rence to them. The vestries and boards of guar dians south of the Thames are bodies altogether independent of each other, and possess no means of organised action. There seems, moreover, hitherto to have been a prevalent opinion that the governors could never really think of anything so preposte rous as really moving the hospital from its present general locality. The mistake of the latter suppo sition is now but too obvious. The necessary 1 thing, therefore, is to remedy the want of means of co-operation between the parishes, and to bring out what is sure to be the universal opi nion among a population as that on the south side of the Thames. No time ought to be lost by public spirited men in all the parishes, for by far the pleasantest way, as well as the least expensive and and efficient, would be to display so clearly the sentiments of the parties most concerned as to pre vent any further attempts to perpetuate an hospital job. We heartily concur with the following simple statement of what the vestry deems desirable : "The committee is of opinion that the new hospital should be established within a circle of one mile radius from the Elephant and Castle Inn, Newington, the centre of a population of about 50,M0 people, chiefly hardworking people ; and considers that no sufficient reason has yet been shown against this opinion." The means recommended seem also good :- " The committee recommends that a joint committee of the southern parishes, with ample powers, be at once ap pointed ; and further recommends that a public meeting be called of the inhabitants of Southwark and Lambeth that the whole case may be laid before them." We only suggest further, since we knew that gentlemen in offices of this kind are_peculiarly ob stinate, and axe apt to think their official dignity concerned in not yielding to the public, that it might be well worth while to enlist the aid of the half million who will avail themselves in time of need of the services of the hospital. These are times in which the calmly expressed wishes of the poor are, as they ought to be, very influential workingmen's meetings, and working men's memo rials to express their strong sense of the impor tance of retaining the hospital in the midst of them, iactead of taking it to a distance, must have weight. They well know that to them prompt assistance is the most important of all—that they would prefer to have their sick relatives near them—and that they would not like to lose the invaluable services of the first medical men in the metropolis. The opposition to the Governors was feebly luanaged before Parliament. Paid counsel were suffered to scoff down the plain statements of private persons—it sufficed, however, to secure one impor tant result; the following undertaking was entered into by their majesties the Governors as the con dition of withdrawing opposition to the bill : To the Vestries of the Parishes of Bermondsey, St. Saviour, and St. George-the-Martyr, Southwark. We, the Governors of St. Thomas's Ilospital, undertake to give you fourteen days' notice of any application to the Court of Chancery, under clause 2 of the St. Thomas's Hospital Act of 1862, and to offer no opposition to the Ves tries of Bermondsey, St. George- the -Martyr, and St. Saviour being heard before the court, or judge, on such application, should the court think fit to hear them, at their own proper costs and charges. In witness whereof, we have hereunto caused our common seal to be affixed, this 16th day of October, 1862. Examined and approved by us, Governors { WILLIAM POTT. ALFRED S. PIGEON. RD. BAGGALLAY, Trea surer. This seems enough to secure against an absolute surprise, we are thankful for that. We can feel no doubt that were it required an opposition before the Court of Chancery vigorous enough could be got np —but we strongly urge that such measures should be taken as Would anticipate so costly a contest. The Governors would fight it, alas, with the Hos pital funds. Their opponents might have to resort to subscription. The cheape s t course b y far i s to compel the Governors by the force of public opinion. As the healthiness and convenience of the locality of the Surrey Gardens have been so prominently in nuestion in this controversy, we cannot do better than conclude with the following usedwing quotation to n : e7ioco, The public are already be THE SUN, LONDON, SATURI3AIt EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1862. tion, incomplete and temporary as it appears. During the four weeks ending 13th October, 211 cases were admitted ; 30 of these were accidents, a number about equal to the average attended at the old Hospital. The out•patients numbered during the first week 284, second week 658, third week 830, fourth 1,062. These figures show how conve nient this place is for the people, and that directly they know of it, how ready they are to use it; and it should not be forgotten that a sum of £7,000 to £lO,OOO has been already expended by the Governors in making this place suitable. As to locality, we have a gravel sub stratum immediately under us, and the great drain age scheme which has been so long needed for South London now hastens to completion ; so that with our na tural drainage—the gravel—and our artificial drainage now under construction ; our drainage will be complete, and our health condition will in this respect be almost perfect. But even now the great institutions of our locality are quite healthy. Bethlem with its 15 acres, its level and its posi tion, is the best possible type of what the Surrey Gardens will be. Mr. Lawrence, a surgeon of the highest repute, reports in 1855 "That the new comers both in the hospital and house exhibit almost invariably, within a short time after their arrival, a marked improvement in health and appearance. The inmates of the House of Occupations are singularly healthy, almost free from attacks of active or serious disease, not plagued with scrofula, and affording very little occupation to their medical attendant; for 24 years there had been but 9 deaths among 210 boys and girls always there." In 1860 the resident physician of Bethlem wrote to the then officer of health of this parish, " Nearly eight years' continued attendance in this hospital enables me to assure you that the inmates are unusually healthy, and free from all epidemic disease. The mortality is very :mall as compared with similar asylums. I attribute this freedom from disease to the great attention paid to cleanli ness, good ventilation, a due regard to hygienic measures, &c." So that the one officer tells us the fact that people become healthier and better when they come there; that they are " singularly healthy ;" and the other tells us the reason that the commonest and most sensible means adopted for health, are quite efficient in making the institution, existing as it does in the very centre of this neighbourhood, as healthy as any other. Mr. Brodribb says of "the Mag dalen"—" I have now been medical attendant to the insti tution for the last 15 years, and daring that time there has been no prevailing,intractable disease." Mr. Turner con siders " the Deaf and Dumb Asylum particularly heslthy." After this, can there be the least shadow of excuse for re moving St. Thomas's Hospital away from us on the score of health. There must be, we think, other reasons which are not in accord with public benefit. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 28 The Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Prince Christian, the Princess Alexandra, and Prince Leopold, drove out yesterday afternoon. Lord Charles Fitz- Roy (Equerry in Waiting) attended on horseback. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse took a carriage drive. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince Christian (of Den mark) and the Princess Alexandra left the Castle yester day at 25 minutes past 6 p.m. for the Continent, attended by General and Madame d'Oxholm. Colonel Seymour, C. 8., Groom in Waiting to the Queen, also attended their Royal Highnesses. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Leopold and Prince Louis of Hesse accompanied the Prince and Princess to the rail way station, where a special train was in waiting to convey them to Dover. The Hon. Horatia Stopford and the Hon. Harriett Phipps have succeeded the Hon. Lucy Kerr and the Hon. Victoria Wortley as Maids of Honour in Waiting. THE DEPARTU.RE OF 711 E PRINCES ALEXANDRA. _ The Princess Alexandra of Denmark, accompanied by her father, Prince Christian, and also by General and Lady d'Oxholm and suite, left Windsor by spacial train shortly after 6 p.m. on Thursday evening, on their return home. The Prince and Princess, who were attended by Colonel Seymour, Groom in Waiting to the Queen, travelled, with out any change of carriage, over the Great Western Com pany's narrow gauge line from Windsor to Kew, and thence, via the South-Eastern lire of railway, to Dover. The Royal train arrived in Dover at 10 p.m., and on the Prince and Princess alighting from their State carriage they proceeded to Birmingham's Lord Warden Hotel, and afterwards embarked on board the Admiralty steamer Vivid, Commander Allen, which had been specially or dered for the service of their Royal Highnesses, and which left the Admiralty pier for Calais at about 11 30 p.m. Colonel Seymour accompanied their Royal Highnesses from Dover to Calais, from which place their Royal High nesses would proceed by special train, through Belgium, towards their own dominions. It is expected that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will meet the Princess Alexandra at Brussels, and accompany her Royal Highness to Denmark. . _ _ - : - - The Prince Christian and Princess Alexandra were re ceived at the Dover Railway station by Captain Triseotta R.N., the superintendent, General Garneeh, and on' the part of the South-Eagtern Railway by Mr. C. W. Eborall, general manager, and by Mr. S. Tenlon, one of Ow dire'- tors; the two latter gentlemen having travelled in the train. The Prince and Princess thanked Mr. Eborall for the comfort and attention paid to them by the railway authorities. The station had been suitably prepared by Mr. Way, the company's stationmaster. The Princess looked exceedingly well, and the few select residents of the town who were present were much gratified with a sight of the handsome and pleasing features of her Royal Highness, and also with the gracious manner in which her Royal Highness acknowledged their respects. Mr. J. P. Knight, the super intendent of the line, had charge of the Royal train over the South-Eastern line, and, with Mr. Walker, the com pany's telegraphic engineer, accompanied it throughout from Windsor to Dover. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN. Last evening Mr. Kean made his first appearance before a Dublin audience for 12 years in the part of Othello, and, as might have been anticipated, the house was thronged in every part. The character of the Moor of Venice is one which has always justly ranked amongst the most arduous and exacting which a tragedian can assume. In none of his creations has Shakspeare evinced a more profound ac • quaintance with human nature in this character of Othello, and none of them perhaps demands a higher range of his trionic genius and accomplishment for its fitting delinea tion. It is something very like a truism to say that none but a thoroughly educated actor can possibly represent the simplest character in Shakspeare as it ought to be repro ' santed. Rough native talent, no doubt, will go a far way in enabling an actor to conceive his part justly; but the perfect realisation of that conception depends upon more than this, and more than is to be found in any actor of the day that we know of save Mr. Charles Kean. It is evident from all his Shaksperian performances that his knowledge of the greatest dramatist is not that of the mere player— that it is not the result of professional necessity, bat of a sincere and ardent love for, and appreciation of, the innate beauty and grandeur of his works. The intellectual predominates so strikingly over the other resources of the actor in Mr. Kean's delineations, that the be holder is at once convinced that he sees before him a mas ter of his art in the broadest signification of the phrase. Those who had the advantage of witnessing his Othello last evening must have felt this even had they never seen him act before. It was a beautifully conceived and perfectly wrought out picture, utterly devoid of those exaggerated features with which actors of taste less consummate, and discernment less profound, have invested it. It is always a matter somewhat difficult, where there is a uniformity of excellence in any performance, to select particular points for especial commendation, and this difficulty, from the very nature of the case, is peculiarly felt in reference to any effort of Mr. Kean's. We should say, howaver, that in the third act, in the scene in which lago pours his "leprous distilment" into the ear of the credulous Moor, he acted with transcendent power. He also acquitted himself with magnificent effect in the scene in which he reveals his fatal suspicions to Desdemona. Taking it all in all, we should say Mr. Kean's Othello is one of his finest achievements, as it is, undoubtedly, the finest representation of the part which we have ever witnessed. Mrs. Kean acted as Emilia with admirable effect, particularly in the last scene in which she appears, and Miss Sarah Thorne represented the part of Desdemona with characteristic gracefulness and intelli gence. The lago of Mr. Cathcat t was a carefully-studied and satisfactory performance. The other parts were re spectably filled.—Dublin _Freeman. naval Birkenhead,av in al thear eh b i t e iu c lb t d u ei i r nn e t THE . IRON -PLATED FRIGATE AGINCOURT.—This s s i‘f n ol o rew w s sarr i s n d. - ywa pushedhr di which h o i f courses L p a l i e r n d d B do r fs o p t ee h oe r ms s te , ttu at cot fi with alacrity. As has been already stated, she is being built in a dry dock, and will be floated out, not launched. The dock is covered by a shed, to protect the workmen and materials from the vicissitudes of weather. The midship part of the vessel is in frame up to the level of the upper deck ; many of the beams are in, and the fixing of the plates is going on with as much rapidity as can be applied to such work. Immense quantities of the armour-plates, 5i inches in thickness, are piled up in different parts of the building yard, and there is every reason to believe that she will be in a very forward state in the course of next summer. NEW IRoN TROOPSIIIP —A fine ship, named the Orontes, built for Government by Messrs. Laird Brothers, has just been completed at Birkenhead. She was launched on the 22d inst. under the most favourable circumstances. The Orontes is an iron ship, 300 feet long between per pendiculars, 44 feet 7 inches in width of beam, and 32 feet deep in the hold, and her registe r measurement is 2,811 tons, she being the largest ship ever built on the Mersey. She is to be fitted up to accommodate from 1,100 to 1,200 troops, besides ample room for a large and efficient crew. The Orontes is an exceedingly handsome ves sel, being built on lines somewhat similar to those of the Himalaya, but a little smaller. She is to be propelled by engines of 800- horse power, made by Jas. Watt and Co., of Birmingham. From the ad vance d con dition in which the hull and fittings are, it is expected that the Orontes will be ready for sea iu Week or two, ROYAL 'PERA Last evening Mr, Balfe's opera, "The Bohemian Girl," was repeated at the above theatre, for the purpose, we pre sume, of introducing to the London public a new candidate for operatic honours in the person of Miss Anna Hiles, a young lady hitherto unknown to fame. Miss Anna Hiles, although apparently free from the nervousness which too frequently paralyses executive power, especially upon such a very trying occasion as that immediately under notice, did not exhibit any indications of that warm, impulsive, artis tic sensibility, without which no training, however good— no care, however scrupulous and conscientious—can possibly produce a great result. But still Miss Anna Hiles was suc cessful, if applause and rodemands constitute success; and we really believe that in less pretentious parts than that of Arline, in "The Bohemian Girl," Miss Hiles might prove a valuable acquisition to the Royal English Opera Company. Mr. NV. Harrison was applauded as much as ever in the representation of Thaddeus (his original character), when encorded in the two sengs, " When other lips" and " When the fair land of Poland." Mr. W. Weiss was simply complimented for his de lightful rendering of " The heart bowed down," and the opera was received throughout with great favour, though the audience was enthusiastic rather than numerically strong. The Marquis of Hastings has arrived at Long's Hotel. The Marquis de La Valette arrived at Albert-gate House yesterday from Suffolk, and will leave town to-day for Paris. The Earl and Countess of Craven and the Ladies Craven left town a few days since for Ashdown Park, Berks. The Dowager Lady Garvagh, Lord Garvagh, and the Hon. Miss Canning have left Portman-square for Italy, General Le Comte and Madame Laschevskoy and family have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris. Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. D. G. Finch has lett Fenton's Hotel for Packington Hall, Warwickshire. Colonel Stanton and Mrs. Stanton have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn.street, from New York. Captain and Mrs. Cobham have arrived at Fen ton's Hotel from Eastbourne, Sussex. _ tiTHE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE.--A meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of St. James's, Westminster, was held to-day at the Vestry Hall, Piccadilly. The lead ing inhabitants were present, and at the close of the pro ceedings a committee was formed for the purpose of collect• ing subscriptions. The Concert of National Melodies, with band of 20 harps and chorus of 400 voices, is summoned to take place in St. James's Hall, on Wednesday evening next, Dec. 3. On this occasion the second part of the concert will consist entirely of Moore's Irish National Melodies. The performance will be under the direction of Mr. Bene dict. MR. GEORGE TURPIN'S BENEFIT.—The annual benefit of Mr. George Turpin, the gentlemanly and experi enced Box Bookkeeper of the Haymarket Theatre, is one that always'comes to be regarded as a great theatrical event. In announcing that this evening, which is identi fied with the name of one who has so long been connected with the Theatre, is that of Wednesday next, December 3, we sufficiently increase the probabilities of this being one of the most crowded houses of the season. Mr. Turpin is so highly respected by such a large class of friends that the only difficulty he is likely to experience in the matter is that of finding for them adequate accommodation. THE FIRST STEAMER IN ENGLISH WATERS.— Several letters have appeared recently in the columns of our contemporary the Glasgow Herald, in which the hon our of putting the first steamer on English waters is claimed (and rightly claimed) for the Scotch shipbuilders, but the writers of these letters do not agree as to the particular vessel to which the honour is especially due, the Margery and the Caledonia being both named. In one of the let ters referred to the following paragraphfromthveouGr of thereenoe Advertiser of May 12, 1857, is quoted in fa claims of the Margery This vessel was taken south, along the east coast of Scotland. When she reached the Thames the English fleet were at anchor ; she passed close. The extraordinary apparition excited a great com motion among officers and men. None of them had ever seen a steamer before, and by some of them she was taken for a fireship. She was hailed by the nearest man of war, and , being answered that she was a steamer, built at Dumbarton, on the Clyde, a seaman from Dumbarton (alive in 1857) ran along the deck of the man-of-war, shouting " Hurrah for Scotland ; Dumbarton for ever 1" In corroboration of this statement we beg to add that the steamship statistics of the Thames clearly show that the Margery was the first steamer which appeared in that river. The Margery was built here in 1814 by Mr. Wm. Denny, sen., the father of those eminent shipbuilders our townsmen, the Messrs. Denny, for Mr. Andrew Shearer, of West Kilpatrick. She was 56ft. long, and 19ft. in breadth over all. In leaving for London she was taken through the Forth and Clyde Canal, and coasted up to London. It was on this voyage that she passed through the Sleet, and created so much surprise. The Dumbar ton seaman referred to in the paragraph quoted was John Richmond, who in his latter years was employed in the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. William Denny and Brothers, and died a year or two ago. We have heard the old man narrate the circumstances of the appearance of the Margery among the fleet, and tell of his own exuberant pride when he learned that the strange vessel was from Dumbarton. His own version of the story was that he shouted " Scot land for ever, and Dumbarton in particular." The Margery appears to have been sent to London towards the close of the year in which she was launched, and continued for many years to ply as a passenger steamer on the Thames, till finally she was broken up not many years ago, and where she was held in great repute as the pioneer steam vessel.—Dumbarton Herald, OLD MR. FLEMING TWICE MOBBED AT GREENOCK. —The Greenock Advertiser of yesterday says that on Tues day afternoon, about half-past four o'clock, old Mr. Flem ing landed at the Steamboat Quay, and being recognised instantly, was followed up East Quay-lane by a mob of blackguards, who jostled him and used most offensive lan guage. A number followed him to the railway platform, but the officials prevented the entrance of others by keeping all out who had no tickets. They took Mr. Fleming under their protection until the departure of the 4.40 train, in which he left amid the hootings of the despicable charac ters who had managed to reach the platform. Yester day, we regret for the credit of the town to say, the scene was repeated. Mr. Flaming, on his way to Dun oon, arrived here at ten o'clock, and proceeded to the steamboat quay. Ho was again recognised, and obliged to seek refuge in the passengers' waiting room, which was soon surrounded by a large and infuriated mob. The quay policeman sent for assistance, and the inspector, two ser geants, and a dozen constables proceeded to the spot, and kept guard on the waiting room until the arrival of the steamer Alma at noon. A lane was then formed for his exit, but a rush was made, and the police and Mr. Fleming were jostled so much that the latter was got on board with great difficulty. It is said that during the crush the police were obliged to use their batons, and that after Mr. Flem ing got on board the steamer pieces of coal were thrown at him. He, however, received no injury, the only parties hurt being some women and children who were severely crushed by the crowd. An application was made yesterday to the Pre sident of the Civil Tribunal under the following circum stances. The applicant, M. Hortensius de St. Albin, is proprietor of the house 36, Rue de Bondy, and the adjoin ing premises have recently been let by MM. Bourgeois, their proprietors, to M. Harel, director of the Folies-Dra matiqucs, who has commenced building a theatre there, the application states, without observing the regulations im posed by law and custom respecting party walls, and greatly to the injury of his (M. do St. Albin's) house. The apyli cant therefore demanded that a professional man should be appointed to examine and report on the state of the new building with a view of providing a remedy if necessary. The application was op opposed by MM. Bourgeois and Harel, who stated that the plans of the theatre had been submitted to the Prefect of Police and sanctioned by him. Notwithstanding that decla ration, however, the President appointed an architect to examine end report as demanded. Another application was made to the same tribunal for the appointment of pro fessional men to estimate the damage done to the premises and stock of a bird dealer named Chopard, in whose shop, on the Quaid des Orfevres, an explosion of gas took place, a fortnight ago, through the imprudence of a workman em ployed by the gas company. After hearing counsel on both sides, the President appointed M. Dommey, architect of the Palace of Justice, with power to call in a bird- dealer to assist him in estimating the damage done to the stock, consisting chiefly of foreign birds, great numbers of which had either been killed or had escaped. During the last faw evenings many of the news paper vendors established in the small kiosques on the Boulevards have been victimised by two well-dressed thieves. One placed himself at the opening, and asking for a couple of papers put down a 20f. piece, and requested change. The money was counted out by the unsuspecting dealer, when the thief hastily caught it up, together with his gold piece, and bolted off across the road, followed by his accomplice, who stood close behind him to prevent any other person coming up to interfere with the operation. The Chiasso diligence was attacked on the 23d, on the Swiss territory, by a band of 18 brigands, chiefly deserters from the Italian army. Count and Countess Melzi, of Milan, being among the passengers, they were robbed of all their money, except 2,000 f. in gold and a few jewels, which the countess seertted about her person. When the miscreants bade her give up whatever jewels , she might have, she pointed to her little daughter whom she held I % will in her not giveerarms, and said, " I have only th is j ewel, which bri gands, disconcerted a t from any further viol ence an d went awa y. up t h e e x except courage e t h o f m t y h l e i f lady T desisted Importing tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore always good (Tao, Sold in packets by 2,280 agents, AT lA_ E W S. THE WAR IN AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 29. The royal mail steamer Scotia, from New York, on the 19th inst., arrived here at 3 n.m, to-day, with 127 passengers and 869,060 dole, in specie. She lauded 195 sacks of mails and four passengers, and proceeded immediately. All well. The Scotia was detained until the 20th, by fog, and has made the passage in eight days 17 hours. NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (Evening). (Per Scotia.) General Burnside has issued an order dividing the army of the Potomac into three Grand divi sions, to be commanded by Generals Sumner, Franklin, and Hooker. A reserve corps is to be commanded by General Siegel. The President has issued an order enjoining the strict observance of the Sabbath in the army and navy. The Federal expedition from New Orleans, after a successful skirmish at Labandieville, entered Thibordeaux without opposition. Admiral Reynand, with the French squadron, consisting of La Guerriere, the Rehaudin, and the Catinat, is at New Orleans. Large numbers of Frenchmen have visited Admiral Reynaud at his lodging, in procession, headed by the different members of the Legation, in order to pay their respects. General Butler has paid an official visit to the Admiral on board the Catinat. Various rumours are current that President Davis has offered 1,000,000 bales of cotton at 7ic. per lb., payable in gold. He is also asserted to be giving permission for shipment, buyers to arrange with the Federal Government for its exemption from seizure on the seas. The Federal Government is reported to be ma turing plans for an early supply of cotton. European capitalists are said to have purchased at Richmond 4,000,000 of the Confederate Bond, with exchange at 90. Contradictory statements are afloat with respect to Fremont's receiving a command. According to some accounts, he will command the defences of Washington. The entire coast of Texas is reported to be in possession of the Federals. A small Federal negro force has proceeded inland from Port Royal. They were engaged in skirmishing, and are reported to have conducted themselves well under fire. The Federals have occupied Holly Spring, Mis sissippi. An attack by the Federals on Vicksburg is ex pected, and the Confederates are moving large forces to defend this point. The Federal steamer Dacotah had returned from an unsuccessful cruise after the Alabama. The Federals have occupied Mackey's Point, South Carolina. A 15 inch gun, weighing 20 tons, has been suc cessfully fired inside the turret of the new iron-clad steamer Passaic; four men sufficed to work the gun. The ball weighed 3301 b., and the charge of pow der was 351 b. The recoil was 2ft. Bin. NEW YORK, Nov. 19. Burnside's army has evacuated Walrenton, and is moving on to Fredericksburg. The Common Council of New York has tendered M'Clellan a public reception. The total amount of bids for the 13,000,000 dole. loan on three years 7.30 per cent. bonds, was 30.000.000 dole. The loan was taken at an average premium of 3 per cent. An independent organisation of bankers and brokers has been formed in New York, for estab- lishing an open Stock Exchange on the plan of the Paris Bourse. The Etna has arrived out. The New York journals publish advices from Vera Cruz to the Ist inst., according to which the Mexicans were making great preparations to defend Puebla and the road to the capital. Two guerilla chiefs had declared allegiance to Juarez. THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. TURIN, Nov. 28 (Evening COBURG, Nov. 29. PARIS, Nov. 29. Numerous deaths had occurred from yellow fever in the French fleet, including three officers of the frigate La Normandie. The sickness was, however, abating. A furious gale had seriously damaged the ship ping at Vera Craz and Saorificios. The French steamer Chaptal was driven ashore, and would pro bably be lost. Two French transports were wrecked and many lives lost. It was supposed that Almonte would leave Mexico, as the French arms no longer protected him. VERA CRUZ, Nov. 1, via St. Nazaire. Sixteen ships, with 5,000 French soldiers, horses, and war materials, arrived here a fortnight ago. The presence of General Comonfort in the city of Mexico, is considered as a sign of peace. It is believed that General Doblado will be called to the Ministry. To-day in the Chamber of Deputies Signor l'etru celli stated his belief that if the Government had not been victorious at Aspromonte the gravest mis fortunes would have fallen upon Italy. It would also have caused the disembarkation of 25,000 Frenchmen on the Neapolitan coast. Signor Petru celli approved of the energetic language of Signor Durando's note, and continued. : " We should show to Europe that France vio lates our rights by her occupation of R ome, and de mand that a period be fixed for its termination." Signor Petrncelli announced that he should bring forward a motion to the effect that the Par liamentary session of 1863 be opened at Naples, and concluded by saying that he should vote with the Government. Signor Foscunelli afterwards spoke against the Government. The official Coburger Zeigung of to-day says : " We are enabled to give a most positive denial to the statement that Prince Alfred is a candidate for the throne of Greece." The Constitutionnel of this morning contains an article on the Greek question, signed by its chief editor, M. Limayrac, who observes that the candi dature of an English prince for the throne of Greece would give rise to a policy altogether new on the part of England in the East, who until now has energetically supported the Turkish empire. M. Limayrac continues : By Prince Alfred becoming King of Greece, the aspect of things would be entirely changed. The Eastern question would then re-arise more redoubtable and more complicated than ever. Ave need not say that none of the interests worthy of protection, which are covered by our traditional P o licy, will be abandoned if treaties and conven tions) not our work, but which we have loyallY ac cepted, be not recognised. The honour only of France becoming then engaged, she would aasume the part which becomes her while under a Ooyern- ment which has never failed in its duties, and is aware of the grandeur of its mission." COPENHAGEN, Nov. 20. The Daybladet, of to day says :—" After having received replies from Denmark, Prussia, and Austria, to his proposals concerning .the Schles wig que . stien, Earl ituzs6lllla3 forwarded another despatch to the Danish Government, which con stitutes an answer to the note of the latter of the 29th Sept. This despatch, dated the 20th Nev., is addressed to the English Minister at the Danish Court. This latest note of Earl Russell presents no important features, It appears that his lord ship does not intend to maintain his proposals. Earl Russell merely gives some further explana tions, by which all the agitation which he had raised in reference to this question vanishes in generalities." In diplomatic circles it is believed that the sum mary of the note of Earl Russell, as published by the Dagbladet, may perhaps not be quite exact. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov, 28.—The market still maintains its firmness, and the business transacted has been at an improvement on the closing rates of yester day, Threes, for the Account, having gradually advanced from 70fr. 35c. to 70fr. 50c., at which they now appear firm. The operations in Railway Shares have been unimportant, with previous quo tations maintained. The market became rather weak towards the close, and left off as follows : 4t per Cents. ..... 97 Do. end --- 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 40 Neoi 3 per Cents Do, end month — Credit Mobilier...,lllo Do. end month 1108 75 RA IL Bank Shares 3350 Credit 1 °rider 1305 Piedmontese Fives 71 25 Italian Loan 7l 35 Russian Austrian Spani:h Threes 53 75 home Debt ,WAYS. Cash. Account. 1043 75 .. 1054 Orlea ,, s Northern New ditto — Lyons and Mediterranean 1150 1148 75 Geneva 347 50 Southern B3O __ _ —_ _ 831 25 •• Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard _ .• _ _ North of Spain - Saragossa 635 .. 635 Ditto to Barcelona THE WEST INDIA, MEXICAN, AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 28 The Royal Mail Company's steamship Tasma nian, Capt. Sawyer, with the above mails, arrived off Netley Hospital this afternoon. She brings 104 passengers, specie value 2,709,212 dols., of which amount 262,515 dols. is gold bullion and coin ; 2,431,615 dols. silver bullion and coin ; 8,548 dols. plating, £2BB jewellery, and £9OO in pearls. Her cargo comprises 94 serons cochineal, 144 serons in digo, 160 cases cigars, 121 bales tobacco, 196 pack ages coffee, 15 bales sarsaparilla, 10 casks ginger, 42 bags silver ore, 78 bags cocoa, 43 cases succades, 590 bales bark, and 92 packages sundries. The dates by this arrival are—Vera Cruz, Nov. Ist ; Havana, 7th ; Carthagena, 2d; Colon, 9th ; Jamaica, 9th ; Jacmel, 10th ; Porto Rico, 12th ; Demerara, 7th; Tobago, 7th; Trinidad, Bth; Bar badoes, 10th; Grenada, Bth; St. Vincent, 9th; St. Lucia, 10th; Martinique, 11th; Antigua, 11th; Dominique, 11th ; Guadaloupe, 11th ; St. Kitts, 12th ; and St. Thomas, 13th inst. She brings no news of much importance. A. ST, THOMAS'S PASTORAL (From Punch.) Apropos of the Removal of an Hospital to the Suburbs, as proposed by the Grand Committee under the auspices of Messrs. Tite and Baggallay. TITE. Say, oh my Baggally, how calm one's ire, When troublous Governors the Times inspire, When e'en the staff whereon ono most relies, Breaks in our hands and in our faces flies, And saucy surgeons with physicians join, To fling cold water on our great design, Of clean transplanting out of London air, The lucky hospital that boasts our care, And, like Loretto's mansion, setting down Amazed St. Thomas's well out of town. Say, Baggallay, how charm the angry mood, Roused by these chicks to plans so great and good f BAGGALLAY. What if, oh Tite, alternate voice we raise, The Grand Committee's glorious thought to praise Singing the joys a site suburban yields, To patients of St. Thomas in the fields, Singing the sanitary slough that claims The patients of St. Thomas by the Thames. Defying bray of) onder rival ass, Sing thou, while I attune the trump of brass. TITE. Happy the patient whom with broken bones The ready cab hath rattled o'er the stones, For many a mile beyond the lurid pall Of London smoke to our salubrious hall 1 What though the fracture comminuted grow, And what was simple first now compound show ? Above the shattered frame, his glazing eye Will drink the azure of unclouded sky : And when he's lifted fainting from his seat, He'll have the buttercups beneath his feet. Should slight concussion to Death's coma pass, He'll sleep beneath a sod of growing grass : Should absorbed poison stomach-pumps defy, What comfort in a purer air to die BAGGALLAY. Can o'er-tasked surgeons on the journey dwell, When with pure oxygen their bosoms swell ? Physicians count the minutes that they lose, 'Mongst hedgerows dressed in all their greenest hues? Students complain the distance does them wrong, When sky -larks hymn, and red-breasts pipe their song TITE. What if the parents, children, husbands, wives, Fond phalanx, that with Sunday now arrives To greet the inmates of each crowded ward, From ready access find themselves debarred? Let them reflect the objects of their care, Breathe less carbonic acid in their air. Think, mother, from your child though barred you be, There's hawthorn in the fields, if it could see— Think, child, whose heart to greet thy sire has bled, The lambs sport o'er the sward, beside his bed : If thou his dying eyelids may'st not close, Outside the wards the wild-flower freely grows. BA.GGALLAY. Nor be the higher privilege forgot, 'Tis Tite shall build on this salubrious spot I What if the patients find the transit slow, And friends their weekly visitings forego ? Whatever is must, certainly, be right, Beneath an elevation planned by Tite. Who would not jolt six miles with broken limb, To reach at length the building reared by him ? What visitor regrets the weekly call, Whose friends repose in Tite's Palladian hall? Enough to pass suburban site elect, That it will give us Tite for architect. TITE. While Baggallay for treasurer we boast, Plant us on India's or Iceland's coast, Chilled at the Poles or frying on the line, As best of hospitals ours still must shine BAGGALLAY. No mote, my friend ; this blushing forehead spare— This pinch-beck trowel, as my tribute, wear— Trowel wherewith to plaster thee with praise, When England shall to thee a statue raise TITS. I take thy gift, and in return bßstow This bi azen trump which erst I learnt to blow. Sound thy own praise thereon as I did mine, Till Baggallay and Tito twin names shall shine, On a St. Thomas's new built by me, And with the pearl of treasurers in thee --- MR. W. F. WINDIIAM.—It is stated that Mr. W. F. Windham has sold the Felbrigge Hall estate to a mem ber of the peerage for £135,000. The incumbrances upon the property amount to £llO,OOO. Mr. Windham has still the Hanworth estate, which is strictly entailed. A telegram from C o nstantinople yesterday an nounces, "on the authority of the Grand Vizier," that no definite canvent ion for the formation of a National Bank h as been grAnted to the Ottoman Bank, and that it is a : 1 b l : wish of the G rand Vizier that the other parties' 4 who have been negotiating on the same subject (and to whom invj . tations, privileges, or promises are alleged to have been ent that may be made. g iven) should share in any a ce r oi r ru an rhs g oe e n m obuyr could e save e on i y t their in which th the e 'Turkish matter ; hut t e legrams from Constanti nop l e are usually `Glhoviserwnomueldntsem the and the Turkish Gaverni against their own sense complete reliance on sub jected to external pressure,so treacherous, of f ne d nt aro . so liable to yield, even thatigm.ty and right, when , it would be vain to place any hasty communication from that quarter, CAPTAIN MAURY ON THE ME 1?.I "CA Ar WA B. The Picitniond Enquirer publishes a letter, dated Richmond, August 4, 1862, addressed to Admiral Fitzroy by Captain Maury, of the Confederate navy, who has just arrived in this country. H° says :-- Study the object of this win and the cc;nduet of Northern lulus, and you will be satiEfied that thei.: judgment has been taken away and their people afflicted with judic!al blindness. The fist dawn of returning rea son is just begin' ning to appear among the Yankee people. Notwithstanding the muzzled press and their gagged orators, the masses are beginning to see that they can no more restore the broken Union of these states, by fighting over it, than you can make whole again the broken eggbytramplingupon it. The enthu siasm which existed among the Northern people this time last year is gone ; their war spirit is broken, for it is now evident that Lincoln's call for %00,000 more men is to be ma only by compulsion. The trying crisis is over with us: and I may speak of things now which in my first letter it might not be proper to do. At first we were anxious for foreign recognition, and desirous of intervention. But nog' we are comparativelyindifferent as to either—indeed, we rather fear and dread the latter. The recognition by France and England of Lincoln's paper blockade has by no means proved an unmitigated evil to us. When peace comes/ your manufacturers, your merchants, and your shipowner s will feel the effects of the course of your Government with regard to that blockade very sensibly, and in more ways than ono. It has forced us into many branches of industry into which, but for that blockade, we should have never entered ; for, instead of producing the articles our selves, we should have depended upon you and other foreign countries for them. When you acknowledged the blockade, and warned your vessels not to violate it, we were sadly in want of powder and arms. Now wo have excellent powder mills of our own, and two fine armouries in fal l blast. They turn out muskets, rifles, sabres, &c., rapidly, of fine quality, and as fast as we want them. Our last orders for arms from abroad have, in all probability, already gone for' ward. So too, with iron. The war found no more than half a dozon furnaces in blast in the whole Confederacy' and most of those have been destroyed by the enemy. Bu t the Government has given such encouragement to the iron men, that new mines have been opened in other parts of the Confederacy, and furnaces enough are already up, or 1 course of erection, not only to supply the wants of the Go vernment, but to satisfy the railroads and the people gene" rally with cast and wrought iron. So also with the coarse woollen and cotton fabrics. A large amount of capital has been invested in establishments for their fabrication, so Oast your ministers, by their course with regard to Lincoln' s paper blockade, has forced us to arm ourselves, to clothe ourselves, and to feed ourselves. Hence, when peace does come, we shall have much to sell and but little to buy. accept this condition now with a degree of pride and OW sure, because of the manner in which it was forced upon tto• Moreover, there is satisfaction in the thought that it has all been accomplished in but little more than a year. We are beginning to see daylight ; but I do not see y et any beginning to the end of the troubles which this war is entailing upon certain interests with you. Your opera' tives begin already to have presented before them, for contemplation, the prospect of another winter withe'l", cotton. This will be worse than the last—for your stock now of American on hand is not more theft one week's full supply in ordinary times. I sag the prospect is actually before you now, because' from the day your ministers make up their mind t ° open a cotten port, until the first cargo arrives in Live r : pool se% eral months must intervene. After it is decide d to break the blockade, the fleet to do it has to be collected' That would not take long. But then notice must be 0 1 , 61 also in advance to the merchants, and a place of rendei ve ; appointed in American waters where the cotton ships 133i ': assemble for convoy. This, you well know, requires tt 111 ;; Then after that the cotton has to be brought down fronlll'f interior and placed at the shipping port, and means:l transportation, both by river and rail, are 10.„. 4 - with us. They are already taxed well nigh to their capacity for army purposes, and other gev e ,4 o mental necessaries. Those ships cannct fly. dullest sailer in the fleet regulates the speed of the wh Time must be given them to come and go—and the veY Elg :i to and from one of our cotton ports will, at this seas° the year, and especially under convoy, occupy not less than fifty days each way. Now, make your own calculations, and you will 50e ill !: unless within thirty days at farthest after this letter due to you, notice be given to your merchant's to de' cr ready their cotton ships, ministers will have virtually °ter creed another hard time for operatives, for Maneheswo will be doomed to a second winter without cotton. 0 1 planted last spring not more than one-fourth the nand breadth of land in cotton. Our surplus labour is (lir° 0, to breadstuffs and provisions. We grow the fine st of wl'6o The flour from it usually commands in transecplat°r, markets a dollar the barrel more than flour from Northe t; grain. This time last year it was the cr y of North that they would starve us out. Those vo'y joined in it knew but little of the r e s ources of our e 111) South," or of the energy of our people. for the homage paid by the Great Powers to Lincoln government and his paper blockade, we now 1121 ; enough and to spare. It is highly gratifying to our Y° lli3 ,l pride as a nation to find in this practical way how rich 1131 diverse are our resources, and how independent of the re6rt of the world we may be if necessity so require. Til e 19 : 1e , in this war for our navy to play has been very 1 1 ° ) d and our navy itself of the moderate proportions. I 1.. :0 secession found us without a single m an '° jar afloat or on the stocks. Still wo have been able 1 ' ° .., 0 a proviso two or three, and they have been able to g' 3 7 0,0 , pretty good account of themselves. Our steamer,the , A ti r ,ao a s s, is a makeshift, for she is covered with railro ad i r„ Pe r ' her armour therefore is by no means shotpr eof. D t;Il formance in the Mississippi river and before Iri c '; oec would grace the annals of the proudest navy 145 0. 0 floated. So would the performances of the Man ass e etP Merrimac, and of all who have had a chance at th e e- ice But as soon as we recover the command of our w 3lers b ' j ect should address ourselves with earnestness to th e 511 0 0 , 1 of a navy, well knowing that no nation can CO ll ' so f l it the respect of her peers without physical force. veil' this war has, nearly es I can ascertain, cost th e . io o)' sury about 260,000,000 dols. (two hundred and 60 1: 01 ;. the About 60,000,000 dols. of this sum is in 8 per cent het i c ' o ti" rest in Treasury notes, which, for the most P ert '° tha t tube our currency. These notes bear no interest- Tad th e °, you observe we have not gone into debt much beY(l),,Teitl:olf sum which our average cotton crop would bring. 0 0Y of have we sought to borrow from strangers. By 3 %or our situation, means, and resources, you will dt' e b "i e na',l pecuniary ability to build and maintain a respccta t it , 0 1 4 is ample. Peace will give us water on which t I join your operatives most heartily in the wish may be right soon, VICTOR. HUGO ON CAPITAL PuNISMIENTS. tioo, Republic of Geneva is about to revise its local cot:06,11100 The principal question to be decided will be wi th relef rho to the abolition of capital punishment. A member civorV church of Geneva, M. Bost, the author of severs]. ref 010 able works, lately wrote to M. Victor Hugo, ae l t il3 lo ae for his influence in the debate. That writer, W llc ' t 100 ardent advocate of the abolition of capital puniston° oftl now replied in a letter which occupies several c olumn s iot a. Belgian press. Victor Hugo eloquently and even 11 _,, ° 3s in 01 ' ately denounces the prevailing system. He mentios' 001 dentally that his having at a very early age seen t i 11 00 4 branded in Paris first drew his attention to the fact th'' pet can be brutal as well as lawlessness. He deplores te, 3 an d that capital punishment, condemned by so manYo',; 0,114 influential minds, should still prevail. " In Engis il i t g j o ` Victor Hugo, " where a woman reigns, a woma n been hanged." He earnestly urges the Republic of to condemn the system of punishment by death. Av....A INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, WAN as hel i t general court of the governors of this institution W is o t 0 at the London Tavern yesterday, to elect 25 infan re id s the of 114 candidates ; the Rev. H. kJ P ;00 it ! The asylum now contains 600 children, and it halvan s pl/ establishment received no less a number than 1,84 pl ea l , navY , ts o aa orphans of clergymen, officers in the army hers of the medical and legal professions, merella_n_:frooi. others, have found a refuge within its every part of the empire are eligible. The boy's are re ars until they are 14, and the girls until they ire 15 )_ a n age. They receive a sound and useful education4o rei" walls. Childrre:Lioe: ft religious instruction is anxiously attended to. wo rth'', chairman opened the procee din g s in a few appropriaws otatl after which the polling was proceeded with. It that at the next half - y earl y elections, in May and .I.` infants would be elected. 0 11 0 We have rece ived a letter from a lady 054 Rome, com plaining of the uncourteous and rigoron3 slOO, she met with from the custom-house officers oc B fr` t the examination of her luggage, when passing fro— 0 0 to Piedmont. The contents of her trunks were ta l ' e „.o o l ' and thrown about in all directions, and, when notlllll7lroP traband was discovered, she was told, while the ri leail l : t bell had just rung, that she might pack them u P ti ,p ' ell c i ,7 That, she adds, was no easy matter, and she was 0 0 - in to take off her shawl and tie up some of the tbn On reaching Turin she found herself minus of e g° l let, a lace s h aw l, a mosa i c b rooc h, and other small 01`liirscl' which she had seen w h en h er luggage was being lei' THE ALLEGED SUICIDE OF AN ACROBAT: it'l; terday Mr. Bedford, coroner for Westminster, 0. 11 tuo des a l 0 quiry at the St. Martin's Vestry Hall, touellin, of Frederick Carini, a tight-rope dancer at the -r-4`tue Music-hall, Leicester.squa,e. It appeared f_ dence that the deceased, woo while following_ 1 1 1 1 3 fro ra .o ll , o of a rope dam el, met with an accident by fallt_ rope about four months ago and hurt hiniselef,_(;ivg 0 1 ; that time he has been in a very low and hide _ P oti o of mind, being haunted with the idea that.lo:ol ev en to l 7 o to poverty. He was last seen alive 0 , . IN I „1 I V ° ,l i° last by Mr. Peter Oven Ilamnaa, prote..„-siboe was foui,l evi oce establishment ; and on Tuesday mornin,, e the Thames near Hungerford-bridge. The m ire s ca , jou. went to show that death was caused by su e % deceased was sober in his habit. The jury r t . T O P c , to 011° " Thames, but there was he came there. diet to the effect that tlneodtescuefilasceiteln\tVeavSiafeOrtUened d 110 f ~, r ,,,..