The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-29 00:00:00

~~~~~ \.ta ~ ,r 1111. LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 29, 1862. It still continues a matter of absolute uncertainty as to what Prince may be eventually recognised as the new Greek Sovereign. England, in spite of the enthusiastic unanimity of feeling manifested by the people of that revolutionised country, has decided already upon throwing her cause in completely with the two other contracting Powers : with France, that is to say, and with Russia. A Collec tive Note, dated on the 12th inst. at Athens, and signed conjointly by the three ambassadors, i.e., the ambassadors respectively of St. James's, St. Petersburg, and the Tuileries— SCARLETT, BLOU DOFF, and BUNSEN—has already intimated to the Provisional Government the accordant recognition by the contracting powers, that they are each and all bound, nay that they are solemnly pledged, to one another that no member of the Imperial and Royal Families actually reigning over those States can accept or wear the Crown of Greece. Consequently upon which under standing, the Greeks would have to look in vain for any acceptance of the throne vacated by the de parture of OTHo, for any acceptance of that throne by Prince ALFRED of England, by Prince NAPO LEON of France, or by the Russian Grand Duke LEUCHTENBERG. The first and third of these great personages, in point of fact, are specified by name in the Collective Note r eferred to as prohibited by the agreement formally en tered into by the Contracting Powers from yielding to the solicitations of fortune, if proffered (as it has certainly been proffered of late to the younger) in the guise of the volunteered allegiance of the Greek population. In becoming a party to this distinct and positive arrangement England has been mani festly guided by considerations less of ambi tion than of prudence. Her consent to the nomination of H. R. H. the Prince ALFRED as the successor of King OTIIO to the throne of Greece would have involved, it was at once clearly mani fest to the more sagacious of our diplomatists, either an estrangement from or an open rupture, sooner or later, with the other two contracting Powers: the two dominant empires, situated, the one to the east, the other to the west, of the European Continent. Recognising this as the all but inevitable result of any re-union by England to the loudly expressed wishes of the Greeks, it would be difficult to assert that the decision arrived at by Her Britannic MAJESTY'S Ministers, as the responsible advisers of Her MAJESTY, was dictated by other than the wisest and the most sagacious and rational consi derations. This we would have understood however simply, in reference to their hav ing resolved upon declaring in the name of England and upon behalf of the English people and of the English SOTEREIGN, the distinct and, as we believe, the absolutely un paralleled tribute of homage and admiration for our political institutions visible in the spontaneous offer by all Greece of the throne of Greece, of the Crown of Greece, of the loyal devotion of the people of Greece to the second son of our beloved SOVEREIGN. Insomuch, however, as the d ec li n i ng o f t hi s honour has been accompanied, or, at any rate 14 distinctly asserted to have been mom 1401ed by the bold intimation of the cession of t h e lonian Islands by England to Greece— that, we dl rent it, is a matter altog e th er of reli character, and one requiring to be scanned a u e, rntinized in an entirely diff e r e nt spirit. It edmit,i first utel y appears upon the face of it, at the very has, morally ;7 doubtful whether England Z .: the power and the right to resign a Protectorate couaded to her by the deli berate agreement of ail th e in 1815 upon the sign ig h :eat Powtrs of Europe Vienna. The rdlng very w o • g of th e T rea t y o f of th a t solemn trust once 48 e v id ence may be accept e d an d recognised at of its sacred and binding chz,,,, er • It was a D t cc torate—it is a Protectorate — not a Saver ro one consequently th at cannot elisnt The trust is Y. l ightly be resigned. It is one that cannot in any Way b e resigned by any independent decision arrived at b y the English Government. Tho resignation o f the Protectorate hitherto exercised by that Governm ent ever since the general European Treaty o f 1915 cannot be resolved upon by the Cabinet Minis ters of the Crown, even if empowered so to do by the Imperial Parliament. The validity of the act could only be completely recognised upon a collec tive agreement among the Five Great Powers. Then, and then only, could England, in honour, be rid of her responsibility. It appears,consequently, to say the very least of it, premature to talk as the telegrams are doing now, so very confidently and explic!tly about the secession of the lonian Islands to Greece, or even about the determination of England to deliver them up. The trust may be inconvenient, it is true. That it has long been inconvenient there can be little doubt whatever. Nay, it would clearly be matter of congratulation to our Govern ment if they were well rid at last of a re sponsibility in every respect so very vexatious of its kind as this one of the lonian Pro tectorate. Nevertheless, it should manifestly be an inexorable stipulation beforehand with France, with Russia, even with Austria, that if transferred from the independent protectorate of England for absorption into the sovereignty of Greece, the lonian Islands should be secured in the latter character or position, namely, as con stituting thenceforth an integral part and parcel of the Greek kingdom. Let the agreement of the European Powers to the relinquishment by England of her Protectorate over the lonian Islands be first of all assured—let France, and Russia, and Austria, and the rest of the Powers of Europe stand pledged with England to the lasting recognition of the fact that those lonian Islands constitute a recognised province of the Kingdom of Greece—and then, but not earlier, the English Ministry having been previously em powered by the British Parliament to open negotiations leading to these among other satis factory results—may talk about their readiness to hand over the lonian Islands to Greece. As mat ters at present stand it is seriously to be hoped that the noble earl, her MAJESTY'S Foreign Secre tary, has in no way been precipitate in pledging him, olf to Any Soul ocentoo of pr vc.oo al 8 to this end, even though it may have been expressed with diplomatic ambiguity con ditionally ! The secession of the lonian Islands to Greece, or rather the yielding up of our Protectorate over those Islands, with a view to their subsequent absorption into the Kingdom of Greece, ought to be left, as we trust and shall yet believe that it has been left, by Earl RUSSELL, by the PALMERSTON Cabinet, for discussion in the two Houses of Parliament immediately after the assembling of the Legislature early in the now fast approaching month of February. Meanwhile pending those inevitable discussions in the Lords and the Commons of England, it can not but be interesting to cast a wistful glance of retrospect over the recorded votes of the Greek People in the recent plebiscite. For AMEDEE, for Prince ALFRED or GARIBALDI, for ALFRED or ABDEL KADER, for M'MAHON, one vote each was recorded. For the Count de FLANDERS, and for ALFRED or the Duke D'AUMALE three votes respectively. Seven for the Duke of LEUCHTENBURG. Twelve for Prince ALFRED or Death ! Ninety for Prince ALFRED or the Republic. For Prince ALFRED, simply and solely, and without any alter native, as King of GREECE, NINE THOUSAND AND EIGHTY-FOUR votes were given in eagerly by the population. Such a tribute has never before been offered to a remote and apparently alien race. It is hard even now to believe that it has been offered in vain after all. The accounts now published of the great battle on the Rappahanock will be scanned with interest. Fredericksburg has in consequence of it become a name which will not be forgotten in American his tory, for, whatever the ultimate fortune of the war, it will be known as the spot cn which two vast armies of the divided old Union fought one of their greatest battles. It was not a fair stand-up fight in the open field, however ; it was the attack and defence of a series of the strongest works. The position of the Confederates behind Fredericksburg, an amphitheatre of numerous hills, partly wooded, is one of considerable natural strength, and by the mismanagement of the War-effice, BURNSIDE was not enabled, as soon as he had arrived at Fredericksburg, to cross the River, and make his attack at once. Hence the Confederates had had ample time to strengthen nature by art; and the hardworking veterans of so many Southern battles, labouring with all the energy of confidence in Generals of proved ability, had really made the defences almost impregnable. Their first and outer line was the rivet this, how ever, it must have been well known, could be passed as rivers always have been by armies. Still the fighting there would delay the advance, and increase the time for full preparation, and it was evidently thus used. The grand defence was in the rear of Fredericksburg. It seems BURN SIDE was so fully aware of the difficulties of the route to Richmond by Acqnia Creek as his base of operations, and through Frede ricksburg, that his own judgment was distinctly opposed to it. But again the fatal necessity of po litical considerations compelled a Northern General to obey the behests of civilians. The evil seems in curable. Non-military electors seem unable to com prehend the necessity of delay in war. Treason and treachery begin to be whispered. Generals must advance to action cith the knowledge that if they do not they shall make enemies of friends, and that, if they do, the enemies before them in the field will compel them to disappoint those friends. BURNSIDE submitted to the political necessity. The probability was, that he must sacrifice thou sands of men to prove to his own friends, by facts, what he could not convince them of by reasoning; the possibility was, a bare one, that he might succeed, and obtain a victory where he looked for a defeat. He made therefore the best arrangements he could. He forced, as he doubtless expected to do, a passage of the river without much difficulty, and found himself on the 12th on Fredericksburg, ready to commence on the 13th the grand attack on the works behind it. One reads with melancholy interest the story of each division of the Federal army marching up to the Balaklava and Inkerman in the hills of Fre dericksburg. It was, except that it was infantry work, most like the light cavalry feat at Balak lava, or, most of all, like the attacks of the Russians on Kars, with the grand difference, however, that to starve the defenders was out of the question. With the exception of General Franklin's division, which had more opportunity for manceuvring on the extreme Federal left, the Federal troops seemed to move forward but to be mowed down. There was no want of courage. But an instance or two of not more than temporary disorganisation occurred ; they were resolved to carry the murderous batteries, but the batteries were not to be carried by any courage. They were too well placed, and the evidence of Confederate skill in their construction, and of the steadiness of Norther-1-r eourav, is equally \ shown by th e num b er o f kill e d and wounded. Nothin g appears to have been left undone on ether s id e, that brave and able men could do. The result on ly Showed th a t th e military man was right ; and derationnls y might be t hat however urgent pol itical consi at Washington they oug ht no t military r e a a t s t ons em in military m a tt ers . The asp ec t of this thing but encouraging to th e Federals The last pt on Ri c h mon d i s any . a ttack failed withi n h alf a score miles of the city. This one has failed at the di st %nee of 60 miles. A short time ago the communications from the South showed that a double attack at least was ex ; parallel w i t h pected. It was assumed a s c er ta i n that ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne 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 half-past 6—Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL , DRURY-LANE, Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, the Comm Drama of THE NEXT OF KIN. After which, the Grand Pantomime of LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES. Commence at 7. TREAT RE-RO YAI , HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. 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 RASSELAS, 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 Harfletir. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM, Will OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER, on SATURDAY, 10th January, 1863, with a New Romantic Drama, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, in which the prin cipal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougt am, H. Widdicombe, tyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, H. Butler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Els worthy. Box-office open on Thursday, let January, from 1 till 5. NEW THRATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, A TICKET OF LEAVE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, and Mrs. Blllington. After which, MARGERY DAW. To conclude with (2d time)" GEORGE DE BARNWELL ; or, Harlequin Folly in the Realms of Fancy." Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Mies Seaman ; Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bed ford, Stephenson, C. J. Smith. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams ; Clown, Mr. W. Hildyard ; !'n ntaloon, Mr. J. Paulo. The celebrated Arthur and Ler trand. Commence at 7. ItOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. Lindus. THIS EVENING, TIME TRIES ALL: Mr. IL Vezin and Miss Constance Aylmer. After which, the Nrow gran, TIRISTMAS PANTOMIME RIQUET WITH THE TUFT ; or, Harlequin and M o th er Siiipton." Mr. G. Belmore , Mr. C. Seyton, Misses Gray and II udspeth, Mr. Milano, Mr. R. Power, Miss A. Collinson, and Mr. Halford. The WEATHER—Sun Office, Dec. 28, 1862. Highest since Noon yesterday .. 48 Lowest during the night...... .. 37 This day at Noon Barometer-30.12. Wind—Westerly; light, with fine weather. DECEMBER 29. Highest since Noon yesterday. 49 Lowest during the night This day at Noon Barometer-29.49 ; falling fast. Wind—S.W.; light, with rain during the night and morning. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 7h. 58m.—Afternoon, Bh. 30m. To-mottuow.-Morning, 9h. 2m.—Afternoon, 9h. 38m. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEUBER 29, 1862. the attack by BURNSIDE, another was to be I made on the south of Richmond by a gunboat fleet and army advancing along the James River. The enemy's army was to be thus divided. The Nor thern accounts themselves had indicated a similar plan. Why it was abandoned, if ever seriously en tertained, we have no information. Perhaps the North had not the armament to spare, yet we read of one proceeding, no one could tell whither, but it was seen south of Cape Hatteras,which is far enough south of Richmond and Virginia, and in North Carolina. The event shows that something more was needed for BURNSIDE'S support than an expe dition an terrorem. This will surely be the last great battle of the present campaign. No further attempt on Richmond will be thought of in this direction. Each of the three lines hitherto selected have, from one cause or ano ther, proved unfortunate. Bull's Run, the York and James River, and Fredericksburg, have all proved to the Federals roads to ruin. The first was given up in an almost ridiculous panic. The other two have been renowned by " strategic movements " and "masterly retreats," and both retreats were well managed ; the last one especially, for to slip across a river by six pontoon bridges, immedi ately in the face of a victorious enemy, was no easy task. Indeed, it seems likely that the Confederates, knowing that their strength was better adapted to defence than attack, adopted the old German general's maxim on the wisdom of " building a bridge of gold for a retreating enemy." Perhaps, however, the fog and darkness, and the shelter of the town, might effectually conceal the Federal movements. Still BURNSIDE himself owns that tho L. mo-voirabont was' a porilouQ ono," and modestly attributes the enemy's ignorance of it chiefly to the tempestuous state of the weather. The Washingtonians seem to be " thankful for small mercies." They make the best of a successful retreat, as they have no victory to boast of; and the confidence of the Money-market appears to be hardly touched, for the premium on gold advanced but a trifle ; at which one of our contemporaries seems a little displeased. Of course there is the old clamour for a change back to the old General ; and it must be said for the leading Federal Generals that they seem to be on very fraternal terms with each other, showing no jealousy of a brother's advance, while the Secretary for War seems jealous of them all. To us it seems as if the Federals themselves could now have no hope from purely military operations; they must perceive that unless a better negro policy open the way for them to better results, they might as well begin negotia tions for peace. The negro is the key to the South, or there is no key thither for the North at all. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, DEC. 29. The physicians attending Cardinal Morlot doabt very much whether he will outlive to-night. News received here from Lisbon to the 27th inst. announces that 27 fresh nominations of Peers have been made, and that a rumour is current that the Queen is in an interesting condition. The Patrze of this evening announces that one of the officers of the Emperor's household will shortly set out for Mexico. It is rumoured that Cardinal Morlot is dead. The Moniteur of this morning publishes the re port of M. Fould on the financial condition of the Government. The report estimates the total expense of the Mexican expedition during 1862 at 83 million francs. The financial deficit for the same year is stated at 35 millions, proposals to cover which will be laid before the Corps Legislatif. M. Fould states that the relinquishment by the Emperor of the prerogative of opening extraordi nary credits has not proved prejudicial to the effi cient despatch of business. The Minister then enters upon the examination of the budget for 1863. He says that, taking into view the constant pro gression in the public revenue, the surplus at the end of 1863 may be estimated at 110 millions, and continues—" This will enable us to meet both the Mexican expenses for 1863 and any unforeseen ex penses. The ordinary budget for 1864 will be pre sented with a diminution of four millions." M. Fould estimates the extraordinary budget for 1864 at 104 millions. The total amount, 848 mil lions, of all the deficits from former years has not been increased. M. Fould concludes as follows : " Were it not for the extraordinary expenses which weigh upon 1862 and 1863, it would have been possible to re-enter a normal situation at the beginning of 1864. The attainment of this so much to he desired result is only adjourned. The amount of deficit does not exceed our reasonable resources, and is such as to allow us to dismiss any idea of appealing to credit. I renew this assurance to your Majesty." The rumour current yesterday evening of the death of Cardinal Morlot has not been eonfirmed. The cardinal remains, however, in a very danger. ous state. The Patrie of this evening says :—" We believe that Mr. Elliot's mission is to enter into negotia tions with the Porte for the cession of some terri tory in favour of Greece on the side of Epirus and Thesssly." BOURSE, Dec. 27.—There has been a fair amount of business doing, but up to the present time the quotations have not gone beyond those of the close of yesterday. Threes, for the Account, are now firm at 69f. 90c. Railway Share Market quiet, but prices pretty well maintained. The market closed as follows :- 11 per Cents. 97 76 Do. end month.... Bank Shares 3300 Credit F ancier 1382 50 Piedmontese Fives 71 50 Italian Loan 72 30 Russian Austrian .. — Spanish Threes — Home Debt 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 95 New 3 per Cents ..- --- __— Do. end month.... _ _ Credit Mobilier....ll3o Do, end m0nth....1133 75 RA ILWAYB. Cash. Account. Orleans . ... 1070 .. 1070 Northern . ... lO3B 75 .. 1037 50 New ditto ........... .: . • • Lyons and Mediterranean 1157 50 .. 1155 Geneva .. 375 .. 370 Southern ........ Western Eastern ..., Sardinian 375 .. 373 75 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 657 60 .. 662 50 Ditto to Barcelona GREECE. ATHENS, DEC. 26. It is generally asserted here that the Hon. Mr. Elliot has officially announced to the President of the Provisional Government the cession of the lonian Islands by England, and the decisive refusal of Prince Alfred to accept the throne of Greece. It is also stated that Mr. Elliot has not yet re commended any other candidate. DEC. 27. Coroneos, the commander of the National Guard, has been dismissed, and the office which he held has been abolished. One hundred and thirty-four members of the National Assembly are now in Athens. The state of public affairs has improved. ITALY. TURIN, DEC. 27. The Gazzetta di Torino of today asserts that the report on the brigandage which was laid on the table of the Chamber of Deputies by Signor Rat tazzi was not prepared by General Lamarmora, but drawn up by an officer of that general's staff. lain, Torino,' rfhis " says the Gazzetta di inaccuracies which occur in the report in question." wthoeulsderioeuxsp SERVIA. VIENNA, DEC. 27. According to advices received here the commis sioners entrusted with the execution of the de mands of the Porte upon Servia have taken their departure for Belgrade. The — are—the a inbe defi n iti ve ly a r ran ge d to fortress of Belgrade, the arerd ci v a s l o the in demnities to be paid to the Turkish inhabitants oints who have suffered damage during the late disor ders, the strength of the Turkish garrison in the fortress, and the number of men to which the na tional militia of Servia is to be confined. TEE QUARTER'S REVENUE RETURNS.—These returns will not be made uptill Wednesday night. Enough is now known, however, to enable us to congratu late our readers that the income continues to exhibit the buoyancy that has for some time past been its almost nor mal condition. The falling off that might, under other cir cumstances and in other times, have been naturally appre hended from the distress of a large portion of our industrious population, and the derangement of an important branch of trade, has not taken place. On the contrary, the leading sources of revenue continue to exhibit the most gratifying progress. The customs revenue is more than usually prosperous, in the face of the reduction of so many items ; and the excise exhibits a steadiness that is most remarkable, when the privations of so large a class of operatives in Lancashire are to be taken into account. After all, the suffering, though great, is limited in its range, and the other branches of native industry and production appear fully to make up the loss. Another gratifying feature of the present condition of the industrious classes is to be found in the fact that the withdrawals from the savings banks, not unusual at this time of year, have not been to any large extent amongst the small depositors, but are spread more over the general class of savings, which are probably only used for a time, to be replaced when thc. exigencies of the season are over. DEATH OF MR. JUAN LEYCESTER ADOLPHUS.— This gentleman expired at his house in Hyde Park square on the 24th inst., rather unexpectedly, though his health bad been fur some little time unsatisfactory. He was the coadjutor of the late Mr. Barnswoll, and afterwards of the late Mr, Ellis, for a long series of years in reporting the decisions of the Court of Queen's Bench, and was appointed by Lord St. Leonard's, when Lord Chancellor, a County Court judge (No. 43, Middlesex), solely from his long standing, high personal character, and merits as a lawyer and reporter. Mr. Adolphus, in early life, published a little work to prove by internal evidence that the author of " Waverley" could be only Sir Walter Scott. His rea sons were characterised by remarkable ingenuity and acute ness, and afterwards secured from the great novelist a frank admission of their cogency. Mr. Adolphus was a man of extreme modesty, of highly refined and sensitive mind and character, and an admirable scholar. As Attor ney General of the Northern Circuit he surprised every one by his political and caustic wit and humour, which never trespassed beyond the bounds of true gentlemanly feeling. He led a very laborious life, both as law reporter and county court judge, and was universally respected. Solely from his personal and professional character and position he was elected a few years ago a benches of the Inner Temple. He died without completing the last vo lume of his father's " History of England during the Reign of George III.," and in his 68th year. He was called to the bar in the year 1822. Importing tea without colour on the leaf prevents the Chinese eassing off inferior brown leaves as in the usual kinds. Horniman's tea is uncoloured, therefore always good alike. Sold in packets by 2,280 agents, ; AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. The Royal Mail steamship China has arrived with advices from New York to the 17th inst. In the Senate, on the 15th, Mr. Davis, of Ken tucky, offered a resolution, which was laid on the table, declaring that after it had become manifest that an insurrection against the United States was about to break out in several Southern States,James Buchanan, then President, from sympathy with the conspirators and their treasonable projects, failed to take the necessary and proper measures to pre vent it, wherefore he should receive the censure and condemnation of the Senate and of the Ameri can people. A resolution requesting the President, if not inconsistent with the public interests, to transmit to the Senate the report and accompany ing documents of the Hon. Itervedy Johnson, as Commissioner of the United States during last summer at New Orleans, was adopted. Mr. Wright, of Indiana, offered a resolution, which was also adopted, that the Committee on the Judiciary be in structed to inquire into the expediency of providing by Act of Congress, that any loyal citizen of the United States who has sustained damage from the troops of the States engaged in the present rebellion may set off such damages against any claim or demand against him in any action at law by any such rebellious States, or the agents or trustees of such States, or in any case where such claim or demand is for the use or benefit of such States. A resolution instructing the Committee on Foreign Relations to inquire whether some method cannot be devised to manifest the sympathy of Congress with the suffer ing Lancashire operatives was ordered to be printed. The resolution calling for information relative to arbitrary arrests in Delaware was taken up, and Mr. Davis made a speech, arguing that the Presi dent had no authority, under the Constitution, to make such arrests. On the 16th resolutions declar ing that the Government will maintain the pay meat in coin of any interest or indebtedness, and will consider it a breach of the public faith to do otherwise, and that the duties on imports shall con tinute to be collected in coin and the old issue of de mand notes, and when the lattershall not be sufficient for the purpose of such payment they shall there after be payable in coin, were introduced by Mr. M`Dougal and referred to the Finance Committee. The resolution censuring ex-President Buchanan for his course respecting the rebellion was laid on the table. A resolution of thanks to Lieutenant Ringgold and the officers and crew of the frigate Sabine was referred to the Naval Committee. Re solutions granting lands to Minnesota to aid in im proving the navigation of the Minnesota and Red River of the North, and connecting them by a canal, and to promote the efficiency of the subsistence de partment, were appropriately referred. Bills for the removal of the Minnesota Indians and the sale of their lands, granting relief for damages sustained at the hands of the Indians, and to improve the organisation of the cavalry forces were introduced and referred. Resolutions calling for correspondence on the culture of cotton in Asia Minor and Egypt, and directing inquiry as to the expediency of pub lishing Captain Mullin's report of his waggon road expedition across the Rocky Mountains, were adopted. The consideration of the subject of arbi trary arrests of citizens was postponed. In the House of Representatives on the 15th a re- solution declaring that in the judgment of the House there should be no legislation changing the existing laws providing for the payment of interest on the public debt in coin was adopted by a vote of 81 against 24, and a joint resolution that the secretary of the Treasury of the United States be and is hereby authorised and empowered to pay in coin any portion of the bonded public debt matur ing and falling due previous to the Ist day of January, 1861, was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Noell, of Missouri, intro duced a bill, which was referred, to procure the abolishment of slavery in Missouri and provide corn pensation to loyal owners. A resolution was adoptea instructing the Committee of Ways and Means to in- quire into the expediency of revising the tariff, in creasing the duty of foreign goods not of prime necessity, so that the importation of foreign goods shall not exceed the amount exported of American growth and manufacture, exclusive of specie. A resolution endorsing the President's emancipation proclamation was adopted by a vote of 78 against 51. The Army Appropriation Bill was reported. Mr. Conway (Republiean, Kansas) offered the fol lowing resolutions : " That freedom and slavery cannot coexist in the same Government without producing endless strife and civil war; that a house divided against itself cannot stand ;' end that 'this nation must be all free or all slave.' " That the American Union consists of those States which are now loyal to the Federal Constitution. "That the restoration of the Union as it existed prior to the rebellion would be a greater calamity than the rebellion itself, and would give new life to the irrepressible con flict,' and entail upon the nation another cycle of bitter con tention and civil war. " That whether the seceded States have accomplished a revolution or not, they have lost their place in the Union and all right to its guaranties; and that the Union has a claim to their territory, never to be relinquished, but to be asserted by arms or otherwise, now and hereafter. " That the seceded States can never be put down but by being regarded as out of constitutional relations with the Unim, and by being assailed upon principles of ordinary warfare as between separate nations. " That if any person in the employment of the United States, in either the legislative or executive branches, should propose to make peace, or should accept or advise the acceptance of any such proposition on any basis which would restore the slave power tD its former supremacy in the Government, or by any new compromise or amendment to the constitution recognise slavery as an element of pol;- tical power, such person shall be guilty of a high crime. " That the superior resources and military prowess of the North in this struggle are beyond dispute, and that the question of its success turns not upon its relative ability, but on the fitness of its Chief Executive Magistrate to give effect to its power. " That it is unsafe to intrust the execution of any system of administration to persons who aro not in cordial sym pathy therewith ; and that no change of policy in the con • duct of the war is more than nominal which is not accom panied by a complete change in the personnel of the Execu tive Department. " That it is a matter for serious reflection whether an other election of President must not supervene before the rightful authority of the nation can be established; and whether, in the meantime, it is not a flagrant waste of our energies to continue the war. " That unless the Army of the West shall have swept through the valley of the Mississippi to its mouth, and the Army of the Potomac annihilated the legions of Lee and Jackson, thus subverting the military power of the rebel lion, within a reasonable time, the best interekts of the country and humanity will require a cessation of hostilities. " That the States of the North, composing the American nation, and wielding its power, must ever remain one and indivisible on the basis of freedom for all, without distinc tion of race, colour. or condition; that their mission must ever be to extend their own civilisation over the entire continent, whatever derangements, difficulties, checks, or defeats thay may encounter, they must ever cherish and pursue the inspiring idea of nationality and continental dominion." On the motion of Mr. Maynard (Unionist, Ten nessee), these resolutions were tabled by a vote of 132 Yeas to one Nay. Mr. Con way was the only one who voted in the negative. Mr. Maynard said this was the first formal proposition asserting the disso lution of the Union and the recognition of the Southern Confederacy. On the 16th, on the motion of Mr. Cox, of Ohio, it was resolved that the Secre tary of the Treasury be directed to furnish to the house a statement of the amount of the United States' loan created in 1841, and extended by Act of April 15,1842, which falls due during the present year, and also the names of those who are registered as the owners thereof, and such information as the department may possess as to the actual ownership thereof; and that he communicate to this house a copy or copies of any memorial or memorials ad dressed to him or to the Treasury Department, pro posing or soliciting a special medium of payment to the owners or holders of the said loan, and whether he proposes to pay said loan in coin. The considera tion of Mr. Stevens's resolution, declaring that the Union must be and remain one and indivisible for ever, and that it would be a high crime to advise or accept peace propositions on any other terms, was postponed for three wicks. Under the heading, An Appeal to the President, the New Fork World says : " The most splendid army of the world with Generals as gallant as ever led and soldiers as bravo as ever marched to victory has met the frightfullosi disaster of the war. BY Gen, lialleck's orders the army of the Rappahannock was marched up against the impregnable batteries of the Frede r icksbury heights, brigade after brigade, division after divi tion, one after another decimated, thousands upon thou sands slaughtered, from daybreak to sunset, until its ruin was complete, until well nigh 20,000 brave and noble souls wet the Virginia hillsides with their blood. The unblench ing courage, the dauntless intrepidity, of our magnificent army were never more sublimely displayed.• The blunder ing strategy, the incompetent generalship, which hurled them to a fruitless doom never branded itself so conspi cuously as indiscriminate slaughter and murder by whole sale. Again, have you, Abraham Lincoln, by the hands of Henry W, Halleck and Edwin M. Stanton, sent death to thousands upon thousands of our brothers and friends, again desolation and anguish to the homes and hearts of the people—death that gives no life to the perishing nation, and sorrow which no patriotism can console, or the con sciousness of a needful, though cestly self-sacrifice assuage. By the banks of the Rappahannock there was slaughter which was fruitless, and by 20,000 firesides tears to-day are shed which God alone can wipe away. We have no words of anger in an hour like this. The sense of sorrow for the nation and her slaughtered sons cools even the hot wrath which must yet break forth upon the heads of those whose selfishness, whcse incompetency, whose recklessness and whose ambition have brought our grief upon us. By that sorrow, in which there is not a family in all the cities and villages of the North but shares ; by that love for our country which has not faltered among us and does not fal ter in her darkest hour; by the hopes which must yet linger in the bosom of the Chief Magistrate to recover the confidence of his people, and to transmit an honoured name to his and their posterity; by the desire which in his seri ous moments must yet move him to win in times as trying as those in which Washington won the title of the father of his country the equal title of its saviour; by the unutter able contempt of the men of his own time and the blasting scorn of history which will surely be wreaked upon him if he fails in aught which he may fairly do to save the Re public ; by tne glory which may yet await and by the doom which threatens her—by these and every other consi • deration which the breaking hearts or the anxious minds of 20,000,000 of people can conceive or frame, we beseech the President to cut loose now and finally from his past and fatal policy, and from the men of whom it is enough to say that the Union and the Constitution might have been saved, but that, with the resources of a continent and the arms of twenty millions of united freemen at their backs, they have not saved it. We beseech him to call to his Cabinet and aid the ablest, bravest, and best men of the na tion, and so, if our cause is not yet past all remedy, by their help, and the favour of a just God, to make one final effort for the salvation of the Republic which fruitless millions have been spent for, and for which more than 100,000 liVes have been yielded up in vain." The Federal Attorney-General had given his official opinion that a free men of colour, if born in the United Stites, is a citizen, and competent to be master of a coasting vessel. The National War Committee had addressed the following memorial respecting the Alabama to Con gress:— " To THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REFRESENTATITES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONGRESS ASSE3IIILED. " National War Committee of the Citizens of New York, New York, Dec. 15. "The memorial of the National War Committee of the citizens of New York respectfully represents :--That the depredations upon American property by an unlawful cruiser fitted out in a British port have become so disgrace fully frequent and so disastrous to free commerce on the ocean as to call for the immediate attention of Congress, and the adoption of measures for their suppression more effectual than any which have yet been resorted to. It would seem hardly credible, if the facts were not clearly established, that a war vessel like the Alabama, built in the most open manner upon English ground, equipped and armed by the aid of English merchants, provisioned and coaled in an English port, there manned almost wholly by English subjects, should have been permitted by the Go • vernment of Great. Britain, in defiance of earnest and just remonstrances, and in violation of a proclamation of neu trality, to set forth on a marauding expedition to prey upon unarmed merchantmen. If there were no higher motive than the most selfish policy affecting the British Government,that Government should have been the last to set a precedent so fatal to British commerce. In the future wars of England her enemies, however insignificant, have but to do what the rebels have done in the present instance, and (if it should be possible to persuade tho American Government to follow this pernicious English example) procure cruisers in Ame rican ports, after the fashion of the Alabama, to prey upon English commerce, or drive it from the sea. It is, how ever, not necessary for us to consider or care what England may or may not do ; the duty of Americans is to take care of themselves, to which, happily, they are fully competent, no matter what other nations may purpose. The means of redress must correspond to the exigency. If it be once as sumed that a vessel may thus be fitted out by a neutral nation, and cruise without ever entering a home port or sending a prize there, it seems mutely possible to fix a limit to the mischief she may do, unless the ocean be covered with pursuing ships. National vessels of war must prove inadequate to protect our commerce against such enemies, thoush our navy woro inerpostra to such an OX.- tent as to outnumber those of England and France united. The 447 vessels now in our service have other duties to perform, and a part of the fleet might possibly search the sea for months without finding the Alabama. The surest and best resource appears to your memorialists to be the commissioning of private armed vessels as letters of marque and reprisal, to pursue the outlaw, and the offering of a liberal reward for her capture. Such measures would pro bably prove effectual against this ♦essel, or any similar one which the cupidity or the prejudice of our Transatlantic rivals may send out hereafter to capture American property and light the ocean with our burning ships. Whatever else the Government may think for its honour and interest to do, either in the way of remonstrasicel reprisal, or even to put a stop to the repetition of such annoyances, it ap pears reasonably certain that if the Alabama is to be de stroyed some such measures should be taken as your me morialists should suggest. Por the reasons here set forth your memorialists beg leave to ask for the passage of an Act of Congress authorising the granting of commissions to private armed vessels for the capture of the Alabama and other like cruisers, and the offer of a suitable reward for the capture. And, as in duty bound, your memorialists will ever pray, &c. " GEORGE OPDYKE, Chairman. " R. D. LATHROP, Secretary." The committee appointed to inquire into the conduct of Commander Preble, in allowing the Florida, alias the Oveto, to enter Mobile, had re ported that "he did not do his whole duty." The Secretary of the Navy had, consequently, declined to reinstate him. Her Majesty's ship Cadmus, which had arrived at Old Point, reported seeing a large fleet entering Cape Fear River. It was supposed to be Banks's expedition. On the night of the 14th a bocly Cif Major White's Confederate Cavalry made a raid into Ponies Ville, Maryland, and captured some Federal soldiers. At daybreak, on the 12th, a body of General Stuart's Confederate Cavalry dashed into Dumfries, Virginia, cut down the telegraph wires, and cap tured some prisoners. Buinfri,s is between Fal mouth, Burnside's head-quarters, and Washington. Plymouth, North Carolina, had been burnt by the Federal troops. Nashville advices of the 15th report that the Con federates had a large negro force at Tullahoma, fortifying. The Confederates had increased their forces at Nolensville. President Davis left Mur freesborough on the 15th for Mobile. From Cairo we have advices to the 16th. Gene ral Hovey's expedition had returned to Helena, Arkansas. General Sherman had returned to Mem phis with his forces. The Confederate army of the Mississippi was said to be between Jackson and Cantor. Advices from North Carolina report that twelve Federal regiments were recently marched in the direction of Weldon, to be supported by two gun boats and another force of 10,000 men. Letters from Suffolk,Virginia, of the 14th, state that General Wessel left that place with his brigade for a point on the Chowan river, North Carolina, whence he effected a junction with General Foster. The same letter gives au account of a heavy skirmish on the Blackwater river at a point a mile below Zuni. The reconnais t.ance—for such it properly was —revealed the enemy in large force, and the Federate, after some fighting, were compelled to fall back to Suffolk. TIIE REPORTED WRECK OF THE WEYMOTITII. —The Weymouth, reported as totally wrecked in China, is not the ship of that name belonging to Temperley and Co., London, but an American ship to San Francisco. The Weymouth, of Lendon, now on her v oyage home, has on board a freight of upwards o f 1,000,0001 b. of tea: .—Leeds Mercury. It appears that the Naples Railway will hardly be ready for public tr affic so soon as the Ist Ja on account of the exten sive lines of wall which will be necessary to render the escarpments of the cuttings beyond San Germano safe. The company has therefore resolved , to establish a regular service of ournibu , ,esfrom C,eprano . to Presenzano, in coincidence with the finished portions of the line, by w hich it is expected that travellers from Rome will reach Naples in 12 hours. Travellers ' from N will have to sleep at San Germano, because of the dis ' t 'P ri l c e t s tra Although not versed by the omnibuses being entirely . free from the p p i t t u ro d l e s nt ar to e o s. wn the road, r i o s a i g iot mi d l e it e a m ry ed ralwaysa.i raids o f u b p r brigands, down risk the lives and property darok.passengets by allowing the COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, DEC. 27. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louis of Hesse, drove out yesterday. The Prince of Wales and Prince Louis rode on horseback. DEC. 28. Her Majesty the Queen, their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince and Princess Louis, and Princess Helena received the Sacrament of the Holy Communion this morning at Whippingham Church, which was ad ministered by the Rev. G. Prothero. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold attended the morning service. The Countess of Gainsborough has arrived as Lady in waiting. The Right Hon. C. P. Villiers arrived yesterday, and had an audience of the Queen. Mr. Kraus, architect of Mayence, had the honour of sub mitting to their Royal Highaesses Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse plans and designs for a palace about to be erected at Darmstadt. Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial Office from the Governors of New Zealand and the Cape of Good Hope. Despatches were sent to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. The Dake of Sutherland has left Paris on his way to Marseilles. His Grace will embark at that port on board his steam yacht, which left the Thames a fortnight ago, and go direct to Naples to meet thq Duchess, who has been residing there for E ome weeks past. The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland has left Stafford House, St. James's, for Cliefden Park, her Grace's seat in Buckinghamshire. The Earl of St. Germans (the Lord Steward), ac companied by Lord Eliot and family, has arrived at his re sidence in Dover• street from Port Eliot, Cornwall. The Earl and Countess of Craven and the Ladies Craven leave Ashdown Park to-day, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, at the Grove, near Watford. Count and Countess de Flahault and Miss Elphinstone de Flahault will leave Bowood at the latter end of the week for Torquay,'_on a visit to Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby. The marriage of Viscount Royston with Lady Georgiana Wellesley will take place early in the ensuing month at Paris. Lord and Lady Elibank have left Brown's Hotel. The Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis, M.P., and Lady Theresa Lewis and Miss Lister will leave town in a few days for the Grove, near Watford, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Clarendon. Mr. and Lady Isabella Schuster left town a few days since for Brighton. Captain and Mrs. Dancombe and family have left Brown's Hotel for Brighton. The Marquis Roberto Taparelli d'Azeglio, Sena tor of the Kingdom of Italy, has just died at Turin aged seventy-two. LORD ASHRURTON.—The friends of Lord Ashbur ton will be happy to Jearn that there is every pro spect of his lordship recovering from his recent dangerous and alarming illness. The accounts received from Paris on Saturday and the preceding . day were of a more favourable tenour. The noble lord is staying at the Hotel Bristol, but it will be some weeks before he can reasonably be expected to leave for the south of France with Lady Ashburton. TIGHT LACING.—The editor of the New Orleans Times says the corsets worn by the ladies of that city will bear a monstrous strain, judging from a lady he saw, who was so nearly cut in two that a man would be considered amenable for bigamy should he marry her. BIGAMY AND AS BAD.—It having been stated that a man in New York got himself into trouble by marrying two wives, a western editor remarked, that " Men in Michigan have done the same by marrying only one." CLOWN AND PANTALOON—Show themselves hilariously reckless of every moral tie and every social obligation. To sit upon the tender frame of infancy in the heaviest manner possible—to assault the blue-coated officers of the law—to trifle even with the scarlet-clad guardians of our national honour—to look upon !grey hairs as a sufficient provocation for knocking down their owner —all these are amongst the little peculiarities of the worthy couple, and all these are welcomed with delight by a moral and tax-paying people. NAPOLEON 111. AND ROTHSCHILD.—At Terriers the other day the Emperor planted a cedar to com memorate his visit, and asked when it would reach its full growth. " Sire, " said the Baron Rothschild, " the tree will not grow so long as your dynasty 1" M. Alphonse Royer, ox-director of the Grand Opera, who was recently nominated Inspector-General of the Fine Arts at the Ministry of State, has entered on his new functions. The Charivari publishes a wood-cut representing a number of Greeks lying in ambush behind a wall, armed with sticks and other chance weapons, and evidently looking out for some one about to pass. In the distance is seen an infirm elderly man quietly proceeding along. The leader of the group exclaims—" The first that passes so much the worse for him I For we certainly will nominate him King I" THE DAM AT MARSHLAND.—We are informed by a correspondent that the dam at Marsh'and Sluice was not carried away by the high tide of last Sun day, which rose higher than any tide during the previous ten years, and was accompanied by a violent gale of wind. The dam and bank resisted the tide at its highest, but when it had fallen two feet in the River Ouse, a portio n of the new bank which connected the dam with the old bank, and in the making of which some slit had been deposited, fell in, and a breach was made nearly eight yards long and be tween two and three yards deep; this might easily have been repaired before the next high water, but some of the commissioners of Marshland, who visited the works the same day, declined to authorise any steps being taken for the repair. Mr. Harding was the contractor for the dam, and Mr. Page the engineer, who, however, had resigned his appointment about a week before, in consequence of a difference in his v i ews an d th ose o f t h e comm i ss i oners about providing a per manen t d ra i nage f or the district 3 THE AFFAIRS OF GREECE. The Greek journals publish the following note addressed collectively, on the 13th Dec., to the Provisional Government, by the Ministers of Great Britain, France, and Russia. " The undersigned Ministers of Great Britain, France, and of Russia have the honour to inform M. Bulgaris of the agreement adopted on the 4th inst. by the three courts and signed on the same day by their plenipotentiaries. " Great Britain, France, and Russia declare them selves bound by this agreement that no member of the Imperial and Royal families reigning over the three protective States can accept or wear the crown of Greece. " Censequently, neither his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, member of the Royal family of Eng land, nor his Imperial Highness Prince Romanoff 4y, Duke of Leuchtenberg, member of the Imperial family of Russia, can accept the Crown of Greece if offered to them by the Greek people. " The undersigned take advantage of this oppor tunity to express to M. Bulgaris the assurance of their esteem. " P. SCARLETT. "BLOUDOFF. " Athens, Dec. 12, 1862. " P. POUURE." THE RUSSIAN CIRCULAR. The following is the substance of the circular of Prince Gortschakoff, dated St. Petersburg, 14th of December, 1862, respecting the Greek question. It is addressed to the Russian diplomatic agents :-- " Sir,—The sensation which has been created in Europe by the Greek question and the erroneous conjectures made in this matter induce me to give you the views of the Imperial Government. "A treaty had been concluded between the three protecting Powers of Greece, according to which King Otho had been called to the throne of Greece, with certain eventualities as regards the Bavarian dynasty. " It appeared to us that the first step to be taken ought to have been a collective request to the Court of Munich to ascertain if, under existing circum stances, it maintained the rights emanating from the anticipations of the London Conference, and if it was ready to bring forward a candidate who coul bined in his person the conditions laid down by the Greek Constitution and confirmed by the Treaties of London. "On the 18th of November I received a proposa l from the English Ambassador to this intent :-- 10 declare to the Provisional Government of Greece that not any member of the reigning families of the three protective Powers could be called to the throne', and also asking whether we considered the Dille 01 Leuchtenberg as comprised in that exclusion. • • "As regards the candidature of the Duke e' Leuchtenberg, although the civil position of that Prince might give an opening to legal doubts, hie Majesty resolved that none should be made. i ll that sense I replied to Lord Napier, telling him at the same time that we had no arrieres pensees., that our Minister at Athens had not said one w ord ' or made the slightest allusion as regards the choic e of the future Sovereign of Greece, and that the in structions of the Imperial Cabinet were that be should adhere to the same reserve." The despatch concludes as follows " The Government of her Britannic Majesty ha l ' ing declared itself perfectly satisfied with th is de claration, our Ambassador proposed to have a reg.. lar engagement drawn up. A document to this effect was drawn up and signed on the 4th (11 December by the Russian Ambassador and be t Mejesty's Principal Secretary for Foreign Affai r°. That document repeats the agreement which °% i . eludes front the throne of Greece any member od the three protective Powers, and enacts. that It mutually agreed upon to declare as null and °d the election of the Duke of Leuchtenberg Or Prince Alfred, should either be called to th e thr°lle by the vote of the Greek people. "The French Court was requested by the 07° Courts to adhere to this arrangement. " PRINCE GORT.SCHAICOFF: I ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPAO The seventh annual general meeting of shril l ' holders was held on Saturday at the London Tavern , Colocel GRIMES in the chair. The report, which we published early last vfee' was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN stated that the progress 1 06° since the last meeting had been generally satisfaa" tory. The directors were deficient in ad vises fro °3 the Indus, and they had not been able, therefore, to bring the accounts up to the date they bad tended. This was unfortunate, as it prevented the: showing so good a balance to the company's Wait.en The information from that river had not, o f late b e so frequent or so full as it used to be, but arrangte moats were in progress by the managing direc„re to ascertain the cause of the delay, and to metre more regularity in future. The board had, 11° "; ever, every reason to believe that everything ea going on satisfactorily on the Indus. As regal, the Stetlej, experience proved it to be a very d i up cult river to navigate, and the delay a in 0 6°6 4, were found to be greater than had been anticipat'er n/ That difficulty would, however, no doubt be hto come in time, and in the meantime the freig were so much larger than they received f ron3 Aof ten that the difference more than comp enaate' o e the extra cost those delays occasioned. VP°llOOO Ganges they had now two steamers plying' u p of them, the Ganges, had made her first voyage ho the river ; she was found to be of greater drafV. ree , had been expected, but the agent assured the el l ' . 1 ,,e psoarl'i tors that her unrivalled power must Dee- - w oe make her a most valuable vessel. T he shareiwi,d of were informed in the report why the official t 3 r ia ie this steamer had not taken place , and as WO " a s, the ease at firat, all things had not gone rigiltraef, for instance, the consumption of fuel WO 16 1 P li et and the progress of the vessel up t he river ha' ant g ' been so rapid as was expected. Later flee ° iv g h o wever, showed that her speed wa s inerea.seee w orX: t ' e ' c l very much, and when she got into full order she would no doubt answer a ll they elcP e she of her. The Soane was realising good profits 130 had proved herself a most efficient vessel, and • greatly relieved the Ganges, by working fro re v sapore and Allahabad, taking up the fiats. draft directors were somewhat disappointed at the ia be certain of that vessel, but they could not always and ttia beforehand what any ship would draw; agent wrote that she would in the rains enormously. The Gogra Was exP She was to be ready for work about this time. doubt i t" similar vessel to the Soane, and would work as satisfactorily. The Sam pay at all tiniefee:t°; were being put together, and in abou chairman) virio would be ready for work. lie (the ° by him sna if3 now about to fulfil a promiee made supervise India and super years ago—viz., to go out to (Hear hear.) 11° t l i u the operations of the company. , In Ia should be there at the trial of the Jumna the Jhelum on the Indus. pa t athiirdelelettir OtnrtabOw. Ganges, and also of ded by the REPLAY- 03AI" wmaosvesdecotnhe adoption of the report . metes), and carried unanimouely. tea' 14"AuTrIN'ehhie(eu:mdlii:or.letlieBilotneo"resn:etiring by rotation were re-elee r m 01 Mr. Boulton was elected auditor in the r e M ri . ih T e il d b i y v , id retiring. the rate of 5 per cent. P er e a :d: num, was proposed and carried, and the Pr u 4 ings terminated with the usual compliments. Some expectations appear to be entertained 1.-- a t, year's batta and additional service will be Of k : inf'rred on the troops engaged in the operations against Doll'll ro . .. N the same manner as the garrison of Lucknow Was yarded. It ma y be well for us to dissipate the unsubstantta: hope. The authorities have no in tention of giving such reward to the Dslhi force.--Army and Navy Gazete. ~ CAUTION TO TRADESMEN.—A few days since, 7 man of respectable appearance entered the shoP ' t) Mt. Bishop, cutler, of Powis-street, Woolwich, a nd, ri ci n ' selected valuable knives and forks to the amount o f £1 1 1! directed them to Le sent to his residence, 11, North 1-erilie terrace, opposite the railway station, and s tated th t .„ l , would then pay the messenger sent with the go ods. 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