The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-24 00:00:00

L IVES of EMINENT STATESMEN, In FUN, every week. One Penny; Now Beady, handsomely bound in Magenta cloth, gilt, prioe 4s. 6d.; post free. 55.. the SECOND half-yearly VOLU ME of F UN , with numerous Engravings by talented artists, and humor ous Articles by the following distinguished writers : W. Bailey, Esq. W. S. Gilbert, Esq. W. Barber, Esq: T. Hood, E sq . E. L. Blanch•tra, Esq. T. S. Jerrold, Esq. G. W. Bridgeman, Esq. W. J. Prowse, Esq. F. C. Burnand, Esq. Godfrey Turner, Esq. H. J. Byron, Esq. &c., ka., &c. Office, 80, Fleet street, London. • .. For Lull particulars of amusements see first page. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. On Friday Eveninz, the 2d ant id Acts of THE BOHE MIAN GIRL. And HARLEQUIN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Friday Evening, THE NEXT OF KIN. And LITTLE CODDY TWO SIOES. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Friday Evening, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. 'After which, RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA. And A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. This Evening . , IT MUST BE TRUE, 'TWAS IN THE PAPERS. To conclude with WOMAN. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. This Evening, THE PRETTY HORSEBREAKER. Fol lowed by ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. After whieh, ARTHUR AND BERTRAND. And A TICKET OF LEAVE. Commence at 7. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Hay, market. Open every evening for Promenade and Dancing. CANTERBURY HALL—EVERY EVENING. — Grand Selections from the Popular Operas.—The Comic per formances of Unsworth, Eugene. Little Bob, Arthur Lloyd. Hollingsworth, E. Marshall, Miss G. Smithson, &C.—The Etoile Family, &c. Commence at 7. THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, EVERY EVEN ING.—Re-app ea rance of Unsworth. the orieinal of `.Or any other man " -The Colleen Bawn, by Miss Caroline Parkes—Mr. Maclagan's Entertainment Drew Dean, the great Flautist—the Neavolitan Minstrels—Selections from Verdi's " 11Corsaro" and "Nabuco," Donizetti's "Don Se bastien," &c., with full band and chorus. Commence at 7. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY,—Morning, 3h. 57m.—Afternoon, 4h. 20m. To-monßow.-Morning, 4h. 45m.—Afternoon, sh. 6m. 1 .. f .. 6. ‘ . 7l , 4rri,:g'" .4:- " I ? , s , ~ 1 1 1 .L.F.' 48 1: .• '-% ›... t . _ :. - ... : . ,..... —.l? '' ' . I' ' • 117) , ' ' n --- '-' --4 ' '-- ' - : 1 prii, k s .. , • (- 11-T , 5. , , - _ 'y„S -.-- 'w-• THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY F. VENINa, DECEMBER 24, IBM. THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24, 1862. A point of the highest importance is discussed, we must think with his usual .conclusiveness, by a writer in a contemporary who signs himself HIS TOEICUS. We all remember his able letter on the subject of " Recognition ;" it seems to have settled that question ; we have seen no statement in opposi tion to it deriving the slightest weight from either the arguments or the position of the person making it. It will be the same, we think, in America, as well as in England, after this letter has been read and considered there, on the subject of " contraband of war." The most conclusive, the most explicit, modern authorities cited, are those of the univer sally respected ,American jurists WHEATON, and Chancellor KENT. Of the latter HISTORICUS even says that his writings are never wrong. The Americans are much aggrieved both by our freely selling warlike implements and stores to Con federate purchasers, and yet more by our suffering the Alabama to escape from Liverpool. HISTORI cus shows that both are justifiable by the law of nations, as expounded by every authority of note, and by the American authorities themselves. Nay more—that had our builders fitted out the Alabama and other vessels with complete war equipments, and sold them to either belligerent, the other would have had no ground of complaint against our Government or nation. HIBTOIII intentionally leaves the bearing of our Foreign En listment Act on the subject undiscussed. His point being to show that under the common law of na tions America, even at the worst, would have no just ground of complaint. Mr. SEWARD has for warded to our Government catalogues of the pur chases which the South has been able to effect in England, and American Ministers and citizens have been almost threatening on the subject of the Ala bama, and talked loudly of claiming from our Go vernment indemnity for the American ships and cargoes she is said to have destroyed ; but " HlSTO aims" puts them beyond doubt completely out of court on the authority of Jurists, and Courts, and Presidents, whose decisions they cannot refuse to acknowledge. The principle clearly established as the law of nations is, that the private traders of a neutral Power may sell whatever they please to either belligerent, even to the extent of completely aimed vessels. This is a neutral right. Opposed to this is the right of either belligerent to capture the contraband of war in its passage to its rival. This is the penalty provided by the law of nations for the protection of the belligerents. By that law the Governments of neutral nations are not required to take cognisance of their subjects' dealings in munitions of war ; but, on the other hand, the same law does not allow the subjects of the neutral Government to claim its pro tection against the capture of such cargoes ; the merchants and traders carry on the whole business at their own sole risk. It is no doubt very annoy ing to the Federals to see their rivals supplying themselves so effectively with what they can with difficulty manufacture in the agricultural South but it was one of the thoroughly understood condi tions under which the North began its attempt to subjugate the South, and it is too late to complain of it now. How much the annoyance is felt may be seen from the fact that the American represen tative here, actually suggested to his Government to purchase its warlike stores and implements of Austria or some other Continental Power, because purchasing in England weakened his hands in re monstrating with our Government. HISTORICUS, in his letter, after exposing the titter worthlessness of HAUTEFEUILLES' doctrines, °r rather dogmas, on which Mr. SEWARD might yelp, and having quoted high and valid authorities from the Old World, comes to the American autho rities themselves. WIIEATON, " a writer who, in point of ability, learning, and logic, is worth a thousand li AtTxpzu ILLES," is clearly of opinion that " the te anvorta n to the enemy of the con traband articles al one B prohibited, but that the sale of such arti c l es 'Within of the neu tral country is perfectly law f ul :' The prohibition, however, is one enforced onlyub;hability to seizure. Chancellor KENT, referring t contraband United demand of the French nation in 1796 that th States of s h ou ld not fAIIOW their subj ec t s t o sell war, says that it was " successfully shown on the part of the United States that neutrals may law fully sell at home to a belligerent purchaser, or carry themselves to the belligerent Powers contra band articles, subject to the right of seizure i n transitu. The right of th e neutral Po wer to . • transport and of the hostile power to seize, are con flicting rights, and neither can charge the other with a criminal act." With how little justification from their own de cisions the Federals can ask us to restrain our sub jects from thus trafficking in munitions of war, is apparent from the unanimous judgment of their Supreme Court, delivered in 1822 by one of their greatest lawyers—Chief Justice STORY. " There is nothing in our laws," it says, " or in the law of nations that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale ; it is a commercial adventure which no person is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confisca tion." So late as 1854 President PIERCE asserted in the broadest terms the same view of the United States laws. They permitted acts of this kind without limit, only at the risk of the merchants. And in the QUEEN'S proclamation it is the "carry ing," not the selling of contraband, which she dis tinctly prohibits, and warns all persons that in doing so they will forfeit all claim to her protection. The consequences of any other course would be intolerable, indeed, in a free country. Neither here nor in America would the people endure the sur veillance which a Government must undertake if it would know the destination of all the contraband of war its traders might sell. Mr. SEWARD must be fully aware of this. What use he can make of our Foreign Enlistment Act is another question. That is of course a part of our municipal law, and has nothing to do with international law. Under that act alone could the Government be asked to prevent the voyage of the Alabama, but how far, except as a matter of goodwill, the Government can be required to put in force its own laws of this kind on the motion of a foreign Government, is a doubt ful point. Probably we could not honourably refuse to execute our own laws, unless indeed we took the ground that the State which requested it must be ready to execute similar laws on our behalf if de manded of it. At last the garrotters are going to be dealt with comprehensively by the well selected members of a Royal Commission. How well selected these mem bers are, their names, excerpted bodily from the London Gazette, will the most readily and conclu sively indicate. Her MAJESTY has been graciously pleased, we read, "to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing the Right Hon. Henry, Earl Grey; the Right Hon. Richard Southwell Bourke (commonly called Lord Naas) ; the Right Hon. Robert Monsey, Baron Cranworth; the Right Hon. Frederic, Baron Chelmsford ; the Right Hon. Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bart., G.C.8.; the Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole; the Right Hon. Joseph Warner Henley ; the Right Hon. Edward Pleydell Bouverie ; the Right Hon. Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, Bart., Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench ; Horatio Waddington, Esq., Russell Gur ney, Esq., Recorder, of the City of London ; Charles Owen O'Conor, Esq. (commonly sailed the O'ConOr Don) ; and Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, Esq.," as Royal Commissioners ! Commissioners, that is—formally and solemnly ap pointed to inquire into the Acts relating to penal servitude and transportation ! To inquire into the Acts themselves, and into the operation of the law under them, ever since their enrolment upon the Statute-book, but more particularly of late. Never was a Commission more urgently required. Never was the appointment of a Commission more timely or more opportune. It is called together for the purpose of discovering some efficacious means of putting down something far more serious in its way than a crying nuisance. Its aim will be to appal a band of merciless ruffians—to so appal them that they shall be induced forthwith to desist from the continued perpetration of a new and frightful spe cies of high crimes and misdemeanours. As a pre liminary warning —came, very recently, that first startling batch of sentences pronounced upon the first convicted score or so of Garotters by Mr. Baron BRAMWELL. Following immediately there upon, the Royal Commission, above announced, is certainly calculated to strike an instant (let us hope also a lasting) sense of terror into the breasts of those ticket-of-leave men who are still prowling in the wintry evenings about the suburbs of our metropolis. The interval of time which will now elapse before the assembling of the Lords and Commons in Feb ruary is just sufficient to enable the Commissioners to get through their inquiry well—before the momentous question they are about to en deavour to find a solution for, will be brought into discussion in either branch of the Le gislature. There is every reasonable probabi lity, therefore, that the nest session will, for a dead certainty, deal effectually, by dealing vigor ously, and as the result of a calm and cautious de liberation of the matter beforehand, with those abandoned and pitiless marauders the Garotters— felons coming distinctly among the number of those more brutalised offenders reprobated in such forcible terms by Lord MACAIMAY as " Savages in the midst of Civilisation?" Here, in these Ga rotters are men prepared for any outrage—men coming distinctly and undeniably within the scope of that powerful definition. And it is with these inhuman creatures that the law of the land is now bent upon dealing rigorously. As an effectual and wise preliminary to the interposition of the strong will of the Legislature between Outraged Society and its enemies the Garotters, we can none of us but look with complacency upon the announcement last evening published in the London Gazette, the announcement of Her MAJESTY'S immediate ap pointment of this Royal Commission Extraordinary to inquire into the relative merits of penal servi tude and transportation. Englishmen " won't be driven "—the gentlemen who compose the committee of the United Kingdom Alliance would not be driven themselves. Why, then, do they so hanker for power to drive others into goodness? Every one, like Sir GEORGE GREY, could tell the gentlemen who composed the deputa tion of yesterday that he was perfectly at one with them on the subject of drunkenness. If ha is an employer of labourers, he knows too well the trouble it often gives him. If he be a shipowner, he is well aware that half the vessels lost are lost through want of sobriety; live where he may, except in a very few aristocratic squares and places, the public house, or rather, we should say, the drunkards who issue from it, are a nuisaNce to him; and he is fortunate, indeed, if some one within the circle of his connections, who " ought to know better," is not injuring his health, his position, or his circum stances, by yielding to the most infatuating of all temptations. No one doubts that, perhaps, half the crime in the Kingdom is due directly, or in- 1 directly, to intoxicating drinks. But the United Kingdom Alliance jumps to the conclusion that the way to repress all these evils is the short and seemingly easy one, of forbidding in toxicating drinks to all. It does not indeed venture to ask a prohibitory law against the manu►acture of malt, beer and spirits, or against their importa tion into the Kingdom. The Alliance would like to do so, STONE but not only the consumers of these luxuries would with the enorznou rous alcoholic drink Customs " sixty legions" against it, Mr. GLAD duties • agreeing that Protest that he never could dispense s on which he levies Excise and The Alliance . community ' and all the • them amongst the fairestg an jects for taxation. ti.erseevteiliune things are by the there fore,nume- even hint it!: A Maine Ligo n Maine force—for this country, besides, (t a re luxuries, reckons most naturel sub, hanee dares not, r Law—that is They came to us, accordingly, first with it is vei_ missive bill," permitting the inhabitants of certain districts under certain conditions to make little States of Maine, in this our free England, and pro hibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within such dis tricts. This project failing, our reformers by compul sion are taking another tack; they learn that there is a scheme in the hands of Government for consoli dating the laws relating to the sale of strong drink in one enactment, and it would be a clever device, indeed, if only they could make the Government Bill practically a bill of their own—if they could introduce amongst all the clauses for licensing, for supervising, for keeping right hours, and so forth, a clause which should prohibit in some localities the very existence of the houses which need the Bill. Two-thirds of the ratepayers and owners, said Mr. RAPER, their chief spokesman, should have as much power to prevent the opening of public houses in their distr:ct, as an individual owner of an estate now possesses to prevent the existence of one on his property ; a power which they tell us some landlords have exercised. Sir G. GREY is very polite to the coercive philan thropists before him, but he nevertheless showed them the endless difficulties of the scheme. Was the proposal that two•thirds of the inhabitants were to have the power to prohibit the issuing of a license ? This was conceded. Well then, was the prohibi tion to be perpetual ? ',he alliance bad not, evi dently, thought of this, and after a little fencing, they said it would be probably an annual thing. Sir GEORGE then pointed out that the proposal could not be compared with the permission to establish a useful thing like baths and wash houses, it was now proposed that, by a bare majority of the owners and occupiers of any parish or district, the minority, which may consist of many thousands, are to be debarred altogether from obtaining what are called intoxicating liquors, which, if used to excess, no doubt are intoxicating, and are too often fruitful in crime, but which, if used temperately, are not open to that objection. Yon are proposing, he said, to interfere with the free agency of large numbers of your fellow-citizens and fellow-subjects, and to deprive them of the use of what cannot be said to be evil, although the abuse of it leads to evil. I am afraid that, even if the scheme were sanctioned by parliament, the effect would be to drive people to obtain liquors in a way which would be more objectionable than the present one, because free from all restraint. These are the two fundamental objections to all such proposals—first, on principle, we have no right to prohibit the legitimate nse of an article be cause others abuse their liberty : and next practi cally, the people " won't be driven." If you shut up one door which you know you have no right to do, they will open another, and they will even make worse use of it. The old Nititur in vstitum will be illustrated for the millionth time. Compulsory abstinence will be so refisted that for bidden indulgence will be all the sweeter, and sought with increased avidity. The depraved appetites are not to be rectified by such means. We all look with sadness on their victims, but we cannot change their natures by coercion. We must patiently be content to reform society by more legitimate means. We must provide it with amusements which shall produce the change and stimulus we all need with out resorting to what debases. We must raise the scale of the working man's home enjoyments and bestow on him more and more the blessings of edu cation. But whatever we do, we are not entitled to say to the perfectly sober man, you shall have no means easily accessible to you of obtaining what has be come one of the daily comforts and luxuries of your life. Whatever plans we adopt to restrain the drinker, we must fully respect the rights of the sober and temperate man. The Duke of Rutland is entertaining a selet party at Belvoir Castle. Viscountess Jocelyn will leave St. Leonard's•on. Sea to-day to join the circle assembled at Broadlands, Hants, on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, The Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., and Mrs. Cowper will leave Panshanger, where they have been stay ing on a visit to the Countess Cowper, on Friday, for Broadlands. Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Loyd-Lindsay have left Westonbirt, Gloucestershire, for their seat, Lockinge House, Berke. The lion.Yrederick Byng has arrived in town from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston at Broadlands. The Emperor of Russia has just issued a ukase suppressing the duty on meat hitherto paid by the Jews in Poland, which increased the price by one-half, and yielded a revenue of 150,000 florins to the Government. The de ficiency caused by the abolition of this tax has been sup plied by an increase in the excise duty on spirituous liquors. According to a report on the harvest of 1862, in Prussia, sent by the Belgian Consul-General at Cologne, M. Rautenstrauch, it appears that that crop has been the finest for the last ten years. The Paris Savings' Bank during the last fort night received 595,146 fr. and reimbursed 877,743 fr. The receipts of the Caisse de Retraitea for the aged during the same period amounted to 206,879 fr. A violent tempest raged the night before last at Brussels. A number of trees were blown down, as well as chimneys, in various parts of the city. A letter from Damascus states that a woman, once an odalisque of Sul tan Selim, who made a present of her to his kawadshi or cupbearer, has just died at the age of 130, and been interred with great pomp. The same letter states that the Greek Bishop Gregorios, who last year had gone over to the Church of [tome and been confirmed in his bishoprio by the Pope, has been induced to recant, and to return to his former Church, into which he has been again formally received. The Italian Administration is at this moment occupied in the reorganisation of the Chambers of Com merce. Two recent decrees establish those Chambers at Alexandria, Pisa, Macerate, Arezzo, and Catanzaro, and reorganises those of Bologna, Ancona, Ferrara, Messina, Pesaro, Leghorn, and Florence. This latter will extend its jurisdiction over the provinces of Grosseto and Sienna. The Turin Gazette announces from Potenza (Naples) that the brigand Rosacozza, who infested those parts, has just been killed, together with his concubine and his nephew, after a determined resistance. Post-Ampt Gazette of Frankfort announces that Egyptian ophthalmia has broken out there as an epidemic, and that the hospitals are full of patients, chiefly children, labouring under this affection. A youth while passing through ono of the streets of Worthing, on Monday, let a loaded gun fall. It went off and some of the small shot took effect on two persons who happened to be near the spot. Neither, however, was very seriously wounded. _ A deputation of the principal English residents at Brussels presented to the burgomaster of that city, on Friday last, a petition signed by 147 heads of families, members of the Church of England, praying that a proper building might be assigned to them for the purpose of public worship, or that a piece of ground might be granted them to build a church at their own expense. It appears that the members of the Church of England resident in Brussels amount to above 1,600, and that they have hitherto had Divine Service celebrated at inconvenient hours in the French and German chapels, when the latter were not wanted by their own congregations. The burgo master received the deputation in the kindest manner, and promised to take the matter into immediate consideration. The snowstorm which burst over Paris at ten o'clock on Saturday morning last caused a lamentable acci dent in the Champs Elys6es. A large tree was torn up by the roots in the Avenue Montaigne, and fell upon a man employed in sweeping the road. The unfortunate man was taken up In a dying state, and was carried to the Hospital Beaujon. Two other trees in the Champs Elysdes, lately planted, were broken by the wend. A similar violent storm was experienced at Strasbourg at 25 minutes past 11 the same morning. It was preceded by two claps of tune.der. The hurricane, accompanied by a heavy shower of snow, mixed with rain, was of only a short duration, and the sky, b v r e i r g y ht . unusual i . The t w e h m i p ch era w t a u s re p l r i e k v e i w ou is s e ly ro c s l e ou d d u e r d in , g be t c h a e m s phenomenon at this season of the year. e tor ci m ui — te a It is with much pleasure that we are able to an nounce that Mr. Charles Dickens kindly intends during the course of next month to give one of his readings gratuit ously for the benefit of the British Charitable Fund, the finances of which are now in a position very inadequate to meet the demands duly made on them. Earl Cowley, with h t i: an c t O e n ti st; ~bo of the toaiplbasu t assist sov.soerfule purpose, art I p as os t e itution, has THE ST. GEORGE'S VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS. —A large muster of this corps took place on Monday even ing last, the 22d inst., at the Duke of Wellington's Riding School, Knightsbridge. After a few preliminaries the corps, accompanied by both bands of the regiment, marched out and proceeded to Lord's Cricket Ground, where, after falling out for a short time for refreshment, they re-assem bled and returned to Knightsbridge. The corps will not meet again for drill until Thursday, Jan. Bth. The annual concert, given by the band of the corps, will take place at St. James's Hall, on the 14th January, on which occasion Mr. Sims Reeves and other vocalists will appear. M. Bene dict and the members of the Vocal Association have also kindly offerol their assistance; and Colonel the Hon. C. H. Lindsay will, by desire of several members of the corps, per , form on the cornet-a-piston, on which instrument the gallant colonel has for some years been a distinguished amateur. ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—The competition for the Westmoreland Scholarship and Potter Exhibition took place at the Institution on Saturday, the 20th inst., and for that of the King's Scholarship, on Monday, the 22d inst. The following professors composed the board of examiners :—For the Westmoreland Scholarship and Potter Exhibition—Messrs. Charles Lucas (chairman), John Goss, G. A. Macfarren, H. Blagrove, F. R. Cox, Walter Mac farren, and Signor Schira ; for the King's Scholarship— Messrs. Charles Lucas (chairman), J. Goss, W. H. Holmes, W. Dorrel, H. Blagrove, Robert Barnett, and M. Sain- ton. The candidates elected were—For the Westmoreland Scholarship—Miss Amelia Ann Hodgson; for the Potter Exhibition—Miss Rosa Brinsmead ; and for the King's Scholarship—Miss Agnes Zimmermam (re-elected), and Master Alex. Mackenzie. The following candidates were specially recommended :—For the Westmoreland Scholar ship—Miss Cecilia Westbrook ; for the King's Scholar ship—Misses Madeline Cronin, Marian Buels, Caroline C. Kingdon, Fanny E. Peachy, Josephine Williams, and Caroline Maw ; Masters Herbert Macfarren, Francis Ralph, and George W. Hallett. THE METROPOLITAN RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the electric telegraph and semaphore signals, in conformity with the recommendation of Col. Yolland, the Government Inspector, were adjusted, and should they on a further in spection be found satisfactory, the certificate of the Board of Trade will be granted for the opening of the line. BEFORE GENERAL BUTLER.—A returned prisoner is contributing sketches to the Mississippian of life in New Orleans under Butler's rule. In his last he writes :—" All the world knows old Dr. Warren Stone. He is celebrated for his great surgical skill, as well as for his greatness of heart, independence of character, and devotion to the South. This truly great man was selected by Brute Butler as a shining mark upon which to cast his venom. He was ac cordingly arrested and brought into the presence of the tyrant. The Doctor walked up to Butler without waiting to be asked, and said in an abrupt curt manner, Here I am, General, and I want to know what I was arrested for.' Butler looked at the Doctor from head to foot, and said con temptuously, I had you arrested because you are a great rebel, and the influence of such a man as you are is danger ous to the community. I shall send you to Fort Jackson to get you out of the way.' The old Doctor looked steadily into the repulsive, crooked eyes of bis wicked enemy as he indignantly replied, Great rebel, eh I You'll send me to Fort Jackson, eh I I glory in being a rebel. You can send me to Fort Jackson, and be damned.' " THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.—After the enthronisation service last week the Archbishop and the Bishop of Oxford, accompanied by Mr. Beresford Hope, the founder, inspected St. Augustine's College, and was introduced by the warden to the son of Moshesh, an Afri can chief, who has renounced his title to his father's throne that he may be enabled to instruct his countrymen in the truths of the Christian faith. The Archbishop, after a few kind words, gave him his blessing.--Maidstone Journal. A FEATHERED REPTILE, OR A BONY-TAILED BlRD.—Another letter, signed " Y," appeared yesterday in a contemporary, on the curious fossil of a creature that has been called the " Feathered Enigma." The fossil, which, with the exception of a single feather, is the only memorial of its existence, may now be seen in the British Museum. Professor Owen minutely described it in his elaborate paper read before an unusually large meeting of the Royal Society, and pronounced authoritatively that it was a bird, and not a reptile. It continues, nevertheless, an enigma, for a bird with a bony tail about twice the length of its body would be scarcely, if at all, less remarkable than a reptile with the feathers and feet of a bird. The learned professor fur thermore stated his conviction that this rarissimi avis must have been a bird of powerful flight ; whereupon the Duke of Argyll expressed his doubts as to the efficiency of the volant apparatus for such a function, which elicited the opinion of an eminent ornothologist present, to the effect "that the bird never flew." Hence we perceive that even wise men may diffei on points which the uninitiated might consider too plain to admit of doubt. " Let not fools rush in where angels fear to tread." In discussions in which Cabinet ministers take part the general pubic will probably feel a little interest though no political question may be in volved. SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN A LIVERPOOL CIRCUS.— Mr. H. Delevanti, the trapeze performer in Bell's Hippo drome, Liverpool, had one of his ribs and thighs broken during his aerial display on Monday night. Delevanti was going through the feats of Olmar, when the knot of one of the ropes slipped, and he dropped heavily. A wire rope upon which Mrs. Delevanti performed broke his fall, or he would have suffered even more severely than he did. No time was lost in conveying the unfortunate man to the Northern Hospital, where he now lies in as favourable a condition as might be expected. Delevanti, webelieve, tied the knot him self ; and as he considered it sufficiently secure to risk his life upon it, there is ovary probability that the knot was good when he commenced his performance. Later on, how ever, the strain, together with the effect of the atmosphere, must heve caused it to slip, and hence the accident. EXPLOSION AT A FIREWORK MANUFACTORY.— Yesterday morning, between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, her 0 e an explosion took pla ce at the factory of Mr. Clitheroe, an artist in firework s, C litherow-row, Weaver street,t opposite Peach-etreet-hill, Bethnal-green, and sur rounded by dwellings of poor persons. Among the latter, at the time of the outbreak, a fearful scene was presenteal. Fathers and mothers were running in all directions with their children and what property they could lay their hands on, afraid of the powder magazine blowing up at the end of the garden. On the police arriving they found the house y from which cam e di s t ress i ng cr i es Miss Ellen Clith eroe , age d 20 ; extricated 60 ; and Sa mue l P e lh am, age d 23, all help.r John , a a l ll frightfully l m b o oT s we t hniietyihnetro°ren burnt ; and they were at once sent off in cabs to the London Hospital. Mrs. Clitheroe was also rescued—she was not severely burnt. The firemen by grefit exertions succeeded in saving thepowder magazine. The fire was not extinguished until considerable damage was done. The cause is unknown, and the property is not insured. The same premises were on fire about six months ago. WELLINGTON COLLEGE.--The breaking up at this school was celebrated on IVonday evening with a concert, given by the boys to the neighbouring gentry, in the spacious and handsome dining hall. The first part of the programme consisted of sacred pieces from Mendelssohn, Himmel, Far rant, Whitfield, and Handel. Not only were the anthems and choruses given with all the effect to be expected from a great number of carefully trained voices, but the solos and a quartet ware done in a style to please the most fastidious ear. The second part opened with a duet on the piano by two little boys, one of them Demetrius O'nika, a Wallachian prince, whom his father brought to England with the single object of obtaining admission to this school—by a mere chance, with success. Th e lit t l e f e l low is said to be as I good a linguist as a pianist. " Dulce Domum" was sung as schoolboys do sing it on the eve of the Christmas holy days. Some solos, glees, and madrigals followed, and re ceived a double share of applause for the prohibition of it during the first part of the concert. The principal honours of the evening were carried off by Mr. Heron-Maxwell, the very youthful son of Sir John Heron-Maxwell, Bart., who played a solo with remarkable taste and execution on the well-known air, " Chime again, beautiful bells," and then sang Verdi's "Fancy waft me" so sweetly, clearly, and ex pressively as to elicit thunders of applause from his school fellows and the visitors and extort an encore from the powers that be, contrary to the order of the day. Once more each note thrilled through the length and breadth of the hall, and would have filled a Cathedral. We will venture to say that air still lingers in the ear of all who heard it. The National Anthem, which concluded the concert, reminded all of the deep interest felt by the Queen in the College, which, so far as her Majesty is con cerned, she is resolved shall lose as little as possible by the sad loss it has shared with her. After a shortened pro - gramme, the masters and scholars, with some of the visitors, went to evening prayers in the dormitory, hitherto used for divine service—the last occasion of its use for that purpose, as the magnificent chapel, from the designs of Mr. Gilbert Scott, is to be ready for use by the reassembling of the school on the last week of January next. The College has this year been very free from illness, and, as to its prosperity, 4 it may be enough to say that the admission list is full for several years. The extensive grounds of the College have now been thoroughly drained, and their of en aspect relieved not only with thriving plan. tations, but with numerous edifices, including houses for the steward, gardeners, and other servants of the College. The foundations of a library have been laid, under the superintendence of Mr. Shaw, the original architect of the College. An hotel at the adjacent railway station is con templated by a neighbouring proprietor, and the friends of the boys will be enabled to pay a passing visit to Welling ton College without the inconveniences incident to its pre sent distance from such accommodation. The Theatre-Francais last night gav e a repre e&iatation extraordinary i n h onour of the 293 d anniversary of the bi rth of Racine. The pieces performed wero part of Britannicus, Ahthri date, and the Platdeurs. A detachment of the Cent-Gards, commanded by a captain and a lieutenant, yesterday conveyed the five flags, recently taken in Mexico, from the Tuileries to the Hotel des Invaliles. On arriving at the Hotel the detach ment was received by the invalides drawn up in the court, having at their head General de Brandon as representa tive of the Governor, who is indisposed. The sags were delivered to the five invalides selected for the purpose, who carried them into the church to be placed beside the other trophies of Wrench valour, now about 300 in number, LATEST NE WS AMERICA. (Per Hibernian,) NEW YORK, DEC. 13, Morning. The main body of Gen. Burnside's army crossed the Rappahannock yesterday, and occupied the south side of the river and Fredericksburg. The Confederates have two strong lines of bat teries—the first one mile in the rear of Fredericks burg, and the second one mile in the rear of the first. The Confederates opened fire yesterday from their first line of batteries upon the Federals who were in Fredericksburg, and upon those who were crossing the river, but the Federal batteries along the banks of the river silenced them in half an hour. The Federals have concentrated their forces, and it is supposed that unless the Confederates re treat, a decisive battle will be fought to-day. Gen. Sigel has marched to join Gen. Burnside, and it is supposed that he has now reached his desti- nation. The Federal losses have been slight. The commander of the San Jacinto writes that the Governor of Martinique would not allow him to enter the harbour to watch the Alabama, and that he was obliged to move out one marine league. The Alabama escaped during a foggy night. The Federal movements in Missouri are materi ally retarded by the rainy season. The truth of the report that the Federals have occupied Grenada, Mississippi, is doubted. The Confederate conscription is being resisted in East Tennessee. The Confederate governor of North Carolina has sent a message to the General Assembly. The message shows no Union sentiments whatever. A negro insurrection is reported to have broken out in Surrinan (?). In the House of Representatives, the resolution condemning President Lincoln's emancipation pro clamation as unconstitutional and unauthorised, was laid on the table, by a vote of 95 to 47. The following are extracts from further diplo matic correspondence which has been published : In May last the French Consul at New Orleans writes to M. Mercier, the French minister at Wash ington, that General Butler made use of the most extraordinary language in addressing him. His first words were almost always, I will hang you," or "I will send you to Fort Jackson." In June last, Mr. Seymour wrote to the Dutch minister that the Federal Government disapproved the conduct of the military authority at New Or leans towards the Dutch consul, and regretted that the misconduct censured had occurred. The commercial news has been anticipated by the Africa, via Cape Race. MEXICO. Private advices from Mexico state that the Catho lic Archbishop of Guanaxuato, Lerida San Luis, and . Mexico, had written a letter to General Forey offering him the whole support of the clergy against Juarez. The reported recapture of National Bridge by the Mexicans is not confirmed. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 24. A private telegram, received here from New York by the Hibernian, states that intelligence had ar rived there from Fredericksburg, dated 13th inst., 11 a.m., announcing that a battle commenced at 9.16 a.m., by General Reynolds attacking the Con federate infantry, and that the Confederates imme diately opened a heavy fire from their batteries, which still continued. ATHENS, DEC. 24. The universal suffrage has terminated. It is everywhere favourable to the election of Prince Alfred. Public opinion in Greece persists in this choice, believing that the national sovereignty must sur mount all obstacles. ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 24. Prince Gortsehakoff addressed a circular note on the 2d inst. to the Russian representatives abroad, stating that Russia never had the intention of put ting forward the Duke of Leuchtenberg as a candi date for the Greek throne. The course of the Russian Government has been dictated by the desire to come to a frank and loyal understanding with the other protecting Powers, without any political rivalry, this being the only means to avoid complications in the East. The Official Journal of to-day states that Russia has never expressed any opinion on the candidature of Don Fernando of Portugal, and that she never demanded the abrogation of the article of the Greek constitution referring to the religion of the future king. FRANCE. THE BOURSE, Dec. 23.—The market has been rather more buoyant, and the business done shows an improvement, Threes, for the Account, being now at 69f. 95c. Railway Share Market quiet, but prices pretty well maintained. The market re ceded towards the close, and left off as follows :- 4t per Cents .. 97 75 Bank Shares — Do. end month.... Credit F oncier 1340 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 80 Italian Loan 72 15 New 3 per Cents Russian Do. end month.... Austrian Credit Mobilier....lllo Spanish Threes 54 Do. end m0nth....1111 25 Home Debt BA IL WAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1067 25 .. 1067 25 Northern NOW ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1152 50 .. 1153 75 Geneva 362 50 .. 362 50 Southern Western 'Looter. Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 658 75 .. 660 Ditto to Barcelona THE EXPLOSION AT EDMUND'S MAIN COLLIERY. BARNSLEY, DEC. 23. After two and a half hours' deliberation the jury returned the following verdict:— , 6 We find that William Davy and George Picker ing came to their deaths by an explosion of gas in Edmund's Main pit on Monday, the Bth of Decem ber, 1862. For their immediate death we are unable to attach blame to any individual. The jury at the same time desire to express their unanimous opinion that the cause of the explosion was owing to the incautious and unsafe working of the dip board of this colliery. The mode of blasting with powder they (the jury) consider to have been highly injudicious, and feel sure that it ought not to have been allowed by the under-viewer or prosecuted by the workmen." Mr. E. Parker protested against the verdict. A silver coin of Titus, the Roman Emperor, has just been found on a farm at Petit-Quevilly, neur Rouen, not far from the spot where remains of Roman sepultures were discovered when the Rouen railway was made. The coin bears, on the obverse, a captive kneeling, apparently naked and in chains ; round this figure are the words : " Inaperator Titvs Cesar Vespasianvs Avgvstus pontifea Ina4inms," and on the reverse " Tribvnitiapotestate VIIII Inoperator XIIII Consvlibus VII Pater Patria." The medal was consequently struck in A.D. 79, and seems to have been intended to commemorate the victories, obtained for the Emp eror Tit us b y A gr i cola , over the bar b ar i ans o f Caledonia and Britain. THE BOMBAY MAIL. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamship Pera, Captain T. Jamieson, arrived at Southampton at 9.30 a.m. yesterday, with the heavy portion of the Bombay mails, in charge of Mr. U. Ronayne, of the General Post-office. She brought 33 passengers (viz , 15 first-class, 13 second, four children, and one deck), among whom were Assis tant-surgeon Taylor, Captain Purchase, Lieutenant Roberts, and Captain Fanshawe, from Bombay ; Captain Stebbing, from Gibraltar, &c. On freight she had 439 bales of silk, 152 boxes of oranges, 22 octaves and 2 quarter casks of wine, and 113 pack ages of general merchandise ; also a live gazelle. The Pera left Alexandria on the 9th inst., Malta on the 13th, and Gibraltar on the 17th. Between Alexandria and Malta she experienced strong north westerly winds, with very heavy rain and thick weather at times; from Malta to Gibraltar, and thence to Cape St. Vincent, strong easterly winds and fine weather; along the coast of Portugal fine weather and northerly winds; across the Bay of Biscay very heavy northerly gale, with terrific sea ; and in the Channel fresh north-easterly winds and fine weather. At 5 p.m. on the 17th the Pera passed the Penin sular and Oriental steamer Ceylon, with the out ward Bombay mails of the 12th, from Southampton, steering to the eastward. The local committee appointed at Gibraltar to receive subscriptions for the relief of the distressed Lancashire operatives had collected 2,000 dole. for that object. The sale of the Confederate steamship Sumter had been postponed from the 11th to Friday, the 19th inst. In reference to this vessel the following notices had appeared in the Gibraltar Chronicle: " Secretary's-office, Gibraltar, Dec. 10. " His Excellency the Governor has received a protest from the United States' Consul in this city against the sale of the Confederate steamer Sumter, on the ground, as stated by him, of her being a prize. No proof of this being the case has been furnished, but the Governor deems it right to notify this protest to the public. "By command, " S. FREELING, Colonial Secretary. " Secretary's-office, Gibraltar, Dec. 11. " With reference to the notice in yesterday's Chronicle, his Excellency the Governor has received the following statement from the officer commanding the Sumter : " ' That the Sumter was bought and paid for at New Orleans by the Confederate Government; that the owners of the then steamer Habana (the Sumter) a;reed to the price and terms of sale, and that she was purchased before any vessels had been seized in New Orleans by the Confederate Government.'—By command, " S. FREELING, Colonial Secretary," Latest quotation of exchange at Gibraltar were as follow : —London, 90 days' date, 50 5-16; Paris, do, 5f 27c; Mar seilles, do, bf 28c ; Genoa, do, 5f 29c ; Madrid, eight days' sight, /pm ; Cadiz, do, dis ; Seville, do, / dis ; Malaga, do, par; Barcelona, do, pm; Almeil a, do, par; Valencia, do, / pm; Alicante, do, par. Five-franc pieces, /per cent pm. Her Majesty's steamer Trident was at Alexandria; the Marlborough, St. George, Chanticleer, Flambe, and Mars at Malta, and the Firebrand at Gibraltar, where she arrived on the 16th, in nine days from Malta. The screw sloop Gannet, Commodore Hun. M. Nelson, 13 days from Malta, arrived at Gibraltar on the 9th, and left for the westward at 5 10 p.m. on the same day, and the screw corvette Scylla, Captain Lambert, seven days from Malta, arrived on the 10th, and left for the westward at 8 10 a.m. on the lath. The Dutch schooner Notaris Von Boekeren, Captain J. J. Booa, which arrived at Gibraltar on the Bth inst. from Leghorn, had on board Capt. B. L. Krenenberg, daughter, and crew (five in number) of the late Dutch schooner Johanne (of Hogezond), which vessel sprang a leak and foundered on the 24th ult., in lat 36 25 N, long 230 E, while on her voyage to Bristol, 20 days out, from Leghorn, with a general cargo. The schooner Malcolm Brown, Captain E. Good, which went ashore at Lancess Bay, near Tarifa, on the 24th ult., was got afloat on the 10th inst., and towed into Gibraltar Bay by the steamer Lion Beige. 7HE A7LAIV2IC 7ELEG.RAPH. (From the Times City Article.) • Subjoined is a communication from the Atlantic Telegraph Company. It refers, in what seems to be an unjustifiably harsh tone, to a letter signed " Mercator," inserted the day before yesterday, and which was temperately written, and contained no thing that could be regarded as an attempt, either direct or indirect, to cast a personal imputation of any kind : " 22, Old Broad-street, London, Dec. 23. Sir,—By publishing a letter signed Mercator,' in your Money Article of yesterday you have given to it an import ance which neither the real name of the writer or its sub - stance could command. I will not occupy your space in exposing the inaccuracy of ' Mercator's' figures, all of which are wide of the truth, or in rectifying his facts, some of which are erroneous. Still less would it be becoming in me to undertake the de fence of our chairman against the unworthy insinuation of dishonestly concealing the fact of the temporary interrup tion of the Toulon and Algiers line of telegraph when he referred to it at the late meeting of our shareholders. The honour of our chairman is safe in his own hands, and I believe it would be offensive to him to say more on this point. " But it may be important to point out that, though it be the fact, as we are now informed, that the Algerian cable has, after two years, been temporarily interrupted in the midst of its successful working by an accident probably re sulting from one of those terrific hurricanes which have lately visited Marseilles and the whole Gulf of Lyons, yet its history is encouraging as an instance of what would now be considered a very imperfect cable, laid more than two years ago, over a volcanic and rocky bottom, without any survey and without much of the experience and scientific organisation now at the command of electricians and con tractors ; but, in spite of these disadvantages, working effi• ciently and profitably at a rate of 18 words a minute for two years, instead of ' a short period.' In this sense down to the time of the present accidental interruption it might well be quoted by our chairman as one of the many proofs of the facility with which telegraph cables can be laid and worked in depths approaching to those of the Atlantic, with the present improved means and increased experience; and it may be remarked in passing that even two years' revenue only from an Atlantic cable would be in all probability more than sufficient to recoup the whole capital of the share holders. "The greateEt depth of the Algerian line itt no less than L 585 fathoms (not 1,500, as stated by Mercator'), its length 550 miles, not 500 (as again stated) ; and ' Mercator,' if his object were truth, might have mentioned that, according to the only information published, the injury it has received has occurred, not in deep water, but in the comparatively shallow depths in the offing of the French coast. "The Algerian cable was starved in its vital points, as was noticed even at the time of its manufacture, three years ago; but it was laid, as even Mercator' shows, in spite of terrible and exceptional weather. It has been injured in a hurricane—net irrevocably, as I have good reason to believe, on the authority of a French scientific journal, and when that portion of it which has been found too fragile for shal low water shall have been replaced by the massive sheath which experience has shown to be necessary in such cases, it is to be hoped that no more difficulty will occur. "As to the other failures cited by Mercator' it is well known to every telegraphist that they never were deserving of success, and as was admirably shown by the late Presi dent of the Institution of Civil Engineers, in summing up a somewhat recent discussion on the subject at that institu tion, their want of success was a case for the consideration of the moralist far more than the man of science. " Your correspondent is right in suggesting the weather to be encountered' as the most serious risk in laying cables, whether in shallow or deep water ; but this danger, instead of being diminished, would have others superadded to it, by going, as he suggests, to the North or South Atlantic to meet the icebergs and icebound coasts of the one, or the vol canic bottom and tropical heats of the other. His sugges tion, however, betrays the source from whence his letter comes, which is well known to our directors, even through the mask of an assumed signature, which is indeed wisely chosen, as the real one would probably be the best antidote to the writer's attempt to obstruct a great national under taking.—Yours truly, " GEO. SAWARD, Secretary." EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SELF-MUTILATION. A remarkable case of self-mutilation occurred yesterday by the wife a barman, named Jane Brickland, aged 38, living in York-street, Camden T own . It appeare ed that t he woman for some time past had given wa y to drinki ng habits, and while under such she delib eratel y cho pped off beautiful taken d, and some she was her left hand and wrist. She then w ra pp ed u p her arm, and in proceeding to the University Colle g e Hospital she r t w g a h 3 t i a it, as they might called in at the Lord Wellington/ and, having ha n brandy, she walked into t he hos p ital, and told the porter she had cut herself. Unw ra pp in g h er arm, she said she ha d left hand she h at a dnothome; b i brought put it on again. Durin g the exhibition of ch g h t have e limb, she maintained a remarkable degree of coolness, house surgeon , immediat ely attended, but he Mr.Gee, found it necessary to send for Mr. Quail; the ter the armwas head surgeon, and shortly of operated believe, will recov er . en. The woman, it is importing tea Without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off infe r i or l eaves as i n t h e usual kinds. Ror n i mairs 04 aw e,. Sold in Tea is uncol oure d, th ere f ore a way: IC Sold la packets by 2,280 agents. THE SPEECH OF 711 E EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. The following is the text of the speech from the throne which was delivered by the Emperor of Austria on the 18th in proroguing the Reichsrath, a summary of which has already appeared in our columns. The ceremony took place in the ritter saal of the palace. The Empress, several of the archdukes, and all the high dignitaries of the Court were present. The Emperor said : Honoured Members of my Reichsrath,—ln language ex pressive of my imperial confidence did I salute you, princes of my house, most reverend, noble, and honoured members of my Reichsrath, when at the commencement of a task which, with God's help, will firmly establish the well-being of Austria, I assembled you around me. With the best wishes of my faithful peoples you began the work which I, by means of institutions in keeping with the diploma of the 20th Oct., 1860, and the fundamental laws of the 26th Feb., 1861, placed in your hands. At the moment in which I close the first sitting of the Reicharath I declare with satisfaction that I have not been deceived in my expectations. The confidence I felt in the success of the work, which has been performed with united strength, has been confirmed. (Bravo.)* We have, without disturbance, enjoyed the blessings of peace, and we may hope to continue to enjoy that precious boon. Public confidence in the strength of Austria has greatly increased. Her steady advance in the path of peace ful development has secured for her the respect of the na tions and revived the sympathies of friendly States. (Bravo bravo.) Onerous and difficult were the duties imposed on my Reicharath, and with just appreciation and steady de termination has it discharged them. It took cognisance of all those matters which are within its sphere of action, and in concert with my Government did all in its power to bring them to a satisfactory conclusion. Already have & series of important laws been framed in a constitutional manner. The Reichsrath enjoyed perfect freedom of discussion; each of its members was at liberty to make known his in dividual opinions. The expression of public opinion, as given by the periodical press, has been placed under the protection of the law, and more effectual security for the personal liberty of the subject has been provided. By ad ditions to the criminal and military codes of laws, and by regulations relative to the jurisdiction of the different court and administrative authorities, f a necessity which has arisen from the change of system has been provided for. The law for enabling persons in pecuniary difficulties to compound with their creditors will be in force until new bankruptcy laws have been framed. The introduction of a new commercial code, which, in itself highly commend able, is already in force in the neighbouring German Fe deral States, will not fail to further the interests of the on' pire. The law relative to the partial abolition of feudal tenure shows that further progress has been made in that free development of property which began more than ten years ago with the abolition of villanage and soccage. One of the most important Diets will be to make municipal arrangements in accordance with the fundamental prin ciples you have laid down. Your special attention bas been directed to all matters connected with the administration of the revenue. When I, for reasons which have already been made known to you, empowered and instructed my Ministry to lay before Y all i the accounts of Ways and M eans f or th e years 186 2 a nd 1863, and the draughts of the financial laws relating there' unto, you zealously and conscientiously examined them's ° the amount of each budget was subsequently fixed with you r consent. With satisfaction I have seen that the efforts of my Government to reduce the expenditure and to bra about a due proportion between the receipts and the penses, have been successfully seconded by you. In re',opec" to the covering of the deficit for the present year, V as , after having taken int o cons id era ti on the state 0' affairs, have determined that the greater part of the fat m . required shall be procured by the exertions of the inhabi tants of the empire. In order that this principle may be ,, upheld, it is indispensably necessary that th e taxes s hout* be augmented. I greatly regret that such must be 1118 case, but frequent exp e ri e nc e i n d uces me to believe the 4.. which : my people will be willin g t o ma k e th ose services are necessary to the maintenance of the power and Pros' perity of Austria. I h o p e b y a just distribution the taxes soon to diminish the pressure where it is re cfiv heavily felt. To the same end, though they will °pelt indirectly, some other laws have been passed by you. v f, the abolition of " mi n i ng soccage " t h e working of mines is freed from a tax which ha s al wa y s b een a check to its ",„e velopment. As the tax on s pi r it s i s t o b e in propor tion r the quantity actually produced, the duties will in futu re Pe more accurately imposed. Th e a b o liti on o f t h e trans it an d ._ export duties has already b egun t o pro d uce a f avo urabl e . influence on commerce. By th e a b o li t i on o f t h e trane is duties the province of Dalmatia will be enabled to delay° greater advantage from its maritime position. The law relative to the control of the national de b: secures to the representatives of th e emp i re a proper insigh t into the management of the same, and of all matters con' nested with it. By the Bank Act the financial administr e " tion and the representatives of the bank have obtaine d the basis for a convention, by means of which the relatioo between the State and the bank will be regulated, and the affairs of the latter consolid a t e d. Th e zeal which you bac"a displayed in bringing the matter in question to an end, Cour bined with the reduction in the expenditure and the 1 31 ° ° advantageous results of the past year, cannot fail to produc e favourable results everywhere. With the pleasing consciousness that things are imir. l3l ; ing, you will return tr y our h omes, w h ere new deglu u , will be made on your tim e . Th ere you w ill b e the holders of the principles on which the constitutional lay; that have been given are ba s ed, l aws w hi c h I w ill rottirt tia ti as I have hitherto done, (Bravo Bravo I Bravo 1) Ir % will not relax in your eff or t s t o s t reng th en Pa o tie W hic for the welfare of all the people o f Austria, b as for center', united the different parts of the e m pi re . W ith your c o.oP i e, je ration my firm determination t o u ph o ld the un ity of tet, realm, and to complete the constitutional work that has be n 4 begun, will be carried out. It will ever be the aim e f _„ — ce Government to attain those ends, and that in accord with the fundamental laws which I have given. P, r9v i ° ,o I thank you, honoured members of my Reichsrath. 1 !" i c o you the assurance of my imperial favour, and shall r e i ° o to see you assembled around me in the course of the u e year for the continuance of your patriotic work. May that Power which has so recen tl y g i ven me and o house a signal proof of its favour—a favour which leo s acknowledged in a most t ouc hi ng manner b y my peOP trio shower down its blessin g s on us , an d gran t that Ati:itilt may flourish and prospe r; th a t s h e may ever be Pevre. and rich in honour I f tb ° In the evening the Emperor receiv e d th e mem bere° Reichsrath in the state apartments of the palace. ch * The German word used on such occasions is " l or ptle f The Austrian " succedaneum." for our Habeas Act. :1; This allusion to the recovery of the Empres s enthusiastically cheered. VARIETIES. (roun.) "VERY LIKE A WAIL F ." m F —The complaints of the holders of the Great Ea. " M EMPLOYENT FOR stern WemEN."—To hold their tonglsool THE GREAT TRIBULATION.--Garotting. ~„ CANTON MONTHLY QU OTATION .—" Shirtola changed." Oh I the " dirty bastes I" the " Come wheel, come woe 1" as th e man said whe n cart was going to run over him. doTb cros sing Et ecr DOCTOR'S STUFF.—SeMpliCity. a 4 , couple . up o o ß rl ed R : or ; L t Bo miles try E . N a T p s ea o c p e. The Yankees want the whole of America, but they vitt THE SEASON.—Roast beef and plum -pudding. 0 THE ANTI-GAROTTE MOVEMENT.----The ladies are El 3. 6 to be providing themselves with whistles to call the pc:l l ,, c , in case of danger. Would not a tow " agreeable rattles' w much more pleasant protections -he great general of the Northern army—General foe; O t t ho:a licLenEeempx. at,Et:thEge R e powersa t E speed, NT . of— Aathnedneaewpbsgopiyna newspaper wasri it was liwkeiantsi ccrcieti Etiii.o:lrle bility. His rival is General Brag. The Brag who d e something instead of talking is a Southerner. b b eti What was the " Reading Girl" at the Exhibition ro of F—She was chiselled out of a piece of marble. it ' If we propose the calumet or pipe of peace to the Alti e cans, will they treat it as a mere sham ? VICTOR EMMANTIEL.—The Port_ publish a letter froib. King L ou i s to Victor Envo lin e i , o ff er i ng him the honorary gra e of colonel of the Ist Ji e r t g had acce ted the coloneieV i t as f l u yi t s ur f e ol b i e w ar edp th b e yu n ag a u m de e escer o . e f ie;:lB : ::t t :t- b eio : : rtMEhorageanitmattaa:oniuhLese Kingfi n al c e r i r fsao. Lancers." fteThr Italy Portuguese e army by Since the reorgani . sat . ion il v :oo marshal Beresford, this t stre time that a regiment has borne the name of a fete sovereign or prince. welheveenr;:ililluesFtraamtiiolnysil.,„pg fl GALLERY OF O G F e I rn L i L an US R TR ee A d TI w O i N II , g e s ROYAL Ic ( . 3 an tbe lr Legend," g o e n n d,"by Taylor, and cidedly the most successful and, as regards both 80 121 % 0 8 dramatic effect, the most pretentious entertainment we n of yet had at the Gallery,—will be revived, after a ru t ; it# upwards of 240 nights, a fact that sufficiently' att es e Fo ' Mondaymnr.exTt,onithe 29th :de, merits, and may fully justify its re-appearance in pier gramme. We are not, however, to be denied the e e ,ret ment of novelty : Mrs. German Reed assumes, for tbl time, the character of "an old servant in a new ,13;,,50034 introducing one of her most popular domestic balls obPatier " Pilkington," that c a pit a l ill us t r ation of a B ritish w oo f standing on his dignity (represented with admirable h by Mr. Reed) will a pp ear i n a n ovel and ludicrous situ anon,loo, The beautiful scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbt: of we hear, been retouched by these artists. ' Parry will give his musical version of "A domestic -009(0 (we hope a happy one) which he entitles " Mrs- Little Evening Party." The morning representatiew confined at present to Saturday. Th( eantil Bolog ThE has p i sinn e d £BOO, inst. f. 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