The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-10 00:00:00

IYES of EMINENT STATESMEN, to yuN, every week- One Penny, Now Pleady, handsomely bound in Magenta cloth, gilt, price 4s. 6d. ; post free, 55., the ‘.;',FXOND half-yearly VOLU ME of FUN, with k.' - 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, Esq. E. L. Blanch tiro, Esq. 1 T. S. Jerrold, Esq. G. W. Bridgeman, Esq. I W. J. Prowse, Esq. F. C. Burnand, Esq. I Godfrey Turner, Esq. IL J. Byron, Esq. &c., &c., &o. Office, 80, Fleet-street, London. 'RALF-A-DOZEN UMBRELLAS in the Christmas Number of SATURDAY NIGHT. Con ducted by by THOMAS HOOD, TURNHAM'S GRAND CONCERT HALL, Edgware-road, W., WILL OPEN, DECEMBER 23. THE GRAND INAUGURAL CONCERT, to commemo rate the opening of this new and splendid Hall, takes pla - e, December 23.—GREAT and SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS. Prices on Opening Night—Body of the hall, Is. ; stalls and balcony, 2s 6d. T URNHAM'S GRAND CONCERT HALL, Edgware-road, W., Rill be found one of the largest, most commodious, and most, gorgeou-ly-decorated In London ; and the engagements com prise the first Sentimental, Comic, and Instrumental Talent of the day. Musical Director and Manager—Mr. CETAS. GREVILLE. Admission to the body of the hall, 6d. ; stalls and bilcony,ls. OPENING NIGHT, Dec. 23. • .. For full particulars of amusements see first page. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. This Evening, Balfe's popular Opera of THE ROSE OF CASTILL E. Commence at 8. TIIEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. This Evening, A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. After which, OL R AMERICAN COUSIN. With DUCK HUNTING. And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST, Commence at 7. NEW TH.EATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Thl.4 Evening, THE GREEN RUSHES. Followed by A TICKET OF LEAVE. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. This F,venincr, LOVE V. LAW. After which, THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. To conclude with RAISING THE WIND. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. This Evening, IT MUST BE TRUE, 'TWAS IN THE PAPERS. Followed by PEEP O'DAY. To conclude with KILLAttNEY, Commence at 7. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Hay market. Open every evening for Promenade and Dancing. CANTERBURY HALL—EVERY EVENING. — Grand Selections from Verdi's "Boccanegra." M Warren's Cantata "May Day," and Locke's Music of "Macbeth." — The Etoile Family —Unsworth, Eugene, and Duley, &c. Commence at 7. THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, EVERY EVENING.—Re-appearance of tinsworth, the orizinal of "Or any other man' -The Colleen Bawn, by Miss Caroline Parkes—Mr. Maclagan's Entertainment - Drew Dean, the meat Flautist—the Neapolitan Minstrels—Selections from. Yerdi's " It Corsaro" and "Nabnco," Donizetti's "Don Se bastien," &c., with full band and chorus. Commence at 7. THIS NEWSPAPER, “THE SUN," Was on Thursday last, in pursuance of a decree of the Lord Chancellor, in the cause " Chaplin v. Young," put up for sale by auction, by Messrs. E. and H. Lumley, at the Auction Matt, London, when the highest bidding for the copyright and good will and the leasehold premises, in addition to 11,420, the valuation of the plant, machinery, furniture, and effects, was the sum of £l,OOO by Mr. Kent, the principal editor of the newspaper, and who became the purchaser thereof, subject to the biddings being opened on or before the 15th inst. by an increase of the price. ADAM RIVERS STEELE, Solicitor, 44, Bloomsbury-square, London, W.C. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TJIIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 10m.—Afternoon, 4h. 28n1 o-woßßow.-Morning, 4h. 45m.—Afternoon, sh. Om, • 1.1 - 77 91 ' e r . 't - - - -4, 14 ;7 4 . ,,, -^ 4, • ) E4 t N'l ''' '': \ cll., ;•-z: - .-, .q c ~ -- ' ~.- ,''''''); " A..fri TIE SUS. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, 1862. We are wise, assuredly, in taking our own course, and leaving our touchy cousins across the Atlantic to blame or praise at their pleasure. Between France and America it was not for us to exemplify for the thousandth time the fable of the old man and his ass; and it is well for our national dig- pity that such has been our temper. We have had the misfortune not to please our distinguished ally near us, who accordingly posted his own good deeds, in which heartless Albion had refused to join, in the Monzteur, and told all Europe of the magnanimity of France and the chilly selfishness of England and Russia. So France was not pleased with us. And now we find, when the account of the whole affair reaches America, the Federals also are far from pleased. Probably our doing the demonstratably right thing annoyed taem most of all. To know we are right, while they rack invention to find cause of blame, is, pos sibly, the galling thing. What they would have said had we accepted the proposal of France we may easily conjecture. It is, indeed, amusing to notice how the New York press continues to put the best aspect on the matter for Franc;,, and the worst for England, while yet the offensive proposal originates with the former coun try. It will be remembered that the EMPEROR Proposed an armistice for six months, to be pro longed if required; it is impossible for the Federals not to perceive that the proposal wan about equivalent to acknowledging the independence of the South, yet how mildly it is dealt with. The New York Times says:—" The fact that it is the Minister DROUYN DE LHUYS, SO recently taking his place in the EMPEROR'S Cabinet, that initiates this movement, is significant, almost sinister, as indicating the willingness of the French Government to interpose its influence to atop the war at a moment when all the advantages in a military aspect are in favour of the Union— when its armies are largest and most efficient, and prepared to give the finishing blow to the rebel lion. This disclosure is not in accordance with con current testimony from France during the war an d Up to tbg present time. We had been led very ''' ner4ll 7s to believe that no Government in Europe vat, more firmly fixed in the view of the utter inen 1 - r O. lO , of meddling with the American rebellion than th at Of the French." Whe n , h ow in the basinerer, it comes t o th e English share " , notwithstanding we had declined to share in 9, p r o posal SO obviously intended to erve the So uth, Northern paper can find room for such snarling as this t —" I n view of the fact - 'that English Mi n i sters hold the opinion that the American Union is a n u i sance which ought to be :abated, the nature of the ballot on our destiny, if . once placed in their hands, will not be do u bt e d ; while the offer of the South to both England and France o f perfect free trade on the recognition of its independence would hardly l eave the latter a wholly d i s i n t e rested umpire," The writ er goes on, actually attempting to prove that England Was really thinking of forcible intervention. The logic is curious. W e assigned, am on g st other r easons for not offering mdiction, e the holding back of Russia. Tire natural supposition that the concur rence of three first - clas s Powers in any recom mention would have more wet than the con currence of two and the dissent of one, would o course be the first to occur. It wi ll hardly be cadited that it is used an a proof that England contemplated resort to physical force! "The reply of Earl RUSSELL to the circular of DROUY N DE LII.UYS discloses more than at first strikes one. lie declines to join the French o° ' I vernment in the proposed mediation—first, because, as he avers, there are as yet no signs that it would be received by the United States' Government with favour; but, secondly (and it seems to us mainly), because that 'up to the present time the Russian Government had not agreed to co-operate, ' although it may support the endeavours of England and France. We do not wish to suspect the English Government of malevolence towards us, verging to unfriendly de monstrations, but we do not like that phrase in regard to Russia. If it - is ' moral suasion' only that England was contemplating, in what respect was the absence of the active co-operation' of Russia a baulk to mediation, provided that Power 'supported the (moral) endeavour' of France and England? 'Was there anything contemplated in the contingency of the utter rejection of mediation that rendered the active co-operation' of Russia a desirable thing to have ?" Certainly there never was a people with whom it behoved us more to act on the principle of doing right, and leaving them to snarl and grumble on if they like. Even if it be true that "the Union was a nuisance to be abated," we have taken no steps that way, while France has proposed to us to do so. Numerous individuals, some of them members of the Legislature, hare, indeed, said as much, but we do not remember that any Minister of the Crown has. Indeed, Mr. GLADSTONE, who has so strongly ex pressed his belief that JEFFERSON DAVIS had made a nation of the South, distinctly stated his opinion that the vastness of the American Union would not be a politically undesirable thing. Pro bably conscience tells our Yankee cousins that they have made themselves a nuisance, and if they could say all they thought it would probably come out in some such shape as this—" Yes; and the more of a nuisance we are to your effete old coun tries of the Old World the better we like it." Happily for the principal of those old countries that it cares little about the American nuisance ; and did not their quarrels interfere with our trade, would care still less. The singular :trial of "HALL v. SEMPLE" reads like a chapter out of Valentine Vox. Among the incidents recounted in that whimsical narrative, he readers of the novel may remember the illega capture and imprisonment of one of the characters —his capture by medical harpies, and his imprison ment in a madhouse. That such things still may be, and overcome us not by any means as refresh ingly as by a summer cloud, and certainly not without our special wonder, the case but immedi diately now made public through one of our Courts of Law, and terminated by a most just verdict, pro- nounced with all due deliberation by a jury of Englishmen, plainly enough demonstrates. It is astounding that it should be so—but it is so nevertheless. The plaintiff in the cause of HALL ♦. SEMPLE is, it would appear, a respect able tradesman, aged about fifty-six, " remarkably sensible looking," and capable, as his evidence showed, of undergoing, with extraordinary self- possession, and with no little shrewdness, under very painful circumstances, a prolonged examination by his own counsel, and a severe cross-examination by the counsel for the defendant. The plaintiff HALL, it should be observed at once, is a shop, keeper in Tottenham-court-road. The defendant SEMPLE is a physician and surgeon and apothe cary, residing in Torrington-square. The charge brought by the former against the latter was that of having, in conjunction with another medical man named GUY, signed a certi ficate of his (the plaintiff's) lunacy, thereby subjecting him to what is rightly termed " the most 1 horrible of all false imprisonments!" One of the counts charged Dr. SEMPLE, in fact, with having " falsely, maliciously, and without reasonable and probable cause" signed this most cruel and disgrace- fel certificate. Th© count, however, into which the motion resolved itselt in the dispassionate opinion of the jury, found Dr. SEMPLE guilty of "negligence in giving a certificate of insanity without taking due and proper care, and making due and proper inquiries." How reasonable and judicious this conclusion undoubtedly was, the trial itself has quite conclusively demonstrated. The whole mass of evidence adduced during the course of it, served to prove beyond the shadow of a shade of doubt that Dr. SEmPLE was indeed guilty, in this way, of a most disgraceful negligence. For the which offence the defendant has not only been formally condemned by a jury of his fellow country men, but, in addition to that, mulcted in damages to the extent of £l5O sterling. Again, we say em phatically, in presence of all the facts sworn to in evidence by the entire body of witnesses—a most just decision ! Like the Dog and the Cat in BrEwEß's Allegory, Mr. and Mrs, HALL, in the back parlour behind the shop in Tottenham-Court-road, appear to have passed a life of connubial wrangling, and worse than wrangling—what may be called as contradistin guished from " single blessedness," a not very unusual sort of double un-blessedness. Charming couple, as they were, they had several times been separated. The " incompatibility " being, in their instance, so exceedingly flagrant, that again and yet again —alternately—they had brought one another up before the police magis trates. "Madam," indeed, upon sundry occasions of this kind, being formally bound over to keep the peace, and, in one instance, even, it would appear, threatened with imprisonment. As to the sanity or insanity of Mr. HALL, the respectable and " re markably sensible looking" tradesman, who was the plaintiff—the physician who has attended his family for eight-and-twenty years (Dr. GRIFFITHS) pronounces him distinctly and positively and deliberately to be in his right mind, to be in no way touched with the taint of madness. His oldest friends, his next door neighbours, declare him to be, according to their thinking, not only perfectly sane, but exceed ingly sensible. So, in point of fact, the jury found him to be, in look, in word, and in deed, through out the whole of his examination and cross-exami nation. Yet—at the instance of the termagant wife —Dr. SEMPLE, and with him Dr. GUY, signed the certificate which consigned the plaintiff within the walls of a lunatic asylum ! Dr. SEMPLE signing this certificate on the 29th of last July, and signing it, moreover, avowedly on these grounds—" Facts in dicating insanity observed by myself—he had a wild and staring look, with restless eyes, and nervous, agitated manner. He represented to me that his wife was ruining himself and his business, and he intimated that she was im properly associating with other men. He is evidently labouring under delusions, and he acts upon these delusions." It should be especially re marked that the " wild and staring look" of HALL is her e p ar ti cu l ar i sed — as well as the restlessness of his eyes and the nervous agitation of his manner ! Recollecting, however, the irritation which the un fortunate plaintiff manifestly had . to undergo— who, in th e nam e of that his eyes were restless , hiseamilawnnoeurdeargiattataeldl, his look wild and staring; The marvel would rather have been in the reverse case, had it been baths to say exactly otherwise. "A ny ot h er man ' a l ight have been goaded under such persecution foul a helpmate lik e mo, HALL, tuld from phybi.. TIM SUN, LONDON, WEDNES )AY IE4 V ENIN . DECE ABER 10, 1862. cians like Dr. SEMPLE and Dr. GUY, to a high state of nervous excitement. It still does appear to us rather surprising that the excitement of the plaintiff never reached a pitch to which more irascible men would certainly have been. driven long ago, namely-, that of taking the law into his own hands (or strictly speaking per haps we should say more correctly, feet) by summa rily ejecting his male persecutors at the point of the right toe across the threshold of his domicile ! In stead of acting thus under his excitement and irri tation, Mr. HALL looked wild and st-ring ! Where upon Dr. SEMPLE and Dr. Guy signed the needed certificate and the " remarkable sensibly looking" tradesman is forcibly conveyed away to a ?liaison de sante ! Because of this proceeding, Mr. HALL brings his action against Dr. SEMPLE. Because of the plain facts brought to light during the trial the jury find, very reasonably and very justly, as it ap pears to us, a verdict for the plaintiff, condemning the defendant at the same time to pay damages to the extent of £l5O. Dr. GUY, warned by the fate of his associate in signing this certificate, will hence forth think twice, we take it, before again " flatten ing his nose" against a shop window in Tottenham court-road, in order to estimate in that way by per sonal observation the sanity or insanity of the unconscious tradesman within : as Dr. GUY was actually proved to have done on the 13th of June, in Mr. HALL'S instance as a preliminary to signing the certificate consigning the plaintiff to a mad house ! Dr. SEMPLE, again, we may be tolerably certain of this in his instance, will hardly quite so readily as he did in the case of Mr. HALL, doom to an asylum as a stark " staring " lunatic, any un fortunate man accused of insanity by a shrewish wife, a female friend of the same, and a charwoman ! By the result of his last day's ap pearance as Plaintiff in a Court of Law against Dr. SEMPLE as Defendant—Mr. HALL may certainly be considered to have obtained, and may here be very heartily congratulated on having obtained, full and satisfactory compensation for the exceedingly dis agreeable nights passed by him in the midst of mad .en at Munster House, in the suburb of Fulham. Shall we ready have a military coup d'etat in the country where we hope our PRINCESS ROYAL sv one day be Queen ? We confess appearances begin to look like it. So wildly and outspokenly abso lutist is the language of the KING that Dr. SEINIPLE would have been found guilty of negligence by no jury had he signed a certificate to place him in a Lunatic Asylum. His language to the little depu tations got up by the reactionary party, to furnish the KING with texts on which to hang his sermons on despotic government, grows every day worse and worse. In the last speech, just received, he appeals to the army itself, and tells it that the Liberals desire to destroy it. In reply to an address from some inhabitants of Marienwerder, expressing their loyal sentiments, the KING said—" The pre sent movement is not so much directed against the new organisation of the army as against the army itself.' He is obviously tampering with the huge standing army of Prussia, and pre paring them to stand by him in his conflict with the people. He is proposing, probably, to make sure of the army in the same way as Louis NAPOLEON did, just before he used it to subvert the liberties of France. We strongly suspect that his heart's thought is that the soldiers will back him in a grand assault on the liberties, such as they are, of the Prussian people. He at the same time openly proclaims war with what is meant by Constitutional Government. "The aim," ho says, " which is principally pursued by every means is the inauguration of a Constitu tional Government. The Constitution has not pro mised this, but only legislation with the co-operation of the Parliament." The sentence is somewhat Delphic, but unless it implies that Constitutional Government means, not the KING governing with and through the repre sentatives of the country, but the country subor dinating all its wishes to those of the Sovereign— we must confess we see no meaning in the words at all. We must understand him to the same effect in the sentence which follows, when he says —" I am fully determined not to part with the con stitutional rights of the Crown, which form its powers. Nothing shall divert me from those views, which I have pursued since I assumed the Re gency, because they serve the welfare and the power of the country, which require a powerful Crown and a powerful army." Surely such language as this, which is altogether in keeping with all he had said since he sent the members of his parliament ',home, declaring his intention to raise money in the genuine STUART fashion can only be introductory to telling the army to choose between their king and their country, with the hint that they know their paymaster. The officers are generally of the reactionary class, the class which believes in armies and monarchs, and has no faith in popular assemblies. They would almost to a man stand by him. Whether, however, the privates would do so, is more doubt ful. They are, in great part, closely connected with the people. The Prussian system is one which passes nearly all men through the ranks of the army, and the only hope of Prussia, if this Royal madman should go on to what his lan guage seems to indicate, would be in the fidelity of citizen soldiers to t heir fellow-citizens. Our best hope is, that if he does make any attempt to reign through his army, instead of through his Cham bers, his army anti his people would give him an opportunity of seeing Brighton. THE REMAINS OF THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT. — It is expected that the remains of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort will be removed from the Royal vault in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, before the 14th inst. to their last resting• place, which has been prepared in the new Royal mausoleum now in the course of election in Frog more-gardens. This beautiful building, a description of which has already appeared in the columns of The Sun, is gradually advancing towards completion. The Earl Russell has recovered from his severe cold. On Monday his Excellency Baron Brunnow and his Excellency M. Musurus had interviews with the noble earl at the Foreign-office. THE NEGRO MARKET AT RICHMOND.—The negro market has shown considerable activity the present week, and prices have ranged well. At the sale rooms of Messrs. Pulliam and Co., yesterday, a family of eight, consisting of the mother:and seven children, boys and girls, one in the mother's arms, sold for five thousand one hundred dollars, and a second family of the same lot, consisting of a mother and four children, boys and girls, brought two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars. At the auction roomsof Hector Davis, Esq., there was a large sale of single likely negto men and women, some of the latter with children. The following is the range of prices :—Likely boy, 15 years old, 1,480 dole. ; common woman and girl, 1,015 dole. ; likely girl, 16 years old, 1,290 dole.; woman, girl, and boy, 1,860 dole. ; negro woman, 730 dole ; woman and boy, 1,200 dole. ; likely girl, mulatto, 1,320 dole. ; likely mulatto boy, 10 years old, 1,300 dole,; woman and two children, likely, 1,900 dole. ; likely farm hand (man), 1,010 ; woman, cook, washer, and ironer, 600 dols. The - attendance of buyers was quite large.—. Richmond Examiner, Nov. 22. lAIfOND. e largest a ti3os d t i o a n m .. 3 i n t di a n s North AMERICANAmerica i s now beingexhibited found about a year since in the northern part of North Carolina, on the Virginia border, near the Blue Ridge, In the rough it weighed nearly 24 carats, and the cut dia mond weighs nearly 12 mats. Its value is between 10,000 dols. and 13,'00 dols., and but for two almost inappreciable spots it would be worth more. In size it approaches a large plum-stone in length, but it is deeper and broader, almost a square on the face, with rounded corners. Each of the numerous facets had to be ground down separately, it being unsafe to chip off corners for fear of cracking th e stone. The cost of the fine sand used for this purpose was above 100 d 9 10.) a2,d th.—ech".....ge for the ent—fro work 1,500 LATEST NEWS. THE WAR IN AMERICA. (Per Etna.) NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (Morning). No movement has taken place at Fredericksburg. The Confederates have driven in the Federal pickets at Newbern, North Carolina. They endea voured to capture three companies of Federals, but were repulsed. The Confederate force is said to number 4,000. The Confederates have abandoned Holly Springs, Hudsonville, Mississippi, has been occupied by the Federals. The Confederates are massed at Tulla homa, Tennessee, in order to resist the advance of Rosencranz from Nashville. The New 1 ork, Tribune asserts that it is reported on high authority from Washington that the Bri tish Admiral Milne is in pursuit of the Confederate steamer Alabama. A large Democratic meeting has been held at New York. Speeches were made urging the unfaltering prosecution of the war to re-establish the constitution throughout the Union. Hopes were expressed that the North and South would again be invited in order to attack England. M‘Clellan's removal was denounced. Denunciations against England continue to be poured forth from the press and the pulpit, and by public speakers on all occasions, which seem to elicit popular approbation. Numerous attempts to burn Memphis have been made by incendiaries. Another foraging expedition by a Federal coloured regiment has been made from Beaufort, South Carolina. The Nassau Guardian asserts that Admiral Wilkeshad threatened to enter Nassau without the permission of the governor, but that he afterwards bore away, and lay at the distance of a marine league from the shore. The Guardian expresses fears that Admiral Wilkes's hasty conduct may em broil America and England in war. The same journal likewise states that the captain of the Federal steamer Octovora had infringed the Queen's proclamation, in capturing a schooner within the Abaco reef, near Allen's Cry. The steamers Herald and Leopard have arrived at Nassau from Charleston. General Burnside's army continues on the Rappa hannock, opposite Fredericksburg. General Lee is in command of the Confederates, with a force estimated at 80,000 men. General Burnside will in all probabilty attempt a flank movement, and order General Sumner to pass the river at another point. The President visited General Burnside's head quarters at Acquia Creek on Wednesday to investi gate matters personally, and returned to Washing ton the same day. Thanksgiving-day was celebrated throughout the North on the 27th. The Government took the opportunity to release all the political prisoners in Forts Warren and Lafayette ; among the number set at liberty are Mr. W. H. Winder, of Philadel phia, and Mr. Pierre Soule, of New Orleans. No oath of allegiance was demanded of them, nor were they required to make any promises whatever. The Democrats claim the result as a direct con sequence of their recent triumph at the poll. Gen. Banks is fitting out his expedition to the South. Great secrecy is maintained as to its desti nation. It was at first believed to be Texas. It is now believed to be for the James River, to co-ope rate with General Burnside in an attack upon Richmond. MADRID, DEC. 0. In to-day's sitting of the Senate General Prim spoke on the general policy of the Government, to which he said he had no intention of offering any opposition. At the proper time he would reply to the attacks which had been made ag.4inst him by the Spanish and foreign press. He complained that M. Billault in his speech in the Corps Legis latif had attacked him in a manner which is consi dered unallowable, and said that he would answer legal weapons. General Prim added that he was not, and had never been, an enemy to France. His mission in Mexico had been to put forward certain claims in the interests of Spain. In concert with the representatives of France and England, ho had roused the political spirit of Mexico. The first conferences passed off satisfactorily e nough, but when he saw that France intended to inaugurate an exclusively French policy in Mexico, he resolved upon withdrawing, as he would never consent to become the tool of any foreign nation. ALEXANDRIA, DEC. 9. The Euxine and Pera, with the above mails, left at noon this day for Marseilles and Southampton respectively. The Pera may be expected at Southampton abou the 22d inst. Th e Jcddo brought the mail to Suez, arriving there yesterday• The Bengal and Sultan left Suez on the 6th for Calcutta and Mauritius respectively, BERLIN, DEC. 9. The official Staatsanzeiger of to-day says : " Count Itzenplitz has been relieved of his pre sent functions as Minister of Agriculture, and has been appointed Minister of Commerce. " The Chief President Salchow replaces Count Itzenplitz in the Ministry of Agriculture. " Herr von Jagow has, at his own request, been relieved of the portfolio of Minister of the Interior, and the Chief Presidency of the Province of Bran denburg has been transferred to him. " Count Eulinberg, Councillor of Legation, has been appointed Minister of the Interior in his stead." IMPORIANT FRENCH CIRCULAR ON 71.1 E GREER Q UESTION. In order to remove ail dcubt as to the policy which France is resolved to pursue in reference to Greece, M. Drouyn de Lhuys has just sent round a circular to each of the representatives of the French Government in foreign countries. The substance of the note is as follows: — After having acknowledged the moderation which the Greek nation has exhibited in the presence of the grave circumstances arising out of recent events, the Minister declares that the Government of his Imperial Majesty has not remained an indifferent spectator of what has passed, but did not think it right to offer any opposition. Two considerations presented themselves—on the one side the treaties that establis hed Greece, to I which France was a party ; on the other the una -1 n i m ous movement of a people desirous of modi f y in g its Government. Between these two opposite facts France had but one line to follow—to leave the Greek people free to elect the assembly represent ing the nation, and to adhere, in accord with the co •protecting powers, to the engagements jointly signed by them. This is the line the E m p eror has I faithfully followed. The note adds, that requested to point out a can• didate for the throne of Greece, the Government of his Majesty the Emperor of the French did not fee . itself at liberty to comply, convinced that in acting thus it would cause a moral pressure, restricting the full liberty of the Greeks, and violating treaties. The crown of Greece could not, in fact, be consi dered vacant by France any more than by England or Russia, until the Hellenic nation had designated a new sovereign and the three protecting powers had agreed to recognise him. Up to that time the existing engagements would preserve all their force. M. Drouyn de Lhuys then goes on to state with regret that whilst the Government of his Imperial Majesty followed in perfect good faith the line it had traced for itself, the name of a Prince belonging to one of the three powers was brought forward, and that this candidature was supported rather than discouraged in Greece. Whilst rendering full justice to the eminent qualities of Prince Alfred, and appreciating the lively sympathies of which he is the object in Greece, the French government is not disposed to admit that his elevation to the throne will assure the security and happiness of the coun try. Would not Europe accept with reluctance the increase of influence - which would result therefrom to England ? Would not the two other powers see in it a violation of treaties ? Finally, would not the overthrow of the balance of power in the East and in the Mediterranean bring about inevitable com plications ? M. Drouyn de Lhuys thinks that, under these circumstances, the government of Great Britain has perhaps occupied itself too much with a candidature which it believed it had reason to fear, and has been desirous of obtaining guarantees which were not necessary. He trusts that the uneasiness to which these circumstances have given rise will soon be terminated. Relying on the wisdom of the British government, and informed by its representative at Paris. that England is ready to disavow the candidature of Prince Alfred if Russia on her side will consent to the exclusion of any Prince belonging to the Im perial family of Russia; convinced, moreover, that the latter power is ready to make this declaration, the French Minister sees no further obstacle to an understanding between the three powers, and con cludes with the expression of a hope that the three powers will agree to point out for the choice of Greece a Prince who will be able to ensure her ,rosperity without compromising that of Europe. THE THRONE OF GREECE. We understand that the three Powers most inti mately concerned in the affairs of Greece have now come to a definite understanding. It is agreed that the provisions of the Protocol of 1830 shall be held binding. The enthusiastic demand of the Greeks for an English prince is therefore doomed to disap pointment. Russia, on her side, has acknowledged that the Duke of Leuchtenberg is a member of the imperial family. It has, therefore, only remained for the Powers to endeavour to find some prince whom they could recommend to the Greek people as worthy of their suffrages, while possessing the con fidence of Europe. We have repeatedly adverted to the difficulties of the selection. We believe ' however, that we may now state that King Fer dinand of Portugal will receive the joint support of the three Powers. His Mejesty is in the prime of life, being only forty-six years of age. During the minority of his son he governed a con stitutional kingdom as Regent for some years. He is a prince of much capacity, and, by the excellent education he gave to his children, emulated the great qualities of our own Prince Albert. The King is, moreover, a cousin of the young prince who is forbidden to avail himself of his flattering election. There is but one drawback to King Ferdinand. He is a Roman Catholic. The feelings of a Greek rival those of the strongest Protestant in dislike for that faith. But it is impossible to find a candidate who is totally unimpeachable, and it is to be hoped the Greeks will be content to accept a prince of such lofty connections, honourable reputation, and tried ability, as King Ferdinand. We may not unrea sonably expect that the Greeks, when the excite ment of the present moment has passed away, will lend not an unwilling ear to this suggestion of the Great Powers, whose countenance and aid must be of vital consequence to them in their present attempt at regeneration. —Morning Post. GREAT FIRE IN GRAYS-INN-LANE. The approach of Christmas, as usual, appears to herald the outbreak of an undue number of fires. Following the disastrous conflagration in Little Tower-street yesterday, another large fire broke out shortly after five o'clock last evening on the exten sive premises of Messrs. Pritchard, builders, of Portpool-lane, Gray's-inn-lane. Messrs. Pritchard's yard being well stocked with dry timber, the flames made rapid progress, and speedily occasioned a re flection which was visible from every part of the metropolis. The premises were surrounded on three sides by tenements exclusively occupied by the humblest classes, amongst whom the greatest alarm prevailed, the poor creatures hastily gathering to gether their chattels and throwing them pelt amen into the street. On the north Messrs. Pritchard's yard was bounded by the rear of Messrs. Reid's brewery in Liquorpoud-street, and to this circum stance, and the efficient aid afforded by that esta blishment, may be attributed the salvage of a large amount of the surrounding property. The engines of the fire brigade were upon the spot within every short period after the outbreak ; but the usual lamentable deficiency of water from the New River plugs prevailed, and little could be done beyond endeavouring to confine the flames to Messrs. Pritchard's works. Captain Shaw, chief of the brigade establishment, adopted the best possible means for effecting this end by a careful survey of the neighbourhood, following this up by the disposition of Mr. Fogo and other of his officers at all those points where danger most threatened. By this means the fire was promptly arrested, even after the flames had destroyed the rear of many small houses in Verulam-street and Baldwin's-gardens. There was an ample supply of engine-power, con sisting of three of the brigade steamers and several band engines. Mr. Hodges brought his steamer f.om Lambeth, and Mr. Merry weather one from Long-acre; but the New River plugs were more than Exhausted in supplying the requirements of the brigade engines, to which, therefore, belongs the credit of having stayed the fire. At a very early moment after the outbreak, and even before the brigade engines had got to work, the powerful qapliancea of Messrs. Reid's brewery (always ready in case of accid en t) were brought into active ser vice. Three sets of hose having been laid on to the tank in the roof, a continuous stream of water was poured across Portpool lane to the flume, the tank being kept supplied by the brewery steam-engine. The draytnen also proved valuable auxiliaries in the good work. The Duke of Sutherland and Mr. Beddowe were among the amateur firemen present, each working with characteristic zeal. The origin of the outbreak is not known with certainty, nor could any statement b e obtained as to the imuranoefi on the property destroyed. FRANCE. BOURSE, DEC. 9.—The market bas been again buoyant, at improved quotations. Threes, for the Account, are now firm at 70f. 95c. IV.obilier and Railway Shares also in demand, at an advance on yesterday. A good amount of business done in the Dalian Loan. The market closed as follows : ti per Cents. 9B Bank Shares 3400 Do. ead month.... Credit koncier 1340 3 per Cents , 7O 55 Piedmonteso Fives. 71 90 Do. end month 7O 65 1 Italian Loan 7l 40 Kew 3 per Cents ——l Russian "Do. end Credit Mobilier....lllo Do. end m0nth....1185 Austrian — Spanish Threes 54 Homo Debt SAIL rAYB. .....____. Cash. Account. Orleans lO6O .. 1062 50 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1156 25 .. 1157 50 Geneva Southern Western ... ... Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lon hard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona CRYSTAL PALACE POULTRY, PIGEON, AND RAB BIT SHOW.—The attendance yesterlay, the first day of this show, wus unusually good. The show will be continued till Friday next. CRYSTAL PALACE. FIRST GRAND POULTRY SHOW,—ONE SHILLING DAY. --Tuesday, Dec. 9,—Ad. missions on payment, 1,202; ditto by season tickets, 960; Mal, 2,102, 7HE VOLUNIEERS. The annual regimental prize meeting of the 28th Middle sex (London Irish) Rifle Volunteers commenced on Wed nesday last at the rifle range of the corps, Child's-hill, Hampstead. Captain M'Swlney, musketry instructor of the corps, was in command. The weather was favourable, with a strong wind to the right, and occasional showers. Notwithstanding this, the shooting was very good. The contest commenced at 11 o'clock, the prizes on the list for the day's competition being as follows :—A silver cup, given by the Marquis of Donegal, colonel of the corps; a silver flask, the gift of Captain and Adjutant Daubeney ; a prize given by Lord Ashley, M.P , for competition by members of No. 1 company; and three money prizes, presented by Lieut. Cusack. The silver cup given by Mrs. M'Swiney will be shot for to-day by members of the 3d company, which is considered the crack shooting company of the corps, and an exciting contest may be expected. The Marquis of Donegal's prize was well contested at 500 yards, seven shots, and was restricted to members who had at tended 15 Saturday parades. Private R. V. Chattock (winner) made 16 marks; Sergeant Aylmer 15; and Dr. Godfrey and Sergeant Sylvester 14 each. Captain and Ad. jutant Daubeney's silver cup was shot for at 200 yards, five shots, and was won by Sergeant Aylmer, who made 14 marks. Sergeants Andrews and Sylvester scored 12 each, and Sergeant G. C. Wood 9. The prize given by Lord Ashley, M.P., was shot for by members of the Ist company at 400 yards, live shots , and was won by private Walters, who made 13 marks. The two next best scores were made by private Slater, 10, and private Chattock, 10. Lieuten ant Cusack's money prize, shot for at 200 yards, five shots, was won by private R. V. Chattock, 15 marks; private R. 0. Eavans, 11 marks, and private C. Howse, 11 marks. The shooting was resumed this morning. The second annual presentation of prizes to the successful members of the 29th (North) Middlesex Rifle Volunteers took place on Saturday evening at the Vestry .hall, Old St. Pancras-road, in the presence of a large number of specta tors. Some of the prizes were very costly, a large time piece, surmounted with the figure of St. George and the Dragon, and a silver tazza, with the figure of Britannia, attracting much attention. Lord Enfield distributed the fol lowing prizes : --A prize of £lO 10s., presented by Viscount Enfield (hon. Colonel of the Corps), to Colour Sergeant Frazer, No. 1 Company, 38 points ; a prize of £lO 10s., pre sented by Lieutenant-Colonel Whitehead, to Corporal J. Wells, No. 1 Company, 27 points; Major Peter's prize, a large timepiece, of the value of 12 guineas, to Private Berry, No. 2 Company, 40 points. A silver tazza, presented by Private Berry, of the value of 14 guineas, to Sergeant Eedes, No. 2 Company, 19 points. The Ladies' Cup, won by Cap tain and Adjutant Walton Jones, 36 points. Company prizes were also presented to Colour -Sergeant Frazer and Corporal Harrison, No. 1 Company ; Sergeant Legge and Private Kennedy, No. 2 Company; Private Joyce and Corporal Jackson, No. 3 Company ; Corporals Humphry and Pavey, No. 4 Company ; Sergeant Male and Private Burker, No. 7 Company ; and a Lord Bury telescope (pre sented by the officers) to Corporal Humphry, No. 4 Com pany. His lordship having called Private Joyce, of No 3 Company (the winner of the Battalion Medal), and Corporal flumphry, of No. 4 Company (the late holder) to the front, said that, although Private Joyce had won the Battalion Medal by making the highest score-31 points--Corporal Humphry had only lost it by one point. He believed it was the wish of the regiment, and one in which he heartily concurred, that Corporal Humphrey should retain the old Battalion Medal,tand that there should be another made and given to private Joyce. The rifle match for £l2O, open to all the world, which has been looked forward to during the past month with the greatest interest, commenced on Friday last, at the butts of the 30th Middlesex (Ealing) Rifles and was concluded on Saturday. Upwards of 200 competitors from nearly every county in England entered the lists, and the appearance which the various uniforms presented gave a very pleas ing effect to the contest, On the first day (Fri day) the shooting commenced at a quarter before 10 o'clock precisely, and was continued throughout the day till dusk. The weather was all that could be desired for shoot ing. All doubts as to the splendid score for the £5O prize made by Private Stewart, of the 23d Middlesex (Inns of Court) Rifles, being excelled were on Saturday set at rest by the weather, which was most unfavourable. The wind during the morning blew a perfect gale, and in the after noon the rain fell in torrents. The ranges for all the prizes were 200 and 500 yards, seven shots at each. Wimbledon scoring. The following aro the winners:--Ist prize £5O, Private Stewart (Inns of Court) Rifles, 42 marks-2d prize, £2O, Mr. Huntingdon, 12th Middlesex (Barnet) Rifles, 41 marks-3d prize. £l5, Mr. Whiffin (Windsor), 41 marks 4th prize, £lO, Mr. Blagrove, 38th Middlesex (Artists) Rifles, 40 marks-sth prize, £5, Mr. Wiskar (Ilford), 40 marks-6th prize, £5, Mr. Dynes (Knightsbridge), 39 marks-7th prize, £5, Mr, Millard, 11th Middlesex (St. George's) Rifles, 39 marks-Bth prize, £5, Corporal May, sth (Sussex) Rifles, 39 marks—and 9th prize, £5, Mr.Wal liker, 21st Middlesex (Civil Service) Rifles, 39 marks. The following are the results of the competition on the fourth day for the prizes of the 36th Middlesex(Paddington) Rifles :—The prizes consisted of a silver goblet or a Turner small-bore rifle (at the option of the winner), the gift of the officers ; a silver tankard, presentee ey Lieut.-Colonel Wood, the commandant of the corps ; and a London Ar moury Company's rifle, given for competition by a member of the 4th company. For the officers' prize there were 37 competitors. The ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards; five rounds at each, and the following are the best scores : Sergeant Hill (winner), 42 marks—Sergeant Vickerman,39 —Sergeant Adams, 37—and private Lissenden, 17. Lieut.- Colon el Wood's prize was contested for by 41 competitors, at 500 and 600 yards, five rounds at each, and was also won by Sergeant Hill, who made 22 marks, but it being one of the conditions that "no member would be permitted to take more than one of the prizes offered for general com petition and one of the company's prizes," it fell to Sergeant Kempson, who made the next highest score — viz., 22 marks. For the London Armoury Company's rifle, presented by a member of the 4th Company,there were 35 competitors. The ranges were 150 and 200 yards, 5 rounds at each. Sergeant Hill again made the highest score, but being disqualified from taking the prize on the condition already mentioned, it lay between Sergeant Brad ley and Private Murphy, who scored 30 each, and who will have to shoot off the tie at the 200 yards' range. The ar rangements were carried out by Captain Loekner, who also fulfilled the duties of umpire. A match between 10 of the 19th Middlesex Rifle Volun teers, and 10 of the 88th Middlesex (Artists) was shot at Ealing on Thursday the 4th inst. The day was most un favourable, a 'thick fog rendering the targets almost in visible, save at the 500 yards' range, when it became rather clearer. The ranges were 200, 500, arid 600 yards, five shots at each range. The total score, hits and points added, was, Artists, 297, and 19th, 265. The Artists won by 32. In Essex a match has taken place between four non-com missioned officers of the 2d County Battery of Artillery and a corresponding number of the let Kent Artillery. The ranges were 100, 200, and 800 yards, five shots each, and the Essex side won by 28 points, scaring 118 to 90. The weapon used was the Artillery carbine. The t ssex compe petitors were Sergeant-tiddell, Sergeant Sackett, Corporal Spitty, and Corporal Ash ; while Kent was represented by Sergeant-Major Inwood, Sergeant 'Wright, Sergeant Currie, and Corporal Sandford. The highest individual score was made by Sergeant Sackett. Tho members of the Norwich battalion paraded in St. Andrew's-hall on Thursday evening, and Were inspected by Lieutenant -Colonel Brett. After a minute examination of the arms and accoutrements the corps marched to the New market-road, where they were exercised in battalion drill. On Friday a bronze medal offered by the National Rifle Association to the Norfolk Volunteer Service Association was again competed for on Mousehold-heath, having been resigned by the gentleman who won it in September in consequence of a dispute which arose in reference to the shooting on that occasion. There were 33 competitors, who were divided into two squads, the left comprising 16 and the right 17. The shooting was at ranges of 200, 500, and 600 yards, five rounds each, and the left squad made altogether 287 points and 167 hits, or 451 marks, while the right squad obtained 267 points and 161 hits, or 428 marks. Some of the competitors did not complete their shooting, but the average per man of those who persevered tb the end was as follows :—Left squad, "29'49 points and 11 92 hits, or 32.41 marks ; right squad, 19.06 points and 11.50 hits, or 30.56 marks. The highest personal score was that of Pri vate Breeze, of the Ist Norwich Company, who made 34 points and 15 hits, or 49 marks; he was therefore declared the winner of the medal. The Louth Artillery and Rifle Corps made a night march one evening last week to a field fronting the house of Mr. F. Allison. A camp was formed, sentries thrown out, and a bivouac organised. The night was fine but damp, and a plentiful supply of warm ale and bread and cheese, given by Mr. Allison, proved highly aceeptable. The 16th North York Volunteers had a field day at Pickering on Thursday, after which they held their annual banquet, at which the prizes won in the late contest were presented to the claimants by Capt. the Rev. J. R. Hill. A friendly rivalry has sprung up between the Bristol and Glocester City Volunteer Rifle corps. At the annual dinner of the Glocester corps, held a short time since, Ensign Red diford, the musketry instructor, read some statistics, con trasting the shooting of his company with that of the other volunteers of the county, especially the 4th Bristol Com. Papa', and c laiming for the Glocester corps pre-eminence as the best shots in the county. Captain and Adjutant Jones, of the Bristol corps, responded last week, contending that Ensign Reddiford's statistics wore fallacious of honour,the 4th Bristol Company were entitled to the place a n d ohallenging the Glocester men to a trial of skill, The chal lengo has been accepted, and the match will come off at Glocester on the 19th inst. with 25 men aside at 200, 300, yards, five shots at each range. 5001173 d 6d\oVoest York Artillery Volunteers held their prize erecting on 3Jonday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, when three v cups and other pri z es w e re shot for. The distances silver r g were 100, 200, and 300 yards, adding hits and points, and fi ve shots per man at each ran ge . Th e Ch a ll enge Cup presen t e d by Captaia Hollon, as won by Gunner Parkin: captain, The cup won presentedb y Trttm Parkin son with a score of 31. The cup, also presented by the by p .) e t -I,llileatjito.r Hargrove Osborne withwas wona score of 24. vby testsß Bombardier shot F e r g a u t s o i n so ev iatnhda2socoo yards, e a r o d f s :2 a 3 ; d Thy rel o t t e h d e in c o t h it e prize presented by Surgeon Roberts being woe by Gunner ----- Dickinson with a score of 23, and prize presented by Mr. E. Wade, the sheriff of York, being won by Bombardier Atkinson with a score of 19. The whole of the prizes were publicly distributed on the evening of the last day's shoot ing by Mrs. Holton. In Cambridgeshire the second monthly competition for a subscription challenge cup, offered in connection with the Wisbeach corps has resulted in favour of Private Flanders. The shooting was at ranges of 200, 500, and 600 yards, and Private Flanders' score was 37 marks, Sergeant Bennett cyrning second with 35. On the sth inst. a match was shot at Cambridge between Cap t a in Deverell's company(No. 6) and the remainder of the University companies (ITos. 1, 2, 3,4, 5). It resulted in the victory of Captain Dev arch's company, notwithstanding the darkness and inclemency of the weather during the whole period of their firing at 600 yards ; eight competitors on each side ; seven shots at 200, 300, 500, and 600 yards. King Leopold appears to have deferred his jour ney to England until the marriage of the Prince of Wales, in the month of March. The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon left town on Monday for their seat, High Clere, near Newbury. Colonel and Lady Margaret Charteris come to town to-day, from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Bath, at Longleat. Sir Fredk. Graham has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Netherby. A marriage is arranged to take place between the Hon, Algernon Egerton, M.P., brother to the late Earl of Ellesmere, and Miss Alice Cavendish, daughter of Lord and Lady George Cavendish. The marriage of Mr. Robert A. Brooks, eldest son of Mr. R. Brooks, M.P., of Woodcote Park, Surrey, to Katherine Pascal, eldest daughter of Mr. J. E. Geils, of Dumbuck, county Dutnbarton, and granddaughter of the late Mr. Charles Dickinson, of Farley Hill, Berks, was cele brated at Queen Charlton on the 4th inst. Certain persons, belonging to that political party which has lately lifted up its head so much in FrilSg 3 , propose, it is said, to present to the ex-King of Naples a. silver shield, commemorative of his exploits and misfor tunes, and for which • the design is already sketched. It represents Francis 11. on a rock, defending himself against the attacks of a troop of demons, two among which are con sidered unmistakeably to resemble Victor Emmanuel and Garibaldi. AN EX-PRESIDENT. —The will of ex-President Van Buren has been admitted to probate at Hudson. It is dated Jan. 18, 1860, and commences as follows :—" I, Martin Van Buren, of the town of Kinderhook, county of Columbia and State of New York, heretofore governor of the State, and more recently President of the United States, but for the last and happiest year of my life a far mer in my native town, do make and declare the following to be my last will and testament," &c. EXPORT OE COAL.—The following is a return of the quantity of coal exported from the port o f G r imsby during the month of November, 1862 :—To France, 3,290 9 tons ; Norway. 359 tons; Denmark, 683 tons ; Sweden, 37 tons; Hanseatic towns, 3,711; Prussia, 1,697 tons ; Bus" sia, 309 tons ; Italy, 518 tons. Total foreign, 10,946 tons ; corres p on ding period last year, 6 , 945 tons. Coastwise, 1,36! tons ; corresponding period last year, 1,239 tons. Grail': total, 12,307 tons; corresponding period last year, fiel Bl tons; increase, 1862, 4,123 tons. THE NEW HIGHWAY ACT.—An adjourned Quarter Session has been held in Suffolk to receive the report of a committee appointed in October to consider the merits a the New Highway Act. The committee reported that the clerk of the peace had laid before them 93 memorials against the adoption of the Act from rate p a y ers of the western divi sion of the county, containing 1,691 signatures, and two Pr titions in favour of the Act , containin g 16 signatures. Tll° p u rport of the petitions agains t the Act was that the fulfil.' ment of its provisions would materially increase the expen se d of maintaining the highways in the respective parishes, an ' tend to throw many of the a g ed p oor out of employna't an d consequently place them u p on the poor-rates. Not' „., t w ithstanding this view of the matter was supported by immense majority of signatures, the committee came to the conclusion that the adoption of the new Act would lead generally to a material reduction of expense instead of all increase, and that it would effect a general improvement the roads of the district. They the refore reconaraenon de that the Act should be adopted within th e western divisi of the county or liberty of Bury St. Edmund's, referring* the arrangement of districts for fut ure considerati°ll. t Major Parker, M.P., on the pres entation of the reports moved that, having regard to the unmistakeable evi dence afforded of the opinion of the ratepayers, it W as , r i i i ; expedient to proceed furt her with the measure. , ill Reverend ,t, Reverend R. Gwilt also counselled postponement S _ order that the oounty at la r g e mi g ht have time to e%press opinions upon the subjec t . Mr. Huddleston argued thu: many of the adverse memo rialists could not have read t . bill, as the management would, by its provisions, remain was the same hands as at present. The machinery 011 1 9 s° _,„,d altered ; the surveyors were to be called waywardens, Nil instead of these waywardens acting alone they would 5° G . bodies. On a division, the report was a dopted by 12 i '` ) ., o : and a committee was appointed for the purpose of taN l9O into consideration the question of districts and repot tia thereon to the January Sessions, BRITISH COLUMBIA. The British. Columbia papers of October give good accounts of the mines. ere British Colonist says :—"On Friday we had a long Nava: sation with a miner from William Creek, u ho travel,l over nearly the whole Cariboo country last summer. 5)-_,O says that the rush of ' broken' men is over. Few who Cow at in future but will have dust, and many will have g .. r e ,.,,, quantities of it. Several men who came down with 141 ; on the last trip of the enterprise, with from 2, 000 dols e ieeo 60,000 dols. in their possession, reported til , f e r t s we re 'strapped' for fear of assassination or robbery 1 i n form' p u blicly known that they had m one y , and this, o ur ~., the ant says, will not be the case with future arrivals Ere river. Many miners are at work on small creek s Jo e glouches, and taking out the biggest kind of pay' ~, are names and the names of th e localities in which til e ! As o f busy have never been heard o f in Victoria. The high priciot. provisions did the injury to the country this year , the the lack of dust. Our informant left William Creek on to 13th of September, when snow was falling fast, and 151,110 inches deep on the banks of the creek. The nugget foil , 00 Major Downie's claim we i g hed 1,100 dols. ; this e1at1311306 about 50 dols, a day to the hand. Bee g an's claim, half a A below the major's pay, 30 ounces a day to the cornP a° , l : l oe ct nugget weighing between 400 dole. and 500 dols.was 4'4 from this claim. All the hill claims on this creek at e I ) " Os well. The creek claims below the Canon are yielding&eslC as richly as the creek claims above. On Lowli eD n o c le lo ' about 100 men are working. In one of theclairris l y .„ ea t to the square foot is being made; 536 dols. was takelot of another claim on this creek, in one day. Tilton 's c ou r also on Lowhee, will yield the owner an indepen dell ,o o informant showed us specim ens of coarse gold from .1-'OO4 which will assay 18 dols. 6Cc. to the ounce. On Ligtops' Creek three claims are paying richly. Three other c _ Ai re nits make 15 dols. a day. On Last Chance Creele,;o4. companies are at work, making 80 dols. a day to the n c o , Anderson Creek, a tributary of Lightning, has pany at work, taking out 40 dole. a day to the hand. ,_iPe,io of Clubs Creek has one com p any drifting ; they obtareey, good prospect ; somet hin g heavy is expected from this %pa, On Antler the diggings are small, but will last for 1 fro pi Five companies are at work on Sugar Creek, and /casei c° 15 to 20 dols. a day to the hand. One of these c o n' ) ect ° had reached the bed-rock and obtained a handsome Pr°oi4 Big diggings are looked for there. A company is I t O f on Nelsen Creek, and doing well in the hill. A haft been sunk 70ft. in depth, and a prospect of from lc'_ 00 0 obtained. There are n umerous little creeks that Etr y Aisig heard of here, where from one to five companies ar a .„ 133 00 1 , 6 „ handsome wages. On Snowshoe eight companies '"..., 10' dols. a day to the hand. One company on Chishel".lliffi 15 dell. Four companies on Davis are doing We il 'A $ 0 vey's has one company doing well in the Creek. . , i ,„, tir o hill prospect Was obtained on Lightning, 100 ft. a bo ve 's level of the creek, at the rear of the California c %0 0° 5 claim. Judge Begbie was engaged in trying f t :o le t , Williams' on the 13th. As a farming country, ' to ita Q it on the line of the Brigade trail is pronounced by ° a cre°, o mant as the best in the world, and on Cottonwaccoser there is land with which the best soil on I rs° t ra ttf Island will not compare!' A reike, a ttle SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.."litb ti'-ilo was the the second day of the Smithfield Club shape Show, or rather the first to the general public in, to sc' b t of a one shilling day, and the result has tendea u ao ll , o the problem upon which there has been so 133 , 11 d e floc it , 1 0 and speculation—viz., whether the people Wet its 0 ,40 the same proportion to the show as they did -,,-, 0 ,13 :4 western and aristocratic region of Baker-street. ;ciplive subject there need be no doubt, as the public wee,stiolo by six tell-tale turnstiles, and when it is stated 4 ' o pe d r hour, between two and three o'clock, just e ' oo ,oa r i te ovl:lic,passedloioto:okr visitors aiehtrdrsm wasoon ni t g st h ei :ins tttthem,ihhmreaobtleiugdiahlTadtihdtnhagttelystttohumerbrneeestitww:leeeeaersne:af : t fo h yr Dio r bra e thre e f. l ll:o o l : e u ca,,, 0 0 : f the unfailing popularity of the exhibition. T it° 11 b ev -o ./ P in., was 27,111. 4 ° ', o • A Cassel letter in the Hamburgh Nee s ; 0 S o g "The Princess Hehenlohe, daughter of the hoot PS/0 tor, whose husband has gone to America w itho tt o 0, 1 1 ,0 e his debts, which amount to very considerable s; j u i e it o f been summoned to appear belore the tribunal . 0 00 0 . 0 city of Frankfort ; as well as her brattier' the e OO3 0 0 , 0 the Elector. The princess signed bills for 80 0, r ipe e' to which her husband put in circulation, a nd the i : aw brother gave his guarantee b y attaching his tiie 80,000 florins' worth of those bills." At y 0.- - fellf THE LATE MURDER AT Biloirsogi s ay) / f,. Birmingham Police-court yesterday (Tnesite, eillti Carter, aged 19, brassfouuder, was charged a%ti"tv, l ot, ,00 der of his sweetheart, Alice Hinkley, on Thai a ;: efo re. t ,,i shooting her. The evidence which was rivenct „ A stiiP o ' , Coroner on Monday evening, when a Y erdi , r ep o3 e t .,s inurdet" was letureed against the accuse, 7 0 00 t ,re I4e eto W' l) , and the prisoner committed to the next as i capital charge. I lain a sight of the accused. echroawigdeed dTuhrien gcourt day ind by aP Ppre°ra:OhnessautliNei o r- us t ° ° I I