The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-19 00:00:00

BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism."--Morning,r Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas. Silver Watches 33 nd , Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches. IVIR. ALBERT SMITH'S CHINA, TO-NIGHT at 8; and TO-MORROW at 3 and 8 o'clock ; and EVERY NIGHT (but Sautrday), at 8 o'clock; and Tuesday and Saturday Afternoons at 3 o'clock. NEW EDITION, and moNT BLANC revisited. Stalls, 3s. (which can be taken at the Box-office, Egyptian Hail, daily). Area, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ENGLISH OPERA, COVEN T -GARDEN. .w. ~R! that :as indeed a fitting symbol enough of a des potism formed out of the arbitrary binding together of so many incongruous and thoroughly inharmo nious races—ltalians and Germans, Lombards and Venetians, Croats and Tyrolese, Bohe mians and Hungarians ! Distinct races,-speak ing different languages, inhabiting contrast ing countries, flourishing in various climates, charaeterised by the most contrary manners and customs, having different religions ! And, adopting as we can hardly fail to adopt—THE FASCES as rea sonably symbolical of the Austrian Empire thus rigidly held together by the bonds of a despotic government, ought we not, as rational observers, to remember that one of the rods in this FASCES (I,inibarcly) has very recently been abstracted ? And that therefore—the bonds are as a matter of course slackeued—the other rods are held together mere loosely ! The Viennese Government in truth has not yet had either time or energy to draw its bonds more tightly together since the vio lent tearing away of its sceptre of authority over the fair province of Lombardy. So slackened are the bonds by that sudden and. forcible abstraction of the rod typical of Lombardy, that another con tiguous to it ( Venetia) has been all but falling out of the Austrian Fasces ever since ! And it is while affairs are in this terrible plight for Austria that the diplomatic representatives of the various Powers of Europe are about to assemble at Paris to deliberate over the political future of the various states and duchies, kingdoms and principalities, of the Italian peninsula. It requires but a small faculty for vaticination to predict that, in all human likeli hood, scarcely will the Paris Congress have termi nated its labours—scarcely will the Italians in some form or another [GOD grant it be the best !] have been bound together by some plan securing to them at last [let us hope to the fullest extent in every way practicable] the priceless boon of independence —scarcely shall that have been accomplished when the Austrian Empire must fall to pieces at last ! The bonds now loosened must be definitively severed ! The rods of that imperial fasces of Austria surrounding the tyrannous axe of the Hapsburg dynasty—rods less closely allied since the abstraction of Lombardy—must inevitably fall apart ! Then, but not till then, the permanent pacification of Europe may, in some respects, be regarded as a possibility. For then, but certainly not till then, the true Balance of Power may be attained—that true balance of power which may be expressed in two words as the Balance of In dependent Nationalities. Scarcely have we finished writing the foregoing when there arrives at mid-day further tidings from Vienna, via Paris, ominous of additional disasters hastening upon the shaken and shaking fabric of the Austrian Government. The in telligence received for a long time past from Hungary has been of a very threatening character, insomuch that that alone was of itself sufficient to demonstrate the absurdity of the assertions made in some quarters to the effect that the councils of Vienna had resolved upon an enormous diminution, almost a disband ment of the Austrian army. According to these intimations we were told to believe that, in the course of " the last Cabinet Couucil at Vienna, presided over by the Emperor, it was resolved that in the next budget a reduction of thirty eight millions of florins shall be made in the expenses of the War Department." Yet we learnt almost simultaneously that, " According to information from Hungary, the political agitation in that quarter of the Austrian empire is augment ing daily." It being further added, "The Govern ment of Vienna has given up all idea of reconcilia tion, and is employing military law and political persecution against all who dare to speak of nationality." And now about 2 p.m. to-day we learn through communications just received from the French capital that " We have further accounts of political agitation in Hungary." It being further observed, " The police have invaded several houses at Comoro and made many ar rests." And finally, " The sth Corps of the Aus trian army, now in Italy, has received orders to march for Hungary immediately." Does this accord, we ask, with those inconceivable rumours about the military reduction determined upon by the Austrian Government ? And does it not justify to the full every syllable we have but just now penned as to the probably speedy, the certainly inevitable disruption, sooner or later, of the Empire so long misgoveaned by the princes of the House of HAPSBURG, the weak descendants of that daring ItuDoLrir, the first of this Imperial line of Rob ber Adventurers? Few, we imagine, of our readers did not read with painful yet thrilling interest the story of " Captain BROWN'S" execution. It was not an everyday event, for BROWN was not an everyda man, nor his cause an everyday cause. His was one of those souls, of which, be the rank of social life what it may, all countries are proud. The days have passed away, thanks to MACAULAY and CARLYLE, when our Puritan heroes, misunder stood because they talked in the language of the Book of which they firmly believed every syllable to have been written by the finger of GOD, and because their theology emboldened them to deeds which astcnished their adversaries, can be traduced with impunity any longer. We understand the men now far better than did the Cavaliers and the courtly writers of CHARLES IL's age ; and, what ever we may think of their theological views, we do not fail to admire the noble faith in them which made them at least men of unselfish principle, and men of unsurpassed daring. They walked the world and the field of battle as God-commissioned men. We may doubt the commission, but we can glory in men whom nothing could bend from the fulfilment of the charge they believed to be given them. And one of this stamp was "old JOHN BROWN" —the language of his letter, which appeared in The Sun of Friday, and his whole bearing just before and at his execution, as seen in the accounts from the American papers in The Sun of Saturday, all harmonise with what is now known of his previous life, and his con duct at his trial. There is the same tone throughout. One might fancy him a captain in CROMWELL'S Ironsides, or one of the Scotch Co venanters, who shed their blood for the liberties of posterity, and who won them for posterity too. BROWN, like them, died in the faith that his attempt —its ill success, and his own death, were all equally parts of a plan arranged by Heaven, which should result in the liberation of the slave. And it is yet to be seen whether he is wrong. The blood of such men has seldom been shed altogether in vain. The civil or religious libertiei they have died for, kindled in them a sentiment which could not be extinguished with their lives. BROWN'S belief in his commission might be a pure imagination, the imagination, however, of a mind which had 'gazed on right for the slave till to him it became a living reality; but, assuredly the commission has been issued from Heaven which will yet be executed against the bloodthirsty slaveholders, kidnappers, and manstealers of Virginia and the south, "and ROYAL Under the manaszement of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING (the first time) VICTORINE. Messrs. Santley, Haigh, H. Corri, G. Honey, Bartleman, &c. Misses Parepa, Thirlwall, &c. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. Ballet, LA FIANCEE. Messrs. W. H. Payne, 11. Payne, F. Payne, Mdlle. Lequine, Pasquale, Pierron, Clara Morgan, and Mons. Vandris. Doors open at half-past 7—Commence at 8 o'clock. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS ETENTINT4 the performances will commence with A GAME OF SPECULATION. After which, by desire, TUE CONTESTED ELECTION Mr. and Mrs. Charles; Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, &c. And SHOCKING EVENTS. Commence at y. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the new drama, entitled HOME TRUTHS. Messrs. G. Melville, J. G. Shore, F. Matthews, Miss C. Lec'ercq and Mrs. Charles Young. To be followed by the new Petite Comedy ' entitled * 03SIP. Messrs. Ryder, Meadows, H. Bland, J. G. Shore ; and Mrs. C. Young. After which, Mons, Espanosa (Premier*Danseur Comique), will appear, with Madlle. Nariquita, assisted by the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet, in Le Grand Pas du Dervish de Faust, as danced by him 150 consecutive nights at the Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, Paris. To conclude with NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Meadows, H. Saker ; Miss L. Keeley and Mrs. Weston. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING. THE DEAD HEART. Messrs B. Webster. J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Paul Bedford. Stuart, Billington, C. J. Smith, Ebume, Moreland; Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Kelly. Followed by the successful piece of extravagance, called DINORAH UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, a new Vaudeville Comedietta, called THE KEY UNDER THE DOOR-MAT. Messrs. James Vinning, Jno Rouse, &c. ; Mesdames A, H. Hatton and Julia St. George. To be followed by the new Drama Fantastique, entitled PARIS AND PLEASURE ; or, Home and Happiness. Principal characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, J. Vining, J. John stone, F. Villiers ; Misses Julia St. George, Hudspeth, Kate Saville, A. Burdett, and Madame Celeste. Po conclude with ST. MARY'S EVE. Madame Celeste and Mr. Rouse. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. On Christmas Eve (SATURDAY) a new Farce, entitled GARIBALDI. Followed by a new sketch, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. Miss Wyndham. To conclude with the new pantomime of PUNCH AND JUDY. Reduced Prices—Gallery, M ; Pit, ls. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at hall-past six ; perform ance commences at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee—Mr. William Cooke, his Farewell Season. - - THIS EVENING, the grand melo-drsmatic production, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GARIBALDI; illustrating the principal events in the Life of the Great Italian General. To be followed by New and Brilliant Equestrian Changes in the Arena, introducing a vivid Four-horse Scene by John Henry Cooke, as the Nemxan Conqueror- More Wonders by the Educated Elephant—Elegant Equitation by Miss Emily Cooke, the Queen of the Circle—Young Alfred Cooke's sur passing evolutions on a naked Courser—Electrifying Feats by the Athenian Athletac, J. H. Cooke and Crouses—Novel Flag Exercises on horseback by Madlle. Jenny—Varied by those heralds of fun, the Clowns, Mimes, and Drolls. To commence at 7. Especial Notice.—Three Grand Morning Representations of the grand new Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN TOM MOODY ; or, Old Towler the Huntsman and the Goddess Diana, on Monday and Saturday, Dec. 26 and 31, and Monday Jan. 2, 18f0, at Two o'clock each day. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY ;EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAY QUEEN. And a Grand Se:ection from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORATI. _ _ _ Comic Vocalists —Messrs. Geor , c Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfleld, and E. SV. Hackney. • • Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. ROSA BO'N HEUR' S celebrated PICTURE of the I=IOII.SE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arta Gallery. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 18. THRIVMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 36—highest since noon yesterday. 29—lowest this morning and during the night. 31—this day at-noon. BAROMETER-29.72. WIND. South-Easterly; light, with fine weather, but very cold. DEC. 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 32 —highest since noon yesterday. 2.s—lowest this morning and during the night. 31—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.7S WIND, Southerly ; with very cold, foggy, frosty weather. HALF-PAST ONlL—Better weather, with sunshine. II ALP-PAST Two.—Wind changed to south-west, with a fall of snow, but milder weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DaY.—Morning, 9h. 16m.—Afternoon, 9h. 50m To-moußow.-Morning, 10h. 25m.—Afternoon, Ilb. Om s '4>t•--. . .._ ..... , 4 , 1 - 12 , ,A . •'-;./...*: =... biE 7, •,, 15". , per *'' c ` )l ..;E l ' ' 4' '- - '., ''' .l lo';'..t: f• —,..,. .22 2 ,t,,1., ? THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 19, 1859. There is something wonderfully significant in all ' these sinister rumours about Austria, now flying from bourse to bourse fitfully throughout the length and breadth of Christendom. The coming event here again surely is casting its shadow be fore it ! The shadow always sombre, always darkling, often fluctuating. As with the shadow thrown by the earth upon the moon's disc during a lunar eclipse this one too has its penumbra, or ghostly shade of the shadow itself ! The latest example of which phenomenon was noticeable only the other day, and was cer tainly in its way sufficiently extraordinary. It was noticeable, We mean, in the rumour of the young EMPEROR'S intended abdication. But as usual with so many other statements advanced with reference to the intentions of the Hapsburg dynasty this last and most surprising report of all turns out to be nothing less than an unmitigated —canard ! That polite diplomatic term for a lie : for what we popularly designate in this country a " mare's-nest"—what the Yankees designate " a bam," and boarding-school young ladies " a fib." But call it as we may—fib, barn, mare's nest, lie, or canard —it is significant, this rumour, as a rumour, is at least sigficant. It demonstrates as clearly as possible the European estimation of the tenure of power by the Kaiser—a tenure (far and wide throughout Christendom) held to be most precarious. Yesterday, as it were, the flying rumour was that the Emperor FRANCIS JosErn intended to abdicate. To-day the accounts from Vienna state that that report " is totally unfounded." Still—there was the rumour, however erroneous. It was flashed through tele graphic lines, it was repeated from newspaper to newspaper, it circulated hither and thither through Christendom. And of what other European sove reign just now i 3 the same story told? Of not one monarch save the Kaiser, of none save this imperial Autrian ruler over some thirty-seven or thirty eight millions of men. Again, we repeat—to say the very least of it, this is significant. The undoubted truth in regard to the Austrian Empire is this that it is pretty generally regarded as really and positively at this imminent juncture upon the eve of disruption. It has often been likened before now to that symbol of ancient Roman authority—the fasces ! A bundle of rods tied together with a keen-edged axe in the centre. And it would certainly be difficult not to recognise TUE SUN, LONDON, MONDAYMEVENINGI !DECEMBER - 19, 1859. which will yet compel them to give liberty to the captive. It has become clear enough, in the course of the investigation, that BROWN did not contemplate taking the life of any one. He did expect that on his opening a way for the negroes to flee, they would have done so in great numbers, and it is thought by many that hundreds have actually escaped, though such facts are always concealed, as much as possible, by the pro-slavery papers. But BROWN could say with self-evident truth, " As I believe most firmly that GOD reigns, I cannot be lieve that anything I have done, suffered, or may yet suffer, will be lost to the cause of GoD or humanity." He felt assured, he says, that in the worst event, before he began the affair at Harper's Ferry, "it would certainly pay." Ho had been a good deal disappointed in his own plans, " but GoD's plan was infinitely better." And while ex pecting his fate in prison—" I do not," he says, "feel degraded by my imprisonment, my chains, or the prospect of the gallows. . . . I am joyful in my tribulations, that I do not feel condemned of Him whose judgment is just, nor of my own con science." Similar to this was the feeling of his wife. " She regarded him as a martyr in a righteous cause, and was proud to be the wife of such a man. The gallows, she said, had no terrors for her or for him." While he was employed for the last two years nearly on his " commission from Heaven,' they had been separated, though in constant corre spondence, and now they met—to concede indeed a few tears and heart-heavings to the best sentiments of nature, but soon to resume their mutual firmness grounded on the consciousness of the most unselfish and noblest purposings and hopes, to arrange for their family, as coolly as if it had been the eve of an earthly voyage instead of an eternal one, and that by public execution—to act, indeed, as if this were a public:honour. Their mutual sentiment was expressed in his remark " that it was doubtless best that he should be legally murdered for the good •f the cause." No affectation was there in all this. He plainly said that it would " be pleasant to live longer, but as it was the will of GoD he should close his career, he was content." It is certainly long since there has been an exe cution lika this—an execution of a man whose children his executioners, by their hired ruffians, had already attacked and murdered without provo cation—who had felt those murders a summons to deliver those, to keep whom in bondage those be loved children had been murdered—who had suc ceeded in setting free hundreds of the coloured Ame ricans, to whom their white American brethren denied not only personal liberty, but any rights at all which they were bound to respect. A man who could die thanking Heaven for giving him the cou rage to live or die for his cause—such a murder of a man for acting, however mistakenly, under im pulses which all but brutalised tyrants must admire, —a murder by the cool decision of men-stealers' law, of a manifestly God-fearing man—is indeed a no velty in these days of cool calculation and faith in nothing. It must arouse attention ; indeed, it has done it. Meetings for sympathy have been held in the Free States. Some of the few untainted ministers have preached on it. It has been discussed in Houges of Legislature. And its terrific aspect to the slaveholder was apparent enough on the day of execution, in the vast military display by which the whole field was covered. Well, Virginia has performed her great feat ; the first, by summoning all her military she vanquished seventeen men—she then executed her wounded victim. What has she gained ? Whom has silo intimidated? What stronger fetters has she im posed on her slaves ? She is rather weaker in al. things. The slaves must know of it all and ponder it all, and become more than ever con scious that they have rights, for which 801110 white men are contented even to die. They will hear of BROWN'S noble determination to have "no religious ceremonies either in the gaol or on the scaffold, from ministers who consent or appro7e of the enslavement of their fellow-creatures ;" and that thought, the most eloquent and touching we ever recollect to have seen—" I would prefer rather to be accompanied to the scaffold by a dozen slave children, with a good old slave mother, with their appeal to GOD for blessings on my soul, than all the eloquence of the whole commonwealth com bined!" Read that, ye Gospel Ministers to slavery throughout the Union. Read the fire-written warning to you from a soul just about to quit its body, and which never knew what it was to defend man-stealing, and man-selling, and man-owning, for a salary—read it—and, if your hearts do not quail within you, neither will you be persuaded though one rose from the dead. American aboli tionists tell us that the Ministers of the Gospel (dare we so pollute the name) in America are the stronghold of slavery—it is most likely to be true. The scaffold of BROWN is their condemnation throughout Christendom. DESTRUCTION OF BETHNAL GREEN CHURCH BY FIRE.-(THIS DAY.) A conflagration , which has resulted in the total destruction of the old church at Bethnal green, broke out at half-past 12 this morning. The fire was of such a destructive nature that in a com parative short space of time the whole of the mag nificent interior fittings, organ, bells, &c., were a heap of rubbish. REMOVAL OF TIIE COURT FROM THE ISLE OF Wioirr.—According to present arrangements, the Royal Family will :leave Osborne on Wednesday next the 21st inst. His Excellency the Swedish Minister and the Countess Platen arrived at the residence of the Legation in Grosvenor-place, on Saturday, from visiting Sir William and Lady Middleton, at Shrublands Park, near Ipswich. The Duke of Buccleuch and Lord Walter Scott have left Boughton House, Northamptonshire, for Scot land. The Duchess of Athole has left the St. George's Hotel on a visit to the Earl end Countess of Derby, at Knowsley Park, Lancashire. The Duke de Carriccolo has left the Brunswick, for Paris. The Earl of Sefton has arrived in town from Crosteth Hall, Lancashire. The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea have left the St. George's Hotel. Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Har court, M.P., will leave Strawberry Hill on Friday for Nuneham Park, Oxon, where they intend to receive com• pany during the Christmas holidays. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left London on Saturday afternoon for his lordship's seat, Broadlands, Rants. _ _ Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby have left town for Torquay. Lord and Lady Huntingfield have left the St. George's Hotel. Lord and Lady Arthur Hay have left Pester House, Haddingtorslaire, on a visit to the Earl and Coun tess of Tankerville, at Chillingham Castle, Northumber land. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Saturday for Hawarden Castle, Chester. Lady and the Misses Williams have arrived at the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, from Brighton. _ _ Mr. W. W. Beaumont, M.P., and Lady Margarel Beaumont arrivtad _ at their seat, Britton Hall, Yorkshire. on Saturday, from visiting Lord and Lady Lyveden, ai Farming Woods, Northamptonshire. Tho Dowager Lady - 1 7 1usgrave has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. The popular actor Lafont, so long a special favourite of the habitues of the French The ttre in London, after an absence of some duration from the stage, has lately made his reappearance before a Parisian public with more than ordinary success, at the Gymnase Theatre, in a new drama entitled "Lo Pere Prodigue," from the pen of Alex andre Dumas, fits. CAPTAIN NORTON'S EXPERIMENTS EV THE ART OF WAR. TO THE EDITOR, OF THE SUN. Sir,—l have just returned from \Valham-green, where I have made the seven experiments detailed below.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, Dec. 17, 1359. J. NORTON. 1. Gossamer cartridge as adapted to my 11-inch bore three elliptic groove rifle, on Horton's central fire principle. It may be attached to the shot, shell, or bolt, for the pur pose of loading more rapidly. 2: Iron or steel elongated rifle shot, with four wooden wings to suit the four grooves of the rifle, coated round with paper pasted on, to prevent injury to the interior of the rifle, such as those I use from my one-pounder rifled brass cannon, which cannon I successfully tested with per cussion shells at Woolwich about 18 years ago, on which occasion, the late Lord Hardinge being present, wrote me a letter of congratulation, saying that my experiments with the rifle cannon would lead to the most valuable results. These shots are well adapted for piercing plates of iron. (See Me chanics' Magazine, Dec. 31, 1858, p. 11, also Sept. 2, 4859.) 3. Elongated or leaden shot, cast in wooden or pasteboard jackets, which prevent leading of the rifle, and are easily rammed home. This was fired from Major Nuthall's im proved rifle. 4. A SIMPLE MEANS OF DEMONSTRATING THE 'WORKING OF LIQUID FIRE SHELLS.—The elongated shell being charged with the liquid described in a former paper, and stopped with a porous cork projecting a little, the shell may then be laid on canvas or other combustible matter; and in about ten minutes the fermentation of the mixture will force its way through the pores of the cork, and meet ing the oxygen of the atmosphere, will become ignited, the cork acting like the wick of a candle, and the liquor un derneath feeding it; an elongated leaden shell thus charged, and adapted to the Lancaster military rifle, will continue to 'burn for ten minutes with an intense heat which cannot be extinguished by water. 5. IMPROVED RIFLE FIRE-BRAND.—My first brand was SO constructed as to break its neck on striking loose flow- ing canvas, when the liquid-fine spread on the Canvas and set it on fire. My present improved brand has a tube of glass charged with liquid-fire placed within it; it is then closed with a plug 'of cork ; on firing the rifle, the glass tube breaks by the jar of the exploded charge. The liquid is diffused in the interior of the brand, and cannot imme diately escape from it, but after a few minutes it will per colate through the sap pores of the wood, and burst into flame. (See " Mechanics' Magazine," 19th August, 1859.) 6. The ladies' revolver to be loaded with gun-cotton cartridges, which insure certainty of fire, and no soiling of the barrels. This I recommended through the " Mecha nics' Magazine," to the ladies in India who were prac tising to fire with pistols during the rebellion there. I wish to instruct the whole of the British volunteers in the manner of preparing the various war appliances that I ex hibited at Beaufort House, Walham-green. 7. Using the grenade for house defence without ex posing the person. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT- GARDEN. The opening of the pantomime at this theatre is from the pen of Mr. J. V. Bridgeman, who has selected for his subject the old nursery legend of " Puss in Boots," which he has amplified somewhat after the following fashion. The first scene intro duces us to the interior of the mill, where Huon, the youngest son of the original miller, is disco vered, lamenting over the harsh treatment he re ceives from his eldest brother, Mealoff, to whom the old miller at his death has bequeathed the mill, leaving:Huon merely a cat. Huon also refers despair ingly to a certain Princess Blanchefleur, with whom be is madly in love. His soliloquy is interrupted by Mealoff, who orders him to leave the place at once. Huon is greatly irritated, and drives his brother out, a circumstance which he the instant afterwards deplores, because he sees, as the consequence of his rash act, starvation staring him in the face. His sad forebodings are interrupted by his Cat, who has been lying coiled on some sacks in the background. Pussy bids him cheer up, and promises that he shall obtain the hand of the Princess. Huon is incredulous, on which Puss in forms him she is a fairy in disguise, and, as a proof of this, conjures up the traditional pair of top boots and bag, the former of which she puts on. Master and Cat then set out upon their adventures. Scene 2is laid in Fairyland, where Innocentia, queen of the good fairies, reviews her subjects, who have all en listed as rifle volunteers, in consequence of the sus picious movements of a certain Worldlinessa, a fairy of Machiavelian tendencies, who is a near neighbour of Innocentia. The same Worldlinessa pays Innocen tia a visit for the purpose of prevailing on her to recall the Cat, who has been sent by Innocentia to watch over Huon. Worldlinessa's object in doinf , this is to obtain for the Baron - Wilfulwight, a lug!. berly boy, son of the Count von Grabenuff, the Prin cess Blanchefleur's hand. Innocentia refuses com pliance. Worldlinessa, although bursting with rage, pretends to take the refusal in good part, but complains of the warlike preparations which she beholds around her, and which she looks upon as a menace and reproach, her own motives being, as she asserts, so pure and free from ambition. Her repre sentations do not, however, convince Innocentia, who determines to keep up, her armaments in an effective state, not for purposes of aggrandisement, but simply of self-defence. The scene concludes with a grand review of Innocentia's forces. Scene 3 is laid in the Royal Palace, where we make the acquaintance of the Count von Grabenuff, Lord Chamberlain, and his hulking son, Wilful wight, for whom he wishes to obtain the hand of the Princess Blanchefleur, and who, as his name suggests, is a perfect young pickle, indulging in every kind of mischief. Shortly afterwards Puss in-Boots has an audience of the King to bring him certain presents from her master, whom, according to the old story, she ennobles by the title of the Marquis de Carabas. The king is so pleased, that he accepts the presents, and informs Puss he will visit her master forthwith. Puss is somewhat puz zled at this, but scampers off to the corn-fields— Scene 4—near the Ogre's castle, and informs her master, Huon, what he has got to do. She then harangues the reapers, calling upon them, on pain of instant death, to declare that all the country round belongs to the Marquis of Carabas. They obey Pussy's injunction. On the arrival of the King and his court, his Majesty is delighted, and receives very graciously Huon, to whom he has sent a magnifisent suit of clothes, for, in answer to his inquiries, on hearing cries for help, Pucs has rushed in with the sad intelligence, that, while the Marquis has been bathing in a river near at hand, his own clothes have been stolen. The Princess falls in love with Huon immediately she be holds him, while Puss, well satisfied with the success which has hitherto attended her plan, rushes off to the Ogre's castle. This brings us to Scene 5. Pussy gets the Ogre to change into a mouse, and, having caught him, quietly seizes his castle. Everything is going en most smoothly, when the Count, warned by Worldlinessa, runs off with the Princess, Puss-in-Boots having so far forgotten herfelf as to get tipsy, and being, in consequence, unable to extend her fairy protection to the Princess. In scene nine we perceive the Count, the Coun tess, Wilfulwight, and the Princess, cast upon the seacoast, at the mouth of a large marine cave. They are extremely ill and unhappy. Worldliness is about to assist them to put off again, when she per ceives, from certain unmistakeable symptoms, that she is foiled by Innocentia. She immediately, in the spirit of worldliness, deserts her protege. The cavern changes to a most magnificent fairy scene. Innocentia advances, with more than ordinary fairy splendour, and, after restoring Blanchefleur to her lover, brings about the usual changes. Huon is transformed into Harlequin, Blanchefleur into Columbine, the Countess into Pantaloon, the Count into Clown, and the business of the harlequinade then begins. SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales embarked from the docks this evening at 20 minutes to 6 o'clock, on board the Royal yacht Elfin, the Hon. Captain Denman, en route from Oxford Univer sity to her Majesty's residence at Osborne. The Prince was received by Mr. P. Hedger and Mr. J. Levy, on the part of the dock company, to whom his Royal Highness expressed his thanks for their attention. The Hon. R. Bruce (Go vernor) and Colonel Koppel (Equerry-in-Waiting) were in attendance on the Prince, who appeared to be in the best health, Mr. R. P. Collier, Q.C., has been appointed coun sel to the Admiralty and Judge Advocate of the Fleet, in succession to Mr. Atherton, now her Majesty's Solicitor General. This appointment, not being an office under the Crown, does not vacate Mr. Collier's seat in the House a Commons as member for Plymouth. _ . The Attorney-General has directed the junior briefs in the department of the office of woods, forest, and land revenues of the crown to be sent to Mr. P. M‘Mahon, of the Oxford Circuit, in place of Mr. W. N. Willes, who has been appointed a county court judge. The Government has granted an annual pension of ,E5O to Mrs. Janet Taylor, of 101, Minories, author of an "Epitome of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, " roved Lunar Lunar Tablesi" " Guide to the u se of Maur y 's Charts," &c.„ for her s ervices in the cause of navigation, a deserved and gratifying recognition of merit. Sir J. Wm. Ramsden, M.P., was entertained on Thursday evening at a banquet ' (riven in his honour by the principal inhabitants of lluddersfield, with which the hon. bart. is so closely connected. Appropriate speeches, relat ing to local affairs, were delivered. A letter from Coblentz states that the Moselle is so blocked up with ice that the navigation has been stopped, and the steamers which plied on the river have been laid up for the winter near Cud. The,Rhine, up to the present time, has so little floating ice on it that the bridge of boats has not yet been removed, bat the steamers have suspended their operations from Coblentz to Berg, in eon. sequeueo of the quantity of ice in the itlaiu&int, LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, AIoND Y. The Moniteur of this morning contains the fol- Iwing : The reception of the Marquis de Villamarina and M. de Desambrois took place yesterday. Last night the improvement in Prince Jerome's health continued. On the Ist of January the Emperor will receive the corps diplomatique and the legislative bodies. N.B. The above telegram has been delayed by an interruption of the telegraphio lines. PARIS, DEC. 17. Prince Metternich has officially informed the French Government of the nomination of Count Rechberg as First Plenipotentiary of Austria at the Congress. The Patric of this evening states positively that Cardinal Antonelli will attend the Congress, and that he will arrive in Paris on the 4th January. The Pays announces that to-morrow the Marquis de Villamarina will present his letters of recall and M. Decambrois his lettres de creance. It was asserted on the Bourse that Count Kisse leff had been nominated First, and M. Balabine se cond Plenipotentiary of Russia at the Congress. The health of Prince Jerome continues to im prove. In an autograph letter of the Pope to the Empe ror, his Holiness declares that he is willing to be represented at the Congress, having full confidence in the loyalty and firmness of the eldest son of the Church, to whom God has intrusted the mission to protect the patrimony of St. Peter against illegal covetousness. MARSEILLES, SUNDAY. Letters received from Naples state that during the night between the 12th and 13th inst. nume rous arrests, including several eminent persons, were made. The persons arrested are accused of having clandestinely printed journals, and of having sup ported a subscription in behalf of General Garibaldi, several documents concerning which have been seized. The police were searching for the distributors of the photographic portraits of Agesilas Milano. The Sardinian Consul had been momentarily arrested by mistake, but was set at liberty. Advices received from Algiers state that the formal opening of the railway to Blida.h had taken place. VIENNA, DEC. 18. The report of an intended abdication of the Emperor is totally unfounded. The statement that the Archduke Maximilian would be absent from Austria two years is likewise false. The journey of his Imperial Highness to the Brazils will only occupy six months. FRANKFORT-ON-MAINE, DEC. 17. In to•day's sitting of the Federal Diet the pro posals of the Wurzburg Conference were brough' forward. They are as follows : 1. The publication of the proceedings of the Fede. ral Diet. 2. A common civil and criminal legislation. 3. A common law of domicile. 4. A revision of the Federal military constitu tion, by increasing the Federal forces organically and not numerically ; and, 5. The fortification of the coasts of the North and Baltic Seas. The Christmas Taeation of the Federal Diet has been declared, and will continue till the sth of January. BERNE, DEC. 18 The Federal Council intends to ask at the Con grzss that the neutrality of Savoy may be guaranteed by the Italian Confederation, as it already is by Piedmont in virtue of the treaties of 1816. STOCKHOLM, DEC. 17. To-day an enthusiastic demonstration of the towns in favour of the Italian people took place. The Diet has unanimously resolved to present an address to the King requesting his Majesty to de fend at the Congress the right of the Italian people to decide their own affairs. A telegram received from Copenhagen states tha' the Royal Palace of Fredericksburg was last nigh completely destroyed by fire. HAMBURG, SUNDAY. The sitting of the Common Council yesterday lasted until 1 a.m. All the speakers, with one ex ception, declared the proposal of the Senate con cerning the Constitution perfectly impracticable. The Left demanded the immediase 'rejection of the proposal, and the nomination of a committee to elaborate, according to the views of the citizens, such changes as might be admissible. The Centre moved that before rejecting the pro position a special committee should be appointed to inquire into and report on the question. This motion was agreed to, and a committee was then elected. ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 17 The French Ambassador, the Duke de Monte bello, has communicated to the Russian Govern ment the wish of his Sovereign that the functions of the First Plenipotentiary of Russia at the Con gress may be intrusted to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Prince Gortschakoff has replied, by telegraph to Paris, that he will take into consideration the wish of France. MADRID, DEC. 17, The division of General Prim has taken a position two leagues from the general encampment, in order to protect the works for opening the road to Tetuan. The division of General Ros de Olano has been placed to the right of this road. The defeat of the enemy yesterday has produced .ernent in the Moorish army. discourage FRANCE. PARIS, SATURDAY The Emperor and the Empress went yesterday to visit Prince Jerome. The bulletins published at the Palais Royal were as follows : " Ninein the morning. " The state of his Imperial Highness has not undergone any material change during the night ; the expectoration has been frequent and slightly tinged with blood; his situation continues grave." " Six in the evening. " The state of Prince Jerome is still grave. A pleuretic stitch in the left side has rendered the application of a fresh blister necessary." " Saturday, 9 a.m. " The state of his Imperial Highness - has under gone no change for the worse. The night has been rather quiet. " RAYER ; CRUVEILIIIER ; LE HELLOCO. This afternoon the Prince was much the same Mgr. Sacconi, the Papal Nuncio, had the honour of a private audience of the Emperor yesterday and delivered to his Majesty a letter from the Pope. The weather in Paris is extremely severe to-day. The streets are covered with a thin coat of snow frozen hard. There is a sharp north-east wind blowing, and the thermometer has stood all day at six degrees below freezing point. The Government has suppressed the report of the trial for a separation between Count• Migeon and his wife on account of a well-known political per sonage having been mentioned by M. Jules Favre. All the London evening papers were seized to-day. The Moniteur publishes the official return of the Customs revenue for the month of November, which amounted to 15,485,434 fr., being an increase of 2,857,723 fr. on the corresponding month of the pre ceding year. The receipts for the 11 months of 1859 amount to 173,165,308 fr., showing an improve ment of 5,800,209 fr. on the corresponding period of 1858. "It is rumoured," says a Paris letter in the Nord of Brussels, " that the Prince de la Tour d'Au vergne will assist at the Congress, in the place of Baron de Bourqueney, who positively declines the post, for family reasons." THE BOURSE, Dec. 17.—The market was rather heavy at the opening, but afterwards somewhat recovered. Threes, after having been done at 70f. 40c., improved to 70f. 55c. ; Mobilier varied from 842 f. 50c. to 850 f. ; Lombard, 573 f. 75c. to 576 f. 25c. ; Austrian, 572 f. 50c. to 575 f. ; Lyons, 935 f. to 940 f.; Orleans, 1,417 f. 50c. to 1,422 f. 50c. ; Southern, 535 f. to 537 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations : 41 per Cents. .... 96 9) Credit Foncier 725 Do. end month Belgian 4i . — 3 per Cent 5....... 70 30 Piedmonteso (5) B5 50 Do. end month.... 70 60 Roman B4 75 Bank Shares 2900 Austrian — Credit Mobilier .. 845 Spanish Threes Do. Account B5l 25 liome Debt 44/ RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 971 25 .. 970 New ditto 862 50 .. 861 25 Lyons and Mediterranean 935 .. 940 Geneva 517 50 .. 545 Southern Western 582 50 .. 580 Eastern Sardinian 422 50 .. 425 Austrian Lombard .. ....... • • Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money, 25f. 90.; three months, paper, 24f. 95c. ; money, 24f. 931 c. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. CORFU, DEC. 11. The following is the Lord High Commissioner's speech at the opening of Parliament : " Mr. President and Gentlemen,— " Since I assumed the duties of her Majesty's Lord High Commissioner, it has been my endeavour to become tho- roughlyacquainted with the internal administration of these States, with the wants of the country, and with the means best calculated to improve the moral and social condition o the people. " To assist me in this task, I appointed, with tke concur rence of the most illustrious the Senate, a Commission, over whose inquiries I myself presided. The cordial co operation of that Commission and the valuable assistance I received from them demand my warmest acknowledg- ments. The result of their labours, in the shape of a report, and the details of their sittings as consigned to the proces verbaux, will be laid before you. " I have also visited all the islands composing the Sep- tinsular State, and have endeavoured, as far as time and cir • cumstances would permit, to become acquainted with a ll classes, and personally to inquire into their wants and wel fare. I have been welcomed everywhere with kindness and attention, and have received marks of sympathy and good will for which lam very grateful. The 'local Governments and municipalities have, with one exception, assisted me to the utmost of their power, and have shown a laudable soli- citude for the improvement and well-being of their respec. [ye islands. " After a careful consideration of all I have seen, and of the different circumstances elicited by the inquiries I have instituted, I have formed an unfavourable opinion of the existing system of administration, and a painful impres sion of the wants and requirements of these States. With a view of obtaining employes of superior attainments, and of opening the public service to all who may desire to enter it, I have established a system of competitive exami nation for the departments placed by the Constitution under my superintendence and control. The most illustrious the Senate have authorised a similar course for first appoint- ments in the departments of the general government. I fee] confident that public competition, if strictly and justly car ried out, will provide employes better calculated for the pub. lie service than those appointed under the old system o: favouritism and protection. "But, to obtain good and well-informed servants, it is necessary for a State to watch, with peculiar attention, the progress of public education. I regret to say, that no sub. ject requires the anxious care of Parliament more than the ono referred to. Parliament has set aside annually L 12,000 for the purposes of public education ; but in the apportioning of this sum the schoolinastori of the country receive a miserable pittance, On which they cannot exist, and the children are left in a condition of ignorance and neglect at once discreditable and dangerous to the State. " The report of the Archon will be presented to the As sembly, and I invite your serious attention to this important question. " Bills will be submitted to you on subjects of great inte rest, and which require immediate legislation. Among the most important is a bill to regulate the establishment and administration of joint-stock banks. The charter under which the lonian Bank has acted for the last 20 years ex pires in March next, and the Government, being of opinion that all exclusive privileges are detrimental to the public interests, asks your consent to a bill regulating banking companies, on what I believe to be sound and equitable principles. I cannot dismiss this question without referring to the valuable assistance the lonian Bark has at all times rendered to landed property and commerce in these islands, and my sincere desire is, that the constitutional authori ties of the State may be able to pass such an act as will enable the country still further to enjoy tho advantages and assistance of that institution. " A bill will be presanted for your consideration on the subject of a further extension of the system of district jurisdiction. I have received many applications from the country districts for increased facilities in obtaining an im mediate and cheaper settlement of local differences. I have carefully considered the question, and am satisfied that a system of local tribunals, which has answered so admir ably in other countries, is likely to be attended with the same beneficial results here. affo It is a duty which the Legi or s lature owes to the country to rd the opportunities cheap and prompt ju stice to the poorer classes, and by the means of local tribunals to put a stop to the delays, ex pense, and inconvenience which a reference to the superior courts in the cityinvariably entails. "I would also call your attention to the unguarded state of the coasts and ports of the different islands. It is hope less to attempt to imp reve the revenue unless the facilities and encouragement offorded to smuggling are removed. A remedy is absolutely repuired for this state of things, which is not only detrimental to the public revenue, but demoral ising to the people. A proposal will be made to you on this subject, which I consider one of great importance. " Bills aro prepared, and will be laid on the table of the house : " 1. To amend the law regarding usury. " 2. To regulate the valuation of the olive crop. " 3. To limit the power of arrest in civil action. "4. To permit Coloni to dispose of colonial property. "5. To put a stop to the delays which take place in ex amining witnesses before the magistrates. " G. To amend the 71st Act of the Bth Parliament, with reference to tho security required of certain public func tionaries. 4, 7. To punish persons who encourage or who are parties to the desertion of non-commissioned officers and soldiers of her Majesty's forces. " 8. To abolish the postal tariff now established, and to return to the old system. " 9. To provide substitutes for the judges. " 10. To establish a system of district jurisdiction. " 11. To regulate and establish joint 7 stock banks. " Five Acts of Government have been passed by the most illustrious Senate, with my approbation, during the recess, and will be now submitted for your consideration and sanc • tion. " In accordance with the provisions of the constitutional Charter, the most illustrious the Senate has laid before you the civil list and the budget for the present biennium. I trust to ycur liberality to make the necessary provision for the public service. " The finances require careful supervision and strict economy. The number of employes who are berne on the civil list of these States is remarkable. They are out of all proportion to the requirements of the service—badly paid, and as a natural consequence in many instances inefficient. It will be the duty of the Government, when time and cir cumstances permit, carefully to consider this important question, and, with a due regard to existing interests, to Propose such changes for the future, by abolishing useless offices and consolidating others, as will give increased effi ciency to the service, and produce a real economy in the public expenditure. "The receipts and expen.diture of the Local Governments should be no less anxiously considered, and prudently ad ministered. " The public charities equally demand the careful super vision of the competent authoriiy. Institutions which are intended for humane and moral purposes become sources of immorality and vice when not administered with a strict supervision and wise forethought. It is only necessary to instance the Foundling Hospital of Zante, which costs a sum of £2,282 annually, being more than the third of the whole municipal revenue. It is not to be wondered at that a municipality complains of poverty, when the third of its -- moderate revenue is devoted to r — oaring the illegitiniai children of the population. " Such are some of the principal q uestions which w ill be offered for your consideration. There are others which will doubtless be presented by private members and by the Government during the progress of the session. " I have now performed my duty as the representative of the protecting Sovereign in these States. I have proposed measures which I believe to be condu cive to the public wel fare. I now devolve upon you the duty, which properly be longs to you, of maturely considering and finally deciding on the adoption or rejection of those measures. "To secure the public prospe rit y and welfare, it is in dispensable that a cordial and harmonious understanding should exist among all the constitutional authorities of the State. Nothing shall be wanting on my part to further this most desirable object. Your loyal assistance and frank co-operation are also invited for the welfare and improve ment of the people. I%ly confident hope an d belief is, that now, when I devolve the responsib ilit y on you, you will prove yourselves worthy of your mission, as th e represen tatives of the lonian people, and, that yon will l a bour to i m p rov e the condition, and to secure t he well-being of those who have confided their interests to your keeping." The most illustrious the President of the A the ss em bly, Sir Dionysius Count Flamburiaris, n ad dressed his Excellency as follows : the " Excelleney,—As the Speaker of the h ouse, and in name of the Assembly, I cannot reply to the contents of your Excellency's important address. I shall call the at tention of the house to the subject, and shall feel highly gratified, when authorised to give your Excellency a Pre cise answer in detail. " I must, however, assure your Excellency that the house is animated by the desire not only o f co-operating with your Excellency and the most illustri ous the Senate, but" also of promoting any measure that m a y tend to the practi cal welfare of the people that it represents, and in whom your Excellency evinces so great and li v ely an interes t." INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNINO. The Ceylon steamer, Captain Evans, has arrived. She left Alexandria, Dec. 6 ; Malta , Dec. 10 raltar, Dec. 14. She brings 96 passengers, including the Ea r L% Portarlington. On freight 1 , 412 bale s of sat an d boxes of oranges, and 100 bales of almonds general cargo. Her Majesty's ships Hibernia, Renown, Ba at c oon Argus, Scourge, Osprey, and Intrepid were Malta. Her Majesty's ships Marlborough, Brunswick' Orion, Doris, Neptune, and Moh awk, and f i ve French liners were at Gibraltar. Her Majesty's screw corvette Scylla left Gibraltfaror on the 12th, with the steam dredger in tow, Malta, and the Firebrand returns to England. The Gibraltar Chronicle says the attention of the Government of Morocco has been officially ca lled to the 14th article of the treaty existing between th! United States and Spain which prohibits the tters the 6 0 ' zens of one country from accepti n g foreign of marque to cruise against th e commerce of le other. There is no later news from the seat of war. 5f Gibraltar exchange on Lo ndon, 51t ; Pal* 32c. ; Marseilles, sf. 32e. ; Genoa, sf. 37e. The crew of the ship Lisbon arrived at Gibraltar or. the 10th from Algesiras, where they had beeU taken by a French barque. She was - bound fronl New Brunswick to Hull with timber, and 0 611 ' doned off Cape Finisterre, water-legged. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 1 474 The Royal Mail steamer Ca nada, for Boston, 41: rived here at half-past 3 this after for Haloon, her mails, and proceeded at 6 p.m. f well. embarked LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Africa, with the Navt York mails of the 7th inst., was reported off Queens town yesterday, and may be expected in the Mer sey to-morrow. This arrival, it is expected, will bring the President's Message. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. The screw steamship Vigo, which touc hed at Queenstown yesterday, arrived in the g erSeY to day with advices to the 3d from New York. S he h asoug ht 215,991 dols. 71c. in s p ecie on freight. 4E. --- IT, ----------- DIES O F IT' THELA GARIBALD General Garibaldi has just addressed the ing proclamation to the ladies of Italy ..-- When the ladies of Milan, Venice, and other Dollar!, friends,,olf cities, asked at evening parties, their children, lovers, if they were not going to the holy war, Laid in t r e way increased the ranks of the liberating army wit h ,L.., young, the brave, and the illustrious, —then, I saY? 1.4^ 1 gave to the character of this epoch the brilliant stamp ° a follovr. female patriotism, which according to history bears viitile°_. to us of thevalour of the Roman, Spartan, and Carthagerh. women. Well, these ladies, these women, w orth,' ef l ',, times of ancient Italy, who sent to us their beloved ones? '''' us their brothers by blood, will they now refuse to threw, their superfluities into the balance for the redemption el Italy ? The ladies Cairoli of Pavia, Martinez, Deercil,f; re pos., Sinori, Biancardi of Como, Pallavicino, Speri• Salvi, have they no comrades in heart in the hundred eitiee of Italy ? Are there n ot thousands of women, liklthe Verri, Casani, Mantegazza, Araldi, Adamolo, Lel ile `" -- , „ d who will throw in the face of those who wish to epPre s ;: h . their superfluous ornaments, their jewels their hair, t' e :" children even as a holocaust for the redemption of tug_ people which does not choose to be a slave to the eaP rice °I foreign princes, but desires to be placed on the sae ° f°l c and to take its seat by the side of the other nel/6:i Europe, who are our sisters, and of whom we feel ouree"- worthy. One lady then, one woman of every Italian city, t°111 ...1 and village, must invite the fair sex, invigorated b L ': consciousness of having achieved a solemn and vital act fe' the country, and this woman must say to all the rest :.--D.• not offer collars or tresses (it is not yet come toe thatit but offer your superfluities to this Italy, which W °ls° r f form in one day. Do it without stint. • ,for the pow' s ; ul ones of the earth will bow before the millions tbe t O ea be spared from your savings—before the million a sre l citizens. . . We shall see no longer our childrellaes posed to the massacres of battle fields . . • aud will bless our most holy work. GOVERNMENTS IN FRAN"GCE. G F A1 : 91 : :1;; -.y. information ,,ln a pe r : LAST SEITiNII 7 YEA Bz. France presents in a succinct form some The foll • thirteen Governments, owing extracts from the Gazette A cu rl °U others ln ori i— g o i d n 7 1 ,t 7 ,h 9;) . 1 - 79 T 9 h ) tpe c — e s T s a h n e t changes Assemblies ( Ma y o a f n s d ev in e eachnatiym years II isoffureirrsianivelf.ri l o s s ;nal thee-° 1 Directory (Oct. sth, Convention, with its revolutions and i ll. (s s e t p h t ,.l 2 79 4 B th , ,t017A927.010th, 0ct.:902:. s ( u il i e. 24th, 1799, sth' 1796, to rio d 1804).--The for life (Aug. 2d, 1802, to 1795).—The Consulate for limited P o e ne .. March 2d, 184) 20th,.—1 to Aug. 2d, 1802.) 18t 'I I may 18t i The Empire (May 18th, 124th► to APto RestorationlB4). T he Empire (April w24strhch, I : 7t t . t i_ o June 22d, 1815). The Restoration Jul(y B _,t' ll .: 1815, to Aug., 1830). —The Government of I ned .uu public (Feb. 26th, 1848, to Dec. 2d, 1851)0. (Aug. 9th, 1830, to Feb. 24th, 1848).--"Ille ;Flo Presidency for ton years (Dec. 20th-219th,1a1'0,121. Dee. 9th, 1802). —The Empire (Dec. lB5 1 . During the same period of 70 years there have bee gl to promulgated 12' constitutions which have W I France, for a longer or shorter' period, the forcigi, fundamental law :—The constitution of Sept. t he 1790 ; the constitution of June 24th, 17, 9 ,1 ; tho constitution of the sth Fructidor, year .1 1- .,; t he constitution of the 22d Frimaire, year VII I; lc ; senatus consultum of the 16th Thernaidor, pea p ear the decree of the Senate of the 28th Floreal• ,_ t X 11; the Charter of 1814 ; the additional Ac. of 1815 ; the Republican constitution of 1. 6 14 the constitution put forth by . the President a t o ll_ 14th-22d January, 1852; the same constituti.J: modified by the senatus-consulta of November t 4. 1852, and the plebiscit of January 21st22d, 18'5 In all that we have a specimen of the force_ of: unity to whiell the Revolution has sacrificed tn._:, rightsand liberty of France! In both catalo.get, we may add, pro have omitted all that was soot% ephemeral ; and moreover, the suspension 1?f i u „f revolutionary government of the con:60101;r. 1793. Is there in this double result anythini_oce prising or astonishing-, or which is not in ac let les with common sense ? Nothing. The Pr lic ghat laid down have borne their fruit, the prernoes __., were established have produced their conseelta.o we have sown the wind and reaped the wlairlivio ----:------_____ . The accounts from the provinces speak of fletberol weather having set in very generally. In Pols Pl'oe,5;01( continues, and skating is now quite safe. At el stood yesterday znorning, the thermometer of lq. Chelaberu it); at s 3 2-10th below zero Centrigade (17 1-3 d Fnahrelin clock, at noon, 3 9- 10th below C. (25 F.), and at no - C. 24 F.). 15-10th below (1 ,4 0 4 1 Ila n Pro v itak, rat e an ti ltre