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c 7. lions of a large body of gentlemen devoted to the promotion of the study of science, will be a source • of unmitigated satisfaction to the general body of the public. After having long had to contend Against difficulties, which is deeply to be regretted it should ever have fallen into, it now re-appears tinder circumstances which promise for it a long, brilliant, and useful career, which there is appa rently every desire and every capability on the part of the management to render permanent. Among the principal of the numerous appliances for the Study of the several branches of natural philosophy which are here collected, may be mentioned a sectional model of the crust of the earth, designed by Mr. J. S. Phene, which is upwards of two feet in length, illustrating the structure of the earth, the general features of its scenery from the poles to the equator, and the animal and vegetable remains of past ages which disclose the history of this portion of the creation. This work indeed, is to geology what Mr. Wyld's globe is to geography, and affording equal facilities for the study of that most interesting subject. A new chemical labora tory has also been established, with abundant facilities for the performance of analyses, a purpose to which it will, probably, be extensively applied. In the lecture-rooms, electrical apparatus on a large scale is made available in the hands of Professor Gan diner for the display of the strikingphenomen a of the science, while, for other portions of the natural phi losophy, and especially optics, there are also ample means of experimental illustrations. The interior of the hall has undergone a complete system of re decoration, whereby the gloom, which was some times complained of, has been altogether dispelled, and its aspect is now in perfect harmony with the general character of the place and the uses to which it is to be applied. The institution contains an abundance of works of art of all kinds, and at stated hours of the day the usual variety of enter tainments; scientific,musical, humorous, and other wise, agreeably break the time devoted to the ♦isit. We sincerely hope that the permanent prosperity of the institution may be fully ensured by the meri torious efforts of its present management, and, judging by the numbers who resorted to it yester day, we should say that they are fully appreciated by the public. COLOSSEUM. This magnificent institution, after hating been entirely repaired and re-decorated, was yesterday thronged by a considerable body of Christmas sight seers, who w ere hi g hl y gratified by the in spection of its splendid dioramas and panoramas, and by the numerous exhibitions and entertain ments provided for them by the lessee and manager, Dr. Bachhoffner. The attractions of the place, in deed, are so varied in their character, and so power ful in their interests, that the hours during which it is open will be abundantly occupied with the claims which they make upon the attention. The Colosseum was at no antecedent period of its history in a more splendid or effective condition than at present, and when the public are reminded that upwards of a quarter of a million has been ex pended upon it, it will easily be understood why it should have remained so great a popular favourite during the last 36 years. Among the more promi• nent of the entertainments may be mentioned the Holiday Excursion to China, Australia, Turkey, Italy, France, and America, by Mr. A. Barns ; Mr. Hewson's Illustrations of Social Oddities, M. Nadol ski's Wonderful Cabinet, and a variety of Christmas amusements. MISCELLANEOUS. MR, AND MRS. GERMAN REED'S ENTERTAIN MENT.—Mr. and Mrs. German Reed have resumed their entertainment at the Gallery of Illustration ; but we must defer a detailed notice of it until to morrow. The same observation applies to two Or three other popular entertainments. WYLD'S GLOBE.—This most instructive and pleasing object continues to hold its high place in the public estimation, and, if we may judge from the number of visitors who always throng it on festive occasions like the present, it cannot be doubted that it is doing very great good in incul cating a taste for geographical science among all classes of the community. In itself it presents one of the most remarkable specimens of accurate modelling, and its artistic details are of extraordi nary excellence. As the institution is constantly made available by Mr. Wyld for the dissemination of exact information on the geography of the cur rent events of the day, visitors, in the course of an hour or so, will be enabled " to get himself up" in the progress of the war in China, just closed, the Italian question, the Syrian massacres, Austrian movements in reference to Venetia and Hungary, the visit of the Prince of Wales to America, the secession movement in the United States, and the contest now going on in New Zealand. The last mentioned subject, indeed, receives a particular illustration from a diorama of the country, contain ing views of Taranaki and other places in and near the scene of hostilities. This diorama was only opened yesterday, and is extremely attractive. BURFORD'S PANORAMA.—The magnificent spe cimens of scenic painting, for which Mr. Burford deservedly enjoys so high a reputation, constitute one of the most interesting and gratifying of the numerous objects of inspection with which the metropolis now abounds. In addition to the panorama of Rome, and the very 'wonderful one of the Bernese Alps, the subject of the Straits of Messina, treated with all the resources of Mr. Burford's art, now arrests the attention of his visitors. The locality deriving a peculiar interest at this moment from having been the scene of the earlier events in the glorious war of Italian independence under Garibaldi, will certainly attract crowds of the sight-seers ; but quite apart from any adventitious recommendation of the kind, it is a noble work of art, which demands, and will well repay, inspection. It was across the waters of Messina, sailing from Faro, that Garibaldi led the force with which he invaded continental Naples, and the localities connected with the expedition, including the Calabrian coast and the ancient city of Reggio, with its lighthouse and citadel, are seen iu the panorama, glowing in all the splendour of the scenery for which this region is celebrated. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—The crowds of visitors who yesterday honoured this far-famed collection of wax figures with their presence abundantly proved the freshness of the interest which it con tinues to exert on the public mind. CANTERBURY HALL.—Lambeth in particular, 81 1(1 Westminster in general, last night sent loyal crowds to the Canterbury Hall. There is an af fluence of attraction in the double excitement of the C oncert-room and the Picture Gallery, which is more proportionate even to an overwhelming holi day audience than to an ordinary one. We cannot dwell at length on the palpable evidences of Mr. Morton's skill and enterprise, as shown in his gene ral management and selection of artists, who pour tray every phase Of musical art, from the stately operatic selection, chorus and sentimental song, to the most diverting of eenaie illustrations, in the way of British and Japanned buffoonery. Hosts of holiday people, new to Canterbury Hall, had their interest fairly divided b etwe en the plea sures o f sound and sight, in the amPle musical programme and the edifying picture which Mr. gallery, to Morton has added, some conspicuous features in 'hiding three of the grand Scriptur al Pictures by tie late John Martin, productions of surpassing erit—incongruous, at a first glance, with th e rust the scene, but really harmonising with the ral impressions left by the singular combinations presented at this extraordinary place of entertain went. Marshal Pelissier, Duke of Malakhoff, still oc cupies the hotel of the Legion of Honour, where he is to be replaced by Admiral Hamelin. The Marshal, previous to his departure 1"or Algeria, is organising his Administra• tion, and selecting . the functionaries who are to accom pany him to Algierel, The Government of the Duke of Malakhoff will be a perfect vice-royalty, lie will be com- j pletely independent .of the Ministers, and will communi cate directly ixith these Emperor. Marshal Pelissier will quit Paris next week to take possession of his command. THE WEATHER IN FRANCE.—The weather become remarkably severe in Paris. The thermometer at mid- day on Monday marked four degrees below freezing point. The London papers and letters on Saturday, due in Paris on Saturday night, were not delivered until Mon- I day morning, THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM, Sore Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING TIIE IRISH TUTOR. Dr. O'Toole, Mr. John Drew. After which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Extravaganza, CRYSTABELLE : or, The Rose without a Thorn, showing ME VISION OF 7A ROSE. ITS FADING AT EVE, AND THE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR. Followed by the comic Drama, entitled HANDY ANDT. Messrs. Campbell, Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, Villiers, Butler, and John Drew; Mrs. J. Rouse, Miss Hudspeth, Miss M. Ternan, and Miss Neville. 1 A_STLEy This Ev.,,i introduction ingot 'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Was. BATTY. CONQUEftoIF. , a new Spectacle, entitled THE LION ,T', The Death Jungle, expressly for the of Perform L io u n l e s. ,onders of the World, " The Groupe To be succeeded b talented Parisian an Littls Bo 1 The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett. l i ig r r i nes in the Arena, supported by 1 rize Equegtian Comic Panto- EthArtistes. COnchnling with Batty, od perclnet and Grocri)o!ta,rthe Ugly Duchess and G o I r I C :ARLEQUIN YB V. Girls, by T. L. Greenwood, THE WONDERFUL Perks tl7lll(eitn)lltGelSe'rcolfi:ed: newlcing, produced with Cuthbert, Costumes and A po `4,°Z!ous Scenery. by Mr. in the comic scenes Batty's Prize Equ ni e etp, and introducing and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley, and irian Harlequinade, __ r. Brandon Ledger. Harlequin lli issSylvesteri Columbine Mr• G Pantaloon • G. verki l Dalton . Clown Mr. James 60, 5 1,. Sprites--111essrs. Thorne, Lockhart, and S ong. -- Doors open at half - Fast 6, performance commen se in 7 • . BOX-OfiCe open daily from 11 till 4 stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. WNW of the Arena—Mr. Fearoon. - THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY -LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH.' NOTICE.—The Lessee has much pleasure in announcing his Ninth Pantomime at this national establishment. Every care has been bestowed on it to make it suitable to the taste of his patrons who have honoured the theatre with their presence, and have pronounced the Pantomimes under his management superior to any produced. Great objections have been made as to the length of the comic scenes in pantomime. This has also undergone the necessary prim ing, and the pantomime will be so arranged as to leave off at Half-past Eleven, that the audience may avail themselves of the late Trains. The Lessee, having selected Wednes day morning for eight years for his morning performance, begs to inform his friends the Pantomime will commence every Wednesday at two o'clock. THIS EVENING, Dec. 27, and during the week, her Majesty's servants will perform a new Comedy, in two acts, entitled THE ADVENTURES OF A BILLET-DOUX. Principal Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Tilbury, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss E. Arden, Miss H. Howard, and Miss R. Ellingt3n. After which the new Grand Comic Christmas Annual, which, for a considerable time having engrossed the atten tion of every department, will be produced on a scale of unprecedented magnitude and magnificence, under the title of PETER WILKINS ; or, HARLEQUIN and the FLY ING WOMEN of the LOADSTONE ISLAND. Founded on the most remarkable and beautiful romanoe in the English language. The new and splendid scenery by Mr. WILLIAM BEVERLEY (to whom is due the merit of originating and bringing to perfection the present state of grand scenic effects now adopted at this sea son of the year by every theatre in the kingdom), assisted by Messrs. H. CRAVEN, C. PITT, GOMPERTE BREW, &c., &c. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. TULLY. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and written by E. L. BLAN CHARD, author of the great Drury-lane Pantomimes for the last eight years. The whole arranged and produced under the superintendence of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY. Programme of the Incidents and Scenery : A TIN MINE IN CORNWALL. Black Ralph (Captain of the Mine) Mr. Glindon. Peter Wilkins (a Miner) Mr. W. Templeton. The Earl Polwholfoltolderyddal Fitz Arthur Trevanion Mr. R. Power. Constantia (his Daughter) Miss Conway. ELFIN LAND IN THE CRYSTAL SPHERE Nymphidia Miss H. Howard. GRAND BALLET FANTASTIQUE. TREVANION CASTLE, ON THE CORNISH COAST, NEAR THE LAND'S END. Jack Robinson (first mate of the A.d venturer) Mr.T.Matthews QUARTER DECK OF THE ADVENTURER. FLIGHT OF THE FLYING ISLANDERS TO THEIR AERIAL HOME. THE SPREADING BANYAN TREE. Harlequins—Mr. Ccrmack and Mr. St. Maine. Columbines—The Misses Gunniss. Pantaloons—Mr. Naylor and Mr. E. H. Martin. Clowns—Mr. R. Huline and Mr. R. Power, and a little one in by Young Huline. Sprites—By the celebrated Lavater Lee Family. Scene I—EXTERIOR OF A GREENGROCER'S, A PRINTING OFFICE, AND A PUBLIC TAVERN. Scene 2.—A NURSERY GROUND AND SCHOOL. Scene 3. FARMHOUSE AND SPORTING COUNTRY. Scene 4. EARLY MORNING AND EARLY CLOSING. Scene—MlSTY VIEW. REDUCED PRICES AS USUAL. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.—Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. IMPORTANT NOTICE. The Management find it necessary to announce to their Patrons that it will be impossible for a few nights at Christ mas to perform Balfe's eminently successful Opera with the Grand Pantomime. The time in representation and scenic preparation required for a Harlequinade of such magnitude, renders this temporary suspension of the brilliant Opera im perative. Boxes and places will continue to be booked daily at the Box-office for its reproduction at an early date. Commence at Seven. Order carriages at half-past 11. THIS EVENING, Mr. Wm. Harrison's popular Operetta, THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE : Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. H. Corri. After which, with entirely new Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, and Decorations, a Grand Christmas Pantomine, BLUE BEARD; or, Harlequin and Freedom in her Island Home. Writtan by J. V. Bridgman, Esq. ; pro duced by Mr. Edward Stirling • embracing the chief panto mime talent of the day. A perfect galaxy of Clowns 5 Mr. Harry Boleno, Mr. Henry Payne, Mr. Hildyard, and the Lilliputians. Haslequins,....Mr. Milano, Mr. F. Payne. Pantaloons Mr. Barnes, Mr. Tanner. Columbines Mme. Bolena, Miss Clara Morgan. Sprites.......... The Zelinski Family. Ballet 26 Ladies. Mr. W. H. Payne, Mdlle. Lamou- I reux, Mdme. fierron, and Mons.Vandris. r Gorgeous scenery, from the pencils of T. Grieve and Telbin, illustrating the moving events of the year ; decorations, by Blamire, on a sca e of magnitude and expenditure without parallel ; fairy costumes, by Miss James and Mr. Coombes ; Eastern splendour, processions. marches, dancing, fun, and frolic, united to magical transformations by Sloman, pro ducing a combination of the grotesque and beautiful, recalling the golden days of pantomime for which Covent Garden stood alone and unapproached. Morning Performances every Wednesday and Saturday, commenc , n,g Saturday, Dec. 29, at Two o'clock. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Stage Manager, Mr. Ed. Stirling. Acting Manager, Mr. Edward Murray. It 0Y AL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W Harrison, Sole Lessees. TO-NIGHT, Dec. 27, MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE: Miss Louisa Pyne and btr. H, Corrle. To conclude with the Grand Christmas Pantomime, BLUE BEARD ; or, Harle quin and Freedom in her Island Home. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno, H. Payne, Hildyard, and Lilliputians. Harlequins, Messrq Milano and F. Payne. Pantaloons, Megan, Barnes and Tanner. Columbines, Mdme. Boleno and Clara Morgan. Sprites, the Zelinski Family. Mr. W. H. Payne, Mlle. Lamoureux, Sic. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMA,RKET, Lessee. Mr. J. B. Backstone. THIS EVENING, SITE sroors TO CONQUER. Tony, I.umpkin, Mr. Buckstone ; Young Marlow, Mr. Howe; mi ss Hardcastle, Miss Fanny Stirling (her 2d appearance here). After which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD AND HER CHILDREN. The Pantomimists by the un rivalled Leclercqs, Herr Cole, and Fanny Wright. Commence at 7. THE gf - N,_ LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1860. YA P R OE S S'S THEATRE.- Lessee and 'tanager, Mr. A. Harris. THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, Di3C• 27, 1880. The Chinese War at a certain and positive end is turning out to be rather a Chinese Peace at a very insecure and vague commencement. The fugitive Emperor, HIEN-FUNG, it appears, is after all not likely to return Pekin-wards quite so soon as was expected. Neither will the Anglo-French allies, we are now led to conjecture, find them selves enabled to return immediateiy,with anything like prudence, from the scene of their . recent warlike achievements. The Celestial Empire, there is now every apparent probability, will be bei,gre many more months can have elapsed in a conflag-ration of rebellion against the abhorred Tartar dynasty from one extremity to the other. It was hardly within reason to look for any result other than this as the sequel to the late ignominious discomfiture of that detested and alien race recently driven in a panic flight by (as we have already called the Allied Forces) a comparative handful of Europeans, driven forth in craven terror and confusion out of the capi tal of the empire far away into the distant wilds of Tartary. Moreover, in addition to the degradation of the Tartar rulers thus proclaimed by the events themselves that have in their regard so very recently and notoriously come to pass—there is that impor tant article in the new Treaty negotiated by the Allies with the appalled and terror-stricken Govern ment—that all-important article which provides for the publication far and wide throughout the vast extent of the Chinese Empire, the publication far and wide throughout that country of the total prostration and abject submission of the old and hated Tartar Government. The announcements that will then have to .be made to a people numbering in all from 300,000,000 to 400,000,000—a people already either ripe for re volt, or in a state of open, armed, and triumphant rebellion—will include amongst their number acknowledgments of a weakness so contemptible that the publication of those same announce ments can hardly fail, by any chance whatever, to be the signal for an overwhelming revolutionary outburst. What admissions indeed will there not have been made in this way to the Chinese people by their Tartar Government ? The latter will thus, among other things, have been con strained formally and deliberately to acknowledge that they have given in their assurances of regret to France and England, to the " outer barbarians" of Western Europe for that miserable ambuscade of a year and a half ago at the Taku fortifications. They will have to confess that they have promised to pay down in hard coin to their conquerors indemnities of no trivial magnitude—to France an indemnity of two millions and a half, to England an indemnity, we must still believe, approximating to just doable that amount—for it will be actually deplorable if Lord ELGIN should prove to have extorted from the murderers of our heroic tars on the Peiho, and of our other lamented countrymen who were lately prisoners at Pekin, one dolt, one tael less than the round sum of £5,000,000 sterling. The Chinese EMPEROR and his advisers will fur . . thermore have to trumpet throughout the length and breadth of the whole Empire—through the reso nant scroll of this last notable Treaty with France and England—they will have to trumpet thus throughout the length and breadth of China— the cession of Kowloon to England, the opening of Tien-tsin to the commerce of Europe, the admission of the Anglo-French Ambassadors en permanence within the sacred and awful precincts of the violated capital of the Empire, the restoration of churches, schools, and cemeteries, to the survivors of the Catholic missionaries, from whom they were now two hundred years ago torn by violence. These and other acknowledg ments of a nature hardly less strikingly significant of the completeness of the late discomfiture of the rulers of the Chinese—those hated rulers them• selves IN ill now, by one of the binding articles of the Treaty, have to promulgate, we cannot but think, to their owa inevitable destruction. The publication of the Treaty under the actual circum- stances of the empire must unavoidably act (we are perfectly satisfied of this) like the application of a vast number of lighted torches to a mass of dried and detonating combustibles. we haire to do, now that the Tartar dynasty and its Ministerial and Military supporters have pledged themselves to this most rash and insensate proceeding on their part, is to wait and listen patiently until there comes to us, sooner or later, the reverberation of the stupendous explosion. While we are thus waiting and listening for tid ings of the new and wide-spread revolt of the Chinese people against their Tartar Government—it is pleasant to think of the surprizes in store for us all, both in France and England, upon the arrival 'rom China of the costl7 works of Oriental art corn- .ng to us in the shape of spoil from the summer palace of Yuen-min-yuen. Treasures such as these have never before this left the shores of the Chinese Empire to gratify the curiosity of Europeans. Ima- gine among this wonderful spoil from the Hamp ton Court Palace of Pekin—the effigy of an elephant of natural size in gilt and bronze enammelled ! An edition of the writing of CONFUCIUS embellished with notes in the handwriting of the Emperor HANG-DI, a very mighty potentate, no doubt, but in the 'Journal du Havre absurdly likened to the Great NAPOLEON ! Together with literary and artistic works like these, the whole of the gor geous wardrobe of the Chinese EMPRESS, or rather of the Tartar EMPRESS of the CHINESE. From the which, by the way, may probably come a hint or two to the ladies of Paris and Belgravia not altogether unworthy of their future consideration—the results of which may possibly present themselves to view before very long, through the illustrations of Le Foilet. Already, indeed, this new page of Modern History, but just now opened at the late seat of war in China, shines temptingly and untiringly before the observant European like the resplendently illustrated and emblazoned page of a new Oriental entertainment. It is the land of ALADDIN we are reading of—and in the rub we have recently had with the Chinese we seem to have had a rub also at the Wonderful Lamp. The secession question in America is becoming one of which our gamblers might make an excel lent subject for a bet. The chances seem so even and the points to be considered afford such scope for guessing, that it may well puzzle Americans themselves perhaps more than us who look on from a distance, to say whether Secession or Union will win: There is one thing in favour of secession which most of us overlooked at first. This was quite natural, since the threateners of secession complained of one thing only—the election of a Republican President. That was to be quite sufficient to justify the South in severing its connection with the North ; it would be a sectional and hostile elec tion, and the section which vas vanquished had full right to withdraw from union with its conqueror. Soon, however, both Mr. DOUGLASS, LINCOLN'S opponent, and the President, showed that it was impossible to justify separation from the Confederacy on account of a perfectly consti tutional election ; and the Disunionists were reminded that some overt act on the part of Mr. LINCOLN and his government, was in all reason necessary to justify so violent a measure. Then, the "Personal Liberty Laws" of some of the Northern States were alleged, as insults demanding some violent remedy. Yet these laws, very singularly, were denounced most by just those States whose slaves could not run away except through other Slave States ; plainly showing that they, like Mr. LINCOLN'S election, were only a pretext. These laws, moreover, did little beyond preventing the abuse, law. against freemen, of the infamous fugitive slave The truth then came out, that the Southern States see at last that they have lost all their trade and commerce, or nearly all, to the North, and they think that they may, by a bold stroke, at once bring back their commerce and av enge themselves for the first great Presidential defeat they have ever known. Most of our readers are probably hardly aware of the enorteous difference between the commerce of the Slave and Free States; and as the American Federal revenue, with the exception of land sales, is nearly all derived from customs, the contributions of each to the expense of the general Government are in the proportion of the customs. In the year 1858 the Free States entered goods to the amount of 249,446,139 dollars; the Slave States, the same year, entered but 33,167,011 dollars' worth of imports. 7 For the year 1855, Mr. ROWAN HELPER gives the following figures from official sources : Tonnage. Exports. Imports. Free States 4,252,615 .. 167,520,693 .. 236,847,810 Slave States.... 855,517 .. 107,480,688 .. 24,586,528 In the Post-office the discrepancy is on the same scale. For the year 1855 the total receipts, in the Free States, were 6,390,238 dollars; in the Slave States, 2,220,043 dollars. While the cost of transmission was actually nearly equal, being, in the Free States, 2,608,295 dollars; and in the South, 2,385,953 dollars—showing to what an extent the North provides the South with postal advantages. Whatever advantages the South derives from the Federal - Government, it has at least hitherto had them uncommonly cheap. In 1854, for instance, the customs of the States amounted to about sixty-four millions of dollars, of which the Southern States contributed only about five millions!! At the present time Mr. EDGE says they contribute only about three and a half millions, out of about Ally millions dollars to the State Customs. Let our readers not skip these few figures. They speak marvels for the deteriorating effect of slavery on commerce. Until so lately. as 1816 the Slave States took the lead in imports less a million of dollars ; and it must be galling beyond endur ance to the public men to see themselves distanced so enormously by the Free States in commerce, and its wealth diffusing blessings, as in everything else. It is remarkable that when in 1833 South Carolina, and the South generally, were in favou r of " nullification", General JACKSON made the shrewd observation that " the tariff was only a pretext, and disunion and a southern confederacy the real object—that the next pretext would be the negro or slavery question." The prediction seems to be verified. The same State takes the lead; she boldly comes out now with the summons to all the Slave States to join her in a Southern Confederacy, and she is again also proclaiming aloud that the South must regain its lost commercial position, and that Charleston is to become the New York of the South. In one respect the South has, commercially, heavy ground of complaint against the North—the federal tariff is a protectionist, not simply a revenue tariff. The South has always seen clearly that free trade is its interest. The Northern States of America are as bad as France has been for their fear of free commerce. They have compelled the South to purchase their dear manufactures, when by a merely revenue tariff' they might have raised a mueh larger sum for federal purposes. The Americans, the Northern States especially, are half a century behind Eng- Isnd in commercial freedom. There seems to be little doubt then that com mercial aspirations are very much the life and strength of the Secession cry. The Presidential defeat is, no doubt, deeply felt and resented, but the more wide-awake politicians of the South think that all this mortification and anger may be turned to another account. They are anxious, therefore, for precipitation. The Union party in the Southern States, and it is much stronger than it dare avow itself to be, invents reasons for delay. This the Separatists fear above all things. Time might soon show that Northern ascendancy was, after all, not so bad to bear, as it is mortifying to Southern vanity, and time and reflection would certainly show that commerce could not be created at will. Capital would not risk itself in a slave state, and a slave state could neither command eapital nor turn the present course of trade at its pleasure. No Northern Confederation created a New York or a Boston, and no Southern Confedera- , tion could turn a Charleston into a second New York. Men whose interests were at stake would Noon perceive this, and the political heats would soon cool down when once it was seen that Dollars were in danger. Somehow, we can hardly bring ourselves to believe that the Union is in permanent danger. A foolish vote. and professed separation, there may be in one State or in several, but it remains to be seen by what overt acts effect would be given to the vote. It is doubtful whether a State would go so far as refusal to pay federal custom, or as claim ing the federal property lying in the State, and doubtful whether the seceders would like the bur den of paying for their own post-office, and the heavy charge of an independent Government. They might, perhaps, keep for some time out of foreign wars, and need no army on that account, but—their worst enemy will be in their own bosom. A brutally oppressed population equalling themselves in numbers in some States are a foe before which they even now continually quail, which compels them in many places to sleep as it were on their arms, and which might, any day, kindled by some unthought of spark, prove a conflagration which should sweep the whole land, and consume the oppressor. Indeed President BUCIIANAN would have us believe that this fear haunts even now the hearth of every matron. And so it ought. Every slave holding nation richly deserves to live in fear. But what is the use of these men, trembling with a guilty conscience before their own victims, talk ing of secession—a secession sooner or later to servile war—a certain secession to increased diffi culties and unbearable responsibilities. A good deal of ma a d talking, probably a few mad votes, and finally " thinking better of it," seems, there fore, to us, the most likely result of the present commotion in the United States, though under such peculiar circumstances, no one could ven ture on a " political prophecy." The glorious frosty weather of the last few days has come to enhance—for the wealthy and well-to do at least—the seasonable enjoyments of Christ mas. Ice three inches and a half in thickness tempted yesterday 10,000 people at a time to dis port themselves, either on skates or shoe leather, on the ice in Regent's-park, and also on the Serpen tine. The Long Water in Kensington Gardens, again, had some 6,000 skaters and pedes trians on its frozen surface together. The Round Pond within view of the old Palace, 2,000 others ; the ornamental pool in St. James's-park, 4,000 others. The more ardent among the lovers of this graceful and athletic wintry exercise, ap peared to be making a day of it in earnest, with, as a matter of course, all the customary conse quences—immersions, falls on the ice, broken heads, broken limbs, and more or less severe contu sions. They sent contingents, moreover, to all the other frozen sheets of water in the suburbs of London and its immediate neigh bourhood, among other places to the Hamp stead Ponds, to the ponds on Clapham-common, to the ice in Victoria-park, and at the Crystal Palace out at Sydenham. The professional men, confined in their offices all day, enjoying their sport after nightfall by the light of flambeaux and by that also of coloured Bengal fires rendering the snowy scene more than ever picturesque. It will be well while the bright side of the picture is brought thus vividly before the public view, it will be especially well and seasonable to remember the other, the dark side also—resulting from weather that yesterday morning brought the thermometer down to 27 degrees, and caused the barometer to be indexed during the day at 29.54, with a wind keenly north easterly. What is one man's meat, says the proverb, is another man's poison ; what is life to us, is death to you. A season like this the delight of the sliders and skaters—is the severest 'part of the whole twelvemonth for the humbler sections of the community, and, conse quently, the time of all others when the multiplied wants of the poor, put to the sharpest test the capa bilities and resources of even the most thriving of our great charitable institutions. What's in a name ? Much ! Very much indeed. The Warrior, clad in armour, is to be launched on Saturday, said a gentleman at a party. "I . wonder," said another, " what will they call the great iron ship building at Chatham ? The Wonderful, of course, exclaimed a , third. "Not so," said a lady, " it should be called THE IRON DUKE!" Bravo I bravo I!" exclaimed the Whole Party. For, rejoined the Lady, we 'have had an Iron Duke on Land, and now we ought to have one on the Water to keep him in countenance." A general cheer saluted the forth coining IRON DUKE. Letts's Almanack and Bills Due Book for 1861 has appeared some time since, and fully sustains its previous well established reputation. It com prises a very full analysis of the Treaty with France, the Aets of last Session of Parliament— London and Country Bankers—Tide Tables—in short, everything that can interest the Commercial Man as well as the Man of Business, and deserves well of the Public support. THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER.—The new Bishop of Worcester, Dr. Philpot, was first wrangler in 1829, the present accomplished and scientific Duke of Devonshire being second wrangler. The contest between the two was very close, and a few days after the duke (then Mr. Win. Cavendish) carried off the first Smith's prize, Mr. Philpot being second prizeman. Dr. Philpot is generally and deservedly respected in Cambridge, He was Vice-Chan cellor on the occasion of the inauguration of Prince Albert as Chancellor of the University, and on that occasion, a on every other public appearance which he made, acquitted himself to the entire satisfaction of the University. Dr. Philpot is not in religious opinions a party man, and there is, perhaps, no party in the country which will not consider the appointment a good one.—. Derbyshire Courier. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The screw steamer Bremen, belonging to the North German Lloyd, Capt. II: Wessels, will not leave this port for New York till Satur day, her departure having been delayed by the time occu pied in fiiting her with a new screw. WEST SUSSEX,—The election of a member of Parliament for West Sussex, in the room of the Earl of March, now Duke of Richmond, took place to-day in the County-hall, in the city of Chichester. Major Barttelot, a Conservative, and member of one of the oldest families in Sussex, was elected without opposition. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 11 per mile premium, and the short exchange on London is 25.171 per £ sterling. On comparing these rates with the English mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is rather more than 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark ; the short exchange on London is 13.4 per £ sterling. Standard gold at the English mint price is, therefore, about 2-10ths per cent, dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course o, exchange at New York on London for bills at sixty days' sight is 100 to 102 per cent., at which rate there is a profit on sending gold:to the United States. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The nnmber of persons on the different pieces of water was about 6,000, of which fully half were congregated upon the lower lake. The ice was in . the firmest and most capital order, and not a single accident occurred. The Humane Society have, however, sent down a body of men in case of casualties.—One Shilling Day, Wednesday, Dec. 26.—Admissions on payment, 20,334; ditto by season tickets, 2,953.—T0tal visitors, 23,287. A letter from M. Kossuth to a friend in Paris contains the following passage relative to Count Ladislaus Teleki, who has been delivered up by the Saxon authorities to the Austrian police :—Had he really travelled rith a false passport? I do not know. But I declare, on my honour, that he travelled on his private affairs only, and that his excursion to Germany had nothing whatever to do with politics. Owing to the authority given by M. Mires to the Turkish Government to draw in anticipation for a certain sum on account of the new loan, a rather numerous supply of bills, at three months' date, drawn upon him by finan cial houses at Constantinople, appears to hare been remitted to London within the last few days. REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO THE ISLE OF W IGHT.—According to present arrangements her Majesty is expected at Osborne, on Wednesday the 2d of January. Lady and the Misses Graham have arrived in Park-street, from Vienna. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have passed through town for Haldon House, Exeter, oa r. visit to Sir Lawrence and Lady Palk. The Right Hon. Sir Edmund Head, Governor general of Canada, and Lady Head and the Misses Head have left Farrance's Hotel on a visit to the Duke of New castle at Clamber Park. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have passed through town for Haldon House, Exeter, on a visit to Sir Lawrence and Lady Palk. We are requested to contradict the report of the weak state of the Earl of Yarborough ; his lordship's health is, on the contrary, greatly improved. We understand that a marriage will shortly take place between Capt. Ferguson, of the Grenadier Guards, only son of Admiral Ferguson, of Pitfour, N. 8., and the Hon. Mrs. Ferguson, and Miss Hood, eldest daughter of the Hon. Colonel and Lady Mary Hood. Lord Panmure will now become Earl of Dalhousie —the title of marquis falling with its late possessor. The Dalhousie estates, to which his lordship succeeds, are valued at about £5,000 a year.—Deindee Advertiser. Accounts from Athens announce that the Greek Government is actively engaged in preparing for the crisis which menaces the East. It is said that a grerat French banking. house has consented to raise a 'can o f 20,000,000 f. for its use. The Greek'Government, it is added, proposes to devote the amount of the loan to the increase of the army and navy. DEATH OF THE RECTOR OF LINCOLN COLLEGE.— OXFORD, Dec. 26.—The Rev. James Thompson, D.D., rector of Lincoln College, expired this afternoon at the college lodgings, after a. serious illness of six months' dura tion, at about half-past one. The rector was elected to the headship by a majority of the fellows, after a contest which obtained certain notoriety in 1851, previous to which he held the rectory of Cublington, Bucks, to which he had been preferred by his society, and from which he was re called for that purpose. He proceeded to tiv, degree of 8.A., 1823; M.A,, 1.8`26; 8.D., 1833; and D.D., 1852. The patronage is in the gift of the fellows of the college. Dr. Thompson was a firm and consistent Conservative. A SOLDIER KILLED BY HIS COMRADE.—On the night of Tuesday last a shocking event occurred at the Hut barracks, occupied by the Military Train Corps at the en campment at 'Woolwich. It appears that some dispute took place between John May, a private of the 2,1 battal , on of the corps, and a comrade nampa Knight, the latter accusing the former of keeping possessiok of a pipe which belonged to him. May left the barracks, but was pursued by Knight, who attacked him in a savage =inner, and May fell heavily, receiving a fractured skull from con tact with a large stone. The sufferer was soon conveyed to the hospital of the corps, where every attention was paid him, but the injuries received were so extensive that he died within two hours after admission. On hearing of his com•- rade's death, Knight ran away from the barracks, and, although several pickets were sent in pursuit, be has not yet been found. Information of the occurrence has been sent to Mr. C. J. Carttar, coroner for 'West Kent, who will hold an inquest on the body. MURDEROUS ASSAULT.--A seaman named Pat rick O'Brien, belonging to her Majesty's steamship Cum berland, is now an inmate of the Royal Marine Hospital, Woolwich, having, it is feared, received fatal injuries from a brutal and cowardly attack made upon him by four pri yates of the Woolwich division of Royal Marine Light In. fantry. It appears that on the afternoon of Christmas day O'Brien, who had leave of absence from his ship, now at Sheerness, fell in with the Marines at Woolwich, and, after treating them at several publichouses, proceeded to an eating house where the party had supper, for which O'Brien paid 2s. 6d. each, After leaving this house the Marines induced O'Brien to accompany them to a dark alley, leading from High-street, where they knocked him down, and kicked him so severely that the front portion of his skull was beaten completely in. The sufferer was found by the police lying apparently dead in a pool of blood, having been robbed of his money and watch. A Marine named John Jones was yesterday apprehended at the bar racks on a charge of being concerned in the outrage, and the police are actively in pursuit of the other offenders. THE GRAND DISTRIBUTION OF TWELFTH CAKES. —Louis Dethier appeared at Bow-street Police Court to answer a summons issued against him at the instance of the Government, for unlawfully keeping an office in the Hanover-square-rooms "to exercise, keep open, chow, and expose to bo played, drawn, and thrown at by lots, num bers, and figures, and by other ways, contrivances, and devices, a lottery not authorised by Act of Parlia ment, Ike." A long examination took place, the magis trate advising Mr. Dethier to return the money he had received, and not to proceed any further with the illegal " distribution," Mr. Sleigh, the barrister, said that could not be done, as the subscriptions had been in vested in plums and sugar for the cakes. Mr. Selfe said the " distribution" would not be allowed to be proceeded with. Mr. Dethier said he really did not know what to do. The magistrate said he would give him time to rsake up his mind, and accordingly adjourned the further hearing of the summons ; but, in the event of the lottery being proceeded with during the time the case remained unde• sided, ho would most ocrtainly put the act into full opera tion against Mr. Dethier, and the effect of that would be that he would be sent to prison without the option of a fine. EMIGRATION TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND AUSTRALIA.—The ship Royal Albert, of 663 tons, Captain Welch, sailed from Southampton on Christmas-day for Table Bay, with free emigrants, selected from the agricul tural and artisan classes by the Hon. William Field. They are under the charge of Surgeon-Superintendent Adair, and comprises 34 married couples, 59 single men, 57 single women, 36 children, and four infants ; being a total of 224 souls, equal to 202 statute adults. The emigration to the Cape at the colonial expense, under the Local Act of 1857, now amounts to 7,838 souls. The Royal Albert is fitted with a sea-water-distilling and cooking apparatus patented by Mr. Gravely, of the firm of Winchester and Co., of London. This is a very valuable invention, as it affords ample means for cooking and bread baking for the whole of the passengers on board, while at the same time it produces most excellent fresh water, and in sufficient quan tity for the daily consumption of all the people on board, with a consumption of fuel but little in excess of an ordi nary passenger-cooking range. It is also fitted with a steam whistle, useful as a fog signal. The ship Ascendant, 517 tons, Capt. Hopper, also sailed on Christmas-day from Southampton, with 215 Government emigrants, equal to 199 statute adults, for Melbourne, in charge of Surgeon- Superintendent J. O'Brien. These emigrants comprise 20 married couples, 3 single men, 144 single women, 24 chil dren, and 4 infants—of whom 100 are English, 47 Scotch, and 68 Irish. THE NEW AMERICAN PRESIDENT.—Abraham Lincoln is a gaunt giant more than six feet high, strong and long-limbed. He walks slow, and, like many thought ful men (Wordsworth and Napoleon, for example), keeps his head inclined forward and downward. His hair is wiry black, his eyes are dark-grey ; his smile is frank, sincere, and winning. Like most American gentlemen, he is loose and careless in dress, turns down his flapping white collars, and wears habitually what we consider evening dress. His head is massive, his brow full and wide, his nose large and fleshy, his mouth coarse and full, his eyes are sunken, his bronzed face is thin, and drawn down into strong corded lines, that disclose the machinery:that moves the broad jaw. This great leader of the Republican party—this Abolitionist —this terror of the Democrats—this honest old lawyer, with a face half Roman, half Indian, so wasted by climate, so scarred by a life's struggles, was born in 1809, in Kentucky. His grandfather, who came from Virginia, was killed by the Indians. His father died young, leaving a widow and several children. They removed to Indiana, Abe being at that time only six years old. Poor, and struggling, his mother could only afford him some eight months' rough schooling; and in the clearings of that new, unsettled country, the healthy stripling went to work to hew hickory and gum trees, to grapple with remonstrat ing bears, and to look out for the too frequent rattlesnake. Tall, strong, lithe, and smiling, Abe toiled on as farm labourer, mule-driver, sheep-feeder, deer-killer, wood cutter, and, lastly, as boatman on the waters of the Wa bash and the Mississippi. —Once a Week. ENGLISH BIRDS IN AUSTRALIA.—The English birds at the botanic gardens are now all in a bustle. They seem perfectly awak e t o th e c h aracter of the season. The little warblers ar e b usy nes t-b u il d i ng, and in performing all the other tender offi ces w hi c h mark their proc eedings at spring time. The l ar k s are a l ready multiply i ng , and the thrushes have nests both i n th e av i ary an d i n the open air. The starlings and bl ac kbi r d s wh i ch were b ro ught o u t b y the Lincolnshire and th e E ssex occupY a building i n the Botanic Gardens reserve which is usually devoted, in the winter, to th e accommo d at i on o f the alpacas and other quadrupeds. Here th e y will remain until their pl umage lost or disord ere d on t h e voyage — i s restored, when they will be removed to the aviary, and thence to the open air. A similar house holds a number of thrush es that are nest building in the orange an d Japanese spindle trees w hi ch are placed there. I n th e aviary the same interesting pro cess is going on. There the goldfinch, the linnet, and the Java sparrow have nests, as well as th e t h rush and the quail—due care, however, being taken for th e separation of the peaceable from the pugnacious birds. Th e pheasants are engaged in egg laying, and for the work of incubation the assistance of some barren fowls has been secured. The whole of the arrangements for the preservation of the birds which have been sent from England, and the propa gation here of the feat h ered tribes o f t h e old country— thanks to the indefatigable Dr. Mueller—are as complete as can be desired. The fish which arrived by the Lincoln.. shire—tench, dace, and minnow—have been deposited in the tank of the Zoolo g i cal Gardens, and appear to be thriving admirably. 11 y means of pipe communication with the Yarra the fish are constantly supplied with fresh water, and appear to be as well off as in their native streams. A number of the pheasants, blackbirds, thrushes, and larks received from England have been set free in the islands of Western Port, and no doubt they an fairly established there.—XeMourne 4trgus, IL E T N 14] Al: (REUTEL'S TELEGRAMS.) THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Ceylon, with the heavy portion of the above mails, left Malta at 4 p.m., on the 22d, and 1 113 Y be expected at Southampton on the 31st inst. The Bengal arrived at Suez on the 15th inst: R° ,- -, T -ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.' Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH. NOTI C E,—The Lessee respectfully informs the Nobility, Patrons, and Supporters of this elegant Theatre, that, "FOR THE FIRST TIME," he will attempt a Grand Pantomime. The greatest care has been taken to produce and make it suitable to the taste of children. Every objec tionable matter has been omitted in the Harlequinade, which has been always considered too long and tedious, and the Lessee has studied the tastes of the junior branches of society, for whom, at this season of the year, this par ticular entertainment is produced. There will be Morning Performances of the Pantomime on Saturdays, December 29, January 5 and 12, at Two o'clock precisely, Every evening during the week, an original Opera, entitled QUEEN TOPAZE. Raphael (a Captain) Annibal Barbiano (a Rich Vene tian) Francatrippa 1 .—• • kt.Tipstes) ( Mr. PATEY. Fritellino 1 Mr. TERROTT. Gritti Zemo Mr. BEALE. Loredano (Young Venetian Mr. ST. ALBYN. Manfred Nobles) Mr. BAKER. Bembo Mr. THOMPSON. Topaze (a tipsy) Countess Filomela Hostess of an Inn Miss HEMMING. Nobles, Ladies, Male and Female Gipsies. The scene is laid at Venice, 1512. After which (the first ever represented at her Majesty's Theatre) will be produced, an entirely New and Original Grand Musical, Magical, and Comical Burlesque Ballet Pantomime, founded on one of the most popular of our Old National Stories, and entitled HARLEQUIN AND TOM THUMB ; OR, MERLIN THE MAGICIAN AN D THE GOOD FAIRIES OF THE COURT OF KING ARTHUR. The Scenery, entirely new, under the superintendence of Mr. WILLIAM BEVERLEY. Artists, Mr. CHARLES BREW, Mr. SANDERS, &c., &c., &c. The O verture, Choruses, and the whole of the Music composed by J. H. TULLY. The Libretto by Mr. E. L. BLANCHARD, and the whole produced under the direction of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY, assisted by Mr. E. PHILLIPS. The Panto mimic Physiognomy and Desig ns for the Dresses by DYK WYNKYN. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker. The Tricks and Properties by Mr. NEW HAM, Mr. GLINDON, and Mr. H. ADAMS. The Costumes by Miss DICKINSON and Mons. LAURI. The Harlequinade by tlis, LAURI FAMILY. INTERIOR OF GAFFER THUMB'S COTTAGS. Tom Thumb (" the abridgement of all that is pleasing in man," engaged especially for Juvenile Patrons), Miss Lilia Ross. Rosewater Lake and Romantic Haunt of the Fairies. Gaffer Thumb's Cottage. Farmyard and distant Country. Turrets and Terrace of Giant's Castle. Ban ciannetetiwngasHaagllooindltyhekifnag,la,c(emofi n K st in re g l o A f r t t h h e ur p . er K io i d n ) g , Arthur He St. Albyn. Changing to THE CHAMELEN TEMPLE OF THE FAIRIES. 1 GRAND MAGICAL METAMORPHOSIS. Harlequin, Mr. J. Lauri. Columbine, Miss Jenny Lauri Clown / Mr. C. Lauri. Pantaloon / Mr. H. Lauri. Sprites by the celebrated Arabs. NOTICE.—Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7, THIS EVENING, Thic. 27, ERNESTINE. Messrs. J. G. Shore, R. Cathcart, Basil Potter ; Mesdames Heath, Car lotta Leclercq, Weston, arid Murray. After which, a new Christmas comical pantomime, entitled ROBINSON CRUSOE ; or, Harlequin Friday, and the King of the Caribbe Islands.: in which Monsieur Espinosa and Mdlle. Marie Dumilatre, of the principal cantinental theatres, will appear. Clown, Mir. A. F. Forrest. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. rye. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. After which, THE COLLELIN BAWN. D. Boucicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, BODIer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled BLUE BEARD FRM A NW POIT OF HUE . Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. O Bedford, C. E J. Smith ; ; N Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and 'f. Thorne. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, L 5 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 18. • Pit Stalls, 21.; Pit,ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d; Acting laansger—Kr. Wm. Smith. CA NTERBURY HALL: open Every Evening' at Seven. GRAND SELECTIONS (First Time) from LA FIGLIA DEL REGIMENTO (Donizetti), NoRmA , SONNAMBULA, and MARTHA. Principal Artistes Miss RUSSELL, Madame MARIA, Miss TYRRELL, Miss WILLIAMS, Mr. HENRY HERBERT, C. W. BERNARD, and Signor TivOLL Musical Director...., Mr. F. JONGIIMANS. The Comic Department comprises Messrs. J. BL ANCH ARD, A. B. HoLuNoswonni, blaster BARRY, G. W. FELL, CHARLEY Fox, and E. MARSHALL. The Fine Arts Gallery has been enriched by the addition of the late John Martin's three Grand Pictures—TiZ., " THE GREAT DAY of HIS WRATH." "THE PLAINS of HEAVEN," and "THE LAST JUDGMENT," on view until 12 o'clock at Night. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 27, 160. TNENNOYETNN, IN TNN SHADN. 30—highest since noon yesterday. 27—lowest this morning and during the night. 31—this day at noon.f BAROMETER-29.48. WlND—Easterly—rather fresh; with dull, cold weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rim ; DLY.—Morning, lh. sm.—Afternoon, lh. 27m. To-mo,'"a°w•-M"ningt lh. 49m.—Afternoon, 2h. Ilm. Ai ,>„ 1 , 1 , tL , , J , _ ~ • _ OUTWARD MAILS. The Colombo, with the London mail of the 20.2 6 th October, arrived at Galle on the 20th November. The Ripon, from Southampton on the 12th inst. , arrived at Malta and sailed for Alexandria on the 22d inst. The Vectis, from Southampton on the 20th inst.' arrived at Marseilles at 6 a.m. on the 23d, and sailed at 10 a.m. TURIN, DEC. 27. Count Cavour has been unwell. H e has been bled twice, and is now in a more satisfaciory s tate. Signor Ricardi, the son-in-law of Farin i, is dead. NAPLES, DEC. 2G. Several persons have been arrested on a charge of having been in correspondence with the Royalists at Gaeta. NAPLES, DEC, 25. The individuals belonging to the classes of 185 7 1858, 1859, and 1860, have been called to military service. Those who have been sent home < tre to be ill readiness to resume military service when re• quired, PARIS, DEC. 26. The garrison of Gaeta is diminishe d in numbers by the dismissal of a portion of the I Loyal Guard whose fidelity was doubtful. The remaining defenders of Gaeta are in a de' ploraple state ; nevertheless, the place is still good, and the defence may be prolonged for some time in consequence of the distance of the attacking batteries. The reported arrival of Garibaldi in Paris ha been denied. The Pay. says :—"The Austrian Council of Ministers at Vienna has decided on demanding from the Pope the complete abolition of the Concordat , Negociations to that effect hare been opened with Rome." Little business has been done on the Bourse, but funds were rather firmer. Rentes closed at 68f 350/ or 5c higher than yesterday. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, dated Dec. 24, says :—S° short a time has elapsed since the publication of M. Von Schmerling's circular to the Stadtholderef that I am not able to say what impression it bee produced on the nation at large, but it is evident that the inhabitants of this city are, on the wholot well pleased with it. The professional politicians in Vienna are not blind to the shortcomings o f the Ministerial programme, but they take the will for the deed, as they are aware that M. Von Schmer ling had no choice but to leave certain matters of high importance to be dealt with by the Reichsrathr which, if I am rightly informed, will in future consist of 300 members, who will be duly elected by the different Provincial Diets. In one part of the circular it is the question of a common re' presentation of the empire (genteinsame ReicAsvol' reiung), but the language used is so vague that it is impossible positively to say what is meant. It is however, probable, that the Government believes a compromise may be effected with Hungary, and that the inhabitants of that country will agree to 0 " common representation of the empire." In the course of a few days several patent laws of import ance will be published, and among others the laW for the regulation of the affairs of the Protestant Church in the Slavo-German provinces of the empire. According to a person who has just returned from ) the Tyrol, the discontent of the inhabitants of that province is exceedingly great. Count Rechberg still maintains that the Tyrolese, with the exceptiog of a few brawlers in Innspruck and Botzen are perfectly content with their lot, but he is grievously mistaken. The inhabitants of all the districts in the Tyrol are very discontented, but the p eo ple of Botzen, which is an important town, are more out of temper than their neighbours, because Colonel von Weckbecker not long since treated them in such a strange way that the magistracy deemed it advisable to inquire whether the place was in a state of siege. After M. von. Weckbecker had menaced the citizens of Botzen he probably repented hini of what he had done, for he wrote to a nobleman vvh° has great influence in the place, and requested Win to call on him. The written reply of M. von G--"' was, that if the Colonel wished to see him he would always find him at home between 10 and 1 2 . A few days ago revolutionary placards were found on the walls of the churches and other public build ings at Bregenz, in the province of Vorarlberg. The concluding words of the " postee" were, Long live Garibaldi." The inhabitants of Upper Austria are dissatisfied with their Stadtholder, and o penly' express a hope that he will soon be removed froth his post. The Wels Alnzeiger calls the Eaten' tion of M. von Schmorling to the following political evils :—" 1. The liberty of the sub ject is not guaranteed. 2. The citizens are not 'protected against arbitrary domiciliary visits on the part of the police. 3. The equality of the different confessions has not been proclaimed. 4 . The liberty of the press exists by sufferance only 5. The lieges are not allowed to educate their children as they please. 6. The rights of association and petition are denied to the people. 7. There is no trial by jury. 8. The judges of the land are inade quately paid, and are liable to be dismissed, and are subjected to secret :surveillance like suspected vagabonds. 9. Science is in fetters. From time to time the re are disturbances in Hun gary, but they are much less serious th an t h ey were a few weeks ago. It cannot, however, be doubted that preparations are boring made for an outbreak in the spring and that the Separatists in Hungary are in correspondence with the revolutionists on the other side of the frontier. It is a notorious fact that large depots of arms have recently bees formed in the Danubian Principalities, and it is now acknowledged at Constantinople that three Sar dinian vessels laden with arms, escaped the " watchfulness" o f t h e Turkish authorities. Tb° two ships :on which an em b argo was l a id will be allo we d to return with their cargoes to Genoa. Th e name of Count Szechen is never heard in Hungary, and B aron Vay is sadly out of favour with his follow-countrymen. A gentle man, who ten days ago travelled in the same trail' , from Pesth to Viertna with the Court Chancellor, tells me that some persons standing in the station at Presburg pointel at Baron Vay, and called bug a " traitor to his country." The Chanc2llor has cow' witted blunders, but it is perfectly absurd to den't that he is a good patriot. Attempts are con finnan)" made to levy the taxes in the way of execution, blit they fail, as there are no buyers when the pall+ and chattels arc: breught to the hammer. Not long since the priuc ipal Imperial employe in the county of . . . rccei,ved orders to get in the taxes "by hook or by crook, and his reply was that he would do so if a battalion of soldiers was placed at bill disposal. „, 11IE C DIVISION POLICE BAND.—The first (Tell air performnnc , e of this band took place yesterday afternoon in the court-ys,rd at the rear of the Marlborough-Mews Police-station;, and, when it is taken into consideration that the band has only been organised a few months, the performance r( ifiected great credit, both on the constables who took part, and on the bandmaster (Mr. Urban, from Messrs. Disti n). The performance concluded with the "National Anthem.” A telegram received yesterday announces that the first secti.)n (about 30 miles) of the Smyrna and Aidisz Railway was opened on Monday last, the 24th inst. . quot Sout In ir ap , lli; Plait trali Sept tper New India bit bitt .....° -., bittn , Oil •,.." 1 184 42E4 Dit Bra* 'if 6i al exj aUt rat rit all t ter n 4:4,1 Edit ter n l'ral port Di `l3an TArt and 'al lar th e 2