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ENSON'S WATCHES. B" Perfection of mcchanistc."--Morning Post. Gold Watches I to 100 guinea ?. Silver Watclie3 33 nll} , Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Send 2 stamps for Benson' s Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches. _________ ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Tyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, THE ROSE OF CASTILLE. Messrs. Santley, G. Honey, St. Alby n, and W. Harrison ; Miss Tlerl wall, and Miss,Louisa Pyne. COnductor, Alfred Mellon. Ballet, LA. FIANCEE. Messrs. W. H. Payne, TI. Payne, F. Payne, Mdlle. Lequine, Pasquale, Pierrou, Clara Morgan and Mons. Vandris. Doors open at half-past I—Commence at 8 o'clock. T HEATRE -ROYAL, lIATIVIARRET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS ErtI:NINO - the performances will commence with A CURE FOR THE ITEA.RTACHE. After which, by desire, THE CONTESTED ELECTION, Mr. and Mrs. Char:es Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, Ace. And A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at Y. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. Tlll IS EVENING. the new drama,' entitled HOME TRUTHS. Messrs. G. lvil Mele, J. G. Shore, F. Matthews, Miss C. Lec'ercq and Mrs. Charles Young. Followed by A WONDERFUL WOMAN. Mr. A. Harris, Shore, Frank Matthews, and Miss C. Leclercq. Aiter 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 emsecutive nights at the Theatre de la Forte St. Martin, Paris. To conclude with NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, 3leadows, H. Saker ; Miss L. Keeley and Mrs. Weston. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole rroprietor 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, Eburne, Moreland; Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Kelly. Followed by the successful piece of extravaga nce, called DINORATI UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Me'ssrs..T. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past ix—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. s No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants ofthis 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 Hatton-MAT. Messr a s. James Vinnino - , Jno Rouse, &c. ; Mesdames A, H. nd 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, P. Villiers ; Misses ,Tulia St. George, Hudspeth, Kate Saville,'A, Bnrdett, 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 W assen est- minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot p gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING, THEY'RE BOTH TO BLAME?. F o llowed by MAGIC TOYS , supp ort2d by Miss Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Cassc, Sze. To conclude with the New and Original Burlesque, by L. Bucking - ham, Esq., of VIRGINI ;or the Trials of a Fond Papa. ,Virginias, Mr. Charles Young. Reduced Prices —Gallery, 6d ; Fit, Is. The Box-otEce open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform ante commences at 7. ASTLETS 110YAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee—Mr. William Cooke, his Farewell Season. THIS EVENING, the grand melo-dramatic production, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GARIBALDI ; illustrating the pi incipal events in the Life of the Great Italian General. To be followed by New and Transcendant Equestrian Talent of Young Menoni, supereminent in his somersaults and Map proachab'e—The brilliant Lady Rider, Miss Emily Cooke — Tee Wonderfully-schooled Dogs and Monkeys, and Intelli gent Elephant—Amazing Rondines by John Ilenry Cooke, the first horseman in the Universe—Equestri an Blind Man's Butr—Vaulting Ambition, by the treble-headed Won ders—Sig. Delavanti and his admirable Protegees, varied by Won t heralds of fun, the Clowns, Mimes, and Drolls. To commence at 7. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips TIIS WEATHEII..—Sus OFFICr, DECEMBER 16. TIIEIttiOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 34—highest since noon yesterday. 30—lowest this morning and daring tbk night. 32—this day at noon. THE SUN. Loxr►ON, FRIDAY, DEC. 16, 1859. CANTERBURY HALL CONCER TS.- EVERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public - in England at these Con certs). And a Grand Se ectlon from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAIT. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. 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 eights of the metropolis. ROSA BO N EU IV S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAT It is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintinrzs in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. till 12 p.m. Admission, Six pence.. BARomETER-29.G5. WIND, West-North- Westerly ; light, with very cold weather, and snow. 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning . , 6h. 11m.—Aftemoon, 6h. 40m. To-moßnow.-Morning, ih. 3m.—Afternoon, 712. 39m. fl; • , v., --.1--n.,,, 4 . > ...,..srv„, . -* ,n.-.4....14, y -.."‘) .7 ,4.- .., ''' , r. D .',.„1 ~ . - ~,, th_.....,4' . ' '',_ 4 .4,..,,, ii..,, 3 T, iia,: z.. ....., ,,, , •i.. 4 . _ /..,:-Ii• ' ,k 7 , • ~ n un tt ,--- =.•',..' '''; i i • - 2..... tvi. ,............a.t. ....2_,,, The noblest hearted of modern Americans—old BROWN, of Ossowatomie—was executed on the 2d of this month. Though it was said that he was reprieved till the 16th, this was again contra dicted; and we now learn that the gallant old man is no more. Virginia has converted the enthu siast for liberty into a hero, and exposed to all the world the weakness of the Southern States of Ame- rica. The days will certainly come when " Old BROWN" will be remembered by emancipated Ame ricans as a WALLACE, or a TELL, or a WASHINGTON if they prefer it —when a statue will bo erected to his memory, and when the orators who shall cele brate the anniversary of a better Declaration of In- neighbours ?" and asked, also pointedly—" Still less, what is there to give rise to that panic of invasion which has been so common throughout the country of late ?"—he was constrained to add imme diately, " At the same time I think it not only the interest but the duty of every man present, and of every man who loves his country, to contribute to the utmost in his power to that movement which, I am happy to say, has been so general throughout the country, and the object of which is to improve and increase, by voluntary means, the defences of the country." Certainly it was a Sign of the Times, a significant evidence of the drift of the broad and irresistible current of popular feeling at the pre sent moment through all England, that those last quoted words of the Derbyite Under -Secretary for Foreign Affairs was greeted with ringing cheers at the instant of their utterance: It is a reminder to us all, to Government and to Opposition alike, to Whigs, Tories, Radicals, Reformers, Liberals, and Conservatives, that whatever else may be thought of this hubbub about the possibility of invasion it gives us all at the least a magnificent opportunity ! An opportunity that, if we but rightly avail ourselves of it—as rea son, patriotism, common sense, common prudence all combine to tell us distinctly that we ought—we may, upon the flood-tide of this strong current of popular opinion, so advance the whole system and machinery of our National Defences, both by sea and land, that we may, by GOD'S help, laugh to scorn the notion of any invasion of these 'shores, guarded by our hearts of oak, and peopled by 26,000,000 free•borp Englishmen ! LATE T E W. The following telegrams have been received at ?Jr. Reuter's office PARIS, DEC. 15. To-morrow the Marquis de Villamarina will pre sent to the Emperor his letters of recall, and M. Desombrois his lettres (lc creance. The Papal Nuncio will to-morrow remit to his Majesty an autograph letter of the Pope. It is stated that nothing official is yet known concerning the nomination of Count Cavour as re presentative of Sardinia at the Congress. Pliace Jerome Napoleon has passed a good night, and to-day his health is improving. _ _ DEC. 16. The Monieeur publishes an article explaining the law on the press, the wisdom and necessity of which, it says, has been proved by eight years' exercise . TURIN, DEC. 15. The choice of Sardinian representatives at the Congress is not yet officially known. CONSTANTINOPLE (via MARSEILLES), DEC. 8. The Porte is now deliberating whether it would be convenient to bring the Suez Canal question be fore all the great Powers. DEC. 10 (via TRIESTE). The official journal publishes an article showing the necessity of intervention in Servia. DRESDEN, THURSDAY, According to a letter from Paris, published in the official Dresden Journal, the late belligerent Powers only would be represented at the approach ing Congress by their Ministers for Foreign Affairs; the, remaining Powers would send other Plenipo tentiaries. MADRID, DEC. 14 Yesterday the Spanish expeditionary army was reinforced by 4,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry. It is stated that in all the combats which have at present taken place the Moors have lost 5,000 Ts en. Cholera prevails fearfully at Tetuan. CORFU (via TRIESTE), DEC. 10. The Lord High Commissioner has opened the lonian Parliament, and in his speech announced numerous measures of administrative reform. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. Mr. Henry Cook, the water colour artist, has lately visited the scenes of the late campaign in Italy, and made a series of interesting drawings on the spot. The King of Sardinia has ordered Mr. Cook to paint several of his sketches, and the Em peror Napoleon having honoured them with an in spection, has commanded Mr. Cook to repeat three of the most interesting subjects. The drawings are singularly truthful and display much artistic merit. Owing to an unusual fall of snow the mails with the English journals were not delivered in Paris to-day. All the trains from the north are some hours behind time. The Pope has sent the Nuncio a letter written by himself to Napoleon 111., and which letter the Ambassador of his Holiness will present to-morrow. The letter is said to be an 'appeal to the ruler of Franco in favour of the temporal power of the Papacy, and a prayer that the revolted States of the Church may be restored to his Holiness's au- thority. When Prince de Metternich delivered his cre dentials yesterday,to the Emperor he read the fol- lowing address : " Sire, —The Emperor, my master, in deigning to name me his Ambassadcr to your Imperial Majesty, has par ticularly charged me to convince you of the high value he sets on your personal friendship. Nothing could be more agreeable to my august Sovereign than to see more and more consolidated and completed the relations of good understanding and intimacy which so deeply concern the general interests of Europe. Happy and proud I shall be if my efforts can contribute to the maintenance of the most perfect intelligence between the two Governments ; and I venture to entreat your Majesty to continue to me that high favour of which you have already deigned to give me such flattering proofs. In tire hope that your Majesty will grant this prayer, and continue to show me the same kindness and the same confidence, I have the honour to deliver my credentials into your Majesty's hands." The Emperor replied— "l entortait the firm hope that the relations so happily re-established between the Emperor of Austria and myself can only become more friendly by the careful examination of the interests of the two countries. Since I have seen the Emperor, I, on my part, set a great value on his personal friendship. A sincere understanding between us will, I have no doubt, be facilitated by the choice which he has made of a representative whose conciliatory character is well known, and who has so many claims on my confidence and esteem." THE BOURSE, Dec. 14.—The market was buoyant again today, all securities rising. Threes have been done at 70f. 55c., and are now at 70f. 55e. ; Mobilier varied from 862 f. 50c. to 855 f. ; Austrian, 577 f. 50c. to 575 f. ; Lombard, 581 f. 25c. to 578 f. 76e. ; Lyons, 943 f. 75c. to 941 f. 25c. ; Orleans, 1,430 f. to 1,425 f.; Southern, 540 f. to 538 f. 75c. The following were the last quotations:- 4i per Cents. .... 96 80 Credit Foncier 720 Do. end month .. Belgian 4} 99 50 3 per Cent 5....... 70 55 P i e dmonteso (5) 84 50 Do. end month.... 70 75 Roman Bank Shares...... 2880 Austrian —..— Credit Mobilior .. 857 50 Spanish Threes ~ 45 Do. Account ..... 860 Home Debt 43 75 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern ... 975 .. 977 50 New ditto. B6O .. 865 Lyons and Mediterranean 940 .. 945 Geneva 555 .. 555 Southern Western 585 .. 587 50 Eastern - .. 657 50 Sardinian 427 50 .. 428 75 Austrian Lombard .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money, 25f. 9c.; three months, paper, 24f. 95e. ; money, 24f. 9310. THE SUM, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 18b9. AMERICA. reliable facts we can gather is, that there was severe fight ing. The Hoja' gives the Spanish loss as 40 killed and 100 wounded, that of the Moors as 4,000 left upon the field and 40 drowned." DEC. 5. The Moors give the following account of opera tions in the neighbourhood of Ceuta during the past week : " On 'Wednesday, the 30th, they attacked the Spanish redoubt in force, captured and carried off the Spanish flag, and took much spoil. Reinforcements being sent up by the Spanish General, the Moors were surrounded, but succeeded in cutting their way through and regaining their old positions. The Moorish loss was 50 killed and wounded. On Thursday there was nothing done. On Friday large reinforcements of Moors arrived, under the command of the greatest saint of the country, and in importance second only to the Sultan, the Sherif Sidi-el-Hadj-Abdeslam of Wazan. And on Saturday the Spanish army withdrew within the lines of Ceuta, leaving the Serallo and the re doubt in the hands of their former occupiers. "This last movement, if it has really taken place, is, no doubt, preparatory to a descent upon some other point of the Moorish territory ; possibly in combination with the Malaga division, under Res de Olano, which has been for some days past in hourly expectation of orders to embark. There is a very general impression that the Bay of Tetuan will be the scene of operations. At present, however, all proceedings must necessarily be suspended ; a strong easterly gale, accompanied by a heavy sea, opposes an insuperable obstacle to any landing on the coast. "Further advices have come to hand which state that on the 30th ult. the Kabyles of Benimsouar, Beni Orus and tadras, took to flight at the commencement of the action on that day; but that the Kabyles of Angora, with 300 Moors from Tangier, sustained the brunt of the whole Spanish army, and that, after a desperate struggle, they were likewise compelled to retire before such numerous forces. " On the 2d inst. the army of Tetuan, to the number of 10,000, advanced towards the Spanish lines, when a fiercely contested battle took place. According to information re ceived from a very reliable source, the victory remained un decided." " DEC. 8. " Arrivals from Mazagan and Safa state that it was ru moured at those places that, owing to the commencement of hostilities with Spain, a holy war had been proclaimed throughout the empire, which would soon bring down to the seaboard towns thousands of armed Moors, to defend their country and religion against the Spaniards. Trade with the interior was, in consequence of these events, in a paralysed state. The populations of these towns, notwithstanding, are reported to be in a quiet con dition, and peaceably inclined towards neutral powers." From Mogador we have received the following lists of the contingents furnished by the Moorish tribes in that part of the empire towards the holy war proclaimed by the Emperor against Spain : Cavalry. Infantry, Hoda 2,000 .... 9,000 Soos . 3,000 .... 8,000 Eutorga 6OO .... El Masa . 1,500 .... 18,000 Ros el Wad Howara 2,000 .... 3,000 Edow El Teet .... Ite Baanuan 3,000 .... 6,000 Ite Zheroa — .... 15,000 Edow Baaky 7,000 .... 9,000 Tazawelt Luksos Stuka O'Zewa — .... 5,000 Waduoon or 800 Zhabtine — .... 15 000 Total 44,100 116,700 LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING. The Bohemian has arrived with the mails from Portland of the 3d inst. Captain John Brown was executed at Charles town on the 2d. Previously to going to the scaffold he had an interview with several of his fellow-con spirators, and accused some of them of treachery. The evening before the execution Brown had an interview with his wife. He died bravely. Nume rous sympathy meetings had been held at New York on the evening of the ld. Money was active, and rates very firm at 67 per cent. on call. Exchange dull and nominal. The latest quotations for Stocks were :—Rock - Island Railroad, 65Z ; Galena and Chicago, 72 ; Illinois Central, 561; Panama, 134 ; Norwich and Worcester, 41; Reading, 411 ; Erie, 94 ; New York Central, 811 ; Hudson, 491; Pacific Mail Company, 76; ; Missouri Sixes, 84i; Ohio Sixes of '86,110 ; Tennessee Sixes, 911. Ashes, pots, 5 dols 12c ; pearls, 5 dols 25c. Cotton dull; middling uplands at 11c: Flour, States and Western, 10c lower; superfine State, 5 dols 15c; extra State, 5 dols to 5 dols 45c; round h oo p Ohio, dols 55c to 5 dols 65c ; common to good extra Western, 5 dols 30c to 5 dols 45c ; Southern steady, mixed to good, 5 dols 60c to 5 dols 45c; fancy and extra, 5 dols 70c to 7 dols 25c ; Canada, 5 dols 40c to 6 dols 40c. Grain Wheat lc to 2c lower ; Milwauki Club, 1 dol 23p to 1 dol 24c ; Western red, 1 dol 28c ; Southern red, 1 dol 35c; white, 1 dol 40c ; Canada white, 1 dol 42c. Corn firm. Sales, 13,000 bushels New yellow, at 80c to 87c ; old ditto, 93c to 940 ; round yellow, old, 93c. Provisions :—Beef steady. Country mess, 5 dols to 5 dols 50c ; prime, 4 dols to 4 dole 50c repacked Chicago, 2 dols to 10 dols for new; prime mess, 17 dols to 19 dols ; pork, firm, at 16 dols 25c ; prime, all Dec. to Jan. 15, at 11 dols 50( mess, 16 dols 12c ; prime, 11 dols 37c to 11 dols 50c. Rice quiet and firm. Molasses firm. New Orleans, 50c to 52c. Spirits of turpentine dull, at 441 c to 45c. Resin, 1 dols to 1 dols 55c. Iron quiet—Scotch pig, 23 dols to 25 dols. Tobacco un changed. Kentucky, at 5c to 12c. NEW ORLEANS, DEC. 2. Cotton sales to-day, 13,000 bales ; market steady, at 101 c to 11c for middling. Sales of the week 90,000 bales, receipts of the week, 92,000 bales, against 70,000 same time last year. Receipts a-head of last year 138,000 bales. Receipts for Southern ports ahead of last year 199,000 bales. Stock in port, 363,000 bales. Freights—Cotton to Liverpool, 1. Exchange—Sight on New York, premium. At Port au Prince, on the 18th of November, coffee was very scarce and high. • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Calypso sailed from Quebec for London; Caroline, for Galatea; Marquis of Chandos, at Augusta, would winter at Quebec ; New Empire, from Cardiff, at Mobile ; Roe hampton, from London, at Now Orleans ; • Harvest Queen, hence, at New York. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. *TATTERSALL'S—YEsTERbA.Y. A Blank afternoon. READING STEEPLECHASES. ENTRIES FOR THE BERKSHIRE OPEN STEEPLECHASES. About three miles.—Heads or Tails, Huntsman, Tartar, Corkscrew, Broadway Swell, Tamworth, Lottery, 'Fanny, hylock, Xanthus, Border Chief, Pyrrhus the Second, Un protected Female (late Miss Somerville), Physician, Escape, Brunette, Topsy, Mr. Sykes, Goldsmith, Roscommon, Omer Pasha, Maria Agnes, Johnny, Tho Curate, Glautias, The Premier, Hazard (late Chance), Wee Willie. LIFEBOATS ON THE COAST. dependence than their last, will elicit deafen• ing cheers by reciting the exploits of the murdered Liberator. Equally will the cowardice of Virginian slaveholders be recalled as one of the warnings to American youth, that a bad cause can destroy the courage even of Americans. We know of nothing, indeed, more degrading, and in that way instructive, than the manner in which the Southerners have quaked and trembled before weakness itself. For three whole days BROWN and his seventeen comrades held a whole city and State at bay ! A force, as one of their best orators told them, which would have been put down at once by any small town in the Northern States, actually terrified a whole State, and neighbouring States too, whore the same cause of fear existed. Militia and artillery and,vorunteers of all sorts were summoned to the scene of action—all to reduce to submissioa seventeen men ! And that is not all. ; They cannot be satisfied without blood ; but they are terrified at the Nemesis which threatens on every side. Let our readers only glance at the vast military preparations to . prevent a 'rescue—the ingenious arrangements to ,prevent his noble old voice from being heard in his last moments—the crowding of " volunteers" in the cause of slavery and of murdering a Puritan abo litionist—and, were it not all associated with a fran tic earnestness to.shed the blood of one of whom Americans are not worthy, -ve should laugh u.nre- atrain.edly. But the lesson as to the condition of the Southern American States is unmistakeable. Austria herself cannot be more at fault in Hungary and Venetia than these men in the Southern States. She could execute a patriot or two there at any time without half these precautione. The cowardice which trem bled at the ' seven teen now trembles at the blood- . shedding of the few fettered and wounded survivors. A rescue is feared ! The ordinary police of the place is insufficient to allay their fears. There are —for we cannot suppose Virginians would make themselves needlessly a laughing-stock to the world —there are such a host of sympathisers with the brave old man, that Virginia cannot wrench from __— One of the most brilliant among the subordinate members of the late Government has very recently spoken out as frankly and as forcibly as could rea sonably be desired upon the vexed question, as it is termed, the particularly vexed question of our National Defences, viewed under the glare of the imminent possibility of an invasion. Mr. SEY3IOUR FITZGERALD'3 admirable remarks upon this all en grossing theme of discussion we gave in extenso as recently as our impression of yesterday. They were delivered, as very many of our readers will doubtless have observed already, during the course of the convivial proceedings over which Mr. FITZ GERALD presided as Chairman at the Black Horse Inn, at Horsham, upon the occasion of the Local Cattle Show there annually opened for ex hibition. The circumstance of those obser vations upon a peculiarly warlike topic having been made at a meeting of so essentially peaceful and even bucolic a character can hardly be regarded, upon second thoughts, as in any peculiar degree either incongruous or inappropriate. It was most natural surely that the ex-Under -Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, when ad dressing himself to an assemblage of jovial farmers and yeomen, while proposing the toast of the Army and Navy, should, at such a juncture as the pre sent, make some reference to the subject of conver sation and meditation far and wide throughout the country—that naked, obvious, notorious " possi bility" of invasion, to the vivid recognition of which is attributable the rising, mustering, and drilling, almost, as it were, to the old spirit-stirring Highland tune— " Gather, gather, gather, Grigalach I " man after man, company after company, corps after corps of Rifle Volunteers. Why this is precisely one of the very subjects just now coming (in Baconian phrase) directly home to men's business and men's bosoms!" Not to speak of it at such a time, before such an audience, in the proposition of such a toast would have been a monstrous and ludicrous oversight. It would have amounted almost to a supressio eel-i. It would have been a most in appropriate, unpatriotic, and frivolous act of reti cence. Mr. FITZGERALD, moreover, by reason of the sheer force, as it were, of his political antece dents, had really, one may say, no alternative — he had only to speak right out under the circum stances. And this, as we have said, he did, and did, too, let us add, right manfully. Havin, specified the subject of the next toast he had to propose as Chairman, the ex-Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs commenced then as follows : " Gentlemen," said he, "It is I think a salu tary rule at all public meetings such as this, that what are called political questions shall be avoided, that is to say, questions which can by pos sibility raise discussion or create difference of opinion at a meeting which ought to be marked by a general accord of opinion. But," he added, " I do not think that I shall at all infringe upon that rule if I make an observation or two upon a matter of public import ance, and yet a matter upon which there can be no difference of opinion among all classes of people." The hon. gentleman immediately afterwards going on to explain his meaning more explicitly in the manner following :—" We are possibly," he said, " I am afraid, entering upon troublous times. After long years of general and happy peace there seems to be such an uneasy feeling abroadthat men's minds are full of the anticipation of war. Now, lam not an alarmist. lam not one of those who think it possible that there should be an inva sion of this country. On the contrary, I believe the present ruler of France for a long time has shown an earnest desire to cultivate an intimate alliance with this country. Long may that alliance subsist and endure, and I cannot conceive it possible that it should be in any danger. Heaven knows that on this side of the water there is no man who does not feel that anything like hostilities with France would be the greatest national calamity which could befall us. I believe that equally among the people of France the same feeling is commonly entertained. Such, at all events, is my confident opinion, and I believe that I have very good reason for entertaining it. Surely, then, upon the part of the Sovereign of France personally there can be no desire to enter into anything like a quarrel with this country. Let him for one moment consider what his position is as ruler of France in alliance with this country. So long as France and England are combined what coalition is there possible on the face of the earth which could give a moment's anxiety either to the one Power or the other." A remark—this last—which was greeted upon the instant with cordial acclama tions. Having descanted thereupon, in earnest words, upon the pacific advantages accruing to the world. at large from the increase of commerce gene rally among the nations,Mr.F um from the lips of any ERALD then gave utterance to a sentiment worthy of having fallen free trader amongst us, where he added—" Nothing, in point of fact, can be better or more durable than the fettering together of nations by bonds of common interest and association." Although the ex-Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs next observed inquir ingly—" If this, then, be the position both of the people of France and the ruler of France, what reason can there be to anticipate anything like a rupture of the amicable relations which have NO long subsisted between this country and our French TO TIIE EDITOR' OF THE sr ..% SIR, —In consequence of two shipwrecks a few days ago on the back of the Isle of Wight, with the lamentable loss of 14 mariners, the public have been strongly impressed by communications from the Rev. John Pellew Gaze, and T. Turner, Esq., owner of the yacht Constance, of the neces sity of stationing one or two lifeboats on the south coast of that island. A liberal response has been made to the appeal of these gentlemen, and it will be satisfactory for you and your numerous readers to know that this desirable and important work is now likely soon to be accomplished, in conjunction with the National Lifeboat Institution. One can hardly imagine the benefit that is likely to arise to the cause of humanity from the establishment of a life boat on a dangerous point of the coast. In the two cases mentioned by Mr. Gaze and Mr. Turner, it is the opinion of the officers of the coastguard and others that the fourteen mariners who perished on that unhappy occasion might have been rescued if a suitable lifeboat had been on the spot. Again, at North Berwick, a few weeks ago, a vessel was wrecked and all hands lost. The officer of the coastguard and the minister of Liberton Manse express their belief that had a lifeboat been in the vicinity every one of the poor fellows might have been saved. Unfortunately, it is only when the bridge totters to its fall, and wrecks strew our shores, that the bridge is repaired, and the lifeboats built and stationed. In the very heavy gales of the latter end of October and the beginning of November last, a period hardly extending over six weeks from this day, 325 vessels were wrecked, with the loss of 748 lives. On the other hand, the lives of 487 persons were rescued by the lifeboats of the Royal Na tional Lifeboat Institution, those of local bodies, and the mortar and rocket apparatus of the Board of Trade. For the gallant services performed on these and other recent disastrous occasions, the National Lifeboat Institu tion has granted rewards amounting to nearly £3OO to its lifeboat crews and other persons, besides one gold medal and 13 silver medals, and other honorary distinctions. There is at the present time a permanent expense on the institution of maintaining 92 lifeboat stations, thoroughly equipped, charged principally on its funds. The average cost of supporting a lifeboat station is £3O a year. This amount is expended as follows :—Payment of £8 a year to the coxswain, or master of each boat; £lO to £l2 to the crow for exercising her every quarter, the remainder being appropriated to meet the incidental charges or repairs, paint ing, &c., of lifeboat, carriage, and boat-house. Surely such facts as these will rouse np the most lethargic amongst us to help forward zealously and heartily so truly philanthropic a cause. This is not the time when England can afford to behold her sailors perishing by hundreds with out extending to them a helping hand by lifeboats and other practical means, and endeavouring to snatch them from the boiling elements. You have for years past unceasingly ad vocated this sacred cause, and perhaps there are many wives and children who would now be widows and orphans but for the services of lifeboats silently blessing your name, and many others who have, like yourself, been assiduously engaged in this good work. It should also be remembered and pondered over that the very men whom the National Lifeboat Institution fosters and encourages by its rewards to perform frequently such deeds of daring in its lifeboats, would u nquestionably be the first and the bravest amongst our sefaring population to repel an invading foe. On tho score, then, of humanity, love of country, and its commer cial prosperity, let every one who can help forward a cause which appeals so strongly to our sympathies and nation ality.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, • RICHARD LEWIS, Secretary. Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, Dec, 15, 1859. The Duchess of Inverness gave a grand enter tainment last evening, at Kensington Palace, to their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. The following were invited to meet their royal highnesses : His Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Countess Apponyi and the Countess Baumgarten, the Countess of Lichfield, Count Brandenburg, Count Paumgarten, Count Wimpfen, Captain Falbe, Mr. George, Russell, &c. The Duke of Buecleuch is staying at Bowhill, his grace's hunting seat in Selkirkshire. The duchess and Ladies Scott have taken up their residence at Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh, for the wintar. The Marquis of Bath has during the last fort night entertained a succession of visitors at Longleat, Wilts. The Countess (Dowager) of Jersey, left Berkeley square yesterday for Middleton Park, near Bicester. The Countess (Dowager) Granville, with Lord and Lady Rivers, and the Hon. Misses Pitt,lare sojourning at Eastington House, Bournemouth, until the end of December. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., has left Whitehall gardens for Geneva. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone. M.P., and Mrs. Gladstone left Trentham for Edinburgh on Monday, after visiting the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland during the stay of their Royal - Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale at the ducal seat. General Sir de Lacy and Lady Evans left the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, yesterday, after a stay of three months, for their town residence, Bryanstone-square. Mr. Deedes, M.P., and Mrs. Deedes have arrived at Farrance's Hotel, from Sandling-nark, Kent. The dry dock at' - Mauritius is now open. The Sarah Sands was the first ship which entered it. A ship 365 feet in length can be accommodated there. The deck is 80 feet wide at the top, and 40 feet wide at the bottom. Its depth from surface of high water is 23 feet. The water is pumped out in 2} hours. THE -WEATHER AND THE PARKS.—A considerable number of persons yesterday ventured on the ponds and canals in the various parks, though the ice is by no means strong enough yet to bear with safety. Several—as might be expected--fell through, but no serious accident occurred. THE WEATHER IN THE PEOVINCES.— , --DUring the last day or two the weather has beerlexceedingly sharp and wintorly, and on Wednesday there was a fall. of snow in Leeds. Several of the trains were detained in consequence of the drifting of the snow upon the rails, and the express from York, due at Leeds about 11 o'clock, did not reach its destination until half-past 12, the detention having occurred in consequence of the engine and some of the carriages run ning off the line. No personal injury was sustained by any of the passengers. On Wednesday large quantities of snow fell, covering the ground in Newcastle to a depth of two• or three inches. The mail from London on that evening was delayed for a considerable time, but fortunately, so far as we could ascertain, no accident occurred. THE ItELIGICHIS DISSENSIONS, ST. GEORGE'S, EAST.--YeSterday evening a vestry meeting was specially convened for the purpose a considering the conduct of the rector in sending " a threatening letter " to the church wardens on the subject of their retention of the keys of the parish church, -which the rector claimed in connection with his right as the ecclesiastical ruler of the parish. Mr. Churchwarden Thompson, who presided, deprecated any further movement and, without saying so in so many words, gave the vestry to understand that between the rector and the parishioners a compromise might be made if the olive-branch of peace were held out by the parishioners. Some discussion ensued, and at the earnest request of the churchwarden the proceedings were adjourned, the.churct - warden having pledged his word that he would not yield an inch unless the wishes of the parishioners were coin plied with. DEATH OF MR. DAVIDSON.—We have to record the sudden death of Mr. W. I. Davids, more familiarly known in the theatrical world as Mr. W. I. Davidson. He had been indisposed for some few weeks, but had appa rently quite recovered, and was so well on Wednesday evening that, having finished a hearty supper, be continued up till midnight writing a farce, which he intended to sub mit to the lessees of the Olympic Theatre, with which esta blishment he had formerly been connected. It seems he slept soundly till four o'clock the next morning, when, awaking with a sudden exclamation, he immediately after wards expired. Mr. Davidson will be remembered as the manager of the Olympic Theatre in the year 1848. For the last few years he has contributed chiefly to the Ameri can stage, and at ono period obtained some repute as an artist. It is much to be regretted that he leaves a widow aad children qttjte urrovided for. SPAIN AND MOROCCO. The Madrid journals of the 11th mention a re port that the Government was about to borrow 100 millions of reals (25 millions of francs) from the Bank, on deposit of securities. In the reconnaisance which General Zavala made on the road to Tetuan he saw that the Moors had a large body of cavalry iu the :plain, and on the heights 4,000 infantry. During his march, which was on the coast, throe gunboats kept near him. The following are extracts from the Gibraltar Chronicle : DEC. 3. We have been permitted to give the accompany ing extract of a letter from the camp. It is from a source which guarantees the clrrectness of its statement : " CAMP OP SERALLO, Nov. 27, 1859. " We have had some skirmishes with the Moors, but their attack on our lines on the 25th assumed the fierce ness and proportions of a battle. They made a feint upon our right, and threw all their weight upon our left centre. Tho fight lasted from one until four o'clock p.m., when they were repulsed on all sides, with very heavy loss, heaps of 80, 50, and more dead bodies, being found iu the positions they occupied. It is well known the care they take to remove their dead if not routed, as they certainly were the day before yeste rda y . I calculate their toss a about 500 to 800 men hors de combat, among which 250 dead. Wo also suffered considerably, as they fought with great determination, and the intimate knowledge of these intricate forests and defiles is in their favour. Our losses amount to 300 or 400 men altogether, but many aro but slightly wounded. A batch of these savages made a rush from an ambush upon General Eclogue, shot his and his aide-de-camp's horses, and carried away the tip of his fore finger ; he had a narrow escape. His assailant was soon despatched. My usual good luck attended me, although we had to sustain the brunt of the enemy on our left centre. Should the Moors meet us on less covered and broken ground all the chances are against them. " No account of the action of the 30th has been received, except that contained in the ' Hoja Volante,' The only AQUATICS. ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB. The annual dinner of this celebrated club took place yesterday at Willis's-rooms, St James's-street, the worthy Commodore, Mr. A. Arcedeckne, pre siding. Nearly 150 gentlemen sat down to a din ner, consisting of every delicacy of the season, flavoured with first-class wines. On the removal of the cloth the Commodore pro posed the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, which he succeeded with " Success to the Royal London Yacht Club," After glancing at its career for years he remarked, that the secret of success in a yacht club was not only to get good members, but to keep them ; a secret which this club had long ago advised. He could congratulate the members upon being a jolly, amiable, and agreeable set of fellows, fully intent upon encouraging yachting ; and the only regret he experienced was, that they had not had better entries for the valuable prizes they had offered, but other clubs had been similarly situated. He felt much pleasure in being able to state, that the club numbered 600 members, and he hoped they would, ere their next anniversary, increase that number largely. The other yacht clubs and a number of toasts followed. Miss Ransford and others too numerous to name sung on the occasion ; and the elegant embellish ments of the ball-room, just completed, were much admired by all present, the painting by Agnesie particularly. A meeting of the London General Omnibus Com pany was held yesterday—Mr. W. H. Cosway in the chair, After a protracted discussion it was resolved that the report and accounts be approved, and that the directors be autho rised to borrow £30,000. him his noble an army around the scaffold! A whole " Sovereign State" trembles to execute one criminal ! A criminal—but is he a criminal? That is the uo.stion which almost hinders them from" screwing up their courage" to the strangling place. A criminal —but will all the waters of the ocean wash from Virginian history the crime of executing this cri minal ? Yes, these are the questions which make Virginians' courage quail, as with swords, and mus kets, and artillery they muster around the sca.ffesld of their victim. There is no army against them in the field—no host even of undrilled men armed with the weapons of war. No, there is nothing to fear but the conscience of slumbering Virginia itself —it is that which makes cowards of all her citizens —she knows that she is perpetrating a crime which thousands of the best Americans resent. She knows that but for rifles and artillery, the might of right would, perhaps, display itself spontaneously on the spot ; and that the insulted conscience of men might rescue a noble man from slaveholding fury, as the army of the Israelites once saved JONATHAN from his mad father's curse ; probably, too, there was something to fear from the " happy slaves"—the men of whom old BROWN had rescued so many, and who, all helpless as they are, might yet have been too strong for their relentless mas- ters. Well, the consolation is that hisblood has not been shed in vain. To have spared him would do nothing against slavery compared with his legal murder. We in England remember how the legal murder of a worthy missionary in Demerara, and the sending home of two poor Baptist missionaries from Jamaica, fired the eloquence of HENRY BROUGHAM, roused a feeling here ne ver known before, and was the death-knell of slavery in our colonies ; and not unlikely is it that the blood of this fine old man may yet be the death of the system to which he is sacrificed. FBA 2 PA N. The lihmileur of yesterday published the follow ing correspondence from Jeddo, dated September 22, 1859 : "The exchange of the ratifications of the treaty concluded between France and Japan on the 9th October, 1858, took place to-day with great solemnity at the Palace of the Minis ters of Foreign Affairs. The Consul General of France in Japan, M. du Chesne de Bellecourt, proceeded thither on horseback, accompanied by the Commander and Staff of the Imperial screw corvette Duchayla. The treaty bearing the ratification of the Emperor was carried by sailors on a sort of stage adorned by French flags, and escorted by a guard of honour of 50 armed sailors. The members of the mis sion followed in palanquins. "After two hours' march through this immense capital, in the midst of an innumerable multitude attracted by so novel a sight, the procession entered the official enceinte of the city, a sort of fortress to which usually only the feuda tory Princes of the empire, their families, and the officers of the Court are admitted. M. de Bellecourt and his suite on reaching the Palace of Foreign Affairs, situate near the third inner enclosure which surrounds the Imperial Palace, were received with great ceremony by the First Ministers of the tai-coun of Japan. The exchange of the ratifications and examination of the treaties lasted for nearly two hours. In the presence of the Ministers the French and Japanese Plenipotentia ries compared them. The Abbe Girard, the Superior and Apostolic pro-Vicar of the mission to Japan, who provision ally acts as interpreter of the Japan language—in which he is well versed—for the French Consulate, compared the Japanese text with the French. Everything having been found regular, the treaty which bears the ratification of his Imperial Majesty was handed over to the Japanese Ministers, and that bearing the ratification of the Emperor of Japan was handed to M. de Bellecourt, after having been placed in a double box of black japan of the most exquisite workmanship. " On this occasion the Abbe Girard was in full canonicals. Thus Providence reserved to the glorious reign of the Em peror Napoleon 111., and to exclusive French action, the solemn re-installation on the Japanese soil of that religion of which the ministers ; apostles, and adherents were hitherto doomed by the laws of the country to certain death. It is not secretly and timidly that the Catholic religion re turns to this land which has seen so many martyrs ; it is in the very midst of the Government itself that it publicly shows itself, though still within certain limits, in virtue of a right consecrated by the diplomacy of a Sovereign whose name is also in those distant lands a veritable symbol of power. "As the ceremony concluded at the palace of the Japan ese Palace of Foreign Affairs, the screw corvette which brought the Consul-General of the Emperor to Japan saluted the French flag, hoisted for the first time on the habitation which that agent occupies on an elevation, which ' commands a view of nearly the whole Bay of Jeddo The Russian frigateAskolde and the corvette of her Britannic Majesty the Highflyer, in the roads, courteously joined in the solemnity by hoisting colours and saluting the French flag installed at Jeddo with 21 guns." WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will and two codicils of the Right Hon. Lord Patrick James Herbert Crichton Stuart, commonly called Lord James Stuart, M.P. for Ayrshire, and Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Bute, late of Whitehall-place, .were proved in London on the 12th of December, by Lieutenant-Colonel James Frederick Dudley Crichton Stuart, M.P., his son, the sole executor. The personalty in the United Kingdom was sworn under £45,000. To his daughter he has bequeathed £lO,OOO, and £6OO a year ; to his younger £20,000, and has left him the gold watch he usually wore. To his eldest son he has left the residue of his property, real and per sonal. Lady Stuart has a provision under settle ment. Several of his relatives are named to whom he wishes some article from his effects should be selected by them as a mark of his regard, and that Lady Stuart should receive a sum of £2OO, to be laid out in charity at her discretion, and that she w ill select a carriage for herself, and any furniture she pleases. The will and codicil of Sir Thomas Isaac Horsley Curteis, Knight Bachelor of Great Britain, were administered to in the London Court of Pro bate by a legatee, Mrs. Emily Curteis Rogers, owing to the death of the sole executor, John Brooke, Esq., of Berry Hall, Old Walsingham. He has bequeathed his residence called the Villa Twy ford, near Foulsham, Norfolk, to the daughter of his executor. He has left to a few friends some small legacies. Bequeaths to his old servant Henry Shorting his sword and wearing apparel, and a sum of £lO. He gave particular directions that his coffin should not be finally closed till he had been dead eight days, having a great horror of being buried alive, believing that such has often occurred ; his armorial bearings and helmet of knighthood to be engraved on a mural tablet •, also directs that the old pictures of his grandfather and grandmother Horsley, and the old crayon portraits of himself and his deceased sister, shall be taken out of the frames and burnt ; but that the large pictures of himself and his sister should be placed on the walls of the great chamber at Berry Hall. The will of the Rev. George Nicholas Dealtry, M.A., Rector of Outwell, was -Droved in the London Court of Probate by his son-in-law, John Fraser Macqueen, Esq., barrister-at-law, the sole executor. He wished to be buried by the side\ of his wife, in the family vault in the chapel called Beaupre Chapel, in the church of Outwell, and that a marble tablet on the wall of the chapel should record his death, corresponding with one there. He has left liberal legacies to all his servants. The residue of his property he has bequeathed to his son-in-law, Mr. Macqueen. His freehold and other estates are held under settlement. The will is dated the 25th of January, 1859.—Illustrated News. 1c; The Norfolk is announced from Melbourne with 68,054 oz. of golyl.—worth about L 272,000. The dollars brought by the Mexican steamer have been sold at 610. per oz., being an advance of upon the price realised for those by the previous packet at the beginning of last, month. Meanwhile, however, dol lars have been sold at 611 d. and 62d., owing to the pres• - sure of the demand on French account, which has now TIIE ceased. All the leading Manchester houses in the City and retail firms at the West-end have arranged to keep holyday on Monday, the 26th, Christmas-day falling on a Sunday. At the Great Ship Company's meeting called for yesterday, but afterwards proposed to be postponed to next month, only a few shareholders were present, and an ad journment took place, no business having been transacted. It is proposed to carry on the business of Messrs. Calvert and Co. by a limited joint-stock association, to be I called the London Brewery Company, with a nominal ca pital of £600,000 in shares of £25 each. Since the concern has been conducted under the direction of inspectors the profits have been at the rate of about £50,000 per annum. It is therefore hoped that the greater part of th© unsecured creditors will come into the arrangement. Their claims are to be received for shares at the rate of 18s. in the pound, and cash subscribers are to have a preferential interest at the rate of 6 per cent. THE HOLYHEAD TELEGRAPH TO LIVERPOOL. —At the meeting of the Mersey Docks Board yesterday (Thursday), it was elicited that men were at present em ployed in relaying the submarine cable between Port Lynas and the Ormshead, which has been broken by the Royal Charter, or in some other way. It was said that, owing to the state of the weather, the men had not been able to touch the cable, but the engineer expected it would be completed in a few days, when the line of telegraph would be again in operation. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION. Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners chartered yesterday afternoon, the 15th inst., the Hannah Moore, 1,130 tons, belong in g to Messrs. William Roberts and Co., of Liverpool, to sail from Birkenhead for Sydney, New South Wales, at £l6 Os. 9d. per statute adult, to be ready for the reception of passengers on such a day as the Commissioners may appoint between the Ist and Bth of February. The ship is to be furnished with Diblo's ventilating apparatus and Dr. Normandy's fresh water distilling apparatus. MR. HENRY LESLIE'S CHOlR.—Tilit body of amateurs, under the direction of the most distinguished amateur of the day—amateur, indeed, only in name, for he does not yield, in talents and acquirements, to any of out professionally-educated artists—commenced their fifth sea son with a concert at St. Martin's•hall last evening. These concerts of Henry Leslie's choir have obtained a firm foot ing among the regular entertainments of the London sea , son ; and they deserve to hold it, for none of our musical entertainments are of higher quality, or aro more condu cive to the progress of music in one of the most delightful branches, the harmonious combinations of the human voice. Last night St. Martin's-hall was crowded in every part, and the performance was probably the finest that Mr. Leslie and his choir have ever given. DEATH FROM INHALING CHLOROFORM. —The Newcastle chronicle states that Mrs. Jenkinson, daughter of the late Sir William Gordon Cumming, Bart., of Altyre, and daughter-in-law of the la te Bisho p of St. David's, was last week on a visit to her relations at Cresswell Hall, and, having been suffering from the toothache, rose early on Friday morning to in hale the vapour of chloroform. Later in the morning the unfortunate lady was found a lifeless corpse. Overcome by the vapour, she had either fallen or reclined upon the bed, and the contents of the bottle which had contained the chloroform were discovered to have been spilled upon the pillow. ATTEMPTED MURDER IN IRELAND. —A bailiff named Reid, a Scotchman, in the rent office of the Earl of Bosse, at Parsonstown, was tired at on Wednesday evening about rix o'clock, when passing through tho dark walk of Woodville House, about half a mile from the town. escaped, hut his murder was clearly intended, since the assassin was close to Reid when he fired, and Several slugs wore lodged in the wall beside him. A CONSCIENTIOUS JUROR.—At York assizes OR Monday, on swearing the jury, one of the jurymen refused to take the oath, on the ground that ho had conscientious scruples. His Lordship (Mr. Justice Wightman)--" What scruples ?" Juryman — I consider i‘t objectcontrart the Bible in several places.' His Lordship--‘ Do you jto take the oath ? " Juryman--" Yes, I do." His Lordship— " Very well, then, you can leave the box ; but you must sit there (pointing below it) and remain every day till the end of the assizes. It would be very easy for any one, by stating that he had conscientious scruples, to escape the duty of a juryman altogether." The juryman accordingly took the place assigned to him, amid considerable amuse ment in court. TES. A letter from New York, dated Nov. 30, says,—' Friday next, the 2d of December, is appointed for the execution of " old Brown" and his confederates in the Virginia invasion. This ill-conceive the d and worse executed plan is then to b e wound up by deaths which properly close a tragedy, public will retire to meditate upon the moral of an invasion of a State by 16 white men and three ne groes, the capture of an arsenal by them in a town of 2,000 inhabitants, and the uproar which they have caused throughout the State ever since. Like the and the true Sbakspearian tragedy, the heavy business of the piece has been properly and artistically interspersed with lighter touches. If the old Puritan mad stalked about in heroic garb , majestically donnas the tragedy in an exceedingly cap tivating ways not withstanding his crimes, the Governor of the State has equally filled up the interstices with comedy of the most approved order. He has stirred up the whole State of Virginia, from the eastern shore to the base of the host western spur of the Allegha nies ; all are in motion towards Charlestown, the place of confinement of the condemned, for the pur cution of the accused. Daily pose of preventing a rescue and assuring the exe the volunteer corps that have offered their services to do guard at the expense of the commonwealth., The Governor moves his militia about to and fro lists are published of • from the scene of action as necessity see ms to re quire. They, on their side, are on the alert for a hay- every hostile demonstration, even to the burning of rick or the moaning of a cow. It may with truth be said that this mad expedition of " old Brown" hat; done more to expose the weakness and star fears or the white population of the slaveholding s thsa ' all the tirades of the maddest abolitionists o r the assaults of the blackest of black Republicans could have done by any possibility. When a w hole ! , community rises simultaneously and puts itse , y ~ ,T " j under arms, when the minute-men are called out t- ive of the j the sound of an alarm bell and the Execut, , State are the foremost in lea din g them on, when i;t 1 1 the burning of a hay-rick can t hrow a county into :;' convulsions, there must be so me real danger at ~, bottom to justify all these co nvulsive efforts foga . ' persons who are usually courag eous. There muss be a real feeling of insecurity, notw i t h s tanding the undoubted attachment of most slaves to their masters. To say that there has been nothing all' The ing for such a demon s t ration is incorrect. magnitude of the demonstration shows clearly 016 magnitude of the evil it is intended to rereedY: When a whole community thus rises en malt, seeks ana takes arms in its hands , t he dan g er which to avert cannot be entirely imaginary. We a t 3 distance may ridicule the demonstration, and que ll a' tion its necessity ; but nevertheless t here must be deep-seated cause of danger to so stir them I.! There is every reason to believe that this is the feeling in the South. With it we may anticipate,: stormy time when Cclgress assembles next wee.l The Southern members will come there fresh theirvor_ the impressions caused by this outra g e upon rights and their property — the/N orth will go three confident in the hope of triump h next year. it' bitter' contest which has already broken out with the ness in the press must then be transferred to 110 floors of Congress. The first st ru gg le will be on t he election of Speaker. Before the Brown invasio n re • election of a Republican was thought to be l qiis That party only want six of an actual majoritYA 0 ,. anti-Lecompton Democrats and th e southern ull,O sition sympathise with them i n their hostility 0_11; Administration ; there wa s, therefore, almost aZie tainty of an alliance. Indeed, the terms of i t , be d in substance arranged. The impression Pr°Lelbso by the Brown invasion throughout the Soutneea.. outlived these calculations, and now it is e 3Ee se d, ingly doubtful whether the House can be orgall i 4 „ g gls and whether there will not be again such a eif:P w as as we saw in 1855, when Governor Ball' s ( ' by elected, embittered now by the temper o ceite . _ be " old Brown." The Republicans still claiatiroes• able to count an Opposition candidate in• ü be a they can do it on the first ballot there 31181 , long contest. — Times. ~ )(DT 01 • --- LETTER FROM THE CONDEMNED u*' —Dry me R I ia e n v md . uv H ee r . tyi L mg . er Vai 1 I . BROWN. 5 18 59 ' . most kind and most welcome letter of the Bth inst• rea and also for the kind counsels you give, together virti',o .ateful for all the good feeling yen ~,, , ,o u r wren: prayers on my behalf. Allow me here to say, net wit-9 ' 0 04 steadfast frier NOVfrieldi,----S°11:1 mg, " my soul is amongst lions," still I believe that ' f o ol in every deed is with me." You. will not, therefertabt. surprised when I tell you that lam " joyful in me ri i i idg: ; feel degraded by nay tions," that I do not feel condemned of Him wh ule "do % ment is just, nor of my own conscience. Nor . 0 0. spect of the gallows. I have not only been t., ~iat imprisonment, my chain, °,filo`tigh . utterly unworthy) permitted to " suffer affiiettooper" charge I am) God's people," but have also had a great he rinZre • tunitios for " preaching ,- righteousness in the great s-whe. gatioa." I trust it will not all be lost. The jailor (i 1 1„ be en most kind ; and notwithstanding he was one ef t he g all' and his family, and assistants, have %i ts ' v est of all who fought me, he is now abused for his ratbligi- sir* by their ferocity." It may be So far as my observation goes, none but bravo 1 he ir likely to be humane to a fallen foe. " Cowards pr?Z at we , courage done in B r ost we with tut little risk. in.! t vir m it I T co b u e l r d s wo:iptc,eryi.,no.u,,,a.bo‘.iittha fdeiwic,,orneluy 1 thoe:ttairi:•,::, clergymen among others. Christ, the gr t ea l r ii :is ' ai °l4-1 liberty as;ivell as of salvation, and who began. blil ke froul as foretold of him, by proclaiming it, saw fit to 111 _ t oe; butme a he sw ha or s d pu of t satueeetlhearfthier my yhandaucdai(r,i,etdh!t for ( 1 1 of tint aw l s aldif l. ' Spirit "), and I pray God to m iss a a faithfulabut too wherever he may send me, not less on the sel l ' when surrounded by my warmest sympathisers.t for.,,ttell My dear old friend, I do assure you 1 have no tbrrelite our last meeting, nor our retrospective look ove r 0 t wit 0 . by which God had then led us ; and I bless his OM ~.„d 00 0 5 has again enabled me to hear your words of cheerine,..o fort at a time when I, at least, am on the " brink of _ .. ././ a Oll l (see Bunyan's Pilgrim). God in infinite raer.,9 7 ,1,:.0 oftl soon another meetina• on the opposite shore. I _7r ; e: passed under the rod ' of Him whom I call nay Fsl f UP; certainly no son ever needed it oftener, and ye t I enjoyed much of life, as I was enbled to boo 0 the secret of this somewhat early. It a t ' oi vii making the prosperity and happiness of others rai l 00 ha y, that really 1 have had a great deal of prosperititrine vtlo/11' prosperous still, and looking forward to a a , o rf or_ __,he re d • " peace on earth and good will to men" sll94l.ens feelib,; prevail. I have no murmuring thoughts or envo breat/A to fret my mind. " I'll praise my Maker with re l lo ilov I am an unworthy .nephew of Deacon Jelin, s ad b y him much; and in view of the many choice frrstbertao had here, lam led the more earnestly to praY/ g my soul with the unrighteous." Your assurances of the earnest fe e l i ng s ' sympbl°- tie ,,,d,ill f the '"- o lloif my native land is very fir atefal to my me to say a word of comfort to them : t lo r r earo l° ...et As I believe most firmly that God reign s / - may J.- lieve that anything I have done, suffered, or 1, All 4 suffer, will be lost to the cause of God or of linneiltiourvr, before I began my work at Harp certainly Ferry I r e ' 1 fte.' that, in the worst event, it would certainly Pa si ble 00;; expressed that belief, and I can now see no ro at slitl to alter my mind. lam not as yet in the 11aVIted a co g V," ttonikti to appointed. I have been a good deal disaPP,°ll:is .10110 garde myself in not keeping up to my own P,!, a13 :, plea ; 0 . feel entirely reconciled to that event ; for infinitely better, no doubt, or I should have ...- e Piii g Had Samson kept to his determination of not tells ha t wherein his great strength lay, he would .x,;:,0, 101_, never overturned the house. I did not tell . .Ifelog7ol was induced to act very contrary to my be:I I. ..j o :00, 11 and I have lost my two noble boys, and otb. r my two eyes. , r feel a•c c ' ulf°l44l ' o; But " God's will, not mine, be done.' . ~,,, 1 luiveA.tit ble hope that, like that erring servant of svb°l_';o.. i t t C!;;Ot been writing even I may (through infinite I . oe_ ;1 1( 10; 4i Jesus) yet "Clie in faith." As to both the titre tha t o'7 of my death, I have but very little trouble. _itilesr.,/ oia and am able to be (as you exhort). of " gelec,..W--,nA at I send through you my best wishes to pla y tho lino her son George, and to all dear friends. 3Tur, o f you the poor and oppressed be the your and S?? 1,. tr uth , I , so • , Farewell, till we meet again. Mena 1.4 130 01( • o f ------,-------i, —.,..ey nieetil)goo r THE BALLOT S OCIETY. ~ -- lc - a t the 4 1 ,,it. the executive committee was held on T u esday ju the c.gr. in Guildhall -chambers, Mr. M. E. Marsd9l.. navieshleo Mr. Whitehurst, Mr, Elt, Mr. B e XL 4baerir,ato Nodes, Mr. Lo Maitre, SLe., were present._,. outoticeo St aL . a reported. The Rev. Robert Spears, of £lO 10s. from Mr. Grote and several osr,:gileleia, ..., raianc- of t/te Robert Webb, Esq., Malvern ; vy •'' ern co er oia Esq., and B. Lucraft, Esq.,. were elected in ,_.• &row ~eft ! jog 0. , it, rOY:mp council. Directions were given respee tartlet. jot:. elections for Reading, Durham, and I'o , ll te d to ocso d bf ts , was read from the sub-cominieo appocin , a o ffers _pets essays sent in by the candidates for th P,r,_e , ta norwoah committee for the best essays on the 131.1.1,!r„„sove,.oth' by working men greatf r,_Wbefore t;0000. maty of them of g ability, bad been lair jo Vl'', o eir CO. -- A to .. - 10 Commiof the recommendations of the report, . _ _ w ade.. t h e ttee, whose report was now presengea• „goat) Air, resolved that the first prize of V ss. ill: iithoptialf Malcolm Ross, of Bradford, Yerk_ssr' C. 3. ,; t• SI; Printer ; the second prize, of a 3 5 / ti',,,i o f V 41100io (the Norwich Operative) ; and the tirre'estert ra its Thomas Smith, of Enderby, near first publisa'roo§ knitter. These essays will be r airaina r / 0 . of 0 Ballot, and afterwards as a 'tra wait . 0 joeell3!,,ting meats were also made for thee: _oo t aee council on Wednesday, Jan. 25, h o ,. K et (D ip ... „.01 1 the Whittington Club, in the evening 1 ';:,.0,504. f t o A Smr's BACK BROICBN IN 0 5 l':tg 01 0 o o the Wa s leavi c ic 0 d/ Tuesday, as the ship Gladiator she * ill too t a Liverpool docks to sail for Bombay_,.., of !..,000,iisit Pluckington Bank, owing to thobrefoLt7r.day afto;!, Aibeiro hawser. She was got afloat again the cart ill 'l o ve t.D., arrangements were made to plae ° t Dock warehouses, as the shier it is Op 0 1120 6 ' acted, W ill. A ° W- O broken up. The Gladiator's carg e Wl ' s 10 ° 0 £70,000, and the vessel at £15,000. bolt c oo , __A largo , „ ,fte 30 1 A WHALE IN TIIE TA Y ' _t avoi_ii, in the Tay near Invergowrie BO' ti c rive r iu 1$ ore Of whale was seen by a correspondent on ds ot in r P gs p . or ti i the herrings, which have been up . 1 ____wlta reeeo It swain about fearlessly, aud it is sein ue ras a ti ll a cr io k an that it was not made a prize by,_filial.: returned from the northern vvbail' defin p, - uir in ; Crinoline, which has been a by „ Mili.P 00 1 1 0 0 0 011 ' car r prose ... t i l e 00 0 , bility, a principal source for dlugeithe steel fai 4u gs Okillt rapidly receding fashion proY l vir n ot a ry 10/40,00. 0 1 foe to the anc ' les of men, hasrbehcorn. 0/ , yet simple fastening for the 0 of Stepney. Thus, inn hese daysl,tuN:uieh was_nu 0! i i t l o ol s worthless turned to so, and qi. l, soug ht for 7 An d it ridicule but yesterday, to•-day.istits edcstrian factured by the Government clionetr.a_c,tioarsty,,tihsettallsfiti the soldier, the sportsman, awl c . A.. 0. OD s now seem by the latter whether ‘,- - 1