The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-10 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.—Under the Manag•ement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. The sensation created with the public on the first represen tation of Balfe's New Legendary Opera was most enthu siastic. Continuous applause marked its progress from the rise until the fall of the curtain. The demand for places daily at the Box-office to witness this great musical work of our popular English Composer, places the Management in the proud position of announcing the performan ce of BIANCA , THE BRAVO'S BRIDE, Every Evening until further notice. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, Balie's New Legendary Opera, BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE : Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlvvall ; Messrs. A. Lawrence, J. Wharton, H. Corri, A. St. Albyn, G. Kelly, Wallworth, T. Distin, Lyall, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Orchestra of Eighty Performers. Chorus of Fifty Voices. Concluding with a DIYERTISSEMENT.Stage manager, Mr. Edward Stirling. Acting-manager Mr. Edward Murray. Doors open at 7 ; commence at half past 7. No or fees to Box - keep ers. c harge for booking , At Christmas a Grand Pantomime. Morning Performances every Wednesday and Saturday. ON AL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN—under the Management of Miss LOUISA pYNE and Ar. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. A. Lawrence, Mr. H. Corri, Hr. St. Albyn, &c. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. And a DIVERTISSEMENT. Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half-past. A IRE-ROYAL, 11AYM.Altli.ET. Lessee, Mr. J. Y. Buokstone. T ITN EVENING the nerforrnances will commence with AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Messrs. Buclatone, Compton, W. Farren, Chippendale. Rogers, &c. ; Miss A. Sedg,rwick, Miss ranot, E. Fitzwilliam, &c. Atter which, JENNY LIND AT LAST. Jenny her 7th appearance), Miss Rose Howard. And THE SUN AND THE W IND. By the Leelercqs. Commence at 7. pOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Leone and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with SUSAN SMITH. To be followed by, at 8 o'clock , T HE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Supported by Messrs. Fechter, A. Harris, Meadows, Graham, Shore, and Miss Murray. To conclude with THE GAR,IBALDI EXCURSIONISTS THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM. I Soie Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, THE PE US OF THE PARTERRE. Scenic Department under the direction of Mr. Wm. Callcott. The Music by Mr. George Loder. Principal charac ters by IT. Neville, Mr. Joh n Rouse, Mr. J. Morris, Miss M. Ter Mr nan, Mi ss Neville, lifisslludspeth, Miss Stuart, Miss T urn er, Miss IR Douglas, Miss Annie Collinson , and Miss Lydia Thompson. Alter which, th revived comedy of THE ISH AM BASSADOR Sir e Patrick O'Plenipo (first time) Mr. John Drew. entitled ADRIENNE ; or Followed by the new drama , THE SECRET OF A LIFE. Principal charaeters by Mr. Henry Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. 11. Butler, Mr. Villiers, Mr. G. Vinino - , Mr. Forrester, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Clifford, Mr. J. Johnstone ; Mrs. Keeley, and Madame Celeste. To commence at a quarter to 7, on account of the length of the entertainments. ----- - NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. A DELPHI , ) -- 311. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Engagement for a limited number of nights of Miss Agnes Robertson and Mr. Dion Boucicault, who will appear every evening in the highly successful Drama of "The Colleen BaNcrt." THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Boncic,ault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billing - ton, and Mrs. Chatterley. After which, THAT BLESSED BABY. Mr. Billington, Mr. J. I, Toole, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-of f ice open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, Z. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, ts. ' • Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, 16 . 6 d. ; Amp hitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-• 1. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY. Astounding sensation created by the Lions and the great Brute Tamer. Miss Rebecca Isaacs every Evening. Notice.—There will be no half-price during the engage ment of the Lions, except for children under ten years of age, and then to Pit and Boxes only. This Evening, a new Spectacle, entitled THE LION CONQUEROR ; or, The .Death Jungle, expressly for the introduction of the Wonders of the World, " The Groupe of Per f orm ing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett To be succ e eded by scenes in the Arena, supported by talented Parisian and Bri ish Artistes. Concluding with the First Act of THE DAUGHT.ER OP THE REGIMENT. Marie, Riss Rebecca Isaacs. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7.! Box-office open daily from 11 till 4 Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. THE CA TTLE SHOW AND CANTERBURY HALL. C. MORTON begs to inform visitors to London that the above HALL, with its Magnificent Galleryof Modern Paint ings, by all the best masters, is OPEN EVERY EVENING at 7 o'clock. GRAND SELECTIONS THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 9, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. F i ,44 11" I 0 ,' ‘,... ~/.' ~ ,Y - -- ,,,k- ,- , -- ., , , ,A ,., . .-- 1 , ,,,A. 4 ..... 1*/ - 2, ...,.... .,,,- 4<0.4 1, -ix : -, 4 \ ;; ;i rk..., ~,, ::e•r_ g -,..-!?(.,_ • _ _,,..7,:-.., -,_,.. ; 6..k.;,..).- ~:., „, , ‘.. tis THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 8, 1860 FROM BELLINI'S NORMA. AND FLOTOW'S MARTHA. PRINCIPAL ARTISTES, MISS RUSSELL MADAME MARIA MISS TYRREL MISS WILKINSON Mr. HENRY HERBERT and Mr. BERNARD. Conductor Mr. JONGTIMANS. The Comte Department comprises Messrs. A. B. Hollings worth, J. Blanchard, G. W. Pell, Charley Fox, and E. Mar shall, in his trans formation song, " THE DOMESTIC DRAMA," personatinx five different characters. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day at noon. BAROMETER-25.98; WIND —Westerly; light, with fine weather. DEC. 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.51. WlND—Westerly ; moderate breeze, with fine sunshiny weather. HIGFI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.-3 , lorning, h. m.—Afternoon, 1112. 43m, To-Atonnow.-Morning, 12h. 12m.—Afternoon,:,12h. 41m, The astounding news from China published by us in the columns of The Sun on Saturday evening, wal by this time have thrilled far and wide through England, borne upon the wings of the Press and the yet fleeter wings of the Electric Telegraph. For the early transmission of this extraordinary intelligence to the leading newspapers of the metro polis, her MAJESTY'S Government are entitled to the highest commendations. It was about three p.m. on Saturday that the tidings reached the Foreign-office ; and by no later than a quarter past four p.m., the great news had been forwarded to the principal journals of the capital through the generous promptitude of the Noble Lord the Foreign Secretary. It would be well for the Paris redacteurs if M. le Comte De PERSIGNY, in pursu ance of his avowed intention to assimilate the press system of France to the press system of England, should in this particular take a leaf from the book of Lord Jon. RUSSELL, as one of the foremost among our more liberal minded and open handed Administrators. As we have intimated, the telegram (reproduced so soon afterwards in our own columns on Saturday evening), the startling telegram giving the an other news o f t h e fi rs t impor nouncement, among tance, of the capture of Pekin the Allied Forces before the close of November, reached the Foreign 3 p .m. of the Bth instant, Office at ant, having been t r ansmitted thithe r, under date the 30 th November, and Cons u l from her Majesty's Agent - elenere at Alexandria. Altogether the tiding s conveyed to us through this channel cannot be regarded as otherwise than in the highest degree satisfactory. Virtually by the time that that latest intelligence left the seat of w ar the goal of the campaign had been passed—" Two of the gates of Pekin are in our hands" being the first intimation flashed to us through the electric telegraph. Sweet and bitter fol low in rapid succession. Who has not exulted at the next line of the telegram ? " PARKES and Loci' have returned to us"—Nrr• PARKES, her Majesty's Consul, Mr. LOCH, Lord ELGIN'S Private Secretary. Who has not read the line immediately ensuing with a shudder of com miseration ? " Captain ANDERSON and Mr. DE NORMAN have died from the effects of ill treat ment." The English of which is unhappily but too visible—that Captain ANDERSON and Mr. DE NORMAN have been tortured to death by those de testable barbarians. Almost equally appalling is the next scrap of news, to the effect—" BRABAZON T Everything we hear from Hungary gives hope that the resistance of Austria to the just demands , of the nation will be vain. As usual she resorts to every device which seems likely to delude or baffle the people ; but everything is seen through , in a moment, and force alone is yielded to. The , majority of the Conservative party itself is enough Hungarian not to relish the supercession of them selves by German officialism ; and though party spirit is sometimes disadvantageously active, yet the great party whose watchword is " Hungary for the Hungarians," includes not only the common people, but the greater number of the landlords and nobles also. The EMPEROR names Lord Lieutenants, or presidents of counties, but they find themselves continually obliged to disregard the new Imperial directions, and to fall back on the ancient usages of the country. Hereilluisstroantn of one instance, and, »lutatis nzutandts, it is an o other Imperial arrwanh g at e m i s e nt s going . T o h n e rlmpeegr a r l d t in structions direct that " permanent Committees' should be formed by the Presidents of the counties. Count STEPHEN CAROLYI, placed in charge of the i m portant county of Pesth, with it s assoc i a t e d co mmunes, pays no attention whatever to the order about Committees, but forthwith issues a circular t h e communes to assemble for th e e l ection directingofrepresentatifes to supply the " gaps created in the representation since 1848." He, therefore, seems to assume the elections of the year of liberty as the legal elections, as not cancelledthe it b t y n,a l na 2ye a a; of illegal suppression o f the u to look upon the old General Assembly of the Counties as the only one he could venture to call. Some may possibly imagine that the laws of 1848, which are now so steadily demanded by the Hungarians, must be, of course, revolutionary, almost Republican. This is a great mistake. They are what even Conservatives in this country would, for the more part, deem very moderate. The franchise was fixed really high, The chief object was to seeuie precisely the liberties we enjoy here, to abolish feudal service, to protect the press, and to place finance and the army in the same sense as in England, under the control of the people's representatives. Among the laws of 1848, which received the sanction of FERDINAND, on the'llth of April in that year, the principal seem to have been these, as enumerated by M. SZABAD-ISt, An annual Diet to be held at Pesth, and the members to be no longer bound, as before, by instructions from the counties. 2d. That the King could not dissolve the Diet till the Budget was settled. 3d. The President of the Upper House to be appointed by the King, and that of the Lower elected by ballot. 4th. The elective franchise to consist of a posses sion of property in a town to the value of £3O, and a corresponding value in a county. sth. The elective franchise to be conferred irrespective of income on physicians, lawyers, teachers, all other learned professions, manufacturers, and trades men. 6th. The Diet to consist of 446 members, 377 for Hungary and the annexed territories, Croatia and the three Sclavonian coun tries, and 69 for Transylvania. 7th. Payment of deputies to be 10s. per day. Bth. The principle of general taxation for all classes of the population. 9th. The .Robat—feudal labour, to be abolished, as well as tithes to the landlord and clergy—a fair compensation, however, to be arranged, especially for the poorer clergy. There were laws also re lciting to the University and th 9 National Guard — the irremovability of the judges, and, above all, to the lit, \ erty of the p ress. The °Meet of the man who claims to be Kin g of HUNGARY is illegally to ignore what the last King of HUNGAR did legally ; and to treat the twelve years illegal attempts to enforce the centralisation scheme of Prince SCWARTZENBERG, as a legal cancellin of the nation's rights. The j Hungarians refuse to' ac k no wledge the Imperial Revolution, effected col trarY to the fundamental laws of Hungary, by the calling in of a foreign army. If compacts, treatcos, and laws are to be respected, and the wretched HAPSBURG is ready enough to demand respect for them, if they will help him to keep a province, thei FRANCIS JOSEPH ought to go on his knees to the Hungarian nation, and not the nation to him. Nothing in Italy can compare with the violence, treachery, and revolu tionary character of all his dealings with Hungary, and sincerely do we hope that the prudence, self command, and firmness of the Hungarians, aided by propitious events without, will compel the young despot—old enough in political crime—to humble himself to those whom he has wronged. The Hungarians would, indeed, deserve to suffer for their folly if they placed themselves in the hands of a thorough HAPSBURG, without taking constitu tional precautions which he could not break through. It were mere weakness for a nation of noble-minded men to sell themselves to an heir to all the vices of generations of Hapsburgs. It is the very nature of the race to cheat, to cajole, and when they have deluded their victims and brought them within reach of their spring, to seize them with a deadly grasp. Like the feline race they can never be tamed. The liberties of their subjects are the prey on which they de light to live, and the sight of them ever invites attack. Or, to view them in another light, they regard constitutional arrangements as so many ignominous fetters and bars, which they watch the first opportunity to burst. The business of the Hungarians is to see that they cannot burst them. Possibly, if the dynasty could receive the discip line of half a century or more of con stitutional training, and find, by experience, that there are nobler pleasures in royalty, like that of our QUEEN'S, than in the self-will of absolutism, they might be a little more safely trusted. A people's liberties, however, depend on a people being their own watchdogs. One gratifying fact is, that the partes annexce, Croatia, and the Slavonian provinces and Transyl• vania, all of which Austria uses every means to keep separate from Hungary, seem all to prefer uniting with her, as of old, as federally parts of the Hungarian Kingdom, sending their dele gates to the National Diet, and admi nistering their own affairs according to their hahits and usages. It has indeed always been a part of Hungarian policy from the days of their famous King STEPHEN at the very commencement of the 11th century, to respect scrupulously the peculiarities of each section of the nation. The smaller annexed provinces were not merely allowed their natural customs, it was the preferred policy. While Austria has treacherously laboured to Ger manize Hungary and all besides, Hungary sedu lously abstained from endeavouring to Hungarianize the provinces which were united to her Crown. d S e h v ej e l u o s p t e l y d held that n th e t r t o w t h n e ir way. energies Probably, wul be therefore, better refore, even the Croats, whom Austria seduced to their own ultimate enslavement to rebel against Hungary in 1848, now fully understand that their only guarantee for independence is in union with Hungary. Transylvania, though in large part of Saxon origin, shares the same feelings, though fictitious deputations to Vienna are got up to present the opposite appearance. There is, therefore, every ground to anticipate that, eventually, German functionaries and German sol diers will have to return to the place whence they came, and leave the noble people and king dom to self-government and liberty. The Hunga rians are a generous race; and when they have secured all they so justly demand, they will readily co-operate with the German part of the Empire, in everything but oppression. Their fault has been readiness to forgive not readiness to rebel. They must now take final guarantees, that further rebellions shall not be needed. THE PRINCESS ALICE.—The marriage of the Princess Alice, according to the Observer, has been defini tively settled to be solemnised in London, during the ensu ing season, with Prince Louis of Hesse Darmstadt. The Prince is the eldest son of Prince Charles, the brother and heir presumptive to the Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt, who has no children. THE VACANT GARTER.—There will be a Chapter of the Garter at Windsor on the 17th inst., when the Duke of Newcastle will be elected one of the knights of that order. His Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh has arrived at Claridge's Hotel from a tour df visits. His high ness leaves town to-day for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester will leave town in a few days for Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdon shire. We regret to learn that the young Earl of Jersey, a student at Eton, is suffering from serious indis position. The Earl of Abingdon comes to town to-day from Wytham Abbey, Berks. Viscou n t Uffin g ton leaves town to-day for Coombe Abbey, Coventry. Lady Georgiana Fane, who has been on a tour in the United States, was at New York when her last letters were despatched to this country. Her littlYdaP jo expected home by Christmas, and BOWLBY unaccounted foe—signifying, in other words, we fear, that they, too, have been swept from the face of the earth by the pitiless hands of the Chinese. There is, of course, hope of some sort that they may after all turn up" again still living, and even it may happily prove alto gether unscathed. But the experience we have had of the cruel and lawless doings of the Chinese during the three wars waged between them and ourselves, drives us to an unwilling apprehension that in hoping anything like this we shall be doing little better or more rational than just " hoping against hope." " While there is life (however) there is hope"—says the old consolatory proverb—and we have yet certainly to learn that death of any kind has actually taken either Messrs. BOWLBY or BRABAZON. How gladly should we not each and all of us hail the welcome tidings that both those gentlemen have teturned to the allied head-quarters ! With what delighted curio sity and poignant eagerness should we not every one of us turn to the perusal of another of those brilliant narratives addressed to our chief contem porary by the graphic pen of the captured limes' Correspondent ! Reverting to the te7.?gram—the next sentence is surely pleasant reading enough—'"The EMPEROR'S summer palace taken and saated, affording immense spoil !" One's imagination takes 'Wings to itself at the adjective, for the English upon the subject of spoil are not usually given to exaggeration. And when the booty is•spoken of as noth;ng less than " im mense," and that too in a matter-of-fact telegram — we may be quite certain that the plun,'ler taken was something really worth having. It is tantalizing to come at the next line plump upon the it, timation —" EMPEROR fled into Tartary." His Im'yeria l Majesty, associated by ties of such intimate fela _ _ tionship with the Sun and the Moon and th Stars, would have been so extremely interesting a hostage. It would have been so agreeable to have held him in possession as about the most compact and portable of all the material guarantees we could have secured. And now we have—at any rate for the time being—lost the golden oppor- tunity. It will be a disappointment, we should imagine, at Madame TASSAUD'S wax-work estab lishment in Baker-street. HIEN YUNG would have formed so considerable an attraction there, under the circumstances. For we may be tolerably certain there would have been every probability that he must have gone farther (westwards) without by any means necessarily faring worse than old Commissioner YEll, who passed the last portion of his existence in durance vile at Calcutta. Who knows but that the Emperor HIEN FUNG might by next spring have created quite as great a sensation as Prince LEBoO in the salons of Paris and " the gilded saloons" of London ! His apparition in Western Europe might even have tempted BARNUM to hasten back once more from his transatlantic retirement with the programme at least (supposing it never to have gone beyond a mere programme) of another and yet grander speculation than any the Prince of Showmen ever before ventured upon ! Who knows ! But, alas, while we are ourselves thus speculating upon these supposititious speculations— th e Telegram glares before us that shortest and the least welcome, if not the most important of its eight startling sentences—to wit " EMPEROR fled into Tartary." To follow him thither would, of course, be the next thought inevitably—but an afterthought (thereupon coming upon us quite as inevitably) impresses upon the common sense of an European the conviction that the expedition would be of the vaguest ! Advancing into Tartary in pursuit of the fugitive Emperor of the CHINESE, the Allies might " hamd in hand," like ADAM and EVE, through any place, however, rather than Eden, take their solitary way— " With all the world before them where to choose 1 " Instead of " beating the air " thus idly, the Allied Commanders-in-Chief appear, from the nature of the telegram, to have instantaneously appreciated the only wise course remaining to them, there and then, with Pekin in their hands and the EMPEROR fled, and his Summer Palace taken and sacked, and all this in the month of November—" Forces to winter at Pekin and Tientsin." A judicious intimation, followed by yet another equally judici ous and sententious, completing the Telegram— namely, " The two Ambassadors at Pekin and Tien tsin." lier MAJESTY'S Ministers have not, there fore, been waiting idly in expectation of the Chinese mail. More important news from the seat of war than that conveyed to them by this tele gram could not have been received by the French and English Governments. The only rational course open to the Allied Forces at the commencement of the campaign in Northern China—the course we ourselves distinctly pointed out and insisted upon from the very outset as the one path to be traversed—has now, it ap pears, been followed up to the point of rendezvous, to the ultimate destination of the Anglo-French arma ments. Our forces are there—at Pekin—in possession of Pekin—and from that superior 'vantage ground of the capital of the Chinese EMPEROR, the Am bassadors of France and England may now dic tate the terms of a secure and reasonable treaty to the EMPEROR of the Chinese and his ad visers, with every prospect that at length a solid and lasting peace may result from their negotiations. Heaven grant it ! And with it—with this once grand result of the recent campaign of the Allied Forces in Northern China— Heaven grant, too, that the Chinese nation itself may be drawn at last out of its barbarous seclusion from the rest of the nations of the earth, and as sume its place in the onward march of civilisation. SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1860. IMMO. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, says the Paris =- respondent of the Morning Post, will pass the winter at Venice. Sir John and Lady Pakington are surrounded by a large patty at Westwood Park, Droitwich. THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY.—It affords us much pleasure to learn that the Marquis of Salisbury, up to yesterday afternoon, was progressing as favourably as could be desired after his accident on Friday. The China telegrams are expected to reach Lon don on Tuesday or Wednesday. Mr. Edward Everett has prepared a Life of Ben jamin Franklin. _ News from Italy announces the success of Miss Whitby at the Opera of Milan. The model for the monument to Ary Scheffer, at Dordrecht, is ready for casting. Madame Clara Novello has departed for Italy, where she intends to take up her residence. THE' NEWS FROM CHINA.—At her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday night, at the conclusion of the first act of the performance, a gentleman connected with the theatre came on the stage, and read to the audience the important telegram from China which was received during the afternoon, and which we published in our third edition. The news called forth loud and general applause. THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH.—The Empress of the French, accompanied by the, Marquis La Grange, visited, on Thursday, the two Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. On Friday her Majesty paid a visit to the Tower of London. On Saturday the Empress, accom panied by the Duke of Atholl and her suite, and the stewards, visited Smithfield Cattle Show. The Imperial steam yacht Le Corse arrived at Calais on Friday, and was hourly expected to receive orders to proceed to Dover to convey over the Empress on her return from England. The Independance persists in its assertion that Lord Cowley has expressed a wish to be relieved from his functions in Paris, and observes that the statement is not met by the Reuter telegram, which merely affirms that he has not actually resigned. We have reason to believe that Lord Napier, at present Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Hague, will shortly proceed to St. Petersburg, at which Court he has been appointed Ambassador. The Count Apponyi has been appointed Ambassador of Austria at this Court, and it is understood that, as soon as the fall of Gaeta has left the continent of Italy free from the Bour bon army, the Count d'Azeglio will present his credentials as Ambassador of Italy. We are requested to publish the following con tradiction to a statement which appeared in the letter of our Paris correspondent on Saturday :—" The report that the removal of Sir Andrew Buchanan from Madrid to another post is connected with any purpose of making room for Mr. Elliot is without foundation. The assertion, which has been again reiterated, that there had been an intention on the part of Lord John Russell of removing Sir James Hudson from Turin, is an invention which has already re ceived an authoritative contradiction." We must observe in reference to this contradiction that if Sir Andrew Buchanan is removed from Madrid, where his mission hitherto has been highly successful, and Mr. Elliot is ap pointed to any place vacated in consequence, we shall find it difficult to believe that there was no " purpose of making room for Mr. Elliot." As to " the intention of removing Sir James Hudson from Turin," if it was " an invention," it was one sufficiently plausible to impose on Sir James Hudson himself, and to inspire emit Cavour with the utmost alarm, lest, at a most critical epoch in Italian affairs, he should be deprived of the support and assistance of the man to whom, next to himself, the cause of Italian ind e pendence is most indebted.—Times. RESPITE OF ANN PADFIELD.—At a late hour on Saturday a respite was received at the gaol of Newgate directing that the sentence passed upon the prisoner should not be carried out until her Majesty's pleasure. The joyful news was at once communicated to the unhappy prisoner, who received it with less emotion than might have been anticipated ; but this arose, no doubt, from the fact that her mind had been prepared to some extent for the probability of such a result. It is expected that the punishmene that will be inflicted upon the wretched woman will be that of penal servitude for life. THE LATE GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION IN NORWICH. —The excitement produced by this disastrous accident has not yet subsided ; and the magistrates, in the course of last week, directed the police to ascertain the quantity of gun powder on store in the city, and the manner in which it was kept. In one case it was found that an ironmonger had 2751b5. of powder in his possession, or 581bs. above the amount authorised by law, and it was kept in a somewhat careless fashion. The party was cautioned and directed to see to the reduction and security of his stock as soon as possible. In a discussion between the ironmongers and magistrates, it was observed by ene of the former that it had been suggested that a magazine should be erected out side the city for the accommodation of the traders. Mr. Blake, one of the magistrates, said such a plan would only make the evil worse by bringing the powder into one spot. Small magazines on the top of each house would be a great deal safer. Several dealers, however, expressed themselves in favour of the erection of a magazine. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY.—CANTERBURY, Saturday Even ing.—Shortly after seven o'clock this evening Mr. T. T. Delasaux, the city coroner, empanelled a respectable jury at the Castle Inn, in the parish of St. Mildred's, in this city, under the foremanship of Mr. Harry Good, to inquire into the circumstances connected with the death of John Mather, a sub-contractor of the works in the course of con struction for the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway in the neighbourhood of Canterbury. Mr. T. W. Hall attended to watch the proceedings on behalf of the con tractor, Mr. T. R. Crampton. Other officials were also present. The jury, having been duly sworn, viewed the body, when evidence was given showing that the cause of death was a fall of earth upon the deceased, and his sub sequent suffocation. The coroner very briefly summed up, and the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the de ceased was accidentally suffocated. The deceased has left a widow and seven children, but fortunately he had insured his life only five days previously for £250, besides two other insurances amounting to £5OO. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CLERGYMAN.—A deep sensation has been caused to the inhabitants of Rochester by a melancholy accident which occurred on Saturday after noon last, whereby a highly respected and aged clergyman, the Rev. Geo. Davies, vicar of Grain, and for many years a resident in Rochester, lost his life. The deceased gentleman, although considerably over 70 years oi age, was possessed of great bodily activity, and on Saturday afternoon had taken his accustomed walk in the neighbourhood town of Chatham, calling on his return at a poulterer's shop, where he trans acted some trifling business. At the moment of his leaving the shop, and just as he was about crossing the road in High street, a horse and cart belonging to Mr. Austen, a baker, dashed through the street at a fearful pace, the horse having taken fright in the neighbourhood of the barracks. Mr. Davies appears to have seen his imminent danger, and was about stepping back on to the pavement, when he was either knocked down by the shaft or fell, the back of his skull coming in contact with the kerb. He was immediately taken up and conveyed insensible to the surgery of Dr. Jardine, and afterwards to his own residence, where he lingered in a state of unconsciousness for a few hours and died the same evening, death having arisen from concussion of the brain. The deceased was connected with nearly all the public bodies of importance in the city and neighbourhood, and had occupied for many years the position of presiding ma gistrate of the Rochester county bench of magistrates, hav ing been a justice of the peace nearly 40 years. PAINFUL INVESTIGATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.—WESTON-SUPER-MARE, Saturday.—Considerable feeling has been excited through out this usually quiet town in consequence of its becoming known that the Commander-in-Chief has deemed it his duty to issue a commission to investigate certain charges of insubordination and unbecoming conduct preferred against an officer holding a high position both with respect to the town itself and the volunteer force. The officer referred to is Mr. John Smyth Pigott, senior lieutenant of the Weston super .Mare Volunteer Artillery, who is also a magistrate of the county and lord of the manor of Weston. At the time of the election of officers there was a good deal of controversy, and it is to believed that the matters to be in quired into have arisen out of the feeling then awakened. The commission, which is to meet on Monday morning (this day), will hold its sittings in the Town-hall, and will be attended by legal gentlemen on both sides. Mr. Clifton, of Bristol, will, it is said, act for the Judge-Advocate, who is always prosecutor in such matters ; and Mr. Stone, of the Western Circuit, will act on behalf of Lieut. Pigott. The chairman of the commission will be Lieut,-Col. Sir W. Miles, Bart., M.P., North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry, and chairman of the Somerset Quarter Sessions, and it will comprise also Colonel Luttrell and Colonel Graham. Colonel M'Murdo, inspector-general of volunteers, is expected to be present. THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL SHIP AT SOUTHAMP TON.—The following are the rules which have been issued with respect to the entry of boys on board the Eagle Go vernment school ship now stationed in Southampton water, viz. :—The boys must be over 14 and under 16 years of age ; over 4 feet 8 inches high from 14 to 15 years of age ; and over 4 feet 10 inches high from 15 to 16 years of age. It is desirable that they read and write well. They must be strong, healthy, and well grown, free from all itysical malformation, and be able to pass a strict medical examination. They must have the consent of parents or nearest relations. They aro well cared for, edu cated, and have certain employment until they are 28 years of ago. All candidates from a distance must come at their own expense, and if rejected must find their way back to their friends at their own expense. The following is the form of certificate which candidates must produce, viz. :—" I hereby certify that my son has my full consent (being willing himself) to enter her Majesty's navy for a period of 10 years, continuous and general service, from the age of 18, in addition to whatever period may be necessary until he attain that age, agreeable to her Majesty's order in council, dated Ist April, 1843, and the Admiralty regula tions of the 14th June, 1853, relatng thereto." The date of the boy's birth must also 1 :, - e given. This certificate must be signed by the parsp+- the boy, and be Witnessed by 91ermir. or magisii s s: byte. L 'I EST EW S. THE WAR IN CHINA. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC, 8. The following telegram was received on Satur day, at 3 p.m., from her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General, at Alexandria, dated November 30, 1860. Two of the gates of Pekin are in our hands. Park and Loch have been returned to us. Capt. Anderson and Mr. De Norman have died from the effects of ill-treament. Captain Brabazon and Boulby (Times' correspondent), unaccounted for. The Emperor's summer palace taken and sacked, affording immense spoil. Emperor fled into Tartary. Forces to winter at Pekin and Tient sing. The two Ambassadors at military headquarters (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ROME, DEC. 9. Counts Trapani and Trani have arrived here. Count Trani leaves again this morning for Gaeta, whither Count Trapani will also return shortly. VIENNA, DEC. 9. Chevalier Schmerling, a moderate Liberal, has been appointed Minister of State, but he is not yet gazetted. NAPLES, DEC. 8. King Victor Emmanuel arrived yesterday, and will remain here for a fortnight. The following have been appointed Councillors of Lieutenancy for Sicily : La Farina, Director of the Interior. Cordova, I P JP Finance. Scalia, J P PP Public Works. Pisaui, ~ ~ Public Instruction. A despatch received from the camp before Gaeta, dated the evening of the 6th inst„ states that a trial had been made of the f,lavalli battery against the fortress of Gaeta, with terrible effect. PARIS, DEC. 8 The Patrie contains the following : " Disturbances in the Bombay Presidency have necessitated the despatch to that province of two regiments, which had arrived at Calcutta from China." The Patrie also says : " The Sardinians will await the fall of Gaeta before summoning the citadel of Messina to sur render, to which, in case of refusal, they will lay siege." The French Government is about to grant an amnesty to the journals for previous infractions of the press laws. PARIS, DEC. 8, The Constitutionnel pretends that there is no foundation in the news that the Marquis de Lava lette had insisted at Constantinople upon the pro longation of the French occupation of Syria. The Constitutionnel also says :—" Up to the present the convention of the 4th September has not given rise to any divergence of opinion between the repre sentatives of the foreign Powers at Constanti nople." CASSEL, DEC. 8. The Second Chamber has agreed, by 37 against 7 votes to the propositions of the committee ap pointed to examine the question of the constitu tion. An ordinance from the Elector decreeing the dissolution of the Diet, was then immediately read. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, DEC. 8, 3.20 P.M. The Bourse remains firm. Rentes closed al 69.15, or about the same as yesterday. FRANCE. BoußsE, Dec. B.—The market continues quiet but firm, and prices show a slight improvement on those of yesterday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69f 20c; Mobilier, 781 f 25c; Orleans, 1,387 f 50c ; Northern, 990 f ; Mediterranean, 910 f 25c ; Austrian, 508 f 75c ; Lombard, 486 f 25c. The following are the last quotations: — ft per per Cents ... 96 85 Credit Fonder 920 Do. end month.... 97 Belgian 4f 9B 75 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 15 Roman Bank Shares — Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 777 50 Spanish Threes 49 75 Do. Account — !Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1386 25 .. 1387 50 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 912 50 .. 911 25 Geneva - • • -- -- Southern 525 .. 525 Western Eastern Sardinian 402 50 .. 398 75 Austrian Lombard . 485 .. 487 50 HUNGARY. A Vienna letter of the 3d has the following " The situation becomes more complicated and critical every day in Hungary. What is most re markable in it is the political antagonism which exists between the party of young Hungary,' which is ardent and revolutionary, and that of the Magnates, or old aristocracy. In all meetings of notables, or of committees, the re-establishment of the civil and political organisation established by the Constitution of the 17th March, 1849, is demanded ; and if that were to be obtained it would be, so to speak, the starting point of the complete enfranchisement of Hungary from the sovereign authority of the House of Austria. Now it is to that object that the efforts of the great majority of the ' young Hungary' party are tending both at home and abroad. Another alarming cir cumstance is that the refusal to pay taxes is becoming general in country districts. A few days back the amount of taxes remaining unpaid was 12,000,000 florins, or about 30,000,000 fr. The occupiers of farms, generally'speaking, take ad vantage of the agitation which prevails, and to which they contribute, to avoid paying the taxes and the arrears they owe. The revolutionary party has, besides, succeeded in establishing such a sys tem of terrorism in the country that no one dares present himself at the sales of furniture, grain,.and cattle which are made by order of justice for the non-payment of taxes." AMERICA. GREAT ROBBERY AT THE BRITISH LEGATION IN MEXICO. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 9. The royal mail steam-ship Canada, which touched yesterday at Queenstown, arrived here at 10 p.m. The City of Baltimore had arrived out. Advices received from Vera Cruz to the 21st ult. state that the British Legation in Mexico had been robbed, by force, of a million of dollars belonging to the British bondholders. Great excitement prevailed in consequence. The Liberals were concentrating on the capital. THE ENGLISH VOLUNTEERS IN ITALY.—A letter from . Naples says :—" The volunteers of the English Legion, whom no man ever thought of reproaching for want of pluck, and who behaved most gallantly in the only opportunity that offered, aro now becoming an intole rable nuisance, as they are unable to resist the temptations of cheap Italian wine, and aro apt to get abusive and quar relsome over their cups—to such an ex tent, indeed, that in an encounter sc me of Colonel Peard's Legion had with Ita lian Garibaldians of the Sacchi Division at Caserta on the 27th ult., they first came to fisticuffs, then to bayonet thrusts, and even pistol shots, till two or three killed and about balf-a-dozen wounded were left on the field by either party," LITERATURE. The Rouse on the Moor. By the author of " Mar garet Maitland," &c., &c. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This book is not one of the best of its author's compositions, but it is at the same time'replete with much of that truth and nature which have given so powerful an impress to its predecessors. The whole description of the House on the Moor, and the recluse Scarsdale, is admirably done, and is remark able for its graphic force and its sad resemblance to life. His contrast to the frank old soldier, Colonel Sutherland, is in every way remarkable, and these brothers-in law offered a curious study for those who contemplate the extremes of human nature. The life to which the disinherited man doomed his children, reminds one of the tortures of old times, and it is a positive relief when first one, and then the other, depart. No matter how cold or friendless the world, without, its sharpest blasts could not be more chil ling than the atmosphere of home—its most inimi cal inhabitants could not be more cruel than was their own father. Susan found a haven of refuge with her kind uncle, and Horace was only too well ab _ _ ,ie to take care of himself. This young man inherited the worst qualities of his father, and he is almost more repulsive, insomuch as in the, season of youth it is doubly unwelcome to find such an ungenial soil and such crafty impulses at work. A more dismal picture can hardly be imagined than that presented of the life led by the four beings who inhabited the dwelling on the moor. It was enough, if continued, to end in lunacy er some dreadful calamity to body or mind. Peggy was the only cheerful occupant of the place, but at last the task proved too much for her, and when her favourite Susan departed the old woman seemed to give way herself. Roger Musgrave is a fine spirited young man who is worthy of being a hero ; he was in every way calculated to attract the atten tion of Colonel Sutherland, who grieved at not having a nephew like that, in place of his repro bate connexion. Roger, although very mis guided in persisting in his attempts to become a common soldier, by the very pertinacity au gured independence very different from the cringing conduct of Horace, who would stoop to anything till he had attained his purpose, and then became the overbearing tyrant where he had been the fawning suppliant. Chance favoured him in his encounters with the precious pair of lawyers, Pouncet and Stenhouse, but at last all his wiles and machinations failed. Most completely was he finally foiled, and his grand plans frus trated. The wily Amelia soon threw him over when a titled suitor appeared, while his after arrangements with Pouncet were suspended in a terrible manner. He had possessed himself of the fatal secret, he had unravelled the mystery of his early years of gloom, but at a fearful cost to his own peace of mind. He had discovered that he was to become the heir of his grandfather's enormous wealth when his father was dead. This was a cruel revenge to have taken ; it carried the curse from one generation to another, and the virulent spirit of the old man might have been satisfied had be known the strife his vindictive will had engen dered, and that future sons and daughters still unborn would reap plenteously of the harvest he was then sowing. The news to Horace was decisive ; he wished that his father's life should not stand between him and his wishes ; he was forbidden by I the terms of the will from borrowing money on pain of being disenherited ; there was but one way, and he resolved to try it. He procured some poison, and went to the lonely house on the deserted moor, where his youth had gone by dreary as the doom of a convict, and ventured to put his deadly drugs in the place of his father's usual draught. He then went on his way with the curse of Cain clinging to him. He waited in breathless expectation for the news, but none came for some time. This is the most dramatic part of the story, a finely worked act. He had in thought, but not in deed, poisoned his father. Mr. Scars dale was too wary, and did not take his draught, having ascertained that the box had been inter fered with. He was, however, seized with the illness which almost immediately terminated his life, and his last look at Horace, who came in o bedience to the summons , struck horror to his soul. It was not till after his death that Horace discovered the paper which relieved his fears. Too late for pease, and he wandered away from every one, none knew whither. The agony he endured, the suspense in which he was kept, all combined to render his life a torment during the interval that elapsed between his two last visits to March main. The riches that would have been his righteously had he waited, were powerless to him for good or pleasure. " The unhappy heir of the Scarsdales went out and_was lost in the world, and its great waves concealed him and his pleasures and wretchedness. He had put himself out of the reach of common blessings and sorrows, the dews and sunshine of God's every-day world. He had • his fortune, his failure, his dead burden of guilt to begin his life withal; and so carried out among men, and the bustle and commotion of the world, a second chapter of that hereditary curse which had made a recluse and wretched misanthrope of his father, and a dismal prison and place of bondage of the solitary house upon the moor." Susan is a perfect contrast to her brother ; she is a delightful young girl, full of innocent happiness in herself and all around her. It was a hard trial to so gentle and gracious a maid to be immured in such a place as Lanworth Moor ; but while the misery saddened her, it did not blight her as it did her brother. She came unharmed from the fiery ordeal, and all the more appreciated her mercies in reaching her uncle's house, there to be kindly re eeived and warmly welcomed. She had been sent away by her father, owing to his having supposed she had abstracted a letter from Col. Sutherland alluding to the fatal will. This was , Horace's doing, who had crept in in his father's absence ; but Susan wisely thought that if the truth were discovered deadly would be the strife that resulted. She therefore went away, sadly yet hopefully, for with her uncle she knew she thould be happier. The little that appears of Roger Musgrave is very interesting, and the vacillation of Sir John Armi tage in seeking him out on his landing in England is a useful warning to those who are for procrasti nating. They would do well to remember the early adage that delays are dangerous. Fortu nately in Roger's case no eventual evil ensued, and he was enabled to serve his country in a sphere suited to his position in society ; and thus while his mind - was at peace, he could find full exercise for that daring spirit which prompted him and led him on to those deeds of bravery which have again and again spread the fame of British valour, and made glorious the names of Britain's sons in many a foreign land and on many a distant deep. The author of "Margaret Maitland" is always a welcome , contributor to our popularliterature. She has been a favoured visitant at many a hearth, and charmed many a reader of fiction by her touching descrip tions of simple joys and sorrows, and made wiser and better many a careless and regardless person by her true teaching and high standard of prin ciple. This new work, though not equal to some of her earlier efforts, is not unworthy to be classed among them, and the story of the lonely dwelling on Lanworth Moor may arrest the attention of some, and awaken the interest of others. This is altogether in every way to be recommended to the notice of those who like a thinking story, one that seeks to fathom the motives and analyse tho actions of men and women, as well as to record mere occurrences and narrate the conversations that take place. " The House on the Moor" is original in its chief point, and striking in the manner in which the idea is realised. The recluse is a finished sketch of an u nha ppy human nature in which the divine impress seems effaced or obscured till only the earthl y remains. e of Some of the secondary characters are mos h t aptly described, and the Sergeant Kennedy, with is de vices to delude and ensnare young men into his profession by fabulous tales of suacncyesostanthde prefer mentscenes abroad, is a noticeab le p ersonage. The family of the Stenhouses is also adroitly personified in its various branches , and m and passages of these volumes are most graphically sketched and eloquently described. Popular Tales of the West Highlands, - Orally Col lected. With a Translation. B y i J. F. Camp bell. Two Vols. Edinburgh : Edminston and Douglas. Th e se two volumes bear . evidence of great pai n s iler ou the part of t heir comp, and are most suitable for the amusement of the young. They are dedi cated to the Marquis of Lorn. In the dedication chapter the writer thus affirms :—" Amidst curious rubbish you will find sound sense if you look for it. You will find the creed of the people, as shown in their stories, to be that wisdom and courage, though weak, may overcome strength, and igno rance, an d pride; that the most despised is often the most worthy; that small beginnings lead to great find results. You will perseverance, frugality, and filial piety rewarded—pride, greed, and lazi ness punished. You will find much which tells of barbarous times; I hope you will meet nothing that can hurt or should offend. If you follow any study, even that of a popular tale, far enough, it will lead you to a closed door beyond which you cannot pass till you have searched and found the key, and every study will lead the student to a fast bcked door at last ; but knowledge lies beyond taose doors, and one key may open the way to many a store, which may be reached and may be turned to evil or to good. These words contain the sum and substance of the book in their forcible and simple language; and all who would quit for awhile the stern task of duty, and revel in the enchanted land of romance, will do well to peruse these tales of legendary lore, which have been treasured up as precious stores of wisdom, and handed down from generation to generation, by that romantic race who inhabit the land " of the mountain and flood." The Gaelic version of the tales is here given, and thus an unusual opportunity is afforded to the antiquarian and student to compare notes and acquaint themselves with the relative facts con cerning the subjects referred to. It is to be hoped that so much research and such spirit as have been exhibited by the author of these volumes will not be unappreciated, but that he will find many to acknowledge that they have derived amusement for their leisure hours in its rich stores of fancy, and some to declare that its curious information has interested them ; while to the young it may be considered a delightful recreation as they dwell upon the marvellous and mystic pages which hays yet some foundation in reality. Tire's Dictionary of Arts, .Manufactures, and Mines. Edited by Robert Rant, F.R.S., F.S.S. Although Dr. Andrew Ure's Dictionary has been well known to the public for many years, the pre sent work must not be considered as a reprint; it is, in fact, although bearing the name of the ori ginal production, much enlarged and extended; the present edition contains every information not only upon the subjects of which it professes to treat, but it is. a dictionary of reference upon scientific subjects in general. Mr. Hunt has spared no pains to collect all the required information. In fact the names of many of the most eminent scien tific men of the age will be found amongst the con tributors to this valuable publication. The work needs, however, no commendation at our hands, its own intrinsic merit are its surest claims to suc cess, the fifteenth and concluding part is now published, and as a book of reference or study the present edition claims a place on every engineer's book shelf. MISCELLANEOUS. The Welcome Guest contains its usual amount of general information and light literature, among the most interesting of which are the " Recollec tions of a Relieving Officer." The illustrations in The Ladies' Treasury are well executed, and some of the descriptions of cities carefully pre pared. The " Fashions for the Month" are of course appended, together with other matters peculiarly interesting to ladies. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences contains an article on the pro longation of patents in English and American courts, as likewise a list of patents lately granted, also several scientific papers on late improvements in machinery both at home and abroad. Part 22 of Boutledge's Natural Bistory, which promises to be as extended as it is beautifully illustrated and well got up, is this month devoted to the feathered tribe: The minuteness with which the Rev. S. G. Wood enters into his descriptions, and the care with which he selects his authorities, deserves the success which this work, when completed, must justly command. The British Workman, part No. 6, is executed in the same able manner as heretofore, both in letter press and illustrations. The low price at which it is published is well suited to those for whose benefit it is intended, Bit although we highly approve of the style in which part of the work is written, we cannot but think that those who endeavour to inculcate religious feelings into the working classes are often carried too far by their over zeal. Now the operative who purchases this book expects to obtain amusement; and although it is all very well to intersperse a few practical examples of the ad vantages of temperance and piety, he does not wish on every page to be reminded of the fact, and we opine that many would cast it aside, saying, " Why, I'm -- if this ain't a picture tract !" We trust that the proprietors will consider the subject. Cassell's illustrated History of England having reached the momentous period of 1791, is of course devoted more to the history of the French Revolu tion than to that of England. There are several well-executed portraits of the men of the moment, such as Robespierre, Marat, Mirabeau, &e., toge ther with illustrations of the ill-fated Royal family. We find, also, sketches of Hindoo life and charac ter. Cassell's Family Bible illustrates the Second Book of Chronicles. Solomon in all his glory is represented, as also other remarkable Scripture episodes. In Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper the tales of " Miss Sarah Jack, of Spanish Town, Jamaica," and " Who is to Win, " together with other tales, are continued. The arbour of Hong Kong and other ports and cities are illustrated, as well as the portraits of several celebrated indivi duals. Cassell's Natural History is this month all about horned cattle, and furnishes many curious anecdotes, among which is one of a boy being rescued from the jaws of a tiger by the courage and affection of a favourite buffalo. TBE EMPEROR NAPOLIION AND FRANCIS IL The Emperor Napoleon has, we understand, lately addressed communications to the ex-King of Naples, pointing out to him the expediency of his withdrawing from Gaeta, and advising him to take that course. If Francis 11. refuses to follow this advice, it is of course obvious that the Emperor will be liberated from his promise to keep open a retreat for the King, and that the French fleet will quit the waters of Gaeta and leave the fortress to the attack of Admiral de Persano. The Emperor, there is evAy reason to believe, was impelled to his original act by motives of pure humanity. The King of Naples had been driven to the last extremity. He appealed, personally, in sup liant terms to the Emperor to assure his retreat, and to protect his family. At that moment it appeared as if Gaeta, which held only a fugitive King, his mother, wife, and children, and a disorganised gar rison, was about to be surrounded and bombarded. It was, on the one hand, painful to see a Royal House, to which every State in Europe had but yes terday accredited Ministers, hiding themselves from shells, and in hourly danger of their lives ; on the other hand, a surrender would have created new and awkward difficulties for the Sardinians, who would have been immensely embarrassed by their prisoner. Seeing this, the Emperor, under the impression, too, which then universally prevailed, that the King would fly again, as he had fled before, held the door open for him by sea. The King of Naples and his advisers have, however, chosen to turn this chari table action to their political advantage ; and the Emperor, therefore, now withdraws from t he m a limited protection which was beginning to threaten very dangerous consequences. THE CA MB.RIDUE SPINNING .HOUSE CASES Independent) have been favoured by with a copy of th e excep tions Wthee (C1 atn plaintiffs'bri daettorneys to the ruling of the Lord Chief Justice in these cases, as handed in by Mr. Edwin James, on Monday morn ing, which we subj o i n . Th e plain tiffs are to be at liberty to raise these points, if it should become necessar y , ei ther by motion before the full Court of Common Pleas, with liberty to appeal therefrom to the Court of Exchequer Chain" ber, or by bill of exceptions. This will, however, d e pend on the course taken by the defendant; if no proceedings are taken by him the verdict of the jury will remain undisturbed. Grounds for bill of exceptions : 1. That the proper construction of the words in the charter of Elizabeth, "personae de male auspeetas," is that the parties must be suspected on reasonable ground of son° crime known to the law of England, or some definite inter tion to do evil. 2. That the charter as pleaded affords no defence in point of law to this action. 3. That the commitment to prison without a warrant 10 writing was illegal. 4. That the hearing and examination by the vice' Chancellor under the provisions of the charter must be accordance with the common law of England, viz. :—Tl l $ witnesses in support of the charge should have been ei v mined on oath, in the presence of the accused, and that the defendant had no power to examine the plaintiff, being th e party charged, in the manner in which she was examin ed 5. That the defendant had no right at law to commit 0 the prison described as the Spinning House, but oulY t° some prison known as some common gaol. 6. That the Vice-Chancellor must be satisfied before II commits to prison by evidence taken by him, in the Fata l manner as any ordinary justice of the peace, on a charge °` crime within his jurisdiction. of 7. That there was no evidence for the jury in supp ort either of the pleas. at 8. That if there was evidence of any written warr ant the time of the commitment, that warrant ought to WI been produced, or its non-production accounted for, sr, that no verbal evidence of the cause and reason for Ow commitment was admissible. vote d 9. That the substituted warrant was illegal and for the purpose of supporting the defendant's pleas. ~f The parties to appeal, or move, or proceed by Bill Exceptions, as may best raise the points. (Signed) W. ERLE. A YORKSIIIREMAN'S NOTION OF " STRIKES.”-- - b" hardhanded Yorkshireman recently met an old comrade ill London, when the question was put to him, " What do /on think of strikes, Jack?" " I' ll tell y ou, Tom, what I think : they are plagaey bad things for masters, but tal l times worse for the men." " Then how is it that they 00 often happen ?" " Why in nine cases out of ton they neve r would happen but for ' The Cuckoos,' those travelling' about-talking chaps, who are too idle to build their osill nests, and go about s p oilin g the nests of other folks. Is' little common sense, and good temper, between masters and men, such as the carpet-weavers have so wisely showl; would in my humble opinion, prevent strikes altogether. —British Workman, The Reale titles, Turki 88,1 t Per Cents 411, Th have kent, Prine Chat] %lava] areal decli ~—..._ Na In aetiv] Th Trun of C Orea Jo Lave and te re Stoo Di Di Ditto Coal Indi Esc Bra; Du Mc