The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-14 00:00:00

........--"'""" ip...; ROYAL 'ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited) THIS EIT'62 ZING, THE BRIDE or SONG. Renee, Miss Thirlw all ; Beatrix, Madame Fanny Huddart ; Adel bert, Mr. Heim y Haigh ; and Hannib .1, Mr. A. Laurence. Conductor, Mr Alfred Mellon. To conclude ;with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled CIND ERELLA ; or, Harlequin and the magic pumpkin. and the Great Fairy of the Little Glass Slipper, which the eel ebrated Donato will appear. Commen:e at Seven. A MORNING' PERFORMANCE of CINDERELLA next MONDAY, Jam. 18 , at Two o'clock, and every Monday, till turther noti*le. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THES EVENINu, the new Operetta, in one act, en titled PUN( ;HINELLO. Followed by the new Grand Christmas Pan'omime,..SHE J.ION ANA THE UNICORN FIGHTING, FOIL THE CROWN. TEATR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE, Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, and during the week, A YOUNG LAD FROM THE COUNTRY. Alter which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, HOP O'MY THUMB AND ills ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven-League Boots : Messrs. G. Bel more, Tom htatthews, 0. `lt., Mastet Percy Roselle, km Misses Lydia Thompson Lcclercq, ac. ; Messrs. Bolen° C. Lauri, W. A. Barnes, T. Morris, Cormack, Saville ; Mdute: Bolen°, the Misses Gunnies, and Signor Tescano. rin EA'T R E-R OYA L, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. lEus EVENING, Jan. 14, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, Wea tftersby, &a.; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, &c. After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOIL Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Braid, Gordon, Clark, White, Coe, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, &c. With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. Seeley. And MRS. WHITE. . _ To commence at 7. n OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Last Six Nights of Ruy Blas. THIS EVENING, to commence with MY WIFE'S OUT. y, essrs. Widdicomb, Charles; Miss B..l'crcy and Miss E. Lavenu. After which, at 8 o'alock, RUY BLAB. Ruy Blas, Mr. _Pechter. Messrs. Ryder, Fitzpatrick, F. Oh :rtes, IPintyre, Garden, Raymond, Uonett, C ifford, Moreland ; Misses Car lotta Le3lercq, B. Percy, and Mrs. Winstanley. To conclude with a Farcical Oriental Extravaganza, en titled BEARFACED IMPOS f ORS. Schahabaham (a pasha of three tails, Mr. Raymond; Mustaphs, his vizier, Mr. Garden; Bill Stumps and Jack Hoene, quondam propiietors of the original unit ed happy family, Messrs. Moreland and °Viddicomb ; Ali, chief guardian of the ladies of the Harem, Mr. Collett ; Osman Khan, chief executioner, Mr. Bunch ; Achmet Aga, an officer of the Sultan, Mr. Kelly; Mirzs }ialli Baba, chief keeper of the monkeys, Mr. Regan; Ayesha, formerly Jemima stumps, but no first favourite of the pasha, Miss Lavenu; Fatima second favourite of the pa s h M B. Percy ; shekerleb, third favourite of the pasha , Miss Travers ; Beds, four t h favourite of the pasha, Mis , Watson ; Zenobia, formerly banou of the harem, chief wile of the pasha, but now di scar d e d f or Ay e sha, Miss Hatch. Various choice specimens of zoology, guards, slaves, and attendants, by ihe numerou s a n d tal e ntei Smith family. Divertissement des Odalisques. Doors open at Half-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev.n till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, A.DELPHI.— Wle Yropribtm and manager, sir. b. vt roster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON ?ABLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole. At er which, at 8, LEAH. Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. George Jtrdan, Swinbourne, R. Phillips, Stuart, btephenson,:Eburne; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Bihington. To conclude with DARK DOINGS IN THE GU BOARD BY THE KNOT U'li vt BROL tIERS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paid Bedford, R. ps, Billington ; Mra. A. Mellon. Miss A. seaman. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Extravaganzl, entitled THE MAGIC HORSE AND THE ICE MAIDEN I liINCES6. Alter which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma garnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and manageress. Mrs. swanborougn. THIS EVENING, at 7, LAWRENCE'S LOVE SUIT. Messrs. Parselle and Thorne; Mesdames Palmer, Carson, and Hughes. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, THE " GRIN" BUSHES ; or, the Mrs. Brown of the Missis-sippi. Messrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton, &c.; Mesdames Ada Swauborough, Itaynham, Simpson, Jolinotonc, (tc. To conclude with THE WILJi'U I. WARD. Miss Palmer. GRATIS AND POST FREE E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS. T MOSES AND S 0 N 1 •.• respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest aorits are combined with the latest and most fashionable tesigits, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON give particular attention to this important branch of their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices Are such as must satisfy the most economical. This depart ment is in a oistinct part of the premises, which will be ivund a greet convenience for ladies and children, MOSES AND SON • respectfully invi;e public attention to their large and wei►-assurted WINTE& STOCK. MOSES AND SON'S •"SANDRINGHAM." and "DANISH" WitAPVER introduced by them) Is the newest and most fashion tb.e style of Overcoats for the season. MOSES AND SON'S ~. READY-MADE and BESPOKE CLOnilliti for all classes and all ages. MOSES AND SON'S • CELEBRATED "INDISPEZT6ABLE" SUIT, irom 30s. MOSES AND SON'S • HOSIERY and DRAPERY, for all classes and all ages. MOSES AND SON'S E • HATS AN]) CAPS, fur all c asses and all ages. 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The unreasoning passi on W hi ch under some irritatio n to inflict an injury prompts a man him self for , the sake of annoying his nei • uP3II neighbour be longs, one would supp ose , rather to hasty a d uncontrolled individuals, th an to the collective wisdom of great States. Yet we have just had a notable instance of such a course of action show„ by the Federal Government of America in their abrogation of the Reciprocity Treaty between their country and Canada. In their anger against British subjects, whether separated from them by the wide Atlantic or by the confines of the North American provinces, they have sought eagerly for some prac tical means of inflicting injury and annoyance in re turn for their fancied wrongs. Because this country did not at once range itself on the side of the Federal Government; because the praise lavished on the liberal and humane Administration of ABRAHAM Laicou.T by a small body of Englishmen, so far from being echoed by . ;their countrymen generally, was decidedly antagonistic to their feelings ; and because our Government, despite its ill-concealed partiality, has, like all weak persons, contrived to excite irritation without inspiring respect, therefore a great injury is to be done to the merchants of the United. States themselves, without the shadow of a reason. The Cabinet of Washington has not been long allowed to remain in ignorance of the light in which its conduct appears to unprejudiced persons, and it has already received a pretty plain intimation of the opinions of those, its own countrymen, who are the best qualified to speak. The report presented to the Board of Trade of the city of Detroit, by the Committee previously appointed to examine into the matter, will be read with great interest in this country, and it shows un mistakably the foolish and random policy pursued by the American Government. The sum total of the exports and imports between the British Ameri can provinces and the United States during the forty-two years from 1821 to 1863, leaves a balance in favour of the United States of no less than $162,116,081, the exports from the States exceed ing the imports to that amount. The report says laconically, "With men acquainted with commercial matters no other argument is needed to prove that the trade with Canada and the other British posses sions of. North America has been of vast advantage to the people of the United States." After this preamble the committee proceed to examine the proposed resources for the interference of the State with commercial transactions so favourable to the best interests of the people. The principal argument is found in the fact of the Canadian Parliament having largely increased the duties on American manufactured articles, thereby naturally diminishing the demand for them. The committee do not content themselves by remarking that this is no infraction of the treaty, as all such articles are not named in it, but they point out very clearly the inconsistency of such a reason, seeing that on that ground every European nation would have a just cause of quarrel against the United States themselves, whose national necessities have compelled them to raise the duties on imported articles far beyond anything dreamt of by the Cana dian Government. The requirements of the na tional exchequer is a sufficient plea for any nation to urge in defence of the increase of taxes and cus toms duties, but it ill becomes the United States to assume the office of censor. The second point which comes under examination is the want of sym pathy felt by the people of Canada and of the Bri tish Isles in the efforts of the North to subdue their fellow-countrymen. The Committee dispose of this argument in a few straightforward and statesman like words. Let commercial treaties, it says, stand or fall on their own merits. They have nothing to do with any political affronts or infringement of national right on land or water. It is beneath the dignity of a great and powerful nation to rush into hasty legislation on matters affecting the wellbeing of 70,000,000 of people because of a supposed want of sympathy on the part of a people of another State. It is a question of trade and commerce, not of likes and dislikes, say these gentlemen, and any political element introduced into the matter is altogether foreign to it. Then, again, comes the argument of the dangerous competition of the Canadian merchants with their rivals, especially in the matters of coal and lumber. The report very justly considers this competition, so far from being a drawback, to be a great advantage, and, in fact, a protection to the populace of the States. Without it the coal and lumber trades would be left exclusively in the hands of a few great capitalists, who would, without the wholesome check of the Canadian trade, leave the consumers altogether at their mercy. It is well known, says the report, that the pineries of the great West are being rapidly taken up by the large capitalists who will, in a few years, have a virtual monopoly. Without the check of the Cana dian lumber market, these capitalists would have an absolute control of prices, so that the progress of buildings, and improving towns and villages, would be much retarded, while farming interests would also suffer. As for coal, these gentlemen of Detroit—no insignificant autho rities—are only sorry that Nova Scotia does not export to the cities of the Atlantic seaboard twenty times more coal than she does, because the supply at the West would be much larger and cheaper. As it is, the American coalmasters are combining every where to raise the price of fuel ; and if the compe tition of the British colonies were withdrawn, this great necessity of life would rapidly grow more scarce and more costly. As for breadstuffs, which have been a disputed point, the committee asserts that, instead of being injured by the impor tation of Canadian grains, the States are /largely benefited ; and not contenting themselves with general assertions, they prove their facts by figures. They take as their sample the 300,000 bushels of Canadian white wheat which were imported into Detroit in 1863, and on this they find that the total charges paid to Americans for labour, freight, in surance, charges, and commission, was $108,295 25c., while the revenue would make a further profit of $3,880. It will take a great deal of argument, say they, to prove that the States were the losers by such a transaction ; and to those who contend that the same wheat would have come in under a 20 per cent. ad valorem duty, they reply that they would not have received a bushel of wheat with a 20 per cent. duty, because the amount of the tax would have paid the freight, &c., to Montreal, where it would have sold for a higher sum than at Detroit. This is certainly conclusive logic, but the'merchants of Detroit, at least, will hardly need any argument beyond the logic of the facts with which they are already acquainted. Detroit is no insignificant nor s city.p it ro to fit c les oi:side a t in atthe r consideration commercial hands of h Government,entitles and Mr. LINCOLN'S Cabinet may find too late that in fostering the narrow • prejudices and angry pas sions of the people, they have overlooked and neglected the true source of • national wealth and national greatness. Herr VON BISMARK must be now in his glory, for he is constantly writing despatches, and giving utterance to his opinions on the various matters of importance which are now so frequently agitating the minds of those mixed up in German politics. He has recently sent a despatch to Baron VON SCHEEL PLESSEN, in reply to an address which was presented to the King of PRUSSIA by some of the chief inhabitants of Schleswig and Holstein. In this note he says that " the King has received the address with pleasure, and recognises therein ex pressions denoting a right perception of the real state of affairs." Of course, it is easy to be satisfied when one i s likely to get what one wants ; b u t, at the si same time, it i s amusing to no ti ce h o w ingeni ously progressing ai Y.olgirereS-1111IS:1:Ee is all along plottingit ontrives to make out that all t he advantage of those whom he sooner all concerned arrive with all his mi g h t and atb o a u t t: , t, and striving the real state of affairs the to circumvent. The infallibly ly rightpercePtion of poclix)cnyt e r e o rt as ainly ; and that knowledge will h as t a h ll em alo te assurance that the Pruss ian control over and intended to monopolise all Duchies, and that all the delays that THEvSUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1865. the:fine:speeches:that are made are nothing in the world but dodges to gain time, so that L it may appear as_if the Berlin Cabinet came in at the last to the rescue of distracted and bewildered States, instead of being arch plotters who have manoeuvred for their own devices:from the outset. When Herr vox BISMARK states that the Duchies had a perfect right to claim protection from foreign enemies and respect for their internal rights, it may occur to the minds of those who peruse the sentence that they have gained neither the one nor the other, and that instead of realising their desires they have only become overwhelmed with failure. It is almost ludicrous to hear that the KING'S efforts are directed towards the welfare of the Duchies, and securing them a position suitable to their rights. It is to be presumed that he will bestow the same care upon them as upon the rest of his dominions, for it can no longer be a matter of surmise as to what fate he intends for them ; and it is only a mockery to go on after this fashion in really insult ing the common sense and good judgment of the surrounding nations, who must be wearied and worn out with the never-ending jargon concerning " rights and liberties," and such like make-believes. It would be more consistent with the character of a country like Prussia, and the position which she is supposed to hold among nations, for the KING and his Ministers to have been more explicit in their avowal from the outset, and more decided in their manner. It is absurd for them to be beating about the bush, and persisting in subterfuge to the last. Such a course of procedure cannot but draw down the condemnation of all honest politicians, while it most unmistakably reveals an artfulness in the Prussian policy which lowers it for ever in the esti mation of upright judges. His MAJESTY expects the success of his efforts with so much the more confidence, we are told, since he meets with " cordial and hearty co-operation on the part of the Duchies." It will be a relief when the last act of this long drawn-out drama is completed, and we see the end of all these Herculean efforts at diplomacy, which have certainly redounded neither to the credit or good character of those concerned. Mr. LAYARD is certainly a good authority on all questions of art, and it must have been a great treat for his hearers the other evening, at the meeting of the Lambeth Society of Arts, when he delivered his interesting address on this subject. It is not often that at an affair of this kind the opportunity is given of hearing the opinions of one so well versed in his subject, and so peculiarly fitted to impart infor mation on these difficult and yet delightful themes. Doubtless many gleaned knowledge of which till then they were partially, if not entirely, ignorant, and this will actuate them with the desire to go further, and look deeper into the subject, and the result cannot fail to reward their efforts and to crown their labours with advantage. The more the question of " Art" is studied among a commu nity, the more refined and cultivated they will assuredly become, and it is an encouragement to those who do not generally familiarise themselves with such themes, that so good an authority as Mr. LAYARD denies that " Fine Arts " is the property of any particular class of the people, "in the case of nations of any refinement of civili sation." In support of this he gave the example of the Greeks, who were so imbued with the percep tions of art that all they constructed was of the most beautiful description, even when the implements were in themselves simple. It will assist many who desire to be thoroughly acquainted with the nature of the beautiful to follow the hon. member in his dissertations, and some of the most glaring mistakes which are made in these matters requir ing care and judgment may be avoided, if atten tion is paid to some of the fundamental principles which guide and govern this subject. " True art consists in a perfect appreciation of form and colour ;" 'end this will explain some of the many failures which are made by those who, only possessing a smattering of the subject, persist in putting themselves forward in in stances where superior knowledge is required. Mr. LAYARD well defined that the arts of a people represented its character ; thus the Egyptians were distinguished for their solid productions, and the Assyrians, on the contrary, evidenced the tastes of a nation assimilating itself to the different peoples with whom they came in contact. It may be a useful study to those who have ability and oppor tunity to dwell on such themes, to mark at what a comparatively early period of the world the principles of; art had developed them selves. Surely it is a satire upon the judgment of those who think nothing valuable that is not modern—to consider, as Mr. LAYARD tells us —that from those two peoples, the Egyptians and the Assyrians, the Greeks collected their subjects and developed those " beautiful forms, still the admiration of the world." Persia also followed the example of those countries which it conquered, and the Jews seem to have based their ideas of art on the Assyrian models. Those pioneers of the beau tiful were thus destined for all time to spread the results of their genius and skill to the ends of the earth ; and while their history is disregarded, their arts flourish. Mr. LAYARD made an effective allu sion to the fact that freedom is essential to the well doing of art, and instanced many striking examples of the manner in which the loss of the one was fol lowed by the decadence of the other. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.—Monday—Asiatic, at 8. Tuesday —Statistical, at 8: "Critical Remarks on Census of 1861," Mr. Sargant. Royal Institution, at 3 : " Electricity," Pro fessor Tyndall. Engineers, at 8: "River Tees ;" " Port and Docks of Marseilles," Mr. Hawthorn. Anthropological, at 8 : "Certain Anthropological Matters ; South Sea Islanders," Mr. Pritchard ; " Syphilis in a Monkey," Mr. Lund ; " Linga Puja, or Phallic Worship of India," Mr. Sellon. Wednesday—Society of Literature, at 4 30. Me teorological, at 7. Society of Arts, at 8. Thursday—Zoo logical, at 4: General. Numismatic, at 7. Royal Aca demy, at 8 : " Architecture," Professor Smicke. Linnean, at 8 : "Anatomy of Doridopsis," Mr. Hancock ; "New Banana from Tropical Africa," Dr. Kirk ; " Forests of Sequoia (Wellingtonia) Giyantea in California," Mr. Brewer. Chemical, at 8. Royal, at 8 30. Antiquaries, at 8 30. Royal Institution, at 3 : " Electricity," Professor Tyndal. Friday —Philological, at 8 : "Use of Who in the Nominative as a Relative before 1637," Mr. Furnival ; "Provincialisms of N. and S. Lonsdale (Lancashire)," late Mr Peacock. Royal Institution, at 8 : " Combustion by Invisible Rays," Pro fessor Tyndall. Saturday—Royal Institution, at 3: "Ner vous System in Man and Animals," Professor Marshall.— Athensem. CONSERVATIVE MEETING IN s t h D a tac E nobouon O ndi DEVON.—The hy . —T h e Tor- I quay and Newton Conservative Association annual meeting and dinner came off at the Bath-saloon, Torquay, leadersoo f n theThursday.ai acConservatives e This o f n note nt e associationtahme amongst ng county, st • the invariably at mCothnesevrvariatei'uTes the present occa sion by a large number of le Lord boroughs there and wasa hundredslarge of at t t e h n e d c a o n u e n e t . y. pre sided, and among the speakers were the Earl rs of °Dne v Lord Courtenay, M.P., Sir L. Palk, Bart., M.P., Mr. S. T. Kekewich, M.P., Admiral Saumarez, and Major Adair. The Earl of Devon said he trusted that ere long the Con servative members of the Houses of Parliament would be called upon to fulfil the agreeable duties which attached to the supporters of her Majesty's Government, instead of being the opposition. Sir L. Palk, in a long speech, criti cised the policy of the present Government and the probable tendency of its future measures. Lord Courtenay expressed the aw time at came the Conservative of faith inthepresentG partyover wouldent, an b ds: ab idw le hen to submit to the country a programme that would be con ducive to the interests of the nation. Lord Churston hoped the;Conservatives would go on increasing in numbers and popularity, as they had done, until they became the domi nant party in the country. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JANUARY 14th. The Bank of Prussia has reduced its rate of discount for commercial bills and advances on mer chandise to 5, and for securities to 51 per cent. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. VIENNA, JAN. 14 The Presse of to-day says :—" We learn from a reliable source that the following is the purport of the notes exchanged between Count Mensdorff and Herr von Bismark " Austria decisively repudiates the participation proposed to her in forcible measures against the Middle States represented as revolutionary by Herr von Bismark. Austria will not abandon the ground of Federal right, and reminds Herr von Bismark, in case Prussia should desire the annexation of the Duchies, of the suggestion formerly offered to King William through Count Haroly. This was to the effect that Austria would only consent to annexa tion upon being compensated by enlargement of her German territory. FRANCE, PARIS, JAN. 14. An imperial decree has been published to-day reducing the custom dues on Peruvian guano to 18 francs per thousand kilogrammes. This reduction will come into force on the 15th of February next. The ball at the Tuileries on Wednesday night was brilliant. The Emperor was present until two in the morning ; he appeared in excellent health, and his vivacity and cheerfulness were the more re marked from the reports which had been current during the afternoon having created an impression that his Majesty would not be present. This morn ing his Majesty went out shooting at Rambouillet. At the same time it is only fair to say, however slight, there has been a foundation for the reports concerning the Emperor's health. Soon after his return from Chantilly he had a very slight attack of gout. On this slight substratum of fact the alarmist report, which created a perfect panic yesterday, have been grounded. _ _ A decision has just been come to :at the Minis try of War that one out of every two corps of infantry shall send an officer to the Musketry School at Chalons to follow the exercises which are to commence without delay and finish on the 25th May, and that each corps of infantry shall send to the same school a sub-officer to follow those which commence on the 12th Feb. When those officers and sub-officers return to their corps, they will be charged with the instruction at the regimental schools." The following paragraph is now going the round of the Paris journals :—" Captain Neuradowski, a Pole formerly in the Prussian service, has been elected King by a tribe of Kaffres." BOURSE, Jan. 13.—The market has been rather firmer, with business doing at a slight improvement. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 80c. Mobilier have improved to 955 f. Railway Market firm, with transactions at an advance on some of the lines. The market continued firm to the close ; and left off as follows : 41 per Cents 95 Do. end month — Italian Loan 65 45 Do. end month 65 65 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred 3 per Cents. 66 85 Do. end month 66 95 Credit Mobilier ... 957 50 Do. end month ... 955 Bank Shares 3450 Credit Fonder 1277 50 Roman 73 RAILWAYS. ___________ Cash. Acct. Orleans B9O ... 890 Northern 892 50 ... 992 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 923 75 ... 925 Southern 577 50 ... 577 50 Western 540 538 75 __ _ ... Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 510 - ... 510 - 308 75 ... 308 75 437 50 ... 442 50 537 50 ... 538 75 North of Spain 360 Saragossa 430 Ditto to Barcelona — ... 357 50 ... 427 50 MEXICO. RECEPTION OF THE PAPAL NUNCIO BY THE EMPEROR. PARIS, JAN. 13, Intelligence received here from Mexico announce that Cardinal Meglia, the Papal Nuncio, had pre sented his credentials to the Emperor Maximilian. Monsignore Meglia said that the Holy See had confidence in the Emperor, nothing doubting that religion,";the fruitful source of the prosperity of nations and the most solid support of Governments and Thrones, would be the constant object of the Emperor's protection. The Emperor replied as follows : " In sending so distinguished a personage the Holy Father gives us an evident proof, which we accept with gratitude, that the Holy Church desires the definite and necessary settlement of the difficult matters pending between . our Government and the Holy See. The Mexican Government—Catholic, loyal, and based upon true liberty —will not fail in its duty. It receives the worthy representative of the Vicar of Christ with the full confidence that his arrival is the first step towards a mutual and a durable settlement, which God will bless." GREECF, A letter from Athens, dated Dec. 28, says : " It now appears certain that Prince Julius, the King's uncle, is to come here in the capacity of councillor, and Count Sponneck will remain as Minister of Denmark. A grand ball, which was to have been given at the Palace, was postponed till the uncle's arrival, so that he may be received with proper honours. It is, I understand, decided to send for General Kallergis from Paris, with a view to making him president of the Council, notwith standing the vigorous opposition of Count Span neck. I believe there is no doubt but that Kal lergis will return at all events. _ . Meanwhile, disturbances are breaking out on all sides. There was one lately at Zante, one ex pected in Cephalonia, and a collision took place the other day in one of our neighbouring towns between the National Guard and the local police. The Administration had to send a troop of soldiers to quell the disturbance. On Saturday the King gave a quiet fete in honour of his birthday. The Ministry and the Opposition (Bulgaris, at any rate, as their representative), were present." EGYPT. The Moniteur of yesterday contains the following letter from Suez : " The city of Suez appears destined to assume considerable importance within a short time. Four great companies have already constructed workshops there, and one of them, the Egyptian company, the Azizie, formed for working the commerce of the Red Sea, has its principal establishment at Suez. Numerous houses are being erected to supply the wants of an ever increasing population of merchants, assistants, and workmen from all countries. It is easy to foresee, however, that the future city will not be built on the present site. A bank which becomes•dry at low water extends for a mile and a quarter opposite Suez, and at the extremity of this bank the maritime canal will empty itself ; and here also the Messageries Company will build its bason for the repair of its vessels. A jetty which is finished will soon bring the bason into communication with the Cairo Railway by means of a tramway. All these works constitute the nucleus of a new city which will be established on the bank itself, and, thanks to the development of the shore, under cir cumstances more favourable to commercial interests. " Suez owes its growing prosperity principally to the Universal Company of the Isthmus of Suez and to that of the Messageries Imperiales. The portion of the fresh water canal which the first of these companies has to construct is terminated, with the exception of the sluices, in the formation of which no time is lost. Their speedy completion will allow merchandise to be conveyed by the canal fromlPort Said to Suez in vessels of a light draught of water. " The company of the Messageries Imperiales, which, with 11 steam vessels, conveys traffic from India and China, has been in regular operation from October 27, 1862, and has no occasion to envy the rival service of the English company. " The two places where the repairs of vessels are principally carried on are Suez and Saigon. At Suez a bason for repairs, capable of receiving vessels of the largest size, will be finished in 15 months. A large workshop has been established in the midst of the sands, and surrounded by workmen's cities, for both Europeans and Arabs. From the present time the company will possess the means of effecting the most important repairs of machinery. Fresh water from the canal is conducted to the workshops and into the city by pipes a mile and a quarter in length, and in a short space of time fountains will supply every person with all the water he may need, to the great astonishment of the Arab population." LITERATURE. •- - Christian's Mistake. By the author of " John Halifax, Gentleman." One volume. Pp. 320. Hurst and Blackett. This new story, by the popular authoress of " John Halifax," is one of the most charming specimens of her happiest style. It is one of those delightful books—and there are but few of them— which are not only pleasant to read but which leave an agreeable elevating influence behind them. Some of the characters, especially dear old Doctor Grey, are so very excellent, and withal so very na tural, that it does one good to hold even a tempo rary intercourse with them. The story of this book is very slight, and will hardly satisfy novel-readers, being in fact little more substantial than the cele brated no-story of Canning's Knife-Grinder. The name, too, is hardly justified by the events. Christian's marriage happily proves to be no " mistake" at all, and the little mystery, which at one time threatened a destructive storm, melts away so charmingly as actually to sur prise us by the absence of all surprise or excitement in the denouement. Certainly the sensational novel reader will be disappointed, but another and a better class of readers will derive abundant pleasure from an introduction to the very loveable and delightful Christian and her home-life at the Lodge of Avon bridge. To this Lodge comes Christian Grey as a bride ; she is already a bride at the opening of the first chapter, and in her new home she finds some very ungenial inmates. Not only does the sister of Dr. Grey, an easy good-natured nobody, reside there, but also the sister of his late wife, for Dr. Grey is a widower. This lady is the jarring chord in the domestic harmony. " Miss Gascoigne was a lady who could not be passed over on any account. Nothing would have so seriously offended her. From her high nose to her high voice and her par ticularly high temper, everything about her was decidedly prononcie. There was no extinguishing her or putting her into a corner. Rather than be unnoticed—if such a thing she could ever believe possible—she would make herself noticeable in any way, even an ill way. She was a good-looking woman, and a clever woman too, only not quite clever enough to find out one slight fact—that there might be anybody in the world superior to herself." Like the shade of the " sainted Maria," in the comedy, Miss Gascoigne brings forward the name of " my late sister" to thwart the projects and damp the expectations of the new mistress of the mansion. But Christian is no coward, and boldly confronts every difficulty. It is her maxim in life not to shrink from, but to face the truth, and to make the best of all things, even of her own " mistakes." As a specimen of Christian's genial philok!ophy, here is a pleasant glimpse of— A FAMILY MEAL. Breakfast was never a lively meal at the Lodge. After the first few .days Dr. Grey took refuge in his big book, which for years Miss Gascoigne averred he had always kept beside him at meal times. Not good behaviour in a paterfamilias, but the habit told its own tale. Very soon Christian neither marvelled at nor blamed him. Never in all her life, not even during the few months that she lived with the Fergusons, had she sat at a family table ; yet she had always had a favourite ideal of what a family table ought to be. Bright, cheerful, a sort of do mestic altar, before which every one cast down his or her offering, great or small, of pleasantness and peace ; whim° for at least a brief space in the day, all anoyances were laid aside, all stormy tempers hushed; all quarrels healed ; every one being glad and content to sit down at thQ same board, and eat the same bread and salt, making it, whether it were a fatted calf or a dinner of herbs, equally a joyful, almost sacramental meal. In a kindred spirit the authoress thus defines— TRUE LOVE. In all good hearts, love's root is in goodness. Deeper than even love itself is that ideal sense of being satisfied— satisfied in all one's moral nature, in the cravings of one's soul after what seems nearest perfection. And though in many cases poor human hearts are so weak, 3r strong— which is it ?—that we cling to imperfectness, and love it, simply because we love it, with a sort of passionate pity, ever hoping to have its longings realised : still this kind of love is not the love, which exalts, strengthens, glorifies. Sooner or later it must die the death. It had no root, and it withers away ; whereas, let there be a root, and ever such a small budding of leaves, sometimes merciful nature makes it grow. Perhaps - the following glimpse of Christian, her husband, and her family will best exemplify some of her difficulties in— A DIFFICULT POSITION. Letitia and Arthur were thin, prim-looking, rather plain children ; but Oliver was the very picture of a father's darling, a boy that any childless man would bitterly covet, any childless woman crave and yearn for, with a longing that women alone can understand. A child who, beautiful as most childhood is, had a beauty you rarely see. Bright, frank, merry, bold; half a Bacchus and half a Cupid, he was a perfect image of the golden age. Though three years old, he was evidently still " the baby," and rode on his father's shoulder with a glorious tyranny charming to behold. " Who's that ?" said he, pointing his fat fingers, and shaking his curls that undulated like billows of gold. " Papa, who's that ?" Hardly could there have been put by any one a more difficult question. Dr. Grey did not answer, but avoided it, taking the whole three to Christian's side, and bidding them, in a rather nervous voice, to " kiss this lady." But that ceremony the two elder obstinately declined. " I'm a big boy, and I don't like to be kissed," said Arthur. " Aunty told us, since we had no mamma of our own, we were not to kiss any body but our aunts," added Letitia. Dr. Grey looked terribly annoyed, but Christian said calmly— " Very well, then, shako hands only. We shall be better friends by-and-by." They suffered her to touch a little hand of each, pas sively rather than unwillingly, and let it go. For a minute or so the boy and girl stood opposite her, holding fast by one another, and staring with all their eyes ; but they said nothing more, being apparently very " good" children, that is, children brought up under the old-fashioned rules. The father and bridegroom looked on, silent as they. What could he say or do ? It was the natural and neces sary opening up of that vexed question, second marriages, concerning which moralists, sentimentalists, and practical people argue for ever, and never come to any conclusion. Of course not, because each separate case should decide itself. The only universal rule or law, if there be one, is that which applies equally to the love before marriage ; that as to a complete, mutual first love, any after love is neither likely, necessary, nor desirable ; so, to any one who has known a perfect first marriage—the whole satis faction of every requirement of heart, and soul, and human affection—unto such, a second marriage, like a second love, would be neither right nor wrong, advisable nor unadvis able, but simply impossible. With power so well developed, and a style at once so earnest and so interesting, we must look to the author of " John Halifax" for some more ambitious undertaking than this very agreeable but com paratively unimportant history of " Christian's Mistake." ACCIDENT AT BUTLER'S-WHARF.—AII alarming accident, involving great loss of property, occurred yesterday morning at Butler's-wharf belonging to Messrs. Brandon Brothers, wharfingers, at the Waterside, Horsley down, by the falling of a newly-erected bonded warehouse, five storeys high. Owing to the influx of business the firm were compelled to warehouse cargoes of vessels before the building was actually completed. Indeed, there were ma sons and bricklayers engaged in the place at the time of the accident. Fortunately there was sufficient warning to enable the people to escape. A loud cracking was heard in the river frontage wall, and on the men looking upwards they wit nessed the floors bulging downwards, and they succeeded in getting into the street, when the whole fabric fronting the river fell into the water, bringing with it several thou sand bags of rice. The land side of the structure remains intact. There were several extraordinary escapes. The pre vailing opinion as to the cause of the accident is that it was I oocagionedby the excessive weight warehoused On the floors. Rumoured Legal Changes. (From the Law Times of Friday.) There has been much gossip about contemplated legal changes. It has been affirmed for the tenth time that Sir Wm. Erle is to be raised to the peerage, vacating the Chief Justiceship of the Common Pleas ; that Mr. Justice Wil liams will retire, and that thus two vacancies will be created in that court. We can trace the story of the peerage to no authentic source, and even if that honour, so well de served, should be bestowed, it would be no reason for quit ting the bench. A peerage and a chief justiceship are in no way incompatible, according to social or professional eti quette, and the vigorous mind in the vigorous body of Sir Wm. Erle will, it may be hoped, long continue to the coun try the benefit of his great abilities. Until the office is actually vacated, it is vain to speculate who will be the successor. The chiefships are in the ex clusive patronage of the Premier ; all the puisnes are pro moted by the Lord Chancellor. Neither Minister ventures to interfere, directly or indirectly, with the patronage of the other. The Attorney-General is, by custom, deemed to have the preference of choice for a chiefship ; but the Solicitor-General has no such customary lien. As a matter of courtesy, it is usual to give him the refusal of Puisne Judgeship. If ho prefers the bird in hand, he takes it, and retires from public life. If he aims at something higher, he trusts to time and chance for the Attorney-Generalship and its contingent chiefship. The present Attorney- General is not likely to accept even a chiefship in the com mon law courts. He aims, and with 'good right, at the Woolsack. Whether, in his default, Lord Palmerston would offer it to Sir Robert Collier it is impossible to guess. There is no obligation upon him to do so. But the honour would be well deserved. The Unity Bank Frauds. The charge against Thomas Wakefield Terry and Thomas Burch, the manager and secretary of the Unity Joint-Stock Banking Company, for preparing and circulat ing a false statement of the affairs of that bank, with intent to deceive and defraud the shareholders and members, was yesterday again resumed before the Lord Mayor. Mr. Lewis, jun., again appeared on behalf of the liqui dators of the Unity Bank, who are the prosecutors ; Mr. Watson was present to watch on behalf of Terry ; and Mr. Wontner, jun., appeared to watch for Burch. Mr. Hum phreys were again present to watch and give information on the part of the directors, and Mr. Howell was also present. It will be remembered that on the last occasion Mr. Lewis intimated that his case was completed, and the pri soners' counsel addressed his lordship on their behalf, but inasmuch as the depositions, which were very voluminous, would take several hours to read over, the defendants were remanded for that purpose. The depositions having been read and signed by the wit nesses, Mr. Lewis proceeded to put some additional ques tions, and he said he was subpoenaed to produce the security book of the western branch of the Unity Bank, but he had not it in his possession. It was given up to the liquidators. He saw it with the books that were to be taken by them. It was lost in one moving, and found in another. He was also summoned to produce the bank securities, but he had not them in his possession. He had given them up to the liquidators. He could not recollect whether he had ever told Mr. Terry that the security book was lost. Mr. Lewis said that was the case on the part of the pro secution, and he should ask the Lord Mayor to commit the defendants upon four charges—first, for conspiring to pub lish and represent to such of the shareholders as were igno rant of the affairs of the Unity Joint Stock Banking Asso ciation, that the bank and its affairs had been during the half-year preceding the 30th June, 1862, and then were in a sound and prosperous condition, producing profits divi sible amongst the shareholders, the defendants well knowing the contrary, with intent to deceive and defraud such of the shareholders as were not aware of the true state of its affairs, and to induce them to continue to hold shares therein, and to become or continue customers and creditors of the bank ; secondly, that they, being respec tively the manager and secretary of the said bank, did concur in making, and circulating, and publishing a written statement of accounts, knowing the same to be false in material particulars, with intent to deceive the share holders of the said bank; thirdly, conspiring together to commit the offence ; and fourthly, conspiring together to cheat and defraud such of the shareholders as were ignorant of the true state of the bank by inducing them, by false pretences, to purchase and hold additional shares in the bank, the defendants knowing the bank to be in a bad and dangerous condition, and approaching insolvency, and that the shares were unsafe, and might be ruinous to the holders. The Lord Mayor, addressing the defendants, said they had been placed in positions of great trust and confidence, and he was sorry to find the strict line of rectitude had been departed from, and it was quite obvious that a false balance-sheet was made, and he had but one duty to per form, which was to commit the defendants for trial. After having received the usual caution, the defendants were formally committed, and were admitted to bail in a total sum of 8,0004 as before. The Plaistow Murderer. Immediately after the sentence was passed upon the pri soner the sheriffs, acepmpanied by their deputies, Messrs. De Jersey and Davidson, proceeded to his cell, and told him to prepare himself for his removal to Chelmsford, where the sentence was to be carried out. He was in a dreadfully excited state, and with great violence of gesticulation, ac companied by appeals to the Almighty, he declared that he was innocent of the crime of which he had been found guilty. He was told that this course of conduct would not avail him in any manner—that he had been tried and convicted by a jury, partly composed of foreigners, at his own request, and that the sentence would certainly be carried out, and that all that remained for him to do was to endeavour to make his peace with God. This did not, however, seem to produce any effect upon the wretched man, who still persisted in asserting that he was innocent, and he said that if his wit nesses had been examined they would have proved his in nocence. He also complained of the conduct of some of the witnesses who had been examined for the prosecution, and particularly of the police, and said they had taken away his property, and had not spoken the truth. It was a con siderable time before he recovered his composure and was in a fit state to be taken from the gaol to Chelmsford. It seems that on several occasions since the prisoner has been in Newgate awaiting his trial he had conducted him self in the most violent and extraordinary manner. He ap peared at times to pray devoutly, and he was for some time occupied in writing hymns in the German language, but on other occasions he has teen in a violent state of excite ment, and in allusion to his crime has called down the most fearful imprecations upon himself if he was not innocent, at the same time calling upon the Almighty to execute vengeance against his accusers. The appetite of- the pri soner since he has been in custody appears to be most ex traordinary, and during the greater part of the time he has been confined in Newgate he has been allowed a double ration of bread with every meal. The culprit was taken in a cab to the Great Eastern Railway station, in charge of Fenn and Dear, two of the warders of Newgate. He was securely handcuffed, and a compartment of a second-class carriage was specially engaged for the purpose of carrying the culprit to his place of destination. The following is a copy of the death warrant or order under which the pri soner was removed : " Central Criminal Court to wit.—At a general session of oyer and terminer, and general session for the delivery of the Queen's gaol at Newgate, holden for the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court, at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey, in the suburbs of the City of London, on Monday, the 9th day of January, 1865, Ferdinand Edward Karl Kohl, aged 26, standing convicted of the wilful murder of John alias Christian Furhop, is ordered to be hanged by the neck until he be dead, and his body to be afterwards buried within the precincts of the prison in which he shall have been confined after his conviction ; and the said Fer dinand Edward Karl Kohl is ordered to stand committed to the custody of the sheriff of the county of Essex, in exe cution of the said judgment.—By the Court, HENRY AYORY, Clerk of the said Court." During the journey to Chelmsford the prisoner continued to rave and assert his innocence, and once or twice he made use of the expression, " God knows I am as white as the snow." When the train arrived near to the station the officers requested him to be quiet, and said that he being violent could not do him any good, and that it would only be likely to have the effect of inducing people to believe him guilty of the crime. They at the same time told him that if he had any information to give, or any representations to make to show that he had been improperly convicted, every facility would be afforded him to do so during the interval before his execution. This appeared to have the desired effect, and the culprit accompanied the officers quietly to the gaol at Springfield, where he was received by the go vernor and some of the warders, and at once conveyed to the cell appropriated for the reception of condemned cri minals. With the exception of Francis Wane, who was executed for the Chadwell Heath murder a week or two ago, seven years have elapsed since there was an execu tion at Chelmsford, and it is rather a remarkable occurrence that at that time also two culprits were executed for murder within a month of each other—namely, a soldier named Finch, for the murder of his sweetheart at Whitham, and an old man named Michael Crawley, for the murder of his wife at Stratford. DEATH OF A MlSER.—Yesterday morning an old man, 70 years of age, named John Foster, and who had followed the occupation of a bill-sticker in Woolwich, died suddenly at the Greenwich Union, whither he had been conveyed sick and destitute the night previously. During the last few years the deceased was apparently subject to the greatest poverty, and the room he occupied presented a wretched and dirty appearance. On Mr. Wates, the relieving officer, removing some articles which had served the old man as a bed he found a parcel tied up in a handkerchief, and weighty, and on a closer inspection se veral packets of sovereigns and half-sovereigns, amounting to 651. were found sewed up in an old stocking. THE NORTH LONDON EXHIBITION.—The distri bution of prizes to dxhibitors at the Working Classes' Industrial Exhibition, recently held at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, is appointed to take place on Monday next, January 16. Lord Shaftesbury will present the Awards. . TOT Tt entrag HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 13. Her Majesty walked yesterday morning, attended by Lady Churchill, and Princess Louise drove out. Their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Margaret and Blanche of Orleans took leave of her Majesty this morning, and left Osborne for Claremont, at tended by Madame Bernhard. Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell also attended the Princesses, who crossed over to Portsmouth in the royal yacht Alberta. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Yesterday the Prince of Wales left Sandringham for Merton Hall, the seat of Lord Walsinghanl• His Royal Highness was to join the West Norfolk Hunt, which met at Merton, and one object of his visit to Lord Walsingham's seat was to inspect the celebrated flock of Southdown sheep, for which his lordship has achieved a deserved celebrity. Th e Prince displays considerable interest in agricultura l pursuits, following in this regard the example of his illustrious father. A concert is to be given in St. Andrew's gall , Norwich, on Wednesday evening, in aid of the fun of the Norwich Volunteer Rifle Corps. The Prince and Princess of Wales cannot attend the concert, but have displayed their interest in the volunteer movement by ordering tickets to the value o f V/. to be forwarded to Sandringham. PRESENTATION FROM THE QUEEN TO DR. LASS.- -. On New Year's Day, Dr. Cass, of Cowes, received , through the hands of Sir Charles B. Phipps, a massive an d magnificent silver inkstand, "As a memorial from the Queen of her Majesty's appreciation of his skill and atten tion during the many years he has attended, in his profes sional capacity, at Osborne." Dr. Cass, who has long been held in very high esteem at Cowes, has been the medica l attendant upon the Royal Family and household at Osborn e for nearly twenty years, but finding of late that his sig ht had become so seriously impaired as to threaten absolute blindness, he felt constrained (though still in the prime O a , vigour of his life) to resign his appointment at Osborne, an to withdraw altogether from the profession in which b e had established a high and well-earned reputation. This circumstance has been a matter of universal regret through' out the whole of the wide district over which Dr. Cass 5 practice extended ; but amon g the many expressions °' ; sympathy which have reached him from all quarters 1 100 e have been so warm, and none, of course, so gratifying, e " 9 those which have been conveyed to him from the Quee n ;: "Her Majesty," says Sir Charles Phipps, in the letter whic h accompanied the costly memorial, " hears with regret that she shall no longer be able to avail herself of your valuable -medical services, and the Queen still more laments the sad cause which has thus forced you to abandon your profes" sion at an age when your usefulness should be greates t.' Again, Sir Charles says, " I am directed to express he r Majesty's sincere sympathy for the affliction which W S obliged you to discontinue your valuable services." Thes ° are Queenly words, and well calculated to convey to Dr' Cass the highest solace he can possibly receive under th e calamity which has fallen as a fatal blight upon his profes" sional career, and marred the fairest hopes and promise Of an honourable and laborious life. Their Royal Highnesses Princesses Margaret arid Blanche of Orleans arrived at Claremont yesterday after noon from Osborne, where they have been on a visit t° her Majesty. His Highness Field-Marshal Prince Alexander Bariatinsky and Princess Bariatinsky have left Claridge ° Hotel for Coombe Royal, Devonshire. Their Highnesses the Maharajah and Maharalee Duleep Singh have left Claridge's Hotel for Paris, on thei r way to Egypt. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn. and Lady Georgiana Hamilton have arrived at Chesterfiel' House from Beaudesert, Staffordshire. The Countess Craven and Ladies Craven wi ll arrive in town to-day from visiting the Earl and Couute o of Clarendon at the Grove, near Watford, Herts. The Earl Granville arrived at his residence i ll Bruton-street, on Thursday evening, from Paris. The Earl and Countess of Donoughmore ha l / been staying since Tuesday on a visit to the Earl Countess of Derby, at Knowsley Park. The Count and Countess de Jaucourt have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from the Isle of Wight. Viscount Jocelyn, the Right Hon. William Cowper, M.P., and Mrs. Cowper, the Hon. Lewis field, and Mr. and Mrs. H. Hippesley are among the visitoOt , staying with Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston Broadlands. Lord and Lady Ebury's party during the wee k ' at Moor Park, has included Viscountess Jocelyn and W il. . Miss Jocelyn, Lord Frederick Paulett, Gen. Seymour, Csi Smith, Capt. Stephens, &c. b Lord Naas, M.P., h a s j o i ne d th e c i rc l e asse ed ta- Bea on a visit to the Earl and Cou n t ess o f D er b y, a t Knovins le : The Right Hon. Sir John P a ki ngton, M.P., has been among the guests of the Earl and Count of Derby at Knowsley. THE MURDER AT PORTSMOUTH.—The man JO' Piper, who murdered his wife in Frullon-road, Landpor t ' on Monday evening last, and who had for a time escap ed the vigilance of the police, was apprehended yesterdaY afternoon at Chertsey, in Surrey. DEATH OF GENERAL WALTON.—The colonel of the sth Regiment of Foot, or Northumberland ni si ' Hers, Gen. Wm. Lovelace Walton, late of the Coldstrcaal Guards, expired on Wednesday last, at his residence ill Onslow-square, aged 77. The late gallant officer had See n much service in Europe, having commenced his career the Coldstream Guards at the siege and capture of COO' hagen, in 1807. In the following year he embarked for tk.,,e Peninsula, and served in the campaign which ensued ti the early part of 1811. He was present at the passage the Douro and capture of Oporto, the battles of Talavel P and Busaco, and participated in the retreat to the lines 0 Torres Vedras, and the subsequent advance to the Spall i4 : frontier. From Nov., 1813, to the same month in 1818, b" served also in Holland, Belgium, and France, and was Pr e ' sent at the bombardment of Antwerp, the attack on Berg° op Zoom, the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, and t 1 capture of Paris. During the decisive battle of the 18th °' June he was acting adjutant of the 2d Battalion of the Cola' streams, and was appointed brigade-major to the 2d p,f i : gade of Guards on th e su b sequen t marc h t o Paris. -I': service in the Coldst ream G uar d s ex t en d e d t o 40 ye ars, during six years of which time he commanded the rer meat. He had received the war medal with two clasps fe Talavera and Buscao. The dates of his commission aro ag follows :—Ensign, May 8, 1806 ; lieutenant and captain/ March 7, 1811; captain and lieut.-colonel, Feb. 20, 182 3 ' colonel, Jan. 10, 1837 ; major -general, Nov. 9, 1846 ; general, June 20, 1854 ; general, Feb. 13, 1863. He 38f3 ' appointed colonel of the sth Foot, Feb. 20, 1856. DEATH OF CAPTAIN DOD.—The accident which befel Captain Dod while shooting a month ago has led to his death; he died on . Monday at Nant Issa Hall, a °3 ; , Oswestry. He was an officer of the 54th Shropshire Reg' - ment of Militia, and the son of the projector and editor ° " Dod's Parliamentary Companion." EXECUTION OF A SCOTCHMAN IN NEW ZEALAI 49 FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE.—Alex. I\l 4 Leal l ' of Pokeno, was executed within the Mount Eden Stocka de ' on Friday the 21st October, for the murder of his wi fe i After M'Lean received his sentence at the last sittings the Supreme Court, efforts were made to obtain a pod° for him, a petition, pretty numerously signed, having W e : presented to the Governor. These efforts were made 0 ; the plea that it was not certain that the fatal shot was l i° ,. fired accidentally. This was the ground taken up Di a M'Lean himself, who pleaded his own cause with a g °° ,. deal of ability. The Governor, however, saw no cause I°' interfering with the course of the law. On the night 13° ; fore the execution M'Lean took an affecting farewell of 11 0 son and daughter, who were the principal witnesses at tiit trial, and requested that his body might be buried t ' Pokeno, beside his wife. The execution, as is the custo m in the colony, took place within the stockade, in the P te ; Bence of the jail officials, at daybreak. M'Lean w as , native of Scotland, and had been in the Guards, and af ter wards held a commission in a line regiment. He lived f e i some time in Melbourne, where he was convicted ° assaulting his wife with a sword.—Southern Cross. THE STEAMER CRONSTADT, OF LEITH.—The f a t° of the Cronstadt and her crew and passengers for long time remained a mystery, but information has ri° ,l been received which leaves little doubt that the vessel 3 % all on board perished on the day after she left Revel. 61 owners of the Cronstadt received a telegram from 0 ' agents at St. Petersburg, on Wednesday, informing the d that, according to a letter from Wisby, a t wo -funneh e o f steamer, with three masts, struck upon the Briterna reef of rocks, N.E, of Ostergarusholm, during a gale on the 25 0 November last, and that it was supposed she and all on b° 9 "' were lost, as the vessel suddenly disappeared. The particll Lars were reported by several of the islanders and the Cre' r. of a wrecked ship called the Emily, and the conclusi on rived at is that the steamer was the Cronstadt. Full i nle t, mation is expected by letter next mail.—EdinburghCourall,4 The Sultan has just ordered from the Thatlitoo Iron Works Company another iron-plated frigate, l ° t o called tlfr Turkistan, and to be paid for out of P ri f:o funds. The new vessel will measure 365 feet by 56, jr stem to stern, 36 feet from keel to deck, and will dra w 0 1 feet 'of water. Her engines aro to be 1,200-horse polve r '. f i%a her tonnage 6000 tons. She will be armed with 44 1.1 cannon 9f thQ heayiest metal.