The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-28 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) T HIS EVENING (Thursday ), Mr. Charles Deffelli's new opera, in. one act, CHRISTMAS EVE. Madame F. Lancia, Madame E. Heywood; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. D, Miranda. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Ai ter which. at 8, the grand comic, spectacular, and ope ratic Chris' mas Pan. omime, entitled A LAD DIN AN D TIIE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin and the Flying Palace. (see other advertisement). Commence at 7so'clock. THE ATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.— Managers, 3lessts. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, tint Farce d. &e. ot HUSBANDS, BEWARE. Mr. G. Belmore, 111iss Hazleoow After which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN; or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap. Nest. es. 0. Belmore. H. l:raytou, G. Weston. 3laster Percy Rosen': isses II azlewood, A. Thomson, K Falconer ArT. Pantominni.ds, Messrs. If. Bolen°. C. Lauri, Cormack, Savillt, Miss iltorgan, and 3ladame Bolen°. Commence at 7. r -ThEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Yian,,gere, Messrs. Falconer and F. B. Chat, - erten. SPECIAL MORNING PERFORMANCES. In a nswer to numerous applications from parties residing in the environs, and in order to allow country visitors to London ittring the holiday week an opportunity to witness the Drury-lane Annual Grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled (this year) LITTLE KING PIPPIN ; or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap, Messrs. Falconer and Chatterton have decided on giving; FOUR MORNING PERFORMANCES, on WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27th ; THURSDAY, 28th ; FRIDAY, 29th ; and SATUR DAY, 30th; and every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday in the month of January. Doors open at half-past One. Commence at Two o'clock each day. Children and Schools at reduced prices to the following parts of the Theatre : First Circle, Dress Circle, and Stalls. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYAIARKET.- Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Buckstone. TIIIS EVENING, BROTHER SAM : Messrs. Sothern , Buckstone, Compton; Mesdames .Nelly Moore. Snowden, kc. To be followed by ORPHEUS IN THE 'HAYMARKET. Mesdames* Farren, Fisher, Bartleman, Weathersby, 3&c. ; Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindey, Woolgar, Howard, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevot, &C. To conclade with SHOCKING EVENTS. Mr. Comi , ton. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYC EUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Dec.2B, a , nd during the week", a New Drama, entitled THE NtAS MR. OF RAVENSWOOD. Edgar Ravenswood, Mr. Fechter, supported by a powerful Company. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. T Ins EVENING, at Seven, a new farce called BEHIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Eburne, C. J. Smith: Miss A. zeaman, &c. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (hisi99th appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington, p.l3edford, It Phillips, Eelix Itog,rs, Ashley, Iburne, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Billingtor, Acc. To conclude with THE STEEPLECHASE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P..Bediord, Ashley; Miss K. Kelly, &o. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After whi.h, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, 1). Murray, S. Calhaern. F. Villiers, J. G. Shore, G. Murray, H. Mellon, C. Seytan, R. Cathcart; MISS L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. bwanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven. NOTHING VENTURE NOTHING WLN. _ _ After which will be produced a new Opera Burlesque, L'AFBICAINE ; or, The Queen of the Cannibal Islan ,s. Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne ; Mesdames Swanborougb, .Itaynliam, Johnstone. &c. To conclude with MRS. GREEN'S SNUG BUSINESS. ASTLEY'S THEATRE-ROYAL. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. 1865 AND 1866. TIII3 EVENING (THURSDAY), Dec. 28th, will be produced an entirely new, original, grand, prochildreni cal, hippo-dramatic, comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled lIA.ItLEQUIN TOM, TOM, 'IIIL' PIPER'S SON, POPE JOAN AND LITTLE 80-PEEP ; Or, Old Daddy Long legs, and the Pig - , that went to Market, and the Pig that Stayed at Home. The magnificent Scenery and the u"pre cedented Transformation Effects designed and painted by Mr. (2. brew, Mr. W. Brew, and numerous assistants. Reduced prime as usual. GRATIS AND POST FREE. E. MOSES and SONS' FASHIONABLE ALMANAC for 1863, List of Prices, with Fashion-card for the present season. MOSES AND S 0 N E• respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest fabrics are combined with the latest and most fashionable designs, and the best workmanship. E. 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THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published, containing all the LA rEsT NEWS and SPORTING. INTELLIGENCE, by W. HARR'S, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blacktriars-road. London, S. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." J. HoLm io begs to inform his friend s , and the pubic g enerally, that generally , he supplies the LATEST EDITION of ."rim SUN " as soon as published —No. 16, Ilampstead road, N. W, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, 10h. Om.—Afternoon, 10h. 42m. To-Moußow.-Morning, 11h. 18m.—Afternoon, 11h. 50m. . $ te7 r • . - s g 0144147 °441‘:‘ \‘lo.llll,* - LONDON, THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 18G5. The formation of the Jamaica Commission is proceeding very slowly, so slowly that those who de sire fair treatment for both sides have some grounds of complaint. The party which agitated so unscru pulously and so successfully to secure the suspension of Governor EYRE unheard has rested from its labours, apparently satisfied with what it has done. Sir HENRY STORKS has been sent out with very little delay, and probably by this time his arrival and the conunission a which he bears has greatly astonished the white inhabitants of Jamaica, who might reasonably have supposed that their fellow -countrym en at home would have sympathised with the extremity of their peril and rejoiced over their speedy deliverance. Instead of this, they have by this time learned that white lives go for nothing, and that the claims of law, order, and humanity may be set aside with complete impunity by the privileged black. In England a man's life is valued the same, whether white or black, but in Jamaica ib seems this doctrine is set aside, and the black outweighs the white altogether. But the question has been argued and reargued with wearisome iteration, and all parties have agreed to suspend the warfare until the receipt of further details, The appointment of the cora mission, however, still provokes discussion. The ordinary course would have been to have organised a commission, and sent out all the members simultaneously. But the de spatch of Sir 11. STORKS in hot haste before the other members of the Commission were even decided upon was an additional and most unne 3essary affront to Governor EYRE. It bore the impression that whoever might be afterwards sent out it was impossible to have so great an offender in command any longer, and that at any cost he must be immediately suspended. Whether such a proceeding is not likewise an affront to the whole Legislature of Jamaica, after the address of thanks to the Governor for his prompt and vigorous re pression of the outbreak, may well be questioned. However, the business is so far done, and Sir H. STORKS, invested with full authority, has started on his journey, the other members of the Com mission being not yet fully decided upon. The Government has shown a great anxiety to secure the services of Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY, the Recorder of the City of London, and have applied to the Mayor and the Corporation to sanction his appoint ment and give him the necessary leave of absence. This has been of course granted after some little demur, and amid many complimentary expressions of regret. Mr. GURNEY himself declared that he had accepted the office most reluctantly, as it implied the discharge of a most anxious and pain ful public duty ; and certainly the position of the Commissioners is by no means an enviable one. Neither is the sitnation of the Government just now very pleasant. Yielding weakly to the pres sure of a clamorous and violent faction who deter mine to make facts suit their preconceived theories instead of founding their theories upon facts, our Ministry have virtually condemned Governor EYRE and stigmatised the whole white population of Jamaica as selfish and cruel cowards. This is the most charitable construction that can be put upon the statements, unhesitatingly put forward respect ing the treatment of the negroes, which, strange to say, have a tendency to grow in extent and deepen in horror with every succeeding recital. The con duct of the professed friends of the negro is the more reprehensible and unjust, as slavery has nothing whatever to do with the matter. There is no doubt raised as to the cruelty, injustice, and il legality of slavery, and if there is one point upon which all parties in this country are unanimous it is this one. But the wickedness of slavery does not insure the virtue of the slave. Slavery would be equally bad in itself were its victims saints or criminals. It is the principle which is un just and evil, independently of the effects produced upon the victim. It is weakening a good cause, and really injuring the prospects of the black race, to claim for the uninstructed, untrained negro a per fect social and political equality with the highly edu cated, civilised white. It is simply impossible for the black man to retain this position in his present state, and to force him into it for the sake of a party triumph is unjust and wrong. We should not dream of taking a Russian serf from the desolate steppes and putting him on an immediate equality with an English mechanic, because, according to the doctrine of the rights of man, their inherent claims to justice and influence are equal. We are bound to recog nise the effects of long years of training and culti vation in men as we do in plants. The rough, natural capacities cannot be measured against the results of a wise and kindly training and pruning hand ; yet instead of really directing themselves to the education and consequent elevation of the negro, his proposed friends have busied themselves in de claiming about his rights to perfect equality with the white man, and have confused his ignorant, excit able mind by the sort of agitation which some mob orators among ourselves stir up among the poor. Added to these influences the formation of a black republic at Hayti, and the sudden liberation of the slaves in the Southern States, have no doubt acted powerfully on the negro mind, and we must remember that an ignorant and excitable population are very likely to be carried away by the vision of immediate present success and splendour, in total disregard of the possible future retribution. Hayti has witnessed a kingdom of the blacks, and why should not Jamaica. It is not very likely that the negroes would stop to weigh the difference between ' England and Spain. It is enough for them that they are both European Powers, though, thanks • to their white allies, they may easily believe 1 that the interest felt by this country for the black ' man will render the QUEEN and her advisers very indulgent to the eccentricities of her West Indian subjects. All these elements of disturbance must be taken into consideration in examining into the condition of affairs in Jamaica, if we would arrive at a just and impartial conclusion. It is not fair to blame the negro for the errors which have been in stilled into him, but the tragedy of Morant Bay has given startling evidence that the natural savageness of the African requires more than one or two gene rations to tame it down. We can only hope in justice to the negro himself, as in common fairness to Governar EYRE, that Parliament will take up the matter in earnest, and insist upon hearing the whole truth uninfluenced by prejudice and partisanship, whether political or religious. The present generation has enough, and more than enough, to do in settling the "vexed questions" of the day, and of that day which preceded theirs. One of the most difficult of these debateable mat ters is that of Capital Punishment, which has always engaged a considerable share of public attention, and deservedly so, for it is of great importance. The public will look with interest at the Report of the Royal Commission, which has just been submitted to her MAJESTY. Great care has been taken by those who have been engaged in this arduous investigation, and the result of their deliberations is now before us. Whether we agree or not in all the conclusions they have drawn from the premises before them, it is certainly very satisfactory to know that this important question has been under the consideration of competent per- Great care has been taken to collect all the , op s i c n o i o tl n a s n d o a a r r e A I alnAd necessary evidence, and th e nd JESTY'S Judges in England have been taken, which was a very commendable step in the right direction. The Commissioners do not enter upon the abstract question of the expe diency of abolishing or maintaining " capital punish ment," because differences of opinion exist upon this subject, but are all unanimously agreed upon the necessity of making "alterations in the existing law." Respecting treason, it is considered that the extreme penalty should be inflicted in cases of extremegravity, but in minor matters the more merciful statute may be substituted, which is called the Treason Delay Act. The maximum punishment under this act sentences the offender to penal servitude for life, which is a very fitting retribution in all cases unaccompanied by overt acts of rebellion, assassination, and vio lence. sons. The crime of murder, of course, engages the chief part of the report ; and, in the first place, attention is drawn to the defective state of the laws respecting " manslaughter." This was introduced in order to mitigate the extreme severity of the law ; but, unfortunately, so. many restrictions still abound respecting its adoption that its effect is partially nullified, There is certainly an anomaly in the fact TrifiE SUf, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, lEEE. of the law ci misidering that the man who has killed another in. - - a, sudden fit of passion, caused by insult or otherwisi ), is as guilty as he who has brooded over the crime lo r a long time. No wonder that the ma jority of iii© witnesses examined by the Commis sion have recorded their opinion that such a condi tion of aff 'airs requires alteration. Two modes are mentioned as practicable for improving this faulty state of th'ir.gs, and they are worthy of regard; the first is to abrogate the existing law of murder, and to subseltite a new definition of it, " confining it to felonims homicides of great enormity, and leav ing all -those which are of a less heinous descrip tion hn the category of manslaughter." The other course is similar to that in vogue in America, which leaves untouched the distinction between murder and manslaughter, and divides murder into two classes, in order to restrict the punishment of death to the first degree of it. The Commission consider, after careful consideration, that the latter mode will be found the most practicable in the end, and prevent unnecessary confusion in several ways, such as interfering with the treaties of foreign nations for the extradition of fugitives charged with that crime, and also renders it unnecessary to " re model the statutes." -By thus confining the penalty of death to murders of the " first degree" confusion and misunderstanding may be avoided, and a better understanding pre vail regarding the due administration of the law. In all the secondary cases of murder the punishment should be penal servitude for life, or for any period, not less than seven years, as the discretion of the Court shall award. The crime of infanticide has engaged the attention of the Commission owing to the frequent failures of justice in this respect. This " important and difficult subject," as it is here styled, has been duly weighed, and the result of the discussions and deliberations has been that it is proposed to meet the emergency by passing an Act, making it an offence punishable with penal servi tude or imprisonment, unlawfully and maliciously to inflict grievous bodily harm and serious injury upon a child during its birth, or seven days after wards in case such child had subsequently died. " This mode will obviate the great difficulty that now exists in proving whether the child has been born alive, which supposed necessity at present prevents the carrying out of the sentence in such numerous instances." SPAIN. OPENING OF THE SPANISE CORTES. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. MADRID, DEC. 27. The Queen opened the Cortes in person to-day. In the speech from the throne her Majesty said : " My desire for peace has not been able to prevent the commencement of hostilities between this country and Chili, which had obstinately re fused to make amends for wrongs done to the Spanish nation during the Peruvian difficulty. The Government will give an account to the Cortes of the progress of the war and of any negotiations that may take place in connection therewith. " Desirous of respecting the independence of the States of South America, founded on the ancient colonies of Spain, I have signed a treaty recognising the independence of San Salvador. " My relations with the other foreign Powers continue favourable. " Various reasons, originating in a desire per manently to promote the interest: of the nation, have induced me to recognise the Italian Kingdom, but that recognition cannot weaken those feelings of respect and devotion to the Holy Father common to all the faithful, nor lessen my arm intention to watch over the rights of the Holy See." Her Majesty, in referring to th,3 financial diffi culties, spoke of the necessity of increasing certain taxes and reducing the expenditure, in order to balance the expenditure with the revenue. A bill would be introduced with the object of extinguish ing or liquidating the old, and of reducing the floating debt. Other measures relating to the national domains would be presented for the consi deration of the Chamber at the same time as the general Budget. Bills would also be laid before them tending to promote municipal liberty and to harmonise the interests of local administrators with the interests of the Government. Another bill for the prevention of the slave trade in the Antilles would also be presented. Tier Majesty complimented the army and navy, and concluded as follows :• " I am convinced that labour and production cannot be developed where order and liberty do not exist. My Government, without being uneasy about the attitude of political parties, will pursue a tolerant but firm policy, will repress disturbances without cruelty, and will respect the law. I hope it will overcome all difficulties, relying upon public opinion as represented by the Chambers." An almost unanimous opinion prevails respecting the desirability :of restoring to the Judges the power of directing sentence of death to be recorded. Perhaps the most important branch of the subject' here treated of is that which is reserved for the conclusion of the Report, namely, whether the " abolition of the present system of public executions" is expedient. Upon this branch it would seem that nearly all the witnesses are unani mous in condemning the practice. The Commis sioners therefore recommend that an " Act bo passed putting an end to public executions, and directing that sentence of death shall be carried out within the precincts of the prison, under such regulations as may be considered necessary to pre vent abuse, and satisfy the public that the law has been complied with." This is a very momentous thing for a Royal Commission to recommend, and the proposition of such a change naturally gives rise to serious considerations. It is not likely that this last recommendation of the Commission on Capital Punishment will meet with anything like universal approbation, because it will appear to militate against some of our most cherished customs. The principle of publicity is inherent in the Consti tution of this country, and the idea of the extreme penalty of the law being carried out in a hidden manner will meet with disfavour in many quarters. Besides, there is another very important thing to dwell upon, and that is how far would the adoption of such a system as this proposed affect the class most to be considered, namely, the criminals them zciv ez. Would not some of the reproach and oblo quy which now attaches to the sentence be removed if the public execution of it were changed to one of a comparatively private character. In all our legislation in this extremely difficult matter let us never lose sight of the one thing needful, which we are apt to overlook in the multitude of secondary questions that arise, and as deservedly considered of great consequence. This predominant object assuredly is so to frame our statutes, and carry out the sentences of our courts and the verdicts of our juries, that the utmost horror may be entertained by criminals at undergoing the extreme penalty of the law. Thus only may we hope to effect any thing like a beneficial system for the protection of society, and the deterring of criminals, so far as human ingenuity can attain, from the commission of that offence most obnoxious to justice and most awful in its responsibility. Connected with this subject, it is worthy of notice that a large cargo of criminals has just been sent from France for New Caledonia, containing two hundred convicts. The first cargo sailed last year, and con tained no fewer than seventy-two assassins. This shows that " capital punishment " is the exception and not the rule where murder has been proved, even though it may be carried by a majority of seven to five in the jury-room. MADRID, DEC. 28. The frigates Vadras, Almansa, and Trinidad are about to leave for the Pacific. The diplomatic corps was received yesterday by the Queen. The Papal Nuncio, as senior member of that body, congratulated her Majesty on her return to Madrid. The Commission for the reform of the Customs tariff and the differential duties levied on vessels of foreign countries is actively engaged in its labours A royal decree has been issued directing the special commission appointed to report upon the means of suppressing the differential duties to ex tend their inquiries to the possibility of effecting a reform in the present system of duties upon cotton manufactures, and the mixed fabrics into which cotton enters, upon cast or bar iron, and coal and coke. The royal naval authorities at Cadiz have noti fied to the shipowners and shippers in that port that the Government has adopted and will con tinue to adopt all necessary measures for the effi cacious protection by the royal naval forces of Spanish merchant vessels against Chilian privateers. Great alarm prevails at Cadiz on this subject, and the public are anxious so know how many and what class of vessels will be sent to sea by the Govern ment to protect Spanish commerce. Letters received here from the Pacific state that the Spanish frigate Blanca has taken 13 Chilian prizes, the Resolution 5, the Vencedora 1, and the Berenguela 4. One of these prizes was, it is stated, laden with copper ore to the value of $200,000. In consequence of the determination of the Moderado and Neo-Catholic parties to offer a vigor ous and united opposition to the Ministry in the Senate, it was lately rumoured that the Government intended to promote several deputies from the Con gress to the Senate, in order to counterbalance the strength of the Opposition in the latter body. This report is now contradicted by the Correspondencia, which states that the Government will meet with a decided support in the Upper as well as the Lower llouse of the Ccrtes. It is semi-officially announced that the King of Portugal will arrive in Madrid between the 27th and 31st instant. Open dissension now prevails between the Pro gressist and democratic parties. During her last sojourn in Spain Queen Christina is generally be lieved to have made every effort to bring the Pro gressist party into power. The Novedades now states that her Majesty will resume these endea vours upon her approaching visit to gpain on the occasion of the confinement of her daughter, Queen Isabella. The Novedades and other journals of the Progressist party regard this advocacy of Queen Christina with some complacency, and even appear disposed to forget their former hostility to that exalted lady. This appears a great scandal to the Democratic press, which maintains that there is no longer any popular party except that of Demo cracy. All others, instead of relying upon the people, confide in one or other of the personages surrounding royalty—some in Father Claret and Sister Patriocinio, others in the ex-Secretary Tenorio, or in the Queen's physician ; and, finally, the Progressists in Queen Christina. The Democratic Committee has accepted the re signation of the Socialists formerly belonging to it. Twelve Democratic representatives from the pro vinces, professing social opinions, have also separated from the mass of the party. ITALY FLORENCE, Dec. 24. The Ministerial crisis has not yet terminated. Fresh difficulties are said tohave arisen through cer tain differences with General Lamarmora and Com mander Lanza. The general is understood, however, not to despair of success. Senator Saracco, who holds a high reputation for ability in financial mat ters, is expected in Florence. His visit is supposed to be connected with the present Ministerial crisis. Within the last sew days a Ministerial decree has been issued closing the ecclesiastical seminaries of Meleto, Giovinazzo, Monopoli, and Andria. At the same time notification has been sent to the seminaries of Marola, Carpi, and Del Finale, granting a period of one month within which they should conform to the prescriptions of the existing educational laws under penalty of being closed by the authorities. The opening of secondary schools in the Neapolitan provinces is actively proceed ing, and the municipalities in several districts have granted subsidies towards their support. The Opinione states that when the reduction of the dioceses to the number of provinces is carried out there will be one theological school for each diocese, in which pupils will not be admitted until the com pletion of their 18th year. In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies the commission appointed for the purpose made their report upon the bill extending throughout the year 1866 the application of the exceptional law on brig andage of the 7th February, 1864. The commis sion, composed of Signori Mazzarella, Lazzaro, Mancini, Massa, Marazio Arnulfo, Valerio, Cor renti, and Avitabile, admitted that the exceptional law in question had borne the best results ; but with respect to the future " they were unanimous that an exceptional law could not be retained unless de- LA TEST INTELLIGENCE n tin n u n e d d edby absolute necessity." The report con (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) " The real question before the commission was, there fore, to decide whether it was still necessary and indispen sable to maintain the law abovementioned. Nov, it should be stated that both among the committees of the house and the commission the opinion prevailed that such a necessity had ceased to exist. It was unanimously held that excep tional measures were no longer necessary ; that it is suffi cient if the Pontifical frontier be well guarded, and if the ordinary magistrates and the officers of public safety fulfil their duty with diligence, accuracy, and promptitude. The commission are glad also to acknowledge that increasing civilisation henceforth renders a special impressive law un necessary. The commission aro convinced that the Govern ment will take the necessary measures to guard the frontier —that it will vigilantly watch that the civil and military authorities in their several provinces fulfil their duty, and will thus effect a complete organisation !of the service of public safety. The commission arc further of opinion that it would be useful to assign rewards to those who may dis tinguish themselves against the few brigands still remain ing. If it should be considered necessary to take special Inca sures for the protection of any particular district contiguous to the Roman frontiers,such measures might form the subject of a special bill. Since it is resolved that there is no ground to accord the extension of the exceptional law, thero is no necessity to discuss articles of secondary importance rela tive to matters that would be better discussed separately." The Ministerial bill was therefore rejected by the commission. Signor Chiaves, Minister of the Interior, after stating the motives that had actuated the Govern ment in presenting the bill, admitted the improve ment which had been effected in the southern pro vinces with respect to brigandage, which had now also lost all political character. Under these cir cumstances the Government had determined to with draw the bill. The Minister did not apprehend any dualism between the civil and military authorities, and believed that the former would fulfil their duty all the better when they felt their responsibility in crease. Signor Chiaves concluded by stating that, from the above considerations, he had the same morning submitted a decree for his Majesty's sig nature, withdrawing the bill for the extension of the exceptional law. Special measures might be proposed for any particular district in which they should become necessary. The Chamber afterwards unanimously passed a vote of thanks, proposed by Signor San Donato, to the army and the National Guard for the immense fatigues and sacrifices they had endured in effecting the suppression of brigandage. A motion, brought forward by the same member, was also adopted, by which the House adjourned until the 15th Jannary. FRANCE. PARIS, DEC. 28. The Moniteur of this morning publishes the deci sion of the Supreme Council of Public Instruction, in the case of the seven students, with a long pre amble, setting forth its reasons. The decision of the Council of the Academy is confirmed, but the term of exclusion from the Paris Academy has, in the case of Brigourdan, been reduced to two years. Rey Lafargue, Jaclara, Casse, and Losson are ex cluded from all other academies throughout the empire for two years, and Reynard for the space of one year. The Emperor received yesterday at the Palace of the Tuileries a letter by which the King of Prussia notified to his Imperial Majesty the marriage of his niece the Princess Alexandrine with Duke Frederick William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. - The Ministers yesterday attended the Council of State, now occupied with examining the draft of the budget. The Emperor and Empress went yesterday at two o'clock to visit the new Tribunal of Commerce, and were received at the principal entrance by M. Behic, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, Baron Haussmann, Prefect of the Seine ; M. Berthier, Pre sident of the Tribunal of Commerce ; MM. Baltard and Bailly, architects ; M. Robert Fleury, the painter ; &c. Their Majesties found collected in side all the members of the Tribunal of Commerce as well as those of the Prud'hommes. The visit lasted a considerable time, their Majesties asking for information on the most minute details. At their departure, as on their arrival, the imperial party were saluted with acclamations. At the State dinner given at the Tuileries on Monday the Queen of Portugal was seated at the right of the Emperor, and the Princess Clotilda at his left ; at the right of the Empress was the King of Portugal and at her left Prince N.tpuleon. After the dinner the artists of the Theatre Frangais played two pieces, " Le Legs," of Marivaux, and " Il faut qu'une Porte soit Ouverte ou Fermee," of Alfred de Musset. The Theatre des Arts at Dijon has just been the scene of an extraordinary incident. A young actress named Erambert, being irritated by a hiss after singing an air during the performance of the " Bar bier de Seville," addressed the words " Imbecile ! Pete !" to the author of the mark of disapproval. For this offence she was, on the following day, con demned by the Correctional Tribunal of two francs and the payment of costs. But on her appearance on the stage in the evening, she was received with such a continued uproar that at length the curtain had to be let down, and the actress came forward with the director and apologised to the public, after which the performance was allowed to proceed. The Government of Electoral Hesse has given its adhesion to the proposed treaty of commerce be tween the Zollverein and Italy. BOURSE, Dec. 27.—Two o'clock.—The market is bad, heavy sales continuing to predominate. Eng lish Consols are telegraphed with a decline of 4 per cent. French Threes, for the Account, are quoted at 68f. 15c., a decline of 'lie. Italian Fives have receded 20c.—to 65f. 35c. Credit Mobilier con tinue particularly offered at 820 f., with a loss of 20c. Spanish Mobilier have fallen sf. In Railway shares Lyons have fallen 2f. 50c., and Lombard 3f. 75c. Three o'clock.—The market has closed on the fol lowing slightly improved quotations 4} per Cents 97 25 1 Roman — Do. end month — I Ottoman Fives 43 3 per Cents. 6B 071 Mexican Loan 49 Do. end month 6B 2U Do. Bonds — Credit Mobilier ... 837 50 Russian — Do. end month ... 832 50 Austrian Bank Shares 3715 Spanish Threes ... Credit Foncier 1320 Home Debt — Italian Loan 65 50 Deferred Do. end month 65 45 RAIL Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern WAYS. Cash. Sardinian . Amt. - - ... 835 - - - ... 1130 - - - ... 848 75 - - ... 573 75 Austrian - - ::: 546 25 - - ... 520 - - - ... 221 25 --- --- ... 435 - Lombard — ... 431 25 North of Spain — ... 167 50 Saragossa — ... 212 50 Ditto to Barcelona Roman — ... -- - AMERICA. -~ - ARRIVAL OF THE NOVA SCOTIAN. (Via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, Dec. 16, Evening. The Governor of Georgia, in his inaugural ad dress to the Legislature, declared that there is no conflict between the Federal Constitution and the Georgia State Constitution. He says the laws of the former are supreme, and argues that ample protection should be given to the negroes in order to encourage them to work. The Provisional Governor delivered to the State Governor the seal to represent the President. The Senate then declared the latter Governor of Georgia. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, Dec. 16, Evening. Money abundant ; gold, 146. Exchange on London, 160 ; on Paris, 3.52}. Stocks firm and advancing. New York Centrals, 961 ; Illinois, 134. 5.20 Bonds, 1031. Cotton good inquiry : middling Upland, 49 to 60. Flour dull. Wheat firmer. Corn dull. Provisions heavy. Coffee steady. Sugar heavy ; molasses dull. Petroleum very firm : crude, 411; refined, 66. ARRIVAL OF THE BREMEN. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 28, The North German Lloyd's steamship Bremen, from New York on the 16th inst., has arrived here with 110 passengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen, $260,720 for England, and $308,200 for France. On the 17th inst. she spoke the steamer America from Southampton, off Sandy Hook. Her news has been fully anticipated. LIIERATURE. Illustrated Gift-Books. Handbook of Christian Symbolism. By W. and G. Audsley, Architects. Day and Son (Limited). —Another of those magnificent works de luxe, in the production of which the celebrated firm of publishers and chromolithographers, the Messrs. Day and Son (Limited), stand altogether unrivalled, has here been issued from the press in the form of this superb Handbook, Giftbook and Christmas book, all in one, upon the exquisite theme of " Christian Symbolism." And as a glorious indication, even externally, of what is meant by Christian Symbolism —we have outside the volume depicted for us in red and golden emblazonry upon a solid bevilled binding of apple-green cloth imitative of morocco—The Cross, the emblem of Salvation, surrounded by The Circle, the emblem of Eternity, and this again surrounded in its turn by The Nimbus, the emblem of the Glory of the Divinity. Upon the centre of the Cross, the ineffable symbol. of The Pentacle, consisting of two interwoven Equilateral Triangles, each and all of them emblematical of the Adorable Trinity—within the central sexagon formed by the inner tracery of the Pentacle, the holy initial-letters I H S--significative of Human Redemption. The contents of the volume, however, although extending to no more than eight compa ratively brief chapters, will be found upon examina tion to be more than a simply tentative treatise upon the subject of Christian Symbolism generally—being the rather in point of fact upon all the great essen tials of symbolism as it relates to Christianity, ex haustive, as a treatise, for the generality of readers. Archaeologists and Antiquarians will dig deeper of course into the foundations of this mysterious theme, but for the generality of readers, we repeat, the volume as it now stands, is to all intents and pur poses, sufficient, is—as we have said, in a manner almost exhaustive. The compilation of the work has evidently been for the fraternal authors of it, who are architects, a labour of love, and we should imagine also from the mere choice of the subject matter of their disquisition—but still more, let us add, from the manner in which it has been treated by them throughout—a labour no less of unaffected devotion than of enthusiastically artistic apprecia tion. However this may be, the result of their joint labour is such as to delight the eye and to captivate the imagination. The book will exercise a charm over those who consult it : for few will care to con sult it who are not predisposed to look upon its em blazoned delineations and the accompanying expla natory letterpress with a profound and sympathetic interest. Its character altogether is intensely . High Church, or, to speak more emphatically, in tensely Catholic. Its accumulation of the lovely facts here brought together for artistic and literary cele bration, is drawn from the treasury of the past, from the depths of the catacombs, from the sculp tured traceries and adornments of the old gothic cathedrals, from the gorgeous emblazonments of their stained-glass windows, of their tapestried banners and hangings and draperies, of their priceless chalices, and tabernacles, and remonstrances, and lecturns, and thuribles, and reliquaries, and all the rest of their costly paraphernalia, fabricated for the most part from one or other of the precious metals, and en crusted and powdered over in profusion with every variety of precious stones. After a comprehensive introduction relating to the whole suggestive beauty of what is signified by Christian Symbolism, the authors consider, herein, the whole subject of that symbolism minutely and reverently in detail. The Nimbus of God is first taken into consideration. Then the Aureole and Glory of the Saints. After that the Nimbus of the Angels and Archangels. The second chapter then takes into account the august symbols and emblems of the Omnipotent God—the symbols now of the First, now of the Second, now of the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, now of the Holy Trinity in Its indivisible Unity—the Equilateral Triangle, the trefoil, the three Greek letters 0 SIN, meaning 6 c'Sv, " I am." And so on— through all the august and lovely hieroglyphics symbolical of the Mysteries of Eternity, of the Glories of Time, of the sacred annals and divine Truths of Christianity. By the Loch and Riverside. Edmonton and Douglas.—An oblong volume of no inconsider able dimensions, containing within it a rich store of humour at once of a pictorial and a piscatorial character. Whoever the artist may be, ho carefully conceals his identity under initials (K. I. F.), almost amounting to the anonymous. Having all the while no reason what ever for such concealment so far as the excellence, freshness, and vivacity of his drawings are concerned. If the late John Leech had ever indulged his humorous fancy by drawing with a greasy crayon upon a lithographic stone, instead of with a lead pencil upon boxwood, we might have looked for just such a series of sketches as these by K. I. F. as a sort companion to Mr. Briggs's angling adven tures. Tennyson's Princess. Illustrated by Maclise.— Although the name of Moxon still appears upon the title-page of this exquisite and luxurious volume, the work is issued now, we believe, from the estab ment of the Messrs. Routledge and Sons— coming to us from the Broadway, Ludgate-hill, and not as hitherto from Dover-street, Piccadilly. Identically the same with the work as it originally appeared some seasons back, this charming edition of " The Princess," by Alfred Tennyson, illustrated by Daniel Maclise, leaves us nothing whatever to say of it in the way of additional commendation. It is, if not the poet's masterpiece, or the artist's chef d'oeuvre, a veritable capo d'opera among elegantly decorated publications—a jewel of a book even in its material or substantive character as such, that is to say in its mere binding, paper, and typo graphy. Wordsworth,'s Poems for the Young. Strahan.— Externally even, this dainty gift book is singu larly attractive. Ingeniously let into the binding are three of the prettiest coloured illustrations, the letterpress inside being besides this very plenti fully embellished. Among all the many lovely poems of William Wordsworth, about the very loveliest are those in celebration of the charms of childhood, The little cottage girl who persists in saying We are Seven "—who is there that knows her not, or, that knowing her, does not love her ? Here she is brought visibly before us, and together with her all her little male and female associates, the children born of the brain and heart of the bard of Rydal Mount. Welcome to our affections at all times, coming to us, no matter under what guise or aspect, they are especially and very dearly welcome at a home-season like this of Christmas time, and when they appear before us in a shape in itself so exceptionally alluring. Scenes from the Winter's Tale. Illuminators, Owen Jones and Henry Warren ; on Stone, A. Warren. Day and Son (Limited).—A gorgeous book, the leaves of which are less leaves than they are thick tablets covered over with the richest blazonry and the loveliest illuminations. Perdita Leontes—Hermione—Florizel—Autoly cus, and the rest of the leading dramatis persona of Shakspere's exquisite classic pastoral drama of " The Winter's Tale" here appear before us in visionary splendour to the music of the Immortal Bard him self and under a very halo or aureole of chromatic magnificence glittering around them at the touch of the luminous pencils of Owen Jones and Henry Warren. None but a lover of illuminated literature already familiar with the magical beauty lavished upon works of this luxurious character emanating from the Messrs. Day and Son's establishment Can form the faintest notion of the glory of colour squandered over these pages (or tablets as we have called them). delineative of " Scenes from the Winter's Tale," from any mere verbal description. To say that they are leaves resplendent with all the colours of the rainbow, would be to say hardly anything. For salmon colour, and mauve, and ruby , and delicatest pink, and purpling damson are but very faintly, if at all discernable, among all the variable tints of the arch of Iris, whereas here, unde r the br ushes of Owen Jones and Henry Warren, aided by th e Messrs. Day and Son's (Limited), un-limited appli ances they have been squandered over and around the text and the embellishments with all the imperial luxuriance of the modern art of chromolithography, It is a work of poetic and artistic voluptuousnes luscious in the glow and the grace of ib—in the grace of the outlines and in the glow of the colouring —alike in tone though unlike in degree to the sense of the more educated and the less educated among its purchasers. Opening the book anywhere — merely to see it is to accord to it our instant ad miration. Passages from Modern English Poets. Illustrate d by the Junior Etching Club. Day and Son (Limited). —Nearly fifty original etchings are here brought together —to be precise, forty-seven in all--as illus trative of English Poets, living ordead, almost all of them Poets of the present century. Sparsely scattered through the collection, the exceptions, in effect, go no further back than Grey or Shenstone. Several of these etchings are of singular beauty, many of them are of great force and dash, a few are of remarkable power. But mingled with these there are others so crude or jejune, so blurred or scratchy, as to be falteringly indi cative of their having come from the needle of a mere amateur or tyro in the etcher's art. As a whole, however, coupled with the selection of Poems the etchings illustrate, the book is a literary and artistic elegance among Christmas offerings. The Path on Earth to the Gate of Heaven. BY the Rev. F. Arnold. Dean and Co.—A volume more like one of the old fashioned illustrated gilt-edged annuals has not for a long time been published. It is purely of a religious character, however, as the graceful title of the book clearly enough indicates. A charming Christmas souvenir or New Year's offering it makes, moreover, and one in many ways worthy of preservation. Several famous paintings have been selected among the themes apportioned to the artists whose powers have adorned the letter-press of the rev. author with sixteen really beautiful embellishments. Con spicuous among them will be recognised the Mignon of Ary Scheffer and the Christian Martyr of Slia" geneyer. A volume, it is altogether, that can hardly be otherwise than a most welcome decora tion to the table of any boudoir or drawing-room where Christianity is revered and art appreciated. An Alphabet of Monograms. By Henry Leslie. Day and Son (Limited).—A marvellous reper tory of Monograms, comprising within it up wards of Five Hundred Designs —every one among them contrived, invented, we might say, and afterwards very dexterously and elegantly engraved by the same hand of rare cun ning—the hand of Henry Leslie. To enamellers, engravers, die-sinkers, chasers, carvers, modellers, heraldic painters, embroiderers, and illuminators, the volume will be of a value and utility almost in calculable. Terminating with a very Royal-Rose of a monogram indicative of the name of Victoria, the book sets forth upon its title-page—that is to say, in the four corners of it—four very remark able and elaborate Monograms of the names, here of Albert Edward and Alexandra, there of Napoleon and Eugenie. The other designs being almost all of them simply initials interwoven. The British Workman is a cheap illustrated periodical of sterling excellence, mainly remark able for the boldness, and occasionally the beauty, of its woodcut embellishments. The Band of Rope Review might be spoken of in nearly identically the same terms, only that its letterpress is of that intensely good character that its influence is almost, by a sort of revulsion, to make its reader feel slightly irreligious ! Old Jonathan is another dreadfully proper publication—an overwhelmingly worthy old gentle man he is, whose talk savours so monotonously of the mere wishy-washiness of a factitious piety that it becomes in the end nothing less than sickeningly vapid, utterly nauseous, and all but demoralising ! Hide and Seek. By Wilkie Collins. Elder, and Co.) (Smith, A new and popular edition of Wilkie Collins' third work of fiction has here in this half-crown volume been brought within reach of the outermost circle of his admirers. " Antonina" was the first or maiden work of this eminent Novelist. " Basil" was the second. " Hide and Seek " (as we have said) the third. Among all his works, perhaps, the least known—certainly the least generally appre ciated. That he himself, however, sets high store upon it, is indicated pretty plainly by the circum stance that it is the one he has selected to inscribe in simple but merest words of affection and admi- ration to Charles Dickens. And it assuredly will hold, if only for that reason, high place among the stories related by the famous tale teller to whose enthralling fancy the world ii indebted for such other more renowned works of fiction as t 4 The Woman in White," " The Dead Secret," "No Name," and the yet unfinished " Armadale." POSTAL SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES.—The Postmaster-General of the United States reports that the mail service in operation at the close of the fiscal year ending 30th of June, 1865, embraced 6,012 routes of the aggregate length of 142,340 miles. Tho aggregate miles of transportation are stated at 57,993,494, and the cost per mile was 111 : cents by railroad, 14/ cents by steamboat, 10 cents by celerity, &c. The number of let-. tors conveyed in the mails in the year is estimated at 467,591,600. Of these 4,368,087 were returned to the dead letter office, including 566,097 army and navy letters. De ducting 1,156,401 letters returned to writers, or held ae valuable,the total number lost or destroyed was 2,352,424 or one in every 200 mailed for transmission and delivery. Fully three-fourths of the letters returned as dead fail to reach the parties addressed through faults of the writers, so that the actual losses from irregularities of service and casualties, ordinary and incidental to the war, did not ex ceed one in every 800 of the estimated number intrusted to the mails. The returns of dead letters from cities are largely in excess of proportions based upon population. To them special efforts have been directed to secure the most efficient service, and it is believed improvements in operation, chiefly that of free delivery, will diminish the number of undelivered letters at offices in densely popu lated districts. The receipts of the department for the year were in excess of the expenditure, but in the new current year the expenditure, allowing for the re-opening of Southern offices, are estimated at $18,768,000, leaving a deficiency of $1,200,000. The Postmaster-General re commends several changes in the conduct of the business of the department. He recommends that stamped enve lopes be charged but at the price of the stamp, and that "request envelopes"—that is, envelopes which have been purchased from the post-office having a request printed on them that they be returned if not called for in a certain time, be so returned without additional postage. He also recommends that pre-paid letters shall be restored to the owners free of postage, and that letters may be forwarded from one office to another at the request of the party ad dressed without extra charge. He states that, under the present system, the cost of advertising letters which are subsequently sent to the dead-letter office is $60,000, and he recommends the repeal of the law giving the advertising to the paper having the largest circulation, and thinks that the mode of advertising should be left discretionary with the Postmaster-General. He states the loss to the department, which is the result of the franking privilege, at $2,000,000, estimating that this would accrue, if free matter was charged with existing postage rates, over and above the annual appropriations therefor. Although the Postmaster-General does not think the time yet come for a general reduction in the rates of postage, he confidently looks forward to it shortly, and now thinks that new postal arrangements should be made with foreign countries by which the rates should be materially decreased. UNITED STATES' ARMY PENSION LIST.—In the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1865, 15,000 army invalid pensioners were added to the pension rolls. At the close of the year there were 84,130 army pensioners on the rolls, requiring for their payment an annual appro priation of $7,792,772. There are on the pension rolls the names of 1,115 widows of Revolutionary soldiers. TWO soldiers of the army of the Revolution still live to receive their $3OO a year—namely, Samuel Cook of Clarendon , New York, aged 99, and William Hutchings, of Penobscot , Maine, aged 101. It is 82 years since the termination of that war. The anniversary meeting of the Anthropological Society will take place on Tuesday, January 2, when the annual address will be delivered. The fellows and their friends will dine together in the evening at St. Jarad° Hall. The next mail packet from Jamaica IN ill be the Seine ; she is expected to-morrow, and will bring new l from Jamaica up to the Bth inst. CHRISTMAS MARRIAGES AT LAMBETH OLD CiltnlCll. On Sunday morning last as many as 34 marriages took place at Lambeth Old Church, on Christmas moriiivg as many as 40, and on Boxing-day (Tuesday morning) 815 many as 14 happy couples were tied together in the hell bonds. The reason assigned for this unusual number being married at this church is, that the feed are less by 35. 6d. or 4s. than at any of the district churches. In conseti,...ae of the amount of duty to be done on each of the above th ree mornings, the clergyman was obliged to commen ce as earl as 8 o'clock, so as to have the whole concluded before the commencement of the regular forenoon service. National Choral Society, Exeter Hall. Among the attractive features of the Christmas season the annual performances of the "Messiah'' always hold a conspicuous and characteristic place. The crowds who assemble to hear the greatest work of one of the greatest composers prove how warmly it is appreciated in this country, while the exquisite strains of the oratorio are never more appropriate than at the season when young and old, rich and poor, commemorate the advent of the Messiah. The performance of the National Choral Society last week was all that could be desired, and we are glad to find that it is to be repeated next Wednesday. Miss Louisa Pyne and Miss Franklin, Mr. Leigh Wilson and Mr. Patey took the principal parts. Miss Pyne's solo, " I know that my Redeemer liveth" drew thunders of applause ; and Miss Franklin's " He shall feed his flock," was also given with great expression. Mr. Leigh Wilson, who possesses a fine voice and good natural ability, had an arduous part, and showed to most advantage in the less ambitious pieces. A little more time and ex perience will enable him to take a very high rank. Mr. Patey was in good voice, and has greatly im proved in his style. The choruses were excellent, no small praise for the " Messiah." Altogether, the performance was a complete success, and we have little doubt that its repetition on January 3 will be equally profitable to the society and pleasant to the audience. THE FOREIGN PRESS AND THE FRENCH GOVERN MENT.—The Patrie of yesterday contains the follow ing :—" It is announced that the admission of the Indepen dence Beige into France has been prohibited until further orders. This measure is the result of a resolution arrived at by the Government to assimilate, as far as possit,le, the legal conditions of the foreign press to those of the French press. The lndependance having been several times seized, each of these seizures is considered as so many avertisse mens tending to have admission forbidden, just as three warnings can cause the suspension of a French journal." A FARMER SHOT.—On Monday a fatal accident occurred near Lydiate, whereby one man was killed and another injured. It appears that Mr. Richard Rim mer, farmer, Gore Houses, Altcar, makes it a custom to partyery Christ mas of men give . a dinneron Mondayt o 2, afteris aa n a and l friends went out pigeon shooting near Lydiate. 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