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110 USES.—Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, bur Luban, and Country RESIDENCES to LET or exact SELL. P art iculars forwarded for t hree stamps, upon stating requ i rem ents and rental. ffices, , Conduit -street, Reg street, and South Kensingt O on, facing the Museum. - UTH KENSINGTON, HYDE-PARK, WO Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's -gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, and Princes Gardens, Elva ston-place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and haveq Boltons, Szc. Messrs TOPLI 4 and ROBERTS RE DEN CES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding localities. Offices, 2, Conduit -street, Regent-street, and 23outh Kensington, facing the Museum. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) Last night but One before the Christmas Holidays. Last Appearance but One of Miss Louisa Pyne. THIS EVENING, Friday (second time), Mr. C. Delftll's New Opera, in One Act. CHRISTMAS EVE. Mdme. F. Lancia, M me. E. Heywood, Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. David Miranda. Alter which, at 9, Auber's celebrated Opera, LE DOMINO NOI tt. Miss Louisa Pyne, Mesdames Thirlwall, Leffler, and A. Cook; Messrs. J. G. Patey, C. Lyall, E. Dussek, and henry Haigh. Conductor, Mr. Alfrel Mellon. Commence at a quarter to 8. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. signor ARDITPS CONCERTS, Every Evening. THE LAST NIGHT BUT TWO. These Concerts will positively terminate on Monday next, December 18. Immtnse Success of the New Grand Selection from "Tannhauser." Full Orchestra and Chorus. Conductor, Signor ARDIII. TO-NIGHT (Friday), December 15. VOCALISTS. Mdlle. Laura Harris, Mdlle. Edi, Mdlle. Sinco, and Sig. Foll. PIANOFORTE. Herr Pauer. Commence at Eight. Promenade, One Shilling. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY -LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVESING the performances will commence with Shakspere's Tragedy of KIN GJO HN BiefifirS. ?het ps, James Anderson, T. Swinbourne, Raynor G. Belmore, E. Phelps, C. Harcourt; Kiss Atkinson, Mrs. 11. Vandenhoff; Airs. Hodson, &c. After which, GALWAY-GO-BRAGH ; or, Love, C. and Fightin,g : Messrs. Edmund Falconer, F. Barsby, C; Ilarcourt ; Misses H a wood, E. Falconer, nose Leclercq. Cowmence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manzg,e,r, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE OVERLAND ROUTE : Messrs Chas. Mathews, Buckstone, Chippendale, Compton, Rog, rs, Clark, Gordon, Braid, Coe, dm ; Messdames Mathews, Snow den, Hill. Wright, Coleman, Lovell, &c. To be followed by WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? Mr. Chippendale, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. &c. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM T EIEATRE.- Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. Horsman. After which, RUY BLAS. Mr Pechter ; Messrs. Emery, Fitzpatric's, Evans, Westland, Clifford, H. Butler, Raymond ; Mesdames Lavenu and Horsman. To conclude with THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Raymond, Westland, Evans, More land ; Mesdames Boyce and Lavenu. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. Actin:; Manager, 11. Barnett. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, MOTHER, AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. Messrs. Felix Rogers, P. Bedford, &o. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Itip (his FOth appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. hillington, Y. Bedford, It Phillips, Yelix Rogers, Ashley, hburnc, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Biliingtor, &c. To c nclude, at halt-pant 10, with THE WIDOW'S VICTIM. Messrs. BiLington, Felix Rogers, Ashley ; Miss Codscll, Miss Seaman, and Miss Jenny Wiihnore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After whEli, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TO() LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Ca►haem, F. Villiers, J. G. Shore, G. Murray, H. Melion, C. Seyton, It. Cathcart; Miss L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL S 1 RAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven. NOTHING VENTURE NOTHING WIN. After which will be produced a new Opera Burlesque, L'AFRIGAINE ; or, The Queen of the Cannilo%l Islan is. Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne; Mesdames Swanborough, Raynham, Johnstone. ttc. To conclude with MRS. GREEN'S SNUG BUSINESS. ripHE LAST EDITION OF " THE SUN," JL Containing the Latest SPORTDIG INTELLI(JE.NCiu, Oat be had Every Evening of G. It. CIL IsNll4l, NEws AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening, by W. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavenciisti- ttreet, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of " TIIE SUN " supplied as oou as Published, containing all the LA rEsT NEWS ani SPORTING, INTELLIGENCE, by W. HIAIU Neisspaper Agent, 4, Blackiriars-road. London, S. THE LATEST EDITION of " 'THE SUN." J. HOLMES begs to inform his friends, and the public generally. that he supplies the LATEST EDITIuN of " THE SUN " as soon as published —No. 16, Hampstead road, N.W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, h. m.--Afternoon, 12h. 30m. To-Monnow.-3.lerning, 12h. 50m.—Afternoon, lh. 12m. 4 , t4 arN l SWAM* LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 15, 1865. We have now good reason to hope that the days of the perpetration of intolerance, and the high posts and solemn assemblies appertaining thereto, are numbered. The arrival of the last Jamaica mail has been most opportune, and more especially has every lover of justice and fairplay cause to re joice at the appearance of Colonel HILL and Colonel NELSON. The testimony of these gentlemen will be invaluable at this juncture, and effectually put to shame and silence the malicious and malevolent parties who have nearly worn themselves out in their frantic efforts to make the worse appear the better cause. A more crushing reply could not have been given to the clamorous and vindictve apologists of the negro in this country than is con tained in the advices that have just reached us. It is stated that unless prompt and vigorous measures had been resorted to most direful consequences would inevitably have ensued, and that the rising of the blacks all over the island would have been general. Furthermore, we find that a very different opinion is entertained by those who were on the spot and well acquainted with all the details than is held by the sanctified set over here, who are scandalised beyond measure, and fright ene d ou t of all propriety of language and demeanour. We heard before this that the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council had thanked his Ex cellency for his promptitude and firmness in dealing 1 with the insurrection, and we can find that previous to the departure of Colonel NELSON he had a testimonial presented to him of two hundred guineas by the House of Assembly, accompanied by the thanks of the house for his distinguished services in putting down the rebellion. What does Exeter Hall say to this? What does the Birmingham orator think of his famous declaration at Blackburn, that if murder had not 'changed its name In this country he hoped Governor EYRE and his accomplice s would stand at the bar of justice to answe r for the death of GORDON and others. The head and front of the offending has landed on our shores. Is Mr. BRIGIIT prepared to indict him, and will all the noisy men who have been drawing off our attention from all other affairs by their violence and excitement appear as chief Witnesses 9 One thing is certain, and th at i s, a greater mis take was never committed by Ministers of the Crown than was made by Earl RUSSELL and his colleagues the other day in consenting to suspend the Governor, in order to appease the unworthy wrath of an unreasoning and prejudiced party. H e has stumbled on the threshold of his career, he has dragged his Cabinet through the mire to satisfy the scruples of men he should never have listened to with the intention of following their advice or being guided by their decision. What becomes of the unsatisfactory circumstances to which mysterious allusion w as made by Earl RUSSELL, in his speech, to the deputation, and also referred to elsewhere. Nothing has transpir e d in any direction where re- liance can be placed which does not redound to the credit of Governor EYRE and of all who acted in concert with him. All other accounts turn out to be a jargon of inconsistencies or a tissue of false hoods from beginning to end. First and foremost in the list of exaggerations and misrepresentations comes the letter which was said to have been written by GORDON in his last moments. In this he de clared that he had just been told that he was to die in an hour. After this it certainly seems strange to find that he was allowed two days to prepare for the execution of a sentence which was carried out with all the formalities of martial law. We were also told by the frenzied members who addressed the pub lic meeting, that the court-martial which was held upon GORDON was composed of subalterns, and its proceedings were conducted in an unorthodox fashion. We do not suppose that these indignant parties will be satisfied to learn that they are wrong, but at any rate the impartial and unprejudiced por tion of the public will be glad to learn that such an account was totally incorrect, and that no fault is to be found in the management of the matter. Brigadier NELSON was six hours examining the documents before he put GORDON on his trial at all, and the trial itself lasted for a very long tune. All the details connected with this important event must now be in the knowledge of the Govern- ment if they have not the documents relating thereto, which it is to be hoped they have. There can be but one course open to them at any rate, and one line of action which the public will expect them to pursue. All that they know must be at once and unre servedly put before us. We can allow no shuffling, no talk of etiquette or precedents. The character of some of our colonial authorities has been grossly maligned, and justice can tolerate but one remedy —that is, let all the facts be brought to light, and let the nation judge for itself. It is said that it will be necessary for the Colonels to return immediately to Jamaica in company with Sir HENRY STORKS ; but surely the departure of the latter could be delayed for a short time, in order to afford these gentlemen an opportunity of enlighten ing us on subjects in which we feel so deep an interest. Had the scandal-mongers in this country let us alone, we should have been quite willing to allow the Government to do as they liked, and carry out their red-tapist notions to the uttermost. But as things have turned out, as the Prime Minister has consented to further the ends of intolerance, and lend his potent aid to intoler ance, it becomes a bounden duty on the part of our rulers to be made known as speedily and completely as possible. It is in England, and not in Jamaica, that anxiety is felt. In the colony they are quite satisfied with whathas been done. But in the name of consistency, and for the sake of justice, let those be the first dis abused who have rent the air with their clamours for vengeance to be wreaked on the offenders who dared to call murder by its right name, cutting up the bodies of their victims, mixing their brains with the rum they drank at their orgies, were acts not worthy of mention by the righteous and zealous flocks who congregated in such numbers to the meetings and assemblies; but calling the authors of these foul acts to account, and making rebellion and sedition as crimes, these were unheard-of offences. Every possible circumstance seems to combine against the peace of these enthusiasts, and militates against their re putation for judgment and veracity. The Maroons rendered great assistance, but the Governor was much censured in this country for having had recourse to their aid. In Jamaica, however, a very different opinion is entertained of that as of other matters of moment. The people of Kingston made quite a Jae day of their visit to that town en route to their various destinations. Thus on all sides we find contradiction and confutation of the absurd reports, the unwarrantable declarations, and the wanton attacks that have been made upon the policy of Governor EYRE and his allies. The over righteous sects must bear in mind that they are con demning not alone one man, but one who aided him, and the Assembly of Jamaica into the bargain. Earl RUSSELL must, indeed, feel deeply mortified at the result of his tame acquiescence to the arbitrary demand of the intolerant multitude who encompassed him. Had he waited three days he might have saved himself from reproach and the Goverment of Eng land from the obloquy of giving up the defence of a faithful servant to the unscrupulous demands of a bigoted sect. As it is, he must recall to mind an occurrence of his earlier life, when upon some occa sion of moment he wished to " meddle and muddle" as usual, and Lord MELBOURNE, then Prime Minis ter, exclaimed, " Why can't you leave well alone ?" Had Earl RUSSELL followed this advice now, and allowed Mr. CARDWELL to take the management of his own department, which he was well qualified to do, how different would the result be now. It is always a very bad principle to act upon to give way to pres sure from without, without a very strong reason exists for so doing, and in this instance of Gover nor EYRE every claim of justice and reason were against the proposal of suspension being carried out. Lord RUSSELL had better have resorted to his old expedient during the American war, and consulted the legal advisers of the Crown. They could have told him that the laws of England consider a man innocent until he is found guilty, and it is not ex pedient for the authorities to cast aspersions upon him before all the evidence is brought forward. The opening of the Hungarian Diet is a matter of no small interest, not only to the immediate subjects of the Austrian EMPEROR, but to the various populations of Europe. Never since 1848 has England especially failed to watch with the closed attention the progress of free thought and constitutional government in that country, and although the unsuccessful termination of the Magyar war and the cruel and arbitrary exercise of despotic e t way of powerthe by Au s t r i a h ave pu t f orm id a bl e o b s t ac les in people, there has always been ground for hoping and in store. The eon believing dueto t f ha A t u b st e r t i t a er w d a a s y s s were sufficiently en y tl e y t opposed to the spirit o f the age to be certain to plunge her sooner or later into serious perplexities, and she now finds herself forced to endeavour to conciliate that very people whose former aspirations for constitutional liberty she so harshly repressed. The address of the EMPEROR at Pesti' is modest in tone, and evidently intended to induce the representatives to come to his rescue and extricate him if possible from the dilemma in which he finds himself placed. He quietly in formed the Diet, in the course of his speech, that he wished them to keep as their principal aim the unity of the Empire and the position of Austria as a great Power. This anxiety as to the posi tion of Austria was manifested more than once in his address. He recognised the necessity of the autonomy of Hungary so far as it did not interfere with the unity of the Empire and the position of Austria as a great European Power. The Diet was further told that one of their prin cipal obj ec t s must b e t h e rev i s i on o f th e l aws of 1 848, which must be modified, as they were in compatible not only with the um •t y of the Empire, but with the ri • ghts of the Sovereign. Neverthe legs the • Primary aim of FRANCIS JOSEPH was evidently to conciliate the refractory Magyars, and as such they seem to have accepted it, for ME SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, lEEE. his address was frequently interrupted by cheers. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. He assured them that he wished to re-establish (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) the integrity of the Hungarian Crown, and that with this view he had taken steps to secure the represen tation of Transylvania and Croatia in the Diet, and he directed them, as soon as the principal questions before them were settled, to decide upon the cere monial to be observed at his coronation as King of Hungary. The EMPEROR also expressed his hopes that the mutual confidence of King and people would be increased, and that the great work of decentralising Austria and Hungary would give satisfaction to all the nationalities composing the Empire. The various nationalities which compose that disjointed empire are in fact a fruitful source of weakness, and it would need a far more enlight ened and liberal administration than the present Government of Austria to meet the difficulties of the situation. Austria, to be strong, must be just; and if she would find Hungary a source of strength, she must give its intelligent and high-spirited people reason to trust instead of to suspect her. The withdrawal of one Constitution, the substitution of another, the trifling with the real wishes and feel ings of the people, the desire to make the tardy show of justice to Hungary the source of profit and power to her oppressor, form a conjunction which indicates rather the necessities of the situa tion than the desire to atone for the injustice and oppression of the past. It is something certainly that even so much should be gained, and the opening of the Hungarian Diet by the EMPEROR is a step on the right road. We can only hope that its members, by their prudence, firmness, and patriotism, will succeed in devoloping constitutional law, and, by so doing, consult the best interests not only of their own country, but of the Empire itself, to which a disaffected and unrepresented kingdom can only be an encumbrance and a danger. SPAIN. ENTRY OF THE QUEEN INTO MADRID. MADRID, DEC. 14 (Evening). Queen Isabella returned to this city at two o'clock this afternoon, and was received by the Duke of Tetuan. A large crowd, principally of the lower classes, assembled in the streets and cheered her Majesty. The Queen repaired to the Antochar, and returned to the palace at half-past three o'clock. Perfect order prevailed. ROME. ROME, DEC. 14. Yesterday the Papal troops attacked a nume rous band of brigands, which they dispersed after two hours' fighting. Three Roman soldiers were AUSTRIA. VIENNA, DEC. 15. In yesterday's sitting of the Diet of Gorz an ad dress was proposed, thanking the Emperor for the September patent. THE BRAZILS. RIO JANEIRO, Nov. 25. (By Telegraph from Lisbon.) The Emperor returned here on the 9th inst. The Paraguayans have evacuated the territory of Valle Corrientes. The allied army continues its forward movement. The allied squadron is at Tres Bocas. Baror Peneda has been appointed Brazilian Minister to London. BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 14. The alarming spread of the cattle plague certainly seems to call for more vigorous action, both in the way of endeavouring to check ha extension and of trying, if possible, to discover some remedy. Hitherto the interference of the Executive has chiefly been directed to slaughtering, without compensation, ani mals supposed to be infected, and the very unsatis factory results of such a course are now inducing our large landowners and farmers to suggest the employment of more enlarged or hopeful means of cure. If the wholesale slaughter system is to be adopted it is only reasonable and just that those persons whose property is thus confiscated by order of the Government should receive some indemnity for their enforced loss, while it would be consistent with such a policy to adopt the most stringent measures for preventing the possible com munication of the disease. All fairs, markets, and exhibitions should be put a stop to, and the traffic and removal of animals from place to place entirely forbidden, if we are to attempt to carry out this theory, but such an undertaking would be wellnigh hopeless. There is little doubt, however, that some increased stringency is neces sary, and such appears to be the prevailing opinion at the recent meetings. The representatives of the various local agricultural societies and farmers' clubs of the country assembled yesterdhy at St. James's-hall to discuss the matter. The resolutions which were adopted recommended that the removal of live cattle should be forbidden for a limited time, with Exchange, 491 ; dollars, 26.15; salted ox•hides, 34 ; dry do., 35 ; wool, 74 to 100 ; lumber, 35; sugar, 21. AMERICA. (Per the China.) NEw YORK, Dec. 8 (Evening). Yesterday and to-day being Thanksgiving Day business has been suspended. In the Senate the resolution adopted by the House for the appointment of a Committee to report upon the admis sion of the Southern representatives has been presented and laid over. The credentials of the Mississippi senators has also been presented and laid over, The House has adopted a resolution discountenancing all suggestions to repudiate the National Debt. A resolution has been in troduced asking the President for information concerning Maximilian's decree establishing the slavery of the Peonage in Mexico. The Georgia Legislature have passed the constitutional amendment, and will legislate to protect the freedman's person and property, and to allow them to testify in the courts. Mr. Hoffman, a Democrat, has been elected Mayor of New York. The Fenian Senate is in Session at New York, review ing the conduct of the Fenian executive and officers. In consequence of the Fenian President being about to issue bonds bearing the signature of the agent of the Irish Republic, whose appointment the Senate has not confirmed, but repudiated, the Senate has issued a manifesto declaring such bonds to be invalid and illegal. The Senate has called upon the President to send in the name of the agent of the Irish Republic for confirmation. The President has not complied. It is reported that the Governor of New Brunswick has received information of an intended Fenian raid upon that province. The Hibernian and the Bremen have arrived out. the solitary exception of animals for immediate slaughter; and that a national insurance society, with a Government guarantee, should be established. This would probably be the fairest and best way of dealing with the financial question, and from the influential character of the meeting no doubt its memorial will have weight with the Government. A further memorial has been presented to the Privy Council by some landowners near Lincoln, who attribute the freedom of their locality from the pest to the closing of the Lincoln market, and the precautions adopted in slaughtering, or returning to the owners, every head of cattle brought to the place. Meanwhile it is very much to be regretted that some of the new methods so strongly advocated have not been given a fair trial on a large scale. If they failed the question would be set at rest, while if they succeeded the advantage would be incalculable. It is surely foolish to talk of the expense of such experiments, since nothing can be more hostile to the interests of loth breeder and consumer than to suffer the plague to continue its ravages unchecked. No system of treat ment could prove more fatal than the disease itself, or than the pole-axe, which seems to be the favourite remedy. The plague was ex tended to so great an extent, and is inflicting such serious ravages, that it is really quite time for some more consistent course to be adopted, and for people and Government alike to address themselves seri ously to the consideration of a question which threatens, if left alone, to assume the most fromid able proportions. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. NEW Yoiu Dec. 5 (Evening). President Johnson, in his Message to Congress, brings forward an elaborate argument in favour of his reconstruc tive policy. lie says :—lt is not too much to ask on the one side that the plan of Restoration shall proceed in con formity with the willingness manifested to cast the dis orders of the past into oblivion ; and on the other side, that the evidence of sincerity in the future mainten- ance of the Union shall be put beyond a doubt by the ratification of the constitutional amendments abolish- ing slavery. This being adopted it will remain for the States to assume their places inCongress, thereby complet ing the work of restoration. Treason had been committed, and persons charged with treason should have a fair trial before a civil tribunal, in order that the laws may be vin- BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, DEC. 14. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Dec. 7. Dec. 14. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 875,567,525 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 155,570,908 19 161,917,580 55 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 832,271 75 856,864 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 182,500,000 - 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 4,000,000 - 864,683,325 - 6,751,362 74 7,519,014 44 Total 1,410,426,870 80 1,402,684,639 06 CREDITOR. Dec. 14. Der. 7. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c Branch banks Commercial bills over- 163,853 39 685,226 65 due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 329,435,280 81 323,350,554 36 Do. branch banks 321,073,185 315,254,796 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures 1). branch banks Do. on Credit Fencier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) Government Stock re- 13,684,300 - 13,990,100 9,375,300 8;494;700 - 13,143,400 - 7,005,300 - 13,308,000 7,998,400 30,002,200 - 29,829,100 19,526,780 - 19,396,780 621,500 -- 439,050 -- 611,100 435,550 60,000,000 - 60,000,000 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 36,449,737 91 36,449,737 91 serve Do. disposable Ren tes Immobalisees (Law, June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed 2,410,262 86 2,393,453 21 xl p up r ee o nii p ts e e r s t y ofb r a m n c a h n e a s g . e . 8 8,397,412 Sundries 100,000,000 8,371,389 - Total 1,410,426, 870 80 1,402,684,639 06 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) RoULAND• THE OLD WHIGS.—We have reason to believe that Sir John Romilly and Sir Francis Baring will phortly be elevated to the dignity of the peerage. elected Mr. Schuyler-Colfax, speaker. Mr. Thaddeus Stevens offered a resolution appointing a joint committee of both houses to report whether any of the late rebellious States are entitled to representation in either house, with leave to report at any time by bill or otherwise. No mem bers from such States to be admitted into either house until the report is made and finally acted upon by Con gress. All papers relating to the representatives from the said States to be referred to a committee without debate. The house refused by's, large majority to postpona or table this resolution. It had previously been unani mously adopted at a Republican caucus of 124 members of Congress held at Washington on Saturday, when the Radical Republicans took the lead and carried their points. The Alabama Legislature have adopted the constitu tional amendment by an overwhelming vote. The Louisiana Legislature have declared slavery to be for ever abolished. The North Carolina Legislature has elected W. Graham, an impardoned rebel, as Senator for the long term. General Grant visited both houses of the North Carolina Legislature, when the Speaker welcomed him in a conci liatory address. The Virginia Legislature has assembled at Richmond, and the Governor has announced the State debt to be $41,000,000 against $22,000,000 of assets. He suggested taxation and the sale of the public railways to meet the deficiency. The City of New York and the Lafayette have arrived out. dicated, and truth established. Treason is a crime, and traitors should be punished and crime made infamous, and it should be judicially settled that no State can secede. Since the commencement of the year the navy has been reduced from 530 vessels, armed with 3,000 guns, to 117 ♦essels with 830 guns. It is proposed to reduce the army to a peace footing, comprehending 50,000 troops, so organised as to admit of being increased to 82,000 men if the circumstances of the country should require it. The war estimate has been reduced from 516 millions to 33 millions. President Johnson recommends the adoption of measures to reduce the currency, and that a policy be de ♦ised for the discharge of the national debt within 30 years. The gradual reduction of the currency is the only mea sure that can save the business of the country from disas trous calamities, and this can be almost imperceptibly accomplished by gradually funding the currency. It would be his constant aim to promote peace and amity with foreign nations, and he believed them to be actuated by the same disposition. The accordance of belligerent rights to the insurgents was unprecedented, and had not been justified by the issue. There was a marked difference in the system of neutrality pursued by foreign Powers. England, in a great measure, fur nished the war materiel to the insurgents, British chips manned by British subjects, and prepared for receiving armaments, had left British ports to prey on American commerce under shelter of insurgent commissions. The ships after wards entered British ports to refit. This increased the desolation of the rebellious States by prolonging the con test, and it drove the American commerce from the sea and transferred it to that Power which had created the necessity for such a change. _ A sincere desiro for peace had induced President John son to submit the questions thus arising between the two countries to arbitration. These questions are so momen tous that they must have commanded the attention of the great Powers, and aro so interwoven with the peace and interest of every one of them as to have insured an im- portant decision. England declined arbitration, and pro posed a commission to settle mutual claims, excluding therefrom the aforesaid depredations. The proposition in that very unsatisfactory state had been declined. The United States does not present the subject as an impeach ment of good faith on the part of a Power professing the most friendly dispositions, but as involving questions of public law, of which the settlement is essential to the peace of nations. Mr. Johnson thought pecuniary reparation would have followed on the decision against England. Such compensation was not the primary object of the United States. It was in the interests of peace and justice to establish important principles of international law. " The British Minister," said Mr. Johnson, "rests his justification on the ground that the municipal law of a nation and the domestic interpretation thereof are measures of its duty as a neutral. That justification cannot be sustained before the tribunal of nations. At the same time Ido not advise any present attempt at redress by the legislation. The future friendship of the two countries must rest on the basis of mutual justice." The United States Government maintained their tradi tional policy, leaving European nations to choose their dynasties from their own systems of Government. This consistent moderation may justify a demand for a corres ponding moderation. The United States would regard it as a great calamity to themselves, to the cause of good government, and to the peace of the world, should any European Power challenge the American people, as it were, to defend Republicanism against foreign interference. The United States cannot foresee, nor are they unwilling to consider, what opportunities might present themselves or what combinations might offer to protect them against de signs inimical to their form of government. They desire to act in future as they have acted heretofore, and they will never be driven from that course but by foreign ag gression,'and they rely on the justice and wisdom of foreign Powers to respect the system of non-interference. The correspondence with France in reference to questions which have become subjects of discussion will at the proper time be laid before the house. Congress assembled on Monday. In the Senate Mr. Sumner introduced a new test oath for the inhabitants of the rebellious States, and a bill to enforce the constitu tional amendment by punishing attempts to control the services of any person contrary to the amendment. A resolution was also introduced declaratory of the adoption of the constitutional amendment. In the House the Clerk read the call of members, omit ting the Southern representatives. When the call for Tennessee was reached a member from Tennessee desired to speak. The Clerk refused him, whereupon an animate debate took place, Mr. Brooks protesting against the omission of the members from Tennessee and Virginia, and declaring that if Tennessee were not in the Union the Pre sident had no right to hi s pl ace a t the White House. The Clerk ruled that the debate was out of order. Tiao house REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury favours the repeal of the legal Tender Act at the earliest practicable moment, but does not urge it as an immediate measure. The paper currency afloat in the United States, including $700,000,000, is likely to be increased. The repot favours a decided movement towards the contraction of the currency, in order to save the country from wide-spread disaster. It recommends the Congress to declare that compound interest on notes shall cease to be a legal tender after maturity, and asks authority to issue 6 per cent. bonds at discretion, for the purpose of withdrawing the compound interest on United States notes. It also recommends legislation for the reduction of the debt, by funding obligations at maturity, and providing for raising the revenues necessary to pay the interest, and a oertain definite amount annually for the reduction of the principal. The expenditure for the year ending next June will exceed the receipts by $112,000,000, which is to bo pro vided for by leans. The estimated revenue for the year ending June, 1867, will give a surplus of $11,000,000. The Secretary of the Treasury is averse to a further issue of certificates of indebtedness for temporary loans, yet for a short period he may be obliged to resort to them to meet current expenses. He urges Congress to declare that the principal and interest of 5-20 Bonds for '62 and '64 be paid in coin, and opposes the renewal of the Canadian Reciprocity Treaty. The Royal mail steamship China, from Boston and Halifax, arrived at Queenstown at 5.15 a.m. to-day (De cember 15), with 122 passengers and $23,815 in specie, She landed all the mails, except the Scotch, and three passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 15.30 a.m. All well. 11EXICO. NEW Yonx, Dec. 5. The Minister of Juarez at Washington has received despatches from Mexico to the 17th ult., stating that the Emperor Max imilian's Minister had announced the Imperial budget to amount to $40,000,000, and the receipts to be nder $15,000,000. The French were concentrating their forces in the fron tier towns and had abandoned the interior of the country. The lsturbide family had renounced all right to live in Mexico, and all political claims to the Mexican throne for $lOO,OOO each. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 14.—Notwithstanding that English Consols are telegraphed with an advance of 1 per cent., the market is dull, with little business doing. Quotations, however, show very little variation. Rente and Credit Mobilier maintain yesterday's prices. Italian Fives are the only value in demand —this Stock has an advance of 20c., and is quoted at 65f. 55c. The weekly return of the Bank of France shows a decrease in bullion of nearly 4 mil lions of francs, and an increase in the portefeuille of nearly 12 millions. Three o'clock.—The market became buoyant towards the end, and closed on the following quotations :- 4} per Cents 97 30 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 05 Do. end month 69 21 Credit Mobilier 887 50 Do. end month Bank Shares 3790 Credit Fernier 1330 - Italian Loan 65 25 I Do. end month 65 65 RAILT Roman Ottoman Fives 43 75 Mexican Loan 4B 50 Do. Bondi 333 75 Russian 77' 7.7 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred WAYS. • Cash. Amt. Orleans Northern _ ~, 840 - - 1137 50 - 847 50 - 571 25 - 545 - - 520 - Lyous and Mediterranean. SOuthern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman - - . 428 75 - - 425 - - 166 25 - - ... 196 25 ... 155 - Royal English Opera• --.4---- On Wednesday night last a new operetta, en-, titled " Christmas Eve," the music by Mr. Deffell, the libretto by Mr. M. Brown, was produced for the first time at this theatre, but we cannot predict for it any lengthened term of existence, as the music is devoid of melody, and quite beneath that which the public have a right to expect from the management of the Royal English Opera Com pany. The title of the operetta would lead an audience to believe that they were about to hear a merry and pleasant little performance appro priate to the rapidly approaching festive season s but such is not the case—in fact, the " Christmas Eve" is dull, tedious, and unentertaining to a de gree, and the wonder is how the management could have been induced to accept so crude a com position. The plot, if we can call it such, simply consists in an elder sister mistaking a love-letter addressed to her younger sister by a certain cava lier, Sir Hubert, as' intended for herself. Of course she is unhappy at the discovery, but her grief is consoled by the arrival of Father Christ mas, who promises her all sorts of good things in place of her sister's lover. Miss Florence Lancia, Miss E. Heywood, Mr. Miranda, and Mr. Aynsley Cook were the vocalists engaged, and each did their best for the composer ; but the music, as we have before said, was too pointless and over pretentious for the best of talent to redeem. The management, by the manner in which the opera was mounted, we should imagine had no great confidence in the new produc tion ; but, whatever the expense incurred, it would have been far more profitably employed had it been devoted even to the revival of something more de serving representation. The brilliancy of Auber's charming opera " Le Domino Noir," however, soon made the audience forget " Christmas Eve," and if the direction are wise they will speedily set about some thing to replace the operetta more deserving the splendid theatre of which they are for the time being the possessors. Why can't they give us " Ads and Galatea," or something of that sort ? ST. JAMES'S HALL. Last night the Alleghenian Vocalists and Bell Ringers made their second appearance in London. The troup consists of four performers, two ladies and two gentlemen, who have, as we are informed, made a most successful four years' tour round the world. The troup have become famous for the beauty of their vocal abilities,. and certainly the performance of the opening quartette, " Behold the Day," by Miss Jenner, Miss Hiffert, Mr. Galloway, and Mr. Boulard, was the very perfection of part singing. A number of songs and duets followed, and then we heard the great feature of the evening, the performance on the bells. On a long table at the upper end of the hall a large number of hand bells are placed, and the above-named ladies and gentlemen, having arranged them in convenient order, perform all sorts of old familiar strains with the most telling effect. " Should Auld Acquaint ance be Forgot," " The Blue Bells of Scotland," " The Aurora Waltz," and, finally, " God save the Queen," called forth the most enthusiastic applause. The sound of the bells is melodious, pure, and sym pathetic, and the rapidity of the execution is per fectly astonishing. From the novelty of this enter tainment we have no doubt they will attract large audiences during the Christmas holidays. Mr. Thomas Wilson Ranson, of Sunderland, has retired from the direction of the Tyne General En gineerieg Company, and Mr. Thomas Wood Bun ning, consulting engineer, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, has joined the direction in his place. Pontifical Del ,cree for the Suppression of Brigandage. ItomE, Dec. 9. The following decree, stating the measures to be adopted for the suppression of brigandage in the Pontifical provinces, has been issued by Luigi Peri coli, the Apostolic Delegate of Frosinone : " For the more efficacious and prompt suppres sion of brigandage now infesting the provinces of Velletri and Frosinone, his Holiness, after consulta tion with the Council of State and the Council of Ministers, has ordered us, in a despatch from the Ministry of the Interior, to publish the following extraordinary measures : " Art. 1. A mixed commission of three military officers and three civilians is instituted in the town of Frosinone for the trial of all offences referring to brigandage that may occur in the two provinces. " 2. The mode of process will be speedy and summary, and the sentences will be subject to no appeal or revision. In the case of capital punish ment, however, the Pontifical Government will be consulted before execution of the sentence. " 3. In the case of procedure by default, a single intimation will suffice, granting the offender a period of ten days in which to present himself. If absent on the appointed time, the cause will be tried with out any other formality, and the summons and sen tence will be posted up on the door of the court of the commission and in the public places of Velletri and Frosinone. Should the accused afterwards fall into the hands of justice, he will be examined, and, being unable to offer sufficient ground for his ac quittal, will be dealt with according to the terms of the sentence already passed. In the opposite case the commission will deliver a new judgment, treat ing the first as if it had not been pronounced. "4. A assemblage of even three armed brigands will be considered as a band, the members of which are liable to the penalty of death by shooting. " 5. Any armed brigand not belonging to a band will be sentenced to the galleys for life. " 6. The supporters and abettors of brigandage, who may furnish arms or munitions, money, provi sions, clothing, or other matters, or may have given intelligence of the stations and movements of the Pontifical forces ; and whoever voluntarily by his own act, or by other means, shall in any way favour the brigands, will be arrested as accomplices, and as such punished with lesser grades of sentence than those indicated in Arts. 4 and 5. The parents and descendants, including the wives and other re latives to the fourth degree of affinity with the bri gands, will be liable to minor penalties, where it may be a question of acts committed against personal security. "7. Brigands and their accomplices will not enjoy the benefit of loyal immunity ; and the penal _ . ties above mentioned will he applicable to foreigners, notwithstanding the stipulations of Art. 3 and 5 of the regulation concerning offences and penalties. " 8. A reward of 500 crowns will be paid for the capture of a brigand, and 1,000 crowns for the chief of a band. These rewards are only due to the force that may have arrested or killed a brigand ; and where the arrest may take place in consequence of information, the person furnishing such information will be entitled to a fifth of the reward, " 9. The lives of those brigands will be spared who shall deliver themselves up to the Pontifical authorities within 15 days from the present date. If before promulgation of the present decree they had committed offences not liable to capital punish ment, the same will be dealt with by sentences lesser by from one to three degrees than those usually given. If neither before nor after being engaged in brigandage they have committed no other crime, they will be handed over to the police magistrate. " 10. All laws not contrary to the extraordinary measures announced in the present edict will remain in force. " Given at the Apostolic Palace of Frosinone, December 7, 1865. " The Apostolic Delegate, " LUIGI PERICOLI." MARKET S—This Day. ----- 141 ARK-LANE. The supply of English wheat on sale here to-day was moderate. For most qualities the trade ruled quiet ; never theless Monday's prices were supported. With foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied. Nearly all descriptions were in but moderate request, at Monday's currency. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates The supply of barley on sale was tolerably large. The best malting samples were firm in price ; otherwise the barley trade ruled quiet. Malt sold slowly at late prices. There was a large supply of oats on the stands. There was a steady demand for most qualities, at Monday's prices. Beans and peas changed hands at fully late rates. Flour was in fair average request, at full prices. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. —.-,... Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 1350 2590 1310 1380 1080 Irish - Foreign ......... 9830 4970 68,040 440 sks. 1420 brls. (tart Ag-s' C 11 0 M, 11 1 , 1 - . 41,4441ar HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Thursday. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur arrived at the Castle this morning, attended by Major Elphin stone. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales also ar rived at a little before two o'clock, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Keppel. Her Majesty, accompanied by the royal family, went to the royal mausoleum at Frogmore, and re mained for some time; after which, by her Majesty's command, the mausoleum was opened for the mem bers of her Majesty's household, and some of the royal tradespeople in Windsor, to visit it and testify their respect for the memory of the lamented Prince Consort. The Queen has remained in complete retirement at the Castle. The Prince of Wales. The Prince of Wales visited their Majesties the King and Queen of Portugal at Claridge's Hotel yesterday morning. His royal highness, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, afterwards went to Windsor Castle on a visit to the Queen. The prince returned to Marlborough House in the afternoon. The King and Queen of Portugal. It is peculiarly unfortunate that their Majesties the King and Queen of Portugal should have arrived in England at such an inopportune moment. The death of the King of the Belgians and the relation: ship of the King will necessarily preclude him and his consort from mixing in society. Their Majesties arrived late in the evening of Wednesday at Claridge's Hotel, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who was totally un- acquainted with their intended visit to London, immediately after learning of the arrival of his illustrious relatives, visited their Majesties. The Prince of Wales remained until nearly one o'clock on Thursday morning. The King and Queen were greatly disappointed at finding that yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Prince Albert, the consort of the Queen. Out of respect to the feel ings of the Queen, and, indeed, knowing her desire to be secluded ou such a memorable occasion , the King and Queen of Portugal abandoned all thought of visiting the Queen at Windsor. Yesterday morning the King and Queen of Portugal received Prince de Joinville. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales also visited the King and Queen early in the forenoon at Cla ridge's Hotel. After dejetiner with their suite, in cluding Madame de Sousa Coutinho, lady of honour; Count Valle de Reis, equerry to the Queen ; and Major de Sousa Folque, the King's aide-de-camp, their Majesties left town in order to pay a visit to the ex-Queen of the French and the royal family at Claremont. Their Majesties took luncheon with the Queen Amelia and friends at Claremont, and returned to Claridge's Hotel shortly after five o'clock. Yesterday evening their Majesties dined alone and remained at Claridge's. The King and Queen left London at an early hour this morning for Folkestone, on their way to Paris. The King will leave Paris this evening on his way to Brussels, in order to be "present at the obse quies of the late King of the Belgians. • Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke de Ne mours called upon his Majesty at Claridge's Hotel ; and amongst the other visitors were the Earl of . _ Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; Count Maffei, First Secretary of the Italian Lega tion ; his Excellency the American Minister from the United States to Portugal, and Mrs. O'Sulivan his Excellency M. Andrada, Brazilian Minister, and Madame Andrada ; M. and Madame Sarmento Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, &c. ANNIVERSARY OF THE PRINCE CONSORT'S DEATH AT WlNDSOR.—Yesterday was the fourth anniver sary of the Prince Consort's death, and the occasion - was observed at Windsor with the usual solemnity by her Mai jesty and the members of the royal family. In the morn ing her Majesty and such of the members of the royal circle as were at the Castle repaired to the mausoleum of the , Prince Consort in the grounds of Frogmore Lodge. The , interior of this place of sepulture had been prdviously'pre pared for the Queen's reception. A solemn service, at which the Very Rev. Gerald Wellesley, dean of Windsor, officiated, was performed in the chamber beneath the dome wherein lies the temporary stone sarcophagus een• - taining the body of the Prince ,Consort. Her Majesty and - 1 . the members of the royal family were much affected by the solemn ceremony, and having strewn the sarcophagus with chaplets of immortelles, laurustines, and chrysanthe mums, retired from the mausoleum shortly after 11 o'clock , - By her Majesty's command, the domestics of the royal household, and the Castle tradespeople and their families , were permitted to visit the mausoleum between the hours of 12 and four o'clock. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales wil l leave town to-day for Brussels, accompanied by Prince Arthur. Their royal highnesses will be attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Teesdale and Major Elphinstou e t R.E. They will proceed by the morning train to Brussels by way of Dover and Ostend. Prince Alfred will als ° probably be present at the funeral of the King of. the Bel gians. Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamberlain, the Troll. Sir Edward Cust, &c., leave town to day to attend the funeral. Lady Marian Alford leaves England to-day for Mentone, in the south of France, where Lord Brownl° has taken a house for the winter. DRURY -LANE THEATRE.—Mr. F. B. Chatterta l l joint lessee of the national theatre, announces annual benefit for Monday evening, when will be per' ' formed, in addition to the new drama of " Galway g ° Bragh," the tragedy of " Othello," with Mr. Phelps as the Moor and Mr. James Anderson as lago. The skill, g ood taste, and spirited enterprise by which the manageme nt of Drury-lane is now characterised, give Mr. Chatterten an irresistible claim upon the gratitude of play-goers, a nd entitle him to a brimming bumper on the night of his benefit. ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Mr. Frederick Burgess, toy manager of the original troupe of Christy Minstrels, Os; nightly attracting crowded audiences at the St. Ja me? ' Hall, takes a complimentary benefit on Monday and Tne ° , day evenings, next week, on which occasion the " troupe ' come out more than ordinarily strong. We are to h ale not only new songs and new dances, but the represents; tion, for the first time, of an original Ethiopian sketch O f the most laughable description, entitled "The Power 0 t Music, showing the influence of music on an allele°, cullor'd individual," and supported by the unapproach atu° comic pair, Moore and Crocker. There are vario us other attractions in the programme, but the well-known urbaail of Mr. Burgess would be quite sufficient to insure 0 32° bumper on the occasion of his benefit. DISEASED MEAT AND DISEASED CATTLE.—Wi thiI : the present week a large quantity of diseased heel quite unfit for human food, being the flesh of cattle ti iit o had had the rinderpest, has been seized by the authoritieo at Hartlepool and burnt. Several cattle at the same t c4 , o affected with the plague have been killed by order a t' t. government inspector (Mr. Peele), and their bodies bur' f. Altogether about 15 animals have been so di s posed ° o The animals, as well as the beef, had been received hi t/v local butchers from the neighbourhood of York. Wed - CATCH OF iiEßßlNGS.—Weymouth, Dorset, • eil nesday.—Since Sunday last the weather has w" o f more winterly in this locality than the preceding l' srt . t io the month, and during the last three days large quantqiiitf of fresh herrings have been caught in the bay , of a (Is' t o and size rarely found in the neighbourhood. It is estitasoet, that at one cast alone there was over 50,000 fish in ti l° o et which was found to be too small to contain them, as as t n cl AS was drawn ashore. Early yesterday morningthe bsbea strewn with a large number of fish that had been wtses ashore during the night, and numbers of the working ertilos soon made themselves busy in gathering the fish, an d ell s supplying themselves with food for some time to COne , la as the price of butchers' meat is at the present tirae.a,4 high, this rare opportunity will be all the more apprecil;t7of doubtless, as moat must now be a great luxury to n t 10 the poorer classes. It is a singular coincidence 11 , h ers December, 1847, there was a very large quantity et rings washed ashore here, which th e farmers ca rted e o i o to manure the land with, there being more than the _" ; could carry away while they were good for food. _atior During the last few days there has been_:,_ 0 01 more activity inthe market for Foreign and (3: fo r u lll 7 ba i _ l: : s 3l ,:e u ; - Produce. Sugars have sold well at full rat. ratio coffee there has been a fair demand, whi le . o jeS o f fhigherfruit t a rates nd s have pic beenes. Rice obtainedhasi,3ae e t the d previous values, while a better demandt_ii'e'sot . vailed for tallow, and quotations for bo P . and forward delivery are well maintained. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale are tolerably large. For most qualities there is a fair demand at the annexed quo tations. Per 81b by the carttase. cl s d Inferior beef 2 10 3 4 Middling do. 3 6 3 10 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Crime small do 4 4 4 6 Large pork 3 10 4 10 Lamb, Cs 0 ed ad Inferior mutton 3 6 4 0 Middling mutton 4 2 4 8 Prime do 4 10 5 2 Veal 4 0 5 0 Small pork 5 0 5 4 Id to Oa Od. BOROUGH HOP. A very moderate business is passing in all kinds of hops. Prices were without ma . edal change from our last report. New Mid and Ea.st Kents Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex Yearlings 93s to 135 s „ COLONIAL. TEA.—The market continues very quiet, without any change in prices. SUGAR.—A fair amount of business has been done in West India, and late rates have been maintained. In the refined market there is also rather more animation. COFFEE.—For Plantation Ceylon there has been a good demand at steady rates, while Native Ceylon has been neglected, and are quoted a shade lower. RicE.—The market continues very quiet, and prices are unaltered. FR:CIT.—The public sales have gone off with more spirit, and fully late rates have been supported for currants and raisins ; superior qualities of figs were a shade dearer. TALLow—The market has shown rather more animation, and quotations for both present and forward delivery are steady. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 49s 3d, and January to March 49s 6d per cwt. GREEN FRUlT—Market good, the approaching Christmas holidays creating an extra demand for fruit. Oranges im proved in value. Some- parcels—St. Michael, Terceira, Lisbon, Valencia, and Oporto—sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale-went at an advance in price. Lemons with out alteration. A moderate sale for nuts of all kinds at previous rates. Almeria grapes of find quality in request. Our readers will no doubt be glad to have the opportunity of perusing the following list of novelties which Mr. Chappuis, of 69, Fleet-street, has prepared for Christmas presents, among which will be found scientific toys and amusements for all ages, namely : —New pocket yaagnesium lamp, with wire, 6s. 6d.; pris matic humming-top, 4s. 6d. ; magic lanterns and 12 slides, guaranteed, 75., 10s., 155., or 255. ; a box of novelties in harmless fireworks, for drawing-rooms and gardens, viz., Japanese pleiades, feu follet, surprise -matches, Bengal fires, Pharaoh's serpents, magnesium wire and garden drops, for 6s. 6d. ; the novel patent bulliere, or bubble-amusement, scientifically applied, complete, with geometric frames, &c., Bs. 6d. ; polyoramas, with six artistic views and novel effects, 95., 125., or 21s. ; an open stereoscope with 12 excellent slides assorted, 10s. 6d. ; ditto, superior, with reflector and 12 slides, 19s. ; artistic sets-20 scraps, photographic gems, from album size to 6 by 8 inches, 125.; 12 charming cartes for album, scenery, celebrated paint ings, for ss. Gd. ; 12 album celebrities, at choice, from life, free 12s. 2d. ; useful articles for 6s.—one pair registered whist-markers, one stampholder, and one reading magni fying glass ; the leather whistmarker, 3s. Bd. ; 3 pretty ar ticles with scent; saucy China girl, a Pekin puzzle, and a Sezame-purse, 6s. ; a pair of capital puzzles, with surprise, ss. 6d. ; for 68. 6d.—a basket of fragrant grapes, a savings' bank, with scent and perfumery, also a surprise deviced puzzle ; the tell-tale mirror, to see within apartments passers-by in streets, complete, 21s. ; the reader's reflector, for the bedridden in daytime, 325. ; the Dreadnought illu minator, for reading in bed at night without danger, 355. ; also a variety of useful articles connected with the reflec tion of light, and for amusing, scientific, and domestic purposes. These prices include packing ready for rail, &c. Early orders are solicited to insure execution before Christmas. N• B. Remittances in stamps, 4cc., to accom pany order. 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