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TIVe; CREDIT FONCIER a n d MOBILIER of ENGLAND (Limited).--INOTICE of RE 110VAL.—Notice is hereby given that on and from 2d Jan., 1865, the business of the Company will be carried on at their New Offices, 17 and 18, Cornhill, instead of at their late offices, Lombard-street and Walbrook. By order of the Court of Directors, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. London, Dec. 31, 1864, 17 and 18, Cornhill. Now ready, TIIHE JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES' 1 DIRECTORY for 1865, price 215., containing Rail way, Assurance, Banking, Discount, Finance and Credit, Contract and Investment, Shipping, Dock, Hotel, Mining, and Miscellaneous Companies ; with an alphabetical list of Directors, <lre. Charles Barker and Sons, 8, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, E.C. T IFEBOAT SERVICES.—Daring the storms of the praent year the boats of thelational Lifebast Institution have saved 412 persons from 4ilferent wrecks on our coasts, The Institution also expended £14,;70 in the saw perls.cl ou lifeboat ertablishinents, in addition to grant .£l,49 as rewards for saving 693 shipwrecked per:ix - is by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnest y A PPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 133 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by Messrs Willis and Co., Reifies and Co., Coutts and Co., and by all the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institutio n , 14, John-street, Adelphi. WURNIIURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE -FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First•class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. C.J.ERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- Nisi' are respectfully informed that M essrs. C o b bett and Are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un- Tr'ql3SE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo . - e. • -- Avings of every description of Furniture and w tti ricer attached. A copy sent gist's and - p ation. This costly work also contains convict' 3timates for furnishing on the flowin olg revised s Ale A Six-roomed Parsonage f 74 E 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ A Twelve-roomed ditto Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valuable inforrnationto all requiring househild furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great .flalvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plyth, Wells, Oxford. Br on, Galksborough, Marate. er rufhstor, Wellingto Croydon,. Cambridge, Stai g nes, Dork i ng, St. A .ban's, Worcester, Ipswich, FeterbJrough, St. David's, 11'rexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Lr,t 3 f.. COI3I3ETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Depti ord bridge, London, S.E. • A.D. 1720. ROYAL. EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Eitablished by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pail-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY TELLY, Batt, Sub-Governor. JAMES STEWART HODGSON, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. ITenry Bainbridge, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Whinot Holland, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Geo. F. Malcomson, Esq. ark Currie Close, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Ee ward dames Daniell, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Hon. Josceline W. Percy. homas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Charles II (=oscien, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. M.P, It iversdale W. Grenlell, Esq. William 'Wallace, Lg. 1 obi.. Aanadeus Heath, Esq. Ch as. B aring Young, Eaq, Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F,R.S. NOTICE.—The wiltl fifteen days allowed 'or payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmai nill expire De 9th January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. FA RIII NG - STOCK. —No e stra charge s made fo: the use of a steam Thrashing Machine. The Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has ave raged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums vyable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding .£15,000 may be insured on ens Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Sodet ies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A it.u.r. LoYAL EXCITANCE, LONDON. 11OBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. E E T - 1. ' LIECHANICAL g DENTI Ttut. ~ „l.4.llties and great art,stic teesstl.lll , lu the pro .uction - • of—A't Llk. Tktait , a new principle. The real Y tae oith rfectia,n of r tof rue Dentistry will be expert eoad b, wislihu; themselves of professional na•.l , !ryg Mr. ALBERT, 34, Great Russell . ,t Bloomsbury. whose experience has enabled him to '.ll ad:hirable, convenient contrivances by artificial me a 4e, .nd which are so perfectly efficient. ~ ~ + h ;4, ( ctITY SHOW-ROOMS FOR GLASS AND CHINA, 147, lIOUNDSDITCH. )IEFRIES and SONS' TABLL GLASS, _ I r ER DESSERT, p tuerns. TRES, TAZZAS, •eecnt season, and SONS' CHANDELIERS, tne I M/11(g-room, In Bronze, Ormolu, and dilver. D . E FRIES AND --"S-(WS' CHANDELIE RS ' in Crystal, for the Drawing-room, for Gas or Candles f EF RIES AND SO NS ' CHANDELIERS, India.in Crystal, in the Veneti an an d Grecian designs, for - P:FRIES and SONS' r iaIS PE CIAL DESIGNS in Lamps EFRIES' AND SONS' WALL LIGHT CLandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered). Mb DEFRIES and SONS' promptly execute CLUB Mess, and Gen, rat Furnishing oracas ot:Chiaa, Glass, DEPRwltEthSratatnerud BooksSnasuplyi MERCHANTS DEFRIES and SONS have justackled Five • New Snow-Rooms to their extensive Manufactory hey have nnw on show the larg at a•soitment in the world the above goods of their (Ain manufacture. MANUFACTORY AND SHOW-ROOMS, 147, Houndsditch. HAIR -CURLING FLUID„ 248, High Holborn, London. —ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curl. Ladies' or Gentlemen s hair immediately it is appied. Sold at 3s 6d.; sent frc e for 51 stamps. /toss's Toilet Magazine, is 6d., or 20 stamps. el REY HAIR.--248, High Holborn, London.— , or ALEX. ROSS'S etiarges for Dyeing the hair perma nttntly- Ladic3' Hair from 73. 6d.; Gentlemen's from The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d ,or sent free for 54 stamps. It Is most easy of u' e. T ____________________ R DESTROYER, 24 8, High Holborn, i_ London.—ALEX.:lto;_•S'S DEVIL A t'ORY remover, without dicer. to the sk.n, superfluous hair from the face, la, cic, and arms. 35. 6d.; sent the same day as ordered by post for 51 stamps. ---- SPANISII FLY is the acting ingedient i n f IA LEX. ROSS'S C ANTHARI DES OIL, which peedily pr4duces wld-k.rs and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent iree fors4 sttonps. - At. ROSS, 218 Holborn, London. Essay on Hair, Id. p IMPLE REMOVER. —All diseases of the skin are Improved by one dose or ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove .redness, salowness .9ze 2s. 9d.; by p )01 tor 40 st anps.—A LEX. ROSS, 245, High Bulborr, Lonuon. A LEX. 'ROSS' FACE POWDER, Is. ; sent for 14 stamps ; Eye Colour, 3s. rd. or 54 st amps. Skin t o pr of oduces a 8 , transcendent complexion, 45., o r do stamps. Thom itose 34. ufgh I3olborn , London. ~ or 51 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS. 218, PRI Z E DIE I) A L.—INTERNATIONAL .EsII.II3ITLON, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER dr CO., Wax Chandlers, (tro 41 To the Quee n and the Prince of Wales . ' (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Rep or t on %Pax and Church Candles, in 18i12, testifies to 'he excellence o f the quality of Xessrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A dtstinguishe,l Dignitary in a letter addressed to Franots Tucker and Co.. on the sutuuct of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : .. I have found them fully equal to the recommendation Which you gave them, and can sincerely, in rny turn, 1 com mend them to the cler4y fur the use of thz. altar." Finest finality, with tatted Wicks, patented.. . 2d. per lb. Or,Lnary quality ES Ilest VEGETABLE L, with a Mi xture of Wax. quality CAND.„ .. .. .. •• .. i s. t,d. per lb Feemitl quality .• , • .• ... s. 3d. per lb. Third qualiiy .. .. .. •• • • •• Is. Id. per lb Varriage pa d in London on Orders of !lye rounds In value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.. South Molton-street, Cirosv( no: -square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment InEngland for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for a ie use of the Altar. COALS —The LILLIESHALL COALS. CO MPANY'S ‘J ' • 2.7[5• Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. ..... .28s. per ton. I Double.. ....... 21s. per ton. Top ................ „ I De, p ...... . .... 'as. Well ecreened and delivered. ithin five miles ot their De. pJts, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf raddincrten, W., arid 3I road, N. Beet Coke ................. 15s. per chfildron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, dole Aleut LATEST EDITION supplied Rs of " THE SUN ' W. ALEXAND, soo ER (l i t e n ß ai published every Evening:, 24, by BOOKS), Old Cavendlan-itreet, Oxford•street. News paper Agent Kent and Co. Monthly. Price 3d. en:: 4a. 3 ba lcony,, ; .. stalls IL I.init.:vr and (slonda•ctor, L:, ---Trofgrctx. • e l ata lt ijfahed - 4v '0 1; • .- • ' • y . It I > NEW A DbITI ON. — . 4 .`Cer! , - 1, -17 , 7 , • • q pat of 71! Vr. T Ell. :,• 6.- . . . „ . . -.cu. •Itrz.a .0,0 be taken tis,' De .tar vunuvan, is now added to the Chamber a ct Physiognomy. Open, on Boxinz Day only, from 10 a.m. till 10 1 112 14 o.her days from 11 a.m. till 5 pin., and from 7 ill it). Admittance, One Slat ling i extra roams, Sixpence._ ITM _ A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill -street, Piccadilly. the weer and LEVY appear at nine, ten, and eleven O'clock durbq P lay new music nightly, Admission, One Shilling. B U SIN ESSE S. —Arr, ----16TDREW HIND'S NOsExlnEtt LIST, Containing 500 13ttainesses, Premises, Partnerships, Gratis. _Letters, enclose stamp s .particulars entered free. OFFICES—CORNER OF LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S 1111 E I GNAI 0U T 11, Devon. —Mr. ANDREW AL ' HIND has received instructions to SELL a Gentle man'a RESIDENCE , with grounds of about 3 acres. The house is pleasantly situate; contains dining, two drawing rooms, nine red - rooms, three dressmg-roorns, library. house keeper's room and offices, conservatory, garden, three -stall stable, two CoaCh - honsee, &C. It stands on high ground, and the views from it are gool. Distance from the sea about a mile. Price £2,600. Particuirs and cards to view at the City ventral Estate Offices Paul's. ,corner of Li ttle Carter-lane, St. D I NNEFORD'S PURE FLUID MAGNESIA has been, duri, g thirty years, emphatically sanctioned by the Medical Profession, and universL,ly accepted by the Public, as the It, st Remedy for Acidity of the Stomach. Heartburn. Headache, Gout, and Indigestion, and as a Mild Aperient for delicate constitutions, more esp ci ,lly for Ladies and Children. Combined with the Ac,cidulated Lemon Syrup it toms an agreeable Effervescinz Draught, in which its Aperient qualities are much increased. During Hot Seasons, and, above all, in Hot Climates, the rezular t se of this sim ple and e egaat remedy has been found highly beneficial. v Man ufactured (with th e utmost attention to strength and orniVon, .bya..):llNs:ill:PbOy Hal? respectable , 2 New R A C' f). llehemiets—tt—o-ultlieoeuti the _Empire. IVOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. —The greatest and 11 most neet,tl invention of the day, A GUA to RELL a. Messrs. JOHN GOS NE Id. and CO.. 3, Kine-court, Lombard. street, London Pertumo:s to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public ;his truly marvellous fluff i. which gradually resbres the human hair to its pristine hue no matter at what age. The Aqua Amarella has none ot the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Prive one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, Its. fit Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Peri umers to her Royal Highness the Princes ‘ of Wales. nRNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, V ,nd Dining-room, consisting of anew and megant assort ,,, e a t of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink ,tands, beautiful inlaid Tablas, Paper weights, /to., in Italian, Alabas er, I'arian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, eko. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT Mine. ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand , W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, HINERA LS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly acilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY CON each, snd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINX R&LOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand. W.C. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN,_ perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. Nothlnz equals the properties and qualiCes of the Soap No. 1 for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cane of cutaneous afrections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatum for the hair. odour. • ge cream for sulphur b a th s, without any disagreeable Bare All theme preparations may be had at the central depot, t2IA, Regent-street, London, W. ; and at Mep,srs. Newbery gad Sons, Barclay ~ n d Sons, Edwards, Heating., San,ter a , d Son, k veaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlet, and test - mou'als firer , on a plicalion. Agent for Edinburgh —Mr. John 111'liay, chemist. 119, George-street. 911 E E T ll.—Afr. ESKELL'S PATENT._ Th e c exclueive 'right to this Patent was secured to Mr. Eskell, ot Grosvenor-stret, Grosvenor -square, by her Ma jesty's tioral t-eal (July 17, 1880), and can only be procured at his residence where speemens maybe seen, and every infor mition can be obtained. Under this Patent, Artificial Teeth, 1 to last a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without pain or extractions. They support loose teeth, and protect tender gums; their resemblance to nature is perfect and un detectable, and they are guaranteed tor rnasticatinn and articulation Treatise on the subject sent for seven stamps. COnsultations free. "Mr. OPINI ONS OF TIIE PRESS. Eskell, dent4l-surgeon, ha,+ succeeded in producing artificial teeth , and so constructiog them that they last their purpose a lifetime. . • • The process has been patented, and promises to be •most valuAble."—Court Journal, August 4, 1880. "A surpesing novelty i n the adaptation of artificial teeth othe gum by a patented principle, which sure the most perfect aid, combined with the greatest ease and agreeable appearance. " —Morning Advertieer, August P, 1860. Decayed teeth stopped, &c. Terms strictly moderate. 8, Grosvenor -street, Bond -street, BL A CKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. for JANUARY, 1865. No. DXCI. Price 2s. 6d. CON TENTS. Tony Butler.— Conclusion. A. Visit to the Cities and Camps of the Confederate States, 1863-64.—Part 11. Italian Portraits. Cornelius O'Dowd upon Men and Women, and other Things in General. Part XII. The Fight ever tue Way.—Travesties. —About Doctors.— On certain Droll Peodle —A Hint to Postage Stamp Collectors.—lhe People who come late. Life in an Island, Day and Night. 'I he Man and the Morikey. Nile Ruins and Nile Explorers. The European Situation. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. THE CHURCH OF THE PEOPLE (the ad vocate of lercel Parish Churches) ENLARGED lo 32 Church Polity—Church Work Church Finance - ( hurch Extension. pages, Bvo. January No, 1863, with wider scope and under new editorship, THE NEW NOVEL. —LYNN of the CRAGGS. by CHARLOTTE SMITH, 3 vulumes, may be obtained at all the Libraries. London : Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 14, Ludgate hill. Now Ready, price td., PEARCE'S WEATHER ALMANAC for 1865. Containing pred etions of weather for every day of the year ; also the probable storm periods. By ALFRED J. PEARCE, Author of "The Weather Guide Book," arc , dm. Mr Pearce's predictions of former storm periods have been more successful than those of Any other "Rea her prophet," French or English. London:: Simpkiu, Marshall, and Co., and a:1 Booksellers. COMMODORE NUTT & MINNIE WARREN. ST. JAMES'S HALL, Piccadilly.— THIS DAY and during the HOLIDAYS. —THREE GRAND LEVEES DAILY, at Eleven and Eight o'clock. "Na ure's Smallest Edition of her choicest work"—a Bachelor and Belle of mature age, not larger than Two Infants I ! At Eleven o'clock they appear in the identical COS'IME wftn by them at the Marriage of GE TOM THIJMI3 ; and they also perform Songs, Duets, Dan s, giving several Comic personations, with an entire change of programme at each Levee. They will be drawn to and from St. James's Hall in their Lilliputian Carriage by four of the Smallest Ponies in the world, presented to them by General Tom Thumb; Box Wilco from 10 tilt 4 o'clock. Admission, ls. and 28. ; reserved seats, 3s. Ch:ld-en half price to the 2s. and 3s. seats* MR and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS, in which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY; and to cone ude with 3IR:. ROSELE AP AT TB E SEAS I via:. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening except Saturday) at Eight; Saturday Afternoon, at Three. • -ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA TION, 14, Regent strew. Unreserved seats, is., 28. ; stalls, Is. ; stall epring chairs, ss. OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by Maetarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every TUE-DAY and T HURSDAY, at Three. T E XFORD 6 , , OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEJ AUX ENFERS (Off?nhach's brilliant Opera Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the Song : "King, Boootia " Hmn to Bacchu ;" and the spirited Hilliho " Chorus, be Eu y rydice, Diana, Cupid, and horus ; the side-splitting "Couplets," by Minerva, Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pl uto, and Chorus ; a. d final andra Galop. Principal characters by Misses R usse ll , Fitz , Lascelles. Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene an d Also, the new Cantata, KING CHRIST3LIS, written by Litchfield Mosely, Eaq , and composed by Herr Meyer Lutz, expressly for this estataishment. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. • THE DESCENT OF MERCURY, by Mr. Jas. Talli)tt. LE MONSTRE CHARME, by M. SILVESTRE. MComURRAY, edy, b MrLITT y . W LEILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON the day. 808, and all th e procurable Talent of OANTERBURY HALL. Tkj The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, the most extraordiniry Christmas Entertainment in Lon don (inclui nz the Whole strength of the establishment), should be seen to be appr,ciated. The usual Oper. , tic Selections by. Hisses Russell, Baree, Hays. Godden, &c. ; Messrs. La.,celles, Harland, Leaumont, Kimberley, &c. Musical Director, Mr. P. Jonghmans. Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randal', Mr. Hilton, Stacey, Woodm an, L ittle Bob, &c. Evcry even ng at 7 o'clock. ROYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial -street, Shorediteli. (Close to the Great Enstern Terminus'. Sole Proprietor, slr. G. W. NUGENT. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS UP TO CriRISTMA Operatic Sele tLns, thc. Prima Donna, Miss ELLT The Conic strength of the Comniny incimieF ADAMS, NELLY i'UWER, J. G. PORDE, V LEYROURNE, Mr. Iib:RBI:R.I% J. F. , Family; FRIQIES CAVALLIN I, the • „„ I..,wus ant' Gv^ , .Cirque Napoleon, • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, the new Operetta, in one act, en titled PUNCHINELLO. Followed by the new Grand Christmas Pan•omime, THE I lON AND THE UNICORN FIGHTING FOR THE CROWN. THE ATR E-R OYA L/ ii,DRURY-LANE, Managers, Messrs. E. Falconeinind F. B. Chatterton. Tills EVENING, and during the week, A YOUNG LAD FROM THE LOUNTRY. After which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, HOP O'MY THUMB AND HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven-League Boots : Messrs. G. eel more, Toni Matthews, G. Weston, Master Percy Hostile, &c. Misses Lydia Thompson. R. Lccleicq, &c. ; Messrs. Boleno, U. Lauri, W. A. B arnem, T. Morris, Cormack, Savi.le ; Boleno, the Misses Gunniss, and Signor Tescano. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Dec. 31, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buckstone, itogers, Clark, Coe, Weti• thereby, ttc, ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, &o. After which, LORD DUNDRE ARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Braid, Gordon, Clark, White, Coe, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Hill, &c With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. Keeley. And MRS. WHITE. To commence at 7. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Mr, YEUTTER will er form y allowed great impersonation 01 RUY BLAS his EVERY universall EVENING until further notice. THIS EVENING, to commence with MY WIFE'S OUT. Messrs. Widdicomb, Charles; Miss B. ,Percy and Miss E. Lavenu. Atter which, at 8 o'clock, RUY BLAS. Ruy Blas, Mr. Pechter. Messrs. Ryder, Fitzpatrick, ore DPlntyre, Garden, Raymond, Uollett, C ifford, Mand ; Misses Car lotta Lealercq, B. Percy, and Mrs. Winstanley. To conclude with a Farcical Oriental Extravaganza, en titled BAREFACED IMPOSTORS. Schahabaham (a pasha of three tails, Mr. Raymond; Mustapha, Lis vizier, Mr. Garden ; DV Stumps and Jack Hocus, quondam proprietors of the ori g a l un i e d h a p py family, MessreMol.eland mind Viddicumb , Ali, chief guardian of the ladies of the Harem, Mr. Collett ; Osman Khan, chief executioner, Mr. Bunch ; Achmet Aga, an officer of the Sultan, Mr. Kelly; Mirzs Hajji Baba, chief keeper of the monkeys, Mr. Regan; Ayeslia, formerly Jemima Stumps, but no first favourite of the pasha, Miss Lavenu ; Fatima, second favourite of the pash Miss B. Percy; Shekerleb, third favourite of the pasha, Miss Travers; Beda, fourth favourite of the pasha, Mis 4 Watson; Zenobia, formerly banou of the harem, chief wife of the pasha, but now discarded for Ayesha, Miss Hatch. Various choice specimens of zoology, guards, slaves, and attendants, by Ihe numerous and talented Smith family. Divertissement des Odalisques - Doors open at Half-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev,n till Five. called into existence. It is within this same interval that the Steam Engine has been transformed from a Stationary Engine into a Locomotive. It was only a very few months prior to the Battle of Waterloo—it was while NAPOLEON was yet immured as Emperor in the island of Elba—that the Steam Engine and the Printing Press were first combined for the rapid printing of a great daily newspaper—namely upon that thenceforth ever -memorable date, the 29th of November, 1814, when the Times was first of all steam-printed! Duringthese Fifty Years, MACADAM has been superseded by STEPHENSON ! The" Rocket" has outstripped the " Highfiyer!" The engine driver in his fustian jacket, has long since, replaced the stage coachman in his innumerable capes. Old WELLER is as much a personage of the past as a Druid—while cinderous Mr. TOODLES, stoking himself as well as his engine, is the homely and familiar JEHU of nowadays. It was only after 1816 that we began to get rid at last of the dingy little oil lamps previously lighting our streets—sub stituting for that old-world system of oil lamps (at the outset, with immense difficulty) the then new fangled scheme for lighting our towns and cities with Coal Gas ! A material or " pabulum" now consumed at the annual rate—here, in London alone —of about eight thousand millions of cubic feet, according to a recent calculation made by Mr. HOLLINGSHEAD ! Within this Half Century, the old blundering "Sema phore" has yielded up its place to that wondrous system of the Electric Telegraph —the fibrous threads of which ramify hither and thither all over these islands, under the Channel, far and wide over the whole European Continent, trail ing under •$e .of the, illExliterranean, into Africa, into ./isia the Nervous System of the Modern World I Nay, upwards of seven years ago, upon the 16th of August, 1857, were there not momentarily exchanged thrilling through the core of those thousands of miles of the Atlantic Cable, trailed profoundly along the channel of the mighty ocean dividing Europe from America —certain memorable communications of amity and good-will, flashed to and fro through the same marvellous agency, from one continent, to another, between the English Sovereign and the American President ? Within this interval of Fifty Years it has been, moreover, that we have learned at last how effectually to mitigate--even at intervals, it might be said, to annihilate—pain, through the benignant influence of Chloroform. It has been within this same interval of fifty years, as recently, in fact, as in 1842, at Singapore, that Dr. MONTGOMERY discovered a perfectly new and mar vellous material for commerce and manufacture in Gutta Percha. It was during the September of 1847. that Gold was found lying about in such astonishing abundance at California—afterwards in Australasia —afterwards in Vancouver ! It has been only since the 7th of January,: 1839—when DAGUERRE first made known to the public his own wonderful dis coveries, and the yet earlier discoveries of NIEPCE, in regard to the action of light as a means of per petuating the marvellous images of the Camera Obscure— that we have been learning (every year more and more effectually) how our portraits can be taken as it were in the twinkling of an instant, by the pencil of a sunbeam. It has been as recently as within the last 18 years of this same wondrous Half Century, nay, it has been no further back than since the year 1846, that we have been taught. by the astonishing mechanical tee;pity of EL ins HOWE, of Massachusetts,-1-I, . 14451.°:i 'inns . • of TvElir THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- A-1 ..;;6010 k•rupriht antl Abu:lager, tt. A etn4Ler. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole. Ai er which, at 8, LEAH. Mies Bateman ; Messrs. Geo. J rdan, Swinbourne, R. Phillips, Stuart; Miss H. Simms. Hrs. Billington. To conclude with DARK DOINGS IN THE CUr- BOARD BY THE KNoTTIMPEII BROTHERS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, R. Phillips, and Mrs. A. Mellon. Commence at 7. MISS BA TEMA N.-NEW T begs announceHEATRE YA L ADELPIII.— Mr. Webster to that the ß g O reat Tiagedienne, Miss BAT it:MAN, having peaer formed with unparalleled success the character of " Lh" fora period of nine consecutive mouths during the last season at this Theatre, and since won the plaudits of thousands in Liverpool, Birmingham, Dublin, Manchester, and blasgow, she will RE-A PPEA it at this Establishment To-night, Jan. 2d, 1885, in her original character of the Jewish Maiden for a limited number of nights, previously to her appearing in other illustrations of the Cla• sic Drama, which are in prepa ration. The B x-ollice will be opened on Monday, Deo. when places may be secured for ..uiss Bateman's engagement a fortnight in advance. [4O.YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Extravaganz , entitled THE MAGIC HORSE AND THE ICE MAIDEN' I RINCESS. After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrester. 11. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Mitid Rainy Gwynne. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THI-i EVENING, at 7, SHORT AND SWEET. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, THE "GRIN" BIJIIES ; or, the Mrs. Brown of the Mississippi. Messrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton, &c.; Itlesdames Ada Swanborough, Raynham, Slinl..son, Johnstone, ac. To omclude with THE WILFUL. WARD. Miss Palmer HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DA.Y.—Morning, 4h. 5Q- ~ —Afternoon, sh. 20m. - Dr:l.—Afternoon, c' 81U. .puctuS tr.TBEP.S will . "A‘ of thi ellilig.-i1u. , .i1p• , ::: . ,.... - Li.!;g thi Led ENTIRELY IN w ix :Alul riftV I 'laza rtt ottr a. ker- '. a -~y „rack. 1/1..%.L1V, ;.:., ~ leriuith _ _f _ tatte of the ty perfect' ? kgible in - Will be ready for publication almost immCiately, when ie shall have the pleasure of presenting a copy of it to each of our subscribers. yed eye— Non-subscri'oers can obtain this singular imvelty in the Photographic Art—to be entitled— A SUN PORTRAIT, either at our own Office, 112, Strand, or at any Photographic Publishers in the United Kingdom. A similar Photograph --of the size of an ordi nary Carte-de-Visite--giving a facsimile of the very First Number of this one of the Oldest of the Daily London Newspapers, will be published simul taneously. _ Z:b , Cous4 , V * 441i*-.110 S I T it 5*444 LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 2, 1865. Yesterday the Fifteenth Year of the second half of this Nineteenth Century duly commenced. So that by Midsummer next upwards of half a cen tury will have elapsed since the last of those gigantic Battles in which the philosophic genius of Sir EDWARD CREASY has so sagaciously recognised the few great turning-points in the history of the human race. Fully half a cent ury , past and gone, since th e d ate of the Battle of Waterloo And that half century, moreover, one so extra ordinary of its kind, that we do not hesitate to affirm, with regard to it, that it marks an epoch o f intellectual development —particularly i n respect to the physical sciences —more notable of its kind in the annals of humanity than —we will not merely say any other half century that could be specified, nay, nor, even, than an rounded y completely r century preceding it, but we will go so fa as to add, than any given thousand that could b e named ! ,in years And' asserting thi s, we would h ere at once insist that we are in no way whatever guilty of a n ythi ng like ex travagance or exaggeration. During these Fifty Years last past a more astounding ad vance than had e ver before been dreamt of, has been made among the civilised races of the earth in the way of developing appreciably their material civilisation —in respect, as we have said, more particularly to the expansion of the physical sciences ! Otherwise to express it—in the applica tion of the fruits of these physical sciences towards the furtherance and the multiplication of the per sonal comforts and social conveniences of mankind, more has been accomplished, we would seriously maintain, during these last Fifty Years, than during any other age, no matter what its duration, that could be particularised. As affording conclusive evidence that, in thus writing, we are writing distinctly within the mark, we need direct attention simply and exclusively to actual known Facts. Facts that meet our observation daily upon all hands and in countless multitudes —Facts that it is utterly impossible for any one to over look. Within the narrow compass of this Half Century— since the Downfall of NAPOLEON, since the close of the last great European war—the New World and the Old have been covered with an iron network of Railways. It is during these last fifty years, in fact, hat the whole of the vast Railway System has Dem THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY •RVEMNG, JANUARY 2, 1865. on. Acror4 ;ic States Will continue to be the chief seat of v • r. - • of the World—in regard to the fecundity of these Fifty Years, in the expansion of the Physical Sciences, in the development of Man's Material civilization—it will be found that it begins there and that it ends there. The expansion is that purely of the Physical Sciences ! The develop ment is that simply of a Material Civilization ! Spiritually, ethically, morally regarded, these Fifty Years that have brought us the Railway, the Electric Telegraph, &c., &c., have brought us before their close—among other priceless fruits of the Age We Live In—Mormonism and Spirit-Rap ping—cynical depreciations of Revelation, such as those penned by the reverend Essayists and Re viewers, or, let us say, such as those penned by a certain Right Reverend commentaor upon the Bible, one apparently bent, as one may say, upon measuring the Infinite by a two-foot rule ! Bring ing us, moreover—this same last Half Century--- among these and divers other kindred fruits—a spasmodic Revivalism that, in its wildest parox ysms, looked very much, indeed, like insanity ! Bringing us, beyond all this, M. RENAN'S profane sentimentalism--a sentimentalism applied, not to what CHATEAUBRIAND reverently called the Genius of Christianity so much,, as actually, even, to the Divine Founder of it ! Unparalleled as these last 50 years have been, therefore, as we maintain, in the History of the Human Race—when looking back along that vast perspective of the centuries of which we have any record—they are unparalleled mainly, if not exclusively, we would here equally insist, by reason of their expansion of the Physical Sciences, by reason of their development so very wonderfully of a Material Civilisation. , r - The arrival of the City of Glasgow with news from New York up to the 19th ult., although it does not bring us any unexpected news, at least serves to contradict some of the erroneous rumours of the Hansa. Up to that date, the 19th, Savannah had not fallen, although its capture was confidently looked for by the Federals. The mistake made by the Voruna on leaving Charleston Bar arose from the vessels of Admiral DAHLGREN'S fleet being gaily decorated with flags and streamers in honour of some great success, most probably for the capture of Fort M'Allister, so that our anticipations that the news would at least prove premature were well grounded. But Savannah is not certain to fall into the hands of the Federals, although, of course, its capture is possible enough. It is closely be sieged, but it is also strongly defended, and the strength of Confederate entrenchments has been proved more than once. General SHERMAN'S army is said to be in good condition, having lived on the pest of the land ; but we question the accuracy of the statement, that during his march he has only lost a thousand ' men ! In Tennessee, meanwhile, the Federals have achieved a more positive success, although the real condition of the respective armies of HOOD and THOMAS is not yet accurately stated. Northern papers talk about the capture of 50 guns and 10,000 prisoners, which we may perhaps divide by four, if we wish to learn the truth. Meanwhile the Federal losses have gone up to 3,000 ! HOOD has fallen back on the Brentwood hills, and it is supposed he would recross the Tennessee. BREPTCr..7, most likely join him. THOMAS has recclv,:u. „1.,, or-General ship it aonour of the victory which has filled the North with c 2. Zi9 :i ' , ar Oi s -I rlffee43 re an. ~,~ phosphorus boot - nate : Jr .- 7)- the Congreve. Ally, by the Lucifer! Fit,' y --and what, astounding advances have we not beet made in the Science of Optics alone by practical philosophers, such at Sir DAVID BREWSTER (still happily in his green eld age surviving in the midst of us), in the exquisitely beautiful applications of those hitherto undetected or disregarded laws of optics, out of which have grown Sir DAVID'S two lovely discoveries—there of the Kaleidoscope —here of that still more curious and magical contrivance, the Stereoscope. Fifty years—and . the expansion of the science of Optics has carried human know ledge and human eoservation yet further onwards —incalculably further—than to the comprehension of the hitherto unrecogrised or unappreciated mystery of Binocular Vision. Philosophy, combining to gether in an exquisite union some of the subtler laws, here of Chemistry, there of Optics, has, during this same marvellous Half Century, has, in effect, only but very recently,indeed, ext en d e d its researches into the abysses of space, into the immeasurable depths of the infinite universe surrounding us —re vealing to us, one by one, and with the utmost ex actitude, the constituent elements of the Fixed Stars, through the weird agency of what is now known as Spectrum Analysis ! In the carrying me out of the sche me f or th e d evelopment of which sublime investigations by means of the Messrs. MILLER and HuGGucs' newly cortrived instrument of the Spec troscope, not only are we enabled to detect the constituent elements of the Fixed Stars with as much certainty as we can those of any substance lying within the palm of our hand—but, yet more wonderful to relate, we are, in addition to all that, empowered in the very process of these inquiries to discover new substances in nature-- metals that have never before been dreamt of— metals such as those alread li" y (literally) "b roug h t t o ht" by the study of Spectrum Analysis—metals, let us say, like thallium and caesium and rubidium ! Fifty years (looking in another directio n ) an d t h ere was no such ar t as t h e art of Lithography —an art first hit upon by a hutky accident, in his garret at _Munich, by the hand of the ingenious ALOIS SENE- FELDEN. Enumerating, however, a trifle more rapidly, di vers other marvellous appliances of more or less impor tance, given to th e world within these Fifty y ears last past—while War has won for itself fo rm id a bl e .AR instruments of destruction such as the Rifl e d C annon of ) ISTRONG and WinTwoRTH, Percussion C a p s and COLTS'S such as WRIGHT'S needle- Revolvers, such as th e gun of the Prussians and the gun-cotton of ScHONBEIN—the interests of Peace h ave b een enhanced an d advanced by many boons n o t y e t even hinted a t ! Boone, a c omplete and mi nu t e l y , accurate list of which, it would be difficult, indeed, here, upon the of the m omen t , to spur enumerate. F rom Si r Ponta ROWL AND HILL'S P enny ge to NAsurrn's Steam Hammer—from M'Coßmicß's Reaping Machine to PHILIP S ' Fire Annihilator —from FUCH'S Water-glass Paint ing to VILLEME'S Photo -Sculpture --the catalogue of these beneficent improvements in Art, Science, and industry, nay, even (as in the instance of the Penny Postage System) in the amelioration of the social condition of the civilised races of the earth__ the wondrous catalogue would be found, if it were attempted, to extend in all directions ! Yet—when everthing has been said, in is w ay, in reg ar d t o th e fecundity this of thi s l as t Half Century in the History a ni‘rn . N..l nf s. Ihe civil news is very import; o find that President t A 14-0644,-:, atatesniaLsl. v at i ! i_y i .. , c' 3 obnoxious or I Canaui,:f. frontier for tli, , Which wart, inticed iittk 1a 4 ; . , , (.*.i.arai.lot of --- . lya, aga i nst. Gieat Britain, a stt i , -,•-' ieh Mr. LlN mi must see would b e f a t a l t o G over , M I , Goverment d his cause. Th e N or th ern press for the most pa ~, regrets the disavowal of the order, while much excitement prevails in Canada, where the Parlia ment is summoned to meet on the 19th. The Toronto Globe very justly says that Canada must look to her naval defences. It is said that the PRESIDENT has made a draught of 300,000 men, and a long discussion has taken place in the Senate on the bill for authorising the expenditure of twenty million dollars for fortifications and floating batteries on the Canadian frontier. The Canadians, we are glad to see, are prompt in their turn, and intend sending immediately thirty companies of volunteers to guard the frontier. Altogether, the news, civil and military, is of an exciting and interesting character. The Revenue on the whole is as favourable as, under the circumstances, could be expected, espe cially when we take into account the large remission of taxes. One thing appears to be rather singular, which is that we find a decrease on the quarter,. a decrease on the nine months, and a decrease on the year ! But there is one consolation to reflect upon, that the decrease is on profit, and not on our losses. The decrease on Customs is doubled by the increase on Excise, which is very cheering symptom. The net decrease for the quarter is £248,570, that for the nine months of the financial year £83,589, while that for the year just ended is £308,246. Consi dering the many adverse circumstances with which we have had to contend, it may be regarded as satisfactory that the state of the Revenue is, at all events, no worse, instead of being no better than it is. It proves the buoyancy of the national finance that, notwithstanding the depression of the Cotton Trade, so little material difference should have been felt. When we consider that within the last two sessibns the Tea and Sugar Duties have been reduced, and the Property. Tax diminished from ninepence in the pound to sixpence, and that each penny so reduced represents nearly a million sterling, we have good, reason to rejoice at the condition of our National Exchequer. All the decrease, it may be - observed, after a careful survey of the tables, is attributable to the reduction of taxation, and not to any falling off in our material prosperity. With the exception of those in which there has been a decided reduction, there has been a positive increase in every source of revenue. The Property Tax, it is true, shows a decrease of £1,809,000,_ and the Customs a decrease of £886,000 ; but the Excise return has increased more than a million and a-half, which is in itself an important test of the national prosperity; and on Stamps the increase has been £216,000, while in the Post Office an increase is perceptible of £260,000 for the year, of which the last quarter alcine contributes a hundred thousand. This shows clearly that the increase is progressive ; and alto gether it appears a very satisfactory state of things that we behold, especially when compared with some of our Continental neighbours. THE EXECUTORS OF THE LATE MR. DAVID ROBERTS intend to have an exhibition of all his drawings, to be open in London, we believe gratuitously, early in the spring. - THE POET LAUREATE, it iS rumoured, will 4hortly be created a baronet. MR. RANTING'S CARTE DE YISITE is just now the rage among photograph collectors. r ittiOl itBo , - B Pedoes i ~,' ~ 'j u. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. NEW YORK, DEC. 22, EVENING. Advices from Savannah to the 18th inst. an. nounce that General Sherman was still actively en• gaged in operations to compel the surrender of tha . city. The New York Herald asserts that he had de stroyed 40,000,000 dols. worth of cotton, and cap tured 1,000 negroes, 4,000 prisoners, and 30 guns. His loss only amounted to 1,500 men. General Hood has crossed Duck River. Thomas is in pursuit. The head-quarters of the later are near Columbia. Hood's losses are estimated at 12,000 men and 50 guns. A portion of Lyon's forces have been defeated in Kentucky, with the loss of all their artillery. Burbridge has retreated from before Saltville. A resolution has been introduced into the Con federate Congress to send commissioners to confer with commissioners appointed by the Federal Government upon the restoration of peace. Foote made a speech in the Confederate Senate, urging the passing of a currency bill, as the South was on the verge of ruin, and Congress was build ing up an irresponsible despotism. The interfer ence of the President was the cause of the present unfavourable military situation. Savannah was about to fall, and the fate of Charleston seemed only deferred a few days later. Mr. Foote refused to support the measures passed by the Secretary during the session, and announced his withdrawal from Congress. C.OIIIMEACIAL L7ILLIGENCE. sv YORK; Dec. '22 (Evening). Money easy.. Gold, 221. Exchange on London, 243 ; on Paris, 2.10, 2.15. Stocks tending down wards ; New York Centrals, 113 ; Illinois, 124 ; Erie, 871 ; Five-Twenty Bonds, 1071. Cotton quiet. Flour quiet. Wheat dull. Corn and pro visions heavy. Sugar very dull. Molasses inac tive. Petroleum—,-crude, 53 ; refined, 75. ( Via Roche's Point.) NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (Afternoon). General Bragg reports from Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, on Wednesday, that Admiral Porter's entire fleet was in sight. Bragg adds that he can hold Wilmington. Hood has erected 'pontoons on the Tennessee river above the reach of the Federal gunboats. Mr. Fessenden will offer a loan of one hundred millions of dollars, in $lO 40c. bonds. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold, 2202. Stocks declining. New York Centrals, 113; ; Illinois, 122 ; Erie, 87-1 ; Five-Twenty Bonds, 1061. Me Illinois Central Railroad has declared a dividend of 5 per cent. (TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ASSOCIATION, LI3IITED.) (Per the City of Glasgow, via Crookhaven, Sunday Morning.) NEW YORK, Dec. 18. No accurate statement of Hood's losses has been received, nor any further official details of the battle. Hood fell back on\the Brentwood-hills, and it is supposed he would reccoss the Tennessee near Florence, under protection of his large cavalry foree. Breckinridge is at Sparta, East Tennessee, and will probably reinforce Hood. The Federal loss hi the .11ael nqn• placed at,' 3:000 gn - - 5000 prisoners .. ~:~~: ;~ id an . , Lo.a ;~:.~ ~, - 411118 V, hornaq 6e. AZ -A•salligi. port, East e i Sherman and Foster held a ht. s a ,- - L , t i I besieged. aud would bt. - ,en. of the city ;,., 1.1110. s of the ?7, 2 been blow4lip • udnuakr: ~l S,_ in the 1 . ,ton artsx Cal v r'" f•`?xyrivi.:l a f Lae Federal : , Grant i- ..i.as.in4roops .. Price reports his invasion_ r missoli: pletely successful. com- The order e 4 1 1 --,n. Dix :cii c i.order raids has been disa ed by the President, and Dix now requests all commanders, in his department to report to him before invading neutral territory. It is rumoured that the Canadian authorities have ordered the re-arrest of the Vermont raiders, but that the discharged prisoners have left the Province. The Canadian Parliament is summoned to meet on the 19th of January. It is rumoured that Judge Coursal will be dismissed or suspended. Considerable excitement prevails in Canada, growing out of the relations with the United States. The Toronto Globe regrets . ," the termination of the Reciprocity Treaty, and says Canada must look to her naval defences. The Leader (Toronto) says some of the movements of the American Govern ment seem to point to a possible rupture with Eng land. The Senate has referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations the resolution demanding indem nity of England for vessels destroyed by Confede rate cruisers. The resolution in reference to an army corps for the northern frontier has been re ferred to the same committee. The House passed the bill to present Liberia with a gunboat. The House tabled the resolution de claring that to Congress, and not to the Executive, belonged the power of determining the foreign po licy of the Government. The Porter and Butler expedition is certainly bound for Wilmington. Richmond papers of the 16th state that the Federal gunboat Narcissus has been blown up by a torpedo off Mobile. Official notification is given that hereafter no foreign traveller shall enter the United States with out a passport, emigrants excepted. Porter Field, a reputed Confederate agent at Montreal, is undergoing a legal examination. The revocation of General Dix's order, which is said to be at the inspiration of Mr. Seward, is re garded by a portion of the press as a licence to the Confederates to burn and plunder the frontier. The Savannah News asserts that the Federals have been repulsed in every attack on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. A Washington despatch repeats the report hitherto current that active hostilities will continue to be prosecuted in the South Atlantic States, Grant's army serving merely as a corps of observation dur ing the next six months. Sherman is to make Savannah, if captured, a base for operations in South and North Carolina. The exports of specie last week amounted to $1,600,000. • (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) QUEENSTOW N , JAN 1. The Inman steamer Glasgow arrived here at 3 a.m. to-day, with one day's later news than was brought by the Hansa on Wednesday last. She also brings 140 passengers and $504,340 in specie. She landed 10 sacks of mails and 29 pas sengers, and proceeded at 3.30 a.m. President Lincoln had directed General Dix to countermand his recent order authorising Federal soldiers to enter Canada in pursuit of maurauders. The commanding officer must report to General Dix previous to violating the frontier. The New York Herald bitterly inveighs against the withdrawal of General Dix's order, and says it is an encouragement to the Confederates to plunder and rob the Federal towns on the frontier. General Foster had an interview with General Sherman in Fort M'Allister on the 14th ult. Hood, after his late defeat at Nashville, massed his entire force on the roads running south, but was overtaken by the Federals under General Thomas, and driven some miles further. It was thought that Hood would endeavour to cross the Tennessee river at Florence under the pro tection of his cavalry. Thomas had been created a major-general on ac count of his late victory. A draught has been made by the president for 300,000 men. The Richmond papers admit that Savannah must fall. Telegraphic communication is interrupted. The New York Herald's correspondent at Fort M'Allister says ,that Slocum's corps holds all the appitaches on the north side of Savannah, includ ing all the railroads leading out of the town- Howard's corps is connected with his right, and swings round to the Ogechee river at Fort M'Allis ter. When General Sherm'an arrived in front of Savannah he had driven 1,200 head of cattle through, though he started with only 200, and had fed his army on full rations during a march of 300 miles. He also gathered on his way over 700 able bodied negroes, and so many horses, mules, and waggons as to embarrass him. His army during a considerable portion of their march extended over a breadth of country 60 miles wide, 40 miles at times intervening between his right and left wings. His whole loss from wounds, sickness, the capture of stragglers, and all other causes, up to the time of arriving in front of Savannah, was about 1000 men. The average daily march was 12 miles. A letter from Admiral Dahlgren states that he is buoying the Savannah river for an attack on the city in conjunction with other forces. No further intelligence from Sherman has reached Washington. General Thomas reports on the 18th as follows : " The enemy has been vigorously pursued to-day, but studiously avoided any attack by my troops. have succeeded in taking a few prisoners, but our captures are slight in comparison with our successes of the past three days. Pursuit will be continued in the morning as early as the troops can march. I have found the railroads• thus far but little dis turbed, and t my troops will be up by railroad in A , day or two. The telegraph is up with me now. find, on receiving more correct reports, that Major- General Edward Johnson's entire division, with all the brigade commanders, was captured, and the works carried by assault, besides destroying a brigade of the enemy's cavalry, and capturing its commander, Brigadier-General Rucker. Among the captures to-day is General Quarries, who was wounded." A Nashville telegram of the 18th says : " This forenoon's rains have been so heavy thit little progress has been made. Our cavalry skir mished with the enemy a short distanbe south of Springfield, finding Forrest in command. The New York Commercial Advertiser says that Wilmington is supposed to be the destination of a great expedition which sailed from Hampton Roads on the 13th instant, and that the plan of Admiral Porter will be first to effect the reduction of Fort Fisher, and then, the obstructions being removed from Cape Fear River, the fleet will pass up to Wilmington and assist General Butler in the capture of that place. If success is achieved, Wil mington will, undoubtedly, be made the base fet.. future operations. A lengthy discussion had taken place in the Senate on the bill authorising the expenditure of $20,000 for fortifications and floating batteries olt the Canadian frontier. The bill has been referred to the Committee for Foreign Affairs. On the 22d, Congress was to adjourn for the holidays. Laniattie, the chief of the Montreal rolice: has resigned. The Canadian authorities intend ino.-Q.cliately4 sending 30 companies of Volunteers vtl lit ew" ga the frontiers. BY B RJ3UNT N7)_2. ?'~ _ , .:_. f .... , .:: , :i7. 1 c.Ti:,L1 -- -.' l '. ' • 'L) - - • OT . all the citizens were in arms: - The following are extracts from American papers relating to the position of affairs : " New York, Dec. 18. "2r the first day's battle extreme tine which had 6 force O„, pushol,b,cli---and 'eon eentrnted forc:..c roftris ranniry fiy 94- I , t • sere e, ei their whole li L, , about eight rk-^" occupied on Th luterniug. Priso: 1 - cannon were co rally' the „iii soldiers on every lit l '-iu as the enemy was forced back, all the rt:oei ..,..00ps and all their artil lery at some points falling into the hands of our steadily advancing ranks. The woods, fields, and entrenchments, General Thomas says, were strewn? with small arms, abandoned by Hood's men in the ' r . retreat. We have yet no accurate statement of Hood's losses in killed and wounded in these two days of fighting. From the commencement of the present campaign, however, up to Friday evening, about 50 pieces of artillery and 10,000 prisoners had been captured from him. General Thomas's lose did not exceed in killed and wounded 3,000, com paratively few of the number being killed. " Writing at 6 o'clock on Friday evening General Thomas said, ' I have ordered the puruit to be continued in the morning at daylight, although the troops are very much fatigued. The utmost en- ;?-t, thusiasm prevails.' And he was true to his word, for the attack on the rebels was yesterday renewed with great vigour. rtrere 1 the.? " Our accounts are down to the middle of yester day afternoon, when General Thomas's plans were succeeding admirably, and it was generally believed that fully one-third of Hood's army would be cap tured, and hopes were indulged in of its utter de struction before it was able to reach the Tennessee River at Florence, Alabama, towards which point it is supposed it is now being moved. It is already immensely demoralised, what there is left of it. :~' ~: ITALY. TURIN, JAN. 2. Last night the Ring visited the Royal Theatre ill_ state. He was received with enthusiastic applause. The Minister of Commerce has issued a circular in which he urges the chambers of commerce to cantion merchants in their transactions with the United States, on account of the constant fluctua tions in the value of the American paper money, caused by a forced currency. ROME. The Pope, i n rece i v i n ROME, Ja n . 1 . g the homage, the congra tulations, and sentiments of devotion, presented by General de Montebello in the name of the French army of occupation, sajd7--" .sentiments. of - the French army were manifested to me at Gaeta, by a general who is now a marshal, and subse quently by all the other generals who have com manded the French army, and who generously hastened to defend the Eternal City. I have always prayed for this army, for him who directs the des tinies of France, for his good clergy, and for all French Catholics. At the present time I shall not cease to pray for and bless the Catholic nation, the Emperor, the Empress, and the imperial family, \at God may accord them all necessary enlighten- ment." PORTUGAL. LISBON, DEC. 25. The Gazette has published the decree concerning the Custom House reforms about to be made, and which it is considered, will be very beneficial to commerce. Viscount de Santa Isabel has received the order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus from the King of Italy. It is said that the Duke Lould will net propose to the King any ministerial modification until the opening of the Cortes, but that 'then there will be an entire change. The Duke de ralmella and Viscount Sada Bandeira are both spoken of for deg, 811rVa zncom, Ainou t l Amour A.m 0 1 Ai <Saviug . talan c , ii a: t( 44 nou -4.1/10 iin c harp; l e , i , Surplui th POs. Co tj ism Vent and fr ° ll l the 41 1 rev, deliv ery 0 11 Poti n( d e llutri e , Uerai _ .__, ......... - , —..... NEW NOVEL by the Author of "Whitefriars." i R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT- This Day, at all libraries, in three vols, post Bvo., GARDEN. DOROTHY FIREBRACE, the Armourer's (Opera Company, Limited.) Daughter of Birmingham. By the Author of THIS EVENING, THE BRIDE OP' SONG. Renee, "Whitefriars," &c. Miss Thirlwall ; B ea t rlx, Madame Fanny Huddar ; Adel- Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. bert, Mr. Henry Haigh ; and Hannib 1, Mr. A. Laurence. Conductor, Mr Alfred Mellon. enTiotleeodnc,lgeDwap! ?ir.andorCom BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.-- H i a c rl Christmas ua andie Pantomime, for JANUARY, 1865. No. DIeL Price 28. 6d. Pumpkin, and the Great 'Fairy of the L ittle Glass Slipper , CONTENTS. in which the celebrated Donato will appear. Tony Butler.— Conclusion. Commence at seven. A visit to the Cities and Camps of the Confederat e 5t,... ________ z .{ CX .. ' r ~~.. Cal 13x Et 4 Pr( 118 .(c Stitt Tag P ro .1 . 081 vroi It_ pri -:-. --- Cu si Sta in Ta x Pro; UN), 11140 E CURto FZcie St ain ZaXei 4 - rop, POB t Ite c lion Tor a r l bequ,