The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-20 00:00:00

40■••••••••• .- 1 .4 1 F EV OA T SERVICES. —During the storms of the pAI A year 1864 the boats 01 the National Lifeboat institution hs to e saved 432 persons from different wrecks on our coasts, Cl 1e Institution also expended £19,531 14s. sd. in the same p el , lud on liteboat establishments, in addition to gra nting 616 as rewards for saving 69i shipwrecked per olns by its lit elboats, and other means. The Commi tee of the Institution earnestly A ?PEAL to th e public for • ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued hee rvy aemands on the Institution's 110 lifeboat establishment ff. Contributio• az are received by Messrs Willis and Co., Berries and ( Coutts and Co., and by all the Lc,ndon and country bank ws ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq. at the. Institu lion, 14, John-street, Adelphi. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sole Manager and Director, Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, FAUST. Mesdames Anna Hiles, farringt on, Cotterell ; Messrs. bwilt, Forbes, H. Corri, and Jdarc..esi Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Followed by the Grand Christmas Pantomime, THE I lON AND' THE UNICORN. MORN IN G PERFORMANCE on SATURDAY, at Two. ---- ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT- G ARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) CONTDZIED SUCCESS OF CINDERELLA AND THE WONDERFUL L ONATO. THIS Evl nallo, THE BRIDE OF SONG. Alter whic h. at a quarter-past 8, the Grand and highly successful raMOMIIIIe, CINDERELLA ; with magnificent Scenery and gorgeous accessories. In the Harlequinade. Senor Donato will perform his celebrated and astonishing Danse avec Manteau. Commence at Seven. FrHE ATR E-R YA L, DRURY-LANE, Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. TILIS EVENING, and during the week, A YOUNG I,AD FROM THE COUNTRY. . After which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, HOP 011 Y THUMB AND HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven -League Boots : Messrs. G. Bel ;more, Tom Matthews, G. Weston, Master Percy Roselle, &c. B. isses Lydia Thompson. R. 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To covtclude with a Farcical Oriental Extravaganza, en titled BEARFACED LIIPOS Potts. Schahabaham (a pasha of three ;tails, Mr. Raymond; Mustapha, Lis vizier, Mr. Darden; Bill Stumps and Jack Hocus, quondam prop: ietors o 1 the original uni ed happy family, Messrs. Moreland and "Viddicomb ; Ali, chief guardian of the ladies ot the Harem, Mr. Collett; Osman Khan. chief executioner, Mr. Bunch; Achmet Aga, an officer of the Sult.n, Mr. Kelly; Mirzs liajji Baba, cniet keeper ot the monkeys, Mr. Regan; Ayesha, formerly Jernima Stumps, but no first favourite ot the pasha, Miss Lavenu ; Fatima, second favourite ot the pash Miss B. Percy ; bhekerleb, third favourite of the pasha, Miss Travers ; Beda, fourth favourite of the pasha, Mis, Watson ; ;;_ , ,enobia, formerly banou of the harem, chief wile of the pasha, but now discarded for Ayesha, Miss Hated. Various o at ice specimens of zoology, guards, slaves, and attendants, by ,he numerous and talentea Smith family. 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THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," containing the Latest SrOUTIP,Iti INTELLItiEZ4e,E, Dan be had Every Evening of G. S. GLENIE, News AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as mon as Published containing all the LA VEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIG6NCE, by H. W. HARRIS, Ne spaper Agent, 4, Blacktriars-road, London, S. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 7h. 10m.—Afternoon, 7h. 30m. To-Monßow.-Morning, 7h. 55m.—Afternoon, Bh. 27m. 4 - otw -x v _ "ram. ut+vv. LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 20, 1865. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD and Mr. BRIGHT have been dis playing their eloquence to their constituents. The former gentleman spoke first. In some respects he had the advantage of his more daring and dashing colleague, for he had the magnanimity to award justice to his political opponents, and also the dis cernment to recognise a very probable contingency that may arise, and to declare that he would not commit himself by any rash pledges. " If there should arise a necessity for taking Parliamentary action on the question of recognising the Southern States," he said, << that he would reserve his discre tion." This was very wise, and it was straightfor ward of the hon. member to avow it. He also ap prehended the present attitude of America to betoken some awkwardness, and said that he did not wish to "abate one j o t o f what was necessary for the security of . the country.,, Certainly such remarks are a step in advance of the Manchester School, and accord but ill with its p r i mary prin _ ciples. Mr. BRIGHT'S speech was not very different to his ordinary discourses. We meet with the same invincible repugnance to the higher classes of the land, the same vehemence concerning the rights of the people, and the same cynical opinion of all in authority. It has so often been lamented that he sh ould mar the effect of his great abilities, and throw away the resources of his distinguished elo quence in these meaningless diatribes, that to repeat the remark agai n seems above all others preposterous. But one thing must strike the mind of those who attentively study t hi s discourse, and that is, why I should Mr. B RIGHT and his friends so persistently su pport the present Ministry in every difficulty, when they entertain, or profess to entertain, such an opinion of their errors and shortcomings How is it consistent with th e i r avowal of the frauds and fallacies which mark the Path way of h statesmen." Whatever doubt s and uncertainties " n cer a tain i t e t i n es t t h ese same di gn it ar i es ma y entertain respecting e h conflicting events of political life, of one thing they e may feel convinced, and that is the support of Mr. BRIGHT, should they be placed in a perilous position. Of course, on the subject of Denmark, the hon. member for Birmingham launched out into his usual strain, and dealt out his fiery invectives against those who would propose any policy contrary to his wishes. Besides rejoicing that England suffered that unfortunate kingdom, to be crushed, Mr. BRIGHT would deduce from that fact the sequence that in. all other such dilemmas we shall pursue the same course, and, taking care of ourselves, heed not what mischance affects others. A more 'elfish or sectarian policy could not be enunciated ; it is a disgrace to those who propose it, and it would be a lasting shame to all who carried out its proposals and adopted its tenets. Why, in the name of com mon sense, should Mr. BRIGHT say, thai any Go vernment that " plunged us into a war for the sake of - the integrity of Denmark, would deserve the execration of the people." It is by such incon siderate remarks as these that he loses the respect of his hearers, and lowers himself from a politician pronouncing an opinion on public affairs to the position of a demagogue who blusters and disclaims without regard to cause or consequence. In support of his peculiar mania he will do or say anything wild, extravagant, and violent— truth, honour, and justice all cast to the winds ; the principles which have been reverenced among us from time immemorial he styles "ghastly phantoms," and read by his light the policy of England must henceforth be, take care of number one. It may do very well to attempt this clap-trap oratory at a public meeting, and to debate before a particular assembly, but the sense and sentiment of the English nation are alike enraged against such selfish and sordid motives as Mr. BRIGHT would impute to us ; and so long as the best feelings of human nature are extant among us, so long will such a creed be styled dastardly and degrading. It is only to be regretted that Earl RUSSELL did not act up to the measure of the opinion he professed on that occasion at Greenock, from which Mr. BRIGHT has quoted a passage from his speech. Such language was worthy of one who represented the character and bore the name of a family possessing an historical interest in the land, and associated with the most stirring inci dents in civil and religious liberty. So with Lord PALMERSTON, had he acted up to the professions he made on many occasions, whence the member for Birmingham can extract " a cartload of international rubbish," he might not be in office now, but he would leave behind him a better reputation as a statesman and a minister of the great country over whose destinies he has the high honour to preside. Mr. BRIGHT thinks that a part of the millennium cf the Manchester school has already blessed this favoured land, and that henceforth there will be no more wars, or rumours of wars, among us for the sake of helping foreign nations in distress and de fending the rights of injured nationalities. Time alone can prove how far this may or may not be correct, but meanwhile is it a desirable position for a public speaker to take before an assembly of his countrymen to declare that our strength shall never be put forth in the cause of our weaker brethren among the communities of the earth, our wealth shall not be squandered to lighten their poverty, and our arms of might shall never carry de struction to their foes and make them rejoice that they have such a friend. In fact, we are to become rich and strong, and see our trade increase, our manufactures flourish, and our people prosperous, but we are to say " let us eat and drink for to morrow we die." When Mr. BRIGHT gets upon the subject of " Reform" he becomes indeed "pro digious," the torrents of his eloquence burst their bounds, the zeal of his imagination burns with intense vehemence, and the long re strained indignation of his patriotism is launched against all offenders. The only drawback to all this overflowing eagerness and excitement is that no thing comes of it. During the shades of • autumn and the gloom of winter we find the member for Birmingham on the alert to spy out the nakedness of the land in political quarters ; but where has fled this discernment when spring and summer unfold the bud and blossom into the flower of Parliamen tary existence. All this is hushed and tranquil, and uo sound disturbs the serenity of the scene. Now, if the Ministers of the House of Lords and the House of Commons are so faulty, why does not one who boasts of being the tribune of the people and the orator of the million rise up in his place in Parliament and tell them of the error of their ways. Some sound truths and some solid sense are mixed up with the leaven of Mr. BRIGHT'S discourse, bul why should he use his powers for party ends when great public and political questions hang on the issues of such topics as those he ventilates. The rights of the people, and the claims of the unrepre sented would come before us with a greater force and speak for themselves, in their own grand signifi cance, without the clap-trap of casting ridicule upon the opponents of Mr. BRIGHT'S particular views, and the balderdash of throwing stones at the upper ranks of society. Such sub terfuges are mean and senseless, and the good taste and high principle of an enlightened community revolts against them. It is because he aims at effect rather than studies cause that Mr. BRIGHT has never identified himself with anything lasting in the politics of the day. It was the cool judgment and sober sense of Mr. COBDEN that made the Anti Corn-law League a " great !fact," and not the vehement vituperation of his friend. Mr. BRIGHT could never have consulted with an Em peror about -a Treaty of Commerce. His thoughts would have been far away from facts and figures, comparing the advantage of a Republic to the con ditions of an Empire, and speculating upon the progress France must make before she attained the measure of completeness enjoyed by those who dwelt where " Mighty Missouri rolls down to the Sea." Mr. BRIGHT is indignant with Lord PAL MERSTON for not having offered him a seat in his Government, and it was a very foolish thing for the noble lord to have omitted to do so, for there is no more effectual way of silencing an awkward spokesman, not that the denouncer of all things public and political in Birmingham is dangerous in the House. Within those honoured walls he is either mute or speaks with bated breath, and it seems strange that those who so vehemently cheer their member in the Town Hall cannot or will not compare his silence at St. Stephen's with his volu bility in the provinces. Mr. BRIGHT boasts that he made speeches in many places which gained the a_PPlanse of thou san d s on th e ques ti on o f Reorm, but where has fled his zeal and earnestness since then ? There is no doubt that his exertions were in a g re at measure the cause of the over throw of the Ref orm Bi . ll of Lord DERBY'S Government, but w h at have the people gained by that ? Six years have Posed, an d t h e fi re abated, a n d of Mr. BRIGHT'S eloquence has b een the torrent of his invectives sto l 3 l 3 e d, while the Government he was instrumental in placin g in off ice have shirked the question, and he has stood by and supported them. The people of this country ad m i re eloquence, and respect devotion to a great political question, but there is one thing that they reverence still more, and that is consistency. Mr. BRIGHT may raise the plaudits of the unthinking auditors of a great assembly, but he will never influence the destinies of the country and gain the respect of its t hinking community, while he goes on in such a wild and extravagant fashion. If Lord PALMERSTON be so much to blam• • e, why did he not propose a vote of want of confiden ce m his administration all these years whil e he Why d oes M r. MILNE R GIBSON remain in supporter ? in such a pro fanethe has been his co ns ta nt incongruous circumstan assembl age as ces combine to mar the effect present Cabinet ? All these so sedulously sought after i n the autumnal effusions of Mr. Bracrar ; and while enth c cheery may., attend the closing passages of his peroration, we can only come to the conclusion that this speech, like its predecessors, is a flash in the pan, a momen tary effulgence, to make succeeding darkness more visible. If the institutions of the country are in the state Mr. BRIGHT declares them to be in, no Reform Bill can put them right, for they will be in a hopeless condition, and we shall be reduced to the expedient, once recommended for Ireland, of seek ing a remedy by going under water for a fortnight. Those who would direct the minds of their fellow countrymen and influence the generation in which they live, must learn many things before they can succeed. Talents and eloquence alone are not enough ; they must learn to be consistent as well as outspoken, and they must possess some diffidence concerning their own merits, and some respect for the merits of their opponents. Above all, they must not make the excitement of a momentary dis play come before the carrying out of a conscientious conviction, and the moderation which may seem at first sight tame and trivial, but which, like the charity that hopeth all things, in the end may attain a greater victory than the violent and vehement demeanour which puts no bounds to its course and no limits to its impatience. The great superiority of the English as a nation chiefly consists in their endurance ; they do not rush at revolutions, but they bide their time until the force of public opinion in the end carries the day. Mr. BRIGHT never could or would see this chief characteristic of his countrymen, or appreciate its mighty influence. It is evident that the time has come when active interference in the American question is confidently looked for from England. Whether, judging from the signs of the times, or from the deductions of their own reason, both Canadians and Americans have arrived at the same conclusion, and, according to the latest intelligence, rumours are current, both in Washington and in Canada, that British troops are about to embark for the latter country in order to be ready for the possible consequences of the re cognition of the South by England and France on the 4th of March. That occasion will be an im portant one, and England will no longer be able to maintain her professions of neutrality, since by her conduct then she will declare for one or the other of the contending parties. Tranquillity is restored in Montmorency, where, it will be remembered, the French Canadians had resisted the militia draught. It is certainly no time for internal disputes when the aspect of affairs across the frontier is threaten ing. The most important point in the military intelligence is the assertion that LEE is about to confront SIIERMAN, leaving BEAUREGARD to defend Richmond, a task for which the great Confederate engineer is eminently qualified. Apropos of that Federal commander who is just now the hero of the North, there is a melancholy rumour current, not stated officially, but coming indi rectly from private sources. It is said that he is suffering from aberration of reason, and that he was similarly afflicted two years since when tempo rarily relieved of his command in the West. Should this be true, his loss even for a time will be a serious blow to the North ; but, even supposing him to be in full possession of his faculties, the Confederates can surely contrive so to concentrate their forces as to arrest his further progress. HOOD'S absence with his army is to be regretted on all accounts, but the troops actually at hand ought to supply the Southern generals with sufficient material to offer him a formidable opposition. The financial affairs of the North are moving rapidly along the road to ruin. 574,000,000 gold bonds were sold during December, and one of the journals believes that more Seven-Thirty Bonds will be issued. FESSEN DEN has soon tired of his post, being nominated Senator from Maine, thereby leaving the Treasury portfolio virtually vacant. It is, certainly, not a hopeful or profitable office. The Northern leaders reckon on wearying out the Confederates by a ceaseless prosecution of the war. They may yet find their benevolent intentions frustrated by the financial exhaustion of their own people. The announcement of the assembly of the first Cabinet Council of the season reminds us that we are upon the eve of a fresh Parliamentary cam paign, and that it behoves the generals of both armies to prepare for the coming struggle. The Opposition have for some time been mustering their forces and reckoning their followers, and they have before them, if they have sufficient wit to seize the moment when the tide leads on to fortune, more than one opportunity of putting their adversaries to the test. First and foremost comes that great Transatlantic struggle which is assuming every day more gigantic proportions. The feeling of this country has manifested itself unmistakeably in favour of Southern independence ever since English sincerity and common sense detected the hollowness of Northern professions respecting the abolition of slavery. The opinion is now rapidly gaining ground that this country is playing an unworthy part, and that, under cover of grand professions of disin terested neutrality, England has been really favour ing the Federal cause to the utmost of her ability, short of actual assistance, to the derogation of her own dignity, the injury of her trade, and the total abnegation of her principles. If the Conservatives would take heart to come boldly forward on this great question and declare their adhesion to the old English principle of the right of every nation to choose its own ruler and its own form of govern ment, they might rely upon the support of the great body of the people, more especially since, in recog nising the South, we should find the best security for the gradual abolition of that " domestic institu tion" which has hitherto withheld from them some portion of our sympathies. Supposing the subju gation of the South to be probable, the most likely conclusion of the war would be the re-admission of the seceding States into the Union on their own terms, for there is no chance of the North achieving a sufficient triumph to enable them to dictate the terms of submission to the South. This, then, is the great difficulty that lies before the Cabinet in the ensuing session, and one which we may be tolerably sure occupied a prominent position in their deliberations of yesterday. We fear, however, that between the hallucinations of the heads of the Cabinet, the dislike to take ac tive measures, the love for a " drifting" policy, and the prevailing influence of the Manches ter school, th ere i s very littl e c h ance o f any d ec id e d and consistent li ne o f ac ti on. Continental politics, to The relations o o n u our statesmenbetw obetween something Aust: : ia, to talktoo, must abeut have The Prussia, and the Germ an S tates, whom Mr. BRIGHT dignifies by the name of " kingdom s ," b ut w hi ch would rather suit an Englishman's idea of counties, are anything but harmonious, w hil e P russia's intentions with regard to the Duchies a re b u t flimsily disguised. Italy is not altogether tranquil, Hungary is stirring, the Polish question can hardly be said to be finally settled. Going further off, China is still disturbed ; the aspect of affairs in Japan is threatening ; New Zealand is not yet tranquillised ; India needs care ful legislation ; and the North American Provinces are passing through an important crisis in their his.. tory. Altogether there is enough to discuss and to consider in our external relations, while the great national question of Reform remains unsettled; gathering force year by year, and session by session, while the leaders of the great Liberal party con tinue to trifle with their own reputations, with their faith to the Crown, and their pledges to the coun try. But let them take heed, for the plea of exter nal distractions will not avail them much longer. The people of this country are not likely to be affected by any of these threatened convulsions in other States, and will be slow to accept the pretext of the American War, or of possible Continental disturbance, as an excuse for delaying the reorgani sation of their electoral system. The great princi ples which uphold this nation will not be influenced by the admission of fresh electors, the shortening of the duration of Parliaments, the alteration of the present system of voting—unless indeed they are more earnestly advocated than they can be said to be at present, and our public policy represents more fully and fearlessly the views and feelings of the people. THE SUIN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1865. Death of M. Proudhon. A telegraphic message from Paris states that M. Pierre Joseph Proudhon, the once famous represen tative, socialist, and political writer, is now no more, having died at the age of 56. His birthplace is Besancon, where he first saw the light as the son of a poor cooper, though descended from one of the branches of the family of the celebrated jurisconsult of the same name. By the benevolence of some charitable persons he was enabled to attend the col lege of his native town, but, notwithstanding the zeal he displayed, and his evident aptitude for study, he was soon removed and apprenticed to a printer. By determined labour and continued pri vation he was enabled-to assist his parents and re commence his education, so unfortunately inter rupted. His literary talent was soon afterwards displayed by the production of several works, amongst others an essay on grammar, which met with but a poor sale, though it was so highly esteemed by the Besancon Academy that the conductors of the insti tution granted him the triennial pension of 1,500 f. founded by Madame Suard. Finding himself thus in possession of unhoped-for pecuniary resources M. Proudhon proceeded to Paris, where he wrote some articles for a Catholic Encyclopedia, among others an essay on apostacy and one on the " Apocalypse," and addressed to the Besancon Academy his " De fence of the Celebration of Sunday," and also his famous production entitled " Qu'est-ce que la Pro priete ?" which was printed in Paris, and passed through numerous editions. None of his works met with so much criticism as this, and none indeed chal lenged so much discussion. It is entirely devoted to the development of the axiom enunciated by the writer, and placed at the commencement of his pages, " La Propriete, c'est le Vol," and of which the author said later that two such words were not pronounced in a century. For a time this production was un noticed except by the Academy, which, to mark its sense of the iniquity of the principles sought to be inculcated, severely censured the writer, and with drew the pension accorded to him. He was also about to be prosecuted for the work, but M. Blanqui having been delegated to examine the in criminated essay, declared that he found in it no thing reprehensible. This considerate judgment was rewarded by M. Proudhon dedicating to M. Blanqui a second essay on the same subject, and in which the doctrine put forward in the first edi tion was sustained by new arguments. In 1842 he was arraigned before the Court of Assizes at Besancon to answer for having written a third pamphlet, entitled a " Notice to Property holders," but he was acquitted ; and in the same year, abandoning the- printing business, with which he had hitherto been connected, he undertook the direction of an enterprise for convey ing goods on the Saone and Rhone. He continued thus engaged till 1847, pursuing at the same time his philosophical studies and labours, the result of which was the publication of two of his productions, " The Creation of Order inHumanity" and " System of Economical Contradictions," in which he vigo rously opposed the Utopian reformers as well as the economists of the English school. A work relative to the solution of the social problem, by the organi sation of credit and monetary circulation, appeared in 1848, when the revolution broke out, and M. Proudhon was suddenly throw into the midst of the existing struggles and events which soon succeeded each other, although at first he acted with great to give his full confidence prudence, and hesitated to the leaders of the movement. On April 1 of the eventful year M. Proudhon undertook the editorship of the Reprisentant du Peuple, a daily journal, which was suspended in the succeeding August, but which during its brief career undoubtedly contained articles written in a highly vigorous if not prudent style. His popularity be came so great that, at the final election in June, he was returned as representative of the Seine by 77,094 votes. At the Constituent Assembly he affected the opportunity ofthe argu ments. to greatest disdain for political forms, and stood his ground boldly as chief of a section, only taking part inp point te outdiscussionsthe emptiness p w t h in e e n s s a n orpuerility occurred After having voted with the Right against the abolition of the penalty of death on July 31, he brought forward his famous proposition relative to the imposts on the revenue, by which, in the name of the proletariat, he sought the immediate liquidation of property, which, according to hi s sys tem, he would have transformed into transitory and individual possessions. This proposition was rejected by 691voonteps,nbanlido principles of morality, an d an ap peal w as stigmatised a s " an o di ous attempt to the worst passions." After having met with repeated failures in the attempt to propagate his principles in the tribune, M. Proudhon resumed the pen, and founded three daily journals, which soon succumbed to the re peated condemnations which they met with, though the fines imposed were paid by the subscriptions of a large section of the French people, who thought they saw in their champion the personifica tion of the revolution of February. His speeches . and his pamphlets, calculated to subvert political and social order, were sold by thousands, but his specious arguments did not remain unanswered, for among their opponents were MM. Thiers, Bastiat, Alphonse Karr, and others, aided in their task by the great caricaturist Cham, in the Charivari. Pass ing from theory to practice, M. Proudhon founded in 1849 the People's Bank, a commercial society, with a capital of 5,000,000 f., which was destined to effect the abolition of interest, the gratuitous circu lation of securities, and, by consequence, the suppres sion of capital. Notwithstanding the palpable in security of the commercial basis on which this bank was founded, and the repeated attacks of the jour nals, subscriptions were paid into the concern, but it never came into extended operation, as its founder was condemned to three years' imprisonment for an offence against the press laws, and was compelled to take to flight, and the doors were closed by offi cial authority. After having resided for some years at Geneva with M. Fazy he returned and gave him self up, when he was incarcerated at St. Pelagie, and where, singular enough, he married in 1850 the danghter of a commission agent. He continued his literary labours, and, on re gaining his liberty in 1852, he retired into private life, amusing his leisure by writing a satirical work against speculations and speculators, and also a voluminous book dedicated to the Cardinal Arch bishop of Besancon, and, in his person, to all the French clergy, treating of " Justice in the Revolu tion and in the Church," and enunciating new principles of practical philosophy. This work was immediately seized, and the author was condemned to three years' imprisonment and a fine of 4,000 fr. He took refuge in Belgium, but at the end of 1860 the pains and penalties he had incurred were remitted. ARREST OF A NEW YORK REPORTER.—Mr. B. S. Osbon, naval reporter, 2, Dey-street, New York, and cor respondent of the English Army and Navy Gazette, has been arrested by order of the President, and ordered to be put on trial for furnishing to the public press and requesting the publication of the details of the Wilmington expedition, thereby causing the enemy to reinforce the works at Fede ral Point. Mr. Osbon is now in tho Old Capitol rrison.— .tYrto York Time. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) AMERICA. (Arrival of the City of Dublin, via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, JAN. 8 (Morning). The Montreal Court has reconsidered its decision in the case of the St. Albans raiders, and has de cided that it has jurisdiction in the matter. Gold closed last night at 1271 premium. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JAN. 20 An imperial rescript, addressed to the Ban of Dalmatia, Croatia, and Slavonia, has been published to-day, ordering the assembly of a conference of the highest functionaries, for the purpose of discussing the manner in which the elections to the Diet of those provinces are to be conducted next spring. TURKEY, THE PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION OF THE TURKISH HOME DEBT. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 11. According to the Levant Herald of to-day, the Imperial Ottoman Bank has protested against the scheme of the General Credit and Finance Company for the consolidation of the internal debt, and the conversion of the existing Consolides into a foreign stock. It pleads its charter-right to be the sole financial agent of the Government abroad—a right which would, it considers, be infringed •if the con duct of such an operation as the London Company proposes were intrusted to the latter's hands. The scheme is, therefore, said to be for the mo ment, at least, shelved, and the ground so far left open for the new foreign loan, the project for which is in course of incubation for the coming spring. FRANCE. MARSEILLES, JAN. 19. The Messageries Imperiales mail steamer Peluse left this day with 84 passengers, 637 packages, £116,023 in specie for India and China ; and 59 passengers, 1,155 packages, and £52,080 in specie for Alexandria. BOURSE, Jan. 19.—The market is rather heavy, but with little variation in prices. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. Tic. Mobilier have been done at 956 f. Railwa: Market firm, and well maintained. The marker left off as follows : 41 per Cents 95 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 66 85 Do. end month 67 Credit MobiHer Do. end month Bank Shares 3505 Credit Foncier 1280 Roman 73 25 Italian Loan 65 25 Do. end month 65 30 Ditto Threes 46 75 New Mexican Russian 9O Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern lOOO ... 1000 Lyons and Mediterranean 930 ... 931 25 Southern 578 75 ... 577 50 Western 536 25 ... Eastern Sardinian 3OB 75 ... 307 50 Austrian Lombard 540 ... 541 55 North of Spain 352 50 ... 352 50 Saragossa 426 25 ... 418 75 Ditto to Barcelona lB7 50 ... 190 Destruction of her Majesty's Ship Bombay. -6 - We have received the following from the Admi ralty, with a request to publish it : " H.M.S. Stromboli, Montevideo, Dec. 15, 1864, 8 " Sir, —I much regret that I have to report the total loss by fire of her Majesty's ship Bombay. " She left this anchorage under sail at 7 a.m. yesterday, when I transferred my flag to the Triton. About 5 p.m. of the same day I received intelligence that the Bombay was on fire near the English Bank, on Flores Island, about 13 miles from this place. I immediately despatched the Stromboli to her assist ance, and proceeded myself in the Triton, blit so rapidly had the fire extended that the ship had been deserted long before assistance could reach her. " The ship's company had been at general quar ters in the afternodn till a little after 3 p.m., the foremost lower deck guns were then told off for divisional exercise, but firing had not commenced from them, when about 10 minutes after the retreat had been beat fire was reported to have broken out in the after part. of the ship about the after hold ; the fire bell was immediately rung, and with the greatest order and promptness an abundant supply of water was obtained, but the fire appears at once to have spread with uncontrollable rapidity, which gives me the impression that it originated very close to the spirit room, and that the spirit casks must "almost immediately have burst and ignited. "At 3.35 p.m. the fire was reported. At 3.52, finding the fire was quickly gaining, the boats were hoisted out. At 4 p.m. the boats were out with the exception of the second launch, when the flames coming up the hatchways, the awnings and sails having been burnt, rendered it impossible for men to work. The sick had already been passed into the boats, and the rest of the ship's company followed. At a quarter-past 4 the mainmast went over the side, the boats then being scarcely clear of the ship, and many officers and men were still holding on to ropes alongside and to the fore part of the ship, and others floating on the spars, &c. Soon after the mainmast fell, the stoppers of the anchors being bunt through, the anchors fell, and it seems many men who were upon or near them must have lost their lives. " The ship was under sail, hove to, when the fire occurred, steam not having been up. "At 8.25 the after magazines blew up, and the ship sunk in about 8 fathoms. " Among the officers Mr. John K. Smallborn, Assistant-Surgeon, is the only one missing, and who was drowned alongside. " The French mail packet being at this moment on the point of departure I am not able to give a more detailed report ; but I am endeavouring to ascertain the number and names of men missing, which, I am sorry to say, amounts to about 93 ; but, the boats having been picked up by vessels proceeding to different places, we cannot as yet get a correct return.—l have the honour to be, &c., (Signed) " CHAS. G. J. B. ELLIOT, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. " To the Secretary of the Admiralty." No list of names has been received at the Admi ralty, and that whenever any further information is received it will be made public. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Professor Anderson and his daughters will repeat their entertainment entitled " The World of Magic," including several new feats, at the palace this day, when the pantomimic ballet and the performances of Le Petit Blondin will be repeated for the last time. The palace will be well warmed and lighted up. At the meeting of the Middlesex magistrates yesterday Mr. Swift brought forward a motion condemning the chairman, Mr. Pownall, for having printed and circu lated a pamphlet against Roman Catholicism at the expense of the county. Mr. Pownall stated that so soon as he found the cost of the .pamphlet had been borne by the county he repaid the money. The motion of censure was pressed to a division, when only 2 voted for it and 52 against it. PRESENTATION TO A YOUNG LADY.—On Satur day evening last upwards of 200 ladies and gentle men assembled at the offices of the London District Tele graph Company, Cannon-street, City, to witness the pre sentation of a testimonial to a young lady, Miss S. Oppen heim, on her leaving the service of the above company, where she had been for a number of years. The testimo nial consisted of a fine gold brooch, chain of elaborate workmanship, with a brequet chain to match ; both enclosed in an elegant casket, having a gold shield of the Saxon order upon the outside, on which is engraved the following inscription :—" Presented to Miss S. Oppenheim, by the staff of the London'District Telegraph Company, for her unremitting kindness since its formation." PROPOSED RAILWAY UNDER THE MERSEY.—The Mersey Dock Board have expressed an unanimous opinion in favour of the project for uniting the Liverpool and Cheshire aisles of the Mersey by means of a subfluvial railway. LITERATURE. Broad Grins from Yankeeland. The American Joe Miller. A Collection of Yankee Wit and Humour. Compiled by Robert KejApt. One Vol., pp. 215. Adams and Francis. A capital name, an excellent notion, and a de lightful book is this compilation of " The American Joe Miller." It already, at starting, numbers up 671 more or less broad Yankee Facetim ! But compilations of this kind obviously are made to grow ; and we certainly hope to see many a new edition of a work of which the present imprint marks the first publication. As the compiler ob serves, with congenial humour, in his Preface, when alluding to the ultra-extravagant means by which the Yankees raise the laugh—" Their ordinary speech is hyperbole or tall talk !" Adding, " they never go out shooting unless with the long bow !" Speaking afterwards of the gigantic scale upon which Nature herself appears, there, in America—as let us say, in her prairies, and rivers, and cataracts —he remarks, also, in a kindred mood, that " into this Brobdingnag of our, cousins, Munschausen emigrated early !" Turning over the pages of this comical little book, the reader will find himself somehow always on the broad grin. He will recog nise many an old familiar joke cracked originally on the other side of the Atlantic, and welcomed long ago by a hearty roar of appreciative laughter from us Europeans ! We hear again, thus, of the man who was so tall that he had to get up a ladder to shave himself ! And of a Fog so thick that you could cut it with a ham knife ! But other and far better jokes, some of them, he will find that the compiler of the Yankee Joe Miller has altogether overlooked. As, for example, that about—The Scythe that was so sharp that the shadow of it cut a man's leg off ! Or about—The Oyster that was so large that it took two men to swallow it whole ! Or about— The Pat of Butter that was made out of the cream of a joke ! Or about—(this one, by the way, being Washington Irving's, vide " Bracebridge Hall ") The little dog whose tail curled so tight that it lifted him off his hind legs ! Nevertheless—numerous though the racy pleasantries that one remembers to have sprung originally from Yankee Land, and that we look for in vain in this volume—the collection upon the whole, as a commencement is admirably good. Here and there we should like to weed out a silly profanity—but otherwise the work may receive, as it certainly deserves, our ready commendation. In it we light, turn by turn (as the compiler forewarns us in his Preface that we shall do) upon " the wise saws of Sam Slick, the broad grins of Artemus Ward and Joshua Billings, the marvellous (impossible ?) feats of the renowned Major Longbow, and the cute remarks of those notorious personages, the Down Easter and the Western Editor." Several of the specimens of Yankee exaggeration here recorded are deliciously absurd—some few among them being entirely new to us. For example— DRAWING THE LONGBOW.—A fellow was kicked out of an editorial room the other day for impudently stating that he had seen in Germany a fiddle so large that it re quired two horses to draw the bow across the strings, which would continue to sound six weeks ! Delightful, too, is the record of the eminent Ameri can artist who recently painted a snowstorm so naturally that he caught a bad cold by incautiously sitting near it with his coat off ! A wonderfully good reason, again, Why cream is so dear, is mentioned on the authority of the Boston Post, namely—Because the milk has risen so high that the cream can't get to the top of it ! Another Yankee journalist—evidently suffering from defalcations among his subscribers— gives us a vivid notion of his sense of their villainy in so doing, by observing that the man who would take a newspaper for a length of time and then send it back refused and unpaid for, would swallow a blind dog's dinner, and then stone the dog for being blind ! How to get "up a tree" many know full well on both sides of the Atlantic, but How to get down a ladder seems to be a very different undertaking indeed, judging from the young Darkey who sings out— "Mass Tom ! Oh, Mass Tom! How's Ito get down dis ladder ?" "1 The same way you went up, you blockhead,' replies the master, running out to see what's the matter. "De same way as I come up, Mass Tom ?" " Yes, con found you, and don't bdther me any more !" " Well, if I must I must"—and down comes the little darkey head foremost ! Reasons enough certainly (and to spare !) are those by which a Yankee ed4or sums up the causes of his not being able to sleep one night—a squalling baby sixteen months old ; a howling dog under the win dow ; a cat-fight up the alley ; a nigger serenade over the way ; a wracking tooth-ache ; and a pig trying to get in at the back-door ! As exemplifying agreeably the Law of Compensation, commend us to Joe's reply to the Sunday School teacher, who had remarked that he hadn't apparently a good memory—" No, ma'am," says Joe, hesitating, "but I've got a first-rate forgettery !" The Reason Why More Marriages take place in Winter than in Summer—(we don't know in the least that they do, but no matter !)—an American wag obliges us with, when saying that it is simply because in the winter season the gentle men require comforters and the ladies muffs ! Quite a companion picture to Sydney Smith's famous sketch of a Fat Woman, is Sam Slick's mere outline of a Spare Gal—" I had to look twice at her before I could see her at all, for I warn't sure she warn't her own shadow !" Everybody, pretty well, we suppose, is already acquainted with the rough-and ready Yankee's definition of Steam, when a con sequential dandy, in reply to a lady's query as to what steam really was, had answered, pompously, " Steam, ma'am, is, ah !—steam is, ah ! ah !—steam is—steam !"—" I knew that chap couldn't tell ye ; but Steam is a bucket of water in a tremendous perspiration !" A pleasant little tid-bit, in the way of an exemplar at once of Nigger Explanation and Nigger Indignation, is the following : " Where's the hoe, Sambo "Wid de rake, massa." " Well, where's the rake ?" " Wid de hoe." " But where are they both 2" " Why, bof togeder. By golly, ole massa, you 'pears berry 'tickler dis mornin.'" A charming bon mot of Longfellow's is recorded here by the compiler of this little volume of Good Things, in No. 428, upon the authority of the Cin cinnati Gazette. " Young INIr. Longworth," runs the anecdote, "on being introduced to the Poet, some one present remarked upon the similarity of the first syllable of the two names—' Yes,' said the Professor, but in this case, I fear, Pope's line will apply : Worth makes the man and want of it the fellow.' " Brevity, and not a doubt about it, is, as the poet has it, the soul of wit. Yet, once in a way, never theless, our Yankee Joe Miller contrives to spin out his yarn of joking to advantage. Witness the pertinacity • with which, upon a very close cross examination, Sam the Nigger insists, as follows, upon the utter isolation of his individuality : "What's your name ?" " My name's Sam." —" Sam What?' —" No, sah; not Sam Watt. I'se jist Sam."—" What's your other name? "—"I hasn't got no other name, sah. I'se Sam— dat's all,"—" What's your master's name ?"—" I'se got no massa now. Massa runned away—yah, yah ! I'se free nigger now."—" Well, what's your father and mother's name ?"—" I'se got none, sah—neber had none. I'se jist Sam—ain't nobody else."—" Haven't you any brothers and sisters ?"—" No, sah ; neber had none. No brudder, no sister, no fadder, no mudder, no massa—nothin' but Sam. When you see Sam, you see all dere is of us." Another dialogue, full of fun in its odd way, is the one here immediately subjoined : "Bring the prisoner into court!" shouted the red-nosed judge as he took his seat. " Here lam bound to blaze, as the spirit of turpentine said when he was all a-fire," said the prisoner. " We'll take a little fire out of you. How do you live ?" asked the judge. "I ain't particular, as the oyster said when they asked him if he'd be roasted or fried.'' "We don't want to know what the oyster said, or the spirits of turpentine either. What do you follow ?" " Anything that comes in my way, as the locomotive said when she run over a little nigger." " Don't care anything about the locomotive. What is your business ?" " That's various, as the cat said when she stole the chicken off the table." "If 1 hear any more absurd comparisons, I'll give you twelvemonths." "I'm done, as the beefsteak said to the cook." " Now, sir, your punishment shall depend on the shortness and correctness of your answers. I suppose you live by going round the docks." " No, sir ; I can't go round the docks without a coat, and I ain't got none." " Answer me, sir ; how do you get your bread ?" " Some times at the baker's, and sometimes I eat taters." "No more of your stupid nonsense. How do you support your self ?" " Sometimes on my legs, and sometimes on a chair: , "How do you keep yourself alive ?" "By breathing, sir.' " I order you to answer this question correctly—How do you do ?" " Pretty well, I thank you, judge ; how do you do ?" "I shall have to commit you." "Well, you've com mitted yourself first, that's one consolation." Altogether this queer little pocket volume of The American Joe Miller, compiled by Robert Kant is not unworthy of taking its place upon our boo . " shelves in between its whimsical old English sake and that later Joe, whose Christian name 1 9 Mark, meaning our world-famous Jokemasterf The Editor of Punch, Mr. Mark Lemon-- 1011366, fat little "Jest Book" of a few months since we 11 1 1, " regard, we presume, upon the Laugh and Grow F 4 principle, as a sort of good-humoured protest ag Mr. Banting's pamphlet. THE METROPOLITAN PORTRAIT C 0 MP Alsl l'S ITALIAN PHOTOGRAPHS.—A charming little bil° ll case of twenty-four Italian scenes, exquisitely photographed, has recently come under our er f amination. They present to view a series ° beautiful landscape and architectural - glimps es of various localities in Rome, in Ven ice ' in Pompeii ! Cataracts and Basilicas, Fountains and Amphitheatres—among the latter, for exaroP le ; that deserted exhumed Amphitheatre at PoraPei l i ; The one selected by Bulwer as the arena in wh ic e the principal characters of his renowned roma nce view the destruction of the doomed and from which three, and three only ,° t 6 the number, effect their escape from e showering marl and red-hot ashes, from t' Theserh crash of the thunder and - the earthquake. --- shadowy reflections, taken from the actual locality themselves, through that faithful mirror held ups Nature, the photographic lens, are issued to ' P a public at 140, Great College-street, under the han of Mr. George Charming, the MetropolitanPor trid Company's Secretary. r Ci ourt ICV* DIEN n211}11: HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 19 ' The Queen and Princess Helena drove out Yefi' terday, attended by Colonel Ponsonby ; and Pri v cess Louise also drove. Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan had the honour of 0 0 : ing a selection of poetry, including scenes f t° " The Merchant of Venice" and " As You Like I t' in the evening, before her Majesty, the royal fad' and the ladies and gentlemen of the Court. Return of the Prince and Princess of Wales to London. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with Albert Victor, arrived at Marlborough House, g: Sandringham, yesterday afternoon. In attendMl:i were the Countess of Morton, Lieutenant-Gell er ' Knollys, and Captain Grey. ' on Their Royal Highnesses left Wolferton Stat shortly after 1.15 yesterday in a special train PI; vided by the Great Eastern Railway, over v line the journey to and from Sandringham is made.a, the In the centre of the train was the new and h and some saloon carriage recently built for the use o f Prince and Princess of Wales, and in which tile., , royal highnesses, with Prince Albert Victor and lil : nurse, rode. The rest of the train consisted of fi rs t class carriages, luggage-vans, and breaks. lg r. Robertson, the superintendent of the Great East er Railway, accompanied it throughout. Lynn, e r li ;s i , bridge, and Stratford were the only st atw e , at which any stoppage was made ; but in co n quence of the arrangements made by the 0ff0 1 7 . , of the Great Eastern Company all stations kept quite clear, and no persons were ad f or ted to the platforms. The weather was et e d and bright, presenting in this respect a ma r ' e cl l contrast to the extraordinary gloom which pre vln over the terminus all day. At Bishopsgate term ini ; which was reached at a few minutes past 4, the S a nt , strict measures to prevent intrusion were carried ° ec i Here the Prince and Princess of Wales were reeer t O er , by Mr. James Goodson (chairman), Col. P, Mr. J. Packe, Mr. L. Simpson, and Mr. . 1 ' ere Norris, M.P., directors of the company, and litbe conducted to the royal carriages, in which „ set t Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince A l ' to Victor, with his nurse, were immediately &W i ll Marlborough House, by way of the City-road' o f order to avoid the crowded streets in the centre it' the metropolis. It is understood that their 0 / 0/1 highnesses will proceed to Osborne immediately' a visit to her Majesty. 0 THE OPENING' OF PARLIAMENT.—We have r .o know that there is no foundation for the report" ' fe r has gained general credence, that the Queen will 01 1 ' 3 ,,,, 11 , to liament in person. The Queen and Court, ace or no t present arrangements, will remove from Osborne to W ill t o s- Castle on the Friday or Saturday after Parlialnell sembles. Bt- His Royal Highness the Prince of Viral es ',:tue tended by Sir A. Paget and Mr. Carrington, honotlre' Strand Theatre with his presence last evening. ~t e, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cainbri us ;o' attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Si d . , Purves, arrived at Lew yesterday afternoon from ringham. 1 14 The Earl and Countess of Derby will Knowsley Park, Lancashire, the first week in the 01 0 60 month for their town residence in St. James's-square . Earl of Derby is in excellent health, having regalu ed strength from his recent illness. a , de Earl Spencer, Lord Suffield, and Hon. -" he r Grey left Sandringham on Wednesday, on concluding t visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales. —,40 4 Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston in town yesterday from Broadlands, Hants. 111 1- Le Comte de Kerveguen has arrived a t I‘l rigy's Hotel from Paris. At The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart, e too has arrived at his house in Beigrave-square from l Hall, Yorkshire. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News) of The will of the Hon. Georgiana Louisa Montgonl e lo o Garboldisham Hall, Norfolk, was proved in the i'° 7l te es Court under £70,000 personalty, the executors and tra do o. therein appointed being her brother, the Right o r Thomas Henry Lord Foley, P.C., and the Hon. A rt iit er Fitzgerald Kinnaird, M.P. The testatrix was the dallik - o il9 of the third Baron Foley, and married, in 1844, Tb, ° ;o l Molyneux Montgomerio, Esq., whom she survilro u ' ir ia died in November last, at the age of fifty-two, l i t' c tlh executed her will in 1858, to which are added two o° w ; c l,o dated 1861 and March, 1864. To her sister-in-law , ii LO l Montgomerie, she has left an annuity, and also 11 ' - oe legacies and annuities to her servants. Her real esto, te no ti has devised to her son, Cecil Thomas Molyneux . 0 0i gomerie, Esq., and has appointed him residuary legate . _ . the personalty. cis i The will of the Yen. Charles Parr Burney, D.D., deacon of Colchester, and rector of Wickham 135.5 ',P0 0 Essex, was proved in the London Court under .41-4" personalty ; the executors and trustees appointed beie s of ~ sons, the Rev. Charles Burney, M.A., Hon. Cae ° ,,o Rochester and vicar of Halstead, and the ev. Edward , • es' Burney, M.A., vicar of Thornham, together with the tator's sons-in-law, Lieut.-Col. James Wood and 118 , 1 1 :1 0 Wood, Esq., of Tonbridge Wells. The will bearo fe d June, 1857, with two codicils--1861 and July, 1864. il e ,: t otk on the Ist of November last, at Royal-crescent, B riP „ The will is of considerable length. To his wife tb e ', o secured an annuity of £ 1 , 500 , and an immediat e leg°l4cdpii £1,500 ; and to her he leaves his carriages and the h.- 9 0 ture, the use of plate, &c. ; together with other ittte„rbeoo under the will. To his two sons he leaves his fre'd" e.af estates equally between, as also his library, books, P iet o o and articles of virtu; and to each a legacy of .£lo,oo' a share in the residue. To each of his daught ers he ie,,ati° a legacy of £5, 000 and a share in the residue. The eB;ipti however, is to accumulate for a period of 21 ye ars, the death of his widow. The grandchildren will also r cipate largely in the ultimate residue. $ The will of the late Everson Harrison, Esq. , °f t, 4.0 thorpe Hall, Rutland, was proved in the London 0 01 " T he the 3d inst., by his relict, the sole acting executrix. . O de personalty was sworn under £30,000 . The will w a s o o o ' in 1847, and is entirely in his own handwriting , tol i ci A.4 . tamed in a few clauses, devising his estates in TP"-jitrif Mary's, and also in Litton, Sutton, St. Edmunds, . 1 ' . 0 A and Thurlby to his eldest son, Charles Millns 1' 11 : 0 0 Esq. His other estates and funded property he lee'i,-9,11i his wife for life, and upon her decease to be divided eci-ci amongst their younger cnildren ; the furniture, Pie t :loe r ' riages, &c., to his wife absolutely ; legacies to 1 1 L 9 :. 0 9 brother, and other relatives ; and legacies an d anneil i l servants. To the British and Foreign Bible Sec iet „ d r eie the Society for the Propagation of the Gospe l in , Parts, each £IOO.SF dJ f The late Miss Frances Cecilia Burton Forster, Park-square, has bequeathed to the Charing-cross °Ol. £l,OOO, and £5OO to the Sailor's Home, Great Yerel °l , l f , 1 9 1 4 The late Miss Mary Ann Ellis, of Balham, S tirre , g - cl ° ,l ° left to the Balham Schools £lOO ; and to the Blip°, rori geu St. George's, Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Old Royal Free Hospital, National Benevolent Institutic)-' the Asylum for Idiots, each a like legacy of £loo'