The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-03 00:00:00

ITO USES.—Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, suburban, and Country RESIDENCES to LET or SELL. Particulars forwarded for three stamps, upon statini exact requirements and rental. Offices, 2, uonutreet, Regent street, and South Kensingtsn, Lacing the Museum. S 0 UTII KENSIN G T ON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's -gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, arid l'rinces Gardens, Eivaston- place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe Squares, Boltons. &c. Messrs TOPLIi and ROliEitTS have REoI DENCES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and south K e nsington, facing the Museum. LIFEBOAT SE RVI C ES. --During the storms of the past year the National lifeb-mt. Institution, by its Lifeboats and other means, contributed to the savin: of :07 persona from different wrecks on our coasts. The Insti tution also expended £ 1,3:4 In the same peri.d on its life boat establishine.as, in addition to granting £4,950 for re wards for Ravin , ' life and exercising the lifeboats. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A VITAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat stations. Contributions are received by the London and country ankers ; and by the Secretary, itichard Lewis, EN., at the institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GA EDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) THIS EVENING (Wednesday), Mr. Charles Daftlll's new opera, in one act, CHRISTMAS EVE. Madame F. Lancia, Madame E. Heywood; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. D, Miranda. Conductor, Ur. Allred Mellon. After which. at 8, the grand comic, spectacular, and ope ratic Christmas Pantomime, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin and the Flying Palace. (See other advertisements). Commence at 7 o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Farce of BUSBANDS, BEWARE. Mr. G. Delmore, Miss Hazlewood, After which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN; or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap. Messrs. G. Belmore, H. Drayton, G. Weston. Master Percy ktoselli ; Misses Ilazlewood, A. Thomson, E. Falconer, 4tc. Pantomitnists, MessrA. H. Boleno. C. Lauri, Cormack, Saville, Miss Morgan, and Madame Boleno. Commence at 7. ones, and it need hardly be said that typhus is rife in such places. The " party upstairs " catches the fever first, and thence it is spread through the place ; the third classes consists of those houses originally meant for better occupants, but which now possesses as many families as rooms. In some of these houses the former traffic to the back-yard is stopped by a mass of dust garbage and sweepings which has not been removed for years. Those who think that they are at all events out of the reach of the infection from such places may be shocked to find that means of communication exist between them and these by-places, nests such as they little dream of. In many houses, - where typhus had been or was then raging, "smart, warm children's clothing, and good cloth garments for children and men" were being made, and the most uninitiated may understand how dreadful would be the consequences to the wearers of such articles. No wonder Mr. JEAFFRESON should say that " the homes of the poor are an Augean stable, to cleanse which effectually requires the earnest action of a more numerous and effective staff than are now brought to bear upon the subject." The courts and allies are in such a state that family after family often succumb to its ravages; and where the fever has not broken out actually, it is easy to perceive that a spark of specific contagion is all that is wanting to cause it to blaze, and to spread with fearful rapidity. The second portion of the subject is the composition of the London vestries, who are answerable for both the lives and health of others. It turned out on investigation that the owners of certain " low typhus infected house property " were active and obstructive members of vestries, and sometimes even guardians of the poor. This is in itself a very significant thing ; and very truly is it remarked here that, without being ever in a majority, these men may do great harm, for it takes very little self-interest to outweigh a great deal of " indifference, honest ignorance, or even public spirit." A table is given of 368 members of these vestries, and enough is shown thereby to justify the strictures passed upon such a construction. The THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Mangger, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, BROTHER SAIL: Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Compton; Mesdames Nell) , Moose, Snowden, &c. To be followed by ORPIIEUS IN THE HAYMARKET, Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Bartleman, Weal hersby, 4:c ; Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Woolgar. Howard, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevot, &c. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. Mr. Com, ton. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM T EIEATRE.- Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Mr. B. Widdicomb. Atter which, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr. Fechter; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin, J. H. Fitzpatrick, D. Evans ; Mesdames Ternan, ElsworthY. Lavenu, and C. Leclercq. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at Seven, a new farce called ssEHIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips. Eburne, C. J. Smith; Miss A. tleaman, Alter which, at 8, RIP VALI WINKLE. Rip (his 104th. appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington, P. Bedford, It Phillips, Felix. Itog,..rs, Ashley, li.burne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Biliingtor, &c. To conclude with T FIE STEEPLECHASE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, I'. Redford, Ashley; Miss K. Kelly, &o. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. - THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After which, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MENI). characters by Messrs. Vining% T. Mel ville, T. Mead, I). Murray, S. Calhaem, F. Villiers, J. a Shore, a Murray, If. Mellon, C. Seyton, R. Cathcart• ; Nisi L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL SIRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING. at Seven, NOTHING VENTURE NOTHING WIN. After which will be produced a new Opera Burlesque, L'AFRICAINE ; or, The Queen of the Cannibtl Islan is. Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne ; Mesdames Swanborough, itaynharu, Johnstone, /to. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. firtHE LAST EDITION OF " THE S UN, ' J. Containing the Latest SrultrlNti IN TELLWEI\ Cs, Dan be had Every Evening 01 G. R. GLE3II4I, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde -park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evenin,L , , by W. ALEXANDIat (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavennisti- street, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published, containing all the LA PEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGi‘..NCE, by lIARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, 131acktriarii-road, London, S. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." .1. 110LAIES begs to inform his friends, and the pubic generally, teat he supplies the LATEST EIJITL,N of *.111.14; SUN " as soon as published —No. 16, Hampstead road, N.W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAY.—Morning, 3h. 15m.—Afternoon, 31.1. 35m To-Monnow.-31druing, 3h. 57m.—Afternoon, 4b. 18m, ' "Ara. '..r442 W "fir'LN ‘lll LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAMIARY 3, 1866, A painful interest attaches itself to the letter which H. JEAFFRESON, MM., late resident medical officer to the London Fever Hospital, has addressed to the Times. It concerns a subject which ought to be taken up at once, and dealt with discreetly and vigorously. The letter commences with a reference to the communication made the other day by the secretary of the hospital, in which he asked fcr assistance from the public, and stated that for the last month the daily average of patients was 260, and during the last four years the number of cases amounted to 11,589. Mr. JEAFFRESON truly adds that such a statement proves the unsatisfactory sanitary condition of the metropolis, and therefore we are sure that the public must turn with interest to peruse this report here given of the state of those portions of London most affected by fever. The object set forth here is a very desirable one ; it en deavours not only to announce the effect of the evil but to do more, and seeks out the cause. It is truly stated here that the details of our low house property district and its surroundings may well furnish a type of all others, and a more depre ss i nc , subject of contemplation can hardly b e f ound tha n this picture of the dwellings of the poor, or tpphus nests, as they are appropriately called. The supply of water is most deficient in the first place. Th e best supplied among them have a butt holding 80 gallons, into which the water flows from a stand-pipe for half an-hour a day at the utmost, and this quantity is supposed to be sufficient for 20 persons for the purposes of washing themselves, their houses, and clothes ; in other parts a less quantity of water is furnished ; and on Sunday even this scanty supply is absent, and the water required for the Sunday cooking is begged for from neighbours who are better off in this respect, and, as is quaintly put here, are more provident or " more dirty." The wretchedness and misery of this mismanage ment cannot be misunderstood, nor can we overrate the extreme unhealthiness of such a system. To add to the bad state of things often these water-butts are so constructed that they have no covering ; < Hence the drippings from the houses are received with the insufficient scanty supply, and the result may be imagined. This w ater question is one which should be seen to without delay, as so much mischief en sues from the present condition of affairs in this important respect. ne backs of these houses are also in a disgraceful state, and so foul and offensive is the condition of them that the inhabitants have often to shut the windows that look out on them. Can anything be more provocative of fever than such a state of things, and can we wonder that so many cases present themselves to notice when such horrors abound ? These houses are divided, gene rally speaking, into three classes, the first of which is a nume rous one, and contains four rooms ; I , wet walls, sodden floors, and loose ceilings, and roofs permitting the rain to come through ; another class has no means of regular ventilation or stair case windows, so that the inhabitants of the upp er rooms only breathe the unFue air fror4 the lower 1 fact is, that all these matters require re-organi sation, and ought to come under the notice of the authorities. Old systems are pursued in important departments which call loudly for change and re- form. The interests of the public and the welfare of the community demand that the sani tary condition of our poor be greatly im proved ; and nothing can excuse hesitation and delay when time is precious, and the seeds of disease and death are being sown broadcast in the abodes of poverty - . It is stated here that much harm results from the difficulty encountered in " dealing summarily" with the property of thought less or culpable landlords. These men adopt the system of underletting two or three deep ; they thus get large profits out of the unhealthy houses in paying rents, for which " the hard-ground poor have to support a set of persons whose interest is all concerned in frustrating the efforts of the sani- tary officers." It is sad to reflect that when all possible reforms have been made, in a sanitary point of view, much evil will abound on account of the very bad state of the houses themselves. In the busiest parts of London acres are covered with two-storied houses, where, if lofty, well-built houses occupied the same space, far greater numbers could be accommodated, and health and conveni ence alike studied. The Society for Improving the Dwellings of the Poor have dose much in the right direction, but it still remains a very up -hill task. One point of encouragement may be furnished in the fact here stated, that the poor in " squalid quarters" pay such high rents that there is a hope that rebuilding their homes might bring in direct profit to the " shareholders as well as the ratepayers, and that part of the com munity whose fortunes are made and maintained by the health and labour of the working classes." During the approaching session nothing of more interest and importance can engage the attention of Parliament than the condition of the poor. It would seem as if the present state of the laws affecting sanitary matters was so constituted as to encourage those who prey upon the poor, keep the wretched from ever raising themselves out of their low condition, and render the homes nests of fever and hot-beds of disease. It is quite time that a change for the better took place ; and if the adop tion of remedies be much longer delayed, some un favourable season will develope the evils now ger minating, and we shall have an epidemic of an alarming and extensive character pervading the metropolis, entirely brought about by mismanage meat and neglect. The intelligence which we receive from the United Statesby the City of Boston is of some importance. President JOHNSON is evidently determined to show that neither the threats nor intrigues of the Radi cals can turn him from the just and patriotic course upon which he has entered. He has lately taken an important step by setting aside the Pro vi Provisional o the a l Governor of South Carolina, and directing Governor Elect to assume office. South Carolina, as every one knows who has followed the fortunes of the war, was the very stronghold of secession, and therefore the substitution of the Governor elected by the people for the provisional authority appointed by the Washington Government, is a great gain in the work of reconstruction, and affords the Southern people an additional proof that President JOHNSON is resolved to rule over them in accordance with constitutional law and national feeling, not with that rod of iron which the Puritans of New England would fain wield over all who differ from them. Meanwhile, in the Senate, there are tokens that the Radical party begins to feel that the temper of the public is opposed to the extremity and intolerance of their views. Mr. ve he believed the rebels a Senator, said that, although with the PRESIDENT against freedmen, to be committing outrages he had no issue to raise that with regard to h. u pon the subject, and he had no is honesty and patrotism Inis o 4 • party would, h e a d ded, vilonogks. The Democratic in vain fora conflict between - the Republicans arid the PRESIDENT in . TEVEN S in that House. Mr. R Aym o s speech e t e h c e h s i e n p a c r o a n t e t a n v o e f it t t i ohne rebellious e f b eillious States from th e olw made a powerful lr S 's doct r i ne Union, though he considered they should be called upon to give a new guar an t ee before being admitted to representation in Congress. The Southern members elect have held a meeting, at which they decided ton disperse and return home, assembling again in Washington on the 4th of March.. The great question of Southern representation still re mains unsettled, though it is absolutely imperative, for the interests of both white, and black that it should be decided. The Radical portion in the House of Representatives are troubled with no scruples as to differing from the President. On the 18th, Mr. THADEUS STEVENS made a most intemperate harangue, in which his / policy towards the South was plainly indicated. He declared that the rebel States were " dead as to all national and political action," " dead carcases lying within the Union ;" and he stigma tised those who uphold the theory of the Union ' haying never been really broken as I THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1866. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. MARSEILLES, JAN. 2. Letters received here from Rome announce that the Pope had written to the Emperor Napoleon stating that he would accept funds from the Italian Government for the payment of a portion of the Pontifical debt, but without renouncing his rights With respect to the former provinces of the Church, without treating with the Italian Government, and without recognising the September Convention. It is added that the Emperor has not yet replied to the letter of His Holiness. His Majesty, however, is said to have previously offered to guarantee the transmission to Rome of au annual sum proceeding from the Italian Govern- ment. FLORENCE, JAN. 3. It is believed that Signor Scialoja, the new Mini ster of Finance, will maintain the budget as drawn up by Signor Sella, with the exception of the army and navy estimates, in which he will endeavour to make further reductions. HUNGARY. HERMANNSTADT, JAN. 2 (Evening; The Imperial Rescript has been forwarded to the Transylvanian Diet, which promises that the repre sentatives of Transylvania will shortly be summoned to the Diet at Pesth. SPAIN MADRID, JAN. 2 The Correspondencia of this evening says : " The Government knows the revolutionary pro jects of those who mistake forbearance for weakness, and, in any case, is certain of defeating them." MADRID, Dec. 30. The passage of the King and Queen of Portu gal through Madrid has again revived the idea of Iberian unity, to which for some time past the Liberal press have frequently reverted. The So berania Nacional publishes minute biographies of the young sovereigns, dwelling upon the identity of origin and interests of the two nations, and indirectly advocating Iberian unity. The Nove dades and Iberia welcomed the visit of Dom Luis with the warmest congratulations, eulogising his sincere constitutionalism and his love of liberty, which had secured to him the respect and affec tion of his people. The Refornza, while considering Iberian unity as utopian, desires that the closest alliance should subsist between the two countries, and that facilities of communication and treaties should daily strengthen the bonds of interest be tween them. The Senate will assemble to-day, to elect the permanent committees and the committees for draw- ing up the reply to the speech from the throne. The moderate and clerical Opposition in the Senate steadily continue their efforts to secure the defeat of the Government in that Assembly. The moderate faction has already given proof of its activity at the election of the secretaries, in which the Government candidates were only suc cessful, after a strong contest, by 10 votes. It is reported that Senor Arrazola will bring forward in the Senate one of' the amendments relative to the policy of Spain towards the Holy See, and that an amendment will also be presented referring to the course adopted by the Spanish Government with the prelates. The speech from the throne is unfavourably com mented upon by the Madrid press, with the excep tion of the strictly Ministerial organs. Vague ness and obscurity, particularly in the paragraph upon Italian affairs, are the faults objected to by several Liberal organs, while the clerical papers ask what are the rights of the Holy See which the Government professes that it will protect, when it has recognised Italy, and allows the clergy to be openly and violently attacked in its new organs. The Novedades says— " We remark in the royal speech one of the greatest defects possible in a document of this nature. It is not in harmony with the political condition of affairs, neither does it depict the state of public opinion ; it conceals the evils that threaten us, and presents no suitable remedy. While praising the army, the navy, the Senate, the Congress, and the Government itself, it contains not a single phrase, not one word of re gret for the cities invaded by cholera, which have given an example of virtue to the world that it will be difficult to erase from the hearts of the poor." The Reforma considers that the speech reveals the singular anomaly that the Ministry have no general policy. It says : " Upon international relations the Cabinet has not known what to say. Neither in Europe, Asia, nor America, where our flag confronts the enemy, does it know what it wishes, to what it aspires, nor for what it imposes sacrifices of blood and treasure upon the country. In speaking of Italy it employs a phrase unsuitable and ambiguous which says nothing. Respecting the war with Chili it is satisfied with stating the fact, and is silent with regard to Peru, except in erroneously alluding to difficulties as past which may well be considered to have revived. Finally, the Epoca, in its summary, has the fol Lowing : " As an exposition of doctrine, and an anticipatory announcement of what is to be done in the present legislature, it has deceived many expectations. From the first point of view (continues the Epoca) it does not even speak of the solution of all conflicts by means of liberty, although it promises respect for the laws ; from the second, we only find mentioned a few measures, some old, as that of the diminution of ere- dits, others that have been taken up and abandoned at different times, like the municipal law. Although, to speak truly, nothing of this should be disdained, it appears to us there was no motive to represent the Liberal Union as a transformed and rejuvenated party, full of life and vigour, and ready to under take, without resting from the work, the political, moral, and material regeneration of Spain." RUSSIA AND GREECE. ATHENS, Dec. 24. M. Novikow, Envdy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Emperor of Russia to this Court, presented his credentials to King George a few days ago, upon which occasion the Envoy de livered the following speech:— " Sire,—The Emperor, my august master, has deigned to appoint me his representative to your Majesty. In calling me to this honourable post he desired me, sire, to convey to you the renewed and unalterable expression of his affectionate sentiments towards your august person, with his friendly good wishes for the destinies of Greece. These wishes, sire, are those of entire Russia. I am happy to have been selected as the interpreter of our ancient and cordial sympathy with the Hellenic nation—a sym pathy constantly renewed from the source of a com mon creed, and to which such noble recollections are attached. Sire, my august master has deeply at heart the prosperity of Greece. He will congratu late himself upon seeing, under your Majesty's sceptre, and with the patriotic assistance of your people, those great principles of public order which are the surest guarantee of that prosperity become more and more consolidated. I have the honour to hand your Majesty the letters accrediting me as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, and venture to hope, sire, that your Majesty will deign to grant me the precious encouragement of your goodwill in the performance of my mission." King George replied : " M. l'Envoye,—l am touched by the goodwill constantly displayed by his Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias towards myself and the na tion with whose interests lam charged. Greece has never ceased to entertain sentiments, of the liveliest- gratitude towards Russia, as one of the Great Powers who have so nobly and generously contributed to the consolidation of her independence, and who Piave overwhelmed her with benefits. As chief of that nation I entirely partake its sentiments, " dreaming theorists." Surely such a term might more appropriately be applied to those who expect to keep six millions of intelligent white people in an 'unrepresented subjection ! Of course no one who upholds the theory of the Southern States having never been out of the Union contends that the people always obeyed the Wash ington Government, or did not wish to leave the Union. Their argument is that, as the Confederates failed in their attempt to establish their indepen dence, their acts of secession were null and void, and the great object of the North through the war was to re-establish the former state of things, and to maintain the supremacy which the others defied. If the Southerners are to be regarded as having actually accomplished their object and left the Union—how came it that the struggle is called by the Radicals a " rebellion," not a " war." A rebel is one who resists his recognised authority, not an equal who has succeeded in establishing his own independence. But Mr. STEVENS is willing to regard the Southerners as rebels so far as their punishment goes, though not so far as their claims to national privileges. They must be made, he says ' " to eat the fruit of foul rebellion ;" and, soaring into the:regions of poetry, he exclaims, "As to these famed rebels, they cannot at their option re-enter the heaven which they have disturbed, nor the Garden of Eden which they have deserted, as flaming swords are set at the gates to secure their exclusion." All the humanity he has to spare, which is not apparently overmuch, is turned in the direction of the negro. Congress is bound to provide for them, and to furnish them with homesteads. If they are left to the legis lation of their late masters they had better have been left in bondage. Such is the summary of his fervid appeals on behalf of the black, and his panacea for the redress of all their wrongs is the confiscation of Southern etates and the forcible removal of Southern landowners. It is openly ad mitted by Mr. STEVENS'S friends that he intends bring ing in a bill for the purpose of confiscating the lands of the leading Confederates and parcelling them out among the negroes, thus preparing the way for reducing the once fertile and prosperous South to the condition of Jamaica, and degrading the negroes by encouraging them in that life of lazi ness and dependence which is their great tempta tion. Such a scheme may seem at the outset too preposterous to excite any uneasiness, but there is a double reason for regarding it with some appre hension. In the first place, such projects are only too acceptable to the negro mind, which is filled by its false friends with visions of a life of ease and idle ness, in which the rights of the black man are para mount to all others. Such ideas naturally enough dis courage him from that regular and steady industry which every one must possess if he wishes to live in a country full of energy and competition, and thus the declamations of the black man's professed advocates are really prejudicial to his well-being. The second reason why Mr. STEVENS'S scheme is dangerous is because the Radical party in the Lower House have already shown that they are adepts in the art of finesse and political intrigue. For in stance, after the harangue of Mr. STEVENS, to which we have been just referring, Mr. RAYMOND, who is a Conservative Republican, rose to answer him; but as a Radical was the chairman of the committee in which the House was sitting, be refused to see Mr. RAYMOND, and called for a totally different speaker. Mr. RAYMOND, however, as we have seen by yesterday's mail, obtained a hearing a day or two later, and made a powerful reply to Mr. STEVENS'S intemperate speech. Another transparent trick was played by Mr. STEVENS him self. He was going to bring in an obnoxious reso lution, against which a Conservative Republican intended to speak. He went to Mr. STEVENS and asked if he would bring it on that day, to which Mr. STEVENS replied that he could not do so, as his State would not be called. No sooner, however, had the gentlemanleft the House, and agaod many of his colleagues with him, than Mr. STEVENS went to a member whose alphabetical position was higher, and asked him to bring forward the resolution, which he did, and the Conservative -Republicans, coming in a good while later, found the House dividing upon Mr. STEVENS'S resolution. So much for Radical finesse; and if a trick of this kind be tried successfully, Mr. STEVENS' confiscation scheme may attain an importance it does not deserve. There is no fear that the Senate or the PRESIDENT will sanc tion such a measure, but these things end to keep up disaffection and alienation. The PRESIDENT has a hard battle to fight, but hpapily he is a man of strong character and resolute will. He does Rot deal in finessing and political manoeuvres, but what he thinks best and wisest he carries out undeterred by opposition or clamour. He holds that the first call is to provide the freed men with the necessaries of life, and to do this he must be provided with employ ment. There is no room for him in the North, while in the South his labour is greatly wanted. Therefore the Southern landowners must be restored to their civil rights and public con fidence, that they may resume the cultivation of their lands, and by their enterprises afford abun dant occupation for the negro, no longer as a slave, but as a freedman. Surely such a theory as this is fair and reasonable, as well as eminently calculated to restore peace and prosperity to the country. It does not, however, find favour with the Radical section, who appear to desire a complete dismember ment of the Southern States and a reign of anarchy and terror. The PRESIDENT has sent to the Senate the nomi nation of Mr. CAMPBELL as Minister to the Mexican Republic —a significant fact. Another item of news, which is suggestive of a change in the popular feel ing, is the advocacy of the liberation of JEFFERSON DAVIS by the New York Herald, which has just discovered that the Southern people rose in the spirit of freemen who believed themselves oppressed. TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES.—The Trade and Navigation accounts for the month of November show what extraordinary activity has recently prevailed in the trade of this country with the United States. In the No vember of the last three years the export to the United States of cotton piece goods, the manufacture of the United Kingdom, has been as follows :—Nov., 1863, 5,247,096 yards ; Nov., 1864, 1,381,404 yards ; Nov., 1865, 27,178,583 yards. Of our linen piece goods we sent to the United States 6,995,509 yards in Nov., 1863 ; 3,900,683 yards in Nov., 1864; and 15,397,052 yards in Nov., 1865. Of our woollen cloths 450,803 yards in Nov., 1863 ; 43,000 yards in Nov., 1864 ; 505.454 yards in Nov., 1865: Carpets, 260,358 yards in Nov., 1863 ; 23,236 yards in Nov., 1864 ; 424,483 yards in Nov., 1865. Worsted stuffs, '5,139,541 yards in Nov., 1863 ; 465,679 yards in Nov., 1864 ; 8,264,784 yards in Nov., 1865. Of our iron, pig and puddled, we sent to the same destination, in Nov. of the last thre.: years, , 3,402 tons, 380 tons, and 12,120 tons respeCtively ; and of railroad iron 8,734 tons, 97 tons, and 7,141 tons respectively. Of cutlery the value only is recorded, £9,177, £6,196, £27,465, in Nov. of the three years respectively ; and of Britannia metal and other hardware; £43,590, £14,953, £70,332. The export of steel manufactures does not show so remarkable an advance. Of haberdashery our November export to the States in the exports a xn s p od t t t h . tl r sl e o4 e itlyo4eusa our produce hay epsrpoedcuveeenl ofand d t im o pa v nt a ou l futahecetouf end ne .£ sd 79 to o , f o 6 . t r:h, Octobere u l ln, the States e, in 1865 had reached only to the value of £14,844,708, which was a smaller amount than in the corresponding period of 1864 ; but the November exports have made the difference for the 11 months to be largely on the other side. Of raw cotton we imported from the United States 46,201 cwt. in the first 11 months of 1863, 119,095 cwt. in the corresponding period of 1864, 433,773' cwt. in that of 1865, even the last an insignificant quantity compared with the years before the war. The great decrease in our im port of grain from America this year has been recently Mentions/ and I heartily thank the Emperor for the good wishes for its prosperity he now expresses through you. In receiving from your hands the letters 'by which the Emperor has accredited you to me, I am charmed with the choice made by his Imperial Ma jesty, and it affords me pleaure to assure you that you will always find, both from myself and my Go vernment, ready assistance in everything- which may facilitate the accomplishment of your mission, and more and more consolidate the friendship and sympathy so happily existing' between two nations holding the same creed." AMERICA. - ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) NEW Yon; Dec. 23, Noon. President Johnson has relieved South Carolina of her Provisional Government, and for that purpose has, through the Secretary of State, addressed to the out-going and in coming executives letters exactly similar to those recently announcing tho same change in the cases of Alabama and Georgia. The new Governor, the Hon. James L. Orr, is to be formally installed in office on the 26th inst. Southern advices are unusually meagre, but generally sustain the opinion recently expressed by General Grant in his official address to Congress, that the newly developed loyalty at the South is general and sincere. A general apprehension seems to prevail at the South that there will be an uprising of the negroes in certain sec tions of several States during the approaching holidays. Numerous public journals assert that the blacks have, at the instigation of Northern white men, and, to a great ex tent, under their leadership, effected for this purpose a regular organisation, and that they are well armed. Pre cautionary measures have been adopted by the national and State authorities, and, it is believed, that should there be any outbreak, it can be readily quelled. The principal anxiety is felt for the sparsely settled agricultural district; where the negroes could, by concentrating, overcome the whites, who are mostly without arms. It is hoped, how ever, that the danger is more imaginary than real. At numerous mass meetings in Virginia, North Carolina, and elsewhere, the negroes have manifested a proper spirit, and have earnestly disavowed any insurrectionary designs. A majority of the members of Congress elect from the Southern States have decided to return to their homes and await the action of the joint Committee of fifteen on Re construction, as there seemed to be no prospect of their ad mission. It is believed in well-advised circles that the President will make a determined resistance to the Radical programme of refusing the Southern States and reducing them to a territorial condition. That Mr. Johnson in this course will be sustained by the Conservative Republicans and Democrats is fully indicated by recent Congressional proceedings. There seems to be a lack of harmony in the operations of the Freedmen's Bureau in the Southern States. The officials of that organization have, on several occasions, refused to obey orders of the national military authorities. Major-General Howard, Chief of the Bureau, in order to correct these abuses, has notified all his subordinates that any of them presuming to act contrary to the orders of their military superiors will be promptly removed, and subjected to trial by court martial. In the Senate, on the 21st inst., Messrs. Fessenden, Grimes, Harris, Howard, Johnson, and Williams were ap pointed as the Senate portion of the Joint Committee of fifteen on Reconstruction. Mr. Howard, representative of Michigan, offered a reso lution, which was adopted, asking the President upon what charges Jefferson Davis is confined, and why he is not brought to trial. Messrs. Simms and Howard presented petitions for negro suffrage in Tennessee, South Carolina, 'and the dis trict of Columbia. Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, introduced a bill, which was referred to the Judiciary Committee, to render null and void all national and State laws making distinction on account of colour. In the House of Representatives, on the 20th inst., Mr Stevens, Radical, of Pa., offered a bill, which was referred, to double tho pensions of those who were made pensioners by reason of the late war, to indemnify loyal mon for all damage sustained, and to meet the increased expense by a vigorous confiscation of rebel property. Mr. Lawrence, Republican, of Ohio, offered a resolution, which was ordered to be printed and laid on the table, de claring that Jefferson Davis should be tried, convicted, and punished for treason, and that all who were in any way connected with the assassination of Mr. Lincoln or the cruelties to Federal prisoners should be tried before a mili tary tribunal. On the 21st inst. a resolution was introduced, and re ferred to the Foreign Affairs Committee, declaring that the United States ought never to recognise any Government imposed on any portion of this continent by European arms. Mr. Vorhees, Democrat, of Indiana, offered a resolution, which was postponed till the 9th proximo, endorsing the .President's reconstruction policy, and declaring that no State can rightfully recede from the Union. Mr. Raymond, Republican, of New York, delivered a lengthy and able speech in reply to the recent onslaught on the President by Thadeus Stevens, of Penn. Mr. Raymond warmly defended the wisdom and humanity of the President's reconstruction policy, and effectually re futed the theory that tho Southern States have been out of the Union, and should be treated as traitors. He conclu sively proved that such theory countenanced the right, if not the expediency, of secession, and prevented the punish ment of treason. At the conclusion of his speech Mr. Ray mond was congratulated by prominent Conservative Re publicans and Democrats. Both Houses of Congress stand adjourned to the sth proximo. In the Senate, on the 20th inst., the house bill for the payment of $25,000 to Mrs. Lincoln was taken up and passed. Mr. Sumner, of Mass., presented a petition of his con stituents for the appointment of Provisional Governors . for all the States lately in rebellion, and for the guarantee of political equality to all loyal citizens.—Referred to com mittee on reconstruction. Mr. Wilson, of Mass., called up the Equality bill, where upon a lively debate ensued. Mr. Sumner, of Mass., warmly advocated the bill. He hoped justice would be done to the negro, and that the fate of three millions of that race would not be submitted to the machinations of slavemasters. He then proceeded to read extracts from letters to the Boston Advertiser, showing that the freedmen were being cruelly treated, and that disloyal sentiments prevailed at the South. The speaker then referred to the President's Address again as an attempt to whitewash the South, and cast an official mantle of oblivion over its ,ults. Mr. Saulsburg, Democrat, of Delaware, said the Senator seemed apprehensive that the Democracy would again come into power under the present Executive. Division had already begun in Republican ranks. If the President stood firm in his present polioy, two millions of faithful men in the North who did not vote for him would support him, and welcome the contest whenever it came. Mr. Cowan, of Pa., Republican, emphatically protested against Mr. Sumner's speech. He regarded the President's address as fair and truthful. The statements read by Mr. Sumner were prejudiced. The cases of cruelty were ex: ceptional. Where one man ill-treated negroes, nine hun dred and ninety-nine treated them properly ; but of the latter class Mr. Sumner said nothing. On Thursday the President sent to the Senate the nomination of ex-Congressman Lewis D. Campbell, of Ohio, as Minister Extraordinary to the Republic of Mexico, iu place of General Logan, declined. The name of Mr. John Biglow, who is now American Minister in France on 4- a temporary appointment, has been laid before the Senate for confirmation by the President. General Van Valkeb burg, of New York, has been appointed Minister to Japan, to supersede the recent appointment of Mr. Chancey M. Depew. The New York Times, of the 23d inst., says :—" Two millions of Mexican silver dollars, coined at El Paso, were deposited on Thursday in one of the banks in Washing ton, to the credit of the Mexican Republic." MR. BRIGHT AND THE CHILIAN BLOCKADE.—The following communication has been received by the chairman of the Brassmasters' Association from Mr. Bright, M.P., in reference to the Chilian difficulties :—" Rochdale, Dec. 23, 1865. Dear Sir, —Lord Clarendon is, I think, sanguine that the Spain and Chili business will soon be settled. The Government, in conjunction with the French Government, has proposed to use its good offices in the dispute. The proposal was met in a conciliatory spirit at Madrid. Tho terms are considered equally honourable to the contending parties, and were agreed to (at Madrid) without hesitation. They have been sent out by the last mail to Chili, and if they are received there in a proper spirit there will be an end of the quarrel. I hope therefore the disturbance to your trade may soon be removed. A formal reply to your memorial has, I think, been forwarded to you, but I thought you would like to know what Lord Clarendon has written to me on the subject. —Yours very truly (Signed) JOHN Bauowr.—Geo. A. Everitt, Esq., Bir mingham." FORTUNATE RECOVERY OF TREASURE.—A singular recovery of property has just been made in the port of Havre. The ship William Tell arrived a few days back from Para, and a passenger was getting into a boat to go on shore, with a leathern traveller's pouch suspended from his neck, when the strap broke, and the bag, which contained 20,000 fr. in gold and notes, fell into the water and disappeared. The owner remained some days in Havre, while attempts were being made to recover the property ; but all efforts were unsuccessful, and at lengtli, in despair, he left that town and went on to Paris. Three daysback, however, two boatmen of the port made another trial with a line, to which strong fish-hooks were attached, and which they dragged along the mud ; they at length suc ceeded in catching hold of the bag and bringing it safely into their boat, and then deposited it at the police-office. The owner has since presented them with a suns of 800 f. The Persian Court. It was reported some time since that the Persian Foreign Minister had been " cut " by the diplomatic body resident at Teheran. The following explana tion of the affair, as well as some interesting par ticulars regarding the Persian Court, are given by a Teheran correspondent of the Levant _Herald : " The misunderstanding between the diplomatic body and the Minister for Foreign Affairs has, after much ado about little, been settled, as doubtless you have learned, to the apparent satisfaction of all concerned. This being so, it is needless to say more than that it arose out of a slight—whether real or imagined I cannot pretend to say— cast upon their excellencies (mainly in the person of our own minister) by Mirza Said Khan, the functionary in question, on the occasion of the late races. For some years past the custom had been to set apart a room at the bottom of the grand stand' for the diplomats, but this having been ob jected to in advance by Mr. Alison, the minister promised more suitable accommodation. On the approach, however, of Mr. A. and his colleagues to the field, the Khan, as if wantonly to insult the Ferengees, ordered the better part of the building which they were to occupy to be stripped of its, carpets, leaving them only the bare room. There upon the whole of the corps, on Mr. Alison's sug gestion, declined to remain, and so left the ground. On their'vay - back tbey' met the Shah, and on his Majesty inquiring why they left, and hearing the cause, he offered them the place prepared for his own harem. But as to accept this would have been to condone the ministerial affront, the royal offer was declined, and they returned home. The next day , Mr. Alison, ,the name -of himself and his col leagues, demanded an ample apology, and this be ing given by . the:Peccant minister, andsupplemented by an expression of the Shah's own regret at what had occurred, the storm in the diplomatic teacup subsided without any flags being pulled down. A pleasanter topic for repor c t is supplied by a very brilliant banquet given 'early in November by Mr. Alison, in honour-of nairoollah Effendi, the newly arrived representative of the Porte. Covers were laid for 24 guests, and besides the Turkish minister and his staff, the following persons were present : The Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Rus sian Minister, the French charge d'affaires, Mah moud Khan, the Shah's representative at the Court of St.. James, Hass,n Ali Khan; Persian ambassador at Paris, and Kahia Khan, First Chamberlain at the Palace. During dinner, which was a first-rate one in every respect, the Shah's military band performed several Oriental and ope ratic airs—the ' Sultan's March' being amongst the most conspicuous —under the able direction of M. Bouillon, instructor in music to the King. The principal toast of the evening was that of Hairool lah Effendi,' given by Mr. Alison, and drunk with due honours. The British Minister's health was afterwards proposed by his Ottoman colleague, and elicited an equally ready response. When ample justice had been done to the good cheer the company adjourned to a spacious verandah facing the Mission garden, where a grand display of fireworks took place. The exterior of the Mission House, as well as the garden, was brilliantly illuminated with varie gated lamps. There was, moreover, another display of fireworks outside the Legation gates, which Per sians of all classes had collected in crowds to witness. After the fireworks the great attraction seemed to be the billiard room. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and other Persian nobs then took a lesson in the noble art of billiards, and a, grand pool was subsequently played, at which Court digni taries and diplomatic celebrities joined. The most perfect good humour reigned throughout the party, everybody seeming to enjoy himself thoroughly ; the genuine kindness and affability of the British Minister contributing to the happy result. I could not help being.struck with the Eastern magnificence displayed in the dress of Mr. Alison's footmen, who were all dressed alike in flowing robes of Cashmere shawls, richly embroidered in gold ; they looked, in fact, the greatest swells' in the room. Viscount Polkington, a son of the Earl of Mexberough, who is travelling in these parts with Captain Walker, arrived here from Tabreez on the evening of the entertainment. His lordship had ,thus an oppor tunity on the first day of his arrival at the Persian capital of being introduced to the principal digni taries of the Persian Court, and to the elite of the place. Some Persian ladies of rank, attracted by the fireworks, walked boldly through the crowd, and found their way into the Mission garden, where they were accommodated with chairs, and seemed to enjoy themselves immensely. The party broke up between twelve and one, everybody being highly gratified with the evening's entertainment, which was a success from first to last." The Confederate Loan List Again. The following correspondence is published in the New York Tribune : No. 22, Reade-street, New York, Sept. 22, 1865. Mr. J. T. Delane, Editor of the Times.—Sir,--The United States Government have obtained and given currency to a list of British holders of the so-called Confederate States' bonds. Your name appears therein as the holder of said bonds to the nominal value of £lO,OOO. In com mon with a number of my countrymen, British citizens of New York, I consider that, in view of the extreme hos tility displayed by the Times towards the United States throughout the late rebellion, and its persistent advo cacy of the insurgents, some explanation is due to the public on both sides of the Atlantic, with reference to this pecuniary interest of the editors in the success of the rebellion. While admitting your unrestricted right, as a private individual, to invest in the promises to pay of any insurgent community, I protest against the principle (or utter lack of principle rather) that leaders of public opinion in your position may sow broadcast, ideas, criticisms, and prognostics, presumed to be unbiassed and disinterested by the great mass of English readers, when in reality the writers were secretly identified by the closest of all sympa thies with the issue they advocate. Independent journalism you surely cannot claim as a feature of the Times. I beg •leave to inquire whether those bonds wete purchased by you, and for what consideration? If you decline to answer these questions, copies of this correspondence will be furnished to the press of this city for publication, and in that case the unfortunate impression now prevalent will require no further confirmation, that these bonds were either presented to their recipients or obtained by them at a merely nominal price.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, JAS. C. JOHNSTON. Killarney House, Killarney, Oct. 23, 1865. Sir, —At this remote corner of Ireland at which your letter of the Gth inst. has reached me, I cannot :find a copy of a letter to the editor of the Morning Star contradicting the calumnies adopted by that paper, and to which you say the United States Government has given currency, to tho effect that I held a large amount of stook in the so-called Confederate Loan. I therefore answer your letter directly; and declining to avail myself of the excuse which you sug gest might justify me as a private individual in making such an investment, I admit at once that I should, as a journalist, have proved myself unworthy of all public con fidence, had I bought either Federal or Confederate stock during the late civil war. I deny, however, most expli citly, that I ever applied for, ever had allotted to me, ever purchased, or ever possessed, in my name or in any other, any Federal or Confederate stock, or had any personal or pecuniary interest whatever in the result of the late con test. If then, as you say, the United States Government has made this charge, I submit that it is beund in honour either to prove or retract it ; and I am sure I shall not appeal in vain to the desire to ascertain and publish the truth which has prompted you to seek this explanation from your obedient servant, J. C. Johnston, Esq. JNO. T. DELANE. DESPATCH OF THE WEST INDIA MAILS.—SOUTH A➢IPTeN, Tuesday.—The Royal Mail Company's steamship Atrato, Capt. Jellicoe, sailed this afternoon with the mails for the British and foreign West Indies, the Pacific, Cali fornia., Central America, Mexico, etc. She took out on freight a general cargo, also French jewellery, £10,037; English jewellery, £1,339 ; and 126 passengers, amongst whom were Dr. Mackern, Capt. Todd, Hon. D. Macdougall, and Hon. F. Ryan, for Demerara ; and for Jamaica —Mr, Russell Gurney and Mr. Maule, commissioners; Mr. Horne Payne, barrister-at-law, Midland Circuit; Mr. Godfrey Turner to represent the Daily Telegraph ; and Mr. J. B. Holdsworth in the interests of the Daily News. THE LAST CONFEDERATE PRISONER.—The last Confederate prisoner of war has been released,. on condition that he would leave the country. Captain Gus man refused to take the oath to the United States, and asked no favour but to bo released, to leave the country. The Government refused to grant his request until the 16th of November, when orders were given to allow him to depart without taking the oath. Captain Gusman com manded the Creole Guards of Baton Rouge, and fought under Stonewall Jackson and his successor. tifllrf* eirmlat HER, MAJESTY. _ Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Prince Arthur, attended by Lady Churchill, Lord A. Paget, and Major Elphinstone, crossed ever to Southampton with the Prince and Princess in the Royal yacht Alberta. Lord A. 'Paget and Col. the Hon. A. Hardinge have succeeded Colonel the Hon. A. Hood and Lieut.-Col. Du Plat, as Equerries to her Majesty. THE BRITISH AHmY AND NAVY R EVIEW , now an d henceforth published by Mr. Bentley, Publi s h er i n Ordinary to her Majesty, opens well, according to the Reader of Saturday, with the new year. The nation is on its trial, as well as Mr. Eyre, and an account of his life is exactly what is wanted during the interval which must elapse before any serious proceedings against him can take place. A handsome steel-engraving of the Lieutenant- Governor of Jamaica strikes us at once, and prepares us to receive favourably whatever Mr. Hamilton Hume may have to say. Mr. Eyre is the same Edward John Eyre who a quarter of a century ago distinguished himself as a South Australian explorer. He did then, as has been said, " what no man had ever done before, or would ever do again, but as for the immortality of it I cannot fiad any one in London who ever heard of it or of him." As to this last epigram, it is merely the would-be smartness of a magazine writer. Much more true is Mr. Hume's delibe rate assertion, that "it has seldom fallen to the lot of any man to rise into such sudden notoriety as the subject of this memoir." His first public title singularly enough was " Protector of the Aborigines," in which office he won their perfect love and confidence. This at the present moment it is far more important to the public to know than the details about his heroic march of 1,300 miles, and Mr. Hume has known how to fix attention on what is most essential. As a vigorous defence of Mr. Eyre, hie article cannot be surpassed. " The majority of educated people in England have no feelings in common with the noisy agitators in Exeter Hall." We think not also, and we hope a considerable number of such persons will embrace this opportunity of making themselves familiar with that side of the question which every Englishman ought to trust is the correct one. This number is great upon the navy. We have an accurate account of our navy in 1865, by Mr. Robert Main ; an amusing article by Captain Cuttle, with the title "A Naval Apotheosis," in which he laments much over the indignity Greenwich Hospital is under going—" the home of England's warriors turned into an industrial exhibition !" Fresh vigour has been infused into this publication. The fighting man may be, as Mr. Carlisle says, the only institution which has always been kept up to tha mark ; but he cannot , dispense, any more than Governors or Ministers, with the aid of the pen ; and there appear to be persons quite capable of using it for him. It is understood that Mr. Forsyth, M.P., Q.C., has been appointed to act as Deputy Judge of the Mayor's Court of the Corporation of London during the absence of the Recorder in Jamaica. PROPOSED GENERAL SLAUGHTER OF DISEASED CATTLE.—A proposal has been made by Sir T. Beauchamp, vice chairman of the Norfolk Cattle Plague Association, for the slaughter, in a certain way, of all diseased cattle throughout Great Britain. The hon. baronet proposes that the Government should pay liberally for the beasts thus slaughtered, and he contends that by this means the disease would be effect ua lly ex t erm i nated. SUPPOSED MURDER.—Yesterday the headless body of a respectably-dressed man was found by a farmer in the lone part of a wood; near Aberdare. The legs were tied together with a stout cord, and the body was frightfully mutilated. The head was afterwards found some distance off. The pockets of deceased were empty. It is believed the unfortunate man, whose iden tity has not yet been discovered, has been robbed and murdered. MARRIAGE INTERRUPTED BY THE ELEMENTS.— Some time ago a son of IN eptune, belonging to Montrose, resolved to.enter the blissful state of matrimony, and having intimated his intention to her who was to be come the "partner of his affections and fortunes," he in vited a numerous company to witness the ceremony, which was fixed to take place on Friday night. The joyful guests obeyed the call made upon them, and all attended ; but the bride, of all others, was in the highest spirits, and her dress and demeanour were critically scanned. Unfor tunately, the marriage coming off was made contingent on the arrival of the " sailor boy," and when the whole party were sitting waiting his arrival, it was announced that he was still on the "raging deep." The weather was so boisterous that the vessel in which the bridegroom serves, although outside Montrose harbour, was not able to get into port, and so nothing was left but to postpone the nuptials, which was Accordingly done. The friends, much chagrined,then-departed; but the seaman has since arrived, we believe, and the affair will take place forth with.--Dundee Advertiser. A PAINFUL INQUIRY.--Dr. Lankester held an in quest yesterday at the Elephant and Castle, King's road, St. Pancras, relative to the death of a female infant found about three weeks ago in a dustbin in No. n, Can telowes-road, Camden-square, occupied by Mr. G. Lock yer. It appeared from the evidence adduced at the previous inquiry that the child's skull had been fractured, causing death. The coroner was then of opinion that, as no access could be obtained to the dustbin except by the persons resident in the house, he adjourned the inquest in the hope of obtaining evidence respecting the inmates. At the inquiry yesterday Mr. Lockyer produced a plan of his premises, and those immediately adjoining, and showed that no strangers could approach the dustbin unless by crossing a number of walls which divide the yards of the adjacent houses. Mr. Lockyer stated that if his front door were left open or unlocked access could be had from the street to the dustbin. The Coroner expressed a wish to examine Mrs. Lockyer as to the state of her servant's health prior and subsequent to finding the infant. Mrs. Lockyer said she kept two maid servants - a nurse and a general servant. Ihe former was with her eight months, and the latter 11 weeks. Neither had been ill or had asked to be excused from performing her duties. The witness did not suspect either of being mother of the child. The Coroner said the dustman in his evidence stated that "he told the servant there was a baby in the dustbin, and she seemed much confused." Mrs. Lockyer said both servants trembled at the occurrence, and so she did herself. Tho coroner said the case was a very mysterious one, and re commended the police to make inquiries respecting the ad joining houses. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." THE PLEASURES OF IL LNESS.-N othing astonishes a weakly person, who has been accustomed to illness, so much as an unusually long period of good health. It is something he did not expect ; it is like a gift to him. Robust persons who have never been accustomed to physical suf fering will find it difficult to understand this feeling. Their wonder is that they should ever be ill at all. I have noticed that the moral effect of illness upon the strong man is the moral effect of health upon the weak man. When a strong man is stricken down he takes to his prayers. But the time when the weak man's thoughts are most elevated towards spiritual things is when he is well. The latter is too thank ful to Heaven for its abundant mercies to begin whining the moment he is laid upon a bed of sickness. To my mind, that which induces a spirit of thankfulness is the best chastener of the heart. It is not a scourge, but a purifier. I have no belief in the rod, either moral or physical. When I am in health, and have the full enjoyment of all my faculties, and when the sun shines, and all nature is beau tiful around me, then lam good. I cannot say that my heart is touched in the same way by affliction and gloom. It is not then in a spiritual way that I profit by illness, but simply because it enables me to throw off my cares as I throw off my clothes, and put my mind to rest with my body. To descend to some common-place particulars in ±,, .• _ illustration of the pleasures of illness,l will mention first of all the delight of being able to think without a purpose. When I am well all my thinking must take apractical direc tion. I have no time to indulge in loose fancy. Whatever thoughts may enter my head I must mould and shape them for use. I must parcel them out and pigeon -hole them. And there is the involute process of thinking about thoughts, overhauling the aforesaid mental pigeon -holes to see that everything is ready to hand—a process which is very weary and painful. But sitting here by the fireside, utterly in capacitated, I give free rein to my fancy, and set myself to think about nothing. And when you don't try to think, what pleasant thoughts enter your head unbidden ? You may call upon the divine Nine, or any other source of in- - - spiration, until you are hoarse, without bringing down the pleasant fancy which pops upon you unasked for, like a fairy's gift. You sit by the fire with your feet among the cinders, staring vacantly at the coals, and a vision.of beauty reveals itself in the flame. These are the pleasant day dreams which the mind enjoys when it has an opportunity of playing the iiiler.—Dickens's All the Year Round. OSBORNE, Tuesday. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Hohenzollern, drove did yesterday in a carriage and four. Her Majesty in the afternoon gave presents to all the servants of the Household at Osborne, for whom Christmas trees had been prepared by her Majesty's command in the steward's room and ser vants' hall. Her Majesty, accompanied by all the Royal Family, proceeded at six o'clock to the rooms, where the servants were assembled, and personally distributed the gifts, assisted by their Royal Highnesses the Princesses and Prince Arthur. The Hereditary Prince and Princess of Hohen zollern took leave of her Majesty this morning, and left Osborne for London, attended by the Countess Renaud and Baron Brauchitsch. TI morn ba n k tak e bills, but t 111 - € th e f c Gran of s a Hach, fro m X 2,9 "%re] Gen e , are i n g• L. 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