The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-26 00:00:00

STEPHENS, FENIA' General F. F. Millen, late President of the Fenian Military Council in Ireland, and late Acting C. E. j. 8., has issued the following letter against James Stephens, the so-called C.0.1.R. : " NEW YORK, Dec. 3. " TO THE SINCERE MEMBERS OF THE FENIAN BROTHERHOOD AT HOME AND ABROAD. " Countrymen and Brothers,—.As a Fenian of nearly seven years' standing I feel it my painful duty to lay beforeyou the reasons which have forced me to the (for us) humiliating conclusion that James Stephens, present head of our national organisation, is not only no good man, but that he is a political humbug, if not a cheat and a rascal besides. "The first time that I had information of Stephens having manifested the cloven foot was after the Fenian Fair in Chicago, some three and a half years ago. According to a letter then published by Mr. F. T. Sherlock, a brother who withdrew from our society, it appears that James Stephens took very ungentlemanly, unworthy, and unbecoming measures to possess himself of the sum of £l,OOO, part o f th e proceeds of the Chicago Fair, and which h a d b een set apart for certain purposes. For this money, as for all other funds which have passed through his hands, Stephens has never rendered any account. This Sherlock letter, even at that early date, shows up the character of Stephens in its true light, and should be read by every Fenian lover of the truth. " The first time that I saw Stephens was in May, 1865, in Dublin. He was then in a most violent and undignified rage against a poor soldier of the sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards, who, being a Fenian, had deserted contrary to the orders of the boss, in order to save himself from the cruel sentence of an inevitable court-martial. At that time I was in Ireland on Fenian business, and was the ranking military officer of our organi sation there. Instead of being placed by Stephens in a position where any military experience I might possess could be made of some benefit to the I. R. 8., I was kept in total ignorance for a lung time of everything that was passing. When I complained to Stephens of my inactivity he gave me an order to make him ' a drawing of a corps cremes of 50,000 men formed in line of battle, with their ammunition and baggage--every man in his place.' A military man will readily see the absurdity and uselessness of such a nonsen sical order; but I would not have gone to the trouble of mentioning it here were it not for the fact that Stephens arrogates to himself all the knowledge, political and military, in the organisation. At that particular period I thought my time might have been better employed in assisting Irish-American officers, perhaps abler than myself, in perfecting the organisation of the I. R. 8., and in making pre parations for the fight which Stephens had pro mised last year, but which, by his acts, he prevented from taking place. " Immediately after the seizure of the Irish People newspaper, and the first arrests in Dublin, when Stephens retired to his luxurious retreat in the sweet solitude' of the banks of the Dodder, the writer, in virtue of his rank, was appointed Presi dent of the Military Council which the C. 0. thought proper to name. It was a military council nomi nally only, for it possessed none of the prerogatives, powers, or privileges which should have belonged to it—its principal, and, I might say, only duty was to find lodgings for Irish-American officers arriving from the United States. Yet, while Stephens com pletely deprived the Military Council of the power of benefiting the 1.R.8. in any way, he industriously circulated the fact of its existence, both in America and in Ireland. The result of this policy was that while be loosened men's purse-strings abroad and lined his pockets by reason of their growing confi dence in the cause, the American officers in Ireland seeing that the Military Council took no steps to wards preparing for action, and supposing it to possess faculties for that purpose, very naturally concluded that it was composed of numskulls and incompetent men, who were incapable of laying down any common-sense plan of action suited to the case. Under this impression very many of the Irish-Anr.‘rican officers returned to the United States, and though they may have hid other and more selfish motives to bring them back here and abandon the cause, still I can hardly blame them now for taking the action they did, seeing that they had good reason to 10 - se confidence in Mr. Stephens and his Military Council —especially in the latter, while the fact was that its hands were tied. " This Military Council, wishing to be useful and to discharge its duty, and thinking it detected an absence of any military plan in Ireland for carrying out the business of a great revolution, suggested one to Stephens for his adoption. It was unanimously approved by the Council before submitting it to Mr. Stephens. It was ibsultingly rejected by the great C.0.1.R. as lacking in originality and logical com prehensiveness.' He saw it all himself, and knew more about it than the men who had seen a hund red bloody fields, from the Rapidan to New Orleans. We acquiesced in his opinion, for the sake of the cause, and not in deference to his opinion. " The writer always has been, and is now, of the opinion that if we take the field before England be comes involved in some foreign or domestic diffi culty we will literally be stamped out.' I told Stephens last year, as I tell the world now, that no successful rising can take place in Ireland while England basks in the sunshine of peace and tran quillity ; but I also told him that if he resolved to light I would act with him to the best of my judg ment and ability. That is my position to this hour. Stephens declared for battle, and I ask why, in God's name, did he not take the field last year, as he had preached and swore he would ? I know of no man in Ireland who would not cheerfully have run the desperate risks with him if he had made an attempt to keep his word. He did not do it. Has he ever given an explanation of why he didn't fight last year to the thousands of patriotic Irishmen who have been contributing to his support so long, or to the friends and relatives of the brave hearts that his ruinous policy has cast into the felon's cell ? He has done grievously wrong in pledging himself to fight by any particular time ; he has &me worse by not keeping his word, and is guilty of political mad ness, if nothing worse, in making a second open promise of fight ' this year' which he cannot keep, even to save his life, which he prizes so dearly. No revolutionary leader can or should compromise him self to fight at any particular time. Why did he do it ? And, having failed once, why did he try it a second time, to fail ignominiously also ? There is no faith or reliance in the man. " But that is not all. There are grave reasons for believing that the man is not sincere in his pro fessions of patriotism. Would any patriotic man in his sound senses, much less a leader worthy of respect, think of dedicating £B,OOO sterling to establish a cannon factory for the Fenians under the enemy's nose in the city of Dublin? That was the fixed intention of Stephens, and the first arrests in Ireland and the want of funds were the sole causes of compelling him to abandon this hobby. That was arming the I. R. B. with a vengeande. 1 tried to convince him that by expending £B,OOO in the purchase of small arms (which might prove somewhat easier to conceal than a cannon factory) we might then be in a position to help ourse ves to all the cannon in Dublin, free of cost or carriage. But in vain. He was bent on having '7O cannon of different cali bres, with plenty of shot and shell, and the fa , :tory besides,' all for th e sum of £B,OOO, to be collected from our confiding country men in America. Can a man with such ideas be in earnest? And, if so, should be be suffered to direct a great revolutionary movement ? Such a man must be either knave or fool, and in either case equally unsuited to the position which he clings to. " What can be expected from a leader who ex cludes every Irishman of ability and good social standing in Ireland from the Brotherhood? I know men at home of the first rank in society who would have gladly joined the I. R. 8., but who were deterred from doing so by the selfish, egotistical, and incomprehensible conduct of Stevens. The influence of one of these men would be worth that of 10,000 James Stephenses, yet they are left out in the cold by the arbitrary conduct of the U. O. "I know one eminent barrister in Dublin who offered to me his valuable services gratis, in defence America. Centres, keep your circles together—cir cles, obey the centres whom you have chosen to di rect your efforts. Work on silently, quietly ; in crease your numbers and perfect your organisa tion ; draw closer around you the strong bonds of patriotic brothership, but pay no more contribu tions for Quixotic Canadian incursions or zisings in Ireland this year.' Watch for the time when ' England's difficulty would be Ireland's opportu nity.' It is coming, and let it be one year or 20 we must wait for it—then strike, and may God nerve your arms. of the Fenian' prisoners last year, and at a time when the funds of the I. R B. could ill afford to pay the fees of counsel ; yet those services were scornfully rejected by Mr. Stephens. " I know of another highly-respectable busi ness man in Dublin, when speaking of whom Stephens was in the habit of using the most op probrious language ; yet the great C. 0., when he was desirous of running off to Paris, instead of fighting as he said he would, had to borrow money from that same man in order to pay his expenses to France, notwithstanding that Stephens had received from America the sum of $563,000. Comment is useless. What became of these $363,000 ? 44 Apropos of France. If Stephens really wanted to move in Ireland this year, why did he stay lion izing two long blessed months in Paris, airing his doubtful greatness with that antiquated and eccen tric piece of political old trumpery the Marquis de Boissy ? Why did he not send to ' the men in the gap' some of the considerable amount of money which he received from honest John Mitchel in Paris ? How did he earn the denunciations of Mit chel ? Was it for building churches or endowing monasteries with the Fenian funds ? " When O'Mahony's Commissioner last year asked Stephens to give an account of moneys which The several railways which terminate in the me• had reached him from this side of the water, he tropolis may be considered as so many handmaidens quietly balanced the books by remarking that he administering to the wants of a huge monster, hay had ' spent it in organising purposes.' But,' said ing as many as 3,000,000 mouths, and which is e the Commissioner, " have you any further state- p riodically affected with an e x t raor di nary appetite ; ments to make on the subject ?' ' Why, no,' replied so that in the 12th m on th, an d on t h e 25th day of the boss, ' I spent it and a gre a t d ea l more ' (I think that month it still c r i es un t o th em, F ood 1 Food ! he said four times as much), 'which was raised at Food ! Here is a pict ure th a t m i g ht b e well described home and in England and Scotland.' I was pre- in a style of language similar to that of the Apoca sent when this occurred. lypse ; but as we have not the skill of the author of " But can we naturally expect great things of a the Chaldee manuscript, we must set ourselves the man who told the writer that, 'lf Ireland were free task in a more prosaic manner, and endeavour in our to-morrow he would not live in it ; he would go to matter-of-fact manner to explain to our readers some the South of France.' -I think that is the likeliest of the peculiarities of the Christmas traffic. This place he will turn up in soon, and not on the green traffic is, for the most part, what is known in rail fields of his native land, with the standard of rebel- way parlance as an "up traffic." At this particular lion in his hand. It is a pity he did not go there season of the year all England is pervaded by a seven years ago, so that some more earnest man spirit of kindness and good nature. Our friends in might fill his place to-day. the country are on the alert to supply us with heaps "I remember one night at a meeting in Dublin, of those good things of which they themselves every where representations were made to Stephens to day partake, but which are to us so many luxuries ; the effect that it would be necessary to make some and we in our turn fee. anxious to reciprocate their pecuniary sacrifices in order to keep some poor kindness, but when the festive season has passed families from starving, whose attachment to our over we are sure to find we have but very imper cause had led them into that condition, the boss fectly done so. They have a f ar more a b un d ant magazine to draw from th an we poss ibl y can have. was very much annoyed, but gave, or rather fel' We feel that to send them game would be pretty 7 much like sending coals to Newcastle, and there flung his consent in the face of the party asking fore our consignments are for the most part con caresthe relief, exclaiming with supreme contempt h d o . ` Gi v for Give th e dogs himself a first, bone.'and fined to Pim's barrelled oysters and fresh fish, " At the very time spoken of above Stephens was rflo‘it' he man obod y i s elsea tyrantef t afterward. l a l r . which we cannot but consider a very stinted re spending his $lOO a day in the indulgence of his ex- turn for scores ofand geese turkeys, and all manner • horticultural tastes, and was squandering of pensive dairy and farmyard produce. When we thousands of dollars in the purchase of fine wines, regard the extent to which this interchange of active Brussels carpeting, and princely furniture. We all benevolence taxes the resources of the different rail know these statements to be true; besides that ' way 1 companies, we are i nc li ne d t o won d er what nearly £2,000 in gold, silver, n o t es , an d draughts ' must have been were found by the police in his hands at the time ' in the days anterior to the development of railway of his arrest. All this, when Irish-American officers ' enterprise. How could the old stage coaches have and Irish patriots were starving from want of the , ever kept peace w ith th e goo d nature of the people, common necessaries of life, a roun d hi m an d a ll over . Ireland. even although, as we w e re a d ay or t wo s i nce to l d b y " 1 1 an old gentle man w h ose memory went so far back, Yes, he is a shrewd man when his own interests, the Norwich coach used to come up to town packed are concerned, and knows well hisown shortcomings. full of turkeys to the exclusion of bona fide travellers? Also, if the I. R. B. could get rid of him, they 1 Why, at the present day the railways, with resources would have kicked him out of the organisation long 1 , a hundred-fold greater than that possessed by all the ago, but he has hung on to it like an incubus ; he ; stage coaches in the kingdom, are scarcely able to do has stuck to the power, not it to him. To enable i so. They actually stagger under the weight which him to do so he has uniformly attempted to ostracise ; is thus imposed upo n th em, an d h ave not only to every intelligent, well-meaning Irishman who m a - ' temporarily increase their staff, but also to call ex nifested a desire of identifying himself with the traordinary rolling stock into requisition. But let Brotherhood, for he knew that by admitting such us see what they are now about and with what persons into the I. R. B. he would be whetting a energy they apply themselves to the task which is knife to cut his own throat, politically speaking. I imposed upon them, and for this purpose let us drop Therefore, he endeavoured to keep such dangerous in at each of the L on d on s t a ti ons. B eg i nn i ng w i th I men aloof, and left the I. R. B. no c h o i ce o f leader- Paddington, we visit the arrival platform, and here ship but in himself. Delightfully he has managed I our ears are deafened with a variety of most dis its affairs. cordant noises ; but whence do they proceed ? Cer "ls the man honest, good, just, or wise who , tabby not from the officials of the line, for they, wrote to O'Mahony that after a certain time he , although perplexed with the multiplicity of the work would get himself arrested in Ireland? His wife ' whin they have to perform, are going through it managed (unwittingly, however) to accomplish this ' t with that d egree V silence which always ac com p an i es for him before h e expec t e d, b y h er s h opp i ng excur- , a resolute determination to perform a Herculean sions from the banks of the Dodder into Dublin. task. They, therefore, are not the authors of the That drew the detectives after her, and they fished noise, which, after a time, we can ascertain to be up Mr. Stephens ; yet he attempted to lay the ' made up of thousands of onametipasic sounds of charge of betraying him to the door of some sup- : which cackle and gobble seem to strive for the as posed false friend or enemy to the cause. In proof cendancy. This din proceeds from a large number of the precautions of concealment which Stephens ' of crates literally stuffs 1 with Turkeys. geese, ducks, took I may mention the fact that the writer, who and all kinds of poultry. These unhappy birds have was president of his Military Council, knew neither conic from Ireland via the Milford route, an lin a the locality of his residence nor the new name (tler- , concert of discordancy are now bewailing their hap bert) which he had taken, until informed of the less condition. Imprisoned, starved, and famished, latter by a seamstress of Dublin, and of the former , deprived alike of food and drink for some lam in ignorance even to this day. days, they must, unless they are very queer " When Stephens was arrested the writer was ' birds indeed, welcome the poulterer's knife as elected unanimously by the Centres and Military a release from their misery. It is for the Council in Ireland as acting provisional C.0.1.R. poulterer's shop they are destined, and hence their This of course was until Stephens could be released arrival in town warm with life, that they may be from prison, so that the organisation might not be despatched as the exigencies of the market require. without a head in the interim. I hereby call upon Among the peculiarities of the traffic here—each the Irish Centres and Military Council to declare if station has some peculiarity—baskets of chees , both I ever suggested to any one or more of them the Cheddar anddouble Gloucester, are perhaps the most idea of my being elected in place of Stephens. For prominent. Here, too, are hams and Wiltshire the offence of daring to imagine that the 1.R.8. had bacon, Welsh mutton, Devonshire cream, and heaps any right to a leader during Stephens's absence I upon heaps of whatever is regarded as delicacy was ordered to go immediately to America, and not either in the West of England or in South Wales. return until with the first expedition. I came to The scene at Euston Station is still more excit- America in time, unfortunately, to find O'Mahony, ing. There are not here any live foul to create a Roberts, and Sweeney tilting at each other's throats din such as that which deafens one's ears at Padding in a most disgraceful manner. ton, but the consignments from the country are "Ere leaving Ireland I made a conscientious at- far more numerous. If you want to perform a feat tempt to have some one placed at the head of the or- of agility to qualify you to rank with Blondin or ganisation while Stephens could be delivered from Leotard, pay a visit to the parcels department, and gaol. For that cffence I was subsequently charged endeavour to make your way through the host of with the crime of making an attempt to ' subvert barrels, baskets, and h am p ers w ith w hi ch the place the power in Ireland,place myself at the head of the is crowded. If you can do this without injury to movement,' and ruin things generally. Of course, to your shins you will have accomplished no the paragraph in the note of Stephens making these mean achievement. It would be impertinent 1 charges contains an insinuation that I had, in order to pry into the contents of th ese vesse l s, an d the better to carry out may plan, attempted to gain still more would it b e a wor k o f superero possession of the funds of the organisation, an d h a d gation, for we know already what they contain. probably been the cause of Stephens's apprehension Game is out of the question. Few persons think for the same reason. I can now appeal to my of packing game, and therefore pheasants and hares compatriots on both sides of the water who are always arrive in town independent of straw. Here acquainted with the circumstances of the case—more however, are geese, turkeys, and ducks, and as one especially the Centres of Dublin and the memb ers gazes at them he naturally finds himself indulging of thelate Military Council—to judge and inform in a vision of Epicurean enjoyment, and in itnagi our countrymen in all lands of the unjustifiable and nation tasting those delicious flavours which are arbitrary conduct of Stephens in this matter, as in supposed to abide in apple sauce, sausages, celery all others where his caprice and wrongheadedness sauce, and sage with onion. This is to doubly enjoy led him to act. Christmas. At the Great Northern and Midland " I take this occasion to thank the gentlemen of we have the same delicacies in profusion, and super the deputation fron t the Irish centres, now in this added to them Stilton cheese, rich, ripe, and full city, which waited u p on me l as t week, for the kind- flavoured. Here, too, are the pork pies of Lei ness of their feelings t owar ds me, and for their pa- cestershire and Nottinghamshire, carefully folded, triotic intentions of delivering m e a document like silver teapots, in tissue paper, lest signed by all the Irish centres in New York, certi- anything in the least degree rough should fying to the blamelessness of my conduct during the scrape the crust and spoil the outward ap short time I conducted affairs in Ireland, upon pearance of those wonderful achievements of Mid condition that I would not go into the press against land cuisine. They are of all sizes ; some of them on to Stephens. They patrioti ca lly w i s h e d th a t no thing small enough give e man a luncheon, and others should be published against th e C. 0. I. R.--not so large that a single pie might well do a whole gipsy for his sake, but by any means, but for that of the party—a wee k' s provision for a moderate-sized cause. These compatriots are m i s t a k en i n th e i r zea l ; family. Our next st a ti on i s Shoreditch, and it is forbearance has ceased to be a vi r t ue , an d I h ave i n Par e xcellence the Chri s t mas .station. At Norfolk this note painted James Steph ens no t as I cou ld h ave and Suffolk, Essex, and th e East Anglia district, wished, but simply as I fo un d hi m . far-famed for their poultry, send th e i r annual offer. and so numerous are they t hat the co in- sum than £6OO ste r li ng ( a t a ti me w h en F en i an pang "James Stephens forget s th a t I vo t e d no l ess a ings here, have to extemporise additional goo d s stations funds were low enough, God knows) as a reward to for their reception. These stations a re covered over any person or perso ns w h o m i g ht accomp li sh hie with tarpaulins, and lighted with gas of g l ow i ng escape from prison. Surely he forgets this when fires. Here there are a great number of hands em he charges me with insubordination and worse ! But ployed, and so heavy is the work they have to per his conduct in this affai r i s o f a pi ece w ith t h e man ' s form that they have to work by night and by d a y, character. I wonder when he intends giving the relieving each other in relays. Not only are the two men who assisted him out of prison, at their ordinary hands engaged at the station insufficient own peril, another £5O of the £550 yet due to for the performance of the additional work which them for their service ? is at this season of the year thrown upon them, but " And now, countrymen and brothers on both the horses, carts, and waggons also come short of sides of the wa t er , a wor d w i t h you before parting. what the process of delivery requires. It is curious Stephens's attempt at a i to observe the down traffic at this station. Theruing at home thi s y ear --if he makes one at all—will be an ignominious failure, fisheries of the east coast arc the chief source of sup not for the want of good men and true, to do and Ply to Billingsgate-market, and, therefore, one is dare all that brave men can for their country, but rather surprised to find presents of fresh cod sent for the want of proper military direction, of which down the line from London to Yarmouth and willingly and knowingly deprived the llar- Stephens has with ; but the fact is, that fish at those places is a 'men in the gap.' Stephens will probably turn up i n greater rarity than it is in London, as the fisher the 'south of France,' and leave a few brave spirits men's boats are nightly emptied into the railway to their doom at the tender mercies of the British vans for conveyance to the metropolis, scarcely a law. But do not despair, my countrymen; it is the single fish being retained for local consumption. constant drop that wears the stone—stick to your Neither the South-Eastern, the Brighton, nor the organisation, and keep it intact both in Ireland and London, Chatham, and Dover can compare, in re- " F. F. MILLEN. " P.S.—When I shall hear of James Stephens having effected a landing in Ireland, that he has taken the field according to promise, I will most cheerfully retract all I have said against him in this note ; nay, further, I will dress myself in sackcloth and ashes, and, with a halter about my neck, I will seek out the great liberator and say to him, ' I am unworthy to live—dispose you of my life as you will.' However, until that happens what I have written above must remain said." CllaisrmAs TRAFFIC. E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1866. gard to this traffic, with any of the lines terminat ing at the north side of the metropolis. They do not, perhaps, in the aggregate, bring to London as many Christmas gifts as arrive at Shoreditch ; but on the other hand, they carry more from town into the country. The South-Western, however, has a large Christmas traffic, which is in some respects similar to that to be found at Paddington. At a rough calculation the value of these grateful pre sents is about £320,000, and so perfect is the or ganisation that, when the week is at an end, it will most likely be found that, numerous as have been the packages to be delivered, five dozen of them will not have gone astray from being either mis delivered or non-delivered.—Railway News. Dean Stanley on _Christmas and Its Assoeations. Yesterday morning the Very Rev. Dr. Stanley, the Dean of - Westminster, preached a most interest ing sermon in the Abbey, selecting for his text the 9th chapter of the prophecy of Isaiah, verse 5, " For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood ; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given : and the government shall be upon his shoulder : and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace." After an allusion to the historical circumstances connected with the text, he said the day on which they were assembled recalled an event in the history of that place of which that day was the anniversary, and that abbey the scene. Some present might remem ber that last year they celebrated in that abbey, on Innocent's Day, the 800th anniversary of the foun dation of that abbey by the last hereditary Saxon king. They had now advanced another year, and on that day (Christmas-day) they commemorated the 800th anniversary of the first coronation cele brated in that abbey—the coronation of William the Conqueror. That coronation was so remark able, not only as being the first in the long unbroken series which had since been one of the chief glories of Westminster Abbey, but from its own intrinsic interest s and the marvellous lessons it con veyed, that it would not be without use for him to describe it. A great battle which had decided the fate of England had been fought in October. Wil liam entered London as a stranger and a conqueror, but he was determined to mount the throne accord ing to all the forms which ancient usage had pre scribed. On that Great Christmas festival, the usual coronation day of Anglo-Saxon princes, in the heart of what was then considered the capital of England, William appeared with his courtiers and his army in the newly-finished abbey. He took his stand at the altar beside King Ed ward's tomb, an indomitable conqueror, suc cessor to the frail,fantastic prince of whom he spoke last year—Edward the Confessor. Outside, in the gardens, were stationed the Norman cavalry ; inside the abbey were the Norman nobles and the Saxons—distinct as French and English, but never theless feeling an equal interest in the events of that day. At that time the question was addressed to those present—to the Normans in French, by a French prelate, the Bishop of Coutance ; to the Saxons, by an English prelate, whether they would have King William to reign over them. Each re turned a shout of welcome ; but the shout-was so loud, and the discord of the two rival languages so great as to arouse the Norman soldiers, who burst into the church. A wild panic ensued ; then came a bloody massacre, and the day ended in wild con fusion. The abbey was left almost empty, but the king and the assistant clergy stood by the side of the altar, and for the first time the Conqueror was terrified and trembled from head to foot in an ex tremity of fear. The sacred forms were hurried through, the oil was put on his face, and the crown on his head ; and thus, wildly and fiercely, was in augurated the English monarchy ; thus began a series of those august and peaceful ceremonials which bad never ceased within its walls. Who could have thought tLat on that memorable day the two discordant nations should have come together, that those languages, so unintelligible each to each , should have been blended into one ; that a dynasty en throned in a state of blood should have become settled in the affections of the people. Yet so it had been, and it was no unworthy subject of contempla tion on that sacred day. Tho.le ancient implements of warfare bad been burned (as they always were in ancient times), and their ashes had been scattered to the winds. The proud Norman and th 2 humble Saxon had been united in one nation—the great English people—the French and English language had been blended into one language, and the de scendant of William the Conqueror and his Saxon rival was seated on the throne of England—the centre of the English constitution —the heart of the English empire. The two great nations he had alluded to were at the time in the womb of the abbey of that day ; without the Norman Conqueror there would have been no pro gress ; without his Saxon subjects there would have been no solidity. Both qualities had marked the history of the English people ever since. Anti quity and novelty, aristocracy and democracy, the rich and the poor, had been interwoven with the constitution, securing amongst us peace and good will as they had never been secured amonst any other people. Christmas-day was not now to Eng land a stormy signal of bloodshed and misunder- standing, but it bound man to man and both to God, equally in bonds of Christian love and English sym pathy. " Unto us," might they well say in a lower sense, " a child is born, and his name is Wonderful. Counsellor, Prince of Peace." What lessons might not be learned from all this ! He might apply his subject to private quarrels amongst neighbours, to friends who had parted asunder, but he might go a step further than-this, and point out how it applied to the present condition of the English Church. From the first there had been two tendencies in the English Church, but without destroying it. The Church of England was a mixed and double church, because England was a mixed and double nation. If it were not so, it could not be a national Church. In these days there was a great conflict between two great parties, and the same thing they had in the State and Constitution. Again, if they looked at the first exhortation in the Prayer-book they would see that it was composed of half Norman, half English words. For example, " knowledge" was Saxon, " confess" was French, "meet together" was Saxon " assemble" was French, " humble" was French " lowly" was Saxon, " goodness" was Saxon, " merry" was French. Some of them might regret that phrases had been left in the Prayer-hook which savoured of the superstition which prevailed before the Reformation, While others might regret that phrases had been left which seemed to favour the rational spirit of modern times. Both these certainly did exist together, and .the only real breach of Christian faith and Christian charity was when either party thought it necessary to leave the Church and nation to itself and to drive the other out. Let them take, for example, the divergence of opin ion which there was on the subject of the Lord's Supper. Ever since the Reformation there had been two opposite tendencies, two separate forms of thought on this subject. Some, with the Church _ _ of Rome,and the great reformer, Luther, had found pleasure in figuring to themselves the special near ness of Christ in the bread and wine, identifying those tokens with the body and blood of Christ him self, while with the Swis3 reformer, Zuinglius, and the Reformed Church, others had found pleasure in believing that the Saviour's presence was in the heart, within, and not without; that the spiritual life itself was brought near by the remembrance of his death, by living faith, and not by the mere outward act and ceremony. Traces of the conflict had been left on the very words of the communion office. The dean pointed out the various changes which the word in the connnunion service had undergone, and showed that the policy of the Church had been not to ignore the views of either great party, but to preserve the spirit of both. The true policy of the Church had not been to throw away either of the forms that had been used, but so to blend them together in that most solemn act of fellowship that they might feel themselves to be not two but one people. Since the first Ronfiict one party bad been constantly endea- vouring to drive the other out, always at a great [oss to itself, as it would have been a loss to the Norman or Saxon if one had succeeded in defeating the other. But the spirit of the nation and of the Church had been too strong for either of those par ties, and he trusted that it would continue thus strong, in order that all might claim the blessed pri vilege of social intercourse and Christian commu nion. " If," said the dean, " any have tried with untiring energy to drive us out, the true Christian retaliation will be with untiring forbearance to try to keep them in, even although we might be inclined most strongly to condemn their practices. Thus would peace be secured without any compromise or fusion of outward ceremonies, but upon the great ness of God's love and the greatness of man's duty." The dean concluded a sermon which was listened to with deep attention by earnestly deprecating divi sions between ritualists and anti-ritualists, ra tionalists and anti-rationalists, counselling rather an appeal to Him who had been emphatically termed " the Prince of Peace." The choir and transepts were densely crowded during the service, and an unusually large number of persons remained during the administration of the Holy Communion. Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's screwsteamship Gibraltar, 81, Capt. Robert Coo te, which arrived at Plymouth on Monday morning, left Malta on the 6th Dec., and Gibraltar on the 15th, on which day the armour-plated screw steamship Ocean, 24, Capt. Chandos S. S. Stanhope, from Plymouth, arrived in the bay. By the Gib raltar, 29 military invalids come from Malta, and Lieut. Whalley, Royal Artillery, and 31 military invalids from Gibraltar. Fair weather prevailed on the passage. She spoke on Sunday, the 23d inst., at 11 a.m., lat. 48 42 N., long. 7 10 W., the Eng lish ship Omar Pasha ; at 1 p.m., lat. 48 43 N., long. 7 15 W., the Dutch ship Hebe ; at 140, the English bark Floating Cloud and the ship Antrim, and at 2 30 p.m. the Bremen bark Alida and the English ship Canute. The Gibraltar was commissioned on the Bth September, 1863, at Plymouth ; after dis charging her ammunition she will be taken into Ha moaze, where her crew will be paid off. It is pro bable that she will relieve the Canopus, 8, as re ceiving -ship at Devonport. Her Majesty's ironclad ship Northumberland, 26, 6,621 tons, 1,350-horse power (nominal), went down the river yesterday, in charge of Commander J. Hodges, assistant master-attendant of Sheerness dockyard, and accompanied by the Adder, the Monkey, the Bustler, and the Locust steamers. She was navigated by a party of 200 seamen and riggers from the steam reserve at Chatham and Sheerness. Her machinery was in charge of Mr. Collins, chief engineer of the vessel, Mr. Anderson representing Messfs. Penn and Son, the makers of the engines. The Northumberland is to be prepared for sea at Sheerness, but will probably shortly be removed to Devonport. In consequence of the very great wear and tear caused to the granite tramways and roadways in Chatham dockyard by the heavy armour plates and other descriptions of iron for the vessels building constantly passing over them, and the great expense and delay in the work of the yard arising from their frequent repairs, it has been found advisable to take up the paying alongside the factory adjoining the dock in which the Hercules is building, and relay the roadway with pigs of iron ballast, as being both cheaper and more durable than any other material. Notwithstanding the adverse remarks made by Mr. C. Seely, M.P., as to the employment of iron ballast for tramways, the experience of the last few years has proved that it is incomparably cheaper than any other material for roadways in a yard like Chat ham, where the traffic is so large. With regard to the statements that have been made as to the value of the iron ballast, it is worthy of remark that the Admiralty some short time since invited tenders for the purchase of a quantity of that at Chatham dock yard, when the prices offered ranged from £1 18s. 6d. per ton, the lowest, to £2 45., the highest. As to the relative cheapness and durability of pig iron for tramways, experience has shown that the iron paving is superior to granite. In the case of one portion of Chatham dockyard, adjoining the lead mills, over which heavy loads are passing at all hours, the iron tramways laid down eight years since have not required a farthing outlay upon them since, while the granite tramways in other parts of the yard are a constant source of expense. From the causes stated there is little doubt that iron will shortly supersede the whole of the granite roildways in Chatham dockyard. Owing to the corps of Royal Artillery being now considerably below its proper complement, an order was yesterday received at head-quarters, Chatham, directing recruiting to be opened in all the districts for that branch-of the service, the recruits obtained being at once forwarded to the nearest depo brigade. In accordance with an order received at Chatham No. 6 battery of theist division depot brigade Royal Artillery will proceed from head-quarters to Wool wich on the Ist of January, from and after which date the invalid depot of the corps will be removed to that station. Under this arrangement the inva lids and time-expired men of the Royal Artillery will be forwarded, on their arrival from abroad, direct to Woolwich, instead of Chatham, as has hitherto been the practice, and thus prevent the ne cessity for keeping two separate establishments. Major the Hon. C. W. St. Clair, 57th Regiment, has been appointed President of the garrison sani tary committee at Colchester, in the room of Major Jones, Bth depot battalion. Melancholy Occurrence at Sea. About three months ago a barque named the Ruby, 551 tons register, commanded by Captain Merrill, arrived .in Cork harbour leaky, and with other damoge. She had a cargo of iron from St. Petersburg, for Boston. On her arrivai the cargo was discharged into the stores of Messrs. Brown and Craig's docks, Passage West, with the objett of having the vessel repaired. An estimate of the cost of the repairs, the ship's carpenter having refused to work under 7s. 6d. a day, was furnished to the owners, and they finding that the repairs could be done cheaper in Liv l erpool, had the vessel towed into one of the docks there. The Ruby ,was repaired, and towed back to this harbour on Nov. 1. 'The cargo was re-shipped, and the vessel left the harbour on Nov. 16forher destinatioii. From the time of her departure the most unfavourable weather was expe rienced, particularly about the Ist of the present month. On the 6th, :7th, and Bth, a terrific gale blew from the southward, accompanied by exceedingly turbulent seas, the decks of the ship being repeatedly swept, which ren dered it very dangerous to remain there. On the Bth inst., at noon; the ship was 1,500 miles to the westward of this coast, and the captain, his first and second mate, were standing near the wheel on the starboard side of the deck house, when a tremendous sea struck the ship, sweeping away the deckhouse, together with the captain, his first mate, whose name was Thompson, and the man at the wheel. The second mate bad a most providential escape, he being dashed against. the bulwarks, just at a part where the deck-house did not project. Both his legs were broken, and he was badly in jured about the body. The weather was very thick at the time, and nothing was seen of those washed overboard after it occurred. The crew state that from the violence with which the unfortunate men were dashed against the bulwarks they must have been instantly killed, and that at the time of the occurrence no boat could live in the sea. The deck house contained all the ship's papers, chronometer, binnacle compasses, and signal flags.; in fact every thing for navigating the ship was in it, and all was carried away. The mate was so badly injured that he was utterly unable to take charge of the ship, but acting on occasional suggestions from him, the boatswain succeeded in bringing back the ship as far as Cape Clear. Here, on Wednesday, they sighted a vessel, and, having no other means of signalling her,, they hoisted a table-cloth on the mainmast. The vessel, which proved to be a Rus sian barque named the Petrie, from Falmouth, came to, and the captain being informed of the circum stances, at the, request of the man in charge, put his chief mate, John Hermann, Youghal, on board the Ruby, to take her to a port. The vessel ar rived in the harbour yesterday (Friday) in charge ii.MNIIIIIWIN of Hermann. The Ruby is much damaged. She belongs to a Boston merchant, and his agent has been communicated with in Liverpool, but 'a hat hat will be done with the ship is not yet decided. Cap tain Merrill had many friends in Queenstown, and the intelligence of his loss was received by them with very great regret.—Cork Examiner. American Cotton. The following is the main portion of a report on the cotton tax recently adopted by the New York Chamber of Commerce : The committee appointed to consider the expe diency of memorialising Congress in favour of abo. lishing the present tax upon cotton beg leave report as follows :—Your memorial to Congress, o, the 10th of May last, urged various reasons against the proposed increase of the cotton tax which was then before the House of Representatives, and among them that our cotton had lost its former influence in the markets of Europe. In illustration of the correctness of this opinion we submit the following facts : . United States Tndia , Growth. Growth. Liverpool Stock September 13 last ~. 286,000 397,000 Then known to be afloat for Liverpol... 18,000 323,000 -- Stock and prospective supply Sept. 13... 304,000 720,000 Liverpool stock on October 18 last 218,000 320,000 Then known to be afloat for Liverpool... 35,000 169,000 -- Stock and prospecti ve su pply O c t o b er 18 . 253,000 489,000 Liverpool import in the above five weeks 38,000 184,000 Decrease of stock in same weeks ... 68,000 77,000 Apparent outgoings for Consumption September ... ... 106,000 77,000 Correction of Stock on September 27 15,000 58,000 Corrected outgoings in the five weeks .. 121,000 203,000 Yet, under these circumstances, and the known probability of a short crop in the United States, the rise in prices at Liverpool during the week was 3d. per lb., or 37} per cent., in India cotton, and only nd., or 17i per cent., in United States cotton. It must be stated also that eminent merchants in Bom bay estimate the growth of India this year at one fifth more than last year. The comparative insig nificance of our cotton in the European markets may seem strange to those whose information has not kept pace with the progress of events in the last five years, but the following table will explain the change that has occurred : Consumption of cotton in all Europe, measured in pounds weight : U.S. growths. Other growths, Average of twenty-two years, ending 1860 82 2-10 p. c ... 17 8-10 p. e. Average of two years, 1859 and 1860 ... 84 4-10 p.c. ... 15 6-10 p. c Supposed rate at present about ••• ••• ••• 40 P. c. 60 p. c. The opinion, therefore, which has not been un common in this country, that Europe would practi cally pay the tax on our cotton consumed there, can hardly, in the light of facts here presented, meet with general acceptance. A reference to your memorial of May 10 will indicate that an enlight ened regard for the public interest would necessarily require a total repeal of the cotton tax in the event of any important failure of the crop. Such a failure has now occurred, in consequence of unfavourable weather from the time of planting to near the close of September, accompanied by much destruction in the south-west by the caterpillar or army worm, and this misfortune is the more severe upon the South because of the great deficiency in the yield of Indian corn. Our Southern lands and climate are better suited for the cultivation of cotton than for any other purpose ; much better than those of other countries, as is proved by the fact that previous to the war we were sup plying 84 per cent. of the consumption of all Europe, and notoriously with great profit to our selves. We see no obstacles to recovering our posi tion as chief cultivators if the business is no more discouraged than that of growing wheat in lowa, or of pumping petroleum in Pennsylvania. To con tinue a tax upon cotton is only to discourage it cultivation in the best cotton lands of the world as ours are, and to encourage it in the worse lands of India, Egypt, and Brazil, where they would be ready enough to devote much of their soil to other purposes as soon as we begin to throw crops of tl.ree or four millions of bales on the mar kets of Europe at the lowered prices which would naturally ensue. Your committee find the prdsent . tax to be indefensible with reference to the welfare of the whole country—north, south, east, and went —and must believe that it is inexpedient, unjust, oppressive, and practically unconstitutional, and that the longer it is kept in force the more injurious it will be found to national prosperity. IVe there. fore recommend an early memorial to Congress praying that the tax may be abolished imtne. diately. Comments of the American Press on the President's Message. The style and spirit of the President's Message are generally praised. The New York Tribune finds fault not so much with what he says as what he declines to say, and remarks : " Mr. Pierce could not have written a weaker message. Congress would as readily have heard an essAy upon the cause of thunder as this tame and harmless disquisition. There is much that the President regrets. There are some good words from Washington and Jefferson, likewise Jackson. We marvel that his excellency neglected the other fathers of their country. For any living fact, for any suggestion, for any helpful thought, we might as well turn to the last novel of Mr. Trollope as to this message. Ephraim seems irrevocably joined to his idols. * * * He clings to his dogmas with as much tenacity as when he hoped to carry the country in the late elections. There is not one word for the negro—not one word for the loyal in the South—not one sentence which might not as well have been written a hundred years ago as to day, for all the comfort and truth it brings." The New York Times admits the moderation and good temper of the Message, but thinks it not uniformly in good taste. Very naturally the Times cannot comprehend the President's adherence to an opinion which the majority has rejected, and says : " He has neither modified his views nor given any indication of a readiness to concede aught of prin ciple or policy to the demands of the governing States and Congress. He reviews the bearings of the question precisely as he reviewed them more than once during the last session. His statement of the case is a reiteration of the statement heard many times within the last nine months ; his argu ments have all been used before ; and his recom mendation is chiefly noticeable as evidence that he has learned nothing from the election and forgotten nothing in connection with his struggle with Con gress. This exhibition of unyielding purpose on the part of the President may not occasion surprise to those who know the firmness of will which marks his character. We cannot but consider it, how ever, a serious error of judgment, and a source of difficulty, which _we would gladly have averted in the session now opened." The inability of the President to veer as readily as the Times with the popular breeze is not the worst possible trait of character, but the Times is probably correct in supposing that it will provoke more radical legislation in Congress, and at the same time encourage the South in its obstinacy, thus aggravating the two great obstacles to the restora tion of the Union. The Herald, which now aspires to be the leading Radical paper of the metropolis, says of the mes- sage : " It is an argument to the court after the jury had rendered their verdict. It may be compared to a history of France, omitting the revolution which overthrew the Bourbons, as a trivial not worth mentioning in pleading their claims to the throue. It is indeed remarkable that after deliberately sub mitting his Southern policy against the plan of Congress to the people in the late elections, the President should not have a word to say of the will of the people, as made manifest in these elections." The World is the only New York paper that tho roughly admires and defends the message. The News sharply criticises the President's failure to pitch into Congress, And fears that he is growing timid. The World says, exultingly : " What is certain, and what the country is most ,concerned to know, is, that the President remains immovable, and Congress belligerent. The elec tions have not awed him into any degree of submis siveness, and he re-states his position with a mas culine, convincing clearness, which must produce favourable impression upon all candid men. kW does not deign topay the Constitutional Amendment even the cold compliment of a passing allusion ; /lot is there any reason why he should." The New York Evening Post fully sustains. the President in his argument for the admission of Southern Representatives, and declares the course of Congress in violation of the Constitution. It thinks, however, that if the • President possessed a broader statesmanship he would urge upon the South the adoption of the Constitutional Amendment as the readiest means of reaching a practical settlement. to I Reduced Postage to America. A writer in a contemporary says : Sir,--The feeling is, I think I may say, univer sally entertai ne d t h at t h e postage between t his country and the U n i te d S tates has too long re mained at its prese n t hi g h rate. Letters are carried t o I n di a, 15 ,000 miles, for six pence, and to Canada for the same sum. Is it for want of the expression of public opinion that we have still to pay so dearly for carriage of cur letters to the United States ? The cost of carriage of ton of merchandise from Liverpool to New York is, I believe, about £6 sterling—the cost of carrying a ton of letters is now £3,584 ! I propose, by the aid of many Englishmen and Americans in this country and abroad, to accumu late facts, and then in an impressive manner to urge upon our Government the desirability of a reduction to one half at once before the Paris Exhibition opens. • Will all your readers help me with information for the purpose? SCANDAL. If there is one offence for which we should like to see the pillory re-established—with accessory ear slitting and scourging with thongs--it is the publi cation of scandals on the private lives of public men. There is a class of creatures who delight in inventing most infamous calumnies. Because a man attains high station, he is made the mark of the most vindictive and persistent assaults. DI some cases the motive is a desire to gratify a prurient fancy. In others, to compel the payment of money by way of black mail. Our poor human nature rather tends to believe much of what is bad of man, and a base whisper often becomes an ac cepted and widely-circulated lie. The latest and most brutal exhibition of this is 3 scandal we' have seen drifting through the news papers in reference to Mr. Senator Sprague of Rhode Island. The nature of it we shall not repro • duce. It is printed at a time when Mr.. Sprague is absent from America with his family. It was originally sent from Washington to a Democratic paper in the West, and has been printed by leading Democratic papers in the East. Mr. Sprague seems to be a favourite object of detraction. fie was the first Governor of a Northern State .with Conservative sympathies to approve the war' He entered the service, raised regiments, served with much gallantry and success, and was chosen to the Senate from Rhode Island as the re" ward of his services. He has been as true to the country since peace as he was during war, and, while not a conspicuous or noisy Senator, votes always right. There are few of our public men who have invited calumny less than Senator Sprague, who have borne honours with more modesty and worth. As we have said, few have been more peculiarly and offensively assailed. This we say for Senator Sprague, who is not here to speak for himself. It would be well if he made such an example of those who have libelled him and his family that the busi ness of libelling would be abandoned. If one or two of the prurient creatures were sent to gaol for a term of years, it would have a wholesome effect. :-- 1 1rew York Weekly Tribune. AN EXCITING SCENE—A most remarkable es' cape from drowning occurred on the river on Monday evening. It appears that the steamer Waterlily, which left New-Brighten for Egremont and Liverpool at a quarter to 5, arrived about 5 o'clock at Egremont, and having en l " barked her passenger; cast off and proceeded towards Liverpool, having in tow one of the river police-boats and oue of the customs-boats, the latter under the charge ° f Mr. Henry Lloyd, tide surveyor of her Majesty's Customs. When the steamer had reached abreast of Seacombe point (it was then quite dark) an alarm was raised by the river police that a man had been swept past their boat by the back-water from the steamer's paddle-wheel ; but as n ° alarm was raised on board the steamer it was considered doubtful whether, supposing the object was a man, be could be alive, as, if he had fallen from the steamer, some one must have seen him fall. Notwithstanding, however, the order to let go was given by those in charge of the two boats, the tow rope of the customs boat being cast o ff from the boat, andler head turned where the unfortunat e man was supposed to be. It was, as we have said, quite dark at the time, and a very strong ebb tido was running which soon carried the boat a considerable distance down the river. Fortunately, however, after pulling about for some time, they at last discovered the top of a man's head, which was instantly seized, and the man was got into the boat, apparently quite exhausted. He was brought over to Liverpool and taken to the receiving house, where, after applying the usual restoratives, he so far recovered as t° be pronounced out of danger. It transpired that he had, in company with his brother, left New Brighton in t" Watorlily, and being under the influence of drink had lef t his brother sitting on deck, and by some means had fallen overboard unobserved, the brother being unaware of the accident until informed that he had fallen overboard en d was then in the receiving-house. His name is Wils° o Gasgeth, residing in Birkenhead. This is but one of WAVY instances in which Mr. Lloyd and his gallant crew hav e been instrumental in saving life on the river ; and it is t ° be hoped that their gallantry will not go unnoticed by those who are empowered to reward .such p r ompt a nd valuable services.—Liverpool Mercury. Foreign Mail .racket List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Dec. 20 • Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 11 Brazil and expo Verde, by British paoket Jan. 4 . Ditto, by 1 4 !rench packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Dea. China, eenang, and Sing•ipore, via Southampton Dec 2 0 • Ditto, via Marseilles Dec. 28 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Dec. 14 • India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dec. 20 . Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Dec. 20 Ditto, via ilarsebles Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 27 • Ditto, via Marseilles . Dec. 2 3 • Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseille , . Jan. ' 9 • :gewfouudland Portugal. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet. .. Dec. 24 Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp- :Jan 4 ;on • • OOOO •••••• • • Ditto, via Cork . • • • Ditto, by Canadian packet., via Londonderry , Dec• 1• Test Coar:t of Africa, Madeira, and Tencriffe Jan. 3 Meat Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) Dcc. 29 8aham....4 via New York. Jan 1 _ _ Luba aid Mexico _ _ Bermuda. via Halifax.... Births. BARNARD —On the 22d ult.. at Poona, trio wife of Lie llfr Col. Barnard, 36th Regiment, of a daughter. BELL-O n the 23d inst., at Portland House, Hammersmit h.. road, the widow of the late B. G. B e ll, of a daughter . LAMBTON—On the 24th inst., the Lady Victoria Lambtost of a son. WELLS —On the 24th inst., the wife of John E. Wells: Esq., of 20, Fitzroy-street, Fit zroy - square, o f a daugh,"' Marriages. * IRTEN—Pa ncE—On the 21st last., at Gresford Pa ri sh n f Church, George S au l, son of Thomas Devan; Esq ., ~,"/ St Hall, W rex h am , t o A nn i e, youngest daughter o f Thomas Pierce, Esq., of Gresford. Wasox—Ducßow—On the .24th inst.. a t St. Geor g e ,: Church, Hanover-square, H. Wil son , E sq . , M.D., ll.' Bombay Army, to Louisa, only d aug ht er o f tho late Ducrow, Esq. • 7~ti 1 su._ hill, 6 hill, 0' Lin ......,:. 0' hill, hill, _ i Deaths. -^ BEATER—On the 24th inst., at 3, Dartmouth Villas, Leo 46- ham, A. Beater, Esq., late of Aldermanbury, aged 7 0 . DAvis—On the 22d inst., at Clement's-inn; Strand, SAW IIe Davis, Esq., aged 52. 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