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THE ORCHESTRA OF HER MAJESTY S T.IENIIV, _ _ - - Conductor—Signor ABDUL Commence at Eight. Promenade, One Shilling. The GRAND BAL D OPERA will take place on TUESDAY, the 19th December. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) Last Night but Eight of L'Africaine. THIS EVENING will be performed Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, L'AFItICAINF. Mss Louisa Fyne, Madame Alberto Lem mens-Sharrington, and Mrs. A. Cook ; Messrs. Lawrence, Henry Corrl, A. Cook, E. Dussek, J. G. Patey, C. Lyall, and Charles Adams. Conductor, Hr. Alfred Mellon. Acting Manager, Mr, E. Murray. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. Commence at a quarter to 8• THEATRE ROYAL, DRU RY-LANE.- M an agers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVE \:ING the performances will commence with Shaks pere's Tragedy of KING JOHN Messrs. Phelps, James Anderson, T. Swinbourne, Raynor. G. Belmore, E. Phelps, C. Harcourt ; Miss Atkinson, Mrs. H. VandenholT, Mrs. Hodson, &c. After which, A.LWAY-GO-BRAGH ; or, Love. Fun, and Fighting : Messrs. Edmund Fain mer, F. Barsby, C. Harcourt ; Misses Hazlewood, E. Falconer, dose Leclercq. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, H AYMARKE T.- Sole Lessee and Man&ger, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE OVERLAND ROUTE : Messrs Chas. Mathews. Backstone, Chippendale, Compton. Rog,rs, Clark, Gordon, Braid, Coe, &c. ; Mesadames Mathews, Snow den, 11111. Wright, Coleman, Lovell, &c. To be followed by WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? Mr. Chippendale, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Fitz william. &c Concluding with THE BALLET. Messrs. Arthur and Charles Leclercq, Miss Fanny A right, Miss C. Adams, and She Corps de Ballet. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the sole Management et Mr. Fechter : . THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. Horsman. After whi'3l3, at 8, a New Drama, entitled TITE WATCH CRY. Mr Fechter, supported by Messrs. EL Widaicombe, S. Emery, C. Horsman, Raymond, Fitzpatrick, Clifford. and Miss Elsworthy. 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The naval reductions proceed steadily, and the number of employes in Philadelphia, Boston, and Portsmouth yards are to be diminished by one-half, by the order:, of the Secretary of the Navy- The move ments of the American r acific Squadron look en couraging for the Chilians, and very alarming for the pompous Admiral who threatens Valparaiso. In military circles General GRANT 154 still making himself prominent, and has had the honour of a grand reception given by some of the leading citi zens of New York, at which ten thousand persons were present, so that his popularity does not seem to be on the wane. The arrangements for reconstruction appear tolbe going on favourably. The Florida Convention has adjourned, after having annulled the Secession Ordinance, repudiated the Confederate debt, abolished slavery, and provided for receiving negro testimony. Mississippi has also agreed to accept the evidence of coloured persons in certain cases, so that this most important of all boons for the negro seems to be gaining universal favour. It is indeed such as no just and enlightened man can reasonably refuse, and without it the gift of freedom itself loses half its value. The liberality which is shown to the black man is not always manifested by the white man to his fellow, and we find that Mr. COLFAX, the prominent candidate for the Speakership of the louse of Representatives has made a speech opposing the admission of the Southern representatives to Congress at present. With regard to the relations of the States with Mexico little definite is stated, though there are some ominous manifestations. General STEEL, who commanded in Texas, has been superseded by General WEITZEL, owing, it is said, to General STEEL'S intimacy with the Imperial officers along the Mexican frontier. All the Federal cavalry regiments, with one exception, have been ordered to Texas ; but this, according to a Washington organ, is not owing to hostile feeling towards MAXI3IILIAN, but I,pe.alige cavalry are more useful in that State. The Mexican Republicans, it is said, have received encouraging advices from the United States, but all these rumours require to be taken cum grano salis. The months which have elapsed since the assassination of President LINCOLN have not ob literated the recollection of the horror of the crime and the sympathy felt for the people of the States in this country. At the time of the tragical event these feelings found active expression in the shape of addresses of condolence from almost all the corporate bodies of the kingdom, as well as from numerous large and influential public meet ings and assemblies of various kinds. Owing to the dastardly attack which left Mr. SEWARD for so long a helpless invalid, no formal reply could be made to these addresses; and Mr. SEWARD, now restored to the presidence of his office, endeavours to repair the serious neglect by a kind and courteous ac knowledgment. Under the circumstances, and considering that the same conspiracy which cut short the career of ABRAHAM LINCOLN laid Mr. SEWARD aside from the duties of his office, no other course could have been looked for, but the present despatch of Mr. SEWARD shows a cordial and kindly feeling towards the seceder; and a desire to recog nise with all due courtesy any manifestations of European sympathy with American difficulties. It will be no surprise to the public to learn that the result of the Fenian trials, in the case of LUBY, has been that he was found guilty on all counts, and the judge has passed on him the sentence of twenty years' penal servitude. In doing this he dwelt on the enormity of the offence, which, he said, might have resulted in horrors equal to those of the French Revolution. The prisoner addressed the Court, and said that since his arrest he had expected no other result to take place. He expressed himself in indignant terms concerning the notion that he intended to advocate or sanc tion " assassination " or " rapine," and declared that the only motive which actuated him was love for his country. This sounds very well, and no doubt both he who uttered the remarks, and the friends who heard them, or will peruse them, will delude themselves into the idea that they are strictly true and plain facts ; but the real danger of all these machinations and manoeuvres against esta blished authorities consists not in what is planned, not in the lengths to which men go in carrying out the plans, and the changes that take place during the time it takes to put designs into execution. Seditious motives are allowed to intrude themselves on the mind, and thus encouragement is naturally given to all subjects of a dangerous character, and from a discussion of abstract notions, it is easy for excitable and misguided individuals to pass on to the concoction of schemes alike reprehensible and dangerous in their tendency and effect. It is for tunate in every respect that the Fenian Conspiracy should have been thus early nipped in the bud, but the law must take the same cognisance of the matter as if much more had been done. Only by a strong and determined exhibition of authority can such offenders be properly treated, and the majesty of justice must be maintained rigorously and effec tually. Only by the adoption of such a course can consistency be maintained, and we may trust that the righteous doom which has overtaken the pri soners may be a service to others as a warning, and exercise a salutary influence in deterring young inexperienced and in fatuated individuals from treading in their footsteps. All that has transpired during the trials leaves no room to doubt the guilt of those accused, and the various discoveries that have been made at the disclosures with which we have been fur nished during the progress of the investigations show that this display of Fenianism was no new, vague, and shadowy affair, as some would have had us believe at the outset, resting on the " base less fabric of a vision," but a scheme concocted with care, and distinguished by the zeal and apti tude of its leaders. In order effectually to crush such an endeavour the sternest rigour of the law must be exercised, and no one who comprehends the nature of the affair in its true bearings will regret the severity of the sentences that may be Passed, any more than they will do otherwise than concur in the correct view of that of the prisoner Lucy. Another, and we may hope the last of the civil trials connected with the American war, has been brought to a close, and it is the same close which seems invariably to attend the efforts of our Go vernment in this matter. The story of the Shenan doah, formerly the Sea Ring, and the acts of CaptS.WADDELL and CORBETT are familiar to most of our readers ; and the case which was yesterday Con cluded at Weal minster was in fact similar in its out lines to all the parties in court. The prosecution of Captain Conn Err for aiding and abetting the offence for which Capt. WADDELL was not prosecutedgeem s at first sight singular ; but there were some reasons which might induce the Crown to select Captain CORBETT. Perhaps it was wished_to ascertain how far the temper or conviction of an English jury would be affected by that wonderfully convincing argument of success which now pleads so strongly on behalf of the Federal Government of the United States. But it is very long since the English public generally made up their minds in this matter of the Southern privateers, and they cannot be made to see that the Alabama, the Shenandoah, and all tohfecirivkilisineddrewd,arwfare, ere at all infractions of the fair rules raissable, nay resources by destr o advisable, to cripple the enemy's r w . h n i g ch h h i: ve always held it per missable, commerce. It could hardly have been for the mere pleasure of destruc tion that SHERIDAN and his men desolated this beautiful and fertile valley that bears the same name as the redoubtable privateer, yet those who uphold the devastation of the Shenandoah Valley as an act of military necessity are the first to denounce the cruelty of intercepting merchant vessels. Yet in the one case it was merely commercial and financial interests that suffered, while the result of the other was to leave women and children houselcss and starving. The case against Capt. CORBETT, how ever, did not rest upon the merits of the Federal or Confederate cause. It was based upon a not un reasonable accusation against the commander of the Sea King of a breach of the Foreign Enlistment Act. It was stated that when transferring the command of the Sea King to Captain WADDELL he urged his men to accept an engagement under that officer. This charge was supported by part of the evi dence and contradicted by other parts ; but looking upon the whole affair with an impartial gaze, it is quite clear that there was not sufficient evidence for a British jury to convict upon in any other less interesting case. There can be no reason, whatever the desire of a sec tion of our politicians to stand well with Ame rica, that we should break through those sound principles of constitutional law which regulate our ordinary proceedings. We may prepare ourselves for some ebullition of American feeling regarding the future of this prosecution. The arrival of the Shenandoah without her crew is said to have occa sioned irritation in New York which the news of Captain CoRBETr's escape will not tend to soothe. But all independent and unprejudiced Americans will be willing to acknowledge that we have per formed our full obligations to them in investigating the matter, and that the good old English law that accepts every man as innocent until he is proved guilty, must in common justice and common honesty be extended to the commanders alike of the Sea King and of the Shenandoah. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON'S speeches are always worth listening to and perusing. He is generally very moderate in his remarks, and circumspect in his ex pression of opinion. In that he has far more weight than if he proceeded to great lengths and made use of violent and vehement language. The right hon. baronet, on Thursday last, attended a dinner at Worcester, on the occasion of a testimonial being presented to Mr. LEvicK, the Conservative candi date at the last election. He expressed a hope that the new House of Commons, which as yet was all promise and no performance, would render im portant services to the country, and that the men selected in different parts of the em pire to be its members may be animated by those high and noble and patriotic feelings which have, through a long period of time, distinguished past Houses of Commons, and made that body " the first representative assembly in the world." Passing on to other matters connected with the politics of the day, Sir JOHN PAKINGTON lamented the death of Lord PAL:sIERSTON, and declared his conviction that his loss would materially change the aspect of affairs. He alluded to the " political intrigues" of 1859, and truly stated that, although the Conserva tives did not remain in office, they beheld the " pledges of reform by which the Radicals came into office vanish into thin air." It was only to be expected from so downright a politician and so straightforward a man as Sir JOIIN PAKINGTON that we should find him declaring that Earl Rus- SELL, who has been summoned by the QUEEN to take the lead of affairs, should have the fair trial for which he has appealed. That appeal in Eng land must never be made in vain, and no doubt, however much they may differ from the noble lord at the head of affairs, the Opposition will not hesi tate to accord him a fair opportunity of displaying his tactics without let or hindrance. Sir. J. PAKINGTON does not entertain very sanguine views as to the success of the Ministerial efforts, and while he graphically states that the fair trial must take place in the " high court of Par liament, at Westminster, and the jury will be the British public," he does not pretend to anticipate their verdict, but remarks that when a man calls most loudly for a " fair trial" we are apt to find he has got himself into some great trouble. Of course we must wait till time has proved the reality or falsity of all the prophecies that are made concern ing their Ministry ; but if, as the right hon. baronet naturally says, the new Reform Bill that is to be brought in should not be based upon the interests of the country, but brought forward as a battle-cry of party, it will not be likely to prove more successful than its predecessors. If a measure which should be adapted to the wants of the nation, totally irrespective of narrow views and party manceuvres, should be made for a parti cular purpose, and "so shaped as to maintain in office a feeble and tottering Government," the country will not stand it, and Parliament is not likely to sanction its introduction. The public require measures and not men, so that it is idle to dilate upon the advantages that accrue from an old Reformer being at the head of affairs. We are concerned for the welfare of the present as well as the memory of the past; and, above all things, in respect of reform, we want straightforwardness, which is a decide ratuin not often found among the members of the present Government. Unless they turn over a new leaf in this respect, the forebodings of their friends and the duties of their opponents will all prove too true for the realisation of their hopes and the success of their policy. Whether a so-called Liberal or a Conservative Government introduce a Reform Bill matters nothing to the country if the measure be good, but it is difficult to make interested persons think so. The Fenian Trials. D LTBLIN, Friday. At the sitting of the Court this morning Judge Keogh charged the jury, who at three o'clock brought in a verdict against Luby of guilty on all the counts. Luby addressed the Court, saying that from his arrest he expected no other result. He indignantly denied that it was his intention to countenance either assassination or rapine—his only motive was love of his country. _ . The presiding Judge passed on him the sentence of 20 years' penal servitude. He dwelt on the enor mity of the offence, which might have resulted in horrors equal to those of the French revolution. O'Leary was then put forward, and a jury was empanelled for his trial ; the Attorney-General began his address, and the Court adjourned at five o'clock. 'l'ruc bills were found against five other prisoners. Luby was removed under a strong guard to Mountjoy Prison. A STAG IN A RAILWAY STATION.—MUCII excite m thisenatf t was ern o o c n a u ( t s h e in ed Ist t he Dec.), town abou t o f R a iCkill quarter thapnaSsWtOtrwo O'clock by a: stag, hotly pursued by her Majesty's stag hounds, bounding through the doorway of the passengers' departure side of the railway station which happened to be open, on to the platform, thence on to the line of metals, then over the fences of the meadows adjoining thence through the canal, and ultimately into the m a i n road, whore it was captured close to Moor Park, the seat of Lord Ebury, and taken to Mr. James Gurney's, " The Queen's Arms," inn, near the church,f:rom whence, about five o'clock the same afternoon, it was removed back in the royal cattle Tan to Windsor. rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) STEPHENS IN PARIS. " Stephens," says a correspondent, " the Fenian ' Head Centre,' is in Paris, where his brother, a dentist, lives, and where he met Mitchel." BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. MALTA, DEC. 1. The Ripon leaves at noon to-day for Marseilles. The Syria left at 8 p.m. yesterday for Southamp ton, where she may be expected about the 9th inst. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 2. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Nyanza, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 64 passengers, £792 in specie, 5 boxes of valuables, and a general cargo, including 1,300 bales of raw silk, valued at £95,000. At Alexandria a large number of merchant steam ships are lying in harbour. On the 24th ult. the Nyanza spoke the English barque Viking, and on the 29th ult. the steamer Amazon. Both vessels wished to be reported. On the 27th ult., when in the Straits of Gibral tar, the Nyanza passed an American line-of-battle ship. Gibraltar has been declared a clean port by the Lisbon Board of Health, and is now also in land communication with the ports of Spain. At Gibraltar, on the 27th ult., Exchange on London was quoted 49! ; on Paris, 5.23 to 5.24 ; and on Madrid, to dis. SPAIN AND CHILI. CIRCULAR OF MINISTER OF MARINE UPON CIIILIAN PRIVATEERS. MADRID, Nov. 29. The circular forwarded by the Spanish Minister of Marine to the captains and commanders of naval squadrons, stations, and departments relative to the treatment of Chilian privateers, a summary of which has been received by telegraph, is as follows : " Excellent Sir,—According to intelligence re ceived by the last mail from the Pacific, the Chilian Government, after the rupure of dip lomatic relations with Spain, and the de claration of the blockade of the ports of the Republic by the commanders of our squadron, sent various agents to England and the United States with letters of marque, in order to arm vessels against the national flag. It is not to be expected that any foreign subject violating the laws of neu trality will accept the Chili= letters of marque ; but to provide against the least contravention of the conditions of international law, which the constant practice followed has farther sanc tioned, the Queen (whom God preserve) hereby designs to declare, in accordance with existing law, that those vessels whose captains and officers and the greater part of the crew are not Chilian subjects, and have not received their letters of marque direct from the Government of the Chilian Republic, will be considered and treated as pirates, with all the rigour of the law. " I communicate the above to your Excellency by Royal order for the due circulation and exact fulfilment of the same. " God preserve your Excellency many years, Z AYALA. " San Ildefonso, 26th November, 1865." MEXICO. NEW YORK, Nov. 23 (Evening). Advices received here from Matamoras to the Bth inst., via New Orleans, announce that the Republi cans have raised the siege of Matamoras in conse quence of the Imperial troops marching from Monterey to attack their rear. They dispersed in different directions, pursued by the Imperialists for about five miles, having been previously badly cut up. Generals Pensa and Gallenda were killed, and Cortinas, Himajosa, and Garza wounded. A French squadron had arrived at the mouth of the Rio Grande. Washington despatches state that Aleijla had informed the Emperor that half the forces besieging Matamoras were Federal troops, and that Maxi milian, fearing complications with the United States might arise therefrom, had abandoned his intended journey to Yucatan. The Empress would visit Yucatan, and afterwards proceed to Europe. The New York papers announced the receipt of authentic intelligence stating that Maximilian had ordered all the Imperial forces to be withdrawn from the outposts and concentrated at Vera Cruz, city of Mexico, and San Luis Potisi, there to await the arrival of reinforcements. It was believed that the people would rise in favour of the republic upon the troops being withdrawn ; the republicans, it is added, having received encouraging advices from the United States. The Matamoras papers announce that a conspi racy had been discovered, formed at Brownsville, to capture Matamoras and the forts, and assassinate Gen. Aleijla. Two of the conspirators, formerly Confederate officers, had been captured and sen tenced to be shot. It is reported, via New Orleans, that the French Admiral demanded of Gen. Weitzel the surrender of the steamer captured by the republicans, which was refused. Intelligence via San Francisco announces that the Imperialists had shot Arteaga, Parapachos, Gomez, and Saluzar, recently captured in Michoacan. Gen. Alvarez had consequently proclaimed the life of every captured French imperial general to be for feited. Despatches from Mazatlan to the Bth, via San Francisco, state that the French had entirely aban doned Sinaloa, except the town of Mazatlan, where 800 troops were stationed. The Republicans, vaguely estimated at several thousands, had cut off their communication with th e interior and threatened the city. Advices from Acapulco to the 3d report the ar rival of a reinforcement of 500 Imperial troops from Mazatlan. General Carrajal and other Republican Mexican officers in the United States are purchasing arms, ammunition, and uniforms for shipment to Mexico via Brownsville. The Royal Mail screw steamer Cuba, from Hali fax and Boston, arrived at Queenstown at 1.45 p.m. to-day (Dec. 1) with 62 passengers and $112,100 in specie. She landed all the mails but the Liverpool and Scotch and three passengers, and proceeded at 2.10 p.m., all well. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Nov. 28. Since the time of Pombal, who flourished a cen tury ago, the Oporto wine trade has been subject to restrictions quite at variance with the free trade principles of the present day. The Ministry, much to tis credit, recently brought forward a bill to make the trade perfectly free three months after it should become law, and the House of Deputies yes terday sent it to the Peers, approved by a large majority, with a modification that the law is to take effect immediately after its approval by the Peers and the Crown. It appears the wine trade at Oporto were quite prepared to dispense with the three months' grace, and, doubtless, the result will be that those English gentlemen who enjoy their old port will continue to get it equally good, guaranteed by the brand of their favourite shippers, while the less brandied and purer wines of the Douro will soon freely pass the Oporto bar, and find their way to those consumers who prefer wine to alcohol. With this freedom all parties ought to be satisfied, and particularly the general interests of Portugal which will derive great benefit from this further step in the removal of restrictions upon its commerce. The Lower house yesterday commenced the debate upon the Ministerial Bill to modify the con tract for the South-Eastern of Portugal Railway, now under construction by Waring, Brothers, of Westminster, and 1 learn upon good authority, the Bill is likely to be voted by a considerable majority. It is due to the Ministry and the Cortes to note that the debates this Session evince a disposition to discuss measures with the view of voting them, rather than for the purpose of procrastination and prevention of all legislation so prevalent of late years. Although there is still much to do in this country, it cannot be denied that progress in the right direc tion has been made during recent years of tranquil lity. I had recently an opportunity of visiting the In ternational Exhibition at Oporto, which is very creditable to so small a place, and that not the capi tal. The building is very pretty, and in a beautiful situation, commanding an extensive view, with pleasure grounds, calculated to be a great perma nent benefit to the city. The exhibitors, I believe, number about 3,000, of nearly two-thirds are from Portugal and its colonies ; from France, 500, and England only 107. Natu rally, as these numbers show, the Oporto Exhibition is not to be compared with those of London and Paris, but it still is no small credit to the spirit of the Portonians, who get it up with very little as sistance from the Government, and particularly Mr. Alfredo Allen, to whose persevering zeal it may be said to owe its birth and present maturity. I observe on the part of many Portuguese friends a soreness on the small number of English exhibitors —being only one fifth of the French, which they appeared to think implied some slight, whereas it probably has its origin principally in the initiative of the Governments, and the greater influence exer- cised in France over manufacturers, &c., while the English exhibitors are principally composed of firms already more or less connected in trade with Por tugal. We have had storms on the coast lately, and some vessels have been observed partially dismasted, which are not yet known to have got into any port. Exchan g e on London 53i for three months ; stock, 48 to 484. The West Indies. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 1. The West Indian and Pacific steamship Cuban, Capt. Watson, arrived off Crookhaven to-day from Port-au-Prince, Hayti, Nov. 10. The French gunboat Lulin had arrived from Cape Haytien, and reported that the commander of her Majesty's ship Galatea had issued an ultimatum. He had demanded that Salnave and all the members of the Revolutionary Committee should surrender on board the vessel unconditionally. In case of re fusal her Majesty's ships Galatea and Lily would proceed to bombard the forts of the Cape. The time of the ultimatum would expire three hours after the sailing of the French corvette. It is further added that Salnave's Admiral had gone on board the De Soto, and offered to put the Cape under the American flag if the American com mander would protect them against the British. The offer was refused. The Assassination of Mr. Lincoln TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. am desired by the Minister of the United States to request the publication in your columns of the following despatch, addressed to him by the Secretary of State on the 4th of last month. It is intended as a general answer to the various addresses spontaneously called forth from all parts of this kingdom by the lamentable events which happened at Washington in April last. These papers were received in such numbers as to render the labour of answering at the time each one sepa rately, under the peculiar circumstances attending the situation, impracticable. It is, therefore, hoped that, by now presenting to them this paper di rectly through the preis the respective parties in terested will be pleased to accept of it as an acknowledgment to themselves by the United States Government of their kind and earnest sym pathy in their moment of public calamity, in lieu of a more formal and direct communication to the same purport, which, but for those circumstances, would undoubtedly have been transmitted earlier and in a separate form to each.—l have the hor. to be, sir, very respectfully, your obedient ser vant, BENJAMIN MORAN, Secretary of Legation. Legation of the United States, London, Dec. 1. Department of State, Washington, Nov. 4. Sir,---During the seasons of spring and summer which have now passed, you transmitted to this de partment the manifold expressions which were made by the Government, public authorities, civic, eccle siastical, and educational corporations and associa tions, as well as by public assemblies o f c iti zens and by individual citizens of the realm, of their feelings of sympathy and condolence with the Government and.people of the United States in the calamity which they had suffered in the lamented death of the late President Abraham Lincoln. The same proceedings spoke in one voice the language of indignant repro bation against the perfidious political crime of assassination, by which the eminently useful and honourable career of the late chief magistrate was so abruptly brought to a fearful yet for him a most triumphant end. Owing to some peculiar casualities the efficiency of this department was impaired at the time these despatches were received. They obtained only a simple and formal acknowledgment from the presid ing secretary, and no instructions were given you concerning the recognition of the papers alluded to by this Government. I have now to inform you that all of these communications thus received were without any delay submitted to the President of the United States, and were read by him with profound emotions of - sensibility and gratitude. It was his expectation that the parties from whom these generous and sympathetic utter ances had come would be duly and properly assured of their consolatory influence, not only upon him self, but upon the whole American people. It is deeply regretted by this Government that this ex pectation of the President was found impractic able. Our Government, simply constructed with adap tation to the transaction of necessary affairs in the ordinary course of administration, found itself, in the condition of this department which then existed, inadequate to the immediate acknowledgment of such various and vast obligations suddenly and un expectedly incurred. The regret, however, is in some measure mitigated by the fact that these ex pressions of British sympathy and good-will were only a part of similar manifestations of the same feelings which occurred in every part of the world. Nevertheless, the President earnestly desires that recognition shall even now be made of the sympa thies and condolences which were thus poured in upon us with a profusion that did honour to human nature. You will attempt to execute this purpose, so far as Great Britain is concerned, by giving Earl Rus sell a copy of this despatch, and by promulgating it in England, either with or without accompanying references to the addresses, resolutions, letters, and other testimonials to which I have referred as shall be found practicable.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—That the fearful annual mortality of 60,000 young children and delicate persons of all ages may be arrested, if, instead of flying blindly to pills and medicines, which, though apparently relieving the patient, have in reality no o.her tendency than that of increasing debility, and with it the danger of life, we were simply to study how to increase the vital force by imparting new and pure blood, upon which the harmonious development of the who'.e frame depends, has been successfully proved by Du Barry's Inva lids' and Infauts' Food, the Revalenta Anbica, and its thousands of cures annually. It yields three times as much easily assimilated nourishment as the best meat, and for children it is the best substitute for human milk. Dr. Rout'', physician to the S.,maritan Hospital for Women and e.hildren— the best au, hority on such matters —in his admir able publication on Food, says—Amongst the vegetable sub stances, th t which comes closest t milk in its composition is, without doubt, Du Barry's Revalenta Ambles, Food, eon aining both phosphoric acid in abundance and chloride of potas►ium ; it also includes casein, the same principle w hich is found in milk in its constituent part. No wonder, there fore, that under its influence many children affected with attophy (wasting away of the body), and marked debt ity, have completely recovered. I have given it wi I h the greatest advent, ge in such cases; and so far as I may judge from my own experience, practice fully carries out what theory, from a knowledge of its composition, led us to anticipate.— In tins,l lb., 28. 9d.; 21b., 4s. 6d ; 51b., its.; 121 b., 225. ; :41b. 40s.—Barry ;Ju Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street ; likewi e at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 40, 13ishopsgate stre.t Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 33), Strand ; 54, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Tottenham-court-road ; 06, Upper-street, Islington, N. ; Harvey, Notting-hill ; Close Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace; St. John's-wood, London ; and all respectable grocers and cite mists.—•Beware of spurious imitations. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Fair average supplies of fruit and vegetables are on sale here to-day. In most kinds of produce a good business is doing at our quotations : FRUIT—Pine apples, 7s to 8s; hot house grapes, 2s 6d to 6s ; foreign do, 9d to is 6d ; filberts, is 6d to is 9d per lb ; apples, is 9d to 3s 6d per half sieve; new oranges, 4s to 8s ; lemons, 3s 6d to 7s• walnuts, is to 2s per 100. VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, is 6d to 2s 6d; white do., 9d to is 3d; Savoys, 10d to is 4d; celery,'Bd to is 6d; horseradish, 9d to 2s 6d per doz heads ; greens, 2s 9d to 3s Od ; turnips, is 6d to 2s ; carrots, 3s Gd to 4s Gd ; onions, is 6d to 2s ; brocoli, 4s to 8s per doz bunches ; Brussels sprouts, is 3d to 2s per half sieve. POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 7s 6d ; geese, 5s to 7s 4d ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od; tame rabbits, is Od to is 9d ; wild do., is to is 4d ; pigeons, Gd to 9d each; pheasants, 2s 6d to 38 Od ; partridges, is 3d to is 9d ; hares, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; grouse, is 9d to 2s 3d ; snipes, Os each ; Surrey fowls, 7s to lOs Od ; do. chickens, bs to 7s ; barn door fowls, 3s to 5s 6d per couple. English eggs, 12s o 13s ; French do., Os Od to 100 Od per 100 ; Ostend fresh butter, is 2d to is 5d ; English is 4d to 1s 7d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Soles, 1s to 5s 6d per pair ; cod, 2s 6d to 15s ; brill, 2s to lOs ; mullets, is to 3s ; doreys, is to lOs each ; turbot, 2s 6dto 20s each ; whitings, 4s to 12s ; haddocks, 4s to 20s ; smelts, is ad per dozen ; fresh herrings, Bs.; mackerel, 50s per 120. Salmon, 3s per lb. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 38 6d to 5s Od ; veal, 3s 83 to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 10d to os 4d per Bibs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 4d per 81bs. by he carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7jd. to Bd. ; of household ditto, 6d. to 7d. per 4lbs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS Market hides 56 to 64 lbs, 3d to 3fd. ; 64 to 72 lbe, 3d to nd ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 3 d ; 80 to 881bs., 3kd to 4d; 88 to 961b5., 4id to 4dl ; 96 to 1041b5., 41d. to 5d.; 104 to 1121b5., 5d to sid. Horse hides, Os to 10s Od ; calf skin. (light), 2s to 4s; full, 6s 6d ; polled sheep, 10s 6d to 12s 6d ; half-breds, Bs:6d to 10s ; downs, 68 to is 3d. HAY: SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 108; clover ' £5 5s to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. A fair supply. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; clover, £5 5s to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per load. Demand inactive. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 4s to £5 10s; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. Trade slow. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. d. Hastings Hartley l9 9 Walls End Haswell... 21 0 Tunstall Hetton 2l 0 Malting 24 0 South Hetton Braddyell's Hetton.... 20 3 Cowpen Hartley Hartlepool East Hartlepool South Kelloe Eden Main Walls End Gosforth 19 3 Tees Heugh Hall 2O 0 Cassop ' 2O 3 cugn - Tanfield Moor Butes 16 3 Kell(); -20 0 New Belmont l9 6 PensherWest Hartley 18 0 Pensher Primrose ... 19 9 Pittington lB 6 Ships at market, 86 ; sold, 81. Liverpool Cotton Market—This I:ay. Market steady. Sales probably 15,000 bales. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. ~_______.....____„--__./....:._ 1865. 1864. 1865 1864 £ z Belfast and N. Counties 9ll 99t 2,151 I.B'l Belfast and Comity Down l4i 4+ 521 672 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 2,333 1.966 Brecon and Merthyr Bristol and Exeter l2ll 121} 6,871 5,669 Caledonian, Scottish Central 403 408 25,090 24,311 Cambrian Cool< ermoutta K & Penrlth .. 314 371 Cockermouth and Worain .. 9 9 408 314 ___ Cork and Bandon 2O 20 375 332 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6i P 345 123 Cork and Youghal Cornwall Deeside l7 17 Do Extension _ _ Dublin & IlettastJ unction 63 - 63 1,5 J 7 1.376 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,698 1.534 Dublin and Meath - 35 35 306 2.1 Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd. 106 911 2,301 2,104 Forth and Clyde Junction Farness, &c 5O Si, 3,33:3 3, 194 Glasgow & South-Western Gt.Eastern,Nxik.,&E.Union 7211 663 3 .149 3 ,907 Great Northern 404 865 36,8;9 35,6;6 Great North of Scotland 5B 54 1,695 1:791 Do Branches 42 1! 1,385 1,247 Gt. iNorthn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 506 116 qt. Sou thn. & Westn.(lrlud.) 387% 387% 9,062 8 253 Great Western l2BO 1270 66.290 64, 1 8 5 II uB & Hornsea Highland ... 246 246 3,03 2,607 Irish North-Western 145 145 1,727 1,887 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 38.66) 31,133 Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 173 166 T.l , crick and Poynes 261 26% 187 82 Llalelly Llya I vi Valley Lon lon & North-Western Lon 'Oll and Blackwall 5l 51 1,841 1,754 Loud , n & South-Western Lend, Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 2671 17,059 15.954 Ltudo ', Chatham, & Dover; J 134 12/ 1 7,286 6.104 aillif tropolitan Extension 112 114 I 1,750 1,100 Do. Ke it t oast Lon , T tbury, & Southend Edam.,Bl), Afield, & Lincolnsh Rane,i, S.Jun.& A ltrincham 9% 91 1,321 1,238 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 6511 49,146 46.48 Midland Gt. Westn. of I rind 2OOl 2601 4,571 4, i 73 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,553 3,191 North British, Edin., Perth . and Dundee ' 7021 6561. 23,1'84 21,910 &-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 12061 11601 , 70,265 67 17.; North London 9 9 4,199 5.081 North Staffordshire 258 258 8,182 8.353 Pembroke and Tenby lll 116 84 49 Rhymney l9l 191 8)2 176 Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 5,54 i 4,898 Somerset and Dorset 66 68 976 814 South Devon PB 791 3.570 3,394 South-Eastern - 315 308 19,016 18,970 Taff Vale 6l 61 5,296 5,9 ' .6 Ulster lO5l 1051 2,450 2,531 Vale of Clwyd Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 352 302 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,109 1,020 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 611 675 Whitchaven Junction l3 13 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 -- FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 826 46,301 41,8 2 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction 264 261 4 8 331 Bombay, Baroda o t Cen. Indi a 306 1851 r,488 1,873 Detroit and Milwaukic lB9 189 8,291 6,796 Dutch Rhenish lost it 81 6,181 6,809 __ . _ .... Eastern 01 I. - 'ranee - - 1551 - 14 tz 3 71,563 68,306 Eastern Bengal .. 110 110 2,125 1,4. 2 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1477 1335 30,830 21,826 Great Central of Belgium 285 261 6,702 6,503 Great Indian Peninsula 590 553 18,572 10,2 . i Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,857 4.762 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 315 16,651 11,247 Madras Madrid, Saragossa itAlicant, 7lB 713 13,784 14,769 Northern of Canada ... 94 94 2,414 1,211 Northern of France 724 724 64,769 59,283 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 2006 19 0 153,279 133,856 Paris and Orleans lB2l 1018 76,391 70.263 Recife and San Francisco. &c 774 774 891 705 Sc.nde 125 105 1,820 1,5=8 Do. Punjab, &c 253 45 1,005 252 South Austrian, &c .. . 1651 1527 65.. 63 58,039 Southern of France 863 823 27,7.19 2 +,622 Victoria Welland. West & N-Wn. of France AUTHENTICITY OF THE PASTON LETTERS.--The authenticity of these famous letters, recently impugned by Mr. Hermann Merivale, has now been established beyond all reasonable doubt by the production at the meeting of the Society of Antiquaries last evening of the original MSS. recently discovered by Mr. Philip Frere, under cir cumstances already narrated in The Sun. Earl Stanhope, the president, occupied the chair, and the attendance of Fellows was unusually large, a number of strangers being also present, including Mr. Merivale and Mr. Frere. The noble chairman, in opening the proceedings, said it had always appeared to him a great advantage that writers of reputation whose theories or statements were assailed at the meetings of the society were at liberty to attend in order to hear what might be said against them, and to expound their own views. As a memo rable instance of this ho might mention the case of the late Sir G. C. Lewis, who, though not a Fellow of the Society, had nevertheless personally attended their meet ings, and answered the objections which were raised to his views on Egyptology. The secretary (Mr. Watson) then read a communication from Mr. Almack relative to certain external proofs of the authenticity of the Pas ton letters, after which Mr. Bruce road a most elaborate and able paper on the internal evidence they presented, concluding by ex pressing his firm opinion that the documents under exhi bition were genuine. Mr. Fere, the owner of the MSS., expressed his willingness to allow them to remain for a time in the library with a view to their being inspected by a committee to be appointed for that purpose, and by such other gontlexnen as might take an interest in the sub_ ject. Mr. Hermann Merivale then delivered some brief remarks, in the course of which he congratulated the Society and the country at large on the result of the doubts he had raised a short time ago. The appearance of the originals of the fifth volume from custody beyond all suspicion virtually ended the controversy. Of course, the documents would be subjected to further examination, but no one could doubt the genuineness_ of the whole of the published letters after the authenticity of the MSS. now so singularly brought to light had been established. All the doubts he had put forward would then vanish into air. In conclusion he might mention that he had recently ascer tained that several Paston letters had been discovered in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, and it was supposed that they had found their way there from the possession of the late Mr. Francis Dover. GREAT FIRE AT LIVERPOOL.—LIVERPOOL, FRI DAY.—A terrible fire broke out at about ten o'clock to night, at Compton House, belonging to Mr. Jeffrey, the largest drapery business in Liverpool. The premises will be entirely destroyed, and it ie estimated that the liabili ties will be enormous. * ll - 4 court . • ttilithr - ,0- HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 1, Their Highnesses the Maharajah Duleep Singh and the Maharanee arrived at the Castle yesterday on a visit, and dined with her Majesty and the Royal Family. After dinner the private band played the follow ing selection of music in the drawing-room, before their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Prin cess of Prussia, the Maharajah and Maharanee, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting : Overture, "Promethee" Beethoven. Selection, "Dinorah" Meyerbeer. Marsch ... Weber. Adagio and Allegro ... Auber. To-day is the birthday of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. The Queen, with the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, drove in the grounds yesterday after noon, and walked and drove this morning, accom panied by the Crown Prince and Princess Helena. The Crown Prince went out shooting. His Serene Highness the Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein arrived at thg Castle this after noon from the Continent. The Crown Prince of Prussia drove to the South- Western station, and accompanied Prince Christian to the Castle. Count von Rantzan is in attendance on Prince Christian. The Countess of Caledon has succeeded Lady Waterpark as Lady in Waiti ng . _ _ Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood and Lieut.- Colonel Du Platt have succeeded Lord Charles Fitzroy and Colonel H. Ponsonby as Equerries in Waiting to her Majesty. Messrs. Hills and Saunders have had the honour of photographing at Windsor Castle the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia and Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, with their children, and other members of the Royal family. o The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDRINGHAM, Friday, Dec. 1. On Thursday his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, with Lord Newry, Lord Dunmore, Captain Park Lane, Mr. A. Hamond, jun., and Mr. S. a Gurney, shot through Wolferton Carr and White Hill cover. The Royal and distinguished party were joined at luncheon by the Princess of Wales, Lady Royston, and the Hon. Mrs. E. Coke, and the day's sport was concluded in Wolferton-wood. Prince de Taek returned to Sandringham yester day. The whole of the new cottages that have been erected at West .Newton are completed and occu pied by the most deserving of the Prince's labourers, and a few days since his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales inspected them. During the present week her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, accom panied by the Hon. Mrs. E. Coke and Mrs. W. Carmichael, went over all the cottages and inspected them, and expressed herself as highly gratified, not only with the accommodation they afforded, but also with the satisfactory state in which they were kept by the occupants. By the express wish of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales these cottages are henceforth to be named after the Princess, and are to be called the Alexandra Cottages. It is understood that the wing of the new mansion will be commenced early in the forthcoming year. The 21st anniversary of the birthday of the Prin cess of Wales is being celebrated at their Royal Highnesses' Norfolk seat with even greater festivities than on the recent occasion of the Prince of Wales's birthday. The birthday presents which her Royal Highness has received are understood to be very valuable, one of the. Queen's messengers having arrived at the Hall last evening with the presents from her Majesty the Queen and the Royal family. -~ Ball in Honour of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. The 21st birthday of her Royal Highness the Prince of }gales was celebrated with great and appropriate loyalty, last evening, by some 300 of the tradesmen appointed to their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, who gave a grand ball at the Hanover-square Rooms, the entrance to which had a very imposing effect by a chastely painted illuminated portrait of her royal highness, executed by Mr. Burnard, of Regent street, placed over the portico, the hall and stair case being decorated with a profusion of choice plants. The company danced right merrily to the far famed band of Cook and Tinney, who, sitting in a beautiful shrubbery, arranged as though by some fairy hand, but really by the floral taste of Mr. Williams, of Holloway, gave a novel and most pleasing improvement to the usually unsightly appearance of the orchestra. Great care was bestowed on the various details of the entertainment, the programmes and badges of the stewards being of the most tasteful design, and beautifully executed by Messrs. Webster and Stock ley of Piccadily. The supper was provided by Mr. Donald, of the St. James's Hall, in the best possible manner, the tables being charmingly decorated with an endless variety a flowers, kindly lent for the occasion by . Messrs. Veitch and Son, the Royal nurserymen, of the King's-road, Chelsea, mingled with a superb collection of bronzes and magnificent plate, also gratuitously lent by Mr. Benson, of 25, Old Bond street, clockmaker and jeweller, who, occupying the chair, did justice to the loyal toasts in short and appropriate speeches. The festivities were kept up to a late hour, and passed off with much eclat, and must have ampll recompensed the untiring hon. secretary, Mr. Mel ton, of Regent-street, who originated the ball, as well as his strong regiment of eighteen courteous Court tradesmen—Stewards, Messrs. C. Asprey, 166, New Bond-street; J. W. Benson, 25, Old Bond-street ; W. C. Brown, 14, New Bond-street ; W. C. Cater, 56, Pall-mall ; W. Davis, 12, Regent street ; J. Gould, 9, Shepherd's-market ; R. Hay man, 131, New Bond-street ; J. Inderwich , Princes-street ; W. C. Jay, Regent-street ; Leadbeater, 19, Brewer-street ; Lobb, Regent' street ; G. Mayo, Great Marlborough-street ; ,( 1. • Marsh, 175, Piccadilly ; H. Melton, 194, Regent" street ; J. Nicholay, 82, Oxford-street ; C. Nurse, 200, Regent-street ; W. T. Sandford, 6, Lower Brook-street; W. Thornhill, 144, New Bond' street. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treaseri in Downing-street. The Ministers present were Earl Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Right Hoe- Edward Cardwell, Earl De Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Righ t Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Lord Stanley of Alderley , and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. A BIRTHDAY PRESENT.—Yesterday being th e anniversary of the Princess Alexandra's birthdan the Prince of Wales had prepared a surprise for the Prin cess in the shap e o f a b eau tif u l pa i r o f b ay pon i es , wit' , carriage and harness complete, the whole forming a han d " some birthday present. The carriage, which is by a cele brated London maker, is of an exceedingly novel wak e ' there being a front seat, as usual, the hind part of the vehicle being provided with a couple of seats something in the dog-cart fashion, the seat behind being intended O r the groom. The colour of the carriage is a chocolate. The ponies, which are a little over 14 hands high, e re splendid steppers, and, with the carriage and harness, ha ve been forwarded to Sandringham. MARHAM, NORFOLK.—His Royal Highness th e Prince of Wales honoured Mr. Villebois with his company on Monday last for two days' shooting. 'f ile first day the Contract Cover at Narborough was shot. line following is the amount of game killed there :—Pheasants, 639 ; partridges, 17 ; hares, 309 ; rabbits, 89 ; woo dcock, 1; wood-pigeon, 1. Tuesday, Nov. 28, the home beat at Marham. Pheasants, 792 ; partridges, 7 ; woodc ocks, '*; l hares , 105 ; rabbits, 47 ; wood pigeon, 1. 11 ,1 1 : 0 Highness dined and slept at Marham on Monday . party who had the honour of meeting and shooting 1 " of his Royal Highness were Major Teesdale, the M arc l el L. Bowmont, the Hon. T. De Grey, M.P., General the 11.(:: A. N. Hood, Mr. W. Bagge, M.P., the Rev. Johns AtilK 614 1,e.. thwaite, and the Rev. Henry Dugmcre.; His Roy nose shot remarkably well.—Lynn Advertiser. 11.