The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-16 00:00:00

LIFEBO/1.11 SERVICES. —During the storms of the p ast year 1864 the boats 01 the National Lifeboat Institution In we saved 432 io persons from different wrecks on Institutn also expended £19,531 14s. sd. our coasts, in the sam e p eri.,d on lifeboat establishments, in addition to uting £l,t eboatsr, 16 and 9' 9 as eward s other formeans saving 693 shipwrecked per- 00ns by its lit . The Comm ittee of the Institution earnestly A PPEAL to the public ic,r .ASSISTANCR to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 140 lifeboat establishment& Contributions are received by Messrs . Willis and Co.. Berries and Ce.., Coutts and Co., and by all the London and countrybanken ; ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq. SI the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Solo Manager and L'irector, Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EIVENING FAUST. Mesdam es Anna Hiles, furring,ton, Cotterell ; ' Messrs. Swift. Forbes. H. Corr', and Mare.. cal Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Followed by the Grand Chrbtmaa Pan'omime, THE I lON AND THE UNICORN. MORNING PERFORMANCES TO-MORROW and SA URDAY, at Two o'clock. ROYAL XNGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) CONTINUED W O N DERFU L LONATO.ESS OFINDERELLA AND THE THIS EVENING, THE BRIDE OF SONG. Alter which, at a quarter-past 8, the Grand and highly success f u l Pantomime, CINDERELLA ; with magnificent Scenery an d gorgeous accessories. In the Harlequinadr. Senor Donato will perform his celebrated and astonishing Dance avec Niauteau. Commen:e at Seven. yrHE ATR E-R oy AL, DRURY - LANE, Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, and during the week, A YOUNG J. AD FROM THE COUNTRY. Alter which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, HOP O'MY THUMB AND HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven-League Boots : Messrs. G. Bel more, Tom Matthews, G. Weston, Master Percy Roselle, arc. misses Lydia Thompson. R. Lcclercq, ac. ; Messrs. Boleno, C. Lauri, W. A. Barnes, T. Morris, Cormack, Saville ; Mdme. Bolen, the Misses Gunniss, aad Signor Tescano. T HEATRE -ROYAL, E-R YA L, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Jan. 16, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, Wed. - thersoy, ac. ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR Meters. Sothern, Buckstone, Braid, Gordon, Clark, White, Coe, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames tinowdoa, Mill, ezc With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. Keeley. And A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. To commence at 7. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Last Five IN fights of • Ruy Bias. THIS EVENING, to commence with MY WIFE'S OUT. Messrs. Widdicomb, Charles; Miss B. „Percy and Miss E. Lavenu. After which, at 8 o'clock, RUT BLAS. Ruy Blas, Mr. Fechter. Messrs. Ryser, isitzpatrick, F. Ch riea, Al'intyre, Garden, Raymond, Collett, C ifford, Moreland ; Misses Car lotta Lealereq, B. Percy, and Mrs. Winstanley. To conclude with a Farcical Oriental Extravaganza, en titled BEARFACED IMPOSTORS. Schahabaham (a pasha of three tails, Mr. Raymond; Mustaptia, Lis vizer, Mr. Garden; Bill Stumps and Jack Hoeus, quondam proprietors of the ori.„;ioal united happy family, lk east's. Moreland and Tifiddicom'a ; Ali, chief guardian of the ladies of the Harem, Mr. Collett ; Osman Khan, chief executioner, Mr. Bunch ; Achmet Aga, an officer of the Sultan, Mr. Kelly; Mirz, liajji Baba, chief keeper of the monkeys, Mr. Regan; Ayesha, formerly Jemima Slumps, but no . first favourite of the pasha, Arias Lavenu; Fatima, second favourite of the pash , Miss B. Percy ; Shekerleb, third favourite of the pasha, Miss Travers ; Bede, fourth favourite of the pasha, Mill, Watson ; Zenobia, formerly banou of the harem, chief wile t>f the pasha, but now discarded for Ayesha, Miss Hate.h. Various choice specimens of zoology, guards, slaves, and attendants, by the numerous and talentea Smith iamily. Divertissement ries Odalisques. Doors open at Half-past Six. The Box-of f ice open daily from Elev. n till Five. NEW THE A TRE-ROYAL, ADELP Hl. oats krupribLJT ii,na Manager, Out. B. 0 eDster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON IrARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole. _ _ -•— - Afar which, at 8, LEAH. Miss Bateman, supported by Reser, George JLrdan, Swinbourne, It. Phillips, Stuart, Stephenson, burne ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Bthington. To conclude with DARK DOINGS IN THE CUE'- BOARD BY THE KNOTTINU'ENI BROJ HERS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, R. Yhillips, Billington ; Mrs. A. Mellon. Miss A. Seaman. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. 'CHM EVENING, a new Extravaganza, entitled THE )IAGIC HORSE AND THE ICE MAIDEN I RINCES:S. Aiter . which, THE STREETS OF LONDON.- Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11. Forrester. H. Mellon; Mrs. Henry Manton, Miss Emma ,Varnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. AA; Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. '..12111i EVENING, at 7, LAWRENCE'S LOVE SUIT. Mr. Parselle; Mesdames Palmer, Carson, and Hughes. _ • After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, THE " GRAN" BUcil ES ; or, the Mrs. Brown of the iliseis-sippi. Messrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton, &c.; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Raynham, Simpson, Johnstone, &c. To conclude with MRS. GrtEEN'S SNUG LITTLE 33USINESs. Mr. Belford. COALS. —The LIT JJESIIALL COMPANY'S Ci.),11.. Direct from their own Collieries Marquis'. 265. per ton. I Double.. 21s. per ton. Top 259. „ De, p 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne l'ark-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Xaddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN f3CO TT, Sole Lgent. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. AL EX - ANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 2*, Old Cavendish- gtreet, Oxford-street. THE THIRD EDITION OF ‘4 THE SUN," Containing the Latest brOILTIZILI INTELL/litaitz, Den re had Every Evening of (1. R. GLILN LE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published containing all the PEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGNNCE, by 'IL W. HARRIS, Neil !Taper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tws DAY.—Morning, 4h. 50m.—Afternoon, sh. sm. To-Moßßow.-Morning, sh. 40m.—Afternoon, sh. 40m. t 4 tt LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 16, 1865. The arrival of the Africa, which has been looked for with some interest, brings us intelligence from New York up to January 5. Military news is com paratively at a standstill, the Yankees having appa ently for the present had enough of great expedi tions. It is rumoured that GRANT proposed that BuRNsiDE should command the troops in a fresh assault by land and sea on Fort Fisher, but that LINCOLN withheld permission. The mortification of the recent failure has been too great, and the step from the sublime to the ridiculous too rapid for the President to risk another fiasco. It has been, besides, a costly amusement, for the ammunition consumed in the bombardment is valued at $2,500,000. This is not to be wondered at, since General BRAGG reports that over twenty thousand shots were fired, and he does not include That magnificent firework which was to have sent Fort Fisher to the moon, but apparently went -there itself instead, " Since all things lost on earth Are treasured there." HOOD, as we expected, has succeeded in crossing the Tennessee, and Nashville despatches assert that his troops are in good order. THOMAS has abandoned the pursuit, and HOOD is still moving southwards, with what object is uncer tain. The expedition sent by SHERMAN under l'itzPArfuc x has returned to Savannah after de gtr°Ying part of the railway, but having been unable to find the whereabouts of the Federal prisoners. In . Savannah all i rePurted tranquil. Gen. SHERMAN .appears to be using his victory with a moderation which does him honour, and contrasts favour ably with the rei gn o f terror established by other Norther n gener a l s The Government has, it seems, resolved t:o pp rt ropriate th e cot ton found the re , t h e pro efreeature in it i s of European merchants. The c i v il news mimportant than the military, an d a prominent Papers on th e re l a- They assert that the comments of the Rich mon d tiOns of the South with Eur o p e . England and France would recognise the South on the condition of negro emancipation, and urge th at such a proposition should be made. Now is the time, therefore, for our Government to prove its humanity and its statesmanship, and for Emancipa tionists to show their sincerity by coming forward with such a proposal, and putting a stop to this cruel and profitless war which is wasting the blood • and treasure of a great people. The Richmond journals add that should the South be ultimately unable to maintain their independence they would prefer the protectorate of England, France, or Spain to reunion with the Yankees. Surely it is England's place to be the mediator and the protector of the people who speak her tongue, and we only trust her rulers will prove equal to the emergency. The Southerners must have lost much of their animus against us to make such a proposal, and it is pro bable that by this time they understand that English sympathies are heartily with them, with the one great exception of slavery. The wisdom of making a virtue of necessity has just been demonstrated by Spain. The abandon ment of San Domingo, while, no doubt, very un palatable both to Crown and people, is undoubtedly the most prudent, the most humane, and the most reasonable course which her Ministry could pursue. It is never a very pleasant task to confess a failure, to give up an undertaking as hopeless, to admit having made a conspicuous mistake, and having made great and fruitless sacrifices before discovering it. No nation would willingly accept this pro gramme, and the Minister who adopted it would probably be sure to encounter a certain amount of opposition and unpopularity. Yet, unwelcome as the frank admission that the cause she has under taken is beyond her efforts may be to a country so haughty and so self-contained as Spain, the mortification is, -in reality, rather nominal than substantial. Every one knows, at least most certainly every Spaniard knows, that the subjugation of San Domingo has proved a task of no ordinary difficulty ; that me i n and money are annually sacri ficed there, which Spain can very ill afford to lose ; and that, far from the Spanish gaining ground, the struggle is daily becoming more and more hopeless. It is absurd to see a nation like Spain, which still claims its place among European kingdoms, vainly struggling to subdue a Western island, and the spectacle offers no increase to the national dignity. So far, then, Spain has nothing to lose by retiring from a contest which she has no reasonable pretext for maintaining, seeing that' the redoubtable decree of 1861, the origin of all the mischief, was based on the supposition that the majority of the Domi nicans anxiously desired the re-annexation of the island to the mother country. On prudential grounds the wisdom of the decision just announced to the Cortes is very apparent. Among continental nations who most of them are in no very solvent condition, Spain occupies an unhappy prominence for financial embarrassments, and the haughty Castilian land, the abode of honour and high spirit as it claims to be by history and tradition, is cer tainly nationally, if not individually, the represen tative of a bad debtor ! Even bad debtors, how ever, find some limit to their imprudence, or by whatever polite term their proceedings may be de nominated, and Spain has proceeded headlong on the road to ruin for so many years that she must perforce check her career with the precipice in sight. The embarrassments of the Treasury are in fact the real cause of the abandonment of San Domingo, and we cannot but applaud the sagacity and resolution which have enabled a not over scrupulous Minister to adopt such a practical means of righting the overburdened vessel of the State. San Domingo bids fair to be the rock to which the final crash would be due ; and, by withdrawing from a rash and hopeless contest, the Ministry will gain strength and dignity while really losing no prestige whatever. When the first moment of mortification has passed, Spaniards gene rally will be proud to admit that there was really no choice open, and that no Minister who consulted the interests of his country could for a moment de sire the continuance of the war. The bill presented to the Cortes by Marshal NARVAEZ points out very clearly that not only is the task of subjugating the colony one of great difficulty, but that, supposing it to be accomplished, no good end would be attained, seeing that it would be necessary to hold the island by military occupation ; and that, even supposing that a portion of the people should favour the in vaders, the whole system of Government would have to be established on a footing as much opposed to the customs of the inhabitants as to the interests of the colony. The motives which prompted the undertaking in the first instance are, of course, eulogised, and the whole course of the struggle re viewed in a favourable manner ; moreover, the Ministry professes to have given prolonged and careful consideration to the question on which their minds have probably been made up for a consider able time, but the substance of the whole document is contained in a few lines which assert, " That it was a delusion to believe that the Dominican people, as a whole, or in the great majority, desired, and, above all, demanded their annexation to Spain ;" and the consequent proposal to report the Royal &eree reannexing the territory of the Dominican Republic. •An important step has thus been taken towards the relief of the national embarrassments, and so far his country men have reason to rejoice over the accession of Marshal NARVAEZ to the chief political power. Fortune certainly seems to favour the desires of the Prussians for display and the delivery of ad dresses. The opening of the Chambers by the KING in person, on the fourteenth, presented an opportunity for again glorifying the wisdom that has guided the councils of the State, and magnify ing the valour that has inspired the forces in the field which has been so much in vogue lately. It is wonderful to observe the ingenuity which charac terises the discourses of the KING and the despatches of his Minister ; they are certainly, the one and the other, models for study, and examples for copy to any one who seeks to intimate a great deal by say ing a very little. Thus at the very commencement of this address we find that the KING adverts to an old grievance in so skilful a manner that one might be fain to believe that he is simply alluding to some important phase of events that has occurred since last the Houses were assembled. The bete noir, as the " organisa tion of the army," has hitherto proved to be in the communications between the SOVEREIGN and the Senate, is therefore very summarily disposed of after this fashion, namely, the KING declares that its present mechanism is perfect, and, indeed, that it has conferred especial advantages upon the country ; and finally, he sums up these remarks by giving it as his opinion, that it is his duty to " maintain the existing arrangements." This must be very satis factory intelligence to those who fondly imagined, perchance, that some sensible alteration was to be wrought in this respect, and that a new era would dawn now that foreign affairs were based upon so much more firm a footing. The inherent absolutism of King WILLIAM peers out from behind the cloud of statesma "p in which he has enveloped himself, and the self-crowned heaven-ordained monarch an nounces his wishes and dictates his behests with all the coolness and command that his power and posi tion can confer. He plainly intimates that he expects both Houses of the Diet to assist him in this desire on his part to maintain his army in statu quo. It might suggest its e lf t o a casual observer, p re suming to cr i t i cise the sayings or doings of Royalty, th at it would sia not t o have any be more consistent for Prus should not att empt to interf in e l r t t e e " t e h h e ambers " at all, but that the people, relyin g on grity with o th f eir the p ir la rul ns, er o s r molest thei r d es i gns. , d efinite or that,de cide so far de cided begathered a s certainly time anythin g from thi 4 cloud of words, it is very probable that any real power will be vested in the Houses, or that their assembling at all is merely to keep things quiet and hoodwink those whose opposition might prove fatal to Royal intentions and hostile to Ministerial tactics. The development of the navy is a subject of great interest with the KING, and indeed he considers that " any sacrifices will be desirable for the furtherance of so important an object." This is simply absurd, because the " geographical position of Prussia" points out exactly the contrary from what the KING declares it does, and his subterfuge defeats its own purpose by being too transparent. So well satisfied and so highly elated is the KING with the " doughty deeds" of his own troops that he can afford to be generous, and to scatter the meed of his praises far and near. Thus we learn that while remembering the triumphs of her own army, Prussia "recognises joyfully and heartily those of the Austrian forces." Timorous individuals may well shudder to contem plate what would be the fate of the Great German Powers if they were threatened by a formidable opponent, since it has required the united efforts of their allied troops and the exercise of so much skill and forethought to vanquish the small kingdom of Denmark and its disproportionate forces. It is a poor compliment that these self-made heroes are paying themselves ; and, so far as the Austrians are concerned, it will turn out to be a waste of words for the KING to exhaust the vocabulary of his lauda tions, for there broods deep and dire dis content in the Austrian mind against the selfishness and overpowering nature of the Prussian policy. It is all very fine to declare that the two Courts are closely allied, and the bond of union is " firmly and everlastingly based upon the German sentiments of myself and my illustrious ally." Unfortunately German sentiments, in the abstract, generally mean to take all one can without being much hindered by scruples or dictates of con science ; but there is a drawback to this theory being put into practice when two wish to play the same game. The result of all these unprincipled attacks upon constitutional rights and public liberties by Austria and Prussia will be that ere long a decided rupture will take place between those arch-conspirators of Europe, and the beholding nations will thus witness a fine spectacle of retribu tive justice that cannot fail to point its moral and tell its tale of unbounded avarice and extreme self-assumption meeting its retributive doom. The peace with Denmark, the KING declares, gave back to Germany its disputed northern boundaries, and still more wonderful to hear, " to the inhabitants of those countries the possibility of sharing a national , existence," a possibility that by the war is very likely to become a probability, if not an absolute certainty. Further on the KING confesses that it will be the object of his policy to secure this acquisi tion by desirable measures, &c. What a contrast is this avowal to the bold declarations, the de termined statements that were made relative to the unbiassed, and impartial feelings which prompted and actuated the allied Powers in taking up arms to secure the rights of the duchies. Has all the heroism ended in the acquisition of territory, and all the independent support been a re petition of the fable of the fox and the crane. Finally, the KING exhibits the benevolence of his heart by stating that he wishes a friendly under standing to be come to between the Government and the Chamber of Deputies. To give a brief epitome of the meaning of the sentences which furnish the peroration of this address, would be to state that an entente cordiale will assuredly reign if the Chamber concurs in the desires and follows out the policy of the Government. We have yet to learn if Prussian representatives will be supine enough to do this, and relinquish their last chance of redeeming their character ; but, at all events, they are told to acquiesce in the Royal desires, or to prepare for a storm, for the KING has not left room for the glimmer of a doubt or the shadow of an uncertainty. He has made up his mind, and told them so pretty plainly, that the Government must be firm and strong, and the " good understanding' , with the representatives can only be preserved by their accordance with the policy of the Crown. This is a novel mode of carrying out constitutional principles, but we live in strange times, and the King of PRUSSIA is not the only enigma that we have to solve of a dangerous and difficult nature. • HEALTH OF THE AUTHOR OF " TEN THOUSAND A YEAR."—We have the sincerest gratification in an nouncing that the alarming rumours recently going the round among our contemporaries, as to the shat tered health of the learned and gifted Master of Lunacy, are not merely grossly exaggerated but have, happily, had scarcely any foundation what ever. How really alarming to the learned gentle man's numerous personal friends, in all parts of the United Kingdom, some of these rumours have been, may be recognised upon the instant upon our trans ferring to our columns the following paragraph, precisely as it was given in yesterday's Observer " SAMUEL WARREN, ESQ., Q.C.—Mr. Samuel Warren, Q.C., the Master in Lunacy, author of the Diary of a late Physician and Ten Thousand a Year, and son of the late Rev. Dr. Warren, of Manchester, is said to be in a state of health that almost precludes the possibility of recovery." The simple fact of the matter being—that, although it is true the Master of Lunacy was attacked by a rather serious affection of a bronchial character, towards the close of lad November—an affection from the ill effects of which he suffered more or less severe)/ during several weeks afterwards—the learned gentleman was, fully a fortnight since, sufficiently recovered to admit of his resuming, what he has ever since continued, namely, the active discharge of his official duties at Lincoln's inn. Nay, as affording conclusive evidence of the happy restoration of Mr. Warren's health, his friends will be gratified to learn still further that he has this very day left town (on official duty) for Cornwall and Devonshire. THE NEW BARONET.—Mr. Alfred Tennyson, the Poet Laurate, upon whom her Majesty has graciously conferred a baronetcy, is a son of the late Rev. George Tennyson, M.A., rector of Somerley, near Grantham, and a nephew of the late Right Hon. Charles Tennyson d'Eyn court, who was for many years member for the metro politan borough of Lambeth. He was born in 1809, at his father's rectory-house, and, having been educated mainly at home, proceeded to the University of Cambridge, and entered at Trinity College ; but he does not appear, from the published lists, to have taken either classical or mathe matical honours. In 1829, while an undergraduate, he gained the chancellor's medal for the best poem in heroic verse, and recited it in due course in the Senate-house on commencement day. At the commmoration of 1855 the University of Oxford conferred on him the honorary degree of D.C.L., and the master and fellows of his own college have conferred an honour on him by placing his bust in the vestibule of their library. It was in 1830 that Mr. Alfred Tennyson published his first volume, entitled "Poems, chiefly Lyrical." This was followed by " Mort d'Arthur," " Locksley Hall," the " May Queen," the " Two Voices," and other poems ; and upon the death of Words worth in 1851 the post of Poet Laureate was offered to him and accepted. Since that time he has published many works with which the public are familiar. DEATH OF JUDGE BALL.--DUBLIN, Sunday Night.—Judge Ball died this morning. The late judge was born in 1791. lie was educated at Trinity College, and called to the Irish bar in 1814. In 1830 he obtained the silk gown, and in 1836 entered Parliament to represent Tlonmel ; two years afterwards he was appointed Attorney- General for Ireland, and member of the Privy Council in Ireland ; and in 1839 was raised to the bench as one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas. SACRED HARMONIC SO ClETY.—Spohr's oratorio " Last Judgment" and Mendelssohn's "Lobgesang" are announced for next Friday, the 20th inst. Principal voca lists—Madame Lemmens Sherrington, Mrs. Sydney Smith, Madame Sainton-Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Cummings, and Mr. Patey. THE ITALIAN CITY OF THE FUTURE is to be Florence, and, in order to make it no less magnificent than Paris, as regards streets and buildings, a company has been formed, with a capital of forty million francs. The Italians call this liaussmazinising their capital. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) AMERICA. The royal mail steamer Africa, from Boston on the 4th, and Halifax on the 6th inst., arrived at Queenstown at 12.45 p.m. yesterday. She brings 104 passengers and 15,315 doll. in specie. She landed 83 sacks of mails and three passengers, and proceeded at 1 p.m., all well. (Via Roche's Point.) NEW YORK, Jan. 3, Evening. General Butler's military expedition has arrived at Fort Monroe from Wilmington. Richmond papers assert that Admiral Porter's fleet has left Wilmington, and that since its departure three ves sels had run the blockade. General Bragg reports from Wilmington that no damage (? danger) need be apprehended. The expedition sent by Sherman towards the Al tamaha river has returned to Savannah. Richmond papers state that Southern accounts modify Thomas's success before Nashville. They also assert that the military authorities in that city contemplate a heavy concentration of troops in Vir ginia, to march northward to conquer peace. Granger was within 30 miles of Mobile on the 19th ult. The general expedition up the Roanoke river had returned to Plymouth. _ ... The New York Times asserts that the Govern ment will sell the cotton captured at Savannah, re imbursing claimants if they prove their ownership in the law courts. The Governor of Missouri's message to the legis lature recommends the abrogation of all laws fos tering slavery. The privateer Shenandoah has destroyed the ship Kate Prince, the brig Susa, the barques Eliana and G. Godfrey, and the schooner Charter Oak. The New York and Etna have arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Jan. 3, Evening. Gold, 2291. Exchange on London, 2501 ; Paris, 2.80 to 2.134, Stocks slightly firmer : New York Central, 117 ; Illinois, 1268 ; Erie, 858 ; 5-20 Bonds, 108/. NEW YORK, Jan. 5, Evening. Admiral Porter's fleet is said to have left Wil- mington. Hood is believed to have crossed the Tennessee river. Thomas's whole army is moving. Rumours are current of the resignation of Mr. Seward and Mr. Fessenden. Gold, 2274. An unsuccessful attempt has been made to open the Dutch Gap Canal; the earth fell in and closed up the channel. A meeting of the inhabitants of Savannah has been held under the presidency of the mayor. Resolutions were passed to the effect that the in habitants desire peace by laying down their arms and submitting to the Federal constitutional autho rity. By laying aside their differences they would endeavour to bring back their former prosperity and commerce. The resolutions request the Governor of Georgia to call a convention of the people to vote upon the question of the continuance, of the war. General Sherman announces that Savannah and the surrounding country will be held as a military post. Peaceful inhabitants will be allowed to con tinue their pursuits, and commerce will be resumed under certain rules to be issued by the Treasury department. Grant has refused to grant permission to Mr. Montgomery Blair to proceed to Richmond on an unofficial mission. The Richmond Sentinel says the South would sa crifice slavery for European recognition. If the South surrenders her independence, she would prefer to surrender to England, France, or Spain, rather than the North. The message of the Governor of New York to the Legislature recommends a vigorous support of the war for the Union. French Canadians have resisted the enforcement of the Militia draft. Volunteers have been de spatched to enforce it. • COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Jan. 5, Evening. Money easy. Gold advanced yesterday to 234, but has since declined to 2274. Exchange on Lon don, 250. Stocks dull. New York Central, 119 ; Illinois, 1261 ; Erie, 84/ ; 5-20 Bonds, 1081. Cotton quiet ; middling upland, 122. Flour and wheat dull. Corn steady. Provisions and coffee quiet. Sugar, good inquiry ; molasses dull. Pe troleum, crude, 51f ; refined, 74. PER TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ASSOCIATION. • (Per the Africa, via Roche's Point.) NEW YORK, Jan. 3, 6 p.m. General Bragg telegraphs to Richmond that the Federal fleet has disappeared, and that only the usual blockading squadron remains before Wilmington. Washington despatches also admit that the attack is suspended. Thd fleet suffered severely from the heavy gales, and the shore was strewn with fragments of boats and other articles thrown overboard. It is rumoured, that Grant asked permission for General Burnside to command the troops in a renewed land and naval assault upon Fort Fisher, but the Presi dent has declined. The ammunition consumed i n the bombardment of the fort is valued at $2,500,000. The Tribune says the expedition has r eac h e d a miserable conclusion. The IVilmington Journal says no apprehensions are now felt in regard to any at tempt the enemy m ay make upon Wil m i ng t on . General Bragg has issued a congratulatory address to the army. 'Three steamers have run into Wilmington since the fleet withdrew. The Federal expedition sent up Roanoke River has returned to Plymouth without having achieved any material success. The Richmond Sentinel urges the duty of strength ening the Confederate armies, and express the belief that the brunt of the war now threatens to fall upon General Lee. The New York Times says the Government has determined to sell the cotton captured at Savannah. It asserts that the people of that city were well satisfied with the entrance of the Federal army. According to the Augusta Chronicle most of the Government stores were removed from Savannah previous to its evacuation. The Richmond Whig ardently hopes Sherman will come that way and measure swords with Lee. Hardee is said to be in a position 15 miles from Charlston. The Hon. F. P. Blair, sen., and his son Montgo mery, left for Richmond last week on a supposed " peace mission." Gen. Grant, however, refused them a pass through his lines without authority from Washington, and they returned yesterday. Letters from New Orleans report that the Federal General Davidson lost all his artillery, pontoons, and waggons during his recent raid in Mississippi. General Canby warns the Mississippi steamboat of an expected re-appearance of guerillas. The Confederates are sinking additional obstruc tions off Mobile. The Heroine is reported to have run out of that port recently with a cargo of cotton for Liverpool. The Shenandoah has captured the ship Kate Prince the barks Eliza and E. Godfrey, the brig Susan, from Cardiff, and the schooner Charter Oak. The liatk Prince was bonded. The correspondence with trazil on the seizure of the Florida is published in hill. Its main points have already been made public. Mr. Seward declares his Government not responsible for the sinking of the Florida. Captain Collins is ordered to Washington for trial. The Diplomatic Corps paid their ustial New Year's visit to the President yesterday. Four of the Vermont raiders are reported arrested in Connecticut. The Boston Traveller newspaper establishment was destroyed by fire yesterday. The new Governor of New York calls upon the citizens to fill up their quota of the draught. Refugees from Charleston report the inhabitants removing to the country. The Federal pickets between gorth Howell and THEwSUIN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1865. Wadsworth, near Alexandria, were surprised and captured on Saturday. The steamship George Washington, of the New York and New Orleans line, was burnt to the water's edge last night. The loss amounts to nearly $500,000. (Via Halifax.) NEW YORK, Jan. 5. The expedition sent from Savannah to effect the release of Federal prisoners has returned -unsuccess ful. General Kilpatrick failed to find the where abouts of the prisoners. Hood is falling back south of the Tennessee. Thomas has discontinued the pursuit, and the Tribune says the Confederates crossed the Tennessee without interruption. The Mobile and Ohio Railroad is reported cut below Corinth. The French Canadians at Montmorency have taken up arms to resist the draught for frontier ser vice. The local Militia were called out to restore order. It is rumoured that Montmorency has been burnt. The rear defences of Charleston are being strengthened. The head was blown out of the Dutch Gap Canal on Sunday, but the waters of the James failed to flow. The canal is now regarded a total failure. The Richmond Whig says the damage to the lead works at Wythesville and the salt-mills at Saltville is being rapidly repaired. Sherman writes that a portion of the army is again in motion. In his proclamation to the people of Savannah General Sherman guarantees protection of private property and the rights of citizens. No oaths are required. The people are simply to conduct them selves as good citizens. Those wishing to go within the Confederate lines can do so. All the civil de partments will continue to exercise their functions. The poor will be supplied with provisions. Churches, schools, and places of amusement are to be re-opened and encouraged, and commerce will be allowed to an extent commensurate with the wants of the people. At a meeting of the citizens it was resolved to lay aside all differences and use their best efforts to re store prosperity ; that a strict obedience was due to the laws of the United States, and Mr. Brown be requested to call a convention for the purpose of determining upon a continuance of the war. Copies of the resolutions were to be sent to President Lincoln, General Sherman, Governor Brown, and the Mayors of Augusta, Columbus, Macon, and Atlanta. Richmond papers publish the following despatch 'rom General Bragg to President Davis : " Wilmington, Doc. 30, 1864. " The Federal fire against Fort Fisher on the first day continued five hours ; on the second day, seven hours. Over 20,000 shots were fired. The Confederates replied with 660 shots the first day, and 600 the second. Our loss is 3 killed and 55 wounded. Two guns in the fort burst ; two were dismounted by our elves, and two by the Federal fire. The fort is unhurt. Part of the negro troops were swept off the Peninsula in a gale. " BRAXTON BRAG." Cotton is weak, under expected arrivals from Savannah. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JAN. 16. The Austrian Government does not consider ac ceptable the reductions proposed by the Financial Committee of the Reichsrath. These reductions were to have been introduced into the war budget. FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 14. Another cardinal, Mgr. de Bonald, Archbishop of Lyons, has added his protest against M. Broche's circular to those of his colleagues. His letter is crushing. He writes : "M. le Ministre,—l have received the letter your excellency did me the honour to send me on the Ist inst., to inform me that I was not to be allowed to publish the encyclical, the syllabus, &c. Simultaneously with your excellency's communication I received a crowd of pamphlets and newspapers of every political colour, which all publish the encyclical. It is not without sur prise that I saw on the one hand the Pontifical document, published with the consent of the Government, and on the other the prohibition to the bishops to ye produce it in their instructions to the faithful. Ire said to ourselves, if the encyclical contains doe trines opposed to the Government, why is its publication permitted ? If it does not attack the Government, why this prohibition to the bishops to promulgate it ? But here is another inconsistency, le Ministre, which it is equally difficult to explain : the Protestant pastors, the Methodists, Anglicans, Israelites, comment on the document from the pulpit, each in his own way, according to his degree of hatred for the Catholic religion ; and yet a Catholic pas tor is not to be allowed to explain- it to his flock, and defend the Supreme Pontiff against all the accusations that are brought against him. The duty of the head of the Church is to point out what lie considers to be the truth, and to stigmatise that which in his eyes is an error. He is bound to fulfil that obliga tion of his office for the defence of religion and the tranquillity of States. That duty Pius IX. has just discharged. See, Monsieur le Ministre, whether he does not take up the defence of civil power by condemning the errors specified in Nos. 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 67 of the syllabus. The condemnation of these errors accounts for the virulence of the anarchical press in attacking the encyclical. It is not because the Supreme Pontiff _ has denounced one of the organic articles of the Concordat that all this outcry has taken place. It is very well known that no fresh stipulations can be added to a treaty without the consent of both contracting parties. Now, the organic articles are an addition to the Concordat between Pius VII. and Napoleon 1., without the consent of the Pope, who has ever refused to recognise them. There are some pro visions in these organic articles which would have upset the whole discipline of the Church if the Government had enforced their application. I deem it my duty to transmit these remarks to your excellency, and remain, &c., '. t L. J. M. Cardinal DE BOT I ALD, Archbishop at " Lyons, Jan. 10." Lyons. In connection with the encyclical, the Courrier du Dimanche publishes a circular addressed by a sous-prefect in Brittany to the mayors under his _ _ _ j urisdiction, which is well worth quoting : " M. le Maire,—l beg you will let me know the impres sion created in your commune by the publication of the encyclical, and make me acquainted with what the public think of it, as well as the comments to which the decision of the Government, as set forth in the circular of the Minister of public Worship, has given rise." The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric state of Europe yes terday :—" The barometer at Paris, after having fallen very rapidly during Thursday, and even during a part of last night, again rose suddenly this morning. A similar phenomenon must have taken place'on the West of France, for at Brest and on the coasts of England the barometer is higher this morning than it was on Thursday. On the Channel and the coasts of the Atlantic this sudden barometric oscillation has been accompanied by violent squalls, varying from S.W. to N.W. This morning a strong gale from the N.W. prevailed at Havre and at Boulogne. The centre of the storm, which on Thursday was on the N.W. of Ireland, is this morning removed a little to the N.E. of Scotland." Yesterday in Paris, at three in the afternoon, the thermometer marked seven degrees above zero Cen tigrade (44 3-5 Fahrenheit). BOURSE, Jan. 14.—The market has been firm, and prices well maintained. Threes, are unvaried at 66f. 95c. Mobilier have improved to 957 f. 50c. Railway Market quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents 95 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6l Do. end month 67 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3450 Credit Fonder 1285 Roman 73 Italian Loan 65 50 Do. end month 65 70 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred RAIL' VATS, Caih. Acot. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean..,., 926 25 ... 928 75 Southern 577 50 .., 581 25 W es t ern 540 ... 545 --- Eastern , 512 50 ... 512 50 Sardinian 3lO ... 308 75 Austrian Lombard 547 50 ... 546 25 North of Spain 355 ... 356 25 Saragossa 430 ... 425 Ditto to Barcelona - ... -- A LOVELY DRESS.—The Empress Eugenie wore on Saturday week, at a dinner given to the Ministers and chief officers of the Crown, a dress of white muslin, with a tunic of cerise satin, jet and black lace, and a diamond necklace mounted on Nack velvet. Charles Dickens's New Serial Story, Our Mutual Friend. By Charles Dickens. No. IX. Chapman and Hall. The mystery as to John Rokesmith's identity with John Harmon—a mystery but semi-transparent from the very commencement—has here, in the cur rent number of " Our Mutual Friend" for January, been cleared up altogether. Nevertheless, we must acknowledge that, in this story, Mr. Dickens fairly bewilders its. He bewilders us, we would say, quite as much, in some parts, by his apparently precipitate revelations in regard to the intricate scheme of his plot, as he does at others by a sort of half reticence that seems to throw a careless and merely partial veil over motives, incidents, and characters, yet a veil, too, that proves to be in its way—so far as our great novelist wills it—utterly impenetrable. For example, he lets us into his confidence (for reasons of his own) completely—as to the fact (half suspected all along) that the hero of the tale is, in Rip Van Winkle's phrase, not himself but some one else ! He turns out, in point of fact, to be, even more than what Mrs. Malaprop wonderingly declared Captain Absolute to be, that is, " three gentlemen at once, like Cerberus !" The Hero of " Our Mutual Friend" —Our Mutual Friend himself, in point of fact—we now learn, as clearly as one of the most wonderful and original soliloquies in the whole range of ima ginative literature could well explain anything, is either actually, nominally, or ostensibly, at one and the same time— John Rokesraith ! Julius Handford !! John Harmon !! !—and— George Radfoot ! !!! Otherwise to put it—Pa's Lodger—Mr. Boffin's. Secretary—the Golden Dustman's heir (supposed to be murdered)—and, the Third Mate (of a home ward bound passenger ship) who really is mur dered ! Never, we believe, even in the happiest instances that could be adduced from Shakspere, has there been penned by a writer of genius a more admirable exemplification of what a Soliloquy ought to be, namely, just simply thinking aloud ! Our Mutual Friend, tangled as he is in a wonderful maze of difficulties—bewildering even at moments, as this maze is even to himself—endeavours, so far as he possibly can, to systematise, or as we may otherwise express it, to arrange in due consecutive order, the events that have occurred to him since his return homewards : arranging them, as he recalls them to mind, in proper sequence, one by one, out of the haze and jumble of his recollection. A haze and a jumble that are, in truth, only perfectly natural and reasonable under the circumstances—seeing that at the first and the most imminent crisis among all these confusions, " Our Mutual Friend," upon the very morrow of his return to England, immediately after the Golden Dustman's death, gets drugged in a low den, down by the water side, among the amphibious Birds of Prey nesting there along shore, creatures haunting the foulest and dingiest back among all slums of Limehouse Hole. Pieceing together his various broken recollections of events occurring thereabouts, Our Mutual Friend contrives with some difficulty to get his thoughts gradually into order, while thus thinking aloud (soli loquising as we have it) —making everything clear and comprehensible, the while, to the reader's mind as he reads on. Yet—even then—when all is said and done, apparently, in regard to the blurting out thus ingenuously by John Harmon of the whole secret of his mystery—we are as entirely baffled as ever we were, in our attempt to get at the inner meaning of the plot of " Our Mutual Friend"—meaning not the Man himself, but the Book. We are completely at fault even in our most strenuous efforts to conjecture the precise drift of the narrative, the exact destina tion towards which the various characters and incidents of the tale are tending. It is in this com plete setting at naught of all our most searching in vestigations as to what may really and truly be his design in constructing the elaborate machinery of his plot, that we again recognise in " Our Mutual Friend," what we have so often before recognised in other works of fiction from the same master hand, namely, the intuitive perception and the acquired skill of the consummate Artist. The Genius of Mr. Dickens, he reveals whensoever he lists—obtaining the recognition of it (far more than through any words of praise that we could utter) through our tears and through our laughter. But, his intui tive perception and his acquired skill as a consum mate Artist, he manifests, upon especial occasions, in a manner that is still, to us—hackneyed novel readers though we be—full of its surprises. Occa sionally he has done this—what we are here more particularly alluding to—years ago in some of his earlier fictions. It is, to this day, in fact, a surprise to us, in the mere recollection of it—the revelation towards the close of " Nicholas Nickleby" that Smike is the son of Ralph ! As it was afterwards, also, a truly wonderful surprise to us, in " Bar naby Rudge," when we discovered, in the midst of the smoking ruins of Mr. Haredale's country man sion down by Chigwell, that the murdered man (as he was supposed to be) was, in point of fact, after all, himself the murderer ! Among all these surprises, however,the very last adventured upon by Mr. Dickens was, beyond a doubt of it, far and away the most startling—namely, the disclosure at the top of that windy staircase, upon a stormy night, at Pip's cham bers in the Temple, the astounding disclosure that the shuddering Convict of the Marshes, and not Miss Havisham, was the real Patron and Benefactor of the hero of the story—a story so admirably well called, by reason of the whole plot of it, " Great Expectations." Whatever surprises of another kind may be in store for us in the after chapters of " Our Mutual Friend" we know not. But, already, the story, so far as it has yet gone, has completely baffled our utmost in genuity in the way of conjecture as to the ulterior design here held in view by the Novelist. New cha racters are even yet continually being introduced to us, although nearly one-half of the work has already made its appearance. The first chap ter in the January number under notice, now, relates, with all Mr. Dickens's minutely graphic power, to the loves and heart-burnings of Brad= ley Headstone the schoolmaster, Miss Peecher the schoolmistress, Jennie Wren and Lipie Hexam. Chapter twelve " More Birds of Prey," and Chapter thirteen " A Solo and a Duett " are the features of the number—the last mentioned, more par ticularly the solo in it, being wonderfully effective. There is a bit of still life (at p. 272) in the scene that takes place in the house-room at Miss Riderhood's that no other hand could have touched off as it is there touched off in a few words by Mr. Dickens. It relates to the critical moment in the talk that takes place . between Mr. Riderhood and the Unknown Seafarer with the oakum beard . and whiskers.—where, among other homely objects hanging up half revealed in the dimly lighted kitchen, there is noticeable " a shining black sou'-wester suit and hat, looking very like a clumsy mariner with his back to the company, who was so curious to overhear, that he paused for the purpose, with his coat half pulled on, and his shoulders up to his ears, in the uncompleted action." The mysterious sailor's careless attitude, moreover, " with the hand curved half open and half shut, as if it had just let go a rope"—Miss :Rider hood's habit of " winding herself up" after the fashion of the other ladies of the Hole, who, on the occasion of a fight or other disturbance in those localities, " would be seen flocking from all quarters, universally twisting their backhair as they came along, many of them, in the hurry of the moment carrying their hairs - combs in their mouths !" Riderhood's indignation at the absurdity of the question put to him, " Are you thirsty ?" " Why, nat'rally, ain't I always thirsty ?"—his protest against Pollparroting—above all, every minute hint, Word, mere parenthesis, in John .Harmon's Soliloquy—no other hand but Dickens's could have so lightly and yet so vividly pen cilled—pencilled with all the lightness and all the vividness of actualphotography ! Mr. Marcus Stone's illustrations, by the way, are just as bad as ever. To realise how bad they are, as illustrations to Charles Dickens, it is only necessary to turn over for a few moments those wonderful illustrations to " Oliver Twist," etched by the needle of George Cruikshank. Can You Forgive Her ? By Anthony Trollope. No. XII. Chapman and Hall. Lady Glencora all but commits herself at Lady Monk's Party—as a matter of course with Burgo Fitzgerald. Mr. Bott's eyes are upon the 'Pair' however, and Mrs. Marsham hurries away i n the , brougham from the ball room in quest 01 of Mr. Palliser—who returns in time to afford Lady Glencora the aid of his marital protectorship. with the same easy flow of narrative (which is not Lite' rature, though it is delightful to watch its progrtssl nevertheless, so long as it runs prattling and sparklil onwards) Mr. Anthony Trollope pours the stream ° his story along, through page after page, and chapter after chapter. As always happens with us on taking up any " book" or " number" of hiswe read o ° , charmingly entertained, skimming the leaves 0 0 , turning them swiftly—never bored—never wean ed —but certain to forget them, and equally certai n never to turn to them again, and beyond this Per' fectly conscious all the while we are reading them thus with so much glib satisfaction, ',that th e y are not (as already remarked, in parenthesi s) t literature. Since Phiz relinquished his • P s , as illustrator to " Can you Forgive Her —in order that he might become the successor ° John Leech as the sporting embellisher of " g r. Romford's Hounds "—the embellishments to fi r ' Anthony Trollope's serial are very perceptib l y improved. ,o = 61,1114 Cmgar. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 14•' The Queen and Princess Helena walked ° llc yesterday. Princess Louise drove out, attended by La€ l l Churchill. The Duke of Somerset arrived from London, O a had the honour of dining with her Majesty. JAN. 15. Her Majesty the Queen and their Royal High ef i nesses Princess Louise and Prince Leopold atten d Divine service at Osborne this morning. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting were als ° present. The Rev. G. Prothero officiated. Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice attend the morning service at Whippingham Church ; 81 % their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Prin o " Louise, attended the afternoon service. The Prince of Wales. SANDRINGHAM, Saturday Evening. His Royal Highness, attended by Captain Grei/ left Sandringham yesterday morning and posted to Wolferton Station, whence he proceeded by rail' Swaffham, arriving there at 9.37. The station filled by a large concourse of persons, who sent uP hearty cheer, accompanied with the raising of ll° and waving of handkerchiefs, as his Royal Hightle ° stepped into a carriage and four and was slowil driven out of the station-yard, the Prince heil evidently gratified at the unobtrusive marks ° loyalty and respect evinced, which his Royal WO' ness graciously acknowledged by repeatedly boWiq to the assemblage. His Royal Highness arrived a" Merton Hall at about a quarter to 11, when Le ' Walsingham received his Royal guest, and int r° ' duced him to the younger branches of the fau lit His Royal Highness joined the noble lord and select circle of the aristocracy at breakfast, af tef e which his Royal Highness honoured the meet of West Norfolk with his presence. The " meet" at Merton Hall was supposed to be ' the largest ever known in Norfolk, there being P sent upwards of 600 horsemen, and almost an eqo and it was said by some a larger, number of e: i i riages and vehicles. Foot people were not a dmi t the park. The horsemen were ranged on 0° side of the curious gateway of the clock-tower b f e hind barriers, and the carriages on the oppo 51 „ side, the two lines forming a kind of avenue through which at about twelve o'clock his Rog Hi g h n ess rode on his beautiful chesnut h uuw ; being accompanied by Mr. H. Villebois, popular master of the West Norfolk hunt, tP O Hon. T. De Grey, and Captain Grey, equal t the Prince of W ales. Amongst the aristeerl present were—The Earl of Leicester, l' ° „, Sondes, Lord Southampton, Lord Ashbur t°— Lord Walsingham, Colonel Bloomfield, th e taro Hay Gurney, Captain Addington, &c. scene at this period was very brilliant, the P t i le shining brilliantly. The horsemen follow in g , Prince and the master went across the park to° • tington, and from there to Sturston Carr, the gr ; riages proceeding round by the road, and rear two abreast, and in some places three abreast , ti j c , two miles. The Sturston Carr was drawn 1 / 1 ,0 C and the hounds were trotted off to Stanford < by the water, and drew with similar results, 9.•1( to Bagmore and no find, back to Thurston, clre to another carr on Gloster Hill, and from thence Sparne Hill, where was found a fox, but sly old rel e; nard got away almost unobserved, breaking COl/ o f towards the hall, went across the park, ou, I , Buckle's-gate, and kept the road for a quarter 04r, mile across Mr. Cooper's farm, by the Rev. 130 t Crabbe's, and back again to the wood, when he g to " earth," and the day's sport was brought t f te close. In the evening a select party joined noble lord to meet the Prince at dinner. This morning the Home preserves, knoll Sturston Carr, Birch-wood, and the Forest, We shot by his Royal Highness, Lord Walsingb% ' Lord Leicester, Hon. T. De Grey, &c., and thoul:l4 the weather was very unfavourable, rain and 0 1° 01 j a ccompanied by a cold NW. rain falling n early day, a capital day's sport was obtained, and a head of game bagged. During the visit the Prince inspected the celebratejo Merton flock, and the fine estate, which coutPr is v the whole of Merton, Tottington, Sturston, ford, and part of Thompson. His Royal Highness, attended by Captain and accompanied by the Hon. T. De Grey, a t eldest son of Lord Walsingham, left MertouA, about five o'crOck this afternoon, posting to S10'; ham, and reached Sandringham about seven o' clor : It is understood that the present stay at Sandie ham will terminate about Thursday next, b ut Prince's stud will remain. • His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attend Major Elphinstone, honoured by his presence the pantomime, " The Lion and the 'Unicorn," on Sat evening, at Her Majesty's Theatre. •a? Ms Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bfi honoured the Duchess of Inverness with his presenc e ifl dinner on Saturday evening, at her grace's apartrnerit ° , t o K e nsington Palace. There was a select party inv ited meet his Royal Highness. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary is s ing on a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Grand )11 ci i0 and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz in Germany? not expected in London for some weeks. His Excellency the. Ambassador of .r 1 ‘:0 received at dinner on Saturday evening, at Albert Toe House, his Excellency the Prussian Ambassador 0 ,11 : 0 0 Countess Bernstorff, Baron and Baroness de Baude, and Countess de Jancourt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Petro , o f Marquis Caumont La Force, and several other m erabe ° the embassy. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath are a - je to receive a succession of visitors at their seat, Lone' Wilts. The Marquis and Marchioness of Dow nshire to " L a dy Alice Hill are passing the season at East Ilala's,.ty• Park, Berks, where they have been receiving a select l'aoHy The Marquis and Marchioness San Ger°,, ot i• are shortly expected in town from a tour on the tinent. _ _ G hii The Earl of Coventry arrived in town on day from Croome Court, Worcestershire, where his 1 0 ' has been entertaining a select shooting party. tO 4 The Earl of Fife will leave town to-day on 3 in the north of England. .. f ivre j Countess Craven and the Ladies Craven EtJ'lo34 in town on Saturday from Ashdowne Park, Berks, they have been receiving a select party. Count de Virel has arrived at Albert-gate ••'-- from Paris. le" Viscount and Viscountess Amberley willboic6 Alderley Park, Cheshire, in a few days, f or Peen Lodge, Richmond Park. Viscount Grey de Wilton has arrived at ge1,014 Lodge, Melton Mowbray, from Croome Court. ship has quite recovered from his recent indisposi t°- i, Viscount Chelsea has returned to town tite r' visiting the Earl of Coventry at Crown° Court, w ore shire,