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,~- Will be rea ly in a few days, THE JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES' DIRECTORY for 1867. Charles Barker and Eons, 8, Birchin-lane, E.C. LIFEBOAT sEENICES.—During the storms of the past year (1866) the National Lifebsat In stitution, by its lifeboats and other means, contributed to the saving of 913 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. 'The Institution also expended £31,430 In the same period on its lifeboat e t tablishmeats, in addition to granting .£2,173 as Jewel ds. The Committee of the Institution earnestly "A?PEAL to the public for AS to enable them meet the con ti n ued heavy deSmands on ISTANCE the 172 lifeboat Stati to ons of the Institution. Contributions are reeeived by the London and country hankers ; and by the Secretary , Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphl, London. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. 1 Sale Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chutterton. THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER Tli E WEDDIN To conclude w th the Pantomime NU Ml BE it Nil' ; or Harlequin and the Gnome- liturof the Giant M untain. Meedames Lydia Thompson. Hudspeth, itodentiam, Seymour, jrasbi, achnni, ?.nd H. Vandenhoffom Ma,thews, r Clifton. Robins, :_ , e) ton, ; and Messrs. Master T Percy Roselle; t+oleno,Saviilr, Lauri. cormack, Barnes, and Morris ; .11adame Bole ..o and Commence 3in. Marion. ile at Seven. HEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, TO-NIGHT, A LESSON FOR LIFE. Messrs. Fothern, Chir,pendale, Compton, M esdames , Gordon, Rogers, Braid. Clarke, Vincent, dEc. ; Chippendale, Moore, Wright, &c. Atter which. THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. Buck stone, Howe, Farren, Vinoent, arc. ; Mesdames Chippendale, Moire, Burke, Hill, Sidney, &a Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Feebler. THIS EVENING. ROUGE ET NOIR. Maurice D'Arbel (a Gambler), Mr. Fechter ; Messrs. Emery, Evans, Moreland, Fitzpatrick. Dalton. Reynolds. Lom.,s, Newbound, Andrews, Anderson, Vivian, Bennett. and Edward Price; Miss Hen rade, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Grattan, and Miss Carlotta Leclercq. Preceded by THE TWO POLTS. Mr. H. Widdicomb. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Mr. Vining Mr. J. G. Shore, and Miss Katherine Rodgers. Followed by, at 8 o'clock, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Mrs' H. Marston, Miss Montagu, Miss Katherine Rodgers ; Messrs. F. Villiers, J. G, Shore, Calhaem, H. Forrester, and Mr. Vining as Badger. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Airs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, NEIGHBOURS. Messrs. Porsche, Belford, and G Murray; Misses swanborough, Johnstone, and Hughes. Atter which, will be produced a Grand Burlesque, entitled GUY FAWKES : Messrs. Thorne, James, Robson, and Fenton; Mesdames Swanborough, 1. ynham, Johnstone, Hughes, Newton, &c. To conclude with A SUIT OF TWEEDS. Commence at Seven. lIOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. ole Froprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. TII IS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Belmore, Miss Foote, Miss Lennox. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdamei. F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, It aym nd. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, Jan. 14, at Seven, A SISTER'S PENANCE. Miss Kate Terry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt; Messrs. IL Vezin, Billington, Ashley, Eburne, Romer, a-id Stephenson. To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque of T I.lli MOUN I'AIN DHU; or, TUE KNIGHT, THE LADY. AND THE LAKE. Messrs, J. L. T.,01e. Paul Bedtord Ashley, It. Romer, and C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Furtado. Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt, Sw. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE . New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. W igan. THIS EVENING, LONDON ASsUitANCE. Messrs. Horace Wigan, H. Neville, G. Vincent, Addison, D. Murray. and Mr. Charles Mathews; Miss Milly P almer, Miss E. Fan en, and Mrs. Charles Mathe., s. After which, the successful Burlesque of FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mesdames E. Farren, Sheridan, and Stephens ; Messrs. G. Vincent, W. 11. Eburne, D. Murray, IC. Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. "The Pantomime at the Theatre Royal, Astley's, was completely successful in every respect." —Telegraph. " Is a decided success."—Sun. "Must be pronounced a decided success."—Standard. " The success of the performance was complete."—lllus trated London News. " An unqualified success."—Sunday Times. "A great success, as deserved as it is fully justified."— Era. EVERY EVENING, the elegant Comedy, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. Fernandez, Richardson; Miss Laidlaw. After which, the GreatNation-al Pantomime of HUSH- A-BYE, BABY. The Frogs and their Revels.—" Tho Frogs' Dance was ludicrous in the extreme, and gave rise to roars of laugh ter."— Star. " The Ballet of Ladybirds.—One hundred dancers, in elegant attire, elicited rapturous applause as they figuied th ro ugh the mazes of the ballet. '—Morning Advertiser. The Nation of Toys.—" The evolutions of the Toy Army is a capital bit of grotesque action."— Observer. The Three Favourite Children Danseuses.—" For chil dren, this Pantomime will prove a great treat."—Weekly Times. The Grove of Golden Palms.—"ln seeming prodigal abundance of gold, jewels, and fairies richly and fantasti cally attired, it realises the description of those scenes of enchantment given in the Arabian Nights.' "—Dispatch. The Harlequinade, with the Original Little Rowella as Clown.—" The Harlequinade is decidedly superior to many that have been witnessed of late years."—Morning Post. 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Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10e. 81. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Goonell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. ruts DAM—Morning, 7h. 25m.—Afternoon, 7h. 55m, T3-3finutow.-M4rning, Bh. 28m.—Afternoon, 9h. 5m "I'g/V; Sint LONDON, 310NDAY, JAN. 14, 1867 The latest news which we have received from America by the wonder-working telegraph bears date Saturday, Jan. 12th (evening), and tells us that the present attempt to impeach the PRESIDENT Will be abandoned. This is good news, and will, we hope, be verified by further intelligence. Pos sibly the Radical leaders have found that such a movement would disgust and alienate a large pro portion of their followers, including the more steady and influential politicians. Or they may have as certained that the attempt to introduce a fresh scene of disorder and panic in the centr es of Northern industry would meet with no support from the outer world, and the power of the Radicals, though great in one sense, is in another only superficial. They do not represent the de liberate convictions of the majority of the peopae, neither are they contending for the particular in terests of any class beyond the walls of Cong ress, and therefore if they strain their authority to() far, _ _ it is quite possible that the spell may be b token, and that means may be devised to throw off their dominion. At any rate it is satisfactory that the clouds which threatened such a tempest are breaking a little sin ce in the critical condition of affairs through out the States the worst consequences might have ensued from such an audacious proceeding. Another telegram, dated Jan. 11, brings news to the effect that the delegates of Kentucky and Virginia have rejected the Constitutional Amendment. This was perhaps only to be expected, but it fully confirms the assertions of President JOHNSON that the Radicals' theories of reconstruction were totally impracticable. The Northerners, indeed, might well look with contempt on the white men of the South if they consented to their own political humiliation in abandoning those State rights which every American is taught to cherish. The State rights are no doubt important guarantees of the liberties of the people, and after the most formidable obstacles to that centralising ten dency which all Governments more or less possess. The South ex-Confederates have submitted with patience and dignity to the forfeiture of their dream of independence, but to surrender their claims to their old position of members of the Union to which they are forced to belong would be an unwise, a cowardly, and an unpatriotic act. It would injure the future as well as the present, and would be a loss totally without any commensurate advantage. It is success which stimulates the Radicals to fresh action, and if they believed the South would endure more they would increase their aggression. If they can be made to feel that it is possible they may be successfully resisted, there will be more hope of conciliation and compromise. Working Classes Industrial Exhibitions are fast becoming one of the most significant signs of the age in which we live, and they afford a far more cheering and satisfactory illustration of the progress of those who take part in them than all the monster meetings and tumultuous speeches which form Mr. BRIGHT'S landmarks on the road to improvement. Last Saturday the prizes were distributed to the successful competitors at the recent Metropolitan and Provincial Working Classes Exhibition. The financial result of this affair was good, the Counci having a balance of nine hundred pounds ster. ling. The adjudicators do not, however, give very high praise to the general character of the exhibition, for they say, in their concluding para graph, that they feel bound to state that, with cer tain honourable exceptions, " the objects exhibited do not attain to great excellence." This unfavour able decision is, however, qualified in some degree by the intimation that there are " evidences" of perseverance and technical skill which give promise of more decided excellence in future industrial exhi bitions. The ceremony of distributing the prizes took place at Exeter Hall, and Mr. GosCHEN, M.P., presided, and addressed the exhibitors and the others assembled. He said, very truly, that it was a great satisfaction to them that all this exhibition should have more than paid its own expenses. As for the prizes, as Mr. GOSCIIEN said, they are not the first object of such undertakings, and should not be looked upon as such ; " their more impor tant end was to induce persons to come forward and submit their industrial and intellectual efforts to public examination. In this way such exhibitions afforded wholesome, rational, and intellectual tests." This is very true, as is likewise another obser vation of the right hon. gentleman's, to the effect that a great gain of these exhibitions is that they show that the working men have tastes, for which some might not have given the credit, and that they do not devote all their time to the labour upon which they depend for bread. It is always a great mistake to confuse things that are essentially different, and to bring all down to a common level when there is so much adversity of tastes, thought, and feeling to be observed among those who make up the different ranks of the community. Ignorance of each other is a frightful source of irritation and jealousy, and we are glad to find that in his impressive remarks Mr. GOSCHEN adverted to this point, and said that many bitter words which were dropped on one side and another in moments of excitement were more the result of ignorance than of enmity. It is the more satisfactory to meet with such opinions from him, because he has been considered to belong to rather an extreme school of politics, and the partisans of such schemes do not unfortunately stop to weigh the effect of their words on their hearers. After those tirades with which some public meetings have been favoured of late it is well to meet with sensible observations like these, expressed, too, upon a notable occasion, to an appropriate audience. "He felt convinced that the more each class met the other, the more likely would each be to trust the other. He did not think that classes in this country were separated by hostile lines of offence and defence. They were separated merely by a cloud, which more light would dispel ; and ho valued those working men's exhibitions, because they would throw light upon the private life of the working men." Mr. BEHESFORD IlorE, M.P., also addressed a few words to the assemblage. Ile made some excellent observations upon the mistakes of those who think that work and art should be held distinct and separate. There is no reason whatever why such should be the case, and, as Mr. HOPE said, it is a fallacy and a heresy to think such to be a fact. We also think that the working men might profit by some of the advice tendered to them by this speaker, when he implored them not to think that there was a " royal road to art." We consider that it is a matter for general satisfaction to the community at large that every thing connected with this Exhibition should have passed off so well, and we hope that its success may stimulate others to go and do likewise, so that they may advance in their several departments of in. dustry, and be an example to others, and an encou ragement to do their best in their various stations. All that tends to raise the thoughts of the working man must be a signal advantage to himself, and to all other classes likewise. Provincial assemblies and agricultural meetings do not often attract much attention in the busy whirl of metropolitan life, but the inaugural dinner of the Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce pos sesses considerable importance, and deserves special notice. It inaugurated not an ordinary agricul tural society or farmers' club, but a Chamber of Agriculture, founded on the principal of those Chambers of Commerce which have exercised so much influence on modern legislation. This is a sensible and practical movement, fully in accord ance with the spirit of the time, and is likely to exercise the most beneficial effect ou agricul turists generally. The farmers and agriculturists generally, it must be confessed, have got the name of being always grumblers, and in consequence the rest of the world do not often trouble Verneelyes to in- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14 1867 quit e whether their grievances are true or false. If tb ey set about their concerns in a business-like way, and will give the public a little more detailed in formation as to their actual position than they _are generally willing to afford, there is no fear but - that they will obtain a hearing, and possibly win substantial advantages. The farmers have discouraged the idea of a system of agri cultural statistics, which would have been as useful to themselves as to anybody else. We believe that this reluctance on their part chiefly arose from prejudice, naturally enough at tachieg to old-fashioned ways of thinking. The farmers are naturally, from the very nature of their occupation, a little behind the quick progress of town thought, although they may be none the less useful to the community for that slowness. They are unwilling to change, slow to run risks, and to break new ground in politics and legislation, but they are neither to be despised nor railed at on that score. They have already made great strides in scientific knowledge, and the agriculture of to-day is something very different from the agriculture of 25 years ago. They will probably make the same advance in political liberalism if we give them time enough ; but if they find that every complaint they make, however reasonable, is put aside, and the expression of their opinions is received with in difference, if not contempt, they may well entertain a very low estimate of the toleration and enlighten ment of the school of modern progress. Mr. PELL, the Chairman of the Central Chamber of Agricul ture, gave an amusing account of the difficulties with which the promoters of the Asso ciation bad to contend, some calling the movement too Radical, and others too Con servative. "It would be their province," said Mr. PELL, " to discuss all questions affecting Agriculture, irrespective of all party or class in terests, and instead of having them handled by men in cities, who knew nothing about the farming in terests, they would have them discussed by them selves." This is a sound principle of action, and will, we hope, fulfil the aspiration of its promoters by benefiting all classes of agriculturists, labourers as well as farmers. The Duke of RUTLAND, who presided, made a brief but sensible speech, in which he gave Mr. BRIGHT a well-deserved thrust for his wholesale attack on the political integrity of the Conservatives. Affairs are still very unprosperous in Hungary, and despite all the talk we find that little or no re suit is come to. This is the more to be regretted, because of the peculiar circumstances of the case, which seem to call for unusual expedition and in creased unanimity on all sides, in order that the pre sent period of interregnum, as we may call it, should be passed over. The debate on M. DEAR'S address will commence to-morrow, and, no doubt, it will be an exciting one whichever way it ends. It is believed in political circles that affairs are in such a state that the next news will be the dissolution of the Diet, or else the immediate formation of a Hun garian Ministry. In either case we do not suppose that public approval will be met with. The Impe rial Patent seems to be held in great odium, and we fear that the consequence will be serious if it is endeavoured to put it into effect. Many signs are apparent which show that there is meaning in the opposition made to it, about the re organisation of the army in particular. It has been proposed that the House should declare I it null and void, and some officials have already de ; dared that in the event of the Government carrying it into effect they will immediately tender their re signations. We cannot too deeply deplore this estrangement which exists between the Imperial Government and the Hungarians, and we feel con vinced that both sides will lose by their persistency if they do not consent to meet half-way and adopt a middle course of policy. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of the French. " In confiding to me the mission of representing him at your Court, the Emperor, my Sovereign, has specially charged me to make known to you the value which be attaches to the relations of friend ship which exist between France and the United States. To maintain these relations, to unite them more closely, if it be possible, with the view of developing the common interests of the two coun tries,—such will be the constant object of my efforts, and I have the firm hope of attaining that object if, as I feel convinced beforehand, the Government and the people of the United States will share the sentiments of which I bring here the sincere ex pression. _ _ President Johnson replied as follows to the Minister of the Emperor : " Monsieur,—A grateful affection for the French nation is among the number of the d •arest, deepest, and most durable sentiments felt by the people and Government of the United States. " We are in the constant belief that no interest either of one or the other country can entail irri tation or antagonistic feelings. While important commercial interests tend to unite them, as you have justly observed, the two nations have at the same time a common interest in the progress of civilisation and humanity throughout the whole world. In expressing these sentiments, I only re peat what has always been said since the United States have been independent. " We have had many reasons to be satisfied with the conduct of your predecessor, the Marquis de Montholon. Be assured, Monsieur Berthemy, that no mark of respect or courtesy will be omitted to render the accomplishment of your duties easy and agreeable." The Imperial Scientific Association will hold its next sitting at the Observatory next Wednesday evening. M. le Verrier is' ; - *titer into an explana tion respecting comets, the times'of their appearance, and their origin. He will also give a minute history of shooting stars, and particularly of those re marked in August and November lass. The ex , planatious will be illustrated by powerful instru ments. The general meeting of the Society of Parisian Regattas (Rowing Club and Sailing Club united) took place on Friday evening at their club-room in the Rue de Valois, near the Palais Royal. M. Gabriel Benort Champy presided, and upwards of 250 members were present. The administrative council was then appointed as follows : — President, M. Adolphe Young ; v i ce - pres ident, M. Adrian Flenret ; president of th e R ow i ng Club, M. Tous saint ; president of the Sailing Club, secretary, and treasurer, M. E. Barnet. Several important arrangements were made respecting the grand inter national regattas which will take place during the period of the Exhibition under the direction of the Parisian Regatta Society. The annual dinner of the society will take place at the Grand Hotel next Saturday week, the 26th inst. The total receipts of the Paris theatres, which are subjected to a tax for the poor, were for the month of Nov. last no less than 2,019,708 f. 38c. Madlle. Georges, the great tragic actress—the Mrs. Siddons of France, who was in the zenith of her fame more than 40 years ago, has just died at Passy, near Paris, in her 80th year. The theatrical name of this lady was Georges, but she was Ma dame Marguerite Georges Weimer. She was born at Bayeux in 1 786—(not at Amiens, as stated by one of the papers)—and made her debut with pro nounced success at the Theatre Francais on Nov. 27, 1802. Her triumphs as the intepreter of the heroines of Corneille, Racine, and Voltaire gave her a world-wide reputation. Iler Lucretia Borgia in Victor Hugo's drama will not be easily forgotten. At Dresden kings went to applaud her, and yet this triumphant actress is said to have died in compara tive indigence. Her last appearance was ten years ago in " Britannicus." Russia is reported to have made some pro posals for the arrangement of the Eastern question. Among the conditions are the separation of Egypt, which is to be constituted an independent State, under the hereditary government of a Viceroy ; the enfranchisement of the islands of Crete, Cyprus, Rhodes, Chio, Mitylene; and Lemnos ; the reunion of Thessaly and the Epirus to Greece ; the indepen dence of Roumania and Montenegro ; the formation of a Duchy of Bosnia and Herzegovine, under an Austrian Archduke ; the independence of Servia ; and the formation of a Bulgarian State, under a Russian Archduke. These supposed combinations occupy politicians ; but, as far as I can ascertain, imagination has a large share in them. A valuable historical relic has just been sold at the public saleroom in the Rue Drouot, a splendid pocket-book of the time of Lous XVI. It is richly decorated with gold and coloured ornaments. It also contains two miniatures on wood, one of Marie Antoinette in a satin dress, and her hair ornamented with an ostrich feather. The other miniature is composed of portraits of the Countess d'Artois, her two children, and the Countess of Provence. This ir i book contains an Almanac of the year 1781, an d on o;iiaercohfiontehsse del c eav a e u s s m on t governesstt e n— to the child ren of the Count d'Artois, by the Queen Marie Antoi nette Given to the on the 12th of July, 1781." This relic was sold for 900 f. Yesterday and to-day have been bright and beautiful, with almost continual sunshine. To-day there has been a very cold wind, BO that the white frost of the morning and the ice remain, the thaw being very moderate. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. SPEECH OF THE KING. FLORENCE, Jan. 13 (Evening). To-clay King Victor Emmanuel received the de putation charged to present the Address of the Chamber of Deputies, in reply to the speech from the Throne. The King addressed a few words to the deputa tion, in which his Majesty, after expressing congra tulations at the results which Italy had obtained, said that there now remained two questions to be resolved—that of the finances and the Roman question. With respect to the finances he hoped that the difficulties would be shortly surmounted, and that the financial statement of Signor Scialoja would disperse many clouds. Concerning Rome 'his Majesty said that this was a question of time, which will resolve it agreeably to the national aspi- Miramar, the position of political parties in that country is of such a character that were a plebis citum to be ordered by the Emperor Maximilian a majority in favour of the Empire might be ex pected. Public opinion in Mexico is also stated to be adverse to any intervention on the part of the United States. More Christmas Books and New Year's Gift-book F. Another cluster of brightly-bound Christmas books and children's books again claims our atten tion. Foremost among them is a welcome gift to ,he young from that charming authoress, a favourite alike with young and old, Mrs. S. C. Hall. The Prince of the Fair Family, a Fairy Tale, by Mrs. S. C. Hall (Chapman and Hall), records the adventures anc: misadventures of Ivor, Prince of the Fair Family. The son of King Rosemary, a fairy roi faineant, who pass all his time in drowsy ease, and of Queen Foam, who is both Queen Consort and Queen Reg- nant of the fairy domain. This imperious Queen banishes her disobedient son from fairyland, and Ivor for a time takes up his abode'among the mor tal inhabitants of Tenby-on-Sea. Whether the record tells us of the doings of fays or mortals, it abounds throughout with touches of pleasant humour. The illustrations scattered with lavish hand on almost every page are singularly graceful, nor is this to be wondered at when among the artists we find the names of E. Ward, R.A., and Mrs. Ward, and Noel Patou, and Kenny Meadows, and many others of equal celebrity ; and the ini tial letters to many of the chapters are from the graceful pencil of T. K. Macquid. Another delight ful book for the juveniles, Animal Sagacity (S. W . Partridge), is edited by the same authoress, Mrs. S. C. Hall, and is deserving the attention of children of every age. It is just the book to please a child. The stories are all wonderful and they are all " true"—that great desideratum in a nursery-tale. The pictures of animal life are very attractive. There is the clever cat on the window-ledge, who catches her dinner when tossed up to her by (to use an elegant expression) the customary purveyor of feline refreshment. There is the gallant dog who rushed through the pane of glass to rescue a burn ing child. There is the sagacious rat who dipped his tail in the oil-bottle, and innumerable others of equal interest. The book abounds with anecdotes, and will instruct while it amuses the reader. Legends of Savage Life, by James Greenwood (John Camden Hotten), with thirty-six coloured illustrations by Ernest Griset, is a counterpart to that miniature Munchausen, " The Hatchet Throwers," which appeared with the last year's Christmas books.. It is hardly possible, without exhibiting to our readers one of these singularly ridiculous illustrations, to convey any idea of this bewildering book. Whether it is the Elk Demon turning a gigantic somersault, or the ostrich pursued by the Indian, each making a stride that rivals the footsteps of the seven-league boots, whether it is the hairy spider endeavouring to take the Milkee kokum captive, or the marvellous escape of the canoe from Black Stone Island, each picture appears to be more grotesque, not to say more utterly ab surd, than its • predecessor ! The letter-press is of course as amazing as are the illustrations. Peter Parley's Annual (Darton and Co.) contains a pleasant variety of juvenile tales and adventures, with many illustrations, some of them coloured, while for yet younger readers Little Folks and The Three Little Friends (FrederickWarne and Co.) will prove singularly delightful. Each of these little books is adorned with twenty pictures of Oscar Pletsch, and charming pictures they are—pictures that may well excite the admiration and delight, not only of the little ones, for whom they are designed, but of their papas and mammas also. In one picture we find the three little friends "keeping shop," in an other, " Playing at Housekeeping in Umbrella Cottage ;" in another, performing a concert, in which the voice of Fido takes the part of bass. In " Little Folks" the descriptions are in verse, and the pictures are equally amusingand equally well drawn. Turning from picture-books to story-books, we have for girls a delightful story from the indefatig able authoress of "John Halifax," " How to TVin Love, or Rhoda's Lesson," by Miss Mulock (Dean and Sons). This is a charming little tale, with an excellent moral, and will delight many a little Annie and Rhoda during the Christmas holidays, while their brothers will welcome, with exceeding glee, another history of their favourite Ernie. Ernie Elton at School, by Mrs. Eiloart (George Routlege and Son) records the sad misdoings and wonderful misadventures of Ernie Eltou as a school boy. It is said that " lazy people take the most pains," and the saying appears realised in the amazing escapade of Master Ernie. His adventures in this volume are too extravagant for belief. Donald Cameron, or Irust TVinneth troth (Darton and Co.) is a little tale for older readers illus trating the proverb that " all is well that ends well." Devout Moments, by Lord Kinlock (E Imonston and Douglas) contains, in the most unpretending form, some very beautiful devotional pieces of short length well worthy of remembrance. The Cloud and the Beam, a Christmas story (Lothian and Co.), is an interesting little story on that happy truth familiar to every one's experience how " every cloud has a silver lining." Glum-glum, a fairy romance (Richard Bentley), is a most humorous burlesque upon the extravagances of the day, adorned with numerous quotations (imitated) from favourite authors. Foremost among them is Carl-parl (Carlyle, of course), who, " seizing a red hot poker, burnt the following words into the world for ever" —we do not give the quota tions, which is very happily done. Doleful as he is by name and nature, " Glum-glum" will pro voke many a laugh from those who may read his very marvellous and eccentric history. Quotations from Shakespere, selected and arranged by Edmund Routledge (Routledge and Sons), is another collection of some of Shakespere's house hold words. Sunday Acrostics (edited by Mrs. Ogilvy) and Hidden Senses; Seek and Find, double acrostics, edited by E. R. Babington (Warne and Co.), are two little volumes of acrostics to amuse and bewilder the Christmas fireside group—the one for Sunday being on religious themes, and the other upon a variety of miscellaneous matters. Among other cheap works of light reading we have Penny Readings, in prose and verse, and Sunday Readings, both edited by J. Car penter (Warne and Co.), and Original Penny Readings, by George M. Fenn, and Original Penny Chri s t mas R eadings (Routledge and Sons), all of which contain an agreeable variety of plea sant reading. Among the cheap books now before us, let us also enumerate the new volume of Rout ledge's Library, containing the romantic tale of Gilderoy. 2he Companion Library (Warne) con taining Aunt Prue's Railway Journey, and Dan's Treasure, by Leigh Tempest (Darton and Co.) My New Year's Gift to My Son. By Parnphilius Virtue Brothers and Co. This little book is worthy of a separate notice. It forms, indeed, an admirable giftbook for the young, especially for a young man entering life. The in structicns which it so pleasantly conveys are evi dently founded upon experience, and truth—that truth which is " stranger than fiction" —is appa rently the foundation of the very interesting his tory which it relates. "The head and heart legacy" contains the history of a father's life, recorded for the benefit of his son. By industry and steady determination the author of this history made his way in the world from poverty and obscurity to comparative wealth and eminence. The record of the history is full of interest and encouragement. The remainder of the volume is occupied with very interesting anecdotes and reminiscences of George Stephenson and James Watt and other self-made men. SNOWBALLING AT LIVERPOOL.—On Saturday morning a heavy fall of snow again visited Liverpool, the wind at the time blowing at intervals from the south and then from the north, the breezes from the latter quarter very rapidly and sensibly lowering the temperature to freezing point. About ten o'clock somo of the "young swells" on 'Change began the dangerous game of snow balling, in which a number of idlers soon joined. Profiting by previous affairs of the same description, the police promptly appeared at the scone of action, and finding their remonstrances disregarded, they at once seized 14 of the most energetic throwers and walked them off to Bridowell. This unhesitating display of vigour at once put a stop to the proceedings. In the course of the morning the young gentlemen taken into custody wore brought up at the police-court before Mr. Raffles, tho stipendiary magistrate, who Sued them each 20s, and costs, and said, if another batch were brought before him on the same charge, ho should make the fine 100. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS -~- (FRO)f OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Droning. There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the Tuileries under the presidency of the Emperor. The Official Gazette of Vienna makes an approxi mative calculation, according to which the annual contingent of the army under the new regulations, after deducting the exemptions for service, will reach the amount of 120,000, men ; that is to say, in twelve years, the army will include 1,440,000 soldiers. Deducting the annual decrease, reckoned at four per cent., the effective army, including the two reserves, will amount to 1,080,000 men, and in addition 52,000 recruits for military districts. Austria, therefore, after a period of twelve years will have an active army of 1,132,000 men. The general levy which might take place under extreme circumstances would make an addition of about three million citizens. It is believed that the Italian Senate, sitting as a High Court of Justice, will be convoked for the 22d inst. in secret committee, in order to decide whether it is, or is not, expedient to proceed with the accusation against Admiral Persano. The following notice has been issued by the Imperial Commission of the Universal Exhibition —" Several journals, with what intention it is not necessary to inquire, continue to circulate the report that the opening of the Exhibition will be delayed. The Imperial Commission will not be tired of affirming the truth so long as the error may continue to be propagated. The Imperial Com mission has hitherto strictly limited itself to the delays assigned for the completion of the various operations. It will not fail at the last moment. The Exhibition will be ready on the 28th of March. It will be opened on the Ist of April, 1867." As at present arranged, there will be a sort of private view on thQ 31st of March. The arrangement of the various articles in the interior of the Exhibition is being proceeded with actively. Messrs. Chevalier and Durvergier, who were the first to commence the ten steam engines required, are engaged in the con struction of the boilers. The works are under the direction of M. Droux, engineer. Russia will have a remarkable display of art. An appeal was made by the Government to the artists of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arta of St. Petersburg, the result of which is that many fine paintings and some ex quisite pieces of sculpture have arrived at Paris, which have already been inspected by many, and are pronounced to be very favourable specimens of the Russian school of art. The Marquis de Montholon, recently appointed Minister of France at Lisbon, left Washington after having intrusted the service of the Legation t 3 M. Berthemy, his successor. The Marquis embarked at New York on the 29th of December in the packet Saint Laurent, to return to Europe. M. de Montholon, who had previously filled the office of Consul General in the United States, met with a cordial reception everywhere, and his departure caused regret in the country where he had so long resided. According to the information of the Gazette de Vienne, confirmed by other and official statements, the mission confided to Commander Tonello by the Government of King Victor Emmanuel, with a view to the settlement of the religious questions between the Holy See and the Cabinet of Florence, may be considered as having succeeded upon seve ral essential points; among others, in regard to the difficulty which arose respecting the re-establish ment of the Bishops. The new Minister of the Emperor to the Govern ment of the United States, M. Berthemy, delivered his letters of credential to the President of the Fede ral Union, with the accustomed ceremonial, on the 25th of December last, and addressed the President as follows : " Monsieur le President,—l have the honour to place in your hands the letters which accredit we as rations. It is announced that the question of the Principe 7ommasso has been arranged in principle between the Turkish and Italian Governments. It only re mains to fix the indemnity to be paid by the Porte to the company owning the steamer. It is believed that Count Latour will proceed to Japan as Italian Minister. BOMBAY. ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 12. The Syria left at 10.20 a.m. and the Ripon at 3.30 p.m. yesterday. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 17th and the latter at Southampton about the 24th inst. OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CIILNA MAILS. GIBRALTAR, Jan. 12. The China, from Southampton, arrived to-day at 8 a.m., and left at 11 a.m. for Alexandria. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN (HEAVY) MAILS. The Delta leaves this evening for Southampton where she may be expected about the 17th inst. Weather continues bad. MEXICO. TRIESTE, Jan. 13. According to advices from Mexico, receiyed at HER MAJESTY, &c• -110-•-- OSBORNE, Jan. 12. The Queen drove to Newport yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Prince and Princess Christian and Princess Beatrice, and visited St. Thomas's Church. Her Majesty was received by the Rev. G. Connor. Colonel Ponsonby was in attendance. Her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning, accompanied by the Dowager Duchess of Athole and Miss M'Gregor. Princess Christian and Princess Louise walked in the grounds this morning. Prince Leopold, Prin cess Beatrice, and Prince Henry of Prussia went out also. Prince Christian went out shooting, attended by Colonel Ponsonby. Sir Thomas Biddulph and Captain Von Schoetter had the honour of accom panying his royal highness. SUNDAY, The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, aceom panied by Princess Christian. Her Majesty, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Bea trice attended Divine Service at Whippingham Church this morning. The Rev. G. Prothero officiated. Mr. G. D. Engleheart had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family yesterday. -41.- The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDRINGHAM, Sunday. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, with Prince Albert Victor and Prince George, remained at Sandringham House during the whole of last week, in the absence of the Prince of Wales at Marham and London. Prince Albert Victor com pleted his third year on Tuesday last. During the week her royal highness and the royal children took walking exercise in the grounds and carriage drives in the neighbourhood. Yesterday evening their Royal Highnesses the Prince of 'Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, at tended by Major G. H. Grey and the Hon. Elliot Yorke, returned to Sandringham. The heavy fall of snow which had taken place during the day necessitated a rather slow rate of travelling -25 miles an hour being the maximum rate by the re gulations during such weather. The journey down to Wolferton therefore occupied upwards of four hours and a half. This morning their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, attended by the Viscountess Walden, General Knollys, Major G. H. Grey, and the Hon. Elliot Yorke, attended Divine Service at Sandringham Church. The Rev. W. Lake Onslow, M.A., offi ciated ; the Rev. C. F. Tarver, M.A., chaplain to the Prince of Wales, preached the sermon. The return of the frost and snow will suspend all hunting for the present, and defer the first royal meet with Mr. Villebois's excellent pack of stag hounds, which has been formed by drafts from her Majesty's and other noted packs ; the first stag having been arranged to be turned off at Sand ringham during the forthcoming week. Mr. Herbert Fisher, Prince of Wales's private secretary, who fell on the i ce and fractured his arm, is progressing satisfactorily. The present stay at Sandringham will probably extend three weeks longer. The Duke of Rutland has returned to Belvoir from visiting the Earl and Countess of Cardigan at Deone Park. The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare are expected in town next week from the Duke of Leinster's seat in the county Kildare, on their way to visit the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland at Cliefden, near litaiienhead. The Earl and Countess of Dunmore arrived at their residence on Carlton-house-terrace on Saturday from visiting the Earl and Countess of Leicester at llolkham Hall. The Earl and Countess Russell and Lady Georgians. Russell are among the arrivals of the English nobility at Cannes. The noble earl and countess intend to make a short stay in Paris on their way home for the meet ing of Parliament. The Earl and Countess of Dartrey have arrived at their residence in Curzon street from Dartrey /louse, county Monaghan, Ireland. Lady Middleton has left St. George's Hotel. Lord and Lady Huntingfield and Sir George Suttie, Bart., have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Lieutenant Sir Henry Carstairs Pay, Bart., 2d Dragoons, has been appointed extra aide-de-camp to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the place of the lamented Captain Henry Arkwright, 84th Foot, whose deplorable death is still keenly felt by his family and numerous friends. The Right Hon. Sir John and Lady Pakington had a dinner party on Saturday evening at the right hon. gentleman's official residence at the Admiralty, Whitehall. Among the guests were—Viscount and Viscountess Cran borne, Lord Henry Lennox, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, M.P., and Mrs. Walpole, Right Hon. Seymour Fitzgerald, Mr. and Mrs. Murray, and a sel ec t c i rc l e . ___ ----- The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., joined Mrs. Gladstone and daughters at Florence on Thursday last. The right hon. gentleman will arrive in London from Italy about the 29th or 80th inst. THE ACCIDENT TO GENERAL SEYMOUR.—We are authorised to state that the report which appeared in some of the London papers relative to an accident which oc curred on Saturday last to Major-General Seymour, was considerably exaggerated. The facts are really these : The General had just begun to skate with several of his family and some gentlemen on a small piece of water at Ilollygrove, when the ice gave way, and he was immersed up to the neck. A ropo nd other means of escape were ready at hand in case of accident, and Lieutenant Willson and Lord Rosehill, of the Scots Fusileer Guards, having lost no time in making use of them, the General was speedily extricated without injury. The pond is deep, but was considered perfectly safo, except in one spot where the melted snow had made it rotten. THE ROYAL BUCKHOUNDS.—This pack met on Friday last at Hawthorn-hill, where there was a good muster. An untried deer was uncarted in Mr. Hercy's Park, and gave a smart run of an hour and a half. After taking a ring, it went away for Yew Lodge, then by Brick bridge and White Waltham to the Great Western Railway, passing Boyn-hill to Shotton Hangers, to Bray, and was taken in the water. The sporting' banquet is again post poned in consequence of having been appointed for the day before the assembling of Parliament the day is fixed et scent for the lath of matt month. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 12, Two o'clock.—The market is dull, with only a moderate amount of business doing, though quotations show a slight improvement. Threes are at 69f. 70c.—an advance of sc. Italian Fives are worth 53f. 85c.-15c. higher. Credit Mobilier have gained sf.—at 508 f. 75c., and Credit Foncier 2f. 50c.—at 1,417 f. 50c. There have been numerous sales of Comptoir d'Escompte shares, which lose 10f., these shares being quoted at 845 f. Railway Shares are steady, some show a small ad vance. English Consols lose Three o'clock.—Comptoir d'Escompte shares have further fallen 7f. 50c. The closing quotations are as follows : 4-} per . Cents 99 Do. end mouth — Bank Shares 3590 Italian Loan 53 85 Do. end month 53 85 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred - irAYB. 3 per Cents. 69 70 Do. end month 69 721. Credit Alobilier Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1415 For Account. Orleans 902 50 Northern llB5 Lyons and Mediterranean 912 50 Southern 567 50 Westera 5BO Eastern 543 75 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 391 25 North of Spain Saragossa - Ditto to Barcelona — Roman. B5 tint : LULU; LITERATURE. Claudia. By Mrs. Frederick Prideaux. Smith, Elder, and Co. This is a very charming little poem, written with exquisite simplicity and tenderness. It relates to the early history of Britain, and the scene is partly in this island and partly in Rome. Claudia is the granddaughter of Bran, " a British Prince, the son of Llyr, the sire of Caradoc." In her infancy she is taken prisoner by the Roman invaders, and is adopted as her own daughter by Pomponia, the wife of Anlus Plautius, the Roman General. Here is a picture of the maiden, as the daughter of a Roman patrician : Ere Julius could reply,—a fair young girl, Half child, half woman,—all her delicate face Flushing with eagerness, all her features strung To some set purpose,—sprang into the room. Her bearing had a wild and sylvan grace That seemed most strange in one whose raiment spoke Of noble lineage. For her tunic, woven Of finest Syrian wool, bleached by the dews Of summer nights upon the emerald plains That frame Damascus, was all bordered round With Tyrian purple ; and was looped above On each. shoulder with a gleaming pearl, Large as a linnet's egg ; and over this Hung loosely draped about her slender form A robe of equal richness; and her hair, — Crisp, golden hair that ran in rippled waves Back from her rounded temples,—flowed behind Into a silken network, strung as thick With pearls as gossamers with dew. Her very feet, that trod lho homely floor With such a dainty firmness, were encased In shoes of creamy kid skin, rough with pearls. At the opening of the narrative Caradoc, the British king, has at length been vanquished in battle. And sent a trophy to imperial Rome. A splendid gem set round with precious stones. His queen, his brothers, and his only child. Then all the pageant-loving city thronged About his steps, eager to feast their eyes Upon this marvellous barbarian, Who for a half-score of astonished years Defied the arms that had defied the world. The little story is full of interest. Bran, the father of Caradoc, on hearing of his son's misfortunes, comes to offer himself as a hostage, and, vainly seeking an interview with that potent official, sits , " wrapped in sadness" at the gate of Narcissus, the freedman and favourite of Caesar. The venerable Julius, a Christian, passing by, thus accosts the princely heathen : All my heart is moved To see thee watch thus patiently in vain Day after day, year after year, to win An audience of Narcissus. Verily A tythe of all this thankless service paid Unto the King of kings, would purchase thee More fruitful hearing. Bran, misunderstanding him, imagines he alludes to Caesar. Later on he is himself converted. Claudia also is a secret Christian. Here is a touching glimpse of her at prayer : So with the blessing of the poor and meek Warm at her heart, she passed into the house ; And sought her little chamber, where she fell Upon her knees before the unseen Shrine That faithful hearts find everywhere ; and strove In wordless agonies of prayer; and poured Her soul in praise for rescue, safe return, And a new friend. At length, arising up With looks of full contentment, like a babe Slow-turning from his mother's liberal breast, — Summoned the nurse and gladly laid aside Her festal draperies and ornaments. The scene is afterwards in Britain when Julius and his companions assist in imparting the glad tidings of salvation. One other extract we must give. It records the meeting, after years of separation, of a husband and father with his wife and children : Meanwhile the Maccabee had hastened forth To welcome his dear spouse and tender babes. Deep in the wood he met with Miriam. Then dumb at first even with excess of bliss. They hung upon each other's quivering lips. Next, held apart the length of loving arms, Gazed each ou each, half doubtfully ; the while Strange, painful laughter, mixed with painless tears,. Shook all their unnerved features. Till the babes, Half shy, half jealous, only half assured, Thrust their small hands into their mother's hands. Then the vague rapture inexpressible Found voice and action; as the mother held The doubtful boy in reassuring arms, And made him know hie father ; who the while Crushed all his dusky curls caressingly With his large hand, and looked him in the face With gentleness ineffable, and smoothed And lessened the deep rolling of his voice To suit his shaken spirits. While the One hand still clinging to her mother's robe, Ventured the other in the broad brown palm That courted its caress ; then as if nerved By its firm pressure, stood erect and raised Her soft lips to the stranger's bearded mouth, Sealing the triple bond that binds the world. With this very charming picture we take leave of " Claudia," congratulating the authoress upon a work, which, brief although it is, bears untnistak able evidence of the tender sympathy of a woman's heart, and the pious devotion of a Christian spirit. Keble and the Christian Year. By J. C. Sharp, Professor of Humanity, St. Andrews. Edmon ston and Douglas. This little essay on the author of the " Christian Year" is full of interest, especially as being written as its writer telLs us, not by one surrounded with the same associations as was John Keble, but by one reared amid quite other traditions. "It was 3 strange experience," says the author, " for a young man trained anywhere, much more for one born ani bred in and trained within The Kirk to enter Oxford when the religious (Tractarian) more meiat was at its height." Here is the result of his experience : This movement, moreover, when at its height, ex tended its influence far beyond the circle of those who directly adopted its views. There was not a reading man/ at least in Oxford, who was not more or less indirectly influenced by it. Only the very idle or the very frivolou s were wholly proof against it. On all others it impressed a sobriety of conduct and a seriousness not usually found among large bodies of young men. It raised the tone of average morality in Oxford to a level which per haps it bad never before reached. You may call it over wrought and too highly strong. Perhaps it was. It, was better, however, for young men to be so than to be doubters or cynics. If such was the general aspect of Oxford society at that time, where was the centre and soul from which so mighty a power emanated? At that time it lay, and had for some years lain, mainly in ono man—a man in many ways the most remarkable that England has seen during this COO' tury, perhaps the most remarkable whom the Englis h Church has produced in any century—John Henry New" man. The influence he had gained, apparently without set" ting himself to seek it, was something altogether unlace anything else in our time. A mysterious veneration had by degrees gathered round him, till now it was almost as though some Ambrose or Augustine of elder ages had reappeared. He himself tells how ono day' when he was an undergraduate, a friend with whom he was walking in the Oxford-street cried out eagerly, l " There's Keble !" and with what awe he looked at him A few years, and the same took place with regard to him" self. In Oriel-lane light-hearted undergraduates wo uld drop their voices and whisper, "There's Newman!" wh eri 2 head thrust forward, and gaze fixed as though on sollw vision seen only by himself, with swift, noiseless step be wont by. Awe fell on them for a moment, almost as if jt had been some apparition that had p a s s ed. For his inn er circle circle of friends, many of them younger men, he was sa l ,/ to have a quite romantic affection, which they roturu e with the most ardent devotion and the intensest faith him. But to the outer world ho was a mystery. Wt o were the qualities that inspired these feelings ? The r was of course learning and refinement, there was gen iu l not indeed of a philosopher, but of a subtle and origiei'i thinker, an unequalled edge of dialectic, and these glorified by the imagination of a poet. Then there 0 ; the utter unworldli ness , th e se t t i ng a t naug ht o f a ll thil o which men most prize, th e t ame l essness of soul, which' s ' ready to essay the impossible. Men felt that here W " One of that small transfigured band Whom the world cannot tame." d if 4 It was this mysteriousness which, beyond all hi s of head and heart, so strangely fascinated and over 3W° to —that something about him which made it impossible or reckon his course and take his bearings, that soul-bider" and quenchless yearning which nothing short of th e e ' sr o nal could satisfy. This deep, resolute ardour of so ul s no doubt an offence not to be forgiven by older men, e s i ) ri cially by the wary and worldly-wise ; but it was the ire:a spell which drew to him the hearts of all the younger the more enthusiastic. Such was the impression he it. ut ado in' Oxford just before he relinquished his bold And if at that time it seemed to persons at a distane e v o tray egant and abs ur d, they may have since learnedeneilio to mble it plain to them that there was enough i n who was the object of it to justify the impression. Do, From tilie criticism on the Christian Year, or t is full of truth and judgment, we quote one B vib pa&age High ovittotion and railed thought in Lira had 11 %.1 me, V 7( pr tp in, pll an