The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-26 00:00:00

A INIERICA'S TRIBAL NATIONS,' A NORTII ] MEXICO'S TEXAS EMPERY [ sourer. REVERED SACRIMS,-The Sovereign Native Chief Sack' m 6, elect of all the Christendom white-faced Coun terpoise-sacomo's chiefs of Asiatic Europe, under the trust behalf, as based on the double eagle of Mexico united with Rome' civic one, by force of 1519-21-July, reset 1762, for the flux and reflux life-right of (the Indian Sovereign Chief herein represented for) the neutral-tidal'd isle lake of Tenustitan or M-x-ico-as learnt, from the 6th Decade of Peter Martyr, as of Welsh history, now of necessity brought to light, since bank scramble for our gold-ores, by robbers [on Palmerston's 3ty term of Nov. 1840-avoir du-me-Grim washington in Texas-hundred partners'], of the Romish Theatricum Ecclesiastical-at:ND of stage idealists to the antra-geograph spiral movement, touching nature's starred seasons, by words of sound without sense manifestation, whereby the rights of the natives to their in- seiz'ned elections-become a tinkling cymbal on the zenith-shadow of the Z overhead, as marked by our 29th September Nile-'-meter of the Great Spirit of Almighty God, for his earthly Xarayes-lake sustenance, of man. Tribal-sac'hemo's and Sachims, learn that it pleased the fiscal authorities of the East, thro' our west gulf-stream effluvium magnetic, to direct all minds to our north- Bell- Ot-region in 1818, whence the cause of Compass act 58 Geo. 111. Regis, c. xx,, in the month of May, to re decide upon our regional assynode perigee longitude, of the Cone e citation-polar, - visible at 4 deg. south of the equator, wider longitude 60 W., whence this act be came the fulcrum of recognition of °Utrecht 1713, 26 Geo. 11., as of 1730, of Cherokee Carib chief election 1742, by Ennui, in Quaker Affirmation Act '49, for the Esqui maux-Labrador-Caribs, holding Mingan's Eastgard font set of 60 w, from London, as the meridian line of Trinidad, dechse dos-Morros :clinometer of Paraguay, Al- oor .rientes of the Sacramento and Hermangild of the su-south polar Terra- del-f Fuego' s Crown colony-NewZealand. Know yo then, Sachims, that Sir William Ouseley, the Luther Estabished kirk-wall Queen's agent, placed before me, the oircumfrancia LopZ3z act of having obtained the signature of 800 of the Sachims, as now guided by the Romish Jesuit Calvin priests, (of Geneva's mexi sunites), promising allegiance that ye were not against the 6 Queen of Heaven' without being told who you are for. And as the same trick was played off on the Indians of the north, that their Kt. scholastic teacher of Malta's Rica-sole fort, Looris-life-gift induction of CARL. V. without right of voice, but through ' Scotland as sister of Rome,' which imposition has [since committee of the 1836 House of Com mons Gladstone, chairman] passed over the native tribes, without sect distinction, to the core of Quakers, when the £lOO,OOO rent accumulation, of the Indian lands of Albany and Trinity Church, New York, with that of Buenos Ayres erected the Smithsonian Institution on the k halved [1846 Congress Act] Washington district of Colum bia, whereby seizing the Indian responsibilities under a mixed wig'd Christ Commission for an internal sentry-box man, as the Sterling antagonistic to the United States Legislature of 1776, of this Counterpoise Sagamoth'ean edict for all America, on 1 Art. U.S., sec. 3, as the law of England for the Indiana throughout the world. Sachims-It is requisite to know that the Act of 1818 became the Regiscone shield of our tribes by the Crown Colony-Gov i nr.-Hamilton, thro' his Sheriff's, Captains Buchan &Glascock's medium on Louis 18th's 1818, French Order's 3ty, placed the Caribess Indian lady, Mary March, as " in habeas virginalo tenerum corpus Christi," under the Statesponsorship of Montague §Charles H. Ackerley, r. c., acting lieutenant and erown surrogate of the Admiralty, as of the Board of longitude, before cited, for his ingress and egress [on 1658 act], for the collection of all wills and testimentary documents, without distinction of sect, creed, or colour, m 1820, for Newfoundland and Quebec, and at Rio Janeiro, Brazils, 29th August, 1825, by Stuart de Rothesay, Hamond, and A. Marcus Hill, secretary of em bassy, now Lord Sandys on £3,000 a year, the prin cipal, Ackerley, named as cube-root protector of the Indian, on £9O half-pay R.N., now 40 years-the youngest of Malcom & the Saxon Margarate's offspring, in Holland- Brydges-Chamberlayne, whence " Constable of Ef•Scot- Angl'lot land, as of ' Marischal' Coll. & Dublin's trust. Whence, Sachims, the cause of Ackerley's support of the Indian chief of America, Peter Basquet, elected by all the sovereign Powers Asiatic Europe as Rome's bailiff (not its vicar's), in charge of Admiralty's red flag and all the symbols of power, on the 31st of January, 1842, - who-on the rebel confusion, and loss of responsibilities, refused to give up his Indian grant-personality for all, thence became ex-communicated, threatened to be shot, and deprived of the flag-union by Romish priests, as taken out with Lord Ashburton in H.M.S. Warspite unknown to the Governor of Canada, whence, being between two fires, was sent to England by the Protestant magistrates to claim Qao warranto writ for the restitution of his imperial Indian power, as well as mile'age maintenance on public duty, now 19 years. Sachims-The repudiation in 1851 of my State under Extradition act 1843, for the criminal law brought to light through providence " Indian Mary March's sponsor" still living, who as the abovenamed Ackerly has supported me, Peter B. ' [the Government N.B. i n t er p re t er f or 40 years Sir H. Dougles and Lord Seaton, to wit,] as in duty bound under his first appointment as Lieut.-Capt. Cook and Lieut.-Major Cartwright's surrogatorial successor. Sac'homo's and Sachims. Ken 1 by Acts of 1818 ('24-32 Atill pending), l 4.9, subjects or subject for equal rewards to all parties on polar-expedition. Ye will now think deep of the danger of joining either party of the white faces or half caste Indian persuaders, and are hereby prohibited from noticing the sub-proclamation as headed in the limes and Post of 16th Nov., "A Convention between ENGLAND, France, and Spain," and signed 31st Oct., 1861, whereby you will perceive [that OR such setting forth], the com mon law is not embraced in the said deed for the Indian's ghts, as well as the alien's of contracting parties to keep sectarian peace on their soil. By reasons as follows :- 1. The flag union (of the crosses on 3 James I. is a Chris tian Zollverein trading flag and not a belligerent by the Ordnance) issue of Jan. 31 1842, from the Tower under my Water Gap-line limit RED flag as the war one of empery. 2. That the mythic words British and Britain, whether St. George's or St. Patrick's Channel, for excluding the word England from the 1782 court Christian sea charts, adopted without the sanction of Europe, contrary to the Justinian Roman law base of the X-span' Fu6ros union courts of x-gal law of 1521, and under 1764 trust, which has been already decided in the ang' lot Spanish Crts. as inad missible, by the assumed Britishers and Frenchmen of in corporated St. Denis, under the words "except France" in March 3, 1815, U. S. 3ty, prior to Blucher and Wellington's ragnature [for restoration of tho Jesuits of saes zd order or Melchisidek on a moving earth error' with it] the 17th of June, 1815, the eve, of their battle of Waterloo's Brazil'd Belgium treaties of 1328-30 of sectarian illegality. 3, The Papal assumption of Sir W. Gore Ouseley in collecting the signatures of the 800 Sachims for rebellion in my name, seen by his Wabash'd Walker succession in Central America, for the Sigismond life-tenure as sumption of the house of Savoy ' for the seizing of Mexico from England's allies, caused his papist envoy, Capt. Aidham, to be shot by the Indians, as sacrificing their nationalities to priests ' i wolves i men,'-as manifest by late convention, Morocca bullion theft' for dynastic retro spective arrangements, in violation of Ackerley's pivot trust appointment of 29th Aug., 1825, for the benefit of all parties, without distinction of creed or colour, including the MosaoE doctrine, [as of Bohun'd Phil. 11. Manilla channel of official letter], which elected the Indian Peter as the law's font, and recognised as such by Peel and Derby, and the King of Prussia at Windsor Castle, 1842, as the ' sole' man of Nor-West Russia Fur guarantee-elect of the 99 years Dutch Loan Act of 1832, unconnected with religion. Fourthly. The non-ratification in the London Gazette, and not within the fifteen days, is illegal by act of Parlia ment on Extradition Texas-hundred trust, it being in a sup-plement-alien coloured persons being interdicted f ro m right of citizenship' by act of March and April, 1836, under the ' Carteret'-Gladstone commitee of H. Corn. The foregoing Chain proves to ye', Eachims I Indians, aliens, and all others, that the Cabinets named in this con vention are engaged in carrying out the dictum of Mr. CANNING in a converse sense, (being in total opposition to the legislative unity of the standard of weight and measure of 1824 and 1835, for raising the revenue under annual elec tion of paid laymen, as well as for guiding the commerce of the whole world) without consulting the undersigned. Therefore the gist of this letter, for my rights, yours, and all paltie., is [for the monetary recognition of all dues from America upon the principal of primary well-intention of the whites and the evident decay of human nature, by the theft of the 1730 Indian nationalities in my regard], by brother and sister association for the future, under the law of Eng land, as now disconnected with (t Pope, t Churches, or et Sects) the State. PETER BRANT BASQUIT, America's E mpery- Sack 9 m 6, (Nephew of Sac'mo Jos. Brant, 1775-Sac'mo Peter Toma Brant, 1825-LlO, of New Brunswick), Canada's Gaspe. § C. H. ACRERLEY, P.C.,-sworn in, -C. J., Empyrate commission of Review, 1825-37, L.s. Hen. B's Executors 'WOTTON' LYON BOWES, P.C. 2Cth,-London. See The 'Sun, N ov . 16, 1861. I ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, CO VENT GARDEN. litufer the management of Mss Less Fyne and Mr. Wm. , Sole EVENING, THE TOY MAKER. Mr. H. Haigh, G. Pyne ; Mesdames Susan Pyne and Thirlwall, Alter which, at Eight o'clock, LURLINE. Miss L. Pyne, Mesdames Jessie M`Lean and Thirlwall ; Messrs. Santley 11. Core, C. Lyall, Patey, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-•lice open from Ten to Five daily. No charge for booking, or fees to Box-keepers. titaze-Manager, Mr. Leigh Murray. Acting-31anager, Mr. Ittiwatil Murray. 11 1 11. EA TILE- R,O AL, ITAYMARKET, Les3c.,c, Ur. J. B. Bue..kstont. THETIK ENTENTNG, the nerformances will commence with BALANCE OF COMFORT. Atter which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN.' Lord Dun dreary, 'Mr. .)thern. Mr. Suckstone, Mr. Farren, Mrs. C. Young, am Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. To conclude with ITY Iiti T SBAND'S GHOST. commence at 7. 1)O YAL LYeßtm THEATRE. 'Manager--?lr.Edmund Falconer. , It t i Ts EVENING, GONE TO TEXA.s. Mr. Walter Lacy, Mrs. St. Henry. w ive'', at a quarter to Eight (17. th time) the new ; or, Savourneen in al Drama, entitled PEEP 0' toxy inufl Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermn Vezin, Charles Bo wer lilas Clara I Falconer ; Mrs. D. r VII Pr Dee! Selby. Vieston Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. ChAtterton. nal. Doors open at half -past 8, to c ommence at from 11 till 5. 7 lios - of Nce open dey Elll 'l'H g A'FRE-R 0 £AL, ADE LI'iFLZ .Solc Proprigtor alld lman t grer, Mr. BW . ebster. TATS -IVN:NING, T FIE PR Min' HORSE BREAKER. 3 r.. 1. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford, and Miss Woolgar. A it, r which, the new drama, entitled TriE OCTOROON; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA ; written by the author of "The Coileen pawn." fir. George Jamison, from the Wintthea er- gai-den, A - elv York; Miss Latimer. fr om the provincial tres ; and Miss Denvil, from the s yeeum. Tho other prin cipal characters in the drama will be performed by Ilressrs. Pllkry, Stephenson 11111ington, Paul Bedtord, Horner. Mrs. 4 ;illington. Mrs. Marston, &e., &c. Entirely new scenery by "1 emirs. Dalby and Thempstn. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 311'. Toole, -alias K. Kelly, dm. - _ Doors nnen 0 half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge-for booking. ROYALTY , THEATRE, Dean-street, Oxford-street. Under the Direction of Mdile. Albina di Rhona. E THIS E4HNI).7G, to commence with a new farce, en titled ALI; IN THE DARK : Messrs. Butler, D. James, WQrboys, Miss E. Wilton, 8; -. Alter which, A THIT4PING LEGACY. Followed by SMACK FOR SMACK. • Aftertaltten, Mdll e. d i Rhona will appear In CAMELIA, and. 1J a.u Ce t " liatioutti Dances. R O YA L PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE MERRY WIVES OF WIND SOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Ryder (his 4th ap rwrance in that character.) Messrs. G. Jordan, 11. Widdicorab, Sze. To conclude with BLUE JACKETS. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. MR. SAM COWELL EVERY EVENING in his New Song, "THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT" (written expressly for him). Grand Selections from STRADELLA and LA 'I'ItAVIATA, By Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, and Signor Tivoli, with a powerful Chorus. The Comic department comprises all the principal favourites of the day, viz.: Mr. Sam Cowell ; Mr. Marshall, in his new song, "John Bull, you don't bamboozle me ;" Messrs. Harvey and French (the Nerves) ; M r . Wood and his talented son, the best negro delineators; and Miss Harriet Coveney . Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, Bd.; Stalls and Balcony, Is. 11 H E O X F O R D, 6, OXFORD -STREET. EVERY EVENING. Seleotions from " LA CIRCASSIENNE," " Simon Bocca negra," and "Ernani," by Miss Russell and Miss Ernst ; Messrs. Albert (his first appearance), Morley Greville, &o. Full Band and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.— Balfe's new ballads by Miss Russell and Madame Enders sohn (composed expressly for them). And Varied Comic Entertainments by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs. W. Ran dall, Harvey and French (The Nerves), E. Marshall, and SAM CO WELL. Hall, 6d. ; Balcony and Stalls, is ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 7h. 38m,—Afternoon, Bh. 9m To-mnutow.-Morning, Bh. 48m.—Afternoon, 9h. 23m THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 26, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 53—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.58. WlND—South-Westerly ; fresh, with dirty weather and occasional showers. It blew a gale last night. LOINDOIY, TUESDAY, NOV. 26, 1861. The possession of Beaufort will produce consid erable effect on the South. Hitherto the slight advances of the North have been into districts where slaves were comparatively few, and the great article of Southern produce was far away—Northern Vir ginia, the disputed ground in Missouri, and the immediate vicinity of Fort Monroe did not abound either in the " contraband of war," or in cotton. At Beaufort it is just the reverse. The whole country is one of plantations. Rice and the famous Sea Island cotton are the growth of the district. Indeed, it is just these islands which fringe the coast exposed to marine air, and possessing a rich soil, that produce that peculiar staple which Man chester covets, and which, we are told, though we but half believe it, cannot be obtained from India. Here, therefore, the North will be able to try what it can do with cotton, and what it can do with slaves. We read, indeed, that the planters have locked up their crops and re fused to let a bale be shipped to Massa chusetts, lest it should sustain the trade of its enemies, or even to France or England, lest necessity should not drive is to a breach of blockade. Yet facts are not quite consistent with this abnegation of cotton selling. When the abject is to show the inefficiency of the blockade, we are told of even cotton cargoes being curried out with impunity; and the very last accounts mention the evasion of the blockading squadron by the Bermuda, with 2,000 bales of cotton on board, for Liverpool. Considering, therefore,the want of money in the South—know ing that the whites there must be taxed beyond all endurance to raise money for the Government, as well as to supply their own wants, we much doubt whether anything can prevent the Nortborn Agents, who will rizit the point of which they have taken possession, from obtaining supplies • of the cotton which one side is so eager to sell, and the other so eager to buy. It has even been sug gested, that as the North is master of the sea, it could take possession of these sea islands along the coast, and converting the slaves into freemen, could grow there all the cotton needed for their Northern mills. But these slaves—what will the North do with them—that is we apprehend the greatest question of all ; not only in a philanthropic, but in a military point of view. In no part, probably, of the Southern States are the slaves more locally numerous in com parison with the white population. It is a slave population, in fact, with planters scattered thinly among them, as owners or managers of rice and cotton plantations. No accounts represent the slaves as fewer than 32,000 out of 40,000 inhabitants of Beaufort county. Here, therefore, if the North were disposed, it could show its power. Nothing, one would think, could be easier than to send the first slaves who came to the Federal camp as com missioners amongst the thousands of their fellows, to disabuse them of the stories which the planters have industriously circulated among them of the Northern cruelties to be perpetrated on them, and to invite them to come and work as freemen under white protection. It would doubtless, at first, be difficult to find them all employment. Between the camp works, however, and the confiscated rebel estates this difficulty, in the hands of an able ad ministrator, would soon vanish, and the Slave States would receive their first lesson of the effects of war on the domestic institution. As other expeditions of a similar kind are said to be in contemplation, it world seem to be of the utmost importance to make them as efficient as pos sible. Now, it hardly appears of what value they can be towards a successful termination of the war if they axe not used to strike terror into the slave holders through their favourite institution. Nothing will withdraw more troops from the North than the fear of the slaves generally placing themselves under the protection of the Federal camps. To this will be added tha fear of insurrection ; and hence, with camps of from fifteen to twenty thousand men along the Southern coast, these small armies may have a distracting and paralysing power out of all propor tion to their numbers. Unless some such plan as this be resorted to, as military movements these expeditions will be of little value. Their efficiency entirely depends on the disquietude they cause, and the necessity they create for dividing the Confedel rate force—and the disquietude created by them will be just in proportion to their effect on the slave population. The Potomac will be as formid ably defended as ever on its Southern side, if it is known that an expedition like that now success fully encamped at Beaufort will create no disturb ance among s t t h e negroes. Whethe r th e . reader will observe that, ou a st military people o f t h e North will ever be drawn by th e most obvl necessities to become übpliti on i sts, we shall see b e f ore l ong. The least In one case, the 1 people cheered the historian ' B ANCROFT loudly for the sentiment that slavery m us t b e given up if in compatible with the Union. Nov, we hav e not t h e I shadow of a doubt, that if that feeling spreads, Mr. LINCOLN, And Mr. SEWARD, and Mr. CAMERON, andbecome the a : s t a nch abolitionists hole batch of heartless politicians, will as Mrs. BERCEIER STOWE herself. They but reflect the sentiments of the North. Hitherto t he views of the people there have been hostile, paradoxical, as it may seem, • d ir , - 11111,7 • - - • ir- ' • • I. l, ote:C. ' . 3101 r . .• ' T 16 THE SUN. , „ vEiNIN6r, NOVE E I THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY 1.. about equally to slavery and to its abolition r the slavery they detested on political grounds—it interfered with the rapid development of the States, and caused the South to aim at universal domina tion. But abolition threatened Northern money dealers, and might bring into the Northern States a host of free negroes, whom they viewed with abhorrence. Soon, however, the question may lie between abolition and hopeless defeat ; and very obviously it will soon lie between using the negroes to pat an end to the war, and sustaining for an in definite time a heavy load of taxation. When this becomes painfully clear, then at length the North may feel that, if Abolition be distasteful, it is sweet compared with heavy and protracted taxa tion, and the continued disgrace of its arms. Looking at the struggle as a purely military one along the whole line from East to West, it seems more hopeless than ever. The question of emanci pation by means of Northern arms seems, therefore, to be that on which all hangs. Indeed this is the case in a twofold point of view, as Slave and Free States amalgamation again in one Union will plainly be impossible. Slavery, the cause of the whole quarrel, will be a more better source of disagreement than ever—it is only by all being Free States that re-union is possible. If the South become free it will then not only be more like the North, but will be glad of Northern strength to guarantee the whites against the gradual supremacy of the blacks in the districts where they are most numerous. Looking to the future, there fore, as well as to present success, we in England can easily see that all depends on the North hoisting at once the Abolition flag. We have on several former occasions expressed our entire disapprobation of the Royal Marriage Act, and the necessity of an unconditional repeal of that iniquitous measure. We allude to it now, more particularly, because it is well known that in the course of a few short months another of our Princesses is to be married to a Foreign Prince. Now assuming that the aforesaid Prince is the young lady's own choice, no one, whether an upholder of the Royal Marriage Act, as some are, or strongly opposed to it like ourselves, has any right to object to the intended marriage. But we are, and always have been, opposed to the principles of the aforesaid Royal Marriage Act. In the first place it is an unjust interference with one of the choicest pri vileges of civilized humanity—that of choosing one's own partner for life. It may here not be amiss to revert to the causes which led to the introduction of this tyrannical measure. It was passed in the reign of a virtuous and well meaning, but self-willed and obstinate Monarch. Various reasons have been assigned, but those which have always been popu larly believed to have been the main cause of the measure were, that the Dukes of CUMBERLAND and GLOUCESTER, King GEORGE the Third's brothers, contracted marriages with people not of Blood Royal. This was said to have so highly incensed the KING that he sent a message down to the two Houses of Parliament recommending the introduc• tion of the Royal Marriage Act, having, as it was well known, for its object the prevention of similar alliances in future, or, to speak more correctly, the prevention of members of the Royal Family marry ing any one not of Blood Royal. As much popular ignorance prevails on the subject, the general im pression being that members of the Royal Family are compelled by law to marry foreigners, we will just mention the exact state of the law'as fixed by the said Royal Marriage Act. The Act 12 George 111., cap. 11, prescribes that, "No descendant of the body of King GEORGE the Second (with the exception of the issue of Princesses married or who may hereafter marry into foreign families), is cap able of contracting matrimony without the previous consent of the King or Queen for the time haing• ai t suided under the Great Seca, cud a❑y marriage contracted without such consent is void. Provided that such of the said descendants as are above the age of twenty-five may, after a twelve month's notice given to the King's Privy Council, contract and solemnise without the consent of the Crown, unless both Houses of Parliament shall, before the expiration of the said year, expressly declare their disapprobation of such intended mar riage. And all persons solemnising, assisting, or being present at any such intended marriage, shall incur the penalties of the Statute of Preemunire.°' This is the law on the subject, whereby, as will be seen, it is not absolutely compulsory upon any mem ber of the Royal Family to marry a German, or foreigner ; but it makes all their marriages illegal, unless oontracted with the consent of the Sovereign or two Houses' of Parliament for the time being. But is not this prohibition of matrimony, without the consent of a third person, to any one who has ar rived at years of maturity, an unjust violation of the rights of the subject, not to be tolerated by modern civilisation ? It would indeed be an endless task were we to go over the miseries and wretchedness occa sioned to the different members of the late Royal Family by this most unfortunate of all unfortunate pieces of legislation. This was the cause, in a great measure at any rate, of preventing several of the six Princesses, daughters of GEORGE 111., from marrying at all, and those who did marry were in consequence compelled to wait until a very late period in life, and were said, when they did enter into wedlock, to make unfortunate and by no means happy unions. It likewise caused no small misery and unhappiness to the sons in the late Royal Family ; we might name many, but we will con tent ourselves with naming two, as most prominently brought before the publ i c. We of course allude to the respective marriages of GEORGE IV., when Prince of WALES, to his cousin the Princess CAROLINE of BRUNSWICK, and of the late Duke of SUSSEX to Lady AUGUSTA MURRAY, mother of the late Sir AUGUSTUS D'EsTE and the present Dowager Lady TRURO. The former marriage was very nearly the cause of involving us in all the horrors of civil war, and the latter marriage having been declared null and void by act of Parliament, in consequence of the Royal Marriage Act, inflicted most cruel hard ships and injustice upon the two above named chil dren of the late Duke of SUSSEX and Lady AUGUSTA MURRAY, to say nothing of the cruelty and injus tice of puffing asunder those who had been, accord ing to the moral law at any rate, joined together. And this last named marriage all but led to a dis puted succession, and would most infallibly have done so had the late Duke of KENT and King of HANOVER died without issue. And when the event happened, now more than forty years ago, which all England CO deeply deplored, and threw a gloom over the country which no one who was living at the time can ever forget, the evils of the Royal Marriage Act became very apparent, from the difficulty there was, or appeared to be at the time, in finding a suc cessor to the throne, owing to the fact that none of the living Princes or Princesses, children of the then reigning Monarch, had any issue living who could succeed to the throne. It is said by the upholders of the said Royal Marriage Act that were this law repealed we should have no end of jealousies from the diffe rent members of the Royal family marrying and intermarrying with the families of the nobility, or marrying with people beneath themselves, and a return to a similar state of things which existed during the wars of York and Lancaster that the true dignity of Royalty could never be preserve, II unless we had some such barrier as the Royal Marriage Act. It is not, however, by such arti ficial fences that the true dignity of Royalty is preserved. Compulsory restrictions upon marriage are always dangerous to the public peace and to public morality. Here, especially, where those on whom they are imposed are persons in all other respects even mischievously secure from contradic tion—persons whose foibles are studied, whose whims are indulged, whose passions flattered by those around them—we may safely conclude that few will not rebel against a law which they see to be peculiar and feel to be unjust and unnatural. For the most part the feeling against mesalliance in us is quite strong enough. Princes do know who they are, and, if left to themselves, will not choose their wives from those with whom it is a degradation to be connected. Princes sufficiently estimate, nay, have been too slavishly obedient to the supposed necessity of adapting their marriages to some imagined State policy. From these causes we have had too much, far too much, of domestic alienation, of Court profligacy, and we may add, in some in stances, of physical degeneracy. They require to be watched and corrected rather than aggravated by fresh restrictions, which can only issue, as in fact they have issued, in fresh rebellion. Minds, of course, there are who will resign themselves to anything; but too many of those who find them selves thus jealously fettered on the point most im portant to their own legitimate happiness, will think themselves thereby excused in anyisort of lawless indulgence. Not to be allowed to choose our own footman would be a privation to which fe iv of us would submit with equanimity. We can hardly wonder, though we may well lament, that men educated t• self-indulgence consider themselves as privileged libertines when they are forbidden to choose their wives. They find their happiness mercilessly committed to chance, and avenge them selves on the laws of their country by breaking those of a higher authority. We hope a time is approaching when a truer policy will remove this, with other cognate laws, not only from our statute book, but what is more important—from the cus tomary code of the nation. DRU.RY-LANE THEATRE. Last night a clever burlesque extravaganza upon the highly successful drama " The Colleen Bawn," was pro duced here, entitled " Miss Eily O'Connor." The author, Mr. H. J. Byron, has, in the most ludicrous manner, em braced all the leading points of the celebrated drama in this his latest production, and the result was the most complete and triumphant success. It is unnecessary to go through the various incidents of the burlesque, as the story of the " Colleen Bawn " is so widely known. Suffice it, therefore, to say, a more complete parody upon a popular play has never been produced. The part of Miss lily O'Connor is capitally sustained by Mr. Atkins, whose "make up" for the Irish beauty was excellent, and elicited very great applause. Miss L. Keeley as Miles gave a very laughable version of the stage Irishman, and Mr. Roxby as Danny Man entered heartily into the part. The great scene of the burlesque is the water cave, with all its excit ing situations. Miss Keeley takes the great sensation header in first-rate style, and succeeds in bringing the un fortunate Eily to the surface of the water a " perfect cure." Mrs. Selby as Widow Cregan, Miss Arden as Hardness Cregan, and Mr. Heston as Mr. Corrigan, greatly contri buted to the success of the play by their admirable acting. The burlesque abounds in parodies on the most popular songs, all of which are rendered with great effect. Mr. Beverley, the scene painter, of course produced some very beautiful scenery ; and the music, by Mr. Tully, was highly appropriate and characteristic. The burlesque has proved a decided hit, and will, without doubt, attract crowded audiences until it has to give way to the great pan tomime of 1861. SURREY THEATRE. It is with pleasure wenotice the tide of success that has sot in at this the leading theatre on the Surrey side of the water. Tho great drama, " The Idiot of the Mountain," still con tinues, notwithstanding the great number of nights it has been represented, to be highly attractive, and, from all appearance, will continue to be so for some time to come. The capital burlesque, "The Colleen Drawn," is another decided success, and, taken as a whole, a better evening's amusement than that provided by!Messrs. Creswick and Shepherd has seldom been afforded tti the play-going public. The preparations for the Christmas pantomime have began, and from what we hear a piece of unrivalled beauty will be produced. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. Monsieur Robin appeared last night at the Egyptian Hall, and certainly, to use tho words of his prospectus, " introduced new, costly, and scientific apparatus, and novel experiments," as amusing as thoy were instructing. His " Soirees Fantastiques," as he terms them, promise to be very popular. After performing some magical illusions and rather novel performances on cards, the wizard's favourite instrument for such purposes, he introduced in the second part of his performance the real Ruhmkorffs monster coil, on which 22,000 yards of electric wire were rolled. This extraordinary and powerful appa; atus gives, it appears, in the free air an electric spark 17 inches long, and the experi ments and illustrations were of the most brilliant character. Altogether, the entertainments of the evening were most interesting, and cannot fail to attract large audiences, espe cially those connected with the scientific world. 31IDDLE TEMPLE BALL. Last evening a testimonial was presented to James Anderaon, Esq., by the students, on the occasion of his retirement from the office of treasurer. The testimonial was a handsome silver inkstand, surmounted with the lamb bearing the cross and banner and the arms of the society, as also those of Mr. Anderson. The inscription is as follows :—" Jacobum Anderson Armigerutn, Con ciliar : Regni : Thesaurariuna Studentes Medii Tompli Beneficiorum IVleraores. Hoe Dono Donaverunt A.D. 1861." THE ADDRESS. " We, the undersigned, students of the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple, avail ourselves of the opportunity presented by the expiration of your term of office as trea surer, to thank you for the many instances in which we have been indebted, in common with the rest of the mem bers of the Inn, to your solicitude for our interests and at tention to our personal comforts. We desire likewise to express our appreciation of the dignified and munificent manner in which the character of our Inn was sustained on the occasion of the late ceremonial, the opening of the Library by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales—the complete success which attended that ceremonial we attri bute chiefly to your good taste and unremitting exertions. We feel that the sacrifice of no inconsiderable portion of your time to objects in which we have had so large a per sonal interest demands from us the expression of our warmest thanks ; and in tendering them we, by permission, offer to you the accompanying testimonial as a slight ma terial record of tho occasion." Wm. Rodon Rennall, Esq., has succeeded the above-mentioned gentleman as treasurer of the Middle Temple. The Earl and Countess of Craven and the Ladies Craven arrived in town yesterday from Ashdown Park, Berks. the Countess and the Ladies Craven leave to-day on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Vernlam at Gorham bury Park, Herts. His lordship remains in town. The failure is said to have occurred of the bulking house of 31. Dubois at Caen for a sum equal to about £50,000. THE GALE.—On her last trip, so severe was the weather, the Connaught mail steamer lost her hurricane forecastle, which was swept away by the sea. TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION AT CHESTER.— CIiEsTER, Tuesday Morning.—The Queen Railway Hotel, a magnificent building opened last summer, has been to a great extent destroyed by fire. The catastrophe originated about five o'clock p.m. yesterday from an overheated flue in the kitchen. The Mayor, the magistrates, and the Militia were all quickly on the spot, with the Chester fire enginea. There was just time to save the plate and a largo part of the furniture. The building is partially insured in the London and Liverpool Fire-office. OPENING OF THE CLEVELAND RAILWAY.— Oa Saturday the new line of railway from the Tees to Skelton in Cleveland was opened for traffic. Tho line is connected with the North Yorkshire or Cleveland system of railways, and has been made to open out a rich agricultural district, and to develope the great mineral resources of the hills lying along its course. We believe it is ultimately intended to carry the line to Skinningrove, a few miles beyond. POLISII NATIONALITY,—The committee recently appointed to arrange for a public meeting for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the people of Poland, and protesting against the inhuman and brutal excesses of the Russians, have arranged for the meeting to be held in the Whittington Club, on Friday next. Lord Fernioy, i\LP., will preside, and several members of Parliament and other gentlemen have promised to attend. The recent news from Warsaw invests the proceedings with great interest. 1861. T ENT NEWQ TURIN, Nov. 26. The Opinion° of to-day contain tug following wi ,ch has —" In consequence of the military levy been ordered, the Italian army will consist, in future, of 90 regiments of infantry, seven brigades of bersaglieri, and 22 regiments of cavalry." MADRID, Nov. 25 (Evening): The Correspondencia Autografa of to-day an nounces that Baron Tecco, the Sardinian Minister, has demanded his passports, and will leave Madrid to-morrow. The same journal says : " The Spanish Government consented to deliver up to the Italian Government those documents of the Neapolitan Archives which do not relate to po litical affairs, on condition that King Victor Em manuel withdrew his first Notes. "The Italian Government, on their side, demanded that Spain should withdraw the Notes in which she declared herself the legitimate repository of the Neapolitan Archives." THORN, Nov. 25. M. Vidal, President of the Committee for Public Worship at Warsaw, who was forbidden by Gene ral Suchosanst, former governor of Poland, to obey the orders of the Marquis Wielopolski, has been summoned by the Emperor to St. Petersburg, and placed at the Marquis Wielopolski's disposal. PESTH, Nov. 25. It is asserted that Count Apponyi has tendered his resignation as Index Curito, and will bo replaced by Count Almassy. RAGUSA, Nov. 25. In consequence of the defeat of the insurgents by the Turkish troops at Piva, the European consuls have proposed an armistice. Omar Pasha has received fresh reinforcements. GENEVA, Nov. 25. The election of members for the Council of State of the Canton of Geneva took place to-day. M. Fobbry was elected President by 4,673 votes against 2,912 obtained by M. James Fazy, the un successful candidate. BERNE, Nov. 26. The Federal Council has demanded satisfaction from the French Government for the fresh viola tion of Swiss territory by French gendarmes near AA _ Geneva. The following telegrams have been received at the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Nov. 25: " CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. " The Massilia, with the above mails, reached Malta at midnight on the 22d, and continued her voyage to Marseilles at four the next morning, " The Indus with the heavy portion of the mail, left Malta for Southampton at six p.m. on the 23d inst. " OUTWARD BOMBAY MAILS. " The Valetta, from Marseilles on the 20th, left Malta for Alexandria at eleven p.m. on the 22d instant. " The Delta, from Southampton on the 12th inst., reached Malta on the 24th at two a.m.- and left at nine a.m. for Alexandria. All well." THE BOMBAY AND MEDITERRANEAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov, 25. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamer Mcoltan has arrived here with the heavy portion of the above mails. She brings £2,625 in specie, pearls to the value of 27,000 rupees, preei.ous tunes to the value of 7,000 rupees, 2,000 Basks of wheat, 700 barrels of dates, 789 packages of general cargo, and 40 pas sengers. The Mooltan experienced heavy easterly gales from Gibraltar and across the Bay of Biscay. The Delta left Gibraltar for Alexandria on the 18th inst. The ship Sebastopol, from London for New Zealand, has been spoken by the Vision, 22 days oat. All well. At Gibraltar, on the 21st inst., exchange on London, 90 days' sight, was quoted 49! ; on Paris, 5.26; on Marseilles, 5.26 ; on Genoa, 5.28 ; on Aladrid, discount. Freights unaltered. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 25.—As might have bean ex pected from the removal of the turnstiles and the free admission to the Bourse now given to the public, the effluence of visitors was very great, but from the little impulse occasioned to business the great majority must have been attracted thither by curiosity. The market has been very firm, and shows an improvement on the closing rates of Saturday—Threes, for the Account, being now at 70f. 30c. The Railway Share Market has been also pretty firm. The following are the last quotations :- 4i per per Cents... 96 30 Credit Fonder l2lO Do end month.... 96 40 Belgian 4} 991 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 30 Roman Bank Shares 2960 Austrian Credit Mather.... 785 Spanish Threes 49 50 Do. Account 787 50 Rome Debt .. — RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1345 .. 1347 50 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1032 50 .. 1035 G eneva 352 50 .. 355 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lou.burd 527 50 .. 528 76 AUSTRIA. Advices from Vienna, of the 22d, state that the Ministry has decided not to present the Budget to the Reichsrath until the Transylvanian question is settled. The Chamber of Deputies is discussing the bill relative to personal liberty. The first point under discussion was an amendment of M. Klaudi, pro posed last year, which reproduces the article of the fundamental rights,—" No man can be deprived of his natural judge. No exceptional tribunals can be created." The committee to whom the amendment was referred proposed to admit the first portion of the submitted article, but to reject the second, The conclusions of the committee have been adopted. On the above the Presse, of Vienna, observes— " We are sorry for it ; we regret that the ma jority, consisting chiefly of men of the Left, should have refused legally to object to the creation of ex ceptional tribunals, less on account of the question itself, but of the Chamber, upon the liberal senti ments of which to-day's ♦ote will cast a shadow which will be publicly felt." A letter from Posth, dated 221 inst., says : " To day the houses of all the functionaries and members of the municipal Commission were filled with soldiers, in virtue of an order from the Admi nistration of the Finance, and an announcement was made to the commune that, as long as the func tionaries themselves did not levy the taxes, and did not promise in writing to levy them in future, not only the functionaries but the communal represen tatives would have soldiers billeted upon them. An extraordinary sitting of the Municipal Council was held, and the Mayor, S; Mesco, tendered his resigna tion. An ecclesiastic then asglared that the people were dissatisfied at having to lodge soldiers, and that he thought they had better glvv up a useless resistance and resign themselves to what was in evitable. He proposed the election of a new Mayor. His conclusions were adopted, and a new Mayor elected. An order was shortly afterwards received by telegraph to withdraw tho soldiers." The Ost-.Deutsche Post says:—" The news is confirmed that Princede Schwarzenberg, President of the Council of Administration of the Credit In stitution, has tendered his resignation." GRO 271 OF ABOLITION FEELING. A letter from America says :—As a proof of how rapidly men are being educated up to the point of abolishing slavery, I will say that on the 7th a meeting was called to raise money for the relief of the North Carolina Union men: Among the speakers was George Bancroft, the historian. He read the original letter of General Jackson (when President), enclosing to his secretary of state, Ed ward Lovingstone, the original draft of the cele brated proclamation of 1832 against Carolina. This is it " Dear Sir,--1 submit the basis and conclusion of the proclamation for your amendment and revision. Let it re ceive your best effort of language to strike at the heart and to speak to the feelings of my deluded countrymen of South Carolina. The Union must be preserved, without blood, if this be possible ; but it must be preserved at all hazards, and at any price.—Yours, with high regard, " ANDREW JA.OKSON. "Dec. 4, 1832-11 o'clock p.m." Mr. Bancroft went on :—"Now, can any new phan tom frighten vs from the love of the Union? If slavery and the Union be incompatible, listen to the words of Andrew Jackson that come to us from the tomb :—' The Union must at all hazards be preserved.' " He had no sooner uttered this than a shout went up from the vast crowd that could have been heard a mile. Men cried, rose, and waved their hate. The females wore equally excited. Everybody was wild about it. Could Pre sident Lincoln have been present, or our Secre tary of State, Mr. Seward, the next general ordered South to go with an army among the river and sea island cotton plantations would have had whir• pered in his ear, "Knock the shackles from the slaves wherever you go. I dare not write you to do it, but I will see you harmless if you do set them all free." What a wonderful change would come over the spirit of the war. It would be ended be fore this year is ! FORTIFICATION OF 2HE AMERICAN COAST. Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, had replied as follows to Mr. Secretary Seward's circular re specting the necessity of fortifying the coast and lakes : "Pennsylvania Executive Chamber, Harrisburg, Nov. 2, 1861. " Sir,—l received a few days since an envelope, apparently from the Department of State at Wash ington, enclosing a slip from a newspaper, purport ing to be a copy of a letter from you to the Governor of New York. This mode of communicating advice by the Government of the United States to the State authorities is so unusual that I am perhaps not quite justified in assuming, as I do, that the communication is authentic. " I am glad to !corn that the prospect of a distur bance of our amicable relations with foreign coun tries is now less serious than it has been at any period during the course of the insurrection. The duty of taking precautions against such disturbance is appropriate to the Government of the United States, and as, when the prospect was more serious, it was not thought fit to invite to the subject the attention of Congress, which had authority to make suitable provision, I do not understand how the fact that it is now less serious can afford a reason for calling on individual States, which have no such authority. " What Congress has done or omitted you, of course, must know, but it seems strange that gene ral appropriations for military purposes should render lawful the expense of fortifying Washington, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and other places, and yet that the Government should falter under an apprehen sion of want of authority when the question is of fortifying seaboard and lake ports. "The regular Session of the Legislature of Penn sylvania, as you may be aware, will not commence until more than a month after the next meeting of Congress. When you assure me that the prospect of disturbance is now less serious than it has been at any period since the insurrection began, I feel that your letter wo:Ild not justify me in calling a cpecial Session, and without action by the Logiaia ture I have less authority to act than the Executive of the United States, since the subject itself is within the scope of the general Government, and is not within that of a State Government. " State Governments have recently (in conformity with the spirit of the constitutional provisions in regard to the militia) acted as agents of the general Government, and in raising volunteers for the general defence, and in clothing, arming, equipping, and supplying them ; but even in this matter, not, it is believed, beyond their own people and territory. " Some of the points important for the maritime defence of Pennsylvania are situated in other States. It could not, of course, be expected that the autho rities of this commonwealth should go into New Jersey or Delaware to erect fortifications. "If they are to be erected by the concurrent action of the several States immediately concerned, an agreement among them would be necessary to determine what should be done, and what propor tion of the expense of doing it should be borne by each. " No such agreement could be lawfully made with out the action of the several State Legislatures, and the constitution expressly prohibits its being made at all without the assent of Congress. " To defray the expenses of the proposed fortifi cations the State must, of course, resort to loans. " The effect produced by the competition of a prin cipal with his own agents, has already been illus trated by the embarrassments attending that sys tem in the raising of volunteers, and in the procur ing of clothing and other supplies for them. "To throw several of the States on the money market in direct competition with the large loans necessary to be made by the general Government, especially under the discouraging influence which the publication of your letter may have on public credit, is an experiment which must lead to embar rassments similar in kind but probably even more injurious. " It is not doubted that provision for reimburse ment would be mad© by law, for Congress at its last session promptly passed an Act providing for the reimbursement of the expenses of the State in raising, &c., volunteers for the defence of the United States. "For that defence Pennsylvania has, in propor tion to her population, furnished a larger and more effective force, and at a greatly less expense than any other State, and her people are now freely con tributing their money to the loans of the United States. " Under the abovementioned Act of Congress, the Government of the United States, through its proper department, agreed to pay at once to the several States 40 per cent. of their expenditure, as stated by their respective authorities, but this pay ment has thus far been withheld from Pennsylvania for the reasons thus given—that she is so wealthy a State and has expended so little money in pro portion to the large material aid which she has furnished, that she can wait till a more convenient season ; in other words, that the economy of her Government and the liberality of her people afford grounds for refusing to her the prompt, though partial reimbursement which is made to other States, and which she would seem to have deserved not less but rather more than they. "In regard to the final settlement of these ac counts, I observe that a communication has already been received (backed by a certificate of a person holding a high official position at Washington), setting forth the necessity that the agent for set tling them should possess an intimate knowledge of all the laws and prece dents applicable to such cases to be found in the past history of the Govern ment, and adding that this knowledge, and proper consultations with the accounting officers, will be necessary to enable him to advise as to the best mode of making up and proving the accounts, many of which must otherwise bo rejected by the ac counting officers. _ _ " These circumstances lead me to express the hope that the next provision by Congress for the reimbursement of the States may Ue so arranged that some faith may be reposed in the accounting departments of the tWveral States, and that (at least in cases where the amount claimed is so small in comparison with the services rendered, and with what they would have cost the United States di rectly, as to exclude the possibility of extravagance or prodigality) the actual expenditure made by the States may be refunded to them without the neces sity of resettling and revouching the accounts under such formidable conditions. " On the whole, I suggest that the best mode of attaining the end which you propose would be for the general Government itself to immediately un dertake the fulfilment of its own duties in this re gard, in which it will prove, if necessary, the prompt, earnest, and zealous aid of the Government and people of this Common wealth. " If, however, this course should not be assented to, then I have to say that Pennsylvania, in any way that may be required, will give her last man and her last dollar to quell domestic treason or drive back foreign invasion, and will leave to a more quiet season the discussion and decision of the vari ous questions that may arise from steps that have been taken during the existing crisis. In case, therefore, tie general Government should persist in the plan which you suggest, I beg that the President will, as you propose, forthwith send proper agents of that Government to Harris burg, to confer with me on the position and cha racter of the necessary fortifications, so that no delay may occur in adopting proper measures for their construction. " Very respectfully your obedient servant, " A. G. CURTIN. " Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.' THE CONFEDERATE STEADIER NASH- PILL E. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY,. An application of a somewhat novel character in connection with this case was made to the borough magistrates, sitting in petty sessions at the Guild hall, this morning. The magistrates on the bench were Captain Engledue (who acted as chairman in the absence of the Mayor, who had gone to London on public business), Colonel Stretton, Messrs. J. Lobb, E. Palk, and J. H. Cooksey. Captain Nel son, of the late Harvey Birch, who was accompanied by Mr. Pearcey, jun., of the firm of Oliverson, Lane, and Pearcey, solicitors, of London, applied for search warrant, with the view of recovering from the Nashville steamer his chronometer, barometer, and ship's papers, which were taken on board that vessel at the time of the capture, and before his ship was set on fire. Previous to the formal application being made, Mr. Pearcey handed to the Chairman a letter from the Lord Mayor of London, stating that a similar application had been made to him at the Mansion-house, but that he had thought it his duty to pass the matter over to the authorities at Southampton, at which port the Nashville had called and still remained. His Lordship informed Captain Nelson that had the Nashville been lying in any of the London docks he should have granted the application. Pearcey, for the captain, questioned the legality of the commission under which Captaia Pegram, the commander of the Nashville, had acted. The Chairman said he had seen the commission, which was that of a lieutenant in the navy, and it was quite correct. Mi. J. S. Eldridge, the magistrates' clerk, pointed out that a warrant could only be granted in a case where goods were supposed to be kept from feloni ous intent. The Chairman said the applicant knew very well what the Nashville was when he hoisted the Federal flag on board his ship. Captain Nelson admitted this to be true. The Chairman said it was a recognised fact that an opponent had a right to take anything he chose under such circumstances as existed in this case. After a very brief conversation between the parties, the whole proceedings not occupying many minutes, the Chairman said that the magistrates were unani mously of opinion that the application could not be granted, and Capt. Nelson was referred to the Sec retary of State. Capt. Pegram returned from Loudon this even ing, accompanied by Mr. Yancey, one of the Southern Commissioners, and the latter gentleman returns to London again to-morrow. Mr. Yancey states that it has been intimated to him through a third party that the Nashville is recognised by the British Go vernment as a national vessel, and that she will be allowed the right to refit and repair, as was the case with the James Adger, so as to exercise a per- feet neutrality between the two contending parties. ' We believe the necessary arrangements are made for the Nashville to go into graving dock on Wed nesday, in consequence of her having been ashore. A SKIP ON FIRE AT SEA.. A passenger on board the bark l'lmperatrice Eugenie, writes :—While the bark l'lmperatrico Eugenie, Captain Airth commander, was proceeding on her voyage from Port Natal, Cape of Good Hope, to London, on the 21st inst., at midnight, in lat. 49 18 N., long. 9 24 W., with light wind from S.S.W., the officer of the watch perceived a peculiar glare of light bearing S.S.E., which was surmised to be a vessel on fire. Captain Airth, with a view to render any assistance in his power, immediately hauled up to the wind, and proceeded in the direc tion of the light. The surmise proved to be correct, and about three o'clock a.m. he came abreast of the burning ship, being about two miles distant. A good look-out was kept both below and aloft, a lantern being also hoisted in the fore rigging, in addition to the usual ship's lights, as a guide to any persons who might be afloat in boats or on any portion of the wreck. At this time the vessel had parted with all her masts and rigging, and was one mass of fire from stem to stern. We proceeded about five miles. Captain A'.rth then tacked and approached the wreck within less than a quarter of a mile. The ill-fated ship presented a grand but fearful spectacle, rising and failing with her head to the wind, with the swell of the ocean, her stanchions and large portions of unconsumed timber standing out in bold relief against the glowing furnace within, she wail now in places burnt to the waters edge, and had the appearance of a vessel of large size, but from the ravages made by the fire it would be impossible to arrive at any correct conclusion with regard to her actual tonnage. We here spoke the bark Lady Cecilia, bound for Cork, which ves sel had approached close to the weather side of the burning ship, and, like ourselves, had seen nothing whatever to indicate that any human life existed in the vicinity. Capt. Airth, finding that any further search would bo fruitless, bore away, and proceeded on his ♦oyage ; the wind freshened, and in about two hours we lost sight of the wreck. The night was beautifully moonlight and the water smooth, and as the ship on fire was in the regu lar channel track, there can be but little doubt that all those on board had been taken off by some passing vessel. She had apparently been on fire some 8 or 10 hours. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary arrived in town yesterday from Brighton. The Earl of Dudley arrived at his mansion in Park-lane on Saturday from a tour on the Continent. The Earl Howe left Curzon House yesterday to join his family at Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire. Lord and Lady Rendlesham have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Rend!wham Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk. Lord and Lady Clarence Paget have left town for their seat in Anglesea. Lord and Lady William Osborne lease Hill-street to-day on a tour of visits. Lady Dufferin has left town for her villa resi dence at Highgate. The Right Hon. Sir Edmund Head, Lady Head, and the Misses Head have left Farrance's Hotel for Tid marsh House, Reading. Rear-Admiral Charles Eden has arrived at the Portland Hotel, Southsea, on an official visit to the Ports mouth dockyard. Mr. B. Peel has arrived at Farrance's Hotel from Brighton. RESIGNATION OF MR. JUSTICE HILL.-0 wing to the impaired state of his health, this distinguished judge has deemed it expedient to resign his seat in the Court of Queen's Bench. r ,03IMANDER PEGRAM, CONFEDERATE NAVY-- Commander Pegram, of the Confederate war steamer Nash ville, was chief officer of the United States steamer Pow hattan in 1855, and rendered valuable service to the British. fleet in the Chinese waters in capturing pirates. Sir John Stirling, in his despatches to the Admiralty, makes the fol lowing mention of him :—" It is impossible to speak too highly of the American co-operating party engaged. They were with the Rattler, emulating each other in the thickest of the attack. But my warmest thanks in particular aro due to Lieutenant Pegram, the American senior officer; his encouragement of the men, and coolness under a heavy fire, and determined bravery, when surrounded bya persevering and revengeful foe, was conspicuous to all." Some more shippingdisasters have been announced from the Baltic. Tho Hebe, screw steamer, of Hull, has been wrecked ofl Gothland, the loss by the ship and cargo being estimated at L 50,000. The Era, steamer, was stranded on the Faro reef, but after throwing overboard part of her cargo got into Gothenburg. The Deptford, screw steamer, had also been stranded, and got off, but sunk after entering Pillau harbour. The tenders for £200,000 Cape Government Six per Cent. Debentures were opened yesterday at the office of the Agenis •General for Crown Colonies, when it appeared that, out of an aggregate of £885,000 applied for, £ll,OOO only was at and above the minimum of 107 k. The highest offer was at 1074 and the lowest 100. The commissioners will receive applications for the unallotted portion of the loan at k•