The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-24 00:00:00

ARREST —NASH VILLE SHIP-PIRATES ON ISO-HAB.'s CORPUS RED-FLAG DISPLAY. Notice,—ln re Anderson-like Extra-dition—Act, For Yancey, Peyton, "&c. and Cly do's.. On aid-fuce de lege nhod' lib. iv., 1, for criminal law on—this side of sea level, as on the other—Washington ex tradition Act —touching Fire-raising, as one of the four pleas of the Crown-pivot-voice-reserve, under oath for all. The Mayor of Southampton, *rear-admiral of England's pinnace charge, Isle of Wight, also the coast-guard adja cent, will arrest the master PEAGRIM and crew of the ship Nashville, for pillage and robbery, on the high seas of Bos ton, property of the American plantation ship Harvey Birch, of N. York—of false reps on—or about 19th Nov., 1861. By rota (a) 0 in universa ditioni supremus est' of the placet regime imperium. maris populo romano restituendo 1812, on A. D. 134 G v. 291, P. Vickius Constit' confederacy imperatoris Taxantur severi piratze—Laws of Rhodes, in Bermuda's e-Col. mercatorum ship'ng Act, 1853-4. By (b) Newfound-land merchants, on Lisbon wine license Co.'s on Rex vini-jus newspaper Precedent on Junot-inva sion, 1807, for Englands rompey'n-marine protection, on • • 9 Bristol's (Liverpool* • •&• • • London), Admiralty 'super altum mare, qua) afcendsiv et defeenteiblique,' old style. So (c) by this warrant as of (nigh- rAit-Cone- mare), re view colonisation on Portgal-way's 53. comp/. u p-thought, for ne'Loule y and 37° N), repose on the xoly Alliance abolition act, thro' *Hamond, SANDYS, in ' w '. (Signed) PETER Brant BASQUET, The trade flag-union Jak, .;" a.m Mp m. 3-J. 1., corn-hill-Tow'er'd Income-tax -13 9'lllo.o'K freeman, Antipod'n crown-colon}'chief A Temple. of 1842, —The criminal raw's Extradi- Lab licher°. Lion Gap, 3 •mileoff-shore Sea-constable, w [2 March, '4l] bearing K.america's pa ddle of Admiral's -2 H. M. Perley, court over Canterbury's Ge-Guizote set :al 3 Sept, '4l's tlement for New Zealand's deadprooffit Gap viz'r. a Crt., its AI-ikepoy Stil'lord Warden Capt O'Halloran. —tho' cruelly set a ntedard vacuo-Alter° Cr appenthal'd by Ashburton Baring-3ty. ,* N . CHARLES ACKERLEY, 4 4 ." C. J. of Carib-isled f Jethou'd EnGland ' Special elect, Aug. 29 1825 • • (by Admiral G. Hamond, Stuart de Rothsay's Crown- Sectry. marcus Lay-presbiters egu, on Can'ng's xoly Alliance abolition, of King- A clubs), the Standard weight-bearer of 1837, Lt. I u.N .I ay'd d ouble- oathii'd victim—supporter Si Peu, of mOhawk PETER 10 yrs, by Red Indian Mary Qu' Rien March's murder-tie, 1820 in' lezbeas virginale S,P.Q.R. tenerum corpses christe' transit, thro' Quebec's 'Jose '75 Hamilton-Dalhousie, in E. Elder' duty for his P.Toma'2s and own's State-birth provision, as the Mon- BRANT.' tagne Subsidy Ist-fruit loan 1814'20's on major Trevsor- Cartwright's chief successorial surrogat'cy. (to trove. 1322'99is red-turban'd Hen. 4th, on Hen. V.'s Sigismond life Savoy'd rape-colons, Martin 5, 1.6• V to GONSALVI 1816 reeolamento-159, by Pius 7th on. Scotch-Bailie Urban Bth's capacity-oath of 17492.Aci vocate STUART wortley-Newcomen's) Boa Gonfaloniere' 1824 passed ix C. A.'s naming Act 1-2 W. 4, lig. 54, on July 1521-72 Luther- calvin, for qoin'd s lay-seignor age, over W. Russell & Stanley's Dead-hand (1683 yet Sion-attaints), in Leo. X's Tavistock auguri life trust. 24 Dec. 1861 (unpaid Christcorpus martyr 19 yrs), London. CARS.-boo Tidal-deer' FooT-day ; 6-6 h. meter. TRIBAL-AMERICA'S ' ULSTER' PLANTA. TIONS, TRANSFER'D WITH WILL 4. TRUSTEES STOP RENTAL TO AFRIC NEGRO CO'S BER-MUDA-NEST, MY RETRO-LONGITUDE 284 TR'S ACT, 2-3 w. iv.. C. 92, ¢ 4, vic. c-39 § 4, 1842, pip's-10th Q. AN-BNTY. 132 yr., so S. cz. *INN-Jetsam ei sap LA.f. , ,anwrota ouir-flot-semi w. Wall-Lmurem 24 March- ( '=-29 Sept. Erran x finang/ 6 Ap ril'd Julian-treery on Twe- ,, -ed Fishery-park law-sets, in conic-section 3 yr /so-spirals-1,200' by Enck's " comet. CARIBISQUE X -Sachims, merchants—For Board of trade quiet it becomes my duty, in opposition to the opinion of the o placet' Churchmen lawyers of British kirk, to state that the officers of the anti-slavery coast-guard ship San Jacinto, acted on "non-resident rule under the Municipal Acts of 21st year of Penn's Regulus parliament, Art. xx., by force of which no planter, or any of the preprietory, can leave the landboard without a notice of three week's market-place guarantee of debts under a justice certificate, the ship and captain aiding such persons' I lathe's, open to IMP. Indian* *right of search' law (Webster'd 242). Signed, .•• : : • 14. ANGELO, J. SOUTH WORTH, Cl. of Synode J. GitowDow, Speaker, Oct. 28, 1701)-Re-model'd, 1832-38. Negro trade `search' in CASS, by Palmerston, '57. So— . _ JAR-CONE s PERIGEE LONGITUDE-AUGURY -COMPASS -0 ' APFL'TOM GAP (-)PONTI SPIRIT-°-LBVEL. ON CINQUE PORTAL-ARC CURVE, LINE OF LATITUDE' IN - - Span-long ginq'nt 50 N. by Polar* above & below decline. soar—An p o.stre-geograph . • • : : to aover's 4. Arrow off and-on'Diepp's-Rouen to Lizard-rt. aerisle's Quadra culmination Tropic-wend elords minorga's Langue a'ock 40. N. Its state rope-lay Anchor L flag-tow'r pres-by Tyre round the fixt earth, as of Titus Vespasian's March-night zone-meter, year 79 on 1824-35's Life- nurg-Exchek*rjar ronevolute-Leet-crts.—on America's meridian'd 60. west N. and S. for its Turloch base line September like-evapora tive XaraYes Nile-a-metre'd lake, as the *ken pivot Dappes (3d Jag°. i.), of Villa-Bella' s Sack're-mentopez colony-1825 of Brazil, wrongfully province'd from ME in 1828. Sachims—The Illustrated London News, No. 1,119, page 538, gives us, Clarendon's caelineA, in Philadeph's Pensylvan-arna'rial /word scale, as H. 6, Keeper of the touch, 'resolution of its two councils' on Middletone's fons ore (' Fodinae -regales, of James I.'s 72 New River' share 1-plug in London's 1327-Goldsmith Co. of Philadelphia, ou England's royalty 36 ones £500) as tested by De' can° Henry Wotton and Montague, so CAR. H. 'Hyde's grant 1662's jar- Conenect-i-cut-18 to Penn's 81-1701, in Quaker's affirm act, 1749, on 1777 Indian responsibility-trust ; the whole land estate guarantee of the allies were transferred by commit t'>e of House of Commons (12th Feb., 1836, Gladstone and Buxton, chairmen, f r a NEW England dodge of ' lequ/iar' institution), with ursigned § Lay-oe'cones as their pa tron & advocate of Q-Ann -Bounty-acre, plantation 9ths. See, N. 4421 Aborigines' Report, 1837, to 2d March, 1841, London Convention (Philadelphia), by Bulo, Palmerston and Labouchere, through Daniel Webster and Perley, 3d Sept., '4l, electi- nof indian Peter, B. as successor to the 99 years' leases (12 to run, under the 14th George 111., 1774, for Seem° Jos. Brant, on old John Adams' sugges tion, whose Qu acre grandson is now here)—and approve at rhiladelph's Lancaster Duchy crt. Longbro, Gloster, '75 by Atkins § Edgcumbe Chamberlayne for (Hugh Chamberlen & Goldfmith Co's-1, N. River proprietary) Stegglesplug-1. Thus, Sachins, you learn the political cause for removing the Ohio, Florida-semioles & Georgil Cherokee Indians of the coast, 1000 miles west of the Mississippia, lodge-poised- North and South of Mount Pleasant, in the rear of the white faced slave-planters or builders, to prevent their black cattle mixing with the virgin races, thro' the Lan caster FRAME and Concessions 1746, Art. I—XIV., for mixt Coadjh Crt. of 6 Planters and 6 Native Indians, as reset on Admiralty Ecole of St. Paul's, Bermuda (10 M, by Philadel's partizan friends Coloniza-Off, Boston—Judge Jay-31 May, 1853. GREY. So Deerfoot's aye-Fellow scholarship' Trinity e-Col., Cambridge, 1861. 8 Dec.)—the term negro for Indian not in 1726 grant of Geo. I p 66. Hence ' New shire-crt foundation' on rnmch and British 3tys, Jan. & Nov., 1840, as prefac'd to Washington Extra dition Act for Indian (Sept. 3, 1841) elution of P. 'Basket,' the living repres , ntative of the Ashburton boundary capi tulaion, to personify Wotton & Penn-Ackerley's sworn -in successor as sponsor of Indian lady 1820—for Act of 1843's Empery (extra Ditio-nis) court, of ' Texas-hundred' 6 & 6 partners, for basis to the legislative law of England and all America, for outing the Filibuster-French-placet [1562 of Borromeo's Churchmen to pay taxes, 10ths, and forage subsidies' of Trent-council, for swamping by votes thro' the JPsuit-Lopez Louisiana'd negro-shift 3-5 for Indian voice in ccono] Exhibition-rs, on Elliott's May '5l Col. letter, TEVIOT as In re Trent—The arrest of Slidell and Mason, as contra-band illegal persons,' you perceive, is just, for trade quiet. Thus instant paid recognition of the Indian and state trustees below, tho' made the re-fileOt scapegoats of the Luther Calvin Swiss fraters de Sac'cis of the ' bronze'd-i-PENN-statue l'x-peace Society of friends. Sagmo's.—By pyre Odic longitude Act's on 1818 ('24-32 still pending), §1.9, subjects or subject, have equal rewards in all May-polar expeditions. Ye will now think deep of the danger of joining either party of the white faces or half caste Indian persuaders, and are hereby forbid from notic ing Fetish 'p/aced-proclamation's as headed in Times and Post of 16th Nov., " A Convention between ENGLAND, France, and Spain," and signed 31st Oct., 1861, whereby , you will perceive [that on such setting forth], the com mon law is not embraced in the said deed for the Indian's rights, or alien's of the contracting parties to keep peace on their soil. By " this" and reasons as follows so:—' " Command old words, that long' have slept—to wake, Words that wise Bacon, and brave Raleigh spake." . . 1. My Admiralty RED flag, is the War Gap-line one of Water .imits (the Flag Union of the crosses on 3 James I. is a Christian Jac°be Zollverein tradi ng flag k + x and not a belligerent by Ordnance issue T 343 o Jan. 31 1842, from the Tower), the Civile Service Merchant Flag, on board the z Car. 2 Portable-post-Office Trent, had not the white border to it—the Church having no flag. 2. That the mythic words British and Britain, whether St. George's or St. Patrick's Channel, for outing the word England from the log-wood 1782 Court christian sea charts, adopted without the sanction of Europe, contrary to the Justinian code base of the Roman X-span' Fuelros union courts of E-gal lace of 1521, and under 1764 trust, which was decided in the Angl'lot-iffpan'sh Texas 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. Sty, prior to Blucher and Wellington's signature [for restoration of the Jesuits of the 2d order of Melchisidek on a moving earth error' with it] the 17th "f June, 1815, th e eve , o f th e i r b a ttl e o f W a t er l oo ' s B raz il'd lgic Leopold-Pedro 2-ty's in 1828-30 of illegality. 3, The Papal impudence of Sir W. Gore Ouseley in collectingymnamthe, (seen signatures of the 800 Sachims for rebellion Central America, his Wabash'd Walker succession in for Bamber -S" Dapper-rrap. assnaiption f g igismund life tenure 1047, of from -England° aurunT-clad Savoy), for seizing by z e aused his papist envoy Captain Mexi co , lo be shot wo jndians, as sacrificing their nationalities to priests conventio n as manifest by late Morocca bullion theft for dynastic retro spects in violation of Ackerleyg',4. l , 4- n a;cre : : )11 , rave pivot parties, the benefit of all trust appointment of 29th Au including the parties, without distinctio ß n o o h f u e n r , e d ed p o h r ilc.olin i e l t la channel MoNuoE doctrine, [as of Queen, as the of official letter], which elected the Indianli. law's font, and recognised by Peel & Derby' s the King, of Prussia at Windsor Castle, 1842, as thnsaellid (Act of Poland's NW. red-Russia A-nurman of the cent years years Dutch loan act, 1832, disjoined with sect religion. Fourthly. The ' Lie -ratification of London' Gazett e , and not, within the f i fteen days, is illegal by act of Parlia ment on Extradition Texas-hundred trust, it being i n a sup-plernen t 'Whfty- , oloured persons being v oice-div orced in this Az‘fm , itlison'an institution' distrief•site of April, 1836. on Gladstone's comtee. of H. C. by U.S. Congress, '46. The foregoing Chain proves to ye'. Sachims Indians, Th ans, &c., that the Cabinets nam ed in this convention are engaged in carrying out. the dictum of Mr. CANNING in a convers° DOP-111S Romish sense, (in te , tal opposition to th leirislative unity of the Noninal!nnie standard measure of 1824 and 1835, for raising the revenue —under annual election of paid laymen—for guiding the world's trade by Joint corriffn) without ask of People's-arbit.a . below—so (6 & 61) "Scorn arbitration as a stain— (1 & 14 9th.] To ninth and tenth of William's reign." [nO 10th. ) Thus the civic ' Signor Neutro' gist of this letter, for my patr'?nal right, is [for monetary recognition of all dues from America upon primary colonization, well-intentioned, of the whites, nod evident decay of human nature, by their theft of our 1730 Indian nationality on, my life], by a brother and sisterly love for the future, under England's trust law, as (now disjoined with t- Pope, .S'-Churches or t-water sects late on minister's money) the cool-A 13 read-bag iso state. ileP;rEn BRANT BASQUET, America's MedaPd-sack°mO, - ',7 II (of Sac'mo J. Brant, 1775—Saemo Peter Toma s lB 410, of New Brunswick), Canada's Gaspe. Chief zontag ue x C ACKERLEY, P.C ., sworn in, L.S. B , a S, of I',al an d' s - t • comjn of Review, 1825-37, DOC. 24--London. ors §Wovrox' LYON BOWES, P.C. S ee The Sun, Nov. 16, 1861, Et ° cOE,,IGGIAi. ENGLISH OPERA, Under the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison' Unprecedented Combination of Attractions for the Christmas Holidays. Balfe's Greatest Success—the NEW OPERA, and the NEW COMIC PANTOMIME, EVERY EVENING. On BOXING NIGHT (THURSDAY), Dec. 26,1861, and the following Evenings, will be presented the New and Original Grand Romantic Opera, in Three Acts, entitled THE PURITAN'S DAUGHTER. • The Libretto by J. V. Bridc,reman. Supported by Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne; Mr. Santley, Mr. H. Corri, Mr. George Honey, Mr. Patey, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. T. Distin, 3fr. Wallworth, Mr. Eugene Dussek, Mr. C. Lyall, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. After which will be produced (written expressly by J. M. Morton), a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, A Trip to Brobdignag, a Peep at Lilliput, and a Flying Visit to Laputa. With entirely new Tricks, Transit ery, and Dres rmations, Decorations, Machinses. New splendid SCENERY, including the GRAND TRANS FORMATION SCENE, by W. CALCOTrE, in which will be represented new and patent effects never before attempted on the stage. Gulliver, Mr. W. H. Payne; Mrs. Guliiver, Mr. F. Payne. Principal danseuse, Mdlle. Lamoureux, supported by the Ladies of the-Corps de Ballet. The Harlequin/de sustained by the eminent Pantomimists, Messrs. H. Payne, F. Payne, H. Lauri, E. Lauri, S. Lauri, and Miss Jenny Lauri. NOTICE—A Morning Performance of the New Panto mime will take place on WEDNESDAY, Jan. 1, and on every succeeding Wednesday till further notice, commencing at Two o'clock. Carriages to be in attendance at Four. Stalls, 7s. ; Private Boxes, from 10s. 6d. tc £4 4s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Amphitheatre Stalls, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ' • Amphitheatre, is; Box-office open daily (except to-day, Monday, and Wednesday), from Ten till Five, Com mence at Seven. Places bucked without charge. pi EATRE•RWYAL, HAYMARKET, Lcssee, Mr. J. B. Buokstope. THURSDAY, Dec. 2n, Sterling Coyne's Comedy, BLACK SH EEr. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Howe, Villiers, Mrs. C. Young, Mrs. Wilkins, &c. After which, a Comic Christmas Pantomime, LITTLE MISS MUFFET AND LITTLE BOY BLUE ; or, Harle quin and Old Daddy Longlegs. Louise Leclercq, Charles Le clercq, Herr Cole, G. Becket, and Miss Rosine. Commence a 7 ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE , Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, the neriormanoPs will commence with THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING Mr. Walter Lacy and Mrs. St. Henry. After which, at "a quarter to Eight (37th time) the new and original Drama, entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. To conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, In which Miss Lydia Thompson will Dance the Volunteer Step. • - . Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. I-)OYALAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr A. Harris. BOXING NIGHT, Thursday, Dec. 26, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. After which will be produced, a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime. entitled WHITTING TON AND HIS CAT ; or, Harlequin King Kollywobbol and the Genius of Good Humour. The grotesque opening invented and written by Henry J. Byron, Esq., author of the Princess's Pantomime of " ;Jack the Giant Killer." The Scenery by Mr. James Gates, Mr. H. Cuthbert, and numerous assistants. Good Humour, Miss Helen Howard ; Princess Popsiwopsi, Miss Rose Leclereq; Alice, Miss Pauline Le clercq ; Messrs. Garden, Cathcart, Morland, Collett, Hast ings. Raymond ; Dick Whittington, Miss Maria Harris ; Robin Goodfellow and the Cat, Master John Haslem, of the celebrated Gabriel Ravel; Clown, Mr. Hildyard ; Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Colum bine, Miss Caroline Adams. Morning Performances will take place at Two o'clock on Monday, Dec. 30, and every fol lowing Monday till further notice. KI II REW THATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Great Attraction for the Holiday Week. TO-NIGHT (Christmas Eve) the great American Drama entitled THE OCTOROON ; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA : Messrs. Grace, Billington, Emery, Phillip 4, Jamison, Smith, Stephenson, Romer. Lewis ; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Mar ston, Miss C. Denvil, Miss Latimer, and Mrs. H. Lewis. After wh'ch, at 20 minutes past 9, the great Irish Drama of THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault, Mr. Fisher, Miss Woolgar, Box Office open Tuesday, Thursday, and during the week, from 10 till 5. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Immense Entertainment for the Christmas Holidays. Mr. MARSHALL'S Grand Christmas Dish, "THE EN CHANTED HASH " (SECOND EDITION), written ex pressly for him by W. F. Vandervell, Esq.—Mr. Frederick French, the great Shakesperian Burlesque Vocalist.—Mr. J. G. Forde.—Miss Harriet Coveney, and Miss Greene. Grand Selections from TROVA TORE and LA TR AVIATA. By Miss Russell, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, and full Chorus. Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls aiad Balcony, ls. CANTERBURY HALL.-VICTOR JULIEN, THE FLYING MAN " (from Paris), on the Trapeze, will make his First Appearance on MONDAY, the 30th De cember. 1 • HE 0 X F O RD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, EVERY EVENING. Selections from " LA CIRCASSIENNE," " Simon Boma mgrs.," and " Ernani," by Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, and Madame Enderssohn ; Messrs. Albert, W. Morley, Greene, and Greville. Full Band and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F. Madame Enderssohn (composed expressly for them). And Jonghmans. Varied Comic Entertainments by Messrs. W. Randall, M. P. Foster, E. Msrshall, and Sam Collins. Hall, 6d. ; Balcony and Stalls, is ; Private Boxes, 10s. ed. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 6h. 19m.—Afternoon, 6h. 43m. TO-MORROW. -Morning, 7h. 7m.—Afternoon, 7h. 34m. WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 24, 1861 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 43—:ighest since noon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day at noon.: BAROMETER-30.34. WlND—Easterly ; fresh, with fine sunshiny weather. 4-1 ) 9e • THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 24, 1861. The despatch of the French Government, which appeared in the late edition of The Sun yesterday, and which we therefore repeat to-day, will be read with unmixed satisfaction. We heard of It first from Berne, and when we see that it is dated Dec. 3, we feel half disappointed that it should not have " leaked out" before. The contents of it are so satisfactory, and the result of its transmission so likely to be . yet more so, that we seemed to have missed a hopeful fact which we might long ego have known. The Emperor of the FRENCH, if the Americans are just, and even true to their own inte rests—will certainly win golden opinions there, for he offers them the golden bridge for their retreat which it was so difficult for England to build them. But here there can be but one opinion of this well timed act. He appears in the honourable, the divinely bless ed character of peacemaker, and that without sacrificing in any way the hon our of either party, or the all-important principles of international justice. Probably not one single act of the EM PEROR'S reign can be pointed to which will appear in the review more disinterested and more worthy of a great power friendly to both parties. Ambition could not object to seeing two such strong naval powers weakening and wearying each other; domestic circumstances could not make him unwill ing to see a war begin, one of the first results of which would be to open the cotton ports, and enable 600,000 of his subjects to resume their industry; but the EMPEROR has honourably thrown aside every consideration in favour of loyalty to the interests of peace between two powers with which he desires to be friendly. Of course, this is a high and dignified position, but it is one obtained in the right way—in the way of influence for good. rameenaVtieabtinetiaonna so h_ajirdly conceive of the American Govern they insensate do, as w t e o r s e h j a e l e l t t h h a is ve dis e i v n e te n re m ate r d . COBDEN and Mr. BRIGHT giving them up, and pro nouncing them not only drunk but mad. The peace at-any-price men will become war-at-any -cost men, if they see a nation so demented as to refuse the friendly aid of their oldest national friend—when, too, his advice is offered on the ground of the universal interests of maritime nations. The law is argued, though briefly, yet with French clearness, whether the Commissioners be regarded as rebels or enemies. "If," says M. THOUVENEL, "to our regret, the Washington Cabinet should be disposed to approve the conduct of the commander of the San Jacinto, they must consider MM. SLIDELL au d MASON either as ene mies or as rebels. In either case there would be an extremely regretable forgetfulness of principle on which we have always found the United States agreed with us." And having disposed of both views of the case, he adds, on what has always seemed to us the all-important point, that " The Trent was not bound to a port belonging to either of the belligerents. It was carrying its cargo and passengers to a neutral country, and moreover, it was at a neutral port that it had taken them up. If it were admix• Bible that under such circumstances the neutral flag did not completely cover the persons and goods transported under it, the immunities of that flag would be a vain word; the commerce and naviga tion of third Powers would be liable to suffer at any moment for their innocent or even indirect relations with either of the belligerents. The latter would not have a right to require from the neu tral the most complete impartiality, and to inter dict him from being mixed up in any way with acts of hostility, but they would inflict restric tions upon the liberty of commerce and naviga tion which modern international law refuses to acknowledge as legitimate. There would be a re turn, in a word, to those vexatious practices against which in former times no Power protested more energetically than the United States." This com mon sense, and at the same time, legal view of the subject ought to be conclusive, with the Cabinet at Washington. We hope it will not tempt Mr. SEWAItD to display his subtlety in attempting to show that the reasons may be evaded, No doubt a lawyer can make a long story out of any case, but if it were discussed for twelve months, the state ment of M. THOIIVENEL would be that to which all must at last return. The neutral vessel sailing between neutral ports can by no legal legerdemain in the world be liable to do more than prove her cha racter, and ports of departure and arrival. Com merce of neutrals must otherwise be at the mercy of every two nations who see fit to quarrel. The French Foreign Secretary, in conclusion, makes the act of our Government so far the basis of the action his own, and proffers to the Cabinet of Washington the final advice, which it can hardly, we trust, venture to think of rejecting. " Lord LYoNs," he says, "is already charged to present the demand for satisfaction which the English Cabinet is under the necessity of making, and which consists in the immediate release of the persons taken from the Tront, and explanations which shall relieve the act of the captain of the San Jacinto of its offensive character to the British flag. The Federal Government would be inspired by a just and elevated sentiment in yielding to these demands. It is im possible to conceive any object or any interest that it could have to run the risk of provoking a rupture with Great Britain by assuming a different attitude. " For ourselves, who would see in such a rupture a com plication in every way deplorable of the difficulties with which the Cabinet at Washington has already to struggle, and a proceeding calculated to occasion serious uneasiness to all the Powers not parties to the present conflict, we think we are giving a testimony of loyal friendship to the Cabinet of Washington in not concealing from it our opinion." The American Ministers, if they go wrong, will certainly not do so without ample warning. A weekly contemporary says : ‘i Mr. Adams, the American Minister in London, des patched a fast-sailing steamer, which would outstrip Lord Russell's despatches, to Washington, warning Mr. Seward of the storm produced in England by the outrage on the Trent, and of the necessity of voluntary concessions, before the delivery of the formal demand for the restoration of the prisoners." Another tells us, as if from authentic informa tion, that Lord LYONS is to furnish Mr. SEWARD, unofficially, with the English despatch two or three days before it is communicated officially• This makes it all the more likely that the French despatch which, is dated only the day after own message to Lord LYONS, will also arrive in time to influence the decision. Under all these circum stances, a sinister decision at Washington now would show a determination to provoke a war a foregone conclusion, which we can hardly think probable. It might be very pleasant in one re spect for America to get clear of the Southern diffi culty by a greater one with England, but it would surely be in the phrase of her greatest philosopher, " paying too much for the whistle." If anything could by possibility endear the Roya Family more than ever to the hearts of the English ' people, it would be the manner in which her MA JESTY and her MAJESTY'S children have met and endured their late most bitter afliction. It is just simply impossible to read the account of yesterday's ceremonial in St. George's Chapel, at Windsor, without being touched to the soul by it. The clos ing words of the description which will be found in another part of our impression of this evening, we believe to be, in no syllable exaggerated. A more real grief, a more universal sorrow, we do feel per t fectly convinced never attended any other prince to the tomb within the memory of living man. The expressions used by the narrator are not for one single instant to be regarded in their ordinary and purely conventional aspect. Whenever anything is remarked to the effect that all were moved to tears, that there was not an eye but was dimmed— the words are to be taken literally. Nor can it be considered in any way remarkable that it should be so. It would only have been remarkable could the result by possibility have been otherwise. For even under ordinary circumstances, in the instance, let us say, of one who disappears from the scene without the snapping asunder of many dear familiar domestic ties, or, let us say again, in the instance of another who sinks into the grave full of years and honours, having long passed the allotted age of man—it is in no way surprising that the sub lime and everlasting truths articulated in that Wondrous Burial Service should move the very souls of those who are standing and listen ing to those Great Truths beside the Open Tomb. It was thus visibly and appreciably when the remains of Lord MACAULAY—dying though he had died grey-headed in his bachelor-home at Holly Lodge, upon Campden-hill, Kensington —were con signed to the earth with the same solemn rites under the roof-beams of Westminster Abbey. It was so profoundly, and almost without an exception, when, with a yet grander Pageant of Death, about the sublimest that could ever have been accorded to mortal man, the body of the Great Duke of WELLINGTON, octogenarian though he had been two or three years before his demise, was lowered to its last resting place beside NELSON, under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. Tears were shed upon both of those occasions, not merely by the immediate relatives of the deceased—and they were shed too, in each instance, not stintingly. Any one who chanced to notice the emotion manifested at MACAULAY'S funeral by the gentle-hearted Earl, now Lord-Lieutenant of. Ireland, will know that, saying this, we are not talking at random. While in the instance of the Funeral of the Duke of WELLINGTON, a t St. Paul's, the pathos o f t h at sublime spectac l e i s mat t er o f notoriety—i s thatmatter, amongone may atyhossaey,wohf who w h istory ere present while th e o ld Duke's coffin was being lowered int o ti ie crypt bene ath then the pavement of the cathedral, the beloved and illustri • ous Prince, whose corpse was yesterday interred in the Royal Vault at Win dsor, shed tears as the awful cere mony drew to its' close, or, it might be said, to its climax. But in' rcgard to yesterday's most affecting Interment, the appeal to the sensi- rnE (SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECPIMBER 24, 1861.1 bilities of those who were present at it were—how far more profound and poignant. ! The August Dead in this instance was not only one rarely gifted, and with countless claims upon our veneration, love, and gratitude. Here was the gentle Father, here was the tender Husband snatched suddenly from the midst of the home in which he has left behind Jim so many endearing remembrances—here was the first and noblest Pillar of the State abruptly prostrated—the Prince being struck down in the very pride and glory of his life : full of honours—certainly: but—of years—alas! No. It is not at every Funeral that the voice of the officiating clergyman fails altogether, as the voice of the Dean of WINDSOR failed him utterly, yesterday, so as to become at length quite inaudible. It is not again at every State sepulture that Garter King-at-Arms becomes inarticulate from emotion, so as to be absolutely incapacitated from reciting the style and titles of the deceased over his tomb. Yet eloquent incidents like these are henceforth to remain among the touching records of the PRINCE CONSORT'S Funeral. As to the grief of the Royal Mourners who were present, headed by the Chief Mourner, his Royal Highness the Heir Apparent, we regard that as too sacred a sorrow to be here expatiated upon—con tenting ourselves with a simple reference to the account given by the hand of an eyewitness of yesterday's ceremony—to the mention there made of the profound emotion manifested by the PRINCE CONSORT'S brother, the Duke of SASE COBURG, by his Royal Highness'a son.in-law the Crown Prince of PRUSSIA, but most of all by the young Prince ARTHUR—and—at the very last especially, while with clasped hands, taking his last look at his father's coffin—by the youthful Prince of WALES ! The last exquisite tokens of affection, coming by the hands of a QUEEN'S mes senger from Osborne to Windsor, arriving immediately before the closing up of the tomb : emblems of love, laid upon the coffin, from the hands of the widowed QUEEN and the three elder of the young Princesses—poor little perish able wreaths of moss and violet from the hands of the latter—from the hand and heart of the Royal Relict a simple bunch of violets with one white camellia. Not now— " I would give you some violets ; tut they withered all, when my father died :" But rather—for rue and rosemary reading still violets— " There's rue for you, and there's some for me :" And— " There's rosemary, that's for remembrance." The hero WILKES has now given us his own account of the feat pronounced so "gallant" at the Boston dinner by Governors and Judges. He de scribes his legal studies and their conclusion, and wonderfully clever they are for a sea-captain. Only the better captain the worse lawyer, and therefore we are in no way surprised to find the gallant WILKEs not able to supersede by gallantry the necessity of legal learning. Never was the adage—ne sutor ultra crepidam, better illustrated than in the miserable upshot of the aged seaman's aw. He committed only the small mistake of over looking the most vital fact of all—the one on which M. THOLTVENEL, doubtless instructed by the able jurists of France, lays his finger. He overlooked the fact that the neutral vessel was sailing neither to nor from a hostile port ; that she was bound from one neutral port to another neutral port, and that under those circuaistances nothing on board of her could by any possibility be contraband. We do not say that an intelligent sea captain, like all public persons, should not study international law, but we do say, that a sensible captain would con fine himself to obedience to orders, or he can never tell the trouble into which he may bring his coun try. He may rely upon it that on a question which sends him to legal studies he must be as likely to be wrong as right. The most intelligent public writers in England did not venture to commit themselves to an opinion before the gentle men " learned in the law" had delivered theirs. This was surely an indication of soundness of judgment, and Captain WILKES'S conduct was equally a presumption that he was sadly wanting in that quality. When he found that the ship was (me which he could not venture on public grounds to seize and detain, it might scarcely occur to him that that very fact was against him. It might have taught him that there really was something special in the character of a vessel by detaining which, numerous peaceful passengers, and numerous writers and expectants of letters would have been put to serious inconvenience. Condemn the Trent as a prize! We could wish he bad. We much doubt whether even American lawyers would not have quailed at the thought, and then a handsome sum would the gallant captain have had to pay for attempting to act the part of marine policeman and judge at the same time. But even had such judges proved faithless to international law, we may be quite sure that Lord PALMERSTON would instantly have ordered such reprisals as would have brought judges and captains, too, to their senses. The " learned and gallant" Captain doubtless well knew the sort of people he bad to do with on his own side the water. He could calculate on being a lion or a hero, in proportion to his defiance of England. The Bostonians exulted in the fact that he fired a shot across the bows surmounted by the British Lion ; if it was not much to fight a ship without guns, it was something to insult the ship of a country which had sa many guns at command, but which would never dare to use them against America or —. We may hope, however, that Captain WILKES has, by his mingled learning and gallantry, brought this style of thought and talk to an end. America will understand, we hope, henceforth that after having bullied us out of everything in Maine, in Oregcn, and in Cen tral America—after having sent our Ambas sador home with impunity, and done fifty other things almost as bad that—after all this we have seen our last of being bullied into concession. If fighting they must have, they will have it in future to their heart's content. Tne knowledge of this seems essential to inducing them to keep the peace, but they do know it now, and we hope therefore that it will prove that the WILKEs exploit has put an end to Yankee bullying of Eng land, and English concern for peace and quiet. THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.-011 Saturday, the 21st of December, Major Graham, the Registrar-General, attended at Windsor Castle for the purpose of superintend ing the civil registration of the death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consor4, previous to the funeral. The death was recorded in the. register-book of the Windsor district by Mr. Towers, the R egistrar of Births and Deaths, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales signing the entry as in formant " present at death." The fatal disease was re corded, " Typhoid fever; duration, 21 days," as certified in writing by the physicians who had been in attendance on the deceased. The private letters from New York state that the financial report of Mr. Chase, the Secretary of the Treasury, had produced a very unfavourable impression among the principal] bankers and merchants, and that on the evening previous to the departure of the present mail a meeting of Now York Banks had been held to discuss the crtestion of a suspenCon of specie payments. No decision had been arrived at, "but the result appeared to be inevit able at an early date. Meanwhile, it was understood that the Banks would intir sate to the Government their inability to enter into any furtiaer loan commitments. LATEST NE WS. TURIN, DEC. 23. An extraordinary sitting of the Senate was held this evening for the discussion of the Budget. In reply to the questions addressed to him by some of the senators, Signor Bastogi gave an explanatory statement of the Budget analogous to that which he has already made to the Chamber of Deputies. Signor Arnulfo disputed the conclusions drawn by the Minister, and stated that he believed the deficit for 1862 would be greater than had been estimated—that the yield of the new taxes was uncertain, and that no definite financial plan for the future had been presented to the Chamber, Signor Bastogi replied that the deficit for 1862 would be less than that for 1861, and said : "We are living in extraordinary times. If the produce of the tax be not sufficient it will be neces sary to have recourse momentarily to the issue of Treasury Bonds, as I have announced to the Cham ber of Deputies." Some of the Senators declared that the vote of the Senate on the Budget would neither express confi dence nor distrust in the Ministry, but that in view of the urgency of the case the propositions of the Government would be adopted. ROME, DEC. 23. In a Consistory, held this morning, the Pope expressed to the Cardinals his desire to proceed to the canonisation of 23 martyrs, who fell in Japan. The Pope also announced that another Consistory would be held for the nomination of three Arch bishops and ten Bishops, most of whom are Spaniards. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 24. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer City of Manchester, from New York on the Bth inst., has arrived. She brings she United States mails and 262 passengers ; both mails and passengers have been landed. The City of Manchester experienced easterly gales and high seas during her voyage home. Her news has been anticipated. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 23.—The market has not shown much animation, but the prices of Saturday have been maintained with but a very slight variation, Threes, for the Account, being now at 67f 30c. The following are the last quotations : ft per per Cents ... 95 Credit P wider llBO Do. end month.... 95 251 Belgian 41 99a 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 301 Roman Bank Shares 2960 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 717 50 Spanish Threes 49 Do. Account 720 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1295 .. 1297 50 Northern New ditto 9lO .. 912 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 1006 25 .. 1007 50 Geneva . Southern 657 50 .. 660 Western Eastern .... Sardinian 335 .. 337 50 Austrian Lowbard 5OB 75 .. 510 THE MEXICAN EXPEDITION. La Presse has the following : " A despatch which arrived in Paris this morning, and which we give with all reserve, announces that the Spanish expedition assembled at Cuba has left that island without awaiting the arrival of the English and French divisions. It is said that Spain intends commencing operations against Mexico immediately. Marshal Serrano is said to have as sumed the supreme command of the Spanish troops." La Patrie says : "It is asserted that the Spanish expedition against Mexico left Havannah on the 3d December, under the com mand of Marshal Serrano, Captain-General of the Island of Cuba. The Marshal, it is said, proposed storming Vera Cruz, and marching on Mexico. It is said that Marshal Serrano has received despatches announcing the existence of a vast conspiracy against the lives of the Spaniards living in Mexico, and it is with the object of saving his country men that he has started without waiting for the last instruc tions sent from Europe." WINTER MARCHING IN CANADA. The following extract from the Statistical Report on the Health of the Troops, presented to Parlia ment in 1853, gives the result of the march of the regiments from New Brunswick to Canada in December, 1837: " The 43d and 85th commenced their march (from New Brunswick to Canada) in December, 1837 ; the 34th in January, 1838 ; and the 11th in the December following. The route was by the line of the St. John River, the banks of the Madawaska, and the shores of Lake Tamisconta, thence across the Portage to the village of St. Andre, and by the right bank of the St. Lawrence to Quebec. The journey was performed for the most part in sleighs on the New Brunswick side, and carioles in Lower Canada. Extra clothing was issued to the men, and every possible care taken to protect them from cold. They moved by compa nies, which followed each other in daily succession. At night they were billeted in barns and houses, and, when these could not be obtained in log huts previously erected for the occasion, and in which fires were kept up night and day. " The following table, compiled from a diary kept by the surgeon of the 3 tth, who accompanied the last division of that regiment, will serve to illustrate the distances per formed daily, and the degree of cold to which the men were exposed. " Notwithstanding the unseasonable period of the year, and the exposure to intense cold, these marches were ac shed withcut sickness or loss of any consequence. 3d only left one man behind, who was attacked with ►onia on the line of march. The 85th left another F pneumonia, and also one of hmmatemesis, which .tely proved fatal ; a man of that corps was also frozen th while in a state of intoxication. The 11th had a r casualty, but no death from disease."—Statistical t, p. 200. compl The 4 pneui case a ultimal to dent similar Repor 1838. From Jan 201 21 221 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 301 - 31 S . John's George Town Halt at Fredericton Name of Station not given Do. Gland Falls eorge Town Fredericton Do. Do. Name of Station not given Grand Falls nadawaskaSet tlement Halt on account of weather Madawaska Lop, - house in , Forest Feb. 1 - 2 al - 4 - 51 1 Across Tamis- - 61 - 71 cont.. Across the Por tage Do. St. Andre iliviere Ouelle L'lslet ISan Michel ; Lake St. Audi e Riviere Ouelle L'lslet San ➢lichel Point Levi In 8 7 8 8 7 Route and State of Weather—Ja] ~ 20, on the ice, St. John's River; bright and clear; wind, N.W., strong. 21st, on the ice, St. John's River; clear; wind, N.E., calm. 22d, on the ice, St. John's River; bright and clear; wind, N., calm. 23d, on the ice, St. John's River ; fine; wind, N. morning, S. afternoon. 24th, on the ice ; thick, with snow, mild; wind, S. and S.W. 25th, partly on ice, and partly on road; warm and cloudy; wind, S. nearly, calm. 26th, chiefly road ; last hour heavy rain anl fog; wind, S. nearly, warm. 27th, chiefly road ; clear and fine ; wind, N. 28th, chiefly ice; cloudy ; wind, N.E., and N. in the even ing; snow very deep. 29th, chiefly ice; boisterous ; wind, N.W., strong. 30th, chiefly ice; blowing a gale ; wind, N.W., with thick snow. 81st, on the ice; very cold; wind) N.W., with some snow ; snow very deep and sloppy. Feb. 1, on th© ice; wind, N.E., with some snow; road heavy. 2d, road ; fine and clear ; wind, N.; night very cold. 3d, ditto. 4th, road ; clear; wind, S,E., gentle breeze, sth, road ; wind, S.W. and W. ; a little snow. 6th, roads hilly; wind, after noon, N.E., and cold. 7th, wind from S.W., very strong. THE DEATH OF COLONEL KIN GSCOTE.—The Gloucester Journal records the death of Colonel Thomas Henry Kingseote, after an illness of only a short duration, at his seat at Kingscote-park, Gloucestershire, on Thurs day last. "He had been labouring under an affection of the heart, and about a week ago the disease assumed so aggravated a character that ho was compelled to take his bed, and though nature made one or two attempts to rally, the vital powers at length gave way. To `all to whom he was known his death will be a subject of sincere lamenta tion, and to none more than those who lived in his own immediate neighbourhood." L tr. • `AA 4:2 ,- ,••• 4_> , -4 0 -- THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT. When the grave closed yesterday over our lost Prince the Garter King at Arms stood forth to proclaim his titles. We, in our place, have now to detail the leading events of his career and to chisel the dates upon his tomb. The dates are few, and the career is, above all, remarkable for its calmness. Seldom before has so much greatness been cotn- bined with so much of shadow and of silence. _ The temple of fame for Prince Albert has risen somewhat like the Temple af Jetusalem, without the sound of the busy work man hewing and hammering. A life of silent growth and unobtrusive work has yielded most precious fruit and has left a noble example, but its marked events are few ; and the Prince Consort will no doubt hereafter be more famous for what he has been than for what he has done. Through the accident of his position, what he has done cannot easily be put into a tangible shape and meted out by line and rule. What he was we can easily appreciate, and run little risk of overrating. His Royal Highness Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel, Prince Ccnsort, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, was born at Rosenau Castle, about I four miles from Coburg, on the 26th of August, 1819. The family f om which he sprung was remarkable for its ability, and of late years has acquired enormous influence in Europe. At this moment it is the strongest of all the reigning fami lies in the world, and holds a prouder position than that of any Hapsburgs or Bourbons a old. For renown, we need not go back to the time when the ancestors of Prince Albert were Margraves of Meissen and Electors of the Empire. The rise of the Coburgs into a first-rate position in European politics is but a few years old ; their rise into anything of importance is not half a century old. The fortunes of the family were laid by Prince Albert's grandfather, the Duke Francis Frederic Anthony, who had a family of seven children. The first of these who took a position was Prince Leopold ; he married the Princess Charlotte, who seemed destined to establish 'he Coburg dynasty on the British throne, and he has suc. ceeded in fixing that dynasty on the throne of Belgium. After him came the Princesss Victoria, who, marrying the Duke of Kent, had the happiness of providing an heir—her Most Gracious Majesty,Coburg on the mother's side—for the British Crown. There was another brother, Prince Ferdi nand; he had a son, named after himself, who married the Queen of Portugal, and through whom it now happens that a Coburg reigns in Lisbon. Another Prince of the same family, Augustus by name, married a daughter of Louis Philippe, and indeed there are three intermarriages between the Coburg and the Orleans families, binding fast together the two chief Royal Houses in Europe. We reserve to the last all reference to Duke Ernest, the eldest son of Duke Francis Frederic Anthony. He had the paternal dominion of Saxe Saalfeld Coburg, which was afterwards changed to Saxe-Coburg Gotha. He had not so large a family as his father. He had only two sons, but these two have in diffe rent ways kept up and spread the power of the house. It was but the other day that the elder, now Duke of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha, took the rather unusual course of giving _`FI It 6,4raiv 0g Ex Ea, t , E.( deg. deg. 16 I 21 16 2( 12 1'; 2213. 33 3115 18 1 3111 G 1 8 to the world an account of his career. Some of his revela tions were as curious as the fact of his writing a book a: all, and proved the simplicity of his character. Still he showed in these pages how far his ideas were in advance of those current among the crowned heads of the Continent— how pure were his motives, how noble his purpose ; and, though the work was to some extent a confession of failure, its effect was to raise the author in public esteem and to add to his moral influence. For his younger brother, who has gone down to the dust before him, a much brighter destiny was reserved. It has been his lot to plant the Co burg family in England, and to have made himself a name that will never die in the history of the greatest Empire which the world has seen. His son, a Duke of Saxony, will one day wield the British sceptre. His daughter, a Duchess of Saxony, is now the Crown Princess of Prussia. Others of his blood are ripe for new alliances, and it was in his person that the Coburg family became the most power ful in the world. Of Prince Albert's education much has been said, but to us the chief point of interest is that it has been the model upon which he has improved in the education of his son, the heir apparent. It was diversified as much as possible, the young man being never left very long in any one place. At first the Prince, together with his elder brother, pursued his studies at the Castle of Ehrenberg, under his father's eye. So they remained until 1835, when Prince Ernest was 17 and Prince Albert 16 years of age. They were then taken by their father to visit the Courts of Berlin,Vienna, and Dresden, and to travel through Hungary. In May of the following year the Duke took his children to another Court—that of St. James's, where King William reigned. During this visit they stayed at Kensington Palace with the Duchess of Kent ; and here the first meeting between Prince Albert and the Prin cess Victoria took place. From London the two Princes went to Paris gn a visit to Louis Philippe, two of whose daughters bad married two of their uncles. And having thus got a glimpse of the world, they went to Brussels, partly to be near their uncle, King Leopold, partly to con tinue their studies. They had an English later, and they had the advantage of studying mathematics under Quetalet, who had the very highest opinion of Prince Albert's abilities. Thus prepared, the brothers were now fit for the University of Bonn, which they entered as students of law, and where they attended a great variety of lectures, some on the clas sics, some on statistics, those on jurisprudence, those on history, on philosophy, now and again cn mathematics. Among the names of the learned men whose acquaintance the Princes sought are mentioned Welcker and Schlegel. In the meantime their education in other arts than those which a university teaches was not neglected. They studied poetry, music, and drawing. Prince Albert could boast some skill as a composer of music, and he made considerable progress as a painter. So the br others lived for three terms at the University of Bonn, giving their vacation to a tour on foot into Switzerland and the North of Italy. In 1839 their formal education might be regarded as complete; in that year Prince Albert, then but 20, was declared of age, and towards the close of it he found himself, together with his brother, again at the Court of St. James's, now ruled by the young maiden Queen, their cousin. The Queen gave her heart to Prince Albert, and was mar ried to him en the 10th of February in the following year . At a meeting of her Privy Council in the previous Novem_ bar she announced her intention of forming this union, and her words are memorable. " I have caused you to be sum moned," said her Majesty, "in order that I may acquaint you with my resolution in a matter which deeply concerns the welfare of my people and the happiness of my future life. It is my intention to ally myself in marri, ge with Prince Albert of Saxo-Coburg and Gctha. Deeply im pressed with the solemnity of the engagement which I am about to contract, I have not come to this decision without mature consideration, nor without feeling a strong assu rance that, with the blessing of Almighty God, it will at once secure my domestic felicity and serve the interests of my country." These anticipations have hitherto been ful filled to the utmost. Of the Queen's domestic felicity, and the bright promise of her family of four sons and five daugh ters, not a word has been said more than the truth. Upon the more public question, as to the service which Prince Albert performed for the nation, the point which especially calls for remark is —that, having done a great work, and having fairly earned a great reward, his merits were never fully recognized, and it is not until we have lost him that we have discovered all his worth. Now, in making this admission we appear to be blaming ourselves—we seem to confess an injustice. In rendering Prince Albert, however, his due weed of praise, let us render to the English people their due. The, Prince was some 20 and odd years among us. During the first half of these he could have been but little more than a learner—learning our language, learning our history, learning our ways. Ten years is but a short time for a foreigner to become naturalised among us, and it was not till 10 years had elapsed that Prince Albert made his first mark in this country. All that time he had been taking root. At the end of it he felt the ground firm beneath him, and he struck out the idea of the Great Exhibition. It was a success, but we, at this distance of time, forget the novelty of the idea, and the doubtfulness with which it was received by men of eminence, such as the Duke of Wellington. Prince Albert, high as his position eves, could scarcely have trusted himself to carry out that scheme in the face of coldness and opposition before he had felt himself thoroughly master of the situation. The result of that work was to him an immense accession of popularity. People began to discover that he had a will and a mind of his own, and that the country had somewhat to learn from him. Now, it is only from that time that Prince Albert can properly be said to have attained his true position ; and therefore it is only fir about 10 years that we have had real experience of him at the head of affairs. But, considering the nature of his work, 10 years is a very short time for the discovery of a man's reputation. It will show how slowly his anonymous kind of work comes to be known and appre ciated, if we call to mind the outcry that was raised against him eight years ago, for his alleged improper interference in State affairs. Lord Aberdeen and others of our great statesmen crushed the outcry by adaiittine the facts. It was admitted that Prince Albert had been present at the interviews of her Majesty mith Ministers, was in the habit of seeing all State papers, and continually advised the Queen. But how could it be otherwise ? How was it possible to reverse the relations of husband and wife ? The answer was complete ; but the most remark able thing about the whole affair was that for 13 years the Prince had been married to the Queen, and yet it never en tered into the minds of those who raised the scandal that the Royal wife would have to turn to leer husband for support and guidance. The Prince's work was of the anonymous kind, and if it was not fully app. eciated, it was chiefly be can e it was little known. That his merits were not entirely recognised is not an injustice, but a pure accident, which time would quickly have rectified. We may say roundly that the Prince had been bat 10 years in the fulness and in the consciousness of bis powers. But a few years more and he would have been thoroughly understood. With regard to the part of the Prince's work which was not anonymous, and which was regarded as peculiarly his awn, full justice has been done to his reputation. With an income of little more than £30,000 a- year, his means were fettered, but yet he accomplished great things. In him all the fine and the useful arts had a meet ardent patron. His taste in music was very refined, and no man has done so much as he to direct the musical inclinations of the metre polls. The sculptors and painters can tell how he encou raged and led them. Even in the lower details of decorative art his influence has been profoundly felt, and those who might set their judgments in opposition to his could not fail to acknowledge the importance of his example in attach ing weight to the details of decoration. His interest in ag riculture was exhibited in his farms, and in the zeal with which he contended for the prizes at Agricultural Shows. In manufactures he took an equal interest, and was always ready to do his part in any great a üblic undertaking—the opening of a bridge, the commencement of a railway, the laying of the foundation stone of docks or of a museum. One of the points in his career wi , h which he was most satisfied was his Presidency of the British Association ; and on assuming that office he made one of his best speeches. His speeches on public occasions were collected together same years ago, and form a remarkable testimony to his powers. The thought is always good, oftenoriginal, and the moral tone throughout is pitched high, although every thing is in good taste. The only weak part is the style, which, while manly and quite correct, is sometimes rather involved and on the borders of a haze. If, however, we complain of any deficiency of terseness and lucidity, we do not forget that the author is a German who had a Ger man education, and from that point of view cannot praise the writing too much, as the triumph of a strong mind. Sometimes, indeed, his words rose into eloquence of no mean order. His voice is now hushed for ever. How sadly he will be missed in the coming time—in many a scientific gathering, in many an artistic meeting I Notably, how will his presence be wanting to that Great Exhibi tion springing up under his auspices at Kensington I Ho will be the more thought of because of his absence, and he will live more in our hearts because he is dead to our eyes.—Times. IMPORTANT FRENCH DESPATCH TO IVASEINGTON. The following highly important diplomatic des patch has been addressed by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs to the representative of France at Washington : " THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE FRENCH MINISTER AT WASHINGTON. " Paris, Dec. 3, 1861 " Monsieur,—The arrest of MM. Mason and Slidell on board the English packet Trent by an American cruiser has produced in France, if not the same emotion as in England, at least great astonishment and an extreme sensation. " Public opinion at once inquired, with anxiety for the consequences, whether such an act could possibly be legitimate, and there cannot be the slightest doubt of the general impression. The act seems to the public so entirely at variance , A ith the ordinary rules of international law that it throws the responsibility exclusively upon the commander of the San Jacinto. " We cannot know yet whether this supposition is well founded, and the Emperor's Government has therefore felt called upon to consider the question raised by the capture of the two passengers on board the Trent. The desire to contribute to pre vent a conflict,which is, perhaps, imminent, between two powers towards whom it is animated by equally friendly sentiments, and the duty of maintaining with a view to put the rights of its own flag beyond the danger of attack—certain princi ples essential to the security of neutrals, have, after mature reflection, convinced the French Govern ment that it cannot remain completely silent under existing circumstances. " If, to our great regret, the Washington Cabinet should be disposed to approve the conduct of the commander of the San Jacinto, they must consider MM. Slidell and Mason either as enemies or as rebels. In either case there would be an extremely regrettable forgetfulness of principle, on which we have always found the United States agreed with us. " On what ground, in the first supposed case, can the American cruiser have arrested MM. Mason and Slidell ? The United States have admitted, with us, in treaties concluded between the two countries, that the freedom of the flag extends to persons found on board, even though they be ene mies, except in the case of military men actually in the service of the enemy. MM. Mason and Slidell were, therefore, by virtue of this principle, which we have never found any difficulty in getting inserted in our treaties of friendship and commerce, perfectly free under the neutral flag of England. " It wiji,not, doubtless, be pretended that they could be considered as contraband of war. What constitutes contraband of war is not, it is true, precisely settled; the limits are not absolutely the same for all powers, but, as far as regards persons, the stipulations found in treaties relative to mili tary persons clearly define the character of the in dividuals who alone are liable to be captured by belligerents. " Now it cannot be necessary to demonstrate that MM. Mason and Slidell can in no way be assimi lated to persons in this category. There would, therefore, remain no ground to explain their cap ture but the pretext that they were bearers of official despatches from the enemy. But this is the place to call to mind a circumstance which overrides the whole case, and shows the conduct of the Ame rican cruiser to have been unjustifiable. " The Trent was not bound to a point belonging to either of the belligerents. It was carrying its cargo and passengers to a neutral country, and, moreover, it was at a neutral port it had taken them up. If it were admissible that under such circum stances the neutral flag did not completely cover the persons and goods transported under it, the immu nity of that flag would be a vain word; the com merce and navigation of third powers would be liable to suffer at any moment for their innocent, or even indirect, relations with either of the belligerents. The latter would not only have a right to require from neutrals the most complete impartiality, and to interdict him from being mixed up in any way with acts of hostility, but they would inflict restrictions upon the liberty of commerce and navigation which modern international law refuses to acknowledge as legitimate. There would be a return in a word to those vexatious practiees against which in former times no power protested more energetically than the United States. " If the Washington Cabinet should regard the two persons arrested as rebels, whom it has always a right to seize, the question, though shifting its ground, could not be more resolved in a sense favourable to the commander of the San Jacinto. In such a case there would be a contempt of the principle in virtue of which a ship is held to be a portion of the territory whose flag it bears, and there would be a violation of the immunity which forbids a foreign sovereign to exercise jurisdiction on that territory. It cannot doubtless be necessary to call to mind the energy with which the United States has, on every occasion, defended this immu nity, and the right of asylum, which is a copse- quence of it. "Without wishing to enter upon a more thorough discussion of the question raised by the capture of MM. Mason .and .Slidell, I have said enough, I think, to show that the Cabinet of Washington can not, without infringing those principles which all neutral powers are alike interested in maintaining, nor without putting itself in contradiction with its own conduet up to the present time, give its appro bation of the conduct of the San Jacinto. In this state of things the Cabinet of Washington cannot, in our opinion, hesitate as to the course to be taken. " Lord Lyons is already charged to present the demand for satisfaction which the English Cabinet is under the necessity of making, and which con sists in the immediate release of the persons taken from the Trent, and explanations which shall relieve the act of the captain of the San Jacinto of his offen sive character to the British flag. The Federal Go vernment would be inspired by a just and elevated sentiment in yielding to these demands. It is im possible to conceive any object or any interest that it could have to run the risk of provoking a rupture with Great Britain by assuming a different attitude. " For ourselves who would see in such a rupture a complication in every way deplorable of the difficulties with which the Cabinet at Washington has already to struggle, and a proceeding calculated to occasion serious uneasiness to all the powers not parties to the present conflict, we think we are giving a testimony of loyal friendship to the cabi net of Washington in not coircealing from it our opinion. " I request you, sir, to take the first opportunity of speaking frankly with Mr. Seward, and, if he should desire it, to leave him a copy of this despatch. —Reeeive, &c., " THOUVENEL." A dividend of 10 per cent., free of income tax, on the capital stock of the Scottish Union Insurance Company will be payable to the obareholderti on and after the 2d proximo.