The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-18 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tais DAY.—Morning, 2h. 30m.—Afternoon, 2h. 48m. To-stonnow.-Morning, 3h. 7m.—Afternoon, 3h. 25m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 18, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45 —;'ghost since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.0. WlND—North-Westerly ; rather fresh, with dull, cold weather. , •tet, t. EXCELLENCE WITH ECONOMY. GEORGE 'HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street (4ENERAL MOURNING FOR TILE PRINCE CONSORT.—GEORGE HOBSON respectfully invites the attention of the nobiiity, gentry, and public to his super fine West of England woaded black cloths, for frock, dress, and Beaufort coats, £2 15s. to £3 105. ; black doeskin and Oxford mixture trousers, 21s. to 255. A large stock of new trouserings and waistcoatings, adapted expressly for mourn ing, 21s. to 255. A large stock of over coats kept to suit the taste of all, and from w hich orders can be promptly executed. Young gentlemen's over coats and capes, price 21s. to 30s. ROYAL co E vE N NT G GA L R I D S EN H OPERA, Under the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. Wm. Harrison, Sole Lessees. wf. THIS EVENING, THE PURITAN'S DAUGHTER. Alias Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. Santley, A. St. Albyn, Corri, G. Honey, Patey, Lyall, W allworth, T. Distin, E. Dussek, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. To conclude with THE TOY MAKER. Mr. 11. Haigh, G. Pyne; Mesdames Susan Pyne and Thirlwall, Commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office open from Ten to Five daily. No charge for hovking, or fees to Box-keepers. Tki EA Tit IA• kV) Y HAYMARKET, Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buokstour. TILTS EVENING, FAMILY JARS. Mr. Compton and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. To be followed by OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dunireary, Mr. Suthern. Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Farren, Mrs. C. Young, After which, MY AUNT'S ADVICE. Mr. Howe, Mr. Sotheran, Miss Oliver, &c. To conelude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence a 7 ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager--Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, the nertormanoes will commence with THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING Mr. Walter Lacy and Mrs. St. Henry. After which, at a quarter to Eight (33d time) the new and original Drama, entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmun t 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. }OPAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, JEANETTE'S WEDDING. Miss M. Barris and Mr. IT. Widclicomb. After which, at Eight o'clock, Shakespeare's tragedy of OTH ELLO, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments. Othello, Mr Pechter, PRINCESS'S THEATRE ROYAL. Mr. W. CARPENTER'S BENEFIT TO-MORROW. The friends of Mr. Carpenter are respectfully informed that the Committee have arranged for his Benefit to take place at the PRINCESS'S TO-MORROW, when a Dramatic Enter tainment will be given which it is hoped will be found worthy of general support. In addition to THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH and THE BLUE JACKETS by the talented Artistes forming the Princess's Company, Mrs. Stir ling has kindly consented to deliver an Address, written and presented by John Oxenford, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul will give a portion of their Entertainment, including, the Burlesque of GOOD QUEEN BESS ; and VANDYKE BROWN, in which Mr. J. Clarke, Miss Bufton, and Miss Lavine (from the Strand Theatre, by the kind permission of H. V. Swanborou„,rh), and Mr. Cathcart will appear. Boxes from One-and-a-Half to Three-and-a-Half Guineas, and Tickets—Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circles, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s.—may be secured at the Box-office, and at Messrs. Mitchell's, Sams s, Bubbs's, and Hookham's Libraries, and of the Members of the Committee. Gallery, ls. EW THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY HORSEBREAKER. 31r. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford, and Miss Woolgar. And TPIE OCTORoON; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA ; Mr. and Mrs. Dion Bonclegult, Messrs. Billington, Emery, Phillip, Jamison, Stephenson, Smith, Romer. Lewis, Mrs. Billington. Mrs. 11. Marston, Miss C. Denvil, Miss Latimer, and Mrs. H. Lewis. To conclude with a new Farce, MARGERY DAW. Doors men at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. C VNTERBU RY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. LAST WEEK of MR. SAII COWELL, who will, - at Eleven o'clock, sing several favourite Songs, including " THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT." Grand Selections from STRADELLA. and LA PitAVIATA, By Miss Rusercll, Miss )Ernst, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Herbert, &c. Solos by Herr Sesselberg, the great Basso. Comic—Mr. Marshall, in "John Bull, or they don't bam boozle me ;" Mr. Randall, from "The Oxferd ;" Mr. Wood and his talented son, and Miss Harriet Coveney. Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, Bd.; Stalls and Balcony, Is. CANTERBURY HALL.-GRAND CHRIST MAS ENTERTAINMENT, by Mr. E. MARSHALL. "THE ENCHANTED HASH SECOND EDITION," (Written expressly for him.) Commencing on BOXING-NIGHT. CANTERBURY HALL. -M. VICTOR JULIEN, " THE FLYING MAN," from Paris, will make his First Appearance on the 30th December. THE O X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. Selections from " LA CIRCASSIENNE," "Simon Boom nt,ra," and " Ernani," by Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, and Madame Enderssohn; Messrs. Albert, W. Morley, Greene, and Greville. Full Band and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F. Jongtmans. Balfe's new ballads by Miss Russell and Madame Enderssohn (composed expressly for them). And Varied Comic Entertainments by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs. W. Randall, Sam Collins, Harvey and French (The Nerves), E. M9rshall, and SAM CO YELL. Hall, ed. ; Balcony and Stalls, Is ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. ~~ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECE MBE R 18, 1861. THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18, 1861. Some Americans here tell us that there will be no war now. They are aware that their country ig too weak to fight a first-rate Power while all their energies can make no sensible impression on a civil enemy at home. They will therefore, we are told, make their submission this time, but with a purpose in reserve. The war of Secession is to be settled, and then will be the time to insult England, pick a quarrel with her, and show that the stripes and stars can flog all the world. When we thus write we give not mere rumour, but the lan guage which has been held by Americans of high social position and extensive practical knowledge, within the circle of our acquaintance. We may regret it. We may endeavour to shew the unreasonableness of such feelings and determi nations on their part, but we fear it is a fact not to be doubted that they exist—that the gentle men whom we have in view but too accurately represent a common feeling in the North at this moment. Happily, if the present clouds blow over, there will be little danger from fresh ones. The fully prepared state of England is the conductor which conveys harmlessly away the present wrath of Ameri cans, and when the next threatening occasion comes the Canadian boundaries will also be in a state safely to conduct a second gathering of anti-English wrath to the earth. We are little concerned about the future, that will take care of itself, nor, indeed, about the present, except that, in common with all the civilized world, we must regard it as an atrocious crime should the Americans force on a war, s i mp l y to keep possession of two persons whom they have illegally captured. Never had we less reason to fear a war so far as confidence in our resources to meet it is concerned, but if war there be, never surely would so much blood be shed for a cause, on the other side, so wholly unjustifiable. Our readers will have seen day by day, how energetically our Government is preparing for the worst—most wisely—should it come, all will say so; should it not come, we may deem it certain that the cheaper and more really humane course of adequate prepara tion, has prevented the more costly and painful one of tempting the other party to attack by our want of preparation. So far as it goes the news of this morning is a little more peaceful. We are not told in the tele- Rram how, when, and where the declaration was ' ls4 e by the PRESIDENT that he meant to be pru dent in his foreign policy, and that there was no fear of war with Great Britain except, in the very unlikely ease•of her seeking a pretext for it. Assum ing that he has thus expressed himself, it shows that ho feels for himself, what all the world must know of his case, that he has as much work on his hands of the belligerent kind as he can attend to. The slight fling at us of supposed absurd, or undig nified conduct may be tolerated under the necessity which a comparatively illiterate and ill-bred man feels of saying something with a little bounce in it, when he has been expressing himself with un familiar moderation. It means nothing. It is wholly intended for the ears of New York, and we must now add, Boston: When it is added that no anxieties are felt by the administration on the sub ject, we suppose we are to understand, that they contemplate no conduct on their part, which could give rise to a war. There are other matters of some interest. The question of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia is referred to a committee. No fact is more disgraceful to the free States than their having so long winked at the abomination of retaining slavery and even a slave mart, in the little territory , ten miles square originally, which was placed under the absolute control of Congress. It was the brand of the slave-power on the whole admini stration of the States, and was justly resented by all the opponents of slavery. There seems also, unless some special circumstances qualify the act—something much bolder than we have yet read of in the liberation of a fugitive slave at Washington by the Federal Government itself. Some Federal successes are spoken of—one in eastern Tennessee, in which many Confederates were killed ; another, of the retreat of the Con federates in Missouri ; but we have learned to receive such accounts with caution, nor would they be of any value unless they really support the PRESIDENT'S assertion, that all the border States are secured for the Union. At Port Royal the troops appear to be making reconnaisances, and are even said to have approached within 20 miles of Charleston—to have captured some batteries and spiked the guns. The Confederates were destroy ing the cotton, but already much of it has been seized. The slaves appear to be waiting the time when they can join the North with safety. Other points near Charleston and Savannah are threatened. It is even said that General Wool, at Fort Monroe, has demanded troops for an advance on Richmond. If this movement, which was one of the first expected here, could be effectively executed, General BEAUREGARD must retreat or have M'CLEL LAN in his front and WOOL in his rear. A few days more, and we shall have buried our Dead. Monday, the twenty-third instant, is the date fixed for the solemn sepulture of the remains of his Royal Highness at Windsor. The Prince Consort breathed his last, it appears, in the King's Chamber—the very same apartment in which the two last sovereigns, GEORGE IV., and WILLIAM IV. expired. The remains of his Royal Highness will, at . noon on Monday, be interred among all that is mortal of the later Kings of England. In compliance with a wish to that effect expressed by the Prince himself, the Funeral ceremony will be conducted as privately as may be in any way compatible with the re spect due to the memory of the august position of the deceased. It is but fitting that the dead body of the Husband of Queen VICTORIA should be conducted to its last resting place with a certain awful pomp and ceremonial. There will be no Lying in State, however, no Torchlight Proces sion. The inner coffins have already been sealed or soldered up, by which means, almost more effec tually than by the old aromatic system of embalm ing, the ravages of decomposition are for a long while repelled. In testimony of which we have only to recall to mind the extraordinary revelation of NAPOLEON'S remains, twenty-one years ago, at the period of their disinterment. When, upon the innermost coffin being opened for a few instants' inspection of all that might be left to view of the world's great " Conqueror and Captive," his re mains, after nineteen years' repose in the tomb, were found to be yet in a perfect state of preserva tion. As was sung at the time by the northern lyrist— " Tranquilly there Napoleon lay revealed, Like a king sleeping on his own proud shield." Beyond all the pomp proffered to the memory of the departed Prince by the religious rites and the courtly pageants with whichhis inanimated form will on Monday next, be conveyed to the Royal Vault, at Windsor, there is the prolongation and perman ence of that universal sympathy for his Royal Highness's QUEEN-RELICT which has already been lavished upon her great grief, and which will never be wanting to her MAJESTY in the abound ing sensitiveness of the popular remembrance. Whenever those pass away from the public scene whom we all recognise as having done their part nobly in the general interests, the instinctive yearning is, with the multitude at large, to attest to after times by some fitting Testimo nial—not so much the fame that is independent of all merely perishable monuments, as the grateful appreciation of that fame by the contemporaries of the great or good man gone. This instinctive eagerness on the part of every generous-hearted community will not fail in due course to lead to the suggestion of more than one appropriate evi dence of the estimation in which the illustrious Consort of our Gracious Sovereign was held throughout his not merely brilliant but eminently useful career, among the people:whose affections he had secured during more than one entire half of his existence, during the chief part of one quarter of a century of his—in literal truth—most exemplary life. The Poet Laureate may possibly, a little later on, be enabled to exclaim, with a less egoistic exultation than did HORACE—Exegi nzonunzentum ere perennius. Certainly up to this moment the Court Elegiast has never had so profoundly affectin g and therefore, in one sense, so resplendent an op portunity for the manifestation of his splendid powers as a perfect master of his art and of our emotions, and as the latest, and far from the least of the glories of our national literature. A tribute from the hand of ALFRED TENNYSON to the memory of the gifted and gracious Prince, whose irreparable loss to the Crown and the Country, the whole nation is now lamenting —a memorial Poem from the hand of the Laureate is what the English People will look for confidently. It is s hat alone might be reasonably counted upon, as the natural effusion of the loyalty of one who has 'impressively i t n h s a c t r i b b e e lv d o theed and choicest honouredoutpouringss o vEit N oEfI hisSOVEREIGN genius to e apostrophises at the outset of his Dedication as— " Revered VICTORIA!" Bronze and marble likewise, as a matter of perpetuate f or after ttlibms o e s l ute the memory certaintyo of t w h i e l l g grateful admiration of the PRINCE CONSORT'S own immediate contemporaries. Our public places will not — we may rest assured— lack evidence that his name , and his great powers, and even his comely form and features, are still trea sured up in the national remembrance. If we were to look about us, hero in the capital, for some con spicuous site upon which to erect in his honour, let us say, a bronze equestrian effigy of his Royal Highness, we should be disposed to point to that empty pedestal which has been so long standing unoccupied in the north-west corner of Trafalgaz -square ! Only that such a suggestion, if seriously made, might bo construed into anything rather than a whol!y respectful compliment, seeing that whatever statue may be placed upon that vacant pedestal will stand there in companionship with the effigy of King GEORGE the Fourth, the soi-disant First Gentleman— (save the mark!) in Europe ! Supposing an equestrian statne of His Royal Highness the PRINCE CONSORT to be eventually placed upon the pedestal we are "low suggesting as its site— it would stand there, however, more, let us say, in scornful and lofty contrast to than in anything at all like companionship, with CHANTREY'S statue of the Heartless Voluptuary. Posterity might then draw a vivid and impressive moral enough upon looking alternately on this effigy and on this ! Here the pure-souled, gentle-hearted, gifted, re fined, laboriously energetic and Constitutional PRINCE! There—we lack epithets sufficiently emphatic, within anything like courtly limits, to express our mingled contempt and loathing for the vile qualities combined to make up the selfish and self-complacent idiosyncrasy of that " Adonis of Sixty," who aspired, after the most bathetic way pos sible, to obtain the repute of the First Gentleman of his age in all Christendow. Brighter,then,by the contrast if possible would shine forth the memory of the august Prince whose premature demise we are all of us now mourning from our very hearts, and whose not only inoffensive but benignant and noble life will form one of the most charming episodes to be recorded upon the national annals by some future MACAULAY. Apart from all other Testimonials, however, there is one of an immediate—and though to a certain extent of a comparatively fugitive, still of a very signal and resplendent kind, that may within the next few months evidence, if we care to avail ourselves of it, in a re markable manner, and to the whole world, the depth of feeling with which England now pours forth upon the memory of the deceased Prince— her admiration, her affection, and her gratitude. The forthcoming International Exhibition, that is, of 1862 down at South Kensington ! It was a scheme dear to the heart of the dead Prince. It will bo a grateful tribute to his memory if that project, in the furtherance of which he himself personally took so profound an interest, be carried into com pletion to the utmost extent of our powers. To be inaugurated we will hope, when completed; by the eldest son of its chief promoter, and it may even be said its actual originator, by his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES—now more than ever the Hope of England. The Austrian Government has published its own financial account, and a pretty one it is. Whether, like the Emperor of the FRENCH, FRANCIS JOSEPH has made a clean breast of it, may well be doubted, but the best face put upon it is a sorry one. It is deficit year after year, apparently hopeless deficit, and that while it is proposed to increase the army expenses by about one-half. The means of cover ing these deficits is of course the old one—" credits." In English, borrowing. One consolation is men tioned ; the deficit for 1861 was expected to be about six millions and a-half ster ling—it is now expected to be about four millions. To this, however, is appended the re mark which, if we understand it, quite destroys the consolation to be derived from the other, that " The excess of expenditure not fully provided for is close upon six millions." The estimated loss in Hungary, owing to its unsettled condition, is said to be a million and a half—it is doubtless, all things taken into account, more than quadruple of that sum. Another fact stated is rather a dark one—that the total decrease of revenue in the year 1861 is within a fraction of £11,000,000 ! What will Mr. JOHN ORRELL LEVER say to this after his pamphlet on the resources of Austria ? We confess our inability to reconcile all these state ments; but we may be quite sure that the worst of them are the most to be relied on. In the face of all this, such is the condition of Hungary and Venetia, that five millions and a quarter more are asked for the army !—an army which already beggars the State by requiring about eleven millions. To help out of all these difficulties the National Bank is to pay £8,000,000 for a renewal of its charter, as a loan, with out interest, to be repaid by instalments, which we wish it may ever get. The Lottery loan was to do its part, but it seems it is not taken up ; we are sorry to see figuring among the receipts of the financial administration, £300,000,000 of the English loan. Who are the Englishmen;and what is their security ? Perhaps Mr. LEVER can tell us. The State domains, we read, are to be sold, not as in India to cancel State debt, and so lighten the pub lic burdens, but to meet current expenses. This seems to us too much like what we express by the very humble phrase—" going to the dogs." The Rump Reichsrath mean while is doing things in grand style. It is passing all kinds of measures, so that our very liberal contemporary, the Herald, l is in extacies with the improvement in Austria. The half of the Deputies are to legislate actually as if all were assembled, for every part of the Empire, but the obstinate Hungarian pro vinces. It is blessing the empire with such fran chises, as even France knows not in regard to the press and personal liberty, which is not saying much, some will think, for their value. The independence also of the judges is to be secured, and the budget voted by the loyal Reichsrath—in fact Hungary's perversity is to be shown up, in preferring franchises, laws, and institutions a thousand years old, to the new liberties bestowed on Austria by a hand which can at any time withdraw them. We are authorised to state that the funeral of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort will take place in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, on Monday next, at twelve o'clock, and that, in accordance with the understood wishes of his late royal highness, the funeral will be a private one. The Secretary of the British Legation at Brussels has requested us to contradict the statement which has ap peared in a telegram published in the London journals that he had left Brussels for London on a political mission. The statement is totally devoid of foundation, The King of Hanover's intended visit to this country is postponed. The Countess of Sefton and Lady Cecilia Moly neux will leave town to-morrow. Lord Churston has left Farrance's Hotel for Luplon, near Torquay. Sir Cornwallis and Lady Caroline Ricketts have arrived at their residence in Grosvenor•-place. The Right lion, B. Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Disraeli have left Grosvenor-gate for Torquay. Mr. and Mrs. Washington Hibbert and the Misses Washington Hibbert have arrived at their residence, 34, Dover-street. Mr. and Mrs. Scott have arrived at Farranee's Hotel, from Midcalder, Lanarkshire. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—We are authorised to state that the meeting of the Geological Society this even ing, and the meetings of the Royal and Linnyean Societies to-morrow evening, will not take place, in consequence of the lamented death of the Prince Consort. The mildness of the temperature both in Paris and in other parts of France continues extraordinary at this season of the year. In the capital at 8 o'clock on Saturday morning the thermometer stood at 7 8-10ths above zero centigrade (46 Fahrenheit) ; at Havre, 9 9-10ths centi grade (40.75 Fahrenheit) ; at Marseilles, 11 5-10ths centi grade (52.75 Fahrenheit) ; Montpelier, 13 centigrade (55.50 Fahrenheit) ; Algiers, 14 3. 10ths centigrade (58.75 Fah renheit) ; and Brussels, 17 7-10ths centigrade (6350 Fah renheit) . At Moscow the glass stood at 6 6-10ths below zero centigrade (22.50 Fahrenheit), and at Nicolaiew, 16 4-1011.2 centigrade (2.76 Fahrenheit), HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The performances at this house to-morrow evening will be for the benefit of Mr. J. W. Wilde, a gentleman with whose zealous and assidu ous attention to the convenience of the audience the patrons of the Haymarket Theatre have been long familiar. The entertainments announced for the occasion are of an unusu ally attractive character; ane, this fact, coupled with the general sense of the merits of the bengficialre, will doubtless ensure a numerous attendance. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEAPRE.—The pantomime at this establishment is from the pen of Mr. Nelson Lee, and is founded on the well-known story of "John Gilpin's Ride to Edmonton." The main incidents of the pantomime are brought about by the aid of one Nickola, the witch of Edmonton, who, in her hatred to Queen Mirth, resolves to annoy and cause trouble to one Giles, who is in love with Dolly, the servant of Mrs. Gilpin, Queen Mirth resolving to protect the maid and her lover. The scene opens with the abode of Nickola, who summons all her agents to use their power to perplex Gilpin ; and render his day of plea sure one of torment and misery, sending forth her imps to fret and teaze Gilpin's horse, and protract the union of the lovers; in the course of which Johnny Gilpin's horse exe cutes some wonderful tricks, urged by the demons of horse flesh, thus depriving Gilpin of his day of enjeyment. But by means of the Fairy Mirth the steed makes his way to one Calender's, from which, by her magic, she transports them to her fairy home. CHANCELLORSHIP OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. —By the death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge becomes vacant. The election of a Chancellor must be within 14 days after the vacancy, and is Imre burgensiton. His Royal Highness was elected in 1847, on the death of the Duke of Northumberland, on which occasion he wastpposed by the late Earl of Powis. On the part of many members of the University a desire prevails to elect the Prince of Wales as successor to his father, but his extreme youth it is thought may be a bar to that wish being fulfilled. Among other gentlemen whose names are freely mentioned in connection with the Chancellorship are Lord Palmerston, of St. John's College, M.A., 1806 ; the Duke of Devonshire, of Trinity College, who was second wrangler in 1829 ; the Earl of Hardwicke, of Queen's College, LL.D., 1835; the Marquis of Lansdowne, of Trinity College, LL.D., 1811; the Earl of Zetland, of Trinity College, M.A., 1815; th© Duko of Buccleuch, of St. John's College, M.A,, 1837; and Lord Lyndhurst, of Trinity College, at present Lord High Steward of the University. THE HERBERT MEMORTAL.—A meeting of the subscribers to the Herbert memorial took place yesterday at the Council House, Salisbury, to receive the report of a committee appointed at the general meeting held a few months ago. It stated that the sums received and promised up to the 3d ult. were for the Convalescent Hospital £3,095, for the statue £1,078 ls. 6d., and for disposal by the com mittee £369 12s. The committee recommended that the statue should be of bronze. They estimated the cost at £2,000, and proposed to intrust its erection to Baron Maro chetti, an artist in whom Lady Herbert was known to have confidence. With regard to the second object subscribed for, they recommended the adoption of the existing hospital at Charmouth, which was established by Lady Herbert. They thought the funds collected should be laid out in good securities, and that the interest should be employed in aug menting the funds of this institution,which has been hitherto dependent on voluntary benevolence, they at the same time reserving a right, if they thought fit, to remove the home to another spot. They trusted Miss Nightingale would yet be able to bestow her care upon the institution,and so discharge a service of love to tho memory of the chief whom she so highly prized. Mr. T. H. S. Estcourt, the chairman, after referring in touching terms to the death of Prince Albert, proposed the adoption of the report. The resolution was seconded by Mr. C. Bleeck, of Warminster, and unani mously carried. A committee was then nominated to carry out the purposes of the recommendation contained in the report, consisting of Mr. G. Wingfield Digby, of Sherborne Castle ; Mr. J. H. Jacob, of Salisbury ; and Mr. Hinsman, of Dumford House, Wilts. THE PROSECUTION OF THE "DUBLIN MORNING NEWS."—The action for libel brought by Mr. Hardy, the sub. sheriff of Armagh, against Mr. Alex. M. Sullivan, of the Dublin Morning News, occupied the Court of Queen's Bench from Thursday morning till Saturday afternoon. The alleged libel amounted substantially to the state ment that the juries empannelled in Ulster were drawn from one political party, that party being the deadly foes of Catholics. Further, that while an Orangeman could ensure himself a jury composed of his co•religionists, a Catholic could not have a single Catholic on his jury. Sergeant Armstrong, Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Macdonough, and Mr. Kaye appeared for the plaintiff; and Sergeant Sullivan, Mr. John O'Hagan, and Mr. Hamill for the de fendant. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff on all the issues, with £5O damages. FATAL OUTRAGE IN IRELAND.—The Dungannon correspondent of the Freeman's Journal, writing on the 15th inst., says :—Early this morning a large number of persons went to the residence of Francis Dixon, who has absconded, being largely in debt, which was in charge of a care-taker named Joseph Donnelly, placed there by Dixon's creditors until the furnitare, &c., were sold for their benefit. The party tried to force the front door, and being refused admittance went to the back door and forced it in; they then entered the kitchen, when Donnelly discharged a gun at them, and shot dead one of the party named Patrick Hillan, a farmer. Donnelly, as well as ten others of the attacking party, are in custody. It is supposed this attack was at the instigation of Joseph Corroran, nephew to Dixon, who wanted to retain possession of the house and lands in oppo sition to the creditors. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On Wednesday last a married woman named Jeffery left her home to go to her mother's, taking her infant of eight months old in her arms. She had passed over the bridge between Stanford's-end and Timlin-barn, and appears to have rested at the Weirs, where the noise and sight of the running stream seemed to have turned her giddy, and she fell with her babe into the stream. Though weak from the effects of a long illness, she managed to get out without help, and went to the house of Mrs. Russell, at " Broomses," at which time she was almost paralysed, and the child was dead in her arms. Mrs. Russell, with great kindness and energy, set to work to restore the mother, and most fortunately succeeded. Ilad she not fallen into such good hands, there is every proba bility that in a short time she too would have been a corpse. The infant, a fine grown child, shows plainly on its arms and sides the marks made by the poor affr,ghted mother grasping it to save its life.—Maidstone Journal. DEATH FROM A CAT'S BITE —The Courier de 1' _lsere records the death of a farmer named Journet, at Paladra, in that department, under the following circum stances :—Journet had promised to give a cat about six months old to one of his neighbours, and one day last week he shut it in a basket to have it ready. When his neigh bour came, Journet went to take the animal out, and she bit his little finger, but so slightly that he thought nothing of it. The next day he tended his cattle as usual, and passed the afternoon in breaking hems till evening, when the finger became intolerably painful. A surgeon was sent for, who made an incision and dressed the wound; but the whole hand was soon after affected and turned quite black, as did also the arm. Other doctors were then consulted, but in spite of all that medical skill could do, the poor man died on the fifth day after receiving the bite. As to the cat, she is alive and apparently quite well. TYNE SEAMEN.—SHIELDS, Monday Night.—The annual meeting of the South Shields Loyal Standard Asso ciation held to-day has brought out much of the fine qualities of head and heart for which Tyne sea men are eminent. At noon the men went in procession to church, with their bands playing solemn music and their banners half-mast high, and the annual dinner of the men was held in the Golden Lion Hotel As sembly-rooms afterwards, the Mayor of the borough, Mr. Wallis, presiding, and ho was supp Drted by the clergy, Mr. Alderman Robinson, the town clerk,and other warm friends of the sailors. In proposing the toast of " The Queen" the shairman was visibly affected. He spoke in very tender and feeling terms of the bereavement sustained by her Majesty through the death of her Royal Consort, and evoked the sympathy of the audience for her Majesty in her great I , iffic tion. The toast was drunk in solemn silence, and the Na tional Anthem was sung by the seamen m:th much fervour and deep emotion. It was a very impressive scene indeed. The South Shields Loyal Standard Association has 1,775 members, 280 having been added this year. It is an asso ciation that has been established since 1821, for the mutual relief of shipwrecked members, or for the relief of their widows and orphans. Within the period mentioned £49,956 13s. has been spent in the manner described, and this year 152 shipwrecked members, and the widows and orphans of 61 poor fellows drowned at sea have received sums of money from the society, the amount disbursed being £1,579165. 7d. A similar society is in operation in North Shields. THE CURSE OF THE STATES.—" It is a well authenticated fact," said De Tocqueville, "that at the pre sent day the most talented men in the United States are very rarely placed at the head of affairs. The race of American statesmen has evidently dwindled most remark ably in the course of the last 50 years." When that was said, there were still Webster, Clay, and Calhoun to be named. Now we are among Tylers, Polka, and Pierces, Yet there has been no dwindling of American intellect. The evil is that the pursuit of politics has been degraded into a trade, in which the conditions of American states manship enable hordes of needy and unprincipled adven turers to speculate. These men fill at a presidential con test the election committees, which name delegates for the convention that has to choose a party candidate. The mem bers of the party convention come from sections of the country widely apart, and with diverse interests. Every man of E b lity has by his vigorous action on some question offended this or that section. Ballot follows ballot, and th• lot falls at last on the man who is too insignificant to have made enemies. The work of a presidential election is thus done by two opposing packs of placehunters, each in full cry, and the pack that runs down its game demands imme diately after to be fed. The greed of office by the noisiest political adventurers, and the consequent insecurity of office in place-holders, confines the desire, and secures too com monly the rewards of place to the least worthy, to hungry men eager, especially during their short tenure of official life, to thrive by the plunder that every honest statesman of the North has during the present year had loudly to de plore.—Dickens's 6, MI the Ivor Romcf." LATEST NEWS. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA (PER BOHEMIAN, via PORTLAND AND LONDON DERRY.) NEW YORK, DEC. 7. Despatches from Washington state that Presi dent Lincoln had declared that it was his intention to preserve a prudent policy in regard to foreign relations, and that there need be no fear of war with Great Britain unless the latter should seek a pre text for hostilities. The despatches add that no anxiety is felt on this subject by the Administration. Mr. Breckenridge has been expelled from the Senate. A committee has been appointed to inquire into the expediency of abolishing slavery in the district of Columbia. The Federal Government has ordered the release of a fugitive slave confined at Washington. The Unionists of East Tennessee have routed a large Confederate force at Morristown, killing large numbers. Advices from Port Royal state that the regiment which made a reconnaissance towards Charleston went within 20 miles of the city, and captured three batteries, the guns of which they spiked. They found quantities of cotton, but the Con federates were destroying much of that article. The party returned in safety. An attack on Fort Pulaski, Savannah, is hourly expected. The Federal troops have evacuated Tybee Island; The Confederates in Missouri are retreating. General Wool has asked the Government for troops to advance on Richmond from Fortress Monroe. It is stated that, in consequence of the Trent affair, the West India Mail Company has ordered its agents to furnish no more coal to United States vessels. A Dutch fleet, consisting of 11 vessels, arrived off Laguyas on the 17th ult., in order to demand satisfaction from Venezuela for a violation of the Dutch flag. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, DEC. 7. Stocks are a shade firmer. Cotton continues to advance. Middling upland is quoted 31c. Sales, 3,500 bales. Flour, State and Western, buoyant. Wheat a shade firmer. Corn unchanged. Pro visions dull and inactive. Sugars quiet. Freights to Liverpool declining. THE MAIL STEAMERS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY NIGHT. The Union Steamship Company, under contract for the conveyance of her Majesty's mails to the Cape of Good Hope, &c,, have received instruc tions from the Government to arm their steamers forthwith. PARIS, DEC. 18. The following is a summary of the speech made yesterday by M. Troplong in the Senate. M. Troplong spoke at great length on the sup pression of extraordinary credits by the Emperor, on the privilege to be granted to the Corps Legis latif of voting the Budget by sections, and on the limits to be fixed to the transfer of voted supplies. He, however, declared himself opposed to all idea of re establishing Ministerial responsibility, which, he said, formed the basis of a Parliamentary system of government expressly repudiated by the Freu ch Constitution. Referring to the advantages of the system of transferring credits from one department to another, he said,— "During the last war in Italy all France thought that immense and hasty efforts had been made to prevent our being forestalled by Austria, whereas the fact was the victories of the French army com menced before it had hardly been provided for, and that.without any transfers or extraordinary credits. " In our day it is difficult to pursue an obscure policy. " The Emperor shows by the measures now under discussion the loyalty of his policy. " The real and infallible preparations for war in France are a good system of enlistment, the disci pline of the soldier, order in the administration, and the martial genius of the nation. " France, although unprepared, is always ready, even against those who have taken their measures long beforehand. (Applause.) " The Committee does not, however, reject the hypothesis that measures might quietly be taken in presence of great external dangers. The system of transferring credits has been instituted for that purpose; but these precautions cannot long remain concealed." Treating of the financial question and the exist ing deficits, M. Troplong called attention to the great things that had been done since 1850, and said, " They have served to raise the French name to the highest rank ; to link the chain of our victories ; to carry our civilisation and our influence to the extremity of the world ; and, lastly, to free Italy from a foreign yoke." In conclusion, M. Troplong maintained that the amount of the floating debt was comparatively less than in 1848. VIENNA, DEC. 17. The Oesterreichische Zeitunq of to-day announces that the Budget, will be communicated to both Houses of the Iteichsrath to-morrow. Baron Schmerling will make the communication in the name of the Emperor. The Parliamentary Clubs ha ve agreed upon the course to be pursued in reference to the Budget. The resolutions of the Reichsrath on financial questions will be as legal as if all the provinces of the Empire were represented. These resolutions will, however, only refer to the non-Hungarian provinces. VIENNA, DEC. 17. The Budget was presented to-day to the Council of the Empire. The following is a summary of the financial state ment made by the Minister of Finance : The revenue for 1861 was estimated at 300,000,000, the expenditure at 314,000,000, and the deficit at 6,5,000,000 florins. This deficit was to be covered by means of several credit operations, which would, moreover, leave a balance of 8,000,000 florins in the Treasury. The returns for 1801 are not quite completed, but the deficit is expected to amount to about 40,000,000 florins. The excess of expenditure, which was not fully provided for, amounts to 69,000,000 florins. The unsettled state of things in Hungary has caused a loss to the revenue of 11,500,000 florins. The total decrease in the revenue of 1861 amounts to 109,500,000 florins, which will be covered by credit operations. The National Bank has not been applied to for a. loan, nor have any public bonds been issued. The estimates for 1862 are as follows :—The Court and Civil Administration, 99,750,000 florins; Army, 108,500,000 florins; interest on the Public Debt, 124.500,000 florins; sundries, 21,800,000 florins ; or altogether about 354,500,000 florins, The revenue for 1862 is estimated at L 96,500,000 florins, and the deficit at 58,000,000 florins. The army estimates show an increase of 52,000,000 florins. The deficit is partly to be covered by increased taxes and partly by credit operations with the National Bank, the charter of which is to be re newed in return for a loan of 80,000,000 florins, bearing no interest. Twenty millions of this loan will be repaid in monthly instalments of 1,000,000 florins each, and 44,000,000 by 1870. The State domains are to be sold at certain fixed periods. Twenty-three millions of the Lottery Loan of 1560 have not bean taken up. The Financial Administration has, however, re ceived from the agents 100,000,000 florins for bonds of that loan, and £3,000,000 of the English loan. The National Bank is to be made independent of the State. On the conclusion of the Ministerial statement, the Council of the Empire appointed a committee of nine members to examine the Budget. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 17.—The market continues in the same inanimate state, and prices have again slightly receded, Threes for the Account being now at 67f 15c. Railways also heavy. The following are the last quotations : 41 per per Cents 94 60 Do end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 17k Bank Shares 2960 Credit Mobilier 7lO Do. Account 712 50 Credit Foncier 1192 50 Belgian 4t 99 50 Piedmontese Fives 65 80 Roman Austrian Spanish Threes 49 50 Homo Debt .. 47 75 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1285 .. 1287 50 Northern New ditto .. . 915 .. 915 Lyons and Mediterranean 1001 25 .. 1002 50 Geneva 351 25 .. 352 50 Southern 658 75 .. 660 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian - .. 502 50 Lombard ...............507 50 .. 508 75 2- BELGIUM. A grand Te Ileum was performed in the Cathe dral Church at Brussels on Monday on the occasion of the King entering his 72d year. In consequence of the death of Prince Albert the royal family did not attend. All the dignitaries of the palace and of the household of his Majesty were, however, pre sent, as were also the members of the diplomatic body, with the exception of the English represen tative, the Ministers, senators, and representatives, the different courts of law, officers of the garrison, national guard, and other functionaries. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 13th state that the Government had presented to the Cortes a bill pro posing to fix, for the year 1862, the naval forces to be kept in the ports and on the coasts of Spain, at 39 sailing vessels (one a ship of the line of 86 guns; another a frigate of 42, the rest of small size), and six screw frigates carrying 276 guns, 11 smaller screw vessels with 28 guns, and five transports. In the Congress M. Olazaga had added some obser vations to his speech on the Address, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs afterwards replied at great length, dwelling principally on the Mexican, San Domingo, and Moorish affairs. The Nove dades, Iberia, and Discusion had been seized. HUNGARY. Field Marshal Count de Crenneville, recently appointed Governor of Transylvania, opened the session of the Council of the Government at Clausen burg, on the 10th, with a speech in the Hungarian language, in which he said that it was his intention to exercise his duties in the interest of the throne and of the country, without ,having any regard to differences of nationality. On the previous day he had received the different corporate bodies. His predecessor, Count Miko, since his return from Vienna, has received numerous marks of sympathy. On his arrival the young men of the town, that in evitable element of neo-Magyar political life, wished to give him an ovation by torchlight, but the noble Count refused. On the 9th he received the con dolences of the chief municipal magistrate and local corporate bodies. His farewell address on taking leave of the Council was most effective. He con jured the members to have confidence in God; to remain at their post ; and to continue the part of mediators between the constitutional interests of the crown and of the country in order to secure the ultimate triumph of the laws of 1848. THE HAYMARKET PANTOMIME. According to the custom of the Haymarket, the Panto mime there is founded on a nursery rhyme, and is essen tially a children's pantomime. The story of Miss Muffet and the Spider, combined with that of "Little Boy Blue, blow your hem," being the foundation of the plot, which runs thus :—Ever so long ago, when shepherdesses were much prettier dressed than they are now, there lived one named Little Miss Muffet, who being very genteel, was never spoken of by her Christian name. She was so fond of curl , and whey that she would sit on a tuffet under a tree all day long to eat them, till she fell fast asleep. It happened that a large Spider, called King Tarantula by some, and Old Daddy Long legs by others, fell in love with her; but he met with no encouragement, as she was engaged to Little Boy Blue, who minded her father's sheep, and cow. One day the Spider, when Miss Muffet had fallen asleep, dropped from a tree on the tuffet on which she reclined—and not only sat down beside her, but kissed her—on which Miss Muffet jumped up and boxed his ears; when the Spider became so enraged that he bit her, which caused Miss Muffet to fall senseless—he seeing what he had done ran away. Now the bite of Tarantula was of such a nature, that only the sound of music could wake up any one who had become stupifled by such a bite. tittle Boy Blue coming that way, and seeing Miss Mullet asleep, blew a pretty tune on his horn, which woke her up; and finding no one near but her lover, she fell with joy into his arms. The Your g Queen of the Bees, who was a Fairy, comin g up at the time—and being the protectress of Little Boy Blue—invited him, with Miss Muffet, to a party to be given by her and all her Bees, to which they went, and passed the evening most delightfully in dancing and eating cake. The Spider wanting to make away with his rival, consulted the Old Queen Bee—who was the mortal enemy of the Young Queen—when she ad vised him to bite the Little Boy, and run away with Miss Muffet. The Spider suddenly met Little Boy Blue, jumped upon him, and bif him, till he fell asleep under a hay-cock. While this was taking place the Haymakers were ma king merry at Miss Muffet's Father's, where the Spider, with others, appeared amongst them, which so frightened everybody that Daddy 1 ong-legs easily seized hold of Miss Muffet, carried her away, and kept her a prisoner in his web, where he attempted to burn her alive because she would not consent to become Mrs. Daddy Long-legs. But Little Boy Blue found her out, and with the assistaance of his friends released her from her dreadful situation; when the Young Queen Bee changed Little Boy Blue into Harlequin, and Miss Muffet into Co lumbine. But the old Queen being still resolved to annoy the Young Queen, changed the Spider into Pantaloon, and his Esquire, Moneyspinner—who was always of great use to him when anything wicked was to be doae —irto the Clown, with orders to follow the lovers wherever they went. After many strange scenes, their pursuers be coming weary of the chase, gave up troubling Miss Muffet and Little Boy Blue, who shortly after married and settled, and became the father and mother of a very large family. The scenery of the fairy story is painted by Mr. F. Fenton, and that of the llarlequinade by Messrs. O'Connor and Morris. The title of the Pantomime is Little Miss Muffet and Little Boy Blue ; or, Harlequin and Old Daddy Longlegs;" and which will illustrate the following lines : Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a large spider, Who bat down beside her, And frightened Miss Muffet away. Little Boy Blue, blow your horn, The sheers in the meadow the cow in the corn ; Where's th e little boy who looks after the sheep ? He's under the hay-cock, fast asleep. A serious accident cccured a few days ago to the steamboat Parisien, which plies on the Saone between Lyons and Chalons. ‘‘, h,le the passengers on board were at table in the dining cabin, the deck ON erhead having been too heavily laden with chests of soap and sacks of chestnuts, gave way, and buried them all beneath the mass. One woman was killed, and kia other persons injured, but not seriously, TILE LATE PRINCE CONSORT. Yesterday eve,ilog the t,ind Chamberlain issued his orders for the final details connected with the burial of the late Prince Consort. It will take place at 12 o'clock on Monday, the 23d, and, iu accord• ance with the expressed wis!ies of the lamented de ceased, will b.: , private and strictly limited in all that relates to funereal pomp and ceremonial. In fact, the recent precedent set at the interment of the late Duchess of Kent will be as closely fol lowed as possible—and though, from the very large number of attached personal friends whom the Prince has left to mourn his early loss, the funeral mast necessarily be on a scale of greater magni tude, it will not, as regards" state," be less strictly private. In only one important particular will it differ from the Duchess of Kent's, and that is in there being a carriage procession from the Castle to St. George's Chapel. It will be recollected that the remains of the Duchess of Kent were privately conveyed from Frogmore during the previous night, and deposited in the Chapel to await the ceremony of the following day. This course will not be fol lowed at the burial of the Prince, as the body will remain in the private apartments at Windsor till the procession starts. From the Castle the remains will be conveyed in a hearse drawn by eight horses, the hearse and the housings of the horses bearing heraldic escocheons of the arms of England and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. No private carriages, of course, will follow. All the invited mourners, the Ministers, the foreign Ministers, the chief officers of the household, and the personal friends of the deceased Prince will be conveyed to the chapel in 15 mourning coaches. Up to last night it had not been decided whether or not the ladies of the offi cers of the household would be invited to attend in the chapel, but it seems to be generally understood at present that none but gentlemen will take part in Vie eeremony. Those who are not entitled by rank to form part of the procession will await the arrival of the cortege at the Chapel itself. No visi tors will be admitted to the courtyard, or, indeed, at all within the walls of the Castle during the time the funeral is taking place. At the Chapel almost precisely the same arrange ments have been made as at the burials of the re cently deceased members of the Royal Family. The interior of the chapel will be hung and carpeted over with black cloth. The body will be received by the clergy at the door, placed at once upon the bier, and wheeled slowly up till it is placed on the platform, worked by machinery, by which it is lowered to the Royal vault at the proper period of the service. The place which it will occupy in the vault has not yet been assigned. The bcdies of deceased monarch; cased in coffins of purple velvet, are laid side by side on raised marble slabs in the centre of the vault; their consorts and the other . members of the Royal family are laid, in th e ir -- crimson velvet coffins, on the tiers of ledges at the sides. Yesterday the inner shell and outer lead case, containing the remains of the late Prince, were sealed down by the officers of the Board of Works. On the leaden coffin is a massive silver plate, with the following inscription "Depositum Illustrissimi et Celsissimi Alberti, Principis Consortis, Ducis Saxoni 83, de Saxe-Coburg et Gotha Principis, Nobilissimi Ordinis Periscelidis Equals, Augustissimre et Potentissima3 Victorian Reginro Conjugis percarissimi, Obiit die decimo quarto Decembris, MDCCCLXI, Anno a3tatis sun XLIII." The outer State coffin will not be ready before Saturday next. This will be an exceedingly rich and elaborate case. At the head will be fastened a massive silver gilt crown in high relief. This is the crown the Prince was entitled to bear as Prince Consort, and much resembles that of the Imperial House of Austria. In the centre of the coffin will be another massive silver gilt plate, with the in scription we have already given. At the foot will be the Star and insignia of the Garter, also in silver gilt. On the coffin, during and after the interment, two heraldic crowns will be laid—that of his - Royal Highness as Prince Consort and his crown. as Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.• It has been stated by several of our contempo raries that the late Prince contracted his illness in the first instance by catching cold while on his re cent v:sit to the Prince of Wales at Madingley Hall, Cambridge. There is no foundation whatever for this statement. The deceased Prince returned from Madingley Hall in excellent health, and, as will be seen by reference to the Court Circular, was after wards constantly shooting in the preserves at Windsor. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. It is probable that the despatch to Lord Lyons containing the demands of the British Government will have arrived at Washington yesterday or to day, and that the news of its general purport, and of the feeling of the British people as to the man ner in which the Trent outrage must be met in order to Frevent worse evils for the future, will have been transmitted by telegraph from Halifax three days previously. Supposing the intimation to havebeenconveyed yesterday to the Washington Cabinet, the final reply may be delayed until after the sailing of the Africa. which is appointed to leave New York on the 18th, and will be due here about the 29th or 30th. In that case we must ex pect it by a steamer of the Montreal Company, or of the New York and Liverpool Company, to sail on the 21st, it being understood that the instruc tions to Lord Lyons were to give a period of not more than seven days for a " substantial" answer. Thus, unless an instant refusal should be obtained from Mr. Seward, to surrender the captured "rebels," as they are still inconsistently designated, it will not be till the end of the year that the ques tion of peace or war can be decided. If Lord Lyons has to take his departure it will probably be by the Cunard steamer from Boston on the 25th. Mean- while some interest attaches to the possibility of the return of General Scott to America being accom plished previously to the time assigned for the re tirement of Lard Lyons. It is just possible he may get to New York by the 23d ; but there would then scarcely be an opportunity for reopening any nego tiations that may have been vainly attempted with the view of tiring us out by words. Moreover, it is hoped and believed that the instructions of Lord Lyons are such as to preclude all parleying, whether on proposals for the indignity of a foreign arbitra tion, or any other suggestion short of simple, im mediate, and honourable redress.—Tinzes. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Dec. 17.—There has been great anxiety since the arrival of the Message of the Pre sident of the United States, and in the present un certainty with regard to our relations with that country our market to-d a y h as a l most b een i n a state of panic. An impression prevails that we are again "drifting into war," and everything is un settled. Prices are considerably lower for cloth than they were last week, and there is a complete absence of business. This applies to cloth gene rally. In yarns there has been very little business, and the prices of these have suffered rather more than those of cloth. Some spinners are rather more anxious for orders than others. nixes aro not quoted lower generally, but they are practi cally so, and some kinds are decidedly weaker. Buyers say that they have had offers of home trade yarns at id. to 4d. lower, and of export twist at td• to id. per lb. From the returns of the Chief Con stable of Manchester it appears that the number of people out of work has slightly increased, but the number on short time has somewhat decreased, being 10,500 against 12,600. This report was made before the present panic in the market, and there is reason to fear that our operative classes will have to suffer great privations this Christmas, if the dis• couragements of spinners and manufacturers should continue, as there is every probability they will. ROCHDALE, Dee. 16th.—The wool and flannel trades have worn a very quiet aspect to-day. The business done was of a meagre character, and was i mostly for immediate delivery. Speculation s quite in abeyance, and will remain so till the answer of the Government of the Federal States of America to the message from England be received. Yorkshire goods are in moderate request. Upon the whole wools are firm in price.