The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-12 00:00:00

THERMOMETER. This clay at Two o'clock 52 Barometer-30.08. Wind—S.-W. ; light, and fine. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1863 •••••••••••.•.• he might hav e surv i ve d f or many years to come. B'NNET'S LYO N . —Every Article of commerce takes' its title ei ther from the invent nor the It Was to be oth erw i se , h owever . Th e a bl e Gover or, m anufacturer, and the n w mor e perfect the .productio gater is the credit hf i oh attaches to the ori g inator. nor-General o f C ana d a , th e b r illi ant l y - success f u l BONNET'S SILKS are said to be inca r y n ab a l s e se o r f t i io d n en i tifica- Von in England; but ti fallacy of such negotiator of peace with China and with Japan, pos dby the very trade mark of the irm, as exhibited' by s ex- Messrs. JAY, o f Regent-street. nbneestexcLt.,t.lai.Lyenond faithful to the part he had so long and so success- The mark may fully sustained as the servant of the Crown and of following interviroyene C. of each piece 2danulat ' in. n c Teed '. et a Injurieux." Wear g •uara . the Country, though he knew himself to be suffering from a heart disease, unhesitatingly accepted the weighty responsibilities devolving upon any ad ministrator who, as the successor of Lord CANNING had to undertake the government of Hindostan. Although his suddenly interrupted career as Go veruor-General of India, has been in no way at all eventful—perhaps we should rather say precisely because it bas not been in any way eventful—it has been a career in the highest degree honourable to himself as Viceroy. It has sit the seal to his repu tation, at once, as a loyal subject of the Crown, and as a patriotic administrator. FANIILY MOURNING.--Messrs. JAY would res pectfully = p o mace that great economy is e ff ec t e d by purchasing - INfo urning: at their establishment, 2 4 7 an d 2 4 9, their Stock of FAMILY MOURNING pe. Though Messrs. Jay professedly GENT-STRNET , tiL.: th e largest in Eurc the beat articles for Mourning and Half-Mou rn i ng — a t a ll times the cheapest — they supply a Complete Sint of Domestic Mourning, for 2.. k guineas. MouRN ENG COSTUME of every description is kept node, and can be forwarded in town or country at a Ready mome nt's notice. The most reasonable prices are charged, an d wear of every article Is guaranteed. T ax LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE, Regent-street (next the Circus). JAYS'. ROYAL ENGLIS fi OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, for the 18th time, Balfe's new Opera, BLANCHE DE NEVERS Alfas Louisa Yyne, Miss Anna Hiles, Miss Emma Heywood; Messrs.W. H. Weiss, H. Corri, A. Cook, A. tit. Albyn, C. Lyall, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison. To conclude with the Second Act of THE DESERT FLOWER. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE. - AA Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform the Farce of BEAUTY• OK THE BEAST. I'rincipal cha racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer, and G. Weston ; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss IL. Leclerq. After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. i-helps, Ryder, Rayner, 31 , -agreson, Ward, Spencer ; Miss Eburne, Miss F. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss hitter, Miss Cicely Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. Followed by MY 1114:ART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS: characters by Mr. 3. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde, Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Ilarfleur. THEATRE ROYAL HAY NI ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buekstone. THIS EVENING, USED UP. Messrs. C. Mathewames, Howe, Rogers, Braid, Clark, Cul lenford, &c. ; Mathews, Angel, Fitzwilliam, &c. Followed by THE GOLDEN FEECE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compton,Weathersby, & L c. ; Mesdames C. Mathews, G. Keeley. Griffith, &e. With COOL AS A CUCUMB ER. Mr. C. Mathews. And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. ROYAL LY OE U M T: 11 E A .--------;-- ---- 1 TiR E, Under the Sole Manag ement of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE NIONIO (a Tr ium p hant Success) Will be rep ea t ed Every Evening until further notice. TUFF EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BABY: Mess-s. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, entitled UNCLE Miss P. Leraercq, and Carlotta Leclercq. After which, at Eigh t o'clock, BEL DE H oNro, a L Story, in Twelve T anieaux, taken from Ste ndhal's "It Ove Chronicle -," by Mr. Principal charac- r . John Brougham.ltalian , ter by Mr. Fech ter, supported by 3less rs. Jordan, Cha r l es, Brougham, Emery , Ra y mond, Moreland Smith Collett,. Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Layenue, Ai re. , Clifford, Lee, and Miss Elsworthy, Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. _ LI -r EAH.-EVER Y NIGHT. BATEMAN.—LEAH.—Tms EVENING. the 62d appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BA TEMAN, in the character of LEAII. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the priLcipal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended, Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. EN THE A TRE-RO VAL, ADELPHL— SolA Pronrlfitor and Manse:sr, Mr. B. Wobster. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs, At 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Bth week of Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Etl lington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburnc; Miss H. Simms, and Airs. To conclude with THE IRISH TIGER,: Miss K. Kelly and Mr. Stephenson. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Idanders. Followed by (17th time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The Return of Ulysses. Messrs. honey and Fenton ; Mesdames Swanborough and Simpson. After which, MY NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. R OYAL SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE, Manageress, Miss Marriott. THIS EVENING, ROMEO AND JULIET, Romeo, Miss Marriott ; Mercutio, Mr. E. rhelps ; Friar, Mr. W. D. Gresham ; Juliet, Miss Mandelbert ; Nurse, Mrs. Wallis. Ti) conclude with THE ORPHAN OF GLENCOE. Box-office open from 11 to 4. 711 HE THT_RD EDITION OF " THE SUN," jt Containing the Lttest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLIsNIE, NEWS AGF;ST, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 2h. 48rn.—Afternoon, :3d. 10m. 1:0-oORRow.-Morning, 3h. 32m.—Afternoon, 3h. sm. The Weather—Sun Office, Dec. 12, 1863. tbis lj t 10) Snit „. LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 12, 1863. The Eighth Earl, who ought to have been the 'First Marquess, of ELGIN, Knight of the Thistle, Pr ivyCouncillor, Governor. General o f C ana d a , Gov ernor-General of India, Ambassado r Extraordi nary t o a China, Ambassador Extraordinary t o J a p an , learn is, what it was dreaded by the last news h a reiatt prove to be, no more—struck down Er reLGIN mEttl3' inur, • the service of hi s coun t ry . L or d Was _ man. B et very .w rYfar indeed from b e i ng a great markable at any rate, a very re ability. Ire ,Rae© was a man of undoubted more than that—he was a man of indisp utable success. What i s vu l gar l y c alled luck went. with Not so much luck in b rit h im in public life. ad vancement, but luck affecting about his own portant under takin g s in the ju t t i ng his various im rekists of the Crow n and of the co untr y . Luc k of this man is beyond genius. And,whilnd i n a public Lord ELGIN c had was certainly witho ut the g eni us,he ertainl th_ the luck. More tha n once —und er , e y heast a circumstances—though h imself n ot la onaontous CESAR in gifts or in temperament, e Ren t he and he conquered. Not by the sword, b ut 135r a t w b : pen. Not as a soldier, but as a diplomatist. Twie in this way he restored the stupendous Empire of China, in its foreign relations, that is, in its rei t , tions with the "outer barbarians," to tranquillity, There was more of astuteness in the manly frank ness and decision of his policy, when dealing with the Asiatics, than there could possibly have babn in the most wily and tortuous policy that migh have been contrived by the profound philosophy o a MACHIAVELLI. or by the subtle tact of a TALLEY'. RAND. The damascened and poisoned scymiters, so to speak of the Japanese and the Chinese, snapped innocuously at the hilt, when crossed by the iron • brand that warded off their deadliest blows, in the grasp of this good servant of the Eng lish QUEEN. For many years now, Lord ELGIN has served the Crown and the country almost un interruptedly, now in our hemisphere, now in the O t h er. Ile has laboured assiduously all this while in the national interests. lie has left his mark Upon Our poli c y both in N or th A mer i ca and in there motest regions of Asia. When he breathes his last, r'law, he does so while yet in harness. He dies, as We have said, prematurely, l ong b e f ore at taining the hilted allot age of ma n , w hil e yet in the fun vigour of intell ectual powers ing physically from an or ,though Bul/r -ganic disease that deprived him o f life from over-exertion in a climate to the :is o f which he was dooms y . peril his acceptance responsibilities or the of the nw - 2.u. . capable of bein. del highest vice egated to a sub ject by the will of the British s oy , interests, ELGIN looked the interests of h merely to his subordinating to those at large, it would no t be would still at, la all idle to as assert h t t h a h e v eeaabPei been n e human likelihood, he ll human prob a bi lity in exist ence , th a t in t 4 Amid the numerous discourses with which oar Parliamentary representatives are whiling away th e tedium of the vacation, the public will turn, w i th some interest to the speeches of two memb ers of some distinction, one of whom has held, and the v and other is still holding, official positi on . As the re presentatives of two parties, the Government the Opposition, the views of Mr LATARD . , and Mr. FITZGERALD are not without, importance. A token of the stillness of th e Political atmosphere is shown in their speeches— a.te former originating little, but endeavouring to put the b es t f ace oil matters; the latt er supporting and approving the theory of " R es t and be Thankf u l , " proving the course which has been pursued by the Government in many important particulars. Still the tone of the two addresses is very different— Mr. LAYARD'S is depre catory, though occasionally indignant, while Mr. FITZGERALD takes pains to assure us that he is hap pily indifferent which party is in power; and indeed, of the two, he would rather prefer a lengthened continuance of Lord PALMERSTON'S tenure. It is true that the ox-Under Secretary took the opportunity of upholding the spirit of party, of lamenting that indifference to political differences which is growing but too common. There was a good deal of truth as well as of satire in his application of the story of the desperate poacher who was reclaimed by converting him into a keeper. The country side, which had been con- tinually disturbed before, was left in happy tran quillity, and on this principle Mr. FITZGERALD declares that some of his Tory friends would be sorry to see the present Government disturbed, as, while it is in cffice, they feel tolerably secure from any startling change ; whereas they know from old experience that the moment their own party as sumes the reins of power, a universal outcry will be raised by the Opposition, for reform and inno vation. " I shall be sorry," said a gentleman of this class to Mr. FITZGERALD the other day, " to see Earl RUSSELL and some of his friends removed from office, because I am certain that so long as they remain there we shall hear nothing of the question of Reform." Alluding to the story we have already quoted of the poacher and the keepers, Mr. FITZGERALD expressed his conviction that these statesmen would remain quiet so long as they were our keepers. Mr. LAYARD, meanwhile, was of course busy in upholding the proceedings of his friends. He entered at some length into the various questions now agitating Europe, maintaining, of course, that in every case the acts of Lord PALMERSTON'S Cabinet have been " wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best." He would not suffer his opponents to take the credit of his acts. The Opposition were always, he declared, finding fault with the proceedings of the Government, and therefore it was to be inferred that they would not have acted in the same man ner had they been in power. They had blamed the Government for not recognising the South, and for stopping the steam rams; ought he not to infer from that that their opponents w9uld pursue the very opposite course, and plunge the country into war with the 'United States. This it seems is to be the argument with which Lord PALMERSTON'B followers intend to meet the expression of public indignation respecting the unwarrantable inter ference of Lord RUSSELL at Birkenhead. Polish affairs were, of course, discussed in both speeches, and with much the same result. It was held by both gentlemen that England was called upon to exercise all her moral force in behalf of that long suffering and down-trodden people, but that her duty stopped at that limit, and that she was not called upon to go to war in their behalf. Viewed in this light, the course pursued by our Cabinet was the only one open to an honourable and, at the same time, a prudent :and practical nation. Another instance of similarity of opinion was manifested in speaking of Denmark—a question which, however perplexing and entangled, is certainly not to be passed over at the present time. Both members alike declined the task of unravelling the myste ries of German genealogies, and of diplomatic en tanglements, but on this matter, too, the unity of sentiment in the two parties was happily very visible. The official, though passing briefly over the subject, expressed a hope that the German Powers might be induced to respect the faith of treaties, while Mr. FITZGERALD boldly denounced their present course as absolutely dishonest, and declared that it was of the N ery greatest importance to England to maintain the independence of Den- mark. "I hope," he remarked, " that whoever may be in power, they will consider it the decided policy of this country to uphold at all hazards the inde pendence and integrity of Denmark, and resist an aggression which is alike unjast in its objects and dangerous in its termination," In the conclusion of an eloquent address, Mr. FITZGERALD dwelt strongly on the unity of sentiment and feel ing which pervades the different clasies ' l 4 this country, and the readiness with which all • 3oined in the prosecution of any cause had for its object the general good. On the wool; theseexpoliettaot thetwo .speeches may be taken as fair views of the two leading parties, if partie s the lies rattler b can be call e d, w h ere th e di st i nct i on etween men than measures. It would b e difact to prognostic • ate when the uit ' 1 -I r - plates and h eavy or d nance will end. Th e chatie„ co ntest between „ rill _ ttte certainly in favour of for as yet w e I, the gun B, -now not to what size the b r"ver of resistance oyr may be carri ed, or what , length of rang e may 3 Obtai z _ , . 41° exPeriments at .. but we do know be plated and the limit of r c l ap b; 'L ` lit Y of bearinc, the with tolerable certainty to what extent a ship may superincumbent weight. at Pertsn aonth, Shoeburyness, and th o se h vanced our experience to a c?rtain extantave ad_ • 1 4st Tuesday a tar ge t built to rqrcsent a secti on o f mr. hon, about to be ki d P.ELD'S new ship, the Bell down, was tested a t Shoeburynea • The plates of ' • this target are not l ess th an six inc hes in thicknes s , and although th e y were no t submitted to the severe test to which Mr_ CHALMERS' or the iWarrior targets were, even then, notwithstanding their extra thickness and th e meta l b e i ng o f the best quality, they were severely damaged by the im petus of the shot both from the 110 Armstrong and the old smooth-bore 68 -pounders, as well as the Whitworth and Armstrong 150-pounders and the rifted 300 -pounders. Although but one shot passed th rough the tar ge t, an d t h at b y striking the junc tioa of the plates, it was evident that even this thickness of plating would be liable to be penetrated by steel shot. This fact was practically illustrated in a trial with this kind of shot fired from a 100- pounder smooth-bore Armstrong during late expe riments on board the Excellent gunnery ship at Portsmouth. The result of the few shots fired showed that where cast-iron spherical shot and even wrought-iron bolts failed in effect, the steel projectiles crashed through the plates which had successfully resisted the others. following The shows what t eli f a r n om ee ou the seaermepen ma to y f trialthe s o h n o t t h h i s a v d e ou b b e e t f n u l fi p r e r d o t f e r c o t m i o n t h: e u S n p hwe with c h a 2 1 0 a I n b d . wder, place a e p e e o l e only a fifth of the weight of the shot, and have penetrated through a 51 inch armour plate, bolted on the side of the Monarch target ship, and also through the side of the ship itself, covering the deck of the target ship with splinters of the ' ship's planking, timbers, and iron knees, fragments of the broken plate, and of the steel shot itself, which had broken into small pieces in its course." It is absolutely impossible for a vessel of reasonable size to carry more than six-inch plates, and we enter tain serious dcubts if even that thickness of metal can be carried with safety, and certainly not with convenience. Yet even at this comparatively early stage of experiments, we have reached the limit to which we may carry iron plating, while we are as yet ignorant to what perfection artillery may be brought. The question naturally suggests itself, whether it would not be better to let well alone for the present, and for the Admiralty to rest satisfied with armour-plated ships as they are. Let them convert as many of the old three-deckers as possible into armour-plated frigates, protecting only their most vulnerable parts, rather than go on building at a vast cost vessels constructed upon theories which have never had the advantage of a practical test. Mr. REID is a clever man, and we have great conidence in his ability ; his new ship, the Belle rophon, according to his own showing, is to do wonders. We hope that she may realise his expec tations; but we cannot help entertaining doubts whether, in endeavouring to make her perfection, and trying to accomplish too much, he may not be disappointed. The cleverest engineer of our time, the man who first demonstrated the theory in ship building that "length gives stability," and who built one of the handsomest and fastest steamers even now afloat, in endeavouring to sur pass himself and carry out his theory ad extremis produced the greatest failure in naval architecture ever constructed ; and yet the lines of the Great Eastern were with certain alterations only an extension of those of the Great Britain. If it be necessary to cover a ship with heavy plates, it will be necessary to increase her tonnage in propor tion to the weight she has to bear, and by so doing her draught of water would be necessarily increased. Upon this principle the Warrior, Black Prince, and Minotaur have been constructed ; and yet, although these vessels are so large that they can be of little or no service against an enemy's harbours or in shoal water, even they cannot carry plates thick enough to withstand steel projectors at close quarters. We may, however, console ourselves in this much, that if we cannot render a seaman as secure on board our men• of-war as they would be at home, and if we cannot render our ships so many impregnable iron safes, we are at least as well oft as our neighbours. The American Monitors and ironclads have had to retire from the fire of the Confederate batteries. The iron plates with which the French frigates have been coated are inferior to those turned out by the English firms. Despite all the invectives that have been launched against Sir WILLIAM ARMSTRONG'S guns, we do not think that any other nation can produce better field artil lery than his 12 and 40 pounders. We do not i for an instant excuse the Government for I granting him, as it were, a monopoly of the trade, and refusing, until quite recently, to allow a competition between his guns and those of WHITWORTH, BLAKELY, and others, but we do maintain that, for the purpose for which these guns have been constructed, they have answered every requirement. Extreme range was never his object, what he aimed at was accuracy of the fire to a certain distance, and with a most destructi ve s h e ll. N ow, for all practical purposes 4,000 yar d s is quite as far as a gun would, with rare exceptions, be required to throw a shot or shell, and up to this range, and even beyond it, the Armstrong guns are very effective. As regards guns of a heavy calibre, suitable for our large frigates, we must await the result of the experi ments at present being carried on, and as we trust that now a fair field and no favour may be granted to all parties, our navy will soon be provided with as effective batteries as the army is. In speaking thus highly of the ARMSTRONG gun we do not wish to deprecate his rivals, but only desire to show that the wild declamation raised in certain quarters against Sir W. ARMSTRONG aro unfounded, and that although there is no doubt that there is room for considerable improvement in our ordnance it can, nevertheless, bear comparison with that of LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) T HE CONGRESS. any other nation. The go-a-head Americans use three hundred pounders as ordinary service guns, and boast of being able to throw shot and shell seven miles,with what accuracy we do not pretend to say; but this is at least certain, that at the siege of Charleston, it has been in general a toss up whether the enemy or the gunners were killed by these large overloaded pieces. According to the course at present followed we may go on increasing the size of our ships and guns until both become unwieldy and unmanageable, Thcre is moderation PARIS, DEC. 12. The Constitutionnel of this morning publishes an article, signed by M. Limayrac, upon the replies to the Congress proposition, which are now nearly all known. The writer says :—" The events in Denmark prove the t the proposition was opportune. The line of conduct to be followed by France is traced out. After having expressed regret to Eng land, and thanks to the Powers who accede to the propositions, France can give the required expla nations. Nothing is adverse to a preliminary un derstanding, the advantages of which are manifest. In the midst cf all the uncertainties and differences this understanding would create fixed points; and if the majority of the members of the European family concurred therein a considerable result be which we should h ave t o og ra t u lat o e b o t u a r in se e l d v , es o; c would The reply of the King of Denmark to the Emperor Napoleon's invitation to a Congress is published this morning. in all things, except the theories of enthusiasts, and it is the duty of the country to place some restraint on the proceedings of such individuals, especially when the nation has to pay the cost. Letters received here from Japan, to the 15th October, state that at an extraordinary meeting of Daimios it was decided, by 65 against 47 votes, that there was no ground for declaring war against foreigners. PRUSSIA. BRUSSELLS, DEC. 11 (Evening). Advices received here from Copenhagen state, as a current rumour, that the majority in the Rigsraad intended to propose that the execution of the con stitution of Nov.. 18 be suspended until further orders. The Dagbladet and Flyvepost announce that the negociations for the treaty of alliance with Sweden have been resumed. It is stated, upon what is said to be reliable authority, that the treaty will be sanctioned. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 7. The Invalide Russe publishes a military bulletin, whence is extracted the following remark upon the population inhabiting the confines of . ancient Poland :—" The women have relinquished mourn ing in the centre of Poland, and even at Warsaw. The use of Polish national costumes, however, is c3nstantly on the increase in Kieft'—the cradle of the Russian people." ./.....'.......411. LIMITED LIABILITY.—We observe from a report of the law proceedings in the Scottish courts last week that the Court of Session, in the case of a judicial factor appointed under the Pupils' Protection Act, refused to accept as security the bonds of guarantee of the National Guarantee and Suretyship Association (Limited), a com pany which was started in Scotland about six months ago. The grounds of judgment were that, whilst admitting the respectability of the company, it being only established xnder the provisions of the Limited Liability Act, it was not possessed of that direct legislative authority which the Pupils Protection Act appeared to contemplate in allowing the bonds of public companies established under Act of Parliament to be taken as security; and, further, that the Court could not sanction the acceptance of the bonds of a company as security where the liability of the shareholders was limited to the amount of their shares. MAGNETIC POWER,--A lecturer was dilating upon the powers of the magnet, defying any One to show or name anything surpassing its powers. A hearer demurred, and instanced a young lady, who used to attract him thirteen miles every Sxoay. —American, Paper. CRACOW, DEC. 8. The Czas continues to appear. It is said that the Minister of Justice at Vienna displayed great surprise at explanations being asked of him respect ing the suspension of the paper for three months. A COMPLETE VIEW OF Si. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. -- It Wi • ll be remembered that it was a matter Of regret at the time that the City authorities did not take stack of - ad vantage of the • ,_aan opening at the west end of Cannon-street to the'eaa, uninterruptedinstead view of St. Paul's Cathedral from iiiidi a n d of permitting to be erected a semi -circular land operations, an Old_fabshiolli thereon, which is more like the stern of nnoowoneoroughfare man-of-w ar than the abode of commercial At the rear of this obstructive pile, a A w r thur, Kay, and Evans, the well kpnriovNavnte a fi n r d m eT , x •N t i een4BBiyse. thi:gthiit through to Watling-street, turo, which, ruuni ng ar r ? )4o usemen, have raised a struc might have been ( Z ta o i .i n u t van a complete view of emai l . , and as the sacrifice our o:invi noble ba h lt e o e s t. j v . elegantlyAs cathedralfr on bel not be surprised to find so manifest ..._ , ,1 . e, the public must w hich is needed is really but a provement yet carried clit.-2V Qrni .: 4a 7 2,9,zeditable an im- The Minister is stated to have replied that he had no knowledge of the measure, which must be ex clusively attributed to the local authorities of this city. It is believed, therefore, that the interdict upon the publication of the paper has been removed by superior order from Vienna. The Czas of to-day says :—" A. skirmish took place yesterday between the police of this city and the political prisoners, to whom the police refused water. One of the prisoners,M. Victor Daszewski, was seriouEly Wounded by a bayonet stab above the left eye, and obliged to be taken to the hospital. " More numerous patrols than ever continue to effect arrests en masse in the streets. " The Lemberg police have made a minute search in the post-office of that town. " An insurgent chief in the palatinate of Lublin, Laplachta, formerly an officer in the Austrian army, has been sentenced to six weeks' confinement. His advocate vainly urged the exemplary conduct of his client while in the Austrian service, and the six months' preliminary confinement the accused had suffered previous to trial." SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 11. An amendment to the address has been brought forward in the Chamber of Deputies, to the effect that the Government should support the Congress power of the Pope, proposition and the temporal F RANGE. PARIS, DEc. 11 (E ven i ng). The monetary Position show n b y t h e b alance ofthe Bank of France is g oo d , b ut it is stated that large sums will be withdrawn in the course of a few days. The bill for the new loan of 300 million francs have not yet transpired. rh will e c b o e n l d a i i t d i o before o w the v e C r, Corps Legi s l a tif on M on d ay. It is uncertain whether the loan will be raised by public subscription, or through the bankers and capitalists, but it is believed the E m p eror i s greatly opposed to any combination inv o l v i ng a departure from the system of public sub scr i pt i on he has in augurated. BavOyt:lt n SE d , with Dec. 11.—The m ar k et has been rather he little busines s d o i ng. Threes, for which opened at 67fr. 350., are now a athte67f. Account,2oc. Alobilier have but slightly varied. Railway shares quiet, and for the most part with prices well maintained. The market c l ose d as follows: 41 per Gents .. 9 .5 15 Do. mid month.... --- 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 20 Credit Mobilier 1043 75 Do. end month 1045 B;tnk Shares 3330 Credit Fancier 1230 , 1 Roman • (Italian Loan 7l GO Do. end tnonth 7l 80 New ditto oo Do. end month.... Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 62 Rome Debt Deferred IAII.WAYa. Cash. Account. 972 60 .. 976 970 .. 975 OTleang Northern Now ditto Lyons and MedisArranoan ew ditto ............ . Genera..... 8 Yatliern . .................. Western Eastern Sardinian.......... Austrian LoirtArd ........ North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 932 50 .. 935 - 887 50 .. -•- 600 - 690 - 687 60 607 60 .. - 480 .. 478 75 400 - 393 75 395 - 395 - 620 .. 623 75 520 - .. 520 - 620 - .. 620 - 307 50 .. 305 - INDIA. bEATII OF LORD ELGIN. A telegram received at the India-office confirms the melancholy foreboding as to Lord Elgin. He died on the 20th of November at nhurumsalla. (TELEGRANI REe,'ErcED DEC. 11, 1863.) BOMBAY, Nov. 29. Lord lin died at Dhurumsalla at 2 a.m. on the 20th of November, and was buried privately upon the following day, in accordance with his own ex• press desire. SANGUINARY SKIRMISH, Sir Hugh Rose, from Lahore, has informed Sir Bartlo Frere that on the 20th of November the tribes attacked General Chamberlain with much determi nation. The enemy were debated. Lieutenants Sanderoon and Peel, of the 101st Regiment, were killed, five officers wounded, including Gen. Cham berlain and Col. Hope ; and 128 men, British and native, were killed and wounded. The loss of the tribes is much greater. Since this deftat the tribes have not attacked, and show symptoms of disunion and discouragement. Chamberlain says he does not require reinforcem ents; h e only wishes the regi ments which have su ff ere d much to be relieved, a n d speaks confid en tl y of f i nal success. H e h as upwards of 5,000 sele c t e d troops, intrenc h e d in a command. ing position, a n d d e f ended b y 13 guns, four o ffi cers of Engineers, and two companies of Sappers and Miners. The troops aro hard - worked, but their health is good. They are well-provisioned, and have plenty of ammunition. General Chamberlain has resigned the command on account of his wound and ill-health; Major-General Garvock is appointed to succeed him. AMERICA. (Per the Persia, via Roche's Point, December 11, 10 p.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 30. General Meade continued his advance on the 27th, the Confederate skirmishers falling back before him to half a mile beyond Robertson's Tavern, on the Fredericksburg and Orange Court-house-road, where be formed his centre in line of battle. Sharp skirmishing then commenced, and was kept up by the centre and on both the right and the left throughout the day. The heaviest skirmishing was on the right, which was commanded by Gen. French. At nightfall Gen. French being hard pressed, and having suffered a loss of between 500 and 900 killed and wounded, besides many prisoners, fell back upon the Federal centre. The left, after conside rabe fighting, succeeded in joining the centre. The Federal cavalry was also engaged at different points, and met with heavy losses—in the divisions of Gen. Gregg the killed alone amounted to 250; and a portion of Gen. Kilpatrick's cavalry, which attempted to cross the Racoon Ford under the fire of the Confederate batteries, were driven back, with the loss of 250 killed and wounded. On Saturday morning the whole Federal army was again on the advance in line of battle, and skirmishing in the front had been renewed. It was believed that a general engagement would be fought in the vicinity of Orange Court-house. Quartermaster-General Meigs has submitted to Mr. Stanton a detailed official account of the bat. tles near Chattanooga on the 2d, 24th, and 26th He states that great advantages were gained over Gen. Bragg, but does not give the exaggerated re sults of previously-received telegrams, and esti mates the Federal captures at several thousand pri soners and 30 cannon, which reduces Gen. Bragg's reported losses by fully one-half. The Federal losses during those three days were between 3,000 and 4,000 killed and wounded. The latest de spatches are to the 28th, on which day no fighting had occurred. General Bragg was concentrating his forces south of and near to Dalton, in Georgia; the Federal advance was south of Ringgold. The same de spatches state that an order from General Bragg recalled General Longstreet from before Knoxville on the 26th. Cincinnati telegrams give news from Knoxville to the 25th, which announces that the northern por tion of the town, including the rail way depot, had been burnt,but do not mention through what agency. They also state that General Longstreet raised the siege during the night of that day, and withdrew towards Dalton. General Burnside had started in pursuit, and if he failed to prevent a junction of Generals Longstreet and Bragg would himself join General Grant to co-operate against the combined armies of these generals. General Banks occupied Corpus Christi and Aranzas, in Texas, with but slight opposition, on the 15th and 17th. At Aranzas there was a small fortification, mounting three guns and garrisoned by 100 man, which capitulated. The terms of the capitulation are not named. General Hamilton left New Orleans on the 19th to assume the military governorship of Texas. His headquarters will be at Brownsville. The news from the Teche country is still confused and contradictory. General Franklin is now re ported to be still in that district, and to have tele graphed that his cavalryon the 19th surprised a camp of Confederate cavalry, killed 40 of their number, captured 100 prisoners and all their equipments, arms, and horses. The Confederate General Morgan and six of his officers escaped from the Columbus (Ohio) Peni tentiary, where they had been confined since their capture last summer, before daybreak on Saturday morning last. They dug through the floor of their cell, which was constructed of masonry nine inches in thickness, into an air chamber running beneath the building, and which communicated with the outside wall. One thousand dollars reward has been offered by the authorities of Columbus for the return to custody of General Morgan, alive or dead. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The unfavourable news from Virginia caused an advance in tho price of gold to 149 at ten o'clock this morning, when a rumour was circulated that two of General -Lee's army corps had been cap tured, which produced a decline of 2 per cent. within the ensuing hour. The report being later contradicted by despatches from Washington, the market reacted to 148 ; at 4 o'clock it closed at 1471. Exchange, 1621. United States' Sixes, registered, 1881, 108 ; Trea sury 7-30 Notes, 106/ ; New York Central Rail way, 1341; Erie, 1051 f Illinois Central, 117 i. Cotton declining. Breadstuffs irregular. Pro visions firm. Sugars dull and nominal. DEC. 1. It is announced that immediately upon crossing the Rapidan General Meade, having from 10 to 15 days' supplies and rations in his trains, severed his communications with Washington, which accounts for the non-receipt of news from his army since Saturday last. The Government is asserted to be as completely in ignorance of his movements as the public. The skirmishes which have occurred are admitted upon all hands to,have resulted unfavour ably to General Meade ; but at the same time the belief exists that General Lee has fallen back beyond Orange Court-house with the design of exhausting Gen. Meade's supplies before accepting a general engagement, but that he will certainly make a stand at Gordonsville. Chattanooga telegrams of the 30th state that no fighting has taken place for several days, and that the campaign was considered at an end. There is still no later authentic news from Knox ville. The rumour that Gen. Longstreet had raised the siege has been contradicted. Gen, Foster reached Cumberland Gap this morn- ing, and was expected to proceed immediately to Knoxville. One account of the burning of a portion of the town explains that the houses in that locality had been occupied by Confederate sharpshooters, and it was consequently shelled and destroyed by the Federals. It is reported that reinforcements under Gen. Grainger have been sent to Knoxville from Chattanooga. Gen. Hurlbert, commanding in Tennessee and Kentucky, has issued an order impressing into the Federal military service all the able-bodied men in his department. General Morgan reached Toronto, via the Great Western Railway, yesterday, and telegraphed his arrival there to Columbus. No accounts have yet been received of the whereabouts of his officers who escaped with him. The members of the Senate and the House of Representatives for the approaching Congress are beginning to assemble in Washington. The elec tions of Speaker a n d Cl er k already obtain much interest. The con t es t f or the forme r position, it Cl is thought, w ill b e b e t we en Mr• Fur t e of Illinois and Mr. Colfax of Indian a • hClerk ships several candidates are named. S a turday and Sunday An attempt was mal? on . last to launch the Dictator, the most formidable of a number of Federal ironclads now being completed, but proved unsuccessful, owing to the settling of the ways upon which she was built, Several steamers were attached to her by hawsers, but their united power failed to move her more than a few feet. It has been decided to reconstruct the ways before making another trial to get her off. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 1481. Exchange, 163. United States' Sixes, registered, 1881, 108; Treasury 7-30 Notes, 1061. New York Central Rail may, 135; ; Erie, 1051 ; Illinois Central, 117. Cotton, 80c. Breadstuffs unsettled. Provisions firm. Sugars steady. DEC. 2, 10 a.m. Advices from Virginia to Monday at noon re port the armies of Generals Lee and Meade in line of battle upon either side of the Mine Run Valley, between Fredericksburg and Orange Court-house, about 12 miles from the latter place. Skirmishing only had occured since Friday. The impression prevailed in the Army of the Potomac that General Meade would attack the Conftderate position, which was a strongly fortified one. Yesterday accounts from Knoxville to the 28th state that General Longstreet attacked the Federals on the south side of the river, three miles from the town, on the 25th, and was repulsed with the' loss of 150 killed and wounded. Cincinnati telegrams of yesterday announce that a courier from Knoxville had arrived at Cumberland Gap with the intelligence that the Confederates had crossed the river on Sunday and brought on a general engagement, which resulted in the defeat of the Confederates and the capture of General Wheeler's division of 5,000 men. This latter news is discredited. The Federals evacuated Ringgold yesterday ; having Irat burnt all the public buildings, mills, depote, and bridges, and returned to Chattanooga. The railway from Ringgold to Chicamauga was also destroyed. Federal and Confederate accounts from Charleston to the 28th state that the firing upon Sumter and the other Confederate batteries continued. Shells were also occasionally thrown into the city, but did no material damage. In the Charter elections in this city yesterday Mr. C. Godfrey Gunther, a Peace Democrat, was elected Mayor. Gold, 149. The Persia takes out 733.100 dots. in specie. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE FOREIGN PROSTITUTE NUISANCE NEAR THE COUNTY FIRE OFFICE.— Caroline de Lacy, a most elegantly attired German prostitute, was charged before Mr. Knox with disorderly conduet, and making use of obscene lan guage near the County Fire Office, corner of Glasshouse street, Regent-street. Henry Rough, 310 A, said--Yesterday afternoon, about half-past five, I saw the prisoner, with several other women of her class, collected near the County Fire Office. I told them to go away, saying that she had had one - police man's coat off his back and she would have another, Fnd ing she would not go away, and as a crowd of 500 persons collected and caused great confusion, ho took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner was the most troublesome of all the foreign prostitutes at the West-end. Mr. Henry Gabell, of Glasshouse-street, said—l heard the disturbance, and went down and heard the constable desire the prisoner to go away. She refused to do so, and abused the constable in a vile manner. The prisoner was the most audacious, nay, indecent, of all the women col lecting at the place. She had a large crinoline and had a peculiar knack of swinging it round so as to show half-way up her legs. The nuisance is so great that we can scarcely we can scarcely live in our houses. Mr. Knox—l am bound to say, from my own observa tion, that you cannot pass down the street of an afternoon without seeing 19 or a dozen of them about. Mr. Gabell—l feel sure it would not be tolerated in any other city in the world. It is intolerable and disgraceful. Prisoner—l do not like to be insulted by a constable. It is no use my saying anything. I have been three years here, and it is the first time I have been here. Mr. Knox—You are the greatest nuisance of the district. I never pass the place without seeing a gathering of you. Mr. Gabell—And she is the worst of the lot. She will never let a gentleman pass without stopping him, and an noying him by her solicitations. Mr, Knox—l will not, as it is the first case of the kind that has been brought before me, put tho law in full force. I Ehall commit her for 14 days. I will put the nuisance down if I can. The prisoner was then committed for 14 dayc. WESTMINSTER. A FEMALE MARAUDING EXCURSION.—EIiza Smith and Martha Rogers, two young women, described as 17 and 18 years of age, were charged with unlawfully being about the streets for the purpose of committing felony and with being found in possession of some plates which it was believed they had stolen. Robert Randall, 338 A, proved that the two prisoners, in company with a third person of the same age and sex came out on a marauding excursion on the previous night. He first saw the two prisoners together at half-past eight in the Fulham-road, and they were there engaged in an en deavour to rob a linendraper's shop but finding they were observed, they walked down the street to another shop, where they endeavoured to pilfer some goods which were tied outside the door, but were unable to undo the fasten ing. They were then joined by a third girl, who had some thing concealed under her shawl, which she showed to them, and they then, in company together, went to another tradesman, but did not succeed in getting anything. Wit ness, who had searched for another constable, then ap proached to apprehend them, but all three taking different directions the girl with the plates escaped. Mr. Selfe—ls anything known of the prisoners? Police-constable—Yes ; they are known. The prisoner Rogers has had six months' a very short time ago for shop lifting. Rogers—What of it I suppose I was supposing I did go shoplifting. Did not I suffer for it and is'nt that enough ? Mr. Selfe-What is known of the other ? Police—She is the constant associate with thieves. A police constable of the D division said—All three girls there seem to start upon their present expedition two hours before, and it was difficult to say where they had been or with what success. There had been no time to make in quiries at present, but some handkerchiefs had been found on prisoners. They wore remanded till Friday. TIIAMES. TilE HORRIBLE DEIVP IN THE EAST.—TWO infamous women named Mary Wilson, aged 65, and Catherine Carey, 23, *ere brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with steal ing a cost s the property of Jacob Johnson, a seaman, in a den of the worst doEcription in Cock and Neptune. court, Wellclose-square, whets many atrocious outrages and rob beries have been daily and nightly committed for a long time past. Mr. W. W, King, of College hill, solicitor to the East London Association for abating that class of pub• lie offences, which consistd in sets of indecency, profanity, and drunkenness, has already commenced proceedings against the occupiers of many houses In Cock and Neptune court, where no policeman will venture alone, and where many have been seriously illused and maimed. The prosecutor, Johnson, was inveigled into one of the hovels in Cock and Neptune-court by the prisoners. They immediately stripped him of his coat, and would have turned him into the street in a state of nudity, as they have many other sailors, if ho had not by a desperate effort got away from them and rushed out of the place. He made known his loss to a police constable named Archer, 101 K, who obtained assistance, and took the prisoners into custody. Both women protested they knew nothing of the sailor or his coat. They were searched by a female in the Leman street station-house. The sailor's coat was discovered on the person of Wilson. It was fastened round her crinol ti me ine. s Archer said the old haridan had be en in custody 20 for stealing sailors' jackets, and esc +ped. Mr. Partridge, on hearing articles and was about to proceed to sea, disposed of the case that the sailor had signed summarily, and sentenced the prisoner to six weeks' silver prisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. ANOTHER SEAMAN PLUNDERED. —Mary Ann Bennett, a woman of the town, was charged with stealing a watch, tt gold Albert chain, a silk handkerchief, and a shirt, valued in all at £6 65., and 30s. in money, from ffHighway, and hwaNye St. George, t h e person of Th omas Daly, a seaman, in a house of bad Neptune-court, whichrepute is in e ci B u l a tt l e l g y aat as - infamouse!d s , R a as teli Cock and in the same parish. The sailor was induced to accompany the prisoner to one of the dreadful haunts in Bluegate• fields, lie was immediately beaten and robbed of his watch, money, and other property by the prisoner and a ruffian who is wel► known to the police, and WU described as her bully. Mr, Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week, and directed the police to look after the man concerned in this audacious outrage and robbery. k-A-; I Env " 111,11 Tat HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 11. The Queen walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, at tended by Baroness Dobeneck, took a carriage driive• Her Serene Highness Princess Hohenlohe Lauen bourg honoured Mr, G. Kobeirwein with a last sitting for her full length portrait. The Prince and Princess of Wales. WINDSOR, Dec. 11. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales entertained their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia last night at Frogmore House. Sir Thomas and Lady Biddulph, Colonel Keppel, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, and, the Lady and Gentle man in Waition on the Crown Prince and Princess had tha honour of being invited. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at tended by Colonel Keppel and Mr. Fisher, wen t out hunting with the harriers this morning, an d enjoyed some excellent sport. His Royal High' ness after the hunt returned to Frogmore House. Her Royal Highness the Princes of Wales droll ) in Frogmore grounds to-day. HER MAJESTY.—Yesterday the Queen attende d evening service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and oc cupied the royal closet. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was also present, and occupied the stall of the late Prince Consort as Knight of th e G ar t er . H er MajestY9' the Princess were attired in deep mourning. The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia have attended Divine ser vice at the chapel several days during the week. Dr. WI presided at the organ. Their S3rene Highnesses the Prince and prince° Edward of Saxe Weimar will join the company visiting th e Mai quis and Marchioness of Bath at Longleat, Wilts, 011 Monday next. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi leave town early in the ensuing weal; e n a tour of visits. The Duke of St. Albans has left London fo r Skutterskelfe, Yarm, Yorkshire, on a visit to Viscount Falkland. The Marquis of Bristol, who arrived in town ° II Monday, left yesterday for Ickworth Park, where a la r g, e , family circle have assembled, and will remain al it ' Christmas. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath have been entertaining during the week the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, Yiscou o Canterbury, the Countess of Ellesmere, and other visitors. The Earl of Dudley has left his house in Park' lase for Scotland. The Countess of Derby left town on Thursday for Knowsley, Lancashire. The object the countess bad in coming to town for a few days was to visit Lady Ert,° 9 ' Talbot. The Earl and Countess of Darnley have returned to their seat in Kent, from Ireland. We understand that Viscount Powerscourt is about to be married to Lady Julia Coke, eldest daughter 0' the Earl and Countess of Leicester. Lady Lyndhurst, has left town for the residence of Mr. Du Cane, M.P., and Hon. Mrs. Da Cane, in Ess°- Her ladyship is in better health. Lord Stanley, M.P., has left town for Knowell', after visitin g th e M arqu i s an d M arc hi onees o f Salisbury} t"" Hatfield House, Herts. general meeting held on Monday last, it THE NATIONAL SHAKSPEARE COMMITTEE- - A t it° was an nounced that the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Arch bishop of Dublin, the Duke of Devonshire, Lordßroughen4 and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer had accepted office as vice-p res id en t s o f th e assoc i a ti on . The gen eral body were also informed that Lord Stratford de Redclife, General Knollys, Captain Knollys, 93d Highlanders, Sir Roundell Palmer (Attorney. General), Sir Hugh Cairns, QC., M.P., Mr. Sergeant Parry, the Marquis d'Azeglio, Professor Delins, Professor Ulrici, Professor Elze, Colonel Sykes, M.P., Sir A. H. Elton, Bart., Sir Lascelles Wrak• all, Bart., Dr. Charles Beke, F.S,A., Professor Masson , and other distinguished men had joined the committee during the past month. Edward de Bunsen, Esq., Coma" cillor of Legation, and Antonio Panizzi, Esq., have engaged to act as foreign secretaries to the committee. The follow ing resolution was unanimously adopted by the general body:—" That the following gentlemen be requested to act as a site committee, with instructions to consider the prin ciples which should govern the selection of a site for e Shakspeare Memorial, to'inquire into the number of appro priate sites, and ascertain which of them may be ebtaineid, and on what conditions, for the purpose of erecting' monument of a large and noble character, namely, th , Duke of Manchester, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, lthj7.Tite, , Attorney-General, Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P. tri;ton, M.P., G. R. Goschen, Esq., M.P., W, Hepworth a ppubkree Esq., and J. 0. Halliwell, Esq," A MATTER OF TASTE—BARON ALDERSON A N .D THE LADIES.—At the Winter Assize at Chest el ' : there was, upon one occasion, a considerable noise in the. passage, caused by some ladies endeavouring to obtain act" mission into court. Baron Alderson—Let the passage b e cleared. If I were a lady I should have no desire to cone!. and hear a man tried for his life, but that is a matter of taste. At any rate, if they want to gratify their curiosity, let them do so quietly. The Usher—But they can't do it, my Lord. His Lordship—l know they can't. THE PRINCE IMPERIAL, in imitation of his augu st parents, has also his list of invitations made out while at Compiegne, and has this week been entertainiog the sons of General Fleury, M. de Bourgoing, and of th e Doctor Conneau. Besides these small intinses, the yotOg Prince amuses himself by asking to the chateau the enfant s de troupe of his regiment of the Grenadier Guards, wher e he holds the rant of corporal, and with them goes throug h the exercises and a series of military manoeuvres. If the weather be fine, these are performed in the open air in the court of the chateau, and on rainy days in a large hall in the interior, after which the 3 oung soldiers are invited to join their messmate at dinner, who is reported to do the honours of the tabl e a d m i ra bl y, an d t o gain thereby greatf popularity a mong hi s youth f ul comra des.-- to-day. MINERAL WEALTH OF CANADA.--A few days ago we noticed the discovery of anti mc ‘ny in t he township of Ham, of gold and silver quar tz at Tyendinago, in the county of Hastings, and of further deposits of co pp er The Queen, o in the rich belt of country which extends northward frothl Lake Memphremagog to Point Levi. We now hear et lead deposits, said to be of unusual richness, in the' eat° county of Hastings. In the short space of ha lf an hour 401 b. of pure soft lead was taken from a hole about 2ft. deep and 3ft. in circumference. The p ros pest reems favou ranS ez and there is scarcely any doubt that a mine of great weolt: has been tapped. We also learn that the Marraora it and copper mines are again about to be worked by a /1 , company, principally from Quebec, who purpose CO mencing operations with a capital of 1,000,000 dollars, e will endeavour to float half of it off in the moneyed centrece in the Northern States. The mine in question will prod ; ore of good quality—equal in fact, to any imporied. mineral wealth of the country promises in time to t`O'P l iiie b. large proportion of that hardy floating population. States has in the past been attracted to the neighbouring cai by the apparently high prices offered there.--. M-0,411 Gazette. RIVER SLIME.—The proverbial fertility of ti le ' deposits which the Nile annually leaves on the plain . of Egypt, and the success of draining operations, nattiralll call the attention of agriculturists to the advantages 01'; tainable from the judicious use of the solid matter cavrico• along by rivers. The problem of inundations belono tp , the same subject, and t h e idea of turning them to acct teal, has been often p ut forward by eminent men; but unto rttv nately no researches have as yet been made on the quail' tity and nature of the slime deposited by some of the principal rivers. M. Herve-Mangen has taken up the Buie ject in a recent communication to the Academy of Sci e " ern i r n i e t i s aFn t h rcia e the question nee plied :2Cna i i m lt t ih o c i ehf t tohenra,i Carpentr as, irrigation, xr aivm rive r o n a large eteha Durance. lee.w Eighteen a t e r s T o h f e wli : laitteethrearal i rd s er pi p l i borrow 69 cubic metres of water from it per second, for the purpose of watering land. From the let Novena bar, 1859!. earth, the side w o e f i t g v h h i i n e g h i5 17 22 n1 0 solid the 31st October, 1860, it deposited 10,770,313 metres of, away from the upper parts of the banks, and carried t 0 inilliLotnrces,owfastuthnosi..efot wcual;eol the lower strata, and thence to the sett. If this slime wet entirely deposited on the soil it would cover the enorniciaa": surface of 107,703 hectares with a layer of the thickness . i t a centimetre, and if it were carried to the Camargue it ' l ,_ fill up its marshes and transform it into the most e rg for° plains in less than half a century. In the course of t ill s _, the Canal of Carpentras deposited 137,217 cubic me r elay ': slime, weighing 218,403 tons, 119,588 of which we 4 r o e_ car, 81,978 were carbonate of lime, 223 nitnogen. and 1, 1 bon. (2 a c From res) of lother willexperimentsretain t 0 n i it ,arp(ippette.kr:t ratinghat o_ a n ; rv e e e r t i ibi l a ° , depth of coating of about two millimetres. I'llerJ,, theie ..,... its effluents yield similar results. To uuderstairdr a i '7, portance of the advanta ges year transp orts culture, M. 1-Mangos-Mangoia states that .it 100,00 which slimythrievejr)suraaneved evg:r'y tons of guano, and as much carbon as might 47,000 hectares of forest laud • ,—Gaignatii. as much nitrogen as is coiatai b n:d ab i sorbetlYol f avour them. Th, contai resp ec bli s h, Work Rod c the Etc direct 411 alle Under Who i leVeri The terda l :tore 90: s r_ 9 nesB duoed i; do to 7 s . The Presse occur/ ditto 251 2( and tl The will c preset In have cluing prove( tern (I The inactii Ban rate r( i ll vat Ditto Ditto c onsols India t;:. I "teheq Ditto Ditto A astriE Brazith Dittc Ditto Ditto Ditto tardin Ditto Ditt( Ditto Diu( piii; Dittc Spa!ais Dittc hvedie Tarkis Ditty Ditty Ditty Ditt Ditt( Venn' .ilitt( Ditti Ditt( 4 -'utch; Ditti genet Vit' Mali an ri kit] °°l Bol, 4-iitt( o x oa rsni th e with t ver tt itt At iteh ' a. 4 1 . 11 1 0 01111,1 141( mere befor Th the f utsal Ab Bant In there Insta Sin atnou inelut WhiCi It E eially purpo referr This i Prope this f nitte