The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-22 00:00:00

te ! .• t •••.. 1 _ 4 9 4:446(1--T4AP-- ;46 14, • ••".% it it, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOV. 22, 1664. - The position of an Ambassador is at all times one of great delicacy, and great eare and caution are necessary if he would fulfil his duties with credit to himself and hcnonr to his conntry, But what is onerous in tittles of peace becomes ten times more difficult to Perform when there is war in the case, and especially when the spirit and sentiments of the nation which he represents are not in accordance w i t h th e mode practised by the Government to which he is accredited. At the same time that policy and expediency taught him to make the best of things, the spirit of independence and the sense of rectitude urge him on to condemn a system and censure a practice which the best instincts of his nature know to be false. It cannot be denied that Lord NAPIER has not extricated himself with great skill from the difficulties of his position in taking leave of the Embassy at St. Petersburg on his recent departure for Berlin. A deputas tion of English residents in the former city waited upon his Excellency to congratulate him upon the services he had rendered to the cause of peace in Poland. Whereupon he made a reply which, to speak in the mildest terms, we must call thoroughly un-English and unsuitable in its tone. It was all very well in such a plaoe to abstain from those vehement expressions of sentis ment, and refrain f r om the utterance of thatindig nation, which all honest men are supposed to feel in looking upon the conduct of Russia to Poland. Yet what need was there for a Minister represent ing the n3 , jesty of England, in the presence of a foreign Court, to mince matters to such an extent that an ignorant peruser of his speech might well believe that there was not much cause to find fault with Russia after all. It is most deplorable to meet with such language emanating from one in so high a quarter. Lord NAPIER seems to lay un. due stress upon the preservation of peace between Great Britain and Russia. This is no doubt a de sirable result, but there are may other things of far greater importance than this desideratum, and no statesman who rightly understands the eternal interests of justice, and the paramount claims of humanity, will rank being on terms of amity with a tyrant whose conquering power has crushed the spirit and pressed out the life-blood of a gallant people, beyond and above the duty of a great country to express its just feeling of indignation and contempt. Really, when we reflect upon the tenour of this farewell address, we may be pardoned for believing that the dekterious influences of aßus. sian capital have exercised an injurious effect upon the opinions of our ambassador there. We would advise him to change his tune before be attempts to address an English audience on the subject of Polish wrongs and Russian policy. It will not do to bring in the sedulous flatteries and adroit com pliments which sounded so well in the city of the autocrat, and which do not appear to have sensibly shocked those who heard them in that place. Lord NAPIER declares that his object throughout the difficult transactions in which he was engaged was to furnish her MAJESTY'S Government with correct news of the policy pursued by Russia. In doing this he tried to speak as an " impartial" but in. variably " well-meaning" judge, and he did not allow himself to be blinded by the "passions of the moment." This last expression, it is to be presumed, must refer to having any undue sympathy for Poland and judging from the speech before it may safely be affirmed that no such charge can be laid to his Excellency's account. He was supported in his course, he declares, " by the kindness shown by his Majesty the EMPEROR, and by the: confidence felt in his intentions by his Excellency Prince GORTSCHAKOFF." Really these last named indivi duals must have been made of stern stuff even for the " hardy, rude Russ" had they refused to be courteous and considerate to such a stanch ally and determined well-wisher as the English ambassador appears to have been. It may also be said with truth that this is not an appropriate time for Lord NAPIER to choose to "express oar sympathies un reservedly for a great nation governed by a good monarch, labouring with firmness and calmness at a remarkable change which is preparing for it—a more prosperous future." The tone of this passage is offensive to the recognised principles of our na tional code of honour. We cannot appreciate the justice which showers benefits on one side and hurls destruction on the other. The firmness of Russian policy is pretty universally acknowledged, but it may be a genteel name for a course of procedure that keeps to its end regardless of means, and counts for nothing all that should withhold a humane or merciful man from going on. So far as we can see from the accounts furnished of the policy of St. Petersburg, the laws of God and man are alike vio. lated, so that the imperial car may ride triumphant over the foes who dare to oppose his way or impede his progress. 13 dwelling upon this speech of Lord NAPIER, it may fairly be asked why an English NAinister should seek thus to palliate a course of policy which is repulsive to the country'he repre sents, and alike adverse to its public and private sentiments. If such cajoling protes testations and such fulsome flattery are necessary to the maintenance of the peaceful relations he holds so dear, we protest against their employment for such a purpose, and declare in the name of that freedom our forefathers have held so dear, for which they have perished on field and scaffold, that such peace may be bought at too high a price. To what purpose were these inconsistent and unseemly flatteries addressed to a monarch whose recent con duct in Poland has excited the just wrath and in. dignation of all civilised States ? Surely it is absurd, when we reflect upen the reproaches cast by Earl RUSSELL at the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. Another very unpleasant idea suggests itself to our consideration when we read this address of Lord NAPIER. Is he a fitting representative of our Go. vernment at the Court of Berlin ? Will he carry on his Muscovite method ? It is intolerable to think that our diplomatic relations with a grasping Power like that of Prussia are to be ruled and governed by the style which characterises the words of this fare. well address to the English residents at St Peters burg. With all due respect to Lord NAPIER'S abili. ties and belief in his good intentions, it may safely be averred that if such is to be the tone that cha. racterises his policy he had better take a final fare• well of diplomacy ; but it will not suit the views of this country if we are to be forced to play the part of courtier to the tyrants and despots of Europe. It is not of the chief importance that we please the oppressor in his might, but that we sympathise with the oppressed nationalities who are struggling for a ray of that freedom which shines upon us so brightly. It is no light task in these days for members to present themselves to their co:stituents with the view of expressing their sentiments on the chief questions that agitate the political world. Accord ing to a good old custom they are, many of them, in the habit of giving, as it were, a periodical ac count of their political opinions to their electors, of enlightening them as to the successive acts of the Parliamentary drama, and of adding a running commentary on the words and deeds of statesmen and diplomatists. A few years back this was no very arduous task; Europe was tranquil, and the oratorical politician had nothing more exciting to dilate upon than Lord PALMERSTON'S last Chinese war or Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S neversending, still beginning Reform Bill ; but now what a troubled vortex does he plunge into ! The intricate rela tions of England and Germany, the miserable failure of our ill-directed c ff)rte on behalf of Den mark, the dismemberment of that kingdom, the dis putes between the two highway robbers over their booty, the long struggle and cruel martyrdom of the Poles, the rumoured alliance of the continental despots, the terrible and protracted struggle in the new world, and all the varied interests which it in volves in the old, all these vast and exciting topi cs rise before the speaker of to-day. When to these the member for the Silmarncek burgh s thought proper to prefix copious statistics illustrating the buoyancy of our revenue, and to append a disquisi tion on the financial embarrassments of most of the great nations of Europe, we shall readily admit that he set himself no easy task. Such as it was, however, he went through it very creditably, pro mulgating some rather singular theories, and in geniously evading some of those awkward questions which modern reformers find it inconvenient to answer. The good people of Kilmarnock were not, it is to be presumed, quite so familiar with the pros and cons of the Danish and American ques tions as their metropolitan countrymen, so that the matters under discussion were a little less hacknied than they would have been in London, The ex traordinary prosperity of cur national finances was a subject which, whatever the dryness of statistical de tails, is interesting to all classes of Englishmen, and Mr BOUVERIE'S constituents could scarcely fail to hear with satisfaction that notwithstanding the large and repeated reductions in our taxation the public revenue was steadily increasing. The less gratifying fact that .Z 25,000,000 per annum of that revenue goes to keep up our military and naval establishments led to some observations by Mr BOUVERIE on the point of these costly armaments. He remarked that there was no immediate prospect of any sensible reduction, and went on to show the effect that the expensive alterations in modern modes of warfare were likely to have on European politics. The result of most mechanical improve ments was, he said, to cheapen the cost of predue. tion, but it was a remarkable thing, and a thing which the ratepayers have much to lament, that hitherto all the inventions with reference to our means of defence grow more and more expensive. A yard of cloth or a piece of carpet does not cost as much now as it did twenty or fifty years ago, but guns and ships proved in inverse ratio. As Mr BOU'YERIE pointed out to his hearers, one effect of the great cost of the present means of attack and de fence will be that an enormous increase of power will be thrown into the hands of the great Powers who alone can afford to pay for them. Of old two or three smaller States could combine against a large one, and their support or attack were matters of importance, but now they are no longer on a level, however much they may unite their forces, since their inferiority is no longer only a question of numbers. Mc BOUVERIE observed that when speaking to a Swedish gentlemen the other day about the Swedish navy, he was answered that it was useless for Sweden to attempt maintaining a navy, for she could not keep pace with Powers that could afford to spend two and three hundred thou sand pounds on one ship. Therefore Mr BOUVERIE concludes that the smaller States of Europe will henceforth be at the mercy of their more wealthy and powerful neighbours, and according to the principles now in vogue of non-intervention on the one hand, and reckless usurpation on the other, the prospect is not a cheering one. There is, however, one thing to be said, it is not yet so absolutely cern tain that the new vessels will carry all before them, and that the old navies will be hopelessly useless. The great weight and unwieldy size of our modern ships may bring about difficulties in an engagement which the old wooden walls escaped. Among the many neutical lessons taught by the action at Tra falgar, the fate of the largest and most costly, but, at the sime time, most cumbrous of the Spanish vessels is not without its moral. Coming to the aspect of foreign affairs, Mr. BOUVERIE supports, of course, the policy of the Government, and calls the virtual censure of the House of Com mons a party move to displace the Ministry. How the hon. member contrives to reconcile his own theory that it is the duty of groat States to protect weaker ones from oppression with the actual facts of the case it is not easy to see. Ho denies that England should always be ready to support her voice with her sword, but maintains that " there are great interests of truth, justice, and right, i❑ which everything is attained by a strong voice being raised to proclaim what is true, just, and right at the time," although its remonstrances may not at the moment be heeded. But he seems to forget that England's voice is no longer strong, for she has lost that moral force which goes with the sense of power in reserve, When once she has openly proclaimed that no act of oppression, ho we ever violent, no breach of faith, however outrageous, shall induce her to draw her sword, and that, come what will, she will consult nothing but her own interests, her words, although lofty, are powerless, her threats, although boisterous, are contemptible. Englishmen have felt too painfully the light in which their diplomacy is held both in Continental Europe and in America for any smooth assertions of the wisdom and justice of the course pursued by their Ministers to pass current at this date. The American war, Mr. BOUTERIE, like most men, regards as a hopeless struggle, after an impossibility on the part of the North, and after proclaiming it as an idle dream to suppose that the broken fragments of the vast Republic could ever be reunited, he quoted a passage from a work written fifty years ago, which prophecied with singular exactness the downfall of the United States. " I should say," writes Professor SMYTH, in his " Lectures on Modern History," " that the great event to be ex pected is that this empire should break up into two or more independent States or Republics, and that at some distant period America may be destined to exhibit all the melancholy scenes of devastation and which have so long disgraced the continent of Europe." The same melancholy prescience has been shown by some of the more eminent of American statesmen, and yet the people themselves, or rather their temporary leaders, seem unable or unwilling to recognise the fact, so patent years before toclear sighted men, Mr. BOUVERIE, while deploring the charaoterof the struggle, paid tribute to the courage determination of both combatants, and - con cluded a long and able address by deploring the ex• cessive military establishments of the age. His views found ,favour with his constituents, who warmly applauded many of his sentiments, but the general public will, we apprehend, be inclined to temper its approval with a little mental reserve. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, Mr. H. Haigh, Mr A. Law rence, Mr. H. Corti, and Madame Parepa. _ TIIIS EVENING (Tuesday), Nov. 2?, will be performed Al.cfarren's new and suc:esstul opera, HELVELLYN. Hannah. Madame Lemmens-Sherrington ; Martin, Mr. H. Ilaigh ; Luke, Mr. A. Lawrence ; Old Steenie, Mr. H. Corri ; and Mabel, Madame Parepa. Conductor, Mr Alfred Mellon. Commence at half-past 7 o'clock. Private boxes, from 10s. 6cl, upwards ; stalls, 7s. ; dress circle, 58. ; upper ,boxes, 48 ; amphitheatre stalls, as. and 2s ; pit 2s. 6eL ; gallery, ls. No charge for bo o king places. The box - office is open from 10 till 5. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ARRANGEUENTS FOR THE WEEK. The performence will commence Every Evening during the :Week with YOU KNOW WHO. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), Thursday, and Saturday, FA UST. To-morrow, Wednesday, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (in Italian'. On Friday, DON GIO VANNI (in English). Conductor, Signor A RDITI. Doors open at Ilalf-past Six, commence at Seven. Opera At Eight. Box Office rpm from Ten till Five. Private Boxes, from 3.08. Cd. ; Stalls, 7s. ; Dress Circle, 55.; First Circle, 4s. ; I it, 2 s . 61. ; Gallery, Is. No charge for booking places. No fees to box-keepers. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, to commence with A YOUNG L AD FROM THE COON FRY. Messrs. G. Belmore, Fitzjames, And G. F. Neville; Misses Helen Howard, R. Leclercq, &C. After which, Shaksoere's Tragedy of M ACBETIL Mr. Creswick; Messrs. 11 .Marston,R. ltoxby, G, Belmore, Rayner, G. F. Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, Bartleman, &e ; Misses Rebecca Isaacs, Emma Heywood, and Miss Atkinson. Doors open at ha f-past Six—Commence at Seven. T HEATRE ROYAL, II AYMARKET.— Lessee. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE SUN AND THE WIND. After a hich, THE STRANGER. Messrs. Howe, Chip pendale, Farren, Compton, Rogers, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; ,Mesdames Beatrice, Keeley, Fitzwilliam, Moore, &c. Followed by ON THE SLY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers, Gordon, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Fitzwilliain, &c. And OUR MARY ANNE. Miss H. Lindley, Mr Clarke. To commence at. 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Under the zole management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, TIIE RING'S BUTTERFLY. ran fan, the King's Butterfly, Mr. Fechter. Messrs. Ityder,Wid dicomb, Ch M'lntyre, Garden, Raymond, Moreland, C ifford, Collett; Misses Carlot a Lezlercq, 31. Henradc, E. Lavenue, and B. Lavenue. Preceded, at 7, by NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Garden, Moreland, Collett ; Miss Lavenue,Mis. Lee. On Monday, Dec. 5, RUY BLAS, Huy Blas i Mr. Fechter. Doors open at halt-past 6 ; commence at 7. The Box-office open daily from Elev..n till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. Alter which, TILE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her, D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11. Forrester. IL Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. INE. IIV THEATRE-RO VAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE HEN AND CHICKENS. Meters, B. 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Ad vertisements and all, the little publication extends to very nearly one hundred pages: the majority of them crammed full with useful, and much of it very entertaining, information. It is a charming brochure, fit for any gentleman's pocketbook or for any lady's reticule. THE WRECK OF THE SHIP WILLIAM GRAHAM.- Yesterday the Board of Trade irquiry into the lots of the above vessel was resumed at Liverpool, when Mr T, S.Ratles and Captains Harris and Baker gave their decision. Mr Raffles said that the court, after a careful consideration of the evidence and the master's statement, felt bound to pronounce Mr Gee. Howison, the master, in default, in that after getting his ship into a most dangerous position, by an error of judgment, and declining to accept the services of a local pilot or listen to his advice, ho continued to run boldly into a bay with which he was totally unacquainted without taking the usual precaution of heaving the lead until it was too late to avoid the catastrophe. Taking into consideration the antecedents of the master, his mature age, and the excellent testimonials produced, the court was induced to pronounce a lenient sentence, trusting that this accident may act as a warning to Mr Hewison to exercise caution in future. The sentence of the court was that the master's certificate be suspended for AIX calendar month., L ATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BEITTER I S TELEGRAMS.) POLAND. ABOLITION AF CONVENTS. WARSAW, Nov. 21. It is now positively stated that the decree for the abolition of convents has received the Empe• ror's sanction, Those convents which were implicated in the late insurrection will be entirely suppressed., and the few remaining establishments will be placed under Government supervision. SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 22.. The Duke of Rivas, President of the Council of State, has resigned, and is succeeded by the Marquis Viluma. says:—" It is the duty of Th 3 Epoca of to-day Spain to defend the Papacy by endeavouring to come to an nnderstandiog on the subject with France. 6, • benor Mon has accepted the post of Ambassa dor to the French Court." ALGERIA. PARIS, Nov. 22. Official advices from Algeria state that the insur rectionary tribes continue to give in their submission, and that the country is becoming tranquillised. Military operations are being successfully carried on against the refractory tribes. MEXICO. M. Martinez del Rio presented to the King of Greece, on the 11th inst., letters announcing the accession of the Emperor Maximilian I. to the throne. The new Mexican Empire has thus been already recognised by France, England, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Portugal, the Pon■ tifical Government, Switzerland, Persia, Greece, Saxony, Bavaria, Hanover, Wurtemburg, and all the other States of the Germanic Confederation. The Diet itself has also just recognised the new Empire; in the sitting of that body at Frankfort, on the 17th, letters were officially received accre. diting to it M. Murphy as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for the Emperor Maximilian. Another Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the same Sovereign has also left Mexico to present letters of notifica tion and credentials to the Emperor of Brazil. GREECE. A letter from Athens of the 10th gives anything but a pleasing picture of the state of things in that country : "Two days ago M. Xuathius, subs-chief of the police at the Pima, was run through the body and killed by a man named Mairodimos. The motive of this murder is not known. An inhabitant of Messenia, a man generally respected, was killed by a pistol shot at the moment when he was leaving a mill which he possesses in the neighbourhood of that town. The murderer has not yet been dis covered. Three days ago a number of men residing at Pylos had a quarrel with three brothers residing at Z ikynthe, and killed them all. The quarrel is said to have been caused by a difference in political opinions. The English Cabinet has invited the Hellenic Government to send specimens of its national manufactures to the Dublin Exhibition in 1865." RUSSIA. Tha I?ussian Gazette of Moscow publishes the following :—" We who, like all Russians, cannot remember without feelings of pride the unflinching firmnees displayed by the Emperor during the diplo• matic conflict against the whole of Europe last year, can now affirm that the interviews of Potsdam, Kissengen, and especially Nice, will lead to no change in the policy of our Government, which will continue to be Russian both as regards borne and foreign affairs. The journal Le France deluded itself lately when it spoke of a French party in Russia, which was expecting modifications in oar policy in con sequence of the meeting at Nice. We repeat that no changes will take place; and, if any proof be re quired, it is afforded by the language of the foreign journals, which have changed their tone towards Russia and resumed her attacks on her. Besides, the Sovereigns of Europe must have become con vinced in those interviews that they had to deal with a monarch governing a great people; one whose policy would be neither French nor German —a monarch who has reserved f or hi mse lf ent i re o will have as is fitti ng f or of his own in wh a t ever leveryibert liberty great P action, questions may arise." owe a r n , a d pwohl FRANCE. The .Menzorial Diplomatique says—" Both an evening Sport have published a rumour Empress of t h e French would visit Nice immediately after her retu rn f rom C omp i egne , that jou r the na l and the Such be explain e d b y t wo rea sons a journey : Either h c e a r Majestyon would undertake it for the benefit of her health, or t o pay a v i sit to the Empress of Russia. The former h ypot h es i s i s i ns & missible, as the Empress Eug en i e i s now i n t h e enjoyment of excellent health, an d the latter i s scareelylessso,as may be easily shown. Since the Emperor Napoleon has return e d t o t h e E mpress o f Bessie, of the Fronch at S c h wa lb ach, the most rigorous dutiesN ice,otfhevislt paid by the Czar to the etiquette have been fulfilled on both sides. Thoseacircumstances account for the fact that in the best-informed Court circles the future journey of the Empress Eugenie has never been heard of, and the rumour is therefore considered as completely unfounded." ] 3 OURSE, Nov. 21.—The market was dull at the opening, but has since unproved. Threes, for the Account, are now at Gof. 1 0c., and Mobilier at 890 f, Railway Market quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents 92 25 'ltalian Loan 65 20 Do. end month.... D o. end month 65 45 3 per Cents - Ditto Threes — Do. end month.... 65 05 New Mexican Credit Mobilier.... 900 ---- Russian Do. end month.... 896 25 Austrian .. — Bank Shares 3500 --- S anieh Threes.... Credit Foncier llBO Efomo Debt Roman Orleans .. A c count. Cash. ... Northern .... 3 ... o• •• 840 842 50 . 982 50 .. 980 Lyons and Re dite ' rr .. an 's e . a . n . 881 25 .. 887 60 Southern .........•a* 581 25 .. 582 50 Western ............ .. 506 25 .. 502 25 Eastern ............... 480 .. 478 25 5ardinian...................... 308 75 .. 307 50 Austrian .... Lombard .................... 50 .. 510 North of Spain ........ 382 50 377 50 Saragossa .. ....... 422 50 .. 425 .-- ............ 445 447 60 180 Ditto to Barcelona .... ISO POPULAR SCIENCE, 111. Moigno's lecture on Thursday last at 4 4, Rue Bonaparte, was very we ll attended. The c hi ef subject of interest dwelt upon by the learned lecturer Was M. Ni epce d e St. Victor's last die eovery in the a r t of producing natural colours b y photo graphy. These h e li ochromio i mag es, as he calls them, aro exceedin g l y remar kable. Red, green, blue, and yellow a re reproduced with grea t fid e li ty, b ut the great difficulty had hitherto been the repro• duction of black and white, w hich could not be divested of the red ting e o f the ground. M. Niepce's last specimens, displayed at th e lecture, were poi Let in this reepeot ; a doll with a black and white aprou was reproduced with un common distinctness and purity in regard to those two colours (if, for brevity's sake we may call them so). The gold and silver ornaments with which the doll was decorated were brought out with great truth, and the precious stones even preserved their transparency. M. Moigno also stated the remarkable fact that, while in 1846 the mortality of the French army was 19 per thousano in France and 64 per thousand in Algeria, it bas now fallen to 10 per thou sand in France and 12 per thousand in Algeria. The extraordinary improvement is owing to the dotation of the army, which induces seasoned men to re-enlist several them. Various other curious topics were touched upon by the lecturer, but need not be mentioned here, our readers being already familiar with them. _ ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN.ROAD.-- The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending Nov. 19, was 3,076 —of which 975 were aew oases. The Insurrection in Venice. (From the Unita Italiana). As confirmation of the news received from our Venetian friends, we publish the following corre spondence, given in tide current number of the Diritto : "The good news of Friuli just received has been authentically confirmed. O❑ the evening of the 6th a body of Austrians moved from Udine towards Mount Raut to reconnoitre the position of the in surgents. These, under the command of brave Tolazzi,* suffered them to approach, and firing a volley charged them at the point of the bayonet. The Austrians fled, leaving on the ground one dead and four wounded. We lost not a man. The next day, the 7th, Tolazzi's band descended Mount Raut, near Maniago, and attacked the troops composing the garrison. They commenced by throwing Orsini bombs, musket shots followed, then a hand to hand engagement with bayonets. The Austrians were again beaten with heavy loss—eight killed, of whom one was a lieutenant,and 16 wounded, one of whom was a captain. We had only one wounded, Del Zetto di Belluno, formerly a soldier of our regular army, who was in the last campaign with Garibaldi. "On the 10th a third encounter. The band of Venzone, led by brave C., our friend, and one of the Thausand, with 150 men, took the road towards Msggio, thence to the mountains, straight to Pa• luzza, descended to the canal of Gorto, and engaged in a fierce combat. The Austrians left many on the field ; among the dead and wounded many offi cers. We have not yet ascertained our loss, but no one is prisoner. " This great disparity of loss is shown by our correspondents by the panic spread amongst the Austrian soldiers, who are not accustomed to this kind of warfare. The Austrians, put into disorder by bomb-shells and attacked with bayonets, soon became demoralised. Great alarm reigns in the city. The families of the officers are in dismay. The unexampled boldness of the red shirts over. whelms the enemy with astonishment. " At Verona, on Bth evening, the patrol stopped the passengers in the streets. They demand papers, persecute individuals—in short, they resort to Aus• trian barbarities. Let them act. I hope soon to send you very important news." In the Atovimento we read : " We have good news from Venetia; successful encounters and increase of troops. There is no doubt that the insurgents have means of sustaining themselves through the winter, molesting the enemy's troops, as they have already done several times. New bands appear in other districts, and the Government journals of Turin and Milan are compelled to admit the importance of the movement. To us the best proof is the arrival of Benedicts at Udine, and the tone of the Austrian press, which claims no victory." L' OpinioAe gives the following account:— " The skirmish that took place on the 7th near the torrent Telline between Idnzzi's company and a Austrian patrol, has been confirmed ; also the for. mation of two new bands, which have stationed themselves on the moutains of CArnia. " This last fact has driven the Austrians to mesa sures of greater rigour. A person lately came from Venetia (13th) to Brescia, confirms the publication of the state of siege in the province of Udine. The city is not excluded. The first article would be— authorisation to the military to fire upon whoever responds not to the first inquiry. Severity has reached its climax. Patrols of soldiers, who are scattered over all the streets of Piave, at Taglia mento, accost all travellers, on foot or in carriage, Any stranger who may arrive in any of the places between Canuda and Tagliamento cannot be there two hours without a visit from a patrol, invested with extraordinary powers by the local authorities. Every house situated in the mountains may only contain provisions sufficient for one day, and these provisions can only be obtained by presentation of a certificate granted by political authority. Those who ere free are in a state of alarm, being subject to frequent and unforeseen domiciliary visitations:, * One of Garibaldi's bravest officers. Funeral Ceremony in the Crimea. It is well known that at the Congress held at Paris, after the close of the war in the Crimea, the cemeteries and burial places of the allied arm; were placed under the protection of the Russian Governs ment ; and that on the proposition of the French Minister for War, and by order of the Emperor of the French, arrangements were made to unite on one spot all the French tombs scattered under the walls of Sebastopol. The ground granted by the Russian Government for this purpose was that on whie'a the headquarters of the French army were situated. It is of square shape, about two and a half acres in extent, and is surrounded by a stone wall. All branches of the French army have a special funeral monument withi❑ this enclo sure, and each individual inscription connected with the isolated graves around has been carefully re moved to the new cemetery. In the centre of the enclosure rises a mausoleum specially destined to receive the mortal remains of Generals Brunet, Bre ton, de Lavarande, de Ponteves, Rivet, de Saint. Pol, and Perrin de Jonquieres. The bodies of Genets rals Bizot, Mayran, de Lourmel, and de Marolles were removed to France during the war. On the morning of the 25th of October last the ceremony was inaugurated by placing the remains of the sew* general officers mentioned within the tomb destined for their reception, which was effected under the superintendence of a captain of en gineers who had charge of the works connected with the cemetery. The ccffins, covered with black velvet, and each bearing a white cross, were con veyed on carriages to %ithin a few hundred yards of the entrance, where the garrison of Sebastopol, the 3d battalion of the Grand Duke Michael's regi ment, commanded by Colonel Janofsky, was drawn up under arms. vice-Admiral liislinsky, the governor of Sebastopol, with many Russian naval and military officers, and a groat number of inha bitants, were present to witness the ceremony, and pay the last honours to the mortal remains of the gallant generals. At ton o'clock a Roman Catho lic priest from SimpLeropol, who had arrived to conduct the religious portion of the ceremony, com menced the chant for the dead. The troops presented arms, while the band played a funeral hymn, and the Russian colour was lowered as a salute to the bodies of the brave generals. When the signal for departure was given, some Russian officers advanced to bear the coffins, two or three companies of the troops formed a double line, while the bat talion formed in columns of companies. The proces sion then set out towards the cemetery-Lthe vice admiral walking immediately after the last funeral car. As soon as the office for the dead had been re• cited, and before the coffins were lowered into the vault of the central monument, the priest blessed the ground, where, for the future, will repose the ashes of the French generals, officers, non-commissioned officers and private soldiers who fell before the walls of the beleagured city. Then the battalion fired a parting volley over the tomb, whilst the drums beat to arms, and thus was paid the last homage of respect due to brave men who had died in arms. The removal of the remains of the French soldiers was then proceeded with, and without delay all were consigned to their last resting places within the sacred enclosure. The care of the cemetery is cor,fi led to a retired French captain. The Russian governor-general lent every assistance in his power to forward the completion of the works, and thus showed his sympathy with the sentiment which had actuated the French Government in the task it had undertaken, and his desire to carry out the wishes of the Russian authorities. MEXICAN PRIVATEERS.—Our correspondent at Nantes writes :—" Not a little commotion has been caused here by the news, contained in letters from New York, that President Juarez, of Mexico, intends to issue letters of marque against France, and that three privateers are being fitted out in United States porta for the purpose of attacking French ships, and particularly the large steamers of the Transatlantic Company which ply between St. Na zaire and Vera Cruz. But the belief among reflecting per sons is that the United States Government can hardly be so imprudent as to run the risk of coming into collision with France by tolerating anything of the kind. If, however, privateeting should be attempted, the Ministry of Marine at Paris is understood to have already taken measures for very energetic action,"—§liipptng and idercantqo 60;40, The Last Words of Muller. Dr Cappel has addressed the following letter to the editor of the Hermann:— Honoured Editor,—l hereby discharge the duty intrusted to me by Franz Muller shortly before his death, of thanking the German Legal Protection Society for the efforts they made to save him. At the last moment the unhappy man admitted his guilt, with a firm, clear voice, and in the full possession of his senses ; and it has all the more significa tion because of the carefully chosen words he used. The last words exchanged between him and me on the scaffold are as follow : " Question—Muller, in a few minutes you will stand be. fore your God ; I ask you again, and for the last time, are you guilty or innocent? ()Tuller, in wenigen Augen blicken stehen Sie vor Gott ; ich frage Sie nochmals and sum letzten Male, Sind Sie schuldig oder unschuldig ?) "Answer—l am innocent. (Ich bin unschuldig,) " Question—You are innocent? (Sic sind unschuldig?) " Answer—God knows what I have done. (Gott weiss was ich gethan habe.) " Question.-- 1 3od knows what you have done; does he also know if you have committed this crime ? (Gott weiss was Sie gethan haben : weiss er ouch dass Sio dies Ver brechen gethan haben ?) " Answer—Yes, I have done it. (ja, ich habe es gethan.)" An hour and a half before his execution Muller had declared himself innocent. I then told him that I would not press him further, but that my last words to him would be, " Are you guilty or innocent ?" 'With an earnest and pensive look he remained one or two minutes silent, stand ing before me. He then suddenly cried out, with tears in his eyes, and throwing his arms round my neck, "Do not leave me—remain with me to the last." I judged by this that he had determined to make a confession. That this resolution was formed only at the last moment is quite in keeping with the firnsness of his strange character, which kept steadily to a denial of the crime with friend and enemy until the very last glimmering of hope had disap peared ; and really his uniform quietude and his mild and seemingly open disposition were enough to enlist the sym pathy of any one, to disarm distrust, and to deceive com pletely even the most experienced judges of human nature. The persistency of Muller in his denial was probably owing to his strong love of life, and his seeming frankness partly explains it by the supposition—of which I am fully con vinced—that no murder had been intended, bat that the robbery led to the death of the victim. Happily for him that even with his last breath he has atoned for his heavy sin to God, to men, and to his friends through the ac knowledgment of his guilt. I never could believe in his complete innocence, bat, after he had repeatedly requested it, I attended him in his cell with the honest resolution of accomplishing my duty with forbearance and humanity, and I carry in my heart the grateful conviction that I re freshed the unfortunate man in his sorrowful hours and prepared and strengthened him for eternity. The proof of this is the sincere love he had for me, and in the name of which he confided to my care his last and dearest posses siens—a letter to his father and a document he wrote in prison. " I express my dearest thanks t') all my German country men for the great and touching proofs of sympathy and confidence I received from them on all sides. But to the German Legal Protection Society and you, Mr Editor, who, penetrated by the persuasion of his innocence, have spent night and day in endeavouring to save Muller, and have gladly sacrificed quietness, sleep, and health--to you, before all, are the thanks of Germans due, and in the name of every friend of humanity I warmly press your hand. Highly respectfully, your devoted, Dr. LOUIS CAPPEL, Pastor of the German Lutheran Church, St. George, in Little Alie-street, Goodman's-fields. London, Nov. 16. The Germans and the Case of Muller, The Hermann (German paper published in London) con tains an article from the pen of Dr Juck, in which the cpi • nion is expressed that the statement made by Dr Cappel respecting the last words of Muller should be accepted with confidence by every impartial person, because the rev. gens tleman paid visits to the prisoner with, in the first instance, a full conviction of his innocence, Dr Cappel, the writer re marks, never attempted to exercise any undue pressure on the prisoner, and therefore his statement has all the value of spontaneity. The Reform, a Berlin newspaper, breaks out into the following wild tirade on the subject of the mur derer's execution : "An execution we may call murder was the day before yesterday committed on the person of the unlucky journey man tailor in London. The word we are in the habit of using for 'execution' in German has, etymologically, affi nity with that other term, common in both languages, right.' We really don't know in what relation English 'right' stands in that particular piece of workmanship with which the English capital, emerging from the pious tran quillity of its Sabbath, began the week; but the German recht' declines having anything whatever to do with so low and ignoble an act. A murder it is and will ever remain, no matter whether Muller was guilty or not, Man could not pronounce him to have been guilty, If in the anguish of death—in the last muttered words of a convulsed frame—he really confessed his guilt—that this was no more than an accident, a fortuitous coincidence of the truth with a blind vindictive verdict. But it was worse than murder—it was murder on the ground of national prejudice and hatred. The SehteeNetgenoietein war and the impotent rage of the Eng lish aristocratic mob, tied the noose by which was hung the man Muller. The drop was made to fall by the noble zeal of the German Legal Protection Society, which by the journal istic hounds was denounced as an attempt against the ancient dignity of English judicial proceeding. And that venerable assembly which are used to attend on hanging days in front of Newgate prison, that most respectable conglomeration of thieves and robbers, would have stormed the scaffold and destroyed the victim had the Que-n dared entertain the prayers of her crowned cousins of Germany, who a few days previously had been dragged in effigy through the mire of the capital to invest the celebration of Guy Fawkes day with fresh charms. We earnestly hope that the judgment of the people of Germany will not be led astray by a con•• fession alleged to have fallen from the quivering lips of a dying man in his last moments. More explicit confessions have been made in similar situations which were subse quently proved to have been wholly untrue. Who will deny tha the time between judgment and punishment, the days between the Central Criminal Court, and that Monday morning in front of Newgate, have been a moral torture-- the vestibule of insanity —to the journeyman tailor? But, even were it truth in itself what he is said to have ' con fessed,' are the proceedings, is the conduct, of the police and the judges—is the verdict of the jury, and the indifference of the Secretary of State —more justifiable on that account f All the private intelligence German papers receive from London has been in favour of Muller. The German Legal Protection Society, and, co - operating with it, the German exiles, hold the same opinion. English lawyers, men of renown and recognised respectability, have stated it openly in the press cf their country that the sentence against Mul ler has been no well-founded one. Had we to rel e roach the jury only with an error of judgment, this indeed would be a most lamentable mistake, but a mistake only of some private and insignificant individuals. But the way in which the inquiry was carried on, the manner in which the pro ceedings were conducted before the jury, was brimful of prejudice and partiality. The most important facts, when calculated to exonerate Muller, were loft out of account; tracks in his favour were not followed up; and for this in famoua practice an excuse was found in some technical rules connected with the justice of England." SUPPOSED MURDER IN A RAILWAY TRAIN ON THE NORTH WESTERN RATLWAY.-LIVERPOOL, Monday Night.—lt is alleged that a man has been found murdered, robbed, and thrown out of a train near Rugby. The police met the train at Liverpool, and apprehended a soldier and three sailors named Murphy, Memel. and Rey nolds on suspieion. The sailors belonged to the Commo dore, Captain Perry, paid off to-day in London, The tele grams irom.Rugby Pm' Stafford say the man.was not found. It is alleged that the man who is said to have been mur dered was one of the ship's crew, that he was drunk, and that he was showing his money, when the door flew open and he fell out. PEOPLE OF WEIGHT.—What is the average weight of a man ? At what age does he attain his greatest weight ? How much heavier are men than women ? What would be the weight of fat people—and what of very fat people ? M. Quetelet, of Brussels, some years ago, deemed such questions quite within the scope of his exten sive series of researches on man (Stir l'Homme, et le De veloppement de ses Facultes). He got hold of everybody he could, everywhere, and weighed them all, He weighed the babies, he weighed the boys and girls, he weighed the youths and maidens, he weighed men and women, he weighed collegians, soldiers, factory people, pensioners— and as he had no partioalar theory to disturb his facts, ha honestly set down such results as ho met with. All the infants in the Foundling Hospital at Brussels for a con sideraigle period wero weighed—and the results were com pared with others obtained at similar establishments in Paris and Moscow. The average returns show that a citizen of the world, on the first day of his appearance in public, weighs about six pounds and a half—a boy-baby a little more, a girl-baby a little less. Some very modest babies hardly turn the scalo with two pounds and a half, while other pretentious youngsters boast of ten or eleven pounds. When Shylock asked for his " pound of flesh," he asked for an equivalent to a little less than one-sixth of a baby, How the tiny ones grow during childhood, we need not trace hero : but it may be interesting to know that girls and boys at 12 years of age are nearly equal in weight ; , after which limit, males are heavier than females of the same ages. M. Quetelet grouped his thousands of people according to ages, and found that the young men of twenty averaged 1431 b each, while the young women of twenty gave an average of 120Ib. His men reached their heaviest bulk at about thirty-five, when their average weight was 1521 b ; but the women slowly fattened on until fifty, when their average was 1291 b. Men and women together, the weight at full growth averaged almost exactly ten tgosaes, or 1401b.—Dicicent'8 " 41 Cif Year Rome CallTt *1 -a - - , " -ji g Ort11110: HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Rion d of si• her To•day is the anniversary of the birthday 1 Royal Highness the Crown Princess of P lu6sl (Princess Royal). His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended 11 1119jor Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal gig e a nesses Prince Arthur and Princess Beatrice, walg and drove in the ground this morning. ot His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales W e le cut hunting, attended by Lieut. Colonel Sills°. and Major Teesdale. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise Wen t out driving. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess of W 6le : B and Princess Helena went to.day to be present o ' t the consecration of the new church in Windsor he r which the first stone was laid last year by P 0 Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prlissiof The suite in attendance consisted of the Counte ss o Macclesfield, Lady Caroline Barrington. l' o f Methuen, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and the De l° Windsor. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey had theb° ll ° lll if of dining with her Majesty and the Royal 4°' yesterday. Earl Russell had an audience of the Queell, eat. presented the Hoc. P. C. Scarlett on his apP °- ment as minister to the Emperor of Mexico. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambr ia° received her Royal Highness the Duchess of Carab ri f e t and a select party at dinner last evening at Glo nce " House. Emily Duchess of Beaufort arrived in tow n ,.l Saturday from visiting Lord and Lady Londesboro u r Grimston Park, Tadcaster. A st Maria 11Iarehioness of Aiiesbury has arrive -0 Worksop Manor, Notts, from visiting Lord and 146 Forester at Wiley Park, Salop. cl The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon are n o g , sojourning at Nice, on their way to Italy, where they P I pose to remain during the winter months. jp The Earl and Countess of Cardigan arrifed Portman square yesterday from Brighton. Field Marshal Viscount and Viscountess Contr, mere have arrived from visiting the Marchioness of po;ii shire at Easthampstead Park, at Clifton, where the P veteran will pass the winter months. ti Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale have • O f at their residence is Upper Brook-street from a W ilt visits. erri/eti Viscount and Viscountess Walden have 50 1 at Yester House, Haddingtonshire, from visiting th e and Countess of Derby a t Knowsley Park, Lancashi re ; a l Lord and Lady Londesborough have arrivProo their new residence in Hill-street, Berkeley-squar e '!oi Grimston Park, Tadcaster, where they have been re c e ' a succession of visitors. Her Majesty's Theatre, • of Last night the performances at Her Majesty' 0 " Lucia di Lammermoor" in Italian. Mme. ge l sings Donizetti's music admirably. She succ ee 0 most completely in the mad scene, the slow 1 : 11 1‘ , anent in which was rendered with faultless ti t ' f ' t ; and " Sparzi d'amore," also drew down I let :ill applause. Mr Swift, as Edgardo, was heard ;# pleasure in the flip' scena, " Fra poco,' a" of. Garcia appeared to great advantage as 13° p Signor Bossi made a perfectly satisfactory Raill o oo 4 With the orchestra the most critical could n ot ,0 a fault. " Don Giovanni" is announced for F r i h 0 with Mr Penna as the hero, Madame Senil e " Donna Anna, and Miss Louisa Pyne as Zarlitla' Drury Lane Theatre. A very laughable farce, entitled " A Young . 0 1 from the Country," was produced last nigh t ' satisfactorily answered the purpose for whic h ' t he intended—viz., to occupy the early visitors °nos pit and gallery until the time set for the 000 e ; id ment of the great tragedy of " Macbeth, , ' uow attracting overflowing audiences. Mr 1 3 ° 1111- i 6 , is the young man from the country, who is ;I taken by a sharp lawyer f o r a man w ho has iti 'ce come into a fortune of £30,000. The conscq u gc ) is the young provincial is courted and made i l3 rie g of, and the pretty sister (Miss Helen Howard) t3y to lure him to a marriage. The real heir is s a i s i jonce, who for love of a Miss Lucy ParkiflO P A the guises himself as a footman, in order to tiv° i ; o ll very peppery old father. After a sufficient to has been created by these mistakes, And o to young man from the country has been ma of bear the consequences of all sorts of blunders, 00 mistake is discovered, and, although not the 03 1) of sessor of £30,000, he is the owner of far boo £3OO a year, which is quite sufficient to Pure jtft him a pretty wife and no end of enjoynlel l „t s Fitzjames, Mr G. F. Neville, Mr Spencer, N". l/ to Leclercq, and Miss Howard contributed gr eti a` the hilarity created by the performance , 0/3 curtain descended amidst the loudest applause. 0 84 Reported Loss of Captain Semmes' Steamer Sea King. • 941 Yesterday afternoon a notice was posted at I:ste announcing the loss of the Sea King, screw °„ ` - e htlf ship, on the rocks near the Desert Isles, off For 010 •n the Island of Madeira. This is the steateer.oool is believed to have been taken up for the ser ll o o Captain Semmes, late of the Alabama. She 4 stl' fine new vessel, built in the Clyde last ye,ai n ' o doo, has:made one voyage to China, arriving i e J) ; g otP two or three months since, with a valuable ca"p' the first season's teas. She cleared out fro it it il l don on a voyage, as stated, to Bombay, All'ater represented that the Laurel steamer was defei r ie , out with stores and men to meet her. The fi ' e orlf i mail steamer Calabar, which arrived in Ol e o o v i part of last week, had on board 36 men, o ce refused to serve in the Sea King, which g 8 refused ported to have had her name changed to t l3O nandoab, and had hoisted the Confederate 0 1 0 0" that Captain Semmes had been pointed future commander of the steamer. The int el ler t !, of her loss has come from Gibraltar, a nevOt - a pto,`" that place announcing that the Sea King , Pi r o Corbett, had been wrecked near the Dese r i o and that 42 of the crew had been picked °P r ,t13 0 boats. It is thought just probable, h°v ve . l h e e r,i c h 'o some mistake may have bze made as t° ing up of the boats and the fate of the b- 134 :01 1 0 reported wreck of the steamer and the resel'-pf the hands may be another version of the ate , I l i" men who left and came home in the CalabetV Sea King is stated to have been insured for tiP of 1:,30,000, 6P " THE r aIIING STRUGGLE," LOW:We - 4 afri N onzn-WEsmot AND LANCASHIRE AND YOILO-itOrd, The great fight of the next session will be that c°,:ilioteit'o with the proposed no,-thern extension of the Greg 3 of di o the promoters having I ,,,ecured as their allies tb'° n i t 0 0 .4 '0 Lancashire and Yorkshir.e Compan3. The atie tnr 11,9"), part of the latter line to obVtin access to the ine tr°P :prnt. as might naturally be expected, be very seriouslYll-0 not only by the Great Northern, but also by d De l a L ei powerful London and North-Western, which sv °ll.- f 0 0'00 seriously interfered, with by the construction °330110? competing line for the northern traffic. The 'De , " North-Western . have not only de tided to g ive to , a ,Ber, i jt 6 posal ther strongest opposition, but they will o o car oo l some lines in the north which will p.rove to II : 1) 0 6 1: 10 , and Yorkshire Railway a very for idab. l e s e ",,, ° o any advantage which they 13 obtain € -01 1 with the Great Eastern. A ta v a e y rylatge I: t ops 'ir . li i ° o lll7:°vl t tl; Lancashire and Yorkshire traffic is duo to vvii ° ZbQ B C' upon their line by the London and.North westeP i ie In return, therefore, for the threatened invas io „ g ia tropulis, the Lyndon and North-Western v"irrieollcr support to application for powers to make sore ° 7 130 r r d. / will give them direct access to Hartlepool , e ucl i f f lb ° 'I A W I of importance in the North-Eastern districts, i-0001)-00 munication with which they have been hither ° o r. „le to use tho Lancashire and Yorkshire sicl 6 f - so struggle is one which should be watched viitll:;:atfesr:, interest by railway proprietors, Great 15(01 0 0 ao" Tigorolitteipy and the contest will be proportionately nest, If the London and North-Western obtalll pb i pool lines, it will be a severe blow to North'sesto,4 Yorkshire. Hitherto the London and ~v cot Do: consistently refused to associate itself with ev; lines, but now that they are threatened with c°", i fiv the most valuable portion of their business, tti°;;Jxieh tend that they are fully justified in the s t e P have taken.—/ZaWaY Netts. THE Still, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, INOVEMBER 22, 1864.