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Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE The Moniteur yesterday published the replies of the Pope, Austria, Prussia, Hanover, and Bavaria to the Emperor's invitation to a Congress : CHURCH, Next 22, R ON-WALL, HATTON-GARDEN. Orehes'. SUN TLON-WALL, December 13, HIGH MASS, with full ra, at 11 a . m. billn -q ON. in It a li an, b y Dr. Faa D i Bruno, on " Th e ‘.‘ 3' of Jesus Christ." n d by the rVespers, at 7 p.m.; immediately after will be sung, rechess",, accompßossini's " STABET MATER," with full - -at animent. 11 111 % OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. _The co Incorporated by Royal Charter. "URT of ,IRECTORS h ere b y g i ve N o ti ce, th a t a n„...Yearly Dividend, :A the rate of Six Der Cent. per viirTll (free of Incoin e-tax), on the Capital of the Bank,, thin ZP av able to the Proprietors of Shares registereo t i in the 6;„ ; " 11 trY on and atter the sth day of Jauuary nex . t I:Ni lo :lee of the Corporation. No. 7, St. Helen's-place, lin 14,r-rte-street, between the hours of Ten and Four. tro i Tr4 noter can be made between the sth inst. and the sth 440 , as the Books must be closed during that period. By order of the Court. 110, 7 C. M'NAB, Secretary. .; at. Hel en ' s-place, --u•u011, Bth Dec., 1863. trARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE CO MPANY. The t o t_ SPECIAL NOTICE. It tro , weethra are now prepared to grant Insurances on Ec A ,,uandise in the Port t Loudon at the SEDUCED - . 1, E OP R ATE S. Port a:ariettlars to be obt a i ned a t th e O ff i ces, 11, Lombard eet, E .c. ...._ SPECIAL NOTICE. THE BOOKS OF THE NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, For the Year 1863, close on 31st December. Life Policies effected on or before that date will rank for an kklitional Year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants. burin; the Four Y ears preceding last Division of Profits (1858), the t_'ompany issued 1,595 Life Policies, assu r i ng '''." D ating the Po* £1,221,608 suc-eeding Years the number of Lile Polices issued amounted to 3,168, an d th e Sums assured t o 42,22 BEING AN INCREA SE OF 82 PER CENT.,,Sz2 The SIXTH SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of the COM PANY'S PROFITS will take place on 31st December, 1865. THE WHO LE PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMU LATED SINCE lin, DECEMBER, 1858, WILL THEN AE DIVIDED, AND NINETY PE It CENT. ALLOCATED AMONG THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING SCALE. CERTIFICATES of INDISPUTABTLI rY granted, and every facility offered to 'usurers. FIRE DEPARTMENT. liberalran^es granted both at Home and Abroad on the most terms. th P OZns of Proposal and every information will be given at ',Lead Office, or any of the Company's Agents. By order. Lon--nd,, P. W. LANCE, Secretary. , November, 1863. Ol thoN. HEAD OFFICE!: " .......... 58, Threadneedle-street. ......New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. 41;11_ w ......... O ffi ce 8. Waterloo-place, Pall-ma ll . L' wes t- e nd 64, Princes-street. MJULLIEN'S CONCERTS. To N l r , HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. - 1 1 T A MENDELSSOHN NIGHT, and Last Night but Seven of the Season. Poe. to w altaL, Mat. StfillOr SIVORI. e lWhOle of the first part of the Concert will be devoted Grated of Mendelssohn. Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Commence at B.—Admission, One Shilling. -111, GREATEST ATTRACTION in LONDON during the CATTLE SHOW is ily It ,. A 42 , GREAT SENSATION LION HUNT, Z OOLNEREYNA, the_ Great African Lion Hunter, xr,Otl With 20 LIONS and TIGERS, OND'S (late Wombwell) ROYAL WINDSOR CASTLE MENAGERIE, TbousCHURCH-STREET, ISLLNGTON. - "' c L B of persons unable to obtain admission nightly. Open Daily from-12 a.m. fill 10 p.m. rjp E 0X F 0 D, 1 /q R. OXFORD STREET, W. ~.• °ll O tVENING, will be performed Selections from the -.1.4/11)ng", Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the \ot MILAN by Sir ;b I4ishop; also, from LA. ro . RzA. ;Ittie - ,.. 8 INO—LVerdi y the following talented artistes nd e Russell. Townley Fitz Henry, IN slmsley, Tyrrell Ala ; Messrs. Green,' Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. teleb4„°, Stedolos gl o ish Violinist. Violin by VIOrTI COLLINS, the And EiT 'lite by D rew D ean . Pi an oforte, Miss Bryant. 0 h , e Inarvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL ' Herr SCHALKENBA.CH, the Inventor. N a Poin m ., Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. • II UNSWORTH ("or any other man"), Eugene, Lou, (r cl aii, W. T. Critchfleld, T. Mai:lvan, and the marvel- Th Yltinast, J. Henderson. raost. ll ALL his been newly Decorated, and is one of the it) ''eautiful in the Metropolis. an t tn at h a lt-p as t 7 o ' c l oc k . Admission, area, 6d.; stalls 'aleonv Is • private boxes, 10s. 6d. • o• TAE GHOST CLUB" at the Zpect eANTERBITRY HALL.—New and Interesting that . 'jai! T ableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce ,„Shado,V;tv-ih ihe medium of Professor Pepper's World of ~,41-IR.ittr),' ,ft"9HOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN -Pei:Vl -- ot .' BALL, The object of the Club is not the re the 111 e Y on aren : 4 Haunted p Houses of London; but, through , IDrt vivid (if transient IVDiiii r "r a th o f f ul t h as e d h ra an m t a om o_ s f real lite, both in its serious of ,reCall, and , nd, by means of spectral tableaux. ien ti t aie teachi n . B lB3 t e i c it s fu ' i t ther impress on the mind, some 4 . or pleasantries of the best writers. At pre 4enlcde I.' ii h til . e "..,_.." ' orde - sof Slavery—the Slavery of the . South, rive " w hite" orders of a more boastful civilisation, rapie,etriphatio illustration; and these life pictures will be r eplace Iby others. The pages of Shakepere and the .c Set 1 . ,_ r amatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens , "" a " Aiiin otherurnish subjects for illustration. Ilieb,,,llle Musicat and Pictorial attractions as usual, (the di ng Operatic Selections. &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth ai.,. ih odern Demosthenes), E ugene, George Hodson, E . ...... f ilial!, and Geo rge Hutehenaon. OYAL ALHAMBR A, _ F R ANCONI'S It GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE Every Evening. PRANCONT'S GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE at the ROYAL ALHAMBRA Every Evening. Ins'', MORNING PERFORMANCE of B AZur t tA_CONI'S GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE on next, at T wo o'clock. ARGnz ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. ATl2iweinF the Concerts at Xy"tY g Theatre. the gi ß e A n LL y 11l commence EVERY 44 mINGr at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at S o'clock. Admission, 1 s. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, _---- GEO RGE-STREET', HANOVER-SQUAR E. LON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. ‘3'elc'elt(2ll.4 44111)9N Ot'll 10 . Lectures at 4 and ( 7 1 W lle • a I Fllere from 1 the Astecs ; Bushman an Siar n 4 1 1 la /, may be seen D araLi _. Twinsastrana and Infant ; !log and Shan,,, the oid otts, ke. ,and upwards ot Models, Natural Pre- Achzi,,,,, Egyptian Mummies z, unwrapped, .4,000 years One Shilling or 6rentlemen oniy). n it S COTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER cured wi thn „ B .—A. 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OLLARD'S PERFUMED SULPHUR P 3,, SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, :j'-• "BAREGE' SUL i'HUR CREAM, for Baths, tree inn disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving ~ e skin and body in perfect health . they are also an effectual ij„ k iedy in eiiring local and ~'l n . Highly patronisedrecommended by the most cutaneous affections and rheuma -,;414en physicians see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from I ," c. t 5, accord ng to the degree of sulphur they contain, AZ'd at the depot. 2, Rupert-street, Cov entry -street, London, ~'and at alt chemists. trospeetuses and testimonials sent '-'ll aPplication. WPTIIRES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. HITE'S MO C-M AIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED I - B . Tn, GREAT TwakilllTlONß OF 151 AND 1862), Is allowel. b y Upward B of 11 cl:ired Medical Gentlemen to ue the met effe ct i ve cation in the curative treatment of 11 ERN /A is use of a steel spring, so otten hurtful in its effects . ber r e avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the Y, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by th e 4 c- Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease (ail closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn t reß ng sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the o„,_, s, Which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the ,:wierenee ot the body, two inches below the hips, being vilt to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 22,1, Piccadilly. A Single Truss 16s. ' ' 21s. 265. 6(3., and 31s. 6 d. Postage, Is. yk,nl).,2ubiti Truss '315.6d., 425., and 5 25. 6d. Postage, is bd. Triiss, 12s. and 525. Bd. Postage, is. 10d. °Mee"tg ocadi rn°c lly rd . ers to be made payable to John White, Post. NEW PATENT I AST IC STOCKINGS, "WwornSa and iEE-CAPS (t.c., for ' - iiricose Veins and all cases of Swelling ot he Legs, Sprains, &o. They are tiV e an • or nynt in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on '4444.0bt • age rY Bl oating Crioe 4s. lid., 7s. rid., 10s., to los. jwiLl wurrx. hiagutaotarer, US, riVAGULY. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, and the Maznetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom. Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be had only at Madame RACEI KL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. PRIZE MED A L -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &e., &c., To the Queen and the P, ince of Wales. (Established IVO.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dig,nitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you Kaye them, and can sincerely, in my turn, recom mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb Ordinary quality .. 2,, Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. ls. sd. per lb. Second quality •• • • • • • • .. ls. 3d. per lb. Third y Is. 1(1. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. TEETH. —Mr. ESKYLL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH hag the following auvantages :—A set or teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, ani adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eske.l's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations iree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest. and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELLA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.,), King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to thT. public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at whet age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one appl!cation per month will keep It in perfect colour Price one guinea per bottl, or in halt bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes ot e the highest order, and from individuals of unnoubted respecta bility, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and vo. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales. Jin the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern -road, g Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vi ce - Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE *. , ,K.G l'resident—H is Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of the si , k poor for ad taffii"nt compel th e C omm itt ee t o en t rea t the bounty of the , tureeatand humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged more ade a n a Z ut. The pre r t e a a r 3: w r y. . tr E i bduwt andi °ue, patients many distressing cases which. with R ai e - i ; e: 1 1 4 i t ) h d e s , u t h o e s y p N i I a o l ul a d r e gladly b a l d e moitt containing into the sva ri c, f4 o . el beds, uTu The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on v th o by Messrs. Coutts C o . ; m az i d e l r t i g n a an ci , e ki s :s zh , i N ch ich a o r l e as r - e l c a e n iv e e ; d al b s y o , d Co.Drummondju uhones Loyd u a y n d d Co. ;; C H u . e ;. 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THE SECOND EDITION of THE SHADOW OF ASHLYDYAT, is now ready at all Libraries and Booksellers, in 3 vols., post i , vo• I.iebard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HARD CASH; THE NEW NOVEL, BY CHARLES RICADE, is Ready This Day, in Three Volumes, at all the Libraries. London : Sampson Low, Son, and Co., Ludgate-hill. T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By M. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London : 18, New Burlington-street, W. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC MANUAL. Free by post, ls. 6d. SII ORTHA ND.-"PITMAN'S PHONO GRAPHY forms an exceedingly efficient—probably the mon' efficient—system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland Hill. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. PIGS ! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, 10s 6d per cwt ; one cwt. equal to 1 cwt. bar'ey or any meal. Delivered free in Lon don. 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Families requiring Servants are respectfully solicited to apply, there being always a large supply on the books. Applications for Servants during the past year, 1,760. Lists of Servants forwarded on application. Office Hours from 10 till 4 daily, Yearly subscribers of One Guinea supplied with every clan of Servants free of extra charge. _ --- Upper Servants, ss. ; Under do., 2s. 6d. RNAMENTS for the Drawing - room , Library, U and Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegaut assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the intere s ti ng s t u dy of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY. end GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNAN r, at 149, Strand. W.C. REPLY OF THE POPE. Imperial Majesty,—The thought which your Majesty expresses of being able to establish without shock in Europe —with God's blessing elsewhere also I—with the concur rence of the Sovereigns or of their representatives, a system which calms men's minds and restores peace, tranquillity, and order to the numerous countries where, unhappily, these benefits are lost, is a design which greatly honours your Majesty, and which, with the co-operation, of all, as sisted by Divine grace, would produce the best results. We co .operate, therefore, in so laudable a project in a perfectly cordial spirit, and can now earnestly assure your Majesty that all our moral support will be afforded to the Congress, in order that the principles of justice, in these days so much misunderstood and troddenunder foot, may be re-established to the advantage of society in its present agitated state, that violated rights msy be admitted in order to be asserted in favour of those who have had to suffer by their violation, and especially in order that the real pre-eminence which belongs naturally to the Catholic religion, as being the only true one, may be re-established, especially in Catholic countries. Your Majesty cannot hesitate to believe that the Vicar cf Jesus Christ, el: her from the duties of his sublime repre sentation, or from the conviction he entertains that in the Catholic faith, in conjunction with practice, is to be found the sole means proper to moralise the peoples, cannot in the midst of Congresses, even political ones, fail in his obliga tion to sustain with the greatest rigour the rights of our most august religion, which is one, holy, catholic, apostolic, and Roman. The confidence which we express, of seeing violated rights vindicated springs from the conscientious duty imposed upon us by their guardianship. In showing ourselves full of solicitude on the subject of these rights, we do not wish your Majesty ever to suppose that we could' ntertain any doubt with regard to those appertaining to this Holy See, since, besides the other motives which militate in its favour, we have also the assurances which your Majesty has several times given, and caused to be given publicly, assurances which it would seem to us offensive to doubt, coming from so high and powerful a Sovereign. After this preliminary explanation, which has seemed to us all the more opportune that we better understand your Majesty's views, we are happy to add that we applaud ma terial progress, and desire besides that nations should be in a position to enjoy peaceably their property, as much for the profit that they derive therefrom, as for the occupation which it gives them. We could not say as much in the case of our being invited to satisfy certain aspirations of some fractions of these nations—aspirations which cannot be re conciled with the principles above enunciated. We entertain the hope that your Majesty, with your high perspicacity, will recognise in our frank communication the character of loyalty which always accompanies the acts of this Apostolic See, and at the same time the evidence of the great esteem which we entertain towards your august per son, to whom we have in no way hesitated to speak thus explicitly in a matter of so much importance. Hereupon, with the assurance of our paternal affection, we give your Majesty, our august Consort, and the Impe rial Prince, our apostolic benediction. Given in our palace of the Vatican, the 20th November, 1863. Pius P.P. IX. REPLY OF THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. Monsieur mon Fri re,—The letter written to me by your Majesty on the 4th of November directs my attention to the precarious state of Europe, to the dangers which may result therefrom, and proposes to me to regulate the present and assure the future in a Congress. This step is suggested to your Majesty by the sincere de. sire of sparing the world the calamities entailed by war. To preserve and assure to Europe the benefits of peace, al the same time preserving from any attack the honour and dignity of the countries we govern, such should indeed be one of our most constant cares- Such is also my dearest wish, and to attain this end, my co-operation will always be secured to your Majesty. Guided by this sentiment I have conscientiously examined the proposition which has been made to me. I was bound to ask myself if, in its present form, your Majesty's project united all the conditions which would permit me to hope for a result in conformity with your desire and mine. The success of every enterprise depends in a great mea sure upon the manner in which it is undertaken, and the plan which has been marked out. The greater the difficulty of the enterprise, and the more it demands the co-operation of various forces and wills, the more urgent it becomes to have a clear understanding upon the point of departure, to define the object and means of action held in view, to deter mine beforehand, in fact, the line of conduct that will be followed. These conditions appear to me to essentially affect the success of the work that your Majesty desires to essay and to which you invite me. Before joining it I, therefore, deem it indispensable to be enlightened upon certain preliminary points. In a Word, I should wish to know, with some accuracy, the bases and programme of the deliberations of the Congress which would assemble. In specifying beforehand the questions to be examined by the Congress, and agreeing upon the direction to be given to its labcurs, unforeseen obstacles that might compromise eves ything would be avoided ; this course would also remove dangerous and almost insoluable problems, which, unex pectedly raised, would only envenom the debates and give rise to fresh complications, instead of obviating those which already exist. These considerations appears to me too important not to deserve all the attention of your Majesty. Prince Metter nich will be charged, on his side, to state then with greater development. The particular goodwill and confidence which your Majesty has always been good enough to manifest towards my Ambassador a ill facilitate, I trust, this preli minary understanding which it appears to me necessary to establish before offering my support to the plan conceived by your Majesty. I take this opportunity of renewing the assurances of the high esteem and inviolable friendship with which I am, Monsieur mon frere, your Majesty's good brother, Vienna, Nov. 17. FRANCIS JOSEPH. REPLY OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. Monsieur mon frere,—Your Majesty in writing to me the letter which your Ambassador presented to me on the 13th of November, must have been convinced that the generous sentiments which inspired you would be responded to with that cordial assent which a Sovereign having at heart the welfare of nations, could not decline joining in the noble object which your Majesty proposes to the Euro pean Powers by inviting them to a general Congress. During the course of the last half century the treaties of 1815 have necessarily undergone modifications which the irresistible influence of time and events exercises upon human institutions. Nevertheless, those treaties still con tinue to form the foundation upon which the political edifice of Europe actually rests. It will, therefore, be a task worthy of the efforts of all Governments in terested in the • maintenance of order and of peace to consolidate that foundation, to provide for those portions which have been destroyed or which will have to be abolished, and to give additional guarantees to such enactments as may be misunderstood or menaced. In such a work I will join with all my heart, and in per fect liberty only to consult my own solicitude for the general interests of Europe, because, as Prussia has never outstepped the limits of treaties, she has no direct interest in provoking or declining the meeting of a Congress. Such a position enables my Government to lend its impartial and disinterested support to establish between the Powers convoked a preliminary understanding, upon the principles of the Congress, and to obviate by prudent negotiations the difficulties which might cause germs of discord in a work of conciliation and of peace. To this effect my Government will be happy to receive any overtures your Majesty may think fit to make respecting preliminary views. I thank your Majesty for the hospitality which you have kindly offered me, and I am sure I should meet with a welcome at Paris which renders so dear to me the remem brance of my sojourn at Compiegne ; but it is rather for our Ministers united in Council to enlighten by their dis cussions and to prepare for the sanction of the Sovereigns the proposals which will be submitted to the Congress. I take advantage of this opportunity to renew the assur ances of the high esteem and special friendship with which I remain, Monsieur mon frere, of your Majesty, Berlin, Nov. 18. Lo bon frere, WILLIAM, REPLY OF THE RING OF HANOVER. Monsier mon Frers,—l have received with as much pleasure as gratitude the letter which your Imperial Ma jesty was good enough to address to me under date the 4th of this month. To regulate existing differences by a general understand ing between the Europea n Powers, to calm the unceasingly recurring disquiet which obstructs or retards the develop ment of the prosperity of S tates, to paralyse the efforts of subvervise parties, and, in fine, to assure the tranquillity of Europe by removing every eventuality of war, is the most signal service that can be rendered to the cause of eivilisa tivn ; it is an enterprise whial should obtain t4o sal ago., of all those whose aspirations tend to the welfare of humanity. Your Majesty has just taken the initiative by proposing to regulate the present and assure the future in a Congress. I do homage to the elevated thought which has guided your Imperial Majesty, and I thank you very sincerely for the invitation you have forwarded to me to co-operate in your generous projects. 1 hope that Germany, especially Austria and Prussia— who in this question has interests from which I cannot sepa rate those of the kingdom of Hanover—will be enabled to afford her support to the task your Imperial Majesty has imposed upon yourself, and in this case I shall do myself a real pleasure in co-operating as much as possible in the realisation of the work which you have undertaken. Meanwhile, I pray you to be good enough to accept the reiterated assurances of the high esteem and inviolable friendship with which I am, Monsieur mon Frere, your Majesty's good brother, GEORGE, Rex. Countersigned, Count von Platen-Hallermund, At the Chateau of Herrenhausen, Nov. 23. REPLY OP THE RING OP BAVARIA. Monsieur mon Frere,—l have received the letter which your Imperial Majesty has been kind enough to address to me, under date of the 4th of this month, proposing a Con gress, which would assemble at Paris, with the object of laying the foundation of the pacification of Europe. I cannot but render full justice to the lofty sentiments with which this proposal is impressed. The treaties of 1815, on which the present political edifice of Europe rest, are, I am not unaware, destroyed in fact on man y points or misunderstood. There is, therefore, no grander task than to spare the future the shooks almost in evitable from this state of things, by regulating in concert w ith the other Powers the litigious questions of the present day, to which the arrangements of these treaties could no longer be applied. I believe with pleasure that the proposal of your Imperial Majesty, followed by subsequent explanations on the sub ject, will be received by the Powers directly interested in the solution of these questions in the manner which is in dispensable to assure its success. In this supposition I do not hesitate to adhere to the pro position of your Imperial Majesty, and I shall esteem my self happy to ccncur in the work of general pacification by taking part in the future conferences. _ I take this opportunity of renewing the assurance of the high esteem and inviolable friendship with which I am, Monsieur mon Frere, of your Imperial Majesty the good brother, Max. Rome, Nov. 27. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The eastern division of the Channel fleet—comprising the Edgar, 74, wooden liner, Capt. G. P. Homby, bearing the flag of the Commander•in-Chief, Rear-Admiral Sidney, Colpoys Dacres, C.B. ; the Warrior, 40, iron frigate, Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C.B. ; and the Resistance, 16, iron frigate, Capt. Chamberlain—is expected to sail from Spithead to-day for Plymouth Sound, where it will be joined by the western division, and receive sailing orders for the next cruise. At Plymouth the Resistance will be detached from the squadron and proceed to the Mediterra nean, where, according to present orders, she will com• plete her term of commission. Tha Tamar, screw troopship, Capt. Stirling, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the eastward. She is ordered into the harbadr. The ordnance screw transport Lord Paumure was taken into the steam basin of Portsmouth dockyard yesterday, and the two 12-ton 300-pounder Armstrong guns she has conveyed round from Woolwich were transferred, by the aid of the large steam crane, from her hold to an ordnance lighter for conveyance to the gunnery Excellent. Her Majesty's screw yacht Fairy was undocked at Ports mouth yesterday, after completing the coating of her bottom plates with the Mimes composition. The United States screw steam sloop of war Kearsage, 7, Commander Winslow, on a c uise, last from the Isle of Wight, was outside Plymouth Sound yesterday. The whole of the powerful cast iron girders and tramways for the overhead travellers which the Lords of the Admi ralty have ordered to be erected beneath the building sheds at Chatham dockyard, on which will ultimately be held down some of the squadron of iron vessels ordered to be constructed, have been transported to the dockyard from the foundry when they were prepared by means of three of the powerful traction engines manufactured by Messrs. Aveling iaa-Fcrtar r ltochaster, whirl), have been employed unceasingly at the work for several months past: The re sults prove in the highest degree the superiority of the trac tion engine for transporting heavy weights to great die • teaces over the ordinary horse labour. Yesterday five of the large iron girders, each weighing exactly three tons, were placed on a couple of lorries, and dragged by one of the traction engines from the foundry at Strood to the dock yard at Chatham, a distance of two miles, over every va riety of ground, including a severe incline of one in twelve, ' and through crowded streets, without the least inconveni ence. On arriving at the end of the dockyard where the girders are intended to be erected, the engine, by means of a crane attached, lifted each girder from the waggon and deposited it in the place intended for it. So favourable are the reports made of the advantages resulting from the em ployment of traction engines for every description of heavy draughts that in a short time their use S will become general in each of the Royal dockyards, Mr. Reed's iron-cased experimental ship Enterprise,to be launched next month from the slip at Deptford, was yes terday commissioned (as stated at Woolwich) by Comman der Charles J. Rowley, lately in command of the gun vessel Renard. A notice was yesterday affixed at the entrance of Wool wich dockyard announcing that the following number of men was required for immediate employment :-80 ship wrights, 25 joiners, four painters, six millwrights and fitters, six double firemen, 14 single firemen, and 25 ham- mermen. The abovenamed increase of the establishment is to take place in order to hasten the construction of the Pallas, as well as to complete the fittings of the Racer and the Ranger, required for the North American and African stations. Orders were promulgated at Portsmouth dockyard yes terday for the entry of about 1,000 additional hands, 600 o whom are to be shipwrights, and the remainder of different trades and labourers. The following appointments have been made in'the Royal Naval Reserve :—To ,be Lieut., William Holmes Long man; to be Sub-Lieut., Edward John Taylor, THE ARMY. A general order has been received at Chatham garrison from the Horse Guards, announcing that the next examina tion of candidates for admission to the Staff College, to be held in July, 1864, will be upon the following portions of military history and geography:—.Military History—" The of Napoleon, 1800, concluding Campaign of Wellington . , lBl 3,concluding with the Battle of " the Campaign of the Archduke Charles, 1790.." Military Geography—" The Northern Frontier of Spain and Basin of the Ebro ;" " the Vwiitthtortihae;"B‘atttthlee of Marengo ; and Basin of the Po, and the Theatre of War in Sardinia ;" and ~ the Theatre of the War in Southern and Western Ger many." Candidates will be expected to acquaint themselves with, and to be prepared to reason upon, the circumstances by which the issues of the campaigns were mainly influ enced, for which purpose they should compare for them selves, to the fullest extent .possible, th e recoun t s o f b o th sides. The examination will be principally directed to elicit this knowledge rather than a mere narrative of facts. The Chatham contingent of Royal Marine Light Infan try selected for service in Japan left head q uarters y esterda y for Woolwich, the officers and men having been previously private C. W. i ns pected by Col. T. Lemon, C. 8., commandant of the Chatham Division. The force lumbered 6ethe sergeasth 5 cor - pleowrainlsg e ta , drummer,l cers:..._ I, i and eut .75 .Col. Adair, Captain J. A. Stewart (Paymaster), Cap t. J. H. Parry, Fi rs t Li eu t. W. J. Barker (Quartermaster) , First Lieut. R. 11. D w y e r, and Second Lieut. W. W. Spalding. The enti re f orce of Royal Marines proceeding to japan w ill re ndezvous at Plymouth , where they embark on board the screw liner Conqueror, rines will 7B, 500 horse power , C a p t. W. G. Luard, now fittin g at the No 11 battery, Royal Horse Brigade, three days from Alder shot, marched into g arrison at head quarters, Woolwich, yesterday , and took up their winter quarters there. The battery consists of 6 officers and 230 non-commissioned officers and privates. A company of Royal Marine Light Infantry, in command of Captain by of 1 captain, 2 subalterns, bugler, and 20 pri vates, arrived at Woolwic h y e s terda y from Chath am, a n d w ill l e ave Woolwich this morning an early train to em -6 J. sergeants, ii°rnci°n 5 Parry, corporals, consisting em bark on board the Conqueror, for service in Japan. The two companies of the Woolwich Division under orders for Japan will take their departure at the same time. Their strength is as follows :-1 lieutenant-colonel, 2 captains, 4 subalterns, 8 corporals, 2 buglers, and 161 by Lieut.- adjutant, T he wholesergeants, will h 0 commanded Col. Suther, W oolwich Division. The names of the officers privates. 1 h av e appeared in a previous number of The Sun. Capt. E. J. Ward, 4 th b atter y , 24 Brigade Garrison Artillery, at p r esent at Dover, h as been appointed Aide-de-Cam p to Sir Richard Deere& K.C.8., commanding at Woolwich, in suc cession to Major W. E . M. Reilly, C,8., who has taken up i the command of his battery. Horniman's Tea is choice and strong, moderate in price, and wholesome to nee. These advantages have secured for this Tea a general pr e f mu ce, It is sold in Cutekbte, by 2,280 Agents, We have a contented pe o p le. 'We hag to be thankful tot, not, as other nations have, the word " Revolu tion " often murmured menacingly in their ears. We have F a contented therefore, under and a prosperous people ; an.: l I think we ought to "rest, and be thankful." (sheers.) r ce. One of the great features of these meC t ing s been be f late years bas been that almost the whole interest of the' pu b nat e tJa.l hasi concentrated upon foreign affairs ; and this Deli so, because, in these days, the facilities of locomotion are be great, the ramifications of commerce and correspondence s y are so extensive, that we are not, as we were a few years ago, separate nations, with scarcely any connection with one another, end only having rivalries one with another; but we form as it were members of one family, and it is impos sible even for the smallest members of that European family to be affected by any public event, without that effect being felt and reflected here and there in a very important degree ; and, therefore, it is that of late years the interest felt by the English public in foreign affairs had been a very deep and a very earnest one. (H ear , h ear .) And I hope I may be permitted from the interest which I have always taken in these matters to refer to one or two questions which are prominent before the public, and with regard to which the very gravest consequences may follow to this country, and b ni ef e felt c these therees n by v questions eh e eas e st r every be en i ee n n d i e i a v t individual condition now very e constant p tsi tnann r present. Poland,nx t p . r e ( s H si e 0 a n r, , Oo h fn e a o r. p this)i opinion. I regret to differ from many of my political friends who think that it was not right and that it was not discreet on the part of this country . to take the course which they did, and to interfere with expressions of sympathy in fa vour of the Polish race. lam not of that opinion, and I believe it is contrary to that high and generous sentiment which is always the motive and dictating principle of Eng lish policy. I believe that perhaps the method and form of interference was not the wisest that could have been adopted ; but after Parliament had expressed itself in the the strongst way on the subject, after repeated public meet ings had been held, and atter there had been a general con currence in the indignation felt at the way in which the Polish people were being treated, I think it would have been an undignified, a cowardly, and an un-English course if England had not made use of the whole weight of her moral force for the purpose of obtaining for that people the justice to which treaties had entitled him. (Cheers.) I perfectly admit that it was not a question upon which this country could go to war. I regret at the same time the way in which the question was treated, because the result has been this, that high-handed wrong and injustice have come off victorious, and, in the face of violated treaties and outraged faith, the great Powers of Europe that interfered in the cause of justice and humanity have been obliged to retreat from the position which they occupied, with humiliation, if not almost with insult. (H ear, hear.) At the same time, the course pursued by th e Govern ment is not to be judged by its results. I think it would have been an un-English course, an undignified course, in consistent with the character we have long maintained, if this country had not raised her voice in favour of a people suffering as they were, and in whose favour we were bound to interfere by treaty. (Hear.) There is one other subject which is of deep interest to us, because out of it I believe it perfectly possible that war may grow, and I am certain of this, that there is no society of Englishmen to whom I could address myself to whom the question of peace or war would not possess greater interest than any question that I might put before them, for we are a peace-loving people—we be lieve any war not required by the interest and honour of the country is an unjust war—and therefore we cannot but feel a deep interest in any question that may lead to a rup ture of our peaceful relations with any part of Europe. (Hear.) Pending the marriage of the Prince of Wales I took the opportunity of expressing a strong opinion with reference to a question which was raising itself into great importance relative to certain regulations affecting the de pendencies of Denmark. I will not enter fully into that question, because in the first place it requires considerable study ; and, in the next place, because it is a very irksome one. It has been said that no one ever understood the ques tion which is known by the name of the Schleswig Holstein question ; that the only person who got nearly to understand it was a German professor, and that it had driven him mad. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) I will not go into the details of that question; but this I will say, that with regard to it I think the course pursued by our Government was a consis tent, a manly, and a decided one. (Hear, hear.) It is of great importance to this country that a Protestant, a liberal, a constitution state should in its full force, with all its means and resources, exist in the Baltic. I believe it to be of the very greatest importance to England to maintain the independence of Denmark. What do we find at the present moment ? There are questions of long date between this country and Denmark with which I will not attempt to puzzle you or drive you mad. The course announced by Lord Palmerston at the end of the session was a decided one, for in reply to a question which I put to him, his lordship declared that it was the bounden duty of this country to uphold the independence of Germany as against the great German Powers, and he concluded his speech by saying that if they pursued the course which he was sorry to see they were adopting, the German Powers would find that they had not to deal with Denmark alone, but that there were other and greater Powers than Denmark with which the question I was to lee settled. At the present time, owing to the death of the late King of Denmark, other questions have arisen, and I must express as open l y as I can my deep regret at seeing that the great German Powers are pursuing a course which, to my mind, is utterly dishonest, for which no excuse can be found, and making their adherence to a solemn treaty dependent upon conditions which never at any time formed any part of th at treat y at all, (Hear, hear.) Therefore I do hope and trust that the part taken by our Government —I care not whether by the present Go vernment or any other—l hope, whatever party may be in power, that they will consider it the decided policy of this country to uphold at all hazards the independence and inte grity of Denmark, and resist an aggression which is alike unjust in its objects and dangerous in its termination. (Cheers.) It may be true that our lot has fallen into dark and troublous times. It may be that in every part of Europe the political horizon is troubled and menacing, and no man can tell what, within a few weeks, may be the aspect of Europe—no man can toll what part this country may be called upon to take. But still I do believe that we here in England may look forward to the future, not only with hope, but with confidence. (Cheers.) It is not only because we possess a Sovereign whom we esteem and admire ; it is not only that we live under a Constitution that we value and venerate; it is not only that among us—and this is particularly important in times like these—there is a love cf peace from the highest and best of motives and of reasons; it is not only that we have no lust for increase of terri torial power, for England is great enough and her terri tory is extensive enough, and we have not, by all these factitious means that are necessary perhaps to °thee Powers attempted to spread the influence and dignity of our coook urt: e w have here hatvhee try—it is not only for these reasons that we may forward with hope and confidence to the future, but, above all, for this reason, that we are a united pno (Cheers.) It is not in this country (and I oaLtry that other country can say it)—it is not in this • al legisla a"cland'S of this over all the a question you could enter a single society to d i i e sc t u er s e e s of high importance, affecting heerither the Govern tion, without fear th o o. f sea o y ffe b u se cl ee i z ig w ment or the people. Here, thank ti ;shout : i le e r e r o s f n o t f e \ orvu.. we Whatever our olsject, presses his opinion freely and open tio Y ii , ference. Wo have no fear of revol intelligencemn e has ful we all combine together. W . 7 1 c e t ea r a s e i t l o s o v n - a d y w a a ) ; ut in Phebeaeel,ea times. 'We see here the that sturdy class —has va,ar:veolif oost , anheedrate te roa r im o d r e l tr jes, pith and strength of E 9 g spread d t here he thoseclol differing nebility world. (Hear, h e r a r c h e. e ) re those who administer the justice of those represented here, not ministers who,only religiwa have here the land. nobility o bility of character—the English gentleman. f :: ::Ctel:ebu k li ud hero we are met tpromoting that which is for ( c heers.) ogether, not merely be ' it is a social and agreeable assembly, be (C a heers.) Let the object we narevehich we live, and for the Cause i h e ee district that one b b e en:ft benefit of philanthropicthe country ob object —let the banendefiallt obfelt charitable object—let it be for some society or movement that shall have for its end the social improvement or the moral advancement of the eo le p p , and again you will find there will not be a class in the country, from th e hi ghest to the lowest, w hi c h will not promote, as far as they can, public the good. (Chee rs ' ) And as long a s thi s spirit remains in the country—thank God it has always been the distinguishing mark of the country, and long may it continue to be so I—so long as the spirit remains, though other countries may suffer, though war may devastate other lands, though their society may be disorganized by convulsions and revolutions, I a m E sure of this, that, strong in the united spirit of the people,taineege land will always maintain her position n almng the t r he co n untr ies of the world ; and, whatever may happen to that, under We may look forward to the future, feel h in a g e :0 long favoured the blessing of that Providence which h` t , hold that us and distinguished us, we sha e ll have hitherto held, and place among the nations which.w (The hon. gentleman which we still desire to retain. prolonged cheering.) resumed his seat amid loud and larac ter were afterwards Several other to asts of a local a The annual dinner connected with th e Christmas Hor sham Cattle Show took place on Wednesday afternoon at the Black Horse Inn. The Right Hon. S.Fitzgerald, , presided, and among the gentlemen present were Captain Wyndham, M.P.. Mr. Brenn y, Mr. L. Sterne, Bi gge, Mr. J. B ra by, R ev . F. Vincent, Rev. Mr. Hod g son, Mr. San ctuary, &c. After the usual loyal a nd constitutiona l toasts had been given, the " Health of the Members for the W estern Divi sion of the County" was chunk amid loud cheers. Cave, Mr. B e M.P., Capt. Di c ki ns , C a pt. Capt. WYNDHAX responded to the toast, and in so doing strongly urged the agriculturists to test the efficacy of malt in the feeding of cattle, and to endeavour by every means in their power to secure the reduction, if not the entire re peal of the malt tax. Mr. CAVE, in responding to the toast of the "Health of the Members for the Rape of Bramber," after explaining the cause of the absence of his colleague (Sir P. Burrell), observed that it was expected on those occasions that the platers in the stakes at Westminster should come down and make strong running in the provinces; but, considering what was left for them to speak about, it was almost impos sible to rise, except with feelings of despair. Domestic po litics were forbidden, and with respect to foreign politics, it would be absurd for him to talk on that subject in presence of the chairman. But he might be permitted to say that at the present time there was nothing very cheering in the aspect of foreign politics. We seemed to be in the time spoken of by the poet,- - . . _ " A dark and troublous time, The heavens all gloom, the weary earth all crime." Wherever we turned there were wars and rumours of wars. England seemed to be almost the only country that was free frotn sources of discontent and turbulence. In some of our colonies the prospects were not more cheering than they were in foreign countries. If we looked to America, who could say what was to , be the end of things there ? Post after post brought us accounts of bloody battles with no results; and although he could not for a moment believe that a brave people inhabiting a country where the means of locomotion were so difficult could be conquered, he looked with horror upon the sufferings and privations which they endured from day to day from those who called themselves their brethren and their countrymen. (Hear, hear.) On look ing at the continent of Europe there was scarcely a nation whose position could be calculated upon for a single year. An attempt had been made—a wise and creditable attempt —to bring these matters under peaceful consideration. It was not for him to say whether that attempt was possible or not, or whether the course pursued by our Government was a right course or not ; but still any attempt to submi the , affairs of Europe to a peaceful solution was an attemp, which could not but be looked upon with most serious and most respectful consideration. (Hear.) With regard to politics, hon. members were frequently in the habit of going so near the wind that they reminded him of a boy going to see a "meet," whose horse, somehow or other, kept edging nearer and nearer to the hounds, until in the end he rode over somebody in his progress. (Laughter.) He wished to be careful with regard to the subject of politics. In looking through the speeches made from time to time at meetings like the present, he found that the common cry among the speakers had been that the past session had been a very discreditable one, every member almost saying, "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him." (Laughter.) Now, he thought that a great deal might be said in favour of the past session, and did not agree with these who gave it so bad a character. There were two classes of members who, no doubt, were ready to say something against the session. There were the idle members, who were glad of any excuse for not being at their posts—(a laugh)—and there were the troublesome members, who expected something from fishing in troubled waters, and did not like the affairs of the country to go on smoothly if by that means their power over the masses seemed likely to be diminished. (Hear, hear.) It re minded him of the story told of an English condottiere— Sir John Hawkwood. A monk who was afraid of hi m began by saying "Pax vobiscum" (Peace be with you.) The reply of Sir John was "The devil take your blessing; dont you know I live by fighting." (Laughter.) Something of this kind might be said of some of the speeches which had been delivered in the north of England. When the country was at peace and in prosperity they said "What is that to us? We dont want that; we want some stirring points to be brought forward, and to see the people thoroughly dis contented." (Hear.) The hon. member then referred to the number of bills which had been passed during the last session, and entered into some details for the purpose of showing that a considerable amount of business had been done, and urged the farmers to make known their opinions on the malt tax, and to petition Parliament for its modifica tion or repeal. (Cheers.) The next toast was the " Health of the Chairman," which was received with great enthusiasm. Mr. FITZGERALD, in responding to the toast, said—lf it is difficult for a member of Parliament to make a speech on an occasion of this kind, it is a doubly difficult thing for me, because it is a very rare occasion for me to find a meeting in the borough which I have the honour to represent where I am able to give an account of the conduct which I pursue, or to express to those whom I represent the opinions which I conscientiously entertain. I must feel myself bound by that rule, which rather more vigorously than usual has been laid down by those who have preceded me. I will not ostentatiously go out with the hounds for a day, but if you will consider me somewhat in the position of the little boy to whom Mr. Cave alluded, I shall be glad if 1 can, without offence to any gentleman around me, take a short gallop with the hounds. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) F or many years the principal interest in meetings of this kind at tached to questions of internal legislation. We had our Free-trade fights, our Protection fights, our Reform fights, and various other struggles between the two great parties in Parliament and in the country. These struggles do not exist now, and we must adopt the advice which has been given by a great Minister of the Crown,and which hasbecome almost a proverbial expression—we must, I suppose, " rest and be thankful." (Laughter.) It is probably rather late in the day for that great Minister, of whom without offence it may be said he has never taken" rest" himself and has never allowed any repose to his opponents—it is rather late in the day for him to give such advice as that ; but looking at the present state of the country as regards all those questions of internal legislation which have hitherto interested us, I think we may give him the same advice which he has given us ; and although within a very few years he has thought that questions of great change affecting the relations of classes the one to the other in this country were the para mount questions to which all men in this country ought to address themselves, and which were of such paramount im portance that they were to make or unmake a Blinistry, I think we may say, although so short a time ago such were his opinions, the present condition of affairs is such that, having attained that which has been the great object of his life—the direction of the foreign affairs of this country —w e may say to him as he has said to us," rest and be thankful." (Cheers and laughter.) Ido not think there is anybody in this country who desires for mere party objects or questions between man and man, between one individual statesman and another individual statesman—l do not think there is any man of note in the House of Commons or generally in public life among the English people—who desires to see on such grounds a change of Government. It is rather too common a mode of speech at public meetings to say that they have such entire confidence in the Prime Minister that there is no difference between party and party. Now, I must say that I have a great respect, a great regard, for Lord Palmerston. He has passed through a long public life, and has rendered great public services to his country. (Hear, hear.) I trust he may long be spared to render additional services to that country to which he has added a reputation and a name; but I should be sorry to see the time arrive when there should exist an utter indifference, mainly from a regard to one individual, upon great public questions. (Hear.) I believe that indifferentism in re ligion is not more fatal to society than indifferentism in politics—(hear, hear)—and I think it would be an evil day for this country if we should become so dead, so little alive to the great interests which are involved in the questions which come before Parliament, that a regard for one great name should make us indifferent to the question as to who shall carry on the Government of the country. (Hear, heara.)t There is one thing to which I cannot at all adhere, an . d en tia , e, is the opinion expressed by some of my very old Tory friends, who have said, " We should be very sorry to see i Government disturbed, because we are perfecttayinlid:uoprregtahnaict as soon as they are removed from dace g e l : coun t r y will changes will again be agitated, and the wleee • Sussex said be in a state of turmoil." A friend the other day, "I should be sorry because I am cers some of his friends ream% ed from toefesaweeuEarl Russell and tain that so long as they remain tlti:°rise is we s very ha likelh e a rwnhoatth ihasng of the question of reform." u sgtleedbourhood. There was a happened in our imatediatehon3eiii to keep every keeper on very enterprising man, of te this h e t i s. man, a T n h , The whole who w sooner as i e y i the qui vice; no preeervewlats u was in commotion o n acu ,2lfriferniednsd as it wax w ith Little Bark er, and My friend said ho believed it would b e Little Barker , the same with Earl Ruhsoselladdaendd his , of min you my f or Little Ba rker and said, I will mak e d from that day to this the whole coun tryeeper, and q uiet, our preserves have been at rest, has been our keepers have been able to sleep in their beds, and we h av e en j oy ed peace and tranquillity. It is the same with these gentlemen as with Little Barker, and they will re main quite as long as they are our keepers." (Cheers and laughter.) Now, Ido not look upon them in that way. I h o p there is a strung feeling in the country at large against an y great and organic changes, and in favour of that ex pression of the great Minie*,er to which I have alluded. I believe that the country at large feel that it is best for us, especially in the present state of the world, to ‘• rest. "11:' oa t l"*l".' ;iglu', hoar) We have Pula' given. The Court .Tournal. Established 34 years.—See the Court Journal of Saturday, whicb contains a vast amount of exclusive news of public hverest, and pmfectly original Court l y , Fashionable, Theatrical, Naval, Military, and Sporting Intelligence, Club On Dits, &c.; not to be foun d i n any daily or weekly paper.---Price sd. ; Stamped, 61--W. Thomas, 26, Brydgt , s-Ftroet, Strand ; sold by all Lews•ageata; auLl at tLe Stations, -4"/ 4 0‘,4; • --oe -11‘' - i ENV 5,1 3 0. k% p h° r et / gat-sweted eZie-‘..e.eze if f e e ecil ' . :*_17::: 7 , g - . WEST COAST OF AFRICA: r7 ,- : , - :-., LIVERPooL, Thursday% The African mail steareiship Magregor Laird h as arrived with the mails to the following de .tes : Benin, October 21; Fernando Po, 29th; Came roons, 31st; Old Calabar, Novemer 2; Brass River, 4th; Nun s , ,, 4 is th; nt ß . onny, 7th; Lagos , 10th; Acera, 12t ff A h ; Cape Coast Castle, 14th ; Cape P almas, 16th ; s Leone, ofdy 2 se l ti st te ; ry. Bathurst, 25th ; Tenerif fe, De cember Madera rai ta Madeira,Su3rdh: Stara ! ; eon Crow died on boa rd at Her Mqesty's ships Griffon and Dromedary were at Fernando Po ; the Eoe . thence for Glasgowfew aYls; in a d -Iva was to sail the George, Hussar, Lucette, Oceol a , Colesul Burton had arriveoenfdroAmntthwe S r hCs en d was expected to leave on t h e 10th e o eo f ual N ts o o ve t m hhea b r : t, November I"ari,D;l:hteltmhe\yr;, Trade vincwibals flat. e,.,‘rteenas, Commerce, 'loeselie, and 'the Venus sailed f rom t h e Cameroon; !or Liverpo ,el on bee 14th of Ontoher. T r ade was a ct F ie r e o , ra w o ithldCalabar high vett . es. The river was healthy. eh. e Commodore, Royal Arch, Golden Age , and the 8.-A. iderefield sa i.l'ed for Liver pool on the 16th of Octobee.'• The Cr-. 'sssy was to sail next spring. Trade heed been Ste Toed s i nce October 29, and things were likely to remain i n this state for sometime. King Eye and t be chiefs had evacuated Creek Town in consequence, of a raid of the Bloodmen to obtain satisfaction for injuries inflicted ou some of their tribe by the Creek Town men. The river was healthy. The Earl Derby and the Benin were at Bee eine The Lord Burleigh, Express, Mary Black, Seli. na, Orient, Virginian, Paragon, Albro, Fri le of Canac 'a, and the Ben M'Cree were at the Brass River, whet 'e trade opened on the 25 th of October. The Investi gator had come down the Niger , and was m et by Dr. Baikie at the confluence. Lieutenant Bedford. wee left with him. Ali was well. Six bales of cotton from the Niger for Manchester have been shipped in the Macgregor Laird. This is the first product 0. 4 a screw press fitted up by Mr. Crowther up the Niger. The Iphigeniete the Richmond, the Cockatoo, the i‘Beilileerrivooef:rstohne,Owceeraerd,rotwheneGdroanndt:onny, the Flora Plvor, and the Charles Hors.fall were at Bonny. Captainand dc Peter wa vTehroymhpesaoltiih,ya.gent for l ll o l t e h ss o r f s o . H et a e t b t e o r n . T l l landy, and the CityscohfoNoner Commodore ,eet . igator . , and Majesty's ships Espoir, Ine - and getting clear of the coast with 1, Whydah on the 16th of 2 : o e s r L, e a a y t e L s a f g ro o m s The steamer Norwich succeeded is shipping Her Majesty's ship Investigator, The Iwo Irohin of 24th of October sas's : Gambier, left this place early in Lieutenant -Comp gander September to proceed up the Niger, for the purpose ofln communicating with Dr. Baikie, and doing several other tin been unable to precute any informatio n for o f o o b f r a the public. She 'which we have arrived at the Nun on September 7, she crossed on the same day. On the next da r of h, w2lic ; ,. li t r a i k t re n r on beard the Rev. Samuel Crowther and several per sons connected with the Church Mission, she pro°ctebedc'rodthe river, anchoring every night. She arrived at Onitsh uP a on the 13th September, where she discharged most of the peop l e w ho were taken on board at the Nun, and, ha ving procured a s upply of wood, went on the confluence at Gbejbe where the Rev. Mr. Crowther and his party landed. Th, - 7 then went to the other side of the river, to Lukoja, wher a they met Dr. Baikie. On the 19th she left for Egga, and arrived on the 21st, On the 22d Lieutenant Commander Gambier, Mr. Adlam, Mr. I\l‘Coskry, and Dr. Baikie set out for Bede to communicate with the celebrated African le poten t a t e Masaba (Mahomed Saba). We have been unab to learn any of the incidents of this visit, which. mu Highness sent two horses, one to be presented to her Majesty, and the other to our Lieutenant-Governor. On the 4th October they returned to the ship, and started down the river, stop. ping for fuel, &c., at most of the p laces at which they had stopped on the up voyage. The Rev. Mr, Crowther and his son, Mr. Josiah Crowther, returned with the Investi gator. They crossed the bar of the Nun on the 14th, and arrived within our port on Sunday morning, the 16th inst. dome of the officers and crew of the Investigator have suf fered slightly from fever." The same paper of the sth of November states that the gentlemen who went to readen on a mis sion of peace, sent by the Association of Lagos, re turned to Abbeokuta that day. The account given of their reception was hopeful. They 'we re most hospitably entertained ; their message, in sit ort, was well received. The chiefs spoke of the wron,gs they thopght they had received, and said that th ey de sired to be on friendly terms with the Egba.s. Their 7 reply to the message was, '` We will glad] meet a deputation from the opposite party on i leueral ground to talk over our matters, in order to co me to some arrangements." More than that could nof be . expected. The Missionary party in Ibadan wince much better provided for than before; the suppl.ies carried to Oyo for them by Messrs Wood and A3ile croft had been received, and had added greatly t o their comfort. The amount of produce which bad' accumulated in their hands of the merchants and traders during the long stoppage of the roads was estimated at 1,000 bales of cotton of 120 or 131) pounds each, which would give at the present prices. at Liverpool a value of £12,000. There is more difficulty at arriving at a fair estimate of from three the value of the oil, but it is suppos ed to be not far times as much. The Lagos Anglo-African of th 7th ult. stes that the rain, although abundant,e had caused n ta om, e the . interior with of the inconvenience which was experienced last • year at that time. The health of Lagos was favour able. Trade was, as usual, bad. Delegates from an association of native merchants and traders making i upgropceefieede to betweenth contending parties. Hopes were entertainer,: of their pa • success, but from the nature of the ease it v ia - - twheereobjeacbtoouft s evident that nothing beyond a temporary pew could be. effected, followed by negotiations for the settlement of the questions in dispute. There was a rumour that there had been another battle re • cently, and that the lba dans had advanced their camp nearer that of the Egbas. Another of the great chiefs of Abbeokut a, Atambala, had di e d . The brig Astart on Nov. 12th ; a e sailed from Accra for L ondon nian left Cape 1:1d the royal mail steaener Arme alrnas for the Leeward Is;ands• Her Majest y's ship Rattlesnake and the brig Al ligator were at Cape Coast, and her Majesty's spar row Sierra at Leone.The Spanish war steamer Gen. Al , ava with 8 , " troops and ammunition, from Cadiz for Havannahe put into the Island of Palma with her bunkers on fire. In an attempt made to flood the bunkers the ship was sunk. The troops were landed and brought on to Santa Cruz by her Majesty's ship Speedwell, Commander Cottam. The Speedwell was to sail for the Gambia with Governor Darcy and his ,suite on Dec. 2. The royal mail steamer Athenian left Ma deira on Dec. 2. Her Majesty's ship Pelorcs And Faison, and the steamship s Cell, Dare, P r esto, and and Will-o'-the -Wisp were at that Island. ----- THE CORNISH COAST. —Early on Sunday morning London, into n had oa s was Penzancea s b etiw abandoned asv hle.with the Prince Rupert, of London, went ashore near St. part of rigging Anthony's Point during a thick fog. She was greatly injured. The bark Palenta, of with Sft of water in her hold in lat. 47 a 3 t 4 c N h , a l t o t n a g n . 0 9 0 l a , W. The crew were brought to Falmouth long. ay t a a : s v r a o r i PI arrived iteda and afternoon. The Castilian, of Liverpool, was of Mount's Bay on Saturday with l s:e ss ecr o ;,h f overboard and drowned. loss The 1I brig oA f it boats,D C u a r r g . y , UP.—An n f Blythe,officer, bulwarks, ffi inquired of a negro where he could find accomm odations for his horse. "Do n ' t know, sa h , 'bout th , Be fence rails is all gone , and dar ain't e commodations. nothin' for ' em to e at any more, only a few barn doors, th e general's horses.”.--x ew an' we Want de m f or fork Tribune, - ' [ADVERTISEMENT-]--COTlSUraptioll, all nervous, bilious, liver, and stomach complaints, is every stage, are only ag gTavate i and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Da Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had pulmonaryabltndont aclolushuompepitiooflll,l emaciated to a skk.leton. exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow ch i e ectly l e sv r hi te i: t li c st o n: s a - o e rw r f recovery ther hc o oa i n u :h G, coxd l p a , s eac t . p et s o t rr a a g t :) ,lo,, if : are de healthy, blooming, fleshy giii.—N. tn., f blood, liver Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. Jame L s an lt g o ' b ' er C t:s in . of Surrey, of shirty years' diseased lungs, a P i '7,. ° 47, 121. Miss derangement, and partial deafness.—Cure, i' d ure' indigestou, Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness,ancies.—Clire, i\o, gatherings, low spirits, and uervouB F akenham, Norfolk., 54,816. Ihe Rev. James 'l`. CamPblielvter, of indigestion and torpidity ct th li e b, all medical treatment. 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