The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-05 00:00:00

MESSRS. JAY and CO. have 110 W on show the most unique and perfect assortment of BONNETS, which their Manager has selected in Paris, and brought back with her to this Establishment. 247, 249, 251, Begent-street. BONNET'S SILKS a LYON.—Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or • manufacturer. and the more perfect the production the>, grater is the credit Which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica - tion in England; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex .- pos, d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the el/4 Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., Ly of each Piece :—" qn eta Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. IFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the recent 4 heavy gales some of the ' , oats of the Royal Nati or.al Lits•boat Institution have been instrumental in rescuing•lhe cr ews of the tollowmg wrecked vessels:—Schooner Theophi i,i, of Aberdeen, 5 men; barque Tamworth, of Norway, 17; seboone: ,corthern Li , rlits, of Preston, 4 ; pilot boat, of St. lves, 7 ; schoouer Ano n . o f Working: 0n,4 ; schooner Gipsy, of Dr( ghecia, 4 ; smack Saucy Ja lc, of Inverness, 1 ; barque Marietta, of Lisbon, 1 ; fishing boat, of Filcv, 2 ; Tenby fishing boat, 3; and barque Providence. of Danizic,7. Total lives saved, 55. The lifeboats also assistel in bringing sal (sty into port, with their crews, consisting of 21 men, ihe Italian brig Cameglinr, the schooner Sir Colin Campbell, of Whitby, the schooner Guilia, of Palermo, and the ketch Snip, of Am sterdam. The lifeboats also went off in reply to :signals of distress on fourteen occasions, but their services were not ultimately required. The amount of reward p rid for all these services was £216. The Committee of the Institution earnestly AP PEAL to the public for ASSI6TANk..,E to enable 'hem to meet the con tinued heavy demands on the Society's i 25 Web 'at estab lishments. Contributions are receiv d by all the Lon lon and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, .1 chn-street, Adelphi, London. ItOYAL ENGLISH - OPER A, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. llarrison. THIS EVENING, for the 12th time, Balfe's new Opera, BLANCH el DE NEVE RS : Miss Louisa vyne, Miss Anna Hiles, Miss Emma Heywood; Messrs.W. 11. Weiss, H. Cord, A. Cools, A. at. Albyn, C. Lyall, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison. To conclude with the Second Act of THE DESERT FLOW ER. Conductor, INIr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half'-pact Six-7,lommence at Se•Pn THEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE. - Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform the Farce of MY M. tART'S IN THF. HIGHLANDS: characters by Mr. J. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde, Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Harfleur. After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, 3IANFEED. Messrs. r helps, Ryder. Rayner, M-ag,reson, Ward, Spencer ; Miss Eburne, Miss L. Atkinson, Miss Lcclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss hitter, Miss Cicely BaPrrreint, Spencer, Noti. Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. Principal Followed by BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. cha racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, and G. Weston ; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss _ -- id Leclerq. Tg-EATRE ROYAL HAYMARI" ' i.ET Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. *— THIS EVE ING, SILKEN FETTEfiS : ir Mathews, Chipper h iale, W. Farren, Howe, eagrs• Chaes s C. Mathews ancl M. Harris. trze. ; Mesdam Followed by T HE GOLDEN PLEP ' , CP M a thews, Compton,Weathersby„tc.. Mesdames ~ Mesqrs. Ch ar l es L Keeley. Griffith, &c. , esrlarnes C. M a th ews, Followed by COIL AS A CUCEIMBP And LIT r.LE DAISY. At Mr. C. Mathews. Commence at 7, Y M 'rE Al, LYCEU THEAE. 11, Under the Sole 3lanagement of Mr. Fechter. BEL DEMONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening until further notice. THIS EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BABY: Mess -s. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, Charles ; bliss P. Leclercl, and Carlotta Leclercq. After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendlial's "Italian Chronicles," by Mr. John Brouvam. Principal charac ter by Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, Lee, and Alias Elsworthy. Doors open at half-past 6—commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY NIGHT. 31ISS BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING, the 58th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN. in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAII has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. N. 1 W THEATRE-RO YAL, ADELPH: Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. R. Webatar. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs 4.t 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Bth weer of Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs.Artnur Stirlinz, R. Phillips, Bil linzton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss 11. Simms, and Mrs. Billing - ton. To conclude with THE IRISH TIGER : Miss K. Kelly and Mr. Stephenson. Ptl OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborougli. THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRDIE. Messrs. Geo. Noney, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Mandel's. Followed by (11th time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The Return of Ulysses. Messrs. honey and Fenton ; Mesdames S'wanborough and Simpson. Atter which, AIX NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. ROYAL SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE. Manageress, Miss 3larriott. THIS EVENING, the successful new Play, by Westland Marston, Esq., entitled PURE GOLD: Messrs. E. Pnelps, H. Marton, D. 11. Jones, W. D. Gresham. S. Perna ; Miss 3iandlebert, Mrs. E. White, and Miss Marriott. . - • To conclude with THE BEIGA.ND : Mr. D. H. Jones, Miss Mandlebert. Box-office open from 11 to 4, THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," AA Containing. the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, tau be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, Bh. 50w.—Afternoon,' . 9h. 23m. 0-mcntßow.-Morning, 9h. 59m.—Afternoon, 10h. 30w. The Weather—Sun Office, Dec. 5, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.09. Wind—S.-W. ; strong breeze, and fine. !iie. 14(3.1 b0N, SATURDAY, DEC. 5, 1863. Tiding s of war t e ll t hree days later from the American seat es of little as being actually advanced there since c ur last advi ces , b u t o f very muc h in deed as steadi ly and sternly advancing. The in telligent© comes to " this time from the A s i a bringing account s d awn the 25th from New York. At Charleston the i n tervals between besi:seting continued at fierce however, from an y gars besieged. S o f ar , former from that fighting latest resulting to the on the accounts seem to shots , th a t things were quite the . other way- 4 : e Contrary, going rate, one , to or two of the monitors a ppear from the have been so severely damaged that t heir withdr awal attack proved to be matte r of ver y urgent n ecessity. Hard nuts they are, these ironclad floatin g ~,t r but nuts manifestly that admit of cracki ng nutier P B, the stupendous shock of modern projectiles. - w he• ther additional showers of Greek Fire had been vouchsafed to the besieged by the pitiless besieg ers we fail to learn from these later fragment s of intelligence, but only too clearly mani fest is it that the contest rages there at Charleston, as fast as furiously as ever. On the 17th there were showers of shells hurled into the beleaguered stronghold from General GILAIORE'S batteries; the like occurring, though to a some what lesser extent, on the 19th. On the day after wards, the 20th, the sea wall of Fort Sumter was destroyed, at least it is so stated in the telegrams - though for that matter F ort S umter h as so o f ten 1 - 1 - een destroyed altogether, that we don't well know what to make of it when the like tidings bade to us thus coolly Gni quietly reiterated,tsor as thou g h F or t S umter was k nown to be of Hydra of Solid Masonry. Preserving the balance or news, e7 e now learn p er th e A s i a , t h at while th eCo , erates still contin u e th us t o b 3 beleagur e d in Charles ton, the Federals in th e i r t urn under BUFtNSID % are beleagured i n K noxv ill e . A s r ecently as the 223, from Cumberland Gap, the fi r i n g at Knoxville W as distinctlyaudible. General BURNSIDE the telegrameint i Gitze in so ma n y wor d s , has orders fro m Ge neral hold Knoxville. It remains to be seen, h owever, whether General l B URNS IDE, in this, can prove implicitly Weather permitti n g , accordin g to the d obedient.v hail announce ments, General MEADS meditatedauz at- tempting the passage of the Rapidan. To that bar gain, however, as to all others, two are req u i s i te. Geneva LEE, in anticipation of the attack, wa s known f.o be steadily and energetically strengthen- : .ng his works on the Rapidan ! Such, in brief, are are the salient points in the news now brought to us as indicative of the actual situation. The combatants, here at Charleston, there at Knoxville, had still their weapons crossed and ringing in fierce encounter. Along the line of the Rapidan, at the chief scene of interest, the main armies of the belligerents confronted each other from the opposite banks, breathing deadly hatred, preparing for a yet more fierce and despe rate conflict than any in which they had hitherto been engaged. It is a step in the right directionth d a isg ta ra check i has been put on the dangerous and n m c e e d p Li b 's ; e p o r n a s c i t d i c e e r a o b f l e omnibus n r c a n e i n b g a s . b F e e o n r e some r i t e i the prevalence of this custom, and the far-sighted have entertained serious apprehensions regarding their own and others safety. Still it is very hard work to make a sufficient number take up a case so strongly as to enforce attention to it on the part of the authorities , more especially when it does not especially concern some one's immediate interests. The case that was brought forward in the Queen's Bench on Wednesday is one of the most painful character, and may well engage the sympathy, and awaken the indignation of all hearers. A young gentleman, full of life and energy, has fallen a victim to the blameable con duct of these racing drivers. In 1862 he was travelling in the North, and was conveyed by omnibus from Buxton to Whaley Bridge, whence they were to take the rail for Manchester. Most unfortunately for him a mail started almost at the same time, and the drivers commenced racing. Both drove very rapidly, and occasionally passed each other. As may be expected from such reck less conduct, a very serious casualty occurred. As they approached an embankment, with a slope on one side, aid a stone wall at the end, the vehicles were close together, and some one exclaimed to the driver to take care and avoid a collision. In the hurry of the moment he pulled sharply to the side, and the wheel of the omnibus went on to an uneven part of the embankment. The plaintiff was thrown next to the wall, and picked up insensible. There seems to have been some mismanagement in his moving about too soon, but at any rate the consequences now are that he is afflicted with a serious and "incurable injury to the brain and spine," end there is every probability that it will terminate in palsy and the entire loss of memory. Most truly did the learned counsel say that no money could compensate for such an accident, and that although in this instance the sufferer was re moved from want, still he would have been decidedly in a far better position had he been penniless, and had the prospect of a career before him, with good health, than to be as he now is, possessed of a competency with such suffering. The young man was able to appear himself, and appeared to be much afflicted. Various other statements were heard, all tending to confirm the sad story in all its particu lars. To add to the gross negligence of the case on the part of the driver, the omnibus was net ar ranged in so secure a manner as to justify the reck less driving he indulged in in the slightest degree. There was no footboard, and the rail was only high enough to keep the cushion in its place. Some physcians gave their evidence; and Dr. ROBERTS, who had been his father's medical attendant, and had known the plaintiff for years, considered that the case was quite hopeless; the same opinion was concurred in by the medical gentlemen present. The Lord Chief Justice summed up under feelings of great emotion, and said that this was one of the most distressing cases that he had ever heard of, or had seen brought forward in a court of justice. His lordship most impressively described the sad state of the plaintiff as a young man in the bloom of youth and the vigour of health, who was now rendered helpless by the negligent conduct of a driver. His future existence would be a blank. There was great truth in his lordship's concluding remark, that had his days been ended by this untoward affair his friends would have suffered less than by beholding him this wreck of mind and body. Finally, the damages were given for £2,000. The sum in itself is not sufficient to mark the sense of the jury.regarding the accident, but doubtless they were led to temporise in conse quenae of the plaintiff's being removed from want. Surely the distressing circumstances of this affair, and the peculiar painful position of the sufferer, will have some effect in putting a stop to the cruel practice that still prevails in many quarters. It is useless to wait for the parties themselves to take it up; the passengers ought to make common cause against it, and report any very flagra n t case to the proper authorities. The police ought to be directed to take strenuous measures to prevent such a nuisance being continued. It is true that this accident to Mr. FRANKEL occurred out of town, but still there is every probability of its being repeated in a different form with the same results, when the fact is considered that so many- drivers will persist in entertaining themselves in this fashion. The very reprehensible custom that prevailed of " run. ning" omnibuses of rival companies caused Brea confusion, and one man's life was sacrificed a shot time back in the excitement of the race. But people soon forget these fatal events, and it is only when a worse evil occurs that they pause and consider. Here is a young man doomed to a living death. For a few minutes carelessness he has to endure years of torture, and his life is wasted. If anything could impress the mind it must be a case of this class ; and, if any one can speak from experience of the horrors that ensue from such recklessness, surely there has been a witness brought forward who ought to startle the careless, inform the ignorant, and convince the unbelieving, as fully and entirely as if he rose from the dead. It is well that such warnings should not be disregarded, and mea sures adopt e d b e f ore t h e ev i l spreads. A worse thing could not have occurred to any one than has awaita bef t at ut this hapless su ff erer , b ut the same misery taken to p revent more if care and precaution are not Ptevent the occurrence of similar accidents. The gale that-'l-1 during the last week been t remlis, blowing down chiru sweeping over thuep u na l flictitig considerable ghtOo l o t f he li p fe e ' ril h s nevs, tearing ?"— e t a tr eeee : lre damage, and in one aB of BU th g e . gested to most of us a thee sea and the risk incurred by those that their business in g reat waters:, 4ud occupy such reflec tions are not witho ut cause. I t is a % melancholy end mortifying fact that none of our science or skill appear t o have any eff:uejiae"deiert:in nishieg the number of wrecks that year b; year play out their tragedy On Our coasts, Year by year our trade and commence increa ses, and year by year in dismal ratio the wrecks increa se too. With unfailing progression the figures move on until in the brief space of three years they have gone up nearly a thousand. Their total is some thing startling, as may be seen from the statement published at the beginning of the current week, to the effect that in the week preceding this no less than sixty-one wrecks bad been reported, making a total during the eleven months of 1863 of 2, 9 57. When the tale of December is told and its losses added to the catalogue, ther e e is too much reason to fear from th e violence of th gales, that' there will THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1863. bar promised to introduce another in the coming session, and we hope that he will keep his word, and that every man of sense, justice, and humanity in the House will support him. If it could be rendered compulsory that every vessel should carry sufficient boats to provide for the safety of her crew, another diminution would be made in the loss of life at all events. What countless tragedies have been played out on the wide seas for want of a few boats ? What sad stories are told of emigrant ships carrying hundreds - - of passengers going down in the deep waters, and struggling, shrieking, praying for the boats? Bu nothing it seems will make us learn the lesson. was only the other day that the Admiralty begun trying to provide lifeboats for our men-of-war, and we suppose that a good many more losses at sea will be necessary before the simple rule is observed that every ship shall carry enough efficient boats to give all who sail in her at least a chance of life This changie would extend its influence beyond our own coasts, for it would save many lives far away from our rocks and channels. For provision against their dan gers th e b est security is to be found in the proper equipment of the ships themselves, in the more liberal lighting of our coasts, and in the provision of harbours of refuge. All these matters should be seen to without delay. It is no theoreti cal evil or temporary reform that is wanted, but a . -- real, pressing, urgent need of changes and improve ments that shall save money and life, and redeem the coasts of the first naval nation in the world from bearing the unenviable repute of being the most fatal to the mariner, from preventible causes. M. Itenan's Duplex character is thus ably and eloquently defined by M. Lasserre :—" There are two men in M. Renan, the Seminarist, and the—no matter what we name it—second self. On the one side, a Christian imagination; on the other, an atheist's heart. When he recounts the life of the Son of Man,' he interrogates his imagination, heretofore sheltered beneath the shadow of the Altars, and under the refreshment of the grand trees of S. Sulpice, and he finds exquisite refinement, and oftentimes a remarkable perception of the Beautiful and the Good. When, on the other hand, ho wishes to draw conclusions, and to reason, he listens to his own heart. and says, ' There is no God.' Fearful contrast I . . The incense of the Sanctuary embalms for a moment the vague depths of his stile. Strange contradiction ! He believes not in G6d ; but his fervour is by no means diminished. Hitherto the atheists have wished to abolish Religion. Not he ! He genuflects ; he prostrates himself before an Altar without a God. He adores, with a devout fervour, that in which he has no belief I ' Love goes without faith,' he gravely says. He would found, not the desolating philosophy of Atheism ; but the tender .Religion of Nothingness! ' I adore you! I love I I hiss your sacred feet, 0 ray well-beloved ! omy God, who existest not ! and it is even because you do not exist I have vowed you a worship so ardent . . It is not quite in vain that he has heretofore worn the white surplice of the Levite; if he has lost faith, he has not quite rid himself of mysticism and feeling. He is an atheistic religionist, or rather, a mystic atheist." SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S ESTIMATE OF MILITARY GLORY.--Nineteen long letters from Lord Ellen borough. o i r n o a u l g h r . a y He has ; and s mad e he has Governor mderod of ta S c e capturedi nde w , it had di- guns to be cant into a trinteptial column, with our name. I wish he would let me go back to my wife and girls, it would bo more to mo than pay, glory, and honours. This is glory I is it ? Yes. Niece princes have surrendered their swords to me on the field of battle, and their kingdoms have been conquered by me and at tached to my own country. Well, all the glory that can be desired is mine, and I care so little for it that the moment I can all shall be resigned to live quietly with my wife and girls; no honour or riches repays me for absence from them. Otherwise, this sort of life is life to me; is agreeable, as it may enable the to do good to these poor people. Oh I if I can do ° any good t hi ng to serve them where so much blood has be e shed i n accursed war, I shall be happy. May I nevee another shot fired I Horrid, horrid NI ar I Yet, how it wain upon and hardens one when in command. No and 60 young ma are n different can resist the temptation s , I defy him ; b u t 30 . . AS'ii Charles James Arapier. yh e if and Op i n i ons of Genoa A SHORT SERM ON . Peter the Great when at --- Zaarchm wished to hea r a rather fatuous preacher. The latter consented to preach before the Czar. H a scended the pulpit, he said, with solemnity and dignaving ity, "Think well, speak well, and act well. Arizen,,, be a considerable increase of this sum. In every year we lose round our English coasts, exclusive of losses in other parts of the world, between two and three thousand vessels, with a corresponding loss of life. So great and so constant is the number of these losses, that a Wreck Register has become a regular publication, chronicling year by year the lamentable increase in the loss of life and property by disasters at sea. It may be said that this is only a natural consequence of our immense naval traffic; but we are not contented with this explanation in other matters. Our railways, though more nume rous and more active than others, do not show any excess of casualties over those of other less busy eo•intries. Our highways, though more thronged than those of most cities, are not remarkable for the number of accidents; nay, when once fairly out at sea, our vessels are not more frequently lost than others. The dangers of our coast are undoubtedly naturally great. It is said that not less than one-third of the wrecks from rocks and shoals take place in our channels and on our coasts. This is a startling calculation even allow ing for the immense amount of traffic that passes to and fro. But have we done all in our power to modify these dangers ? Have we reduced the list of casualties to the limit inevitable from un controllable accidents. Those are the questions for naval authorities, and shipowners to put to themselves as they read the figures in this Regi ster. The stormy season is now fairly begun. How many more preventible catastrophes will work its passage this year. How more vessels will perish for want of Harbours of Refuge, how many more ill found ships and their crews will be sacrificed to the cupidity of their owners. The moral is pointed by the fact, which we have so often referred to other occasions, that nearly halt the wrecks of the year are those of colliers, and that when we come to the larger and better equipped vessels the ratio immediately decreases. Why should this state of things be suffered to continue ? Why are men allowed to go to sea year after year in utterly unseaworthy craft, without a fair supply of what may be termed the necessaries of safe navigation. It is no excuse to urge the natural danger and intricacy of our coasts and channels. That is only a reason for oar shipowners being especially careful that their vessels are well found and prepared for possible mischance. It is surely not too much to expect that such reasons should induce them to make a liberal provision for every possible want ; that they shall send vessels to sea that are fit for the voyage, not miserable craft nearly a hundred years old ; that they should see to it that these vessels be properly supplied with cables, anchors, and grounding tackle ; that they should be sufficiently manned and commanded by sober men who know their business. If these precautions were attended to, the long list in the Wreck Regis- ter would suddenly collapse, and leave the public to regret the lives that have been wasted in foregoing years. The system of insurance, excellent as it undoubtedly is, has, like every blessing, its attendant dangers, and the full compensation, sometimes more than compensation, readily attainable by the ship owner renders him too often indifferent to the loss of the ship and men. What is a human life more or less ? A great deal, doubtless, to the widow and orphan, but very little to him. Plenty more men ca❑ be found any day on the look-out for employ ment, plenty of equally reckless or needy com manders to take the same risk, perhaps, with their eyes open, perhaps unknowing of the danger from the ignorance which greatly adds to it. Mr. LAIRD S motion on this subject was withdrawn owing to pertinacious opposition, but the hon. mem (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Lee's army is estimated at from 50,000 60,000 strong. absence. The 13th Fedsral army corps, lately operating in the Teche country, embarked at Brashear, city of Texas, by way of Bur wick Bay. The Northern press urge the reinforcement o: Banks on the Rio Grande. Some excitement still exists at points along the Federal frontier for fear of a Confederate excursion "rom Canada. The draft for 3,000 men is progressing in Ba more. The steamer Banshee, captured on the 21st Nov., has arrived at New York, Admiral Lessofski, with several vessels of the Russian fleet, has left for Washington. The movement among the labouring classes for higher wages continues. General Bragg, under date of the 23d inst., officially notified to General Cooper that the Con federates held all the roads leading to Knoxville excepting the one between Charleston and Broad French rivers, which he believed would be also speedily close 1. General Wheeler had captured a Federal (rain between Cumberland Gap and Knoxville. •••••.•••••••,.... COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 24, Evening. Gold opened yesterday at 53i, and has declined to NI under more favourable military advices. Exchange on Landon, 165. Apprehensions of increased tightness in the money market have depressed Stocks. The closing quotations to-day are New York Central, 1321, Illinois, 124 ; Erie, 107 f. The steamer Constitution left San Francisco on the 23d November, with over 1,000,000 dole, in specie for England. The following telegram, although landed at Roche's Point early this morning, was only de livered by the Electric Telegraph Company at Mr. Reuter's office at I's p.m. to-day. (Per the Asia.) By Telegraph to Halifax. NEW YORK, Nov. 25, Evening. A rumour is current that Charleston was shelled on the 22d inst., and is now on fire. Grant reports as follows from Chattanooga on the evening of the 24th inst. "Sherman carried the end of Missionary Ridge his Troops from Looko u t to-day. Hi s r i g h t i s now a t the tunnel, and left at Chickam auga C ree k. Val ley carried the point of the mountain, and hold the eastern slope and the point high up. "Hooker reports 2,000 prisoners taken, besides a small number fallen into our hands from Missionary Ridge? General Thomas confirms this report. Cincinnati despatches to-day state that Knoxville is closely invested on the north side, but the south side is op en . G enera l Burnsid e i s con fid en t o f success. Ge nera l B rag g reports on the 19th inst. that Wheeler's cavalry drove the Federal cavalry into Knoxville, capturing 300 prisoners. The Cor.federate infantry was c!ose up to the city. Mobile despatches of the 19th assert that Gen. Taylor had defeated Franklin's forces near Alex andria, Luishina, and Weitzel's division near (place omitted), with heavy loss. The Federal Government adhere to its determina tion to refuse exchanges of prisoners until the Con federates agree to exchange coloured troops. The Confederates decline to comply with this demand. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 26 (Evening). Gold opened this morning at 491, and declined rapidly under the military news. The closing quotation to-day is 474. M one y very active. Exchange on Paris, 3.36. Stocks heavy. New York Central, 136 ; Illinois, 121=2- ; Erie, 107 i ; 6 per Cent. U.S. Bonds, 108. Cotton steady. Middling Upland, 84 to 84. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. AMERICA. NEW YORK, Nov. 23 (EvENING). (Per the Asia,) Cincinnatti despatches assert that firing at Knoxville was heard on the 22d inst. at Cumber land Gap. Knoxville is not completely invested, the Con federates having withdrawn from the south side of the river. Burnside has orders from Grant to hold Knox ville, and has informed the inhabitants that he should do so. NEW YORK, Nov. 24. Advices from Charleston to the 20th inst. state that the sea wall of Fort Sumter had been destroyed, and that the Confederates were con structing bomb proofs on the ruins. General Gilmore's batteries threw 21 shells into , and 15 on the 19th. Charleston on the 17th The monitor Lehigh grounded, bat was got off considerably damaged. NEW YORK, Nov. 24 (Evening). Cincinnatti despatches to-day represent that firing was still heard at Knozsville. Advices from Ciattanooga, to the 233 inst. an- nounce that two divisions under Granger had made a reconnaissance to ascertain the Confederate posi tion and obtain possession of two elevations in fron of the Federal left, half -way between the Federal lines and Missionary Ride. The Federal guns commanding the position. Only one b attery was taken into action. Granger move d f orward at one o'clock in the afternoon, and remained in line of battle for three quarters of an hour in view of the Confederates. He then engaged t h e C on f e d erates whilst the artillery in the F e d era l ports opened upon the Confederate rifle pits and camps behind the line of fighting. The Confederates did not reply, having no artillery at that part of their entrench ments. Granger then occupied the elevations, upon which he directed his attack, carried the rifle pits in front, and moved through the forest before him, driving in the Confederate pickets. Ile baited his advance on reaching further rifle pits in his front, where the Confed era tes awaited an a tt ac k , wh i ch he did not m a k e , hi s object being t o o b ta i n the heights on the Federal left, which will secure from a flank attack any column moving to turn Mis sionary Ridge. A battle was imminent on the 24th unless Bragg retired. Deserters reported that he was falling back to the rear of Chickamauga Station. Meade's army was reported to be prepared to attempt the passage of the Rapidan immediately if the condition of the roads permitted. The rivers are, however, much swollen by the rain. Lee is strengthening his works on the Rapidan .n anticipation of an attack. General Forster has temporarily superseded General Burnside, who retires on a short leave of It is rumoured that Sherman's corps has been detached frcm General Thomas's army, in order to operate against Longstreet. It is reported that the Governor of Maryland will refuse to grant commissions to the newly-elected Congressmen. Flour and wheat quiet. Corn tending downwards. Provisions heavy_ Coffee very firm. Sugar very dull: Molasses quiet. Petroleum heavy. Crude, 26 261 ; refined, 42 to 44. The following telegram, although landed a Roche's Point early this morning, with the tele gram dated Nov. 25, was only delivered by the Rectec Telegraph Company at Mr. Rentez's office at 1.45 p.m. to-day. NEW YORK, Nov. 26 (Morning: (By Telegraph to Halifax.) On the night of the 24th inst. Bragg evacuated Lookout Mountain, moving south. Hooker occu pied Lookout, and was expected to intercept the Confederates in the vicinity of Rossville, and in the region east of it. At the same time Sherman assaulted the north-east of Missionary Ridge, and was repulsed with heavy loss. But being reinforced he renewed the assault, and reached within 20 yards of the summit,bat was flanked and compelled to retire to his reserves. The Confederates then massed heavily on Sher man's right, but Grant started two columns, which broke the Confederate centre and gained possession of theßidge,the Confederate main force being driven northward towards Sherman, who opened upon them, driving them disordered down the western slope of Missionary Ridge and across the western ridge of the Chickamauga. General Hooker now holds Lookout on the right, Palmer and Granger hold the centre, between Lookout and Missionary Ridge, and Sherman holds the left with his right on Missiouary Ridge and his left on Chickamauga Creek. The Federals estimate their captures at 10,000 prisoners and 40 guns. Their loss is small. It is supposed that Grant will pursue Bragg, or if unable to do so, will send a force against Long. street, who has invested Knoxville with batteries,his riflo pits being close to the Federal works. Bragg reports as follows on the 23d : We hold all the roads leading into Knoxsville, except the one between Ho!sten and French Broad River, and Jones's cavalry might close that. The Federal cavalry is almost broken up. Wheeler has cut off their train between Cumberland Gap and Knoxsville. The Richmond Dispatch of the 24th says :. "There are rumours of a Confederate occupation of Knoxeville, but nothing official to this effect has transpired. " Two thousand Federals have passed through Rodgersville, and fire regiments through Jacks • borough, en route for Kentucky. " General Meade is mud-bound. " This being Tnanksgiving.day no business was transacted." INDIA. CALCUTTA, Nov. 16. Lord E'gin still lingers. CHINA. SHANGHAI, OCT. 26. Major Gordon captured Patolhou (?) and Seeks,. dis (?) on the 12th, and Pulungwow (?) on the 24th Advices received here from Japan state that affairs were quieter. AUSTRALIA. (By Telegraph from Suez.) MELBOURNE, OCT. 21. , - The transportation question is causing intense excitement. Her Majesty's ship Curagoa has arrived at New Zealand. General Cameron has successfully attacked the position of the Maories. PORTUGAL. LISBON, DEC, 4. Marshal Forey landed here yesterday, and has paid a visit to his Majesty Dora Fernando to-day. He will leave on Sunday for St. Nazaire. Serious election riots have taken place near Oporto. SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 4. The Bank of Madrid has contrasted a loan with :he house of Rothschild for 10 0,000,000 reels in silver ingots. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 4.—The mszket has shown rather more firmness, but without any material improve ment in prices, Threes, for the Account, being now at 67fr. 5c., Mobilier has improved to 1,0371 r. 50. Railway market quiet, but firm. Tho market closed as follows: 4 t per Cents . . 94 60 DO. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 10 Credit Mobilier 1026 2b Do. end month 1036 25 Bank Shares 3355 Credit Fancier 1235 Roman Italian Loan 71 65 Do. end month 71 60 New ditto 7l Do, end month Russian B9 Austrian . Spanish Threes — Home Debt Deferred RALLWAYS. Cash. Account. 965 .. 965 957 50 .. 962 50 Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New. ditto ............ Geneva . Southern Western Eastern • Sardrman .......... Austrian ...... Lombard North of Spain.:: Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 922 50 .. 927 50 885 - - 675 - 680 - 511 25 .. 510 - 480 - 475 - 400 - 400 - 397 50 .. 397 50 512 60 .. 617 50 517 50 .. 620 - 602 50 .. 603 75 301 25 .. 302 50 THE GREAT £2,000 MATCH, HEENAN AND KING. The arrangements are now completed for .bringing off this exciting event in the course of the ensuing week ; but as to the day, time, and place of starting, &c., all that can be said is, that every one must be in London on Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the very latest who wishes to be present. The entire conduct of the affair has been left in the hands of a great conveyancing firm, who have stipulated that to them must be entrusted the selection of a day, a time, an hour, and distance from the metropolis; and this being agreed to they assure us that they have every confidence that they will bring off the battle without let cr hind rance. The difficulty as to the "roughs," too, seems from the admirable arrangements that have been made to be entirely obviated. A sufficient force has been secured, exclusive of the ring constables, to ensure protection to gentlemen ticket holders at the point of depar ture ; and as the tariff is arranged by the company at £3s 3s. (the inner ring will be 10s. additional), and not a single per son, not excepting even the men and their backers and seconds, will be conveyed free, there is every hope that the company will be very select. As to the belligerents both are well up to the mark. lleenan will be a trifle bigger than when he fought Sayers, and to all appearance is a far stronger man than on that occasion. King, too, is somewhat bigger than heretofore, but it is doubtful whether he will much exceed 13 stow, while the Benicia Boy will be near 14 stone. Heenan is still the favourite, but anything over 5 to 4 is freely taken by the Kingites. Neither man will come to town till the last minute. - _ THE BLACK 13ALL SHlPS.—Advice in advance of the Australian mail has been received, per tele gram, from Melbourne, dated Oct, 26, of the arrivals at Mel bourne of the Queen Bee from London—the Fanny and the Jessie Munn, from Liverpool—and at Sydney of the Ne therby, from London. Also, of the sailings of the Southern Queen, from Melbourne, for Otago—and of the Hannah Moore, from Brisbane, for Callao. MISS BRADDON'S " AURORA FLOYD " has been translated into French by M. Charles Bernard Derosne. A young girl, only 11 years old, a Madlle. Kribs, of Dresden, has produced a /wore in that city as a pianist. TLIE LARGEST LOCOMOTIVE IN THE WORLD has just been built for the Philadelphia and Reading Railway. It has 12 driving wheels, and weighs more than 100,0001 b. The Gale.---Noble Lifeboat Services, The Southport lifeboat was also launched yesterday to the assistance of the schooner Virago, of Glasgow, which had grounded on the Trunk Hill Sandbank, some miles from this place. It was blowing a perfect hurricane at the time. The lifeboat was conveyed along the shore abreast of the vessel, and launched through a tremendous surf. When within a hundred yards of the distressed vessel seve ral of the oars were broken like so many matches, and the lifeboat was therefore compelled to return to the shore with out accomplishing her humane mission. The vessel after. wards drove over the sandbank and.grounded on the main laud, and the crew were fortunately enabled to reach the shore. The Formby lifeboat had also attempted to put off yes terday to the assistance of a barque, but had failed to reach her. The vessel's crew, however, landed at low water in safety. SWANSEA, Friday Night. The gale continued here with unabated force, and the lifeboat of the National Institution has been of good service in rescuing the crew of eight men of the barque Duke of Northumberland, laden with copper ore, which was on shore at the entrance of our harbour, and which the life boat had remained alongside of for some time,with the view of saving the crew, if required. The crew of a Coastguard boat also exerted themselves gallantly in rescuing the crew of an oyster boat, which had been overtaken by the sudden squall. SKERRIES, Dec, 3. The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution on this station has this day rendered an important service in saving several poor fellows and their craft from destruction. In the fury of the gale a lugger's crew were observed to have signals of distress flying. The lifeboat was instantly launched, and notwithstanding the utmost efforts of the chief officer of Coastguard and crew, it took them nearly an hour, in face of the gale and high sea, to fetch the vessel. She was tha lugger Vigilant, of the Isle of Man, and was rapidly becoming unmanageable. The lifeboat put foul hands on board to assist the crew, who were quite ex hausted. The lugger was afterwards got under weigh and subsequently brought safely into port. In the absence of the lifeboat the poor men must have perished, CARNARVON, Friday Night. The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution at Llandwyn, near this place, rescued yesterday during a hurri cane, four men from the schooner Maria, of Amlwch, from London to that port. The wreck bad got on a sandbank in Carnarvon Bay. This morning the gale continued, and the schooner Henry Russell, from Glasgow to Marseilles, win seen in Carnarvon Bay with a signal of distress flying. The same valuable lifeboat was at once launched to her assistance. Some of the lifeboat's crew and a pilot boarded the vessel, her own crew being nearly exhausted. They afterwards succeeded in bringing the vessel into Carnarvon, BARMOUTII, Friday Night. Last night, about eleven o'clock, a signal of distress was seen off this place. It was blowing at the time a strong gale from the with a heavy sea on, The lifeboat of the National Institution at this place was immediately manned by 12 brave fellows, who rowed without faltering in the direction of the signal light of distress, which had by this time been extinguished by the violence of the surf. On nearing the sandbank a vessel was observed th ereon. She I Froved to be the schooner Margaret and Jane of Dublin, in ballast. The crew of five men ware immediately taken on board the lifeboat, and afterwards safely landed. The boat behaved admirably on the occasion. PORTMADOc, Friday Night. The lifeboat of the National Institution at this place went out this day during a heavy gale of wind, and put five hands on board a vessel in distress called the Economy o Portmadoc. She had lost all her sails, The vessel was afterwards brought safely to anchor off Cirencester. PENARTH, Friday Night. During a heavy gale of wind yesterday, the ship Jupiter and barque Ellings came in collision in Penarth roads, with signals of distress flying. The lifeboat of the National Life boat Institution put off immediately, and remained along side until the vessels cleared. The crew of the Jupiter once jumped into the lifeboat on her going alongside, but they were afterwards persuaded to rejoin their vessel. The presence of the lifeboat gave them confidence. The boat remained by the vessel about two hours. PALLING, NORFOLK, Friday Night. It has been blowing here a htavy gale from N.W. The lifeboat of the NatiOnal Lifeboat Institution was made ready for service, her crew having assembled with the view of putting off to a bark, stranded on 'the Hasbro' sand bank, but seeing the Bacton lifeboat of the Institution pulling off to the wreck, the Palling lifeboat was not launched. WALMER, Friday Night, Captain Cannon, R,N., reports :—" Yesterday afternoon, during a heavy gale of wind, signals of distress were heard from the Gull Stream Light vessel, indicating a vessel in distress. At the same time a vessel was observed dragging her anchors and driving towards the Goodwin Sands. The coxswain of the lifeboat of the National Institution at this place immediately mustered his crew and launched the boat. When near the vessel, the crew were observed in their long boat, making for a,Kingslown lugger, which was near the vessel, but unable to go alongside. The coxswain of the lifeboat thought he heard cries proceeding from the vessel, and managed to hook on to her, but found no one on board but a poor dog, from which the cries had proceeded. The lifeboat then made sail, and after hating been afloat eleven hours, arrived here. The crew were quite exhausted and almost perished with cold. The vessel proved to be the galiot Cornelia, of Hanover. Her crew of four men were safely landed at Kingsdown by the lugger Dauntless of tha place. LYTHAM, LANCASIIIRE, Friday Night. A message arrived here soon after daylight this morning from Southshore, a distance of 6 miles along the coast, with intelligence that a vessel was sunk off that place, and that the gale was so violent, and the sea so heavy, that none of their boats, being only ordinary open boats, could with safety approach to her, and requested that the Lytham lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution might be sent. The request was promptly attended to, and the lifeboat pro ceeded at once to the scene of the wreck. On arriving, however, at the sunken vessel, none of her crew could be fouad, and they had doubtless all been washed overboard, and had perished during the frightful storm of the previous night. The vessel is supposed to be the John, of Liver pool, as a small board with that inscription upon it has come ashore in the vicinity of the wreck. CouncilG e o r g George a C c l a e t rk ce to the torso seatbelieve i ji e no v ht e hn e t h Ll a na t dwi b raen i n r a poi India. George Clerk, it will be remembered, royalty of India. Governor b w y i 1 11 1 h b r e e e appointed :t u r t ----- n as tot of e — sir Vice distinguished civil servants in the Indian service. has been twice of B . onibay,d is one . of the most ctrItRENCY REFORM.-0a Thursday a very largo meeting was held in the Exchange, Nottingham, to discuss the currency question, and also to hear an address froru John Bell, Esq. After the address, a resolution that an alteration of the Bank Charter Act of 1844 was urgently required, was agreed to unanimously. TUE ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL EDU•- CATION is now being established. Colleges will be formed in England, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy ; and the stuthitts will, as originally planned, pass from one to the other to complete their education,---The Social Science ReVieW, BACTON ABBEY, NORFOLK, Friday Night. Yesterday (reports Mr. W, Cubitt, the Hon. Secretary of the National Lifeboat Institution) we were 'visited with a terrific gale of wind from the N.W., accompanied by a very heavy surf on shore. A vessel was observed passing the coast with loss of canvass and unmanageable, and about 1 p.m. she went on shore about a mile to the southward of Haisboro' Lower Lighthouse. The Bacton lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution was launched to the assistance of the shipwrecked crew, and bore away to the wreck, which was five miles distant. On nearing the vessel they found that the Palling and Haisboro' Coast-guardsmen were firing rockets over her to effect a communication, but, owing to the fury of the storm, they could not succeed in their endeavours. In the meantime the life boat rapidly approached the spot, and anchored within 50 fathoms of her. She then dropped down under the vessel's stern, and after much difficulty, got alongside to leeward, and succeeded in rescuing the master, the pilot, and 12 ,of the crew. The mate, who was under the in fluence of liquor, seemed bent upon his own destruction, and could not be induced to leave the ship, although we kept the boat alongside until the mainmast threatened to fall on us. The wretched man was repeatedly urged to come into the boat, but without avail. We were than forced to slip the cable of the lifeboat, and afterwards reached the shore all safe, but thoroughly drenched. The vessel proved to be the barque Ina, of North. Shields, bound to Carthagena, with coals and coke. This is the first heavy gale that , the lifeboat has been out under canvass, amidst the surf, and she behaved so well that the crew are de lighted with her. At nine p.m., there was still a fearful sea on, and not a vestige of the vessel was to be seen, as she had gone to pieces. Had the lifeboat been one hour later on reaching the wreck, the probability is that every soul on board must have perished. SOUTHPORT, Friday Night. At daylight this morning (writes Capt. Barlow, R.N.), during a strong westerly wind, a large vessel was seen aground on the Mad Wharf Sandbank, near Formby. The coxswain and crew of the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution at this place at once proceeded to Ainsdale, where the boat had been left on the previous evening. The lifeboat was then transported three miles further along the coast,.and launched to the assistance of the distressed sailors. On arriving alongside the vessel it was found that the cap tain had cut away the foremast, and was in the act of cut ting the mainmast away. Eight of the vessel's crew im mediately jumped into the lifeboat, but the remainder were prevented from doing so by their captain. As there was great danger of the mainmast being cut away and falling on the liteboat, she was compelled to cast off and make for the shore, where she safely landed the eight men. The Formby lifeboat was afterwards seen making for the wreck, which had again hoisted signals of distress. She succeeded in taking off the remainder of the shipwrecked crew. The vessel proved to be the American ship David White Clinton, of New York, bound to Liverpool. The coxswain of the lifeboat stated that the captain of the ship was very drunk on the occasion. (flunrr4 -" tlrmlar. IiER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 4. Viscount Sydney arrived at the Castle yesterday'• The dinner party included their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia and Prin cess Helena, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon and Lady Constance Villiers, Viscount Sydney , Major-Gen. and Lady Emily Seymour, Lady Caro line Barrington, Dr. Holzmann, Mr. Fisher, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highne ss Princess Louise, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia went to London this morning , attended by Countess Hohenthal, Count Fursten' stein, and Major von Schweinitz. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and 14 01 Y Constance Villiers left the Castle to-day. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales dined with her Majesty on Tuesday eve n ' ing at Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at' tended by Col. Keppel and Mr. Fisher, wont out hunting with the harriers yesterday morning. T he meet, which was well attended, took place at Bag' shot. After about two hours' running, with bu t indifferent sport, the Prince returned. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, drove out ys s ' terday afternoon. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED, sinc e his residence at Holyrood Palace, has, with his RoYs l Highness Prince Willi am o f H esse , p l aye d f requen tly 111 the Racket Court, Rose-street, Edinburgh. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE CROWN PRINCE O DENMARK, who has been studying at Oxford Universi l Y o has left that city for Denmark on a visit to his royal parents. Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princes s Edward of Saxe-Weimar, who has been residig at Molcombe Lodge, near Goodwood, were visited on Too" day by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary (attended by Lady Geraldir l° Somerset), and lunched at Molcombe. The royal finches° and Princess Mary, before returning to Brighton, We ° over Goodwood House, accompanied by Prince and Prince $e Ed ward of Saxe-Weimar, The Duke and Duchess of hichmond and family arrived at Goodwood Park, Sussex, on IVednesday last, froU' Hillingdon, where they made a short stay, on their Wei from Gordon Castle. The duke and duchess will remsi ll at Goodwood until the meeting of Parliament. His Excellency Count Apponyi returned to the Austrian Embassy on Thursday evening from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at Hatfield 11 01 ° Herts. We learn that the Earl of Westmoreland, Wil l ! on a visit to the E m p eror o f the French at Compiegne, I.' seized with a violent attack of illness from which seriou s results were feared. The Emperor sent for his own phP l , - clans from Paris, and it is now hoped that his lordsiliP malady will yield to medical treatment. The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke and La" Agneta Yorke, who have been staying since Monday on t! visit to the Ma rqu i s an d M arc hi oness of Sal i s b ury, a t gal field House, He r t s , l e ft th ere, yester d ay, for Wi mpo le ga l Cambridgeshire. The Countess Frances Waldegrave and M r ' Chichester' Fortescue have entertained th e f o ll ow ing' c°131 ,,, a. pony during the week at their seat in Essex :—The DU and Duchess d'Aumale, the Prussian Ambassador (Count Bernstorff) and the C o u n t ess Bernstorff, Count Corti, L ora Norreys, Sir Erskine and Lady Perry, Mr. and Lel Horatia Wardlaw, L a d y W . H ervey an d Mi ss H e rvey, Charles Russell and Mr. G. Russell. Lord and Lady Londesborough have arrived il l Paris on their way to Egypt. The marriage of the Hon. Adelaide Cavendis h ' daughter of the lute Lord W a terpark, with Mr. Same William Clowes was celebrated on Thursday last at Oke . over, and created much interest in the neighbouring di a. ' tricts. The marriage of Mr, Paulet, oldest son of the Rev. Lord Charles Paulet, with Susan A me lia Georgina Carr Standish, second surviving daughter of the late Nr. William Standish Standish, of Duxbury, took place on Thursday last at St. George's, Hanover-square. The late Mr. Nutt, the Eminent Bookseller. Mr. Nutt was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, which, however, he left at an early age , e ! a vacancy occurring in the counti ng -house of large mercantile firm in the City. Here he re ; mained for several years, worki ng hi s wa y up fr o ' - junior clerk to a position of much• responsibility' during which time he acquired those business hab it which secured his success i n a f ter lif e , when 11° embarked in the bookselling trade on his own tle count. Mr. Moberly, the senior partner of the fi rea ! introduced Mr. Nutt to the late Mr. Asher, the s e i vent bibliographer, an d f oun d er o f the house 0 3 Asher and Co., of Berlin, w h o h a d just found requisite to quit St. P e t ers b urg for politi e ' reasons, and who, having a large stock of valie lble books, required an agent in London for its dispos al. At first Mr. Nutt occupied only his spare titn e S chiefly of an evening, in distributing catalogues an attending to orders received; and during th e period many works of great rarity passed throug h ' his agency into our national collection in the Br i ; tish Museum, and into the libraries at Oxford a nd at Cambridge, besides others which iound their way into those of Lord Spencer, Mr. G rel " ville, and other well-known book collectors. Soar however, it became necessary that he Ehould &th en give up his clerkship or his agency. Hie friend Mr. Mob er l y would not allow hi m hes ita te looked back which to select ; an d to t h e a dvice of th at gentle man e inn on that occasion gratitude, a s having fixed the Mr. Nutt always ooked back with starting-point of his success ful career in love of books, more p ar ti cu l ar ly of old rare books, had become a kind of s e c on d nature to M r. Nutt, which never left him up to the time of hi s denths His stock of books relating to Church and Ciene .deg History—including such wor k s as the "Recueil es Historians des Gaules et da la France, " by Bo u g u , st and the Benedictines of St. Maur, the " Monume _ Germanise Historica" of Pertz, our own various cot lections of Monkish Historians,the large collections °, the Councils by Labbe, Cossart, Harduin, Calet, an d Mans', the noble and grand editions of the Fathers el the Church by the Benedictines —is one of the fine,e; ever brought together. Of this stock and his colt 0 7 tints of Foreign Theology generally, he w hi c h is qhoted AS printed an octavo catalogue of 700 pages,' which rA t oty teur des Livres," and by D r. GI mese an authority frequently by Mo ns. Brunet in his ne o edition of the " Manuel du Libraire, et des Livres Rarer." Upon the death of the late Ni t '' in his " Treee r Robbins of Winchester, Mr. Nutt, at the sugge 6 : l ' tion of the head m aster, Dr. Moberl y , p urchase the goodwill of th e Winchester school bu s iness fret : his widow; sin ce which time his con nec ti o n Wit h w y k e h a m's College as its bookseller and publistle` has been no less satisfactory to the Warden, l l ' h el ; l ows , and Masters than to himself—the care of valuable library being in some measure entrusted t° h i m , and to his representative, Mr. Joseph W ells ; under whose able m anagement t h e Wi n ches t% business has been mainly conducted. Fu t i it r , not as a succes s f u l merchant and publ i s h er a-i ° " B that Mr. N u tt w ill long be missed from among es i His was a large heart; and, combining the higtle ever integrity w i t h the noblest generos i ty , h e was foremost to aid th ose w h om h e thought &Benin!: both with counsel and purse—often finding r e rn stbi nerative employ ment and kindly affording OW uv g to reliev e th e st i ng o f di sa pp o i n tment to som e _ ors aspirant t o li terar y f ame , and never, in h is prosperous career, forgetting a favour reed ,tlgst, earlier days. His friendships were hound an d _, OlO iog ; ho was slow to take offence, and over a tr : v i ge . to be reconciled to those with whom an e s iar ge meat had arisen. Ho will long be missed byecaele,is circle of sincere friends, suck as few meta su s tri " iuu attaching to themselves. Mr. Nutt v 2: l _,, ez ., of married. His first wife Wee a Miesdoh Oxford, by whom he leaves a daughter.. 11 is the granddaughter of t he late M r . . e f 0 f a st t o daY'' 711 e Reader, of Albemarle street, the predec essor of the 18/ ii , to Murray. By her he le aves a youthful mourn his 10e.5e.... published. 1 n eg luel esta CeEt B 8(1 gent 00/1( 'nee lieu 10c, hav, has L 1; lo a. eve! bees nloi 'Wit t an on Eze O re . ttai /4 0 lie Bra 1: SW I I ye: s Go