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

MESSRS. JAY and CO. have now on shoe the most unique and perfect a ssortment of BONNETS, which their Manager has selected in Paris, and brought back with her to t his Establishmenent-street. t. 247, 2V, 251, Reg BONNET'S SILKS a LYON.—Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or • manufactur er, and the more perfect the production the gr a.ter is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica tion in the but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos,:d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by 3lessrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end ()leach piece anufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon at h Injurieux. Wear guaranteed. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—D'iring the recent heavy gales some of the Coats of the Royal Na Tonal Litt:boar Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the c rews of the following wrecked vessels:—Schooner Theophi lus. of Aberdeen, 5 men; barque Tamworth, of Norway, I; ; schooner ;Northern Lights, of Prescon, f ; pilot boat, of St. Ives, 7 ; schooner Anon. of IVorkingi on, 4; schooner Gipsy, of Drogheda, 4; smack Saucy Jack, of Inverness, 1 ; barque Marietta, of Lisbon, 1 ; fishing - boat, of Filey, 2 ' • Tenby fi t ilin,g boat, 3; and barque Providence, el Dantzic,7. Total lives saved, 65. The lit eboats also assistei in bringing safely into port, with their crews, consisting of 2i) men, the Italian brig Camoglinn, the schooner Sir Colin Campbell, of Whitby, the schooner Gullia, of Palermo, and the ketch Snip, of Am sterdam. The lifeboats also went off in reply to signals of distreso on fourteen occasions, but their services were not ultimately required. The amount of reward pAid for all these services was £216. The Committee of the Institution earnestly AP PEAL to the public for ASSIsTANt,E to enable them to meet the con tinued heavy demands on the Society's 125 Rich , at estab lishments. Contributions are receivzd by all the Lontton and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Ad&phi, London. ROYAL ENGLISH. OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Manas.r.ement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, for the 12th time, BaHe's new Opera, BLANCH N: DE NEVEM Miss Louisa Fyne, Miss Anna Biles miss Emma Heywood ; Messrs.W. H. Weiss, 11. Corr!, A. Co , Ok, A. :A. Albyn, C. Lyall, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison. To conclude with the Second Act of THE DESERT FLOWER. Conductor, Mr• A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past Six—commence at Seven. TEI EAT RE ROYA L DRURY - LANE. M anagers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform the Farce of MY MNART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS; characters by Mr. J. 'Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. IVarde, Mr. J. Marcia ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Marilynn After which, Lord Byron's Choral T rrage, ragedy, MANF S RED. Messr s. r helps , Ry der, Rayner, Mean Ward, pencer Miss Eburne.Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E Mi" eCinceir, Falconer. Vocalists —Miss Poole, Miss hitter, Notr, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. Lice y Followed by BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Addison,Neville , Barret, sp -.,d G. Westoia; Mrs Edmund FalconeLanliMiss 11,. L ec i erq. -- - k ,ATRE ROYAL HAYMAIu-i-kr -9171:1 Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckgtone. Til ts EVENING, SILK EN FE TTEdS : Meagre. Chas. Mathews, Chippendale, N. Farren, Howe, &a ; M esdames c. Mathews and M. Harris. F o llowed by TIM GOL DEN F LEECE. escam M es es c s . r m s. C at h h a e r w le s s , M a thews, Compton,Weathersby,&c ; M . L Keeley. Griffith, &c. Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And LITTLE DAISY. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DEMONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated E v ery Evening until further notice. THI'4 EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BABY: Mess's. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, Charles; miss P. Leelercg, and Carlotta Leclercq. After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelv e Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle , ," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brouzham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Layenue, hl re. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. Doors open at half-past 6—commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY NIGHT, MISS BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING, the 58th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BA rEMAN, 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 L EAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Prom'Mot and Manager, Mr. R. Wehmter. -- - THIS EVENING, at 7, TIIE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs. Stirling. At 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Bth weeg of Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billington. To ronclude with TIIE IEISII TIGER : Miss K. Kelly and Mr. btephenson. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MIMAWS CRIME. Messrs. Geo. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Manders. Followed by (11th time) PATIENT PENET.OPE ; or, The Return of Ulysses. Messrs..tioney and Fenton ; Mesdames Swanborough aad Simpson. After which, MX Nt:W PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. R OYAL SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE. hi anageress, Miss Marriott. THIS EVENING, the successful new Play, by Westland Marton, Esq . ., entitled PURE G(/LD: Messrs. E. Pnelps, If. Marston, D. If. Jones, W. D. Gresham, S. Perfitt ; Miss kandlebert, Airs. B. White, and Miss Marriott. To conclude with TIIE BRIGAND : Mr. D. 11. Jones, Miss Mandlcbert. Box-office open from 11 to 4. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE - SUN," ji Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, An 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. 50m.—Afternoon,z 9h. 23m. 1:0-moREow.-Morning, 9h. 69m.—Afternoon, 10h. 30m. The Weather—Sun Office, Dec. 5, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 47 Barometer-30.09. Wind—S.-W. ; strong breeze, and fine. tjjj )71-2) LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 5, 1863. Tidin gs three days later from the American seat of war tell us of little as being actually advanced there • sin ce our last advices, but of very much in deed as steadily !s and sternly advancing. The in telligence comes to us this time from the Asia bringin g ectzytint At Charleston a down to the 23th from New York. the fighting continued at fierce intervals between be s i egers and besieged. So far, any advantages ti_ resulting to the former from that fighting, accounts seem to she iv that things were % quite the other way. 21:0 contrary, going or two of the monitor s azatar any rate, one severely damaged t hat th eir withdrawal to have been so from the attack proved to be m atter of very , urgent necessity. Hard nuts they are, th ese ironclad fl —oati cw but nuts manifestly th at edmit of cracking ar-ships, under the stupendous shock of modern crej eatues. wh ther additional showers of Greek Fire had be:. n vouchsafed to the besieged by the pitiless besieger, we fail to learn from these later frag ments of intelligence, but only too clearly renta. fest is it that the contest rages there at Charleston, as fast as furiously as ever. On th e 17th there were showers of shells hurled into the beleaguered stronghold from General GILMORE'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 Fort Sumter has so often been destroyed altogether, that we don't well know what to make of it when the like tidings c.nue back to us thus coolly and quietly reiterated, as though Fort Sumter was known to be a sort of Hydra of Solid P ' Masonry. reserving the balance of news, we now learn per the Asia, that while the Confederates still continue thus to be beleagared in Charleston, the Federals in their turn ee under nu r , NsiDE are b I ag ur Knoxville. ed in As the recently as 22d, from Cumberland Gap, the firing at x r . o „ ine Was distinctly audible. General 13IJRNSIDE„thetel eg , has orders from General Intimate in so many words, GRANT to hold Knoxville. It remains to be Been,P howeve r , whether General BURNSI DE, in this, can prov© implicitly obedient. Weather permitting, according to the old Vaux hall announcements, General M E , DE meditated at tempting the passage of the Rapidan. To that bar gain, however , as to all others, two are requisite. General LEE, in antici p ation of the attack, was known to be steadily and energetically strengthen- ii og his works on the Rapidan ! Such, in brief, are are the salient points in tho news now brought to us as indicative of the actual sitnation. The combatants, here at Charleston, tb ere at Knoxville, had still their weapons crossed nd ringing in fierce encounter. Along the line o f the Rapidan, at the chief scene of interest, the 3 lain armies of the belligerents confronted each o ther from the opposite banks, breathing deadly h atred, preparing for a yet more fierce and despe r ate conflict than any in which they had hitherto b aen engaged. It is a step in the right direction that a check :/ . a as been ?ut on the dangerous and disgraceful F cractice of omnibus racing. For some time past c considerable annoyance has been ex p erience d by ti its prevalence of this custom, and the far-sighted h v e entertained serious apprehensions regarding the3ir own and others safety. Still it is very hard svo rk to make a sufficient number take up a case so strongly as to enforce attention to it on th e part of the authorities , more especially when it does not especially concern some one's im mediate 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 s ympathy, 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," tsnd 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 Br. 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 metheal 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 ho 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. Th© 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• clavicle 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 flagrant 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 Mi. 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 is this fashion. The very reprehensible custom that prevailed of " run ning" omnibuses of rival companies caused great confusion, and one man's life was sacrificed a short time back in the excitement of the race. But people soon forget these fatal eaents, and it is only when a worse evil occurs that they pause and consider. Hero 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 adopted before the evil spreads. A worse thing could not have occurred to any one than has beftillen this hapiess sufferer, but the same misery "'tits many more if care and precaution are not taken to prevent the occurrence of similar accidents. The g%ii swee ' e that has during the last week been p in „" . metropolis, blowin g d own chim neys, tearing v e bp trees, inflicting consid era bl e damage, and in one ea se even loss o f lif e , h as sug gested to most of us thought' of the perils of the y those that " occupy se a and the risk incur red b their busin ess in g re at waters;, And such reficc tions are not without c ause. , t is a me l anc h o l y and en tner our advances i n cceor ti l sill appear fact that n ous of uppear to hav e any science effect : i dimi nishing the num ber of wreck s that year ar by y year play out the ir tra g ed y on o ur coasts. Year by year our trade and comrn er , 2o ; Lnereuses, and year by year in dismal ratio the wrecks increase too. With unfailing progression the figures n mve on until in the brief space of three years they h ave gone up nearly a thousand. Their total is som e , 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 had been reported, making a total during the eleven months of 1863 of 2,257. When the tale of December is told and its losses added to the catalogue, there is too much reason to fear from the violence of the gales, that there will , THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1863. 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 colntries. 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 half 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 our 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 can 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. LAIRDS motion on this subject was withdrawn owing to pertinacious opposition, but the hon. mem 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 P 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? But nothing it seems will make us learn the lesson. It 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 change would extend its influence beyond our own coasts, for it would save many lives far away from our rocks and channels. Far provision against their dangers the best 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 imps ove 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. Renan.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. Wien ho 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, he 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 sty le. Strange contradiction ! He believes not in Gad ; 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 kiss your sacred feet, omy well-beloved ! omy God, who existent not ! and it is even because you do not exist I have vowed you a worship so ardent I' . . 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 CIIAP,LES NAPIER'S ESTIMATE OF MILITARY GLORY.—Nineteen long letters from Lord Ellen borough. He has made me Governor of Scinde, with addi tional pay; and he has ordered the captured guns to be east into a triumphal column, with our name. 1 wish he would let me go back to my wife and girls, it would be inure to me 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 bo 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 !nay enable sue to do good to these poor people. Oh I if I eau do any good thing to serve them where so much blood has been shed in accursed war, I shall be happy. May never . see another shot fired I Horrid, horrid mar ! Yet, preach how it wins upon and hardens one when in command. No A SnoRT SERMON. young man earl resist the temptations, I defy him ; but 30 0 are different.— Th e Life and Opinions of Genera,' Zaardarn wished to hear a raPtler Sir Charles James Zapier. b eteterorr famo u s the th e G cp r zr e : a ar t o. h when avinh at latter consented to ascended the pulpit, he said, with s e le . " Think well, speak well, to act s o le m n ity mAity dignity, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, Nov. 23 (EVENING). (Per the Asia,) Cincinnatti despatches assert that firing at Knoxville was heard on the 22d inst. at Camber 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, but was got oil considerably damaged. NEW YORK, Nov. 24 (Evening). Cincinnatti despatches to-day represent that firing was still heard at Knozsville. Advices from Chattanooga to the 23d 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 front of the Federal left, half -way between the Federal lines an and Missionary Ridge. The F e d era l guns commanding the posi tion. Only one battery was taken into action. Granger moved forward 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 the Confederates whilst the artillery in the Federal 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. He halted his advance on reaching further rifle pits in his front, where the Confederates awaited an atta c k, w hi c h he did not make, his object bein g t o o b ta i n t h e 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 it the condition of the roads permitted. The rivers are, however, much swollen by the rain. Lee is strengthening his works on the Rapidan in anticipation of an attack. Lee's army is estimated at from 50,000 to 60,000 strong. General Forster has temporarily superseded General Burnside, who retires on a short leave of absence. 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. The 13th Federal army corps, litely operating in the Teche country, embarked at Brashear, city of Texas, by way of Berwick Bay. The Northern press urge the reinforcement o Banks cLn the Rio Grande. Some excitement still exists at points along the Federal frontier for fear of a Confederate excursion from Canada. The draft for 3,000 men is progressing in Balt 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 believ e d wou ld b e a l so speedily closes. General Wbeeler bad captured a Federal train between Cumberland Gap and Knoxville. ••••••••,....11 COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 24, E ven i ng . Goad yesterday at 53, 7 ,-, and has declined t o 50k ender more favourable milit ar y a d v i ses. open e d Exchange on London, 165. Apprehensions of increased tightness in the money market have depressed Stocks. The closing quotations to -day are New York Central, 132 i, Illinois, 120 x; Erie, 107 k. 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 m orn i ng , was only de livered by the Electric T e l egra ph Company at Mr. Reuter's office at 1.5 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 to-day. His right is now at the tunnel, and his left at Chickamauga Creek. Troops from Lookout 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 open. General Burnside is confident of success. General Bragg reports on the 19th inst. that Wheeler's cavalry drove the Federal cavalry into Knoxville, capturing 300 prisoners. The Confederate infantry was close up to the city. Mobile despatches of the 19th assert that Gen. Taylor had defeated Franklin's forces near Alex andria, L - ,uisi.tua, 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. 25 (Evening). Gold opened this morning at 49, and declined rapidly under the military news• The cl osing quotation today is 474. Money very active. Exchange on Paris, 3.35. Stocks heavy. New York Central, 136 ; Illinois, 121 Z ; Erie, 1071, ; 6 per Cent. U.S. Bonds, 108. Cotton steady. Middling Upland, 84 to 84. 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 at Roche's Puint early this morning, with the tele gram dated Nov. 25, was only de:ivered by the E!ectfc Telegraph Company at Mr. Renter'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, but 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 Missionary 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 rifle 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 Holsten and French Broad River, and Jones's cavalry might close that. The Federal cavalry is almost broken up. Wheeler hiss cut off their train between Cumberland Gap and Knoxsville. The Richmond Dispatch of the 24th says " There are rumours of a Confederate occupation of Knoxsville, but nothing official to this effect has transpired. " Two thousand Federals have passed through Rodgersville, and five regiments through Jacks borough, en route for Kentucky. " General Meade is mud-bound. " This being Thanksgiving-day no business was transacted." INDIA. CALCUTTA, Nov. 16. Lord Elgin still lingers. CHINA. SHANGHAI, Oct 26. Major Gordon captured Patolhou (?) and Secka die (?) 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. 24. The transportation question is causing intense excitement. Her Majesty's ship Cara goa has arrived at New Zealand. General Cameron has successfully attacked the position of the Alsories. PORTUGAL. LISBON, DEC. 4. Marshal Forey landed here yesterday, and has paid a visit to his Majesty Dom 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 contracted a loan with the House of Rothschild for 100,000,000 reels in silver ingots. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 4.—The market has shown rather more firmness, but without any material improve ment in prices, Threes, for the Account, being now at 67fr. 5c., Mobilier has improvod to 1,037 fr. 50. Railway market quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows: 41 per Cente .. 94 60 L)o. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 10 Credit Mobilier 1026 25 Do. end month 1036 25 Bank Shares 3355 Credit Fonder 1235 Roman Italian Loan 7l 65 I Do, end month..: 7l 60 Nev ditto Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Rome Debt . . — Deferred RAIL' 'AYB. Cash. Account. 965 .. 965 957 50 .. 962 50 Orleans Northern .• . • New ditto .............. Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto ....,....... s• Geneva.. ............. . • • S3uthern .............. 675 .. 680 Western .............. 611 25 .. 510 Eastern ............ 480 .. 475 Sardinian .............. 4 37 0 9 , 0 — 5O 400 5O Austrian ...... Lontiba.rd North of Spain] , Saragossa 602 60 .. 603 75 Ditto to Barcelona 922 50 .. 927 50 885 - .. - - 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 Louden 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 or 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. Heenan 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 stone, while the Benicia Boy will b e 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. Tirz BLACK BALL SlllPS.—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 Derosn,.eibr., A young girl, only 11 years old, a Madlle. kr of Dresden, has produced a furore in that city , as a pianist, THE LARGEST LOCOMOTIVE IN TILE WORLD bus just been built for the Philadelphia and Reading Railway. It has 12 driving wheele, and w aighs more than 100,000 lb. The Gale,---Noble Lifeboat Services, 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 Batton 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 erew. 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 then 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 crow 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 plevious evening. The lifeboat was then transported three miles further along the coast, and launched to the assistance of the distressed sailors. On art iving 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 lifeboat, 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. 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 kere 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. SSERRIES, 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 four 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 iifsboat 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 tht schooner Henry Russell, from Glasgow to Marseilles, waF 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. BARDIOUTH, 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 N.W., 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 std. On nearing the sandbank a vessel was observed thereon. She 'roved to be the schooner Margaret and Jane of Dublin, iu ballast. The crew of five men were 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 of Portmadoc. She had lost all her sails. The vessel was afterwards brought safely to anchor off Cirencester. PENARTU, 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 vesels cleared. The crew of the Jupiter at 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 ;he vessel about two hours. PALLING, NORFOLK, Friday Night. It has been blowing here a heavy 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,Kingsdown 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 having 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 that place. LYTHAM, LANCASHIRE, 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 found, 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. ------=--=" We have reason to believe that Sir George Clerk will be appointed to the seat in the Indian Council vacated by the appointment of Sir John Lawrence to the Vice royalty of India. Sir George Clerk, it will bo remembered, has been twice Governor of Bombay, and is one of the most ea r t refrom discuss distinguishe d civil servants in the Indian service. CURRENCY REFOTtM.—On Thursday anaddress d o s s a very larg‘ mee ting was held in the Exchange, t h e c urrency question, and also to hear J o hn Bell, Esq. After the address, a lteration of the Bank Charter Act of 1811 was urgently a resolution that an required, was agreed to unaniuto Y; THE ASSOCIATION FOR iIS ' T;RNATIONAL EDU • CATION is now being established. Colleges will be termed in England, France, stuthats will, as their originally planned, pass from one to the complete other to education,—The Social Science -Review, oFD „ 1101111. eittnikr. HER 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. Hohmann, Mr. Fidler, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise, walked and drove in the ground s this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince end Princess of Prussia went to London this mot-ling , attended by Countess Hohenthal, Count Furstew stein, and Major von Schweinitz. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and ;JOY 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 even ing at Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at tended by Col. Keppel and Mr. Fisher, went out hunting with the harriers yesterday morning. Th e meet, which was well attended, took place at Bag shot. After about two hours' running, with bah indifferent sport, the Prince returned. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales► attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, drove out yes• terday afternoon. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED, since his residence at Holyrood Palace, has, with his neY,„' . l Highness Prince William of Hesse, played frequeutil' the Racket Court, Rose-street, Edinburgh. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE CROWN PRINCE Cf DENMARK, who has been studying at Oxford U n iversi t ii has left that city for Denmark on a visit to his or" parents. Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Prince? Edward of Saxe-Weimar, who has been residing at Molcombe Lodge, near Goodwood, were visited on Tu e6' day by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary (attended by Lady Geraidli! Somerset), and lunched at Molcombe. The royal daoln and Princess Mary, before returning t o Bri g hton, se eil i , over Goodwood House, accompanied by Prince and Princes Edward of Saxe-Weimar, The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and arrived at Goodwood Park, Sussex, on Wednesday 1554 fr ° 7, Hillingdon, where they made a short stay, on their Wei from Gordon Castle. The duke and duchess will rem t ' ill at Goodwood until the meeting of Parliament. His Excellency Count Apponyi returned to t he Austrian Embassy on Thu r sd a y even i ng f rom visiting ti, Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at Hatfield ID' Herts. We learn that the Earl of Westmoreland, W hi o l° on a visit to the Emperor of the French at Compiegne , %, seized with a violent attack o f ill ness f rom w hi c h ser i° , d results were feared. The Emperor sent for his own P 1 . 1;;; cians from Paris, and it i s now h ope d th a t hi s l o rdsla malady will yield to medical treatment. The Earl and Countess of H a rdwicke and DM: Agneta Yorke, who have been staying since Monday ( L il t , visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, scli, field House, Herta, left there, yesterday, for Wimpol s Cambridgeshire. 51r• The Countess Frances Waldegrave and Chichester Fortescue have entertained the following co a pany during the week at their seat in Essex :—Th e9 n t and Duchess d'Aumale, the Prussian Ambassador ("n—ci T. Bernstorff) and the Countess Bernstorff, Count Cor ti, la : . , Norreys, Sir Erskine and Lady Perry, Mr. and sir Horatia Wardlaw, Lady W. Hervey and Miss Herv e y' Charles Russell and Mr. G. Russell. a ill Lord and Lady Londesborough have arriv e "' Paris on their way to Egypt. The marriage of the Hon. Adelaide cavendishl i daughter of the late Lord Waterpark, with Mr. Sall'ue. William Clowes was celebrated on Thursday last at °!(3,„ over, and created much interest in the neighbouri n g * tricts. The marriage of Mr, Paulet, eldest son of t he Rev. Lord Charier Paulet, with Susan Amelia Georgi na Carr Standish, second surviving daughter of the late g ra William Standish Standish, of Duxbury, took place 01 $ Thursday last at St. George's, Hanover-square. The late Mr. Nutt, the Eminent Bookseller' • , Mr. Nutt was educated at Merchant Ta School, which, however, he left at an early age , t„ a vacancy occurring in the counting-house 01 - large mercantile firm in the City. Here he r e ' mained for several years, working his way up ir, lll junior clerk to a position of much responsi bilit, c during which time he acquired those business habi be which secured his success in after life, wh eiv e , embarked in the bookaelling trade on his ow n count. Mr. Moberly, the senior partner of the introduced Mr. Nutt to the lat e M r . Asher, th e house it neat bibliographer, and founder of the it Asher and Co., of Berlin, who had just f enrld - c al requisite to quit St. Petersburg for Polit,:bie reasons, and who, having a large stock of : 1 , 111 „ 11 ,‘ al. books, required an agent in London for its 3r i .. - - s i ee, At first Mr. Nutt occupied only his sl g° -L o d chiefly of an evening, in distributing catalogoes,„-os attending to orders received ; and during period many works of great rarity passed thr li . his agency into our national collection in the %I'd, tish Museum, and into the libraries at Oxford it at Cambridge, besides others which loui id,, th e e v. way into those of Lord Spencer, Mr. t : o - ; vine, and other well-known book collectors. P „ ° l , - „; however, it became necessary that be should .eT il d give up his clerkship or his agency. H is fr i e to Mr. Moberly would not a ll ow hi m to befsle which to select ; and t o th e a d v i ce o f that g • ways man on that occasion Mr. Nott 4 gi e l d the looked back w ith gra ti tu d e , as h a vleg I c a A starting-point of his s ucces sful ca reer in b e e . okey love of books, mor e pa r ticularly o f old I. : s r- Nutt, had become a kind of second nature t 0 d ea th , which never left him up to the time of hisn eat Hie stock of books relating to Church Ana e dee History—including such works as the "Becuel` u _s Vouce Historiens des Gaules et da la France," by 6i mon urns° t , and the Benedictines of Sr. Maur, the coy' Germanise Historica" of Pertz, our .own various 0 lee tions of Monkish Historians,the large collectioe ceci the Councils by Labbe, Cossart, Menet, the noble and grand editions of the Fat h ers the Church by the Benedictines --is one of the 1 1 4, ever brought together. Of this stock and his 0 1 , 1 4 Coletf 50 o f tiota of Foreign Theology generally, beep rintel P ro octavo catalogue of 700 pages, which i quoleci _ if an authority frequently by Mons. Brunet in his tte o , edition of the " Manuel du L ibraire, et de ee• teur des Livres," a nd by Dr. G r ease in his " FAO des Livres Rams." Upon the death of the Lai el‘ l ls, Robbins of Winchester, Mr. Nutt, at the stigg e e e tion of the head master, Dr. Moberly, base the goodwill of the Winchester school business fr ° ll his widow ; since which time his connection Wl' has been no less satisfactory to the Werdo .o, Wykeham's College as its bookseller and publish:l, lows, and Masters than to himself—the care of t he valuable library being in some measure en tru 4 4 110 him, and to his representative, Mr. Joseph - " re : e ; Be u nder whose abl e management the Wilt( t he" 10 bus i nes s has been mainly conducted. i i e eo no t as a successful me rc h an t anti, publisha that Mr. Nutt will long be missed from amongheot His was a large he ar t ; an d, com bi n ing the h i g - c er integrity with th e no bl est generos ity, he °i ns e ief,f, foremost to a id th ose w h om h e thought dee erv oe both with coun s el an d purse—often find in g re by nerative employ ment and kindly affording sre3P,o% to relieve the sting of disappointment to 5 013 e Y ror e aspirant to literary fame, and never, in his ed to prosperous career, forgetting a favour reee l d earlier days. His friendships wer e sound allooo ing ; ho was slow to take offence, and ever Tangs' to be reconciled to those with whom an _e s , lo ge meat had arisen. He will long be missed h 3., ja circle of sincere friends, such. as few Men eLl'C.iiico Nutt was i" attaching to themselves. Aer- aiar eer, married. His first wife SVIS a Miss far e woo l; Oxford, by whom he leaves a daughter- 11 , 1 . 11er , o e a te o f the to Albemarle-street, the predecessor f I is the granddaughter of the late Mr. Al i ' RV. Murray. By her he /eaves a youth u.O - mourn his loss. -V ,Ileacler• published. -4 neg lunt este een lire NE gUE 45 13 , ai eOl Iz u Ex