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ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Management ut Miss Louisa Pync and Mr. W. Harrison. Sole Lessees. r THIS EVENING, SATANELLA : Misses Sara Dobson, Thirlwall, and Susan Pyne H ; Mes allsrs. W. Pay Wei e,ss,and George J. Rouse, A. St. Albyn, Corti. C. Ly, W. H. Payn rerren Conductor —Mr. A. Mellon. After whlch, the an Grd Comic Chris tmas Pantomime, en titled HARLEQUIN BEAUTY AN') THE BEAST. Doors open at halt-past 6—Commence at 7. rr HE ATR E-R OYA L. DRURY-LANE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, the Comic Drama of THE NEST OF After HOwhiESch, the Grand Pantomime of LITTL GO 9DY TWOS Commence at 7. T HEAT RE-ROY A HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, will be performed OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone 4 Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. After which, a new and original Extravaganza, entitled .IgASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA ; or, The Happy Rasselas, Miss Louise Keeley. Concluding with OUR MARY ANNE. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING. Jan. 30, to commence with an Original GEetch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, arden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3logue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, ounported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougham, H. Widdi combe, W. Brlntyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, H. Butler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq , Kat e Terry, B. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Mr. Phelps and Mr. W. Montgomery are engaged, and will hortly appear. Doors open at half-put Six, performance to commence at Seven. Private Boxes, 22 12s. 6d., and £2 25.. Upper es p s per registered. Stalls, Os. 6d. ; Dress Circle ,_5 4; ss Circle, Circle, 4s. 6d. Prices at doors—stails, 8 , s. ; a No half-price. Box- Upper Circle, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; GallerY•.s. Office open daily from 11 till 5. The üblic are entreated to take notice that no charge is made to the occupants of boxes, boa places, or stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keep: ing of hats and cloaks ; and that the attendants in all parts Of the hutse are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever StageMa ga ger, Mr. G. Vin in g . Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. -;see and Manager, iTr Lindus. THIS EVENING, LAW v. LOVE : Miss M. Oliver. Followed by ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES AN OTHER. Mr. R. Roxby and Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, the New Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, " RIQUET WITH TH E TUFT ; or, Harlequin and Mother Shipton." Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. Seyton, Misses Gray and Hudspeth, Mr. Milano, Mr. R. Power, Miss A. Collinson, and Salford. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE LI iTLE THE .SURE. Mr Billington, Mr. R. Phillips, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A TICKET OF LEAVE : Messrs. J. L.Toole, r, Bedford, and Mrs. Bil lingto DE BARNWELL n. To include with " GEORGE : OT, Harlequin Folly in theßealms of rs. Fan J ." Miss W P. lied:oolgar Miss K. Kelly , M iss Seaman ; Mess cy L. Toole, lord, S-kephenson, C. J. Smith. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri, Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams CLown, Mr. W. Hildyard rantaloon, Mr. J. PAulo. The celebrated Arthur an( Bertrand. Commence at 7. The Weather.—Sun Office, Jan.:3o, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday. 5l Lowest during the night This day at Noon 47 Barometer-29. 60 . fresh and squally, with dull close w eather. Trind-- -15.-W.; ------------- HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY: ;Morning, 10h. 41m.—Afternoon, 1111.45 m. To-xonuow.-Morning, 12h. 3m.—Afternoon, h. m. (hi; att 4... um LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1863, England's opinion upon Slavery has long since been placed beyond the reaeh of misapprehension. It has been sig nalised as no natlion, before or since , . ever signalised the depth of its convictions in reg ard to a great p rinci p le. Of the eternal devo tion of this country to the cause of Negro Enianci pation, the country itself afforded to the world , no t many years since, a material guarantee, singularly notable in its imperial magnificence. History has recorded the fact, in undying words, in the annals which tell of that munificent vote of 20,000,000 I It is beyond the power of any one£, therefore, to deprive the British Empire, to deprive the race of Englishmen of that one particular glory and dis tinction —namely that, of abhorring from their in most heart and soul the accursed institution of Slavery. This ineradicable abhorrence of Slavery is, in a manner, as it were, among our birth-rights. It is with us like a populltars cherished by persons instinct. It is peculiar of to no political party. i every religious belief. It seems to us like an integral part of our Comstitution. If one might so express our conviction uperi., this point without profanity, it seems almost among the corollaries of Christianity. So resplendently has England's hatred of slavery been attested, so signally have Englishmen evidenced in the sight of the whole world their aspiration to forward in every direction the diffusion of the spirit of Emancipation, that a deliberate attempt to vindicate the national loyalty to the interests of Freedom, so far as it affects the poor African, it almost partakes of the nature of the is g ilding refined gold — painting r idi c ulous. If , the lily --adding a perfume to the violet : doing s uperfluous, w hat is absolutely what is wh oll y matter of superefogation. Under ordinary circum stances, at any rate, it would be so beyond any doubt. Even when insinuations are thrown out insidiously to the effect that there is a diminution in the Yearning of the people of this country to en sure, whenever or wherever it might be pos sible, the liberation of the Black—a demon stration deliberately and formally designed to repudiate that charge—appears to us, alto gether, a proceeding of very questionable taste. Insinuations of that flagrant and preposterous kind ought rather, as it seems to us, to be laughed utterly to scorn. Eng land, in this matter, requires no vin dication. Her love of Freedom is beyond all ques- COD, is beyond all dispute. Instead of falling off in any way amongst us, it grows with our growth And strengthens with our strength. If ever the inhabitants of these islands can be excited to en thusiasm, it is by some conspicuous or unlooked-for whether of Art , or of Letters, or of Ora reference, of Slavery. At every touch of Cory, to the the me b true genius o f an y kind, that thrilling chord y the phlegmatic calm of the islander disa pp ears. Oratory never won a more brilliant or n when than more instantaneous victory ov er its hearers th Cr/IRAN, carried away by the "mighty theme," uttered his ever-afterwards famous panegyric upon sh e Genius of Universal Emancipation." No marble product of the sculptor's chisel has in our time secured to itself a more rapidly evidenced, or a more widely diffused tribute of admiration (the admiration at once of love and pity) than that masterpiece from Ilium POWER'S hands, the beau tiful form of the Greek Slave. Conspicuous as an immense literary success here in England—con apicnous, as such, even when CHARLES DICKENS was, as he still is (and long may he continue to re at the noonday of the ver y p ride and Main so I) glory of his delightful reputation—conspicuous here in England, even with DICKENS as a contempo rary, was the triumph achieved by rs. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE up M on the publica- Tom's Cabin!" tion of one little story-book, " Uncle And this agaia because of what CURR AN g randly and modestly called, as we hav e said, "the mi g ht y re clting the appli theme"—so calling it when de p cation to iraself of the plaud i t s woo by his own eloquence ! "Uncle Tom's Cabin" because of that potent theme, running through shoals of editions, littering every bookstall, being piled upon the coun ters of every librarian , appearing at every price, in every shape, illustrated and un-illustr,zted, cheap and costly in its getting up. And this, we reixat, simply because the subject of the tale that was then told came so near to the hearts, and consciences? and affections, and the cherished convictions of let- i tered Englishmen. No—the devotion of England to the interests of the Negro race, the earnest solidi tude of Englishmen for its liberation from slavery in all parts of the globe, is a truth visible to the world -at large as the light at noonday. The character of England, and of Englishmen in this matter needs—again and again we say it—no yin- dication whatsoever. The immense meeting which took place last evening in Exeter Hall, to this very end, ap pears to us, consequently, to the very last degree superfluous. It was so egregiously superfluous, in truth, that it virtually amounted to a display —upon an immense scale, and fcr that reason all the more painfully—of wretchedly bad taste. It was as glaringly in bad taste and as wholly a matter of supererogation, as , l et us say, a studied vindi cation of Lord NELSON'S bravery would have been at some public banquet, in his own presence and hearing, upon the occasion of pro posing the toast of the Hero's Health. It was worse than in bad taste—we still maintain it—it was s imply ridiculous. According to the philosophy of the originators and promoters of yesterday's meet ing in Exeter Hall, elaborate treatises ought with all speed to be written to prove that RUBENS was a colourist, that MOZART had a sense of harmony, that VITRUVIUS had an eye to proportion, and that EUCLID had just some glimmering knowledge of the rudiments of geometry. From first to last, we repeat—as a vindication of the loyalty of Englishmen to the cause of Emancipation—it was nothing less than a ludicrous mistake. That a keen witted, large hearted, earnest, thinking man like Mr. THOMAS HUGHES, the delightful author of a delightful book like " Tom Brown's School-days"—that a man so largely gifted with common sense, as well as with other gifts, far more common, many of them, than that sense so called upon the principle of luaus a non lueendo— that Mr. HUGHES, of all men, should have lent him self to a movement of this really most uncalled-for character, just simply passes the comprehension of some among his heartiest admirers. There he was, however, last night, marching at the head of a group of " Vindicators" across that Coventry of the metropolis, the Platform of Exeter Hall ! And to what purpose ? To vindicate the loyalty of Englishmen to the interest of Negro Emancipation —How ? By endeavouring to identify our ab horrence of slavery with an enthusiasm for Mr. ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S Proclamation! A Proclama tion that hundreds of thousands of Englishmen — loathing Slavery in their heart of hearts—have read with feelings of dismay and of unaffected grief! Recognizing in it an act that if but done earlier and otherwise would doubtless have been as puissant in its influence as it must then have proved beneficent in its results—an act that done now and after this hesitating fashion would probably be most disastrous in its consequences as a signal for a servile war were it not intrinsically so utterly powerless whether for good or for evil. No, England ab hors slavery, but not with the half abhorrence of the American PRESIDENT. Englishmen yearn ardently to promote the wider and wider spread of Negro Emancipation, bat not by pointing to the sharpened dagger and the ignited brand, not by hinting a blow, or hesitating a stab! Audi aileron partemis a time-honoured maxim and in obedience to its authority we are willing to give the Rev. Mr. GIBSON a fair hearing in his somewhat acrimonious opposition to the general approval expressed of Sir WALTER CROFTON and the Irish Convict system.* There is, as wenn know, no safety in extremes, and it is quite as probable that the state of affairs in Ireland may have been overrated, as it is that undue blame has been attached to the painstaking and laborious director of our convict prisons. It would not be fair to suppose that were Sir WALTER CROFTON established in authority here, he could with one wave of a harlequin's wand cause our criminal po pulation to disappear, and a band of honest men to spring up in their place ; neither is it just to blame our English authorities too severely if such a de sirable transformation has not taken place under their management. Still the question remains—ls the present system the best calculated to insure the safety of the public, and promote the reformation of the offender ? The answer is unhappily found in the notorious insecurity of life and property, and the universal dissatisfaction of our heavily-taxed community. Without advocating a bou/erersement of all present arrangements which, in dealing with such a class, might occasion great risks, we do think that there is urgent need of considerable alte rations and increased stringency in enforcing the rules. Mr. GIBSON is himself a prison chaplain and has been so for the seven years during which the new system has been in force, and must there fore be allowed to speak with some authority. He condemns the intermediate prisons and police super vision in toto, but it is not very clear upon what grounds. He complains that the men at Lusk do not afford a fair sample of the convicts; but he forgets that Sir W, CROFTON expressly states that only the best are admitted to Lusk. He further remarks that those employed at the intermediate stations might as well be discharged altogether, and cen sures Sir W. CROFTON'S wish to " put them in the way of temptation." If we understand him rightly, however, Sir WALTER CROFTON referred only to the temptations incidental to liberty, and not to any special dangers being placed in the convict's way. With regard to the police supervision, it has doubt- Less many painful and invidious features, still it is difficult to see how the_ ticket-of-leave system can be anything but a mockery without it. If no check is placed upon him, what is to prevent the discharged convict from changing his name and locality, and at once betaking himself to his old trade. A " ticket-of-leave" is with us too often synonymous with a total discharge. It is true that if tried for a second offence the previous mis conduct may weigh against him, but that Sir WALTER CROFTON was right in his remark that the conditions on the back of the ticket are never enforced in England is proved by the recent decla rations of a Judge on the in e b n enc c h o , n w vi h et o ed d — ecl l a e r t ed o h u e t h a d f r equently see n —reconvicted for a wo of rt time, and again dis cehxaprirgeedd. beTfohruesthfoertetrieo off t heenicresfirstth esepnutennischemheandt receivedprop proper fo w r a s o a l ees.s Andthan the t h s s e n l etaednsc us to o u thought p rpoopi point which it is highly important should be immediately !hared in our present management, and in which an improvement can happily be carried into effect without any startling change. We do not propose the total abolition of the ticket of leave system, but let all sentences remain tis fixed by tho judge, de pendent only upon the prisoner's good conduct. We are aware that such is nominally the case at present, but we apprehend that it is very seldom, if under any circumstances, that a sen , tence of lb or 20 years is carried into effect. If the granting of tickets of leave were less a matter of course—if the prisoner felt that, without ex ceptional good conduct on his part, his term of imprisonment would not be shortened by a day— I would be productive of t h e results, we * Irish Convict Befoul'. Py an Irish Prison Chaplain. M , Glashan and Gill, Dublin. rim BUN, LONDON, FRED. AY hATENING, JANUARY 30, 1863. w ils, as well as out. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. good inside the priso n With regard to the separate .775terni we fully .. -As most agree with Mr. G IBSON that it requt " delicate and careful management, but when he speaks so strongly of the hardship of enforcing idleness by only allowing oakum picking, he is possibly not aware that, in some of our county prisons, oakum picking is the only work supplied to prisoners under sentence of hard labour. "Four months of idleness or oakumpicking," says Mr. GIBSON, "is too much for any rational being. It is like placing the mind on a treadmill for four months where there is motion without progression." Still in our humane desire to reform the offender we must not forget that severity is a necessary in gredient, especially at first, when the mind is hardened and the temper most probably sullen and resentful. We do not attribute the schoolmaster's difficulty in the early stages of teaching THE FRENCH SENATE. PARIS, JAN. 30. In yesterday's sitting of the Senate, the general debate on the Address terminated, and the first six paragraphs, were voted. On the reading of the seventh paragraph, which treats of Italy, M. Thouvenel gave explanations concerning the motives of his quitin g the Ministry. He said that after the suppression of the Gari baldian movement, the Emperor not being able to concede Rome to the Italians, he (M. Thouvenel) could not continue negotiations with Rome, which rejected every means of reconciliation. M. Thou venel maintained that they who misrepresent the policy of the Emperor are those who pre tend to know secrets which have never been confided to them; who in wishing to impose various combinations for the constitution of Italy, forget that the Emperor has proclaimed the right of every country to freely regulate the conditions of its existence; who do not comprehend that Victor Emmanuel alone can represent in Italy the principle of order ; who forget the declarations of the Mi nister without portfolio (M. Billault), that Italian unity was now an accomplished fact; and those who, dreaming of chimerical restorations of former dy nasties, forget that the independence of Italy has cost France 30,000 soldiers. M.Thouvenel expressed regret that the Committee of the Senate on the Ad dress had not, in place of paragraph 7, signified their adhesion to the nadgnificent programme of the Em peror. M. Thouvenel adverted to the memorandum of the Pontifical Government, and considered that the reforms announced therein were not of a serious character. He said, " The great obstacle to any reconciliation is always Rome. I do not admit the right of the Italians to demand Rome, but it is im passible to contest the right of the Romans to be governed according to their wishes. It is the wish of the Romans that the temporal authority of the Pope should be transformed. I regret that the Committee on the Address has not stated this in their draught of the Address." General Gemeau and the Marquis de Laroche jaqnelin then spoke on the Address. M. Billault, who afterwards addressed the Senate, to the enforced idleness complained of by Mr. GIBSON, but to the disinclination and inaptitude produced by the man's whole previous life. "Ce n'ost quo le premier pas qui coute," is a maxim whose application to learning none will dispute. "In the first month the progress is :east ; in the last, when he has rational employment in kis cell, it is greatest." This would, probably, be found to be the result if the conditions were re versed, as every teacher must be aware of the greater proportionate advance of elder pupils. We cannot, it will be seen, subscribe to all Mr. GIBSON'S arguments. He is no doubt quite right in preaching caution with re gard to violent changes or a wnolesale abuse of the present system. With his tribute to the personal merits of Sir JOSHUA JEBU we heartily concur, but we are not so ready to take part in his wholesale depreciation of Sir WALTER CROFTON. Let careful consideration be given to this important question, let buth these gentlemen give us the benefit of their personal experience and convictions, and let us nei ther be too rash in the adoption of hasty measures nor too proud to learn from the better success of others. The open discussion of every side of a question, the consideration of the pros and cons which belong to every measure, will be the beet security against unnecessary innovation or obstinate adhesion to unprofitable systems. said that the state of things was quite defined, and that the policy of the Emperor had never varied. M. Billault continued, " The Emperor has always desired the independence of Italy and the indepen dence of the Holy See. Various means to this end have been proposed, but have not yet had any re sult. But the Emperor intends to pursue his ob ject. In order to characterise the present state of things, I must say that the Non P 09 " 712148 whic h we met with at Rome, we now encounter at Turin." M. Billault further said that the wish of the Senate was to secure the ascendancy of conciliatory ideas which constituted the programme of the Emperor. Paragraph 7 of the Address was then adopted, and the sitting closed. The Moniteur announces that the Emperor has received Mr. Lambert, the Envoy of the King of Madagascar. INSURRECTION IN POLAND. S T. PETERSBURG, JAN. 30. The ..Tournal de St. Peterebourg of this morning publishes a detailed account of the events which have taken place in Poland. While lamenting the large participation of the clergy in the revolt, the writer rejoices at the ab stinence of the majority of the students. One hundred and fifty insurgents, who were at Bialaystock, had crossed from Poland into the district of Bielsk. General Manioukin has concen trated a detachment at Biabystock. The railway station at Luppa, the first in the kingdom, has been occupied by troops. Flying col u mns have been sent to protect the railway at Kowno and Wierrbolor (P) and to dislodge the insurgents from the environs of Brest and Braby. Colonel Suckow attacked the rebels yesterd 17 in the woods of Piocki, Kostelnoi, Stroumianska, and N.ozny. The rebels were put to flight, losing 38 prisoners—one a priest, the prin cipal instigator of the movement in his district. Warsaw is perfeet ly quiet. The bands of Thesiewis are beginning to dis- perse. Many workmen have returned to their °coup tions. The conscription has been effected in the provinces without hindrance. been sent against them, and near Bazeslitowski a colonel of gendarmes has been killed. It is ten years to day since the celebration of the Emperor's marriage in Notre Dame. Le Constitutionnel learns from Vienna that the Electoral Prince of Hesse is now building a large palace at Prague, the capital of Bohemia, His Highness intends to reside there, and to establish a regency in Cassel. The same journal has received from Turin the intelligence that the sentence of M. de Christen has been commuted from ten years' hard labour to ten years' imprisonment. The King has signed this decree, and it is promised that M. de Christen will have all the care possible. There are grounds for hoping that on the first favourable oppor tunity he may be the object of still greater clemency. BOURSE, Jan. 29.—The anticipation that the Bank of Prance will speedily follow the example of that of England, and raise its rate of discount, has caused a degree of heaviness in the market, but p. ices have been wel; maintained. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69!r. 75c. Railway Shares Market quiet. The market closed as follows : It per Cents. .. 98 60 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 75 New 3 per Cents - Do, end month.... CrediiMobilier....ll6l 25 Do. end m0nth....1108 75 Bank Shares 3400 Credit lioneier 1475 Piedmontese Fives. Italian Loan 7O 05 Russian - • Austrian Spaniai Threes — Rome Debt WAYS. RA IL Cash. Account. Orleans lO9O .. 1085 Northern New ditto • • • Lyons and Mediterranean 1157 50 .. 1160 Geneva .. Southern . . Bl7 50 .. 817 50 Western Eastern .. .. Sardinian Austriam Lou.ba.rd North of Spain Saragossa 661 25 .. 662 50 Ditto to Barcelona GREECE. ATHENS, JAN. 24. An extensive anarchical conspiracy has been dis covered here. The Ambassadors of the protecting Powers have declared that Greece would not in any case be militarily occupied. Troops have been despatched to Mains (the southern portion of the Mores) for the suppression of risings which have broken out in that district. Conflicts have taken place in Megara, the Piraeus and Nauplia. At the latter place the disturbances are said to have occurred on the occasion of an excursion made by the English Ambassador, and an English non-commissioned officer is reported to have been killed. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 29. It is officially announced that the Sultan signed the firman for the establishment of the new bank yesterday. It will receive all the customs revenue, and be entrusted with the payment of the dividend on the public funds. Turkish Consols, 40/. POLAND. ,(?ROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) WARSAW, Jan. 21. s ei , 'Ai , P' • \‘\ _ co. lON cirmlcat HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 29. The Queen drove out yesterday morning. Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse also took a drive. The Prince of Wales, attended by Captain Grey, arrived at Osborne yesterday from London. Earl Russell also arrived yesterday, and had an audience of the Queen. Lord Russell left to-day. The Marriage of the Prince of Wales. MARLBOROUGH HOUSE.—The repair and decora tion of Marlborough House, the future town resi dence of the Prince and Princess of Wales, are now being pushed forward as rapidly as possible. A great deal yet remains to be done before the house will be in a fit state to receive their royal highnesses The decorations and furni ture are by no means of a gorgeous or costly character, or such as in former times would have been provided for the heir apparent. The reception rooms are rich and elegant, but not gorgeous or overloaded with ornament, contrasting in this respect very favourably with the old Carlton House, the residence of the last Prince of Wales. The furniture will be in keeping with the prevailing style of the mansion, and worthy of the residence of the first gentleman in the land. The decorations and furnishing of Marlborough House have been placed in the hands of Messrs. Holland and Co., of Mount-street. The furniture, damasks, and hangings are being woven by vi essrs. Walter, at their mills in Essex. The carpets are in course of manufacture by Messrs. Lapworth and Co. The glass is to be supplied by Messrs. Pellet; from designs selected by his royal highness during the kite Exhibition. Messrs. Copeland have in hand the dessert service, in addition to one just suppli, d for his royal highness's residence at Sandringham, Out of deference to the st ish of the prince, the manufac turers are unwilling to give any particulars relative to the goods they have to supply, and it must suffice, therefore, iD say, that this dessert service now being made for Marl borough House will certainly be the finest ever produced in this country. The edges of the plates have borders Of pierced gold trellis work, in which are compartments filled with red and white roses intermingled ; and groups of the white orange blossom. In the centre of the plate is the monogram in gold, " A. E. A." the letters tastefully inter twining. The drawing and colouring of these flowers may be placed in successful competition with the best of the modern productions of Sevres or Vienna Of the centre and larger pieces of this magnificent dessert service we can say that they combine in a rare degree gracefulness of out line, harmony of colour, and happy fitness of ornament, and are alike creditable to the taste of the designer and to the skill of those who have formed and fashioned these charm ing productions of the ceramic art. Messrs. Hunt and Roskell have on hand some large pieces of plate, intended as table ornaments ; and Messrs. Garrard and Co. supply the whole of the plate required for the prince's establish. went. The whole of the decorations and furniture are ex. petted to be completed by the first week in March. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re ceived a select party at dinner last evening at Gloucester House. Lag Russell returned to town yesterday from Osborne, Isle of Wight. The Earl and Countess of Bandon are expected in town in a few days from Castle Bernard, Ireland. 1 1is lordship has taken a residence at Prince s-gate for the season. Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby are ex. petted at their residence in Piccadilly, to-day, from Tor. quay, Devon. Lord and Lady Sherborne have left Howchin's Hall on a tour of visits. Lord and Lidy Calthorpe have arrived at their residence in Grovenor-square from Elvatham. Rants. The heartrending scenes of kidnapping men, young and old, single or married, which the Rus sians call " recruiting," had been repeated on the lath, 16th, and 17th, in the middle of the day as well as during the night. All that could be got was, according to the lists prepared, safely lodged in the citadels, but is great many young workmen and artisans had contrived to escape, disguised in the garments of the peasants, thinking they might find refuge in the large forests and marshesextend ing along the rivers Bug and Narew. The incle mency of the weather aid the insufficiency of food induced many of them to return and submit to their fate ; but the troops sent in pursuit of them would not allow them to do so ; fired at them, and hence a struggle which resu►ted in loss of life on both sides, and the capturing of many poor fellows. This barbarous conduct of the Russian soldiers, inexcus able as it is, served for a pretext for the Government to spread the intelligence, which no doubt has also been telegraphed abroad, of the insurrection having taken place. That a feeling of hatred and revenge against the Muscovites pervades the whole of Poland, and would blaze up at the slightest chance of suc cess, it is impossible to deny ; that the atrocious manner ii, which the proscription was carried out in Warsaw, and is to be repeated in all the parts of the country, excites the minds of the people to des peration, is also certain ; and should the Central Committee flame this feeling, God knows what may happen ; for the Grand Duke Constantine has asked for reinforcements, in addition to nearly 30,000 troops now stationed in this kingdom. There can not be any doubt that the Government had ex hausted itself in giving every provocation to the people, and should be glad to see the Poles up and in arms; but the wisdom and patience which have characterised the Polish nation of late will prevail, and this mach oppressed country will bide its time, and wait for a better future. Of course the ultra-Democratic party, regardless of th,l con sequences, may perhaps attempt to raise the country, and rumours to that effect are afloat, but as yet we have no details. God forbid that such be the case, for no benefit would thus be conferred upon the country. Lady Howard de Walden, accompanied by her sons—the Hon. John, Charles, and Augustus Ellis—has arrived at the Brunswick Hate', Jermyn-street, from the Embassy at Brussels. Lord and L idy Cran worth will return to town on Monday next from their seat in Kent. Lord and Lady Henry Unolmondeley have arrived in town from Holly Hill. His lordship has taken a resi dence in Berkeley .square for the season, A Cibioet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The Minis;,ers present were—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of film Ex chequer, the Duke of S.,rnerset, the Right lion. T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right lion C. P. Villiers, A circumstance which has so much exasperated the proscribed, and driven them to offer resistance to the troops, was the barefaced calumny cast upon them by the official journal, describing them as heartily pleased with entering the Russian ranks, and exchanging an idle and visionary for a useful and profitable life. This calumny, I repeat, pierced the hearts of many young men, who determined to lose i❑ an unequal struggle their lives on their na tive soil rattler than see it subject to such an oblo quy, The article referred to, and published by the official journal, is as follows " There was even no individual opposition, and within the last 30„years there has been no example of the exhibition in such alertness and good will in regard to a conscription, In the rooms of the Town-hall and the cstadel, where the recruits are temporarily located with great regard to their comfort, they give evidence of the best disposition, and even of gaiety. Many of them complained of the agitations of disorderly persons and the supposed authorities of that party, which drove them from the path of honest labour into idleness and fruitless dreaminos, and thereby deprived them of their former means of living, which is also in ac cordance with the confessions made at the military trial by those accused of belonging to a so• called National Organi sation. " Many of the recruits, therefore, expressed their joy that the school of order, for such will be their military service, will liberate them from the inaction which torments them especially as the shortening of the period of service and the alteration of the treatment of the soldier now place recruits under very different circumstances. "Many persons, too, who had bean selected for the levy in Warsaw, and who, either because they did not know the day on which the levy was to take place, or for other reasons, were Lbsent and could not be found, are now voluntarily appearing before the authorities. Of these there were 49 the day after the levy. Volunteers to the army have also presented themselves. " The preparations made in Warsaw by both the civil and military powers, in the event of the outbreak of disorders, have nowhere been required to be put in active use. Both the army and the police behaved in an exemplary manner, and so satisfactory a fulfilment of this important function in the capital leads us to expect that it will be in like manner performed in the provinces, and that there, too, the in trigues of agitators tending to excite disturbances will be without effect." Whatever means the Marquis Wielopoiski may employ to vilify the character of his countrymen, he may be sure that nothing, when au opp ortun i ty occurs, will prevent them from showing him and the world that they are true Poles, and that he is quite mistaken in the appreciation of the attributes of a Polish patriot. lie has sunk into a Russian him self, and sees no other triumph for the Voles than to be absorbed into the PeAslavatie element. How far his prodintiou are realise,i, the passing events are the beet deni a l. Shut in \Va rslw wca awe without news from the 1 provinces, beyond the rumour tnat a .. proclamation frutu tne Central Cornmitlvp has been published calling on t l / 4 . 1 -o people to rise, This re quires confirbaa.tioA. . . _._. Na. IT.INGLAKWS LIBELS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SEN. SIR,—Mr. Kinglake has charged the Emperor of the French with cowardice. We are presented with the picture of a greatly-conceiving man, who becomes wan and " green" when his conceptions stare him in the face as facts. I happen to remem ber the landing of Louis Napoleon at Boulogne. I was in an Upper Town school there. I saw him after he was taken, and I remember a calm, clear face, and a gallant bearing. The gossip of Boulogne, that ran high, never assailed the courage of the man whom the Boulonnais National Guards cap tured under the heights where his uncle had as sembled his great army. Unlike many plotters I can call to mind, Louis Napoleon never left his par tisans to brave the danger he originated. I have a curious letter by me, which describes his views on this subject. It was addressed to my father-in law, the late Laman Blanchard, when he was editor of the Courier newspaper : " 17, Carlton-house-terrace, 17 Mai, 1839. " Monsieur,—Je vois avec peine par votre correspondance de Paris qu'on vent jeter sur moi la responsabilite de la der nawe insurrection. Je compte sur votre oblig6ance pour refuter cette insinuation de la maniere la plus formelle. La nouvelle des scenes sanglantes qui out eu lieu m'a autant supris qu' afflige. Si j'etais l'o.me d'un complot, j'en seraia aussi le chef le jour du danger, et je ne le nierais pas apres une defaite.---Itecevez l'assurance de roes sentimens distingues. "NAPOLEON LOUIS BONAPARTE." It must be conceded to the Emperor that he was the head of every plot he concocted in the moment of danger. Mr. Kinglake's inaccuracies and omis sions when describing the coup d'etat are as conspi cuous as his vindictive animosity when he is paint ing the "green" portrait of a man whose life has proved his courage a hundred times.—Yours, &e,, BLANCHARD JERROLD. Reform Club, Jan. 28. TEE THRONE OF GREECE. The complications that have in every case sur rounded this questiun seem at last to merge in a definite solution. The various candidates have one by one been disposed of. Prince Alfred and the Duke of Leuchtenberg are excluded by the protocol of 1830. The Archduke Maximilian, Prince Nicholas of Nassau, and others, had perhaps no chance from the first. Dom Ferdinand of Portugal declined the honour pressed upon him. The Puke of Saxe-Coburg raised difficulties that seemed insuperable, and the candidature was finally offered to the Prince of Leiningen. His Highness, however, at the last moment felt that he could not accept the proffered crown, on the conscientious allegation that the habits of his previous life were not such as to justify him in accepting so great a responsibility. It has therefore been most judiciously deter mined to have recourse once more to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg. By one of those compromises which are necessary in Stare affairs, his highness will be enabled, with satisfaction to himself, and with hopeful promise to the future of Greece, and the desires of Europe, to assume the important position to which he is called. One of the drawbacks to the acceptance of the Duke was the fact of his having no issue. It has now been determined that his highness shall declare his nephew—a young prince of the Kohary branch—to be his heir. 'this young prince will no doubt adopt the Greek faith, which, by the existing constitution, is an indispen sable qualification for the succession. There re mains some difficulty about the Coburg constitution, which declares that the reigning Duke shall reside on his territories. This, however, may be obviated by the assent of the States of Coburg. There is little doubt that the Greeks will welcome the Duke, and the Powers will view with satisfac tion his accession to the throne. We may now hope that the prospects of the Hellenic kingdom will offer no farther subject for agitation among the Powers of Europe, and that the prosperity and security of Greece may at length be based upon permanent foundations.—Morning Post. DEATH BY FIRE.—On Tuesday, the 20th inst., a party of friends were assembled at the house of Mr. Arthur S. Hill, Southfield, Clapham park. During dinner a Christmas pudding was brought in on fire, and a drop of the burning spirit falling on the lower part of the dress of Miss Susan Hill, a lovely girl, twenty years of age, immediately ignited the tarletan, and the whole dress was quickly in flames. The flames were quenched as rapidly as possible, but not before extensive injuries had been inflicted. Dr. Spitta, a medical gentleman, was fortunately present, and gave prompt and skilful help. Her father and brothers were badly burnt in their endeavours to extinguish the flames, and another young lady, whose dress caught fire, most providentially escaped with a few burns. Notwith standing every care Miss Hill gradually sank, and died at the end of a wee.ri. THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY DITIDEND.—The directors of this company have resolved to recommend to the proprietors at the Half-yearly General Meeting, on the 12th pros., that the dividend for the half year ending 31st December, 1862, be at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the ordinary capital stock of the company. THE CAMPAGNA.—Every where are deep brown banks of pozzolano earth which makes the strong Roman cement, and qusrries of tufa and travertine with Dead T h e generations ceis haun l lie under wi th unexplored galleries and catacombs honey-combing for your feet wherever y sentiment of sadness which makes is filled with a tender b miles the whole Carnopurs g t i r i :e " ad . t you more touching. You ghosts that outnumber by myriads the living, and the air the beauty of the world a pick up among walls of luxurious villas. slope fragments of rich marbles that once encased the old worn coin, on The contadino or shepherd offers you en a scarabous which which you read the name of l issar ; or . , in, T , ho ie dust he now grows his beans; or the broken head o jar in marble or terra-cotta, or a lacryuratory of a martyred Christian, or a vase with the Etrurian red that now is lost, the ruins on every once adorned the finger of an Etruscan km,,, f an ancient or an intaglio that perhaps has sealed a l ove-letter a thousand years ago.—Roba di Boma, by William W. Story, r pRUSSIA. BERLIN, JAN. 29. The debate upon the Address in the Chamber o Deputies closed to-day , The President of the Council refuted the accuse• tion that the Government was attempting to cum plicate foreign relations for the purpose of diverting attention from its difficulties at home. The draught of the address, proposed by the majority hostile to the Government, was voted by 255 to 68. The minority is made up of partisans of the feudal party, of the followers of Herr von Vincke, and of Catholic members. FRANCE, PARIS, JAN. 29. La _France of this evening announces that Rear- Admiral Bosse has been appointed Commander of the French naval division upon the Mexican coast, in place of Admiral Jurien de la Graviere, who is about to return to France at his own request. The ?aerie says :—" There is a great likelihood of a better understanding between Spain and Italy taking place. "The preliminary overtures for this purpose have already been made." The general debate upon the address in the Senate to-day commenced with a speech from M. Charles Dupin. Ttiis evening's Constitutionnel, alluding to the congratulations offered by the English Government upon the Emperor's speech at the distribution of the Exhibition awards to the French exhibitors, adds : Across the Channel England offers France a hearty shake of the hand. Such striking tokens.of mutual respect, an exchange of amicable words in the name of two great nations, and an eloquent ex pression of friendship, are requisite to secure the peace of the world and the progrsse of civilisation.' The Opinion Nationale discusses the question of Poland, and observes that there can be no definite peace in Europ e unt il t h e r i g ht cause h as t r iu m phed. Ihe insurgents are forming themselves into orga nised bodies, and every where there is general' feel ing of indignati on a t he tyranny of their oppres sors. The telegraphic wires have been cut, replaced, and cut again during a few hours, and the last in telligence affirms that the insurgents have sucseeded in procuring arms for themselves. The Journal de St. Petersburg states—" Tt , h - the railway. graphic comm un i cat i ons have b een re-established BwuitghtVoarrespoaviirr, and that troops have been se nt to The troops h ave occup i e d S urxe r. It is repo r t e d b y the Gazette N aro d o wa that the insurgents h ave attacked Tomatow, si t uat ed on the frontier o f Gaiici), and have routed 500 Cos sacks. They h ave ala di sarme d a large number of Cmacka' posts, One thousand insurgents are collected pear As troyka, and other bands are to be found between Bazeslitowaki and Bralapodolska. Troops have PHILIP AND MARY. (From the last instalment of Harrison .efinsworth' e new Historical Romance in the forthcoming number of Bentley's Miscellany.) On this occasion Philip had laid aside his customary black habiliments, and wore a doublet and hose of crimson silk, with a robe of ()loth of gold. His boots were decked with golden strings, and bordered with pearls. All the grandees forming his entourage were dressed with extra ordinary magnificence, and made a most splendid display. The abbess A St. Mary was attired in a long black gown, the ample folds of which swept the ground. The sleeves of her robe were loose, and over her shoulders was spread a sable mantle, with a hood attached to it. A barbe of plaited linen covered the lower part of her face, and with the close-drawn hood, effectually concealed her features. A suspicion in regard to the abbess which the Prince had begun to entertain, being confirmed, he begged a word with her in private, and on her ready assent, led her into the deep recess of a bay window. Entirely changing his manner towards her, he then said, "I know not how to account for it, holy mother, but while talking to you I could almost imagine myself engaged in converse with her Majesty." " A strange supposition," observed the abbess, in a blander tone than before. " It is the highest compliment I could pay you, pursued Philip. " That you should resemble so admirable a sove reign is the best proof of your merit." " I am much flattered by your Highness's good opinion," returned the abbess, still more blandly ; but how can you tell that I am like the Queen, since you have never beheld her Majesty?" "I can perfectly judge by the many descriptions given me of her," said the Prince. "In disposition I am sure you are exactly like her. Remove p.ur hood, I pray you, that I may see whether the resemblance extends to feature." " I cannot comply with your Highness's request, as I have a vow which prohibits me from disclosing my coun tenance to any of your sex," she replied, " But I will own that I am like the Queen." "I was quite sure of it," said Philip. "Permit me for a moment to address you as her Majesty." ' Tic a strange whim," replied the abbess, complacently, "and I ought not to consent to it. But your Highness is sin • gularly persuasive. lam not without curiosity to know what you would say to the Queen." " What I have to say may sound like the language of passion, and may not suit your ears," rejoined Philip. " But as the Queen, I may listen to it," she rejoined, with something of tenderises , in her tones. " Then, I would throw myself at your feet, as I do now,' , cried Philip, kneeling as he spoke. " I would press your hand to my lips, and assure you of my unalterable love and fidelity. I woul tell ycu I have burned with Loptienee to behold yea—how I have counted the hours of my long voyage, and have rejoiced as each day brought me nearer to you. In the strongest terms I could employ I would ex press my sense of the honour you have conferred upon me in choosing me for your husband, and I would endea vour to convince you that it will be the chief business of my life to increase your felicity and txtend your power. Not a cloud shall overshadow you. future existence if I can drive it away—but all shall be serenity and sunshine. This is what I would say to the Queen," he added, rising. " Your language is so impassioned, Prince," she re turned, " that I am almost as much moved as her Majesty could be by your words. For the moment I will suppose myself the Queen . _" " It is so understood," interrupted Philip. " I fear you feign this passion, Prince," she continued. "To love one unknown, unseen, with the ardour you pro fess, is impossible, and yet I ought not to say so, for though I have never beheld you till now, your image has long oc cupied my b-east. I hope you may not be disappointed in me. It shall be my anxious study to win your affection by entire devotion and submission to your will, and I trust, with Heaven's grace, to succeed." "Doubt it not," replied the Prince fervently. "You are sole mistress of my heart, and will ever maintain paramount sway over it," "I am foolish to ask it," she said, "yet I would fain have your assurance that it is not my crown that has en ticed you hither F" "hest easy ou that score," rejo ned the Prince, "Y o u yourself are the magnet that has attracted me. You would have been as much prized without your kingdom as with it." "I cannot believe you—yet the assurance is so sweet, that I will yield to the delusion," she rejoined. " But I must listen to these honeyed words no longer. Once more I must becotue the abbess." "To others, but not to me," rejoined PhiliP• On this, they left the recess, had re urned o where Con stance was attuning, CRYST:iL PALACE.--ONE: SHILLING DAY, Thufs• day, Jan. 20.—Admissions on payment, 674 ; ditto by sea son tickets, 629; total visitors, 1,203. i POLICE INT --This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CURIOUS CASE Op JUVENILE DEuINQUENCIY. —Alfred Waller, 12, of 34, Upper Charlton-street, and Henry Turnbull, 14, of 23, George-street, were charged before Mr. Knox as follows : Mrs. Jane Waller, the mother of the first-named boy, said that on Tuesday night she had £lO Ss. in a drawer in her back parlour, the drawer being locked and the key of it in the pocket of her dress hanging h-shind the door of the room. Yesterday morning she found the key in her pocket where she had left it, but on going to the drawer £2 of the m ney was gone, though the drawer was locked when she went to it. Her son went out as usual to go to school, but did not return to dinner, and on inquiry at the school she found he had not been that morning. About 4 o'clock he came home, and on charging him with taking the money he admitted doing so, and said that he had been to Blackwall along with two other boys He said he had given some of the money to one of the boys, who said he would hide it, and to Turnbull. She then gave her son and Turnbull into custody. George Buckley, a boy, said he met Waller and Turnbull in the Tottenham-court road, and Waller showed him £2, which he took from his boot. They all then wen , in a 'bus past Newgate, and then to Blackwall. There a boy went up to Turnbull, and seeing hat he had money, demanded some, and Turnbull gave him Cd ; they then went to a coffee shop and had bread and butter, coffee, eggs, &o. ; bought some air balls and let them all oft at once, and then had a lot of nuts. They afterwards had a boat and went on a steamer, Waller paying the expenses, although Turn bull had 245. Turnbull said he would make a hole in the area of the house where he lived and hide the money. Rogers, 87 E, proved taking the prisoners into custody, and that Turnbull denied all knowledge of the money, but afterwards said that he had got all the money but half a sovereign which he had dropped into the water. The last, witness told him that he had had ss. of the money, and that he had hidden it in a garden near the Regent's Park, and going there he (Rogers) found it, and in an area in George street he found 21s. which had been secreted by Turnbull. Mr. Knox (addressing the father of Waller) said that he was sorry he should have such a distressing affair in his family, but if he (the magistrate) sent such boys to the House of Detention amongst thieves and pickpockets, and placed there at their early age in such a place they would be tainted with a shadow they would never get rid of. He would advise their parents to take them home and punish them themselves in such a way that they would not forget it for a while. Mr. Turnbull asked whether the boy could not be sent to a reformatory ? Mr. Knox said that when a boy came out of a reforma tory he was looked upon almost as badly as when he came out of prison. If his parents could send the boy into the country for a time, and to school, that would be the best course to adopt. He could not send the boy to a reformer. tory. The boys were then given up to their parents. NIGHT CAB HORSES.—A CAB PROPRIBIOR FINED ?OR CRIIELTY.—John Marshall, cab proprietor, of 12, Herne street, Pentonville-street, appeared before Mr. Knox to answer the complaint of Mr. Wm. Love, chief officer of 4he Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals, for causing a horse to be ill-treated and tortured, by causing it be worked in a cab. The case was proved by Ge rge Smith, one of the officers of the Royal society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals, who deposed to seeing the poor animal drawing a cab in a totally unfit state for work. Mr. Knox ordered the driver, who had been taken into custody, to be discharged, and hearing that the horse had been killed, said he should fine the defendant 205., and but for the fact that the horse hld been destroyed, he should have sent him to prison without a fine. RIOTS IN CLONMEL. CLON MEL, Wednesday.—A disturbance took place here this morning, which not alone reflects an infinite amount of discredit on its originators, but subjects them to the grave responsibility of having aroused the passions of an excitable mul titude, and incited them to commit acts of lawless desperation totally at variance with their peace able ch a racter and demeanour. It appears that during the celebration of divine service at the It)man Catholic chapel at Irishtown, about 12 o'clock to-day, by some of the Redemptorist fathers, who have been on a mission in Clonmel during the past month, an unfortunate man named McMahon had the foolhardiness to enter the chapel yard end distribute offensive tracts to the people around. The multitude, labouring under the delu sion that he had been de►egated by the missionaries, at first treated him with every respect, but when they became aware of his true errand, and under-- ' stood that they had been receiving books contait / ieg epithets the most offensive to their rel.gion, they rushed with a yell of rage on the unfortunate ' 4 souper," who, but for the timely interference of the Rev. Mr. Sleaden, C.C., would have been badly treated. M'Mahon, after the lapse of a few minutes, made his escape, and, followed by the infuriated, rushed through Irishtown and Main-street, and at length found refuge in the parochial school in Mary street. A vast concourse of people then.assembled in front of the school-house, and proceeded to demo lish the windows with stones. Shortly afterwards the mayor, with a party of police under the com mand of Sub-Inspector liittson, arrived and endea voured to quell the disturbance. They paraded the streets for upwards of an hour, when a sub-constable named Smith endeavoured to arrest Richard Hen nessy, a labourer, whom he saw throwing a stone. Toe mob immediately rushed at him; and, but for the proximity of his comrades he would have been seriously injured. After some few minutes hot fighting, during which showers of stones were filing at the constabulary, they succeeded in arrest ing Hennessy, and a youth named Dempby, whom they conveyed to the mayor's office. They were followed part of the way by the mob, who turned back, and proceeded to demolisn what little glass remained in the school-house windows. Alt the shops in the principal streets were closed at an early hour in the day, and the infuriated multitude paraded the town Selling and shouting. At about three o'clock the excitement became so great that the mayor considered it necessary to have the mili tary called out, and accordingly some 50 men of the Royal Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant ckson, stationed themselves at the Main guard, where the crowd was most dense and tuibulent. The mayor, accompanied by his secretary, Mr. Dorny, perambulated the streets, and endeavoured to calm the excitement, which was then at its height. During the day two young lads were arrested by the police for throwing stones at the Rev. Mr. Falkiner; a Protestant clergyman ; and the may or, and Joseph King, Esq., proceeded to the ty or's office in Richmond-street to investigate the charges against them, and on hearing the evidence summonses were issued against them for trial at the next borough petty sessions. The other two prisoners, Demphy and Hennessy, were bailed out for trial at the came time. At this time the scene outside the ma) or's office was one of the greatest turmoil and confusion, and it required all the vigi lance and activity of the authorities to prevent the door from being broken in. The liberation of the prisoners, however, seemed to have a e acific effect, as the vast throng shortly afterwards broke up into little bands, and comparative quiet was restored. Fortunately, with the exception of a few trivial bruises received by the constabulary and • ome of the civilians, no severe blows were given, or injuries received. It is but right to state that some ten days since the walls of the town were placarded with posters containing a challenge to the Redemp torists, signed by the Rev. F. T. Brady, rector of Saint Mary's, and six other clergymen of the Church of England, to meet them in controversy on the doctrines they have been teaching. This effusion, which the missionaries treated with contempt, also appeared in the Clonniel Chronicle, and it is thought to be the primary cause of to-day's dis turbance.—. From the Dublin Evening Freeman. THE FRENCH POLICE AND THE Duc D'AUMALE. —The French police consider that an Orleauiat demonstration was made on the occasion of the announce ment of the purchase of the picture " Stratonice" by the Duc d'Aumale, at the sale of the Prince Demidoff's works of art in the Hotel des Ventes. The received vet sion of the aff tir is, that when the picture was knocked down by the auctioneer great curiosity was excited to know who the purchaser was. Whe 1 the name of the Duc d'Aumale was mentioned, an exclamation was heard of regret that the picture would leave France, to which a stentorian voice re plied, "It will come back." This was received with loud applause. HUGE PIECE OF MECIIINISISI.—A Glasgow paper say`:—'' The French Government has ad vertised for tenders for transporting a floating iron dock from Glasg. w to Cochin China. This piece of work is an immense structure, which has just been completed by Meests. Randolph, Elder, and Co., of this city. It la capable of litting out of the water the largest man-of -War in the world." -,___,