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ng 1 / 4 -o;Alkwaabi, c-;;NUit ~...11•••00.••••• • • ••• THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY is now prepared to accept MERCANTILE INSUR .A.,\ CE - i in London at a considerable reduction upon the rates hitherto charged, and under a scale bearing more equit ably upon merchandise of a non -hazs.rdous class. F u ll particulars g i ve n on application at the Office, 29, Lombard-street. PERCY M. OVE, Manager. JOAN Secretary JOHNSTON.D Secretary to the London Board. o yAL ENGLISH OPERA, JCOVENT -GARDEN. E n der the Manac4ement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. TIIIS EVEICING, for the 10th time, Belfe's new Opera, BLANCH E NEVERS : Miss Louisa Weisss Anna Thi es miss EVITha Heywood ; Messrs.W. H. . EL Cord, A. C o , ok, A. t. _Albyn, C. Ly di, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison. To conclude with the Second Act o f THE DESERT LOW E It. Conductor, 3lr. A. Mellon. • Doors open at half-past Six— ommence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE. Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. E. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform the Farce of MY liit;ART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS: characters by Mr. j. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde, Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Harfleur. After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. 1 helps, Ryder, Rayner, 31 , agreson, Ward, Spencer ; Miss Eburne, Miss J. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss hitter, Miss Cicely Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. Followed by BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer, and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss R. Leclerq. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, SILKEN FETTERS : 'Me ssrs. Chas. Mathews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Howe , &c ; Mesdames C. Mathews and M. Harris. Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. M es srs. Charles Mathews, Compton,Vireatlaersby, &c. ; 3lesdames C. Mathews, L Keeley. Griffith, &c. Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And LITTLE DAISY. Commence at 7. PRINCESS'S THE ATRE.-HERRMANN.-- The public are respectfully informed that there will be NO PERFORMANCE THIS EVENING, in consequence of Herr Herrmann's beim; commaned to perform at Frogmore before the,r Royal tiighnesses t d he PrinCe and Princess of Wales. ItOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE NIOSIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening until further notice. THIS EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BABY: Messrs. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, Charles; bliss P. Leole rc q , and Carlotta Leclercq. After which, at Eight o'c lock, BEL DEHONIO,_ charac ter Charles, a L r o ac- Story, in Twe lve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chron icle , ," by Mr. Joh n Brougoam. Principal t e r by 3lr. F echter, supported by M unessrs. Jordan, Brough;(m, Emery , Ray mond, Moreland, smith, Clifford, Co ll e tt, Andrews , Sim s ; Miss Kate Terry, E. L avenue, Airs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. Doors open at half-past 6—commence at 7. LE A H.-EVERY NIGHT. 31 ISS BATEMAN.-LEAH . -T IIIS EVENING, the 53th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss I_ -3 kTEMAN, in the char ac t er 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 LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. NEW THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL -B°lo ProprNtor and Manazer, Mr. R. Webater. THIS EVENING, at 7, TIIE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs At 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Bth weex of ➢Liss Bate man, supported by Messrs.Arttiur Stirling, R. Phillips, 1111- lington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss U. Simms, and Mrs. Billingtcn. To conclude wiqi TIIE IRISH TIGER: Miss K. Kelly and Mr. btephenson. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MIR LAU'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Minders. Followed by (7th time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The return of Ulysses. Messrs. honey and Fenton ; Mesdames Swanborough aad Simpson. After which, MT NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. R OYAL SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE Manageress, Miss Marriott. T HIS EVENING, VI RGINIUS. Messrs. H. Marston, E. Phelps, W. Gresham, Bennett, Biildon ; Virginia, Miss Marriott ; Servia, Mrs. Wallis. To conclude with THE BRIGAND : Mr. D. H. Jones, Miss Mandlebert. Box-office open from 11 to 4. :TIRE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing; the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, ;,an be had Every Evening of G. It. GLENIE. NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tints DAY.—Moraing, G. 10m.—Afternoon, Ch. 30m. V.O-goßitow.-Morning, 6h. 52m.—Afterhoon, 7h. 'Sul The Weather--Sun Office, Dec. 2, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clodk Barometer-25.99. Wind—S.-E. ; fresh breeze, and hazy. TFIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1863, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2, 1863. NAPOLEON has been magnanimous in words— that is, by volunteering this proposition of a pacific Congress. Will he—now that his proposition has been declined by the English Government—will he, spontaneously, go one step further, by proving himself to be magnanimous not in words only, but in acts also : that is, to put it quite plainly, by taking the initiative in the diminution of the costly and exaggerated armaments alluded to in _ l s . Peech to the Legislature upon the hm- " _ra lou last month of the new session of the French Chamb ers • He can afford to do this—if he wills to do it. The disbandment of his magnificent army, the breaking up of his formidable fleet of iron -clad s h i direction of war, are proceedin g s i n the pro posedreeti !tot for an instant dreamt of even in the wildest, i maginings d of the most Utopi a n peace -at-any-p rime day dreamer. There is not a =an, we take it, o ut lit Of Bedlam, or out of the Asylum for Idiots, who would s eriously propound any such insane proposition as that . it is only a variable pro portion of the swords that these Arcadian philan thropists of the Peace -at-any rice party would babble now about beating I htc : i p ;' pearl rglishares. It is a per-centage merely of the i n any branch of the clads (if there were any nowadays, military ser vice), that these Utopian politicians c ould urge the powers that be, to ha ve turned int o reaping hooks. A total disarmament is ro more muse d over b y any class of men still retai nin g their senses, as an ar rangement, through a n y conceivabl e means practicable, than is the opening up of seriou s at tempts to organise a millennium. It is simply the extravagant armaments, what Mr. DISRAELI hap pily dubbed, a session or two back, the bloated armaments of the last few years, that it is proposed should be reduced in magnitude, in costliness, in increasing and still increaeing elaboration. It would be the noblest, the most stately, haughty, imperial reply that the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. could now give to the rival Government which has just declined to take part in his scheme of a great European Congress—his demonstrating thus in the sight of the whole world the perfect sincerity cf his pacific intentions by doing what, we repeat it, he can so well afford to do, namely, himself set ting tho example to all Europe by diminishing the magnitude and moderating the costliness of his superb armaments by sea and land. In his so doing there would be nothing whatever of the Quixotic, lie is at the bead of the greatemt military power in the whole world. He is at its head—so far as any mere earthly power can b e—supremely. He is, there, at the loftiest elevation—namely, a , an absolute Monarch ex alted post is And one whos e upon the broadest foundations— namely, as the result of the choice, thrice pro nounced, of the whole French d emocracy. Ho is in f ac t, as an imperial there ,democrat, as a demo craticeeperor—it matters little h ow E You express having despotic it—as a ruler Power in his hands, while his feet are p lanted u p on dem ocratic institu tions. If the reigning Emperor of th e F axscu to this day uncrowned and unanointed, b e i ng in th is, unlike the rest of the Sovereigns of E arope, and especially unlike the Founder of his Dynasty, " lui qui un :Pape a couronneL4," NAPOLEON 111. has at any rate ascended step by s ::ep to the eminence cf his sovereignty upon the basis orf.a popular election thrice pronounced, in numbers that no other ruler has had even once enrolled i n his favour. First of all, when his own powers • were not in the least, or but very dimly indeed, re ( !ognised—first of all for the sake of his great name, rn memory of his immortal uncle, when the ballot boxes were in the safe keeping of the Republic, clay, of his chief rival as a Candidate for the Pre sidency, General CAVAIGNAC—then, even then, to begin with, Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON was eleoted by very nearly 6,000,000 Frenchmen. Afterwards, for life, by nearly 7,000,000. After wards, as EMPEROR, by nearly 8,000,000. He inaugurated his reign as EMPEROR by peace. To thedeclara tion that the revived Empir e signified this very hour he has remained faithful uninter ruptedly in a pacific alliance with the great ne;gh bouring Power with which the deadliest warlike rivalry had, on the contrary, been maintained dur ing the grand contest between All Europe and France under NAPOLEON the GREAT. If the pre sent Emperor of the FRENCH has entered into other wars, he has in every instance, save one only, entered into them in concert with England. The one war which was the exception to this rule being that war in Italy, with the results of which Eneand, of all the countries of Christendom, the most heartily sym pathised. England having just declined to ac cede to the EMPEROR'S proposition of a peaceful Congress, the EMPEROR now, if he should so please, could put the sincerity of our own country, or rather, we will say by preference, of our own Government, to the test, by doing what he is strong enough to do with perfect impunity—namely, setting the example to England, to all Europe, of diminishing the enormous warlike armaments under the stress of which the chief among the great Powers of Europe have so long been groaning. The Emperor of the FRENCH supposing he were to act thus, would in no way whatever be acting rashly, either in his own dynastic interests, or in the far grander and more momentous interests of which the Naro- LEONS are the Heroic Vindicators and the Im perial Representatives—the sacred interests of France. For afterwards, at any moment, under any conceivable juncture, in the sudden presence of any untoward emergency, the ruler who had acted thus, thus magnanimously, dauntlessly, chivalrously in the name of France, and in the inte rests of the Haman Race, would have but to raise his hand in signal, to have his whole people in arms under his banner, ready to vindicate, to the life or to the death, the honour of the Crown with which their own honour would be recognized as identified. Lord PALMERSTON is always happy in his speeches at public entertainments. He has some thing genial and gracious to say about everyone and everything, and thus he affords general satis faction, and the entertainment passes off pleasantly to everyone. Of late the Premier appears to have taken up with Scotland, and on several oc casions has he been discoursing in that country. It was therefore very appropriate that he should preside at the anniversary of the Scottish Hospital. This institution celebrated its one hundredth and ninety-ninth anniversary on St. Andrew's Day. In the speech proposing the army, navy, and volunteers, Lord PALMERSTON made some suitable remarks. He said that a state of defence was the best security for a nation, and that the country ought to lie able to adopt the motto of the society, Nemo me impune ticessit. The volunteers, of course, came in for that share of honourable notica which on these occasions is never withheld. Scot land has had her full share of honoured names, snd her soldier sons, who have crowned gallant lives with glorious deaths, have been a goodly array. Of those lately departed from among us Lord PALMERSTON cited a few of the most promi nent—Lord CLYDE, DUNDONALD, and CHARLEY NAPIER. The noble chairman introduced a striking anecdote of a Highland sentry standing with his heels resting on the brink of an abrupt precipice, with the motto underneath, " Fear nothing for him, he never goes back." In speaking of the institution in whose honour they were assembled, Lord PAL MERSTON remarked on its truly national character. Its chief merits consist in the discretion of its dona tions, not seeking to bestow a largess upon those who should support themselves, but striving to find the sick, the suffering, or the afflicted. Certainly a charity of this sort is highly desirable, and it is almost impossible to overrate the incalculable benefits that must accrue from such an institution. Some times a very small comparative assistance is worth thousands to a man, and if in the hour of need a friend comes forward at the right juncture ruin may be averted and serioussuffering saved. Another advantage that is afforded by this charity is the opportunity it gives to some wanderers on the road of life to return to their native land. It is a strong feeling with many men to desire to die at home, but with the scotch this sentiment is peculiarly paramount. It is satisfactory to notice that the subscriptions of the evening were nearly £l,BOO, and doubtless the presence of the Premier contributed greatly to the success of the entertainment. There is something very interesting in the notion that those who are strangers in a foreign land should meet together and endeavour to assist each other as far as possible, and the wealthy in this world's goods lay by something in store against the evil day that may shortly come for their poorer brethren. There was great truth in the saying of the Duke of ARGYLL, that the Primo Minister's idea of holiday was in working hard, for he seems ever at hand for meeting, festival, or Cabinet councils—all seem alike to him, he is server paratus. In returning thanks for his health being proposed, Lord PAL MERsToN attested to the advantages he had derived to Youth from being at a Scottish Academy. He there associ a t e d with PLAY FA I R , G REGORY , an d pUUGALaSTWART. There is something very into calling and the impressive in a veteran statesman re calling a t eenes of early life, and l oo ki ng b ac k t o the days of i auld lang syn e ." L or d P ALMERSTON also made se ra , humorous allusions to the pecu liarities of the Land of th e "Land of brown They who were mountain and shaggy wood, gratiat n a tain ban d the f100d.,, l y v ear, will be glad daring this y w the presence of the : old friends amid Premier in Scotland to find that he has not for gotte i n s a Ministerial career 0 hie presence to a the toils of Londoa life, but can turn zside, an an d the turmoil of a occasion like the present, to lend the support f h; Society that is intimately associated i the genius of the country it represents, and a fitting re . 1 .; 8 I, mita- five of the spirit of the old adage, " Highlanders, shoulder to shoulder." Spe eches of one sort another are now the order of the day, an d ik .. cr ,, members seem to vie with each other as to who shall make the longest, the most striking, or the mo st animated oration. Mr. SOUTHERN ESTCOURT con trived to introduce a novelty into his address last week at Chippenham by excluding foreign politics. This must have been an agreeable change to his hearers, and very likely they were well pleased to be spared the tedious task that all audiences, great and small, have now to endure. in stead of reaching the end of the journey with the desirable reflection that everything is wrong, the ageiculturists of Essex 'ere entertained by an ingenious comparison between the cultivation of land in England and Italy and France. This is a new notion at a meeting of this kind, and the con sideration of the subject must have afforded instruc tion and entertainment to his hearers. In the first place, it appears that abroad there is hardly such a thing to be found as a tenant-farmer. In some cases the owner and the cultivator of the land share ex penses and profit, and, as may be supposed, the re sult is most unsatisfactory. Even where this custom is adopted, it is acknowledged to be a very bad one ; ' but even here the glaring errors of moll a plan must be peculiarly manifest. There was some wis dom, then, in pointing out to those connected with agricultural pursuits that, many and great as were their grievances in their own minds, and really un satisfactory as their positions might be in the opinion of others, there were many worse than their own, and men toiling and struggling in their voca tion, who by no possibility could gain their success or amass their profits. A's for " fixity of tenure" Mr. SOUTHERN ESTCOURT pronounced against it, and with some show of reason in his statements. He had studied the subject attentively abroad, and seen great industry and bad success; men either could not, or would not, invest sufficient money in their land. It is often proved , indeed, in ma n y pl aces th at w h ere people have the entire and exclusive control of their own affairs, and the undisputed possession of the regulation of their property, they do not attain the same satisfactory result as if they were under the guidance of those of more experience. The very restrictions that fetter the free course of action may be in some cases salutary checks. Also, or, the other hand, individual ideas may sometimes 'be too narrow, and at times of uncertainty and periods of depression may draw back too much, and fear to incur necessary expenses at those critical junctures when to hesitate is to be lost. All things taken into account, then, there seems some foundation for the opinion expressed by Mr. ESTCOURT that the mode from time immemo rial adopted in this country of cultivating the land is the best, and the most satisfactory in the long run. At the end of his speech the right hon. mem ber alluded to those striking points in which the English character differed from that of other nations. One Of these is a very noticeable one, and doubtless a most influential agency in effecting the good feeling that exists among the several classes of the community —namely, the habit that prevails of a general unanimity when once a disputed ques tion has been put to the vote and settled defini tively in some form. This is peculiar to this country, and, doubtless, constitutes the seeming anomaly which perplexes foreigners, of constant discussion and yet general harmony. Unless people can agree to differ there will be constant bickerings among the most enlightened, and they are the best patriots and Wisest citizens who respect the opinions of others, while they steadfastly act up to their own convictions. Without being so dashing in style or so brilliant in subject as the orations of some of his contemporaries, Mr. SOTHERON EST COURT'S.speech is distinguished for solid sense ; and the appositeness of his illustrations and the sober advice of his remarks may do more practical good to the class to which they were addressed than the arguments and more specious themes, and the vehement declaimers against some real or imaginary evil that exists. The aspect of affairs between Denmark and*Ger. many is happily becoming less threatening. So long as the matter was left to the unreasonable ex citement of the German paople and the aggressive presumption of their rulers, with nothing to oppose them but the resolute attitude of the little Northern kingdom, there appeared but a doubtful prospect of a pacific settlement. It was known that the two great German Powers entertained decidedly hostile sentiments towards Denmark, notwithstanding their treaty obligations of 1852, and rumour went so far as to conjecture that a convenient pretext would be found for getting rid of those encumbrances, and openly Espousing the cause of the Prince of AUGUSTENBURG. So rash and reckless a course, one, too, which would have been a direct affront to the Cabinet of London, where the treaty was signed, would, however, have been contrary to the usages of modern diplomacy, which usually endeavours to have, at least, a fair and plausible pretext for its warlike " ideas." Till very recently the Great Powers had made no sign, and the excitement spreading through Germany, gave some grounds for fearing that the certainty of popular support might induce Governments of doubtful stability to win favour by following a line of action that might prove dangerous to the peace of Europe. Of all the tangled questions that are just now engaging the attention of statesmen and politicians, of all the clouds that hang threateningly over the political horizon, none has lately given grounds for more uneasiness than the relations of Denmark and Ger many. It was impossible to measure the preten • sions of the one or the defiance of the other, and it was not improbable that the mad ambition of Ger many to become a naval Power might end in light. ing up a war which should gradually involve the greater part of Europe. Fortunately, however, matters have changed considerably for the better. The Great Powers have awakened to a sense of their obligations and the serious results likely to follow any recognition of claims directly opposed to the faith of treaties. Austria and Prussia, on Saturday the 28th, informed the Federal Diet that they will abide by the Treaty of 1852, provided that Denmark fulfils the conditions which were accepted by King FREDERICK VII. It is not surprising, although it is undoubtedly a matter of satisfaction, that the German Governments should have taken this step. To have done otherwise would have been a flagrant trespass on the laws which regulate the conduct of nations, and they must have felt that it would be a slight which the most supine English Ministry could scarcely tolerate. It is very certain that the Eng lish people at all events would not have submitted tamely to the affront or to the injury inflicted on an ally in whose fortunes they have always taken deep interest. The action of the English Cabinet leaves no room for misapprehension on the part of the German Courts. On the 27th of November our Minister at Frankfort received a despatch from Earl RUSSELL which distinctly stated the course which Lord PALMERSTON'S Cabinet intended to take with regard to the Danish succession. The despatch stated that the attention of the English Governmeut had been attracted by the support given to the pretensions of the Prince of AUGUSTEN BURG by several of the German States, and that Earl RUSSELL consequently thought it desirable at once to intimate to Sir ALEXANDER MALLET the views which her Britannic MAJESTY had formed on the subject. Her MAJESTY would faithfully observe e t iu ll oi.:, f ee o li rt n : as of that treaty by which King CHRISTIAN .7he coder the I s O ho ee a x l pp l. ea t en h tie e sdh : a e cs t r r io i t t w O n ri: s at that time undoubtedly had English a The right to expe c their edhesiout, t hat all th ose P owers w h o h a d g i ven to that treaty would concur in these sentiments. This despatch having been immediately communicated to th e A ustrian, and Bavarian Plenipotentiarie s, Prussian, doubt produced o its effect, and It is only to be regretted that a fuller and clearer declaration of the intention of England to support her old ally did not earlier arrest the mischief. On Saturday the great German Powers communicated to the Diet their intention of abiding by their engagements, and reminded the members that the Duchy of Lauenbnrg belonged indisput ably to King CHRISTIAN, independently of the Treaty of London, so that the admission of a Danish representative for that Duchy could not legally be contested. On that very day, at the same sitting of the Diet, the President proposed that the creden tials of the Danish representative should be referred to a committee, and a resolution was actually passed excluding Baron DIRKNICK from the Assembly. Such sticklers about points of national law should at least be careful that they do not overstep the limits of strict legality, and this act, in the face of the remonstrance of Austria and Prussia on behalf of Lauenburg,is decidedly opposed to constitutional law. The question of Federal execution is not, however, disposed of, though the matter of the succession may be arranged. In the debate on the question of the Duchies, which came on yesterday in the Prussian Chamber of Deputies, Herr - Von BISMARK stated that the reasons for carrying the proposed Federal execution into operation were still valid, and that Austria and Prussia have proposed to the Diet that the measure should be forthwith carried out. Some passages in the Prussian Minister's declaration seem to indicate a desire to get rid of the Treaty of Lon don at the first convenient opportunity; but he admits that, " for the present," the action of Prussia will be identical with that of Austria. We may therefore hope that the m o d erate counse l s o f t h e latter Power, who is scarcely desirous of embroiling herself with this country, may serve to keep a little in check the restless ambition of the usually stolid Prussian. It is almost amusing to hear Prussians holding furth on the civic wrongs of the Holsteiners, while they are themselves enduring such notorious misgovernment, and are suffering from an absolute defiance of constitutional law. We cannot hope for a speedy solution of this troublesome question ; but we must look to a firm and yet conciliatory policy on the part of the Danes, and a resolute and straight forward observance of old engagements on the part of England for its eventual settlement. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per the Bohemia.) NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (Morning). Private despatches from Gen. Burnside at Knox ville to the 19th, represent his position as secure, but state that communication with Cumberland Gap is interrupted. Despatches from Parson Brownlow to the 19th state that there is fighting all around Knoxville. It is expected that Generals Meade and Grant will immediately assume the offensive. Advices from Charleston to the 17th state that four monitors have passed up the Channel, appa rently to ascertain the depth of water. 25 shots were fired into the city, doing no damage. General Banks has occupied Brazos Island and Bienville Point, Isabelle, 2,000,000 dollars in gold have been shipped from here to Mexico on French Government account. The United States marshal has seized all the cotton in New Orleans. The Persia and Teutonia have arrived out. NEW YORK, Nov. (20 Evening). General Longstreet's army crossed the Tennessee River on the 14th. General Burnside fell back before him, his rear guard skirmishing. Upon the 16th General Burnside formed a line of battle at Campbell's station. Here a fight ensued, lasting from noon till dark, when Burnside checked the Confederate advance and fell back during the night, reaching Knoxville upon the morning of the 17th instant. Upon the 19th, General Longstreet opened fire on a fortification in front of the city. The Federals abandoned this position, falling back to stronger defences. General Longstreet has completely invested the city. Burnside's loss is estimated at 450, that of the Confederates is much larger. The report of General Forster superseding Burn side is doubted. It is officially reported there are no more Confede rates in Western Virginia. Sharp skirmishing has taken place upon the Rapidan, in which the Federals were driven back. Federal loss in the late attack upon Franklin's forces near Opelousas was 670 men. One regiment was captured entire. Franklin's troops will proceed by way of the Gulf. Federal General Macneil has issued an order, stating that each time the telegraph is cut between St. Louis and Fort Smith, he will hang a guerilla, Since General Butler's arrival at Norfolk, a merchant has been condemned to six months' hard labour for smuggling whiskey. [Ole Confederates have refused permission to the Federal Government to send stores for the Federal prisoners in Richmond. President Davis has officially acquitted Bishop Polk of mismanagement at the battle of Chicka- mauga. The Tribune denies that Mr. Lincoln declared the emancipation proclamation to be the greatest folly of his life, but the Herald asserts that Mr. Lincoln has on many occasions expressed this opinion. Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Seward, and the corps diplo• matiquo were present at the dedication of the Get• tysburg cemetery. Edward Everett made an ora tion. The Rev. H. W. Beecher has received a welcome at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. He declared that the great intelligent minds and labouring classes in England favoured the North ; all others wished well to the South. He recommended America to observe a friendly policy towards Eng land. He mentioned the Duke of Argyll, Earl Granville, Lord Carlisle, and Messrs Bright and Cobden au influential friends of the North. Tne negroes in New Orleans have petitioned to be allowed to vote. The Richmond Enquirer urges a forced loan as a remedy for the inflation of the currency. NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (Evening), (By Telegraph to Father Point.) The Evening Pose publishes the following from New Orleans : "General Banks has occupied Brownsville upon the sth without any opposition. " . After Banks's arrival the Mexican General Cubors crossed from Brownsville to Matamoras and endeavoured to raise a revolution in favour of the French, but was defeated by General Cortians, who now occupies Matamoras with Juarez's troops. Cortians has placed four steamers at the dis posal of Banks. A revolution in favour of the French was feared at Matamoras, and as the American Consul was fearing personal violence, a portion of Banks's troops were in readiness to go to his protection if necessary," Delarue's Diaries and Pocket-Books, The eminent House of the Delarues is again in the field betimes (in the very beginning o f Decem ber) with th e i r won d er ful variety of Di ar i es , Calen dars, and P oc k e t-B oo k s for the approaching twelve month. Got up in e very imaginable way, o f every imaginable size, at every imaginable price that could in reason be looked for, these Pocket-Books, Calen dars, an Diaries of the Delarues are in style adapted to every taste, and, in size and price, alike, to every pocket. The red-letter calendars, as mere specimens of printing, are all of them, just simply, in one word, exquisite. There is a sense of plea sure in handling the glossy covers they are stitched in, as there is a gratification to yet another sense in breathing the aroma of the russia leather coverings, belts, and pouches of the pocket-books, pocket-books containing otaers of these same calendars, stitched not in varnished paper, but in satin. As th e f ron tispiece for this next y ear, 1864 (leap y ear ) , there i s a l ove l y spec i men of the phot ograp hi c art as applied thus nowadays by way of illustration. A very bijou picture (this frontispiece is) of the Moon, 1859, September the 1 1 th,lllh. 20m., age, 14.8 days, as photo. graphed by Smith, Beck, and Beck, from Mr. Warren de la Rue's original negative. Ttie Diaries it should be said, moreover, are very carefully edited throughout by James Glaisher, F.R.S., of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich—an article upon the Moon comprised among the contents being penned by Mr. John Rus3ell Hind, the Eminent Astrohomer, who announces himself as Superin tendent of the " Nautical Almanuck." Every variety of information that could be wished for in a Diary, is here compacted together in these wonderful little publications. Even a copious table of Cab Fares has not been forgotten. Mercantile infor mation, political information, astronomical and meteorological, arithmetical and statistical in formation—here they all are : and arranged in serried ranks, page after page in symmetrical order, so as to facilitate reference in a manner as marvellous for its simplicity, as it is certainly delightful in its results. These are diaries, in fact, worthy of receiving the name of, and winning their way to constant use as—Pocket Companions. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. Mr. RITSXIN has built for himself a regular Swiss chalet on the mountain-side overhanging Chamouni, where he proposes to study the mountain effects throughout the greater part of the year. Mr. ANTHONY TROLLOP; the inexhaustible, will com mence in January the issue of a novel entitled, " Can you Forgive Her ?" It will be completed in twenty monthly parts uniform with " Orley Farm." Mr. LAWRENCE, author of " Guy Livingstone," will in a few days give to the public " A Bundle of Ballads." Mr. WILLIen ALLJNOHAM has a poem just ready en titled " Lawrence Bloomfield in Ireland," which has been appearing for some time in fragments in Fraser's Magazine, • Mr, SMILES will start in January a weekly newspaper, entitled the Railway News, devoted to railway and joint stock affairs. If only Mr, Smiles can secure for his enter prise something . of the popularity accorded to his bio graphies, he will be a happy man,—Critic, NAPOLEON AND THE CLOCK.--On one of the n i ghts t h at Napoleon spent at Charlottenburg his slumber was disturbed. The divine comedy of history also has comic interludes. In Frederick William's dining-room, close to the conqueror's bedchamber, there stood a large musical clock, which admirably imitated a band of trumpets. At midnight the row began, trumpets echoed through the palace, the servants, the adjutants, Napoleon himself leaped out of bed, and everyone believed in a surprise. But every thing was quiet again, and no one could make out where all the trumpeters were. Sentries were posted, a part of the adjutants and servants remained up, and at one o'clock there was the same row again, this time in one of the rooms. They rushed in, and the innocent clock was detected before the tone was ended. Napoleon the Great, the ecraseur of the Prussian monarchy, sleeping in the Palace of the Queen of Prussia, and frightened by a musical clock—in truth, du sublime au ridicule it n'y a Tenn pas.—Bentley's 11Liscel- Zany for December. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—FILEY, NEAR YORK, Tuesday Night.—The new lifeboat which the National Lifeboat Institution sent here a week ago, and which was publicly launched on Thursday last in the pre sence of her benevolent donors, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of York, did some noble service this morning in r escuing some poor fishermen from an inevitable death. At daylight fishing cobles belonging to this coast were caught in a strong gale from S.S.E., and a rough sea. One coble was upset while coming in, but as it was near the beach, the men were fortunately enabled to get ashore. Seeing the dangerous position of the fishing boats, the lifeboat was at once launched and put off to render assistance, and was instrumental in saving the men belonging to another coble which had also unfort unately upset. In the absence of the ---- ---- ---- . --- _ _ lifeboat they must hava perished. The lifeboat behaved admirably on the occasion, and the fishermen at the con . tiguous lifeboat station, Bridlington, are very anxious to have a boat like her, their present lifeboat being nearly fifty years old. THE IRISH CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT.—If there is such is rule of the world as doing as we should be done by, then the exclusive establishment of the Protestant Church in Ireland is a direct injustice, and therefore a direct sin.—.hr, Arnold's lifiscellareous Works, p. 144. A. LITTLE COLOUR IN THE STREETS !—Every. body who has been in that dingiest of cities knows that the students at the University of Glasgow ; small as their influence is otherwise upon the character of the town, are bound to do it one superficial s. rviee at least. Custom has ordained that they should wear red gowns; and the fatigued traveller, weary of the universal leaden grey, can alone appreciate fully the sense of gratitude and relief occa sioned by the sudden gleam of scarlet fluttering up the long unlovely street on a November day. But that artistic sense which penetrates but slowly into barbarous regions has cer tainly not yet reached the students of Glasgow. So far from considering themselves public benefactors through the medium of their red gowns, there is no expedient of boyish ingenuity to which the ignorant youths will not resort to quench the splendid tint, and reduce its glory as nearly as possible to the sombre hue of everything around.—. From " A Son of the zn Macmillan's agozine for Amber. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easier. Gold 55: per cent. prom. Ex change on London bankers' bill, 167. Stocks buoyant. New York Centrals, 1361. Illinois, 1221. NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (Evening). Money easier. Gold, owing to unfavourable war rumours, advanced 2 per cent. to-day, being now quoted 51 per cent. prem. Exchange on Lou don, 1681; on Paris, 3.30. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 136. Illinois Centrals, 122 k. Erie, 1061. Cotton dull. Middling Upland. 84c. to 85c. Flour and wheat advancing. Corn in extensive demand, and 7c. higher. Provisions quiet. Coffee and sugar steady. Molasses quiet. Petroleum quiet and unchanged. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT OF THE TIMES.) NEW YORK, Nov. 20. The long-threatened attack upon General Burn side's isolated position has at last been made, Gen. Longstreet advanced across the Tennessee, at Lon don, on Saturday last, and mov©d towards Lender, but was driven back to within one mile of the river. During the night General Longstreet crossed the remainder of his troops, and on Sunday advanced in force upon the Federals, who fell back, skirmishing, to Lender. Several unsuccessful attacks upon the Federals were made on Sunday night. Oa Monday morning the Federals, finding it im possible to hold their position, retreated to Camp bell's Station or Concord, the Confederates closely pursuing them. Desperate fighting ensued, lasting throughout the day, the Federals being driven from point to point. Under cover of the night the Federals continued their retreat, and on Tuesday reached their inner line of defences at Knoxville. On Wednesday morning the Federal outposts on the Kingstown and Dudon and Clinton roads were also attacked, and heavy skirmishing continued until nightfall. Yesterday the attack was renewed, and after a severe cannonading the Confederates desperately charged the Federals, and drove them from their positions towards Knoxville, capturing a portion of the chief fortifications only half a mile from the town. By the latest account the Confe derates had completely invested the town. The Federal loss on Monday and Thursday was upwards of 500; that of the Confederates on, the same days estimated at 1,400. The Federal General Lunders was severely wounded. General Shackleford had a sharp encounter with the Confederates on the east side of the Hoisten River, three miles from Knoxville, on Sunday, and succeeded in checking their advance from that three tion. Washington despatches of today state, that advises from General Burnside were received by the War Department this morning, to the effect that his position was impregnable. It is believed that a great battle is being fought to-day, Despatches from the head-quarters of the Army of the Potomac of yesterday announce that no further advance had been made by General Meade. A skirmish between Confederate and Federal cavalry occurred at Germania Ford on Wednesday. The Confederates crossed the river, and, after a short fight, drove the Federals back upon their infantry supports. The loss in killed and wounded was small upon either side, but a number of Federals were captured. Chattanooga telegrams of the 19th report all quiet. POLAND. BRESLAU, DEC. 2. Advices received here from Warsaw state that arrests and deportations continue. The renewed search in the Archbishop's Palace has led to no re sult. M. Arcimovitch had been appointed Vice- President of the Council of State. THE HOLSTEIN OJESTION. VIENNA, DEC. 2. The agitation occasioned by the Holstein ques tion is increasing. Popular demonstrations a re being prepared here. SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 1 (Evening). At the sitting of Congress yesterday the reply of the Queen to the Emperor Napoleon's letter Was laid upon the table. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 2. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poonah, with the above mails, which brought up in the West Channel last night, has just arrived here. She brings 48 passengers, £2,600 in specie, and a general cargo, including raw silk value £200,000 sterling. The building of ships of war in the various arsenals of Spain was being carried on vigorously. Gibraltar, Nov. 27—Exchange on London, 491 50 ; Paris, 525 ; Madras, 1, prem. Freights un altered. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. I.—English Consols have arrived with a decline of 1, which has rather Increased the heaviness in this market. For the present Account, Threes are now at 66f. 55c. Mobilier are also slightly lower, being now quoted at 1,030 f. Rail way Market heavy, and several of the lines show a further fall. The market improved towards the close, and left off as follows 41 per Cents. 94 30 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month.,., 66 90 Credit M0bi1ier...,1045 Do. end month 1047 i Bank Shares 3360 Credit Fonder 1220 Roman — Italian Loan 7l 50 Do. end month — ge w ditto Do. end month — Russian Austrian .. Spanish Threes. o — Eforoe Debt .. Deferred RAIL Orleans Northern .... ._ New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New. ditto Geneva.. 'AYB. Cash. Account. 965 .. 967 50 960 969 SDuthern .. Western Eastern --• • - - 915 - .. 915 - 870 - .. --- - 49S 75 .. 500 -- Sardinian .. 680 - .. 685 - 507 50 .. 510 - 470 - .. 470 - Austrian Low hard 392 50 .. 396 25 390 - 395 -- 520 - .. 521 25 North of Spain Saragossa. . Ditto to Barcelona THE PROPOSED CONGRESS. Subjoined is the answer which the King of Sweden and Norway sent to the Emperor Napoleon in reply to the invitation to take part in the Con gress at Paris. The reply was forwarded on the day following the receipt of the invitation : My Brother and Friend—The letter which your Impe rial Majesty was pleased, to write to me on the 4th .inst. has been delivered by your Minister. I feel that I must without delay reply to your proposition to take part in a Congress, which your Majesty proposes should meet in Paris, and the object of which is to secure the base for the maintenance of general peace in Europe. All which can contribute to an object so much to be desired can but meet with my approval, and I therefore immediately inform your Majesty that I accept your invitation, and that I certainly shall not fail to come if the co-operation of the other European Powers can be obtained. I can the less delay to comply with the magnanimous views of your Majesty as the United Kingdom, which cherishes no ambitious views, nor has anything to fear, would not be actuated at such a Con gress by particular interests, and could therefore devote itself with complete impartiality to the consideration of the most secure means of promoting the general welfare of the peoples. These are calculated to smooth away grievances without injuring justly founded interests. Should the ob ject which your Majesty has proposed be attained, you will have gained imperishable honour by taking the initiative in a work calculated to promote the welfare of ruler and people. I should esteem myself fortunate should circum stances allow me to unite my exertions with these of the other Sovereigns of Europe in promoting so useful an un dertaking, particularly as I shall thereby find an opportu nity to personally renew to you the assurance of my dis- tinguished consideration and my unchangeable friendship, with which I remain, my brother and friend, and your Imperial Majesty's good brother, and friend, " CHARLES." LORD BROUGHAM AND THE NATIONAL SHAR- I SPERE COMMITTEE.—The pleasant but erroneous story that Lord Brougham thought Shakspere an overrated man has been effectually contradicted by the noble lord him self, who has expressed readiness to co-operate with the promoters of the Shakspere Tercentenary celebration. The laughter of the clubs is therefore at an end, as far as the ex-Chancellor's estimate of the poet is concerned. Having thus joined the committee, his lordship will forthwith be placed amongst the vice-presidents of the association as a distinguished representative of literature, law, and science, and as the official chief of a great national seat of learning. DROPPING FROM A BALLOON.—One, yes, just one cup of wine before the final plunge can do no harm. I took off my shoes and other heavy clothing, leav ing them at the bottom of the car, and retaining only my blue striped cotton shirt, my blue cloth trousers, and my blue worsted socks. The money in my netted purse (one shilling and sixpence only, a schoolboy's treasure), was so trifling in weighr as not to need discarding ; I strung the empty full-blown bladders to my handkerchief, which I then tied round me beneath my arms and encircling mY chest. I looked down again at the sea, and tried to per suadethe myself that it lay not very far below. I knelt t t tl) car and said a short heartfelt. prayer. And then fearing that a moment's delay might bring with it by my and hesitation, I climbed over the car and hung together b as hands to its outside edge, with my feet h c o r u o I drew they dangled in the air. Once more It gni:rtvoefs home. the possibility of revisiting it, to steel and let go. The car instantly slipped from my hold , one deep inspiration. I closed my e a y n e m d s my d s gone. Of it, No. of Londo;: Society. or of the billoon, I never saw a ything more.—December TEA.—In 1766, the whole Europe amounted to ab ou t t d bs • i n 1785, it was eoznpu e at a u ti C n O t i N t y S U o f Al t P e aT importedN into 19,000,0001b 5 . 17,00'3,0001 . , Last 4,77, year, t h e imports into this kingdom alone were 11 4521b5., while the United States consume about 37,000,0001bs , and the continent of Europe nearly a similar quantity. THE POSTMAN.--We cannot wonder at itzt being calculated to blunt the feelings to have all the trouble Of other people's letters and none of the pleasure, and doing it oftener in the mud and mizzle than not, and at a rate of wages more resembling Little Britain than Great, --Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings in Dickens's Christmas .Number of " All the Year Round." MISS BREWSTER, of Craig, the Shiba of Sir David Brewster, died the other day, aged 84, b HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 1. The Queen, the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopo d, Princess Beatrice, and her Serene Highness the Princess Hohenlohe, visited her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales this morning tit Frogmore House, it being the anniversary of the princess's birthday. Her Majesty, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, took a carriage drive, attended by Lord Alfred Paget o❑ horseback. Lord Alfred Paget and Col. the Hon. D. d e Ros have succeeded Major-General Hon. A. Hood and Col. Ponsouby as Equerries. o-- Birthday of the Princess of Wales. The first birthday which her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales has passed in England was joyously celebrated yesterday in many places. Irt the metropolis the bells of the various churches rang a merry pcal, the troops of the Household Brigade paraded in the court-house opposite ;Marl borough House with their State band, the royal standards were hoisted on the Government offices, and the vessels in the river presented a gay an d animated appearance. In the evening the houses of many of her royal highness's tradesmen were illuminated. At Windsor the day was celebrated with the customary honours paid to the members of the royal family, and the houses were gaily decorated with flags. The Prince and Princess of Wales and th e Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia, attended by their suites, drove to Virginia Water, and lunched in the Temple, leaving Frogmor e Lodge at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and re' turning at 4 o'clock. The new dining room wa s elegantly decorated with wreaths and choice exotic° , and in the splendid apartments were displaye d the various elegant presents which the princess had received on this occasion. In the evening their royal highnesses gave a grand banquet ra the new dining room, when covers were laid for 27 persons. In the evening Herr Herrmann, the renowned prestidigitator of the Princess's Theatre, had th e honour to perform before the royal party at Frogmore by command. r_ Afany of the houses at Windsor were nated ; and the Mayor and Corporation gave a ball in the Town Hall, which was attended bi about 70 royal tradespeople of Windsor and Etoo. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge WI prevented by slight indisposition from leaving town on Monday to visit the Earl and Countess of Derby at Know s ' ley. His royal highness, we hear, is suffering from 6° ' obstinate attack of neuralgia. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and niche° d'Aumale arrived at Hatfield House, Herts, on Monday, (;4 a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and th e Countess Bernstarff entertained at dinner, last evening, Excellency the French Ambassador, the Duke and Duch e ''' of Somerset, his Excellency the Italian Minister, his cellency the Saxon Minister, the Earl and Countess d° Grey, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston and 1 -' 3 l l t Victoria Ashley, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, the We ll. Hon. Charles P. Villiers, the Marquis de Cadore, &o. small party assembled after dinner. His Excellency the French Ambassador, tllO Prince do la Tour d'Auvergne, attended at the Foreign. office, yesterday, and had an interview with the Earl Russell. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort arrived iu town, on Sunday, from visiting the Emperor and En 2 P re , s4 of the French at Compiegne, and have since gone to 1 33 " minton, their seat in Gloucestershire, for the winter. The Duke of Newcastle was rather better yester day, but his grace's illness prevented him from attendl the Cabinet Council. The Earl and Countess of Craven and Ladies Craven left town, yesterday, for Ashdown Park, Berks. Viscount and Viscountess Clitden left WO , yesterday, for their temporary seat in Suffolk. The Countess (Dowager) of Listowel and Lad)' Proby left town, yesterday, for Elton Hall, the - Earl of Carysfort's s.ot, near Stilton. Viscountess Jocelyn and the Hon. Misseg Jocelyn left Lord and Lady Palmerston's residence, in Fie cadilly, yesterday, for St. Leonard's. Lord and Lady Londesborough have left th e Clarendon Hotel for Paris, en route for Egypt. Lord Crewe left town yesterday for Crewe Cheshire. Lord Huntingfield has left the St. Georg e '° Hotel. at The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Milks have arri ved the St. George's Hotel. -ante' Sir Tattoo Sykes, Bart., has left Claridge's 1-s '' for Newmarket. PREJUDICE, AS DEFINED BY A SATURDAY B S ; VIEWER.—There are companies in which to 0, ; 27 a balief that Louis Napoleon Buonaparte means mis cP ",, -- his proposed Congress would be at once scouted 'l l ` t r b e e judice, and to call it prejudice would be thought a; answer that it deserved. Undoubtedly such a belie f ' s prejudice, because it is a judgment pronounced before 1101: while the evidence is still unknown or imperfect, an.dscrbie„i therefore may possibly bo reversed by the actual covrse :t events, It is as yet quite poss ible that Louis Napele°. may sincerely desire the liberation of Poland, and Pt reconciliation of Denmark and Germany, without the lad eye to the frontier of the Rhine. The feeling against Dij3.3o is therefore, in strictness of speech, a prejudice; but it i ft of p r all This hu ms h pi presumption p o n a s t t h a a c t ts a . n y afTught quite ir s t eee actseri c u o t s t:vg f i t ° othb r des sot not an unreasonable prejudice, because it is grounded 19- quitet t h h e e s e am x s p u e effi r i ke e i n ine c nd e t. o ir upon—that is, quite enough to put all other nations guard. Still it is merely a p re j u dice or presuelPtA rfe° l( T t 9 a e Y cause we have not as yet the evidence before us, an e --131 tly turn out to be wrong. Here is a prejudice, but reasonable prejudice. But the way in which the o°3° T 3 O. was often spoken of 15 years ago was, to a great Ott' r te case of unreasonable prejudice. When President ere assumed the chief magistracy of the French Republic, t7Toiti were undoubtedly many presumptions of various to against him, but they were none of them so strong deprive him of every man's prima facie right t o a fair tr . p, He obtained his post by a perfectly fair election, WD'ito though even then it showed dangerous recklessnes s 0n .4 11 part of the electors, was certainly honourable rather otherwise to the elected. To condemn him beforehacd'oo it were not the sign of a superhuman pre-science, was eot sign of a prejudice which certainly was not just. We an ti that some of those who from the beginning sneered mph 1140 100 terly at every act of the President would now be , f (3 . o ro among the most abject flatterers of the "Emperor: ,eld, su , pect that some of those who have unilinchinglY ag that there is such a thing as right and wrong, who 11 7 /0 never held that success justifies or palliates crime, w ho 1n,.„, never thought that perjury and massacre are matters wlnlcir, any courtly euphemism can gloss over, would be forbi d ' ot then forfeited ° for a candid hearing fur a man who m had n fifteen years ago, to have been among those who plead e rights which belong to all men ecept convicted crimina .° . It is possible that their present judgment may b e i n s e ointment, a bad return, 11.9 ected any good; still degree embittered by what is in some sort a disappointiVe . , o eP c l a p ndid hearing, Still, t 3li' ; resultwl'hereey f m iosr af tehl n te o a as have a rke v i n o da grantcot a f a do l i l fs y aap increased bitterness of judgment cannot make any essential difference; it is at the utmost the merest shear; Yet when such men arg ue that 1/I , le , ing o f the edge. who has so otten already deceived the world is likely t° ceive it again, this reasonable inference from experietlo6f no t uncommonly pooh-poohed as mere prejudice . course whatever of prejudice . , that is of unreasoning dice, there is in the matter, lies the other way- -4 0 di ce , namely, in favour of success, of daring, of al° die°: of power and mystery, sometimes the mere abject P re •" - ors in favour of everything whi c h, never m ind by what fa : et; has come to be called Maj es ty an d Richness, and e%*e peu s p , l i 4t E %b w ow lß k s n o ee F s j an A d NE l:is c s A h m a E u ß ds o b N er E e e it m . ale toil jet s By a Prison Matron. 2 vols.—" Th i s ourril lil a t r : as we can well believe, is truthful iu every W4 )1)1131'4 ! 3 ite: titular---‘ faithful chronicle of a wowx.it's fall and tel34'beeo It is a book that ought to be widely - read. It h ii ,..0 0 undertaken with a view of showing ho . ff the poor ani:1:000 rant are led into crime, and in that wi.y to sugges t b oa' to the mystery of temptation, and deoionstrate to P; 0 3 0 thropists where the first effort should be made to tu r s weak and erring from the danger.' And this is dotie) . l !. r ,. of as a book can do it, by the holiest and eloquonitthis tr the authoress of 'Female Life in Prison.' - 1 : 0 , 0 , 0 womanly book can quicken public zoal on behalf to ' 1, to ot winals who can, by proper measures, be led c , up on wring doing, and better still, be saved from 01101_1_714r, A it. it will be, in i ts own way, for a few in our 07i little gospei." ,--- Examin cr. :::;o;ul;dllbAeNttKeSrGwlaVsli2;sl.7,4Jrowhanrßpu,ujulli—be,;oDreognotip't:t.°ollo4, tucD, friend r —Fun. ~\. nol ful efr E rat be e foll eel) T C'o r Ild )c.( Riji it net