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"FUN " ALM ANACK, 1 864 . One Penson Thursday. - OVAL E-N OLIS II OPERA, COVENT -GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, for the 4th time, Balfe's new Op, ra, BLANCH it: DE NEVE RS Miss Louisa Fyne, Miss A, ma Hiles, miss Emma Heywood ; Messrs.W. 11. Weiss, 11. Co rri, ,A. C o ok, A. Albyn, C. Lyall, J. Rouge, and W. Ilarriso To conclude with THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETI'.E. Miss Thirlwall and Mr H. Corn. onductor, Mr. A. Mellon. floors open at hall-past Six—Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE..— Manap;ers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chattertorr. Titus EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform the Farce of BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. l'rincipal cl ia meters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Speno.ir, and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss R. Leek:in. Atter which. Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRF h. Messrs. r helps, Ryder, Rayner, M-agreson, Ware, Spencer ; Miss Eburne, Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss i.itter, Miss Cicely Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with an Original Farce, by tV Brough and A. Halliday, entitled MY a NAIIT'S IN THE lIIGHLANE , S: characters by Mr. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warcie, Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Ilarfleur. THEATRE ROYAL HAYNIARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, SILKEN FETTERS : Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Chippendale, W. Fa/Ten , Ho we, &c ; Mesdames C. Mathews and M. Harris. Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compton,Weathersby, Sze. ; Mesdames C. Mathews, L. Keeley. Griffith, &c. Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And LITTLE DAISY. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr, Pechter. BEL DEMONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening until further notice. TH J IS EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BABY: Messrs. Widdiconabe, .G. Shore, Charles ; /digs P. Le3lercq, and Carlotta Leclercq. After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love story, in Twelve TaDigaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle , ," by Mr. John Brougha Princ i dan, l Charles pa charac ter by Mr. Pechter , su pp orted by M m. es srs. Jor, Broughsm, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Andrews, Sims ; ratss /Cate Terry, E. Lavenne, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. _ at ha lf-past g--commence at 7. D o ors open LEA.II.-EVERY NIGHT. ISS GATEMAN.--LEAH.--THIS EVENING, Ithe 49th appeara nce of the great Tragic Actress, Miss l E& IA.N. in the char!,cter of LNAII. In consequence of Ow unbounded triccess with which Miss flateman's imeran naijovi or the principal character in the new Fire Act Drama bt L EM; has been attenued. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. NEw - THE ATRE-RO VAL, ADELPHI.--. Sole Proortator and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TUTS EVENING, at 7, TILE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs. Stirling. tit 8, the New Drama of LEAH : 6th week of Miss Bate ... s upported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling., It. Phillips, Bil- T; aton , Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Dirs. To conclude with THE IRISH TIGER: Miss K. Kelly and Mr. Stephenson. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, 3111NAM'3 CRIME. Messrs. Geo. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Manders. Followed by (Ist time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The Return of Ulysses. Messrs. honey and Fenton ; Mesdames Swanborough aad Simpson. After which, MT NLW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood, Commence at 7. PHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing. the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLhNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tits!;DAT.—Morning, lh. 60m.—Afternoon, 2h. 10m. YO-ktoßaoW.-Morning, 2h. 30m.—Afternoon, 2h. 48m. The Weather—Sun Office, Nov. 25, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.00. Wind—South ; light breeze and fine. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25, 1863. The speeches delivered yesterday before an im mense audience of fully three thousand people down at Rochdale, by Mr. COBDEN and Mr. BRIGHT, are to us positively refreshing. In the midst of so much apathy, silence, indifference, of so little being said that is really worth listening to, of absolutely nothing whatever being done that notoriously wants doing, among our leading politicians—it is in sim plest truth nothing less than refreshing to hear or read the outspoken thoughts, the earnest convic tions, the avowal of the bold and clearly-defined principles of two such men as the member for Roch dale and the member for Birmingham. Even when we least coincide with their views, those views of theirs are propounded with such a manly precision and distinctness that even their opponents must needs listen to their enunciation with a profound interest and even at times it would not be extrava gant to assert, with a sort of irritated admiration. Indeed the unreserved ontepeaking alluded to may be pronounced at once, in regard to each of them, to be simply constitutional. It has more than once been observable in the course of their etrictly contemporary careers, careers that have b een e running parallel with each other, almost unin terruptedly uPtedly during the last quarter of a century, that eu their opinions have been least in accordance with those of the People, of the Press, and of Parlia rnent,theee 0 • fear lessly expre Opinions have been if possible more fear than ever alike on the hustings, on the publi c pl atform, e the second bench below and from their favourite seat on side of the Government, the gangway, now on the raent, now on the side of the Opposition, accordingre to the Ins and Outs of Party. However hopeless their position as leaders of public o pinion—as in the instance of the Chines e War or of the war in the , eri question of importance, eo:y how in regard to this In regard to that—they h ave never yet shirk e d a difficulty, W nor for that matter is we believe,ossibilit any a y likely th a t th e y could by any py, under ce a r n t y i imaginable circumstances, do so. There is a of temperament frequently no ticeabl e fl i ar ß rogance RIGHT, it is true, that is not in the least discernable t' the instance of his ol der and calme r Colle *Whereas the genius of Mr. Bien:are is thi,etue; an impassioned demagogue, the genius of COBDEN is far more luminous and philos ophic in its character, is that at once of a logician and a Statesman. While Mr. B RI GHT, in his happi er moments and among a congenial multitude, bears his hearers away with him, so to speak, by the very impetuosity of his declamation, Mr. COBDEN often carries unwilling conviction home to the judgment of an alien audience by the cogency of his arguments, arguments having about them repeatedly the surprise of wit, no less than the force and clear ness of so many epigrammatic syllogisms. Although, from the peculiar circumstance of the present political situation, wo might even say of the rresent political stagnation, neither Mr. BRIGHT nor Mr. COBDEN, could s p ea k o th erw i se yes t er day than ..e in s arcasm or i n remons t rance, t h ey have no t I a very long while been either of them in a ha • lelnee vein than they were last evening while dese • antm g Pon that situation, while reprobating that stagnation. Nothing could well have been more felicituns in the way of good-humoured sati r e than many of the telr ng points, the lucky hits recognisable is the le e for Rochdale. Instance address o f th e mem ber"ele this, his allu s ion s t o th e ignorance evidenced, y too frequently among man y of those arrog a ti ng to th co untry the right to criticis e the fluctuations of th e wa r, or to anticipate the probable issue North Americ an Republic —an ignora of i t , in the regard to wel l-ascertained statistics, and i : r e f ven n in " ac t ua lly to geographi cal p artic ulars. Th e scorn ful sarcasms of the Member for Birmingham, how. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEHBER 25, 1863. f 40144 4lntt „„ ever, were, as might almost have been anticipated, under existing circumstances, more effective than his colleague's milder way of putting things, although Mr. BRIGHT was there not among his own, but in the midst of that same colleague's, constituents. Referring, as he could hardly fail to do upon the occasion of such an opportunity, to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, as Mr. BRIGHT still persisted, as if from the mere force of habit, in calling him, the hon. member adds,thus to one such mention of "Lord JOHN itussELL—now, I am sorry to say, no longer known by his old name, but as Earl RUSSELL of the Foreign Office !" Referring to the fact that since 1830 the wheel has been entirely turned round, the Whigs being mostly at the top of it, and the Tories mostly at the bottom, charming is the naivet6 with which Mr. BRIGHT adds, " Now the Whigs when they are in office are not precisely the same kind of people as they are when they are out of office. Their contentment is something wonderful. They believe that the Con stitution has then attained its highest excellence." Capital, too, was his description of the excitement created in the region of the Pall-Mall Clubs at the time of a change in the Administration. "You have no idea," said he to the eagerly-listening elec tors of Rochdale," of the scene there is in the clubs in London when it is a question of who shall come in. I know what sort of a scene it is at the Reform Club. There are a great many men at the Reform Club who look with in tense interest to the appointment of what they call a Liberal Government, and it especially causes great excitement amongst expectant lawyers. And I believe at the Carlton Club it is very much the same; there is just as much excitement; and the hall of the club is like an exchange or a fair, and everybody has a rumour." As a matter of course, the noble earl the Foreign Secretary was the object of one or two very wholesome comments in regard to his speech at Blairgowrie, and for his unlucky blurting out from under the shadow of his Earl's coronet, and from within the cincture of his blue ribbon, the rather selfish senti ment of "Rest and be thaukful Perhaps the most noticeable passage in the whole of Mr. COBDEN'S speech was that in which the negotiator of the French 'Treaty—a treaty of which, by the way, he frankly spoke last evening as "an extraneous and rather exceptionable proceeding"—reraarked in regard to NAPOLEON'S recent proposition," I would not be thought to say one word against the project of the Emperor of the FRENCH to hold a Congress ; there is one passage in his address which prevents my treating it with unqualified opposition or indifference. For the first time a great poten tate, the head of the most military and powerful nation in Europe, has called a Congress, to devise, among other measures, the means of reducing those enormous standing armaments which are the curse and peril of Europe at this time." In regard not only to the Congress, how ever, were the remarks of Mr. COBDEN directed last evening. He and his distinguished colleague took within their ken, one after another, the prin cipal subjects of intereet—some of them of vital import—to which popular attention is just now directed in various parts of the habitable globe—in Europe, Asia, America, even at our antipodes. Every honest Englishman respects plain speak ing; and a man who boldly and consistently stands by his own opinions is never likely to be the loser in public estimation, even though the cause which he advocates or the principles which he upholds should be on the unpopular side. In accordance with theory, therefore, Mr. BENTINCK'S speech at Taunton may be read with interest, and not alto gether with dissent, by what he terms " advanced Liberals." It is true, that in these days the old party wall has been broken down, and there is no longer the old division between Whig and Tory, but a general advocacy of the same principles and an attempt to outbid each other on the same grounds. Mr. BENTINCK, however, accepts no such compromise, at least in terms. He proclaims him self to be "an old Tory." " I have never," he says, " been ashamed of my principles ; on the contrary, I have always been very proud of them ;" and ac cordingly he proceeds to examine the questions of the day freely and fearlessly. When we come to examine his views, however, it appears that Mr. BENTINCICS Toryism is not altogether of the old school, however honourably and consistently he may have advocated them, It has often been sup. posed, he tells us, that " a Tory is a monster of corruption, favouring only reaction, extravagance, and war ;" but his ideas of Toryism are quite different. On the principle of the saying that the Evil One ought not to have all the good tunes to himself, which, by the way, Mr. BENTINCK does not attribute to its right author, he does not see why his opponents should have all the good cries, and Si he inscribes on his banner the motto of " Reform, Retrenchment, and Peace,." It is something for an old Tory t o admit that these are good cries, and it proves that the:work of reform has really gone on not only in the policy of the country but in the principles of its very opponents. Mr. BENTINCK, while on the sub ject of Reform, naturally refers to that ingenious little piece of political sleight of hand which dis placed the DERBY Cabinet. The memorable meet ing at Willis's Rooms which decided that Lord DERBY'S Reform Bill did not go far enough, apparently fixed the point to be reached at a very great distance, seeing that no subsequent efforts have been made to reach it. The remarkable con versions of active Reformers into " Rest-and-be- ' thankful" Conservatives could not, of course, be passed over, and accordingly Mr. BENTINCK begs to point out that these recruits have deserted from their own ranks—their presence on his side of the battle is not due to any lowering of his standard. The recent speeches of some of the chief members of the so-called Liberal party were a4 iraadverted on by th e m em b er f or Taun ton, 'who remarked that they were all ready to Pin 1,, with their . . Our foreig n chorus with their leader at Blairgowrie. apt t fpolicy he justly stigmatised as being too In instance t hreaten t the weak and to submit to the strong, and tr o th sacrifice principle for popularity. policy se defects he cited the very diffe rent line of questiouB Pur i sued on the Brazilian and all : the . ono case we seized the o A t m he e r ri p ca a n rtrs ships Inerienhtlicted reprisals ; in the other we allow our C to ou n b tr o y s i e s i seized without adequate or le gtiA tit reason. Such is the difference between the course to b e followed towards the strong and the weak ; butshthipes disposed to " rest and be thankf ul _ under any such policy." The American question, s o far as it re gardswhether on the • English vessels, e high seas or in the docks, is likely to be (lie Ministerial (life, culty of the opening of the session. Great dissatis faction was expressed last year; but the stor m h as been gathering ever since, and the steam rams of Birkenhead may prove as formidable in a moral point of view to their assaulters as they are intended to be in a literal sense. " Ido not think it possible," said Mr. I3ENTtiscie, "by any act to conciliate the affection of the Federals. They are strongly pre judiced against us, and we must show them that JOHN BULL is not in the least afraid of JONATHAN." It is a pity that such sentiments were not shared 1 by our Ministers, whose anxious courtesy and ready subservience have been about as successful with the JONATHAN in question, as our attempts at con ciliation have been with the Maories of New Zea land. On douiestic matters, Mr. BENTINCK, on behalf of the " old Tories," shows a fair spirit of moderation and good sense. He declares himself in favour of progressive changes, although opposed to those violent innovations which are calculated to produce either a dominant democracy or a military despotism. Sash Toryism as this, although it may not keep pace with the theories of the day, is yet a useful element in our political system. It seems as wholesome ballast to keep the great vessel of State steady in her course, and acts as a counterpoise to those too eager and adventurous spirits who are willing to adopt theories untested by practice. If it hinders sometimes the introduction of beneficial changes, we may at least rely on it for preserving intact those great fundamental principles of English freedom which are the glory of our Constitution. If we are to believe all that is said by certain public speakers on behalf of the efficacy of our navy at the present time, we may well congratulate ourselves on the result of the energy of our present Administration, and the ability of the officials at Whitehall and in the dockyards. But, alas, it is too evident to all on which side of the case these gentlemen hold their briefs. In fact, like many able wearers of the long robe, they speak to order, and it becomes a journalist, in reviewing their remarks, to blow away the froth, as it were, of their speeches, and to elucidate as far as possible the gist of their arguments. There can be no doubt that the speeches of Mr. LAIRD and others have very much annoyed certain parties. In fact, Lord CLARENCE PAGET has admitted as much, but recently, to his constituents at Sandwich. He observed—" Our officers are anxious to notice these attacks, but the invariable course of the Admiralty is to forbid them to notice them." Such a course may be prudent, no doubt, but it is a pity that when two gentlemen of such professional experience as Lord CLARENCE PAGET and Mr. REED address public meetings upon naval matters, they should not compare notes beforehand, and concoct the best defence possible, and support each other in it. As the case stands, Mr. REED, at Greenwich, and Lord C. PAGET, at Sandwich, both declare the Prince Consort to be a miracle of a ship—both admit that she nearly went to the bottom—but each ascribes a different cause for the mischanee ; and we are sorry to say that, in our opinion, both excuses are equally fallacious. It is all very well for a mem ber of Parliament to dilate to a seacoast consti tuency, or for the constructor of the navy to ad dress an assembly at the Greenwich Institute. In both cases parties come to listen and applaud, not to cavil and argue ; and all depart satisfied, little caring whether the assertions of the speaker be correct or otherwise. He has entertained them, and that is sufficient. Let common sense, hewever, review the long list of an invincible navy, as it is in existence and in embryo, and what is the result ? We have four iron• clad first-class vessels which havd been to sea, two built of iron, the Warrior and the Black Prince, and two wooden ships plated with iron,the Royal Oak and the Prince Consort. Another wooden ship, the Caledonian, is likewise afloat and preparing for sea ; there are also several iron ships of various dimensions in course of construction, in a more or less advanced state, while while two other timber-built ships are in process of conversion. These vessels are all built upon the ordinary principle of men-of-war, except that the tonnage of the Warrior and Black Prince is double that of ordinary first-rates, and forms a kind of con necting link between them and the Great Eastern, as they are also cased with heavy iron plating. Lord C. PAGET tells us the Government will not be led away by anyone to adopt any new mode of conversion, or innovation on the existing mode of construction, however high may be the standing of its supporters, but will adhere to the straight forward principle of deciding for themselves. This is perfectly correct, and, therefore, we call upon the Admiralty to act upon the experience already gained by the trials of the four ships afloat, before launching into expenses which may be proved useless before many of the ships upon which it is to be lavished have been completed. It is obvious, from the conduct of the Prince Consort in the late gale in the Irish Channel, that it will be impossible to encase ships with plates of greater thickness than four and a half or five inches, without so altering their construction as to deprive them of the speed essential to a man-of-war. Now the question arises, are these plates capable of resisting the impact of heavy ordnance, such as it is at present being constructed, at close quarters. The maximum thickness of iron plating which can be carried by a ship capable of performing all the functions that are required of her has been reached ; while the size, penetrating powers of artillery of improved construction and heavier calibre is by no means ascertained, and while ARMSTRONG, WHIT WORTH, BLAKELEY, and others are still competing for pre-eminence, it would be unwise to predict where they will stop. Again, with the draught of water of these leviathians it will be impossible for them to approach an enemy's coast except at cer tain places, or even to enter many of our own ports but in certain seasons of the tide. It is impossible to construct a ship in such a manner that she shall be able to carry heavy armour plating, a sufficient quantity of coals for a reasonable voyage, and yet possess great speed, unless she be of very great ton nage, which must more or less necessitate a great draught of water. The Warrior and Black Prince have met these requirements pretty fairly, and the Royal Oak has behaved well, but the question now arises, Is their armour shot proof, and if it be, is it not rather overdone ? :When gunpowder was first invented, and fireiocks came into use, the armour of the knights and men-at-arms was strengthened to as great an extent as the men could carry, and when it was found that even then it afforded no protec tion it was dispensed with altogether, and yet sol diers still survived an engagement, and at length began to look with contempt upon the caution of their ancestors. Are we in the present day going to return to the customs of the Middle Ages, not as regards our soldiers but our ships, and endeavour to set death at defiance until improved ordnance shows the futility of the endeavour, and we have to give it up. Why, we would ask, are our ships more likely to go to the bottom now than in days of yore. Many a good ship has been riddled with shot in the early part of the century, and yet carried her flag triumphantly into other engagements. It it be deemed necessary to protect a ship against the effect of a shot between wind and water, let her be heavily plated for a short distance above and below the water line, which would rather tend to steady her than otherwise, but for the rest let her take her chance, as did the fleets of NELSON and HOWE, and such craft will be more popular in the service than any heavy-labouring iron safe which Mr. REED or say other may design. Vessels of this construction could be built of any s i ze an d up to any reasona b le rate of speed. Mr. REED informed his listeners at Greenwich that the IVarrior was 100 feet too long, and that if she had been constructed that much shorter a saving of £lOO,OOO would have been effected, and the ship rendered more handy. This is possibly true, and as the length of the vessel is 400 feet, and her coat some £OO,OOO, the supposed saving is obvious. We do not wish to detract from Mr.REED's well-earned reputation, and we sincerely trust that the new vessels which he is constructing may realise his expectation, but we should like to have some more practical experience of some of these new theories before plunging headlong into a vast expenditure. Let, then, our wooden ships be partially plated if it be deemed neces sary, let their decks be plated just thick enough to resist a shell or a long shot, but until the result of future ordnance experiments is obtained, let us abstain from loading them with, perhaps, useless encumbrances. It is proposed to replace the wooden gunboats at present lying at Hasler by iron ones. Let the new vessels be con structed of different classes; let them, without ex ception, be furnished with twin screws; let them vary from 100 tons to 600 or 900 tons, and all pos sess great speed. The smaller classes along the coast, in case of a threatened invasion, or for land ing troops on an enemy's coast in time of war. These small would be comparatively safe from vesselslarge fry drawing from 25 to upwards of 30 feet of water, being, from th e i r di m i nu ti ve s i ze , pretty secure from a distant fire, and yet capable of in flicting infinite damage on boats and other small craft. In time of war they might be distributed along and seek security or supplies at any of the our coast, mercantile ports, however small or in considerable. A mosquito fleet like this would aff o rd infinitely more protection to our coast line and seaports, supported, of course, by the large cruisers, than is to be expected from the wondrous structures now building under the joint patronage of Captain COLE and Mr. REED. The Americans, while waging a life and death struggle, are com pelled theory and experiment in reftiit to reality. c T o h n e s y tru a c r t upon are doing their best, and have already given us one warning in the shape of a Monitor, not exactly the warning meant, however. Let us lose no time in equipping a practical fleet ready for any emergency, but let us, at the same time, be cautious how we venture upon new ideas without seeing our way a little. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE BOMBAY MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 25. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, with the above mails, has arrived. She brings 'TO passengers, specie value £72 65., and a general cargo, including 1,612 bales raw silk, 'ralue £150,000 sterling, The Ceylon experienced fine weather throughout the passage. On the 21st inst., when off Cape St. Vincent, she passed the French fleet, consisting of five iron clads, two line-of-battle ships, and one gunboat. GIBRALTAR, Nov. 20. Letters from Melilla of the 9i.12 announce the arrival at the Spanish settlement, on the 64 of Senor Merry, the Spanish Minister in Morocco, on board the screw sloop of war Concordia. Senor Merry was accompanied by the Spanish Consul in Tangier, and the Concordia also conveyed to Melilla some boxes of specie (amounting, it is said, to 85,000 dole.) belonging to the Moorish Go vernment, and designed for distribution amongst the tribes which are required to cede the lands in cluded within the new Spanish boundary. On the day after his arrival, Senor Merry proceeded to the camp of 31uley Abbas and had an interview with the Prince. After his return to Melilla the 96 Moors who had been arrested in the town and de tained as hostages for the good conduct of their friends outside, were set at liberty and handed over to a Bashau of the neighbouring district. Muley Abbas, whose duty is in some measure that of a mediator between the Riff tribes and the Spanish garrison, appears desirous not to compromise his popularity with the Moors by being on too intimate terms with the Christians. It is probably to this motive that must be attributed what the Spaniards of Melilla considered as a slight put upon them. A large party, consisting of ladies, officers of the garrison, and inhabitants of Melilla, went out on the 6th to visit the Moorish camp. Instead of the courteous reception they expected the visitors observed that, on their approach, all the Moorish tents were immediately closed. After such an un mistakeable hint, that the Prince and his warriors were " not at home," the party returned to the fortress, regretting that they had their walk of half a league for nothing. The following British vessels have arrived here : —On the 15th, the steamer Iberia, 8 days from London ; schooner Idea, 21 days from Newport ; barque Halcyon, 28 days from Sunderland. On the 16th, steamer Una, 7 days from London ; steamer Messina, 9 days from Glasgow. On the 17th, steamer Eldora, 41 days from Southampton ; and on the 18th, Royal Yacht shoouer Ginebra, 8 days from Southampton ; steamer Gladiator, 83 days from Liverpool ; and steamer Minerva, 5,1 days from London. Exchange and freights unaltered. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 25. In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of the Reichsratb, Count Rechberg stated that he would reply to the question on Holstein to-morrow. He was only awaiting the arrival of a diplomatic docu ment from Paris, and would then be enabled to lay the correspondence upon the subject bebre the House. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Nov. 25. The Committee of the National Vercin resolved yesterday to issue an address to the German people. The address reminds the Princes of their serious responsibility, implores the German nation to act for itself, calls upon the friends of the country to furnish men, money, and arms, and to hold all re sources in readiness. It promises application of the funds collected for the German fleet in a manner corresponding with the emergency, and demands self-taxation by the people. The address finally exhorts the nation to firm organisation, and states that the National Verein has formed an auxiliary committee for the purpose. LITERATURE, A Personal Narrative of Thirteen Years' Service amongst the Wild Tribes of Khondistan. By Major-General John Campbell, C.B. One vol. Pp: 370. Hurst and Blackett. For thirteen years Major-General Campbell was occupied in Arissa in most resolute endeavours to put an end to the unholy custom of offering human sacrifices, as practised among the wild tribes of Khondistan. Such a record, by one who has taken a personal and conspicuous part in the scenes which he describes, is necessarily full of interest. It re veals to us a painful and revolting chapter in the history of h uman i t y—or rather, we should say, in humanity. Th e e xtent to which these hum an sa crifices amount i s p o sitively incredible. I n one p l ace General Campbell records the rescue of no less than two hundred and thirty-five intended victims ! And in another the recovery of two hundred and six ! The following gives some idea of these atrocious sacrifices The Khonds supposed that good crops, and safety from all disease and accidents, were ensured by this slaughter. They considered it peculiarly necessary when engaged in the cultivation of turmeric. They very coolly reasoned as to the impossibility of the turmeric being of a fine deep colour without shedding of blood. They said they would not knowingly sacrifice a Khond or a Brahmin ; with two exceptions, victims of all ages and colours, of every religion and of both sexes, are equally acceptable, but the fat are considered more efficacious than the thin, and those in their prime than the aged and the young. The victims are purchased at from 60 to 130 rupees each, of persons of the Penn and Haree classes, who sell them as their own children; but as individuals of all classes are found amongst those rescued, it is evident that these miscreants steal them, and then sell them for slaughter to the Khonds. The children, after being purchased, are often kept for many years. When of age to understand for what purpose they are intended, they are chained—two had bten years in chains—one so long that ho could not recollect ever hav ing been at liberty. With the exception of being thus con fined, they are well treated. I was not successful in acquiring any reliable information as to the frequency of these sacrifices. One Khond, of about 46 years of age, told me he had witnessed fully 50. Others equally old would acknowledge to having been present at two or three only. Victims are found in the houses of the village sirdars only, and mere ryots (la bourers) are not permitted to slay victims—indeed, they have not the means, for a considerable expense falls on the master of the horrid feast. Very contradictory stories were told of the manner in which the ceremony itself is conducted. The most com mon method appeors to be to bind the Meriah between two strong planks or bamboos, one being placed across the chest and another across the shoulders. These are first of all firmly fastened at one end ; the victim is then placed be tween them ; a round is passed round the other ends, which are long enough to give a good purchase—they are brought together, and the unfortunate sufferer squeezed to death. While life is still ebbing, the body is thrown on the ground, and chopped in two pieces between the bamboos with hatchets. Some accounts state that after the performance of several savage ceremonies and feastings, the divided corpse is buried unmutilated. Others say that, as soon as divided, each person in attendance falls on and cats a piece, which is carried away to be buried in his own land. Several ad mitted that in Uoomsur the victims were cut up alive ; and though no one would allow that to be the custom on this side (Bengal), I believe it is at least occasionally practised —for they acknowledge their belief that, if the body were buried whole, the benefit of the sacrifice would not extend farther than the lands of the person who found the victim ; whereas, if more widely distributed, the benefit would be propct tionally extended. Such was the amount of our knowledge on this subject, which naturally attracted the serious attention of both the Governments of Madras and Bengal. What measures should be adopted, and what agency employed far the suppression of the horrible custom of human sacrifices, were questions frequently discussed. The dangers and difficulties attendant upon almost any plan were forcibly pointed out. After a duo consideration of these dangers and diffi culties, it was decided that General, then Captain, Campbell should be appointed, both in a revenue and magisterial capacity, to Sooradah and Goomsur, with a special charge over the Khond inhabitants of those countries. As to General Campbell's quali• fications for the post, Mr. Russell, the Government agent during the two years' war, gives the follow ing ample testimony—" Captain Campbell has acquired a knowledge of the country and people of the hill tracts in the Ganjan district under circum stances never likely to occur again ; and his local experience and personal influence with the different hill chieftains, gives him an advan tage over any other person who could be appointed to the situation of principal assis tant to the Commissioner." So triumphant and satisfactory were the results of General Campbell's endeavours, that he afterwards received the public thanks of the Governor-General of India in Council. The volume, abounding as it does in most interest ing and original information, is illustrated with mape and portraits of some of the Khond chiefs and the rescued 111erifah victims. ST. CECILIA'S AMATEUR CHORAL SOCIETY.— The third concert of this society took place in St. Joseph's Hall, Kingsland. Despite tho bad state of the weather the spacious hall was well filled by a fashionable auditory. M. Leman assembled around him a very power • fill and efficient band and chorus. The concert commenced with an overture, " Le Dieu," &c., Auber, followed by a chorus from Pearsall, " 0 who will o'er the Downs," both of which were most effectively rendered. Madame Lowen thal and Miss Lyon gave Bellini's duet " Hear me, Norma." Sir H. Bishop's quartet " Sound the Horn " was deservedly encored. Miss Ellen Lyon sang Verdi's rondo, "Non iu Sogno," with exquisite taste, and was in turn also encored, Miss Evelyn's rendering of the air, " Summer morning," in part 2d, was all that the most fastidious could have wished. Mr. Scott sang with great taste and feeling Vousden's "Let each man learn," Eco., in which he was encored, and then sang a couple of Lover's Irish songs, for the humorous rendering of which same songs Mr. Scott is already so well and favourably known. The "Va dasi via di qua," trio, Martini ; the piano performances of Miss Koppers ; "The Village Blacksmith," by Mr. Buhler, were each and all deserving of commendation. The MS. ballad, by J. P. Knight, which was so well rendered by Miss Ellen Lyon like all the other compositions of this author, is one of grea t merit, and we hope that ere long this charming song will bo published. On the whole, the concert was a decided suc cess, being a great improvement on its predecessors, FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 24.—The market has been heavy, but without any material decline, Threes, for the Account, being now at 67f. 25c. Railway Market also dull, with some of the lines rather lower. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. 95 10 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month — Credit Mobilier 1086 25 Do. end month 1 100 Bank Sharea 3360 Credit Fancier 1270 Roman — Italian Loan 72 05 Do. end month — Sew ditto ...... 71 85 Do. end month — Russian Austrian .. — Spanish Threes 53 50 Rome Debt Deferred .. VAIN. Cash. Account. RA IL 975 - 977 50 980 .. 98U - Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 951 25 .. 952 50 Neve ditto Geneva.. — • • -- -- S mthern Western E a 8 t e r n - Sardinian Austrian Lon 'bard North of Spain Saragossa 630 .. 627 50 Ditto to Barcelona MARKETS—This Day, MARK-LANE. A moderate supply of home-grown wheat was on sale at Mark-lane to-day, in but middling condition. All good and fine dry wheats moved off freely at the improvement of Is per quarter realised on Monday. Superior qualities were in slow request; nevertheless, prices ruled firm. The supply of foreign wheat on the stands was large. For all descriptions there was a fair inquiry, and Monday's currency was well supported. Floating cargoes of grain ruled firm at quite previous quotations. Good and fine malting barley realised extreme rates, but inferior produce was dull at about stationary prices. The show of samples was tolerably extensive. The malt trade was firm at quite former prices for all qualities. With oats the market was but moderately supplied. Both home-grown and foreign parcels met a steady sale at quite Monday's improvement in the currency. ' Beans and peas ruled firm, and their value was well supported. Barrel flour ruled firm, and sweet parcels were held at further enhanced rates. Town and country flour was quite as on Monday. ARRIVALS THIS VIEIE. Wheat Barley. Malt Oats. Flout. 460 950 220 110 330 Irish..... — 400 -- Vorigigu.... » 900 3,201 i 530 220 sks. 1,370 brie. BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a firm trade for hops, and prices are well supported. The amount of business doing, however, is by do means extensive. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderate, and the demand rules inactive as follows: Bea; from 23 6d to 4s Od; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; veal, 33 8d to 43 4d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 811)3 -by the carcase. THE CASE OF SUSPECTED POISONING AT BALLY MENA.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Monday, judgment was given in the case in which Dr. Courtenay sought to file a criminal information against Mr. Charles Hunt, on the ground that he had acted improperly as a stipendiary magistrate when investigating the cause of death of Miss Amelia Corey, at Ballymena, the prosecutor being her medical attendant. Upon a review of all the cir cumstances the Court was of opinion that there was noth ing to warrant the imputations of misconduct preferred against Mr. Hunt, and that the cause shown by him against making the conditional information absolute should be allowed, with costs, STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Nov. 24.—There has been a much better feeling in the yarn market to. day, with a good deal of disposition to buy, but spinners are asking rather higher rates than they were o❑ Friday, and this has in some measure checked business. On the whole there has been much more doing than of late, and there is a percep tible return of confidence. In home trade yarns there has been a pretty fair business, and prices are Id. to Id. per lb. above the rates of last Tuesday. There is a better tone in the home trade market than we have witnessed for 10 or 14 days past, and spinners, while limiting their purchases to present wants in most cases, seem to think that prices have touched the lowest point. In the cloth market we have also had a decidedly more cheerful tone, and an increased disposition on the part of buyers to operate has been manifested. There has been a good inquiry for all sorts of goods, and for most of the foreign markets, as well as for the home trade. Manufacturers, however, owing partly to the increased cost of yarns and to an impression that prices of cloth will go higher, are not so anxious to sell as they appeared to be under the depression and stagnation prevailing last week, and are in most cases ad vancingtheir quotations to some extent. The business of the day has bee❑ somewhat limited from this fact, but buyers have in some instances given rather more than they would have done some days ago, and the market closes with a better feeling and at rather advanced prices. LEEDS, 24th.—The woollen cloth-markets have been of an ordinary character this morning, present ing no feature of special notice. The attendance of buyers was not large, and the purchases made were miscellaneous, the goods sold including a fair sprinkling of ordinary black all-wool cloths, unions, tweeds, as well as the various heavy fabrics which are adapted to the season. Prices are firm, as well for the manufactured article as for the raw material. The West Riding woollen manufac turers, as well as the wool brokers, have made liberal purchases of wool at the current colonial sales in London. Some of the wool purchased by the manufacturers is already going into consumps tion, few holding heavy stocks. The flax trade keeps active, the spinners and manufacturers being well employed and having no difficulty in obtaining a sale of their productions. Prices firm_ NOTTINGHAM, 24th.—We had again a good at tendance of merchants and others at this exchange hall to-day, and a moderate share of business was done in lace yarns, at about as much money as last week. There was not much passing in hosiery yarns, for which late rates were generally obtained. Silks the same ac heretofore. The demand for brown nets was by no means buoyant, and recent prices were supported. Many machines making this class of goods have been stopped. RCCIIDALE, 23c1.—The tone of this market has undergone a decided change since our last report. For some weeks past the flannel trade has been in a very satisfactory state. But for some reason or another that acceptable state of things has undergone a re lapse, and it is difficult to assign a reason why, unless it be the continued openness of the weather, which is not favourable to the sale of our goods. To-day's market was quite stagnant as compared with last week, but it had no effect upo❑ prices. The goods on offer were chiefly from Yorkshire, but the sale was very dull. This depression has not had any present effect upon the activity of manu facturers. A Horribly Luscious Panegyric on the Oyster ! To praise the oyster is to " gild refined gold and paint the lily." Yet we are unwilling to allude to this succulent and delicate bivalve, which has afforded so much gastronomical enjoyment to man, without expressing an affectionate interest in his welfare. One can scarcely think of a fresh, white, fat "native," as one certainly cannot see him swim ming in his own liquor, without a premonitory moistening of the palate, indicative of his gastric affinities with the " minister of the interior." One of his eulogists exclaims : " The oyster contains much nutritious substance which is very digestive, and produces a peculiar charm and an inexplicable pleasure. After having eaten oysters we feel joyous, light, and agreeable—yes, one might say fabulously well. He who has eaten oysters for the first time is best enabled to judge of this ; for soon after having eaten them he will experience a sensation he never felt before, and never had an idea of." This sensation is experienced rather by those who est oysters for lunch, and as a whet before dinner a la Franca:se, than by those who eat them in the evening. Oysters are said to have a singular vivifying influence in cases where the nervous organs are affected. They are also often re commended to persons suffering from weak diges tion. The medical man, however, usually accom panies his permission with a by no means unnecessary caution—that the oyster shall be thoroughly masticated. Too many persons bolt their oyster. Professor Wilson, in the Nodes, admits that he did. Dr, Kitchener knew better, for the oyster has not only a finer flavour, but is far more nourish ing, when, as the worthy doctor says, he " feels the teeth of the piseivirous gourmet tickling him to death." Oysters are said to increase the blood without heating the system, and taken before mid day with a glass of wine—Chablis is preferred on the Continent—they often produce a most salutary effect upon delicate ladies and invalids. People are truly to be pitied who cannot eat oysters. There are a few exceptional cases, no doubt, but as a rule a child need no more grow up with a dislike for oysters than a preference for using its left hand. All young children, say under two years old, like them. When the little bipeds become older, particularly if they have discon tinued eating them for a considerable interval, an unhappy fastidiousness often developer itself. The best method of overcoming this repugnance is said to be to take a piece of French roll or (milk.bread) thinly-buttered, and to put on it the oyster deprived of its beard. Squeeze a few drops of lemon on the " native" and pepper it, and then the incipient oyster-hater will usually eat it and admire the taste. An Euglishman who grows np with au invincible distaste for a product of our shores which ancient and modern nations declare to be unique, loses such delicious gustatory sensations in health, and such a useful and powerful restorative in sick ness, that he ought to be treated medi cally, and all his friends should concern themselves about his cure, Why should there not be a pro fessor--say under tho roof which s helters the gigan tic Java oysters in Maiden-lane, whose duty it should be to lead the erring palate back to health and oysters, and to whom careful parents from the country might lead their children, as they take them to the London dentist ? Could a guinea be better spent than in extirpating a silly prejudice, and qua lify ing the rising generation to enjoy those pleasant companions of midnight hours and midday feasts ? —London _Review. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, (From Fun.) EUROPEAN POLITICAL MEETING. (By Pneumatic .Despatch.) The Criterion Stakes. Open to all the world. Catch weight. Any distance. Mr. Louis Napoleon's Congress, bition .................................. (Ham) ru .. ation, out Mr. Abe Lincoln's Nigger Melody, by Pro° ..... ~,(Chase) 2 of Tune .......................... ...... out of Par- Mr.by Emperor, ou.t.ofA 1 John Russell'e Neutrality, by Sei .... (Buncombe) 3 tiality ....................... .... Colu.mn, out of Mr. E. Landseer's Lion,b Ne150n5....... (Delay) 0 Sight • • ........... .. Lump of Lead, out of Mr. Unknown's Try-R-012, (Earl) 0 Swindle ........ (Secretary) 0 of Christiani t y 1 agst Congress, 2 to 1 agst Nig ger Mr. Admiral Kuper's Bombardment, by Instruction, ou t race. Try-it-on took th e l ead at Melody, even on Lion, 4 to 1 agst any other. Bibetitsinwga—s an exciting starting, closely followed by Nigger Melody, Neutrality, and Bombardment, but Congress, making play on nearing the post, caused a diversion, and Hut landed Congress by a head; a neck separated Nigger Melody and Neutrality; the :est nowhere. The winner was sold (cheap). Upon the principle that " short reckonings make long friends," a prompt settlement upon this race was proposed; but a leviathan bustle ensued, when it was discovered that a "leg" had walked off, first buttoning up its pockets, and that instead of leaning against a tree, as heretofore, had varied the performance by getting "up one," Settlement was adjourned sine die, O'MI HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 24. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Crow, n Princess of Prussia, drove in the grounds of the Castle this morning. The Dowager Countess of Mount-Edgcumbe has succeeded the Countess of Caledon as Lady ill 'Waiting. Lieutenant-Colonel F. Cavendish has succeeded Lieutenant-General Sir H. Bectinck as Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia honoured Messrs. Goode'6 china warehouse, in South Audley-street, with a visit yesterday. Theie Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess cf Wales pissed through London yesterday after noon on their way from Sandringham to Windsor Castle. Her Royal Highnesses the Princess of Wales has honoured Miss Dixon by sitting to her for her royal highness's miniature portrait since she has been at Sandringham. Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Windsor Castle, Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prince° of Wales left Sandringham House yesterday on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle, the shooting season of the Prince on his Norfolk estate having been brought to rather an early termination by th e death of the late King of Denmark, which circanY stance also led to the postponement of the contem plated visit to Holkar Hall, to meet the Lord Lien' tenant of Norfolk and the principal county people' Their royal highnesses, accompanied by Lieut.' General Knollys, Major Teesdale, Mr. Fisher, an d the Hon. Mrs. Francis Stoner, left Sandringhn ° House at 12.40 in closed carriages for the Wolfer ton station. Here they were received on alighting by Mr. Robertson, general superintendent of ths Great Eastern Railway, and Major Palmer, Hig h Sheriff of Essex and director of the Great Eastern Railway, and were escorted to the spacious saloon carriage of the company. The train, which Nce 6 under the care of Mr. Robertson, Major Palmer, an d the superintendent of the carriage department"' Mr. Kitson, assistant-engineer, being on the engin ° —left Wolferton station punctually at one o'clock. There were but few persons assembled at any of t he intermediate stations, except Ely, till the tra in reached Cambridge, where a stoppage of five nutes took place by the side of the south end of tb° new platform. On crossing the river Cam, just before reaching the Cambridge station, a very pretty eight met tb ° view of the occupants of the special train, as a man' ber of university men who were engaged in bast racing ceased rowing and paid the usual aquati c honours to their royal highnesses. The train passe d on to the North London line at Stratford, and at Kew entered on the rails of the South-Wester a system, reaching Windsor at 4.40, after a ran °f three hours and 40 minutes, including stoppages. The Prince and Princess and suite, occupying tl ° of her Majesty's carriages, proceeded through t b° town to the Castle, whilst a merry peal from t b° bells of St. John's Church gave them a welcome re ception. The arrival of the Prince and Princess le somewhat earlier than was expected a few days ago ; Their royal highnesses are expected to cont inue their visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle until the Queen takes her departure for Osborne, whic h will not be until after the 14th of December nelt' His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge 1155 , left town on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Darby 3' Knowsley Hall, near Prescot, Lancashire. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond have arrive d at Hillingdon, near Uxbridge, from Scotland. The nobl e duke and duchess will, with their family, take up their residence at Goodwood Park, Sussex, about the 2d prol. The Duke of Hamilton will leave Oxford, 8t which university his grace is pursuing his studies, shorff after the 15th proximo, to pass a few weeks with tb ° , Duchess of Hamilton (pace Princess Marie of Baden) 5 03 Lady Mary Hamilton, at Brighton. The Earl cud Countess Delawarr have left Buck' hurst Park, Sussex, en a visit to Mr. Russell, m.r., end Lady Elizabeth Russell, in Bedfordshire. The Earl of Haddington has arrived at the AleX andra Hotel, St. George's-place, Hyde •park-corner, from Scotland. Viscount Midleton is still in very indifferent health at Pepperharrow, near Godalming, Surrey. Yester- day tho awetints were more favourable. The Countess (Dowager) Cowper and the Ladie : Cowper had, by the last letters, arrived at Florence, ° their way to Rome from Paris. Lord Stanley, M.P., has left town to join t be i circle at Knowsley on a visit to the Earl and Countess ° Derby. Lady Theresa Lewis has left town for The Gro ve ' near Watford. The Hon. W. Bouverie has left Longford Castle, Salisbury, for a tour in India. The marriage of Mr. W. Clowes, of 13rought03 Hall, Lancashire, with the Hon. Adelaide Cavendish, daughter of the late Lord Waterpark, is to take place abou t the middle of the ensuing month. Sir Frederick Johnstone, Bart., leaves his 0 56 Westerhall Castle, in Scotland, next week for India. I \ ll. ' Chaplin, of Lincolnshire, accompanies Sir Frederick. THE CRAWLEY COURT-MARTIAL, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your article on this subject was exceedingly portune. Of course the trial itself ought not to be P re : judged in any way. But it is precisely while a trial of ti/s" kind is pending, and while, therefore, public attenti 3o being directed to the subject, that the two following P° lr ' t : ought to be considered :—One refers to the constitution °" courts-martial in general ; the other to the question whetb er the points put in issue at the present court-martial o'er sufficiently comptehensivo to insure that the real cbt3ris: should be investigated and settled, and substantial jus t ` c- a done. Passing over the firot point for the present, a l/ i confining myself to a general - vew of the second, I "S° l ' ii ` o bog to point out that the parties really aggrieved by prisoner, or the representatives of the aggrieved partl" ought to be allowed by the law to prosecute, or at least t° consent to settle the form of what is reality the in dic t t ; ment brought against him. I refer no: to Colonel Cravi'el,, in particular, and merely mention him :0 representing tiji; defendant in such cases. There is a very i prevalent optDj O abroad that courts-martial, where a superiOr officer is the r defendant, and an inferior or a non-commi ss a'oned officer °, a private soldier is the aggrieved party—a.re intende:i chiefly to exonerate and whitewash the former, and th the latter stands no fair chance. The constit ution courts-martial is the worst possible for getting aC truth through the medium of evidence an d doing j us tice upor; the merits. It is to be hoped that the p endin g trial 0_ Colonel Crawley, end how it may, will be instrumental bringing about a salutary reform. --I am, Sir, yours eV' diently, ONE 01' THE PUBLIC, TILE COMING WINTER, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Of Stn, —Severe winters invariably follow the 010 weather which has characterised the present aut,1133„,13.0 Hig h winds have prevailed, with exc ess o f ra in,•and temperature above the average. P ara ll e l seaso n; to tPe present occurred in 1837-8, 1841-5, 1854-5, and 1860- 1 ' vc , In 1838, a great frost set in (Jan. 1) ; this continued mo nths. On Jan, 20 th e th ermometer was at 3 d e g. be I.' °‘ zero. In February th e Th ames and the Severn were 1)-, tially frozen over. ti In 1845, hard weather began on Feb. 28 and lasted weeks. March was t h e co ld est on record, even excenc"—s the memorable cold March of 1837. On the 13th of month the thermometer stood 11 deg. F a hrenheit. uar y In 18 , 55, severe frost com m enced on Jan. 16, and rebr e a was the coldest e v er k nown i n E ng l a nd ; Feb. 18 reg oh-r 26 deg. bel ow f reez i ng p o i n t. This frost continnedo;v, weeks. Feb. 19, Thames and Severn again partially over, fr 1 , 7 an d In IS6O, intensely cold weather set in on P ee ' e ' t , o r continued with great severity until the third w 2 deg, January. Christmas-day found the thermeract below zero. •iods Of ho prevailing weather throughout the autumn Pe' rese nt the above years partook of similar description to the Pr' autumn—warm, rainy, and boisterous. winter lam of opinion, therefore, that we shall have a scl er , o f most intense frost. Whether its advent will be in Dec!. tub Do or deferred till alter Christmas, cannot no w be stated ~ the longer the inclement eeason which I an ticipate fitt ing layed, the greater will be, I appre hend, its unrera I severity.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, TROMA.S L. 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