The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-05 00:00:00

BONNET'S SILKS A LYON.—Every Article of commerce takes its ti .tle either from the inventor or 'nanufacturer, and the moi . e perfect the production the grater is the credit which at tulles to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are s aid to be incapable of identifica tion in England ; but the fa llacy of such an assertion is ex posed by the very trade mar k of the firm, as exhibited by ITessrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following . interwovim mark may be seen at the end Of each piece :—" Manutact are de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., it Lyon Injurieu.x.." Wear guaranteed. _ - ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Ender the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING%, to commence with (id time> an en tirely new Operetta, e'atit'ed FANCHET 2E. Miss Louisa Yyne and Mr. W. After which, a Gran d Christmas Pantomime, on a. male of unprecedented ma2ntriceoce, Puttied HARLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors ope nat ho If-past Six— ommence at Sel Pen. THEATRE "ROYAL D li R Y-I, AN E. Mana l ;era, Messrs. Edmond Falconer an.d. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVEN - .ING, the Farce cf A ROLAND Fort AN °LI WE R. Mes - , rs. W alter a, Addison, G. Belmore, the Misses He. AB, R. Leclercq, L M cy urray. 'lO conclude with the new Grand Christmas Coraic Panto mime of SIN l SAD THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders of th World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Bolen° and C. Lauri ; harlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; PAntaloons, Messrs. W. A. Baru , s and J..,. orris ; Columbines, Madame Bolen° and Mi sses Gunniss. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. YA. I, LY(7EUNT THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL D2310 . 2;10 (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening,- during the Week. TIIIS EVEN.ING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: :.tess , s. 11. Widcticombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland; Mis.ses Percy, Pauline Leilercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and atlas E. Layonu. After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love etory, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian. Chronicle -," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechb?,r, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brough , m, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Mil ,s Kate Terry, E. Lavenu, Airs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hat • and cloaks, and teat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to X eceive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence. at 7. THEATRE ROYAL HAYNIARKET.- Sole Lessoe• and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid. Gordon., Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, &c After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Fable. Messrs. Chipoendate, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. --, I) Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. Open fot the Season. THIS EVENING, THE lIONEYMOON. After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banypury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Ha ,d so Many Childr en she didn't know what to do. ROYAL ST. JAME S'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. GREAT SUCCESS. EVERY EVENING, the HEN AND CHICKENS: Mrs. Stirling, in her original chat .acter. Atter which, a Comical C 3nglomerative Christmas Absur dity, entitled 1861; or, TH E SENSATIONS OF 'FITE PAST SEASON, with a Shametu L Revelation of Lad! Somebody's Secret. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Miss Cottrell, 2diss Fanny Josephs, itc. With the BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS Mr. J. L. Toole The celebrated Mr. arid Mrs. CHARLES MATHEWS Monday, January 11. NT" EW T HEAT RE-R 0 YAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, M. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, T HE SPITiLFIELDS WEAVER: Mr. J. L. Toole. At to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Mc ssrs.Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with L ADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortunio and his Seven 3lagti Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, it. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Joseyhs, Miss L. La idlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEAH. --EVERY NIGHT. MSS BAI!EMAN.—LEAH —THIS EVENING. the 82d a ppearance of the great TraEic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, In the character of L KAM Inc ,nsequenee of the unbonn&d success witi which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the p:it:cipai charac er in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been atten ied. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further p otice. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. i!"ana,2:er, Mr. W. H. Swarthorouub. ' THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS : Miss K. Carbon.. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND MIRY 010 E : Messrs. Honey, Wood, .Ixmes Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &e. To conclude with TURN HIM OUP. Commence at 7. T HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containinz the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, ow be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEW AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. DAY.—Morning, gh. 58m.—Afternoon,210a. 36m. 10-woßp.ow.-INlorning, 11h. 14m.—Afternoon, 11h. 48m. The Weather— -Sun Office, Jan. 5, 1864. THERMOMETER This day at Tax•o o'clock Barometer-30.29. ; moderate, and fine, with sharp frost. s t c ' e(l •.% c § - , 41 \ at LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 5, 1864. The oracular utterances of the ancient Sibyls were not regarded with a more anxious interest, or subjected to a closer or keener scrutiny, than is bestowed upon every syllable which falls from the Imperial lips of NAPOLEON 111. Happily at the present moment, like the fairy Princess who scattered pearls and roses with every sentence, fair promises and peaceful assurances continue to shower down with every word of the modern arbitrator of European peace and war. The apparently casual and complimentary remarks addressed on New Year's Day by the French SOVEREIGN to the foreign Ambassadors have been analysed with the most searching investigation, but no lurking poison has been discovered intermingled with the honeyed assurances. The most significant incident upon which busy rumour can remark, is the absence of any observation of consequence, or, it is even hinted, of any observation at all addressed indivi 4ualiy to the Ambassador of England. That the EMPEROR should have exhibited any remarkable taciturnity towards our Ambassador, is not in the least degree probable. Had he done so, indeed, the tact would would not have been mentioned es a doubt. A thousand " good-natured friends" on both sides of the Channel would have blazoned it forth with trumpet tungnes. Th e EMPEROR was too wise to manifest any marked discourtesy, but he passed by his good impracticable ally, with a passing salutation, signifying nothing. What, in fact, could he say applicable to the circumstances ? The time for reproaches has not yet arrived. The happy results of the coming Congress will be the magnifi cent justification of the EMPEROR'S proposition, while any failure in those results will most indubit ably be attributed to England's obduracy—as time wilt show. Yet more remarkable than the reticence, observed to wards the British Envoy, was the EMPEROR'S friendly beariog in regard to the Russian diplomatist. To that Minister he is said to have expressed a c onfident conviction that France and Russia would, " henceforth," be upon most amicable terms. This, if it means anything more than a complimentary protestation, does not, so:re say, augur well for the hopes so dear to our hearts in regard to Poland. Nevk rtheless we shall refuse to lend credence to any such idle rumour, founded upon an isolated expression. Let us rather hope that the future amity of Russia and France will be induced by acme wise concessions on the part of the former, rather than by any fal- tering in the liberal promises of the latter. If the great NAPOLEON imperilled his vast power by an untimely invasion of the Russian Territories, mis successor must avuid the opposite extreme, and not risk his influential position by too close an alliance with the Northern Autocrat. Any connivance with the despoilers of Poland would be more disastrous to the destinies of the Second Empire than were the snows of Russia to the First. Such an apprehension is, we fully be lieve, utterly groundless. NAPOLEON 111. is too wise to fail into any such fatal error. He is now in a position of almost unparalleled prominence as is clearly evidenced by the vast importance attached to his every word and syllable. The extent of his respon sibility will be a guarantee for his discretion. By a due recognition of the liberal spirit and require ments cf the age, and by that alone, he will ensure not only the peace of Europe, but his individual popularity and the prosperity of his throne. The King of DENMARK has, it is said, gone to put himself at the head of his army. It is to be hoped this decided step indicates a firm and re solute policy, which will not consent to sacrifice, or even subordinate, the interests of the Danish Crown to the menaces of the Diet or the persuasions of Earl RUSSELL. It is an intimation alike to the aggressors and to the neutral Powers that the patience of Denmark is fairly exhausted ; that her King will not consent to remain inactive while his dominions are being quietly parceled out among the German States ; that her Ministers perceive their true course is to meet diplomatic subtleties with straightforward determination to pre serve their country's rights, and that the Danish people themselves will cheerfully bear the hardships and privations of war, for the maintenance and integrity of the Danish king dom. The Dares of every rank are beginning to act upon the truth— " In native swords, and native ranks, The only hope of freedom dwells," They have been too long tru,ting to timorous and vacillating allies, depending on tardy and doubt ful succour, until at length they find that almost every point is conceded to their adversaries, and that the pressure which should be exercised on the German Courts is only directed against Den mark. They awake from their delusive hopes to the conviction that the neutral Powers are among the adversaries mcst difficult to deal with, and appear resolved to struggle for their own rights, leaving help to come from where it may. It is true that the rumour of a protest on the part of Earl RUSSELL against the occupation of Schleswig has been circulated, but the Danes are wise not to trust to paper defences, but to present a goodly show of bayonets and broadswords on the northern bank of the Eider. If the Germans are allowed to obtain possession of Schleswig, the question will be virtually settled, and a thousand genealogical arguments will be brought forward for the ready acceptance of the Diet. The conduct of the Confederation in per mitting the so-termed " execution " to be a pretext for allowing the Duke of AUGUSTENBURG to enter the duchy as its Duke is open to severe condemnation. A show of justice and impartiality should at least have been maintained, instead of which we hear of the pretender issuing proclamations under the title of Duke of SCIILESWIG HOLSTEIN to his "faithful subjects," of congratulatory deputations and torch light processions, all, if not exactly countenanced by the Federal Authorities, at least not interfered with or protested against. On the contrary, the Duke of AUGUSTENBURG has the coolness to point out to his faithful subjects that the Federal Diet has no right to occupy his territories, and that he ex• pects the Diet to admit that the causes which dictated the execution are no longer in existence. He charges them, however, notwithstanding his protest, to be careful to avoid any conflict with the Federal troops. Certainly, if the Holsteiners are sufficiently Germanized as to refuse to fight for their old dynasty, it is not very likely that they will draw the sword on behalf of the Duke of AUGUSTENBURG. Another outrageous act on the part of the Commissioners is the omission of the KING'S name from all public prayers. This is giving open evidence of the malign intentions of the Diet towards the lawful King of DENMARK, and adds another to the ]ong list of deeds and words that prove how little sincere are the professions about legal right and popular representation. The Prussians will scarcely rest satisfied while a Dane rules over Copenhagen. Austria, more moderate, proposed to the Diet that the Duke of AUGUSTENBURG should be immediately summoned to leave the Duchies, but this very sen sible proposition was rejected, though by a very narrow majority. Austria cannot afford to quarrel with England, and, with Hungary stirring like a volcano at her feet, is unwilling to embroil herself in a war which would give the longed-for opportu nity to the Magyar and the Venetian. Prussia, with the infatuation that seems in this instance to have epread from the King and his Ministers to the whole population, sees no reason why another province should not be added to her patchwork domains after the same fashion as Posen, Silesia, and one or two more. The policy of FREDERICK the GREAT has been no less followed by his descendants than the directions of PETER by the Russian CZARS. The terrible reverses which Prussia underwent in the wars of the first empire have somewhat retarded her progress, but the present seems to her a favourable opportunity for securing her long-sought prize. She is blind to the fact patent to all beside that she is i❑ her turn affording France the pretext for securing the coveted frontier of the Rhine. Amid this entan glement of plots and counterplots, in which the interests of peoples are sacrificed to the ambition of their leaders, it is satisfactory to find the Danes presenting a bold and united front, ready though not rash in facing the danger before them. Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE has come forward in a very praiseworthy manner to celebrate the pro gress of Art in England ; and, as his remarks are at all times most worthy of consideration, on this attractive subject they are, of course, doubly interesting. He alluded to the sweeping changes which the Government have recently effected, and the serious effect which these alterations will make on many of those connected with these institutions. This is the more to be regretted, because the class which will suffer the most are the most deserving. It is very desirable to make all reasonable reduc tions, but at the same time it would appear to many that there are several forms in which saving is to be effected without trenching on the departments of art. The system now proposed may work well, in an economical form, but how will it be regard ing the progress of art? If all are to be on the same footing, emulation and the primary induce ment to excellence is put an end to. This is not a reduction that reflects any credit on the part of our authorities, and in all respects it is to be considered as a great blander. A master who has only passed in one grade cannot be so efficient an instructor as one who has passed in several ; and yet it is deter mined to place all on a level, and to give the same sum to those who are only of one grade as to those who are of several. When it has been everywhere a universally acknowledged fact, that art was greatly in abeyance in this country—when it was SEIN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 18e4, a theme which saddened the reflections of our highest intellects in discoursing of our condition, and a reproach that foreigners were ever ready to fling at us, it seems too bad that, now so much has been accomplished in the furtherance of the good cause, such vexatious hindrances and drawbacks should be interposed. In consequence of this parsi monious arrangement, it will be necessary for the inhabitants of Exeter to bestir themselves and to contribute somewhat largely to the requirements of the position. It is earnestly to be trusted that Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE'S spirited and eloquent exhortation to the citizens of Exeter will be attended to, and that they will come forward in a worthy manner, and take, as he said, " a liberal and a noble view of the question." There was great truth in his observa tions as to the importance of considering this as a great national work, and too much stress cannot possibly be laid on the vast dignity of such an undertaking as that designed to further the cause and foster the interests of art. All that tends to refine the mind, elevate the thoughts, excite the sympathies, and awaken the intelligence of man, is a noble work and a glorious undertaking. The nation that neglects these sources of improvement can never be really a leading one, or take its right position among the foremost countries of the world. Polish and culture are advantages that nothing else can compensate for. Nothing can replace their loss or substitute for their deficiency ; but wherever these abound they are as adjuncts to more solid and substantial possessions, and impart a grace which is their crowning triumphs. Sir STAFFORD NORTH COTE also alluded very forcibly to the great boon such an institution as that he referred to was to all kinds of students. It was prolific of advantages to the rare sons of genius, and it abounded in benefits to the large class who were of mediocre attain ments, but who were yet capable of making great progress, and extending the work of progress. It is very true what the worthy President of the Exeter School of Arts mentioned in respect to the difficulties with which so many have had to contend at the outset, who were afterwards the most re nowned in their profession. It may, therefore, be very fairly deduced from this, that many really gifted individuals have been deprived of the chance of signally distinguishing themselves by the lack of such friendly aids as these institutions afford. It is satisfactory to read an address of this kind, for it proves that the sub ject is fairly understood and properly treated by those who are in a position to exercise an influence on its destinies, and Sir S. NORTHCOTE'S admirable discourse reflects honour on himself, while it confers a great service to the cause which he has so ably advocated, and so fully taken up in all its ramifica tions, with so much earnestness and eloquence. The Address of the French Corps Legislatif, PARIS, Monday. The draught of the Address of the Corps Legis tif, in reply to the Speech from the Throne, was read to the members to-day. The Address states that the population are pro foundly attached to Imperial institutions, and ap plauds the resolution of the Emperor to anticipate public opinion in the path of industrial and com mercial liberty. It expresses a wish that the public works should not be diminished, and that interior reforms should be developed. The Address then says :—" The Corps Legislatif believes with the Emperor that the most wisely governed nations cannot always escape foreign com plications, and that they should regard them with out illusion as without weakness. The distant expeditions to China, C chin China, and Mexico, have gr2atly distarbcd the public mind in France on account of the obligations and sacrifices they entail. We acknowledge that these expeditions must inspire respect for our countrymen and for the French flag, and that they may also d.velop our maritime commerce, but we should be happy to see realised shortly the good results for which your Majesty has led us to hope." On the Polish question the Address says : " The recollections of our history, and the feel ings of humanity which animate us, excite the most earnest sympathies for Poland, and we have seen with grief the failure of the combined efforts of three great Powers. Neither can we, however, disregard that the sincere and cordial support of Russia has been useful to France on important occasions. " We should regret any coldness in our friendly relations with that Power, and have, therefore, accepted with profound satisfaction the idea of an European Congress, which will be a lasting honour to your reign. France, on whom you have bestowed splendour and glory, is grateful to you for not having committed her treasures and the blood of her children in causes in which her honour and interests are not at stake. " Leave without regret, Sire, the few unjust prejudices against accepting your loyal and pacific propositions. Noble and sound ideas make way in the world, and take root in the heart of the peoples. Await calmly the effect of your generous works. " France—homogeneous, compact, strong, and confident in you—fears no aggression, and now has no other ambition than to assure her repose and develop her material welfare by labour and peace, and her moral welfare, by the sincere and gradual practice of civil and political liberties." It is asserted that the debate on the Address will commence in the Corps Legislatif on the 11th inst. A telegram received here from Trieste, of to day's date, states that the news of the Archduke Nlaximilan being expected in Paris is confirmed. His Imperial Highness would embark for Mexico at such time as to enable him to arrive there before the end of March. MONUMENT TO LORD AND LADY SUDELEY.—A monument to the memory of the late Lord and Lady Sudeley is to be erected in a chapel, which is to be specially prepared for the purpose, at the family seat of Toddington, Gloucestershire. The monument consists of a Gothic plat form between two and three feet in height, sustaining two slabs, on which rest life-sized figures of the deceased. The baron is represented in his peer's robes, and the lady in a towing dress, The base of the monument is adorned with eight sculptures, consisting of four angels at the corners, and in the centre of the sides the four Evangelists. The intervening spaces are filled with heraldic shields, tracing the genealogy of the family. The entire tomb is of white marble. It is by Mr. Lough. THE WHIRR OF FIRE-WHEELS.—We paid a visit the other day to the Patent Fuel Factory, at Wharf-road, City-road, and there we were much surprised to enter a large room which resounded with the whirr of wheels, and the clicking of machinery. The article called a fire-wheel differs as much from the old faggot as the sulphur match did from lucifer ; it is, in fact, a highly civilised article, which has to go through many processes to bring it to perfection. In the first place, nothing but the very best pine wood, free from knots, is employed. We dare not say how many cargoes of this wood are brought to London annually to supply its fires, but if we were to hint at a fleet as big as that which took the allied army to Sebastopol, we should not be far out. The wood is cat to proper lengths by powerful steam saw-mills working night and day, and then it is split and stoved. The successful lighting of a fire depends upon the perfect desiccation of the wood as much as anything; this is obtained by drying it with a great heat—to such a heat, in fact, that it becomes surrounded with a kind of gas, which leaps, as it were, to meet the fire applied to it. The ordinary firewood is sold in bundles, as the reader must be aware ; but the wheel is built up to the shape of a wheel in the most ingenious manner. The builders are young girls, rows of whom are seen em ployed in the factory, each girl having an iron matrix of the shape of a wheel before her. Into this matrix she drops with the utmost rapidity sufficient pieces of wood to make the rim and the spokes of her miniature wheel; by the aid of a lever the different parts are jammed close, lifted a little from its matrix, and tied firmly together with a string. Some of the more nimble of the girls will thus build thou sands of these wheels during working hours. The last process is to dip them in a cauldron of boiling resin, and the patent fuel is complete. A fire cannot well go out when this patent fuel is employed, as it lights with the utmost ease, burns with fury, and gives out sufficient heat to boil a kettle ; indeed, a large quantity is used by bachelors for this purpose. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] GREECE, REPORTED DEPARTURE OF KING GEORGE I. FROM ATHENS. THE HAGUE, JAN. 5. The Dagblad van's Gravenhage of to-day publishes a telegram from St. Petersburg, asserting that King George I. has quitted Athens, convinced of his incapacity to regulate the confusion of the country. DENMARK. PROCLAMATION OF KING CHRISTIAN TO THE ARMY. HAMBURG, JAN. 5. King Christian has issued a proclamation to the Danish army. It says : " The New Year finds you in arms for the defence of your fatherland, and your King is, therefore, among you. I have entered upon the full inherit ance of my predecessor in love to our native land. Our motto is the honour of our country, and it shall be upLeld with peace, or if requisite by force of arms. No life is too costly for the salvation of the fatherland. From the former struggle the army has retained experienced leaders, whom the young troops will now follow with enthusiasm. Courage, not numbers, above all, unhesitating military obe dience, in all cases lead to victory." His Majesty concluded by saying he should soo❑ g'adly visit the different divisions of the troops. His Majesty was to review a large portion of the army on the 3d, and was to leave for Fredrickstadt yesterday. Advices from Copenhagen state that it is gene rally believed in the capital a French and also an English fleet will soon appear in the Danish waters. RENDSBURG, JAN. 4. Hanoverian and Austrian pioneers, with a small pontoon train, have arrived here. It is said they will be employed in erecting defences. It is reported that the Danish pioneers have left the "Kronenwerk" with instructions to blow up the bridges next the sluice-bridge immediately upon the outbreak of hostilities. Contracts have been made for supplying provi sions to the Federal troops. PREPARATIONS FOR HOSTILITIES. COPENHAGEN, JAN. 5. About 14,000 men of the reserve have been called out by the Ministry of War. FLENSBURG, JAN. 4 (Evening). Large reinforcements are to be sent from Fcken• iiirde to the Island of Fehmern. In case of war it is believed that flank attacks will be made from that position. PROCLAMATION OF DUKE FREDERICK. BERLIN, JAN. 2. The following proclamation has been issued in Kiel by Duke Frederick of Augustenburg : " Schleswig-Ilolsteiners,— " When I announced to you that I assumed the government of the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein, in virtue of the ancient order of succession of our country, and of the House of Oldenburg, the coun try was occupied by foreign troops. Retreating before the forces of the German Confederation, whom you greeted with acclamations as liberators, these have now evacuated the Duchy of Holstein. "I have been unwilling to withdraw from :your call. I fulfil an indispensable duty if Ino longer hesitate to share with you the cares of this serious time. " Complications which arose before my accession to the Government, have occasioned the German Confederation to intervene for the preservation of the rights of the country against the power hitherto actually subsisting in Holstein. Commissioners of the Confederation have assumed the administration of the country. " The Federal execution, not directed against my Government from the commencement, has now be come objectless. I have never given occasion to doubt that I recognise the rights of the country in their full development and will give them validity. I feel, therefore, convinced that the Germanic Con federation also will acknowledge that the causes which led to the order of administration by com missioners are now removed. " I entertain the firm conviction that the present intermediate state will only be of short duration, and cherish the belief that my faithful subjects will respect the temporary administration ordered by the Confederation and will avoid conflicts. " Schleswig-Holsteiners,—. "I need not say how much I thank you for the love and fidelity you offer. You adhere to my cause with an unanimity and resolution, which will prove to the world that my right as a Sovereign finds secure support in your free conviction, your patriotism, and your unbending will. " Join with me in thanks to Almighty God, who ha 3 led as to this point, and will conduct us further. " FREDERICK I Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. " Kiel, Dec, 31, 1863." THE NEW DANISH MINISTRY. COPENHAGEN, DEC. 31. The Berlingske Fidende of to-d a y sa y s We have reason to believe that the Ministry, although not yet definitively settled, has been constituted to day as follows : " Bishop Monrod, President of the Connell and Finauce Minister; Colonel Lundbye, Minister of War; Captain Liitken, Minister of Marine; Bishop Engelstoft, Minister for Public Worship and Edu cation; Dr. Casse, Minister of Justice; State Councillor Nutzhorn , Minister of the Interior. Until the definitive or gan i sa ti on o f t h e C a binet, President of the Council and Finance Minister. Bishop Mon rad will undertake the portfolio of Foreign Affairs and for matters relating to Hol stein, while Austmann Simony will assume the Ministry for Schleswig. It is reported that the late Finance Minister F enger w ill resume the direction of the entire Finance Depart ment. Chamberlain Quaade r the Danish Am bassador in Berlin, is sa id t o h ave b ee n tele graphed for. As soon as the Ministry is constituted the King intends visiting the army." The general opinion in Copenhagen is that the new Ministry contains already the elements of dis solution, and will not hold long together. The soul of the whole combination is the new Premier, hitherto Minister of Public Worship. Mourad first became conspicuous in 1848, and was at that time a comrade of Orla Lehmann, Clausen, &c., only a more decided Democrat. After that time he became Minister of Education. Latterly he has appeared to hold aloof from the Eider Dane party, and to incline towards those who advocate an undivided State ( Gesanunt Staats partez). The remainder of the new Cabinet, with the exception of Lundbye and Casse, who belonged to the former Ministry, are nearly all quite un known to political fame. Simony constitutes an exception. He has been several times in the Cabinet, and enjoyed the especial confidence of the late King. It is not yet known whether the new Cabinet wilt advice the withdrawal of the Constitution of the 15th November, incorporating Schleswig with Denmark. PRUSSIA. THE DEBATE UPON THE LOAN. BERLIN, JAN. 5. At the meeting of the committee upon the loan in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, Herr von Bismark repeatedly advocated free action for the policy of the Government. He hoped, in conclusion, that the House would rather grant the means re quested than compel theGovernmen to obtain them by its own authority. The debate was adjourned. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jas. 4.—The business of the settlement prevents anything like new operations, but Rente remains firm at the quotations of Saturday, Threes, for the Account, being now unvaried at 66fr. 70c. Mobiler have slightly receded, the price being now 1,032 fr. Railway Shares have been rather offered, and are generally lower. The market remained firm to the close, and left off as follows : 4i per Ceuta .. 94 CO Italian Loan 7l 45 end month Do. end month.... 71 50 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 70 Credit Mobilier 1045 Do. end month !045 Rank Shares 3290 C reditr F oneier 1225 Roman .. 73i New ditto Do, end month, Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 52 (Tome Debt Deferred BAILWAYB. Cash. Account. Orleans 975 975 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New. ditto S Althorn 930 - .. 927 50 Western Eastern SarJinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona 885 - - - 68'2 50 .. 686 25 510 - - 477 50 .. 477 50 392 50 .. 392 50 403 - . 402 50 516 25 .. 616 25 517 50 .. 615 - 620 - .. 615 - 300 - - - The Agitation in Italy. The fol:owing is the text of a proclamation by Garibaldi, which has just been published in the Staazpa newspaper : "Before the hypocritical intrigues of diplomacy, which now denying and now caressing the most sacred cause and the most solemn rights, makes a mask of them to cover the shame of its abject sel fishness, what remains there for Italians to do ? "Betrayed in their aspirations, and their gener ous initiative misrepresented, the Treasury overladen with debts, dishonest or incapable men in power, a warlike enemy fortifying himself in the north, with enemies not warlike, but no less iniquitous, who seek to force us to ally ourselves with their frauds or become slaves to their influence, what remains there for Italians to do? " Let them unite; but no longer in support of men whose antecedents of tortuous policy promise nought save hatred, discord, renewal of party vio lence, and fatal disenchantment. " Let them unite ; but not in the spirit which by incapacity and malignity has spent the vital forces of the nation in fratricidal conflict. "Let them unite; but in the name of him in whose loyalty alone we confide with filial truth in a supreme orisis—in Victor Emmanuel 11. "He alone never failed in his given word. The insidious arts of diplomacy will shiver, as they have ever done, against his truth and honesty. The country may confide in him in the approaching struggle, because he who was ever the bulwark of the destinies of Italy, and who risked his crown in the unequal struggle on the field of battle, will never descend to compromise, but will conduct us gloriously to Rome and Venice. "Let us, then, unite in the name and with the honesty of Victor Emmanuel. Let him be promptly invested with the dictature of the entire kingdom. Lbt the Parliament be closed. Let the lists for the conscription open before the arrival of spring for the speed formation of columns of volunteers, who will form the vanguard of the regular army. Let squadrons of National Guards be formed as a reserve, and let us march without loss of time on the Mincio. " In the name of Italy and Victor Emmanuel Dic tator, all parties will unite; the brigandage will cease which infests the fairest jewel of the Italian crown; the ramparts of Austria will yield; the people of Venice and Illyria will rise in insurrec tion ; Italy will regain her own influence, and mis • tress of her own destinies, will be in a position to seize her capital. " GDISEPPE GARIBALDI." PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS. The several portions of the President's speech have been referred by Congress to the appro priate standing committees. A number of proposi tions relating to the army, slavery, and the Canadian Reciprocity Treaty have been introduced. Several resolutions regarding the rebellion, peace, and re construction, were presented on the 14► h—one by Fernano Wood, providing for the appointment of commissioners to proceed to Richmond with the view of arranging for the termination of the war and securing peace. It was laid on the table (i.e., the House passed to the other business of the day) by a vote of 96 to 59. On the 15th a resolution, offered by Henry Winter Davis, that so much of the President's Message as relates to the duty of the United States to guarantee to every State a repub lican form of government, and to 'those States in which the Government has been abrogated or over thrown, be referred to a select committee of nine members, who shall report the bills necessary to carry into effect this duty, was adopted by a vote of 89 to 80. On the 17th Mr. Harrington, of Indiana, offered resolutions, denying the power of Congress to confer upon the President the right to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in the loyal States, and asserting that the assumption of the President in these respects is contrary to the progress of the age, despotic, and wholly subvereive of the elementary principles on which the Government is based, The resolutions were rejected-67 against 89. Mr. Edgerton, of Indiana, offered a preamble and resolution setting forth that " the House can not but regard with anxiety the unprecedented and extraordinary claims and assumption of high pre rogative by the President" in the Emancipation and Amnesty proclamations, and the House " denounce, as among the gravest of crimes, the invasion or occupation by armed forces of any State, under the pretext or for the purpose of coercing the people thereof to modify or abrogate any of their laws or domestic institutions that are consistent with the Constitution of the United States." This was laid on the table by a vote of 90 against 63. Mr. Smith, of Kentucky, then offered a series of resolutions, one pledging the House to a vigor, us prosecution of the war, and declaring against any armistice or proposition of peace, so long as there shall be found a rebel in arms against the Government. This was adopted by a vote of 90 against 64. Resolutions in favour of voting money for ttie war, and thanking the soldiers in the field for their gallantry, were adopted with but one negative vote—Mr. Harris, of Maryland. Notice was given of a Bill to increase the pay of privates and non-commissioned officers of the army ; also a resolution to refund to the States, counties, townships, wards, cities, and municipal corporations, all moneys paid by them respectively for bounties to volunteers in the Union. STRANGE SUPERSTITION.—At Abbotsford a little child's cradle is shown, not as belonging to the great poet, but as being actually Sir Walter's cot I ENGLAND AND SWITZERLAND.—"It has evidently been Mr. Benson's object to render them rivals in point of beauty of decoration to the elegant Swiss knicknacks, and at the same time to preserve the characteristics of an English watch —strength, durability, and accuracy. In point of decoration his watches are certainly unsurpassed."—Standard, Nov. 15, 1862. Chronometer, duplex, lever, horizontal, repeaters, centre seconds, keyless, split seconds, and every description of watch, adapted to all climates. Benson's illustrated pam phlet on watches (free by post for two stamps) contains a short history of watchmaking, with prices, from 3 to 200 guineas each. It acts as a guide in the purchase of a watch, and enables those who live in any part of the world to select a watch, and have it sent safe by post. Prize medal and honourable inenuon, classes 33 and 15. J. W. Benson, 33 and 34, Ludgate-bill, London. Establbthed 749. Watch and clock maker by special warrant of appointment to 11.R.H. the Prince of Wales. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Jan. 4. High mass at the Catholic Cathedral, Marl borough-street, on Sundays, is always an imposing ceremony. The Archbishop, mitred, crosier in hand, seated on his throne in the sanctuary ; the attendant priests in robe and vestment ; students of Holy Cross in soutan ; and assistant clerks in white and scarlet, flitting about before the grand altar in the different Portions of the service —incense, wax-light, bell toning, and music—all combine to render it, extrin sically and independently of the sacredness of its object, an e ffiir of moment, attracting very frequently numbers of persons of other religious persuasions who come especially to enjoy the vocal and instru mental music, which are of a superior order. But on yesterday, the first Sunday in the new year, there was the additional attraction of the new Lord Mayor attending in State. He was accompanied by the Lady Mayoress, his chaplain, the Rev. Mr. O'Connell, of St. Michan's ; his secretary, who is also his brother in-law; Mr. Michael Angelo Hayes, the distinguished artist; and by five of his prin cipal officers, who are all Catholics. A troop of horse police formed his escort. The carriages which composed the cortege penetrated with difficulty through the dense crowd to the grand entrance of the cathedral, which is opposite to the grounds of the National Board of Education. The vast crowds which blocked up the street received his lordship, not in any noisy or de monstrative manner, but orderly and respectfully. The Lord Mayor, with commendable good taste, entered the chapel hcuse, where he unrobed unseen, and appeared quietly and becomingly in the church in his ordinary court dress and chain of office. He sat within the sanctuary in a chair of state on a raised dais, alongside the bishop's throne, a step lower than it, and had his chaplain on his light. Outside the rails of the sanctuary, on a cleared space richly carpeted, chairs covered with crimson cloth were arranged for the Lady Mayoress, her sis ter, Mrs. Angelo Hayes, and other ladies members of his lordship's family, and behind them the offi cers of the Lord Mayor, namely, the Secretary, the Swordbearer, the City Marshal, the High Con stable, and the officer of Mace. An impressive ser mon was preached on the occasion by the Rev. Mr Purcell, of Allhallows, and on coming out of the church and entering his carriage, the Lord Mayor was loudly cheered. Capture of Long Shore Pirates, Revelations lately made at the police courts in the neighbourhood of Plymouth have established the fact of the existence of an organisation for pur poses of crime amongst the juvenile criminals of the neighbourhood. Lads from 12 to 20 years of age seem to have become possessed with a desire to imitate the exploits of celebrated criminals, forget ting that the increased population and altered manners of the age render now such careers per fectly impossible. On Friday another of these combinations was detected in Plymouth, the offen ders having exhibited a desire to copy the adven tures of Capt. Kidd and similar buccaneers. Their depredations were made by sea, and they, like Kidd, had a store for their plunder, a mimic Key of the Bahamas. For several days past the watermen's boats moored near the Great Western Docks have been plundered. Iceignificant and even valueless articles have been taken, as well as better plunder, the boats being stripped of everything moveable. A barge was also visited and lightened of a quantity of bones and soldiers' old jackets. At first it was net easy to see at all how these robberies could have been committed. The plunder could not be found in the premises of the dock company, and it was known that at each of the company's gates, by day and by night, an unimpeachable member of their vigilant police was posted, and who could not have allowed such lumbersome articles as sails and ropes to pass him unnoticed. At length the robbery of the barge threw light on the affair, as a waterman's boat was missed, and when found she bore indications of hav ing been employed in the carriage of bones such as had been stolen. It was thus conjectured that the 'docks were entered by the thieves, and some of the watermen's boats were employed in carrying off the stolen articles, the boats thus used being, artfully enough, left uurobbed. Over the offices of the M ill bay quarries Mr. Steer, the foreman of the lime burners, and his family reside. From their win dows a view of the quarries can be commanded. Leading out of the quarries to the eastward of the West Hoe Baths is an old tunnel and arch, formerly an entrance to Three Holes-quay, but which is now unused, as is also the quay, access to the tunnel being nearly closed up with rubbish. About the breakfast hour on Friday morning Mr. Steer, his wife, and Mrs. Mitchell, a daughter, noticed some suspicious looking youths going into this tunnel, who subsequently left with large bundles. A second visit was also noticed during the morning, and again the lads left, carrying packages. This roused curb sity, and Mr. Steer, accompanied by some of the men employed in the quarries, visited the tunnel. The result of their inspection was a discovery of part of the property missed from the docks —sol diers' jackets, pieces of rope, canvas, a smockfrock, and other articles. Kessell, the Hoe constable, was at once communicated with, and an ambush was laid. Shortly after three o'clock the lads again arrived, and, with mistaken caution, came into the tunnel one at a time. As each made his appearance he was taken into custody and handed out, and thus four of the young thieves were taken in succession. The ambush, however, was broken up too soon, for it was seen when too late that a fifth lad was leisurely coming over the Hoe with a bag under his arm, who, observing several persons collected round the store, beat a speedy retreat. The parties cap tured have given the names of John Williams, Thos. Jones, James Widger, and James Musty. THE NEW " SENSATION KETTLE."—The demand for sensational novelties has led to the improve ment of that common article of domestic utility the ordinary kettle. We have now the "sensation kettle," to which the principle of steam power has been adapted. On Thursday the new apparatus was exhibited in operation to a number of gentlemen at Mr. J. Stent's, the Talbot Hotel, Great Charlotte-street. It consists of a cast-iron pedestal 3 feet in height, with hexagon base, fixed to the counter on which it stands, The upper part of the machine contains a tray for the reception of from two dos?,n to 30 tumblers, which may be kept warm or otherwise, as circumstances require. There are two brass kettles of globular form—one for hot water and the other for coffee ; and below are two taps for supplying at all times fresh cold water. There are also ther taps, from which hot water car. be obtained. Bereath the kettles are two atmosph?ric rose burners, con nected with the gas main, and having stopcocks, each burner consuming at the rate of not more than two cubic feet per hour. Above the kettles, and close to the cap of the pillar, are two cocks, each entering the lid, for renewing the supply ; and there are also affixed to each kettle floating valves, with indicators to show their con tents. The tray is ( laborately finished by an elegant per forated brass band, appropriately burnished and lacquered. The apparatus is a gift from Profresor Anderson, the Wizard of the North, to Mr. otent, in remembrance of many acts of kindness conferred by the latter gentleman during a period of 20 years. The machine, which exhibits remaikable ingenuity, was brought from Edinburgh by the manufacturer and patentee, Mr. John Lawrie, brass founder, &c., of that city, and is the fire t introduced into England. It bears the name of the patent " Wizard Kettle." The fitting up was entrusted to the Liverpool United Gas Comi. any, and carried out under the supe rintendence of Mr. H. V. Dobson. The result of the trial yesterday was highly successful, and the apparatus appears to be well adapted to its intended purposes —Liverpool .Mercury. THE LATE FIGHT BETWEEN KING AND HEENAN. —An application was made yesterday to Mr. Justice Shee at Chambers, in the case of the Queen v. King and others, by Mr. Thomas Beard, the attorney for King. He, with Heenan, Sayers, and several others, engaged in the late prize fight, had been committed by the Wadhurst bench of magistrates to take his trial at the Quarter Sessions at Lewes for an alleged breach of the peace. The application was for a writ of certiorari to remove the indictment from the sessions into the Court of Queen's Bench. His lordship granted the application, and the is dictinent, which was to have been tried this day, will be removed. BARBARA'S HISTORY. By Amelia B. Edwards. 3 vols.—"ll Miss Edwards (bays the Athenceuni) goes on writing such stories as ' Barbara's History' she will, on some bright day of a lucky season, wake up and find herself famous. Miss Edwards has q ualities superior to mere literary facility and acquaintance with the artifices of her art, bile has humour, insight into character, and a somewhat extensive knw.vlalge of books. We give her full credit for having written a thoroughly readable and deeply interesting novel." ,e 4 N , xinrt .vg-Ay md. tlrtni,a HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, JAN. 4. The Queen walked out this morning with Prince Alfred. Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, lett Osborne at hall-past one o'clock on his return to Holyrood Pa ace, Edinburgh. PRIVY COUNCIL.—The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Thursday next, at Osborne, at which tho day for the meeting of Parliament will be dccided on. THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.—His Majesty the King of the Belgians is shortly expected to visit this coun try. We are informed that the King will stay several weeks in England—Westfield House, Admiral Sir Augustus Ciiffurd's residence at Hyde, Isle of Wight, having been engaged from the 28th inst. for four weeks. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left Gloucester House yesterday for Knowsley Park, Lancashire, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby, who have in vited a distinguished party to meet his royal highness. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Col. the Hon. James Macdonald, Capt. the Hon. James Robert Drummond, R.N., and Col. the Hon. George Augustus Liddell had a day's shooting ma Friday at Coombe Wood, Surrey. Above 320 head of game fell to the five guns in a few hours. The Duke of Somerset has returned to the Admi ralty from Stover Park, Devon. The duchess left Stover a week ago for Netherby, Cumberland, ci visit Lady Hermoine Graham, who has been indisposed, but is now much better. The Duke of Wellington returned to Apsley House on Saturday evening from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield House, Herts. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and a largo family party are staying with the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland at Cliefden Park, near Maidenhezd. The Earl de Grey lett town by the mail train on Saturday evening for Studley Park, near Ripon, and is ex pected to go to-morrow, accompanied by the countess, to Nocton Hall, Lincolnshire. Tne Earl and Countess Howe are entertaining a large circle at Gopsall Hall, near Atherstone. The Earl and Countess . of Cardigan have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley•square, for Deen Park, North amptonshire. Lord Broughton has been indisposed during the past week, but according to the last accounts received from. Tedworth Park his lordship was not considered worse. Lady Emily Walsh leaves town at the end of the week to join the party visiting the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort at Badminton, where Captain Walsh will meet her ladyship from Wales. THE COUNTESS DANNEIL—We learn from Flens burg that the widow of the late King of Denmark arrived there, accumpanied by State Councillor Schlegel and her ladies of honour. This lady has purchased a mansion near Paris, and intends shortly to take up her residence there. It is stated that the countess has made a will on the solicitation of the executors of the King, and that she has bequeathed to Denmark, atter her death, all the works of art belonging to the King, and has also only bequeathed the seventh portion of her property to her family, the remainder being left•to public benevolent institutions. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, Last night a new operetta, entitled " Fanchette,'' the music by Mr. W. C. Levy, was produced with. complete success. Tne action is supposed to take place in Douay (La Vendee) during the reactionary political dis turbances of 1794. The Marquis de Beaupre, a Royalist leader (Mr. W. Harrison), is forced to take refuge in the house of the Republican mayor of Douay (Mr. H. Corri), whose niece, Fanchette (Miss Louisa Pyne), a young lady of very decided. Royalist principles, is the marquis's foster-sister. Beaupre is betrothed to Hortense de Layal (Miss Thirlwall), but Fanchette, to rescue him from im minent danger, passes the nobleman off as her own lover, Pierre (M. Rouse). This occasions all sorts of mystifications and ludicrous contretemps, and matters are pushed so far by the impatient major that Beaupre and Fanchette are compelled to go through the preliminary ceremonies of marriage, and the real Pierre is about to be consigned to pri son as the supposed marquis, when the dea.h of Robespierre is announced, and Douay, besieged by Royalist troops, declares for the monarchy. Beau pi 6, thus master of the situation, proclaims a general pardon, and the happy lovers return to their allegiance. The music, as the production of a young composer, contains much that promises well for his future. There is a vivacity of style, and an occasional feeling for dramatic effect, that may, with continued culture, develop into some thing more important than the present effort. Among the most remarkable pieces in the operetta are a highly spirited trio for soprano, tenor, and bass, "My uncle here!" a fresh and graceful chorus, " May many years of wedded bliss ;" two melodious duets, for tenor and soprano, " Home of our youth," and " The good old time ;" the songs, " How sad all nature " (soprano) and " The true love-knot" (tenor), the last-named being most likely, we believe, to achieve extensive popularity. Miss Louisa Pyne was in the best possible voice, and sang her very best throughout. Mr. W. Har rison's part is every way suited to his voice, and Mr. H. Corri threw all requisite humour into the character of the mayor. The other characters were ably sustained by Miss Thirlwall, Mr. Rouse, and Mc. Aynsley Cook. The band, conducted by Mr. Alfred Mellon, who was loudly applauded on enter ing the orchestra, fully maintained its web'. won reputation, and the one chorus which " Panel tette" contains was sung irreproachably. At the fall of the curtain Mr. W. C. Levy was led on by Mr. W. Harrison to receive the ,con gratulations of his admirers. Mr. Thaelteray's daughters have left Lond and are now staying with attached friends at the Isle .of Wight, close to Farneyford, the residence of the P c ,et Laureate. LISZT AND THALBERG.—Mendelssohn's opinion of the two great pianists of his day is thus express , Sd in a letter to his mother, dated Leipzig, 1810 :—Liszt here for a fortnight, and caused quite a paroxysm of excb;e ment among us, both in a good and evil sense. I consid( r him to be in reality an amiable warm-hearted man, and a o admirable artist. That he plays with more execution tha all the others, does not admit of a doubt; yet Thalberg, with his composure, and within his m ore restricted skhet is more perfect, taken as a virtuoso ; and this is the standard which must also be applied to Liszt, for his compositions are inferior to his playing, and, in fact are only calculated for virtuosos, A fantasia by Thalbarg (especially that on 00 " Donna del Lago") is an accumulative of the most exquisi te and delicate effects, and a continued succession of difil culties and embellishments that excite our astonishment; all is so well devised and so finishea, carried out with such security and skill, and pervaded by the moat refined taste. On the other hand, Liszt possesses a degree of velocity and complete independence of finger and a thoroughly musical feeling which can scarcely be equalled. In a word, I have heard no performer whose musical percepti•.ns, like those of Liszt, extended to the very tips of his fingers, emanating directly from them. With this power, and his enormous technicality and practice, he must have far surpassed all others, if a man's own ideas were not after all the chief point, and these, hitherto at least, seemed denied to him so that in this phase of art, most of the great vittuosos e qual, and indeed excel him. But that he, along with Thalberg, alone represents the highest class of pianists of the present day, is, I think, undeniable. A SUBMARINE SHIP.--A correspondent of the Times writes to that journal:—" I have had nay attention called to an article which appeared in the Times about three weeks ago in reference to the Russian Govern.* meut, who you state are now building a submarine ship, which is made to float between the water and to rise and sink when required. It is to be worked by a compressed air engine, and is fitted with apparatus for fixing torpedo s on the bottoms of ships it purposes to sink No doubt many of your readers will recollecthaving seen plans of such a ship?, which I exhibited at the Society of Arts, 1848, and also of the compressed-air engine, a small model of which I made, from which model I demonstrated that I could obtain as great a pressure by air as by steam. I wrote to the Aumiraity, and submitted soy plans to thew? which were returned about three months afterwards by Sir Baldwin `Valuer, who stated that the Lords of the Adrai ratty were not then in a position to undertake them. I have not since then adopted any fur her steps to get the matter taken up, but no doubt the Russian Government, who aro more in the habit of encouraging invention than our own , have taken copies of my plans and are now working they out with the greatest secrecy. I may add one advantag e which my submarine ship has over thet which the Russian Government is building. It is provided with a round" house (or cupola) on deck, from which, when the vessel !e raised to the level of the water, observations can be mac e of surrounding objects and country." ~'Q`t