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ROYAL ENGLISH. OPER.A COVENT-GA.RDE N. - Under the 31anazernent of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Ilarrison. THIS EVENING, for the Missme,. Balfe's new Op , e 2 sti is BLANCH DE NEVERS : Louisa rype, Miss A Hiles, miss Emma Heywood; Messrs.W. H. Weiss, H. , C , r. A. Cook, A. ;:t. Albyn, C. Lycal, J. Rouse, and W. Harri sof ' To conclude with the Second Act of TIIE DES.F4 FLOWER. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half -past six—::ommenee at Sevr,n. ROYAL DRURY - L ANE. - TFIEATRE 3lanagers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F . B. Chatterton . Tuts EvENI NG, her Majesty's Servants will p er for the Farce ofDIY dr:ART S IN THE HIGHLAND s: charactersm by 31r. J. Neville, Mr. G. We s t on , M r . Ward' Mr. J. arris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Harfleur. At:er which. Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Stessrs. helps, R y C. Atkinson, der, Rayner, M,agreson, Ward, Spencer ; Ebarne,Miss 1 Miss Leclercq. and Mrs. H. gi iss T aico „,, Vocalists—Miss l'oole, Miss r.itter, Miss Ciccl y war, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. Followed by BEAUTY Olt THE BEAST. Principal cha - /meters by Messrs. Addison, G. l'. Neville, Barret, ,t , pcncer., and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss ti. Lecler9 t• THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- - Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, A GA AE OF SPECULATION:. Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Hoger.z. Clark, Braid, Gordon, &c. ; Mesdames Fitzwilliam, dill, Griffith, &e. Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charlefl Mathews, Compton,Weathersby, dzc. ; Mesdames C. Mathews., L Keeley. Griffith, &c. With COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And LITTLE DAISY. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BE L DENIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated; Every Evening until further notice. T HIS EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BABY: Messrs. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, Charles ; Miss P. LeAercq, and Carlotta Leclercq. After which, at Eight o'clock, BEI. DEMONIO, a Lore Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's Chronicle," by Mr. John Brougoam. Principal c,,a,rao ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brluixh , im, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford Collett, Andrews, Sims; Miss Kate Terry, E. LIVICIIIIC, 51rs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. Doors open at half-past 6—commence at 7. QT. JAMES'S THEATRE-ROYAL. under new 1.7 Manafrement, will OPEN for the Winter Season on BOXING NIGH F. N'''' 1' HEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.- 801 e Fronrtator and nana.e-er. M?. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY EIORSEBREARE.R. R. Phillips, Bil. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, and Miss Woolzar. &t 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Bth weeic or Miss Bate. man, supported by Messrs.A.rtnur Stirling, lington, stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. siativ,, and Mrs. Billington. . 1 To conclude with ICI ON PAELE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole. Commence at 7. L E A H.-EVERY NIGHT, —LEAH. —THIS EVENING, IsS BATEMAN. " All the 64th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss I "'AN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of tßhie7uo'nnbounthat success witit which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama " o ILli:All has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, 3lr, W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Minders. Followed by (20th ti me ) P ATIE NT P ENELOPE ; or , Th e Return of Ulysses. Messrs. Honey and Fenton ; Mesdames wanborough and Simpson. After which, MT NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. ROYAL SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE. Manageress, Miss Marriott. THIS EVENING, A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEB FS. Messrs. D. H. Jones, E. Phelps, Miss Mandlebert, Mis. Fisher, &c. TJ conclude with THE ORPHAN OF GLENCOE. Box-office open from 11 to 4. 7p HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing . the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, C►tn be had Every Evening . of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, sh. 57m.—Afternoon, 6h. 20m, v o -Koßnow.-Doming, 6h. 50m.—Afternoon, 7h. 12m, The Weather—Sun Office, Dec. 16, 1863. THERMOM ETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-29.85. Wind—S.-W. ; light, and fine. 4,4 11 ''t..•lllSe 444+, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1863. There has hardly ever been a more popular legal appointment than the one we had the especial satis. faction of announcing yesterday. Mr. Sergeant SHEE's nomination as the successor of Sir WILLIAM WIGIITMAN as one of the puisce judges in the Court of Queen's Bench has afforded not less grati fication to the general public than it has to the whole of that bar of which the learned Sergeant has been so long and so distinguished an ornament. In many respects the circumstances attendant upon his nomination to this judgeship are very peculiar and exceptional. His is the first instance in which a Roman Catholic counsel has been raised to the Bench since the date of the Reformation, He is so raised, according to the express right assured to Roman Catholic lawyers in this country by the noble liberality inspiring and regulating every in dividual section of the famous act of Roman Catholic Ern a , • eipation. As is well known, that Act provides that all - judicial offices, with ono only exception, shall. be freely open to Roman Catholics. That one solitary ii,c eption being the supreme judicial office of all, that of the Lord High Chancellorship. As that eminent, as is ,tlbat pre-eminent, legal functionary is, in virtue e Office as Chancellor, Keeper of the Royal Conscience,l the ex ce pti on th ere t a k en t o B o man Catholicsas Z m p a irants to that highest legal promotion of all wa s , i n a thing inevit a ble —after the Reformati on , L ookinre back to a period only i m mediately anterior ta the date of the Reformaa tion, one cannot still but realemut , er of course, that in the reign of King HEeteea t he PaG lITII the seals of the Chancellorship were held,. not merely by two world-famed Ro man Cat but two of them so renowned, as such, that one of them was a Cardinal ( FEIOMAS WOLSEY),whi L the o th er (sir THOMAS MORE) actua ll y died u p o n the scaffold on Tower Hill under the headsman 3 azte, dication of the Pontiff's supremacy, even with those two famous incidents reco r d ed in English History in association with the au gust office of the Lord High Chancellorship, it became, as we have said, a thing inevitable after the date of the Reformation that Roman Catholics should be precluded by virtue of their religion from all chance of ever occupying the Woolsack. The omis sion of this express e xce pti on f rom the Act of Catholic Emancipation would, in effect, have been a very obvious and a very flagrant anomaly. The Protestant Church as by law established being so established, it followed simply by neces sity that no Roman Catholic could be in ducted into the office of the Lord High Chan cellorship, one of whose significant titles it is, as we have s a id, t o b e K eeper o f the Ki ng ' s Con science, Otherwise, than to that highest legal aPPointraeat of all, Roman Catholic law) ers have hies legally eiigible ever since the date of the com pletion of that nobly conceived and most magnani mous Act on th e 1,,r t of E ng l an d, th e g l or i ous Act of Catholic E ma ` le . Bench—not th e 1ti"• Accessible though th e but the Bench— ever since the dat e of tha Wool-ak, t e Act has b een t o R oman Catholics, it has s o chanced that never yet has a Borneo Catholic lawyer b een n ontinated to a jnd e lgi s hi p —un til now, until the selection ofllr, the Sergeant death of SIIEE to the judgeship vacated b y Justice WIGHT-MAN. How this has fallen ut. Se rgeant how it has come to pass that \lr. appointment is the very firs t of its kiud, the Time & ; las , to-day, in one pithy sentence, expressed most gracefully, end most eulogistically, i n. his regard as follows, namely, where our contemp orary remarks—" If any Roman Catholic lawyer, as tinguished as Sergeant SHEE has been excluded from our Beach on re►igious grounds, we are very sorry far it, but we know of no such example." It would be hardly fair, however, to imagine for one instant that in this evidence of religious toleration our country occupies a wholely exceptional position among the nations of Christendom. While here, in England, Roman Catholics are still, as we have said, not unnaturally—nay, as we would even say, are only reasonably—ex cluded since the period of the Reformation . from the pos s ibility o f b ecom i ng , any one of them, Lord High Chancellor of England, and, as such, Keeper of the Conscience of the English SOVEREIGN—what has been, more than once, the noble, the magnificent liberality of Catholic France in regard to the religion of the occupant of the highest office of all in a monarchical and constitutional Government? Why, it has been so resplendent and conspicuous, this liberality, in the way of religious toleration—that there, over Catholic France, twice has a Protestant Prime Minister held within his grasp the reins of the Government ! M . NECKER, in the reign of KING Louis XVI., immediately anterior to the Great Revolution ! M. GUIZOT in the reign of King Louis PHILIPPE, immediately before the revolutionary outbreak in February ! Conceive for a moment the tables turned ! Namely, by the e l e vation even once (we will not sa y, as i n th e two instances just particularized, upon two separate occasions) imagine the elevation even once of a Roman Catholic Prime Minister to the head of the Government of Protestant England ! The extraordi nary nation of any such appointment as that, may serve to realize all the more vividly the exceeding liberality in regard to religious toleration thus, upon two distinct and widely sepa rated occasions, manifested in Catholic France, namely, when M. NECKER, towards the close of the last century, and M. GUIZOT, towards the middle of the present century, obtained the highest appointment of all under the Crown—although they were Protestants! Remembering which two memorable historical facts, we may understand now all the more readily that—while the appointment of Mr. Sergeant SHEE to the Bench, although that learned and brilliant advocate is a Roman Catholic, cannot but be matter for heartfelt satisfaction amongst us; still, as affording thus on its part a new display of religious toleration, our country has been surpassed more than once in regard to such evidences of liberality by the hitherto un paralleled magnanimity which twice led Catholic France to place an illustrious Protestant Statesman, now M. NECK.ER, now M. GUIZOT, at the head of her Government. If the general public do not form a correct con clusion respecting the tame and vacillating conduct of Earl RUSSELL, it will be from no lack of oppor tunities of judging thereof. It is surprising to notice how many different reports and accounts appear relating to the transactions that have taken place between this country and the United States Government. All concur in one testimony that our Foreign Secretary has not comported himself with befitting dignity, and exhibited the proper spirit which should distinguish the representative of a great Power. The case of the Margaret and Jessie is a disgraceful one, and no one who is qualified to judge from having studied the actions of Earl RUSSELL from the commence ment of the American contest will hesitate to affirm that, had the circumstances been different, the result would have been otherwise. There is no doubt that the Confederates would have come under a very different law, and been compelled to make good the claim of their opponents to the uttermost farthing. 'Phis is not the way to settle affairs, and the day of account must come, but no after censure or general indignation can atone altogether for the injury inflicted on the name and fame of our country in regard to other nations. It is really quite distressing to peruse one incident after another, which all tend to demonstrate that for a party purpose the honour of England is to be sacrificed, and her very rights invaded. The decision of Earl RUSSELL in answer to Captain WILSON is not only an injustice to the Confederates, but an indignity to Englishmen. It was a positive violation of esta blished custom to attack the ship when "within the maritime territorial jurisdiction of her MAJESTY," it was a direct insult to our authority, and yet all ,his is to be passed over because the Ministers find it convenient so to do. It needed but a word from Earl RUSSELL, and the Government of the United States would have been compelled to make the required restitution, and to perform the act of justice which every right-judg ing and reasonable person would have desired to see them do, but that word was not spoken. Instead, we hear plenty of platitudes, high-sound ing phrases, and empty expressions. The Govern ment of her MAJESTY "are taking such steps as they deem to be required for the honour and dignity of this country.' This is rather astounding intel ligence; and it must be admitted that the charge which has been preferred against the noble lord for his obstinacy in adhering to old notions in home affairs, does not apply to his management of foreign transactions. In this line he has certainly disco vered a novel mode of carrying on business. It would have been very puzzling to the politicians of the old regime to be told that the best way of upholding the authority and vindicating the hon our of their country was to permit the grossest insults to pass by unnoticed, aed to allow an arro gant Government to send out official bullies to spoil our commerce, capture our vessels, and affront our countrymen. This is zeal without profit, and forms an exhibition of progress without much purpose. It is really surprising that men of experience can con descend_ to such unworthy ends to g a in a p urpose . t he greatest gain in the way of power and influ eat_ soon comes to an end, short-lived are its days, Sod b r i er • its reputation ; but not so with the cha racter of that statesman who consults his country'shonour, ti or out of cfat not his own adv an t age . Wh e th er i n e ena,llbls respect is sure, and his honoured fame is an ring heritage amid the transitory on the changing scene of and shifting public life. I t ti e s are :A .i y ao to be regretted that such They d° the: ,s their object, and all y lic as u p w ir n a - tions now cherished by our loft irreparable p injury on elves great wrong and their country, by timeserving purpo s __ Waking ri a fi k ie in t gtime future considerations yield t o present motives of expediency. W „hen Parliament 4 e rables th e c hi e f subject of discussi on at first m ust 4 be this deplorable state of affairs between the I.tnerica, Gocerncneat and our own ; are we to have a neutrality that is no neutrality, that is capabl e of being shat qua, changed in all directions to suit Oa convenien ce of the moment. Every question that is referred to arbitration stretches or shrinks till it is rendered conformable to the fancy of the decider. There is no immutable and irreversible law laid down to whose dictates ail must conform, and whose impar tiality all must acknowledge, While glaring in consistencies are rife, and most incongruous regu lations abound, it is idle to expect that men will tamely submit to have their interests sacrificed and their rights violated. It is long since the authority of England was so set at nought as it has been since the commencement of the civil war in America, ana yet w o hear on all sides the parti:,ns of the Govern ment are claiming credit for their skilful arrange ments in this trying crisis, and at this important juncture. It is high time that this vexed question mterpretation p u t ebepecnalimt,lyerdeilseceuswsee shall and a lose rightca ste before the e y es o f the world, and find it difficult to reliev e our su lli ed and l reputation. It is worthy of notice that France re ceives very different treatment at the hands of the Federal authorities ; and why is this, but because it is well known that her ruler and her people will not pass over an affront. The sooner our policy in this direction is changed in its tactics, and remo delled in accordance with the spirit of the brave days of old, and nct after the fashion of peace mongers, the better will it be for the interests of the country and the satisfaction of all true patriots. It is bad enough to make mistakes at home, but the errors that are committed in regard to our deal. ings with foreign States are doubly to be regretted, and their consequences are most serious in every resrect, as they complicate events and inflict injuries on important interests. The news from New Zealand, brought by the newly arrived mail, is not altogether what we could wish, although it is very much what might have been expected. Our troops are feeling the difficulty of contending with an enemy who fights in a manner totally different from their own, and the guerilla system of warfare which the Maories carry on is very harassing and troublesome to deal with. The natives appear and disappear, they send out wandering parties who destroy property, drive off cattle, and shoot down any wayfarers. The out lying settlers, too, are almost certain victims to these bands, who, when pursued, fall back upon their wilds and generally elude detention. They have all the quickness and facility of savage tribes, and act on the principle common to un civilised nations, that all is fair in war, and that to kill an unarmed man, or even child, that crosses their path is part of the ordinary duties of belliger ents. Added, however, to the various features of the wild life of the woods, the Maories possess, to an inconvenient degree, many of the resources of modern warfare. They know the use of fire arms, and are tolerably expert with them ; they have a good idea of intrenching themselves, and have taken up a strongly fortified position at Mere-mere, a place which is almost impregnable from the wastes and morasses which surround it. Their re sources, too, are endless. Being short of ammunition, they set their ingenious brains to work to provide substitutes for „bullets and caps. In place of the former they substitute a number of little boys' marbles, bought from them in the streets. Their substitute for percussion caps is more curi ous, and shows that they have no lack of inven tion. They procured a quantity of eyelet holes and wax matches, and out of the two compounded caps by thrusting the head of the match into the eyelet hole. Still these contrivances, even with the aid of our spent balls, which are carefully picked up, must come to an end at last, and should they be compelled to abandon the use of fire arms, their power to injure us will be very much restricted. We have too good reason, at present, to lament their expertness with fire arms which has cost us many valuable lives. Mr. ARMITAGE, a police magistrate, and one or two other Europeans, were accompanying 14 or 15 friendly natives, who were escorting some stores of provisions up to Camerontown in canoes. The party, it seems, was suddenly fired upon from a thick bush, which concealed a large body of natives. Mr. ARMITAGE and the other Europeans were shot simultaneously ; two of the natives with them were killed, and all the stores together, with four canoes, passed into the hands of the Maories. Elated by this triumph they subsequently proceeded to set fire to a pah of the friendly natives at Cameron-town. On this a body of 60 men were despatched from the town. They met a large party of natives, and a sharp struggle ensued, ending, unfortunately, be sides casualties among the men, in one of our officers being kilied and the other severely wounded Their place was, however, promptly supplied by one of the non-commissioned officers, who took the lead of the party, and succeeded in extricating them from a very awkward and dangerous position. It will be seen from these accounts how difficult and un certain is the work which our troops are called on to perform, and how a decisive success is hard to gain. The natives shrink from open fight, but take refuge in ambuscades and surprises, and the other resources of bush fighting. General CAMERON has therefore wisely determined to meet them on their own ground, and has organised a flying Column, consisting of men who have some expo rience in the bush. Their office is to scour the bush in detachments, and destroy marauding parties of the enemy. Should this scheme prove success ful other flying columns will be established, and it is to be hoped that this project will alter the most troublesome and dangerous feature of the war. The bravest men and best soldiers are no match for an enemy behind a tree. Another important addition to the defences of the settlers has been made in the shape of a steam gunboat, built in Sydney for use on the Waikato, or New Zealand rivers. She is 140 feet long and 20 broad, while her depth is only 8 feet. It is calculated that, laden with stores and 300 men, she will only draw 3,1 feet of water. It is manifest that she will be of great service in pene trating the creeks,See., in which the natives may hope to conceal their canoes. She has two iron turrets, eight feet high and twelve in diameter, pierced with loopholes for rifles, and ports for Armstrongs. Be sides these means of attack she has perforated pipes along her side from which jets of boiling water can be poured upon her assailants. The Maories with all their ingenuity will hardly match this enemy, and we may hope she will do good service in check ing their operations on the river. No effort has been spared by the New Zealand Government to obtain a good supply of mon, and their call has been promptly responded to by her Australian neighbour. The latest news bring us rumours of a fight at Mere-Mere, the native stronghold, of which the assault is not known, but whatever its conse quences we fear the natives will long give us cause to regret our having allowed them to obtain such advantages from a mistaken notion of conciliation. THE ERRATUM.—About the middle of our first Leading Article yesterday Midhurat was inadvertently mentioned instead of Rochdale. THE CRAWLEY SPARROW CLUB.—The number of members having become gre6tly reduced, only 16 the other day sat down to dinner ; and the winner of the first prize could only vouch for 700 heads, a number that, in past years, would stand no chance of a prize at all. So the Crawley Sparrow Club has been declared defunct. TINE DIAMOND EXCHANGE.—Very affable WAS Mr. Marks, armoring all my questions in the readiest manner. No I he didn't consider it a full morn ing ; you see, the great diamond sale at Amsterdam was on Just now, and many of his frequenters were away at it. Had any meat bargains been made that morning ? Well, sold hone diaaras P th ro re ß e t , there had been a set of diamonds brought in, which were sold about ten o'clock for seventeen hundred pounds, and, which up to the present time (it was now about twelve), had been resold in the room nine times, and each time at a o Some men had made two pounds profit, some profit. tht veetki:e a p ro fit• Lo No! o much as thirteen pounds--but each had re. people 1 „ said I d; at a profit. " That's the vay vith our Marks ; " anything fora deal ! Ye mustht ha ve a de r a ' l tion—l re .tholdp l and in a deal ve mustht have a leetle had a thouthand poundth tranthac ounagthoo?ds the theme day. Vot was my profit ? Fifty Theven and thicpeth I pour k here now" (pulling a hand- Thtill, there vos pounds fifteen in value, ful of various coin, perhaps mornin g Cora out of his left•hand trousers pocket), „ , " Alt the Year that th vet I've made on my little transactionth this Rino it o t n h ci io i n ,.: money, I call it,"—bicke:lB.B LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per the America.) NEW YORK, DEC. 5 (Morning). General Meade has abandoned the campaign, and retreated to the north of t he Rapidan, Bragg has been superseded by Hardee, who is preparing to assume the offensive. Longstreet has been repulsed in an attack on Knoxville. President Lincoln's illness is said to bo moro serious than was at first reported, his malady having been small-pox. Thirteen steamers ran the Wilmington blockade on the 19th ult. The Confederates have made a reconnaissance across the Rapidan, but have been driven back. The Washington Star, an official organ, declares that Meade's campaign was a military failure. It is rumoured that General Sedgwick will supersede Meade. Cumberland Gap despatches to the 3d inst. re port fighting to have taken placo at Walkersford, two miles from the Gap, between Forster and Longstreet'a cavalry. The former, in attempting to cross the Clinch river, were repulsed, with the loss of 50 men, but captured four guns. Gen has been superse d ed b y General Hardee, General who Bragg is preparing t o resume the offensive against Grant. The Conservative Union National Committee, at a meeting held in Cincinnati, nominated General ITC ellen for the next Presidency. • NEW YORK, DEc. 4 (Evening). (Per the America.) General Meade finding Lee's position on Mine Run Valley too strong for assault, retreated on Tuesday to the Rapidan. It is supposed that Meade will go into winter quarters near Washington. The publication of Grant's movements has been forbidden. General Joe Johnston has reinforced Bragg near Dolton. The reported capture of 5,000 of Wheeler's cavalry was untrue. Longstreet assaulted Fort Saunders at Knoxville on the 29th November, and was repulsed with con siderable loss. All was quiet at Knoxville on the 30th ult. Longstreet had been reinforced by two divisions under Bushrod and Johnson. Foster had reached Cumberland Gap. Washington despatches state that Foster would be able to inflict some damage on the rear of Long street, who was retreating into Virginia. It was expected that Sherman would reach Knoxville on the 3d. Despatches have been received from Charleston to the Ist inst. Gilmore is throwing 20 shells per diem into Charleston. The shelling of Fort Sumter has been discontinued. 111eade's casualties during the late campaign are estimated at a thousand men. Southern accounts of this campaign represent that in Friday's fight ono Confederate division drove French's corps several miles. On Thursday Mostyn burnt hleade's head-quarters, near Cul pepper. On Friday General Rosser made a raid in Meade's rear, capturing some ammunition waggons and horses. Further details from Chattanooga report that Hooker, previously to evacuating Ringold, fought a battle on the 27th, in which two Ohio regiments suf fered severely. It is rumoured that Breckenridge was killed. Bragg's report from Chickamauga, dated November 25, says :—" After several success ful assaults on our lines, the enemy carried our left centre about four o'clock today. The whole left soon gave way in considerable disorder. The right maintained its ground, repelling every attack." Southern pp.pers urge Braggs removal. They do not doubt his patriotism, but people have no confi dence in his ability. The Confederates are reported to be stretched along Little Missouri river preparing to attack Fort Smith or Little Rock. General Banks announces the occupation of Brownsville, and says three revolutions have oc curred in hlatamoras. The first was adverse to the interests of Mexico and the United States. Everything, however, is now as favourable as could he desired. Confederates naviat k in ee g p th u e p continual attacks on the steamersnavigating Strong abolition resolutions have been introduced in the Missouri Legislature. Senator Toombs has delivered an address to the Georgia Legislation on the Southern situation. He said there was cause for great anxiety but none for despondency. He denounced the course the Government took in carrying out the conscription, and obtaining supplies. The Russian fleet has arrived below Washington. A large meeting has been held at New York to raise volunteers. President Lincoln's illness con tinues. The America (Canadian steamer), Hibernia, and Scotia have arrived out. 0........... ~..... COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, DEC. 4. Gold has fluctuated since Wednesday between 49 and 531, closing to-day at th© latter quotation. Money tight. Exchange on London, 167, 168 ; Paris, 3.321. Stocks improving —New York Cen tral 133 a, Illinois 118, Erie 106, Six per Cent. United States Bonds 1071. Cotton very firm— Midland Upland 79c. Flour steady. Wheat ad vancing. CJrn declining. Provisions good inquiry Coffee quiet. Sugar very firm. Molasses quiet. Petroleum very film—Crude 26 to 27, refined 43 to 44. NEW YORK, DEC. 5 (Morning). Gold 51Z. Petroleum market excited, and prices have advanced considerably—Croce 32c., re fined 40c. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. COPENHAGEN, DEC. 16. Lord Wodehonse had an audience of the Presi dent of the Council of Ministers yesterday, and will probably be received by the King to-day. The Danish representative at the Federal Diet has received orders to quit Frankfort as soon as the Federal troops enter Holstein. Numerous addresses have been received here from Lauenburg, signed by the Mayor in the name of the inhabitants, which declare that there scarcely exists a country where the inhabitants live better than in Lauenburg, under the Danish rule, and that they do not wish to be withdrawn from beneath the King's sceptre. THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, DEc. IG. The draft of the address submitted to the Cham ber having been unfavourably received by the mem. bers, the committee have withdrawn their original draft and submitted another. THE SUEZ CANAL. PARIS, DEC. 16. The Moniteur of this morning publishes a despatch from Suez, dated yesterday, stating that the fresh water canal is completed. The water was at three kilometres distance from Suez, The inhabitants of THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1863. the town had offered their congratulation to M. de Lesseps inviting him to be present in Suez on the day of the inauguration. Their Majesties will return to Paris from Com piegne on Saturday. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, DEC. 16. It is rumoured that M. Maesen Sombriff, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has tendered his resignation. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 15.—The market has been heavy, and prices show a decline on yesterday's quotations, Threes, for the Account, are now at 67fr. 20c, Railway Market without animation. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 95 25 Do. end 3 per Cents Do. end mouth 67 15 Credit Mobilier..., 1047 50 Do. end month — Bank Shares 3330 Credit . oncier 1240 Roman Italian Loan . 71 Do. end month.... 71 New ditto Do. end month — Russian Austrian .. Spanish Threes — Rome Debt . . 52 Deferred RAIL Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Geneva S Althorn Western Eastern .. Sardinian Austrian Lorybard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona 'AYS. Cash. Account. 970 .. __ _ 972 50 -. , - 936 25 .. 940 - 885 - .. - 687 50 .. 505 - - - 478 75 - 398 75 .. 398 75 401 25 403 75 523 75 .. 626 25 520 - 517 53 620 - - - 310 - .. 305 - LITERATURE. The .liortons of Bardonz. A Lancashire Tale. Three vols. Newby. Bardom was a manufacturing town. It had no history, no memorials. "Cotton had planted it; cotton had nursed it ; cotton had fed it, clothed it, educated, and enfranchised it." "People in Bar dom lived on cotton." One of the most enterpris ing manufacturers of this enterprising neighbour hood was John Morton, a self-made (and cotton made) man. A younger brother, Walter Morton, by the help of large loans from his brother, at a heavy interest, had also income the head of a consi derable manufactory and estate, which at his death he left to a young son, under the guardianship of his uncle. When the nephew (the hero of the book) comes of age, and his own master, his political opinions differ widely from those of his uncle. The chief interest of the tale centres upon a Parliamen tary election for Brandom, in which Walter becomes the choice of the Liberal electors; to the intense indignation and dismay of his Tory uncle. John Morton's revenge and its consequences materially affect the fortunes of the new M.P. By way of contrast to his harsh and unnatural relation, Walter Morton meets with some true friends, in the persons of worthy Job Fitton, the steward, and delightful Chris Holden, and excellent Robert Seaford ; nor must we omit the heroines of the drama, true hearted Mary Graham and gentle Alice Trimley. The Boy's Own Volume of Fact, Fiction, History, and Adventure. Illustrated. Christmas, 1863. Beetoo. One of the most interesting features of this new Boys' Volume, is the Victoria Cross Gallery, with the story and portrait of " Lucknow-Kavanagh ;" of " Captain Loyd Lindsay, Scots Fusileer Guards, saving the Regimental Colours at the Alma ;" and " TheVietoria Cross and the Royal Welsh." Another very attractive series, "Up in the Alps,"is illustrated with some very spirited engravings. " The Zoolo gical Gardens" are described in an exceedingly elaborate and interesting manner, both by letter press and engravings. Among the latter, besides innumerable smaller sketches, there are some half dozen highly-finished " portraits" of zoological " lions"—such as " Chune," the Asiatic. elephant ; " Bill," the Bengal tiger ; " Jumbo," the African leopard, &c. "The Adventures of Reuben Davidger," for seventeen years and four months a captive among the Dyaks of Borneo, is an enthralling narrative that will prove delightful to boyish readers. Fact and fiction contrast together in the miscellaneous contents of the Boys' Volume. Among the so-called poetry are some lines entitled "The Boy that Loves a Baby," which, without exception, rank among the very silliest of the many silly effusions that it has been our weary lot as critics to encounter. The introduction of such doggrel is really an insult to the understanding of every bright-eyed Boy for whom the Volume was designed. More attractive is the series of articles on The Boys of England— " The Harrow Boys"—" The London Boys"—" The Winchester Boys"—&c. In the paper on "London .street Bays," the distinction between those city Arabs and the Gamin de Paris is judiciously pointed out. The Paris urchin is said to have more politi cal sympathies than his English contemporary, and a happy remark of Victor Hugo is quoted, in which he declares of the Paris Gamin that " There are two things which, Tantalus-like, he ever desires, never obtains. The one is to overset the Government, the other is to mend his trousers !" A Spring and Summer in Lapland; with Notes on the Fauna of Lulea Lapmark. By an Old Bush man, author of "Bush Wanderings in Australia." One vol., pp. 407. Groombridge. The principal portions of this work have already appeared in the columns of the Field newspaper, but they are well worthy of having been reprinted for general circulation. The author's object in visiting Lapland was, it appears, to make a collet,- tion of native birds and their eggs ; his notes, therefore, abound in information that will be valuable to the lovers of ornithology—nor are they wanting in interest for the general reader. In the course of his diary, kept at Quickiock, the Old Bushman recounts the perilous adventures of a night in the snow—during, as it appeared after wards, the most severe snow-storm that had been known in that region for 20 years. The author had parted with his guide, " who," he says, " told me if I kept down a long fence till I came to the bottom, and then turned to the right, I must make the village." " I followed his directions, as I fancied, to the letter, and after I had wandered alone for perhaps an hour, I saw what I took to be a house looming in the distance; bat when I reached it (after a goodish deal of trouble) it proved to be a clump of trees. Although much disappointed, I did not despair, for I was as yet tolerably fresh and strong. The worst of it was, the snow was blinding me, the air was so thick that I could not see a hundred yards before me, and all the fences were now buried in the snow drift. I fired off my gun, I shouted, but no answer ; so on I floundered, without the slightest idea where I was steering, for I was fairly lost; and if I had even tried now to make back tracks,' the darkness of the night and the heavy falling snow prevented me seeing my spor. I had, therefore, no thing for it but to take a straight line, and keep it, trusting t 3 luck to bring me at last to some familiar object. On I floundered, sometimes the snow drifts in the hollows four feet deep, always above my knees ; and so great was the exertion, that in about an hour more I was fairly beaten ; and although I should reckon there was then at least 13 deg. cold Celsius, the perspiration poured off me in streams. Again I fired off my gun, and shouted, but no welcome answer." As the time passes, and the hopeless traveller be comes worn out, his position increases in danger. Fairly beaten, he sinks down exhausted, and then a complete revulsion comes over him. " My blood seemed all at once to stagnate, my head reeled, my eyes appeared to be starting from their sockets, and a drowsiness, the like of which I had nevc,r felt before, crept upon me. The horrid thought suddenly flashed across my mind, that if I gave way to this sensation for five minutes I should soon sink into that sleep from which there is no waking in this world. There was now nothing to do but to keep moving, for I knew that my life depended on it. If I could struggle on till the morning, I had no fear ; but I was nearly beaten, and I reckoned it still wanted eight hours to sunrise; so I roused myself up, and again struck out—which way I knew not, nor did I care. It would be a miracle if I reached the village, and as to holding out till morning in my present weak state , I fancied to be impossible. When I fell benumbed with cold , the snow would soon bury me ; all traces of m e w ould lost, and there I should lie till the thaw eameo n • But as long as there was life there was hope. T o P ush on was my only alternative, and again I sttuek ou t i n to the waste of hands, and I had snow. The cold had caught one of lost the use of it, and my ears . e icicles, I could feel the an d nose felt just as if 1 could haie snapped them off 1 cold, as it were, gradually paralyzing me, so I took a good, roll in the snow like a dog, and it is wonderful how that refreshed me. I luckily had lots of tobacco for chewing but no matches. I did not feel hungry, and a handful of snow every now and then slaked my thirst, so I had no fear on this account. My whole life, as I thought, depended upon whether or not I could hold on till morning, and keep myself from being frozen; for now I dare not rest for five minutes, or I would have scraped a large hole in the snow and crept in; but every time I rested I felt that queer drowsiness coming over me, which I knew was the precur sor of sleep." He afterwards learns that Galton, in his " Art of Travel," declares that men may live many days buried in a snowdrift. " Had I known this," says the escaped traveller, "I should have suffered no more anxiety on the night i❑ question than I had ever done when bushed in Australia." However, ho finds for his consolation that every peasant whom he consults on the matter says that the traveller's only chance of life in such an emergency is "to keep going." Happily our author acted upon this providential impulse, although his condition was pitiable in the extreme. " My gloves had frozen as stiff as icicles. The cold seemed eating into my very marrow. My feet, notwithstanding all the exertions I was making, were completely paralysed, and appeared to hang on my legs like two lumps of lead; moreover, they felt as if they had swelled to double their natural size—my boots, which had frozen as hard as iron, held them like two vices, and the pain was dreadful. My senses seemed going; I was becoming light-headed, and when I rose again (for I dare not lie long) I reeled like a drunken man. A kind of languid indifference was now stealing over me; I seemed to care little for life, and, al though I was determined not to sink as long as I could flounder on, all probability of my now holding out till morning seemed so hopeless that I almost longed for the moment to come when I should fall exhausted in the snow, and bury the agony I was then suffering in sleep, although it might be the sleep of death." Ultimately, it is needless to say, he reaches home, and is none the worse for the adventure, saving only intense pain in the feet. The whole description, which reads like truth, is extremely interesting. Many other adventures are recorded in these pages, especially in the chapter on "The Mammalia of the District," the pursuit of which put to the test the author's capabilities as a sportsman. The Desk book of English Synonyrnes. By John Sherer. Groom bridge. This little volume is designed to afford assistance in composition, and it also aspires to be a work of reference requisite to the Secretary and indispen sable to the Student. The preface explains to us that "o€ all the synonymes of which the work is composed there is shown either their true meaning, their proper application, or whether they are used in a good, bad, or indifferent sense. In many in stances their relative strength is determined, as well as their opposites given, as now is the opposite of tugh, ; mean is the opposite of noble," &o. While this compilation is an evidence of the author's in dustry, we hardly think it is likely to be of great practical utility. By the student and the lover of dictionaries and derivations, it will be examined with interest, but regarded rather as a matter of inquiry and cariosity than as an authority. The mgjority of the definitions consist (perhaps neces sarily) of " a distinction without a difference." Many of the explanations are correct enough, but with many others we are inclined to differ. For example, here is a nice series of distinctions for the most part sufficiently exact ABASE, HUMBLE, DEGRADE, DISGRACE, DEBASE.-- These rise upon each other. The modest abase themselves by not insisting upon their rights ; the penitent humble themselves by confessing their sins; the noble degrade themselves by associating with their inferiors, disgrace themselves by acts of meanness and irregularity, and debase themselves by profligacy and vice. In the literal sense, abase is to lower or depress, to throw or cast down, and is applied to the person's rank, office, or condition of life. And here again are a number of most arbitrary ex planations that we cannot at all regard as defini ti' e DESTINY, FATE, LOT, DOOM.—Destiny is used in regard to one's station or walk in life ; fate, in regard to what one suffers ; lot in regard to what one gets or possesses ; doom is that portion of one's destiny or fate that depends on the will of another. Destiny is marked out. Some of the writer's comments are sufficiently in genious, and othors are somewhat surprising. Delarue's Red-letter Diaries for 1864. Following closely upon the beautiful red-lettar diaries contained in their annual issue of russia lea- ther pocket-books, the Messrs. Delarue's Red-Letter Diaries upon various larger scales, and published exclusively as Diaries pur et simple (and not as mere accessories to dandy pocketbooks) have just now come to hand. They are exquisitely " got up," and are altogether as compact and com plete as could well be. They are stored from cover to cover with every kind of information that could reasonably be looked for in pub lications of this character. The letterpress is (as it has been during *several years past) printed in the loveliest cerulean blue ink. The Diary being, in each instance, as the title in dicates, red-lettered. Mr. Warren Delarne's wonderful Negative of the Moon, as photographed by him on the 11th September, 11h. 20m., 1859 (the moon being then aged 14.8 days), here again appears prefixed to each of these Diaries as a Fron tispiece. The contents will also be found to have been very carefully edited by Mr. Glaisher, of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. Whatever size may be selected, according to the fancy or whim of the purchaser, the beautiful finish of each publica tioh will be as visible in that size as in any of the others. They are all of them, as the homely phrase has it, as like as two peas, the only difference being that they Fre variously grown, some larger, some smaller, but all of them otherwise identical in their excellence. Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., and his Constituents: COVENTRY, TUESDAY NIGHT. This evening Sir Joseph Paxton addressed his constituents in the Corn Exchange, and the large hall was densely crowded, it being estimated that over three thousand persons were present. It was generally expected that there would be some dis turbance at the meeting on account of the course which Sir Joseph took in Parliament in supporting the French treaty, but with the exception of a few Morganites and Trehernites here and there in the crowd who contrived to render the first portion of the proceedings inaudible the affair passed off moat successfully. Sir Joseph spoke for upwards of an hour, justifying the course he had taken in regard to the treaty, and afterwards touching upon the question of the • American war and European poli tics. He concluded by asking the electors whether they had ever known him deviate since he had been their member from the liberal scheme of policy ho enunciated on his first introduction to the city. Oa the chairman (Mr. G. Flint) calling for a show of hands from those who approved Sir Joseph's address, about three-fourths of the great assembly responded. Sir Joseph was afterwards escorted to the Castle, the Liberal head-quarters, by his friends and supporters, amid the cordial cheers of the electors and not-electors. MUSKETRY INSTRUCTION OF THE ARMY.---The total number of men under instruction was, in round num bers, 124,000 out of a total strength of about 142,000. COUNT DE CHRISTEN, who was included in the amnesty signed by the King of Naples, has arrived at An cona to embark for France. THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR in France has been invited to Compiegne. has mad© a sensatiod with a book on the a rt of divining character by A FRENCHMAN, M. DESBA BOLLES, the hand. . THE SALARY OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA, which is the highest in the gift of the Crown, is EEaNrral‘nigiteClF, a E n c d Ei t T h E e lt re will be no exclusive of allowances, which may be Mr. in this matter, esti £30,000 a year,• mated at XlO,OOO. Heir of Rpdeisff - more i il 2 :: ,c, E :s I: h fa l os s r rt beenl itieT lawyers w B y E Tr amicablyBETWEEN the January THE AUTHOR of " Th e. 11 number of the Churchman's commence a new story, entitled', The Clever - 6 will tkuld, the Family," in .oe Clever Woman. of THE SWEDISH Family Magazine. the e W re a s r e , rv G es e , n ti er r a s l ean ßo d ut A RIIYI according to the Minister could be numbers 30,000 men, and he had everything phiedon a ready Nvar, second e call, 91,000 men; 60,000 men f l o o r ot t i h ng eir itt e a qu v iv er m y e L a h t o c r ,r t n co e u ri t e d e, g a e s t it at once, tiriltrt kii,lrtrifyyr HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 15. Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess, Prince "William, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Henry of Prussia left the Castle this morn ing for Dover, at a quarter past six o'clock, attended by Countess Hohenthal, Baroness Dobeneck, Count Furstenstein, and Major Von Schweinitz. Lord A. PAget attended their Ros al Highr:et , ses to Dover. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur left the Castle for Blackheath, attended by the Rev. W. Jolley. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, walked and drove in the grounds of the Castle. Mr. Gilbert Scott had the honour of submitting to her Majesty, this morning, his model for the Prince Consort's Memorial. The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia. The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, aco ln. partied by their children and suite, left Dover Yes' terday morning shortly after 10 o'clock. Their sui te consisted of the Countess Hohenthal, Baroness von Dobeneck, Count Furstenstein, and Major 11 ° 11 SJhweinitz. The journey was made from 1'1 110(15°r to the Admiralty pier at Dover by the 5 00t " h , Western, Charing-cross, and South Eastern lines 01 railway, without change of carriage, and in th ree hours. The Charing-cross Railway, though no t e 5 yet opened for traffic, was declared available for the e transit of the State train, after a careful survey 0 ' the line by the Government Inspector, Capt. Tyler; and the Prince and Princess both expressed them selves highly pleased at the greater facility a nd co venience afforded by the new route. L or d O re ' Paget accompanied the party to the place of ember` cation. The weather was particularly favourable for the passage. On the arrival of the State train a Royal salute of artillery was discharged from the Castle batteries, and a similar compliment was ei on the steamer leaving the Admiralty pier, whi t was lined with guards of honour from the 7Sth Highlanders and 85th Regiments, at present guar' tared in the garrison. A large number of towns . people were assembled on the pier, and they chee red lustily as the Prince and Princess descended from the railway carriage and proceeded on board the packet. All the local authorities were in attendance' The Duke and Duchess of Montrose will shor tly leave Belgrava-square on a continental tour. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne has arrived in Berkeley-square, from a tour of visits. e The Earl of Carlisle has left Grosvenor-place la ' Dublin, to resume his duties as Lord Lieutenant. The Earl of Dacie has taken a mansion Belgrave-square for a term of years, late the residenc e ° the Hon. Mrs. Cavendish. The Countess of Powis and the Ladies Her bert and the Earl of Powis will leave Berkeley-square to-naorroW for Powis Castle, Welshpool, The Baroness Gersdorff and Mdlle. Gersd° r neat ff i °l. will leave the Hanoverian Leg a ti on on Monday Dresden. Lady Henniker and the Hon. Misses Hennik er left town yesterday on a visit to Viscount and Viscount 664 Holmesdale, at Linton Park, Staplehurst. Count de Flahault is expected in town the latter end of the week from Paris. The Countess and dll Elphinstz,ne de Flahault are at Torquay on a visit to Lord and Lady Willoughby D'Eresby. Lord Crewe is expected at his residence in gill street to-morrow, from Crewe Hall, Cheshire, Lord and Lady Churston have been entertaini n g a select party at their seat, Lupton House, Devonshire/ during the past week. Lord and Lad 3 Henry Cholmondeley have arrive d in town. His lordship has taken a residence in Park-street Grosvenor-square, for a short period. The Westminster Play. The revival this winter of the " Adelphi," following to regular order the " Andria," revived last year, would seen to indicate that the substitution of Plautus for Terence, at' tempted in 1860, is finally abandoned, and that we shall go on like our fathers, witnessing a small cycle of Terentiaa plays, Christmas after Christmas, the cycle being rendered narrower than of old by the omission of the " Eanuchus ," , which it seems has been sentenced to perpetual banishra e r as a punishment for its offences. Perhaps the repetition of a few well known plays answers the purpose of the Westmin ster audience better than the production of a great varie l li If the aggregate works of Terence and Plautus wer e p u upon the stage they would not afford many types of chat); ter not already presented in the selected pieces, for tog writers of the new Greek comedy, which the Romans t 0 for their basis, however they might have multiplied tbeill.r collisions, kept themselves within very close limits vire tis they conceived their list of dramatis personce, and a b° eight types of character will probably comprise all the s P ec;, i s mens of humanity they undertook to exhibit. Hence It just as well that the old habitues of St. Peter's dornitt°rlt: assembled rather to admire the abilities of the actors than to feel a dramatic interest, should have for their delectati°, a few choice works with the plot and points of which t i T e are perfectly familiar, than a series of strange fables t° ire unravelled for the occasion. The " Adelphi" does not cl c , so much laughter as the " Andria," but is always an a g re p e t able play. The contrast between the severe and indn i g e d }mothers, repeated in so many works, is well m aiatain e tt though the close observer may feel somewhat puzzled by as t moral with which the last act is pointed, the poet, 0 1° i de hitherto been apparently enlisting the sympathies on the: 5 of the urbane Micio, suddenly and unaccountably shifiliji, his purpose, and endeavouring to make us feel that Delne s o , in the right, oven after Demea himself has pronounced a c' d trary opinion, in a long recantatory speech, which is one de the best passages in the play. The drunken scene cff °r . pc i Syrus an opportunity for a peculiar humour which is 41 e li h i- n to the Davus of the Andria, generally his superior. T h ' e l . the attachment of the two young brothers to each ot. ': shown throughout the entire play, and so prettily exP res , i r, in a speech by Micio, elicits a strong feeling in their tsT ve and the episod e o f th e p oor f am il y , w ith th e i r f a ith& G - eta and their honest advocate Hegio, gives a pretty s e t t s mental background to the principal action, in which comic element predominates. Play Even those whose familiarity with the Westminst er k •I does not extend over a long series of years will scarco l Y to be struck by the very great change that has rec el ' e , taken place in the spirit by which the performanc e gulated. Formerly the language was delivered in a s oo le formal manner, of which perspicuity seemed to be Ole . u i s e object, and even the gestures that accompanied par tl i ss iii lines were so completely stereotyped that they cou ld be retraced after an interval of ten years. Only a P eri° l o. liv e l i e st stances, of extraordinary vivacity could, under these stances, attain the ars celare artem, and even the e ,co impersonations were not altogether without an aPPe,ater6toia of constraint. As the actors, so were the audience . t'll de cues had been obviously marked for applause, and , w . g d e li' the passage with which they terminated was well ° r i ba tiont vered, it was sure to command a round of noisy Bpp t of which the gods were the fuglemen. de : L OY' Now,on the contrary,the actors and audience ar e evi clearly' in a state of comparative liberty. The former ar e liver y,. allowed to be as natural as they pleased in their de, , t o f and if anyone is ingenious enough t o devise a litutiltell.),oB original fun, he is quite free to exercise his Syrus of Mr. Trevor is not the work s o f a aand his deta il° tu toredschoolb oy to look 08 both of astuteness and of inebriety aredetermined exub t even , is the Sostrata of Mr. I ; excess. Quito opposite • character, but equally marked by its freedom from perfectly matronly in ve'ce discriminating P ~0 this character, small as it is, I P showed their • oc'e f S h manner.apt er, a Thedi dignified fi u e cir d is iau la cg d e convention, y ttio , h last night by awa of Syrus. The Deniea of Mr. W. C. Lane drunkennesslaest amount of applause next to that bestowed on t l3B 40 wa sharp, ir ascible, and genial (it could not have been sot a 1 old times), though perhaps it l ac k e d var i et y, a nd his 000 solilsquy in the fifth act deserved more applause th an , , o btained. Mich) was di s ti ngu i s h ed b y a ver y c a reful deci4 mation. These are the most remarkable characters. The entire cast is as follows;_ _ Micio ****** A. J. Mackey Sostrata....W. Shapter Delve. s • • • ..W, W. C. Lane Canthara IVgluer.so_ annio i•C. T. Biscoe Geta .. FL. liarrl s' cll inus..M. 0, Sirn liegio. ..... E. JerraYu k'YruE .... .E. Trevor Drumo ....A.. IL Nur° t o ..E. J. Chepmell I Persona 3luta. Parmeno .. C. E. Oldman. The prologue and epilogue were given last night. The former is, as usual, the obituary of deceased "West, minsters," and the persons lamented are P rofessor Cockerel' (under whose care the beautiful scenes of the play ` c .,. executed), the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Beauchamp, 1. 5 . Slade, Bart., Archdeacon Lane Freer (of Hereford), or'' Captain F. Madan. In the epilogue, which is of course dramatic, Dentea become Lord Mayor, DI icio an alderman, Syrus the Dlayor butler, Sannio a troublesome liveryman, and Gets a P olic 7/ man. Complete copies of both prolog ue and epilogue m' b be published after the third and last performance, No will take place to-morrow. ht were Lord Cheltesforii , tbe Among the visitors last n i g . Dean of Westminster, the Q ueen's Advocate, Nr. J 3e°l' ford, Professor Selwyn, Archdeacon male, d;c. CO W: A bee 'zit Au )3 a r Con Ind Eac Bra; D D D co Dan DD I . , I) 4 or bat -r re