The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-20 00:00:00

ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF M :r. CIIARLES PETTITT ALLEN, Treasurer of t County of 3ldidlesex, from 4th October, 1863, to 2d January, 1,861, inclusive, As TO TIIE ORDINARY COUNTY RATE. _ RECEIPT. Balance in the Ban k of England on 3d 0ct.,1863 1'2,148 l5 RATES, Arrears on that day of the Rate made on 16th Jaly , 1863 .. £364 13 2 Bate made on 15th October, 1863.. 28,825 1 3 25,9891 4 5 837 5 3 2,611 4 7,000 0 61 18 221 15 73 8 75 0 134 15 156 14 191 7 475 5 47 5 113 16 97 2 228 2 .. £39,155 9 .. 10,227 14 £49,383 3 Arrears on 2d Jaainary, 1864 Amount of Rates recelYed • • • • .. 28,152 9 2 temporary trans,`er from the moneys bor rowed for enlarginl.l* the House of Correction at Coldbath Fields • • • 7,000 0 0 HOUSE OF CORI tECTION AT COLDBITH FIELDS. From te Lords of tin . ; TreasurY towards the mainUnauce of convicted trisoners, from Ist April to 30th September , 1863.. £7,213 8 7 For Materials worked and La bou done by Prisonue.-s p Far Bread, Officers' Unifor ms, and Prisoners' hoes made I or, and Cocoa supplied to the I rouse of Correction at Westrnin,t er • • 487 15 9 For Bread and Officers' tha. iforms made and supplied to the' House of Detention • • • • For Bread and Officers' Urciforms made for, and Flour, Coo) a., and P i gs - mea l supplied t o the County Industrial Sch• 3 ol at Feitham . • . • " • • For Maintenance of Mints' Pri soners •• •• •. Ditto of Prisoners not sent enced to !lard labour • • • • • • 10 0 Sums taken from Vagrants to be apyli2d towards their Alain tenance • • • • • • • F or Maintenance of Customs'Pri- 342 4 9 199 13 2 465 1 6 10 3 0 0 10 10 3 6 6 9 16 0 41 17 3 soners •• .• •• Ditto of Excise Prisoners By Sale of Old Stores .. Lompensation for 'Uniform re tained by Officers oil their leav ing the Service of ate Prison .. Ditto f, ,r damage done' to the Pri son Van . • -- • • For Uniforms made RC and sup plied to the County' Lunatic Asylum at Harwell - • 235 19 3 Do. for and at the Conn ty Lunatic Asylum a ofoiney a.tch For Copies Commitn rents 1 8 2 0 10 0 81 15 0 0 2 8 £0,106 14 5 lIOtTSE OF COR.RECTION AT WESTMINSTER. From the Lorda of the Treasury towards the mainteaance of convicted prsofers from let April to 30th Sept, 18i .. £2,315 7 0 For ..Vlaterials worked up. and La- Byour done by Prisoner 0 sale of Old Stores • • tinis taken from Vagr . a.nts to be applied towards their Mainte- THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. jr. Managers, Messrs. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence with the New Serio-Comic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled NIGHT AND MORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported by Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, litzjaraes, and Misses R. Leclercq, Atkinson, and Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBAD THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders of. the World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; Harlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, Messrs. W. A. Barnes and J. Morris ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and Misses Gunniss. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. 54 12 9 1 2 0 0 5 4 fiance _ For Straw Hats and Bonnets made and Bonnets ,made and supplied to the County Lunatic A sfilllll at Hanwell For Straw Hats made and sup plied to the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Itch .. 66 0 For Boys' Socks made and re p4ired for the County Indus trial School at Feltham For stockings made and supplied to the House of Correc ion at Coldbath Fields For Maintenance of Excise Pri soners • • _ 8 18 6 49 5 4 6 13 4 1 5 0 HOUSE OF DETENTION. For Maintenance of Deserters .. 22 15 0 0 By Sale of %Vasa •• • • 018 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AT FELTHAM. By Sale of Farm Produce.. .. 227 7 0 Ditto of Old Rags and Lumber .. 15 15 3 Towards the Maintenance of j uve nile Offenders in the School .. R e paid part of the £59 paid to the Superintendent on the 4th June, 1863, for the benefit of the juvenile offenders:On their dis- Charge - 86 17 6 4 0 0 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Fees received by Inspectors 79 12 6 Yines and Penalties .. 43 10 0 SUNDRIES. Produce of sale of Registers of Voters, and parts of ditto .. Ditto of Lists of Justices and Prints of the Standing Orders of the Cour:: 16 0 0 4 14 0 20 14 0 .. £10,383 3 5 Total Receipts • • • • EXPENDITURE. Muse of Correction at Cold Bath Fields— General Expenses £10,051 16 2 Tontine Annuities 302 12 5 Interest or moneys borrowed.. 210 70 0 Pr i nc ipal repaid 333 6 8 House of Detention at Clerkenwell— Genera l Expenses • • .. 1,794 14 1 Interest of moneys borrowed.. 225 18 4 Rouse of Correcticn at Westminster — G en eral Expenses • . .. 3,756 16 5 Interest of moneys borrowed 709 910 Principal repaid •• • • 1,616 13 4 -- County Industrial School for Boys— General Expenses .. 3,421 411 Interest of moneys borrowed .. 576 16 7 Principal repaid .. 666 13 4 Payments for Boys on their di.charge 30 5 0 Conveyance of male juvenile offenders to the Industrial School at Feltuam Reformatory School for Girls — Maintenance .. • . .. • • • - 3Llitia Storehouses — Rents, Taxes, Insurance, Fuel, Acc. 541 211 Interest of moneys borrowed .. 365 13 6 rrincipal repaid .. • • .. 800 0 Frosecutors and Witnesses — Central Criminalnal Court Middlesex Sessions .. Criminal Justice Act .. Juvenile Offenders Act.. 744 4 6 1,287 4 9 23 7 2 0 15 0 Coroners' Expenses Total. Salaries. paid. Niddlesex— a. d. s. d. X a. d. West...—. 145 0 0.. 183 8 0.. 325 8 0 Central .. 305 0 0..639 3 0 .. 944 3 0 kast 375 0 0.. 533 2 6 ..1008 2 6 Westminster 110 0 0.. 179 7 0.. 289 7 0 puchy of Lancaster. 11 1 9.. 30 2 3.. 41 4 0 10,898 2 3 2,02) 12 5 Total .. 936 1 9 ..1665 2 9 Repaid the sum transferred (as per contra) from the money borrowed •• •• •• Bridges .. Sessions House, Clerkenwell cluilahall, Westminster Assistant Judge's additional Salary .. Clerk of the Peace - • • Weights and Measures .. • • • • Treasurer of the County .. • • .. Law business .. •• .• .• Conveyance tdDepots of Offenders sentenced to penal Servitude •• • • General Printing and Stationery Advertisements .. • • Miscellaneous Charges .. • • • • Total Expenditure .. Balance in the Bank of England .. 6,172 19 7 4,604 19 10 0 18 111 13 1,712 16 2,055 11 AS TO TUE ItATE MADE UNDER "TUE LUNATIC ASYLUMS ACT. 1853." RECEIPT. Balance In the Bank of England on 3d October, ►863 .. . 5 153 9 Arrears on that day of the Rate made on 16th July, 1F63 £lB2 6 7 Rate made on 15th October, 1863 19,083 7 6 19,205 14 1 1,269 3 8 Arrears on 2d Jan., 1864 .. Amount of Rates received .. .. .. 17,996 10 Pensions payable to and money received for maintenance of, Lunatics at Hanwell and Colney Hatch Asylums at the charge of the County Total Receipt .. .. . EXPENDITURE. ,Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell— Ordinary repairs .. .. Interest paid _ .. Principal repaid .. .. Annuities to retired Officers .. 127 19 . £23,277 18 .. £958 0 7 568 5 8 1,066 13 4 42 7 0 2,835 6 Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch Ordinary repairs .• Improvements .. • • Interest paid .. • • Principal repaid • • Annuities to retired officers - 7,246 10 .. , 3 014 10 Maintenance of county lunatics .. Total expenditure Balance in the Bank of England .. .. £12,896 16 .. 10,381 2 £23,277 18 10 AS TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM AT HA.NWELL. Dn. Amount in the Rank of En l and in the joint na mes of Henry Pownall, sq., Henry Morris limnshead, Esq., and the County T reasurer, on 3d Oct., 1863 .. £1 , 137 5 6 CR. amount in the Bank of England in the above_ mentioned three names on 2d Jan., 1861 £1,137 5 6 AS TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR PROVIDING COUNTY IN DUSTRIAL SCHOOLS IN MIDDLESEX, DR. Amount in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq., Henry Morris liemshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, on 3d Oct., 1863 .. • • •• • • • • £2,073 5 9 CR. The Contractor for erecting Gas Works and Buildings and for supplying mains and - fittings £915 4 8 Bahume the Bank of England in the above mentfonea three names on 2d Jan., 1O 1,158 1 1 £2,073 5 9 AS TO MONEYS BORROWED UNDRR THE MILITIA LAW 2t bIENDMENT ACT 1354. DR. Amount in the Bank of England In the joint names of Henry Pownall Esq Henry Morris Kemal-lead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, The late Clerk of the Works at the Storchouge of the let Regiment of Middlesex Militia at Hampstead, for incidental expenses incurred by hiin .. • • Ealanre in the Bank of England In the above men • t ed three names on 2d J an., 186.1 £3B 13 2 4 12 4 34 0 10 £3B 13 2 AS TO MONEYS BoRRO WED FOR ENLAR GING THE ROUSE OF CORRECTION AT COLDBATII FIELDS. REC EIP P. Balance in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq Henry Morris K em shead, Esq. , an d the County Treasurer, on 3d Oct., IS6 i • • . • £9.836 15 2 Received b7repaym ent of the sum transferred on the 15th of october last to the Account of the ordinary general County Rate, Pursuant to an order of Court Made on that day 7,000 0 0 £16,£33615 2 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. l'Fm DAY.—Morning, 11h. 48m.—Afternoon, h. m. fo-moßuow.-Morning, 12h. 20m.—Afternoon, 12h. 50m. ~. 1,519 6 5 .. 31 10 0 .. 2,331 19 9 3,316 13 4 47 10 0 1 EXPENDITURE. 7 . ..t0 Contractors, for erecting new buildings .. 2,994 5 0 The Architect, for commission .• • • •- 149 4 3 The Clerk of the Works, 10 weeks' wages .• 31 10 0 Transferred, pursuant to an Order of Court, to the Account of the ordinary General County Rate .. .. • • • • Balance in the Bank of England in the three names mentioned per contra, on 2d January, 1814 .. 6,671 15 11 7,000 0 0 £16,836 15 2 The mounts, of which the above is an abstract, were pre sented to the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for Middlesex on January 4, 1864, on the oath of mr. Charles Pettitt Allen, the Treasurer of the said county, and were audited on the same day by the following justices of the peace for the said county, viz.: —Henry Morris Kemshead (Chairman), Francis Brock man Morley, Wm. Peter Bodkin, and John Savery Brooking, Esquires, and were audited and allowed by the same Quarter Sessions on the 14th January, 1864. CHAitLES P. ALLEN, Treasurer of Middlesex. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of the past year the boats of the National Lifeboat Institution saved 417 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institution has also expended £13,819 3s. 2d. in the same period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting £1,351 6s. Od. as rewards for saving 714 shipwrecked persons by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnestly AP PEAL to the public for ASSIsTANuE to ,enable them to meet the con tinued heavy demands on the Institution's 125 lilelyiat estab lishments. Contributions are received by all the London d country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelptu. THE MODERN AUGUSTUS—The Gentle man and the Bricklayer, &c., &a, in FUN This Week —Une Penny. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. FAUST. (In English.) SATURDAY NEXT, JANUARY 23. Lemmens-Sherrington, Taccani, and Florence Lancia. Santley, Marchesi, Dussek. and Sims Reeves. Conductor—Sig-nor Arditi. Commence at Eight o'Clock. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, to commence with (15th time) an en tirely new Operetta, entitled FANCHETTE. Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. After which, a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a nal° of unprecedented magnificence, entitled HARLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE3IONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. _ THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD : Aessrs. IL Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland; Misses Percy, Pauline Leclercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. Aster which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love eta y, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chrc•nicle=," by Mr. John Brougnam. Principal charm e i 1.3 Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, , Du, , ,, , hsm, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, _.s.'clett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, and Kiss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either tor play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and „bat the attendants in all parte of the house are forbidden to Iceive any gratuities whatever. • - Bog-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL HAY IVI ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Sothern, Buokstone, 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 Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't Know what to do. NEW THEATRE-RO VAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL : Mr. J. L. Toole, At to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, 811- higton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortunio and his Seven blas,l3 Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, it. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss _Patti Josephs, bliss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEAM-EVERY NIGHT. MISS BATEMAN. MISS BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING, the 95th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. GREAT ATTRACTION.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES MATHEWS.—Mr. J. L. Toole as Mrs. Brown, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Fechter, and Lady Audley every evening. 1863; or. the Sensations of the Past Season, until further notice. Among the artistes who will appear here are Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, and. Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Mrs, Frank Mat thews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs, and Mrs. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, at 7, THE ADVENTURES OF A LOVE LETTER; COOL AS A CUCUMBER ; and 1863 ; or. THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON. In rehearsal, a new Comedy, by Leicester Buckingham, Esq. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS : Miss K. Carson. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, drc. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. • To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," .1 Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Jan be had Every livening of _ _ _ G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. 20, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.13. Wind—S.W. ; moderate, and cloudy. A „if, I ;Lit )14141e4P0q SUIL LONDON, - WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20, 1864. " There is," as SumisrEßE tells us, " a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." In the history of nations, as of in dividuals, a crisis occasionally occurs, in which the decision of an hour may rule the fate of years and influence the destiny of generations. Such a criti cal moment has now arrived for Denmark. The eyes of Europe watch her decision with anxiety. A false step will be fatal to her future career, while even the most prudent course is fraught with diffi culty and danger. On the one hand, she is menaced with the horrors of war, in which no wise King or prudent councillor will hastily en gage, but, on the other hand, she is threat. ened with the yet greater evils of poli tical subserviency and national degradation, evils which, to noble patriotic hearts, aro more ap palling than any warlike disasters. There are times when the favourite motto of DANTON, " to dare," is the dictate, not of temerity, bat of true wisdom. The forlorn hope is occasionally not only the post of danger but the source of safety. Pusil lanimity is always directly opposed to prudence, while courage is oftentimes synonymous with caution. Such, at this perillous juncture, appears to be the case with Denmark. Were she to submit to the peremptory demand of the Prussian and Austrian ultimatum, were she, in fact, to relinquish possession of Schleswig, she would sink at once into a position of insignificant subserviency, from which no after exertion would 1 e sufficient to extricate her. She would abandon by that irrevocable concession, not the suzerainship of one fatal duchy, but she would relinquish her own in tegrity among the Sovereign Powers of Europe. Feeling assured of this alternation, King Christian and his Government, and not the King and Go vernment only, but the whole Danish nationality appear to have made their unanimous decision. As we anticipated it would be, when the first report of the ultimatum reached us, that decision will be— a refusal. Come what may, Schleswig will be re tained, and the independent Kingdom of Denmark will refuse to sink into a German principality. If war be the result, and that it will be so appears painfully imminent, we cannot blame the Danes for its election. Even peace may be purchased at too great a price, and national honour and independence is a price which no free citizen will be willing to pay. Better, grievous as is the alternative, better far a costly sacrifice than an ignoble safety. Better that the brave soldiers of free Demnark should shed their hearts' blood at their King's command, than that her senators and citizens should sell their national independence for the protecting favour of a German despot. A war of aggression or of spoliation is one of the greatest iniquities under the sun, but very different is a defensive war, whether it be a defence of rights or of principles. If Denmark be driven to arms the onus of the decision will not be hers. On the German Powers will rest the full obloquy of disturbing the peace of Europe, and thereby renewing the horrors of what NAPOLEON THE GREAT justly denominated a " civil war.:' Nothing seems wanting in the line of action that has been drawn out by the continental inno vators. The Emperor of AUSTRIA has personally addressed the troops that are intended for execution in Schleswig. The advice tendered on this occasion is not very salutary, but the meaning is Very signifi cant. In the first place the troops are bidden to keep on " good terms with their Prussian brethren in arms." It may be asked of what great conse quence is that, and how are they likely to dispute. It is only too 'evident from all that has transpired that there is only too much unity between the allied belligerents. If there were a little more rivalry or difference of opinion, much might be expected to accrue which would tend to the advan tage of the other side; but it suits the avaricious leanings and the grasping passions of these States only too well to proceed in such an undertaking as that in which they are now engaged. The sequence of the EMPEROR'S address is full of meaning, and very fully and clearly discloses the purport of the transaction, laying bare the secrets of the ma noauvre. " I know that you will do your duty as if you were at home, and, should it come to blows, will show your courage." This is strange language to use unless the occasion is one of emer gency, but it must by this time be evident to the meanest capacity that the object and intention of the organisers of the expedition is to proceed vi et armis, and to force their way through thick and through thin. It is very much to be regretted that things should have come to such a pass, and it is expedient that some means should be devised for the suppressing of the plot. A large sum has been demanded by the Austrian Government for the expenses of the expedition : in fine, everything tends to prove more and more the urgency of the case, and to demonstrate the fallacy of those arguments which were constantly urged against the danger of allowing Federal exe cution in Holstein. All the sophistries then urged have turned out to be very sorry ones, and the con duct of our Government in persisting to advocate the expediency of the measure is about as unwise as it is reprehensible. At all events it is gratify ing to turn to the address of the Danes to the KING. It is an expression of patriotic sentiments, and breathes a spirit of resolute determination and ar dent zeal, which are especially necessary on such an occasion, and without which all chancy of success would be quite out of the question, A time like this is a sure test whereby to try the mettle of a people, and all well-wishers will look eagerly and earnestly on while the game is being played out. There has been as yet no hesitation evinced or reticence dis played in the bearing and demeanour of the in habitants of Denmark in this critical juncture, for they have come forward with true ardour to bear the brunt of an attack which is alike unprovoked and illegitimate in its demands. The address com mences by an assurance on the part of the House that they have seen with satisfaction the determi nation of the KING to maintain inviolate the " liberty and independence"of Denmark, in answer to the demands made by foreign nations that she should surrender her rights and invalidate her Con stitution. Farther on they declare that the task which the KING has inherited from his predecessor is a difficult one, and may eventually be attended with great sacrifices. " But," says the most im portant passage in the whole address, " they will be willingly borne by the people to preserve the inseparable union between Schleswig and the kingdom." This is indeed coming to the point and speaking as men and patriots. They could do no i less than thus avow their intentions to advocate and support a most determined resistance. At the same time, while he has a right to claim their counsel and to seek their sentiments, the KING can do no less than now proceed and persevere in the course actually commenced. It is always gratifying to notice a complete accord be tween a Monarch and his subjects on an occasion of such imminent peril, and so far, at least, a satisfac• tory sight is presented by the denizens of Copen hagen. Nor is there any cause to dread that the country will hesitate to ratify the agreement thus entered upon by the KING and the Assembly. The emphatic words which his MAJESTY has addressed to a deputation in regard to this affair, rightly ex plain and powerfully declare the feelings which actuate and animate him in this momentous struggle. He says that if all others forsake him in the event of a war, he yet hopes for the support of the Danish people. Certainly, King CHRISTIAN has done his utmost to deserve the success which no mortal can command, and all civilised and free nations will bid him God speed in his venture. It will be a burning shame if our Ministers persist in drawing back from all participation in matters which their blunders have helped to bring to such a pass, and their ob stinacy has conspired to complicate. They must reflect that there is more at stake than the check ing of arbitrary and assuming Powers on the Con tinent, of more consequence than the safety or pros perity of a persecuted Ally, and that is the honour of England—which is in jeopardy by these event s , which is now entrusted to their hands to maintain and vindicate, and of which a strict account will one day be demanded of them. The Parliament will shortly assemble, when recusant statesmen will not find it so easy to baffle inspection and to shirk responsibility, but beyond that court of inquiry, there is another tribunal where evasion and crafty diplomacy will not avail, and woe betide them if they cannot undergo the fiery ordeal of public opinion. Our national love for discussion and debate is generally very forcibly shown on the occasion of Englishmen becoming involved in hostilities'in any part of the globe. The English people have so large a share, through the indi rect agency of public opinion in influencing the actions of their Government that they feel in some measure per sonally responsible for its proceedings, and show a consequent eagerness that the policy pursued and the principles upheld should be worthy of them. If this is the case in matters of internal legislation, and in times of peace and order, it is doubly so when words have passed into deeds, and argu ment and remonstrance are replaced by the logic of the sword. We are by no means a military people by habit or preference, although proving formidable antagonists when roused; and thanks, perhaps, to oar commercial predilections, our " ideas" are all in favour of peace and progress, rather than war and glory. There are some few among us, too, who carry their love of peace, and their appreciation of its blessings, to an ex treme that borders on the ridiculous ; and although their numbers are small, and their disciples few, yet the principles which they so warmly advocate are not without their influence. A good many people, again, are always inclined, on hearing of any calamity, to relieve their feelings by blaming somebody, and others have a pleasant habit of owing considering that s , Whatever i s , i s wrong ," so th a t no sooner are we engaged in hostilities in any up starts some critic to dil a p s a s r u t re of us th th e rl at w i o ti is c ertainly ha to some error or misconduct, national or political. 'The Crimean war, we were continually assured, was entirely due to the sins of this country, while the Indian Mutiny was directly traced, perhaps with some degree of truth, to a long course of misgovernment and neglect. Our wars with China have given rise to stormy discussions, our recent proceedings in Japan have called forth a n unlimited amount of censure, while the conflict with the Maories of New Zealand, although hastened if anything by the lenity of our authorities, has been readily traced to British tyranny and injustice. The rights of the aborigines have been insisted on, their claims to consideration brought forward, and a policy of extermination strongly denounced. Side by side is our public prints, with the despatch addressed to Sir GEORGE GREY by the Colonial Minister on the subject of the %titara lan 3, is a memorial to the Governor of New Zealand by a large body of English noblemen and gentlemen. The object of this communication is to express a hope, that his Excellency would avail himself of the first opportunity for coming to terms with the natives, and that the policy recommended in some quarters of confiscating the land of all con tumacious and rebellious natives should be avoided. The memorialists, it is true, intersperse their sug gestions with many tributes to the Governor's prudence, justice, and humanity, but the memorial itself pays but a sorry compliment to these quali ties. The course which Sir GEORGE GREY has hitherto pursued with reference to the Maories has surely been humane and conciliatory enough to clear him from all suspicion of unnecessary harsh ness, whatever means he may think necessary to put down the rebellion. The Duke of NEWCASTLE, in the despatch above referred to, remarks that, while he fully approves of the course pursued by Sir GEORGE by the abandonment of the disputed land in May last, still he considers that such a con cession was beyondwhat could in strict justice be de manded. In the opening of this very address, too, we find admission made of " the persevering efforts' , made by the Governor " to establish a system of self-government in the native districts." With great candour the memorialists also admit that these efforts for the benefit of the natives have entirely failed, and they profess a deep sympathy with the difficulties of the Governor's position. Perhaps it is hardly possible rightly to estimate those difficul ties, or to appreciate accurately the position of the colonist. He has come out at great expense, and with considerable risk, on an undertaking that all parties regarded as perfectly lawful and praise worthy. He makes many sacrifices, and undergoes many hardships. He finds the land a waste, and the simplest principles of agriculture unknown and uncared for. With time and labour he reclaims and cultivates the land which he calls his own ; he shows no illwill to his black neighbours, but lives peace ably, as he thinks, wth all around. Suddenly on some idle pretext or another the natives declare war; they seize his land, declaring that it belongs not to the owner who sold it to the settler, bat to some far-off chief who never agreed to its alienation. The colonist is fortunate it he escapes unharmed with his family to the shelter of the nearest town, to re turn, after long delay and cruel anxiety, to find his home a heap of ruins and his ground laid waste. In the face of scenes ike these the colonists feel 'ither as if the cry for justice should come on behalf of themselves, while the Governor, whatever his feelings of pity for the suicidal folly of an inferior race, cannot but remember that his first duty is to protect the lives and Property of the peaceable citi zens of whom he is the chief. No one can justly accuse our colonial authorities of having shown un due precipitancy in following up the war. It is well known that so great was the reluctance shown that the colonists at last became indignant, and threatened to take measures for their own protec tion. We have, therefore, no right to suppose that bir GEORGE GREY, General CAMERON, or any of those in power, willshow undue severity, or fail to temper justice with mercy. Bat we should surely be doing them equal injustice did we suppose that they would leave their work half finished, and put out the flame, leaving the smoulder lag embers ready to blaze up again at the very first spark. It would be cruel kindness alike to the native and the colonist were a hasty settle ment of differences superficially arranged, and were all the present suffering to have been endured for nothing. Let a thorough settlement be made now the task is forced upon us . Let the natives have their rights, and let them be rigidly respected, but let no authority be recognised in the islands on any pretence Whatever save that of her Majesty Queen VICTORIA. The natives may style each other what titles they please, after the fashion of Indian Raj alas, but no King should for a moment be recognised or tolerated. It should always be borne in mind that the natives are by no means the inno cent and unsuspecting savages of romance. They are naturally quick and clever, and have been trained by the influence and intelligence of white men. With regard to the confiscation of the land there is no doubt that such, will be at all events to some extent a necessary evil. The memorialists should bear in mi n d w hen they talk of such a policy driving the pe o ple to the " madness of de spair," that, by their own admission, it is only the band of " contumacious and rebellious natives" which it is proposed to confiscate, Who are conse quently in violent antagonism with us already. Also, the value which they attach to property ie more theoretical than practical, as is proved by the little use they make of their land when they have it. It would be well to take advantage of this general convulsion to pass some enactment regarding the transfer of land similar to Lord CANNING'S Waste Land Bill in India, in order to clear off the incubus of these old traditional pos sessors. Such a measure might be framed with all possible leniency and fairness, but it wo uld un questionably prove a great blessing to the Maories themselves, who are continually disputing en-such matters. They have always been famous for inter necine struggles and dissensions, although they make common oause against the Pettlera. It is evi dent, in spite of the memorialists, that our autho rity must be restored with a high hand, and that decided measures must be taken not only to obtain peace but to ensure it. Such a course offers the best hope for the future of the Maori race, and such a course, promptly followed in Japan has secured the submission of Prince SATSUMA, and the consequent psotection of European residents from murder. We see as yet no grounds for necessitating such an appeal to the Colonial Governor, and consider that matters are much better left to the discretion of those on the spot, who can weigh the effect of every word, than settled 16,000 miles off by critics alike unable tl realise the magnitude of the danger and to grasp the best means of dealing with it. AMERICA. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] (Per the North American.) NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (Evening). A resolution introduced in the Senate to call out 1,000,000 volunteers for 90 days, to be commanded by General Grant, has been referred to the Military Committee. The New York Herald and Tribune urge Congress to pass this resolution. The House of Representatives has passed a reso lution that any proposition or negotiation with the rebels ought to be rejected without hesitation or delay. A: large Confederate force, under Jones, has captured 300 Federals at Jonesville, Western Vir ginia, who were guarding the country on which the Federals depend for supplies of forage. General Burnside retains his commission. His command is not yet designated. • Signal stations, occupied by a small garrison, are to be established along the Mississippi for the pro tection of its navigation, in accordance with a recommendation from President Lincoln and the Secretary of War. Congress has ordered th© payment of bounties to veteran volunteers to be continued until March. The Opposition members favoured the measure as a step towards the repeal of the Conscription Act. The New York Tribune denies that it will be necessary to issue more greenbacks. The draft is reported to be postponed. Gen. Butler has returned to Fort Monroe. It is stated that he is entrusted with fall powers from the Government to carry out his plans for exchang ing prisoners. A delegation of prominent citiz3ns has left Ar kansas for Washington to arrange for the State of Arkansas re-entering the Union. The New Hampshire Republican State Conven tion has nominated Mr. Lincoln for the next pre sidency. The Republican press are incensed against Gover. nor Seymour's message to the New York State Legislature. The New York limes declares that Governor Seymour's sympathies are with rebellion. The New York Tribune denounces him as a traitorous and malignant enemy of his country. Archbishop Hughes was buried with great cere mony to-day. An enormous concourse of people were present. The law courts and numerons places of business were closed. The Nova Scotia Government has placed the steamer Chesapeake in the Admiralty Court. The Africa has arrived at Halifax. The City of Baltimore has arrived out. NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (Evening). A naval and military expedition has left New Orleans, it is supposed for Mobile. The Confederate movements in the Shenandoah Valley have been checked by the severe weather rendering the roads impassable. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Arnold, of Illinois, has urged Mr. Lincoln for the next Pre. sidency, on the ground that hi- reappointment would ensure emancipation throughout the Union. The Governor of Maryland, in his message to the Legislature, favours immediate steps for gradual emancipation, and says :—" The natural resources of Maryland are such as cannot be developed by slave labour." The secretary of the collector of New York cus• toms has been sent to Fort Lafayette for complicity with parties shipping goods to the South via Nassau and Bermuda. Another of the Chesapeake pirates is reported to have been arrested at Halifax. The steamer New York has put into Halifax short of coals. NEW You x, Jan. 9 (Morning). Western Virginia advices report that the Con federates have surrounded the Federal garrison at Petersburg, driven the Federals out of Burlington, and are threatening Cumberland, Maryland, where an attack is hourly expected. Fitz Hugh Lee and Rosser are moving between New Creek and Peters burg. Yesterday they captured 36 Federal wag gons. Imboden is reported to have been attacked by the Federals near Winchester and driven back. Very severe cold continues to, prevail throughout the country, causing much sufferin4 aiGng the Mississippi and through the Western States. NEW YORK, Jan, 9, 2 p.m. The Confederates are moving on Winchester, Western Virginia. The Federals are prepared for the attack. Great excitement prevails among the inhabitants of London (Virginia) in consequence of extensive depredations being committed by lawless gangs, supposed to be deserters from both armieq. JAN. 9 (4 Pat.). Washington telegrams report that the Confode rates are retreating from the neighbourhood o Peterburg and Winchester. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Jan< 8 (Evening). Money tight. Gold, 511- per cent. prem. Ex change on London, 1661; do. Paris, 3.371. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 1314; Illinois, 118; Erie, 1091. Cotton quiet; middling Upland, 81 to 811. Flour and wheat advancing. Corn in limited demand. Provisions good inquiry. Coffee steady. Sugar in good demand. Molasses steady. Petro leum inactive—crude, 311 to 321; refined, 46 to 47. GALWAY, Jan. 19. The Atlantic royal mail steamer Hibernia sailed at 2.25 p.m. to-day, for New York, with 300 pas sengers, 28 mail bags, and the latest telegrams. A RUINED PARlSH.—Before the present civil war the population of St. Mary's, in Louisiana, contained 12,019 slaves, assessed as worth 6,433,250 dela., averaging 535 dole, for man, woman, and child. The plantations were assessed at the value of 5,918,100 dols., the slave property being as usual worth more than the real estate. Each slave was reckored to net his master 175 per annum—one-third of his assessed 'value. The whole taxable property of the parish was assessed at 14,000,000 dole,, giving to each of the 4,021 white inhabitants the handsome sum of 3,500 dols. The war has destroyed this property, and obliterated these values. The slave prosperity has gone, and the white po pulation are beggared. First came a derangement of all ordinary pursuits, and then it degenerated into anarchy.— Amertean Paper. MR. MARK LEMON.—Last night, at 8 o'clock, Mr. Mark Lemon, editor of Punch, gave his drama tic reading of "Hearts are Trumps," to a numerously at tended audience, at the Bridge House Hotel , Southwark, in aid of the "Waited Kingdom Railway Officers and Servants' Association. The chair was occupied by Captain Meek, of Braintree-park. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAIL WAY.—Tho accounts for the past year having been sub mitted to the board, the directors have decided upon recom • mending the payment of a dividend of 21 per cent. for the half-year, leaving a balanse of about £ 1 0,6 00 to be carried forward to the current half-year. A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council assembled yesterday, at three o'clock, at the Council Chamber, Whitehall. Present —The Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, Earl de Grey and Ripon, Lord Cranworth, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., and the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, Their lordships met to consider certain petitions for and against the creation of an additional assize for the West Riding of the county of York. Mr, Waddington, Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, was present at the com mittee. Mr. A. Helps, the Clerk of the Council ; and Mr. E,'Harrison, the Deputy Clerk, attended, A NEW SONG, BY THE AUTHOR OF " GOD SAVE THE QUEEN."—A valuable MS ecng by the celebrated Dr. John Bull, author of " God Save the Queen," has been found in the Public Record Office, and doubtless will soon see the light through an enterprising publishing firm, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAM.] SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 19 (Evening). The President of the Council has declared in the Cortes that the Government belongs to the doc trinal and historic party in Spain. He expressed a wish for moderation between the constitutional parties, and for the free exercise of the royal prero gative. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. HAMBURG, JAN. 19. Prince Carl of Glucksburg, the eldest brother of King Christian, has arrived here from the castle of Louisenbund in Schleswig. He leaves the country, after refusing to take the oath of allegiawe to his brother, HAMBURG, JAN. 20. One brigade of Danish infantry was transferred to-day from Schleswig to Flensburg, to which place the military chests of two brigades have been sent. All battalions composed of Schleswigers and Holsteiners will be distributed amongst the Danish regiments in such a manner that every man will be a German. TREBIGNE, JAN. 19. A meeting of the revolutionary Rayahs have unanimously decided upon refusing to pay taxes. THE STATE OF POLAND. WARSAW, JAN. 15. Rumours are current that orders have been re ceived from St. Petersburg not to collect any more signatures for addresses of loyalty to the Czar. The official organ of to-day publishes about another score of these documents got up in' the method %lready sufficiently known. Arreststs en masse continue in dwellings and in the streets. Large numbers of women are constantly to be seen waiting outside the citadel with linen and clothes for their relatives condemned to transportation. Upon the 9th inst. the police arrested several very popular ecclesiastics. Among the number was Canon Nowodworski, a Professor at the Clerical Academy of Warsaw, the editor of the Catholic Rs view, a person who held entirely aloof from politics. He was arrested at his residence, and sent on imme diately to St. Petersburg, bat it is believed he will be sentenced to share the exile of so many others in the distant provinces of the empire. Among nota ble persons lately transported from Warsaw may be cited MM. Narbut, Bronikowski, Wyzykowski, Lesig, Heneberg, and Sieklucki. If all the extraordinary contributions decreed this year by General Berg are rigorously exacted all opulent inhabitants will be reduced to beggary, and the estates in the country will pass into the hands of strangers. The landed proprietors last year lost all their crops, either through having supplied the National troops or through being pillaged by the Russians. Cattle, plate, objects of value, and savings have been carried off by the Muscovites, and if some scanty remnants of the harvest here and there exist, it is impossible to sell them, for commerce has disappeared. Hardly a tenth of the landed pro prietors remain, the remainder have been either transported or compelled to abandon the country. In Warsaw itself, neither commerce nor trade are any longer to be found. 'The large houses have either been closed by the Russians or have failed. The population of the city is sensibly dimi nished. Tenants are no longer able to pay their rent; the last contribution absorbed all the money they had left. One of the richest owners of house property in the city, M. Grodzieki, through whose mansion the man who stabbed Major Roth birch fled, has been forced to borrow 10,000 roubles (£1,500) to pay the fine at which he has been amerced for the doors of his palace not having been closed, according to the orders of the police. One of the most capable Engineer officers of the Russian army, General Kerbeck, a Pole by birth, bat attached to Russia by education, and the honours he has received, in great favour also with the Grand Duke Constantine, has just been dismissed from his post of Director of Roads and Communication in the kingdom of Poland, for having opposed some arbitrary measures proposed by General von Berg at the Council. He has been replaced by General Schonberski, an old officer of 70. General Kerbeck objected to the closing of the University decreed by the Czar and the replace ment of the Polish railway officials by Germans, as wished by Von Berg, Von Muschivitz, one of the contractors for the Warsaw and Vienna line, and General Gerehfeld, the adjunct to the Minister for Roads and Communications at St. Petersburg. General Kerbeck relied upon a clause of the charter of the company, which reserved to the Poles the right of employment upon the railway. General Berg insisted upon the reversal of the clause. General Kerbeck replied that the stipula tions of charters could not be reversed at the caprice of parties not concerned, but he has nevertheless succumbed in the struggle. The Gazette Narodowa of yesterday says :—" Ad vices from Wilna announce the definitive de parture of General Mouravieff for St. Petersburg, while Ruthenia and Lithuania will nevertheless remain subject to his authority, as he has been ap pointed President of the committee of the Western provinces (formerly Poland). The committee will be established at St. Petersburg, and is intended to effect the pacification of those provinces. Moura vieff will be replaced by General Kryjanowski, who has been associated with him quite recently." FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 20. In reply to the pamphlets denying the advan tageous results of the Mexican expedition, and asserting that a very small portion of the people had declared in favour of the French, the Mositeur of this morning quotes the statement of the limes, that sevemeighths of the population had recognised the Regency, and says :—" We regret that when it is necessary to render justice to our foreign policy we must seek the truth in foreign, and not in French journals:' BOURSE, Jas.l9.—The market has been without animation, but the prices of 'yesterday pretty well maintained. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66fr. 55c., and Mobilier at 1,025 fr. Little doing in Railway Shares. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents 9l 10 Do. old month• • • — 3 per Cents Do. end month 6O 60 Credit Moldtier...Jo22 50 Do, end month 1025 Think Shares 3280 CvAit Foncier Roman Italian Loan 6B Do. end month 6B New ditto Do. end mouth — It ussian Austrian Sin Threeß.. b. /tome Polbt Deferred rik IL' 'Ay S. Cash. Account. 992 50 .. 992 50 947 50 .. Orleans Northern New ditto — Lyons and Mediterranean 935 New ditto Southern 652 50 . • 656 25 We3tera .. .. • . .Hastern Sardinian 382 50 .. 7 Austrian Low bard 517 50 • • 517 50 North of Spain Saragossa 585 ___ .. 587 50 ]Ditto to Barcelouq, . „ 2BO • • , - - •• 938 75 .• (rant Orobt HER MAJESTY• OSBORNE, San. The Queen and Princess Louise drove out Y e '' terday afternoon, attended by Lady Churchill. Princess Helena rode on horseback, attended the Hon. Lucy Lyttelton. „ • The Prince and Princess of wales. • His Royal Highness th e Prince of Wales, acc °l:6' parried by the Earl of Macclesfield (who is stall on a visit at Frogmore for a few days), andattende l by Captain G. H, Grey (the Equerry in Viai t !"; and Mr. Herbert W. Fishor (the Prince's Pilz secretary), left Frogmore House for a days hunti;vd with the harriers. There was a gocd f ont, " es fair sport, although the ground was in some Pl. fte ce rather heavy through the late rains. The Vrllo, and his party returned in the afternoo n to Fr°°. more. On i n quiry yesterday afternoon it Was as a ce s tamed that her Royal Highness the Prince—og Wales had the infant prince were still P r°grefj6 most favourably. IN NS THE PRINCESS OF WALES WITH 11E 11 - 1 PRINCESS, will not be moved from Frogolore f°tot period of six weeks; meanwhile Parliament will handcr, and a very busy London " season " inaugurated. I t t 0 ences to the happy event will be made in both houses early CABINET COUNClL.—Yesterday sumnnonev' Aeto issued for a Cabinet Council on Saturday next. 0 A " MR. THACKERAY AND MR. DICKENS.--"- thol spondent says;—" You have no doubt heard nfr, disagreement existed between Mr. ThackeraY at u eot Dickens, and that for some length of time they friendly, That was the case ; but it is most grattlr:ia know that the quarrel was made up before Mr. Thaeltfr;t. death. Singularly enough, this happy eirculustaeAcehoo curred only a few days before the time when it w 49° , 1 ",," been too late. The two great authors met by aec lu d e ,,:ro the lobby of a club, both hanging up their hats arge"ott the same moment. They suddenly turned and se tir i aoo other, and the unrestrained impulse of both was to the hand of forgiveness and fellowship. With th at Tlt• ti grasp the differences which estranged them eeee ett i, B o llo must have been a great consolation to Mr. Dickens °l'" saw his great brother laid in the earth at liensal-gte6l:oo THE STEAMSHIP LOUISIANA.—A serious d' B 7 oo ol has befallen the Louisiana, one of the Satlioft Steam Navigation Company's Liverpool and New 110 screw steamships. The Louisiana sailed from Lin i r ndl oar New York on the sth of January, arrived safely at 'c i te town on the following day, and proceeded on bet I n "; tli ° On Monday she put back to Queenstown, havtag-1, 100/ 13th of January suffered severely in a hurricane. m-etait(l 12 of her crew and 3 passengers. A report from th at 93 0 officer of the ship states that the vessel was struck 6 ,1 ist° p.m, of the 13th by a heavy sea, The officer and bo8;00 immediately afterwards cautioned the crew not tet e° i er the forward deck-house any longer. They, hocreler;4o6 lected to remove, and were washed away. The 14° has sr ;twined no damage to hull or machinery. n ice ARC OF MERIDIAN.—An interesting Con illitl th e tion from Dr. Otto Torell has been wad e ~a O l Royal . Society, through General Sabine, detailing li c r iclis e , sures in progress for the measurement of an arc of fetid sures in a high northern latitude. The Swedish Diet e, i ' cr • e 0; the money necessary to complete the survey at Die There is every reason to expect that the practice TI• I° the undertaking will be settled in the next suoos er. 0 0 ; 1 Diet has likewise voted a sum towards the proposealcoe Middle-European Triangulation from Palero lo tc psi hjem, and has also made a grant for the erec tion 11 " astronomical observatcry at the University of Latu:c'oe,/, DIRECTING THE WAR FROM WAslllO.OO The Federals have constructed upwards of 5,0 0 ra t! military telegraph, and the Secretary of Was atete, the course of last year at least 1,200,000 telegrams " along these lines—about 3,300 a day. A SHORT RECKONING.—The New 10' Society (of New York) celebrated by a d ilin -p l agre, month the 243 d anniversary of the landing o f the " Dex, in Plymouth. The Rev. Henry Ward Bee / top 4 ° ' called upon to speak to the toast of the /41. „:i rth e L America abroad," said that the advocates of th e in to` cause abroad might be numbered without a.etting O P L ,,A teens, He proceeded to reckon them, and is repot having had occasion to count beyond the dozen. I t ifi ° HIGH ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE.—.A reesociele read a few days ago at a sitting Of th ° , E , Medicala d'Emulation, one curious paper by P 1.. .":0 ° which he recommends a high atmospheric Pr e- o o li l' e f( cure for various diseases. He remarks that fisi l 0 0.4 the greatest possible barometrical variations by tc ,4t er j their air -bladder, which, by swelling up, can Eac tle t i - even momentarily suspend, the circulation o f W itt or The permanence of viscero-muscular prese t/J ; ( 2 3 ,04 prevents the formation of a vacuum ; the air-ble d upon the vena cave and the aora, and thus to, the shock of the vital fluid on its t e , /(1 00 0, 613 4 birds there are air-bladders all round the 1 1,0 r: nearly resembling the lungs. The higher a bira ",* - 0 coe: g the larger are the reservoirs for air covered *tri per F tractile organs. The very bones and feathers s ll o l e P; for air, and in the more powerful species air bag art of vided even under the skin. The ostrich, the c 7 00 10 1,1 other swift runners, have their largest air bage .d . i - d 1:"of muscles of the thigh ; the condor, s wallows "" o de t ,o , whose power of flight is great, have those bag s ho e muscles of the wings. By this organisation a ll t r " orL Of turea can bear any amount of atmospheric preet e d re, faction within reasonable limits ; for the inuaelle`iieots.cit the ocean, measuring thousands of fathoms , f or d Oroo are unfit for animal life; and fish that, by 0, 13- 0 0 ment, have been let down to such d of de ll been brought up again dead. The eft.eo,o pressure of the atmosphere, though tcle'teale4t/10 known before, have been quite recently t be fe England, where it has been found th to 1 66 ,0 filled with liquids, and then well corked, but 0 0 7 ) 0, 0 t er small empty space between th;7i liquid and c of 6 ;00 if kept for an hour under the pres.aure of a e° l r 9 oll ol } tp° 2,000 fathoms high (which may be done by 11 P 1 1. fao ol3 deie ll have their corks pressed down to the pe en 6-t ha ßil g fire t6 IB liquid. An empty bottle had its cork chi / o li 0 13- 4 brought up again filled with water. ApplYl".. „ 'o. l s'4"qe,:g to therapeutics, Dr. Foley remarks that 1:01;-tata• obliged to breathe more quickly than well taOtliat plains, because the air is more rarifie d ens dolg' if than in the plains, and therefore affor ds lesal° o foret pet ut t breath than the denser air. Conversellt 04 , 0 ge t o w patient be in want of more ox y g en than b e so `- tru c tha ordinary pressure, let him be exposed t ° o hy o° v ale rendered artificially denser. This can be O il Wei /4 1 ;0. ta fr ing a small chamber, communicating with ° or Qa d orf t/I :g and provided with an air gauge and a e l ' a bieCw a o l e; patient confined in such a chamber may be 8 „ out inconvenience to the pressure of about St, and a half. By this treatment catarrh, ael''-rePle"lijoa. complaints of the respiratory organs may b at e , ad/e /It ooti / j, ' croup he compressed air will flatten do wn " sdis akfl e l °t , 4f ° ' membranes ; and in disorders arising ir e° aSe are New gaIIIP 6 1 11 . 00 ire ; pressed air will arterialise the blood, a: - power of theipatient.—Galignani. HARD LYlNG.—There lives ill ' 4 to ugh; ' 1 fit man called Joe, a fellow noted f or th the joe ' 3 ' 11 , 1°4 4 can tell. A correspondent informs us that choked wit- 13 t 0 3- ; Holton's lately, and found him almost cll.onc o hoa o , when he suggested, " You don't know' as t i1 ,, 11 ,4 ear° 0 0 ! naging smoky chimneys as I do, Squire, or Yu e e " Ahl" said Holton, with interest, did juold ear smoky chimney cured 1" Seen it P" $ cdo untl,,,tr think I have. I had the worst one in Seaboarav, tos te li oo and I cured it a little too much.' ow 1 buil t 6 fis t asked Holton. " Why, you see," said Joe. years house out yonder, at-Wolf Hollow 10 or 1 2 . b ocl " 1 7 1 Bush, the fellow that built the chimneys, kepb ue ot he, toldth ree ht tra i r t t e h r o s n o g f h t t h h e e t , d i mhea,vaenedo racertahziyti to it and finished the house. Well, we lu° v° 0 00 10 lot / All the o t a l it fire the next morning to boil the kettle. _,_ 14 . 8 ; , through the room and went out of the wiar ' gdrwarnlcondgi._ta, both ill went up the flues. We tried it for two or t e ur a " to got worse and worse. By and by it caul o it o t 0: 0 0 the rain began to come down the chiraneY• „ th a tilt e out w.e h in ad a t m o minute, and e an h d an d y ir o e n ct t ly he it uo c o a r r a a e s d s r ou n t ier w e it l: it would have been drowned. In 15 minute s l oot iv 6 "oo / knee-deep on the floor. I pretty soon 5e w . , 0 ,,, a ireve'ol l ", matter. The drunken cuss had put the 01 11 °7, ' a il tb e , 0 10. t up, and it drawed downwards. It gather.u.btiortto within a hundred yards, and poured it doweltlt?',.oitop.., ill " Well, that was unfortunate," remark a what in the world did you do with the house', one v ail / hong° . aTa never cured that chimney r' "Didn't .1 101t 0O• 0 old Joe ; "yes, I did." " How r' asked 1 _ to t he ci o; t oo it the other end up," said the incorrigible, ay cute,_.o;,,, omungelt. "Drawh a vese itT oo radureahw?. ,Talssiaakiteaciwolalisdotihjtoonne:::,:::r, or i el ! t , ii. : ol : eisde o : o ,l ll : down the , oth ri cr a u d : ir,,oo ,.tl,sr s , es tt:i a y f o t t e r r o w itr o y g jt o t t dg th e e fo e r h y int o u n r e s ; l d f o , o an n o e t o h f e t r h o e f ,rodaniaierhsooouttinogf towardsthr mho firepi.o;en grabber, door l ee 3 ,1 i j er and started ; but just as I got to the h e r the e l o e l went, en woment, and nlnsdeeertohneebaarcink loagngdotihneg b a!', l ; l dotu de e r ea t t otc oig, across the door backwards, holding on jasta°,ooo; carpet, yelling awfully. It wasn't n o l wO , going over the top of the chimncY, _4 0 ( . 1 fljo t t ,o her," " Well, what did you do the h n o P us a;„ o . o' 00 t; 0 course you could not live in such . a I c put a r ait ly 6° though ?" said Joe ; " but I did Pa tother 'O7ll jamb of the fireplace, and that drawe 001 bar d lYt had no more trouble." That is what vy :New x ark Herald. 2,973 15 3 23 13 0 333 19 6 123 2 6 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1864.