The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-26 00:00:00

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The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre, having been Re-modelled, Decorated, and Embellished in a truly magnificent and costly style, is now open. Notwithstanding the immense expenses incurred in the arrangements, the P, ices of Admission will bees usual, and similar to those of the principal London Theatres, viz.:— Private Boxes, 10s. 6d,, 215., XI lls. Gil., £3 25., 35., Emil £1 4s. Stalls, 6s. Dress circle, 4s. First Circle, 3s. Boxes, 2s. Pit, 2s. Lower Gallery., Is. Upper Gallery, 6d. No Half-price. A MORNING PERFORMANCE of the PANTO MIME EVERY WEDNESDAY, at Two o'clock. THIS EVENING will be presented Mr. E. Falconer's Comic Drama, entitled NEXT OF KIN. Principal Characters by Mes=rs. S. Calhaem, 11. Sinclair, Neville, Wank, Rourke, Fredericks; Mrs. Edmund FA- Loner, and Miss Portman. After which will be produced the Great Drury-lane Annual in the form of an entirely Novel, Original, Bur lesque, Grotesque, Poetical, Pictorial, Pastoral, Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime entitled LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES • or, HARLEQUIN and COCK ROBIN! " Little Bird with bosom red, Welcome to my Humble Shed, Daily near my table steal, While I pick my scanty meal, Well rewarded if I spy, Pleasure in thy glancing eye."—Old Poem. The novel Effects and Extensive Scenery by Messrs. GRIEVE and TELBIN. assisted by Messrs. DAYES, JONES, C. FENTON, E. LLOYDS, GRIEVE, Jun., TELBIN, Jun., and D NNSON and SONS. The Ma chinery by Mr. TUCKER. The Costumes by Mr. MAY and Mrs. CLARKE. The Masks, Designs, and Personal Appointments by the celebrated DYK-WYN-KYN ; com pleted under his direct supervision by Messrs. GLINBON, CHALTON, and numerous Assistants. The Tricks, Pro perties, Changes, and Transformations of the Harlequinade by Mr. BLAMIRE and Assistants. The Gas Appointments by Mr. HINCKLEY. The Scenes of the Harlequinade by H. BOLENO, J. CORMACK, and D. JOHNSON. The Groupes, Tableaux, Action, and Grand Ballet, designed and arranged by Mr. OSCAR BYRNE. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. BARNARD. The Opening invented and written by E. L. B-,ANC H ARD, Author of "The House that Jack Built," "Peter Wilkins," " Robin Hood," &c. THE VILLAGE SCHOOL OF GOODY TWO SHOES. EARLY MORNING. Ville Goody Two Shoes—Miss LYDIA THOMPSON. " This dear little Girl, whose real name was Margery Meanwell, once lived," &c.—Old Story. "His kind Wife gave little Margery a nice pair of new Shoes; and she was so pleased with them, and so fond of showing them to every one she met, saying, ' Two Shoes— Two Shoes,' that she gained the name of ' Little Goody Two Shoes.' "—Old story. The Raven, the Pigeon, the Cat, and the White Raait (her pets), Masters Quork, Coo, Mew, and Bunny. Pet Robin—Master Redbreast. Little Boy Blue (her Shepherd Swain) Miss HELEN H 0 WARD. Johnny Stout (the Good Boy) Mr. J. ROBINS. Thommy Green (the Bad Boy) Mr. G. WESTON. Day Scholars—Masters Wag, Lag, Fag Brag, Dag, Nag, Gag, Mag, Tag, &c., and Misses Nimble, Simple, mple, Rumple, Whimper, Simper, Niminy, Pire.ny, &c., &c. Sir Timothy Gripe (Lord of the Mauor), Mr. TOM MATTHEWS. Graspall (his Steward), Mr. SHAW. Villagers—Messrs. B umkin , Whackstraw, Oatcake, Chaw bacon, Thatcher, &c. &c. "The room in which she taught her scholars was very large, so that she could have her children stand in front of her while she instructed them.—Old Story. Of the proposal made by Sir Timothy to Goody Two Shoes, and what became of it. HUNTING LODGE ON THE BORDERS OF THE FOREST. The Fairy Good Nature (assuming the form of Goody Peabody), Miss KATE SAXON. Gamekeepers, Messrs. Popp and Bang. Footman, Mr. Powdernob. Page, Master Buttons. Housekeeper, Mrs. Chickabiddy. How Little Boy Blue meets with a particular friend, and how the Squire dooms the small Birds found on his Estate to general destruction, and what ensues thereupon. THE BRAMBLE BRAKE IN THE DEPTHS OF THE FOREST.—SUNSET. " When good Little Goody Two Shoes had finished her ten sets of letters, she invited a great number of her poor little Companions to meet together under an old oak tree, and there she taught them."—Old Story. The Demon Envy, Mr. GUN(' ON. Hatred and Malice (his attendants), Messrs. Scowl and Growl. The Bad Boy's Compact with the Evil Genius, and what followed therefrom. HAUNT OF THE WOOD NYMPHS IN THE ENCHANTED DELL. May, Miss WENT WORTH. Bluebell, Cowslip, Violet, Wild Thyme, Golden Broom, Speedwell, Daisy, Buttercup, Wood Anemone, Primrose, Colvolvulus,Wild Rose, Traveller's Joy,Celandine, Hearts ease, Fox Glove, &c. (her attendant Wild Flowers), by a best of Coryphees. Pas de Forget-me-not, Miss LYDIA THOMPSON. Pas de Double Heartsease, the Misses GUNNISS. Ballet des Bouquets, invented and arranged by Mr. OSCAR BYRNE. WOODY AVENUE, LEADING TO BUTTERCUP MEAD, " All hail to thee, thou first of May, Sacred to merry sport and play, To wine and jest and dance and song, And mirth that lasts the whole day long." CELEBRATION OF MAY-DAY AND FESTIVAL OF THE MAY QUEEN. OUTSIDE OF LITTLE GOODY'S COTTAGE, MILL BROOK, AND ANCIENT BELFRY. " Who killed Cock Robin ? I, said the Sparrow, with my Bow and Arrow."—Old Nursery Legend. The Sparrow, Mr. Take an-Aim. The Fly, Master Buzzy. The Fish, Mr. Gillbut. The Beetle, Mrs. Gamp. The Linnet, Master Downey. The Owl, Mr. Whit-to-Whoa. The Lark, Mr. Highflyer. The Rook, Mr. Blackcoat. The Bull, Mr. Roarer, with a Horn accompaniment. The deed done. Impressive fate of Little Cock Robin, and his marvellous restoration by Good Nature, who pro ceeds on her radiated Path of Prisms over the World. Harlequins, Mr. CORMACK and Mr. ST. MAINE. Columbines, Madame BOLENO (her first appearance here these two years) and the 'Misses GUNNISS. Pantaloons, Mr. G. TANNER and Mr. DEULIN JOHNSON. Clowns, Mr. HARRY BOLEN() (his first appearance here these two years) and Mr. C. LAIMI. Scene I.'-GRAND HINT 0' NATIONAL (THEATRE) EXHIBITION OF FUN! The Meeting of all Nations—Gold Washing and Gold Finding—Armstrong's Breech-loader—the Exhibition Bells and Belles of the Exhibition—Clow n rings one of the Belles --a Belle Savage—the Majolica Fountain—Clown's new Vapourizer—Cent. per Scent—Striking Two—the Exhibi • tion Club—a Medicated Vapour Bath—a Piping Bullfinch —(Raree Airs)—the Australian Obelisk makes a decided Move—a Toad in the Hole—a Long Nap (2,000 years)—a Bed in the Coal Hole—Froggy would a-Wooing go—a and. den influx of Strange Visitors and close of the Exhibition. Invented and Produced by Boleno (Registered). Pantomimists—HAßßY BOLENO, Madame BOLENO. CORMACK, and TANNER. Trip Storm I/ alse—Madarne BOLENO and Mr. CORMACK. Landlady, Mrs. Graball ; Page, Master Bellbutton ; Housemaid, not yet engaged ; Visitors, Cabmen, Sweeps, Shoe-Black Brigade, &c., by Artists too numerous to Mention. Scene 2.—EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF INTER NATIONAL LODGING-HOUSE. Lodgings ! Lodgings I Lodgings I—Hou 4e Full—A Fair Simple of a Cabby's Fair—A Foreigner all Abroad—Harry Boleno's return to his Old Quarters—Somebody's Luggage —Nobody's Luggage (Oh, Dickens)-11ly Lodgings are on the cold ground—A Damp Bed with Sheets of Water (which are always damp)—Bottling Spirits—A Policeman on Duty —Coming down with the Dust—Clown and Pantaloon re solve to change their quarters—The new Bedroom Door— the Exhibition Early-rising Bedstead—Clown makes an Impression—Oh, rest thee, my Babe—A Novel Extin• guisher—Put out the Light ! Put out the Light—A Squally Night—Clown gets rid of a Lodger—Both Child and Nurse are fast asleep—Clown gives them a drop too much—anew method of getting off to sleep—forty winks—Harlequin Box and Cox (up)--'Tis when to sleep the World retires—the Vision—an unwelcome Visitor—The Shades of Night and the Night Shade—Look on this Picture and on this—List, oh, list—l'm always with you—l'll warm yer—Oh, slum ber my darling, and sleep while you may—Visions light as air —the Nurse—the Child—the Great Sensation Scene and Denoument. Scene 3.—SHELL-FISH SHOP, COBBLER'S STALL, AND MUSIC WAREHOUSE! A Neat Trip—a Trip less Flat—Flat Fish, Flying Fish, and Ground Bait—taking in the Natives Childish Games, Boyhood's happy days—Arrival of Fun—Sudden appear ance of an old friend—Clown goes a fishing--Gets a bite Alia prove to be a nibble for him, Garotting with a Ven geance —the strong Arm of the Law—Clown in a Fix— Lucky Escape—Clown gets a Ticket of Leave—the indus trious Cobbler that Lived in a Stall—Clown finds a pair of Boots and gets Awl for his pains—a Rally and a Jump— Clown has a taste for Music and Gives a Concert, in which he will play a Solo on the smallest Banjo in the world and 12 Common Garden Pots—Pataloon has Five Bars rest— Clown gets Drummed in and quickly gets Drummed Out Again—A Supply of Natives—a fair Division—the head of the force and everybody taken in and done for. scene 4—THE ISLINGTON AGRICULTRAL lIALL, AND GREAT DOG-SHOW, CAT-SHOW, AND FLOWER -SHOW. Flowers of Loveliness and Flowers of the Forest—going to see the Green Bushes—Heartsease and Tulips—coming i n Pears (pairs)--a clearing Pair—Fruits of Industry -Music, the Food of L ove—l calculate not—Mu sic hash Charms—not so always—Where's the Police P—Op en i ng of the Great National Dog Show —Port Whine and Bark —an (i i w o n u gets d Impudent Puppy—Carrots and f i t l T l ur a n n - d u Pugnatious—a Dog-MA — p dea C r l e Way Clo wn keeps the Dog Watch,D°g wehcah)ghoeuentersth—the to Barking—Clown and Pantaloon Dogs— Sweet Sounds—Calculation, MultiPcheatstiodv n oNn, and , an dN d 'ex a Catation —Clown's Cat Show—Cats - up and ,l for the Garotters—Descend ye nine—Dogs' Meat—Cats' Meat—a Jolly Dog—a Pair of Tabbies —the Kill-Kenny Cats--the Cats--the Seat of War—How it will all end—a Prize for a prize Cup—Catalessis—Catacresis—a Catastrophe 'which leads to a Cataract of the Feline Race, and thus ends the Catalogue. Scene S—(Comic)—EXTERIOR of MARINE STORES, PUBLIC-HOUSE, AND SAILOR'S HOME. Invented by Mr. J. Cormaek. C. LAURI, D. JOHN SON, ST, MAINE, and the Misses GUNNISS. Nautical Hornpipe, by M. ST. MAINE and the Misses GUNNISS. Set a thief to catch a thief—and he will go the " whole Hog or None"---A Sailor, half Seas over, mistakes all he Sees —Old Aunt Sally proves herself, rayther— Shell Hands wanted—and secured by Hook or by Crook—An cient and Modern Warriors—Hearts of Oak—Our Ironsides (not Cromwell's) Al good metal—the great Drainage Question —Pretty Poll of Wapping—she was such a nice youn g Gal S with Old Ballad, the Lass that loved a Sailor"- 46 Home, home, Sweet Home"—The Sailors' Rome—time to go home, but before:doing so we introduce you to Last Scene.—(Danson and Sons.) ENGLAND'S GLORY AND RICHES BROUGHT BY HER OCEAN WAVES Box-office open from Ten till Six daily. Doors open at Half. past Six, commence at Seven. Acting Manager, Mr, F. B. CHATTE4TON, NO. 22,020. MRS. 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IL Allen and C Just published, 13th Edition, price 2s. ad., THE CURABILITY of CONSUMPTION; being a Series of Papers, presenting the most promi nent and important Practical Point.; in the Treatment of the Disease. By F. H. RAMADGE, M.D.. Fellow of the College of Physicians, and formerly Senior Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest, &c. Also, by the same Author, price 10s. 6d„ A TREATISE on ASTHMA and DISEASES of the HEART. London : Longman and Co. LIVES of EMINENT STATESMEN, in FUN, every week. One Penny Now Ready, handsomely bound in Magenta cloth, gilt, price 4s. 6d.; post free, 55., the ..ZECOND half-yearly VOLUME of FUN, with ►►) numerous Engravings by talented artists, and humor ous Articles by the following distinguished writers : W. Bailey, Esq. W. S. Gilbert, Esq. W. Barber, Esq. T. Hood, Esq. E. L. Blanch ird, Esq. T. S. Jerrold, Esq. G. W. Bridgernan, Esq. W. J. Prowse, Esq. F. C. Burnand, Esq. Godfrey Turner, Esq. 11. J. Byron, Esq. &a, &c., dm Office, SO, Fleet-street, London. CANTERBURY HALL.—LAST WEEK of the LANCASHIRE CHAMPION PRIZE HAND-BELL RINGERS, at half-paatjNine o'clock. Immense success of the renowned Pantomimic Entertain ment, THE ENCHANTED HASH, thirteen characters, solely sustained by E. Marshall. The Comic by Unsworth, Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, Frank Hall, and Miss Georgina Smithson. GRAND OPERATIC SELECTIONS, as usual, conducted by Mr. Jonghmans, THE 0 XI? ORD, 6, OXFORD STREET. THE LANCASHIRE CHAMPION PRIZE HAND BELL RI \ GERS, Twelve Performers on Sixty-six Bells. Conductor, Mr. E. BENSON. Drew Dean's Flute S dos lees, four-part Songs, Choruses, &c., and other musicil attracti us, including a Grand Selec tion from GLUCK'S opera " ALCESTE," now produced for the first time in this country, and supported by the entire company, full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jongh mans. Miss Caroline Parkes' Pantomimic Sketch, "Little Red Riding _Hood." George Hodson's Irish, Miscellaneous, and Ventriloquial Entertainment. Unsworth's great Stump Speech, "Or any other man." Eugene's burlesque Scenas and Dances. W. Randall's New Ccmtlealities, ,te., every- evening - . The provincial Engagements or the Bell-Ringers compell ing them to leave London, their Last Appearance, on SATURDAY, 31st instant, is reluctantly announced. THE LONDON PAVILION.- Messrs. LOIBL and SONNHAMMER beg respectfully to announce that their ANNUAL BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY EVENING next, the 29th inst. They acknowledge with thanks the very liberal support hitherto awarded them, and trust their future endeavours to please and entertain will prove sufficiently meritorious to meet with a response eq sally gratifying. On the occasion of their Benefit a special programme will be arranged representing such a galaxy of talent as was never presented to the public. i he LONDON PAVILION, Tichborne-street. 120 PERFORMERS will appear at the LONDON PAVILION on THURSDAY NEXT, the PROPRIETOR'S BENEFIT. Novelties in abundance will be produced ; all the favourites in London will be there ; the bill of fare will be prolific in sensation and artists of ex• traordlnary skill ; in fact, the entertainment will be one of a.tonishing magnitude—brimful of talent, and calculated to please everybody. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Open nightly for Promenade. There is added to the above elegant E.4ablishment a Grand Conversation Saloon Reading Room, and Smoking Lounge. French, German, and English papers taken in. The musical arrangements under the direction of Mons. Boulcourt. The Band is composed of the best Musicians in the metro polis. Admission Is.—Manager, M. Grenet. ARGYLL ROOMS.—JULLIEN'S PROME NADE CONCERTS will take place at the above Rooms on TUESDAY, Jan. 27th. On this occasion the Pro gramme will include Selections and Arrangements from the Works of the following Mastcrs : Mozart — Rossini—Meyerbeer—Donizetti. The Dance Music from the repertoire of the late M. Jullien. Admission, Is. Manager, M. GRENET. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. ATONS. JULLIEN has the honour to announce -11- that his FIRST PROMENADE CONCERT in Lon don will take place at the ARGYLL ROOMS, on TUESDAY, January 27. On tl is occasion the Programme will include seleqions and arrangements from the works of the following . masters : MOZART, I ROSSINI, I METERBEE'R, DONIZETTL A Grand Quadrille from Howard Glover's Opera, " Once too Often," and the ballet music will be chiefly selected from the repertoire of the late M. Jullien. Programmes and full particulars will be duly advertised. Admission—One Shilling. Manager, M. GRENET. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM ; containing the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by innumerable superbly executed Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame, together with a variety of highly interesting Natural Preparations, Malformations, and Mon strosities. ('pen daily, from it to 10 (for Gentlem n only).— Admission One Shilling. Entrances 29, George-street, Han over-square, and 41A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, Lon don, W. Explanatory Lecture every Evening at Seven. Illus trated and Descriptive Catalogues sent, post free, for twelve stamps. Address the Secretary, as above. ,;I,PECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented ►L. , Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the maj , rity of the Nobility, includimr Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary re ief to weak, di 1 , , and detective vision.—S. and B. SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe eases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptib e, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 30, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. O RNAMENTS for the Drawing : room, Library, Uaid Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ment M VA SES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, Aro. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her %lajesty, 149, Stand. W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, I I TNERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate he interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CIIOLOGY, , nd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOG Y 1; given by Mr. TENNAN2, at 149, Strand, W.C. E What is it? See Patent , March 1, 1812, No. MO.- 0 8 ;1--- (1---- E I D 0 N LExini Tnt o Indestructible CneTs elto3iNlalsNtsE anda- GA BR I EL'S Self-adhesive NAL TEE NI and I.' i ;3 1 1 1,. 51. 7-ithout palates, aler pO l eG a irt l ija s only, at half the usual springs, or wires, and without l A if i e t t T i r i n c e, u L an A d T r o ' i r . R J A ,u N re T st E m D '.osi. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-establish e d D entists, 27, HARLEY - STR EET, CAVENDISH SQ.JARE 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; ; a, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, CLASS 17. One visit only required from c ountr y p Practical Treatise gratis.atients, Gabriel's Consultations free. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD. — Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre , ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. cott, of Bromley, Kent, .will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and 2 iver complaints, indigestion, wind, -pasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, Sto. For habitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera ion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe - ite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen. the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, (haring-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. led., and three timed the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver P ills. The genuine are a square green package, with " Lambert," engraved on the stamp. 'ME SUN, LONDQN, MONDAY RE A T WESTERN. RAILWAY.- Of NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next HALIe- YE ARLY GE ERA L MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held in London, pursua , 4 to Act of Parlia m,-,nt. at the Paddin ,- .40n Station; on FRIDAY, the 13th day of February next, at One o'clock precisely, for the ELEC TION of FIVE DIRECTORS, in the ptace - of A. K. Baker, Esq., J. W. Miles, Esq., Henry S , momis, Esq., R. J. Yen ables, Esq. ' and John Williams, retleing by ro:at.on ; and for other general purposes of •business. The chair wilt be taken at One o'clock precisely. SHELi3IJRNE, Chairman. BARRINGTON, Deputy Chairman. The Directors retiring are re-eligible under the provisions of the act, and, in compliance w th a bye-law, notice must Le given to the Secretary, on or before the 30th day of January inst., of the names of any pi oprietors who are to be nomi nated for election as Directors at the said Half-yearly Gene ral Meeting. The Transfer Books of all Stock and Shares will be closed on and from the 29th day of January inst., and will not be reo, ened until atter the said Half-yearly General Meeting, on the 13th day of February. By order of the Board, CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. Paddington Station, Jan. 16, 1863. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY, At 28. Cd. each Person. SOUPS. _ Lobster. Printanter. FISH. Turtot Maitre D' Fried Soles. ENTREES. Jugged Hare ala Chasseur. Vols au Vent ala Bechamel JOINTS. Sirloins of Beef. Saddles of Mutton. SWEETS. College Puddings. Rhubard Tart. Cheese and Salad. THE LONDON, 19 , FLEET-STREET. WALKER'S NEW NEEDLES.—The H • Patent Ridg, ,- d-Eyes are easily threaded, and work without the slightest drag.—Post freli for Twelve 9 tenor, for every 100, of any respectable dealer.—ll. WALKER, Queen's Works, Alcester, and 47, Gresham-street, London. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS. Jan. 25. DISTRIBUTION OF REWARDS TO FRENCH EXHIBITORS. SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR. The distribution of rewards to the French exhi bitors in the London exhibition of 1862 took place to-day. The Emperor presided at the distribution, and delivered a speech, in which, after congratulat ing the exhibitors upon their success, their energy, and their perseverance in upholding the honour of France, his Majesty said:— " That redoubtable invasion of British soil has, then, been realised ;" And continued : " I am happy to have to reward the bravest of the brave. In fact, we have crossed the Channel and invaded English soil, not with arms which carry ruin, but those which confer prosperity and comfort.' The Emperor afterwards observed that treaties of commerce drew nations nearer to one another and improved their condition, and said : " If foreigners have to envy us many useful things, France must have seen that she can borrow many moral conquests from England. We have, in fact, borrowed from England that spirit of liberty which, being extended to all opinions, insures the development of all interests." His Majesty further said that liberty, as under stood in England, does not destroy, but improves ; and continued : " Private industry acts for itself. The Govern ment leaves to every one the responsibility of his sets. This system has not been followed without contributing to the industrial and maritime pros perity of our neighbours." The Emperor further stated his conviction that France would attain the same result when she bad completed the bases indispensable to the establish ment of public liberties, and concluded by appeal ing to all to unite in order to arrive at this result. La Trance of this evening says : "M. Troplong will to morrow communicate to the Senate the draught of the Address in reply to his Speech from the Throne. It is said to be a complete and formal appropriation of the Emperor's policy, especially on the Roman question, and to clearly express the sentiments of the Senate on the protection which France affords to the Holy Father. The Patrte of this evening says : " We learn from a sure source that the French Minister of Washington has been invited to submit to the American Cabinet a proposal for a meeting of delegates to examine into the measures calculated to facilitate a reconciliation between the North and South." ITALY. NAPLES, Jan. 24. The Duchess of Genoa and family have arrived here. The brigand chiefs Crocco, Ninco Nanco, and Caruso have been defeated near Montecchio. They fled into the woods at Castiglione. TURIN, Jan. 25. The Gazette di Torino of to-day says : "It is asserted that the King to-day signed a de• tree appointing Vice-Admiral Orace di Negro as Minister of Marine." Evening. The report of the appointment of Vice-Admiral Orate di Negro as Minister of Marine is confirmed. It is asserted that Signor Pepoli, late Minister of Agriculture, will be appointed Minister Plenipo tentiary to the Court of St. Petersburg. AUSTRIA. VIENNA ; Jan. 24. The news telegraphed from Paris to the Vienna papers that Prince Couza intends abdicating in favour of the Duke of Leuchtenberg has been offi cially declared unfounded. GREECE. ATHENS, Jan. 22. Some intrigues of a party favourable to the ex- King have been discovered here. They are not of a serious character, and their only result has been to increase brigandage in the districts of Mania and 'taco m e. Troops have been despatched to those points. GOTHA, Jan. 24. The negotiations pending with the Duke of Saxe- Coburg relative to his acceptance of the crown of Greece have not yet been definitely broken off, but there is little prospect that the conditions made by the Duke will be accepted by the Powers, although these conditions only refer to the welfare of Greece and to the settlement of the affairs of the Duchy. The Duke raises no claims to any Royal domains in Greece. THE SPANISH CONGRESS. MADRID, Jan. 24. In to-day's sitting of the Congress Senor Rivero requested explanations respecting the recent Mini sterial modifications. Marshal O'Donnell replied that ne had already given all the explanations. Senor Mon stated that he withdrew from the late Cabinet on account of its policy on the Mexican question, and that he was not acquainted with the views of the present Cabinet on that question. In replying to Senor Mon, Marshal O'Donnell recalled that he had for four years supported the union of the Liberal party in Spain. The Chamber then passed to the order of the day. CADIZ, Jan. 24. hdoavon,got•iz left ab g a a , News re ce i ve d h ere f rom V era Cruz, dated the 2 4th of D ecem b er, states that t h e F renc h army, vi n garrisons a m i o p i l: o e , r a w e C r l' e u z a , d v l a a n l a c p i n a g , u C p o o r - Puebla. Fay -le annatme.ed Loi ß re zi h s as ß j o u e s h t e, be r e e n sid l i o u s g t i a n t the snow. lie had left at nightfall on his return home, a village called Staint-Julien-Chapteuil, to which he had been sent, and was seen later as he passed through the village of Boussoulet, which lay on the road. Shortly after a terrible snowstorm came on, and as Roche had not t a k en any re freshments before starting, he is supposed to have perished from otimustion, His body was found two days after. EVENt ffi, JANUARY 26, 1863, THE WAR IN = AMERICA. (From the 7imes' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, JAN. 10. The full details of the obstinate battles of Mur freesborough that have at length been received from the correspondents of the daily press confirm the impression on the minds of those who studied with attention the first confused and often contradictory telegrams, that General Rosencrans has rescued the Rupublic from a great humiliation by dint both of consummate strategy and of high personal valour ; but that he has not gained a decisive victory. Rosencrans and Bragg are both in a position to re new the struggle. Both suffered severely. Both ac quitted themselves as good generals and brave sol diers. And if the victory remained with Rosencrans, as it must ba conceded that it did, Bragg is not crushed, but still bold and defiant and inclined to be aggressive. The battles of kurfreesborough, severe as they were, seem but to have been the preludes to a still more tremendous stugle in Tennessee. In the meanwhile Rosencrans is: the hero of the hour. His success is the greatest that any Federal general has achieved since M'Clellan saved the capital at Antietam, and the people are not only loud in his praise, but express theitegratitude by hoping that they may yet be indebte to his military genius for many similar favours. • The expedition to Viclaiburg has not been so suc cessful. The fighting boa that obstinate fortress was as severe as efts - boro, lasted as long, and was accompanied by as fearful a loss of life on both sides, but the Confederates, by superior generalship and audacity, as well as by more intimate know ledge of the country, contrived to concentrate on immense force at the point at a moment when. this Federal commander was utterly unprepared for its reception, and When he Was deprived of stisseltntiei- - pated assistance of the Federal flotilla under Com modore Farragut, detained below Port Hudson, 300 : ssissippi. The result was miles further down the M a signal defeat of the Federal army. President Davis, in a late address to the Legislature of Mis sissippi, insisted upon the immense importance to the Southern cause of defending both Vicksburg and Port Hudson to the last extremity. Vicks burg has answered his expectations thus far. It remains to be seen whether Port Hudson will be as creditably up to the mask, and whether the com bined forces of Gen. Banks and Commodore Farra gut operating against that place will be sufficient to clear the river to that point. If they do there will be a new struggle at Vicksburg more obstinate than the last, in which both parties will put forth their utmost strength, and which may prove to be the greatest and most important battle of the war. Notwithstanding the gleam of good cheer thrown over the popular heart by the gallantry and success of Rosencrans, the general aspects of the war are not encouraging to the Northern mind. Nothing is heard from the army of the Potomac. It is neither in winter quarters nor in activity. Gen. Burnside is extinguished—perhaps in his own estimation, certainly in that of the country—and his army once the hope of the Federal cause, is dark in the eclipse of popular neglect. No ono speaks of it or speculates on its movements or fate. The Pre sident's proclamation of emancipation is a severe stumblingblock to men's minds. People begin to despair of the fortunes of a Republic of which the chief magistrate can find no weapon so ready to his hand to damage his foes as an incentive to a war of races. The Border States are moody and discon tented. Their slaves, notwithstanding that their masters are or are supposed to be loyal, are assert ing or are achieving their freedom, in defiance of Mr. Lincoln's limitations, and an agitation is spread ing, of which the results threaten to be disastrous both to the white man and the black. But Nero continues -IQ, UAW, er ta.- v jot.. G.014-4.l.eAteusitive barometer of the fears of commerce, points to the high figure of 39 per cent. premium, the highest it has yet attained ; and clear-headed men of business mistrusting everything else as unsubstantial and illusory, are hastening to invest their superhundant dollars in houses and land. Within the last few days there has been a perfect rush of capital in that direction, and the chances are that it will increase in proportion to the alarm of the public at the pros pects before the country. The ordinary ruck of speculators has been wild with excitement, and Wall-street for the last two days has exhibited a spectacle that is but too surely the sign end fore runner of:a commercial collapse. The pro's ibilitY, if not the certainty, of an immediate issue c!' green backs—put down one day at 50,000,000 do.e. only "to pay the arrears due to the army," and on another at 900,000,000 to meet the necessities of the Government—has opened the floodgates of specu lative greediness. Men that were poor last Mon day are rich to-day, and may be poor again next week. Madness rules the hour. Mr. Chase, the great magician whose potent wand has wrought the mis chief, has arrived in town, alarmed apparently at the efficacy of his own spell. He has come, it is said, to consult some of the Nesters of finance and bank ing as to what shall be done to allay the excite ment. The message of Governor Seymour to the Legis lature at Albany is more emphatic than Ms friends expected. Cautious as well as bold, it is entirely satisfactory to the Conservative party throughout the North. Hail there been six months ago a Go vernor as strongly pledged to support the law and Constitution of the State, the Federal Administra tion would have been saved many a ggressions on popular rights which have scandalised it in the eyes of the American people as well as of the world. The habeas corpus would not have been suspended, inno cent men and women would not have been torn from their homes and confined in dungeons and bas tilles on the testimony of spies and; informers, and the Secretary of State and the late and present Se cretaries of War would not have been exposed, as they now are, to the penalties of the State laws for acts of injustice committed in obedience to what they considered a Federal necessity. Mr. Seymour's election was the first proof of their unp )pularity which Mr. Lincoln and his advisers comic tended to accept. Prior to that event they seemed c o labour under the impression that the Northern people were willing to pay the price of their own liberty for the restoration of the Union ; that whatever Mr. Lincoln might " decree , ' or " proclaim" was as bind ing as the ukase of a Czar or the hatti sheriff of a Sultan, and that he and his Ministers were only re sonsible to God and their consciences for all public and private injury and wrong which they might inflict in the prosecution of the war. The Demo cratic victories undeceived them, and forced the Adminstration back into the paths of legality. Mr, Seymour's enunciation of his policy as Go vernor of the Chief State of the Union—a State that has a Constitution as sacred as that of the Federation will keep them there, unless they choose to risk a collision that might end in bloodshed. Of 1 his, however, there is little proba bility ; and the little has been made less by the vigorous action which Mr. Seymour has taken, and which all the other Democratic State governors will strengthen and extend. When Mr. Seymour leaves the question of State and individual rights, and approaches the greater question of the war and the restoration of the Union, his views aro as rose-coloured as those of Mayor Opdyke, General Banks, and President Lincoln. To his mind, as to theirs, war is not w h o ll y an ev il ; and geography seems imperatively to forbid a seve rance bet ween the North and the South. He de clares that war alone will not save the Union, but that if it is to be saved, as he hop es an d b e li eves, i t can only be by compromise and conciliation, and a yielding to the South in the matter of slavery. He either does not know or will not prematurely con fess that no possible compromise or amount of con ciliation—no guarantees whatever which the North could or would give to respect the existence of slavery in the South, would induce the Southern leaders and the Southern nation to re-enter into political partnership with a people whom the events of the contest have taught them to abhor. The North does not yet hate the South, for it is only in a few Northern pulpits that unehristi in feelings are ex pressed towards the slaveownere, hut the South de tests and abominates the North with a hatred scarcely to be paralleled in modern times, and which was only equalled in bygone days by the fiendish animosities between the Christian and the Moslem, or the Spaniard and the Moor. Whatever geogra phy may seek to prescribe, social antagonism and repulsion will wcrk to a different end. Mr. Seymour thinks that " the condition of the country is not hopless, unless it be made so by passions and preju dices which are inconsistent with the government of a great nation"— forgetting that these very passions and prejudices are in full play, and that every day makes them fiercer and more obstinate, both in the South and in the North. It is his policy, and that of his party, for the present, to persist in the prosecution cf the war. The day for proposing an armistice has not come, but it is coming. In the meantime he insists that under no circumstances can the division of the Union be conceded. To save it, the Demo • crats, for whom he speaks, " will put forth every exertion of power; they will use every policy of conciliation ; they will hold out every inducement to the people of the South to return to their allegiance; they will guarantee them every right demanded by the Constitution, and by that fraternal regard which must prevail in a common country, but they will never voluntarily consent to the breaking up of the Union." But unfortunately the fraternal feeling has long ago been extinguished. It scarcely survived the attack on Fort Sumter. It is idle to say that it must prevail—when it has ceased to prevail—and when provocatives to a negro insurrection are con sidered legitimate warfare. It is not thus that the South and the North can be made to love each other. It is equally vain to insist that under " no" circum stances will a division of the Union be conceded. When such a great and unmistakeable " circum stance" as physical force is the ultimate and only arbiter who can deal with the question ? The South knows that its independence will not be conceded, but it knows at the same time that it may be ex torted. Hence the war will continue till one or the other party is conquered or exhausted, or till mutual friends shall counsel them to peace, and bring to bear upon the result the calm, cool reason of which both are deprived by the blinding passions and maddening animosities of the struggle. Mr. Seymour speaks of the Northern Federation as if it were as much a unit in interest, sentiment, and passion as it is in Government. But this is not the fact. The New England States are fighting for the abolition of Slavery and a high protective tariff, by which their manufacturers may enrich them selves at the expense of the community. The Western States are fighting for free trade with the South and free access to the ocean through the great artery of the Mississippi, caring nothing what ever for the freedom of the black race, and disliking the negro as much as New England pretends to love him. New York, New Jersey, and the Middle States are fighting for the restoration of the status quo ante bellum, Slavery to be included if necessary. In spite of the war, this great section of the Union has a higher regard for the Southern people than it has for the New Englanders. If there be any real bond of sentiment between the three antagonistic nationalities of the North—for such in effect they are, or are rapidly becoming—it is to be found in their common passion for being the predominate Power in the world, and, as such, dictating to Europe, and especially to England, which they ignorantly imagine to be worn out, effete, and at its last gasp. If the West could be assured of the freedom of the Mississippi in union with the South, and were not assured of it in union with the North, it would prefer the Government of Mr. Jefferson Davis to that of Mr. Lincoln ; and if the Western and Middle States could effect a peace able reunion with the South by the extrusion of New England from their political system, they would be delighted to sacrifice that troublesome and revolu tionary corner, and make a present of it to Canada, or to itself, and agree to remodel the Constitution in such a way that the abolition of slavery could n, ver again be agitated as a Federal question. But though Mr. Seymour may seem to believe in the possibility of the restoration of the Union, there are many symptoms that Mr. Lincoln is not of the same opinion. It is not only his jocular recklessness in regard to the provocation of what Mr. Seward called "a social revolution with all its horrors, like the slave revolution in St. Domingo," that shows him to be hopeless of reunion, but the arguments which he has employed to justify the creation of a new State out of a portion of the old dominion of Virginia. If the Union were restored the State of Western Virginia, illegally and unconstitutionally formed, would immediately be re-absorbed into Vir ginia Proper, its mock Legislature and Government would be dismissed, and any armed resistance to the legitimate State Government would be properly punished as treason. But Mr. Lincoln anticipates nothing of the kind. He has an eye to the future boundaries of the Northern Federation, and states, among his reasons for admitting Western Virginia into the Union as a separate State, " that it is the correct policy of the Administration to secure as much free territory as possible and se ith as little trouble;" and, as his principal reason, "that he is bound to take care of his friends." A magistrate who gives such reasons for an act of such grave im portance —an act certain to be annulled if the Union be restored, and that can only remain valid if sepa ration be the result of the war, cannot believe in the success of the effort which he is making to conquer the South. Western Virginia, in the inevitable separation which is to be the end of the war, must belong to the North. That is Mr. Lincoln's idea. He is, therefore, quite right in securing that amount of free territory and in taking care of his friends—leaving his enemies in Old Virginia, to take care of themselves in that other Federation to which their interests and sympathies impel them. The change of sentiment which has gradually taken place with regard to Mr. Lincoln is such " that he who runs may read." At the commence ment of his unhappy career every one was inclined to think well of him ; every possible allowance was made for the difficulties of his position. If some people doubted his capacity no one doubted his honesty. Almost everybody spoke of him with re spect. Bat all this has changed. His inveterate habit of inopportune jesting and story-telling has had an injurious effect on his reputation. People have begun to believe that he has no heart as well as no judg ment. He has taken the place of first buffoon. He has become, without his knowledge, the Joe Miller of the American people. Every idle jest or dirty witticism that grows up in the rank soil of great cities is attributed to the President. Every man who is dubious of the reception of his own ribaldry passes it off as the last good thing said by Mr. Lincoln. Were all the indecent jocularities and broad stories that are launched into the conversa tion of the people, and repeated from mouth to mouth in every place of public resort as undoubted sayings of the President, to be collected, they would form a considerable volume. Every day increases their number, and hundreds of profane jests of which he is entirely guiltless circulate with the f ornament of his name, to the sad disparagementfothe real his dignity in the popular estimation, and impairment of his usefulness as th e functionary in the Republic. The confidencenghest public felt in months ago has dwindled to a thoughtful lately so estpo ianst,t and three thhime a sensation there iscarcelys man in the country who w . ould not feel if it were announced that, of relief and gratitude mistrustful of his own powers to deal with th e des tinies of the nation in this critical juncture, he had resigned the Presidency and allowed Congress and the country to proceed to a new election in the mode prescribed by the Constitution. Originally, w hatever was said in his disparagement was said privately. It is now slid publicly. Mr. Wondell G ~i~~ . PRICK.... ...Id. STAMPED Puillips and the Rev. Dr. Cheever, on the part of the extreme Abolitionists, were the first to break silence. The newspapers —usually so ready in this country to abuse anybody —were tender of the Pre ,ident's good name, and treated bin, with a defer ence greater than was ever hcstowed upon any of his predecessors ; but they have at last followed tht lead of the platform and the pulpit, and begun to complain of the unseasonable jesting of one whose position is not only of the highest dignity but the most serious responsibility. And from the press and the pulpit. the dissatisfaction has gone np to Congress. Yesterday Mr. Saulsbury, of Dela ware, openly declared in the Senate that Mr. Lincoln hrid treated the awful subject of a slave insurrection " with jocular and criminal indifference;" that "partisan revenge had go verned the actions of his Administration;" and that " the infamy of its acts would drag it down into disgrace to the latest generations." The worst feature of the case as regards Mr. Lincoln's per sonal position is that it is not only extreme poli ticians like Mr. Saulsbury on the one hand, and Messrs. Cheerer and Beecher on the other, who complain, but the great bulk of quiet and respect able men of business, connected with political par ties, who deplore and regret that the country must endure for two years longer the government of a weak and irreverent man, when it urgently needs a strong and a serious one, to save it from that worse fate than Southern secession—the loss of its own liberty, followed by new secessions and a hopeless disintegration. General Butler, who is declared by a fervent admirer standing high in the confidence of the Government, " to possess more brains than any 300 Generals in the Federal service," has been invited to a public dinner in this city, by a knot of gentlemen who seem to value brains more than heart or good manners. Most of the persons who made themselves prominent in arranging the pre liminaries are members of the Puritan congregation of the 'Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, at Plymouth Church, and officers in the Ironsides Regiment— that highly pious corps, compcsed entirely, as its own advertisements allege, of " good young men," who never drink or swear, or rob hen-roosts, like the profane Irish and Germans who swarm in the ser vice of the Republic. General Butler is not a Puritan himself, so that the entente cordiale which has so suddenly sprung up between him and the Puritan Chu: ch creates a certain amount of curiosity. People ask whether it is on account of his probable nomination to the command of the negro brigade, that is to carry desolation into the once flourishing plantations of the South, that he has become the model General of the Abolitionists; or whether it is because he closed Episcopal churches- in New Orleans, and silenced or banished Episcopal clergy men, that he has endeared himself to the Puritan heart. But, as all the Puritan churches cry out for the extermination of the Southern slaveowners, it is most probably on account of his politics, and not on account of his religious faith, that he has become their favourite. They want an exterminating general—and who would act the part so ruthlessly as Butler P No one yet known to fame, unless it be Mr. Beecher himself, and he has refused to imitate the conduct of Bishop Polk, of the Southern army, and to don the uniform of a brigadier or major general. The announcement of the honour to be conferred was so distasteful in New York that Gen. Butler, whose shrewdness is much greater than his vanity, took the alarm. Thinking it much better to refuse a public dinner than to partake of one that might cause unpleasantness, or prove a failure, he made a virtue of necessity, and declined for the present to be feasted. The people of New York are for the first time satisfied with the general, and cherish the hope that whenever a festival may be organised for his glory it may not be in their city. ~i --~ The Manufacturing Markets. MANCHESTER, Friday.—The dulness of our mar ket has become greater since Tuesday. To-day, especially, there is a perceptible increase of indis position on the part of buyers to do anything in either yarns or goods. Prices are generally without nominal change, but practically they are rather weaker than on Tuesday, and most so in cop twist and weft about 32's to 40's. BRADFORD, Thursday.—Wool : Since last Thurs day a quieter feeling has prevailed in the wool market, and transactions have been more limited than of late. The rise in the Bank rate of discount which occurred last Thursday appears to have induced a cautious feeling in every quarter, and the purchases of spinners to••day are only for the sup ply of their immediate mods. The effect upon prices, however, is not so marked. These appear to be generally maintained with a steady firmness, though the tendency upwards which has recently been noticed is not to be met with to-day. Yarns : The :tightness in money - which has induced quietness in the cotton and wool mar kets, has had a like effect upon yarns, and sales to-day are very limited in extent. Another great cause of quietness, as far as concerns the foreign trade, is in the fact that owing to the stormy weather, no Ostend mail has arrived for the last three days. The consequence is that the export houses are at a loss how to act, but feel sure it is the safer course to hold aloof from purchasing. The chief business of the week has been in twofolds, which are remarkably brisk, and in which some fair orders, both home and export, have been placed, Pieces—The mark has been thinly attended, and not much fresh business has been done by either home or American merchants. The export houses have been equally inactive, and the demand has been confined to a few orders in mottles, 3-4 worsted lastings and serges. The stocks of the latter have rather decreased during the week, caused doubtless by the immediate requirements for the Spanish trade. There is no alteration in prices for any description of goods. LEICESIER.—Beyond there being a few orders given out for the assortment of stock for the im mediate demand, but few workmen have been sot on since Christmas, Stocks on hand are very low, and a fair demand is looked forward to. Worsted spinners are fully employed, and full rates for yarns are maintained. The advance of the rate of dis count by the Bank of England has prevented further excitement or advance in the wool market ; it still continues its firmness, though much less is doing, and that only for present consumption.— Leicester Journal. Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pre ventsal the Chinese passing oft inferior leaves as in theusu kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore,always good alike. Sold in packets by 2,280 agents. Chaussee is The General Council of thePon t examination of at present engaged in the de finitive the project for an irrigating canalfromß ewauarckaaireoftoththeeksinead in the south - east of Fr sea, which will be one of the must important : This canal will derive it s water from the river Garden a at Lafoux, and. will serve th e immense piain-10,000hectares (21 acres each) in extent— bounded on the e ast b y the Rhone, on the nort h and west by the navigable canal from Beaucaire to Aigues-Mortes, and on the south by the ponds on the coast of the Medi terranean. The nature of the ground will not, however, allow of more than 7,000 hectares being irrigated. The quantity of water to be supplied by the canal is fixed at 3,000 litres per second, which can be readily furnished by the Gardon. The expense of the work is esti mated at 1,050,000 francs, one-fifth of which will be fur nished by the State, so that the capital to bo supplied by the landowners interested in the undertaking will only be 810,000 f. The additional worth of the land when thus watered is calculated at the minimum of 2,000 f, per hec tare, so that taking the total increased value at five mil lions, it will amount to nearly six times the expanse. The question of the concession of the railway from Cette to Marseilles is submitted to a commit tee composed of MM. Fould, Rouher, and Magne, who aro to present a report to the Emperor with a definitive solu tion. A long conference has just taken place on the subject at the Ministry of State. MM. Pereire and Talabot, one representing the Southern Company, the other the Lyons and Mediterranean, were successively heard. ~~~ Naval and MiYitary Xxitelligenc6. THE NAVY. Her Majesty's piddle yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. George H. Seymour, C.]3., will be removrd from her harbour moorings to-day and placed along side the dockyard at Portsmouth to receive her new intermediate paddle shaft, which has been prepared for her at the manufactory of Messrs. John Penn and Son, Greenwich. A trial will be afterwards made of her machinery. All the Royal apartments in the yacht are being regilded and redecorated in readiness for service at the forthcoming morriage of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wiles. The painting of the upper deck is also to be commenced immediately, and it is presumed the gilding also, which is in a very bad condition, although no orders relative to the latter have yet been received. Her Majesty's ship London, 86, which for the last three days has been prevented by the weather from going up Hatnoaze, remains inside the break water, with topgallant masts struck, all snug. Weather permitting, the paddlewheel steasislocp Virago, Commader Hope Johnstone, leaves Ply mouth Sound to-day with supernumeraries fur the fleet in the Tagus. On Saturday Earl de Grey and Ripon, accom panied by Colonels Jervoise and Owen, completed his survey at Plymouth by inspecting the Devonport Dockyare, Keyham Steamyard, and the gun wharf. They were attended by Admiral-Superin tendent Thomas M. C. Symonds, C. 8., and the offi cers of the different establishments. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. C. J. Balfour, to the Buzzard; Lieut. J. F. Baker, to the Alecto ; Sub- Lieut. V. C. Scholefield, to the Triton ; Sub• Lieut. W. Collins, to the Buzzard; Sub.-Lieut. the Hon. E. W. Dawson, to the Defence ; R. Holman, chief engineer, to the Alecto; F. C. Alton, promoted to chief engineer, to the Indus for the Doris; C. Mlieever, first class assist. engineer, to the Alecto ; W. H. M. Arnold, paymaster, to the Buzzard; A. G. Montagu, assist. paymaster, to the Blenheim ; W. M'Glashan, second class assist. engineer, to the Alecto ; P. Thompson, second class assist. engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary; J. M. Bran kston, second class assist. engineer, to the Osprey ; F. S. Scott; acting second class assist. engineer, to the Alecto ; W. Ambler, acting second class assist. en gineer, to the Cumberland for the Royal Oak ; T. S. Blyth, acting second class assist. engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ; J. C. Caswell, C. L. Rooke, and the Hon. E. T. Needham, midshipmen, to the Marlborough ; E. C. L. Sturt, midshipman, to the Black Prince; the Hon. Henry N. Shore, naval cadet, to the Edgar ; Henry W. Hill, Frederick. C. T. Bosanquet, William H. L. Browne, A. Cooke, W. N. Diggle, H. S. Gough, Francis H. N. Harvey, Edward W. Hodgkinson, Augustus M. R, Hamilton, 'Wm. N. Hood, Aston E. M'Murdo, Edward J. Pretyman, Wm. F. Roch, T. H. Simpkins, and Edward A. W. West, naval cadets, to the Marlborough; Chas. Heyward, master's assist., supernumerary to the Marlborough; Thos. J. Morris, master's assist., to the Buzzard; John A. Miller, master's assist., to the Alecto; G. H. Piggott and H. Baynham, master's assists., to the Narcissus, as supernumeraries ; Geo. F. Whitmore and Chas. M. White, master's assists., to the Forte, as super numeraries ; and A. A. Fanuel, clerk, to the Buz zard. THE ARMY. The examination of candidates for direct commis sions will commence at Chelsea Hospital this morn ing,before Major-Gen. F. W. Hamilton, 0.13., Vice- President, and the members of the Council of Mili tary Education. Under regulations of the Horse Guards, dated the 13th inst., none of the candidates will be regarded as qualified for commissions in the line on account of the examination they may have undergone in endeavouring to obtain admission to the Royal Military Academy, it having been de cided, for the future, strictly to confine the half yearly competitive examinations for admission to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, to the object for which they are intended. The same rule will also apply to the competitive examinations for admission to the Royal Military College, Sand hurst. The number of candidates who are ex pected to present themselves to day is rather large. - The examination will occupy the entire week, the first day being devoted to the examination as to the health of the candidates. During the past week the division at Aldershott was paraded for route-marching on different days and marched out under its brigadiers in various directions —on Friday the cavalry brigade, under the command of Brigadier-General Hodge; on the same day the field batteries of the Royal Artillery ; on the previous day the Ist Infantry Brigade,under the command of Major-General Brook Taylor, the 2d Infantry Brigade, under the command of Colonel Wodehouse, and the Royal Horse Artillery. The troops on each occasion performed a march of from eight to ten miles, returning to their quarters shortly after noon. Brigadier-Gen. W. G. Brown, late in the com mand of the 2d brigade at Aldershott, with Lieut. H. B. Savory, 78th Highlanders, his aide-de-camp, will leave England by the next overland mail,Gen. Brown having been appointed to the command of the troops in China, with the rank of Major-Gen. On Thursday evening a fire was discovered in a temporary forage barn on the South Camp, Alder shot. The barn was filled with straw for the use of the troops, and was situated near the stables occu pied by the C battery, Royal Horse Artillery, and forage and other stores in the immediate vicinity of the Barrack Department, all of which were at one periel in imminent danger. The Camp Fire Bri gade, under the command of Mr. Superintendent Burke, and assisted by a fire party of the Ist bat talion 6th Fusiliers, quickly brought Several engines to the spot, and an ample supply of 'water being ob tained, the fire was confined to the building irt which it broke out, which was, however, utterly de stroyed, although a great portion of the straw was saved. Two other alarms of fire occurred during the week —one on Monday night and the other early on. Thursday morning. In both instances, however, they Were found to be referrable to the furze on the common surrounding the camp, which either by Etc- , cident or design had been ignited in various places. The foundation-stone of the "Aldershot Mission Hall," or Soldier's Home, will be laid by the Earl of Shaftesbury, on Wednesday, the 11th proximo. The institution is intended to supply the means of quiet recreation and instruction to the troops , in addition to providing amusing reading, i e n b g ed , se a om n l d dor f aa ae tii t s l ti i h ty ne for chess, draughts, and similar games. Refresh ments, of a harmless character, will l Home at a moderate rate, an d the whole undertak ing, which has been or i g inated by a phil an th ropic lady, is intended to cou nteract tendency of som e of the p laces of public entertain ment in the vicinity of the camp to Which the troops resort in their leisure hours. The death of Lieut.-Gen. T. Burke is announced as having taken place a few days ago at his seat in Ireland. The gallant G enera l was Colonel of the 10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot, to which he was appointed in April, 1860. He served in Jamaica and St. Domingo in 1796 and 1797, and in Holland in 1809. He next served in the Peninsula during the campaigns of 1810,1811, and 1812, with. the Fifth Division of the army. He volunteered the " forlorn hope" of Sir John Leith's division at the taking of Badajoz, where he received several severe wounds, which prevented his pursuing his profes sional career. The deceased officer's commissions bore date as follows :—Ensign ; Oct. 1, 1794; lieut., Oct. 25, 1799; capt., Aug. 12, 1804; major, July 12, 1813; lieut.-col., July 22, 1830; col., Nov. 9, 1846; major-gen., June 20, 1851, and lieut.-gen., Jan. 18, 1860_ General Sir W. G. Power, Col. commanding th o the 10th Brigade of Royal Artillery, died on Friday last at his residence, Shanklin, Isle of Wight. The deceased commenced his military career at the com mencement of the present century, served in Spain, Portugal, and Franc, from 1808 to 1814, and was twice wounded —at the seges of Ciudad Rodrigp an d Burgos. In recognition of his services General. Power had been decorated with the silver war medal with nine clasps, and created a Knight Com mander of the Order of the Bath and a Knight of the Hanoverian Guelphic Order. He was in his 82d year. ~=~ ~Z~ of 4e ,e-