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ENG L A .ND'S CONGRESS, in the CHRIST:II , I , S DOUBLE NUMBER of FUN, on DN ESD AY . One Penny. ROYAL EN GL ISH OPERA, COVENT-G _RDEN. Ender the Vtanagement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Ha rrison. On BOXING WIGHT (Satur *day, Dec. 2t3), to commence With the Second A,ct of Balfe's p opular opera, THE BOHEMI IA.N GIRL. After which, a G rand Christm f . is Pantomime, on a stale of Unprecedented mat ;nificence, enl atled HARLEQUIN ST. GEORG E AND THE DRAGON. Doors open a t half-past S ix—Commence at Seven. ItOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of 3lr. Fechter. BEL DE11ONI( ) (a Triumphant success) will be repeated on , so xING NIGI IT, Saturday, Dec. 26, MONDAY, Dec. 28, and Every Evenin; -;* during the W ee k . THIS EVENIIV.G, the 'performance will commence with a New and Origine Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: xe , s . s . H. Widdic o mhe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland; Misses Percy, Pauline Ledercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Jaiss E. Laven After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DErtIONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's Chronicle," by : 11r. John Broug:,am. Principal c'iarac ter by Mr. Fecht er, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Br ouut. , m, .37, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collet, Sims ; M L s Kate Terry, E. Lavenu, iirs. Lee, and .aliss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the ow Tants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play balm or tor the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and teat the attend assts in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gra titities whatever. Box-office 'open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. THEATR E ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole' Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVI :NING, A GA OF SPECULATION. Messrs. Chas, Mathews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, Braid, Gordon, &c. ; Mesdames Fitzwilliam, Griffith, &c. Followed b) THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Con ipton,Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames C. Mathews, L Keeley. GI With, &c. With COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And LIT 1'; LE DAISY. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the liana;; ement of Mr. B. WEBSTER, will OPEN on BOXING dHT.—Amongst the artists engaged are Mr. Benjamin W E bster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Mr. Charles it lathews; Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Mathews, Miss Cottrel I, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. ()wiriest Mathews. On BOXHs ft NIGHT, the new Comic Drama of the HEN AND CHIC: KENS : Mrs. Stirling in her original character. Attei whit 5, a Comical Cong, , lomemtive Christmas Absur dity, by He] try J Byron, Esq., and entitled 186 i; or, TIO- 1 , SENSATIOI 46 OF THE PAST SEASON, With a Shame'" Revelation trt L a d, Somebody's Secret. New Scenery "Y Danson and Bons. Appointments by Mr. Ireland. music by M. Wallersb Principal characters by mi. J. L . Toole, Mr. Paul Be d ford, Miss Cottrell, Miss Faony Joseph B " t ' c ' And the PI RTHPLACE OF PODGERs J. L. Toole in his originz 1 character. NEW THEATRE-RO YAL, Sole l'roortator and Manazer.}lr.B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY ri onSEB REAR ER. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedf or d , and 3liss Woolgar. At 8, the Ne w Drama of LEAH ; sth weez of 3Ties Bate man, supporlA:d by Messrs. Arthur F arling% R. Phillips, BO hugton, Stu: Lrt, Stephenson, Eburae;bliss H. Simms, and Airs. Billingi;cn. To concludes with ICI ON FARLE FRANCAIS . Mr. J. L. Toole. _ c omm ence at 7. LEA 11 _ 1 vEIt y NIGHT. -3iiss 33 ATE MAN * — LEAH.—THIS EVENING, the 68 „ th a ppearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BA rEMAN. in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the priucipal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH bas been attended. 11Ir Virebstet begs to announce that ft will be performed EVERY EVENDW until further notice. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. rrIIIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo. Loney, Parse lle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss xanders. Followed by (21th time) PATIENT' PENELOPE ; or, The Return of Ulysses. Messrs. honey and Fenton ; Mesdames Swanborough and Simpson. After which, MI NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Vin be had Every Evening of G. It. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.--Morning, 11h. 12m.—Afternoon, 11h. 45m. O-MORROW.-Morning, h. m.—Afternoon. 12h. 15m. The Weather--Sun Office, Dec. 21, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.47, Wind—S.-W.; light, and cloudy. ZgA ,, . ,„„qt 44,4*, LONDON, MON'DAY, DEC. 21, 1863. While the general ipublic finds an object of in terest in following the vicissitudes of the American armies, and specal acing upon the next move, or counter move in t'a at perplexing struggle, the poli tician and the 'theorist discover an absorbing source of contrzaplation in pondering over the merits and d arnerits of the Republican form of Government as evidenced by the result of the American Union. A thoughtful writer, who has meditated on the question, and whose opinions, although from his national and natural partialities they must be taken corn grano sales, are worthy of consideration, has just furnished us with his individual theories on the rise and fall of the Model Republic. The so-called Model Republic, as this - writer truly reminds us, has long been the favourite example triumphantly brought forward by the advocates of De al°"acY, to illustrate the practical advantages of their favourite theory of Government. Whereas now, at .th e present moment, their own words are in the r " titi a' of their opponents, and " Behold the Model Republic e, • is the derisive retort of the anti democrat. The present disastrous disturbances, how ever, with all their co mplicated e v il consequences d o not, as the autho r at t his work justly argues, affect the principles of dem ocracy or afford an conclusive y evidence against the Republican f orm of Administration , " beca a , n . ntauces similar results ta a, th )usan d in hav® signalised the career of monarchies, and other Gov crurnents.a Every human institution is necessarily im perfect and carries in its very conatitutioa th e elements of Th e principles, however, its destruction. which our hurnAn systems shouldby' a ac animat e d if they are trap.", are like the souls whichgi'vevitality to our bodie,a, undying and unaffected by 8.,13, tem porary miatation of affairs. It is not to - day, or i n this coualtry, that there is any occasion to dwell justic e , and those grea t pr i nc i p l es o f liberty, and and the greatest good of the greatest number, which alone can give life and longevity to any form of rower, whether its name be republican or monarchi cal, elective or hereditary. We will hope, nay more, we feel persuaded, that, when the dark tempest cloud has cleared away and the temporary insanity of civil discord has subsided, cur Anglo- Saxon brethren on the other side of the Atlantic will be true to their ancestors and their antece dents, and give to the world an illustration, not in 'name but in reality, of the beneficial influences of liberty, and, above ail, of liberality ! It has always been an anomaly—a source of indig nant grief to the lovers of freedom, and of mali cious ridicule to their oppenent,—that spectacle to which we have been so many years familiar of a 81" e-holding Republic. While the American retains the scour ge in the look scrue one hued, n o won d er t h at scept i cs v i h m. askacce at the banner of liberty he SO ostentatiously flourishes in the other ! such th emsel doubts, how ever, are f ar f rom suggest ing ves to this writer on the model it, pu bli c . He is a Southerner, and consequently slavery is innocuous in his sight. We may indul ge the aspiration, i~a±ion,revcrtheles® that in their day of com ing triumph and national ind.pmdere.-2 the fiira ma fail from the eye s y of his galla n t countrymen. cause of the disrupti on The main of the Union able wo r k , ordng as set forth in this v er y is i The Rise and Fall of the Model Republic, Williams, late American Min i s ter to Turkey; a - ilthci l 'a r 3 . " The Sauth Vindicated." 1 Vol., P. 421. Beutley. to its writer's opinion, the Presiden tial election. With many elaborate and unanswerable explanations, he demonstrates the demoralising effects of the four-yearly election, and declares that the panacea for every evil would be a President without an Elec tion. In order to obtain this desideratum he suggests that the Presidential term of office should be fixed at eight or even ten year=, and that at the expiration of that period the Senator who had served in that body for the greatest length of years should become President, and the Senator next below him Vice-President. While dilating upon the merits of this plan, its advocAto is not blind to many objec tions which may bo raised against it. What ever the future may have in store, whatever ilit`Y be the issue of the struggle, one fact is and it constitutes the first and the last s entence of the book we have been r e f err i ng :t o —" The American Union, as it existed i n th e days of W AsEaNGTON, certain, is no more and never will bo again." c o nfederation h ave The troops of the G erman commenced their mar c h, ac cording to the l a t er t intelligence, and th e cr i s i s o f this long-pendin g dis pute is now becomi ng i m minent. The Han over i an S , having been addressed by their King, were about to ent er on the most who exhort e d them as if they gn_..-and the S axons, have passed glorious campai Magdebur g w ith all the pomp o f war, The Aus trians —who as yet numbe r b ut 5,500 men, although reinforcements to the ext ent of 15,000 are in readi ness—are also on th e move, though in a quieter fashion- It is s aid, and the rumour i s ga i n i ng grou nds that the Danish troops have orders to re treat peaceably on the approach of the Federal trcoPa• But on the other hand it is asserted that the Danes will oppose the German invaders by means not less effectual than a recourse to arms, by cutting the railway communications and by de stroying bridges. The Danes will probably retreat beyond the Eyler, which divides Schleswig from Holstein, as the Elbe separates Holstein from Hanover; but further they must not go. The King and his Ministers will probably endeavour by every reasonable means in their power to avoid those open hostilities which might probably foreshadow a long course of struggle and years of warfare, destructive alike to the comfort and social welfare of the people and to their moral and material progress. But their concessions should not go too far. The right of Denmark to exercise jurisdiction over Schleswig must he maintained at any odds, and the insolent pretensions of the Diet must be curbed. It is but, too probable that the more the Danes yield to their demands the further will they en croach, and will construe attempts at conciliation into signs of weakness. We have just had a nota ble example of this. It was immediately after the promulgation of the decree of the 30th of March, granting Holstein its separate constitution, that threats of Federal execution were first talked of. That decree, although outstripping the claims of the Holsteiners, excited the greatest indignation and opposition in Germany, as most politicians and jour nalists in England foresaw. It was at once seen by the Germans that the proclamation, while fully sa tisfying the legal rights of Holstein, left them no plea for interference in the neighbouring duchy. Accordingly, the complaints and remonstrances with which the King of DENMARK had been fa voured for a good many years rose into threats, and the proclamation became the grand cause.of com plaint. Since the late KING'S death his successor has withdrawn the offensive manifesto, thus alto gether removing the plea for armed intervention. But this concession has produced no effect whatever on the excited Germans ; now it is contended that the new constitution for Denmark and Schleswig should also be withdrawn. It has been rumoured that the KING and his advisers have contemplated taking this step, but it is very much to be hoped that they have no such intention. The Germans can have no possible right to interfere in the inter nal legislation of the Danish kingdom, and if the Danes claim the Duchy of Schleswig as an integral portion of it, it would be Wgreat mistake to revoke an important act like the granting of a con stitution at the bidding of a foreign Power. It would be at once admitting that the Diet possessed a right to legislate for Schleswig, and most as suredly such an admission would be only the pre cursor of further troubles. It would need but a pretext, easily found, to dispute the succession of King CHRISTIAN, or to declare him unworthy of his throne, and then a fresh effort would be made to place Denmark altogether under German control, and appropriate her ports and her fleet as elements of German power. One of the first acts of King CHRISTIAN on ascending the throne was the sign ing of the constitution, which had been already approved by the late Monarch, and this act was joyfully hailed by the people as an earnest of his liberal views and his intention of abiding by the public acts of King FREDERICK. His popularity would suffer a sensible diminution were it known that he had revoked an act so recently passed, and so well pleasing to his people at the bidding of the Germans. Denmark must take her stand at the Eyder, and there, if necessary, must England sup- port her. Our sympathies as well as our political interests are all on her side, and it is plainly our duty, as well as our advantage, to come boldly for ward on her side. Without our aid she has no friendly and powerful ally. Sweden, it is hinted, is not altogether disinterested in her views, and has visions of a grand junction of the three neighbouring countries of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark into one Scandinavian power as of old. Germany meanwhile, like the dog in the old fable who lost the substance for the shadow, has put aside for the time being her efforts at national unity, and the Prussians are growing almost indifferent to their great battle of civic and constitutional right in their eagerness a ft er thi s wild sch eme of subdui ng D enmar k an d ga i n i ng the harb our 01 Kiel. In their domestic struggle, Eng i of a would have help e d th em w i t h t h e land r n i r.ht a i whole weight far more her moral power, b u t h er sympa thpitseies of dynzsti aro .Danish th an P russ i an , an d i n alliances and diplomati c entangle s menu tho Engli sh sacrificed People will not suff er D an i s h independence to be desiresg to th e reed of Prussia. France meanwhile nothing better than an excuseofsoirtidisl, and dislodging the Germane sent pon fro m th e i r pre a convietio transf orming the their "free bornboundary o f shouldn it is singu lar German Rhino" into her territories. With such that the Germa n p oliticians their headlong course. Knowin g the Strong and Perslst in crafty foe who lies in am bush for the m ,th ey to give him every opportunity to p ut, as it :"P the weapons for their own disgra ce and disconar,t:e; into his band. Truly, they will not be deserving of much pity, whatever the result of their i n ,.. , prudence may be, nor will they bo likely to obtain it. Italy will, of course, hurry to the aid of France, delighted at the opportunity for freeing Venetia. The Diet, it seems, does not sec the risk run by so many individual members of its body, or each is un- wiling to believe the misfortunes will be his own, and secretly indifferent to those of his fellows. Certainly the dream of German unity does not seem very near its realisation any more than the mil- ienium of uoirers4 peace, of which we heard a good deal some time ago. The fate of many States iz THE SUN, LONDON / MONDAY EVENING, DI , I,CEMBER 21, 186 a trembling in the scale, and it is but too probable that the sword will be the weight to settle the balance. It is much to be regreted that the site of St. Thomas's Hospital c annot be settled without so much trickery and debate. On Friday a deputation waited on the Attorney General relative to the affair. It was shown on the part of the City Cor poration that the charter conferred upon them by EDWARD the SIXTH authorised the erection of the Hospital in a place that would serve the interests of the po or of the borough of Southwark ; also that the proposed erectio n o f i t would prevent the poor, for whom it was intended, from receiving any be nefit from it. This is surely a very important point to consider, and it behoves those who are to settle the matter to reflect seriously upon the consequences of the arrangement now proposed. It seems a very hard thing, and a very unfair one too, to take away from a class or body the rights to which they are entitled, and, moreover, to deny them the privileges to which they can justly lay claim. It does not appear that any valid reason has been adduced to account for the extraordinary change of tactics that has been adoptel. It stands to reason that for an hospital of this class, to be rendered permanently useful, it should be situated in a locality most accessible to those in need of it. To change the site from a populous neighbourhood to a more secluded locality, is in itself a great mistake, and it has been shown that such a plan will militate greatly against the carrying out of the objects of the Institution. Dr, RENDLE put the case very fairly in these words— " We therefore held that, while they had the site of the Surrey Gardens, comprising 17 acres, which could be got for £107,000, and while they had the site of Bethlehem Hospital still in prospect, we could not seq the wisdom of paying £95,000 for the privilege of building an hospital on the muddy banks of the Thames." This seems so far a most conclusive argument, and it is difficult to divine what inducements can have led the Governors to form such a project. There have been no less than three sites put before them for selection, each of which presents more claims for consideration than the one they have chosen. Of course they have found something to say against each of them, but the question is whether their arguments are valid ones, and whether their view is the correct one. As for the locality of the Surrey Gardens, they say it is low-lying and unhealthy, but that objection applies also to Stangate. Dr. RENDLE cited the opinion of many medical men to the effect that the position there was most unsuitable, and that there were in the vicinity so many deleterious and unwholesome manufactories that a hospital would be quite out of place in such a neighbourhood. Without inspect ing minutely the vicinity, all who have travelled constantly by the South-Western line will confirm and ratify the remark. With regard to the site near the Elephant and Castle, the speaker for the Go vernors deposed that they would have great diffi culty in their arrangements, as a considerable extent of new road would have to be made. This may be, but the end in view would be worth the risk of great expense and much trouble. It comes to this. if a hospital is to be for the benefit of the many, it must not be situated where only a few in comparison can readily gain access to it. This is a mistake that too often exists among those who are conduct ing the preliminaries of a great public work ; they prate about the impracticability of this plan, and declaim against the impossibility of that scheme, and are thrown into great consternation concerning the enormous expense that both would entail; while all the while there is some little pet project kept in the background, some working notion or other of their own which comes out just at the right moment, and subverts all other ideas. Now the fitting plan for such an undertaking would be to weigh well all propositions, and form as correct a notion as possible, as to what will the most effec romote the public benefit, and confer th e tually p most solid advantages and lasting good on the °lasses in whose behalf such institutions are erected. When this important fact is ascertained, all other objections should be treated as secondary subjects, and dealt with in a right spirit. The negative put upon the attempt to construct the new Hospital at Bethlehem is a strange one, and the reasons ad duced are, if possible, more untenable than the pleas urged against the other localities under consi deration. In the first place, it was said that there were great doubts as to the propriety of removing that institution into the country. This is remark able enough, when so many competent judges and experienced persons have given it as their opinion, that the interests of the unhappy inmates would be best consulted by a removal to a more secluded locality, where they could have the benefit of fresh air and exercise out of doors. The best illus tration of the case consists in this view of it. Would any rich individual consign any afflicted relatives to an establishment that was situated in a crowded part, instead of fixing upon one that presented the attractions of quiet, and the opportunities o what recreation and amusement their sad state re. quired, and on the enjoyment of which their partia or complete cure mainly depended. It seems a con- tradiction in terms to declare that an asylum for the insane should be placed in a crowded noisy part, and that an institution for the relief of accidents and other casualties requiring immediate treatment and rest should be situated in a spot not easily attainable. It is to be hoped that this subject will receive due consideration, and that the justice of the claims of the poor of the borough of Southwark will be fully taken into account. Hospitals are institu tions that are the honour of this land ; they evince the benevolent spirit of the country, and may with just pride be regarded in a national point of view. They are the handmaids of mercy ; but beforo all ideas of this kind it is of paramount importance that they should represent justice. Fair play to all parties should be accorded, and more especially the managers should bear in mind the rights of those for whom any particular institution was founded. To do good abroad by neglecting those at home, is contra dictory charity, and in this case the positive benefit to any large section of the public has not been guarded, so that the affair more than ever de mands caution and consideration. We have much pleasure in stating that Mr. W N. Rudge, stockbroker, has collected upwards of £3OO in the Stock Exchange during the last two or three days for the National Lifeboat Institution. THE NATIONAL SIIAKSPEARE COMMITTEE has during the past week received the following accession : The Mayor of Bolton, the Mayor of Chichester, the Sheriff of Mid-Lothian, Sir F. Madden, Prof. Goldwin Smith, J. W. Davison, Esq., G. H. Wright, M.D., Otto Goldsmith, Esq., Thornton Hunt, Esq., J. Bernard Davis, M.D., Warren De La Rue, Esq., Theodore Martin, Esq., Dr. It. Angus S.nith, E. H. Lawrence, Esq., and Prof. Tycho Mommsen. vii C Ia o: c L r E o G y4 E OI : , PRE . CEPTORS.—At a meeting of the Council of this Corporation, on the 19th inst„ the following Routh:men were elected members of the college :—Mr. R. J. Uurn,i_. . ue, Adelaide•road, Hampstead; Mr. J. J. Caine, Church-r ow, Wandsworth ; Mr. B. T. Ellis, Cromwell „rove , Rev. E. A. Green, Windsor-place, Cardiff ; Mr. 1 Somerset Maren.iugh Hastings, University College School ; Mr. W. Snaith ; Mr s, Brornsgrove; Mr. Joseph Palmer, Wells, , Castle, Sbaw, 8.A., Tulse-hill School; and Tile IRO,NMontgomeryshire. geese Nfvaittening on his ONE OF atkets. GIRDERS upon which is to be placed the temporary b r i d across the Thames at Black friars, and intended tar bee du•inh Filackfriers-bridge, h as been u fi r_i e n . ; the construction of .New n oe u n b t s l a o u , O ci 0 11 0 1 of Norwich, has at DELlcicus !—Mr. 11, 0 4 . 1 : 1 4 ' premises ftohrethpreeLsectimc) LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, DEC. 11 (Evening). (Per City of New York,) President Davis' message to Congress is said to be desponding in tone. He declares that European nations have assumed a positively unfriendly cha racter towards the South, and that England has shown a marked partiality to the Federals. Gold 501, Stocks steady. THE POLISH INSURRECTION, WARSAW, DEC. 17. Advices from Konin forward the following pro• clamation recently issued by the military com mander of that department : "1. Since the commencement of the winter season the forests are no longer used as places of refuge by the rebels, who hide for the most part in the towns and villages, where they quarter them selves upon the inhabitants. It is therefore here with announced that, if rebels are found quartered in the house of any person who has not given in formation of the fact to the military authorities, such guilty persons will be immediately brought before a court-martial, to be dealt with according to the several me,Asures applied against the rebels. " 2. A. pecuniary fiae will in addition be imposed upon the inhabitants of such towns and villages. " Tailors, shoemakers, and other handicraftsmen are most strictly forbidden to keep goods by them in stock. Should such be nevertheless discovered, they will be seized, and the proprietors, as well as the mayors or communal wayts of the respective localities, be held to account. 4. The mayors and communal wayes are strictly prohibited from furnishing the rebels with means of transport or with horses; any of f icial transgressing will he removed from his post and brought before a court martial. " 5. The inhabitants of towns and villages who shall furnish the rebels with the means of transport, or with horses, shall be arrested and brought before court-martial. A pecuniary fine will be imposed upon the place to which the guilty persons belong. "6. As the rebel bands are at present of small importance, the inhabitants, arming themselves with scythes, axes, pitchforks, bludgeons, or any other convenient weapon, may encounter them suc cessfully, and even succeedin dispersing small parties, even if armed. They must also in every case warn troops stationed in the vicinity of the presence of rebels. "7. The mayors an d communal wayts a re b oun d to organise gua r d s f or pu bli c security in villages and towns. " 8. All Polish rebels captured are to be delivered up to the nearest military post. "9. If any inhabitant io at present in possession of horses, arms, or other objects belonging to rebels, such must be at once delivered to the nearest mili. tary commander, or their whereabouts be notified to him. Should any such objects be nevertheless found in the posessio❑ of an inhabitant, he will be dealt with according to law. " All persons failing to observe the above regu lations will be treated with the utmost rigour of the law, no excuse or evasion being held valid." An address to the inhabitants of Warsaw was recently issued by the revolutionary Town Captain, detailing the proceedings of the National police, and naming several spies, against whom the inhabi tants are warned. PRUSSIA. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. BERLIN, DEC. 17. The Government has taken the following mili tary steps with regard to Federal execution 1. An army corps composed of eight infantry re giments, one battalion of foot chasseurs, six regiments of cavalry, a 'brigade of artillery, an engineer battalion, with two sets of pontoons and a train of lighteountry bridges,together with the mili tary trains and administrative officers who belong to the corps, have received orders to prepare for active service. Measures have been taken to rein force this corps, especially in cavalry and infantry, and will be carried into effect by augmentations and displacement of corps. Marchin g or d ers h ave a l so been given to the regiments of infantry of the Guard, stationed in distant provinces, who will occupy the province of Brandenburg at an early date. The horses required by the troops and various departments have been purchased. So that the moment the order for mobilisation is given, the Prussian Executive Corps may be com pleted with the briefest delay by the incorporation of the reserves. Part of the army corps, consist ing of the 11th Infantry Brigade, the 3d Hussar Regiment, and two batteries, has been already mo bilised and marched to-day, 2. The fortifications intended to protect the still unfinished harbour of Jande are being continued. The garrison will consist of infantry, artillery, and engineers, who are already on the march. 3. Measures are being taken to defend all other harbours and places upon the seaboard. The war vessels of the fleet have been victualled and put in a condition for service ; the officers and sailors of the aaval reserve have been called out ; all vessels of the fleet stationed abroad have received orders adapted to the occasion. Saxon artillery passed through Berlin last night upon its way to Holstein. Although at a late hour, the crowd assembling at the Anhalt sta tion was large, and loudly cheered the Saxons. Intelligence comps in from all sides confirming the belief that the Danish Government has ordered its troops to offer no opposition to the Federal army upon entering Holstein. It is not known, however, to what point the Danish troop s w ill w i t hd raw, f or it is certain that the tete de-pont at Frederickstadt has been placed in a state of defence, and that j Neumunster, at the unction of the roads from Altona to Kiel and Rendsburg to Lubeck, has been also fortified. Palisades have a;so been set up at Rendsburg upon the ramparts erected some years ago between the old town and the Neuwerk. THE BOMBAY MAIL. MARSEILLES, DEC. 21. The Euxice, with the above mail, reached Mar seilles at 9 a.m. this day. The mail leaves for London by the 11.30 a.m. train. OUTWARD CALCUTTA & CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, DEC. 21. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Moeris, with the above mails, left this port on the 19th inst. She takes out 53 passengers, 484 packages, and specie value £100,899 fur India and China; also 63 passengers, 996 packages, and specie value £102,420 for Alexandria. FRANCE. A Paris letter in the /ndependance states that on the morning following the day on which M. Rouher delivered his speech in the Senate he re ceived a telegraphic despatch from Compiegne, thus worded— " My compliments ; I am delighted. "NAPOLEON." The Courricr du _Dinianehe has the following:— " M. Drouyn de Lhuys's news circular to the French agent bears the date Dec. 8. It is said to have been drawn up with a marked spirit of conciliation, and the appeal re ride to the Cabinets constitutes less a proposal than an overture, the consequences of which it is for them to appreciate. After having referred to the more or less formal adhesion given to the Emperor's "project by all the Powers, England excepted, and the results so favourable for the paci fication of Europe which would havo naturally arisen from the unanimous adoption of that pro posal, the Minister of Foreign Affairs asks if the Congress is no longer possible, and replies in the A ffi r mati v e, in case the Powers to which he j himself should maintain their adhesion. The Em peror's Government is prepared to come to an understanding with them in order to lay down the bases for their deliberations, and it still believes that a positive result may be obtained. General the Marquis de Chasselonp-Lanbat, brother of the Minister of Marine, has just died in Paris, aged 63, of an attack of apoplexy. The de ceased, as officer of the staff, had made the campaign in Spain in 1823, and was the following Scar attached to the French Embassy at Constan tinople, where, during a period of three years, he was charged with important topographical works. In 1830 he took part in the campaign in Belgium, and accompanied Marshal Maison to Vienna and St. Petersburg. He was named general of brigade in 1848, and general of division in 1853. Under the Government of July he was deputy for Dieppe, and in the Legislative Assembly, after 1848, he represented the Seine-Inferieure. BOURSE, December 19.—The market at the com mencement of business showed a degree of buoyancy, and Threes improved to 66f. 45c. They afterwards receded in consequence of sales, and are now at 66f. 25c. Mobilier have improved to 1,040 f. Rail way Shares quiet, but pretty firm. The market again improved towards the close, and left off as follows : 41 per Cents . . 91 15 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 50 Credit Mobilier 1035 Do, end m0nth...J.035 Bank Shares 3350 Credit F oncier 1220 Roman Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Meditwrranean New ditto • . Geneva.. Southern Western Eastern •• . • 00000 :•. • • Sardinian Austrian Low bard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Italian Loan 7l 65 Do. end month 7l 65 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes. n Home Debt .. 5l 50 'Deferred - rAYB. Cash. Account. 970 970 972 50 .. 970 - - 926 25 .. 928 75 883 75 .. - - 498 75 .. - - 682 50 .. 681 25 507 50 .. - - 477 50 .. 477 50 396 50 .. 395 - 400 - .. 403 75 520 - .. 522 50 518 75 .. 517 60 615 - .. 617 50 300 - .. - --• SIR WALTER SCOTT'S PET, Marjorie Fleming—the Child-Genius. Pet Marjorie : a Story of Child-Life Fifty Years Ago. Pp. 50. W. P. Nimmo. Marjorie Fleming : a Sketch, reprinted from the "North British Review." Pp, 32. Edmonston and Douglas. As Chatterton was, intellectually, the most won derful of striplings —so, beyond doubt, was Mar jorie Fleming the most marvellous of children. It is true that the world has only just now awakened to the knowledge that more than half a century ago there ever was such a little creature. But, such as she was, we do now know her to have been for certain. An authentic and detailed narrative of her brief, figuratively to express it, her little more than momentary, career, has happily come to us at last. We know at length all about her. Wo•know that she was no more than eight years and eleven months old when she expired. Not nine years old I —to echo Mr. Jarndyce's tender ejaculation to the eldest daughter of poor dead-and gone Coavinses, " What a great age, Marjorie I 0, Marjorie, what a great age I" Born on the 15th of August, 1803, the little creature died on the 19th of December, 1811. Within the compass of that brief interval—we can hardly call it a span—just the breadth of a finger—this marvellous little creature wrote a poem of 200 lines in octosyllabic rhythm, a regular and well-constructed historical poem descriptive of the sorrowful life and tragical death of that truest heroine of romance, Mary Queen of Scots ! Little Marjorie Fleming, the child-genius, not only wrote that poem of 200 lines—the tiny maiden, besides this, wrote a variety of minor poems of a miscellaneous kind—kept a diary full of the quaintest observations wrote numbers of little charming, prattling letters to her own kith and kin—aed beyond all this was the dar ling of Sir Walter Scott's great heart ! How it was the world knew nothing about the existence of tbis wonderful child earlier, it boots not now to squire. It seems strange, indeed, that it should have been so—namely, that the fact,' of her existence should so long have remained hidden : more parti cularly seeing that the extraordinary powers of Pet Marjorie were familiarly known to, were fully appreciated by, were actually the boast of a wonder ful man of genius like Sir Walter Scott. Such, however, is simply the fact, whether that fact may or may not be accounted for. And we should pro bably have remained in ignorance of the whole story about Little Marjorie Fleming, but for that kindly Original, Dr. John Brown, the author of "Rab and his Friends." When we have said this, it must be observe I also that Dr. Brown would not appa rently have said anything whatever upon the subject, but for the happy thought and the genial industry of Mr. H. B. Farnie, who was the first to hunt up all the particulars that could be obtained in regard to the little girl long since dead and passed away, namely, on that sorrowful nineteenth of December, 1811. Five years ago Mr. Farnie got these part;culars together, and in 1858 published in the columns of the Fife Herald the story of "Pet Marjorie." Beyond the readers of that local journal, however, the touching beautiful little story remained altogether unknown—until, in a happy mo ment, the author of "Rab and his Friends" took it in hand, as those already acquainted with "Rab and his Friends" may readily understand, that Dr. John Brown, can take in hand a narrative such as that of the life and death of the Child Genius—Pet Marjorie—Marjorie Fleming! Mr. Farnie's pub lication and Dr. Brown's publication are specified at the head of this notice according to the wording of their respective title-pages. Out of their almost simultaneous issue in the form of miniature pamphlets, we grieve to see that there has sprung up a horrid little angry altercation. With this squabble we shall have nothing whatever to do. We can only regret it. We would here merely refer to it as a something unusually out of place—by the side, as it were, of the wee grave of Pet Marjorie ! We can only say, at least, before passing on, that Mr. Farnie has manifestly a distinct right to priority, as hav ing spoken out in regard to little Marjorie, through the Fife Herald five long years before Dr. Brown spoke ogt through the North British Review. Yet Mr. Farnie should also remember that his prior narrative remained in a manner invisible to the world at large until the luminous pen of Dr. Brown shed these sunny rays of light upon it. The story of " Pet Marjorie," published in 1858, we only know of now in 1863 through Dr. Brown's charming repetition of it in other words, in the North British Review, a paper since reprinted as this sketch of " Marjorie Fleming." Thankful both to the Doctor and to his five years' precursor, Mr. Farnie, we turn now for a passing moment before quitting these two small pamphlets to glance at the little creature of whom they have written—that Child Genius of Fifty Years ago, ycleped by Scott and by her own " belongings," Pet Marjorie. It must not for an instant be imagined that the precocious little crea ture was the least bit in the world what is called old fashioned. Here is Mr. Farnie'e sketch of her bodily appearance as, she is portrayed in a water-colour drawing still in existence, a drawing roughly done, he tells us, " but evidently possessing fidelity of resemblance to the original. She is rather chubby faced, red-cheeked, and with bright, intelligent tux ol eyes, over-arched by lifting eyebrows. Her hair is short, and unconfined by any fastening, which, with the childish dress, gives Marjorie a romping and anything but studious ensemble." Next for a glimpse of the heart of the little creature. Read how it is she writes t ome—with what genuine child-like tenderness ! " sly dear littlt , mama," she says . . . " I will write to you as often as I can; but I am afraid not every week. I long for you with the longings of a child to embrace you —to fold you in my arms. I respect you with all the respect due to a mother. You don't know how I love you. So I shall remain your loving child, M. FLEMING." See, in her Diary, her quaint . little way of yearning with pity over the dr.r bi o r h t ; a b of kittens and puppi e s immediately on their are l "I think," she says, "it is shocking and to t the dog and cat should. b ear them, drowned after all. I would rather have a man dog than a woman-dog, because they do not bear like woman-dogs; it is a hard case—it is shocking." So, also, this dear little Marjorie Fleming, this Pet Marjorie, was, it should be said at once, a Child Genies, a very considerable flavour, as we may call it, about her character of —Topsy ! Listen to the child in her odd reference to the boils of Job—" lam very glad," she says, " that Satan has not given me boils and many other misfortunes. In the holy bible these words are written that the Devil goes like a roaring lyon in search of his pray but the lord lets us escape from him but we do not strive against this awful! Spirit. .. . to-day I pronounced a ward which should never come oat of a lady's lips it was that I called John a Imp adent Bitch. I will tell you what I think made me in so bad a humour was, I got 1 or 2 cups of that bad bad—sena tea." "Devil" and " Devilish" are words often on the tip of the wee thing's pen—perhaps tongue. Hear her, for example, while prattling thus. "It was the very same devil that tempted Job that tempted me I am sure but he resisted Satan though he had boils and many other misfortunes which I have escaped. . . . lam now going to tell you the horrible and wretched plaege that my multiplication gives me you can't conceiv e it, the moot de vilsh thing is 8 times 8 and 7 times 7 it is what nature itself can't endure: , Nay, once, even, in verse, a very faint little quaint little wh;sper of an oath blurts out, in the manner of a jest, at the close of one of Pet Marjorie's rhythmical compositions—viz., with the following oddity A DIRGE. Three Turkies fair their last have breathed, And now this world for ever leaved, Their father and their mothers too, Will sigh and weep as well as you, Mourning for their offspring fair, Whom they did nurse with tender care, Indeed the rats their bones have cranch'd, into eternity are they launch'd ; Their graceful forma and pretty eyes Their fellow fowls did not despise, A direful death indeed they had, That would put any parent mad, .But she was more than usual calm She did not give a single dam ! Enough, hori ever, in the way of thus giving our readers a gentle hint to Beek at first hand all the information that either Dr. John Brown or Mr. H. B. Farnie have here to give in their records of the child genius, Pet Marjorie, Sir Walter Scott's baby friend and playmate, this same dear little, odd ittle, wonderful little Marjorie Fleming. LITERATURE. Scenes from the Drama of European, History. By W. Davenport Adams, Author of " The Sea- Kings of England," &o. One Vol. Pp. 516. Virtue Brothers. In this volume Mr. Davenport Adams has given a very concise and comprehensive glimpse of the chief events of European history from the battle ot Tours, A.D. 732, to the battle of Waterloo, 1815. Between these two remarkable events, linking them together by a chain of chronological sequences, all the remarkable incidents and vicissitudes which have marked the history of Europe during the past eleven centuries appear before us. These events are arranged with great discrimination in fifteen different chapters or " scenes," with appropriate headings, such as "The Coronation of Charlemagne," "The Battle of Hastings," "The Crusades," "The Siege of Orleans, " The Discovery of the New World," " The Battle of Pultowa," &c., &c. To many of these chapters are appended supplementary " Postscripts," containing most interesting and ap propriate extracts from historical and other authors. For example, in the "Postscript" to Scene VII., on the discovery of America by Columbus, Mr. Adams has very happily introduced some of the earnest and eloquent passages in which Lamartine has eulogised the genius and the character of the great Genoese discoverer. The passage quoted is the one beginning—'• God hides himself in the . processes of human affairs, and reveals himself in their com pleteness." The noble qualities of Columbus have rarely found a more eloquent expositor than the gifted historian of the Girondists. The other "scenes" aro illustrated with similarly ap propriate postscripts. Mr.. Adams has evinced great skill and discernment in the selection of the pen•and-ink illustrations by which he has eluci dated his drams of history. In his introduction the author tells us that his book is intended for two classes of readers—namely, for " the youthful stu dent who may wish to obtain a knowledge of the leading events of European history as a whole be fore proceeding to a more elaborate examination of the annals of different countries," and for " the general reader who has neither the leisure nor the inclination for the comparison of a vast number ot authorities." To both these classes of readers Mr. Adams's very interesting and able epitome will prove most valuable and acceptable. What is Your Name? A Popular Account of the Meaning and Derivations of Christian Names. By Sophy Moody, author of " The Fairy Tree," &c. One Vol. Pp. 313. Bentley. This very charming volume must contain some- thing to interest everyone. We may here learn not only what our names are, but what we our selves should be. The learned " Sophia" to whose researches we are indebted for this very elaborate and interesting treatise upon our names, has a plea sant theory of her own upon the subject. "Do we not," she asks, " carry about with us, each one of us, our own especial talisman ? not mute, like the ring of Amurath, but hourly sounding in our ears its peculiar note—it may be of warning—it may be of encouragement, telling of high aims and glorious rewards. Why," she adds, " should these names, which are in many cases rich with suggestive elo quence, fall on our ears but as empty sounds ? Why should not that poor, peevish, discontented Le3titis (gladness) strive to connect with the calling of her Christian name an endeavour after the Christian grace of cheerfulness ?" &c. In refutation of Shak spere's incredulous query in the very first chapter of this book of names, we find the following re markable instances of the importance sometimes attached to such appellations. WHAT'S IN A NAME ? With the Romans auspicious names were ever in the ascendant. Amongst innumerable examples we need only instance here Regalianus, elected emperor by the Roman soldiers solely on account of the royalty suggested by hit, name. But lightly won, alas I lightly lost—he did not long wear the crown of the Camara. On an equally sudden im pulse the troops put their newly-elected emperor to death. His name gave him a crown, but could not preserve to him his life. A still more singular instance of a name, and a Christian name, influencing the destiny of an individual, is told by Herrera, the Spanish historian. Louis VIII. of France, surnamed Coeur de Lion," desiring a Spanish princess for his bride, ambassadors were sent to the court of Madria. The eldest and the most beautiful of the royal sisters was the one destined by her own family to share the diadem of France. But where was the wise fairy godmother who in all nursery tales presides at the naming of beautiful prin cesses ? At the cradle of the unfortunate eldest daughter of Spain, it would seem, there was no fairy godmother, nor even an earthly sponsor gifted with musical ear or aesthetic tastes—her name Urraca, harsh in sound, was in its signi r fication yet more objectionable, for in Spanish it signified a magpie. A magpie queen, and to mate with a lion-heart. Im possible 1 The dismayed ambassadors felt themselves com pelled to reject the young beauty. Her name had deprived her of a noble husband and of a crown. The lovely Urraca saw her younger sister (less fair than herself, except in name) preferred before her, and Blanche the Fair of C a stile was carried in triumph to France to become the honoured wife of Louis the Lion heart, and the proud mother o f St Louis. Here is a graceful exposition of the writer's favourite theory— CHRISTIAN ICA:gEs• b u t we may lose all on Darlings of fortune we may be , which we are priding ourselves; but one thing we cannot, the en lose—our little-regarded sCohriesslafnlifneLmaeyso.l passing gowweitdh n on s us in our sinless in fanc y , they will still be ours, unohanr.ed throughinto the veryal thel portalschanging whofie grave. That fir s t an d i ndividual na me of ours, to h for good or ev il we shall have responded hundreds of thousands of ti mes —the letters of wh i c h we shall s o oft en have traced for purposes of evil or of good —that Christian name, alas 1 how often desecrated in our daily, hourly use of it I—that name, a witness for us or a gainst us, will be engraved on h l as t earthly tenement, w h et h er our c t ojelin door-plate b e of lordlyo f oak r or pauper deal. Companions with us through the varied scenes of our whole lives, our Christian names become an:actual part of ourselves, At the sound of that name, breathed tenderly by a mother's lips, we as babes stretch ferth our dim pled arms all eager with delight. Ic is heard by the maiden with crimsoned cheek and beating heart when it is for the first time whispered by the voice she loves best ; and it is thenceforth the only name she cares to keep. Father, mother, brother, sister, friend ; it is by them we are called by our Christian name, and, uttered by the lips of our dearest ones, to it is given a peculiar music of its own. Ours inseparably I In absence or in death, at the familiar sound of our names, a familiar form starts up before the memories of all to whom we are known, clothed in the in dividuality of our words and deeds. Shall that undyillg form, ,thus inseparably connected with our names, be lovely or the reverse ? Names are significant of many aces. Let us an gr to our names--so shall the answering remembrance of our selves be clothed with its fair characteristic graces. The several :chapters of this work contain the origin and meanings of most names of our acquaint ance, from the ancient Bible and classic denomina tions, down to the homely appellatives of modern ,lays. While some names are N ery significant of the his;ories of their bearers, others are, again, equally inappropriate. Here is an instance very beautt fully set forth— MAGDALENE-MAGNIFICENT. Magdalene (so called from the place of her birth), th e Magnificent. Is there no lesson in her name ? In the pride of her beauty—for the power of beauty i 5 very great—Magdalene might once have gloried in her name —Magnificent as a stately tower. But the tower whose foun dations not are on the shifting sands of time, shall i shall crumble away? The magnificence which is of earth, it not yield to decay ? It was in her other name that Magdalene's safety Was found—Mary, which in Hebrew means bitterness. Mary, or Miriam, a name first given to the daughter of J - ochebed. The mother's name signified " whose g lory i t Jehovah," but her child was born in the bitter ness 01 Egyptian bondage, and she thence derived her sor rowful name—bitterness as of the sea, waters of affliction, o f whiell they drank from a full cup. of But the bondage of Mary Magdalene was the bond a g e sin, and when once its bitterness was felt the hour of her freedom was at hand : " loving much," to her "much was forgiven." Strangely still sound s th e name o f Magda le-- . 0 9 ff hters the Magnificent, applied to the sorrowi ng a Lt shame. How gloriously from her other name has its sorrowful meaning been rolled away. In every Christian land 0 1 is the name that most women love best to bear. I\ l ° ll sorrow ttad the mother of our Lord, and the sweet Marys, Gospel history, like Miriam of old, were born while their countrymen were in bondage, but they lived to see a fa r more glorious ransom accomplished. Of the waters of Nata l ' they indeed also drank, but He of whom the tree was typi cal. was himself with them, and by Him was the bitter gla de sweet. Many interesting fragments of history or roman ce we might cull from these graceful pages, but We have said enough to demonstrate the very ex cel• lent purpose of the work, and the very felicitece manner in which that purpose has been fulfilled' The Moors and the Fens. By F. G. Trafford' author of " City and Suburb," with illustrationo• One Vol. Pp. 381. Smith and Elder. This story principally relates to a dreary üb° de i misnamed Paradise, situated " among the fe ns ° Lincolashire—in the dreariest portion of that miser able county," and tenanted by Sir Ernest Ivrains' " the miser-descendant of a long line of contemptible ancestors." This delightful old gentleman has two sons, whom he maintains in the most penurious 0 33°- ner till the younger Henry can endure it no longe r ' but departs to seek his fortune in India. The eld er Ernest, fearful of losing his inheritance, continues to drag on a miserable existence beneath 11 . 15 father's roof, and even brings a young W ife ' a bright damsel from the Scottish moors, to sh are the dismal monotony of the miser's abode. As .1t , constantly happer.s, in real life, the good an d evil. influences struggle for the mastery in this draft*: " Paradise." Mina Fraser, however, has 11°' sufficient love and courage to enable her to over come the gloomy depression of her new home' Sae lades and droops uncomplainingly, more eerie d. cially when her evil genius, Cecilia Wa rmon " brews mischief," and infuses doubts into her hus band's heart. The story concludes, however, under happier auspices. Henry returns from India with his bright•learted, peace-making wife, and sorroW' and trouble open the eyes and the hearts of Ernest and Mina to a better appreciation of each other. The tale is clever and ably written, and various other interesting characters take their part on the scene; but the influence of the fens is depressing, and we are glad when occasionally we are indulged with a fresh breath of the breeze from the moors. Keeping Afloat ; or the Meeting at the Morgue. A Novel. 1 Vol. Skeet. This is a most wild and extravagant story about a noble family—that of the Earl of Besso, and his son, Lord Hawkscurl, and his daughter, Lady Bertha—which endeavours by every means, fair or foul, to " keep afloat," and maintain appearanee s iu the eyes of the world. Suffice it to say, that Lor a Hawkscurl does not hesitate to commit murder? that Lady Bertha almost "proposes" to a wealt h, ' plebian, and that the Earl connives at the duplicity' of his interesting offspring—and all to " k e : P afloat." The dead body of Lady Bertha who , .ued graded and disgraced, commits suicide, is r ecogoi s6 d at the Morgue by her brother and her lover, a h le this incident gives its second title to the tale —'s I°o of greater improbability than any yet iniagio ci u a supplement to the " Romance of the Peerage' A., Knowledge for the gime. By John Titnbs , S ° 1:1 0 author of " Curiosities of London," &c' Vol. Pp. 288. Lockwood. Ataßune en parvo should be the motto of rr l'l h r ; Timbs' m arvellous treasures of compilation. ."""i little volume now before us professes to be a man° of reading, reference, and conversation on sbect° of living interest, useful curiosity, and au'u6l33s research : Histories—political information ---P°- gress of civilization—dignities and distinctions change in laws—measure and value---progr ess ti c) ; science—life and health—and, finally ,re"gi ble thought. All these multitudinous and In em "a t matters are illustrated from " the best are the s authorities," conspicuous among which principal organs of the daily and w eekly P 4 r ; ° Turning over the pages at random, we glea n ' n-csr ; ,hynes 9 motion on most various topics—" How spoils enjoyment," from Arthur Helps' 69 , s i Ti it ; "Expense of Baronetcy and Knighthood," 0 t. 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