The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-12 00:00:00

ONNET'S SILKS a LYON. —Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the grater is the credit which attac hes to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos, d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end of each piece Manutacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon et k Injuricux." Wear guaranteed. TAMILY MOURNING.—Messrs. JAY would respectfully announce that great economy is effected Durch „ inf4 Mourning at their estatikliment, 247 and 249, icF.GENT-S'I'REET, their Stock of FAMILY MOURNING beini , the largest in Eur.•pe. Though Messrs. Jay professedly keep the best articles for Mourning and Halt-,Mourning—at all times the cheapest -they supply a Complete Suit of Domestic Mourning fir 21 guineas. MOURNING COSTUME of every description is kept heady Ntade, and can be forwarded in town or country at a moment's notice. Tile most reasonable prices are charged, e nd wear of every article is guara n t ee d . T ttE LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE, Regent-street (next the Circus). JAYS'. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the 3lanazement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, for the 18th time, Balfe's new Opera, 13LANCHY: D 1 N FATE Miss Louisa Tyne, Miss Anna 1111 es, Miss Emma Heywood ; Messrs.W. 11. Weiss, 11. Corri, A. Cook, A. bt. Albyn, C. Ly.dl, J. Itouse, and W. Harrison. To conclude with the Second Act of THE DESERT FLOWER. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE. • Manazers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform the Farce of BEAUTY•OR THE BEAST. l'rincipal cha racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer, and G. Weston ; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss R. Lecicrq. Amer which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. rhelps, Ryder, Rayner, Mi , agreson, Ward, Spencer ; Miss Eburne, Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss I,itter, Miss Cicely Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. Followed by MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS: characters by Mr. J. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde, Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Harfleur. THEATRE ROYAL HAY MARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, USED UP. Messrs. C. Mathews, Howe, Rogers, Braid, Clark , Cull enford, &c. ; Alesdames Angel, Fitzwilliam, &c. Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compton,Weathereby, ; Mesdames C. Mathews, L, Keeley. Griffith, &c. With COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. ROYA L M. LYGEU M THEATRE . Under the Sole M rimeanant of BEL DE NIONIO (a Triumpan Successr Fechter. ) will be repeated Every Evening until further notice. THIA EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BABY Mess , s. Widdicom be, J. G. Shore, Charles ; bliss P. Leclercq, and Carlotta Leclercq. After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DE3 r O NrO, a Love Story, in Twelve T a b leaux, tak en from Stendhars Principal char i a a c n - Ch ro nicle ~" by Mr. John Brougham,ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by 3lessrs. Jordan, Charles, Brom„rhsm, Emery , Raymond Moreland Smith Clifford C o llett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate T , " Lee, and Miss Elsworthy, terry, E. Lavenue, dirs. Doors open at half-past 6— commence at 7. EAH.-EVERY NIGHT, AXIS'S BATE MA.N.—LEAH.—Tms EVENING, __Y_L the 67d appearance of the °Teat Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LIAM In consequence of the unb ounded success with w hi c h M iss B ateman ' s imperso nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been atteneed. Mr Webster bees to announce that it; will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. THE kTPFP-0 •kL, ADELPHI._ NEW Sole Pronrieior S; *, iMa b nazo . r. Mr. R. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, TIIE TitAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs ett 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Sth weex of Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirlinz,, R. Phlls Bil lington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss If. Sim i m ip s, , and Mrs. Billing -ton. To conclude with THE IRISH TIGER: Miss K. Kelly and Mr. Stephenson. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo. Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Manners. Followed by (17th time) PATIENT I'ENELOPE ; or, The Return of Ulysses. Messrs. honey and Fenton ; Mesdames Swartborough and Simpson. After which, MY NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. ROYAL SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE, Manageress, Miss Marriott. THIS EVENING, ItO3lEO AND JULIET. Romeo. Miss Marriott; Mercutio, Mr. E. rhelps ; Friar, Mr. W. D. Gresham ; Juliet, Miss Mandelbert ; Nurse, Mrs. Wallis. To conclude with THE ORPHAN OF GLENCOE. Box-office open from 11 to 4. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containinz the Ditest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, san be had Every Evenin7, of G. IL GLMNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Moming, Ta. 48m.—Afternoon, :3a. mai. ro-Koßßow.-Mornin g , 311. 32m.—Afternoon. Ta. 5111. The Weather—Sun Office, Dec. 12, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 52 Barometer-30.08. Wind—S.-W. ; light, and fine. f 3,111,1 i'l -111 13 . 7* 44444 - 11 it • >, irAJ, LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 12, 1863. Eighth Earl, who ought to have been the privy ,N i arquess, of ELGIN, K n i g ht o f th e Thi s tle, e 00ncillor, Governor. General of Canada, Governor to ch ? lati n er al of India, Ambassador Extraordi nary we now lear a +A . rubassador Extraordinary to Japan, news he must plir,clwhat it was dreaded by the last th7e service be, no more—struck down prematurely i n far indeed of his country. ELGIN was very Lord indeed from being a great man. But he was mark - able man. He , at any rate, a very re ability. lie was more a man of undoubted a man of indisputable aueeeathan that—he was tizt What is vulgarly called luck went wi th . n gi, itb Not so much luc k in brio public life. u vancement, but lu ck as affectin g ht.B llis own ad arious im portant undertakings in the interests or the C rown and of the country. Luc k of t his ltisd i arblic ELGIN man is beyond genius. A nd whil e L,,,a was certainly without the gen ius, he as certainly had LIN the luck. More than once—und er very momentous circumstances—though himself not in the le ast a CESAIt in gifts or in temperament, he went, he s aws and he conquered. Not by the sword, but by the pen. Not as a soldier, but as a diplomatist. Twice in this way ho restored the stupendous Empire of China, in its foreign relations, that is, in its rela tions with the "outer barbarians," to tranquillity. There was more of astuteness in the manly frank ness and decision or his policy, when dealing with the Asiatics, than there could possibly have been in the most wily and tortuous policy that m ight have been contrived by the profound philosophy of a MACHIAVELLI. or by the subtle tact of a TALLEY - RAND. The damascened and poisoned scymiters, 0 to speak of the Japanese and the Chinese, a: . mPped innocuously at th e hilt, w h en crosse d b y the iron brand that warded off their deadliest bi t) ._ • n the grasp of this good serva n t o f th e Eng ha, served the • For , many years now , L or d E LGIN Crown and the country almost un inrrupted' or. %now in our h em i s ph ere , now i n t h e ih the h' itc.e la tal lab oure d assiduously all this while policy b,lti ere l sts. He has l e ft hi s mar k upon our in North Am er i ca an d i si the remotest re g i nns or his last, now, he does so A sia. When he breathe s as we have said, prwehile yet in h arness . H e dies, orateturely, long before at taining the allotted age yet in the , full vigour of his intellectual di, While in Et that deprived , in; physically from an org„i e aiiti s t : though suffer- to the I him of life from over-exertion perils of which ho was doomed by hi : liate of the onerous responsibilities of the hi gh ac :s p t tance I vice regal authority capable of being delegated to a miab ject by the will of the British Sovereign. "ad Lord ELGIN looked merely to his own selfish interests, subordinating to those the interests of the empire at large, it would not be idle to assert that, in all human likelihood, he would still have been in existence, that in all human probability he might have survived for many years to come. It was to be otherwise, however. The able Gover nor-General of Canada, the brilliantly-successful negotiator of peace with China and with Japan, faithful to the part he had so long and so success fully sustained as the servant of the Crown and of the Country, though he knew himself to be suffering from a heart disease, unhesitatingly accepted the weighty responsibilities devolving upon any ad ministrator who, as the successor of Lord CANNING had to undertake the government of Ilindostan. Although his suddenly interrupted career as Go vernor-General of India, has been in no way at all eventful—perhaps we should rather say precisely because it has not been in any way eventful—it has been a career in the highest degreo honourable to himself as Viceroy. It has set the seal to his repu tation, at once, as a loyal subject of the Crown, and as a patriotic administrator. Amid the numerous discourses with which our Parliamentary r epresentatives are whiling away th e tedium of the vacation, the public will turn with some interest to tho speeches of two members of some distinction, one of whom has held, and the other is still holding, official position. As the re presentatives of two parties, the Gov ernment an d the Opposition, the views of Mr. I.AYARD and Mr. FITZGERALD are not without importance. A token of the stillness of the political atmosphere is shown in their speeches—the former originating little, but endeavouring to put the best face on matters; the latter supporting the theory of " Rest and be Thankful," and approving the course which has been pursued by the Government in many important particulars. Still the tone of the two addresses is very different—Mr. LAYARD'S is depre catory, though occasionally indignant, while Mr. FITZGERALD takes pains to assure us that he is hap pily indifferent which party is in power; and indeed, of the two, ho would rather prefer a lengthened continuance of Lord PALMERSTON'S tenure. It is true that the ex-Under Secretary :ook the opportunity of upholding the spirit of party, of lamenting that indifference to political differences which is growing but too common. There was a good deal of truth as well as of satire in his application of the story of the desperate poacher who was reclaimed by converting him into a keeper. The country side, which had been con tinually disturbed before, was left in happy tran quillity, and on this principle Mr. FITZGERALD declares that some of his Tory friends would be sorry to see the present Government disturbed, as, while it is in Once, they feel tolerably secure from any startling change ; whereas they know from old experience that the moment their own party as sumes the reins of power, a universal outcry will be raised by the Opposition, for reform and inno vation. " I shall be sorry," said a gentleman of this class to Mr. FITZGERALD the other day, " to see Earl RUSSELL and some of his friends removed from office, because I am certain that so long as they remain there we shall hear nothing of the question of Reform." Alluding to the story we have already quoted of the poacher and the keepsrs, Mr. FITZGERALD expressed his conviction that these statesmen would remain quiet so long as they were our keepers. Mr. LAYARD, meanwhile, was of course busy in upholding the proceedings of his friends. He entered at some length into the various questions now agitating Europe, maintaining, of course, that in every case the acts of Lord PALMERSTON'S Cabinet have been " wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best." He would not suffer his opponents to take the credit of his acts. The Opposition were always, ho declared, finding fault with the proceedings of the Government, and therefore it was to be inferred that they would not have acted in the same man ner had they been in power. They had blamed the Government for not recognising the South, and for stopping the steam rams; ought ho not to infer from that that their opponents would pursue the very opposite course, and plunge the country into war with the United States. This it seems is to be the argument with which Lord PALMERSTON'S followers intend to meet the expression of public; indignation respecting the unwarrantable inter ference of Lord RUSSELL at Birkenhead. Polish affairs were, of course, discussed in both speeches, and with much the same result. It was held by both gentlemen that England was called upon to exercise all her moral force in behalf of that long suffering and down-trodden peopis, but that her duty stopped at that limit, and that sho was not called upon to go to war in their behalf. Viewed in this light, the course pursued by our Cabinet was the only one open to an honourable and, at the same time, a prudent ,and practical nation. Another instance of similarity of opinion was manifested in speaking of Denmark—a question which, however perplexing and entangled, is certainly not to be passed over 'at the present time. Both members alike declined the task of unravelling the myste ries of German genealogies, and of diplomatic en• tanglements, but on this matter, too, the unity of I sentiment in the two parties was happily very visible. The official, though passing briefly over the subject, expressed a hope that the German Powers might be induced to respect the faith of treaties, while Mr. FITZGERALD boldly denounced their present course as absolutely dishonest, and declared that it was of the s erf greatest importance to England to maintain the independence of Den- mark. " I hope," he remarked, " that whoever may be in power, they will consider it the decided policy of this country to uphold at all hazards the inde• pendenee and integrity of Denmark, and resist an aggression which is alike unjust in its objects and dangerous in its termination." In the conclusion of 4 s ti eloq uen t a dd ress, M r. F ITZGERALD dwelt t un glY on the unity of sentiment and feel- Lo g in u leh pervades the different clas s es thia "t iatry all joined, and the readiness with which the prosecution of any cause which h a d fo l t 4 . L "a object the general good. On the whole, these th7v.speeches may be taken as fair e xponents of can i t e :a of the two leading parties, if p° es,lled where the distinction lies arrattihesert the dews r ,, eu than measures. .plate.galtodsticate when the' it would be difficult to p , o betweenhe chancesa rm onr• are will oinnteesntd. c ertainl y ordnance do os or the guns, for as yet what ow „ lot t l :3: w in favour of may be carried, or pow er of resistancehize they length of range may be obtained ; but we with tolerable certainty to what extent a oil :now may be plated and the limit of her capability „ f superincumbent weight. The late experiments at Shoeburyness, and those at Portsmouth, have ad vanced our experience to a certain extent. Last Tuesday a target built to represent a section of Mr, REED'S new ship, the Bellerophon, about to be laid down, was tested at Shoeburyness. The plates of this target are not less than six inches in thickness, and although they were not submitted to the severe test to which Mr. CHALMERS' or the ilVarrior targets were, even then, notwithstanding their extra thickness and the metal being of the best quality, t they w ere severe ly d amage d b y t h e im petus of the shot both from the 110 Armstrong and the old smooth-bore Wh' 6B-pounders, as w e ll as th e Whitworth and Armstron.. I'o -pounders -pounders and the riasa 300-poundershr . Although b u t one s h o t passe d °ugh the target, o f th and that by s t r iki ng t h e junc tione Plates, it was evident that even this VIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECE'M'BER 12, 186 R. erslolhneongtt gunnery ship at I a This i n g would b a s e liable fiiuc t rra o ei dlnlbgye from p illa e l tu n es e at t r r la e o . t t oe e d ( . l b t h y i c s k t :e e l s s s h o o f t P . pounderi a expe riments trial so w : i o t bo h to ha t -r h bd i o s r teh kid Ae n rEm o xs f et Portsmouth. The result of the few shots fired s howed that where cast-iron spherioal shot and even wrought-iron bolts failed in effect, the s t ee l projectiles crashed through the plates which had successfully resisted the others. Th e following extract from the report of the trial shows what reliance our seamen may place on this doubtful protection :—" Spherical and steel shot have been fired from the gun with 201 b. of powder, only a fifth of tho weight of the shot, and have penetrated through a 53- inch armour plate, bolted on the side of the Monarch target ship, and also through the side of the ship itself, covering the deck of the target ship with splinters of the ship's planking, timbers, and iron knees, fragments of the broken plate, and of the steel shot itself, which had broken into small pieces in its course." It is absolutely impossible for a vessel of reasonable size to carry more than six-inch plates, and we enter tain serious doubts if even that thickness of metal can be carried with safety, and certainly not with convenience. Yet oven at this comparatively early stage of experiments, we have reached the limit to which we may carry iron plating, while we are as yet ignorant to what perfection artillery may be brought. The question naturally suggests itself, whether it would not be better to let well alone for the present, and for the Admiralty to rest satisfied with armour-plated ships as they are. Let them convert as many of the old three-deckers as possible into armour-plated frigates, protecting only their most vulnerable parts, rather than go on building at a vast cost vessels constructed upon theories which have never had the advantage of a practical test. Mr. REID is a clever man, and we have great confidence in his ability ; his new ship, the Belle rophon, according to his own showing, is to do wonders. We hope that she may realise his expec tations ; but we cannot help entertaining doubts whether, in endeavouring to make her perfection, and trying to accomplish too much, he may not be disappointed. The cleverest engineer of our time, the man who first demonstrated the theory in ship building that "length gives stability," and who built one of the handsomest and fastest steamers even now afloat, in endeavouring to sur pass himself and carry out his theory ad extremis produced the greatest failure in naval architecture ever constructed ; and yet the lines of the Great Eastern were with certain alterations only an extension of those of the Great Britain. It it be necessary to cover a ship with heavy plates, it will be necessary to increase her tonnage in propor tion to the weight she has to bear, and by so doing her draught of water would be necessarily increased. Upon this principle the Warrior, Black Prince, and Nlinotaur have been constructed ; and yet, although these vessels are so large that they can be of little or no service against an enemy's harbours or in shoal water, even they cannot earry plates thick enough to withstand steel projectors at close quarters. We may, however, console ourselves in this much, that if we cannot render a seaman as secure on board our men-of-war as they would be at home, and if we cannot render our ships so many impregnable iron safes, we are at least as well off as our neighbours. The American Monitors and ironclads have had to retire from the fire of the Confederate batteries. The iron plates with which the French frigates have been coated are inferior to those turned out by the English firms. Despite all the invectives that have been launched against Sir WILLIAM ARMSTRONG'S guns, we do not think that any other nation can produce better field artil lery than his 12 and 40 pounders. We do not for au instant excuse the Government for granting him, as it were, a monopoly of the trade, and refusing, until quite recently, to allow a competition between his guns and those of WHITWORTH, BLAKELY, and others, bu we do maintain that, for the purpose for which these guns have been constructed, they have answered every requirement. Extreme range was never his object, what he aimed at was accuracy of the fire to a certain distance, and with a most destructive shell. Now, for all practical purposes 4,000 yards is quite as far as a gun would, with rare exceptions, be required to throw a shot or shell, and up to this range, and even beyond it, the Armstrong guns are very effective. As regards guns of a heavy calibre, suitable for our large frigates, we must await the result of the experi- meats at present being carried on, and as we trust that now a fair field and no favour may be granted to all parties, our navy will soon be provided with as effective batteries as the army is. In speaking thus highly of the ARMSTRONG gun we do not wish to deprecate his rivals, but only desire to show that the wild declamation raised in certain quarters against Sir W. ARMSTRONG are unfounded and that although there is no doubt that there ib room for considerable improvement in our ordnance it can, nevertheless, bear comparison with that of any other nation. The go-a-head Americans use three hundred pounders as ordinary service guns, and boast of being able to throw shot and shel seven miles,with what accuracy we do not pretend _ to say ; but this is at least certain, that at the siege of Charleston, it has been in general a toss up whether the enemy or the gunners were killed by these large overloaded pieces. According to the course at present followed we may go on increasing the size of our ships and guns until both become unwieldy and unmanageable. There is moderation in all things, except the theories of enthusiasts, and it is the duty of the country to place some restraint on the proceedings of such individuals, especially when the nation has to pay the cost. LIMITED LIABILITY.—We observe from a report of the law proceedings in the Scottish courts last week that the Court of Session, in the case of a judicial factor appointed under the Pupils' Protection Act, refused to accept as security the bonds of guarantee of the National Guarantee and Suretyship Association (Limited), a com pany which was started in Scotland about siz months ago. The grounds of judgment were that, whilst admitting the respectability of the company, it being only established under the provisions of the Limited Liability Act, it was not possessed of that direct legislative authority which the Pupils Protection Act appeared t , ) contemplate in allowing the bonds of public companies established under Act of Parliament to be taken as security; and, further, that the Court could not sanction the acceptance of the bonds of a company as security where the liability of the shareholders was limited to the amount of their shares. MAGNETIC PowErt.--A lecturer was dilating upon the powers of the magnet, defying any one to show or name anything surpassing its powers. A hearer demurred, and instanced a young lady, who used to attract him thirteen miles every Sunday. —American -Pa Per. allthe tnn© that rear vantage PbLeETE VIEW OF IST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. remembered that it was a matter of vantage of tho 0 . the City authorities did not take ad tcheceueraosat,ntrstienatdePrerumng at the west end of Cannon-street to of pteci view of St. Paul's Cathedral from tteertuitting to be erected a semi-circular , which is more like the stern of s a t:c o k ld l a b s u h i i l o d n in ea g, iniaur..eooin this obstructive pile, a _al', and Evans, the well illiavo raised a struc land operations. At Zar than the abode of commercial private firm, Messrs. Arthur known n w a h n i d ch e t s te ru ns n i n v i e n t g va . r r e ig h h o t a t , eie :night have been r tl o y m no one point cane thrZ this thoroughL • to Watling-street, must our noble cathedral be now obtained, and e . o , :apl , ete view of which is needed is really but a small one, th S e the sacrifice terminated. icf un shows roev' h o ele A gr I not be surprised to find so manifest and creditaPbulele im provement yet carried (Alt. —Morning' PM, an LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) T HE CONGRESS. PARIS, DEC. 12. The Constitutioiznel of this morning publishes an article, signed by M. Linaayrac, upon the replies to the Congress proposition, which are now nearly all known. Tho writer says :—" Tho events in Denmark prove that the proposition was opportune. The line of conduct to be followed by France is traced out. After having expressed regret to Eng land, and thanks to the Powers who accede to the propositions, France can give the required expla nations. Nothing is adverse to a preliminary un derstanding, the advantages of which are manifest. In the midst of all the uncertainties and differences this understanding would create fixed points; and if the majority of the members of the European family concurred therein a considerable result would be obtained, on which we should have to congratulate ourselves." The reply of the King of Denmark to the Emperor Napoleon's invitation to a Congress is published this morning. Letters received here from Japan, to the 15th October, state that at an extraordinary meeting of Daimios it was decided, by 65 against 47 votes, that there was no ground for declaring war against foreigners. PRUSSIA. BRUSSELLS, DEC. 11 (Evening). Advices received here from Copenhagen state, as a current rumour, that the majority in the Rigsraad intended to propose that the execution of the con stitution of Nov. 18 be suspended until further orders. The Dczfibladet and Flyvepost announce that the negotiations for the treaty of alliance with Sweden have been resumed. It is stated, upon - what is said to be reliable authority, that the treaty will be sanctioned. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 7. The Invalide Russe pubishes a military bulletin, whence is extracted the following remark upon the population inhabiting the confines of ancient Poland :—" The women have relinquished mourn ing in the centre of Poland, and even at Warsaw. The use of Polish national costumes, however, is constantly on the increase in Kieff—the cradle of the Russian people." CRACOW, DEC. 8. The Cats continues to appear. It is said that the Minister of Justice at Vienna displayed great surprise at explanations being asked of him respect ing the suspension of the paper for three months. The Minister is stated to have replied that be had no knowledge of the measure, which must be ex• elusively attributed to the local authorities of this city. It is believed, therefore, that the interdict upon the publication of the paper has been removed by superior order from Vienna. The Czas of to-day says :—" A skirmish took place yesterday between the police of this city and the political prisoners, to whom the police refused water. One of the prisoners, M. Victor Daszewski, was seriously wounded by a bayonet stab above the left eye, and obliged to be taken to the hospital. " More numerous patrols than ever continue to effect arrests en masse in the streets. " The Lemberg police have made a minute search in the post-office of that town. " An insurgent chief in the palatinate of Lublin, Laplachta, formerly an officer in the Austrian army, has been sentenced to six weeks' confinement. His advocate vainly urged the exemplary conduct of his client while in the Austrian service, and the six months' preliminary confinement the accused had suffered previous to trial." SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. H. _ An amendment to the address has been brought forward in the Chamber of Deputies, to the effect that the Government should support the Congress proposition and the temporal power of the Pope, FRANCE. PARIS, DEc. 11 (Evening). The monetary rosition shown by the balance of the Bank of France i 3 good, but it is stated that large sums will be withdrawn in the course of a few days. The bill for the now loan of 300 m illi on f rancs v T w h i l e l e b e e e l d a i i t d i ens, before the however, C r h p as Legislatif e on Monday. not ya transpi re d. It is uncertain whether the loan will be raised by public subscription, or through the bankers and capitalists, but it is believed the Emperor is greatly opposed to any combination involving a departure from the system of public subscription he has in augurated. BOURSE, Dec. 11.—The market has been rather heavy, and with little business doing. Threes, for the Account, which opened at 67fr. 35c., are now at 67f. 20c. Mobilier have but slightly varied. Railway shares quiet, and for the most part with prices well maintained. The market closed as follows: 41 per Cents 95 15 00. end month — Italian Loan 7l 60 Do. end month 7l 80 New ditto ...... Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 52 Rome Debt Deferred 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 20 Credit M0bi1ier....1043 Do. end m0nth....1045 Bank Shares 3330 Credit Fancier ....1230 Roman RAIL' 'AltB. Cash. Account. 972 50 .. 975 970 975 Orleans ............... Northern New ditto .............. --- Lyons and alecliturranean 932 50 .. 935 New ditto ............ . 887 50 Geneva.. .............. 50 0 • • &Althorn .............. 690 687 50 Western .............. 507 50 .. Eastern .... 480 478 75 Sardinian .................... 400 393 75 Austrian ...... Lorpbard ........ North of Sp a i n Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona INDIA. DEATH OF LORD ELGIN. A telegram received at the India-office confirms the melancholy foreboding as to Lord Elgin. He died on the 20th of November at Dhurumsalla. (TELEGRAM RECEIVED DEC. 11 , 1863.) BOMBAY, Nov. 29. Lord Elgin died at Dhurumsalla at 2 a.m. on the 20th of November, and was buried privately upon the following day, in accordance with his own ex' press desire. health is good. They are well-provisioned, and have plenty of ammunition. General Chamberlain has resigned the command on account of his wound and ill-health; Major-General Garvock is appointed to succeed him. SANGUINARY SKIRMISH, Sir Hugh Rose, from Lahore, has informed Sir Bartle Frere that on the 20th of November the tribes attacked General Chamberlain with much determi nation. The enemy were defeated. Lieutenants Sanderson and Peel, of the 101st Regiment, were killed, five officers wounded, including Gen.. Cham berlain and Col. Hope; and 128 men, British and native, were killed and wounded. The loss of the tribes is much greater. Since this deftat the tribes have not attacked, and show symptoms of disunion and discouragement. Chamberlain says he does not require reinforcements; he only wishes the regi ments which have suff e red m u c h to be relieved, at.d speaks confidently of final success. He has upwards of 5,000 selected troops, i n t re nched in a command ing position, and d e f e nd e d by 13 guns, four o ffi cers of Engineers, and two companies of Sapp ers an d Miners. The troops are hard - worked, but their AMERICA. (Per the Persia, via Roche's Point, December 11, 10 p.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 30. General Meade continued his advance on the 27th, the Confederate skirmishers falling back before him to half a mile beyond Robertson's Tavern, on the Fredericksburg and Orange Court-house-road, where he formed his centre in line of battle. Sharp skirmishing then commenced, and was kept up by the centre and on both the right and the left throughout the day. The heaviest skirmishing was on the right, which was commanded by Gen. French. At nightfall Gen. French being hard pressed, and having suffered a loss of between 500 and 900 killed and wounded, besides many prisoners, fell back upon the Federal centre. The left, after conside rabLe fighting, succeeded in joining the centre. The Federal cavalry was also engaged at different points, and met with heavy losses—in the divisions of Gen. Gregg the killed alone amounted to 250; and a portion of Gen. Kilpatrick's cavalry, which attempted to cross the Racoon Ford under the fire of the Confederate batteries, were driven back, with the loss of 250 killed and wounded. Oa Saturday morning the whole Federal army was again on the advance in line of battle, and skirmishing in the front had been renewed. It was believed that a general engagement would be fought in the vicinity of Orange Court-house. Quartermaster-General Meigs has submitted to Mr. Stanton a detailed official account of the bat tles near Chattanooga on the 2d, 24th, and 26th. He states that great advantages were gained over Gen. Bragg, but does not give the exaggerated re sults of previously-received telegrams, and esti mates the Federal captures at several thousand pri soners and 30 cannon, which reduces Gen. Bragg's reported losses by fully one-half. The Federal losses during those three days were between 3,000 and 4,000 killed and wounded. The latest de spatches are to the 2Sth, on which day no fighting had occurred. General Bragg was concentrating his forces south of and near to Dalton, in Georgia ; the Federal advance was south of Ringgold. The same de spatches state that an order from General Bragg recalled General Longstreet from before Knoxville on the 26th. Cincinnati telegrams give news from Knoxville to the 25th, which announces that the northern por tion of the town, including the rail way depot, had been burnt,but do not mention through what agency. They also state that General Longstreet raised the siege during the night of that day, and withdrew towards Dalton. General Burnside had started in pursuit, and if he failed to prevent a junction of Generals Longstreet and Bragg would himself join General Grant to co-operate against the combined armies of these generals. General Banks occupied Corpus Christi and Aranzas, in Texas, with but slight opposition, on the 15th and 17th. At Aranzas there was a small fortification, mounting three guns and garrisoned by 100 man, which capitulated. The terms of the capitulation are not named. General Hamilton left New Orleans on the 19th to assume the military governorship of Texas. His headquarters will be at Brownsville. The news from the Teche country is still confused and contradictory. General Franklin is now re• parted to be still in that district, and to have tele graphed that his cavalryon the 19th surprised ti camp of Confederate cavalry, killed 40 of their number, captured 100 prisoners and all their equipments, arms, and horses. The Confederate General Morgan and six of his officers escaped from the Columbus (Ohio) Peui- tentiary, where they had been confined since their capture last summer, before daybreak on Saturday morning last. They dug through the floor of their cell, which was constructed of masonry nine inches in thickness, into an air chamber running beneath the building, and which communicated with the outside wall. One thousand dollars reward has been offered by the authorities of Columbus for the return to custody of General Morgan, alive or dead. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The unfavourable news from Virginia caused an advance in the price of gold to 149 at ten o'clock this morning, when a rumour was circulated that two of General Lee's army corps had been cap tured, which produced a decline of 2 per cent. within the ensuing hour. The report being later contradicted by despatches from Washington, the market reacted to 148 ; at 4 o'clock it closed at 1471. Exchange, 1628. United States' Sixes, registered, 1881, 108 ; Trea sury 7-30 Notes, 106; ; New York Central Rail- way, 134 i; Erie, 1051 ; Illinois Central, 1171. Cotton declining. Breadstuffs irregular. Pro visions firm. Sugars dull and nominal. DEC. 1. It is announced that immediately upon crossing the Rapidan General Meade, having from 10 to 15 days' supplies and rations in his trains, severed his communications with Washington, which accounts for the non-receipt of news from his army since Saturday last. The Government is asserted to be as completely in ignorance of his movements as the public. The skirmishes which have occurred are admitted upon all hands to have resulted unfavour ably to General Meade ; but at the same time the belief exists that General Lee has fallen back beyond Orange Court-house with the design of exhausting Gen. Meade's supplies before accepting a general engagement, but that he will certainly make a stand at Gordonsville. Chattanooga telegrams of the 30th state that no fighting has taken place for several days, and that the campaign was considered at an end. There is still no later authentic news from Knox ville. The rumour that Gen. Longstreet had raised the siege has been contradicted. Gen, Foster reached Cumberland Gap this morn ing, and was expected to proceed immediately to Knoxville. One account of the burning of a portion of the town explains that the houses in that locality had been occupied by Confederate sharpshooters, and it was consequently shelled and destroyed by the Federals. It is reported that reinforcements under Gen. Grainger have been sent to Knoxville from Chattanooga. Gen. Hurlbert, commanding in Tennessee and Kentucky, has issued an order impressing into the Federal military service all the able-bodied men in his department. General Morgan reached Toronto, via the Great Western Railway, yesterday, and telegraphed his arrival there to Columbus. No accounts have yet been received of the whereabouts of his officers who escaped with him. The members of the Senate and the House of Representatives for the approaching Congress ar© beginning to assemble in Washington. The elec tions of Speaker and Clerk already obtain much interest. The contest for the form er position, it is thought, will be between Mr. Washburn() of Illinois and Mr. Colfax of Indians. For the Clerk ships several candidates are named. An attempt was made on Saturday and Sunday last to launch the Dictator, the most formidable of a number of Federal ironclads now being completed, but proved unsuccessful, owing to the settling of the ways upon which she was built. Several steamers were attached to her by hawsers, but their united power failed to move her more than a few feet. It has been decided to reconstruct the ways before making another trial to get her off. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 1481. Exchange, 163. United States' Sixes, registered, 1881, 108; Treasury 7-30 Notes, 1061. New York Central Rail way, 1351 ; Erie, 1051; Illinois Central, 117. Cotton, 80e. Breadstuffs unsettled. Provisions firm. Sugars steady. DEC: 2, 10 ELM. Advices from Virginia to Monday at noon re port the armies of Generals Lee and Meade in line of battle upon either side of the Mine Run Valley, between Fredericksburg and Orange Court-house, about 12 miles from the latter place. Skirmishing only had occured since Friday. The impression prevailed in the Army of the Potomac that General Meade would atack the Confederate position, which was a strongly fortified one. Yesterday accounts from Knoxville to the 28th state that General Longstreet attacked the Federals on the south side of the river, three miles from the town, on the 25th, and was repulsed with the loss of 150 killed and wounded. Cincinnati telegrams of yesterday announce that a courier from Knoxville had arrived at Cumberland Gap with the intelligence that the Confederates had crossed the river on Sunday and brought on a general engagement, which resulted in the defeat of the Confederates and the capture of General Wheeler's division of 5,000 men. This latter news is discredited. The Federals evacuated Ringgold yesterday ; having first burnt all the public buildings, mills, depots, and bridges, and returned to Chattanooga. The railway from Ringgold to Claicamauga was also destroyed. Federal and Confederate accounts from Charleston to the 28th state that the firing upon Sumter and the other Confederate batteries continued. Shells were also occasionally thrown into the city, but did no material damage. In the Charter elections in this city yesterday Mr. C. Godfrey Gunther, a Peace Democrat, was elected Mayor. Gold, 149. The Persia takes out 733.100 dols, in specie. POLICE INTELLIGENC.E—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE FOREIGN PROSTITUTE NUISANCE NEAR THE COUNTY FIRE OFFICE.— Caroline de Lacy, a most elegantly attired German prostitute, was charged before Mr. Knox with disorderly conduet, and making use of obscene lan guage near the County Fire Office, corner of Glasshouse street, Regent-street. Henry Rough, 310 A, said—Yesterday afternoon, about half-past five, I saw the prisoner, with several other women of her class, collected near the County Fire Office. I told them to go away, saying that she had had one police man's coat off his back and she would have another, Fnd ing she would not go away, and as a crowd of 500 persons collected and caused great confusion, he took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner was the most troublesome of all the foreign prostitutes at the West-end. Mr. Henry Gabell, of Glasshouse-street, said---I heard the disturbance, and went down and heard the constable desire the prisoner to go away. She refused to do so, and abused the constable in a vile manner. The prisoner was the most audacious, nay, indecent, of all the women col lecting at the place. She had a large crinoline and had a peculiar knack of swinging it round so as to show half-way up her legs. The nuisance is so great that we can scarcely we can scarcely live in our houses. Mr. Knox—l am bound to say, from my own observa tion, that you cannot pass down the street of an afternoon without seeing 19 or a dozen of them about. Mr. Gabell—l feel sure it would not be tolerated in any other city in the world. It is intolerable and disgraceful. Prisoner—l do not like to be insulted by a constable. It is no use my saying anything. I have been three years here, and it is the first time I have been here. Mr. Knox—You are the greatest nuisance of the district. I never pass the place without seeing a gathering of you. Mr. Gebell—And she is the worst of the lot. She will never let a gentleman pass without stopping him, and an noying him by her solicitations. Mr. Knox—l will not, as it is the first case of the kind that has been brought before me, put the law in full force. I &all commit her for 14 days. I will put the nuisance down if I can. The prisoner was then committed for 14 dayc. WESTMINSTER. A FEMALE MARAUDING EXCURSION.—EIiza Smith and Martha Rogers, two young women, described as 17 and 18 years of age, were charged with unlawfully being about the streets for the purpose of committing felony and with being found in possession of some plates which it was believed they had stolen. Robert Randall, 338 A, proved that the two prisoners, in company with a third person of the same age and sex came out on a marauding excursion on the previous night. Ho first saw the two prisoners together at half-past eight in the Fulham-road, and they were there engaged in an en deavour to rob a linendraper's shop but finding they were observed, they walked down the street to another shop, where they endeavoured to pilfer' some goods which were tied outside the door, but were unable to undo the fasten ing. They were then joined by a third girl, who had some thing concealed under her shawl, which she showed to them, and they then, in company together, went to another tradesman, but did not succeed in getting anything. Wit ness, who had searched for another constsble, then ap proached to apprehend them, but all three taking different directions the girl with the plates escaped. Mr. Selfe—ls anything known of the prisoners ? Police-constable—Yes ; they are known. The prisoner Rogers has had six months' a very short time ago for shop- Rogers—What of it I suppose I was supposing I did go shoplifting. Did not I suffer for it and is'nt that enough ? Mr. Selfe—What is known of the other ? Police—She is the constant associate with thieves. A police constable of the D division said—All three girls there seem to start upon their present expedition two hours before, and it was difficult to say where they had been or with what success. There had been no time to make in quiries at present, but some handkerchiefs had been found on prisoners. They wore remanded till Friday. THAMES. THE HORRIBLE DENS IN THE EAST.—Two infamous women named Mary Wilson, aged 65, and Catherine Carey, 23, were brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with steal ing a coat, the property of Jacob Johnson, a seaman, in a den of the worst description in Cock and Neptune. court, Wellclose-square, where many atrocious outrages and rob beries have been daily and nightly committed for a long time past. Mr. W. W. King, of College-hill, solicitor to the East London Association for abating that class of pub • lie offences, which consists in acts of indecency, profanity, and drunkenness, has already commenced proceedings against the occupiers of many houses in Cock and Neptune court, where no policeman will venture alone, and where many have been seriously illused and maimed. The prosecutor, Johnson, was inveigled into one of the hovels in Cock and Neptune•court by the prisoners. They immediately stripped him of his coat, and would have turned him into the street in a state of nudity, as they have many other sailors, if ho had not by a desperate effort got away from them and rushed out of the place. He made known his loss to a police constable named Archer, 101 K, who obtained assistance, and took the prisoners into custody. Both Both women protested they knew nothing of the sreornan: his coat. • They were searched by a female inditsliceovered on street station-house. The sailor's coat was Archertbepers s o a n id of th \ e V iollsdonh.arildtanwahsatd'asbtecenneddi nroucusdtohdeyr crinoline. n t o i l tu i es e xiinli d nin; o feß, f ea t : h anssn e in, id c eivn l a te s at ; fur stealing sailors' jackets, and ese t p ' th e e sailor had signed • Mr. Partridge, on hearing articles and was about to r pLruotNcheDeheaEdat prisoner i h r : sg a ieplkd a . e_ wi a Aitni d had t i O rsli p yte o e s rA s a l o . summarily, and s e ntenced laour in the House of Correction. prisonment and hard b ANOTHEIC SEAMAN c w ha a i s n: all we r at nt £6 68., and 30s. in money, from person of Thomas Daly, a seaman, t a h a e w t watch, in a house of bad repute in Bluegate-fields, Ratcliff Hi g h wa y shirt, w v s St. George, which is equa'ly as infamous as Cock and Neptune -court, a a n i u g:o t e l gold i h n e A t l and d lo in s th ai es r w ame a s parish. The induced to accompany the prisoner to , a oßliuheigsa one ants a h nd u robbed t w e• a fi te e h ldf ru . on H ey e , w an a d other property by the prisoner and a ruffian wbo is well known to the police, and was described as her bully. Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week, and directed the police to look after the man concerned in this ' audacious outrage and robbery. # CI Plat V--7T4,,„ 1 --'(.C.Eirtiffajr. 1 :0q . ,N. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 11. The Queen walked. and drove in tho grounds this mini-ling. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, at tended by Baroness Dobeneck, took a carriage drive, Her Serene Highness Princess Hohenlohe Lauen bourg honoured Mr. G, Kobeirwein with a last sitting for her full length portrait. The Prince and Princess of Wales. WINDSOR, Dec. 11. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales entertained their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia last night at Frogrnore House. Sir Thomas and Lady Biddulph, Colonel Keppel, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, and, the Lady and Gentle man in Waition on the Crown Prince and Princess had the honour of being invited. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at tended by Colo ne l 'K eppel and Mr. Fisher, wen t out hunting with th e h arr i ers this morning, an d enjoyed some excellent sport. His Royal High ness after the hunt returned to Frogmore House. Her Royal Highness the Princes of Wales drove in Frogmore grounds to-day. HER MAJESTY.—Yesterday the Queen attended evening service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and oc cupied the royal closet. Her Royal Highness the Princes s Helena was also present, and occupied the stall of the la te Prince Consort as K n i g h t o f t h e Garter. Her Majesty , the Princess were attired in deep mourning. The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia have attended Divine ser vice at the chapel several days during the week. Dr. ElveY presided at the organ. Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar will join the company visiting 0 10 Marquis and Marchi oness o f B ath at Longleat, Wilts, on Monday next. Marquis His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi leave town early in the ensuing week on a tour of visits. The Duke of St. Albans has left London for Skutterskelfe, Yarm, Yorkshire, on a visit to Viscount Falkland. The Marquis of Bristol, who arrived in town on Monday, left yesterday for Ickworth Park, where a lair family circle have assembled, and will remain until Christmas. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath have been entertaining during the week the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, Viscount Canterbury, the Countess of Ellesmere, and other visitors. The Earl of Dudley has left his house in Park" late for Scotland. The Countess of Derby left town on Thursday far Knowsley, Lancashire. The object the countess had in coming to town for a few days was to visit Lady Emu° . Talbot. The Earl and Countess of Darnley have returned to their seat in Kent, from Ireland. We understand that Viscount Powersconrt IS about to be married to Lady Julia Coke, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Leicester. Lady Lyndhurst has left town for the residence of Mr. Du Cane, M.P., and Hon. Mrs. Du Cane, in Essex. Her ladyship is in better health. Lord Stanley, M.P., has left town for Knowslo', after visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at Hatfield House, Herts. THE NATIONAL SHAKSPEARE COMMITTEE—At its general meeting held on Monday last, it was an nounced that the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Arch bishop of Dublin, the Duke of Devonshire, Lordßrougharep and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer had accepted office as vice-presidents of the association. The gener al body were also informed that Lord Stratford de Redclife, General Knollys, Captain Knollys, 93d Highlanders, Sir Roundell Palmer (Attorney. General), Sir Hugh Cairns, Q.C., M.P., Mr. Sergeant Parry, the Marquis d'Azeglio, Professor Delius, Professor Ulrici , Professor :Elze, Colonel Sykes, M.P., Sir A. H. Elton, Bart., Sir Lascelles Wrax all, Bart., Dr. Charles Bake, F.S,A., Professor Masson, and other distinguished men had joined the committee during the past month. Edward de Bunsen, Esq., Coun cillor of Legation, and Antonio Panizzi, Esq., have engaged to act as foreign secretaries to the committee. The follow ing resolution was unanimously adopted by the gene ral body :—" That the following gentlemen be requested to act as a site committee, with instructions to consider the prin ciples which should govern the selection of a site for a Sbakspeare Memorial, to inquire into the number of appro priate sites, and ascertain which of them may be obtained, and on what conditions, for the purpose of erecting a public monument of a large and noble character, namely, the Duke of Manchester, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., the Attorney-General, Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., William Tite, M.P., G. R. Goschen, Esq., M.P., W, Hepworth Dixon, Esq., and J. 0. Halliwell, Esq," A MATTER OF TASTE.—BARON ALDERSON AND THE LADIES. —At the Winter Assize at Chester there was, upon one occasion, a considerable noise in the passage, caused by some ladies endeavouring to obtain ad mission into court. Baron Alderson—Let the passage be cleared. If I were a lady I should have no desire to coma and hear a man ti ied for his life, but that is a matter of taste. At any rate, if they want to gratify their curiosity, let them do so quietly. The Usher—But they can't do it, my Lord. His Lordship—l know they can't. THE PRINCE IMPERIAL, in imitation of his august parents, has also his list of invitations made oat while at Compiegne, and has this week been entertaining the sons of General Fleury, M. de Bourgoing, and of the Doctor Connoau. Besides these small intintes, the young Prince amuses himself by asking to the chateau the enfants de troupe of his regiment of the Grenadier Guards, where he holds the rank of corporal, and with them goes through the exercises and a series of military manoeuvres. If the weather be fine, the se are performed in the open a i r in the court of the ch a t eau, and on rainy days in a large hall in the interior, aft er w hi ch the 3 oung soldiers are invited to join their m essmate at dinner, who is reporte d t o do the honours of th e ta b le admirably, and to gain thereby g reat popularity among his youthful comrades.—The Queen , of to-day. MINERAL WEALTH OF CANADA.—A few days ago we noticed the discovery of antimony in the ,township of Ham, of gold and silver quartz at Tyendinagos the county of Hastings, and of further deposits of copper in the rich belt of country which extends northward from Lake Memphremagog to Point Levi. We now hear of lead deposits, said to be of unusual richness, in the same county of Hastings. In the short space of half an hour 401 b. of pure soft lead was taken from a hole about 211. deep and 3ft. in circumference. The prospect teems favourable , and there is scarcely any doubt that a mine of great wealth has been tapped. We also learn that the Marmora iron and copper mines are again about to be worked by a nevi company, principally from Quebec, who purpose coal' mencing operations with a capital of 1,000,000 dollars, end will endeavour to float half of it off in the moneyed centres in the Northern States. The mine in question will produce ore of good quality—equal in fact, to any imported. The mineral wealth of the country promises in time to employ a large proportion of that hardy floating population which has in the past been attracted to the neighbouring States by the apparently high prices offered there.—Montreal Gazette. RIVER SLIME.—The proverbial fertility of the r s l of emdraining of in undation operations, sb ally e n l a o t n u grs to deposits which the Nile annually leaves on the plains of Egypt, and the success rob cces call the attention of agr iculturists to the advantages ob tainable from the judic ious use of th e solid matter carrie d along by rivers. The the same subject, and the idea of turning them to account has been often put forward by eminent men; but unfortu nately no resear ches h ave as yet been m a d e on the quan tity and nature of the slime dep os it e d b y some of the principal thileoMangou has taken up the sub enDe t t ai e erna t h nac e so rAcademyregards eetl of haet t eL S re c s e r ne;ctechrs..; Canal of Carpent ras, and haps the only ri ver i n France the waters of which are ap plied to irrigation, on a large scale. Eighteen lateral drains borrow 69 cubic metres of water from it per second, for the purpose of 'watering land. Frotn the Ist November, 1859, to the 31st October, 1860, it deposited 10,770,313 metres of solid matter, weighing 17 millions of tuns. A cube of earth, the side of which is 220 metres,was therefore washed away from the upper parts of the banks, and carried to the lower strata, and thence to the sea. If this slime were entirely deposited on the soil it would cover the enormous surface of 107,703 hectares with a layer of the thickness et a centimetre, and if it were carried to the Camarg ue it might fill up its marshes and transform it into the most fertile plains in less than halt a century. In the cou rse of a year the Canal of Carpentras deposited 137,217 cubic metres of slime, weighing 218,403 tons, 119,588 of wh ich were clay, 84,978 were carbonate of lime, 223 nitrogen , and 1,401 car bon. From other experiments it appears that a hectares (21 ; acres) of land will retain 10 tons, representing an averl . depth of coating of about two millimetres. The Loire 8 .11 : its affluents yield similar results. To understand the i portance of the advantages which slimy rivers afford agri culture, year transports as much nitrogen as is contained in 1 0 out' bed by M. Herve-Mangon states that the Durance every 47,000 hectares of forest land.—Galt:ynani. tons of guano, and as much carbon as might be absorbed -..~.:- 1 / 1 /nerci E before The the fo E: Ur.s a i e Abo B an k In there The r espect °lishm Vo r k 0 and cc t he ace (11 recto finance linden I ° ll o ht several Th e terday more f 9O 91 'less he 'laced ; do. to 78. 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