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THIS EVENING., her Majesty's Servants will perform the Farce of MY 1 - INART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS: characters by Mr. .1.. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde, Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Harfleur. After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. helps, Ryder., Rayner, Meagreson, Ward, Spencer ; Miss Eburne. Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists-- -.Miss Poole, Miss tatter, Miss Cicely Notr, Miss Heywood, 0 . ,0d Mr. Swift. Followed by BEAUPX Olt THE BEAST. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Addi son, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer, and G. Weston; Mrs Edt nund Falconer and Miss R. Leclerq. THEATRE RC)YAL HAYNIARKET._ Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buekstone. THIS EVENING, US:I.ED UP. Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Howe, Clark, Braid, Gordo n, Cullentord, &C. ; Mesdames Fitzwilliam, Lindley, &c. Followed by T HE GOL DEN FLEECE Mes M srs. Charles Mathews, Compton,Weath ersby,ita. ; Mesdames C. thews, I. Keeley. Griffith, &C. With COOL AS A CUCOMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And MY HUSBAND'S Gii.OST. Commenceat 7. LYCEUM THEATRE. .13 0 Y A Under the Sole Management of BEI Mr. W F il elclbiteerepeated , NION IO (a Triumphant Success) Every. Evening. until further notice. THI4 EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled 'UNCLE BABY: Mess - s. Widdicombe, J.G. Shore, Charles ; Miss P. Le:dercl, and Carlotta Leclercq. After at Eicht o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Stott', which, ory, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Ch r onicle ." by Mr. John Brouzfmm. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by M essrs. Jordan, Charles, Brouv,ham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, j..ee, and suss Elsworthy. Doors open at half-past 6 —commence at 7. JAMES'S THE ATR E-R OYA L. under new Management, will OPEN for the Winter Season on BOXIVG NIGII f. NEW THEA. PRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL— Sole Proorl.tor and ManaD•or. 4r. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY fInRSEBREASER. Messrs. J. 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Messrs. honey and Fenton ; Mesdames Swauborough and Simpson. After which, MT NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. R OYAL SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE. Manageress, Miss Marriott. THIS EVENING, TH ti; LADY Or LYONS. Claude, Mr. J. stammers ; Pauline, MDs Marriott. Concluding with BELPHEGOR. Mr. D. 11. Jones, Miss Blanche Stammers, and Miss Mandlebert. Box-office open from 11 to 4. 7,lpH - E THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN.' Containin the LAtest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, an be had Every Evening of G. R. GLIc.NIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT.—Morning, Bh. .50m.—Afternoon, 9h. 25m. l'o-monitow.-Morning, 9h. 59m.—Afternoon, 10h. 32m. The Weather--Sun Office, Dec. 19, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 4B Barometer-30.40. Wind—S.-W. ; light, and fine. 4 (4,43 P / AUL LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 19, 1863. have A very few weeks longer, and Parliam en t w ill reassembled. We are rapidly drawing to the de " of December, and the Lords and Commons, at the late st , will resume their legislative labours in Febru ary. Session after session, latterly, we have had a mere tidimy.ov er somehow, almost anyhow, of whatever,- l aiMculti es or anxieties stood in the way. In effect, ever since the inauguration o f th e p resent Coalition G averntee nt i Tthe grand, energetic, en lightened, advanced,cfaiberal Administration, th a t w as inducted int o (who can forget it ?) f or th e express and av ow : purpose of reforming all so rts of things, Pra arlia, ut itself incl u d e d, th e w h o l e system of pop ular re p re sent iv °tobegin with—ev er since Lord JOHN Ressma.,3 Resolutions were carried by a narrow majority, e: t er since Lord DERBY and his Conservativell,4lcolleagues the occupiediii e Lord Y were ousted from power in con se q uence, ever sntc PALMERSTON and his c ollea gues vacated post of office ther eu p on—th e il ~7carried out systematically and most assiduo usly by i3olo.ur been has e n precisely the ver y Mr. DICKENS so delightfully d efined as that policy How Not To Do It! From June, 1859, until now, it has been thus with regard to the 'whol e purpose, aim, and effort of the Coalition Government, of the Great Liberal Reforming Go vernment, Almost, as one may say, quite as a matter of course and as a direct consequence of this —while the Coalition Government and the Conser vative Oppcsition havebeen" tiding-over" both time and circumstances, in this deliberate manner, post poning and evading even their own antagonism — the small Ministerial majority with which the PALMERSTON Cabinet started upon its adventurous career, has rapidly dwindled and dwindled down ' until the time even t ua ll y arr i ve d w h en i t m i ght be spi)ken of pretty confidently as a thing of th e Past, as a something r ea lly an d t ru l y no 100,, . ou s b r ih e tn s z o ten;, Since that turning-p o i n t i n parties, was reached a nd p asse d fo r r , a ,, hed and titionably_ thear pasEed it has been unques onyly doubt has b een fi rst o f a ll , ire regd to the extent of the opposition gain, and secondly, as to the point u p on w hi c h , as to the ques tion in re gard to which, that gain of th e C on serv atives could b, Effectively applied. Particu larly ( luring the very i wit fii - of Parliam en t, i t was perfectly well understood that—Found 507.110 good pretext for a great division, fight, followed b y a great p a rty fu sion, and the " powers that be" ,ere lost vs a Government. 'There certain h e Was a etroov suspicioJ that it wa s so, even the y ea r before, e ven - in 1862; but then, as t he nation rernembele still v ery poignantly, the recent deat h of H.R.H. the Prince Consort set it aside altogether, and by postponed The question of emigration is one that has occu pied a large space in the consideration of the States men and political economists of modern days. The size and extent of our dependencies, the rapidity and ease of transit, and the strong spirit of enter prise and adventure, which has rendered English men pre-eminent as colonists, have all combined to raise the rate of emigration to a height which renders it a matter of national importance. It is natural that when work is hard to get and food dear the working classes should readily take their departure for lands where the necessaries of life are as plentiful as labour is scarce. It needs no great and overwhelming catastrophe, no potato famine or cotton distress to render such a prospect attractive enough in the sight of thousands of our lower classes to induce them to break old ties and associa tions and risk their all in a new start in life. The difficulty is in regulating this constant stream, in affording to the needy that assistance which may convert them from parochial burdens into thriving members of an industrial community, without un duly stimulating the exodus, and costing the State in men more than is saved in money. It is a good many years since GOLDSMITH drew his picture of "Sweet Auburn" deserted by her children, and mourned over the certain decadence of that land— " Where wealth accumulate and men decay." Political economy has advanced a little further since his days, and the official returns happily prove, without exaggeration, that the population of Eng land has largely increased, notwithstanding th e rapid extension of "Trade's proud empire." There are a good many persons, however, who, without sharing in their extremity the poet's views, are inclined to regard with anxiety and suspicion the very large emigration that is constantly going on from the sister country. Ever since the terrible 1847 the Irish have been steadily taking flight from the country that had proved unequal under existing circumstances to their support. Those who were the first to venture into untried lands were for the most part so well pleased with the experiment that they despatched their first spare funds to the friends and relations left behind them in order to facilitate their passage out. Mr. MICHAEL BARRY, barrister at-law, tells us En a brief pamphlet* recently issued on this subject that in the ten years and a half from May, 1851, to December, 1861, the number of the Irish emigrants was 1,240,575; and that during that time the remittances from those who had emi grated to their friends in the United Kingdom was £9,041,370, of which amount a very large propor tion was contributed by the Irish. At the com mencement of his little treatise, which is entirely in favour of emigration, Mr. BARRY draws some comparisons between the acreage and population as well as the annual value of property and income in the three countries. The great reason why Ireland fails to support her population is he considers to be found in the excess of her agricultural population and the deficiency of her sources of industrial occu pation. Only 26 per cent., according to Mr. BARRY'S statistics, of the Scotch people are connected with agricultural pursuits, while 60 per cent. of the Irish depend upon them. "So that corn pared with Scotland her agricultural popu• - . lation is over two millions in excess. The extra capital of Scotland devoted to other industrial pursuits alone enables her to support the number of people that she does." Coming to the statistics of i ndustrial occupations, Mr. BARRY restricts himself tO two sources of wealth and employment common , to au Cierreaalts Britain and Ir e l an d. Th e tota l value of x34,3,0, i 2 7 . England, i n th e year 1 861, was employed sa , in Ireland, £235,629. Th e persons same year were in Gre a t B r it a i n d ur i ng the 737 , 6 62 in number •; in I re l an d 37,87 2 . In th ee , e then, We find a acc ount for a lar ge popu l a tion. Mr. BARRY , " directly enll i a 3 l of Great Brit a i n ," says oy n early twenty time s a s many persons a s those or this country, and the occupations con nected with minithii S s c a m r a c e n 1); ' merit to nearly one hundred a e d at n t g give employ while the population of that etmi this that e37 °Q i e tn : r e t y s n exceeds ours by three•fourths." Add nearly all the machinery used in Irel and England, and that a vast number of indu strialfrom occupations of all sorts exist in Great Britain which are unknown in Ireland, and we shall arrive at some idea of the pressing need that exists of sonl, vent being found for the enorgies of her people, rib well as some means for the support of tho unem- ployed. The easiest and most natural remedy for this state of things is no doubt to be found in emi gration. Men and women of all ages may depart at little more than the cost of their p ass age to an other sphere of labour, and be at once and for ever proveatod from adding to the care and respeu- * Irish Emigration Considered. By Michael Joseph BaiBaITY, Esq., B arr i ster - at -L aw, Nash, Princes-street, Cork, with universal consent the slightest notion of anything like party strife. Daring the session of this present year the political situa tion was altogether different. There was still a sort of a truce between Govern ment and Opposition ; bat, on the part of the latter, it was maintained, as one may say involuntarily. The strength of the Government all along lay principally in the popularity of Lord PALMERSTON. That popularity, however, showed to view very significant signs of decay this last twelvemontb. Two parliamentary indi cations of it, will be yet in popular remembrance. Mr. COBDEN'S slashing onslaught was one of them. The other was the total failure of the Prime Minister to save from an ignominious rejection his own proposition for the purchase, by the nations and for the nation, of the hideous International Exhibition Building at South Kensington. Hence it can create no surprise whatever, it can admit of no contradiction whatever, when we here assert that the maintenance of the Ministry in power this list year was not chiefly attributable, as it had been theretofore, to the popularity of our veteran Premier. On the contrary, it was chiefly owing to the purely accidental circumstance that the strengthened and serried Opposition could find no valid pretext or plea upon which to bring about a great party division, and so put their antagonists in a minority. That, we take it, is a fact:altogether undeniable. And equally undeniable, we cannot but think, is the assertion that since Parliament was prorogued, the Ministry have gained nothing whatever in prestige, that on the contrary their policy is more than even un popular, that their reputation is more seriously damaged than it was previously, that their position in various directions has been manifestly weakened. Under existing circumstances, we believe, therefore, that, in the coming session, there will be an end put at last to this long tolerated system of feebly tiding over things. The country is getting sick to death of so very flagrant a persistence in the policy of How Not To Do It. There are plenty of pleas now for a party fight at the choice of the powerful Conservative Opposition. If Ministers were really and actually the energetic Liberals, the ardent and enterprizing reformers they affected to be when they took office, we should regret the parliamentary prospect before them. As it is, we don't:the least in the world. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 186,% sibility of the authorities of their own land. The may find, and, y it is to be hoped, th a t , in most instances,they do find, remunerative employments in their new sphere of action, but at the same time there are some considerations that cannot fail to present themselves to the mind. In the first place the departure of large numbers of healthy active working men and women, and it is only such that are fit for emigration, cannot help exciting some feeling of regret, unless every means had been tried to provide them with work at home. This is not the case with Ireland even with her comparatively limited population, and it would certainly be more satisfactory if her internal capa cities were fully developed, and some of those sources which conduce to wealth and labour were opened for her people before they were driven to expatriate themselves from sheer want of work at hocae. Again it is a matter of regret that instead of adding to the strength and extent of our colonial possessions and transferring their allegiance from one branch of the British deminions to another, the Irish for the most part cross over to the United States, and become absorbed in the mixed popula tion of that country. Mr. BARRY considers this feature of the case the only thing to regret with re gard to Irish emigration. He suggests that some efforts might be made on the part of the Govern ment to direct them rather to our Canadian pro vinces by means of grants of crown lands, &c. At present there is not much chance for such a scheme when the bounty money for recruits is so high in the Federal States, but when this terrible war comes to a close the United States will probably offer less attractions, and we shall be glad to see this sugges tion carried out. Mr. BARRY, in closing his remarks on emigration, says happily enough in referring to the famous New Zealander who is to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's that we have at least the satis faction of reflecting that the New Zealander will be no untutored savage but a remote descendant of that great race, whose fallen glories he stands contem plating. We commend this little pamphlet to the notice of all interested in national emigration. It is impossible to peruse the address of M. VON SYBEL without feeling great concern for the state of things in Prussia at present. It would seem as if a great opportunity had been lost, and a rare chance thrown away by the mistaken notions and misguided zeal which actuates the Chamber in re spect to the affairs of Schleswig-riolstein. That topic now so prominently put forward, is apparently to prove fatal to the cause of Prussian independence since the expected champions for the rights of their own country seem merged into the advocates of extreme measures towards other States. The pro position made by M. VON SYBEL is a very mistaken one, and it is greatly to be regretted that there seems every chance of its being carried by a large majority. The proposal made to the KING to vio late the pledges made in a former treaty, comes strangely and startlingly from those who were sup posed to be striving to maintain intact and inviolate the spirit of the Constitution. The terms of the address are in themselves rather peculiar, and seem to speak significantly concerning the new style of things to be expected from this change of tactics. It is idle to expect that a body of men, who, for political purposes, can eagerly press on their ruler to violate pledges, and can themselves seek to de stroy the rights of others, can ever prove the stolid defenders of national liberties, and the unflinching advocates of popular measures which, it was hoped, the new Chamber of Deputies might become. All that expectation has faded away, the brightness of its promise is dimmed, and the advantages expected to accrue from the inauguration of this Chamber have utterly and com pletely vanislied. The language of the address is as strong as words can make it. There is no minc ing of the matter, and no hesitation in the expres sions used, but, on the contrary, a most vehement demand, and a strong argument are put forward in illustrating and exemplifying the affair. Thus we read that all Prussian activity in favour of these disputed States " must be called an act of self destruction, and again, further on it is said that all Germany will rally round the KING if he take up in earnest the case of Schleswig Holstein, and abjure the treaties of 1851 and 1852. This is coming to the point with fatal determination, and it is almost impossible to over-estimate the disas trous effect of such counsels alike to the giver and to the receiver. It is throwing back the work that seemed in a fair way of progress, and occasioning gloom and despondency in the minds of all well wishers to Prussia, instead of that feeling of trustful hope with which they were about to etzvisager the state of things. The framers and the advocates of this address appear to labour under a very un necessary fear that they will not as a body of repre sentatives be able to manifest their dissent from the policy now proposed in regard to the maintenance of former treaties and settlements, This is a very needless source of apprehension. They have disclosed their wishes only too plainly, and made too evident their desire that the former things should pass away, and that the order should be rescinded which gave anything like a chance of fair play to the disputed States. It is a sad and humiliating sight to witness the represen tatives of a people thus counselling and adjuring their Sovereign to break faith with foreign nations, and before the eyes of the world annul all prior en gagements of the most solemn nature and binding description. In the present instance it is doubly painful to behold this exhibition, for the very mo mentous events in the kingdom whence issue these extraordinary advices render doubly important every step taken and every principle promulgated by its representatives. The concluding passage of the address is as comprehensive as possible, and puts the seal to the whole affair. The KING is ad- vised to withdraw from the London Treaty, to re• cognise the Prince of AUGUSTENBERG, and to induce he German Diet to render him assistance in taking possession of his lands. When all these prelim naries have been se ttl e d, an d t h ese alterations de. ,ermined upon, the KING may count upon a sure and steady support frcm his Parliament. " The Chamber of Deputies has not a more heartfelt wish than to place all its means joyfully at the disposal of such a policy, openly expressed and harmonising with the will of the whole nation." " How are the mighty fallen," we may well exclaim, on reading such an avowal from the deputies. How greatly can men deceive themselves when they are once in- volved in a question of this sort, and how strange it appears that they have not sufficient discernment to comprehend the incalculable injury their proposal would inflict on their own country. Public honour and patriotic aspirations should surely point out a very different course, and the advantages expected to be derived from the desperate measures, if attained, Would be dearly purchased at the price that must be Paid for them. Once the feeling of confidence is gone, f whethe r i n public or private transactions, it f : r ll ::: d a : n a s m eti a t t i t rae e r n o t f s course a h i t g h h a e t r a n l l a respect a isd c o i n d e between the contracting parties. S o w ith P russ i a; will be e ast upo n ' she will fall imm easura bl y if now she renoun ce the claims of justice and th e consideration s o f honour the surr ounding S tates, and an her reputati on . proverbi a l obstinacy and I t j e to be hoped that the irretrievable e o v p a i b n l i e o a slur oi the well-known spirit of antagonism which actuate King WILLIAM, will prove of good stead in this emergency, and that he will unhesitatingly reject the purport of this address, and refuse to comply with the prayer of its petition. So will he best consult his own honour, and the interests of his kingdom, and secure the respect of foreign nations. M, Vox SYBEL and his coadjutors are in the posi tion of men who have got hold of an idea and are determined to carry it out coute qui coute. The influences that now prevail in Prussia seem to be all of the most adverse description, and each change only reveals a new difficulty or discloses a fresh complication. It may yet be that at the eleventh hour a favourable turn may 'be taken, but so far as can yet be prognosticated the prospect "looming in the future" is one of dark presage and direful foreboding, whether as concerns the internal in *erects of the nation, or the influences she must exercise on the solution of important events abroad, to sayof the i mper il l i ng of the fair fame and dishonour that is threaten e d t o h er th nothing e reputation by this new and unexpected turn of events. The position is one of uncertainty an peril, and the most unsatisfactory point of view is that neither King, Ministers, nor Deputies meet the emergency with a due sense of responsibility or the spirit that the occasion demands. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. • BOURSE, December 18.—The market shows little change, and in the limited business done prices have fluctuated bat little. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 20c. Mobilier is a shade lower, being Railway Shares quiet, terally maintained. The towards the close, and left last quoted at 1,022 f. 50c. with previous prices gen market slightly improved off as follows 41 per Cents .. 91 50 00. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 35 Credit Alobilier 1030 Do. end month 1030 Bank Shares '3355 Credit i , oneier ....1210 Roman Italian Loan 7l 50 Do. end month 7l 50 New ditto Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes.,, Home Debt 'Deferred RA IL WAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 965 667 50 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Geneva.. Southern .. Western Eastern Sardinian .. Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona . 922 50 .. 928 75 880 - .. - - 498 75 .. - - 680 - .. 681 25 607 50 .. - - 480 - .. 477 50 395 - .. 392 50 397 50 .. 397 60 518 75 .. 522 50 512 50 .. 515 - 615 - .. 615 - 301 25 .. - -. ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL. Yesterday afternoon a numerously attended de putation from the parishes of St. Saviour's and St. George's, Southwark, St. Mary's, Newington, Ber mondsey, and Camberwell, and the Corporation of London, waited upon Sir Roundell Palmer, M,P., the Attorney-General, at his chambers, New-square, for the purpose of representing to him the impro priety of giving his sanction to the suit now pend ing before Vice-Chancellor Page Wood autho rising the erection of St. Thomas's Hospital on whet is called the Stangate site. Among the de putation were Mr. Tite, M.P., Mr. T. Nelson, city solicitor, Mr. Scammell, Mr. Alderman Finnis, Mr. Neil, Mr. Parkes, Dr. Rendle, Mr. Darnell, Mr. Dennie, &c. Mr. Nelson, on the part of the City , Corporation, stated that he appeared there in sup port of what the corporation of London considered a right conferred upon them by the Charter of Edward VI. ; that charter authorised the corporation to erect St. Thomas's Hospital, expressly for the poor of the Borough of South work. It was true their character of governors waa modified by the Act of George 111., but still such power was retained by a specified number, which, in fact, left the government of the hospital still in the hands of the corporation. It was on behalf of the poor, for whose especial benefit the hospital in question was more particu larly erected, that he attended there to protest against the institution being removed to a district where the poor for whom it was intended would receive no benefit. Mr. Scammell, on behalf of the Common Council, said that body had come to an unanimous vote against the propriety of erecting the hospital on the proposed site at Stangate. It was taking the hospital entirely into a new district. Dr. Rendle, of St: George's, Southwark, who appeared on behalf of the parishes south of the Thames, entered into a variety of statistics, showing that the number of patients making application had greatly increased ever since the hospital had been removed to the Surrey Gardens. In the last 10 months they had amounted to no less than 68,000. It was true Guy's Hospital was left in the old locality but the patients there had risen from 30,000 in 1859, over 50,000 in 1861, to 63,000 in 1862 ; all which showed the ne cessity for retaining the institution as nearly as possible to its original locality. As to the pro posed site at Stangate, he had himself addressed letters to the chief medical men on the south side of the Thames, to the number, be thought, of 2,119, and from 107 of them he had received replies con demning the proposed site as altogether unfitted for the purposes of an hospital. It was sur rounded by numbers of unwholesome and delete terious manufactories, while it was, besides, a well known fact that the tide flowed up as far as Wandsworth, and the probability was that some of the sewage which would at an early day be emptied into the Thames at Erith would be floated back by the tide at all events as far as Westminster. He 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, he could not see the wisdom of paying £95,000 for the privilege of building a hospital on the muddy banks of the Thames. Mr. Tite, M.P., on the part of the go vernors of the hospital, justified the course they had adopted. He detailed all the circumstances which had taken place since the date of his opposition in Parliament to the proposal to take the site of the old hospital for the purposes of Charing-cross rail way up to the present time. The three sites which had been placed before the governors were the Surrey Gardens, where the hospital was at present located; a site near the Elephant and Castle, New ington ; and Bethlehem Hospital. In regard to the first, their own medical officers condemned it as being low-lying and unhealthy, besides that before they could have built a hospital such as was re quired they would have to purchase a large portion of the adjoining property. In doing that he found they would be in a different position from railway companies, as he was informed by Lord Redesdale, the Chairman of the Committee of the House of Lords, iu any bill they might present to that House, enabling them to purchase the property necessary for such building no compulsory powers would be conceded. As to the second site, at the Elephant and Castle, the same objections existed. It lay at the back of the houses, and before it could have been opened up for the purposes of a hos pital a considerable extent of new road would have had to be made. Then, as to Bethlehem, they considered that as there were great doubts as to the propriety of removing that institution into the country, and as a very large expenditure must have been incurred to make it fitting for the pur poses of the hospital, their better plan was to accept the site at Stangate, which in point of distance was similar to Bethlehem, and in point of expense a great deal less. He desired, also, to take the oppor tunity of stating in respect of what had been as serted, as to the insalubrity of the Stangate site, that all their medical officers had expressed a favour able opinion on that point, while they stated, in addition, a fact which had hitherto been overlooked, that persons meeting with accidents on the Thames, or at the numerous works and wharfs along its banks, could be conveyed in boats along the river to the hospital with very little trouble or inconveni- ence. Mr. Wainwright, the solicitor to the gover nors, then addressed the Attorney-General in favour of the site adopted by them. The Attorney-General asked whether the City of London appeared there in its corporate capacity or as individual governors of the hospital. Mr. Nqleon replied that he was authorised to represent the city in its corporate capacity. The Attorney-General then said he cer tainly thought that the representatives of the parishes who had appeared before him would be incurring unneemsary expense in going before the Vice-Chancellor by counsel in the matter. He could not, therefore, give his assent to their doing so. In regard to the corporation of the city of London the matter seemed different, and should they satisfy the Vice-Chancellor as to their right to appear he should not object to their having a locus stanch in the mat ter. Dr. itendle expressed his satisfaction with the reply of the learoedgentleman, as be had no doubt that the city of London would truly represent the Feelings and the wishes of the united parishes on the question. The deputation then withdrew. A NEW STORY, BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE HEIR OP REDCLYITE," entitled " The Clever Woman of the Family," with illustrations by Florence Claxton, will commence in the January number of the Churchman's Family Magazine. VISIT OF MR. BRIGHT TO BIRAIINGIIA3I.---Wts ((Birmingham Post) hav e muc h plessuro in etatiug that our townsmen may look forward to an early visit from Mr. Bright. Shortly after Christmas we may expect both Mr. Bright and Mr. Scholefield to visit Birmingham for the purpose of addressing their. constituents ..bFfore the opening of Parliament. METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Comparatively few of the wealthy and benevolent of this country are aware of the existence of this invaluable institution. It occupies no proud position in a leading thoroughfare, where it may attract the attention and invite the liberal contribution of the passer-by : but, situate in the midst of a densely populated and notoriously poor district, immediately contiguous to the overcrowded parishes of Spita:fields, Bethnal-green, Whitechapel, and Shoreditch, it effects an amount of good amongst the extremely poor second to none of the more wealthy institutions of a similar kind. It is unendowed and dependent entirely upon voluntary contributions for its support. In the year ending Dec. 31, 1862, the attendances of poor patients for medical and sur gical relief reach e d th e enormous amount of 103,933; the income for under £3,000 . I t has by a f ew Ci ty merchants h in it c her e to been principallysupported and their friends; but, owing to the fact of its being en tirely free, no letter of recommendation being required to obtain admittance, arid also to the removal of St. Thomas's Hospital, the applications for relief have increased so rapidly as to render it absolutely necessary to seek for some more general support. Believing an appeal in your columns is rarely if ever made in vain, the committee earnestly so licit your insertion of this plain statement of facts, in the hope that many will be induced at this season of the year, in the fulness of their hearts, out of the store with which they have been blessed, to assist in endeavouring to alleviate the sufferings and distress of the sick and destitute.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, JNO. GURNEY FRY. Metropolitan Free Hospital, Devonshire.. square, Bishopsgate. Death of the Rev. T. Forshall, M, 6,, F.E.S. We have to announce, and so soon after the decease of the Rev. Dr. M'Caul, the removal of another ripe and sound Biblical scholar by the death of the Rev. Josiah Forshall, M.A., F.R.S., some time fellow and tutor of Exeter Col lege, Oxford, and subsequently keeper of MSS. and also secretary of the British Museum. Mr. Forshall entered Exeter College as a commoner in 1814. He took his degree of B.A. in 1818, obtaining a first class in mathematics and second class in lit. hum. In 1821 he proceeded M.A. In 1519-20 he was ordained deacon and priest respectively by the Bishop of Oxford. Mr. Forshall's first appointment to the British Museum dated from 1824, when he was nomi nated assistant-keeper of the MSS. by Archbishop Howley, who always entertained the highest opinion, no less of his personal worth, integrity, and gentlemanly bearing, than of his scholarly accomplishments and great learning. Mr. Forshall's active connection with the British Museum was only severed in 1851, when he retired from the secretary ship, in the enjoyment of a pension, and carrying with him the reputation of being one of the most accurate and deeply versed scholars of the day on all matters connected with the MSS. of the Bible. At the period of his death Mr. Forshall was occupied in preparing for press, at his own expense, " The Holy Gospels in the Received Text of the Greek, with various readings. • , • • • Ex posing the error s o f mo d ern e di tors, and maintaining the general integrity of Scripture, as read in the Church of England." A few specimen pages lie before us es we write these lines, and for beauty of type, convenience of form, and unexampled laboriousness of search, they promise a work altogether invaluable to the student of the Bible. Mr. Forshall has carried with him the peculiar qualifica tions, both natural and acquired, for the completion of his plan, and it is to be regretted that a work of so much pro raise, from the pen of one so completely versed in the codices of the Greek Testament, must lie unfinished. De serving of great commendation are Mr. Forshall's recently published English edition of the four Gospels, printed in a oheap form, "fur the use of schools and young students." The Gospel according to St. Mark, of this series, has al.. ready taken its place as a text-book for candidates for holy orders, chiefly owing to the valuable introduction which precedes it. It contains also some very piquant "cautions against the Greek Testament of Dean Alford and the Hulsean lectures of Dean (now Bishop) Ellicott." Mr, Forshall was a thorough scholar of the massive old Eng lish divinity school. He looked wistfully askance at what he considered the empirical attempts of modern theology to elucidate and to furnish amended readings of the sacred text. Mr. Forshall died yesterday (Friday), at his residence, Russell-square, at half-past 5 a . m . Hi s 49, Wobu rn -pl a c©, removal will prove a great loss to the Royal Society, of which he was a distinguished member. ST. THOMAS'S -DAY, (From. the City Press.) On Monday next the customary Wardmotes will be held, for the election of "fit and proper persons" to represent the variety; Wards in the Court of Common Council for the. ensuing year. The following is a resume of the changes, which on this occasion are somewhat more numerous than usual : Aldersgato Ward—Mr Paterson throws down the gauntlet, the whole of the present members again present ing themselves. Aldgate—Mr 11. Hill Withdraws. Mr Dresser Rogers, Mr Broad water, and Mr J. C. DAvis aro candidates. Bishopsgate—Mr Geddes retires. Mr T. S. Richards and Mr G. W. C. Dean came forward, and Mr G. Richard son has been nominated. Bread-street—Mr A. J. Coles has been nominated; so also have the whole of the present members. Bridge—ln consequence of Mr Pay's death four candi dates have come forward, viz,, Mr H, Gover n Mr W. May, Mr J. T. Moss, and Mr R. P. Taylor. Castle Baynard—Mr Hadley retires, The new candi dates are Mr J. 11. Hale, Mr Christopher Walton, and Mr T. Douglass. Colman -street—Mr Sheriff Cave, Mr E. Hart, and Mr A, Digby will contest the vacant seat of Mr W. H. Roberts. Farringdon without—Mr Botterill, Mr Warwick, Mr F. Cox, and Mr J. Criape come forward. Mr M‘Lauchlin retires. Portsoken—Mr Charles Barber and Mr Thomas Woodley have issued addresses, Mr J. G, Rhoads has been men tioned, Mr Deputy Annie withdraws from the repre sentation. Queenhithe--Mr G. Rayment retires. Tower—The only candidate really in the field for the vacancy caused by Mr. Deputy Turnbull's retirement ap pears to be Mr J. Northway. Yintry—Mr R. Tees retires. In the following wards no changes are anticipated : Bassishaw, Billingsgate, Broad-street, Candlewick, Cheap, Cordwainer, Cornhill, Cripplegate (Within and Without), Dowgate, Farringdou Without, Lsngbourn, Lime-street, and Walbrook, ACCIDENTS ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. —About half-past 10 on Thursday evening a coal train was travelling on the up lino of the Great Northern Railway. When two miles from Corby the drawing-up bar between two of the trucks broke, causing the train to part. The pin buried itselt in a slanting position in a sleeper, and the last part of the train, running upon it, was thrown off on the down line. Under the superintendence of Mr. Dance and a staff from Peterborough the lines were cleared, and the traffic resumed about 7 o'clock yesterday morning. This had scarcely been effected, however, when another 'accident more serious than the first occurred. The traffic was being worked on a single line between Bythatc and Corby. Six trains had successfully passed, and a cattle train was waiting its turn, when a coal train, running past • all the signals, dashed into it. The shock was so severe that many of the cattle were killed and others jerked out of the trucks. A drover was injured, and the driver of the coal train was also hurt. The damage to the trucks, ike., was very great, and the two accidents threw the traffic of the line into the utmost confusion, the trains from the North having to be passed round by way of Sleaford and Boston. A COMMISSAIRE OF POLICE the other day arrested on his way from Boulogne to the steamboat for England a person who had absconded from Paris with £120,000 worth of diamonds belonging to his Highness the Duke of Bruns wick, LITERATURE. Three Months in Me Southern States. April—June, 1863. By Lieut.-Colonel Fremantle, Coldstream Guards. One Vol., pp. 316, Wm. Blackwood and Sons. A cordial welcome is due to this really delightful record of a quarter's run through the Southern States of North America. Although some of the most interesting parts of the work made their appearance in a fragmentary form but very recently in the pages of Blackwood's Magazine, Colonel Fremantle's narrative of his sojourn among the Confederate!, as published fragmentarily in Maga, has won its way so instantly to the appreciation of Maya's mul titude of readers, that it comes back to us now, in a completed form, as nothing less than an old friend —not a mere passing acquaintance, but an old friend —with a new face and body ! It is something to have yet another truthful delineation of the Southern army and of the Southern generals from the hand of an English gentleman—in this instance of an English officer and gentleman. Colonel Fremantle tells us in his preface that he went across the Atlantic with a view to observe the actual state of things, there, with his own eyes, incited so to do not merely by what some might deem just idle curiosity, but out of his hearty soldierly sympathy for the gallant stand taken, from the very outset of this dreadful civil war, against tremendous odds, by the Confederates. It will be recognised by the habitual readers of Ebony that it was the latter portion of the volume only, that, through the medium of that eminent periodical, has already been pub lished. The rest of the book will be found by those who turn it over, entirely new and original. We cannot but regret, as we do in fact in the instance of almost every diary that we remember to have seen at any time published —we cannot but seriously regret that much of the gallant author's jottings by the way in his Diary had not been eliminated from it as entirely superfluous before the MS. was trans formed into letterpress. There is in it so much that is superfluous, here and there so much that is really and truly frivolous ! What possibly is the use of telling us at p. 2, under date 23d March, that they " knocked off steam when outside the harbour." Had the volume been weeded down from upwards of three hundred pages to some two hundred at the very utmost, it would have been much more readable in the first instance, and in the next place would, in in all probability, have left behind it, after its perusal, a much more lasting impression. As it is, however, we cannot but regard ourselves as most un gracious when taking even this exception to a work, for the animation of which, and for the evidence of keen observation in which, we are altogether under a very lively sense of obligation to Colonel Fremantle. It should be remarked in reference to the author of the volume that he was during his three months' stay in the Southern States a constant travelling companion of that very brilliant writer, Mr. Frank Liwley, once upon a time Mr. Gladstone's private secretary, now the limes' Southern Correspondent. Another particular of no inconsiderable interest in its way, needs hardly perhaps that we should here distinctly state it, being in effect one that might be regarded at once as a mere matter of course in regard to the gallant Colonel of the Coldstream Guards, to wit, his immediate access and personal intercourse with all the leading public men among the Confederates, especially with all the distinguished members of his own pro- fession there—including Lee himself and the chief among that great warrior's paladin-lieutenants! As an additional item of interest in reference to a volume, which in its letterpress contents alone is so very acceptable and delightful, it should be said that scattered through it,among the letterprese they serve so charmingly to illustrate are portraits, engraved from recent photographs, of several among the most illustrious leaders of the Confederates, As the frontispiece, we have, of course, the versimilitude of no other than the renowned President • of the Confederates. And among the lineaments of Mr. Davis as there pourtrayed (from a photograph, be it remembered!) though the countenance of the Southern President is almost as lantern-jawed as the better-known visage of the Northern President, we can readily understand the force of Colonel Fremantle's assurance that Jefferson Davis is every inch— (and there are a good many of them by the way, for like his Northern rival he is tall in stature)—a Gentleman. A statement that, for certain, never by any possibility could be uttered in regard to Abraham Lincoln. Thin in figure, almost gaunt in face, Mr. Davis is comely, agreeable, amiable in expression, and we can readily believe, as physiognomists, how inevitably he succeeds, by his mere courtesy of bearing, in win ning the hearts of all those who approach him. I is above all things, thus, by reason of his being, in one word—a " gentleman." With still more in terest almost we turn to examine the portraiture (again from a recent photograph) confronting p. 253 upon which we find the pen and ink limning of the original of that engraved likeness—General Robert E. Lee, the heroic and gifted Commander in-Chief of the Confederate army. " General Lee," says Colonel Fremantle, with startling emphasis— " GENERAL LEE is almost without exception the handsomest man of his age I ever saw. He is fifty. six years old, tall, broad shouldered, very well made, well set up, a thorough soldier in appear ance ; and his manners are most courteous and full of dignity." The Colonel adds, "Heis a perfect gentleman in every respect." And, further on, he even Writes thus of him—" Through out the South, all agree zn pronouncing Mm to be as near perfection as a man can be !" His bitterer enemies, we are told, have never accused him o vice of any kind : even of what are called the emal vices, i.e., smoking, drinking, chewing (Colone Fremantle counts among them, we obser;e, swear ing !") General Lee has no knowledge ! Idolised by men and officers, all of whom are ready to go any where, to do anything, at his behest, General Lee holds firmly within his grasp those dread thunder• bolts of war he has so often already hurled hither and thither with an unerring hand againai that gigantic but lubberly antagonistic o _ _ he Confederates, the Northern or Federal Power, General Longetreet, the bosom friend, the veritable brother-in-arms, of the great Southern Com- wander-in-Chief; is described no less vividly, a little earlier, in his narrative, by Colonel Fremantle —opposite whose description we have a charming portraiture of that same brave and devoted corn- mander, Lieut.-General James Longstreet. Here, too, in other portions of the work, are to be found graphic portraits and equally graphic descriptions . _ of General Leonidas Polk, of General Joseph John ston, and of General G. T. Beauregard—portraits and descriptions alike wonderfully realistic. The volume altogether is a most valuable, and doubly valuable because likewise a most timely and oppor tune, little treasury of information—with Colonel Fremantle's name upon the title page, it needs hardily be said, of perfectly reliable information. THE VINTAGE ALMANAC FOR 1864. In order that its numberless patrons should not lack the usual useful information universally required at the com mencement of the new year, the - Vintage Wino Company have published an almanac of a very novel and interesting description. The attractive little volume, in addition usual diary, contains a variety of hints addressed more to wine consumers, but to the public geer:ties, and the especially as to the purity, the dietetie li r i properties, i n teresting consumption of wine. There is also . h, o e the whole, account of the vi auto of 1863, i towitb.! the Vintage Wine feature of The great distinguishing ap pears to have been the most tending a most obstinate oppo sition is that, notwithstanding favourable for many years, priced rivals, the directors sition on the part of h were enabled to int roduce to the public wi nes from Op or to, Xeres, and o ther places, at p r i ces at that t i me unheard of.o Cadiz, The res ult of the oppositi on was to excite c om ida Sherry; and certainly, from the statistics curiosity, and that curiosity naturally led to ft trial of the ',.('''' s it a ppears that when once that wine have obtained a given, it quality, purity, and cheapness has invariably led to it s general consumption. Our forefathers— good old fa shioned souls--used to say, " Good wine needs no bush." Most certainly we can affirm that the 18s. sherry of the Vintage Company needs no puffing. To the curious, we say call - at. 14, Bloomsbury-street, taste the wine, and judis o of its quality. Nut only will the con noisseur find there the particular article above specified, - but an abundance of other wines, all of , whlch have been 1 niported under the high rate of duty;' ' ' • 1 t" tiffilli ‘`' Nt it ' t. • . c .. , .. - . ' 4 , i .- lIER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 18. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High" nesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, P r ince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, and her Serene High ness Princess Hohenlohe, left Windsor Castle a t a quarter past eleven o'clock this morning for Osborne. The suit consisted of the Dowager Countess of Mount-Edgcumbe, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the . 11 °' Caroline Cavendish, Lord Alfred Paget, General the Hon. C. Grey, Colonel the Hon• Sir C. B. Phipps, Dr. Holzmann, and Mr. Buff. Countess Blucher left the Castle for Osborne on a visit to her Majesty. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales gave a grand dinner party on ThurtadaY night at Frogmore House, at which their M ai Highnesses the Princesses Helena and Louise wer e present. Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel And the Countess of Macclesfield had the honour of being present. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of COI' bridge and the Princess Mary lunched at Frogcl House yesterday with the Prince and Prince' s ° Wales, and returned to Kew in the afterc° °li i Major Purves was in attendance on their Mr Highnesses. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attendea. by Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, went out WOO shooting in the pr e se r v es o f th e H ome P a rk Pe ter' day afternoon. The Crown Prince and Princess of PrllSS ia i• We briefly announced yesterday the ar rival °.- a their Royal Highnesses the Crown Princ© l in Crown Princess of Prussia at Brussels on Tuesd 4 / evening, accompanied by their children, Pr iflc° William, Princess Charlotte, and Prince fier ir l c Their royal highnesses were received at the Br gs ; sell railway station by the Count of Flanders, The was attended by several orderly officers. 1111 Prussian Minister at Brussels was also present. t The prince and princess were conveyed in C °tlr carriages to the palace, where apartments had b eep p prepared for their reception, and immodiatell ° O their arrival they had an intervi e w with th Duchess of Brabant. The dinner party in the evening comprised th e Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia/ th u Duchess of Brabant, the Count of Flanders , t' e Minister of England and Prussia, and some bers of the royal suites. Oa Wednesday the Crown Prince and Cr ° l Princess of Prussia visited the King of the Belg ian.- at Laeken, and were also present with the Colol te , t ss , of Brabant and the Count of Flanders at the Deum which was chanted at the cathedral of St Gudule, at Brussels, in celebration of the N•irig -73d birthday. The New Judge. (From the Law Times of this day.) Heartily do we congratulate Mr. Sergeant Sh e l f : on his elevation to the vacant Judgeship. We than the Lord Chancellor for the moral courage be 118° displayed in following the promptings of his ° w° large and liberal mind, in defiance of that adverse pressure, whose power can be rightly measured 0011 by those who have been subjected to it. Still more heartily do we congratulate the profession upon till establishment of the principle that its prizes 031 be open to professional merit, whatever its party e r creed; the public upon the triumph of the grea t principle of civil and religious liberty which was 19 issue; and the Court of Queen's Bench upon the accession to it of our most able and accomplis hed advocate, who has already proved his capacity fo r the judgment-seat. (From the Weekly Register of this clay.) One of the most remarkable events of the week, and indeed of the age, is the elevation of Sergeant Shee, a Catholic lawyer, to a Puisne Judgeship ill the Court of Queen's Bench. Mr. Justice She° has the honour of being the first Catholic Judge appointed in England for centuries, and, lik e the first Catholic judge appointed in Ireland, th e late Sir Michael O'Loghlan, will, if we be not verY, greatly mistaken, be an ornament to the judi cial Bench. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset, accompanied by Edward Lord St. Maur, leave the Admiralty to -day le r Stover-park, Devonshire. The Duke of Athole, according to accounts re ceived in town yesterday, was in the same low state. I lia grace still retains his strength. The Duke and Euchess of Beaufort will entertain a large family party at Badminton, their seat in Gloucester shire, during the Christmas holidays. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury returned to Hatfield House, Herts, from visiting the 1) " -.6 and Duchess of Wellington. The Earl of Clare's health is in rather a more satisfactory state. The Earl and Countess of Leicester Will enter tain a large party at Holkham Hall, Norfolk, "ring holidays. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left tows yes terday for Hawarden Castle, Chester. The Right Hon. Thomas M. Gibson, MY.' left town yesterday for his seat in Suffulk, to pass the max holidays. ffe The Countess of Desart and L a d y Alice Co r have arrived in town fr om Ireland, and have since le ft ..° c l Stackpole Park, Pembrok es hi re , on a v i s it t o th e Earl „ Countess of Cawdor. The Dowager Lady Ch es h am h as arr ived at t lle Hoo, Herts, on a v i s it t o h er l a d ys hi p ' s d aug hter, Il itii Dacres. Her health has of late greatly improved. .„. 0 Their Royal Highnesses Princ e Alf re d and 1 9 r“ ) ;,. William of Hesse were to leave Edi n b urg h yesterday Windsor Castle, in order to join the Royal Family at 0- borne for Christmas. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador and Di° son, M. Paul Musurus, arrived at Paris yesterday fr°re Naples and Rome, having left Const an ti no pl e exactly weeks since. His excellency and son are ex pected to err home to-day. ; 0 5 1, LORD COWLEY has declined to ren ew ,-- g3 ,3r at Chantilly, whence, very n a t ura lly, th ere are afloat D" surmises as to the cause of this i nat ive THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD.—The only of-Great Britain who holds an important Pci s ' L l ;ll, about the French court is a Scotchman, named Calecry. who superintends the Royal studs u n d er G e neral %. ° ,i i eu Mr. Campbell lived with the Empe r o r o f th e French Ig or v the latter losided in England, and accom p an i e d the 4.-131 ' in the Italian wars. met Mr. E. Howes, M.P. for E as t Norfolk, has of with an accident this week while shooting en the estate Mr. H. N. Burrough es , o f B ur li ng ham, a stray shot b struck his eye, by which, it is feared, his sight will affected. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF COFFER,--The p rice of manufactured and unmanufact ured copper was on Thurs.. h d a halfpenny per pan ,We understand t hat a subscription has been s et day advanced £5 per ton. Yellow metal sheathin g and composite nails were also advance on foot amongst Colonel Crawley's brother officers t° defray o Cardigan has generously headed the a nd that the Earl of the expenses to whieh he has been p ut by the court Inertia li s t with the SUM of £lOO. M JULLIEN'S 13AL D'OPERA.--013 Monday even " j u g the successful series of c oncer t s at h er Majestl 3 Theatre will be terminated with a fancy dress ball, eft sca le which has n o t b een attempted in London for Bove'''. years. Everything in is to be that can m insure jreugliojeond,srervguclarttiooins will be putrequisition ; th e b and is to number 110 per f ormers; the dance music e, inclu' ding compositi ons b y himself, his father, Labitzky, Gong and Strauss ; thn supper will bo supplied by the firm ° Epitaux, of the Opera Colonnade; and the arrangenie nta for dancing to be under the direction of 12 masters of the ceremonies. , A GOOD GRIF.—" Does the razor take hold gel' a , inquired a barber, who was shaving a gentleman from ti. 7 country. " Yes," replied the customer, with tears in eyes ; "it takes hold first rate, but it dont let go very easi l li o SALE OF NEGROES.—At their last auctiotl 03 Messrs. Pannill and Son offered several negroes, three of whom brought the following excellent prices Jane, 10 years of age, 3,100 doll, ; John Smith, 17 ye ars ,° age, 3,450 dole. ; John -, 19 years of age, 3,900 d 0,0: The recent sales of ne B roes in this city evince the fa ct thab the people have th e mos t un b oun ded confidence in the 6126; cess of our cause. Prices continue to advance slowly an t steadily, and where a good hand of either sex is p ut UP ad auction the bidding is always spirited. Negroes are bou ll , s to continue high, from the fact that the exi,s,-encies of 0 . war have reduced the number very materially in the Sou',ll' —Petersburg Express, I I S