The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-21 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ting DAY.—Morning, 11h. 12m.—A,ft5rnoon, 11h. 45m. 170-moßßow.-Morning, h. m.—Aftornoon, 12h. 15m. 4.1.1.01101,....• . .. - - NGLAN.C ) 'S - CONGRESS, in the CHRIST3LA S DOUBLE NUMBER of FUN, on .t.D.NESDAY. ( 111 e Penny. ROYAL ENG LISH OPERA, C 'OVENT-GARDEN. Under the Man ac,rement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. On BOXING NIC 'MT (Saturday, Dec. 26), to commence With the Second Act of Baife's popular opera, Till 6 BOELEMIAN GIRL. After which, a Grand Christm ent as itled Pantomime, on a stale of Unprecedented m.agn [Emu" , HAR,LEQUIN GEORGE AND THE DRAGON . D o ors open at t if-past Six—Commence at Seven. 0 y A LYCEUM THEATRE. IR, Under the .5 oh Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DENIONIO ( nTriumphant Success) will be repeated isOXI NG NIGH' , , Saturday, Dec. 20, MONDAY, D ec . 28, E v ening c uring the Week. on Exery THIS EVENING, 1 he performance will commence with a N e w and Original .1 r arce, ,entitled THE LOST CIIILD : bless 8. Widdicom le, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, 3loreland ; Misses Pen cy, Pauline L e: l ercq , W o od, Mrs. Lee, ands' is E. Lavenu. After which, at Ei2t t o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love story, in Twelve Tat) ii :aux, taken from Stendhal's Italian Chronicle ," by Mr. lohn Brougnaitt. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, s !pported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, 1 it :ymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss Bls te Terry, E. Lavenu, rs. Lee, and alias Elsworthy. The Public are entr( to ted to take notice that No Charge Is made to the occupants . of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for th a sate keeping 01 hat-4 and cloaks, and teat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-Oice open e Laily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, A GAME OF SPECULATION. Messrs. Chap. Math ems, Chippendale, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, Braid, lior , ;kom, &c. ; Mesdames Fitzwilliam, Griffith, &c. Followed by TM i; GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles 151011CW8, Compton,,Weathersby, &c.; Mesdames C. Mathews, I Keeley. Griffith, &c. With COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And LITTLE D AISY. Commence at 7. R OY AL ST.. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER, O will PEN on BOXING NIGH I.'.—Amongst the artists engaged are Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul tsedford, and Mr Cha , •les Mathews; Mrs. Stirling, Mr s. Frank Mathewsand , Miss Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Wentworth, Mrs. Clisrles Mathews. On BOXING .NIGHT, the new Comic Drama of the HEN AND CHICKEN S : Mrs. Stirling in her original character. Atter which, a Comical Congtomative Christmas or, Absur dity, by Henry J Byr on, Esq. and entitled THE SENsATION6 OF THE PAS ' T SEASN, with a Shameful R ev elation of Lady Somebody's Secret. O New Scenery by Danson and Sons. Appo intments by Mr. Ireland. Music by 31. Wallersteirt. Principal charact ers by Mr. J. L. Toole Mr. Paul Bedford, Miss Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, &c. And the BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS : Mr. J. L. Toole in Isis original character. W THEATRE -BO YAL, ADELPHI.— AN Sole Proprietor and Manager. M. B. Webster. THIS E VENING, THE PItETTY fMRSEBREAKER Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, and Miss Woo!gar. t 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Bth weer of Miss Bate man, a - n suppor ted by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, 811- linion, Stuart , S te p henson, Ebur ne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Killington. T o conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. 31r. J. L. Toole. Commence at 7. LEAH.-EYERY NIGHT. BAT EMAN.—LEAH.—Tms EVENING, the 68th appearance of the neat Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LIAM In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the priLcipal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEATI has been attended. Mr PVebster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanboroug - h. THIS EVENING, NIIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, 'Miss K. Saville, and Miss Minders. Followed by (24th time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The Return of Ulysses. Messrs. Honey and Fenton ; Mesdames Ewanborough aad Simpson. Alter which, MT NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. 111-IE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing; the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, an be had Every Evening . of G. R. GLP,NIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, Dec. 21, 1863. -~ -- THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 4B Barometer-30.47. Wind—S.-W. ; light, and cloudy. Dv 40 ( 1-^ 7 , ‘ , „Art" : sl? „ at iz L. , c ,„"7,......: . : Int LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 21, 1563. While the general public finds an object of in terest in following the vicissitudes of the American armies, and speculating upon the next move, or counter move in that perplexing struggle, the poli tician and the theorist discover an absorbing source of contemplation in pondering over the merits and demerits of the Republican form of Government as evidenced by the result of the American Union. A thoughtful writer, who has meditated on the question, and whose opinions, although from his national and natural partialities they must be taken cum grano salis, are worthy of consideration, has just furnished ns with his individual theories on the rise and fall of the Model Republic. a The so-called Model Republic, as this -writer truly reminds us, has long bi_eett the favourite example triu m ph an tly brought forward by the advocates of v De mocracy,ht. to illustrate the practic a l a d van t ages now, a r t ta.'yourite theory of Government. Wh ereas Present moment, their own words are in the mou ths _ et their opponents, and " Behold the Model Repuba, m . is the derisive retort of the anti democrat. The present disastrous disturbances, how ever, with all their c omplicated evil consequences do not, as tie author of this work justly argues, affect the prinples of democracy, or afford any conclusive against the evidence Republican form of Administration, " because in a thousand in stances similar results hay% 'h ; gualised the career of monaTchies, and other oi -"sr nments." Every human institution is necessarily imperfect and carries in its very constitution the elements of its de struetion. Th e principles, h give vitality -c wever, by whick/ oar human systems should a -0 animated if tbey are true, are like the souls which to our bodies, undying and unaffected by a ny teal. porary mutation of affairs. It is not to-day, or in this country, that there is any occasion to Justice,' upon those g rea t pr i nc i p l es o f liberty, j and and the greatest good of the greatest number, which alone can give life and longevity to any form of Pcrwer, whether its name be republican or monarchi sel, elective or hereditary. We will hope, na y more, we feel persuaded, that, wh en th e d ar k tem p e st cloud has cleared away and the temporary insanity of civil discord has subsided, our Anglo- Saxon brethren on the other side of the Atlantic will be true to their ancestors and their antece dents, and give to the world an illustration, not in tame but in reality, of the beneficial influences of liberty, and, above all, of liberality ! It has always been an anomaly—a source of indig nant grief to the levers of freedom, and of mali cious ridicule to their opponents—that spectacle to which We have been so many years familiar of a Slave holding ltepublic. While t he American retains the scourge in the one hand, nu wonder that sceptic's look semewh at askance at the banner of liberty l ie so ostentatiously flourishes ix the other ! Such doubts, however, are far from suggest ing themselves to this writer on the model ae f public. He is a Southerner, and conefquently slavery is innocuous in his sight. We may indulge the aspiration, nevertheless, that in their day of com ing triumph and national independen ce the film may fall from thn eyes of his gallant countrymen. The main cause of the disruption of the Union, as set forth in this very able work, is, neeordint4 * The Rise and Fall of the Model Republic, j;;; ----- Williams, late American Minister to Turkey; autiZ e n s , " The South Vindicated." 1 Vol., p, 424. Bentley, to its writer's opinion, the Presiden tial election. With many elaborate and unanswerable explanations, he demonstrates the demoralising effects of the four - yearly election, and declares that the panacea for every evil would be a President without an Elec tion. In order to obtain this desideratum he suggests that the Presidential term of office should ba fixed at eight or even ten years, and that at the expiration of that period the Senator who had served in that body for the greatest length of years should become President, and the Senator next below him Vice-President. While dilating upon the merits of this plan, its advocate is not blind to many objec tions which may be raised against it. What ever the future may have in store, whatever may be the issue of the struggle, one fact is certain, and it constitutes the first and the last sentence of the book we have been referringio—" The American Union, as it existed in the days of WASHINGTON, is no more and never will be again." The troops of the German Confederation have commenced their march, according to the lates t intelligence, and the crisis of this long-pending die. pute is now beco min g imminen t. The Hanoverir ee s , having been addressed by their King, who exh'a,:ted them as if they were about to enter on th a most glorious campaign —and the Saxons, have passed Magdeburg with all the pomp of war, 'The Aus trians—who as yet number but 5,500 m er,, althcagh reinforcements to the extent of 15,000 are in readi ness—are also on the move, though in a quieter fashion. It is said, and the ruraour is gaining ground, that the Danish troops have orders to retreat peaceably on the approach of the Federal troops. But on the other hanii it is asserted that the Danes will oppose the German invaders by means not less effectual than -a recourse to arms, by cutting the railway communications and by de stroying bridges. The Danes will probably retreat beyond the Eyder, which divides Schleswig from Holstein, as the Elbe separates Holstein from Hanover ; but further they must not go. The King and his Ministers will probably endeavour by every reasonable means in their power to avoid those open hostilities which might probably foreshadow a long course of struggle and years of warfare, destructive alike to the comfort and social welfare of the people and to their moral and material progress. But their concessions should not go too far. The right of Denmark to exercise jurisdiction over Schleswig must be maintained at any odds, and the insolent pretensions of the Diet must be curbed. It is but too probable that the more the Danes yield to their demands the further will they en croach, and will construe attempts at conciliation into signs of weakness. We have just had a nota ble example of this. It was immediately after the promulgation of the decree of the 30th of March, granting Nolstein its separate constitution, that threats of Federal execution were first talked of. That decree, although outstripping the claims of the Holsteiners, excited the greatest indignation and opposition in Germany, as most politicians and jour nalists in England foresaw. It was at once seen by the Germans that the proclamation, while fully sa tisfying the legal rights of Holstein, left them no plea for interference in the neighbouring duchy. Accordingly, the complaints and remonstrances with which the King of DENMARK had been fa voured for a good many years rose into threats, and the proclamation became the grand cause . of com plaint. Since the late KING'S death his successor has withdrawn the offensive manifesto, thus alto gether removing the plea for armed intervention. But this concession has produced no effect whatever on the excited Germans ; now it is contended that the new constitution for Denmark and Schleswig should also be withdrawn. It has been rumoured that the KING and his advisers have contemplated taking this step, but it is very mach to be hoped that they have no such intention. The Germans can have no possible right to interfere in the inter nal legislation of the Danish kingdom, and if the Danes claim the Duchy of Schleswig as an integral portion of it, it would be a:great mistake to revoke an important act like the granting of a con stitution at the bidding of a foreign Power. It would be at once admitting that the Diet possessed a right to legislate for Schleswig, and most as suredly such an admission would be only the pre cursor of further troubles. It would need but a pretext, easily found, to dispute the succession of King CHRISTIAN, or to declare him unworthy of his throne, and then a fresh effort would be made to place Denmark altogether under German control, and appropriate her ports and her fleet as elements of German power. One of the first acts of King CHRISTIAN on ascending the throne was the sign ing of the constitution, which had been already approved by the late Monarch, and this act was joyfully hailed by the people as an earnest of his liberal views and his intention of abiding by the public acts of King FREDERICK. His popularity wo'ild suffer a sensible diminution were it known that he had revoked an act so recently passed, and so well pleasing to his people at the bidding of the Germans. Denmark must take her stand at the Eyder, and there, if necessary, must England sup port her. Our sympathies as well as our political interests are all on her side, and it is plainly our duty, as well as our advantage, to come boldly for ward on her side. Without our aid she has no friendly and powerful ally. Sweden, it is hinted, is not altogether disinterested in her views, and has visions of a grand junction of the three neighbouring countries of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark into one Scandinavian power as of old. Germany meanwhile, like the dog in the old fable who lost the substance for the shadow, has put aside for the time being her efforts at national unity, and the Prussians are growing °l test indifferent to their great battle of civic and c h e a t rh ati o t u u r tional right in their eagerness a ft er thi s wild Scheme of s u bd u i ng D enmar k an d ga i n i ng t h e of Kiel. In their domestic struggle, Eng land mi ght and would have helped them with th e whale weight ru of her moral p ower , b u t h er sympa thies are °re Danish than Prussian, and in Spite of dynastic alliances and diplomatic entangle ments the En g ll, 4 People will not suffer Danish i n d e pendence to be f iEtorice France ex eus o meanwhilef rt i dislodgingo n vn di at dn transforming t a o e t c) reedtic persist their et,oi P ysr:, r egi, u hsft s ora s e:ni i ebi a tei.i . r Germansrtothitlg betterfrom their than p pre sent h II ld Rhin i e )o " ii , ittna tl3 o:ll3 onndary of tl her a PGesrm a territories. n their singu lar th a t he adlongtlleGecromuarilse. Knowing tiat) c to ra g ft: jy - e fo h e im wh e o v l e i r c y , a t o . were, ii i l a ) i o u r b tu us n h ity for to th i e m al t, aS it the.weapons for their own disgraceandbe disd deserving into his hand. Truly, they will not of much pity, whatever the resnitoftolbutiarint i T: prudence may be, nor will they be likely to Italy will, of course, hurry to the aid Venetia. of France, delighted at the opportu n ity for freeing The Diet, it seems, does not seo the risk run by so many individual members of its body, or each is un wil'ing to believe the misfortunes will be his own, and secretly indifferent to those of his fellows. Certainly the dream of German unity does not seem very near its realisation any more than the mil lenium of universal peace, of which we heard a good deal some time ago. The fate of many States is trembling in the scale, and it is but too probable that the sword will be the weight to settle the balance. It is much to be regreted that the site of St. Thomas's Hospital cannot be settled without so much trickery and debate. On Friday a deputation waited on the Attorney General relative to the affair. It was shown on the part of the City Cor poration that the charter conferred upon them by EDWARD the SIXTH authorised the erection of the Hospital in a place that would serve the interests of the poor of the borough of Southwark ; also that the proposed erection of it 'would prevent the poor, for whom it was intended, from receiving any be. nefit from it. This is surely a very important point to consider, and it behoves those who are to settle the matter to reflect seriously upon the consequences of the ar rangement now proposed. It seems a very hard thing, and a very unfair one too, to take away from a clfass or body the rights to which they are entitled, and, moreover, to deny them the privileges tow Filch they can justly lay claim. It does not appear twat any valid reason has been adduced to account for the extraordinary change of tactics that has been adopted. It stands to reason that for an hospital of this class, to be rendered permanently useful, it should be situated in a locality most accessible to those in need of it. To change the site from a populous neighbourhood to a more secluded locality, is in itself a great mistake, and it has been shown that such a plan will militate greatly against the carrying out of the objects of the Institution. Dr. RENDLE put the case very fairly in these words— We therefore held that, while they had the site of the Surrey Gardens, comprising 17 acres, which could be got for £107,000, and while they had the site of Bethlehem Hospital still in prospect, we could not see the wisdom of paying £95,000 for the privilege of building an hospital on the muddy banks of the Thames." This seems so far a most conclusive argument, and it is difficult to divine what inducements can have led the Governors to form such a project. There have been no less than three sites put before them for selection, each of which presents more claims for consideration than the one they have chosen. Of course they have found something to say against each of them, but the question is whether their arguments are valid ones, and whether their view is the correct one. As for the locality of the Surrey Gardens, they say it is low-lying and unhealthy, but that objection applies also to Stangate. Dr. RENDLE cited the opinion of many medical men to the effect that the position there was most unsuitable, and that there were in the vicinity so many deleterious and unwholesome manufactories that a hospital would be quite out of place in such a neighbourhood. Without inspect ing minutely the vicinity, all who have travelled constantly by the South-Western line will confirm and ratify the remark. With regard to the site near the Elephant and Castle, the speaker for the Go vernors deposed that they would have great diffi culty in their arrangements, as a considerable extent of new road would have to be made. This may be, but the end in view would be worth the risk of great expense and much trouble. It comes to this. if a hospital is to be for the benefit of the many, it must not be situated where only a few in comparison can readily gain access to it. This is a mistake that too often exists among those who are conduct ing the preliminaries of a great public work ; they prate about the impracticability of this plan, and declaim against the impossibility of that scheme, and are thrown into great consternation concerning the enormous expense that both would entail ; while all the while there is some little pet project kept in the background, some working notion or other of their own which comes out just at the right moment, and subverts all other ideas. Now the fitting plan for such an undertaking would be to weigh well all propositions, and form as carrect a notion as possible, as to what will the most effec tually promote the public benefit, and confer the most solid advantages and lasting good on the classes in whose behalf such institutions arc erected. When this important fact is ascertained, all other objections should be treated as secondary subjects, and dealt with in a right spirit. The negative put upon the attempt to construct the new Hospital at Bethlehem is a strange one, and the reasons ad duced are, if possible, more untenable than the pleas urged against the other localities under consi deration. In the first place, it was said that there were great doubts as to the propriety of removing that institution into the country. This is remark able enough, when so many competent judges and experienced persons have given it as their opinion, that the interests of the unhappy inmates would be best consulted by a removal to a more secluded locality, where they could have the benefit of fresh air and exercise out of doors. The best illus tration of the case consists in this view of it. Would any rich individual consign any afflicted relatives to an establishment that was situated in a crowded part, instead of fixing upon one that presented the attractions of quiet, and the opportunities of what recreation and amusement their sad state re quired, and on the enjoyment of which their partial or complete cure mainly depended. It seems a con tradiction in terms to declare that an asylum for the insane should be placed in a crowded noisy part, and that an institutioa for the relief of accidents and other casualties requiring immediate treatment and rest should be situated in a spot not easily attainable. It is to be hoped that this subject will receive due consideration, and that the justice of the claims of the poor of the borough of Southwark will be fully taken into account. Hospitals are institu tions that are the honour of this land; they evince the benevolent spirit of the country, and may with just pride be regarded in a national point of view. They are the handmaids of mercy; but before all ideas of this kind it is of paramount importance that they should represent justice. Fair play to all parties should be accorded, and more especially the managers should bear in mind the rights of those for whom any particular institution was founded. To do good abroad by neglect ing those at home, is contra dictory charity, and in this case the positive benefit to any large section. of the public has not been guarded, so that the affair more than ever de mands caution and consideration. We have much pleasure in stating that Mr. W N. Rudge, stock/ )roker, has collected upwards of £3OO in the Stor ;k Exchange during the last two or three days for '1 he National Lifeboat Institution. 'I HE NATIO7.iAL SHAKSPEARE COMMITTEE has during the past week received the following accession : The Mayor of B olton, the Mayor of Chichester, the Sheriff of Mid-Lothiar Sir F. Madden, Prof. Goldwin Smith, J. W. Davison, 5.;5q., G. H. 'Wright, M.D., Otto Goldsmith, Esq., Thou iron Hunt, Esq., J. Bernard Davis, M. 1)„ Warren Do La Rue, Esq., Theodore Martin, Esq., Dr. It. Angus Smith, E. IL Lawrence, Esq., and Prof. Tycho Mommsoi .1. COLT ‘EGE OF PRECEPTORS.--At a meeting of the Council of this Corporation, on the 19th inst., the following Z r t lefxtizi were elected members of the college :—Mr. R. J. Cardi tr ; m r (le, Adelaide•road Harn stead • Mr. J. J. Caine, villas, Wandsworth ; Mr ! , B. T. Ellis, Cromwell.: vittas„ eroydo Mr. W. Snaith, tShaw' Somerset 3 ._-grove; Rev. E. A. Green, Windsor-place, Mr. ip . Marc.uTtgh Hastings, University College School ; P ONE OF E. laced the tem ; Mr: Briornsgro ve ; Mr. Joseph Palmer, Wells, friars, and intended to ttening liltCastle,inobiblyntgomeryshire. pormy br . ( 3, 1 IRDERS upon 8.A,, Tulse-hill School; and which is to be liiege across the Thames at Black- Blackfriars-bridge, h as beeti d u fi r x inj the construction of New DELICIOUS !--Mr. Bagshaw, of No rwich, on his premises the present moment 10,000 geese fa. . has at for the London clubs and markets. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, DEC. 11 (Evening). (Per City of New York,) President Davis' message to Congress is said to be desponding in tone. He declares that European nations have assumed a positively unfriendly cha racter towards the South, and that England has shown a marked partiality to the Federals. Gold 501, Stocks steady. ....1....• ..... THE POLISH INSURRECTION. WARSAW, DEC. 17. Advices from Konin forward the following pro. clamation recently issued by the military com mander of that department : "1. Since the commencement of the winter season the forests are no longer used as places of refuge by the rebels, who hide for the most part in the towns and villages, where they quarter them selves upon the inhabitants. It is therefore here with announced that, if rebels are found quartered in the house of any person who has not given in formation of the fact to the military authorities, such guilty persons will be immediately brought before a court-martial, to be dealt with according to the several measures applied against the rebels. " 2. A pecuniary fine will in addition be imposed upon the inhabitants of such towns and villages. " Tailors, shoemakers, and other handicraftsmen are most strictly forbidden to keep goods by them in stock. Should such be nevertheless discovered, they will be seized, and the proprietors, as well as the mayors or communal wayts of the respective localities, be held to account. " 4. The mayors and communal wafts are strictly prohibited from furnishing the rebels with means of transport or with horses; any official transgressing will he removed from his post and brought before a court martial. " 5. The inhabitants of towns and villages who shall furnish the rebels with the means of transport, or with horses, shall be arrested and brought before court-martial. A pecuniary fine will be imposed upon the place to which the guilty persons belong. " 6. As the rebel bands are at present of small importance, the inhabitants, arming themselves with scythes, axes, pitchforks, bludgeons, or any other convenient weapon, may encounter them suc cessfully, and ev e n s ucceed in dispersing small parties, even if armed. They must also in every case warn troops stationed in the vicinity of the presence of rebels. " 7. The mayors and communal wayts are bo un d t o organise guards for public security in villages and towns. " 8. All Polish rebels captured are to be delivered up to the nearest military post. " 9. If any inhabitant 16 at present in possession of horses, arms, or other objects belonging to rebels, such must be at once delivered to the nearest mili tary commander, or their whereabouts be notified to him. Should any such objects be nevertheless found in the posession of an inhabitant, he will be dealt with according to law. " All persons failing to observe the above regu lations will be treated with the utmost rigour of the law, no excuse or evasion being held valid." An address to the inhabitants of Warsaw was recently issued by the revolutionary Town Captain, detailing the proceedings of the National police, and naming several spies, against whom the inhabi tants are warned. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DLCEMBER, 21, 1863, PRUSSIA. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. BERLIN, DEC. 17. The Government has taken the following mili tary steps with regard to Federal execution :- 1. An army corps composed of eight infantry re giments, one battalion of foot chasseurs, six regiments of cavalry, a brigade of artillery, an engineer battalion, with two sets of pontoons and a train of light country bridges,together with the mili tary trains and administrative officers who belong to the corps, have received orders to prepare for active service. Mtasures have been taken to rein force this corps, especially in cavalry and infantry, and will be carried into effect by augmentations and displacement of corps. Marching orders have also been given to the regiments of infantry of the Guard, stationed in distant provinces, who will occupy the province of Brandenburg at an early date. The horses required by the troops and various departments have been purchased. So that the moment the order for mobilisation is given, the Prussian Executive Corps may be com pleted with the briefest delay by the incorporation of the reserves. Part of the army corps, consist ing of the 11th Infantry Brigade, the 3d Hussar Regiment, and two batteries, has been already mo bilised and marched to-day. 2. The fortifications intended to protect the still unfinished harbour of Jande are being continued. The garrison will consist of infantry, artillery, and engineers, who are already on the march. 3. Measures are being taken to defend all other harbours and places upon the seaboard. The war vessels of the fleet have been victualled and put in a condition for service ; the officers and sailors of the naval reserve have been called out ; all vessels of the fleet stationed abroad have received orders adapted to the occasion. The Saxon artillery passed through Berlin last night upon its way to Holstein. Although at a late hour, the crowd assembling at the Anhait sta tion was large, and loudly cheered the Saxons. Intelligence comes in from all sides confirming the belief that the Danish Government has ordered its troops to offer no opposition to the Federal army upon entering Holstein. It is not known, however, to what point the Danish troops will withdraw, for it is certain that the tete de-pont at Frederickstadt has been placed in a state of defence, and that Neumunster, at the junction of the roads from Altona to Kiel and Rendsburg to Lubeck, has been also fortified. Palisades have also been set up at Rendsburg upon the ramparts erected some years ago between the old town and the Neuwerk. THE BOMBAY MAIL. The Euxine MARSEILLES, DEC. 21. seilles at 9 h. 1:11. this day. with the above mail, reached Mar- The mail leaves for London by the 11.30 a.m. train. OUTWARD CALCUTTA & CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, DEC. 21. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Moeris, with the above mails, left this port on the ipth inst. She takes out 53 passengers, 484 packages, and specie value £100,899 for India and China ; also 63 passengers, 996 packages, and specie value £102,420 for Alexandria. FRANCE. A Paris letter in the Indepenclance states that on the morning following the day on which M. Itouher delivered his speech in the Senate he re ceived a telegraphic despatch from Compiegne, thus worded— " illy compliments ; I am delighted. "NAPOLEON." The Courrier du Dimanche has the following:— " M. Drouyn de Lhuys's news eireu;ar to the French agent bears the date Dec. 8. It is said to have been drawn up with a marked spirit of conciliation, and the appeal trade to the Cabinets constitutes less a proposal than an overture, theconsequences of which it is for them to appreciate. After having referred to the more or less formal adhesion given to the Emperor's project by all the Powers, England excepted, and the results so favourable for the paci fication of Europe which would have naturally arisen from the unanimous adoption of that pro posal, the Minister of Foreign Affairs asks if the Congress is no longer possible, and replies in the affirmative, in case the Powers to which he addrrisseo himself should maintain their adhesion. The Em peror's Government is prepared to come to an understanding with them in order to lay down the bases for their deliberations, and it still believes that a positive result may be obtained. General the Marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, brother of the Minister of Marine, has just died in Paris, aged 63, of an attack of apoplexy. The de ceased, as officer of the staff, had made the campaign in Spain in 1823, and was the following year attached to the French Embassy at Constan tinople, where, during a period of three years, he was charged with important topographical works. In 1830 he took part in the campaign in Belgium, and accompanied Marshal Maison to Vienna and St. Petersburg. He was named general of brigade in 1848, and general of division in 1853. Under the Government of July he was deputy for Dieppe, and in the Legislativc Assembly, after 1848, he represented the Seine-Inferieure. BOURSE, December 19.—The market at the com mencemen t of business showed a degree of buoyancy, and Threes improved to 66f. 45c. They afterwards receded in consequence of sales, and are now at 66f. 25c. Mobilier have improved to 1,040 f. Rail way Shares quiet, but pretty firm. The market again improved towards the close, and left off as follows : 41 per Cents. 94 15 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 50 Credit Mobilier 1035 Do. end month 1035 Bank Shares 3350 Credit Fonder 1220 Roman new Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto • • Geneva.. S3uthern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard . Italian Loan 7l 65 Do. end month 7l 65 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian 'Austrian Spanish Threes 52 Rome Debt , Deferred 'AIN. Cash. Account. 970 .. 970 972 50 .. 970 926 25 .. 928 75 833 75 .. - - 498 75 .. - - 682 50 .. 681 25 507 50 .. - - 477 50 .. 477 50 396 50 ~ 395 - 400 - .. 403 75 520 - .. 622 50 North of Spain Saragossa .. 615 .. 617 50 Ditto to Barcelona '.... 300 .. —, SIR WALTER SCOTT'S PET. Marjorie Fleming—the Child-Genius. Pet Marjorie : a Story of Child-Life Fifty Years Ago. Pp. 50. W. P. Nimmo. Marjorie Fleming : a Sketch, reprinted from the "North British Review." Pp, 32. Edmonston and Douglas. As Chatterton was, intellectually, the most won derful of striplings —so, beyond doubt, was Mar jorie Fleming the most marvellous of children. It is true that the world has only just now awakened to the knowledge that more than half a century ago there ever was such a little creature. But, such as she was, we do now know her to have been for certain. An authentic and detailed narrative of her brief, figuratively to express it, her little more than momentary, career, has happily come to us at last. We know at length all about her. We know that she was no more than eight years and eleven months old when she expired. Not nine years old I —to echo Mr. Jarndyce's tender ejaculation to the eldest daughter of poor dead-and gone Coavinses, " What a great age, Marjorie I 0, Marjorie, what a great age I" Born on the 15th of August, 1803, the little creature died on the 19th of December, 1811. Within the compass of that brief interval—we can hardly call it a span—just the breadth of a finger—this marvellous little creature wrote a poem of 200 lines in octosyllabic rhythm, a uglier and well•constructed historical poem descriptive of the sorrowful life and tragical death of that truest heroine of romance, Mary Queen of Scots ! Little Marjorie Fleming, the child-genius, not only wrote that poem of 200 lines—the tiny maiden, besides this, wrote a variety of minor poems of a miscellaneous kind—kept a diary full of the quaintest observations wrote numbers of little charming, prattling letters to her own kith and kin—add beyond all this was the dar ling of Sir Walter Scott's great heart! How it was the world knew nothing about the existence of tbis wonderful child earlier, it boots not now to inquire. It seems strange, indeed, that it should have been so—namely, that the factl of her existence should so long have remained hidden : more parti cularly seeing that the extraordinary powers of Pet Marjorie were familiarly known to, were fully appreciated by, were actually the boast of a wonder ful man of genius like Sir Walter Scott. Such, however, is simply the fact, whether that fact may or may not be accounted for. And we should pro bably have remained in ignorance of the whole story about Little Marjorie Fleming, but for that kindly Original, Dr. John Brown, the author of "Rab and his Friends." When we have said this, it must be observel also that Dr. Brown would not appa rently have said anything whatever upon the subject, but for the happy thought and the genial industry of Mr. H. B. Farnie, who was the first, to hunt up all the particulars that could be obtained in regard to the little girl long since dead and passed away, namely, on that sorrowful nineteenth of December, 1811. Five years ago Mr. Farnie got these part;calars together, and in 1858 published in the columns of the Fife Herald the story of "Pet Marjorie." Beyond the readers of that local journal, however, the touching beautiful little story remained altogether unknown—until, in a happy mo ment, the author of "Rab and his Friends" took it in hand, as those already acquainted with "Rab and his Friends" may readily understand, that Dr. John Brown, can take in hand a narrative such as that of the life and death of the Child Genius—Pet Marjorie—Marjorie Fleming! Mr. Farnie's pub lication and Dr. Brown's publication are specified at the head of this notice according to the wording of their respective title-pages. Out of their almost simultaneous issue in the form of miniature pamphlets, we grieve to see that there has sprung up a horrid little angry altercation. With this squabble we shall have nothing whatever to do, We can only regret it. We would here merely refer to it as a something unusually out of place—by the side, as it were, of the wee grave of Pet Marjorie ! We can only say, at least, before passing on, that Mr. Farnie has manifestly a distinct right to priority, as hav ing spoken out in regard to little Marjorie, through the Fife Herald five long, years before Dr. Brown spoke out through the North British Review. Yet Mr. Farnie should also remember that his prior narrative remained in a manner invisible to the world at large until the luminous pen of Dr. Brown shed these sunny rays of light upon it. The story of "Pet Marjorie," published in 1858, we only know of now in 1863 through Dr. Brown's charming repetition of it in other words, in the North British Review, a paper since reprinted as this sketch of "Marjorie Fleming." Thankful both to the Doctor and to bis five years' precursor, Mr. Farnie, we turn now for a passing moment before quitting these two small pamphlets to glance at the little creature of whom they have written—that Child Genius of Fifty Years ego, ycleped by Scott and by her own " belongings," Pet Marjorie. It must not for an instant be imagined that the precocious little crea ture was the least bit in the world what is called old fashioned. Here is Mr. Farnie's sketch of her bodily appearance as, she is portrayed in a water-colour drawing still in existence, a drawing roughly done, he tells us, "but evidently possessing fidelity of resemblance to the original. She is rather chubby faced, red-cheeked, and with bright, intelligent bon' eyes, over-arched by lifting eyebrows. Her hair is short, and unconfined by any fastening, which, with the childish dress, gives Marjorie a romping and anything but studious ensemble," Next for a glimpse of the heart of the little creature. Read how it is she writes Lome—with what genuine child-like tenderness "My dear little mama," she says . . . "I will write to you as often as I can; but I am afraid not every week. I long for you with the longings of a child to embrace you—to fold you in my arms. I respect you with all the respect due to a mother. You don't know how I love you. So I shall remain your loving t child, M. FLEMING ." See, in her Diary, her.luna,i_g little way of yearning with pity over the d hei t r birth. o of kittens and puppies imme diately " I think," she says, " it is shoeltin7to think that the dog and cat shoula. bear ath th er em have a man-dog , and they are , ,drowned after all. I wod r than a woman-dog, because they do not bear like woman-dogs; it is a hard case—it is shocking." So, also, this dear little Marjorie Fleming, this Pet Marjorie, was, it should be said at once, a Child Genius, a very considerable flavour, as we may call it, about her character of Topsy ! Listen to the child in her odd reference to the boils of Job—" I am very glad," she says, " that Satan has not given me boils and many other misfortunes. Ia the holy bible these words are written that the Devil goes like a roaring lyon in search of his pray but the lord lets us escape from him but we do not strive against this awfull Spirit. .. . to-day I pronou-iced a word which should never come oat of a lady's lips it was that I called John a Impadent Bitch. I will tell you what I think made me in so bad a humour was, I got 1 or 2 cups of that bad bad—sena tea." " Devil" and " Devilish" are words often on the tip of th 3 wee thing's pen—perhaps tongue. Hear her, for example, while prattling thus. "It was the very same devil that tempted Job that tempted me I am sure bat he resisted Satan though he had boils and many other misfortunes which I have escaped. . . . lam now going to tell you the horrible and wretched plaege that my multiplication gives me you can't conceive it, the most devilsh thing is 8 times 8 and 7 times 7 it is what nature itself can't endure.' , Nay, once, even, in verse, a very faint little quaint little whisper of an oath blurts out, in the manner of a jest, at the close of one of Pet Marjorie's rhythmical compositions—viz., with the following oddity : DIRGE. Three Turkies fair their last have breathed, And now this world for ever leaved, Their father and their mothers too, Will sigh and weep as well as you, Maiming for their offspring fair, Whom they did nurse with tender care, Indeed the rats their bones have cranch'd, into eternity are they launch'd ; Their graceful forms and pretty eyes Their fellow fowls did not despise, A direful death indeed they had, That would put any parent mad, But she was more than usual calm She did not give a single dam ! Enough, however, in the way of thus giving our readers a gentle hint to seek at first hand all the information that either Dr. John Brown or Mr. B. B. Farnie have here to give in their records of the child genius, Pet Marjorie, Sir Walter Scott's baby friend and playmate, this same dear little, odd ittle, wonderful little Marjorie Fleming. - - LITERATURE. Scenes from the Drama of European History. By W. Davenport Adams, Author of "The Sea- Kings of England," &c. One Vol. Pp. 516. Virtue Brothers. In this volume Mr. Davenport Adams bas given a very concise and comprehensive glimpse of the chief events of European history from the battle of Tours, A.D. 732, to the battle of Waterloo, 1815. Between these two remarkat,le events, linking them together by a chain of chronological sequences, all the remarkable incidents and vicissitudes which have marked the history of Europe during the past eleven centuries appear before us. These events are arranged with great discrimination in fifteen different chapters or "scenes," with appropriate headings, such as "The Coronation of Charlemagne,' "The Battle of Hastings," "The Crusades," "The Siege of Orleans, "The Discovery of the New World," " The Battle of Pultowa," &c., &c. To many of these chapters are appended supplementary " Postscripts," containing most interesting and ap propriate extracts from historical and other authors. For example, in the "Postscript" to Scene VII., on the discovery of America by Columbus, Mr. Adams has very happily introduced some of the earnest and eloquent passages in which Lamartine has eulogised the genius and the character of the great Genoese discoverer. The passage quoted is the one beginning—" God hides himself in the processes of human affairs, and reveals himself in their com pleteness." The noble qualities of Columbus have rarely found a more eloquent expositor than the gifted historian of the Girondists. The other "scenes" are illustrated with - similarly ap propriate postscripts. Mr. Adams has evinced great skill and discernment in the selection of the pen-and••ink illustrations by which he has eluci dated his drama of history. In his introduction. the author tells us that his book is intended for two classes of readers—namely, for " the youthful stu dent who may wish to obtain a knowledge of the leading events of European history as a whole be fore proceeding to a more elaborate examination of the annals of different countries," and for " the general reader who has neither the leisure nor the inclination for the comparison of a vast number of authorities." To both these classes of readers Mr. Adams's very interesting and able epitome will prove most valuable and acceptable. What is Your Name? A Popular Account of the Meaning and Derivations of Christian Names. By Sophy Moody, anther of " The Fairy Tree," &e. One Vol, Pp. 313. Bentley. This very charming volume must contain some. thing to interest everyone. We may here learn not only what our names are, but what we our selves should be. The learned " Sophia" to whose researches we are indebted for this very elaborate and interesting treatise upon our names, has aplea sant theory of her own upon the subject. "Do we not," she asks, " carry about with us, each one of us, our own especial talisman r not mute, like the ring of Amurath, but hourly sounding in our ears its peculiar note—it may be of warning—it may be of encouragement, telling of high aims and glorious rewards. Why," she adds, " should these names, which are in many cases rich with suggestive elo quence, fall on our ears but as empty sounds ? Why should not that poor, peevish, discontented Laßtitia (gladness) strive to connect with the calling of her Christian name an endeavour after the Christian grace of cheerfulness ?" &c. In refutation of Shak spere's incredulous query in the very first chapter of this book of names, we find the folloWing re markable instances of the importance sometimes attached to such appellations. WHAT'S IN A NAME ? With the Romans auspicious names were ever in the ascendant. Amongst innumerable examples we need only instance here Regalianus, elected emperor by the Roman soldiers solely on account of the royalty suggested by his name. But lightly won, alas I lightly lost—he did not long wear the crown of the Caesars. On an equally sudden im pulse the troops put their newly-elected emperor to death. His name gave him a crown, but could not preserve to him his life. A still more singular instance of a name, and a Christian name, influencing the iestiny of an individual, is told by Herrera, the Spanish historian. Louis VIII. of France, surnamed °' Coeur de Lion," desiring a Spanish princess for his bride, ambassadors were sent to the court of Madrid. The eldest and the most beautiful of the royal sisters was the one destined by her own family to share the diadem of France. But where was the wise fairy godmother who in all nursery tales presides at the naming of beautiful prin cesses ? At the cradle of the unfortunate eldest daughter of Spain, it would seem, there was no fairy godmother, nor even an earthly sponsor gifted with musical ear or aesthetic tastes—her name Urraca, harsh in sound, was in its signi fication yet more objectionable, for in Spanish it signified a magpie. A magpie queen, and to mate with a lion-heart. Im possible I The dismayed ambassadors felt themselves com pelled to reject the young beauty. Her name had deprived her of a noble husband and of a crown. The lovely Urraca saw her younger sister (less fair than herself, name) preferred before her, and Blanche the F air of Castile was carried in triumph to France to become tetherof .st. wife of Louis the Lion-heart, and the p roud m Louis. excep t in Here is a graceful exposit ion of favourite theory— the writer's N AUES• but we may lose all o n CH RISTIAN Darlings of fortune we maY b . e l) , ut ono thin g . , w e which we are priding ourselves, cannot lose—our little-regard ed Christian names. Be s t owe d on they will still be us in our sinles s infancy, , ours , unchan ge d t h rou gh all the changing they a I life —aye I passing with us d of fer tines into the very portals of the grave. That first and individual name of ours, to which for good or evil we shall have times—the purposese o l eft evilter e or responded whi ov, hundredsBhail often o f haveth thousands s t a r n a d e e s o f good—that Christian name, alas I how often desecrated in our daily, hourly use of it I—that name, a witness for us or against us, will be engraved on the door-plate of our last earthly tenement whether our coffin be of lordly oak or pauper deal, Companions with us through the varied scenes of our whole lives, our Christian names become au:actual part of ourselvo. M the sound of that name, breathed tenderly by a mother's lips, we as babes stretch forth our dim pled arms all eager with delight. Ic is heard by the maiden with crimsoned cheek and beating heart when it is for the first time whispered by the voice she loves best ; and it is thenceforth the only name she cares to keep. Father, mother, brother, sister, friend; it is by them we aro called by our Christian name, and, uttered by the lips of our dearest ones, to it is given a peculiar music of its own. Ours inseparably I In absence or in death, at the familiar sound of our names, a familiar form starts up before the memories of all to whom we are known, clothed in the in dividuality of our words and deeds. Shall that undying form, ;thus inseparably connected with our names, be lovely or the reverse ? Names are significant of many graces. Let us answer to our names--so shall the answering remembrance of our selves be clothed with its fair characteristic graces. The several [chapters of this work contain the origin and meanings of most names of our acquaint ance, from the ancient Bible and classic denomina tions, down to the homely appellatives of 'modern days. While some names are Nery significant of the histories of their bearers, others are, again, equally inappropriate. Here is an instance very beauti fully set forth— MAGDALENE-MAGNIFICENT. Magdalene (so called from the place of her birth), th e Magnificent. Is there no lesson in her name F In the pride of her beauty—for the power of beauty is very great—Magdalene might once have gloried in her name —Magnificent as a stately tower. But the tower whose foun dations are on the shifting sands of time, shall it not crumble away ? The magnificence which is of earth, sha ll it not yield to decay ? It was in her other name that Magdalene's safety Wa g found—Mary, which in Hebrew means bitterness. Mary, or Miriam, a name first given to the daughter of Jochebed. The mother's name signified " whose glory , s Jehovah," but her child was born in the bitterness of Egyptian bondage, and she thence derived her sorrowful name—bitterness as of the sea, waters of affliction, of which they drank from a full cup. But the bondage of Mary Magdalene was the bondage ° f sin, and when once its bitterness was felt the hour of her freedom was at hand : " loving much," to her " much Was forgiven." Strangely still sounds the name of Magdalene, the Magnificent, applied to the sorrowing daughters of shame. • How gloriously from her other name has its sorrowful meaning been rolled away. In every Christian land ;Mary is the name that most women love best to bear. 'Much sorrow had the mother of our Lord, and the sweet Marys °f Gospel history, like Miriam of old, were barn while their countrymen were in bondage, but they lived to see a far more glorious ransom accomplished. Of the waters of Mara? they indeed also drank, but He of whom the tree was tYP'" cal was himself with them, and by Him was the bitter mad ° sweet. Many interesting fragments of history or romanc e we might cull from these graceful pages, but we have said enough to demonstrate the very exc el lent purpose of the work, and the very felicitou s manner in which that purpose has been fulfilled. The Moors and the Fens. By F. G. Trafford, author of " City and Suburb," with illustrations• One Vol. Pp. 381. Smith and Elder. This story principally relates to a dreary abode, misnamed Paradise, situated " among the fens of Lincolnshire—in the dreariest portion of that nai°er able county," and tenanted by Sir Ernest Ivrahlet " the miser-descendant of along line of contemptib le ancestors." This delightful old gentleman has tWu sons, whom ho maintains in the most penurious man" ner till the younger Henry can endure it no longor9 but departs to seek his fortune in India. The elder Ernest, fearful of losing his inheritance, continues to drag on a miserable existence beneath 11 ,I g father's roof, and even brings a young w ife ' a bright damsel from the Scottish moors, to share the dismal monotony of the miser's abode. Mlt constantly happens, in real life, the good and evil influences struggle for the mastery in this dreary "Paradise." Mina Fraser, however, has NO.. sufficient love and courage to enable her to over come the gloomy depression of her new hom e- See 'lades and droops uncomplainingly, more espe" cially when her evil genius, Cecilia Warmend, " brews mischief," and infuses doubts into her hus band's heart. The story concludes, however, under happier auspices. Henry returns from India with his bright-hearted, peace-making wife, and sorrow and trouble open the eyes and the hearts of Ernest and Mina to a better appreciation of each other. The tale is clever and ably written, and various other interesting characters take their part on the scene; but the influence of the fens is depressing, and we are glad when occasionally we are indulged with a fresh breath of the breeze from the moors. Keeping Afloat ; or the Meeting at the Morgue- A Novel. 1 Vol. Skeet. This is a most wild and extravagant story about a noble family—that of the Earl of Besso, and 1 11 °' son, Lord Uawkscurl , and his daughter, Ladr Bertha—which endeavours by every means, fair o't foul, to " keep afloat," and maintain appearanee s the eyes of the world. Suffice it to say, that Lcir' l Hawkscurl does not hesitate to commit murd er ' that Lady Bertha almost "proposes" to a wealt b i plebian, and that the Earl connives at the duplic it l of his interesting offspring—and all to " k e : P afloat." The dead body of Lady Bertha who , ." (3 ; graded and disgraced, commits suicide, is recognis6 at the Morgue by her brother and her lover, ° ri this incident gives its second title to the tale — ' 3 taie of greater improbability than any yet irriagia e , d , a supplement to the " Romance of the Peerage' Knowledge for the lime. By John Timbs, F.S nO author of " Curiosities of London," &c. °- Vol. Pp. 288. Lockwood. llfu/tum in parvo should be the motto of g r. Timbs' marvellous treasures of compilation. 111 little volume now before us professes to be a roaet of reading, reference, and conversation on su b j 2c" of living interest, useful curiosity, and Lan esil3s research :—Histories—political information -4-- „ gress of civilizstion—aignities and distillations f change in laws—measure and value—progreeB science—life and health—and, finally, rellgi°ll,o thought. All these multitudinous and me ittorabi, matters are illustrated from "the beat arid lates: authorities," conspicuous among which are til ,, principal organs of the daily and weekly Pr °l. 7 Turning over the pages at random, we glean inf c "; mation on most various topics—" How 011° 4 3 spoils enjoyment," from Arthur Help s' Ese3j2:, " Expense of Baronetcy and Knighthood," " See of London," " Irregular Marriages," " Tie l° of-leave Men," " The Ancestors of Washingto3 &c.—subjects of all kinds and characterM ranging-- '' From grave to gay, from lively to severe." BOOKS RECEIVE Sir Goodwin's Folly: A Story of theD. Year 1796. BY Arthur Looker. 3 vols. Chapman and flail. Very Hard Cash. By Charles Reade. 3 vols. SaillPS°s Low, Son, and Marston. The Old House in Crosby-square. By the a uthor of The : King's Mail. 2 vols. Sampson Low, Son, and Marston. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. 131 Captain Speke. William Blackwood It. an I‘l. d the Rev. 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And here, in th ese miscellaneous pictorial comicAlities of Leech, we have, littered over th° pages of Punch's Alman ach fur the coming Nelir prettl Year, swarms upon swar ms of John Leech's girls, chubby children , sn ob riders, stout vulgarial London street-boys, ca bbies, swells, yokels , ° , l policemen. Thanks especially to John Leech, particularly where Jo hn Leech gets among tbit horseflesh, Punch's Almanach is still the r aciest of fun going. f I 0 , •/••••,, Thi mock may usual townl dance alterE vall i bill empli comp With( Th Th whit £122 Th Conti mane Of Sc troij !heel land Who Sion, tend &e., IEI6I sine posi peot Carr to ti telej Hea tinu tio❑ + fc. duo( War per Me: 33 1 881 Rai aho alai cot and 3 tc Co Zl2