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V /14114 :#ll. Atf ili ,,; 411. e 4 iir'/ W . 11 " . e" -.'"e4111. , . . , t e g, ' -... distinguished for committing themselves. A sp!o ~,.. 1.-- ~ t ,..- . before a urovincial . jtuck'eftce is g9ncrallf'i Akur i , ~ i.r.„ : .-.'....... `fir -4 - •=:•-!, , ,;,, ..,.. dilemmi, that he must be eitherkcAutioi.7lo!. 7 p-A:.:,',••i 1 :; - 1 .y,-.,, "4,, i . .4` / fr some. Something exciting is necessalyt to • ret44‘. , idr is or thotts-aner4,,of.- ... ' ' ''',.',, , : ;t' . ..%,-... ' ;; .the attention of dpr e,„ I ~ ) Half-educated hearers. .E7en Lord Paltnerstoirtlittl crowd. of not threaten the Emperor of the French so bi : isedly n . and the difference be. .H of or g i a se pi o n f g C b o u m m m p o t n in s e r when he speaks - Nes a •••••■• tween Mr. Bright in Parliament end Mr. Bright in the presence of a mob is notorious, and has been very lately illustrated. It is a pity that a formal division of labour clnnot be introduced. If Ministers and e4-Ministers never spoke in the recess, and the rest of the members never spoke in the Session, all the evils of both periods would l'e avoided. The stn.tesrnen •tvould never commit themselves; and the proceedings of the Horns of Com 7 m's would , be -ranch li v eli e r than they are. B u t even that rum would fail to meet the ease 0. Mr. Bright and his coadjutors, who arc, perbbps, gaeatcr sinners in this respect than all the rest of the members put together. I , A t , t i. r - 4 P 0 • s • • . . - .. 34 ... , • • . , 4 L,! .. : 4 ; it ... 7, 41: : :: „ ,.., _, 1 , ,,.i. .....••%.13 —‘ : / .., : 4 2 1 , ' ... „4, - ........•r .,‘‘ , , 'F " . ‘,42a16.., • .... 0 , 1.1t...1 ., ~ t ,, , ,,,,1 :....-• ; . „.. - - , -- , „. . • 1ik b3 , 44 .0 , ,-,,... 1.--_. ........... • 7 ‘ . '''.--;`. - f''• - - .'';','A , 1,, , , . , r• i o ff , ''.;4 i'''', :0 . , -• , ks •. • •.',, 4 ' . - -.. 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Cobbett and are publishino• an entirely New Edition of tht , i , un fgnalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUlDE;ill,istrated by4lo a dmirable engraving's of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gt atis and Post-free on application. This costly work also contains co mplete estimates for furnishing' on the following rev ise d Beale 4 1. ~4 Ito • 'l ii '.1,: 1 .k. . v: THE . SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1863, N°. 22.310. PE1CE........4d. STAMPED ....sd. A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-rocunen ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto l9l ll 0 ' o ,7,ether with a erice List of purified Redding, and a mass of valnable information to all requiring houselpld furniture, "'Pets or bedding. References; kindly permitted to Clen y fnen and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, ( I 'Zliohester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ilyde , Plymouth , ells, Csx , ord. righton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder plinster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, t. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, rrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COB I3ETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptf ord °ridge, London, S.E, Just ready, in 1 vol., . a AYOUNG AltllS'i".S LIF'E. By ALEXANDER BAILLIE COCHRANE, M.P. Hurst and Blaekett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough: street. HERE CAN WE MEET AF TER THE PANTOMIMES ? ➢ly dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup 'at , E VANS', Covent-garden. STATE OP TRADE. IjINAHAN'S LL B R I A V ,N H D T K Y V. COGNAC, NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., 0 R E V R A Story of English Country Life. This cerebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, - - It i Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at By A CLERGYMAN. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, IV. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." !Now ready, in crown Bvo., with Two Illustrations, 65., T HE LAST OF THE CAVALIERS. A NOVEL. FRENCH THEATRICALS. THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are those made by ELSTOB, of 60, New Bond-street. They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy purchasers. "In medio tutisimus ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS v . -_. 114 E CONS 0 LID ATT E D DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). ( The Directors reserve to 'hemselv es the right of changing the name ot' the Company.) To be incorporated under "The Companies Act, 1802," by Which the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of share'. Capital £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £.50. First issue. 10.000 shares. Deposit on application Xi per share, and £2 on allotment. No future call to exceed £5 per share, and at inter 'ale of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £2O per share. DIRECTORS. G "r , Ze Walter Constable, Esq. (Messrs. He nders on and Con ‘,4olo, Cannon-street. George Denny, I. B J. Helen'. Esq. (Messrs. George Denny and Co.) , Great liam Litt s le, Esq., Director of the Cape Town Railway. " 1 1. M'Arthur, Esa. (of the firm of Wm. and Alexander I , 2 PArthur t , A us t ra lian Merchants), 46, Moorgate-street. London and E Me lbsq. (Messrs. Sargoed, Kin 7, and Sargood), „ourne. ' ll ' Inas Shepherd Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos and River Plate Bank, "7,l,lesAyres Thompson, Esq. (Messrs. Le Gros Thompson and tr,!°.). Gutter-lane. ibi,?. (2 :h Fraser Sandman, Esq. ~"ichd. Manners Sanderson, Esq. Messrs. Sandeman & Co. cantuel Baker, Esq. * Committee of Manae:ement. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick. BROKERS. a - a %es Shepherd, Egg., Auction Mart, BartholbtarwliNhe. Messrs. Eandeman and Dobree, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings. Offices—No. 4, Abehurch-lane. PROSPECTUS. 1 11 forming this Company the Directors have secured the c 0 'operation of Messrs. San dem an and Co.. o f Abchnrch-lane t ",uuse well-known and bur - established bus i ne ss it is the °` , :iect of this Company to take up and develope. the Company will conduct all the operations of ordinary "'mount business. The terms on which the business of Messrs. eandeman and ~, has been purchased justify the Directors in anticipating a Profit of at least 10 per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital. The Company will take possession of the premises now oc 71Pied by Messrs. Sandman and Co., as from the ist day of e ,anuary, ant the business of the Company will commence from that day. ~_N o Promotion money has or will be paid, and the expenses ^ 01 be strictly confined to the necessary payments. .Prospectuses an.l lot me of applicetions for sharcs may be ° n‘alnrel at the Offices of the Company, of the Brokers, and of the Solicit re. , In the event of no allotment being made the deposits will be returned in full: should a less number of shares be al lotted than are applied for, the deposit will be made avail able toward• the payment on allotment, and the balance, if any, returned to the applicant. FORM OF AFFIX ATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Consolidated Discount Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—Ravin' paid to your Bankers the sum of I request you to allot me shares in the Consolidated Discount Compan (Limited), an' I hereby arzree to become a member of the Society, and to accept such thares. or any less number that may he allotted to me; and I request you to place my name on the Register f Members itt respect of the shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. Name in lull Address Usual signature Date CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Umited). . 0 NOTICE IS lIEREBY GIVEN, that no APPLICATIONS SHARES in this Compa , iy will be received after WED. LIESDAY next, the 30th instant. By order. Temporary Offices, 4, Abchurch-lane, EC , Dec. 24, 1863. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—SPECIAL NOTICE. ...This Company is now prepared to ISSUE POLICIES for Mercantile Insurances in the Port of London at the reduced scale of rates. ,Particulars may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle- Street. SPECIAL NOTICE, THE BOOKS OF TILE NORTH BRITISII AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, For Vie Year 1863, close on 31st December. Life Policies effected on or before that date will rank for an additional Year's Bonus in comparison to liter entrants. During' the Pour Years preceding last Division of Pr in ° : - - 8 (185 S), the t'ompany issued 1,595 Life Poi • rinn _lmes, assuring £1,221,603 u the Pour sue - ceding Years the number of I olives issued amounted to 3,168, and the Sums assured to £2,22',522 BITING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT. Tho SIXTH SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of the COM PROFI I'S will take place on 31st December, 1E65. A,Th. - ` 1 , 1 ; 1 WRO LE PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMU -11,3 SINCE 11sT DECEMBER, 1858, WILL THEN A:, DIVIDED, AND NINETY PElt CENT. A LLWA 'ED 11° G THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING SCALI CERTIFICATES of INDISPITTAIIILIFY granted, and every facility offered to Insurers. FIRE DEPARTMENT. i .Insuran tral terms.'nT "-es anta' both at Home and Abroad on the most lb vs Forms of Proposal and every infor TRH= wil be given at th e Head Off ice , or any of the Company's Agenits. By orthr. F. W. LANCE, Secretary. I , 0 ndon , November, 1863 HEAD OFFICES: tO NDow. 58, Threadneedle-street 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. West-end Office.. S. Waterloo-plsce, Pall-mall. .231.Nn uncit 6l, Princes-street. 71 IE ONLY OFFICE WHOSE BONDS AND POLICIES OF GUARANTEE ARE ACCEPTED BY ru,,„ -- TREASURY, CUSTOMS, INLAND REVENUE, GENERAL I'OST OFFICE, WAR, ADMIRALTY, HOME, COLONIAL, INDIA, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. DIRECTORS TN LONDON. i tz :CRY WICKHAM WICKHAM, Esq., m.r., Chairman. ..11 Cheethatn, Esq., Staleybr'cln* , . ,ohn Field, Esq. Warnford-court, City. qtarles Forster, 'Esq., M.P. for Walsall. 1..; Chard Francis George, Eaq , Bath ,t , enry H. Harrison, Esq., Hamilton-place, St. John's-wood. -- hcrnas C. Hayward, Esq., Minories and Highbury. ITedgins, Esq., Cavendish Club ;attics Edward 111‘connell, Esq., Wolverton. 1 ) , W. Reynolds, Esq., Eaton-place, Belgravia. 'Chard Spooner, Esq., late her Majesty's Commissioner of b r etlatnms, Bombay. ; Wickham Wickham, Esq., M.P. for Bradford. T homas Winkworth, Esq., resbam Club, and Canonbnry. P. Bro wn-Westhead, Eaq., M.P. for York. in security is provided in approved cases for Officers of Bank- Munia nd Commercial Establishments, Public Companies, cipal Corporations, and for other places of trust. Life Assurance may be combined with Guarantee on ad vantageous terms. P rospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every information ~7 ne obtain e d f rom the Chief Offices. 2. Wtaterloo-place, 11 - mall, London; and 39, George-street, Edinburgh. A.D. 1720. 'ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Established by CORPORATION -- - FO R SEA, Charter of his Majesty George the First) Offic es,D 2'' LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. tRyCLAY, E sq., Bran—char Exchange, London. OCTAIrms •„..,. fi lee, 20, Pall-mall. GE"" PE ARIcts'is t A GR AM , Esq., Governor. Sir JOHN HENRYSub-Governor. _ , Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Renry Bainbridge, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Wilmot Rolland E q olin Garrett Cattley, Esq. Earl of Leven ' Chas. Jno. Manning, and Melville. Nark Currie Close, Esq. ITenry Nelson, Es Eg g' William Davidson, Esq. Josceline Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinsori•,lE • Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuste:,-Esa Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrineton Smith E' Riversdale W. Cr reniell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. q I Zobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq.. Br.p. VS:m. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.: William Wallace, R ag , • 'l s. Stewart Hodgson, Esq.' Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SA3ittEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTIC E. The usual f i fteen days allowed f o r payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on 9th January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. Insurances against Fire on Merchandize in the docks and Warehousee in the Port of London are accepted at the late l'eluced rates of Premium. FAR M ING-STOCK.—No extra charge is made for the use of a Steam Thrashing Machine. The Reversionary Baum on British Life Policies has aye higed nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums vaYable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five veers. Lif4llY sum not exceeding £15,000 may be in sured on one e. This Corporation affords to the Assured — Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption 'om the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice, • —with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. THING IMPOSSIBLE. —The g reatest and -() most useful invention of heday, AGUA AMARELLA. m. 7ssrs. JO H N GOSNEL L and CO., King-rottrt, I.,mbard tote:',/, London. Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer Public 'this truly.marvellous fluid. whick gradually [AO , ' R S Ntrii vt ' human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at d y , agv. The Agua A marella has none of the properties of Wh ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and w irifi the hair is once restored one application per month keep it in perfect colour Price one guinea per bottle, or eatis bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes ot the bili t order, and from individuals of undoubted respecta and kn . laY be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell / less have been appointed P e rfumers to her Royal 'Ugh- Lu e rrlnCew3 of Walco. bot l/ ndalle e h ot. 09 0 i o i /C- Tite ce nts,. ,0 . aligh,tC.°A rho trad e ill or. ather lOW Is lid _ s Od Oa Ds 04, 3s 3r l Od 36 One' per qt. e. 32$ 11 p er .08 to 06 rket to.doif parer. • 2 8 0 to 3 v s , 2 • 2 4 3 to 2 4 , • • .203°20 . 40s to 4ini „37s to Iv moderate tape 11 0 0 0 t is sold 0 ... . . . ._ __ _ _''''''. Baughesi‘ er. i n liolde.r o k, the wl the wif° 01 ~.e o t 1 Orge'll P i 0 it ibot, °' ondollt 31 0 1. 1 ndereotit g a tthe l o l EsclUt datLig",o 1, vslotoo► I, Liao 10' e ctor.7 e vady J°" Col°4 , Tore° -c'el 0 0 '10 P. t ee 0" I CO° Also, uniform, nu! INITIALS. By the Author of "Quits" and "At Odds." 6s. EAST LYNNE. By Mrs. WOOD. Gs. The CIIANNINGS. By Mrs. Noon. 6s. MRS. RALIBURTON'S TROUBLES. By Mrs. 'Wool). 6s. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE AND NAVAL AND MILITARY JOURNAL for JANUARY contains :-The Court-Martial on Col. Crawley- Naval Promotion and Retirement -Military Engineering, Ancient and Modern -Experiments at Shoeburyness-Risen from the Ranks-The Political Crisis-Lectures by a Naval Architect-Anecdotes of the Civil War in Spain -The Royal Arsenal of Ferrol-Teneriffe-Promotions and Appoint ments-Obituary, &o. Murst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CIOLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. N.J Edited by W. II A.RRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Contents for JANUARY. No. DXVII. I. An Incursion into Labrador. 11. Won Over; or, the Countess and the Jesuit. By Mrs. Bushby. Part 11. 111. 184 By Nicholas Michell. IV. Queen Caroline (Wilhelmina of Ansdach). By Sir Nathaniel. V. The Ghost's Hand. A Christmas Story. VL Comedy of TraveL VII. Life, its Nature and Phenomena. By Cyrus Red-ding. VIII. Strathmore ; or, Wrought by his Own Hand. By the Author of "Granville de Vigne." Part VII. IX. Among the Cossacks. X. Tilly Palmer. A Village Story. By Alex. Andrews. XI. Yankee-Land. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. 11LACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE x, for JANUARY, 1864. No. DLXXIX. Price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS. Captain Speke's Journal. Tony Butler. Part IV. The Mind and the Body. Chronicles if Carlin,giord: The Perpetual Curate.— Part VIII. Winchester college and Commoners. Letter from Poland. No. W. A Song of Proverbs. The European Crisis. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The JANUARY NUMBER contains JOHN LAW. By WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH. Book I.—THE REGENT D ORLEANS. Chaps. I. to IV. IL Mr. Grimshaw's Little VL Lord Lyndhurst. By Love Affair. By Dud- W. S. G. ley Costello. Chap. VII. Baron Hompesch. By XXI. Dr. Michelsen. 111. The German Almanacks VIII. The Logic of Smith the for le6l. Weaver. By Francis IV. Tilsit and Erfurt. Jacox. V. Some Recent Dramatic IX. Six Weeks at Hunsdon Successes. Manor. Part VI. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. TEMPLE BAR MAGAZINE. In the January Number (now ready) commences a New Novel, to be continued Monthly, entikled— rp H E DOCTOR'S WIFE. 1 By Author of "John Marchmont's Legacy," "Lady Audley's secret," AC., ttc. Office of Temple Bar, 122, Fleet-street, London. NEW NOVEL BY AUTHOR OF " SACKTILLE CHASE." In the January Number (now ready) of the ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE commences THE MAN IN CHAINS. By C. J. COLLINS. London : Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Ju%t published, 4 BOOK OF BEAUTY. By Madame RAcnEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. GI PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, IGs 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to 11 cwt. barley or any meal. Delivered tree in Lon don. Established 185S.—THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. MESSRS. BOTT. JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. • Address—Born and .TACHsoN, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any _IL one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Tndizestion. or Ililionsnes9, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. 14d. end 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist L i TEA.—MOORE I3ROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchonz, reduced to 3s. fid. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 48. 4d. to 3s. lid. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. THE NEW WEATHER INDICATOR. By S. CAsELLA, for correctly foretelling Changes in the Weather, either for Rain, Wind, or Moisture. Particu lars, with rules, by inclosing stamp. Also, just published, CASELLA'S New and Improved FORMS for correctly REGISTERING METEOROLOGI CAL OBSERVATIoNS. 23, Jlatton•garden, London, E.C. ALGERIAN ONYX MARBLE. Messrs. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., respectfully solicit an hp,pecti ,, n of their Onyx Salon, which contains upwards of 1,003 objects, consisting of Clock Candelabra, Lamps,Vases, Jardinieres, Inkstands, Pen-trays, and a variety of smaller articles of taste, at moderate prices. This beaut!ful marble is perfectly translucent. bears a very fine polish, presents a diversity of pleasing tints, and can be turned or chiselled into any form necessary for utility or ornament. —5, 7,9, Regent-street, Pall-mall. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN. MOLLARD , S PERFUMED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, and "BA.REGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin and body in perfect health ; tbey are also an effectual remedy in curing local and cutaneous affections and rheuma tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most eminent plusicians see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Nos. 1 to 5, according to the degree of sulphur they contain, sold at the depot, 2, Rupert-street, Coventry-street, London, W., and at all chemists. Prospectuses and testimonials sent on application. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They arc not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations r ree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. P RIZE MED A L.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. F RANCIS TUCKER Jr CO., Wax Chandlers, ,te,, To the Queen and the P, ince of Wales. (Established 1770.) • The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to (he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:-- 4 , I have found them f u lly equa l t o th e recommendation w hich you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, recom mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest • quality. with Platted Wicks, patent e d.. 2 s. 2 d . per lb Ordinary quality • • • • • • • • .. 2 , . Cd. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. • • .. • • ls. Id. per lb. Best quality • • •• • •• is. 3d. per lb. S ec ond quality . • • Is. Id. per lb. Third quali• y. • • • The largest v : i t a a:1) . FRANCIS TU Carri age pa.d in London on O c r i d i e u rs it o A f N Fi D ve c r o ords in value. lanufactory -8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor. -s. e lt 3 a l r anufacture " C I is a sii n nn dl n s ni fb ( iE r ns t htEaebnulgilealicilleoladit'a frtioehr.3etA)llll. D R. SCOT T ' S BILIOUS AND,‘„,m LIVER ,t PILLS.—A N ETTFIt •FAILING Rn"”—•-•Pre -t Dr. .red without any mercurial I ngre di en t from the recipe cott, of Bromley, _Kent, will be f ou ndi nva luable to all ) who ! -uffer from bilious and dyer complaints, indigestion, pasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eves &c. For kabitua ,:ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier el the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street Charing-cross. . imet3 London, the iy in n and qna b u y ti most druggists,oin boxes.ls, lid., and three tße sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver P i lls. The genuine are a square engraved on the r tmp. eenpaotage, with " Lambert, THE EMBELLISHMENTS OF PARIS, commenced in 1848 by the works necessary for the junction of the Tuileries with the Louvre, have been on a gigantic scale. The greatest undertaking has been the continuation of the Rue de Rivoli onwards to the Rue St. Antoine, the disen gagement of the Hotel de Ville, and the opening of the square around the old Gothic tower of St. Jacques la Bou cherie. The next stupendous improvement has been the Boulevard Sebastopol, which runs north and south, as the Rue de Rivoli runs east and west, each being some two miles long and straight on end, except where the Boule vard Sebastopol twists across the Place du Chatelet and the Seine. The final cost of the Rue de Rivoli will be upwards of two millions sterling, and of the Boulevard Sebastopol more than two millions and a quarter. The other leading improvements and the sums granted by the State since 1852 towards the embellishment of Paris are as follows :—Boule vard de Strasbourg 3,149,0001, Palais de l'lndusirio 14,880,000 f, Hotel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 4,500,000 f, repairs of Historical Monuments 2,170,0001, Palace of the Elysee 1,400,0001, Hippodrome of Longchamp 1,500,0001, Tomb of Napoleon I. 865,000 f, Ponts des Inva lides, d'Jeno et d'Arcole 4,250,000 f, Cathedral of Paris (Notre Dame), 3,500,0001, Barracks 7,850,0004 Monument to Marshal Ney 50,0001, New Opera House 28,000,000 f, construction of the Isle des Cygnes, 428,0001, Grand Works (law of 1858) 60,000,0001—making, with 62,500,0001 for the junction of the Palaces of the Louvre and the Tuileries up to 1858, and including 36,000,0001 for the Boulevard Sebas topol, a total sum of 225,000,0001, or, in round numbers, nine millions sterling, exclusive of the contributions of the Municipality. The Halles Centrales cost about a million sterling, and the new Boulevard Malesherbes will cost the city £1,200,000. Altogether the State and the Munici pality of Paris have either actually spent or incurred lia bilities amounting in the aggregate to between seventeen and eighteen millions sterling. A RELIC ENDANGERED.—We presume the church wardens of St. Swithin's, London Stone, Cannon street, are the proper authorities to appeal to with regard to the preservation of the most interesting relic now existing of the Roman occupation of this island. In such a position as London Stone now occupies it is, notwithstanding the characteristic and well-designed case Wren gave it in 1680, exposed to injury at the hands of mischievous and stupid persons. Quite recently some fragments have been knocked off, one long and a shorter freshly fractured surface being exposed,shewing bright and clean spaces, ten and four inches long and three or four broad, upon the otherwise smooth, time-worn, and brown mass. Care ought to be taken that this mischievous trick is not repeated, or, before long, the mere boulder that remains of the great stone, pitched upright," that Stow mentions as standing on the south side of Cannon-street (it was removed to the kerb on the north side in 1742, condemned by the churchwardens to destruction in 1798, but saved by Mr. Malden, and placed, as now, against the church wall of St. Swithin's) and will become a thing of the past. Then will be lost the lapis milliarzus which Camden thought to be the central mile stone of the Romans, and to which Strl pe gave a still earlier origin, which is mentioned in charters of Athelstan's and in Stephen's time, again in 1198, a reference to which by 'Holing-Led was borrowed by Shakespere, and which ought to be most precious to the citizens,—Athenceunt. Horniman's Tea is choice and strong, moderate in price, and wholesome to use. These advantages have scoured for this Tea a general preference, It is sold in packets by 2,280 Agouti. BARNSLEY, Dec. 26.—The demand for all de scriptions of coal is exceedingly good throughout the South Yorkshire coal district, and the pits are doing quite as much business as they can—in fact, some collieries are unable to supply all the orders forwarded to them. Gas coal and Silkstone house coal are both in demand, and steam coals are just now in full inquiry, especially in London. The Deane and Dove Canal Navigation is carrying a large tonnage to Keadby. Altogether, trade may be quoted as good for the time of the year, though this week the Christmas holidays have somewhat interfered with the transaction of business. Prices since our last quotations have advanced for some de scriptions of house coal—Old Silkstones are quoted from 7s. to 7s. Gd. (at the pit's mouth) per ton ; Silkstone gas coals, 6s. 6d. to 75.; Worsborough park house coal, 4s. 3d.; Worsborough ditto, 55.; Elsecar and Hoyland and other coals remain at last quotations. Coke rules about Gs. 3d. per ton ; steam coal from the neighbourhood of Worsborough, 6s, 3d.; malting coke, 6s. 3d.; brick coal, 2s. 3d. to 4s. Gd. per ton. BIRMINGHAM, 26th.---The trade of this town has continued in a very satisfactory state up to the end of the quarter, and manufacturers in moat of the principal trades have a considerable number of orders on hand, so that the Christmas holidays will in all probability be shorter than usual. The gun trade is the only one of all the important branches of our manufactures in which any degree of slackness is felt, as so far as it is concerned the depression is very great, manufacturers who have stocks on hand being unable to sell at the lowest prices. On the other hand, the metal trades are busy, the rolling mills have been on at fall time, and the edge-toolmakers, wiredrawers, lamp and chandelier makers, and hollow-ware manufacturers are all , well engaged. The electro-plating business has I been so brisk of late that workmen in that branch have been in demand. The merchants have given out very few orders, but they have a good number in hand, and as th e mone y market bids fair to be easier, it is not likely that these will be withheld from the manufacturers beyond the first or secand week in the new year. Tao demand for the material is good —a proof of the healthy condition of trade generally. The iron trade of this district has been as buoyant as it now is for many years; it is antici pated that the advance to be declared on finished iron at the prelimi n ary meeting to be held next Thursday will b e no t :ess than 30a. per to n . It h as been announced this week that arrangements have been made for the transfer of the celebrated Patent Shaft Axle Company's works, at Wendesbury, to Messrs. Lloyd, Foster, and Co. BRADFORD, 26th.—There is no change to report in the wool and worsted trade, Places of business are generally closed tc-day, and the town has quite a holiday appearance. Very little if any business is done in either wool, worsted yarns, or pieces ; and quotations remain as they were—very firm. DUNDEE, 25th.—The reduction of one per cent. in the Bank rate had its effect on the market to-day, and rather a better feeling existed. Although this was Christmas and a Bank holiday, there was a moderate extent of business done in some depart ments. Flax, tow, and cedilla were quiet, few sales being reported, and prices nominally as before. Jute was more inquired for, and some business d one i n fine and medium qualities at prices scarcely obtain able on Tuesday. Some spinners made a fair amount of sales tc•day, manufacturers showing more dispo sition for business than on last market day. Prices have not given way further since then, but they cannot be quoted higher. The demand for linens continues very good for the season of the year, and orders are daily placed for the better class of goods (Forfar, Brechin, Arbroath, and Fifeshire fabrics), and Hessians, at paying prices: Stockings are not so much wanted as they were, but most makers are yet working to order, and do not feel the dulness. The foreign advicos to hand do not vary much from those formerly received. HALIFAX, 26th.—Christmas week has brought more than the average business, though there is nothing like so many transactions as will take place in a week or two. The general tone of the woollen and carpet branches is sound, especially the latter. Wool keeps up its price, and spinners will only buy small lots, though convinced that there is not much probability of its soon becoming cheaper. IliminRsFIELD, 26th.—To all appearances our merchants have had little to do this week which would impede them in their annual stock taking and balancing. Few buyers have been here, and the in quiry has only been for goods inferior in make or damaged in condition which might be purchaseable for nominal sums. There has not, however, been much done even in this huckstering line, In the warehouses attention is chiefly given to Bedford and woollen cords, for which there is still a rage, and nothing like sufficient steak to meet it. Notwith standing the external quietness, it is satisfactory to know that all the manufacturers are fully employed for the home trade of the coming spring. LEEDS, 26th.—To-day both the cloth halls and all the warehouses in the woollen trade are closed. Thursday was made thelast market of the week,and theu business was unimportant, as most of the houses are now closely engaged in balancing. We have no thing new to report with respect to next season's goods. The demand for patterns is not yet over. Actual deliveries will shortly begin. It is not expected terms will then be more favourable to buyers than they have been for some time past. Some few London houses have already agreed upon their :selections, The most favourite designs appear to be plain and checked light coloured thin-meltons. These and plain black cloths are the goods chiefly dealt in with a ac view re r s t to throughout spring ufthe town and adjacency are busy, and altogether busi ness i s i n a f a i r s t a t e , while prospects are certainly b r i g ht er th an th ey Mantu were last Christmas. LEICESTER, 26th.—The past has been rather a quiet week in the hosiery trade, but still there has been an average amount of business doing in most departments of goods. The workpeople, both in the ae well employed i e no stocks of town the h and e tn t eh of e c t o h n e n y t r e y a r d . Ist , h c e t r s e , ar hosiery on hand. The yarn market is firm, and prices remain very high, spinners holding out for e xtreme rates. There is no material change in wool, the market for which remains quiet. MANCHESTER, 26th.—Today places of business connected with the yarn and cloth trade have been closed, and two holidaysin the week have necessarily interfered a good deal with the amount of transac tions. Up to Thursday buyers were indisposed to n On ac T tion h s u ev rada were few, with prices Thursday the easier rates adopted by the Bank g ave a littl e more firmness to operate,in favour f the sellers.tra sellers, but it was not the regular market-day, and many sellers as well as buyers failed to put in an appearance on 'Change. " Some decline in price," say Messrs. Pender in their circular for the Over land Mail, "has been established during the past fortnight in all classes of goods, though it is less noticeable in the case of India clothe, in consequence generally of the smallness of stocks. Printing cloths have declined ls. 6a. to 2s. per piece from the highest point, and about the middle of the month there was a considerable demand for them." China shirtings, figured and brocade shirtings and damasks have also been in limited rrquest during the past fort night, and have shared in the decline of prices which has been common to nearly allfabrics. 40-inch India shirting, madapollams„ F: econets, end mulls have been comparatively less affected in prices, and were consequently among the fabrics for which manufac turers were disposed to ask rather firmer rates after the action of the Bank on Thursday. Yarns had been d ec li n ing generally till Thursday, when spin ners in some cams asked id. Rbove the rates of the day before, but business left off dull. NEWCASTLE ON-TYNE, 26 th.—The pits have been 1 working full time, and there has been an amply PI;R PAIR. TcDYKE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the WELLINGTON is CLOSED for repairs, Ste., and will be RE-OPENED on THURSDAY, the 31st December next, at 5 o'clock p.m. Dy order, JOIN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, Wt. James's-street. Entrance, GO, Piccadilly, W. December 25,1863. T H E 0 X F ORD, $, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS' EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop ; also, from LA FORZA DEL DESIINO—Verdi ; by the fol lowing talented artistes .—Misses !Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henry, almsley, Tyrrell, and Elltson ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, dze. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHAL KENBACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTII ("or any other man '', Eugene, W. Randall,W. T. Critchfield, T. MaclA,gan, GeorgeHutchen son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire company, a new and original Cantata, entitled "King Christmas." written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the ostablshment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. "THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce that, through ihe medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN TERBURY HALL. The object of the Club is not the re- Peopling, of the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through the agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient) pictures of the drama of real life, both in its serious and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux. to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some of the teachings or ple.,santries of the best wrlors. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South. and the "White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, receive emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be rapidly r eplace Iby others. The pages f Shakspere and the ePer Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ine-oldsby, Dickens, itc., drc., wj 1. in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions RS usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Ehnsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. -ROYAL ALHAMBRA.—Great Treat during the Christmas HoIidays.—FRANCONPS CIRQUE IMPERIAL.—This, the only thoroughly organised Circus Company in London, comprises the first artistes, selected from the best known Continental Troupes, including Male and Female Equestrians, Gymnasts, Acrobats, and Clowns. The Stud consists of highly-trained Trick and Menago w Horses, unrivalled in any establishment in Europe. Crowded audiences i nightly th attend this splendi entertainment, now renewed unwonted splendour. Enthusiastic reception of M. Jules Perez, from Madrid, the greatest Bare-backed Rider ever seen, whose wonderful performances create a pro found sensation. Second week of Professor lase, the Slack Wire Performer, of World-wide Renown, Arthur and Ber trand, the most amusing and marvellous of Clowns, together with a host of varied talenta'l unequalled in their respective spheres. Morning Performances Daily, during the ensuing Christmas Week, at Two o'Clcck ; Evening, at Half-past Seven. Admission—Reserved seats, Bs.; Stalls and Balcony, 2s. Pit and Promenade, is. ; Gallery, 6d. Private boxes, to hold six persons, 21s. J OYAL ALHAMBRA. - JULES PEREZ -cu EVERY EVENING at the ALIIABIBRA. P OYAL ALHAMBRA.-MORNING PER FORMANCEA EVERY DAY at Two, at the ALIIAM BRA, during the CHRISTMAS WEEK. _ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market. NOTICE.—M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued nightly at the above elegant rooms. Admission le. Conductor—id. JULLIEN. Solo Performers—:Messrs. Mosca, Tyler, King, M'Kenney, Snellin ;, Sloman, Progratski, Baker, &c. Manager, M. GRENET. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom. Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparii;on.—Can be had only at Madame RACHEL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It tits into the ear, not perceptib'e, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMON S, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. J OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, Icing's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majc4ty the QUEEN. Vica-Patron—ll is It oya ighne s s the Prince of 1 - VA S,K.G President—B is Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII, Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad mission compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged t) treat as out-patients many distressing cases which. with more adequate I unds, they would gladly admit into the war :Is. The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500 beds. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by the 'treasurer, Edward Mali , erroan, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Hansom and Co.;Prescott, Grote. and Co.; Smith , Payne, and Co.: Giyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W lliams, Deacon, and Co. ; oyez - end. Gurney, and Ca. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; Masterman and Co. ; L Barned and Co., Liverpool; and at the ilospita7, from 10 till 5. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. supply of coals for shipment. Coasting freights have fallen from Bs. 3d. per ton to 7s. 71d. for Lon don, in consequence of the arrival of a few ships and the mild state of the weather. The general freight-market, however, has not shown much variation. Coal freights to Havre are quoted to day at £lO 10s.; Boulogne, £8 17s. c d. ; Alicante, £27 ; Trieste, £29 ; Venice, £3l; Genoa, £29 ; Alexandra, £3l ; and Constantinople, £27 per keel. The demand for iron keeps very brisk in the north, with prices rising. The manufacturing trade of the district is exceedingly good, with very hope, ful prospects for the spring. The reports of th e l oss of north country shipping still continue, and the amount of liability for which the insurance clubs are responsible is serious. All the ports from Whitby to Blyth will suffer equally, and as the in surances in the north are conducted upon the mutual principle, shipowners being their own underwriters, the ownors who have ships afloat will have to make good the losses, and the averages will be heavy. NORWICH, 26th.—This, as may be readily ima gined, has been a broken week. The shoe trade, however, is spoken of more hopefully than for some time past. The manufacturing business of the city is not very active, although some little movement is shortly anticipated on spring account. With refe rence to the allusion made under this head a week since to the Norwich and London Accident and Casualty Insurance Association, it appears that the number of policies issued in the seven years ending August 31, 1863, was 18,103, instead of 10,103, as printed. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. EXAMINER.—The question really interesting the country is whether Sergeant Lilley was treated justly, not the narrow issue whether the severity exceeded what was necessary to the purpose of his confinement. Was the man wronged ? Was any right ol a soldier contravened in the confinement which hastened his end? The article of war limit ing duration of an untried man's imprisonment is the main safeguard of the soldier's liberty ; it is to him what the habeas corpus is to the civilian. This important law was violated in Lilley's case. Colonel Crawley's defence in that respect, as in others, is " Macbeth's "Thou canst not say I did it !" The arrest was commenced by him without any infraction of military law, but it was continued by the direction of General Farrell indefinitely, and afterwards of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Vim. Mansfield, in contravention of the arti c les of war. We have advisedly used the word direction instead of authority, because those Gen era l s h a d no autho rity to set aside or nullify one of the articles of war framed for the Government of the army, and to control the highest as well as the lowest in the service. The notion in Colonel Crawley's mind was that he had to deal with a mutiny. There had been mutiny in India, so mutiny was always to be apprehended in India. There had been mutiny in native forces, so mutiny was likely to break out in an English regiment. The question in his mind, as he avers, was mutiny or no mutiny, ,because, forsooth, Mr. Smales had written an in discreet letter, and three sergeants h a d rea d some proceedings the publication of which was forbid den. In one of Dickens's novels two characters ,go on the stage representing a general rebellion. Here we have three sergeants bringing a regiment within a step of mutiny, though th e corps was sound, the discipline intact. But nevertheless " the crisis had arrived, the danger w as immi nent !" The Colonel was in a dream, or i n a passion, and made mountains of mole hills. It is a highly significant fact, that to clear Colonel Crawley's character no less than seven reputations must be destroyed. Four officers and thr ee ser geants must be believed wanting in truth a n d d uty , in order that he may stand fair in the eyes of th e world. We cannot join in the praise that has been given to the defence. In the conduct of it th ere was, indeed, much of the Old Bailey Cl everness, and a success in disposing of it. As for the con eluding speech, which has been strangely admired, it was tawdrily rhetorical, and in the prevailing taste of works of sensation. Such passages as these seem borrowed from the penny dealers in fine writing :—" How in the dark and dreary night of calumny and wrong have I longed for the day when the truth might be legitimately known, and when the foul vapours of malice and falsehood NC ould dis solve like a morning mist before the sun r Some parts of his speech are more gravely reprehensible, for instance, his insolent remark upon a statement of Mr. Smales's," I think it just possible that upon this occasion Mr. Smales told the truth : " Now it has been her Majesty's pleasure to reinstate Mr. Smales in her service, a reparation which certainly would not have been made if Mr. Smales had been void of truth, and therefore unworthy of her com mission and a place amongst men of honour. The insult strikes higher than the restored paymaster. imputations mouths the man who deals in such foul mouths about libellers and calumny. From such outbursts it is easy . to understand what he must have been in his regiment. He has, however, been acquitted, honourably a o . quitted, and will resume a command for which he has shown such rare qualifications. But here the matter cannot rest. The question evaded must be raised, whether or not a wrong was done to Lilley, and whether the articles of war door do not prot ect a good soldier against injustice. If it can be shown that a court martial could not have been assembled to try the prisoners, well and good, but they were detained by direction of the two Generals without any view to trial, and for another purpose. At the meeting of Parliament more will be heard of this question, and of the soldiers' rights involved in it. LONDON REVlEW.—Summary justice seems likely to overtake those violators of the law, Messrs. Heenan and King. The magistrates of the county in which they fought seem resolved not to let the matter drop to the ground. They are quite right. Even bad laws ought to be kept, and the law which prohibits the brutality of prize fights deserves especial conservation. The practice is itself demoral ising—the training, as has been shown by th e Lancet, is often thoroughly prejudicial to health— and though Messrs. Heenan and King themselves may not be worse than their ordinary associates, there is no doubt that the prize ring is full of ruffians and vagabonds belonging to all classes of society. Bell's Life, the chosen organ of prize fighters, has more than once seemed thoroughly ashamed of its mission. The champions of England and America themselves, who have nearly killed one another for the amusement of a degraded and sensation-hunting mob, know pretty accurately and measure pretty well the depth of their degradation. What Mr.Thos. Say ers feels upon the subject may bejadged by the reso lution he at one time formed of retiring definitely from the Ring—a resolution which he has not seemingly been man enough to keep. Heenan while in training at Brighton expressed himself in no light language of the occupation in which he is engaged. "Isn't a bloody and brutal thing," he is reported to have said, " a man like me to be getting ready to stand up and knock another man about for some money ?" Tha scene at the railway station on the morning of the fight was thoroughly of a piece with past experience, though the strenuous efforts made by the Company, and favoured possibly by the police, put it out of the power of the very poorest ruffians to be present at the fight. The character of prize-fighting may be estimated by the history of the police -courts the next day. To foreign nations it perhaps appears incredible that, in de fiance of the law, such rude and violent exhibitions should with impunity take place on each occasion when it pleases the noble patrons of the sport to back one man's muscles against the muscles of an other. They would conclude (and they would not .t _ be far wrong in concluding) that the fault lies easily the Executive. Ordinary law breakers_ artehe case reached by the strong arm of justice. 1 of a street row the police are as vigilant t be, and the native slowness of pace permits them n as their severity which winks at the prizefighter scowls grimly at the pickpocket. T o complaints of this description the advocates of themireply that it It' does not do to be in advance of the mor ality of the age—a proposition which is as ludicrous as a a ge is pro position well can be. f i the age is not Either ht. i h I peaubliee , right or the moral law is rigs the wrong, abnlish by all mean penalties commandment. But if th e law is unimpeachable, ia and its d e fiers belong to th e scum and lee s of so ciety respectively, let the law stand, and let th e age learn to obey or to s ubmit to That gentlemen and scholars should (tare still to uphold a practice condemned by law and morality alike, is enough to discourage most men. The efforts of a minority must, however, quickly prove impotent before the common opinion of society. Why is prize fighting worse than cock-fighting on Shrove Tuesday ? Both are equally ancient, equally national, and equally disreputable sports. The cock has been successfully tak en under the wing of the Legislature; but human bei ngs are still allow"' and encouraged—in — T. the,t , glsl , 4ture's dospite—t° prat tise on each other cruelties which would be disgrace ful if inflicted on a cab horse. The time has come to interefere, and to interfere with vigour. A good deal depends on the firmness and decision o the magistrates before whom King end Heenan will appear; and without wishing any unnecessary hardships to be inflicted on two courageous pugilists, we cannot help believing that the magistrates iu question will not be worthy of their office unless the penalty be sharp, decisive, and final. patent lawere, SPECTATOR.—The Fitzgerald di vorce su i t, b es id es amusing the town for a week, has substan tial service. It has revealed to the public a defect in English divorce law long since pte dunet to ay and which may be productive of almcst infinite mis chief. It is open to anybody from jealousy, or hatred, or blindness, or the hope of extortion, to include any innocent person, man or woman, among the co-respondents in a divorce suit, and so either Permanently damage their characters or inflict a c rushing amount of annoyance and anxiety. 83 long a s well the liability was felt only by men, other men award how ionic , t;yr such offences are judged might affo r d to shrug their shoulders and congratulate themselves that nobody had any handle on the m ; but the in treducticn of a woman into tho same situation alters the aspect of affairs. The most unscrupulous are apt to grow savage when their own wives are attacked in public, and the mischief having occuered in one case, we may fairly expect some effort to modify the law. The cruel wrong endured by one of the parties in this singular suit, singular if only as exposing the persistent ignorance of the public on the subject of legal cruelty, is not attributable to the Divorce Court. She would have suffered it just as much under tbe . old procedure, and without so prompt relief; but it is due to a defect in the law itself. A greater wrong effected through legal forms it would be difficult to imagine. Major Fitzgerald, son of Lord William Fitzgerald, and an officer of some dis tinction, having earned the Victoria Cross in th e Crimea, married in 1857 Miss Georgiana Bettis worth. The major had little but his pay and hi s debts, the lady between twenty and thirty thousand pounds, and the marriage on theihusband's side al most avowedly made for money. Such matches end every day more happily than they deserve, but in this instance the bridegroom was disappointed, or thought he was disappointed, of some of the money promised; the bride looked after her property with penurious care and vigilance, and both parties were on the evidence of high and uncontrolled temper. The major snubbed his wife, according to her evi dence, after the most unpardonable manner; ac cording to his, with the kind of" chaff" women can never understand or bear. Mrs. Fitzgerald, 613 time went on, became more and more irritated; the loss of a child, which she attributes to his language, and everybody else apparently to bad medical ad vice, aggravated the disunion, and at last the wife, tired out by reflections on her person, whether good humoured or not, accused the husband of infidelity. She fixed, as the Mrs. Naggletons of society do fix, on the lady her husband best knew, a Mrs. Mallet, wifo of Mr. Mallet, holding an appointment in the Foreign Office, who, to his misfortune, had been a kind friend to Major Fitz gerald. Taxed for whole years on end with inti macy with this lady, threatened with the loss of all he had married to obtain, and badgered out of his wits, Major Fitzgerald, as he says in a letter published in the Times, went temporarily out of his mind—a statement which, unusual as it is, seems the only one which explains the facts, and which is supported by medical evidence. In this condition he wrote letters to his wife admitting the truth of her accusation, and, all efforts at reconciliation fail- . . ing, she brought her action for cruelty and adultery For months Mrs. Mallet's name remained on the file as co-respondent in a case in which a Major on the Staff, a man of the class against whom society always presumes, and in whose favour it usually condones, such charges, was also implicated. For all that time none but the intimate friends of the accused family had any means whatever of knew ing whether any portion of the implied charge was, or was not, in coy degree true. The only thing they were certain of was the bitter, but unavailing wrath of her husband, who, thou g h willing to go all lengths in his wilh's defence, had not even h right to a hearing within the Court. So bad is the law that he had not even the right to send counsel ioto the Court, to promise the complete refutation he end his friends knevi that it was in hie power to adduce. At legit the trial came on, Mrs. Fi'zgerald gave her_ evidence, the letters svre protluec:l, and the pleinaiirs side, and that alone, cppearcliii the papers of the fallowing day. For twenty-four hours, at least, Mr. and Mrs. Mallet must have suffered torture ; but, fortunately, the law left them one solitary chance. It Was open to counsel, though not compulsory on counsel, to place them in the box, and to bring forward evidence they had collected in disproof of the charge. Had Mrs. Millet been, as hundreds of women would have been, half-killed or wholly killed by appearance before a public court in order to rebut such a slander, even this chance might have failed. As it was, through a concurrence of favouring circumstances and the for titude of the witnesses, the truth was for once made clear. There was not a particle of evidence worth one straw to justify any imputation of any sort or kind, except that Mr. Mallet had the misfortune to be on friendly terms with a man subject to halluci- ' nations, and to lend him, through his wife, L 25. It was not a mere break-down of evidence leaving still a shade of suspicion. There was counter-evidence as complete as it is possible for evidence of a nega tive ever to be, accounting for almost every moment of Mrs. Mallet's time, and so deeply did that lady's bearing impress the jury that they refused to hear plaintiff's counsel or Judge's summing-up, and at once, as by acclamation, exonerated the accused. SATURDAY liEvlEW.—The politicians of old days were not expected to stump. Extra-Parliamentary utterances are an invention of modern times. The older view of a Member of Parliament's functions was limited to the assembly which he was sent to join. His constituents troubled themselves princi pally about his votes—that is to say, if he sat for a constituency which took any interest in political matters beyond that which could be expressed in the coin of the realm. If he chose to indulge in utterances of any kind within the walls of Parlia ment, it was entirely by his own choice, and for the purpose of pushing his own way in the world. A totally different conception of the character now prevails: For some time an idea appears to have gained ground among the constituencies, that it is part of the duties of every Member of Parliament to take care that his name shall appear, at least occasionally, in the debates. The ticability of this pretension must have been obvious 'vide the to any one who would take the trouble to di physical imprac ticability of hears at the diiposal of the nous° of contains. Commons by the number of Members it it e v on made In course of time, this practical , where the itself felt, and a compromise was accdeilfsfiteend. Instead of speaking in the House of Com audience is impatient and fastidioumst they expect encies are now content that the or t a ca, ,:rmnysost constitu tor their own from their member shall beexyen the recess. This I tends to save the of edification and diversion, arrangement, stumping. arrangement, which time of Parliament, is probably the origin o f the modern system o f tons would be a Members of Parliament go through many veXat. two letters after their name, that misery more xh l l t bititi_ for the sake of the inscrutaeb,lethpalteaosnuree Writing or less is rot of serious evilB during the recess tended to lessen t o number of candidates this mne obligation l i i m g a l) t o i h r o na importance. a . privilege of gratuitously for the performing it. But in England, the charm of standingone round h i g h er on the social..ladder than ,Your neighbours is so irresistible that, if a memoer of Parliament were obliged to dance upon his head for the amusement of his constituents, it is Probable that men of for tune and independence Would be found to do it,and to assure the spectators that the time devoted to the feat was the proudest moment of their lives. Nor can it be said that the an y injury to the ordinary race of m pra b ctiee fi, does' rliainent. Their em ers o style of oratory is fro m a deterioration. Unfortunately, however uite safe • usag e '..r , , the imperious ex tends to all, • includes even the end consequently iu the most eminent men who have taken a share ahli nistrAtien of the Empire. Upon metthe the habit of platform l has a decidedly rml effect. As e oquenceCommons is about the best, the House of so a Platform is by far the worst, school of oratory. It has b een we ll said that sermon s would be free to their from must of the d efects that arc laid onlyiable to a reply. It charge if the , clergy were l. e ' mewl and virtue to supply the requires superhulhat:,ou_ _ Id be imposed by the fear aeoutary cheek w hich has all the vices of the of criticism. The tletaelipcense in point of facts and prin.- pulpit, joined , eeial to itaelf. Few public men are ciples which Is special themselves to resist the tempta sufficiently masters° . h . h is held out by the impessibility of a reply, tion wale ' ressibilit of their audience . and by the pecunar imp y Th e a knowledge that a practised debater is prepar teg to pick to pieces a s p eaker's reasonin g , and to scrutinise his alete, the moment be has sat down, enforces a cautioa in the selection and treatment of topics which self-imposed scruples will not entirely replace. The conscquence is, that orators who are fond of starring it in the provinces are generally r n ,,,sses i ss,—The question has been asked before now, Flow is it that clever men can N vrite such bad comedies ? Of the "how" we can say nothing, but o f t h e fact that they can and do so write there is no doubt whatever, and in ad dition to many proofs of the pbssession of that faculty past, present, and—we fear—to come, by raen of talent, we may boldly c ite M. ;Tales Sandeau's " Mais on de Penar van," brought out here a few nights since. MG author is known as one of the best and most elegant writers of tho day as a novelist, having produced several works which hold a high place in the estimation of the best judges, both for his power of creating en interest in the mind of the reader, and those rarer qualiti:s of taste and style in which he is immezourably suporicr to most writers of the modern school, whose popularity is frequently owing to the vio lence and vulgar exaggerations az their manner of writing. A comedy, however, is one thing and a roman another ; end certain it is that M. Sandeau's play of "La Madsen de Pcnarvan is a poor affair, while his novel is excellent." The scene is laid in Brittany, where stands the rained chateau of the Penarvans, a noble loyalist family, who have freely given their lives and their wealth to the cause of the. Monarchy - against the Republic. Of - their vast pos sessions there remains but a dilapitated castle, and of the great and numerous family but one surviving daughter Renee, whose spirit and courage, however —solitary, poor and friendless as she is—glow as ardently for the good old perishing cause as in the brightest days of its prosperity. The last of her race, she is determined never to change her name, but to die a Penarvan. In the meantime poverty and distress are gathering round her, and she is compelled to part w ith por ti ons of her land to supply the vul gar ne cessities of life. In this strait she discovers that a rel a ti ve belongin g to a younger branch of the Penarvans, whom she thought dead, is still living, a species of country squire, who has not a grain of the chivalry o f hi s f am il y in his composition, and has willi ng ly abjured all connection with nobility. Thi s doughty personage, Paul de Penarvan , is about to marry the pretty daughter of a miller, one Mi chaud, a genuine son of liberty as it fl o urished in 1793, when the noble Ren6s) horror-struck at the intended de gradation, resolve s t o prevent it if possible, and ac oeordill&Y seeks an interview with him in the vici nity of the chateau, and, a cquainting him with the death of her brothers on the field of La Vendee, de livers him the deeds w hi ch constitute him the head of the family. The beauty of his fair visitant at once puts an end to the chance of the miller's daughter and— not to prolong the story too much—i n the next ' act ve , e fig :I him the husband of the poor h e i ress. Anything like love for such a man is of course out of th e question' but sh© makes use of his means to aid the royal cause, not onl y with his purse, but actually in person, and one o f the best scenes is that in which he reluctantly dons his spurs and other warlike paraphernalia to take the field among his wife's friends against the Republic, with whom lie his real sym pathies. He is dangerously wounded in his first battle, and the natural tenderness of woman's heart towards a suffering husband finally leads to a reconciliation between them, and the audience are left to hope (if they can) that the noble high-spirited woman, who had borne so much for tho sake of early principles, may ultimately find happiness in. her union with a roan that has none. Such is the outline, and only an outline, of this play, many of the details which servo for the filling up of the picture being omitted for the pur pose of abridgment, for its extreme heaviness and length on the stage rather leads to the fear that one account of it rather partakes of the sin of the original. Its general effect on the public led to a display of considerable oppo sition on the first and second representations. And here we have to note a fact of singularly rare occurrence at this theatre—to wit, that the acting was not of the character the public are here accustomed to. Without being bad, it was not first-rate, yet there was no apparent want of zeal or nitre, but the performers seemed nearly all misplaced. The ungracious role of Paul, for instance, would seem , to re nnin) distinction of manner and deportment to redeem its ;disagreeable features. It was given to M. Got, a most ox-, Icellent comedian, and we believe only deficient in the. graceftil qualities just named. So ti 1 Z. Prevost,, .k;a: with the young actor Coritelin, - 110 played tha in llej, for I,wlAph ialtrkzni.Oekably toe joenile k L:l,l — tb4:sliitt legs to produeo the appearance orrgo up.an his plain and youthful features. Male. Pte, , ey, is Mile. de Pcnarvan, looked, dressed, and aced beautifully. In the first scene with her cousin her costume and general appearance so strongly resembled the best portraits of the unfortunate Mario Antoinette as to strike every beholder. With this exception and that of M. Mirccour, who gave the little part of an aristocratic lacquey of old times with wonderful gusto, none of the performers seemed at home in their pats—a drawback that considerably impaired the effects of the piece, which, however, we could not help thinking under the hands of Eug&le Scribe would have made an amusing and attractive comedy, a title to which at present it really possesses no claim. By the way, the sub ject seems, all things considered, a curious one to select for performance in the Court theatre—for the piece had the honour to be chosen for representatio n at Compiegne before the guests of the Emperor, previous to its produc tion at the Frangais. It was received with favour, but of the quietest kind. PALAIS-ROYAL.—A pleasant little piece, called "Le Pifferaro," has bean brought out h ere. Two persons, e on , vei sing in the streets upon the small quantity of real hap piness to be found in this queer world of ours, meet with . spiritedly Nvnich is one of the wandering Italians just named,. whose doleful melodies are but too well known to the public, and one 1,,, a wager that this poor fellow, with his infernal music, bright eyes, and ever -laughing face, cannot . possibly be rung . the miserable. Ile loses, of course--but from th is u(l ng , rither philosophical point rises the material of the f arce Berthelet, who has become quite a favourite, antiY sung by enlivened by two or three agreeable . airs, with genuine plaudits. . . i received VAitirrEs,--An arausinF, trifle, not at uP remarkable by it s novelty, has been received here With ' "L'lnfortuttee Caroline." Mdlic. 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