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won iv be Mr. F opi lbdea gine, Ition n a the effect ' it o° l fo r Oe Is to 4" L o to 350 ~ to 264 ler. a dition' re r tl 3Bl/ he;lto 4 0 1. 0 e go d st . , r 3 6st. 1 b 2 4 07 O 360' t drie , „47 o . to °,,,` • petwr jai 38 to 0 ; • , s to 30 0 our, mostlf qu art 36 Pe! maatipg , old oat.* Beso , ) otone. )ec. )ee. 19. f an. :; e1 )en. )no• 1 1 9. )ne• 1-* M 19 c. 19 , L e c 0 . . 1231, ) T o . . 21, 4 , lan. I g, )eo• 1 3, Jeo• 3, )6 02 )0. 11' )ec• 15, V. fan. 11. )ee• 9 )0. 2 • 1 4 ' Dee' (Atli gr e ie o° ° Media' 'btv Bt 30 blo Dd O a* , n t, tea3P" d sew , ; roofs of ie Nora; ks, as aso vist a town voted /11' shir e ' vii fJ . le ° dens► vife 0.1 l' ,rl4 ! of 1 11 0 te r of q• 9op r , f 1 1 1 °,41; v r ilr' . ol y E 1 ;alisbild' Nei" urY Ja' stool Grif ° p, o " ° 0 Ocial a t IST"' nitt"tlrf yQtY %' of i pURNITURE, CARPETS, 11 EDDING, and The kP LO ORCLOT IT, CARRIAGE-FREE t o an y ho us e in ko o d s in a c •' d orn, regardless of a moun t or di s f ance. Fi rs t c l ass Nero- t second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to tr o Z:Y d r !lerf and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select t,, tr Isklayed in Showrooms occupying an acre of ground. Jsarriele warranted NVKGY3IEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUEd to, nareare respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and publishing an entirely New Edition of their u _ alli_alrled ROUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, ilbistrated by4l9 teMable engravings of every description of Furniture and posVads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis find to rn l ree on application. This costly work also contains ~_P!ete estimates for furnishing cn the following revised A Six -roomed Parsonage -11 / 4 l l e .ight-roomed ditto A '-,'en-roomed ditto T o , ou A Twelve -roomed d:tto 141 11 0 of v7 n u a e .',Wi . th a eriee List of purified 1-.erldino*, and a mass Tame , oic information to all requiring houschlld furniture, r ae ; l T ', or bedding. Reference% kindly permitted to Cler ,y -hiti,tad gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southamptop, V e n": B ,.ter, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, tiivinr.:7l,:axford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder -Rt. "'Pr, Wellinn - ton, Croydon. Cambridge, , taines, Dork . in . Ef, ` S. Woi•cester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David s, Iltit a ) ll n ain, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Cog;;,, ~.1 30 ,dg et l`Td oa n n , d s .E CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford- NIL and GREAT WESTERN eor r , RAILWAY —NEW YORK DIVISION ;t th,.ONS due Ist January next will be PAID m London, 1. 41 ,1 k •onsolidated Bank (Limited\ No. 7, Fenchurch-street, rt hn ",, , l, at the ra t e o f 4 s. t o th e d o ll ar . It BL',,- 01 Mons must be left two clear days or examination ; t,s'cit to the Offices of the Company, No. 2, Old Broad-street, I, altt ec ° l 4 , I:. C., by post, a cheque for the amount wi.l be re "l due course. DecetnebaPtion to convert Bonds into Shares expires on 31st L oad " ' °Tt, No. 2, Old Broad-street, Dec. 9, 1863. ATLANTIC and GREAT WESTERN R AALWAY.—NOTICE to BONDHOLDERS. 0m c , 4 " 1. 0 trinity with the terms on which the First Mortgage tasn ea qt the Pennsylvania Section of this Rsilroad were Dtr„„'*.4) the public, the FIRST ANNUAL DRAWING of 4 at th e it, of the gross amount of these Bonds will take place r , London Tavern, Bishopszate-street, in the presence of at o r - litin, Public Not ar y, o n TUESDAY, J anuar y 12, 1861. attee o' The authorised issue is a when Bs under, viz. - ondholders are invited to . 2 '-0 Bonds of 00 dols. each 500 2 ,000 " 100 tf 20 ~ 000 „ F ad 2,V0,000 „ ab o , Per cent. of each denomination will be drawn on the o 4 day, and the Bonds so drawn, that have been issued in „ (11 , will be paid off at the rate of £225 for every 1,000 t'et '' C nd, £ll2 10s. for every 500 dols. Bond, and £22 10s. for ofn e Sr e 100 dols. Bond, on presentation at the Company's text '„ 1\1.0 - 2, Old tiroad-street. E.C., on and after Ist April 10,2 in addition to the Coupon due on that day, after whioh isu•terest will cease. ael 4 1 ;,jniunt, the drawn Bonds will be cancelled in the pre 8. public notary. ces, 2, Old Broad-street, London, E.C., Dec. 9, 1863. qt:AitDIAN FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. - SPECIAL NOTICE. Welk Directors are now prepared to grant Isurances on l a.ndise in the Port of London at the n _REDUCED ' I, E OF RATES, th.ailiculars to be obtained at the Offices, 11, Lombard c, n4jOYAL EXCHANGE OFFICE, ASSURANCE ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, 25th November, 1861 t,The COURT of DIRECTORS of the Corporation of the ;,,`°Yal Exchange Assurance do hereby give Notice, that their ,'anster Books will be shut from TUESDAY, the 15th of becember next, to THURSDAY, the 7th of January follow -11q*; that the Annual General Court appointed by their charter will be holden at their Office on the Royal Exchanze, oat 4 WEDNESDAY, the 23d of December, at Twelve o'clock Noon ; and that a Dividend will be considered of at the kid Court. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICE, THE BOOS OF THE NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Life For the Year 1863, close on 31st December. k i Are Policies effected on or before that date will rank for an tiorial Year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants. —. t l P7 the Four Years preceding last Division of rofits (1858), the Company issued 1,595 Lif e L'olicies, assuring £1,221,603 tlt ttlg the Four suc'eeding Years the number of Polices issued amounted to 3,168, and the klllms assured to .•• £2,22',5y2 BEING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT. NivIItSIXTII SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of the COlll- 1"-'S PROFITS 'will take place on 31st December, IS6o. 1,41,. L ., /11 „.,W . 14 LE PROFITS WHICH HA ACCUMU ,-,,LISINCE 11sT DECEMBER, 1858, W VE ILL THEN vIDED, AND NINETY PER CENT. A LLO: 'A I'ED so THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING THE CE RTIFICATES of INDISPUTABILI ry granted, and every facility offered to Insurers. FIRE DEPARTMENT. rai nLb te.n^e rms. s granted both at Home an d Ab roa d on th e mos t til l'°r lrls of Proposal and every information will be given al e I kad Office, or any of the Company's Agents. By order. Lr indon, November, 1863. fiND ON -.." HEAD OFFICES 58, Threadneedle-street. ... 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. West-end Office.. 8. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. ,bIN/surmi 64, Princes-street. F. W. LANCE, Secretary. DEA.FNESS.—The SOUND MAGNIFIER. pent. VOICE CONDUCTOR , a newly in tiAl INVISIBLE instrument for severe cases 01 deafness. It fits into ne:a.r, not perceptible, removes singing noises in the head, Z 1 1;". 'enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMON S, 39, Albemarle - l'f.et Piccadilly. FIE NEW WEATHER INDICATOR. ri l jr By S. CASELLA, for correctly foretelling Changes in 1 0 Weather, either for Rain, Wind, or Moisture. Patten 'l.B, with rules, by inclosing stamp. 1,,A150, just published, CASELLA'S New ana Improved. t ylt, US for correctly REGISTERING METEOROLOGI '4, OBSERVAT lONS. 23, Hatton-garden, London, E.C. ALGERIAN ONYX MARBLE. Messrs. . HOWELL, ,TANIES, and CO., respectfully solicit an I . aection of their Onyx salon, which contains upwards of `!" objects, consisting of Clock., Candelabra, Lamps,Vases, 41 -nieres, Inkstands, Pen-trays, and a variety of smaller ocies of taste, at moderate prices. ' beaut:ful, marble is perfectly translucent, bear s a very li b ,Polish, pr sen t s a di vers ity of plea s in g tints, and can be or' 7 —t,ed or ch isel9led Ren-ent-str into anyeet, form necessary for utility or -aent % I'V E YOUR HORSE A TREAT.—Two penny dailq paf . Lets of THORLEY'S delicious CONDIMENT leks ' xed with damned chaff and corn, will, at three ", ance astonish the owner. Peeked publicly at 115, tio,„";" ;met,' City. None genuine without the Inventor's -re enuraved on each packet, " Joseph Thorley." liq ua 7 4l , the Discussion on this C. ndiment, held in Hanover- Ave r o Rooms, and judge for yourselves how its opponents a v et hors de M ayate an Oil Cake Dealer, the other tr !nary Surgeon. be had free on application. it THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN. IVriOLLARD'S PERFUMED SULPHUR Tle, , SOAP and CREAM for ordinary t o il e t p ur p oses , th e I BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free %heal disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of p reserv i ng tt‘ h ., l4 s, n and body in perfect health ; they are also an effectual 11 - B — ,uY in curing local and cutaneous affections and rheuma ftni,' Ilighly patronised and recommended by the most I%T o „' , ent physicians (see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from W 60,1 !,, at 1 to 5, according to the degree of sulnhur they T,oncontain, the depot, 2, Rupert-str et, Coventry-street, don, oil'. aaPplicnd at tall chemists. Prospectuses and testimonials sent ion. --------- T k ol a l : ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the EE'Tll.—Mr. ESKFLL'S INVENTION in 1 the construction of work ith the be made and fitted w ;liinpgauar m an e tz t e n s i : s — m A ca s n et of teeth, of excellent without 1110. it perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours. Pa't without _, nor extraction of stumps, and to answer all thepurposes '_4. Mastication and articulation. They are fitted Nvires or tastenin gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the optio_n_ nom' and adapt themselves so perfectly to the of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to aid of a dentist. They are n t es 43 m • are always useful, and will last a lit ti tise explaining Mr. EskeePei. o so liable to injury, ..... e _ _ ma " ellang f the outh without the Inspection of specimens ands o 8 Comfort guaranteed. 'Er a . wi a u t i ell a t, sm., free for 7 stamps street, Bond-street, 'tiv ; andat tionairee.-B,Grosvenor 89. Bennett's-hill, Bir- Illimgham. PRIZE MEDAL —INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER Jr CO., Wax Chandle rs, ,fr To the Queen and the PI ince of Wal es . (Established 17?0.) ' l lle Jurors' Report on Wax and Chur Candles T u c kers' watifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Illa nufartture. TA disnguish Di ed gnita yr, in a letter addressed to Francis V v. i ck'er and Co., on the subject of AX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says :- - wh ",t have found them fully equal to the recommendation You gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, recom -1,, tido them to the clergy for the use of the altar." ordinary quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. 'nary quality 2,. Od. per lb. t e VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. ~es t quality Is. sd. per lb. Tend quality ls. 3d. per lb. quality •• •• •• • ls id. per lb. r lage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.. B, South Molten-street, Grosveno"-square. Manufactory— Th e K e nsington (Established 1730). largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the uge of the Altar. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and w ies Most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELLA. 8 113. JO RN GOS NEL L and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard to e t e l t , London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer te fi t„ f • Public this truly rnarveiloum whick gradually *6s:tee the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at tlyji` aFce. The Agua Amarelia has none of the properties of a helt, on the contrary, Is beneficial to the system, and yvfll the hair is once restored one application per month iatoo it in perfect colour. price one guinea per bottle or bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of ihe t g i i i t l . b. est Cr and from individuals of undoubted resspecta und 'nay be seen on application. Messrs. John Oos . nell n es .,',2• have been a pointed Perfumers to her Royal High me Princess otpWales. bit- SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER sir e d PILLs.—A. NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Fre ,eOt,. w i thout any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. rum bi r s Tastri uir e `' Tar r oi Broley's K and en t,liv w er ill be found invaluable to all who ' tm liou complaints, indigestion, wind, 'th, giddiness, dizziness oi medicine, Arm For tabitnal et 'leas, as a family aperient and as a purifier iinq a , 1 00(1, they ,ire hers! excellent ; mild in their opera filet, ' l t' grateful to mach, they create appetite, pro [Sold b te B tion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Lo ndon yv • Lambert, 8, ulna William-street, tharing-cross. ti t:net :l,mnd by most dggis, M boxes,ls. 16d., and three Sooiv a ' d eclaantity in one, 26. 9d. Be 611fc it) FIA for Dr. gree., micas and Liver Pills. TN. c:qusre tit44ll l, PaCkage, With " William Lambert," engraved on the N O . 22,298. APUBLIC 'MEETING on the POLISH QUESTION will be held at the Bridge House Hotel, London -bridge, Southwark, TO-11011.11.0W EVEN I G, Dec. 15. JOHN LOCKE,y . s9 , yvill take the Chair at. o'cloCk'preCisely. Lord Campbell, Vice-President of the National Polish League, Pope Hennessy, Esq., M.P., Dr. Hugh Allen, Rector of St. George's, Southwark, John Viwiers, Esq., Evan B. Jones, Esq., M.D., E. Dresser Rogers, Esq., Edmond Beales, Esq., President of the League, and other gentleman, are ex pected to address the 'Aleeting. JOHN ROBERT TAYLOR, Honorary Secretary to the National League for the Independence of Poland, 13, Brownlow-street, Bedford-row. Now ready, in 2 vols., 215., MEMOIRS OF JANE CAMERON, FEMALE CONVICT. By a PRISON MATRON, Author of " Female Life in Prison." "Once or twice a year one rises from reading . a boik with a sense of real gratitude to the author, and this book iq one of these. There are many ways in which it has a rare value. The artistic touches in the book are worthy of De loe."— Reader. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., SECOND EDITION OF QUEEN MAB. By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of "Nathalie," &c. "`Queen Mab' is a good and interoting novel. It has a strong, well complicated plot. 'Queen Mab,' as she is called, is charming. The book is well written, and the interest is sustained to the last page."—Athenmum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. STANDARD MODERN COOKERY BOOKS. FRANCATELLI'S COOK'S GUIDE. Thirteenth Thou sand. 1,000 Recipes, 40 Illustrations. Price ss. FRANCATELLI'S MODERN COOK. Fourteenth Edi tion. 1,600 Recipes, 60 Illustrations. Price 12s. WHAT TO DO WITH THE COLD MUTTON. Price 2s. *3d. EVERYBODY'S PUDDING BOOK. 2s. 6d. THE LADY'S DESSERT BOOK. 2s. 6d. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. On Wednesday will be published, CAPTAIN SPEKE'S JOURNAL of the DISCOVERY of the SOURCE of theNILE. In one volume. octavo, price 21s. With Portraits and Map, and numerous Illustrations chiefly from Drawings by Captain GRANT. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. This day, at all Libraries, in one vol., price 10s. 6d., ETON SCHOOL DAYS, London : John Maxwell and Co.. 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 215., TERRIBLE WOMAN , A London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 215., A UTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISH DETECTIVE. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Thia day, at all Libraries, in 2 vols., price 215., FOR BETTER FOR WORSE, Edited by EDMUND YATES. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By M. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., surgeon-Dentist. London: 18, New Burlington-street, W. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY.' Just published, ABOOK OF BEAUTY. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. 31.' ULLIEN'S CONCERTS. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Positively the Last Night but One of Signor Sivori, and last Night but Five 01 the Season. M. Jullien's new GREAT CONGRESS QUADRILLE, introducing the National Melodies of different nations. Vocalist, Mdlle. VOLPINI—VioIin, Signor :•IVORI. Grand Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. • Commence at B.—Admission, One Shilling. M. Jullien's GRAND BAL D'OPE RA will take place on MONDAY, December 21. rr HE 0X F O R D, 6,07. FORD STREET, W. • THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA DEL DES llNO—Verdi ; by the followimr talented artistes —Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, Vs Amsley, Tyrrell and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, Sze. Also, Solos on the Violin by VIOrTI COLLINS. the celebrated English Violinist. _ _ . Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous Instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. • - Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by TJNSWORTIT (" or any oLlier man "), Eugene, W. Randall, W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, and the marvel lous Gymnast, J. H enderson. i'he fIALL has been newly Decorated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. ',THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting S pectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce that, through the 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 there 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 pleasantries of the best waters. 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 replace Iby others. The pages of Shakspere and the elder Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &C. ; Comedy by Llnsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - IM MENSE SUCCESS. Houses Crowded Nichtly. FRANCONPS CIRQUE IMPERIAL. The most talented Male and Female Equestrians, Acrobats, Gymnasts, and the best Stud of Trick and Manage Horses in the World. Every Evening, at Half-past Seven. Day Performances on Mondays, Wednesday s, and Saturdays, at T o. Admission—Reserved seats, 3s. ; stalls, 2s. ; promenade, ls ; private boxes, one guinea. Box-office open daily from Ten until Four. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. During the Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN, at Her Majesty's Theatre, the BALL will commence EVERY EVENING at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; an d upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre parations, Arc. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years Old. Admission, One shilling ;tor Gentlemen only). IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE o f an y one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. ,nd 2S. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the Year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances, London and ore d s re Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber vveli-park. B. —Betting o n th e Waterloo Cup. St Ad BOTT and JACKSON, "Man of the Wor ld" Wine Ge— orge-street, Camberwell-park, London. t assort- Ind Dining-room oonsisting of a new and eiegan I k- ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, ment of VASES, Pi '-- -in es Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, n stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &a., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marle, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &a Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149 , Stand, W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, the' MINERALS ROCKS, a studOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate interesting yof MINERALOGY, CON each. tnci GEOLOGY, at 2, 5, 10 , 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION In GEOLOGY and MENE -1" is given by Mr. TENNAN.P. at 149, Strand, W.C. RALOI.4 BE AUTIFUL WOMEN._Aiabaate r S a h ra These Powder, and the Mag - netic Rock Dew Water trom Cir cassian Bloom, Arabian S oa p s, and Alabaster Liquict costly and inimitable toilet p re p arations render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison. —Can be had only at Madame RACED: VS, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, yici! in the, immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MajeAty the Q UEEN. - Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE resident —His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Mast erman, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of the silk poor for ad missi'n 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 funds, they would gladly admit into the wart s. The premises of the hospital are capable of containing 500 beds. - 7 . The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on voluntary coutributionstad7lacie, which are received by the Treasurer, Edward Iti erwan, e]sq., Nicholas-lane; also rDerummond and Co. ; Herries and by gessrs. Coutts and Co ; . j.) . Co. ; Ransom and Co. P rescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, __ones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay Payne, and Co.: Glyn and Co. ; Nisbet and Deacon, and Co. ; and Co. ; Denison and C ; o. is , ; • overend, Gurney, and Co. an. Co., Berners-street ; 111asterman And Co. ; T. IP.l'nett ..'nd (jO., I , verpool ; and at the, Hospital, from 10 till 5. STANFORD S. 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Mt, 1861. it is two years to-day since t he countr.v 'was suddenly roused from one of the fon dest e`i*amte ever indulged in by short-sighted man, Ina pree sent beset with troubles, and through a future a ark with uncertainties, there was at least one stable trust on absolute confidence of and gentle prince e t e he y n o a ss t e io ss n ed fo t u h n e d wrehpoolsee.heaArt w a i n S d e con stitutional tenderness of the Sovereign, and uset 1 . a personal loyalty and a con but even ideal con: that. lofty place n tvYn whether abroad, .paseing not only example, of the coo the more im mediate c;rel a e broad, or at home, or in of Royalty, showed the All the circumstances: want of such e guide, help, rend friend, and such, by a rare fortune, th e r e Consort. The nation lookeds found in the Prince checquered yes*. to the rising m r f a c a : Tin c i ‘ :;.. yet not without some referees with much hope, and the ex pandingto a sadly interests that had sprung cut of tyhinst'w d ud varied . d anthority connection, and the broodeCt" Over this ever widening prospect there together sure to be respected, one eye that co P u ' l one soft and genial light; there wa s 0:_ uni on. command love, one voice that could never alwaya e plead o f in vain, one who could at the same time hold and distribute over new fields of duty and useful ness. With this best of human securities, we al contrasted our happier lot with that of any former generation and any living people. We would take nothing on trust, so we criticized and even re stricted within due limits this boon, which might }YR too much, but could not fail. The Prince Con sort had learnt what he could do and what he could not do; and that little region of his own, WOl.l by " his own sword and bow," circumscribed, es it were, by one day's furrow line, and watched by jealous nei_labours, he, made a dominion. Yet, in this country of domestic life and unobtrusive in fluences, we all thought more of the Prince as the led .prop of his household. Ind eed, to this' one duty and the service of his Queen h e had bore other consideration, so that, whatever ehte he was he was alone in fact—the perfection of a Re.) in quality, in hope, in speculation, or capeeity, this a that already covered Europe any anticipationband. Then all at once he was taken away, and an eidhus arthhinadg bwehcoiemheiatsistheevebrrdigiflihteaithalf power with a continual presence and a en'sible In due time it came out that the pageant of a t lin set, p to ri r n e c c e al c l ° to ns :e t mind's eye. had been even s more of a necessity than most of US imagined, an d th at he had become one with ti`le Sovereign not only e in l affection and mystic tie — in i bort, mind, and le from their but in every act of Royalty.. B ir his aid alone had u nr e e mnehetitvi c harge' conscientious! the Queen been enabled to dis - Jae__n n Common sense might great variety of duties eithe r anxio: e y or burdensome by their mhaivneutsetiasnpOpesed p ea as and the state of R,: oylty i s not approved e as much, but one upon irl whieb. it is easy to be sensible a e 'd considerate. It is the object of envy, of admiration, and somewhat even of awe, but not of symp ath y . We don't pity Sovereigns under ordinary circumstances, and pity e , is the only key thateca n ever open to one uman heart the mys tery of anoth er, and disclose to els the overwhelening diffi c ulties and ne cessities of each other's p os i t i on . The outside of a princely career 'vet the ey e , we d became as customary as the order of Nature it self ; but " the sublime life," as it has been justly called, was within, and few indeed of th e multitude who saw in the Prince the most fortunette cf men would themselves have borne for a sinle w.weekhie s ro und of duteous to il. A better insight iik s tory of that life only served to prove the greee mess of the loss suffered by the s urvivor. It is beli s°. te e ved that she sought a dreary an d ineffectual con flon in a long struggle to do s ingle-hande daily d, withoeit c heering voice and helpi n g hand, the work that had been lightened in a labour of love. For tune, however, it was felt, had brought and was. still bringing a more real alleviation and comfort, and one in proportion to the great scale of the cala mity. No Royal family in the world can be called V) prosperous and happy to mortal eye as this of ours. The Prince hod done his work, and his reward was come. His children were responding to his care, and were rising, one by one , either to take his place in the Royal councils or to establish homes and h o uses of their own. Hove m any would gladly die if by so doing they could leave their families well on with the world, started fair, and giving happy earnest of a brilliant future ! So all hoped that the Queen would look to the future, not in order to forgett the past, but to see the past in the future, and then absent in the group that met the eye. Perhaps it was too natural to contrast her case with that of the typical widow. desolate, friendless, perhaps childless, destitute, with a blank where there should be a i future, and, as if more were wanting, robbed, in sulted, and persecuted. But in thes.q matters, un less we have more sympathy than falls to the share of most natures, we are the slaves of types and con ventions. Experience shows that anythin the sufferer has, or receives , o r ex p ects, or has to dgo—in A word, the whole outside world, be it ever so splendid, is clothed with the dark hue and loaded with the dull weight of the one master sorrow. o,ate side things only reflect the light within. A darkened palace is not so bright as the dell that is penetrated by the smallest ray. A routine of plea sant occupation may become crushing bondage when it has to be borne alone. What should be happiness is misery where there islene to share it. So the nation, slow to rn, perhaps, but yet by no means thoughtless or un feeling, has seen without murmuring a Royal. retirement without a precedent in our his tory. It has seen troops of princes fluttering, about, more than Royal pageants, an.l a glori ous future anticipated in the splendours of t he hour, at the time that the tru e Sovereign o f our allegiance was out of sight, but never out of mind. We believe that her Majesty would hitherto have found it abso lutely impossible to break from the world of meneoe ries in which she has been living. It is vain t tel .o te e , the absent that they ought to be present. y ou ma summon the human spirit from that vasty deep, but it will not come when you do call for it. Nat will take its course, and for a time there is no break will urke ins the spell in which are interwoven all the ea plea sures and all the pains of a life, Yet, l a ter, there co mes a time when the sooner or continual con templation of one who is gone leaves be desired which life and action something to He still lives, and it must be He is not a memory, an imat, in the living world. His works are in the world, tee, but a real existence. his work and asks hi s ',nd the world continues spirits of men, and still aid. He dealt with the advance and to not stopped—there improveis all about him ;he bas provement he quickened still the progressive ini still room for allh and shared. There is' word of wisdom/ e did, and oceasion for e very' admirer, the that he uttered. The warmest' that the object cos. loving heart could never imagine at once into of its regards, if worthy, was to sink the day. nothingness when the spirit had left o r death ' All goes on still, and the interval created or an is no more than that created by distance y ether temporaryhavetombs? obstacle. What would the this A se l wished could he have foeesceneng e p A u s c h h a r d a I life l l in the tin paos_ta?,esA? d 111 and dumb to o t w h e i r s w all a n kin : rlt A grief world ? No. In due time the mpst pious memory changes its garb, death itself shines throug h the past in the light of a victory, and what we naturally celebra d t a e und presenter a revered name is a living history an power. The Prince Consort, it must be considered, was eminently a practical character. This is a quality not to be measured by the work actually done, for that work may have but narrow opportunities ; it may may lie under the surface ra ctical to meet diffi ; it even consist muc h in preventi on. It yeas p culties with the quiet force of a sound judgment ; it was a proo7 of practical sense to enjoy the respect of successive Ministries and the sov of ereign sctical abroad. It required a high degree pra power as well as rare devotion to do so much in so short a time for the encouragement o f British art and science, and mat improveme nt irt all matters relating to health, erial wellbeing, and mental elevation. Many of our Pr' had their ideal as marked in their memoriesinces have their lives, but those ideals hive generally as in the sentimental order. It was either been of heroism, or a wild spirit of adventure, a superstitious pomp and pageants, or a gallantry, or a rivalry, or a foppery, or or a bigotry, with the hour. The Prince some folly sure to Zs; appre ciated his adopted count consort better 13 aimed at practical be,,, . r H Y and the 0 , • casion. He land his home, he --".84 Laving made Eng it. Such a - I. resolved to lee • ,ftme Eth e i 4 ve his mark upon power, and 5ug,,,,, t , " still h ' 1 a line have practical honourable nehiee m nt of duty, sacrifice, and called no to live and e - A numerous family is an d to w i n the 10170 act in the spirit of its father, and usetuluees. ri` / of nations by active goodness or reliuquiehed It is a movement to be sustained her s t rength th It could only be from o.dit3trust of lead a at her Majesty would hesitate to work the securite so necessary to the welfare of nations, world. ../ of Governmente, and the peace of the v, ,,.. o rrinees in these days must prove their ""v, For the •re taken at what the y do. It a was thus thatthe Prince Consort made for himself Pe 4 it ion hytter ti n+n Re gave lOW, and bt!' , E „, card his debtor, it is thus tha t his survivo— - ' prove their affection for his memory, and pe t his moral presence among to. PR1CE.....—..4d. STAMPED ...M. the Monday warning without showing any signs of their presence. As soon, however, as the na tives knew that they were fairly gone, and nothing but a garrison of 25 volunteers ItlE at the stockade, they began a fierce attack in great force, their numbers being at least 300 men. The small or rison resisted stoutly, and returned the fire with spirit, keeping the Maories from a ttempting an actual escalade. The heavy and continuous firing was soon heard at other camps and posts on the south road about four or five miles off, and detach-1 ments of small force were sent out from several of these. As these gradually arrived at the scene of action the fight became more equal, and in the 4fternoon was waged almost on a perfect equality, one party being in the clearing, and the other under cover of the edge of the bash. The fallen logs afforded excellent cover for our MID, and the vast superiority of our marksmanship was soon apparent. Before evening we had fully 150 men upon the ground, and the tifttives seeing that they were about to be charged made off, taking With them, as usual, all the killed and wounded they' could venture to reach without fear of being them selves shot. No wounded men whateverwere fe our hands, but the bodies of nine natives and buried, wh ich had fallen too far withinl fell taken a i g te e for their comrades to remove. Very many were seen to fall who were dragged off into the bush ; and the most moderate estimate of the native killed and wounded makes it at least fifty men. Our own loss was three men killed and seven wounded in the engagement, which was wonderfully little when it is considered that it lasted nearly a whole day, an d the firing never ceased during the whole time, and was so heavy as to be distinctly heard over a dis trict of many miles in ext ent. The whole district has since been placed under the able command of Colonel Nixon, the commander of the Colonial De fence Force, who, with a fl y i n g column of between two and three hundred men, is constantly traver!- ing it in search of natives. It appears that this has frightened the Maories across the Waikato, fl there are manifold traces of their exodus in great numbers at a favourite crossing-place, Their return must, of 'course, be provided against, but in the meantime it is no trifling moral advantage to have driven them headlong out of such a stronghold as ,his bush afforded. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEN INa DECEMBER 14, 1863. DO NO ti FORGET YOUR APPOINTMENT. —We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, atter Jullien's Concert. IIINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated 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 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinahan's LL Whisky." THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are those mad 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 GUILDT-lALL, 11th December, 1863. The COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th December (instead of Thursday, the 17th December inst.), as previously advertised, at One o'clock precisely, to receive PROPOSALS for LEASES of a HOUSE, No. 4, Mitre street, Aldgate, and Two Houses, Nos. 5 and 6, Little Cole man-street, Finsbury. Plans of the Property may be seen, and Forms of Tender obtained, upon application at the Architect's Office, Guild hall. . FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. Fearful Murder in the Waterloo Road. It would almost seem that some localities in London are doomed to bear a fatal reputation, either from having been ;he scenes of crimes or accidents, or from possessing evi reputations gained in other ways. Waterloo-road is, un fortunately, particularly distinguished on account of the doubtful reputation attached to it in times not far gone by ; and al though great efforts have been made by the police and the parish authorities to remove some causes which have at tached an evil stain on this thoroughfare, it would seem that their efforts are doomed to be ineffectual, and that from time to time the familiar name must be again brought before the public in connecti on with some new horror. The tragedy of which Eliza GrimwOod was the victim, from the mystery attending the circumstances, and from the fact that the perpetrator has never been brought to justice, was enough to impress the name of the locality on the public mind for a long time, even had the road not borne a name which history will not let die. After the lapse of years a sudden and fearful accident occurred by which a number of lives were lost through the imperfect manner in which a large gr ating was fixed, and yesterday morning a tragedy occurred which, from its barbarous and worse than brutal nature, can be matched by few deeds of blood on record.. At a house on the left-hand side as you descend the road from Waterloo-bridge, and not far from the scenes of the tragedies alluded to, lived a man and woman who occupied a back room on the second floor. The man, whose name is Samuel Wright, is a bricklayer by trade, and had worked at the buildings now being erected for the Strand Music Hall Company. The woman, the victim of the tragedy, was named Maria Green, Wright, who appears to have been of a somewhat dissolute charao er, was a widower with two ehildren,who, however,were not living with him. The woman had been ranked among that class generally, and too truly, termed " unfortunate ;" but it appears that for about 11 months she and Wright have been cohabiting as man and wife. There would appear to have been some redeem- ing qualities in the unfortunate woman, for, although her character was apparently lost past all hope of redemp tion, she was of an industrious nature, and strove to make the home comfortable, assisting, by taking in washing, to add to the joint income. It seems that, during the time they occupied the lodging in the Waterloo-road their conduct gave no great offence to their fellow-lodgers and neighbours though Wright was occasionally in the habit of neglecting his work, and his unfortunate paramour was not of sober habits. Jealousy on the part of the woman would appear to have been the cause of a great change in their domestic habits, and to have led to the crime just committed. The woman discovered a circumstance which happened on the night of Saturday, the sth inst., and which caused a quarrel between her and Wright. The effects of the quarrel were that Wright neglected his work until Friday last, and during the week altercations occurred between him and his wretched , partner which led to blows and the infliction of a black eye on the woman. They were, however, in company at a public house on Saturday night last, when the woman drank a quantity of gin and ale, which rendered her intoxicated, and in this condition she was removed to her home by a woman who had been with her and Wright. The man also betrayed symptoms of intoxication, but went home with the two women. As nothing was heard of them from this time by the other lodgers, it was thought that they had gone to bed—but about half-past three o'clock yesterday morning a woman named Ireland, who occupied a room underneath that in which Wright and G. een lived, was aroused and alarmed by a repeated knocking on the floor above. She rose, partially dressed herself, and proceeded up stairs with a light, to ascertain the cause, On the stairs she met Wright, who was dressed with the exception of his coat, and whose shirt-sleeves were smeared with blood. Mrs. Ireland, though terribly alarmed at the appearance which Wright presented, asked him what was the matter. He replied with much calmness, " Go and see," and then went down stairs. On entering the room the woman was seen lying near the fire-place, but:her face was so covered with blood that she could scarcely be recognised. In an swer to some exclamations from Mrs. Ireland, who was na turally horrified at the sight, she said, " He's cut my throat." Mrs. Ireland returned to her room to finish dress ing, and locked herself in. In a few minutes Wright re turned up stars and knocked at her door. Ireland told him she would not open it, but would fetch a policeman as soon as she was dressed. He replied " All right," and then returned to the room where his victim was lying in the agonies of death. In the meantime Mr. Redbourne, the son of the landlady of the house, being aroused, came down stairs, and on meeting with Mrs. Ireland and hastily hear ing what had occurred, dressed - .himself and remained in the passage to prevent the escape of 'Wright, whilst Mrs. Ireland went out to look for a policeman. This precaution appeared to be needless, for Wright quietly returned to the room where the poor creature was lying, and remained there without making any effort to escape. Newton 76 L, the policeman on the beat, was found after 'a short time. He proceeded to the house with Mrs. Ireland, and on going up stairs found Wright standing at the window, while his victim was then lying near the door, showing that she must have either been removed from the fire. place, or must have dragged herself across the room in the vain attempt to obtain assistance in the agonies of death. Mr. George Harrap, who manages the Waterloo-road business of Mr. Dodd, the parish doctor, was sent for, and on his arrival shortly after four it was found that two deep cuts had been inflicted on her throat—one from left to right, and another in the opposite direction, by which the head had been nearly separated from the body. At first sight it would appear, as both the woman and the man were dressed, that neither had been to bed, but on examination it was found that the woman had apparently lain down on the bed when brought home, and that the first assault upon her had been committed while so lying. It was evident that she had been beaten on the face apparently with the poker, which was found covered with blood, and it would seem as if a struggle had then ensued, during which she had fallen or rolled off the bed. On the table was a razor with which the wounds had evidently been inflicted, and also a table knife ; and in answer to an observation the murderer said, "It's all right. It can't be helped. She took the knife and I took the razor." When informed that he was charged with murder he asked to be removed from the room at once, as he did not like to remain where the body was. On further examination a basin of water was discovered in which he had apparently washed the blood from his hands on returning up stairs. He was then searched and removed to the Tower -street station-house, near the lower end of Waterloo -road. On being told that he was charged with murder, he said, coolly enough, "That's right ; it's right enough." Ho was immediately placed in a cell, where he slept - for some time. He passed the greater part of yester day in a state of stupor, only once saying "Is she dead ?" The murder was not generally known in London yester day, but a few people gath ere d a b out th e house in the latter P art of the day. In di scuss i ng and commen ting on the crime their attention was naturally drawn to the windows of the second floor, where the horrid deed took place, and here, beneath these windows, was a board announcing that a certain music-hall was the "most elegant room," and offered the " best entertainment in London"--a ghastly commentary on the deed of blood which has ttakentakenPiece within. Thv, landlord of the house removed- the nnmber from the tt -, Or (taring Cite (Lly tc, prevent tike , house beevalius iaau titied with the murder. MR. CHARLES KNIGHT, The Veteran Author, Editor, Printer, Pub- lisher, Historian, Encyclopedist. (From the Athenceum.) Mr, Charles Knight may be considered as a Literary Elder in many senses, and in every sense a good one. Byron said he hated an author who was all author. Byron would, it may be presumed, on this account at least, have liked Mr. Knight : as many of the poet's successors have been proud and happy to owu they did on higher grounds. Certainly, he has been an author : yet vet all an author, Indeed, it may be said of him, that he has been a professor in every branch of the book trade, from the humblest to the highest. He has been a printer. He has been a publisher. He has been a compiler, a reporter, an editor, a critic, an author; and it is not too much to say of him, now that he puts his case before us, as a whole, in his ripe age, that in all these departments of intellectual trial he has gained some distinction. There may be cases of a somewhat similar kind in our rich literary annals. Richardson was a printer, Dodsley, the publisher, wrote plays. Jerrold set up copy before he supplied it. Cottle "sold the books he did not write." Lackington wrote a book, but it was only about his own experiences. Lord Campbell reported the House of Commons. Tom Moore wrote leading articles. Byron started a newspaper. But we do not remember an instance in which one and the same gentleman could boast of the same infinite variety of literary occupation of Mr. Knight. What man has set up newspaper copy and written a History of England—published Poor-law reports, and composed a tragedy in verse—reported the Parliamentary debates, and edited a compendious cycloptedia of universal knowledge? Eves in the amount of effort achieved, the number of pages printed, Mr. Knight's literary labours are remark able. His works would fill a very large shelf—almost a library. They are on all sorts of subjects ; but chiefly perhaps on those connected, more or less closely, with social reforms and popular education. Probably Mr. Knight has written and edited more pages than Hume, Gibbon, Byron, Moore, and Wordsworth all put together. Within the last ten years he has produced more literary matter, original and edited, than Dickens, Lytton, Tennyson, Trench, and Browning all combined. We happen to be writing these remarks away from books of reference, but we have a very recent and pleasant recollection of eight octavo volumes of history, twenty-two quarto volumes of Cyclopeodia, four volumes of " Half-Hours with the Best Authors," ten volumes of the " Stratford Edition of Shakspere," one volume of " Shakspere Studies," and two octavo volumes of " Once upon a Time." When it is considered that these works are the productions of a man otherwise engaged as a publisher, they become still more remarkable. People were amazed that Richardson should have found time, in the course of a long life as a man of business, to write the stories of " Pamela," " Clarissa Harlowe," and " Sir Charles." In these several capacities of printer, publisher, reporter, editor, and author, Mr. Knight has seen a good deal of mankind, and especially of the eminent of mankind. In his early youth, as the son of a Windsor bookseller, he was familiar with George the Third and his Windsor circle ; a little later, as a local printer, he became ac quainted with a knot of young Etonians who were barn tor fame, including Praed, Moultrie, and Macaulay. After his removal to London, his friendships extended right and left round the circle of poets, wits, philosohers, and politi cians ; and in this magic circle Mr. Knight has lived for nearly 50 years. Is Sergeant Shee to get the Vacant Judgeship ? It is now a great many years since the public saw with indignation two eminent lawyers shut out from the ordinary course of preferment in their pro fession on account of their political opinions or for reasons connected with the zealous exercise of pro fessional duties. Mr. Brougham and Mr. Denman had no special right to the rank of King's Counsel, nor would it have been decorous or even reasonable in any public speaker or public writer to clamour for their advancement. But when it became notori ous that they lay under a ban by reason of their politics, and that it had been declared they never should be allowed to rise above their then positions at the Bar, the public protest was very loudly made, and their exclusion was felt as a general grievance. Unless we are much misinformed, something of the same kind is now happening, and a very eminent lawyer has been avowedly excluded from the English Bench because he is a Roman Catholic. It is very commonly believed that upon the last vacancy this gentleman was named for the appointment, and that his religion was made a ground of objection. The whole profession will agree that no other objection could have been urged. It can bEr nothing to us or to the public what competent man succeeds Mr. Justice Wightman, but it is of great consequence that any remnant of the old rags of bigotry and intolerance should hang about our Council Chamber, and should narrow the choice of selection of our public servants. • If it be a homage paid tio . the boar pre judices of the nation, it is very cowardly; if it be a real substantive conviction that a Roman Catholic can never be an upright English judge, it is a mon strous folly. There ought to be only one rule in the selection of judges, both in England and Ireland—to choose the man who will make the best judge. The best judge is the man who, possessing the learning of his profession, has strength of mind to put off the form of his politics and the form of his faith at the door of his court, to take them up again as he goes out. If he cannot do this, be he Whig or Tory, Churchman, Dissenter, or Catholic, he must be a partisan judge; if he can do this, it is of no conse quence what his politics or form of religion may be. In Ireland, where the Protestants are the most edu cated and wealthy part of the community, it is almost a qualification for the Bench to be a Protes tant; in England, where the Catholics, although very few, are second to none of our fellow-subjects in respectability and loyalty, it is declared to be an absolute disqualification to be a Catholic. All this is an anachronism, and we ought to be ashamed of such folly. In a Liberal Government such an os ,entatious intolerance is especially odious.— Times. VIE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. (From the Sydney Herald.) The last fortnight or so has been the most stir ring in incident of any that we have had for some time, although there are signs that would lead me to expect that it will be exceeded by the next in in terest. There has been a very unusual amount of fighting, and a very unusual amount of bloodshed, at least amongst the natives, during this period. They have ventured upon an entirely new system of tactics, and have found themselves thoroughly worsted in every respect and at every point. The news which my last letter contained relative to natives who had left Mere-Mere, and had ventured into the vicinity of the great South Road, and even to Pukekohe, on the west of that road, was the first indication of the new policy, now said to be the plan of William Thompson, who has been acting as generalissimo of the forces for some little time back. It was not then known on how large a scale the new tactics were about to be carried out; but it has since appeared that not less than from six to eight hundred natives must have been thrown into the waste triangular belt of forest which lies along the Waikato River to the westward of the south road, and terminates at the village of Waiuku (now a military post), while it contains the settlements of Mauku and Pukekohe, besides the townships of Cameron and Tuakau. The forest is here very heavy, and in places exceedingly swampy—so much so as to be all but impassable for m an , while it is entirely so for beasts. The idea of the campaign was certainly a clever one, and does the general who planned it great credit. The large body of natives was to split into two or three divisions, and then at their own time to come down upon one after another of the settlements, all of which were occupied as mili tary posts, although most of them very inadequately garrisoned. One of these bodies it undoubtedly was that committed the murders of Mr. Armitage and his two European companions, of which you must have heard. In this matter there is little doubt they received no small assistance from the treachery of the friendly natives who accompanied the party as a convoy for the provisions to the Bluff. Having succeeded in this exploit it seems probable they were on their way to some other point of attack when they fell in with Captain Swift and his fifty heroes (for such they seem to have been). Their numbers on that occasion were certainly not short of 200 men, and it is a subject for wonder and just pride even to a regiment of British troops that a detachment so weak, and having lost its commis. sioned officers at the very beginning of the action, should yet have fought as they did for many hours against an overwhelming force, and have finally defeated and driven them off. Happily Lieut. Butler, who behaved with remarkable courage, even shooting two natives dead with his revolver after being brought to his knees by a most severe wound, is rapidly recovering. Our loss in numbers was providentially very slight, while that of the Maories now appEars to have amounted to between twenty-five and thirty men placed hors de combat. The deepest regret is felt here for the death of the gallant Capt. Swift, who was by far the most promising officer of his regiment (the 65th). His body was brought to Auckland, and buried with all military honours on Sunday the 13th, being followed to the grave by the governor and all the ministry, besides a large part of the most respectable of the inhabitants. On the same day on which Captain Swift's party was engaged there was fighting at two other points, so proving that the enemy were at least in three divisions in the district. One of these was a mere skirmish near the south wall at the Razor-back redoubt, where no one was even wounded on our part, although the body.of one native, apparently a man of some im portance, was found in the bush where he had been shot, after the fighting. The other was in the neigh bourhood of Manku, and was brought about by the energy of our own local forces, who, having reason to suspect that natives were in the neighbourbototd , sa llied into the bush and came upon a large party of little short of 100 men, engage d in the of devastation upon such of the settlers' bo uses isolated in the forest. The fig ht tha t wo rk as were ensued was men only num sharp but short, for although our bein more at bered 50, they had the adv antage of g home in the forest than the alaories, and most of them had the vast additional advantage of being armed with the short breech -loading carbine, which is by far the deadliest and most effective After about half nu times weapon in the forest. hour's hard the nati ves took t o fli g h t, some as near as fighting , at ten yards' range , b e hind them seer pt leaving every thing their killed and wounded, upon whom they seem to look as the mos t important trophie s o f v i ctory that could fall back into the Pakeha's hands. All their plunder was rescued, and their hats burned at once by the foresters. The most hardly con teste d, and probably by far the most deadly, of t hese fights to the P4tiv-6:. took place on the 14th, at rnkehohe. Thu n,.tivea had evidently kept an eye for some time upon this place, as they carefully timed their attach to allow the convoy ,'bieh had come up on the Saturday to go down again on Piat PAIR. PIGS ! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, lOs 6d per owt. ; one cwt. equal to 1 cwt. bar'ey or any meal. Delivered free in Lon don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS 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. ed. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. lid. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 33, London-bridge, City, E.C. LAURELS. —For. SALE, several Thousends of well-grown and thriving LAUREL PLANTS, from two to three feet high, delivered at the Tilbury Station on the London and South-Western Railway, in quantities not less than One Thousand, at Twenty-five bhillings per thousands. Apply to air. Jeffery, Old Wardour Castle, Salisbury. Who's Champion of the Thames 1 " Who's champion of the Thames ?" is a question that may be naturally asked by our aquatic readers, and " Who's champion of the Thames ?" is not a question so easily an swered. We are always most happy and willing to afford the public at all times any information in our power, but that which we do not in ourselves possess we cannot impart to others. Once upon a time during our long existence, and once upon a time only, were we in something like a similar fix to the present ; but the affair was not so complicated. Then we had only two heroes in question claiming precisely the same thing, but now we have four; consequently, taking it only as an arithmetical problem, the question is just twice as difficult ? But it involves infinitely more than this in its ramifications, and in its complexity admits of many considerations. No such difficulty to determine who was the Champion existed in former days. From the time of the celebrated Richard Farsons up to a few months ago the thing was as straight as the road, save in the one particular instance to which we have adverted. Although Farsons was avowedly the best man of his day, he was never exactly dubbed "Champion," but his successor, Charles Campbell, was, and his reign of supremacy com- menced on the 9th of September, 1831. But a few years after this came the dispute as to whether he was entitled to retain the honour, which Robert Coombes disputed with him. Campbell atway9 held this great little man very cheaply ; he beat Coombes so signally on Nov. Ist, 1838, that he ap peared to hold his subsequent pretension to the title of Champion as too contemptible to be worthy of notice. The assumption of the title by Coombes was founded upon his second defeat of R , 3bert Newell, on October 15th, 1842, when he challenged the world, and as Campbell did not notice the thing at all, the friends of Coombes laid claim to the title, and many and severe were the discussions upon the rights of that claim, and then only, as we have before said, was there until now a dispute as to who was the Champion. On August 19, • 1846, the dispute between Coombes and Campbell's claim to the Championship found its termination by Coombes beating him as easily as he himself had formerly been beaten, and we suppose ere long the present knotty point will receive some such un ravelling. On Sept. 29th, 1859, the renowned Robert Chambers (of Newcastle-upon-Tyne) acquired the Cham pionship of the Thames from Henry Kelly (of Fulham). The end crowns the work. He was proved by this and other victories to be avowedly the best man afloat, for on Sept. 18th, 1860, he beat Tom White for the Championship, and after other great encounters in the provinces was once more in his wager-boat upon the Thames to contend against George Everson (of Greenwich) for the Championship cf the London river. This was on April 14th, and on June 16th he had to encounter a more formidable rival, the Aus tralian, who had come over to this country months before to contend with the very best man our waters could produce, and had been carefully training for the event during the whole time that Chambers and Everson's match, of which not much can be said, was in its tardy progression. The defeat of Green by Chambers for the Championship must be fresh in the memory of our readers, and the subsequent sending of £5 and articles for a fresh match by the Australian's friends. This amount was covered, but no terms come to as to the time of rowing, and Green received £5 for felt of the Champion of the Thames, and thus, as it seems, considered himself justified in claiming that title. The next race w hich is at all connected with th e Ch am pionship question took place at Newcastle - on-TYne on the 28th of July, for £lOO a side, the course extending over a mile, and the com petitors being Chambers (the Champion) and Robert Cooper, a man there who has rendered himself famous as a sculler. This ended the defeat of Chambers, and, being beaten by Cooper, the latter styled himself " Aquafic Champion of the World." The next epoch is the Tyne Regatta, in which some of the finest scullers ever seen contended. Green (the Australian) was unavoidably absent, and the three trials heats were won by Chambers, Cooper, and Henry Kelly (the ex-Champion of the Thames). After a great deal of fouling and squabbling, the race was ordered to be rowed again, and Cooper, who had come in first, with Chambers second, refused to row, as he considered himself justly entitled to the cup and stakes. The other two there fore contended, and this race was only characterised by boring and fouling, and Chambers came in a winner by two or three lengths, Kelly claiming a foul, which was dis allowed. The ex-Champion (Kelly) then sent £lO and a challenge to Chambers to row him from Putney to Mort lake, for £2OO and the Championship, but this was un heeded by the north countryman, and some time having elapsed, Kelly now takes upon himself the title of Champion of the Thames, so that our readers will see that we have no less than four candidates for the Championship of the Thames, or the " World," whichever they please to • term it, for Green has left a polite invitation to pay liberal expenses to any one to make a journey to the "far West" to contend against him for the Championship of the Globe. Next summer we presume some more definite notion may be formed of who may really be entitled to the appellation of Champion, until which we leave our readers at perfect liberty to exercise their own judgment and entertain their own opinions upon this knotty subject.—Era. Affecting Tributes to the Genius of Shakspere King George 111. remarked (as Miss Burney tells us), " Was there ever such stuff as great part of Sbakspere only one must not say so I But what think you ? What.? Is there not sad stuff ? What ? What ?" Mr. Knight, in his newly published autobiographic Re collections, takes occasion to observe that Farmer George was not singular in this abuse of Shakspere. " I have heard," ho says, " one such heretic, whose intellectual dimensions would appear gigantic in comparison with those of the King, say of the writer of the sad stuff, D— and I always call him silly Bil l y .' " Who, asks the Athencum, le latter's " Diary and Let 'seeing that Lord Byron, can this "heretic" he ? Is he alive ? The opinion , how eivcceorr,dising not so T so ovmerymroeomrear(kvaid9 the b Let ters") protested with an oath that he deemed Shakspere " a d 'd humbug I" Such is Fame! TEEL STABLES AT SANDRING (''o lll 'g( , i, to .- 0 01 . (1 ,- ' 11 " 9 awoulatetiathm the HAM pAltic are being Pram of Wales's stud had tormerly. JAPAN. The intelligence from Japan leads to the conclu sion that however bad foreign relations with that country may be, they are not so bad as has been represented. The British Minister at Yokohama remonstrated with the Tycoon's Government at the obstructions placed upon the transit of produce from the country. The Japanese authorities replied that no such obstructions existed, but that a combination of native merchants had arranged that produce should only come to market in driblets, and that these merchants fabricated the story about Govern ment obstructions to suit their own ends. In a situa tion of alarm foreign merchants naturally seek to realise their imports and to invest in exports, so as to restrict their liabilities. This natural impulse the Japanese merchants have managed to excite by the extravagant stories lately current. Then the massacre of the native merchants at Nagasaki, referred to in last report, is quite untrue. Still matters are in a bad state. The Mikado, and the leading hostile Daimios have undoubtedly com bined to expel foreigners if they can. The Tycoon is powerless, and is temporising—seeking to keep the treaty if he may. Foreigners are confined to the settlements of Yokohama and Nagasaki. A French officer has been assassinated wantonly at a very short distance from the former place. Produce is prevented from coming to Nagasaki by the Daimios, and a lage body of their followers are in that town threatening the native merchants. A rumour prevails that a civil war has commenced, but the accounts cannot be relied on. Admiral Kuper is wisely awaiting the arrival of land troops, and Satsuma is preparing to repel another attack. The Loss of Fishing-Boats on the East Coast, GREAT YARMOUTH, Dec. 12. To-day the crew of the steam tug Volunteer, five in number, were brought into Great Yarmouth by the smack Eliza. The tug, which belonged to Mr. S. J. Fill, left the harbour on Thursday with three other steamers, for the purpose of cruising in the German Ocean and obtaining intelligence of the missing boats. The weather was exceedingly bois terous, and the sea ran fearfully high. After cruis ing about 20 hours, at a distance of from 60 to 70 miles off land, without falling in with any of the missing smacks, it was found that the Volunteer had sprung a leak and was in a sinking state. The crew at once took to the pumps, but it was with the utmost difficulty that, in the heaNy sea, the steamer could be kept afloat. About 5 a.m. yesterday, see ing a light ahead, they made for it, and came up with the smack Eliza, of Great Yarmouth. The tug was then on the point of foundering. The crew of the Volunteer got out a boat, but it was instantly swamped. They then ran their vessel alongside of the Eliza, and, at great risk to themselves and to the smack, they jumped on board the latter and Iwere saved. The Volunteer, which was valued at £1,600, and had been recently fitted with new boilers and thoroughly repaired at an expense of £6OO, soon afterwards disappeared. She was unin sured. It appears that the total number of smacks belinging to Yarmouth, and still unaccounted for, has been reduced to-day to 11, but little hope is en tertained that these boats or their crews will ever again be heard of. Each smack, with n ets and fish ing gear, cost from £6OO to £7OO, whil e th© av erage crew carried by each ranges from six to seven hand The number of Yarmouth fisher men should the worst ilready known to exceed 3 0 , an d, fears be realised with regar d to the 11 smacks still drowned is carried to missing, the total deaths will be the greater portion of smacks have been lost with disastrous gales ; and, some where about 100. It is computed that about 20 their crews during thehlatutmost distress prevail s destitution, and on whose as may be suppose& t . in circumstances approaching among the bereaved famielies who have been left - behalf aid is urgen __ __--,- 7 -_____ tly needed. —__,_-- T HE INTERIOR O P THE PALACE OF THE TIIILE'", e • " — a• as describ ed in a recent book of Tray 1 T il I had . fanc i e d (says the anonym o u s wr iter) that nothin g em u surpass the sple ndid saloons of the Ilotel d e Ville, but when contraste d with those of the Tuileries thoef the green and they are nothing. The e l e gance of the furniture, the richness crimson c oloured velvets and satins , the variegated brocades wilic h festoon the windows of ea c h magn ifi ce nce of the chandeliers successive saloon, the the bronzes, of the Florentine tab les , mirrors, the beauty of ca bi n ets, and the splendour les, and o f th e m arbles and t a pestries—all combine to of the Gobelin and Beauvais render this palace, as now fur nished, the beau ideal of a imagine that when the an imperial home ; and I can easily reflected from the Many thousand dazzling lights ar e and bright eyes who mirrored walls on the richly dressed fo rms h casion of an imperial crowd these vast apartments on t he oc ball, a sight will be presented o f which even an Arabian those could scarcely dream. I remember, when traversing attendant towards the se centre gorgeous rooms, I was called by the e gardens, from which ther e sa vis t a ba i lco n y which nde rf o a v e l rlooks t splendour re i and beauty, exten di ng f rom the t palaceofwo nderful an d its garde ns across th e Pl ace d e l a Concorde, an d along the Champs ElYs4es, to the Arc do Triomphe, with all the many ad• juncts of moving life which throng that lovely a nd animat balcony ed "enc. But y,hen my foot reached this Belviere recollections swept athwart my memory that mwadhe e me first t in ;ether forget the landscape. I remembered, n Paris, I had seen tho portly form of Lou t is X I then stood. VIII. showing himself to his subjects on t h e very spo where I recollected that there, too, the hero of Marengo and Aus terlitz had frequently listened to the deafening cries of Viva l'Empereur"—that there Charles X. and Louis Philippe had each received the flattering salutations of "Viva le Roi, ,, a nd that even before the last named king, when flee ing from the threatenings of an infuriated mob, had reached the road to Neuilly, the cries of " Vivo la ltepubliqu:," had been thence bellowed. Neither could I forget that thQ thron e which then occupied the neighbouring Levee room bad been but a for years ago hot no • tr i ump h ~. way in a l -Is'. burned, fuu;kl the deulouutc,4l ex •t, . • tronations LA a thaddehea populace. u;u~t tulle --a. done sions gory. arson I 1