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DO NO I' FORGET YOUR APPOINTMENT. —We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, of ter Jullien's Concert. Fairest and most interesting; of Cabbys—Drive Country Gentlemen to the Rue de Kydney, Covent-garden. KINAHAN'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 of all those whose aspirations tend to the welfare of humanity. _ Mr. S. Fitzgerald, Du., and Mr, Cave, M,P• Your Majesty has just taken the initiative by proposing to regulate the present and assure the future in a Congress. I do homage to the elevated thought which has guided your Imperial Majesty, and I thank you very sincerely for the invitation you have forwarded to me to co-operate in your generous projects. 1 hope that Germany, especially Austria and Prussia— wiio in this question has interests from which I cannot sepa rate those of the kingdom of Hanover—will be enabled to afford her support to the task your Imperial Majesty has imposed upon yourself, and in this case I shall do myself a real pleasure in co-operating as much as possible in the realisation of the work which you have undertaken, Meanwhile, I pray you to be good enough to accept the reiterated assurances of the high esteem and inviolable friendship with which I am, Monsieur mon Frere, your Majesty's good brother, GEORGE, Rex. Countersigned, Count von Platen-Hallermund, At the Chateau of Herrenhausen, Nov. 23. DR. CUMMING'S NEW WORK. Now ready at all the Booksellers, in 1 vol., 7s. 6d., T" DESTINY OF NATIONS, AS INDICATED IN PROPHECY. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." By the Rev. JOHN CUMMING, D.D. Hurst and Blackett, 1:3, Great Marlborough-street. THE• PROPOSED CONGRESS. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE WIFE'S EVIDENCE. By W. G. WILLS. The Moniteur yesterday published the replies of the Pope, Austria, Prussia, Hanover, and Bavaria to the Emperor's invitation to a Congress : "A very powerful and interesting novel; true to nature in ,s characters ana its emotions.."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. REPLY OF THE POPE. Imperial Majesty,—The thought which your Majesty expresses of being able to establish without shock in Europe —with God's blessing elsewhere also I—with the concur rence of the Sovereigns or of their representatives, a system which calms men's minds and restores peace, tranquillity, and order to the numerous countries where, unhappily, these benefits are lost, is a design which greatly honours your Majesty, and which, with the co-operation, of all, as sisted by Divine grace, would produce the best results. We co .operate, therefore, in so laudable a project in a perfectly cordial spirit, and can now earnestly assure your Majesty that all our moral support will be afforded to the Congress, in order that the principles of justice, in these days so much misunderstood and trodden under foot, may be re-established to the advantage of society in its present agitated state, that violated rights may be admitted in order to be asserted in favour of those who have had to suffer by their violation, and especially in order that the .real pre-eminence which belongs naturally to the Catholic religion, as being the only true one, may be re-established, especially in Catholic countries. Now ready, in Bvo., with Illustrations, 148., bound, .. . . . MAJOR -GENERAL CAMPBELL'S PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THIRTEEN YEARS' SERVICE AMONG THE WILD TRIBE . ; OF KHONDISTAN, tor the Suppression of Human Sacrifice. " Major-General Campbell's book is one of thrilling inte rest, and must be pronounced the most remarkable narrative of the present season."—Athenaeum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. THE SECOND EDITION of THE SHADOW OF ASHLYDYAT, is now ready at all Libraries and Booksellers, in 3 vols., post Bvo. _ . hichard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HARD - CASH; THE NEW NOVEL, BY CHARLES READE, is Ready This Day, in Three Volumes, at all the Libraries. London : Sampson Low, Son, and Co., Ludgate-hill. THE 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. Your Majesty cannot hesitate to believe that the Vicar cf Jesus Christ, ei , her from the duties of his sublime repre sentation, or from the conviction he entertains that in the Catholic faith, in conjunction with practice, is to be found the sole means proper to moralise the peoples, cannot in the midst of Congresses, even political ones, fail in his obliga tion to sustain with the greatest rigour the rights of our most august religion, which is one, holy, catholic, apostolic, and Roman. The confidence which we express, of seeing violated rights vindicated springs from the conscientious duty imposed upon us by their guardianship. In showing ourselves full of solicitude on the subject of these rights, we do not wish your Majesty ever to suppose that we could entertain any doubt with regard to those appertaining to this Holy See, since, besides the other motives which militate in its favour, we have also the assurances which your Majesty has several times given, and caused to be given publicly, assurances which it would seem to us offensive to doubt, coming from so high and powerful a Sovereign. Atter this preliminary explanation, which has seemed to us all the more opportune that we better understand your Majesty'o views, we are happy to add that we applaud ma terial progress, and desire besides that nations should be in a position to enjoy peaceably their property, as much for the profit that they derive therefrom, as for the occupation which it gives them. We could not say as much in the case of our being invited to satisfy certain aspirations of some fractions of these nations—aspirations which cannot be re conciled with the principles above enunciated. We entertain the hope th ►t your Majesty, with your high perspicacity, will recognise in our frank communication the character of loyalty which always accompanies the acts of this Apostolic See, and at the same time the evidence of the great esteem which we entertain towards your august per son, to whom we have in no way hesitated to speak thus explicitly in a matter of so much importance. Hereupon, with the assurance of our paternal affection, we give your Majesty, our august Consort, and the Impe rial Prince, our apostolic benediction. Given in our palace of the Vatican, the 20th November, 1863. Pius P.P. IX. ~di a .. ... .. s. ..,H, :,,,,(.1:11...,4). • . . . ',.....--- ... , A4,... --- 0 ... .. N .. ' ? 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Biggs, After the usual loyal and constitutional toasts had been given, the " Health of the Members for the Western Divi sion of the County" was chunk amid loud cheers. Capt. WYNDHAM responded to the toast, and in so doing strongly urge& the agriculturists to test the efficacy of malt in the feeding of cattle, and to endeavour by every means in their power to secure the reduction, if not the entire re peal of the malt tax. Mr. CAVE, in responding to the toast of the "Health of the Members for the Rape of Bramber," after explaining the cause of the absence of his colleague (Sir P. Burrell), observed that it was expected on those occasions that the platers in the stakes at Westminster should come down and make strong running in the provinces ; but, considering what was left for them to speak about, it was almost impos sible to rise, except with feelings of despair. Domestic po lities were forbidden, and with respect to foreign politics, it would be absurd for him to talk on that subject in presence of the chairman. But he might be permitted to say that at the present time there was nothing very cheering in the aspect of foreign politics. We seemed to be in the time spoken of by the poet,— " A dark and troublous time, The heavens all gloom, the weary earth all crime," Wherever we turned there were wars and rumours of wars. England seemed to be almost the only country that was free from sources of discontent and turbulence. In some of our colonies the prospects were not more cheering than they were in foreign countries. If we looked to America, who could say what was to be the end of things there ? Post after post brought us accounts of bloody battles with no results; and although he could not for a moment believe that a brave people inhabiting a country where the means of locomotion were so difficult could be conquered, he looked with horror upon the sufferings and privations which they endured from day to day from those who called themselves their brethren and their countrymen. (Hear, hear.) On look ing at the continent of Europe there was scarcely a nation whose position could be calculated upon for a single year. An attempt had been made—a wise and creditable attempt —to bring these matters under peaceful consideration. It was not for him to say whether that attempt was possible or not, or whether the course pursued by our Government was a right course or not ; but still any attempt to submit the affairs of Europe to a peaceful solution was an attempt which could not but be looked upon with most serious and most respectful consideration. (Hear.) With regard to politics, hon. members were frequently in the habit of going so near the wind that they reminded him of a boy going to see a " meet," whose horse, somehow or other, kept edging nearer and nearer to the hounds, until in the end he rode over somebody in his progress. (Laughter.) He wished to be careful with regard to the subject of politics. In looking through the speeches made from time to time at meetings like the present, he found that the common cry among the speakers had been that the past session had bean a very discreditable one, every member almost saying, " I come to bury Cmsar, not to praise him," (Laughter.) Now, he thought that a great deal might be said in favour of the past session, and did not agree with these who gave it so bad a character. There were two classes of members who, no doubt, were ready to say something against the session. There were the idle members, who were glad of any excuse for not being at their posts—(a laugh)—and there were the troublesome members, who expected something from fishing in troubled waters, and did not like the affairs of the country to go on smoothly if by that means their power over the masses seemed likely to be diminished. (Hear, hear.) It re minded him of the story told of an English condottiere— Sir John Hawkweed. A monk who was afraid of hi m began by saying "Pax vobiscum” (Peace be with you.) The reply of Sir John was " The devil take your blessing ; dont you know I live by fighting." (Laughter.) Something of this kind might be said of some of the speeches which had been delivered in the north of England. 'When the country was at peace and in prosperity they said "What is that to U 8 ? 'We dont want that ; we want some stirring points to be brought forward, and to see the people thoroughly dis contented." (Hear.) The hon. member then referred to the number of bills which had been passed during the last session, and entered into some details for the purpose of showing that a considerable amount of business had been done, and urged the farmers to make known their opinions on the malt tax, and to petition Parliament for its modifica tion or repeal. (Cheers.) The next toast was the " Health of the Chairman," which was received with great enthusiasm. Mr. FITZGERALD, in responding to the toast, said—lf it is difficult for a member of Parliament to make a speech on an occasion of this kind, it is a doubly difficult thing for me, because it is a very rare occasion for me to find a meeting in the borough which I have the honour to represent where I am able to give an account of the conduct which I pursue, or to express to those whom I represent the opinions which I conscientiously entertain. I must feel myself bound by that rule, which rather more vigorously than usual has been laid down by those who have preceded me. I will not ostentatiously go out with the hounds for a day, but if you will consider me somewhat in the position of the little boy to whom Mr. Cave alluded, I shall be glad if 1 can, without offence to any gentleman around me, take a short gallop with the hounds. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) For many years the principal interest in meetings of this kind at tached to questions of internal legislation. We had our Free-trade fights, our Protection fights, our Reform fights, and various other struggles between the two great parties in Parliament and in the country. These struggles do not exist now, and we must adopt the advice which has been given by a great Minister of the Crown,and which has become almost a proverbial expression—we must, I suppose, " rest and be thankful." (Laughter.) It is probably rather late in the day for that great Minister, of whom without offence it may be said tee has never taken " rest" himself and has never allowed any repose to his opponents—it is rather late in the day for him to give such advice as that ; but looking at the present state of the country as regards all those questions of internal legislation which have hitherto interested us, I think we may give him the same advice which he has given us ; and although within a vary few years he has thought that questions of great change affecting the relations of classes the one to the se her in this country were the para mount questions to which all men in this country ought to address themselves, and which were of such paramount im portance that they were to make or unmake a Ministry, I think we may say, although so short a time ago such were his opinions, the present condition of affairs is such that, having attained that which has been the great object of his life—the direction of the foreign affairs of this country —w e may say to him as he has said to us," rest and be thankful." (Cheers and laughter.) Ido not think there is anybody in this country who desires for mere party objects or questions between man and man, between one individual statesman and another individual statesman—l do not think there is any man of note in the House of Commons or generally in public life among the English people—who desires to see on such grounds a change of Government. It is rather toe common a mode of speech at public meetings to say that they have such entire confidence in the Prime Minister that there is no difference between party and party. Now, I must say that I have a great respect, a great regard, for Lord Palmerston. He has passed through a long public life, and has rendered great public services to his country. (Hear, hear.) I trust he may long be spared to render additional services to that country to which he has added a reputation and a name ; but I should be sorry to see the time arrive when there should exist an utter indifference, mainly from a regard to one individual, upon great public questions. (Hear.) I believe that indifferentism in re ligion is not more fatal to society than indifferentism in politics—(hear, hear)—and I think it would be an evil day for this country if we should become so dead, so little alive to the great interests which are involved in the questions which come before Parliament, that a regard for one great name should make us indifferent to the question as to w ho shall carry on the Government of the country. (Hear, hear) There is one thing to which I cannot at all adhere, and is the opinion expressed by some of my very old Tory frien d s, have said, "We should be very sorry to see the pre that G o vernment disturbed, because we are perfectly s ure rg __, c that as soon as they are removed from office great and un try will changes will again be agitated, and the wilinet, Sussex said be in a state of turmoil." A friend of ut Itusaell and tha other day, " I should be sorry some of his friends removed from f° seeeeea La use I am cer tain that so long as they remain there very like what has :Vase' s hall hear nothing of the question of reform." happened in our immediate tlatbboisurbood. There was a g to eeep every keeper on very enterprising man, usedquiet. The whole country the qui vice ; no preserve was • was in commotion on accoun t of this m an, who was called Little Barker. My friend said he bel ie ved it would be Russell and his , friends as it w as the same with Ear l Russ he a dded, ' A friend of mine with Little Barke r, and I will make ; exit for Little d frßoamr..er and said, you my that day to this the whole coun try • et our preserves have been at rest, try has been (la , have been able to sleep in their bed s , an d we our ha keveeenoj e e o r y s e e peace and tranquillity. It is the same with these gent lemen as with Little Barker, an d they will re main q uite as l ong as they are ou r k eepers. " (Cheers and laughter.) Now, Ido not look upon them in that way. I h o pe there is a strong feeling in the country at large against any great and organic changes, and in favour of that ex pression of the great Minister to which i have alluded. I believe that the country at large feel that it is best for us, especially in the present state of the world, to " rest, awl /" t 44111 " 41 : 1 (Hear, bear.) Wu L.vu much STAMPED ....sd. to be thankful for. We have a contented people. We have not, as other nations have, the word " Revolution " often murmured menacingly in their ears. We have a contented and a prosperous people; and therefore, under Providence. I think we ought to "rest, and be thankful." (Cheers.) One of the great features of these meetings of late years has been that almost the whole interest of the public has be.n concentrated upon foreign affairs ; and this must natural be so, because, in these days, the facilities of locomotion arena great, the ramifications of commerce and corresponden ce are so extensive, that we are not, as we were a few years ago, separate nations, wish scarcely any connection with one another, end only having rivalries one with another; but we form as it were members of one family, and it is impos sible even for the smallest members of that European tamily _ . to be affected by any public event, without that effect being felt and reflected here and there in a very important degree ; and, therefore, it is that of late years the interest felt by the English public in foreign affairs had been a very deep and a very earnest one. (Hear, hear.) And I hope I may be permitted from the interest which I have always taken . _ in these matters to refer to one or two questions which are prominent before the public, and with regard to which the very gravest consequences may follow to this country, and be ftlt by every individual now present. (Hear, hear.) One of these questions is the condition of Poland, On this sub- ject there has been a very constant expression of opinion. I regret to differ from many of my political friends who think that it was not right and that it was not discreet on t --- course which they re the part of this country to take he did, and to inte rfere wit h expressions of sympathy in fa vour of the Polis h race. I a not of thatopmi sentimenton, ndl b e li e ve it is contrary to that high and generous or w hich is always th e motive and di ctatingprinciple Eng lish policy. I believe that perhaps the method and of interference was not the wisest that could have been of interference e adopted ; but after Parliament had expressed itself in the the strong*it'vlay an the subject, after repeated public meet ings had been held , and after there had been a general con currence in the indignation felt at he way in which the Polish people were being treated, I think it would have been an undignified, a cowardly, and an un-English course if England had not made use of the whole weight of her moral force for the purpose of obtaining for that people the justice to which treaties had entitled him. (Cheers.) I perfectly admit that it was not a q uestion upon which this country could go to war. I regret at the same time the way in which the question was treated, anduse the result has been this, that high-handed wrong injustice have come off victorious, and, in the lace of violated treaties and outraged faith, the great Powers of Europe that interfered in the cause of justice and humanity have been obliged to retreat from the position which they occupied, with humiliation, if not almost with insult. (Hear, hear.) At the i same time, the course pursued by the Govern ment s not to be judged by its results. I think it would have been an un-English course, an undignified cou rse, in consistent with the character we have lone- m aintained, if this country had not raised her voice in favour of a people suffering as they were, and in whose favour we were bound to interfere by treaty. (Hear.) There is one other subject which is of deep interest to us, because out of it I believe i perfectly possible that war may grow, and I am certain o this, that there is no society of Englishmen to whom I could address myself to whom the question of peace or war would not possess greater interest than any question that I might put before them, for we are a peace-loving people—we be lieve any war not required by the interest and honour of the country is an unjust war—and therefore we cannot but feel a deep interest in any question that may lead to a rup ture of our peaceful relations with any part of Europe. (Hear.) Pending the marriage of the Prince of Wales I took the opportunity of expressing a strong opinion with reference to a question which was raising itself into great importance relative to certain regulations affecting the de pendencies of Denmark. I will not enter fully into that question, because in the first place it requires considerable study ; and, in the next place, because it is a very irksome one. It has been said that no one ever understood the ques tion which is known by the name of the Schleswig- Holstein question ; that the only person who got nearly to understand it was a German professor, and that it had driven him mad. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) I will not go into the details of that question ; but this I will say, that with regard to it I think the course pursued by our Government was a consies tent, a manly, and a decided one. (Hear, hear.) It is of great importance to this country that a Protestant, a liberal, a constitution state should in its full force, with all its means and resources, exist in the Baltic. I believe it to be of the very greatest importance to England to maintain the independence of Denmark. What do we find at the present moment ? There are questions of long date between this country and Denmark with which I will not attempt to puzzle you or drive you mad. The course announced by Lord Palmerston at the end of the session was a decided one, for in reply to a question which I put to him, his lordship declared that it was the bounden duty of this country to uphold the independence of Germany as against the great German Powers, and he concluded his speech by saying that it they pursued the course whieh he was sorry to see they were adopting, the German Powers would find that they had not to deal with Denmark alone, but that there were other and greater Powers than Denmark with which the question was to be settled. At the present time, owing to the death of the late King of Denmark, other questions have arisen, and I must express as openly as I can my deep regret at seeing that the great German Powers are pursuing a course which, to my mind, is utterly dishonest, for which no excuse can be found, and making their adherence to a solemn treaty dependent upon conditions which never at any time formed any part of that treaty at all, (Hear, hear.) Therefore I do hope and trust that the part taken by our Government-1 care not whether by the present Go vernment or any other—l hope, whatever party may be in power, that they will consider it the decided policy of this country to uphold at all hazards the independence and inte grity of Denmark, and resist an aggression which is alike unjust in its objects and dangerous in its termination (Cheers.) It may be true that our tot has fallen into dark and troublous times. It may be that in every part of Europe the political horizon is troubled and menacing, and no man can tell what, within a few weeks, may be the aspect of Europe—no man can tell what part this country may be called upon to take. But still I do believe that we here in England may look forward to the future, not only with hope, but with confidence. (Cheers.) It is not only because we possess a Sovereign whom we esteem and admire ; it is not only that we live under a Constitution that we value and venerate ; it is not only that among us—and this is particularly important in times like there—there is a love cf peace from the highest and best of motives and of reasons; it is not only that we have no lust for increase of terri torial power, for England is great enough and her terri tory is extensive enough, and we have not, by all these factitious means that are necessary perhaps to other Powers attempted to spread the influence and dignity of our coun try—it is not only for these reasons that wa may look forward with hope and confidence to the future, but, above all, for this reason, that we are a united people. ) (Cheers.) It is not in this country (and I sin t s ry ur that other country can say it)—it is not in this you could enter a single society to discuss:lean cl_ of high importance, affecting her in tertnhe Iga Govern tion, without fear of offending eitherevery man ex ment or the people. Here, thank 0 _, Gitdhout fear of inter euesetliao! presses his opinion freely and openly , wh a tever our object, w b ,°_,,%_ a nd always will be, the co wiesion with the land ference. We have no fear of revolutieot d havesigr ehawetrilheeotashse.e ministers here to-day in peaceful we all combine together. We are m e times. We see hers those that sturdy class—has aIWaYS, P e ' ' intelligence We pith and strength of En::: roe/ice has d thes e who administer the just' have here those whose enterlo ? trade of this country over all the s w p o r r e l a d d . thecommerce(Hoar, bear) havee oth e r coo retries, ngol who, differing i t ny g . religion,— We have those represented here, h Ice °f the land. gl n is o h t merely be of race, but nobility of character—the En And here we are met torther, from the nobNiVlietY? cause(Ce r i tis a s oc ial agreeable and but because and all believe that we ar e promo , ' because we on e 'mg that which is for the benefit of the district in which We live, and for the benefit of the country generally. (Cheers.) Let the object be a philanthropic object —let it be a charitable object—let it be for some society or movement that shall have for its end the social improvement or the moral advancement of the people, and again you will find there will not be a class in the country, from the highest to the lowest, which will not he represented, and which will not do their utmost to promote, as far as they And as long as this can ' the public good. (Cheers.) spirit remains in the country—thank God it has always been the distinguishing mark of the country, l and ' ong may it continue to be so I—so long a s the spirit remains, though other countries may suffer , though ser may devatate other lands, th o ugh their society may li v e disorganized by convulsions and revolutions, I am sure of this, that, strong in the united spirit of the people, Eng land will always maintain her position among the of the w or ld ; an d , w h a t e ver may happen w othercoun t ri e we may look forward to the future, feeling sure t hat , under the blessin g o f that Providence which ho so tto7 favoured that us and distinguished us, we shall "ntiutiuh er to held, and place among the nations which we have lt e (The bon, gentleman which we still desire to r etain. , e d cheering ) resumed his seat amid loud and proloneter were afterwards Several other Waste of a loc al chara given. ------------ • The Court Journal. 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Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALE c• , ,K.G President—ll is Grace the Duke of BUCCLEU CH, K.U. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad r_n:slon compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the 'tn,ruticnt and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged p re it r a . l x is d Th eemo re ade qu ate-patients many distresiing cases which. with tunds, they would gladly admit into the wards. beds.Preuuses of the Hospital are capable of containing 600 w n a ot rc e ie n l.i d .a. o:ved, but is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by th l e .i ' l l' e re H a: by Messrs. Coutts and n B d 'and Co.;Herries and i( ) ,rcian, t: q , Nicholas-lane; also Co. ; Ransom and Co. • 1-• Payne, and Co. ; Giyn and Co.. ..- r co um tt m , ° Grote, and Co.;Smith, ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Denison and c Overend, Gurney, and Co. 0 ,; w Matas, Deacon, and Co. ; and Co. ; • Barclay Masterman and Co. ; ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street • , the Hospital, from :0 till 5.C0. I. Ear ned and Co Liverpool ; and at ATAN1 0 0141) S. smini Secretary. REPLY OP THE KING OP BAVARIA. Monsieur mon Frere,—l have received the letter which your Imperial Majesty has been kind enough to address to me, under date of the 4th of this month, proposing a Con gress, which would assemble at Paris, with the object of laying the foundation of the pacification of Europe. I cannot but render full justice to the lofty sentiments with which this proposal is impressed. The treaties of 1815, on which the present political edifice of Europe rest, are, I am not unaware, destroyed in fact on many points or misunderstood. There is, therefore, no grander task than to spare the future the shocks almost in evitable from this state of things, by regulating in concert w ith the other Powers the litigious questions of the. present day, to which the arrangements of these treaties could no longer be applied.. I believe with pleasure that the proposal of your Imperial Majesty, followed by subsequent explanations on the sub ject, will be received by the Powers directly interested in the solution of these questions in the manner which is in dispensable to assure its success. In this supposition I do not hesitate to adhere to the pro position of your Imperial Majesty, and I shall esteem my self happy to ccncur in the work of general pacification by taking part in the future conferences. I take this opportunity of renewing the assurance of the high esteem and inviolable friendship with which I am, Monsieur mon Fr4e, of your Imperial Majesty the good brother, MAX. Rome, Nov. 27. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The eastern division of the Channel fleet—comprising the Edgar, 74, wooden liner, Capt. G. P. Hornby, bearing the flag of the Commander. in-Chief, Rear-Admiral Sidney, Colpoys Dacres, C.B. ; the Warrior, 40, iron frigate, Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C.B. ; and the Resistance, 16, iron frigate, Capt. Chamberlain—is expected to sail from Spithead to-day for Plymouth Sound, where it will be joined by the western division, and receive sailing orders for the next cruise. At Plymouth the Resistance will be detached from the squadron and proceed to the Mediterra nean, where, according to present orders, she will com• plete her term of comulis4on. The Tamar, screw troopship, Capt. Stirling, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the eastward. She is ordered into the harbour. The ordnance screw transport Lord Paumure was taken into the steam basin of Portsmouth dockyard yesterday, and the two 12-ton 300-pounder Armstrong guns she ha s conveyed round from Woolwich were transferred, by the aid of the large steam crane, from her hold to an ordnance lighter for conveyance to the gunnery Excellent. Her Majesty's screw yacht Fairy was undoeked at Ports mouth yesterday, after completing the coating of her bottom plates with the Manes composition. The United States screw steam sloop of war Kearsage, 7, Commander Winslow, on a remise, last from the Isle of Wight, was outside Plymouth Sound yesterday. The whole of the powerful cast iron girders and tramways for the overhead travellers which the Lords of the Admi ralty have ordered to he erected beneath the building sheds at Chatham dockyard, on which will ultimately be held down some of the squadron of iron vessels ordered to he constructed, have been transported to the dockyard from the foundry when they were prepared by means of three of the powerful traction engines manufactured by Messrs. Aveling and Porter, Rochester, which have been employed unceasingly at the work for several months past. The re sults prove in the highes degree the superiority of the trac tion engine for transporting heavy weights to great die • tames over the ordinary horse labour. Yesterday five of the large iron girders, each weighing exactly three tons, were placed on a couple of lorries, and dragged by one of the traction engines from the foundry at Strood to the dock yard at Chatham, a distance of two miles, over every va riety of ground, including a severe incline of one in twelve, and through crowded streets, without the least inconveni ence. On arriving at the end of the dockyard where the girders are intended to be erected, the engine, by means of a crane attached, lifted each girder from the waggon and deposited it in the place intended for it. So favourable are the reports made of the advantages resulting from the em-. ployment of tractioa engines for every description of heavy draughts that in a short time their use will become general in each of the Royal dockyards. Mr. Reed's iron-cased experimental ship Enterprise,to be launched next month from the slip at Deptford, was yes terday commissioned (as stated at Woolwich) by Comman der Charles J. Rowley, lately in command of the gun vessel Renard. A notice was yesterday affixed at the entrance of Wool wich dockyard announcing that the following number of men was required for immediate employment :-80 ship wrights, 25 joiners, four painters, six millwrights and fitters, six double firemen, 14 single firemen, and 25 ham mermen. The abovenamed increase of the establishment is to take place in order to hasten the construction of the Pallas, as well as to complete the fittings of the Racer and the Ranger, required for the North American and African stations. Orders were promulgated at Portsmouth dockyard yes terday for the entry of about 1,000 additional hands, 600 of whom are to be shipwrights, and the remainder of different trades and labourers. The following appointments kayo been made in:the Royal Naval Reserve :—To ~ba Lieut., William Holmes Long. man ; to be Sub-Lieut., Edward John Taylor, -__ THE ARMY. A general order has been received at Chatham garrison from the Horse Guards, announcing that the next examina tion of candidates for admission to the Staff College, to be held in July, 1861, will be upon the following portions of military history and geography: —Military History—" The Campaign of Wellington,lBl3,concluding with the Battle of Vittoria ;" "the Campaign of Napoleon, 1800, concluding with the Battle of Marengo; and "the Campaign of the Archduke Charles, 1796." Military Geography—" The Northern Frontier of Spain and Basin of the Ebro ;" " the Basin of the Po, and the Theatre of War in Sardinia ;" and "the Theatre of the War in Southern and Western Ger many." Candidates will be expected to acquaint themselves with, and to be prepared to reason upon, the circumstances by which the issues of the campaigns were mainly influ enced, for which purpose they should compare for them selves, to the fullest extent possible, the recounts of both sides. The examination will be principally directed to elicit this knowledge rather than a mere narrative of facts. The Chatham contingent of Royal Marine Light Infan try selected for service in Japan left headquarters yesterday for Woolwich, the officers an d men havin g been previously inspected by Col. T. Lemon, CIL, comm an d an t o f th e Chatham Division. The forc e numbered 6 sergeants, 5 cor porals, 1 drummer, and 75 privates, together w ith th e fol lowing officers :—Lieut.-Col. C. W. Adair, Captain J. A. Stewart (Paymaster), Capt. J. H. Parry, Fi rs t Li eut. W. J. Second Barker (Quartermaster), Lieut. t e vv r m . sv s te . r) , First ing. Lieut,Th entire force of Royal R. H. Dwyer, and p ld Marines proceeding to Japan w ill rend ezvous at Plymouth, where they will embark on bo ard the scr ew liner Conqueror, 78, 500 horse power , Capt. W. G. Luard, now fitting at th e Nore, which she will leave for Pl y mout h forthwith. Lieut.-Col. Mitchell's H bat ter y , Royal Horse Brigade, three days from Aldershot, m atched i nto garrison at head quarters, Woolwich, yesterday , a nd took up their winter a quarters there. The battery consists of 6 officers and 230 non-commissioned officers and privates. A company of Royal Marine Light. Infantry, in command of Captain J. Horndon Parry, consisting, of 1 captain, 2 subalterns, 6 sergeants, 5 corporals, 1 bugler, and 20 pri vates, arrived at Woolwich yesterday from Chatham, and will leave Woolwich this morning by an early train to em bark on board the Conqueror, for service in Japan. The two companies of the Woolwich Division under orders for Japan will take their departure at the same time. Their strength is as follows :-1 lieutenant-colonel, 2 captains, 4 subalterns, 1 adjutant, 10 sergeants, 8 corporals, 2 buglers, and 161 privates. The whole will be commanded by Lieut.- Col. Suther, Woolwich Division. The names of the officers have appeared in a previous number of The Sun. Capt. E. J. Ward, 4th battery, 2d Brigade Garrison Artillery, at present at Dover, has been appointed Aide-de-Camp to Sir Richard Dacres. K.C.8., commanding at Woolwich, in suc cession to Major W. E. M. Reilly, C. 8., who has taken up the command of his battery. Ilorniman's Tea is choice and strong, moderate in price, and wholesome to use. These advantages have secured for this Tea a general PrO i erence. It is sold in Jackets by 2,260 Agent.*. REPLY OF THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. Monsieur mon Frare,--The letter written to me by your Majesty on the 4th of November directs my attention to the precarious state of Europe, to the dangers which may result therefrom, and proposes to me to regulate the present and asbure the future in a Congress. This step is suggested to your Majesty by the sincere de sire of sparing the world the calamities entailed by war. To preserve and assure to Europe the benefits of peace, at the same time preserving from any attack the honour and dignity of the countries we govern, such should indeed be one of our most constant cares. Such is also my dearest wish, and to attain this end, my co-operation will always be secured to your Majesty. _ _ Guided by this sentiment I have conscientiously examined the proposition which has been made to me. I was bound to ask myself if, in its present form, your Majesty's project united all the conditions which would permit me to hope for a result in conformity with your desire and mine. The success of every enterprise depends in a great mea sure upon the manner in which it is undertaken, and the plan which has been marked out. The greater the difficulty of the enterprise, and the more it demands the co-operation of various forces and wills, the more urgent it becomes to have a clear understanding upon the point of departure, to define the object and means of action held in view, to deter mine beforehand, in fact, the line of conduct that will be followed. These conditions appear to me to essentially affect the success of the work that your Majesty desires to essay and to which you invite me. Before joining it I, therefore, deem it indispensable to be enlightened upon certain preliminary points. In a word, I should wish to know, with some accuracy, the bases and programir.e of the deliberations of the Congress which would assemble. _ _ In specifying beforehand the questions to be examined by the Congress, and agreeing upon the direction to be given to its labours, unforeseen obstacles that might compromise eves ything would be avoided ; this course would also remove dangerous and almost insoluable problems, which, unex pectedly raised, would only envenom the debates and give rise to fresh complications, instead of obviating those which already exist. These considerations appears to me too important not to deserve all the attention of your Majesty. Prince Metter nich will be charged, on his side, to state then with greater development. The particular goodwill and confidence which your Majesty has always been good enough to manifest towards my Ambassador Bill facilitate, I trust, this preli minary understanding which it appears to me necessary to establish before offering my support to the plan conceived by your Majesty. I take this opportunity of renewing the assurances of the high esteem and inviolable friendship with which I am, Monsieur mon frere, your Majesty's good brother, Vienna, Nov. 17. FRANCIS JOSEPH. REPLY OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. Monsieur mon frere,—Your Majesty in writing to me the letter which your Ambassador presented to me on the 13th of November, must have been convinced that the generous sentiments which inspired you would be responded to with that cordial assent which a Sovereign having at heart the welfare of nations, could not decline joining in the noble object which your Majesty proposes to the Euro pean Powers by inviting them to a general Congress. During the course of the last half century the treaties of 1815 have necessarily undergone modifications which the irresistible influence of time and events exercises upon human institutions. Nevertheless, those treaties still con tinue to form the foundation upon which the political edifice of Europe actually rests. It will, therefore, be a task worthy of the efforts of all Governments in terested in the maintenance of order and of peace to consolidate that foundation, to provide for those portions which have been destroyed or which will have to be abolished, and to give additional guarantees to such enactments as may be misunderstood or menaced. In such a work I will join with all ray heart, and in per fect liberty only to consult my own solicitude for the general interests of Europe, because, as Prussia has never outetepped the limits of treaties, she has no direct interest in provoking or declining the meeting of a Congress. Such a position enables my Government to lend its impartial and disinterested support to establish between the Powers convoked a preliminary understanding, upon the principles of the Congress, and to obviate by prudent negotiations the difficulties which might cause germs of discord in a work of conciliation and of peace. To this effect my Government will be happy to receive any overtures your Majesty may think fit to make respecting preliminary views. I thank your Majesty for the hospitality which you have kindly offered me, and I am sure I should meet with a welcome at Paris which renders so dear to me the remem brance of my sojourn at Compiegne ; but it is rather for our Ministers united in Council to enlighten by their dis cussions and to prepare for the sanction of the Sovereigns the proposals which will be submitted to the Congress. I take advantage of this opportunity to renew the as-ur ances of the high esteem and special friendship with which I remain, Monsieur mon frere, of your Majesty, Le bon frre, WILLIAM. Berlin, Nov. 18. REPLY OF TILE KING OF HANOVER. Mousier mon Frere,—l have received with as much pleasure as gratitude the letter which your Imperial Ma jesty was good enough to address to me under date the 4th of this month. To regulate existing differences by a general understand ing between the European Powers, to calm the unceasingly recurring disquiet which obstructs or retards the develop ment of the prosperity of States, to paralyse the efforts of subvervise parties, and, in fine, to assure the tranquillity of Europe by removing every eventuality of war, is the most signal service that can be rendered to the cause of civilisa tion; it i . t3 AD, enterprise which Should obtain the t.uffritget. if r,1,/''''.l /2' ./• , -,eeo.-~. z EWS PAPE R - 7 .1- - 4 • 1.1:41 • " • r r;sl. • 2 1; 3; Qq, WEST COAST OF Arßrc. Liv-enyooL, T m„ %gregor Laird Ale:-- arr T iv h e e d A w fr i i t c h an th m e amilasitlesamtoshtihpe owing dates Benin, October 24 ; Fernando Po, 29th; Cams roons, 31st; Old Calabar, November '2 Brass River, 4th; Nun, 4th; Bonny, 7th; Lagos, 1 oth; Accra, 12th ; Cap e C oas t Ca s tle, 14th ; Cape Pai'mas, 16th ; Sierra Le one , 21 s t ; B a th urs t, 25th; Tene:iffelDe cember 1; M a d e i ra , 3d. Staff - Assistant-Surgeon Crow died on bcard at Madeira of dysentery. Her Majesty's ships Griffon and Drotrodary were at Fernando Po ; the Elgiva was to sail thence for Glasgow in a few days; the eot ge, Hussar, Lucetta, Ocecla, and Ann were also thet Consul Burton had arrived from the South Coast and was expected to leave on the 10th of November f o r Dahomey. Trade was flat. Ibe Mary, Invincible, Commerce,Arfenics, m nse :e, and the Venus sailed from the Catneroons tor Live a p ool on the 14th of oc toher, T rade was „ wa act i ve, wi t h high prices. The river From Old (..i'aabar the Commodore, Royal healthy.oyal Arch, Golden A4e, aLid the Huddersfield for Li,er pool on the 16th o f October. The Cressy was to sail neat spring. Trade had been stooped since October 29, and thins ware likely to remain in this state for some time. King Eye and t, t ie chiefs had evacuated Creek Town in consequence cif a raid of the Bloodmen to obtain satisfaction for i njuries inflicted ou some of their tribe by the Creek Town men. The river was healthy. The Earl Derby and the Benin were at Benin, The Lord Burleigh, Express, Mary Black, Selina, Orient, Virginian, Paragon, Albro, Priie of Canada, and the Ben M'Cree were at the Brass River, where trade opened on the 25 th of October. The Investi gator had come down the Niger , and was met by Dr. Baikie at the confluence. Lieutenant Beeford was left with him. All was well. Six bait's of cotton from the Niger for Manc hester have been shipped in the Macgregor Laird. This is the first product of a screw press fitted up by Mr. Crowther up the Niger. The Iphigenia, the Richmond, the Cockatoo, the I‘ Belle of the Ocean, the Grand Bonny, the Flora Ivor, and the Charles Horsfall were at B onn y . Captain P e t er Th om p so n, agent for Messrs. Hatton and Cookson, were drowned on the 10th of October. The river was very healthy. liar Majesty's ships E or I n vestigator, and . Handy, and the schooner 4l9i ' Commodore were at Lagos. City The steamer of Norwich succeeded in shi pp in g and getting clea r of the coast with 1,200 alaves from Wilydah on the 16th of The bee Irohin of the 24th 2cto 4th of October so Ts : Her Majesty's ship Investigator, Lieutenant. Coi uman, der the Niger, for the purpose y ef in e September to pro :Fed up communicating wi th Dr. Baikie, and doing several other things°ln for which we have been unable to precut e any Informatio arrived at the Nun on September 7, the o h r , the public.. She of h which river she crossed on the same day. On the next brit on board the Rev. Samuel Crowther and s eve ralaving taken. 80118 connected with the Church Mission, sheproceeded per river, anchoring every night. She arrived at O s Ili.cit up on the 13th September, where she discharged moat or the '3ha people who were taken on board at the Nun, and, having procured a aupply of wood, went on the confluence at Gbegb e where the Rev:, Mr. Crowther and his party landed. They then went to the other Fide of the river, to Lnkoja, where they met Dr. Baikie. On the 19th she left for Egga, and arrived on the 21st. On the 224 Lieutenant Commander Gambier, Mr. Adlam, Mr. M'Coskry, and Dr. Vaikie set out for Beda to communicate with the celebrated African potentate Masaba (Mahomed Saba). We have been. unable to learn any of the incidents of this visit, whiolt lutist hays been very interesting, beyond the fact that his Hichness sent two horses, one to be presented to her Maje sty, and the other to our Lieutenant-Governor. On the 4th October they returned to the ship, and starteddown the river, step ping for fuel, &c., at most of the places at which they Is ad stopped on the up voyage. The Rev. Mr. Crowther at tcl his son, Mr. Josiah Crowther, returned with the Invi,st i gator. They crossed the bar of the Nun on the 14th, i vid. arrived within our port on Sunday morning, the 16th in st. Some of the officers and crew of the Investigator have sul fered slightly from fever." The same paper of the sth of November states that the gentlemen who went to Madan on a mis sion of peace, sent by the Association of Lagos, re turned to Abbeokuta that day. The account given of their reception was hopeful. They were most hospitably entertained; their message, in short, was well received. The chiefs spoke of the wrongs they thought they had received, and said that they - de sired to be on friendly terms with the Egbes. Their reply to the message was, " We will gladly me et a deputation from the opposite party on neutral. ground to talk over our matters, in order to come ate some arrangements." More than that could not be expected. The Missionary party in Ib.ldan were muck better provided for than before; the ,supplica carried to Oyo for them by Messrs Wood anki Ash+ croft had been received, and had added greatly to their comfort. The amount of produce which had accumulated in their hands of the merchants staid traders during the long stoppage of the s 136' 2road wa s estimated at 1,00 0 bales of cott on of 10 or pounds each, which would give at the presen t prices at Ll.verpool a value of £12,000. There is more , difficulty at arriving at a fair estimate of the value of the oil, but it is supposed to be not far from three times as much. The Lagos Anglo-African of the 7th ult. states g h fa,und a nt, had caused none that the rain, althea experienced last of the inconvenienc e which was at Lagos was favour year at that time. The health able. Trade wa s, as usual, bad. Delegates f rom an association of native merchants and traders were about to proceed to the in ; tcrLor with the object of makieg peace between the coeatending parties. Hopes were entertained. of their success, but from the nature of the case it was evident that nothing beyond a temporary peace could be effected, followed by n egotiations for the settlement of the questions in dispute. There was a rumour that there had been another battle recently, and that the Iba dans bad advanced their Camp nearer that of the Egbas. Another of the great chiefs of Abbeokuta, Atambala, had died. The brig Astarte sailed from Accra for London on Nov. 12th ; and the royal mail steamer Arme nian left Cape p a l Her AI ajest , Palms for the Leeward Islan ds. Y 8 ship Rattlesnake and the bri g Al ligator were at Cape Coast, and her Majes t y 's Spar row at Sierra Leone. The Spanish war steamer Gen. Alava , w ith 800 troops and ammunition, from Cadiz for Havannab, put into the Island of Palma with her bunkers on fire. In bu nkers the an att t emp made to flood the ship Was sunk. The troops were landed and brought on to Santa Cruz by her Majesty's ship Speedwell, Commander Cottam. The Speedwell was to sail for the Gambia with Governor Darcy and his suite on. Dec. 2. The royal mail steamer Athenian left and a deira on Dec. 2. Her Maj est y 's ship Paloes to and Falcon, and the steamships C elt, Dare, prto; and Will-o'-the -Wisp were at that Island. —-- - ---- i THE CORNISH CoAST. — E arl y on Sunuay niornlng the Prince Rupert, of London, went ashore near St. Anthony's Point during a thick fog. Sho was greatly Washed injured. The bark Palenta, of London, was abandoned with Sft of water in her hold in lat. 47 ha 3 a 4 N ly ,.. ,e l n ong. 9 30 W. The crow were brought to Falmouth on Monday accommodations afternoon. The Castilian, of Liv!rpool, was of Mount's Bay on Saturday with loss of sails and . part of rigging the ' The brig Cargey, of Blythe, has put into Penzance with loss of boats, bulwarks, ,ko.; two Ws overboard and drowned. HARD Ur.—An officer, arrived at Chat inquired of a negro where ho could find arl° "" ft 0 lii horse. " Don't know, ash, 'bout for De fence rails is all gone, and dar ain't la co.rn,modations. othm ea t any more, only a few barn doors , au' for 'em to t h e general's horses."—Eetv York 'i • we want dem f o r Tribune. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—COIIetIMptiOII, all nervous, bilious; liver, and stomach complaints, ia every stage, are only ag gravate i and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless. We quote a few. —Cure No. 62,914. Miss Lange, 18 years 01 age, cured aft er the med i cal men ha d abandoned all hope, o f h er recovery from the last stage of pulmonary consumption, 'with f • artul cough, expectoration, exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow eheeks_._ emaciated to a sk e l eton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, bloomi ng, fleshy girl.—N. Lange, Commiss ri air de Y Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, o b , liver 41, ,2100d 1. Miss f ymley Surrey, of thi rty years' diseased lungs, spittingof. „ deran gement, and p art i al deafness.—Cure, No. i Elizabeth J acobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, No. g a therings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, Norfolk. 54,816. the Rev. F James T. Campbell, h of indigestio n an d torpidity of the liver, 9d; ' , lb, 48 6d ; 51b , r, w a ick had resist e d ' ..., all medical t rea t m ent. In tins, lib, ~arry and CJ., No . 7 7, Ils; 12ib, 225 ; 241 b, 40s. Barry du iiev,ent-street, Loudon ; also Fortnum wn Barry and Mason ; and all of the United lit ag d om grocers and cheanotb in every tow n AI V ULLIEN'S CONCERTS. To N T HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. `Girr A MENDELSSOHN NI GHT, and Last Night 1 7 but Seven of the Season. T h Litt, Mdlle. 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