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JEW THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY is now prepared to accept YIEILCANTILE INSUR AN CE in London at a considr;rable reduction upon the r a tes hitherto chargeid, and under a scalebean more equ ably upon merchancluie of a non-hszardous class. F u ll particulars gilven on application at the Office, 29, Lombard-street. PERCY 11T. DOVF, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary to the London Board. 14 r --- .11-30yAL ENGLISH OPERA, c ov ENT-GARDEN. Un der the Nanaze ment of Miss Louisa Pyne and . W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, foi • the 10th time, Balfe's new Opera, BLANCH 14; DE NEVE] Miss Louisa t'ync, Miss Anna miss Emma Heywood; Messrs. W. iI. Weiss. H. Corri, A. Cook, A. zt. Albyn, Lyall, J. Rouge, and W. Harrison. To conclude with the Second Act of THE DESERT FLOWER. Condu etor, Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at hall '-past Six— :ommence at Seven. H F:ATRE R'DYAL DRURY- LANE. Manaers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, h n. Majesty's Servants will perform the Farce of MY al , Awrs IN THE HIGHLANDS: characters by Mr. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde, Mr. .1. Minis; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Harfleur. After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. helps, Ryder, Rayner, M,agreson, Ward, Spencer ; 3fiss Eburne.Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclereq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Mr ss Poole, Miss Ritter, Miss Cicely Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. Followed by BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer, and G. Weston; Mrs Edit nund Falconer and Miss R. Leclerq. riIIiEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. - ..t. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. rCFIIS EVENING, SILKEN FETTERS : Messrs. Chas. Ma,llews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Howe, &c. ; Mesdames C. nathews and M. Harris. Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles Compton,Weathersby,&c. ; Mesdames C. Mathews, Keeley. Griffith, &c. Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And LITTLE DAISY. Commence at 7. PRINCESS'S THE ATRE.—HERRMANN.-- The public are respectfully informed that there will be NO rE iiyonmAN c 14: 'rills EVENING, in consequence of Herr Herrmann's being commanded to perform at Frogmore before their Royal highnesses the PrinCe and Princess of Wales. ------- LI OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. AA/ Under the Sole Management of Mr. Pechter. BM. DE NIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Evei y Evening until further notice. THIS EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BABY, Mess's. Widdicombe; J. G. Shore, Charles; ' . ltalian luiss T. Leclercq, and Carlotta Leclercq. After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIC), a Lo Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's Chronicle,,'" by Mr. John Brougham. Principal c'aa n tor by Mr. Feehter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, IL-Ducr,hatn, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford'les' Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. L a 6 — commence at 7 Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. venue, Aire. Doors open at half-past LEAH._EVERY NIGHT. ..4ISS BATEMAN.-LEAH-TIIIS EVENING, the 55th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss EmAN. in the character of LEAII. In consequence of this unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nat;on of the principal cha racter in the new Five Act Drama - of LEAH has been attencied, Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. NEW THEATRE-BO YAL, ADELPHL- Sole Propriator and Manager. Mr. It Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs. 9t 8, the Yew Drama of LEAH : Bth week of bliss Bate tin, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil itngton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and ML-s. l'o conclude with THE IRISH TIGER : Miss K. Kelly and Mr. btephenson. ROYAL •STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. IL Swanborough. TIIIS EVENING, MIRIAH'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Manders. Followed by (7th time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The Return of Ulysses. Messrs. Honey and Fenton ; Mesdames Swanborough aad Simpson. After which, MY N.s.W PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. R OYAL SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE. Manageress, Miss Marriott. THIS EVENING, VIRGINIUS. Mesrs. H. Marston, E. Phelps, %V. Gresham, Bennett, B.Aildoa ; Virginia, Miss Marriott ; Servia, Mrs. Wallis. To conclude with THE BRIGAND : Mr. D. H. Jones, Miss Mandlebert. Box-office open from 11 to 4. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Om be had Every Evening of G. R. GLILNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. flits DAY.-Morning, GU. 10m.—Afternoon, Gh. 30m. 1:0•X010.07v.-Morning, Gh. 52tn.—Afternoon, 7h. 13m The Weather—Sun Office, Dec, 2, 1863. THERMOMETER. This.day at Two o'clock Barometer-28.99. Wind—S.-E. ; fresh breeze, and hazy. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, ISM LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2, 1863. NAPOLEON has been magnanimous in words — that is, ley volunteering this proposition of a pacific Congress. Will he--now that his proposition has been declined by the English Government—will he, sponeaneously, go one step further, by proving hineself to be magnanimous not in words only, but in acts also : that is, to put it quite plainly, I '7 taking the initiative in the diminution of the costly and exaggerated armaments alluded to in 8 speech to the Legislature upon the inatt guratie, , chomb e e zt month of the new session of the French to do it. _He can afford to do this—if he wills The disbandment of his magnificent army, the b reaki t t ig up of his formidable fleet of iron-clad Felipe of war, t ar, are proceedings in the pro posed direction for an i nstant d reamt o f even in the wildest imaginings of the most Utopian Peace-at-any-pri ce Bedlam, Y dreamer. There is not a va n, we take it, out of a la, or out of the Asylum f or Idiots, who would ser i IIY propound any such insane proposition a s th at, set•. is only a variable pro portion of the swords that these Arcadian philan thropists of the Peace•at- asy , p _. c party would babble now about beating i nto ploughshares. It is a pere (ifeentage merely of the s pearhead s there were any nowadays, in any branch o f the military ser Tice), that these Utopian politicians could urge the pourers that be, to have turned into rea ping hooks, A total disarmament is ea more mused Over by any . class of men still retaini n g their senses, as a•r_ rangement, through any conceivable means practicable, than is the o pening 11 P of serious at tempts to organise a millennium. It is simply t h e exi,ravegant armaments, what Mr. DISRAELI hap leiP,y dubbed, a session or two beck, the bloated armaments of the last few years, that it is proposed should be reduced in magnitude, in costliness, in increasing and still increaeing elaboration. It `would be the noblest, the most stately, haughty, • imperial reply that the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. could now give to the rival Government which has just declined to take part in his scheme of a great European Congress—his demonstrating thus in the sight of the whole world the perfect sincerity 0f his pacific intentions by doing w h at , we repea t it, he can so well afford to du, namely, himself set ting the example to an Europe by diminishing the maguitud e and moderating the costliness of his superb armaments be sea and land. In his so doing there wo u ld be 70 o cling whatever of th e Q u i xo ti c , H e is at the head in the Wholew orld. f the greatest military p ower He is at its head—so far as any mere earthly power He is, there, at the wer can be—supremely. loftiest elevation—namely, as an absolute M onarch ce alted post is Upon the broadest foundations— namely, as the result o f the choice, thrice pro nounced, of the whole French democracy. there, in fact, as a n im p er ial democrat as H e is as a demo cratic lieeperer—it matters little how you express it—as a ruler havi n g des p otic p owe r in his hands, while his feet are planted npon denaceratic institu tions. If the reigning Emperor of the FetE,wit is to this day uncrowned and unanointed, being in thy 3 , unlike the rest of the Sovereigns of E' arope, and especially unlike the Founder 0 1 f his Dynasty, " lui qui nu :Pape a couronnee," - 1 ' irAPOLEON 111. has at any rate ascended step by step to the eminence of his sovereignty upon the basis (f a popular election thrice pronounced, in numbers that no other ruler has had even once enrolled in his favour. First of all, when his own powers were not in the least, or but very dimly indeed, re cognised—first of all for the sake of his great name, in memory of his immortal uncle, when the ballot boxes were in the safe keeping of the Republic, nay, of his chief rival as a Candidate for the Pre sidency, General CAVAIONAC—then, even then, to begin with, Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON was eleoted by very nearly 6,000,000 Frenchmen. Afterww:ds, for life, by nearly 7,000,000. After wards, as EMPEROR, by nearly 8,000,000. He i ua►igurated his reign as EMPEROR by the declare trim that the revived Empire signified peace. To this very hour he has remained faithful uninter ruptedly in a pacific alliance with the great neigh , bowing Power with which the deadliest warlike rivalry had, on the contrary, been maintained dur ing the grand contest between Ail Europe and France under NAPOLEON the GREAT. If the pre sent Emperor of the FRENCH has entered into other wars, he has in every instance, save one only, entered into them in concert with England. The one war which was the exception to this rule being that war in Italy, with the results of which England, of all the countries of Christendom, the most heartily sym pathised. England having just declined to ac cede to the EMPEROR'S proposition of a peaceful Congress, the EMPEROR now, if he should so please, could put the sincerity of our own country, or rather, we wil l say by preference, of our own Government, to the test, by doing what he is strong enough to do with perfect impunity—namely, setting the example to England, to all Europe, of diminishing the enormous warlike armaments under the stress of which the chief among the great Powers of Europe have so long been groaning. The Emperor of the FRENCH supposing he were to act thus, would in no way whatever be acting rashly, either in his own dynastic interests, or in the far grander and more momentous interests of which the NAPO. LEONE are the Heroic Vindicators and the Im perial Representatives—the sacred interests of France. For afterwards, at any moment, under any conceivable juncture, in the sudden presence of any untoward emergency, the ruler who had acted thus, thus magnanimously, dauntlessly, chivalrously in the name of France, and in the inte rests of the Human Race, would have but to raise his hand in signal, to have his whole people in arms under his banner, ready to vindicate, to the life or to the death, the honour of the Crown with which their own honour would be recognized as identified. Lord PALMERSTON is always happy in his speeches at public entertainments. He has some thing genial and gracious to say about everyone and everything, and thus he affords general satis faction, and the entertainment passes off pleasantly to everyone. Of late the Premier appears to have taken up with Scotland, and on several oc casions has he been discoursing in that country. It was therefore very appropriate that he should preside at the anniversary of the Scottish Hospital. This institution celebrated its one hundredth and ninety-ninth anniversary on St. Andrew's Day. In the speech proposing the army, navy, and volunteers, Lord PALMERSTON made some suitable remarks. He said that a state of defence was the best security for a nation, and that the country ought to be able to adopt the motto of the society, Nemo me impune laceasit. The volunteers, of course, came in for that share of honourable notica which on these occasions is never withheld. Scot land has had her full share of honoured names, and her soldier sons, who have crowned gallant lives with glorious deaths, have been a goodly array. Of those lately departed from among us Lord PALMERSTON cited a few of the most promi nent—Lord CLYDE, DUNDONALD, and CHARLEY NAPIER. The noble chairman introduced a striking anecdote of a Highland sentry standing with his heels resting on the brink of an abrupt precipice, with the motto underneath, "Fear nothing for him, he never goes back." In speaking of the institution in whose honour they were assembled, LordePaL NIERSTON remarked on its truly national character. Its chief merits consist in the discretion of its dona tions, not seeking to bestow a largess upon those who should support themselves, but striving to find the sick, the suffering, or the afflicted. Certainly a charity of this sort is highly desirable, and it is almost impossible tooverrate the incalculable benefits that must accrue from such an institution. Some times a very small comparative assistance is worth thousands to a man, and if in the hour of need a friend comes forward at the right juncture ruin may be averted and serious suffering saved. Another advantage that is afforded by this charity is the opportunity it gives to some wanderers on the road of life to return to their native land. It is a strong feeling with many men to desire to die at home, but with the scotch this sentiment is peculiarly paramount. It is satisfactory to notice that the subscriptions of the evening were nearly £l,BOO, and doubtless the presence of the Premier coutri bated greatly to the success of the eetertainment. There is something very interesting in the notion that those who are strangers in a foreign land should meet together and endeavour to assist each other as far as possible, and the wealthy in this world's goods lay by something in store against the evil day that may shortly come for their poorer brethren. There was great truth in the saying of the Duke of ARGYLL, that the Prime Minister's idea of holiday wets in working hard, for he seems ever at hand for meeting, festival, or Cabinet councils—all seem alike to him, he is semper para€us. In returning thanks for his health being proposed, Lord PAL /IERSTON attested to the advantages he had derived in Youth from being at a Scottish Academy. Ho there associated with PLATFAIR, GREGORY, and rest] Bt D OTEWART. There is something very into g and impressive in a veteran statesman re calling t he scen es of early life, and looking back to the days of auld lang syne." Lord PALMERSTON also made som e u a morous allusions to the pecu liarities of the Land of th e "Land of brown heathaby the presence of the racm,ta i_ and a shaggy wood, Th e y who were gratifi e d P rem ier in Scotland during this gear, will be glad to find that h e has not for gotten 11 c t he o t iclfrienda amid the toils of a Ministerial care er an London life, but can turn aside, en a turmoil of n occasion like the present, to le nd the su p port of hi e presence t R Society that is inti matel y associated with th e ge : of the country it repre sents, and a fittin g re present . 1 tive of the spirit of the old adage, " Highland ers, shoulder to shoulder." Speeches of one sort and another are now the order of the day, and hoe. members seem to vie with each other as to w h o shall make the longest, the most striking, or the moat animated oration. Mr. SOUTHERN ESTCOURT con trived to introduce a novelty into his address last week at Chippenham by excluding foreign politics. This must have been an agreeable change to his hearers, and very likely they were well pleased to be spared the tedious task that all audiences, great and small, have now to endure. In of reaching the end of the journey stead with the desirable reflection that everything is wrong, the agriculturists of Essex were entertained by an ingenious comparison between the cultivation of land in England and Italy and France. This is a new notion at a meeting of this kind, and the con sideration of the subject must have afforded instruc tion and entertainment to his hearers. In the first place, it appears that abroad there is hardly such a thing to be found as a tenant-farmer. In some cases the owner and the cultivator of the land share ex penses and profit, and, as may be su pp ose d, th e re sult is most unsatisfactory. Even where this custom is adopted, it is acknowledged to be a very bad one ; but even here the glaring errors of such a plan must be pec u li ar l y manifest. There was some wis dom, then, in pointing out to those connected with agricultural pursuits that, many and great as were their grievances in their own minds, and really un satisfactory as their positions might be in the opinion of others, there were many worse than their own, and men toiling and struggling in their voca tion, who by no possibility could gain their success or amass their profits. As for " fixity of tenure" Mr. SOUTHERN ESTCOURT pronounced against it, and with some show of reason in his statements. He had studied the subject attentively abroad, and seen great industry and bad success; men either could not, or would not, invest sufficient money in their land. It is often proved , indeed, in many places that wh ere p eo pl e have the entire and exclusive control of their own affairs, and the undisputed possession of the regulation of their property, they do not attain the same satisfactory result as if they were under the guidance of those of more experience. The very restrictions that fetter the free course of action may be in some cases salutary checks. Also, ou the other hand, individual ideas may sometimes be too narrow, and at times of uncertainty and periods of depression may draw back too much, and fear to incur necessary expenses at those critical junctures when to hesitate is to be lost. All things taken into account, then, there seems some foundation for the opinion expressed by Mr. ESTCOURT that the mode from time immemo rial adopted in this country of cultivating the land is the best, and the most satisfactory in the long run. At the end of his speech the right hon. mem ber alluded to those striking points in which the English character differed from that, of other nations. One of these is a very noticeable one, and doubtless a most influential agency in effecting the good feeling that exists among the several classes of the community —namely, the habit that prevails of a general unanimity when once a disputed ques tion has been put to the vote and settled defini tively in some form; This is peculiar to this country, and, doubtless, constitutes the seeming anomaly which perplexes foreigners, of oonstant discussion and yet general harmony. Unless people can agree to differ there will be constant bickerings among the most enlightened, and they are the best patriots and wisest citizens who respect the opinions of others, while they steadfastly act up to their own convictions. Without being so dashing in style or so brilliant in subject as the orations of some of his contemporaries, Mr. SOTHERON EST COURT'S speech is distinguished for solid sense; and the appositeness of his illustrations and the sober advice of his remarks may do more practical good to the class to which they were addressed than the arguments and more specious themes, and the vehement declaimers against some real or imaginary evil that exists. The aspect of affairs between Denmark and'Ger. many is happily becoming less threatening. Su long as the matter was left to the unreasonable ex oitement of the German people and the aggressive presumption of their rulers, with nothing to oppose them but the resolute attitude of flab little Northern kingdom, there appeared but a doubtful prospect of a pacific settlement. It was known that the tvi great German Powers entertained decidedly hostile sentiments towards Denmark, notwithstanding their treaty obligations of 1852, and rumour went so far as to conjecture that a convenient pretext would be found for getting rid of those encumbrances, and openly espousing the cause of the Prince of AUGUSTENBURG. So rash and reckless a course, one, too, which would have been a direct affront to the Cabinet of London, where the treaty was signed, would, however, have been contrary to the usages of modern diplomacy, which usually endeavours to have, at least, a fair and plausible pretext for its warlike " ideas." Till very recently the Great Powers had made no sign, and the excitement spreading through Germany, gave some grounds for fearing that the certainty of popular support might induce Governments of doubtful stability to win favour by following a line of action that might prove dangerous to the peace of Europe. Of all the tangled questions that are just now engaging the attention of statesmen and politicians, of all the clouds that hang threateningly over the political horizon, none has lately given grounds for more uneasiness than the relations of Denmark and Ger many. It was impossible to measure the preten • sions of the one or the defiance of the other, and it was not improbable that the mad ambition of Ger many to become a naval Power might end in light. ing up a war which should gradually involve the greater part of Europe. Fortunately, however, matters have changed considerably for the better. The Great Powers have awakened to a sense of their obligations and the serious results likely to follow any recognition of claims directly opposed to the faith of treaties. Austria and Prussia, on Saturday the 28th, informed the Federal Diet .hat they will abide by the Treaty of 1852, provided that Denmark fulfils the conditions which were accepted by King FREDERICK VII. It is not surprising, although it is undoubtedly a matter of satisfaction, that the German Governments should have taken this step. To have done otherwise would have been a flagrant trespass on the laws which regulate the conduct of nations, and they must have felt that it would be u slight which the most supine English Ministry could scarcely tolerate. It is very certain that the Eng lish people at all events would not have submitted tamely to the affront or to the injury inflicted on an ally in whose fortunes they have always taken deep interest. The action of the English Cabinet leaves no room for misapprehension on the part of the German Courts. On the 27th of November our Minister at Frankfort received a despatch from Earl RUSSELL which distinctly state' the course which Lord PALMERSTON'S Cabinet intended to take with regard to the Danish succession. The despatch stated that the attention of the English Govermneat had been attracted by the support given to the pretensions of the Prince of AUGUSTEN BURG by several of the German States, and that Eatl RUSSELL consequently thought it desirable at once to intimate to :Sir ALEXANDER MALLET the views which her Britannic MAJESTY had formed on .the subject. Her MAJESTY would faithfully observe the forms o f t h at treaty b y wh i ch Ki ng CHRISTIAN IX. unite w d .z , : in n d e e i r r ttoheall Danishthe te c r r r o it w o n ri . es e th E at ng t l i i m sh Government also ec ted , right to expect, theaxtpaetel their adhesion to that treatyt ted, as it undoubtedly had a those o h a a e vwiPowersno wou l d bd e concur n w who mm h a ei d nd g ta h i t v ee e l s y n e sentiments. This des pat ch communicated to the Austria' doubtPrus Prus s ian, produced Bayarian Plenipotentiaries, n: its effect, and it is only to be regretted that a fuller and clearer declaration of the intention of England to support her old ally did not earlier arrest the mischief. On Saturday the great German Powers communicated to the Diet their intention of abiding by their engagements, and reminded the members that the Duchy of Lauenbarg belonged indisput ably to King CHRISTIAN, independently of the Treaty of London, so that the admission of a Danish representative for that Duchy could not legally be contested. On that very day, at the same sitting of the Diet, the President proposed that the creden tials of the Danish representative should be referred to a committee, and a resolution was actually passed excluding Baron DIRKNICK from the Assembly. Such sticklers about points of national law should at least be careful that they do not overstep the limits of strict legality, and this act, in the face of the remonstrance of Austria and Prussia on behalf of Lauenburg,is decidedly opposed to constitutional law. The question of Federal execution is not, however, disposed of, though the matter of the succession may be arranged. In the debate on the question of the Duchies, which came on yesterday in the Prussian Ch a a t ui the be r reasons of Deputies, Herr Von BISMARK stated h the proposed Federal execution into operation were still v a lid, an d th a t that carrying Austria and Prussia have proposed to the Diet that the measure should be forthwith carried out. Some passages in the Prussian Minister's declaration seem to indicate a desire to get rid of the Treaty of Lon don at the first convenient opportunity; but he admits that, "for the present," the action of Prussia will be identical with that of Austria. We may therefore hope that the moderate counsels of the latter Power, who is scarcely desirous of embroiling herself with this country, may serve to keep a little in check the restless ambition of the usually stolid Prussian. It is almost amusing to hear Prussiana holding forth on the civic wrongs of the Holsteiners, while they are themselves enduring such notorious misgovernment, and are suffering from an absolute defiance of constitutional law. We cannot hope for a speedy solution of this troublesome question ; but we must look to a firm and yet conciliatory policy on the part of the Danes, and a resolute and straight forward observance of old engagements on the part of England for its eventual settlement. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per the Bohemia.) NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (Morning). Private despatches from Gen. Burnside at Knox ville to the 19th, represent his position as secure, but state that communication with Cumberland Gap is interrupted. Despatches from Parson Brownlow to the 19th state that there is fighting all around Knoxville. It is expected that Generals Meade and Grant will immediately assume the offensive. Advices from Charleston to the 17th state that four monitors have passed up the Channel, appa rently to ascertain the depth of water. 25 shots were fired into the city, doing no damage. General Banks has occupied Brazos Island and Bienville Point, Isabelle. 2,000,000 dollars in gold have been shipped from here to Mexico on French Government account. The United States marshal has seized all the cotton in New Orleans. The Persia and Teutonia have arrived out. NEW YORK, Nov. (20 Evening). General Longstreet's army crossed the Tennessee River on the 14th. General Burnside fell back before him, his rear guard skirmishing. Upon the 16th General Burnside formed a line of battle at Campbell's station. Here a fight ensued, lasting from noon till dark, when Burnside checked the Confederate advance and fell back during the night, reaching Knoxville upon the morning of the 17th instant. Upon the 19th, General Longstreet opened fire on a fortification in front of the city. The Federals abandoned this position, falling back to stronger defences. General Longstreet has completely invested the city. Burnside's loss is estimated at 450, that of the Confederates is much larger. The report of General Forster superseding Burn side is doubted. It is officially reported there are no more Confede rates in Western Virginia. Sharp skirmishing has taken place upon the Rapidan, in which the Federals were driven back. Federal loss in the late attack upon Franklin's forces near Opelonsas was 670 men. One regiment was captured entire. Franklin's troops will proceed by way of the Gulf. Federal General Macneil has issued an order, stating that each time the telegraph is cut between St. Louis and Fort Smith, he will hang a guerilla. Since General Butler's arrival at Norfolk, a merchant has been condemned to six months' hard labour for smuggling whiskey. I,;The Confederates have refused permission to the Federal Government to send stores for the Federal prisoners in Richmond. President Davis has officially acquitted Bishop Polk of mismanagement at the battle of Chicka mauga. The Tribune denies that Mr. Lincoln declared the emancipation proclamation to be the greatest folly of his life, but the Herald asserts that Mr. Lincoln has on many occasions expressed this opinion. Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Seward, and the corps diplo. matique were present at the dedication of the Get tysburg cemetery. Elward Everett made an ora tion. The Rev. H. W. Beecher has received a welcome at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. He declared that the great intelligent minds and labouring classes in England favoured the North; all others wished well to the South. He recommended America to observe a friendly policy towards Eng land. He mentioned the Duke of Argyll, Earl Granville, Lord Carlisle, and Messrs Bright and Cobden as influential friends of the North. The negroes in New Orleans have petitioned to be allowed to vote. The Richmond Enquirer urges a forced loan as a remedy for the inflation of the currency. NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (Evening), (By Telegraph to Father Point.) The Evening Post publishes the following from New Orleans : "General Banks has occupied Brownsville upon the sth without any opposition. " After Banks's arrival the Mexican General Cabers crossed from Brownsville to Matamoras and endeavoured to raise a revolution in favour of the French, but was defeated by General Cortians, who now occupies Matamoras with Juarez's troops. " Cortians has placed four steamers at the dis posal of Banks. _ _ ,‘ A revolution in favour of the French was feared at Matamoros, and as the American Consul was fearing personal violence, a p or ti on o f B an k s ' s troops were in readiness to go to his protection if necessary," Delarue's Diaries and Pocket-Books, The eminent House of the Delarues is again in the field betimes (in the very beginni ng o f Decem ber) with thei r won d er ful variety of Di ar i es , Calen dars, and Pock e t B oo k s for the approachin g twelve month. Got up in e very imaginable way, o f every imaginable siz e , a t ever y imaginable price th at cou ld in reason be looked for, these Pocket-Books, Calen dars, an Diaries of the Delarues are in style adapted to every taste, and, in size and price, alike, to every pocket. The red-letter calendars, as mere specimens of printing, are all of them, just simply, in one word, exquisite. There is a sense of plea sure in handling the glossy covers they are stitched in, as there is a gratification to yet another sense in breathing the aroma of the russia leather coverings, belts, and pouches of the pocket-books, pocket-books containing others of these same calendars, stitched not in varnished paper, but in satin. As the frontispiece for this next year, 1861 (leap ye ar ), t h ere i s a l o vely spe c i men o f the photographi c art as app li e d th us nowa d ays by way of illustration. A very bijou picture (this frontispiece is) of the Moon, 1859, September the 11th,111h. 20ra., age, 14.8 days, as photo graphed by Smith, Beck, and Beck, from Mr. Warren de la Rue's original negative. Toe Diaries it should be said, moreover, are very carefully edited throughout by James Olaisher, F.R.S., of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich—an article upon the Moon comprised among the contents being penned by Mr. John Russell Hind, the Eminent Astronomer, who announces himself as Superin tendent of tue " Nautical Almanack." Every variety of information that could be wished for in a Diary, is here compacted together in these wonderful tittle publications. Even a copious table of Cab Fares has not been forgotten. Mercantile infor mation, political information, astronomical and meteorological, arithmetical and statistical in formation—here they all are: and arranged in serried ranks, page after page in symmetrical order, so as to facilitate reference in a manner as marvellous for its simplicity, as it is certainly delightful in its results. These are diaries, in fact, worthy of receiving the name of, and winning as—Po c k e t C om p an i ons . their way to constant usa LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. Mr. RusRIN has built for himself a regular Swiss chalet on the mountain-side overhanging Chamouni, where he proposes to study the mountain effects throughout the greater part of the year. Mr. ANTHONY TROLLOP; the inexhaustible, will com mence in January the issue of a novel entitled, " Can you Forgive Her r' It will be completed in twenty monthly parts uniform with " Orley Farm." Mr. LAWRENCE, author of " Guy Livingstone," will in a few days give to the public " A Bundle of Ballads." Mr. WILLIAM ALLINGHAM has a poem just ready en titled " Lawrence Bloomfield in Ireland," which has been appearing for some time in fragments in Eraser's Magazine. Mr. SMILES will start in January a weekly newspaper, entitled the Railway News, devoted to railway and joint stock affairs. If only Mr. Smiles can secure for his enter.• prise something of the popularity accorded to his bio graphies, he will be a happy man.--Critic. NAPOLEON AND THE CLOCK.—On one of the nights that Napoleon spent at Charlottenburg his slumber was disturbed. The divine comedy of history also has comic interludes. In Frederick William's dining-room, close to the conqueror's bedchamber, there stood a large musical clock, which admirably imitated a band of trumpets. At midnight the row began, trumpets echoed through the palace, the servants, the adjutants, Napoleon himself leaped out of bed, and everyone believed in a surprise. But every thing was quiet again, and no one could make out where all the trumpeters were. Sentries were posted, a part of the adjutants and servants remained up, and at one o'clock there was the same row again, this time in one of the rooms. They rushed in, and the innocent clock was detected before the tone was ended. Napoleon the Great, the ecraseur of the Prussian monarchy, sleeping in the Palace of the Queen of Prussia, and frightened by a musical clock—in truth, du sublime au ridicule it n'y a qu'un pas.—Bentley's Jliscel lacy for December. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—FILEY, NEAR YORK, Tuesday Night. —The new lifeboat w hich the National Lif e b oa t I ns ti tu ti o n sent here a week ago, and which was publi c ly l aunc hed on Thursday last in t he pre sence of her b enevo l en t d o nors, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mlyoress of Y or k, did som e noble service this morning in rescuing som e poor fishermen from an inevitable death. At daylight fi s hi ng co bl es b e l ong ing to this coast were caught in a strong gale from S.S.E., and a rough sea. One noble was upset while coming in, but as it was near the beach, the men were fortunately enabled to get ashore. Seeing the dangerous position of the fishing boats, the lifeboat was at once launched and put off to render assistance, and was instrumental in saving the men belonging to another coble which had also unfortunately upset. In the absence of the lifeboat they must have perished. The lifeboat behaved admirably on the occasion, and the fishermen at the con tiguous lifeboat station, Bridlington, are very anxious to have a boat like her, their present lifeboat being nearly fifty years old. THE IRISH CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT. —If there is suclil4 rule of the world as doing as we should bo done by, then the exclusive establishment of the Protestant Church in Ireland is a direct injustice, and therefore a direct sin.—Dr, Arnold's Miscellveous Works, p. 144. A LITTLE COLOUR IN THE STREETS !—Every body who has been in that dingiest of cities knows that the students at the University of Glasgow; small as their influence is otherwise upon the character of the town, are bound to do it ono supeificial service at least, Custom has ordained that they should wear red gowns; and the fatigued traveller, weary of the universal leaden grey, can alone appreciate fully the sense of gratitude and relief occa sioned by the sudden gleam of scarlet fluttering up the long unlovely street on a November day. But that artistic sense which penetrates but slowly into barbarous regions has cer tainly not yet reached the students of Glasgow, So f ar from considering themselves public benefactors through the medium of their red gowns, there is no expedient of boyish ingenuity to which the ignorant youths will not resort to quench the splendid tint, and reduce its glory as nearly as possible to the sombre hue of everything around.—From "A Son of the Soil," to Naemillan' s Magazine for .December. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easier. Gold 55-a per cent. prem. Ex change on London bankers' bill, 167. Stocks buoyant. New York Centrals, 1361. Illinois, 1221. NEW YORK, NOV. 20 (Evening). Money easier. Gold, owing to unfavourable war rumours, advanced 2 per cent. to-day, being now quoted 54 per cent. prem. Exchange on Lon don, 1681; on Paris, 3.30. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 136. Illinois Centrals, 1224. Erie, 1064. Cotton dull, Middling Upland. 84c. to 85c. Flour and wheat advancing. Corn in extensive demand, and 7c. higher. Provisions quiet. Coffee and sugar steady. Molasses quiet. Petroleum quiet and unchanged. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT OF THE TIMES.) NEW YORK, Nov. 20. The long-threatened attack upon General Burn side's isolated position has at last been made. Gen. Loogstreet advanced across the Tennessee, at Lon don, on Saturday last, and moved towards Lender, but was driven back to within one mile of the river. During the night General Longstreet crossed the remainder of his troops, and on Sunday advanced in force upon the Federals, who fell back, skirmishing, to Lender. Several unsuccessful attacks upon the Federals were made on Sunday night. Oa Monday morning the Federals, finding it im possible to hold their position, retreated to Camp bell's Station or Concord, the Confederates closely pursuing them. Desperate fighting ensued, lasting throughout the day, the Federals being driven from point to point. Under cover of the night the Federals continued their retreat, and on Tuesday reached their inner line of defences at Knoxville. On Wednesday morning the Federal outposts on the Kingstown and Dudon and Clinton roads were also attacked, and heavy skirmishing continued until nightfall. Yesterday the attack was renewed, and after a severe cannonading the Confederates desperately charged the Federals, and drove them from their positions towards Knoxville, capturing a portion of the chief fortifications only half a mile from the town. By the latest account the Confe derates had completely invested the town. The Federal loss on Monday and Thursday was upward 6 of 500 that of the Confederated on the same days estimated at 1,400. The Federal General Lunders was severely wounded. General Shackleford had a sharp encounter with the Confederates on the east side of the Holsten River, three miles from Knoxville, on Sunday, and succeeded in checking their advance from that direc tion. Washington despatches of today state, that advices from General Burnside were received by the War Department this morning, to the effect that his position was impregnable. It is believed that a great battle is being fought to-day. Despatches from the head-quarters of the Army of the Potomac of yesterday announce that no further advance had been made by General Meade. A skirmish between Confederate and Federal cavalry occurred at Germania Ford on Wednesday. The Confederates crossed the river, and, after a short fight, drove the Federals back upon their infantry supports. The loss in killed and wounded was small upon either side, but a number of Federals were captured. Chattanooga telegrams of the 19th report all quiet. POLAND. BRESLAU, DEC. 2. Advices received here from Warsaw state that arrests and deportations continue. The renewed search in the Archbishop's Palace has led to no re sult. M. Arcimovitch had been appointed Vice- President of the Council of State. THE HOLSTEIN QUESTION. VIENNA, DEC. 2. The agitation occasioned by the Holstein ques tion is increasing. Popular demonstrations are being prepared here. SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 1 (Evening). At the sitting of Congress yesterday the reply of the Queen to the Emperor Napoleon's letter was laid upon the table. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 2. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poonab, with the above mails, which brought up in the West Channel last night, has just arrived here. She brings 48 passengers, £2,600 in specie, and a general cargo, including raw silk value £200,000 sterling. The building of ships of war in the various arsenals of Spain was being carried on vigorously. Gibraltar, Nov. 27—Exchange on London, 491 50 ; Paris, 525 ; Madras, prem. Freights un altered. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. I.—English Consols have arrived with a decline of 4„ which has rather increased the heaviness in this market. For the present Account, Threes are now at 66f. 55c. IVlobilier are also slightly lower, being now quoted at 1,030 f. Rail way Market heavy, and several of the lines show a further fall. The market improved towards the close, and left off as follows: 41 per Cents. 94 30 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 90 Credit Mobilier 1045 Do. end month 10471 Bank Shares 3360 Credit 1! oncier 1220 Roman — Italian Loan . 71 50 Do. end month.... New ditto Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Rome Debt Deferred SAIL' exalt. Account. 965 967 50 960 960 Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 915 .. 915 New ditto B7O (31.n.va 493 75 .. 600 Sauthern .. 630 .. 685 Western Eastern - .. 470 _ _ Sardinian Austrian Lowbard North of Spain Saragossa 6lO .. 610 Ditto to Barcelona 305 305 THE PROPOSED CONGRESS. Subjoined is the answer which the King of Sweden and Norway sent to the Emperor Napoleon in reply to the invitation to take part in the Con gress at Paris. The reply was forwarded on the day following the receipt of the invitation : " My Brother and Friend—The letter which your Impe rial Majesty was pleased to write to me on the 4th inst. has been delivered by your Minister. I feel that I must without delay reply to your proposition to take part in a Congress, which your Majesty proposes should meet in Paris, and the object of which is to secure the base for the maintenance of general peace in Europe. All which can contribute to an object so much to be desired can but meet with my approval, and I therefore immediately inform your Majesty that I accept your invitation, and that I certainly shall not fail to come if the co• operation of the other European Powers can be obtained. I can the less delay to comply with the magnanimous views of your Majesty as the United Kingdom, which cherishes no ambitious views, nor has anything to fear, would not be actuated at such a Con gress by particular interests, and could therefore devote itself with complete impartiality to the consideration of the most secure means of promoting the general welfare of the peoples. These are calculated to smooth away grievances without injuring justly founded interests. Should the ob ject which your Majesty has proposed be attained, you will have gained imperishable honour by taking tho initiative in a work calculated to promote the welfare of ruler and people. I should esteem myself fortunate should circum stances allow me to unite my exertions with those of the other Sovereigns of Europe in promoting so useful an un dertaking, particularly as I shall thereby find an opportu nity to personally renew to you the assurance of my dis tinguished consideration and my unchangeable friendship, with which I remain, my Lrother and friend, and your Imperial Majesty's good brother, and friend, " CHARLES." LORD BROUGHAM AND THE NATIONAL SHAK SPERE COMMITTEE.—The pleasant but erroneous story that Lord Brougham thought Shakspere an overrated man has been effectually contradicted by the noble lord him self, who has expressed readiness to co-operate with the promoters of the Shakspere Tercentenary celebration. The laughter of the clubs is therefore at an end, as far as the ex-Chancellor's estimate of the poet is concerned. Having thus joined the committee, his lordship will forthwith be placed amongst the vice-presidents of the association as a distinguished representative of literature, law, and science, and as the official chief of a great national seat of learning. DROPPING FROM A BALLOON.—One, yes, jest. one cup of wine before the final plunge can do no harm. I took off my shoes and other heavy clothing, leav ing them at the bottom of the car, and retaining only my blue striped cotton shirt, my blue cloth trousers, and my blue worsted socks. The money in my netted purse (one shilling and sixpence only, a schoolboy's treasure), was so trifling in weight as not to need discarding; I strung the empty full-blown bladders to my handkerchief, which I then tied round me beneath my arms and encircling my chest. I looked down again at the sea, and tried to per suade myself that it lay not very far below. I knelt in t t i he car and said a short heartfelt prayer. And then instantly fearing that a moment's delay might bring with it m b v and hesitation, I climbed over the car and d hu to Y I..grother as hands to its outside edge, with my foot cross , : they dangled iu the air. Once more I thought of I drew the possibility of revisiting it, to steel my: tot, lot go. The home and one deep inspiration. I closed my was gone. Of it, or of the balloon, I never saw anything more.—. December car instantly slipped from my hold,eec7 No. of London Society. C oN sumrrioN OF T EA.—In 1766, the whole imported into Europe anaountfld to about 17,00 0 , 0001 b s • ; ~,, it was computed at 19,000,00015. Last year, quan tity of tea in li no t h e imports i n to this kingdom alone were 114,787,4521b5., while the United States consume about 37,000,0001b5,, and the continent of Europe nearly a similar quantity. THE POSTMAN.—We cannot wonder at its being calculated to blunt the feelings to have all the trouble of other people's letters and none of the pleasure, and doing it oftener in the mud and mizzle than not, and at a rate of wages more resembling Little Britain than Great.—Mrs. Lirriper's _Lodgings in Dickens's Christmas Number of "All the Year Round." MISS BREWSTER, of Craig, the sister of Sir David Brewster, died the other day, aged 84. al 1/6:1Y,, cirtuitat 11ER, MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 1. The Queen, the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prinect Arthur, Prince Leopo d, Princess Beatrice, and her Serene Highness the Princess Hohenlohe, visited her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales this morning at Frogmore House, it being the anniversary of the princess's birthday. Her MajeAy, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, took a carriage drive, attended by Lord Alfred Paget on horseback. de Lord Alfred Paget and Col. the Hon. D• Ros have succeeded Major-General Hon. A. Hood and Col. Ponsoaby as Equerries. Birthday of the Princess of Wales. The first birthday which her Royal Highne ss the Princess of Wales has passed in England Wa s joyously celebrated yesterday in many places. In the metropolis the bells of the various churches rang a merry peal, the troops of the Household Brigade paraded in the court-house opposite Marl borough House with their State band, the royal standards were hoisted on the Government o ffi c es, and the vessels in the river p resen t e d a gay an d animated appearance. I n th e even i ng the hous es of many of her royal hi g h ness ' s t ra d es men were At Windsor the day was celebrated with t he customary honours paid to the members of t he royal family, and the houses were gaily decorated with flags. The Prince and Princess of 'Wales and th e Crown Prince and C rown P r i ncess o f FrUS 6II3 / attended by their suites, drove to Virginia Water' and lunched in the Temple, leaving Froggo re Lodge at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and r e ' turning at 4 o'clock. The new dining room W as elegantly decorated with wreaths and choice exotic s ' and in the splendid /apartments were displayed the various elegant presents which the princes s had received on this occasion. In the evening their royal highnesses gave a grand banquet in the new dining room, when covers were laid fc r 27 persons. In the evening Herr Herrmann, the renownr a prestidigitator of the Princess's Theatre, had t he honour to perform before the royal party at Frogmore by command. Many of the houses at Windsor were hated; and the Mayor and Corporation gav e a ball in the Town Hall, which was attended by about 70 royal tradespeople of Windsor and Eton. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge Was prevented by slight indisposition from leaving town , O n Monday to visit the Earl and Countess of Derby at ICII O6- ley. His royal highness, we hear, is suffering from obstinate attack of 'neuralgia. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duche ss d'Aumale arrived at Hatfield House, Herts, on Moudail °A a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and 0 . 6 Countess Bernstarff entertained at dinner, last evening? hie Excellency the French Ambassador, the Duke and Dtleb eElg of Somerset, his Excellency the Italian Minister, his cellency the Saxon Minister, the Earl and Countess u . '" Grey, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston and lia d i Victoria Ashley, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, the 1110 t Hon. Charles P. Villiers, the Marquis de Cadore, &a' .6. small party assembled after dinner. His Excellency the French Ambassador, the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, attended at the F" e „, i g n ; office, yesterday, and had an interview with the 14°' Russell. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort arrived ill town, on Sunday, from visiting the Emperor and Emp re s s of the French at Compiegne, and have since gone to 130- minton, their seat in Gloucestershire, for the winter. The Duke of Newcastle was rather better yester day, but his grace's illness prevented him from attending the Cabinet Council. The Earl and Countess of Craven and Ladies Craven left town, yesterday, for Ashdown Park, Berks. Viscount and Viscountess Clifden Jett town , yesterday, for their temporary seat in Suffolk. The Countess (Dowager) of Listowel and LadY Proby left town, yesterday, for Elton Hall, the Earl of Carysfort's seat, near Stilton. Viscountess Jocelyn and the Hon. Misses Jocelyn left Lord and Lady Palmerston's residence, in Fie° cadilly, yesterday, for St. Leonards. , Lard and Lady Londesborough have left the Clarendon Hotel for Paris, en route for Egypt. all 11, Lord Crewe left town yesterday for C rew e Cheshire. ,orge'ts Lord Huntingfield has left the St. Ge Hotel. The Hon. M. and Mrs. Milles have arrived at Talton Sykes, Bart. , has left Claridge the St. George's Hotel. Sir Tat gotel for Newmarket. PREJUDICE, AS DEFINED BY A SATURDAY 13'. VIEWER.—There are companies in which to' express a belief that Louis Napoleon Buonaparte means m ischief il l his proposed Congress would be at once scoute d as pre' judice, and to call it prejudice would be thought all answer that it deserved. Undoubtedly such a belief io prejudice, because it is a judgment pronounced beforehaA while the evidence is still unknown or imperfect , and whieb; therefore may possibly be reversed by the actual course 0' events, It is as yet quite possible that Louis Napo's° may sincerely desire the liberation of Poland, and tb: recon ciliation of Denmark and Germany, without t he leat' eye to the frontier of the Rhine. The feeling against 1 21 ' 33 n r i r e e n a c s e o n o a f b allle prejudice, u pastdi c e, acts. because Thoseit is therefore, in strictness Of speech, a prejudice; but it ' S quite sufficient presumption that any future acts will bu not the a e experience the same kind. This presumption is quite enough to ac .: upon—that is, quite enough to put all other nations on tftei guard. Still it is merely a prejudice or presurup tieii ; be y cause we have not as yet the evidence before us, e t d „ r i feotly i s a g e trrna ff el o e r d a 43 ; turn out to be wrong. Here is a prejudice, but u wart reasonable prejudice. at the way in which the g l-- was often spoken of 15 years ago was, to a great extells, so case of unreasonable prejudice. When President heretionart assumed the chief magistracy of the French de were undoubtedly many presumptions of various kinds against him, but they were none of them so' strong as . deprive him of every man's prima faoie right to a fair trial He obtained his post by a perfectly fair electic ars, whis_ l3 t though even then it showed dangerous recklessn ess on th: part of the electors, was certainly honourable rather dial otherwise to the elected. To condemn him beforehan d t, t ,. it were not the sign of a superhuman pre-science, was t sign of a prejudice which certainly was not just. We su sPe . , c . that some of those who from the beginning sneered most , lo' ci terly at every act of the. President would now be folt, Ti o among the most abject flatterers of the "Emperor." IY,,a su-pecu that some of those who have unflinchingly hi ve that there is such a thing as right and wrong, who ha never held that success justifies or palliates crime, who ha never thought that perjury and massacre are ma tters whi i any courtly euphemism can glo ss over, would be foul d! fifteen years ago, to have been among those who plead for a candid hearing for a man who had not then forfeited the' rights which b3lone - , to all men except convicted crirains It is possible that their p resent judgment may be in so; Ili° degree embittered by what is in some sort a disappointme at' expected any good; still 111.6 They may not have actaally result is felt as a kind of disappointment, a bad return, to it were, for the mere grant of a candid hearing, Still, et,c/I increased bitterness of judgment cannot make any v ery essential difference; it is at the utmost the merest sharp co' bag of the edge. • Yet when such men ar g ue that a 01; a w ho has so of ten already deceived the world is likel y to e:: ceivo it a gain, this reasonable inference from experienoi not uncommonly poohspo3hed as mere prejudice. course whatever of prejudice, that is of unreasoning Pre i f dice, there is in the matter, lies the other way—a P r ` 43 , - ; dice, namely, in favour of success, of daring, of the los e of power and mystery, sometimes th e mer e a bject prejad tea in favour of everything which, never mind by what tueai'=", has come to be called Majesty and lliiihnees, and eXP t '' t° peopl3 to bow knees and kiss hands before it. "MEMOIRS OF JANE CAMERON," Female Coll/let. By a Prison M a t ron . 2 vo l s .—" This narr atic" as we can well believe, is truthful in every important P3r, ticular—' a f a ithf u l c h ro nicle of a women's fall an d resotteec i; It is a bo o k th a t ought to be widely read. It has b undertaken with a view of showing how the poor and r n u a rant are led into crime, and in that way to suggest 8030_ to the mystery of temptation, and demonstrate to Pi t t rip thropists thropists where the first effort should be m ade to to ell ' ea weak and erring from the danger.' And this is &twilit:noi as a book can do it, by the honest and eloquent Wrt . s tro the authoress of Female Lila in Prison.' If this r i.- of th e c womanly book can quicken publ ic zoal on behalf c. mina's who can, by proper measur es, be led back uP wrong doing, and better still , be saved from en teri a own day, it, it will be, in its own way, for a few in our little gospel."—Examilier. atil3l(' ,4 - rs .-- ;TIIANKSGIYING.—John Pu ll— c h ore you'd better wash off your war paint before going' to friend ""--Fein , Austr Belgic Datet Dit /'renc Oit Italia: no` ful eff t rat ac ec Nay, mar to -6 be et Polio Cent hie Wa s rabl been gnaw Bz form ni t Dit , onsc India pit bit AtUsti 13razi Dil Dit Dit zueni hit pit v a b a, hit ~~ii ~' Da EPan bit 'it Span Co nec Dit Dit Ail bales Rive t the 4 ePat w as b 4 trac 4 1)Pr e l 'etikr: r ated Ott le,