The Sun. — London, England, 1863-11-28 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 23, 1863. Nothing possible can be done without Trying. The truth is one, of course, that is perfectly obvious, yet, somehow, our Ministers fail to recognise it. Equally, also, they fail to recognise another and a no less obvious truth, that by assenting to the proposition to discuss the affairs of Europe in a Congress they would have been in no way pledging themselves to arrive at any conclusion whatever. They would simply have gone into the discussion of those affairs with a view to see whether there might be any conclusion at all in regard to any one of tendon that could with advantage to all Chris• hi be arrived at. The correspondence which has ol:e7 u v o e v r e y r :enently taken place between the two ments of Western Europe in regard to the Emperor NAPOLEON'S proposition of a Congress, has now b een at larg e cauh publi s h e d i n it s en ti re ty. The publi c It is conr..t. zarnine the whole of it for themselves. ' sea (the whole of it) in merely five com munications, two out of those five only being of any particular length. EMPEROR'S Lett:t e . h lieginning with the French Ilritannic MAJESTY, the cor respondence elosee e with Earl RUSSELL'S suffi ciently courteous, yet, the sa me ti me , almost perem ptory rejection of th e i imperial proposition. Between the offer on the 4 t h t t:. , and its rejection on the 25th, it will be seen that diate letters not as yet particalui4seathree interne now thus very briJiy and very seerinetty.us, may be a short letter, dated on the lith instant, from dicated— don, in which Earl ItussELLappri ze e E Lan. of the receipt of his Imperial MAJE srys holo graph iLEY by the British SOVEREIGN —a longer letter from Lord RUSSELL, dated the very day afterwards. the 12th, asking, through Lord COWLEY, for f owler particulars in regard to the proposition, particul ars that (it was suggeste3), m i g ht be learnt b y our Ambassador from M. DROUYN DE L'Huy, as the forei g n mouthpiece of NAPOLEON's Government --a still longer letter (though not the longest of all), under d a te the 23d, written at the Palace of Compigne, signed by AL DROUYN DE L'Huvs, and addressed to the Msrquis DE CADORE. The longest communication, of ali in the correspondence, is—almost, WO had said, of course—the final letter of the five, the one penned by Earl RUSSELL, the one bringing the entire correspondence to: a conclusion. Late last evening, in a fourth edition of The Sun, we were enabled to give insertion to this very decisive "turouoication. That it is deci,,ive in regard " &'lsland's taking any part in the Congress is, of coarse. altogether unnaistakedble. The words of rection bringing it to a close, are as positive and, as we have said, peremptory, es any words of re jection coo:d by possibility be—" . H er M AJESTY ' S Governmen t , following their own strong convictions, after mature deliberation, feel themselves unable to accept his Imperial MAJESTY'S invitation.' C'est fini—so far at least. The rest is—to follow. The con clusion arrived at, illeffect,in this crisis of vital i m port to all Christend om, the conclusion delibe ratel ar rived at by the pr esent Government of i Y a-nd put the truth of the matter in the EngL lai r l a ; nest pos sible words —to lea ve everything very p Purely and simply to the Chapte r of Accid ents! There Wittily is a comedy Of 41" - rGLAS JERROLD's,;called THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1863,, yEssßs. JAY and CO . have now on sho7 1 the most unique and perfect assortment of BONNETS, which their Manager has selected in Paris, and b:Ough t back with nor to this Est ,blishment. 217, 249, 251, Itegent-street. --- BONNE"T'S SILKS a LYON.—Every Article of comm erce an t d a the fts more title perfect the either from production the inventor the or .manufacture r. grater is the , credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET' S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England; but the fallacy of such au assertion is ex pea d by the - very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end of each pi „, 141 anutacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon et a Injurie ax." We.flr guaranteed. `F"". ALMANACK, 1864. One Penny. on Thursday. OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. 'Under the Mana ,, ement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. V. Harrison. THIS EVENING, for the 7th time, Balfe's new Opera, BLANCH E DE NEVE RS : Miss Louisa Yyne, Miss Aana Hiles, miss Emma Heywood; Messrs.W. H. Weiss, H. Cord, A. Cook, A. Ct. Allyn, C. Lyall, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison. To conclude with THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE. Miss Thirlwall and Mr' H. Cord. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past Six—jommence at Seven. AFIEA'FRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE. - Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform. the Farce ot BEAUTY OR. THE BEAST. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer, and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss is.. Leclerq. After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. r helps, Ryder, Rayner, Me ag,reson, Ward, Spencer_; Miss Eburne, Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, awl Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss ,titter, Miss Cicely Notr, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with an Original Farce. by Cir Broufth and A. Halliday, entitled MY HEART'S IN THE lIIGHLANDdS ctiaracters by Mr: Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. War e, Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Rariielir. THEATRE ROYAL HAY NI ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, SILKEN FETTER.S • Measrs. Chas. Dlathews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Howe, ; Mesdames C. Mathews and M. Harris. Followed by THE GOL OEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compton,Weathersby, sc.; Mesdames C. MAthews, L Keeley. Griffith, COOL AS A CUC UM M BER. r. C. Mathews. F o llowed by DAISY. And LIT rix Commence at 7. repeated -------17 Yv A 1 CE U IVI THEATRE. Rs 0 Under the Sole Management, of Mr. w F i e n ch b t e er. . 1 13"°N 'furtherce IO (a Tht Success) irlb 'Evenin, until not . Eve."' --. EVE NING, the ComnUetta, by W. Gilbert, entitled i1. T 4,1 11 1, 1 ' E BA BY : Mess S. Widdicombe, J.G. Shore, Charles ; 311--is;-10. Le:lercq, an , d Carlotta Leclerzci. S te p n r d i n h c a i l p ' a s 1 Italian After which, at bight o'clock, BEE. DEMONTO, a Love 1 i ß ak ro e u n g fr a o m na . s i - or y, in Twelve 3iTarbi John Brous chronic le ," b Y ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by .Messrs. Jordan, Charles, - Eroug h,,, n , Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Cliford Colle,t, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E,l, avenue, 3 1 r - B'. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. Doors open at half-pist 6— commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY NIGHT. MISS BAT EMAN.-LEAH.-TIIIS EVENING, the 52d appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss 13A:FEMAN, in the character of L EAII. In c,nsequence of th e unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the prMcipal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. '!STEW THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI, I_l Sole Proprietor and Manager. Nir. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE T ItAG EDY QUEEN: Mrs. Stirling. At 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Bth wee of Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil linVon, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billingtcn. To conclude with THE IRISH TIGER: Miss K. Kelly and Mr. Stephenson. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss illanders. Followed by (4th time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The Return of U►ysses. Messrs. honey and Fenton ; Mesdames Swanborough and Simpson. After which, MT NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. T 'HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing* the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, be had Eveky Evening* of G. R. GLMNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, llyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Intsl:DA.T.—Tlorning, 3h. 42m.—Afternoon, 3h. 59m, 7.0-sdoanow.-Morning, 4h. 17m.—Afternoon, 4h. 34m The Weather—Sun Office, Nov. 28, 1863. THERMOMETER. This' day at Two o'clock 47 Barometer-30.24. Wind—East ; moderate breeze, and very fine. „,, and alliteratively, "Time Works Wonders." Our Government seems to have accepted some such axiomatic device, as at once the symbol and thG guiding principle of their Foreign Policy. In this, their Home Policy and; their Foreign Policy are, no doubt of it, very much alike. They harmonise so far very wonderfully. Their Home Policy is— to Do Nothing. Their Foreign Policy is—to Do Nothing. It is a very easy policy in its way too—apparently. But only appa rantly. For it is quite impossible it can last. Even a great and popular minister like Lord PAL MERSTON would find it impracticable to 'persist in it; although he continued to be aided and abetted in so doing by colleagues as able as the pick of those occupying the foremost place in his Administration, statesmen, it will be sufficient to add, such as Earl RUSSELL himself, or such, again, as Mr. GLADSTONE. As to Earl RUSSELL—who is, as a matter of course, at the heart of all t h ese recent proceedings —it is amusing, it is really and truly nothing less than amusing to find that in the very thick of the late difficulty as to whether England should or should not take part in the European Congress proposed by the French EMPEROR, that Completest Letter Writer (in his own estimation) in all Christendom grasps as at a wholly new and utterly unheard•of idea—an idea that, if acted upon, might, he thinks, be a very clever and admirable evasion of the whole difficulty —grasps eagerly and almost breathlessly at the following notion, a notion it will be acknowledged quite his own. Reluctant to take part in the Congress pro osed by the Emperor Nam- LEON—what is it tat Earl RUSSELL gladly and graciously suggests in lieu of it ? " Her MAJESTY'S Government," he writes on the 12th inst. to Earl COWLEY, "would be ready to discuss with France and other Powers, by diplomatic correspondence, any specified questions upon which a solution might be attained, and European peace thereby more securely established." Truly, a wonderful pro position ! Among all the Governments of Europe —A Diplomatic Correspondence ! And this, in re gard to " any specified questions upon which a solution might be attained." Altogether—so very lucidly expressed and clearly defined a pro position ! In the great diplomatic loom of Europe —so vast, so complicated imagine all those " shuttles set a-flying !' It gives one vertigo to think of it. Conceive the inter minable and voluminous outpouring from all the official presses—at London, at Paris, at Vienna, at St. Petersburg, et cetera—of :Blue Book, Litres Jaunes, and so forth ; stores of diplomatic literature purchasable by the pound weight, by the hundred weight, by the ton — by any one who might care to purchase it. Truly, again, we say a wonderful proposition. Another passage in this recent correspondence we cannot but regard as especially worthy of some passing consideration. Again, it is a passage in one of the Complete Letter Writer's letters—the last in this little cluster of five. It is expressed—the particular passage we are here alluding to—in a single sentence: not this time as a proposition, simply as an inquiry. Earl RUSSELL, on the part of England, that is, on the part of the British Government, asks—" Is a Gene ral Congress of European States likely to furnish a peaceful solution of the various matters in dispute ?" M. DROUYN DE L'Huvs' answer, the EMPEROR'S answer, the answer of France, might have been expressed thus, monosyllabically—Try ! We are glad to see that the attention of our Admiralty officials is at last being turned to a sub ject of great practical importance, and that they are novv taking steps to remedy a very serious deficiency in our Royal Navy. We allude to the want of lifeboats, a want which we have often dwelt upon as urgent and imperative. The argu ments in favour of the addition of these useful companions to our men-of- war are so obvious as to be almost truisms, but trite as they are they have : hitherto produced but little effect on the official mind. It is a perfect marvel how vessels bearing 'about such a precious freight of human life as we despatch to every part of the globe should have been allowed to sail from one port to another with out the means of security in case of disaster. How often have our feelings been harrowed by reading the details of the wreck of some large vessel, the rush to the boats, and the miserable discovery that they were too small, too few, or too unseaworthy, to give a chance of life to half the requisite num ber ? How many a tale of heroic daring or equally heroic endurance have told us that courage and patience have both gone down in the deep waters for lack of the most ordinary provision for the time of sudden danger. Our advertising columns still tell us of the efforts being made to assist the widows and orphans of the crew of her MAJESTY'S ship Orpheus—widows and orphans who might now have been looking to loving husbands and fathers for their support, had that doomed vessel possessed so simple a means of rescue. Had the Royal Navy been earlier supplied with these boats, the Menukan Bar would not be the only spot that lost its tragic associations, and the firmness, the discipline, and presence of mind, which usually distinguish shipwrecks of this class, would serve for something more than to point a moral or add poignancy to the regret of the sur vivors. It has been justly said that " the duties which men-of-war crews have suddenly to fulfil — to pick up men overboard in stormy weather, to land important despatches through any surf, and at almost any risk to render hazardous service to our wrecked merchantmen in the wildest and least civiliael parts of the world; any and all of these duties may come upon them in a single day, and day after day, and have to be rendered in boats, which are not only not fit, but are the worst fitted for such purposes." The great services rendered by lifeboats on our coasts, under the management of the National L'iobeat Institution, have of late years brought these useful boats more prominently before the public, and have forced their merits upon the notice of the Admiralty. The terrible loss of life which, as has heett some sha re r said, occurred at the wreck of the Orph ma to 'want of a lifeboat, has probably had by no mean s szpediting the movements of a body no Ituapea r 1 l t d io i ll its adoption of improvements. with that every largo vessel ought There is to b 3 provided means of saving the li v es of her cr ew iitt i l le passengers in case of a sadden aceident, " a the fact that this case, does not i s seldom or never the muc h credit on ou r humanity. The rea p s r o efi n e,c ata vizaccour m en - o f- war so it is diffi3ult, or in f a long uoprovid ed with this ver y necess ary equip ment is that et hitherto light and h andy, for service on boa rd ship, im possible, to find a lifeboat suited in a ll respect s simpl e in its fittings, s tron g enough to b ear rough handling, and capable of easy stowage. The Admiralty, however, having fallY determined up on de fi c i e ncy, have with more remedying the existing en sagacity than often attends their enterprises, asked the officers of the National Lifeb oat Institution to superintend the building of a lifeboat adapted for service in a man-of-war, the boat not weighing more than a ton. From the result of the trials made on Thursday, however, it appears that they would do wisely to extend this margin a little further, And raise the limit swt. The difficulty ~,, which presents itself is the combination . of light ness with strength. It would be easy enough to provide a fair weather lifeboat, and the vessels of the Institution prove what can be done when strength is the first consideration, bat the union of the two is not easy. The addition of another quarter of a hundredweight will enable the expe rimentalists to provide a thoroughly handy and efficient boat, ready for all weathers and all catastrophes. The trial was made in the Regent's Canal Decks, and several of the Lords of the Admiralty, besides many other gentle men interested in the question, were present to witness the experiments. One of the boats tried was capable of accommodating no less than 70 per sons on an emergency, and proved itself a good serviceable boat, for when turned over by means of the hydraulic crane, it nearly righted itself in the still water of the docks, and would probably have completely accomplished the summersault had it ' been situated in buoyant sea water. The draw back to this craft was its weight, for it near:y doubled the required maximum, weighing 37 cwt., or nearly two tons. Another lifeboat was tried, which only exceeded the standard by 2 cwt., and would accommodate 50 persons at a crush. We should mention that the first vessel, when righted, emptied itself of water in half a minute by means of its relief pipes. A strong instance of the per fection which has been reached in the construction of these boats was afforded by the exhibition of one belonging to the Institut t ion, which, when turned over by the hydraulic crane, righted itself, and freed itself of water in 20 seconds. With such an example before us we cannot doubt that skill and science will accomplish the desired end in the case of life boats for the navy, and we hope the day is not far distant when no large and heavily manned vessel shall leave our shores without so useful an equiva lent. It is somewhat curious to notice the confident tone adopted by the Americans at their grand ban quet on Thursday. Certainly, if overweening self satisfaction and extraordinary expectations could combine to assist the triumph of an attempt and further the success of a cause, then the goal to which the hopes of the Federals aspire would be soon reached ; as it is, however, all disinterested observers must be amazed at the assurance dis played at the assembly, and wonder if such people can ever own themselves vanquished. Thursday was especially set apart as " the day devoted to thanking `3oD for their victories in the cause of Liberty and Union.' Mr. ADAMS'S speech was, of course, the chief feature of the evening, and was characterised by ingenuity of argument and energy of expression, but for any convincing statements or emphatic explanation it cannot be said to be very remarkable in any way. His Excellency com menced by stating his reasons for opposing the ob jection that in some quarters had been urged against having a Thanksgiving Day just at this period, which was marked by calamity and affliction. The chief reason which he deduced was that the PRESI DENT had succeeded in eliminating treason from all departments of the body. Now it was done effec tually, and all the ramifications of the Government were free from treachery. It seems a strange thing to realise so much ado about this, and it does not appear either that all this common consent to the war, this concord and sympathy, has produced any very great results, or been fruitful in fortuitous occurrences. Through the length and breadth of the States which represent the cause of Union there is nothing but rivalry, con tention, and jealousy. The ♦ery unwilling ness to join the ranks of the recruits for the army attests that there is a lamentable absence of that esprit de corps without which no very compli• cated war can be brought to anything like a satis factory conclusion. Mr. ADAMS saw another cause of thankfulness in the state of the national credit There is not much to be said on this count, because it is evident that the Government of Washington are preparing a great monetary deficit for their successors, and the losses in the business of the country have been enormous. Another source of gratitude was the condition of the army, and for this Mr. ADAMS claimed especial credit for the PRE SIDENT. " Never," ho said, "in the history of the world, was a greater undertaking assumed." The army may be greatly improved from the commence ment, but still there is not much to boast of, and probably never in the records of any war has there been exhibited such want of cohesion, bad discip line, and inconsequent campaigns as those of the Federal army. The very frequent change of Gene rals in itself attests the scanty confidence that exists at head-quarters, and the tameness with which the alterations are made, exhibits the lack of sympathy between the commanders and their troops. Still more strange is the vaunted supremacy of the navy. In nothing have the emissaries of the PRESIDENT been more unsuccessful than in the arrangements in this quarter. We have all heard of the intentions of the United States to sweep English commerce from the seas, but have meanwhile watched their futile efforts to overcome our vessels that sailed from our ports, or even to parry its attacks at all successfully. While the Alabama rides triumphantly on every sea, it appears rather premature and a little inconsistent with the condi tion of the navy as one of the chief causes for re joicing and special calls for thanksgiving. However, some people would never get on in the world it they did not assume a virtue if they had it not, and the Americans all indeed excel in this style of action, and the Federals have outdone all previous efforts of their nation in this capacity. The mission of the PRESIDENT, we are told, has been to " reorganise, re build, and restore," and that with such signal suc cess in every department that he merits the thanks of his people, and desires that his efforts should receive the seal of triumph in this grand national day of gratitude. The crowning act of President LINCOLN has yet, however, to be enumerated, namely, the emancipation of the slaves. That is to say, that he has introduced two measures which prepare the way for practical results. The procla mation is a dead letter, as every one knows, and it is well that so it should be, for if at all productive of events it would have been those of the most startling and sanguinary description. With respect to the plan of negro enlistment, that has not effected much, for it is well knoWn that nowhere in the South does so much rancorous feeling and extensive prejudice prevail towards the blacks as in those States where the principles of liberty and equality are professed, and the blessings of a benign Govern ment are so especially vaunted. Doubtless there is great reason for the tribute paid to the PRESIDENT'S ability and capacity, but w hen Mr. ADAMS goes on to claim as the secret of his success that he has exhi bited his honesty and fidelity for one great purpose, it may be asked what does this great purpose consist in? To spread abroad misery and devastation through a vast continent—to prosecute, with vigour, o ne of the most cruel wars that the world has ever "en, and to continue the fatal course of a struggle which Causes sorrow, and creates suffering une qualled by any previous one of the many fearful scourges o f humanity called civil war. It cannot be forgotten, when sir. ADAMS claims sympathy for the navy of the Federals, that they commenced their course in the war by as flagrant an outrage, and as deliberate an insult to this country, as ever was offered in times past or present. They then had the mortification of surrendering their ill-gotten prizes, but, with the usual inconsistency exhibited by the smartest nation, did not dismiss from their service the man who had committed the offence. This apparent conviction, and yet determined reti cence, proved that they were influenced by fear and policy to do what they did not really consider the true and right thing, and either inducement is totally unworthy and utterly unsuitable to a great country. Also, the praise awarded to the success ful organisation of the army is shorn of its lustre, when it is remembered that in the annals of history there never has been a body of men under arms who have so signalised themselves by acts which disgrace and degenerate Christian and civilised troops. On the other side of the Atlantic, the words uttered by Mr. ADAMS may be wafted by the wings of fame, and call forth approval and acclamations of the most unbounded character, but here they will fail to do so, excepting among Mr. COBDEN'S and Mr. BRIGHT'S friends and followers. England is the only country where civil war was carried on with toleration, and it is not likely that acts and deeds so very different from all that are associated with the spirit of moderation, should receive support, or be met with encouragement even of a tacit nature. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE PAPAL STATES. The Pope's Reply to the Emperor Napoleon, ROME, Nov. 26 (Evening). On Sunday last the Pope addressed a letter re plying to Emperor Napoleon's invitation by accept ing the Congress'. His Holiness at the same time expressed his conviction that the Congress will be regulated by justice, and will respect his rights to the Pontifical provinces occupied by Piedmont. AMERICA. (Per the Adriatic.) NEW YORK, Nov. 16 (Evening). General Banks' expedition landed on the 2d inst. at Bragos de Santiagen, on the Texas coast, nine miles from the Texan coast, nine miles from the mouth of the Rio Grande. Advices from Brazos to the 4th inst. state that Banks was marching on Brownsville. It is reported that on the arrival of the expedition the Confederate authorities burnt Fort Brown and the greater portion of Brownsville, notwithstanding strong resistance on the part of the inhabitants. LITERATURE. Winter Weavings , Poems. By Isabella Law. One vol., pp. 179. Smith, Eider, and Co. It will be remembered, possibly, by some of our readers that we had occasion not long since to com ment very favourably upon the contents of the charming little volume of verse, the title of which we have just now repeated above. " Winter Weavings" — as especially remarked by us at the time in our criticism upon the book, appeared before the public as the work of an unknown authoress, who inscribed her maiden performance to one who, though young, has already achieved for herself a high and widely, extended reputation. The dedication of " Winter Weavings"rter Porotetetih.,e very first pages to Adelaide Anne P of the little volume. Not so certain "Prefatory" oc, gracedto Miss one verses which should have appeared then and there, also, but were, for some aecidental reason, omitted from the publication. Those Prefatory verses have since then, however—only this very morning in fact—been forwarded to us by the publishers. They are from the veteran hand of the famous father of the poetess to whom Miss Law's " Winter Weavings" are inscribed. As one of the latest effu sions of Barry Cornwall they have their claim upon our attention ; but they have a twofold i n t eres t f or us all, as will be recognised, instantly, upon their perusal—by reason of the pathetic circumstance to which they relate. What that circumstance really is we will, however, let Barry Cornwall hi mse lf reveal, as follows PREFATORY. Learn, Reader—that this task was done, This broidery wrought, this garland won, Beyond the regions of the Sun. A little Maiden brings her store Of blossoms, bright and running o'er \Vita sweetness—pansies, violets, pinks, And vestal roses, from the brinks Of Darkness ;--Ay, from out the gloom, With all Their clear unsullied bloom, Their reverential grave perfume, The tree heart-nourished buds are brought, Laden with serenest thought. Alas l—The Inner Light of Truth Alone has dawned upon her youth— The young and gentle authoress, Whom all the loving Muses bless. Never hath this poet seen The first fresh vivid vernal green, The wealthy August's crown of corn, Or Plenty with her wreathed horn. Hereafter —when our stops shall climb Past the shadowy bounds of Time, Where neither Day nor cloudy Night Shall make or mar our clearer sight, When Verse and Prose, and Scorn and Fame Shall all be (if they be) the same— Then these small blossoms from the Dark May somewhere leave their dewy mark, Starred by a saddening lustre brief, Like tears upon the rose's leaf. After reading which most touchingly and tenderly graceful revelation of the blindness of the young songster whose afflicted hands have achieved thus in Darkness these " Winter Weavings," who will not turn with troubled interest to listen to the utterance of the gentle young voice that comes to us out of that Darkness ? George Stanley; or Life in the Woods. A Boy's Narrative or the Adventures of a Settler's Family in Canada. Edited by C. Geikie. With Illus trations. One Vol. Pp. 408. Routledge. This is a very delightful and very instructive book for boys. It renders them familiar, in an easy and pleasant way, with the various vicissitudes of the back-woodsman's life, and with the different pe culihrities of those far-off regions. George Stanley, the supposed narrator of the history, with his four brothers and his three sisters, leaves England, at the conanien-,.ement of the story, and settles down in an impromptu farm in the woods of Canada. We fol low the fortunes of the youthful emigrants in all their difficulties of land-clearing, log-building, &c. Various mishaps befall them, but these are encoun tered with true British courage, and overcome by steady perseverance. A. great deal of incidental information about the animal and vegetable world, the flight of birds, and the growth of plants, &c., is pleasantly and ingeniously intermingled with the narrative. Among the illustrations is a capital sketch of" Our Home in the Woods," a glimpse of "Fish Spearing by Torchlight," "Indian Duck Shooting," together with a great variety of other very clever embellishments. The Nature and Treatment of Gout and .Rheumatic Gout. By Alfred B. Garrod, M.D. Walton and Maberly. This eminently practical work ought to be read by all who take any interest in the subject of gout, as it contains much original matter, meriting attentive consideration, while it is unquestionably philo sophical in its conclusions. Considering the number of works already existing upon this distressing malady, some may be inclined to think that the subject must have been entirely exhausted by pre vious authors. Dr. Garrod proves, however, that this is by no means the case, and both in respect to the nature and treatment of the disease in question, supplies the reader with much valuable information. In his exposition of the causes of gout, he is pecu liarly happy. By a series of chemical researches and a careful investigation of the changes that take place in the affected parts, he arrives at the conclu sion that an excess of lithic acid in the blood, and its deposition in the tissues, are the true causes of an attack of gout. lie proves to demonstration the fact that gout and rheumatism are totally distinct diseases, both in their nature and in the manner in which they are infl ue nced by medicines. In the treatment of chronic gout, Dr. Garrod introduces a new remedy in the various preparations of lithia, which he has employed in many obstinate cases with much success. There is an interesting chapter on the use of mineral waters in some forms of the affection, and much attention is bestowed on the nature and treatment of that intractable disease commonly known as rheumatic gout. The book is illustrated with several coloured lithographs and numerous wood engravings, and is likely to be for many years the standard work upon the subject of gout. REFINEMENT is not quick to impute evil, says one of the plain-speaking Saturday Reviewers; it interprets what it sees on the principles of charity. A man is not more refined than another for suspecting the loaf be eats because human hands have kneaded it, and assuming, therefore, that the kneader was a dirty fellow. In truth, refinement, being clean itself, supposes that others are clean also, until forcibly undeceived—indeed, resolutely prefers to trust, rather then have the imagination polluted by the repulsive details of over..curious investigators, and would sooner swallow one spider, whether moral or phy sical, in ignorance, than have the gorgo perpetually rising at possible spiders. AUBER. AND METERBEER, are amongst the Em peror's guests at Corapeigne, COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easier. Gold 47 per cent. premium. Exchange on Paris 3.55. Stocks heavy. New York Centrals, 1342 ; Illinois, 117 k; Erie, 103; ; 6 per Cent. U. S. Bonds, 108 k. Cotton steady. Middling Upland, 85c. to 86c. Flour steady. Wheat in good demand for export. Corn ad vancing. Provisions very firm. Coffee inactive. Sugar steady. Molasses , very firm. Petroleum dull. Crude, 26 to 27; refined, 411 to 42. NEW YORK, Nov. 17 (Morning). General Meade visited Washington on Sunday (the 15th), and after a conference with Mr. Lincoln returned to the army. General Lee is reported to be going into winter quarters, behind his entrenchments on the Rapidan. The impression is general that Meade will not prosecute the campaign further this season. Southern despatches to the 13th report continued firing between the Federal and Confederate bat teries around Chattanooga. The Federals have made a movement from the right to the left of Bragg's position, with the view of making a diversion in order to attack Lookout Mountain, or to send troops to Burnside. Advices from Charleston to the 13th state that the bombardment was still kept up. The Richmond Enquirer announces the arrival at Richmond of 850 prisoners from Burnside's corps. NEW YORK, Nov. 19th (Evening). (By Telegraph to St. John's.) General Lee's army is reported to be in position between the Rapidan and Orange Court-house. General Meade's cavalry have advanced to the Rapidan. It is reported that Meade will shortly attempt the passage of the Rapidan, all the fords of which Lee has strongly fortified. Rumours are current of a collision having taken place between Burnside's outposts and Longstreet's advance in East Tennessee. At Chattanooga the Confederates continue shell ing the Federal position in Racoon Valley, along the river, and around the city. No serious casualties are reported. General Sherman's corps has reinforced Grant's right. Bragg has also been heavily reinforced. At Charleston the bombardment of Fort Sumter continues. The Montreal Advertiser announces that 36 Con federate officers arrived some time ago at Halifax from Wilmington in the steamer Robert Lee, and proceeded to Canada, provided with funds for car rying out a plan to release the Confederate pri soners on Johnstone Island. Their plans were dis covered and trustrated. The authorities have taken such precautions as will prevent the success of this attempt. Mr. Wendell Phillips has made a speech, assert ing that President Lincoln had informed him that the greatest folly of his life was the issuing of the e mancipation proclamation. The New York Herald asserts that the principal object of Gen. Banks' expedition is to break the contraband trade between Mexico and the South. The Confederates, not believing that Banks would land on the Rio Grande, had scattered their forces in other parts of Texas. Banks inaugurated his command by issuing stringent orders against disloyal persons. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (Evening). Money tight. Gold has advanced to 511—the rise is attributable to the drain of specie to Europe. Exchange on London, bankers' bills, 167. Exchange on Paris, 3.35. Stocks improving—New York Centrals, 136 ; Illinois, 121: ; Erie, 105. Cotton steady—middling upland, 85?,. Flour, wheat, and co rn advancing. Provisions and sugar steady. Coffee very firm. Molasses in good inquiry. Petro leum dull; Crude, 241. The steamers Asia, City of London, End Edin burgh have arrived out. CAPE RACE, Nov. 20. The City of Baltimore passed here this morning. NEW YORK, Nov. 20, Morning. After four days' heavy skirmishing, Longstreet has driven Burnside's army into Knoxville and completely invested the city. Longstreet yesterday captured a position in front of the city, the Federals falling back to their de fences. It is believed that Burnside wia vigorously defend the city, which is strongly fortified. NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2 P.M. (By Telegraph to St. John's.) Money tight. Gold, 52i per cent. prem. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 1331; Illinois, 121 Z ; Erie, 105. MEXICO, Advices from Vera Cruz to the Ist inst. state that the army under the command of General Bazaine had left Mexico city for a campaign against Jaarez, THE POLISH INSURRECTION. BRESLAU, Nov. 27. Intelligence received by the Breslauer Zeitung, states that the arrests of aunerior officials in War- saw continue. Six hundred persons, including ladies, and Luazczewski, the director of the department of the Interior under the Grand Duke Constantino's ad micitdration, have been transported to Siberia. FRANCE. • PARIS, Nov. 28. The Constitutionnel of to-day contains an article signed by the chief editor, M. Limayrae, entitled "England and the Congress." The writer says : " By a refusal to attend the Congress E ogland would afford grounds to those who a ssert that her great ness and prosperity are founded upon the misfor tunes and ruin of other nations." I%L Lioaayrac expreeseo grievous regret to bee a policy parading itself for Liberalism, inspired by sentiments of mean jealousy, and the rivalry of England continually put back the friendly hand which we extend to her, and make obstacles to all that appears generous and opportune. "It is not only at Rome, but also at London," continues M. Limayrac, " that the non possunius doctrine is made a political dogma." The article then recalls England's refusal to favour the national movement in the Danubian Principalities, to protect Montenegro, Piedmont, Mexico, America, and Poland, and reminds its readers how loyal and sympathetic the French G wernment has shown itself towards England, and how little it has received in compensation. " In the present state of things," continues M. de Limayrac, " if France has reason to feel offended at the want of concurrence on the part of England, I I it is Europe that will be wounded in her most serious interests. Free from all personal ambition, France calls with good faith upon all the Powers. If troubles and conflagrations should arise in Europe, as it is only too easy to foresee, the en tire responsibility would fall upon those who have rejected the work of peace and conciliation." :It is understood that M. Fould, the French Finance Minister, is about to propose to the Cham bers a loan of 300,000,000 f., equal to £12,000,000 sterling. The Mexican and Cochin China wars have caused a deficit of £10,000,000, for which the Minister is unable to provide by any other means. BOURSE, Nov. 27.—The market has been heavy to-day, end prices have slightly declined. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69f. 90c. Mobilier are also lower. The same may be said of Railway - Shares. The market continued heavy to the end, and closed as follows :- 41 per Cents. .. 95 jo: end month.... Italian Loan 72 20 Do. end month 72 Sow ditto Do. end mouth — Russian per Cents Do. end month 66 95 Credit Mobilier.... 1076 25 I )o, end m0nth....1075 Austrian .. 7B 75 Spanish Threes Rome Debt Deferred - RAIL WAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 977 50 .. 977 50 Northern New ditto — • • Lyons and Mediterranean 948 75 .. 950 N era ditto Geneva 498 75 .. SJuthern 692 50 .. 690 Western Eastern Sardinian .. 4OO Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona Bank Shares 3370 Credit I' oncier 1260 Roman .. INDIA. ILLNESS OF LORD ELGIN. The following telegram from the Bombay Govern ment has been received by the Secretary of State for India, dated November 15 ; " The following message to your address, dated Nov. 13, has been received from Sir R. Napier, from Calcutta " Lord Elgin has become so dangerously ill that he has thought it necessary to communicate with Sir Wm. Denison, and a steamer is in readiness to proceed to Madras, if necessary.' " Colonel Norman telegraphs as follows from Meean Meer, Nov. 12 " In an affair on the frontier, on the 9th inst., we had about 60 men killed and wounded, includ ing Major Harding, 2d Sikh Infantry; Lieutenant Murray, 71st Highlanders ; and Lieutenant Doug las, doing duty with the 71st Highlanders, who were all killed; Lieutenant Oliphant, sth Goor khas, and Lieutenant Battye,G aide Corps, wounded. The Commander in Chief reached Lahore this evening.' "Funds at Bombay—Fours, at 6 discount; Fives, at 31- premium; Five-and-a-Half, at 13 premium. "The last accounts of Lord Elgin were up to 4 p.m. of November 14; he was daily becoming weaker." Flooding of (Books about) the Nile. It is easy to see how a Nile tourist falls into the melancholy condition of becoming a Nile author. Probably when he leaves Cairo, encumbered with the normal blank journal, and the normal quires of thin letter-paper in the normal writing-case, he has no sort of definite intention of boring anybody but himself with the facts to be entered in his diary, or any one beyond his half-dozen familiar correspon dents with the observations and speculations to be contained in his letters. He has repelled the sug gestion of polite friends—" Of course you'll write a book about it"—with a negative smile of perfect sincerity, really believing himself too sensible to undertake such an act of supererogatory weakness. He intends honestly to enjoy his three or four months of lotus-eating, without aspiring to leave any record of them which an absorbed audience shall not willingly let die. He begins to keep his journal as a manly duty to himself, and to scribble his letters for the innocent gratification of a narrow home circle. Unhappily, through pressure of time while fitting out his boat for the voyage, he has requested his first friend, A., just to send on the first letter, containing his little description of the streets of Valetta or the bazaars of Cairo, to his next friend, 8., to spare the trouble of saying the same thing twice over. The next friend has, and uses, a discretionary power of passing the letter on to a third, and so forth. By the time the second despatch from Egypt arrives, a whole alphabetical series of kindly critics is fairly established, who, for want of anything better to do, will always be very glad to hear how far the writer of such a lively letter has gone up the river. Before the traveller has reached Thebes, a packet of home correspondence, forwarded only too quickly through the courteous British consul, assures him of the great pleasure and valuable information his letter has given the whole circle of his friends at home. The slow poison of habitual circular writing spreads gradually over the whole descriptive correspondence of the unhappy man, and imperceptibly developes the fatal idea that the critical public will but be a larger circle of sympathetic friends. He warms towards his very journal, treating it no longer as a mere repository of daily facts, but more and more as a vehicle for desultory sentiment or speculative rhapsody. Naturally he falls in with one or two little adventures rather different from those which have befallen any of the other tourists of the year, or believes that he does so. His dragoman Alee or Muhammad is found to possess a peculiarly amusing individuality of character or demeanour, distinguishing him from all his brother Muhammads and Alees, and capable of being touched off with great spirit, through the record of a few conversa tions in the Egyptian idiom of the English language. And so the mischief is done, and sooner or later the poor tourist finds himself committed to the task of adding his own driblet to the ever-deepening stream of shallow works upon the Nile. The memory of a bright and sunny winter of leisurely enjoyment, which might have endured for years as an unalloyed satisfaction in the retrospect, is rendered turbid and distorted by the necessity of arranging facts and anec dotes,pointing and exaggerating for the Englishamraanr . mar ket the touches of local colour and individua e lch der the ter which seem most lively to tell wel l and render volumetitle. PerhapsEffec t ive , t e i ri e d r el area so attractive wron g • to start for headed and opieionatedas l y 'ciffec a : c actually persons su t E h g i n y g p t t w o i t p h r i t n h t e a c b o n n u v t i conviction thate whicht y sfi not t s om. beene. printed before, and the wefinxebd delieetveermithnaattiboyn t f o ar pr t t he nt it accordingly. B grea t er number of Ni lo scribblers, male an d female, drift into a needless expense of paper and printers' ink in this blind sort of way. It is in a simple spirit of kindliness that we put forward these re marks at the commencement of the Nile season, with the hope that they may be read, and their truth laid to heart, by at least a few of the unthinking mortals who, but for some such good advice, might, be drawn into swelling the unreadable volumes of the next year's Nile fluod.—,Saturday Review. A Lin OF Pius VB., by a Roman Prelate, is auuouneell as about to be published speedily, .=;,• Oanot tirmbr. „D...., 4. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 27. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal) and Princess Louise, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Crown Prince of Prussia, and the Duke de Chartres, went out hunting with the harriers, attended by Major-General Hon. A. Hood, Major Teesdale, and Major Schweinitz. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Chartres and the Eail of Carlisle arrived at the Castle yesterday. The Earl of Carlisle had an audience of the Queen. The dinner party yesterday included their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, Princess Helena, the Duke and Duchess of Chartres, the Earl of Carlisle, Lady Mary Hood, Lady Carolina Barrington, Colonel Hon. Sir C. Phipps, Dr. Raiz' mann, and the ladies and gentlemen in attendance. The Prince and Princess of Wales. WINDSOR, Nov. 27. It is expected that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will leave the Castle for Frogmore House either to-day or within the nest few days. It is understood that their :oyal high nesses will spend Christmas at Frogmore, and reside there till February. The Prince of Wales's harriers met yesterday at Mr. Trumper's, Lake End, near DJrney. The meet included the Prince of Wales, the Crown Prince of Prussia, the Duke of Chartres, and a large field of the aristocracy and residents of the neighbourhood' Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales was also present in one of the royal carriages. The sport was excellent and the scent good, the run ning occupying about two hours, to the evident enjoy' ment of the royal sportsmen. The birthday of her Royal Highness the Prin cess Mary of Cambridge was celebrated with the customary rejoicings at Kew last evening. The princess completed her 30th year yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale will spend several days next week with the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield House/ Herts. A distinguished party is invited to meet their royal highnesses. Ihe Earl and Countess of Derby have entertained a distinguished party at Knowsley Park, near Prescot , during the week. The visitors have included the Marquis and Marchioness of Bath, the Marchioness (Maria) of Ailesbury, the Earl of Malmesbury, Viscount and Vis countess Newport, Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, and Lord Claud Hamilton. The gentlemen of the party have had excel lent shooting, for which the weather has been remarkably fine. The Earl of Carlisle arrived at Stafford H ou se, St. James's, on Thursday, from Castle Howard, Yorkshire, on a visit to the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland. The Earl and Countess Delawarr arrived in town yesterday from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury. The Earl of Abingdon has arrived in town from Wytham Abbey, near Abingdon. The Countess (Dowager) of Lichfield will join Lady Ward's party at Himley Hall, Staffordshire, which 10 about to meet for the marriage of Major the Hon. Augustus H. Anson, V.C., and Miss Claughton, niece of the Earl of Dudley. The ceremony is appointed to take place atld derminster on the 12th proximo. The Baron and Baroness Waldenorff and family have arrived at the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, on their waY to Paris. Lady Sarah Hay Williams and family have left Grosvenor-street on a Continental tour. Lord Broughton, who returned to Tidworth Park, Hants, on Wednesday last, is about to receive a suc cession of guests at his country seat. Lord Stanley, M.P., has joined the party as' sembled at Highclere Castle, near Newbury, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon. HISTORY OF THE PIECE OF THE TRUE CROSS brought from the Crusades by Lewis IX., and which disappeared from the Sainte Chapelle at the time of the French Revolution : —lt was found, says J. Pb. Berjeau, in his " Geschiedenia van het heylighe Cruys ; or, History of the Holy Cross," as quoted in the Saturday Review— two or three years ago in the possession of 5 country lass in the neighbourhood of Dijon, who was ill the habit of cutting chips from it withaer knife, for distri bution among her friends. A pious curate took the relic' from her hands, and carried it to the Bishop of Dijon, w h . ° deposited it in the treasury of the cathedral, whe re it 5 now to bo seen. lac . of THE MORFA COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—IteA - 4! „ men are still at work in clearing the falls, but no bodie s been recovered since the adjourned inquest. The falls 1 t the west level have been found unusually heavy, an d grey care has to be taken in clearing the rubbish, as the top of ten falls after its removal. NOSCITUR A Sociis.—A correspondent of t he Queen naively remarks—" Every man I meet speaks of his Hears, whether he has ideas or not ; if I go to church, 5 venerable and estimable dem man discourses to me on the , Lawr of Tehovahr ; and people talk familiarly enough of laying abed. 'W OR LD'S AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS AT VIE END.—The Hon. Ashley Eden will shor tl y start on his mission to Bhotan, accompanied by Dr. B. S i mpso n, the best of our amateur photographers, with a retinue of 100 Sikh sappers and miners. The last mis sion to this most barbarous part of Asia was under Captain Pemberton, in 1838. The present mission will proceed from Darjeeling , to demand reparation for the incessant attacks on our fron tier, and security for the future. Bhotan is an Indo-Chines e State, nominally a feudatory of Pekin. It stretches over 230 miles of the Himalayas, as far as Assam, and has an area of 19,000 square miles of fertile valley and snow/ ridge rising to 25,000 feet, and said to abound in coppe r ' and to be suitable for the cultivation of tea. The Booteane are very degraded—all the vices from filth of body to Pell andry prevailing. The Dell Rajah, a spiritual ruler, lige the Mikado of Japan, is generally a boy kept as a State Pri soner, and the Dhurm R.,jah, like the Tycoon, is elected Or the three most powerful Pillas or governors, and seldoln allowed to hold office for more than three years. Mr. V eil will go to Ta ss i s ud e n, the cold weather " capital" o f the State. WARNING TO SCOTCH SETTLERS IN IRELAND. —A most disgraceful and diabolical outrage on Saturday night last perpetrated upon a Scotch tenant farmer, near Tullamore, in King's County. The cireure stances are these :—Mr. Richardson. who was at one dole a farmer, near Perth, became tenant some years ago e ' t. farm in the county mentioned, in the mistaken belief th at the small rent of land and cost of labour in Ireland would compensate in some degree for the heavier rent he was Per ing in Perthshire. His brother, Mr George Richards onn, . who was also a farmer in Perthshire, lately gave up farm there, and proceeded last week to join his brother " the occupation of the farm in Ireland. Upen. Saturday evening last, to inaugurate their coming among the people. and their entry upon a now house which had been built for them, they gave a supper to the labourers upon the farm. About half-past 9, after the workm en had gone, Mr George happened to go out, and returned a few minutes afterwards , saying that there were 15 men walking about the door' John went out and asked what they wanted. " Nothing' rushed int ere the te huse, flingg p theta,ar t i u thela r, " e w t haesrr u oo the replyau While he was talkin g t o two of sm where were. It was imm ediately seen that they were armed witi z o women ho and child re in open the door of the n guns George wh a t th e y wante d ' whichby had, however, been P re : They ordered every one i n the h o use t° gh a n s , ked sit an d pistols. they demanded and on the beingvi ous ly lent to a neighbour. Seeing, however, that dang er was to be apprehended, John said to two of them that, hi f they would go away, he would giv e th em t h e p i sto ls whi° - were in his house. Two of the men accompanied hie' tc :. his house, which is only a f ew yar d s d i stant from the n el '. one. Upon entering the kit c h en, f o ll owe d b y t h e men, °- of them struck him on the back part of his head. Ile wag not felled to the g roun d b y the blow, but sl i d d own by ern side of a press. They then told Mr Richardson to to x ; away his face, but he replied that he would look at 1 1 ' 6 saseins as lung as he had life. On e of the blackguards thc ; said to his companions, "Put out the candle." I I- s ra was then fi re d, w hi c h , h owever , mos t f or tunately Mr Richardson, the ball entering the press door innoTiof ately above where he was lying. The fellows, in th e be that he was dead, deliberately entered another room e e ; took possession of bottles containing whisky, and calling upon their companions in the other house, decal-14'1;o The police were Soon upon the ground, and every e2'e3tors is being made by the authorities to hung the pull!'" „ill. to punishment—but it may be death to any on e Wh give evidence which may lead to conviction. Not safu"' • fed, the by the cowardly outrage which they had commit e__ same parry proceeded to the house of Mr. Wilson, herd (another Scut chman), struck him severely, and for off his pistols. There is no obvious way of a ccount l ,e , 130 either of these outrages. Mr. Richar dson has deptoo,",i, man of his land, but has carried on the operritions. farm upon the Scotch system of t illa g e, b y which to h i 9 given increased employment to th e people, nateh h own lose,—As'co . i B 97ivi. • onl3 £Bl exc line] Man Man artic cottl coM bar Kin Cleal apps and folio num Pap writ A' Reut 66f, and Turi solid Coral aide , and Dit Dit Cons( I Idia Exch Dit Dit Brazi Dit Dit ~„ Dii li.tien Egy t Dit Gree Dji Dilexii Dit moo r New , pit Pert; Di( bit , pit l' Dig 1 )11 bit bit Di 011 411 1.8 bit Di span 'Par xuri 1)i Italia C on. , Di li g h t P 3 for: l'ert from for ] fr ol , - War( trot, Not Dec Lio, Bhrl cro : 1.:p8 el le , ziali, Zatj IN'ev Ili a , Lei ( o , bre,