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Doors open at half-pa st Six-- 'ommence at Seven. TRE 11.0Y,A.1 , DR U R Y-L AN E. JL Managers, Messrs,_lldmond Falconer and B Ch atterton. THIS EVENING, the Per formances will commence with the New Serto-Comic Drama., by Edmund Falconer, entitled ;NIGHT &ND :‘ , lO RN. Prl3l cipal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported by Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, Fitzjames, and Misses 8. Leclercq. Atkinson, and Heath. To conclude with the new• Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBAD THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders of: World. Clowns, M:essrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; Harlequins, Messrs. J. Cor mack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, Messrs. W. A. Barn s and J. .alorris ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and Misses GUIIIIIBB. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. CE UM. THEATRE. Under the Solo Management of Mr, Fechter. BET. DEMONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Xvery Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD 'Messrs. H. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, M'ireland; Misses Percy, Pauline Lezlereq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. "ter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONTO, a Love etor j, in Twelve Tableaus, taken from. Stendhal's "Italian Chri.nicle-," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ei ty Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Etnery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, i.-.>„.dert, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, X. Lavenn, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Elswortl-iy. The Public are entreated to fake notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either Corp lay bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and bat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to nceive any gratuities whatever. " -- • - Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manasy,er, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Fothem, Buckstone, Chippen , tale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, Sze After which, KING ARTFZUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messr a. Chippendale, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Itr gers, &c. Cor memo at 7. R OYAL PRI INCESS'S THEATRE.-- Sole Lesee an,cl Manager, Mr. Geo. Fining. THIS EVENING, D ONNA DIANA. After which. HARI, NUDE LITTLE TOM TUCKER ; or The Fine Lady of. Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe 2,r ,d Had so Many Children she didn't Know what to do. ThEIiTRE-R0 Y AL, AD ELPHI, Sole Proprl.4,:or and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL : ➢lr. J. L. Toole, to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil hurton, Stuart, Ste,phenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billing-ton. To oonclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortimio and his Seven M wt.: Men. Messrs. .J. Clarke, tl. Phillips, Stephenson ; !Hiss Woolgrar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. E A 711.-E VE R Y NIGHT. 3 ,F SS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—Tars EVENING, the 9Zd appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BA TEMAN. in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the principal 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. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. G AT ATTRACTION.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES MAT lIEWS.—Mr. J. L. Toole as Mrs. Brown, Mr. Phehls, Fechter, and Lady Audley every evening. 18 , 13; or, the Sensations of the Past Season, until further notice. Among the artistes who will appear here are Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toule, Mr. Paul Bedford. and Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling . . Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Mils Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs, and Mrs. Ch arles Mathews. THIS KV3CNING. and dorine the Week, at 7, THE ADVENTURES OF A LOVE LETTER; COOL AS A CULUMBE FI ; and 1863 ; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS : Miss K. Carson. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, Sta. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. To conclude with, TURN HIM OUT. Commence at 7. TIHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIG - a WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA''..—Morning, 7h. 10m.—Afternoon, 711. 36m. To-kroßlEv.m.-Morning, Bh. 4m.—Afternoon, Bh. 40m. The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. 16, 1864. THERMOMETER This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.32. Wind—N.-E. ; moderate, and fine. 7 0 --f i tv , SUM LONDON, SATURDAY, JAN. 16, 1864. While plots and rumours of plots are agitating the surface of Parisian society, a pleasing contrast is presented to us in the peaceful ceremony of Thursday last, when, in the Palace of the Tuileries, Monseigneur deBONNECHASE, Archbishop of Rouen, received the Cardinal's hat from the hands of the EMPEROR. The inaugural address of the new Car dinal, immediately after his investiture, and the reply of the EMPEROR, will be read with very general interest. There may be readily recognised, in the discourses of both Cardinal and EMPEROR, something more than the ordinary phrases of cour teous compliment. In the tones of both we hear the voice of men who have passed not unmoved, not untaught, through the painful expe riences of life and the trying vicissitudes of fortune. He who once was a refugee in London, and then a prisoner in the Chateau of Ham, now speaking from the height of his almost unparelleled power in the stately palace of the This Jerks, amid the gorgeous paraphernalia of Imperial pomp, utters no boastful words of idle gratulation, but in sober seriousness confesses that " the honours of this world are heavy burdens imposed upon us by PROVIDENCE. " lalso,”says the EMPEROR, " ask myself frequently if good fortune does not possess as many tribulations as evil fortune; hut," be adds, with the confidence of a Christian, mingled perhaps with the fatalism of a BONAPARTE, "in both cases, faith is our guide and support—reli- , gions faith and political faith; that is to say, confidence in GOD, and the consciousness of a mission to accomplish." The full importance, not only to France, but to Europe—not only to the present, but to future generations—of the mission intrusted to NAPOLEON 111. it is not difficult to recognise. He is now, at this supreme moment placed by PROVIDENCE in a position of awful responsibility akin to that of the pilot whose hand is on the helm of a mighty vessel laden with 02E11 and treasure, drifting upon the breakers. He cannot arrest the course of events, but he can guide his ship to safety or destruction. It is a posi tion, indeed, solemn enough to inspire the most dauntless with dismay. The EMPEROR rightly feels that only faith the help of HEAVEN, and a sense 0? duty to be done, can uphold the posiessrz of such a weighty charge. From some other remarks which occur in this discourse the EMPEROR, in theory, at least, recognisiis some of those liberal rights which the truest friends of his dynasty would be glad to see him adopt yet further in practice. " The circle of our Constitution," he says, " has been widely traced ; every honest man can move within it at his ease. Exclusion no longer exists." M. THIERS himself could hardly describe more emphatically the blessings of a free con stitution and of a liberal Government than does the EMPEROR. But beneath "the glove of velvet" may unmistakeably be recognised " the hand of iron," the firm grasp of which has proved of essential service to France in her hour of need, but which, let us hope, may ere long be some what relaxed in the wise fulfilment of the EM PEROR'S recognised " mission." After what has occurred the remarks of the Com maader-in-Chief are not to be wondered at, but at the same time it cannot but be matter of regret that such a decision should have been come to at head-quarters. The result must prove disastrous ie every respect to the dignity and the reputation of our army. This case of Colonel CRAWLEY is almost unparalleled in the annals of military trials, and the favouritism which has been shown to him is quite extraordinary. Many may feel inclined to ask why the court-martial took place in this country at all. It would have been better either to have refused to appoint one at all, or else to have ar ranged for it to take place in India. It is merely a mockery to make a show of conceding to popular opinion and then to allow things to come to such a pass. The epitome of these remarks may be summed up in afew words—namely, that all those who have appeared conspicuously against the accused are severely censured, and acquainted with their impending removal from the regiment. As Colonel CRAWLEY is to resume the command, perhaps the kindest thing to do to any of those under his authority is to take them away. Bat the slur thus publicly put upon their conduct is unfair in the extreme. This is not the way to ensure full and complete evidence at any future court martials that may take place. If it is once under stood that all who come prominently forward to aid the prosecution of an accused party are to be visited with extreme censure afterwards, it is vir tually ignoring the practice that a man has a right to express his honest opinion, and thus places a military trial in quite a different category to other tribunals. It cannot be that these strictures and these harsh measures on those who at the worst are trivial offenders, while the prime mover and the chief offender is not only acquitted, but in a manner complimented,can meet with the approval or inspire the confidence of experienced and attentive observers of public events. They must view with alarm a course of proceeding which will rouse the indignation and awaken the opposition of all at all disposed to cavil at authorities, or to question the validity of their decisions. The disaffected may ask of what avail is all this ma chinery, and to what end does this military meek anism exist if it is impossible to remove the influ ence of prejudice, and to arrive at a clear decision when tyranny and cruelty have been practised. The English public did not care to know that no censure was to be applied to the actors in the tragic and unworthy scenes at Mhow, and that all that an indignant Parliament, a warning press, and scan dalised public opinion could effect was to bring into discredit these officials who presumed to give evi dence against one whose actions had called forth the severest censure that has for years been bestowed upon any individual in such a position. It is no use to temporise matters, by intimating to the Lieutenant-Colonel that it is expected he will prove by tact and judgment that the painful experience of the past has not been lost upon him." If, as the verdict of the court would have it, he has been un justly accused all along, what reason exists for him to recall the late events as a warning ; and if, on the other hand,he is not clear of the imputation cast on him of having exerted his authority in a tyran nical form, and taken advantage of circumstances to a degree that was unwarrantable, and altogether displayed a harshness and hardness of conduct that is unbecoming one in his position, why then there seems no cause why he should be more careful. Ho can hardly, on his return to India, adopt a more cruel course than that he pursued towards the un fortunate Sergeant-Major LILLEY, and if such actions come under the sanction of the law, he need hardly be very scrupulous or circumspect if he is provoked or perplexed with those under his com mand. When we read the passage in the remarks, that discipline must, under all circumstances, be maintained, it occurs to the mind that this sen timent may be carried too far, and be productive of sad and serious resuits. Order is Heaven's just law, it has been said, but might not the poet with more truth have mentioned justice as holding the pri mary place. The extreme of strictness, and the acme of regularity may give rise to great harshness of proceeding, and cause effects alike disastrous and disgraceful. Not one of these here censured but will be indignant at their rebuke, while the Colonel is vindicated and even congratulated as it were. Too soon angry feelings give rise to heart-burning, and altogether to kindle discord and disaffection, is not a politic course, nor one that will prove to be pro ductive of the fear that inspires respect, and the judgment that contests opinion. The chief shame of this lamentable affair appertains to the autho rities in India. Nothing can excuse their partial line of conduct throughout, and their determined upholding of Colonel CRAWLEY has insensibly, but most decidedly, influenced the opinion of those in this country. The result is a subject of deep regret, and it is doing no service to anyone concerned in the affair to say it will all come right, and the worst is over. It is quite the reverse; it has esta blished a precedent, and given rise to disquietude in the minds of many, and it will be very long be_ fore this important case is forgotten. It has proved one thing beyond a doubt, that the present mili tary system of this country is - most defec tive, and that the sooner a thorough change is effected the better it will be for the interests of justice, and the general satisfaction of the public. According to present arrangements there is no tri bunal where the friends of those in the lower ranks of the army may look for redress in cases of wrong or injury done to them. If an appeal is made it is considered a mark of disrespect, and a breach of discipline, and if an inquiry is instituted it ends in all who have power to act concurring in the opinion that the matter had better rest where it is, for fear the requisite rules and regulations may be infringed by a censure on a superior officer. Such is virtually the case as regards the present mode of procedure, and it does seem hard that an English citizen, whose civil rights are the wonder and admi ration of the world, should become shorn of his privileges and deprived of his safeguards, because he enters the ranks of our army to fight for our liberties and to endure hardship, privation, and toil. It has been a mismanaged affair throughout ; but painful as was the impres 3ion that the first recital of the events occa- aioned, it is rendered tenfold more poignant by the reflection that it has .gone forth to the world that, from the high places of command, such pro ceedings have been sanctioned as legal, and that the powers that be have fully and honourably ac- quitted the offender. Without any disrespect to His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Command ing-in-Chief, who has doubtless been influenced by incompetent advisers, and whose conduct has always been productive of unqualified approval from all quarters, it is not going too far to say that the late Duke of WELLINGTON would have taken a decided stand upon this matter. The whole of the Mhow proceedings would have called forth his strongest censure, and the arrest of LILLEY would never have been passed over by one who, during his long con nection with the Army, was often accused of coldness and want of sympathy by his officers, but who never failed in exercising and exacting the strictest justice towards the humblest in the ranks. This is the only true principle on which to govern, for rules and regulations can be of great value in sending forth a concentrated and well organised army, but they are but the guinea stamp, after all ; the ster ling metal may exist independent of their orna meat, or they may be the superscription on a coun terfeit coin. The Danish Government is at last weary of con cessions, and appears resolved to try what effect an open declaration that the limits of its patience are nearly reached will have upon the German in truders. It has announced in plain and unmistake able language that the passage of the Eider will be regarded as a casus Belli under whatever form it may be attempted or whatever pretext may be put forward to disguise its real intentions. Denmark is willing to accept Earl RUSSELL'S proposed Conference, having nothing to fear from an assembly which can scarcely call treaties and forms of renunciation mere waste paper, but this consent, too, is made condi tional on the undisputed possession of the Eider. The advance of Federal troops to whatever na tionality they may belong, from Holstein into Schleswig, will be looked upon as a sign for the commencement of hostilities, and in such a case Denmark is resolved " to enter on the war with all energy and to prosecute it as long as the resources of the country will permit." This language leaves no doubt of its meaning, and it is not used too soon. The menacing tone and continual encroachments of the Diet have been in no wise modified by the efforts of Denmark in favour of conciliation and .peace. It has now arrived at the conclusion justly stated by Earl RUSSELL, that if a struggle is to come Denmark had better fight while she yet re tains her strength, and not suffer herself to be dismantled in a vain hope of avoiding war. The execution in Holstein has been turned to such good account by the enemies of the King, that it is scarcely likely an extension of it would be suffered by the most complaisant Government. It is well that Denmark has at last assumed her proper atti tude, relying no longer on the doubtful support of her allies or on the moderation of her aggressors, and boldly declaring that she will stand or fall by the maintenance of her national integrity Such a warning does not come too soon, for in the sitting of the Diet on the 14th the Austro-Prussian proposal was to the effect that the Confederation should demand the suspension of the November Constitution, and, in case of a refusal on the part of Denmark, proceed to the military occupation of Schleswig. It was suggested that the forces which would be required for the occupation of Schleswig should be raised to the necessary strength. This sage and moderate proposal was lost by a vote of 11 ,o 5, upon which Austria and Prussia declared that ,hey would take the matter in hand themselves. Whether both of them might not see reason very quickly to repent of any such proceeding, is a ques tion that may very safely be asked. The conduct of Prussia in this matter has been such as entirely to alienate from her those sympathies which were readily called forth by her struggle for constitu tional liberty. The Prussians can, it seems, make great professions and persevering efforts on behalf of their own constitution, but they have little regard for the rights of other nations. They can declaim about the requirements of the Germans in Schleswig and Holstein, while the political wants of the Poles in:Posen are very little heeded. There is plenty of room for reform at home in East and West Prussia, before they need extend their care to the banks of the Eider. It is much to be regretted that the young Prince, whose connection with our Throne has made him an object of special interest, and who was supposed to be a friend of liberality and mode ration, should have espoused the cause of the Prince of AUGUSTENBURG. It is a political error on his part, as it will incline Europe to look upon him as an aggressor and a breaker of treaties, while it will forfeit the favour of the English people, whom he may hereafter have to turn to for alliance and aid. Lord RUSSELL has spoken out strongly to Saxony ; we trust he will carry his remonstrances a little further, and inform those diplomatists at Vienna and Berlin, whose influence has sometimes proved so fatally fascinating to him, that England is prepared to support Denmark in her resolution to preserve the north of the Eider inviolate, and that any infrac tion of the Treaty of 1852 will be regarded as a sign for the recal of the English ambassador. In his communication of Dec. 17 to Mr. MURRAY, our representative at Dresden, Earl RUSSELL very properly points out the absurdity of the statement of the German Powers that their subscription to the Treaty of 1852 was no longer binditig, as Denmark had failed to keep her engagements with them. " The entire basis of treaty arrangements in Europe would be overthrown if such an excuse for the breach of a clear and simple treaty could be ad mitted. Any Sovereign might say--' My reason for withdrawal from such a treaty was that I had made another agreement with one of the parties thereto. This other agreement has been violated ; my treaty with you is therefore null and void." But it is useless to argue against a conviction founded on interest and ambition. The wolf is never at a loss for an excuse to eat his lamb, and Count PITZEIUM, in his reply to Earl RUSSELL, appears to overlook the fact that the efforts of the father of MARIA THERESA to obtain the consent not only of the great Powers, but of the Estates and Assemblies of his own realms, by no means pre vented FREDERICK of PRUSSIA from quietly ap propriating that fair province of Silesia which is to this day incorporated in the Prussian monarchy. Truly an exact observance of the professions of two or three hundred years ago, and a rigid application of those principles whose observance Prussia insists upon at Copenhagen, would prove very awkward at Berlin. It is rumoured, with what correctness is uncertain, that France intends encouraging the Diet in its resistance to the Treaty, and thus still further to complicate matters. "Light but one beacon and the hills sha!l blaze," The first soldier who crosses the Eider may apply the torch to a.conflagration that shall extend through Europe. It is the sense of the vast and uncertain results that makes the combatants hesitate to strike, but Denmark at least has learned the truth so ill appreciated by our Cabinet that a firm front, and a due preparation for war, is the best means of securing peace. The de spised Schleswig-Hoistein question is now absorb ing the attention of Europe, and the great question of peace or war still remains unanswered, while the doors of the temple of JANUS Swings doubtfully on their hinges. Madlle. Augusta Thompson, who will be recol lected as having gained the first prize for singing at the Conservatoire two seasons ago, has since been pursuing her musical studies in Paris. She has this week left for Scot land, where she is engaged for a series of Glasgow concerts, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAM.] DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, JAN. 16, Among the bills submitted to the Rigsdag is one for the introduction, in Denmark, of trial by jury on the English system. THE BADEN ARMY, CARLSRUHE, JAN. 16. The Ministry have determined that preparations shall be made for placing the army upon a war footing. The Ministers at Vienna and Berlin have beeu instructed to make representation to the re spective Governments relative to the intended oc cupation of Schleswig. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. KIEL, JAN. 16. Duke FrAerick received a deputation of Holstein clergymen to-day. The Danes are reported to be busily engaged in breaking up the ice upon the Schlei, The order for the evacuation of the castle of Gottorp has been revoked. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,— I have said the words " it shall be lawful," which occur in the first clause of the act of 1840, under which Townley has been reprieved, are permsssive, not peremp • tory. Their meaning, I contend, is that the Secretary of State "may" reprieve the prisoner if he sees reason, not that he " must" do so whether he sees reason or not. And my reason for holding this view is that, if it is not the right one, then it must have been the intention of the Legislature, and is the meaning of the act, t o give power to a brace of county " Dogberries," arm in, arm with a brace of "starved apothecaries," to overrule and extinguish the Lord Chief Justice of England and a jury, to quash the judgment of the Lunacy Commissioners, to nullify the opinion of the Crown lawyers, headed by the Attorney and Solicitor-General as well as the Secretary of State ; and finally, to make the Crown itself subservient to the execution of their august crotchets. Now, I submit it is utterly impossible that this can be the meaning of the act, or the intention of the legislature. We have heard great clamour lately against the punish. mane of death for murder. But what proof more conclusive that hanging is the most efficient preventive of murder, than this very clamour raised against it on the ground of its severe and terrible character ? But this clamour raised against hanging in general and the hanging of Wright in particular, proves something mere. It proves how unwise, how unjust, how cruel to society whose lives are endangered, it is to let a murderer escape the punishment he deserves. Directly one murderer is allowed to get off, like Townley, it is immediately put forth as a precedent for letting other murderers escape. It Townley had not been wrongfully exempted, Wright would not have been the object of such misplaced morbid sym pathy, or the subject of a protest against awarding to murderers the severest punishment known to the law, merely because he was rightly hung. No sensible person has any feeling in the matter ; nobody capable of reasoning feels anything like vindictiveness against either Townley or Wright ; nor is it pretended by the wise and humane that . either should be punished for the sake of mere expiation. But what we say is, that your life, Sir, mine, and every body else's ought to have the best protection and security that the law can give us ; in other words that, murder being the worst of all crimes known to the law, the convicted mur derer should with the utmost speed and certainty undergo the severest punishment known to the law, in order to deter men from destroying life. We bave heard a good deal about Wright beirg hurried out of the world too rapidly for repentance. I exposed this nonsense before. It is a blasphemous reflection upon the character of the all wise, all merciful, omnipotent, and infinitely just Supreme Being to urge that He cannot, or will not, make all due allowance for the circumstances of the case. It is not necessary to criticise the implication that a few weeks or months of sel fish and equivocal repentance under sentence of death ought to wipe off whatever punishment, present or future, is due to the shedding of human blood, which is death by the Divine law, by which these very sophists pretend to be guided. Wright expressed himself quite happy and comfortable in his mind, and quite sure he was forgiven, and that he had nothing to fear in the next world. Men ought to be punished twice over, here and hereafter, or they ought not; in the one case deathbed repentance will not save them, however prolonged ; in the other, deathbed repentance is not necessary to save them. Indeed, it is doubtful how far it is expedient to make murderers believe that they have only to say certain prayers, and think certain thoughts, and that their crimes will b© forgiven in the next world, so that they have only "a bad quarter of an hour" to suffer in the present outside of Newgate or Horsemonger-lane, cheered and sustained by the huzzas of a mob drunk and delirious with excitement, and shouting "Bravo!" "God bless you, my lad I" " Judicial murder I" "No more hang ing !" Truths, sir, ought to be told. There is an immense deal of morbid cant in the world ; not only morbid, but mis chievous. There are those who would place the lives of the whole country in jeopardy, from an unnatural abnormal sympathy with the shedder of human blood. To save the life of one who has destroyed human life they would make all human life unsafe, and expose every member of the com munity to the knife of the assassin. Against this sin, which is virtually murder in the second degree, as being accessory in general before the fact, pray, sir, publish the protest of COMMON SENSE. What the Emperor said to the Ambassadors on New Year's Day. It was just three minutes past one when the Em peror entered the Salle des Marechaux, and the clock of the Tuileries struck the quarter past as the company left the hall. It is but just to say that his Majesty made the best use possible of the twelve minutes allotted to the service of diplomacy, for in that restricted space he found means to pay his usual annual compliment to Monseigneur Chigi, the Pope's Nuncio; to hope (aloud), in the ear of M. de Budberg, that the amicable understanding between France and Russia would continue to exist ; to ex press, in a marked manner, to Djemil Pasha all the pleasure which his master the Su tan had effordei him by his ready acquiescence to the invitation to the Congress, to which Djemil Pasha winked and stuttered, and made a most truly graceful and Oriental bend of the head, but answered not a word, which silence may be accounted for by his total ignorance of the French language. Then a few words to the Count de Goltz, to condole, with hint on the indisposition which has prevented the King, his master, from holding the usual reception on the occasion of the New Year; to thank M. Isturitz, in many words, for the cordial reception accorded to the Empress, and to assure him that both their Majesties would preserve an eternal sou venir of the regal hospitality of Spain. Then came the turn of the Republican Dayton, who also re ceived his share of compliment in the wish ex pressed by his Majesty that the coming year would be one of conciliation for the adverse parties in America,. Prince Metternich got his ready made phrase likewise, and so did M. de Kern, but when his Majesty came to Lord Cowley he seemed to hesitate for a moment, then passed by without uttering a word. It might be that time pressed; it might bo that he had nothing to say; or, better still, that there was so much to be said that he felt that it were wise not to begin. But whatever the cause, the consequence was great astonishment on the part of the company, and some little embarrass. ment on the part of his Lordship. The greatest wonder of all, however, in the morning's perform ance was the late arrival of M. Nigra, the Italian Ambassador, whoentered the hall absolutely radiant with smiles—all gay with bright " good mornings," just as the whole assembly was leaving. Those who know more than they read declare that the negligence was intentional, that Victor Emmanuel wishes neither to receive nor bestow compliments just now, and that M. do Nigra had received in structions from Turin concerning the behaviour he was to adopt ; others assign for the omission merely a natural cause. His Excellency's toilet was most elaborate, his tenue unexceptionable. He is a late mau—twelve o'clock is an early hour—and there fore was the Chevalier Nigra rather behindhand with his New Year's compliments. The only thing which could justify suspicion was the perfect un concern with which the Chevalier took his misfor tune, for he joined the groups who were departing, and mingled-in the conversation on the stairs, with as much ease and freedom as though he were ascending to the hall of audience instead of descend ing without being heard: CONSPIRACY, OR NO CONSPIRACY ?—W a have no further details about the plot, writes the Paris correspondent of one of our morning contemporaries, and as is invariably the case, some sceptics set a rumour afloat, which, however, few people are simple-minded enough to believe in, that the whole is a trumped-up affair. I can re member that under Louis Philippe the Republican journals used openly to complain that the police invented the con spiracies which marked that unfortunate monarch's reign to claim credit for putting them down. Only two days before Fieschi's attempt (see Guizot's " Memoires") one of the papers actually printed this :—" The Citizen King yes terday came to the Tuileries from Neuilly, with auguste fatale.' He was not in the least assassinated." Two days later Fieschi's infernal machine scattered death throughout the King's escort, It is the same sort of spirit that denies the existence of the present plot, which, after the particulars given in the official law papers, no man in his senses would venture to deny. According to the Italie of Turin, Trabucco is a native of the Terra di Lavora, and has been several times in gaol. Greco was brought up, according to the same aultority, at the Seminary of Pizzo ; he was expelled from the Jesuits' Convent at Naples, after wards expelled from the Barnabite Convent, and finally found a refnge among the I►nmaculatelli at Castellamare— a kind of political Bon Basilio. Both he and Trabucco are said to be mu,icians. ROSSINI'S " MOISE;' AND AUBER'S " MA sANTELLo," are the groat attractions of the Grand Operas in Paris. MR. BENEDICT has returned from his rush over to Germany to superintend the production of his " Colleen B awn." WILLIE PAPE R THE AMERICAN BOY PIANIST, is making a very successful provincial tour. ANE. ARABELLA GODDARD, the pigniste, dill return to town, fron) Boulogne, next week. SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 15. The debate on the constitutional question closed to-day in the Senate. The Government motion tiat the bill on the con stitutional reform should be •oted article by article, has been thrown out by 93 against 53 votes. The final vote will take Vac() to-nforrow. Rumours of a ministerial crisis are again current. F RANCE. BOURSE, Jaa. 15.—The market continues heavy, but without any variation in quotations, Threes, for the Account, remaining at 66fr. 65c. Mobilier is also unchanged. Railway Shares quiet, but well maintained. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents 94 50 It.tian Loan 6B 25 Do. end month.... _ Do, end month 6B 80 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 66 55 Do. end month 69 50 Credit Mobilier....lols Rtesian Do. end m0nth....1035 Austrian .. BO Bank Shares ...... 3300 Spinish Threes 5Ol Credit k oncier .... Herne Debt . 49 75 Roman - .M. Cash. Account. 991 25 .. 991 25 948 75 .. 950 RAIL . Orleans Northern .... New ditto Lyons and Meditorranean 931 25 .. 938 75 New ditto ----- 890 .. - Southern 652 50 656 25 Western - Eastern .... 4Th 75 .. 478 75 Sardinian 386 Austrian ...... Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 281 25 .. 282 50 AMERICA. The Inman steamer City of Edinburgh, from N6W York on the 2d instant, has arrived, after an unusually stormy passage. There is very little of real interest transpiring in financial circles, and the usual holiday of quietude is the ruling feature. A comfortable feeling is every where manifest, and the New Year is ushered in under circumstances which are highly favourable. Our financial affairs are in a healthy state, and pro mise a steady improvement. The apprehensions which prevailed ons year ago are no more felt, and it is the general belief that there will henceforth be a steady growth in property. The advent of the National Banks has marked a new era in the financial world, and there is no question that this new system of banking will tend to the good of the country. Mr. Charles Christmas, of the firm of August Belmont and Co„ representatives here of the Rothe °hada, retires from the firm after an experience of nearly half a century in Wall-street. Mr. Mat thiessen also withdraws from the house. The busi ness will hereafter be conducted by Mr. Belmont. The movement in general trade has been light, ' though fair for the season, On Thursday there was but little business done, the merchants being more desirous of squaring up than of assuming new obli gations. We hear of many proposed changes, some of which are of the oldest and best known firms in the city. The markets were firm for the most part, at the close—merchants generally anticipating an active movement soon. The stock of some kinds of goods on hand were not fully made up on Thursday, but they will appear in our next issue. Gold has not been subjected to any very violent changes since our last, though the bulk of the sales have been at rather lower rates. The closing rates at 5 p.m. may be found below. Foreign . exchange has been dull, and the busi ness for the steamer was light. Sterling bills have been sold at 1661 per cent. The telegraph announces, that 35,000,000 of legal tender interest-bearing Treasury Notes will soon be delivered to the public. They are to be negotiated through the National Banks. The notes under 100 dole. will b e w i thout coupons, an d payable in one year from January 1, 1864, with interest at maturity. Th e note of 100 dole. and upwards will have coupo ns, and payable semi annually, and the prin c i pal will be redeemable in two years from the Ist of January, 1861. These notes will bear a uniform date, 50,000,000 dole. of these notes were sold i n advance to the Associated Banks in September last , which will be paid before they are delivered to th e public. The loan market has been rather more active,but rates are the same. Call loans are quoted 7 to 8, but regular borrowers have no difficulty in obtain ing accommodation at the inside figure. There is much speculatio n concerning the probable effect of the propos e d negotiations through the National Banks of th e i n t erest -b earing Notes at par a n d interest, legal tender Treasury The market for Gover b ment securities remains Th e twent y -y ear without decided ch ange , six par firerfirer, as likewise the certi ficates and Coup on sixes. _ -- The biddings for £ 4 00,000 Government bills on India were received at the Bank of England on the 16th. Th e app li cat i ons Within the limits amounted to £1,240,000. £21 0,000 Were allotted on Calcutta, £170,000 on Bombay, an d £20,000 on Madras. The minimum price w as unaltered, 18- 111 d. per rupee on Calcutta and 'quirts, an d is. 111 d, on Bombay. Tenders at l s . 111 1 °a Calcutta receive about 9 per cent.; on Bomb ay at 23. oid,, in fall, no allotment being mad e b e l ow that r a t e ; and at ls. llid. on Madras, a b out 6 0 percent. On the Continent money Paris, is rather hi g h er i n and at St. P ete rsbur g rates are me re l y nominal. There has bee n an active movem ent in stocks since our last, th ough t o the market has ds, not r, are ry buoyant. S ome few sh ares have sold largely o n speculation, b u t at irregular Some prices. On the whole rates are rather lo ser. considerably hi g h er. Governmen t stocks were steady. Th e prin;khow been eve very afternoon, it havi ng'! , pal sales at the B oard were of "7 the Five Twenty .iear bee Six n es a was no second Iseasion of the Board on Thursda y voted °ltel to 101. There d li to adjourn over until to-day. being pushed along THE IMPERIAL daily indulging his favourite exercise of skating, or to Mr. Kinglake be it said), and ..--To see the Emperor the ponds of the Bois de Boulog"' ono would never imagine he had just escaped 4, imminent a danger I But Louis stands him in good stead. Whilst i n S a K s i l e T d l ßS oo the ice of one or other of nerve (with all duo respect Napoleon is a man of no common to be one of the leadint; features of his character, in so far fixed his glance sternly en tho his fatalism, which is said fired off in the imme at Compiegne to a meet, a gun apes carriage. The Emperor (hate proximity of the Imperial driving a few weeks ago chock VMS blanched into deadly and indifference, and her side an appearance of calmnessthe Imperial Eugenie's succeeded so very far that, a hhougli E al prses, as if to enforce on who accompanied the Imp erial and continued the any cry which could betray emotion, con versation which had been so untowardly interrupted. This paleness, she suppressed beard it from the lady anecdote I can vouch for, having . occasion, p air on, this particular What is the Law for Murder ? A Scene in the Corps Lcgislatif. During the discussion in the Corps Legislatif on Wednesday, M. Jales Favre delivered a speech against the interference of the Government in elec tions. From the report of the debate we extract the fo'lowing passage as a specimen : M. J. Favre—The electors of Palis have neither wished to overthrow the Government nor to cause a revolution. They have affirmed the policy which we have defended. They have declared us to be right and have condemned you. This is the truth. (Loud interruption.) A Voice--The whole of France has condemned you. M. J. Fevre—The electors and deputies who should wish to overthrow the Government would be factious men. But the Government which should wish to attack the electors and destroy their work would be also factious, for it would place itself above the laws. What Paris wished for is the immediate application of liberty. (Renewed interruption.) M. Rouher—By what means ? The President—M. J. Favre, the language you have just made use of is not Parliamentary. The electors of Paris have voted for you ; they have wished for nothing, and have no right to do so. M. E. Picard—Then the others have not wished for anything either. It is necessary to be logical. The President—l had already warned M. J. Favre in particular that a theory which consists in separating deputies, in making categories of them, and in attributing to some a value according to the number of their electors is a dangerous one, contrary to the Constitution and to the truth. It is a bad kind of discussion that has been introduced here. It is to excite hatred one against the other ; and certainly division. (Approbation.) M. J. Favre—l shall reply. The President—You may reply what you ohoose, but I maintain that your discussion is contrary to true Parliamentary rules. (Approbation.) In the first place, what have you had in Paris ? Simply a majority. Do you not reckon those who have Voted against you ? M. J. Favre-50,000 out of 180,000. The President—l say that it is a kind of discus sion that cannot be accepted, for it may be objected to you also that you are the result of bad passions. Certainly your election may be attacked as you attack those of others. M. J. Favre—l do not do it. The President—You have said that the electors of Paris wished for immediate liberty. M. J. Favre—l maintain it. (Cries of " Order, order.") The President—To what tribunal can you have recourse in order to judge what the electors wish for ? Is it to your own opinion ? There is only one tribunal created by the law; it is the Chamber itself, which has validated the elections. You are here in a very restricted number; you cannot change that situation, and alter the propositions, by an abuse of language which I shall not allow to be introduced into this Assembly. (Approbation.) M. Glais-Bizoin--Those are only appreciations. The President—They are more than that. Main tain your right, and if you wish to do so, use it with moderation and with proper considerations towards your colleagues. (Renewed approbation.) M. J. Favre—l never intended to say that the electors of Paris wished for liberty by means con • demned by the law. I expressed, as I had a right to do after the attacks of M. Segris, my idea of the election. You, like us, wish for liberty, but whilst we pursue its immediate realisation you wish to postpone it. We also wish to have truth in the elections, for which the country would be grateful. (Murmurs.) M. Rouland—lt is not my intention, gentlemen, to make a long speech. I rise only to make a protest, in the name of the Government, of the Chamber, and of the country. (Applause.) I did not intend replying to the first speech of M. Jules Fevre, because he has given us only a new edition of griefs and complaints which have always been victoriously refuted; but when I find that the Chamber has but just emerged from the long de bates of a verification carried on for nearly a month, to examine and redress all abuses, I say it was not considerate, it was not honest, to reproduce.— (Exclamations.) M. J. Favre—These are insults ! M. Rouland—l repeat that it was neither consi derate nor honest to reproduce such accusations. M. J. Favre—l ask to speak on a personal ques tion. M. Darimon—To insult a person is not to answer him ! M. Rouland—lt is not my habit to insult any ewe. M. J. Favre—lf you mean to insult, we are no longer your adversaries ! M. Thiers—What language are we speaking it the word " honest," employed as you have done, is not an insult? We should surely respect each other ? (Noise.) M. Rouland—ln order to be able to tell the Chamber that it emanates from a vitiated source, M. J. Favre cites facts without dates—facts that have already been discussed during the verification. Such being the language, I think it my duty to pro test. (Applause.) When M. J. Favre, yielding to the bitterness of his feelings, comes and tells us that it was Paris that sent him and his party to the Chamber, and that Paris is France— M. J, Favre—You distort my words. M. Picard—Paris is not France; it is only the brain of France. M. Thoinnet de la, Turmeliere—A very mad brain ! M. Latour du Moulin—We cannot submit to be told that Paris is the brain of France. M. le Pre. sident, call M. Picard to order ! (Agitation.) M. Rouland—M. Jules Favre said, speaking of himself and his friends, that Paris, in naming them deputies, had ratified their doctrines and pronounced condemnation on you. Such was the exact phrase. What does it mean ? Paris is the glorious capital of a great empire, and I respect its elections. But what are they compared with the elections of the whole of France ? (Applause.) What is this right, arrogated by certain deputies, of con demning the elections of France by those that have been profitable to themselves ? And who has the right to speak in the name of France ? Who, gentlemen ? Why The Chamber in its majority. I protest against things which attack the honour of the Chamber. (Lund applause.) M. J. Favre—lt has often been said that we are to respect one another, and such moderation ought to be equally observed by Government orators. But the President of the Council of State has not only criticised my words, but even my intentions. M. Rouland—l have said nothing personally offensive, and have only found fault with a political and oratorical proceeding of which I disapprove. The debate was then adjourned. OLIVER CROMWELL'S HEAD.—The Lord Pro tector, it will be remembered, was buried in West minster Abbey. " I well recollect my father the Dean,' , says Mr. Frank Buckland, "pointing out the place to his friends. The grave was situated in the very centre of the centre chapel, at the east end of King Henry Vll.'s Chapel, but there is no stone to mark the place. We read On the 3d September, 1658 (the anniversary of his victories at Dunbar and Worcester, and several other important events of his life), Oliver Cromwell died of fever and tertian ague, in the 60th year of his age. His burial was conducted with unusual pomp and magnificence at Westminster; but his corpse was not suffered to rest in peace. At the Restoration it was disinterred by the Royalists, and having been hung at Tyburn, was cast into a hole beneath the gallows.' fhe head was subsequently separated from the body and placed on an iron spike over the gate at Temple Bar. The last heads placed there were those of Townley and Fletcher, the rebels, iu 1746. Here it remained till it was blown down by the wind. It was at that moment picked up by a soldier, who immediately secreted it. It remained in the family of this soldier for several generations, till at last, not many years ago, it was given by the last survivor of his family to l'slr. Wilkinson, a surgeon of Sandgate, near Folkcstono, and is at this moment in the possession of this gentleman's son. The skin, covering the skull, is quite hard and dry, but in excellent preservation. I regret to say I have not seen it myself. The hair of the moustache still remains, and the wart also, which we see represented in portraits of the face of Oliver, is plainly to be seen. The hole made by the iron spike when the head was placed on Temple Bar is still there ; and the flesh has been embalmed, which would not have been the case with the remains of any ordinary pdrson. With the head are preserved the actual documents, in which are offered largo rewarda for tho restoration to the authorities of the head after it was blown down, and sever e th reats upon those w h o retainefl it knowingly after these notices were published," 11 Tint A_ • gi ro T at Letismir'CSAft HER MAJESTY. 15. OSBORYE, Jan. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived. at Osborne yesterday, and had the honour of d in " with her Majesty and the royal family. The Dean of Windsor end the Hon. Mrs. We lles ' ley have also arrived. The Hon. Lucy Lytteiton has succeeded the g° ° ' Emily Cathcart as maid of honour in waiting. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Tne bulletin yesterday exhibited at Marlborough Rouse ran as follows : " Frogmoro, Jan. 15, 11 tom "Her Royal Highness the Princess of 1 1 / 6 1e5 continues to make an uninterrupted recovery. " The infant prince is quite well. " The next bulletin will be issued on the 1 7111 instant. (Signed) " ARTHUR FARRE, 31.1il His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at• tended by Captain Grey and Mr, Fisher, wept t/11 hunting yesterday morning, and afterwards 03' turned to Frogmorp to lunch. The Duke of Montrose, with the Marquis Grabill:l3' and Lady Imogene Graham, are prolonging th e ! visit to Lady Emily Foley, at Stoke Edith Park, Herefol" shire. The Duke is expected to return to town next Wee' The duchess and Lord Ronald have left P ar i s on a COW nental tour. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll leave R° ele ; neath, Dumbartonshire, next week for their residence Campden-hill, Kensington. The Earl and Countess of Derby arrived at thei r residence at St. James's-square last evening from linoWel e r park, Lancashire. The Earl of Listowel has arrived at the 6t. George's, Hotel. A 'a The Countess of Elgin, as bef ore announce d / 1 0 our columns, is expected home next month. a confirmation of what has already appeared, we u nderet t that the relatives of Lady Elgin have been informed L' fi her ladyship and family em b ar k e d on th e 28th ult. , i/ri to are expected to reach Suez on the 18th inst. en W l ' England. The Earl of Cawdor and L a dy Vi c t o ria Cal; bell and Hon. Misses Campbell left:town yesterday f° r family seat, Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire. tbr Lady Bloomfi e ld h as l e ft t own f or PatO r 11° Sussex, on a visit to Lord Leconfield and family ladyship is expected to return on Monday next. mot The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Esche's he will arrive in town on Monday next from Sir Step Glynne's seat, Hawarden Castl e , Fli n t s hi re . Mrs. ‘ l ,l ' stone, together with the family, com e t o t own the nelt t u h t 9; AN ACT OF BRAVERY.—A few days ago, Lord Broke was strolling on the beach of the Susses c:;: se near Worthing at ebb-tide, an i n f an t i n c h arg e of 311 t he wandered away to a place where it was surrounded b 1 to water coming in, and was carried along with the tide P- o t. the deeps which alternat e w ith th e s h a ll ows a l on g this e°t ' c Lord Broke, although unable to swim, dashed in wi t r l ftet moment's hesitation and succ e ed e d i n sav i ng the cbi l ' 6 o rd being once or twice overwh e l me d by th e waves. jl Broke, the eldest son of th e E ar l o f W arw i c k, is a b o y years of ago. f th . The Imperial party go on one or other c) " if pr ponds every d a y, th e E mpress being gell—,!itie" taken in h an d by some exper i ence d s k at i ng l a dy or g e- ter , man, and bei ng s till a very t i m id an d diffident to i t Mme. de Morny was y es t er d ay t o b e seen With 'r f ee scarlet stockings, Polish boots with red heels, short Te ar pelisse trimmed with fur and black cap to match, 03p0 , 1.if f iait ing her Majesty by hand and example to a bolder da3'l,-, ordinary. The Empress wore not a Polonaise, bu t a :113 4 velvet dress raised up all round, and leaving the b oot : - ankles exposed. —Paris Correspondent of the" Quee°' LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC M E ETINGS V-A ng % ENSUING WEEK.—Monday—Asiatic, at 3; pro' tects, at 8. Tuesday—Statistical, at 8, " Commer ci 4, l - 4 o r gress of Central B r iti s h N or th America," Professor J-1-tee: Anthropological, at 8, " Extinction of Races,'' at iotz Bri a: n at d pun rk "Extinction ic7a,titas 4niodo "East of Races," Mr.Rc Coast Ha c e s e s t p , b ' p ' a et l: i s r e e n R Tenh "Closing d a y m s Thames and nf E d i he g oe i i n sw e r 3 8 a ," sh s t Mr. Redman; Royal Institution, at 3, " ExPe r l f , elL its' Optics, Professor Tyndall. Wednesday —Society at 3' Hind, and l " ; Geological, at 8, "Supposed Glacial Drift, Labrador retti' D lil i e f t t eo p ro a l p o o g s i i c t a e l , , at 7; Society of Arts, sula, W.C., and Valley of the Saskatchewan," pro, f 0 0 .1; Maw. Thursday—Z oo l og i ca l, V et a t i 4 le ; Y ß of oy t a lheASceavdeermny,', "Architecture," Professor Smirke ; Antiquaries, ti t // 11'; Linnean, at 8, "New Annelid from I. of Ascension, rf• Baird, " New Species of Xylotria inhabiting Fresh Wn'te,s,r, Mr. Wright, and " Dicelluroo, a new genus of Thystu lli f 3; " E . xp H er a i l m id e a n y ta ; Royal, l optics,, ,atrrSolfe;ssßororraylndlanlslt;iteuthioeurati 40:: 8, " Absorption of Mixed Gases in Water, es' , - .1 " Urochrome," Dr. Dhudichum. Friday—Royal In tjt,' tion, at 8, " Boiling Water," Mr. Grove. Satlll.-,-,,c" Royal Institution, at 3 " Antiquityl,,upw" , of Man," AIX. —.Atheneum. A Yesterday a treaty of amity, commerce, 011 " • 0 1 vf gation was signed by Mr. Dubois, the minister a x' a _ s ,,,.lo / Mr. Ralston, the consul general of Liberia, the reel',-0: plenipotentiaries of the two contracting negro rePnbiletbo LISZT'S "LIFE:OF . CIIOPIN” (rather as a biography) so far as it is biography d°es,ter is more than read the Polish composer's life and ch aril " his music. It sees in his tormented melodies th e ; of Mr. VirattS, .tte irritable mind of the man who, while yet young , di soil ° hopeless disea se , an d di scusses a t length in BLic- : o d chapters first the Polonaise as it was before CLOP in i o fac t Chopin's hands, and then his Mazurkas showing t /JO vidual soul in his music, so passing to reccillectiooo oral life and charact e r f u ll o f mus i c i an ly s ympathy 313 d THE UNICORN.—That such an anill aal e friendship. b t e : eli B itaheexr extinct; can, oet ; b l at think, more be probablelitt e d tb o a u t b , t; it i a ts P o rea 7 ; l :;:t r iirab 0 : : (which it must always be rememberfleydinagre whom white men have never visited, he has conoea sty self in those vast forest wastes of Central Af rica " r b se le , u asps u o i A n ,k, h Net a hn b Ae i o t m e yf d ,oEuuß a no n lgt d e unexplored.—Reade's 54.4196 -41 1 1 P e h i° A la N dw E satirically, h l o l) "fixes" the dinner table. Before she agre es w bothe r t o il° family she cross-examines her mistress as 1° dos r6u3Pc ; and , 13e i 3 cold mater house house is provided with Hecker's flour, brass pails, oil cloth on the stairs, and hot 4,^ord ° no' ' but is "picksinu oSuipl;l3llleetigtit°ll4dite9Artvd: laid on. Then she states the domestic afe 4 " izhich she is prepared to act. "Monday I homesto tot ei c t, r ria Be sY• body sp‘'aks to me. Tuesday I washes ,; Wednesday I irons ; you'd best let mou e -- ,b o a t day dbeaayulcpoi m ck es s . up i t l. l::: s h u ou n s d e ay : I'm awful uglY s a turda to ," , is a young lady. httos:antlivr :112"3:111-fe: per, but affectionate. Friday I bakes 9 g B ; rh ,, The "bille el l oe r mmde Ledger. is be c ene s arac u :nl i s e e: Sm s ah h bl el e e an d the pa e s rs : 10 71 1) / / : quire her assistance do not choßosieg driven raving mad by her perversity and her at .„ tes 13 0 that so many married couples in the venture on housekeeping for themselves, but _ 1 2 00' -United. e P ir,, ,,,ye ., „ end to year's end:in uproarious and cornfortle • ca 100: G. A. Sala, writing from New York. aboutraotftaean a t tends os o love and atalunnalr:se Shes:lnas alcitjare;iv thest eho souls d d i: l 6 L ira icierte::; EMILE DE GIRARDIN'S LAST charade at Compiegne has caused, b. 9 0 wo o P o r some little excitement. Bold was the inall" -li den art ll° ..otS sonage than Fleury, the very night before 11f 0 s. ; 4 01 1 ; 4 Copenhagen—who proposed the name of Pellatel'oa'segaelvot the sorest which could have been sug gested, by tho t he of the melancholy thrown over the Court cir lo l .idu al 0 4 4 of the election of that extremely obnoxious inci f Who ° e 1° representation of Paris. But Fleury, rr of-r insouciant nature, beholding the gloom throw. had veo°_,Og guests by the event, declared that as the subject t : 60 one of intense ennui, the individual himself i l, e astat i be made to serve for a little am usement, s tue oolw itja o ff e red for exercise to the wit and ingen uity a t sc od 00 4 assembly. Needless to describe ray first and , ~,0 whole was given up with admirable good ta:t nios a ( e P ci humour by one of the Court, and who moreover by a lucky chan e° ,„, ar ds , se with one of the most beautiful and luxuliant of vu c or a ; professed wits and is peculiarities of the individual represented Wer . e, _ ° c ops to produced to the life, amid the laughter of tr,_ dieo d ;to r " Well, Monsieur de Girardin," said one of th t; the eti• tm Court, surprised at witnessing the merriment u u03 , 0 0 4 0 of the fresse, who was amongst the batch of g,, N o t o '4 occasion, "do you not defend your friends ?" s a" fr ''" ,4 ' s they are victorious," returned Ensile with grest Lurfloor ' 4 a icli The met was eminently successful. Thu %/- to have alluded to it in the compliment d'aai e t ; owr ier,o e o 4 he honoured Girardin on his departur e from ti is 11 ,4 AN ATHENIAN LADY, Mrs. AVratni° tif ' ul 0 0 0 0 exhibiting at the Crystal Palace. a b ca ectu ral g` . 030 of Athena in papier nuicild, showing the aroin c 000. . 4 , deur of the ancient citadel, on a scale of 1 0 0 `;: a following edifices are marked in the model rival reference :—Grotto of Pan; Pellit-,gic AV; Ate e l i t : to Wall, Tomb of Talus, Theatre of B a t iosi Eumenus, Theatre of Herod (Odeon), Ire /3° l oll A To g w ri e p r p , a' , s rem C p o l l e um o n t , v Pi i r e t t a o c r o ) Tomb of the French General 't,h F cPc :v a'r i lli ; rlllV7llll)::°l:7llcilttfilc; til 3 judeVe4deuce of Greece, 1 Th oati4 11 4' 14111 i ,Vjt~ ° t t4 4t to e to