The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-30 00:00:00

AGENTS REQUIRED. HE ROYAL INSURAN CE COMPANY is p r epared to entertain applicatio ns for Agency an Ap Litei.- ments from gentlemen h a v in g command of Fire d Business. The Royal has always been conspicuous for its liberality an d promptitude in the settlement of claims. Itsannual Income is now over .................... X 50.1,1101 And its funds in hand exceed ...................... Xl,oo 0,000 Transfers of Policies from other Companies received 0 ( 0,000 Transfers charge for Policy, whatever the amount. Address, JOIIN B. JOIINSTON, Secretary. Royal Insurance.__:---Cnm an 29 Lombard-street ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT -GARDEN. Under the Manaaement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. NV. Harrison. THIS EVENING, to commence with the Second. Act of Balfe's popular opera, THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. After which, a Grand Christmas Pantomimes on a szale of unprecedented mai.znificence, entitled iIAILLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at half-past Six— _ommence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL D Ult Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs, Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Farce cf A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Mewars. Walter Lacy, Addison, G. Belmore, the Misses Helth, R. Leclercq, Murray. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBAD THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders of th World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; harlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, I'Vlessrs. W A. Barnes and J. aiorris ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and Misses Gunniss. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DEMONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD : Mess*s. IL Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland; Misses Percy, Pauline Leaercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and :Miss E. Lavenu. After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Broug,liim, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss hate Terry, E. Lavenu, M rs. Lee, and bliss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge 18 made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either ,for play bills or tor the safe keeping of hat. and cloaks, and t the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL HAY MARKET._ Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, BUCkStone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMER ICAN COUSIN Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, 6nowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, &c After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knight s of the Round Table. Messrs. Chipnandaie, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, BrOugh, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. I OYAL PRIN CESS'S THEATRE -1-b Sole Lesee and Manager, Jr. Geo. vi n i ng. Open for the Season. TL 'S EVENING, THE HONEYMOON . After which, lIARLEQUIA LITTLE TOM TTICKEIt • or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Wo a who Lived in a shoe and Had so Many child ren she dic TA know what to do. -11AioyAL ST. JAMES'S THE ATRE, under the Management of Mr. B . WEBSTER . T HIS EVENING, the new Comic Dr3ma of the HEN AND CHICKENS: Mrs. Stirling in her original character. At ter which, a Comical Conglomemtive Christmas Absur dity, by Henry J Byron, Esq. and entitled 1863 ; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON, wilt' a Shameful r e velation of Lady Somebody's Secret. New Scenery by Ranson and Sons. Appointments by Mr. Ireland. Music by M. Wallerstein. Principal characters by MI. J. L. Toole, Mr. I'aul Bedford, Miss Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, ,t c. And the BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS : Mr. J. L. Toole n his original character. NEW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER: Mr. J. L. Toole. to Eight, ;the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, It. Phillips; Bil ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billintcn. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortunio and his Seven Magi:: Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss ...Van! Josei.hs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY NIGHT. NrISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—Tnis EVENING, ITA_ the 77th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BA rEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's irnperso 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 STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, OBSERVATION AND FLIRTA TION. Atter which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURY DICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. TO conclude with TURN Hill our. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,' Containing - the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, :au be had Every Evening of G. IL GLLNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. RIG-1 - 1 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts' Dit-r.—Morr,ing, sh. 10m.—Afternoon, sh. 26m. To.4fORD-OU .-Mol Fling, sh. 46m.—Afternoon, sh. 59m. L The Weather—Sun Office, Dec. 30, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 5O Barometer-30.15. Wind—N.-Westerly ; moderate, and fine. Zit aiult L O DOLT, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30, 1863. The aeei . sion arrived at by the right hon. the :Home S t . to tary, in regard to the wretched criminal TowNixe ' a ppears to us to be one likely to prove in the highest de gree alarming in its consequences. • As constituting ,„t itself, now that it has been defi nitively announced a fearful precedent ,it holds out a frightful prospect (like Towei7f immunity to any future criminals 1 .1) of the blackest dye well imaginable. A more b rutal, a more dastardly murder—a murder more d eliberately done in cold blood—than that perpetrated by the hands of this miserable man • owhere to be found mentioned among all the cruel deeds recorded in the Ne wgEkte Calendar. The murderer, GEORGE VICTOR Towel Ley, a mani of education, a man even of ability, and, op to the date of his crime, enjoying among those who vas w him a reputation for refinement, though the deed, , t blood itself proved the refinement to be only a t etoe, merit of cruelty—has, by what appears to na am our weak concession on the part of the authorities, answer to a maudlin local clamour for a respite, been allowed to escap e f rom th e penalties of the law, to the weight of which he had been most justly declared to have rendered himself amenable. It is not that we would be understood to be here arguing in any way out of a sanguinary yearning to see vengeance done upon this wretched man, according to the old pitiless dispensation of the Mosaic code—wherein an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and a life for a life, each in its turn, was, as a rule, regarded as indispensable. All we are here desirous of insisting upon, in the instance of this educated assassin, this gentle murderer, is that while other condemned con victs are brought to the gallows and inexorably hung by the neck there until they are dead, for de e ds of blood in no way worse of their kind, in no wey don e , itt , • more atrocious deliberation, justice should not be Outraged by the flag= inconsistency of allowing this 3 perpetrator of a crime of double bleakness and triple infamy to escape from a punish ment to which lesser criminals are, as already in sisted upon, pitilessly doomed to lie the death. The particulars of Towee E . i . B crime need here no sort of recapitulation. It was a murder as coolly thought out and planned 88 any mur der that was ever perpetrated, previously to the date of its p e rpetration, not a suspicion , had been entertained in regard to the tia r a_ of the man now declared to be non corn/Jos mends, a cr i minal lanatie, a homicidal monomaniac. Hie eonteluct upon the occasion of the murder never gave 'le t one who saw him, or spoke with him, an impreissi et , that he was deranged. Throughout his loaf and J atient trial by a jury of his fellow-countrymen— ionest, intelligent, and impartial Englishmen (we at least may be allowed to speak of them thus, seeing that the trial is long since over, and that we never had any brief in this case confided to us)—honest, intelligent, impartial Englishmen, who were sworn to do this miserable man justice— throughout the whole of the long and patient trial of TOWNLEY for the murder of Miss GOODWIN, we say, the jury were in no way brought to believe, nor yet was the judge upon the bench who di rected the verdict, and who pronounced the sen tence, led to believe, that the prisoner at the bar was an irresponsible agent—that he was mad, or at any rate so far touched with madness as to be irre sponsible. After the trial has been completed, after the verdict has been delivered in by the jury, after the sentence of death has been pronounced upoa the condemned criminal by the lips of the Judge, then, but not until then, a morbid agitation is set on foot in the county tainted by his pre sence, an agitation most morbid of its kind, as it ap, pears to us, the promoters of which agitation ar e bent upon persuading th e authorities to do for this man of education, this reputed gentleman of refine ment, what it would be utterly preposterous to have attempted doing for an illiterate mechanic or a horny handed a gricultural labourer. The endeavour has been just now successfuly carried out. Miss GOOD WIN'S murderer has received a respite. Commissioners of lunacy have examined into the state of the mind of GEORGE TOWNLEY. They have presented their report to the Home Secretary. It is subsequent to the receipt of that report, and, of course, quite ob viously consequent upon it, that the criminal has been reprieved. All the regular forms have been com plied with —we don't doubt that in the least. Neither do we for one moment doubt that any single one among those who have in any way whatever, directly or indirectly, had a hand in bringing about this result, namely, the reprieve of TOWNLEY, upon the eve of his execution, has acted otherwise than from motives the most unimpeachably conscientious. Yet, while saying this quite frankly and un reservedly, we say, also, nono the less frankly, none the less unreservedly, that we look upon the whole transaction, we look upon the whole of this morbid interference with the course of justice, as not only most feeble in itself, but as cal culated to prove also, in its consequences, and in its character as a precedent, nothing less than most calamitous. Great strides have been made in shipbuilding of late years for augmenting the size of our ships of war, which has led to the construction of some splendid specimens of naval architecture. Despite the in cumbrance of their ponderous armour-plating, the Warrior, Black Prince, and their fellow leviathans, are handsome vessels, but they are all wanting in a most important requisite, namely, free ventilation. All steamers are more or less likely to be hot below from the presence of the furnaces and the boilers, and in iron-plated ships the impossibility of ventila tion‘througle the sides below the batteries is a great drawback. Many attempts have been made, with more or less success, to neutralise this, by creating draughts. by means of fans and hollow masts ; but for all this the unfortunate stokers and firemen on board, of many of our ships pass a portion of their existence in a semi-roasted state. In the late trial of the Hector, at Portsmouth, notwithstanding that it is almost the last of our iron frigates launched, was specially designed by the Comptroller of the Navy, and is, we believe, to be one of the ships which he promised should cclipe all ships afloat, the temperature during the runs over the measured mile in the engineers' and stokers' quarters was ex cessive, notwithstanding that the day was cold. The following are the temperatures taken during the first run :—On. deck, 46 deg. ; engine-room, fore part, 75 deg. ; middle part, 72 deg. ; aft, 76 deg. Stokehole, Ist run—Forepart, 70 deg.; middle, 117 deg. ; aft, 100 deg. 6th run—Fore part, 76 deg. ; middle, 130 deg. ; aft, 107 deg. If this is the atmosphere that our engineeers are to be sub. jetted to merely during a trial trip in cold weather, what are they to expect when the ship is in action ? and, instead of pure air being forced down between decks, smoke and sulphur will be added to their already close atmosphere. It is high time that the Admiralty bestirred themselves in this matter. We do not wish to detract from the merits of Mr. REED. He has undertaken to remodel our navy, and to turn out ships which shall in fact combine economy in construction, great speed, and immense strength. We cannot compliment him on the performances of the Hector at her recent trial, seeing that the Royal Oak and Warrior both excel her in speed— the former by more than a knot an hour, while the ventilation is most faulty. Great allowance must be made for the archi tect when he is trying experiments to find out the most advantageous mode of constructing a ship to carry heavy guns and impenetrable armour plating; but as the ventilation throughout our , steam navy is very defective, why s h ou ld no t the I Government offer a prize worth contending for, for a plan which should render the ventilation of steam ships a reality and not an idea? We believe that much of the excessive heat experienced on board our ships is occasioned by the fact of having the fires facing each other, so that the stokers work in a narrow passage with some dozen or more fires on each side of them. Now, were the boilers so arranged that the mouths of the furnaces faced the coal-bunkers on either side of the ship, time and labour would be saved, and the health of the fire men not endangered. This may be one otep in the right direction, bat we doubt not that many other improvements may be made if proper encouragement h given to engineering talent and enterprise by the G overnment. We read with horror of the suffer "‘ r the unfortunate victims who perished in the w- hole of Calcutta, without thinking what is the st ate Of the st o k e h o l es o f our own men - o f- war , especialll I nteresting just at the present time. There is 11 , --- ---------- t counting for prejudice. When once it takes root 1.4 men's minds no argumeqt seems capabie of uproot ing it, and no e ff or t s can i n d uce the predetermineotol,t convinced ag ainst their will. D," Th e notion that has - %lied in reg ard to the send ingto West Australia has been so that at last it has . deeply gain the day, and to prevail against the dictates of of a timely rootede°l2v convicts ts revolt "en allowed to a wise prudence, and the eugge, tio _. . . foresight. It is d that such a abandoned„ i project should have been rice it pro greatly to be reg rette d peat i n . it also mised so well for the furtherance of th„, , . terests of those concerned, and promised to confer essential service on those at borne, by relow, ing to another sphe re the unfortunate b ein g s vho, left on our shores, would infallibly have returned to their old courses, and exemplified the state of that man whose latter end was worse than his begin ning. A letter to the limes of yesterday very pro perly takes up the question, and points out some of the fallacies of those who so vehemently support the opposition to the project of Western Australia being selected as the receptacle of our convicts. The writer very truly declares that one authenticated instance of an escaped convict committing sericus crimes at Adelaide or Melbourne would go further to support the cas e th an a ll t h e hi gh sounding declamations I that have been uttered against the idea, There TIM SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENTNG, DECLARER 30, 1863. have been innumerable proofs afforded during the discussion of this vexed question that incalculable advantages would accrue to all parties immediately connected with the affair, and that no detriment could occur to the colonies that are in so much tri bulation at the notion, owing to the immense dis tance that lies between, and the other impediments that bar the passage of the unwelcome visitors from one place to the other. A passage is quoted from a letter of the Crown Solicitor to the Colony, who once resided in Adelaide, and he states that he gives a it as his decided opinion, after mature reflection and ample opportunity of forming a judgment, that the transportation system to Western Australia is a great advantage to both the convicts and the population, and that he also believes the plan to be innocuous so far as regards the remaining Australian Colonies. Nothing that can be adduced in the way of testi money, however, seems to hare been of any avail, and the consequence is that, as usual, the cause of improvement has been checked, and the services that might have been rendered to a class which pre-eminently require all the adventitious aids that can be given them, are lost for the present at all events, and the kindly wishes and energetic schemes thrust churlishly back on their propounders. It seems a cruel wrong to inflict upon the convicts themselves thus to debar them from a great privi lege, and to shut the door upon all efforts to amelio rate their position and deprive them of the benefit of entering into a new sphere of action, and seeking a new world, as it were, where they might more easily put off the sins that so readily beset them in the old one. This is a sad reflection to dwell upon, and it seems desirable to consider whether it cannot be contrived that something should be done to mitigate the evil, and thus lessen the extent of the disappointment which such a decision as that referred to must inevitably occasion. If the spot that was selected is not to be permitted to remain the trial-ground of the system to the degree proposed, why not seek a fresh sphere, and discover new opportunities for carrying on the good work that has been checked and stopped in the desired localities. There are vast tracts of fertile country in the north-west and ncrth of Australia, as yet but partially explored, but enough of these parts is already known to inform us of their value. 'Why should not convict labour open up the resources of these districts the same way that it developed those of New South Wales, Tasmania, and Queens land ? Why should the colonists of New South Wales and other districts remote from Swan River act the part of the dog in the manger ? Govern ment have restricted the number of convicts to the old quota. Let them be satisfied with this, and remain quiescent for the future, and let the Govern ment turn to account the district above referred to. The life may be hard perhaps, and the results may not be appreciated for years to come, but one great object will have been effected, England will be freed to some extent from long-service criminals, and the foundation of new empires will have been laid. The statistics of the Registrar-General are no less interesting than important. The thousands who die annually from preventible causes are con tinual reproaches to our social reformers, and afford but too conclusive evidence that much remains to be done in spreading education among the masses, and also in enforcing the observance of sanitary laws. The rapid increase of the population renders the observance of such precautions especially neces sary among us, seeing that the increase in London alone is reckoned at 121 daily, or, taking merely the excess of births over deaths, at 72 daily. The English registration shows an addition to its numbers of a population equal to the present inhabitants of London and York shire, and this within the comparatively short space of time that elapsed since the establish ment of the registration system of 1837. It is cal culated that in every five years there is an increase of a million, and in the middle of 1861 the popula tion of England was reckoned at 20,110,496. There is, therefore, little reason to fear any diminution of oar numerical strength, but the wise mau will look not only to the actual number of the population but to its vigour and endurance. Health and power are not less important considerations than the number of individuals that form the State. The quality of the water consumed is known to have a powerful effect on the general health, and Dr. FARR, in the report we have been speaking of, attributes disastrous consequences to the habitual consumption of impure water. He says, " The ova of worms and the seeds of various diseases are thus diffused among children ; while great numbers of men and women in the prime of life also suffer, and often die of the maladies which are the inevitable consequences of violations of natural laws." Dr. ACLAND, the Regius Professor of Medicine in the University of Oxford, in writing on the subject, also speaks strongly as to the evils attending im pure water and its effect in encouraging fever of a typhoid kind. The Registrar wisely and kindly adds a warning to his list of the deaths from this source, in which he insists upon the necessity of cleanliness and ventilation in the dwellings of the poor, if the ravages of typhus under its many various forms are to be kept within moderate limits. Such advice is specially needed by the poor, pent up in close workshops or small and un healthy homes; but, in truth, the dwellings of the rich are not altogether free from blame in such re spects, and people seem to be almost as much afraid of a breath of fresh evening air as of typhus itself. In many other cases much lies within the power of the public, such as in the instance of smallpox, which is now said to exist only by sufferance, though unfortunately the ignorant pre• judice of many of the lower classes hinders much of . the good that might be done in this respect. There are several other points of interest in this report as affecting the condition of the national education, the peculiarities of the marriages, &c., but, these points which affect the pablic health concerns us all more nearly. CHAMPAGNE should be not only cool but cold, and, if it be not kept in a temperature sufficiently low, it must be iced. In a hot room, even in winter, the coolness is pleasant; but when the bottle is allowed to re main in the ice-pail until the wine becomes nearly as cold as the ice itself, it is wasting fine champagne to give it in that state,: for flavour and taste become what wine-mer chants call " locked up." Ten minutes' iceing, or, as the French call it, frappe, does not deteriorate the wine; but even then it is not equal to that which is fresh brought out of a cold cellar, where !t has lain long undisturbed. The practice of putting pieces of ice into the wine itself shows that a cool refreshing drink is wanted, but it is destructive to the quality.—Shaw's Thine, Vine, and Cellar. THE OLD NAN'S ARCH, Arcus Sinilis—A white ring on the outside of the pupil of the eye so known to physicians and anatomists. The nature and im port of this sign of senility has only been lately understood. This ring, on being submitted to the analysing powers of the micr oscope, shows itself to be composed of fatty matter in toe substance o f th e cornea , Th e r i ng i tse lf seems to b e of e jo settence ; but it is found to be a n indic a ti on o f w h a t s gener ally t going on in the body. Modern rese a rch h as in the 1,,, on e of the ways in which old age reveals itself This cerrydeYraiiiiorl:y the fatty degeneration of the tissues. ce ssation of th, degeneration exists t % ct o i°llB, in. into fat gradually diminishes the integrity Hence the areas ainat,beclue e is ir w f ilich it occurs—and at last leads to the Where this process of fatty it is found generally to going on in other organs. This condition of the system is no t 1 cation that changes of th in sem :to le the physician an indi. ionfdtihcaet CT:: the Sab i , Z e n organ, other organs of the body, It is a 'l se , : ay be . going on i n not tobe neglected. without remedy—and by judicious treatment the disastrous effects of a fatty degeneration of the tissu e , may , A e averted, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] AMERICA. NEW YORK, DEC. 19, Morning. (Per the Etna via Crookhaven). The Federals are falling back in East Tennessee before Longstreet, who has turned against his pursuers. The New Orleans papers repeat an improbable report that the 'Mexicans had recaptured Puebla. The Heels, Hibernia, Australasian, and City of Washington have arrived out. Advices received from Charleston announce that the Federals threw a large number of shells into Charleston on the 10th, provoking a heavy fire from the Confederate batteries. A severe gale had seriously injured the Confederate obstructions i❑ Charleston harbour, it was believed sufficiently to render them ineffective against the Federal fleet, Hardee's army is estimated at 35,000 strong, and is at Dalton, with pickets extending to the tunnel. Wheeler is reorganising cavalry at DAlton for an active winter campaign. Grantfand Sherman have left Chattanooga for Bridgenorth. The guerilla General Morgan has escaped south wards across the Tennessee river, sixty miles above Chattanooga. Sixteen of his escort were captured. The official reports of the commanders of the monitors during Dupont's attack upon Charleston, now published for the first time, show that all the monitors received severe damage, and if the attack had been continued they would have been disabled. One commander says he was disap pointed beyond measure at the experiment of Moni• tors overcoming strong forts, and considers it was a fair trial. The New York, Tribune asserts that as the Chesapeake was captured in British waters she will be delivered to the British authorities, but it was not believed that pirates would be allowed to put to sea again. Mr. Seward has had a friendly interview with Lord Lyons on the subject. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS SOUTHAMP TON, DEC. 30. The Royal Mail Steam•picket Company's ship Shannon, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 142 passengers, 3,319,261 dollars in specie, of which 88,133 are on account of the Mexi can dividends, and 1,500 packages of cargo. She left St. Thomas on the 16th inst. Tier Majesty's ship Nile, Admiral Milne, arrived at St. Thomas on the 14th inst. It was reported at Havana on the 7th that news had been received faveurable to the Spaniards. The revolution was expected to be soon over. The news from the West India Islands is unimportant. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. BRESLAU, DEC, 30. Arrests continue to be made in Warsaw, partiea larly at the hotels. The National Government has made a fresh appeal to the insurgents in arms. Intelligence received from Radom states that Chinlielinbki has been ehot at that place. JAPAN. PARIS, DEC. 30. According to news received here from Alexan dria the parties of the Tycoon and Prince Satsuma had agreed upon the expulsion of foreigners from Japan. The yielding of the Tycoon was attributed to the pressure exercised by Prince Satsuma. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. FRAiXFORT-ON•MAINE, DEC. 29 (Evening). The following is the text of the Austro•Prussian motion introduced in yesterday's sitting of the Federal Diet : " That the Confederation should require Denmark definitively to suspend the November Constitution with regard to Schleswig, and should at the same time notify that, in case of refusal, the Confedera tion will be compelled to obtain a pledge for the fulfilment of its just demands by the military occu pation of Schleswig. "That the Federal Diet shall also request the military committee to submit propositions for rais ing the forces possibly required for the occupation of Schleswig to the necessary strength." THE BRAZILS AND RIVER PLATE, (By Telegraph from Lisbon.) BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 28. Wet salted hides, 35 to 88 ; dry American, 33 to 37 ; wool, 85 to 102 ; tallow, 143 ; lumber, 34. Flour native advancing. Imports paralysed owing to the depreciation of the currency and the unsettled state of affairs. ITONTE VIDEO, Nov. 30. Exchange, 52k. Wet salted hides, 5.30; dry American, 4.721 to 5 ; dry German, 4.20 to 5.60, scarce, email transactions. Wool, 3.80. 1.65. Imports unaltered, very dull. Proclamation of the Hungarian National Committee, (Neuter's Express,) MILAN, Sunday. The Alleanza publishes the following proclama tion, issued by order of Louis Kossuth, by the Hungarian National Committee, and distributed and placarded in all the cities and towns of the kingdom : " BY ORDER OF LOUIS KOSSUTH. THU NATIONAL COMMITTEE OP INDEPENDENCE TO THE NATION. " Faithful attachment to the flag of 1849 is un alterable in the heart of our nation. The great majority of the nation, rejecting every kind of com promise, is firmly resolved to shake off the detested yoke of the Austrian domination. " But, as the outward signs of our national life have not latterly been in harmony with this reso lution, doubts have arisen among our natural allies abroad with regard to the firmness of those inten tions. These doubts have been the greatest obstacle to the efforts of our government, tending to effect the freedom of our country. To remove this obstacle becomes an imperious necessity in view of the new direction of European events, which offer a tempting perspective to all the peoples groaning under a foreign yoke. " We must give some sign of life in order that our natural allies may be convinced that they can count with certainty upon the Magyar arm against the common enemy. We must be on our guard in order that the stratagems of alarmed Austria do not draw our nation into a snare. " We must prepare ourselves so that we may be ;..n a condition to energetically take advantage of the favourable opportunity. To obtain all this the Go vernor, Louis Kossuth, terminating all previous arrangements, has deemed it necessary to order the formation of a new general committee. " By the present act it is therefore made known to the nation that in consequence of this order the General Committee of Independence has been con stituted, and that, having as object the realisation of the declaration of independence of 1849, being ready bssides to make every sacrifice, it has reso lutely undertaken the direction of affairs, in con formity with the instructions received and to be hereafter received from the elected governor of our country. " The committee counts on the patriotic senti ments of the nation that the crders it may give will be promptly executed, its instructions followed and its arrangements spontaneously carried out, "At the same time it seriously warns the open and eecret enemies of the fla of 1849 to abstain from any plot or intrigue if t hey do not wish to incur the penalties inflicted upon traitors to the country. "In any case, the General Committee of Indepen dence declares that it has determined to secure obedience to its orders and the execution of its eventual arrangements. Let the nation live in good hope, and let every honest patriot prepare for action " Our device is 1849 and Victory.' " Given at Buda.Pesth, Nov. 26,1863." (Here follows the seal of the committee, bearing the national arms, around which are inscribed the words, " General Committee of Independence." This proclamation has been printed in all the dialects of the kingdom. !S, 1863, )tg Herald, says : I beg to submit the 63 :- 1 Successor Kent, E. .. Deedes, W (d) Reigate Totness Cambridgeshire Ball, E. (r) Lisburn Somerset, W Moody, C. A. (r) Langton, W. H. G. Cambridge Steuart, A. (r) .. Powell, F. S. f)evonport Devizes Chichester Freeland, H. W. (r) .. Smith, J. A. Bandon Antrim .. Upton, General (p) .. O'Neill, E. Thetford Euston, Earl (p) Fitzroy, Lord F. Dublin, Co. .. Hamilton, J. H. (r) Radnor Tralee O'Connell (op') O'Hagan, T. London New Itoss Tottenham, C. (r) Tottenham, Col. Kit sale Lisburn Berwick Gordon, Capt. (d) .... Cargill, W. W. Clare ... Calcutt, F. M. (d) O'Loghlen, Sir M. Pontefract Montgomery Ludlow Worcester W. Elmley, Viscount (p).. Lygon, Hon. F. Tewkesbury .. Lygon, Hon. F. (r).... (Seat vacant) Tatnworth Raynham, Visct. (p).. Peel J. Coventry .... Ellice, Re. Hon. E. (d) Treherne, M. Barnstaple .... Potts, G. (d) .. Lloyd, --. Reading Pigott, G. (off) Windsor Hope, G. W. (d) Vyse, Col. H. Oxford And over Cubbitt, W. (d) Humphrey, W. G. Buckinghameh Cavendish, lin. W. (p) (Seat vacant) In the foregoing table d. stands for death vacancy; of, acceptance of office; p., accession to the peerage; r., re signation; e. v., election void. The number of changes has been unusually great; the results slightly less favourable to the Conservative cause than those of 1862; but then it must be remarked that 1862 was an exceptionable year, the Conservatives gaining six seats and losing none. Not counting Lisburn we have lost three seats and gained five. Two of the former, there is little reason to doubt, will be repaired when opportunity offers—l allude to East Kent and Barnstaple. Of our gains probably all are permanent ones. Since the last general election our gains have been 26 ; our losses, 11. Thus : Dartmouth Taunton Aylekbury Beverley Ayrshire Londonderry Harwich Boston Leicester Wilts, S. Cork Tynemouth Lancashire, S. Birkenhead Oxfordshire Lincoln Grimsby Wakefield Yoi kshire, N. Southampton Devonport Lisburn Pontefract C,,ventry Tamworth Buckinghamshire Total gains .... 26 Bodmin Whitby Berwick Pontefract Roscommon Plymouth Lincoln Kent, E. Lisburn Montgomery Barnstaple Total loss .. 11 Let us now consider these changes as affecting the state of parties, and Lord Derby's chances of coming into power : NI3I.I3ERS IN DIVISION, JUNE 13, 1859. For Lord Derby.... 310 I Against Then for 1864 Subtract I Add Showing a majority in favour of Lord Derby of fifteen votes. In point of fact, there is strong reason to believe that when the day of account arrives, as soon it will be, the Whigs will be driven out by a majority even larger than this. The following table has been drawn up from year to year, and may, I think, be relied upon : JAN WARY 1. 1864. 1863. 1862. 1861. Conservatives.. 314 Peelites Whigs 233 Radicals 656 656 653 651 It is not a little noticeable that the pure Whigs (save the word I) are invariably the chief sufferers by electoral changes. Fewer Whig vacancies are filled by Whigs than occurs in the case of any other parties. TIIE CONDEMNED MURDERER IN KIRKDALE GAOL.—Few criminals who have been inmates of the condemned cell at Kirkdale gaol have exhibited such cheerfulness and firmness as the man Charles. Ho eats and sleeps well, and converses freely with all who approach him. It is very clear, from observations that have fallen from him since his trial, that he never expected the jury Would convict him of the murder. On Friday he intimated his desire to communicate with Mr. Pope, the learned coun sel who defended him, upon the subject of a memorial being got up and sent to the Queen, asking that his life may be spared. He was informed, either by the learned counsel or another gentleman connected with the legal profession, that it would be of no use to send a memorial to her Majesty ; that the only thing which would be likely to affect the sen tence was for him to prove that he was not with the unfor tunate woman on the night of the alleged murder. On this information being conveyed to Charles, he said he must in duce some of his friends " outside" to get up a potitio expressing at the same time his belief that if the circum stances stances under which he had been convicted were lu , i Y set , v forth and explained in the petition, the sentence of tne la) would not be carded out,—Manchester Guardian, The Funeral of Mr. W. M. Thackeray. (THIS DAY.) To-day the mortal remains of the late William Makepeace Thackeray were consigned to their last earthly resting-place, in All Souls Cemetery, in the presence of a large number of literary and other friends, who attended to pay respect to his memory. The funeral procession, which was one of extreme simplicity, left the residence of the deceased in the Kensington-palace-gardens, at eleven o'clock. It consisted of a chief mourning coach, in which were the Rev. John Thackeray, Captain Shaw, the brother-in-law of the deceased, Mr. James Rood, his cousin, and the Hon. E. Curzoa. There were ten private carriages, in the following order—those of Mr. Martin Thackeray, Mr. Lowe, Lord Gardner, Sir W. Frazer, Earl Granville, Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., Sir James Colville, Mr. Bradbury, of the firm of Bradbury and Evans. The funeral procession arrived at the cemetery at a few minutes past 12 o'clock at which time there were between 1500 and 1600 present, most of them congregated in front of the chapel doors. Amongst them we noticed Mr. Robert Bell, Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr. Mark Lemon, the Rev. Dr. Rudge, Mr. Robert Bel), Mr. Leech, Mr Isaac Butt, M.P., Mr. Charles Matthews, Mr. Howel Morgan, the High Sheriff of Merionethshire, Mr. W. H. Russell, the historian of the Crimea, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. O'Dowd, the Aldermen of London (Masters of the Charterhouse in which Mr. Thackeray was educated), Mr. H. Cole, Mr. Rich mond, Mr. O'Neill, Mr. Theodore Martin, Mr. Cresswell, Mr. C. L. Gruneisen, Mr. R. Browning, Sir S. Carmichael, &c. The solemn service of the church was said in the small mortuary chapel at the western end of the cemetery, by the Rev. Charles Stuart, of King's College, London. The pressure of persons anxious to obtain admission into the chapel was intense, but there was no confusion, and every word which was spoken was distinctly audible. At the close of the chapel service, the procession was reformed, and, preceded by the minister,moved to the grave, which is situated on the south side of the cemetery, and near to the dead wall, which abuts upon the canal. There a dense crowd collected, and the chaplain at once continued the service. The body was lowered into the grave in solemn silence, amidst:the consolations which the burial service of the Church of England so patheti cally provides. Having taken a last glance at the grave which contained the remains of their departed friend, the vast assemblage dispersed. The coffin was an extremely plain one, covered with black cloth, and btiaring a simple inscription setting forth the day of the birth and that of the death of the deceased. The Misses Thackeray were present in the ceme tery during the service, and were naturally much affected. On the Day of the Great Satirist-Humourist's Funeral, one of the periodicals his genius, in its time, the most signally adorned—Punch—appro priately comes forth with that genial, kindly, charming tribute to his memory : While generous tributes are everywhere paid to the Genius of him who has been suddenly called away in the fulness of his power and the maturity of his fame, some who have for many years enjoyed the advantage of his assistance and the delight of his society would simply record that they have lost a dear Friend. At an early period in the history of this periodical he became a contributor to its pages, and he long continued to enrich them, and though of late he had ceased to give other aid than suggestion and advice, he was a constant member of our council, and sat with us on the eighth day from that which has saddened England's Christmas. Let the brilliancy of his trained intellect, the terrible strength of his satire, the subtlety of his wit, the richness of his humour, and the catholic range of his calm wisdom, be themes for others: the mourning friends who inscribe these lines to his memory think of the affectionate nature, the cheerful companionship, the large heart and open hand, the simple courteousness, and the endearing frankness of a brave, true, honest Gentleman, whom no pen but his own could depict as those who knew him would desire,, Consoling Thoughts in Praise of Old Age, It seems to us, therefore, that a great deal of un necessary pity has been thrown away upon old age. We begin at school reading Cicero's treatise, hear ing him talk with Scipio and Loolius ; we hear much about poor old men ; we are taught to admire the vigour, quickness, and capacity of youth and manhood. We lose sight of the wisdom which age brings even to the most foolish. We think that a circumscribed sphere must necessarily be an un happy one. It is not always so. What one aban dons in growing old is, perhaps, after all not worth having. The chief part of youth is but excitement; often both unwise and unhealthy. The same pen which has written, with a morbid feeling, that "there is a class of beings who do grow old in their youth and die ere middle age," tells us also that " the best of life is but intoxication." That passes away. The man who has grown old does not care about it. The author at that period has no feverish excitement about seeing himself in print ; he does not hunt newspapers for reviews and notices. He is content to wait ; he knows what fame is worth. The obscure man of science, who has been wishing to make the world better and wiser; the struggling curate, the poor and hard-tried man of God ; the enthusiastic re'ormer, who has watched the sadly slow dawning of progress and liberty; the artist, whose dream of beauty slowly fades before his dim eyes—all lay down their feverish wishes as they advance in life, forget the bright idea) which they cannot reach, and embrace the more imperfect real. We speak not here of the assured Christian. He, from the noblest pinnaele of faith, beholds a promised land, and is eager to reach it ; he prays " to be delivered from the body of this death ;" but we write of those humbler, perhaps more human souls, with whom increasing age each day treads down an illusion. Al/ feverish wishes, raw and inconclusive desires, have died down, and a calm beauty and peace sur vive; passions are dead, temptations weakened or conquered, experience has been won ; selfish inte rests are widened into universal ones; vain, idle hopes have merged into a former faith or a complete knowledge ; and more light has broken in upon the soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed " through chinks which Time has made." . . . We are no longer the fools of time and error. We are leaving by slow degrees the old world ; we stand upon the threshold of the new ; not without hope, but without fear, in an exceedingly natural position, with nothing strange or doubtful about it; with our domain drawn within a narrow circle, but equal to our power. Muscular strength, organic instincts are all gone; but what then ? We do not want them ; we are getting ready for the great change, one which is just as necessary as it was to be born ; and to a little child, perhaps one is not a whit more painful than the other—perhaps not so painful. The wheels of Time have brought us to the goal ; we are about to rest while others labour ; to stay at home while others wander. We touch at last the mysterious door—are we to be pitied or to be envied P—The Gentle Life. NEW STRINGED Musical Institute of A COMPETITION FOR THE B QUARTETT has been opened by Florence, offering a first prize ofd4o , th O e a s econd of 200 francs, f ie ° of cost, until four e a that the Archbishop.of Manuscripts are to be forwardie6t,h. of August next year, o'clock inutthiaeradfitearnnoon 0 an"ubnie living of Bolton Afen Percy to the York has offered the valua .—The Sacred Harmonic Society's Bishop of Taamar"' t the place, under the direction of next costa , on Friday, Jan. 15, being a subscription concert. The Bight Hon, B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli e!XpEerTf:ritraaHnieeLWill take have arrived at Grosvenor-gate, from Hatfield House, u o rts,where they h ave b een on a v i s i t to t h e M arqu i s an d Marchioness of Salisbury. Mr. H. A. Bruce, M.P., Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, left town on Monday, on a - visit to the Earl and countess do Grey, a Studley Park, near Ripon, r • ', 1 " 4 e,atry,/ , tiffinrr* Cirafiat HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Dee. 29. The Queen walked and drove in the grounds to-day. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ig expected to leave Gloucester House early in the ensuing week, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby, at Knowsley, near Prescott, when a distinguished circle will meet the royal duke. His Serene Highness the Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein has left the St. George's Hotel. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador arrived at the embassy, in Bryanston-square, on Sunday evening from visiting Madame Musurus and family at St. Leonards. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury's party during the last few days at Hatfield House, Ilerts, has included the Duke or Wellington, the Earl of Clan' william, Lord John Hay, Sir Roderick Murchison, Sir Hugh and Lady Cairns, the Right Hon. Benjamin and Mrs. Disraeli, Maj - )r Teesdale, Baron Marcchetti, &c. The Earl of Lonsdale left Carlton House-terrac e last week for Ventnor, Isle of Wight, where the noble earl will stay about a month. The Earl and Countess of Yarborough are re ceiving a sucuession of visitors at Brocklesby, their seat in Lincolnshire, during the Christmas season. The Earl of Shannon has arrived in town front Castle Marty, the family seat in Ireland. Count Woronzow Daschkaw, Col. Makaroff, and M. Feder have left the Clarendon Hotel for Paris. Lord and Lady Egerton of Tatton have been ea tertaining company at Tatton Park, Cheshire. Mr. Francis and Lady Eleanor Cavendish arrived at the Hon. General Cavendish's residence, in Burlington gardens, yesterday, from Kimberley Park, Norfolk, the seat of Lord Wodehouse. Mr. and Lady Evelyn Brudenel Bruce have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Woolston, Lambotull, Berks. Mr. and Lady Fanny Howard have arrived at Compton Hall, near Eastbourne, from Chatsworth, Darby' shire. We hear that Miss Gordon, only daughter of Lady Francis Gordon, lies most dangerously ill at.Frampton Court, Dorsetshire, the seat of Mr. Brinsley Sheridan. The Right Hon. Thomas M. Gibson, M.P., 15 staying with the Rev. J. G. Cullam, at his seat, Hardwick House, near Bury St. Edmunds. Mrs. Gibson is passi n g the winter at Nice. VICTORIA COLLEGE FOR LADIES, BAYSWATER. - ' The Christmls term at this college was brought to a close on Tuesday evening, in a manner which was evi dently as satisfactory to the fashionable and crowded assem blage of parents and friends as it must have been gratifying to the director of the institution, to see gathered around bin so many friends, willing to testify their approval of his assiduous efforts during the last four years to establish a college where the really useful and practical is blended with the ornamental part of a lady s education. The progran3lna of the conversazione closing the term consisted of sever ° !, well selected morceaux for the pianoforte, which were p la y ad with both taste and brilliancy by several of the pupils, and which evidenced even in the case of three very jape der pianistes, that they had progressed most satisfactorily inl aer their professor, Mr. George Kiallmark, and the lady super intendent, Miss Snell. A scene from a German play W 3 5, enacted with great ability by the pupils of Dr. Fische !, an t& in the case of a Miss Mossman especially, a remarkable knowledge of the language was shown. A French piece, also, performed by the pupils of M. De Bouge, a Elise Craufurd, in particularly evincing extraordinary facility ia h er use of the language, proved beyond doubt that skilful teaching had been appreciated by willing and hard-working students.. Several readings from Willis, Montgomery, and Longfellow' were then given by both senior and very junior pupils, and the unanimous applause that followed them was at once testimony to the great attention the director, Mr. IlenrY Lesingham, professor of elocution, gives to this highly.im portant but frequently much neglected branch of education; and this was the more obvious when the company hadin the opportunity of hearing, and we might add of seeing, Mi;; Lesingham's own reading from the " Samson Agonistes an exponent of what elocution should be. His rea ding w everything those having an, appreciative tas t e could 11e as r wished it to be, and it was received in an enthusiastic manner by all present. Mr. George Kiallmark played two pieces in a most brilliant style, and one worthy of any ° f our great players, and very much to the delight of all pre' sent; whilst Mrs. Helen Percy, a lady well-known in Bayswater as a vocalist and teacher of singing, sang two songs in a manner which elicited marked and prolonged applause. The evening's entertainment soon after this ended by Mr. sergeant Miller, the Recorder of Warwick, distributing to several meritorious pupils certificates of merit, which were executed in a very artistic manner. In per forming this pleasing task, the sergeant expressed himself as highly satisfied with the progress of the pupils and the manner in which the college was progressing. The com pany then separated. EXETER-HALL.—MADAME LIND-GOLDSMIDT.—• This gifted lady and her accomplished husband, Otto Goldsmidt, Esq., having placed their services at the. disposal of the committee of the Friends of the Clergy Cot.. poration, it has been arranged to give a grand performanc e ' of Handel's magnificent oratorio of "The Messiah," 5 Exeter-hall, on Tuesday , Ja nuar y 5, 1861, on which occa sion Madame Goldsmidt will be supported by the leading vocal talent of the day. Apart from the object for which . the performance has been arranged, the great and ever • existing wish to hear again the enchanting tones of " Lind" will ensure an audience of no ordinary characte) The ticket arrangements have, we believe, been confided 10 Mr. Mitchell, of Old Bond -street, so that the public in . 1 7 rest perfectly certain that, notwithstanding the extrema 31310 nary nature of the performance, no more ticket s the % ,t ha hall will comfortably accommodate will be issued.. oratorio commences at eight o'clock. be A LARGE LONDON GRAVEYARD is likely of made something pleasant to the sight by the plaAt 113 ' 3.0 trees and shrubs in it. Hardly any churchyard i n I " 912 le re offers greater facilities in this respect than the ° lle alluded to, namely, that of St. Luke's, Chelsea; is ' s v i d e e r s .t ): large, not closed in by houses, has streets on three and is broad and wide enough to show large trees i n silt Ah,elai bulk. A subscription has been opened to pay t he :gee expenses, and in a short time the thing will be doll°. commend this example to parishes with churchr rd in anything but a pleasant and venerable condition.. J-rl-. pendently of the sanitary advantages to accrue fror a sil o ' a planting of trees, it is worth considering that a tree, .I,l3l`te by the grave of some lost friend, may remain a tee arueonY: rea of affection long after the most costly stone has ma away. CHARIN G- CROSS RAILWAY; It almost aPPear doubtful whether the long-expected opening 'of t ll6 important line will take place by Friday (New YeLas-daY)! as was generally anticipated, the Government it is pector noD having yet made his report to the Board of Triad 5, without whose formal certificate it cannot be opened to the public. In the meanwhile there is only some exterior r finishing work to be done, and the interval will he emph )yed, 01° ng 8t properly, in drilling the company's staff into th e worki of the line and signals. The Customs departmer t platf orm at the Charing-cross station, to which the. Custom. I s business finishe d now carried on at Folkestone will b e transf erred, is and ready for opening. TROTTING MATCH AT DONCASTER FOR acing,--" ort On Monday afternoon a trotti n g mat ch came' the Doncaster Racecourse, in the presence of horsemmense number of persons, between Rat Tail, the .bay of Mr. Clayton, of Kirk Burton, near Wakefield, and DigbY, the roan horse belonging to Mr. Pield, of CopmanatcheorZ; Betting opened even, but towards the finish. of the starter Tail had the call. Mr. Aice, of Doncaster, wl ing place in and judge. Rat Tail took the lead, the sac 0 it throughout the two-mile course, and maintained and d i d not go winning, after a good race, by two lengtla , • R igby broke ' past the aown,,about fifty yards from home, to match was for turning round and resuming the tro thenceUtn, i: a noticing this post, virtually giving up the combs:. at l t i , hat point by not MO a side. . week a small volume of ' poetry," crueL'y remarks that very much like a nt )velty in tooth A,REVIEWER mu the , A the following looks cleaning : restless Muto the sm oo th, p ur e lips s even and eight Tightened o ' c l oc k on the: ;morning of s lo on N. t — he :Bw P a e t arl e ANOTHER COLLIERY the S a turday last, a f earful explosion took p lane at the Gin Coa lpit, at Maesteg, th e p ro p er ty of the Llynvi Ya le Iron C o mpany, when 13 or 14 person s lost their lives b y lira in E Workings p r k L i n o g s lire damp. The foll ow i ng i s a list of the bodies already brought hours O 1 up when our report left, namely:—William Isaac, carpenter, left a wife and seven children ; William Elias, lately unt ried; John Bevan, left a wile and three children.; David Williams (and son), a married man; David Rees, married; Morgan Thomas, single ; William Davis, single ; Benja win Rees, single; William J ones, single; an d David Jon es, single.—Cambria Daily Leader. I RISH CALCULATION. —An Irish lady Was once declaring that she could not understamt how gentlemen could smoke. "It certa inl y shortens their lives," said sh° " I didn't know that," said a gentleman. " There's 1 1 , 5 father, who smokes every blessed day, and he is now iu years old." " Well," w as the re p ly, "if lie had never smoked he might have been 80 by this time." A WOMAN'S RANSOM, —Bp F. W. Robinson, author of " Grandmother's Money," &c... 3 vols: l ..Ir. Robinson has already p ublished several succeOufnd novels, among which are "Grand m other's It ri° loneY" . ' l . "Under the Spell." "A W oman's Ransom" is SuPe,, to any of its predecessors. It is a g ood novel, rents' habli clever, and thoroughly readable. The story is original: I ' 4l there is plenty of incident in it.- , .Press. .. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 29.—The market continues in the same state, with prices unvaried, Threes, for the Account, being now at 66fr. 45c. Mobilier is slightly lower, the present price is 1,031 f. 25c. Railway Market heavy, The market closed as follows : 41 perrents .. 91 25 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents ...... 66 45 Do. end month • • 66 40 Credit M0bi1ier....1033 75 on. end m0nth....1033 75 Bank Shares 3270 Credit k oncier ..• • 1235 Roman Italian Loan 7l SO Do. end month 7l 50 New ditto Do. end month—. Russian Austrian ..... 81 Spanish Threes 52 Rome Debt Deferred Cash. Account. RAIL Orleans Northern 975 975 -7: 971 25 :: 971 25 935 - .. 933 75 800 - - 681 25 680 - 505 - - - 478 75 .. 477 50 397 50 395 - 400 - .. 402 50 522 50 .. 522 50 615 - .. 515 - 613 75 .. 613 75 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern •. • .. Sardinian...... Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa .. - Ditto to Barcelona .... 300 The directors of the East London Bank have determined upon ince:wising their capital from £600,000 to £1,000,000, by the issue of 8,000 addi tional shares of £5O each, at a premium of £1 10s. per share, to existing proprietors in the proportion of two for every three shares now held. The calls already arranged are two in number, one of £2 013 the Ist February, end Vie other of £2 10s. in April next, together with a deposit of £2 on the 4th proximo. The amount that will be obtained by the premium will be appropriated to the formation of a reserve fund. The directors of the Oil Wells Company of Canada, satibfisd by the personal visit of one of their board, and by the reports of their special commis sioners sent out from England to Canada, that it would not be for the interest of the shareholders to acquire possession of the oil wells and lands (2,948 acres) in Western Canada, for the purchase of which at £25,000 they had previsionally c ontracted, and subsequently learning from their local agents that many of the most productive wells in oil springs' districts had ceased yielding any supply except by the expensive process of pumping, have recommended, in a circular recently issued, the re. turn to the shareholders the amount of subscribed c tpital without any deduction whatever, and the dissolution of the company. The deposits are now in course of repayment. ELECTORAL CHANG: " G. C. P.," in a letter to the .Iforn, In accordance with my annual custom following electioneering statistics for lE Constituency. 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