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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1864. THE OPFNIN G OF PARLIAMENT—The MODERN AU' s i ISTUS, Sze., in FUN This Week. One Penny, BONNET'S SILT .S a LYON.—Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the gr-ater is the credit w hi oh attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILTit ;* are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos dby the very tray be mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following jute rwoven mark may be seen at the end ofench piece :—" Man atacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., h Lyon eta Injurieux." We ar guaranteed. F N' ia lt ht s o l‘ l l P A eri 'o r r E mance T - Y • Tu ' e S sdays THEATßE Thursdays, Saturdays. THIS EVEND 10, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 3 ?AUST (In English). Lemmens-Sherr lot Eton, Taccani, and Florence Lancia. Santley, 31 arcl iesi, Dussek, and Sims It eves. Cund uctor—Signor Cc mmence at Ei.tht. ot the Theatre open daily. Tickets, also, at 31e.iars. Chappell andCo.'s, 50, New Bond- Street. lIER MATESTY'S THEATRE GREIND MOILNING PERFORMANCE OF FAUST (In English). MOND AY, FEBRUARY 15. To commence at Two o'clock. Lemmens—Sherrington, Taccani, and Florence Lancia. Sant+ey, &larchesi, Dussek, and Sims Reeves. Conductor —Signor Arditi. Prices of a dmission same as to the Evening Performance. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, CO-VENT -GARDEN. Under the Manat„rement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, BLANCHE DE NEVERS. Miss L. Fyne, Mr. W. Harrison, dm After which, a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a s3ale of unprecedented magnificence, Entitled HARLIXIIJIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at half-past Six—Uommence at Seven. WHEAT RE ROYAL DR UR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. ..:THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence with e New Servo-Comic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled .4.IGHT AND MORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, inpported by Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, Fi;zjames, and Misses R. Leclercq, Atkinson, and Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINE AD THE SAILOR ; or. The Seven Wonders of the World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; harlequins, Me ears. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, Messrs. W A. 1 lames and J. Morris ; Columbines, Madame Bolen.) and ?Oases Gunnies. Prices as usna 1. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under th e Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DENION7O (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening (Luring the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with'a New and Originail Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: Messrs. 11. Widcricombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland; Misses Percy, Pauline Lezlercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Laver u. , ter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve TJ'auteaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle , ," by Ntr. John Brougn am. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Mi rs sM. Henrade, Miss E. Lavenu,ll rs. Lee, and nibs Elsworth y. The Public are en treated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupAitts of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hat and cloaks, and tiiat 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 HAYMARKET.- dole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, &c. After which, KING- ARTFIITR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid, Cla i k, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wrght, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. • - Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't snow what to do, EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL k.‘ Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS: Mr J L. Toole, At to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billing - ton. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortunio and his Seven Magic Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, C. Phillips. Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss L. Laidlavr, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY NIGHT, MISS BATEMAN. VISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—Tnis EVENING, the 11.)th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BA'I'EMAN. in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of tlys 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. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Croxded with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE SILVER LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are engaged :—Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth, and Mrs. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, en entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, by Leicester Buckin-•- ham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LIN I \ : Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John stone. Mr. Montague ; Mrs. ( harks Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Mr, Charles Mathews just translated from the French)in his characteristiccharacter of Ern Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To conclude with 1863 ; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. A. Cottrell, and Miss Fanny Josephs. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. Belford, Mr. Parselle ; Mis■ Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &o. Followed by MA RGAT E SANDS. Commence at T. 'TIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," _a_ Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, b, had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 265. per ton. I Double. 2ls. per ton. Top „ Nuts. l9B. „ Deep 22 s. ~ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Cole Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRIG DAY.—Morning, 12h. 30m.—Afternoon, 12b. 59m. ro""Ratow.-Moruing, lb.. 26m.—Afternoon, lh. 54m. The NVeather—Sun Office, Feb. 6, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at T wo o ' clock 34 P .e.rometer-30.11. Wind-1%T .W.• moderate, with snow OZ I T r 1 11,_ I 44 LONDON, SATURDAY, FEE, 6, 1864: Not the least interesting feature of the opening night of a Parliamentary Session are the political challenges known as notices of motions. As straws indicate how the wind blows, so these brief intima, 'lions of the'subjects about to be brought forward :afford us some opportunity of judging of the future of the campaign. From their number, chbracter, and degree of importance we may measure the chances el a dull era busy session, and form some conjecture to the projects of the opposition and the pl a n of the Government. The notices given on Thursday foretell the opening of ono question 01 importance and interest. The notices given by Mr. BRAND on behalf of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer would seem to show a desire on the part of the Government to conciliate certain classes. Conscious perhaps of the coming struggle of parties, they wish to secure the agricultural interest, and const - quently propose to bring forward a bill to amend the present law so as to admit the use of malt in feeding cattle. This long promised alters• lion will be very advantageous to farmers, and will, we may hope, tend to improve the quality and lessen the price of butcher's meat, especially in Ireland. The announcement of a bill to alter the mode of collecting the land, assessed, and income taxes will be received with some curiosity and ex pectation—people naturally concluding that any change, with regard to the Income Tax, would be for the better. The distribution of Naval Prize Money, a matter which very urgently demands reform, and which we have repeatedly brought before the notice of the public, is also to be looked to; while the Home Secretary, startled by the out cry produced by his late proceedings with regard to capital punishments, intends, no later than next Monday, to move for leave to bring in a bill relating to Criminal Lunatics, and shortly after, to propose some amendment of the Penal Servitude Acts. Honourable members, however, were not to be pacified by fair promises, and quickly notice after notice, almost all of them in some way reflect ing upon the present Administration, warned the occupants of the Treasury Bench that there were "breakers ahead." Certainly, to judge from the activity displayed on the opening night, the mem bers of the Lower House are determined to make amends for the " Do-nothing Session" of last year. Foreign and domestic affairs alike court inquiry, and leaving the great chiefs of the respective parties to attack the Ministerial position on the great points of European importance, the less prominent members hastened to give promise of carrying on e guerilla warfare on their own account. Mr. FITZGERALD, we are glad to see, has given notice that he will, next Friday, call attention to the circumstances attending the capture of British ships, two being captured at Matamoras, and another (the Saxon) within the limits of our own colony of Good Hope. This troublesome motion will be preceded by an other, reflecting on our conduct in Japan, while we are not surprised to find that the state of affairs in China will call forth two distinct questions—one of them to be put by Mr. FORSTER, asking for particu lars of the outrages at Soochow, and the other by Mr. LIDDELL, referring to the failure of Captain OSBORNE'S naval expedition. The question of do mestic reform, only one degree less obnoxious to the Government than criticisms on foreign affairs, is not likely to be left in abeyance. Mr. LOCKE KING has already given notice of his annual appeal on behalf of the extension of the county fran chise; Mr. BAINES intimates that he shall move for leave to bring in a bill for a similar extension in boroughs, and Mr. DODSON will move for a select committee to inquire into the present system of registration of county voters. We cannot doubt but that some genuine reformer, who has the real interests of the cause at heart, will step forward as champion of the Ballot, and put professing Liberals to that uncompromising test. In naval affairs the Government will be called to account for their inaction at Holyhead; while in the military department we are glad to find Mr. FORTESCUE already calling attention to the Alder shott court-martial. The Poor Law Board, the Civil Service, the Criminal Law, the Educational grants, and the Charity Commissioners are all to be subjects of criticism, while Mr. M. GIBsoN is about to move the appointment of a Select Com mittee to deal with the new Railway Mania. Set ting aside, therefore, those great topics of debate, which are likely to agitate the political world for some weeks to come, and without regarding the momentous question of peace or war, now so im peratively thrust upon our notice, we may antici pate that honourable members will not suffer the National Assembly this year to pass its time pro fitlessly away. Many of the topics announced for debate and inquiry in these notices of motion have been prominently brought forward during the recess, and the public will be glad to see them be come the subjects of full and free discussion in its House of Popular Representatives. It is some satisfaction to find that if the sayings of diplomatists and the counsels of Ministers are of no avail in exercising an influence on foreign nations, the prospect of the Parlia ment assembling has wrought some effect. M. BISMARK has foresight enough to be consciens of the danger of debate, and though he treats his own Chamber in a sufficiently curt style, and acts with a marked want of respect, he is prescient enough to show a different bearing in so far as regards the English Senate. Thus we find that a despatch was sent over just before the sitting of the House, which purported to be the bearer of friendly intentions, and to guarantee the security of Denmark from any vital in jury being inflicted. Lord PALMERSTON made great capital of this intelligence, and, amid the loud cheers of the House, proclaimed its auspicious advent, and certified as to its happy augury. This was all very well, so far as it went, but when the first excitement had gone by, it was discovered that the grandeur of this proclamation was, after all, rather meretricious, and that the satisfaction experienced on the receipt of the tidings was but of an evanescent nature. Sir 3. PARING TON, whose discretion and discernment have often before done good service to the cause of straight forwardness, came to the rescue, and requested that some explanation might be afforded to the House regarding the document in question. The result of the inquiry fully justified the sus picions entertained by the right hon. baronet as to the construction put upon the communication by the noble lord being the correct one. Mr. LAYARD read the despatch, and a more complex and inex plicit message can hardly be imagined. It seems pretty clear, however, to all who wish to see the drift of it, that Prussia intends to carry out the game to the conclusion, bat for expediency just sends this despatch to quiet the fears of the Eng lish Cabinet, or perhaps with a prophetic spirit to enable the Ministers to make " capital" out of it in the debate and discussion on these affairs. Well might Mr. WHITESIDE ask Mr. LAYARD to be good enough to explain the document which he had read, as it appeared to require great elucidation. He went on to say that " He could not understand how that paper assisted the noble viscount at the head of the Government." Nor anyone else either, except to afford a handle and make a fair show of pro priety. No one can more dexterously tarn a cir cumstance to his own advantage than the Premier, bat in this instance he has signally failed to prOve his assertion; and ho must have acknowledged to himself that his felicitous document did not bear the light of day, and would not stand a viva voce examination. The only gratifying reflection regard ing the whole affair is, as has been previously speci fied, the assurance conveyed by the transmission of this despatch that the Berlin Cabinet has some linger ing idea of the importance of English opinion at this critical junctu re . S o far so good; and it will be well for the prosperity of all concerned if this feel ing predominates more fully in the future, and if foreign statesmen recognise the necessity of con forming more to the wishes, and yielding oftener to the suggestions of this country. It will be a great point gained if the principle is fully established and the precedent fairly laid down that the opinion of England is to count for something in these end less bickerings and countless dissensions that mar the peace of Europe and threaten to entangle all surrounding States is the fracas. Had Lord PALMERSTON, hi the case of this despatch, followed the course he adopted in regard to another affair, and commissioned Mr. GLADSTONE to explain his speech, or rather to give quite a contrary interpretation to it, that astute and sagacious unraveller of mysteries would have been puzzled to make out wherein consisted the special cause for satisfaction in the perusal of the despatch, which, read in its entirety, offers no ground for re joicing. Fallacious as were the arguments of the Premier upon this topic, it is certain that a source of interest is to be found in the fact that this com munication was made on the day of the assemblage of Parlian•.ent. The intention was to propitiate, but the Ministers and Statesmen of all foreign States have much to learn if they think that they can act with impunity, and then make believe to p u t away the obnoxious part of their attempt' Such subterfuges do not, and will not suit the people of this country, and the sooner these convenient communications are sifted the better. It is one thing for the name of a dis patch to cut a grand figure when dexterously intro duced into a spiteful speech by a practised hand and another for its contents to satisfy those who pull it to pieces and examine its contents in sober earnestness. The vague and misty enunciation o policy foreshadowed in this last achievement of f BISMARK'S inspiration bears more affinity to what Mr. DISRAELI characterised as an " adroit manceavre," than what the declaration of one minister to another should be in the period of a momentous epoch, a statement that should not only be fair seeming in its pretensions, but that should possess the requisite amount of candour and straightforwardness. In the Standard of Thursday there is a letter on the subject of Transportation to Western Australia, which well deserves attention, and sets forth some arguments that are of great weight and cogency. In the first place reference is made to the notion of some that life sentences are not numerous enough to render them available for Western Australia. In reply to this, it is truly remarked that there is great need of attention in the matter of these same sentences, and it is in every respect most desirable that Western Australia should come in as an auxiliary for the greater frequency of long sentences, not that the terms should be made to suit the requirements of abroad. Two things are very essential to study in determining the success of any plan of penal servitude, and they are to note effect on the criminals, and the effect on others that is produced by the incarce ration. It is well known that at present very little is done in the way of deterring, either as regards the prisoners or the class from whom they spring, and to whom they must return when the period of their detention has ex pired. To remedy this glaring defect in our penal system should be the especial care as it pass. is the bounden duty of all concerned. Unfortu nately the authorities treat :the whole affair in too negligent a style, and exhibit an amount of pre judice, and act with a pertinacity that proves fatal to the cause of improvement, and puts an effectual stoppage on the progrees of those who make ener getic efforts for the amelioration of the present sys tem. Great changes introduced in a hurried man ner are always very objectionable, but there can be no reason why care and attention should not be devoted to the due consideration of the case. Mr. BAKER, in this letter referred to, sets for ward se • veral statements which seem to be very conclusive in so far as regards the advisability of the Australian scheme, and it would be well if proper regard were given to those reflections, and heed paid to the suggestions, instead of merely glancing at them in a cursory fashion, and declaring that they will not do, and that we had better keep to the old course of procedure, which has worked very well on the whole. The plan here proposed, that the length of a sentence should depend more upon the number of previous convictions than on the amount stolen, or the manner of the theft, is a very admir able one. What can be more inconsistent than the practice now in vogue of sentencing the same pri soner scores of times, and at last finding out, after the lapse of years, that the adminis tration of the law has proved a mockery of justice, and that far from holding out a deterring influence, imprisonment is rather sought after occasionally as affording a temporary refuge or refreshment when funds are low and pros pects dull with the professional thief and the har dened offender. A more strict set of rules would in reality be the most merciful thing that could be done for the criminals themselves, and must in time effect a beneficial change. Setting aside particular cases, where more stringent measures will be requ site at the outset, it is proposed that the duratio❑ of the sentences should run as follows :—" All first convictions to receive a sentence of ten days ; all second convictions should entail a very long impri sonment, say one or two years; a third conviction should be met by seven years penal servitude, a fourth by penal servitude for life, and a fifth by transportation to Western Australia." There seem great advantages in this suggestion, and it is of paramount importance that some very decisive steps be taken to prevent the habits of the criminals from becoming so confirmed as they unhappily are at present. The certainty, that each time he is brought up before the Court, he will greatly aug ment his punishment, must exercise a great influ ence on the mind cf the lawless outcast, and so far as human means can work on the hardened heart, the corrupt mind and the perverted under standing exercise a preventive power and work a remedial agency that in itself will do wonders. The evils of the present system are aptly displayed in the statistics of the prisons as regards the cases of reconvictions. Thus, we learn that in one year, " 1,085 males and 2,963 females were committed for the eleventh time and oftener, and that 9,256 persons had been convicted for more than a fifth time." Surely such proofs are sufficient to show that some change is imperatively called for ; and the sooner some remedial measure is adopted the better for the interests of society and the wiser and kinder for the unhappy individuals themselves. To remain quies• cent under a state of things that seems to hold out a premium for crime is a serious error, and the precepts of divine inculcation, added to the best evidences of human wisdom, enjoin an I urge upon us to put aside ignorant pre judice and banish slothful indifference, and to rise up and fight the good fight against evil, which is the highest and holiest struggle in which human nature can take part. All successes gained in that cause are benefits and blessings bestowed on man kind; and they who trample down the vices that degrade, and crush out the sins that defile the souls of their fellow -creatures, are gaining a victory whose results will not end with the finite thin , s around them. Urcater than him that taketh a city are they who assail the strongholds of vice, and drive forth the destroyer of all that is good from the society in which it has taken a fatal hold. To do this is to be " more than conqueror" in so far as regards the general acceptation of that term. DEATH OF MR. TILBURY, the COMEbIAN.—Our readers will receive with great regret the intel ligence of the decease of Mr. Tilbury, the popular and re spected comedian, after a few weeks' severe illness. He had so long secured the regard of a great number of friends that inquiries after his health were made daily by those who knew him personally, and those only acquainted with him in his professional capacity evinced almost equal interest in their old favourite,—Era. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] RUMOURED EVACUATION OF SLESWIG. HAMBURG, FEE. 6, 11.30. A.M. No news from the theatre of war has been re , ceived here for the last three days. It is stated that the Prussians have formed a cor don in Sleswig, and allow no war intelligence to Severe fighting is supposed to be going on, as numbers of wounded are constantly brought into Rendsburg. HAMBURG, Feb. 6, 12.20 P.M. It is stated here that the town of Sleswig has been evacuated by the Danes, and that Mis sunde has been taken. The statement meets with some credit. HAMBURG, FEB. 6, 2 P.M, The news of the evacuation of Sleswig appears ;o be confirmed. The allies are now said to have entered the city at 5.30 this morning. Nothing has been heard from Missunde. A telegram received here from Kiel dated yes ;erday evening, says : "The hilly ground in front of the Missunde line has been taken by the Prussians. "The Austrians have advanced to Johrdorf." HAMBURG, FEB. 4. Advices received here from Kiel this morning by the Mrsenhalle, state that the object of the engage ment at Missunde on Tuesday (the 2d) was a reconnaissance to discover the strength of the Danes, and what likelihood there was of their resistance. The Prussians were prevented by the fog from seeing the lower Danish entrenchments. The Danes on the other hand were quite able to observe the masses of Prussian troops. The Prussians thus came too near the heavy artillery of the enemy. Two Danish sorties were repulsed. The loss of the Danes is not known, but they left a few prisoners in the hands of the Germans The Prussians Lost five officers killed and 15 to 20 wounded, with 20 to 30 men killed. The total. loss in killed and wounded was from 120 to 130 men. AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ARRIVAL OF THE SCOTIA. CAPE CLEAR, Friday. The royal mail steamer Scotia, from New York, passed Cape Clear, at about half-past two p.m. She was intercepted by the Magnetic Telegraph Com pany's boat, and having thrown telegraphic de spatches overboard, she proceeded immediately for Queenstown and Liverpool, all well. QUEENSTOWN, Friday Night. The royal mail steamer Scotia, which sailed from New York on the 27th ult. arrived off the harbour. She brings 114 passengers, and M 7,662 dole. in specie, Having landed mails and 11 passengers, she Proceeded for Liverpool; all well. She experienced easterly minds throughout the voyage. NEW . YORK, Jan. 26 (Evening). The Federal officers who arrived at Cincinnati on the 24th from Knoxville, reported that General Longstreet had been reinforced by 20,000 men, and that he was advancing on Knoxville, pushing the Federals before him. Advices from Nashville, how. ever, assert that General Longstreet's movement was only to recover the forage ground occupied by the Federals, and that is he is now returning. The Chattanooga correspondent of the World asserts that General Longstreet's plan of campaign is to endeavour to capture Knoxville and move im mediately into Central Kentucky to obtain supplies, and by this means to force General Grant to evacuate Chattanooga. A correspondence has taken place between Gen. Longstreet and Gen. Foster, at Knoxville, concern ing the circulation of President Lincoln's procla mation of amnesty among Gen. Longstreet's troops. Gen. Lou gstreet says—" If the object in view is to hasten the day of peace, I suggest the propriety of the Federal Government communicating their views on this subject through me rather than through handbills circulated among the soldiers." General Foster replied, accepting the suggestion, and said it would have been more courteous to send docu ments for circulation through Gen. Longstreet, and enclosed 20 copies of the proclamation, relying on Gen. Longstreet's desire for peace to give them publicity. The guerilla Gen. Morgan was at Atlanta, in order to organise cavalry to cut off the communica tion between Chattanooga and Knoxville, or make a raid into Kentucky. He made a speech declaring that the Federals must evacuate Chattanooga. There was considerable excitement at Louisville concerning the anticipated Confederate raid, it being asserted that the Confederates would enter Kentucky at three different points. Union refugees, who have returned to East Ten nessee, are reported to be committing atrocities, and murdering Southern residents. NEW YORK, Jan. 27. The news is generally unimportant. The shelling of Charleston still continues. Dejection in the Southern army appears to be becoming universal. The Federals have made a successful raid upon the James River, and captured large quantities of stores. The Confederate Vice,President Stephens is dan gerously ill at Augusta, in Georgia. The house of President Davis, at Richmond, has been set fire to and robbed. The Federal General Grant arrived in St. Louis on the 26th. General Rosencranz was expected there on the 27th. Mr. Fernando Wood has spoken strongly, in the House of Representatives, in favour of peace, de claring that the atiministration opposed the restora tion of the Union, and favoured the maintenance of war for partisan advantage. He said the most damnable deeds were perpetrated under the plea of patriotism; The Republican members of the New Jersey Legislature have nominated Mr. Lincoln for the Presidency. Advices from Charleston to 23d state that the Federals were throwing one shell into the city every five minutes, night and day. The Damascus has arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JAN. 27. Money tight. Gold, 571 pm. Exchange on London, 172; on Paris, 3.221. Stocks lower; New York Central, 1359 ; Illinois, 126 ; Erie, 1074; 6 per Cent. U. S. Bonds, 1051. INDIA. On the arrival of the Bombay mail we have ad vices from Bombay to January 14, and from Cal cutta to January 5. Sir John Lawrence arrived at Madras on the 9th ult., but did not land on account of the heavy surf. His nomination to the post of governor-general pears to have given general satisfaction in India. Immediately after his installation he will proceed to Lahore to carry out the programme arranged by Lord Elgin. The frontier war, as already announced, is com pletely terminated, and the Times of India says that all the objects for which it was undertaken have been accomplished. " The Bonnever men," it adds, " whose opposition caused us to turn aside from our main object, and to subdue whom cost us thirty officers and about seven hundred and forty men iu killed and wounded, became as true and faithful friends as they had been brave enemies, and actually fought our final battle for us. The whole of the Punjaub, and the district and border of Peshawur, are perfectly quiet. The new ruler of Affghanistan have given proof of a desire for a good understand ing between his country and British India. There never was a time, perhaps, where there was less cause for apprehension in regard to India than at the present." Sir Hugh Rose was expected at Peshawar, on the 30th Dec., to arrange for the location of the several corps on their retiring from the frontier service. A Camp of Eiercise will be formed at Rawul Pindee. Sir Charles Trevelyan has gone on a tour to the N.W. Provinces to recruit his health, which was suffering from over-work. Sir N. Chamberlain is improving in health. General St. Patrick Lawrence, C. 8., Governor- General's Agent for the Rajpootana States, has been requested by Government to present the insignia of the Star of India to H. H. the 111aharajah of Jey poor. The ceremony was to take place at Jeypoor about the 20th ult. Tho Government of India has formally recognised Sirdar Shere Ali Khan as Ameer of Affghanistan. It is stated that the Commander in Chief of India has applied to the Government of India for an in crease in the native army. The line of the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Company from Surat to Bombay will probably be opened for public traffic in the month of March next. The wife of a Brahmin in Meywar, unwilling to go through the religious sacrifice of suttee, on the death of her husband, was seized violently by her relations, and tortured and burned. The parties were seized.and sentenced by Mr. Eden, the poli tical agent, to transportation for periods of two and three years. PRESENT STATE OF HERRING FISHERIES.—The trade of Great Britain has steadily risen since the beginning of the century from about 100,000 to nearly 700,000 barrels, the exports for most years being something like one-third. In 1849, a year of remarkable abundance, the quantity of cured herrings amounted to 1,151,979 barrels, 942,617 from the Scottish, and 209,362 from the English coast. In 1862 the total quantity wae746,518 barrels.—Afr. Mitchell's Book on the herring. - THE CRINOLINE STEEL TRAFFlC.—Crinolines form an increasing item of railway traffic. Not . loss than 100 tons of crinolines are carried over the Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway weekly. Shef field is the principal seat of the manufacture—the fabrica tion of this delicate article giving employment to a large number of its population. Taking the average weight of each set of crinoline steel hoops at half a pound, the above quantity of steel shows a production of about half a million crinolines per week, independent of what passes from Shef field by other routes. The quantity of steel hoops thus manufactured weekly to enlarge the seeming proportions of the fair sex, if joined together in a continuous wire, would almost compass the globe.—. Railway News. PROCLAMATION OF DUKE FREDERICK AT HOLM, RENDSBURG, FEB. 5, Evening. Duke Frederick 'has been enthusiastically pro claimed at Holm and in the ♦icinity. Nothing new is reported from the theasre of war. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, FEB. 6. The Minister of Finance will open a subscription to-day for a new lottery loan of 40 millions of florins (£4,000,000). The loan will not bear interest, but will be re deemable within 55 years, by periodical drawings with prizes, FRANCE. At the ball on Wednesday night at the Tuileries the Emperor is reported to have said to the group of Marshals and Generals with whom he was con versing, "It appears that they have begun to exchange cannon shots in the North ; let them go on, gentlemen—let them go on ; it is no affair of ours, our policy should be non-intervention ;" and those whom he addressed seemed to agree with him. The motive for the inaction of the English and French Governments is said to be the assurance given chat the war will be strictly local. The Italian Minister of the Interior has just pre sented to the Chamber of Deputies at Turin a bill for extending the law of public safety to the whole kingdom. At the request of the communal council of Vienna, the direction of the Imperial Opera of that city is having a metallic curtain manufac tured, for the purpose of separating the audience part of the theatre from the stage, in case a fire should break out. The Hon. Charles A. Murray, H.B.M. Minister at the Court of Saxony, gave a ball at Dresden on the Ist, in honour of the birth of an heir to their R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales, The King and the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family honoured the fete with their presence; it was at- tended by the members of the Corps Diplomatique and the elite of the German and foreign society in Dresden. His Majesty opened the ball with Mrs. Murray, and it was kept up with great spirit until four in the morning. The Vienna Gazette denies the assertion made by several journals, that Austria is about to send fresh troops into Holstein. The quinquennial prize of 1,000 thalers in gold, founded in 1844, for the best work on the history of Germany, has been this year awarded to M. Haeusser, for his history of that country since the death of Frederick the Great. The robbery of the Duke of Brunswick's diamonds has become complicated by a new incident. Since the jewels were taken from Shaw's person, they have remained in custody at the Correctional Police. After the condemnation of the guilty party, the Duke applied for the property, but could not obtain possession of it, in consequence of an opposition having been lodged in the name of the reigning Duke, who claims a great part of the jewels as belonging to the Crown of Brunswick. BoURsE, Feb. s.—The market has undergone a complete change, and to dullness has succeeded great buoyancy, an improvement to be mainly attri buted to the arrival of the English funds with an advance of 8. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 40c. Mobilier have reached 1,000 f., at which they are firm. Railway Shares in demand, and generally quoted higher. The market continued firm to the close, and left off as follows Italian Loan 6B 05 Do. end month — AT ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 5O Home Debt Deferred rAT B . Cash. 995 942 50 .. 947 50 4i per Cents 95 30 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 50 Credit Mobilier 997 60 Do. end month...JO 19 50 Bank Shares 3300 Credit ' , owner 1215 Roman BAIL' Account. Orleans .... Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 932 50 .. 931 26 New ditto- - - -- -- • • Southern 652 50 .. 655 Western Eastern Sardinian 378 75 .. 377 50 Austrian Lombard North of Spain - Saragossa .. Ditto to Barcelona .... 290 , , ANECDOTE OF THE POET ROGERS, as related by Charles Dickens—in reference to Mrs. Carlyle and Mrs. Procter.—" You know, I dare say, that, for a year or so before his death, ho wandered and lost himself, like one of the Children in the Wood, grown up there and grown down again. He had Mrs. Procter and Mrs. Carlyle to breakfast with him, one morning—only those two. Bath excessively talkative, very quick and c'ever, and bent on entertaining him. When Mrs. Carlyle had flashed and shone before him for about three-quartersof an hour on one subject, he turned his poor old eyes on Mrs. Procter, and, pointing to the brilliant discourser with his poor old finger, said (indignantly), Who is she ?' Upon this, Mrs. Proc ter, cutting in, delivered—(it is her own story)—a neat ora tion on the life and writings of Carlyle, and enlightened him in her happiest and airiest manner ; all of which he heard, staring in the dreariest silence, and then said (indignantly as before), " And who are you ?' Three of the steamers comprising the Anglo- Chinese steam squadron—viz., the Pekin, China, and Tien tsin—have passed through the Straits of Sunda, en route to England. Captain Shetard Osborn was on Ward the Tien tsin. Thackeray's Likeness, The last, and in some respects the best, be yond all doubt the most interesting Likeness of Thackeray, is the little carte de visite half-profile photographed very beautifully by S. Ayling, of 495, New Oxford-street, from a drawin g (now the property of Chief Baron Pollock) taken very recently (from the life) by the skilled crayon of Samuel Laurence. The famous portrait of Thackeray taken by S. Laurence years ago—the portrait so admirably engraved by Holl and so eloquently eulogised by Charlotte Bronte—is known, of course, long since, to almost every one. But the same artist's second limning of our great humourist, the one now so very charmingly and opportunely photographed by Mr. Ayling, possesses in some particulars a superior attraction even to that more highly elaborated work of art. It shows us—this thrice-welcome carte de visite— Thackeray as he was shortly before his lamented death, Lightly sketched though the portraiture is, it is pronouDced by the most intimate friends of the deceased to be—among all the pictures taken of him—the most lifelike. Debrett's Illustrated Peerage and Baronetage for 1864. Always admirably good, Debrett's Peerage— " The British Bib e," as poor Thackeray calls it in his witty Book of Snobs—is better than ever i❑ this its latest issue. It is more complete, this edi tion of it for 1864, than any one of its predecessors. It appears to have been more carefully revised. It is as compact as any such publication call possibly contrive to be, with a due regard to comprehensive ness. It is illustrated profusely with heraldic designs. It is arranged - alphabetically. Its abbreviations are perfectly clear and comprehensible throughout. And altogether, for three half-crowns, the purchaser, in it, obtains the most reliable repertory of information any where procurable in regard to every one directly related to, or forming an integral portion of, that Aristocracy of ours, known, in common parlance, as the Upper Ten Thousand. Yet so wonderfully diffi cult must be the task of securing strict accuracy in a compilation, made up of materials so perpetually fluctuating—a task as difficult in its way as that of taking a faithful sketch of a pattern in a kaleidoscope, when the kaleidoscope is being perpetually shaken— that even here, in this most recently and most care• fully revised edition of Debrett, we note sparsely sprinkled among the contents, infinitesimal errors of facts,slips of the pen, slips of the press. For example, the venerable Bishop of Exeter is spoken of, at page 225, as the " son of Mr. John Phillpotts, Esq., of Bridgewater." Again, at page 149, Earl Nelson's coat-of-arms (supporters and all) is faund to be be wilderingly, introduced in its proper place, topsy turvy. While, immediately above it, as if that particular page of the work had somehow been un luckily overlooked in the correcting of the proof• sheets, the motto of the Napier's, " Ready, aye Ready," is oddly enough translated into "Without Stain !" Another while, if we turn the literacy microscope of hypercritism upon the volume, solely with an eye to test the correctness of the typography we may instance, at page 16, an announcement (that would rather tend to puzzle a Foreigner) in re_ spent to the marriage of the Duchess of Inver ness, to the effect• that the legality of her grace's marriage with H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex " was not sanctioned by the English aw"—the 1 having slipped up inadvertently a couple of lines higher and thence never having been brought down again ! As a whole, however, the work is really a marvel of accuracy. Ap pended to the original contents, moreover, it is only fair to add, before closing our notice of this new edition of Debrett for the current year, that besides the fall and copious Peerage and Baronetage, et cetera, the volume now at our elbow comprises within it all the various orders of knight. hood, together with many most acceptable explana tions (for the unlearned) of Heraldic figures and terms, such as—points of the escutcheon, tinctures, furs, charges, and roundles ; dexter, sinister, fess, and nombril ; gules, purpure, or, and argent ermine, ermines, and erminois ; passant, rampant couchant, and regardant ; bruised, couped, roussant and adorsed ; bezant, pomey, galpe, and torteaux. Dr. Guthrie's Anecdotes. The Rev. Dr. Guthrie's " Anecdotes and Stories" have been published in a little volume of 216 pages by the Messrs. Houlaton and Wright. The copy before us has inscribed upon the title-page Second Thousand. As the production, as containing withi❑ it some of the very choicest productions, of a Genuine Original, one would rather have expected to see it announced as the twenty-second thousand. Although we are about the farthest removed that can well be imagined from coming under the mere title of one among the disciples of Dr. Guthrie of Edinburgh, we cannot help admiring in him the good heart of a good man, of a very remarkable man indeed—a hard-working philanthropist—a rugged yet poetical inculcator of morality, endowed with a rare gift of homely eloquence, with nerves thrilling, and veins throbbing, and a heart beating with the tenderest sensibilities. Even where the opinions to which he gives utter ance are just diametrically opposed to our own, we can't for the life of us help regarding Dr. Guthrie with a respectful and almost affectionate admira tion. And this simply because in him we needs must recognise a man thoroughly in earnest, one perpetually burning to do good to his fellow creatures according to the dictates of his conscience. The Austrian and Prussian Ultimatum, BERLIN. Feb. 2, The following is the text of the ultimatum ad dressed by the Prussian and Austrian Ambassadors at Copenhagen to the Danish Government upon the 16th ult. It is addressed to Chamberlain von Quaade, the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs : Copenhagen, Jan, 16. The Governments of Austria and Prussia had hoped that the common constitution for Denmark and Schleswig, sanctioned by his Majesty King Christian IX., and ap pointed to take effect from the Ist January, 1864, would have been suspended before that date. This hope has not been fulfilled. The constitution came into opera tion upon the Ist of January of the present year, and the incorporation of Schleswig was thereby accomplished. The Danish Government has thus unequi vocally broken the obligations which it undertook in 1852 as well towards the German Confederation as in especial towards the two great German Powers. and has thereby created a position of affairs which cannot be regarded as justified by treaties. The abovenamed two Powers owe it to themselves and to the Federal Diet, in consequence of the part they took in those proceedings the result of which was also approved by the Federal Diet at their recommendation—not to allow this position to continue. They address, therefore, to the Danish Government once more an express summons to withdraw the constitution of the 18th November, 1863, which rests upon no legal foun dation, and thus at any rate to restore the preceding status quo as the necessary preliminary to every further nego tiation. Should the Danish Government not comply with this summons, the two above-named Powers will find them selves compelled to make use of the means at their command for restoration of the status quo and security of the Duchy of Schleswig against illegal union with the kingdom of Denmark. 'The undersigned ambassadors of the two Powers, who, although not formally accredited, act in this matter by special commission of their Governments, are directed to require the withdrawal of the constitution of Nov. 18 of last year, and to leave Copenhagen in case of not receiving an intimation in the course of the :Bth inst. that such a step has been taken. The undersigned embrace this opportunity of express. (Signed) BRENNER. BALAN. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF MR. SAM COWELL.—The admirers of this popular ;vocalist will be pained to hear that at this moment he is entirely prostrated from severe indisposition. This gentleman—who is now sojourn ing at the town of Blandford, in Dorsetsbire—was at one time the genius of the age in the peculiar calling that he had marked out for himself. By his clear and musical voice and irresistible humour, blended with that refinement so charming in comic melody, he rendered himself universally the lion of the time, and it is sad to think that for the last six months society has been deprived of a delightful and heart-spiriting enjoyment. Mr. Cowell's medical advisers entertain serious doubts as to his recovery, though it is hoped that the spring of the year may restore this prince of good humour to his wonted strength and spirits,—Era, -..-''' ....' _....,-- (fart HER MAJESTY. schoolHe ..--4,-- Feb. 5 * _ erected T by r Majesty the Queen yeste°rdSla3;ltol;ed the Dev Roya l The Queen was accompanied by their co Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, VrilloB Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, and ber Sere Highness Princess Hohenlohe. her Majgeshtaym,s,cwomhinichanhda.s recently beo d c° ,ll The Rev. George Prothere, rector ham, received the Queen a t the entr nce , an B w here ;_ a ducted her Mejesty to the school-room, children, about 300 in number, were asembled , 6 5 0 , Where tea was provided for them. Her , I f3 beo returned to Osborne. attendance at the school for some time, All. t Hun. Mrs. Bruce, theer e the equerries, l‘ f a r c h and o u n d e s gent o : 0 i l y e f ri the la waiting. ng, . - _ _ --..--- The Prince of Wales. a re' His Royal Highness the Fri Dee of Wales R ae Pr sentr royal the Windsor steeplechases yesterdaPedolef a ya highness, accompanied by M a jor 'f ee t t o 8., arrived on the course a few minutes fifteopio f o'clock in a pair horse brougham, whic h cireW t;abt eci front of the enclosure, where the Prince v° scot a b n proceeded to the smaller stand, taking hies,oo hadythe side of Prince Edward of Sale-Weihiartoitei already arrived. The Prince's aPPearsilo of Manchester, hailed with enthusiastic cheers. The Doge p oi B rchester, the Earl of Sefton, Lictit'..v:f Ol e atllie, Major Wombwell, and the of6cerAS; fete Royal Horse Guards and Grenadier Guard;' also present. Rank of the Royal Fania. (From the Gazette of last Evening.) ve b, 1. WHITELIALL, ' lo teo t pleasure tn T de h r e t Qh the heae Greatnt hasbesides s e b a e h e t nthoepdcl declare c a i lisaderrde: nhboeyrf tr l heo l e tt ers na e s, r , e : :0 i l if e l jog 01 1;! of these realms, the children of the B°- ,,,11 b . ; Sovereign an d a al pleasure tt that crheet r rb:h i nea as ri l toifmGesrehaotlaßraintadinena inody,lrthel:ndi -bal l o< v* stli e, , t i l ol o attribute of " Royal Highness," With thei t t beir le sdoPfi dignity : h ti o itv n ye o honour ; h; princeesntkcentihdahonepf further Earlmhp ece r rAs i ai n , nat c otor e res s rhsd withbaeup Marshal r r i oya e f fi r te x is:u e e ri d di rg t iot : lit DAI:. edeai to 1 1 et t i got t e i too e her d, cr DR ecdetsoismdrEitheeci‘ieerarenasoojefeele.isfttyh!rwEroessiillooticiow..ej, o pd A t ea r h pt meeanrststyt may foo a t r y h b iaT Their Royal Highnesses the Du ctieeo O ise' e i bridge he and A r , h night. 'O O Park, Cr h oy av do e n a . rrived at Lambeth. Palace fro o tertiti e t. a se T le h, c The cDitculkeeaatnddinDneurclhasetssevoefnSina:harsltaand e ll , t oe, w Stafford P° al Ge °tl; James'sThe E g arl of Glasgow has left the 't, Hotel,Th Earl and Lady Constance GrGellernietililte arrived in town for the season from Cal veriel - ° The Countess of Uxbridge h a e e ri. ' s S h t . . w r e. e George' s t i ll ile a 11 4 be understand Hoteh that a marriage ' e i r t ' tween Captain Walsh, of The Haysting:d -4 e°ritlitg:3 4o: : COll L n o t r e d ss A d F errets. olp u square f a ro n m d Vane Tempest have arrived at Tempest resid ° i 0 co to Rome lr for the winter a , arr ile Hotel Mr. tysfHerarorVomfdnraor.nmrae:r rknirTrn.eshae.riniddßy al lips aostrue:t :o,oticdflaes 1 a 101.:01;11:1,d :tot, Henry and Lady Fletcher ha 11 e r at t otr g Farrance's . Sir John and Lady Dillon and fa go Wile VI Somersetshire. the Portland H0tL___ .... „..... 0 , outhsea, for Clare° /jc4ll3e. / O. ° DEATH OF MISS PROCTOR, i1iii°,1;:10:56..61'11 week the school of light and elegant '7 - 0 0 :0 0 England has suffered a heavy loss eft ° 10 10,4 4111e ' r ; that i h o o l a n f r tn s t ripened fame and perfected career has has 01,:, self of life-long labour, but of one whe D s : e bf ''' .o6t3 ww o oaaf a sl l rl l al, w nr,s h p e r i n o nl v i e se th , senbdeasuomtifeuslf a:slit:el e t: c -- eegerfiotof Miss c Adelaide Procter, the eldest worthy daug hter denghteorf OP ° ge l° g h a e v r , e ttho ofe tnahreiwtiwcosorrtrhledycotshginereifis.erdstoipaartowl3o:favo:oood:s7:lo?3,ooeAd, 2d inst., she died at 32, Weymouth-street/0,A.. Oert,fodo' Adelaide Anne Proctor was born about IS`.ltio fr:', 0 0 1 ,,, Y. known to the world as "Barry Cornwalli'',t, e ° '- i f Or d e E„ st nA e ig e il m risa e hn d d Bryan Waller Procter, to professional cire's;tigtat°,'ro, sioner of lunacy, was Byron's form-fellol/ t''". o aniSl"l, quitted a solicitor's office for a literary life? sketch r,,,, sooalans,g,ths,e(lB:ac2u.l,t,hoarcteodf :itDhragrorta,sttic stiSsircess,:-; lotvi . 00:14 ifor , o Garden), "A Sicilian Story," " The 11°°taho Derr jild° e (o and, having joil' ed - , 1 1 r i G ig o f many years, till 1860, the office of con3taioThoe bf ple' o Miss Proctor first became known to the Pub::)1. jildlo t to and Legends," published 1858.61, a nd bl, 0 i her o p 0 Verse" (1862). In her poems there file °f f igo of , tenderness and grace, and not a little of 11 03 11 0 11 1861 she undertook the editorship of a veltille 0 0' 5 c Victoria Regia," consisting of poetry frecl .OOl/ tributors, from Alfred Tennyson to Ise Cralt'Do Oe . ' jo tO LISZT, THE PIANIST, is reported hi by tolllcofi papers still in Rome, absorbed entirelitioclor 1 00 e; practices, and likely to become a Inall' . d r e ista.' h fol, id seals, in the castle of Altenburg, near '' ,y13 1° „'","0 sasses, they add, certain musical treasesesbro eloo,loo, last three years have not seen daylig ht ' A O ct df Is 4, Beethoven's piano, made by Broadyo9°- t o D' e c il.";ll selected (in the year 1819) as a present fo.....rordiao(o poser, by J. B. Cramer and his scholar, X re piol l oroi Also Mozart's piano, made of oak, 0 5(111 .8 6 B ,sicl e° 4ii t l ' 4 form), with a compass of only 4 i octavesci 'epio,ooloo modern masterpiece of Erard's---a grand 0 0 0 0 organ-stop, of the value of £375- i t is cl° 00 15 0 1; 1 4et3 will ever return to Weimar. n ir $ ll t 1) di or i THE DROESHOUT ETCHING -0 1 03 • C €w t e supposed to have been made after ll r dari li a `4o# by Richard Burbage, the theatrical an gate or fo re o u spare's life. The eyes have a peculiar worn II" - 000 6 1 0 1 1 i' of look. In his London days, we may saPP ° , se , o ' p d''' 4 il lsel ol a hard-working man. He looked more P'tikoi" greoco doubt, after he had retired to Stratford-onr'co 03001.10( enjoyed his leisure and the countrY ai r ,' lo ch l ' o t. Old read the beneficial effects of this change illtforil bto e 5 9 1,0 04 between the London portrait and the St rs . .„1 : 0 0 : 1 0 are the other differences between the in.' to 13 1 . 1 .4 t ' o ti If, as is not unlikely, Burbage drew liT ile otritpd 001 in the costume of some theatrical r o . t' o f his 11 V hair which fall in a mass on either s ilo of be e ts o to ye 0 t been a sort of wig, and his face alYorde clicicieefeill for the stage, more closely than he after _.O of D AY IS ill it when he lived at Stratford aa a gei llievv i; tl ie 0 condition. The expression of his face pot 1 330 1 00, 6 1 0 picture is candid, serene, and intellige.ll ' ,100, I° o i ar e , than that of the Stratford bust. lils't the fililale . 4 1 might fairly expect in a portrait of Wei yet v iiih, o ttl' ° 0 was occupied with poetic authoshic_,., ° etr e 011,0 0 business of his profession. It is tolesr P'; n0110°11)01 , his latter years, he led an easy , 0 0 a 0 ot riS e (I eschewed those literary labours which de V Af tle of the flesh. ifila° 0 11 , 0 0 1 ASTRONOMICAL PRIZE. ---113° • year pivot! 010 i o or or oil the French Academy has beet ) . ~f t tto ° d ot!, it 4 , to M. Chacornac, for his obeervations_vdere tho",..rte'ooo, It will be in the recollection o f o ur ro C a 0„ :" Ter iO 0,1 0 0 celebrated American optician, Aldan a „ ail,., Pi!', co:: for his famous 18h-inch object-030%r 0 141 ',' o ' f ti ' l K , Pe therewith. The tour small plenete `'evee, yeat'llee'ilia ill;; Vesta were discovered in the first s. i s4o) *,„rdo Te d, * fury. Thirty-eight years later (Iflbaif o fte i r e dio co t / i covered Astrea. A year and " oi , dont' t be fl i3 . t i t i i° o , covered the small planot Ileb e • our iD ; e pCO ' cl e f ° once drew the attention of satroo roo d se' 0 i dea ~ d r y o Since that epoch, each y e ar has pdietr'ert9i°dthtl3ooo °,„ till o 1 0 1 4 planets. Several savans Rape - Pico t utto •-oeg ''':;etitio,lt strutting maps more comprebeil.„lo e, A l ' 3 o 4' de r !? demy of Berlin —the only o'ool, w s o h, ile i o l , if were occupied with this specie's u' ivr. iralZ,. b ii sctoks..oo that worthy veteran of acienc, 3 , -,,,a wo:.;lo3each,coedylp the construction of celestial inal:10 ois 'l4, mv.lo,,ii, his projects by M. Outcome°, ~‘,, 300010. of t he, 00011001 taut to the Observatory f .11'iorptioo , it y 010, o, c tip showed great activity in the ells° 4 0:i of n o t 00 . 10 ,, and in the collection of an fratt'e_e,oo.o. ;, 00 .1‘ . 6 _ iit ias i D i p , likely to conduce, later, maps. He came in 1854 to 00140 o f his . ,. s'i o r go 00 01 o iv oi a to tile l' i ' llti ' e Pi? Aip no estoletl versify of Paris. Several nut aufrabv tWP,,eolt !..0 of .„4 vsuo • ~,d 3 v ~,tio, ,-_, been published from 1555 to 00 1,-0. ~eriP. tyj Arv. 'Bent. The exactness of thee ) ; to ' io OP:000.0. 00,..100 by astronomers Who have not i ' 4: ,f their e $ t oll,,16i;, jed:oo, small planets—and,in respect footaltecol'or'i, 1D 0 0 0 .,) iO , nothing to desire. The six 901 o„rocrlistlfo,!;riellei sented to the Academy on the ~ t DI, V ii vl O dye 'OO smtkoApril, 1863, he m ado kil°`%iyol ° , lecala° , urcettinhganhis l2, m oo s O ps s , taX . di : c lr o i ; ll.lso t co l :4l: o l sviteplijitic,‘ phenomenon of a variable n . , . Oa Taurus. We thus se© that P 1 his reward. .I ~0~ i t 3 rare ttee c (1 4 1 7 ,3 e0nat a, 4 4 and 8 A lbin 4 4 °k Yeet, 44 t he here Was T : '4 ince Al oe nte , h e tlo 14 s cd on Cot