The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-16 00:00:00

BONN: l'T'§ SILKS a LYON.—Every Article of coma fierce takes its title either from the inventor or manufacturer, and the more perfect the production thet grater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos v:1 by the wry trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The followitng• interwoven mark may be seen at the erid of each piece :--"3lanutacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., i Ly on A Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. THE MODERN AUGUSTUS, or The Lie 'if a Lifetime, in FUN This Week.—One Penny. 'ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GA RDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVE NDPG, to commence with (12th time) an en tirely new Operetta, entit'ed FANCHETTE. Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. 7Elarrison. After which, a G rand Christmas Pantomime, on a stale of unprecedented ma tnificenee, = ntitled HARLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND TTIE DRAGON. Doors open at half-past Six—,:ommence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and k B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence with thP New Serf o-Comie Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled ISI I GFIT AND MORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported by Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, IL zjames, and Misses Leclercq, Atkinson, and Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBAD THE SAILOR; or, The Seven Wonders of the World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; Barlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, Messrs. W. A. Barnes and J. -Morris ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and Misses Gunniss. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. AOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr, Fechter. BEL DENIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated )very Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with - a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD : less"s. H. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, 111 , n - eland; Misses Percy, Pauline LeJlercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. - - - AterWhich7 at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love etory, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chrt nicle-," by Mr. John Brougnam. Principal charac c l y Mr. Fechter , su pp orte d by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, 7,..nughim, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Lavenn, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. The Public a.re entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and ,hat the attend. ants in all parts of the house are forbidden to Iceive any gratuities whatever. - - Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. /II IHEAT:E ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manver, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Buc. kstone, Chippenlale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Cbirk, Cullen ford, &c ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hid , eze • After whi , !l t, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid, Clark, Roger s, Tilbury, ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Tel,/ y, Lindley, Rogers, &e. Commence at 7. R OY 4.L PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- S 31e Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EV ENING, DONNA DIANA, After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fix e Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived t o a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't know what I o do, THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL -- Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EV ENING, THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL : Mr. J. L. Toole, ttt to Fight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs.Atthur Stirlinz, R. Phillips, Bil limton, Stu art, Stephenson, Ebarne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billing ton. To ooncludie with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnio and his Sev( :n Magi; Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, It. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss L. Latilaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEA H.-EVERY NIGHT, i l c S Actress EVENING,misB 34 ' st the 9 1 3 9 (I A a T p E p e l a i r a A n e.— o f 1 j th E e A nT il ei;t ; f ra il .- BA rE MAN. in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the priLcipal 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. GREAT ATTRACTION.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES MA THEWS.—Mr. J. L. Toole as Mrs Brown, Mr. PheLs, Mr. Fechter, and Lady Audley every evening. 1853; or, the Sensations of the Past Sea+on, until further notice. Among the artistes who will appear here are Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. To le, Mr. Paul Bedford. and Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Mat thews,Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs, and Mrs. Charles Matlews. TRIG EVENING. and dnrinz the Week, at 7, THE ADVENTURES OF A LOVE LETTER; COOL AS A CUCUIIBEI:.; and 1863; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON. ItOYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manazer, Mr. W. H. Swanborouoh. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS: Miss K. Carson. Atter which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, Jsmes Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, ,Sze. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. To conclude with TURN Hl3l our. Commence at 7. TIFIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Jan be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, ih. 1 0m.—Afternoon, 7h. 36m. ro-zoßnow.-Morning, Sh. Ch.—Afternoon, Bh. 40m. The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. 16, 1864. THERMOMETER This day at Two o'clock .. 40 Barometer-30.32. Wind—N.•E. ; moderate, and fine. SUIT LONDON, SATURDAY, TAN. 16, 1864. While plots and rumours of plots are agitating the surface of Parisian society. a pleasing contrast is presented to us in the peaceful ceremony of Thursday last, when, in the Palace of the Tuileries, Monseigneur deßorialEcsasE, Archbishop of Rouen, received the Cardinal's hat from the hands of the EMPER I OR. The inaugural address of the new Car dinal, immediately after his investiture, and the reply of the EMPEROR, will be read with very general interest. There may be readily recognised, in the disebrases of both Cardinal and EMPEROR, something more than the ordinary phrases of cour teous compliment. In the tones of bath we hear the voice of men who have passed not unmoved, Lot untaught, thrcugh the painful expe riences of life and the trying vicissitudes of fortune. He who once was a refugee in London, and then a prisoner in the Chateau of Ham, now speaking from the height of his almost upparelleled power in the stately palace of the Tui leries, amid the gorgeoue paraphernalia of Imperial pomp, utters no boastful words of idle gratulation, but in sober seriousness confesses that" the honours of, this world are heavy burdens imposed upon us by PROVIDENCE. " Ialso," says the EMPEROR, " ask myself frequently if good fortune does not possess as many tribulations as evil fortune; but," he adds, with the confidence of a Christian, mingled perhaps with the fatalism of a BONAPARTE, "in both cases, faith is our guide and support—reli- , gions faith and political faith; that is to say, , confidence in GOD, and the consciousness of a mission to accomplish." The full importance, not only to France, but to Europe—not only to the present, but to future generations—of the mission intrusted to NAP OLE ON 111. it is not difficult to recognise, lie is now, at this supreme moment placed by -. P ROVIDENCE i,a a t ßolijon of awful responsibility akin to that of the pilot whose hand is on the helm of a mighty vessel laden with men and treasure, drifting upon the breakers. He cannot arrest the course of events, but he can guide his ship to safety or destruction. It is a posi tion, indeed, solemn enough to inspire the most danutless with dismay. The EMPEROR rightly feels that only faith in the help of HEAVEN, and a sense of duty to be done, can uphold the possessor of such a weighty charge. From some other remarks which occur in this , discourse the EMPEROR, in theory, at least, recognises some of those liberal rights which the truest friends of his dynasty would be glad to see him adopt yet further in practice. " The circ:e of our Constitution," he says, " has been widely traced ; every honest man can move within it at his ease. Exclusion no longer exists." M. TRIERS himself could hardly describe more emphatically the blessings of a free con stitution and of a liberal Government than does the EMPEROR. But beneath "the glove of velvet" may unmistakeably be recognised " the hand of iron," the firm grasp of which has proved of essential service to France in her hour of need, but which, let us hope, may ere long be some what relaxed in the wise fulfilment of the Ear- PEROR'S recognised " mission." After what has occurred the remarks of the Com mander-in-Chief are not to be wondered at, but at the same time it cannot bat be matter of regret that such a decision should have been come to at head-quarters. The result must prove disastrous in every reepect to the dignity and the reputation of our army. This case of Colonel CRAWLEY is almost unparalleled in the annals of military trials, and the favouritism which has been shown to him is quite extraordinary. Many may feel inclined to ask why the court-martial to)k place in this country at all. It would have been better either to have refused to appoint one at all, or else to have ar ranged for it to take place in India. It is merely a mockery to make a show of conceding to popular opinion and then to allow things to come to such a pass. The epitome of these remarks may be summed up in a few words—namely, that all those who have appeared conspicuously against the accused are severely censured, and acquainted with their impending removal from the regiment. As Colonel CRAWLEY is to resume the command, perhaps the kindest thing to do to any of those under his authority is to take them away. Bat the slur thus publicly put upon their conduct is unfair in the extreme. This is not the way to ensure full and complete evidence at any future court martials that may take place. If it is once under stood that all who come prominently forward to aid the prosecution of an accused party are to be visited with extreme censure afterwards, it is vir tually ignoring the practice that a man has a right to express his honest opinion, and thus places a military trial in quite a different category to other tribunals. It cannot be that these strictures and these harsh measures on those who at the worst are trivial offenders, while the prime mover and the chief offender is not only acquitted, but in a manner complimented,can meet with the approval or inspire the confidence of experienced and attentive observers of public events. They must view with alarm a course of proceeding which will rouse the indignation and awaken the opposition of all at all disposed to cavil at authorities, or to question the validity of their decisions. The disaffected may ask of what avail is all this ma chinery, and to what end does this military meek anism exist if it is impossible to remove the influ ence of prejudice, and to arrive at a clear decision when tyranny and cruelty have been practised. The English public did not care to know that no censure was to be applied to the actors in the tragic and unworthy scenes at Mhow, and that all that an indignant Parliament, a warning press, and scan dalised public opinion could effeet was to bring into discredit these officials who presumed to give evi dence against one whose actions had called forth the severest censure that has for years been bestowed upon any individuai in such a position. It is no use to temporise matters, by intimating to the Lieutenant-Colonel that it is expected he will prove by tact and judgrr ant that the " painful experience of the past has not been lost upon him." If, as the verdict of the court would have it, he has been un justly accused ali along, what reason exists for him to recall the late events us a warning ; and if, o❑ the other hand,he is not clear of the imputation cast on him of having exerted his authority in a tyran nical form, and taken advantage of circumstances to a degree that was unwarrantable, and altogether displayed a harshness and hardness of conduct that is unbecoming one in his position, why then there seems no cause why he should be more careful. He can hardly, on his return to India, adopt a more cruel course than that he pursued towards the un fortunate Sergeant-Major LILLEY, and if such actions come under the sanction of the law, he need hardly be very scrupulous or circumspect if he is provoked or perplexed with those under his corn mand. When we read the passage in the remarks, that discipline must, under all circumstances, be maintained, it occurs to the mind that this sen timent may be carried too far, and be productive of sad and serious resuits. Order is Heaven's just law, it has been said, but might not the poet with more truth have mentioned justice as holding the pri mary place. Tne extreme of strictness, and the acme of regularity may give rise to great harshness of proceeding, and cause effects alike disastrous and disgraceful. Not one of these here censured but will be indignant at their rebuke, while the Colonel is vindicated and oven congratulated as it were. Too soon angry feelings give rise to heart-burning, and altogether to kindle discord and disaffection, is not a politic course, nor one that will prove to be pro- ductive of the fear that inspires respect, and the judgment tint contests opinion. The chief shame of this lamentable affair appertains to the autho rities in India. Nothing can excuse their partia line of conduct throughout, and their determined upholding of Colonel CRAWLEY has insensibly, bu most decidedly, influenced the opinion of those in this country. The result is a subject of deep regret and it is doing no service to anyone concerned in the affair to say it will all come right, and the worst is over. It is quite the reverie; it has esta- blished a precedent, and given rise to disquietude in the minds of many, and it will be very long be_ fore this important case is forgotten. It has proved one thing beyond a doubt, that the present mili tary system of this country is most defec- Live, and that the sooner a thorough change is effected the better it will be for the interests of justice, and the general satisfaction of the public. According to present arrangements there is no tri bunal where the friends of those in the lower ranks of the army may look for redress in cases of wrong or injury done to them. If an appeal is made it is considered a mark of disrespect, and a breach of discipline, and if an inquiry is instituted it ends in all who have power to act concurring in the opinion that the matter had better rest where it is, for fear the requisite rules and regulations may be infringed by a censure on a superior officer. Such is virtually the case as regards the present mode of procedure, and it does seem hard that an English citizen, whose civil rights are the wonder and admi ration of the world, should become shorn of his privileges and deprived of his safeguards, because he enters the ranks of our army to fight for our liberties and to endure hardship, privation, and toil. It has been a mismanaged affair throughout ; but painful as was the impres. sion that the first recital of the events occa- sioned, it is rendered tenfold more poignant by the reflection that it has gone forth to the world that, from the high places of command, such pro- ceedings have been sanctioned as legal, and that the powers that be have fully and honourably ac- quitted the offender. Without any disrespect to His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Command- ing-in , Chief, who has doubtless been influenced by incompetent advisers, and whose conduct has always been productive of unqualified approval from all quarters, it is not going too far to say that the late Duke of WELLINGTON would have taken a decided stand upon this matter. The whole of the Mhow proceedings would have called forth his strongest censure, and the arrest of LILLEY would never have been passed over by one who, during his long con nection with the Army, was often accused of coldness and want of sympathy by his officers, but who never failed in exercising and exacting the strictest justice towards the humblest in the ranks. This is the only true principle on which to govern, for rules and regulations can be of great value in sending forth a concentrated and well organised army, but they are but the guinea stamp, after all ; the ster ling metal may exist independent of their orna ment, or they may be the supersciiption on a coun terfeit coin. The Danish Government is at last weary of con cessions, and appears resolved to try what effect an open declaration that the limits of its patience are nearly reached will hive upon the German in truders. It has announced in plain and unmistake able language that the passage of the Eider will be regarded as a casus belli under whatever form it may be attempted or whatever pretext may be put forward to disguise its real intentions. Denmark is willing to accept Earl RUSSELL'S proposed Conference, having nothing to fearfrom an assembly which can scarcely call treaties and forms of renunciation mere waste paper, but this consent, too, is made condi tional on the undisputed possession of the Eider. The advance of Federal troops to whatever na tionality they may belong, from Holstein into Schleswig, will be looked upon as a sign for the commencement of hostilities, and in such a case Denmark is resolved " to enter on the war with all energy and to prosecute it as long as the resources of the country will permit." This language leaves no doubt of its meaning, and it is not used too soon. The menacing tone and continual encroachments of the Diet have been in no wise modified by the efforts of Denmark in favour of conciliation and peace. It has now arrived at the conclusion justly stated by Earl RUSSELL, that if a struggle is to come Denmark had better fight while she yet re tains her strength, and not suffer herself to be dismantled in a vain hope of avoiding war. The execution in Holstein has been turned to such good account by the enemies of the King, that it is scarcely likely an extension of it would be suffered by the most complaisant Government. It is well that Denmark has at last assumed her proper atti tude, relying no longer on the doubtful support of her allies or on the moderation of her aggressors, and boidly declaring that she will stand or fall by the maintenance of her national integrity. Such a warning does not come too soon, for in the sitting of the Diet on the 14th the Austro-Prussia❑ proposal was to the effect that the Confederation should demand the suspension of the November Constitution, and, in case of a refusal on the part of Denmark, proceed to the military occupation of Schleswig. It was suggested that the forces which would be required for the occupation of Schleswig should be raised to the necessary strength. This sage and moderate proposal was lost by a vote of 11 to 5, upon which Austria and Prussia declared that they would take the matter in hand themselves. Whether both of them might not see reason very quickly to repent of any such proceeding, is a ques tion that may very safely be asked. The conduct of Prussia in this matter has been such as entirely to alienate from her those sympathies which were readily called forth by her struggle for constitu tional liberty. The Prussians can, it seems, make great professions and persevering efforts on behalf of their own constitution, but they have little regard for the rights of other nations. They can declaim about the requirements of the Germans in Schleswig and Holstein, while the political wants of the Poles in,Posen are very little heeded. There is plenty of room for reform at home in East and West Prussia, before they need extend their care to the banks of the Eider. It is much to be regretted that the young Prince, whose connection with our Throne has made him an object of special interest, and who was supposed to be a friend of liberality and mode ration, should have espoused the cause of the Prince of AUGUSTENBURG. It is a political error on his part, as it will incline Europe to look upon him as an aggressor and a breaker of treaties, while it will forfeit the favour of the English people, whom he may hereafter have to turn to for alliance and aid. Lord RUSSELL has spoken out strongly to Saxony; we trust he will carry his remonstrances a little further, and inform those diplomatists at Vienna and Berlin, whose influence has sometimes proved so fatally fascinating to him, that England is prepared to support Denmark in her resolution to preserve the north of the Eider inviolate, and that any infrac tion of the Treaty of 1852 will be regarded as a sign for the recal of the English ambassador. In his communication of Deo. 17 to Mr. MURRAY, our representative at Dresden, Earl RUSSELL very properly points out the absurdity of the statement of the German Powers that their subscription to the Treaty of 1852 was no longer binding, as Denmark had failed to keep her engagements with them. " The entire basis of treaty arrangements in Europe would be overthrown if such an excuse for the breach of a clear and simple treaty could be ad•- rnitted. Any Sovereign might say—' My reason for withdrawal from such a treaty was that I had made another agreement with one of the parties thereto. This other agreement has been violated; my treaty with you is therefore null and void." But it is useless to argue against a conviction founded on interest and ambition. The wolf is never at a loss for an excuse to eat his lamb, and Count PITzRUM, in his reply to Earl RUSSELL, appears to overlook the fact that the efforts of the father of MARIA THERESA to obtain the consent not only of the great Powers, but of the Estates and Assemblies of his own realms, by no means pre vented FREDERICK of PRUSSIA from quietly ap propriating that fair province of Silesia which is to this day incurporated in the Prussian monarchy. Truly an exact observance of the professions of two or three hundred years ago, and a rigid application of those principles whose observance Prussia insists upon at Copenhagen, would prove very awkward at Berlin. It is rumoured, with what correctness is uncertain, that France intends encouraging the Diet in its resistance to the Treaty, and thus still further to complicate matters. "Light but one beacon and the hills shag blaze," The first soldier who croeses he Eider may apply the torch to a conflagration hat shall extend through Europe. It is the sense of the vast and uoertain results that makes the combatants hesitate to strike, but Denmark at least has learned the truth so ill appreciated by our Cabinet that a firm front, and a due preraration for war, is the best means of securing peac2. The de- spised Schleswig-Holstein question is now absorb- ng the attention of Europe, and the great question of peace or war still remains unanswered, while the doors of the temple of JANus swings doubtfully on their hinges. Madlle. Augusta Thompson, who will be recol lected as having gained the first prize for singing at the Conservatoire two seasons ago, has since been pursuing her musical studies in Paris. She has this week left for Scot land, w h ere ! lob engaged for a aeries of Glasgow concerts! Tai i+ SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1864 LATEST INTELLIG-ENCE. [REI7TER'S TELEGRAM.] DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, JAN. 16, Among the bills submitted to the Rigsdag is one for the introduction, in Denmark, of trial by jury on the English system. THE BADEN ARMY. CARLSRUHE, JAN. 16 The Ministry have determined that preparations shall be made for placing the army upon a war footing. The Ministers at Vienna and Berlin have been instructed to make representation to the re spective Governments relative to the intended oc cupation of Schleswig. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. KIEL, JAN. 16. Duke Frederick received adeputation of Holstein clergymen to-day. The Danes are reported to be busily engaged in breaking up the ice upon the Schlei, The order for the evacuation of the castle of Gottorp has been revoked. SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 15 The debate on the constitutional question closed to-day in the Senate. The Government motion that the bill on the con stitutional reform should be voted article by article, has been thrown out by 93 against 53 votes. The final vote will take place to-morrow. Rumo urs o f a ministerial crisis are again current. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jaa. 15.—The market continues heavy, but without any variation in quotations, Threes, for the Account, remaining at 66fr. 65c. Mobilier is also unchanged. Railway Shares quiet, but well maintained. The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cent 5....... 94 50 Italian Loan 6B 25 Do. end month.... Do. end month 6B 80 3 per Cents. Do. end month 66 55 Do. end mouth.... 69 50 Credit Mobilier lOl5 Russian - Do. end m0nth....1035 Austrian 80 Bank Shares ...... 3300 Spanish Threes soa Credit Fonder Home Debt Roman A.YB. Cash. Account. Orleans 991 25 .. 991 25 Northern . ... New ditto — • • Lyons and Mediterranean 931 25 .. 938 75 New ditto . 890 Southern ........ Western ...... - Eastern .... 478 75 .. 478 75 Sardinian 385 .. Austrian Lombard North of Spain .. Saragossa .. 582 50 .. 587 50 Ditto to Barcelona .... 281 25 .. 282 50 BAIL AMERICA. The Inman steamer City of Edinburgh, from New York on the 2d instant, has arrived, after an unusually stormy passage. There is very little of real interest transpiring in financial circles, and the usual holiday of quietude is the ruling feature. A comfortable feeling is every where manifest, and the New Year is ushered in under circumstances which are highly favourable. Our financial affairs are in a healthy state, and pro mise a steady improvement. The apprehensions which prevailed ons year ago are no more felt, and it is the general belief that there will henceforth be a steady growth in prosperty. The advent of the National Banks has marked a new era in the financial world, and there is no question that this new system of banking will tend to the good of .the country. 111 r. Charles Christmas, of the firm of August Belmont and Co„ representatives here of the Roils onilds, retires from the firm after an experience of nearly half a century in Wall-street. Mr. Mat thiessen also withdraws from the house. The busi ness will hereafter be conducted by Mr. Belmont. The movement in general trade has been light, though fair for the season, Oa Thursday there was but little business done, the merchants being more desirous of squaring up than of assuming new obli gations. We hear of many proposed changes, some of which are of the oldest and best known firms in the city. The mat kets were firm for the most part, at the close —merchants generally anticipating an active movement soon. The stock of some kinds of goods on hand were not fully made up on Thursday, but they will appear in our next issue. Gold has not been subjected to any very violent changes since our last, though the bulk of the sales have been at rather lower rates. The closing rates at 5 p. m . may be found below. • Foreign exchange :has baen dull, and the busi ness for the steamer wits light. Sterling bills have been sold at 166 k per cent. The telegraph announces, that 35,000,000 of legal tender interest-bearing Treasury Notes will soon be delivered to the public. They are to be negotiated through the National Banks. The notes under 100 dole. will be without coupons, and payable in one year from January 1, 1864, with interest at maturity. The note of 100 dole. and upwards will have coupons, and payable semi annually, and the Prin c i pa l w ill b e re d ee mable in two years from th e I st of January, 1861. T hese notes will bear a unif orm date. 50,000,000 d o l e . o f these notes were sold in advance to the Associated Banks in September last, Which will be paid before they are delivered to th e The loan mark e t h as b een rather more act i ve , b ut rates are the sa me . C a l l loans are quoted 7 to 8 , but regular borrowers have no difficulty in obtain ing accommodation at the inside figure. There is much speculation concerning the probable effect of the proposed negotiations through the National Banks of the interest-bearing legal tender Treasury Notes at par and interest. The market for Government securities remains without decided change. The twenty-year six per cent, bonds a re rat h er f i rmer, as likewise the certi ficates and coup on sixes, The bidding; for £ 40 0,000 Government bills on India were received at the Bank of England on the 16th. The appli ca ti ons Vithin the limits amounte d to £1,240,000. £210 ,000 were allotted on Calcutta, £170,000 on B om b ay, and £20,000 on Madras. The minimum price wa s unaltered, ls. 111-d. per rupee on Calcutta and M a d ras, and ls. 1 lid. on Bombay. Tenders at ls. Hid. 011 Calcutta receive about 9 per cent.; on Bo m b ay at o s. Old in full, no allotment ~ being mad e b e l ow that ; a t e; and at le. lltd. on Madras, ab ou t 60 per cent. On the Cont i nent money is rather high er in Paris, and at St. Petersbur g rate; are mer e ly nominal. There has b een tin active moveme nt in stocks since our l as t, t h ough the market has not b een very buoyant. Some few 4 s h ares have sold largely on speculation, but at i rregular pr i ces . On the whole rates are rath er l ower. Some kinds, h owev er, are hi considerably higher. Government stock s were steady. The princi pal sales at the Board were of the Five Twenty Year Sixes at 101 . : to 1011. There was no second session of the Board on Thursday afternoon, it having been voted to adjourn over until to-day. H THE IMP ERIAL SKATERS. —To s ee the Em p eror 1 daily ind u l g i ng his favourite exerc i se o f s k a ti ng , or being pu s h e d a l ong in a sledge en the i ce o f ono or o th er o f the pond s o f t h e Bois de Boulogne' one would never imagine he had j us t escaped so imminent a d anger I B u t L ou i s Napoleon i s a man of no common nerve (with all due respect to Mr. Ki ng l a k o be it said), a nd his fatalism , which is said to be one o f t h e leadinB features of hi s c h arac t er , i n so f ar stands him i n good stead. Wh il s t driving a few weeks ago at Compie gne to a meet, a gun vi " s fired off in the imme diate proximity o f the imperial carr i ag e. The Emperor fixed his gl ance sternly on the Em press, as if to enforce on her side an a p pearance of calmness an d i n diff eren ce, an d succeeded so very f ar that although the Imperial Eugenie's cheek was bl anc h ed into deadly pa l eness , s he suppressed Y ao u ntowardly interrupted. Th i s any cry,whi c h cou l d betta emotion, an d con ti n u e d th o con versation whi c h h a d keen anecdote I can vouc h for, having h ea rd it from the lady e who acc ompan i e d th Imperial pair on this particular occasion. What is the Law for Murder ? TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have said the words "it shall be lawful," which occur in the first clause of the act of 1840, under which Townley has been reprieved, are permsssive, not peremp tory. Their meaning, I contend, is that the Secretary of State "may" reprieve the prisoner if he sees reason, not that he " must" do so whether he sees reason or not. And my reason for holding this view is that, if it is not the right one, then it must have been the intention of the Legislature, and is the meaning of the act, to give power to a brace of county " Dogberries," arm in arm with a brace of "starved apothecaries," to overrule and extinguish the Lord Chief Justice of England and a jury, to quash the judgment of the Lunacy Commissioners, to nullify the opinion of the Crown lawyers, headed by the Attorney and Solicitor-General as well as the Secretary of State ; and finally, to make the Crown itself subservient to the execution of their august crotchets. Now, I submit it is utterly impossible that this can be the meaning of the act, or the intention of the legislature. We have heard great clamour lately against the punish ment of death for murder. But what proof more conclusive that hanging is the most efficient preventive of murder, than this very clamour raised against it on the ground of its severe and terrible character ? But this clamour raised against hanging in general and the hanging of Wright in particular, proves something mere. It proves how unwise, how unjust, how cruel to society whose lives are endangered, it is to let a murderer escape the punishment he deserves. Directly one murderer is allowed to get off, like Townley, it is immediately put forth as a precedent for letting other murderers escape. If Townley had not been wrongfully exempted, Wright would not have been the object of such misplaced morbid sym pathy, or the subject of a protest against awarding to murderers the severest punishment known to the law, merely because he was rightly hung. No sensible person has any feeling in the matter ; nobody capable of reasoning feels anything like vindictiveness against either Townley or Wright ; nor is it pretended by the wise and humane that either should be punished for the sake of mere expiation. But what we say is, that your life, Sir, mine, and every body else's ought to have the best protection and security that the law can give us ; in other words that, murder being the worst of all crimes known to the law, the convicted mur derer should with the utmost speed and certainty undergo the severest punishment known to the law, in order to deter men from destroying life. We have heard a good deal about Wright being hurried out of the world too rapidly for repentance. I exposed this nonsense before. It is a blasphemous reflection upon the character of the all wise, all merciful, omnipotent, and infinitely just Supreme Being to urge that He cannot, or will not, make all due allowance for the circumstances of the case. It is not necessary to criticise the implication that a few weeks or months of sel fish and equivocal repentance under sentence of death ought to wipe off whatever punishment, present or future, is due to the shedding of human blood, which is death by the Divine law, by which these very sophists pretend to be guided. Wright expressed himself quite happy and comfortable in his mind, and quite sure he was forgiven, and that he had nothing to fear in the next world. Men ought to be punished twice over, here and hereafter, or they ought not; in the one case deathbed repentance will not save them, however prolonged ; in the other, deathbed repentance is not necessary to save them. Indeed, it is doubtful how far it is expedient to make murderers believe that they have only to say certain prayers, and think certain thoughts, and that their crimes will b© forgiven in the next world, so that they have only "a bad quarter of an hour" to suffer in the present outside of Newgate or Horsemonger-lane, cheered and sustained by the huzzas of a mob drunk and delirious with excitement, and shouting "Bravo!" "God bless you, my lad I" " Judicial murder !" "No more hang ing I" Truths, sir, ought to be told. There is an immense deal of morbid cant in the world ; not only morbid, but mis chievous. There are those who would place the lives of the whole country in jeopardy, from an unnatural abnormal sympathy with the shedder of human blood. To save the life of one who has destroyed human life they would make all human life unsafe, and expose every member of the com munity to the knife of the assassin. Against this sin, which is virtually murder in the second degree, as being accessory in general before the fact, pray, sir, publish the protest of COMMON SENSE, What the Emperor said to the Ambassadors on New Year's Day, It was just three minutes past one when the Em peror entered the Salle des Marechaux, and the clock of the Tuileries struck the quarter past as the company left the hall. It is but just to say that his Majesty made the best use possible of the twelve minutes allotted to the service of diplomacy, for in that restricted space ho found means to pay his usual annual compliment to Monseigneur Chigi, the Pope's Nuncio; to hope (aloud), in the ear of M. de Budberg, that the amicable understanding between France and Russia would continue to exist ; to ex press, in a marked manner, to Djemil Pasha all the pleasure which his master the Suitan had afforded him by his ready acquiescence to the invitation to the Congress, to which Djtmil Pasha winked and stuttered, and made a most truly graceful and Oriental bend of the head, but answered not a word, which silence may be accounted for by his total ignorance of the French language. Then a few words to the Count do Goltz, to condole with him on the indisposition which has prevented the King, his master, from holding the usual reception on the occasion of the New Year; to thank M. Isturitz, in many words, for the cordial reception accorded to the Empress, and to assure him that both their Majesties would preserve an eternal sou venir of the regal hospitality of Spain. Then came the turn of the Republican Dayton, who also re ceived his share of compliment in the wish ex pressed by his Majesty that the coming year would be one of conciliation for the adverse parties in A merica. Prince Metternich got his ready made phrase likewise, and so did M. do Kern, but when his Majesty came to Lord Cowley he seemed to hesitate for a moment, then passed by without uttering a word. It might be that time presser; it might be that he had nothing to say ; or, better still, that there was so much to be said that he felt that it were wise not to begin. But whatever the cause, the consequence was great astonishment on the part of the company, and some little embarrass ment on the part of his Lordship. The greatest wonder of all, however, in the morning's perform ance was the late arrival of M. Nigra, the Italian Ambassador, who entered the hall absolutely radiant with smiles—all gay with bright "good mornings," just as the whole assembly was leaving. Those who know more than they read declare that the negligence was intentional, that Victor Emmanuel wishes neither to receive nor bestow compliments just now, and that M. de Nigra had received in structions from Turin concerning the behaviour h© was to adopt; others assign for the omission merely a natural cause. His Excellency's toilet was most elaborate, his tenue unexceptionable. He is a late man—twelve o'clock is an early hour—and there fore was the Chevalier Nigra rather behindhand with his Now Year's compliments. The only thing which could justify suspicion was the perfect un concern with which the Chevalier took hi.; misfor tune, for he joined the groups who were departing, and mingled in the conversation on the stairs, with as much ease and freedom as though he were ascending to the hall of audience instead of descend ing without being heard. CONSPIRACY, OR NO CONSPIRACY P—TV e have no further details about the plot, writes the Paris correspondent of one of our morning contemporaries, and as is invariably the case, some sceptics set a rumour afloat, which, however, few people are simple-minded enough to believe in, that the whole is a trumped-up affair. I can re member that under Louis Philippe the Republican journals used openly to complain that the police invented the con spiracies which marked that unfortunate monarch's reign to claim credit for putting them down. Only two days before Fieschi's attempt (see Guizot's " Memoires ") one of the papers actually printed this :—" The Citizen King yes terday came to the Tuileries from Neuilly, with ' son auquste Tamale.' He was not in the least assassinated." Two days later Fieschi's infernal machine scattered death throughout the King's escort. It is the same sort of spirit that denies the existence of the present plot, which, after th e particulars given in the official law papers, no man in his senses would venture to deny. According to the _ltalie of Turin, Trabucce is a native of the Terra di Lavora, and has been several times in gaol. Greco was brought up, according to the same authority, at the Seminary of Piano ; he was expelled from the Jesuits' Convent at Naples, after wards expelled from the Barnabite Convent, and finally found a refuge among the Immaculatelli at Castellamaro— a kind of political Bon Basilio. Buth ho and Trabucco are said to be musicians. ROSSINI'S " MOISE," AND AUBER'S " MA SANIELLO," are the great attractions of the Grand Operas in Paris. MIL BENEDICT has returned from his rush over to Germany to superintend the production of his "Colleen Bawn." WILLIE PAPE, THE AMERICAN BOY PIANIST, is making a very successful provincial tour. MME. ARABELLA GODDARD, the planiste, will return to town, from Boulogne, next week. A Scene in the Corps Legislatif. During the discussion in the Corps Legislatif on Wednesday, M. Jules Favre delivered a speech against the interference of the Government in elec tions. From the report of the debate we extract the fo'lowing passage as a specimen : M. J. Favre—The electors of Paris have neither wished to overthrow the Government nor to cause a revolution. They have affirmed the policy which we have defended. They have declared us to he right and have condemned you. This is the truth. (Loud interruption.) A Voice--The whole of France has condemned you. M. J. Favre—The electors and deputies wbo should wish to overthrow the Government would be factious men. But the Government which should wish to attack the electors and destroy their work would be also factious, for it would place itself above the laws. What Paris wished for is the immediate application of liberty. (Renewed interruption.) M. Rouher—By what means ? The President—M. J. Favre, the language you have just made use of is not Parliamentary. The electors of Paris have voted for you ; they have wished for nothing, and have no right to do so. M. E. Picard—Then the others have not wished for anything either. It is necessary to be logical. The President—l had already warned M. J. Favre in particular that a theory which consists in separating deputies, in making categories of them, and in attributing to some a value according to the number of their electors is a dangerous one, contrary to the Constitution and to the truth. It is a bad kind of discussion that has been introduced here. It is to excite hatred one against the other, and certainly division. (Approbation.) M. J. Favre—l shall reply. The President—You may reply what you ohoose, but I maintain that your discussion is contrary to true Parliamentary rules. (Approbation.) In the first place, what have you had in Paris ? Simply a majority. Do you not reckon those who have voted against you ? M. J. Favre-50,000 out of 180,000. The President—l say that it is a kind of discus sion that cannot be accepted, for it may be objected to you also that you are the result of bad passions. Certainly your election may be attacked as you attack those of others. M. J. Favre—l do not do it. The President—You have said that the electors of Paris wished for immediate liberty. M. J. Favre—l maintain it. (Cries of " Order, order.") The President—To what tribunal can you have recourse in order to judge what the electors wish for ? Is it to your own opinion ? There is only one tribunal creatad by the law; it is the Chamber itself, which has validated the elections. You are her: in a very restricted number; you cannot change that situation, and alter the propositions, by an abuse of language which I shall not allow to be introduced into this Assembly. (Approbation.) M. Glais-Bizoin--Those are only appreciations. The President—They are more than that. Main tain your right, and if you wish to do so, use it with moderation and with proper considerations towards your colleagues. (Renewed approbation.) M. J, Favre—l never intended to say that the electors of Paris wished for liberty by moans con • demned by the law. I expressed, as I had a right to do after the attacks of M. Segris, my idea of the election. You, like us, wish for liberty, but whilst we pursue its immediate realisation you wish to postpone it. We also wish to have truth in the elections, for which the country would be grateful. (Murmurs.) M. Thouland—lt is not my intention, gentlemen, to make a long speech. I rise only to make a protest, in the name of the Government, of the Chamber, and of the country. (Applause.) I did not intend replying to the first speech of M. Jules Favre, because he has given us only a new edition of griefs and complaints which have always been victoriously refuted; but when I find that the Chamber has bat just emerged from the long de bates of a verification carried on for nearly a month, to examine and redress all Abuses, I say it was not considerate, it was not honest, to reproduce.— (Exclamations.) M. J. Favre—These are insults ! M. Rouland—l repeat that it was neither consi derate nor honest to reproduce such accusations. M. J. Favre—l ask to speak on a personal ques tion. M. Darimon—To insult a person is not to answer him ! M. Rouland—lt is not my habit to insult any one. M. J. Favre—lf you mean to insult, we are no longer your adversaries ! M. Thiers—What language are we speaking if the word " honest," employed as you have done, is not an insult P We should surely respect each other ? (Noise.) M. Rouland—ln order to be able to tell the Chamber that it emanates from a vitiated source, M. J. Favre cites facts without dates—facts that have already been discussed during the verification. Such being the language, I think it my duty to pro test. (Applause.) When M. J. Fevre, yielding to the bitterness of his feelings, comes and tells us that it was Paris that sent him and his party to the Chamber, and that Paris is France— M. J, Favre—You distort my words. M. Picard—Paris is not France; it is only the brain of France. M. Thoinnet de le. Tarmelie re—A very mad brain ! M. Latour du Moulin—We cannot submit to be told that Paris is the brain of France. M. le Pre• sident, call M. Picard to order ! (Agitation.) M. Reuland—M. Jules Favre said, speaking of himself and his friends, that Paris, in naming them deputies, had ratified their doctrines and pronounced condemnation on you. Such was the exact phrase. "What does it mean ? Paris is the glorious capital of a great empire, and I respect its elections. But what are they compared with the elections of the whole of France ? (Applause.) What is this right, arrogated by certain deputies, of con demning the elections of France by those that have been profitable to themselves ? And who has the right to speak in the name of France ? Who, gentlemen ? Why I,he Chamber in its majority. I protest against things which attack the honour of the Chamber. (Lund applause.) M. J. Favre—lt has often been said that we are to respect one another, and such moderation ought to be equally observed by Government orators. But the President of the Council of State has not only criticised my words, but even my intentions. M. Rouland—l have said nothing personally offensive, and have only found fault with a political and oratorical proceeding of which I disapprove. The debate was then adjourned. OLIVER CROMWELL'S HEAD.—The Lord Pro tector, it will be remembered, was buried in West minster Abbey. " I well recollect my father the Dean,' , says Mr. Frank Buckland, "pointing out the place to his friends. The grave was situated in the very centre of the centre chapel, at the east end of King Henry Vll.'s Chapel, but there is no stone to mark the place. We read :—' On the 3d September, 1658 (the anniversary of his victories at Dunbar and Worcester, and several other important events of his life), Oliver Cromwell died of fever and tertian ague, in the GOth year of his age. His burial was conducted with unusual pomp and magnificence at Westminster; but his corpse was not suffered to rest in peace. At the Resloration it was disinterred by the Royalists, and having been hung at Tyburn, was cast into a hole beneath the gallows.' The head was subsequently separated from the body and placed on an iron spike over the gate at Temple Bar. The last heads placed there were those of Townley and Fletcher, the rebels, in 1746. Hero it remained till it was blown down by the wind. It was at that moment picked up by a soldier, who immediately secreted it. It remained in the family of this soldiQr for several generations, till at last, not many years ago, it was given by the last survivor of his family to Mr. Wilkinson, a surgeon of Sandgate, near Folkestone, and is at this moment in the possession of this gentleman's son. The skin, covering the skull, is quite hard and dry, but in excellent preservation. I regret to say I have not Seen it myself. The hair of the moustache still remains, and the wart also, which we see represented in portraits of the face of Oliver, is plainly to be seen. The hole made by the iron spike when the head was placed on Temple Bar is still there ; and the flesh has been embalmed, which would not have been the case with the remains of any ordinary person. With the head are preserved the actual documents, in which are offered large rewards for the restoration to the authorities of the head after it was blown down, and severe threats upon those who retained it knowingly after these notices were published," a'? ,„ -3: \ j4 , . - tat , 's if j ou rt re , .f HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 1 5, The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arr i v ed at Osborne yesterd a y, an d hld the honour of d ing); with her Majesty and the royal The Dean of Windsor and he Hon. Mrs. Wel les ' ley have also arrived. The Hon. Lucy Lyttelton has s3cceeded the 11° ° ' Emily Cathcart as maid of honour itz waiting' The Prince and Princess of Wale s ' Tae bulletin yesterday exhibited at Martborovg' House rau as follows : " Frogrnore, Jan. 15, 11 Oil' "Her Royal Highness the Princess of V r ' le continues to make an uninterrupted recovery. " The infant prince is quite well. " The next bulletin will be issued on the 14 instant. (Signed) " ARTHUR FARRE, 3 1 • 1). t , His Royal Highn ess th e P r i nce o f 'Wales' % t tended by Captain Grey and Mr. Fisher, Wept %, hunting yesterday m orn i ng , an d a fterwards I turned to Frogmore to lunch. The Duke of Montrose, with the Marquis Graham' and Lady Imogene Graham, are prolonging tile d! visit to Lady Emily Foley, at Stoke Edith Park, rtereOtir. shire. The Duke is exp e ct e d t o re t urn t o t ow n nest Wee d The duchess and Lord Ronald hav e l e ft P ar is on a c°l3 nentai tour. The Duke and Duchess of Ar g yll leave l t°se ,l neath, Dumbartonshi re , nex t wee k f or th e i r roside l3l ' ,. Campden-hill, Kensington. the ir The Earl and C oun t ess o f D er b y arr i v ed at d residence at St. J ames ' s - square l as t even i ng f rom linc' W ' a park, Lancashire. The Earl of Listo we l h as arr i ve d at the st• George's Hotel. The Countess of Elgin, as before announced our columns, is expected home next month. tod confirmation of what h as a l rea dy a p peare d, we under b- t o that the relatives of Lady Elgin have been informed i d her ladyship and family emb ar k e d on th e 28th ult.!, to are expected 'to reach Suez on the 18th inst. en r°'‘ England. The Earl of Cawdor and Lady Victoria C 4 l bell and Hon. Misses Campbell left:town yesterdaY f ar family seat, Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire. tbf Lady Bloomfi e ld h as l e f t town for Nt"-filer Sussex, on a visit to Lord Leconfield and family ladyship is expected to return on Mbnday next. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exch ec l uer will arrive in town on M on d ay nex t f rom Si' Str:irk GlyLne's seat, Hawarden Castle, Flintshire. MO' stone, together with the family, come to town the Ilel sv t AN ACT OF BRAVERY.—A few dap eg ° / : g b itst Lord Broke was strolli ng on th e b eac h o f t h e Susee' - : r oo near Worthing at ebb-tid e , an i n f ant i n c h ar ge of 8 11.- t be wandered away to a pl ace w h ere i t was surrou nded hi the wandered itit° water coming in, and was carr i e d a l ong w ith the t '" - the deeps which alternate with the shallows along th is e lt Lord Broke, although una bl e to swim, dashed in w itil Lter moment's hesitation and s u ccee d e d i n sav i ng the being once or twi ce overw h e l me d b y the wa ves' 11 ij Broke, the eldest son o f th e E ar l o f W arw i c k, is 6 boy years of age. f tbo The Imperial pa r ty go on one or other it ponds ev er y d ay , t h e E mpress being ge—r taken in hand b y some exper i enced skating lady a g fter• man, and being s till a very t i m i d and diffident me. de Morny was yester d ay to be seen ivitiVrlgl gt Mme. e‘ scarlet stockings, Poli s h b oots w i t h re d heels, short or pelisse trimmed with fur and black cap to m atch, e nc° ,: i thil ing her Maj es t y b y h and and example- to a bolder d°: D i fi ciC ordinary. The Empress'wore not a Polonaise, bu t „ velvet dress raised u p a ll roun d , and leaving t he I)° ° 7, ankles exposed.—Paris Correspondent of the" Queen' LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS F OR 5- " , ,) A eil t ENSUING WEEK.--Monday—Asiatic, at 0; - i r fro' tects, at 8. Tu es d ay —S tat i st i cal, at 8 , " Comtnerc i '` jot; gress of Central B r i t i s h N ort h A mer i ca, " Professor ""lee, Anthropological, at 8, " Extinction of Races,' rdr,rs and "Extinction of Races," Mr, Rendyshe ; Eng i , °ee 8, Discussion on M r . H eppe l' s "Cl os i n g of ReaLt ,„ '" 1 0 a; Banks," and " East Coast between Thames and the vl Mr. Redm an; R oya l I nst i tut i on, a t 3, " Expertlajor Optics, Prof essor T yn d a ll . W e d nes d a y —Society 01 " of Arts,t 8; • rature, at 41; M e t eoro l og i ca l , a t 7 ; Society 0 0' Geological, at 8, "Supposed Glacial Drift, Labrador re_e_ot sula, f. H W.C., and Valley of the Saskatchewan,,, pro! nd, airhclu "Drift Deposite, Valley of the Severn,'' pis: Maw. rs-aY—Zoological, at 4 ; Ro y al Academy °t 5; " Architecture," Professor Smirke ; Antiquaries, Linnean, at 8, "New Annelid from I. of Ascension, ter ,: Baird, "New Speciesof Xylotria inhabiting Fr esh W 6 Dr. Wright, and "Dicelluraa, a new genus of ThYsa uti t r 3; Mr. llaliday ; Roy a l, a t 8i ; R o y a l Institution, (3 ", gi t "Experimental Opti cs ," P ro f essor Ty n d a ll; Chenl i°s lo l 8, " Absorption of Mixed Gases in Water, Mr. Wa f t titir " Urochrome," Dr. Dhudichuni. Friday—Roy al I ' d - e i tion, at 8, " Boiling Water," M r. Grove. s 3 , tilr 0 01 Royal Institution, at 3, "A n ti qu i ty of M an, " air. P it) —A Y t e h s e t i c ix rd un a i y . a treaty of amity, commerce. an d ont l t a i s ls ; c tiPO e. plenipotentiaries o iißp n soaz w tl,res a n,ts s ot in s a, i ir g Lit n ehis e Fe d oEcf b : o y tnhrs 3 eu l elt r wri . g D oeoncr u . eo b rina o Ntl i the fe( rtian tmgh Liberia,in are i g s tareour there e f : rue b li c " eloge 0 00 a biography) so far as it is biography d oes er is more than read the P o li s h composer ' s lif e and ch ar° a icla his music. It see s i n hi s t ormen t e d melodies ti e d o f irritable mind of the man who, while yet young' di o e c sesif: hopeless disease, an d di scusses at l en gth °I2 arid chapters first th e P o l ona i se as i t was b e f o re Chnli o , fed e Chopin's hands, and then his Mazurkas showi ng 00 of 11 ! vidual soul in hi s mus i c , so pass i ng t o rec.,llecri c ' d varP" life and character full of musicianly sympathy "" friendship, U n;, N blu lC tt O hm ß ino N rke .— , ted , 6 itsh extinct; n E c c a t b p e T ro h i b i a a t (which it must always be remember fl e y d in a gre whom white men have never visited, probable ee suchdthoautb:7 it a n is ite p fl o ' ssi e r b e l .. ? - f:ellid ..i b l i ci ttilii f; be has cone---heieb self in those vast forest wastes of Central Africa s ym ea , uninhabited and unexplored,—.Reade's Savage ) ( Tri p , h ill AN AMERICAN "HELP" is iao rae ll t o d spoken of, not satirically, but in simple e'house as "the young lady" who "picks up" to er' ter t be family she h th e e er d os inn s.e e x r ana ta i b n l e e s . hßeremforisetrselisse ogr e " bo ther - as to 7 00 . 0 ral e ; house is provided with Hecker's flour, and 13 d c old w , ° ( 0 3 0 , brass pails, oil cloth on the stairs, and b e t a n il iatfor uLt ,, no' laid en. Then she states the domestic r ico; eau which she is prepared to act. "Monday I D a be jetal ° o .. body speaks tome, Tuesday I washes; l'a° t d ay T he Wednesday I irons; you'd best let me be that datia'y day I picks up the house : rrn awful ugly rllat so terch'l," per, but affectionate. Friday I bakes agairh " D' e I be r a e u pe c a o r 7es. And Sunday I has to inYae lC : th avidi t Xt's4 romances,murder, in the etcor it ledger. She attends lectures, and rail' come a member of a Woman's is is because she is a young lady, a nd the Per o f be all abo ut lloavdeye, and Sh e dev ours wi to, States (3 0' 0 driven raving mad by her perversity and runner quire her assistance do not c ho ß os i e gh t t o s' ru e°unthvseeT : rtn': : s,l2 :t ; in l:lll ; viite e: that so many married couples in the Unite . fool 510 venture on housekeeping for themselves, but bo telo' end to year's end in uproarious and COnifortlea" G. A. Sala, writing from New York. ts MOT' the of t, ',The EMILE DE GIRARDIN'S LAST charade at Compiegne has caused, by I I LL , OO f e some little excitement, Bold was the man --4 , ions rtne ° ,, o o sonage than Fleury, the very night before ells an dust Copenhagen—who proposed the name of Pei! t u Ol: :' 0ecr oa''; 1 the sorest which could have been suggested, !,, 0 of the melancholy thrown over the Cour t eirct .v. y ual t o of the election of that extremely obnoxious intllrouf j o 4l io representation of Paris. But Fleury, thro o ver , 0 insouciant nature, beholding the gloom ad boo a Di guests by the event, declared that as the subject ; , Alt t o ° I , one of intense ennui, the individual himself Lail6 of r be made to serve for a little amuseme nt, so cot , , " h p of ale te offered for exercise to the wit and ingenuitY sec ond' 00 1 assembly. Needless to describe my first aud_ ste so d whole was given up with admirable gond t'iniics " humour by one of the professed wif e and la is ow n 1 , 130 Court, and who moreover by a lucky ch ane :b o ard: s •,, r oe, with one of the most beautiful and luxuriant °L , o f CO' v, peculiarities of the individual represented we r e co mpa c P t l ie produced to the life, amid the laughter of 01 to r gt w e ll , M ons i eur de Girardin," said one of di 0 7 the ea ' O3O Court, surprised at witnessing the merriment uois 0n ..0 . of the Tresse, who was amongst the batch of g pl o t v P . 4. occasion, "do you not defend your friends r t sa4 ,p; o they are victorious," returned Emile with Emperor i°toca• The mot was eminently successful. The _. w ith "%, to have alluded to it in the comp/in/0a d'adz°„;_opiega',,,,/ he honoured Girardin on his departure from j u o u ti, i s o ci v el AN ATHENIAN LADY, Mrs- A vr b all : a. , t _ iete i t f u o r l i nl g O i . s l 3 ; exhibiting at the Crystal Palace Et of Athena in papier mdchd, showrg the arell' o 1, 000 , il oc' dour of the ancient citadel, on a i d cale of l i t wit u a jo ts following edifices are marked in the nind e wai i , Cita ° o :of Heal reference :—Grotto of Pan, rela , g ic Ar ° , la te' Wall, Tomb of Talus, Thea t r e of .au' " - ciort t ' to o Eumenus, Theatre of Herod (Ode on), thew Vello,o, Agrippa's Column, Pinaeotheca, Prot:l3, 2o llW_ axe Tower, Temple of Victory, Parthenon,::llo:l4 Tomb of the French General Fav i cr , who Iv independence of Greece. /a t i Il .1 i 44111 a 0 r, C Per a ii)l W e ' t ' u w E tchq t 4lz, i] bib uiti % k o t l -vt