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URNITURE, CARPETS, 13 EDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the klscrclom, regardless of amount or distance First. class Roods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to perg7Men and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying,' an acre of ground. z very article warranted ~.CI.EtiGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR -I'4,lSn are resp ec tf u ll y i nformed that Messrs. C o bb e tt an d Co, are publishing' an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, ill , strated by4lo admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and Post-free on application. This costly work also contains com lete estimates f or furnishing . on the following revised scale A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed d: ' 4 tto 40Zrther with a Prise List of purified heeding, and a mass 12f valnable information to all requiring househild furniture, T , Petg, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clef, 3 , - , and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Lijichester, Bury Ely Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, W.ells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder ?unster Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, Alban's. Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Brit;"ham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great n. }. e ,,, (/ / 3 BETT and CO General House Furnishers, Deptford -"L"Re, London, Sal," ATLANTIC and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—NEW YORK DIVISION. t e t ( h ) trPONS due Ist Januarext will be PAID in London, e ConsolidatEd Bank (L imited). No 7, Fenchurch-street, Londo n at the rate of 4s. to the dollar. i f Ihe Cot:ous must be left two clear days for examination ; I Rent to the Offices of the Company, No. 2, 014 Broad-street, z a 9 t rnu, E.C., by post, a cheque for the amount will be re -led i n due course. Dine option. to convert Bonds into Shares expires on 31st eeer a b T _ on, ndon No. 2, Old Broad-street, Dec. 9, 1863. ATLANTIC anti GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—NOTICE to BONDHOLDERS. -, In conformity with the terms on which the First Mortgage it, o nds of the PennsylvanTa Section of this RRilroad ware """iled to the public, the FIRST ANNUAL DRAWING of 4 D t er cent. of the cross amount of these Bonds will take place 1 61 Ulf: London Tavern, Bishopscate- street, in the presence of 4 r . Grain, Public Notary, on TUESDAY. J a nuary 12, Is6l, . One o'clock precisely, when B on dh o ld ers are invited to ~ 1' Kend. The authorised issue is as under, viz.:- 2,000 Bonds of 1,100 dols. each 600 ~ 500 11 300,000 ~ 2,000 „ 100 ~ 20 ~ 000 ~ ---- 2,510,000 ~ a bove per cent. of each denomination will be drawn on the • „a•onve day, and the Bonds so drawn, that have been issued in •&,, ( Melon, will be paid o ff at the rate of £225 for every 1,000 ' , al& Bond, £ll2los. for every 503 dols.Boncl, and £22 10s. for larY 100 dole. Bond, on preserttathiii at: the 'Companv's Mee. No. 2, Old lroad-street, E.C., on and after Ist April teXt, in addition to the Coupon due on that day, after which all interest will cease. . On paymPnt, the drawn Bonds will be cancelled in the pre 'en ~ :e of a public notary. — Offices, 2, Old Broad-street, London, E.C., Dec. 9, 1863. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. SPECIAL NOTICE. The Directors are now prepared to n - rant Insurances on Merchandise in the Port of Loudon at the REDUCED CALE OF RATES. Particulars to be obtained at the Offices, 11, Lombard street, E.C. n OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, ROYAL EXCRANCE, LONDON, 25th November, 1863. The COURT of DIRECTORS of the Corporation of the Royal Exchange Assurance do hereby give Notice, that their Transfer Books will be shut from TUES )A"lr, the 15th of December next, to THURST3AY, the 7th of January follow ing; that the Annual General Court appointed by their Charter will be holden at their Office on the Royal Exchan2e, on WEDNESDAY, the 23d of December, at Twelve o'clock at Noon ; and that a Dividend will be considered of at the said Court. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICE, THE BOOKS OF THE NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, For the Year 1863, close on 31st December. Life Policies effected on or before that date will rank for an additional Year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants. D aring the Four Years preceding last Division of Profits (1858), the Company issued 1,595 Life Paicies, assuring £1.221,603 4- Mring the Four suveeding Years the number of Lite Polices issued amounted to 3,168, and the Sums assured to £2,22 ~ 52 BEING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT. The SIXTH SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of the COM -1-"ANY'S PROFITS will take place on 31st December, 1865. T I I WHOLE PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMU LATED SINCE ' lsT DECEMBER, 1858, WILL THEN BE DIVIDED, AND NINETY PER CENT. ALLO! 'A s'ED ' ll l ONG THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING SCALE. CERTIFICATES of INDISPUTABILI fT granted, and every facility offered to I❑surers. FIRE DEPARTMENT. ,I nsuranres granted both at Home and Abroad on the most überal terms. Forms of Proposal and every information will be given a the Head Office, or any of the Company's Agents. By order. F. W. LANCE, Secretary. London, November, 1863. HEAD OFFICES: tOIRDON 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildinc•s, Lothbury. West-end Office.. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. •CDINDTIRGII 64, Princes-street. DEAFNESS.—The SOUND MAGNIFIER in vent INVI SIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly _ed instr ument for severe cases of d ea f ness. It fit s i n t o the ear, not perceptib:e, removes simr,in,r.r noises in the head, and enable s d eaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ._ street, Piccadilly. S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle- T u NEW WEATHER INDICATOR. By S. CASELLA, for correctly foretelling Ch anges i n the West S. eith er f or R a i n , Wi n d, or M o i sture. Particu lars, wit a rules, by inclosing stamp. Also, just published, CASELLA'S New sna Improved F ORMS for correctly REGISTERING METEOROLOGI CAL 013SERVAT t uNS. 23, Hatton-garden, London, E.C. ALGERIAN ONYX MARBLE. M essrs . . HOWELL, JANIES, and CO., respectfully solicit an In 4 pecti, , n of their Onyx S a l on, which contains upwards of Ja ON objects, consisting of Clock,, C andelabra, Lamps,Vases, rdinieres, Inkstands, Pen-tray s , and a variety of smaller ar tides of taste, at moderate prices. This beautiful marble is perfectly translucent, bears a very Thle polish, presents a diversity of pleasing tints, and can be turned or chiselled into any form necessary for utility or or oament.--5, 7,9, Regent-street, Pall-mall. cl ir IYE YOUR HO R SE A TREAT.—Two penny d '-'„,! packets of THORLEY'S delicious CONDIMENT daily, mixed with damped chaff and corn, will, at three t v _ e eks hence., astonish the owner. Packed publicly at 145, - V e et-btreet,, City. None genuine without the Inventor's 'ft-Mature engraved on each packet, " Joseph Thorley." m Read 'the Discussion on this C.diment, held in Hanover- Were square ut Rooms, and judge for yourselves how its opponents hors de combat—one an Oil Cake Dealer, the other a vet erinary Surgeon. May be had free on application. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN. OLLA RD S PERFUMED SULPHUR Ivit. SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, and "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free 1-rom disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin and body in perfect health ; they are also an effectual Highly miring tocal and cutmeous affections and rheuma 'igen. prAtronised and recommended by the most e minent physicifins ;see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Nos. 1 to 5, accord ing t o the d egree o f su l phur they contain, ". tojd at the depo,t, 2, Rupert-street, Coventry-street, London, , and at all. chemists. Prospectuses and testimonials sent o n applicaticm. E.E.„lll.—Mr. ESKFLL'S INVENTION i n r`c, "ik construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the oiLowi•xer advantages :—A set or teeth of excellent work niansl'ip'and mechanism, can be made , and fitted with the most ; Perfeet accuracy and success, in a few hours, without 132.1, or extraction of s t umps, an d to answer all the purpo ses r sos or °,, mas tication and articulation. They are fitted without fastening and adapt themselves so perfectly to the -- .limil, that th ey are quite immoveable, except at the option In the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the useful, and will last aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, tise explaining Mr are always street, Trea a..Wet-tine. Comfort guaranteed. street. Bowl. Inspections:A specin;ex'ake..ll's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. mingham. n ‘ t 'and e.onsultationg sree.-B,Grosvenor nr- ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir -_______ PRIZE MED I,,,x.,„,,,,,,thszlNCThEanßdNlerAs:raloo.,NtAc.,L FRANCIS TIICTSER & CO 1862. Wax To the Queen and the Prince of W ales. (Established 171)0.) The Jurors' 'Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to 'Ale excellence of the quality of Messrs . Tuckers' Mount saute. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker 8.120, Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says have found them fully equal to the recommendation. which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, recom -`,...eav_ them to the clergy for the use of the altar." r '„in.l.2st quality, with Platted Wicks, patented :: 2s. 2d. per lb Ordinary quality Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES,: with •. a l,iisture of Wax. Iflest quality . . • • ls. Id. per lb. Second quallt • • • • • • • • • - is. 3d. per lb. • • Third ls. ld. per lb. C arriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.. / 3 , South 3lolton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory — Kensington (Established 1730). T hy largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—Th e greatest an d .., most useful invention of the day, AG UA A MARELLA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., a, King-court, bombard street London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to th , ,. pxiblic this truly mafvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue —no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of uYes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and When the hair is °Lae restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour Price one guinea per bottle, or I ,n half bottl es , 10 s . 6d. Testimonials from artistes of th e ulghrst order, and from individuals of unnoubted respecta bility, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and co. have been appointed Perftuners to her Royal High ness the Princess of DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER of Bromley, NEVER FAILING REXEDY.—Pre pared with() at any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. .tcott, Ken will be found invaluable to all who s uffer from bilious an.d liver complaints, indigestion, wind. spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual Costiveness as a ir.uiily aperient medicine, and as a purifier 11 the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. told by w, by 8, King, William-street, Charing-cross. tiZ i e "'"'. l by most druggists, in boxes, Is. lid., and three Seof4".' quantity in one, 2s. Bd. Be sure to ask for Dr. 8 Bilious and Liver rms. The genuine are a square A tunp. ee n Packke s w ith -- Lambert," ongrave.d on the ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. During the Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN, at Her Majesty's Theatre, the BALL will commence EVERY EVENING at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre parations, (to. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling i tor Gentlemen only). IT THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE o f any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, " Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-Park, London. Olt n llA D M ini E ng N .r T oo S m, fo oo r Drawing-ro om , n t s h is e tingoia tnent ot VASES, Figures, Groups, Cand u l e ei3 w t a ic n k d s e ,( i e i lts it k ba l li t rß a t stands, .)eantiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., _ ___ „_„, Alabas•er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire b_par:_,.._ , - Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, alne ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, M INERALS, ROCKS, facilitate and FOSSILS, which will greatly C'HOLGY the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON each. . And GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10 , 20, 50, to Ir o o Willie" . PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGv„ and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. T ENNAN.V. at 149, Strand, W.C. - -. A m i b e a . ---° B:e sr t e r Liquid. These r,..arations render the hair, BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. c omparison. —C an be and the 3iagne Arabiant Ic S R: p k s, D a e n w d Ntia • . e * . r from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom, consult' ' costly t h e a e a t o , n a a n l n y d d a co t m li p al inimitabl e e d x a i m on e 1 1 3 t t ela ii n c e t t i l i .M 17 . oeyond EL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be d daily. All communications are strictly confidential. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-ro a d, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice -Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of VirA LE S,K.G President--His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of the si k poor for ad mission compel the Committe e to entreat the bounty of the affluent and h umane as many distres,ing cases which. with as the medical officers are daily o blie n d t, tr eat as out- patients e more adeq uate funds, they would gladly admit into the wards. The premi ses of the Hospital are capable of containing 50d beds. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependerA on the voluntar Treasurery contri butions and legacies, which are recei: ye d b y by Messrs. Co.utt R dward Mas,erruan, Esq., Nicholas-1. 4 1 2 e ; also and*Co. : Drummond and Co. ; Ferries and Co. ; hansom an c. l Co. • Prescott. Grote, and CO. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. : Giya mid Co. ; Jones Loyd an ,- .'. Co.;Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co, ; W •lliams, Dr.acon a ' nd Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. • Nisbet and B 'era-street ; Masterman and Co. - I. 2 Cr,, ilverp ern ool; and at tin -11 5 ..rned and Co., the Hospital, from io''' 6TAisip -- ORP S. SMITH Secretary. estii ° the le cl iir t B at• blo' and ° nPest• ire, 00 t o of J. as, tl' a 0 of I. ~,,r i tt Y - ri-ica' i ••• 0 • of , c o ol,' 'Cirob! f . , ,40 1 'd :,:eq., gr. J. lisb °d' gel . I' Jie Of 360 1 fleti rl ivet' No. 11 0 '; ;pa ~"' ~" N°. 22,298 4 PUBLIC MEETING on the POLISH ix. QUESTION will be held at the Bridge House Hotel, L oudon- b. idge, Southwark, TO- MORROW EVENING, Dec. 15. JOHN LOCKE, Esq M P., Q.C., will take the Chair at Eight o'clock precisely. Lord Campbells Vice-President of the National Polish League, Pope Hennessy, Esq., M.P., Dr. Hugh Allen, Rector of St. George's, -Southwark, John Vickers, Esq., Evan B. Jones, Esq., M.D., E. Dresser Rogers, Esq., Edmond Beales, Esq., President of the League, and other gentlemen, are ex pected to address the Meeting. JOHN ROBERT TAYLOR, Honorary Secretary to the National League for the Independence of Poland, 13, Brownlow-street, Bedford-row. Now ready, in 2 vols., 215., . . MEMOIRS OF JANE CAMERON, FEMALE CONVICT. By a PRISON MATRON, Author of " Female Life in Prison." _ "Once or twice a year one rises from reading a book with a sense of real gratitude to the author, and this book is one of these. There are many ways in which it has a rare value. The artistic touches in the book are worthy of De Foe." — Reader. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., SECOND EDITION OF QUEEN MAB. By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of " Nathalie," Jac. "`Queen blab' is a good and interesting novel. It has a strong, well complicated plot. Queen Mab,' as she is called, is charming. The book 13 well written, and the interest is sustained to the last page."—Atheneum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. STANDARD MODERN COOKERY BOOKS. • FRANCATELLI'S COOK'S GUIDE. Thirteenth Thou sand. 1,000 Recipes, 40 Illustrations. Price ss. FRANCATELLI'S MODERN COOK. Fourteenth Edi tion. 1,500 Recipes, 60 Illustrations. Price 12s. WHAT ,TO DO WITH THS COLD MUTTON. Price 2s. 6d. EVERYBODY'S PUDDING BOOK. 2s. 6d. THE LADY'S DESSERT BOOK. 2s. 6d. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. On Wednesday will be published, CAPTAIN SPEKE'S JOURNAL of the DISCOVERY of the SOURCE of the NILE. In one volume. octavo, price 218. With Portraits and Map, and numerous Illustrations chiefly from Drawings by Captain GRANT. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. This day, at all Libraries, in one vol., price 10s. 6d., V TON SCHOOL DAYS; uA London : John Maxwell and Co.. 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 2 is., ATERRIBLE WOMAN , London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 215., AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISH DETECTIVE. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Thia day, at all Libraries, in 2 vols., price 215., FOR BETTER FOR WORSE Edited by EDMUND YATES. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By M. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London: 18, New Burlington-street, W. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND MARTY." Just published, ABOOK OF BEAUTY, By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. MJULLIEN'S CONCERTS. .1-UL • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Positively the Last Night but One of Signor Sivori, and last Night but Five of the Season. M. Jullien's Hew GREAT CONGRESS QUADRILLE, introducing the National Melodies of different nations. Vocalist, Mdlle. VOLPINI.—VioIin, Signor SAVOR'. Grand Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. Commence at B.—Admission, One Shilling. M. Jullien's GRAND BAL D'OPERA will take pine on MONDAY, December 21. r i l" OXFO R D, R, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following , Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, by Sir H. hishop ; also, from LA FORZA DEL DES L INO—Verdi ; by the following talented artistes —Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, edmslev, Tyrrell and Ellison; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Also, Solos on the Violin by VIO _VII COLLINS, the celebrated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant And the marvellous instrument, the ORCIII4:TRAL PIANO, by Herr SCIIALKENBACII, the Inventor. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by UNSIVORTH (" or any oilier man "), Eugene, W. Randall, W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclag - an, and the marvel lous Gymnast, J. H enderson. 3he HALL has been newly Decorated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at halt-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, I Os. 6d. "THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce that, through the medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is n , ghtly held at the CAN TERBURY HALL. The object of the Club is not the re peopling of the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through the agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient) pictures of the drama of real lite, both in its serious and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some of the teachings or pleasantries of the best wr tors. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and the " White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, receive emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be rapidly replace Iby others. The pages of Shakspere and the el , ;er Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., &c., in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - IM MENSE SUCCESS. Houses Crowded Nightly. FRANCONI'S CIRQUE IMPERIAL. The most talented Male and Female Equestrians, Acrobats, Gymnasts , and the best Stud of Trick and Manage Horses in the World. Every Evening at Half-past Seven. Day Performances on Mondays, Wednesda3 s, and Saturdays, at T ‘‘o. Admission—Reserved seats, So. ; stalls, 2s. ; promenade, is ; private boxes, one guinea. Box-office open daily from Ten until Four. ---, ',.,.... e fir ,i''.‘,,,,,.•, , .4.,e''' g. . , . .... . ..- • - , , , , ••• • • V . .. . . , i 0 . „ ~ 1(1-. i . .CO' kl , ' r` 4 ' . 'llk • ' _N ' ') \. .r*•': - ;,fi1i,. , ,.!\,' ~,,,,- *,, . 0 , :coil ~.. • , ' '.'•••,... . . v . t-r 00 ,,, , , ,, im. ..62,- 1 , c. ,,, , .. z ri , -,x; ,.... 1 . :, 1 11414111k , P v , _____..., ~,,,,.„,,,„...i t, .. .; 4,4„,.,, ' 11 :::1,1,. j.! '-.: • -:`,', -:' ' 4- .1"4:: ~-.-.. , • ~, ,‘, 4.. ...... . ' • ~.'t, , ti 1 0 ) : "Illiiill' " ajt /I - D 6- Orr!" :7 - ::; 1 17" : ''''' - ..,..: '4' * r.''''' illit , - ~,s, , ....4 ~, . 0 P l qrfillitr c'' st - -' - DIE ...• ''S :. PRICE..... _..4d. STAMPED ....sd. the Monday morning without showing any signs of their presence. As soon, however, as the na tives knew that they were fairly gone, and nothing but a garrison of 23 volunteers left, at the stockade, they began a fierce attack in great force, their numbers being at least 300 men. The small gar rison resisted stoutly, and returned the fire with spirit, keeping the Maories from attempting an actual escalade. The heavy and continuous firing was soon heard at other camps and posts on the south road about four or five miles off, and detach ments of small force were sent out from several of these. As these gradually arrived at the scene of action the fight became more equal, and in the afternoon was waged almost on .a perfect equality, one party being in the clearing, and the other under cover of the edge of the bush. The' fallen logs afforded excellent cover for our men, and the vastupn the superiority of our marksmanship was s olu apparent. Before evening we had fully 150 me n ground, and the natives seeing that the were about to be charged made off, taking with y them, could venture usual, ture t o the killed and wounded they allreach without fear of being them selves shot. No Wounded f m . en whatever fell into our hands, but the b h o a d d ie f s a o llen nine natives . were . taken and buried, which remove. ofar within range for their comrades to imat ort m he native o killed Very off. many were saenedn the to fall mos who moderate o wer e draggedes estimate into the bush; . and wounded makes it at least fifty loss was three men killed and seven Nvou n n . de w d li h r i e n o n t w h n . e engagement, which was wonderfully little is considered that it lasted nearly a whole day, and t the firing never ceased during the whole time, ' and was so heavy as to be distinctly heard over a dis trict of many miles in extent. The whole district has since been placed under the able command of Colonel Nixon, the commander of the Colonial De fence Force, who, with a flying column of between two and three hundred men, is constantly travers ing it in search of natives. It appears that this has frightened the 'Maories across the Waikato, as there are manifold traces of their exodus in great numbers at a favourite crossing-place. Their return must, of course, be provided agains t, but in the meantime it is no trifling moral advantage to have driven them headlong out of such a stronghold as this bush afforded. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1863. DO NOT FORGET YOUR APPOINTMEN T. —We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, after Jullien's Concert. K INAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale .÷ L 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinahan's LL Whisky." THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are those mad , by ELSTOB, of 60, New Bond-street They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy purchasers. "In medio tutisimus ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS MR. CHARLES KNIGHT, The Veteran Author, Editor. Printer, Pub lisher, Historian, Encyclopaedist. (From the Athenteuin.) Mr, Charles Knight may be considered as a Literary Elder in many senses, and in every sense a good one. Byron said he hated an author who was all author. Byron would, it may be presumed, on this account at least, have liked Mr. Knight: as many of the poet's successors have been proud and happy to own they did on higher grounds. Certainly, he has been awauthor : yet hot all an author, Indeed, it may be said of him, that he has been a professor in every branch of the book trade, from the humblest to the highest. He has been a printer. He has been a publisher. He has been a compiler, a reporter, an editor, a critic, an author; and it is not too much to say of him, now that he puts his case befoie us, as a whole, in his ripe age, that in all these departments of intellectual trial he has gained some distinction. There may be cases of a somewhat similar kind in our rich literary annals. Richardson was a printer, Dodsley, the publisher, wrote plays. Jerrold set up copy before he supplied it. Cottle " sold the books he did not write." Lackington wrote a book, but it was only about his own experiences. Lord Campbell reported the House o f Commons. Tom Moore wrote leading articles. Byron started a newspaper. But we do not remember an instance in which, oie and the same gentleman could boast of the same infinite variety of literary occupation of Mr. Knight. What man has set up newspaper copy and written a History of England—published Poor-law reports, and composed a tragedy in verse—reported the Parliamentary debates, and edited a compendious cyclopaadia of universal knowledge? Even in the amount of effort achieved, the number of .pages printed, Mr. Kuighkliterar7 labours are remark able. His works would fill a very large shelf—almost a library. They are on all sorts of subjects ; but chiefly perhaps on those connected, more or less closely, with social reforms and popular education. Probably Mr. Knight has written and edited more pages than Hume, Gibbon, Byron, Moore, and Wordsworth all put together. Within the last ten years he has produced more literary matter, original and edited, than Dickens, Lytton, Tennyson, Trench, and Browning all combined. We happen to be writing these remarks away from books of reference, but we have a very recent and pleasant recollection of eight octavo volumes of history, twenty-two quarto volumes of Cyclopeadia, four volumes of " Half-Emirs with the Best Authors," ten volumes of the "Stratford Edition of Shakspere," one volume of " Shakspere Studies," and two octavo volumes of " Once upon a Time." When it is considered that these works are the productions of a man otherwise engaged as a publisher, they become still more remarkable. People were amazed that Richardson should have found time, in the course of a long life as a man of business, to write the stories of "Pamela," " Clarissa Harlowe," and " Sir Charles." In these several capacities of printer, publisher, reporter, editor, and author, Mr. Knight has seen a good deal of mankind, and especially of the eminent of mankind. In his early youth, as the son of a Windsor bookseller, he was familiar with George the Third and his Windsor circle; a little later, as a local printer, he became ac quainted with a knot of young Etonians who were barn for fame, including Praed, Moultrie, and Macaulay. After his removal to London, his friendships extended right and left round the circle of poets, wits, philosohers, and politi cians ; and in this magic circle Mr. Knight has lived for nearly 50 years. Is Sergeant Shee to get the Vacant Judgeship ? It is w a saw whn indignationo great m two eminent emyienaernst from the ordinary course of preferment in lawyersi n the their s hp shut u tp b or l ou i c -t fession on account of their political opinions or for reasons connected with the zealous exercise of pro fessional duties. Mr. Brougham and Mr. Denman had no special right to the rank of King's Cuunsel, nor would it have been decorous or even reasonable in any public speaker or public writer to clamour for their advancement. But when it became notori ous that they lay under a ban by reason of their politics, and that it had been Jeclared they never should be alto wed to rise above their then positions at the Bar, the public protest was very loudly made, and their exclusion was felt as a general grievanee. Unless we are lunch misinformed, something of the same kind is now happening, and a very eminent lawyer has been avowedly excluded from the English Bench because he is a Roman Catholic. It is very commonly believed that upon the last vacancy this gentleman was named for the appointment, and that his religion was made a ground of objection. The whole profession will agree that no other objection could have been urged. It can be nothing to us or to the public what competent man succeeds Mr. Justice Wightman, but it is of great consequence that any remnant of the old rags of bigotry and intolerance should hang about our Council Chamber, and should narrow the choice of selection of our public servants. If it be a homage paid to the baser pre judices of the nation, it is very cowardly; if it be a real substantive conviction that a Roman Catholic can never be an upright English judge, it is a mon strous folly. _ _ . There ought to be only one rule in the selection of judges, both in England and Ireland—to choose the man who will make the best judge. The best judge is the man who, possessing the learning of his profession, has strength of mind to put off the form of his politics and the form of his faith at the door of his court, to take them up again as he goes out. If he cannot do this, be he Whig or Tory, Churchman, Dissenter, or Catholic, he must be a partisan judge; if he can do this, it is of no conse quence what his politics or form of religion may be. In Ireland, where the Protestants are the most edu cated and wealthy part of the community, it is almost a qualification for the Bench to be a Protes tant; in England, where the Catholics, although very few, are second to none of our fellow-subjects in respectability and loyalty, it is declared to be an absolute disqualification to be a Catholic. All this is an anachronism, and we ought to be ashamed of such folly. In a Liberal Government such an os tentatious intolerance is especially odious.— Eines. PER PAIR. PIGS ! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, 105 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to 11 cwt. bar'ey or any meal. Delivered tree in Lon don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong reduced to 35. Bcl. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bcl. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 48. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. LAURELS. —For SALE. several Thousands of well-grown and thriving LAUREL PLANTS, from two to three feet high, delivered at theTjebury Station. ag, the London and South-Westereltailwak, in quantities no less than One Thousand, at Twenty-five Shillings per thousands. Apply to Mr. Jeffery, Old Wardour Castle, Salisbury. GUILDHALL, 11th December, 1863. The COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th December (instead of Thursday, the 17th December inst.), as previously advertised, at One o'clock precisely, to receive PROPOSALS for LEASES of a HOUSE, No. 4, Mitre street, Aldgate, and Two Houses, Nos. 5 and 6, Little Cole man-street, Finsbury. • Plans of the Property may be seen, and Forms of Tender obtained, upon application at the Architect's Office, Guild hall. . _ . FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. Fearful Murder in the Waterloo Road. It would almost seem that some localities in London are doomed to bear a fatal reputation, either from having been the scenes of crimes or accidents, or from possessing evil reputations gained in other ways. Waterloo-road is, un fortunately, particularly distinguished on account of the doubtful reputation attached to it in times not far gone by ; and al though great efforts have been made by the police and the parish authorities to remove some causes which have at tached an evil stain on this thoroughfare, it would seem that their efforts are doomed to be ineffectual, and that from time to time the familiar name must be again brought before the public in connecti on with some new horror. The tragedy of which Eliza Grimwood was the victim, from the mystery attending the circumstances, and from the fact that the perpetrator has never been brought to justice, was enough to impress the name of the locality on the public mind for a long time, even had the road not borne a name which history will not let die. After the lapse of years a sudden and fearful accident occurred by which a number of lives were lost through the imperfect manner in which a large grating was fixed, and yesterday morning a tragedy occurred which, from its barbarous and worse thanbrutal nature, can be matched by few deeds of blood on record. At a house on the left-hand side as you descend the road from Waterloo-bridge, and not far from the scenes of the tragedies alluded to, lived a man and woman who occupied a back-room on the second floor. The man, whose name is Samuel Wright, is a bricklayer by trade, and had worked at the buildings now being erected for the Strand Music Hall Company. The woman, the victim of the tragedy, was named Maria Green. Wright, who appears to have been • of a somewhat dissolute character, was a widower with two children,who, however,were not living with him. The woman had bees ranked among that class generally, and too truly, termed "unfortunate ;" but it appears that for about 11 months she and Wright have been cohabiting as man and wife. There would appear to have been some redeem- ing qualities in the unfortunate woman, for, although her character was apparently lost part all hope of redemp tion, she was of an industrious nature, and strove to make :he home comfortable, assisting, by taking in washing, to add to the joint income. It seems that during the time they occupied the lodging in the Waterloo-road their conduct gave no great offence to their fellow-lodgers and neighbours though "Wright was occasionally in the habit of neglecting his work, and his unfortunate paramour was not of sober habits. Jealousy on the part of the woman would appear to have been the cause of a great change in their domestic habits, and to have led to the crime just committed. The woman discovered a circumstance which happened on the night of Saturday, the sth inst., and which caused a quarre between her and Wright. The effects of the quarrel were that Wright neglected his work until Friday last, and during the week altercations occurred between him and his wretched partner which led to blows and the infli.aion of a black eye on the woman. They were, however, in company at a public house on Saturday night last, when the woman drank a quantity of gin and ale, which rendered her intoxicated, and in this condition she was removed to her home by a woman who had been with her and Wright. The man also betrayed symptoms of intoxication, but went home with the two women. As nothing was heard of them from this time by the other lodgers, it was thought thee they had gone to bed—but about half-past three o'clock yesterday morning a woman named Ireland, who occupied a room underneath that in which Wright and G een lived, was aroused and alarmed by a repeated knocking on the floor above. :She rose, partially dressed herself, and proceeded up stairs with a light, to ascertain the cause. On the stairs she met Wright, who was dressed with the exception of his coat, and whose shirt-sleeves were smeared with blood. Mrs. Ireland, though terribly alarmed at the appearance which Wright presented, asked him what was the matter. He replied with much calmness, " Go and see," and then went down stairs. On entering the room the woman was seen lying near the fire-place, but:her face was so covered with blood that she could scarcely be recognised. In an swer to some exclamations from Mrs. Ireland, who was na turally horrified at the sight, she said, 66 He's cut my throat." Mrs. Ireland returned to her room to finish dress ing, and locked herself in. In a few minutes Wright re turned up stairs and knocked at her door. Ireland told him she would not open it, but would fetch a policeman as soon as she was dressed. He replied " All right," and then returned to the room where his victim was lying in the agonies of death. In the meantime Mr. Redbourne, the son of the landlady of the house, being aroused, came down stairs, and on meeting with Mrs. Ireland and hastily hear ing what had occurred, dressed :himself and remained in the passage to prevent the escape of Wright, whilst Mrs. Ireland went out to look for a policeman. This precaution appeared to be needless, for Wright quietly returned to the room where the poor creature was lying, and remained there without making any effort to escape. Newton 76 L, the policeman on the beat, was found after a short time. He proceeded to the house with Mrs. Ireland, and on going up stairs found Wright standing at the window, while his victim was then lying near the door, showing that she must have either been removed from the fire• place, or must have dragged herself across the room in the vain attempt to obtain assistance in the agonies of death. Mr. George Harrap, who manages the Waterloo-road business of Mr. Dodd, the parish doctor, was sent for, and on his arrival shortly after four it was found that two deep cute had been inflicted en her throat—one from left to right, and another in the opposite direction, by which the head had been nearly separated from the body. At first sight it would appear, as both the woman and the man were dressed, that neither had been to bed, but on examination it was found that the woman had apparently lain down o* the bed when brought home, and that the first assault upon her had been committed while so lying. It was evident that she had been beaten on the face apparently with the poker, which was found covered with blood, and it would seem as if a struggle had then ensued, during which she had fallen or rolled off the bed. On the table was a razor with which the wounds had evidently been inflicted, and also a table knife; and in answer to an observation the murderer said, "It's all right. It can't be helped. She took the knife and I took the razor." When informed that he was charged with murder he asked to be removed from the room at once, as he did not like to remain where the body was. On further examination a basin of water was discovered in which he had apparently washed the blood fro m his hands on returning up stairs. He was then searc h ed and removed to the T ower - street sta ti on -house, near the lower end o f Waterl oo - roa d . On being told that he was charged with murder, he said, coolly enough, "That's rig ht ; it's right eno ugh." He was immediately placed in a cell, where h e slept for some time. He passed the greater part of yester day in a state of stupor, only once saying "Is sh e d ead ?" The murder was not gerally known in London yester day, but a few people gathered about the house in the latter pr..rt of the day. In discussing and commenting on the crime their attention was naturally drawn to the windows of the second floor, where the horrid deed took place, and here, beneath these windows, was a board announcing that a certain music - hall was th e " most e l egan t room," and o ffered the " best entertainm en t in London" --a ghastly commentary on the deed of blood which has taken place within. The landlord of the house removed the number from the door during the day to prevent the house becoming iden tified with the murder. THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. (From the Sydney Herald.) The last fortnight or so has been the most stir ring in incident of any that we have had for some time, although there are signs that would lead me to expect that it will be exceeded by the next in in tereit. There has been a very unusual amount of fighting, and a very unusual amount of bloodshed, at least amongst the natives, during this period. They have ventured upon an entirely new system of tactics, and have found themselves thoroughly worsted in every respect and at every point. The news which my last letter contained relative to natives who had left Mere-Mere, and had ventured into the vicinity of the great South Road, and even to Pukekohe, on the west of that road, was the first indication of the new policy, now said to . be the plan of William Thompson, who has been acting as generalissimo of the forces for sumo little time back. It was not then known on how large a scale the new tactics were about to be carried out ; but it has since appeared that not less than from six to eight hundred natives must have been thrown into the waste triangular belt of forest which lies along the Waikato River to the westward of the south read, ..... and terminates at the village of Waiuku (now a military post), while it contains the settlements of Mauku and Pukekohe, besides the townships of Cameron and Tuakau. The forest is here very heavy, and in places exceedingly swampy—so much so as to be all but impassable for man, while it is entirely so for beasts. The idea of the campaign was certainty a clever one, and does the general who planned it great credit. The large body of natives was to split into two or three divisions, and then at their own time to come down upon one after another of the settlements, all of which were occupied as mili tary posts, although most of them very inadequately garrisoned. One of these bodies it undoubtedly was that committed the murders of Mr. Armitage and his two Eurdpean companions, of which you must have heard, in this matter there is little doubt they received no small assistance from the treachery of the friendly natives who accompanied the party as a convoy for the provisions to the Bluff. Having succeeded in this exploit it seems probable they were on their way to some other point of attack when they fell in with Captain Swift and his fifty heroes (for such they seem to have been). Their numbers on that occasion were certainly not short of 200 men, and it is a subject for wonder and just pride even to a regiment of British troops that a detachment so weak, and having lost its commis sioned officers at the very beginning of the action, should yet have fought as they did for many hours against an overwhelming force, and have finally defeated and driven them off. Happily Lieut. Butler, who behaved with remarkable courage, even shooting two natives dead with his revolver after being brought to his knees by a most severe wound, is rapidly recovering. Our loss in numbers was providentially very slight, while that of the Nltiories now appears to have amounted to between twenty-five and thirty men placed hors de combat. The deepest regret is felt here for the death of the gallant Capt. Swift, who was by far the most promising officer of his regiment (the 65th). His body was brought to Auckland, and buried with all military honours on Sunday the 13th : being followed to the grave by the governor and all the ministry, besides a large part of the most respectable of the inhabitants. On the same day on which Captain Swift's party was engaged there was fighting at two other points, so proving that the enemy were at least in three divisions in the district. One of these was a mere skirmish near the south wall at the Razor-back redoubt, where no one was even wounded on our part, although the body of one native, apparently a man of some im portance, was found in the bush where he had been shot, after the fighting. The other was in the neigh bourhood of Manku, and was brought about by the energy of our own local forces, who, having reason to suspect that natives were in the neighb ourhood, sallied into the bush and came upon a lar g e party o f of little short of 100 men, engaged in the work devastation upon such of the settlers' houses as er waswer isolated in the forest. The fight that ensued men only sharp but short, fer although our u g more at num bered 50, they had the advantage efieb:land most of home in the forest than the them had the vast addition:la:de.vrntiage carbine bein loading armed with the short deadliestbreec and most effective. which is by far the A ft e r about half an weapon in the forest.. some times as nea r as hour's hard fighting? natives took to flight, at ten yards' range, exee- i t ,• the be li n d them , their leaving every chieg killed pon whom th e roost important trophi es o f v i ctory wou nded,y seem look and tolk as the that could fall back into the Pakeha's hands. All 'heir plunder was rescued, and their huts burned -ce by the foresters. The most hardly con at o, tested, a. yid probably by far the most deadly, of fight , to the natives. took place on the 14th, these a t Pakehohe. The natives had evidently kept en e ye for some time uColl this place, as they carefully timed their attack so as . 4 .%) allow the convoy which had come up on the Satqrday to go down again on Who's Champion of the Thames 1 " Who's champion of the Thames ?" is a question that may be naturally asked by our aquatic readers, and " Who's champion of the Thames ?" is not a question eo easily an swered. We are always most happy and willing to afford the public at all times any information in our power, but that which we do not in ourselves possess we cannot impart to others. Once upon a time during our long existence, and once upon a time only, were we in something like a similar fix to the present ; but the affair was not so complicated. Then we had only two heroes in question claiming precisely the same thing, but now we have four; consequently, taking it only as an arithmetical problem, the question is just twice as difficult ? But it involves infinitely more than this in its ramifications, and in its complexity admits of many considerations. No such difficulty to determine who was the Champion existed in former days. From the time of the celebrated Richard Parsons up to a few months rgo the thing was as straight as the road, save in the one particular instance to which we have adverted. Although Parsons was avowedly the best man of his day, he was never exactly dubbed " Champion," but his successor, Charles Campbell, was, and his reign of supremacy com- menced on the 9th of September, 1831. But a few years after this came the dispute as to whether be was entitled to retain the honour, which Robert Coombes disputed with him. Campbell asways held this great little man very cheaply he beat Coombes so signally on Nov. Ist, 1838, that he ap peared to hold his subsequent pretension to the title of Champion as too contemptible to be worthy of notice. The assumption of the title by Coombes was founded upon his second defeat of Robert Newell, on October 15th, 1842, when he challenged the world, and as Campbell did not notice the thing at all, the friends of Coombes laid claim to the title, and many and severe were the discussions upon the rights of that claim, and then only, as we have before said, was there until now a dispute as to who was the Champion. On August 19, 1846, the dispute between Coombes and Campbell's claim to the Championship found its termination by Coombes beating him as easily as he himself had formerly been beaten, and we suppose ere long the present knotty point will receive some such un ravelling. On Sept. 29th, 1859, the renowned Robert Chambers (of Newcastle-upon-Tyne) acquired the Cham pionship of the Thames from Henry Kelly (of Fulham). The end crowns the work. He was proved by this and other victories to be avowedly the best man afloat, for on Sept, 18th, 1860, he beat Tom White for the Championship, and after other great encounters in the provinces was once more in his wager-boat upon the Thames to contend against George Everson (of Greenwich) for the Championship of the London river. This was on April 14th, and on June 16th he had to encounter a more formidable rival, the Aus tralian, who had come over to this country months before to contend with the very best man our waters could produce, and had been carefully training for the event during the whole time that Chambers and Everson's match, of which not much can be said, was in its tardy progression. The defeat of Green by Chambers for the Championship must be fresh in the memory of our readers, and the subsequent sending of £5 and articles for a fresh match by the Australian's friends. This amount was covered, but no terms come to as to the time of rowing, and Green received fot feit of the Champion of the Thames, and thus, as it seems, considered himself justified in claiming that title. The next race which is at all connected with the Championship question took place at Newcastle-on-Tyne on the 28th of July, for £lOO a side, the course extending over a mile, and the com petitors being Chambers (the Champion) and Robert Cooper, a man there who has rendered himself famous as a smiler. This ended the defeat of Chambers, and, being beaten by Cooper, c himself " Aquatic Champion of h epoch is the Tyne Regatta, in h some of h scallsrs ever seen contended. Green twheiw o r the latter tThe e styled next finest (the Australian) was unavoidably absent, and the three trials heats were won by Chambers, Cooper, and Henry Kelly (the ex-Champion of the Thames). After a great deal of fouling and squabbling, the race was ordered to be rowed again, and Cooper, who had come in first, with Chambers second, refused to row, as he considered himself justly entitled to the cup and stakes. The other two there fore contended, and this race was only characterised by boring and fouling, and Chambers came in a winner by two or three lengths, Kelly claiming a foul, which was dis allowed. The ex-Champion (Kelly) then sent £lO and a challenge to Chambers to row him from Putney to Mort lake, for £2OO and the Championship, but this was un heeded by the north countryman, and some time having elapsed, Kelly now takes upon himself the title of Champion of the Thames, so that our readers will see that we have no less than four candidates for the Championship of the Thames, or the'` World," whichever they please to term it, for Green has left a polite invitation to pay liberal ex penses to any one to m ake a j ourne y t o the "far West" to contend against him for the Cham p ionsh ip o f the Globe. Next summer we presume some more definite notion may be formed of who may really be entitled to the appellation of Champion, until which we leave our readers at perfect liberty to exercise their own judgment and entertain their own opinions upon this knotty subject. —Era. , Affecting Tributes tsper e o the Genius of Shak King George 111. remarked (as Miss Burney tells us), I " Was there ever such stuff as great part of Sbakspere ? only one must not say so I But what think you ? What,? Is there not sad stud? What ? What ?" Mr. Knight, in hie newly published autobiographic Re collections, takes occasion to observe that Farmer George was not singular in this abuse of Shakspere. "I have hoard," he says, " one such heretic, whose intellectual di mens i on s would appear gigantic in comparison wis'h those of the King, say of the writer of th e sa d s t u ff, , D __. od I bl Is he ali ve ? Th e op i n i on , how ever, seeing that Lord Byron, always call him silly Billy,' " Who, asks the Athenown. ceavnertthiiss not"h "heretic ti e'' very remarka ble, according to Tom Moor e (y i ds the latter's " Diary and Let ters") protested with an o ath that h e d eeme d Sh a k s pere '` a d--.d d h um bug 1" Such i s Fame! THE STABLES AT SANDRINGHAM PARK are being enlarged, so as to afford double the accommodation the Prince of Wales's stud bad formerly, JAPAN. The intelligence from Japan leads to the conclu sion that however bad foreign relations with that country may be, they are not so bad as has been represented. The British Minister at Yokohama remonstrated with the Tycoon's Government at the obstructions placad upon the transit of produce from the country. The Japanese authorities replied that no such obstructions existed, but that a combination of native merchants had arranged that produce should only come to market in driblets, and that these merchants fabricated the story about Govern ment obstructions to suit their own ends. In a situa- tion of alarm foreign merchants naturally seek to realise their imports and to invest in exports, so as to restrict their liabilities. This natural impulse the Japanese merchants have macaged to excite by the extravagant stories lately current. Then the massacre of the native merchants at Nagasaki, referred to in last report, is quite untrue. Still matters are in a bad state. The Mikado, and the leading hostile Daimios have undoubtedly corn bined to expel foreigners if they can. The Tycoon is powerless, and is temporising—seeking to keep the treaty if he may. Foreigners are confined to the settlements of Yokohama and Nagasaki. A French officer has been assassinated wantonly at a very short distance from the former place. Produce is prevented from coming to Nagasaki by the Daimios, and a lege body of their followers are in that town threatening the native merchants. A rumour prevails that a civil war has commenced, but the accounts cannot be relied on. Admiral Kuper is wisely awaiting the arrival of land troops, and Satsuma is preparing to repel another attack. The Loss of Fishing-Boats on the East Coast, GREAT YARMOUTH, Dec. 12. To-day the crew of the steam tug Volunteer, five n number, were brought into Great Yarmouth by the smack Eliza. The tug, which belonged to Mr. S. J. Fill, left the harbour on Thursday with three other steamers, for the purpose of cruising in the German Ocean and obtaining intelligence of the missing boats. The weather was exceedingly bois terous, and the sea ran fearfully high. After cruis ing about 20 hours, at a distance of from 60 to 70 miles off land, without falling in with any of the missing smacks, it was found that the Volunteer had sprung a leak and was in a sinking state. The crew at once took to the pumps, but it was with the utmost difficulty that, in the heaNy sea, the steamer could be kept afloat. About 5 a.m. yesterday, see• ing a light ahead, they made for it, and came up with the smack Eliza, of Great Yarmouth. The tug was then on the point of foundering. The crew of the Volunteer got out a boat, but it was instantly swamped. They then ran their vessel alongside of the Eliza, and, at great risk to themselves and to the smack, they jumped on board the latter and were saved. Toe Volunteer, which was valued at £1,600, and had been recently fitted with new boilers and thoroughly repaired at an expense of £6OO, soon afterwards disappeared. She was unin sured. It appears that the total number of smacks belinging to Yarmouth, and still unaccounted for, has been reduced to-day to 11, bat little hope is en tertained that these boats or their crews will ever again be heard of. Each smack, with ne ts and fish tog gear, cost from £6OO to £7OO, while the ds av erana gO . crew carried by each ranges from six to drownedseven is worst already known to exceed 30 , and, should the to some fearsc be realised with regard to the lliesdmacks still missing, the total deaths wil l be where about 100. It is computed ar t h a t about 20 with the greater portion of smacks have been lost ; disastrous gaies ; and, late disastrOUß ga'eb; and, as may be supposed, the utm their crews during the chusienpehilLACE mi. THE TUILERIES .es who o t distress prevail s have been left in a a s mo m ng ay th b e e h s e u r p ea p v o e s d ed f , aa.l th i e l s e ode..stitution, and on wh o circumstances tu a pp::: THE INTERIOR •,' - 2 as described h n rece nt book of Travel. -4 had fancied a an onymous writer) that nothing could did saloons of the Hotel de Vill e, but when s urpass the s p lendid (says I in te d with t h os e of theTuileries ce ntres they are nothingelegance. The of the furniture, the richness of the cl The green and crimson velvets and satins, the crimsonvariegated brocades which festoon the windows of each successive saloon, the e magni fi cen ce of the chandelier s an d mirrors, th beautyof marbles the b r onzes, of the Florentine tabl es, and of the arblesand n ca bi ne ts, and the splendou r o f the Gobeli and palace, a t a pestries—all combine to re n d er this now fur nished, the beau ideal of an imperial home • ' and I s can easily imagine that when th e many thousand dazzlinglights are reflected from the mi rrored walls the richly dressed forms and bright eyes wh o crowd these o v n asta apartments on the oc casion of an i m p er i al ball, a sight will be presented of which even an Arabian poet could scarcely dream. I r emember , gg when trav ers i ng those o us rooms, I was ca ll e d by the attendant toward s the centre re° balcony which overlooks the gardens, from which there is a vista of wonderful splendour and beauty, extending from the palace and its gardens . across the Place do la Concorde, and along the Chtunapd.. Elystles, to the Arc de Triomphe, with all tha nd ulY animated juncts of moving life which throng that lovelyßciiadere balcony scene. But when my foot reached thi s: that made me alto recollections swept athwart my I in,:rmr'bered, when first in gether forget the landscape. --- rr ou i s x.Vlll. showing Paris, I had seen the portly form of ..-, himself to his subjects on the everyherospot where I th en stood. o f Marengo and A us- I recollected that there, t" ed ' t h to the deafcninc; c ries of "Vivo terlPz had frequently li,forcnorles X. and Louis Philippe l'Empereur"—tha t theretiattering salutations of "Vivo le had each received thilefore the last named king, when flee- Itoi," and that evenni:4; 13 of an infuriated mob, had reached ing from the th.rreatnely the cries of " Vive la Republique" the road to Is' aabello'wed. Neither could I forget that the had been thence the nui hbania • Levee room bieh then occupied _ g 6 throne yv had been bat a few years ago borne awa y in trium p h and t erned am id the demoniacal exclamations of a maddened , populace. .1c - i A NOBL TRIBUTR7.--- ,r,rtiA. - v ;7,v..-40, r:LA ~...se ~ ea ~ • el 4 (From the Vines 4 This .11fornim 7. ') 1 CI 1 N .,,r, -CV', iz,,,, His Royal Highness the Prince Goi. tsOA),, '''•-' i. ,-.o `.* . i . q . a BonN 26Th A UGU ST, 1819. DiEn—TIVO YEARS AGO TO-DAY-14TH DUCE! 4BER, 1861, . - i.`t, is two years to-day since the country w as suddeeily roused from one of the fonde st dreams ever indulged in by short-sighted man, In a pre, sent beset with troetbles, and through a fute're dark w - th uncertainties, t . twee was at least one stable confidence of the . stitutional tend e e e w rn it e trustand d on which the pelf:iv:l found repose. A wise gentle prince possesner! the whole heart and absolute reign, and ; used I s i s a p p a e s r: i o n n n a t n 1 , 7 t al onlyt loyalty wild e x a a m t p e i n e : Sove - that lofty plac e • of the country, wh nception. Xll Ct.' the more immediate "I.'s"' but even ideal want of such a or te t home, or M circumstance's by a rare fortune guide, of Royalty, showed the Consoit. Tile nation ' 7 vias , ti;e help, and friend, and such, sprung o e ut il :o f' : Pr'sl, to the rie r i eterene''s mini t3 n ,h d inse i hsv n taop t a h npa , ariy e tv. i h ) :To r ,,,ri: i oi : ; c ei,d7 e . yet not without some looked with much ikope, • cinhtseerqeus:sretdhat had wil t .s he e r n e e " brooded '' pending connection, and the family, and the es: - t a b n e d respected, one eye that' Over this ever widening pro, genial light ; there was command love, one voice that could o s t i l n e- e sn t i o could a lways, hold together never plead in useful- vain, one who could at the same time and distribute over new fields of duty I pens. With this best of human securities, ontrasted our happier lot with that of any s formerwe all on trust, so we criticized and. even re getseration and any iivi'ng people. We would take nothieea stricted witla'..n due limits this boon, which might but could not fail. The Prince Con_ be too much, sort had learnt what he could yo and what he could. not do; and that little region 0.. c his own, won by " his own sword and bow," cie•cumscribed, as it were, by one day's furrow line, a nd watched by jealous neishboars, he made a dominion. Yet, in this country of domestic life and u nobtrusive in fluences, we all thought more of the Prince as the ad prop of his household. Indeed, to this bored o ther consideration, so that , whatever else he was in quality, in hope, in spec ulation, or oavacity, this he was alone in fact — the perf ection of a Rot al hus band. Then all at once he was taken away, Rot and an, anticipation that already covered Euro p e anek bah milind'dsneeytei.me a b e t e h n i n e g v e w n h a century with a continual presence and a vi Bible s p e o t wer had become as the bright pageant of a s line ever difficult to recall tot he more of o is f it came out that the Prince Consort had a necessity than most of us imagined, and that he had become one wi th the Sovereign not only in affection and mystic tie —in heert, mind, and soul-but in every act of Roya lt y . By h is aid alon e had the Queen been enabled to dis charge conscientiously a great variety of duties either anxious from their and r6pege t iavity or burdensome by t heir minuteness have supposed as much " i"' Common sense mig ht the state of Ityyselty is and a pproved as much, but sensible and e s sidl" one upon which it is easy to be sensible of eney, of admiration, an n d erate. It is the obje ct but not of sympathy, don'twesowe what even of awe, under ordinary circurastancee pity Sovereigns key that can ever open to one L and . pity is the only tery of another, and d:sclose to us the heaet the mys difficulties and necessities of each n e t o h yor% vihelming The outside of a princely career the position. met became as customary as the order of e x eye. and it self; but " the sublime life," as it has be:nursecalled, was within, and few indeed of the mull:juts fly i who saw in the Prince the most fortunate of men - e would themselves have borne for a single week hi ' : round of duteous toil. A better insight into the: story of that life only served to prove the greatness of the loss suffered by the survivor, It i al s believed that she sought a dreary and ineffectu consola tion in a long struggleto do single-handed, without cheering voice and helping hand, the daily work that had been lightened in a labour ove. F or tune, however, it was felt, bad brou of l ght wasd still bringing a more real alleeiation aud comfort, and one in proportion to the great scale of the ca la mity. No Royal family in the world can be called cio prosperous and happy to mortal eye a s this of ours... The Prince hid done his work, and his reward was to his come. His child ren were responding care, and were rising, one by one , eit her to take his place in the Royal councils or to establish homes and houses of their own. How many would gledlY di e well. if by so doing they could leave their families on with the world, started fair, and giving iutppY earnest of a brilliant future ! So all hoped that the Queen would look to the future, not in order to forget the past, out to see the past in the futu re, and the absent in the group that met the eye. Perheps it was too natural to contrast her case with that of the typical widow, desolate, frieedless, perhaps childless , destitute, with a blank wheee there should be a future, and, as if more were eventing, robbed, in- suited, and persecuted. But in these matters, un less we have more sympathy than falls to the share h of most natures, we are t he slaves of types and con e - ve ntions. Experience show s that anythinp.; t de-- i n sufferer has, or receives, or expects, or has to ver so a word, the whole ou tside world, be it e splendid, is clothed with the dark hue and loaded with the dull weight of the one master sorrow. Oah side things only reflec t the li g ht A w ithin. A. darkened palace is not so bri g ht as the dell that is penetrated by the smallest ray. A. routine lea- .ne of p d sant occupation may becom e crushing bon age when it has to be borne alone. What should be happiness is misery where ther e is none to ehare So the nation, slow to learn, perrhaps, un but yet by no means th ou g htless feeling, has seen without marmuriog a ROYal retirement without a precedent in our h is tory. It has seen troops of princes fluttering, about, more than Royal pageants, and a g10r..- ous future anticipated in the splendours of the hour, at the time that the true Sovereign of our allegiance was out of sight, but never out of mind. We believe that her M a jesty would hitherto have fbund it abso lutely impossible to break from the world of memo_ rtes in which she has been living. It is vain to tell the absent that they ought to be present. You may summon the human spirit from that vasty deep, but it will not come when you do call for it. Nature will take its course, and for a time there is no break ing the spell in which are interwoven all the 1 sures and all the pains of a life. y et, s p ea-- ooner or later, there comes a time when the Continual con templation of one who is gone leaves c', omething to be desired which life and Getion alone can supply. He still liv es, and it must be in th e li v i n g world. lie is not a memory, an i tt sge ) b His works are in the world, a but a real existence. and the world continues h i s work and asks his aia s pirits of me n, an d still deal He dealt with the s a dvance and to improve - • It was his nature to all about him ; h e has no t stopped—there is provement he quickenedstill the progressive hp': still room for all b and shared. There io word of wisdom e did, and occasion for every' admirer, the mo s t l that he uttered. The warmeet that the ( Mk t of laving heart could never imagine' at once int o la its regards if worthy, was to slate the clay. All ethingness When the spirit had left by death is n es on still, and the interval created or 0 more than that created by distan ce any ether P r i nce h temporary obstacle. What would the day a . ave wished could he have foreseen this in tombs sepulchral life in the past ? A dwellmeg A shadowy haunting of sites ? NA grief deaf and dumb to this waking world ? 0. I. due time changes its gam the most pious memory death itself shines through the past in the light of a victory, and what we naturally celebrate under a revered name is a living history and a present power. The Prince Conso rt, it mus t be cons idered, was eminently a practic al character. This is a quality not to be measured by the work actually done, for that work may have but narrow opportunities ; tt may lie under the surfacers it may even consist much in prevention. It w practical to meet diffi culties with the quiet force of a sound judgment ; it was a pro(); of practical sense to enjoy the respect of successive Ministries degree sovereigns abroad. lt required a high of practical power as well as rare devotion to do so much i n so short a time for the encouragement of British art and science, and for improvement all matters relating to health, materiel llb -in • we eta , and mental elevation. Many of our Prince have -, had their ideal as marked in their memoriess their lives, but those ideals hnve gene as in rally a n the sentimental order. it was either a -1 —ell cf heroism, or a wild spirit of adventure, superstitious pomp and pagcantS, or , a gallantr y, ' or a taste ',or or a rivalry, or a foppery, or some il or a bigotry with the boor. 'l' tie Pritleo C l°.-Y curb to '' v ` ) ,l ns ott betterpass ciated his adopted countr ' appre aimed at practical beneft7s "- la the , °ccasion. He land his home, he resolve ''' Having made Fng e it. Such a n ame e to leave his mark u ' p -- power, and suggests shouldline Still have pr actpractical honourable nehievetnt 4 -Ine 44 duty, sacrifice s called on to live and ,T,,t' A rinmerous fam , il a y n ia and to win the 1,-,., 0 -t in . the spirit of its fatter, and usefulness. Th at (.?: nations bY active goodness or reltraptahad. It - , e a movement to be sustained her strength could only he from a distrust of l ea d a work 80 that her Majesty would hesitate to the security 0.. necessary to the NN elfare of nations, world. ii i l . I Governments, and the peace of the value, for ees in these days must prove their was thug they are taken at what they do. It a position that the Ptlece Consort wade for himself Eng land his better than NVO gave him, add left debtor, his thus that his survivors must prove their affection for his memory, and perveta,;.t e his moral presence among us. the tod 'ow an. 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