The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-20 00:00:00

ABSTRACT 01 7 THE ACCOUNTS OF Mr. A CIIARLES PE' rTITT ALLEN, Treasurer of the Comity of Mdidlesex fi 'om 4th October, 1863, to 2d January, inclusive , Ad TO TIIE 0 ELDINA.RY COUNTY RATE. RECEIPT. Balance in the Bank of Et tgland on 3d Oct., 1863 £) 15 4 BATES. Arrears on that day of t ti e Rate m , ,de on 16 th Jul y , 1i;63 .. £364 13 2 g a te made on 1 5 th October, . 1863.. 28,825 1 3 -..—____•—• . 23,989 14 5 Arrears on 2 d Jan uar y , 18 a •• 837 5 3 -- Amount of Rates receive i.. • • .. 28,152 9 2 ,A. temporary transfer from the moneys bor rowed for enlarging the 110 use of Correction • a•-, Cold b a th Fields .. • • • • .. 7,000 0 0 Hots - E OF CORRECT IoN AT COLDBATH FIELDS. From the Lords of the Ti.easuv or y towar ds the maintena.nce convicted r risoners, tr om Ist A pr il to 30th. Septem ber, 1863.- £7,21 3 8 7 For alaterials , worked up and La- 342 4 bour done by Priso ners .. 9 For Bread, Office irs' Uniforms, and Prisoners' . h ties made for, and. Cocoa supplie. I to the House of Correction at Nr estininster • • 487 15 9 For Bread and ( ii ricers' Uniforms e 199 15 2 made and supp led to the ius o f Detention .. • • • . For Bread and Of leers' Uniforms made for, and 1.1 our, Cocoa, and ri gs - m eal s ap plied to the County Industr ial School at Feitham .. - - • • .. 465 1 6 For Maintenance 0 i Military Pri soners .. • • • • „ 19 3 0 Ditto of Prisoners ',lot sentenced I. 0 0 to hard labour . • • • • • sums taken from VA, ;rants to be app li e d towards ~ their Main tenance • • • . .• .. 010 10 For Main tenance of Ca -- 3 6 6 stoma' Pri- soners • • • . • • Ditto of Excise Prison rs .• 918 0 44 17 3 - By Sale of Old Stores - - - - Lom pensation tor Unit "orm re tained by O ffi cers on th, eir leav ing the Service of the . rison .. 18 2 P Ditto for damage don e tot Ile rri" 0 10 0 son Van .. • • • For Unlforms made for art,d msatp,uc plied to the County lii . A s ylum at Ilanwell . - 235 19 3 Do. for and at the County L ,unatic Asylum at Colney Hatch . .. 81 15 0 For Copies of Commitmeiat S _ 02 8 £9,106 14 5 HOUSE OF CORRECTION AT - WESTMINSTER. F ; o no the Lords of the Tre sesury towards the maintenan te of convicted pesoners from Ist April to 30th Sept. , 1863 .. £2,315 7 0 For Materials worked up and La . b ou r done by Prisoners 54 12 9 . By sale of Old Stores • • 12 0 sums taken from Vagrants. to be applied towards their Mainte nance 0 5 4 .. .. .. .. For straw Hats and Bonnets made and Bonnets ma de and supplied to the C,,unty Lunatic A si lum at Hanwell • - 8 18 6 For Straw Hats made ar.d sup plied to the County Lunatic A s ylum at Colney Hat,th 66 0 Fur 130 S' Sucks made and re p4ired for the County Indus- 49 5 4 trial School at Felthara .. For Stockings made and supplied to the House of Correction at Co l d b a th Fields - • • . 613 4 For Maintenance of Excise Pri- 1 5 0 soners • • • • • • • • 2,473 15 3 HOrSE OF DETENTION. For Maintenance of Deserters .. 22 18 15 0 0 Dy Sale of Wash .. •• •• 0 23 13 0 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AT FLTHAM. By Sale of Farm Produce.. .. 15 15 3 ::27 7 0 Ditto of Old Rags a nd Lumber .. Towards the Maintenance of j uve- SG 17 6 n ile Offenders in t he School Repaid part of the £59 paid to the Superintendent on the 4th June, 1863, for the benefit of the juvenile offenders:on their dis- 4 0 0 charge • . „. 3 33 19 6 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Fees / eeeived by Inspectors . • 79 12 6 43 10 0 Yi n es and Penalties • • • • 123 2 6 SUNDRIES. Produce of sale of Registers of V u terg, and parts of ditto •• 10 0 0 Ditto of Lists of Justices and Prints of the Standing Orders of the Court 4 14 0 20 14 0 Total Receipts .. £49,383 3 5 EXPENDITURE. hfouse of Correction at Cold Bath Fields — General Expen ses • • .. Z 10,051 16 2 'routine Annuities • • .. 302 12 5 Interest or moneys borrowed.. 210 7 0 Pr i nc ipal repaid „. 333 6 8 -----• 10,108 2 3 Souse of Detention at Clerkenwell— G ener al Expenses • • .. 1,794 14 1 I n terest of moneys borrowed.. 225 18 4 _____— 2,02) 12 5 Rouse of Correeticri at Westminster G e neral Expenses 3,756 16 5 Interest of moneys borrowed 799 910 Principal repaid .. 1,616 13 4 --- 6,172 19 7 County Industrial School for Boys— General Expenses .• .. 3,421 411 Interest of moneys borrowed .. 576 16 7 Principat repaid .. .. 666 13 4 Payments for Boys on their discharge .. ..• .. 30 5 0 _ 4,604 19 10 Conveyance of male juvenile offenders to the I n dustrial School at leeltha.m 0 18 6 Reformatory School for Girls— -111 13 6 Maintenance .. • . • • • • • • 31ilitia Storehouses — Rents, Taxes, Insurance, Fuel, Sze. 541 211 Interest of money> borrowed .. 368 13 6 Principal repaid .. • • .. 800 0 0 1,712 16 5 rrosecutors and Witnesses — Central Criminal Court .. 744 4 6 Middlesex Sessions .. 1,257 4 9 Criminal Justice Act .. 23 7 2 Juvenile Offenders Act.. • • 015 0 --- 2,055 11 5 Coroners' Expenses Total. Salaries. paid. Middlesex— s. d. £s. d. £s. d. West. 145. 0 0.. 183 8 0.. 328 8 0 Central 305 00 .. 639 3 0..944 3 0 East Westminster 110 0 0.. 179 7 0.. 289 7 0 Duchy of Lancaster. 11 1 9.. 30 2 3.. 41 1 0 Total 916 1 9 ..1665 2 9 2,611 4 6 Repaid the sum transferred (as per contra) from tile money borrowed • • .. .. .. Bridges .. • • • • • • • • • • • - sessions House, Clerkenwell • • •- •• uinilahall, Westminster .. .. .. .. Assistant Judge's additional Salary _ ~. Clerk of the Peace .. •- •• •• .. Weights and Measures • . .. .. .. Treasurer of the County . Law business .. • • Conveyance to'Depots of Offenders sentenced to penal Servitude .. • • • • General Printing and Stationery Advertisements . • •. Illiscellaneous Charges • . . • 7,000 0 0 61 18 8 221 15 8 73 8 0 75 0 0 134 15 5 156 14 8 191 7 6 475 5 9 47 5 0 113 16 0 97 2 1 228 2 3 Total Expenditure .. .. .. £39,155 9 2 Balance in the Bank of England .. .. .. 10,227 14 2 £49,383 3 5 AS TO TnE - RATE MADE, ENDER "THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS ACT, 1853." RECEIPT. J3alance In the Bank of England on 3d October, is 63 • • • • .• .. 5,153 9 5 Arrears on that day of the Rate m ade on 16th Jul", 1663 .• .. £lB2 6 7 Rate made on 15th October, 1863 1J,083 7 6 19,205 14 1 Arrears on 2d Jan. ; 1854 .. 1,269 3 8 17,990 10 6 Amount of Rates received .. •• Tensions payable to and money received for maintenance of. Lunatics at Hanwel: and Colney Hatch Asylums at the charge of the County 127 19 0 Total Receipt .. EXPENDITURE. Lunatic Asylum at llanwell Ordinary repairs .. £O5B 0 7 I n terest paid .. 568 5 8 Principal repaid 1,066 13 4 Annuities to retired Officers .. 42 7 0 Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch Ordinary repa , ,rs .. 1,519 6 5 I mprovem ent s 31 10 0 Interest paid .. 2,331 19 9 Principal repaid • .• 3,316 13 4 Annuities to retired officers 47 10 0 --- Main tenanva of county lunatics .. .. • • Balance ' nx the Total expenditure Bank of England . • £23,277 18 10 2,635 6 7 7,246 19 6 3,014 10 6 . £12,895 16 7 . 10,381 2 3 £23,277 18 10 AS TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM AT HAN WELL. Dn. Araount in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq., Henry Morris R - ernshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, on 3d Oct, 1863 • • • • • • .. £1,137 5 6 CR. Amount in the Bank of England in the above mentioned three names on 2d Jan., iggt - £1,137 5 6 AS TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR PROVIDING COUNTY IN DUSTRIAL SCHOOLS IN MIDDLESEX. DR. Amount in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry rovrnall, Esq., Henry M orris liemehead, Esq., and tile County Treasurer, on 3d Oct., 1863 •• •• •• . . £2,073 5 g The Contractor for erecting Gas Works . and Buildings and for supplYing m iins and fittings £915 4 8 BAlance in the Bank of _England in the above mentioned three names on 2(.1 Jan., 1.6d1 1,158 1 1 £2,073 5 9 As TO MONEY; noRE.OWED UNDER TIIE MILITIA LAW Ami:NLmENT ACT 1601. 1)11. Amount in the Bank of England in the joint vanes of lleury Pownall, Esq., Henry Morns liernshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, en 3d Oct, 1863 £3B 13 2 Ca. he late Clerk of the Works at the Storehouse of the Ist Regiment of Middlesex Militia at ii a,mpstead, for incidental expenses incurred by him• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 412 4 Bafanre in the Bank of England in the above inentioned three names on 2d Jan., 18E1 34 0 10 £3B 13 2 AS TO 31oNr-rs BORROWED FOR ENLARGING THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION AT COLDBATH FIELDS. RECEIPT. Balance in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Bownall, Esq , Henry Morris Kemshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, £9,338 15 2 on 3d Oct., 186 • • • . • • 3 Received ty repayment of the SUM transferred on the is th of cctober last to the Ac,:ount of the ordinary general County Kate, pursuant to an order of Court made on that day .• 7,000 0 0 £16,53615 2 ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENLNG, ORANGE BLOSSOMS : Miss K. Carson. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Commence at 7. 111 HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," A. Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, san be had Every Evening of G. R. GLhNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. rifts DAY.—Morning, 11h. 43m.—Afternoon, h. In. To-mouitow.-Morning, 12h. 20m.—Afternoon, 12h. 50m, The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. 20, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 4B Barometer-30.13. Wind—S.W. ; moderate, and cloudy. , y e•' , l s ti f Orr emit: MP.11 16 1/0 • 4011:,,5'414k., LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20, 1864. " There is," as SEIAXSPERE tells us, " a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." In the history of nations, as of in dividuals, a crisis occasionally occurs, in which the decision of an hour may rule the fate of years and influence the destiny of generations. Such a criti cal moment has now arrived for Denmark. The eyes of Europe watch her decision with anxiety. A false step will be fatal to her future career, while even the most prudent course is fraught with diffi culty and danger. On the one hand, she is menaced with the horrors of war, in which no wise King or prudent councillor will hastily en gage, but, on the other hand, she is threat ened with tical subeerv-the than yet greater evils of poli- Leney and national de gra d a ti on , evils which, to noble pat r i o ti c h ear t s , are more ap pallingany 'warlike disasters. There are times when the favourite motto of DANTON, " to dare,' is the dictate, not of temerity, but of true wisdom. The forlorn hope is occasionally not only the post of danger bat the source of safety, Pusil lanimity is always directly opposed to prudence, while courage is oftentimes synonymous with caution. Such, at this perillons juncture, appears to be the case with Denmark, Were she to submit to the peremptory demand of the Prussian and Austrian ultimatum, were she, in fact, to relinquish possession of Schleswig, she would sink at once into a position of insignificant subserviency, from which no after exertion would i e sufficient to extricate her. She would abandon by that EXPENDITURE. Tho Contractors, for erecting new buildings .. 2,934 5 0 The Architect, for commission .. • • • • 149 4 3 The Clerk of the Works, 10 weeks' wages • • 31 10 0 Transferred, pursuant to an Order of Court, to the Account of the ordinary General County Rate „ „ , , .. • • Balance in the Bank of England in the three names mentionea per contra, on 2d January, 18C4 .. •• .. 6,671 15 11 7,000 0 0 £16,836 15 2 The accounts, of which the above is an abstract, were pre sented to the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for Middlesex on January 4, 1864, on the oath of air. Charles Pettitt Allen, the Treasurer of the said county, and were audited on the same day by the following justices of the peace for the said county, viz.: —Henry Morris Kemshead (Chairman), Francis Brock man Morley, Wm. Peter Bodkin, and John Savery Brooking, Esquires, and were audited and allowed by the same Quarter Sessions on the 14th January, 1864. CHARLES P. ALLEN, Treasurer of Middlesex. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of the past year the boats of the National Lifeboat Institution saved 417 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institution has also expended £13,819 3s. 2d. in the same period on lifeboat eitablishments, in addition to granting £1.3.51 6i. Od. as rewards for saving 714 shipwrecked persons by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnestly AP PEAL to the public for ASSISTAN,E to enable them to meet the con tinued heavy demands on the Institution's 125 Web )at estab lishments. Contributions are receivtd by all the London d country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphf. THE MODERN AUGUSTUS—The Gentle man and the Bricklayer, Szc., &a, in FUN This Week —One penny. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. FAUST, _ (In English.) SATURDAY NEXT, JANUARY 23. Lemmens-Sherrington, Toril.ni, and Florence Lancia. Santley, Marches!, Dussek, and Sims Reeves. Conductor—Signor Arditi. Commence at Eight o'Clock. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA , COVENT-GARDEN. Under the - .2rianagement of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, to commence with (15th time) an en tirely new Operetta, entitled FANCHETTE. Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. After which, a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a sale of unprecedented magnificence, entitled HARLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence with the New Serio-Comic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled NIGHT AND MORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported by Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, Flizja.mes, and Misses R. Leclercq, At'ainson, 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 ; Harlequins, Messrs. J. Corrnack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, Messrs. W. A. Barnes and J. Morris ; Columbines, Madame Bolen() and Misses Gunniss. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DESIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD : Messrs. H. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland; Misses Percy, Pauline Le,lerci, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. ----- A lter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love rtor r, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chrtnicle.," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac eay Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, cougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, ..)ellett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenu, rn rs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-place; or Stalls, either tor play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and .pat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to ''►eeive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs, Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, &c. After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS ETENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't snow what to do. El s Vole P T ro H pr E i.to A r T an ß 4 E s - I R an O a LA r THEA'T'RE-ROYAL, BA!&EbLeePrHl. THIS EVENING, THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL : Mr. J. L. Toole, 9t to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs.A.rthur Stirling, It. Phillips, Bil- Ing - ton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss 11. Simms, and Mrs. Killington. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnio and his Seven 11Istr,io Men. Messrs. J. etarke, It. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josc;hs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY MISS BATEMAN. NIGHT. MISS BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING, the 95th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed E VERY EVENING until further notice. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. VrEBSTER. GREAT ATTRACTION.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES MATHEWS.—Mr. J. L. Toole as Mrs. Brown, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Fechter, and Lady Audley every evening. 1863; or, the Sensations of the Past Season, until further notice. Among the artistes who will appear here are Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs, and Mrs. Charles Mathiews. - • - THIS EVENING, and during the Week, at 7, THE ADVENTURES OF A LOVE LETTER; COOL AS A CUCUMBER ; and 1863 ; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON. In rehearsal, a new Comedy, by Leicester Buckingham, Esq. irrevocable concession, not the snzerainship of one fatal duchy, but she would relinquish her own in tegrity among the Sovereign Powers of Europe. Feeling assured of this alternation, King Christian and his Government, and not the King and Go vernment only, but the whole Danish nationality appear to have made their unanimous decision. As we anticipated it would be, when the first report of the ultimatum reached us, that decision will be— a refunal. Come what may, Schleswig will be re tained, and the independent Kingdom of Denmark will refuse to sink into a German principality. If war be the result, and that it will be so appears painfully imminent, we cannot blame the Danes for its election. Even peace may be purchased too great a price, end national h:nour and ind_ e p en d en c e is a price which no free citizen will to pay. Better, grievous as is the -...'iternative, better far a costly sacrifice than a Ignoble safety. Better that the brave soldiers. of free Demnark should shed their hearts' blotYl at their King's command, than that her senators and citizens should sell their national independence for the protecting favour of a German despot. A war of aggression or of spoliation is one of the greatest iniquities under the sun, but very different is a defensive war, whether it be a defence of rights or of principles. If Denmark be driven to arms the onus of the decision will no be hers. On the German Powers will rest the full obloquy of disturbing the peace of Europe, and thereby renewing the horrors of what NAPOLEON THE GREAT justly denominated a " civil war.'.' Nothing seems wanting in the line of action hat has been drawn out by the continental inno- vators. The Emperor of AUSTRIA has personally addressed the troops that are intended for execution in Schleswig. The advice tendered on this occasion is not very salutary, but the meaning is very signifi cant. In the first place the troops are bidden to keep on " good terms with their Prussian brethren ,n arms." It may be asked of what great conse. quence is that, and how are they likely to dispute. It is only too evident from all that has transpired that there is only too much unity between the allied belligerents. If there were a little more rivalry or difference of opinion, much might be expected to accrue which would tend to the advan tage of the other side; but it suits the avaricious Leanings and the grasping passions of these States only too well to proceed in such an undertaking as that in which they are now engaged. The sequence of the EMPEROR'S addrese is full of meaning, and very fully and clearly discloses the purport of the transaction, laying bare the secrets of the ma- uccuvre. " I know that you will do your duty as if you were at home, and, should it come to blows, will show your courage." This is strange language to use unless the occasion is one of emer- gency, but it must by this time be evident to the meanest capacity that the object and intention of the organisers of the expedition is to proceed vi et armis, and to force their way through thick and through thin. It is very much to be regretted that things should have come to such a pass, and it is expedient that some means should be devised for the suppressing of the plot. A large Qum has been demanded by the Austrian Government for the expenses of the expedition : in fine, everything tends to prove more and more the urgency of the case, and to demonstrate the fallacy of those arguments which were constantly urged against the danger of allowing Federal exe cution in Holstein. All the sophistries then urged have turned out to be very sorry ones, and the con duct of our Government in persisting to advocate the expediency of the measure is about as unwise as it is reprehensible. At all events it is gratify ing to turn to the address of the Danes to the KING. It is an expre3sion of patriotic sentiments, and breathes a spirit of resolute determination and ar- dent zeal, which are especially necessary on such an occasion, and without which all chancy of success would be quite out of the question, A time like this is a sure test whereby to try the mettle of a people, and all well-wishers will look eagerly and earnestly on while the gems is being played out. There has been as yet no hesitation evinced or reticence dis played in the bearing and demeanour of the in habitants of Denmark in this critical juncture, for they have come forward with true ardour to bear the brunt of an attack which is alike unprovoked and illegitimate in its demands. The address com mences by an assurance on the part of the House that they have seen with satisfaction the determi nation of the KING to maintain inviolate the " liberty and independence"of Denmark, in answer to the demands made by foreign nations that she should surrender her rights and invalidate her Con stitution. Further on they declare that the task which the KING has inherited from his predecessor is a difficult one, and may eventually be attended with great sacrifices. " But," says the most im• portant passage in the whole address, " they will be willingly borne by the people to preserve the inseparable union between Schleswig and the kingdom." This is indeed coming to the point and speaking as men and patriots. They could do no less than thus avow their intentions to advocate and support a most determined resistance. At the same time, while he has a right to claim their counsel and to seek their sentiments, the KING can do no less than now proceed and persevere in the course actually commenced. It is always gratifying to notice a complete accord be tween a Monarch and his subjects on an occasion of such imminent peril, and so far, at least, a satisfac tory sight is presented by the denizens of Copen hagen. Nor is there any cause to dread that the country will hesitate to ratify the agreement thus entered upon by the KING and the Assembly. The emphatic words which his MAJESTY has addressed to a deputation in regard to this affair, rightly ex plain and powerfully declare the feelings which actuate and animate him in this momentous struggle. He says that if all others forsake him in the event of a war, he yet hopes for the support of the Danish people. Certainly, King CHRISTIAN has done his utmost to deserve the success which no mortal can command, and all civilised and free nations will bid him God speed in his venture. It will be a burning shame if our Ministers persist in drawing back from all participation in matters which their blunders have helped to bring to such a pass, and their ob stinacy has conspired to complicate. They must reflect that there is mere at stake than the check ing of arbitrary and assuming Powers on the Con tinent, of more consequence than the safety or pros perity of a persecuted Ally, end that is the honour ntdhoipetrlfloemacy, will not avail' of England—which is in jeopardy by these events, which is now entrusted to thtir hands to maintain and vindicate, and of which a strict account will one day be demanded of them. The Parliament will shortly assemble, when recusant statesmen will e et a r s u y t tr bafflethbouenyaol nwhere ht inspectionehraet evasion c o urta of fdn inquiry, d t n o ac ruai shirk frtyy, n i d s it n s another and woe betide them if they cannot undergo the fiery ordeal of public opinion. Our nalional love for discussion and debate is generally very forcibly shown on the occasion of Englishmen becoming involved in hostilities in any part of the globe. The English people have so large a share, through the indirect agency of public opinion in influencing the actions of their Government that they feel in some measure per sonally responsible for its proceedings, and show a consequent eagerness that the policy pursued and the principles upheld should be worthy of them. If this is the case in matters of internal legislation, and in times of peace and order, it is doubly so when words have passed into deeds, and argu ment and remonstrance are replaced of the sword. We are by D't by the logic means a military although proving people formidable h a a n b t i a t ;s:, r 'f i s P r r s e w f.- h .j e e n lice :, o ur commercial perhaps, predilections, our used ; and thanks, " are all in favour of peace and progress, rather than war and glory. Tuere are some few among us, too, who carry their love of peace, and their appreciation of its blessings, to an ex treme that borders on the ridiculous ; and although their numbers are small, and their disciples few, yet the principles which they so warmly advocate are not without their influence. A good many people, again, are always inclined, on hearing of any calamity, to relieve their feelings by blaming somebody, and others have a pleasant habit of considering that " Whatever is, is wrong," so that no sooner are we engaged in hostilities in any part of the world than up starts some critic to assure us that it is certainly owing to some error or misconduct, national or political. The Crimean war, we were continually assured, was entirely due to the sins of this country, while the Indian Mutiny was directly traced, perhaps with some degree of truth, to a long course of misgovernment and neglect. Oar wars with China have given rise to stormy discussions, our recent proceedings in Japan have called forth an unlimited amount of censure, while the conflict with the Maories of New Zealand, although hastened if anything by the lenity of our authorities, has been readily traced to British tyranny and injustice. The rights of the aborigines have been insisted on, their claims to consideration brought forward, and a policy of extermination strongly denounced. Side by side in our public prints, with the despatch addressed to Sir GEORGE GREY by the Colonial Minister on the subject of the Waitara lan 1, is a memorial to the Governor of New Zealand by a large body of English noblemen and gentlemen. The _object of this communication is to express a hope, that his Excellency would avail himself of the first opportunity for coming to terms with the natives, and that the policy recommended in some quarters of confiscating the land of all con tumacious and rebellious natives should be avoided. The memorialists, it is true, intersperse their sug gestions with many tributes to the Governor's prudence, justice, and humanity, but the memorial itself pays but a sorry compliment to these quali ties. The course which Sir GEORGE GREY has hitherto pursued with reference to the Maories has surely been humane and conciliatory enough to clear him from all suspicion of unnecessary harsh ness, whatever means he may think necessary to put down the rebellion. The Duke of NEWCASTLE, in the despatch above referred to, remarks that, while he fully approves df the course pursued by Sir GEORGE by the abandonment of the disputed land in May last, still he considers that such a con cession was beyond what could in strict justice be de manded. In the opening of this very address, too, we find admission made of " the persevering efforts' , made by the Governor "to establish a system of self-government in the native districts." With great candour the memorialists also admit that these efforts for the benefit of the natives have entirely failed, and they profess a deep sympathy with the difficulties of the Governor's position. Perhaps it is hardly possible rightly to estimate those difficul ties, or to appreciate accurately the position of the colonist. He has come out at great expense, and with considerable risk, on an undertaking that all parties regarded as perfectly lawful and praise worthy. He makes many sacrifices, and undergoes many hardships. He finds the land a waste, and the simplest principles of agriculture unknown and uncared for. With time and labour he reclaims and cultivates the land which he oalls his own ; he shows no illwill to his black neighbours, but lives peace ably, as he thinks, with all around. Suddenly on someidle pretext or another the natives declare war; they seize his land, declaring that it belongs not to the owner who sold it to the settler, but to some far-off chief who never agreed to its alienation. The colonist is fortunate if he escapes unharmed with his family to the shelter of the nearest town, to re turn, after long delay and cruel anxiety, to find his home a heap of ruins, and his ground laid waste. In the face of scenes like these the colonists feel rather as if the cry forjustice should come on behalf of themselves, while the Governor, whatever his feelings of pity for the suicidal folly of an inferior race, cannot but remember that his first duty is to protect the lives and property of the peaceable citi zens of whom he is the chief. No one can justly accuse our colonial authorities of having shown un due precipitancy in following up the war. It is well known that so great was the reluctance shown that the colonists at last became i n dignant, and th re atened to take measures for their own protec tion. We have, therefore, no right to suppose that Sir GEORGE GREY, General CAMERON, or any of those in power, will show undue severity, or fail to temper justice with mercy. Bat we should surely be doing them equal injustice did we suppose that they would leave their work half finished, and put out the flame, leaving the smoulder ing embers ready to blaze up again at the very first spark. It would be cruel kindness alike to the native and the colonist were a hasty settle ment of differences superficially arranged, and were all the present suffering to have been endured for nothing. Let a thorough settlenient be made now the task is forced upon us. Let the natives have their rights, and let them be rigidly respected, but let no authority be recognised in the islands on any pretenca whatever save that of her Majesty Queen VICTORIA. The natives may style each other what titles they please, after the fashion of Indian Rajahs, bat no King should for a moment be recognised or tolerated. It should always be borne in mind that the natives are by no means the inno cent and unsuspecting savages of romance. They are naturally quick and clever, and have been trained by the influence and intelligence of white men. With regard to the confiscation of the land there is no doubt that such will be at all events to some extent a necessary evil. The memorialists should bear in mind when they talk of such a policy driving the people to the " madness of de spair," that, by their own admission, it is only the band of " contumacious and rebellious natives" which it is proposed to confiscate, who are conse quently in violent antagonism with us already. Also, the value which they attach to property is more theoretical than practical, as is proved by the little use they make of their land when they have it. It would be well to take advantage of this general convulsion to pass some enactment regarding the transfer of land similar to Lord CANNING'S Waste Land Bill in India, in order to clear off the incubus of these old traditional pos sessors. Such a measure might be framed with all possible leniency and fairness, but it would un questionably prove a great blessing to the Maories themselves, who are continually disputing on such matters. They have always been famous for inter necine struggles and dissensions, although they make common cause against the settlers, It is evi- dent, in spite of the memorialists, that our autho rity must be restored with a high hand, and that decided measures must be taken not only to obtain peace but to ensure it. Such a course offers the best hope for the future of the Maori race, and such a course, promptly followed in Japan has secured the submission of Prince SATSUMA, and the consequent protection of European resid3nts from murder. We see as yet no grounds for necessitating such an appEal to the Colonial Governor, and consider that matters are much better left to the discretion of those on the spot, who can weigh the effect of every word, than settled 16,000 miles off by critics alike unable t' realise the magniinde of the danger and to grasp the best means of dealing with it. AMERICA. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM (Per the North American.) NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (Evening). A resolution introduced in the Senate to call out 1,000,000 volunteers for 90 days, to be commanded by General Grant, has been referred to the Military Committee. The New York Herald and Tribune urge Congress to pass this resolution. The House of Representatives has passed a reso lution that any proposition or negotiation with the rebels ought to be rejected without hesitation or delay. A large Confederate force, under Jones, has captured 300 Federals at Jonesville, Western Vir ginia, who were guarding the country on which the Federals depend for supplies of forage. General Burnside retains his commission. His command is not yet designated. Signal statione, occupied by a small garrison, are to be established along the Mississippi for the pro tection of its navigation, in accordance with a recommendation from President Lincoln and the Secretary of War. Congress has ordered the payment of bounties to veteran volunteers to be continued until March. The Opposition members favoured the measure as a step towards the repeal of the Conscription Act. The New York Tribune denies that it will be necessary to issue more greenbacks. The draft is reported to be postponed. Gen. Butle? has returned to Fort Monroe. It is stated that he is entrusted with full powers from the Government to carry out his plans for exchang- ing prisoners. A delegation of pronainen,t eitiz2ns has left Ar• kansas for Washington to arrange for the State a Arkansas re-entering the Union. The New Hampelai7e Republican State Conven ion has nominated Mr. Lincoln for the next pre, sidency. The Republican press are incensed against Gover. nor Seymour's message to the New York State Legislature. The New York 7inzes declares that Governor Seymour's sympathies are with rebellion. The New York Tribune denounces him as a traitorous and malignant enemy of his country. Archbishop Hughes was buried with great cere mony to-day. An enormous concourse of people were present. The law courts and numerous places of business were closed. The Nova Scotia Government has placed the steamer Chesapeake in the Admiralty Court. The Africa has arrived at Halifax. The City of Baltimore has arrived out. NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (Evening). A naval and military expedition has left New Orleans, it is supposed for Mobile. The Confederate movements in the Shenandoah Valley have been checked by the severe weather rendering the roads impassable. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Arnold, of Illinois, has urged Mr. Lincoln for the next Pre. sidency, on the ground that hi- reappointment would ensure emancipation throughout the Union. The Governor of Maryland, in his message to the Legislature, favours immediate steps for gradual emancipation, and says :—" The natural resources of Maryland are such as cannot be developed by slave labour." The secretary of the collector of New York cus• toms has been sent to Fort Lafayette for complicity with parties shipping goods to the South via Nassau and Bermuda. Another of the Chesapeake pirates is reported to have been arrested at Halifax. The steamer New York has put into Halifax short of coals. NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (Morning). Western Virginia advices report that the Con federates have surrounded the Federal garrison at Petersburg, driven the Federals out of Burlington, and are threatening Cumberland, Maryland, where an attack is hourly expected. Fitzhugh Lee and Rosser are moving between New Creek and Peters burg. Yesterday they captured 36 Federal wag gone. Imboden is reported to have been attacked by the Federals near Winchester and driven back. Very severe cold continues to prevail throughout the country, causing much suffering along the Mississippi and through the Western States. NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2 p.m. The Confederates are moving on Winchester, Western Virginia. The Federals are prepared for the attack. Great excitement prevails among the inhabitants of London (Virginia) in consequence of extensive depredations being committed by lawless gangs, supposed to be deserters from both armies. JAN. 9 (4 P.M.). Washington telegrams report that the Confede- rates are retreating from the neighbourhood of Peterburg and Winchester. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Jan; 8 (Evening). Money tight. Gold, 51i per cent. prem. Ex change on London, 1661; do. Paris, 3.371. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 1312; Illinois, 118; Erie, 1091. Cotton quiet; middling Upland, 81 to 811. Flour and wheat advancing. Corn in limited demand. Provisions good inquiry. Coffee steady. Sugar in good demand. Molasses steady. Petro leum inactive—crude, 311 to 321 ; refined, 46 to 47. GALWAY, Jan. 19. The Atlantic royal mail steamer Hibernia sailed at 2.25 p.m, to-day, for New York, with 300 pas sengers, 28 mail bags, and the latest telegrams. A RUINED PARISIL—Before the present civil war the population of St. Mary's, in Louisiana, contained 12,019 slaves, assessed as worth 6,433,250 dole., averaging 535 dols. for man, woman, and child. The plantations were assessed at the value of 5,948,100 dols., the slave property being as usual worth more than the real estate. Each slave was reckoned to net his master 175 per annum—one-third of his assessed value. The whole taxable property of the parish was assessed at 14,000,000 dols„ giving to each of the 4,021 white inhabitants the handsome sum of 3,500 dols. The war has destroyed this property, and obliterated these values. The slave prosperity has gone, and the white po pulation are beggared. First came a derangement of all ordinary pursuits, and then it degenerated into anarchy.— Amerfcan Paper, MR. MARK LEMON.—Last night, at 8 o'clock, Mr. Mark Lemon, editor of Punch, gave his drama tic reading of "Hearts are Trumps," to a numerously at tended audience, at the Bridge House Hotel, Southwark, in aid of the - Waited Kingdom Railway Officers and Servants' Association. The chair was occupied by Captain Meek, of Braintree-park. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAIL- WAY.—The accounts for the past year having been sub mitted to the board, the directors have decided uponn for the recom • men di ng the payment of a dividend of 2.1 per cet. half-year, leaving a balance of about £10,600 to be carried forward to the current half-year. A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council assembled yesterday, at three o'clock, at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, Present —The Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, Earl do Grey and Ripen, Lord Cranworth, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., and the Right Heti. Robert Lowe. Their lordships met to consider certain petitions for and against the creation of an additional assize for the West Riding of the county of York. Mr. Waddington, Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, was present at the com mittee. Mr. A. Helps, the Clerk of the Council ; and Mr, E, Harrison, the Deputy Clerk, attended. A NEW SONG, BY THE AUTHOR OF << GOD SAVE THE QUEEN." —A valuable MS song by the celebrated Dr. John Bull, author of " God Savo the Queen," has been found in the Public Record Office, and doubtless will soon gee the light through an enterprising publishing firm. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAM.] SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 19 (Evening). The President of the Council has declared in the Cortes that the Government belongs to the doc trinal and historic party in Spain. He expressed a wish for moderation between the constitutional parties, and for the free exerciss of the royal prero gative. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. HAMBURG, JAN. 19. Prince Carl of Gluzksburg, the eldest brother of King Christian, has arrived here from the castle of Louisenbund in Schleswig. He leaves the country, after refusing to take the oath of allegiance to his brother, HAMBURG, JAN. 20. One brigade of Danish infantry was transferred today from Schleswig to Flensburg, to which place the military chests of two brigades have been sent. All battalions composed of Schleswigers and Holsteiners will be distributed amongst the Danish regiments in such a manner that every man will be a German. TREBIGNE, JAN. 19. A meeting of the revolutionary Rayahs have unanimously decided upon refusing to pay taxes. THE STATE OF POLAND. WARSAW, JAN. 15. Rumours are current that orders have been re ceived from St. Petersburg not to collect any more signatures for addresses of loyalty to the Czar. The official organ of to-day publishes about another score of these documents got up in the method already sufficiently known. Arreststs en masse continue in dwellings and in the streets, Large numbers of women are constantly to be seen waiting outside the citadel with linen and clothes for their zelatives condemned to transportation. Upon the 9th inst. the police arrested several very popular ecclesiastics. Among the number was Canon Nowodworski, a Professor at the Clerical Academy of Warsaw, the editor of the Catholic Be view, a person who held entirely aloof from politics, . _ He was arrested at his residence, and sent on imme. diately to St. Petersburg, but it is believed he wi be sentenced to share the exile of so many others in the distant provinces of the empire. Among nota- ble persons lately transported from Warsaw may be cited MM. Narbut, Bronikowski, Wyzykowski, Lesig, Heneberg, and Sieklucki. If all the extraordinary contributions decreed this year by General Berg are rigorously exacted all opulent inhabitants will be reduced to beggary, and the estates in the country will pass into the hands of strangers. The landed proprietors last year lost all their crops, either through having supplied the National troops or through being pillaged by the Russians. Cattle, plate, objects of value, and savings have been carried off by the Muscovites, and if some scanty remnants of the harvest here and there exist, it is impossible to sell them, for commerce has disappeared. Hardly a tenth of the landed pro• prietors remain, the remainder have been either transported or compelled to abandon the country. In Warsaw itself, neither commerce nor trade are any longer to be found. The large houses have either been closed by the Russians or have failed. The population of the city is sensibly dimi nished. Tenants are no longer able to pay their rent ; the last contribution absorbed all the money they had left. One of the richest owners of house property in the city, M. Grodzieki, through whose mansion the man who stabbed Major Roth birch fled, has been forced to borrow 10,000 roubles (I:1,500) to pay the fine at which he hasbeen amerced for the doors of his palace not having been closed, according to the orders of the police. One of the most capable Engineer officers of the Russian army, General Kerbeck, a Pole by birth, but attached to Russia by education, and the honours he has received, in groat favour also with the Grand Duke Constantine, has just been dismissed from his post of Director of Roads and Communication in the kingdom of Poland, for having opposed some arbitrary measures proposed by General von Berg at the Council. He has been replaced by General Schonberski, an old officer of 70. General Kerbeck objected to the closing of the University decreed by the Czar and the replace ment of the Polish railway officials by Germans, as wished by Von Berg, Von Muschivitz, one of the contractors for the Warsaw and Vienna line, and General Gerchfela, the adjunct to the Minister for Roads and Communications at St. Petersburg. General Kerbeck relied upon a clause of the charter of the company, which reserved to the Poles the right of employment upon the railway. General Berg insisted upon the reversal of the clause. General Kerbeck replied that the stipula tions of charters could not be reversed at the caprice of parties not concerned, but he has nevertheless succumbed in the struggle. The Gazette Narodowa of yesterday says :—" Ad vices from Wilna announce the definitive de parture of General Mouravieff for St. Petersburg, while Ruthenia and Lithuania will nevertheless remain subject to his authority, as he has been ap pointed President of the committee of the Western provinces (formerly Poland). The committee will be established at St. Petersburg, and is intended to effect the pacification of those provinces. Moura vieff will be replaced by General Kryjanowski, who has been associated with him quite recently." FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 20 , 41 per Cents 94 10 Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end mouth 6O 60 Credit Mobilier 10a 50 Do. end month 1025 Bank Shares 3230 Credit Fancier Roman RA IL 'ATe. Cash. Account. 992 50 .. 992 50 047 50 .. Orleans ... Northern New ditto — - 938 75 Lyons and Meditsrraneau 935 New ditto BB7 50 S anthem ...... 652 50 .. 656 25 Western ... 517 50 .. Eastern ..... , „ 480 -- • • Sardinian Austrian Lowbard North of Spain Saragossa 585 • • 587 50 Ditto to Barcelona ... 280 In reply to the pamphlets denying the advan tageous results of the Mexican expedition, and asserting that a very small portion of the people had declared in favour of the French, the Moniteur of this morning quotes the statement of the dimes, that seven- eighths of the population had recognised the Regency, and says :—" We regret that when it is necessary to render justice to our foreign policy we must seek the truth in foreign, and not in French journals." BOURSE, Jaa.l9.—The market has been without animation, but the prices of yesterday pretty well maintained. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66fr. 55c., and Mobilier at 1,0256. Little doing in Railway Shares. The market closed as follows: Italian Loan 6B 60 Do. end month 6B 80 Yew ditto Do. end mouth — Russian Austrian Spani,h Home Debt Deferred • 4 , leto. , vow: HER MAJESTY• Alp OSBORNE, SEIM lye The Queen and Princess Louise drove out y es ' terday afternoon, attended by Lady Churchill. Princess Helena rode on hors eback, attended by the Hon. Lucy Lyttelton._ The Prince and Princess of Wales' „, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, °eel panied by the Earl of Macclesfield (who is stall on a visit at Frogmore for a few days), and by Captain G. H. Grey (the Equerry in Viraitieg); and Mr. Herbert W. Fisher (the Prince's P 111 . 3t secretary), left Fro more House for a day's hurl with the harriers. There was a gocd s cent, O fair sport, although the ground was in some placess rather heavy through the late rains. The F t 114 0 , and his party returned in the afternoon to r °o attecae more. On inquiry yesterday afternoon it was ss e6r i tained that her Royal Highness the Prince s : °, Wales and the infant prince were st ill pregress'n° most favourably. _.# -= THE PRINCESS OF WALES WITH HER ID 1141 ‘; PRINCESS, will not be moved from Frogmore f t period of six weeks; meanwhile Parliam ent will have he t+ and a very busy London " season " ina u g urated. at ences to the happy event will be made in both houses P - early date. CABINET COUNClL.—Yesterday sugull° llses We° issued for a Cabinet Council on Saturday next. MR. THACKERAY AND MR. DICKENS.--" !Tr; s dEo p i o cak n ge d rne e se n ,m t aen s nd a t yteshx:Fttfe:di rYbsooeumt between e a lne v n e gi‘t n ihr o . odfTohtuiambetkeehtrheaayeyrdatt:cr,-iotr, were ' i t , friendly, That T th h e a ci t uwaarsretlhweacsamsea;debuutpibt before s or m e o i‘ s i t r. g T ra ii t a ir r g soc ii , death. Singularly enough, this happy circurastauAceh curred only a few days before the time when it w ould pt too late. The two great authors met by soiet de h oi st 4t , the lobby of a club, both hanging up their hats tog the same moment, They suddenly turned and Pisf,:Bo other, an,' the unrestrained impulse of both was to ho'":1 the hand of forgiveness and fellowship. W ith that liri%je grasp the differences which estranged them ceased• e must have been a great consolation to Mr. Dickens 0136-011 saw his great brother laid in the earth at Kenai- di :ter THE STEAMSHIP LOUISIANA.—A serious (91301 has befallen the Louisiana, one of the Ntit°o:l; Steam Navigation Company's Liverpool and New"lfet screw steamships. The Louisiana sailed from Li' 76 ` r , i New York on the sth of January, arrived safely at'"7l o ' town on the following day, and proceeded on' er *l-' tie On Monday she put back to Queenstown, havingt° i et 13th of January suffered severely in a hurricane. s 'o" rd. 12 of her crew and 3 passengers. A repor t from lbet. g officer of the ship states that the vessel was struck 6.'014 p.m. of the 13th by a heavy sea, The officer and toa - 0 oe immediately afterwards cautioned the crew no t to ret"-000 or the forward deck-house any longer. They, h ove/e °- a r ' lected to remove, and were washed away. The 1" has st.stained no damage to hull or machinery. nice ARC OF MERIDIAN.—An interesting coranitt- the tion from Dr. Otto Torell has been Wad e for Royal Society, through General Sabine, detailino,"'ridiel sures in progress for the measurement of a n are oPigefor in a high northern latitude. The Swedish Diet 1 0 1,ei lell' i the money necessary to complete the surv e y at SPitirl' There is every reason to expect that the practical.'" the undertaking will be settled in the next suto ser ; gd, Diet has likewise voted a sum towards the propose7r Middle-European Triangulation from Palermoto,- 0 4 hjem, and has also made a grant for the erection of - astronomical observatcry at the University of Lw; *l , l DIRECTING THE WAR FROM WASEUSa"°:OO The Federals have constructed upwards of 5,000 0100 the h ilitary telegraph, and the Secretary of War sts te _ d s „ t r ee , course of last year at least 1,200,000 telegraraS' along these lines—about 3,300 a day. A SHORT RECKONING.—The New clg r Society (of New York) celebrated by a di l larit i month the 243 d anniversary of the landing of the in Plymouth. The Rev. Henry War d Beecll8 ° called upon to speak to the toast of the ,a America abroad," said that the advocates of the ';,to cause abroad might be numbered without getting,A- 0 6 7 l . ' teens, He proceeded to reckon them , a nd is reP° having had occasion to count beyond the dozen. it Jar HIGH ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE. —A reP „le l its L . 41 , 0 read a few days ago at a sitting of Medicala d'Emulation, on a curious pape r bY -:reat". which he recommends a high atmospheric Pr e % f o ti D o ( cure for various diseases. He remarks that fish the greatest possible barometrical variations hi - o te! their air -bladder, which, by swelling up , can ta°dtteo even momentarily suspend, the circula tion of i;te, The permanence of viscero-mttscular presses° ts prevents the formation of a vacuum ; th e air-bled de-, 001 0 upon the vena cava and the aora, and thu° ttiPos, g ad the shock of the vital fluid on its oeterl A t birds there are air-bladders al l round the /100.r.4 ; nearly resembling the lungs. T h e hi g her a bill' t o °- the larger are the reservoirs fo r air covere: pt o• t ra ctile organs. The very bones and feathers ore for air, and in the more powerful spec ies air be 6." *- ,0 vided even under the skin. The ostrich, thus oole,heflo o ther swift runners, have their largest air baf.„-- m uscles of the thigh ; the condor, swallow, --oaefai whose power of flight is great, have those b 5 , 5 , ° ,10 0 e, muscles of the wings. By this organisation so , of .ho ' tures can bear any amount of atmospheric pres6ll:tleroce faction within reasonable limits; for the inunells; the ocean, measuring.thousands of fathoms, are unfit for animal life ; and fish that, bY 5163:00, ment, have been let down to such d 4 '" i re co 3 been brought up again dead. Th e ge e " pressure of the atmosphere, though tole 00 0 Oa known before, have been quite recontll o'loo England, where it has been found tb-,:to filled with liquids, and then we'll corked, but 0 0 7 0 0, f ste! small empty space between the liquid and the v ioo of' o oe/ if kept for an hour under the pressure of C °1° , 10 0 11 1 ° „: 2,000 fathoms high (which may be done by 1 1 - 0 110 . 41,/ fr A have their corks pressed down to the veil 6 a ft o . .; liquid. An empty bottle had its cork &1./611606'ff tits brought up again filled with water. ApPlYi n toteit °' r: d o to therapeutics, Dr. Foley remarks that InvipbalPi:otr, obliged to breathe more quickly than me n t he O A ° plains, because the air is more rarified than in the plains, and therefore affords hnilettie,-;04, breath than the denser air. Converseill corn fe o t o pti el : patient be in want of more oxygen than ii . n e t ill os tr‘ lo o the ordinary pressure, let him be exposed ` - 00 1/ °° ,. OP), rendered artificially denser. This can he torc ittv ice. ing a small chamber, communicating Wt safety 1 , 1 :4 t and provided with an air gauge and 6 subl patient confined in such a chamber may t wo st l f o ) cie tjl io out inconvenience to the pressure of ab °l ' l „," t iviso - „ ire d ;„ 0 0 and a half. By this treatment catarrh, '" - to rein' eo tie „0 " complaints of the respiratory organs o lul t he e al p o, 01 ; croup the compressed air will flatten dul l ' vi oala' s- t io 41 ' membranes ; and in disorders arising fr olli eil° ° 'a t • f e pressed air will arterialise the blood, a l2- 0 01 De power of the;patient.—Gaignan i. 6 , 00- ll ` ije o et HARD LYlNG.—There lives ill A -le w oe , 4 if man called Joe, a fellow noted for th°; oo o ali e t oit, can tell. A correspondent informs us th at ,„ e d le lll tt t Holton's lately, and found him almost ch".,oti 0 1 / 0 , 06 when he suggested, " You don't knout be; rill'ted t 0 0 : 1 j naging smoky chimneys as I do, squire, '".l. yo u 131 j e 0 0, "Ah 1" said Holton, with interest, " ( " a d 0 0 t er smoky chimney cured ?" " Seen it ?" r d 0 0 0 t y l o think I have. I had the worst one in. Sop!! gi cse% 6 , 0 ity and I cured it a little too m uch.' 0 1 bn asked Holton. " Why, you see," gal a Jo i e ,; ,ears house out yonder; at Wolf Hollow 10 or 1 -,: nt blit L it or Bush, the fellow that built the chimneys' gent three quarters of the time, and crazy dril rong , bilt cl PVlil' I told him I thought he'd have something wved „el:0 to it and finished the house. Well, wa 1111 the 0233';, fire the next morning to boil the kettle. joyo ; o tPA through the room and went out of the Av o l r a t ' uree 1 1) : went up the flues. We tried it for two 000 to f' s t lye got worse and worse. By and by it c 3u1. .., It Pt e ti , or the rain began to come down the chircliesv-i; tOycool's out in a minute, and directly it came d° ,,„ o re S tl/ o ° 6 Wo had to get the baby on the floor as s°""' s viPort,o it would have been drowned. In 15 minnt% w hat ,gg io knee-deep on tho floor. I pretty soon virc o matter. The drunken cuss had put the u l . l ' o `" re a A ll ~L o if trlr i o up, and it drawed downwards. It O l t, b y be e !, o o within a hundred yards, and poured it dunr i s o lte" a 'iy " well, that was unfortunate, rornad'ulo ? 5 0 ` .6 0 1 ;$ what in the world did you do with the hrouci,„.l, f'' never cured that chimney ?" "Didn' t I :: ijoitou• )',OO old Joe; "yes, I did." " How ?" ask° Loci n corrigi b . le o '.,..v. 0 3 6 . he T i hat :: r ` ISreP e t ' O r o u e' l iotutghhetotothheraveendseuenpct sdariadwt much." "Drew too much ?" asked OAT• co fr, 10 0 0 ,i you may judge for yourself," said old Jpe ...d up, 05, t o t n ft e cr of w t e he got ch th a e irs another of 'em shooting- towards :II nrr . table went, and I see the back log going : 3 ,„ uod ° the old woman under one arm and the 4 t b i e t, o l chimneyott of : y e li r c t h o nae ,°:l4rten4j:iitree: t , 11 : ' 14 4 '1? and started ; but just as I got to the doow.1131;or 0.104:0( across the door backwards, holding on u ' r j .0 carpet, yelling awfully. It wasn't a n l e at w as_ t i P to p;, going over the top of the chit -Teel, a .."01.,510c1,1,1„,°,2,10 tea her." " Well, what did you do thaenortis:F., 1 / .00 00 0 1 ;0 course you could not live ins uc . h h i at a P 011 1 :4, though ?" said Joe ; " but did ' to s td d New York, Herald , jamb n o o t ra th o o re fl o re o p u l b a l c e e . :, dwrhltewo call or THE SUIN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1864. 1