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11:1NGLAND'S CONGRESS, in ti CHRISTMAS DOUBLE NUM BER of FUN, ( )J2 -r7I)NESDAY. One BONNET'S SILKS LYON". —Every Article c f commerce takes its title either from the inventor ( '-nanufacturer, and tile more perfect the production th grater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of !dentine a . Lion in England ; but the fallacy of such tut assertion is e dosed by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by M essrs . JAY, of Regent-street . The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end each piece Manufacture de (2. J. Bonnet et Cie., a' Lyon urieux." Wear guaranteed. FAMILY NIOURNING.—Messrs. JAY would respectfully announce that great economy is effected by purchasing- 11Ionrainv at their establishment, 247 and 249, R EGE 11} NT-ST.}.l, thui rMock of FAMILY MOURNING ban, the largest in Europe. Though Ifessrs. Jay professedly kcepthc best articles for Mourning and Halt-Mourning—at all times the cheapest-- they supply a Complete Suit of ponestic Atourninv., for 21 guineas. :N o iURNING COSTUIVE of every description is kept Rea dy M ade, and can be forwarded in town or country at a inotitent's notice. The most re.isonr.ble prices are charged, an d wear of every article is uaranteed. TUE LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE, Regent-street (.next the Circus). JAYS'. JOYAL ENOL 1S Ei OPERA, COVENT -GARDEN. Under the Management of Afiss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, for the 24th tune, Balfe's new Opera, BLANCH ti; DE NEVE RS : Miss Louisa Tyne, Miss Anna Hiles, Miss Emma Heywood; Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Corri, A. Cook, A. :t. Albyn, C. Lyall, J. Rotwe, and W. Harrison. To conclude with the Second Act of THE DESERT FLOWER. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellen. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. ripfIEATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE. - Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, litr Majesty's Servants will perform the Farce of MY a EART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS: characters by Mr. .3. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. yards, 31r. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Ha.rffeur. At rer which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, INIANFRED. Messrs. t helps, Ryder, Rayner, 31,-agresOn, W rwd, Spencer ; 3.'iss Eburne, Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, .and Mrs. E. Fidconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss hitter, Miss Cicely Notr, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. Followed by BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. Pi•l'ncipal cha- e ncer, rac ters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. N eville, Bari t, Sp and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss . Lecierq. PYv HEATRE ROYAL HAY MA - .B.KET.- Sole Lessee and Di an ager, Mr, Buckston e. T FITS EVENING, USED UP. Messrs. Cha L. Mathews, ITowe, Clark. Braid, Go rdon, Cullentord, ; Mesdames Fitzwilbam, Lindley, Sze. Followed by T EIE GOLDEN FLEECE. Mess Ts. Charles Mathew,,. Compton,Weathersby,&c. ; Mesdames C.. MAtheirs, I, Keeley. Griffith, Sze. With COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And MY HUSBAND'S GuOST. Commence at 7. oYAI, LYGEUM THEA Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fech ter, BEL DE xIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will he repeated Every Evening until further notice. THIS EVE NING, the Come.lietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BABY: Mess-a. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, Charles; miss P. Leclercq, and Carlotta Lecleroq. After which,at Eicht o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twe l v e Tableaux, taken from St en d hal ' s " Italian Chronicles," by Mr. John Brouzbam. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Emery, Raymond, Moreland Smith, Brou , lism , Clifford, Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss hate Terry, E. Lavenue, Al re. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. Doors open at half-past 6—commence at 7. RE . JAMES'S THEATRE-ROYAL, under new Management, will OPEN for the Winter Season on "xING NIGHT. EW THEATRE-KO VAL, ADELPIII. k‘ Sole Pronrl.tor and Manac-,Pr. M 7. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY IIORSEBREAR ER. Messrs. J. L. Toole. Paul Bedford, and Miss Woolgar. " ' At 8, the view Drama of LEAH : Bth week of Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirlinz, R. Phillips, Bil linzton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and nrs. I'o conclude with ICI ON FARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole. Commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY NI.GHT, MISS BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING, the 67th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BA r EMAN, in the character of LEAH. In cnisequence 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 iVebsteic begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Manders. Followed by (23d time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The Return of Ulysses. Messrs honey and Fenton ; Mesdames Bwanborough and Simpson. After which, MT NIAV PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. R OYAL SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE. Mana , 2,eress, Miss Marriott. Tins EVENING, TII r 4: LADY OF LYONS. Claude, Mr. .T. stammers ; Pauline, 111 , s Marriott. Concluding, with BELPHEGOR. Mr. D. 11. Jones, Miss Blanche Stammers, and Miss Mandlebert. Box-office open from 11 to 4. FIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containinz the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, vim be had Every Evening of G. ft GLIGNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, Bh. 50m.—Afternoon, Oh. 25m. io-moßßow.-Morning, 9d. 59m.—Afternoon, 10h. 32m. The Weather--Sun Office, Dec. 19, 1863. THERNIO3IETE R. This day at Two o'clock 4S Barometer-30.40. Wind—S.-W. ; light, and fine. 1 .. , LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 19, 1863. k v r e e ry few weeks longer , and Parliament will havec a r eassembled , We are rapidly drawin g t o th e s e of December, and the Lords and Commons, at the latest, will resume their legislative labours in February. Session after session, latterly, we have had a - mere tiding-over somehow, almost anyhow, of whatever, difficulties or anxieties stood in the way. In effect, ever since the inau g urati on o f th e p resent Coalition Gevert em , at the grand, energetic, en lightened, adva eced Liberal Administration, th a t wa s inducted into office (who can forget it ?) for the express and avow ed purpose of reformi ng a ll sor ts of things , Parliamenti t self included, the whole eys tem of popular reproseutmi o obegia with—e ver since Lord JoEts RUSSE LL s R e solutions were carried by a nar row ma jority, r since Lord DERBY and his Con servative Ministryv were ousted from pawer in consequence, e since Lord PaemE.RsToN and his colleagues occupiedcarried out vacated post of office there u p on--the emt systematically and most assiduously by O Administrators has been preci sel y the very 13,31:10rY Mr. DICKENS so delightfully defin ed as that of Bow Not To Do It! From June, 1859, until now, it has been thus with regard to the whole purpose, aim, and effort of the Coalition Government, of the Great Liberal Reforming Go vernment. Almost, as one may say, quite as a matter of course and as a direct consequence of this —while the Coalition Government and the Conser - Tative Oppcsition have been " tiding-over" both time and circumstances, in this deliberate manner, post poning and evading even their own antagonism — the small Ministerial majority with which the PALMERSTON Cabinet started upon its adventurous career, has rapidly dwindled and dwindled down, until the timo eventually arrived when it might be spoken of pretty confidently as a thing of th , 3 past, as a something really and truly no lon ger existent Sineu that turning-point in the balance of —for rcta hi par es, was reached and passed passed it has been unque.s tionably—the Duly doubt has been first of all, i n regard to the extent of the opposition gain, and secondly, as to the point upon which, as to the que stion in regard to which, that gain of the Con servatives could ba eSfeetivel. applied. Partieu ',trey during the very last sajion of Parliament, it wl s perfectly well understood that—Found some good pretext for a - great followed b y a great part y division party fight, ertain ,t powers that be" Were for, e and the lost as G ov ernment. There wa s a strong • that it was so, even the ye ar b suspicio.i c. ore, even in 1862; but then, as the nation remembers still very poignantly, the recent death 0f,H.R.11. the p r i nce Consort set it aside altogether, and by postponed (1 with universal consent the s'ightest notion of 8 , n7thing like party strife. During the session C f this present year the political situa ; jail was altogether different. There was s t',ll a sort of a truce between Govern n lent and Opposition ; but, on the part of t he latter, it was maintained, as one may say it :voluntarily, The strength of the Government a 11 along lay principally in the popularity of I ,ord PALMERSTON. That popularity, however, i howed to view very significant signs of decay ~.. his last twelvemontb. Two parliamentary indi ations of it, will be yet in popular remembrance. 3 Ir. COBDEN'S slashing onslaught was one of hem. The other was the total failure of the Prime Minister to save from an ignominious rejection bis own :,'.proposition for the purchase, by the nation' and for the nation, of the hideous International Exhibition Building at South Kensington. Hence i.t can create no surprise whatever, it can admit : f no contradiction whatever, when we here a ssert that the maintenance of the Ministry i n power this last year was not chiefly attributable, as it had been theretofore, to the popularity of our veteran Premier. On the contrary, it was chi e fly owing to the purely accidental circumstance that the strengthened and serried Opposition could find no valid pretext or plea upon which to bring about a great party division, and so put their antagonists in a minority. That, we take it, is a fact:altogether undeniable. And equally undeniable, we cannot but think, is the assertion that since Parliament was prorogued, the Ministry have gained nothing whatever in prestige, that on the contrary their policy is more than even un popular, that their reputation is more seriously damaged than it was previously, that their position in various directions has been manifestly weakened. Under existing circumstances, we believe, therefore, that, in the coming session, there will be an end put at last to this long tolerated system of feebly tiding over things. The country is getting sick to death of so very flagrant a persistence in the policy of How Not To Do It. There are plenty of pleas now for a party fight at the choice of the powerful Conservative Opposition. If Ministers were really and actually the energetic Liberals, the ardent and enterprizing reformers they affected to be when they took office, we should regret the parliamentary prospect before them. As it is, we don't:the least in the world. The question of emigration is one that has occu pied a large space in the consideration of the States men and political economists of modern days. The size and extent of our dependencies, the rapidity and ease of transit, and the strong spirit of enter prise and adventure, which has rendered English men pre-eminent as colonists, have all combined to raise the rate of emigration to a height which renders it a matter of national importance. It is natural that when work is hard to get and food dear the working classes should readily take their departure for lands where the necessaries of life are as plentiful as labour is scarce. It needs no great and overwhelming catastrophe, no potato famine or cotton distress to render such a prospect attractive enough in the sight of thousands of our lower classes to induce them to break old ties and associa tions and risk their all in a new start in life. The difficulty is in regulating this constant stream, in affording to the needy that assistance which may convert them from parochial burdens into thriving members of an industrial community, without un duly stimulating the exodus, and costing the State in men more than is saved in money. It is a good many years since GOLDSMITH drew his picture of " Sweet Auburn" deserted by her children, and mourned over the certain decadence of that land— " Where wealth accumulate and men decay." Political economy has advanced a little further since his days, and the official returns happily prove, without exaggeration, that the population of Eng land has largely increased, notwithstanding the rapid extension of "Trade's proud empire." There are a good many persons, however, who, without sharing in their extremity the poet's views, are inclined to regard with anxiety and suspicion the very large emigration that is constantly going on from the sister country. Ever since the terrible 1847 the Irish have been steadily taking flight from the country that had proved unequal under existing circumstances to their support. Those who were the first to venture into untried lands were for the most part so well pleased with the experiment that they despatched their first spare funds to the friends and relations left behind them in order to facilitate their passage out. Mr. MICHAEL BARRY, barrister at-law, tells us in a brief pamphlet* recently issued on this subject that in the ten years and a half from May, 1851, to December, 1861, the number of the Irish emigrants was 1,240,575 ; and that during that time the remittances from those who had emi grated to their friends in the United Kingdom was £9,041,370, of which amount a very large propor tion was contributed by the Irish. At the com mencement of his little treatise, which is entirely in favour of emigration, Mr. BARRY draws some comparisons between the acreage and population as well as the annual value of property and income in the three countries. The great reason why Ireland fails to support her population is he considers to be found in the excess of her agricultural population and the deficiency of her sources of industrial occu pation. Only 26 per cent., according to Mr. BARRY'S statistics, of the Scotch people are connected with agricultural pursuits, while 60 per cent. of the Irish depend upon them. "So that com pared with Scotland her agricultural popu lation is over two millions in excess. The extra capital of Scotland devoted to other industrial pursuits alone enables her to support the number of Peopl e that she does." Coming to the statistics of in dustrial occupations, Mr. BARRY res t r i c t s hi mse lf t two sources of wealth and employment common to Great Britain and Ireland. The total value of minerals in England, in the year 1861, was £34,397, 247. employ e d ; 3 in Ireland, £235,629. Th e persons _ 4u factori es in Great Britain during the same year mere 7 37,662 in number; in Ireland, 37,872. In thes e two great sources of empl o y men t, th e n, we find a dia'erence sufficiently great to account for a larg e p art T he r fa r _ t . o o t r i the poverty of the Irish g , directly ea of Great Britain," says employ nearly twenty t :l w rvye e , n ea t m y ndp ti l m otyh e e s . jl p i o r p . ü B l a A t t i o n n tunes as y persons as those of this o a c s c m ul a m n tions connected with many, population of that meat to nearly one hundred and fifty while the att.— ex - needs ours by thiee.fourths." Ad scarcely d.. tO this that , r • • used in irel an d nearly all the maehic c conies from England, and that a vast number o r ; occupations of all sorts exist in Great 13 • which are unknown in Ireland, and we shall arrive at some idea of the pressing need that exists of son a ,, vent being found for the energies of her people, us well as some means for the support of the unem ployed. The easiest and most natural remedy for this state of things is no doubt to be found in emi gration. Men and women of all ages may depart at little more than the cost of their passage to an other sphere of labour, and be at once and for ever prevented from adding to the care and respon- 6 Irish Emigration Considered. By Michael Joseph Barry, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Nash, Prince4-street, Cork. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 186 a sibility of the authorities of theirhopowed, h own land. tot, They may find, and, it is to be in most instances, they do find, remunerative employments in their new sphere of action, but at the same time there are some considerations that cannot fail to present themselves to the mind. In the first place the departure of large numbers of healthy active working men and Women, and it is only such that are fit for emigration, cannot help exciting some feeling of regret, unless every means h a d been tried to provide them with work at home. This is not the case with Ireland even with her comparatively limited population, and it would certainly be more satisfactory if her internal capa cities were fully developed, and some of those sources which conduce to wealth and labour were opened for her people before they were driven to expatriate themselves from sheer want of work at home. Again it is a matter of regret that instead of adding to the strength and extent of our colonial possessions and transferring their allegiance from one branch of the British deminions to another, the Irish for the most part cross over to the United States, and become absorbed in the mixed popula tion of that country. Mr. BARRY considers this feature of the case the only thing to regret with re gard to Irish emigration. He suggests that some efforts might be made on the part of the Govern ment to direct them rather to our Canadian pro vinces by means of grants of crown lands, &c. At present there is not much chance for such a scheme when the bounty money for recruits is so high in the Federal States, but when this terrible war comes to a close the United States will probably offer less attractions, and we shall be glad to see this sugges tion carried out. Mr. BARRY, in closing his remarks on emigration, says happily enough in referring to the famous New Zealander who is to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's that we have at least the satis faction of reflecting that the New Zealander will be no untutored savage but a remote descendant of that great race, whose fallen glories he stands contem plating. We commend this little pamphlet to the notice of all interested in national emigration. It is impossible to peruse the address of M. VON SYBEL without feeling great concern for the state of things in Prussia at present. It would seem as if a great opportunity had been lost, and a rare chance thrown away by the mistaken notions and misguided zeal which actuates the Chamber in re spect to the affairs of Schleswig•llolstein. That topic now so prominently put forward, is apparently to prove fatal to the cause of Prussian independence since the expected champions for the rights of their own country seem merged into the advocates of extreme measures towards other States. The pro position made by M. VON SYBEL is a very mistaken one, and it is greatly to be regretted that there seems every chance of its being carried by a large majority. The proposal made to the KING to vio late the pledges made in a former treaty, comes strangely and startlingly from those who were sup posed to be striving to maintain intact and inviolate the spirit of the Constitution. The terms of the address are in themselves rather peculiar, and seem to speak significantly concerning the new style of things to be expected from this change of tactics. It is idle to expect that a body of men, who, for political purposes, can eagerly press on their ruler to violate pledges, and can themselves seek to de stroy the rights of others, can ever prove the stolid defenders of national liberties, and the unflinching advocates of popular measures which, it was hoped, the new Chamber of Deputies might become. All that expectation has faded away, the brightness of its promise is dimmed, and the advantages expected to accrue from the inauguration of this Chamber have utterly and com pletely vanished. The language of the address is as strong as words can make it. There is no minc ing of the matter, and no hesitation in the expres sions used, but, on the contrary, a most vehement demand, and a strong argument are put forward in illustrating and exemplifying the affair. Thus we read that all Prussian activity in favour of these disputed States " must be called an act of self destruction, and again, farther on it is said that all Germany will rally round the KING if he take up in earnest the case of Schleswig Holstein, and abjure the treaties of 1851 and 1852. This is coming to the point with fatal determination, and it is almost impossible to over-estimate the disas trous effect of such counsels alike to the giver and to the receiver. It is throwing back the work that seemed in a fair way of progress, and occasioning gloom and despondency in the minds of all well wishers to Prussia, instead of that feeling of trustful hope with which they were about to envisager the state of things. The framers and the advocates of this address appear to labour under a very un necessary fear that they will not as a body of repre• sentatives be able to manifest their dissen from the policy now proposed in regard to the maintenance of former treaties and settlements. This is a very needless source of apprehension. They have disclosed their wishes only too plainly, and made too evident their desire that the former things should pass away, and that the order should be rescinded which gave anything like a chance of fair play to the disputed States. It is a sad and humiliating sight to witness the represen tatives of a people thus counselling and adjuring their Sovereign to break faith with foreign nations, and before the eyes of the world annul all prior en gagements of the most solemn nature and binding description. In the present instance it is doubly painful to behold this exhibition, for the very mo• mentous events in the kingdom whence issue these extraordinary advices render doubly important every step taken and every principle promulgated by its representatives. The concluding passage of the address is as comprehensive as possible, and puts the seal to the whole affair. The KING is ad vised to withdraw from the London Treaty, to re cognise the Prince of ATIGUSTENZERG, and to induce the German Diet to render him assistance in taking possession of his lands. IV hen all these prelimi naries have been settled, and these alterations de termined upon, the KING may count upon a sure and steady support from his Parliament. "The Chamber of Deputies has not a more heartfelt wish than to place all its means joyfully at the disposal of such a policy, openly expressed and harmonising with the will of the whole nation." "How are the mighty fallen," we ma.y well exclaim, on reading such an avowal from the deputies. How greatly can men deceive themselves when they are once in volved in a question of this sort, and how strange it appears that they have not sufficient discernment to comprehend the incalculable injury their proposal would inflict on their own country. Public honour and patriotic aspirations should surely point out a very different course, and the advantages expected t 3 be derived from the desperate measures,if attained, wouldba dearly purchased at the price that trust be gone, whethe r i n Paid for them Once the fe e li ng o f confidence is follo ws a , a public or private transactions, it for, and all B m atter of c ourse t h at a ll respect. i s , done „ ti e i s n ef a higher nature at an en d between th e con .: nabssu- ding St a t es , an d an if now she re,nou.u..e g parties. So with Prussia; u the claims of justicein and the will f a ll i mmeasura bl y surrounding considerations theopinion of ofhobtusti irretrievable slur will be cast upon her reputation. It is to 13 , , hoped that the proverbial obstinacy and the well-known spirit of antagonism which actuate King WILLIAM, will prove of good stead in this emergency, and that he will unhesitatingly reject the purport of this address, and refuse to comply with the prayer of its petition. So will he best consult his own honour, and the interests of his kingdom, and secure the respect of foreign nations. M, VON SYBEL and his coadjutors are in the posi tion of men who have got hold of an idea and are determined to carry it out coute qui coute. The influences that now prevail in Prussia seem to be all of the most adverse description, and each change only reveals a new difficulty or discloses a fresh complication. It may yet b© that at the eleventh hour a favourable turn may be taken, but so far as can yet be prognosticated the prospect "looming in the future" is one of dark presage and direful foreboding, whether as concerns the internal in terests of the nation, or the influences she must exercise on the solution of important events abroad, to say nothing of the imperilling of the fair fame and the dishonour that is threatened to her reputation by this new and unexpected turn of events. The position is one of uncertainty and peril, and the most unsatisfactory point of view is that neither King, Ministers, nor Deputies meet the emergency with a due sense of responsibility or the spirit that the occasion demands. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. BOURSE, December 18.—The market shows little change, and in the limited business done prices have fluctuated but little. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 20c. Mobilier is a shade lower, being Railway Shares quiet, lerally maintained. The towards the close, and left last quoted at 1,022 f. 50e. with previous prices gen market slightly improved off as follows 41 per Cents. 9l 50 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month..., 66 35 Credit Mobilier 1030 Do. end month 1030 -- Bank Shares 3355 Credit l'oncier l2lO Roman Italian Loan 7l 50 Do. end month 7l 50 New ditto Do. end month.... Russian Austrian .. — Spanish Threes Home Debt .. 5l 50 i'Deferred RAILWAYS. CRsh. Account. 965 .. 967 50 960 .. 965 Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Geneva Southern Western Eastern .. Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. .. Ditto to Barcelona .... 922 50 .. 928 75 880 - .. - 498 75 - 680 - .. 681 25 507 50 .. - - 480 - 477 50 395 - .. 392 50 397 50 .. 397 60 518 75 .. 522 50 512 50 .. 515 - 615 - .. 615 - 301 25 .. ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL. Yesterday afternoon a numerously attended de putation from the parishes of St. Saviour's and St. George's, Southwark, St. Mary's, Newington, Ber mondsey, and Camberwell, and the Corporation of London, waited upon Sir Roundell Palmer, M.P., the Attorney-General, at his chambers, New-square, for the purpose of representing to him the impro priety of giving his sanction to the suit now pend ing before Vice-Chancellor Page Wood autho rising the erection of St. Thomas's Hospital on what is called the Stangate site. Among the de putation were Mr. Tite, M.P., Mr. T. Nelson, city solicitor, Mr. Scammell, Mr. Alderman Finnis, Mr. Neil, Mr. Parkes, Dr. Rendle, Mr. Darnell, Mr. Bennie, &c. Mr. Nelson, on the part of the City Corporation, stated that he appeared there in sup port of what the corporation of London considered a right conferred upon them by the Charter of Edward VI. ; that charter authorised the corporation to erect St. Thomas's Hospital, expressly for the poor of the Borough of South wark. It was true their character of governors was modified by the Act of George 111., but still such power was retained by a specified number, which, in fact, left the government of the hospital still in the hands of the corporation. It was on behalf of the poor, for whose especial benefit the hospital in question was more particu larly erected, that he attended there to protest against the institution being removed to a district where the poor for whom it was intended would receive no benefit. Mr. Scammell, on behalf of the Common Council, said that body had come to an unanimous vote against the propriety of erecting the hospital on the proposed site at Stangate. It was taking the hospital entirely into a new district. Dr. Rendle, of St, George's, Southwark, who appeared on behalf of the parishes south of the Thames, entered into a variety of statistics, showing that the number of patients making application had greatly increased ever since the hospital had been removed to the Surrey Gardens. In the last 10 months they had amounted to no less than 68,000. It was true Guy's Hospital was left in the old locality but the patients there had risen from 30,000 in 1859, over 50,000 in 1861, to 63,000 in 1862 ; all which showed the ne cessity for retaining the institution as nearly as possible to its original locality. As to the pro posed site at Stangate, he had himself addressed letters to the chief medical men on the south side of the Thames, to the number, he thought, of 2,119, and from 107 of them he had received replies con demning the proposed site as altogether unfitted for the purposes of an hospital. It was sur rounded by numbers of unwholesome and delete terious manufactories, while it was, besides, a well known fact that the tide flowed up as far as Wandsworth, and the probability was that some of the sewage which would at an early day be emptied into the Thames at Erith would be floated back by the tide at all events as far as Westminster. lie therefore held that while they had the site of the Surrey Gardens, comprising 17 acres, which could be got for £107,000, and while they had the site of Bethlehem Hospital still in prospect, he could not see the wisdom of paying £95,000 for the privilege of building a hospital on the muddy banks of the Thames. Mr. Tite, M.P., on the part of the go vernors of the hospital, justified the course they had adopted. He detailed all the circumstances which had taken place since the date of his opposition in Parliament to the proposal to take the site of the old hospital for the parposes of Charing-cross rail way up to the present time. The three sites which had been placed before the governors were the Surrey Gardens, where the hospital was at present located; a site near the Elephant and Castle, New ington ; and Bethlehem Hospital. In regard to the first, their own medical officers condemned it as being low-lying and unhealthy, besides that before they could have built a hospital such as was re quired they would have to purchase a large portion of the adjoining property. In doing that he found they would be in a different position from railway companies, as he was informed by Lord Redesdale, the Chairman of the Committee of the House of Lords, iu any bill they might present to that House, enabling them to purchase the property necessary for such building no compulsory powers would be conceded. As to the second site, at the Elephant and Castle, the same objections existed. It lay at the back of the houses, and before it could have been opened up for the purposes of a hos pital a considerable extent of new road would have had to be made. Then, as to Bethlehem, they considered that as there were great doubts as to the propriety of removing that institution into the country, and as a very large expenditure must have been incurred to make it fitting for the pur poses of the hospital, their better plan was to accept the site at Stangate, which in point of distance was similar to Bethlehem, and in point of expense a. great deal less. He desired, also, to take the oppor tunity of stating in respect of what had been as serted, as to the insalubrity of the Stangate site, that all their medical officers had expressed a favour able opinion on that point, while they stated, in addition, a fact which had hitherto been overlooked, that persons meeting with accidents on the Thames, or at the numerous works and wharfs along its banks, could be conveyed in boats along the river to the hospital with very little trouble or inconveni ence. Mr. Wainwright, the solicitor to the gover nors, then addressed the Attorney-General in favour of the site adopted by them. The Attorney-General asked whether the City of London appeared there in its corporate capacity or as individual governors of the hospital. Mr. Nelson replied that he was authorised to represent the city in its corporate capacity. The Attorney-General then said he cer tainly thought that the representatives of the parishes who had appeared before him would be incurring unnec . s,ssary expense in going before the Vice-Chancellor by counsel in the matter. He could not, therefore, give his assent to their doing so. In regard to the corporation of the city of London the matter seemed different, and should they satisfy the Vice-Chancellor as to their right to appear he should uoi, object to their having a locus stand in the mat ter. Dr. Rendle expressed his satisfaction with the reply of the learned gentleman, as he had no doubt that the city of London would truly represent the feelings and the wishes of the united parishes on the question. The deputation then withdrew. A NEW STORY, BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE HEIR OP HEDCLYFFE," entitled " The Clever Woman of the Family," with illustrations by Florence Claxton, will commence in the January number of the Churchman's Family Magazine. VISIT OF MR. BRIGHT TO BIRMINGHAM. --We (Birmingham Post) have much pleasure in stating that our townsmen may look forward to an early -visit from Mr. Bright. Shortly after Christmas we may expect both Mr. Bright and Mr. Scholefield to -visit Birmingham for the purpose of addressing their constituents before the opening of Parliament. METROPOLITAN PREE HOSPITAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Comparatively few of the wealthy and benevolent of this country are aware of the existence of this invaluable institution. It occupies no proud position in a leading thoroughfare, where it may attract the attention and invite the liberal contribution of the passer-by : but, situate in the midst of a densely populated and notoriously poor distriet, immediately contiguous to the overcrowded parishes of Spite:fields, Bethnal-green, Whitechapel, and Shoreditch, it effects an amount of good amongst the extremely poor second to none of the more wealthy institutions of a similar kind. It is unendowed and dependent entirely upon voluntary contributions for its support. In the year ending Dec. 31, 1862, the attendances of poor patients for medical and sur gical relief reached the enormous amount of 103,983; the income for the same period being under £3,000. It has hitherto been principally supported by a few City merchants and their friends; but, owing to the fact of its being en tirely free, no letter of recommendation being required to obtain admittance, and also to the removal of St. Thomas's Hospital, the applications for relief have increased so rapidly as to render it absolutely necessary to seek for some more general support. Believing an appeal in your columns is rarely if ever made in vain, the committee earnestly so licit your insertion of this plain statement of facts, in the hope that many will be induced at this season of the year, in the fulness of their hearts, out of the store with which they have been blessed, to assist in endeavouring to alleviate the sufferings and distress of the sick and destitute.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, _ JNO• GURNEY FRY. Metropolitan Free Hospital, Devonshire.. square, Bishopsgate. Death of the Rev, J. Forehall, M,A., P.R.S. We have to announce, and so soon after the decease of the Rev. Dr. M'Caul, the removal of another ripe and sound Biblical scholar by the death of the Rev. Josiah Forshall, M.A., F.R.S., some time fellow and tutor of Exeter Col lege, Oxford, and subsequently keeper of MSS. and also secretary of the British Museum. Mr. Forshall entered Exeter College as a commoner in 1814. He took his degree of B.A. in 1818, obtaining a first class in mathematics and second class in lit. hum. In 1821 he proceeded M.A. In 1519-20 he was ordained deacon and priest respectively by the Bishop of Oxford. Mr. Forshall's first appointment to the British Museum dated from 1824, when he was nomi nated assistant-keeper of the MSS. by Archbishop Howley, who always entertained the highest opinion, no less of his personal worth, integrity, and gentlemanly bearing, than of his scholarly accomplishments and great learning. Mr. Forshall's active connection with the British Museum was only severed in 1851, when he retired from the secretary ship, in the enjoyment of a pension, and carrying with him the reputation of being one of the most accurate and deeply versed scholars of the day on all matters connected with the MSS. of the Bible. At the period of his death Mr. Forshall was occupied in preparing for press, at his own expense, " The Holy Gospels in the Received Text of the Greek, with various readings. . • • . Ex posing the errors of modern editors, and maintaining the general integrity of Scripture, as read in the Church of England." A few specimen pages lie before us as we write these lines, and for beauty of type, convenience of form, and unexampled laboriousness of search, they promise a work altogether invaluable to the student of the Bible. Mr. Forshall has carried with him the peculiar qualifica tions, both natural and acquired, for the completion of his plan, and it is to be regretted that a work of so much pro mise, from the pen of one so completely versed in the codices of the Greek Testament, must lie unfinished. De serving of great commendation are Mr. Forshall's recently published English edition of the four Gospels, printed in a cheap form, "far the use of schools and young students." The Gospel according to St. INlark, of this series, has al ready taken its place as a text-book for candidates for holy orders, chiefly owing to the valuable introduction which precedes it. It contains also some very piquant "cautions against the Greek Testament of Dean Alford and the Hu:seart lectures of Dean (now Bishop) Ellicott." Mr, Forshall was a thorough scholar of the massive old Eng lish divinity school. He looked wistfully askance at what he considered the empirical attempts of modern theology to elucidate and to furnish amended readings of the sacred text. Mr. Forshall died yesterday (Friday), at his residence, 49, Woburn-place, Russell-squar e , a t h a lf- past 5 a.m. His removal will p ro ve a great lo ss t o t h e R oyal Society, of which he was a distinguished member. ST. THOMAS'S.DAY, (From the City Press.) On Monday next the customary Wardmotes will be held, for the election of "fit and proper persona" to represent the various Wards in the Court of Common Council for the ensuing year. The following is a resume of the changes, which on this occasion are somewhat more numerous than mufti : Aldersgate Ward—Mr Paterson throws down the gauntlet, the whole of the present members again present ing themselves. Aldgate—Mr H. Hill withdraws. Mr Dresser Rogers, Mr Broadwater, and Mr J. C. D.Lvis are candidates. Bishopsgate—Mr Geddes retires. Mr T. S. Richards and Mr G. W. C. Dean came forward, and Mr G. Richard son has been nominated. Bread-street—Mr A. J. Coles has been nominated; so also have the whole of the presant members. Bridge—ln consequence of Mr Pay's death four candi dates have emit forward, viz., Mr H. Gover, Mr W. May, Mr J. T. Moss, and Mr It. P. Taylor. Castle Baynard—Mr Iladley retires. The new candi dates are Mr J. H. Hale, Mr Christopher Walton, and Mr T. Douglass. Coleman -street—Mr Sheriff Cave, Mr E. Hart, and Mr A. Digby will contest the vacant seat of Mr W. H. Roberts. Farringdon without—Mr Botterill, Mr Warwick, Mr F. Cox, and Mr J. Crispe coma forward. Mr M'Lauchlin retires. Portsoken—Mr Charles Barber and Mr Thomas Woodley have issued addresses. Mr J. G. Rhoads has been men tioned, Mr Deputy Annis withdraws from the repre sentation. Queenhithe—Mr G. Rayment retiree. Tower—The only candidate really in the field for the vacancy caused by Mr. Deputy Turnbull's retirement ap pears to be Mr J. Northway. Vintry--Mr R. Tees retires. In the following wards no changes are anticipated : Bassishaw, Billingsgate, Broad-street, Candlewick, Cheap, Cordwainer, Cornhill, Cripplegate (Within and Without), Dewgate, Farringdon Without, Langbourn, Limo-street, and Walbrook. ACCIDENTS ON THE GREAT NORTIIERN RAILWAY. —About half -past 10 on Thursday evening a coal train was travelling on tho up line of the Great Northern Railway. When two miles from Corby the drawing-up bar between two of the trucks broke, causing the train to part. Tho pin buried itself in a slanting position in a sleeper, and the last part of the train, running upon it, WUN thrown oil on the down line. Under the superintendence of Mr. Dance and a staff from Peterborough the lines were cleared, and the traffic resumed about 7 o'clock yesterday morning. This had scarcely been effected, however, when another accident more serious than the first occurrei. The traffic was being worked on a single line between Bythanc arid Corby. Six trains had successfully passed, and a cattle train was waiting its turn, when a coal train, cunning past all the signals, dashed into it. The shock was so severe that many of the cattle were killed and others jerked out of the trucks. A drover was injured, and the driver of the coal train was also hurt. The damage to the trucks, &c., was very great, and the two accidents threw the traffic of the line into the utmost confusion, the trains from the North having to be passed round by way of Sleaford and Boston. _ _ ----- A COMMISSAIRE OF POLICE the other day arrested on his way from Boulogne to the steamboat for England a person who had absconded from Paris with £120,000 worth of diamonds bclorging to his Highness the Duke of Bruns wick, LITERATURE. Three Months in Me Southern States. April— June , 1863. By Lieut.-Colonel Fremantle, Coldstream Guards. One Vol., pp. 316. Wm. Blackwood and Sons. A cordial welcome is due to this really delightful record of a quarter's run through the Southern States of North America. Although some of the most interesting parts of the work made their appearance in a fragmentary form but very recently in the pages of Blacliwood's Magazine, Colonel Fremantle's narrative of his sojourn among the Confederates, as published fragmentarily in Maga, has won its way so instantly to the appreciation of Maga's mul titude of readers, that it comes back to us now, i❑ a completed form, as nothing less than an old friend —not a mere passing acquaintance, but an old friend —with a new face and body ! It is something to have yet another truthful delineation of the Southern army and of the Southern generals from the hand of an English gentleman—in this instance of an English officer and gentleman. Colonel Fremantle tells us in his preface that he went across the Atlantic with a view to observe the actual state of things, there, with his own eyes, incited so to do not merely by what some might deem just idle curiosity, but out of his hearty soldierly sympathy for the gallant stand taken, from the very outset of this dreadful civil war, against tremendous odds, by the Confederates. It will be recognised by the habitual readers of Ebony that it was the latter portion of the volume only, that, through the medium of that eminent periodical, has already been pub lished. The rest of the book will be found by those who turn it over, entirely new and original. We cannot but regret, as we do in fact in the instance of almost every diary that we remember to have seen at any time published—we cannot but seriously regret that much of the gallant author's jottings by the way in his Diary had not been eliminated from it as entirely superfluous before the MS. was trans. formed into letterpress. There is in it so much that is superfluous, here and there so much that is really and truly frivolous What possibly is the use of telling us at p. 2, under date 23d March, that they " knocked off steam when outside the harbour." Had the volume been weeded down from upwards of three hundred pages to some two hundred at the very utmost, it would have been much more readable in the first instance, and in the next place would, in in all probability, have left behind it, after its perusal, a much more lasting impression. As it is, however, we cannot but regard ourselves as most un gracious when taking even this exception to a work, for the animation of which, and for the evidence of keen observation in which, we are altogether under a very lively sense of obligation to Colonel Fremantle. It should be remarked in reference to the author of the volume that he was during his three months' stay in the Southern States a constant travelling companion of that very brilliant writer, Mr. Frank Lawley, once upon a time Mr. Gladstone's private secretary, now the l imes' Southern Correspondent. Another particular of no inconsiderable interest in its way, needs hardly perhaps that we should here distinctly state it, being in effect one that might be regarded at once as a mere matter of course in regard to the gallant Colonel of the Coldstream Guards, to wit, his immediate access and personal intercourse with all the leading public men among the Confederates, especially with all the distinguished members of his owe pro fession there—including Lee himself and the chief among that great warrior's paladin-lieutenants! As an additional item of interest in reference to a volume, which in its letterpress contents alone is so very acceptable and delightful, it should be said that scattered through it,among the letterpreee they serve so charmingly to illustrate are portraits, engraved from recent photographs, of several among the most illustrious leaders of the Confederates, As the frontispiece, we have, of course, the versimilitude of no other than the renowned President of the Confederates. And among the lineaments of Mr. Davis as there pourtrayed (Irons a photograph, be it remembered l) though the countenance of the Southern President is almost as lantern-jawed as the better-known visage of the Northern President, we can readily understand the force of Colonel Fremantle's assurance that Jefferson Davis is every inch— (and there are a good many of them by the way, for like his Northern rival he is tall in stature)—a Gentleman. A statement that, for certain, ❑ever by any possibility could be uttered in regard to Abraham Lincoln. Thin in figure, almost gaunt in face, Mr. Davis is comely, agreeable, amiable in expression, and we can readily believe, as physiognomists, how inevitably he succeeds, by his mere courtesy of bearing, in win ning the hearts of all those who approach him. It is above all things, thus, by reason of his being, in one word—a " gentleman." With still more in terest almost we turn to examine the portraiture (again from a recent photograph) confronting p. 253 upon which we find the pen and ink limning of the original of that engraved likeness—General Robert E. Lee, the heroic and gifted Commander in-Chief of the Confederate army. " General Lee," says Colonel Fremantle, with startling emphasis— .' GENERAL LEE is almost without exception the handsomest man of his age I ever saw. He is fifty six years old, tall, broad shouldered, very well made, well set up, a thorough soldier in appear ance; and his manners are most courteous and full of dignity." The Colonel adds, "Heis a perfect gentleman in every respect." And, further on, he even writes thus of him—" Through out the South, all agree In pronouncing him to be as near perfection as a man can be !" His bitterest enemies, we are told, have never accused him of vice of any kind : even of what are called the small vices, i.e., smoking, drinking, chewing (Colonel Fremantle counts among them, we observe, " swear ing !") General Lee has no knowledge Idolised by men and officers, all of whom are ready to go any where, to do anything, at his behest, General Lee holds firmly within his grasp those dread thunder bolts of war he has so often already hurled hither and thither with an unerring hand against that gigantic but lubberly antagonistic of the Confederates, the Northern or Federal Power. General Longstreet, the bosom friend, the veritable brother-in-arms, of the great Southern Com mandcr-in-Chief, is described no less vividly, a little earlier, in his narrative, by Color el Fremantle —opposite whose description we have a charming portraiture of that same brave and devoted com mander, Lieut.-General James Longstreet. Here, too, in other portions of the work, are to be found graphic portraits and equally graphic descriptions of General Leonidas Polk, of General Joseph John stop, and of General G. T. Beauregard—portraits aed descriptions alike wonderfully realistic. The volume altogether is a most valuable, and doubly valuable because likewise a most timely and oppor tune, little treasury of information—with Colonel Fremantle's name upon the title page, it needs hardly be said, of perfectly reliable information. THE VINTAGE ALMANAC FOR 1864. In order that its numberless patrons should not lack the usual useful information universally required at the com mencement of the new year, the Vintage Wine CompanY have published an almanac of a very novel and interesting description. The attractive little volume, in addition to the usual diary, contains a variety of hints addressed not only to wine consumers, but to the public generally, more especially as to the purity, the dietetic properties, and the consumption of wine. There is also a bri ef but interesting; account of the vintage of 1863, whic h, on the whole, ap pears to have been the most favourable for many years, The great distinguishing feature ofa rivals,t most le obstinate Vintage th o Company is that, notwithsta t n o di n t g he oppo sition ou the part of high pricedpublic directors led to a trial of the were enabled to introduce Oporto, Xeres, Cadiz, and other places, at prices at that time unheard of. The result of the opposition was to excite the statistics y' wine have obtained a ropeteiOdn.to c z u o r r i e o s s i c t y o , ro and ida that curiosity Sherry; on d e n e a r t t u act r ilihn a ael l ya l t from Cheapness has invariably given, it appears that when and d ce place, its quality, purity, Our say , f , o ‘ r u e o ta o t d h e w r s i — no ledgood tooldits farhnioenreadl consumption sherry of the Vintage ne eds no bush.", Most certain] curious, we say ca ll at 14, Company needs no puffing. To the con noisseur dad th ere the quality' but an ab un d ance of other wine, and jud ge o f it Bloomsbury-street, taste the Not only will the con raported uhder the WO er ra particulariinewines, allar t ioc of e whichah ove have specified,been 9 of duty. ar t - /J.,. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 18. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, and her Serene High :less Princess llohenlohe, left Windsor Castle at a quarter past eleven o'clock this morning for Osborne. The suit consisted of the Dowager Countess of :11ount-Edgcumbe, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the H o n• Caroline Cavendish, Lord Alfred Paget, Lieut. - General the Hon. C. Grey, Colonel the Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps, Dr. Hulzwann, and Mr. Buff. Countess Blucher left the Castle for Osborne on a visit to her Majesty. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and PrILICESS of Wales gave a grand dinner party on Thursday night at Frogmore House, at which their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Helena and Louise were present. Lieutenant-Colonel Eleppel and the Countess of Macclesfield had the honour of being present. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary lunched at Frogniore House yesterday with the Prince and Princess of Wales, and returned to Kew in the afternoon. Major Purves was in attendance on their Boyal Highnesses. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, went out phea sant shooting in the preserves of the Home Park Yos t "' day afternoon. The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia' We briefly announced yesterday th e a rrival 0: their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia at Brussels on Tuesday evening, accompanied by their children, Prince William, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Henry. Their royal highnesses were received at the Brio sera railway station by the Count of Flanders, wh ° was attended by several orderly officers. 'l i b ° Prussian Minister at Brussels was also present. The prince and princess were conveyed in Court carriages to the palace, where apartments had bee p prepared for their reception, and immediately e n their arrival they had an interview with th e Duchess of Brabant. The dinner party in the evening comprised the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia, the Duchess of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, the Minister of England and Prussia, and some meth bars of the royal suites. On Wednesday the Crown Prince and Growl'. Princess of Prussia visited the King of the Belgian s at Laeken, and were also present with the Countess of Brabant and the Count of Flanders at the l e Deum which was chanted at the cathedral of St' Gudule, at Brussels, in celebration of the Slog' s 73d birthday. The New Judge. (From the Law Times of this day.) Heartily do we congratulate Mr. Sergeant Shee on his elevation to the vacant Judgeship. We thani the Lord Chancellor for the moral courage he hu e displayed in following the promptings of his ovii large and liberal mind, in defiance of that adverse pressure, whose power can be rightly measured 0011 by those who have been subjected to it. Still more heartily do we congratulate the profession upon this establishment of the principle that its prizes shall be open to professional merit, whatever its party or creed; the public upon the triumph of the great principle of civil and religious liberty which was in issue ; and the Court of Queen's Bench upon the accession to it of our most able and accomplishe d advocate, who has already proved his capacity for the judgment-seat. (Front the Weekly Register of this day.) One of the most remarkable events of the week, and indeed of the age, is the elevation of Sergeant Shee, a Catholic lawyer, to a Puisne Judgeship in the Court of Queen's Bench, Mr. Justice Shee has the honour of being the first Catholic Judge appointed in Engla❑d for centuties, and, like the first Catholic judge appointed in Ireland, the late Sir :Michael O'Loghlan, will, if we be not veil greatly mistaken, be an ornament to the judicial Bench. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset, accompanie d by Edward Lord St. Maur, leave the Admiralty to -day for Stover-park, Devonshire. The Duke of Athole, according to accounts re ceived in town yesterday, was in the same low state. 1116 grace still retains his strength. The Duke and Euchess of Beaufort will entertain a large family party at Badminton, their seat in Gloucester shire, during the Christmas holidays. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury ha ve returned to Hatfield House, Herts, from visiting Elie 1:411° and Duchess of Wellington. The Earl of Clare's health is in rather a more satisfactory state. The Earl and Countess of Leicester will enter' tain a large party at Holkham Hall, Norfolk, during a° holidays. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yes terday for Hawarden Castle, Chester. The Right Hon. Thomas M. Gibson, M.P., l e town yesterday for his seat in Suffolk, to pass the Christ mas holidays. The Countess of Desart and Lady Alice Cu have arrived in town from Ireland, and have since left f a r Stackpole Park, Pembrokeshire, on a visit to the Earl 311 Countess of Cawdor. The Dowager Lady Chesham has arrived at fli ci i ; Hoo, Herta, ou a visit t o h er l a dy s hip' s d aug hter, I' Dacres. Her health has of late greatly improved. , 0 Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alf re d and William of Hesse were to leave Edinburgh yesterdaY fu Windsor Castle, in order to join the Royal Family at (.)°‘ borne for Christmas. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador and 11i5 son, M. Paul Musurus, arrived at Paris y e sterday fr° ; Naples and Rome, having left Constantin o ple exactly til r° ,, weeks since. His excellency and son are expected to a rrilu home to-day. LORD COWLEY has declined to renew his lease at Chantilly, whence, very naturally, there are afloat rOPI surmises as to the cause of this i • THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD.—The only nail i : of Great Britain who holds an important p° Bi tf ij about the French court is a Scotchman, named CarePliury' who superintends the Royal studs under General 11 ow h e n Mr. Campbell lived with the Emperor of the Fren ch the latter tesided in England, and accompanied the in the Italian wars. withM E an ac . ci H de o n w t t e h s i , s et M.P.M we .P ek . wfohrileEsahsototNingorofnol th e ilaP °f Mr. H. N. Burroughes, of Burlingham, a stray sho e t s b tiii i i l t•ve l ii i t struck his eye, by which, it is feared, hie ei g ht affected. vrEß.—The price COPPER' —The ADVANCE IN THE PRICE 01? -- of manufactured and unmanufactured c opper was on Thurs•_7 penny per pound' Yellow m h l t f al sheathing and day advanced £5 per ton. advance d a a composite nails were also We understand that a subscription has been to t Crawley's brother officers defra y on foot amongst Colon el to has the expenses to whiohhe Cardigan been put by the court martial' and that the Earl Of has generously headed at ° list with the sum £loo. f ° of P c E o ß n A c . e — r concerts a p t hcr Monda y A.la) e e s Te 11 ; • ty . 'rhea t erm i nated and L Strauss positions b with fancy dress ball, on a ingMt:llrj:tiwLlllinqs suc cessful ll s A c series scale which has not been attempted in London for several, year!. Everything that can insure good regulations will b ° put in requisition ; the dance music is the band is to number 110 performers ; ding cow • • to y be from sJ father,a'l ien r La e b p i z r k to y i: B G , itlifigtll; ; the supper will be supplied by the firm o f Epitauz, of the Opera Colonnade; and the arrangeme nt° for dancing to be under the direction of 12 masters of the ceremonies. A GOOD GRIP.—" Does the razor take hold well P r, inquired a barber, who was shaving a gentleman from th e country. "Yes," replied the customer, with tears in eyes; ii "it takes hold first rate, but it dont let go very eaellY; n SALE OF NEGROES.—At their last aucti on Saw Messrs. Pannill and Son offered several negroes, three of whom brought the following excellent prices Jane, 10 years of age, 3,100 dols. ; John Smith, 17 y ears,° . age, 3,450 dole. ; John ---•, 19 years of age, Tho recent sales of negroes in this city evince the fact tin!! the people have the most uubotinded confidence in the au`',., cess of our cause. Prices continue to advance slowly au steadily, and where a good hand of either sex is p ut uP ti ud auction the bidding is always spirited. Negroe s are bo 74 to continue high, from the fact that the exigencies efo war have reduced the number very materially in the S —Petersburg Express, 3,900 dors. rieN pat at 1 i fi Re ( Per C eti 334, 701 cons nlos and 1,911 Li. Witl do n kink has and tion Lodi Cori Ban] a per New per Ne w New 6 Pet 4.un Di indiE Di Di Di. 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