The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-07 00:00:00

THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY is now prepared to accept -MERCANTILE INSUR ANCE in London at a considera a scble reduction upon the zar d o us class. rates hitherto charged, an d under e o equit ably upon merchandise of a non-h Full par ti cu lars given on application at the Office, 29, Lombard-street. PERCY M. DOVF, Manager. J OHN B. JOHNSToN, secretary to the London Board, LIFEBOArI.' S ERVICES. —During the recent Leavy ales some of the boa ts o f the Royal Na Tonal Life b oa t Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the crews of the following wrecked vessels :—Schooner Theophi lus, of Aberdeen, 5 men ; barque Tamworth, of Norway, 17; schooner Northern Lights, of Prest o o t n o f 4; pilot boat, of St. Ives, 7 ; schooner Arion, of Workingt ; Qchooner Gipsy, of Drogheda, 4 ; smack Saucy Ja , :k, Inverness, 1 ; barque Marietta, ot Lisbon. 1 ; Providence, boat of Filey, 2 ; Tenby fishing beat 3 ; and barque of Dantzic,7. Total lives sa.ved , 4 , 5. The li:eboats also assistei in bringing safely into Do rt, with their crews, consisting of 29 men, the Italian brig •Camogline, the schooner fir Colin Campbell. of Whitby, the sego .ner Giulia, of Palermo, and the ketch Snip, of Am sterdam. The lifeboats also went oil' in reply to signals of distress on fourteen occasions, but their services were not ultimately required. The amount of reward p .id for all these services was £216. The Committee of the Institution earnestly AP PEAL to the public for AtiSP . ,TANuE to enable 'hem to meet the con tinued heavy demands on the Society's 125 lileb at estab lishments. Contributions are received by all the Lon.! on and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, for the 13th time, Balfe's new Opera, BLANCHI DE NEVE RS : Miss Louisa i'yne, Miss Anna Hiles, Miss Emma Heywood ; Messrs.W. H. Weiss, H. Cord, A. Cook, A. et. Albyn, C. Lyall, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison. To conclude with the Second Act of THE DESERT FLOWER. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven THEATRE ROYAL DRU RY - LANE. - Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, hor Majesty's Servants will perform the Farce of BEAUTY . OR TH E BEAST. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer, and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss R. Lecicrq. After which. Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. chelps, Ryder, Rayner, Mva,greson, Ward, Spencer Miss Eburne, Miss F. Atkinson, Miss Leciercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—;LissPoole, Miss sitter, Miss Cicely Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. Followed by MY lINART'S IN THE eston , M HIGHL War ANDS c h arac ters by Mr. O. Neville , Mr . G. Wr. de. Mr. J. Illarris C. Melville, and Miss 11arfleur. ".A THE ROYAL D' RU R Y-L AN E. managers;Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. NOTI cu.—The Public are respectfully requested not i ce that the e xtens i ve Scenical preparations for he Cnristmas Pantomime will compel the withdrawal on Salim for a period extending o er the Holidays, of day, Dec* Lord 13yroin9' 's FRED. TH IS r:VENING the rertormances will commence with BEAUTY O.R. THE BEAST. After which, commencing at a Quarter before Eight o'clock, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy or 3IANFRED. Mortals Man fred, Mr. Phelps; A bbot of St. Mauric , Mr. Ryder ; a Chamois Hunter, :air. A. Rayner; Manuel (an abed Retainer), r. Ne Mlle ; H e rman (a young Domestic i n th e Caste of Manfred), Mr. G Weston ; Retainers, Messrs. Bedford, Weaver, Kirk, Wilson, Smith, and Edwards. Immortals : Arimanes (Ruler of the Evil Agencies), Mr. Warde • Ariel ( Spi r it of the Ethe r), Mis s Emma Heywood ; Hesper'(Spirit of tli Stars), Miss Louisa Ritter: Uncitne (Spirit of the Waters). Miss Poole;• Meserima (Spirit of Memory). Miss Cicely Nott; Auster (Spirit of the Storm), Mr. swift ; As tarom (i4drit of the Earth), Mr. Meagers,in ; e übes (Spirit of the shadow of Night), M r . - Ryder; Titanos (Spirit of the Mountains), Mr. G. Spencer; Nemesis (Goddess of Vengeance), Mrs. Edmund Falconer ; Clotho, Lache is, and Atropos—the Destinies—Mi ss E mma Atkinson,' Miss C. Weston, and Miss Murray ; the Phantom of Astarte, Miss Rose Leclerq ; the Witch of the Alps, Miss M. Eburne ; Evil Agencies and Spi r it Sf ectres of the Weird World, Messrs. T. Matthews, J. Morris, J. Cormack, Miss !-.eymour, miss Harfleur, Mrs. Melville, Mrs. War low, and the L a di es and Gentlemen of the Choir and the Del et. Order and character of the scenery. Act I.—Scene 1 : Studio and Gothic Gallery in Manlred's Castle. Scene 2 : a Precipice and Glaciers near the Summit of the Jung lrau. Act IL - Scene 1 The Chalet of the Chamois Hunter and Alpine Pass. Scene 2: The Steinbach, a Waterfall, in one of tee Lower Valleys among the Alp and Overhanging Cliffs, the Haunt of the Witch of the Alps. "The sunbow's rays still arch the torrent with the Many hues of heaven, and ro'l the sheeted silver's waving column o'er the crag's perpendicular." Scene 3 : The snow capped Summit of the Jungfrau, by Moonlight. Scene 4 : The Hall of Arimancs in the Nether World, painted by Mi. Danson and son. Act 11L—Scene I : Terrace and Exterior Of Castle. Scene 2: The Turret Studio, the Magian's Hid night Haunt. shook and Illumined by a Thunderstorm, and finally Destroyed by Flashing Boit and Crashing Avalanche. Last Scene : A Snowy Alpine Waste or Wilderness. Pro ramme of the Songs and Choruses—Act I —Scene 1: Mys tical Responses of Viewless Spirits to the Magian's Invoca tion. Ist Solo, "Mortal to thy bidding bow'd," Miss Emma Heywood ; 2d Solo, "In the blue depth of the waters," Miss Poole ; 3d Solo, " I am the rider of the wind," Mr. Swift •, Septette, Misses Poole, Hey wood, Cicely Nott, Mr. Switt, and Chorus; The Impre cation—Solo, "When the Moon is on tee Wave," Miss Cicely Nott ; Solo, "Th ugh thy Slumber may be deep," Miss Poole ; Chorus, by the whole Choir. Act. IL— cene 3; Solo and Chorus, " The Captive Usurper," Miss Cicely Nott and Chorus ;_ Song, " The Snip sailed on, the Ship sailed fast," Miss Emma Heywood. S ene 4—Grand Choral Hymn of the Evil Agencies, Hail to our Master, Prince of Earth and Air." solo verses by Mr. Swift, chorus by full Choir ; Ju bilant Chorus and accompanying Dance, by full Choir and the Ballet. Act lll.—Last Scene: Grand Dual Chorus of Good and Evil Spirits, by the Principal Singers and Full Ilioir. The general action of the tragedy arranged by Mr. Phelps. The incidental dances designed and directed hi Mr. Cormack. Costumes from designs by R. W. Keene, Esq., and from Jelaxman's Illustrations f Cassino! and Mythological Conceptions. Machinery by Mr. J. Tucker and Assistants. Gas Illuminations by Mr. J. Hinckley. Spectral illusions by Mr. Cox, under the direction of Mr. Telbin. The whole of the entirely uew scenery designed and principally painted by Mr. W. Telbm. tssisted by his son, Mr. 11. Telbin. Ihe hlsll of Arimanes painted by Mr. Danson and Sons. The increased orchestra and present arran-ement of the music, orPrinidly composed by Sir Henry Bishop, under the direc tion of yt r. Barnard. The choir under the direction of Mr. Charles Beale. To conclude with MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. I Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., 215., £1 lls. Gd., £2 2s , £3 35., and £4 45.; Stalls, Os. ; Dress Circle, 4s. ; First Circle, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, 25.; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery. 6d. No half-price. B.x office open from Ten to Five daily. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven o'clock. Stage Manager, Mr. Phelps. THEATRE ROYAL HAY M ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, SILKEN FETTE itS Measrs. Chas. Mathews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Howe, dr,c. ; Mesdames C. Mathews and M. Harris. Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compton, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames C. Mathews, L Keeley. Griffith, &c. Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And MY HUSBAND'S GIiOST. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE NIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Evey Eveninz until further notice. THIS EVENING, the Comerlietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BABY: Mess-s. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, Charles; Miss P. Le .lercq, and Carlotta Leclercq. After which, at Eight o'clock, BE I. DEHONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle , ," by Mr. John Brouc,rtiam. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brinh,m, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, e-olieit, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. La.venue, Airs. Lee, and 31188 Elsworthy. Doors open at hall-past 6—commence at 7. LEAH.-EVERY NIGHT GATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING, BATE),T h a% I I appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss the unbon 01'14 the character of LEAH. In consequence of nation of kj i i , r luccess,with which Miss Bateman's imperso ot LEAH h a „ b l -ciPal character in the new Five Act Drama that it wall ) , e'm attended. Mr Webster begs to announce notice. Performed EVERY EVENING until further AT ENV T HE A, so. Pro TRE-RO YAL, ADELPHL -1:11 Drlat or ___ n TUTS EVENix% at Lin Man FIZ2 Vr, 7117. B. Webster. S'irling. I, TIIE TitAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs. At 8, the New Drama of I,t A supported by Me s , radva II: Bth weer of Miss Bate man, St uart , Stephenson, ti!ur Stirling, It. Phillips, lington, ,n u urae; Miss 11. Simms, and Mrs. ilililing tt • • with .„ T o conclude T IGER : Miss K. Kelly and Mr. Step henson.THE int.... ROYAL STRANto"----------- Manar.,,er, Mr. W. TI. swati: T HEATRE. THIS EVENING, MIR lA/I'S cß i i'' sr ° ll g,h. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, 1tu 5 .1...E. 3res ars. Geo Manders. "L'•• Saville, and Miss . Followed by (12th time) rATTIL INT PElip, L Return of Ulysses. Aressrs. Money and p ento O n PE ; or, The wanborough wad Simpson. 2 4-edaraes After which, MT NEW PLACE. Mr. A. w ood. Commence at 7. ROYAL SADLER'S-WELLS THEA:rII E. Manageress, bliss garriott. THIS EVENING, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDA L . Mes=rs. 11. Marston, Jones, Benn ett, E. Phelps, D. a Brooke, Denial, Miss Marriott, and Mrs. Wall is ' To conclude with TIIE BRIGAND: Mr. D. If. Jones, Miss Mandlebert. Box-office open from 11 to 4. SUN," 111 HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE "I‘' Containing* the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE , San be bad Every Evening of G. R. MAXIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. fins DAT.—Morning, 10h. 59m.—Afternoon, 11h. 31m. Vo-ttonitow.-Morning. llb 581n.—Afternoon, h. In. The Weather—Sun Office, Dec. 7, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'cloc.k Barometer-30.31. ; light breeze, and fine. (rt?i#it&ljt • • • •17r If •• • • „ • ' • IP4 • SUIL LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 7, 1863. w e m ay rest certain of th:B—that L or d R us- SELL fias rot cleared away any of the difficulties before him, but has rather at once multiplied and complicated them by his recent proceedings in con nection with the Emperor NAPOLEON'S proposition of u Congress. Difficulties we mean in the way o f explanation--by his own reply in the House of Lords, and, I ,hrough the agency of the Under •Secretary of State , by Mr. LAYARD'S reply in the House of Com nons, immediately Parliament shall have been bronE 7ht together again in February. The curtness of the noble earl's note at the close of the late corres pondel ee between the French and English Govern ments, it is now being felt every day more and more ;idly on both sides of the channel was in no:way whatever called for, was in no way what ever pr ovoked. Nothing could have been at once more in anly in its frankness, or more courteous in its tone., than the original proposition of his Majesty the E iperor of the FRENCH. As certainly nothing could, by possibility, have been at once more d 1 scourteous, or more vaguely maundering, than the wt.,: y in which that proposition was responded to by the English Foreign Secretary. The maun dering- of it—that is, of the reply —is indicated, in truth, by what chiefly constitutes its discourtesy. To ex E ,ress, by a figure of speech, whet really and truly •was the course taken at this critical junc ture b y our Government, it might be said— That 'the EMPEROR sent out invitations to a ban qui t—That one of the principal guests invited, before making up his mind whether the invitation should', be accepted or declined, asked, not by any bluntly, means c i r cuitously, but very plain, very indeed, to see the bill of fare—and That, having se en the bill of fare, he said then and not, as he ou ght to have done, in mere common decency, no, thank y ou , I'll s t o p s ooner—" Well, at home." And, what makes it worse as a discourtesy is this—the dishes are just the old stock dishes that the guests and the intended host have been lingering over with what appetite they may, this long while. Here a good sub stantial piece de resistance like Italy. Here a very hot, peppery made-dish like Poland, or like Schles wig Holstein. So that the familiar items upon the carte having been scanned, and the invitation, after that and not before it, refused—the one only conclusion to be arrived at in explanation of the refusal is, that the Great Guest dreaded seriously that those old, accustomed dishes, or one or two of them at least, might in this projected banquet turn out to have been cunningly poisoned, on the sly. More than ever, Earl RUSSELL may be quite certain of this—he will have to prepare betimes for the day of parliamentary reckoning, when he himself in the Lords and Mr. LAYARD in the Commons will have to give the inevitable explanations. The complex affairs of Schleswig Holstein appear to be more satisfactory from the last accounts. Much yet remains to be done, but at all events a right direction has been taken. The intimation given by England has evidently acted like magic in the case, and the delay that has been mentioned to have taken place is still further significant, inasmuch as it proves that other Powers concur in the disapproval already expressed regarding the treaty and extreme mea sures suggested. It is said that Prussia and Austria have given notice of motion about the Dano- German question; of course this refers to the demand for Federal execution, and it is very grati fying to notice that the general sentiment is that opposed to the views hitherto expressed by the committee on the question. This is as it should be, for it was high time that some intermediate agency should be set to work to check the devastating policy which seemed about to be pursued. These nations do themselves honour by coming forward in a determined manner, and resolving on putting a stop to the hasty decision that was arrived at. Now at any rate these matters will be taken up in a way more befitting their importance and suitable to their interests. All things must be done in moderation if the idea is entertained that the sur rounding nations are looking on to criticise or censure as the case may be. It is always desirable to meet an opponent half-way, and King CHRISTIAN has shown good sense in withdrawing the Royal Patent of the 30th of March. In the proclamation just published be makes some very wise reflections on the state of affairs in this emergency. His address to the Holsteiners is a very spirited one, and can hardly fail to impress them with his determina tion to carry through the resolve he has made of holding his own, even though the odds against him may be very great, and the wily plans set afoot to undermine lawful authority may be almost impos- Bible to discover. King CHRISTIAN could not have spoken out more forcibly than in these words— We cannot suffer officials to foster opposition, and are resolved to put down insurrectionary move ments with armed force." This decided tone will, no doubt, have its effect in convincing the disaffected that they are not f ace to face with waverers or timorous rulers, bnt confronted with men who are resolved to maintain inviolate their rightful autho- rity, and to hold their just possessions. At the same time endeavours are made to conciliate, in stead of to irritate, and all possible m eans are em ployed to effect that desired object. A h ope i s ex pressed that when "Holstein finds herself contented in constitutional freedom, and the pretext for foreign interference is thus removed, she will voluntarily incline to nearer connection with the remainder of the country." It is to be trusted that the tone of mingled firmness and conciliation will impress them to whom it is addressed, and that in this manner the present very unfortu nate and critical state of things may be happily terminated. The resolve of Prince CHRISTIAN to withdraw the Royal Patent is a very good one, and cannot fail to be attended with felicitous results. It is idle to expect that all plans and proposals of this sort can be carriel out to the letter, and he is often a wise statesman and a true patriot who finds it necessary to be firm, and when it is desirable to unbend a little and resort to measures of expedi- ency and compromise. A too strict adherence to extreme views will nullify the good that might otherwise have been reaped by wise and partial measures. There is no Ilse in attempting what cannot be oarried out in all 14 Phase; and therefore the venture which was :de to treat Schleswig as altogether a province of b e " l "k Was hardly a prud en t one . I t i s mos t pro able that a will b • strict adherence t o th e T rea t y o f 1852 at all eeisni%tteed v i nsisted pue on, and if 80 something denite will been done to serve the fi interests of Denmark, sua v state o t t o take steps to a lt er t h e present distracted the kingdom. It was h ar dl y the likely face that s ofilnucallny extinte:eB .would be resorted to i n , but still sa an d s t range sts t hi n gs are Constantly oecarrin g p t p h o r e s e i s c o s a g s e th a t those who have beh forward e fo r to where the str ong o p- a likelrove the weak. This is n ot,va " y p are Justified d in sup with Denmark, however tardily or tame l y in not Buffer their pro t es t s t o be put asicie nor their remarks to p as , by unheeded. Earl l tusseLL has for one, show n a little good sense in his management of this affair recently, not sufficient to rectify the errors he f ell into some time back, but yet enough to repre sent in some degree the course that the Governm ent of this great country ought to take. There ie much that suggests itself to the mind when the claims that appertain to England in this matter are taken into consideration, and it is earnestly to be trusted that there will be no backward movement nor retrograde steps taken, but a steady course per sisted in, a course of protest that is firm and un yielding, a line of action persevered in before which the wavering must be decided, and the weak THh SUN. LONDON, IVIONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1863. strengthened. Now that other nations eoincide with our views in this respect, there seems every reason to expect a happier issue to the troublous times that have so long afflicted this State. It may be asked, " Could not all this outcry have been silenced earlier, and this endless and irritating sub ject have been settled in a satisfactory manner P" There was much to militate against such a de nouement. In the first place, there is alway s so great a delay in taking a decisive step on the part of our statesmen. They go on arguing and speechifying ad infinitum, but when it comes to a case in which half a dozen words uttered with promptitude would have ter minated the complication, then all is left in abey ance, and things suffered to take their own way until confusion worse confounded ensues. Again, another evil that often occurs is the extraordinary style in which the communications are made to the States which are involved in these imbroglios. Earl RUSSELL has rendered himself conspicuous on more than one occasion for these anomalous pro ductions. It is, however, a matter of congratula tion that this specially " vexed question" of Schleswig-Holstein seems likely to be settled in a decided form, and that all sides appear to concur in bringing no false ideas to tae settlement of it, but are willing to modify and, concede when occa sion seems to require it. " The extension of the trade in cotton," says Mr. M'HENRY, in his recent work on the Cotton Trade,* "has been the most wonderful circumstance in the history of commerce." Comprehensive as this re mark may seem, it is nevertheless substantially true of the change which transformed the despised ma terial into one of the chief staples of export and manufacture of tWo of the foremost countries of the world. In the volume just referred to Mr. M'HENRY gives a complete tabular statement of the rise and progress of the trade in the Southern States, from the export of 801bs., in 1748, to the 1,490,000,000 valued at 178,800,000 dollars, of 1860. Three fourths of the quantity grown by the Southern States was exported to foreign ports, and two thirds of the other quarter went to the Northern States. The trade, though subject to many ductua tions, has increased with surprising rapidity. At the commencement of the century the export was about 5,000 bales—fifty years later the number of bales exceeded five million. Great as has been the wealth accruing to the Southern States by this flourishing export trade, the profits of the North were scarcely less considerable. According to Mr. M'HENRY'S calculations, the total value of goods manufactured in the New England States in 1849 was over eighty million dollars, and in the middle States more than twenty-six million. The sum total shows an increase of 76 per cent. in the ten years ending in 1850; and an American journalist, writing on the same subject, speaks in strong terms of the profits derived by the Northerners from the position they occupy as manufacturers, importers, brokers, and commission agents for the South. "Historians," says Mr. M'HENRY, "will record the Northern crusade against the South as the greatest folly ever committed;'' but, in truth, it is the fear that the rich prize is slipping through their fingers, that fires the determination of New York to "uphold the Constitution," and quickens the zeal of the New England States for crushing slaveholders. An independent South manufacturing and exporting its own cotton, to say nothing of other branches of trade, is a most unwelcome vision to the busy Northerners, through whose hands hitherto the profits of commerce have passed. A 6 yet the loss of their Southern custom is not felt, owing to the prodigious expenditure entailed by the war; but the struggle for supremacy cannot go on for ever, and when Mr. CHASE'S greenbacks grow less plentiful, and " Finis" is put to the blood stained record of fratricidal war, the day of reckon ing will come, and the great Northern States of the old Union will have to go through a period of collapse not only from the terrible expenses of a protracted war, but from the loss of the custom of their chief importer of raw material and exporter of manufactured goods. The whole face of Ameri can trade will undergo a change. The South hav ing discovered new energies, new capacities, in the time of trial will never sink back into the old indolence which suffered so large a proportion of the profits of their trade to pass through Northern hands. President DAVIS, in his inaugural message, observed that, as an agriculteral people, whose chief trade was the export of a commodity required in every manufacturing country, the policy most favourable to the South was Peace and Free Trade. There could be little rivalry, he said, between such a country and its manufacturing or navigating neighbours of the North-Eastern States ; but if these States should fail to perceive that their mutual interests were goodwill and friendship, they must prepare for the emergency. This, as we know, they have done, and have found in the resolution and spirit of their people some compensation for the sudden loss of all the manufactures and commo dities of the North. Mr. M'HENRY gives an inte resting account of the relative value of landed pro perty and manufactures in the North and South at the time of the Census of 1860. At that time the assessed value of real and personal property in the North was 6,541,027,619 dole. ; in the South, 5 ,465,808,957 dots. All the naval stores, rosin, pitch, tar, turpentine, &c., were produced in the South, and much of the timber used for ship building came from the Southern forests. Of course Mr. M`HENRY, in commenting on these statistics, draws triumphant auguries from them of the future of the South, but it is difficult to foretell accurately the immediate results of so vast a change. Mean while our Lancashire cotton trade has been under going a similar revolution, being forced to transfer their custom abruptly from one quarter of the globe to another—not, however, with the loss to the mill owners that awaited the American dealers. The loss has fallen with us principally upon the mill hands, the excessive stock which was on hand having enabled the manufacturers in many instances to find profit instead of loss in the catastrophe. It is not often that the spirit of rash and heedless speculation brings about such fortu nate results to the speculator, but however high the price of cotton may rise the manufacturers' prices rise higher, leaving room for the necessary profit. The long continuance of the war and the consequent suspension of American supplies have of course necessitated a considerable outlay in India and other parts—and the effect of the with drawal of so much capital from the country may be seen in the rise of the rate of discount which, thanks to the absurd restrictions of our currency laws, naturally follows it. It would be well if our finan ciers would in this matter take a lesson from Mr. CHASE and his greenback6* which like many other thingslare as good when "used" as dangerous when "abused." All the money that leaves the country, however,‘. • ior th e purpose of stim u l a ti ng t ra d e i n I ndia will i n f a l l ib ly return to it, speedily we hope, in the form of cotton - bales, which s hall su p p l y t h e need of Lancashiremid more slowly in the develop ment of thou, ec sou rce s eoefsof supply.our Indian empire which shall her ea f ter her t o one o f our c hi e f cus tomers, and seruraise * The Cotton Trade, by G, WI - 'wary. Saunders and Otloy, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. THE DEBATE UPON HOLSTEIN. VIENNA, DEC. 6, Evening. Rumours were current today that the debate in Cie Lower House of the Reichsrath upon the Elbe Dachies made so great an impression upon the Government that the Ministry intended to tender their resignation in a body. It was said also that Count Rechberg was not the only Minister who felt his position shaken, for his reply was unanimously approved by his colleagues. The evening edition of the Oesterreichische Zeitung, however, denies in the most decided manner that there is any truth in the rumours of a Ministerial crisis, or of the resignation of Count Richberg. The Government has notified to the Federal Diet that the troops intended to act as the reserve in carrying out execution in Holstein are ready. The command is to be given to General Gubbenz. CIRCULAR OF GENERAL MOITRAVIEFF WILNA, DEC. 2. General Mouravieff has addressed a circular to the Governor of the provinces of IvVilna, Goodno, K:w r and Mohilas, refer r i ng t o n i Pk u s tleir submission. Th e fol iurig:lnt Ms whoinsk, g i ve Vite lowing are extracts. The f ac t i s th e more note worthy as General Mouravi e ff h as constant l y declared Lithuania to be l completely pacified. "Every commune in which former insurgents are found is responsible for the acts of these indi viduals, and pay 300 roublee fine for each man who again takes part in the insurrection. The Governor should demand amples guarantees from the com• munes, if these persons are to be left at liberty in their domiciles. Those insurgents for whom the communes refuse to be responsible should be im prisoned and sent into the remote parts of the empire (Siberia), where they will b e settled as colonists upon the lands of the State. They will proceed from station to station as far as Pekow, whence will direct th em totheir t place governor rn o r destination, o f he n t o o w t f n y n g to me," adds General Mouriavieff, the arrival of each army. All noble lradowners and State functionaries who have taken parts in the insurrection and cannot find safe and solvent guarantees will be retained in prison. They will be exa mined, and their statements sent on to Wilna. " The communes which have afforded refuge to former insurgents must immediate:), denounce all individuals undeserving confidence or sympathising with the insurrection to the military chiefs of such districts, in order that they may be dealt with according to the orders of the authorities, and in especial be removed from the coup try. Those persons for whom the communes have become responsible, and who have not justi fied the trust, are to be included under this head, If all suspected persons are not de nounced within a month, and some should be sub sequently discovered, the delinquent communes, in addition to the contribution of 300 roubles above fixed, will be subjected to a further fine to be fixed by the military authorities. " Upon receipt of this circular the Governors should immediately warn all the great landholders that they will be liable to an extraordinary fine of 200 roubles at least for each of their servants, who shalt give an insurrectionary bond, or shall be convicted of having aided the insurgents. They will be liable to double that amount for delinquent stewards and persons employed upon their estates, and an additional fine of 10 per cent. will be levied upon their dominions. " Your Excellency is required to give the utmost possible publicity to these orders, and to watch rigorously over the execution." ALTONA, DEC. 6. Evening. The official Gesetzblatt publishes a ministerial rescript referring to the oath of allegiance refused by the public functionaries. The Ministry is awaiting reports and proposals from the Holstein Government on that question. The import of arms and munitions into Hol steid are prohibited. ...,,I •••••• W.... FRANCE. The title of Duke de Montmorot was not con ferred on the son of Queen Christina of Spain by the Emperor Napoleon 111. It was conferred by Ring Louis Philippe on the Duke of Rianzares, husband of Queen Christina, before the Spanish marriages. He was authorised to bear it in Spain in 1852. A letter from Compiegne says:—" One of the amusements of the Prince Imperial at the palace is to go through the military exercises with his young comrades, the enfans - de-troupes of the Ist Regi ment of Grenadiers of the Guard, to which tie belongs. At the desire of the Prince the arms of these lads were sevt front St. Denis, where the regi ment is stationed, and since then the children pro ceed almost every day to the palace for the exer cise. One day it rained and the manoeuvres were performed indoors. During a pause the Emperor took a gun from the drill sergeant and explained himself to the Prince some movements in the use of that arm. The instruction being over the boys seat themselves at the table of the young Prince, who invites them to dinner, and always manifests the utmost desire to render himself agreeable to his companions." BOURSE, Dec. s . —The market continues inactive and with quotations nnvaried, Threes, for the Account, being at 67fr. 10c. Mobilier have slightly improved. Railway market quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows:-- 41 per Cents 94 70 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 10 Credit Mobilier 1037 b 0 Do. end month 1038 75 Bank Shares 3350 Credit Foneier 1260 Roman Italian Loan 7l 20 Do. end month 7l 45 New ditto .. 71 Do. end month.... Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Rome Debt — Deferred g&XL !AT Cash. Account. 963 75 .. 965 960 .. 962 50 Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 92 5 •• 928 75- New ditto OOOO -- Geneva.. .... S9uthern ........ Western Eastern Sardinian .... Austrian ........ Lombard ...... North of Spain .... Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 673 75 .. 681 25 508 75 .. •510 - 480 - .. 480 - 400 - .. 400 - 395 - 395 - 513 75 .. 520 - 520 - .. 625 - 615 - .. 615 - 300 - .. 302 50 EGYPT. A letter, dated Alexandria, Nov. 28, says :—The Viceroy left Cairo two days ago for a short excur sion up the Nile to his estates; his Highness ie expected b ac k i n a b ou t a week. The season for sowing the new crops is coming on, and people are beginning to feel the loss of their animals; very little fresh cotton can be sown, but last year's plants will be pruned. It is well known that cotton plants will produce for two or even more years, but as it is a very exhausting crop, the quantity is less, and the quality much inferior each succeeding year, so that the usual practice here is to root up the old plants, and sow afrssh on new ground. The production of cereals had very much fallen off in Lower Egypt, and but for the cattle disease, nearly all the beans and barley of the upper country would have been wanted to feed the animals of the Delta. Now, unfortunately, the murrain has broken out again in a most virulent form, and is spreading up the river, and it is feared Upper Egypt will be unable to plough Rua oow the usual extent of land, and that next years' crop will be a short one. Egypt cer tainly will not hold her accustomed place as an ex porting country, next session, neither for cotton or grain. It is said that not only the oxen and buf faloes are dying, but also the camels and donkeys. This report I cannot vouch for ; if it is true, the loss to the unfortunate Fellahs will be incalculable. The Bedouins say, too, that they find troops of dead gazelles in the desert. Et is rumoured that the Bedouins in the neigh bourhood of Mecca are giving trouble. It is a pity the Porte does not give up all its territory on either side of the Red Sea to the Egyptian Government, who would keep the peace at very slight additional expense to itself, while Turkey spends large sums and cannot maintain order, A groat number of travellers have arrived here lately on their way up the Nile; among others, the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Scarborough, Lady Herbert of Lea, and Eqrl Spencer. NEW MUSIC, The Holiday Quadrille. By Stephen Glover. The Happy Family Quadrille. By Stephen Glover. She Sang among the Flowers. Poetry by J. P. Douglas. Composed by W. T. Wrighton. In Search of the Primrose. Ballad. Written by J. Streaks. Composed by W. T. Wrighton. Published by Messrs. Robert Cocks and Co. A charming bundle of melodies, all lovers of song and of dance-music may here find unrolled to their view upon opening the pacquet containing these two sweet ditties, and, together with them, these two capital, exhilarating quadrilles. Melodies we say expressly and advisedly, in each instance. For, it is especially noticeable in regard to all four of these publications, that it is so—that the dis tinctive peculiarity to be found in them is their pos session, or rather their articulation of melody. The ballad last on the list is, among them all, the least seasonable: yet even that is seasonable, too, in one sense, by a far off anticipation—beyond December, and January, and February, when the early buds of the primrose, like the yet earlier ones of the daffodils, may with a more genial atmosphere, " take the winds of March with beauty." The author of the Postman's Knoek, in this, as in the instance also of the tender love song, " She Sang among the Flowers" indicates both by the simple beauty of the air his pencil has here jotted down, and in another way, also, by the almost equally simple grace of the accompaniment he has " made note of" beneath, for the hand of the pianist, that thegift of composition has not in any way passed from him ; but th a t hi s songs and ballads mcy still be turned to with confident anticipation of plea sure. As to the two quadrilles they aro both of them most seasonable. And, beyond this, they are inspiriting to the last degree both to the feet and to the sense of frolic of the young people for whom they have apparently been especially composed. In each, many a delightfully familiar melody will be recognised by the laughing dancers— melodies here rearranged in a sort of catch sequence, by one who is famous as an adept in his craft as an adapter ! " The Happy Family" is that so well known, and so often looked in upon by the children trouping to the Zoological Gardens—that Family gibbering, grinning, screeching, gambolling, climb ing, swinging, leaping hither and thither within the swarming cages of the rather close and any thing but aromatic monitey-house ! As for the Holiday Quadrille, the coloured title-page indicates pretty plainly what genuine holidays are there meant—the holidays, that is, of the schoolboy home again ! And, among all holidays those most welcome to him beyond those of Easter, or Whitsuntide, or even, for that matter, of radiant Midsummer—the blithe bright holidays of Christmas time, the time of plum-ind ding and of pantomimes ! The dance music pro vided under this glowing cover of the Holiday Quadrille of Mr. Stephen Glover is just the music for opening the ball again when the champagne corks have flown their last at the supper tatae. When the M.C. who is leading the revels, softly claps his white kids together to the sotto voce cry of— " Quadrille! " The Matrimonial Polka. By Clarissa Bell. Was at Kind to Love Me Fondly ? A Ballad. Written and composed by Clarissa Bell, Oetz- mann and Co. An almost forgotten bit of fun, dating back years and years ago, has now appeared before us here— redivivus !—glowing back to life with bright colours and sparkling sounds of melody. For the merry thought of which we have reason to feel grateful to the fair and gifted composer of " The Matrimonial Polka." Whoever Clarisse Bell may be—for, we take it, the name is no other, surely, than a pretty nom de plume —she has manifestly more than one rare gilt, firstly as an equally vivid appreciator of fun and sentiment, and, secondly, as a musical composer endowed with a genuine capability of expressing each—that is both the pathetic, or, at any rate, the tender, and the humerous. The love song, of which both the words and the music is Clarisse Bell's own, will be turned to not unfrequently by those who have once warbled it -- super-sentimental though its title undoubtedly is, as we think, unfortunately is —that highly touching, and at first somewhat enig matical query, " Was it kind to love me fondly P" Turning, however, from the lovesong to the Matri- monial Polka, we fiad the gifted and graceful composer there, in the latter instance, manifestly at her very best. As a piece of dance music it is capital inciting the veriest " wallflower," or loiterer in the doorway, to choose a partner, adjust the glove buttons afresh, and away on the " light fantastic The Frontispiece alone is worth the cost thrice told of the dance music the merits of which it serves to illustrate. For there, beneath the Caudine Forks of that crossed Ladder of Wedlock embellishing the Matrimonial Polka, we have touched off with a good deal of innocent humour the ascending and descending scales so often traversed, as the Divorce Court only too clearly indi cates, by many and many a married pair—Admira tion ! Flirtation ! Declaration ! Acceptation ! Pre paration ! Celebration ! Felicitation ! Alteration ! Irritation ! Altercation ! Desperation ! Separation ! Both as a piece of fun and as a piece of music, Clarisse Bell's Matrimonial Polka is worthy of a place in the drawer of every young lady's Canterbury. According to the Scotsman of last Saturday the remarkable narrative entitled "Pet Marjorie," which appeared in_ the last number of the North British RCVICIV, from the pen of Dr. John Brown, having attracted the notice of the Queen, he Majesty has commanded a copy of the little work, published by Mr. Nimmo of Edin burgh, with the same title, and containing the materials whence the article was derived, to be forwarded to her.— The Reader. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—WhiIe managers generally are complaining of lack of patronage during the worst period of the theatrical year, this gallery continues to fill in every part with the new opera di camera of " Jassy Lea," which, written in Mr. Macfar ren's happiest vein, and containing some of the loveliest melodies that ho has given to us, has caused quite a sensa tion in the musical world. By the happiest coincidence, the artistes engaged have proved themselves fully equal to the task of doing lull justice to the airs and concerted pieces, and are nightly applauded With enthusiasm. Mr. German Reed's new entertainment, introducing Mrs. heed and Mr. John Parry, will, we hear, be brought out shortly after Christmas. A NEW RED.—Vegetable ivory, in contact with concentrated sulphuric acid, takes a splendid red colour, almost equal to magenta. At first it is pink, the bright red becoming deeper and attaining a purple when the acid has been allowed to act for 12 hours. Vegetable ivory dust can in this way be readily distinguished from bone and ivory filha,gs. The change is owing to the action of this acid upon albuminous substances in the presence of sugar, and this reaction has been applied by Itaspail in microscopic re searches. The white portion of cocoanut is similarly affected. The red colours disappear in water like the fine reddish-blown colour produced by mixing essence of tur pentine with sulphuric acid. lIIST AS A PItOFESSION.—The most winning player I ever knew was a good, but not a first-rate player, and, playing small stakes, though always the same stakes, he made a very handsome yearly income. He took up whist as a profession instead o f the bar, saying ingenuously, "At the bar, if I devoted myself to it, I think I could make the same yearly sum with pains which at whist I make with pleasure, I prefer pleasure to pain when the reward is equal, and I choose whist,",--Vr LYtton's Cagloniana. M, JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. The past week was characterised by a perform, once, or more properly half performance, devoted to the works of Mendelssohn ; M. Jullien thus fol lowing closely in the footsteps of his father, who invariably in his "Classical Nights" showed his predilection for Mendelssohn; preferring him at the outset to Mozart, Haydn, or Beethoven. The Mendelssohn selection which was given on Friday comprised the overture to "Ruy Blas," the Italian symphony, the violin concerto, the music to " A Midsummer Night's Dream," the song of "The first violet," and two part-songs, "0 hills, 0 vales," and " The nightingale." The symphony was the great trial for the conductor and his band, who, never theless, came out of the ordeal triumphantly, the execution being, indeed, first-rate and beyond re proach, unless we were inclined to be hypercritical and take exception to the accelerated tempo of the minuetto and trio. The performance of the over ture was unexceptionable. Signor Sivori played the concerto magnificently, and was recalled with enthusiastic applause. The whole of the music to " A Midsummer Night's Dream" was ad mirably performed, the glorious scherzo creating a profound sensation. Mdlle. Volpini, who seems to please in all sorts of styles--the bravura, the classical, and the simple ballad--gave " The first violet" with so much natural sentiment and perfect grace of manner as to charm the audience infinitely, and to compel them to call for a repetition of the song. The two part songs were well given by the London Choral Union, more particularly the melodious and inexpressibly beautiful " 0 hills, 0 vales." On the whole the selection was incomparable, and the performance almost all that might have been desired. Indeed, it seemed like a waste of music to have anything to follow; but no doubt many of the frequenters were on the look out for their quadrille, their waltz, their " Arditti," and, above all, their "Faust" selection. Of the second part we need only say the selectio❑ from " Faust" end the bolero " Leggero invisibile," sung by Mdlle. Volpini, created the usual sensation. The theatre was very full, the private boxes and dress circle being more than usually crowded. Books Received. A Terrible Woman, By Austyn Graham. 2 vols. Max well and Co. Autobiography of an English Detective. By Waters. 2 vols. Maxwell and Co. The Man of the Hour. By Alfred Gladstone. 2 vols. T. C. Newby, Three Months in the Southern States. By Lieut.- Colonel Fremantle. With Portraits engraved from Photographs. Biackwood and Sons. The Adventures of Alfan ; or, The Magic Amulet. By J. H. Burrow. Illustrated, Smith, Elder, and Co. The Moors and the Fens. By F. G. Trafford. A New Edition, Illustrated. Smith, Elder, and Co. Memories or Legacy of My Boyhood : Poems, By Edmund Falconer. Tinsley Brothers. Reprint of the First (Folio) Edition of Shakespeare, 1623. Part 11. The Histories. L. Booth. Pure Saddle Horses, and How to Breed Them in Australia. By Edward M. Curr. Wilson and Mackinnon, Mel bourne, Australia. Eton School Days. By an Old Etonian. Maxwell and Co. The Children's Friend. Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday. Pet Marjorie : A Story of Child Life Fifty Years Ago. Nimmo, Edinburgh. Orpah's Return, and other Poems. By W. A. Hills. Hardwicke. THE " LIFE OF JULIUS CJESAR," BY LOUIS NA POLEON, translated from advance sheets, is announced for publication by Mr. Carleton, of Now York, and by Messrs. Walker, Wise, and Co., of Boston, U.S. THE LIFE OF PHILLIDOR, MUSICIAN AND CHESS PLAYER., by Professor Allen, of Philadelphia, is amongst the more recent American publications. MISS ADELAIDE PROCTOR, daughter of the poet Barry Cornwall, a lady who is almost as well known by her charming writings as her father, we deeply regret to hear, is seriously ill. A NEW EDITION OF CHAUCER'S WORKS, in form and plan somewnat similar to the Cambridge Shakspere, is in preparation at the Clarendon Press. MR. MACLISE'S GREAT WATER GLASS PICTURE in the Royal Gallery, Houses of Parliament. —An immense quantity and a vast variety of detail occur in the back ground of such a subject as " The Death of Nelson ;" rig ging, masts, sails, implements of naval war, and a host of minor figures appear there. Nearly all the still-life acces sories, some minor figures, and even two or three large ones are completed. Thus much—the outlines of the whole work being drawn out carefully on the wall—may be said to re present highly satisfactory progress with the task. CONCLUSIVE!-Nir. RUSKIN, in a letter to a friend, writes under a recent date—" Every year of my life shows me some higher and more secret power in Turner, and deepens my contempt for Claude, I believe at this moment the Pre-Raphaelite school of painting (centred . _ in Englani, but with branches in other countries) to be the only vital and true school of painting in Europe ; and its English leader—Dante G. Rossetti—to be, without any compare, the greatest of English painters now living." The engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews at the Haymarket is fast drawing to a close. Next week will be their last. week. On Thursday Mr. Charles Matthews will play Sir Charles Coldstream in " Used Up." Mr,Sothern is to reappear as Lord Dundreary on Boxing night. FRENCH IMPERIAL TITLES.—The Emperor Na poleon J. had created 33 princes or dukes of the empire, which was just the number of dukedoms existing in 1789 ; 11 extinctions have reduced the list to 22, of which three—Valnay, Padone, and Rovigo—have only a represen. tative without male posterity. The 11 became extinct in the following years : The Princes d'Eckmuhl (Davoust), in 1853—Castiglione (Augereau), 1 816—Dalmatie (Soult), 1857; Feltre (Clarke), 1832—Frioul (Dune), 1813—Gaete (Gaudin), 1841—Istrie ( Bessieres), 1856-0 trante (Fouche), 1863—Raguse (Marmont), 1 852—Dantzik (Lefebvre), 1820 —and Abrantes (Junot), 1859. The title of Duke de Coneg- ano (Moncey) was transferred by substitution: to his Ei.);l --law, M. Duchesne de Gillevoisin ; of the Duke de Daberg ,o his godson, M. de Tascher de la Pagerie ; and of the Duke de Plaisance (Lebrun) to Armand de MaiM la Tour Landry, son of the Count de Maine and of Anne Lebrun de Plaisance. Lastly, the second empire has conferred five titles of dukes, one of which is already extinct in the per son of the Duke de Montmorot, eldest son of Queen Chris tina of Spain. There remain the Dukes de Malakoff, de Magenta, d 3 Morny, and ee Persigny. A BOY'S ADVENTURE AT SEA.—A boy, 12 years of age, the son of Mr. Hook, a fisherman, of Sid mouth, a few days ago launched a small boat with the aid of some companions, and, getting into it, set out to enj o y a short cruise. The breeze freshened, a rough sea came on, and the young voyager was seen from shore to be about a mile and a half to leeward of Sidmouth, and fully two miles from land, apparently making for Salcombe cliffs. His position being evidently one of danger, a fisherman, named Bartlett, obtained help and started in pursuit. Having overtaken the litt!e boat, Bartlett hailed the boy; but, re ceiving no answer, pulled alongside, and saw him lying quite unconscious, with his head over the gunwale, a white handkerchief having blown over his face. Finding it im - possible to rouse the boy, Bartlett removed him to his own boat, lowered the sails of the skiff, took her in tow, and rowed homewards. The little fellow neither moved nor spoke, but gave an occasional scream. Arrived at the beach, opposite Marine-place, the boy was lifted out of the boat, still unconscious, and was convoyed to his own home. Medical assistance was speedily obtained, and by the aid of warm water and brandy, the boy rallied, but appeared to be quite oblivious of the circumstances of his rescue. It is supposed that the boy on his venturesome voyage, finding the wind and sea to have increased, and that the boat was approaching the heavy surf on the rocky shore, became so frightened that he fell back in a swoon. Had it not been for the accidental arrival of Bartlett and his companions, the boat would have been dashed to pieces and the lad's lite sacrificed.— Western .illerning News, THE NATIONAL SHAKSPERE COMMITTEE.—The Archbishop of Canterbury, the ('sew) Archbishop of Dublin, the Duke of Devonshire, Chancellor of the Univer sity of Cambridge, and Viscount Brougham, Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, have, since our last, accepted office as Vice-Presidents of the National Shaksp ere Com mittee :—F. Y. Hurlstone, Esq., President of the m r Society .ser of British Artists, Sir Lascelles Wraxall , . . geint Parry, Frei. Lawrence, Esq., CePt. W. Knollys, Dr. John Strang, of Glasgow, T a ylor, Esq., MX., oo l i fred Elmore , Esq., R.A., the Rev. Dr. Hume of Liverp George Petrie, Esq., LL . D. , AlVilson, Esq., W. 11. Col- William P. .D CA.L, Dr. T. C. Beke, J. W. Kaye,and G. W . Simpson, E sq . John Francis, Esq., Esq , Allingham, Esq., P. G. Stephens , lin gridge, Esq., THE NATIONAL SIIAKSPERE COMMITTEE. —The next general meeting of the National Shalzspere p . m ., in the room of the Society of Briti s h A rtists, Committee will be he ld on Monda y , D ecember 7, at four s t r eet, Pall-mall East. Among e th er communi. o c S a 'uc t ffl i o in ikk s - from the acting committee to the general body, announcements will be made that his Grace the Archbis hop of Canterbury, his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, and Lord Brougham have consented to act es vice-presi dente. During the past week Mr. Alfred Elmore, Mr. A. F. Yates Hnrlstone, president of the Society of British Artists ; Mr. Sergeant Parry, Mr. P. A. Taylor, M.P., Mr. F. Lawrence, Mr. W. H. Colliagridge, Mr. F, G. Stephens, Mr. John Francis, and other gentlemen hteye MI joined the committee, V1;46 .2 , I:01114 tvirjafitar HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 5. The Earl of Malii.esbury arrived at the Castle yesterday, and left to-day. Viscount Sydney has also left. The dinner party included their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, theßelgian Minister (NL Van de Weyer), the Earl of Malmesbury, VlB - Sydney, the Dowager Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, Countess Hohenthal, Baroness Von Dobeneck, Lldy Caroline Barrington, the IL'n* Mrs. Stonor, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Count Furstenstein, Major Von Schweinitz, Lord de Tabley (Lord in Waiting) , Lieut.-Col. F. Cavendish (Groom), Lord Alfred Paget and Lieut.-Col. Hon. D. de Ros (Equerries), Lieut.-Col. Keppel (Equerry to his Royal Highne ss the Prince of Wales), Dr. Hoizroann, Mr. Wood' ward, and the Master of the Household. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highne ss the Crown Princess of Prussia, drove in the ground s this morning. Sir Charles Wood and Sir John Lawrence arrived at the Castle to day. Sir Charles Wood had an audience of the Queer' and presented Sir John Lawrence on his apricot" meat as Governor-General of India. Dec. 6. Lord Wodehouse and the Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Mrs. Gladstone arrived at the Castle yesterday. Lord Wodehouse had an audience of the Queen• " ------ • The dinner party consisted of their Royal Righ . nesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prasel ° and Princess Helena, Lord Wodehouse, the Rig ht Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, and the Lid.° and Gentlemen in Waiting. The Queen, their Royal Highnesses the Princ e and Princess of Wales, the Crown Prince 0 14 Princess of Prussia, Princess Helena, Princes° Louise, Prince Leopold, and her Serene Highnes° the Princess Hohenlohe, attended Divine servlc ° this morning in the private chapel. The Rev. C. Tarver preached the sermon. Col. the Hon. A. Liddell has succeeded Lietit'' Colonel F. Cavendish as Groom in Waiting. ' THE LATE KING OF DENMARK• The Flensburg Gazette of Dec. 1 says—" The mournful ceremony of the removal of the body' of the late King took place yesterday, and was fa voured by mild and calm weather. Between 08 and six o'clock the funeral cortege, extending nearly half a mile in length, and accompanied by 0 3 e 91 hundred carriages and a vast crowd of people' reached this city. The body of the decease d Monarch, after it had been removed from the sir, horse funeral car, was borne hither fromF ra erlue u by the country people. At the head and O a of the procession marched detachments of the F° ( " 1 Guards. The corpse was preceded by the offlae t° of the staff of the General-in-Command and otb er officials on horseback. Immediately following the body came the Minister for the Duchy of Schleswig' the President of the Court of Appeal, and a flum e• rous body of officials, including the High Preside'' of Flensburg. On the arrival of the procession 61, the town the church bells were all tolled and the principal streets illuminated. The procession 05 afterwards met by the whole of the clergy, the, magistracy, and the legal functionaries. Farth er on the cortege was met by the deputations s ett _ by other towns, the city officials, the fore i g n consuls, and all the corporate bodies, W ith about 500 torchbearers with flags and o n ' blems. The body lwas borne through the tovill by bearers, in three relays of 30 each. As the pro' cession reached the different bodies and deputations, these latter, with their torchbearers, fell into the ranks. As soon as the body was placed on board the steamer Sleswig, in a chapel richly decorate d and built on a raised platform on the deck, minute guns were fired from the iron clad ship in harbour. A great number of tar barrels set on fire on the eastern side of the port cast a mournful glare over the whole roadstead. The steamer bearing the body of the deceased Monarch, accompanied by the iron clad, soon after left the port,on their way to Copor hagen.." Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princes° of Wales will follow the Queen to Osborne, and join the Royal family circle at Christmas, where they will remain till January next, and then return to Windsor. Although the precise day on which the Court will leave Windsor has not been positively fixed, Tuesday week is the day at Pr e ' sent mentioned.—Court .Tournal. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred and h is Highness Prince William of Hesse, accompanied by Att'i °r Cowell and Capt. Zangen, honoured the Countess Dosvag e " ,. of Morton with their company at dinner at Duddings t°l3 i House on Wednesday last, and met there the Duke °I A , Duchess of Buccleuch and Lady Victoria Scott , Agnes Douglas, Lord and Lady Belhaven, Lady Ruthol3,l and Mr. Cavendish. In the evening her ladyship receive t some of her acquaintances,and dancing was kept up till 1 0e ci 2 in the morning, when the princes returned to 11017re° Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of O ita ; bridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Colonel 1 1° :,, e , and Lady Geraldine Somerset, intend to leave Brigh7 A where their royal highnesses have been residing for the ''a* . _ month, for Cambridge Cottage, Kew. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Dual° d'Aumale closed their visit to the Countess Frances W'ald e° grave and Mr. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., at Dudbrooket Essex, on Saturday, His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador an a the Countess Bernstorff returned to the Prussian Embassy on Saturday from visiting the Countess Frances Walde i grave and M r . Chi c h ester F ortescue at Pudbrooke, Evsex- THE DUKE OF ATHOLE, we regr et to learu,, sinking fast. fair,e t d o t - o d a arrive m a t v t s e i i t r in r g e s t i h d e en E ce m i p n er t r a 11 P ° -street, May The Duke and Duchess of Tvlanc hester are ex • u French at Compiegne. The duke and a duchesses r vi e i s l s l o g f v t4t lii The Duke mbolton Castle,and Hunts, for the w inter. Duchess of Beaufort are entertain' ing a small party at Badminton, Gloucestershire. • The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesburl:if who returned to Pall-mall a few days ago from visiting L° l a and Lady Rivers at Rushmore Lodge, wil l leave town in. day or so for Wiltshire. Toe Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne came to town at the end of last week, after visiting Earl and Countess of Chesterfield at Bretb: ,v • p ark, Deli § shire, and on Saturday left for Bowood•park, Wilts, for winter, We are informed that the Earl of Westmorelan(! is in a fair way of recovery from the serious illnen with which he was suddenly seized on Friday last dar* his lordship's visit to Paris. Owing to the very unt - ayear" able tenour of the telegram received in town late on Fridal r night the Dowager Countess of Westmoreland and L , a 6 2:, Rose Pane left Portman-square on Saturday morning Paris. It will afford his lordships large circle of triev ' pleasure to learn that the latest bulletin received in tov.l in the course of yesterday was favourable, and gave hop e s of the recovery of the noble earl. It is said that with O f the noble earl m ay be able to stand the fatigue of the journey home at the end of the present week. Th e Earl an d Countess of Verulam and Lne Harriet Gritaston have arrived in town from GorhanabOr park, Herts. n e s Theh (Francese E E ar u l r Earl of Pembroke, left Th e Earl and Countess of Chesterfield 11 “:, s been entertaining a . successien of friends at Bretby-1 near Burton-upon-Trent, during the past week. ) ei o n f b L ro o k n e d , on L de a r d r y y. town on Saturday .i 0 Seaham Hall, Northumberland, the seat of the Marc h ' throughH cn. m Elizabeth alta have . ' passed ary, Hon M Holy Land, I , le° Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Nvi- c) ,„ r a London on Saturday for Brocket Hall, Herts, w ill ren, f today, and are expected to leave town on WednesdaY ,oanutdh Ii nw.allyee°truebsEteargatyc' atlnianecirrl)tiltet: Thursday next for Broadlands, Hunts. fro ° Lord Wodehouse arrived in ton yes t e rdaY clo y visiting the Queen at Windsor Castle, w and later in the departed for Kimberley Park, Norfolk. 1 , h oer The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exc- e :, flt will retuin to town to-day, from a vis it to her Maies:•%oo Windsor Castle, and in the evening is expected to.:1; Carlton House-terrace, to join Mrs. Gladstone Bad liawarden t at Castle, Sir Stephen Gl y nee's seat iu Ili s' shire. A grand ball is to take place at Hawarden on trY day next, to which the leading neighbouring gen invited. dOn (In The Right Hon. 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