The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-16 00:00:00

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Thomas Winkworth, Esq., Gresham Club, and Canonbury. J. P. Brown-Westhead, Esq., M.P. for York Security is provided in approved cases for Officers of Bank ,- hag and Commercial Establishments, Public Companies, Bauni.lp,a copper: tans, and lbr other - planes of try- t. Life Assurance may be combined with (3 uarantee ^ e sutageous terms, ••••• Pr 1 and • - 'r 01..21 offices, 2, W aterlot.-place, George-street, Edinburgh. J ci h. i3R.ITISH AND MERCANTILE -`1 INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—SPECIAL NOTICE. This Company is now prepared to ISSUE POLICIES for Tercantile Insurances in the Port of London at the reduced "Cale of rates. Particulars may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle street. SPECIAL NOTICE. THE BOOKS OF THE NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, For the Year 1863, close on 31st December. Life Policies effected on or before that date will rank for an ztdditional Year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants. During the Four Years preceding last Division of Profits (1858), the k ompany issued 1,595 Life Policies, assuring £1,221,603 During the Four sue - ceding Years the number of Lite Polices issued amounted to 3,168, and the Skims assured to BEING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT. _The SIXTH SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of the COM rANY'S PROFITS will take place on 31at December, 1865. THE WHOLE PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMU LATED SINCE 118 T DECEMBER 1858, WILL THEN BE DIVIDED, AND NINETY PER CENT. ALLOCATED AMONG THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING SCALE. CERTIFICATES of INDISPUTABILI IY granted, and every facility offered to lusurers. FIRE DEPARTHENT. Insuran-es granted both at Home and Abroad on the most liberal terms. Forms of Proposal and every information will be given at the Read Office, or any of the Company's Agents. By order. F. W. LANCE, Secretary. London, November, 1863. HEAD OFFICES : 1 -40UDON ...58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. DINDURGII 64, Princes-street. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. CHRISTMAS EVE. The Lessee and Director begs to announce that a Grand Performance of the MESSIAH will take place on THUKS bAY, December 24. Principal Vocalists—Madlle. Titiens (most positively her last appearance previous to her dep , rture for Italy), Miss Lascelles, Mr. Wilbye Cooper, and Mr. Santley. Conductor, Signor A rditi. The Band (selected from the Orchestra of Her Majesty's Thcmtre and the Sacred Harmonic Society) and thorns will Consist of 500 Performers. Prices :—Gallery, 2s. ; pit, 58.; dress circle. 78. ; upper box meats, 58 • pit stalls, half-a-guinea ; private boxes, from o ne to three guineas.; Doors open at half-past seven. Commence at eighto'clock precisely. Boxes, stalls, and pia -es may be obtained at the Box-office of the Theatre, open daily (under the superintendence of Mr. Nugent) from ten till five. 311JULLIE N ' S CONCERTS. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Positively the Last Night but Three of the Season. Immense success of M. Jullien's Rew GREAT CON GRESS CIUADRIL LE, introducing the National Melo dies of different nations. Vocalist, Mdlle. VoLnikix. Grand Orchestra —Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor —M. JULLIEN. Commence at B .—Admission, One Shilling. M. Jullien's BENEFIT will take place on SATURDAY next. being positively the last night of the season, and the GRAND BAL D'OPE RA on MONDAY, the 21st inst. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL, ISLINTON.—GRAND O RNA , HI- Pc)DRONIE, and RQ CIUE, on T U MENT a seale of magnificenc P e hitherto unattempted in this oJuntry, will open on BOXING DAY. ROY AL AGRICULTURAL HALL, ISLINGTON.—CROCK TT, the renowned LION IcrlV.3-, will mike his First A E ppearance 418 Wonderful troup of Lions on BOXING in DAY. London with Leases—Messrs. STRANGE and JULLEYN, HE 0 X F OR B, #l, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS E VENING, will be performed Selections from the 'following; Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, by Sir H. Bish o p ; a l so , f rom LA FORZA DEL DES l lNO—Verdi ; by the followinv talented artistes —Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, W slmsley, Tyrrell and ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, dm. Also. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the Celebrated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous Instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PLANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. - Director, Mr. P. Jonghmans. „..„,Comedy, by UNSWORTH e' or any other man "1, E ugene, 14'11Randall, W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, and the marvel -8 Gymnast, J. Henderson. The GALL has been, newly Decorated, and is one of the bloat Beautiful in the, Metropolis. OP en at half . pasi 7 o'clock. Admiss i on , area, ed. ; s talls a nd - balcony, le. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. "THII GHOST CLUB"at the CP..NTERNITRY HALL.—New and Interesting NPectral T ableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce Ibtit thr ori , h the medium of Professor Pepper's World of 'Wow a D . a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN 'Pewlt • 0 - 11' v rif ALL The object of the Club is not the re • • .... - • 'M, •-bag of the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through pi 'agen e v 4 to joresent Vivid (if transient) .• * Urea 'I ‘9,' Phantoms , of real life. both in its serious ' Artd r e i4. the drama ha aspects ; and, i ress on nd, some by m e ans of spectral tableaux. recall ;)efntth,ttehe , ta:d still further mp h 1 7 cf the outh, " h inge or pleAsantries of t e best writers. At pre turcivisllwisatlion, and the acnid t to h hr e ee 13 S eb 0 1 a lli v af e rit, pf ulic .. - , vv . tite, rs of Slaver receive emphatic 111 _altspere and the S u l s a t y ra e t r i y on of ; rapidly replacel by others The page s o t , S elder Dramatists, of Scott 'Hood, i ngolds y, Dickens, arc.,,t e . , Wia, in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. 3nAciullditnlize t p e e r ra M tie us .Pictorial, attractions as usual, &e • Come 3' z_Unsworth e eorge Hodson, E. {the modern Dernostbe ec nes), E n g en ' 431. ca el t a ti n o d ns. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. IM MENE SUCCESS. Houses Crowded Nightl y . Male and FRANCONI'S CIRQUE DIPEttIAL. The most talented Female Equestrians, Acrobat s, G y mnasts, and the best Stud of Trick and Manage Horses in the World. Every —m Vent E gat Half-past Seven. Day Performances on Mondays, We dnesdays, and Saturdays, at T a o. Admission—Reserved seats, 35.; stalls, 2 5 .; promena de, Is ; private boxes, one guinea . Box-office open daily from Ten until Four. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. During the Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN, at Her . 4 I,VENllaiestNG's T at heatre NlNE O'CLOCK, the BLL . will commence EVERY Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ls. Manager—m. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANovER-SQUARE. SrFIE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. , Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 v i gTek. Where may he seen the Asecs ; Bushman and Pastrana and infant ; Eng and Shang, the 15,amese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre oaations, Itzc. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years • Admission, One shilling 'or Gentlemen only). LGERIAN ONYX MARBLE. A. 'HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., respect fully— Messrs. solicit an . pjection of their Onyx Salon, which contains upwards of ..ro objects consisting of Clock Candelabra, Lamps,Vases, ardinieres,' Inkstands, t'en-trays, and a variety of smaller articles of taste, at moderate prices. This belut:ful marble is perfectly translucent, bears a very Vile polish, presents a di vers ity o f pleasing,* tints, and can be tired or chiselled into any form necessary for utility or Mataent —5, 7,9, Regent-street, Pall-mall. ItEAuTiFuL WOMEN.— Alabaeter P ow d er , and the Magnetic Hock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir uassian Bloom, Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These ostly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, leeth, and complexion beautiful beyond cotnparison.--Can be re she at can be consult only Madam e EACIIEL'S 47A, New 34ond-street, ed daily. , All communications are 5' confidential, PRIZE MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER CO., Wax Chandlers, etc., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manuts4ture. _ A distinguished Dignita,y, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, " I have f says : ound them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my tutu, recom mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality • . s. sd. per lb. Second quality - is. 3d. per lb. Third quality • • • ls. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Gr osvenor-square. .Manufactory— Kensington ( Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Was candled fox the use of the Altar. 6 '. 22,300. R .11 I NOr FORGET YDUI4, APPOINTMENT. —We Sup at EVANS', Covelt-garden , after Jullien's Concert. 'P NOTICE, LODGE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 186 t. UNDER TIIE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY, and Corrected by the Nobility. Thirty third Edition. Will be ready on FRIDAY, Di-c. 18, in 1 vol., royal Bvo., with the Arms beautifully engraved, price 31s 6d., handsome y bound. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. N 0 T 1 C E.—MENDOWLEIGH, the New Novel, by the Author of "The Ladies of Beyer Hollow," will be ready on Dec. 18, at all Libraries. Richard Bentley, Nem Burlington-street. Immediately, in post Bvo., 10s. 6d., CHRISTMAS AT OLD COURT. By the Author of "Richelieu in Love." Richard Bentley, New Burlington• street. CAPTAIN SPEKE'S JOURNAL. This day is published, JOURNAL OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. By JOHN BANNING SPEKE, Captain H.M. Indian Army. In one large volume, octavo, price 21s. With a Map of Eastern Equatorial Africa by Captain Speke ; numerous Illustrations chiefly from Drawings by Captain Grant ; and Portraits Engraved on Steel of Captains 'peke and Grant. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. This day, at all Libraries, in one vol., price 10s. 6d., TON SCHOOL DAYS. A u London : John Maxwell and Co.. 122. Fleet-street This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 215., TERRIBLE WOMAN. 1 - 01, ny • zwe 1 d • 'lt • t treet. r;...,•iet . in two v 013., prioe 210., A : OF AN ENGLISH DIGTECTITE. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in 2 vols., price 215., FOR BETTER FOR WORSE. Edited by EDMUND YATES. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. UNIFORM WITH " THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE." This day, Never before Published, price 25., SEChET SERVICE; Or, The Recollections of a City Detective. London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. TEMPLE BAR MAGAZINE. In the January Number (ready Dec. 21) will commence a New Novel, to be continued Monthly, entitled_ THE DOCTOR'S WIFE. By Author of ‘ . John Marcbmont's Legacy," "Lady Audle) 'a Secret," &c., &c. Office of Temple Bar, 122, Fleet-street, London. NEW NOVEL BY AUTHOR OF " SACKVILLE CHASE." In the January Number (ready Dec. 21) of the ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE will commence THE MAN IN CHAINS. By C. J. COLLINS. London : Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By 31. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London : 18, New Burlington-street, W. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOK OF BEAUTY. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, 10s 6d per cwt ; one cwt. equal to 14 cwt. barley or any meaL Delivered free in Lon don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 66. Lant-street, Southwark. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souohong, reduced to 3s. 6d. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. lid, per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptib;e, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any AL one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Tceir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. ,nd 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. Duidon and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, " Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. STAMP YOUR PAPER, I`FANVELOPES. INVOICES. &c., with JONES'S PATENT PERCUSSION EMBOSSING PRESS. The above would be found useful to youths at school for embossing their Books, Drawings, Papers, &c. The Press complete, with Plain Crest, Name, or Business Die, 98. 6d. Note the Address :—W ILL lAM JONES, Die Sinker, Press Maker, and Embosser, 3, Queen's-court, High Holborn (op posite Day and Martin's). ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, nd Dining-room, consisting of a new and ciegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, neautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &a, in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Ilaiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, IIINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY. and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149, Strand, W.C. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARE L LA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what. age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respecta bility, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RE th M e E rea D i Y pe . 73 Pr f Dr. e .ared without any me r c u rial ingredient, from k !_-cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who giffer from bilious and river complaints, indi ges ti on, w i nd, spasms, giddin ess, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and gra t e f u l to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strength en the whole n e rvous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, long William - street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. i d. , and three times the quantity in one, 2 s. 9 d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square " a t am een p. P a ckage, with " William Lambert," engraved on the KATING'S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND ix. COD LIVER OIL. The Finest Imported this Season. THIS VALUABLE MEDICINE having of late years come into such g eneral use, and being, moreover, so _ exten sively prescribes by th e most eminent pract i t i on ers both I town and country, M r. Keating can with the greatest confidence recommend this Oil as being perfectly pure, nearly tasteless, and free from adulteration, - having been analysed, reported on, and recommended by Prof. Taylor, of Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, Dr. Scott, M.D.'.L.S., ,to., and Pr. Edwin Payne, M D., L.R.6'P., M.R.C. S., who, , re b g e a in r g d in the words of the late Dr. Pereira, says that " The best Oil is that which is most devoid of colour, odour, and flavour, cha tugythbrapeutic ;r gin, a th p is oin wl t il of b gr e f e o a u t n w d e Us t os w Fl i e t s h e value. _ _ of hepatic Sold in Half-pints, ls. 9d. ; Pints, 3s. ; Quart s , s s. 6d. ; and Five-I,int Bottles, 12s. 6d ., imperial measure, b y T HOMAS KEATING, Chemist 79, ht. Paul's Churchyard, London. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1863. K INAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BiIANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHLSICY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i 4 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses In London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. • Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." THE TEA ESTABLISHMENT, 4 and 5, King William-street, City, will be CLOSED on SATURDAY, the 20th instant. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following aevantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so 'Liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations iree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, w r and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. MR. COBDEN AND LORD HARTINGTON. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. Sir,—l shall be much obliged if you will have the goodness to :insert in The Sun the enclosed cor respondence which has taken place between Mr. Cobden and myself.—l have, &c., HARTIN GTON. Chatsworth, Chesterfield, Dec. 14. Midhurst, Dec. 9, 1863. My Lord,—You will perhaps be good enough to take an early opportunityiof correcting publicly your recent—l had almost said reckless—perversion of the remarks which fell from me on American affairs at Rochdale. While with my pen in hand, permit me to add that, with better opportunity than your lordship of studying the sys tem of popular education and the state of society in the New England States, 1 did not recognise much greater accuracy in what you stated to the Haslingden meeting on those sub jects than what you said of myself.—l have, Zte., It. COBDEN. The Marquis of Hartington, M.P. Chatsworth, Dec. 14. Sir,—l have only this morning received your letter of the 9th inst., and take the earliest opportunity of expressing publicly my regret for having unintentionally attributed to you a remark in your speech at Rochdale which you did not make. Having again read the reports of your and Mr. Bright's speeches, I find that Mr. Bright at the conclusion of the passage in which he spoke of the present condition of the Government and people of the United States, made use of the following words : " Look at their industry. Notwithstanding this terrifi c struggle, their agriculture, their manufactures and com merce proceed with an uninterrupted success." The idea expressed in this passage is so exactly identical with that of Mr. Seward, when he said that no American citizen was poorer for the war, that, although L hasten to admit the verbal inaccuracy of the question, it appears to me to be an error of the most trivial nature. I said in my speech that I was uncertain whether you or Mr. Bright had used the expression, and I am now extremely glad to find that you not only did not agree with Mr. Seward and Mr. Bright, but showed in your remarks on the occasion in the strongest and most forcible terms how disastrous must be the result to the Northern States of the frightful expendi ture of men and money which they are now incurring, and how certain is the collapse which must follow the hollow and fictitious state of prosperity which they are now enjoy ing.—l have the honour, to be, &c.. Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. HARTINOTON. Naval and Military Intelligence. so faras the case has yet proceeded it has not assumed that importance with 1191 previously existing rumours had invested it. The proceedings are likely to continue for several days. SYMPATHY FOR POLAND. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Southwark vns held yesterday evening at the Bridge House House Hotel, London Bridge, for the purpose of soliciting sympathy and aid for Poland. Mr. John Locke, M.P., was called to the chair, and was supported by Lord Campbell, the Rev. Hugh Allen, Mr. John Vickers, Dr. Evan B. Jones, Gait. E. Dresser Rogers, Mr. Edmond Beales, &c. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceeding, said he had attended there in consequence of a requisi tion from several of his constituents, and it gave him great pleasure at all times to enable his consti tuents to express their opinions. (Hear, hear.) The wrongs of Poland had been common to them ever since they could remember hearing of that country. In 1831 our Government took the same course which the present was pursuing. It was the opinion of the Government that it was not the interest of this country to go to war with Russia for the indepen dence of Poland. He did not think that either the present Government or any that would succeed, would be prepared to go to war for Poland. Such was the state of things, and they must take them as they were. There was a period daring the Crimean war when Poland's wrongs might have been redressed, and he, regretted that opportunity had not been seized. (Cheers.) But there was no knowing what might take place. A war might spring up, and then would come the time to assist, and, if possible, re-establish the independence of Poland. (Rear, hear.) That was the feeling of every one in this country, br..t they differed as to the means. Some said, "If we went to war who should we ha' with us ?" (Cries of " France." " Yes, and Italy and Spain.") Well, take France, and what then ? There were many who looked with a wistful eye on the other side of the Rbine. It was for them to wait events—a war might turn up, and therefore now it would be for them to make their feelings known, so that when the time came their voices would be listened to. (Hear.) It had been suggested that this country should acknowledge the Poles as belligerents. That was a step in the right direction, and would be of great service to them, as it would place them in a recognised posi tion to struggle for freedom. That would not imply war, and would meet the objections of the timid. The chairman then solicited the meeting to listen attentively to the resolutions that the speakers would propose. Mr. J. R. Taylor, the hon. secretary, read a letter from Mr. Layard in answer to an application of his to be present at that meeting. Foreign , office, Dec. 14, 1863. Sir,—However much I may sympathise in the cause your meeting is called to advocate, I feel certain that in declining to attend it my motives will be understood by your chairman, and by those gentlemen who are announced to be present on the occasion.—Yours, &c., A. H. LAYARD. The Rev. MIGEt ALLEN, in moving the first reso- lution, said this would not have been his place had the meeting been called for the purpose of ad vocating war, but it was not, and therefore he con tended that was his place on that occasion. nations were so many families, and if one family suffered those around it suffered also. Poland was an ancient country, and on grounds of literature, of arts and sciences, of heroism and patriotism, de manded our sympathy and aid. He did not fear the breaking out of a war. If there was only a bold front put on by England and other countries, with a known determination to go to war if it were requi- site, there would be no fear of a war breaking out. (Hear.) If firmness had been shown in 1851, there never would have been a Crimean war. But the question ol Poland was one that both Whig and Tory wane afraid of, and it was that very fear of war which drew it on. (Hear.) He had been told that the Poles did not deserve our sympathies be cause they were Catholics. There was nothing in his Church that enunciated such a principle, and as a Protestant he refused to withhold his sympathy to the Poles on such narrow grounds. (Cheers.) The rev. gentleman concluded by moving—" That the devbted heroism of the Poles in their present and past struggles for the independence of their country entitles them to the admiration and sup port of Great Britain.' (Cheers.) Poland short of going to war for it, but he (Lord Campbell) met the assertion by the statement that Lord Russell, a higher authority, had declared in his despatches to the Russian Government, that Russia had forfeited ifs rights, and until the declar ation of belligerency followed, our Government could not say it had done all in its power short of going to war. (Cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried unani • mously. Dr. EVAN B. JONES moved the following resoln- tion :—" That, in the opinion of this meeting, as Russia has violated the conditions upon which, by the Treaty of Vienna, her title to the kingdom of Poland and other Polish provinces was founded, her Majesty's Government are no longer bound to re cognise the sovereignty and dominion of the Czar over any part of the Polish territory, and would be fully justified in acknowledging the belligerent rights of the insurgents, and in concerting such measures with the Emperor of the French and other European Powers as shall be calculated to main tain the balance of power against Russia, and to promote the cause of Polish independence. (Loud cheers.) Captain DRESSER ROGERS seconded, and Mr. 'EDMUND BEALES supported the resolution, which wee then put and carried with enthusiasm. The HON. SEC. stated that Mr, John Vickers, be fore he left, had given £5 to the cause, and Mr s Herbert Spencer, the proprietor of the Bridge Hons: Hotel, £2 2s. (Hear, hear.) A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. THE WEST INDIA MAILS, (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 15. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Seine, Capt. Revett, with the above mails, has arrived. She brings 82 passengers. SANTA DOMINGO, At Cuba they were in hourly expectation of an arrival of 8,000 troops from Spain for operation against the Dominicans. The most sanguine hopes were entertained that the rebellion would be sup pressed. A large number of wounded soldiers had arrived at the Havana, for whose benefit a public subscription had been set on foot. Various successes on the part of Gen. Santana are reported. The new Captain-General, Vargas, is exerting himself to put down the rebellion. The Spanish troops are said to be fall of enthusiasm, and ready to take the field to pursue the rebels. A good many troops are still concentrated in the capital, and a large number of families had left Porto Plata for San Domingo for safety. RIDGWAY & CO. 111 R. REARDEN, LAND ESTATE. and ROUSE AGENT, SU ttVEYOR and VALUER, 91 and 92, PICCADILLY, near Cambridge tt ouse, opposite the Green-park, Established 23 Years, respectfully invites the particulars of Landed Estates, Farms, and House Property for Sale, to be Let, or wanted to Rent or Purchase, for which no charge is made unless a treaty is concluded, and then only his usual rates of charge, particulars of which will be given on application. In all cases of his Letting Farms Mr. Reardon charges tne Tenant only, and not the Landlord. Particulars of Property fur Sale and to be Let will be given personally, or forwarded free of charge. N.B.—Several Town and Country Residences, Landed Properties, and Farms wanted to Rent and Purchase immediately. Direct full particulars to Mr. Reardon as above. TAE NAVY. The iron screw steamship Warrior, 40, Capt. the Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane, followed by the Edgar, 71, flag of Rear-Admiral Sidney C. Decree, C. 8., the Black Prince 41, the Resistance, 16, and the Defence, 16, all under steam, left Plymouth Sound by the Western Channel yes terday afternoon between foul and five o'clock. The Queen, 71, gun screw line of battle ship, Captain C. Hillyar, was paid out of commission yesterday at Ports mouth under circumstances of great credit to the captain, officers, and ship's company. The medals and gratuities re commended to be awarded for long service and good con duct were as follows :—Silver medal, with a gratuity of £l5, to Thomas Reay, quartermaster, and also to Samuel Yenning, boatsmain's mate; silver medal, with a gratuity of £lO, to Edward Symonds, quartermaster, and to George Dilnot, captain of the hold; £7 and a silver medal to Isaac Miller, corporal Royal Marine Artillery. Captain Hillyar addressed the crew previous to the payment, and gave them all praise for good conduct. The Queen had been upwards of four years in commission, and her captain, as well as many of the officers who were paid off from her yesterday, joined her on her commission. For about four months, after sailing from Spithead on the completion of her outfit for sea, the Queen was attached to the Channel squadron, and accompanied it in its cruise to Lisbon. Shortly afterwards the Queen was ordered to the Mediter ranean, where she has been employed a great portion of her time as senior officer's ships at parts of the station. For the last 12 months of her stay in the Mediterranean she was stationed at the Piraeus, and remained there until the arrival of his Majesty George I. The Royal Marine Artil lery, serving on board, rejoined their headquarters at Fort Cumberland, and the Marine Light Infantry serving, be longing to the Portsmouth division, rejoined headquarters at Forton, those belonging to the Chatham division being sent on by rail. At 2 p.m. the Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander M. P. Pechell, sailed from Portsmouth harbour for Devonport with the seamen and medicines paid off from the Queen belonging to that port, and also conveyed round a party of the Indus's steam reserve seamen, who had been engaged in navigating the sailing frigate America to Portsmouth from Devonport. The Wasp, 17, screw, Capt. W. Bowden, sailed from Spit- head, on foreign service, early yesterday morning. We are informed that information has been received at the Admiralty of the death of Admiral Sir Henry William Bruce, which took place on Monday evening. It was only on Monday last we announced that the admiral's good ser vice pension had been awarded to him. The late admiral was the only surviving son of the late Rev. Sir Henry H. A. Bruce, and was born in February, 1792. He entered the navy in 1803. He was midshipman of the Euryalus at Trafalgar and of the Endymion at the passage of the Dar danelles. He was lieutenant of the Belvidere, and assisted at the capture in the boats of that ship and of the Nemesis of two banish schooners on the Coast of Norway, and was slightly wounded in the action with and retreat from the squadron, under Commodore Rodgers on the coast of Ame rica. He served in the boats of the squadron at the capture of a schooner in Chesapeake Bay, and subsequently of a privateer of 15 guns and 70 men. When in the command of the Manly ho assisted in the operations in the Patuxent and Patapsto rivers. For some years Sir Henry was Com mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, and was nominated a Knight Commander of the Bath in June, 1861. The gal lant officer's commission bore date as lieutenant, Jan. 5, 1810—commander, May 27, 1 814—captain, Nov. 16, 1821— rear-admiral, July 30, 1852 — vice -admiral, Oct. 2, 1857 and obtained his rank of admiral only a few weeks back. By the demise of the gallant officer, Capt. Sir Frederick F. Nicholson,commodore and senior naval officer at Woolwich, obtains his flag rank. — The following appointments were made yesterday at tae Admiralty :—John Sanders, chief engineer, to the Fisgard, for the Minotaur —James W. German, chief engineer, to the Asia, for the Termagant--Wilmot t W. Rivett and Gus- tavus H. Yonge, nominated to naval cadetship. THE ARMY. The following promotions in the Ordnance Select Com mittee of Woolwich Arsenal were yesterday announced to Have taken place:—Brigadier - General J. St. George, R.A., C. 8., president, to be Director of Ordnance, vice Major- Gen. A. Tulloh, R.A., resigned ; Lieut.-Col. and Brevet- Col. Lefroy, R.A., F.R.S., secretary, to be president, with the rank of Brigadier-General, vice St. George ; Capt. Hey man, R.A., assist. -secretary, to be secretary, vice Lefroy; end Capt. R. Wolseley Haig, It.A., on particular service, rican boundary question, to b e ass istant• secretary. r ecently employed in negot i at i ng a s ettlement of th e Arne- Surgeon-Major H. Briscoe, M. 8., principal medical officer of the Infirmary in Woolwich Arsenal, having completed tho full term of five years, has been re-appointed. The general court-martial ordered for the trial of Capt. W. Cosser, paymaster of the Portsmouth division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, on four charges of defalcation, absence without leave, &c., assembled yesterday at 11 a.m. at tha Royal Marine Barracks, Futon, near Gosport, In BARBADOES. The Leeslature met on the 17th, but the pro ceedings were of little importance. The weather has continued fine for the planters. The canes have much improved, and hopes are Entertained that, with continued good weather till March, a fair crop will be reaped. The produce shipped to date amounts to—Sugar, 38,862 hhds. 3,398 tierces 9,461 brls. 1,551 bags ; molasses, 14,095 puns. 432 hhde. 458 brie. ; rum, 75 puns. 175 hhds. Stocks in the market are heavy, and consumption slow. Trade dull. DEME RARA. The weather has been generally fine, and estates are busily grinding, and every effort is being made to secure the taking off the crop, which promises to be very large. Business is highly improved, but importations on hand or heavy, especially bread stuffs. Molasses are in fair demand for good bright at 20c, to 22c.; dark dull, at 15c. to 18c. Rum slightly improved, at 35c. to 38c. Tonnage in fair supply. Freights have improved-2s. 6d. for sugar to London; 2s. 3d. to Liverpool; 32d. for rum. Exchange on London :—Private bills, 90 days' sight, 476 dole. ; Banks are selling at (90 dap!) 480 dole. ; purchasing, 472 dole. JAMAICA. Little has been done in the business of legisla tion during the fortnight in consequence of the heavy weather with which the island has been visited since the last packet left our shores, and which prevented the House of Assembly from meet ing for several days. It commenced to rain on the 9th, and for 48 hours a heavy downpour continued without intermission. The rivers and mountain streams, swollen by the rain, rashed down in im petuous torrents, sweeping everything before them. Houses were washed away, stores and dwellings inundated and several lives lost. For several days an entire stop was put to travelling, and for a week the traffic on the railway was suspended and con siderable damage done to the line. Business trans actions have been limited. Alewives have been sold at 245. in cargo ; English butter realises 12d. to 13d.; coffee realises 50s. to 525. for ordinary; pimento sales, 1,000 bags at lie. 6d ; sugar has ad vanced in consequence of the advance in the Eng lish market—sales are made at 18s. to 20s. middling, and 21s. to 255. is asked for fair. There is but little at market. Tobacco dull,no sales. Rum is 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. per gallon, .for proof 18 in bond. Ex change on London-90 days, 1 per cent. prem ;63 days, 11 per cent. prem.; merchants' bills, 90 days, par. The Panama Star and Herald of the 24th Nov., in its summary of news from the Pacific Coast, publishes the following for the English mail : " CHILL "News from Chili is of very commonplace cha racter for this mail. Nothing of much moment or much interest to those beyond the country. " The drought has been much felt in the northern provinces, and great loss has been sustained. In general business at Valparaiso dullness has been complained of. " Charters of vessels have been agreed to £3 15s for copper and nitrate from the coast to Liver• pool and Swansea. " Exchange on London, 431 d. to 44d. per dol." " PERU. " From this part of the coast there is quite a lack of anything in the shape of news to communicate. " It is of little moment to be told that Peru and Bolivia have concluded a treaty of ' peace and com merce,' and that the Governments of Peru and Chili have agreed to receive into their countries the mails of each other without postage. Yet beyond this there is nothing of interest to write. " Exchange on London, 361 d. to 361 d. per do) ECUADOR, " We have received papers from Guayquil up to November 14. Congress, after having authorised the President to declare war against General Mos quera, closed its sessions on October 24. There are recorded many instances of patriotism and en thusiasm among communities and private indivi duals, consisting in gratuitous donations for carry ing on the war. The papers also publish a letter of Commander Guerrero, who was sent with letter from General Flores to Mosque ra. ie de scribes his reception, and the insults offered to him and the Ecuatorian Government by Mosquera. C Mosquera had left Pasto for Bog ota, to call gress together and to get the aut horisation for . an troops declaring war against Ecuado r • lie left behind about 1,600 men. The Ecuatorian were concentrating i n largo numbers on the frontier. The letters b etween Antonio Flores, d a ted from Ipial es an d Mosuera, and Quijin° , Tulca q n, Oct. 14 and 15, and the order of C arva j a l , the Ec ua torian Min ister of Foreign Relation s , to Castro, the New G ra naditin Minister, t o l eave t h e R public, have also been published, mid so likewise have the answers of the United States, French and Spanish Ministers in Quito to the circular of Car vajal, published in the papers. They all declare the right and justice to be on the part of the Ecuatorian Government, but express a hope that a peaceful so lotion of the question is not yet impossible. Ad vices from Quito of Nov. 4 say that Mosquera, on his way from Pasto to Popayan, received a protest from the officers of the force he left behind, stating that as their number was so small, and the enemy's PRICE...--..4d. SWIPED ....sd. so much superior, they could not answer for an effec tive defence. He then returned to Tuquerres, and wrote to Gen. Flores an insulting and threatening letter, but expressing at the same time his desire to have a❑ interview with the latter at Carlossama on the 2d inst. Gen. Flores left ibaria immediately for Tulcan, and some say the interview has taken place, whilst others affirm the contrary. Flores having come back to Tusa, " Gen. Mosquera has published two decrees in Tuquerres, Oct. 14, one raising /be Colombian Guard to 16,465 men and 1,100 officers Avd ordering the prefects to organiFe the national to the number of 27,000 men, to be ready at the fret call; and another for the issue of new treasury rotes to the amount of 50,000 dols., the sum fixed b 3• the Convention of Rionegro, as an annual Convention to the State of Panama: "In accordance with the first of the above de crees, the Prefect of Panama issued two proclama- tions on Nov. 16, calling to arms a company of the militia, to do duty instead of the battalion Cahn°, sent southward. "Previous to reaching Payta, the Bogota passed the royal mail steamship Pern, bound for Callao and Valparaiso with the Southampton mails of Oct. 17." CENTRAL AMERICA. Dates from San Salvador are to the 9th Novem• ber. The principal occurrences are as follows: " On Oct. 13 there was another ineffectual inter view arranged for the United States Minister be tween General Zavala on the part of Carrera, and General Cabana on the part of Berrios. The bom bardment continued with short intervals until Oct. 26, when Barrios suddenly, and without notice abandoned the capital at 4 o'clock in the morning, accompanied by about 1,500 men, a large number of women and children, and took the road to Apopa (north-west), whence he went towards the depart ment of San Miguel. In the last days of his hold ing of his capital, Barrios had made still heavier forced loans of goods and liquors, in which he paid his officers and soldiers a portion of their pay, and which they again sold to procure their daily rations. On the same day,and some five hours after Barrios's departure (during which intervals many houses were robbed by the populace and troops who went with Barrios), Carrera occupied the capital with his army, marching in from all points where he had erected barricades or forts. The foreign officers who had been in the service of Barrios,and to whom he did not notify his intention to leave, were taken prisoners and were about to be shot by the cap turing party, when General Zivala and others hap pened to arrive and prevented the crime. They are still in prison, and will be taken to Guatemala and there delivered to the Ministers of Foreign Powers. These officers are Colonels Galidier, o:lafan (lather and son), Penoud, and Cousin (a Belgian), v‘ho was director of the band or chief musician. Mr. Megin nis, a British subject, was surrendered to H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul, and went on board the Bacchante,lying at Liberiad. at the moment. Yrungary, Oyarzan, Abelar, and Luna (the first late Minister of Relations under Barrios), were taken in their flight towards Santa Ana, and then shot. There was, of course, much disorder and a good deal of robbery in San Salvador at the moment of abandon ment, in the interval, and at the time of occupation; but Carrera took measures for the protection of pro perty, and especially of foreign property ; and, ex cept in one or two isolated cases, there was no pillage of that kind except of Cauty's Hotel, which was sacked. Parties of troops were sent out by Carrera to intercept Barrios and take him if pos sible. Steps were immediately taken to organise a Provisional Government under Dan Francisco Ducnas, who has been President before. General Santiago Gonzalez had gone to the department of San Miguel in pursuit of Barrios, whose companies, aides, and suite had been all taken cr presented themselves at La Union, and were then marched to Spin Miguel. As the steamer Salvador was lying in the harbour of La Union, on the night of the 3d November, the captain's gig was fired into about seven o'clock in he evening as the captain was going off to his ship. The shot was fired from a guard-boat placed near the ship by the authorities on shore for fear of Barrios's attempt to get on board. The ball passed within three feet of the captain's head, who, on getting on board his ship, fired his gun at the guard boat, the men on board of which had previously paddled to the shore. Afterwards, in the night, they came off and attempted to carry the guard boat to shore, but were hailed from on board the steamer, made to come on board, detained till morn ing, and sent on shore. The Commandant at first refused to allow any communication with th e steamer, but, on the decided interference of the United States Minister, aided by the presence of her Britannic Majesty's ship Bacchante, which offered her assistance, he yielded to right. On the complaint of Mr. Partridge, at San Salvador, to the new authorities, they admitted the impropriety of the behaviour of Castro, and displaced him by nomi nating a new commandante (Molino) for La Union. Mr. JOHN VICKERS seconded the resolution. Lord CAMPBELLi on presenting himself to support the resolution, was loudly cheered. The noble lord, after stating the circumstances under which the present series of metropolitan borough meetings had originated on bis suggestion, and the feeling of the leaders of the Polish insurrection in Warsaw in favour of such an agitation in this country, in lan. guage somewhat similar to that given in previous reports, proceeded to refer to the former struggles of Poland for freedom and independence, and to the circumstances under which the present com menced, and which, to his mind, had a far higher and stronger claim upon European sympathy and support than upon any former occasion. The struggle had been maintained most gallantly against the most tremendous odds. It had been said that the Poles were not justified in rising in insurrection, because their means were inadequate to achieve the result at which they aimed, and there was no chance of their gaining their indepen dence. But the fact was, the circumstances under which the recruitment was commenced and enforced left the- Poles no alternative but to rise. It was e b x u t t e w rm h i e n re at d e i t d he th r e ev r o e l v u o t l i u o t n io ar n y ar e y le e m le e m n e t n i t n the avowed obj ec t o f the Russ i an G overnmen t t o not P o l an exist d ; in Poland ? It existed among the highest class, whose estates had been confiscated; among the commercial classes, whose trade and enterprise were crippled and injured ; and among the poorer classes, on whom the conscription fell with most merciless serverity. (Hear, hear.) It was a war waged by Russia against all men, all interests, and all the classes in the country. Suppose the Polish leaders had acquiesced in the recruitment, who did not see that it would have been renewed year after year with all its horrors and all its evils, even until the bitter end of extermination was reached, and that therefore the insurrection was fully justified as a wise, sound, and prudential measure of self-de fence, which submission would not have averted, and the evils of which resistance could not possibly increase. (Cheers.) It was, therefore, said by the gallant Poles, "Far better to die in the ranks of Poland fighting against Russia, than to die in the ranks of Russia fighting against the interests of Europe and the order of the world." (Cheers.) But was the struggle really so hopeless as some repre sented it to be ? He thought not; and for two reasons. In the first place, the three great Powers, France, Austria, and Great Britain—had all shown a strong desire that justice—under at all events dip lomatic stipulations—should be done to Poland. They had been refused, but in the vicissitudes of Europe and the probabilities of war, who could tell what new diplomatic combinations might arise in the course of next spring; and if the Polish insurrection was maintained throughout the present winter, what new elements of success might be brought into,play in their favour. (Hear, hear.) As to the probability that they could maintain it this winter, he thought that after what had been done in the last with imperfect organisation and imperfectly developed resources, there W ere goo d g rounds for believing the contest could be sustained. In the next place he thought that our Government and that of the other two Powers might be urged to ac cede to the demands of the Polish National Govern ment, namely, to recognise Poland as a beAligerent, and to declare that Russia had forfeited her rights in Poland by her violation of the treaty under which alone she held it. (Cheers.) Mr. Layard, their talented and able member, had recently said in that room that the Government had done everything for CLOSING OF THE SWEDISH DIET. The Diet of the Kingdom of Sweden was closed on the Bth inst. at Stockholm, when the King ad dressed the members as follows : t; Gentlemen, —Your task is accomplished. In considering the importance and the multiplicity of the subjects which have been submitted to your deliberations, the long space of time which you have devoted to your task cannot be considered as too considerable. Few sessions have resulted in a solution of so many important questions, and there are few which have prepared decisions of more general interest. "In conformity 'with the prescrip t i o ns of thecon stitution you have remitted to the nest sitting of the Diet the decision on the which I have made project fo r the refor m of the national representa tion se ed it, the enlightened if that, after having I known to you. I flatter nIY calmly and deliberately weigh siunbjteheet.faadamental law, it ill assure the adoption of the case changes opinion of the country will " As a consequence of one of intro any proposition on this the King duced during the , i , decreed that, in has been faa/ h i m self prevented from personally hold should find jut , of Government, a plan will be adopted hold ing the re session respond better to the - w hich will stitutional monarchy than the interim regency hitherto in force. a Another change of major importance has as sured the right of representation in the order of peasants to funded proprietors belonging to other classes of society. "The law on synods opens a new era to the Swedish Church. making known The liberty accorded to it of its wishes and of proceeding, b) means of separate deliberations, to the settlement of its most important affairs, with the aid of the Almighty, must deyelope its action and strengthen its position. " You have adopted some projects of a new penal code, of a new maritime code, and of a new law on the right of hunting, in conformity to the principles on which the propositions I have made to you on these matters were founded. You have appro" ebd with a firm step the great chject of general liberty to trgde ; and the deliberate attention yo" ve , corded to the laws on credit as we ll as to forest laws will bear its fruit. You have also su other es banch bm itted to me projects for the improvement of rnanY of legislatic , n. I shall make it a duty to th r vote to them a conscientious examination. " The conformity of views between the Govern ment and the representation which has generally marked this Diet has not been equally complete so far as the customhouse legislation is concerned. Amongst the nu mber of resolutions submitted to Lae b y you on this subject is one which announc es the intention either to ofCa a protection to certain NEWS PA pLE ri, ! 4 . 9. ? .07,...:414:111; 6 140•24... (R l:3 branches of trade by the introdnction of ne W _ , k 74 • k. \ 7 :; 1 ?- 17 . 3 r ,... into the tariff, or to favour them in general b '. t .::. ~..'''-' A 1.., 14 mcasures. All th© legal industries having an "" ._. ~.r4-4 54 ,, A C V right to the same protection andthe ioamesoliciitit .t?,....'"*a =I •iVY .... .; and to the protection which is accorded to one , 4.1. a S them by an increase of the value of its products b 3 - means of increased taxes, which fall necessarily to - the charge of the others, I have pursued the sama course as during the past, in the conviction that the general welfare of commerce—the common aim of our united efforts—is more surely and more equit ably attained by the reduction or the successive sup pression of surtaxes, of which the different branches of trade mutually complain, than by sacrifices which they must reciprocally impose on thornselves. " The generous grants which you have voted in favour of public instruction, railways, and other works of general utility, are proofs of 3 -our solici tude for the intellectual and material progress of the country. You have cheerfully granted for the national defence the amount I submitted to you in excess of the ordinary grant, in consideration of the political situation of the time. "The cairn which reigned in our hemisphere wl '-en the Diet was opened hos bE,eu disturbed during t, he session; and although we have not been direct' v . menaced, we, however, have interests intimatel3 - connected with the maintenance of peace and of the public law of Europe. We can only take a still moTe oincere part in the grave cares which engender the Janoers by which the King and the people of Denma:tk are assailed, with whom we equally par take the vrief which we feel at the loss of a well beloved Sov,9reign, who was my faithful friend as well as that of .Bs,-eden. "In the council of the Powers I that the voice of t he united endeavour to act so Alan always We should not be required kingdoms may be found in also the to oalpalnacuee ourof justice.vi,orc there before having considered if the desirea l end may be attained by means at our disposal. MY constant efforts for all which can opntribute to the maintenance of peace have induced me to acc e r t ... the invitation to a general Congress addressed by the Emperor of the French to the European Powers. " In invoking on Sweden and her people the VT 0 " tection of Divine Providence, I declare the present Diet terminated, and I renew to you, gentlemen, to all in general, and to each in particular, the as ranee of all my royal favour." The House of Commons Fifty Years ago. To the right of the Speaker, on the tninisterisl bench there sit, Spencer Percival, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Vicary Gibbs, Attorney-General; Ryder, Home Secretary ; George Rose ; Palmerston; Croker. Castlereagh is sitting high up above the Treasury bench. Canning is on the cross-bench below. To the left of the Speaker are Ponsonby, Brougham, Burdett, Gratian, Horner, Romily, Sheridan, Tierney, Whitbread. All these gone but two, to whom it has been permitted to vindicate the belief that it is the privilege of genius never to grow old. I practise myself in reporting for aly own amusement and instruction. In not writing oh ort hand, I have no inferiority to the experienced men around me; for I observe that very few acquired, or at any rate employ, that useful art. The debates of 1812 were not expected to be reported so fully as in more recent times. Often members complained that their sayings were misrepresented. Such. complaints were generally met by a disposit l on 0 11 the part of the House to punish the off,nder, • • • Thursday, the 27th of February, is to be a reat Field-day in th e C omm ons. I must be there at nu.`" o to secure a seat in the gallery. There I sat look' ing upon the empty House till the Speaker comeo in. The prayers are read, and some uninterest ing orders of the day are disposed of. Strangers are crowding in, and wo hold our places as well as we can against the rush. There are apparently two or three seats vacant on the front bench. A. wicked gentleman of the press suggests to a de spairing provincial that there he may be accommo dated. He strides and pushes to the desired haven, amidst a suppressed :Ater, and is horrorstruck to find that there he can neither see nor hear. The back of the great clock is his obstructing enemy. This is the standing joke nightly repeated. It wan as successful in producing a titter as the Time." I)anaos below, when it was the fashion for your, g e.nd even old members to air their musty Latin ill, bald quotations, as some lady novelists interlard their feeble English with hoarding-school French.. The routine business is over. The bottle is about t' , begin. Sir Thomas Turton is to bring on a motio a on the st ite of the nation. He was a true , professo r of the Whig creed—that the contest against a French Emperor was hopeless—that the Spanisi 1 war would last as long the Peloponnesian , witl L little probability of suc cess . He touched upon tb a orders in Council ; b a t was t o ld by the clever Min's ,- terial supportcr, M r . R o binson, that such discussic IL had better be reserved for the forthcoming debate, upon the motion of which n otice had been given "by a learned gentleman of great talents and eatten sive information." In two y ears from the time wh en he had made his maiden speech, Mr. Brough ,rn had thus become an authority in the house. T he debate of - the 27 th of Febr uar y Was spirite d. It appeared likely to close at an early hour, for th e gallery was being cleared for a division. But Mr. Whitbread rose, and called upon Lord Castlereagh to give some explanation of his views, esp ec i a ll y upon the Catholic question, now that he Was likely to become a member of the Administration. The Marquis Wellesley h ad resigned the seals a! the Foreign Office a week before. Catholic The m os t i mpor tent declarations of the session were th us called forth. Mr. Perciva l and Lord Ca s tl ereagh declared that gthreayntianngd the the clai ms Ministry were unanimous against now. The debate was dragging on till two o ' c l oc k . Th e reporters ha d e xpected that, aft er the speech of the Pri.me Minister, the House Would divide, I was left by t he staff of the "B ritish Press " to make a note if anything should occur. Up rose Mr. Canning. Somewhat ala rmed I began to write. I gained cow , - fidence. render gracefulr them difficult u sentences di l had t t 0 fallow.noin Hisvolvec impressive l, constructionnls to elocution fixed his words in my memory.. Some matters I necessarily passed over ; but the great point of his speech, that he was speedily granting the Catholic claims with due safeguards, was an important one for the journal which I was suddenly called upon to represent, and I caught the spirit, if not the full words, of the declaration in which he stood opposed to the Minister, and to his own ancient rival. I ran to the office (for young legs were faster than hackney-coaches), wrote my report, to the astonishment of the regular staff of reporters,l doubt and went happy to bed at five o'clock. whether any literary success of my le aft ler-1 i f! g gait's me as much pleasure as this feat.—Cares kin Recollections, use... *mace - , It is sold in, Horniman's Tea is choice and Theses tr advantageson g, havemoderate in price, and wholesome to September Observatory secured for this Tea a g eneral P" packets by 2,280 Agents..._ o l f 4 th th e It is somewhat curious that THE NEW PLANET. re:1 ; the planet (97), cilivs:tclowoen, iroenetotrhye last by Mr. James_ also independently discovered by M. at Ann-Arbor, ;f i r e ' ,, on the 3d and 4th of October. no Temple of discoverylklar to Herr Peters on the 13th of the notified the fi , d gave a rough calculation of its position. and apparent , p I aNTING . 1 BY ELEGRAPII---.Scime "' magnitude. interesting printing-inks have just been same nion-1 • place at the p ri nting-office of Miss Faithfull, tho object being to test the utility of ordinary printing in tele graphing. An Italian gentleman has invented a process of taking place wlth printing by telegraph, which appears ti, take less than half the present time of transmitting a message. Every kind of printing-inks ha ve hadtheir trial, some with very good success. A specimen printed by that process, trans mitted from Liverpool to London, is beforo us, and appears completely successful. The Lord's Prayer, composed and printed at Miss Faitlifull's office, and Iw-warded to Liver- Pool, is stated to have taken two and a half minutes only. [AnYrarrisEmENT.l—Holloway's Ointment and Pilis.— T hese highly-esteemed medicaments cannot be too . highly ' the child first humanity is heir. They are as suitable for ld r ecommended for curing most of the maladies to which man tottering entering on the journey of life as for . the o specific for the cuts towards its end. The ointment is a li up soundly nursery; and it is no less efficient in healing which so often heap bruises, abrasions, and eruptions often witnessed in the and permanently the chronic ulcers of ointment and person may abridge o r evert m isery on advanced years. By an early attention to the instructions wrapped round each packet pills any moderately intelligent the discomfort and misery of chronic ill-health, n ir- he 7's 325 36; 38 5 365 Ter. g of but the i e d e of