The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-28 00:00:00

TAIFEBOAT SERVICES,—During the storms of the past year the boats of the National Lifebaat Institution saved 417 persons from different wrecks on our coasts, The Institution also expended £13,819 ?s. 2d. in the same period on lifeboat enab isbments, in addition to granting £1,351 Os. Od. as rewards for say.ng 714 shipwrecked pennons by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnest'y A erEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 137 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by all the Lon don and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) Second Night of ROSE ; or, Love's Ransom. THIS EVENING (Sat ,rda,y), Nov. 26, will be perforated for the 2d time, a new opera, in three acts, the music by J. L. Hatton, the libretto by Sutherland Edwards, entitled ROSE ; or. Love's Ransom. Stephen, Mr. G. Perren; Rano- Del!, Mr. H. Corri ; Captain of Recruitng Party, Mr. A. rook; Sergeant, Mr. E. Dussek ; and Jaques, Mr. Weiss aeorgette, Madame Weiss ; Theresa, Miss Poole (her first app arance at the Royal English Opera); and Rose, Madame Lontacns-Sheringtou. Conductor, Mr Alfred Mellon. The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by Mdlles. ruzhateau and Bontanti. Commence at half-past 7 o'clock. Private boxes, from 108. 6d, upwards ; stalls, 7s. ; dress circle, 58. ' • upper boxes, 4s. ; amphitheatre stalls, 3s. and 2s ; pit 2s. 6d. ; gallery, ls. No charge for booking places. The box-office is open from 10 till 5. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. The performence will commence Every Evening during the Week with YOU KNOW WllO. THIS EVENING (Monday, 28th inst.), and Friday, De amber 2, Mozart's Grand Opera, DON GIOVANNI. To-morrow, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, FAUST. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven. Opera at Eight. Box Office (pen from Ten till Five. Private Boxes, from 108. ed. ; Stalls, 78. ; Dress Circle, 55.; First Circle, 4s. ; l it, 2s. 6J. ; Gallery, ls. No charge for booking places. No fees to box-keepers. 7 11HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY. LANE.- 1_ Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and P. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, to commence with A YOUNG LAD FRO3I THE COIN my. Messrs. G. Belmore, Fitzjames, and G. F. Neville ; Misses Helen Howard, It. Leclercq, Ste. After which, Shaksnere's Tragedy of M ACBETII. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Creswick, R. ltoxby, G. Behnole, A. Rayner, 3. P. Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, Bartleman, e ; !Misses Rebecca Isaacs, Emma Heywood, and 3liss i,elen IFaucit. Doors open at ha f -past, Six—Commence at Seven. T HEATRE ROYAL, H AYMARKET.- Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. TMS EVENING, THE SUN AND THE WIND. After which, SUNNY VALE FARM. Messrs. Howe, Farren, ( lark, Braid, Coe, Weathersby. Mesdames Beatrice, Snowdon, Harris, Fitzwilliam, Coleman, &c. Followed by ON T III: SLY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers, Gordon, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. To commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. TIIIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy IYRafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. 'Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma „Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, THE KING'S BUTTERFLY. Fan fan, the King's Butterfly, Mr. Pechter. Messrs. Ryder,Wid dicomb, Ch +ries, M'lntyre, Garden, Raymond, Moreland, C ifford, Collett; Misses Carlot.a Leclercq, M. Remade, E. Lavenue, and B. Lavenue. Preceded, at 7, by NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Garden, Moreland, Collett ; Miss Lavenue, Mi s. Lee. - • On Monday, Dec. 5, RUY BLAS, Ruy Blas, Mr. Fechter. Doors open at halt-past 6 ; commence at 7. The Box-office open daily from Eleven till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.—• Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE HEN AND CHICKENS. Mrs. Stirling . . After which, MASKS AND FACES. Triplet, Mr. B. Webster ; Peg Woffington, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with DOING BANTING. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Stephenson; Mrs. Lewis and Miss A. seaman. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINENT TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA. This Popular Theatre is now Open. THIS EVENING, a new Musical Drama, entitled THE BARONET ABROAD AND THE RUSTIC PRIMA LONNA : Mr. Fiank Matthews ; Miss Constance Roden. After which, at a quarter to Eight, a new and original Comedy Drama, in three acts, by J. Palgrave Simpson. enti tled SYBILLA ; or, STEP BY STEP. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. ------- To conclude with Mr. Maddison Morton's New Comedy Farce of WOOD'.:OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. TIII-; EVENING, WILFUL WARD. Messrs Parsella and Belford ; Miss Palmer. Followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James; Mesdames Swanbor _ugh and Mande s. To conclude with MAZEPPA. Mesdames Raynham, COALS.—The LILLESHAL L COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. ..... .259. per ton. I Double.. 21s. per ton. Top 245. „ Deup ....225. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. TE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, oan be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWB AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, lia. 14m.—Afternoon, Ih. 31m. To-mortnow.-Moming, Ih. 55m.—Afternoon, 2h. 14m. abliP ."4,A-1104.;;:e• . 4"l4l tWe -4, \, LONDON, MONDAY, NOV. 28, 1864. There is one satisfaction in the contemplation of the affairs on the Continent, and that is that the result does not seem so agreeable as was supposed by the aggressive powers of Germany. Continually do we meet with signs and tokens which seem to assure us that doubts and difficulties have inter posed themselves where it was once fondly hoped all would be smooth and satisfactory. How one can deny that since the beneficient peace crowned the glorious war in which the allies were engaged in numerable instances of disunion have manifested themselves. There is a whisperer here and a hint there, which testify to the tricks which are sought to be smuggled, and effectually prove that the tortureous course pursued by the crafty plotters has not led them through ways of pleasantness or paths of peace, and may finally result in little pleasantness and less profit. It is the beat satire upon the strict integrity of purpose of which we beard so much, and the universal unanimity that was said to reign in the councils, and impel the actions of the parties engaged in the momentous affairs of settling the rights and claims of the Germanic Confederation and the disputed d'achies. Lord NAPIER'S translation from St. Pete:sburg to Berlin is one of the signs which denote that all is not right in the political and diplomatic horizon. His Excellency has a mission to perform, it is rumoured, and it may confidently be affirmed that it is one most difficult to accomplish, and that will not be worth the trouble when it is performed. Ile is to restore those amiable relations between England and Prussia, which have been somewhat injured by recent events, and to renew the good understanding that ha s b een i nterfered with. This sounds very flue, but does not the announcement of such an intention imply the existence of flaws and failures where it is instantly declared that all has gone b3yond the desire of hope and the dreams of ambition. If the Cabinet of Berlin has succeeded in appropriating the spoils of conquest and added territories to its possession, yet in so doing has in curred the displeasure of England, may not the loss be counted as gain ? And is not Prussia in the position of the dog which grasped the shadow, and lost the substance? Doubtless Lord NAPIER has well learned his lesson, but he may find it difficult to apply his teaching to good effect, and regret the day when he loft the post which he Oiled so well to undertake a task uncongenial to the taste and repugnant to the feelings of a man of sense and spirit. If he has left the good Sovereign and wise Minister of Itissia to seek out other bright particu lar stars in the firmament of Germany he may suc cued in his endeavour, but he will lose his prestige at home if he court foreign despots and apply his talents to gilding their acts with fair-sounding but meretricious compliments. If there was one thing more than another that was dinned into our ears from the outset of the Dano.German contest to its close it was assuredly the perfect harmony and com plete understanding that existed between the two great German Powers, and yet how many proofs are around us to show that this unanimity rests on sand. It is said that the King of Prussia has sent a messenger to the Emperor of AUSTRIA conveying a letter from his Majesty, to the effect that he hopes a permanent understanding may be arrived at be tween the two Powers upon the basis of existing relations. This may appear very much to the purpose ; but when allied Powers are sure of each other, they do not keep on reiterating their expres sions of security and hopes of concord and cordiality prevailing. The friendship between Austria and Prussia resembles the fall of those plants which are constantly being pulled up to see if they are getting on. This style of action certainly settles the doubt. ful point decidedly, but not satisfactorily. There is another cause of disquietude that has also mani fested itself—the Uermans have presented a petition to the Emperor cf AUSTRIA, that prays for the due preservation of German rights in the settlement of the position of the Duchies. This reveals a feeling of distrust and a sense of suspicion wholly at vari• ante w ith the implied reliance that existed on all matters, and shows that candid friends will let out unwelcome truths at awkward times. The address of the Lower House of the Reichsrath does not tend to reassure those who mistrust the present aspect of affairs. A feeling of suspicion is prevalent through• out its course, and hints are thrown out that con firm instead of contradicting the rumours already so rife, as to want of sympathy and absence of good feeling amid the diverse parties who have agreed to arrange the complicated affairs now under discussion. The wish expressed that many of the Diets may be convened and assembled exhibits a distrust of the summary mode now in process of enactment by which the popular feelings are sup-: pressed to allow the authorities to give vent to their own opinions unbridled and unchecked. Then, whether in earnest or satire the address declares that the Assembly trusts the Government in unison with the Germanic Confederation " will assist the Dachies in fully obtaining their rights in the settles ment question, and in effecting an independent set% tlement of their own affairs." Small chance exists of this latter aspiration being realised if King WILLIAM and his sapient adviser, BIsMARK, are al lowed any voice in the matter, or active part in the fulfilment of the engagements. Nowhere is it dis cernible throughout this address that confidence is reposed in the design, or certainty entertained es to the execution of the plans proposed in the trans• action of the Schleswig-Holstein affair. It may yet be shown that retribution waits upon those who have mixed themselves up in the details of the dire. fal plot against the independence of Denmark under the plea of assisting the Duchies. In some respects it may be considered that the craft and cruelty so conspicuous in the conduct of the allied German Powers have speedily brought a judgment upon them in the distrust of their own people, and the evil opinion of surrounding nations. As yet the news which reaches us across the Atlantic is uneventful and uncertain. Affairs, both civil and military, are in a transition state, and although everything augurs the Ep2edy arrival of telligence of its odvent. President LINCOLN re joices in his re-election, and the Northern press accept it as equivalent to a declaration of four years' more war, taking it apparently for granted that the continuance of hostilities depends on nothing else than LINCOLN'S goodwill and pleasure. M'CLELLAN, disgusted at his failure, has thrown up his commission, which has been bestowed on SHERIDAN. The Demoratic champion forfeited whatever chance he might have had of the Preei. dential dignity by his imprudent manifesto, which disappointed his friends, strengthened his enemies, find alienated the large party who would gladly see the end of the war. Little sympathy can there fore be felt for his disappointment, although in office ha might have acted more wisely, and could hardly have made a worse President than LINCOLN. In military quarters great preparations are being made, and the aspect of the horizon foretells storm. The uncertainty respecting SHERMAN'S movements is producing considerable excitement. It was al. ternately said that he was marching upon Charles ton, that he was proceeding to Alabama to destroy HOOD'S communications, and that he had retreated instead of advancing, and with nearly his whole force was rapidly moving on Lynchburg, Virginia No despatches from him have been received in New York, and it is stated in expla nation that he is too far from Washington to keep up communication. Whether this is actually the case, or whether it is deemed more prudent to with. hold his despatches, is matter for question, bat the popular curiosity, both North and South, is vividly aroused. Southern papers warn their readers to prepare for startling news, but can give no definite isformation as to SHERMAN'S movements. It is probable that the Lynchburg explanation is the true one, and that by a bold and decisive movement he hopes to grasp LEE'S stores, and to secure so valuable a position. Such a movement, if success ful, would be of the greatest importance to GRANT, while LEE would thus be placed between two fires. A rumour to the effe3t that General EARLY had quitted the Shenandoah, and was proceeding by forced marches to Lynchburg, confirms this suppo sition. HOOD is said to be marching on Ctatta. nooga, and is reported to have been joined by FOR.. REST. Meanwhile GRANT and LEE face each other, each apparently preparing for gem° decisive move. ment. LEE'S army has of late b3en considerably reinforced, and he will consequently be better able to meet the combined attack by land and water, which it is thought GRANT contemplates making. The result of it all will probably be another of those appalling fields of slaughter to which Americans seem apparently to have grown accustomed. In the North peace rumours are being actively circulated, and are encouraged by the Go vernw.ent, though nobody believes in them. Gen. BUTLER, whom LINCOLN seems resolved to drag into prominence, has been addressing 1,000 ladies and gentlemen who have been giving the chivalrous hero a public reception prior to his departure from New York. He suggested making a final appeal to the South to return to their allegiance, and pro posed that the amnesty should include their civil and military leaders, Should they fail to respond to this magnanimous offer by the ad of January next they were to be driven into Mexico, the West Indies, or elsewhere, and their lands divided amongst the troops. General BUTLER has set him self and his compatriots no easy task, His political sagacity and administrative wisdom, added to his achievements in the field, are, it is said, to be re warded by his appointment as War Secretary, in the place of STANTON, who is to be rEmovcd to the Chi e f juaticeship of the Supreme Cour'. The placing rnwt SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1864 of BUTLER in such a post is the best commentary that can be given of the spirit in which LINCOLN intends carrying on the war. The interest of the news at present centres in SHERMAN'S proceed ings, to which we shall most likely have a clue by the next mail, whose arrival may therefore be looked for with interest. We may sometimes be thankful to a catastrophe of moderate extent for having saved us from a great and appalling one, and in this sense, while deplor ing the deaths of the unfortunate victims of the Erith explosion, we may congratulate ourselves that public attention was not called to the unsatis factory condition of our arrangements for the con veyance and storage of powder, by a disaster a hundred times greater. We might have been roused from our indifference by a catastrophe like that at Holmfiith, when the list of victims was numbered, not by two and three, but by hundreds, only that situated as our powder magazines too often are in the close vicinity of densely populated districts, the hundreds might have been reckoned by tens. The jury who investigated the case, very properly resolved upon taking some practical steps towards remedying the evils which had come under their notice, and accordingly they appended a resolution to their verdict calling the attention of the acts relating to the gunpowder trade, and stating some of the points on which they considered immediate legislation to be necessary. This re. solution was laid before the Home Secretary on Friday by the coroner and some members of the jury, and Mr. CABTTAR informed Sir GEORGE GREY of several facts which came out in evidence sup porting these views, and pointed out the great danger incurred from the erection of powder magazines in populous places, and also from the recklessness with which powder is shipped on board steamers when sparks were flying from their funnels. The points which especially require legi slative interference in the opinion of the jury are the quantity of powder stored at one time or cons veyed in any manner—the situation in which ma gezines are constructed—the necessity of powder barges bearing some distinctive mark—the shipping and discharge of powder—the importance of Go vernment inspection—and the penalties for infring ing the laws relating to the subject. A converses tion on the subject convinced Sir GEORGE GREY that interference was necessary, and it is to be hoped he will introduce some sound practical mea sure. The fact that men grow reckless in propor. tion to the greatness and frequency of the risks they run has been abundantly proved in mines and other places, where it is almost impossible to secure a due observance of the proper rules of caution. There is at present no security, however stringent the rules made by the proprietors of such establish ments, that men will not smoke, light fires, &c., on board the barges when laden ; but if a thorough system of Government inspection is organised some responsible person will probably be sent in charge of every barge, waggon, or train by which powder is conveyed. Again, it should certainly not be suffered that so dangerous a trade should be carried on in very populous places, nor near river walls, reservoirs, and other sources of danger. The ex plosion at Belvedere might hava produced most direful consequences, and it is no reason because we have escaped comparatively lightly this time that we should disregard the warning for the future. An Att for amending the laws relating to the storage, package, and conveyance of gunpowder and other exvlopive materials should certainly be one of the first measures introduced in the coming Session. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 28. The Diamond Company's screw steamship Eas tern Province, from Table Bay on the 24th October, arrived at Falmouth this morning, Her mails, contained in 12 sacks, were forwarded to London by this morning's exprtss train. Her dates of sailing are :—From Natal, Oct. 10 ; Algoa Bay, 21st; Table Bay, 24th; St. Helena, Nov. 4; Madeira, 20th. Her cargo consists of 682 bales wool and 14 casts aloes, 573 horns, 270 bales sheepskins, 50 bales goatskins, one case jams, two bundles whalebone, five packs ivory, three packs horns, 193 bundles hides, 106 chests tea, two casks wine, 13 cases ass trich feathers, 10 cases sundries, 97 bales jute, 1,066 bags sugar, 10 bales cotton , 50 pks. general mere chandise, 311 boxes and barrels arrowroot, and 43 passengers, among whom are the Hon. G. Mellersh, Mesdames Rhodes, Kir wood, Harlan d, Field, Parry, Captain and Mrs. Blyth, Messrs. Wallach, Kirby, Neville, Jackson, Sykes, Willes, Calder, and servant ; Lieut. Gillespie in charge of 14 men, 96th Regiment. The mails and passengers left by train this morn No political news since departure of the Cam. brian. Fatal Shipwrecks. Nearly simultaneous with the distressing wreck of the Aberdeen and London steamer Stanley at Tynemouth, on Thursday night, an equally terrible and still more fatal dis aster befel the Dundee and Newcastle steamer Dalhousie, haptain H. K. Glenny, at the entrance of the Firth of Tay, on her journey home. There is, unhappily, no survivor to tell the tale of this new calamity, and it can only be con- lectured that the unfortunate ship, commanded though she was by an able captain who knew the coast and channel well, was so heavily beaten by the terrific seas as to be cast upon the sands of Abertay, where she foundered and went to pieces, the crew and passengers being beyond reach of human help. About half-past 10 o'clock on Thursday night the master of the steamer London, of the Dundee and Lon. don service, on coming into the Firth, saw a rocket dis charged from a point near the lights of 'i'ay, but from the darkness and rain he could not distinguish the object nor observe the precise spot. " Keeping on his way" (says the _Dundee Advei tiser) "he saw nothing else till he got inside the Buoy of Tay, when he observed a blue light, bearing about N. W. by W. up - n the Abertay Sands. He saw three blue lights in succession at the same place, there being an interval of a minute or two between each, and the whole time not being more than from five to eight minutes. This was about 20 minutes or half an hour after the rocket had been observed, but Captain Rattray could not, from the at tention he had given to the position of his own vessel, be sure of the exact time, He saw nothing more tending to excite alarm, but proceeded with all speed to the harbour. When he reached the Roads he immediately sent a mes sagr on shore to the harbour master, Captain Jack, to say that he feared there was some vessel in danger on the Aber tay Sands. Captain Jack, on receipt of this message, at once despatched his watchman to bring the captains of the two tug steamers, which were as soon as possible sent down the river to render what assistance might be in their power. The Hercules was the first to reach Broughty Ferry, and there Captain W. Soutar gave the alarm, and the lifeboat—the Mary 'tartly was at once launched, and was taken in tow by the steamer. In the meantime the Samson had passed her companion and fell in with a schooner, the David and John of Montrose, which was in distress, It was then thought that it was from this vessel that signal of distress had been made, and observing no sign of the more fatal disaster that had taken place, the steamer, after rescuing the crew of the David John (which is believed to have afterwards sunk) returned to the harbour. The Dalhousie was an iron vessel of 156 tons and 60 horse power, and was built in 1861 by Messrs Gourley Brothers, Dundee, especially for this trade. She left Newcastle on Wednesday morning, about 10 o'clock, for Dundee, having on board 12 passengers (so far as has been ascertained), 12 of a crew, including the captain, and 172 tons of general cargo. She was expected to arrive in Dundee about mid night on Thursday. lip to Friday forenoon there was no appearance of her, and about 1 o'clock Mr Crighton, Lloyd's agent, who had gone to Broughty Ferry in the morning for the purpose of looking after a vessel on shore there, re turned with the intelligence that the Dalhousie was be lieved to have gone on shore on the banks at the mouth of the river during the night, and to have become a total wreck. The report he immediately communicated to the office of the Shipping Company, and Mr Inglis, the agent, at once has tened to Tayport to ascertain what truth there might be in the rumour. The fears entertained for the safety of the ves sel were but too cruelly confirmed, for Mr Inglis learnt on arriving at Tayport that two bodies, believed to be those of men who had been on board the Dalhousie, had been found, and that pieces of wreck, mai ked so as to leave no doubt of their identity, were strewn along the beach. Going towards the spot where it was said the bodies were found, Mr Inglis met a cart containing two bodies, one of which he identified as that of Captain Glenny, and the other as that of one of the crew named Thomas Bissett. Captain Glenny had his short pilot cloth coat tightly buttoned, and was without his boots, which he had no doubt taken off in the hope of swimming. Mr John A. Turnbull, mill wright, Newport, states that he had been at Tayport on business at an early hour that morning, and that about halt-past 10 o'clock, when he was leaving the farm of Kin shaldy, where he had called, the shepherd came running in and said that there was a body down on the beach and a lot of wreck. Mr Turnbull immediately rode off in the direce tion indicated, and the first object which attracted his at tention was a battered ship's boat. At this point the coast is very shallow, and after the sea had retired the surf runs in for a long way, so that the boat, although aground, was lying at some distance from the shore. After entering the surf for about 200 yards, Mr Turnbull reached the boat, and saw on her stern the name ' Henry K. Grlenny.' The other parts of the stern, on which, in all probability, would be the name Dalhousie, was broken off. About 50 yards to the south of the spot where the boat lay Mr Turnbull saw the body of a man. It was lying face downwards, so that ho could not describe it, but it appeared to be that of a sailor. There was no lifebelt on it. Proceeding still further to the acuth he observed strewn along the shore a number of casks, chests, deck furnishings, pails, the companion of the cabin, the compass cheat, and other articles of that sort. About 300 yards further on Mr Turnbull saw a second dead body, on which were two life belts, with Dalhousie, Dundee,' marked on them. This body was also lying on its face, but from the glance which Mr Turnbull had of it, the descrip gBlbil k•lif that the C`; e i n n ri;if a l r eYC r li o i f t t4 .l a e s l ate s t:: wards proved to be. Proceeding still along the coast Mr Turnbull saw some casks and parcels of goods, but the ad dresses on the whole of them had been washed off. From the fearfully complete nature of the disaster, no account can be given of the manner in which the wreck oc curred, but it seems to be the general opinion of nautical men who are well acquainted with the spot and with the difficulties of the navigation at the mouth of the Tay that when rounding the Abertay Sands, in order to take the en trance to the river, a heavy sea struck and submerged the vessel, putting out the fires, and rendering the vessel un manageable and helpless among the breakers, so that she drifted on the sands and speedily became a wreck. The passengers in such a stormy night would most naturally be below, and would thus be without the slightest chance of escape. It would appear, from the fact of the bodies of the Captain and Bissett having floated ashore together, that at the time of the wreck they had been standing on the bridge from which the vessel was steered, Bissett in all probability being helmsman, and Captain Glenny, as was always his custom, keeping a sharp and eager look out. The wreck lies between two and three miles off shore opposite Tents =lir and Kinshaldy farmhouse; and on Friday the meats and a portion of the rigging could be distinctly seen, but the hull was completely submerged, even at low water. She is on the north end of the Broch bank—a long strip of sand about two miles off the shore, which stretches from the deep water known as " the Pool," down to the mouth of the Eden. That she must have been some short time in distress is evident by the firing of the rockets; and if Captain Rat ray's statement of the time he observed that Meg be cor rect, there must have been some time of suspense—because Captain Glenny's watch stopped at half-past 12. The names of the passengers, as nearly as could be ascer tained by telegram from Newcastle, are:—After cabin, Mr and Mrs Cleveland and two children, and Mr Robertson fore-cabin—Mrs Reid, Mrs Davidson, Messrs Dewry, Bal four, Fornmey (or Tornmay), M'Laren and M'Leod. Through the loss of the captain and crow nine wives have been made widows and about 40 children orphans by the sad calamity. The following shows the names and circum stances of the crew t—Captain Glonny, left widow and child —Allan Ramsay, mate, left widow—David Roeine, seaman, widow and six children—David Gilchrist, steward, David Forbes, engineer, and George Jenkins, seaman, each left widow and five children—Thomas Bissett, engineer, left widow and three children—Frederick Low and Robt. Scott, seaman, and David Taylor, fireman, each left widow and two children—Alexander Mlles, fireman, was unmarried, but the only support of an aged mother ; and the twelfth in the list of the crew was John Macdonald, a boy. IMPORTANT LIFEBOAT SERVICES. WINfERTON, near GREAT YARINIOUTII, Nov. 27. The Rev, J. Nelson reports :—'"The brig John, of Hartlepool, drove on shore during the night of the 24th inst., in a violent gale from the E.S.E. She was discovered at daylight, with the sea running over, and the crew in the rigging. The coastguard immediately proceeded to htr with the rocket apparatus. The National Institution's lifeboat was also manned by the beachmen and launched, and was fortunately the means of rescuing the crew of six men from their perilous position. The lifeboat behaved well, and the crew express great confidence in her." DUNDEE, Nov. 25. A vessel was reported to be on shore this morning (says J. Hunter, jun., E Eq,) while the sea was running very heavily. As soon as the crew of the Broughty Ferry (the Mary Hartley) lifeboat of the National Institution were in formed of this, they immediately launched the lifeboat, and proceeded in tow of a steamer to the assistance of the crew of the stranded vessel, but, unfortunately, they could lied no traces of the ship. However, while they were on the look-out, they discovered, the schooner David and John, of Montrose, in distress. The schooner entered the Tay last night, and when her crew of four men were rescued by the lifeboat, Elio was riding at anchor at No, 2 Buoy, and was rolling very much in the heavy surf, and it was feared she would go down. Indeed, a few hours after the crew were taken off, the wreck lost her mut and disappeared. PADSTOW, CORNWALL, NOV. 26. This morning, reports the Rev. Richard Tyacka, in a N.W. gale, a vessel was sighted off Trevose Head, making for Padstow Harbour, Tho Padstow lifeboat of the National Institution was launched with all possible speed to her assistance. She was found to be the Elizabeth of Llano]ly. Although not required to save the crew, she re mained in attendance on the vessel, along with a six oared galley, tacking the warps from the cap stan, of the Padstow Harbour Association, and rendering assistance in pumping out the vessel, and did not leave her until she was in a safe position. The ap pliances of the Harbour Association were, in a great mea sure, the means of saving the vessel. In the meantime, another vessel, the Marie Estella, of Nanter, was seen run ning fur the harbour, and the lifeboat crew remained in their position in readiness to render her assistance, but happily, under the guidance from the shore of experienced persons belonging to the port, she entered the harbour in safety. _ _ -Diz rYIiE3I9I.IIIA LIZEDQA.T h -A law lifeboat has iLLI mediately been sent io Tynemouth to rep!aeo the disabled boat. The new lifeboat will probably be at Tynemouth this day (Monday). The National Institution has also sent £26 to the lifeboat crew for their gallant but unsuccessful exertions on the night of the 25th inst. We may add that the case of the two noble fellows who unfortunately perished by jumping out of the lifeboat on that awful occasion, will be considered at the next general meeting of the National Lifeboat Institution. The two poor men have unhappily loft two widows and nine children to lament their loss. The Swiss Poisoning Case. -- 4--- BERNE. Nov. 23. The following are the principal passages of the farewell letters addressed by Dr Hermann Ihmtne and his bride, Madlle, Trumpy, to their relatives : " Fribourg, Nuv. 13. " Dear relatives and brothers—l kno w well that the news of my death, announced in this letter, will cause you deep grief ; but I also know the t the unalterable love which you bear me will answer the prayer I address to you for forgiveness. The act, of hich this sheet announces the accomplishment, has not been executed hastily, but with calm reflection, and after an attentive examination of all the circumstances. My existence is shattered by the terrible events of this year. I did not wish to abandon life without a struggle I wished that my conscious innocence should tri umph, despite all the terrible complications wl'.ich have supervened. And for that I have persevered so long as my honour and that of my family were threatened ; but never can I recover from those wounds which my honour as a medical man so un justly suffered at the hands of the tribunal My enemies are not satisfied;with all the misery they have heaped upon me this year; they have perse cuted me to the last moment, and have even sought to tear from my side her, who with me has faithfully supported all these troubles, and whom I have vainly supplicated to abstain from taking this final step with me. That I should never have been happy after what I have suffered ; that the honour of our name is safe; that much as I have enjoyed liberty, I have not wasted my life, but have em• ployed it in working with a good conscience. These considerations ought to be a consolation for us, my dear relatives. My separation from you has been terribly grievous to me, but it is inevitable. Re ceive my thanks for the love, fc•'" the sacrifices you have made for me. Forgive me the annoyance I have caused you. Do not lament us, we who have loved faithfully unto death. "Daar Relations—l bequeath unto you all I pos sess, and beg you only to give to each of my faith ful friends a remembrance. Give to each of my brothers that which will be useful to him. I re quest you to give my collection of pathological anatomy to the town of Wurtzbnrg, the town in which my dear father passed the most important years of his life, and which has always been so dear to me. Let a few earnest and loving words accompany this gift. Send my manuscript to B—, with the request that he will find some one who will be able to continue it and dispose of it. In case my father shall have a worthy suc cessor in his practice, let my galvano-caustic appa* ratus be given to him ; otherwise, it is to remain with my family. To you, with a farewell from my heart, I bequeath the clock•on the mantelpiece, which has counted the saddest hours of my life. You understand that at this grave moment I cannot think of all. I trust to the wisdom of my relatives to supply what I shall have forgotten. If, dear re latives and brothers, you keep me in remembrance —if you do not regard my deed as a cowardice, but as the energetic action of a wounded, of an incur able man—l shall be content. I have borne patiently that which it is possible to bear, even of the most terrible kind. I have not trembled. Death, after the triumph of innocence, can give no place to an., sad interpretation. I would gladly carry away with me the assurance of your forgiveness. But that cannot be. Adieu, my dear relatives! Adieu, my beloved brothers Adieu, uty faithful friends ! Can you find strength to support this news, and not allow yourselves to be crushed by it ? Preserve 3 ourselves, my dear relatives, for my brothers who need you. Recall with love your Hermann. " Nov. 14, 1864, midnight.- I have arrived at Dulle, EMU 1. Luw tatILI tut auy ictCva u. ft.n rru.l tat 15.,wt ings. We believed we should gain the day to Le once more happy before our separation. The place where we shall take the final port will only be known to you by the stamp of the letter. I keep this letter ready. Adieu, most intimate friend of my heart; forgive, forgive, an unfortunate ! "Lausanne.—We have arrived at Lausanne, and are going to Geneva, our last station. The exeeu•- tion of the final deed will be as follows :—We shall take a walk and enter a coat on the lake, from which we shall jump into the water. Perhaps we shall execute our project at a deep point we know of in the river in such a manner that our bodies will not be found. But that will be as may seem most convenient to us. Adieu those I love ! These words will be the last. Keep me in loving remembrance. Forgive me." The following letter was found on the 21st No vember in the desk of Mdlle. Flora : " To my dear father and mother-in-law.—l thank you—l thank you with all my soul—for the good will you have for me, for all the love you have shown to me—to me, poor abandoned child ! I shall never, probably, be able to repay, for I have resolved to quit this world with Hermann. The goodness I have found in him is quite worth a life, and will not allow me to repent. Forgive the misfortune which my poor relations have brought upon you. Forgive them for love of me, who would willingly compen sate every bitter hour by a double love and a double veneration. I can no more. Adieu, my dear and good relations. God, the omnipotent and all merci ful, in which we all believe, will not forget you, and will reward for all, Your grateful daughter, " FLORA," HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST, BROMPTON.--The quarterly court of governors of this valuable charity was held on Thursday in the board-room of the hospital—the Rev. Sir Henry Fou Bart„ vice-president, in the chair. Amongst the governors present were Lieutenant-General the Hon. Thomas Ash burnhem, C. 8,, the Hon. J. W. Percy, Captain the Hon. Francis Maude, R.N., Mr J. H. Wilson, Mr John Ball, Mr Beaumont Hankey, Mr W. Thomas, Mr T. M. Bridge, Dr Dickson, Dr Quoin, and Dr Edward Smith. The usual preliminary business having been gone through, the report of the committee of management was read by the secretary. It stated that since the last meeting of governors advan tage had been taken of the fine weather, and of the less urgent demands upon the accommodation of the hospital in the latter months of summer, to effact the necessary re pairs, colouring, and whitewashing to the west wing. The whole of the external wood and iron work of the building had also been painted. The extra beds, increasing the accommodation to 210 beds, has again been filled up for the winter months ; and, on account of the number and urgency of the applications, it had been determined, as was the case last year, to take the step at a comparatively early period of the season. The out-patients' department had also continued its work of uqefulness in an undimi nished degree. The committee had still the satisfactory assurance that many persons whilst waiting admission derived so much benefit from the out-door treatment that they were enabled to resume the duties of life, and avoid the interruption that a residence in the hospital would involve. The increased price of provisions and some important articles of consumption, cod liver oil in particular, necessarily added to the cost of maintaining this large establishment. The committee gratefully noticed the number of new annual subscriptions which were from time to time added to the list. But as this valuable source of income represented scarcely half the yearly expenses, the need of further contributions, whether as subscriptions, donations, or legacies, must still be constantly urged upon the benevolent. The importance of purchasing the freehold of the land on which the hospital stands had' long been felt, and at times referred to, The committee hoped by the mat court to be in a position to report the attainment of this desirable object. With the view of filling up the vacan cies amongst the trustees of the "Rose Fund," the com mittee recommended the appointment of the following gen tlemen, in conjunction with Mr Otho Hamilton, the pre sent surviving trustee—viz , the Rev. Sir H. Poulio t Bart. (chairman of the committee of management), Mr H. S Thornton (treasurer of the hospital), and Mr U. R. Ryder (chapel warden). Information of the following legacies had been received by the committee since the last court—viz., Mr W. A. Goldsmith, £lO lOs ; Mr T. Halsted, £2OO (duty free) ; Mrs C. Watts, £5O, Consols. The number of in patients admitted since Aug. 11 was 300—discharged (many greatly benefited), 232—died, 66—new out-patients, 2,020. The report having been unanimously adopted, and a reso lution appointing the new Rose Fund trustees having been carried, the proceedings concluded with a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman, - " ti int t 4A,JANTar HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 26, The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highn eeB Princess Beatrice, walked and drove on the grounds this morning. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena rode in the riding school. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise (et. tended by the Hon. Florence Seymour) and Prince Leopold (attended by Mr. Buff) went out drivirg• Nov, 2 i., Her Royal Highness Princess Helena , a ttendo by Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, and Lord Charles Fitzroy, went to Lon' don last evening, and honoured the performance At the Olympic Theatre with their presence, arid re', turned to Windsor Castle at a quarter before twelve. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood arrived at 00 Castle yesterday. The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Frill Helena, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, 8132 the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, at tend r Divine service this morning in the private ch a p s! The Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster p reocbe" the sermon. Their Royal Highness'es the Duke and Dticb 4 es : d'Aumalo and the Prince do Cond 6 left town on S atirP' evening for their residence near Evesham. His Excellency Baron Brunnow and Baroness Brunnow entertained at dinner last night his Excell enef the Italian Minister, his Excellency the Portuguese Mil:li°' ter, his Excellency the Spanish Minister and Mdme.Coniilici his Excellency the Mexican Minister, the Marquis 011, Marchioness of San Germano, the Marquis and 11Iarehiene°, d'Andigne, Count Maffei, Baron Beck Friis, Baro n FraiiM' M, and Madame Merry del Val, and M. de Sabouroff. The Duchess of Somerset and Lady Gw endoli l St Maur have been among the guests of the Marquis 01 Marchioness of Bath, at Longleat, Wilts. The Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings, the Marquis of Sligo, the Earl and Countess of Winchilst and Lord de Lisle and Dudley have arrived at St Georoe' Hotel. The Earl and Countess of Craven and the Led i 4 e t, Craven have left their residence in Charles - s treet, James's, for Coombe Abbey, near Coventry. of r The Etirl of Coventry left town on Saturday his seat in Worcestershire. The Earl and Countess of Hardwick and Ll id io l t Agneta York left Hatfield House, Herts, on SaturdaY) Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire. f` The Countess of Bective is, we understand , fering from dangerous illness, which occasions consideranvo anxiety to her family. Yesterday evening the medical reCis.o was more favourable, but little hopes, we fear, are cote tained of her ladyship's recovery. Viscountess Palmerston had a small and e6r „ l/ party on Saturday night, at Cambridge House, Piecsdi"fr; All the principal foreign Ambassadors and Ministers sfeLt present, together with about 50 persons of distinction present in town. 0 Viscount and Viscountess Royston arrived in t° on Saturday, from visiting the Marquis and Marchiolle°° Salisbury at Hatfield House. •doll Lord and Lady Etcho arrived in town on I I- Ic from Amisfield House, East Lothian, and early in the letco leave town for Quiddenham Hell, Norfolk, on a visit to Earl and Countess of Albemarle. Professor Anderson's Entertainment St. James's Hall. ml O Professor Anderson still remains the King of Coterebeee notwithstanding the many desperate efforts that hav°, made tee dethrone him. Assaults upon his enchanted .01 main have come from France, Germany, America, Tor various other places, each for a time presenting a c cl e 1)1 midable appearance, yet the small but compact he n i :ies which Professor Anderson is surrounded, togeth er with to own undaunted courage and spirit, has enabled bi ni tu el achieve a glorious and complete victory whene/ e f w et wherever ho has been called upon to defend his Wel l t ,tll realms of magic, The secret of his success, however, i 0 " ti e safe within his own keeping, and there, we shrewdlY of pect, it will remain for years to come. The grea t cher° , Professor Anderson's Entertainment is that it le ee blows but o• r a b p y p t z s l ; la his stantly changing, therefore ever new. At one tite 6 d find n d er o hnii , not by the dealing usedeath his ag . i wto a n b l mon sense, we see him completely untying the see"',,:io mysterious knot that bound the Davenport Brothers... Pod his wonderful tricks are performed with such preeisiollloolo dexterity that nothing is left for the audience but t° to the on and be amazed. While all this entertainment fa lls. ,ese l lot of the paying public, there is beyond that another -001,1 who, but for the genial kindness of the Professor, 11-00 never witness the wonders of his world of magic- - T iP et ice children educated gratuitously in the schools of the 13301 e polls and its suburbs. To render everything ag reee n tee the Wizard has invited, or intends to invite, to his AeetiS tainment every one of the children so circuenstance'caoit accordingly for the last five or six weeks one of t il° a lor a pleasant sights in St. James's Hall at the Saturday noon performances has been the happy and del i g t e l countenances of over GOO children from one o r otneileit the schools we have just mentioned, with di bands of music, arranged in the galleries of the oP A lr o e' building. On Saturday last, in addition to the tlettlPttlll tertainment, the Wizard distributed over 1,0 00 gift° ° ;:tor most elegant description to his juvenile visitors, and 13°°;ttil was the delight of the ohildren, rich as well as peat it'd,' splendid presents they received, that the Professor int B-1•0 every Saturday afternoon, for some time to cane , t a ° peat the interesting distribution. Unlike most perforlit_:, of this description, there was not a certain class of 1)706° for a certain class of persons—all shared alike—the cill ot tel . of the National Schools, at Hackney, receiving just theer of pretty toys as were bestowed upon the children of t i P e IV the realm, who occupied seats in the reserved s mile' aD o cannot describe the delight with which each reel", or her prize, but certainly three of the most pleas ° : ; oo l. , the whole performance were Professor Anderson •L" 0 0 and his pretty daughters Lizza and Flora, who only (see too happy to attend on their little friends. Amongst the visitors we noticed the Duke of Satie'r'ii and family, and many other members of the a rietoor" adult as well as juvenile. A fe ll A ROW IN A LIVERPOOL THEATRE.--- 11 A' incident occurred on the occasion of Nit' r Sothern's benefit at the Prince of Wales Theat re, LiVe s 4 on Friday night last. The theatre is so small as t O I the sobriquet of "The Bandbox;" and , a s the WEIIOe has hitherto enjoyed the highest popularity, the it ° ,it, generally full. Mr Sothern, who is a great fave tt i his native town, had been playing a most succeeel i oe d gagement of five weeks, end was expected t o rec'' A complete ovation. The application for seats were b t3 1,1 , all precedent, and the " management" deter Stay e d to convert nearly the whole of the pi t int° ee ef e The consequence was that when the doors w ere 7 tel tv several hundred people, who had been waiting 1 )4 10 10 in a storm of wind and rain outs ide, were nlO obtain entrance, Only four rows of seats had be tad to for the pittites, with an invitation to t he disalfic"t, go up into the gallery; and the latter aerangataelifero course, prevented the admission of scores of the l e g a l "gods." Crowds of people went away, and ta ° ', 0: 1 4 had got within sight of the stage resolved to li t t . „ l ,l revenge. An unspoken compact was made, '""pele,to speedily sealed by cries of "No performance 1" " and similar ejaculations. The pittites called on "; to ~ " clear the pit," chaffed the ladies and gentleeee'A dress stOlE , loudly demanded an explanation and a n % Ot f hissed Cie band, drowned the music in hooting/ t'-ottiP;o up a perfect hurricane of groans, cat-calls, cocic .c ; t tt o and whistling. In all this the g all e r y joined. 1 , 13 , 0 1 r , manager vainly treed to get a hearin g for at ' l3 ,t I d io t minutes, cries for Die. Henderso n (the lessee) fl oe :li t Sothern assailing him from all sides. When the a ct 4 co , rose, the actors were hisses' , and half the fltet played in dumb show. Mr. Setheron, on his 0 1) 1 0 0 j was saluted with yells and cries of " Filth) ? jetlV ic s " Shabby I" and so on. The curtain fell in tl e . 133 0 cee:oi# the act, and Mr Sothern and Mr Henderson in 01 0 I t te addressed the audience, but neither coteld w ollifY 0 , 0 of ito l ferous occupants of the gallery and the' k re de , o si pit. Extempore orators in ad parts of the lione ° SC/ or ef the restoration of the " rights" of thee audiatecisetalito personal encounters occurred in the) stalls and ea etf to and both the manager and his "star" were' b i l ot eie j t oi the stage. It was not till Mr Henderson h e ' d friti e° o4 g ive the proceeds of the pit tickets to the lotalri° Ole the performance was allowed to p ro ceed, the ° lasted three-quarters of an hour after the curtain, LIGHTING Moscow WITH GAS.--W ° Hague Dayblad:-111. N. 1). Uoldsmid, of til l° , e s. acquired a concession for lighting MOSCOW wi tll _:pri l' , o O$ granted for 30 yeare, and gives him an exclusivvotiee:oo of laying gas pipes and other fittings in tii° e esi . OCY public .; 101 f ee Moscow for that time. The number of is to be 19,000, and private buildings will retl ll 3 -1 ,0 1 00 e t 0 0 lights. Moscow has more than 400 hotels and all eitit:tloo houses, inns, and ginshops; these arc open ' w ee It i3 o o the inhabitants seldom go to bed before two e r eete ail l tie / j morning, and curing the winter scarcely ever 'l, fon r t eei :erect. The number of shops and magazine. a l e ~,ioe ) , greater than in St. Petersburg. According Lu te tir o ar, i , the contract the gas will cost for the leri s r i g e i i ' roubles, or Of. 50e. per 1,000 cubic feet (FA i g lot • 1 c ) . ° 0 •0 ° The oencession will require colossal glow? , t can be no doubt it preranies in a financial P Ol results,' THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 28. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Atrato, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 34 passengers, 2,244,000 dole. in spccie, and 1,711 packages of cargo. BOMBAY AND MAURITITJS MAILS. SUEZ, Nov, 26, The Behar, from Bombay, anchored at 4 p.m to•day. The Norma, from Mauritius, arrived at 1 a.m. on the 24th inst. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 27. The Royal Mail steamship Canada arrived here at 8 p.m., and embarked the mails, passengers, and telegrams, and proceeded immediately for Halifax and Boston. All well. She experienced very severe easterly weather from Liverpool. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 26.—The market has been heavy, and Rente shows a further decline, Threes for the 80c. Mobilier is now at ,n R tilway shares. The Account being now at 64f 883 fr 75c. Little doing market closed as follows 4t per Cents 92 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end month 64 85 Credit Mobilior 88:5 -- Do. end month BB3 75 Bank Shares 3.500 Credit Fonder 1195 Roman - Italian Loan 64 90 Do. end month 6l 90 Ditto Threes .. Nev Mexican .... 50 25 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — lime Debt Deferred RAIL WAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1 842 50 .. 842 50 Northern .... 982 50 .. 978 75 Lyons and Mediterranean 875 .. 875 Southern 575 .. 575 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 415 .. 418 75 Ditto to Barcelona GREECE. *ATHENS, Nov. 20. King George has returned the draft of the new coubututtuu uu iiie alliUua a v j following Message : " Monsieur le President,—ln returning to you the text of the constitution of the State, voted by the National Assembly and presented to me by a deputation appointed by that body, 1 express my sincere gratitude for the earnestness which the Assembly has shown in rapidly completing its labours. "In accepting this constitution I shall sign it, and shall take the oath the formula of which is con• tained therein. "But since my Ministers have represented to me that propositions have been made in the Assembly having for their object to provide in a constitutional manner for the necessities of the State, from the commencement of the year 1865 until the convoca tion of the Chamber, and to prop ose a way for the exercise of the electoral right in the nomination of deputies, I have fixed Monday, the 16th of Novem ber, for the signature of the constitution and for taking the oath in person. "I must previously direct the attention of the Assembly to two stipulations of the constitution. " Some representations have recently been ad dressed to my Government drawing attention to Article 2 of the constitution, whereby it is made imperative that ministers of the Catholic Church in Greece must be Greek subjects. " I beg the Assembly to re -consider this stipule , . tion, not for the purpose of negativing the rights belonging to the country, bat to facilitate the action of which will always tend to sustain thoseexecutive far as they may not be t he rights h p t o s w i n e r so limited by international obligations. "Regarding as favourable to the constitution the free revision without the obstacle of long delays of such stipulations of the constitution as the national judgment and experience shall have proved to be inadvisable, I leave to the patriotism of the National Assembly the care of the voting such a method of revision more practical and more conformable to the interests of the nation AS that body in its wisdom may discover. ‘' Desirous henceforth of devoting all my powers to the service of our dear country, and expressing my desires that the new constitution, by the sin cere and wise use of those powers which it institutes, may contribute to the happiness of Greece, I send my best wishes to the National Assembly. “ Athens, Oct. 31, 1864." AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT LIVER POOL THIS WEEK. —The following steamers, with the mails from Canada and the United States, are due al Liver pool this week—viz., the City of Baltimore from New York on the 19th Nov„ and the Pennsylvanian with similar dates, and the North American from Portland, Maine, with corresponding dates, are expected, the two former off Crookhaven or Queenstown on Wednesday morning next, and the latter off Greencastle on the same day. On Satur day next the Cunard steamer Africa,with dates from Boston and Halifax to the 23c1 and 25th respectively will no doubt arrive off Cape Clear or Queenstown. THE REPORTED KIDNAPPING FOR THE AMERI CAN ARMY.—The threatening character of the weather on Saturday prevented the Great Western sailing as intended, for New York, Tho London and Liverpool Steam-ship Company kindly provided free passages to Lon don for six of tho men who still remained in Liverpool after refusing to proceed to America. One of the London men remains in the workhouse hospital, as a fever patient, and is too ill to be removed. PETROLEUM IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NIAGARA COUNTY.)—The Lockport Bee says that petroleum has been discovered in that county, about three miles north-west of Lockport, on the farm of Erastus Snyder. Some time since Mr Snyder commenced drilling for oil in a spring which emitted gas so abundantly as to cause him to believe that oil might be found there. He has already reached a depth of 330 feet, and has found the pure petroleum in such quantities as to place the practical and profitable working of the well beyond a doubt. Several scientific gentlemen have already visited the well and made investigations, and the common conclusion come to by all is that it the well be sunk to a depth of from 300 to 400 feet further, oil will be found in great abundance. Several par ties have been on from the oil regions of Pennsylvania, and, after careful investigations, have come to like conclusions, and have made Mr. Snyder liberal offers either to purchase an interest in the well or to lease territory and sink other wells. The well thus far has been drilled by means of a one-horse power ; but Mr 5, is now perfecting arrangements to drill with the Ateekal•6llgino,—.ArfwPrii Death of Mr David Roberts, On the afternoon cf Friday last an elderly gentleman walking in Berners-street fell down in a fit of apoplexy. To the pecple who went to his rescue he was able to utter only two words—Fif zroy-square ; he never spoke afterwards, and he died at 7 o'clock on the evening of the same day. It was a Royal Academician-,David Roberts; a kindly, canny Scot, well-to-do, amazingly clever in his own sphere of art, and liked by all who knew him. Born four years before the close of the last century, he began his active life as a house-painter in Edinburgh; he rose in 1822 to be a scene painter in Drury-lane Theatre, along with another Acade mician, Mr Clarkson Stanfield ; after that he began to ex hibit in the Royal Academy ; he travelled in Spain and in the East, and published more than one fine series of sketches thus obtained, which gave him a great public reputation, and which entirely justified his election into the Academy in 1841. He was certainly the best architectural painter that our country has yet produced, In this department of art, indeed, he stands almost alone among us, the artist who comes next to him being Samuel Prout, the water colour painter, who died in 1852. Probably the chief rea son why he stands so nearly alone is, that the artist who has an eye for the picturesque in architecture naturally becomes an architect, and will not bo content to make pictures of architecture, Mr Roberts had a wonderfully quick eye for all stiiking effects of architecture, and trans ferred them to his canvass with great ease. Nothing can be more elLctive than his views of cathedral interiors lit up with the magnificent pageants of Roman Catholic religion. He gave a grand, broad effect, a truth ful general result, and did not much trouble himself with minuteness of workmanship. In this respect one is apt now and then while looking at his pictures to remember the scene-painter ; but, in point of fact, minuteness of work would be misplaced in an architectural painting, and there if anywhere the artist may be allowed to generalise. In this broad style of treatment Mr David Roberts was parti cularly happy, and he could be very prolific. He painted quickly and he painted much. His pictures were snapped up at heavy prices. If he fell short of genius he was, nevertheless, a man of rare ability, of sturdy industry, and of admirable tact. Like many Scotehmen, ho spoke slow With a broad accent, and gave one in conversation the idea of a slow-working intellect. In his art, however, there was nothing slow or drawling, Whatever he did he did quickly, sharply, and with marked vigour. Apart from the interest which attaches to him as an artist, and which is to be mew. sured by the amount of his actual achievement, there is another interest which belongs to his career, and which is to be measured by the amount of difficulties he had to over come. He who began as a humble house-painter, and ended as a Royal Academician, has not a little to boast of. He too belongs to that proud phalanx of men whose bio graphies touch most keenly all young ambition,—the self made men who from small beginnings have fought their way upwards to fame, to wealth, and to station. DEATH OF JULES GERAED.—At the last sitting of the Paris Geographical Society, M, Molte-Brun read a letter he had received from M. Braouezec, French consul at Sierra Leone, and which confirms the account of the death of Jules Gerard, the lion-killer, who was drowned in attempting to cross the river Joub. REPRESENTATION OF CHATHAM.—Sir F. Smith, M.P., has announced his intention of soeking re - election. He will be opposed on the Liberal interest by Mr Arthur Otway, a brother-in-law of Lord Clarence Paget, M.P., Secretary to the Admiralty. Mr. Otway sat some time for the borough of Stafford. REPRESENTATION OF WEST SUFFOLK.—There does not appear to be the slightest prospect of any opposi tion to the return of Lord Augustus Hervey for West Suffolk. His lordship does not quite give satisfaction to some of the more ardent advocates for a repeal of the malt tax, but no opposition will be offered by them to his return. The writ is expected to be received on Tuesday, so that the nomination will take place next week. REPRESENTATION:OF HARIVICII.—Mr, Kelk, one of the contractors for the 1852 Exhibition building, who re cently withdrew his announced intention to contest Ipswich in the Conservative interest, is now mentioned as a candi date for Harwich, Colonel Rowley, one of the members for Harwich, will retire at the dissolution. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE PRESENT WEEK , —Monday —Roy a l Academy, 8, ," Ana tomy," Professor Partedge—Actuaries, 7, " Solutions of Problems in Survivorships," "W. M. Makeham—Geogra phical, " Journey Across Rocky Mountains into Co lumbia by Yellow Head Pass," Viscount Milton and Dr Cheadle—" Last Journey to Northern Australia," Mr Stuart. Tuesday—Civil Engineers, 8, " Great Grimsby Docks," Mr Clark. Wednesday —Royal, 4, Anniversary —Society of Arts, 8, " Mechanical Railway Working and Wear and Tear," Mr Bridges Adams. Thursday—Lin nean, 8, " Free Nematoids," Dr Bastian—" Experiments with Entozoa," Dr Cobbold—" Tubicolous Annelids, Bri tish Museum," Dr Baird—Chemical, B —Antiquaries, 7. Friday—Archreological Institute, 4 —Philological, B. Athour