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The Weather.—Sun Office, Feb. 12, 1863. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAY.—Morning, 7h. Min.—Afternoon, 7h. 5901 To-moßnow.-Morning, Bh. 35m.—Afternoon, 9h. 20m, IVAT S. LINDSAY, M.P.—The Rising Genera- Y • tion—Our Prize Essays—Mrs. Grundy's Gossiping, Le., in FUN this week. One Penny. Of all Newsmen. I- 0 YAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT , it) GARDEN. ---- A .„„ 1 nder the Management of Miss Loul --- A mu Mr. W. Harrison. Sole LegOT,llo, dim" . _. . ...._ ----- THIS EVENING (first time), Balfe'9 - ala, DPGra of IHE AIIMOUREIL OF NANTES : Miss L Fyne, Mrs. A. Cooke, and Miss Anna Hiles ; Messrs. W7lLWeiss, Santley, li. Corti, C.l.yall, Apasley Cooke, and W. Harrison. Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. After which, the Grand Comic Caristmas Pantomime, en iitied HARLEQUIN BEAUTY AN D'THE BEAST. Doors open at half-past 'l—Commence at 7. - k7 HEAT R E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.- .1 Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, DON CIESAR DE BAZIN. Mes.rs. henry Lorraine, Sinclair, Chas. Selby; Mrs. Bowers, Mrs. filmund Falconer, Miss 11. Howard, A:c. At ter which, the Grand Pantomime of LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROY AI., HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, will he performed IT it AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck- R tone Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. After which, a new and original Extravaganza, entitled PASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA; or, The Happy Rasselas, Miss Louise Keeley. Concluding with OUR MARY ANNE. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING. Feb. 12, to commence with an Origina l sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, 3arden, 11. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Prahx.Tue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. 'The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, suoported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougham, H. Widdi combe, W. M'lntyre, F. Charles, Garden, K R ay Raymond, H. Butler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Le clerc % rry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Mr. Phelps and Mr. W. Montgomery are engaged, and will shortly appear. roors open at half-past Six, performanea to Commence at lieven. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., and £2 2s. Places regiotered. Stalls, 6s. 6d. ; Dress Circle, is. 6d; Upper Circle, 4s. ed. Prices at doors—Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Circle, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls. No half-price. Box office open daily from 11 till 5. The public are entreated to take notice that no charge is made to the occupants of boxes, box places, or stalls, either for playbills or for the safe keep ing of hats and cloaks ; and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive anygratuities whatever Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vining. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Bartlett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Lessee and Manager. Mr. Lindu3. THIS EVENING, LAW v. LOVE : Miss M. Oliver. - - - Followed by ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES AN OTHER. Mr. R. Roxby and Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, the New Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, " RIQUET WITH THE TUFT ; or, - Harlequin and Mother Shipton." Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. Seyton, Misses Gray and :Hudspeth, Mr. Milano, Mr. R. Power, Miss A. Collinson, and Hallord. "MEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- -LI solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING (2d time) a new comedietta, entitled A GREY MARE. Mr. J. L. Toole and Miss Marie Wilton, After which, A VALENTINE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss Seaman. To be followed by "GEORGE DE BARNWELL : or, Harlequin Fo ll y in the Realms of Fancy." Miss Woolgar, ford, K. Kelly, Miss Seaman ; Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bed fo ephenson, C. J. Smith. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams ; Clown, Mr. W. Hildyard ,• ''.tntaloon, Mr. J. Paulo. The celebrated Arthur and Let•trand. • - Commence at 7. THEII.IIO3IETER. Highest since Noon yesterday. 45 Lowest during the night This day at Noon 43 _ _ ... Barometer-30.48. Wind—N.W. ; fine sunshiny weather. • f, , 4 4' 7r 4 1 O PPIII4 ( A 44/ r t . a, Oki ANN LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 12, 1863. In the House of Commons, Mr. ADDERLEY gave notice that on Tuesday next he should ask leave to bring in a bill for the better protection of her Majesty's subjects from violence. Mr. M‘MArtoN moved the second reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Ireland) Bill, to assimilate the law of Ireland to that of England. Mr. MAGUIRE seconded the motion. Mr. BUTT moved an amendment to the effect that any legislation on the subject ought to be preceded by a full inquiry. Colonel WHITE seconded the amendment. Mr. LONGFIELD strongly opposed the amend ment, and censured the Act of 1842, which he said debarred the public from their rights, and deprived thousands of honest fishermen of their livelihood. The people of Ireland wanted to have the rights of alt parties clearly defined, The bill before the house did not infringe the rights of property, and he hoped it would be assented to. _ _ Mr: HASSARD hoped the matter would be referred to a commission or a committee. Mr. SMITH thought that if the present mode of fishing were persisted in the result would be the extinction of salmon fishing. Mr, HODSON spoke to the same effect. Mr_ MONSELL considered it very desirable that an end should be put to the present disputes, and thought the Government should take up the matter. Colonel DUNNE urged the house to pass the mea sure if they wished to preserve any fishery at all in Ireland. -- ----- Sir B. PEEL, after commenting on the different points of the question, expressed his readiness to bring in a bill giving greater powers to the com missioners to open gaps and remove obstructions in the rivers, with powers to make the owners of weirs pay for them. He proposed to open all gaps for 36 hours instead of 24, to limit the projection of the nets to the low water of the neap tides instead of the spring tides, to limit the projection drug nets to one, to make the license tax proportionate to the profit of the weir, and increase the penalties for in fringing the law. At the same time he thought it only fair to allow the present bill a second reading. Mr. HERBERT heard the statement of the Irish Secretary with satisfaction. After some observations from Mr. Gore and Mr. George, Mr. M‘MAnoN declared he would accept no corn- promise. The amendment being withdrawn, the bill was then read a second time. The Drainage of Land Bill was then read a second time. The report on Supply was brought up and tgreed to. Mr. NEWDEGATE obtained leave to bring in a bill for the commutation of church rates. Lord RAYNHAM obtained leave to bring in a bill for the better prevention of aggravated assaults on women and children. new writ was ordered for the borough of LiBburn, in the room of M r . Richardson, resigned. The house adjourned at twenty minutes past four. President LINCOL N has addressed a letter to the 'Working men of Manchester, in reply to a commu nication received from that body in December. There is nothing particular in this publication, but all remarks from a man of so much censequence at present, se em worthy of attenti on . He commences by stating, that when he came to preside over the United States he found the country verging on a civil war. He considered then as now, that hehad but one paramount duty, to " Maintain and preserve at once the constitution and integrity of the Fede ral Republic." What a thousand pities it is that President LINCOLN did not adopt better means to accomplish this great end. He goes on to say that it is not always in the power of governments to enlarge or restrict the scope of moral results, 'which follow the policies that they may deem it necessary for the public safety from time to time to adopt." It appears, however, in this instance, that it was peculiarly in the power of President LINCOLN to control the moral influ ence of the American war. Further on he states that it has been often and studiously represented that the attempt to overthrow this Government, which was built upon the foundation of human rights, and to substitute for it one which should rest exclusively on the basis of human slavery, Was likely to obtain the favour of Europe." This is a wilful perversion of facts. The American Govern ment could not have been built on the foundation of human rights since it sanctioned slavery for so long a period, neither do the advocates of the South cause in this country uphold slavery in itself, but only maintain that they have a right to a sepa rate constitution. We can hardly believe that any one who was not influenced by party prejudice, or political infatuation, could enunciate such a theory as this. Surely, if ever a man had a glorious op portunity in the cause of human nature, it was when President LINCOLN began the war. If he had at once put down slavery in the United States how different would affairs have been, instead of waiting till the eleventh hour to issue an absurd edict that only affected those over whom he had no power. It is well known that this is not a war of slavery ; but it suits the purpose of some people to declare that it is so. President LINCOLN next states that " through the action of our dis loyal citizens the working men of Europe have been subjected to a severe trial, for the purpose of forcing their sanction to that attempt.' This is rather an ambiguous phrase, which seems put in more for the object of abusing the opposing side than for any other purpose. These next sen tences are fine-sounding, but have no stability in reason. " Under these circumstances I cannot but regard your decisive utterances upon the question as an instance of sublime Christian heroism which has not been surpassed in any age or country. It is indeed an energetic and re-inspiring assurance of the inherent power of truth, and the ultimate and univeral triumph of justice, humanity, and freedom." It was not sympathy for the North that has with held our Government from interfering, but the fear of untimely meddling from Foreign States producing more harm than good ; also the sublime heroism which President LINCOLN so truly praises is not the result of the good influence his policy and that of his friends has spread abroad, but proceeds from innate qualities and domestic associations with which no stranger can interfere. Tne conduct of the Lancashire people is beyond all praise, but it is be regretted that their sufferings are thrown away as far as the Americans are concerned,because there is every chance that the war will leave them no better than it found them as regards the moral question of slavery. Both sides have had a grand chance and a glorious opportunity, and both have missed it through obstinacy or indifference. The North might have abolished slavery at home and at the same time have allowed the South to secede, while the South has lost a still better means of establishing a separate and solid empire. Why not have gradually set the slaves free, thus com bining the advantages of caution with the benefit of principle ? Then the world would have applauded its consideration as much as they now admire its spirit. Unhappily, the prejudices of men have come in to spoil again, as they have so often done before, the many mighty and meritorious actions that were so easy to accomplish end so advanta geous when accomplished. President LINCOLN has not fulfilled the high expectations of his friends, neither has he been able to discomfit his enemies. His tenure of office has been overcast and dismal, nor can anyone hold out a more cheering prospect for the remaining term of his power. History will not give a bright place to the record of his reign. The fabric of the Constitution has been shaken to its foundation. The grand home of the Anglo• Saxon race in the New World has been shorn of its glory, and what was once thought the refuge of freedom has turned out to be the nursery of slaves. The independent spirit that fired the warrior of Bunker's Hill had departed when the fight of Bull's Run took place, and the philosopher of progress, in reviewing the transac tions might well exclaim " How are the mighty fallen." The great republic has neither wisdom in its councils nor valour in its soldiers; the majesty of its creation has melted into tradition ; the America of WASHINGTON has vanished for ever. Mr. DISRAELI observed the other night, in the House, that when this war was over we should find the America of our fathers had given place to a State totally different. This is very likely to prove the case. Such an eventful period as that which our transatlantic brethren are now passing through cannot leave them as it found them. Much must be changed, old associations will be violently rooted up, new ones, before inimical to their feelings, will assuredly have taken root. Civil war is the last desperate remedy of a nation; how sad that it should be tried in an existence so full of promise as that of the United States. Its gains are almost always more than com pensated for by its losses. The angry feelings engendered take more than a generation to efface them, and the bonds of union that united various branches of a state into one harmonious whole once ruptured are not easily knit together again. President LINCOLN has a beau dire, as the French say, with his facts and his flourishes, but this generation will not see the end of the harm he has done ; and history has a sad page to hand down to posterity in juxtaposition with the grand era of the American Independence ; this record of their passions and prejudices, spoiling their own design and overthrowing their own foundations. They have furnished a better satire on Republics than any despot could have launched into, and this will be a great grievance to them to think upon when they have time and leisure to do so. Mr. BRIGHT had hardly re covered from the frantic exertions he had made in endeavouring to bring us to copy the American institutions when the existence of those institutions were in peril. We were told of the advantages of the Republic, and the Republicans could not agree as to what were their rights or wrongs. It is a warning to the pride and self-sufficiency of men to mark how dangers arise when least expected. The citadel no enemy could capture falls from internal dissensions. The house divided against itself can not stand, neither can any nation long endure the terrible visitation of civil war without sapping its foundations, and shedding the life-blood of its existence. The subject of national education has of late years been often brought before the. public. The questions of how far the State should interfere in the matter, what restrictions should be put upon Government grants, what system of instruction should be adopted, have been discussed and debated again and again, There is, however, one depart ment that is entirely under State control, and in Which unfortunately few persons are sufficiently interested to make any troublesome interference. Yet there is little doubt that the management of this branch of national education is by no amteteanndsedeonwdiuth the m o t sh most satisfactory best principles, conducted on results. or We allude to the b • • up ringing of pauper children, which is open to very grave and serious evils. In the first place, the position o f a pauper child is na l' turally a melancholy one; often separated from its parents by death or desertion, it is dependant on the Workhouse officials for that love and kindness with out which infancy and childhood are dreary indeed. How little tenderness it receives in such a locality may be too readily imagined. The depressing IIHE SUN, LONDON, TJIURSI)AY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1863 moral influences have probably a disastrous effect on the tender young life, for we learn that the Guardians of the North Dublin Union declined to receive some young children who were in the hands of the police, on the ground that " it would be nearly certain death to them." In November, 1860, the Board of the same Union declared, in answer to an application for the admission of two deserted children, that in almost every case where children under four years of age were admitted to the work house it proved fatal to them. It was remarked by ADAM SMITH that in foundling hospitals, and among the children brought up by parish chari ties, the morality is still greater than among those of common people. Such are the drawbacks to the healthy physical existence of the young in work houses ; their moral dangers are infinitely greater. It is admitted that the ablebodied paupers of both sexes are principally composed of the idle, vicious, and dissolute. Ara such the fitting associates for innocent and susceptible childhood ? Mr. TUFNELL says on this subject,—" The atmos phere of a workhouse that contains adult paupers is tainted with vice; no one, who regards the future happiness of the children, would wish them to be educated within its precincts." Mr. SENIOR, one of the Irish Poor Law Commissioners, adds his testimony as to the certainty of contamination to the boys, it they are employed on workhouse lands, or in any other way among the adult inmates; and he asserts the difficulty to be still greater with re gard to the girls, whose chance of going to service depends on their knowledge of household matters, which they must acquire in company with females of bad character. Added to this evidence, we have the emphatic declaration of the report, signed by Sir J. G. SHAW LEFEVRE, Sir G. NICHOLLS, and Sir G. CORNEWALL LEWIS, that a workhouse can not, with the greatest attention to classification, be made a place in which young girls can he removed from the chances of corruption." Whether all is done that might be done in the way of classification may very fairly be doubted, but the fact remains that under the most favourable auspices the workhouse is a very undesirable home for the young of either sex, but most especially so for girls. We remember reading in the report of a workhouse chaplain some time since his descrip tion of the change that came over girls when re moved from among the children to the adult ward. In the short space of one week there was, he said, a perceptible difference in their manner, and no wonder, for at that most susceptible age, unfortified by previous moral training, unprotected by the shel tering influences of family affection, they are sud denly associated with some of the most hardened and vicious, if not the most criminal of their sex. Girls, who in another class of life would have been guarded by parents and teachers from the faintest whisper of evil, are suddenly condemned to hear all kinds of bad language as the common conver sation round them. Boys are trained in habits of precocious evil and thriftless idleness, while the instruction they receive from the paid officials is often of a very low order. What wonder that under such a system our prisons are never empty. What wonder that crime shows no perceptible decrease in spite of school, and refuge, and reformatory ? Are we not pulling down with one hand what we build up with the other ? Where is the use of private charity and individual exertion establishing reformatories for the youthful companions of thieves and vagrants, if the children brought up under the auspices of the State are forced to associate with those very characters ? A. very able paper, read at the Social Science Meeting, 1861, and re printed in the current number of the Journal of the Workhouse Visiting Society, discusses this question in its Irish aspect. The writer observes— " The emoluments of a workhouse teacher are not such as to draw the superior class of teachers away from the free life of the ordinary national school ; the well conducted and skilful tradesman will not submit to the restraints of workhouse dis cipline for the stipend there allowed for the instruc tion of pauper children in trades ; in fine, no provi sion is made at the model agricultural schools for the instruction as skilled labourers of the class from whom the farm workmen of the country dis tricts should be drawn." Again, the same author says—" The massing together of large nusibers is not conducive to morality; individual character cannot be watched over among so many, and the superintendence must be too limited to allow of care, being directed to developing good qualities and restraining evil propensities." Various schemes have been suggested for the amelioration of these evils, among them the establishment of orphanages, who place the children in humble fnmilies, thus securing the inestimable advantages of family training. Two of these in the sister kingdom, one a Catholic and the other a Protestant society, appear to have worked with great success. With regard to the disposal of the growing boys and girls, the case is still more difficult. One of the best means of pro viding for the girls seems to be the mode suggested by the indefatigable paupers friend, Miss TWINING, by the establishment of an Industrial Home in con nection with the Workhouse, where young girls are trained for the various departments of domestic service or nursing ; suitable places are found for them, and a supervision is kept up for some time. In too many cases the putting them out to work is only the change from one evil to another. The hardships of parish apprentices having been, unfor tunately, too often before the public. The guardians with a view to the practice of that economy which they rank first among the virtues, are generally too glad to get rid of the expense of their helpless charges to inquire very closely into the temper or habits of the taskmaster to whom they are assigned. Englishmen are not generally consideded a nig gardly race; the readiness and indiscriminateness of their almsgiving has sometimes incensed political economists, and their lavish expenditure in every public matter is proverbial. Their care for the orphan and the destitute is testified by maay an asylum and refuge. The value they set on a sound education is shown by many a public and charitable school. How is it, then, that at the door of the Workhouse all these qualities are suddenly reversed, that in place of the open hand we have the careful parsimony that shrinks from the needless outlay of a sixpence, that in every question of health, education, or morals, the expense is the first thought. Truly, the intelligent foreigner, if he read a few of the Admiralty esti mates, might question the necessity of sacrificing health and morals to save a few pounds a year. There is room for the reformer to work in this quarter, else, while Royal Commissioners and com mittees are pondering over the relative claims of rival systems and regulating the due Preponderance of opposing sects, it may chance to be said of Christian England that she is bringing up a large proportion of her children with virtually neither creed nor knowledge. THE CHINA.—The non-arrival up to yesterday afternoon of the mail steamer China has been spoken of in Liverpool as causing some ground for apprehending that an accident has occurred to her machinery. The Canadian Mail steamship Hibernian, just arrived, brings intelligence that the China had not sailed from New York up to noon of th e 29 th ult., the day after s h e s h ou ld have sailed, she having been detained by a very severe snow storm which prevailed at New York, She had 431,940 dole, in specie on freight, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REITTER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE WAR IN AMERICA. NEW YORK, JAN. 31. The Richmond Dispatch warns the Democrats and Conservatives of the North to dismiss from their minds the delusion that the South will ever consent upon any terms to re-enter the Union, and says that if the North allowed the South to write a constitution, and gave every guarantee, the South would prefer the Government of England or France to re-entering the Union. The New York Tribune says the people want to see the Government make war in earnest. If they cannot make war, or if they make war and fail, and shall therefore be satisfied that the struggle is hopeless, people will next wish to ascertain if the Government is equally incapable of making peace. The New Fork Herald and the 7tmes favour the continuance of the war until the Union is restored. ARRIVAL OF THE RANG AROO. QUEENSTOWN, FEE. 12. The Inman steamer Kangaroo, from New York on the 31st ult. has arrived here with the mails, 900,000 dole. in specie and 50 pas sengers. She has heard nothing of the China. FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 12. The Pays is delighted with the speech of M. Billault. It states that he surpassed himself on this recent occasion, and that the legislative body can now entertain no doubt as to what are the sen timents of France towards Turin and Rome. His magnificent speech has dissipated the clouds of doubt and obscurity which enveloped the minds of some, and from henceforth all anxieties must cease on this point. The language of France has always been the same to Rome and to Turin. She has always maintained that she will not sacrifice the independence of Italy to the Sovereign Pontiff, and at the same time asserted that neither will she sacrifice the indepen dence of the Sovereign Pontiff to Italy. In one word, the opinion of France is, that the Kingdom of Italy ought to organise itself without Rome for its capital, and that the patrimony of St. Peter should suffice to constitute a sovereignty that would assure the independence of the Holy See. The Siecle contains a communication recently received from the Minister of the Interior, which states that "certain journals, and especially the Siecle, have raised objections against the notifica tion published by the Ilioniteur, which nothing can justify. After a long dissertation on the subject, it concludes by remarking that the Administration, instead of bringing those questions before a tribunal, wished to give the journals a benevolent warning, which the spirit of party has made them mis represent. BOURSE, Feb. 11.—The market continues ani mated, but without any further advance in prices. Threes, for the Account, are now at 70f. 75e. Railway Share Market rather heavy; but prices not materially altered. Sales for realisation caused a retrograde movement previous to the close, and the the market closed as follows : 4t per Cents. 99 Do, end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 60 New 3 per Cents Do. end month — Credit Mobilier 1230 Do. end m0nth...,1235 - RA IL' Bank Shares 3400 Credit Foncier l5lO Piedmontese Fives Italian Loan 7l Russian Austrian Spanieli Threes — Elome Debt Orleans Northern New ditto .. . Lyons and Mediterranean 'AYS., Cash. Account. 1112 60 .. 1112 50 1036 25 .. 1035 1187 50 .. 1193 75 THE THRONE OF GREECE. There is no truth in the latest rumour with re spect to the Greek Crown. Prince Louis of Hesse is not a candidate, nor is there the remotest prospect of his becoming one. We believe we are quite justified in saying that, as yet, no progress has been made towards the solu tion of the difficulty which still puzzles the states men of Europe. The ascertained facts are that Prince Alfred and the Duke de Leuchtenberg are excluded, and that the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and the Prince of Leiningen have declined. There re main in the " Almanach de Gotha" a number of names from which it may or may not be possi ble to select a prince. There are the Princes of Baden—of these Prince William, the next brother to the reigning duke, is about to marry a sister of the Doke de Leuchtenberg, which in itself raises a strong disqualification. Then there is Prince Charles, of whom, however, little or nothing is known either as to his capacity or disposition. The Archduke Maximilian would no doubt make a most excellent king, but it is understood that he would, as an Aus trian and Catholic, be little likely to prove accepta ble to the Greeks. Prince Nicholas of Nassau is also a person of whose ability and general fitness report speaks highly, but it is supposed, not with out good grounds, that by some of the Powers he would not be well received as a candidate. There have been one or two other names mentioned, but they are those of princes on whom we could hardly look with any favour, and indeed of whom it might be safely premised that, in the event of their elec tion, we should not feel justified in ceding the lonian Islands to their rule. Thus, then, unfortu nately, the question is hung up. The Greeks will learn from unpleasant experience that it is far easier to unmake a King than to make one. They them selves, after their first and unanimous choice of Prince Alfred, cannot tell where to look. They know little or nothing of the Princes of Europe ; and, as in the case of the Duke of Coburg, are much dis posed to adopt any good candidate that may be suggested to them. But their friends now seem as much at a nonplus as the most unsophisticated shep herd of Arcadia. In this state of things, it can only be recommended to the Greeks to wait for the pre sent, and to evince by their peaceable conduct, under circumstances which all admit to be of a trying de scription, how much they are worthy of the interest and consideration with which they thus inspire the Great Powers.—Morning Post. ST. JAMES'S HALL. CONCERT OF NATIONAL MELODIES. The seventh entertainment of the series pro jected by this very agreeable enterprise was given at these rooms last evening, and again formed an attraction that crowded them in every part. This is partly to be explained, however, by the fact that Signor Giuglini was again the feature—being his last appearance in London previous to his departure for Vienna. The other singers were Miss Banks, Miss Saunders, and Mde. Lemaire. The choir were again very successful in their rendering of "Scots wha hae" and "Auld lang sync,' arranged by Mr. Martin, as well as in " The march of the men of Harlech"—the patriotic air of . Wales— which is worthy to rank with that of Scotland, and was so well given as to be encored. Their delivery of the prayer from " Mose in Egitto," and of the chorus in the " Trovatore," was also full of depth and feeling. Miss Banks was very charm ing in the " Last rose of summer," and the ballad from the "Lily of Killarney," "In my wild mountain valley." Miss Saunders was not less successful in "Auld Robin Gray," which she sung with exceeding sweetness. Madame Lemaire was very pleasing in the pathos of " Kathleen Mavourneen," and not less in the bril liancy of "Non pin Mesta," whilst the instrumenta tion of the evening lay in a morceau fantastique, upon the Carnival of Venice, arranged and played by Mr. Frederick Chatterton ; and "a grand coro nation duet for harp and piano," composed by Bochsa, arid performed by Mr. W. Layland and Herr Wilhelms Ganz. The feature of the night, however, as we have said, was Signor Guiglini, who was again in superb voice, and sung his " Mappari tutt amor" with all his unrivalled force and emotion, earning, of course, a loud encore, together with a new romanza of great beauty, " The Last Wish," its first time of performnnce—winding up with his delightful " A the la morte," from the " Trovatore," in which he was excellently supported by the chorus, and which also won the honour of a universal re-demand. The concert opened the National Anthem and concluded with " Rule Britannia." with 4 ' 'NA 9r (611 tzlitnTar HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb, 11. Her Majesty the Queen arrived at Windsor Castle to-day, at a quarter-past 6 o'clock, from Osborne, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Louis of Hesse, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold. In attendance were the Marchioness of Ely, the Baroness Von Schenck, the Baroness Von Grancy, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Lieut.-General Hon. C. Grey, Colonel tl e Hon. Sir C. Phipps, Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry in Waiting, and Major Teesdale. His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse arrived at the Castle soon after her Majesty, attended by Captain Westerweller, Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat, and Dr. Becker. The Hon. Beatrice Bing and the Hon. Emily Cathcart are the Maids of Honour. Lord Rivers and Lieutenant-General Sir H. Bentinek are the Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary. and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, honoured the perform ances at the Adelphi Theatre with their presence last evening. The Marquis Camden and the Ladies Pratt have arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-square, from Wil derness Park, Sevenoaks. The Earl Russell has issued cards for a diplomatic dinner on the 14th inst., at his residence in Chesham-place. The Earl and Countess of Lincoln have arrived at their new residence in Belgrave •square. Count Charles Kniphausen, who has been etaying on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, at Kim bolton, will leave Kimbolton to-day on a visit to the Earl and Countess Howe, at Gopsall, Leicestershire. Viscount Walden has taken a residence in Eaton place for a term of years. Lord and Lady Southampton, Sir George Suttie, and Sir Charles Tempest have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Lord and Lady Churston have left Farrance's Hotel for Staffordshire. Lord de Lisle and Dudley, Lord and Lady Churchill ; and Lord Wrottesley have left the St. George's Hotel. Lady (Anthony) de Rothschild gave a grand ball last evening at Aston Clinton, which was numerously and fashionably attended. The Ladies Charlotte and Dorothy Wentworth Fitzwilliam have arrived at Edwards's Hotel, from Harro den House. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli gave a Parliamentary dinner yesterday, at his residence, Grosvenor-gate. There were present—the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, the Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Hon. Wilbraham Egerton, Sir Charles Mordaunt, Sir Thomas Hesketh, Sir Massey Lopes, Sir Henry Stracey, Sir George Forster, Mr. Charles Turner, Mr. Moffitt, Col. Bartellot, Mr. Wm. Cubitt, Mr. Somes,Mr, John Hardy, Mr. Hornby, and Mr. butler Johnstone. PREPARATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AT GRAVESEND.—At a quarterly court of the corporation of Gravesend, held on Wednesday, a discussion took place as to the arrangements for the reception of H.R.H. the Princess Alexandra of Denmark, on the occasion of her disembarkation at that port. The council decided to enter into an arrangement with the receiver to the Court of Chancery for the use of the terrace pier, which will place it in the hands of the cor poration pro tem. It was unanimously resolved to spare no expense in providing for the Princess such a reception as is worthy her and the event which brings her among us. The letter of Lord Sydney, giving the date of the arrival of the Princess, the 7th of March, stated that the hour of her ar.. rival was not yet known. The Mayor (G. Sams, Esq.) stated that it was intended to present to the Princess on her landing a bouquet and a beautiful flower basket of silver. He also notified that he should give to the poor inhabitants a dinner and tea on the 7th, and a grand ball to the nobility on the 10th. TnE EARL OF CHESTER.—We take from the Lon don Gazette the following account of the introduc tion of H.R.H. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, into the House of Peers, at the meeting of Parliament on Thursday, Feb. 5, 1863 :—" His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in his Parliamentary robes, and wearing the collar of the Order of the Garter and that of the Star of India, was in troduced into the House of Peers. The proceeding from the Robing.room was as follows :—Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Sir Augustus W. J. Clifford, Bart., C.B. Garter King of Arms, bearing his Royal Highness's patent of creation, Sir Charles George Young, Kt ; Lord Kingsdown ; the Earl of Derby, K.G.; Lord Chamberlain of the Household, Viscount Sydney; Lord Steward of the Household, Earl of St. Germans, G.C.B. ; Deputy Earl Marshal, Lord Edward G. Fitzalan Howard; Lord Great Chamberlain, Lord Willoughby d 'Ercsby ; Lord Privy Seal, Duke of Argyll, K.T. ; Lord President of the Coun cil, Earl Granville, K.G.; the Coronet of the Prince on a crimson velvet cushion, borne by the Hon. Robt. H. Meade, one of his Royal Highness's Equerries ; his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales, carrying his writ of summons, supported by the Duke of Newcastle, K.G., in his robes, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., in his robes, attended by Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Lord of the Bedchamber, and Earl Spencer, Groom of the Stole, in their robes ; and, proceeding from the bar up the house with the usual reverences, the writ and patent were deli vered to the Lord Chancellor on the woolsack, who deli vered them to the Clerk of the Parliaments; his Royal Highness then with his supporters went to the table, the rest of the procession standing near and about the table. The letters patent, by which his Royal Highness was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, bearing date the Bth Dec., 1841, and the writ of summons to Parliament, bearing date the sth inst, were severally read by the Clerk of the Parliaments at the table, where his Royal Highness then took the oath and subscribed the declaration. After which his Royal Highness was conducted to his chair on the right hand of the Throne, and his Royal Highness being seated and covered as usual, the ceremony was concluded, when his Royal Highness received the congratulations of the Lord Chancellor. His Royal Highness then retired from the house, and being unrobed, was conducted to his carriage by the Lord Great Chamberlain, the Deputy Earl Marshal, Garter, and Black Rod. The Knights of Orders wore their collars." Eliza, Cook has recently, we observe, sang one of her heart-born songs in behalf of the starving operatives of Lancashire. A new Cheap Family Paper, called Peep o' Day, has been the original medium of its publication. The proceeds of these latest "Stanzas" addressed by the Poetess of the People to her Starving Kin in the North are to be set apart to be added to the Fund still accumulating for the Relief of the Distressed. In the concluding lines of this pathetic address—lines breathing in their simple utterance the true po3try of feeling— the Songstress exclaims as truthfully as touch ingly- 4. And my patriot love and my patriot song To the children of labour will ever belong." Among these patriot songs may now be numbered the very Stanzas from which we are here quoting. CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF DANIEL MANIN'S DEATH AT VENICE.—Once more the Austrian Government made war on the service for the dead. All priests were menaced with the severest penal ties who would dare to offer up a mass or chant a requiem for the repose of Manin. With the early day a multitude thronged to the church of St. Luc, the parish church of Manin's former home. As they approached, the doors were closed by armed men. All who would attempt to enter were threatened with arrest. The house of prayer, which, according to the usage of Roman Catholic countries, is left open for the devotions of all who choose to enter, was shut against the sorrowing crowd who came to pray for their de parted chief. The pious affection of his countrymen found means to base even the stern vigilance of the Austrian police, and in a temple which that vigilance had not thought it necessary to guard, was performed the forbidden service that implored peace for Manin's soul. As the sun went down that evening, an unusual crowd had filled the unfrequented church of the Capuchins, which rises on on e of the isles on the outskirts of the City of the sea, near the cemetery of San Michele. Gondolas in hurried visits had, in rapid succession, been disembarking small separate par ties, and hastened from the lauding-place, to avoid the appearance of a gathering. In a short space of tine the church was filled ;;the multitude knelt down in silence, is the falling shadows of the twilight deepened the sombre dimness of the sacred building. No priest disobeyed the injunction that forbade him to perform any service for the dead. But through the breathless stillness of the church was heard a voice that said —" Let us p ray for the soul of D an i e l Manin. The solemn chant of the "De Profundia" rose at onoe from a thousand hearts. It swelled from the vaulted aisles of the old building; its melancholy intona tions were borne over the waters of the canal and the higune . The waiting gondoliers, all who were plyingon its surface, reverently uncovered their heads. Wherever the voice of that chant was heard on land, the passer through the streets knelt down ; the children ceased their sports, and men and women left their work to pray. In this strange fashion it was that Venice wafted to Heaven her stealthy and forbidden orisons for the soul of her exiled and mar tyred chief." —Isaac Butt's Preface to Martel's translation of Atarlites Life of .111anin. THE PRINCE - OF WALES. Presentation of the Freedom of the Fish monger's Company to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales—(This Day,) The imposing ceremony of presenting the freedom of the Fishmonger's Company to his hoyal Highness the Prince of Wales, took place at the Fishmonger's Hall, this day. Soon after 11 o'clock preparations for the reception of his Royal Highness were commenced. The grand flight of steps leading to the principal entrance of the building fr: m London-bridge, was covered with scarlet cloth, and the winners of Dogett's Coat and Badge, habited in their well known scarlet coat, lined the steps at either side. In the Grand Hall the band of the Royal Artillery was stationed, and the grand staircase was decorated in the most elegant style. The large hall in which the ceremony took place was crowded by the members of the company and a large num ber of visitors, a chair being placed in the centre for his Royal Highness, and the numerous royal portraits which ornamented the noble apartments were surrounded with the colours of Great Britain. At two minutes to one his Royal Highness arrived, and was conducted to the reception-room, where the members of the company were introduced. The Freedom also having been read, it was then placed in a gold box, and Mr. Towse, holding the same, took up his position near to his Royal Highness, This ceremony having bean completed, His Royal Highness was conducted to the Great Hall, where Mr. B. Towse, the Clerk of the Company, read the minutes of the last court, and afterwards announced that his Royal Highness attended to take the Freedom of the Company. The declaration as then read by Mr. Towse, was as follows : I solemnly and sincerely declare that I will be true and faithful to our Sovereign Lady the Queen,, and to her heirs and successors; in all matters lawful and honest I will be obedient to the Wardens of the Mistery of Fishmongers of the City of London for the time being in that office, and ready to come at their summonses and lawful warn ing, except I have a lawful excuse, without feigning or delay, according to the lawful ordinances of the Mistery of Fishmongers aforesaid, which ordinances and every of them to my power I will observe and keep, or else will pay such penalties and fines as I shall forfeit by reason of my disobedience. And I make this solemn declaration con scientiously intending and being resolved faithfully and truly to abide by, perform, and fulfil the same, and by virtue of the provisions of an act made and passed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of his Majesty William the Fourth, cap. 62, intituled, "An act, to repeal an act of the present session of Parliament," inti tuled, "An act for the more effectual abolition of oaths and affirmations taken and made in various departments of the state, and to substitute declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire suppression of voluntary and extra judicial oaths and affidavits, and to make other provisions for the abolition of unnecessary oaths." Alderman CUBITT then said—May it please your Roya Highness, on behalf of the Prime Warden (the state of whose health has led him to ask my assistance), the War den, the Court of Assistants, and the commonalty of this ancient company, I have the honour to offer to your Royal Highness the expression of their gratification in the enrol ment of your Royal Highness's name in their annals. Their predecessors from time to time in bygone years have had the honour of admitting illustrious personages. to the freedom of the company, and in comparatively modern times we have recorded the admission of his Royal Highness Frederick, Prince of Wiles, your Royal Highness's royal grandfather, the Duke of Kent, whose portrait graces the hall, condescended to honour the com pany. Your Royal Highness's father on this very spot did the company the same honour which your Royal Highness has just conferred, and by his kind influence the company became possessed of a portrait of our country's beloved Sovereign, which they joyfully placed in the hall, here to remain for generations to come, that the Fishmonger's Company, their friends and visitors, may at all times have opportunity of contemplating the likeness of the best of British Queens. The Fishmonger's Company is one of those ancient guilds which in remote periods were incorpo rated and invested with functions by which their respective crafts were fostered and protecfed, and the in terests of the public promoted. In looking through the long vista, of past centuries we find the names of many dis tinguished men—that of Walworth, whose brave and zealous loyalty well entitled his memory to the statue which worthily fills a niche in this hall of the company, where loyalty and patriotism find an abiding place. In common with all her Majesty's subjects, the Fishmonger's Company contemplated with satisfaction and joy the approaching happy event which is to unite your Royal Highness in holy wedlock with the illus trious, beautiful, and accomplished Royal lady, the Princess Alexandra of Denmark, They hope that Providence may bless your Royal Highness and your Royal bride, and that the career which awaits your Royal Highness, in the most exalted position which man can inherit, may be lightly affected by those cares and anxieties which accompany great responsibilities, that successful re sults may attend all your Royal Highness's undertakings, and that your Royal Highness may have a long, healthy, happy, and prosperous reign. The Prince of WALES acknowledged the compliment as follows—Mr. Cubitt and Gentlemen,—lt is with the greatest pleasure that I find myself called on to return my sincere thanks to you, sir, as Prime Warden, and to the gentlemen of the court of assistants of the honourable and ancient Company of Fishmongers, for tho complimentary and kind terms in which you have expressed yourselves towards me on the occasion of my taking up my freedom, and on your enrolling my name as a citizen with those illustrious pet sonages and relatives who stand re corded in your annals. It cannot be otherwise than a source of pride and of a still deeper feeling of affection, when I look on those walls and sae the forefathers of those whose son and grandson hopes to form one of your dis tinguished body; and to be thought worthy of occupying the place of my lamented parent—whose loss the whole couniry has united in deploring—would be in itself an ob ject of my highest ambition. Let me also tender to you my warmest acknowledgements for the manner in which you have offered your congratulations to me on my ap proaching marriage to the young Princess, and who hopes so soon to adopt the proud title of an Englishwoman, and to prove herself a comfort to the Queen in her affliction, His Royal Highness and suite then left the hall. The following is a copy of the freedom presented' to his Royal Highness. " At tha General Court of Assistants, holden at the Fish mongers Hall, on Thursday 12th of February, in the 26th year of the reign of her Majesty Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year of our Lord 1863, the most Noble, most Mighty, and most Illustrious Albert Edward Prince of Wales, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothsay, &c., &c., was admitted, and took the declara tion of a freeman of this mystery. (Signed) JOSEPH UNDERWOOD, Prime Warden. WILLIAM CVBITT, M.P. J. SBICER, W. CHARLES VEXING, Wardens. F. B. HENSHAW, G. MOORE, The chaste and massive geld casket, containing the free dom, illuminated and engrossed on vellum, presented to H.R.H. by the Company, bore the following inscripticn : ‘‘ Presented, on the occasion of his taking up his freedom, to His Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, by the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers of the City of London, in commemoration of the honour conferred upon the Company of which his late Royal father and several members of his illustrious family were also members. Feb., 1863." The casket was designed in the renaissance style of orna mentation, and bore his royal highness's arms and mono gram with the company's arms. It is surmounted by the Prince's coronet and feathers, and a female figure seated on a dolphin, emblematical of the company. An incident occurred to Mr. Cubbitt when addressing his royal highness, which caused a general titter amongst the great number of ladies immediately in front of the Prince. When Mr. Cubitt came to that part of his spsech alluding to his Royal Highness's marriage, he for the moment for got the name of the royal bride, but he was instantly re minded of the Princess's name, and he then proceeded with his observations; but the circumstance caused a suppressed smile on his Royal Highness's countenance, as well as upon that of all who had the good fortune to be present. DUTY ON GAME CERTIFicATEs.—Frorn a return to the House of Commons yesterday printed it appears that ,here has been an increase in the number of game certi ficates. In the year en , Qed March, 1861, the duty Vita £129,906, and for the year ended Mach last £140,984. THE DUTY ON DOGS.—BY a return yesterd..: 7 issued it is shown that the duty on dogs for the year ending Mare last was £196,527. Mr. Mason, the Commissioner from the American Confederate States. Last evening this gentleman made a speech in public, at a banquet at the Mansion-house, in refe rence to the existing relations between the Confe derate States of America—of which he is here the accredited representative, end the Euglish Govern ment, by whom he is as yet unrecognised. He was a guest, with Lord Alfred Churchill, M.P., Lord George Lennox, M.P., Lord Colville, Gun. Sir 0. Pollock, Mr. Halliburton, M.P., Mr. J. C. E wart, M.P., The O'Connor Don, M.P., Col. French, M.P., Alderman Salomons, M.P., and Mr. Kennard, M,P., among others, at a dinner at which the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress entertained the aldermen and the members of the Court of Common Council for the wards of Castle Baynard, Cheap, Coleman-street, Cordwainers, Cornhill, Cripple gate (within and without), Dowgate, and Farring don-within. The company, about 250 in number, included besides his Excellency Rear-Admiral Don. Juan de Dios and Captain Blanco, of the Spanish navy; Gen. Sir A. S. Waugh, Admiral Stopford, Gen. Brooke Taylor, Col. Sargent, C. 8., Col. Lind say, Col. Aldworth, Alderman Sir R. W. Carden, Alderman Carter, Alderman Phillips, Alderman Allen, Alderman Gibbons, Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence, Me. Sheriff Jones, Mr. Pope, the Mayor of Quebec, and the clergy of the several wards. The banquet was served in the Egyptian-hail. Towards the close of the entertainment the LORD MAYOR proposed the toast of " The Visitors," re ferring particularly to the presence of the Mayor of Quebec and Mr. Mason. The mention of the latter gentleman's name elicited loud cheers. His Lord ship proceeded to say, alluding to Mr. Mason, that although he could not greet that gentleman as a recognised plenipotentiary to this country he was perfectly justified, by virtue of his position as chief magistrate of the city of London, in offering to him, and to all gentlemen who came to this country on any important public business, a hearty welcome in his official residence. They, as citizens of Lon don, deeply deplore the disastrous war which was being waged on the American continent, and longed, in common with the rest of their countrymen and of the civilised world, to see it brought to some satisfactory termination. He gave " The Virsitors," coupling with the toast the name of the M a yo r of Quebec. Mr. POPE, the Mayor, briefly acknowledged the compliment in an animated speech, in which ha dwelt on the strong attachinent of tie North American colonists to the mother country, adding that they regarded it as their highest privilege that they were fellow-subjects with the people of Eng land of the same Sovereign. Mr. MASON, responding to an urgent invitation of the company, presented himself to speak, and was received with enthusiastic cheers. He said, — My Lord Mayor, my Lady Mayoress, my lords, ladies and gentlemen, but that I feel deeply the obligations I am under to the honoured chief magistrate of this city for permission to be present to-night I should feel strongly disposed to pick a quarrel. His lordship has not chosen to remember that here, in England, lam not considered of full age ; that lam yet in my minority. The Govern ment of England —we all know, honoured from, ages, and always a wise Government in its genera tion—has declared that the country which I repre sent beyond that broad water has not yet attained years of discretion, and is not yet capable of ma naging its own affairs. (A laugh.) I say, there fore, that but for really being overwhelmed by tho kind and generous manner in which I have been received by this honoured company, and in the pre sence of your chief magistrate, I should have been disposed to say, in the language of a poet : " You would scarce expect one of my age To speak in public on the stage." My Lord Mayor, I am a stranger in London —or, rather, I was a stranger; but I have learnt since I came to London that none of English blood from my own Southern land are strangers among you. (Cheers.) I speak this from any heart—(cheers)-- for I have been by every circle in England and by every class of society a welcomed and an honoured guest. (Cheers.) I return my sincere thanks to you for the kindness with which you have listened to a stranger. The day will come—(great cheering) —it is not far off—when the relationship between that Government which is now in its infant fortune and yours will be one of close and intimate alliance. (Renewed cheers.) I say this more especially as regards the city of London, which is the great mar ket for the world. My country is the unrivalled producer of the great staples of the world, and I say the relations—commercial, doubtless political, cer tainly social—between my honoured countrymen and the people of London will before long be of the most intimate character. (Cheers.) Mr. Kinglake, M.P. for Bridgwater. Mr. Alexander William Kinglake was born in 1809 ; and is the son of the late Mr. William King lake, solicitor at Taunton. He (the son) was edu cated at Taunton, Ottery St. Mary, Eton, and at Frinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1837, and soon afterwards went to the East, whence he wrote to his friends at home some gra phic descriptions of the scenery and his adventures there. On his return he, at the request of his friends, unwillingly furbished up these letters with a view to publication, and the MS. was, when ready, offered to several publishers, who, with a purblindness not uncommon in the tribe, refused to undertake its publication. At last Mr. 011ivier took the book in hand, the author guaran teeing the publisher against loss. This book was "E 6 hen," of which we need not say a word. Mr. Kinglake, some few years ago, contributed two articles to the Quarterly, but other than "Eiithen" and these he had published nothing till the '• His tory of the Invasion of the Crimea." Mr. Kinglake was in the Crimea. He was present at the battle of the Alma ; and with the army on its flank march to Balaclava. He remained at headquarters at Sebas topol during the first bombardment, and at its close, prostrated by fever, he came home. In 1856 he left the Bar, and in 1857 entered the House of Commons as representative of Bridgwater. Experience has ever taught us that there are numbers oftnen of whom nothing can bepredicted from theirappearance ; Mr. Kinglake is one of these men. As he walks into the house he seems to be an odd•looking man, but you must peer very closely at him before you can discover any special signs of menta' power. He is short in stature, not more that Eft. 6iu. we should judge, and his real face is almost entirely concealed from view, for his hat covers his forehead, which is, however, not particularly significant; just below his hat there are his large round spectacles, and then, almost touching the lower line of his glasses, his dark moustache begins, and that and his beard cover all the lower part of his face. In short, when mouth, eyes, forehead, and indeed every part of bin face except his nose, is concealed from your view, how is it possible to divine from his outward ap pearance what may be the inward and invisible characteristics behind P—lllustrated .7 imes. At Edinburgh, yesterday, Alexander Milne, a jeweller in that city, was sentenced to death for the murder of a man named Paterson. THE GREAT EASTERN.—The leviathan steamship still lies in the river Mersey, a little to the south of Rock Ferry, the steamers from which make half-hourly trips round the big ship for the accommodation of these persons who wish to see this wonderful vessel afloat. It will be recollected that application was made to the sock Board with the view of getting a gridiron placed in some convenient position on the dock estate so that the bot tom of the Great Eastern might be examined and any trifling repairs necessary made before her next trip across the Atlantic. The Dock Board replied that they had n ° site large enough for the purpose. The directors of the Big Ship Company have, however, obtained the lease of sufficient land on the margin of the river a little to the south of New Ferry, and there at the present time a grid iron is being laid down for the accommodation of the Great Eastern. It is exp ec t e d that during the next or f o llowing spring tides the leviathan will be floated over the gr idiron and there left dry. After her bottom has been tho rou g hly examined an d repa i red she will be floated off t h e follown 4 spring tides, p re p aratory to her departure on another tri p: The next spring tides ere about the (f tnis month, and ha following will be about the Bth of March. ,hottal the Prince of Wales's marriage day be kept as a g,_•neral booiyhdayii tid should th e (h eat E astern a t t h e t:me be lying . 1 7 and dry on t'io Cheshire side, hundreds of thousands of pu r., 8048 will, no doubt, cross to Rock Ferry to see her. 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