The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-24 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARis, 22nd Dec., 1860. The General Board of Cust(ims and Indirect Taxation has just published the tables of the trade and navigation of France during the first eleven months of the year. The total duties received on importation amount, for the month of November, to 10,300,000 f.; they amounted to 15,400,00 i. for the 6(o6podding period cit hat Oaf: Thri diminution is very tiett4 the same as that which was observable in regard to the month of October, and it is attributed, no doubt justly, to the removal of the duty from certain materials, and to the coming into operation of the new customs regime. This temporary deficit was foreseen, and may be regarded as the natural consequences of the reforms which have been accomplished. In reviewing the testilts for the Months of ?.4tot; ifidO, and Nov.; 1850, an in- Crease is Otaeg , atie in the iinpott of spirit tjs: 6d.), sin 6ikdrig; 'Cereals, hemps, flax and tow, Wig°, cochineal, linen and hempen thread, lin seed, lard, linseed and other oils, wool in bulk, pit coal, cast iron, pig and bar iron, zinc, fresh and salt meats, pepper, salts, silks, and colonial linens and sugars. On the other hand, there is a diminution in the consumption of Woad used by cabinet makers, of wines and eaux de vie, hops, oxen, bulls, cows, calves, heifers, and sheep, machines and mechanism, cotton in bales, copper, steel, pewter and lead, olive oil, nitrate of soda and potass, sulphur, and foreign sugars. The table of exports presents an increase in favour of the following articles :—Machines and materials for machines, tissues or fabrics of all sorts, cereals, flour, spirits 3s 6d, yin ordinares, and of liqueurs and soaps. A falling-off is remarked in the exports of flax and peeled hemp, books ; engravings and lithographs, porcelain -fine and common, glass and t ine rl sug sea salt .. . a d , 1 :) t_ p l t y " silver, in bars and in coir were for the first eleven months of 1850, 9,776,738 hectog., and the et parts 01,540 hectog: in the slit-Her pefidd this the itilPOrt§ ibpireent and tke aPdit§ i,203,667 hectog. , there *ere received during last year 2,264,231 hectog. of gold in ingots and coin, and there were sent out. of France 45,402 hectog. The importation in 1860 inCludesl4lB,CVd heog:, the exporta tion 38, 15 i hectog. l ibe general bonded stocks, at the end of November, present in metrical quintals (hundred-weights), .a total of 4,048,784; it was 4,309,030 in Nov., 1859, so that there has thus been a decrease of almost 260,000 quintals, and this deficit applies in a greater or less degree to most descriptions of goods ; with the exception of eofree; Cereals; ,pewter; linseed, blive oil s; nitrate et pdta.§§; pepper; iit* silks, sulphur, and foreign sugars. The review of the consumption tax upon French and foreign salts presents favourable results. In November, 1860, there is an increase of more than 784,000 fr. over that of November, 1859, and the eleven months of the present year show an increase of more than three millions over the eortaponcling period of last year. As regards the navigation returns for 1860, compared with those of 1859, a falling off is noticeable, though not of any moment, in the number of ships ,entered and sailed, as well as in the tonnage of the vessels: „ It is a gratifkirik eireiiiiistatiet to note what a great itinitilus has been given in France to the ittittisition of the English language and a know ledge of Eqiish works. 'At the present moment two of the daily journals are publishing in ibuit ?dots translations bf Sir E. t,: BultVer 4 s Nigitt' and Morning (Le Jour et ia gat), and the S'zvdrd and Gown of M. Lawrence; Whose **ions tiAel recently appeared in the sine 4a -. most H the new bill lrtipiift it books issued in London ippear in some form or other in the shops of Parisian booksellers. Reprints of translations of our ,standard works are constantly being an-‘ tiatitited; two or three periodicals depend chiefly for their matter on the English press the cheap sheets of Paris boric,* tis dramatic iiithOrs on this side of the Channel; whilst the number of critical works on the men, manners, and books of England, shows how much the French mind is busy in the contemplation of EngliSh affairs. AL tie Ic'etsigny has rettirned from Loudon, and the interim functions of M. Dillault liu'ce ceased. M. Liedts, plenipotentiary from the King of the Belgians for the negotiation of the treaty of commerce with France; has been presented td the Emperor by M. Finiteri Rogier: The day before lesterday a eorindil tit ilihristers' asseilitied; iiiider the presidency of the Emperor; to consider and decide What steps shoUld be taken With feioBi i 8 FriineiS 4; ttrid his resistanee at theta. council had before them, for the special consideration of its members,. a note, addressed by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to the Court of the Tuileries, iu which the Czar claims, in the most vehement manner, for Francis n. the continuance of the protection afforded by the presence of the French fleet. I have not yet heard the result of the deliberation. I tilist find rdditi for the following heartless acid andatious case of what is here called " theft l'amerceaine," and in regard to Which it is, as usual, difficult to say, whether the credulity of the victim, or the barefaced inipostiire of the pap& trators of the crime, are the most remarkable. On Wednesday afternoon about three o'clock, a girl of the name of Madeleine B—, a domestic in the service of a tradesman] in the Rue de Richlieu, was employed by her master to go and receive a sum of about 300 francs due by a com missionaire in the Rue Hauteville. She got the money and was leaving _the house of the person who had paid it to her, carrying the amount in her hand, when an individual who was standing under the portico of the house, appearing to be engaged in counting a sum which he had also in his hands, said to her, " Stop a minute, I have also been receiving payment of a small account, and I am looking to see if the amount is correct': The girl was at a loss how to reply to this obser vation, but the man succeeded by that means in engaging her in conversation, and they both took the same direction. At some paces distant, a • man who was coming down the street, having a portmanteau under his arm, approached them, and addressing them in an English accent, which Madelein edescribed as being very ivononcee, said, "Will you have the kindness to tell me where the Intel de Londres is ?" On which he was told that it was a little farther on, and that he had better ask a commissionaire to tell him the way. 'The foreigner, with a puzzled manner, begged them to accompany him, promising to reward them handsomely for their trouble. The girl at first refused, but the fellow who had got into conversation with her in the way described, said to her, "Let us go with him, and we will divide between us whatever he gives us." She ended by agreeing to accompany the other two. Meanwhile, however, as the trio were passing a wine-seller's shop, in theFaubourg Porsonniere, the man with the portmanteau expressed an intention of getting something to drink before reaching the hotel. Accordingly the party entered the shop, and as soon as they were seated at table in the back apartments, the pretended Englishman began to explain to his auditors how he had just come fron London, and had another long voyage before him. In the course of the conversation which ensued, he drew from his pocket a leather purse, filled, according to him, with gold pieces, and manifested a desire to ex change them for notes, remarking that the latter would be more convenient for him. The com panion of the girl, producing at the same time a small bag, expressed his extreme regret that it was not in his power to accommodate the foreigner ; but, he added, turning to Madeleine, " Here is a young lady who, I have no doubt, will comply with your wish," to which she at once assented. The Englishman, however, pretending to be afraid that the two notes for the 100 francs which she offered him might not be good, declared that before going further it would be necessary to ascertain this fact. This idea, of course, met with the approval of him with the little money-bag, only he professed great concern at the thought of leaving his young friend alone whilst he and the stranger were absent at the moneychangers for this purpose. Suddenly a happy thought seemed to strike him. " I'll tell you what we had better do, Mad'lle, I will leave with you my bag, which contains more than a thousand francs in gold, whilst I accompany Monsieur, and we shall be back in a moment." To this the in fatuated. young woman made no objections, and - off the two set. After the lapse of half an hour, Madeleine began to get rather uneasy at their not returPing, and going down stairs, she related her misadventure - to the owner of the establish ment, who at once let her know that she had been victimised by two adroit thieves. Her despair, when she realised this fact, may be imagined: She at once repaired; crying bitterly the Whole Way, to the police commissaire to lodge her complaints On exariiining the bag which one of the two rascals had left in her charge, it was found to contain 30 cent. pieces, made up into three rotileaux The 21fOitipiii• contains the itslial announcement in its non-official part, that the hrliperor will re ceive at the Palace of the Tuileries, on the Ist of January, the members of the corps diploma tique, the constituted authorities, and the depu tations from the National Guard and the army. It is needless to say what importance is attached in advance to what his Majesty will say and do on this occasion—and he knows it: AUSTRIA: VIENA, Dec. 15, 1860. 6dAiiEgiOldEicT.) The Vienna Odzetie has at iehgtii pliblished, in its number of this day, the appointment, which has been announced for some days past, of M. Schmer ling to the post of Home Secretary. The nomi nation was made and known of for several days; and, I might add, was "discounted" (to use a monetary term?--that is to say, all the bearing and consequences of the substitiition of this emi nent gentleman for 111. tioluchowAy had been calculated and commented on in advance. In itself, the publication of this appointment in the Gazette was not calcUlated to produce any great effect. The case would have been other wise, had it been followed by the official publica tion of the liberal programme which M. Sehmer ling is reported to hai-e succeeded ill inducing the goiierniiielit ot Via; t 6 ,ddpi; Unfortu nately) IiONVMPi Oil this latter subject the official sheet remains mute, and the semi-official journals only too_well imitate this reserve, Id say the num,' Schmerling's appointment had at first aroused have been very much modified within the last few days etttfaitde itith office Old the fetireihent of his pteiletotsbi• are iio longer regarded in the likht,ota hreVoltitioti. ; ' Nay; it is_ now doubted Whether they will lead even to a "solution" of thepreient situation. The best proof .of this lies in the faCt that alread3 , sortie ,very threatening ministerial ehangeS are Considered imminent— such as, for example, no less a dice, &Hong others; than the retirement of Count Rechberg himself, and his replacement as Minister for Foreign Affairs by M. Hubner, formerly Ambassador of the Austrian Government at Paris, and who would also take the presidency of the Cabinet. Although I am far from believing that these and sortie other sitililar rintiofirg Will lie actually redlisbd; 00y otigihate in sources ordinarily well-iiifornied; I Cahn& aVoid regarding their existence as an evidence of the unsettled state of affairs generally, and as a proof that them inisterial crisis has not yet reached its termination. Besides, there is nothing which induces me' to conclude that the " provincial statutes" are to be withdrawn, although this iheasilre i the first; and an indispensable one, if it is really meant to glue satistattion td the inha bitants of the hereditary proVinees of the empire. It no longer appears; in fa6t; that the GoVernment is seriously disposed to yield; in thb case of Him gEirY‘ td thoge derilati4, 4hiCli have assumed so concrete a form in the resolutions come to by the Pesth Comitatzs. These resolu tions., which will not be long in making the tour of the entire' country, very plainly call for. the retirement of the. Government represented by Baron Vay; and its fdplaeetneut by a teapousible Ihingaridn 'Ministry: Meanthile; hoWetet the dpi.;enitnent ifiay lie Coiistitnted; the Othilitatus of lie th gbeni detetiffined to he eciiiterit with nothing less than the giispeitsiort of the 16. vying of taxes, and of the recruiting, which are, no doubt, most efficacious means, if persevered in, for compelling the Government to consent tosthe Diet being convoked and the Ministry reor ganised, It is true that taxon Vay does not recognise the validity of the reidiationa Come to by this body, seeing that that assembly is Constitiited and is acting in open opposition to the "Instrne tions 7. promulgated by M. Vay for the reorgani sation of such bodies; but what signifies whether they be recognised by the Vienna Government or hot, so long as 0,, inhabitants of Hungary. on their part i recognise the lawfulness of the Pogth resolutions, and recognise them so effectually, by refusing to pay the takes; arid by opposing the progress of the recruiting for the army, until such tithe tis the Viet shall have pronounced upon the qiiestioft This reirnsal of taxes and td fiirrtisli soiclies to• the Imperial army, has already, it may be &Medi been acted upon for several weeks ; 'and the resolutions of the Comitatus of Pesth have only served to make this course of action more general. In the situation• in which the government thus finds itself—Venetia on one side and litingary on the other—its most violent partisans cannot shut their eyes to the fact that the Emperor could not resort to force without exposing the monarchy to the greatest dangers. The contrivances on.which the Cabinet had especially reckoned for counter acting the Hungarian movement present at this mordent very small chances of success. For example, it was thought that the southern Slave gees might be won over, and alienated from Hungary, by proclaiming the re-union of Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia, into a kind of independent vice-royalty ; but Dalmatia at once protested most energetically against any such arrangement. In Croatia, as well as in Slavonia, the inhabitants have also withdrawn their consent to this scheme, on the ground that the arrangement was made between the Court of Vienna and some " men of fruit" of its own selection. In•short, the rnajo- - rity of the inhabitants of the southern Slave states continue to regard a close confederation with Hungary, as the surest guarantee for the future, so . far as concerns the welfare of all the ancient annexed provinces of the kingdom. FRENCH ADVICES FROM CHINA. The Moniteur publishes the following : " Certain organs of the English press persist with the most inexplicable obstinacy in enter taining their readers with accounts of fabulous spoil with which every French soldier will return after the pretended sack of the Imperial Palace of Pekin. The only reply we can give is to publish textually a letter written by General de Montau ban to his Excellency the Marshal Minister of War, dated the Bth of October. It will be remembered that the Ambassadors of France and of England entered Pekin on the 22nd of October, and that peace was signed on the 26th:— " Head-Quarters before Pekin, Oct. 8. " ' Monsieur le Marechal,—lt was agreed between General Grant and myself to proceed to Yuen-ming- Yuen, the summer residence which the Emperor always occupies, four leagues north of Pekin. " This country is so cut up by roads, thickets, &c., that General Grant and his army lost their way, and I arrived alone, in the evening, in front of the palace, which was in charge of a Tartar guard. " Despite a long and fatiguing march I ordered the palace to be occupied at seven o'clock in the evening, and, forcing as entrance, I had two officers and some soldiers wounded. The Tartars evacuated the palace entrusted to their care, and lost some men, one inferior Mandarin being killed in the court-yard. I ordered the palace to be occupied, and went there myself early next morning. It is impossible, M. le Marechal, for me to describe to you now the wonders of this imperial habi tation. Nothing in Europe can convey an idea of such luxury. I shall not attempt to describe its splendours in these hasty lines. I shall have the honour to write to your Excellency at greater length by next mail to give you a full description. " 'I placed strong posts at all the outlets of the palace, so that nothing might be disturbed until our allies arrived, to whom I immediately sent information. A few hours afterwards they arrived, and a portion of their cavalry having joined my column, I appointed two Eng lish and two French officers to see that nothing was touched, and that the two armies should conjointly exercise a strict control. " General Grant and Lord Elgin having arrived, we appointed three commissioners of each nation to make a division of the most precious objects. In this division I recommended our commissioners to select only objects of value for the sake of art and antiquity. I hope to send to your Excellency, for his Majesty the Emperor, and for the great collections of the government, or for the Museum of Artillery, some rare curiosities for France. . " ' I am at present awaiting the arrival of Baron Gros, who is to join Inc here, Lord Elgin being here already. A sort of convention has taken place between Prince Hung, Regent of the Empire, and the English General, in the name of the two Generals-in-Chief. "' I had consented to an armistice that Prince Hung might come to Pekin to treat ; he has gone some eight leagues off, and the Emperor is. in Tartary. 6 " I beg of you, M. le Marechal, to excuse the style of this letter, which I write hastily ; I shall remain here to-morrow, and even until Pekin is occupied by force or otherwise, and I shall then have the honour of sending you a full official report. " ' I remain, &C., 11 I ANIERIOA: ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. The Royal Mail steamer Arabia arrived iri the Mersey yesterddy; datei froui EoitOU to the 12th and lallfax to the Jill, 'the Europa lad arrived out. The Arabia passed the Persia on the 15th, and the Canada on the 17th, all well. NEW YORK. Dec. 10, Evening. News from Washington is of the most striking character. The Secretary of the 'Treasury has positively tendered his resignation to the Presi= dent, and will iiiirriediatelli . retard td tdkd part in the electioriS of the Cleoygia SedeSsioniSts. In the House of Representatives; ,Mr. Haxiriiin; the single member from Florida,, has jiereiripitorily declined tO,act ,ripon the extra?rdinary comiiiittee raised by the House for,thp purpose of ?onference updn the eritiiial condition of the country; and has resigned his seat at tile rilrinicirial electkin in Boston yesterday. Mr. J. Wightman, Denio cratic union candidate for mayorship; was shewn .over Moses Kimball, Republican. We have advices from the city of Mexico to the 28th ult,, and from Vera Cruz to the 7th instant. The Liberals were completely investing their capital, and it i$ reported, that tho French Minis ter had adViSed Mitainon to capitillate: reat sc distress prevailed in the city from thescarcity of food and water. The Stock Market yesterday was adversely influenced early in the day by the Washington despatches, and owing to the edi torial comments in the morning papers on the secessiorial agitation, but recovered add closed rather buoyant in the afternoon on receipt of what *as considefed less disquieting new from the smile 41.44:Lei: , Advices from HaVanriali tire to the 7th inst. Sugar and freights were dull. Money tight. Sterling Exchange, 15 per cent. premium. Cali fornia advice" to the 25th ult., but contain no w va autinn Ltinee. COMMERCIAL. New York Centrals, 72 per cent. The Bank return was alsd favddrably construed, The Foreign EXchiinges lovier; arid ddriiestie Corse in Philadelphia • Raltiniotd; and Riehnidrid; °Wring to the iiidleiiienCy of the li'dithei yesterday, Com bined with the direVailirtg iita:gilatidn in trade transactiotis. _ descriptions Of pidliiee,Were extremely light; and very hide/ q tiny' Cdtton sold ; while middling Uplands, in the. al sence of transactions, were nominal at. 10e: • holders for fdr the Mediu:ll - i kinds of Odd briinds displayed more Armnesi, and then an exception. Prices did not vary materidly from Saturday's rates. Southern was in better request for export to tropical ports. The sales of all corns were moderate. "Wheat was also held with more show of firmness, especially for Wes tern red, while sales were moderate. Corn in fair request at OM tei Mc, far Westerns mixed in store and afloat: Pork heavy; arid srrtall sales at $l7 for neW mess; and at Xlt"i 1" 2 1. e. to $l6 WC: for old mess; arid 010 2ose. for prime, Mess: Sugars were Witliot sales of Moment: Coffee alsd quiet; small sales of Rio made, at 10k. Cash freights steady, with moderate engagements. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 11.—Cotton irregular: Sales to-day, 10,000 bales; piddling Upland, 9,1 c. to 9'4 e. COTTON. (From 1P P. Irright 4. Co ' a Circular.) IcEW YORX, Dec. 11. In this City we hare had ti lintite4 demand for cotton, and the sales,. which amount to 4,00 bales ; hare hien to our Own spinners aiid for export; hoiden ate shipping some piAtion of their . ' stoat to Europe, and dp not press for rialihi heresteepfs graddaltY reduced, and will soon be Nyanja a siliall iSdrnriasit Spinners - tidy only for their pressing wants, and exporters only *hen an inducement in price is offered. We make no change from our quotations of last week, with the remark that it would be as difficult to buy as to sell any amount of consequence at the range. The export for the week has been-To Liverpool, 3.707 bales; GlasgoW, 263; Naples, 1,000; Bremen, 892, Total, 5,862 bales. Crop i The weather at the South for the past three weeks has been nnfafourable for picking, much rain has falien, &triaging quality and destroying quantity, Such aceoUnti as we are now receiving in relation to crop would hd+6 had an ififfuence on pride, were it ,not for poiitidal itch:Dile 4 ds it is; little or no attention is given to the subject. the tefideney of the accounts' from the South is in favour of a crop below fOtir millions of bales. The more important fact of how much may reach the ports, and what are prospects for the next crop, occupies a large portion of public attention. Everything depends • upon the turn politics may take, many parties insisting that even in case of an amicable settlement of the ques tion of secession, the growth of a year or two must be interfered with . bq the determination of the planters to put inoie land in grain, and to depend upon themselves for their sup'p'ly oi can and proiisions. Receipts this Week 9V,000, against 105,000 same week last year; deficit as dompared with last year, 299.000 bales. Next week a further deficit will beshoWn. So far the receipts at New Orleans and Mobile keep well up, because there is a larger snrfacn ,of country to dr+._ to those ports, and it wore difficult to dmie receip s at a long distance; from the accounts we are receiving we expect a more marked falling off in the receipts at these ports after another week or so. At the Atlantic ports the decrease continues, and planters seem deter mined to resist the decline in price. The receipts at the interior towns ate very light. Exports keep on a libeLl scale for the week under review, and prospectively for the next week ; this was eipected, as a portion of the stock in the ports was already sold and in course of shipment. The check to businesi during the past three weeks will soon show itself in decreased exports. The following is a statement or the movement in cot ton since the Ist September last, as compared with the previous four years:- 1860. 1859. 1858. 1857. 1856. Red. a' rofts.,, 1296,000 1,595,000 1355,000 726,000 1076,000 Ex. to C. 11, 445,000 596,000 369,000 263,000 211,000 France 114,000 140,000 182,000 67,000 102,000 „ other F. P. 70,600' 70,000 72,000 43,000 48,00 0 Total*Exports... 629,000 806,000 623,000 373,000 301,000 Stock on hand 671,000 762,000 644,000 379,000 550,001 Of which, during the past week, included in the above.: . Rec. at Ports 96,000 193,000 132,000 112,000 129,00 Ex to G. B. „ France „ other F. P lO,OOO 6,000 7,000 . 5,000 5,000 Total Exports 79,000 108,000 81,000 56,000 57,000 Summary.-Receipts : Decrease at the ports compared with last year, 299,000 bales. Exports :i Decrease to Great Britain, 151,000 bales; decrease to France, 26,000 bales ; to other foreign ports the clearances are the same. Total decrease in exports, 177,000 bales. Freights to Liverpool, 5-16 d. to ',id. per lb., and lc. to Havre. Exchanges are dull and difficult to negotiate. On London, bankers ask 103 to 104, but sales are made below the inside quotation. Commercial bills are nominal, and may be quuted from 98 to 100. Franc, 5,571 to 5,60. LIST OF PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. ARARIA.-Mr. Hosmer, Mr. Heron, Miss Boit, Mr. Codman, lady, three children, and two servants, Mr. Roberts, Mr. G. Warren, Mr. J. Warren, Mrs. J. M. Warren, Mr. Rondanina, Mrs. C. Livingston, Miss Church, Mr. W. Church, Miss Shaw, Mr. Grinnell, Mr. Walker, Mr. Mosley, Mr. Frazer, Mr. Millar, Mr. C. Livingston, jun., Mr. B. Livingston, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Sampson, Mr. J. Best, Mrs. Atwood, Mr. Westhead, Mr. Butter " worth, Mrs. M. Campbell and child, Mr. Royce, Mr. White, Mr. Carras, Mr. Lockwood, lady, and three children, Miss Lockwood, Miss M. Mooney, Mr. Whit ney, Mr. Holcomb, Mr. Ward, Mr. Do La Sange, Mr. Scott, Mr. Jones, Mr. Garside, Miss Ross, Mr. Wil liamson, lady, and infant, Mr. Nichols, .Mr. Levi, Mr. West, Mr. Toffany, Mr. Rechardt, Mr. Gabaroch, Mr. Morrane, Mr. Burn, Dr. Stratton and lady, Miss Stratton, Mr. Lewin, Mr. Harding, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Westcot, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Crocker, Mrs. Alexander and infant, four disabled seaman, one ditto soldier, and Mr. F. Britten ; the last-named gentleman landed at Queenstown. Total, 81. GRAND TRUNK RAJLWAY COMPANY OF CANADA.— Traffic for the week ending December Ist, 1860, and corresponding weEk in 1859 : Passengers, &c. Merchandise, &c. Total Miles Date. No. Amount. Tons. Amount. Sterling. Open. 1860 14085 £4521 0 0 13630 £10896 15 4 £15417 15 4 970 1859 13067 4039 5 6 12849 10032 12 4 14071 17 10 970 Increah Gross receipts for 21 weeks, from July 1, 1860—L313,490 16 Ditto corresponding period last year 234,547 13 3 Increase £78,943 210} The Warrior is to be launched from the Thames ship building yard on Saturday next, at 2.30 p.m. SMOKING CARRIAGES ON RAILWAYS.—A meeting of gentlemen travelling daily on the Eastern Counties Rail way was held at the Ship Inn, Tottenham, a day or two since, for the purpose of memorialising the directors of the Eastern Counties Railway to set apart carriages of the second and third class for the convenience of those passengers desirous of smoking. COAST-GUARD CHANGES.—It is understood that the following changes in the coast-guard will take place from the Ist of January next :—Captain James Willcox, C.B. (1850), who commanded the Dragon during the Russian war, will supersede Captain Leopold G. Heath, C. 8., in command of the Dauntless, 31, screw steam frigate, in Southampton Water ; Captain George E. Patey (1851), will join the Pembroke, 60, screw block ship, at Harwich, vice Captain Ed ward P. Charlewood ; and Captain Edward A. Inglefield (1853) will be ap pointed to the Majestic, 80, screw liner, in the Mersey, vice Captain "William R. Mends, C. 8., nominated to be Deputy-Comptroller-General of Coast- g uard, vice Cap tain W. H. Kennedy, whose period of service has expired. PRIVATE TELEGRAPHS.—AII interesting morning was spent on Friday at Mr. Renter's house by a number of gentlemen invited to inspect a private tele graph, one of those which the Universal Private Telegraph Compaxy propose to establish in offices and elsewhere. For this purpose the company extend a rope, containing a great number of fine insulated wires, over the streets and houses, and any one of those wires may be rented. To render such arrange ments practicable, it was essential, in the first place, that the wire connections should be effectually made made at a comparatively small cost. This object is ob tained by Mr. Silver's process for insulating wires by coating them with India rubber. The wires are very much thinner than bell-wires, and a rope containing upwards of thirty of them properly insulated is barely half-an-inch in diameter. The rope is fixed on poles at the top of the houses, about 200 yards apart, and it is said that the company have experienced no difficulty in obtaining the consent of the occupiers to have the poles fixed on their dwellings. This arrangement is so econo mical that the company offer to let out each wire at the rent of £4 per mile per annum. The instruments to be applied are the magneto-electric telegraphs, invented by Professor Wheatstone, its mechanism being slightly modified to adapt it to its new duties. TitE DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1860. THE WINTER A_MiiEi§: CROWN COURT.—SITURDAT. (Before Mr. Justice KEATING.) The criminal business of tho assizes having been con- Chided Ott teriday evening, his lordsihp proceeded to tit ciiil easeg this nlotttint: Dick, CLAtf - Hog A dig. ' • - .01 1 1 EN v. DANrIS AND Ell sction iirought against the,,,,clefendant as agent of S. Mutual Life A„Otirance SoCi i etY, Din g -street,-street,bi the plaintiff, whd IS a dois,tor Practising in Lriefpoqf, for £640 upon the life policy of Ralph Santli,,jvatcli,Case npkery formerly in business, in Liverpool. The Mara tionplleged thatthe plaintiff had rendered professional services to Mr,fi.amuels,for anumber of !years, and the policy wit. 4 Mr. Samuels to insure hi:m the payment of his claim, and iectite tis Servicei from the date the policy was handed over to him. It app6'lred that the plaintiff was brought to Liverpool by Mr. Samuels in the year 1838 as medical attendant, and continued his services up to 1854, when Mrs. Samuels went to the Continent to have her marriage with gr. Ba,mdels who was a Sew, solemnised in his church. • The plaintiff was re nested to accompany them, but haying , a large account standing against Mr, Samuels for services upon his family, tipon arid dpeuhis wOrkmen, he declined to r tintii he received a .portiOh df the *mint ,of his clam . „' but ultimately, after some discussion,, and . Mr. ganinela pro- . mirl, him ,10.0 guineas for his.services for that lonrne,y, which Jested ouiy a : fortnight., On his rettiriy. Mr. Samiteli afterwarsia becamc,ill,,and in 1857,, was taken to an asylum. Uti. Ck_iheri continued services both on his family, upon the workmen fdi: r loid Mr. Samuels promised to be responsible, and upon him in the asylum. Subsequently Mr. Samuels left the asylum, and returned to his residence at Wavertree, where the plaintiff wrote several letters, demanding pay ment,and; after - sonic communication, Mr. Samuels ob tained Ifie life poliey for £f1 , 40 ftoiii his wife, and gave it to the his aecomit. . The plaintiff accordinOy again_ commenced and continued his services to Mr. Samuels, his family; and iPo'rkniep, up to February last, when Mr. Samuels committed sui cide. The plaintiff made an application to the assurance company for payment of the amount of the policy, and was requested to furnish them with an account of his claim, when he replied that he had a bill against Mr. Samuels for professional services from 1854; but subse quently Wrote another letter ; and stated that his claim was frinit 18 : 58' grid nr4Ourited ENO; feet services upon the cledeaagd and Anamin. It Was Contended for the defence that the diarge4 iriddg by the plaintiff were --":".."- A verdict for the Illitintift dlynages £5OO. DISPUTED CLAIM. SERIEANT V. Howxrr.—ln this case the action was brought to recover from the defendant a balance of an account amounting to £ll5 14s. 3d., for work ai j id labour in the building of certain houses for hiiii at Hull. 'the plaintiff is a iilcier, residing at Searbototigh, and had entered into a touttatt itith the defendant to build a ntimbef of hatises at Marl horongh-teirge, in, Hull, on the Oth of hit, 1859, and which itere to he c'omp'leted. in goVerribet Of the same year,,litit, ifi 6ongditietke df Eielfeital delays, caused by the .defendiiii entpinying arktilrei afchftect; .who made various. alterations, thO tOer~ uM oi:fished Until itlirch of the following year, when the architect tetiseit to' lOW' a certificate of sati'sfaction, and the defendant, conseVe&T; io0c1" ,not pay the plaintiff his charge, as he alleged he Vtid n'gt 44Ate fulfilled his agreement. The defendant pleaded a t4s.toff of £lOl ls. 9d.; which he stated he was compelled to pa by the plaintiff not having completed the houses in November; but it was contended, on behalf of the plaintiff, that it was not his fault that the contract was not carried out. A verdict was entered, by consent, for the plaintiff, subject to the decision of an arbitrator. CIiAN u c 4 PROMISSORY NOTES. PLUNIErt v. IVA:rsoll.--;-this *as an undefended action, in which the plaintiff sought redeter the sum of £251. I`2s. 2-1-‘l. upon three promits6l notes and aft 0 Ili and for interest from the 31st of Matrch, 1850; when the plaintiff applied' fol payment of the amount. There was no defence made/ and verdict wat - accord ingly returned for the plaintiff's. CLAIM FOR REPAIRS. JONES AND ANOTHER v. SMITH.—The plaintiffs in this case were Messrs. Jones and Caddy, ship chandlers, Literpool, and the defendant is a Mr. Charles Smith, a wine merchant, residing in Wales, and owner of the the schooner William and Eliza. The plaintiff sued the defendant for £3B 14s. 11d. for repairs, which were ordered by Captain Berry, the master, done to the *met ta&o. ft was contended for the defence that the defendants were not liable, but that the captain was the person indebted. A. verdict was returned for the plaintiffs, damages £25 4s. ACTION FOR GOODS SUPPLIED. BATE AND Ora Ens v. HARE.—The plaintiffs ate tailors and drapers, carrying on business in Lord-street, and the action was brought to recover the sum of £26 4s. 11d., for goods supplied and delivered. It appeared that the defendant had been for some years a customer of the plaintiffs, and always paid his accounts regularly. In 1856, the defendant, who was about to proceed to fnclia, ordered the plaintiffs to supply him with an outfit, which was duly made according to his instructions, and delivered by a servant in the employ of the plaintiffs. It was contended for the defendant that the goods were ordered by his Mother, and that she was liable ; but, her husband having since passed through the Bankruptcy Court, the plaintiffs were consequently endeavouring to establish the claim against the son. A verdict was returned for the plaintiffs for the amount claimed. PURCHASING A PUBLIC-HOUSE.---SINGULAR DEFENCE. ELSTON V. EABY.—The plaintiff was the owner of a public-house, situated near St. John's Market, and known by the sign of the Dive, and Art Treasures and 1 the or nerty try public auction in January last. The defendant was present, and previous to the commencement of the sale he went un to the auctioneer, Mr. Wright, and asked him if, in case he became the purchaser, he would take an until the following morning, when he would pay the amount. The auctioneer replied in the affirma tive, and the sale soon after began. The property was put up at £5OO, and ultimately, after several bids, was knocked down to the defendant for £760. The defendant afterwards went up-stairs with the auctioneer and signed the necessary documents, after which he went with several friends to the Masonic-hall, and partook of a substantial supper, at the conclusion of which his health was proposed, and he was congratulated upon his purchase. He duly responded, and the company at a late hour broke up. He subsequently left the town, and wrote a letter to the auctioneer acknowledging that he had purchased the property, and requested the auctioneer to allow him a few days to pay the amount. The property was, however, put up again, and sold for only £420, and the action was brought to recover the difference between the amount of the first sale and the one in February. The defendant pleaded that he was that drunk at the time he bought the property, and for several days, that he did not know what he was doing. The defendant's counsel agreed, when the case had pro ceeded some way, to a verdict for £3OO. NISI PRIUS COURT.—SATURDA.T. (Before Mr. Justice BLACKBURN.) PLATT V. HOWARD AND ANOTHER.—ThiS case, an outline of which was given in our paper of Saturday, was resumed on the morning of that day. Mr. Monck, Q.C., Mr. Hindmarsh, and Mr. Mellish appeared fcr the plaintiff; Mr. Edward James, Q.C., Mr. Ovens, and Mr. Aston represented the defendants. Some years ago con siderable difficulty was experienced in the manufacture of cotton and wool by reason of the impediments presented in efficiently and carefully coiling the drawings after the operation of carding. Ia the year 1844 Messrs. Tatham and Cheetham secured a patent for improvements in the coiling apparatus, which invention, though to a great extent useful, had serious disadvantages. Two or three years after the invention of this machine, a mechanic named James Houghton secured letters patent for im provements in machinery and apparatus to be used in the preparation and spinning of cotton, wool, and other fibrous substances. The first patent has expired, and it was for an infringement of the second that the present action was brought. Before the defendant's case was concluded, the case had been settled by the mutual con sent of the parties. CLAIM BY A LANDLORD. GREGORY V. WARD.—Mr. Overend, Q.C., and ano ther learned counsel appeared for the plaintiff in this case, and Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Mellish, for the defendant. The plaintiff was the defendant's landlord, and sought compensation for an alleged wilful holding over or :refusal to quit on the part of the latter. It would appear that the defendant had been a tenant of _Greenbush Farm before it came into the hands of the present proprietor (the plaintiff in this action). At that time the rent called " yardage," that is for hay consumed off the farm, was at the rate of one shilling. Shortly, however, after the plaintiff took possession, it was doubled ; defendant objected to paying the twn shilling yardage, and refused also to quit, and did not leave for twelve months, when he received the sum of £3 as corn pensation. The defendant in the case of a wilful hold ing over would have had to pay the double value or double rent. As it was, however, it appeared that be had been labouring under a mistake, in supposing that the plaintiff had agreed to reduce the price, and it further appeared that the defendant was not undeceived until, upon going to pay his rent, he was told that it could not be received, as he had not for the last twelve months been a legal tenant. The jury, therefore, returned a verdict merely for the amount of the rent and yardage during the time he had been holding over. CLAIM AGAINST THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. HOLT V. THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAIL WAY COMPANY.—Mr. Edward James, Q.C., and Mr. Mellish represented the plaintiff in this action, and Mr. Overend, Q.C., led the case for the defendants. The plaintiff is a cotton manufacturer, residing and carrying on business at Blackburn in this county, and he sought to recover from the defendants compensation, by reason of their negligence having caused the death of his son. The deceased was 28 years of age, and on the 20th of April last he had been in the country spending the day. On his return he had occasion to go near the railway station. The station, it appears, is very dark, and there was only- one man to keep watch, collect tickets, and attend to the general management of the station. 4 . It also appears that there is a road crossing the lines, and that a sort of small tunnel has been made underthe lines for the convenience of the foot-passengers who use the road and may not like to cross the rails. At the beginning of this tunnel there was merely the road , but no fence or other protection. On the night in question the unfortunate deceased was walking along this road. and unconsciously stepped into the tunnel, which was at that part about 15 feet deep. He was shortly afterwards found with his legs broken, and he lingered for a few days and then died. - The deceased was general manager for the plaintiff, his father, who has two large' factories, one at Blackburn, and another at Chorley. The plaintiff used to pay him 14s. per week, and now he is unable to get a competent manager for less than £5 per week. Since the death of the plaintiff's son the business has not gone on so well as before ; riots and disturbances have oc3urred, which his son, from being so general a favourite, would probably have prevented. A written admission was handed in from the defendants stating that they did not deny the fact of the station being badly lighted, er that there was no fence to protect passengers from falling into the passage ; they did, however, deny their liability in this case.—The jury found a verdict for, the plaintiff for £250. HARRISON V. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY-IA this case the plaintiff was Mrs. Harrison, . widow of the deceased, who was , the. ,defendants'. employment, and was killed at th'e' E - 86-11ill station. . James, Q.C., and Mr. Mellish, were &Rinser for the plaintiff ; Mr. Overend, Q.C., and Mr. Quainoreiiilienting the defend ants. The accideat, which resulted in the lese of Harri son's life, happened in July last. The Preston train came into the station about ten o'clock at night. To get into the down rail for Liverpool, the train required to . he shunted into a siding. - Harrison was about the IMe's 111re,11 the' shunting took place, and was shortly iftertiaidi wits Ms head severed from his body. There riot hag stifficen't edidettee . to fix upon the de feadinti an'y n'egteCt On' iffe titeasioll, the plaintiff was nensated. Vie court adjourned soon after seven o'clock. LIVERPOOL VOLidkbOURT:—SATURDAY, (Before Mr. RAFFLES.) BOOKED FOR SAFETY. The !NA kovi hwie a great deal to answer for this year. Like Vnborn," upon whom is laid more charges than the teidoieti of Hercules would be able to bear, all the offences of hei l eg drunk and incapable, and chunk and disorderly, have been set down to the frost and snow account. On Saturday there was an unusual number of persons, male and female, brought before Mr. Raffles on charges of being drunk and booked for safety. Amongst the men were several of " respec table" appearance; and who were described as persons in business. The excuses made' were like the following, --zone slipped &own on the ice, another fell down in the stlo3, other's took a drop to keep out the cold, more met wiith frieals irt, being Christmas times they had a drop and so on. S'om'e tif the excuses were held valid, a'nd rn other' cases the " " -" atteh cases, made and p'revi l ded," was inflicted: 'R . •SA OtT6 A_ULL • • Joseph Ashton, a blacksetb i iliEreiton Vil lage, was brought up . by officer 7d3, eliarge of having committed a violent assault on a young vomit named Sarah Fullop, the sister of his wife. The officer heard cries of murder and police, and on going to the house he found the young woman on the floor, the p'r4o'ner standing oifer her with a poker in his head, and his vinfe % , eventirig hint from striking her. The girl was bleedine pi•OrsAy front a NVottnd on her fore head. He took tier' to i'he dVSpensary and had her bead dressed. The doctor said the vie/M I Was . Very serious, but her life was not in danger at preseni. the young woman said she was at the prisoner's house the pteil'Ons night, when he commenced beating his wife. She went between them, when he struck her with a poker on the head; inflicting the wound. She said the prisoner was in the habit of ill--using his wife (her sister). The rifit46,s f hi#lTurt'of ty• tiro ehunitgn,.•airi inn very careless ifkii that he fa &tint and did not remember what happened. lie forniteek.- A PATRON OP PAT BAEr.. Charley Murphy, a very "old hand," abod .16 of age, who has just come out of prison for aboat t'h'e twentieth time, was brought up charged with having attempted to pick the pocket of a Mrs. Anne Smith, who lives in Circus-street. The lady was in St. John's Market, and was detained by a crowd that had collected to admire some prize beef, and amongst the admiring individuals was the prisoner, and he seemed loud in his admiration of the beef and mutton, and took great pains to point mit to other persons the various beauties of the legs altid other pcottlan9 of sheep that hung up so i'ntifing?f Vetere . &el* end whilst pointing with one hand to flie deed giffet the Differ* hand was working indtistrioniq fild fOr's pbtket i but she was too elution's, and seized his arnl4 fie giot away ( but was captured: He Was sent to' gaol for three ttiontha: AT ALDERMAN *OOVRIIPPS. John Berry and (Tames Taylor, two celebrated bur glars and robbers, were b 1 ht .tIP a1. ,, r4n on a charge of being concerned in the burgla'rV Miff robbery com mitted in the shop of Alderman Woodrtlff, ?ark -lane, on the night of the 13th. Mr. Bluck appearec.'' for Taylor, and Mr. Cobb for Berry. Some further evi dence was given, and thus the case was advanced a step, and the prisoners were again remanded. FRIDAY. cAunkig fp ErNOWBA LLE RS. Several person were clAttged by the police with being , disorderly in the streets, artd throwing snowballs at each ahead(' at the public. The practice of throw ing snowballs is very dangerous; and often leads to ill consequences. The magistrate censured the conduct of the parties, and fined them Js. each Where assaults were proved. Several cab-drivers were fined for liehigdilink and is capable of taking care of their horses arid vehiele,s;• and others, who had been up before, were ordered to be reported to the Car Committee. DESTITUTION.—A HARD CASE. A pretty and neatly-dressed woman named Ellen Swan, who had two pretty children with her, was brought up by police-officer 704, who said he got her in the street the previous night destitute; and as she had no money nor no place to go to, he took her to the station. The poor woman, who seemed intelligent, in answer to Mr. Raffles, said—l came from Perth to seek my husband. who came here, but I . could not find him. Mr. Raffles—Have you any friends here ? No, sir. Mr. Raffles—Nor money ? None, sir. Mr. Raffles—You ought to go to the Workhouse and seek relief there. Woman—l have been there; but they would not send me back. Mr. Raffles—Why not ? Because I was born in Ireland. How long have you been in Perth ? Over 17 years : I was reared there and married there. Mr. Raffles—ls your husband a native of Perth ? He is, sir : he was born and reared there. I don't know anything about Ireland, except that I was born there ; but I have no friends nor relations there. Mr. Raffles thought she should be sent back to Perth, and ordered the officer to take her to the Workhouse and try if they would send her back, and if not let them defray half the expenses, and he would pay the other half, to send her back to Perth. The poor woman ex prpsed her gratitude to the worthy magistrate for his A CHRISTMAS 130 X.—CURIOUS STATE ur NT. Alice Smith, a young woman of a singularly fine figure, was charged with having stolen over £4 from William Dodson, who described himself as from Run corn. The prosecutor seemed to have commenced keeping his Christmas holidays already, for the effect of his last night's boozing had not altogether evaporated with the night mist, that gave way to the influence of " Sol." It appeared that Maister Dodson was dodging about the town the previous night, looking out for "adventures." He not only met one adventure, in the shape of the prisoner, but two more, in the shape of comrades. Along with this trio of graces (for they were all fine specimens of mother Eve's daughters), he invited them to take supper, by way of a Christmas box. They went into an eating-house, where he called for beef an mutton, and ham and eggs, and the other delicacies of the season. There is an old proverb which says, " good eating deserves good drinking," and Mr. Dod son's organ of benevolence being in a highly developed state—notwithstanding the frost and snow, that were quite enough to freeze the genial current—he sent for liquor gdori Anglia ad lib, and the four drank rings round them, until they did'nt care for Sing Poo, the Emperor of China, the King of Sardinia, nor Garibaldi. In this glorious state of happiness they might have con tinued, no one can say how long, had not Morpheus most treacherously deserted them, and when the prose cutor opened his peepers, he began to try his pockets with the feelers of his forefinger and thumb, when he missed some seven sovereigns ; and then, in place of lauding Miss Smith for her frugality and carefulness, he wound up the Christmas box by lodging her in the bridewell on a charge of having broken one of the rules of our legal code. The female searcher, at the station, got the sum of money lost by the prosecutor, tied up in the corner of the prisoner's necktie. The prisoner told the following story: She was a native of SLllelens, and some years ago she met with the prosecutor, who induced her to leave home with him. He is the rather of her two children, and every time he comes to town he gives her money. She said the money in this case was given to her by him in the usual way. The pro secutor was then called, and asked if the story was true ? and he replied that he never saw the prisoner before in his life. The girl strongly persisted in the statement, and the prosecutor as strongly denied it. The prisoner was sent to jail for a month. HARLEQUIN.—From all accounts, there is no doubt that the harlequin of our stage and theatrical booths in the days of Garrick, and for his impersonation of whom Rich became so famous, was a faithful impression of this curious type. In one respect Rich did not strictly follow the prescription we have given for playing Harlequin. His grief was not always laughable, and it is said of him that, "in one or two ()this pantomimes, his taking leave of Columbine was at once graceful and affecting." Was ever ancestor so dishonoured in his descendants as is the eccentric but amiable sentimentalist here denoted in the gentleman with the particoloured and bespangled tights who bears his name in the present age, and who betrays no more feeling for the nominal object of his affections, nor, indeed, any more human emotion whatever, than the wooden baton passed through his girdle ? In France, the character of Harlequin, which was there not con demned to the silent system, rose to a high degree of importance. Besides exciting mirth by the general absurdity of his behayiour, he was made the mouth piece of biting sarcasms on the age and the prevailing follies of society, and in many instances his was the principal character in the piece he played in. One of the best French Harlequins was Carlin, as he was called theatrically, although his real name was Carlo Berti nanzi, he being an Italian by birth. Fleury, the actor, in his amusing Memoirs, devotes a chapter to a delinea tion of his qualities as an actor, as well as his character in private, where he seems to have carried many of the eccentric attributes of the part be assumed in public. His chief merits were an extraordinary accent of candour and simplicity in his dialogue, and the marvellous nature of his pantomimic gestures. To the authors who wrote for him he was a perfect godsend, for such were his powers of humourous expression, that he invested all he said with a prestige of comicality that would make the most commonplace speech seem the acme of wit ticism. Harlequin was expected to amuse his audi ence by introducing a great deal of that practical fun which is now the principal ingredient of pan tomime ; and when Carlin slipped as he came on the stage, or in a night-scene stumbled over a post or ran up against a wall, it was done with such a natural air, that his audience could scarcely refrain from crying out to him to "take care." He possessed also the gift of improvisation, and would seize upon any unexpected incident during the performance to graft upon it all sorts of supernumerary drolleries. Frequently, when children were brought to the theatre to see him, they would be so impressed with the perfect good faith and raality of the droll good-tempered fellow before them, that they would address him from the boxes ; and he, using the very wide privilege of his part, would enter into a colloquy with the little people, and with the greatest art would work in these digressions into the substance of his part, so as entirely to delude country folks into the belief that the whole performance was designed, and on subsequent nights they would raise a cry for the scene of "harlequin and the children." — From "Temple Bar" for January. Our readers have only to send their address to L. E. Perrier, 77, Regent-street, W., London, and they will receive, free by post, 105th edition of the " INVALID'S OWN GUIDE," or .natural restorer without medicine or expense of perL ct diges tion, strong nerves, sound lungs, and refreshing sleep to the most enfeebled, effectually removing indigestion (dyspepsia), nausea, and sickness, even during pregnancy, debility, ner vousness, palpitation, cough, asthma, incipient consumption, dropsy, constipation, flatulency, diarrhoea, dysentery, bilious ness, fevers, sore throats. 'catarrhs, colds, noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irratability, sleeplossness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, despondency, cramp, spasms, sinking, fits, bronchi tis; also children's complaints. Accompanied wi,h numerous successful cures which had resisted all medical treatment, and been abandoned as hopeless. NIUSICAL, DRAMATIC, LITERARY, AND ARTISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP. Miss Agnes XiOtrdefntamt, an accomplished pianist, only thirteen years oiil, tfilote performances daring last season excited some attention; lias ffifst ekaiifred the first priie fe4r plati6fatie and'cbmpositioic,.aiinat *toil elected King's Scholar` di de R:oYal Aatlemy of MMic, of which she is a pupil. We (Critic) bear that the far-fag:lied' Italian Opera band feel extremely sore at being compelled to'giVe up their long-standing engagements at the PhilharitKohie• forthwith. No wonder, for they have contributed largely towards the popularity that the society has attained. In chaining the lesser of two evils, they found it politic to submit to the decree of Messrs. Gyc, Costa, and Co. Professor Sten - nide Bennett ie busy upon a new ora torio to be Satight out d the Leeds restival next year. At the Birmingham FestiVal, which will be held nest ' year, it has been resolved that aft eta cuncert shall be given in lieu of the ball With which art festival gene rally terrtinatce. The hand is alieady engaged for the last week in August. A new musical entertain*ent (St that peculiar de scription which has become popidatr of late; was pro duced on Saturday evening at the IlaAtlei-square Rooms, under the auspices of Mr. W. Willa, Idol has secured the services of Mdme. Lancia and Mr. Augustus Braham. The entertainment is entitled "Light and Shade; or, Photographing and Spirit-rapping." The following is a list of the Christmas entertain ments at. the various London theatres :---Drury Lane : A pantotniute, Peter Wilkins and the . Flying Islanders, written' by E . : L. Blanchard.—Her Majesty's : Torn a' phntonilimn i I!)y the 'same author.—Covent garden A platifotamt, lAtee Pearl, written by Mr. Bridgman, interpreted I;iy flin best pantomimist that exists—the Paynes.—Haymattet :" .A pantomime, Lady bird, Ladybird, fly away Home, by Mr. Buckstone.— Princess's : A pantomime, Robinson Crave, by Mr. Byron. " Friday by that extraordinary grotesque, l*T. Espinosa.--Adelphi : A burlesque, Blue Beard, by Mr. BYr - on.—Strand A burlesque, Cinderella, by Mr. Byron. Licetini A bnrlesque by Mr. Falconer, scenery by Mr. Callcott —Midge A burlesque, Timm- the Tartar, by Mr. Oxenford and S'iiiriey brooks. Our learned friend Notes eta 0n7168 comes out like his more vivacious contemporaries, With a Christmas number, full of Christmas lore appropriate to the season, and at once amusing and instructive. Oft ptiMishing friends, says the Critic, evidently reckols' toptar a leading as well as a merry Christmas, to judge from Me supply of solid or striking books with which they have fttruishied the community. It is the week before Christmas that produces Dr. Ingleby's " Complete View of the Shakspere Controversy," much the most elaborate work yet issued on the subject, and " complete" in every sense of the word. One el the chief events of the publishing season was to be the issue of Dr. Davis's " Carthage and her Remains ;" and, appearing as the work does just at the moment, it must figure as a valuable piece de resist ance in our Christmas bill of literary fare. In biography, always a favourite, flourishing, and pro lific department, we have Mr. Walter Thornbury's " Artiste, from Hogarth to Turner ;" " Ways and Words of Men of Letters," by the Rev. J. Pycroft, the author of the popular and amusing "Twenty-five Years in the Church ;" Mr. Hepworth Dixon's "Per sonal IfisCory of Lord Bacon ;" and the Rev. A. A. Bonar's "Men& of the Rev. D. Sandeman, Mis sionary to China." ft? history there is a solitary contribution—the new worii of Mr. T. Adolphus Trollope, " Paul the Pope and ravl the Friar," a story of an interdict, and of which Paul t and Paul the historian of the Council of Trent are the heroes. The veteran Lord Brougham's "Treatise on the British Con stitution," long announced, has made its appearance this week. The literature of home travel has been enriched by Mr. and Mrs. a C. Hall's " Book of South Wales ;', whilst Mrs. Meredith tells of Australian life in her new toftnne, "Over the Straits •;" Dr. Godet offers his exhansete work, " Bermuda ;" and Mr. Horace Marryat narrates his enperiences of Northern F.urope in i " A Residence in Jutland, the Danish Provinces, and Copen hagen." In religion we lt , tve to chronicle, the appear ance of the first volume of the late Dr. Wardlaw's pos thumous sermons, and an English transktion of Madam de Gasparin's "The Near and the Heavenly Horizons," which was first introduced to, the notice of our reading public by an appreciative criticism in facmilla'ds Magazine. In poetry, a second volume of the Legends and Lyrics of the daughter of Barry Cornwall, Miss Adelaide Proctor, and " The Worn Wedding Ring," and other poems, by Mr. W. C. Bennett, are the only contributions which this Christmas makes to serious minstrelsy. Gossiping on the recent gathering at Mr. Mudie's, the Illustrated News says :—Theie were painters, and sculpors, and engravers. There were critics and press men. There were poets and divines. The ladies looked cruelly learned, excruciatingly erudite, inexorably accom plished, as all literary ladies should do. The female authorial personality is perhaps a little alarming—not to say . awful; and we heard the prettiest lady in the 1.11:11Ina hP t clever." All these celebrities weie gathered logerEn partake of Mr. Mudie's graceful hospitality (he should give a dinner and see what capital knives and forks some of our most sentimental novelists can play), and to inspect his new and magnificent central hall : lofty, galleried, columniated, resplendently booklined as it is. Everybody was delighted ; admired the host's energy and enterprise ; marvelled at the development of his operations which led to the construction of such a palatial storeroom of his "select library," and felt dis posed to cry, "Io Mudie Eros Mudie !" till a grim reminder somewhat saddened the most joyous in a rumour that beneath the grand hall is a range of vaults designed for the reception of the works of unsuccessful authors. There is horror in the thought. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg has, with the consent of the Duke of Saxony, promoted the celebrated publisher of Leipsic, M. Bernhard-Tauchnitz, to the rank of hereditary Baron. This dignity has been conferred as an acknowledgment for the exertions made by the baron to promote the extension of English literature in Ger many. The January number of the Cornhill contains the opening portion of "The Adventures of Philip." We have the old dramatist persona of so many of Mr. Thackeray's fictions over and over again. Thus, Mr. and Mrs. Pendennis, the Major, Dr. Goodenough, are from " Pendennis;" the painter, Andrew Fitch, and his wife, the ex-widow Carrickfergus, are from "A shabby genteel story," published many years since in Fraser; and the father of Philip, a certain Dr. Firmin, made, it is to be presumed, his first appearance as Mr. Brandon in the same bygone tale. The "Little Sister" is also an old "shabby genteel acquaintance;" and the Ring woods, Ascots, Eghams, et hoc genus ovine, are indif ferently from the " Newcomes " and " Vanity Fair." We have the same old smiles, aristocratic genealogies, public school episodes, reminiscences of defunct dinner parties, sweetstuff, ginger -beer, and the Charterhouse birch rods, as of yore. With any other writer but Mr. Thackeray, this eternal repetition of la vieille patraque would pall and sicken ; with him, thanks to his genius, his wit, and his pathos, they still amuse, instruct, and delight. A universal exhibition of paintings is to take place next year at Florence. The Municipality has contributed 100,000 f. to the expenses ; the Provincial Council, 30,000 f. ; Milan, 20,000 f. ; Pisa, 7,000 f. ; and Leghorn, I,ooof. A week or two since (says the writer of "Literature and Art ") we asked whom the " Lorenzo the Magnia 'cent" could be who had given Mr. Frith a ten-thousand pound commission. 'We trust that some kind friend will set us right if we are in error. Our information, which we have every reason to believe correct, points to M. Flatou, a gentleman well known in connexion with the ." commercialities of art " as the Maecenas who is pre pared to give the £lO,OOO in question. The picture contemplated by Mr. Frith is said to be " Life at a Railway Station." IXFANT-REARING.—Mini Martineau, who, like all philoso phical ladies, has studied the matter thoroughly, says, that " in England alone, 40,000 babes die annually ; and one-third more of that number grow up either idiotic, sickly, or de formed." The reason is evident, as mothers, through inability to nurse their offspring, resort to the administration of baked flour, biscuits, tops-and-bottoms,or pap. The infant stomach, cannot assimilate such crude preparations, and frequently rejects them; but still the nurse or mother continues them under the hope of soothing the child. Internal inflammation Place—eructations, diarrhoea, and consumption appear—and most frequently convulsions are induced which seal the infant's fate. The Medical Times and Gazette, August 28, 1858, p. 215, conveys Dr. C. B. F. Routli's views on the same im portant subject, and his opinion of Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, as adapted to obviate the mischief effectually. Dr. Routh is physician to the Samaritan Hospital for Women and Children. This learned and experienced practitioner says : "The human milk contains, besides salts of lime, chltorideof potassium. Now, in common with carbonic acid, his salt enjoys the peculiar property of .dissolving cerbenat. of lime or chalk. An abssnce of it in the food, ae in wheat 'read, Is very injurious to a growing child ; hence, a child re,: on pap for a time grows fat, but the bones arc soft ; frequently it sickens, and severe symptoms supervene. Amongst the vege table substances, that which comes closest to ini k in its com position, besides being more easily assimilated and strengthen ing, is, without doubt, l)u Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. containing both phosphoric acid in abundance, and chloride of potassium; it also includes caseme, the same principle which is found in milk in its constituent parts. No wonder, there fore, that under its. influence many children affected with atrophy (wasting away of the body) and marked debility have completely recovered. I have given it with the greatest advantage in such cases; and, so tar a , I may judge from my own experience, practice fully carries out what theory, from a knowledge of its composition, led us to anticipate. It gives good muscle and strengthens the bones, restoring tone, and a healthy, - regular action to the stomach and bowels, whether constipation or a relaxed State of the system is complained of." C. B. F. ROUTH, M.D.—Packed in tine, with full instructions: 11b., 2s. 9d.; 2 lb., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., Ils. ' • 121 b., 225. ; 211 b., free of carriage, 40s. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Itegent-street; also Fortnum, Mason and Co:, Abbiss. 60, Graee church-street, London; and through all grocers and chemists. Agents in this district :—Nixon and '['hew, 1, Castle-street; T Low; J. Kirkus ; Forsyth ; F. Ci. Jones, 5, Paradise-street; R. Sumner and Co. ; H. S. Alpass; E. Pearson and Son ; J. Oliver' W. Cross ; Sharp, Higgins, and Co.' Clay and Abra ham, 37, Bold-street; Evans. Sons, and Co., wholesale agents; John Beynon ; Thompson and Capper; J. Strawson, druggist; G. Bramwell and Son; C. Bromlow, 1, London-road ; Isaac Woodville, tea dealer; Raimes and Co., wholesale druggists ; F. Staveley, druggist, Price-street; T. D. Walker, Ranelaph street ; J. 11. Howell, 72, 'Dale-street; Hingston, druggist, B o ld-street ; Henry Middleton ; Gilbert Br.thers ; J. Cruise; Grace and Kelk; G. Barber, '2l, Great George - street, Birken head ; T. Fore, druggist ; B. J. Candler ; J. Dutton ; J. E. Hargraves ; Sanders and Co.; C. Jones; J. Green ; J. Lloyd, 69, Islington ' • 'J. C. Wales, 7, St. Anne - street; Thomson and Capper, 43, Bold-street; J. Hamilton, 49, Mill-street; R. Foulds, 76, Pitt-street. gIERIASTMAS: Whirls the wild wind thfoirgli lead'ess forest, Where we wandered 'mid the Where the unseen fairies gaily morriced, In the sultry prime? Ah, those days are past, And the bitter blast From the skeleton branches shakes the rime. Amy, darling, how we loved to linger In those silent woodlands, long ago, Ere old 'Winter's weird and wizard anger Beckoned to the snow Ere the merry brook In our favourite nook Feh ice-fetters - curb its murnturrn• g flow I Yet we love thee, old and hoary Winter, Though no blossom , lives in all" the dells, For the joy around the Yule-log's sl'linter, For the Christmas bells, When from spire and tower At the matin hoer Of immortal Peace their chorus tells. _ MORTMER COLLINS. From "Temple Bar" for January. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. BENEFICES AND APPOINTMENTS VACANT. PREBEND. Cursal 4th, in the Cathedral Church of St. David's : Rev. W. Nortl4 prom. CANONRY. In the Cathedral Church of Norwich, annexed to the Master phip of St. Catherine's College, Carnbridge : Rev. H. Philpott, I). D., prem. VICARAGES. Mission, Notts : dim Lincoln : cal £359 with residence : pat Lord Chancellor : Rcl'. W. Thorp, dec. PERPETVAL CURACIES. Nvltniton, CambridgeshireTilo Ely pat Archdeacon of Ely : Rev. J. Fell, prom. Wilnecote, Warwickshire dio Worcester : rat 19D: pat Vof Tamworth : Rev. R. W. Lloyd, dec. CHAPLAINCIES , Bridewell Hospital, London • stipend £120: before Jan. 3, 1861. Colombo (C.M.S.); Rev. H. Whitley, dec. To H.M.S. Colossus : Rev. J. Jenkins. dec. To H.R.H. the Prince Consort : Rev. Dr. Philpott, prom. To Windsor Union : Rev. J. Grainger, prom. CURACIES. Alvechurch, co and dio Worcester : stipend £lOO and furnished lodgings. Belton, Ratiland dio Peterborough. Plaistow, Essex dia Rochester. Redmarley d'Abitot, so and dio Worcester. St. Ives, Cornwall dio Exeter : stipend £9O. Thruxton, co and din Hereford stipend £lOO. Titchbourne and Beauworth, Hants : dio Winchester. MASTERSHIPS. Cambridge, St. Catherine's College: electors, the Fellows Rev. Henry Philpott, D.D., prom. Eton : Assistant Mastership : Rev. J. Grainger, prom. Hipperholme Endowed Free Grammar School, Halifax, York shire : Head Mastership : salary £lBO with house, &c. Kirkby-Lonsdale Grammar School : Rev. T. Croft, prom. Llanrwst Grammar School, North Wales : Second Mastership : salary £125 without rooms. .p . ortittg Antelligna. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-SATURDAY . There was but little business done here to-day, and the same remark will apply to nearly the whole of the past week. Dundee Nautilus: Drake .... Forester • TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 13 to 2 on the field offered. THE DERBY, 1861. Quotations. oto 1 offered... Trainers. .M. Dawson 28 to 1 offered Manning 52 to 1 taken Scott 50 to 1 ............ Drewitt HUNTING FIXTURES. The WYNNSTAY PACK will meet on Monday, December 24, at Celia Park Wednesday, December 26, at Aldersey Friday, December 28, at Quinta Saturday, December 29, at Oteley Park Each day at halt-past ten. Master, Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., M.P. ; Huntsman, J.Walker. The CHESHIRE HOUNDS meet on Monday, December 24, at Wrenbury Station Wednescla - Deer 'Aber 26, Warminghain Mill .. edm J ay, ,ecember 26, at Thursday, December 27, at ....Vale Royal Saturday, December 29, at Twemlow Hall Monday, December 31, at Three Greyhounds, Rudhthea Wednesday, Jar.nary 2, at Duddon Heath Thursday, January 3, at Appleton Hall Saturday, January 5, at Oulton Park Monday, January 7, at Booth's Obelisk Wednesday. January 9, at Wrenbury Station Thursday, January 10, at Cholmondeley Saturday, January 12, at Astle Each day at half-past ten. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1861. FEBRUARY. Lincoln MARCH. Nottingham Spring APRIL. Northampton Croxton Park Epsom Spring ll Newmarket First Spring... 29 Newmarket Craven Chester York Malton Salisbury MAY. 7 Bath 14 `Manchester 16 1 llarpenden 16 1 Epsom Summer .... 22 24 ...... 28 JUNE. 5 1 Oldham ~... 5 Newcastle 6 Bibery Club 11 Stockbridge 19 Winchest,r 19 JULY. Beverley Chelmsford Hungerford Ascot Hampton Newton 25 25 26 27 28 Newmarket Carlisle Wot cester Liverpool July. Pontefract Abingdon Nottingham .. 9 I Goodm:Ood AUGUST. 5 Reading Egham l 2 Plymouth Lewes..... Brighton WolverDampton gEP fElliß E R . Devon and Exeter 4 Derby 5 Doncaster l7 [ Ri c h mo nd Leicester Walsall Monmouth Manchester Autumn . 27 OCTOBER. Newmarket First October.. 1 N e wmarket Houghton 2B N ewmar ket Second October 14 I W0rce5ter............. Liverpool ............. NOVEMBER. 5 Shrewsbury I 13 A NEW JOINT-STOCK COMPANY.— A. French specu lator,' influenced by . the recent victories gained by the allied armies in Cbina, has proposed the establishment of a great joint. stock company for the government of the Chinese Einpre on the same system as the late India Company goven;ed British India. LIST OF PASSENGERS P ER S.S. GLASGOW.—Messrs. David H. Lockhart, wiiii a :n Heaver, Feramo Loubrie, George P. Gee, lady, and child, Albert Riobo, George P. Johnson, J. R. Pill, Matbew Neilson, John M'Lean, Richard Campbell, Miss Annie Ca,'pbell, Mr. William Ross, Rev. John White, Messrs. L Hill, John Hall, Mrs. M. Taylor, Mr. F. J. Murphy, Rev. E. H. Jewett, Messrs. 0. Edmunds, T. Render artfl Thomas Smith, Philip Owen, and 174 steerage pasTenge: s * LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.—REITIrir c week ending December 22, 1860. Admitted : in-patieti% ; 3 7 ; out-patients, 17; surgical casualties, 23. DischKiged cured, 18 ; relieved, and at own request, 12 ; made oul patients, 1 ; irregular, 2 ; dead, 4. Remain in tiik house, 165. Visitors : Messrs. G. J. Woodhouse and Richard Brooke. Physician, Dr. Vose, surgeon, Mr. Stubbs ; house surgeon, Mr. R. Harrison ; junior house surgeon, Mr. H. G. Rawdon • chaplain, Rev. Edward Poole; treasurer, Mr. Glades WORKMEN'S TREAT. — On Friday night last one of those social gatherings which are no less creditable to the promoters and ori g inators, than to those who take Hart in them, was celebrated by the workmen and others in the employ of the Messrs. Cooke and Townsend, drapers, Byrom-street, in their establishment. The young men, assistants, and other employees of this firm, met on the occasion referred to, and were entertained in a most hospitable and sumptuous manner by the spirited and enterprising gentlemen to whose services they devote their time and energies. A dramatic performance, in which the young men and assistants took past as dramatis personce, brought the festive proceedings to a close. ART UNION.—TILE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY.—THE DRAWING FOR THE PRIZES.—OR Saturday the exhibi tion of the Art Union of the Liverpool Academy closed, and the drawing for the prizes took place at the academy's rooms, Old Post-office-place. .A great number of persons attended during the afternoon, and the result was as follow :—£100: 3,447 ; £5O: 24,915 ; £4O : 35,488, 22,741; £3O : 20,918, 8,718 ; £25 : 14,916, 825; £2O: 17,992, 20,713, 5,442, 23,374, 20,143, 21,421; L 10: 19,412, 1,045, 17,087, 16,494, 15,363, 141, 2,996, 8,096, 18,516, 24,798 ; : 17,165, 11,332, 24,848, 23,487, 16,717, 28,916, 3,419, 17,474, 15,073, • 16,748, 22,751, 8.741, 24,744, 8,726, 24,322, 17,351, 25,740, 12,972, 18,058, 12,172, 17,952, 16,682, 20,973, 3,016, 20,009, 27,907, 3,483, 24,782. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BURY.— On Friday, the young man, Lot Ivenson Leather, charged with attempting to murder his sweetheart, Jane Mooney, by shooting her with a pistol, and after wards attempting to shoot, hang, and drown himself, and ultimately cut his own throat, was brought before the magistrates at the Petty Sessions held at Bury, hav ing previously been remanded. Mr; Dliine, superinten dent of police, stated that from whet he had seen him self, and from information which he had received from a medical man, the young woman was not in a fit con dition to attend the court, and therefore he applied that the prisoner might be again remanded for a week. He was remanded accordingly, and was then removed from the dock. He was afterwards visited by his mother and aunt, whom he encouraged to keep up their spirits, assuring them that he should soon be back. We are told that some of the members of the family have been insane, and that an uncle is insane at the present time. COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR DURHAM.--TWENTY MEN KILLED.—SUNDERLAND, Friday, 4 p.in. — A fear ful explosion took place at Hetton Colliery, on Thursday night, whereby several miners lost their lives, and which has been the cause of great excitement arid sorrow in that district. This colliery is the property of the Hetton Coal Co., and is situated about nine miles south of Sunderland. On Tuesday last the Lyons Pit, which is 150 fathoms in depth, was laid off work in consequence of some necessary repairs in the shafts, and in the mean time one of the furnaces was extinguished. On Thurs day the pit was put into working order again, and upwards of thirty-five miners went to work at nine p.m. A fearful explosion of gas took place in the working of the mine, whereby twenty miners were killed, the rest having a providential escape. This morning, at ten o'clock, nine of the miners dead bodies were found and brought to the bank. The greatest efforts are now being made, both by the viewers and the workmen iu searching for the remainder. Several of these unfor tunate men have left widows and large families to lament their lOss. Owing to this explosion the extensive operations at this colliery have been suspended for the present. lloLtowAv's Pmts.—Diseases of the Warm Climates. Liver complaints, general debility, gout, and other ailments to which the inhabitants of India and all eastern countries are liable, may always be quickly cured when these restorative remedies arc at hand. When the constitution seems breaking appetite muscu gone, lar and the and ner mind sinking vous sy,tem c inomto pletely relaxed, the te d es p o ndency and t espair ' it is never too late, even at the eleventh hour, to restore the physical and mental powers to perfect health and vigour, if a fair trial be given to these admirable pills. They are like Medea's celebrated drug, which renewed to old CEson, King of Thessaly, his youth and strength. They gently stimulate the too enfeebled vital organs. LATEST FASHIONS.—The bride's dress worn at a recent fashionable wedding elicited general admi:eation. It was at on ce r i c h an d simple. The material was white imperial satin. The skirt was made with a traie f and trimmed with five fluted flounces, each about two inches broad, and the whole trimming ascending only to the height of a quarter of a yard from the edge of the dress. The corsage was fastened with buttons. The sleeves were shaped to the elbow, and had revers trim med with a small fluted ruche of white satin. The under sleeves were small puffs of tulle illusion, trimmed with a ruche of tulle, and a similar ruche passed rounil the upper edge of the corsage. No ornament of jewel lery was worn with the dress ; and instead of a bouquet de corsage. a single spray of orange blossoms was placed on one side near the shoulder. A spay of orange blossoms was also placed above the bandeaux of hair in front; and the back hair, which was fixed by a large tortoiseshell comb, was dressed in plaits, descending low at the nape of the neck. A wedding dress ju s t com pleted in Paris for an English lady of fashion, is composed of rich white silk, trimmed with magnificent flounces of lace lined with stiff tulle. The corsage is pointed in front and at the back, and the sleeves have trimmings of lace fi xe d by a bow of ribbon ; the under sleeves are at the wrists. Velvet is a favourite trimming for dresses. A dress composed of grey silk has been very prettily trimmed with three band of violet velvet disposed alternately with two flounces of silk scalloped at the edge. The bands of velvet are of graduated width, the broadest being placed quite on the edge of the dress. A band of medium width is placed between the two flounces, and the narrowest band surmounts the whole trimming. The corsage, high and plain, has revers and a ceinture trimmed with rows of violet velvet ; the sleeves are, at the upper part, formed of two full puffs, beneath which is a deep loose cuff or fall of silk, open on the outer part of the arm. and edged round with violet velvet. Under sleeves of white lace open at the ends, and a blonde cap trimmed with flowers, are to be worn with the dross just mentioned.--Lad, 8 Newspaper. LATEST NEWS. (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TritEGRAPH'.) THE REFORMS IN AUSTRIA. -MOST IMPORTANT CIRCULAR BY BIRON SUMMING. VIENNA, Dec. 23', The official Wiener Zeittsng of to-day pub lishes a circular' addressed by Baron Voni Schmerling to the governors of the provinces,- explaining the leading principks of his policy. The baron says it is the mission of the Ministers of State to carry out fully and effectively the resolutions and intentions of the Emperor, as expressed in the imperial manifesto a the 20th October. As regards freedom of religious worship, it is the will of the Emperor that political and civil rights shall in that respect also be served against any encroachment, and that the mutual relations of the different con fessions shall be established upon an equitable footing, and upon the real love for one's neigh bour. Public instruction will he promoted by every possible means. The free development of the nationalties is accorded. With respect to the public press every preventive interference is removed. The development of agriculture, com merce, and industry will be pursued with redoubled energy. The communes will enjoy an independent existence. The administration of justice is to be separated from the governmental administration. Publicity and the oral form of proceeding are to be introduced into the civil and penal courts of law. As regards the provincial statutes, the Ministry of State has been authorised to intro duce into the fundamental laws the principle of representation of the different interests by means of direct elections, and the extension of electoral rights and eligibility. The right of initiative and the publicity of debates in the Council of the Empire to whose province belongs the general legislation, while the provincial Diets are only competent to legislate on provincial questions, is therefore conferred the right of originating pro jects of law and publicity of debates. The Council of the Empire will be composed of mem bers unconditionally elected b y t h e Di e t s , a nd will, besides, receive additional members. The provincial governments of the minor crown lands recently suppressed, are to be re-established. In conclusion, Baron Schmerling exhorts the public functionaries to a conscientious discharge of their duties, to the furtherance of the interests of the inhabitants of their provinces, to a strict obser vance of the laws, and to candour in their official reports on the condition of the country. SAXONY. DRESDEN, Dec. 22. The official Dresden journal of to-day announces that the King, after having suffered during six days from severe cold, was attacked on Friday by measles. The ministry:are entrusted with the entire direction of the Government during the illness of the King. SWITZERLAND. BERNE, Dec. 23. The sitting of the National Council and the Council of the States were both closed yesterday by their respective presidents, who, in their speeches, reviewed past events, and exhorted tha members to union. Dr. Blumer, president of the Council of the States, especially alluded to the internal differences, which had arisen in reference to the question of Savoy, and warned the press to avoid raising suspicions against those who may entertain a different view of things to their own. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dee. 15. The Levant Herald announces that the Trea sury Bonds have been renewed for three years; a great fall has, in consequence, taken place. A new tithe law is in course of preparation. Cus toms reforms are contemplated. A disturbance has been suppressed at Rio. The rate of exchauge has fallen. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Dec. 22, 3.25 p.m. The Bourse remains very depressed. Rentes closed at 68f. 30c., or 10 centimes lower than yesterday. ITALY. THE POPE'S ALLOCUTION. ROME, December 21. The Pope delivered an allocution in the Con sistory held on the 17th instant. His Holiness spoke of the prosecutions of the rn Christians in Syria and China. He condemned the pamphlet of M. Cayla, entitled " Le Pope et I'Empereur," and announced that the Grand Duke of Baden had violated the pontifical concordat. _ The Roman patriots ha're posted up bßl.s os the walls of Rome bearing the arms of King Victor Emmanuel, and the words, " We desire assese.- tion to Sardinia." ^ " " ViTYWANiN I M Utiy. The royal mail steamer Australasian arrived at 1 p.m., embarked mails at 4 15, all well. She made the passage from Liverpool in twenty hours. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHA,MPTON, Dec. 22. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Sultan, Captain Cook, with the above mails has arrived. She brings seventeen passengers, £1,540 in specie, and 3,300 packages in cargo, consisting chiefly of oranges. She spoke the Tagus bound for Lisbon, on the 19th instant. The Tyne sailed from Lisbon for the Brazils on the 14th. Her Majesty's ship Mersey left Lisbon for the West Indies on the 15th. In Lisbon harbour were her Majesty's ship Centurion and the Portuguese squadron. A great many vessels were anchored outside the bar of Oporto. At Lisbon. on the 17th instant, Exchange on London, three months, was quoted 54! ; Paris, 5-28 ; Amsterdam, 42; ; Hamburg, 48 ; Genoa, 5-27. Rentes, Three per Cents, interest from January, 1861, 461. Cou pons, 45 1 - ; deferred, 37. Bank of Portugal Shares, 262 milreis. Oporto Commercial and Mercantile Bank, 260 milreis. Mr. Alfred Bunn, the theatrical manager, died of apoplexy on Thursday evening. The Archbishop of Griburg-in-Baden has, at the re rt.4 of the Government, interdicted the clergy from ( rt• collections in private houses of Peter's Pence. Th e p - on,, , wing appeared in our later editions of Saturday : AuFOIA AND VENETIA. PARIS, Dec. 21. The Constitutionnt: / contains a second article, signed by its chief edt,4nr, M. Grandguillot, on the subject of Austria any Venetia. M. Grand guillot says France w ill never suffer the return to an offensive policy by Austi7in in Lombardy. M. Grandguillot explains that another power, from divers motives, is expected, contrary to Austrian domination in Italy. ITALY. NAPLES, DM 21. It is rumoured that a corresl)ondence hag been discovered between a member of the clergy and Gaeta. MAIL NEWS. The post-office authorities have intimated that the mails for India, China, and Australis, will be made up in London on the 26th instant as usual. The weather was extremely severe at Paris on Wed nnday and Thursday. The war party at Vienna is said to have become very violent, and M. De Schmerling has been obliged ter threaten to resign, in order to keep them within bounds. It has been determined to close Lloyd's at two o'clock on Moudav next, and the Baltic Coffee-house altogether on that day. Mr. Vyner has limn elected for Ripon. Dr. Lees declined going to a poi:. The show of hands was in his favour. The funeral of the late earl of Aberdeen took place yesterday at Stanmore. The INhop of Oxford performed the religious service. The pall \vas borne by the Duke of Newcastle, Earl of Clarendon, Sir James Graham, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, ti:e Right Hon. E. Cardwell, and the Earl of Dalkeith, actii:g for his father. We and )are s of an )led ests rom all het kief the a g e kr. the .1 LU her. not §nb- ;nee u all s in dill; hnbi at, ,sh nd I I I