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WINCHESTER, Monday.
The subject of prison discipline, which has excited so
much interest in this county, was again brought under dis-
cussion this day before a very full bench of magistrates.
Lord Eversley presided, and amongst the other magistrates
present were the Earl of Carnarvon,Lord H.Cholmondeley,
Lord Hey, tesbury, Lora Somerton, Sir W. Heathcote,M.P.,
Col. Humphry, M.P., Mr. Beach, M P., Sir H. Jervoi•el
M.P., Mr, Carter, M.P., Mr. Sclater Booth, M.P., Admi-
ral Sir C. Curtis, Admiral Neville, Hon. 3, D. Curzon, J.
W. Salt, Esq., H. J. Mulcock, Esq., F. J. Marks, Esq.,
W. C. D. Esdaile, Esq., H. C. Compton, Esq., Sir John
Simeon, the Rev. J. T. Maine, the Hon. J. T. Dutton, Sir
H. P. Gordon, and Raikes Currie, Esq.
On the motion of Sir W. HEATHCOTE, seconded by Lord
H. CHOLMONDELEY, Dr. Butler was appointed surgeon to
the eounty prison, in the room of Dr. Lyford, resigned.
Lord H. CHOLMONDELEY then brought up the report of
the visiting justices, stating their disagreement-to certain
parts of the report on prison discipline presented by the
Earl of Carnarvon at the Christmas Sessions,which he pro-
posed to submit to the Court inthe shape of an amendment.
The justices, although disagreeing with recommendations
to which the amendment would refer, expressed their
anxious wish to carry out such new duties as might be im-
posed upon them.
The Earl of CARNARVON then rose to move the following
resolution, of which he had given notice at the Christmas
sessions :—" That this Court do agree with the committee
on prison discipline in the recommendations contained in
their report, and that a committee, to consist of the
several justices of the county prison, be appointed—that
the said report be referred to them for their guidance, and
that they do from time to time report to the Court the
progress made in carrying the same into effect." The noble
earl said it was his anxious wish to meet the visiting
justices, and to smooth away any points of antagonism
which might exist. His noble friend had adopted a very
inconvenient and very unusual mode of proceeding in
framing his amendments on the motion, and retaining them
until the last moment, when it was impossible to give them
full consideration. On that ground, and also on the pound
that he had not had time to consult many gentlemen who
had served on the select committee by whom the report had
been prepared, he should be justified in declining to accept
the amendments, but he must go a step further and say,
that, having glanced at the amendments which had been
handed to him, he could not accept them, because their
adoption would practically put an end to the recommenda-
tions contained in the report. The committee had been
appointed to consider the whole subject, and had framed
what he considered a satisfactory scheme. Another com-
mittee suggested certain alterations in that scheme. Now
he thought it was not too much to ask that the system which
had been recommended should have a fair trial, and in the
event ot its failure he should be perfectly ready to co-ope-
rate with his noble friend in obtaining enlarged powers for
the visiting justices, or in procuring a modification ot any
of the principles laid down in the report. If the amend•
ments were few and tr,fling, as his noble frier d appeared to
consider them, then they were superfluous; but if they
materially affected the substance of the report he trusted
the Court would consider him right in pressing his motion
to a division. Before proceeding further he should be glad
to hear what his noble friend had to say in support of his
amendments, and would then endeavour to reply to him.
(Hear.) He might, however, be permitted to state that he
had received a letter from Lord Shaftesbury, who was pre •
vented by indisposition from taking part in the proceedings,
in which letter his noble friend expressed his anxiety to
support the views embodied in the report from the convic-
tions which he had arrived at during a long and arduous
attention to the evidence given before the committee of the
House of Lords. (Hear, hear.)
The motion haring been seconded and put from the chair,
Lord H. CHOLIIONDELEX rose to propose his amend-
ments, the adoption of which he denied would be fatal to
the report. They were as follows :—" That this Court do
agree with the committee on prison discipline in the recom-
mendations contained in their report, with the following
amendments thereto :-1. That in special cases, to be re-
ported by the chaplain to visiting justices and approved
of by them, secular books be allowed to prisoners in the Ist
and 2d classes. 2. That the visiting justices be instructed
to make such arrangements of the prisoners' time as may in
their opinion be desirable for carrying out the hard •labour
scale, and also to fix the hours for schcol instruction ; but
that they be recommended to consider, when making such
arrangements, whether the whole or any portion of such
school instruction may not be advantageously given in the
evening. 3. That as the introduction of guard or plank beds
must be considered simply as an experiment, the visiting
justices be instructed to order only a limited number of such
beds, not in the first instance to exceed 20, and that such
beds be used with or without mattresses, at the discretion
of the visiting justices, but that they be directed to report
from time to time to the court, stating whether, in their
opinion, it will be desirable to increase the number of beds,
and to adopt fully the suggestions of the select committee
with regard to the first and second classes of prisoners,
4. That, in the opinion of the Court, it is not desirable at
present to take any steps for the restoration of the stalls in
the chapel, but that the visiting justices be requested to
make such arrangements as they may judge expedient for
preventing more effectually all communication, but that
no alteration be made in the daily attendance of pri-
soners. 5. That the table in the appendix be re-arranged,
in order to meet the alterations now adopted by the Court.
With respect to the first resolution, the visiting justices
were of opinion that there were prisoners to whom it was
really necessary to give secular books, and all the justices
required was that they might have the power to grant such
books in special cases reported to them by the chaplain.
If the Court adopted that suggestion he could assure them
that the indulgence would not be abused. With respect to
the second amendment he was really at a lose to understand
how his noble friend could consider it fatal to the report.
The object in view was, that the hours of instruction
should be fixed ; but that would be taking out of the hands
of the justices a power which they ought to be allowed to
retain. He would not say whether it was good or bad to let
instructionbe given in the evening—but in his opinion the
arrangements ought to be left in the hands of the justices.
The third amendment referred to the experiment which
ought, in the first instance, to be tried on a small scale—
and he thought it would be extremely unwise to order 50 or
60 plank beds to begin with. All that the justices re-
quired was to be allowed to try the experiment on a
smaller scale than that recommended by his noble friend.
With regard to the fourth amendment he felt very
strongly, and was of opinion that the justices ought to be
allowed to make such arrangements as they deemed expe•
dient for preventing more effectually the communication of
prisoners with each other. Whatever the Court might de-
termine upon the justices would endeavour to carry out to
the best of their ability. The most important part of the
proposition of his noble friend was that relating to hard
labour, and that the justices were fully prepared to carry
out. He doubted whether it would have the effect desired
by his noble friend, but if that should prove to be the case
he would be one ;of the first to congratulate him on the
alteration. He doubted whether the change proposed would
have the effect of reducing the number of prisoners ; for on
looking over the Lords' report it was somewhat remarkable
that in those prisons where the lab,ur was most severe
there were the largest number of re-commitments. (Hear.)
The amendments were seconded by Mr. CHUTE.
Lord SO3iERTON objected to the amendments, which, he
said, struck at the root of the whole matter, particularly
those relating to school instruction and separation in
the chapel. Those gentlemen who supported the
amendments ought to consider what the result of their op-
position might be. The opinions embodied in the report
were not only the opinions of the noble earl and his com-
mittee, but the opinions of the committee of the House of
Lords, the opinions of the Royal commission on penal servi-
tude, and the opinions of many of the judges of the land,
and especially of the Lord:Chief Justice. (Hear, hear.) He
had heard some objections stated as to the number of hours
proposed for labour. The number proposed was ten. Some
persons had gone so far as to say that such an amount of
labour would have a serious effect on the mind of the pri-

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The Earl of CARNAUVON—That would give the visiting
justices entire discretion to scratch out every line of the
report, and ho should place not only himself but the com-
mittee and the Court in a false position it he agreed to such
a proposition. (Hear, hear.) On the other hand, if the pro-
position of Mr. Esdaile did not go so far, it was only assert-
ing, in other words, what had been assumed. He did not
think that there was anything unreasonablybindiag on the
justices in his res)lution, and believed that it conveyed every
reasonable latittde that ought to be given. It had been
stated that when the report was laid on the table a promise
was given that the subject should be brought forward in a
string of resolut ons. No such promise had been given by
him, bat he would go so far as to say that such had been his
intention, and le should have done so had the chairman of
the justices been able to meet, and had he not been driven
to the necessity of acting for himself on account of the pres-
sure of time. The whole point of Lord Cholraondeley's ob-
servations was this, that it was unwise to pledge the Court
by the adoptiot of this report to any precise details. But
the Court were not drawing up an act of Parliament or ape.
cifying every little detail which might be necessary for car-
rying out the scheme. (Hear, hear.) This was a matter
between the Cenrt and the justices. If they accepted in a
frank manner the spirit of these recommendations all petty
questions of detail might be easily and satisfactorily settled.
If the justices met with difficulties the Court might assist
in removing those difficulties iby enlarging their powers,
The proposals which had been made for agreement were
almost identical with this resolution, and if they only
meant that they were supei Miens and worse than super-
flpourotuss;aubdeciaratipsety they would throw suspicion on the re-
that there was some eecenlary motive
beyond that which was apparent, he believed the adop-
tion of the amendments would be injurious to the re-
port. They were of two classes. The fist and the
third referred to matters of detail, and they were
scarcely worthy of objection; with regard to the plank
beds, he never had any intention of binding the justices
down to any particular number. All he desired was that
the experiment should be tried. (Hear, hear.) But the other
two points ware of great importance—the questions of
evening instruction and the chapel arrangements. With
regard to the question of instruction, the proposition of the
justices was this—that the whole or a portion of such in-
struction could not be advantageously given in the evening.
The proposition in the report was not to give instruction in
the day, but in the evening. Now he was at a loss to un-
derstand what objection could be urged to evening instrae.
tion. That system was a practical one, It had been tried
and it had succeeded. In the Irish convict prisons it had
been the practice to limit instruction to the evenings, and
every one knew that the system had answered. And he
could, from personal inquiry, bear testimony to the fact that
such a system was agreeable to the prisoners. But he would
go a step further, and say that he objected to instruction
being given in the day. Instruction given during working
hours was vicious in principle. These hours ought to be
devoted to work and nothing but work. Prisoners were
committed to prison not to be educated, but in the first in-
stance to be punished. Punishment was the primary con-
s deration, Instruction ought only to be a secondary one.
(Hear.) The Court had always shown a deference for the
opinion of Parliament, and when they found that two
bodies differently constituted—a committee of the House of
Lords and a Royal commission, presided over by Lord
Grey—had without concert and communication come to
an identical recommendation with respect to evening
instruction, he thought that fact ought to have considerable
weight with the Court. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the
chapel the visiting justices recommended that no steps
should be taken. The report recommended that with a
view to render communication more difficult the Court
should agree to re-stall the chapel, but supposing the ex-
pense too heavy to be incurred at this moment they sug-
gessted that the alternate seats should be vertical. But
the recommendaton and the alternative had both been re-
jected by the justices, although they admitted they present
system to be unsatisfactory. It had been said that the car-
rying out of the report would be attended with great ex-
pense, but he entertained a very different opinion, and
entered into some statistics to show the.; the amount ex
pended in the employment of an increased number of officers
to carry out a really deterrent system would be more than
compensated by the reductions in the number of recommit-
tals. To show how lightly the present system was treated,
the noble earl mentioned an instance in which a labourer
on his release from Winchester, on being asked what he
thought of the treatment, replied, " You can hardly tell how
goodnatured and kind and civil they are, they weighed my
food for me every morning ; they came every day and asked
if I had anything to complain of and if I desired any alte-
ration to be made; and if it had not been for the desire of
seeing my wife and family I should have bad no objection

Last evening the Chancellor of the Exchequer
delivered an address to the members of the reading-
room at Buckley, Flintahire. Sir Stephen Glynne
occupied the chair, and the room was well filled.
Mr. Gladstone, after referring to the immediate
object which had called them together—the inau-
guration of a working-man's reading-room—said
there was a striking resemblance between the na-
tural habits of animals and men. It was natural
for the animal to divide its time between labour,
food, and sleep. So it ought to be with man ; but
man ought also to give a portion of his time to in-
tellectual pursuits. What- were the competitors
with these institutions for the employment of the
spare time of the labouring man P There was the
public-house, and, though he would not speak in
extrema language of those houses, as was the prac-
tice of some, they would no doubt agree with him
that the public-house was not a desirable place for
a labouring man to spend that portion of his time
which was not required for food or sleep, and that
schools and reading-rooms were greatly preferable.
Having spoken further upon the general question
of the utility of working men's educational institu-
tions of the kind they were then inaugurating, he
dwelt upon the means which working men
generally possessed for forming them. Ho ob-
served that Englishmen were not by far so
thrifty as the inhabitants of Scotland and
Wales ; but not only were Englishmen less
thrifty than Scotchmen or Welshmen, but they were
less thrifty than the French labouring man, while
the latter got 20 to 30 per cent. less wages than the
former. It had been for many years the desire and
effort of the legislature of this country to do what
they could to induce the labouring classes of this
country to be thrifty and careful, and with this ob-
ject they had established the Post-office Savings
Banks, so that nothing now was wanting but the
disposition to be provident, and that disposition, al-
though it could not be supplied by an Act of Parlia-
ment, might be greatly encouraged by such facili-
ties for investment as those to which he had referred.
They could not possibly confer upon men of an
independent free community like ours a greater
blessing than that of enabling them to serve and
help themselves. The right hon. gentleman referred
at some length to the virtue of thrift, recommending
it for the reasons that it enabled labouring men to
put out their children to trades and businesses, and
also prepared them for a rainy day. Savings banks
had been in existence for nearly a quarter of a cen-
tury, and £40,000,000 had been deposited with them
—that amount being almost entirely the property of
the working classes. Post-office savings banks had
now been established wish the object not of rivalling
any other institution, but of encouraging as much as
possible the efforts of the working classes to save
tneir money and to secure for themselves a safe
depository for their savings. These banks, of which
there were 3,000 in the country, were exactly adapted
to the requirements of the labouring population,
who did not want to deposit any but small sums, and
who, having perhaps no secure place in which to
keep their money, could place it there, where it
would not be taken away, as it might be when
temptation came if kept in the house. Another
advantage which these banks presented was that,
while there were 3,000 of them, the depositor put
his money into but one bank. The Bank of England
had branches in different parts of the country into
which persons might pay money and receive it at
any other bank. So it was with these 3,000 Post-
office Savings Banks. If a man put money into
any one of these 3,000 banks, he could draw it out
from any other of them. When first the system was
introduced it was not liked, because some people
said that the Government wanted the people to take
their money to the Post-office Savings Bank, and
then the Government, knowing how much money
the labouring classes possessed, would impose some
tax or other which did not then exist. But the fact
was, that the Post-office authorities, although they
had to receive the money, dare not tell anybody the
amount deposited. There was therefore no oppor-
tunity for the inland revenue officer to know the
exact amount deposited, and then report it to Govern-
ment. One thing which kept some people away from
these banks was a fear that they coula not make their
deposits without the risk of their accounts being
peeped into by other people. He did not believe
the old savings banks were very particular aboat
this, for they had not the means of enforcing the
strictest secresy, because it was desirable that
the trustees and managers should be cognisant
of the deposits made. In the Post-office Savings
Banks the Legislature had endeavoured to meet
this difficulty as much as possible, and only one
person, the postmaster, was authorised to see the
accounts, while he was forbidden by law to disclose
to any one the names of depositors. Some people did
not like Post-office Saving Banks, as he had before
observed, because the Government would try
to ascertain through them how much more taxing
the people could bear ; but he considered himself
guiltless of any scheme of that kind, and if there
had been any such intention on the part of the
Government, the law would have been that the post-
master should make a return to the Inland Revenue
Office of the amounts deposited. One great benefit
in connection with the Post-office Savings Banks
was, that all the property of the country was liable
for the depositors' money, and if one, ten, twenty,
or fifty postmasters were to run away with the
money in their hands, the depositors would not be
affected in the slightest degree. His total would
remain exactly where it was, and his money would
be repaid him, notwithstanding the default of the
postmaster. After some further remarks, the right
hon. gentleman concluded amidst loud applause.

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has been communicated as to her name. A number of dead
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Deputy-Superintendent Perry, an old officer of the so-
ciety, has been placed in charge of a number of icemen in
St. James's-park, and it was fortunate they were there,
for the ice, especially at the end of the lake nearest the
Horse Guards, had only just formed sufficiently thick to
deceive the more venturesome—but in spite of the cautions
given by the society's men, a number managed to get by
stealth through the trees, and the consequences were that,
in the course of a very short time, some 25 to 30 men and
boys became immersed. Fortunately they were all rescued
by the Royal Humane Society's men.
The Royal ilound Pond, Kensington Gardens—At an
early hour in the morning Mr. Superintendent Williams,
by the order of Mr. Young, had three men belonging to the
society placed on duty here. They were provided with
ropes, drags, sledges, breaker-ladders, and life-buoys. The
reason for so doing was that this favourite place was com-
pletely besieged, and about 3,000 persons disported them-
selves upon the ice, which, although tolerably firm, is far
from being sufficiently strong to bear so great a number at
present. Several severe accidents occurred during the day
by persons falling upon their heads upon the ice, but no
immersion worth recording occurred.
The Long Water, Kensington Gardens—A number of
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the society's men have been placed on duty here, to
whichprev
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persons from venturing upon the frozen surface,
was considered to be in a very dangerous condition. On
the upper end of the Long Water, which is considered the
most secure, the ice gave way in several parts, and several
persons were immersed, but they were happily all rescued.
The total number of sliders and skaters upon this piece of
water during the day was estimated by Mr, Superintendent
Williams at 2,500. Amongst those who had a good duck-
ing was one of the Horse Guards, who, booted and spurred,
was enjoying himself at "circuitous sliding"—a half-circle

slide.
The Regent's Park—Sliding and skating commenced in
earnest at this park from an early hour in the morning.
The broad open water was partially frozen over, but there
are several pools of open water which render the place, upon
the whole, far from being secure. By directions of Deputy..
Superintendent Parsons, the skaters and sliders were driven
to the " gut" facing the society's tent, where they skated
and slid away towards the entrance of Marylehone Church.
Skating and sliding also went on with full vigour on the
narrow waters near the suspension-bridges, but a great
Ineuy fell into deep water; they were rescued, and taken
to the tent, where, under proper treatment, they recovered.
The ice on the Grand Surrey Canal and the Crystal
Palace lakes is about an inch and a half in thickness.
The Victoria Park had also a great number of patrons,
but nothing of a serious character occurred.

REPRESENTATION OF MALDON.—Mr. H. I.
Selwin, a son-in-law of the late Lord Lyndhurst, is
announced as a candidate for the representation of Malden
at the next general election. At the present time the
borough is represented by Mr. Peacock, a Conservative, and
Mr. Western, a Liberal. Mr. Selwin is a Conservative.

A lengthened discussion took place on this propo-
sition, in which Mr. Bell, Mr. Oitley, Mr. Theodore
Martin, 'Nita Vizitelly, Mr. Gruneisen, Mr. Tomlins,
and Mr. Stirling Coyne took part. The deepest
regret was expressed on all hands that such
an entry should under the lamentable cir-
cumstances of Mr. Thackeray's death, have
been made, and there was a general coccura
rence in the statement of Mr. Dixon, that it had
occurred on a mere question of form as to whether
Mr. Thackeray should be invited to become a vice-
president before it was known whether he would be
willing to accept. It was thought that the case
should be met by a declaratory resolution, and not
by an erasure of the minutes. In this view the
minutes were first confirmed by the meeting, and
then C. L. Gruneisen, Esq., submitted thefollowing
resolution, which being duly seconded, was, after
considerable discussion, eventually carried ; " That
the general committee deeply deplore the premature
decease of Mr. Thackeray, and regret that circum-
stances should have occurred to prevent the enrol-
ment of his name in the list of vice-presidents.
W. HEPWORTH DIXON, Esq., then announced
the following additions to the committee since the
last meeting:—To the list of vice-presidents—Ear;
Granville, K.G., and the Lord Mayor. To the Com-
mittee—The Right Hon. the Lord Provost of Edin-
burgh, the Mayor of Arundel, the Mayor of Bolton,
the Mayor of Chichester, the Recorder of Durham,
the Mayor of Kendal, the Mayor of Northumber-
land, the Sheriff of Mid-Lothian, the Provost of
Stirling, Sir Robert Phillimore, Q.C. D.C.L.,
Queen's Advocate; the Hon. the Chief Justice
of British Guiana, Sir Richard Hill, K.C.8.,
Col. de Bathe, Sir F. Madden, K.H., F.R.S., J. B.
Davis, Esq., M.D., F.S.A., H. G. Wright, Esq.,
M.D., Dr. Angus Smith, Hugh W. Diamond, Esq,,
M,D., Professor Goldwin Smith, Professor Tycho
Monsem, M. Arnold, Esq., James Crosby, Esq., J.
W. Davison, Esq., Warren Da La Rue, Esq., C. J.
Dumphey, Esq., Otto Goldschmidt, Esq., J. Harts
land, Esq., F.S.A., Thomas Hood, Esq., Edwin H.
Lawrence, Esq., John C. Leighton, Esq., Theodore
Martin, Esq., G. W. Martin, Esq., Alfred Mellon,
Esq., H. A. Wright, E•q., James Anderson, Esq.,
Rev, Thomas Corser, George Petrie, Esq., LL.D.,
James Spence, Esq., Liverpool, George King, Esq.
He said he had also to submit to them a report on
the general state of the committee, an exposition of
its ideas and of its organisation, with a view to
making the first public statement which they had
ever yet attempted up to the present time. All their
meetings had been private, and nothing had been
allowed to transpire except through the accredited
secretaries, who had been appointed to retort such
cfficial formal facts as they were instructed to do.
Toe question of publicity had to a great extent,
however, been taken out of their nands, as sonic of
the members Lad m:tde matter of public report the
common transactions of this private committee. It
had became absolutely nec:.-ssary, therefore, for the
committee itself to assume publicity. It was pro•
posed that a public statement ehould be made of
their ideas and organisation, which statement be
would submit to them for their ultimate adoption.
the hon. gentleman then read an add'reFs, settirg
forth the ideas and organisation of the commi.tttr,
as at present existing, a resume of their operations,
and a classified list of the mcst eminent
i members.interest
Another long discussion of no
took place on this report, resulting.
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The meeting thereupon adjourned.

LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 5, 1864.

The oracular utterances of the ancient Sibyls
were not regarded with a more anxious interest, or
subjected to a closer or keener scrutiny, than is
bestowed u pon every syllable which falls from the
Imperial Lips of NAPOLEON 111. Happily at the
present moment, like the fairy Princess who
scattered pearls and roses with every sentence, fair
promises and peaceful assurances continue to shower
down with every word of the modern arbitrator
of European peace and war. The apparently casual
and complimentary remarks addressed on New
Year's Day by the French SOVEREIGN to the
foreign Ambassadors have been analysed with the
most searching investigation, but no lurking poison
has been discovered intermingled with the honeyed
assurances. The most significant incident upon
which busy rumour can remark, is the absence of
any observation of consequence, or, it is even
hinted, of any observation at all addressed indivi-
dually to the Ambassador of England. That the
EMPEROR should have exhibited any remarkable
taciturnity towards on* Ambassador, is not in the
least degree probable. Had he done so, indeed,
the fact would would not have been mentioned
as a doubt. A thousand " good-natured friends"
on both sides of the Channel would have
blazoned it forth with trumpet tongues. The
EMPEROR was too wise to manifest any
marked discourtesy, but he passed by his
good impracticable ally, with a passing
salutation, signifying nothing. What, in fact, could
he Bay applicable to the circumstances ? The time
for reproaches has not yet arrived. The happy
results of the coming Congress will be the magnifi-
cent justification of the EMPEROR'S proposition,
while any failure in those results will most indubit-
ably be attributed to England's obduracy—as time
will show.

Yet more remarkable than the reticence, observed
towards the British Envoy, was the EMPEROR'S
friendly bearing in regard to the Russian diplomatist.
To that Minister he is said to have expressed a
confident conviction that France and Russia would,
.‘ henceforth," be upon most amicible terms. This,
if it means anything more than a complimentary
protestation, does not, sore say, augur welt
for the hopes so dear to our hearts in regard
to Poland. Nevertheless we shall refuse to
lend credence to any such idle rumour,
founded upon an isolated expression. Let us rather
hope that the future amity of - Russia and
France will be induced by some wise concessions
on the part of the former, rather than by any fal
tering in the liberal promises of the iattf.r.
If
the great NAPOLEON imperilled his vast power
by an untimely invasion of the Russian Territories,

his successor must avoid the opposite extreme, and
not risk his influential position by too close an
alliance with the Northern Autocrat. Any
connivance with the despoilers of Poland
would be more disastrous to the destinies of the
Second Empire than were the snows of Russia to
the First. Such an apprehension is, we fully be-
lieve, :utterly groundless. NAPOLEON 111. is
too wise to fall into any such fatal
error. He is now in a position of
almost unparalleled prominence as is clearly
evidenced by the vast importance attached to his
every word and syllable. The extent of his respon-
sibility will be a guarantee for his discretion. By
a due recognition of the liberal spirit and require-
ments of the age, and by that alone, he will ensure
not only the peace of Europe, bat his individual
popularity and the prosperity of his throne.

The King of DENMARK has, it is said, gone to
put himself at the head of his army. It is to be
hoped this decided step indicates a firm and re-
solute policy, which will not consent to sacrifice, or
even subordinate, the interests of the Danish Crown
to the menaces of the Diet or the persuasions of
Earl RUSSELL. It is an intimation alike to the
aggressors and to the neutral Powers that the
patience of Denmark is fairly exhausted ; that her
King will not consent to remain inactive while his
dominions are being quietly parcelled out among
the German States ; that her Ministers perceive
their true course is to meet diplomatic subtleties
with straightforward determination to pre-
serve their country's rights, and that the
Danish people themselves will cheerfully
bear the hardships and privations of war, for the
maintenance and integrity of the Danish king-
dom. The Danes of every rank are beginning to
act upon the truth—

" In native swords, and native ranks,
The only hope of freedom dwells,"
They have been too long tru,ting to timorous and
vacillating allies, depending on tardy and doubt-
ful succour, until at length they find that almost
every point is conceded to their adversaries, and
that the pressure which should be exercised on
the German Courts is only directed against Den-
mark. They awake from their delusive hopes to
the conviction that the neutral Powers are among
the adversaries most difficult to deal with,
and appear resolved to struggle for their
own rights, leaving help to come from
where it may. It is true that the rumour of a
protest on the part of Earl RUSSELL against the
occupation of Schleswig has been circulated, bat
the Danes are wise not to trust to paper defences,
but to present a goodly show of bayonets and
broadswords on the northern bank of the Eider.
If the Germans are allowed to obtain possession of
Schleswig, the question will be virtually settled,
and a thousand genealogical arguments will be
brought forward for the ready acceptance or the
Diet. The conduct of the Confederation in per-.
mating the so-termed " execution " to be a pretext
for allowing the Duke of AUGUSTENBURG to enter
the duchy as its Duke is open to severe condemnation,
A show of justice and impartiality should at least
have been maintained, instead of which we hear of
the pretender issuing proclamations unraer the title
of Duke of SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN to his " faithful
subjects," of congratulatory deputations and torch-
light processions, all, if not exactly countenanced
by the Federal authorities, at least not interfered
with or protested against. On the contrary, the
Duke of AUGUSTENBURG has the coolness to point
out to his faithful subjects that the Federal Diet has
no right to occupy his territories, and that he ex-
pects the Diet to admit that the causes
which dictated the execution are no longer
in existence. He charges them, however,
notwithstanding his protest, to be careful to avoid
any conflict with the Federal troops. Certainly, if
the Holsteiners are sufficiently Germanized as to
refuse to fight for their old dynasty, it is not very
likely that they will draw the sword on behalf of
the Duke of AUGUSTENBURG. Another outrageous
act on the part of the Commissioners is the omission
of the KING'S name from all public prayers. This
is giving open evidence of the malign intentions of
the Diet towards the lawful King of DENMARK,
and adds another to the long list of deeds and
words that prove how little sincere are the
professions about legal right and popular
representation. The Prussians will scarcely rest
satisfied while a Dane rules over Copenhagen.
Austria, more moderate, proposed to the Diet that
the Duke of AUGUSTENBURG should be immediately
summoned to leErie the Duchies, but this very sen-
sible proposition was rejected, though by a very
narrow majority. Austria cannot afford to quarrel
with England, and, with Hungary stirring like a
volcano at her feet, is unwilling to embroil herself
in a war which would give the longed-for opportu-
nity to the Magyar and the Venetian. Prussia,
with the infatuation that seems in this
instance to have spread from the King
and his Ministers to the whole population,
sees no reason why another province should not be
added to her patchwork domains after the same
fashion as Posen, Silesia, and one or two more. The
policy of FREDERICK the GREAT has been no less
followed by his descendants than the directions of
PETER by the Russian CZARS. The terrible reverses
which Prussia underwent in the wars of the first
empire have somewhat retarded her progress, but
the present seems to her a favourable opportunity
for securing her long-sought prize. She is blind
to the fact patent to all beside that she is in her
turn affording France the pretext for securing
the coveted frontier of the Rhine. Amid this entan-
glement of plots and counterplots, in which the
interests of peoples are sacrificed to the ambition of
their leaders, it is satisfactory to find the Danes
presenting a bold and united front, ready though
not rash in facing the danger before them.

Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE has come forward in
a very praiseworthy manner to celebrate the pro-
gress of Art in England ; and, as his remarks are
at all times most worthy of consideration, on this
attractive subject they are, of course, doubly
interesting. He alluded to the sweeping changes
which the Government have recently effected, and
the serious effect which these alterations will make
on many of those connected with these institutions.
This is the more to be regretted, because the claes
which will suffer the most are the most deserving.
It is very desirable to make all reasonable reduc-
tions, but at the same time it would appear to many
that there are several forms in which saving is to
be effected without trenching on the departments of
art. The system now proposed may work well in
an economical form, but how will it be regard-
ing the progress of art ? If all are to be on the
same footing, emulation and the primary induce-
ment to excellence is put an end to. This is not
reduction that reflects any credit on the part of our
authorities, and in all respects it is to be considered
as a great blunder. A master who has only passed
in one grade cannot be so efficient an instructor as
one who has passed in several ; and yet it is deter-
mined to place all on a level, and to give the same
sum to those who are only of one grade as to those
who are of several. When it has been everywhere
a universally acknowledged fact, that art was
greatly in abeyance in this country—when it was

a theme which saddened the reflections of our
highest intellects in discoursing of our condition,
and a reproach that foreigners were ever ready to
fling at us, it seems too bad that, now so much has
been accomplished in the furtherance of the good
cause, such vexatious hindrances and drawbacks
should be iaterpossd. In consequence of this parsi-
monious arrangement, it will be necessary for the
inhabitants of Exeter to bestir themselves and to
contribute somewhat largely to the requirements of
the position. It is earnestly to be trusted
that Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE'S spirited
and eloquent exhortation to the citizens of
Exeter will be attended to, and that they
will come forward in a worthy manner, and take,
as he said, " a liberal and a noble view of the
question." There was great truth in his observa-
tions as to the importance of considering this as a
great national work, and too much stress cannot
possibly be laid on the vast dignity of such an
undertaking as that designed to further the cause
and foster the interests of art. All that tends to
refine the mind, elevate the thoughts, excite the
sympathies, and awaken the intelligence of man, is
a noble work and a glorious undertaking. The
nation that neglects these sources of improvement
can never be really a leading one, or take its right
position among the foremost countries of the world.
Polish and culture are advantages that nothing
else can compensate for. Nothing can replace their
loss or substitute for their deficiency ; but wherever
these abound they are as adjuncts to more solid and
substantial possesßions, and impart a grace which is
their crowning triumphs. Sir STAFFORD NORTH-
COTE also alluded very forcibly to the great boon
such an institution as that he referred to was to all
kinds of students. It was prolific of advantages to
the rare sons of genius, and it abounded in benefits
to the large class who were of mediocre attain
ments, but who were yet capable of making great
progress, and extending the work of progress. It
is very true what the worthy President of the
Exeter School of Arts mentioned in respect to the
difficulties with which so many have had to contend
at the outset, who were after wards the most re-
nowned in their profession. It may, therefore, be
very fairly deduced from this, that many really
gifted individuals have been deprived of the
chance of signally distinguishing themselves
by the lack of such friendly aids as these
institutions afford. It is satisfactory to read
an address of this kind, for it proves that the sub-
ject is fairly understood and properly treated by
those who are in a position to exercise an influence
on its destinies, and Sir S. NORTHCOTE'S admirable
discourse reflects honour on himself, while it confers
a great service to the cause which he has so ably
advocated, and so fully taken up in all its ramifica-
tions, with so much earnestness and eloquence.

The Address of the French Corps Legislatif,

PARIS, Monday.
The draught of the Address of the Corps Legis-
tif, in reply to the Speech from the Throne, was
read to the members to-day.

The Address states that the population are pro-
foundly attached to Imperial institutions, and ap-
plauds the resolution of the Emperor to anticipate
public opinion in the path of industrial and com-
mercial liberty. It expresses a wish that the public
works should not be diminished, and that interior
reforms should be developed.

The Address then says:—" The Corps Legislatif
believes with the Emperor that the most wisely-
governed nations cannot always escape foreign com-
plications, and that they should regard them with-
out illusion as without weakness. The distant
expeditions to China, C,chin China, and Mexico,
have greatly disturbed the public mind in France
on account oi the obligations and sacrifices they
entail. We acknowledge that these expeditions
must inspire respect for our countrymen and for
the French flag, and that they may also develop
our maritime commerce, but we should be happy to
see realised shortly the good results for which your
Majesty has led us to hope."

On the Polish question the Address says :
" The recollections of our history, and the feel-
ings of humanity which animate us, excite the
most earnest sympathies for Poland, and we have
seen with grief the failure of the combined efforts
of three great Powers. Neither can we, however,
disregard that the sincere and cordial support of
Russia has been useful to France on important
occasions.

" We should regret any coldness in our friendly
relations with that Power, and have, therefore,
accepted with profound satisfaction the idea of an
European Congress, which will be a lasting honour
to your reign. France, on whom you have bestowed
splendour and glory, is grateful to you for not
having committed her treasures and the blood of
her children in causes in which her honour and
interests are not at stake.

" Leave without regret, Sire, the few unjust
prejudices against accepting your loyal and pacific
propositions. Noble and sound ideas make way in
the world, and take root in the heart of the
peoples. Await calmly the effect of your generous
works.

" France—homogeneous, compact, strong, and
confident in you—fears no aggression, and now has
no other ambition than to assure her repose and
develop her material welfare by labour and peace,
and her moral welfare, by the sincere and gradual
practice of civil and political liberties."
It is asserted that the debate on the Address
will commence in the Corps Legislatif on the 11th
inst.

A telegram received here from Trieste, of to-
day's date, states that the news of the Archduke
Maximilan being expected in Paris is confirmed.
His Imperial Highness would embark for Mexico
at such time as to enable him to arrive there before
the end of March.

'MONUMENT TO LORD AND LADY SIIDELEY.—A
monument to the memory of the late Lord and Lady
Sudeley is to be erected in a chapel, which is to be specially
prepared for the purpose, at the family seat of Toddington,
Gloucestershire. The monument consists of a Gothic plat-
form between two and three feet in height, sustaining two
slabs, on which rest life-sized figures of the deceased. The
baron is represented in his peer's robes, and the lady in a
towing dress. The bass of the monument is adorned with
eight sculptures, consisting of four angels at the corners,
and in the centre of the sides the four Evangelists. The
intervening spaces are filled with heraldic shields, tracing
the genealogy of the family. The entire tomb is of white
marble. his by Mr. Lough.

THE WHIRR OF FIRE-WHEELS.—We paid a
visit the other day to the Patent Fuel Factory, at
Wharf-road, City-road, and there we were much surprised
to enter a large room which resounded with the whirr of
wheels, and the clicking of machinery. The article called
a fire-wheel differs as much from the old faggot as the
sulphur match did from lucifer ; it is, in fact, a highly
civilised article, which has to go through many processes
to bring it to perfection. In the first place, nothing but the
very best pine wood, free from knots, is employed, We
dare not say how many cargoes of this wood are brought
to London annually to supply its fires, but if we were to
hint at a fleet as big as that which took the allied army to
Sebastopol, wo should not be tar out. The wood is cat to
proper lengths by powerful steam saw-mills working night
and day, and then it is split and stoved. The successful
lighting of a fire depends upon the perfect desiccation of
the wood as much as anything; this is obtained by drying it
with a great heat—to such a heat, in fact, that it becomes
surrounded with a kind of gas, which leaps, as it were, to
meet the fire applied to it. The ordinary firewood is sold in
bundles, as the reader must be aware; but the wheel is built
up to the shape of a wheel in the most ingenious manner.
The builders are young girls, rows of whom are seen em-
ployed in the facto, y, each girl having an iron matrix of the
shape of a wheel before her. Into this matrix she drops
with the utmost rapidity sufficient pieces of wood to make
the rim and the spokes of her miniature wheel ; by the aid
of a lever the different parts are jammed close, lifted a little
from its matrix, and tied firmly together with a string.
Some of the more nimble of the girls will thus build thou-
sands of these wheels during working hours. The last
process is to dip them in a cauldron of boiling resin, and
the patent fuel is complete. A fire cannot well go out when
this patent fuel is employed, as it lights with the utmost
ease, burns with fury, and gives out sufficient heat to boil
a kettle ; indeed, a large quantity is used by bachelors fur
this purpose.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAM.]

GREECE,
REPORTED DEPARTURE OF KING
GEORGE I, FROM ATHENS.
THE HAGUE, JAN. 5.

The Dagblad van's Gravenbage of to-day publishes
a telegram from St. Petersburg, asserting that
King George I. has quitted Athens, convinced of his
incapacity to regulate the confusion of the country.

DENMARK.