The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-19 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Sales, 7,000 bales or more. Holders ask I
advance in consequence of the news from America.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—At ten o'clock this morning
the sun shone out most brilliantly at Sydenham. The
Crystal Palace grounds, with the varied vegetation of rare
trees and plants, partly covered with snow, presented the
most beautiful aspect. The bright Italian sky lit the
palace itself in the brightest relief. Not a particle of
snow remained on the roof of the palace. The tempera-
ture maintained within the building being sufficient to
melt it as it fell on the glass. During Saturday night the
thermometer outside registered 13 degrees of frost ; last
night it did not descend more than 5 degrees below the
freezing point. Within the palace, by means of the fitty
miles of hot water apparatus, the temperature maintained
was comfortably warm; about 55 degrees, the temperate
point of Fahrenheit.
THE CHIDWELL• HEATH MURDER.—The :sheriff
of Essex has appointed Wednesday, the 28th inst., for the
execution of Francis Wane, who was convicted at the late
assizes for that county of the murder of a woman named
Emily Blunt, with whom he had formerly cohabited. It is
already known that the prisoner has confessed his crime.
He has since made various statements confirmatory of the
evidence adduced at the trial. The prisoner exhibits a
lamentable state of ignorance, and is unable to write or
read.

Lord and Lady Bloomfield will leave Wimpole
Hall, Cambridgeshire, to-day, where they have been visit-
ing the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke to visit Mr and
Lady Elizabeth Adeano at their seat in the same county.

General Thomas Francis Meagher has reported
for duty to General Steedman, at Chattanooga, and the
" Gazette," of that place, says he " has been assigned to
the command of a provisional division, composed of troops
from the various corps, who, from whatever cause, did not
accompany Sherman.

PERSONAL COURAGE OF THE FRENCII
PEROR.—On the fourth night after the coup d'etat,
my daughter and myself were present at a ball, given by
the Duchess of Hamilton, in honour of the Prince Presi-
dent, at the Hotel Bristol, Place Vendome. At ten o'clock
precisely, the President entered the ball-room, accompanied
by Count Bacciochi, when a quadrille was formed ; the
Prince dancing wtth the Duchess of Hamilton, Lady Pol-
timore and the Duke of Hamilton being the vis-a-vis. The
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Cowley making the vis-a-vis. " The Prince appeared
perfectly cool and collected—he conversed with a great
many persons, but more particularly with Lord Cowley,
who had only arrived in Paris that morning, to fill his Post
of British Ambassador, Lord Francis Gordon, Strang-
ford, Halliburton, Ernest Bruce, with their wives, were
present—together with many foreigners of distinction.
The instant the clock struck 12, Count B ieciochi, in a low
whisper, said that the Prince's carriage was ready—where.
upon the Duke of Hamilton, taking two wax-candles, con-
ducted his imperial guest downstairs, and handed him into
his plain brougham. On the return of the Duke to the
ball-room, he observed to several friends who had collected
round, How extraordinary 1 There was neither military
nor police in the court-yard of the hotel, to protect the
President in case of danger.' In fact, the Prince returned
at midnight, without an escort, to the Elyste, in a one-
horse-brougham,—Captain &motes Vird Sertes
Anecdotal Recollections.

STONEWALL JAclisoN'S BELIEF IN A SPECIAL
PROVIDENCE, and his habit of constaLt prayer.—
" When I take a draught of water, I always pause, as my
palate receives the refreshment, to lift up my heart to God
in thanks and prayer for the water of life. Whenever I
drop a letter into the boa I send a petition along with it for
Clod's blessing upon its mission, and upon the person to
whom it is vent, When I break the seal of a letter, I atop
to pray to him to prepare me for its contents, and make it
at
messenger of good. When I go to my class-room, and
await the arrangements of the cadets in their places, that
is my time to intercede with God for them. And so of ever
other familiar act of the day.