The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-17 00:00:00

Mr 11. Berkeley, M.P., at Bristol.

The Colston anniversary was celebrated at Bristol, on
Monday, in the usual manner. Mr 11. Berkeley and Sir M.
Peto were present at the dinner of the Anchor (Liberal)
Society. In responding to the toast of " the Local Mem-
bers," Mr Berkeley said—We are, as regards parties, in a
strange and anomalous position ; we scarcely know our
friends from our foes. (Laughter.) The Whigs and Tories
have been, if I may venture on a simile, like two men at the
end of a chain, the ono dragging backward, the other drag-
ging forward. The Tories have held back, and we Liberals
have resolutely gone forward, until at length we have
brought the Tories side by side with ourselves. (Cheers.)
Now, it is owing to the progress of liberal opinions we have
been enabled to do this, but there is danger in the position.
Beware of Tories when they pretend to be Liberals. (Hear,
hear.) They say to us, " Hero we are side by side with
yon. You have had a Reform Bill. but you could not carry
it. There is our Reform Bill, but you won't carry it."
There you see for the first time Tories standing side by side
with us; they challenge us in the cause of reform. Well,
gentlemen, it becoines you not merely to take an outward
sight, but to look inwardly to the conduct of those men, to
see if you can trust them, to see if you can trust their
specious pretences of being Reformers, and see whether
their professions amount to reality. Consider yourselves
with Lord Palmerston as a Tory, whether that Tory has
not done much in the reforms which have taken place in
the last 30 years at least; and ask whether Lord Derby
shall replace him? You may say that Lord Russell has
not gone in the first rank in the cause of Reform ; but will
you tell me that Lord Malmesbury should re-place him ?
(Hear, hear.) The present Ministry is accused of not going
forward in the cause of reform ; but I am convinced that at
present no reform of the least service can arise in the House
of Commons; I am satisfied that it must arise out of doors.
You may blame your members, and say to them, "Go for-
ward ;" but whilst you, the people, don't move, it is impos-
sible for your members to move, (Hear, hear.) With re-
ference to our foreign relations, we are not at war, but we
are laying out vast sums of money in, I believe, the worst
direction. With the most extravagant expenditure caused
in our army and navy departments, we are but little more
effective for it. We have gentlemen who declaim loudly
and say, "I will save £200,000 in the dockyards." Place
those gentlemen in the navy, as I have known one placed,
and he does not save you a shilling. (Cheers.) There is
another gentlemen who goes about the country talking ex-
cessively loud, and endeavouring to pull down the present
Ministry; but when he was sent to the Admiralty he said
nothing. The moment, however, he gets out of office, he is
the most loud man you have ; but he would be silent again
if he were put into office. (Laughter.) One cannot help
being reminded, when one hears of such things, of Dr.
Johnson's definition of a patriot. Dr. Johnson says that
a patriot means "a man in search of a place." (Cheers and
laughter.)—Sir Stafford Northcote was among the speakers
at the Dolphin (Conservative) dinner. The hon. baronet,
whow n
that the the
reform ectoopf; Conservative reaction," sub-
mitteded by the Conservatives was
went into su subject
the only real amelioration of the evils which existed in the
country, and he trusted that in the next Parliament they
should have a decided Conservative majority.

SENDING A LETTER TO HEAVEN.—A lady rot
siding in the Rue do Rivoli returned some time
since from a visit she had made in the department of
Finistere, bringing with her a young orphan girl, poor,
but very pretty, named Yvonne whom she engaged
as her waiting-maid. Last mouth, a short time after her
return to Paris, the lady died. When the body had been
prepared for the collie, and was for a short time Mt
alone, Yvonne wai seen to go stealthily into the room,
lift up the shroud, and then hastily leave. The first idea
was that she had taken a ring which, at the express
desire of the deceased, had been kit on her finger.
On examination, however, the ring was discovered to be
untouched, but a paper was seen attached with a pin to the
shroud. On inspection it was found to be a letter addressed
by the young orphan to her mother, who died two yearn
ago, and was as follows 3ly good Mother,—l have to
tell you that M. B— has made me an offer of marriage.
As you arc no longer here, I beg you to make known to me
in a dream whether I ought to marry him, and to give me
avail myself, in older to write to you, of
mistress, who is going to heaven."
tyhoeu }our consent.
opportunity I
of
my
The letter was addressed "To my Mother, in Heaven.,'
The person alluded to in the letter is one of the tradesmen
of the deceased lady, who, having been struck with the good
conduct of the young girl, had made her an offer of war-
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Sole Manager and Director, Mr. W. Harrison.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
THIS EVENING, and during the week, the performances
Will commence with YOU KNOW WHO.
Followed by Gounod's Grand Opera, FAUST. Margarita,
Miss Louisa Pyne ; Faust, Mr. Sims Reeves.
To-morrow Evening (Friday), Verdi's Grad opera, LA
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Santley.

Conductor, Signor ARDITI.
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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE.-
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
TEIIS EVENING, TOO MUCH FOR GOOD NATURE.
Mt,.sro. G. Eelmore, Fitzjames. G. Wes on ; Misses Helen
_Howard and It. Leclercq, Mrs. Vandenhotr, Mrs. C. Melville,
(Sze

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After which, Shaksnere's Tragedy of MACBETH. 3lr.
Creswick; Messrs.Marston, R. Roxby, G. Belmore, A Rayner,
G. F. Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, Bartleman, ;
Aliases Rebecca Isaacs, Emma Heywood,land Miss Atkinson.

Doors open at ha f-past Six—Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Lessee. Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, THE SUN AND THE WIND.
Afters hick, THE STRANGER. Messrs. Howe, Chip-
pendale, Farren, Compton, Rogers, Gordon, Braid, &c. ;
Alesdames Beatrice, Keeley, Fitzwilliam, Moore, Sze..
Followed by ON THE SLY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers.
Gordon, ; Mesdames Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, (to.
And OUR MARY ANNE. Miss U. Lindley, Mr Clarke.
To commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter.
THIS EVENING, TILE KING'S BUTTERFLY. Fan-
fan, the King's Butterfly, Mr. Fechter. Messrs. Ryder,Wid-
dicomb, Ch .rlei, M'lntyre, Garden, Raymond, Moreland,
C ifford, Collett; Misses Carlot.a Lealercq, M. Henradc, E.
"...avenue, and B. Layenue.
Preceded, at 7, by NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H.
Widdicomb, Garden, Moreland, Collett ; Miss Lavenue, Mt s.
Lee.
Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7.

The Boa-office open daily from Eleven till Five.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
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THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy
O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray.
After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs.
Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi•her, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H.
Forrester. 11. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma
Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL-
Salo Proprietor anti Manager, M. B. Webster. _ _

THIS EVENING, DOING BANTING. Mr. J.; Clarke,
Mr. Stephenson ; Mrs. Lewis and Miss A. seaman.
After which, MASKS AND FACES. Triplet, Mr. B.
Webster ; Peg Woffington. Mrs. Stirling (their original cha-
racters); Messrs. Biliington, It. Phillips, P. Bedford, Stuart,
Eburne, C J. Smith, and Miss H. Simms.

To conclude with THE COLLEEN BAWN. Myles (with
songs), Mr. John Collins. Messrs. Billington, It. Phillips,
Stephenson, Eburne, H. Homer, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Alfred
Mellon (Miss Woolgar), Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Billington, and
Mrs. H. Lewis.

Tuesday must perforce have taken the question of
the Florida under notice, and we may well feel
curious as to the course proposed to be adopted and
agreed upon as to be pursued. Notwithstanding
the many awkward turns that events have taken
place since the American war began, this disgrace-
ful capture is perhaps the most flagrant violation of
the rights and the laws of warfare. The great
Powers of Europe cannot afford to let the matter
drop quietly, and the seizure be virtually sanc-
tioned by silence or a faint reproach. Even the
vacillating policy of our present Cabinet must
surely shrink from such a disgraceful compound of
wrong, and yielding to oppression. It is satisfac-
tory to hear that rumours are afloat that our Go■
vernment has addressed a note to the other great
Powers proposing a joint remonstrance. It would
be better if each Government spoke out boldly and
forcibly for itself, and did not seek to mince the
matter, nor to attempt to shelter itself under the
protection one of another, but avowed its intention
of standing on its ground to protest against the
gross violation and demand restitution and repara-
tion. Such a course would be far more likely to im-
press the offending nation than a confused mixture
of reproaches and reprisals which a Government
much less sharp than that of Washington will well
know how to evade. This was seen at the time of
the Polish war when the three Powers made their
many futile attempts to arrest the progress of
destruction, and to ameliorate, if possible, the con-
dition of the unhappy Poise. Not only were their
remonstrances treated with indifference but finally
with contempt, and the Cabinet of St. Petersburg
actually presumed on the strength of the joint
affair to insult, not only our supine administration,
but the haughty authorities of France. Perhaps
it is the recollection of the supreme failure of this
partnership, in the very unthankful task of remon-
strance, that has induced the EMPEROR to resolve
on this occasion to appear in solitary force. It is
said that he has addressed a strong protest to the
French representative at Washington, to convey to
the Government there, intimating that the act of
piracy committed by the officers of the Wachnsetts
has gone beyond the bounds of toleration, and that
unless the Florida is released and the Brazilian
Government compensated, the Federal men-of-war
will be prohibited from entering French ports.
The substance of this may doubtless be true, if the
exact terms are not the same, and it is to be trusted
that such will be the case, and then, perhaps, the
peacemongers who misrule and spread their evil
influences over our Cabinet will be silenced for once,
and a truer, nobler, policy will prevail more worthy
of the great name of England, more kindred to the
course that has hitherto taken when the rights of
nations were set at nought, and the claims of justice
trodden under foot. It would be difficult to imagine
a more flagrant case of wrong then this capture of
the Florida. It stamps the seal, as it were, upon
the many acts of low, canning, savage cruelty, and
unseemly tactics which have degraded the
character and disgraced the tone of the
Federals since the commencement of this
disastrous war. No losses in the field, no failure in
the military mar eel:rring of their generals, could
have covered them with half so much disgrace as
their ungenerous and inconsiderate conduct has
occasioned them. They are covered with obloquy
in the eyes of all those to whom home is dear and
good faith is sacred—setting aside the attendant
claims of a war which should be waged on the
claims of civilisation, and the principles of gentle
blood and upright minds. In this contest, so far
as the Federals are concerned, there has occurred
nothing to dispel the gloom that war cases around
it. Their course has been more like the rovoogeful
Indian, who follows the trail of his enemy through
mighty forests, and rests not by day or night until
he has effected his purpose and wreaked his deadly
vengeance, than the plans pursued by civilised
States when they are arrayed in armies for pure
poses of defence, motives of conquest, or reparation
of injuries. It is well known that this lamentable
style of overreaching and treachery prevades the
Northern side of the belligerents; but the question
comes home to us when we think what we are to
do, and is it our part to speak or to keep silence.
It is certain, that if the Great Powers do not now
interfere they may well put up with anything, and
it will be as well for the hesitating to reflect, that
to all intents and purposes, they must regard the
seizure of the Florida the same as if it had taken
place in a port of England or France. The principle
is just the same, because a strong position cannot
sanction wrong any more than a weak one can
obviate the necessity of right being maintained.
Another thing is, to what purpose are all the
countries of the world to be supposed to give in to
the oppressive notions of the Federals, and
to submit to their tyranny for themselves
and others. It would take long to enu-
merate all the base and dastardly transactions
which have followed suit to the affair of the Trent,
but at all events the glimmer of their recollection
will suffice to show that it is an unscrupulous and
powerful Government that our tame and insufficient
measures have allowed to gain such a pitch of im-
pertinence, and attain to such iagrant outrages.
Has not the time come when a check should be put
to such a headlong career of destruction, and such
a systematic course of cheating under one specious
pretext or another. If we are to hold out the
right hand of fellowship to a Government devoid of
principle, and approve by a suspicious silence an
action which is an affront to all honest men, then
we shall be stultifying our position, and proving
renegades to oar first duties of citizenship, and
denying the fundamental principles of right. It
cannot be necessary that we must stoop to such a
sacrifice, even to keep up the psendoefriendship of
the United States, to meet the approval of Messrs.
COBDEN and BRIGHT, or to satisfy the insane de-
sires of those who cry anything for peace. If
nothing else brings about a war, it will certainly be
rendered imminent by the absurd course taken by
these mistaken men. They are all fanatics in their
vocation, and ignore all the important interests of
a State to suit their petty purposes, and give their
prejudices full swing. Not that a rupture of our
alliance with the Federal Government is to be ape
prehended in the event of our Ministers speaking
out in a decided manner; but whether it is or not
should not be considered when right or wrong is
under consideration. It would seem as if Earl
RUSSELL were aspiring to be called the Minister
of America, to conclude his career; but those who
desire the reputation of their country will-not be
put off with idle pretences and subterfuges. If
this matter of the Florida is compromised, it is to
be hoped that the next outrage committed by the
Federals may
be in an English port, and the
public opinion will be too strong for any Minister
io resist, or to act in defiance of, and the authorities
at Washington
may find cause to rue the day they
attempted the insult.

The preservation of the few open spaces still left
in the vicinity of our ever-increasing metropolis is
too important for the public health to be altogether
overlooked, even amid the more pressing matters
which daily occupy the general attention, Almost
every year tL•e Parliamentary champions of the
popular inthrest have to oppose some scheme cnn.
ningiy and craftily brought forward, which has for
its object the conversion of the pleasant breezy

commons about London into streets, squares, and
villas. Notwithstanding their vigilance, they are
sometimes defeated by the; introduction of bills,
seemingly quite harmless, which are hurried
through empty houses, but which really contain
some slyly worded clause conferring the coveted
power, Time-honoured old Hampstead has long
been liable to such attacks, and the area sacred to
donkeys and furze-bushes has visibly contracted
within the memory of this generation; but Clap-
ham, Mitcham, and Wimbledon have also been
threatened with the fatal transformation of grass
and trees into bricks and mortar. The social re-
former watches with anxious eye the progress of
such changes, knowing the evils which they foretell.
The system of suburban residence, now so widely
adopted, is no doubt very advantageous to the
health of the residents, but how about those to
whom such luxuries are impossible ? There must
always be vast numbers whose press of occupations
or lack of means restricts them in their choice of
residence ; and it is this very class—the poor and
overworked—who mostly require the benefits of
fresh air and change of scene. True, their hours of
relaxation may be few and far between, but let
them at least have the chance of spending those
hours in pursuit of health as well as of pleasure.
Suburban terraces and villas standing in their own
grounds are no doubt pretty sights enough, and
pleasant to those who live in them, but the toil-
worn artisan, or the close kept clerk, or small
tradesman will not derive much rural enjoyment
from walking along a paved street and looking at
them. The open common or people's park, where
he may stretch himself on the grass, and his chil-
dren may disport themselves with hoop and ball,
and lose for a while the oppressive vision of the
eternal chimneys, is what will tempt to the family
excursion instead of the publichouse or club-room.
The throngs who pass an hour or two of
healthy enjoyment in our parks on summer
evenings speak with " the inexorable logic
of facts" on behalf of oar open spaces, bat great as
are the boons they offer they are too far from many
of the more densely populated portions of our
metropolis to be altogether available. For these
the commons come to the rescue, and the philan-
thropist may well regard them with a jealous eye.
They are open to some objections to which parks
are not liable, such as the harbouring of gipsies,
tramps, Bze , and the depositing of rubbish which
give the residents of the neighbourhood an excuse
for complaint. Few persons can regret the trans-
formation of the disorderly Battersea-fields into
the beautiful park now existing in their stead, but
that is a very different thing from enclosing and
building upon open ground. Even were such
spaces less valuable as places of pleasant resort
and means of healthful recreation for the people,
they would be of great service to the metropolis by
preserving some spots where the fresh air may
freely circulate in the vicinity of our closely packed
streets and lanes. The Chinese cities, which are
often of immense extent, include within their walls
large gardens and grounds attached to the wealthier
houses, but with us every rood of ground is be-
coming too precious for such luxuries. The preser-
vation of our heaths and commons in some form or
another is therefore becoming daily a matter of
more importance, since it is quite evident that
some decided steps must be taken, if we mean to
secure them for the public use and benefit. How
to reconcile the various conflicting claims and ine
terests is the great perplexity to legislators and
philanthropists; but while all is uncertain and un-
satisfactory, an act of private liberality is likely to
settle the question in one quarter, at least, in the
best possible mintier. Earl SPENCER, in his
capacity of lord of the manor of Wimbledon, pro-
poses to convert the principal portion of the com-
mon into a public park of about seven hundred
acres. He suggests enclosing that part of it which
lies between Kingston road and the village of
Wimbledon with a light iron railing, thoroughly
draining it, making new roads, and erecting lodges
and the other usual conveniences and ornaments of
a park. This park would be dedicated for ever
to the public use, and he himself would become its
superintendent, charging himself with the current
expenses of management and repairs, for which
he would retain the exclusive right of pas-
turage. At the same time, while anxiously con•
sulting the general interest, he proposes to
associate with himself a responsible Government
officer in the formation of the bye.laws, the
granting of permission to hold meetings
there, &c., in order, he says, with a
prudence and moderation by no means common,
" to protect the public from the consequences of any
whim or caprice on the part of himself or his suc-
cessors." The expense attending the formation of
the park, and the compensation of common rights,
he proposes to meet by the sale of outlying pore
tions of the common, selecting those which are least
productive of pleasure or profit. Tin compensation
will be fixed by the Enclosure Commissioners
according to the principle on which Earl SPENCER
has acted throughout, and it must be borne in mind
by those who prefer nature in her wild form that
the whole of the common will not be enclosed, but
that some part will remain in its present unculti-
vated condition. The great object of the scheme
will be to secure this valuable space to the public
use and benefit free of charge ; and although the
scheme was only mooted the other day for the first
time, it is not likely to encounter much opposition.
The noble projector, who seems to be most anxious
in every way to guard against any arbitrary exer•
cise of his own power, convened a meeting of the
chief persons of the neighbourhood, and suggested
that a committee should be formed to take his plan
into consideration, and to give him their advice and
assistance. There could, of course, be but one opinicn
as to the kindness and liberality with which the
noble Earl had devised a scheme so little to his own
advantage, and his suggestion was at once com-
plied with by the nomination of a committee to
consider the subject in all its bearings. It is too
much to hope that Lord SPENCER'S example may
be followed in many quarters, but at least we may
hope that his public spirit and liberality may have
a deterrent effect on those lords of the manor who
only busy themselves how they may counteract the
act of Parliament, and turn what is so great a bless-

ing to the people to their own use and profit.
We may rest satisfied that, thanks to Earl
SPENCER'S undertaking, Wimbledon at least is
secured from all present and future innovations,
and by initiating so important a movement on be-
half of the popular rights, to health, and recreation,
Earl SPENCER has deserved the title of a public
benefactor.

JOHN LEECH IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—The
London Correspondent of the Belfast Netvs Letter
writes :—" The last time I saw Leech was in the House of
Commons. llis business there was not to hear the debate,
but to study the countenances of public men, so as to make
his cartoons keep pace with the originals. He remarked on
this occasion that the personnel of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had changed more than any other public man
whom he was in the habit of sketching, but that Lord Pal.
perston ' held up well,' With Mr Disraeli's physique he
expressed himself perfectly satisfied, remarking that he
thought that he had ' got him pretty well.' Earl Russell
had not, he thought, molted a feather; and as for Lord
Derby, there was something about his eager physiognomy
which made him easy to draw."

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(RETJTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE NEW YORK.
SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 17.

The North German Lloyd's steamer New York,
from New York, on the sth inst., has arrived. She
brings 104 passengers for this port, Havre and
Bremen, 513,000 dole. in specie for England,
23,400 dols. for France, and 6,800 dols. for Bremen.
On the 6th inbt. she passed the steamer Glasgow,
off Sandy Hook, bound for Liverpool; on the 9,h
passed off Cape Race, but the weather was tco
thick to communicate. It was not expected that
the Glasgow could communicate either.

The Bremen bark Columbia has arrived at New
York.

NEW YORK, Nov. sth.

Advices from the Army of the Potomac to the
3d inst. state that the situation of affairs remains
unchanged. The troops are busily engaged in
building log housee, A severe storm had occurred,
putting the roads in bad condition. No immediate
active operations were indicated. General Butler
and staff had gone north.

Confederate accounts claim that the result of the
recent Federal operations has manifested, beyond
dispute, the utter inability of General Grant to
achieve any success, however small, without re-
ceiving first heavy reinforcements. The Confederate
General Dearing, previously reported killed, is
said now to be only slightly wounded.
General Lee reports that in General Ketti's
attack on the Fuderals on the Broydton road,
General Mahone broke three of their lines of
battle and captured 400 prisoners, and that the
Federals retreated during the night, leaving 250
dead on the field. General Lee further reports
that on the 27th ult. General Field captured over
400 Federals and seven stand of colours, on the
Williamsburg road, and that General Mahone, on
the night of the 30th ult., penetrated the Federal
picket line near Petersburg, and swept it for half
a mile, capturing 230 officers and men, without
the loss of a single man.
No new movements in the Shenandoah valley are
reported. Early is believed to be receiving heavy
reinforcements at, Newmarket where he is reorga-
nising his army. Confederate guerillas are nume-
rous and active in Sheridan's rear.
Federal accounts from Georgia are still very
meagre. No advices have been received from
Atlanta, although it is represented that the railway
and telegraph are in good order from that point
to Louisville, Kentucky. A Louisville despatch
states that Hood with 30,000 men crossed the
Tennessee river on the Ist inst., going northward.
Deserters say that orders from Hood and Forrest
were recently read to their troops announcing that
the former would cross the Tennessee. The cora•
mands of Forest, Chalmers, Brefard, and Bell were
being concentrated. It is rumoured that a portion
of Forrest's forces has been routed at Shelby by
Colonel Hatch. The position of IS herman's army
is not known ; but it is understood that every
exertion is being made to render Hood's operations
a failure. The gunboat Undine was captured by
the Confederates in the Tennessee river at Fort
Herman, on the night of the 30th ult. She was
an inferior vessel. The affair was a surprise.

Confederate accounts state that Hood recently in-
formed his troops that they were about to make a
fifteen days' march. Their destination was not
stated. The troops were said to be in fine spirits
and discipline, and rapidly increasing in numbers,
by reason of deserters returning to their regiments,
and large numbers of recruits coming in. The
troops are, however, badly off for shoes and blankets.
These they expect to obtain in Tennessee. Beau-
regard is with Hood, and is reported to have
assured the troops that the Federals will very BONI
be compelled to evacuate Georgia entirely, and pro-
bably Tennessee also. The Richmond Exanziner
supposes Hood to be now in middle Tennessee.
The Federal garrison at Atlanta, according to
only 6,000 men, with
cavalry. The capture of
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the place, with its entire garrison, by the Georgia
militia is confidently predicted.
It is considered not improbable that Hood will
movenag directlye
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Nashville,
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Whatever
may
ee ntsouth
othatit
be the plans of the Confederate General, the result
of his present movement will soon be known, and
must prove either a signal success or an overwhelm..
ing disaster.

I announce another
defMeaitmeoufrPi eeg
raidcev'isa;m7eirTcNalewton county. Price
Arkansas. No de-
itsairlespaorretedfutronibseherde. There is no evidence that anytreating into
engagement has yet been fought with Price's main
army.
Generalst
and A. J. Smith have
arrived
zits infantry is reported
to be moving eastward along
a St.
Lou Riso. sen
somraint
both banks of the
Missouri river. No official intelligence from Mis-
souri has been received—at least none has been
made public—since the reported crossing of the
Osage river by Price.

Richmond papers state Kirby Smith is carrying
out his plans in the Trans-
Mississippi department
with decided success. Magruder is still in Arkansas,
and Shelby is reported to h
Steele's communications. be operating against

some, roaming over the State in large bodies, and
In Kentucky the guerillas
depredating upon all Government property. Gen.
are still very trouble-
Burbridge has issued an order to the effect that
guerrillas shall be stringently punished by military
law, and shall not be treated as prisoners of war.
It is reported that the drafted men in Kentucky
numbers.
are going into the Confederate service in large

ARRIVAL OF THE GLASGOW.

QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 17.

on the sth inst. arrived here at
The Inman steamer Glasgow, from New York,
8.15 a.m. today.
She brings 122 passengers, mails, and 660,000 dole.
in specie. She landed 25 passengers, and pro-
ceeded at 8.40 a.m.
Her news has been fully anticipated.

interior during the fortnight amount to 78,000
bags.
[This telegram has occupied nearly four days in trans-
mission from Lisbon.]

PRUSSIA.

A letter from Berlin, dated the 14th inst. says—

"As was foreseen, the consent of Austria to the
request of the B3rlin Cabinet concerning the Federal
troops in the Duchies is by no means certain. We
are now told that Austria proposes that only one
brigade of Federal troops shall be left at the other
side of the Rho. The strength of the Federal
troops now in the Duchies is 12,000 men. The
Austrian proposition would reduce them one-half.
The good understanding between Austria and
Prussia has somewhat slackened.
" The debates in the Danish Chambers on the
Treaty of Peace of the 30th October have,naturally,
been read here with much interest. It has gene-
rally been observed that most of the speakers ex-
pressed their opinions with great moderation. On
the other hand, the Scandinavian journals are be-
ginning to discuss in a sensible manner the future
relations between Denmark, Sweden, and Germany.
"M. Braestrup has been appointed Civil Commis-
sioner for Prussia in Jutland."

LORD NAPIER'S FAREWELL ADDRESS
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 12.

Lord Napier, who leaves to-day for his new post
at Berlin, was received at a farewell audience yes-
terday by the Emperor. His lordship this morning
had an interview with a deputation of English
residents in St. Petersburg, who presented him with
an address alluding to his meritorious services for
the preservation of peace during the crisis of the
Polish rebellion last year. After a few introductory
observations, Lord Napier replied:—
"It is true that we have passed through a period
dangerous to the friendly relations of Ergland and
Russia and to the peace of Europe. It is equally
undoubted that, if this crisis has been passed over
without the disastrous consequences to which you
have alluded, that result is mainly due to the wis-
dom of her Majesty's Ministers, who did not allow
their determinatio❑ in a matter of universal and
lasting interest to be influenced by the aspect
of a partial and transitory evil. In the
secondary part which I was called upon to
to play in these negotiations I endeavoured to fur-
nish her Majesty's Government with correct views
of the policy of the Imperial Government and the
feelings of the Russian nation. I tried to speak as
au impartial but invariably well-meaning judge,
without allowing myself to be blinded by the pas-
sions of the moment. I was supported in this course
by the kindness graciously shown to his Majesty
the Emperor, and by the confidence felt in my in-
tentions by his excellency Prince Gortschakoff.
I shall also never forget the advantage and
satisfaction afforded me by the friendship of
several distinguished Russians, who labour
for the reg( neration of their country, others
with differing and even opposite views, but inva-
riably with similar patriotism. I trust that all of
them may be made acquainted with this expression
of my gratitude and esteem.
Gentlemen, we may unreservedly express our
sympathies for a great nation, governed by a good
monarch, and labouring with firmness and calm at
a noteworthy change which is preparing for it a
more prosperous future. While I express these
sentiments, I know that I act as the interpreter
of the sincere feelings of my countrymen living
in Russia. If the political relations existing
between Rinsia and England do not offer the
basis of an exclusive and constant friendship,
they yet afford much cause for mutual good offices.
We cannot flatter ourselves with the hope that
the interests or efforts of two so differently con-
stituted Powers, whose expansive forces in regard
to influence, trade, and strength, narrowly ap.
proach each other on many of their limits, should
never come into collision. It is the duty of diplo-
macy to obviate, or at any rate to weaken
the motives of diffarenee which might arise,
and to seize every legitimate opportunity
for friendly co-operation. Pressing circume
stances impose upon both parties the
imperious necessi'y of pursuing a peaceful policy.
It appears to me the opinion of the most thought-
ful, whether servants of the State or private indi-
viduate, is favourable to England. It would be
useless to deny that there are points with regard to
which the honest and permanent feelings of the
majority of Englishmen are opposed to Russia. I
expect to witness a remarkable change in this re-
specf. The diffusion of education, the increase of
trade, the development of public liberty in
the empire, and a reserved attitude of the Im-
perial Cabinet in the oriental question, will arouse
a friendly feeling in England, and give
rise to a more liberal estimate of the value of Russia
in the political and religious balance of Europe. By
this means the suspicions and enmities, dating from
other times, will cease. I think the relations be•
tween the two Governments may inspire us with
confidence at present, and that they will soon afford
greater cause for satisfaction,

"It is to be regretted that the years which have
elapsed since the peace of 1856 have not been cha-
racterised by greater progress in the principles or
commercial freedom, and by a more flourishing
trade between the two countries. In these ques-
tions, however, the chief result will certainly not be
gained by the representatives of official advocates.
The proofs in favour of free trade are evident in the
treaties of our political economists and in the
speeches of our statesmen, and these sources are
open to Russia. The advantages of free trade are
demonstrated by the prosperity of Great Britain.
The development of intelligence, the example of
France, the urgent necessities of the revenue, the
diminution of protected and very costly branches of
industry, the conversion and unanimity of disinte-
rested persons and classes, will unquestionably pro
duce an eventual change in the commercial sys-
tem of the Empire. We must await the operation
of these natural agents which are incessantly at
work."

His lordship ended his speech with a few ex-
pressions of regret at his departure from Russia.

F RANGE.

According to the Patrie, the Court will prolong
its residence at Compiegne until Dec. 12.
" Count de Rechberg,'' says the France," intends
to pass the winter in Paris."
The steam frigate Cacique, with Prince and
Princess Lucien Murat and their family and suite
on board, arrived at Toulon yesterday evening from
Alexandria, and last from Malta, whence she sailed
on the 10th. The Prince has visited in succession
Algeria, Greece, Constantinople, Smyrna, Egypt,
Syria, and Palestine.
BOURSE, Nov. 16.—The downward movement
continues. Threes, for the Account, are now at
64f. 85c,, and Mobilier at 870 f, 25c. The Railway
Market has been also heavy, and several of the
lines are rather lower. The market closed as fol-
lows :

4# per Cents. 92 30
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 64 85
Credit Mobilier BBO
Do. end month B7B 75
Bank Shares 3150
Credit loncier 1175
Roman

ATS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern
Lyons and I'leditcaranean 883 75 ~ 880
Southern
Western
Eastern ..
Ss.rOinign ..
Austrian ..
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa 427 50 425
Ditto to Barcelona 175

SAIL

Italian Loan 65 10
Do. end month 65 10
Ditto Threes —
New Mexican
Russian
Austrian .. —
Spanish Threes 47 —dome Debt
Deferred

THE MURDER OF Two SISTERS IN IRELAND.—
The investigation into the circumstances of the
murder of the sisters Ellen and Anne Murphy, at Holy.
wood Great, on the 10th October, was resumed on Tuesday
in the Courthouse, Balbriggan, before a full bench of ma-
gistrates. Richard Murphy, the brother of the deceased,
who stands charged on suspicion of being the perpetrator
of the deed, was brought before the court in custody.
Evidence was gone into for the purpose of having him
committed him for trial. Mr Cane, solicitor for the pri-
soner, declined to cross-examine the witnesses. After hear-
ipg the evidence the prisoner was formally committed.

LITE RA TITRE.

The Cost of Caergwyn. By Mary Howitt. 3 vo!s.

Hurst and Blackett.

The name of this novel indicates the locality to
which it relates. It is a Welsh story, sprinkled
throughout with unpronounceable names, to which,
however, in the course of its perusal, the eye be-
comes sufficiently familiarised. Mrs Hewitt has
evidently lived among Welsh scenery and Welsh
people until she has come to love and appreciate
the beauties and peculiarities of that mountainous
region and that original race. And not only has
she done this herself, but by the marvellous fide-
lity of her descriptions and the life-like reality of
her sketches, she readily enables the readers of
" Caergwyn" to transport themselves for the time
into the regions of which she relates. The first
volume of the novel is perfect in its way. The
opening description of the pleasant village of
Dol-y-maenan, and the simple homestead of Fridd-
back, has all the fidelity and minuteness (to use
a very haoknied comparison) of a Dutch picture.
The scene is presently enlivened by a passing
glimpse of some peasant girls going milking :
"Away they went, with their shining cans, which
reflected the sunlight far below, laughing, talking,
and singing, up the winding paths of the green
mountain side," and here is a closer view of one of
the number, the charming and loveable Laura
Hughes, of Fridd'•back—

turned the father ; then continued his narrative ; "Ca__,d;
wallader was desperately taken v► ith the clock, and wow"
have sold the coat off his back, there and then, to pay for
it, but he was afraid of his wife. She was a woman from
Llanbedr, who had brought him a little money, and ells
was master of everything at home, and kept a very tigo
hand on her husband. However, Cadwallader bargain
with the man who had the clock, and he was to pay him
for it in five years I"
" Oh my 1 what a long time I" exclaimed lanto.
" Well, the saving to get that clock was a wonderful
history," continued Simeon ; "thy great-grand-mother
kept account of all the money that came into the house or
went our, and she allowed her husband so'much a month
for drink. He was very much given to liquor, and her,
father stood out fora long time against the marriage, 'for',
said he, Cadwallader Hughes will make a beggar of thee'
So she allowed him a certain sum every month for drink,
and a very dog-and-cat life they led about this and mall
other things. After he fell in love with the clock, however,
he never wanted to drink again. He was up early and doWg
late, and many a little saving he made of which she knell
nothing. What's come to our Cadwallader ?' many
time, she says, for he is quite a changed man, and never,
comes home drunk now, nor abuses me nor the children I
So she grows kinder to him in her turn, and never grudge°
him anything, and ' Hadn't thou better take a shilling °f
two more with thee to market ?' says she ; ' for it's a cold;
day, and thou'll want a drop of something to warm thee.A
He takes the shilling or two, with a pleasant word, ant'
kisses her and the children, and goes to market, and cora°
home again early and sober, and no smell of drink abotit
him. And everything prospered that he set his hod
to; and the more he prospered, and the more mono,' 11°
put by for the clock, the pleasanter and the more loirla
grew his wife. In three years he'd money enough to but
it, but he was now so afraid of bringing it into the haul
lest she should think it an extravagance and be cross, 111'1
things should get all wrong again, that he waited another
six months before he could make up his mind to go 5/1a
fetch it home.

" He should have gone, though I" interrupted rant°.
"And maybe he would not have gone even when ba
did," replied his,father, " if by that time he had not co laa
to have no secret from her. He told her all about it, an
how saving for the clock had made him a good husband."
" And what did she say P.' asked the lad.
"She was desperately pleased, thou may be cure, and -e
in love with the clock at once, without ever having seena
and nothing would satisfy her but that her husband tolls
set off at once and fetch it home.
" That's the way that the old family,clock mane into
my grandfather's house,"

The prosperous career of Laura and her engiseer,
husband reads like a fairy tale, but it has doubt,
less had its counterpart in real life among the c°,
taries of Stephenson. Apart from the interest 0:
her fictitious tale and the solemn lessons it so eff6e
tually and unostentatiously conveys, Mrs HoWltt
has achieved a success in her perfect mastery of the
peculiarities of the ways and customs, the
and expressions of Wales and the Welsh.

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1,1 rt " VIII_
I Lr- t rat TO_

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 16'x9
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highoel
the Princess of Wales, drove in the grounds lb,
morning.
In the afternoon her Majesty visited the Britio.ll
Orphan Asylum at Slough, accompanied by Oliot
Royal Highnesses the Princess of Wales and Frill
cess Helena.

The suite consisted of the Countess of Ueda'
Countess of Macclesfield, the Hon. Mrs. Bruc:.
Colonel the Hon. Sir C. Phipps, and the equerf'
in waiting.
1138
The Queen was received at the asylum by B°f
of the directors and the secretary of the instituti°'
and inspected the arrangements of the whole setad
blishment.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales Vie°:
out shouting, accompanied by Earl Cowley and 50
of the gentlemen of the household.
he t
Her Royal Highness Princess Helena rode ill -
Riding School.
Her Royal Highness Princess Louise went oat
driving.
Earl and Countess Cowley had the honotlr of
dining with her Majesty.

Visit of Her Majesty to the British
Orphan Asylum at Slough.
The Queen was pleased yesterday afternoon to
he
honour this institution by a private visit for t're
inspection of the premises, to which the pupils eve
transferred from Clapham-rise in the month of Pei
last year, In contormity with what were belielo
to be the wishea of her Majesty, no special proPtitto
tion was made, and the visit was strictly of a priYa
character.

o
Her Majesty arrived soon after three o'clock, snllo
was accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
Princess of Wales and the Princess Helena• the
attendance were the Countess of Caledovo rj
Countess of Macclesfield, Hon. Mrs Bruce, 1)°0
Charles Fitzroy, Colonel the Hon, Sir C. B.
and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge. The royal Pito.
were received and conducted throughout the hire! a•
ing by the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Nifr
sor, the Rev. Stephen Reed Cattley, M.A.,
Charles Wooloton, three of the directors, to no
her Majesty was pleased to express her approba:tol
of the whole of the arrangements for the educat'°oo
training and domestic comfort of the pupils*
the
Majesty particularly noticed the needlework Of
04
girls and the writing and maps of the boys'ati to
graciously ordered specimens to be forwarde`.
Windsor Castle.
et.
Three boys—Stokes, Stobbs, and Short'A
absent in London to receive the prizes awarded
at the Oxford local examination,

His Royal Highness the Duke of Carabrl ges
attended by Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, jollt
expected to arrive at Lord Lituitingfield's seat in 5

to-day, on a visit to his lordship.
The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and fa
since since their return south from Gordon Castle, 114/6 1°
staying at Hillingdon. The noble duke and duchoo°o
Goodwood for the winter the week after next. A 00
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberlan"oo.
entertaining company at Alnwiek Castle, Northutzber-,
The Duke of Devonshire has been entertailii"
succession of visitors at Chatsworth.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury oef
about to entertain a distinguished party at Hatfield 'h°oo4
Herts. The marchioness will give a grand ball at

day next.
The M

d at the 09gti.1

If El

archioness o. 4, has arrived at I,
on her way to Germany.
The Marchioness of Northampton continua
very precarious condition. eJed
The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon )19' 000
Folkestone for Paris, on their way to Italy, s'fbel
intend spending several months.
11
c,
The Earl and Countess of Hopetoun 115'
Long's Hotel for Paris and Egypt.
tot to
The Earl and Countess Spencer intend to 8t go.
St. Leoaards for about six weeks, and will thell
Althorp Hall for the winter.
The Earl and Countess of Seafield are eo•te r
ing a select party at Balmacaan. rod'
The Earl of Derby was rather better YeBte irOs
according to accounts received last eYena
Knowsley.
et 040°
THE LATE MR TIIACKERAY.--The do..ii•vild to :di
the late Mr William Thackeray have pressatei, 011/,0
scholars of the Charterhouse the iron bedstead 0;t4r()°1
their father died, and it is now in the head reenit°ro4,
It bears the following inscription :—" Hoc lee rvee-rd,
obdormivit in Christo Gvliemvs Makepeace
Kal Janvar, an MDCCCLXIV. Schelle Cfat
quondam discipvlvs matvra CE.ate hvivsce loci
VD all
mvs vti tastatyur Live acripta I,er orbem terrar bif
vixit annos LII."
tesll: °fe,
QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 16.—Tho Inman f 3 if L.! f,
City of Cork, from New York on the sth inst., errjoecioPiitot
at 4.10 p.m. to-day with 61 passengers and 330)„,gedede
in sp:cic. She landed 19 passengers, and Pr°-4
Liverpool. Her news has been fully
0 IP
Belgian via Greencastle. .00
THE WIGAN COLLIERS.—The collteroliC~ t9l
Wigan district,though aware that their spa 0,001
for an advance of wages has been refused by t.ed of re
appear to be waiting till they are formally ePPrtitai. i'ol,ols
anticiPate tio
fact before taking any further steps in the raa, -otl2l 11°
striction of labour, that is a reduction a the oakof, Dt:000;
collier to a certain quantity per day, is aP°kl:o 10 tei
yet nothing has been decided upon. The 011'ft! tlO,OO,
apprehension of a general strike, but it he°
probable the men might resort to the schento ° 001,000
f thus so
one or two of the collieries, in the hope 0 dope+ Pd
the masters. In case anything of this sort iciiiiredt it
any member of the body would be speciallY„Ain 000tiP
been resolved to raise a fund of £30,000 or A4v,
to indemnify him for his lose.

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