The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-22 00:00:00

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 22.

The extra Inman steamship City of Limerick,
from NeW York on the 11th inst., arrived here at
3.45 a.m. to-day, with two cabin and 20 steerage
passengers, but no specie. She landed four steerage
passengers and proceeded at 4 a.m. for Liverpool.
Her news has been anticipated.
GREENCASTLE, DEC. 22.

The Canadian steamer Hthernißn, from Portland
on the 12th inst. arrived here at 8.10 a.m. to day.

RUMOURED PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
LIVERPL,OL, DEC. 22.

A private telegram received here by the Hiber-
nian, states that rumours of peace negotiations
were current at New York. These rumours were
considered very doubtful, but they nevertheless
had influenced the markets. Gold, 49.

FRANCE.
REPLY OF THE EMPEROR TO THE
ADDRESS FROM THE SENATE.

PARIS, DEC. 22.

Thy Emperor made the following reply to the
address of the Senate, presented by the deputation

yesterday :

" Good is the sole motive power of my actions,
both at home and abroad. I desire the appeasing
of passions, with concord and union. I direct all my
wishes to the moment when the great questions
which divide Governments and peoples will be paci-
fically solved by European arbitrament. This
wish was that of Napoleon when ho wrote
from St. Helena, that to fight in Europe
is to make civil war.' May not this great thought,
an Utopia in the past, shortly become a reality ?
It is always an honour to proclaim a principle
tending to remove the prejudices of another age.
Let us unite our efforts for this noble end, and let
us only study obstacles to vanquish them, and in-
credulity to confound it."

The Moniteur of this morning publishes the cir-
cular of M. Drcuyn de Lhuys, dated Dec. 8, the
sense of which agrees with the analyses already
published by the journals.
BOURSE, December 21.—The arrival of the Eng-
lish funds with an advance of s has had no influence
uu the market, which has again become heavy, and
the business done shows a fail on the closing price
of Saturday. 'threes, for the Account, which
opened at 66f. 40c., are now at 661. 30c. Mobilier
have also receded, being,now quoted at 1,022 f. 50c.
Railway Shares have also slightly declined. The
market closed as follows :—•

41 per Centa .. 04 05
Do. end month....
3 per Cents
Do. end month 66 35
Credit Mobilier 1027 50
Do. end month...J.o3J
Bank Shares 3350
Credit 14 oncier 1220
Roman 74

Italian Loan 7l 40
Do. end month —
New ditto
Do. end month....
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes.„ 52 50
Rome Debt .. —
Deferred

RA-IL

Orleanm
Northern

rAYB.
Cash. Account.
970 970
965 .. 966 25

New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 922 50 .. 925

New ditto
Geneva .. 498 75
Southern .. 675 677 50

Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
fiurbard
North of Spain

Saragossa:. .. 612 50 .. 612 50

Ditto to Barcelona .... 302 50 .. 300

THE SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN QUESTION.
HAMBURG, DEC. 19.

The feudal party, the clergy, lawyers, and offi-
cials of Holstein are preparing an address in which
they call upon the Prince of Augustenburg to
assume the throne of the Duchies. Numbers of ex•
functionaries in Schleswig and Holstein who have
refused to take the oath of allegiance to the King
are now residing in this city, and keep up the
agitation, from which the Senate wisely holds
itself aloof. It has, however, induced the citizens to
vote a million of marks banco for the defence of the
coast against possible Danish attack.
The well-known writer, Baron Dirking-Holm-
feld, brother of the former Danish envoy to Paris,
is now residing at Frankfort, where he warmly
defends the cause of the Duchies against
Germany. He has recently published a
pamphlet, intended to prove that, in right
of his wife, Christian IX. is the only legiti-
mate King of Denmark and the Duchies. There
is little doubt, indeed, that if the Schleswig-Hol-
steiners felt assured of their national rights, they
would unquestionably reject the Duke of Angus-
tenburg. It would be necessary, however, that
the concession should be made regardless of the
pressure of the priests and functionaries, who think
all their privileges would be secared under the reign
of the Pritice. The agitation in the north of
Germany only hoists the flag of the Duke
of Augustenburg to separate the Duchies
from Denmark and to conquer Schleswig. The
democratic portion only takes part in it, because it
hopes that it will bring about another directed
against the Sovereigns of the small German princi-
palities, and the reactionary system followed in
Prussia.

The Austrian troops, consisting of 170 officers,
5,500 men, and 400 horses, arrived here by way of
Harburg. They are made up of 2 German regi-
ments, 1 Polish regiment, 3 Hungarian regiments,
and 1 Italian regiment; 2 hussar regiments, 1 being
Hungarian, the other Czechs, a chasseur regiment,
and a battery of 98 guns. The town of Hamburg
is to pay 100,000 marks monthly towards the sup-
port of the troeps.

ROME.

ROME, DEC. 16.

The great event which chiefly occupies men's
minds in the Eternal City is the step about to be
taken by the Pope at the Coasistory which will be
held on the 21st. His Holiness will then appoint
bishops to the various dioceses in the old Pontifical
provinces of the Romagna, the Marches, and
Umbria. The new prelates are to be distributed
as follows :—Cardinal Gaidi will be Archbishop of
Bologna, Monsignor Clementi Bishop of Rimini,
Monsignor Cardoni Bishop of Loretto, Monsignor
Vitelleschi Bishop of Osimo, Monsignor Andreali
Bishop of Cagli, the Abbe Micalet, of Malta, Bishop
of Citta di Castello, and the Franciscan monk
Pettinati Bishop of Nocera.
Napoleou
An opinion prevails that the Emperor
will use all his influence at Turina
appointment cause Ring
Victor Emmanuel to accept the a
pointment of
only can show,
the Pope, but with what result im
e
ommended by th© Emperor
at the next Consistory.
been
recommended
has
sor Do Donnechas , the Archbishop
, of
Rouen, Alons
Napoleon to the pope asCardinal, and will be nomi•
Yas formerly an Orleanist,
Hated to
1011
.`". ;n 1,4,
9 co-operated
with the French Ambassador to cause the
popo to accept the decree expelling the
Jesuits from France. He is now a devoted Bona.
partist, and a Cardinal.

The ex-Queen of
Naples has retired to Albano,
where she intends to pass the winter. The King
uf Bavaria,
while ill Rome, made every effort to re-
concile the King and Queen, but without success.
It is rumoured that the French orroY at Rome
will be increased by 6,000 men.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, DEC. 21.
His Royal Highness Princa Alfred left Osborne
this morning, with Prince William of Hesse, for,
London.
Prince William proceeds immediately to Ger-
many, and Prince Allred will return to Osborne.
Lord Stanley of Alderley has returned to Loild°'

Funeral of the late King of Denmark.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 16.
The Berlinske 7idencle publishes the following
"At the moment of going to press the mortal
remains of King Frederic VII. are being conveyed
from this city. The immense, imposing funeral
cortege moves in the calm, clear winter's day
through our city amid the salute of minute gurl6,
the tolling of bells, and the deep-felt grief of the
whole population. The city has put on mourning'
All business has ceased. The houses in those streeta
through which the procession takes its waY
hung with black and white drapery, and flies
he'
mast high. In many places there are inscriptions
recalling the most important events in the lifo °f
the deceased monarch.
"All parts of the country have sent represero*
lives to the capital to pay the last mournful honours
to King Frederic, and at different points on thie
passage of the cortege a last farewell is raised whisei
testifies to the affection borne by the present gee
ration to the deceased, and the gratitude with which
the Danish people through many future generatioris
will regard him."

THE BETROTHMENT OF THE PRINCESS ANNA OF
liEssE, daughter of Prince Charles, to the reigning Ora%
Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, took place a few clays
at Darmstadt.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ali6
a large party will meet on the 4th proximo at Lino viel
Park, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby.
The Duke of Brabant, by the advice of his pbs:s,i•
clans, will pass the worst portion of the winter in tile euvL
ai
rons of Nice. The Duchess of Brabant will remain
Brussels with her children.
His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle and suite bOa
been staying on a visit to the Marquis of Drogheda at ere
Abbey, Monasterevan.
The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland and &will
left Stafford House, St. James's, yesterday, for Cliefae73'
near Maidenhead.
The Marquis of Tullibardinc left town last even,
in for Blair Athole, Perthshire, to meet the Duke 11,131
Duchess of Athole. We are informed the Duke is in 8 Sl'

low and precarious state.
The Earl Granville has left town oil a visit to tbfre
Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, at Bowood
Wilts.
The Earl and Countess of Alalmesbury left town
at the close of the past week for Heron Court, near Chris

church, until the meeting of Parliament.
The Earl and Countess Spencer and LadP sawnSpencer will remain in Egypt until the end of January'
are then expected to go to Algiers and Spain on their Wsj..
nuraeroh:
home. It will be gratifying to the noble earl's
friends to learn that his lordship's health has greatly ben°
fitted by his visit to the East.
The Earl of Mansfield arrived at
Caen Wood, Hampstead, on Friday last, from Scone Palacehis residence,

Perthshire.
The Earl and Countess of Cardigan have recce
entertained a parry of visitors at Dean Park. Amongst thi3
aYt
company have been the Earl of Oxford, Lord
Courte n
Auruiral saa.
Lord Loughborough, Lord and Lady Bruce, °r/'
the lion. Mrs. Rous, Mr. and Lady Emily Kingscote, 1-1
St. George Foley, Hon. George Craven, Colonel and irl°°l
Mrs. Curzon, Hon. H. Forester, Mr. George Payne, G3PL

and Mrs. De Horsey, &c.
Louisa Countess of Seafield has arrived at the
Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood, from Grant Lodge,
The Right Hon. Sir George Grey is still s tay
at his seat, Falloden, Northumberland.
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON.--The present Etnper°l,
Napoleon ILL, some years ago, enjoyed a quite exceptional
popularity amongst the London cabmen, from always yar
ing without a word whatever they asked of him I

JUDGE'S CHAMBERS.—Mr. Sergeant Shee, haviog,
been sworn in one of the judges of the Court of
Queen's Bench, attended at the Judges' Chambers yeser
day. His lordship will relieve Mr. Justice Mellor, who b 35
just returned to town after disposing of the assize busino'se
at York, where he had been sitting in consequence of
th
death of Mr. Justice Wightman. There will be a daily 3:t
tendance at the Chambers until the Christmas recess.. f:'11
the Queen's Bench and Exchequer Courts the judges '31&,,,1e
the morning ; but in the other court Mr. Justice liet,tl'''

sits in to
Mn.JUSTICE SHEE NOT AN IRISHMAN.--In the
biographical notice of Mr. Justice Shea which spa
peered in The Sun on his elevation to the Bench it is statd.
that he was born in Kilkenny. This statement is, it ,913,;
pears, inaccurate. His father was an Irishman, desconeei
from. a family who had settled in the county of liiil'eWin
early period in life. He married a Miss Darell,
prior to the revolution of 1668, but came to Engle° at:'
bee
jiistic,s
toa well-known family in Kent, and his son, now
a gentleman connected with Kent that he address';
Shee, was born at Finchley, Middlesex, in 1804. It sv,,asta'e
tioned Parliament with reference to Roman et"'
meeting held at Penenden-heath when that ee°3tY,,,earil-
cipation. In his speech on the nomination-Mr fraltanrit
Marylebone hustings, in 1847, he said, in reply to
.tebut /
that ho was an Irishman :—I was born at FOlll6 aspire
have yet to learn that it is a crime in an Irislll3l3ll toti,
to enter that Parliament in which Sheridan, and 61.:ftt-t7,16
and Canning, and Wellington laid the foundation -
country's greatness." fa°
AN EPISCOPAL SWASHBUCKLER, GETTING -'
'
se dine,
A FIX AND OUT OF IT !—Bishop Polk,
to Colonel Fremantle, is the finest figure in thoee P 5 1.50; A
good looking man, with all the manners and affabilit Yore
' grand seigneur," tall, upright, and "looking reitell ,Dtieg
like a soldier than a clergyman." When he has 0;1°1°71' yeti
he intends to go back to his other profession. Ile 1.6 : cted
Cathogo ..a_
the
brave man, whereof here is a specimen incident es. 3,011‘
from him by our ingenuous Guardsman. /318„)1Pt E4'
kquitur, in a modest yet graphic meaner : "---`e " eyi'4l. ja
it was at the battle of Perryville, late in the °vet' i'l-'t°
fact, it was almost dark, when Liddell's Brigade e'''''t 1,,eal
action. Shortly after its arrival I observed a beclY
angle t°
whom I believed to be Confederates, standing at 53
arrived
this brigade, and firing obliquely at the newlir:rt be
troops. I said, 'Dear me, this is very ead, and tis
of tel
stopped ; ' so I turned round, Lut could find 1103° . so 1
young men, who were absent on different niessag'e'.s.fl'aving
determined to ride myself and settle the matter. oat
cantered up to the Colonel of the regiment which vie ' a his
I asked him in angry tones what he meant liY
own friends, and I desired him to cease doing s°
e. 0, be
He answered with surprise, 'I don't think there 31...0
mistake about it; I am sue they are til;',,oein rer
' Enemy I ' I said; ' why I have only just lett rs 3, name
self. Cease firing, sir ; what is your nano l'' who are
is Colonel —, of the Indiana; and Pr3Y, sir'ishnient,
you?' Then, for the first time, I saw, to my' ast°ll
~..,,ent
that he was a Yankee, and that I was in rear of a r e Ib"-`lit to
of Yankees. Well, I saw that there was n.O hool?._scutior
brazen it out; my dark blouse and the inercelaseLn 1
gto :him 04
befriended me, so I approached,
g 4:115;t:oon show you wi-v:',
shoot Lt
000.
shook my fist in his face,
sir'
atdown the ' ilx
slowly oince.' I thentarook
line, shouting
at
an authoritative manner to theX to cease firing i.,e
the same time I experieced adisagreeable sensation, i'%
my ya hit sseirandCceaauseterfiedrinsfo:
h k and calculating how - bullet'
many A
screwing up ray '-sc ' 1,
shou. aers every moment. I wits afral'i
would be between re 9
Paco until I got to a small copse, wbe,,,,,..
to increase my
the spurs in and galloped back to my men. I il'3-".,e
put
,Colonel,en up to the nearest colonel, and said to 111':
Colol have reconnoitred those fellows pretty closely
—end I find there is no mistake who they are : 7011 °::e
got up and go at them." And I assure you, sir, Unit t,-
slaughter of that Indiana regiment was the greatest.' las.ie
ever seen in the war." ,
HOLYROOD P
~ . PALACE,--It wail afford genera ,eta'..
llhcation to the public to learn alat several valuaDiae
additions to the collection of Royal p ictures at blolyree
are about to be made by command of her Majesty. 13 cD:
large collection in Hampton Court there are a good r-'"1-)1.
duplicate portraits of Royal personages et. nnected moo uo,
less directly with Scottish history, and on the attentioa
~:
the Queen being drawn, through the proper of-qcial chanee',°,c
to this circumstance, and the suggestion made that 50°_3.,..
these might be spared from the richly clothed walls of liall'a
ton Court Palace to the more needful and not less Royal ',I ,t,
appropriate Holyrood, her Majesty at once acquieecsetaill'al
the propriety of the transfer, and exhibited Lunen Pe:
..0.e,.
interest in the selection of the pictures. As the artreo
1 is t,
otvea
merits aro not yet completed, we cannot give any
paintings, but may mention that both their number.
0.
.
their value are considerable. We believe that, cat°,
tiun with the Homo Secretary and the Lord Adv_ead,
through whom the necessary communications NVer%li:, the
Mr. Forbes of Medwyn is entitled to the credit of beft Fu
~it
means of obtaining for Scotland this valuable mark o
trio
favour. Mr. Forbes has, we believe, taken much job,. to
in the matter, and his success must be very Bratil)
_„O..
all who feel an interest in our Scottish historical in
L merits.--Scotsman.