The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1863.

operation of the sovereigns or of their representa-
tives, a system which may calm the public mina and
restore peace, tranquillity, and order to numberless
countries in which, unfortunately, those benefits are
lost, is a design which greatly honours your Ma-
jesty, and which with the co-operation of all, assisted
by Divine grace, will produce the best effects. For
this reason, with an entirely cordial disposition,
we associate ourselves with such a praiseworthy
object"—and so forth. His Majesty the King of
HANOVER; by birth an English Prince, acknow-
ledges in so many words to his having received the
EMPEROR'S letter " with equal pleasure and grati-
tude." King LEOPOLD writes very frankly in
reference to his own individual sentiments, "As
regards my own personal feelings I should
take advantage of the cordial proposal of
your Imperial MAJESTY with the greatest
satisfaction." King VICTOR EAIMANTJEL answers
with point blank explicitness—" As soon as
the international Conference takes place I shall
take part (in it) in person, or at least send (to it) a
representative." From all aides except from the
direction of England the answers have come in,
couched in terms the most conciliatory. For the
curt, snarling, almost cynics: tone of our reply,
England herself is not responsible—but, on the
contrary, we may rest assured of this, that for that
tone she will rigorously hold responsible her
Foreign Secretary.

At this season or the year one's attention is natu-
rally turned to the question of agriculture, there are
so many meetings and gatherings in the country ;
and the more absorbing and engrossing subjects of
politics being in abeyance for the timeLso far there
is more opportunity for entering into the discussion
of other points. At the meeting of the Society of
Arts Mr. CHALMERS MORTON read a paper on
"Agricultural Projects, its Helps and Hindrances,"
which is deserving of consideration for many of its
suggestions and remarks. He gave it as his opinion
that the indisputable progress that had been made
was attributable to many causes, among which he
notified " the more extended use of machinery."
This opinion coming from an influential quarter is
very satisfactory, for some persons have been
much against this practice, and more especially in
egard to steam machinery. Mr. MORTON also
entered into the question of how much benefit had
accrued from the establishment of Societies ; the
Royal Agricultural Society, in particular, had been
most serviceable. There is no doubt that there is
great truth in this, as nothing can exercise a
stronger influence, or keep a spirit of emulation,
and impart interest to the subject in all its branches,
than the formation of Societies. They ensure
that due regard must be paid to the matter
in many varied forms, whereas otherwise, perhaps
with the best intentions, those more immediately
concerned or intimately connected with the affair
might neglect to study its peculiarities, and become
negligent or slothful in their vocation. The remarks
of Mr. COLE at this meeting were most worthy
of notice. He observed that one question of
paramount importance, which ought not to be passed
over, was the condition of the labourer. He con-
sidered that no one could deny that the labourer
was " worse housed and cared for than the horse,
the cow, and the pig." Certainly this is a sad and
sorrowful estimate to take of the question, and it is
of importance that the view Mr. COLE took of the
case be duly considered. He said much evil arose
from the practice that landlords had of putting a
stop to the existence of cottages on their estates.
Their object was to prevent them becoming charge-
able to the parish rates. This is a very reprehen-
sible course to adopt, and the results that ensue
from it are to sure to prove most deleterious to the
cause in which they are engaged, and ensure the
most hurtful effects on those connected with them.
It is satisfactory to mark in contradistinction to
this that many attempts are now made to improve
the dwellings of the labouring classes. No state of
society can prosper if the hands that toil, and the be-
ings who minister to the wants of others, are not well
provided for, and their comfort made one of the first
considerations in forming plans and devising means
for the carrying on of the various schemes of agri-
culture, and the several arrangements relating
thereto. A meeting was also held at the St.
James's Hall for the purpose of considering the
best means of promoting their cultivation. The
conclusion arrived at was that they passed a reso-
lution highly approving of the objects of the
General Steam Cultivation Company. Another
resolution was also passed to the effect that it would
be advisable to establish a joint stock com-
pany, to supply " steam apparatus to ap-
plicants." This would be a very desirable thing
if it could be managed with any degree of success,
as the results of the more extended use of steam
would certainly ensure great benefits to all con-
cerned in the matter. Lord ROBERT MONTAGU
spoke very strongly on the question, and declared
that if the steam plough was prevalent throughout
the country the " English farmer would be able
to compete with those of America, Russia, Poland,
and the Principalities of Turkey." This would
be indeed a desideratum, and the sooner the experi-
ment is made the better. There is always so much
prejudice to overcome in these matters that the
progress of any invention and the adoption of any
scheme is always most tardy and tedious. As soon
as possible, however, those who are more enlighte
ened should seek to dispel the illusions and dissipate
the tears of the timorous and mistaken persons who
will pursue the beaten track, and prove by their
conduct, if not by their words, that they adhere to
the old adage that " What they did with yesterday
they'll e'en do with to-day." Mr. HOLLAND, the
Chairman, adduced several reasons in favour of this
experiment. He said that as much could be done
in one ' week with steam as in six by the present
method .
' and very truly declared that this gave
them to „atile
extent the command of the seasons ;
besides,sevtus
gave
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expensive. He had now got in his
he had employed steam, and he
opinion that the old system cost 20s.
per acre, whereas tho
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method set to work the sooner the unbelieving will be
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throughout the country. There is no use in expect-
ing new things 'to succeed if the right moans are
not adopted to enable them to do so, and conse-
quently any well organised scheme for providing
against difficulties and supplying emergencies
should be encouraged. It is idle to consider that
agriculture is to be left in statu quo, while all
other
sciences are undergoing alterations and receiving
improvements. It is just and right that all pursuits
and professions should share in the great changes
now taking place, and reap the benefits that matured
experience and additional knowledge are so widely
diffusing and largely disseminating through the
civilised world. It was quite time that some
definite plan was put in farce to supply the defi-
ciencies and restify the error that militated against
the success of this invention ; and it is, therefore,

very gratifying to notice the efforts made by influ-
ential individuals to supply a want and remedy an
evil that existed:. Now that an impetus has been
given to the cause, it is to be hoped that its advo-
cates will go on and prosper.

The wandering senators, whose holiday is not of
much longer duration, are still employing their
leisure in enlightening their constituents as to the
state of home affairs and foreign politics. It is some-
times amusing
to compare the very contrary pro-
phecies and opinions which these gentlemen indulge
in. One will dilate upon the triumph of the Liberal
cause, the
popularity of Lord PALMERSTON, and the
approaching
subjugation of the Southern States.
Perhaps on the same day, a hundred miles off, an-
other M.P. is descanting upon the natural decay of
the Government, the advance of Conservative prin-
ciples, and the hopelessness of Federal success. At
the Corn Exchange, on Wednesday, Mr. BUXTON,
in addressing his constituents, denounced the short-
sighted folly of the Federals in striving to subdue
the South. A day before Mr. LEATHAM had been
holding forth to the good people of Huddersfield on
the glorious prospects of the North. " The Federal
operations,' he told them, " had not merely cleft the
Confederation in half, but pierced it to the heart ;"
and in a triumphant catalogue he summed up the
great successes, or what he esteemed the great suc-
cesses, that have recently awaited Federal valour
and skill. As amongst these he reckons the posses-
sion of New Orleans, which is a very old subject for
congratulation ; " Richmond in danger," which re-
mains to be proved ; and the bombardment of
" Charleston, the cradle of the rebellion," an
achievement which at present seems more likely to
furnish wholesome exercise for Federal gunners, at
a somewhat heavy cost of ammunition, than any
other practical benefit, we must be allowed to con-
sider the cause of the South not quite so desperate
as Mr. LEATHAM would have us believe. Accord-
ing to his views, those Southern States which are
still in the hands of the Confederacy are " going,"
if not " gone ;" mutiny and treason are in their
camp; gold and credit nowhere, and starvation
everywhere. This is comprehensive at all events.
It is a pity that to deepen the shadows Mr.
LEATHAM could not say that the war was unpopu-
lar among their people, that their armies were filled
with hired recruits, that desertion was wholesale,
and the conscription a sign for popular outbreaks
and outrages. He finds, of course, a subject of con-
gratulation in " the firmness of the British Govern-
ment, which has safely secured the steam rams that
were to have raised the blockade," but it remains
to be seen whether that security will withstand the
inquiries of the House of Commons, and whether
Earl RUSSELL and Mr. ADAMS will find it as easy
to assume despotic rights over a British subject in
the face of Parliament as at his own place of busi-
ness. The guard of marines who boarded the rams
no doubt looked very formidable in the docks at
Birkenhead, but happily they are not the only guard
to whom the preservation of law and order is en-
trusted, and however admirable may be the inter-
nal arrangements of the United States, we have not
yet come to their mode of disposing of unruly
citizens. The enthusiastic panegyric on the triumph
of all the virtues in consequence of Federal deter-
mination
and heroism, his pathetic picture of the
tide of liberty rolling back over the world had the
Northern States failed in their mission, will not
find a very hearty echo in the sympathies of Eng-
lishmen. However warmly they may feel regard-
ing social and political freedom—and the strength
of that feeling has been shown little more plainly
than the Americans have ever shown it—their com-
mon sense will not allow the profession of such
principles to be a sufficient cover to the most tyran-
nical and arbitrary acts. It is of no use for men to
go into rhapsodies about the negro, to " rejoice in
the approaching emancipation of 3,000,000 of
his fellownaen," whom so long as Southern
trade passed through Northern hands troubled
himself very little about them. Englishmen, un-
fortunately, have a habit of looking to see if a man's
acts correspond with his words, and of judging him
by the former rather than the latter, and this prac-
tice has been found very inconvenient by a good
many potentates and peoples before now. They
are not very likely to subscribe to Mr. LEATHAM'S
theories at Huddersfield, any more than they will
agree to Mr. BUXTON'S views at Manchester.
This gentlemanly way of setting the world to
rights would have us lead the van in the cause
of sacrifice and moderation. England is to sur-
render Gibraltar out of deference to the feelings
of the Spaniards, and for fear of the alarming
prospect of a war with that ancient people. She
is not, however, to make this surrender too lightly.
She is to make it a condition that Spain shall
retire from St. Domingo, that France should re-
tire from Rome, that Austria should withdraw
from Venice, and that Russia should deal more
gently with Poland. The first of these conditions
might very likely be agreed to, but there is a
remote possibility of Austria, France, and Russia
remarking that it makes very little difference
to them whether England or Spain holds Gibral-
tar, and they do not see what connection the
exchange has with their abandonment of their
claims in other quarters. They would, no doubt,
be doubly glad to see such a step, on the part of
England, as lowering her power, and on the prin-
ciple of the old saying, "Quern Deus vult perdere
prius dsmentat." It is only to be hoped that when
Mr. BUXTON'S scheme is carried out, as, with
Earl RUSSELL is really not impossible, England,
in right of her originating the extraordinary pros
posal, will request the other Powers to move first,
as wise men like to see the change before they give
a cabman half-a-crown for a sixpence. The prin-
ciple of non-intervention which Mr. BUXTON up-
holds so strongly, and which has certainly been
carried to the extreme in our days, is susceptible of
another interpretation than the one he puts upon
it. It may be read as commending each nation to
mind their own affairs, and keep their own statu
quo, and, according to this view, the wisest thing
that England can do is to leave the other Powers
to themselves, and retain quiet possession of her
own hardly earned dominions.

THE FRENCH CLERK OF THE WEATHER, Similar
to Admiral Fitzroy, is M. Mathieu du Drome. He, how-
ever, takes in a few days in advance, and is not contented
with predicting the nest day's weather. He is prophetic
of great storms for the early part of December, and foretold
that of last week.

THE SPLENDOUR OF THE ACTOR'S ART.—A 3
Campbell, the Poet, beautifully sang, how—

It re it
Illusions perfect triumphs come,
Vcrse,ceases to be airy thought,
And sculpture to be dumb"—
over and above musician,
Mrs. p..._
kill,
remarks,
Remble, in the current number of the Corn.
auiraerskis, in a kindred strain, of the Histrionic Art :
as the actor pe„
images of b
professors the imagination of the poet, the
ear of the muaiiet,
the eye of the painter and sculptor, and,
his own voice these, a faculty peculiar to itself, inasmuch
is fulfils and embodies his conception ;
own face the canvas cunningly modulated instrument ; his
beauty
own frame the mould in which
pressions of his pasCnhern he portrays the various ex-
and whereas the painter and :end majesty that fill his brain ;
sib's attitudes, occupations,
he casts the
ualttpator may select, of all pos-
sible
to the beautiful effect theexpressions, the most
fix, and bid it so remain fixed for avYerdestire to produce, and
and move through a temporary
existehneceactor must live
of
poetry and
passion, and preserve throughout its duration that ideal
grace and dignity, of which the canvass and the marble give
but a silent and motionless image.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

DENMARK.
COPENHAGEN, DEC. 11.
WITHDRAWAL OF SWEDEN FROM THE
DANISH ALLIANCE.

Sweden has withdrawn from tho alliance with
Denmark.

The reason put forward, according to the Dag -
black is that, as the quarrel now pending between
Denmark and Germany concerns tbo London
treaty of 1852, Sweden cannot separate herself from
the other Powers who signed the treaty.

WURTEMBERG.
THE HOLSTEIN SUCCESSION.

STUTTGART, DEC. 11.

At the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies yes-
terday evening, it was unanimously resolved to
forward an address to the Government, requesting
it to propose in the Federal Diet the im-
mediate occupation of Schleswig, and the dis
missal of the Federal contingent of Holstein and
Lauenbnrg troops to their homes. The Address is
also to include a request for the proximate recogni-
tion of Duke Frederick's right of succession, and
that the Government will advocate such recogni-
tion by the Federal Diet by every means in its
power.

Aa additional motion by Herr Seegers for a
solemn protest against the maintenance of the Lon-
don protocol was carried by 78 to 3.

FEDERAL EXECUTION IN HOLSTEIN.
FRANKFORT, DEC. 8.

Unless counter-orders should intervene, Federal
execution will take place without fail, dispite the
withdrawal of the Patent of the 30th March, which
King Christian has declared null, and of no effect
with regard to Holstein. It is true that the Diet
has not received official notice of the withdrawal,
but there is no doubt the plenipotentiaries have
received instructions in reference to the act.

Details of yesterday's sitting of the Diet have
transpired, previous to the publication of the official
report. It appears that the plenipotentiaries voted
twice upon the question whether Federal execution
should be carried out conformably to the resolution
of Oct. 1. At the first scrutiny the votes were
equal, 8 against 8; at the second Darmstadt and the
Saxe• Ernestine houses (who forma the 12th vote)
abandoned their opposition, and the Austro-Prus-
sian proposition was adopted by 10 to 6.
The press inveighs with much violence and bit-
terness against this result. Austria and Prussia
are accused of intending to re-enact 1550; the peo-
ple are warned to be upon their guard. One paper
stigmatises the resolution of the Diet as "shame-
ful," and asks what the German people—who are
determined only to recognise the Duke of Augusten-
burg—can still expect from an Assembly that passes
such a vote.

Be that as it may, marching orders have been
despatched by telegraph. The expeditionary corps
will consist of 22,000 men, including 5,000 Prus-
sians, 5,000 Austrians, and 12,000 Saxon and Hano-
verian troops. The reserve, 45,000 strong, is to be
furnished exclusively by Hanover and Prussia, and
will take up its position upon the Elbe. The bat-
teries in garrison at Hanever will leave that city
on Thursday ; part of the artillery is _already
at Langenhahen and Buywedel ; the Cam-
bridge Regiment of Dragoons will march
from Celle to-morraw to the Elbe. The Saxon
brigade will march towards Lauenburg by way of
Rica, Juterbogk, Berlin, Wittenbergi, Hogenow,
and Buchen. The Prussian troops belonging to
the-13th division will pass by way of Minden,
Wunstorff, and Werden, where they will leave the
railway to march upon Harburg in three columns.
Finally, the Austrian brigade, now echeloned along
the railway on the frontiers of Bohemia and
Saxony, will pass through Dresden, Leipzig, Mag-
deburg, Brunswick, Lehrte, Celle, and Luneburg,
and debouch upon the Elbe.
The loan that Duke Frederic of Augustenburg
seeks to raise meets an excellent reception. The
bonds of this loan range from five to ten thalers,
and no anxiety is felt as to the guarantee offered.
One inhabitant of Frankfort has taken for 20,000
florins. It is the Duke's intention to have the loan
guaranteed by the Holstein estates as soon as he
shall be firmly seated upon the throne.

SPAIN.
MADRID DEC. 18, Evening.
The Gazette publishes a decree organising the
financial administration of the Antilles.

Disunion prevails among the members of the
Opposition, and the position of the Ministry has
been thereby strengthened.

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, DEC, 11.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
0
Teutonia, from New York on the 29th ult., has
arrived off Cowes. She brings 46 passengers,
England, 11,901 dols. for
F2lr,a4nscoe,d
Her news has been anticipated.
andle 11,00 speciedole.
for r Hamburg.

BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS,
SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 10.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam;
ship Ellora, Captain Kellick, with the heavy por-
tion of the Mauritius and Bombay mails, arrived
this evening, bringing 57 passengers, and, on freight,
3 packages specie, value £BBO ; also 25 boxes valu-
ables, 131 packages sundries, and 523 bales raw
silk, value £50,000 sterling.
The Ellora spoke, on the 28th ult., the St. Iberia-
on the 30th the Pera ; on the Ist inst. the Vectis ;
and on the Bth the Ripen, with the outward mails
of the 4th.

Her Majesty's ships Hibernia, Phoebe, Foxhound,
and Icarus were at Malta on the Ist inst. ; and at
Gibraltar the Redpole, Racoon, and Procris.
GIBRALTAR, DEC. 6.

The following British vessels have arrived here :
—Steamer St. Patrick, 8 days from Liverpool;
steamer Genova, 14 days from Glasgow ; steamer
Delta, 41 days from Southampton; steamer Latona,
7 days from London ; steamer Rhone, 8 days from
Liverpool ; steamer Danube, 81 days from Liver-
pool; steamer Palestine, 71 days from Liverpool;
steamer Cadiz, 9 days from London ; steamer
British Queen, 8 days from Liverpool ; and_barque
Pasha, 41 days from Newcastle.
Gibraltar Exchanges on London, 90 days' dare,
50; Paris, sf. 26e. ; Marseilles, sf. Bc. ; Genoa, sf.
30c. to 31c. ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, 2 prem. ; Cadiz,
par to 4 dis. ; Seville, par toy dis. ; Malaga, par ;
Barcelona, I prom. ;
to -I- prem.; Alicant, preen.
par ; Valencia, par
Freights unaltered.

the Bank of France was e
to 8 per cent. The mark
4i per Cents .. 95 25
Do. end month....
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 30
Credit Mobilier 1065
Do. end month 1065
Bank Shares 3330
Credit Foncior 1270
Roman

lout to raise its discount
et closed as follows:—.

RAIL

Italian Loan 7l 90
Do. end month 72
New ditto ......
Do. end month —
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes 52 50
Home Debt
Deferred

rAYS.
Cash. Account.
977 60 .. 97b
980 980

Orloam
Northern
New ditto — • .
Lyons and Mediterranean 942 50 .. 912 60
N ew ditto
Geneva 5OO
Synthern
Western
Eaatern

Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard

Sudden Death of Mr. Justice Wightman,

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We deeply regret to announce the sudden death
of Mr, Justice Wightman. The learned judge was
at York, trying prisoners at the Yorkshire winter
gaol delivery, and on Wednesday was in his usual
good health, and tried a long and important Post
Office robbery case. The Court rose about six
o'clock, when his lordship manifested no signs of
fatigue, although his labours during the day had
been of an arduous character. His lordship retired
to rest at his usual hour, and was then quite well,
but on Thursday morning, at seven o'clock, when
his valet entered his roam he was alarmed to find
his lordship breathing very heavily, and to all ap-
pearance in a fit of apoplexy. Miss Wightman, who
accompanied her father whilst on circuit, was in-
stantly aroused, and Mr. Husband, surgeon, and
Dr. Shann were sent for. Theso gentlemen were at
his lordship's bedside in a few minutes, but their
services were of little avail, for it was evident that
the hand of death was upon the learned judge. He
remained totally unconscious, and lingered in this
state of unconsciousness until a quarter-past one
o'clock, whe❑ his lordship expired.
Ur. Justice Wightman had been a judge of the
Queen's Bench for 22 yearn, and was universally
esteemed by the bar for his amiability of disposition,
and also for his high legal attainments. His lord-
ship's death has put a stop for the present to the
business of tLe Yorkshire winter gaol delivery. Mr.
W. B. Maule, of the northern circuit, whose name
was on the commission at the winter gaol delivery,
entered the court in the morning, and announced
that it would be impossible to go on with business
that day, stating that he should return to court in
the afternoon and receive the bills for the grand
jury.

Mr. Justice Mellor left town this morning for
York.

INDEPENDENCE OF POLAND.

A public meeting of the inhabitants of Maryle
bone was held last night at the St. Pancras Vestry
hall, in order to express sympathy and aid for
Poland. It was stated that the chair would be taken
by Lord Fermoy, M.P., punctually at 8 o'clock, but
as at that period the hall was about a quarter filled,
some time elapsed before the promoters of the meet-
ing made their appearance. The impatience of the
meeting was at length so loudly expressed that the
chairman took his seat on the platform, surrounded
by Lord Campbell, Mr. E. Beales, chairman of the
National League for the Independence of Poland,
Mr. J. R. Taylor, honorary secretary to the League,
Mr. J. A. Ncholay, Mr. N. E. Zaba, a Polish dele-
gate, Mr. C. Szulczewski, and several gentlemen of
local influence in the borough of Marylebone. Lord
Fermoy, having been called to the chair, said they
had met there for the purpose of expressing their
sympathy with Poland in her struggle and their
horror and disgust at Russia for her oppression.
(Hear, hear.) The brightest diadem in our consti-
tution was our free press, and he could not describe
the present state of the Polish question better than
it had been done in a leading article of the limes of
that day. Having read a portion of the article in
question the chairman proceeded to say that the
Times was not only read by the body of the people,
but was extensively read by the higher and upper
classes of this country, and when such a paper spoke
out in this manner concerning the treatment of
Poland by Russia, there was clear evidence that the
people'of England of all grades and classes sympa-
thised with the people of Poland. If, too, such a
paper as the Times continued to address itself to
this question as it had done, there was still hope
for the people of Poland so fur as England was
concerned. (Applause.) It could not be said that
the Russian atrocities were done without the
knowledge and consent of the present Emperor,
because he had lately sent Mouravieff to Poland.
To this butcher in the superlative degree, the Em-
peror had just given the order of St. Andrew—the
highest.compliment that could be paid to a subject
in Russia, and which had been described by the
late Lord Durham as equal to our order of the
Garter and the gift of a dukedom besides. And this
reward had been given to this butcher, this demon,
this devil incarnate, who had done everything that
could disgrace humanity in Poland. ( Applause.)
Many Englishmen wished to do more than express
their sympathy with Poland; and it was desirable,
therefore, that they should, as men of business,
" take stock" and see how the matter stood. He
did not know all the considerations that had de-
termined the Government not to go into the Con-
gress, but he could well understand the circum-
stances, referring not to Poland alone but to other
countries, and even to the state of affairs across the
Atlantic, had led her Majesty's Government to the
conclusion that a European Congress at the present
moment would be a very questionable and dangerous
thing. At the same time he regretted that their re-
fusal had not been conveyed in more temperate and
conciliatory language. The question then arose, if
all remonstrances failed what was the next thing ?
(A voice—War.) War meant a permanent and in-
creased income tax, the reimposition of indirect
taxation, and the throwing out of emeloyment of
hundreds and thousands of the working classes.
The great leading nations of the continent warmly
sympathised with the Poles, and if the Governments
of those countries joined England and France in
their representations Russia must give way before
the opinion of Europe. Meanwhile it was the duty
of the English people to call upon their Government
to use every means in their power to obtain the
blessings of liberty for the unhappy Poles. (Ap-
plause.) Mr. R. Furness moved, and Mr. Hearnden
seconded, the first resolution, declaring that the
, devoted heroism of the Poles entitled them to the
admiration and support of Great Britain. Lord
Campbell spoke in support of the resolution. The
borough of Marylebone had an especial right to
appeal to Parliament on behalf of the Poles. It was
not until he visited Warsaw a few months ago that
he learned how deeply and how gratefully the
Poles appreciated the character and services of their
former representative, Lord Dudley Stuart. (Hear,
hear.) The Polish leaders had assured him that they
placed a high value on the expression of popular
sympathy in this country. The Polish Government
had made two demands—first, that their belligerent
rights should be acknowledged ; and, secondly, that
our Government should repudiate all further title
on the part of Russia to dominion over Poland. The
English Government might be induced to concede
both these claims if it were backed by public opi-
nion, end, if so, who would say that popular agita-
tion was useless or unnecessary P The resolution
having been carried, a person named Webb in the
body of the meeting here proposed a resolution
declaring that the Government ought to have at-
tended the Congress to settle the question of nationa-
lities by peaceable means if possible, and if not to
have joined any Power willing to assist in punishing
the barbarous Russian Government, and to secure
the permanent independence of Poland and Cir-
cassia. This resolution was received with favour
by the meeting, but opposed by Lord Campbell as a
vote of retrospective censure on the Government,
which would array against the meeting many of
the friends of Poland. After some little discus on
it was, however, carried by a large majority-
which -
fessor Beesly proposed the next resolution,
asserted tion,
asserted that the English Government i: longer
zar over
bound to recognise the sovereigntye
f th
any part of the Polish tweeter
Y'alialid would be fully
belligerent rights of
justified in acknowledging
the
ces besecoanded the reso-
lutiou, which was
the insurgents. l‘ir. C
carried without dissent. The
ht to e. close by a vote
proceedings w u
ore then bro g
L:i Beales
of thanks to the chairman.

TIIE L"a" TO MR. DISRAELI, M.P., EY A
—lt • •
,A y RESIDENT.—It was intinaati.. a few days
loßaw-
go that a lady, recently. deceased,
. had bequeathed about
a:40.,000 to Mr. 13enjainin Disraeli. The testatrix was Mrs.
Brydges Willyania; she resided many years at Mount
Braddon, Torquay, and when she died she had attained the
extraordinary ago of 93 years. The deceased lady was of
Jewish descent, and of a Spanish family, Mr. Disraeli, as
her executor,has given directions for the house and furni-
ture to be sold. Some men, it seems, entered the house on
Monday night, by breaking a pane of glass and rnmuviag a
shutter in the window of one of the lower rooms. They
were disturbed, however, by the house dog, and decamped
precipitately, taking with them only a few trilling articles,
—Western Morning IY-eum.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 10.
Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and
Princess of Prussia dined with the Prince and Ptin-
ems of Wales, yesterday, at Fro-galore House.
Countess Hohenthal, Baroness Dobeneck, Count
Furstenstein, and Major von Schweinitz, had the
honour of being invited.
Tne Queen walked in the grounds this 113Orning.
Her Majesty the Queen has honoured Mr. Frith
with a final sitting for the marriage picture, and
their Royal Highnesses the Princess of Wales, the
Crown Princess, Princess Helena, Princess Louise,
and Princess Beatrice have again given sittings.

The Prince Prince and Princess of 'Wales.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales had a grand dinner party at Frogmore
House on Wednesday night, at which the Duke of
Brabant and several of the ladies and gentlemen of
the royal household were present.
Tne Prince of Wales, attended by Gen. Knollys
and Colonel Keppel, came to London by the Great
Western Railway yesterday, to preside at his
council at the Duchy of Cornwall-office. His royal
highness zeturned to Frogmore in the afternoon.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales
accompanied by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, drove
through the town of Windsor yesterday afternoon•

THE CROWN PRINCE AND CROWN PRINCESS OE
PRUSSIA.--it is expected that their Royal Highnesses the
Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia will lea"
Windsor Castle on the 15th inst., and proceed to Brussels
and Carlsruhe. Their royal highnesses will probably resell
Berlin on the 20th.
His }toyll Highness the Duke of Brabant arrived
at the Palace Hotel, Buckingham-gate, yesterday, froo'
visiting their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales at Frogmore.
The Duke of Argyll has left town to join the
circle assembled on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of
Sutherland at Lilleshall, Salop.

The Duke of Athule is, as stated by a conterope'
rary, in a very sad condition, but not worse than some
weeks back. His grace is suffering from cancer in the face,
and his disease has for some months past been regarded as
a hopeless one. It is a consolation to his family to knout
that the noble duke is fully aware of the serious nature of
his malady, and has, as far as possible, prepared himself for
its consequences.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbary joined
the circle visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Bath at
Longleat Park, Wilts, early in the week.
By a telegram received from Paris yesterdai
we learn that the Earl of Westmoreland is going 00
favourably,
The Earl and Countess of Leicester will enter'
tale a
.large party at Holkham Hall, Norfolk, the Week
after next.
The Earl and Countess de Grey entertained the
Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Right Hon. W.
Cowper, Mr. and Lady Margaret Beaumont, the Hoe. INi°'
Spencer Ponsonby, and a select party at dinner last evening
at their residence in Carlton-gardens.
The Countess (Dowager) Spencer and family
return to town to• morrow from Brighton, and go early in
the ensuing week on a visit to the Dowager LadyClintoh at
Hampton Court Palace.
Viscountess Dungannon has returned to 31,
Dover-street, from Wales.
Viscount and Viscountess Gort and family have
left East Cowes Castle, their residence in the Isle of Wight'
for Paris, where they propose to pass the winter,
Lady Bloomfield has left the St. George ti
Hotel.
Sir William and Lady Heathcote have left
Hursley Park, near Winchester, for Dogmersfield Park, on
a visit to Sir Henry and the Hon. Lady Mildmay.
The Right lion. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli
have left Grosvenor-gate for Stowe, on a visit to the
Duke
and Duchess of Buckingham.

SPECIAL POSTAGE STAMPS IN EGYPT are
about to be issued for franking letters in the interior of that
country. They are to be manufactured in England bY 5
company which supplies such articles to many of the Statc6
of Europe.
FEMALE AERONAUTS.—Wcrnen, from the daYs
of Madame Blanchard to this day, seem to hair°
been unlucky when they have ascended alone. This poßr
wcman had several children, and it is probable that neces-
sity compelled her to incur such dreadful risks. In one of
her ascents she was caught in such a tempest of wind, b4il'
and rain, that the noise and cold stunned her, and she be-
came insensible. low long she remained in this condition
she did not know, but she was absent from the earth luZirc,
than fourteen hours. Her end was a fearful 00. i gre..
ascended one night with a number of lighted 13e1)gbaA
at-
pots and a quantity of fireworks. As soon as she !torts
tamed a sufficient altitude she began letting off the gre‘ii nt 9,
These were seen flashing and darting about, when, all
the
sudden, a great broad red flame leaped forth an:o3g few
clouds, cries of horror rose from the spectators, and in a an
minutes they were aware of the mangled body of a Wcn3l
having been picked up at a short distance from where theY

were assembled.—Once a •Threek.
MR. SAUNDERS, OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAIL-
WAY, has been graciously presented by her Ma'
jcsty with a silver epergne (with an inscription) upon bis
retirement. It is accompanied by a letter from Sir C. D.
Phipps, expressing her ,Majesty's entire approval of the
company's arrangements for her comfort, and her gracious
regret for the loss of Mr. Saunders' services.
SKETCH OF THE CRAWLEY COURT MARTIAL.
The apartment is spacious, airy, and well lighted.
This is the reading-room of the provincial Rag and Famish'
The large mirror at one end of the hall, the three handsoine
glass chandeliers depending from the ceiling, and the Iva'
hogany chairs and tables, all help to lend a light, cheerful
air to the place, The blaze of brilliant unifoiras, the
glitter of silver medals and gold lace, the rainbow hues nt
the silken ribbons of honour, surround the large central
table around which the members of the court martial aro
seated with a fine coup d' wil. Sir Georn Wetherell' the
nature are pleasantly mingled, sits in the
President, a rather venerable old gentleman witlt B,arl-
scarlet and gold of a staff officer. Mai
hair and moustache, in whose face shrewdness an .-othe
centre, i"
__,,i
dot-GeneralDa
Russell, another grey-headed veteran, and 3the
Lawrenson, left, and
Lawrenson, flank the president on light
other members form a distinguished group of Britisn.
papers,
warriors. The long double table is littered with
books of reference, Testaments for administering the oath,
cocked-hats, shakoes, and so on. The models of Idhoilt
Lieutensat-
bungalows are exhibited on a separate table.
Colonel Crawley sits to the left of the President, at a large
or-Geeral vi
table, which is also covered with manuscripts and books.
with a ono:
Ho wears the simple tunic of his regiment,
barred Crimean medal on his breast ; but his OA
sword
belt are, as Earl Russell would say, conspicuous by their:
absence. He is a tall, well-built, substantial figure, erizzled.
and soldierly in his bearing, thin grey hair, and a g rect.
moustache, with prominent nose and cheekbones—
a man e
undoubtedly of a very earnest, decided character. On oaci
side of him sits his brother, another Colonel Crawley, an
il
on the other Mr. Vernon Harcourt, his counsel—" i6t(r.
ricua"—a man of some mark. He is tall, lithe, with a
long.
grave intellectual face, of a marble-like purity of COW
plexion. His brow, full at the temples, is far from high'
and affords another proof that a high forehead is not neces:
sarily a sign of great mental power. He is perhaps roota
distinguished for his nervous, forcible style of writing th
for philosopic impartiality : he was well known as one :1
recognised,
the slashers of the Saturday before he came out as a leg
pundit. Mr. Waller, of the Chancery bar, is also in atten:
dance in a similar capacity as Mr. V. Harcourt:, Although
all the military inen connected with the case are in fu
SOUTHERN B,AILWAV..St.
,"war paint," the lawyers ale in "mufti," They are? ill
Magdalena, sailing fr°7
fforcdo,nnaescttehdewriethprtehseisnrtaatiilvweayo,f
fact,T hB e unwEioNnykoae
Sid
Aaty,
Mailab uF. ts not .formally
steamer
GREAT
Southampton to-morrow, takes out a number of the eng"
Messrs. Peto and Betts, and Mr. Alfred Rumball, as tl'ir°
representative of the company. Other portions of the Bt3,
nmere.r inegr
Crawlers,
tao.lrliovwa, by a Liverpool steamer on the 20th inst., so that °,--1.
. 'at Buenos Ayres everything will be arranged Of
cuttingh the first sod of the lino and an active prosecution u
t ,Iworks.—Brazil and Rtver Rate Mail.
V o --
14.113NN ELL'S MENAGERIE.—The No.l co,lee
1 6°ll
h•..
among
the contractor snvtilr aVrr:
of this now well-known menagerie has beet, (=',t,A
bited during the week on the Islington-green, and '-
,Ault)
proved a great
source of attraction to those who have 0,
ti eta far and near to see the domestic animals of the cent,
try in their fat and beauty. The inhabitants of the
rcii,
tropolis have also assisted in crowding the spaeionso, to
early and late. Of the rare and extensive character i_oo
collection nothing need be said, but we must con3Pll; be
Mr. Edmonds upon the attention and care with Nvi'l'' ~,to
Provides for the comfort and safety et his visitors._
e'ts,„
wonderful performance of the twO elephants, and tvDsieto
traordinary achievements and moral daring of Me
pain,,
Zoelneryna with 20 lions and tigers, &C., woUld 1)0
Ic
fully interesting were it not evident he has the ani''.l3 es.,
his absolute will. We can recommend the interestilouo
hibition to the notice of every paterfamilias wb
give his children a cheap lesson in ratlital history.
1.,,_„:41
'''.LONDON (TOFFEE AND EATING HOUSEIiEL3i,r,:of
BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. —The annual ball in _ Joe
the Muds of this praiseworthy association will takey:
on Monday, Jan. 4, at the -Whittington Club, Smola