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

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1863

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he might have survived for many years to come.
B'NNET'S LYON.—Every Article of
commerce takes' its title either from the invent
nor
the It Was to be otherwise, however. The able Gover-
or,
manufacturer, and then w more perfect the
.productio
gater is the credit hf ioh attaches to the originator. nor-General of Canada, the brilliantly-successful
BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incarynabalseseorftiiodnenitifica-
Von in England; but ti fallacy of such negotiator of peace with China and with Japan,
pos dby the very trade mark of the irm, as exhibited' bys ex-
Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street.
nbneestexcLt.,t.lai.Lyenond faithful to the part he had so long and so success-
The mark may fully sustained as the servant of the Crown and of
following interviroyene C.
of each piece 2danulat'in. ncTeed'.
et a Injurieux." Wear g •uara .
the Country, though he knew himself to be suffering
from a heart disease, unhesitatingly accepted the
weighty responsibilities devolving upon any ad-
ministrator who, as the successor of Lord CANNING
had to undertake the government of Hindostan.
Although his suddenly interrupted career as Go-
veruor-General of India, has been in no way at all
eventful—perhaps we should rather say precisely
because it bas not been in any way eventful—it has
been a career in the highest degree honourable to
himself as Viceroy. It has sit the seal to his repu-
tation, at once, as a loyal subject of the Crown, and
as a patriotic administrator.

FANIILY MOURNING.--Messrs. JAY would
respectfully
=pomace that great economy is effected
by purchasing- INfourning:
at their establishment, 247 and 249,
their Stock of FAMILY MOURNING
pe. Though Messrs. Jay professedly
GENT-STRNET,
tiL.: the largest in Eurc
the beat articles for Mourning and Half-Mourning—at
all times the cheapest— they supply a Complete Sint of
Domestic Mourning, for 2.. k guineas.
MouRNENG COSTUME of every description is kept
node, and can be forwarded in town or country at a
Ready
moment's notice. The most reasonable prices are charged,
and wear of every article Is guaranteed.
Tax LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
Regent-street (next the Circus).
JAYS'.

ROYAL ENGLIS fi OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and
Mr. W. Harrison.
THIS EVENING, for the 18th time, Balfe's new Opera,
BLANCHE DE NEVERS Alfas Louisa Yyne, Miss Anna
Hiles, Miss Emma Heywood; Messrs.W. H. Weiss, H. Corri,
A. Cook, A. tit. Albyn, C. Lyall, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison.
To conclude with the Second Act of THE DESERT
FLOWER.

Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon.
Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE. -
AA Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.

THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform
the Farce of BEAUTY• OK THE BEAST. I'rincipal cha-
racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer,
and G. Weston ; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss IL. Leclerq.
After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED.
Messrs. i-helps, Ryder, Rayner, 31,-agreson, Ward, Spencer ;
Miss Eburne, Miss F. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E.
Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss hitter, Miss Cicely
Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift.
Followed by MY 1114:ART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS:
characters by Mr. 3. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde,
Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Ilarfleur.

THEATRE ROYAL HAY NI ARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buekstone.
THIS EVENING, USED UP. Messrs. C. Mathewames,
Howe, Rogers, Braid, Clark, Cullenford, &c. ; Mathews,
Angel, Fitzwilliam, &c.
Followed by THE GOLDEN FEECE. Messrs. Charles
Mathews, Compton,Weathersby, &Lc. ; Mesdames C. Mathews,
G. Keeley. Griffith, &e.
With COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews.
And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL LY OE U M T: 11 E A
.--------;-- ----
1 TiR E,
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
BEL DE NIONIO (a Triumphant Success) Will be repeated
Every Evening until further notice.
TUFF EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled
UNCLE BABY: Mess-s. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, entitled
UNCLE
Miss P. Leraercq, and Carlotta Leclercq.
After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DE
HoNro, a L
Story, in Twelve Tanieaux, taken from Stendhal's "It
Ove
Chronicle -," by Mr. Principal charac-
r. John Brougham.ltalian
,
ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by 3lessrs. Jordan, Charles,
Brougham,
Emery, Raymond, Moreland Smith
Collett,. Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Layenue, Ai re.
, Clifford,
Lee, and Miss Elsworthy,
Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7.

_LI-r EAH.-EVERY NIGHT.

BATEMAN.—LEAH.—Tms EVENING.
the 62d appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss
BA TEMAN, in the character of LEAII. In consequence of
the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso-
nation of the priLcipal character in the new Five Act Drama
of LEAH has been attended, Mr Webster begs to announce
that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further
notice.

EN THE A TRE-RO VAL, ADELPHL—
SolA Pronrlfitor and Manse:sr, Mr. B. Wobster.
THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs,

At 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Bth week of Miss Bate-
man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Etl-
lington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburnc; Miss H. Simms, and
Airs.

To conclude with THE IRISH TIGER,: Miss K. Kelly
and Mr. Stephenson.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo.
Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss
Idanders.
Followed by (17th time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The
Return of Ulysses. Messrs. honey and Fenton ; Mesdames
Swanborough and Simpson.
After which, MY NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE,
Manageress, Miss Marriott.
THIS EVENING, ROMEO AND JULIET, Romeo,
Miss Marriott ; Mercutio, Mr. E. rhelps ; Friar, Mr. W. D.
Gresham ; Juliet, Miss Mandelbert ; Nurse, Mrs. Wallis.
Ti) conclude with THE ORPHAN OF GLENCOE.
Box-office open from 11 to 4.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 12, 1863.

The Eighth Earl, who ought to have been the
'First Marquess, of ELGIN, Knight of the Thistle,
PrivyCouncillor, Governor. General of Canada,
Governor-General of India, Ambassador Extraordi-
nary toaChina, Ambassador Extraordinary to Japan,
learn is, what it was dreaded by the last
news ha reiatt
prove to be, no more—struck down
Er reLGIN mEttl3' inur, •
the service of his country. Lord
Was _
man. Bet very
.w
rYfar indeed from being a great
markable
at any rate, a very re-
ability. Ire ,Rae© was a man of undoubted
more than that—he was
a man of indisputable
success. What is vulgarly
called luck went. with
Not so much luck in brit him in public life.
ad-
vancement, but luck
affecting
about his own
portant undertakings in the jutting his various im-
rekists of the Crown
and of the country. Luck of this
man is beyond genius. And,whilnd in a public
Lord ELGIN
c had
was certainly without the genius,he
ertainl
th_
the luck. More than once—under
,e y
heast a
circumstances—though himself not
la onaontous
CESAR in gifts or in temperament, e
Rent
he
and he conquered. Not by the sword, but 135ratwb:
pen. Not as a soldier, but as a diplomatist. Twie
in this way he restored the stupendous Empire of
China, in its foreign relations, that is, in its reit,
tions with the "outer barbarians," to tranquillity,
There was more of astuteness in the manly frank-
ness and decision of his policy, when dealing with
the Asiatics, than there could possibly have babn in
the most wily and tortuous policy that migh
have been contrived by the profound philosophy o
a MACHIAVELLI. or by the subtle tact of a TALLEY'.
RAND.

The damascened and poisoned scymiters,
so to speak of the Japanese and the Chinese,
snapped innocuously at the hilt, when crossed by
the iron • brand that warded off their deadliest
blows, in the grasp of this good servant of the Eng-
lish QUEEN. For many years now, Lord ELGIN
has served the Crown and the country almost un-
interruptedly, now in our hemisphere, now in the
Other. Ile has laboured assiduously all this while
in the national interests. lie has left his mark
Upon Our policy both in North America and in
there motest regions of Asia. When he breathes
his last,
r'law, he does so while yet in harness. He
dies, as We have said, prematurely, long before at-
taining the
hiltedallot age of man, while yet in the
fun vigour of intellectual powers
ing physically
from an
or ,though Bul/r-
-ganic disease that deprived
him of life from over-exertion in a climate to the
:is of which he was dooms
y .
peril
his acceptance
responsibilities or the
of the nw-2.u.
. capable of bein. del highest vice-
egated to a sub-
ject by the will of the British soy,
interests,
ELGIN looked
the interests of h
merely to his
subordinating to those
at large, it would not be
would still at,
la
all
idle to as assert
htthahev
eeaabPei
been
ne
human likelihood, he
ll human probability
in existence, that in t 4

Amid the numerous discourses with which oar
Parliamentary representatives are whiling away the
tedium of the vacation, the public will turn, with
some interest to the speeches of two members of
some distinction, one of whom has held, and the
v and
other is still holding, official position. As the re-
presentatives of two parties, the Government
the Opposition, the views of Mr LATARD . , and
Mr. FITZGERALD are not without, importance. A
token of the stillness of the
Political atmosphere
is shown in their speeches—
a.te former originating
little, but endeavouring to
put the best face oil
matters; the latter supporting
and approving the theory of " Rest
and be Thankful,"
proving the course which
has been pursued by the Government in many
important particulars. Still the tone of the two
addresses is very different—
Mr. LAYARD'S is depre-
catory, though occasionally indignant, while Mr.
FITZGERALD takes pains to assure us that he is hap-
pily indifferent which party is in power; and
indeed, of the two, he would rather prefer a
lengthened continuance of Lord PALMERSTON'S
tenure. It is true that the ox-Under Secretary
took the opportunity of upholding the spirit of
party, of lamenting that indifference to political
differences which is growing but too common.
There was a good deal of truth as well as of satire
in his application of the story of the desperate
poacher who was reclaimed by converting him into
a keeper. The country side, which had been con-

tinually disturbed before, was left in happy tran-
quillity, and on this principle Mr. FITZGERALD
declares that some of his Tory friends would be
sorry to see the present Government disturbed, as,
while it is in cffice, they feel tolerably secure from
any startling change ; whereas they know from old
experience that the moment their own party as-
sumes the reins of power, a universal outcry will
be raised by the Opposition, for reform and inno-
vation. " I shall be sorry," said a gentleman of
this class to Mr. FITZGERALD the other day, " to
see Earl RUSSELL and some of his friends removed
from office, because I am certain that so long as
they remain there we shall hear nothing of the
question of Reform." Alluding to the story we
have already quoted of the poacher and the keepers,
Mr. FITZGERALD expressed his conviction that these
statesmen would remain quiet so long as they were
our keepers. Mr. LAYARD, meanwhile, was of course
busy in upholding the proceedings of his friends. He
entered at some length into the various questions
now agitating Europe, maintaining, of course,
that in every case the acts of Lord PALMERSTON'S
Cabinet have been " wisest, virtuousest, discreetest,
best." He would not suffer his opponents to take
the credit of his acts. The Opposition were always,
he declared, finding fault with the proceedings of
the Government, and therefore it was to be inferred
that they would not have acted in the same man-
ner had they been in power. They had blamed the
Government for not recognising the South, and for
stopping the steam rams; ought he not to infer
from that that their opponents w9uld pursue the
very opposite course, and plunge the country into
war with the 'United States. This it seems is to
be the argument with which Lord PALMERSTON'B
followers intend to meet the expression of public
indignation respecting the unwarrantable inter-
ference of Lord RUSSELL at Birkenhead. Polish
affairs were, of course, discussed in both speeches,
and with much the same result. It was held by
both gentlemen that England was called upon to
exercise all her moral force in behalf of that long-
suffering and down-trodden people, but that her
duty stopped at that limit, and that she was not
called upon to go to war in their behalf. Viewed in
this light, the course pursued by our Cabinet was
the only one open to an honourable and, at the same
time, a prudent :and practical nation. Another
instance of similarity of opinion was manifested in
speaking of Denmark—a question which, however
perplexing and entangled, is certainly not to be
passed over at the present time. Both members
alike declined the task of unravelling the myste-
ries of German genealogies, and of diplomatic en-
tanglements, but on this matter, too, the unity of

sentiment in the two parties was happily very
visible. The official, though passing briefly over
the subject, expressed a hope that the German
Powers might be induced to respect the faith of
treaties, while Mr. FITZGERALD boldly denounced
their present course as absolutely dishonest, and
declared that it was of the N ery greatest importance
to England to maintain the independence of Den-

mark. "I hope," he remarked, " that whoever may
be in power, they will consider it the decided policy
of this country to uphold at all hazards the inde-
pendence and integrity of Denmark, and resist an
aggression which is alike unjast in its objects and
dangerous in its termination," In the conclusion of
an eloquent address, Mr. FITZGERALD dwelt
strongly on the unity of sentiment and feel-
ing which pervades the different clasies
'l4 this country, and the readiness with which
all •
3oined in the prosecution of any cause
had for its object the general good. On the
wool; theseexpoliettaot
thetwo
.speeches may be taken as fair
views of the two leading parties,
if parties the
lies rattler b can be called, where the distinction
etween men than measures.

It would be difact to prognostic • ate when the
uit
'1
-Ir-plates and heavy ordnance
will
end. The chatie„
contest between „rill_
ttte certainly in favour of
for as yet we I,
the gunB, -now not to what size the
b r"ver of resistance oyr
may be carried, or what ,
length of range may 3 Obtaiz_ , .
41° exPeriments at
.. but we do know
be plated and the limit of r clap b;
'L`litY of bearinc, the
with tolerable certainty to what
extent a
ship
may
superincumbent weight.
at Pertsnaonth,
Shoeburyness, and those
h
vanced our experience to a c?rtain extantave ad_
• 1 4st
Tuesday a target built to rqrcsent a section of mr.
hon, about to be kid P.ELD'S new ship, the Bell
down, was tested at Shoeburynea • The plates of
' • this target are not less than six inches in thickness,
and although they were not submitted to the severe
test to which Mr_ CHALMERS' or the iWarrior
targets were, even then, notwithstanding their
extra thickness and the metal being of the best
quality, they were severely damaged by the im-
petus of the shot both from the 110 Armstrong and
the old smooth-bore 68-pounders, as well as the
Whitworth and Armstrong 150-pounders and the
rifted 300-pounders. Although but one shot passed
through the target, and that by striking the junc-
tioa of the plates, it was evident that even this

thickness of plating would be liable to be penetrated
by steel shot. This fact was practically illustrated
in a trial with this kind of shot fired from a 100-
pounder smooth-bore Armstrong during late expe-
riments on board the Excellent gunnery ship at
Portsmouth. The result of the few shots fired
showed that where cast-iron spherical shot and
even wrought-iron bolts failed in effect, the
steel projectiles crashed through the plates
which had successfully resisted the others.
following The
shows
what
telifarnomee
ou the
seaermepen ma
toyf
trialthe
sohno
tt hhi sa
vdeoub be
et fnu lfi pr
erdo t
fercotmi o nt
h: e
uS
np hwe
with
cha
210 a
Inbd.
wder,
place
ae
pee
ole
only a fifth of the weight of the shot,
and have penetrated through a 51 inch armour-
plate, bolted on the side of the Monarch target ship,
and also through the side of the ship itself, covering
the deck of the target ship with splinters of the
' ship's planking, timbers, and iron knees, fragments
of the broken plate, and of the steel shot itself,
which had broken into small pieces in its course."
It is absolutely impossible for a vessel of reasonable
size to carry more than six-inch plates, and we enter-
tain serious dcubts if even that thickness of metal
can be carried with safety, and certainly not with
convenience. Yet even at this comparatively early
stage of experiments, we have reached the limit to
which we may carry iron plating, while we are as
yet ignorant to what perfection artillery may be
brought. The question naturally suggests itself,
whether it would not be better to let well alone for
the present, and for the Admiralty to rest satisfied
with armour-plated ships as they are. Let them
convert as many of the old three-deckers as possible
into armour-plated frigates, protecting only their
most vulnerable parts, rather than go on building
at a vast cost vessels constructed upon theories
which have never had the advantage of a practical
test. Mr. REID is a clever man, and we have great
conidence in his ability ; his new ship, the Belle-
rophon, according to his own showing, is to do
wonders. We hope that she may realise his expec-
tations; but we cannot help entertaining doubts
whether, in endeavouring to make her perfection,
and trying to accomplish too much, he may not be
disappointed. The cleverest engineer of our time,
the man who first demonstrated the theory in ship-
building that "length gives stability," and who
built one of the handsomest and fastest steamers

even now afloat, in endeavouring to sur-
pass himself and carry out his theory
ad extremis produced the greatest failure in naval
architecture ever constructed ; and yet the lines of
the Great Eastern were with certain alterations
only an extension of those of the Great Britain. If
it be necessary to cover a ship with heavy plates, it
will be necessary to increase her tonnage in propor-
tion to the weight she has to bear, and by so doing
her draught of water would be necessarily increased.
Upon this principle the Warrior, Black Prince, and
Minotaur have been constructed ; and yet, although
these vessels are so large that they can be of little
or no service against an enemy's harbours or in
shoal water, even they cannot carry plates thick
enough to withstand steel projectors at close quarters.
We may, however, console ourselves in this much,
that if we cannot render a seaman as secure on
board our men• of-war as they would be at home,
and if we cannot render our ships so many
impregnable iron safes, we are at least as well oft
as our neighbours. The American Monitors and
ironclads have had to retire from the fire of the
Confederate batteries. The iron plates with which
the French frigates have been coated are inferior
to those turned out by the English firms. Despite
all the invectives that have been launched against
Sir WILLIAM ARMSTRONG'S guns, we do not think
that any other nation can produce better field artil-
lery than his 12 and 40 pounders. We do not i
for an instant excuse the Government for

I granting him, as it were, a monopoly of
the trade, and refusing, until quite recently,
to allow a competition between his guns and
those of WHITWORTH, BLAKELY, and others, but
we do maintain that, for the purpose for which
these guns have been constructed, they have
answered every requirement. Extreme range was
never his object, what he aimed at was accuracy
of the fire to a certain distance, and with a most
destructive shell. Now, for all practical purposes
4,000 yards is quite as far as a gun would, with
rare exceptions, be required to throw a shot or
shell, and up to this range, and even beyond it,
the Armstrong guns are very effective. As regards
guns of a heavy calibre, suitable for our large
frigates, we must await the result of the experi-
ments at present being carried on, and as we
trust that now a fair field and no favour may
be granted to all parties, our navy will soon be
provided with as effective batteries as the army is.
In speaking thus highly of the ARMSTRONG gun we
do not wish to deprecate his rivals, but only desire
to show that the wild declamation raised in certain
quarters against Sir W. ARMSTRONG aro unfounded,
and that although there is no doubt that there is
room for considerable improvement in our ordnance
it can, nevertheless, bear comparison with that of

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any other nation. The go-a-head Americans use
three hundred pounders as ordinary service guns,
and boast of being able to throw shot and shell
seven miles,with what accuracy we do not pretend
to say; but this is at least certain, that at the siege
of Charleston, it has been in general a toss up
whether the enemy or the gunners were killed by
these large overloaded pieces. According to the
course at present followed we may go on increasing
the size of our ships and guns until both become
unwieldy and unmanageable, Thcre is moderation

PARIS, DEC. 12.

The Constitutionnel of this morning publishes an
article, signed by M. Limayrac, upon the replies
to the Congress proposition, which are now nearly
all known. The writer says :—" The events in
Denmark prove the t the proposition was opportune.
The line of conduct to be followed by France is
traced out. After having expressed regret to Eng-
land, and thanks to the Powers who accede to the
propositions, France can give the required expla-
nations. Nothing is adverse to a preliminary un-
derstanding, the advantages of which are manifest.
In the midst cf all the uncertainties and differences
this understanding would create fixed points; and
if the majority of the members of the European
family concurred therein a considerable result
be which we should have to
og ra t u
latoebotuarinseeldv,eso;
c would

The reply of the King of Denmark to the
Emperor Napoleon's invitation to a Congress is
published this morning.

in all things, except the theories of enthusiasts, and
it is the duty of the country to place some restraint
on the proceedings of such individuals, especially
when the nation has to pay the cost.

Letters received here from Japan, to the 15th
October, state that at an extraordinary meeting of
Daimios it was decided, by 65 against 47 votes,
that there was no ground for declaring war against
foreigners.

PRUSSIA.
BRUSSELLS, DEC. 11 (Evening).
Advices received here from Copenhagen state, as
a current rumour, that the majority in the Rigsraad
intended to propose that the execution of the con-
stitution of Nov.. 18 be suspended until further
orders.

The Dagbladet and Flyvepost announce that the
negociations for the treaty of alliance with Sweden
have been resumed. It is stated, upon what is
said to be reliable authority, that the treaty will be
sanctioned.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.
ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 7.

The Invalide Russe publishes a military bulletin,
whence is extracted the following remark upon the
population inhabiting the confines of . ancient
Poland :—" The women have relinquished mourn-
ing in the centre of Poland, and even at Warsaw.
The use of Polish national costumes, however, is
c3nstantly on the increase in Kieft'—the cradle of
the Russian people."

./.....'.......411.

LIMITED LIABILITY.—We observe from a report
of the law proceedings in the Scottish courts last
week that the Court of Session, in the case of a judicial
factor appointed under the Pupils' Protection Act, refused
to accept as security the bonds of guarantee of the National
Guarantee and Suretyship Association (Limited), a com-
pany which was started in Scotland about six months ago.
The grounds of judgment were that, whilst admitting the
respectability of the company, it being only established
xnder the provisions of the Limited Liability Act, it was
not possessed of that direct legislative authority which the
Pupils Protection Act appeared to contemplate in allowing
the bonds of public companies established under Act of
Parliament to be taken as security; and, further, that the
Court could not sanction the acceptance of the bonds of a
company as security where the liability of the shareholders
was limited to the amount of their shares.
MAGNETIC POWER,--A lecturer was dilating
upon the powers of the magnet, defying any One
to show or name anything surpassing its powers. A
hearer demurred, and instanced a young lady, who used
to attract him thirteen miles every Sxoay. —American,
Paper.

CRACOW, DEC. 8.
The Czas continues to appear. It is said that

the Minister of Justice at Vienna displayed great
surprise at explanations being asked of him respect-
ing the suspension of the paper for three months.

A COMPLETE VIEW OF Si. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.
--It Wi •
ll be remembered that it was a matter Of
regret at the time that the City authorities did not take
stack of -
ad-
vantage of the •
,_aan opening at the west end of Cannon-street to
the'eaa, uninterruptedinstead view of St. Paul's Cathedral from
iiiidiand of permitting to be erected a semi-circular
land operations,
an Old_fabshiolli thereon, which is more like the stern of
nnoowoneoroughfare
man-of-war than the abode of commercial
At the rear of this obstructive pile, a
Awrthur, Kay, and Evans, the well-
kpnriovNavnte
afinrdm
eT,
x•Ntieen4BBiyse.
thi:gthiit through to Watling-street,
turo, which, ruuningarr?)4ousemen, have raised a struc-
might have been
(Ztaoi.inut van a complete view of
email., and as the sacrifice
our
o:invi
noble
bahlt
eoe st.
jv. elegantlyAs
cathedralfr on
bel
not be surprised to find so manifest ..._,,1.e, the public must
which is needed is really but a
provement yet carried clit.-2VQrni.:4a
7 2,9,zeditable an im-

The Minister is stated to have replied that he had
no knowledge of the measure, which must be ex-
clusively attributed to the local authorities of this
city. It is believed, therefore, that the interdict
upon the publication of the paper has been removed
by superior order from Vienna.

The Czas of to-day says :—" A. skirmish took
place yesterday between the police of this city and
the political prisoners, to whom the police refused
water. One of the prisoners,M. Victor Daszewski,
was seriouEly Wounded by a bayonet stab above the
left eye, and obliged to be taken to the hospital.
" More numerous patrols than ever continue to
effect arrests en masse in the streets.
" The Lemberg police have made a minute search
in the post-office of that town.

" An insurgent chief in the palatinate of Lublin,
Laplachta, formerly an officer in the Austrian
army, has been sentenced to six weeks' confinement.
His advocate vainly urged the exemplary conduct
of his client while in the Austrian service, and the
six months' preliminary confinement the accused
had suffered previous to trial."

SPAIN.
MADRID, DEC. 11.
An amendment to the address has been brought
forward in the Chamber of Deputies, to the effect
that the Government should support the Congress
power of the Pope,
proposition and the temporal

F RANGE.
PARIS, DEc. 11 (Evening).
The monetary Position shown by the balance
ofthe Bank of France is good, but it is stated that
large sums will be withdrawn in the course of a few
days.

The bill for the new loan of 300 million francs
have not yet transpired.
rh wille cboenldaiitdi
obefore o
wthe v
eCr, Corps Legislatif on Monday.
It is uncertain whether the loan will be raised by
public subscription, or through the bankers and
capitalists, but it is believed the Emperor is greatly
opposed to any combination involving a departure
from the system of public subscription he has in-
augurated.

BavOyt:lt nSEd,
with Dec.
11.—The market has been rather
he
little business doing. Threes, for
which opened at 67fr. 350., are now
a
athte67f. Account,2oc. Alobilier have but slightly varied.
Railway shares quiet, and for the most part with
prices well maintained. The market closed as
follows:
41 per Gents .. 9.5 15

Do. mid month.... ---

3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 20
Credit Mobilier 1043 75
Do. end month 1045
B;tnk Shares 3330
Credit Fancier 1230 ,1
Roman
•

(Italian Loan 7l GO
Do. end tnonth 7l 80
New ditto oo
Do. end month....
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes 62
Rome Debt
Deferred

IAII.WAYa.
Cash. Account.
972 60 .. 976
970 .. 975

OTleang
Northern
Now ditto
Lyons and MedisArranoan
ew ditto ............ .
Genera.....
8 Yatliern . ..................
Western
Eastern
Sardinian..........
Austrian
LoirtArd ........
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona

932 50 .. 935 -
887 50 .. -•-
600 -
690 - 687 60
607 60 .. -
480 .. 478 75
400 - 393 75
395 - 395 -
620 .. 623 75
520 - .. 520 -
620 - .. 620 -
307 50 .. 305 -

INDIA.
bEATII OF LORD ELGIN.
A telegram received at the India-office confirms
the melancholy foreboding as to Lord Elgin. He
died on the 20th of November at nhurumsalla.
(TELEGRANI REe,'ErcED DEC. 11, 1863.)

BOMBAY, Nov. 29.
Lord lin died at Dhurumsalla at 2 a.m. on the
20th of November, and was buried privately upon
the following day, in accordance with his own ex•
press desire.

SANGUINARY SKIRMISH,
Sir Hugh Rose, from Lahore, has informed Sir
Bartlo Frere that on the 20th of November the tribes
attacked General Chamberlain with much determi-
nation. The enemy were debated. Lieutenants
Sanderoon and Peel, of the 101st Regiment, were
killed, five officers wounded, including Gen. Cham-
berlain and Col. Hope ; and 128 men, British and
native, were killed and wounded. The loss of the
tribes is much greater. Since this deftat the tribes
have not attacked, and show symptoms of disunion
and discouragement. Chamberlain says he does not
require reinforcements; he only wishes the regi-
ments which have suffered much to be relieved, and
speaks confidently of final success. He has upwards
of 5,000 selected troops, intrenched in a command.
ing position, and defended by 13 guns, four officers
of Engineers, and two companies of Sappers and
Miners. The troops aro hard-worked, but their

health is good. They are well-provisioned, and
have plenty of ammunition. General Chamberlain
has resigned the command on account of his wound
and ill-health; Major-General Garvock is appointed
to succeed him.