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

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, p►esented 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-
ecally solved by European arbitrament. This
wish was that of Napoleon when he wrote
from St. Helena, that to fight in Earope
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 Illoniteur of this morning publishes the cir-
cular of M. Drouyn do 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 has had no influence
on the market, which has again become heavy, and
the business done shows a fall on the closing price
of Saturday. Threes, for the Account, which
opened at 661. 40e., are now at 661. 30c. Mobilier
have also receded, being now quoted at 1,022 f. 50J.
Railway Shares have also slightly declined. The
market closed as follows :

41 per Cents .. 94 05
00. end month....
3 per Cents
Do. end month 66 35
Credit Mobilier 1027 50
Do, end month 1030
Bank Shares 3350
Credit koncier 1220
Roman

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

RAIL'

rAYS.
Cush. Account.
970 970
965 966 25

Orleans
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 922 60 .. 925
New ditto BB3 75
Geneva 498 75
S Althorn 675 .. 677 50
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard . 6lB 75 .. 620
North of Spain
Saragossa ..
Ditto to Barcelona

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-Helm-
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 Dake of Augus-
tenburg. It would be necessary, however, that
the concession should be made regardless of the
pressnre of the priests and functionaries, who think
all their privileges would be secured under the reign
of the Prince. The agitation iu 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 Consistory 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 Guidi 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 Al alta, Bishop
of Citta di Castello, and the Franciscan monk
Pettinati Bishop of Nocera.
An opinion prevails that the Emperor l'isaP3°(leoe
i::
will use all his influence at TurintAorecahubie sp
0011
n
Victor Emmanuel to accept the
appointment
the Pope, but with what result timeo
only can show.
by
E bempo mer
Mousignor Do Donnechase, the
yd the
well Rouen, has been recommended
ot
al, an
Napoleon to the I' )Po as Cardinal,
nated to that dignity at the next Consistory.
M. Do Bo
as enowmaes fion R
t m ei r 143., an Orleanist,
and being I
co-operated
with the French
;inec ali:
Ambassador to cause the
pope 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
of Bavaria, while in Rotne, made every effort to re
coneile the King and Queen, but without success.
It is rumoured teat the French army at Rome
will be increased by 6,000 men.

_ Crn
61:111
111,11 b

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Dec. 21.

His Royal Highness Prince Alfred left Oiborne
!his morning, with Prince William of Hesse, for

London.

Prince IVilii.am proceeds immediately to Ger-
many, and Prince Alfred will return to o,borne.
Lord Stanley of Alderley has returned to London.
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Funeral of the late King of Denmark.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 18.

The Berlinske 7idende 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 guns,
the tolling of bells, and the deep-felt grief of the
whole population. The city has put on tnourning.
All business has ceased. The houses in those streets
through which the procession takes its way arc
hung with black and white drapery, and flags half-
mast high. In many places there are inscriptions
recalling the most important events in the life Of
the deceased monarch.

" All parts of the country have sent representa-
tives to the capital to pay the last mournful honours
to King Frederic, and at different points on the
passage of the cortege a last farewell is raised which
testifies to the affection borne by the present gene"
ration to the deceased, and the gratitude with which
the Danish people through many future generations
will regard him."

THE BETROTIIMENT OF THE PRINCESS ANNA OF
HESSE, daughter of Prince Charles, to the reigning Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, took place a few days sinca
at Darmstadt.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and
a large party will meet on the 4th proximo at Knowslei
Park, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby.

The Duke of Brabant, by the &civic° of his physi'
clans, will pass the worst portion of the winter in the envi-
rons of Nice, The Duchess of Brabant will remain L'
Brussels with her children.

His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle and suite have
been staying on a visit to the Marquis of Drogheda at Moore
Abbey, Monasterev an.

The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland and family
left Stafford House, St. James's, yesterday, for Cliefciell,
near Maidenhead.

The Marquis of TullibArdine left town last even'
ing for Blair Athole, Perthshire, to meet the Duke and
Duchess of Athole. We are informed the Duke is in a very
low and precarious state.

The Earl Granville has left town oti a visit to the
Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, at Bowsod Park,

The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury left town
at the close of the past week for Heron Court, near Christ'
church, until the meeting of Parliament.

The Earl and Countess Spencer and Ladp Sarah
Spencer will remain in Egypt until the end of January, and
are then expected to go to Algiers and Spain on their waY
home. It will be gratifying to the noble earl's numerous
friends to learn that his lordship's health has greatly belle-
fitted ty his visit to the East.
The Earl of Mansfield arrived at his residence,
Caen Wood, Hampstead, on Friday last, from Scone Palace,
Perthshire.
The Earl and Countess of Cardigan have recently
entertained a party of visitors at Dean Park. Amongst the
company have been the Earl of Oxford, Lord Ceurtenah
Lord Loughborough, Lord and Lady Bruce, Aumiral and
the Hon. Mrs. Rous, Mr. and Lady Emily Kingscote, Hon.
St. George Foley, Hon. George Craven, Colonel and flow
Mrs. Curzon, Hon. H. Forester, Mr. George Payne, Capt'
and Mrs. De Horsey, &c.
Louisa Countess of Seafield has arrived at the
Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood, from Grant Lodge, Elgin.
The Right Hun. Sir George Grey is still staying
at his seat, Falloden, Northumberland.
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON.—The present Emperor
Napoleon 111., some years ago, enjoyed a quite exceptional
popularity amongst the London cabmen, from always pay-
ing without a word whatever they asked of him I

JUDGE'S CHAMBERS.—Mr. Sergeant Shea, having
been sworn in one of the judges of the Court of
Queen's Bench, attended at the Judges' Chambers yester-
day. His lordship will relieve Mr. Justice Mellor, who has
just returned to town after disposing of the assize business
at York, where he had been sitting in consequence of the
death of Mr. Justice Wightman. There will be a daily at-
tendance at the Chambers until the Christmas recess. At

the Queen's Bench and Exchequer Courts the judges sit in
the morning ; but in the other court Mr. Justice Keating
sits in the afternoon.
MR. JUSTICE SLUE NOT AN IRISHMAN.—III the
biographical notice of Mr, Justice Shea which ap-
peared in The Sun on his elevation to the Bench it is stated
that he was born in Kilkenny. This statement is, it ar
pears, inaccurate. Ms father was an Irishman, descend
from a family who had settled in the county of Kilkenny
prior to the revolution of 1668, but came to England at ia2"
early period in life. He married a Miss Darell, belonging
to a well-known family in Kent, and his son, now Justice'
Shce, was born at Finchley, Middlesex, in 1804. It was 'g
a gentleman connected with Kent that he addressed tl3e
meeting held at Penenden-heath when that county Pea
tioned Parliament with reference to Roman Catholic ercoly
cipation. In his speech on the nomination-day from °et
Marylebone hustings, in 1847, he said, in reply to the tail 1
that he was an Irishman was born at Finchley ; bute
have yet to learn that it is a crime in an Irishman to asPir
to enter that Parliament in which Sheriaan, and GrattO.,
and Canning, and Wellington laid the foundation of tla

country's greatness."
AN EPISCOPAL SWASHBUCKLER, GETTING 1°)
A Fix AND OUT OF IT !—Bishop Polk, Accordiog
to Colonel Fremantle, is the finest figure in tho se parts, t'
good looking man, with all the manners and affability of °'
"grand seigneur," tall, upriOit, and "looking nn let, W°l.:
like a soldier than a clergyman." When he has done fl;lititir,R.
he intends to go back to his other profession. He is A ye");
brave man, whereof here is a specimen incident extr acten,
from him by our ingenuous Guardsman. Bishop
loquitur, in a modest yet graphic manner : "—" W ell, ;''..a
r'
it was at the battle of Perryville, late in the evenirtg, in
tact, it was almost dark, when Liddell's Brigade came i'l,
action. Shortly after its arrival I observed a body of 11:''1:;
whom I believed to be Confederates, standing at an angle.
this brigade, and firing obliquely at the newly arri'obo
troops. I said, ' Deer me, this is very sad, and In ust y
stopped ; ' so I turned round, Lut could find none' 4
011' 1
young men, who were absent on different messages; a
determined to ride myself and settle the matter. lie' 7'
~,,
cantered up to the Colonel of the regiment which was aui 't3e.
';
I asked him in angry tones what he meant by Bi:tooting
own friends, and I desired him to cease doing so at °ll,O
He answered with surprise, ' I don't think there croiy.!
mistake about it; I am au, e they are the e'l ivy.
r.
'Enemy!' I said; ' why I have only just lett a:ol%one
self. Cease firing, sir ; what is your name ?' ' 113.0 are
is Colonel —, of the Indiana; and pray, sir/ vi
_cut,
you ? ' Then, for the first time, I saw, to my astonistont,
that he was a Yankee, and that I was iu rear of Mont
that Orpeeg but to
of Yankees. Well, I saw that there
annilytriltol tglet
brazen it out; my dark blouse and the.inw:reseisieug
to him anal
befriended me, so I approached,
rill soont otscurit: f
show you who
snatlol cnenarsesefiring ; at
shook my fist in his face, saying. -0-noo.,
sir, actiown the line, shouting in.
I then turned
I am, sir. Cease firing,
my horse and cantered slowlY
an authoritative m
3Ct:uak cesi
d a disagreeable sensation, like'
the same time I experience .
and calculating how many bullet 9,
screwing up V
in- tack, boulders every moment. I was afraid
would be between
when I
to increase toy Pace until
d back to my men. I imme
the spurs in and galloped ope
put u to tho nearest c ' -.1 to bun
went p colonel, and salt t
diately
colonel, I have reconnoitred those tcllows pretty do sel37
_and I find there is no mistake who they are ; you ll'aY
get up and go at them." And I assure you, sir, that the
slaughter of that Indiana regiment was the greatest I have
ever seen in the war."

HOLYROOD
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that
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erat generalval gra-
tificationua
additions to the collection of Royal pictures at Holyrcod
are about to be made by command of her Majesty. In the
large collection in Hampton Court there aro a good many
duplicate portraits of Royal personages connected more .or
less directly with Scottish history, and ou the attention of
the Queen being drawn, through the proper official channels,
to this ciicurnstance, and the suggestion made that some of
these might be spared from the richly clothed walls of Hauir
ton Court Palace to the more needful and not less Royal
appropriate Holyrood, her Majesty at once acquiesced in
the propriety of the transfer, and exhibited much personal
interest in the selection of the pictures. As the arrange-
ments are not yet completed, we cannot give any list of al?
paintings, but may mention that both their number Ana
their value are considerable. We believe that, in conjunc •
tion with the Horne Secretary and the Lord Advocate,
through whom the necessary communications were rots
Mr. Forbes of Medwyn is entitled to the credit of being
t
means of obtaining for Scotland this valuable mark oi ItoY
favour. Mr. Forbes has, we believe, taken much trouble
in the matter, and his success must be very gratifying to
all who feel an interest in our Scottish historical r.nouti-
ments,—Scotsinan.