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LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 1, 1862.

The Greeks appear to have fairly made up their
mind that H.R.H. the PRINCE ALFRED shall be
their new Sovereign. Demonstrations are making
rapidly in all directions throughout the revolu-
tionized kingdom—spontaneous demonstrations, in
favour of the Second Son of Queen -VICTORIA as

the ex-King °MO'S successor. Athens and the
Pirmus are again and again the scene of tumultu-
ous rejoicings over the elect of the whole nation.
More than once the British Minister, Mr. SCAR-
LETT, has been summoned to the windows of the
Embassy in answer to the calls of the enthusiastic
multitude. Upon each of these occasions his Ex-
cellency has had to remind the Athenians that he
could himt.elf in no way divine the views of his
Government on this question of a choice of Sove-
roign. Yet upon each occasion Mr. SCARLETT,
by not allowing his words to jar with the popular
sentiment, has retired from his rather difficult po-
sition amidst acclamations. Everything, indeed,
points to the selection of Prince ALFRED to the
Throne of Greece as King ALFRED, as the one
inevitable—and so far as Greece is concerned, so
far as England is concerned, and, in truth,
also, w© believe, so far as Europa is concerned—the
desirable selection.

Let but the population pronounce their decision
boldly, frankly, 'without one shadow of a shade of
doubt that the design will be realised, and the
Powers of Europe will never repel that unanimous
demand. Prince ALFRED, without the faintest
show of opposition, will take his place among the
reigning Sovereigns of Christendom. The Prin-
ciple of Non-Intervention formally adopted as it
has been among them as the guiding principle of
their diplomacy, pledges England and France, and
other nations, not to withstand the resolutely ex-
pressed wish of any independent pe-,-;ple. There
might be discomfort at St. Petersburg, there
might be secret regrets at St. Cloud, but the de-
termination of the Greek population in favour of
Prince ALFRED as their chosen King would sooner
or later he infallibly regarded as conclusive. The
English Government has nothing whatever
to do in this matter but to hold its peace.
English diplomacy has no need whatever to utter
or indite one syllable. Patient waiting and pro-
found silence will tend more than aught else to
favour our interests. Once the Greeks themselves
have deliberately declared their choice to have
fallen upon the second son of Queen VICTORIA—

then, but
not till then, need the Ministers of the
Crown of England take part in the discussion of
this
problem
, a to the selection of a Sovereign of
Greece as
part a purely reallynominal;?
and not as hitherto for the most
So clearly has it ilblq Constitutional Government.
:me manifest that the choice
of Greec© tends
the installation of Prince
ALFRED at Athens as
thenew monarch of that
revolutionised nationalitytghat the tone of the press
of Paris has already ma
d
Con. Instead of being openly enain lle a complete altera-
some flagrant
instances it might have been said
at
the outset in-
solently hostile, the journals of the
have recently within the last few aSB French capital
discuss the possibility or the proba
pritheb. begun to
ty of the
choice of the Greeks falling upon Prince ALFRED
one calmly and seriously to be entertained, edLet
but the Russian autocracy b isolated in its
oppo
sition to this project of our English Prince being
installed at Athens, and the problem is solved,
Price© ALFRED of England is at once transformed
into ALFRED, King of Greece. Already it may he
b-id of the Greeks in regard to their choice of a
Sovereign that it is made and announced. The
demonstrations that have been made could hardly
have been more remarkable tither in enthusiasm or
in unanimity. ALFRED the King has in a man-
ner already been proclaimed. The spontaneous
choice of the nation has only, so to speak,
to be ratified by the Legislature. The meaning of
this
choice—who is there that does not understand,
instinctively, upon the instant It is not so much—
(Prince ALFRED himself knows that perfectly well)

--it is not so much that the young Prince himself
is looked to individually with confidence and hope.
Though there is ample reason for both in the in-
stance of his Royal Highness—born and bred as
he has been in the wholesomest atmosphere an
earthly prince could well breathe, in the midst of
a free people, surrounded by the elevating associa-
tions of a pure and enlightened Court, and having
before him, from the first dawn of his intelligence,
the harmonious co-operation of a Constitutional So-
vereign and a Constitutional Government. It is not
to Prince ALFRED, nevertheless, that Greece
looks now so hopefully—it is not to his Royal
Highness himself individually. It is to English
influence, to England's policy, to England's gua-
rantee of a truly, really, solidly, practically
Constitutional Government. ALFRED, the
Prince, is in his personal character, in his very
age and education, in his appearance and tem-
perament precisely what the Greeks would
wish to find when looking around them
for a new Sovereign. But ALFRED once named
King there would be assured to the Greek people
not the semblance, but the substantial zeality of a
Constitutional Government. The youthful Monarch,
ascending the throne of Greece, as he would do, at
about the very same age at which his unhappy pre-
decessor, OTEo of Bavaria, was conveyed, thirty
years ago, from Munich to Athens—would proceed
to the classic capital of Greece under far better aus-
pices in every imaginable way than those surrounding
at his advent the last ill-starred Sovereign. King
ALFRED would go to Athens not simply attended
by a keen-witted English sailor diplomatist like
the then Captain, the late Admiral Lord LYONS,
who conveyed King OTHO to the Pirieue, and
afterwards remained during so many years, at the
young King's request, British ambassador to the
Court of Athens—King ALFRED, when he goes
thither—if he goes, as go we doubt not for an
instant that he will—will be accompanied to his
destination, to his future home in the palaoe of
the capital of his future kingdom, by the prayerful
good wishes of the English nation, by the
wise advise of all English. Statesmen—bent, the na-
tion and its rulers alike, on seeing him transformed
into that most desirable blessing of all for Greece,
a King calculated to guarantee to the Greeks the
priceless blessing of a truly free and Constitutional
Government.

There are rumours now from both sides in Ame
rica of a serious movement of the North upon Rich.

mond. A letter from a Southern correspondent
to a contemporary, which we give elsewhere,
shows that the South were anticipating vigorous
and combined operations on the part of the North
so far back as the sth of last month. These ex-
pectations are fully justified by the actual doings
and movements of the Federal commanders. In
every direction, from the Mississippi to the Bay of
Chesapeake, they are making renewed exertions
for a winter and spring campaign. The work of
building river and ocean steamers is proceeding
with great rapidity, and a very large proportion
of them are for the western rivers, intended, there-
fore, to penetrate the slave States in all directions,
and to carry the PRESIDENT'S proclamation of
emancipation to the very plantations themselves ;
these, as the rule, having always a river frontage.
The actual position of the Federal armies looks
more like action than ever. General BURNSIDE has
divided his army into three divisions, with a trust-
worthy general at the head of each—SUMNER,
FRANKLIN, and HOOKER, while a fourth corps
de reserve is commanded by SIGEL. BURN-
SIDE has also decided on adopting the
base of operations nearest to Richmond, Acquit).
Creek, via Fredericksburg. That place is indeed a
hundred miles from the Virginian and Southern
capital, but the railroad from it runs direct to Rich-
mond, and will be tha chief Federal reliance. But
according to accounts from both North and South,
this combined advance from the North is not to be
the only one. ROSENCRANTZ is to come through
Cumberland Gap to Kentucky from the west, while
a fifth body is to ascend from Suffolk from the
south of the James River. Nor are the Confede-
derates to have troops to spare from other parts
to come to the aid of Richmond. Charles-
ton is to be seriously attacked, and Vicksburg,
with the rising of the waters, is to feel once more
the power of the Federal gunboats. Hitherto the
navy has been the strength of the North—and they
seem conscious that on it they must chiefly rely—

for, while last year they had only eighty-nine yes-
sels of all kinds, this year those built and building
amount to three hundred and eighty-six. Of
these, two hundred and eighty-one ate steamers,
and the number of the gunboats among them very
considerable.

All this looks like a campaign in earnest in the
spring, when nearly all the vessels will be com-
pleted. The South, on its part, meets the fearful
aspect of this increased vigour with calm determi-
nation. It despises the Northern recruits, and
does not appear to fear the new commander of the
Northern army. Hitherto it has had to contend with
excess of caution, it will now have to meet more of
energy and dash. It is natural that with such
men as STONEWALL JACKSON and STUART,
with LEE at their head, for their commanders,
they should not much fear that they shall be out-
witted. The South appears to be drawing its armies
more together for the defence of Richmond. Till
now JACKSON has kept west of the Blue Mountains,
while MTLELLA.N was on the eastern side of the
range. His intention, it is understood. was, that
if APCLELLAN moved towards Richmond south-
eastwards, he would make a counter move to the
north-west, and again invade Pennsylvania through
Niaryland. Now, however, the Potomac has risen
so high that he could not ford it just when and where
he pleased, with the artillery and baggage of an
army ; hence, having no means of operating there,
and the capital being threatened, he will doubt-
less do, as we are informed he will, move to the
south and east, to be ready for any of his
old operations in the rear of the Federal Gene-
rals when they shall have got far enough
from 'Washington and their base of operations.
Any attack upon Washington itself would now be
quite hopeless. Oa the whole, it would seem that
the opinion of the Liverpool cotton merchants,
when they received the news of M'CLELLAN'S dis-
missal, was right. They demanded a considerably
higher price for their cotton, believing that the
PRESIDENT intended to carry on the war with re-
newed vigour, and so we find it. Two hundred
thousand Federals at least, perhaps as many more,
are converging on Richmond, three hundred and
eighty-six war vessels in a very few months will
threaten the rivers and coasts, and altogether seven
hundred thousand Federal soldiers are said to be in
motion. All this does not look as if the end of the
We read,s
war were at hand.
and the
JEFFERSON ionudtheed2oorf prejecta.from both the North
1.)
mats
is suwppill.ying. US
have a million bales (four' with cotton.
imsislalilodn, tpooulentduss)
price of 71-' cents., or
hrunngd, 1 1 ta
at the now fabulously low
threepence three farthings per lb. But he
wants
gold for it at this price—and wants the buyers also
to secure its immunity from capture by the Federal

Government, But, alas! the Federal Government
also is talking of a plan to liberate cotton for the

European markets, and probably for its own too.
The hitch lies in the gold. The South has, hitherto,
had the opportunity to ship its cotton, if it wished,
at New Orleans, the Government guaranteeing
that the sales should be protected; but the planters
could not trust the Federal Government. The gold
is not only itself a tempting prize to such a
man as General BUTLER, but it was well
known by both parties to be the sinews of the war
itself. Half the value of the blockade would vanish
if the South were able to obtain in exchange for its
cotton six or seven millions of gold. It would soon
experience no want of more Alabamas, or of the
munitions of war. Bills from the South payable in
gold would open all the ports of Europe and break
• all the blockades.

Very conflicting are the accounts of the negroes,
according as they reach us from Northern or
Southern sources. From Richmond we are told
that the story of their fidelity would furnish inci-
dents striking and numerous enough for a novel.
Nor can it be doubted that there have always be3n
hundreds and thousands of kind masters for whom
a slave, like any other well-treated servant, not
having felt the sting of slavery, would do and
suffer much, for the negroes are a docile and affec-
tionate race. At the same time the South itself
seem 3 to bear witness to the tyranny and
the cruelty of other masters, by showing
so much fear of a servile war. Either
all7the writing or talk of that kind is mere
declamation, or the great mass of the negroes have
suffered enough in personal treatment, and in being
bought and sold like cattle, to be ready to take
their liberty by violence it the South will not give

them the benefit of the PRESIDENT'S proclamation.
From the North, however, we hear very different
stories. The negroes appear ready to escape from
the blessings of slavery in embarrassing numbers.
It is not easy, of course, to find them work fast
enough. At New Orleans and in Louisiana, where

the Federals are in power. they readily work for their
old masters for wages with Federal protection, and
in South Carolina they have done, so far as the war
is concerned, better still. They have been tried in
a small expedition with an armed steamer and a
gunboat, and showed the utmost coolness under fire,
working the guns with enthusiasm. The incident
has produced a deep impression, as it was calculated
to do. The negro is the man who can assuredly
engage in a justunz bellunz, in the technical as well
as moral sense, against the South, and if the North
would but summon all the more ardent negro spirits,
and drill them to fight regularly in its ranks, the
South would quickly collapse, while the North
would never know the want of recruits.

7HE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF HESSE.

The following communication has been received by Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Gladdish, commandant of the Ist Kent
(Gravesend) Volunteer Artillery :
Sir,—l have received the commands of her Royal High-
ness the Princess Louis of Hesse to thank the Kent Volun-
teer Artillery, which under your command turned out on
the 14th inst. to do honour to her Royal Highness and Prince
Louis on their Royal Highnesses' first visit to Gravesend
since their marriage. Will you be!g3od enough to commu-
nicate the above to the officers, non-commissioned officers,
and privates of the brigade ? The duty appeared to me to
be most efficiently performed.
I have the honour to remain, your obedient servant,

SYDNEY.

MR. MASSEY.—There is no foundation for the
statements which have appeared in several of the public
prints relative to Mr. Massey's illness and intended resig-
nation of the chairmanship of Ways and Means.
THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.—The Albert Me-
morial Fund Committee at Halifax, at a meeting held at
the Town-hall of that borough, and presided over by the
mayor (Mr. John Crossley), on Friday last, approved the
model of an equestrian statue of the late Prince Consort
designed by Mr. Thornycroft. They also fixed upon the
site for the statue to be at Ward's-end, a conspicuous part
of the town.

SHIPMENT OF GUNPOWDER FOR THE CONFEDE-
RATE GOVERNMENT.—There is no doubt that a ship left
Cardiff last week having on board a considerable quantity
of gunpowder intended for the Confederate Government.
The ship in question was partly loaded with coal, and re-
ceived, one day last week, a consignment of 220 tons gunpow-
der, which was shipped alongside. The Bute Dock autho •
rities, knowing the danger of such a large quantity of
combustible matter being near the shipping, urged the
immediate departure of the vessel. Application was made to
the Customs fur a clearance to Nassau, but on the contents
of the cargo being known it was refused. In the meantime
the ship had obtained the dock clearance, and had put out
of Penarth Roads. The ship soon afterwards sailed, and
nothing more has been heard of her, although she was
minus the usual Custom house papers. The person who was
in command of the vessel was an unqualified captain,—
Western Daily Press.
TnE FEDERAL ARMY.—When Colonel M'Murdo
told his volunteers the other night that there was neither
drill nor discipline in that mass of stupidity and inhumanity,
the American army, as he is reported to have done, he com-
mitted an error as well as an injustice, and it is rarely he does
either. As a mass the American volunteer army is the very
reverse of stupid, and the men are not inhuman any more
than we are, though the United States service is disgraced
by such wretches as M'Neil, as their government is tainted
with infamy by retaining them in its employment. As to
drill, there is only too much of it. Let Colonel 11I'Murdo
ask the English officers who have visited American camps
what their opinion is on that point, and he will be astonished
to hear such accounts of brigade and division field-days as
they will give, when he reflects that the mass of these men
are volunteers. With respect to real disclipine there is in-
deed little enough, though there is a delusive outward show
of it. In censuring the want of principle displayed in the
American battles, Colonel M'Murdo would do well to re-
member that we have only received accounts of them from
very ignorant men,with the exception,perhaps of M‘Dowell's
report of Bull Run, which is admitted by military critics to
have been well conceived and carried out up to the point
when the fresh troops under Johnstone threw themselves on
the Federal right and rear, and doubled it up. Colonel
M'Murdo has praised the movements of Stonewall Jackson
and Stuart, so that we must refer his remarks to the Federal
leaders only ; and, in our opinion, M'Clellan's fault was
looking too much to strategy and too little to action.—Army
and Navy Gazette.

THE ACCIDENT NEAR ALNWICK.--Two more
deaths have occurred at Rock, near Alnwick, through the
explosion of the boiler of a thrashing •machine engine upon
Rock-mcor-farm, on Wednesday last, making ten who havo
fallen victims to this sad accident. Their names are
David Richardson, 16, and Robert John Pallister, the son
of the steward, a little boy, aged seven, who was hurled
against a hayrick and had one of his legs broken. Some
others of the young people who were injured aro so severely
mutilated that but slight hopes aro entertained of their
recovery.

SERIOUS CONFLAGRATIONS (THIS DAY.)—A fire
broke out early this morning in the premises of Mr. J. A.
Newton, beershop-keeper, Edwar d - street, Barnsbury-road,
Islington. By the time the fire brigade arrived the flames
extended into every room in the building, and all the fire-
men could do was to protect the adjoining houses, which
they succeeding in saving from fire, but they were much
damaged by water. The inmates narrowly escaped from
from the house. About 2 o'clock this morning a fire took
place in the mansion of J. Hopkins, Esq., Eastburne-
Cottage, Laurie-park, Beakenham. With the parish en-
gine and a reel of hose from the Crystal Palace the inmates
and neighbours succeeded in Extinguiiling the fire before
the arrival of the engines from London. The loss, how-
ever, is serious, as the dining room and costly fittings and
furniture are destroyed, and the rest of the house severely
damaged by fire and water. The fire was caused by a
defect in one of the flues.

FUNERAL OF DR. BERNARD.—The funeral of Dr. 1
Simon Bernard, who died in London on 'Wednesday last,
took place yesterday. At 2 o'clock the mournful proces•
sion started from Percy-street, Bedford-square, where the
deceased had resided. Some of his immediate friends fol-
lowed the hearse in mourning coaches, while about 1,000
persons, about two-thirds of whom were foreigners, accom-
panied it on foot, walking four abreast. The procession pro-
ceeded along Oxford-street and Edgeware-road to the Pad-
dington Cemetery at Kilburn, which had been selected as
the last resting place of the exile, and where the bodies of a
great many of his fellow exiles also repose. Several orations
having been delivered over the grave, the proceedings were
brought to a close by " Viva la Republique, Democratique
et Sociale," and the whole dispersed. The greatest order
pervaded the proceedings.
AMERICAN MAILS. —The Cunard steamer Arabia,
Captain Stone, sailed on Saturday from Liverpool for Hali-
fax and Boston, with the American mails, about 60 passen-
gers, a quantity of specie for Halifax, and a full cargo.
The Inwan screw steamer Glasgow, which sailed from New
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LATEST NEWS.

COPENHAGEN, DEC. 1.

The Dagbladet of to-day says—
" The Estates of Holstein will assemble shortly
after New Year's-day•

" As soon as they have finished their business, the
Rigsraad will cow, oke a common Parliament for
the kingdom of Denmark and Schleswig."

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 30.

The Journal de St. Petersburg of to-day says :
"We are enabled to confirm the statement that
Russia has never for a moment thought of deviating
from the principles expressed in the London proto-
col, whereby all members of
the
familieson the Greek question,
eftheuprteintoeeting
Powers are excluded
from the throne of Greece."
The Russian Government made a declaration to
this effect as far back as the 19th October last, be-
fore any discussion of the Greek question arose in
England.

TURIN, Nov. 30 (Evening).

The Italia Jf this evening says :—" It is asserted
that the Cabinet have tendered their resignation,
and that a communication will be made to Parlia-
ment to •morrow which will explain their motives
for this step."

Nov. 29.

To-day, in the Chamber of Deputies, General
Durando made his expected speech on the foreign
policy of the Italian Cabinet.
_

He contradicted the accusation that the Govern-
ment had made the French alliance the exclusive
basis of their foreign policy, and continued :
"We agree with England on many questions. That
power leaves Italy free to express her wishes, but
will not take too direct a part in the Roman ques-
tion, one side of which has a religious bearing. If
the Roman question has not advanced, neither has
it retrograded. It was useless to hope for any re-
sults from negotiations with the court of Rome, and
we were therefore obliged to direct all our efforts
towards France in order to terminate the occupa-
tion of Rome. The late note of M. Drouyn de
Lhuys allows us to expect a favourable reception
by the French Government of our proposals. Be-
fore proceeding further with the negotiations, how-
ever, the Cabinet awaits the decision of Parliament/

TURIN, Nov. 30.

In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies
the Minister of Public Works defended his political
conduct since 1848. He spoke with emotion of the
moment " when it became necessary to stifle in his
breast the voice of friendship for Garibaldi in order
to do his duty as a Minister." _ _

The speech of the Minister was much cheered by
the Assembly.

ATHENS, Nov. 24.

Another demonstration took place here yesterday
and at the Pincus. Mr. Scarlett repeated that he
could not express any opinion on the question, as it
was in higher hands. He recommended moderation,
and waiting for the assembly at Lanai% and Nos-
tizza.

Prince Alfred has been regularly proclaimed

King.

NOVEMBER 27, 10.50 P.M.

Hydra, Spezzia, Nauplia, Tripolitza, Sparta,
Calamatra, Chalcis, Syra, and Kiriten have all de-
clared for Prince Alfred.

DESPATCH EX2 RA ORDINARY ! ! —in ro

SCHLESWIG 110LS2EIN.

pespatch from Count Elsinore, his Danish Ma.
jesty's Chief Secretary of State for Forei_gn
Affairs, to Baron Brandholm, Minister in Lon-
don, from the Court of Denmark.
KUPMANSHAFN, Nov. 31, 1862.
Sir, The British Minister at this Court has
communicated to me a despatch addressed to him
by Earl Bustle, her Britannic Majesty's Chief Se-
cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on the subject
of the differences which have arisen between the
Court of Denmark and the German Bund, in refer-
ence to the Duchies of Holstein, Schleswig, and
Lauenburg.
As the points in question, so essential to the
integrity of Denmark, had not been referred to the
Court of St. James's, I am directed by his Majesty
to acknowledge through you the friendly interest
in the affairs of this kingdom which that Court
has thus spontaneously evinced; an interest which,
in the opinion of his Majesty, is as unquestionably
well intended as was the anxiety manifested on a
former memorable occasion, when the same Court
not less spontaneously and with still more striking
energy took measures for the security of the Danish
fleet by conveying it to British ports.
It is in a corresponding spirit of amity that his
Majesty now directs me to communicate some sug-
gestions which in his Majesty's opinion would con-
tribute greatly to thepeace,good order, and security
of the British dominions.
As the Island of Ireland is inhabited by a popu-
lation of six millions, three-fourths of whom differ
in race, language, and religion, from the people of
England, and are desirous to re-establish the sepa-
rate legislature and administration which that once
happy country for centuries enjoyed, and of which
it was only recently deprived by means of shameful
bribery and corruption, the Court of Denmark are
of opinion that the Irish Parliament should be re-
vived, and an entirely separate system of govern-
ment and taxation in that country. I am directed
further to recommend that the proceedings of the
Irish Parliament and Courts of Law should always
be conducted in the Irish language.
His Danish Majesty has been informed that the
inhabitants of the Isle of Man are of Celtic origin,
and that the Manx language is a Celtic dialect.
His Majesty therefore conceives that it would con-
duce to the interests of peace if that island were
united to Ireland rather than to England, and if the
proceedings in the Manx House of Keys and law
courts were conducted in the Manx language.
His Danish Majesty has long taken a deep inte-
rest in the lonian Islands, and desires me to recom-
mend that since the Greek population has a decided
antipathy to British rule, they should be permitted
either to establish a septinsular republic, or to unite
themselves with the kingdom of Greece.
The island of Heligoland being in the neighbour-
hood of Danish waters has attracted his Majesty's
special attention. His Majesty is of opinion that
since its inhabitants are Germans the surrender of
that holy isle by her Britannic Majesty to the, free
city of Hamburg would be a measure highly ac-
cepted to the German Band.
The insular groups called the Orkney and Zet-
land Isles for a long period belonged to the Danish
crown. The names of all places in both groups are
of Scandinavian origin, and his Majesty feels con-
fident that the inhabitants must retain a proud re-
membrance of their Scandinavian descent. His
Alajesty therefore suggests that a Plebiscite should
be resorted to, in order to ascertain the wishes of
the Zetlanders and Orcadians.
The possession of the Channel Islands by Eng-
land amounts to a dismemberment ofj France, and
in the opinion of his Majesty it would not merely
be an act of friendship but of justice, if those islands
were ceded to the Emperor of the French, and the
French Boundaries thereby rectified. A Plebiscite
might be tried in this instance as in the case of the
Orkney and Zetland Isles.
With regard to the British colonies generally, I
am directed by his Majesty to state for the infor-
mation of Earl Bustle that in the judgment of his
Majesty it would be a great improvement in the
system of administration if each colony were to
elect its own Governor, and to have its own mili-
tary and naval forces. This arrangement, as you
will easily convince her-Britannic Majesty's Minis-
ter of Foreign Affairs, would contribute greatly to
the consolidation of the British Empire.
The Court of Denmark has other recommenda-
tions to offer with regard to Hindustan, Malta,
Gibraltar, Perim, and the Isle of Wight, but con-
ceives that -the above suggestions afford sufficient
material for one despatch, and reserves the friendly
communications which it desires to make on these
points for some future opportunity.
You will at your earliest convenienee obtain
an audience of Earl Bustle, and read to him this
despatch.
Accept the assurances of my high conside-
ration, ELSINORE.

NORTH-EAST LONDON RIFLES.—The annual dis-
tribution of prizes of the above regiment took place
on. Saturday last, at the Drill Hall of the corps, in
Shaftesbury-street, Hoxton. The hall was beauti-
fully decorated with flags, which were kindly lent
by Major Thomson and G R. Stephenson, Esq.,
who denuded their yachts for the occasion ; in
addition, to which, Captain Labrow brought his
talent for drawing into play by affixing to each
column of the hall a flag, on which was pointed in
succession the coat-of-arms of every officer in the
regir&rit: •Lady De Heghte4 :(the- wife of the
honorary colonel) having consented to present the
prizes, a raised dais was erected, from which they
were handed to the sue-useful competitors., • Each
prizewas accompanied by appropriate remarks _by
her ladyship, as also by Lieut.-Colonel Money, on
introducing • respectively each recipient. The
bands of the Tower Hamlets Engineers and other
corps who had' been invited, as also that of the
regiMent itself, played several seleCt pieces, whilst
all the Members of the different corps present were
most hospitably entertained by the colonel, Sir
Henry de Hoghton. During the whole of the
proceedings the large gallery was crowded with
visitors, who were admitted by tickets, and' who
appeared much gratified with the brilliant spectacle
before them. We observe that, the corps will give
a grand fete and ball, on December 17, at the
Royal Grecian Theatre, City-road, under the patron-
age of no 1a than t vap_nt y-ftin nnm m n din Es r_MtuarQ
of Volunteers; and we can only say that, if every-
thing be conducted on that occasion as well as on
Saturday last, the managing committee will have
every reason to be pleased with the result of their
exertions. The prizes were twenty-three in num-
ber, and the four of. greatest value were won by
Corporal Curnow Ithe best shot in the regiment),
Corporal Collison, Private R Butler, and Private
George.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLISH REVOLUTION._.
On Saturday, the 29th ult., being the 32d anniversary of
the Polfsh Revolution of 1830-31, a funeral service was
performed at St. Patrick Chapel, Sutton-street, Soho, by
theißev. Thomas Seddon, for those who fell in that national
struggle, which was attended by a large number of the'
Polish refugees resident in London.

CHARGE OF MURDER.-oa. Friday the magis-
trates sitting at East Dereham, Norfolk, were engaged in
investigating the circumstances attending the death of John
Greengrass, a labourer. It appeared that on the night of
Monday, the 24th ult., the deceased and two other men,
named Benjamin Newell and Samuel Edwards, were drink..
ing at the Horseshoe publichouse at Great Dunham. On
leaving the house they began to fight in the road, and the
deceased knocked Newel and Edwards down, taiing a stick
away from the former, who exclaimed, " I have got some
thing of a -- like you," and stretched forward as if with
the intention of stabbing his opponent. There is little
doubt that he did so, for the deceased almost instantly fell,
calling out that he was stabbed, He was then taken to his
house, which was only about 100 yards off, and a medical
man was sent for, but it was found that he was so seriously
injured that it was considered advisable to take his deposi-
tion in the presence of a magistrate with as little delay as
possible. This was done by Mr. A. C. Spurgeon; Newell
and Edwards, who had been apprehended, being also brought
into the presence of the dying man, who stated positively
that Newell stabbed him, and that he saw the knife with
which he was assailed. On Thursday Greengrass, who
Gaol,
had
never rallied, expired, and on Friday the prisoners Newell
and Edwards, who had Leen remanded to Swaffham_s,
were brought before the magistrates at East DerehaNtne.wT:
bench considered the evidence conclusive against
and con4mitted him for trial •on a. charge of wilful murder,
gdwards was discharged.

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