The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-16 00:00:00

LETTERS TO VBNEZUELA.

On the Ist January next, and thenceforwad, the
following alterations will take place in the British
rates of postage chargeable upon letters, book
packets, and newspapers conveyed by packets be-
tween the United Kingdom and the Republic of
Venezuela. Letters : The postage of letters will
be reduced to the uniform British rate of 6d. the
half•ounce, and so on, according to the usual scale
for charging inland letters. This postage must, as
heretofore, be in all cases prepaid. Book Packets :
The British postage of book packets (which must
also be prepaid) will be as follows—Not exceeding
40z., 3d. ; above 40z., and not exceeding Bcz., 6d. ;
above Boz., and not exceeding 11b,, ls. ; above 11b.,
and not exceeding 111 b., ls. 6d,; above lllb., and
not exceeding 21b., 25.; and so on, adding 6d. for
each additional half-pound, or fraction of half-a-
pound. A book packet may contain any number
of separate books or other publications, prints, or
maps, and any quantity of paper, parchment, or
vellum ; and the books or other publications, prints,
maps, &c., may be either printed, written, or
plain, or any mixture of the three. Further—all
legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of a
book, &c,, or of a portion thereof, will be allowed, whe-
ther such binding, &c., be loose or attached ; as also
rollers, in the case of prints or maps ; markers
(whether of paper or otherwise) in the case of books
and, in short, whatever is necessary for the safe
transmission of literary or artistic matter or
usually appertains thereto; but no patterns or
books of patterns (unless consisting merely of paper)
will be allowed. The following regulations must
be observed:-1. Every packet must be sent either
without a cover, or in a cover open at the ends or
sides. 2. A book packet must not contain any
written letters closed or open, nor any enclosure
sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, nor
must there be any letter or any communication of
the nature of a letter, written in any such packet,
or in or upon its cover. 3. No book packet must
exceed two feet in length, width, or depth. News-
papers—The British charge upon a newspaper not
exceeding 4oz. in weight will be ld., and a like sum
of ld. will be charged for each additional 4oz. or
fraction of 4oz. This postage must also be paid in
advance.—By command of the Postmaster-General,
RoWLAND HILL, Secretary.
General Post• office, Dec. 13.

THE BANK OP DEPOSIT.-011 Thursday, pursu-
ant to notice, Mr. Hume, chief clerk to the Master of the
Rolls, with the assistance of the official manager, Mr ,
Harding, proceeded to settle the list of contributories of
the Deposit Bank, legally called the National Assurance
and Investment Aszociation. There appeared a combined
determination on the part of the directors, both in London
and Bath, to oppose their names being placed on the list,
and affiJavits of some were road, denying their liability.
The list having been formally gone through, the matter
was adjourned for the personal attenlanee mid examination
of certain of those claiming exemptions, including that of
the Marquis of Abcrcorn, upon his affidavits.—The News.

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On Thursday afternoon a large prayer meeting
was;held in the Free Assembly-hall, Cantle.hill, Edinburgh,
"for the purpose of supplicating Almighty God that it
might please Him, in mercy,
to avert the threatened war
with America." Major-Genoral Anderson occupied the
chair,

Immediately on the announcement of a probable
war with America, all the officers of the reserve constabu-
lary, Phcenix park, Dublin, volunteered for active service
in Canada. At the commencement of the Crimean war
they did likewise, and 16 of them were at once appointed to
important posts,

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1P 0 YAL E NGLISII OPERA,
COVENT GARDEN.
tinier the uianagement of Miss Louisa Dyne f.nd Mr. Win.,

J:STY under the overwhelming —weight of her
I..,preme sorrow, we have the solace of knowing
Lat that mitigation at least her MAJESTY Dos-
,,sses to the very uttermost.
Expiring as his Royal Highness has done in
the forty-third year of his age, it is impossible to
regard his demise as otherwise than lamentably
rremature. Yet within the narrow span marked
out by these two simple dates—the alpha and
omega of his earthly career—
His Birth on the 26th August, 1819,
and

Ithis is all that can be said of it. That he is
iposed to give up his prisoners, is clear from his
tpassing by the opportunity of doing it with the
best grace. He know, for all the American'
press knew, the illegality of the mode of cap-
ture. This was never denied—it was only alleged
'that we were gainers by not taking the
Trent before a prize court—the clear illegality
w'3uld have been an easy ground for saying, even
to an American mob, that their Government must
3ffer the restoration of the prisoners. Such dignity
and honour are, of course, hardly within the com-
prehension of a nation of DODSON and FOGGS ;
but as the illegal retention of the prisoners has been
.his deliberate act, we presume he means to persist
lin it, though he had not the folly to speak out till
Ehe could tell Congress how the business stood on
both aides.

Harrison, Sole Lessees.
To-Morrow Eyenin_,, THE PURITAN'S DAUGHTER.
Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. Santley, A. St.
Albyn, Corri, G. Honey, Patey, Lyall, W allworth, T. Distin,
Dussek, and W. Harrison.

Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON.
To conclude with THE TOY MAKER. Mr. H. Haigh,
V. Fyne ; Mesdames Susan Pyne and Thirlwall,
Commence at Seven o'clock.

The Box-office open from Ten to Five daily. No charge for
bookino., or fees to Box-keepers.

THEATRE.ROYAL, HAYMARKET,I
Leagee, Mr. J. R. Roctratoap.
To-Morrow Evening FAMILY JARS. Mr. Compton and'
IVErs. E. Fitzwilliam.
To be followed by OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord
Dunireary, Mr. Sothern. Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Farren, Mrs.
C. Young, tir,e.
After which, MY AUNT'S ADVICE. Mr. Howe, Mr.]
Sotheran, Miss Oliver, &c.
To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
Commence a 7

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE]
Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer.
'(To-Morrow Evening the Deli ormanoes will commence withl
TILE DAY AFTER TIIE WEDDING Mr. Walter Lacy,
and Mrs. St. Henry.
After which, at a quarter to Eight (32d time) the new
and original Drama, entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen
Declish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, 'Hermann Vezin, Charles
SFiby, Edmun i Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara
Weston.

His death on the 15th December, 1861,
how much is there not comprised of worldly honour ',
I,njoyed and of good work nobly and earnestly ac-'-
complished ! More than half of the Prince Con-
Isort's
lifetime, it should be borne in mind, has
,been passed in a position of the most delicate and
supreme responsibility. It will be recorded in his -,
regard upon the pages of our National History that
)f that most supreme and most delicate responsi- "
iility he acquitted himself almost entirely—to ad-
niration. Occasional errors of judgment were
lin his instance, and with respeot to those respon
~abilities—we are wi :
lling to believe now—the rare -
!And fleeting exceptions. At any rate, it must,:
;henceforth be remembered in connection with',
1
Ithe resplendent and courtly existence of
!kis Royal Highness ALBERT FRANCIS'
~
AUGITSTIIS CHARLES EMMANUEL, Duke of SAXE- •
GOTHA and PRINCE CONSORT of England,
that throughout nearly the whole of the
glorious Reign of VICTORIA he stood beside the
Throne as the Royal Husband and intimate ad-;
viser of that Monarch who, among all our monarchs,
has won the distinctive title of the most Con
,titutional Sovereign who ever wielded the sceptre
of these realms. Sharing in the splendours of the
Court, he must be allowed to participate in some
measure in the glory of winning for his Queen-,
Wife that magnificent appellation. In this lies, in
truth, whatever there is for him of political fair
fame. His intellectual eminence is yet more
distinctly defined, and is, we may rest
perfectly confident, assured in its perma-
nence. Prince ALBERT'S name must hence-
forth be for ever inextricably connected with thel
;
development of the blended excellences of Art and
Industry in the United Kingdom. His Royal
Highness was, beyond all question and without,
the shadow of a doubt in our minds as to'
the literal accuracy of the words here em- -
ployed while we are writing them one
of the most accomplished Princes who ever lived.
Individually rarely gifted, he had his natural en-
dowments cultivated to the utmost extent of culti-
vation,
first of all under the care of private tators,":
subsequently through three years of student-life in
the University at Bonn, and afterwards we may;
assert pretty confidently, more or less during the
whole of the rest of his existence, by that most im-i
portant of all kinds of education, self-education.
And it became one of the most vital parts of the
business of his energetic life to turn those culti-
vated intellectual capacities of his so far as might
be in any way practicable to the national advan-
tage. That in this endeavour he achieved an in-
disputable success we all of us perfectly well know.
The simple and undeniable fact that it is so, is in-
effaceably stamped indeed upon the record of 64
growth of late years, particularly of the blended,
growth, of Art and Industry in this country.
In testimony of which it is only requi-i
site to bear for a moment in remembrance!
what was indubitably the most splendid of all'
Prince ALBERT'S personal achievements—the first
great international Exhibition. An achievement,
that we may surely designate with the strictest
accuracy of phrase—remembering the Fairy Pelee:
that glittered ten years ago on the green sward of
Hyde park— 1

The fortifications of the coast-line could point to
but one danger—that of war with England. It is;
la second edition of the letter of Mr. SEWARD to the ,
Governors of the States urging them to fortify their
i ake, river, and coast lines, and is doubtless suggested
lby the danger to which he knew he had exposed him-
,self already, or was about to incur. So far it goes.
lithe "Emphatic approval of the conduct of Captain -
i
1 WILKES by the Navy Department," must be con-
sidered as an expression of the opinion of the Ex-
ecutive. It has not, however, all the importance;
!which a similar act would have in England, the
!relations of the Departments with the Cabinet being
1
I far less close than with us. Still it is a very grave, and
fill-looking fact that a first-rate Federal Govern-
ment Department should openly give its sanction
Ito the act which England will not submit to.
1 The vote of Congress, however, is the most
'serious of all. Whether by that term be meant
only the House of Representatives, or the Senate •
also, it can hardly be regarded as other than a'
!national defiance of England—one which the
(PRESIDENT, after receiving our demands, must'
sustain by refusal to comply. That the vote of •
!Congress represents the vote of such cities as
Boston and New York we already know; nor
ldo we see how the vote can admit of
!more than one interpretation. Had there
been anything but the "outrage" in what
Captain WILKES did—had there been high courage'
or consummate skill, or any naval merit to praise,
we might have supposed that the feat, in that
'aspect, had elicited the commendations. But it is
!significant, indeed, that while we read of no vote
lof thanks to General BUTLER for his conduct at
Fort Hatteras, or to SHERMAN and DUPONT for!
the Port Royal affair, we hear of a vote of thanks!
where the only bravery was that of defying thel
laws of nations, and the only skill that of
worming the intentions of men out of them
by accepting their hospitality, and then set-
ting off to take them prisoners from what was
really British territory, and where they had every
right to believe themselves safe from violence.
Such a vote, by the mildest interpretation, can only
mean that Congress exults in having a commander
who defies the British, while the South defies it.
'lt is meant as an intimation of the kind of answer'
which the President is to give to Lord Lyons, andl
there is little reason to hope that the President is
the man to resist his Congress.
Some of Mr. LINCOLN'S remarks.with regard to
foreign Powers will be read with a smile. We
foreigners are reminded that the preservation of the
Union which passed a MORRILL Tariff was more for
their commercial advantage than Ire° Trade
• with half of it by its separation from the Protec-
tionist half—a rather doubtful view of the case, as
"many will think. Further, that the Union was thel
• maker of the foreign commerce, and that the tradel
with one strong nation is of more value than with;
1
the same nation broken into hostile fragments. Of!
this, however, again, many will doubt ; since thet
larger part of these fragments want to selli
us either corn or cotton, and are there-
. fore naturally friends to Free Trade with
foreign countries. England cannot doubt that,
so far as commerce is concerned, it would be far.
better for her that both the South and the North-
west of the old United States should be independent
Governments—both of them would tolerate nothing
but a revenue tariff on foreign goods, and would'
make the manufacturers of Philadelphia and Massa-
chusetts pay the same duties as were paid by those
of England ani France.

To conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in
which Miss Lydia Thompson will Dance the Volunteer
step. 1
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Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 8, to oemmenoe at
7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5.

tLOYAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.—
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris.

To-Morrow Evening,. JEANETTE'S WEDDING. Miss M.
flat ris and Mr. 11. Widdicomb.

After which, at Ei;:rht o'clock, Shakespe ire's tragedy of
OTIII:LLO, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments.
Othello, Mr, Pechter

NEW ROYALTY THEATRE
Dean-street, Oxford-street.
Under the Direction of Mdlle. Albina di Rhona.
T.)-Morrow Evening the petite Comedy, MATRIMONY.
Camelia, Mdlle. di Rhona.
Followed by ALL IN THE DARK.
To con dude with A SMACK FOR A SMACK.
Box-office open from 11 to 4.
Doors open at 7—Commence at half-past 7.

NOTICE.—In consequence of the lamented
Death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, it is
respectfully announced that " THE OXFORD" and CAN-
TERBURY HALL will be CLOSED THIS EVENING
(3ronday).

MORTON and STANLEY, Proprietors.

MUSIC HALLS and PUBLIC GARDENS.—
At a Meeting of the Proprietors of Music Halls and
Public Gardens, it was resolved that, in consequence of the
melancholy event of the death of his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, the Music Halls and Public Gardens in the
Metropolis should be CLOSED THIS EVENING (Monday),
and also on the day of the funeral. And it was further
resolved that the Meeting should recommend the Proprietors
of Music Halls and Public Gardens throughout the United
Kingdom to close on the last mentioned day. These resolu-
tions to be inserted in The Times and other daily papers.
Dated this 16th December, 1861.
FREDK. STANLEY, Chairman.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS
AND FINE ARTS GALLERY.
LAST WEEK of MR. SAM COWELL, who will, "at
Eleven o'clock, sing several favourite Songs, including
" THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT."
Grand Selections from
STRADELLA and LA PRA VIATA,
By Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Herbert, arc.
Solos by Herr Sesselberg, the great Basso.
Comic—Mr. Marshall, in "John Bull, or they don't bam-
boozle me ;" Mr. Randall, from "The Oxford;" Mr. Wood
and his talented son, and Miss Harriet Coveney.
Musical Director, Mr. Jongtmans.
Admission—Hall, M. ; Stalls and Balcony, ls.

CANTERBURY HALL-GRAND CHRIST-
MAS ENTERTAINMENT, by Mr. E. MARSHALL
"THE ENCHANTED HASH SECOND EDITION,"
(Written expressly for him.) .
Commencing on BOXING-NIGH r.

CANTERBURY HALL. -M. VICTOR
JULIEN, " THE FLYING BEAN." from Paris, will
make his First Appearance on the 30th December.

T HE 0 X F O R D,
8, OXFORD-STREET.
- - -

Selections from "LA CIRCASSIEITNE," "Simon Boma-
rit.,zra," and "Ernani," by Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, and
Madame Enderssohn; Messrs. Albert, W. Morley, Greene,
and Greville. Full Band and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F.
Jonzhmans. Balfe's new ballads by Miss Russell and
Madame Enderssohn (composed expressly for them). And
Varied Comic Entertainments by Miss Harriet Coveney.
Messrs. W. Randall, Sam Collins, Harvey and French
(The Nerves), E. Marshall, and SAM COWELL. Hall, 6d. ;
Balcony and Stalls, is ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tins DAY.—Morning, lh. 12m.—Afternoon, lh. 38m.
To-MORROW. -Morning, lh. 54m.—Afternoon, 2h. 10m.'

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 15, 18d.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
46 —Mghest since noon yesterday.
41—lowest this morning and during the night.
47—this:day at noon.

BAROMETER-30.29.
WlND—North-Westerly ; light, with cloudy weather.
Drc. 16.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
47—highest since noon yesterday.
43—lowest this morning and during the night.
49—this day at noon.

.27.
Wnvp—North-Wee E
light,TEß-30 with dull, foggy, mil,
weather.

" One entire and perfect Chrysolite."

The honour due to the departed Prince we have
endeavoured briefly to define in its political appli-
cation, and its purely intellectual application.
Whatever political honour he has won from his
adopted country, he has won simply as we have said
in his capacity as the Royal Husband and the intimate
adviser of the most constitutional Sovereign who
ever sat upon the Throne of England. Whatever
intellectual honour he has associated with his name
he has so associated by his enlightened and assidu-
ous promotion of the interests of Art in its alliance
with the ceaseless developments of Industry among
the toiling millions of the United Kingdom. Butl
immeasurably beyond these merely political and in-
tellectual titles to our lasting admiration, and even
fo a considerable extent be it said to our grateful
remembrance—there is a far higher, purer, nobler,
more enviable renown that is unquestionably his.
We cast upon his tomb the most perennial and
deserved of all the votive wreaths that can be laid,
there by national respect and affection, when NVE
record the simple but significant fact that his Royal
,Highness the PRINCE CONSORT closes hi&
career in the forty-third year of his age—he
who, shortly after his twentieth anniversary, be
came the central figure of a brilliant Court, stir
rounded from that instant by all this world's most
enervating and exquisite seductions—that ALBERT..
the Prince Consort of England, closes his life, after
the lapse of nearly a quarter of a century, passed ir
the midst of this earth's most refined allurements, and
this, moreover, in the full glare of public scrutiny,
without ever having had the hint of a momentY
slur .of suspicion upon his character. Remember '
ing the profligates who have revelled of yore in
the midst of the luxuries of our Court, it ,
is something, surely, worthy of notice that
a young Prince, who came amongst us in the
heyday of his youth, closes his life two and
twenty years afterwards, with a wholly spotlesF
reputation, having been throughout that interval
a very pattern and model of a true Husband and a
fender Father. England, in effect, has abounding
reasons enow at this moment of supreme anguish
ander a very solemn and startling bereavement, to
treasure up the good name and the fair fame of the'
PRINCE CONSORT, while proffering to her Most
Gracious MAJESTY, in these first agonising mo-
ments of her widowhood, the heartfelt sympathy
of a whole nation's grief.

; The PRESIDENT declares that his reliance is not
• on foreign States, but on the integrity and patriotism
of his own people. Still he seems almost to bid
• for foreign support. He says we might be easily
taught that our aim—our commercial aim he means
—could be much more easily gained by " aiding to
crush the rebellion" than by giving encouragementl
to it. We have a strong suspicion, that, with all
their pride, Mr.LINcoLN and the Americans did wish
in some way for our aid. Hence their mortification
and bitterness towards England, and their concealed
:mortification with France. They wished that
we should treat the South as a rebel mob, whose
x rebellion interfered with our cotton supply, that
by denouncing them as rebels, and by treating
them as such, we should give a strong
moral support to the North, and perhaps do the
South some unkind and damaging turn. This was
the cause of their wrath at the conduct of England
in acknowledging the belligerent position of the
South, and that wrath we believe is hardly subsided
yet. Much of Mr. SEWARD'S later insanity is to
'be traced to it; and though they now see that the
position cannot be censured, still it was not the con
inct which the great people of the North, the chil-
irent :of " Manifest Destiny," the fathers of the
sons who were to rule the whole of North America,
and in due time the South also—it was not the
conduct which so grand a Republic expected of
cur hands. Whether time, trials, and reason will
300 l down the present temper of the North remains
,o be seen ; but we must confess that at present
they seem to be like the " drunken man " of Mr.
BRIGHT'S picture "hitting all around them." WE
can only hope that our demands may operate on
Americans as the cold air or a sudden fright some-
times does on an intoxicated man.

LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 16, 1861.

It is difficult even now to realise the magnitude
of the calamity that has abruptly befallen the
QUEEN and the Nation. As difficult as it would be
to exaggerate the profound sympathy with which
all the loyal subjects of the Crown, of every glass.
regard the exquisite affliction of our revered and
beloved SOVEREIGN. Suddenly snatched from the
midst of us, in the very flower and fruition of his,
manhood, His Royal Highness the PRINCE CON-
SORT has been so long and so conspicuously fami-1
liarised to the public gaze, that it will require the
lapse of time to render appreciable, in the first
instant even credible, the fact of his disappearance.
The earliest intimation received by the public that
there was any probability whatever of a Death so
utterly unlooked for, was conveyed through the
Bulletin issued on Thursday by the physicians in
attendance upon his Royal Highness. That
document, it will be remembered, spoke of the
" quiet night" passed by the Prince—adding,
however, rather dubiously (for the announcement
might have signified anything) the symptoms,
had undergone little change. The subsequent,
Bulletin, the one issued on Friday, spoke, on the!
contrary, of " a restless night" having been passed
by his Royal Highness, and but too plainly avowed
that the symptoms had assumed an unfavourable
character. Coupling with this the circumstance
that the Heir to the Crown had been summoned in
the dead of the night from Cambridge, and had
consequently hastened instanter from the Univer-j arriving at Windsor Castle by express train,
at three o'clock in the morning, the public were!
-almost prepared on Saturday forenoon for the catas-
trophe which was unhappily so soon afterwards to The long•expected document from Washington
be announced. As the day advanced, however, the has arrived, and if in one respect its contents are,
joyful tidings were received that the condition of the better than we had ,feared, in others, and in con-
Royal Patient evidenced a manifest improvement. nection with the circumstances, they are worse.
It would not be extravagant to assert that the
intelligence conveyed through this brief announce-
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The PRESIDENT says nothing respecting the seizure
of the Commissioners on board the Trent ; but he
mont on Saturday afternoon, was everywhere re- ,loes say fortify your Coasts, lakes, and rivers. Con-
goes much further ; it votes thanks to
ceived with a sense of positive relief and of grate-
~ gress, again,
ful consolation. The improvement thus notifiedL the man who had the courage to beard common-
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by the physicians, however, was only too soon after-Z` sense, international law, and England, by what hit
wards recognised to have been wholly illusory.celcountrymen term the " gallant" act of attacking an
As typhoid had supervened upon gastric fever— gluearmed mail steamer. What is the interpretation
the original disease—so a profound ex haustion,ioof these words and votes?
that all the appliances of art failed to contend with 0 It had been feared that the PRESIDENT—that is
effectually, resulted from both, And by 10 minutes the executive of the Northern States—would have
to eleven o'clock on Saturday night his RoyalEcommitted himself by his Message. He has not
Highness had ceased to breathe. The intelligencedone this. So far good. But it has to be remem. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS AT KNOWSLEY. The
of this most lamentable event, it is simple truth totibered that until he had learned what the English :Earl and
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residents at the hall.
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Governor Walker transacted business at thee
P"s°llal alliction. If sympathy can in any taticon in the capture of almost personal enemies did
way tend to alleviate the bitter grief of her MA- not hurry Mr. LINCOLN into an obvious folly; but Colonial-office on Saturday, on his departure for Barbadoes.!

THE DEATH

HE PRINCE CONSORT,

The news of the serious illness of the late Prince
Consort alarmed and amazed all England on Satur-
day. To the attentive readers of the Court Circular
it was only known that his Royal Highness was
slightly indisposed, and the bulletin which on Satur-
day announced that his illness had taken an un-
favourable turn spread dismay and astonishment
throughout the country. Then, all at once, the fear-
fnlaffiiction which threatened her Majesty was seen,
and on every side information as to the state of his
Royal Highness's health was sought for with the
most intense eagerness. The announcement which
we published in The Sun of Saturday, that a
change, slightly for the better, had taken place in
the illustrious patient's condition, was welcomed as'
almost a relief from the state of feverish anxiety
under which all had waited for news. Unhappily,
this slight improvement, which raised such ardent
hopes wherever it was known, proved to be but a
precursor of the fatal issue. During Saturday morn-
ing—at least in the early part—his Royal Highness
undoubtedly seemed bettor, and, notwithstanding
that his condition was in the highest degree precari
ous, the change, though sudden, was marked, and
almost justified the strong hopes which were then
entertained that he would recover. This change was
but for a short time, and, in fact, but one of those
expiring efforts of nature which give delusive
hopes to the mourners round so many death-teds.
Soon afterwards his Royal Highness again relapsed.
and before the evening it became evident that it was
only a question of an hour more or less. The Prince
hank with alarming rapidity. At 4 the physicians
issued a bulletin stating that their patient was then
in " a most critical state," which was indeed a sad
truth, for at that time almost every hope of recovery
had passed away. Her Majesty and the Prince 'al
Wales (who had travelled through the previous night
from Cambridge), the Princesses Alice and Helena
and the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, were
with their illustrious relative during all this mourn-
ful and most trying period. The approach of death
from exhaustion was so rapid that all stimulants
failed to check the progressive increase of weakness,
and the fatal termination was so clearly foreseen
that even befors 9 o'clock on Saturday evening e
telegram was forwarded from Windsor to the city.
stating that the Prince Consort was then dying fast.
Quietly and without suffering he continued slowly
to sink, so slowly that the wrists were pulseless long
before the last moment had arrived, when at a feN
minutes before 11 he ceased to breathe, and all was
over. An hour after and the solemn tones of the
great bell of St. Paul's—a bell of evil omen—told all
citizens how irreparable has been the loss of thei]
beloved Queen, how great the loss to the country.
During yesterday the intelligence was received
everywhere with a feeling so painful that ii
would really be difficult to exaggerate the amaze-
. went and grief manifested. The first fear—s
wide, deep, and general fear—was, that the great
and keen affliction with which it has pleased
Heaven in its wisdom to visit the Royal Family
might prove too much for the strength of he)
Majesty, and that she herself might sink under he)
irreparable bereavement. A bulletin, however
posted at Buckingham Palace, stating that the
Queen, though overwhelmed with grief, bore het
loss with calmness, and had not then suffered it
health, was soon known'everywhere—such was the
eagerness with which news of the Queen at such
heavy time was sought for.

Yesterday intelligence of the national calamity
was communicated to the citizens of London
through the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, it
jthe subjoined official letter from the Secretary o
ISiate for the Home Department :

beforell o'clock, his Royal Highness the Prince
Consort departed this life, at Windsor Castle, to
the inexpressible grief of Her Majesty and of all!
the Royal Family.

" Whitehall, Dec. 15.

"My Lord,—lt is with the greatest concern th ai
I inform your Lordship of the death of his Royal
Highness the Prince Consort, which took place al
Windsor Castle last night at ten minutes to clever
o'clock, to the inexpressible grief of her Majesty
and the Royal Family._

" I request your Lordship will give directions fo]
tolling the great bell of St. Paul's Cathedral.--i
have the honour to be, your Lordship's most obe.
dient servant,

" G. GREY.

"The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor."

Again, yesterday afternoon his Lordship received
by special messenger the following bulletin, copie'
of which he immediately caused to be posted on the
most conspicuous places in front of the Mansion
house :

" Windsor Castle, Sunday, Noon, Dec. 15.
"The Queen, although overwhelmed with grief
bears her bereavement with calmness, and has no
suffered in health.

" JAMES CLARK, M.D.
" HENRY HOLLAND, M.D.
" THOMAS WATSON, M.D.
" WILLIAM JENNER, M.D.
This document, and the letter of Sir George Grey.
a copy of which was likewise posted at the entrancE
to the Mansion-house, were read with melancholy
interest by thousands of the citizens throughout the
remainder of the day.
Yesterday afternoon the Rev. Canon Champney,
the preacher at St. Paul's, made a touching allusion
to the great national loss in the course of his ser
mon, and earnestly commended her Majesty and th
Royal family, in their state of grief and desolation
to the sympath'es and prayers of the congregation
fhe bells of the City churches were tolled at inter-
vals yesterday, and in most of the sermons preached
allusions were made to the solemn event. Nor wa&
this manifestation of public feeling confined to the
clergymen of the Established Church only. Al
the Roman Catholic, the YeNtish, and the Greel
churches similar heartfelt prayers and solemn con-
dolences were offered.

At Cambridge, both by reason of the intimat(
relationship with the University as its Chancello)
and the residence of his Royal Highness the Princ,
of Wales in the town, the news produced a profounc
sensation. It did not reach Cambridge yesterday
till 10 40 a.m. It then spread with proverbial ra-
pidity, but nevertheless was not so widely know)
but that in some of the churches of the city the
speedy recovery of his Royal Highness was earnestl3
prayed for. The bells of the University (St. Mary's,
commenced tolling, but still the mass of the peoph
' were unwilling to believe the melancholy news Wa:
-true. In the University Church profound emotior,
was evident when the officiating minister, the Rev.
C. D. Marston, of Caius College, omitted the nam(
of his late Royal Highness from the prayer for the
Royal Family, and (as Chancellor) from that for the
blessing of the Almighty on " this our body" (i.e.
the University), in which prayer the various digni.l
taries of the University are enumerated.

The Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, their Royal Highnesses the Princess -Alice
and the Princess Helena, and their Serene High-
nesses the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, were
all present when his Royal Highness expired.
The death of this illustrious Prince will be deeply
mourned by all Her Majesty's faithful and attached
subjects as an irreparable loss to Her Majesty,
the Royal Family, and the nation.

At Bristol the news of the death of the Prince
although not altogether unlooked for, from thi
gloomy nature of the telegrams of the preceding da:(
was received with profound regret by all classes ()I
the citizens. From the pulpits of the various
churches and chapels touching reference was mad(
to this national calamity, and sincere prayers were
'offered for the Royal widow and her fatherles
'children.

lAt Reading, about an hour before the church ser-
vice,! the funeral knell at St. Mary's and St. Giles'.
Churches announced to the inhabitants the death ol
'1 ' the Prince Consort. At St. Mary's Church the
Bishop of Oxford preached in the evening, and e
' most touching allusion was made by his Lordshij
to the melancholy event.
, At Warwick the intelligence was first of all com-
municated to Mr. Justice Willes, who is holding thr
`i-i winter assizes there, and who, on receiving th(
i mournful information, expressed his deep sorrow
and great regret. '1 he bells of the churches were
!tolled ; and it was not until they heard the tolling
of the bells that the inhabitants generally would
believe in the truth of the reports. In the evening.
at all the places of worship, prayers were offered or
behalf of the Queen and Royal family.
At Nottingham the intelligence arrived by tele-
igraph, and was immediately posted up at the Corn-
lExehange. All classes, rich and poor, appeared to
sympathise with her Majesty in her sad bereave-
ment.

(From the London Gazette Extraordinary of Sunday,'

Dec. 15.)
WHITEHALL, DEC. 15.
On Saturday night, the 14th irst., at 10 minutes:

Te_ C••

AIBIERICA.

(From the Court Circular.)
WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 14.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived
t the Castle at 3 o'clock this morning, from!
Nladingly-hall, attended by Major-General the Hon"
R. Bruce and Major Teesdale.
His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen;
eturned in the forenoon.
Captain Grey has succeeded Major Teesdale ast
querry in Waiting to the Prince of Wales.
The Duke of Cambridge arrived from London
~arly this morning to make inquiries after his
Royal Higheess the Prince Consort. His Royal
Plighness the Duke de Nemours also called to make
nquiries.
The following bulletin of the health of the Prince;
Consort was issued this morning :
"His Royal Highness the Prince Consort has had
quieter night, and there is some mitigation of the
everity of the symptoms.
" JAMES CLARK, M.D.
" HENRY HOLLAND, M.D.
" THOMAS WATSON, M.D.
" WILLIAM JENNER, M.D.
" Windsor Castle, Saturday, 9 a.m.,
Dec. 14, 1861."
A telegram was despatched at 10h. 40m. a.m. of
-he state of his Royal Highness
WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 14.
" There is a slight change for the better in the
Prince this morning."
In the afternoon the following bulletin was
issued :-
1 " WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 14, 4n. 30M. P.M.
"His Royal Highness the Prince Consort is in a
c most critical state.

THE FEDERAL CONGRESS.

IPRESIDENT LINCOLN'S
MESSAGE.

The following is the full text of President Lin-
jeola's Message :

" JAMES CLARK, M.D.
" HENRY HOLLAND,;.,M.D.
" THOMAS WASON, M.D.
" WILLIAM JENNER, M.D."
The bulletin announcing the decease of the Prince
Consort was as follows ;
"WINDSOR CASTLE, SATURDAY NIGHT,
DEC. 14.

"FELLOW-CITIZENS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES,—
. " In the midst of unprecedented political troubles we
have cause of great gratitude to God for unusual good health
• and most abundant harvests.
" You will not be surprised to learn that in the peculiar
'exigencies of the times, our intercourse with foreign nations
has been attended with profound solicitude, chiefly turning
%upon our own domestic affairs. A disloyal portion of the
American people have, during the whole year, been engaged
in an attempt to divide and destroy the Union. A nation
which endures factions and domestic divisions is exposed to
disrespect abroad, and one party, if not both,' is sure, sooner
or later, to invoke foreign intervention. Nations thus
tempted to interfere are not always able to resist the coun-
sels of seeming expediency and ungenerous ;ambition, al-
though measures adopted under such influences seldom fail
to be unfortunate and injurious to those adopting them.
il" The disloyal citizens of the United States who have
offered the ruin of our country in return for the aid and
comfort which they have invoked abroad, have received less
I,patronage and encouragement than they probably expected.
if it were just to suppose, as the insurgents have seemed to
assume, that foreign nations in this case, discarding all
moral, social, and treaty obligations, would act solely and
selfishly for the most speedy restoration of commerce, in-
cluding especially the acquisition of cotton, those nations
appear as yet not to have seen their way to their object
1 more directly or clearly through the destruction than
rthrough the preservation of the Union. If we could dare
to believe that foreign nations are actuated by no higher
principle than this, I am quite sure a second arguthent
could be made to show them that they can reach their aim
more readily and easily by aiding to crush this rebellion
than by giving encouragement to it.
t " The principle ever relied on by the insurgents for ex-
citing foreign nations to hostility against us, as already
; intimated, is the embarrassment of commerce. Those na-
vi tions, however, not improbably saw from the first that it
i was the Union which made as well our foreign as our
v domestic commerce. They can scarcely have failed to per-
ceive that the effort for disunion produces the existing
difficulty, and that one strong nation promises more durable
%peace, and a more extensive, valuable, and reliable com-
, rnerce than can the same nation broken into hostile frag-
ments.
"It is not my purpose to nview our discussions with
foreign States, because, whatever might be their wishes or
'dispositions, the integrity of our country and the stability
of our Government mainly depends, not upon them, but
. on the loyalty, virtue, patriotism, and intelligence of the
: American people. The correspondence itself, with the
s.liusual reservations, is herewith submitted. I venture to
- hope it will appear that we have practised prudence and
>" liberality towards foreign Powers, averting causes of irrita-
* tion, and with firmness maintaining our own rights and
honour. Since, however, it is apparent that here, as in
;.• every other State, foreign dangers necessarily attend do-
mestic difficulties, I recommend that adequate and ample
'i measures be adopted for maintaining the public defences
on every side. While, under this general recommendation,
provision for defending our coast line readily occurs to the
,* mind, I also, in the same connection, ask the attention of
'•
Congress to our great lakes and rivers. It is believed that
some fortifications and depots of arms and munitions, with
; harbour and navigation improvements at well-selected
points upon these, would be of great importance to the na-
tional defence and preservation.
r " I ask attention to the views of the Secretary of War,
expressed in his report upon the same general subjects. '
" I deem it of importance that the loyal regions of East
: Tennessee and western North Carolina should be connected
with Kentucky, and other faithful parts of the Union, by
railroad. I therefore recommend, as a military measure,
`z. that Congress provide for the construction of such road as
•speedily as possible.
" Kentucky will no doubt co-operate, and through her
--Legislature make the most judicious selection of a line.
xF The northern terminus mn.l-. ennnAd with some existing,
: railroad, and whether the route shall be from Lexington
or Nicholasville to the Cumberland Gap, or from Leba-1
non to the Tennessee line in the direction of Knoxville,
or on some still different line, can easily be determined,
Kentucky, and the general government co-operating, the
' work can be completed in a very short time, and when
.• done it will be not only of vast present usefulness, but
•., also a valuable permanent improvement worth its cost in
all the future. Some treaties, designed chiefly for the
-• interests of commerce, and having no grave political im-
portance, have been negotiated and will be submitted to
the Senate for their consideration. Although we have
failed to induce some of the commercial Powers to adopt
a_desirable melioration of the rigour of maritime war,
we have removed all obstructions from the way of this
humane reform except such as are merely of temporary
and accidental occurrence.
"I invite your attention to the correspondence between
her Britannic Majesty's Minister, accredited to this Govern-
ment, and the Secretary of State, relative to the detention
of the British ship Perthshire, in June last, by the United
States steamer Massachussetts, for a supposed breach of
the blockade. As this detention was occasioned by an obvi-
ous misapprehension of the facts, and as justice requires
that we should commit no belligerent act not founded on
strict right, as sanctioned by public law, I recommend that
an appropriation be made to satisfy the reasonable demand
of the owners of the vessel for her detention.
• "I repeat the recommendation of my predecessor in his
annual message to Congress in December last in regard to
the surplus which will probably remain after satisfying the
claims of American citizens against China, pursuant to the
• awards of the Commissioners under the act of the 3d of
March, 1859.
- "If, however, it should not be deemed advisable to carry
that recommendation into effect, I would suggest that
authority be given for investing the principal over the pro-
`. ceeds of the surplus referred to in good securities, with a
view to the satisfaction of such other just claim of our
citizens against China as are not unlikely to arise hereafter'
in the course of our extensive trade with that empire.
" By the Act of the sth of August last, Congress autho-
rised the President to instruct the commanders of suitable
vessels to defend themselves against and to capture pirates.
This authority has been exercised in a single instance only.
"For the more effectual protection of our extensive and
valuable commerce in the eastern seas especially, it seems
to me that it would also be advisable to authorise the
commanders of sailing vessels to recapture any prizes
which pirates may make of the United States vessels and
their cargoes, and the consular courts established by law in
eastern countries to adjudicate the cases, in the event that
this should not be objected to by the local authorities.
" If any good reason exists why we should persevere
longer in withholding our recognition of the independence
sand sovereignty of Hayti and Liberia, I am unable to dis-
i cern it. Unwilling; however, to inaugurate a novel policy
in regard to them without the approbation of Congress, I
submit for your consideration, the expediency of an appro-
priation for maintaining a Charge d'Affaires near each of
these new States. It does not admit of doubt that impor-
tant commercial advantages might be secured by favourable
treaties with them.
"The operations of the Treasury during the period which
has elapsed since your adjournment have been conducted
with signal success. The patriotism of the people has
placed at the disposal of the Government the large means
demanded by the public exigencies. Much of the national
loan has been taken by citizens of the industrial classes

"His Royal Highness the Prince Consort beeamel
rapidly weaker during the evening, ;and expired
without suffering at 10 minutes before 11.
" JAMES CLARK, M.D.
" HENRY HOLLAND, M.D.
" THOMAS WATSON, M.D.
" WILLIAM JENNER, M.D."
The following bulletin of the state of the Queen't-
bealth was exhibited yesterday at Buckingham
Palace :
" WINDSOR CASTLE, SUNDAY Noox, DEC. 15
" The Queen, although overwhelmed with grief,
bears her bereavement with calmess, and has not
,offered in health.

" JAMES CLARK,. M.D.
" HENRY HOLLAND, M,D.
" THOMAS WATSON, M.D.
" WILLIAM JENNER, M.D."
Among the members of the Diplomatic Corps and
the nobility and gentry who called yesterday at
Buckingham Palace to make inquiries after the
ealth of her Majesty the Queen were—the Russian
Ambassador and Baroness Brunow, the Turkish
Ambassador and Madame Musurus, the Danish,
Minister, the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, thsi
Portuguese Minister, the French Ambassador and
the Countess de Flahault, the Greek Minister and
Madame Tricoupi, the United States' Minister and
Mrs. Adams; Mr. Wilson, Secretary, and Mr.
Moran, Second Secretary of the Legation; the Italian
Minister, the Brazilian Minister and Madame
Nicreira, the Austrian Ambassador and Counter,:
Apponyi, the Netherlands Minister, the Bavarian
Minister and Baroness Cetto, Secretary Sir Georg(
. tad Lady Grey, Viscount and Viscountess TorringH
on, Mr. Phillips, Lord Harris, the Hon. Mortimer
tnd Mrs. Sackville West, the Duchess Dowager of
Somerset, Sir J. South, the Lord Chief Justice and
Lady Erle, Sir J. and Lady Emerson-Tennant, the
r-lon. C. Gore and the Countess of Kerry, Admiral
Lnd Mrs. Bowles, Mr. and Mrs. H. and Miss Hope)
Reeve, the Chaplain-General, the Dowager Lady
Clinton, the Earl and Countess of Airlie, Mr. andl
Mrs. Merivale, the Lord Mayor and the Lady
Ilayoress, Sir J. and Lady J. Walsh, Mr. E.
Marjoribanks, Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour]
the Dowager Viscountess and the Hon. Miss Hari
iinge, the Dean of Westminster and Miss Trench.
Sir J. Romilly, Lord and Lady Elcho, the Dowager
Countess of Lichfield, Sir Benjamin and Miss.
Brodie, Colonel and Mrs. F. Paget, Viscount May.
lard, Lady Caroline and Miss Lascelles, Mr. C
Greville, Sir C. Douglas, M.P., Mr. Du Pasquier,
the Countess of Fife, Lieutenant-General Sir F
Ind Lady Smith, the Earl of Lucan, Lord Suffield.
\lr. A. Biddulplt; Lord Dynevor, Mr. and Mrs. H.
Addington, the Earl and Countess of Cork, the'
Countess Dowager of Jersey, the Earl of Clan william
Sir R. and Lady Murchison, Lord and Lady Mon-;
teagle, Mr. and Lady C. Schreiber, Sir Fitzroy Kelly,'
Sir R. and Lady Mayne, the Earl and Countess Grey,
Colonel the Hon. A. and Mrs. Liddell, the Countess
Falmouth, General Sir G. Bowles, Mr. and Lady
E. Walsh, General Sir H. and Lady Ross, Captain
the Hon. J. and Mrs. Denman, Sir Benjamin and'
Lady Hawes, Sir J. and Lady E. Ferguaon,Viscount
Ind Viscountess Bury, Viscount Bury, Lieut.-Gen !
end Lady Mary Fox, Mr. and Mrs. H. Rich, Lady
!
G. Fane, together with numerous others.

WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 16.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar
rived early this morning and remains at the Castle.
Her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge
arrived from Kew to make inquiries.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEC. 16.

In consequence of the melancholy event of the
!death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort
The theatres will be closed this evening, and again
3n the evening of the funeral.

(From the Observer.)
His Royal Highness Francis Albert Augustus Charles
Emmanuel, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe Coburg and
Gotha, K.G., K.T., K.P., G.C.8., G.C.M.G., LL.D.,'
D.C.L , Ph.D., &c., was the second son of Ernest, Duke of
Saxe Coburg and Gotha, by his first wife, Dorothea Louisa,
Princess of Saxe Gotha. His royal highness was born at
iosenau, August 26, 1819, and his marriage with Queen
Victoria took place on the 10th February, 1840. The Act
if Parliament under which the Prince was naturalised wad
he 3d Vic., cap. 1 and 2. The income granted by act ofi
Parliament was £30,000. He received his titleof Royal)
Highness by patent, dated February 6, 1840, and was em-
)owered to quarter the royal arms on the 7th February in
she same year. On the following day he received his com-
nission as Field-Marshal, and he was made Colonel of the
llth or Prince Albert's Own Hussars on the 30th of April,
[B4O. In April, 1842, he re?eived his commission as Colonel,
the Scots Fusilier Guards. In August, 1850, he bee me
colonel-in-Chief of the 60th Rifles, and on the 28th of
September, 1852, he was appointed Colonel-in- Chief of
the Rifle Brigade and Colonel of the Grenadier Gaardp.
On the death of the Duke of 'Wellington his Royal nigh-
-less was granted letters of precedence next after the Queen

;,... ,n the sth of March, 1840, and was nominated a Member
': whose confidence in their country's future, and zeal for their
f the Privy Council on the 11th of September, 1840. He
4 country's deliverance from its present peril, have induced
.; ,vas appointed • Grand Ranger of Windsor Park in 1811.
them to contribute to the support of the Government the
aid received the Order of the Golden Fleece in April of ..•• t•
whole of their limited acquisitions. This fact imposes peen-
-. hat year. In April, 1842, he received the appointment of
liar obligations to economy in disbursement and energy in
Lord Warden of the Stannaries and Chief Steward of the '
action.
-
Duchy of Cornwall. Ho became Governor and Constables .
" The revenue from all sources, including loans for the
A Windsor Castle in May, 1843, and first and principal -'s
financial year ending on the 30th June, 1861, was eighty-
Knight Grand Cross and Acting Great Master of the Orders
.
A the Bath in June, 1843. He was also made High Steward six (86) millions eight hundred and thirty-five thousand
3f Plymouth in June, 1843, and Captain-General and nine hundred dollars ($86,835,900) and twenty-seven cents;
,
. 3olonel of the Artillery Company on September of that year. and the expenditures for the same period, including pay-
Elis election as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge meats on account of the public debt, were eighty-four mil-
ook place on the 27th of February, 1817. He was High ~ lions five hundred and seventy-eight thousand and thirty-
Steward of New Windsor, in July, 1850, and President of four dollars and forty-seven cents, leaving a balance in the
he Zoological Society in July, 1851. On the 19th of Octo Treasury on the Ist July of $2,251,065 80c. for the first
aer, 1852, he was nominated Master of the Trinity House. quarter of the financial year, ending on the 30th September,
In February, 1856, he was made Knight of the Order of the 1861. The receipts from all sources, including the balance
Seraphim-by the King of Sweden. His creation as Prinre of July Ist, were one hundred and two
dred and thirty-two thousand five hundred and nine dollars
:lonsort was effected by letters patent, dated the 2d of July,
and twenty-seven cents, and the expenses ninety-eight•
1857 ; and he was elected President of the Horticultural
mil-
lions two hundred and Lirty-nine thousand seven hundred,
Society in February, 1858. The Prince Consort was edu-k..
cated with his elder brother, the present Duke Regnant k•?and thi_rty-three dollars and nine cents, leaving a balance
k' on th
of Saxe Coburg Gotha, under the Consistorial Councillor,
t of October, 1861, of four millions two hundred
Florchutz; and at the University of Bonn. His studies
and
ninety-two
nety-two thousand seven hundred and seventy-sifl
there included ancient and modern languages, history, the;
dollars and eighteen cents.
physical and natural sciences, music, and painting. In 1838' '
he visited England-with his father, and in two years after- "Estimates for the remaining three quarters of the year, '-,
wards was married to Queen Victoria, at St.:James's Palace., and for the financial year of 1863, together with his view •
iT of the ways and means for meeting the demands contems'
Despatches were received on Saturday at the'-'plated. by them: will be submitted to Congress by the cSe re-
Colonial •office from the governors of the West India Islands, Lary of the Treasury. - -
the Australian Colonies, Ceylon, Hongkong, and Lakin. "It is gratif. yin' gto know that the expenses made necessary

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