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London, England, 1859-12-16 00:00:00

iIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16. 1.8b91

neighbours ?" and asked, also pointedly—" Still
less, what is there to give rise to that panic of
invasion which has been so common throughout the
country of late ?"—he was constrained to add imme-
diately, " At the same time I think it not only the
interest but the duty of every man present, and of
every man who loves his country, to contribute to the
utmost in his power to that movement which, I am
happy to say, has been so general throughout the
country, and the object of which is to improve and
increase, by voluntary means, the defences of the
country." Certainly it was a Sign of the Times, a
significant evidence of the drift of the broad and
irresistible current of popular feeling at the pre-
sent moment through all England, that those last-
quoted words of the Derbyite Under-Secretary for
Foreign Affairs was greeted with ringing cheers at
the instant of their utterance. It is a reminder to
us all, to Government and to Opposition alike, to
Whigs, Tories, Radicals, Reformers, Liberals, and
Conservatives, that whatever else may be
thought of this hubbub about the possibility
of invasion it gives us all at the least
a magnificent opportunity ! An opportunity that,
if we but rightly avail ourselves of it—as rea-
son, patriotism, common sense, common prudence all
combine to tell us distinctly that we ought—we
may, upon the flood-tide of this strong current of
popular opinion, so advance the whole system and
machinery of our National Defences, both by sea
and land, that we may, by GOD'S help, laugh to
scorn the notion of any invasion of these shores,
guarded by our hearts of oak, and peopled by
26,000,000 free-born Englishmen !

LIFEBOATS ON THE COAST.

LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

PARIS, DEC. 15.

To-morrow the Marquis de Villamarina will pre-
sent to the Emperor his letters of recall, and M.
Desombrois his lettres de creance.

The Papal Nuncio will to-morrow remit to his
Majesty an autograph letter of the Pope.
It is stated that nothing official is yet known'
concerning the nomination of Count Cavour,as re-
presentative of Sardinia at the Congress.

Prince Jerome Napoleon has passed a good night,
and to-day his health is improving.

DEC. 16.

The Moniteur publishes an article explaining the
law on the press, the wisdom and necessity of
which, it says, has been proved by eight years'

exercise.

TURIN, DEC. 15.
The choice of Sardinian representatives at the
Congress is not yet officially known.

CONSTANTINOPLE (via MARSEILLES),
DEC. 8.

The Porte is now deliberating whether it would
be convenient to bring the Suez Canal question be-
fore all the great Powers.

DEC. 10 (via TRIESTE).
The official journal publishes an article showing
;he necessity of intervention in Servia.

DRESDEN, THURSDAY.

According to a letter from Paris, published in
the official Dresden Journal, the late belligerent
Powers only would be represented at the approach-
ing Congress by their Ministers for Foreign Affairs;
the remaining Powers would send other Plenipo-
tentiaries.

MADRID, DEC. 14.

Yesterday the Spanish expeditionary army was
reinforced by 4,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry.

It is stated that in all the combats which have
at present taken place the Moors have lost 5,000
men.

Cholera prevails fearfully at Tetuan.

CORFU (via TRIESTE), DEC. 10.

The Lord High Commissioner has opened the
lonian Parliament, and in his speech announced
numerous measures of administrative reform.

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY.

Mr. Henry Cook, the water colour artist, has
lately visited the scenes of the late campaign in
Italy, and made a series of interesting drawings on
the spot. The King of Sardinia has ordered Mr.
Cook to paint several of his sketches, and the Em-
peror Napoleon having honoured them with an in-
spection, has commanded Mr. Cook to repeat three
of the most interesting subjects. The drawings
are singularly truthful and display much artistic
merit.

Owing to an unusual fall of snow the mails with
the English journals were not delivered in Paris
to-day. All the trains from the north are some
hours behind time.

The Pope has sent the Nuncio a letter written
by himself to Napoleon 111., and which letter the
Ambassador of his Holiness will present to-morrow.
The letter is said to be an appeal to the ruler of
France in favour of the temporal power of the
Papacy, and a prayer that the revolted States of
the Church may be restored to his Holiness's au-
thority.
When Prince de Metternich delivered his cre-
dentials yesterday,to the Emperor he read the fol-
lowing address :
" Sire,—The Emperor, my master, in deigning to name
me his Ambassador to your Imperial Majesty, has par-
ticularly charged me to convince you of the high value he
sets on your personal friendship. Nothing could be more
agreeable to my august Sovereign than to see more and
more consolidated and completed the relations of good
understanding and intimacy which so deeply concern the
general interests of Europe. Happy and proud I shall be if
my efforts can contribute to the maintenance of the most
perfect intelligence between the two Governments ; and I
venture to entreat your Majesty to continue to me that high
favour of which you have already deigned to give me such
flattering proofs. In the hope that your Majesty will grant
this prayer, and continue to show me the same kindness
and the same confidence, I have the honour to deliver my
credentials into your Majesty's hands."

The Emperor replied—
" I entertain the firm hope that the relations so happily
re-established between the Emperor of Austria and myself
can only become more friendly by the careful examination
of the interests of the two countries. Since I have seen the
Emperor, I, on my part, set a great value on his personal
friendship. A sincere understanding between us will, I
have no doubt, be facilitated by the choice which he has
made of a representative whose conciliatory character is
well known, and who has so many claims on my confidence
and esteem."

THE BOURSE, Dec. 14.—The market was
buoyant again today, all securities rising. Threes
have been done at 70f. 55c., and are now at 70f
55c. ; Mobilier varied from 862 f. 50c. to 855 f. ;
Austrian, 577 f. 50c. to 575 f, ; Lombard, 581 f. 25c.
to 578 f. 76c. ; Lyons, 943 f. 75c. to 941 f. 25c. ;
Orleans, 1,430 f. to 1,425 f. ; Southern, 540 f. to 538 f.
750. The following were the last quotations :-
4i per Cents. .... 96 80 Credit Foncier 720
Do. end month I Belgian 4f 99 50
3 per Cents 7O 55 I Piedmontese (5)
Do. end month.... 70 75 I Roman B4 50
Bank Shams 2BBO Austrian
Credit Mobilier .. 857 50 Spanish Threes
Do. Account

RAILWAYS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern
New ditto MO .. 865
Lyons and Mediterranean 940 .. 945
Geneva 555 .. 555
Southern
Western 585 .. 587 50
Eastern
Sardiniaß
Austrian
Lombard .... ..
Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money,
25f. 9c.; three months, paper, 241. 95c. ; money, 24f. 931 c.

reliable facts we can gather is, that there was severe fight-
ing. The Hoja' gives the Spanish loss as 40 killed and
100 wounded, that of the Moors as 4,000 left upon the field
and 46 drowned,"

DEC. 5.
The Moors give the following account of opera-
ions in the neighbourhood of Ceuta during the past

week :

" On Wednesday, the 30th, they attacked the Spanish
redoubt in force, captured and carried off the Spanish
flag, and took much spoil. Reinforcements being sent up
by the Spanish General, the Moors were surrounded, but
succeeded in cutting their way through and regaining their
old positions. The Moorish loss was 50 killed and wounded.
On Thursday there was nothing done. On Friday large
reinforcements of Moors arrived, under the command of the
greatest saint of the country, and in importance second
only to the Sultan, the Sherif Sidi-el-Hadj-Abdeslam of
Waxen. And on Saturday the Spanish army withdrew
within the lines of Ceuta, leaving the Serallo and the re-
doubt in the hands of their former occupiers.
" This last movement, if it has really taken place, is, no
doubt, preparatory to a descent upon some other point of
the Moorish territory; possibly in combination with the
' Malaga division, under Ros de Olano; which has been for
some days past in hourly expectation of orders to embark.
There is a very general impression that the Bay of Tetuan
will be the scene of operations. At present, however, all
proceedings must necessarily be suspended ; a strong easterly
gale, accompanied by a heavy sea, opposes an insuperable
obstacle to any landing on the coast.
" Further advices have come to hand which state that on
the 30th ult. the Kabyles of Benimsouar, Beni Orus and
L adra, took to flight at the commencement of the action
on that day; but that the Kabyles of Angera, with 300
Moors from Tangier, sustained the brunt of the whole
Spanish army, and that, after a desperate struggle, they
were likewise compelled to retire before such numerous
forces.

" On the 2d inst. the army of Tetuan, to the number of
10,000, advanced towards the Spanish lines, when a fiercely-
contested battle took place. According to information re-
ceived from a very reliable source, the victory remained un.
decided."

" DEC. 8.

" Arrivals from Mazagan and Saffi state that it was ru-
moured at those places that, owing to the commenement
of hostilities with Spain, a holy war had been proclaimed
throughout the empire, which would soon bring down
to the seaboard towns thousands of armed Moors, to
defend their country and religion against the Spaniards.
Trade with the interior was, in consequence of these
events, in a paralysed state. The populations of these
towns, notwithstanding, are reported to be in a quiet con-
dition, and peaceably inclined towards neutral powers."
From Mogador we have received the following lists of
the contingents furnished by the Moorish tribes in that
part of the empire towards the holy war proclaimed by the
Emperor against Spain :

Cavalry. Infantry.
2,000 9,000

Hoda .

Soos

MOO .... 8;000

Eutorga 6OO ....
El Masa
Ros el Wad

Howara 2,000 .... 3,000

Edow El Toot
.... 700
Ite Baanuan. 3,000 .... 6,000
Ite Zheroa — .... 15,000
Edow Baaky 7,000 .... 9,000
Tazawelt
Luksos
Stuka
0' Zewa
Waduoon or 800 Zhabtino — .... 15 000

Total 44,100 116,700

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING.
The Bohemian has arrived with the mails from
Portland of the 3d inst.

Captain John Brown was executed at Charles-
town on the 2d. Previously to going to the scaffold
he had an interview with several of his fellow-con-
spirators, and accused some of them of treachery.
The evening before the execution Brown bad an
interview with his wife. He died bravely. Nume-
rous sympathy meetings had been held at New
York on the evening of the 2d.
Money was active, and rates very firm at 67 per
cent. on call.
Exchange dull and nominal. •

The latest quotations for Stocks were :—Rock
Tsland Railroad, 651 ; Galena and Chicago, 72 ;
Illinois Central, 56/ ; Panama, 1351 ; Norwich and
Worcester, 41; Reading, 414 ; Erie, 9; ; New York
Central, 81Z ; Hudson, 49; ; Pacific Mail Company,
76; ; Missouri Sixes, 844; Ohio Sixes of 'B6, 110 ;
Tennessee Sixes, 911.

Ashes, pots, 5 dols 12c ; pearls, 5 dole 25c.
Cotton dull; middling uplands at 11c. Flour,
States and Western, 10c lower; superfine
State, 5 Us 15c; extra State, 5 dole 7/0
to 5 dole 45c; round hoop Ohio, 5 dole
55c to 5 dole 65c ; common to good extra
Western, 5 dole 30c to 5 dole 45c ; Southern
steady, mixed to good, 5 dole 60c to 5 dole 45c ;
fancy and extra, 5 dole 70c to 7 dole 25c ; Canada,
5 dohs 40c to 6 dole 40c. Grain Wheat lc to 2c
lower ; Milwauki Club, 1 dol 23/c to 1 dol 24e ;
Western red, 1 dol 28c ; Southern red, 1 dol 35c ;
white, 1 dol 40c ; Canada white, 1 dol 42/c. Corn
firm. Sales, 13,000 bushels New yellow, at 80c
to 87c; old ditto, 93c to 94c; round yellow, old,
93c. Provisions :—Beef steady. Country mess,
5 dole to 5 dole 50c ; prime, 4 dole to 4 dole 50c
repacked Chicago, 2 dole to 10 dole for new;
prime mess, 17 dole to 19 dole ; pork, firm, at 16
dole 25c ; prime, all Dec. to Jan. 15, at 11 dole 50c ;
mess, 16 dole 12c ; prime, 11 dole 37c to 11 dots
50c. Rice quiet and firm. Molasses firm. New
Orleans, 50c to 52c. Spirits of turpentine dull, at
444 c to 45c. Resin, 1 dole to 1 dole 550. Iron
quiet—Scotch pig, 23 dole to 25 dols. Tobacco un-
changed. Kentucky, at 5c to 120.
NEW ORLEANS, DEC. 2.

Cotton sales to-day, 13,000 bales ; market steady,
at 10Ic to Ile for middling. Sales of the week
90,000 bales, receipts of the week, 92,000 bales,
against 70,000 same time last year. Receipts
a-head of last year 138,000 bales. Receipts for
Southern ports ahead of last year 199,000 bales.
Stock in port, 363,000 bales.
Freights—Cotton to Liverpool, W.
Exchange—Sight on New York, 1 premium.
At Port au Prince, on the 18th of November,
coffee was very scarce and high.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Calypso sailed from Quebec f'cr London ; Caroline, for
Galatea; Marquis of Chandos, at Augusta, would winter
at Quebec ; New Empire, from Cardiff, at Mobile ; Roe-
hampton, from London, at New Orleans ; Harvest Queen,
hence, at New York.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY.

A Blank afternoon.

READING STEEPLECHASES.

ENTRIES FOR THE BERKSHIRE OPEN STEEPLECHASES.
About three miles.—Heads or Tails, Huntsman, Tartar,
Corkscrew, Broadway Swell, Tamworth, Lottery, Fanny,
Shylock, Xanthus, Border Chief, Pyrrhus the Second, Un-
protected Female (late Miss Somerville), Physician, Escape,
Brunet* Topsy, Mr. Sykes, Goldsmith, Roscommon,
Omer Pasha, Maria Agnes, Johnny, The Curate, Glautias,
The Premier, Hazard (late Chance), Woe Willie.