The Express. — London, England, 1867-12-07 00:00:00

I I DEC 1667 z/ 7(7 mot rprt4s 7 t*, 'IR' /~ % f t- ~ i' ~. ]. 1: - r - t. .) s' t ` - w. - _. No. 6,6580 RS. MONEY WIGWAM and BONS' (et S MITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. 111 188 B b c kwalmrd. IP** LLVE cd STILUI sad PACKET 8...7 The SIXTY-NINTH ANNUAL SHOW of FAT STOOL, sillrd to AUSTRALIA.—PorMUNOURNEIPort ehlltlpl Dire* Sheep, Pigs, Roots, Berses, and Apicallaral Implements, will be o a rs the Dodo on SATURDAY. the 21st December (collies held at the AGEICULTUEAL-HALL, London, oth , lOth, 11th, at r,yinsetli', th e splendid ship SUSSEX.. 1,000 tons, ltth, sad 13th December . OPENING DAY, MONDAY, 2 p.m. 6 RANT MILLER, L'ooman; lying la the Met ladle Admission FIVE SHILLINGS other days ONE SHILLING. p e ts Gm accommodations for all dames al pameniers are By order, 8. SIDNEY, Secretary. ... re memed, and she still carry an erpertemeed sergeon.—Yor p.m., apply to ALLPORT and MOIGAN. with • MONEY WIGRAM and SONS. T. Leadenhallaireet SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW, AGRICULTURAL-HALL, London. manta DAY, MONDAY, 9th Diembir,l o'clock. Admision TIV2 SHIL LINGS. INMAN LINE.—The LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK, and PHILADELPHIA STRAII.IIIIIP COMPANY hore4 despatching their full powered Clyde-built iron screw oim adpa, carryout the United States Mails, calling at Queens sem, Ireland, on the following day, to take on board o g &w ad's*. and with Liberty to call at as interms=: CITY OF NEW YORK, Saturday, December 7 . CITI OF ANTWERP, Wednesday, December 11. CITY OF LONDON, Wednesday, December IS. CITY 01+ LIMERICK, Saturday, December 21. And every Wednesday sod Saturday. Nen purge by the mail steamers sailing every Wednesday, 1 7. and 21 guineas, according la the accommodation. Forward relncludes a full supply of cooked provislona Passengers made and the United States booked through on admin. 'Ovum terms. —For further particulars apply to W ILLIAM eSAY, Ml iai ater•street, Liverpool ; audio LIVES and MACEY, I ti°4 -street, London. --- MNARD LINE.—BRITISH and NORTH V AILERICAN ROYAL MAIL STRAY SHIPS, apwhted bY p Admiralty to eall between LIVERPOOL and NNW YORK, eJ tetween LIVERPOOL and BOSTON, the Baton ships ellalitax to land and recedes sad malls. Teti:l -rmo or other vessels are appolatod to mail Qom live:pool, *tag at Cork to receive the malls: AFRICA, for BOSTON, Saturday, December 7. SCOTIA, NEW YORK. Saturday, December 14. CUBA. fur BOSTON, Saturday, December 11. horage-memsy, lauluding steward's Ise and welshes, bat ghoul wines or liquors .—To Halifax and Boston, chief calla, . second cabin, LOX To New York, chief cabin, E. 31 ; second ebta. At3.—Apply to J. B. Foord, 62 Old Broad-street, London; Tuna and Mac s vr, Havre, and 12, Pisa de la Bourse, Pare ; and 1. Bum, so, Janudraetreet, Glasgow, and Baltleetreet, Nodes : D. made. Heeled, Quesostowa ; or D. and C. liaeleer, tWaterotreet, Liverpool. PRO FORMA ACCOUNT of EXCHANGE of D.B. 3-1000 N D far 10.40 BOND. am executed by MILDEW, arm, and Cu., American Deakin and Merchants, 30. Lombard greet. Leedom. E Sinn 540 3804 Bend. price Dec • 71 !Sett = 1150 15 0 VOW l u-40 at price same date = LIM 0 6 Gala on the Exchange of $lOO6 Bond = 12 0 10116201965 Bond at ON = 1040 as before = £157 • • £154 2 I °ale on the Exchange of $lOOO Bond a in 1 10 P.S. The exchange as always made at market rake. it THE LONDON," 191, Fleet-street, corner of Chancery-lane, Temple-bar, R.C. YI:c.PERICE SAWYER, Solo Proprietor, and of PIMM'S, 3,4, and 6, Poultry, Sii and 40, Rucklersbury, Cheapaidis LATE PURVEYOR TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE. The London Pinner, 2a. 9d., attendance 3d., for Sandy, the 60 oa. , served from 4 till tl o'clock : MMES. A la Chesterfield. Macaroni. TOISSONS. Turbot I la sauce Hollaii;liass Karl de poulet. stewed Ramp of Beef. lITIIIIII AngaUks (rites. Cotelettep de Moat= A la Jardlni&e. Rout Goose. Podding de l'Ecole. Compote de prunes. Iromsze, The London Dinner, Lhi Ml., attendance 3d., for Monday, the 9:L Inst., served frum 4 till A la Rein.. PvTAGF.S. Au Vermicelle. POISSONS. Anvillles sauce Anglaise'. X!ITRZIS. Vileta de &rut 1 Eperlans trits. Petits PAU.' de Homard. RO?. Sirloin of Beef. ENTILLYZIS. GeV. d'Orange. Beigoets de Tomme. homage, do. The Loodoc Meer, 3. 9d., attendance 3d., this day (Saar. thy , the 7th last., served from 4 till 8 o'clock: raraese. Ds Qieue de &ea ItsLazne. POISSON& Cabilland aux Maitre'. Filets de Barbee fetes. Cotetette, de Vein aui Ens Iterbes. Rissoles de Howard. Gigot de Moutou Wall 1311111 NETS Padding d'Albart.ignets 1 la Victoria homier. tc. Reduced Tariff of Prices. kiser from the joint, including vegetables, bread, cheese, dc., Is 9d. Joint, with soup or Osh, 2s. ad. Fish dinner, Ls. 64. ; attendance, 3d. extra ; and Dinners his Carte are served from I until 9 o'clock. The carte for to-day includes pheasants, partridges, grouse. wedeocks, teal, Folder' plovers, chickens, and every other kind d poultry and game In season. Dinners In private moms, for large or small parties, from 34 Od. to is. per head. The famous London Dinner Is served daily from 4 until 8 o'clock, at 2s. 9d. per head : attendance, 3d. Good dinner hock and claret at is. per bottle, Is. per pint. !terries, ports. champagnes, de., of t h e choicest vintages and Meads at Continental prices. This listablishment Opens on Sundays at 4 o'clock. FRIDRRICK SAW YKR, Solo Proprietor, and of PIMWS, 3,4, and 6. Poultry, 39 and 40, Bucklerelonry, Cheapside. Lin PURVEYOIt TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. LUBLIN ISZHIBI7ION 1861. This celebrated old IRISH WllligY gained the DITBLTII Rill MEDAL —.lt Is per% mild, mellow, delicious, and very wholesome. n..id In bottles, la. Bd. each, a. the retail houses In landon ; by the agents In the principal towns in or whit/sale at S, ( ;reit Windmillatreet, London, W.—Oteeres the led cal, pink label, and cork branded Ilnahares LL Whisky. PARLOW'S PATENT CASK STAND, • new larreetion, so admirably contrived that a full butt, as well m mailer make, may be raised or tilted on ft without labour or trouble. It. action is so Impeipabte that the sediment of the Ik, met tlmyld Auld no porlbl lq can be disturbed. Price 9a lM, to suit 44,, 9, and 18 gallon =dot BARLOW'S SELF-ACTING SYPHON TAP. No vent•pet required. No more tat beer or sour wine. Price M ed.. ditto, electroplated, ft—Apply direct to JAMBS BARLOW, pat e ntee, 14, ILfts Willism-strcet, Mansion-house. Bse that bln na me and address me on every article all others en 'Know Imitation& Mowing gratis. Established 1890. TO HOTEL K EE PERS an d l arge CONSUMERS . lhe Cheapest Moues la Leaded for POULTRY, GAYE, aad all Wads of ' , AIRY YROVITCR. Wiltshire Be .43, by axle or baltdde Good family Cheese 7d. to 7 d. per lb. Use Mature cheese' per lb. Pore. Pon 'fey, and Game are now very eau n V. lad Z. Z. TAYLOR'S, SS, Little Pultenteretreet, square. Established Hall a Osatery. TRANSPARENT CANDLES.—If you only nt something pretty to look at, without minding • Pies smoke and smell, and a Mae bending and running over a berms should happen to be rather warmer than usual, buy any *the vary transparent low quality Paraffins Candle now sold Deily @Terra hip at one Milling per pound ; but if, along with Platy el appearance, you require steady brilliancy of light, and %edam from risk of there little occasional mishaps, tell your desks to supply you with" PUCE'S GOLD MEDAL PALIIITiNk CANDLCI,"which, though charged at • higher price per pound, we really cheaper when the diff e r e n c e o f qua li ty i s taken into amount They are believed to be the very best substitute yet Produced fur mal wax and spermaceti, uow at such au extravagant Prim, and are being introduced in place of them in the West Pad Gabs and elsewhere where excellence of quality is studied as Ufa 24 economy. ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OlL.—Thisel egan t, fragrant, and pellucid oil Is universally In high repute for unprecedented success daring the last sixty years In pro acting the growth, rostoring, and beaung the human halt It prevents hair from falling off or turn , strengthens mak hair, clean*. It from scurf and , and makes it beautifully soft, pliable, and glossy. For children It is espe daily recommended as forming the basis of a beautiful head of lair, while its Intro duction Into the nursery of royalty, and the WO esteem lu which it is universally held, with numerous testa %wish constantly received of its efficacy, afford the best and retest proofs of Its merits. Price la 6d., ia., 10a bl, ' , lust to roar small, and fie rattle.—Bold at 00, Hatton-geden, anis chernista and m —flak for lowlands' Macasaar Oil. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, ! an effectual remedy, without confining the hovels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, Is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, emanned cases of asthma, and Incipient consumption. It be ffaently mom persons whom the faculty pronounce Incurable affmnably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. tffPrtechnis consumption Its effects are truly beneficial. , Persons deyriv,l of sleep or even lying down fur tear of suffoca. Ohm, my depend on reli ef In a few minutes after taking It.— rnpand only and sold by W. LAMBERT chemist, 8, King W4thin-street, tharing.crom, London, and by all druggists, In °KM and three quantities In one, h. Pd. lie particular sae ask for Lunberre Asthmatic BAM. the owe awl address are eograved on the stamp. BILIOUS and Liven Complaint*, lndigertion, Sick Headache, Lois of Appetite, Drowsinees, tikidinees • mum and all Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, are quickly ressored by that 1 1011-1010.011 remedy, FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH. They unite the reconunendation of a mild operation with the ; most successful effect; and where an aperient le required sest be better adapt e d. Sold by all yabilds• vendors, at t ti l i g ha ad. 'sr box or obtained Yana MO Ceolabt ALL WHO SUFFER from INDIGESTION 'Maid um )(mows CAIIOIIIII mut. Sold marywhae. BoWas. la 14. la. ed., sad Us. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW, AGRICOLTIMAL-HALL. TUESDAY, Wednesday, Myra day, and Friday. Admission ONE SHILLING. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. PRIVATE VIEW, JIVE MUMS, MONDAY, lER December. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. Doors open 9 morning, Mom 9 evening. ONE SUILUNG. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.-GRAND DAL IYOPERA, MONDAY, Dec. 16, 1867. Open till Three a.m. ',by permission!. Usual entertainments suspended for this night only. Orchestra of 100 performers. Conductor, 11. RI VIER& Solo Cornet, Mr. Reynolds. Twelve Masters of Ceremonies, under the direction of Mr. Birch 03n dancing to begin at 10. The whole of to and ante-rooms thrown open to too dancers. tickets. 164 : tickets, 100.: balcony tick✓ But," 2s. od. To be had ►t the Alhambra Boa, bra Bars and at all the chief Libraries. Refreshment charges. A few private boxes to be had on application. ROYAL ALHAMBRA pilansigteg bisector, Mr. F. Strange.l Dancers, 00 bistrusentalists, Singers, Acrobats, tares. Latest Telegrams, Saloons, fßippervaomi Sinoking.rooms, Evening Paper: 10 Orchestral Night. Open at Bait-pad Seven, begin at Eight. Si., and od.: Reserved Seats, as Private Bum, Box-ollios open from Eleven to Four. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 218, High llolborn.—The most spacious and brilliantly-decorated EMI Room, and the best Band in.Londoa. OPEN for CONCERT and DANCING EVERY EVENING. Mwdcal Director, Mr. W. M. Packer. Open at hall - past B; dose at it Admissio4 throughout. la BROWN BROTHERS.-PATENT CHAIRS and COUCHES, Barrack Furniture, Trunks, Pertento true, &c., at PRICES CONSIDERABLY REDUCED. 185, PICCADILLY. Catalogues tree. WINTER OVERCOATS. 106, ETRAND, OPPOSITE ILICkTER-HALL Spacial attention is even In this Establishment to WINTER 10ATS, and a Idea stock Is always kept on hand at HAMILTON and EIMPTobPS, TAI.LIJES aad OVERCOAT-MAKERS. TITDECEMBER NUMBER of HANOVER. QUARE la now ready, and to be bad ot Book seller sad llealeeeller In Great Britain and Ireland. Price le riIIHE DECEMBER NUMBER of HANOVER -1- SQUARE contains a new piece for tit* piano, by E. SILAS. THE DECEMBER NUMBER of HANOVER, syvAsz contains • new song by Miss Vflumtie Cianam, THE DECEMBER NUMBER of HANOVER SQUARE contains sow Neve for the piano, by W. Krum THE DECEMBER NUMBER of HANOVER SQUARE contain@ a new song by M. W. Burs RANOVER-SQUARE : The New Magazine of Music. Edited by LINDSAY mom. Prize la Aebdowa and Parry, Hammy square. HANOVER-SQUARE.—An EXTRA CHRIST MAB NUMBER, consisting entirely of Dance Music, will be published on the 14th DECIIIHER. It will contain a new Vales by Signor Ardkl, a new Polkallacorka by Gang% a new set of Quadrilles on French airs by Henry W. Goodban, a now Waltz by ChFrio, s hy, and • new Gaol, by Charles de Me • Linorsopen tsttn g the vast building Prussia; leers. Gentlemen's lekets to vie. the (make, the Alham- reshments at toed ,plication. The I PALACE, will be Thee masers, loll - bats, Intuit:a: Pie- I nan ram's, Lavatories, will , ho wrai Pismo "'very Bight. euitauo &lea, from tl lai the din] LosidOrk: la hdown and Parry, Hanover-square. Just ready, pries &1., by post for seven stamps, RIMMEL'S ALMANAC for 1868, beautifully Illuminated and Perfumed, Illustrating Shakapere's Seven Ame of Man. Sold by all the trade. Blmmd, 96, Strand 128, Regent street ; and Se, Combat, London. THE HOUSILEXPER'S PLACZ. —He ran the gauntlet that must be run on any inch occasion. There were the usual species of profoundly unsympathetic women, and the usual species of much too sympathetic women. There were buccaneering widows who came to seise him, and who griped umbrellas tinder their arms, as if each umbrella were he, I and each griper had got him. There were I towering maiden ladies who had seen better days, and who came armed with clerical testimonials to their theology, as if he were Saint Peter with his keys. There were gentle maiden ladies who came to marry him. There were pro fessional housekeepers, like non-commissioned officers, who put him through his domestic exercise, in stead of submitting themselves to catechism. There were languid invalids to whom salary was not so much an object as the comforts of a private hospital. There were sensitive creatures who burst into tears cm being addressed, and had to be restored with glares of cold water. There were some respondents who came two together, a highly promising one and • wholly unpro mising one ; of whom the promising one answered all questions charmingly, until it would at last appear that she was not a candidate at all, but only the friend of the unpromising one, who had glowered in absolute silence andckens apparent injury llins. .—No Thoroughfare, by Charles Di aad Wilkie Co • EMILRBON AND CARLYLE.— They edited each other's works in their respective countries, and they have I been in some respects justly affiliated, bat the contrasts between them are both striking and instructive. They have common revolutionary spirit, a marked origi nality, an uncompromising aversion to decorous illorions, an excessive disdain of traditional methods of thought and stereotyped modes of expression ; but in Carlyle this is tempered by a greater respect for persons and a venera tion for his own ideal of the past, in which he holds out models for out imitation. Emerson sees in its great men and events only finger-posts for the future, and is per petually warning his readers to stay at home lest they should travel away from themselves. The one, always a careful though sometimes a perverse historian, loves detail ! and hates abstractions ; be delights to dilate on the mi nuthe of biography, and waxes eloquent even upon dates. The other, a brilliant though not always a pro'ound gene raliser, tells us that we must " leave a too aloes end linger ing adherence to fasts, and study the sentiment as it ap peered in hope and not in history." " Everything," he writes, "is beautiful, seen from the point of the intellect, or as truth. But all is sour if seen as experience. Details are melancholy ; the plan is seemly and noble. In the actual world, the painful kingdom of time and plate, dwell ears, and canker, and fear. With thought, with the ideal, is immortal hilarity, the rose of joy. Round it ell that/ibises sing. But grief clings to names and persons, and the partial interests of to-Jay and yesterday." Neither of those writers has the " day light ;" both exaggerate, but in different direction'. The one dwells on the dark side of things, he is like a man bearing a heavy burden, and his heel t seems at times to grow sick with reactionary doubts till the starry firmament itself is a sad sight in his eyes. Ths other is bl own u p o n by the fresh breezes of the New World his vision ranges freely over her clear horizons, and be leer up elastic under her light atmos phere, exclaiming, ' Give me health and a day; and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous." Carlyle is a Germanised Scotsman, living neer the roar of our great metropolis, with memories of Weimar on the one hand, of the bleak grey hills of the Covenanters on the other. Emerson is a Greeized American, studying Swedenborg end the Phiedo in his garden, far enough from the din of cities to enable him, " in seasons of calm weather," to forget their existence. " Boston, London, are as fugitive as any whiff of smoke, so is society, so is the world."—Norte British &rive, December number. MINISTERS GOING GUT. —The outgoing ministers were very grave, very self laudatory, and very courteous. In regard to courtesy, it may be declared that no stranger to the ways of the place could have understood how such soft words could be spoken by Mr. Daubeny, beaten, so quickly after the very sharp words which he had uttered when he only expected to be beateu. He announced to his fellow commoners that his right hon. friend and colleague Lord De Terrier hod thought it right to retire from the Treasury. Lord De Terrier, in constitutional obedience to the vote of the lower house, had resigned, and the Queen bad been graciously pleased to accept Lord de Terrier's resigna tion. Mr. Daubeny could only further inform the house that her Majesty had signified her pleasure that Mr. Mild may should wait upon her to-morrow at 11 o'clock. Mr. Mildmay— so Mr. Denbeney understood—would be with her Majesty to-morrow at that hour. Lord Di Terrier had found it to be his duty to recommend her Majesty to send for Mr. Mildmay. Such was the real import of Mr. Danbeney's speech. That further portion of it in which he explained wish blandest, most benetioent, honey•flowing words that his flirty would have dons everything that the country could require of any party, had the house allowed it to remain on the Treasury benches for a month or two,—and explained also that his pa would never recriminate, would never return evil for evil, would in no wise copy the factions opposition of their adversaries ; that his p arty would now, as it ever bad done, carry itself wi th the meekness of a dove and the wisdom of the serpent,—all this. I say, wee so generally felt by gentlemen on both sides of the house to be " leather and runella," that very little attention was paid to it.— " Phiuw Fins," in St. Pee. Magasuse for Deassabar. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1867. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. (BY 811BRARINII TELEGRAPH COMPAST.) (raom OUR ows coaaaaroarmira) FLORENCE. Die. 6. _ _ _ Signor Lanza has been elected President of the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of 40. His election is regarded as a government victory. (lIIVIZIeB TILXGRAXS.) PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Dsc. 6, Evwza. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies the President read a communication from the ministry announcingthat Count Lippe, the Minister of Justice, had quitted the cabinet, and that Herr Leonhard had been appointed his successor. The Minister of Finance introduced the bill re lating to the arrangements concluded between the Prussian wovernment and the deposed Princes. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Dfc. 6. Prcue of to-day, says that the conference held under all circumstances, wlatizer all. 17, oc but a few of the powers attend, It. iowever, only constitute s species of free con- ion. The conferenoe will meet at Paris, and the diplomatists who will take part therein will be the present ambassadors of the different• States in Paris, who will receive plenipotentiary powers to represent their respective governments at the con ference. The Tageblatt publishes the same news, with the addition that previous to the conference assembling the North German Confederation will have to be recognised by Austria, France, England, and Russia. Madame Miramon, widow of the late Mexican general, has arrived here. AMERICA. The Royal Mail steamship Scotia, from New York on the 27th ultimo, arrived at Queenstown ►t 4.30 p.m. yes- terday (Friday, Dec. 6), with 118 cabin passengers and 168,000 francs in specie. She landed 112 sacks of mails end 10 passengers, and proceeded at 4.45 p.m. for Liver pooL All welL (Per the Scotia, via Queenstown.) NEW YORK, Nov. 27. The House of Representatives has passed a reso- lution calling upon General Grant to furnish the cor respondence with the President relative to the removal o 2 Mr. Stanton. A resolution to inquire into the expediency of an immediate reduction of the army has passed both houses, Resolutions and bills have been introduced into the house, and referred to the appropriate committers, on the folloviin e subjects :—Recommending a general reduction o: internal taxation, the repeal of the cotton tax, the pre vention of any further contraction of the currency or con- version of the currency into bonds be ring interest in gold, providing for the suspension of the Preside - it from office during his impeachment and trial, and declaring the faith of the government pledged to pay the principal of the bonds in gold. General Butler has offered and spoken in favour of a resolution to pay in currency all national debts not form ally specified as being due in gold. No action has been taken on this resolution. The majority—namely, five members--of the Judiciary Committee have presented their report in favour of a e impeachment of Mr. Johnson for high crimes anti misde meanours in having neglected to convene Congress when the rebellion collapsed, in having usurped the powers of Congress by attempting himself to region the rebellious States to the Union, in having established illegal pro visional governments in the South and diverted the public funds for their support, in having levied illegal taxation in the South, in having by proclamations and veto*: ob structed reconstruction and Nought to disparage Congress before the people, in having corruptly interfered with eleotions t in having permitted rebels to hold nsional offices, m having corruptly abused the appointing, re moving, and pardoning powers of the President, and in having authorised the national forces to disperse mein. blages of loyal citizens in Louisiana. Two members of the committee have presented a minority report, censuring the political course of President Johnson, but declaring that his offence* do not juatif7 an impeachment, which, moreover, the evidence obtained could not sustain. The two remaining members of the committee presented another minority report defending the course of Presider: Johnson, and declaring that he had offended Congress by refusing to endorse its partisan and unconstitutional course. The house has postponed the consideration of the subject until the 4th of Dee. The testimony taken by the Impeachment Investigation Committee has been pub lished. General Grant testified that he had endorsed and recommended numerous pardons of Confederate generals by Mr. Johnson, and that he regarded Mr. Johnson's re. construc.ioa measures, after the collapse of the rebellion, as subetantially a continuation of the policy of President Lincoln. Chief Justice Chase and W. Seward testified that Mr. Johnson had always manifested anxiety to have Mr. Davis tried speedily. Mr. Davis appeared at Richmond for trial on Monday last. At the suggestion of the counsel for the prosecution, and with the concurrence of the counsel for the defence, Judge Underwood postponed the trial until the 22nd of next March, in order to enable Mr. Chase o preside. The prisoner was granted leave of absence. The result of the late election in Mississippi is at present doubtfuL It is reported that the convention in South Carolina has been defeated, the requisite majority of re gistered voters not having voted. Mr. Horatio Seymour has announced that he will not accept the presidential nomination. It is reported that regular government oommistioners, accompanied by national troops, have gone to St. Thomas to take formal possession of the islands purchased from Denmark. According to intelligenoe from Havannah, the official return, show that 1,014 lives were lost during the hurri cane at St. Thome. According to intelligence from Hayti, there was a general insurrection against Salnave. The New York journals publish intelligenoe from Canada, stating that the Canadian parliament is in favour of the renewal of the reciprocity treaty of the United States. The New York Times, alluding editorially to the Fenian executions at Manchester, mays : " Their blood has already told upon thousands on both sides of the Atlantic. We believe they have not had a fair trial—a conviction which widely prevails amongst people here who don't sanc tion Fenimiism, or condemn it. A large portion of the liberal party in Great Britain demanded a mitigation of their punishment. The feeling expressed in the matter will be shared by the American people. Looking at the black records of Ireland's wrongs for centuries, we must agree with the English Reform League in avowing sym pathy with and commiseration for those who have been goaded into violence by the aosnmulated crimes of the English government." ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE AT THE ISLAND OF ST. THOMAS. The directors of the Royal West India Mail Company received yesterday morning a telegram from their agent at Havannah, yid the Atlantic Cable, stating that on the 2nd of December there was another earthquake at St. Thomas. The sea rose forty feet. Many lives were lost and property destroyed. The company's steamer La Plata would not leave with the homeward mails till the 2nd instant. QUM/MOWN, Dec. 6.—The National Steam Navization Company's steamship Denmark, from New York, arrived here at 11 a.m. to-day, with 58,000 dollars in specie. She landed passengers and proceeded for Liver pooL CROOKHAVIN, Day. 6, 12.30 P.M.—The Cunard steamer Scotia, from New York, is now poising Browhead signal station, en route for Queenstown. CaLcurra, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.— ALELteueu, Dec. s.—The Pem left at 1 p.m. yesterday, and the Delta at 4.30 p.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 10th, and the latter at Southampton about the 18th inst. Foarialt Orrice, Dec. 6.—The Queen ban been graciously pleased to appoint Edward Thornton, Esq., C. 8., now her Majesty's Euro, Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Portugal, to be her Ma. *sty • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to she United States of tics.—Gazette. DESTRUCTION OF HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE BY FIRE. Another metropolitan theatre last night suc cumbed to that fate to which all theatres are sooner or later by fire. about 15 minutes to o'clock the passengers in the Haymarket, Pall-mall, and Regent-street were startled by an immense body of flames darting oat from the roof of Her Majesty's Theatre, said it at once became apparent that the theatre was on tire. The alarm spread in a moment in all directions and a rush was made for the stage door in the Hay market, when it was found that the hall keeper was in entire ignorance of anything of an unusual occurrence having taken place. In less than ten minutes from the flames being first dis covered the whole body of the theatre was one masa of fire, the roof being in flames from end to end. The wind was blowing strong from the north-east, and the immense body of fire poured forth from the burning theatre like a volcano, emitting a thiok shower of fiery flakes that completely covered the roadways and pavements of the adjacent streets. It was past 11 o'clock before any of the engines arrived at the scene, after which they arrived in quick snooesaion, but the extent of the fire, and the theatre being sur rounded with houses on every side, rendered it a matter of difficulty for the firemen to decide at what point to begin operations. By this time the flames had taken possesaion of the houses on each side of the Opera Arcade, and the houses in Pall mall, opposite the United Service Club, and at these points the firemen, mounting the colon nade in front of the houses, began to pour great bodies of water on to the fire, but for some time, owing to the strength of the wind, with little apparent effect. At this time, half-past 11, the scene was impressively grand, the great height of the theatre causing the flames to be visible at a long distance, and by their light masses of people could be plainly seen, completely blocking up the whole of the appr oaches to the theatre, while every window, house-top, and available spew was also filled with spectators. The whole of the south end of the theatre and arcade was soon a heap of burning ruins, and the efforts of the firemen were directed to save, if possible, the houses in Pall-mall, behind which the theatre stood, and the back portions of which were already on fire. These houses were built on a large scale, and were occu pied by Mews. Ludlow, hatters; Boucher, tobacco nist ; Brooks, wine merchant ; Egg, gunmakers, and Graves, the eminent printseller and engraver. At this establishment the extensive suite of rooms were filled with valuable paintings, many of them full-length portraits, deposited for safety with the proprietor. A body of men were set to work to remove these paintings, and the majority of them were taken in safety to the United Service Club. By this time (1 o'clock) the fire in the *oath portion of the theatre had burnt itself out, and the firemen were enabled to direct the whole of their efforts to the houses in Pall-mall, and by this means the further spread of the tire in that direction was prevented. Soon after one o'clock the wind moderated, and an alarm was given that the flames had taken hold of the northern portion of the theatre, in which are situated the store rooms and other offices. This was found to be the case, and a body of firemen were at once detached to that part of the premises. Before, however, they could bring the hose into play, th e place was one body of fire, and the flames bad caught the back part of the Grand United Hotel, at the corner of St. Alban's-street and the Haymarket. After half an hour's unremitting exertion the flames were stopped in this direction also, but this part of the theatre was also destroyed, and nothing was now left standing of the building but the bare walls and the colonnade in the Haymarket, which was made use of by the firemen to play the hose on to the burning mass. A moat distressing scene took place in the Opera arcade, running at the back of the theatre. The occupants of shops and houses in the Arcade had succeeded in getting their goods and furniture out into the Arcade, but such was the intense heat and the rapidity of the fire, that they were obliged to leave them there and make their own escape, and in a very short time the whole length of the Arcade was one mass of fire, every particle of the goods and furniture being destroyed. Such was the concourse of people assembled that the police available were utterly unable to keep back the crowds, and at 12 o'clock several strong detachments of Foot Guards were marched down from the barracks in the Birdcage-walk, and with fixed bayonets formed a most effective cordon round the burning pile. Fortunately there was no performance in the theatre last night, or there must have been a great sacrifice of life, the audience portion of the theatre being in flames within ten minutes of the fire being discovered. No certain information could be ob tained as to how the fire originated, but it is thought to have arisen in the carpenters' work shops. Nothing whatever was saved from the theatre ; the costly wardrobes, the valuable music, and the orchestral instruments, were all destroyed, and the amount of loss must be very great. By two o'clock the fire was got completely under, and all apprehension of its spreading any further was at an end. In the confusion and excitement which prevailed it was impossible to ascertain any details, or the amount of damage done to the Bur rounding buildings. Several of the engines were worked bya detachment of Life Guards from Albany Barracks. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Her Majesty's Theatre was last night totally destroyed by lire. The precise origin of the cala mity could not be easily gleaned, consequent on the gnat excitement that prevailed, but we were informed that the stage doorkeeper, who sleeps on the premises, was aroused at about 20 minutes to 11 by the smell of fire, and in almost less time than it takes to record the fact the entire centre of the building appeared enveloped in flames, and it was with the utmost difficulty that he succeeded in making his wife aware of the danger that sur rounded them, and so enable her to effect her escape. From the appearance of the fire as first seen it would seem to have commenced at the top part of the theatre, in the car penters' workshops, and it is conjectured that an explosion of gas was the cause, as several of the visitors at Thomas's Hotel, in Charles-street, at the side of the theatre, distinctly heard a loud report just before the flames attracted their attention. No sooner was the report made known than the telegraph wires and special mes sengers were brought into requisition to solicit assistance ; and but a short time elapsed before the whole of the engines belonging to the Metro politan Fire Brigade were present, or on their way to the scene of the conflagration. In the meantime, Superintendent Walker, In spector Silverton, Inspector Brennan, and a large body of the several divisions of police, had arrived to keep off the crowd that had already as sembled ; but such was the conduct of the mob that until the appearance of a numerous detach ment of the Scots Fusilier Guards, under the com mand of Captain Campbell and Lieut. Scott, nothing but disorder prevailed. Sergeant Dallas, who had been superintending the guard at Drury lane Theatre, made his way direct to the fire to render aid, instead of returning to his barracks. It happened that Superintendent Hewett, of the fire brigade, was passing just at the time the flames were first seen ; and his advice was gladly received and acted on before the e ng ines were in attendance. That the fire commenced in the centre of the house seem* certain, and it required sound judgment in direct- DITAMPZD, ld. ing the course in which the firemen were to apply i the hose. The flames assumed a fearful aspect, reaching an immense heiot and illuminating London for miles round. In the Haymarket, Charles-street, and Pall-mall the steam and manual fire engines were being worked most vigorously ; but appeared to produce little effect on the work of devastation, which threatened the entire destruction of the establishment of Madame Epitaux's (cook and con fectioner), and other premises on either aide of the building. At 11 o'clock the fire was at its height, and Mr. Mapleson, who had been telegraphed for, only arrived in time to see the whole of the interior of the building in a huge body of flames. The Marquis of Ormonde and Quartermaster ' Harley, of the lit Life Guards, from Knightsbridge, and a body of men under their command, now reached the scene of action, which was by this time as animated as could well be coLceived. Dense mamas were congregated in every available part, and at the several club houses in Pall-mall and near the Haymarket the windows and balconies were lined with/spectators, and even the equestrian statues at Charing-cross were completely covered with persons attracted thither by the reflec tion of theflamea. Thebodyof LifeGuardsrendered material assistance at the manual engines. At about half-past 11 much excitement was occasioned by its being made known that a large quantity of gunpowder was stored at the extreme end of the building nearest Pall-mall, and on its being made known to the salvage corps immediate steps were taken for its removal, and they succeeded in taking the whole of it away in perfect safety. Not a particle of the building, it is feared, will be saved ; and in addition to the whole of the extensive ward robe, and the valuable musical scores, we were informed that it was impassible to gain access to the treasury, where the books of the theatre were kept, and which it is feared will all be destroyed. At half-past 1 the flames were almost got under, but the engines will continue play until a late hour this morning. Much confusion and alarm was occasioned among the occupiers of the Opera-oolonnade running et the back of the theatre, and much damage must ensue from the removal of goods and the effect of the water. The former theatre was destroyed by fire on the 17th of June, 1787, and the building now destroyed was opened September 22, 1791. Captain Shaw and Captain Hodge, aa well as several of the Metropo litan Volunteer Fire Brigade, were present. A further account says it has for years been the custom to keep experienced firemen night and day on duty in the theatre, and they had atevery half hour to go over the establishment to see that there was no danger from a fire. In order that these necessary precautions should be fully carried out, there were placed in various parts of the house " tell tale ' clocks which indicated whether the different compartments had been visited or not. Last night two firemen were as usual on duty, and they assert that at half-past 10 o'clock they went their rounds, and found all correct. At five minutes before 11 o'clock a person connected with the theatre called out to the firemen, " There is something the matter, I think, on the stage." The fireman came out, and upon looking saw a glimmering light near the back of that part of the building partially obscured by a fiat. Upon getting to the place, they found the flooring of the stage burning with great fury, apparently from the bottom. Under this part of the building are im mense receptacles for the stowage of old scenery, properties. &c., which were of necessity of a highly inflammable character, and the flames seizing them caused the fire to spread with rapidity. Upon the roof of the building was an immense tank of water capable of discharging 30 tons per minute, and there were lengths of leathern hose attached thereto, so that every part of the theatre could be reached in case of a tire taking place ; in fact, the appliances were so perfect that the proprietors imagined that with proper care on the part of the firemen and the water at hand, the establish ment never could present the picture it does at the present moment. The firemen at once turned on the water, and every hose in boxes, pit, galleries, and even Back and Co.'s patent hydrants were charged, and water in abun dance was poured upon that part of the theatre in flames, but ineffectually, for the fire shot forth in sheets, soon caught her Majesty's box, then darted into the others on the grand tier, and across the vast expanse of the building to the other side. The pit at this time had not become ignited ; but the Queen's box fell in, firing first the pit stalls and then the seats be hind. Then a scene that can hardly be described took place, the firemen being surrounded by flames on either side, and the burning embers falling upon them compelling them at last to make a re treat. When the news was communicated to the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, with all possible expedi- tion Captain Shaw, the chief officer of the brigade, arrived with about a dozen engines. There were also several volunteer engines on the spot, and the London Salvage Corps, under the direction of Mr. Superintendent Swanton. Fortunately at this particular part of the thoroughfare run the mains of the New River, the Grand Junction, and the Chelsea companies water works, the whole of which fielded abundant supplies. Hun dreds of tons of water were being scattered upon the flames but with little effect. The flames shot out of the different windows and through the roof, and rose high into the air. Myriads of sparks fell upon the buildings on the opposite side of Pall-mall, but fortunately they escaped ; not so with the houses on the western colonnade of the theatre, for they are for the moat part destroyed ; and the backs oi the shops on the south aide of the building were at the time this re port was written burning furiously, and it is feared that the picture gallery of Mr. Graves, near the corner of Waterloo-place, has been partially if not wholly consumed. By two o'clock this morning the firemen had the gratification of seeing the fire begin to succumb, but still there seemed no probability of the flames being entirely subdued for some hours to come. Some of the valuable music was saved at the com mencement of the fire, and it is stated that a collec tion worth some thousand pounds has been saved by being deposited in one of the fire-proof safes. The theatre was insured in nearly all the principal London and provincial fire offices. An inquiry will be made this day, to ascertain, if possible, how the disaster took place. Another reporter states that Madame Epitaux's restaurant and Thomas's Hotel were not touched. The people at Thomas's say they distinctly heard the noise of an explosion, such as would be caused by gas, and that fact leads them to suppose that the sad calamity was caused by such an explosion. As may naturally be supposed„ no clear informa tion could be ascertained during the excitement which prevailed. Another reporter writes . . Her Majesty's Theatre is now a mem of ruins. Be tween eleven and twelve o'clock last night the build ing was disoovered to be on tire. The glare of the con flagration illuminated the greater part of the metropolis, and in a abort time thousands of persons assembled in Pall mall and the Haymarket, and what with the an ful appear ance of the fire, the crackling of timber, the noise of fire. engines, and the hubbub of the surging crowd, the scene was one long to be remembered. The pile of buildings in which the theatre was situ ate seemed to be completely at the mercy of the flames, and the only circumstances which caused the awe-stricken bystanders to refrain from believing that the ravages of the devouring element would extend up Pall-mall on either side, was that the wind was northerly, and that therefore the consequences would be less terrible than they otherwise might have been. Still the Are raged with tremendous effect, and the united effort& of the ere men seemed for a time ineffectual. The flames showed themselves in unabated fury, and defied the streams of water which were being poured from the hose of the va. (TWOPENCE rious engines, which were brought into requiation at vs. rious parts of the building, and in one or two instances with imminent lad to the firemen, who raised them to the top of the pile by means of ropes. Eventually the fire began to give way, and at one o'dosk this morning it had been pretty well mastered. The theatre was then activists:, gutted, and nothing but its four walla remained. The shops in the colonnade shared in the destruction. The fire is stated to have originated in an explosion of gas in the interior of the building. Happily there was no performance last night, otherwise the consequences might have been at. tended with peat loss of life. THE MED] (nom ous owir MALTA, Nov. 30. The Italian screw steam iron-clad frigate Iles sins, 14, Captain Count C. Caselli, arrived here yesterday morning from Messina, and on casting anchor ahe saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral Lord C. Paget, and the fortress —which compliments were returned by the Caledonia, flag-ship, and the saluting battery. The Messina has come into this port for the purpose of effecting repairs in her Majesty's dockyard at this island, and two other Itanin mend•war are expected here in the course of • few days for the same object. Mae ilsjaiefe steam Moreehip Emir Ellff-Ctlierfuer der Bawden, took her departure from Malta yesterday at noon for Gibraltar and England, having on board a quan tity of condemned stores. The screw steam transport No. 17, Bolivar, one of the menial engaged for the Abyssinian expedition, arrived in Malta yesterday from Alexandria, where she landed the males she had embarked in Spain for the expedition. She leaves Yalta to-day for Gibraltar for the transport of mules. Besides the departure of the Supply for England, no other movement has taken place amongst her Majesty'. ships in this port The English men-of-war at present lying in the great harbour are the Caledonia, iron -clad, flagship of the commander-in•chief ; the Ilndymion, 21 ; Enterprise, 5, iron-clad sloop; Racer, 11 ; Wizard, 2; and the despatch vessel, Psyche. WHITEHALL, Dee. 6.—The Queen has been pleated to appoint William Percival Elgee, Esq., to be one of the Inay . iectors under the "Act to render more effectual the police in counties sod boroughs in England and Wales," in the room of Lieutenant-Colonel John Woodford, de oresed.—Gazette. SALE OP VALUABLE DRAWINGS AND PIM:TRIM— The remaining portion of the valuable collection of water. colour drawings and modern oil paintings, the property of Messrs. Lloyd Brothers, was disposed of yesterday and the preceding day, by auction, on the premises in Grace church-street, City, by Messrs. Southgate and Co. The following were the more important examples:—Pictures in oil : (Craig) " Happy Moments," the most suocessful work of this esteemed artist ; and " The Wood Ga therers"-150 guineas. (T. Sidney Cooper, 8.A.) „ Where the Nibbling Flocks do stray," an important and highly finished work-160 guineas. (& 0. Barnes) " The Mush room Seller," a fine and powerful work ; and " Feeding the Cattle "-115 guineas. (Sir David Wilkie, R.A.) "Henry Warden brought before Father Lustiee for preaching the Protestant Faith ." an interesting auto grrph letter from Sir David Wilkie, accompanying the picture as a gift to his friend Mr. Seiuier, the keeper of the National Gallery, on the back-70 guineas. (H. Kea koek) Three charming examples—" Calm Water, View on the Minitel ;" ditto near Dcedreeht ; and " Rough Water, View on the i t. near Amsterdam "-180 guineas. Water-colour Drawings : (T. Sidney Cooper, R.A.) " Cows and Sheep," the beautiful engraved drawings-185 guineas. (David Cox) "The Old Mill," very fine-80 guineas. (William Hunt) "An Urchin in • Brown Study," • werk of the very highest quality--160 guineas. (T. & Cooper, R.A.) "Sheep on • Hill- s ide,. • magnificent drawing-175 guineas. (George Smith) "A Windy Day on the Thames , " a charming work-115 rause. The two days' sale exceeded 5,2501. SHOCKING CASE OP STARVATION AND DEATH.— On Thursday night an inquest was held in Devon's-road, Bromley, on the hod of Guava Henry Pritchard, aged 43 years. The deceased was formerly in a good pos ition, but through losses became reduced to a dreadful state of desti cation. The family, including five children, had often been without food,and at beat had only a aunty •llowance of bread. On Sunday morning deceased fell forward on his face on the floor, and the other members of the family were so far gone inklarvation that he remained unnoticed antilblooday morning, when he was found to be deed. A Mr. H. Ellis said he visited the place on Monday morning, and saw the deceased lying on his face on the door. Four little chil dren were also lying on the floor, they were aged 13, 11, 7, and 6 years respectively, and there was a baby of 13 months. There was • bundle in the middle of the floor, and he was going to step on it to reach the deceased, when the boy said, " That's my mother." She was the mast de plorable object be had ever seen. She was all but dead. The husband was dead and cold. There was neither fire, nor food, nor furniture in the house. Dr. H. V. Garman said he found the man dead and stilt The mother was nearly dead. Deceased had died front inflammation of the lungs consequent on the want of the necessaries of life. If Mr. EIIL had not acted with the promptitude he did, the wife would not have lived an hour. She was still so ill that she could not be told of the death of her hus band. A little girl, it was stated, was now delirious, and in her delirium she spoke of nothing but her preview; misery. It was pitiful to hear her cry, "It is the hut bit of bread ; keep it for the baby." The jury returned a verdict of " Death from pleura-pneumonia, accelerated by want of food and necessary clothing." THE PROPOSED FENIAN DEMONSTRATION IN DOBLIN.—The programme of the funeral procession in Dublin (we learn by telegraph from our correspondent) will be marshalled by two hundred men, eight abreast, followed by the youth of Dublin, a band, hearse s the ladies, and the general procession. John Martin will deliver an oration at a grave purchased in Glasnerin Cemetery, over which it is intended to erect • memorial cross. _ _ THE LATE SEIZURE OF REVOLVERS AT MAN CHE/STElL—Yesterday morning Wm. Pherson Thompson and William Hogan were brought before Messrs. St. J. B. Joule, Kennedy, and Callender, at the police court, Man chester, charged with having purchased revolvers used in the late attack on a prison van in Hyde-rued, when two Fenian prisoners were rescued, and Polico-Sergeant Brett I was murdered, and with being concerned in that attack. The prisoner Thompson was remanded from last Saturday, having been arrested at the London-road 'Cation of the London and North Western Railway on the previous evening with 45 new revolvers in his possession. The prisoner William Hogan, who is secretary of the Birmingham branch of the St. Patrick Assurance Society, was apprehended at Birmingham. and charged with having purchased pistols for use in the attack on the van. The two prisoners were seen together at Birmingham, and purchased the pistols in concert from Mr. Hill, gun manufacturer, St. Mary'arow. He was remanded to Manchester, and charged jointly with Thomp son. There is another prisoner under arrest at Binning. ham on the same charge, hut the case Is not completed yet against him. The prisomrs were put into the dock, and Thompson gave a look of recognition and surprise at see ing Hogan in the dock. Mr. Rogers, of Manchester, de fended the prisoners. The prisoners were remanded to Wednesday next. FATAL TRAPEZE ACCIDENT.—Last evening on in quest was held at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, by Mr. W. J. Payne, deputy-oorone•, relative to the death of Philip Milton, aged 25 years. The deceased was a carpenter living at 4.5. Murray-street, Huston, and be erected a trapeze in the back yard for himself and another to practise on. While sw'nging one day with his feet through two iron rings and his bead banging downwards he slipped, and fell heavily to the ground. His spine was broken, and he WAS taken to the hospi•al, where he lingered for several days. He died on Tuesday lact. It apperred that the de ceased had only practised gymnastics for a month, and the maneruvre which cost him his life was the first of the kind which be tried, although it is generally the list which people are permitted to attempt at regular gymnasiums. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." Tag HEIR APPARENT.—In a new treatise on the S'atutes of Limitations attention is drawn to an set with which we should imagine that the subjects of the realm are not universally acquainted :—" By 35 Geo. 111. e. 123. it is provided that where an heir apparent to the throne has a separate establishment, any person having or claiming any debt or demand against him, must deliver the midi enders of it to the proper office, within ten days after the expiration of the quarter in which the debt or d. inand was incurred, or that in default any such debt or demand shall be barred both at law and in equity, and every security given in consideration thereof shall be void, and that when such particulars have been properly delivered, the creditor may sue and prosecute in the manner therein provided for such debt or demand within three calendar months after delivery of such particulars ' but not afterwards." It is unnecessary to inquire into the historical circumstances which called this statute into being, but its existence in the present day may fairly be deemed an snomaly.—Lam Journal. Hint MAJ saw's Tissams. —Read the " Dispatch" of to-morrow for the best and mod lotensting account of the destruction of her Majesty's Theatre.—Odite, fleet-street. — (Advertisement - ••••••••01