The Express. — London, England, 1861-01-05 00:00:00

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L. rra persons in this country can read the piclorecnts delivered by Chief Justice Rom ssoN and his colleagues in the Court of Queen's Douala of Canada in the case of JOHN A.oea /nn, a fugitive slave from 3liseoun, without •dsef. emotion. Since the memorable day when Point :Witoirietii, as Chief Justiciary of the ! se•lte, declared that by the law of England nu man •could, directly or indirectly, be recognised as holding property in man, it has never been attempted (or at least never successfully) to torture the terms of treaties or pervert the forms of law into a covert r constructive sanction of slavery. The criminal laws of Canada are confessedly in all essential teatures identical with those of the mother country ; and the forms of procedure, from the commitment by a magistrate to the highest appeal in error, have been carefuUy adopted, with every modern amendment and revision, from the model system which prevails amongst us. When, there fore, we are told that two Supreme Judges out of three sitting io &i.e. have decided that, under certain circuuu'tancee, an escaped bondman from an American State can be followed into British ter ritory and reclaimed therein, in order to be brought back to the place whence ho came, we are moved to inquire narrowly and jealously what the exceptional circumstances can have been to warrant so startling • departure from what we have been used to regard as • fundamental prin ciple of our national polity. If the decision come to by the Court of Queen's Bench at Toronto be good in law, there is no reason why 'refugees from the Southern States of the Union should not, wider certain circumstances, be seized and impri soned in the County of Middlesex as well as in the County of Brant ; and if, on the contrary, the judgment of Mr. Justice WLEsx be finally up held, there is no more reason why men of the coloured race should tremble for their safety on the shores of Lake Superior, than they need do on the beaks of the Thames. The Ashburton Treaty, under which the rendition of persons ac cused of certain violations of law were agreed to be reciprocally given up, was an international compact ; and, even though it could be shown that some of its provisions had special refer ence to the contiguity of the British Colonies of North America with the territories of the great Confederation which possess so large a portion of that Continent, the public spirit of this country would never descend to special pleading concerning its imperial obligations, to evade the moral responsibility that must attach in the face of the world to any wavering or backsliding on the subject of personal freedom, no matter what the locality ivay be. The days of geographical distinctions of morality are passed and gone for us ; and we dare not trifle with our national reputation by tolerating • suggestion of their revival. which What, then, are the special have induced two of the Ql' /Wen Judges in Canada to refuse under a writ of habau corp.,. to liberate a man who for seven years has lived peaceably and loyally on the fruits of his own industry in the province of Canada! JOIIN ANDES:WM stauds charged with having, in the year 1153, stabbed with intent to kill, StYL&A Drone% a planter of Missouri, in consequence of which the latter came by his death. It is not averred or insinuated that there had been any previous ill-will between the two ; on the contrary, it is admitted that Dikait. was a stranger to the unhappy prisoner ; and his son, then a boy of eight years old, who wee present on the occasion, having never seen ANDERSON be fore, is unable now to identify him. Diuovt, having casually encountered Ae utaane, who asked him his way to a neighbouring farm, was led to suspect that he meant to run away. Acting on that suspicion, he sought, with the help of four negro servants, to seize him, in order to send him back to his so called owner. ANDERAOR Bed ; but, being hotly pursued, he drew a knife, and in de fence of the freedom he was resolved to assert he so wounded his world-be captor that he died. Why had be sought to sty / It is the old fearful story of cruelty and wrong, and of the violation of every law human and divine, for the sake of slave owning gain. dime ANoss....m was born on the property of a planter named Scirroy, and brought up by him. He is described as having but little trace of negro descent in appearance, and we are led to infer that he was a useful if not valued dependent. At the age of thirty he was sold to a person named M 'Doealn, who lived thirty miles distant, while his wife remained the slave of a neighbour of his former master. In obedience to the laws of Goo, but regardless of the laws of man, the husband end wife loved each other, and wished, were it only occasionally, to be allowed to meet ; but it could not be. Amu: Leer after soiiie time made up his mind to dy, and his devoted wife prepared, not to accom pany him, for that would have been impossible, but to do likewise, trusting that Heaven in its merry would enable them to meet again in a land where their taakmastons, they were told, could separate them no more. The courageous woman with her only child effected her escape in safety, and was eventually joined by her husband, who, unluckily, on his way had encountered SEM', Duman, and in righteous self-defence had slain him. After • lapse of seven years, British authorities were called upon to deliver up this man, to be burnt alive or 'otherwise tortured to death for doing what the weakest and meanest of them would be ashamed not to say that be would do under similar circumstances. Can this be right "in this be law' I:an any treaty, statute, or terPretatiou justify the riders of an English pro visos in becoming accessories in the horrible death of this innocent and true-hearted man ? We can not believe it. The thing is too loathsome and revolting to be credited ; and, come what may, so greet • crime and outrage mnst not be. The stipulation which is pleaded by the pursuers of ANDIERS.PN as entitling them to have him delivered up to them, is one which, verbiage omitted, provides that persons charged with the perpetration of certain universally acknowledged crimes, such as murder, deadly assault, piracy, arson, forgery, ke., shall be mutually surrendered, if the evidence produceable against them be such as would Calla: then' to be put upon their trial in the country whither they have escaped. No evidence has been set up against the prisoner in question of malice afeeethought, or of his having struck at his pursuer mare at the lad resort and when ho stood at bay. Mr. Justice M`LeAx conclusively applies this test of the justifiability of what he then did— Suppose Diann had been pursued on British territory, and that he had there met with his death from the heed of the refugee, would the latter have been indicted for any offence known to our law ? And if not, how can we deliver up a men as a niurderer for doing that in one place which we should honour him for doh% in another! The common-sense interpretation of the Ashburton Treaty e., that we should do by .tniericruis when aggrieved all, but no more, than they may be called upon to do for us. For fear of acci dent or misconstruction, the crimes contem plated by the framers of the Treaty are eminse rated, all of them crimes against public morality and individual well - being, as recognised by every civilized country in the world. There is not a word about special offences or about matters regarded indifferent lights by different communities. It is simply and strictly a reciprocity treaty as far as the ends of criminal justice are concerned; and no speciality in the municipal laws of either coun try can fitly or fairly be made a pretence by either for exacting services from the other which in the nature of things could never be repaid in kind. When Austria called upon our Government in 1853 to give up M. KIMLII:TH and others, or to prosecute them here, she did not do so on the ground that they were political refugees, but upon the pleathat, placed in peculiar circu nistanees to which there was no parallel amongst us, they had com mitted acts which brought then, withinthe category of offenders against the laws of life and property. Why did our Government refuse her demand, and upon what ground ? Specifically because no evi dence was produceable which would incri minate the accused in the eyes of a British Judge or a British Jury. We should give up a murderer who had taken life for private plunder or personal revenge, as we should expect the Govern ment of Austria to do on our demand ; but we would not be entrapped by the mere misuse of a phrase into complicity with her vengeance upon those who had harmed none save in the effort to break loose from her oppression. The same vital principle lies at the core of both cases ; and we hardly know whether the name and fame of England would be most dishonoured by our becoming participators in American or in Austrian injustice. As arrangement which has been for some time talked of appears to be ripe for execution. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, in an address to the electors of the county of Wilts, announces his approaching elevation to the peerage, and resigns his seat in the House of Commons. The right hon. gentle man assigns a sufficient reason for withdrawing from a scene in which he has acquired distinction, when he states that his strength is not equal to the heavy duties of the lower house, and we need not inquire further. We are happy, however, to know that the right hon. member re tires in excellent health. Through the favour of tho electors of South Wilts, Mr. SIDNEY HLRBERT is kind enough to say, he has represented that constituency for twenty-eight years, and through the favour of the Crown be is about to become a Peer. There is some reality in the right hon. gen tleman's obligation to the Crown : by the act of the QUERN he is called to the House of Lords • little before the time when he would in the course of nature succeed his half-brother the Earl of Pnesanxt, now seventy years of age. But his acknowledgments to the electors of Wilts are of pure grace. He owes them nothing. It is true, as he says, that they returned him young, and that although he has often not truly represented them his seat has never been in danger. That he should now be willing to give the electors the credit of the freedom he has enjoyed is most con descending. It is to the infinite credit of Mr. SIDNEY IiZILBERT that in a position secured to him by our aristocratic constitution—for his seat for South Wilts was as much his by birth as the rever sion of the peerage—he .should have devoted himself with unmeasured ze al to the public service. The public will went heartily to the claim he makes when he says :—" I have never made • " toy or • pastime of my position, but have la " boured constantly, assiduously, and to the utmost " of my ability so to discharge its duties as best to " ensure what appeared to me to be the public " good." The system which gives men like Lord ROBERT MONTAOI7 to DOT House of Commons owes us a great many SIDNEY Hstaseses as com pensation, and it will be interesting to watch the measures taken in South Wilts for providing • successor to the retiring saamber. THE tXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1861. REPRZSENTATION Or SOUTH WILTS. Yesterday a candidate for the representation of Southlta, in the roma of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, in the person of Thomas Fraser (trove, Eaq., of 7er P an d loure, Wilts. Mr. Grove is • magirtrate for the county, and a deputr.lieutertnt, and it is route than pro table t hat be will obtain the support of the House of rem. broke. No candid•te ha. yet bees spoken of in the cos servative interest, the thakulty being to find a fitting man with *Raciest Inikiesoe to obtain eves a chance of the Incest stet Is his adders Mr. Grove say. •• As • red dest landowner in this division of the county, when my family has been so long settled, 1 conceive that I shall be in • Pnwitos. should I he so fortunate a. to be elected your is presentative, to act its furtherance of the local and nasal intonate of the community. A sincere amerabsr of the church of Empanel, I sin desirous of securing . perfect liberty of eonecience to the member, of every religious persuaros. Although I do not sympathise with the ultra-Wry party, I am, nevertheless, far removed from the so-called Manchester School, whose doctrines I consider both delusive and dap. genius. I amprepared to give a 'etersl and independent support to Lord Palmerston's government, believing a. I to that it repressor the views of the majority of the thinking public, and has deserved well of the country. It will be pnilably out of my power personally to canvass every voter in so large • constituency, hot I shall endeavour to wait as Mini as possible, and thus give the electors an opportunity of learning more fully my political sentiments. Should you phial, me in the honourable poaition of your representative, it will be my object, by • faithful attention to the hi:Alper of the country, to merit your permanent confidence, and thus prove that on this occasion it has not been mispl aced." VW Wourt. OSI3OHNS, JAS. 4. Prince Leorold of Hohenzollern arrived at Southampton yeitcrilty front Lisbon, aid earn. to Osborne on ;.‘ visit to tier Majesty in the royal yacht Fairy, which was sent to Southampton to fetch tie Prince. no Prince's suite manta of Baron de Mayenisch and Count de Rantzan. His Serene flightoNS will leave to-day for Dover, on his return to Germany. Despatehe. were sent from the Colonial-office yesterday to the Lord High Commissioner of tb• lonian Is The Canada. Club entertained the Governor ;mend of Canada, onWedneeday last, at the Albion Tavern. A munerima and distinguished party amembled to meet his excellency. A telegram frmn Dublin says :—" Mr. Brewster, attnrory.general under Lord Aberdeen's government, acci dentally shot off his arm while on a visit at Mr. Bernal Osborne's, near l'lneoreL" Lord Broughe.na has passed through Pati N rout , for his seat Cannea, where his lordship intends re maining until pat before the meeting of parliament. The Dochem de Malakoff has accompaniell the Marshal her husband to Algiers. We (TiharA) have mu c h pleasure in annoeuring that Lard lobe Rummell has offered the yew appointment of Seerete.ry of Legation Japan to Mr. Oliphant, who accompanied Lon! Elgin in his nest visit to Jedda, and that Mr. t slipbaut ha. accepted the post. Mr. Oliphant iv well know° to the puLlic as the author of " A History of Lord Mission to China," as well RA several other Tales of Travel I. almost every part of the world. The Committee of the Pipit-office Library and Litcrary Ac-oriation have (as we have already announced), with the approval of the Postmaster-General, made arrange. ments for the delivery of a course of lectures to the mem bers and their friends, between the commencement of January sad the end of May next. Most of these lectures will be given by gentlemen of eminence in the literary world, and the proceeds arising from them are to be devoted to objects of the smociation. lust night the first lecture of the rellElo was delivered by Mr. Anthony TroMope, the novelist, in the " Returned Letter-room " of the General Poet-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, to • very ntunemus audience, composed chiefly of those employed in that ex tensive department of the government service. The Friday Evening Lectures of the Royal luxti tation for the *melon before Enter next comprise course*, by Prof. Tyndall, "On the Action of Goma and Vapours upon Radiant Heat ;" by Dr. D. C. Weibel), "On the Ica. lure of the Urp•Sea Bed, and the Preemie, of Animal Life at Vag Depth+ in the (keen ;" by H. F. Charley. Eat, "On English l'oetry in reference to Music:" by Dr. E. Frankland, •'On some Phenomena attending Combustion in Rarefied Air ;" by Prof. H. D. Roger.. "On the Origin of the Parallel P.oada of Glen Roy ;" and Lectures by Prof,. Faraday and Huxley, of which the subjects are not yet de• termined. Mews. Hurst and Blackett, it is Paid, are about to start a new shilling monthly magazine, to be edited by Miss Muloch. " The great teak of editing and printing the materials of English History—undertaken by Sir John Hominy," says the Athemerms, " goes on famously. At the end of the year we count no lees than twenty separate works, twentydive volumes, of more or leas value, and all originul—adding thousands of new c:etails to oar knowledge of the historical life of our ancestors. The new year promises to be not less rich than the past." During the coming season of his concerts, Dr. Wylde 11111:1011.11.X. , , as a feature, the " Antigooe" muaio of Maatdelaaohn. Among other opera rumours, it is said that Mrt Smith intend■ to produce " trn Hallo in Mischa's," Signor Venb's Lot opera, at her Majesty's Theatre ; and that Mdlle. Tietjens and Signor Giuglini may possibly sing at the Coveut-Garden Opera —G luck's "Amide," we (Athena um) understand from Paris, is about to be produced at the Theatre Lyrique for Madame Viardot in the course of the Wing. _ _ - The Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, which commences its sittings on the 18th inst., has Is 7 uses set down for hearing. The hearing of the All Souls' College case re lating to the election to Fellowships will be heard before the Archbishop of Canterbury, the visitor, with Lord Wensleydale and Dr. Travers Twin, Q.C., as hia assessors, on Tuesday, the Bth inst., at 11 a.m., at Lambeth Palace. The counsel engaged are the Attorney-General and Mr. Coleridge, for the petitioners ; and Mr. &Till, Q.C., Mr. Kailas, and Mr. Granville Somerset, for the college. The contractors for the uew bronze coinage are Messrs. Boohoo and Watt, of the Soho Mint, at Birming ham, where the work is carried on. The total quantity to be made by them in the course of the next two years and a half is stated to amount to 1,800 tons—a speed which involves the striking of 400,000 pieces per day on an average during the whole time. Laid evening, there wae a grand volunteer ball in Leeds. Nearly 800 ladies end gentlemen were pre. sent. The general attendance included the Mayor of Loads, and numerous oMoers and members of the ride sod artillery corP. A mounter entertainment wrni given at Crewe yes teaday by the directors of the London and North Western Had - way Company to their workmen, on the occasidn of the comple tion of a new workshop. About 3,000 persons sat down to tea in the workshops, which were splendidly decorated for the occasion, and the tea was nude in two gigantic and original kettles, two locomotive engines being employed for the purpose of making the " Chinese brew." Several of the directors were present, and the evening appeared to be spent in the most pleasant manner. The Naturday Reviet , - of to-day contains en account of an moat of Snowdon oo the 28th alt., by three gentlemen and a guide :-- • • " At our left was the noble sweep of the snow-caruice, like the stiffened foam of a vast billow which had shivered itself upon the rocky edge. The huts at the top were all encased in ice, sad from their chimney. and projections the snow was drawn like a kind of plumage by the wind. The crystals bad set themselves so as to present the exact ap pearance of feathers, and in some oases these were stack against a common axis, so as accn• rattly to resemble the plumes in soldiers' cape. It was 3 o'clock when we gained the top. Above sad behind us the heavens were the demist grey ; towards the western horizon this was broken by belts of fiery red, which brightened to mange and yellow as the region where the sunbeams escaped from the cloud barrier was approached. Beyond this point, the entire mountains of Flintahire were flooded with glory —the sun shooting through the gape in the range and enabling us to track the course of his coloured beams through the air to the places on which their radiance fell. Hardly on Mont Blanc—hardly on Mont Roes—hardly on the Gorner.grat—hardly even on the Mer de Glace in winter —had we seen anything to excel in beauty this scene from t►e top of Snowdon." The Paris correspondent of the Tinges writes : " Swarms of political agents, volunteer or official, have bees off and on in Paris from various parte of Northern, Central, and Southern Italy for some time put. Several have had audience of the Emperor, but to all, I bear, he has held pretty nearly the same language—namely, bin decided preference of a confederation of states to a united kingdom in Italy. The plan which Le would propose—on the seine authority—is that Austria should be persuaded to give up Venetia ; that Victor Emmanuel be named King of Piedmont, Lombardy, Venetia, Parma, and Modena ; the King of the Two Birdies to be restored, as also the Grand Duke of Tuscany ; the Pope to hold the Patrimony of St. Peter, and to govern the Legations. the Marshes, and Umbria by a (hand Vicar. The plan is pretty much the same as the old one." We read in a letter from Rome, dated Cheintmas day :—"This morning in the basilica of St. Peter's the usual high man was celebrated, the Pope officiating. The ceremony acquired unusual interest from the belief which many entertain that this is the last Christmas-day that will thus be celebrated in St. Peter's by a sovereign pontiff. Nam over, the Pope was carried out of the church in his portable throne, according to custom, preceded by the car dinals, bishops, and all his court, Lie triple crown on his head, before him the two great fans of ostrich feathers, set with the eyes of peacocks' feathers, symbolical of the vie lance required of his holiness and also of the supposed fact that the eyes of all men are fixed upon him. Hardly ever more than at the present moment did the iymbol indicate the truth, especially as regards the vigilance neeemary is his present most difficult position. For the first time on as occasion of this kind, the Papal Zouves (Fnneo•liel• friend were oe duty among the troops forming the double line through which the Pope was carried." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. RUIMRAN ADVICRB FROM CRIN‘i. :ST. PETERSBURG, J)!C. 18. Acoordin% to official despatches from Pekin, the Russian Ambassador at that court, General Igna tieff, greatly assisted the allied diplomatists in acting as mediator between them and the Chinese govern went. It appears that tho Emperor, before his flight to Mandechuria, had published a proclama tion, in which he swore to punish the barbarians ' for their insolence, and offered a reward of 50 lan (2 roubles 30 copecks) for the head of every " black I barbarian," meaning the French, and 100 lan for each " white barbarian," meaning the British. Previous to the entry of the allies into Pekin, General Ignatieff, with an escort of fourteen Comacks, repaired to the hotel of the Russian Embassy, where the Chinese heads of departments waited on him, imploring hint by their friendship with Russia of two hun dred years' standing to save the city from destruc tion, and to undertake to be their mediator. To this the general acceded, after first stipulating the concession of all the demands made by Russia, which were immediately granted. He then de manded, as a preliminary step, that the Chinese should at once return the rest of the prisoners taken when under the protection of a flag of truce, explaining to them the indignity of the act, which was a violation of all the principles of international law, and would mill forth the revenge of all Europe, as well as of Russia, in spite of their two hundred years of peace and good understanding, and that the only thing left for the Chinese to do was to accept the conditions imposed by France and Eng land. This advice was followed out ; the prisoners that were still alive were delivered up, as well as the bodies of those who had succumbed to the barbarous tortures inflicted on them by their captors, after which the treaty of peace was signed and ratified. After the ceremony was concluded, General Iguatieff entertained the allied ambassadors and a large number of their officers to dinner. During the banquet a courier arrived from Irkutzak, with despatches from Count Murawieff-Amoorsky, the Governor-General of East Siberia, which made a great sensation, especially when it transpired that the courier had ridden all the way through the besot of Mon;olia in leas than fourteen days. ITALY. The Espem of Turin states that King Victor Enimanuel,at the grand reception of the constituted bodies, of the state on New Year's-day, said : I am extremely happy to find myself again in the midst of my .old subjects. The progress of political events—espy cipally u regards Italy—is matiefactory ; but the greatest prudence and coorord are necessary in order to enable us to triumph over the obstacles which are still in our way. For this purpose, it is of the utmost importance that we should maintain the best usderstanding with oar real allies. The Currier, Merconfit, of Genoa publishes the following adhesion of the Bishop of Venoms. (iu the province of Basilicata, Naples) to the government of King Victor Emmanuel : I, Anthony Michael Vaglio, Bishop of Venous, in Basili cata, do hereby promise and swear not to take part in any conspiracy, plot, or sedition spinet the present government of King Victor Emmanuel, and also to yield him obedience and submission in all things not contrary to the laws of God and the Church. Given at Spinauott, in the diocese of Venoas, on the 29th of December, 1860. A. M. VAGLIO, Bishor of Venosa. A Naples letter, in the Sill*, Bap : Accounts from Caprers state that General Turr met, in that island, General Ifieroslawski and twelve superior officers of volunteers, and it appears that on that occasion important resolutions were come to. No mention is made of their nature, but an idea may be formed front a letter sent by Garibaldi to the son of the illustrious Mania. This young man bag had both his wounds break out afresh. Garibaldi, who addressee him as his dear son, tells him not to be guilty of any imprudence, but to get cured as quickly as poicible, sad to hold himself in readiness for the Lit of February. Everything here is also for war, both government and private individuals. The lieutenancy has just had posted up on the walls of Naples the proclamation in which Garibaldi said that, on the let of March next, Victor Emmanuel must find himself at the head of 500,000 soldiers. ROME, Jur. 1. This being New Year's-day, the Pope received the French officers. General Goyon, following orders from Ma govern went, made no political allusions in his speech on the occasion. His Holiness expressed his approval of the expe ditions to Syria and China. His Holiness also said that in defending Gaeta the French fleet serves a just and holy cause. The Pope avoided making any other political allusion, and said nothing con cerning the Emperor Napoleon. TURIN, SATURDAY. The Opinion says :—" Prince Carignan and M. Nigra will probably leave for Naples on Tuesday next." The same paper publishes a telegram from Pa lermo, stating that the Lieutenancy Council had tendered its resignation. THE SIEGE OF GAETA. BEItlaN, FRIDAY. A telegram has been received here from Naples, dated Jan. 3, according to which negotiations had been opened between the Sardinian government and King Francis 11. for the conclusion of an armistice of longer duration. BERNE, SATLIWAT. The reply of the Federal Council to Count Cavour's note of the 20th November last will be despatched to Turin to-clay. The Federal Council maintains the sequestration of the property in the Canton Ticino, the revenues of which belong to the bishopric of Como, and expresses the hope that the supervision of that property by the Federal Council may be considered as offering sufficient guarantee until the final settlement of the affair. AUSTRIA. Electors' meetings in preparation for the muni cipal elections have assumed a certain degree of animation at Vienna. On the 27th ult, two took place simultaneously, at one of which 1,500 per sons were present, and at the other 1,000. Iu the former M. Schwalka, as the principal speaker, suggested the idea of a petition en masse, addressed to the Emperor by the members of all the munici palities in the empire, praying for the immediate convocation of a representation of the country, as the nomination of councillors of the empire by the provincial diets would cause too great a delay. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, FR10.% T. A deputation from the municipality presented to day, in the name of the City of Berlin, an address of oondolenee to the King. His Majesty, in reply, expressed his deep grief at the heavy loss which bad been sustained by the royal family ; and recalled how the late King, in addition to his high intellectual attainments, always took the most heartfelt interest in the welfare of his people, and how the Princes of Ho henzolleinltaa'sJ.ways entertained feelings of affec tion for their a objects, whose interest they consi dered identical with their own. The King continued as follows :—" Perhaps you have already discovered that in this respect I hold the same opinions. Formerly, perhaps, I was mis understood, but I can assure you that I have always had tbe same love for my people. I should not be misunderstood. I stated the principles of my government when I assumed the regency on the Bth November, 1858. 1 shall invariably and in violably maintain those principles during my future government. I gladly accept the expression of your loyalty. A time may come when I shall remind you of those expressions, for I reckon on the fidelity of my citizens, as the loyalty of my people has extri cated us in situations of difficulty. Many changes have taken place in the course of the past year, and all that has been done has not always been done rightly. No one shall induce me to abandon the principles which I have pronounced, and I give you the assurance that I shall, with true affection for my people, abide by these principles. I autho rise you to communicate to the citizens of Berlin the sentiments which I have expressed to you, and I thank you for what you have expressed in the name of the municipality." INDIA. BOMBAY, Da. 12. Campbell's force has been repulsed from Sikirs with the loss of between thirty and forty men, end One gun. Darjeeling is in a state of alarm. Income tax riots have taken place at Burst and Bassein ; the tax oollector was beaten. Captain Cox and Lieutenants Alexander, Brown, and Patten have been brought to trial for the out rages committed at Cairo, in Egypt. The import trade is wholly suspended. BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. The Feet* with the above mail 4, arrived at Marseilles at 5 a.m. yesterday (Friday). The mails were to leave for London at 10 a.m. The Ripon, with the heavy portion of the mails, Arc., would probably leave Malta on the evening of the let, and may be expected at Southampton about the 11th inst. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (mom Oft OWN coausroarDcwr.) PARIS, FIUDAT EV1311,0. The Pays announces ostentatiously at the head of its " Latest News" that the Ari4e, appointed to carry out a month's provisions to the Gaeta fleet, has got all her cargo on board, and only awaits the order from Paris to sail. The government organs cite with complacency letters, or pretended letters, from Naples, repre senting anarchy as triumphant in the south of Italy, and drawing the moral that nothing but a congress can avert a general war in the spring. Rumours of the retirement of the Pope's Minis ter at War, Mgr. de Merode, have been frequently circulated of late, and as often contradicted. But the Pays now says that his resignation is " pro bable and proximate ;" and the Patric, speaking more positively, says that Mgr. Bella, a native of Viterbo, and formerly a delegate at Perugia, has been appointed as his successor. This news, if true, may be very important, for Du Merode, a bigoted catholic, was the incarnation of the war party, and there have long been rumours that Car dinal Antonelli sees the necessity of abandoning the high ground which the Pope has endeavoured to maintain, and of treating with Victor Emmanuel. It is announced that M. Nearer has received permission to found a new journal, which will be called Le Temps, and that he will be succeeded in the Praise by M. Laverty, from the Gironde of Bordeaux. In consequence of the death of the King of Prussia, the ball that was to have been given at the Tuileries ou Jan. 9 is countermanded. The Bourse is decidedly better to-day. The Rente opened with considerable animation, and although during the last half hour business was dull, it closed with a rise of 15c. for cash and 10c. for account. Mobilier rose Mr. 25c. The Eastern Railway rose 10fr. ; Western, 7fr. 50c. ; Lyons, Mr. ; Northern, 3fr. 75c. ; and the other lines about 2fr. 50c. The Mires Bank shares were much better, owing to reports that the affairs of its principal director have been placed on a sound footing. FRANCE AND ITALY. A Paris letter, in the Jmintai de Francforf, says : The official list of the diplomatic corps accredited to the government has just been distributed, as it is every year at this season, by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. On this occasion, the diplomatic corps was waiting with great Im patience to see if the legations of the countries annexed by Piedmont would still appear in it. They do not however, and the legations of Naples, Tuscany, and Parma have dis appeared from the official roll. It is known that the Duke of Modena has had no representative in France since the revolution of July. What has especially produced a strong sensation is, that Monseigneur Meek, the auditor, who has represented the legation of the Roman States since the de parture of the Nuncio on leave of absence, Monseigneur does not appear in the list as chant[ d'ajaires but merely as rare du affairee. It is rumoured that Mon aeigneur Meld's, on the occasion of the last creation of bishops, declared he was without powers for their confirma tion. The title of cltarue crqffaires has therefore not been assigned to him. LORD BROUGHAM AND AMERICAN SLAVERY. To a curious letter from Boston (U.S.), inviting him to a convention on the anniversar► of the death of Captain Brown, Lord Brougham has returned the following reply " Brougham, Nov. 20. "Sir,-1 feel honoured by the invitation to attend the , Boston Convention, and to give my opinion upon the (pier ' lion ' How can American slavery be abolished!' I con sider the application is made to me as conceiving me to represent the anti-slavery body in this country ; and I be lieve that I speak their sentiments as well as my own in expressing the widest difference of opinion with you upon the merits of those who promoted the Harper's Ferry expe dition, and upon the fate of those who suffered for their conduct in it. No one will doubt my earnest desire to see slavery extinguished ; but that desire can only be gratified by lawful means—a strict regard to the rights of property, or what the law declares to be property, and a constant repugnance to the shedding of blood. No man can be con sidered a martyr unless he not only suffers, but is witness to the truth ; and he dues not bear this testimony who seeks a lawful object by illegal moans. Any other course taken for the abolition of slavery can only delay the con summation we so devoutly wish, besides exposing the coin. munity to the hazard of en insurrection, perhaps less hurtful to the master than the shire. When the British emend- Wien was finally carried it was accomplished by steps, and Ave years elapsed between the commencement of the measure in 1833 and its completion in 1838. "The declaration of the law which pronounced a slave free as soon as he touched British ground (erroneously as cribed to the English courts under Lord Mansfield, but really made by the jud4es in Scotland) may seem to be in. comisteut with the principle now laid down. But lam bound to express my doubts if such a decision would have been given had Jamaica touched upon the coasts of this country. It is certain that the judges did not intend to de clare that all property in slaves should instantly cease, and yet such would have lien the inevitable effect of their judg ment in the case supposed, which somewhat resembles that of America. " In the elevation of your new president all friends of Amerika, of its continued union, of the fiord extinction of slavery by psaoeful means, and of the utter immediate ex tinction of the execrable slave trade—all friends of the human race must heartily rejoice. They will, let no hope, find in him a powerful al.y as his country may expect to And an able, a consistent, Lad an honest ruler. " I have the honour to be your faithful servant, "Betook:HAL " James Bechmth, Esq., Boston, United States." NAVAL AND MILITAR. ADMIRALTY, Jan. 4. —APPOINTIIIENT.—Captain A. P. Ryder, to the Hero, vice Captain C. H. Seymour, superseded nt his own request. WOOLWICH, JAN. ROYAL 31ILITARY ACADEMY.—In coaseptenee of the number of commissional awarded at the last half .yorlv examination at this institution, at the commencement of the seat half .yearly term, during the present month, 36 gassy.. men cadets will be promoted from the second to the lint claws, and 2e, from the third to the second class. The following steam vessels, commissioned at Wool. with, are ordered to return to this dockyard to b p a id off :—Ardent. Commander Parish, South-East Coast of America ; Niger, Captain Cracroft, Australia ; Triton, Com mander Burton, Africa; Lyra, Commander Oldfield, Cap e of Good Hope ; Vixen, Commander Richards ; Spitfire, Corn. mender Allingham ; and Jasper, Commander Pym. 'CHATHAM, JAN. 4. - - - NAVAL COURT-MARTI AL. —A court-martial, 14 which Captain C. Wise, of the Southampton, 50, was the president, assembled on board the Formidable, at, this morvmg, for' the trial of privates John Cummings and Patrick Hurley, of this division of Royal Marines Light Infantry, on the following charges :-1. For having, on or about the 24th December, 1860, when serving on board her Majesty's ship Wellesley, 74, forsaken their stations, Cummings being sentry on the forecastle, and Hurley sentry on the after cockpit. 2. For having on or about the 24th December, 1880, attempted to break into the ward room wine store, with the intention of committing a felony. Mr. Knight, solicitor, Rochester, officiated as deputy judge advocate, and Captain Goldsmith, C. 8., pro scouted. After hearing the evidence for the prosecution both prisoners were found guilty. Cummings, mho had previously been tried by military court martial, was sentenced to twelve months' and Hurley to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour, in the Maidstone county gaol. The Adnurs!ty orders were received at the dockyard this morning. directing a mew corvette, of 21 guns, tote named the Memii, to be immediately laid down on the third slip, from which the Undaunted was launched a few days since. THE STRANDING OP THE QUEEN VICTORIA AT PLYMOUTH. PLYMOUTH, FaiDAT, 3 r.m• Very little hope is now entertained of being able to get off this fine vessel ; for since yesterday she is filling more rapidly than the water can possibly be got out of her by the ship's pumps. During last night her mainmast broke close to the deck, and it was only prevented from fa lli ng over her aide by the rigging. The crew have been to-clay in getting out all the stores of the easel, and a lso their own baggage, and many have been told that their services will not be required longer than this week. The cable she has on board weighs nearly 1,600 tons, and is 400 miles in length. No steps had been taken to remove this ponderous weight. The ictoria is 280 feet long, and a short time ago OM was lengthened 65 feet. She re said not to be at all fitting to convey the cable, and does not answer her helm so readily as she ought. She is the property of Palmer Brothers, of Newcastle, and is chartered by Claw, Elliot, and Co., the submarine cable manufacturers. The pilot in charge of her was Robert Williams, who held a Ant-claw certificate, and has been a pilot thirty yawn. WRECK OF THE BOSTONIAN, LONDON AND NEW TuRK PACKETSHIP, AND OTHER VES SELS, AND LOSS OP LIFE. By the telegrams and Lloyd's letters received in the course of yesterday a very painful list of losses at sea during the heavy gale of New Year's day is announced, in addition to those which have already been reported. In one instance there is every reason to believe that a London and Gottenburg steamer foundered with all hands ; another large ship, laden with • valuable cargo from China, has been wrecked on the French coast ; a fine New York ship has been lost in the Channel with many lime, and several other vessels have been dashed to pieces on the coast, every soul belonging to them being lost. Respecting the steamer, Lloyd's agent at Cromer writes to the effect that several light articles had been coat on to the beach to the southward of that place during the night of Tuesday and the following morning. Among the papers found were some letters addressed to Mr. George Dufßel— one from Julia Duffiel, his mother • and another from J. Hampton, of the Dolphin screw ste amer. Also some small account book+ belonging to the Scandinaviaa steamer, the last entry of which is for the consumption of some prosl. Mons on the 26th Dec., 1860, on the vessel's nineteenth voyage homeward from Gottenbnrg. In one pap of the book was written " Captain Anderson. " There were also some Mae' of lucifer matches marked "Jonkopinp. Tandstickor. Sold by Bryant and May, sole agents, 133, Tooley.street, London.' About eighty long oars or sweeps had also been picked up. The agent added that be feared the vessels to which these things belonged must have been lost on the Hasborough wind. By the steward's book the crew seemed to number 10 or 18 hands, and the ves.el had accommodation for 24 passengers. A. telegraphic communication since received from Hull states that the Scandinavian steamer was safe at that port, but that the Kingston screw steamer was missing, she having left Guttenberg on the 27th of December, and was due in London on Saturday, and that nothing ] tad been beard of her since her departure. From the circumstance of the cargo, especially the lucifer matches, and oars shipped in the Kingston exactly corresponding with the articles picked an u else a boat having come ashore at Mundesley, near Cromer, beariug the name of Kingston, there is but little hope of her safety. Late on Tuesday night the New York and London freight ship Bostonian, 1,100 tons, Captain Brookman, was totally lost on the Honois Rocks, about • mile and a half on the west side of the island of Guernsey, when, melancholy to relate, the commander and several of his crew, with several other shipwrecked mariners, whom the ill-fated ship had previously taken on hoard, perished. The Bostonian was& very tine ship, belonging to New York, and was bound to Lou. don, with a valuable cargo of wheat, cheese, flour, and ge neral merchandise. It appears that during the voyage across the Atlantic she had only obtained three observations, and in coming up . Channel and seeing a light, made the fatal error of mistaking it for that of the Start, when in fact it was the Duke* on the French coast. The ship immediately stood off to the south- ward, and about half-past five o'clock in the morning went upon the Howie Rocks, where she speedily became a wreck, and went down at the foot of the reef, the maintopealle yard being just a few feet out of water. At daybreak, the pilots and boatmen, observing the spars of the sunken ship, at once put off in their boat, and on reaching the wreck they found eighteen people clinging to the masthead. With difficulty they were rescued, and it was then learned that Captain Brookumn, the commander, Henry Riddle, and the steward and cook (four in number) had perished • the chief o ffi cer, Mr. W. W. D. Bowers, and twelve guide, being those who were saved. Theother unfortunate creatures who were drowned belonged to the Aire, of Goole. Strange to my, this ship was lost on the day . before. She was laden with government stores from Woolwich Dockyard to Malta, and early on the morning of New Year's-day she was struck by a heavy sea, which carried away the skylight, binnacle, boats, and one mar name Marmaduke Richardson. At five in the afternoon, when about 90 miles to the southward of the Eddystooe Light, the Aire being in a sinking condition. the master,Capt. Slingsby, with his crew abandoned her, and went on board the ill-fated Bostonian, which had borne up to their rescue. The poor fellows, however, were doomed to shipwreck, and out of her crew oil; five acre saved in the wreck of the Bostonian, Captain Shopby being one of the survivors. By the last advice, the Bostonian was breaking up. During the last few years owes ml ships bare gone ashore on the French coast through mistaking the lights, but it is well known that soundings would at once disclose the error, as there is such a marked difference in the character of the bottom. Lhod's agent in his letter states that there is a lighthouse in the course of erection on the Honois where the Bostonian was lost, and had it been lighted ittl a & have undeceived Captain Brookman, and his valuable ship and the lives that were lost would have been spared. On the same dist, 'et of the French coma, between Jersey and Port Bail, awl on the same day the hom ewar d bound ship Amcor, 1,344 tons register, from Manilla to London, is reported to have been lost, intelligence of the fact having been sent by telegraph yesterday from Cherbourg. No des tails as yet have come to hand, but it is feared that the lose must prove very disastrous. FLOODS IN THE KlM—The thaw in the early part of the week produced a great accumulation of water in Suffolk and many parts of the adjoining counties, the low lands in the neighbourhood of the rivers being covered in some places to a considerable depth. Much damage has been done to property in many cases ; but there appears to have been no loss of life, although one or two narrow escapes are reported. Yn. Brown. of Brant Eleigh Hall, while returning in her carriage from Toetock, was ;Awed in *perilous position in crowing the river Brent at a ford near Brettenliam Mill. The vehicle and horses became im mersed, awl Sire. Drown and the coac h man were only rescued be saran, of ladders and ropeo. A youth in the em ploy of Mr. Davis, butcher, of Great It.iildow, while driving from lhaibury G. Sandon, was also cspeized iu strewn mooing by the side of the road. Tho stream was much swollen, rad the youth only managed to save himself by climbing up a tree. The pony which he was driving wan drowned, and the whole contents of the cart, which con. airted of household goods trielimmog to a young woman about to be married, were aaenficed with the almost ludicrous exception of • pair of bellows. The driv e r of th e fi e , or b i u t mail cart also met with • serious accident on his return to Helatead. At Hepworth-bridge the road was flooded to the depth of three or four feet, end the torrent carried the Lone off his legs. While the manual was struggling the 'WM broke, and both loan and horse saved thew lives with difficulty. The mail begs were lost. Up to yesterthygreah sheets of water— now frozen over— met the eye on every side.