The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-22 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE ROYAL. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE..... Lessee, Mr A. Harris. Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH. CH RISTMAS HOLIDAYS. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH EMIGRANT. M r. W . J. Florence. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the PAN- Followed by THE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER. Mx. TOMIME every WEDNESDAY, at Two o'Clock. and Mrs. W. J. Florence. Christmas After which a Comic Pantomime, WHITTING THIS vVENING, a new Operetta, entitled ONCE Harlequin King Kollywobbol TOO OFTEN. Herr Reichardt, Herr Formes, Mdlle. and the Genius of Good TON AND HIS CAT; or, Hum , our. The grotesque opening Jenny Lauer, and Miss E. Heywood. invented and written by Henry J. Byron, Esq., author of the After which will be produced, with that attention to corn- Princess's Pantomime of "Jack the Giant Killer." The pleteuess in every department by which the Christmas Scehery by Gooames Gates, Mr. H. Cuthbert, and numerous v o s p isla v n o t p s 4af r s d s li t u s m e otr, ?liss Helen Howard ; Princess Annuals of this Theatre have been so pie-eminently dis tinguished, the New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled clercq ; Messrs. Garden, r Cathcart, ecereq d is & i ll a el l t i , n lia L X HARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT; inns , Raymond; Dick Whittington, Miss Maria Harris; Robin Goodfellow and the Cat, Master John Haslem, (pupil or, Old Mother Hubbard and h e; V. onderful Dog. of th e celebrated Gabriel Ravel; Clown, Mr. Hildyard ; "If a man do build a dwelling upon common land from Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Colum sunset to sunrise, and enclose a piece of ground, wherein bine, Miss Caroline Adams. Morning Performances will there shall be a tree, a beast feeding, a fire kindled, a claim. take place at Two o'clock every Monday till further notice. ney smoking, and provisions in the pot, such dwelling shall be freely held by the builder, anything herein to the con trary nevertheless notwithstanding."—Old Forest Charter. The Novel Effects and Splendid Scenery by WILLIAM BEVERLEY, Assisted by Messrs. C. Pitt, Craven, Brow, &c., &c. Masks, Symbolic Devices, Personal Appointments, and .Desions for the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. TULLY. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and As sistants. The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transfor mations, by Mr. Needham, assisted by Messrs Glindon, H. Adams, H. Langham, &c. The Costumes by Miss Dickin son, Mr. Lauri, and Mr. Palmer. The Gas Appointments by Mr. .11 inckley. The Choregraphic Arrangements by Mr. Cormack. The Harlequinade and Comic Scenes by Messrs. Cormack and B. Jones. The Perfume of the Flowers supplied by Rimmel's process. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and written by E. L. BLANCHARD. And the whole arranged and produced under the imme diate superintendence of Mr, ROBERT ROXBY. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. - Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, and during the week the great Drama, entitled THE OCTOROON ; or, LIFE IN LOUISIA NA : Messrs. Grace, Billington, Emery, Phillip Jamison, Smith, Stephenson, Romer. Lewis Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Mar ston, Miss C. Denvil, Miss Latimer, and Mrs. 11. Lewis. After which, at 20 minutes past 0, the great Irish Drams of THE COLLEEN BAWN. illr.D. Bow:can't, Missßanoe, Mr. Fisher, Miss Woolgar, dm. Box Office open from 10 till 5. NEW ROYALTY THEATRE, Dean-street, Oxford-street. THIS EVENING, A NICE QUIET DAY. After which (3d time) Offenbach's Opera Buffo, entitled LE MARIAGE AUX LANTERN ES. Mr. John Morgan, Mesdames Stanley, Payne, and Mason. To conclude with THE EARLIEST EDITION OF IL TROVATORE. Commence at half-past 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- THIS EVENING, 2d appearance of Young GUNE RIUS (Ecuyer Norwegien), who created the greatest sensa tion at the Cirque, in Paris, in his original performance, Le Passage du Pont, and Madame HALVESTON, the most daring Equestrienne in the World, with their highly-trained Steeds. To co .mence with THE COLLEEN BAWN. Synopsis of Scenery, Incidents, and Characters, OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE, With Rural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the Distance (Daylight). " Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, to get her poor Dog a bone; when she got there, the cupboard was bare, and so the poor Dog had none."—Ancient Nur sery Legend. Old Mother Hubbard, Mr. Atkins - Her Dog, Signor M Lorenzo ; Jack (the " an all tattered and torn "), Miss F. Hunt ; the Squire, Mr. Tom Matthews ; Dame Wiggins of Lee, Mr. Dixon ; Dame Trot, Mr. Barsby ; Her Won derful Cat, Master Waggles ; the Great Goose, Master Sageaninguns ; Constables, Messrs. Grib and Grab ; Parish Beadle, Mr. Bumble; Villagers, Messrs. Yokel, Pumpkin, IVhackstraw, Chawbacon, &c., &c.; Rosetta (the " Maiden all Forlorn"), Miss Stuart. Flow Mother Hubbard has a certain " party" to tea and turn out, and of the remarkable pranks played by her comical Dog—The Head, the Hat, and the Hose—The Dog's Tale and Mrs. H.'s Narrative— Arrival of the Squire--Proclamation of Witch Burning— Threatened incremation of Mother Hubbard on her own hearth, and her Mystic Flight upon a Broomstick. THE WITCHES' GLEN AND WATERFALL, in the Valley of Perfumed Flowers, by Moonlight. Miss Lanza, New and daring Scenes in the Circle by the Great Nor. wegian Wonders. Concluding. with the Grand Comic Pantomime of JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE TO EDMONTON. - - - A MORNING PERFORMANCE on Saturday nexi at Two o'clock. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Triumphant Success of Mr. Marshall's Grand Christmas Entertainment, "THE ENCHANTED HASH " (SECOND EDlTlON)—Wonderful Transformations—Every Evening at a quarter-past ten—in addition to the following Comic talent : Mr. Frederick French, the great Shakesperian Bur lesque Vocalist, Mr. Wood and Son, Mr. J. G. Forde, Miss Harriet Coveney, and Miss Greene. Grand Selections from LA TRAVIATA and TROVATORE, at ten o'clock, By Miss Russell, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, and full Chorus. Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, is. I v ies Fatui—Mdlles. Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes, Livermore; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammi ton, S tap-. ley, Harris Candy, Copeland, Arche r , H aw ki ns , D e l aney , Wilson, Williams, Robinson, Wood, Watson, and Hamel.. ton. CANTERBURY HALL.-VICTOR JULIEN, " THE FLYING MAN " Every Evening at half-past Nine o'clock. Grand Ballet, Chagne-a-Lanterne, by the Misses GUN. NISS and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Invocation! The Incantation I I and the Evapora• tion I ! I THE 0 X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, OPEN EVERY EVENING AT 7 O'CLOCK. Selections alternately from " Ernani," "Lucrezia Borgia," "La Circassienne, ' "La Traviata," " Simon Boccanegra," &c., by the entire Company, Full Band and Chorus.—Conduc tor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Solos by Mr. Vlotti Collins (the great English violinist). And other attractive Entertain ments, the Comic portion by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Marshall, M. P. Foster. and W. Randall. Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6cl. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. — Morning, sh. 54m.—Afternoon, 6h. 16m. To-monnow.-Morning, 6h. 40m.—Afternoon, 7h. lm. THE WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICE, JANUARY 22, 1862, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 39—highest since noon yesterday. 29—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.49. WlND—South-Westerly; light, with fine sunshiny weather. . 'A ) , ~,i :i.l..sii *, • 3 1 0; L.0„,44..,.., bPoir 14 .-S --, .....;44AP., _ THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22, 1862. Our readers will see that the member for Salford IMr. MASSEY,—though he professes to know no Go vernment secrets—has made no secret of his own opinions respecting the serious question of the American blockade of the Southern ports. "It had been so done," he said, " that, according to the law of nations, there had never been an efficient blockade, and it had only been recog nised at all through the courtesy and forbearance of the maritime States. We had submitted to be deprived of the staple material of our industry, rather than construe too strictly the question of com pliance with the law of nations. Both ourselves and the French had suffered, and he feared were destined to suffer still more, from the blockade." He adverted to the notoriety of the French re monstrances with our Government against the in_ effective blockade, and the resistance of our Govern ment to them, from willingness to err on the side of what was strictly right and just—but he somewhat indignantly asked how much longer was that to last ? Was this inefficient and paper blockade to be eternally respected ? Were we to submit to be starved ? Were we to expect our great neighbour, France, to submit to be starved ? Were we, in this year of 1862, for the sake of favouring a ferocious and frantic civil war, to allow the great ports of com merce to be closed, all the operations of trade to be suspended, credit to be deranged, unoffending per sons to be subjected to unparalleled privations, and many of our poorer countrymen absolutely to be reduced to penury and starvation? Mr. MASSEY did not counsel precipitate mea- sores, "and if he saw any object or purpose useful to themselves, or beneficial to mankind, which could be evolved from this frightful in tercine war, he should counsel his countrymen to submit to their priva tions, and to allow the war to take its course," bat he complained that they had gone on from bad to worse. From illegal blockade they had advanced to the destruction of harbours, and even if they had not succeeded at Charleston entirely, there was no doubt of the avowed intention of the commander who had charge of the nefarious undertaking ; and , if the:statement of Commander DAVIS was true, coupled with the other facts that the blockade was inefficient, and was likely to last • for an indefinite period, then, speaking in tho interests of peace, and desiring the freedom of commerce, he declared that for the sake of humanity—for the sake of the interest of the civilised world—for the sake of the people themselves who were involved in this mad, and hopeless, and aimless contest—that it was the duty of the great maritime Powers to consider whether the time had not come, by mediation and by friendly interposition, to endeavour to put an end to this state of affairs. That was his opinion, and that was the policy he meant to support in the House of Commons." We may rest assured that this session will not show the same tenderness for Yankee sensitiveness as was done last year. America will hear some very necessary truths from the English House of Commons. Certain well-known Irish dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church will do well to study the pastoral of one of their order which has just arrived from Canada. It impressively reminds Englishmen that disloyalty and ingr,titude for political blessings are not a necessary adjunct of the Religion which owns the POPE as its head. We have seen, indeed, some noble exemplifications in a sotnewhatdifferent mode in Hungary, of the Catholic clergy, with t h e venerable Archbishop at their head, bearding despotism at Vienna, and going all lengths in Aynur ofpopular liberties when they were attacked. , THE VILLAGE GREEN AND ROADSIDE ALE HOUSE. Old Grype (the Steward), Mr. Glindon ; Old Scratche (his Clerk), Mr. Tanner ; Tenantry, Messrs. Cringe, Scrape, Shuffle, Cut, Packoff, Moonraker, and Runaway; Tailor, Mr. Snipshears ; Bootmaker, Mr. Tightfit ; Mum mies, Messrs. Grinner, Joker, Magger, Cracksides, O'Reilly, M'Phun, &c. ; St. George, Mr. E. Roe ; the Dragon, Mr. Scalyfellow ; Valentine, Mr. Febbyerry ; Orson, Mr. Wildman; Still-Walker, Mr. Longlegs; Bear- Warden, Mr. Smuggins ; the Bear, Mr. Huggins; Land lord, Mr. Trebles ; Morris-Dancers, Messrs. Trip, Tap, Flip, Flap, &c., &c. ; Jack Padding, Mr. Merryman. How the Squire celebrates his birthday, and the Village Revel that follows—Coming of Age in the Olden Time How the Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is rested in another—the Dog's instinct and Mother Hub - bard's reason. THE " CAGE" ON THE COMMON (Sunset). - --- Grand Scena Comique and Pas de Broomstick, by Mother Hubbard. The Dreamer and the Worker—The Vision of Pleasure and the Division of Labour—Figures of Fun (from the Fancy-store of Dykwynkyn) - Messrs. Mason, Drainpipes, Carpenter, Hodman, Old Brick, and Young Shaver, Lilli putian Labourers, Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, Minia ture Masons, Baby Bricklayers, Short Sawyers, Dwarf Drain Makers, and Child Carpenters by a Host of Juvenile Auxiliaries. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. The Rat, Master Longwhisker ; The Cat, Miss Mouser; The Dog, By Himself; The Cow, Madame Brindle; The Priest (" All shaven and shorn"), Mr. Jollyman; The Cock (" That crowed in the Morn") Master Cocky-doodle.. doo. Itealisation of the famous Picture in the National Gal ley If Little Britain, taken (by permission) for Boys, iron a rare work in the collection of Master Smith, London. FROGPOOL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight). Song, " Will o' the Wisp," composed by J. H. Tully, Esq. How the Squire goes Hunting and loses his way and his temper, and what follows in consequence—Another curious instance of.Conine sagacity—Bull-frogs, Masters Hop, Skip, Jump, Creak, &c. SQUASH-HOLLOW SWAMP AND BED OF BULRUSHES. How the Squire comes to grief and afterwards to repent ance, and how Jack is recognised as the rightful heir—The reward and harmonious movements of the Fairies on a Grand Chromatic Scale towards WILL 0' WISP'S HOME BENEATH THE WATERFALL. The Transformation. Harlequins Messrs. CORMACK and ST. MAINE Columbines The Misses GUNNISS. Pantaloons Messrs. G. TANNER and MORLEY, Clowns Grotesque Signor LORENZO. 1861-1862 SPRITES by the RIDGWAYS and SUWELL FAMILY, I._ EXTERIOR OF DOWN TWO SHOPS IN " UP-OR. " STR. Messrs. Huline, St. Maine, Tanner, and Miss S. Gnnniss. Christmas Presents—every Man (and Boy) to his Post, even the Post-Man—Clown rides the high horse, which proves his rock a-head—Two Young Men from the Country, and Clown gets over them—a Sewing Machine (not a poor Needlewoman)—a thorough Blow out—a Man in very re duced circumstance—Clown finds the Fruits of stealing Apples in an elephantine way—a Band of Brothers—the Police in Great and Small Force—Clown gets into a row and blows up a policeman—the end of this scene is all Bustle—N.B. Not Crinoline. 2.—THE GREAT SENSATION KITCHEN. Messrs. Forrest, Correack, Morley, and Miss Gunniss. Harlequin seeks Protection, although a Free-trader— The Cook's Guide—Clown tries to take the chair—the head ish of the table—Harlequin goes through a Deal, and Clown becomes a Board-er—Silence those dreadful Bells— Clown and Pantaloon make an ap-Peal to the Audience on the Merry Musical Bells—Pantaloon rather hard pressed— arrival of a distinguished Foreigner—Clown falls into his own trap, and kills a Blue-bottle, which proves a bad Buzz-ness for him—a Lecture on the Gorilla, by a well known character—Clown meets with a few Friends (not Quakers)—this Scene ends at the finish of it. 3.-THE INTERIOR OF A RAILWAY STATION, --- Eight hours at the Sea-side for 2s 6d—Duty off Paper— ' 'the Times" reduced and the Times on the rise—a book that takes leafe of Clown—Harlequin gets his horse from a Stall and sets up a trap. No Smoking a•Loud, only on the Quiet—Clown makes a Tremendous Christmas Tree— late arrivals—Messrs. Neverintime, Toolate, Dearme, and Blessme—Clown burns his fingers (not the only person that has done so)—Clown gives Good Bail and finds a Bale 1 o goods. 4.—The SEA-SIDE. The Sands! The Sands! I The Sands II ! Come unto these yellow sands. A Sailor telling a Yarn and a boat Lying too—the Pier Master's ap-Pierance—Clown makes a Man's hair turn sandy and proves himself in the wrong bo x —b y a s li ght Miss-Take, which a certain Miss won't Take—Pantaloon gets some shell-fish in a very Selfish manner—Clown asto nishes the Natives—Sailors that use their Cut-Lasses but don't Cut Lasses when they can join with them in a National Hornpipe—Clown gets a Sensation Leader—The Great Donkey Stir St. Leger—Clown and Pantaloon's Concert—fine ears for Music—they fish in troubled waters —a Divided Interest—a sudden Squall (Children and all) —The latest Novelty in Parrchutes. Scene —A DISMAL SWAMP—After a storm a calm appears, a HARLEQUIN'S HOME ON HIS THRONE OF SPLENDOUR. Doors open at half-past Six, to commence at Seven o'clock. Tickets for Boxes, Pit, and Galleries, may be had at the Box Office before the opening. RO YAL ENGL ISH OPERA, CO VENT GA RD EN. • tinier the management of Miss Louisa Pine and Mr. W. Harrson. THIS EVENING, THE PURITAN'S DAUGHTER. Miss Louisa ryne, Miss Susan Tyne; Mr. SantleY, Mr. H. or, M r . George Honey, Mr. Patey, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. ri T. DistinM,r. W. Harrison Mr. Wallworth, Mr. Eugene D ussek, Mi, C. Lyall, and ._ Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. After which will be produced (written expres , ly by J M Morton), a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled. • TIARLEQUIN GI.T . LLIVER ; or, A Trip to Brobiliznaz P e ep at Liihput, and a Flying Visit to Laputi. --' a Gulliver, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Mrs. Guldver, M r. F . Payne. Principal danseuse. _Mlle. Lamoureux, supported by th e Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Harlequinide sustained by the eminent Pantomimists, Messrs. 11. Payne, F. Payne, H. Lauri, h. Lauri, S. Lauri, and Miss .Tunny Lauri. Commence at Seven. =rI4.EATE.T..I.,_Et() YAL, HAYMARKET, Lessee. Mr. J. B. BacketAme. THIS EVENING to commence with THE HONEYMOON. Juliana, Miss Jane Coombs ; Jacques, Mr. Bucketone. After which, a Comic Christmas Pantomime, LITTLE MISS MUFFET AND LITTLE BOY BLUE ; or, Harle quin and Old Daddy Lonalegs. Louise Leclereq, Charles Le clercq, Herr Cole, G. Becket, and Miss Rosine. Commence a 7. BP OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. I Manager---Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, :Tan. 22, the new and original Drama, entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Declish. Messrs. Walter Lacy. Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Fal coner; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. Atter which, a Lew and original Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, Th? Fairies of the Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrcck. Principal charac ters by lip. cl am. Miss Lydia Thompson. Selby, Mr. Warlow, Miss Cicely N ott, and Acting Manager—Mr. F: B. Chatterfoti. Prices as usual. D oo dany rg ir cl o Pe ra n n at tu h l atpast 6, to CO T Box-o ffi ce ope n mmence THE SIT,N, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1862. In Canada the case was one of defending those already enjoyed under a Protestant Crown ; and it must be said that the patriotic politics of the Bishop of MONTREAL'S pastoral leave nothing to be desired. He at least is not insensible to the fact that his Sovereign's religion only prompts her, and those with whom she alts, to study honestly and equally the welfare of all persons in Canada irre spective of their sects and creeds. On Christmas day the celebration, as the Bishop observes, of the birth of the Prince of Peace, he was called on to direct their attention to topics of war; but he in structs his clergy to remind the people of the old and well proved principle, that being prepared for war was the best guarantee for peace. The Government had called on the Ile to arm, and nothing wasmorelikely to prevent the disaster of an invasion than a hearty response to the requisitions of Government. "We incur," he says, " less risk of war, by enrolling in large num bers, and with heartiness, than if we stood with our arms folded, as cowards and lazy people generally do." The following sentences, appropriate in language to the religious functionary who indited them, con tain so much common sense, that we earnestly commend them to the attention of the peace. at-any-price gentlemen :—" In all wars," says the Bishop, " there are always great evils to be deplored. The country is devastated, the cities burnt, property pillaged, commerce ruined, the har vests destroyed, and, above all, the people are de moralised, girls and women are insulted, and the public morals considerably changed for the worse. In arming for the defence of our Government it is clear that we arm for the defence of our property and for the honour of our families and country. Nay, more, We render unto Caesar the things which belongeth unto Caesar,' as our Saviour so expressly recommends us so to do in the Scriptures; and consequently we fulfil a religious duty which merits the eternal reward. In justice each proprietor is obliged to defend his property by all the honest means which the law of GOD gives him. Now, a country is one large property divided among the different members of a numerous family, which is called a nation. It is, therefore, the duty of all the members of this great national family, who are all brothers, being chil dren of the same Government, to join in a union as strong as it is tender to defend their common pro perty. They who do not understand this duty, im posed upon all the members of a common family, do not possess the natural sentiments of existence." Perhaps the Bishop was aware that some of his flock were importations from the Green Isle, where they had heard very different language held respect ing the Governors of the day, for he reads the people a very orthodox lecture on the duty of obedi ence to Government, and on its bearing the sword for the punishment of crime; but then, adroitly using the Apostle's langua ge,he observes that the Go vernment, after having given them such institutions as made them the happiest country of the earth, offered them the sword to protect all against the invasion with which they were menaced—offered them " its navy, its army, its money—in a word, all that is necessary to a people which desires to defend at all cost its possessions." He calls on them, encouraged by British generosity, to come forward as an entire country—men of all origins —to join the experienced soldiers sent over to aid them in defence of all their privileges. He exhorts them to qualify themselves by learning the use of arms, to defend their own property, and not to wait till the enemy should attack them sword in hand. He reminds them that bands of poor, undisciplined men would be but sheep for the slaughter, while bands of well drilled volunteers would keep the enemy at a re spectful distance. He urges on them also the increased favour with which a Government already so liberal would regard their institutions and their religion. We have read this address, which, in a literary point of view, is one of the plainest and most inarti ficial productions, with real interest—it is the lan guage of an honest, patriotic, and sincere man, such as we wish all ministers of religion to be. There is nothing of either official coldness or Celtic bluster in it, but just the homely inculcation at a special crisis, of duty, and earnest exhortation to perform it, which becomes a Christian priest. With such Catholics Protestants can cordially unite in public affairs ;—they are men who feel that British insti tutions are for the common good of Protestant and Catholic alike, and demand the hearty support of both. But what will the Yankees think of Canada now ? They perceive no doubt by this time, that if the South be so hard to conquer, Canada with England at its back will be somewhat harder. If they find it, so difficult to advances few miles south of the Potomac it will certainly not be easier to ad vance north of the St. Lawrence. Moreover it will be more and more difficult every month. The hero of Kars—himself a host—is strengthening every weak point, and preparing to give the ball of war a hearty reception should the south roll it from their own border northwards. The dream of annexation must now be over for ever. The Frenchmen have shown that they prefer very liberal institutions to an Imperial regime ; even the Irish, as a body, join in the determination not to be amalgamated with Yankees, and "manifest destiny" finds Rot a Blass to sympathise with it in any of the British colonies. All are co-operating heartily for the common defence, and we read that there is ever great disappointment that the Yankees r‘ caved in." Not only, it seems, has the sight of 1 our splendid troops encouraged faith in British prowess, but there is a strong impression that 600,000 men will not be disbanded when peace is made with the enemy, without attempting some thing in another quarter. In a word, they think that the conflict is only deferred. Sufficient, however, indeed, unto the day, is the evil thereof—in regard to war. Before the North ventures on another war it will have a good deal to do. There will be the Southern boundary to settle; and there will be a❑ enormous amount of assignats to redeem by such a taxation as the North has never yet seen. A most efficient teacher of military moderation is paper money, when already at fifty per cent. discount it threatens to sink to seventy-five and to nothing; and such is, beyond question, the prospect Mr. CHASE has before him. We strongly suspect the present generation of Yankees will, long before next winter, have had a financia. lesson on war, which will be as valuable to Canadian safety as even General WILLIAM'S defences. Not that it will do to sleep in Canada on the security of American honour or temper—but between her own awakening to the importance of defending her own liberties, and the financial prospects of the North, we believe Canada to be now safe enough for a generation to come. Perhaps the most appalling catastrophe that has ever occurred in the mining districts is the one en Thursday morn i ng l ast, which took place early and which still, unhappily, attracts to it the breath less interest of the public at large on this the Wed nesday following ! During now nearly one whole week 215 men and boys, old and young, have been emtombed in the depths of the earth. And not withstanding that every possible effort has been j making all this time to extricate them from this frightful position, it has hitherto been found im practicable to afford them the slightest assistance. Throughout the whole of the dreadful interval which has elapsed since the accident occurred, these 215 have remained without food or pos sible sustenance of any kind beyond what we shall now enumerate. In the position to which those acquainted with the structure of the New Hartley mine conjecture that the majority of the 215, buried alive on Thursday morning, probably escaped from the lower and more perilous cavities of that little subterranean world, it is believed that the survivors would have enjoyed, at least, the ad vantages of having an abundant supply of fresh water—of itself some slight source of nutriment— some preservative, at any rate for the time being, from the absolute horrors of starvation. Added to this, in the part to which it is supposed that they had time to escape, there was a pony that might in emer gency be destroyed and eaten. Above all, there was comparatively wholesome air in this particular divi sion of the mine—air that would be supplied for some time to come by the displacement of the atmosphere lower down in the excavations, by its displacement by the flooding in of vast quantities of water now that the pumping engine has stopped working —water rushing into the lower passages of this ill-fated mine at the rate of 1,500 gals. per minute. It is the stoppage of the pump ing engine at the top of the shaft that has caused the whole of this terrific calamity—that stoppage, arising from the abrupt, and to this moment un accountable, snapping asunder on Thursday morn ing last of the great iron beam spanning the gulph, which was the one sole channel of ingress and egress to the mine —then, at the instant of the catastrophe, in full operation. Tha situation in which the unfortunate occu pants of the Hartley mine were placed immediately upon the blocking up of the shaft, in consequence of the rupture of the enormous iron beam of the pumping engine, can only be properly appreciated, of course, by those who have formed some tolerably accurate notion first of the formation of the mine thus doomed to be the scene of this dire destruction. And nowhere certainly can be obtained a more lucid description of the structure of these ill-fated excavations, than the one which we here gladly extract from the remarks of our contemporary the Daily News. It is a description, in truth, so sin gularly comprehensive and so perfectly comprehen sible as to be almost equal in its vivid deliniation of the Hartley Mine, to a diagram or sectional drawing of its actual conformation. Our contemporary thus depicts the living tomb of these 215 miners down in Northumberland : " The Hartley pit, which has been the scene of this deplorable misfortune, is one of the deepest in Great Britain. Its total depth is nearly 100 fathoms. Three seams of coal occur in this descent; the first in round numbers at 30, the second at 60, the third at 100 fathoms from the surface. 'I he two upper seams have been exhausted ; the lower one has alone been wrought of late years, and from its depth and other circumstances it is stated that the working barely paid; it was therefore conducted on the most economical principles. Amongst other difficulties the seam was subject to a prodigious influx of water, so large and continuous that it was at one time feared that the supply was derived by infiltration from the sea itself By obtaining an opening into another pit, and by the erec tion of an extremely powerful pumping engine, this flow was at length kept under. The water was drawn out through a shaft, which formed at the same time the sole means of entrance for the miners, and the sole exit for the coal. It was driven through a loose mass of soil, and was therefore lined all the way down bs a retaining frame of wood-work, and being the only opening that reached to the bottom, it was, for the purposes of ventilation, divided into two com partments by a wooden partition. But so insufficient was this arrangement deemed by the Government Inspector, that he had requird a ' staple' or smaller ventilating shaft, to be carried from the surface down to the highest seam, and from the middle down to the lowest seam. But between the highest and the middle seam there was no connexion except through the main shaft. When the huge beam of the pumping engine broke, it carried away all the retaining timbers of the shaft, and thus allowed the sides to clo.se in. But this did not take place to any serious extent till it had got below the upper seam. Down to this point, therefore, the pit is still accessible. Assuming that below it the shaft is wholly closed to the bottom, there still remains the ind epend,nt access from the Itis believed lowest sea ni to that the tthe middle whole on f eo the w or k men escaped byby means o f th e a i r staple. this and reached the middle seam, where they were at least safe from danger of drowning by the unchecked flow of water. But from this there is no air staple leading to the next intermediate stage, and here, therefore, they must re main to await the slow efforts of the men above to remove the accumulated rutbish which blocks up the main shaft." Every one can readily understand, after the perusal of the passage above quoted, the actual situation of things, so far at least as concerns the probable whereabouts of the buried 215. The difficulty, however, has been to get at them in suffi cient time to afford them any assistance. Hitherto every effort that has been made has failed to clear away the impediments in the way of their would-be deliverers. And now the time that has elapsed since the occurrence of the catastrophe, seems to threaten the very worst that could be dreaded. It is, of course, just barely possible that when the middle seam is reached, whither the men are supposed to have escaped, some of them may be still found to be survivors. But there are several reasons also compelling us to arrive at a totally differer t conclusion. The mere time that has sped by is in itself most alarming in its destructive , influence. The possible escape into the middle seam of mephitic vapours and poisonous gases (gases composed principally of car bonic oxide)—exhalations which have latterly interrupted the work of relief in the blocked up shaft—this deadly peril alone may have put an end to the sufferings and despair of all the poor fellows who have been so long entombed. While we are yet waiting for tidings of some tardy assistance at length carried to the cavity crowded with the miners who have been thus trapped in the bowels of the earth for nearly a whole week, it is profoundly affecting to know the extent of the poignant anguish of endurance manifested in the bereaved homes of the poor buried colliers, among the friends and families of the 215 suddenly shut out from all human aid. Incidents of the moat touching been related character have already in connection with the agony of this appalling calamity. And among all the many beautiful evidences that have been afforded of mingled gentleness and heroism, of the most lowly yet the most lofty consciousness of the over- ruling GOD whose will is visible in all the chequered events of Life and Death around us—perhaps the most remarkable of all these incidents, certainly the most touching and impressive, was that related of a young lad lowered down into the dreadful ruin, chok ing up the mid-passage of that shaft of destruction, and praying there during several hours by the side of one of th ose d y i ng m i ners who had been mortally wounded while ascen di ng in the pendant cage at the moment of the catastrophe ! Praying thus by his side, praying with him until his long agony was closed by death ! Surely a beautiful incident, surely a noble incident—a natural and unanointed Priesthood ! One of those innermost touches of nature " that make the " whole world I kin" merely to read of ! And it is an incident that is in itself a vivid reminder to us all, of that brotherly love which is the bond of humanity the world over, and far more than thi s the New Comm an d men t" of our common Christianity —an impulse, an instinct awakened and intensified by occasions such as those which have now desolated the poor little forlorn village, near the Hartley Coalmine. Obey ing that impulse, obeying that instinct, we may yet assuage the anguish of those same desolated homes, if so be, we may not still hope to be enabled to carry aid in time to the 215 buried labourers. LATEST NEWS. THE FRENCH BUDGET. PARIS, JAN. 22. The Dloniteur of this morning publishes the re port on the state of financial affairs, addressed by M. Fould, Minister of Finance, to the Emperor. The Minister commences by stating that he pro poses to establish, in the budget, a great distinc tion between ordinary and extraordinary ex penses. He announces that the ordinary expenses of the budget of 1863 show, in the aggregate, an increase of 70,000,000 fr. over the estimated expenses of 1862, but this surplus of expenses is only apparent as the supplementary credits, voted or decreed, which have been added to the provisions of the budget. There were in 1860 131 millions, and in 1861 152 millions. M. Fould then continues :—" The expose of the budget will contain special details on these questions, but I believe it my duty to at once state that there will be in the Ministries of Marine and War an increased expenditure of 4 millions calculated on an effective of 400,000 soldiers and 85,700 horses. But these figures, compared with the real effective of last year, show an important reduction, as the average effec tive of 1861 was 467,000 men, which, by the Ist January, 1862, was reduced to 446,00 C. By the Ist January, 1863, it will be reduced to 400,000. In the budget of the Ministry of Marine, the credits amount in the aggregate to 168,000,000, for the ordinary and extraordinary service which forms an important diminution in the expenditure in preced • ing financial years. In fact, notwithstanding the increase of 70,000,000 f. in the supplies for 1862, the budget of 1863 will show a real and considerable reduction. M. Fould then proceeds to give an account of the ways and means of the budget, and states that he will exonerate from all personal taxes, and taxes on personal property, every individual who has nothing but his work to obtain a livelihood. Every workman who works alone will be exonerated from the tax of a patent for the exercise of his trade. M. Fould will also reduce to 1 per cent. the duties on valuables transmitted by post. In order to ensure the regularity of those branches of the public service in which the esti mated expenditure might be exceeded, the Minister proposes to modify certain taxes as a means of increasing the revenue. These taxes are a new tax on horses and carriages of luxury, which is estimated to produce 5 millions francs. The augmentation of the fixed dues and fees at ,he public register offices which would produce .0 million francs. A modification is also proposed in the method of collecting the proportional registry fees, which would produce a revenue of 10 million francs. A slight increase of the stamp duties is estimated to yield 9fr million francs. An increase in the stamp duties, on bills of stock, and licensed brokers, which, would produce 1,200,000 fr. A fixed tax on bills of account and on receipt is estimated to produce 12,500,000 fr. The total of these new resources is estimated at 50,000,000 fr., which will allow of the settlement of the ordinary budget of 1863, and leaves a surplus of revenue amounting to 20,000,000 fr. M. Fould then discusses the general financial situation. He estimates the deficit at the end of 1861 at 1,008,000,000 f., and says:— "It will be wise to take advantage of tho peace we now enjoy to bring about a reduction of our deficit. I believe myself to be able to assure your Majesty that it will not be necessary for that pur pose to have recourse to a loan, which would add a fresh burden to the public debt." M. Fould further states that it would be desirable to arrive at a unity of the public debt, and says " Would it not be possible, without neglecting the interests and rights of the State, to insure to the holders of public bonds the continuance of their present income, by offering to the holders of the Foar•and• a-Half per Cent. Rentes the option of exchanging their bonds for new bonds, insuring to them the same income in Three per Cent. Rentes. In March, 1862, the State will withdraw the option of conversion or redemption. If the holders of the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Rentes, in order to insure themselves against the re= demption, would wish to effect the conversions themselves, they could do so by exchanging their bonds for an inscription of Three per Cent. in the public books, which would produce the same amount of Rentes without the expenditure of any considerable sum. At present the only difference between the two funds would be about 800 f. for every 450 f. of Rentes. The bondholders, however, would be justified at present in awaiting more favourable conditions than those which would be obtainable when the State will have reassumed its right of redeeming these Rentes. The payments which would be made by the bondholders to make up the difference (soulte) would amount for all the bonds of the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Loan to about 300,000,000 francs. It would be necessary that a law should have the faculty of fixing, according to circumstances, the payments to be effected by the holders of the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Rentes for making up the difference. These payments could be made in several instalments, which it would be best to make coincide with the period of the annuities in arrears. This conversion would be entirely optional, but there is no doubt as to the suc cess of the operation. If by some fortuitous causes this conversion was only partial, at all events the magnitude of the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Rentes would be diminished, and their redemption would be therefore more easily effected afterwards. "As soon as circumstances would permit the State could pi oeeed to the redemption, by making more rigorous use of its rights in this respect. " The extraordinary budget for 1863 will be made the subject of a special law. "The extraordinary resources of the State con sist of 57,500,000 f., consisting of the balance in bonds of the Oblz:qatzons Centenaires, and 10,000,000 f., the amount of the third annuity of the Chinese indemnity. " As these twu sums will not allow of the con struction of railways and the carrying out of other works of public utility, I do not doubt that the Corps Legislatif will not refuse tg vote the means for the execution of works of incontestable utility by the temporary establishment of a sur-tax on two articles of extensive consumption—namely, by an augmentation by 10c. per kilogramme of the duties on salt, which would produce 33,000,000 f. The trades which make use of salt as a principal manu- faeturing staple would be freed from any eompte- mentary dues, in order to place them in a position to withstand foreign competition. " The reduction in the sugar duty begins to have its effect. Nevertheless, we should continue to collect a duty of 42f., which would include the pay ment of the decimes. Thus sugar would still enjoy half the reduction of the duty which was formerly effected. " The temporary augmentation of the sugar duty would produce about 29,000,000 f. The extraordi- nary receipts would thus b e 130,000,000 f., _ and might be 150,000,000 f., by adding the credits unemployed in 1862, which would form more im portant amounts than those employed in 1861 and 1862 for extraordinary works." M. Fould employs in the regulation of the Budget of 1861 the 25,000,000 f. of the extraordinary debt due by Spain to France, which, it appears, will shortly be settled, and the 10,000,000 f. form ing the second annuity of the Chinese indemnity. If these resources should not besufficient,3o,ooo,ooof would be added by commencing to levy the two temporary surtaxes on sugar and salt from July, 1862. In conclusion, M. Fould states that the ordinary Budget of 1863 will be balanced by the surplus revenue of the ordinary Budget, and by other re sources which would be sufficient for the national expenditure. There would still remain the deficit, which, however, would not only cease to increase but would soon diminish. AMSTERDAM JAN. 21. The Bank of Amsterdam has reduced its rate of discount to 31 per cent. TURIN, JAN. 21. The Opinione of to-day says : "There is a question of substituting Italian for Pontifical troops in the Patrimony of St. Peter, or, at least, of establishing mixed garrisons of French and Italian troops, in order to insure tranquillity in the interior, and deprive the brigands of all refuge. " Rome would continue to be occupied by the French. " The Pontifical Government would thus be enabled to dismiss almost all its troops, and be re lieved from a heavy burden." The Opinione also states that the Emperor of the French is taking steps with Russia for the recogni tion of the Kingdom of Italy by that Power. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 22. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamship Alhambra, with the Penin sular mails, arrived off the Needles at 10 a.m. to-day. FRANCE. The Bank of France has reduced its rate of dis• count from 5 to 41 per cent. BOURSE, Jan. 21.—The market further improved, Threes, for the Account, closing at 70f 40c. Rail ways also firm, and some lines higher. ITALY. The Italie of the 19th says :—" A letter from Rome, published by the Nazione of Florence, and repeated by the Perseveranza, would lead to the idea that General de La Marmora had reason to complain of General de Goyon, We are enabled to give the most formal contradiction to that assertion ; and we can state positively that General de La Marmora has never had reason to complain of Count de Goyon, with whom he has never ceased to keep up the most satisfactory relations. We the more regret the thoughtlessness with which such a declaration is advanced, that it might tend to in duce a belief in the existence of differences between the French and Italian Governments, of which there is nothing to authorise even the supposition." SWITZERLAND. The Swiss Chambers have just met for their winter session. One of the first subjects which occupied their attention was a proposed law on mixed marriages, against which the clerical party in Switzerland have protested. The commission charged to examine it has proposed its adoption, insisting on the necessity of habituating the people to look upon the civil power more seriously. The reporte,, declared that nothing in the proposal clashed with the doctrines of the Church, and that it was merely intended as the completion of a law voted some years ago. In spite of the opposition of the Ultramontane fraction, leave was given, by a large majority, to discuss the bill. PRUSSIA. A communication from Berlin, of the 18th (be fore the elections in the Chamber, notified by tele graph), says :—" M. Simson yesterday declared at a meeting of the fraction to which he belongs, that his health will not allow him to accept the honour of presiding over the Chamber. The Government will, it is expected, immediately present several bills to the Chamber ; one of the first being that for modifying the law of 1814 on the obligation of mili tary service. The new measure, as is already well known, will extend the service in the reserve to four years, and make the obligation to serve stop at the age of 36, instead of at 39 as heretofore. M. de Niegolowski, who had refused to receive his letters of convocation as deputy, because they were written in German, has definitively resigned his seat, so that a new election for his district will be neces sary." POLAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) WARSAW, JAN. 15. The reign of terror to which this country, and particularly this city, has been submitted for nearly a twelvemonth now, has, in the Russian view of it, been greatly mitigated by the re-opening of the Grand Theatre. However, the anticipations of the authorities to see the theatre filled as of yore with a crowded and fashionable audience have been sadly disappointed ; hardly half of this magnificent place was filled, and that only with the Russian officers and some people to whom tickets were given gratis. The inhabitants of Warsaw fully appreciate how much a performance in their native language (which, by the-bye, the good King of Prussia for bids in the Duchy of Posen) tends to shed a ray on the literature and to uphold the traditions of the scenic art in Poland; bat wounded in their most cherished feelings, they cannot feign joy in the midst of sorrow and lamentation. Then, the vexa tious regulations to carry a lantern in your hand on your way home, is, in itself, sufficient to destroy all the pleasure derived from such a public entertain ment. As the theatres here and in Russia receive a large allowance from the Government by way of support, an extra tax levied on the inhabitants will doubtless make up for the smallness of the audience. While the Government are thus anxious to minister to the pastime and amusement of some, they cease not to strike terror into the hearts of others, and a first batch of students was despatched yes terday to be incorporated in the regiments stationed in Siberia. The judiciary (if they can be so termed) proceedings are conducted in the greatest secrecy ; the sentence, hardly pronounced, is at once carried out ; and be:ore relatives or friends have time to inquire after the victims, the latter have probably crossed the limits of their much injured and tyrannised country. And what else can be expected from these Russian Generals, who are sent here not to govern but to irritate, provoke, and then ill-treat the most innocent people. It is a notorious fact that the present Governor of Poland, General Luders, when ordered by the Czar—while making penance at Odessa for the sins committed in the Crimean war—to assume that post, frequently used to say, " I did not ask to go to Warsaw ; but since it is the Emperor's wish that I should govern the Poles, the❑ I know what to do. I know these obstinate and haughty rascals. I will teach them a lesson. I will thrash them and hang them like dogs." This is a fine specimen of the qualifications necessary to govern a country containing five millions of inhabi tants, but they are those eminently possessed by every satellite of the Czar. How different is the conduct of the Poles toward the Russians can be judged from the extract of the clandestine journal, The Pilote, which I had promised to send you. One of the leading articles of that journal expresses the deepest symplthy for the liberal aspirations of the Russian youth, and for the efforts of the patriots of the same country, in bringing about a better political system, but it energetically protests against any idea of fusion or of surrendering by the Poles their own nationality. " We are ready to spill our blood with them," says The, Pilote," for the whole world knows the motto of the Poles while marching to the battle, "For our liberty and for yours," a motto to which, even to day, we desire to remain faithful. But it would be a great error to suppose that, because we are work ing for the triumph of common liberty, we are re signed to be mixed up with the Russians, and renounce our national existence. Far be it from us such an idea ; if in the lapse of so many ages from Rurik to Nicolas I. this work, so often recommenced, could never be realised, how can it be accomplished in 1862. We can love each other fighting for freedom, one by the side of the other, mutually offer up prayers for our martyrs, even become rivals in devotion for the common work, but we ought to remain two distinct nations. We preserve our traditions, our customs, and our autonomy. The actual policy of the Moderate party in Poland does not aim at the dethronement of the dynasty, and does not wish to wring the sceptre from the hands of the Sovereign ; it desires respect for our rights, for our laws, and claims back its liberty from whatever side it may come. When the Poles meet it is not for electing a King, as it is endeavoured to make the ignorant soldiery believe, but it is to strengthen their patriotism and fortify their faith—aspirations which already fill the gene rous hearts of a great number of Muscovites." The Pad° then gives the wisest counsel as to the line to be pursued under the present circumstances. "We entreat," says the journal, "all our patriots to keep up the most dignified attitude, and to pre serve all their strength and energy, which will be much needed one of these days, We must not suffer ourselves to be deluded by the projects which are being elaborated at St. Petersburg, or by the protection of foreign courts. We cannot, we must not, rely except on ourselves ; and for this reason it is the more important that we should leave nothing to chance, and remain in a prudent reserve." It then dwells on the peasant question :-- "We conjure," continues the Pilote, "all the landowners, to exercise the greatest possible care with regard to the peasants, and not to spare any sacrifice for their benefit. Those who would hesi tate to-day to sacrifice an inch may be exposed to morrow to lose their life and all their fortune. It is necessary to convince the peasants of their in terest that the stories spread by the Russian agents, when they reach their ears, might produce no effect upon their minds." The same paper recommends to the clergy to continue to be the mediator between all parties whenever an occasion should present itself. The sentiments thus expressed by the Pilote may be considered as those of the whole nation. The loftiness of those sentiments, coupled with the moderation it displays, are the best answer to those who try to represent Poland as a hotbed of anarchy and revolution, and contrasts woefully with the despotic rule of the Russian Government. THE PRINCE OF WALES.—The Rev. Arthur Stanley, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, has been ap pointed to accompany his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on his tour through the East. SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.--,The Earl of Elg'in and Lady Elgin embarked from the docks to-day, on hoard the Royal yacht Fairy, Master-Commander Welch, for Osborne, to take leave of her Majesty previous to their departure for India. Lord Llanover comes to town early next week from Llanover, near Aborgavenny. Mr. and Lady Charlotte Watson Taylor have arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-square. THE CREATION.—The National Choral Society will give a performance of Haydn's " Creation" this even ing at Exeter-hall. The principal solos are allotted to Madlle. Florence Lancia, Mr. George Perren, and Mr. L. Thomas ; conductor, Mr. G. W. Martin. The public may thus be gratified with this great work at a popular rate of admission. The Cologne Gazette states that out of the 10,000 houses in Berlin, there are only 31 which are completely free from mortgage. The Pontifical Calendar for 1862 has just been published. It declares that there are 938 dioceses in the world, and thwt 75 opirsoop a l oot,a, Lucia L ur chew Italian, are now vacant. It designates Cardinal Milesi as being still Legate at Bologna, and Mgr. Lasagni as being Legate at Forli ; everything is retained as if the Legations, the Marches, and Umbria were still governed by the Holy See. MONSTER GUN.--The 300-pounder .Armstrong gun manufactured at the Elswick factory, on the muzzle-. loading principle, was yesterday fitted to a carriage con structed at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and the extra ordinary weapon, which weighs 12 tons S cwt., will be tested at Shoeburyness, when the necessary ammunition is prepared for that purpose. WRECK OF THE CRlSlS.—Yesterday nine of the crew belonging to the Crisis, recently wrecked on the Ark-. low Bank, arrived in Liverpool. They were William Car son, the second mate; John Bentley, the carpenter; Patrick I\l'Donnell, the steward; David O'Neele, Andrew Hill, and John Kelly, seamen; and John W. White and Frederick A. Hill, apprentices. The captain and ten of the crew are still missing. The ship, which was bound for Singapore, was owned in Liverpool by Messrs. J. and R. Brocklebank. SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.—YOUGHAL, JAN. 20.—Yesterday morning the brigantine Orleans, of Cork, laden with coal, was totally wrecked on a point called Cloycastle, on this coast. Through the exertions of the , coastguard, under Capt. St. Leger and Capt. Shepherd, four of the crew were saved, and the remainder (three in num ber) were lost. It was with the aid of Manby's rocket ap paratus the crew were saved. Two of the bodies have been washed ashore, and now await a coroner's inquest. A SCHOONER CHASED BY A FEDERAL SHIP OF WAR.—By accounts from Charleston, received at Lloyd's, dated Dec. 26, the Prince of Wales, schooner, was chased by a Federal vessel of war, and fired into, the shot taking effect in the hull, but without injuring any one. She was then run on shore on North Inlet, and set fire to, in order to prevent her from falling into the hands of the Federals, the launches of the cruiser having been sent after her. She was loaded with 1,000 sacks of salt, and sundries. THE SLIDE NUISANCE—ACCIDENT TO A CLERGY— MAN.—Yesterday afternoon, as the Rev. Arthur Waldo, of Hatfield, Herts, was leaving the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's-cross, he stepped upon a slide which had been recently made on the footpath, and fell with great violence on the pavement, cutting his temple most seriously and rendering him insensible. Surgical aid was promptly secured, but owing to the advanced age of the reverend gentleman apprehensions are entertained as to the , ultimate consequences of his fall. TIIE MEMORIAL FUND.—Last evening the furd now being raised at the Mansion•-house for a memorial of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort, had reached in a week upwards of £9,000. Among the donors yesterday were Biddulph, Cocks, and Co., £lOO ; Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, £100; Mr. H. W. Eaton, £100; Matheson and Co., £100; the Turkish Ambassador, £5O ; Vice-Chancellor Sir Page Wood, £5O; the Dowager Countess of Jersey £5O ; Hanbury, Lloyd, £52 10s. ; Rear -Admiral the' Hon. Joseph Denman, £25; and Sir James Duke, M.P., £2l. The Lord Mayor has received letters from the Mayors of Swansea, Hull, Rochester, Tewkesbury, Salisbury, High Wycombe, Chichester, Tynemouth, Sheffield, Evesham, Exeter, and Peterborough, stating that they would either convene meetings of the inhabitants of their respective towns, or of the members of the municipal council, with the view to co-operate in raising a fund for the objoct in_ view. THE DELHI PRIZE MONEY.—The following ap pears in the Calcutta papers :—" His Excellency the Go vernor-General in Council is pleased to authorise the im mediate issue of a first distribution of the Delhi prize boot: at the rate of S 6 rupees each share. Bills in duplicate fo r the amount of the shares are to be sent to the General Pri2 :e Committee, Calcutta, by whom they will be passed for pa y ment by district paymasters. When the bills shall hal .e been discharged and paid, commanding officers of corps w t lll be careful that the prescribed acquittance rolls aro duly for warded to the General Prize Committee. The General Prize Committee will prepare, as soon as practicable, state ments showing the names of the European officers and sol diers entitled to share who have left India, and the amount payable to each, for transmission to her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, in order that the sums due to Parties in England may be passed to them at the earliest possible date.—R. J. 11. 13tucir, Major-General, Secretary to the Government of India," The suspension has been announced of Messrs G. J. Calvert and Co„ ironfounders, of York, with liabilities for more than £lOO,OOO. Annexed is the circular issued : " Railway Foundry, York, Jan. 20. " Gentlemen, —We ore under the Painful necessity of in forming you that we are no longer able to meet our engage ments. "Acting under the advice of some of our principal cre ditors, we have placed our books in the hands of Messrs. Cooper Brothers and Cc,, accountants, of London, who will forthwith prepare a statement of our affuirs, to be sub mitted to a meeting of our creditors, to be held at the Guild hall Coffeehouse, King-street, Cheapside, London, on Monday next, the 27th inst., at 3 o'clock precisely, at which we request the iavuur of your attendance. " We are, Gentlemen, your very obedient servants, G. J. CALIVgItT AND Co." Eqi Ale 2 Spa] Tur lien put Itli L, Wet fro m Her iest3 C., rlali from Gleo for I Th 60 d a port: same men Am s Rott Anti Pr us liana e 0,,,r tt, e -he, ti le II SI di et an' 10: mi tra ho, 3 3 '/), A T 1 eot lid