The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-23 00:00:00

*** For full particulars of amusements see first page. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. This Evening, Wallace's new opera, LOVE'S TRIUMPH. Commence at 8. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. This Eveninz, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. After Which, A REGULAR FIX. Followed by LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. And A AFTE TUB WEDDING. Commence at 7. R NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI, This Evening, the Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES. And A' TICKET OF LEAVE. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. This Evening'. IT MUST BE TRUE, 'TWAS IN THE PAPERS. Followed by PEEP O'DAY. To conclude with SILLA.ttNEY; Commence at 7. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Hay market. Open every evening for Promenade and Dancing. CANTERBURY HALL.—EVERY EVENING.— Grand Selections from the Popular Operas.—The Comic per formances of Unsworth, Eugene, Little Bob, Arthur Lloyd. 'Hollingsworth, E. Marshall, Miss G. Smithson, dm—The Etoile Family, dlco. Commence at 7. THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, EVERY EVENING.—Re -appearance of Unsworth. the original of "Or any other man' -The Colleen Bawn, by Miss Caroline Par' es—Mr. Maclagan's Entertainment Drew Dean, the great Flautist—the Neapolitan Minstrels—Selections from Verdi's " 11Corsaro" and "Nabnco," Donizetti's "Don Se- Commence dm, with full band and chorus. Commence at 7. TURNHAM'S GRAND CONCERT HALL, Edge ware-road, W.—Opens This Evening.—Great and Special Attractions. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF REIGATE, GENTLEMEN —Having a vivid reco llection of the contest in which I was engaged in 1859, and which kept your borough in a state of undesirable agitation for ten or twelve weeks, I hesitated at first to offer myself on the pre sent occasion, although I had been defeated by so narrow a majority at that election : I have, however, not only received assurances from my old friends of their continued adherence, but also voluntary promises from many of those who were, at that time, supporters of my opponent, that they are now prepared to render me every assistance. '1 here is no reason, therefore, to doubt that the two sections of the Liberal party, then divided, are now united in my favour, and that such union must insure my return. It is under these circumstances that I venture to present myself to your notice, with every determination to succeed. I had ample opportunities of explaining my opinions to you at the former election , and as my principl es h ave under gone no change, i t is unnecessary to repeat them here. I shall, however, be happy to afford the electors every means of further inquiry which they may desire. I have when in Parliament given to the Government of Lord Palmerston an independent and conscientious support, and shall continue to do so if returned. I am, gentlemen, yours faithfully, WILLIAM ARTHUR WILKINSON. Shortlands, Beckenham, 22d December, 1862. LIVES of EMINENT STATESMEN, in PUN, every week. One Penny , Now Ready, handsomely bound in Magenta cloth, gilt, price 4s. 6d. ; post free, 65.. the ft„ZECOND half-yearly VOLUME of FUN, with ►►) numerous Engravings by talented artists, and humor ous Articles by the following distinguished writers : W. Bailey, Esq. W. S. Gilbert, Esq. W. Barber, Esq. T. Hood, Esq. E. L. Blanchard, Esq. T. S. Jerrold, Esq.' G. W. Bridgeman, Esq. W. J. Prowse, Esq. F. C. Burnand, Esq. Godfrey Turner, Esq. H. J. Byron, Esq. &a, &c., &c. Office, 80, Fleet-street, London. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1862.1 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ting DAT.—Morning, 3h. 6m.—Afternoon, 3h. 34m, To-mointow.-Morning, 3h. 57m.—Afternoon, 4h. 20m. Amidst all the bickerings of public speakers and diplomatists on both sides the Atlantic, it is heart cheering to hear from the Northern cities of Ame rica the kindliest language, backed by generous deeds, towards our suffering fellow-citizens in Lan cashire. All the burdens of the war, and they are already heavy—all the irritating words and deeds heard from this side the water, and they have not been few—all the tirades of blind anti- English fury in New York, and they have been nu merous and bitter—all the suffering of American cotton manufactories from the same cause as stops our own—all has not availed to chill the feeling of the North towards the men whom its war for Republican Empire has starved. The Southern PRESIDENT savagely drew consolation from the fact, that if the South suffered from the cotton blockade, Europeans suffered from it in the propor tion of four to one. The North, in a nobler spirit, says we suffer, indeed, and severely from our own blockade, but Lancashire suffers more than we do ; as we unwillingly cause that suffering through the necessities of war, let us show that it is indeed un willingly; and if we cannot let them buy our enemies' cotton, let us give them of our own abun- dant crops. The address of the committee which began this noble work has just reached us. It is worthy of the occasion. It is the writing of kind-hearted men of business. It seems more like the style of the old country. There is no clap-trap in it ; no inaendoes ; its reasons for asking contributions are just what they ought to be and its suggestions practical: The gratitude with which our QUEEN " whose virtues illustrate her words," and the nation, received the gift of food during the Irish famine ; the innocence of the sufferers who are called on " to face a more fearful enemy than war; the abundance of the crop vouchsafed by a bountiful Providence to America, so that amid all their trials " unsatisfied hunger has no place ;" their own con sciousness under their own trials of the value of sympathy ; the appropriateness of the act as a thansgiving offering to Providence for the plenty of food which they enjoy—such are the kind of arguments with which the committee appeal to their fellow countrymen. They suggest the value, in a case like this, of prompt action, it being pre-eminently one in which " he gives twice who gives quickly." Not im properly, in pointing out its inapplicability to such a crisis, they mention their Homestead Act, which gives to each settler in the West'rn Territories, without regard to nationality, 160 acres of the public land, as a " welcome and a home to every foreigner." Expecting, probably, that the Lan cashire operatives would see their address, and we hope every one will see it, the Committee probably meant to say, " if want of employment continues, and any of you are yet able and strong, we offer you what you most desire, food and independence." The Committee sees indications of a spirit of charity like its own in many others cities of the North ; it advise s organisations to receive the subscriptions " in unioZi t every city, town, and village throughout the appeals to the clergy especially to unite in thi s . I'lll7 national and Christian work ;" to the railroad companies, who have been b e n e fi ted ,and shipmasters on the Lakes, athby the corn traffic with England, to cont rib ut e th ei r f eir carriage of the corn offered them ; n to the food -producing States, on l the ground of the market bei ng f urnished fo m r ein their rca produce by the men who have w o rked c otton. Besides large cont r i b 74,000 dollars —.they t t h h e e l mes h sr a s d . re ached by the lest mail B— they are able to announc e t he noble offer cauleb GRISWOLD of a ship of 1,800 tons burden to carry over the corn to Liverpool. The well-known Republican politician, Mr. THITIMONT 'WEED, with a contribution of a thou sand dollars, writes in warmly eulogistic languag e of the operatives. No form of suffering, he says, "appeals with such emphasis to American benevo lence." His reasons are two. First, the civil war is 4, t h e immediate cause, though the blameless cause of the suffering." But, secondly, these operatives are the friends of the North. Many of the com mercial classes in England, he might have added, and of the aristocracy, too, sympathise with the South, but the operatives have resisted all Attempts to secure their co-operation against blockade add in favour of intervention. He justly indeed com mends a body of half a million of men, the greater part of them enduring the severest trials on ac count of the war, for refusing to support any pro posal to put an end to the war in favour of the South. We all know here that the real reason for this is the universal detestation in which slavery is I I held by our working men, and their resolution to suffer anything rather than afford encouragement to a republic whose corner-stone is human bondage. All classes appear to be joining in the good work, and advocating it in their wonted style of appeal_ At one public meeting, in the Produce Exchange, we find a kind of American SPURGEON, the Rev. F. L. CUTLER, pleading with racy humour and vigour. It is " dividing the big loaf which our Heavenly Father has given us with our starving brethren across the water." It is an act of " simple justice" to friends, since " whatever be the opinions of kings or of emperors, of statesmen or of aristoerats ; the labouring masses of Europe are with us in our death-grapple for popular liberty." When solicited to petition for breaking the blockade, the noble fellows replied, " No, America's battle is our battle ; we will rather starve than hinder a nation that is fighting for the rights of labour and universal free dom"—" shall such men be allowed to suffer ? GOD ' forbid, while our granaries are barsting." He would have GRISWOLD'S vessel loaded till she would not hold another sack, send her to Liverpool, lay her along side the docks, let her open, not her batteries, but her butteries, discharging 100 bags of bacon every hoar; let her fire a broadside of flour barrels, each barrel aimed at hungry mouths in the abodes of poverty; and when Liverpool has been thoroughly sacked with sacks of grain, and bombarded with barrels of flour, when the golden grain has been poured oat, without money and without price, then, if JOHN BULL is not conquered, I shall have no faith in Gospel gunnery." England will surely respond as becomes her to this generous outburst of feeling from the merch ants, politicians, and SPURGEONS of America. "Charity covereth a multitude of sins," and if this truly generous charity did not do so in our case, then, indeed, we should be most uncharit able. It may well erase all the impressions which the rant of a CASSIUS CLAY, and the pretentious bombast of Mr. SEWARD, and the folly of WILKES'S flatterers may have made. We accept it, as we did the generous violation of the strict laws of war, when Commodore TATNALL, exclaiming that " blood was thicker than water," sent aid to our distressed crews in the disastrous business of the Taku Forts. Let us cherish such develop ments of the better feelings on both sides, and for get our mutual taunts and provocations. With what a light and delicate hand Mr. LAYARD touches on all the great questions of the day ! His constituents don't get mach out of him in re gard to any one of them it is true—but they do get something. Ex. gr.—Referring to the anxiety for some time prevalent as to the precarious state of our relations with the Chinese—" It was his con viction," said Mr. LAYARD, " that we never were further from a war with the Chinese than at the present moment." Alluding to the tremendous civil war still, and so long, raging on the other side of the Atlantic—" He believed the policy pursued by the Government on this question," quoth Mr. LAYARD, " had pretty well need the unanimous approval of the country." Comment ing upon the great European difficulty thus spake the hon. member for Norwich to his South wark constituency, "He trusted the French occu pation of Rome would soon be terminated." Glancing onwards to the new European difficulty that has very recently sprung up a little further away there to the east, the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs thus threw a flood of light upon that dark portion of our diplo macy —" In the affairs of Greece her Majesty's Government did not wish to inter fere." Nay, he went even a little further and added—[We knew it all perfectly well beforehand, it is true—but no matter of that ! Here it is all over again from the lips of the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the alter ego or re presentative of the Earl RIISSELL]—" They (her Majesty's Government) had accepted the revolu tion, and had gone a step further. If the Greeks promised to govern themselves as a constitutional nation, and to respect their engagements, the Eng lish Government were willing to give them up the lonian Islands, but it must be evident that they could not give them up the lonian Islands while Greece had been ill-governed." Not a syllable about Prince ALFRED, observe! But then, it is true, that, under the circumstances, was by far too important and delicate a subject to be touching upon even by so gingerly-stepping an Under Secretary. The "Dangerous" part of the ice therefore is dexterously evaded and adroitly skimmed round until the nimble skater over the frozen topics of European Diplomacy can feel a more solid congelation under his keen shod and mettlesome feet, and can go careering off in a showy attitude such as that " struck " by him anent that old familiar theme of diplomatists, the situation of Turkey in respect to Christendom ! " He did not wish to give the Turk more than the Christian, but he would give him as much. He did not think that because a Turk believed in MAILOMET they should treat him with injustice. They should maintain the policy of non-intervention in Turkey as elsewhere." Turning his regard to the past, he had a flourish of exultation to indulge in iii respect to the Commercial Treaty with France. Scruti nising the present, he eulogised the long-suffering, famine-threatened artisans of Lancashire. Looking onward to the future, he evidently cherished the con viction at heart of an approaching triumph over all coming antagonists of the Great Liberal Party, as now led and championed by our veteran Premier, Lord PALMERSTON. Altogether the speech delivered yesterday by Mr. LAYARD, to a large gathering of his transpontine constituents, was about as super ficial and as amusingly evasive of anything bearing the shadowy semblance of a Ministerial revela tion, as a political address could well be. If constituencies can be so amused by the hour, well and good—that is purely a matter for their own Consideration. So think not the electors of RochL dale and Birmingham, however, judging from the bold, and earnest, and comprehensive, and search ing harrangues addressed to the pick of them re cently by their respective representatives. " Down in Dorsetshire"—all among the farmers —at Blandford, a borough to be sure, for the sake of his Grace the Marlborough, but one much easier for the traveller to find on his map, than on the land itself,—in this out of the world place and county, politicians have been talking polities. 01 eunrce the two county members the Hon. W. H. PORT MANI and Mr. H. KER SEYMER, were the chief performers. The well known 5.G.0., however, took a tart, and our district also contributed the poli tical dessert in the shape of another PORTMAN, the member for E ast Middlesex. It was of course a meeting of the Blandford Agricultural Society, and great coats, to the number it is said of one hundred were distributed to the men who had been great at ploughing, mowing, thatching, and other peace ful" pursuits of a gr i culture. Some of the coats, we tairwe„ Welle i alsotold th,waetre premium s for long servi mr. wAymits Was not there to prove that neither master nor man merited a pre mium for sticking to each other, if the one paid well and the other worked well. Perhaps the man who best deserves a prize for "long servitude" is the man who has a bad-tempered master, and yet contents himself to serve him patiently and well. Should not the complement to a testimonial for this prize be another testimonial to the character of the master ? Good service under difficulties is that which surely ought to gain the first prize. Mr. COBDEN does not appear to have delivered his admirable address at Midhurst in vain; it was meant as an elementary lesson on the North and its manufacturers to the Midhurst rustics of high and low degree there, and is incomparably the best little hand-book we have yet seen for the agricul tural mind. The member for Dorsetshire had learned from it that the great body of manufacturers were not in a position to do more than they had done. It is now easily understood why the mill owners cannot afford the rates themselves which they have to pay. It is by this time apparent to even county members, that a manufacturer whose property is almost wholly invested in mills and ma chinery, can have nothing to spare when those mills produce him less than nothing ; being, in fact, in the position of a farm which had to pay rent, rates, and tithes, although it might have been smitten with complete barrenness. It is pleasing to see that Dorsetshire and Manchester, at last, are likely to understand each other, and not less so that the understanding is to be one begun by the benevo lence of the South towards the distressed of the North. Dorsetshire appears to be orthodox on the Greek question, its faith was expounded with applause by one of its members ; it is that we feel very much complimented by the wish of the Greeks to have our Prince, but that he is far better off " as mid shipman on board one of his mother's ships than he would be as King of GREECE." Poor Mr. BRIGHT came in for severe censure, tempered, however, with the pity all Englishmen feel for a disap pointed man. He had had the misfortune to see his pet land of Democracy overwhelmed by the crash of its institutions, hence he must be for given for indulging in the Pickwickian pleasure of letting them know a bit of his mind about aristo cratic institutions, patronage, State churches, and all the old world inequalities and grievances. His American hobby had broken down, and poor Mr. BRIGHT had lost his temper. We may safely leave it to Mr. BRIGHT to put himself right with the hon. members for Dorsetshire next session. They may look out for a hard backhander. Mr. KER SEYMER has been travelling in Italy, and told the sons of the soil somewhat of his expe rience there. He seemed anxious to justify him self, as a Conservative, for supporting revolu tion in Italy. But he did so, very efficiently, she wing that Italy, after a sleep •of cen turies was only awakening to demand those liberties which Conservatives here would be the last to surrender. Mr. SEYMER was surprised to find that the inhabitants perfectly understood the ques tion of the " temporal power ;" and that while warmly attached to their religion, they considered the POPE'S temporal power an injury rather than a benefit to it. They contended earnestly for his spiritual power, but "saw no reason why he should misgovern some hundred of thou sands of Italians." Perhaps Mr. KER SEYMER Will now appreciate the clear understanding which English Dissenters have on the subject of the tem poral power" of the English Church. He may cease to wonder that they can clearly distinguish between Bishops as spiritual persons, and their mischievous power as Legislators, on any liberal question on which they think it worth while to give their votes. There are, we can assure him, " temporalities" in England, quite as objectionable to half his fellow Englishmen, as the POPE'S tem poralities are to the Italians. TEE AMERICAN BLOCKADE.—NEW YORK, Dec. 9. —The schooners Emma Tuttle, Levi Rowe, J. C. Roker, and Brilliant, of Nassau, were captured by the blockading squadron, off Wilmington, on the 3d inst. The schooner Ariel, of Boston, and the Anna Maria, of Nassau, in at tempting to run the blockade, were run ashore off Little Run, South Carolina, to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Federals. The Memphis (steamer), cap tured on the 31st June, and the Elizabeth (steamer), cap tured on the 31st May, off Charleston harbour, have been condemned and their cargoes forfeited. EAST KENT ELECTION.—Sir Norton Knatchbull, Bart., addressed a meeting of the electors at the Town-hall, Dover, yesterday afternoon. He replied to the principal arguments levied against him by Sir Ed. Dering at meetings throughout the country, professed his adherence to Church and State, and the Queen's Government, as distinguished from that termed Lord Palmerston's; his advocacy of the national expenditure for sterling worth and progressive im provement, and his deep sympathy with the Lancashire dis tress, and admiration of Lord Derby's conduct as compared with Lord Palmerston's. The only question put was re specting the Maynooth grant, for which he would vote the abolition. A vote of confidence was accorded, with one dis sentient, on the motion of S. Wood, Esq. ANOTHER CRINOLINE FATALITY. Yesterday morning a young woman named Caroline Evans, residing in Bermondsey-street, had just lighted the firo, and was turning round, when her dress, which was extended by crinoline, came in contact with the flames, and was ignited. Her screams brought assistance, but in spite of it the whole of her dress was consumed, and her person fearfully burned. She was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, but expired shortly after her admission. POSTMAN DROWNED.—On Friday morning the body of Wm. Howell, postman from St. John's to Alfrick, was found drowned in the river Teme at Powick Mill. The deceased was on duty as usual on Thursday, and about a quarter to 7 o'clock he called at Mr. Willis's, of Wick, on his return journey, but not reaching home at the usual time inquiries were instituted, and on the following morn ing his hat was found in the river, On a further search being made his body, with the mail-bags strapped to it, was discovered in the mill pond. It is supposed that the unfortunate man, through the darkness of the night,missed his way, fell into the river, and was drowned.—Birming ham Gazette. r EFFECTS OF THE WAR.—In Southern Indiana, Southern and Central Illinois, the greater portion of lowa, and all of Missouri, agricultural' produce is worth next to nothing; while all over the West, the prices of cloth, of sugar, of molasses, of salt, of iron—all the great necessaries of farm and household economy, save only breadstuffa and meat for man and food for animals—have in some cases doubled, inothers quadrupled in price. In the localities that we have mentioned a bushel and a half of corn will buy but a pound of sugar, and three bushels of corn, or a bushel of wheat, only equal in market - value a pound of common coffee. Cotton cloths and coarse woollen fabrics—articles wholly indispensable among farmers—are sold at enormous figures. In large districts of the country the bushel of wheat that would once buy six yards of coarse muslin is now paid for a yard and a half of the same goods. While this is true of merchandise, the prices of labour have in creased so enormously that on thousands of farms the grown corn crop is not worth the bare cost of gathering and pre paring it for a market. And, in addition to these disabilities under which the farmers labour, increased taxes are a cer tainty that no power can ward off.—Chicago Tribune. DEATH OF THE EARL OF GIFFORD.—We have to record the death of the Earl of Gifford, which took place yesterday morning at Dufferin-lodge, Highgate, after a protracted illness. HIGHLAND BURYING PLACES.—An English ar tist writing about the Highlands describes a lonely church yard in an island on Loch-Awe. The island, he says, had been inhabited before, long ago, by a convent of Cistercian nuns. They were turned out at the Reformation, and their poor little chapel has been left for the winds to sing in nvnr since. Not many stones are left of it now, and its fundations lie low amongst the moss-cover e d t om bs of the old chieftains. But the people brine their dead he re y e t, and lay them under the shadow of their broken walls, so that the island is a land of death, of utter repose and peace. W as it not well in barbarous mutineers to bury their dead in lonely isles, where the foot of the marauder trampled not the grass on the grave, and where living came not, save in sor row, and reverentially ? The mainland was for the living to fight upon, to hunt upon, and to dwell upon ; but this green isle was the Silent Land, the Island of the Blest. Hither the chieftains came, generation after generation, borne solemnly across the waters from their castled isles ; hither they came to this defenceless one, where they still sleep securely, when their strongholds are roofless ruins; their claymores dissolved in rust; their broadlands that they fought for all their lives, sold and resold; and their de scendants sent into mile to make a desert for English grottse-btmtcp THEATRE ROYAL WESTMINSTER. Mr. Boucicault having renamed and remodelled the once famous Astley's Amphitheatre, commenced his mana gerial campaign last evening. He may be said to have done away with the boxes, a re form long wanted. In their stead ho gives a splendid balcony, which sweeps completely round the house, pro jecting from the old circle, so as to abridge considerably the huge space formerly occupied by the circus and the pit. Handsome and capacious chairs of cerese-coloured silk, three deep, with a broad moulding or cushion of velvet, give a magnificent contour to what Mr. Boucicault has named the " auditorium," or audience portion of the theatre. The ground-floor is occupied by a spacious and handsome orchestra, a parterre filled with chairs, and the pit seats in the rear. Above the balcony are side galleries, and a most capacious one facing the stage, divided into upper and lower. The general decoration is of an exceedingly chaste and elegant design, with a kind of French classicality, but per fectly devoid of any pictorial and of all sculptural ornament, with the exception of very small cariatides that support a slight moulding and ornamental border. The general effect is exceedingly tasteful, and, with the upholstery colours, produces a rich and gorgeous ensemble. The stage must also have been altered, and the scenery and machinery which works it are entirely new. The proscenium is archi tectural, and effectually marks the division of the real and the illusive portion of the theatre. The pieces selected for the night, were Tom Taylor's comic dzama "To Parents and Guardians," in which Mr. Boucicault played Mon. Tourbillon, the French usher, and Mrs. Boucicault Bob Nettles ; Mr. D. Leeson enacting the low comedy Master Waddilove, and Mr. Mellon the peda gogue. Miss Rose Leclercq also appeared as Virginie. " The Siege of Lucknow," with the caste as played at Drury-lane, has been transplanted here, but of course with new scenery, dresses, and appointments. The audience appeared highly pleased with the arrange ments that had been made for their co mfort. ADELPHI 7HEAT.RE. The veteran favourite Paul Bedford took his benefit at this house last night, and was enthusiastically received by a crowded audience. The pieces played were "The Pretty Horsebreaker," a farce in which Mr. Toole gives a most amusing and finished caricature of a Cockney gent ; Mr. Benjamin Webster's little drama, called " One Touch of Nature," in which tha author plays w iti, ate fits arustic force; 06 Th. Lithe Trea sure," and "The Ticket of Leave." Mr. Sothern, of the Haymarket, appeared in " The Little Treasure," in con junction with Miss Marie Wilton, playing the part of Captain Maidenblush, which, though belonging to light comedy, was originally played by Mr. Buckstone. It was a highly successful performance, and elicited unbounded applause. LAT ES r NE WS PARIS, DEC. 23, The llioniteur of this morning says : " A rumour was current yesterday that a diffe rence had arisen between the French and Spanish Governments, in consequence of the speech of Senor Calderon Collantes, in the Senate at Madrid. But the explanation given by Spain having been satisfactory, this diplomatic incident has had no further consequence." ATHENS, DEC. 22. The President of the Synod has opened the As sembly with prayers and exhortations. Eighty members were present, who took the oath. PARIS, DEC. 22. The Paris evening journals mention the report that the French Government has demanded expla nations at Madrid respecting the official statements made by the Spanish Government to the Cortes on the Mexican question, without, however, stating the result of this request on the part of the French Ambassador. La France says:— "We have reason to believe that Prince Louis of Hesse has refused the Crown of Greece." The Patrie says : " England is said to have made the cession of the louian Islands dependent on the condition that Greece should maintain the monarchical form of Government, and respect the treaties which regulate the extension of the Kingdom of Greece." TURIN, DEC. 22. A body of French and Italian troops, commanded by Major T.aoholli, hao made an expedition on the Roman frontier, and dispersed the remainder of Tristany's band of brigands. In to-day's sitting of the Senate and Chamber of. Deputies a Royal decree was read, proroguing the session. The Official Gazette will shortly publish the decree closing Parliament. Baron Ricasoli has refused to become a member of the committee deputed to inquire into the causes of the brigandage in Naples. MADRID, DEC. 20, EVENING. To-day, in the Senate, General Prim stated that he did not receive orders to advance to the city of Mexico, and that if he had received such orders he should have gone. He eulogised the character of Juarez and repelled the accusation that he was the cause of the rupture with the French representa tive. Senor Monte expressed his belief that the French would attain their object in Mexico, and thought that Juarez would do better to withdraw and avoid a war. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 23. The screw steamship Tartar, from Lisbon. on the 17th inst., arrived here this morning with 28 passengers, £2,540 in specie, and a large cargo of fruit. She encountered a terrible northerly gale in the Bay of Biscay, and shipped heavy seas ; her sails and part of the rigging were carried away, and 27 bullocks killed out of 32 on board. LISBON, DEC, 23. It is said that the Emerald frigate brought to Dom Fernando an autograph letter from the Queen of England, which is reported to contain an offer of the throne of Greece, a distinction that Dom Fernando is said to have promptly declined. The restrictive measures in the custom-house continue, and cause much annoyance to the mer cantile community. Her Majesty's ships Warrior, Black Prince, Re sistance, Defense, Trinculo, and Revenge will leave shortly on a cruise for Madeira. Her Majesty's ship Doris arrived here on the 10th, and sailed the same day. The Magdalena sailed for the BrazilP, on the 11th. The steamer Ruby left for Madeira on the 14th inst. Two Russian frigates and the American ship St Louis are lying in the harbour. The King and Queen are residing at the Palace of Ajuda. The results of the last vintage are very satisfac tory both in the quality and quantity of the wine. The weather is very cold. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Trade is very dull. The high price of Manches ter goods has a depressing effect upon the market. Exchange on London, 90 days, 534; on Paris, 5.30; on Hamburg, 48k; on Genoa, 5.25. Three per Cent. Bonds, 471 to 48. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 23. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera, Captain Jameson, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 32 passengers, and 729 packages cargo. The Pera experienced a heavy northerly gale, with a terrific sea, across the Bay of Biscay. On the 17th she spoke the steamer Ceylon, steer ing eastward. The Dutch schooner Johanne, bound from Leg• horn to Bristol, with a general cargo, foundered at sea on the 24th ult. GIBRALTAR, DEC. 16. Exchange on London, 80 days, 50 to 50 5-16ths ; Paris, 527 ; Marseilles, 528; Genoa, 529 ; Madrid, eight days' sight, premium. Freights unaltered. • -411ri •-#411111" - :‘ lit bri :4; • - •4' . " 4 THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 23, 1862. LYCEUM THEATRE. Mr. Edmund Falconer took a farewell benefit at this house last night, reviving his comedy of " Woman" for the occasion, and playing Tim Moore in the farce of the " Irish Lion" with great success. The entertainments were varied by the performances of Mr. and MrE. Howard Paul. Mr. Fechter opens on the 10th cf next month with an entirely Anglo-French bill of fare. CRYSTAL PALACE. Great preparations are making or the appropriate cele bration of Christmas at the Crystal Palace. The Handel Orchestra now affording such ample scope for a large audience, it has been determined to concentrate all the amusements this year at that past of the great transept. The naves and transept will be gaily decorated with holly and evergreens and flags, and various emblematic devices appropriate to the season. A featire of novelty will be por traits of the various Princes of Wales, surrounding the great transept. At the garden end of the transept, the large prismatic mirror, designed and manufactured by Messrs. Defries and Son, which was shown at the Exhibition, will be brilliantly lighted up. The naves of the Palace are also completely lighted with handsome new candelabra, made to a design of the company, founded on the lights made use of in Paris at the fete of the Emperor in August last. A considerable addition has been made to the exhibitors' department, by the transference of goods from the Inter national Exhibition. Among otaer matters of interest, also, will be the model of the "Warrior steam ship, the Aus tralian gold trophy, and many other interesting objects. The Christmas tree of this year will, it is said, outstrip all its predecessors. It will le nearly 100 feet high, and will be placed near the trolical screen. It will be backed up by national flags and banners, conspicuous among which will be those of the Prince of ✓Vales and the Prin cess Alexandra of Denmark. The various fine arts courts and picture galleries will be supplemented by Magni's statue of the "Reading Girl." This work of art, as well as Monti's " Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy," will be exhibited at the entrance to the Italian Court, subscrip tion boxes for the relief of the Lancashire distress being placed thereon. Commencing on boxing-day—which this year falls on Friday—a daily series of amusements suitable to the season will be given, under the direction of Mr. Nel son Lee. Boxing-day is always a great day at the Palace. Last year over dU,OUU persons were present. Ample prepa rations have been made this season for special trains from London-bridge and - Victoria and intermediate stations, as well as from the country districts. VALUABLE HORSES FOR THE EMPEROR OF RUssii.—On Monday last two magnificent stallions, valued at 3,000 guineas, were shipped on board the Maid of Kent, steam packet, by Messrs. Ashton and Eve, for conveyance to their purchaser, the Emperor of Russia.—Dover Express. THE GREAT DUKE'S LAST WORDS.—When the Duke of Wellington was sick, the last thing he took was a little tea. On his servant handing it to him in a saucer, and asking if he would have it, the Duke replied, " Yes, if you please." These were his last words. How much kindness and courtesy is expresse.d by them.—Child's Com panion. EXTENSIVE FIRE AT A SIIIPPING-YARD IN LIVER POOL.—Soon after six o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in the extensive shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Co., at Brunswick Dock, Liverpool. An alarm was immediately given, and hose and reels from the Brunswick Dock fire station and the West of England fire engine, were speedily in attendance, as were also hose and men from the Seel-street station. The fire had broken out in the store shed connected with the mast and spar makers' shop, and it contained a large quantity of materials of an exceedingly combustible nature. These consisted chiefly of a number of barrels of pitch, of resin, and an iron tank containing oil of naphtha, besides a considerable quantity of dry timber. Above the sheds were piles of timber set up to dry, and a large amount of timber of various kinds was piled in proximity to the seat of fire. As may be readily conjectured, the conflagration raged with great fierceness, and in an incredibly short time the interior of the shed was completely filled with flames of intense heat, which, burst ing through the roof, seized on the piles of dry timber on the top, and caused an extensive and alarming blaze, which illuminated tha sky and was seen from a great distance. A detachment of men were despatched from her Majesty's ship Hastings, and they arrived at the scene of the fire soon after it had broken out, and they immediately joined the fire brigade in their efforts to extinguish the flames and to save property. Fortunately there was a good supply of water, and by the combined efforts of the firemen and the tars, the fire was confined almost entirely to the shed in which it broke out, and there it was subdued in about an hour and a half after it had been discovered, not however before a large amount of property had been destroyed. The full amount of damage done cannot be yet ascertained, but it is considered that about £1,200 in value of property has been destroyed. The loss is covered by insurance with the Liverpool and London Insurance Company. THE DISTURBANCE AT THE WORCESTER RAILWAY STATION.—The directors of the West Midland Railway company have held a meeting, when the circumstances that gave rise to the late disturbance between the railway offi cials and Mr. Watton, the late proprietor of the refresh ment rooms at Shrub Hill station, were inquired into. Se veral resolutions were passed, in which the opinions of the directors were most emphatically stated. The resolutions were to the effect that, "having been under the necessity (acting under legal advice) of ordering the officers of the company to take possession of the refreshment rooms at the Worcester station, improperly retained by Mr. Watton, they deeply regretted that any personal conflict should have arisen. That conflict, however, they state, originated from Mr. IVatton's own act, in attempting with an organised party and on Sunday morning to seize by violence, and in spite of remonstrance and warning, the rooms thus tempora rily placed under the protection of the company's servants. They lamented the course taken by Mr. R. W. Johnson, one of the directors, at the recent public meeting, and were happy to find that after the explanations that had been ex changed he was prepared to express his regret for having on such an occasion discussed and reflected upon the acts of the board, and also and especially upon the general manager of the company, Mr. Sheriff (the mayor of the city), whose prudence and humanity they said were impro perly called in question. The board requested Mr. John son to give a public explanation of his conduct, so as to re move the erroneous and unjust impressions produced by his speech; and Mr. Johnson has accordingly, in a public letter, stated that circumstances had come to his knowledge since that meeting which hai greatly modified the opinions he then expressed. H e f e l t that he was placed in a very delicate positi on a t th e meeting, and he was sorry that tub estion, which elicit e d t h e expressions he then ma d e use of, had he was led by the excitement of the moment to use ex but. He h as expresse d hi s regre t that pressions which might have given to the public an erro neous idea of the merits of the case, and he indignantly re pelled a charge which had been publicly brought against him, that he was " making political capital" out of the events referred to in his letter ; the question was not one of "political opinion," but one of "legal right," and he trusted t Pitentent it )).- qgber judgmout. - caused would give place to a mingham Daily Post. that It wo uld 8^ ,',*in be settled, when the undue ex- THE INDIA MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have received the following telegram : " TUESDAY, Dec. 23, 9 a.m. " The Ottawa reached Suez on the 14th, and the Nemesis on the 15th inst. "They brought up the passengers (who are well) and 401 boxes of mails ex Colombo. " The Massilia left Alexandria at noon of the 16th, with the passengers and mails ex Ottawa and Nemesis. The Marseilles portion may be hourly expected at that port, and the letters will probably be de livered in London to-morrow evenicg or Thursday morning. The Southampton portion will probably reach there about the 29th. " The Nemesis reports that the Colombo had no specie, and that 500 out of about 1,474 bales of silk had been saved. The report states--' Should wea ther continue fine, all will be recovered.' " RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, dated 15th inst., says : g , The severity of the winter continues. The absence of snow makes it the more felt. At Moscow it is worse still. Nevertheless, balls and festivals in honour of their Majes ties succeed each other. There is to be a grand chase on the 21st. Their Majesties gave a grand ball on the 12th, in the Kremlin Palace, to which 1,000 guests were invited. Prince Albert of Prussia was present, as also Count Golz, formerly Prussian Minister to the Court of St. Petersburg." FRANCE. THE BOURSE, Dec. 22.—The market has been heavy, and the amount of business doing shows a slight decline on the closing rates of Saturday: Threes, for the account, are now at 69f. 90c. The Railway Share Market market closed as follows 4t per Cents 97 7 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 80 New 3 per Cents Do. end month — Credit Mobilier...,llo7 50 Do. end month 1111 25 ILA IL' is also inanimate. The Bank Shares 3390 Credit Fonder 1341 25 Piedmontese Fig es Italian Loan 72 10 Russian Austrian Threes 5O 25 Home Debt - rAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1065 .. 1065 Northern New ditto • • • --- Lyons and Mediterranean 1150 -- .. 1152 50 Geneva.. Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 655 .. 656 25 Ditto to Barcelona CAPE 01 GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY, DEC. 22. The East India and London Company's steam ship Hydaspes, Captain Forster, from Madras 721 days, and the Cape 38 days, has passed up Channel. She brings 68 cabin aid 27 steerage passengers, and a cargo including 1,134 bales of cotton, two cases of ostrich feathers valued at £14,000, a quantity of silk (raw and manufactured) wool, skins linseed, rapeseed, lac, dye, &c. The Hydaspes spoke, November 13, the Albion, 126 days from Foochow for London ; 29th, the bark St. Bede, 47 days from Port Louis for Falmouth and, on the 30th, the French bark Assumption, 47 days from Reunion for Bordeaux. By this arrival we have intelligence from the Cape 21 days later than by the Athens, which ar rived here on the 29th ult. Governor Sir P. Wodehouse, on a tour through the Western Province, has laid the foundation of a new light-house at Cape St. Blaize. Secretary Rawson is gone to the Eastern Province. The Colonial Government has been compelled to borrow 1:30,000 from thp Table Bay Harbour Works. The Customs' return for the quarter ex ceed by £lO,OOO that of last year. The value of the imports show a slight increase ; the exports a de crease. Potchefstroom has been stormed byVan Rensen berg, who has declared that, if captured, Pretorious will be treated as a rebel. Cattle are dying in the northern districts through the drought. Five thousand pounds has been subscribed in the Eastern Province for the Lancashire fund. The Western Province sends £l,OOO by the next mail. The steamship Alhambra, from Southampton, left Table Bay on the 10th of November. The ship Summer Cloud, from China, which ar rived inTable Bay on the 23d of October, spoke, on the 13th, the City of Manchester, which reported having spoken a passenger vessel with the crew of the foundered ship Nepaul, supposed from Moul mein, with timber for Falmouth. The ship Melbourne, 1,160 tons, Captain White hall, from Shanghai, with tea, cotton, wool, silk, &c., was wrecked on the 4th of November on Buffel's Hock. SOU2H AMERICA. By the French mail steamer Navarre we have received advices from Buenos Ayres to the 15th of November. The Patagonian mission, under the Rev. Mr. Stirling, had met with sympathy from all classes of foreigners, both Protestant and Catholic, and it was hoped they would succeed in civilising Terra del Fuego. The new capital of Mendoza was fixed upon, and plots for building sold at 10 dollars silver. The Buenos Ayres Northern Railroad was completed to Belgrano, but the contractor did not think it safe to have the road opened to the public for a week or ten days, to avoid the risk of an acci dent, owing to the peculiar nature of the earth works and the soil itself. The line was expected to be opened for traffic in the last week of November. The Western Railroad was doing a good passenger business. Exchange transactions by this packet had been very active, although not so numerous as per last English mail. The demand for cotton goods was singularly limited, which was attributed by many parties to the fact of old stocks existing in the country dis tricts. In reference to the important question of cotton culture, the Standard of the 13th has the following : " Senor Cullen, in the province of Santa Fe, hab called upon us to say that he is trying to organise an immigration company, composed of all the land holders in that province, that the fertile lands along the banks of the Salado are about to be divided into farms for cotton growing, and that the Governor of Santa Fe had pt omised to assist in every possible manner the introduction of cotton growing. Senor Gimenez, a large property holder in Corrientes, has favoured us with the following account of cotton planted on his estancia : "Return of cotton (planted up to this date)— Plots. Ild. Brest—Egyptian seed 47 Georgian ditto 23 English ditto 202 f t Naon (Nankin) f f Correntine 200 ridges with plots Eugenio Lopez—Correntine seed, 96 ridges, with plots .. Total number of plots "Estancia San Juan, Province of Corrientes, October 20, 1862. _ _ " JOHN R. XIMINEZ." The new clip of wool had begun to arrive in small lots, amounting to about 25,000 arrobas, which sold at 90 dols. to 110 dols. for fair mestizo. The greater number of sales, however, had been effected at 100 dole. Latest dates from Asuncion (Republic of Para guay) received at Buenos Ayres are to the Ist of November. General Francisco Lopi z, son of the late Dictator, was unanimously elected President for ten years, on which occasion there was a solemn Te Deum (October 23), and several balls and other rejoicings celebrated his acces sion to power. The railway to Luque runs three trains daily, and the other industrial enter prises were going on rapidly. The Chambers has sanctioned all the acts of the late ruler, and the new Government returned public thanks to the citizens for their patriotic confidence. The treaties with Prussia and the United States had been ratified, and friendly relations were completely restored with Great Britain. A terrible hurricane had visited the coast of the Parana, sweeping away houses, trees, &c., but no lives were lost. The new Cabinet was thus framed—Foreign Affairs, Berges ; Interior, Sanchez; Finance, Gonzales; War, Venancia Lopez. The monthly import dues 'amounted to 11,912p5.; export dues, 10,735p5. A State banquet was given on the 30th of October, at which the President, Ministers, and foreign agents assisted. Mr. Wash burne, United States Commissioner, gave the follow ing toast, "May the policy of the new President be as honourable to himself and beneficial to the Republic as has been that of his predecessor and father." The Br.zilian Envoy also toasted the Go vernment and people. iThe pleadings in the case of the British steamship Bermuda, captured off Nassau by the Federal war steamship Mercedita, in April last, terminated on the 16th of August, but no decision had been pronounced at the date of the de parture of the Africa from New York on the 10th inbt., and the Bermuda remains in the custody of the Marshal of the United States Prize Court, at Philadelphia. or ',MANSION-110116E. Two resprc l young men, natives of Poland, describing themselves ress e a d s brothers, and who gave their names as beforeßerm Herman n he Lord Softer and Mamas Stiller, were brought up Mayor yesterday, in custody of Sergeant Brett, to undergo a preliminary examination upon a char g e of for g in g P olish coupons, and with having fir t y forged coupons in thei r pos session. After some evidence bad been given the p r i soners were remanded. THE CONDEMNED CONVICT AT DURnAm.—The Home Secretary has had under his consideration for son. e days past two memorials praying for the commutation a the sentence of death passed upon John Cox at the .ant Durham Assizes for the wilful murder of Ann Halliday, and yesterday afternoon Sir George Grey finally decided that no s ufficient grounds existed to justify the extension of the clemency of the Crown. Nine o'clock this morning vo w the hour fized for the execution, MR. LAYARD AND HIS CONSTITUEN7S• Last evening Mr. A. H. Layard, M.P., addressed a meeting of the electors of the borough of South wark at the Bridge house Hotel, London-bridge, in explanation of his conduct during the last session of Parliament. Mr. Geo. Newman was called to the chair, and having briefly opened the proceedings, Mr. LAYARD rose to address the meeting, and was received with much applause. Having alluded to the local topics which at the present time more immediately interest the electors and inhabitants of the borough, such as the removal of St. Thomas's Hospital, which he condemned, and the disfigure' mint of the streets and thoroughfares by the coa -1 struction of the Charing-cross Railway, he pro ceeded to refer to the questions of foreign politics which had occupied the Government during the session, and were occupying their attention still; and first among these he alluded to the question of China. He had been taunted in respect of tide question that when out of office he repudiated the Chinese war, but that when in office he bad given his countenance to it. There was no doubt he did repudiate that war, and lost his seat in cons& quenee ; but that war had nothing whatever to do with the present state of China and the conduct of the Government in respect of that country. Th e great object of the Government bad always been to have direct communication with the Emperor of China and his ministers, and that had been accom plished, no doubt, by the war, and now Prince Bung, having put under the war party in China, wished on behalf of the young Emperor to have the assistance of this country in raising that country to its proper position among the nations of the earth. For that purpose Englishmen had been allowed to enlist is the Chinese service. The Chinese Government had obtained the services of Captain Osborn, and be eves happy to say he saw a despatch from that gallant officer the other day which stated he would soon be able to place the Chinese navy under a proper sYs" tem of discipline and regulation. No doubt come plaint was made that the Government of this coun try war, aiding the Chinese Government in putting down the Taepings, as they were called, who were in rebellion against it ; and he said at once, that if these Taepings had proved themselves to have been men of enlightened minds, having heads and hearts and capable of governing, that there might hav e been some justice in their cause, but from the most authentic accounts which could be gathered of them, they were neither more nor less than a set of bar barians and banditti, living on rapine and plunder , incapable of governing or of advancing the cause of civilisation. In fact, they had now been given LIP by everybody except by his honourable friend Col. Sykes, who in the House of Commons last session detailed a string of horrors of a terrible character committed upon them, but which, on the most searching inquiry, had been proved to be withou t the slightest foundation. After enlarging still filY ther on the good effects which friendly relations and intercourse between this country and Chi na would effect, the hon. gentleman went on to sal that there was one other question connected wit h foreign politics which he could not pass over , he meant the question of America. (Hear.) 13° 1: at the same time, he should not s a y more upon than was consistent with strict prudence. He be lieved that the policy the Govern men t h a d pursue' towards America had met with the general if not with the unanimous approval of the country. T ha i policy had been one of strict non-intervention, gn he believed that no other policy could have been pursued in justice either to this country or to. the United States. A valued friend of his, one of hid own constituents, a cler g y man o f Southwark, bed some time ago sent him a p amp hl et on s l aver y, and had asked him whether he considered the Govern meat were acting properly in respect to that que s** tion. His answer was that in dealing with this American question Government bed no right to take into consideration the question of slavery or no slavery, or in any way to ref er t o the origin o r the cause of the quarrel. If he was asked in tbe . abstract, was Government right on the question of slavery, he would say at once that it was, and be would say more, that during the last few month° the Northern States had shown the respect they attLched to the representations of this country on that subject by striking the heaviest blow at slavery which perhaps had ever yet been struck, by giving way on the right of search question, and een aectiac to the propositions of this country respecting it. The United States had also shown that they were sincere in their opinion on the matter, for they bad . publicly executed Capt. Gordon, who had pers isted : in carrying on this illegal traffic. That could 1 1 . 0 t have been done some months ago; and while e said all honour to the United States for their con duct in that matter, he would venture further to say that when the history of Lord Palmerston was writ ten it would be found that no man in this co untry had done more for the abolition of slavery through', the world than he had done. That conduct irl: nothing to do with the conduct of this ceuntrYhteir wards America during the present struggle , as interference with it would cniy embarrass the 1 `,,.. 4 them States, for they were n o t, as he bad said, called on to express an opi n i on as t o th e cause s of the flict, but to maintain a strict neutrality. Last sessw't several attempts were made to cause the Goveen l3 _ . . i to interfere, but they were put down, and prop ev e J a so, for the recognition of the Southern S tab , be would only have been another name for raisi n g old blockade all along the coast, and that again 'Qs: the have only been another name for war wit%i c i North ; and as the recognition of the South w° so, not have given them cotton, he should like to Igbuv.o whether a war with the North would no t Tog greatly enhanced the sufferings of their star bere , operatives for the want of it. (Cheers.) He t d fore thought the Government had acted righti o ti , i l3 lo he hoped the time would soon come when the 1 3e . t h ' is of the North would see that the conduct °l l'_ ll country towards them had been just, and t hat the heart-burnings which now existed wou ld ie passed away. The hon. gentleman then h s re , alluded to the conduct of the Governmen t , a _ eruo . garded Italy, and trusted that the great D.17.'0020 tion to the peace of that country—the Frenc h ' also in Rome—would be speedily removed. He _try alluded to the respect entertained for this couia t.O on all parts of the Continent, and attributede an cause of the advancement of the people at hfra oad to the respect entertained for the country au t r houg h the great Liberal party, which he was sur e ' _ ti d e d CO The ho, they might have their shortcomings, the support and sympathy of the country member resumed his seat amid loud apphithbanks to Dr. RENDLE then proposed a vote °f ;/:, Parliament Mr. Layard for his diligent attention) ; and elsewhere, to the interests 0 f — Evi N GTO' , which having been seconded by e'e r ' was agreed to with much cheering seconded BAYNES, e On the motion of Mr. J. W. ressi v° borough, by Mr. W. IL Cox, another resolution .e:P sy of cordial approval of the non-intervention eeieli s ; as naore pursued, by the Government, terminated with a voto and the proceedings term regarded the war in America, thanks to the chairman. was a . lso P agreed_ tcoo' tbheshmSteonctkonEFxriedhayaringeext,ha il4or d 'c ed to hri close a that of Qv The em =—_ Christmas -day. establishment is underst o od that a sirudae after er committee csls w ill be adopte d in most of t he public markets, includioi step that f or corn, and also in many of the principal h o uses ° 111 bus i ne ss. The attendance in the City on Saturday 13°t lik es w n i o so c zp N e G cte o d c t e o u b ß e ß sm EN al c l. E —ln the midst of the st( rtn which awe t over the couotil i a no f r atal accident took place on Friday night or Saturds/ —Loss OF THREE LIOS' Mills,ning in Shropshire. This was at the Tibberton Pap,eor near Newport, which are the property of ISIr. Marti, Billing, of Bingham, and are worked by him. There a re tw ci u chimney stacks, one of which has been recently built, I,o ' c loso is square, 120 ft. in height; there are several cottages by it, within some 15 yards. In the midst of the sterols and in the dead of the night, some GOft. of this c lainaneY t i e snapped off, and descended with a frigh tful crash on to L cottages. A man and his wife were k illed in their beds upon the instant. There were five chi ldren and their , r ; ild7 rents sleeping in an adjoining cottage; one of the ch wsa was killed : that the others should hav e esca p ed is alls._,. miracle. The cottages were destroy ed at a blow, the (33.1 A, mates forced from their beds, and in other respects the struc t ion was very great. Mr. Billing himself wa s sieePl ail in a cotta g e close by, but the mass of building which fell not reach it. 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