The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-02 00:00:00

street, are burning fiercely. St. Andrew's hall is on fire, and the noble spire of St. Finebar glistens with a splendour of portentous import. The occu pants of houses on Broad-street, beyond King-street, are moving their effects. Quarter-past 5 o'Clock.—As the clock of St. Michael's tells the quarter the Cathedral steeple has fallen with a tremendous crash and the Cathedral is burning furiously, likewise St. Andrew's-hall-- in fact, the whole of Broad-street is on fire, from Mr. Gadsden's residence to Mazyck-street. The residences of Messrs. George M. Coffin, James L. Pettigree, and others near by are consumed. The flames have now crossed Broad-street and the wind hcs not lulled. It is impossible to say where they will stop short of the river. There does not appear to be any imminent danger of the fire again making headway either to the right or to the left of the I furrow ; it has cloven through the city from East Bay to King-street. But the head of the confla gration is still fearful to look upon, and is pushing forward with great strides now. Great, indeed, has been the calamity which has fallen upon our noble city, but let us, with smiling hope and cour age, bestir ourselves at once to amend the losses we have sustained, and relieve each one, according to his means of the great sufferings which the fire must entail upon its poor victims. The above re port is taken from the account of the fire which appeared in the Charleston Mercury of this morning TEE WEST INDIA, MEXICAN,, AAD PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 1. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Shannon, Captain Abbot, with the above mails, arrived this morning. She brings 53 passengers. Her specie amounts to 2,267,680 dols., or £448,692 sterling, consisting of 374,855 dols. in gold, 1,868,605 dols. in silver ; 80 dols. jewellery, 5,000 dols. in pearls, 14,000 dols. in emeralds, 790 dols. plata pina, and 4,350 dols. in platina. The Shannon encountered strong easterly winds throughout her passage. At Trinidad a committee had been appointed by his Excellency the Governor to superintend the preparations for the reception of Prince Alfred. Every disposition was evinced to welcome him cor dially. The articles collected for transmission to the Great Exhibition were to be locally exhibited on the 30th and 31st Dec. The collection consisted chiefly of specimens of the most valuable descrip tions of timber fibres, prepared from indigenous plants, samples of cotton—Sea Island and the wild cotton of Chacachacare—which was expected to establish the claims of Trinidad to a plaCe in the great cotton competition, which the coming Exhibi tion is expected to decide. The census of the colony for the past 10 years had shown an increase of 14,829 inhabitants. The weather was more favourable, but sickness and mortality had been considerable. The produce shipped to date amounted to—Sugar 31,493 hhds., 6,497 tierces, 2,201 brls. ; molasses, 7,580 puncheons, 418 tierces ; rum, 2,421 puncheons ; cocoa, 7,715,792 lbs. ; coffee, 3,246 ;- cotton, 240 bales, 44 serons. The Barbadoes Legislature met on the 3d ult. Addresses were presented to the Governor on his approaching departure from the island. No busi ness of importance was transacted, and the house adjourned for 14 days. The weather was favourable. The old cane crop had considerably improved, and in many places was expected to exceed in its results the last crop. The shipments of produce for the fortnight had been small ; the total for the year amounted to—Sugar, 46,358 hhds., 3,355 tierces, 10,003 brls., 983 bags ; molasses, 17,542 puns., 582 hhds., 1,259 brls, ; rum, 129 puns., 616 hhds. ; cotton, 80 bales. The Auditor-General's report for the quarter ending Sept. 30 showed a balance to credit of the public of £7,699 7s. 74d. The market was moderately supplied with American breadstuffs. Irish butter was scarce, and wanted. Exchange on London : Bank bills, at 30 days, 4921 das. ; 60 days, 490 dole. ; 90 days 4874 dols., private bills, at 90 days, 4824 dols. ; Bank bills on New York, at 10 days, 3 per cent. ; 30 days, 4 per cent. premium. American gold, 3 per cent. prem. At Jamaica nothing of importance had transpired. The business of the session was proceeding satis factorily and with expedition. Mr. Whitelocke had presented his budget. The estimated revenue of 1860 61, was £230,270, but it only realised £220,343 ss, 2d., showing a deficiency of £9,926 14s. 10d. There were also other items, making the total defi ciency £13,000, which must be met by an additional levy on imports—additional stamp duties, and increasing the house tax. FROM THE PACIFIC. At Valparaiso exchange was quoted on London at 46d., with an upward tendency. Mercantile affairs still continued in a depressed state, and money scarce. The political state of the country was more satis factory, and the liberal administration of Senor Perez, combined with the decided attitude of the country, centinued to gain the confidence and the good-will of the people. Off Point Antonio, a place some forty miles south of Valparaiso, a French transport ship, the Re source, bound to Callao, was wrecked. Upwards of 600 souls were on board when she struck, and it was reported that not more than five or six persons wore saved. The Duguay Trouin, French line-of battle ship, stationed at Valparaiso, proceeded to the scene of the wreck on the evening of the 17th ult., but was unable to render any assistance, as the vessel was under water, with only a portion of her masts above the surface. At Cobija, Nov. 22, the British barque Anne Pitcairn, of Maryport, which sailed from Cobija on the 13th for Galico, struck upon a rock and became a total wreck. The cargo, consisting of about 300 bales wool and 1,000 hides, was saved, but in a damaged state. At Isley,Nov, 24, it was reported that San Ramon had been joined in Arequipa with 3,000 more troops. In consequence all kinds of provisions were selling very dear. H.B.M.'s ship Clio was at Callao. Exchange in Lima, 37; ; . The news from Bolivia is by no means encourag ing. It was thought more blood would shortly be shed in addition to the terrible massacre recently perpetrated. General San Ramon had received a large num ber of votes for the Presidency of Peru, and was expected to be elected. Trouble was expected during the elections. From Guayaquil there is no news of importance. The foreign residents in Tumaco had addressed a letter to the consuls at Panama, soliciting their interference in the outrages perpetrated on them by the Arboleda administration. Ou the 25th November the New Granadian block ading schooner ran ashore and went to pieces in the mouth of the Charambra, B uenaventura. The cap tain and crew were taken prisoners by the Mos quera forces, so that the blockade is terminated. The brig French Bazaar was captured in running the blockade at Buenaventura, and afterwards went ashore and to pieces. There was a probability of another collision be tween the Church and State in Salvador. The result was expected to be the entire defeat of the priest party. The coffee crop in Costa Rica was not expected to come up to the average, and would probably fall short of 80,000 quintals. The harvest was expected to be very bad, and the crop ready for shipment by the end of the year. Quotations ranged very high. SPECIAL EXPRESS.—THE AMERICAN MAIL.—• The American mails by the Africa, which were landed at Queenstown yesterday morning about 3 a.m., left Queens town by special boat to Cork at 340 a.m. A special train conveyed them to Dublin, and thence to Kingstown, where a special boat, which had been kept in steam all night, was in readiness to carry them to Holyhead. They left Holy head by a special engine, which had also been kept in wait ing all night, and arrived at Euston-square at 10 minutes before 9 in the evening, having thus accomplished the jour. ney from Queenstown to London in 17 hours and 10 mi nutes. The distance from Holyhead to London (264 miles) was accomplished in five hours and 43 minutes, including all stops and delays by impediments on the line. This is probably the most: extraordinary expressing on record, bearing in mind the fact that the railway company had very short notice of the intentions of the Post-office, and that the ordinary traffic of this important line did not admit of interruption. DRURY-LANE THEATRE ROYAL Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the PAN. TOMIME every WEDNESDAY, at Two o'Clock. THIS EVENING (2d January) her Majesty's Ser. wants will perform the popular Farce, by J. B. Buckstone, Esq., entitled AN ALARMING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Atkins ; Pugwash, Mr. Barsby; Mr. Skinner, Mr. Hope; Susan Sweetapple, Miss Keeley; Miss Wadd Miss Stuart; Miss Tibbit, Mi ss Bl an d ; Miss Gimp, Miss ' Harfleur ; Deborah, Mrs. Dowton. After which will be produced, with that attention to com pleteness in every department by which the Christmas Annuals of this Theatre have been so pie-eminently dis tinguished, the New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT; or, Old Mother Hubbard and her onderful Dog. "If a man do build a dwelling upon common land from sunset to sunrise, and enclose a piece of ground, wherein there shall be a tree, a beast feeding, a fire kindled, a chim 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 Designs for the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. TULLY. The Maehinery by Mr. Tucker and As sistants. The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transfor mations, by Mr. Needham, assisted by Messrs Glindon, H. Adams, H. Langhara, &c. The Costumes by Miss Dickin son, Mr. Lauri, and Mr. Palmer. The Gas Appointments by Mr. Binckley. The Choregraphic Arrangements by Mr. Cormack. The Harlequinade and Comic Scenes by Messrs. Cormack and B. Jones. The Perfume of the Flowers supplied by Bimmel's process. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and written by E. L. BLANCHARO. And the whole arranged and produced uhder the imme diate superintendence of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY. 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 Lorenzo ; Jack (the " Man 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, Whackstraw, Chawbacon, &c., &c.; Rosetta (the " Maiden all Forlorn"), Miss Stuart. How 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. Will-o'-the-Wisp I gnes Fatui—Mdlles. Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes, Livermore ; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammilton, Stap ley, Harris, Candy, Copeland, Arch er , H aw ki ns, D e l aney, Wilson, illiams, Robinson, Wood, Watson, and Hamel ton. Grand Ballet, Chagne-a-Lanterne, by the Misses GUN NISS and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Invocation 1 The Incantation I 1 and the Evapora. tion I I I 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, M oonra k er , an d Runaway ; Tailor, Mr. Snipshears ; Bootmaker, Mr. Tight& ; Mum mies, Messrs. Grinner, Joker, Magger, Cracksides, O'Reilly, M'Ph un , & c . ; S t. G eorge, 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. M err y man. 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 treated 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 SUN, L ONDON, THURSDAY EVENT-G, JANUARY 2, 1862. is just what was probably expected even by Lord LYONS himself. The Government has a free course left it by Congress. An Ohio opposition member only obtained 16 votes against 109 for the Go vernment in favour of his motion to forestall its action by engaging the house to support Captain WILKES. And this was the vote of the same house which before it knew the mind of England voted its thanks to the Captain ! The blockade is not all gain to the North. In The Sun of yesterday it was mentioned that several thousand bales of cotton were actually being shipped from Liverpool to America, some East Indian, but the greater part what we had ourselves received from America previously. Lowell can no more get cotton than we can ; and the Southern expedition instead of sending cotton to the North finds the in habitants readier to burn it, than to sell it to their enemies. The whole quantity actually seized by the expedition seems to be very small, and all the rest within reach is destroyed. A writer from Paris, in a contemporary, even asserts that, however the Trent affair may be settled, France and England have agreed to represent to the Govern ment at Washington that the blockade is not "effective," and that they should therefore disregard it. This we can hardly credit, though Mr. JEFFER SON DAVIES said in his Message that he had pre pared the proofs of its ineffectiveness, ready to be submitted to the two Governments. We must repeat that we do not wish it, Our eye has been on India ever since the war began, and still is there. Now we lave gone so far towards creating a suply from India, we should certainly wish the American supply to be locked up till it rotted before it interfered with the rising industry of our own great colony. Our Eastern Empire, des tined to become, as we believe, the home of thousands of freehold purciasers of estates there, is of far more consequence to our trade than the quarrelsome Yankees. If Cotton be King, and the war goes on, his throne mast be erected in India. Indeed, as we have just seen, he has already touched Massachusetts itself with the tip of his sceptre. Another year might find American cotton factories dependent on Bombay and Surat., As we are now rapidly approaching the com mencement of the Parliamentary Session of 1862, some of our representatives are drawing forth their oratorical weapons anew, and furbishing them up for the coming encounter. Mr. KINGLAKE, as our readers were made aware yesterday, has been edify- ing his constituents again with another of his elaborate political Bridgewater Treatises. Mr. WHITE and Mr. CONINGHAM, the Radical and Ultra-Liberal members for the borough of Brightelmstone, have together made a clean breast of it with their constituency. Others will, doubt less, within the next week or two, follow suit with all befitting eagerness. There is reason for this moreover. It is especially desirable at the present juncture that divers matters of great national import should bo ventilated, here and there about the United Kingdom, prior to the meeting of the Lords and Commons down at Westminster. This is desirable in two ways, in two distinct direc tions, for the People of these islands and for their responsible Administrators. The community at large will do well to appreciate the exact bearings of the present political situation both Abroad and At Home, both in regard to our Domestic Concerns and our Foreign Relations. And there are Her Majesty's Ministers also, who not only do look to the course taken by the currents of Public Opinion with a view to their guidance of the state vessel in its Constitutional Navigation, but who frankly avow that they do so—instance Earl RUSSELL'S intimation, a year or two back, as to the indefinite postponement of Parliamentary Reform until the wave of Public Opinion should have swelled to such strength and such dimensions as to be enabled to lift that weighty question over the bar of the House of Lords. The Ministers of the Crown, no less than the lieges of the Crown, may turn with advan tage, immediately prior to the reassembling of the Legislature, to scrutinise this intermittent but periodical squarings of accounts between the various constituencies and their respective representatives. It is worthy of remark as yet that the members who have latterly evidenced a greater readiness to unbosom themselves upon this theme of public import and that, have for the most part been among those who sit below the gangw a y, on the Govern ment side of the House— conspicuous represents fives in truth of that energetic and eminently useful, but rather impracticable race, the independent supporters of the Liberal Ca binet. Many a wholesome truth is blurted out by them in their public " confidences" with their sympathising constituents. Some of these "confidences"—uttered, it may be, in Town Halls, and forthwith spread far and wide upon the wings of the Press, sometimes even flashed instantly in an abbreviated form hither and thither on the thread like lightning conductors of the electric telegraph —coming rather whimsically forth in this way as Confidences, somewhat after the fashion of Stage Whispers ! We don't know any more practically useful survey in this manner that has been vouch safed to us for long, than the one recently taken down at Bridgewater by the hon. member for that western borough, the brilliant author of "Eathen," himself a sort of ex-official Under- Secretary of State for Foreign :Affairs, a keen- eyed, sharp-toothed Cerberus to our Foreign Policy, as Mr. ROEBUCK is its watchful and loud barking Tear'em. It is instructive to glance down the mere enumeration by Mr. KINGLAKE of the various liberal measures introduced one after another last session—one after another earnestly supported by himself and other conscientious members of a Select Few—one after another (lamentable to relate, scarcely credible to remember), utterly and flag rantly abortive. It is precisely in what was said by Mr. KINGLAKE in reference to the failure of these repeated efforts with such " damnable itera tion," all through the session of 1861, particularly "on Wednesdays," that we recognise the happiest _ - part of the hon. gentlemen's recent oration down at Bridgewater. Referring to these repeated failures, Mr. KINGLAKE observed :---" I know, gentlemen, the ready answer of our oppo nents will be that it is as clear as possible that there is a great Conservative reaction. But I don't be li6ve that that is true. I don't believe that that is a solution of the question. I believe that the reason may be more safely sought for in this direction. I observe that all these bills are bills which have been introduced into the House of Commons by private members of Parliament, and experience teaches us that measures introduced into the House of Commons by private members are not those which lead to actual and practical legislation. There are many causes which I think tend to account for this. When a bill is introduced by a member of the Government, then, if not the existence of the Government, is at stake, and the very fact that such is the case gives a practical character to the discussion ; and this, I must take leave to tell you, is wanting in bills introduced by pri vate members of Parliament. I would therefore submit whether it would not be better that such measures should be left to the patronage of THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT, The Rat, Master Longwhisker ; The Cat, Miss Mouser; The Deg, By Himself; The Cow, Madame Brindle ; The Priest (" All shaven and shorn"), Mr. Jollyman; The Cook (" That crowed in the Morn") Master Cocky-doodle doo. Realisation of the famous Picture in the National Gal lery of Little Britain, taken (by permission) for Boys, from a rare work in the collection of Master Smith, London. FROGP OOL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight). Song, " Will o' the Wisp," composed by J. H. Tully, Esq. How the Squire goes Hunting and loss his way and his temper, and what follows in consequence—Another curious instance of Canine 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 1861-1862 SPRITES by the RIDGWAYS and SUWELL FAMILY. I.—EXTERIOR OF TWO SHOPS IN " UP-OR DOWN" STREET. Messrs. Hulino, St. Maine, Tanner, and Miss S. Gunniss. Christmas Presents —every Man (and Boy) to his Post, oven 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 Bwitle--N.B. Not Crinoline. 2.—TIIE GREAT SENSATION KITCHEN. Messrs. Forrest, Corroack, Morley, and Miss Gunniss. Harlequin seeks Protection, although a Free-trader— The Cook's Guide—Clown tries to take the chair—the head dish 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 of goods, . 4.—The SEA-SIDE. The Sands I The Sands The Sands I I 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 box—by a slight 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. O YAL ENGLISH U OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, THE PURITAN'S DAUGHTER. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Tyne ; Mr. Santley, Mr. H. Corri, Mr. Geor , e Honey, Mr. Patey, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. T. Distill, Mr. Wallworth, Mr. Eugene Dussek, Mr. C. Lyall, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. After which will be produced (written expressly by J. M. Morton), a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, A Trip to Brobdignag, a Peep at Lilliput, and a Flying Visit to Laputa. Gulliver, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Mrs. Gubiver, Mr. F. Payne. Principal danseuse, Mdlle. Lamoureux, supported by the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Harlequmsde sustained by the eminent Pantomimists, Messrs. H. Payne, F. Payne, H. Lauri, E . Lauri, S. Lauri, and Miss Jenny Lauri. Commence At Seven. ft EA TR rt. It y AL, HAYAIARKET, L egsee, Mr. J. B. 8ccr,5t0!.. ,. . THIS EVENING, Jan. 2 Sterling Coyne's Comedy, BLACK SHP:EP. Messrs. ' lluckstone, Compton, Howe, Villiers, Mrs. C. Young, M rs. ilkins &c. After which, a Comic Christmas Pantomime, LITTLE MISS MUFFET AND L ITTLE BOY BLUE ; or, Harle quin and Old Daddy Lon g le gs. Louise L ec l er cq, Charles Le clercq, Herr Cole, G. Becket, and Miss Rosine. Commence a 7 ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Ma/sager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, Jan. 2, the new and original Drama, entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selbdmund Fal coner ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston After which, a new and original Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD; or, The Fairies of the Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrock. Principal charac ters by Mr. Chas. Selby, Mr. Warlow, Miss Cicely Nott, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 6. LL YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Lessee, Mr A. Harris. NEW ROYALTY THEATRE, Dean-street, Oxford-street. Under the Direction of Mdlle. Albina di Rhona. :THIS EVENING, A LESSON FOR HUSBANDS % characters by Mr. Sinclair, Meads. Clifford and Terry. After which, CAMELIA ; Camelia, Mdlle. Albina di Rhona. Fol lowed by a New Operatic Burlesque, entitled THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF IL TROVATORE ; or, Who Killed Ihe —; Messrs. Graham, Robins, James, Warren, W. Worboys ; ➢lesds. Mason, Craven, and Hodson. To conlude with new and original Farce, A NICE QUIET DAY. — Commence at half-past 7. 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 Marriet 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. CANTERBURY HALL.-VICTOR JULIEN, " THE FLYING MAN " Every Evening at half-past Nine o'clock. THE O X F O RD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, OPEN EVERY EVENING. Grand Selections from " ERNANI," " Macbeth," and "La Circassienne," by M a d ame E n d erssohn, Miss Ernst, and Miss Russell ; Messrs. Albert, W. Morley, Greene, and C. Greville. Full Band and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Solos by Mr. Viotti Collins (the great English violinist). And other Vocal and Instrumental Entertain ments, the Comic portion by Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mar shall, M. P. Foster, W. Randall. and Miss Harriet Coveney.: Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 2h. 57m.—Afternoon, 3h. 20m. TO.MORROW. -Morning, 3h. 45m.—Afternoon, 4h. 2m. THE WEATHER —SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 2, 1862. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 37—Itighest since noon yesterday. 32—lowest this morning and during the night. 37—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.45; rising again. WlND—North-Easterly; rather fresh, with cloudy weather. ~,,, :e.9„.,,,,,.....,, e ..• ,5. ; ,.., 1 , t,ti,. i ., :-..,,,,. ?„-.-. --,11,„ , , ., •-' - lste ,t,,,,,,, , n.,,. :•,,,, , THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, JAN. 2, 1862. The Federals tell the world that their army is going South to liberate the Union sentiment there from its repression by mere selfish politicians; they are going there to free respectable, intelligent, moderate men from the bondage of Secession, to em power them to speak out freely, and to act, on their attachment to the Uniop- It might well be wished, however, that an army, or some other means, could liberate the intelligence and the moderate sentiment of the North. Whatever may be the case in the South, it is quite certain that in the North the merely physical wealth of large numbers of the people ensures a correspondingly large amount of education and caution, and indisposition to extreme measures. We much question if the inhabitants of the North possessing from £5OO a year, perhaps from £2OO a year and upwards to the millionnaire, could ballot freely their opinions on the present state of things, whether they would not promptly 1 1 dismiss the vast and ruinously costly army, make terms with the Border States, be content with the separation which has been de facto accomplished, and return but too gladly to peace and its welcome gains. That all this portion of the inhabitants, freed from mob surveillance, would scout the thought of sustaining Captain WILKES, and would repudiate war with America's best customer, there can be no doubt whatever. Indeed we have little doubt that even the pert Mr. SEWARD himself, not to speak of the President, left to his own better judgment, would be a very different man. As, however, we know of no feasible means of liberating the men of sense in the North from the mastery of the multitude, we have nothing for it but to deal with those whom we find in power there. Happily for the interests of peace, even the mul titude itself can be frightened enough when it sees danger at the door. It was all very well to require their Government to insult Great Britain to the uttermost while it was seen that Great Britain sub mitted rather than fight. It was something dif ferent when the British Lion actually showed his teeth. The American many had not intended to fight England, especially with the South on hand, it only meant to have the pleasure of bullying to the very verge of war, just to show what spirited fellows they were at squaring and threatening while no danger was imminent of their being taken in earnest, and receiving a first blow. The fuller accounts of this morning all corroborate the impression that the North is frightened at the idea of a war with England. Of course no one says so. Of course the Federal Government did not deliver up the Commissioners on receipt of the intelligence from England. It lost the grand chance of surrendering them with credit when it did notembrace the first opportunity of dis owning the act of Capt. WILKES. It will now hang back probably to the last; it will cover its retreat in the most plausible way it can. It may prompt a decision of the Supreme Court in our favour after laying our demands before it ; or it may try a little more flattering of France, and make a merit of listening to the advice of a friendly Power while retaining its own opinion. We have no doubt that the surrender will be made as ingeniously, and per haps as haughtily as possible ; that it will be done we may be pretty sure, but done in the worst possible taste. As Lord LYONS had not on the 20th delivered his despatches, but must have delivered them by the 23d, we cannot with any certainty expect that the answer would be given to him before the 30th, which of course points to about the 10th instant as the earliest date on which we are likely to hear its purport. The Cabinet has had time, if it choose to use it, to do the thing handsomely. For several days it knew the decision of the Eng -I:sh Government; it oven know unofficially from Lord LYONS two days before the Africa passed Cape Race, the exact terms of the demand; but as no telegram from thence was brought by the Africa, it seems next to certain that the Cabinet meant to hold out till the last. This accords best, perhaps, with Northern notions of dignity, and THIS EVENING, Thursday, Jan. 2, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. After which will be produced, a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled WHITTING TON AND HIS CAT ; or, Harlequin King Kollywobbol and the Genius of Good Humour. The grotesque opening invented and written by Henry J. Byron, Esq., author of the Princess's Pantomime of " Jack the Giant Killer." The Scenery by Mr. James Gates, Mr. H. Cuthbert, and numerous assistants. Good Humour, Miss Helen Howard ; Princess Popsiwopsi, Miss Rose Leclercq ; Alice, Miss Pauline Le clercq ; Messrs. Garden, Cathcart, Morland, Collett, Hast ings, Raymond ; Dick Whittington, Miss Maria Harris Robin Goodfellow and the Cat, Master John Haslem, (pupil of the celebrated Gabriel Ravel; Clown, Mr. Hildyard ; Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Colum bine, Miss Caroline Adams. Morning Performances will take place at Two o'clock every Monday till further notice. EW THEATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHL i Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, and durg the great rama, entitled THE OCTOROON ; o in r, LlFE week IN the LOUISI D ANA Messrs. Grace, Billington, Emery, Phillip=, Jamison, Smith, Stephenson, Romer, Lewis ; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Mar ston, Miss C. Denvil, Miss Latimer, and Mrs. H. Lewis. After which, at 20 minutes past 9, the great Irish Dram of THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr.D. Boucicault, Missßanoe, Mr. Fisher, Miss Woolgar, Box Office open from 10 till 5. the Liberal Government rather than to what we may call the volunteers of the Liberal ranks." Very earnestly do we hope that this most judi cious suggestion may be wisely acted upon by Private Members during the ensuing session—of course (otherwise there could be nothing gained) with the co-operation of her MAJESTY'S Govern ment. In this way, indeed, her MAJESTY'S present Ministers have really characters to redeem—as Reformers. 711 E NATIONAL CHORAL I. OCIETY. On Monday evening last the Christmas perform ance of the oratorio of " The Messiah," which had been postponed in consequence of the death of the lameted Prince Consort, took place in Exeter-hall. " The Dead March in Saul" and Handel's Funeral Anthem, " When the ear heard him," preceded the oratorio, as a tribute of respect to the departed Prince for whom the votaries of the arts have indeed cause to mourn. "The Dead March" was given very effectively, and the sombre drapery of the hall and the mournful attire of the audience harmonised well with the solemn and impressive strains. The performance of the oratorio itself, although not perfect, reflected very great credit on so young a society. The choruses, with the solitary exception of " The Lord gave the word," were sung very correctly, and the general character of the voices is of a high standard. A little toning down, especially in the treble parts, is desirable; but we have no doubt that under a careful conductor the National Choral Society will take a prominent place among our sacred performances. The solo parts were taken by Miss Wilkinson, Miss Leffler (who kindly supplied Madame Sainton-Dolby's un avoidable absence) ; Mr. Wilbye Cooper, and Mr. Thomas. Miss Wilkinson acquitted herself credit ably, and Miss Leffler's performance it would be unfair to criticise; her voice, however, is scarcely equal to the part. The same may be said of Mr. Wilbye Cooper, who was somewhat uncertain in his performance. Mr. Thomas has a fine bass voice, and is considerably improved in style. He gave the grand air, " Why do the nations," with great spirit and expression. The hall was crowded in everypart, so much so that applications for admittance were necessarily refused, and the performances ap peared to give great satisfaction. The oratorio will be repeated on Wednesday, January Bth, when, in consequence of the numerous disappointments in procuring places, " The Dead March" and "Funeral Anthem" will be also given, Tickets should, there fore, be procured as early as possible. OXFORD MUSIC HALL. Mr. Viotti Collins, the accomplished violinist, has joined the company at this hall as solo player. This is a further proof of the growing importance of this hall. The elite of the profession are gra dually making approaches, and we may expect shortly to find other first-rate artists thus absorbed Mr. V. Collins plays the' Carnival de Cuba," and many other brilliant and popular solos, in all o which he excites a furore. CANTERBURY HALL. The supremacy of Leotard, it seems, is not to re main unchallenged. At the above Hall "another" Leotard is nightly electrifying the audiences with his performances on the trapeze. There cannot be a doubt that in Victor Julien, " The Flying Man," from Paris, Leotard will find a dangerous compe titor, whether as a performer who does all that Leotard does, or as a still more daring vaulter. Vic tor Julien employs the same machinery for his won drous exploits—three trapezes—which run the length of the Hall, and from and to which the " Fly ing Man" takes his leaps. There is this decided difference between the two performances. Julien goes at his work with an impetuosity and quick suc cession of difficult feats which we do not ob serve in his rival, who reserves his principal summersault tor rne termination or the exhibition. With Victor Julien there seems to be no " plain sailing" through the air. Owing► to the more con fined area in which he performs, he has to preserve a certain compactness of form, whereas Leotard can afford to be more angular, and reach his trapezes with greater ostensible ease. " The Flying Man' plunges in rnedias res, and bewilders the spectator with the rapidity with which be " throws" his summersaulte. If daring be the test of superior merit in this exciting species of play, we should be inclined to accord the palm to Victor Julien, al ' though the consummate grace of Leotard is freely acknowledged. Of the Christmas entertainment here we have already spoken; but we may add that the pantomimic sketch of "The Enchanted Hash" is nightly increasing in favour. Mr. Mar shall goes through an incredible amount of labour in working out his multifarious characters. His various assumptions have all their especial merit ; and the illusion, produced by his almost instanta neous changes from one character to another, is, that you are witnessing a regular pantomime. The masks employed are better than any we have seen at pantomimes, They are cunning additions to the living face, and yield a natural and ludicrous expression, which is not attained by the monster masks, The pictorial illustrations arc also admir ably contrived. It is stated that Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co. havo tendered to the English Government to lay a cable from Milford Haven to Halifax, by July, 1862, for £700,000, guaranteeing its efficiency for ono year. _ _ Tho 200 miles of submarine cable for the new Telegraph to India Company, has been manufactured and shipped by Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co., within the month stipulated, and the Sir James Duke sailed last evening for Aden. THE TRINITY HOUSE.—On Monday a special court was held at the Trinity House, when on the nomina tion of the late Prince Consort—which was one of the last acts of his Royal Highness as Master of the Corporation— the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer was elected an Elder Brother, in the room of the late Sir James Graham. At a previous court a vote of condolence to her Majesty was adopted. DEFENCES AT THE MOUTH OF THE TYNE.— Now that parties aro discussing the possibility of a hostile visit to our ports by an American privateer which might elude the vigilance of her Majesty's cruisers, it may not be uninteresting to give the following particulars with refe rence to the defences of tho Tyne :—First, any hostile ves sel approaching Tynemouth Bar would encounter a heavy fire from 13 guns at the Castle, consistingof Armstrong 100- pounders, 40-pounders, 68-pounders (smooth bore), and five fieid-pieces (ono Armstrong 18-pounder), where there is a great quantity of ammunition 'provided to supply the batteries, and a large furnace for making liquid fire for Martin's patent shells, for heating red -hot shot. If the stranger has pluck to get within the bar he would be re ceived by a cannonade from six guns at Clifford's Fort. consisting of, 84's, 68's, and long 32's. Then comes her Majesty's frigate Castor, whose broacWie of fs6's and 32's could be brought to bear with very little trouble. The tender to the Castor, a screw gun boat, also mounts two heavy swivel guns. " Bunkum" by this time would, we fancy, be hardly in a state to do much harm to any vessel in the Tyne. Besides the armaments enumerated, the Spanish and Coast-guard batteries at Tynemouth and Ciifford's Fort at the Low Lights have embrasures ready to receive about 20 more guns.—Shipping Gazette. DEATH OF ADMIRAL HOLLINWORTIL—We have Lo record the death of Admiral John Ibbetson nollinworth, which occurred at Southsea, on Saturday last, in his 80th year. He entered the navy in June, 179; on board the Repulse, 74, and after serving on the home station, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in the Channel, he was present, while midshipman in the Endymion, 40, in a severs action with gunboats and batteries at Algesiras, in 1800. He ac companied the expedition to Egypt in 1801, and on June 10, 1802, was made a lieutenant. Ho was severely wounded at the landing in Egypt, and afterwards employed on shore during the whole of the operations. He was flag lieutenant to Vico Admiral Collingwood in 1803 and 1804, and afterwards to Sir John Duckworth and Rear Admiral J. R. Davies in the West Indies until 1806. He was promoted to commander Jan. 22, 1806, and com manded the Minstrel in the Adriatic in 1808, and cut out the Italian schooner Ortenszia, of 8 guns and 56 men, from under a heavy battery of 18 guns, and captured and de stroyed many other vessels. He also assisted in the same vessel at the destruction of three sail of the line and a frigate off Barcelona, and commanded at the bombardment of Caxos and blockade of Corfu in 1809. He was acting captain of the Invincible at the defence of Cadiz, and as sisted with a brigade of seamen at the defence of Mata gorda. He became captain April 3, 1811; rear admiral (retired) Oct. 1, 1846; vice admiral Sept, 11, 1854; and admiral (retired) June 9, 1860. LATEST NEV To-day being New Year's-day, there was no bus: ness done on the Bourse. PARIS, JAN. 2. The 21Ioniteur of this morning publishes an ac count of the reception by the Emperor at the Tuile ries yesterday of the Diplomatic Corps, the Corps Legislatif, the Senate, and the clergy, and says "The Emperor thanked the Diplomatic Corps for their good wishes, and said ; " The past year teas been sadly marked by nu merous agitations iu various quarters of the world, and by cruel losses among royal families. I hope that the year 1862 may be a happier one both for kings and peoples.' "Replying to the members of the Senate, the Emperor said that he counted upon the Senate to aid him in perfecting the constitution, although at the same time maintaining intact the fundamental bases on which it is reposed. " The Emperor said, addressing the Corps Legis latif " I hope that the Corps Legislatif will see in the modifications introduced into the constitution a fresh proof of my entire confidence in the wis dom and patriotism of the deputies.' " In reply to a deputation from the clergy tho Emperor said : " The French clergy, so eminent by their piety and virtues, and who know that it is necessary to ' render unto Caesar the things that be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's, may count upon my protection and my warm sympathy.' " ROME, DEC. 31. Cardinal Antonelli strongly opposes the occupa tion of Alatri by the French troops, and has de clared that if General Goyon wished to occupy that plaeo he must do so by force, as the Papal Govern ment would never give its consent to the occupa tion. JAN. 1. The National Roman Committee has posted up bills in Rome declaring that the issue of Roman Consols effected by the Pontifical Government after the 27th of March, 1861, would never be re cognised by the Italian Government, as from the moment that the Italian Parliament declared Rome to be the capital of Italy the temporal power of the Pope legally terminated. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 1. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship, Alhambra, Captain Steward, with the Penin sular mails, in charge of Lieutenant Jayes, R.N., has arrived. She brings 4 packages specie, value £770; also on freight, 248 chests oranges, 16 boxes tangerines, 175 boxes onions, 7 casks wine, 6 cases fruit, 127 boxes eggs, and 11 packages untlric. On the 29th ult., in lat. 45.30, long. 7.51, the Alhambra exchanged signals with the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Tagus, with the outward Peninsular mails of the 27th. LISBON, DEC, 27. (Per Alhambra, via Southampton.) There exists great agitation in Lisbon with re spect to the recent death of the Infante Dom Fer nando and the King Dom Pedro V., and the ill ness and probable death of Dorn John. The Infante being Colonel of the Lancers, and known and believed in by the army, it is feared that a military demonstration may take place on the occasion of his death. The city has been placed under vigilant rule, and patrols of cavalry and infantry have for the last three days occupied the public thoroughfares. On Christmas day tumults occurred throughout the city. The palaces of the Count de Ponte, Mar quis de Valladas, Count Thomar, and others were assailed. The Count de Ponte was met in the streets and beaten, and he now lies in a very dan gerous state. - The Government, knowing the sinister rumours afloat, has named a commission to examine the sanitary state of the palaces of Necessidades and Belem, and has instituted a chemical and analytical examination of the remains of the late King Dom Pedro V. Great public excitement prevails, and rumours of _ _ the darkest description are afloat. The King has left his palace of Necessidades and retired to Caxias, in obedience to the popular voice. Tho Ministers hold their places for the present, but it is believed that the present crisis has been used to make an attempt to oust them. Her Majesty's ships Amphion, from Gibraltar, and the Flying Fish, from England, have arrived here, but too late for the King's proclamation, at which they were intended to assist. It is said that the Cortes intend to annul the oath which prevents the two married infantes succession to the throne. The infante Dom Augusto is much better. A stormy meeting of the Cortes sat yesterday. The Deputies gave a vote of confidence to the Mini sters, and full powers to take the strongest measures for the maintenance of public order in the present crisis, Dom Fernando, yesterday, was seen walking about the streets, doubtless to pacify the people by his presence. The Patriotic Association has been suppressed by the Government. Her Majesty's gun-boat Handy sailed on the 22d For Teneriffe. Exchange on London is quoted at 531 ; Paris 532 ; Amsterdam, 42.50 ; Hamburg, 47.75; Genoa, 528. Rentes, 3 per Cents., 481; Coupons, 481; Deferred, 42. Lisbon Bank, 584 ; Oporto Com mercial Bank, 358 ; and Oporto Mercantile Bank 258 milreis. LISBON, DEC. 29. (Per Oneida, via Southampton.) The Infante Dora John expired on the afternocn of the 27th at the Belem Palace. The Government, on account of the excited state of the public mind, would not allow the castle guns to be fired as customary on the occasion of the death of a member of the royal family. The funeral will not take place at present. The body has been deposited in the Conventional Church of the Jeronymites. King Luiz is said to be unwell ; and his Majesty Dom Augusto, whose health was improving, i s reported to have had a relapse. Vigorous measures were taken by the Government to suppress the late riots. 100 persons were appre hended. On the 28th a post morteni examination Was held on the body of Prince John. The proceedings were judicially conducted, and attended by Judge Vasconcellos and Sir Sequeira Pinto, the Crown Advocate. Twenty-nine persons in all assisted at the autopsy, which was conducted with scrupulous core. Nothing resulted from the medical examination to cause the slightest suspi cion of poison. The appearance of the body was in k-7 • PARIS , JAN. 1. To-day, according to custom, the Emperor received the Diplomatic Corps at the Tuileries. The reception took place early in the afternoon, Count Kisseleff presented the united congratula tions of the Diplomatic Corps to his IViajesty. Lord Cowley wasprevented from being present. The Emperor, in his reply, thanked the Diplo matic Corps for their good wishes, and eistid that the past year was remarkable for events which have shaken several States, and caused great mourning among Sovereign families. " Let us hope," said the Emperor, in conclusion, "that the present year may be more auspicious for the welfare of the peoples and the Sovereign families." .0. every respe c t s i m il ar to that of a person who had died of typhoid fever. A chemical analysis will be made of the intestines and fluids, all of which have been sealed in jars, and placed in charge of the commandant of the palace. The intelligent portion of the public are more satisfied, and the course adopted has to some extent put a stop to filo late painful rumours. A Lisbon correspondent writes as follows : " The illness of Prince John has had the effect of re newing the suspicions of poison which existed upon the death of Dom Pedro V., and l'rince Fernando, and on Christmas-day the excitement was so great that a public meeting, promoted by the Patriotic Society, was held in the great square, and a petition presented to Icing Luiz, through the Municipality, led to his retiring from the Palace of Necessida es, with his father Dom Fernando, to that of Cachias, about six miles from Lisbon, on the borders of the bay, within the bar of the Tagus. Both Dom Luiz and Dorn Fernando are fortunately in good he-filth, though in great distress of mind, and before leaving the Palace of Necessi dades appeared at the balcony to thank the populace, by whom they were enthusiastically cheered, but, in continua tion of the cheers, cries of Death' arose to the poisoners upon the appearance of others at the windows. " The people, in their blind, and I believe groundless suspicion, wished the King to get rid of his Ministers, Chamberlains, and all the other employes of the Palace ; they attacked and beat the Count de Ponte, whom they met leaving the Palace, and would probably have murdered him had the Municipal Guard not come to his immediate rescue. "About the same hour, at nightfall, Christmas-day another party attacked the Treasury, where the Ministers of Treasury, of Justice, and the Prime Minister were as sembled ; and, had they not escaped by a back window into the Arsenal, and proceeded unknown to the Marine guar tars, near the Palace, where they passed the night, they would probably have been sacrificed to an unjustifiable animosity. " The windows of the residence of the Marquis of Loule and Count Thomar were broken, but I hear of no further injury having been done ; the troops alternately cleared the streets and squares and on the night of the 26th they barely allowed them to assemble in groups, taking up many, who were shortly released, nor do I hear that any proof or indi cation of revolutionary plans has been discovered, " It has all arisen from popular suspicions, blindly directed against parties whom they supposed favourable to the Sis ters of Charity and Lazarittas. Had the necessary chymi cal analyses been made upon the death of 'om Pedro and Don, Fernando these suspicions might have been set at rest; but it is only now, when public tranquillity has been threat ened, that the Ministers have ordered analytical investiga tions. " The Cortes have been hastily constituted, ready for any emergency, and both houses have done their best to give support to the Government. Bills are to be presented for the purpose of cancelling the renunciation of the rights of succession to the Throne on the part of Princesses Dona Maria Anna and Dona Antonia, which they had to make upon their marriage with Prince George of Saxony and Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen." SPEECH OF THE KING. At the meeting of the Cortes of the kingdom on the 23d ult., under the presidency of Viscount de Castro, supplementary president of the Hereditary Chamber, the King, Don Louis 1., bearing in his hand the royal sceptre, took his seat on the throne. His Majesty, while his right hand rested upon the holy gospels covered with a cross, renewed the oath in these terms : " I swear to maintain the catholic, apostolic, Roman religion, and the integrity of the kingdom ; to observe and cause to be observed, the political constitution of the Por tuguese nation and the other laws of the kingdom ; and to promote, as far as I may be able, the general welfare of the nation." His Majesty afterwards addressed to the Assem bly the following speech : " Worthy peers of the kingdom and deputies of the Por tuguese nation—Called unexpectedly to rule the destinies of the Portuguese people, I appreciate from the depth of my heart the solemn event which has placed me in the midst of the national representatives. "I shall consecrate all my solicitude to the Portuguese people, whom I have learned to love from my tenderest in fancy, in order to assist as much as shall lie in my power in securing the great prosperity which it deserves. "I shall follow eagerly the noble example which has been loft me by my dear brother, whose loss we so profoundly regret. The grief which is inspired in all of us by the fatal event we now deplore is at once the most honourable testi mony consecrated to the memory of King Don Pedro V., and the strongest stimulus to us to endeavour, as he did, to fulfil our duty. O„ ants" occasion I must express to tho King, my august father, my gratitude for the devotedness with which under the most grievous circumstances he accepted the regency of this kingdom, during my brief absence. It is a new proof to the nation and myself of his zeal and good will. " The people over whom I have the honour to rule are an enlightened people, and worthy, on account of their love for constitutional institutions, to occupy a distinguished rank among the most cultivated nations. "The oath which I have just taken is the sincere ex pression of the sentiments of my heart. Fidelity to the in stitutions which we have the privilege to possess ensures to us tranquillity for the present, and promises us happi ness for the future. May Almighty God make the reign which is commencing merit the blessing of Heaven and the national sympathies. I depend much upon the enlightened co-operation of the representatives of the nation in promoting the public interests, and in facilitating the execution of the mission which has been confided to me. The gratitude of the Por tuguese people, a worthy object of the highest ambition, will be the just reward of such a noble solicitude." The President of the Cortes replied to this ad dress with protestations of devotedness, and charac terised Dou Pedro V. as a thoroughly constitutional King and a good citizen. At the conclusion of this discourse, the greater part of which was a paraphrase of the royal speech, the President three times, and with loud voice, proclaimed the very high, very (powerful, and very faithful King of Portugal, Don Louis I. His Majesty quitted the Chamber amid the most enthusiastic acclamations. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 2. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived. She brings 44 passengers, two packages of specie (value £2,356), and 2,500 packages of cargo, includ ing raw silk valued at upwards of £150,000. She spoke the Tagus on the 30th ult., bound for Lisbon. Her Majesty's ship Aboukir was to sail from Gibraltar, for Bermuda, on the 28th ult. The Ceylon encountered heavy north-east gales and head seas on her passage from Gibraltar. The Indus left Gibraltar for Alexandria on the 26th December. Exchange on London at Gibraltar was quoted 491 for 90 days' bills ; Paris, 5.26 ; Madrid, eight days' sight, par. Freights unaltered. PORT.R4II' OF DICKENS, DRAWN ON STONE BY R. J. LANE, A.R A. F13.0M A PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN AND CHARLKS WATRINS. An exquisite likeness of Mr. Charles Dickens has within the last few days made its right welcome appearance. It is the result of the combined skill of the above eminent artist and photographers. A more literal transcript of the " human face divine" we do not remember ever to have witnessed. The firm and unerring, yet most delicate and refined touch of Richard Lane's pencil has never within our recol lection been more happily applied than in this in stance. And the fact that it is so, yields evidence enough of the felicitous application by Messrs. John and Charles Watkins of their mar vellous art to the perpetuation of Mr. Dickens's features, through the medium of the Magic Glass sensitized by its scarcely perceptible film of col lodion. The engraving but just now issued to the public (seasonably enough at this lime of Year's Gifts and Christmas Offerings) is put forth by the di st i nguished artists of whose united labours— ev id ently the h with each a labour of lo ve —i t i s h appy fruit, as an exact pendant or companion to the admirable portrait of Thackeray engraved by Holl, from a drawing by Samuel Lawrence. Alto gether a more delightful memorial of Charles Dickens could not hang upon our walls than this counterfeit presentment of his living lineaments— henceforth, we doubt not, to be treasured in many an English home among its loved and honoured LaPena.tes. It i s a noble, manly head —with and Genius and He ar t l ooking out upon us res from its kind, bright eyes. --- The Earl and Countess of Albemarle have arrived in town from Quiddenham Hall, Norfolk. His lordship has taken a residence at Eutland-gate for a few months. Col. the Hon. W. P. and Lady Emma Talbot have arrived at the Earl of Derby's residence, in St. Jacues's•Fquar°, from oriuowisloy, Lancashire. CfUBITT, Mayor.--A PUBLIC MEETING will be 'held on THURSDAY next, January 9th, in the Egyptian Hall at th e M ans i on House, to consider the propriety of inviting contributions for the purpose of erect ing a L. - .sting Memorial to his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and to adopt such measures for carrying out the ob ject as may then be decided on. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor will take the chair at two o'clock precisely. Mansion House, January 2, 1862.