The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-22 00:00:00

13 b OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Fyne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING (the 2d time) VICTORINE. Messrs. Santley, Haigh, H. Cord, G. Honey, Bartleman, &c. Misses Parepa, Thirlwall, &c. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. Ballet, LA FIANCEE. Messrs. W. R. Payne, IL Payne, F. Payne, Mdlle. Lequine, Pasquale, Pierron, Clara Morgan, and litons. Vandris. Doors open at half-past 7—Commence at 8 o'clock. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. , LPFIACC, Mr. J. B. Bnekstone. TATS EVENING the performances will commence with TIIE ROAD TO RUIN, And PAUL PRY. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the new drama, entitled HOME TRUTHS. Messrs. G. Melville, J. G. Shore, F. Matthews, Miss C. Lec'ercq and Mrs. Charles Young. Followed by A WONDERFUL WOMAN. Mr. A. Harris Shore, Frank Matthews, and Miss C. Ledereq. After which, Mons, Espanosa (Premier Danseur Comique), will appear, with Madlle. Nariquita, assisted by the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet, in Le Grand Pas du Dervish de Faust, as danced by him 150 consecutive nights at the Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, Paris. To conclude with NIIRSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Meadows, H. Saker ; Miss L. Keeley and Mrs. Weston. STEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. 1 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs B. Webster. J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Paul Bedford. Stuart, Killington, C. J. Smith, Ebnrne, Moreland; Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Kelly. _ _ Followed by the successful piece of extravagance, called DINORAH UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, F. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. • Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westmin s ter -r o ad. Sole Lessee—Mr. William Cooke, his Farewell Season.. THIS EVENING. the grand melo-dramatic production, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GARIBALDI • illustrating the principal events in the Life of the Great Italian GeneraL To befollowed by New and Brilliant Equestrian Changes in the Arena, introducing a vivid Four-horse Scene by John Henry Cooke, as the Nemman Conqueror -More Wonders by the Educated Elephant—Elegant Equitation by Miss Emily Cooke, the Queen of the Circle—Young Alfred Cooke's sur passing evolutions on a naked Courser—Electrifying Feats by the Athenian Athletm, J. 11. Cooke and Crouses—Novel Flag Exercises on horseback by Madlle. Jenny—Varied by those heralds of fun, the Clowns, Mimes, and Drolls. To commence at 7. Especial Notice.—Three Grand Morning Representations of the grand new Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN TOM MOODY; or, Old Towler the Huntsman and the Goddess Diana, on Monday and Saturday, Dec. 26 and 31, and Monday Jan. 2, 1860, at Two o'clock each day. CANTERBURY HALL . CONCERTS.- EVERY ; EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAT QUEEN. And a Gland Se:ea - fon from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAH. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the fish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. _ • Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. ROSA BONHEUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. TILE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 22. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 46—highest since noon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and during the night. 39—this day at noon. _ _ _ BAROMETEIL-29.58. WIND, Westerly ; light, with fine winter weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 3m.—Afternoon, 12h. 21m To-moiatow.-Morning, 12h. 57m.—Afternoon, lh. 21m _ ) 1 , sy A cti- 12 • THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, DEC. 22, 1859. The Catholic laity of Great Britain and the laity of the nation at large are practically of one mind. In September of this year the Foreign Secretary of England announced at Aberdeen amidst universal applause that—ltalians ought to conduct their own affairs as they please, and that Britain ought to take no part in any Congress unless the non-employment of foreign forces to coerce the Italian States was a fundamental condition. This view the citizens of Glasgow have also adopted, and actually forwarded to Lord JOHN RUSSELL an address, urging him to abide by his Aberdeen de clarations. Now the " Catholic laity of Great Britain" have also published their address ; and the " Catholic laity protests against any infraction of the Holy Father's rights as an Independent Sove reign." They go on to protest against Congress disposing of the "Holy Father's territories, impos• ing on him changes in his laws or administration, or aiding his rebel subjects." Well, now, what more do the citizens of Glasgow wish? All Eng lishmen untainted with allegiance to any foreign Power have but one wish,—to leave princes and subjects to settle their own affairs. We want to impose no conditions on his Majesty the POPE any more than on his Holiness the POPE. Let him be as majestic as he is holy if the three millions who are called his subjects wish ; but let him be holy without being majestic if SO they will have it. We think it the business of the three millions and of no one else. 1S ow, we ask the "Catholic laity of Grew Britain" if this be their 'meaning? If it be— well ; they are worthy of the name of British citizens—worthy of those whose ancestors decapi tated one despot and banished another, and who, to this day, are resolved to be governed only by laws which they have assisted in making, and to pay only taxes to which they have by their representa tives assented. But if this be not the meaning of many of these Catholic " laity," as we strongly suspect to be the case, then we only tell them that they are unworthy of the country which gave them birth. When we look at their long document, at their five reasons, and the formal protest with which it concludes, we take it to mean that some how or other the Estates of the Church, as they are called, should be kept for the Church—that is, for the POPE, as the head of the Church. The, spirit of all their lengthy declamation and argument is, that the PorE is to be Pope as long as time shall endure ; that he needs to be temporarily in dependent of any earthly power ; that those who have had the ill-luck to be born in the territory his predecessors got by one device or another are bound to remain his slaves; and that, by some means, these unhappy citizens are to be compelled to remain in this condition. We know of nothing so parallel with this pre tentious " declaration" as the justly infamous Ame rican Declaration of Independence. That document, full of grand sentiments about the rights of men, and all that sort of stuff, has one clause which says explicitly nothing about slavery, but which clause was meant to legalise slavery ; and it has been the foundation of that infernal system which covers the south of the United States, and whose last wicked ness was the execution of Joint 811,016. Just so this document no where denies, in words, the rights of Romans to the same liberties as the " Catholic Laity"enjoy here ; no where says " Romans always shall be slaves;" but its principles will make them so. Romans cannot worship GOD according to the of their conscience, as every Catholic is free to do here ; Romans cannot abrogate a law by which any worthless wench or medical marl call enable the po lice to kidnap a Jew's child ; Romans cannot enact, repeal, or modify a single law, or object to a single tax, as every Catholic by his representative can do in England. Romans, in fact, are at the mercy of the one man whom a set of other men place over them, without one spark of liberty in the whole of their political arrangements. Yet this is the system which the " Catholic Laity" of England would per. petuate. They want to keep at Rome a prince whose subjects are as truly political slaves as the megroes are socially slaves ; and who, if they kick ' at this, shall have power to treat them in Perugian style, as slaveholders hunt fugitive meE,Proes and hang their friends. Will any of our Catholic readers deny that this is the real meaning of the document ? If we have given a plain interpretation of old COBBETT'S sort, is it not a true one ? If so, we call on Catholics to consider what they are doing. We well know that there are thousands of excellent men, excellent citizens, and thorough Britons among them ; but why do these men allow a noisy few to represent them in this country and in Europe ? These respectable gentlemen know well that ecclesiastical government is an antiquated thing. When clergy men were the only men, almost, of learning and general information, they might properly aspire to positions near the head of the Government, they might, even as abbots and bishops, be passable ad ministrators of small territories. But that day is past never to return, and the PorE is but the liv ing representative of a class who are now political fossils. He has no confreres. He is perfectly out of harmony with his age. As a plain matter of fact, his subjects are prepared to respect him as their Bishop, if he did not aspire to be their temporal autocrat. Catholics may be assured that that is a position he cannot hold. Even should he retain the royalty of Rome, which we hope he will not do long, he must be controlled in that capacity by his own subjects. If he is to be independent of other Powers, he cannot longer be independent of his people. They must be liberated, POPE or no POPE. We dare a Catholic elector of Britain to say they ought not to be liberated. ' What Englishmen then demand is—what those who sign the declaration would like to say in ap pearance, but are afraid to say explicitly—let Rome be kept to herself. Let non-intervention be pro claimed henceforth as the law of Europe. Let the French soldiers be withdrawn, let Austrians and Neapolitans be warned off. Let the POPE be pro hibited from enlisting foreign mercenaries against his subjects if the, are not to hire foreign troops against him. And then see what the result will be. The silly cant about the Romagnese being rebels and so forth is unworthy of notice. They have never bowed to his legates except when forced by Austrian bayonets. The POPE has been the rebel and the traitor in the Romagna. He it is who has used the detested foreigner against his own subjects. He it is who would not bow to the per fectly lawful wish of his subjects to be governed as they thought best. He it is who has insisted on a divine right to enslave them to his legates and de crees, by the very un-divine process of filling their towns with Austrian butchers. Our remedy for all is very short. Leave the Romans to themselves ; and if the Catholics of Europe want a splendid es tablishment for their bishop at Rome, let them contribute the funds out of the exchequers of Catholic Europe, but let Romans no longer be en slaved to a despot, that the Catholics of the world may have a petty despot for their bishop. Lord PALMERSTON, down at Romsey, is less of the Premier than of the Paterfamilias. His speeches there yesterday, and he delivered several, are all overflowing with bonhomnzie. He is there in his genial bearing as he stands before his bucolic audience somewhat like ROUBILLAICS marble effigy of SHAKSPERE in the vestibule of the British Museum, with his outer raiment, as it were, neg ligently disarranged and carelessly unbuttoned. His oratory, if it can be dignified with the name, is in deshabille. He takes the kindest possible view of everything and eyerybody—vie win g all around him perhaps the more willingly as couleur de rose, because talking at the moment quite collo quially and conversationally sub rosa with his friends and neighbours, Reading him thus it is impossible not to be infected with his good humour. His smile must have been reflected in the faces .of almost all those who listened to him—even the more supercilious, even those constitutionally cur mudgeons. The occasion was simple enough, namely, the re currence again of the annual ceremony of the dis tribution of prizes awarded for long servitude, for ploughing, for thatching, and for almost every kind of agricultural employMent by a local institution established under the title of the Romsey Labourers' Encouragement Association. First of all, in the mere distribution of these little prizes, Lord PAL MERSTON had a word of kindness and encourage ment to proffer, not only to those who were the actual recipients, but to those also who had merely tried, and tried in vain, to be among their number. In doing this the Premier was full of " wise saws and modern instances." In handing the prizes about, he says of them quite frankly to his unso phisticated auditors, " I need hardly say that they are not rewards, because no man is so foolish as to think that these tokens of good conduct which are given are intended to be substantial rewards for the conduct on account of which they are be stowed. That," he adds, "is not the principle upon which decorations, and memorials, and tokens are given to mankind for their meritorious con duct." Then follows his illustration—" The soldier who hazards his life upon the field of battle, and who has attracted the attention of his superiors and his comrades by distinguished and heroic bravery, is rewarded by a cross, very insignificant in intrinsic value, but which he wears on his breast as a token and a record of that good conduct which has obtained for him that which is a real reward, namely, the esteem and respect of all around him." And, again,—" In the same way in other classes of life, men who performed distin guished services to the State are rewarded by a little ribbon, which they wear in their button-hole, or over their shoulder ; but nobody imagines that half a yard or two yards of red or blue ribbon are in themselves intrinsic reward. They are a token and a record of that good conduct in the life of those on whom they are bestowed, which testifies to man kind that they have deserved well of their country. Therefore, my friends [Delightful words, surely, these, for every hob-nailed Strephon who hearkened to them—associating him, poor wight, for the mo ment, with soldier and statesman, with medals and blue ribands, stars, and garters !] I am delighted that so many of you have received these tokens of your good conduct in your respective vocations, and I am glad to say that these rewards have been given for almost every kind of service which an agricultural labourer is capable of performing." After a great deal more to the like effect, "Again," says my lord Viscount to the wielders of the bill hook and sickle, listening around him, " Again, I congratulate you upon the prizes you have obtained, and I have no doubt that next year iiiany toy who a have not been successful competi torswill fut themselves upon the list of prizemen." So much far the morning ceremonial of distribution. Afterwards, later in the day, came the more convivial meeting of the members of the associa tion, presided over and addressed time and again as genially as ever by Viscount PALMERSTON. Loyal toasts, quaffed with all the honours, in due succession, then follow, in right sequence, the more personal proceedings at these kind of festi vities, crowned, according to custom, by the toast of the Health of the Chairman. But even then we have that climax capped by the Chair man (after the fashion of " one cheer more, and a good one") by another toast yet—" The Press." The toast of the Press—from the lips of the MIER ! Mark, now, the manner of its giving by Lord PALMERSTON :—" I rise," he says, " to do homage to that which may properly be said to be one of the wonders of modern civilisation. I mean the Press." And he then goes on to remark, with unstinted words of panegyric, " If any man com pares now a newspaper published in the last cen tury with one of those wonderful sheets we read every day, the contrast is the most striking that the mind of man can imagine. The quan tity of information, the talent of disserta tion, the amount of news of every kind which we now find in almost every newspaper we meet with, is really one cf tho most striking proofs of the pro gress which the human intellect has made in the days in which we live. It may really be put in competition with the steam-engine and the electric telegraph. But," continues Lord PALMERSTON, " there is one part of the functions of the Press which, beyond all others, has improved of late years." [Beyond the time, let us suggest to the memory of Lord PALMERSTON, when a certain Irish reporter in the Gallery of the House of Commons, a reporter named FINNERTY, waking up suddenly from a nap—himself much " bemused with beer"—startled the echoes of that august assem bly by bawling out, " Your health, Mr. Speaker !' and " Mr. Speaker, I wish to propose a toast !" But I call on Mr. Speaker for a song —having himself incontinently thereupon to be taken into custody by that silk-stocking Argus the the Scrgeantat-Arms !] Recalling those times to popular rembrance, " I have heard," said Lord PALMERSTON, " that towards the end of the last century there was a man of the name of WOODFALL, who used to publish debates ; and how did he do it ? It is said that he used to go to the gallery of the House of Commons, listen attentively with his face in his hands to what passed, go home, drink two pots of porter, go to bed, get up next morning, and from his dreams and his recollection make out what he called a report of a debate. Now-a-days, so marvellous is the ability, and so wonderful the rapidity with which re porters take down what men say, that if speakers are not very careful the reporters take down what they had much better not have said. I remember a very worthy M.P., an Irish M.P., Mr. RICHARD KEENE, who once complained that the reporters in the gallery had not done full justice to a speech he had made the night before. The reply he received had perhaps more of sharpness than civility in it, for it was—' Mr. KEENE, we made the best speech we could for you, but if you are not satisfied with our endeavours, the next time we will report what you do say, and whatever you may think of it, we suspect your friends will hardly relish the infliction.'" " Now," observed Lord PALMERSTON, in continuation with an admi rably viell-deserved encomium upon the Parliamen tary reporters, " it is quite marvellous to see the accuracy with which debates in the House of Com mons are reported. When the speeches are such as are calculated to attract attention, they are reported word for word as they are uttered, and how it is possible for the human hand to follow with such rapidity and such exactness I am at a loss to conceive." And then with a personal reminiscence reminding one of an incident in the life of " David Copperfield," the Premier observed, " I once, as many others have done, began to learn shorthand, but I confess that I found out two difficulties, which turned out to be quite insurmountable. The one was to write it, and the next and greatest to read it when written." Remarking, in conclusion, "I beg now to pro pose that institution to which the progress of civilisation and all the interests of the country are so deeply indebted, ' The Press." It is surely significant of the state of things iri England to hear cordial words like these fall from the lips of the chief Minister in our constitutional Government. THE' SUN, LONDON,' THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER r 22,7 18b9, LATES'i• NEW S. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : THE BOMBAY MAIL. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Vectis, with the mails from Bombay, arrived at Marseilles at noon yesterday. The mails left for London at 3 p.m. The letters will be delivered on Friday. ADEN, DEC. 8. The Imperador (with 926 knots of the Indian cable on board) arrived. All well. Passage, 67 days. The Captain Coorce (query, Cook.?), from Kurrachee, with the East India Company's dis banded troops, beating into Table Bay, grounded. After landing troops and throwing cargo over board, with the assistance of the Imperador, she floated again ner.t morning (Nov. 13). When the Imperador left the troops were re-embarking, and the ship reported making no water. PARIS, DEC. 21, 12.5 P.m. The Bourse opens very firm. Rentes, 70f. 50c. 3.28 P M. Rumours of an intended reduction of the interest on the Treasury Bills (Bons de Tresor) were cur rent to-day on the Bourse. It was also said that the Moniteur of to-morrow will contain a report of the Minister on general financial affairs. Funds have materially improved, and the final quotation of Itentes, 70f. 65c., shows an advance of nearly t since yesterday. BERNE, DEC. 21. In reply to a memorandum addressed by Switzer land to the Powers composing the Congress, the majority have expressed themselves favourable to the admission of Plenipotentiaries of Switzerland at the time when the Congress deliberates on the neutrality of the province of Savoy. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The .Moniteur contains the following list of ap pointments to different embassies :—" Secretaries --Baron de Reinach, at Stuttgardt ; M. de Bour gummy, at the Hague ; Count de Courcy, at Carls ruhe; M. Borely, at Athens; Count de Breteuil, at Florence ; and Count de Breda, at Darmstadt. First Secretaries—Marquis de Chateaurenard, at London ; M. Fournier, at St. Petersburg; Count de Bondy, at Madrid ; Marquis de Cadore, at Rome ; Count de Mosbourg, at Vienna ; and M. Rothan, at Frankfort. Second Secretaries—M. Dollfus, at Berlin ; M. Saillard, at Munich; Count de Gabriac, at Rome ; Marquis de Piennes, at Naples. Third Secretary—the Marquis de Moges, at Rome." A duel came off to-day between two well-known personages, who had some dispute at the Grand Opera. One gentleman was slightly wounded, when the antagonists shook hands. THE BOURSE, Dec. 21.—The market has been very firm, with improving prices, owing to a re port that the rate of the Bons du Tresor will be lowered, and the financial report of M. Magne pub lished to-morrow. Threes, after having been at 70f. 45c., improved to 70f. 65c. ; Mobilier varied from 845 f. to 852 f. 50c. ; Lombard, 570 f. 50c. to 578 f. 75c. ; Austrian, 571 f. 25c. to 575 f. ; Orleans, 1,417 f. 50c. to 1,430 f. ; Lyons, 937 f. 50c. to 9451. ; Southern, 535 f. to 537 f. ; Northern, 971 f. 25c. to 977 f. The following were the last quotations:— It per Cents. .... 96 75 i Credit Foncier 722 50 Do. end month I Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents 7O 5 Piedmontese (5) .. 85 50 Do. end month 7O 65 Roman B4 Bank Shares Credit /vlobilier .. 852 50, Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 851 25 Rome Debt , 43 50 HA YMARKE T THEATRE. " Valentine's Day; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the True Lover's Knot," is the name of the story of the pantomime at this theatre. Old Bishop Valentine, who lived a long time ago, was a great friend to all true lovers, and it was his custom on the 14th February to call together his proselytes, when each selected a fair maiden, to whom he pre sented a letter, containing pictures and verses in token of regard, and which was afterwards called a valentine. There was in those days one Slyvanus, a young woodman, who tenderly loved Belphmbe, which means fair Pheebe, and who was one of the pret tiest milkmaids of that fairy and pastoral age. She loved him in return, but their enemies, Scandal, Gossip, Hate, Spite, Malice, Venom, Jealousy, and Tell-tale" Tit, did all in their power to separate them, and would have succeeded but for the fairy Truelove, who, like the good Bishop, looked upon the lovers with great favour. One day after they had quarrelled, and all through their enemies, the fairy sought to reconcile them by inviting them to a festival in her spring flower abode, on the eve of Valentine's Day, but even there Scandal and her crew intruded, and placed before the eyes of the lovers such false illusions that they parted, intending never to meet again. The Fairy then sought the Bishop in his little chapel, to ask his advice in what way to frustrate these evil influences, when he recommended that Sylvanus and Belphcebe should each send the other a loving valentine, and that others, very ugly and ridiculous, should be sent to Scandal and her party. This being done, the two lovers, on opening their valentines, were dis mayed to find them contain nothing but hateful words, the contents having been changed by their enemies. Scandal and her companions, on receiving their valentines, and seeing them so ugly, accused' one another of having sent them, at which they fell to fighting amongst themselves. Belphoebe and Sylva nus were now made so wretched that each resolved to love some one else, and so he with another maid, and she with another swain, sought the Bishop to be married ; but he, knowing the cause of their separation, refused to do so, and desired them to be present at the opening of a valentine that he had sent to the fairy Truelove, when she would possess such power as would enable her to defeat their foes. Following this advice, they went to see the sight, at which also their enemies were present, when the Fairy thought of a plan to confound their machi nations, when Sylvanus and Belpheebe became united and lived happily ever after. The magnificent scenery of this story has been painted by Mr. Frederick Fenton, who, in the opening of the Fairy "Valentine, has pro duced effects nover before attempted in any theatre. The pantomimists will, as heretofore, con sist of the unrivalled Leclercqs; while the harle quinade contains every hit at passing events, the concluding scene will be her Majesty's channel fleet in the order of battle during the great storm in November last, painted by Mr. O'Connor. From the high character of the pantomimes at this theatre, the holiday visitors may Le certain of an unusual treat. PAINFUL ELOPEMENT.—The wife of Mr. J. 11. Gurney, M.P. for King's Lynn, has eloped with one of the family domestics. The lady has a fortune in her own right of £500,000. Proceedings have been commenced with a view to a divorce. TIIE CHISHOLM SUCCESSlON.—lntelligence has been received intimating that. James Sutherland Chisholm, Esq., has been served heir of entail to the Chisholm estates. —lnverness Courier. The Postmaster-General gave notice yesterday that her Majesty's ship Urgent will be detained until the 26th inst. ; supplementary ship mails for the Cape of Good Hope will therefore be made up to be sent by the Urgent. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern ... 972 50 .. 975 New ditto 865 867 50 Lyons and Muditerranean 942 50 .. • 913 75 Geneva 5lO 547 50 Southern Western 576 25 .. 582 50 Eastern Sardinian. 'Austrian Lombard .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10e. ; money, 25E 9c.; three months, paper, 21f. 95c.; money, 24f. 93ie. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 17th have reached us. A royal decree reorganises the Council of Agri culture and Manufactures. The Gazette publishes a list of promotions and rewards (generally crosses in the Spanish orders) accorded to officers and men who had distinguished themselves against the Moors. It also states that the troops in Africa have cleared completely the road for a distance of two leagues, so as to allow the artillery and cavalry to advance in safety. Beyond these two leagues lies a vast plain leading to Tetuan. According to letters which reach Paris, the Hun garian movement is assuming wider proportions daily. The political agitation is neither purely Protestant nor revolutionary; it is an effort to pro claim the nationality of Hungary, and restore her old privileges and rights. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Sultan steamer, Captain Vincent, from Lis bon, December 17th, and Vigo 19th, has arrived. No communication with Oporto. She brings £3,630 in specie, 2,462 chests oranges and general cargo. The Hon. Mr. Howard, late British Minister at Lisbon, and family, are passengers by the Sultan. Lisbon exchanges, at three months, on London, 531' to -2. ; Paris, nominal, 531 ; Amsterdam, 41-Z- ; Hamburg, 471. The electoral contest on New Year's-clay absorbs the attention of political circles at Lisbon. CENTRAL AMERICA. GREY TOWN, MOSQUITO, Nov. 2. The intelligence that Walker had left the United States for Nicaragua was brought here by the American Commodore in the Roanoke, from Colon. Her Majesty's ship Valorous, Capt. Aldham, C. 8., immediately started up the coast, calling at Blew fields, Corn Islands, Omoa, &c., and returned with out having seen the general's expedition. The United States ship Sabine was left to guard the port, the St. Louis was sent to the mouth of the Colorado River, and the Commodore departed for Colon. There is no news from Nicargua, or of the French Canal Company. In Costa Rica the coffee crop is being gathered ; it will probably amount to 200,000 quintals, and is in excellent condition. The election for president will take place about the end of November. Mariano and Francisco Montealegre (brothers of the provisional president) are candidates, also Yglesias and perhaps General Castro. The Provisional Government is not yet firmly established, and there is a great chance of another revolution within the two next months, the object of which will bo the recall of the exiled president Mora. Some 20 of the prominent citizens of San Jose have been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to overthrow the present state of affairs. - - - IRON SCREW COLLIER COMPANY. --A meeting of this company took place yesterday, to confirm or otherwise a proposition for selling their fleet of 12 vessels for £60,000, which, allowing a deduction on account of certain charges, would leave about £67,000 clear. After some discussion a show of hands was taken, but a ballot was eventually de termined upon. It was mentioned that the profits of the past half-year have been about £9,000 or £lO,OOO, but this result is considered exceptionally favourable. There is about £23,000 in hand, subject to be reduced by £B,OOO, or possibly twice that amount, for a claim decided against the company in a court of law. The original capital of the con cern was £126,000, in £25 shares , o f whi ch £ 45,000 , or £9 per share, has been returned to the proprietors, leaving the present capital at £BO,OOO. LEIGH HUNT.-A _72EiIIONST.RANC.E. (From All the Year Round.) " The sense of beauty and gentleness, of moral beauty and faithful gentleness, grew upon him as the clear evening closed in. When be went to visit his relative at Putney, he still carried with him his work, and the books he more immediately wanted. Although his bodily powers had been giving way, his most conspicuous qualities, his memory for books and his affection, remained ; and when his hair was white, when his ample chest had grown slender : when the very proportion of his height had visibly lessened, his step was still ready, and his dark eyes brightened at every happy expression, and at every thought of kindness. His death was simply exhaustion : he broke off his work to lie down and repose. So gentle was the final approach, that he scarcely recognised it till the very last, and then it came without terrors. His physical suffering had not been severe ; at the latest hour he said that his only uneasiness was failiag breath. And that failing breath was used to express his sense of the inexhaustible kind ness he had received from the family who had been so unexpectedly made his nurses—to draw from one of his sons, by minute, eager, and searching questions, all that he could learn about the latest vicissitudes and growing hopes of Italy—to ask the friends and children around him for news of those whom he loved—and to send love and messages to the absent who loved him." Thus, with a manly simplicity and filial affection, writes the eldest son of Leigh Hunt in recording his father's death. These are the closing words of knew edition of the "Autobiography of Leigh Hunt," pub lished by Messrs. Smith and Elder, of Cornhill, revised by that son, and enriched with an introduc tory chapter of remarkable beauty and tenderness. Thu son's first presentation of his father to the reader, " rather tall, straight as an arrow, looking ' slenderer than he really was • his hair black and shining, and slightly inclined to wave ; his head high, his forehead straight and white, his eyes black and sparkling, his general complexion dark ; in his whole carriage and manner an extraordinary degree of life," completes the picture. It is the pic ture of the flourishing and fading away of man that is born of a woman and hath bat a short time to live. In his presentation of his father's moral nature and intellectual qualities, Mr. Hunt is no less faith ful and no less touching. Those who knew Leigh Hunt will see the bright face and hear the musi cal voice again, when he is recalled to them in this passage :—" Even at seasons of the greatest de pression in his fortunes he always attracted many visitors, but still not so much for any repute that attended him as for his personal qualities. Few men were more attractive in society, whether in a large company or over the fireside. His manners were peculiarly animated; his conversation,varied, ranging over a great field of subjects, was moved and called forth by the response of his companion, be that companion philosopher or student, sage or boy, man or woman ; and he was equally ready for the most lively topics or for the gravest reflections —his expression easily adapting itself to the tone of his companion's mind. With much freedom of manners, he combined a spontaneous courtesy that never failed, and a considerateness derived from a ceaseless kindness of heart that invariably fasci nated even strangers." Or in this :—" His animation, his sympathy with what was gay and pleasurable, his avowed doctrine of cultivating cheerfulness, were manifest on the surface, and could be appreciated by those who knew him in society, most probably even exaggerated as salient traits, on which he himself insisted with a sort of gay and ostentatious wilfulness." The last • words describe one of the most captivat ing peculiarities of a most original and engaging man, better than any other words could. The reader is besought to observe them, for a reason that shall presently be given. Lastly—" The anxiety to recognise the rights of others, the ten dency to refine,' which was noted by an early school companion, and the propensity to elaborate every thought, made him, along with the direct argument by which he sustained his own convic tion, recognise and almost admit all that might be said on the opposite side." For these reasons, and for others suggested with equal felicity, and with equal fidelity, the son writes of the father, " It is most desirable that his qualities should be known as • they were, for such deficiencies as he had are the honest explanations of his mistakes, while as the reader may see from his writings and his conduct, they are not, as the faults of which he was accused would be, incompatible with the noblest faculties both of head and heart. To know Leigh Hunt as he was, was to hold him in reverence and love." These quotations are made here, with a special object. It is not, that the personal testimony of one who knew Leigh Hunt well may be borne to their truthfulness. It is not, that it may be recorded in these pages, as in his son's intro ductory chapter, that - his life was of the most a.miable and domestic kind, that his wants were few, that his way of life was frugal, that he was a man of small expenses, no osten tation, a diligent labourer, and a secluded man of letters. It is not that the inconsiderate and forgetful may be reminded of his wrongs and sufferings in the days of the Regency and of the national disgrace of his imprisonment. It is not that their forbearance may be entreated for his grave, in right of his graceful fancy or his political labours and endurances, though Not only we, the latest seed of Time, Now mon, that in the flying of a wheel • Cry down the past, not only we, that prato, Of rights and wrongs, have loved the people well. It is, that a duty may be done in the most direct way possible. An act of plain clear duty. Four or five years ago the writer of these lines was much pained by accidentally encountering a printed statement " that Mr. Leigh Hunt was the original of Harold Skimpole in Bleak House:" he writer of these lines is the author of that book. The statement came from America. It is no dis repeet to that country, in which the writer has, perhaps, as many friends and as true an interest as any man that lives, good-humouredly to state the fact, that he has, now and then, been the subject of paragraphs in Transatlantic newspapers more surprisingly destitute of all foundation in truth than the wildest delusions of the wildest lunatics. For reasons born of this experience, ho let the thing go by. But, since Mr. Leigh Hunt's death, the state ment has been revived in England. The delicacy and generosity evinced in its revival, are for the rather late consideration of its revivers. The fact is this : Exactly those graces and charms of manner which are remembered iu the words we have quoted, were remembered by the author of the work of fiction in question, when he drew the character in question. Above all other things, that " sort of gay and ostentatious wilfulness" in the humouring of a subject, which had many a time delighted him, and impressed him as being unspeakably whimsical and attractive was the airy quality he wanted for the man he invented. Partly for this reason, and partly (he has since often grieved to think) for the pleasure it afforded him to find that de lightful manner reproducing itself under his hand, he yielded to the temptation of too often making the character speak like his old friend. He no more thought, God forgive him ! that the admired original would ever be charged with the imaginary vices of the fictitious creature, than he has himself ever thought of charging the blood of Desde- Mona and Othello, on the innocent Ace, demy model who sat for lago's leg in the picture. Even as to the mere occasional manner, he meant to be so cautious and conscientious, that he privately referred the proof sheets of the first number of that book to two intimate literary friends of Leigh Hunt (both still living), and altered the whole of that part of the text on their discovering too strong a resemblance to his " way." He cannot see the son lay this wreath on the father's tomb, and leave him . to the possibility of ever thinking that the present words might righted the father's memory , and were left it have rightedun written. H e cannot know that his own son may have to explain his father when folly or malice can wound his heart no more, and leave this task undone. --......•.••=•••••••••••••••••••• TIIE REPORTED Loss OF THE GREAT BRITAIN. —The story of the _andsfoundering, which took its rise from the finding canister of the steamship Great Bri tain off the 'Western Islands , at . the mouth of the Mersey, contain thatshe had foundered, is now looked upon as i a n h g o a a t r lnd d Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., the agents line of thetoe' which e she belongs , have placarded the t own with billsoffering a reward of £lOO to any person or per sons who will prosecute to conviction the perpetrator or perpetrators ; and there is a universal desire and hope that he or they may be discovered, and severely punished. ALARMING ACCIDENT.—On Monday evening s hortly before six o'clock, the smack St. Laurence, from Greenock, was coming towards the quay, and, when oppo site the ferry steps at the Queen's Island, was seen by a number of Mr. Marlin's workmen who were leaving the island in two large boats, to be bearing closely upon them. There were between 60 and 70 individuals in the two boats, and it is stated that when sighting the smack and seeing their danger, they shouted to those in charge of the vessel to bear off, which was u,t done. However ' the smack r an into one of the boats, which contailtd between 30 and 40 men and boys, and almost cut her in two, nearly the whole of those in the boat having been thrown into the water. A number of the parties swam ashore, and, with the assistance of two or three boats, all were, happily, rescued. Two men, however, are, we understand, very seriously injured, one man, named Thomas Magee, having sustained a compound fracture of the leg by the collision. The captain of the St. Laurence, who will be brought up at the police court on Tuesday morning, states that ho was stwing his vessel close to the island to keep clear of a sheet of fee—that he did not hear the calls of the people in the boats, and that the collision was purely aeeklental,—Beifitst Northern BURNING OF THE AMERICAN SHIP MASTIFF. The following is an extract from the log of the British ship Achilles, Hart, on her voyage from San Francisco for Sydney (N.S.W.), stating the loss of the American clipper ship Mastiff by fire, and the saving of 208 lives—viz., Captain Johnson and lady, five gentlemen (cabin passengers), the ship's crew (27 in number), and 174 Chinese—and 100,030 dols. in treasure. " On the 12th day of September, 1859, the ship Achilles, Captain Henry 'l'. Hart, sailed from the Golden Gate, San Francisco, for Sydney, New South Wales. The pilot left the ship at 7 a.m. Sunday ; the wind being southerly, the captain shaped a course to clear the Farrallones and passed clear of them at 1.30 p.m., the wind then from the southward. At 8 p.m. w_ind hauled more westerly; tacked ship to the southward, with a moderate breeze. At daylight on the morning of the 13th saw a large ship bearing N.W. ; exchanged signals, and found her to be the Amercan clipper ship Mas tiff, that had sailed from San Francisco 18 hours be fore us, both ships steering to the southward, with a light breeze from the westward. At daylight of the 14th, wind westward, the Mastiff in sight about 10 miles astern, steering the same course. On the 15th, at daylight, the Mastiff in sight, about the same distance astern. At noon our latitude obser vation was 30.30 N., and long. by chronometer 128.20 W., the Mastiff off our weather quarter ; the wind hauled more westerly; took in topmast and topgallant studding sails, and hauled the ship close to the wind, intending to speak the Mastiff, but she passing ahead, did not do so. " At 4.15 p.m. the said ship was about two miles ahead; Mr. Harley, the second officer, reported to the captain that the Mastiff had her colours up in distress, and that she was on fire. He immediately went forward and found the report true, and that smoke was coming out of her stern ports and the after part of the ship. The captain called all hands on deck, and took in all the small sails, made the ship snug, sailed for the burning vessel, and lay-to close to windward, sent the quarterboat, second offi cer, and four men to assist in saving life. At about 4.30 p.m. the gig belonging to the Mastiff came along side, with the captain's lady, five gentlemen (cabin passengers), and three Chinamen. It was only after their coming on board that the position of all on board began to be realised. To witness the prostrate and bleeding forms of the three Chinamen told the means that had to be resorted to to keep them from crowding and swamping the boats. By this time they succeeded in launching three small boats (they having failed to get their longboat over the side), which, together with our being so close to the burn ing ship, seemed to restore some degree of quiet amongst the Chinese, who could be seen in the sea hanging by ropes to the ship's side. The five gentlemen, cabin passengers, who were saved were : —R. H. Dana, Esq., C. C. Harris, George Clifford, J. H. C. Richmond, and M. Schoubrun. As soon as all the Chinese, 174 in number, were got on board, Captain Hart sent instructions to save pro visions, but so rapid did the flames spread that it was found impossible to save a particle. We then received the crew, 27 in number, seven boxes of treasure valued at about 100,000 dols., one iron chest, two chronometers, a small quantity of cloth ing, a mahogany chest, marked ' ship Mastiff,' in gilt letters, and a few fowls and pigs. At 6.30 p.m. the ship was in flames, and at 7 p.m. the main and mizenmasts fell over the side. We then hoisted on board two boats, and let two go adrift, having so little room on deck, and the ship being full of cargo. By this time the ship was in flames fore and aft, and only now indeed could be realised the awful doom that awaited all on board that ill-fated ship, had not an all-wise and merciful Providence made us the instruments of their preservation. After consultation with Captain Johnson as to which way it was best to proceed it was agreed that we should sail for the Sandwich Islands, and land them at Honolulu. 'We then made sail with a light breeze from the N.W, Mr. Dana, one of the cabin passengers by the Mastiff, read prayers, and all joined in returning thanks for the miraculous deliverance of so many human beings. The following morning muster was made, and the Chinamen counted, when one was found missing. On inquiry amongst them, it was ascertained that after the general rush at the first alarm of fire, one of their number, the head of a company amongst them, returned between decks to save a large amount of money, and was instantly suffocated. It is understood that the Chinese lost a large amount of treasure. We then took account of stores and water on board, put every one on five pints, and served out to the Chinese one biscuit per day, and some rice and boiled wheat, and continued on, with a steady breeze from the eastward, until we arrived at Honolulu, on the 27th, all well. " The Mastiff was a first-class clipper, of 1,035 tons burthen, built in Boston In 1856, and fittod with all the modern improvements ; cost about 90,000 dols., and was insured, it is stated, in ten Boston offices for 80,000 dols." Captain Hart has received letters of gratitude from the five gentlemen passengers above-mentioned from the United States Consul at Honolulu, and from the Chinese who were on board. The latter is as follows : " Honolulu, Sept: 28. " DeEtr Sir,--We, a committee of our countrymen, in all 174 souls rescued by you from the burning ship Mastiff, at sea, on the 15th day of this present month of September, desire to convey to you our most earnest acknowledgments for the humanity which dictated to you the reception of so many suffering strangers on board your ship, and the constant kind treatment they experienced at your hands during the time they remained your guests. We beg your acceptance of the accompa nying flag, which we present with the hope that whenever you look upon it your benevolent heart may experience the throb of gratification which the consciousness of having performed a good action never fails to produce. Should you, amid the storms of life, be threatened with shipwreck of for tune, or any other disaster to which humanity is liable, may you in your hour of need or danger meet with as true a friend and deliver as you, under Providence, have proved to us. We remain, dear Sir, with sentiments of the deepest gratitude, ever yours, SING Pou, X Committee of LING HE, X 147 Chinese. Go Qui, X " To Capt. Henry T. Hart, British ship Achilles." " OAKELEY v. OODDEEN" The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Times : " Sir, —Observing the great and serious error into which, probably from the hasty perusal of the evidence in this cause, as it appears in your own impression of Monday last, the writer of your article in to-day's paper has fallen, in representing Mr. Chard as my brother-in-law, I hasten to inform you that he is no relation or connection of any kind of mine, and that I never heard his name until he was in troduced to me by a very respectable friend and client, Mr. Robins, of Covent-garden, on the 26th of July, 1858, en a matter of business, in which Lord Ford, in right of his mother, the Countess of Perth and Duchess; of Melfort, was interested in the estate of the late General Rapp. " As this matter will be again discussed on a motion to enter the verdict for the plaintiff or for a new trial, I will only now add that I have the written opinion of the three counsel of Mr. Oakeley that the verdict was not warranted by the evidence. "After hearing the evidence personally in court, Ally Oakely stated that he entirely approved my conduct through out the transaction, and I hold a letter from him, written since the trial, requesting mo to contradict the state men t that appeared in another daily paper that I pressed the loan clients and colleagues, I a m h appy t o up,ol:fm. regards my , n A g u e unwittingly t t t o i n w g h l yichliiisieryd ee mb h y n a : a r state that I have experienced but one sympathising • with reference to my havin a g eo b n e t e in n life must frequently be exposed, in respectable publicor i nt ro d professionaluct ion and I request the public to suspend their judgment until judicial the case has gone through that further dioial investiga tion which it will receive d ur i ng next term. " I am, Sir, your mos t o b e di ent servant, "RICHARD ROY. "4, Lothbury, Lond on , E . C ., D ec. 21 . THE MUTINY ON BOARD THE PRINCESS ROYAL. The following petition to the Government in favour of the sailors sentenced to imprisonment for the disturbance on board her Majesty's ship Prin cess Royal, is in circulation among the merchants and bankers of the city, and seems likely to be signed by almost every firm : "To THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " The humble petition of the undersigned bankers, mer chants, and others i n th e c it y of London and its neigh bourhood, humbly showeth,— " That your petitioners have observed with deep regret that a body of seamen belonging to your Majesty's navy, upwards of 100 in number, and who recently composed a portion of the crew serving on board your Majesty s ship the Princess Royal, are now undergoing i mpr i so nment in the county ga o l a t Wi nc h es t er f or an offence against dis cipline ; That your petitioners do not desire to impug:n the jus tice or propriety of the sentence passed upon the individuals in question by a Court of adequate and competent authority and jurisdiction • "But your petitioners are under the conviction that the offence which gave rise to the proceedings was not the re sult of a mutinous or insubordinate spirit existing on the part of the men previously to its commission, but of momen tary disappointment at the announcement of the recall of an order for leave under very trying circumstances ; " That your petitioners, entertaining these sentiments, humbly hope that your Majesty will be of opinion that the cause of order and discipline has been sufficiently vindi cated by the imprisonment which has been already under gone by the offenders, and that your Majesty will see fit to exercise your Majesty's royal prerogative of mercy in their favour. " 40 your petitioners will over pray, &e." . JOHN BROWN'S WILL• CHARLESTOWN, VA., DEC. 1. I give to my son, John Brown, junior, my sur . -_ ~,, veyin compass and other surv e y or' nom articles, at if found; also my old favourite m onument,ow North Elba, New York, to rece ive upon its o tw sides a further inscription, such as I will hereafter write ; said stone monument, howe v er, to remain at North Elba as long as any of my c hildren, or mY wife, may remain there as residents. I give to my son, Jason Brown, my silver watch, with my name engraved on the inner case. -spy I give to my son, Owen Brown, my double opera-glass and my rifle, if found, presented to me at Worcester, lass. It is globe-sighted and new. be I give also to the said son 50 do llas in cash, to paid him from the proceeds of my father's estate, as an offset to the two first cases above named. I give to my daughter, Ruth Thompson, my very large Bible, containing,family records. I give to each of my sons and ea ch of my ot to her daughters, my son-in-law, Henry Thomp copy son, an the d each of my daughters-in-law, as good a of Bible as can be purchased at any boo k stor e in Ne w York or Boston, at a cost of five dollars each is cash, to be paid out of my father's estate. I give to each of my grandchildr en that m ay be living when my father's estate is settled, to good a t , copy of the Bible as can be purchased at the cost o three dollars each, and all the Bibles to b e pur chased for cash on the best terms. I desire to have 50 dollars paid out of the final proceeds of my father's estate to the following named persons, to wit -- To Allen Hammond, of Rockville , Tolland County, Connecticut. To George Kellogg, Tormer agent of the N°l England Company, of that place, for the use and benefit Also ofso thatd olla company. rs to Silas Havens, f o rmerly of Twinsburg, Summit County, Ohio, if he can be found. Also, 50 dollars to a man, formerly of Stark through Judge Humphrey, and Mr. County, Ohio, who sued my father in his lifetime: Akron, to be paid by J. R. Brown to the notUpson, ot person, if he can be found. His name I in member. my father made a compromise with the member. by turning him out a house and lot at roeville. I desire that any remaining balance that Inal become my due from my father's estate inaY be pal l ! in equal amounts to my wife and each of 13 1 Y ,c, 111 ,. dren, and to the widows of Watson and Oliv e- Brown by my brother. canrhe- Jorm Bnow-s, aou• CAPTAIN BROWN ON THE SCAFFOLD• ar w ent Coolly and bravely, and with as mu ch ap olitical unconcern as if he were about to addr ess a. p meeting, he mounts the scaffold, advan ces b forwerhd takes off his hat, runs his hand through ilie us ( 4 gray locks, and then turns round and s hakes WU with the sheriff. Without a moment's delay ti 4 u curely pinioned, his feet tied, rope is placed round his neck, his arms more 1.5,,,e -and a long w ill linen cowl drawn over his face. In that attitude, a statue --- erect as a drill sergeant, motionless as with not the slightest visible tremor or agitation—' not the most insignificant manifestation. of eet"; he stood for fully twelve minutes, while tile troop: were taking up their positions in the various P; of the field. His face was towards the sun shone warmly upon him, and south ; ''... 4 . &a; the breeze played about him for the last time. ) 311 :,,,t was kept waiting unnecessarily long -- -- id, waiting until all the companies had niarched a n d waiting .. counter marched to the positions assigned. to respectively. And then, instead of a preconeerila signal, the officer of the day shouted to the shoeArl twice—so that the prisoner could hear him^ - 1 . i v, right, Mr. Campbell. All right, Mr• o un p eel . . Before the lapse of another moment, and at exa ci 'L twenty-five minutes past eleven, the drop rope w_r cut by the sheriff, the trap fell, and Jo h], Broil:if was hanging between heaven and earth. Theot. was not nearly great enough—it was h a rdly a fo Adia Some slight muscular action, and a sPa sI TI,fO clenching of the hands, were all the signs 0 . d that the dying man gave, and yet it W L ' s s a u PP rrs that four or five minutes must have priSSe- be far/ life was extinct.—New York _Herald. THE BODY OF CAPTIAN nnowN• The New York reporters give a description of the body of the martyr when it reached that city: Upon opening the coffin, which wa s the same be% the that the deceased rode upon to his exec'ution, be was found just as he had b een lowered f rom gallows. The clothing which he had OS well re' moved and the body placed on ice. Darin g n t i h . e afternoon it was found to be sufficiently frozee admit of being placed in the coffin for btxrial. 111 was laid out in a neat white shroud, wi al Pl eate d solid rosewood, but bore no plate. The ayp trimmings, and white cravat. The c offin. Wes - earael being, as it were, in a deep sleep. The upper of the body had every iudication of the decease w ere of the face was quite flushed, the e yes wel quite red, especially under the right eye, an d 1111 seemed like a bruise. Th e mark of the ropy visible on the left side of the neck and under th? ear. His whiskers hav e been neatly turned, an u his hair combed back, having a rather stiff app ear' ante. Altogether h is appearance is that of one sleeping. Quite a number called to see the ody', but only a few of his most H a imitate friends were admitted. It was placed in rear or out-house, used as a carpenter's room, and was inclosed in I white pine box. It will be taken this morning, to the seven o'clock Hudson River Railroad train, to North Elba. The box which the corpse was brought, in was about six feet in length, and where his hoes rested was considerable blood, which had oozed of of his ears. Mrs. Brown has not seen the body 01 her husband since the execution. She arrived in filo city, and will accompany the corpse to North Elba. AN ANECDOTE OF JOHN BROWN , John Brown emigrate d to Kansas. A promo:04; citizen of Warren County was an apprentice in Crawford County, and tells many facts illust of ting his integrity and nobleness of heart, 0 0 ° w hich runs thus : — Having heard that a poor nl° with a large family was suffering for the necela r ies of life, be sent me to his house to Worn" W.. that John Brown would sell him provisionsal* I credit. He came at once and got about 30 clo. worth, agreeing to pay in work the next surenle" ur but with summer came other calls for his l ab °, to than the payment of old debts ; so he cs° l- „a Brown . and frankly told him his situation, °"„ that it would be impossible to pay as agreed ullf,; The noble old map said to him, home an Jaye care . of your family, and let me hear no more sb ° . st this debt. to It is a part of my religion 111191,0 those in distress, and to comfort those that mourn' MURDER OF RUSSIANS IN JAPAN• An officer and man of the. Russian frigate were murdered at Yokuhama, in Japan, on the 25th , g eA n i gfunt After r u A n fff c o i au l of August, 1859. The Russian captain dernane H reparation, and the following is the decree of the Affairs s f c Japan e ; .1 F r _o a r ' the Tes of Aide-de t I e _l l l_ jesty the Emperor of Russia, Captain of the Fi r . s . t ___Ula k ss Ounkovsky, about the murder cornmitted 1 Yo -uhama on a Russian officer and a sailor, the ilig_ A t C h ouncil of the Japanese Empire has been inforeltseialb _ at_ the satisfaction required by • C r, ...... Ounkovsky consists or the following artie e ... ; st • G Ca ° rn ve p rii° o r f gh7 s : ' A. A deputation of the highest dignitaries ' t come on board the frigate Askold, and presen_ the cuses in presence of the Russian officers and _ crew for the unfortunate a„iden happene: at Yohuhama: B. The Governor of the toil must be dismissed and deprived of hig dgnities. C. The murderers mnst be found by the 12th (240 of September (the 28th of the eighth month of JaP:', nese date), and punished with death, in h ere presencet the Russian o ffi cers and the crew, in the place W,_, the murder.was committed.' The first nrticle ;11747, been executed immediately after the deman d ; 'l2th second article has been executed on the m 1 th (24th) of September ( the 28th of the eighthrl°, ll t , Japanese date), the Governors of Yokuhaina, X'111.,,_ Tsikogono Kami, and Kato Ikino Kami are ( 111 i missed and deprived of their dignities. In reg al ; to the third article, the High Government of . Jaln l A declares its entire readiness for the uncondtiomP execution of this article, if only the murderers 011 be found by the designated time. But a sp e MO" derers, notwithstanding the most active asureP taken by the High Government to find the 4; were not found by the designated term, tui, High Government of Japan takes the cbligs'_h tig i as soon as the criminals shall be found, al',(3„ the departure of the frigate Askold from Yedo, t,'" inform immediately the Russian Imperial Conan!! at Hakodadi, and the representatives of all foreiC nations at Yedo and Kanagana, and punish the e i rl r minals with death in the place where the lON% was committed, as it is said in theftird articls,.l; presence of the signified persons, hey shall a . sire to assist. The Japanese ih Governe." engages itself to take the chapel Which will be built t an d A bou over the g rave of the murdered Russians, which th e Aide-do -Camp of his Majesty the EDI; peror of Russia, Captain of the First Class Ounkoo: sky, has spoken on the conferences, under its pr tection for all time," aunt Of THE ROYAL CUARTER.—A further 0111 treasure has been recovered from the kof tho 110 1 Charter —namely, four bars and a large pece of bar 0 , gold, 411 sovereigns, and nine rupees. has been washed ashore. wrest, more wool