The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-03 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH COVENT-GAOPERA: RDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, VICTORINE. Messrs. Santley, H. Haigh, H. Cccri, G. Honey, Bartleman, &C Misses Farepa, Thixlwall, Condactor, Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS IN BOOTS ; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden Palms. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7 o'clock. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Loggee. Mr. J. R. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, the comedy of THE EVIL GENIUS. Miss Reynolds. _ . After which, the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the unrivalled Leclercqs. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM. Sole Lessee and Directress, ?ttadame Celeste. Last night but three of the Spanish Dancers. THIS hIVENING, the popular Drama of THE SISTER'S SACRIFICE. Genevieve (her original character) Madame Celeste. After which, will be produced a new Grand Christmas Ex travaganza and Pantomime, KING THRUSHBE &RD, the LITTLE PET and the GREAT PASSION. Clown, Mr. H. Marshall—Columbine, Miss Rosino. Commence at T. ROYAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. Re-engagement of the Wonderful Dancsr, Mons. Espinosa. First appearance of Mille. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan sense of La Scala, Milan ; and first time of the Delapierre Family. These highly-talented Children will appear every night. The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening. THIS EVENING, A WONDERFUL WOMAN. Mr. A. Harris Shore, Frank Matthews, and Miss C. Leclercq. After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by 11. J. Byron, called JACK TH E GIANT KILLER; or, Harle quin King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack Panta loon, Ur. Paulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Holiday Attractions.— The Christmas Carol and the New Spectacular Extravaganza, by H. J. Byron, Esq„ the Nymph of the Lurlyberg ; or the Knight and the Naiades. THIS EVENING, THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Messrs J. L. Toole, C. Selby, Paul Bedford, Stuart, Billington, C. J. Smith. Romer: Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. Chatte rley, Miss Laidlaw. Atter which THE NYMPHS OF THE LIIRLEYBERG ; or, The Knight and the Naiades. Messrs. Toole, Bedford, Eburne, Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, C. Webb, K. Kelly Laidlaw. 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. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING the performances will enmmenee with GARIBALDI'S ENGLISHMAN. Messrs. Barrett and C. Young. Followed by MAGIC TOYS, supported by Miss Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Cassc, Arc. Followed by a new sketch, A EIOUSETIOLD FAIRY. Miss Wyndham and Mr. H. T. Craven. To oonclude with the new pantomime of PUNCH AND JUDY. Introducing Miss Lydia Thompson and the Corps de Ballet. Clown, Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon, and the wonderful Performing. Dogs. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, is. The Box-ofEce open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform ance commences at 7. On Wednesday next, Jan. 4, 18.10, a Morninz Performance of the Pantomime, at two o'clock, when the Children of the Duke of York School, with theirßand, will attend. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee—Mr. William Cooke, his Farewell Season. THIS EVENING, the c - rand entertainments will com mence at 7 o'clock with new and extraordinary features in Horsemanship by the best Riders in Europe. After which, the successful sporting Pantomime, abounding in comicality, called HARLEQUIN TOM MOODY; or, Old Towler the Huntsman and the Goddess Diana, with songs by Miss Esther Jacobs.—Gorgeous and Dazzling mschanical transfor mation scene. Harlequin, M. Richarde ; Pantaloon, Mr. P. Abbot, Columbine, Maddle. Mazzoni ; Clown, Mr. Hilde brand ; a family of Sprites by the Elastic lncomprehensibles. Morning performances of the Pantomime, and Scenes in the Circle every Saturday during the Holidays at Two o'clock. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- QUEEN. „ EVERY EVENING. St ern d a l e Bennett's MAY And a Grand Se ection from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAR. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. 'V. Critchdeld, and E. W. Hackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have he, , a re-decorated and beautified. and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. ROSA lIONIIEITR'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 opea from:, till 11 on Sunday Evening. ---- - THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JAN. 3, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 56—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 54—this day at noon. BARourrEn-29.12; a sudden fall of three-quarters of an inch. WIND, South -Westerly; fresh, with dull, rainy weather. It rained very heavily in the night. - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TEts D AY. — Morning, Bh. 22 m. —Afternoon, Bh. 54m. T o - xoßnow.-Morning, Oh. 2 Sm.—Afternoon, 10h. 4m. '..0,A Zst!CNI t ' 4 s .e:,; :44'- • ,22 ' iri '' '' '' ' '''' '- iii r- 8k7i , .‘,.: , ik, ::: '°*<\\,!'.li '''.ekt'' ' ''''' ~- . Thi. , ;. % ,,,,,„ r•Ai u 4.4 •___ol , ' f• ------ t 4 Zcl - ••- .....- TII E SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN, 3, 1860. MR. GLADSTONE'S extraordinary financial crotchet (for we can call it nothing else), according to which it is incumbent upon us, coute qui coute, to make each successive year bear its own burdens, has involved during this current half-year the im position of that monstrous anomaly —a double in come tax, so levied that the income tax upon a whole twelvemonth is being collected now within half-a-year! It only required just such an illustration of its working as this to de monstrate, beyond the possibility of misappre hension, the absurdity as well as the harshness and cruelty of this bran new fiscal theory of our model Chancellor of the Exchequer. Such, in effect, is what actually comes of the refined and subtilised—not straw-splitting merely, but—hair splitting, of the right hon. gentleman when fairly installed in office as guardian of the national purse, and as such allowed his " fling "in the reorganisa tion of the machinery of the Treasury. A perfect master of parliamentary rhetoric, an admirably ingenious critic upon HOMER, a clever sophist in debate, a daring idealist in diplomacy, Mr. GLADSTONE is about the most speciously fallacious and dexterous wrong-headed Financier that could very well have been nominated to the responsible office of Chancellor of her MAJESTY'S Ex chequer. The best that can conscientiously be said of him in that position is, that he is just one trifle or shade better perhaps than Sir CHARLES WOOD—that astoundingly incompetent financier, of whom it is related in modern annals that within a single session he has been known to bring in three successive Budgets, the two earliest of these being summarily rejected by the House of Commons as glaringly abortive, and the last of the three even tually passed in sheer pity of a Ministerial display of fatuity risi ng at last to the acme of the ridiculous. Mr. GLADSTONE'S Budg e t s , it is true, require no re modelling like this—they admit of no such ignomi nious rejection. They are simply —too clever by half. They are constructed and planned upon the most majestic principles. They dazzle the House into an almost instantaneous acceptanc e of tlAm, by reason of their superb parade of magnani mity. Each year is to bear its own burden_that is the guiding axiom with which Mr. GLAD3TONE sets forth latterly in his fiscal and financial con jurations. It is almost like a text from Galatians —" Let every man bear his own burdens." But applied to the employment of the revenue of n great empire, the principle not only ceases to .be analogous in,its application—it becomes ludicrously inappropriate, it becomes, when pushed to an ex treme (as circumstances may at all times render necessary—as they actually do render necessary at the present moment) flagrantly absurd and simply intolerable. Hence, in fact because of this Crotchet of Mr. • GLADSTONE'S (a crotchet in itself—when thus pushed to an extreme—logi cally ind°renele)—we are now saddled in this country with an income-tax, as already remarked, levied within the current six months, though apper taining to the whole year ! To maintain the stub born and imperative necessity of doing this inexor ably at all cost, at all hazard, and under all circumstances, does not admit, we maintain, of being proved logically defensible. It is unjust in the very outset. It is arguing, among other ways, thus as between ourselves and posterity :—lt is maintaining that we should do everything for posterity charging the whole cost upon ourselves, and leaving no portion of the burden for after generations. An inexorable arrangement like this may work well enough hypothetically in Arcadia or Utopia, in Tempe, or in the Flying Island of LEMUEL GULLIVER, but it is wholly inap plicable to this common sense age of commer cial reciprocity. It is, in point of fact, about as rational to place the Exchequer at the mercy and under the guidance of Mr. GLADSTONE, because he can indulge in such fantastic day dreams of finance, tricking them out the while in all the graces of an accomplished rhetorician —as it would be to place over some Farm not of Four Acres, but a gigantesque farm of four times forty thousand acres, some rarely gifted pedagogue, great at once as a grammarian and as a philologist, simply because he could parse and construe to a very nicety the mellifluous numbers of the Georgics of VIRGIL ! Yet there are people who swear by Mr. GLADSTONE, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, who are infatuated with what they deem his all but miraculous aptitude as a financier ! Commending him above all things, not for his unquestionable genius as a debater, not for his almost perfect mastery of the chief among the higher arts of the rhetorician, but (save the mark!) actually (0 ye gods and little fishes !) as a Financlir! Meanw4ile under his regime at the Treasury we have at this moment-- we can hardly repeat it too often—the Income-Tax of a whole year being collected within the current half-year !So much for our Paragon of a Financier ! And this, remember, in the very year (1860) in which, according to Mr. GLADSTONE'S own in genious arrangement, we were to be at length rid of the Income-tax altogether ! Rid of it altogether, in sooth—are we to be rid of it now at all? What says one of Mr. GLAD STONE'S own Ministerial colleagues upon this point? What says, in regard to the Income tax, the right hon. the Secretary for Ireland, col league with Mr. LANGSTON in the representation of the city of Oxford ? Why, Mr. CARDWELL frankly avowed on Monday, while addressing his constituents with especial reference to this delightful subject of comment and contemplation among any assembly of Englishmen--" My hon. friend anticipates the day when the Government will be able entirely to remove the income-tax. (' No, no,' from Mr. LANGSTON.) I understood my hon. friend so ; but, if he does not entertain that anticipation, all I can say is, that I concur with him. (Laugh ter.)" A capital joke, certainly. We presume the "laughter" must have been hysterical. However this may have been, nevertheless—it is note worthy, upon this agreeable topic, that here, in 1860, is one of the ministerial colleagues of the model financier, Mr. GLADSTONE, (who was to have dropped the tax altogether in the current twelvemonth)—here is one of the colleagues of this consummate able Chancellor of the Ex chequer facetiously concurring with an hon. friend who does not anticipate that the income-tax can be entirely removed by the Government ! So much for the rare fiscal and financial capabilities, pre science, and forethought of Mr. GLADSTONE as Chancellor of her MAJESTY'S Exchequer. So much for the vaunted genius of this new DANIEL come to Judgment at the Treasury ! The Secretary for Ireland has certainly indulged us with a couleur de rose view of that sister island hitherto regarded alone as the Emerald Isle, perhaps because viewed from this side . of St. George's Chan nel almost exclusively through the eyes of the "green-eyed monster" of Jealousy. " Gentlemen," quoth Mr. CARDWELL on Monday, when address ing himself, with a beaming aspect of exhiliration, (for looks not thus entirely expressive of satisfaction must have belied these words of unalloyed delight and exultation), " Gentle men," said Mr. CARDWELL, yesterday in the Town Hall at Oxford, addressing himself simul taneously to the Ancient Society of Druids and to those other old friends of his, his own constituents —" Since I last met you I have spent almost the whole of my time in administering the govern ment of certainly not the least interesting portion of her Majesty's dominions ; and I am anxious to state to you in a few words my feelings with respect to the sister island." Having said which, thus pro ceeded the hilarious Irish Secretary (and we would especially call attention to the phrases we have italicized)—" When I visited Ireland I found, in the first place, that her communications were mul tiplied, that she was traversed by railroads in general superior to our own, and which united the products of her soil with the markets of commerce, and created a system of inter communication which was of the utmost social importance, as well as material advantage. I found her agriculture prosperous, her commerce advancing, and her poor rates, lately so heavy, diminished to the lowest possible amount; but, above all, I found both an unequivocal thirst for education and the means of ! Adz:tying it, which must tend to raise the . characte.,,.. et of her population, and to elevate the whole tone of the country and its Government." Where, possibly, can be a land in all the wide, wide world more flourishing than the very one answering pre cisely to this glowing description ? All this implying, however, in each and every syllable of it—that the halcyon epoch thus reached in the history of Ireland is wholly attributable to the marvellously benifieent influences of the present most benign and sagacious Government ! Above all, of course, to the magic agency for good of Mr. CARDWELL'S own inimitable administration of the affairs of the Irish Secretaryship ! A little further on, however, in the Right Honourable gentleman's harangue, we are enabled to discover the real significance of this flowery fanfaronade. It all amounts, then, we find, to a boastful flourish of trumpets about Ministers, 'before coupling together the names of the coming Reform Bill and of the existing Coalition Government. " Gentlemen," said Mr. CARDWELL, after touching, as we have seen, so very gingerly upon the condition of Ireland, " Gentlemen, in the course of the session which is now fast approaching we shall have to deal with the great question of Parliament ar y re f orm. I k now t h at i n touc hi ng on that a sl i v b it te tig t n , in dealing with that ques ti on , we s h a ll be n sunken wrecks a dangerous sea, f u ll o f s h oa l s an d ; but the navigators who preceded us , ' have pointeii out some of its bearings, and the rock upon which they were shipwrecked will not be that ono on which we shall strike. We shall approach this question with great disadvantages, for I believe there is in the country a sincere and general that the question of r e f orm s h all be satisfactorily arrivesde s il C e e t at rest." An admi ra bl e conclusion to at — this—now that Nlr. CARDWELL'S friends are again in power, and himself along with them! Now, for sooth, the question must at length be set at rest— not while the Derbyites were i.n office, and when , THE SUN, LONDON, (because the Derbyites were in office) we might have moulded the Government Reform into any shape we pleased in committee, with a certainty afterwards (because the Derbyites were in•office) of carrying it triumphantly through the House of Lords ! No—it is quite obvious, Mr. CARDWELL cannot understand (any more than his present friends the Whigs can) anything like an unselfish devotion to a cause they affect so much to have at heart ! They are wonderfully devoted to that cause upon one condition—namely, that they are themselves to be allowed to forward its interest, that it may prosper under their rule, and under that of no other Government. A DELPHI THEATRE. The brilliancy and beauty of the new fairy spectacle, entitled "The Nymph of the Lurleyberg, or the Knight and the Naiades," increases nightly in attraction, and forms one of the great features of entertainment provided in the metropolis at this festive season of the year. Christmas, with its merry meetings and light hearts, brings with it troops of faries, golden palaces, and diamond grottoes to our theatres; and the New Adelphi may fairly vie with its many competitors in the production of the most fanciful and charming Christ mas piece as we have witnessed for years. It is from the rapid and fertile pen of H. J. Byron, Esq., and the many droll sayings and wise conceits fall fast and pleasantly on the ear—pleasant jokes that we may remember through a life and look back to as a delightful reminiscence of our young and holiday life. The scenery, by M essrs. Pi tt and Thompson, realises the romantic pictures of the famed Arabian Nights' fictions, and the troops of gentle watersprites that float before the eye, are surrounded with a halo of grace and poetry that are perfect in their varied and fanciful displays. The coral tower is a masterpiece of mechanism, transformed in an instant by Lurline's magic wand into silver stepping stones, up which the daring Sir Rupert and his seneschal are conducted again to the surface of the waters. The costumes are new, elegant, and novel in design, with much harmony in the arrangement of colours; and when we in form oar many friends that the music is executed, dances performed, combats sustained, and every kind of witticism uttered by Misses Woolgar, Eliza Webb, and Kelly ; M essrs . J. L. T o ole, P. Bedford, and W. H. Eburne, besides troops of amazons, &c., we need and no more to the delightful anticipation of an evening's amusement at the New Adelphi Theatre. 1 71. E LONDON GLEE AND MADRIGAL UNION, EGYPTIAN HALL. There is something refreshing in the very names of Glees and Madrigals. They live amid the mul tifarious and imposing classes of vocalisation as buttercups and daisies do among rich foliage and dazzling flowers. For our own part we greatly enjoy the old English ditties, and, with all due ro verence for Beethoven and Mozart, we cannot deny that Webbe, Jackson, and Horsley have immense fascination for us, and that sitch a treat as that presented yesterday constitutes an auricular dainty which we can never resist. Tho entertainment was under the able direction of Mr. Land, and in terspersed with remarks and histarical information of a most attractive character, delivered by Mr. Oliphant. Some very rare and ancient specimens of harmony, quaint and carious, were given in in the first portion of the entertainment, among which we may name " The Kynge's Ballad" as an especially pleasing and racy production, it was sung with excellent taste and appropriate effect by Mr. Lawler. " The May Pole song and chorus" was charmingly given, and Festa's delicious madri gal " Down in a Flowery Vale," was first rendered by men's voices and then with the addition of a female voice, and both afforded enthusiastic delight. The old song for three men, " Strike it up neigh bour," also elicited a rapturous encore, and the tra ditional ballad, " My song's of a Maid that charms our vale" claimed the like honour. The favourite old ditty of " Barbara Allen," was given with great pathos, and was obliged to be repeated, as was also Bishop's beautiful glee " The Fisherman's Good Night." Altogether the entertainments deserve the highest commendation. They will be repeated every evening for a fortnight, and on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings. The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Caven dish left Holker Hall, Westmoreland, yesterday, on a visit to tho Duke and Duchess of Sutherland at Trentham Hall, Staffordshire. The Marquis of Hartington has arrived at Tren tham, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emmet Stanley will return to town on the 20th inst. from Knows ley Hall. Tho Earl and Countess Spencer are passing the season at their seat, Althorp Park, Northamptonshire. The Countess (Dowager) of Westmoreland and Lady Rose Fano arrived at their mansion in Cavendish square, yesterday, from Althorpe Park, Northamptonshire. Lo d and I 4: l y Digby and the Hon. Miss Digby have lett Farranee's Hotel, for their seat, Sherborne Castle, Dorset. Lord and Lady Walsingham return to town on Friday, from their seat, Merton Hall, Norfolk. The Couut and Countess de Piper and family have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Sweden. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The following fashion able and distinguished persons have honoured with their presence Mr. E. Smith's admired pantomime of " Jack and the Bean Stalk : "—Her Grace the Duchess of Somerset, the Baroness Brunnow, Countess of Craven, Countess of Harrington, Lady Sefton, Lady Meux, his RoyalHighnoss the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Ernest Bruce, Sir W. Fraser, Viscount EXmouth, F. Cotoper, Esq., Major Blake, Sergt. Ballantine, Captain Merrick, Earl of Gifford, his Excellency the Lord Chetwynd, Murdock, Esq., Sir G. Bonner, and Colonel Phipps. Queen Louisa of Sweden, Princess of Holland, who married the present King while Prince Royal in 1850, has published, under the pseudonym of " Jane Wincome," a volume in Swedish translated from the English, entitlod " The Labourers in the Lord's Vineyard." The baole is sold for the tenefit of an hospital founded by the Queen soon after her arrival at Stockholm. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer to sail on "Wednesday will take £276,176, of which £2,000 is in gold for Alexandria, £29,139, in gold and £50,375 in silver for India, and £194,662 in silver for China and the Straits. The whole is on private account. Some large specie arrivals are announced, the Anglesey, after a passage of 72 days, with £270,000, and Leweho iv with L 109,000 from Melbourne, La Plata, from the West Indies, with 194,000 (8,000 in geld and 186,000 in silver), the Persia, fr om N ew Y or k , with 30,000, and vuxine, from the Peninsula, with £6,254, making a total of nearly £610,000. The Tyne is also telegraphed at Lisbon from Brazil with £41,394. GARIBALDI'S MARRlAGE.—According to a letter from the neighbourhood of Como, the report of Garibaldi's marriage was not false, but only premature. This authority says the hero has chosen for his second wife Madlle. Itai mondi, elder sister of his son's wife. The young lady is in her 21st year, and the marriage, it is reported, will take place about the 15th of the present month. REPRESENTATION OF CHELTENHAM AND WEST GLOUCESTER.—The Gloucestershire Chronicle states that Colonel Berkeley will retire from the representation of Cheltenham at the next election. It has been deter mined to bring the gallant colonel forward as a candidate for the representation of West Gloucester whenever an op • portunity may occur. THE RECENT CASE OF EMBEZZLEMENT AND SUICIDE.—An inquest was held on Thursday on the body of John Ferguson, who shot himself in his berth on board the Empire of Peace emigrant ship, on Monday last, when on the point of being apprehended on a charge of embezzle ment. Verdict—" Felo de se." MURDER, OF A GLASGOW GENTLEMAN AT BAL- LinAT.—The Ballarat Times of Oct. 5, gives an account of the murder, on th e 31 o f th e m onth, of Mr. John Crombie, who left Glasgow about ten years ago to push his fortune in Au rtralia, and since his arrival there had been very success ful as a cattle grazier. lie was shot by a man named George, who had been for some time in his employment, and the cuuse of the murderer committing the deed appears to have been a dispute about some wages, which Mr. Crombie as serted the man had not earned. Immediately after tiring the shot, Gorge fled into the country, and, up to the latest ac counts, had not been captured. The deceased was a native of Paisley, and at the time of the melancholy occurrence was on the eve of paying a visit to his mother country. FEMALE INTREPIDITY.—On Thw,day morning last as two children belonging to Mr. Walter Cowper, of Felton, near this city, and respectively three years and two years of age, were playing in the garden, the eldest fell into a well 50 feet in depth ; the younger child instantly ran into the house and called its mother, who no sooner heard the sad news, than she ran to the well, and with extraordi nary presence of mind instantly let down the chain to its entire length, and by its aid descended (though far advanced in pregnancy), and arrived just in time to catch hold of the little fellow as he rose to the surface of the water. By this time her husband was at the top of the well, and he with some difficulty succeeded in rescuing the mother and child from their perilous situation. We are happy to add that neither sustained any serious injury,— iv„ ter „ D a ily _Pass. TUESDAY EVENING, LATEST NEW' S. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Router's office : THE MORTARA CASE. MOI)ENA, JAN. 2. In consequence of a demand made by the family of Mortara, who gave proofs to the Government that the kidnapping of their child had been ordered by the Rev. Father and Inquisitor Filetti, the latter has been arrested. Judicial proceedings have been instituted against him upon the charge of kidnapping a child. THE HAGUE, JAN. 2. Reports are current that the Ministers of Into terior and Finance have tendered their resignation. MADRID, SAN. 2. Three vessels sailing under the English flag, and carrying contraband of war, have been brought from Ceuta to Algesiras. After a glorious fight the Spanish army, com manded by General Prim, has defeated the Moors on the whole line, and advanced as far as Castil ligos. The Hussars executed several heroic charges and captured a flag. The Moors were 40,000 strong, and lost at least 1,500; the Spanish loss was 400 to 600; The greatest enthusiasm prevails in the army. ROME, TUESDAY. The Duke of Grammont has positively stated to the Holy See that the pamphlet " Le Pape et le Congres" dyes not contain the programme of the French Government for the Congress. This explanation has produced an excellent effect on the Sovereign Pontiff, and hopes are entertained that his Holiness will not object to be represented at the Congress. PARIS, TUESDAY. The Constitutionnel publishes another letter of " A Catholic Journalist," refuting the objections of Monseigneur Dup anloup to the pamphlet "Le Pape et le Congres," and asking the Bishop of Orleans what solution of the Papal question would be preferred by him? M. Grandguillot declares himself to be the author of the letters signed" A Catholic Journalist." TURIN, JAN. 2. At the reception of the diplomatic corps, yester. day, no official speech was made. The words alleged to have been spoken by the King are a pure invention. FRAN CE. PARIS, MoNDAY. PARIS BounsE.—The liquidation of the Rente has been going on heavily, and as large deliveries of Stock will have to be made, a further decline has taken place. Three, after having been done at 68f. 90c., declined to 68f. 35c., and are now at 68f. 45c. for the present account, and at 68f. 65c. for the end of January. The Mobilier declined from 790 f. to 780 f. ; Lyons, 916 f. 25c. to 907 f. 50e. ; Southern, 513 f. 75c. to 510 f. ; Northern, 957 f. 50c. to 952 f. 50c. ; Lombard, 562 f. 50c. to 557 f. 50e. The follow ing were the last quotations:— 41 per Cents. .... 96 Credit Fonder 720 Do. end month ~ i Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents 6B 351Piedmontese (5) .. 85 Do. end month 6B 20 . Roman — Bank Shares 2830 I Austrian — Credit Mobilier .. 782 50 Spanish Threes Do. Acemunt ..... 770 knome Debt 43 25 :tUk ILIY S Cash. Account. Orleans, 1395 .. 1300 Northern New ditto. — .. Lywas and Maditerranean 920 .. 916 25 Geneva 530 Southern Western 570 .. 567 50 Eastern SArdinias 413 75 .. 410 Austrian Lombard .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money, 25f. Oe.; three months, paper, 24f. 95c.; money, 24f. 93c. TUSCANY. The .Arazione of Florence relates the following strange occurrence :—" On the 27th ultimo two English ladies were seen in the Piazza del Duomo of that city, writing on the walls, Long live Ferdi nand 111 !—Down with the Government !' A car bineer, taking them in the fact, arrested them, but they, without noticing his intimation, offered him a 2')f. piece if he would allow them to finish their sell-imposed task. Meanwhile a cro w d had gathered, and there was reason to fear a disturbance, when Major Ginori, happening to pass that way, stepped up to the ladies, and advised them (in English) to enter a hackney coach with the carbineer, whose prisoner they were, and thus to prevent any further mischief, on which the mob seemed to be intent. The ladies obeyed his advice, and thus the matter ended." MODENA. The Modena Gazette of the 28th ult. publishes a notice to the effect that all persons emigrating from the Papal Stetes may be naturalised at Modena, on their formally declaring where they in tend to establish their domicile, and producing a .certificate to prove that they have never been pro secuted for the commission of any crime. NAPLES. A letter from Naples, of December 2Gth, says : " We have not so many English here this season, nor are there many throughout the north of Italy; everything seems perfectly tranquil, particularly in this city. Our new King and Queen appear to be more liked every day, and their liberal expendi ture begins to tell on the country. The Royal family drive out constantly all over the city in the most independent manner." THE BRAZILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING. The following telegram from Lisbon has been received. by Mr. Court, secretary of the Liverpool I :lnderwriters' Association : Rio Janeiro—Exchange, 251. Coffee unalterad. Arrived from Liverpool—Gorilla, Carl Petter, Elizabeth Brown, Jacobo, Caroline, Bexar, and Christian. Swansea, to Pernambuco, put in leaky. Chili, from Liverpool to Bornbay sp also put in dis mast ed Bahia—Exchange, 24. Sugar, 200 reis higher. Arrivals from Liverpool —W. B. Dean, Star of - Elope, and William Fisher. Pernambuco—Exchange, 25. Cotton, 200 reis lower. Arrivals from Liverpool—Floating Cloud, Ever ttin Fury, San Diego Hindoo, Panthea. Accring bon, Liverpool to Calcutta, put in, captain poisoned, rind a large number of persons dead on board. The funeral of the late Lord Hastings took. pilaw thin day (Tuesday) at Molten Constable, N ' orfolk, ' N g here the remains of his lordships ancestors have been in terred for many generations. The' office of commandant of the `oriel]: Militia Artillery has become vacant by the death od the noble peer. THE LATE L9RD MAcAuLAY.—Lord Macaulay ill be buried this week in Westminster Abbey. The sex tx,n of the Dean and Chapter is busy to-day opening a grave our great historian, not with kings and knights of the Alarter, not even with Stephenson or Telford, but in Poet's corner or the south transept of the Abbey. He will lie at tine foot of Addison's statue, and close to the grave of Isaac 1: ;arrow, one of the great Trinity of Cambridge men, lacaulay's own college. 'The historian will not lie far off Camden—almost the fatherof English history—not far from v :hat remains of May, the historian of the Long Parliament, a nd near to the remains of Johnson, Garrick, Sheridan, and tlitford, the Tory editor of the Quarterly _Review. He will lie facing the statue of the poet of " The Pleasures of Hope," at whose funeral the noble historian helped (with wise selection) to bear the pall. The day of the funeral is, we believe, as yet unfixed. JANUARY 3, 1860. TUE POPE AND THE CONGRESS. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. SlR,—The pamphlet of " The Pope and the Con gress," by M. de la Guerroniere, may be remarkable for its plausible reasoning, but is certainly erro neous in point of historical facts, especially in what concerns the history of the donation of the Patri mony of St. Peter. The Emperor Charlemagne was the first sove reign who granted temporal power to the Popes, by giving them the Duchy of Benevento, in Naples.* The other States around Rome, called the Patrimony of St. Peter, extending from Fer rara, on the North, to the boundaries of Naples on the South, and from Ancona on the East, to Civita Vecchia on the West, are well known to have been the famous donation to the Popes perpetually of the Serenissima Grand Countess Matilda di Gon zaga, Sovereign Princess of Mantua, Duchess of Tuscany, Spoleto, Marehioness of Sardinia, and other parts of Italy. She was the daughter of Prince Boniface di Gonzaga, and Beatrice, daughter of Conrad 11., Emperor of Germany. The magnificent tomb of Beatrice is at Pisa, in the Campo Santo. So great was the power of Matilda as a sovereign, that she gave the second crown of their triple tiara to the Popes; and her cousin Henry IV., Emperor of Germany, visited her at her palace of Canossa, to have the benefit of her intercession with the Pope for the security of his dominions. The document of the famous donation (as it is termed) of the Patrimony of St. Peter by the Grand Countess Matilda, is dated December, 1102. It is actually preserved in the Vatican at Rome, and her monument exists in the church of St. Peter, representing Matilda, with the tiara in one hand, and the sword in the other, with which she defended the rights of Italy against her cousin, the Emperor of Germany, at the head of a nume rous army. The town and province of Ferrara were given to Pope Stephen 11. by Matilda in. 1077 ; thus it may be proved from these last-men tioned facts, that M. de la Guerroniere, in his pamphlet, "The Pope and the Congress," is quite in error regarding the donation of the patrimony of St. Peter.—Accept, sir, the assurance of my dis tinguished consideration, . VERITAS. [* Examining carefully into the annalists of those times, we find that, according to Gosselin (torn. I. ch i. § 8), it was anterior to Hone'lug and Theodosius the Younger. While, in regard to what follows, it may be worth noting that Bergier (torn. V. p. 133) writes in regard to Charle magne—" Couronne empereur l'an 800 a Rome, it fit to pape son premier magistrat :" adding, " A la decadence de la 'liaison de Charlemagne le pape imita lea grand vassaux et les seigneurs d'ltalie ; it se rendit independant." That los, it will be observed, as a curious historical point, at the commencement of the ninth century, or three hundred years earlier than the date (the very beginning of the twelfth century—A .D. 1102) subsequently specified above.] COUNT CA YOUR AND TILE CONGRESS. (From the Correspondent of the Daily News.) TURIN, Dec. 29.—Count Cavour, should nothing requiring special haste occur, will remain here until the 12th of January. It is confirmed, that not England alone but Prussia and Russia have expressed a wish to see him at the Congress, a circumstance that augurs well for Italy. Moreover, and con trary to the pre-conceived opinion of many, Napoleon himself has intimated to the Sardinian Government, that the choice of Count Cavour to represent it worthily was only natural enough. So that the perplexity exhibited for two whole months by the ministry has never been owing to any direct and important cause in its foreign rela tions, but to a few party manoeuvres and to court intrigue. All is changed now, and no one dares offer any further opposition to Caveats., whilst on the other hand favours and demonstrations of hon e our aro being lavished upon him. Among these I may single out as remarkable the presidency that has been all but unanimously conferred on him by the Whist Club. Cavour has accepted it, and inaugu rated it yesterday with a dinner, at which many members of the diplomatic body were present. This club contains the flower of the Turin aris tocracy, as regards birth and fortune. hitherto its members, being unable to compete in talents, learn ing, and abilities with the democrats, have re mained apart, venting their impotent ire by satiris ing the Constitution, Italianism, and the habits— not very refined, it must be admitted—of the plebeian but liberal citizens. When the Duke of Gram mont was ambassador at Turin he confessed that, on making inquiries respecting the Piedmontese states men , particularly Cavour, one of the most influen tial members of this very club described him with epithets of too foul a nature for even the coarsest and most vulgar to repeat. What a magician suc cess is, that it should change opinions better than all the logic and moral arguments in the world! Count Cavour has powerfully contributed to the aggrandisement of Piedmont, to the reform of Italy's destinies, and above all to rendering any return of the old system impossible. Therefore has he been named honorary president of this club, where mar quises and chamberlains, and royal equerries, as they lounge through the gilded saloons are now fain to declare, that really Italy will soon be indepen dent, and that in every case they must indeed be ready to sacrifice both money and blootl. There is another reason why such an extraordinary number of antechamber admirers has sprung up, and that is the conduct of the Rattazzi ministry, which pays to the noble and ancient houses far less attention and regard than Count Cavour used to do, for the latter can never quite forget that after all he is one of their number. Well he is gradually becoming more assured ; he does not conceal from himself the immense responsi bility he is incurring, but believes he can predict that the Congress will do the Italian cause no great good and no great harm. "Time is working for its advantage," he said no later than yesterday to a friend of his; " two things have become impossible already—the restoration of the Dukes and the reco very of the Romagnas by the Pope. If Central Italy remains firm and tranquil in its proposition of an nexation it will be impossible in other quarters to prevent it for any length of time." " But what proposals will be made to the Congress P" asked his friend with very natural curiosity ; and the coulee, with that subtle but good-humoured smile which lightens up his countenance, replied—" You ask me what nobody yet knows, neither the governments nor their plenipotentiaries ; never will a congress have met with elements so various and conflicting, or with such an absence of preliminary concert. It is only we Italians who know, in fact, what it is we really do want. And, therefore, amidst all the die culties of my task, I esteem myself at all events for tunate in this, that my proposal will be most simple and immutable. Let the wish of the peoples be gratified. Should thereupon the Congress require a fresh demonstration by the inhabitants of Central Italy of their firm and general will, I neither can nor ought to oppose it. Besides, I have the com plete conviction that they would respond to such an invitation by renewing the vote they have already given more than once. Any other proposal will be contested by me." " Some one," observed the friend, "may propose the sale of Venetia; what would be your conduct then ?' " Ah, then," replied the illustrious statesman, "my resolution would have to Ige modified. If the Austrians quit Italy, her destiny will he arranged in a more pleasant way by diplomacy ; but I hold any cession of the sort illusory, nor can I believe that Austria will ever listen to good sense, or be induced to give up Venetia by any arguments save those of cannon. Be that as it may, one proposal will assuredly be laid before the Congress, and that is, the creation of a central kingdom detached from Piedmont, to consist of Tuscany, Modena, and the Romagnas. France will be the chief mooter and supporter of this pro ject, and I believe England will not oppose it. It may so happen that I shall be left alone in my op position to it, but then I shall be backed by the Italian peoples, whose desire for the annexation will be firm. Before such a proposal can be carried, they will have at last to break through the principle of non-intervention." The conversation was continued much longer, and other particulars were touched upon. I have made no scruple in relating a part of it, because Cavour rightly says, his diplomacy lives in a crystal palace, where all may see what he does. And, truly, the thoughts I have been retailing are those of all Italy. I have mentioned the Count's opinion that England will not oppose the project of forming a central kingdom detached from Pied mont, but I myself think, on pretty good authority, that the English Cabinet has been obliged to make some concessions relative to this proposition, and but for which the Congress would either not meet at all, or Great Britain would take no part in it. In the meantime Cavour is receiving deputations from almost every Italian province. To the Vene tians he gives the advice that they must wait, for that, he cannot plead their cause in particular before the Congress, where he has one thing alone to de mand—one thing alone to follow up assiduously— the annexation of Central Italy. In the same way he answers and advises those suhjE ets of the Pope 'who arc not Romagnols. General Garibladi arrived here last night. At Milan, when it was known that he had arrived in that city, although it was dark and snowing hard, a great crowd of people assembled with torches to greet him. It is a singular thing how he still main tains the prestige of hi.c: name, notwithstanding a few acts that were not dulyweighed b e f ore h a nd . That which renders him, however, stilt so dear to the whole nation is the knowledge of the people, derived ilma a thousand proofs, that he is an honest man, ever disinterested and noble at heart in all that he undertakes. THE BOMB 41 Y MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamer China, Capt. Neil Cook, arrived at South ampton yesterday morning with the mails from Bombay, in charge of Mr. Douglas, of the General Post-office. She left Alexandria on the 14th ult., Malta the 19th, and Gibraltar the 26th. A large portion of the passage home has been performed under canvas alone, in consequence of the loss of two blades of her screw, and hence the China's pro tracted voyage. She experienced strong head winds and heavy seas throughout. This packet brought 24 passengers, £550 in specie, 998 bales of silk, 63 bales of wool, 512 bales of flax, 29 packages of tusks, 130 boxes of oranges, 300 boxes of raisins, and sundries. On the 31st ult., in lat. 49 40 N., long. 16 11 W., the China fell in with and boarded the ship St. Vin cent, of Bristol, steering to the eastward, with loss of foremast and bowsprit, main and mizen top masts, &c. Assistance was offered and accepted, and the ship was taken in tow for three hours, but the ropes parting after dark, the China lay by her all night. At midnight another attempt was made by the China's lifeboat to carry hawsers to the ship, but the captain declined receiving them till daylight, and made sail on his course. The vessel is supposed to have put into Falmouth. She was dismasted on the 25th ult. Her Majesty's ships Marlborough, Brunswick, Victor Emmanuel, Cmsar, Doris, Orion, Neptune, Cadmus, Vulture, Mohawk, Q u ail, and R e dp o l e were at Gibraltar; also the French steam frigate Foudre, the Portuguese steam sloop Sagres, and the Sardinian steamer Tripoli. Off Algesiras. the French squadron, under com mand of Admiral Desfosses, consisting of five ships of the line, Brigadier Herrera's squadron, and the Aus trian steam sloop Dandolo, were in Algesiras Bay. On the 23d ult. the Spanish Admiral commanding , the squadron at Algesiras paid official visits to Ad mirals Desfosses and Fanshawe of the French and. English fleets in Gibraltar Bay. The Spanish Ad miral was received with the customary salutes, which were returned by. the Isabel 11. line-of-battle ship. The following British merchant steamers had ar rived at Gibraltar :—Dec. 15th, the Marco Bozzaris, Capt. G. Stayers, 10 days from London and five from Plymouth, with general cargo and Government stores for Gibraltar, Malta, and Constantinople ; 16th ; the Pera, Capt. T. Jamieson, four days four hours from Southampton, and proceeded to Malta and Alexandria; 20th, the Cora Linn, Capt. W. Taylor, nine days from Gla sgow , an d 29 hours from Lisbon, with general cargo for Leghorn and Pa lermo; 21st, the Melita, Capt. G. Langlands, five days from Liverpool, with general cargo , for lalta and Constantinople; same day, the Albanian, Capt. J. Bates, 61 days from Liverpool, and 32 hours from Lisbon, with general cargo for Genoa, &c. The Royal St. George Yacht Club cutter Caro line, 31 days from Portsmouth and seven from Co runna, arrived at, Gibraltar Dec. 16. The Royal Thames Yacht Club schooner Shark, seven days from Southampton, arrived at Gibraltar on the 17th: Latest quotations of exchange at Gibraltar were as under:—London, 90 days' date, 511 to 50' ; Paris, ditto, sf, 33c. ; Marseilles, ditto, sf. 32c. ; Genoa, ditto, sf. 37c. ; Madrid, eight days' sight, -1 dis. ; Cadiz, ditto, dis. ; Malaga, ditto, par; Seville, do., dis. ; Alicante, ditto, # dis. ; Valencia, ditto, k dis.; Barcelona, ditto, par. Spanish pillared dols. 3 per cent premium --none and no demand. Freights to Brazil and River Plate, 12 dols. per ton, and ten per cent. ; Gulf of Mexico and Havan nah, 12 dols. per ton, and 10 per cent.; Malta, Leg horn, Genoa, and Marseilles, 4 to 5 dols. per ton, and 5 per cent. ; lead, at less. 1 3 1 1 i0SPECTS OF TILE COTTON TRADE FOR 1860. (From the Annual Circular of Mr. Maurice Williams, Cotton Broker, Liverpool.) To such an extent have the favourable anticipa tions of last year proved correct, and so remune rative has the trade become to manufacturers, that to enter into the probabilities of the next twelve months appears at present almost a work of supere rogation, for, so far as appearances go, there is every reason to anticipate a continued healthy trade. The prospects as to the supply of the raw material are everything that can be desired (4,100,000 to 4,300,000 bales being the favourite estimates for the incoming American crop), whilst the demand for goods for India continues large—manufacturers and spinners being still under contract for a lengthened period. This of itself is a source of considerable strength to the Manchester market, and indicates a vitality in the trade which must, and is, leading to a conviderable extension of the spinning and manufacturing power of this country. From this extension and its results, must, however, be appre hended a check to the present prosperity of the manufacturing interest ; for, should the American crop not prove equal to the present sanguine ex pectations indulged in, the supply available for this country:would then be barely equal to the consump tion, more especially as there is a general expecta tion that, with the present sniall stocks on the continent of Europe and in France, a considerable increase will be required by them out of the in coming American crop, either from hence or direct —whilst the consumption of the United States it is expected will also be fully 100,000 bales more than the preceding year. Still, with all this, a crop of 4,250,000 bales, and a supply from other sources equal to that received this year, would be fully equal to the requirements of the next twelve months. The prospects of the following Ame rican crop will, however, ere long begin to operate ; and, upon the character and pros pects of the planting season, and the proba bilities of a large or deficient yield of the crop of 1860-61 will depend the future course of the market for 1860. With favourable prospects for a large yield, still lower prices and an, abundant sup ply may be anticipated; whilst, should a failure in the crop ensue, with so large an increase in the consumptive power of the world, speculative opera tions would be the result, and thus tend, not only to deprive the trade of the profit they now realise, but by reducing the supply of raw material below the actual requirements of the mills, produce again those evils which resulted, in like manner, from the great extension in manufacturing power caused by the very prosperous years of 1845 and 1846, being followed by a failure in the American crops of 1846 and 1847. It is somewhat remarkable in the history of the cotton trade that during the last 25 years there has never been three consecutive large American crops raised, and the incoming one (estimated at 4,250,000 bales) being the second large yield, the next crop will be watched with considerable interest in all its stages, for should it unfortunately not prove favourable it will be certain to exercise not only considerable influence upon prices the coming year, but may tend materially to lessen the amount of the incoming crop by inducing planters to hold back a portion of their produce, in anticipation of realising much higher prices the subsequent year, with the prospect of a diminished yield. The following list of the American cotton crops the past 25 years (that for the current year being of course estimated), will, on a consideration of this subject, prove interesting :-- 1359-60.. 4,250,000 1846-47 ...... 1,778,651 1858-59 .,3,841,481 1845 -46 ...... 2,100,537 1857-58 3,113,962 1844-45 ...... 2,394,503 1856-57 2,939,519 1843-44 ...... 9 ,030,409 1855-56 3,527,845 1842-43 ...... 2,378,875 1854-55 2,847,393 1841-42 ...... 1,684,211 1853-54 2,930,027 1840- 41 ...... 1,634,948 1852-53 3,262,812 1839-40. ..... 2,177,835 1851-52 3,015,029 1838-39 1 630,532 18.50-51 2 . 355,257 1837-38 1,801,497 1849-60 2,096,706 1836-37 1,442,930 1848-49 ..2,728,596 1 835-36 1,360,725 1847-48.. 2,347,634 With so good a prospect for a large and profitable increase to the manufacturing interests of this coun try as that which now presents itself by the gra dual extension of civilisation in the East, it is to be hoped that the blessings of peace and an abundant supply of the raw material may be continued, and that the high range of prices which has prevailed the past few years may still further stimulate the growth of cotton throughout the world, so as to preserve us from the fear of injury to our trade, which a failure of the American cotton crop has hitherto produced. With a certainty as to an abundant supply of cotton, there can be no check at present to a continued prosperous business for manufacturers ; for even should the India demand not prove so large as of late, there must of necessity arise a demand to supply other foreign markets which have hitherto been kept bare, by the high prices ruling throughout the year, owing to the ex cessive demand for India, whilst a still further aug mentation of our trade with China and Japan may soon be expected. AN UNLUCKY WIDOWER.—A curious semi romaatio story is forwarded to us by our Lincoln corres pondent concerning au unlucky broker of that city. When widower, with a thriving business, ho was allured into a second marriage with a fascinating widow, who represented herself as heiress to vast estates in Scotland, on the under standing that he was to contribute a few hundreds to com plete the lady's title to her property. Hundred after hun dred was produced, in return for which the lady showed her confiding husband a few documents which she said were deeds from the Court of Chancery, establishing her claim; but month after month passed by without the hus band coming into possession of the long-expected " Gordon property," until at length even he became suspicious, and, as tradesmen were pyes: o lng, he determined to investigate the matter. The fair widow turned out to be an accom plished swindler, without a penny, and the broker has no resource but to return to his trade, and begin life again a poorer but a wiser man.---Manchester Guardian. THE KING OF NAPLE (From the Times.) If some malign influence could suspend the Habeas Corpus Act and quench the press, just for a month, it would have a wonderful effect in ex panding some people's minds. Because in this country every prison is as transparent as a glass beehive, they will not believe that it can be any otherwise elsewhere. When our correspondents tell of a state of things inconsistent with the opi nion of our untravelled multitude, they are very apt to turn away with the remark that the Times is full of exaggerations. We have never been able to make this class of English minds comprehend what it is the Italians had to complain of, and why it is that they so hate the rub of the Pope and the King of Naples. They have not imagination enough to transport themselves out of the state of freedom in which they have always moved, and to imagine what their feelings would be if they were living in a condition of society where secret arrests were taking place every night ; where no family cou ld ever separate in the evening - without calculating the probability that during the silent hours one of the party might be seized and incarcerated no one could hope to discover where ; where no conduct could insure security, because the most harmless victims were often thought to make the most impressive examples ; and where any complaint, or inquiry, or attempt at vin dication had no other effect than to give a tenant to another cell. A large portion of our Eng lish public cannot realise this by any mental effort. They have such habitual confidence in the power of public opinion that they cannot conceive how worse things are now happening in Naples than happened even in the times of the Emperor Tiberius or King Ferdinand 11. It falls in our way to-day to narrate a single in stance of a common class of cases. Among the best known and yet the least political families in Naples there is one which has been suddenly made prey of. One of the sons has disappeared. The police vul tures have swooped upon him, and have carried him off no one knows where—no one dares to ask where. It is scarcely possible that he can have been guilty of any offence, even against such police ordinances as reign at Naples ; for he cared nothing for poli tics, and had no connection with any of the societies which such a system as that now reigning in Naples will perforce engender. He was simply a quiet young man, mixing in good society, the son of a Neapolitan father and an English mother, and known to so large a circle that his arrest would be certain to send the desired vibration of terror through the city. The most complete proof of the abject state of the Neapolitans is that the family itself does not cry aloud. Even the English blood in their veins does not boil over. It is left to a stranger, furtively, and with injunctions to secrecy, to appeal to Europe against this Francis 11. of Naples, this youthful kingly kidnapper, and to cite this last in stance of his tyranny. In the centre of this typhoon of terror there is a dead silence; it is only from a dweller upon its borders that we obtain a little insight of what is going on where it rages. The letter which has been handed to us runs thus : " I send this in the faint hope of being useful to a family with which the English residents at Naples must feel sympathy. —'s second son was arrested two days ago, and is in prison. Nobody knows where or why ; I believe the Government no more than. the public. They do these things in terrorem. They occur constantly. Some are let out in a short time ; some remain in confinement for years ; some are exiled to a distant province, where, if they are not persons of property, they beg or starve. " I write to you, not only unknown to the —s, but even to my own wife and to my own son. There is such a complete reign of terror here that one distrusts one's best friends and even the impru dence of one's children. There are spies everywhere. The servants are spies ; duke and princes are spies ; nobody is safe. Domiciliary visits every night. Last week, in Chiaja alone, 50 or 60 persons were stopped and searched at night as they were walking along quietly on their own business; even carriages were stopped and searched. " The state of the country is beyond description or imagination; the nation is demoralised, and divided into two classes—slaves and mouchards." Alas ! we fear that the Times is powerless in such a case. We can hope to supply a remedy for oppression only where there is some conscience in the governor and some independence in the people. Our only weapon is publicity. We can only point to a wrong and appeal to the senti ment of generosity and to the sense of justice of our countrymen, of whom we are always sure, or of enlightened neighbours, of whom we always have confident hopes. But what can we do to draw this innocent young man from a prison in Naples or in Sicily ? What power or hope have we to excite a thought of sympathy for himself or for his sorrow ing family ? We cannot wake up a people cringing in black despair ; we cannot touch the horny con sciences of police agents and Ministers of State whose habitual official acts are those of gaolers. Such men have long been proof against all that the press can urge. If words could have moved then they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago ; if shame could have come over them they would have long since slunk away before the exe cration of all civilised men. They are men of vio lence, who fear no retribution other than the punish ments they themselves inflict, and they have a King at their head who has been tutored from the cradle by their lessons and in their policy, and whose heart seems to be worthy of his education. This is a case in which the sympathy of Europe can do nothing. This victim must remain in his prison - till the caprice of his gaolers impels them to re lease him, or until all the dungeons of Naples and the Two Sicilies are opened by other hands. The governing authority of the country in Which thdaiys factoutrageousnow a c t p o l f u m oppression u i sp obnutbeainngevoenrye of the defenders of legitimacy and order. The King of Naples, who maintains himself in his capital only by thus making himself terrible, is now considering, in conjunction with, the Court of Spain,—which in its turn is engages in a barbarous and unsparing warfare with the Moors, simply on. account of their religion,—venether it will be con sistent with the dignity arsa high morality of these two Powers to take 'place in a Congress which threatens to recognis e the status quo of Italy. It is easy to understaw l s that the medit a ti ons o f the King of Naples upesa this subject must be somewhat troubled, awl that far nearer subjects of interest to him than any care for the interest of the Pope must press mind. b e t I t o f r th e b a C l l o m n g e a r e n s s s s should tay aw a b y e . Francis his I s l . had 4.el it -lie repres en t a ti ve of Naple s might find himself the object of some curious inquiries as to the inter nal condition of that country, and perhaps he might also have to hear some remonstrances as to the scandal he is bringing upon the name of all abso lute government, and the danger he is occasioning to legitimacy throughout the world. With spies in every house, with police agents filling the streets, stopping the passengers on foot and peering into the carriages ; with prisons full of the most respec table citizens, and with the elements of revolution stored up around him, he may well be disinclined to meet his,Tellow-monarchs in Congress, and he may well be perplexed with fears of change at home. But, if Naples should ultimately resolve not to ge to this Congress ; or, better still, if there should be no Congress at all, does this foolish and cruel young man imagine that the course he is now pursuing and the iniquities he is now perpetrating can therefore be more safely continued ? There is a point which tyranny may reach where it be comes worse than anarchy,'even in the eyes of nobles and of merchants. There is a point also which tyranny may reach where it becomes hateful to crowned heads, and finds no sympathy even among absolute Monarchs. Cases like that we to-day quote are a common symptom of that high tide of tyranny which presses too heavily against its banks and threatens the dani which alone keeps out the ocean. If there should be no Congress, and if Russia and Austria should become unwilling to share the odium of these Neapolitan atrocities, or should be restrained from interference by England and France, what in such a case does Francis of Naples believe can possibly be the result of the course upon which he is now embarked ? Do his own youthful impulses fail to suggest to him that resentment and despair will have their way ? Can he doubt that if Central Italy is left unshackled she will hasten to extend to Naples the liberty she has acquired for herself ? Does he not feel that when that event shall occur Italy will soon settle her account with the Switzer and German mercenaries who for the present moment sit squat upon the body of Naples ? This young King must know these things, although he acts as though he knew them not. It is sad, but we fear it is unavoidable now to accept the fact as fully proved, that this young Francis Marie Leopold is only a Ferdinand 11. ground young again. He has in a short time proved himself to be a true Bourbon, incapable of learning anything beyond the old f am il y tradi tions, and incapale of forgetting any particle of those traditions. Ho seems to differ from his father only so far that he has no traces of his ability, end, perhaps, a slightly exaggerated share of his ferocity and bigotry. Such men and the deeds which such men do are not suited to the age in which we live. Unless Francis 11. change his policy, Naples will certainly change her dynasty. ENGLISH VESSEL FOUNDERED ON THE FRESCII COIST.—CREW LosT.—A letter from Calais states that an English sloop, the New Endeavour, of Dover, foundered off that port two nights back in the midst of a violent snow storm. The crew, consisting of five men, took to their boat, but from the heavy sea she upset,and all of them perished. Two of the bodies have been picked up. Th tonne lond , are to piled Coffer For Januai A st tinctio to £24 The cents. 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