The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-30 00:00:00

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor---C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the Firm ARTS GALLERY, in sonnection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing- Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose ♦aried instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine ani Eleven o'clock. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Tyne and Mr. Ali.' Harrison. The nobility, gentry'," and public are respectfully informed that the FiRsT MORNING PERFORMANCES of the highly successful New-Pantomime, LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, will be given, on MONDAY next, Jan. 3. The performance will commence at two o'clock. Carriages to be ordered at four. Places may be secured, without any charge for booking, at the Box-oflice, open daily from ten till five, under the direc tion of Mr. J. Parsons. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING will be presented an enbrely new and romantic Opera, by Mr. W. Balfe, entitled S7A.T4NELLA ; or, THE POWER OF LOVE. .1 Cond u ctor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new Pantomime of ; RED HOOD ; or, Harlequin and the Wolf ully's Clothing. Kis r i f i gu i, • Commence at Seven, QT. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Opera Comiq TO-MORROW EVENING, FRIDAY, December 31, Auber's celebrated opera, LA PART DU DIABLE, in which Madame Faure, Madlle. Celine Mathieu, M. Foug,eres, and M. Emon, trout the Theatre-Lyrique and Opora Comique de Paris, &e., &c., will make their second appearance in Eng land. Full Chorus and complete Orchestra, under the direc 'Lion of Mons. Remusat, of the Academie Imperiale and Opera Comique de Paris. Nightly Admission—Stalls, 10s. 6d.; B o x Seats (reserved), 4s. ; Pit, 28. 6d. ; Amphitheatre Stalls, Is. 3d. ; Gallery, is ; Private Boxes, £4 45., $3 35., and £2 2s. Subscriptions and Tickets to be obtained at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. City Agent, Mr. Alvey Turner, 19, Poultry. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5, under the direction of ➢dr. C. Nugent. Acting Manager—Mr. B. Barnett. • Doors open at half-past 7 ; comments at 8. .R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. I) Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy a MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean ; Lady Macbeth. Mrs. C. Kean. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Messrs. Buckstone, Chippendale; Mesdames Reynolds and Poynter. After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commence at 7. ROYA - L LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, This Evening, will be produced a new Burlesque, written expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brough, and entitled THE SIEGE OF TROY. The new and ger eons scenery by Mr. William Callcott. The principal cha acters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, Mrs. Weston, alias Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss E. Romer, ; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. J. Rogers, Mr. Barrett, &c. ; Miss Rosina Wright, Miss M. Charles, Miss Harriet Dalton, and a numerous Corps de Bal let will also appear. After the Burlesque a new Comic Pantomime, replete with new tricks and mechanical devices, entitled HARLEQUIN TOY HORSE ; or, The Cremorne Fete. Clown, Mr Charles Lauri ; Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Jenny Lauri. The Performances will commence the Comedietta of TOO MUCH FOR GOOD NATURE. _ _ Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pl 25. ; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, is. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-pass 8, to commence at 7 every evening►. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Be Webster. nj. THIS EVENING, MR. WEBSTER'S COMPANY IS REQUESTED AT A PHOTOGRAPHIC SOIREE. Manager, Mr. B. Webster; Photographer, Mr. J. L. Toole; Memory, Miss Woolgar ; Everybody, by Everybody else. After the first piece the New Act Drop by Clarkson Stan field, Esq., R.A., and painted by Mr. Wm. Telbin. With the Occasional Address, spoken by Miss Woolgar, and presented to Mr. Ben. Webster by Shirley Brooks, Esq. GOOD FOR NOTHING. Mr. Toole and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled MOTHER RED CAP ; or, Harlequin Johnny Gilpin's Ride to Edmonton.' Clown, Mr. Croueste ; Harlequin, Mr. Hilde brand ; Columbine, Miss Hayman ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lupino ; Sprite, Mr. Le Barr. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. -LW THIS EVENING, THE RULE OF THREE. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Qeen, ye Carle, and ye Maydenne. And THE LITTLE SAVAGE. Commence at 7 o'clock. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. During the week, the great Eastern Spectacle of THE REVOLT IN INDIA; •r, The Fugitives and their Faith ful Steed. After which SCENES IN THE CIRCLE by the Star Riders of Europe. Te conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Sprite, Mr. horse ; Pantaloon, Mr. H. Morley ; Clown, by the inimitable tesque, Mr. A. F. Forrest. The gorgeous Transformation ne the perfection of modern art. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. THE WEATHER.-StIN OFFICE, DEC. 30. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 45.—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.16—rising rapidly. WIND, S.W. ; light, with dull hazy weather, and misty rain. , e 1 4 41g - u ~; 6af,wy THE SUN. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1858. There is an end now, We should hope, to the lonian hallucination. The Secretary of State for the Colonies has -written as plainly as words could possibly be written—the Lord High Commissioner Extraordinary has spoken as plainly as words could possibly be spoken—that it is a mere phan tasy, a sheer absurdity, a thing quite impossible and preposterous, to dream about the absorption of the septinsular republic into the Greek so - vereignty-. Nothing could well be more clearly put than this announcement, as conveyed to the people of the lonian Islands through the despatch addressed to Sir JOHN YOUNG on the Bth of December, 1858, by Sir EDWARD LYTTON. Towards the close of this important document the Right Honourable Baronet says distinctly—" Ia the mission of Mr. GLADSTONE to the lonian Islands there occurs an opportunity from which, I trust, the lonians will not allow themselves to be diverted by visionary and impracticable schemes :" adding, explicitly— " It is not within Mr. GLADSTONE'S power to con sider the abrogation of the Treaty of 1815, or the 4ession of the lonian Islands to any State in Europe." Beyond which the Colonial Minister says yet more emphatically "Her Majesty's overnnzent cannot invest' him with such powers, NOR WOULD THEY IF THEY COULD." Than this, certainly, no declaration could in any way be more decisive. Such was the written intimation of the Colonial Secretary—an intimation penned, as we have seen, by the Right Hon. Baro net on the Bth of December. Now for the spoken intimation—a week l ater—addressed to the Greek Arohbishop and his attendant clergy on the 15th of December, at Zante, by his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner Extraordinary, Mr CLAD STONE'S repudiation of the notion of this sug gested annexation of the lonian Islands to the Greek Kingdom, was altogether as positive an d definitive as that previously written by Sir E. B. LYTTON in the despatch but just now quoted. Upon the occasion referred to, his Excellency ob served to the Arehimandrate :—" Despite the solemn and formal declaration made to the Most High Senate; it appears that many persons enter tain the opinion that at this epoch, and under the present circum s tances of Europe and of the Eastern question, the idea of the union of the seven islands, not with the whole Greek race but with the actual Kingdom of Greece, might be effected, and that this idea might be the more easily made a fact by coupling with it my name and my presumed Philhellenism." Ob serve what follows—" This is their mistake.. I speak with due respect for every sentiment of nationality, so long as it keeps within possibility and justice. But those who—without consideration to time, method, persons, circumstances, and conse quences, in a word, facts—would like to take that sentiment of nationality as a rule for human things may be styled out of their senses." And, as if this was not sufficiently plain speaking—and the words must certainly be allowed by any one, to say the least of them, to be quite strong enough —Mr. GLADSTONE went on to say to his undoubt edly astonished auditors,—" I may add that doc trines of nationality, couched in certain terms, become doctrines of disorder and tmarchy." Add ing,—" And what is this love of nationality, taken as an exponent of the policy of these islands. . . . . It is certainly a phantom—a dream. Nay, it is worse. The lonian people have not the power to enlist either annexation or reform, or the actual state, or status quo, because annexation being, under present circumstances, impossible, there remain only two choices for them : one is to aim at a reasonable liberal progress ; the other to maintain the exist ing political and administrative system." Nay, as if this even were not enough, Mr. GLADSTONE re solves the' whole question into a very startling syllogism. He says to the lonians—" Those who clamour for the impossible exclude the possible• Those who clamour for annexation, which is im possible, and exclude the reforms, which I should like to render possible, leave no choice. They exclude reforms ; annexation excludes itself ; thence there remains nothing but the status quo." Q. E. D. This is surely ad mirable. It is what we term in the ver nacular—Astonishing the Natives—Astonishing their Weak Minds ! We don't wonder in the least when we find it added in the accounts last received from Zante—" The venerable gentlemen with their long beards seemed quite taken aback. They had not expected such a speech. As Mr. GLADSTONE proceeded their mouths fell." Of course they did. Had not the placard of that " Flower of the Levant" Zante, but just then been issued in these words —" Union of the lonian Islands with free Greece. Long live Mr. GLADSTONE, the Philhellene. The Zantiots." Had not the Archbishop come to Mr. GLAD STONE'S house, carrying with him a petition in favour of this tabood annexation . ? A petition the Most Reverend:had quietly to pocket as inconvenient after the home-truths addressed to himself and his attendant clergy by the plain-speaking lips of his Excellency. Now that the situation has been clearly put before them, let us hope that good will come of it—and that the lonians will at last begin to flourish as a community, under the reformed British Protec torate. The realisation of this hope will not be the least of the triumphs won by Sir E. B. LYTTON since his installation in office as chief of the Colo nial Department. The conntry may be all the more sanguine upon this head, remembering that it is one of the most gifted of living English states men who has been despatched by the Colonial Secretary to those lonian Islands in the unwonted capacity of Lord High Commissioner Extraordi nary. "Rule, Britannia!" If singing, or reciting, or even paying for it, could insure the sovereignty of the ocean, there can be little doubt that we should still rule the waves, as absolutely and completely as in "the good old times when GEORGE the THIRD was king." But there are other conditions essential to success. The money liberally voted must be judiciously applied. We must not permit vessels of considerable power to remain rotting either in harbour or on the stocks; nor can we continue, with impunity, to turn adrift trained and efficient seamen to seek in other lands the remunerative employment denied to them under the British flag. The prestige of the United Kingdom mainly de pends on her maritime, or " supposed" maritime, supremacy. If that be removed, or even the belief in it shaken, she can no longer maintain the exalted position she has occupied in the scale of nations — she must be contented to sink into a third-class power, to be assimilated to Spain, and become an object of contempt, if not of plunder. A first-class fleet is essential, not only to our honour, but to our safety. The cost may be regarded as a premium of assurance, not merely to replace a loss when it has occurred, but to prevent the possibility thereof ; and any undue economy with regard to that all important branch of the national service can only be looked on as "a penny wise and pound foolish" policy. But without in any degree complaining of the heavy expenditure that has taken place for a series of years, we may fairly demand that the expendi ture be applied in a judicious and prudent manner; that there shall not be so many palpable failures, proceeding from too rigid an adherence to red tapist precedents. We have recently heard from high authority that the British navyis not what it ought to be—that France is closely treading on our heels, if she has not already overtaken or sur passed us in the race. The Earl of HARDWICKE is an unexceptionable witness, not merely from his position as a Cabinet Minister, which gives him access to the most authentic information, but more so as a distinguished naval officer, who can apply all the facts he has ascertained in the best possible manner. The impressive warning which he de livered should therefore be taken to heart, and promptly acted on by the Parliament and People of the United Kingdom. It has now been followed by a very elaborate document contained in the Conversations Lexicon, a publication of high standing, conducted with considerable ability, and possessing great weight and influence in all parts of Germany. This also asserts that, looking to all points, the balance of naval power is in favour of France, and that not withstanding the heavy outlay to which Great Britain has so cheerfully submitted, and which she is dill ready and willing to undergo. It gives sta tistics, too, that go far to sustain the assertion on paper ; and although, if occasion should unfortu nately arise, we believe that England would still maintain its ancient reputation—that its wooden walls would prevent any attempted invasion—the experiment would be costly and dangerous, and one that should be averted by any reasonable expendi ture of money and trouble. We want a thorough anestringent investigation into the state of our navy ; we desire that it should be accurately ascertained if there is full war rant for the apparently candid statements of c ., ur Leipsic contemporary. We know that the old system has been defective--that our navy has been falling off, while that of France has been growing rapidly. We have great confidence in Sir JOHN PAKINGTON. We believe that he is fully impressed with the magnitude of the trust confided to his charge, and with such a colleague as the Earl of HARDWICRE he will have valuable assistance in his progress in the right direction. But there are too many red-tapist traditions prevailing at the Admiralty, and it is a task of no ordinary difficulty for any First Lord to free himself from _the tram mels incidental to the office. There are forms and regulations which, although they may be very useful servants, are exceedingly bad masters, and these " effectually prevent the ameliorations so urgently required in the department. A thorough cleansing of the Augean stable is required, and that can only be obtained by the exertions of an Admiralty who can procure the aid not only of the chosen representatives of the people, but of the people themselves. To obtain any beneficial result, a pressure from without is indispensable. It is always so in matters of real utility. It is only a Bank Charter Act that could be carried almost sub silentio under clouds of mystification designedly raised. We trust that the valuable information given by the Earl of HARDWICKE, and followed up by the German editor, may be properly turned to account, so that we may fully profit by the salu tary, although painful, lesson. DEATH OF DR. LEVER.—We regret to an nounce that Dr. Lever, the well-known physician of South wark, expired yesterday morning. DEATH OF LORD CLYDE'S FATIIER.—The vene rable parent of our Indian commander-in-chief died at Granton on the 22d instant, at a very advanced age, and was interred yesterday in Warriston Cemetery. The funeral was strictly private.—Scotsman. THE OCEAN MAIL SERVICE.—SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 29.—The Union Screw Company's steam-ship Nor man, Captain Boxer, arrived here this afternoon from the Cape of Good Hope, last from Plymouth, where she landed the mails. The following mail steamers are due at this port during the next few days :—The Atrato, Captain Woolley, with the West India, Mexico, and Pacific mails, expected on Thursday; the Ceylon, Captain Evans, with the East India and China mails, expected on Saturday ; the Tagus, Captain Christian, with the Peninsular mails, due on the 3d proximo ; the Tyne, Captain Sawyer, with the Brazil and River Plate mails, due on the sth ; and the Teviot, Captain Woodward, with the Australian mails, on the 6th. The next outward mails for the West Indies,&c , will be taken by the steamer, La Plata, Captain Weller, on Monday, the 3d of January ; the India and. China mails by the Ceylon, Captain Evans, on Thursday, the 6th; the Peninsular mails by the Tagus, Captain Christian, on the 7th ; the Brazil and River Plate mails, by the Tamar, on Monday, the 10th; the Australia and New Zealand mails by the Thames, on the 12th ; the Bombay mails by the Orissa, Captain Jey, on the 12th ; and the French and English mails for New York by the Arago, Captain Lines, on the 12th. • M. DE MONTALEMBERT.—The Moniteur of yes terday announced that the Emperor had relieved M. de Montalembert from the penalties pronounced against him on the 21st Dec. by the Imperial Court, and that the pub lisher of the Correspondant was also pardoned. It will hardly be denied, even by those who accused the appellant of mak ing a false step in prosecuting• his claim for justice to the utmost limits of the law, and who tauntingly asked, " What has he gained by his appeal ?" that M. de Montalembert has simply gained everything ; the satisfaction of having vindicated the letter and the spirit of the law against the precipitation and caprice of arbitrary power ; of having enabled the higher court to establish at least its superiority to the Correctional Tribunal in intelligence and indepen dence ; in relieving himself, by judicial sentence, of the ulterior consequences of the first condemnation ; in having quashed the gravest counts of the indictment, and suppressed the wanton stigma affixed to his name as "a public writer without self-respect" by the Correctional judges. M. de Montalembert may therefore be congratulated on the persistent courage with which he has saved his honour; and, for the rest, the "pardon" may now be accepted for what it is worth—as a confession of error, and as a concession to public feeling, not as a gratui tous and offensive aggravation of illegality—Continental Review. IRISH SECRET SOCIETIES.—ARRESTS.—THE BEL FAST PRISON.—The NorthernlVhig says :—" At our Police court to-.day (Wednesday) a conversation took place between Mr. John Rea, solicitor, and Mr. Tracy, R.M., in regard to the prisoners now in custody, charged with membership in an illegal society. Mr. Rea inquired of the sitting ma gistrate whether it was his intention to bring on the inves tigation next Friday, in the county gaol, and in private. Mr. Tracy replied that the investigation would be private, and that the gaol was, in his opinion, a proper place for the conduct of the investigation. Mr. Rea protested against the inquiry taking place in the gaol, and applied that it might be held in the County-court House. Ho was of opinion that the press ought to have admission, but was willing to concede that point provided the inquiries were not held inside a common gaol; such a course, might do in Naples, but was contrary to the British constitution, and prevailed only where despots ruled. Mr, Tracy said the gaol was quite suitable. Mr. Rea then declared that he would throw up his brief rather than lower his profession, by being com pelled to defend his clients in such a place. Ho had no doubt Mr. Tracy was acting under instructions. THE- CONDEMNED CONVICTS AT KIRKDALE GAOL. —Although in the case of Auguste Wilhelm,'convicted of murder by a futile attempt to procure abortion, the jury would have been glad to return a verdict of manslaughter if the law would have allowed them • and although in the case of Henry Reid, convicted of str angling his wife, there was a recommendation to mercy on account of his drunk. enness,.no respite or reprieve has as yet been received or heard of by the authorities of Kirkdale Gaol, and 14 days have elapsed since the sentences were passed, and 11 since the assizes terminated, and both judges left Liverpool. Little hope is, therefore, entertained that there will be a remission of the sentence in either case, and it is expected that the law will take its course on the morning of Satur day next, New Year's-day. There has been nothing in the conduct of either prisoner calling for special mention. They willingly receive the ministrations of the Rev. T. Appleton, chaplain, and regularly attend chapel. Wilhelm's wife and child took their leave of him on Monday. As yet, we understand, Reid has not been seen by any of his friends. It will be remembered that both cases are from Man chester.—Liverpool Mercury. HIGH TIDES AT BRIGHTON.—The new Kemp town Groyne, which has been lately erected by Messrs. Cheesman and Son, under the direction of Mr. J. Wright, C..E., at a cost of £BOO, received damage on Thursday last "to the amount of, it is said, about £3OO, from the force of the sea, which was running very strong at the time ; about 80 feet have been broken away and carried to the eastward. A portion of the next groyne eastward has been lately washed away by the sea (it was at the time under repair), in consequence of which a quantity of beach had been swept from .the eastward of the new groyne, by which means the pressure became so great at the junction with the old (or "Thunder's") groyne, to which it was, in that part, connected by iron ties instead of the usual land ties of timber, that it could not resist the extraordinary pressure, and the stout oaken piles of which it was con structed were at once broken away. Steps have been taken to secure the remaining portion, which is of great im portance, the beach in front of Kemp-town being secured from washing away by this groyne. During the high tides of the past week a portion of the earthwork extending from the Battery to Ship ,street, immediately under the cliff, and on which the capstans are fixed, and the bathing machines drawn up, has been washed away by the high tides, but no serious damage has been done. We may also mention that, apparently in consequence of the late heavy rains, a portion of the new upper Esplanade, extending from the Battery past Regency-square, exhibits numerous cracks and a partial sinking within about a yard of its edge. We know not whether this is owing to the nature of the materials of which this portion is constructed, but it certainly appears to threaten, in the event of a continuance of the same wea ther, rather extensive slips in various plum—Brighton Examiner of yesterday. MAJOR SIR HARRY HAVELOCK.—Among the various exploits which have conferred honour on the British character during the present insurrection in India there are few more extraordinary than that which has been recently performed by Major Havelock, the son of the illustrious General whom the nation delights to honour. He accom panied the force under General Douglas to Jugdespore. After some minor skirmishes, six columns converged to shut the enemy in, but they contrived to break through and make their escape, scarcely firing a shot. Their number was computed at 4,500, horse and foot, all old Sepoys and mutineers. On the 18th of October, it ap peared certain that they were making for the Soane, and it was equally certain that if they were able to get into Behar and to reach Gya the havoc committed by them would be fearful. Brigadier Douglas intrusted 200 cavalry to Major Havelock to follow them and check their move ments. He started without tents, baggage, followers, or regular supplies, and in the course of six days pursued the enemy 200 miles, and with the aid of Colonel Turner's column had three skirmishes with them, in which upwards of 500 were slaughtered, and the whole body of rebels driven into the Kymore hills, and the district brought com pletely into our possession. The chief, Ummer Singh, escaped capture only through the exhausted state of the horses, of whom more than 60 perished through this tre mendous exertion. There are few examples in our military history in India of such a march under such circumstances, or of such complete success. THE LATE SIR B. H. WILSON, K.C,l3.—The late Colonel Sir Belford Hinton Wilson, K C,8., whose death has just occurred at his residence in Park-street, Grosvenor square, at the age of 54, was an officer of considerable military and diplomatic experience. He was a son of the late General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, some time gover nor of Gibraltar, by the daughter arid coheir together with her sister (the wife of the late Hon. Colonel Carleton, and mother of the late Lord Dorchester), of the late William Belford, Esq., colonel in the army. Sir Belford - Wilson was • born in Brook-street, Grosvenor-square in 1804, and received his early education at Westminster and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In 1822 he entered the military service of Columbia, in which he re mained, acting meantime as aide-de-camp to Gen. Bolivar, until 1830, when he attained the full rank of colonel in the army of Columbia, and it is stated that such was the high opinion of his services entertained in that country, that he was named in the will of General Bolivar. At all events, however, so great and so valuable was the information which he acquired during his long residence in Columbia, that on his quitting the foreign service in 1832, he was no minated by his late Majesty's Government to the post of British Consul-General at Peru, from whence he was pro moted five years later to the diplomatic post of charge d'affaires to Peru and Bolivia. After -four years' service there he became charge d'affaires at Venezuela. On resign ing that post, in Nov., 1852, he was rewarded for his diplo matic services with the knight commandership of the Order of the Bath, civil division. The deceased gentleman was twice married ; first, in 1842, to Louisa, daughter of the late General Bayly Wallis, granddaughter of the late Sir N. Bayly, who died in 1844; and secondly, in 1849, to Catharine, youngest daughter of the late Rev. H. Randolph, 8.D., re4;or of Letcombo Basset, near Wantage, Berks. DEATH OF A PENINSULAR VETERAN. —lt is curious that the same clan should have produced Henry Scott, the hero of Quebec (in 1759), and Thomas Scott, the hero of Badajoz, these gallant men having been the first to scale the walls of the two fortresses during the sieges. The former was a native of Hawick, and was immediately pro moted to a majority for his gallantry at Quebec. The lat ter, who was born in the same neighbourhood, served in the Peninsular war, and was present at nearly every engage ment there. Lately, when the distribution of clasps was made, he claimed no fewer thnp fourteen. Only twelve, however, were awarded to him, and when urged to perse vere in demanding the other two, he said that, although intensely anxious to have them, as being equally due with the twelve, such was the annoyance he had encountered in getting the dozen, that he would not renew the contest. Capt. Scott had for several years rented a farm under Lord Minto in the neighbourhood of Hawick, and has died at the age of 70. His brother, George Scott, who accompa nied Mung,o Park in his last African journey as draftsman to the expedition, fell a victim there to the climate, as stated in "Park's Travels."—alasgow Daily Hail. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1868, LATEST NEWS. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. Tho City of Washington has arrived with the New York mails of the 11th, and 172,000 and odd dollars. The Bremen left at the same time for South, ampton. The City of Washington spoke the Karnac 01 the 21st, and the Africa on the 28th. Foreign exchange was very dull. Bills on London, 60 days', 1093 to 1094 for commercial signatures. The following were the latest quotations for Stocks :—New York Central Railroad, 834 ; New York and Erie Railroad, 171 ; Haarlem Railroad, 14 ; Reading, Railroad, 54 ; Hudson River Rail road, 331 ; Michigan Central Railroad, 49; Michigan Southern Railroad, 21,3- ; Panama Rail road, 119; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 57 ; Illinois Central Railroad, 69 ; Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, 334- ; Chicago and Rio Janeiro, 64 ; Milwaukie and Mississippi, 12 ; Galena and Chicago, 74. SHIPPING. James R. Wheeler, and Patrick Henry, from London; Sir Robert Peel, from Hamburg; Bremer haven, and Epaminondas, from Rotterdam ; W. S. Lindsay, from Marseilles ; and Mary Lucretia, from Boadeaux, at New York. Finland, hence, at Charleston. Humber, hence, at Mobile. The follle intelegram has been received r a . Mr. Rentertanffice to-aay : TURIN, TUESDAY, DEC. 28. The Giornale di Roma of the 24th inst: denies the reported differences between the Papal and French Governments. The journal states that the newspaper' reports alleging animated and bitter conversations to have taken place between the re presentatives of the two Governments, together with other unpleasantnesses of a similar nature, are untrue. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Moniteur contains decrees appointing M. Troplong to be President, and Marshal Count Baraguay &Hillier*, General Count Regnault de Saint-Jean-d'Angely, and Marshal Pelissier Duke de Malakhoff to be Vice-Presidents of the Senate for the year 1859. General Macmahon leaves Paris to-night to re sume the command of the army in Algeria in con sequence of the agitation which prevails among the Kabyle tribes. It was rumoured last night that troubles had actually broken out among the Kabyles, though the papers do not allude to the fact. It is said that Marshal Castellane is about to re tire from the service in consequence of his advanced age. In that case he will probably be succeeded by Marshal Canrobert ; and Marshal Randon will be appointed to the command held at present by Mar shal Canrobert, whose head-quarters are at Nancy. A letter from Teheran states that the Shah of Persia has appointed M. Houry, the French Orien talist whom Feruk Khan brought from Paris with him, professor of the French language to his son, the hereditary Prince. M. Houry is, at the same time, charged by the Shah to translate the works of the Emperor Napoleon 111. into Persian BOURSE, 29.—Threes varied from 73f. sc. to 73f. 10c. ; Mobilier, 982 f. 50c. to 983 f. 75c. ; Lyons, 882 f. 50e to 885 f. ; Southern, 586 f. 25c. to 588 f. 35c. ; and Austrian, 640 f. to 638 f. 75c. The following were the last quotations :--- 41 per Cents. • 97 10 Credit Fonder 675 Do. end month .. 97 25 Belgian 4f lOO 25 3 per Cents. 73 5 Piedmonteso (5) - Do. end month.... 73 Roman — Bank Shares. 3007 50 Austrian Credit Mobilier 980 Spanish Threes Do. Account 981 25 Home Debt 432 25 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto. 845 843 75 Lyons. and Mediterranean BB3 75 885 New ditto .... Geneva Midi . • . Southern .. 585 ' Western 6lO 607 50 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian - .. 422 50 Austrian 620 - .. 622 50 - - Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 14c.'; money, 25f. 111 c. ;: threejmonths, paper, 24f. 971 c. ; money, 24f. 95c. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived those of the 24th, which are also due, have not come to hand.. The Chamber of Deputies, on the 22d, resumed the debate on the amendment relative to the sale of ecclesiastical property in the address in reply to the Queen's speech. On a division, the amendment was rejected by a majority of 159 to 17. Some of the Progressista members of the puro class abstained from voting. The Gazette contains a royal decree by which Lieutenant-Generals Bayona and Count de Speleta, who voted against the Go vernment in the last division of the Senate, are dismissed from their posts as judges in the Supreme Tribunal of War, and Lieut.-Generals Santos San Miguel y Valledor . and Juan Aldama y Irahion are appointed in their stead. THIS DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 40s Od barley, 32s 10d ; oats, 21s Od ; rye, 31s 2d; beans, 41s 2d and peas, 43s 4d. THE SIN WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 40s 10d ; barley, 34s 7d ; oats, 22s 5d ; rye, 31s 10d ; beans, 41s 11th 'peas, 44s 11d. ENGLISH GRAIN. SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 106,321; barley, 93,859; oats, 13,747; rye, 57; beans, 3,448; peas ; 1,163 quarters. METROPWITAN .CATTLE MAMIET. To-day's market was somewhat extensively supplied with beasts, and the demand for all breeds ruled somewhat heavy at barely Monday's quotations. The supply of sheep was seasonably large, and the mutton trade was in a sluggish state. In prices, however, no actual change took place. We had a slow inquiry for calves, at the late decline in value. Pigs and rnilch cows were very.dull. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. R d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6.3 10 Second quality do. 4 0 4 6 s. d. s. d. Priniecrs-wool d 0.4 6 4 8 Pme. S'thdowndo. 4 10 5 2 Large crse. calves 3 2 4 0 Prime small do 4 2 4 6 Large hogs 2 13 3 4 Small porkers and quarter-old store pigs, Suckling calves, 17s to 21s 16s to 21s. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts • 1,100 Sheep Calves 154 Pigs 2OO FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts l4O Sheep Calves l3O Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWCATE AND . LEADENHALL. — The supplies of meat here to-day are very moderate, and the trade rules steady, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; pork, 3s Od to 4s 4d per Sibs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Dec. 29.—A very limited supply of fat stock was on offer here to-day, and the trade. generally ruled steady, at very full prices :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 10d • mutton, 3s Gd to 5s Od; lamb, Os Od to O s Od ; vea l , 3; 8d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s Od per Blbs. to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Dec. 29.—Beasts and sheep sold readily, and the quotations were rather higher. Other stock was very inactive : —Beef, from 3s 4d to 55 Od; mutton, 3s 8d to 55 2d ' • veal, 3s 8d t o 48 4d ; pork, 3 5 4d t o 4 s 2d per 81b 5 ; mulch cows, £0 Os ; suckling calves —s to —s each ; quarter old store pigs, —5 to —s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2lss to £4 108 ; clover, do., £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 ss. to £1 10s. per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 18s to £4 10s; clover do., £3 15s to £.5 Os. ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 10s per lead. Supply good, and trade dull. AVIIITECTIAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 lOs ; clover, 10., £3 188 to £5 55..; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per load. A low trade, at cur quotations. THE lONIAITISLANDS ZANTE, Dec. 13.—Mr. Gladstone landed here on Wednesday, the 15th inst. There was much excite ment preparing for the " coming man." " Gladstone and union with Greece" was placarded all owes the town ; illuminations were got up,' and the " Grande Place" decorated with flags, &c. At ten a.m. on Wednesday the Terrible steamed gallantly into our bay. The morning was bright and clear, and the vessels in the harbour decorated with flags. The ships fired a salute,.and the castle guns followed; the guard of humour presented arms, and the autho rities, in full uniform, made their salaam as his Excellency the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., &c., put his foot on shore at the Resident's private wharf. A levee was to be held at once. Now, this proceeding did not please the great unwashed (a very large class in the lonian Islands); they forced the police at the Resident's gate, broke in full tide, bearing the national flag of Greece aloft, into the fore court, and if the doors had not been closed and barred at once there would have been a fuller atten dance at his Excellency's levee than the master of the ceremonies was prepared for. The mob was most clamorous for admittance, but the guard of honour quietly but firmly forced flip' outside the court, where they employed themselves in shouting and yelling till they were tired. In the meantime the levee went on; the several clerical, military, and civil deputations were mar shalled and presented in due form, and when this ceremonial was over the Greek Archbishop and all his clergy were recalled, whereupon the Archbishop put out his hand to present a petition for annexa tion with Greece, but was stopped by Mr. Glad. stone, who addressed him as follows : " Most Rev. Sir,—l beg of you to accept the ex pression of my deepest reverence. I thank you for the honour of the visit you have been pleased to make me. But, before receiving any petition or hearing anything you have to say, I must first ful fil a sacred duty. lam come to the islands to exa mine into their condition. The mandate of the Queen Protectress requires me to hear the complaints of every class of the people, to invite suggestions and hear advice, but not to incite or listen to anything else. Pstrictly adhered to that mandate at Corfu, Santa Maura, and Ithaca. Arrived at Cephalonia and Zante, I found myself bound by a new duty, which exacts my first and especial attention. But , before I make an investigation I must correct a mistake. Despite the solemn ,and formal declara tion made to the Most High Senate, it appears that many persons entertain the opinion that at this epoch, and under the present circumstances of Europe and of the Eastern question, the idea of a union of the Seven Islands, not with the whole Greek race, but with the actual kingdom of Greece, might be ected, and that this idea might the more easily be made a fact by coupling it with my name and my presumed Philliellemsm. This is their mistake. I speak with due respect of every sentiment of nationality so long as it keeps within the limits of possibility and justice. But those who, without considering time, method, persons, circum stances and consequences—in a word, facts, would like to take that sentiment of nationality as a rule for human things, may be styled out of their senses. I may add that doctrines of nationality couched in certain terms become doctrines of disorder and anarchy. And what is this idea of nationality taken as an exponent (norma) of the policy of these islands, when neither time, method, persons, cir cumstances, nor consequences—in a word, facts — bear it out ? In this light it is certainly a phantom —a dream. Nay, it is worse. The lonian people have not the power to select either annexation or reform, or the actual state or status quo, because, annexation being under present circumstances im possible, there remain only two choices for them — one is to aim at a reasonable liberal progress ' • the other to maintain the existing political and admi nistrative system. Those who clamour for the im possible exclude the possible. Those who clamour for ' annexation,' which is impossible, and exclude the reforms which I• should like to render possible, leave no choice. They exclude reforms; annexa tion excludes itself; thence there remains nothing but the status quo. Ido not mean to say that this is the object; but I positively affirm, and let it be well understood, that it will be the end and result for having substituted, before me, the vote for annexation for the exposure of grievances and suggestions for improvements which might be made in tjie actual condition of the country. This is what I want you clearly to understand from me. A higher authority, the English - Government, has expressed its opinion on the subject. It is not a month since that Lord Malmesbury, the British Minister for Foreign Affairs, sent a circular despatch to all the English Representatives at the European Courts, to inform them that England recognised the obligations imposed on her by the Treaty of Paris, and never had the intention or the wish to disown them. That despatch will shortly be published. I have only to add,.that the most sure means to deprive me of all power and all hope of doing anything good for the lonian people is to couple my name with the demand for annexation with Greece by means of placards, which you, gen tlemen, have seen as well as myself. And now, most reverend Sir, you will find me ready to hear with due respect what you or the clergy, for whom I entertain so high a respect, will do me the honour to say to me in favour of the interests of the lonian people, and to state their grievances." The venerable gentlemen with their long beards seemed quite taken aback. They had not expected such a speech. As Mr. Gladstone_ proceeded their mouths fell. Union with Greece was declared a simple impossibility, and the treaties of 1815 to be carried out to the -letter. Mr. Gladstone spoke ear nestly, andmade, I think, a deep impression. The reverend gentlemen returned to their cures wiser and sadder men, for after all the priesthood are the only foes to our protectorate worthy of considera tion. Once united to Greece, the great Russian Head of the Church would soon be looking after his lambs scattered over- the Seven Islanils. The rest of the day and the following were em ployed by his Excellency in receiving those who applied for a special audience. A ball at the Resi dency and a State dinner at the Regent's last night with an adjournment afterwards to the Opera, which was gaily decorated, filled up the remainder of the time, and before daylight this morning Mr. Gladstone, on board the Terrible, was out of sight, in full steam for Athens. The following address, signed by the Municipa lity of Zante, was sent to Mr. Gladstone when he was at Corfu : • " Excellency,—The Municipality of Zante having maturely considered the high mission intrusted to your Excellency by the royal mandate of Novem ber, 1858, and the speech which your Excellency made to the Senate on the 26th of the same month, feel it their sacred duty, as representing the com munity of this island, to submit the following de claration.to your Excellency's consideration :—.The people of these islands have expressed their firm and unalterable will to return to the bosom of their mother, free Greece, as soon as Great Britain has granted them freedom of speech and of election. This was made known to the whole of Europe by the decree of the 26th of November, 1850, which the unexpected prorogation of the Chambers pre vented from being unanimously adopted; by the persecutions which followed, directed against those who proposed that decree of union and supported the sentiments and just demands of the people, and against which the Chamber vainly protested on various occasions - by the rejection of the re forms proposed in 18:52," and by the unanimous de claration of the Chamber on the 20th of June, 1857 ; when it is evident that in the present political condition of this people no transaction is possible. The Ipnians, exercising this right as a free and independent people, proclaimed such by the treaty of Paris of the sth of November, 1815, find themselves for the last 10 years engaged in a lamentable political struggle. Now that the most gracious Queen of your Excellency is desirous of procuring the happiness of this people, she certainly cannot satisfy that Christian duty without giving it its emancipation as soon as it can only find its real happiness in its annexation with free Greece, with which it forms one family. This desire, the firm will, this municipality which represents it, all give your Excellency the most frank information which any authorities or individuals could give in reply to your Excellency's speech to the Senate. The municipality hope that your Excellency, as the interpreter and defender of the real happiness and rights of the Hellenic people, will represent this appeal to her Majesty's Government, that by its high co-operation with the other Powers that signed the treaty of 1815 its realisation may be accelerated, and an act of justice and humanity be rendered worthy of the glorious English nation." (Here follow the signatures of the members of the municipality of Zante.) The following is the address presented to Mr. Gladstone by the deputies of Ithaca :-- "Excellency,—We fulfil a sacred duty in appeal ing by these presents to so distinguished a states man ; we owe it to the people we have the honour to represent to speak to you respectfully, but also with that sincerity due to the character with which you are invested, respecting the feelings and wishes of the population of Ithaca, which are shared by the population of the other islands. Excellency, be assured the population of these islands entertains the most profound respect for the English nation, which deserves it on all accounts; that it only feels gratitude for all the good which the British Govern ment has done for the country, and that it forgets all the evil which its officials may have done, misunderstanding their mission. Belonging to the same family which inhabits enfranchised Greece, the lonians form the most ardent wish to behold their fate united to that of the kingdom of Greece, to share good and bad with our national family. These few words sufficiently express the character and the sentiments of the population of Ithaca, as well as of the whole lonian Republic. Knowin g what weight the precious opinion of your Excel lency will have in the decision that will be taken for our country's future, we entertain the flattering hope that your Excellency, whose nobility of heart and Philhellism is no secret to us, will exert his best efforts in favour of a population of Greek nationality, which desires nothing so much as to behold the great English nation acquire new claims to its gratitude and devotion." WRECK OF THE .TEANNIE JOHNSTOI The following is the report of Captain Johnston to the Shipping Gazette of the circumstances at tending the wreck of his vessel, and the sufferings of himself and his crew : "We sailed from Quebec at daylight on the morning of Oct. 5 (deals) for Hull. Our crew con sisted of 11 men, my mate and myself, besides my wife and child, a little bey two years old, making altogether 15 of us. We went on well, with mode rate breezes, until the evening of the 21st, at 11 o'clock, when it came on to blow from the N.N.E. rather freely, and we shortened sail and kept on our course as before. At half-past one a.m., on the 22d, it became squally, the wind blowing strongly from tlie same point. We were then in lat. 47 45, long. 41 25 W. The gale increased, and we were obliged to stow up all our sails and heave-to under the topsail, which we set to keep the ship steady. We discovered that the ship was making water very fast, so all hands were immediately set to work at the pumps. At six a.m. we shipped a heavy sea, which washed away our quarter-boats and davits, stove the galley doors in, washed away the coppers for cooking, quenched the fires, and swept many small articles overboard. The gale continued unabated until 1.40 p.m. that day, when we were boarded by another heavy sea, which washed away the cabin skylight, the binnacle, &c., and stove in the top of the cabin. We then spread a sail over the cabin to keep the water from washing down on us, as it did prior to this every time a wave struck the vessel since the roof of the cabin was stove in. The gale continued in full force till 9.30 p.m. of the same day, when a third mon strous sea: struck the ship, which stove in the front of the cabin, which was a house on deck, filling it with water, and washing everything in the starboard side of it overboard. It washed away the long boat and jolly boat, and split the covering board abaft the main rigging. At 11.40 p.m. the ship was full of water, and the pumps were of no further use. The ship's bulwarks were nearly all washed away, and the sea made a clean breach over her. All hands now determined to take to the main rigging, as they did not know the moment the ship might go down. My wife was in bed in the cabin, with her child, and I came to her and told her that we must all take to the main rigging. She was very much affected by this news, but said she would go. So great was the danger that she had no time to put any clothes on, with the exception of a coat and one or two other loose garments. The night was not very cold at this time. We gathered up what bread we could, as some of it lad been spoiled by sea water. We also took up a round of salt beef, some raw potatoes, and a ham of bacon. We tried to get some freshwater, but found that all the casks containing it had been washed overboard, except those in the forward part of the ship, near the forecastle, which we could not get near, on account of the heavy seas that were now always rolling uninterruptedly over the ship. We were consequently without. water. We secured ourselves in the maintop with canvas and ropes, which served us for shelter also. We could not sleep any scarcely that night. At seven next morning, the 23d, we saw a sail to leeward; she was also a barque, and passed within about a mile of us. We managed to set a signal of distress but the barque passed us without taking any notice of it, and we supposed she did not see it. The storm continued to rage violently, and we were in conti nual danger, expecting the mainmast to go over the ship's side. The 23d was spent in a miserable man ner by the whole of us. Our clothes were wet. We could not stretch ourselves, but all were huddled together without room to stir. Some of the men went to the top of the deckhouse for the purpose of stretching their legs. My child was quiet, some times slept a little, and occasionally cried for a drink, which he could not get. I cannot say that my wife was more frightened than any of the rest of us, or that she said more about the dan ger. We kept our flag of distress flying now continually, but no vessel hove in sight after the barque passed until the 24th. On the 23d we all began to feel the want of fresh water. Every part of the vessel, except the upper part of the cabin and the masts, was always under water. On the night of the 23d some of the men slept on the roof of the cabin, and every night afterwards till we were res cued. On the 24th, at noon, we saw a brig to lee ward of us pass to the westward ; but she did not notice us. I sometimes managed to get down from the rigging to stretch my limbs ; but my wife never came down from the time she went up but once, when she tried to take a sleep in the cabin. This was the sixth day after she went up to the main topmast. She no sooner lay down, however, than a large sea came over the stern of the ship, washing into the cabin, and sweeping away the bed she was sleeping on, and drenching herself and the child with water. She then went up to the rigging again and never came down afterwards till the ship came alongside to rescue us. On the night:of the 24th our rudder was unshipped by a heavy sea, which car ried away the counter under it, and the ship was henceforth unmanageable and tossed round and round by the wind and waves. The want of water was greatly felt by every one on board now •On the 25th some light showers fell, but they sere so dashed about by the force and fury of the wind that we could not catch them in the sails, and were glad to receive some drops which fell from the rig ging into our mouths, though they tasted strongly of salt .and tar. This was the first supply of water we received, and before we got it we were nearly exhausted for the want of it. My wife's lips were almost parched, and I was ready to faint myself from weakness. The water made me sick, and when the rain was over we were nearly as thirsty as ever. On the 26th we had another supply , of rain, which we drank in the same way as the first we got. This water was better than the other, not so brackish, and more of it. We were relieved by this supply considerably. We did not eat the salt beef lest it should provoke thirst, and we were frequently obliged to slice the raw potatoes and eat them that the juice might wet our mouths, and keep chewing them to keep our mouths cool, and we fancied that this allayed our thirst in some measure. The weather continued much the same as I have described it ; the wind from the same point that it had been blowing from all along, until the evening of the 27th, when the hurricane shifted to the north and we had intense cold. We were now exhausted for want of proper sleep or a place to stretch ourselves, and this unfavourable change in the wind almost drove the men to despair. My wife was now the greatest sufferer. She could not stretch her limbs at all, and was nearly famished with cold and thirst. My child was suffering very much from the same causes, and cried a good deal. The wind continued in the same point until the 30th and 31st, and the weather continued cold. On the 30th, some snow, hail, and rain fell. We caught some of the hail, and relieved our thirst more than we had hitherto been able to do. About four o'clock on the afternoon of the 31st we espied a sail to windward: she bore down on us, and passed under our stern after five o'clock. She proved to be the Dutch barque Sophia Elizabeth Vanderhoef, from Amsterdam for New York. The captain then came to leeward, and hove to close by us. He then spoke us thus Have you any boats P' and we replied We have not.' He then lowered his quarter boat and sent her over to us. Five of us got into her, and she returned to the Sophia Elizabeth again. There was a very heavy sea running at the time, and it was with great peril that the boat could live. She then made two other trips, and took the remainder of us off; and it was after six o'clock in the evening when we were all safely on board and the ship again on her course. When we left the wreck she was much in the same condition as when her rudder became un shipped, and she was tossed about in all directions. We could scarcely move when we were rescued ; but we met with great kindness from the captain and crew of the Sophia Elizabeth. I could not bear anything to touch my feet for several days, and even to-day my boots cause me some pain. The limbs o f every one of us became so sore that we could not walk the deck for the first two or three days. My wife and child were very bad when they were taken off the wreck, and my wife could not stretch her limbs for some days. They are both now almost recovered, but still delicate from the effects of their sufferings. I will always feel deeply grateful to the captain and crew of the Dutch ship who res cued me and my wife and child from the condition we were in on board the wreck." TERMINATION OF THE COLLIERS' STRIKE AT OLD IIAM.—A meeting of the colliers on siriko at Oldham was held on Monday at the Old Mess House Inn, Yorkshire street, when it was resolved that the men should present themselves at the pits of Messrs. Jones, Lees and Co., yes terday morning, to work at the price offered—an advance of one penny in the shilling. The men struck work on the 29th July last against a reduction of 2d. in the shilling, and after they had been out ten weeks and two days they were informed that they might com mence wor k at the obi price but that they refused to do, and demanded an advance of 2d. in the shilling, that amount having been obtained by some of the minors in the district. On the 9th inst. l au offer of the rise of a penny in the shilling was refused, but a few of the men accepted it, and on Monday the general body of the Oldham miners 4eciC*l gn PeCciiatin the offer. LITERATURE. Curiosities of Science. By .John Timbs, F•S•A'' author of " Things not Generally Known," &x• Kent and Co. This is another of the little treasuries of knowledge which Mr. Timbs offers to the public in this unpre" tending form. The present v o l ume f u lly maintains the character of those which have preceded it; indeed, in some respects it surpasses them. Air' Timbs rightly calls it a book for old and young, for there are few readers who may not learn some' thing from, it, while the succinct and simple manner in which the marvels of science are f a miliarly.. explained might well attract th e mos t su perficial or indifferent reader. To the large class who'sre unable from press of business, and want of leisure to prosecute scientific studies, this little volatile, will be invaluable from the variety and extent el its information, and the clear and condensed manner in which it is gives. We subjoin a fe w. samples : " THE UNDULATORY SCALE Or LIGHT. " The white light of the sun is well known to be compose d of several coloured rays ; or rather, according to the theory of undulations, when the rate at which a ray vibrates is altered, a different sensation is produced upon the opto nerve. The analytical examination of this question shows that to produce a red colour the ray of light must gi ve 37,640 undulation in an inch, and 458,000,900,000,00 0 in e second. Yellow light requires 44,000 undulations in sn inch, and 535,000,000,000,000 in a second ; whilst the effe ct of blue results from 51,110 undulations within an inch, and 622,000,000,000,000 of waves in a second of time."—Hun rs Poetry of Science.,, " 'VELOCITY OF LIGHT. "It is scarcely possible so to strain the imagination 10 to conceive the Velocity with which Light travels. 4- Va a mere assertion will make any man believe,' asks Sir John Herschel, that in one second of time, in one beat of the pendulum of a clock, a ray of light travels over 192, 0 2,1 miles ; and would therefore perf orm th e t our o f th e 'Or in about the same that it re quires t o Wink with our eyelid; and in much less time than a swift runner occupies in taking a single stride ? ' Were a cannon-ball shot dire% towards the sun, and were it t o ma i n t a i n it s f u ll s peed, L would be twenty years in reaching it ; and yet light trace° through this space in seven or eight minutes. " The result given in the Annuaire for 1842 for the velocity of light in a second is 77,000 leagues, which col" responds to 215,834 miles • while that obtained at the Pul kowa Observatory is 189,746 miles. William Richardso n gives as the result of the passage of light from the sum to the earth Bm. 198.-28, from which we obtain a velocity' °, 215,392 miles in a second.-llfemoirs of the Astronomica l Society, vol. iv. " ALL THE eALT IN THE SEA. "The amount cf common salt in all the oceans is esti mated by Schafhautl at 3,051,342 cubic geographical nlile s ' This would be about fives times more than the mass of the Alps, and only one-third less than that of the HimalaYal' The sulphate of soda equals 633,644.36 cubic miles, or le equal to the mass of the Alps; the chloride of mag nesium , 441,811.80 cubic miles ; th e li me sa lt s, 109 , 339.44 cubic miles. The above supposes the mean depth to b e but 3 0 ° metres, as estimated by Humboldt. Admitting, Laplace, that the mean depth is 1000 metres, which is mor e probable, the mass of marine salt will be more than double the mass of the Himalayas."—Silliman' s Journal, No. 1 % "Taking the average d e pth o f th e ocean a t t wo m il es , an d its average saltness at 3i.per cent., it appears that there. 1 " salt enough in the sea to cover t o th e thi c k ness o f one rell an area of 7,000,000 o f s quare m il es . Ad m i t a trans fer such a quantity of matter from an average of half a will above to one mile below the sea level, and astronomers show by calculation that it would alter the length of 144 day. " These 7,000,000 of cubic miles of crystal salt have ne t made the sea any fuller." " ELECTRIC GIRDLE FOR THE EARTH. " One of our most profound electricians is reported to have exclaimed : Give me but an unlimited:length of wir e, with a small battery, and I will girdle thetuniverse with a sentence in forty minutes.' Yet' this is ne vain boast ; so rapid is the transition of the electric current along th e line of the telegraph wi re , th a t, suppos i ng i t were possible to carry the wires eight ti mes roun d th e eart h , the 0111114' would occupy but one second of time I " " CONSUMPTION OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. "It is singular to see how this telegraphic ageneY.,," measured by the chemical co nsum pti on o f z i nc and a°l"' Mr. Jones (who has written a work upon the Electric Tele; graphs of America) esti ma t es th a t t o wor k 12,000 m iles'" telegraph about 3,000 zi n c cu p s are use d to hold the acidi these weigh about 9,0001b5., and they undergo decomp° l l tion by the galvanic acti on i n a b ou t s i x months, so tht 18,0001bs. of zinc are c onsume d i n a year. There area, about 3,600 porcelain cups to contain nitric acid ; it reel . lll ' 4501b5. of acid to charge them once, and the charge is re newed every fortnight, making about 12,0001b5. of nitric acid in a year." Messrs. De la Rue's Diaries and Almanacs. Messrs. de la Rue's Diaries offer all the advalr tages that combined utility and elegance possess' The variety of valuable information they contain el‘" tends beyond that usually met with in works of similar character. In addition to the post-offic e , regulations, the cab fares, the dates moveable holidays, and other necessar y le; telligence, a foreign money table, an d a series a` French weights and measures of capacity are give n in full, with a list of other foreign weights and mea sures expressed in English standards. The amoun t of astronomical information afforded is wine' . thing unusual, whil e a t a bl e of spec & qualities and expansions will be found very lute; resting and useful. Th e li s t s o f t h e P arl i amen t s Great Britain, and the Administrations since th e accession of George 111. to the present time, will b e serviceable to the politician. Their outward ar pearance is all that can be desired, and th e blue and red type, tho, smooth and shining paper and handsome binding, considerably enhance their attra4tions. The illuminated almanac issued by the same publishers are also excellent combinations of beauty and utility, and are among the best of these useful compendiums that the Pre' sent season has furnished. Deane's Illustrated Almanac for 1859. Deane and Co. A very interesting and useful little almanac. I t gives us a great variety of household and cooking receipts, extracts from books, both prose and pall' besides a multitude of scraps, either useful or mans' ing. A list of the Post-office regulations will be found very useful to correspondents. The illu s.. ' trated advertiser of the goods manufactured 1 1 Deane and Co., and sold ,at their well-known City warehouses, will be very acceptable to housekeepers' who obtain a list of the different prices and a COr" rect idea of the article. ST. JAMES'S HALL. The announcement that the noted Mr. Barone; was about to deliver an address on "Money-making last night had at least this recommendation abou t it, that the lecturer, to everybody's knowledge, W 0 thoroughly " up" in his subject. That he has often used "humbug" as an expedient fOr getting money he has already confessed with terrific frankness, but that in the art of money-making itself he ha s proved himself a genuine proficient no one a l doubt for a moment. Though Mr. Barnum's " address" flowed on frei n . beginning to end without any interruption, sal: what was occasioned by the noise of the crowdn it may fairly be divided into two parts—°' relating relating to money-maki ng i n genera l , the o ther to that particular branch of the art which is aS 99 ; elated with the w or d " h um b ug. " The first ne r" comprised a defence of that love of lucre which so conspicuous in the present . generation, and also contained a series of sage maxims on the relation s between income and expenditure, which were muc h in the tone of Poor _Richards Almanack, but wer e illustrated by a number of diverting stories. But it was when lie came to the tieatise "humbug" that the admiration of his hearers rose to its greatest height. Had he satisfactorily demonstrated that he was John Howard or Alfred the Great, or any other immortal benefactor of his race, he could not have been honoured with mer e encouraging cheers than w h en , w i t h marve llous effrontery, he declared that he himself was con' sidered the grea t es t " h um b ug " i n the whole w orld. However, before he hadplaeed himself on this high moral pedestal, he had so defined the word " hut bug" as to render it comparatively harmless. Til" man who sells a bad ar ti c l e , or even a gou article at too high a price , is, acc or di ng to the,. Barnum lexicon, a mere " cheat," who h as n o righ t to the ennobling title of "humbug." The "hum' bug" proper is, in fact, an honest soul, w ho versa' a good article at a f a i r pr i ce, but does not scrupl° to sound his own trumpet in order to bring custo• mers together. In plain English, Mr Barnum limits the word "humbug" to the significatil n , l , which WO commonly denote by the word "Pul a Thus the Fren c h man w h o c l appe d a helmet on 11 head to draw attention to the really e xcellent lead pencils whi c h h e so ld i n the street wo, "humbug" o f th e mos t v i rtuous k i nd. So als. was Mr. Barnum hi m s e lf w h en h e open ed really excellent mus eum t o th e pu bli c a t a 1;1_ price, though h e use d p l oug hi ng elephan t s , do cile buffaloes, and ma nu f ac t ure d merma id s as Cl 4, pedients to obtai n no t or i e t y , an d t h oug h pictures out s id e th e museum b ore t h e least ris t : sible resembl ance t o th e cur i os i t i es w i t hi n . This fine tissue of sophistry was illustrated by se°. capital stories, of whi c h B arnum hi mse lf was 01170 rally the hero, and w hi c h, th oug h many o f the e must have been famili ar t o severa l o f t h e audienej were rendered infinitely amusing to all who bee' them by the humour with which they were told7_,. Whether a huge multit u d e app l au di ng an orator for a deliberate pan eg y r i c o f " humbug' 4lnnY, considered as a sign of th e hi g h mora l state nation is a point that we, will not here aisen But we are bound t o a d m it t h at M r. Barnunl.,ll one of the most ente r t a i n i ng l ec t urers th a t e ver addressed an audience on a theme universallyf e i r telligible. Whether people feel wiser and be tter after listening t o hi s sagemax i ms andodd exarngi_le may be doubted, but it is certain that a comforts. ", sense of shrewdne ss comes over th em w h e n t l _'. reflect on what th e y h ave b ear d d ur i ng t wo he''' . of hearty mer4i4lQut.