The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-03 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING will be presented an entirely , new and romantic Opera, by Mr. W. Balfe, entitled SATAN ELLA ; or, THE POWER OF LOVE. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon, To conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's Clothing. Commence at Seven, ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. TIIIS EVENING, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Mr. and 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, HAYMARKRT• Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed the Comedy of THE RIVALS. Messrs. Buckstone, Chippendale, Howe, Clark, W. Farreu ; Mesdames Reynolds, B. White, E. Fitzwilliam, and Poynter. After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Cominetwe at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENlNG—lncreased Attraction—Production of a new and original Drama, entitled MARION DE LORME ; or, The Cradle of Steam ; in which Madame Celeste will ap pear. After which, will be produced the new Burlesque, written expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brough, and entitled THE SIEGE OF TROY. The principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George ,- Mrs. Weston, isliss Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon. Miss E. Romer, kn. ; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. .1. Rogers, Mr. Barrett, &c. ; Miss Rosins Wright, Miss M. Charles, Miss Harriet Dalton, &c. To conclude with the new Comic Pantomime, replete with new tricki 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. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. • Stalls, ss. ; Gallery , ls. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7 every evening. A Morning Performance on Saturday next, at Two. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENLNG, 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 which, MEPHISTOPHELES. 7,1 r. Paul Bedford, Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss - Keeley. Followed by THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS. 3lr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington ; Miss Kelly, Mrs. Chatterley. 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. Lupin° ; Sprite, Mr. Le Barr. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE RULE OF THREE. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Qneene, ye Carle, and ye Maydenne. And THE LITTLE SAVAGE. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee .... Mr. William Cooke. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, ed. During the week, the great Eastern Spectacle of THE REVOLT IN INDIA ; or, The Fugitives and their Faith ful Steed. After which SCENES IN THE CIRCLE by the Star Riders of Europe. To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON HUN CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchauson, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Herr Cale; Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest ; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. The grand Transformation Scene, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's beautiful and highly-trained palfries, pronounead nnpreeedentedly magnificent. The new scenery, including the matchless re presentation of the "New Palace of the People, at Muswell Hill," perfect gems of art. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. .. _ . A Morninz Performance of the Pantomime on the Bth, 15th, and 22d of January, at Two o'clock. Carriages for day performances at half-past for, and for night representation at half-past eleven, CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.-- Proprietor --C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FrisE ARTS GALLERY, in connection 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 SAIJVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine anl Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JAN. - 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day at noon. BARomETER-30.63, very high. WIND, Westerly; light, with thick fog. JAR. 3. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and during the night. 38—this dhy at noon. BAROMETER-30.65. WIND, South-Westerly ; light, with hazy weather. THE SUN. MONDAY. JANUARY 3, 1859. The New Year has brought with it very satis factory intelligence from India. By a telegram received at the Foreign Office, at 11 p.m. on Satur day night, we learn that " the amnesty is slowly but surely thinning the ranks of the rebels ; and there is good reason for believing that the whole country will be restored to peace without much additional bloodshed." We have frequently explained that this would be the result of the discriminating-mercy exercised towards the rebels. All whose crimes had not placed them beyond its pale would rejoice at the promise of pardon—a promise which, made by Englishmen, they well -knew would be faithfully kept—and not only readily abandon all. their former hostility, but even assist in getting rid of the blood-stained outlaws, wh ose existence, and the black mail which they would necessarily levy on the districts in which they were sheltered, would cause far greater incon venience to the inhabitants than to the British troops. But this is not all. It appears that Lord CLYDE had at last succeeded in overtaking the " flying columns" of the übiquitous BAINIE MADIIOO. The result may be easily anticipated. The victory was decisive, and we may almost say final, so far as the followers of that rebel chief are concerned. The real difficulty was that announced by Mrs. GLASSE : we had first to catch our hare. This was accomplished by the indefatigable activity of the Commander in -Chief, who marched his troops sixty-one miles in sixty hours, including all stoppages. Notwith standing their extraordinary endurance of fatigue, the absence of heavy guns, commissariat, in fact all things which the great Roman justly termed "impedimenta," they were overtaken on the eve of the anniversary of Inkermann, and it is needless to say that a good account was rendered of the rebel force. It was at Dundeco. Klara, on the banks of the Ganges, nearly opposite Suttchpore, that the con test, if contest it could be called, took place. The rebels had taken refuge in a dense jungle, which they fairly imagined would afford shelter and pro w ere speedily conv in c ed tection. They, however, of their error, when thc, boom of the British cannon thundered in their e7.rs. The jungle could not pre serve them from the iron shower, and with scarcely: an attempt at resistance, every man sought his individual safety • in ignominious flight It was, in fact, a total route, and the fugi tives were closely pursued with cavalry and cannon. The telegram declares that their loss was enor maul, and that many perished in the attempt to escape across the Ganges. It would seem as if the river destroyed even more than the gun or the bayonet . . Unfortunately, BENI MADHOO escaped. Hindoo generals seldom sacrifice their own lives on the field of battle. It is said that he fl d down the river Gomrao, and that he is now at Doalemou Ghat, on the Ganges. Singh escaped towards the Cawnpore road, while the private soldiers, or rabble, as they are styled in the telegram, threw away their arms and fled to the steep ravines in which the country abounds. There they may carry on a wretched existence for a brief period ; but it is obvious that, as soon as they hear of the amnesty, they will gladly avail themselves thereof. At present, or rather up to the last accounts, they were mere outcasts, who could scarcely obtain the slender means of support ing the lives of even the most abstemious of their countrymen. There is a remarkable omission in the telegram, from which we are disposed to draw auspicious auguries, on the principle enunciated in the old adage, that "No news is good news." There is not a single word of any British loss in the struggle. That is a point that is invariably dwelt on by our Generals, for it is one that occasions the deepest interest at home; and its being so completely overlooked seems almost conclusive that it must have been of a very trifling character. The mad panic of the rebels would account for this satisfactory result. It is not said that any guns were taken. If they were there they must have been captured, and the natural consequence is that either they must have previously lost their entire artillery, or or abandoned them during their flight. At all events, they are not now available for their use, and thus the most formidable arm of the rebel force is completely annihilated. Lord CLYDE had returned to Lucknow, where his presence, more especially after such a triumph, is peculiarly beneficial, and we rejoice to say that the sanitary condition of our troops is of a very satisfactory character. This New Year's gift comes from India almost on the anniversary of the tidings of the rescue of the gallant garrison and hapless fugitves at Lucknow. Then all was anxiety and suspense. Now we know that we can bide our time, that the lives of our countrywomen and their innocent babes are not trembling in the balance, and that the termination of the insurrec tion is merely a matter of time and money. We can, therefore afford to bide our time, without the intense anxiety that was manifested a year since for Indian news. Sir HOPE GRANT has recrossed the Goomtee. The rebels attempted to dispute the passage, but were forced to fly with great loss, six of their guns being taken. We regret that the death of General JOHN JACOB from brain fever is announced. He was one of the most distinguished of our Indian officers, and his organisation of native cavalry was of the most perfect description. He is another of the great men who have fallen a victim to the climate—more deadly than the arms of the enemy. The subject which will soon become the great one with Indian statesmen is that of Revenue. It has always been the favourite one with the Com pany, though, according to some of its best ser vants, too generally looked at from the wrong point of view. How to squeeze, not how to create, has been the grand inquiry : whether most could be wrung from the actual worker of the soil by the intervention of zemindars, or by the old village system of the whole responsible for each, or by a modification of that system, or on the ryotwaree plan of placing each tenant in direct contact with the Government collector. These have been the questions which have occupied the minds of the Company's best servants for a century or so. They have received no conclusive answer . yet ; for we find the plan lauded in one Presidency, in one quarter of a century, or even in one decade decried in the next ; but as all Englishmen who have not lived in India are presumed to be ignorant of her wants, it is almost useless to take one side or an other on the general subject. We must leave, there. fore, the Anglo-Indians to fight it out among themselves, although we may be ready to imagine that, after hearing all each has to say, we should make tolerably fair arbitrators. One thing, how ever, we must look to : we must have India pay its own expenses ; we must not hazard a bill coming upon this country for our great colony. For we know that, however we may be clear of that danger by formal arrange ments, should any financial catastrophe occur in India, English subjects would not look in vain to the English Parliament for indemnification. The appeal that their money had been invested in pub lic funds or works in a part of the empire governed without any Colonial Legislature, directly by the QUEEN and Parliament, would be irresistible. Now there is one great principle with - which we in England are fully conversant, but which in India has been almost wholly ignored by the Company, which must, as we conceive, be brought vigorously into action. If India is to raise a large revenue, India must be wealthy. Scores of millions living on a few pence a-day, and a few handfuls of rice, and clothed in a style which would, here, bring the man into the police-court, can never be consumers of taxable articles, nor pay direct taxes to any amount out of their starvation earnings. ARK'WRIGHT declared that he would pay the national debt, or the interest of it, and beyond all doubt the immense trade he created, the impetus it gave to other branches of trade and commerce, the wages pro vided for millions of labouiers, and the fortunes for thousands of masters, have done much towards accomplishing his promise. There is probably, notwithstanding all the declamation of popular orators, no country in the civilised world in which the pressure of taxation is so little felt as in Eng land. It is because England is the wealthiest of nations. We must apply our experience to India. India, the land of fabulous wealth, is really poor. We must enrich her ; and happily the means are easily at command. Last summer we invited the atten• tion of our readers to the subject in connection with an undertaking not then fully organised—au English commercial company for irrigation and water carriage in the Madras Presidency. We do not intend to repeat the details we then gave ; suffice it now to recal the general results. It is proved now, by the actual results of considerable works, that water is the wealth of India. Beneath its blazing sun, in one vast hothouse, as it were, with a sufficient and regulated supply of water, there is hardly any tropical produce, or amount of produce, which it will not abundantly furnish. There, vast rivers wend their way along the gentle slopes of the country uselessly, to the ungrateful ocean, which, if dammed up and poured forth at will on the thirsty soil, would convert barren sand and gravel into an agricultural para dise. Again, the monsoons which twice a year pour down such sheets of water as we, here, have' no conception of, would fill vast tanks, which, from the contour of great part of the country, are very easily constructed; and thus vast artificial lakes have been made, and can again be made, to make the adjacent districts bloom with wealth. These observations are not rhetoric, but, as the facts we have already given show, simple truth. Moreover, another grand want of India, cheap carriage, is provided by the very same means by which water is provided for the soil. The deepened water of the now vast but shallow streams would be the cheapest means of conveyance both to the coast and internally. This would overcome one of the chief difficulties in the competition of Indian with American cotton. We are therefore gratified to see that the " Ma dras Irrigation and Canal Company" is now fully organised—that it is incorporated by Act of Par liament—and that upon its first million of capital now proposed to be created, the Secretary of State for India in Council has guaranteed a minimum interest of 5 per cent.---all surplus profits being divided between the company and the Government. This was the plan originally proposed, and which we cordially supported. The guarantee is nominal on the part of the Government, since it will cer tainly be a large gainer ; it is, however, substantial to the company, since persons seeking investment know very well the trustworthiness of the Govern• ment, but can generally know little of the merits of Indian works. The works of this kind (too few), which the Government itself has executed, have been almost incredibly profitable ; some have paid 100 per cent., and the average has been 53 per cent. on the capital invested. The Government, however, with its deficient revenue, has not the requisite funds, and commercial com panies offer just the means to supply them. We are not much in the habit of recommending commercial companies, but a bona fide company for enriching India by good investments for ourselves, has more than a commercial claim on us. And, having satisfied ourselves of its commercial merits, we may, and do honestly, recommend it, from the higher considerations of State policy and justice to India. .so,tty m .Po . • . ' • h i ~ ;4: 7' • r 3l 0 S - 2) IT THEwSUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1859. THE DRAMA AT MALTON. At a recent meeting of the Literary Institute of this town, the question arose as to whether the hall might in future be let for theatrical representa tions. Mr. Copperthwaite, Lord Fitz william's agent and representative, justly supported his own aff s_na tive view of the matter, but was violently opposed by the Rev. J. Walker, who took upon himself, in the most reprehensible terms, to abuse a profession about which he knows nothing at all, and made a series of statements too ignorant and false to be worthy of refutation. The theatre has recently been, during the period of the season, efficiently , conducted by Mr. Walter Shelley, and the " be speaks" have been numerous and influential ; after its conclusion, the appointments were allowed to remain, in order to afford the Elocutionary Class of the Institute an opportunity of giving a series of amateur performances, in projecting which its members employed both industry and ingenuity ; but the parsons were on the alert, and after strenu ous efforts succeeded in putting down the attempt. Why do not Mr. Walker and his coadjutors attend to their special duties, and leave the recreations of the inhabitants to their own control ? Their interfer ence is impertinent and uncalled for, and should— and doubtless will be—strenuously resisted. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 31. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, her Royal Highness the Princess of Leiningen, and his Serene High ness the Prince of Leiningen dined with her Majesty yesterday. Colonel the Hon. R. Bruce, Major Loyd Lindsay, and the Ray. C. F. Tarver had the honour to be included. The band of the 2d Life Guards was in attendance, and performed during dinner the Overture—" Oberon" Weber. Selection—" Italiana in Algieri" Rossini. Walz—" Water Sprite" Coote. Cavatina—" Robert le Diable" Meyerbeer. Polka—" Louis-d' or" Schroder. Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the drawing-room the Overture—" Emeline" Herold. Romance—" Joseph" Der Gruss im Alpenlande Chorus—" Nachtlag,er " Couplets et Air de Danse—" Gustave" Auber. The Queen and Prince Consort walked in tho Home Park this morning, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at Frogmore. _ _ The Prince of Wales rode out on horseback, attended by Major Loyd Lindsay. WINDSOR, JAN. 1. The following visitors arrived yesterday afternoon, and dined with her Majesty in the evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary (attended by Lieut.-Col. Purves), the Duke of Cambridge (attended by Col. Tyrwhitt), and the Earl of Malmesbury and Lady Victoria Noel. The party also included their Royal Highnesses the Prince of 'Wales, the Princess Alice, the Princess of Leiningen, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, Col. the Hon. R. Bruce, and Major Loyd Lindsay. Her Majesty's annual distribution of food and clothing to about 700 poor persons of the Windsor and Clewer parishes took place to-day in the riding-house of the Castle. A performance of choral music was given in St. George's Hall, in the evening, by an orchestra of nearly 150 per- formers. The first part consisted of Mendelssohn's overture to " Athalie ;" the Preludium and Benedictus in Beethoven's Mass in D (the violin obligate being played by M. Re menyi, solo violinist to her Majesty) ; and the finale to " Der Freischutz, ' commencing with the chorus— " See, 0 see, the shot his bride hath struck." The second part comprising " The May Queen," a pas toral composed by William Sterndale Bennett, Mus. Prof. Cantab, to words by Henry F. Chorley. The solo vocalists were Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Las celles, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Whiffen; Mr. Smythson, and Mr. Weiss. Mr. Sims Reeves sang the air, " 0 meadow clad in early green." Miss Louisa Pyne, as the May Queen, sang the solo— " With the carol in the tree And the blooming of the lea, And the riot of the bee, Is my merry reign begun." Mr. Weiss, as Robin'Hood, sang the ballad— "'Tis jolly to hunt in the bright moonlight, When a man can couch in the six-foot fern I And the cold crisp air of the autumn night Makes the outlaw's faggot more clearly burn. After prayers (Heaven bless him !) the fat rod priest Talks big of his park as he sits at his feast; There is not an abbot, from sea to sea, But keepeth the best of his deer for me I" Lord Colville and Lieutenant-Colonel Ponsonby have succeeded Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood and Captain Du Plat as equerries in waiting to the Queen and Prince Consort. Captain Grey Eas succeeded Major Loyd Lindsay (Scots Fusilier Guards) as equerry in waiting to the Prince of Wales. THE MINISTRY,—Lord Derbyitm ains at. his seat, Knowsley Hall. Mr. Spencer Walpole has returned to his residence at Ealing, from Cambridge. General Peel is staying at his residence at Twickenham. Lord Malmes bury is the guest of the Queen at Windsor Castle. The other members of the Cabinet are expected to reassemble in town on Monday week, for the purpose of determining the period for the meeting of Parliament. The Ministers have all been summoned to return to town from their Christmas holidays for the 10th inst. S:itortly after this date a preliminary Cabinet will be held, at )7hich the date for the. meeting of Parliament will be fixed. This will be submitted to the Queen, and her Ma jesty will then Hold a Privy Council, and give her formal sanction to the arrangement.—Court Journal. We have very good reason to believe that the Emperor Alexander 14;11 visit our Court about the month of May. Our Queen and his Imperial Majesty are well acquainted, Alexander having visited this country as Cesarovitch a year or two after his father, the late Emperor. —Court Journal. His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess de Bernstorff arrived in town, on Saturday, from visiting the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, at the Grove, near Waterford. The Marquis of Bath is passing the season at Longleate, where his lordship will receive his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge and a select circle during the prasent week. The Countess of Lichfield was confined of a son on the 29th ult., at the Marquis of Abercorn's seat, Barons court, Ireland. Her ladyship and the child are both going on well. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and. Mrs. Disraeli have returned to Grosvenor-gate, from Torquay. Letters were received in town on Saturday, from Lord Palmerston, written in his own hand, dated Friday, from St. Giles, Dorsetshire,. where his lordship is on a visit, which make no mention of any accident, as stated, on the authority of a private letter, by the Paris Const:. tutionnel. HEALTH OF THE EARL OF CHARLEVILLE.—We have authority to state that the Right Hon. the Earl of Charleville has been . pronounced to be convalescent, and that he is now rapidly progressing towards recovery. This is an announcement which will afford very great and gene raL satisfaction throughout this and the adjoining counties, his lordship being deservedly respected and esteeined..— /al g's County Chronicle. THE BURIAL PITS OF THE SLAIN AT MARSTON MOOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN SlR,—Without straining a - point in figurative phraseology, we may premise that the mantles of Hippocrates and 2Esculapius, which have descended upon the medical faculty of the land we live in, are of a texture combining the softness of gossamer and the toughness of whit leather ; that, instead of waxing old as a garment, whether burnished by the brush or scoured by the wear and tear of time, they receive an everlasting novelty of nap and an undying plethora of polish, before which the pana ceaic pretensions of the Nicol paletot pale, and before which the symmetrical " blocks" supporting the matchless mantles of modern Moses hide their diminished heads, " bow abashed, and show their face no more." 'T were going beyond bounds and out of place here to attempt to chronicle the signs and graces of the medical catechism ; suffice it to say that although pharmacopceists coming the " table-rapping dodge" on our ribs can hold cate chetic communion with the imps of consumption, and call spirits from the mighty deep of decline ; although the outer man as well as the "female form divine" vapours in therapeutic baths, be lieving in the modern multiplication of the blessings of the Pool of Bethsaida ; still the trite axiom, of " prevention better than cure" remains indelibly written in the popular pharmacopoeia of common sense. Without another word of preface, let me, in these days of sanatorial progression, state " facts, which are stubborn things," namely, that the mal-odorous debris of animal matter, and especially of human bodies, may be (pardon the phrase) subterraneanally bottled up and hermetically sealed for more than a couple of centuries in a clay soil, and afterwards let loose; as from Pandora's box, upon the world. In confirma tion whereof, I turn at once to the burial pits of the slain at Marston Moor, in the Ainsty of the county of York, and without touching upon the tug of war between Old Noll and his Round heads and Rupert with his Cavaliers, A.D. 160, I shall simply mention that once upon a time (213 years after the battle ; consequently little more than one year ago), with a view to relieve a large waterlogged district, it became pre eminently necessary to drive a large leading drain at considerable depth right through Marston Moor. Instructions were given to avoid not only the 'tu muli as indicated in the old maps of the district, but also the legendary localities of sepulture. However, Incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Cha rybdi»2, and long before the completion of the work the navvies came upon the Golgotha of the battle-field. There was nothing for it but to go ahead. To make a detour in the drainage either to the right or left would certainly have been " to go farther," and probably "to fare worse." I quote from the statement (confirmed by numerous witnesses) of the intelligent foreman of the work : —" We cut twelve yards long and about eight feet wide, through the grave, and found most bodies about four feet from the surface, but I consider that we got to the bottom of it, as we took two draws' (diggings) through it after, and the ground be low seemed untouched. At one place bodies, about 20 or 25 of them, were laid one over the other in all directions and postures—the form of many were left in the clay. At this place there was much of a sort of deposit that looked like soot, not slime, but damp ; the smell at first was intolerable, and could be felt at some distance ; it was so bad the men could only work short spells." The skulls had preserved their shape, but crumbled away wlen exposed to the air. One poor fellow's passport to eternity was picked up by the foreman, He says —" There was a bullet in one skull, which dropped out when the skull fell to pieces ; the bones, especially the large ones, did not crumble away, but were very brittle when touched with the spade. The teeth were quite perfect, and many of them taken away by the drainers." This is - true with regard to the teeth which were soundat the time of death, but the carious teeth in many jaws gave un mistakeable evidence that toothache was in the ascen dant and dental surgery at a discount in those days. Without moralising:at this present moment, I think it fortunate for us thin-skinned, susceptible mem bers of society that we have native navvies who are ready to pay, and, pro bono publico, to:navigate a channel through nausea itself—who, without wait ing for patent perfumes and pastilles, and those powerful antiseptics which last season barely sufficed to prevent Father Thames poisoning both Houses of Parliament, can in an emergency hit upon and extemporise primitive and effectual antidotes—man , fully eschewing epidemic by chewing pigtail 'baccy, igniting and blowing a cloud of the same weed, and possibly going practically and a little beyond the behests of theoretically bashful patrons of ' nut -brown ale. In the mode of inter ment adopted on that day, the formularies of parish sexton had necessarily been dispensed with, and that the rule of clumsy, and the principle of higgledy-piggledy," had been substituted there ' and then, as the sine qua non of human sepulture, is demonstrated by the discovery of skeletons in positions totally at variance with all the most ap proved attitudes of pose plastique—nay, in postures which eclipse the feats of the most celebrated con tortionists of our own remarkably refined age ; and, at the risk of shocking the feelings of the extremely sensitive, it may be mentioned that the positions of skeletons almost verged upon the grotesque; and one navvy, who had not taken a high degree in moralising, nor carried off honours in melancholy in the school of Jaques, thus heralded his dis covery to his companion " Blow me, Bill, if ere arn't another old skeleton a stunning on 'is 'ed." The writer aspires not to that adroitness of pen which adorns " a tale ;" but perhaps he may hereafter presume, in quoting the mal-odours of Marston Moor, to point a moral, should such preceedings as turning metropolitan churchyards' topsy-turvy, and harrowing up the soil of the national necropoli of densely populous neighbourhoods be persisted in. Let us hope, however, that no such moral need be evoked ; for, in turning to sanitary generalities, we find Sir J. Bull has lately established sanitary races, and given handsome stakes to be contended for, not only on his country estates, but also in " famous London town," in which scampering scavengers and all sorts of stipendiary sanitary jocks, bedi zened in native green, and armed with legislative blunderbuss, " ride tilt" on the rough-shod official hock, scattering their enemies to the winds. Wind mills furl your sails, lest a worse thing befal you than another Quixotic tournament ! In the mind's eye 'tis seen how such racers, " handicapped," with bells to boot, draw up, impatient for the " Burst, Each determined to ride, each resolved to be first," over small stenches and stagnations, nevertheless baulking at Father Thames, panting like " Pussey's mortal foes, When, pop I she starts before their nose." But don't stand gaping and staring there, yokels, as at greyhounds held in a leash ; these are men, all honourable men, set together by the ears. Stand aside, simpletons! hold your jaw, Chaw bacon !—" a clear course, and no favour," for Sir J. B u 11's Sanitary 0 missioners, as you ignorantly call them ; each "Rides a race, 'Tis for a thousand pounds." According to an exploded vulgar adage, there was something said about shutting the stable door when the steed was stolen ; but, in these delectable days of detectives, that's a trifle—nil desperandum. True, Pandora has opened the lid of her box ; but mind your eye, Malady, though you always do con trive "to steal a march" by getting a premature start, for sanitary sapience, like " Post-boy, scampering in the rear, Has raised the Hue and Cry." Achievements of a soul—and even of a stomach —stirring nature are said to be continually con summated, and though 'tis not always the pace, but the stench, " which kills," yet even the most sceptical has proof to demonstration—nay, even tape ad nauseam—of the fleetness of the sanitary race along the course of the " Fleet drain," and in the peaceful " walk over" of pestilence at Windsor. —Yours, &c., ANTISEPTIC. SPORTING NOTES. THE BEGINNING. The Chester Cup entries, in an incomplete form, have been placed before the public. Both the Messrs. Weatherby and Mr. Johnson will doubtless have power to add to the number which Mr. Tophain has already published. From the list re ceived this morning, no important omission of the horses which have been backed are ' perceptible. Drogheda, who won all his engagements in Ire land in first-rate style, and who is in looks every inch a race-horse, is amongst the nominations. Experience, however, teaches me that horses that are flyers at the Curragh can scarcely win a £5O Plate in England. Indian Warrior and other Irish importa tions may be indicated to support my statement. The Derby favourites are also in, and Mr. Topham's estimate of their comparative ability will be anti cipated with much curiosity, as his judgment is most trustworthy, and the weights which he will put on the candidates for the Blue Riband will guide many persons as to their speculations on the great Epsom event. Musjid and Marionette are included in the list. Aston, who is popularly ex pected to do a good thing one day is also entered. The entry for the " Grand National" is quite up to the mark, and for both events a handicap framed with impartiality and care may be expected. When the nominations in their entirety are placed before us, I will extend my remarks on the prospects of the racing season-1859. A FRESH MAN. January 3, 1869. MANCHESTER STEEPLECHASE, SATURDAY. A Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sous each, 1 ft, with £25 added; second to save his stake; the winner of any hurdle race, or steeplechase, after December 20, at ten a.m., 71b extra. About two miles. 18 subs. Mr. R. Bayley's Wee Willie, 6 yrs, lOst 51b(J.Kendall) 1 Mr. Bretherton's Reveille, aged, 9st 51b (F. Page) 2 Mr. T. Cliff's Sobieski, 4 yrs, 9st 51b (W. White) 3 The following also ran:—Roscommon, Toddy, Sans Culotte, and Walterstown. Betting-6 to 4 agst Wee Willie, 5 to 1 agst Walters town. Speculation was principally between one and the field. The race for the last half mile was almost entirely between Wee Willie and Reveille, the former winning easily by two lengths; Sobieski was beaten half a length from Reveille ; Roscommon was fourth, Toddy fifth, both beaten off; Walterstown and Sans Culotte walked in. The hurdles were all tolerably taken throughout the race. The Trial Handicap of 3 soya each, 1 ft. with 20 soya added; second to save his stake, About one mile. 14 subs. Mr. Wood's Little Girl, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Lomas) 1 Mr. J. L. Manby's Diemont, 6 yrst, 9st (Leake) 2 Mr. T. Cliff's Lady Abbess, 3 yrs, Est 41b.... (Pritchard) 3 The following also ran :—The Dwarf, Cheval de Bronze, Inniskillin, Little Emma, and Weatherwise. Betting.-5 to 2 agst Little Emma, 3to 1 agst Diemont, 4to 1 agst Lady Abbess, and 6 to 1 agst Weatherwise. Won in a canter by a length ; the same distance between the second and third ; nothing else was near ; Little Emma fell three-quarters of a mile from home. The winner was objected to, but the objection was eventually overruled. The City Steeple Chase (Handicap) of 5 sows. eaeh, 1 ft, with 40 sous added ; the winner of any steeple chase or hurdle race, after December 20, at 10 a.m., to carry 71b extra ; second to save his stake. About three miles and a half. 25 subs. Mr. Pardoe's Wheatland, 6 yrs, 9st 9lb .... (W. White) 1 Mr. Ford's Bon Vivant, aged, lOst 91b.... (Nightingale) 2 Mr. J. L. Manby's Kibworth Lass, aged, lOst 61b (B. Land, jun.) 3 Mr It. Bayley's Wee Willie, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b .. (Kendall) 4 The following also ran:—Young Magnet, Milkmaid, Glautias, Orkousta, Walterstown, mare by Vortex, Free and Easy. Betting-5 to 2 agst Glautias, sto 1 agst Wheatland, 5 to 1 agst Young Magnet, and 7 to 1 each agst Bon Vivant and Milkmaid. _ _ A good start was made, the mare by Vortex jumped off with the lead, Walterstown second, Bon Vivant third, and Milkmaid next. The lot non became scattered. After running about three-quarters of a mile Glautias took the third place. Upon passing the bottom turn, the Vortex mare came down, Bon Vivant taking up the lead. At this point Young Magnet ran out, and Glautias soon after ran on the wrong side of a post, and was out of the race. Bon Vivant went on with the running until reaching the last fence but one, when he was headed by Wheatland, who went in an easy winner by six lengths, by Lass was beaten six lengths from the second, Wee Willie was a bad fourth. Walterstown and Milkmaid were the only others that passed the post. It was a tailing race from end to end. ENTRIES FOR TH Age .. 4 3 5 EET U rle n eel d iaPp e nas ind Olympias. 3 Petra Polly Peachum 4 Prioress Press Forward 3 Faugholim 3 Fearful Fright Far West Sedbury 4 Fisherman 6 Laodamia Tiara Broadbrim 3 Timandra Drogheda Special License 5 Dispute King of the Isles 5 Meg Merrilies Peeress Lord of Lom 4 Cawood Saunterer Gouvieux Simpleton Pensioner Aston 3 Adelaide 3 Aysgarth Amsterdam Jordan Independence King William Ditto Daniel Ducrow Dutchman's Daughter ... 3 Lovett Martha Molly Carew 3 Nosegay 3 Barbarity Belle Burgomaster 3 Blackthorn Botany Borderer 4 Colt by Flying Dutchman E CHESTER CUP. Aga Palm Leaf .... Miss Digby Rara Avis 3 Northumberland Duchess 3 Sam Spode 4 Gladiolus 3 Paul Jones . Ronconi 4 Raspberry 3 Mar seillaise 3 Vanity .. Longrange . 4 Cock-a-doodle. doo.. 4 Go-a-head 4 Me g . 3 Uralian Queen Charlotte ... 3 King of the Gipsies 6 Supple Jack Tournament 5 Mr. Sykes a Wouvermans . Filly by Orlando, out of Gaze . 3 Bumble Bee i Nassau Black Tommy Rio 5 Commodore .. 3 Yorkshire Grey .. . a Australian Maid Musjid ... Syria Shuffle .... Southampton 3 Trumpeter 3 Stapleton Fleet. Rogerthorpe Gorcehill . . 4 Trovatore Cagliostro.. Mitraille 4 The Dane Christmas Pie 3 Wrestler...... Pan 3 Barometer 3 Colt by Orlando out of the Broom 3. Marine Pole Star a Blue Jacket 5 Royal Sovereign 4 Grillade a Scribbler .. 4 Bastion Highwayman Satinstone 4 Birmingham 3 Gala colt 4 The Brewer .. 6 Villikins White Hart .... 3 East Langton.. 4 Old Point 3 Clara Webster 3 • Gildermire 4 Ellerdale's dam filly . 3 Griselda 3 Physician Compromise. 4 Custme The Argosy . 4 Solomon 3 Bankrupt 3 Precious Stone Broadlands 4 Tunstall Maid Heir at. Law 3 Hal o' Kirklees.... 3 Flitch 3 Rocket Queenstown Arsenal out of 111eariee Bird in Hand 5 Ravenstonedale Shafto 3 Bellona F. M. The Duke of Duty 4 Coroner Turned Loose 4 Production.. 3 Hobgoblin 5 Matlas Marionette Lifeboat 4 Margery Daw 3 Knight of Kars Roman Candle Hydromel Melissa Fadladeen Old Robert.. Mutineer .. 3 Palmister Wilton Bevis Timon Portia 3 Woman in Black 3 Worcester 5 Julia Tattler . 5 Lazy Lass 5 Riseber ENTRIES FOR THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE Ingomar, Fearless, Greyling, Little Bon, Bon Vivant, Daring Ranger, Greencastle, Jealousy, Sir Robert, Whist ling Willie, Flatcatcher, Huntsman, Fox, Glautias, Barney Williams, Wee Willie, Spread, Half-caste, Jean du Quesne, Orkousta, Cladius, Escape, Black Bess, Gibraltar, Coram, Franc Picard, Horniblow, Shylock, and Miss Pranks. NAILS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND. The Government of Newfol a contract with the Atlantic R Company for the conveyance o vessels proceeding direct from for Newfoundland (including present route via Halifax) will the evening of the following Fr viz. :-- undland having entered into Loyal Mail Steam Navigation mails once a month by steam i Galway to St. John's, mails those to be conveyed by the 1 be made up at this office on -idays during thepresent year, July 15. January 7. January 14. February 4. February 11. March 4. March 11. April 1. , April 8. April 22. April 29. May 6. May 20. May 27. June 3. June 17. June 24. July 1. Ju/i/ 22. July 29, August 12. August 19. August 26. September 9. September 16. September 23. October 7. October 14. October 21. November 2. IVorenzber 11. November 18. December 2. _December 9. • On the days printed in italics the mails will be forwarded by way of Galway, from which port the packets will sail on the afternoon of the days following. On the other days men tioned the mails will be despatched via Liverpool and Hali fax as heretofore. _ _ By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary, General Post Office, Jan, 1, 1859, LATEST NEWS. AUSTRALIA. ALEXANDRIA, DEC. 25. The Emeu has arrived with the Australian mails and gold valed at £60,041. The dates of intelligence are :—Sydney, Nov. 11; Melbourne, Nov. 16. A bill to increase the number of members had passed the Victoria House of Assembly. The electric telegraph was in operation between Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide. Wool sales had commenced ; in grease, 9d. to 10Zd. ; scoured, 2s. Trade, especially import, very dull. Exchange for 60 days' sight was at par. The shipments of gold to England are :—Oct. 27, the Blackwall, for London, with 80,589 ounces ; Nov 7, the Donald M'Kay, for Liverpool, with 34,396 ounces; on the 14th, the Swiftsure, for London, with 84,775 ounces. The second reading of the Chinese Emigration Bill has been rejected by the Upper House of New South Wales. The receipts of wool at Sydney were very light. Buyers were cautious and prices uncertain. Tallow was firm. Exchange at 60 days' sight purchased at 1 dis count; sold at 1 premium. MARSEILLES, SAN 2. The Panther arrived at 6 p.m., and will be out of quarantine at 2 p.m. on the 3d. The Bombay and Australian mails leave for Lon don at 10 this (Sunday) evening. INDIA. The following telegram from Acting Consul- General Green was received at the Foreign-office at 11 p.m. on Saturday : ALEXANDRIA, DEc..25, 1858. The steamer Bombay arrived at Suez from Bom bay on the 21st, with dates to the 9th. The steamer Emeu also arrived at Suez on the 21st from Australia. The amnesty is slowly but surely thinning the ranks of the rebels; and there is good reason for believing that the whole country will be restored to peace without much additional bloodshed. On the 4th Nov. a force, commanded by Lord Clyde in person, having marched 61 miles in 60 hours, completely defeated Bene Mando Singh and a large army of rebels, at Dudeca Klara, nearly opposite Suttehpoor ; the enemy was driven out of the dense jungle, and afterwards chased for miles by guns and cavalry ; their loss was enormous ; many were drowned in the Ganges. Bene Mando fled down the river Oomrao. Singh escaped towards the Cawnpore road. The rabble threw away their arms and fled to the steep ravines in which the Younksy abounds. Bene Mando is said now to be at Doleemou Ghat, on the Ganges. On the 28th Nov. the Commander-in-Chief arrived at Lucknow ; the health of our troops is said to be excellent. On the 21st Nov. General Grant recrossed the Goomtee ; the rebels, in considerable numbers, disputed the passage, but were forced to fly with great loss ; six of their guns were taken. Tantia Topee continues to avoid the ingenuity of his pursuers. GENOA, lAN. 1. Owing to an interruption in the communication; the remainder of the message cannot be forwarded to-day. The following continuation of telegram from Mr, Consul-General Green, was received at the Foreign office yesterday at 4 p.m. : MALTA, DEC. 30, 1858 He is said to have entered Guzerat. The Bombay Gazette announces the death of General John Jacob, on the 6th Dec., from an attack of brain fever. A. FANSHAWE, Vice-Admiral. THE BRAZILS AND RIVER PLATA MAILS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : LISBON, lAN. 2. The steamer Tyne arrived here with dates from Rio Janeiro to the 11th December. Nothing important from La Plata and Brazils. The yellow fever has not re-appeared. Coffee at Rio was dealt in at 4,700 to 4,800 reis for good first. Stock, 100,000 bags. Exportation from the,9th to the 30th November, 194,200 bags, of which 51,600 for the Channel, and 22,000 for the Mediterranean. Expoitation during the first ten days in December, 39,798 bags, of which 12,173 for the Channel. Exchange on London, 271 27 ; Paris, 358 360 ; Hamburg, 675 680. At these rates, drafts to the amount of £700,000 have been negotiated for the Tyne. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 1. The Presse d' Orient publishes a summary of the instructions which had been dispatched by the Porte to Cabouli Effendi at Belgrade, according to which the Skouptschina had no right to depose the Prince Alexander. The Porte proposes the nomination of a Kai makan in the person of the President of the Senate, or a Kaimakanie composed of the members of the Ministry of Servia. The Senate would then express to the Porte the wishes of the Servians concerning the forfeiture of the rights of Prince Alexander, and the nomination of a new Hospodar would take place exactly as it happened at the time of the fall of Prince Milosch in 1839. PARIS, JAN. 3. The Constitutionnel of this day publishes the following telegram from Constantinople, dated the Ist January. " The electors in Moldavia have been nominated, They are all Conservatives with the exception of four. " Prince Michael Stourza has chances which render his election as Hospodar almost certain. " Thirty Servian deputies have departed for Bucharest to fetch Prince Milosch. The Vienna papers, on the contrary, state that Milosch is still at Vienna. MADRID, lAN. 1. Government has declared in Congress its inten tion to protest against the offensive supposition (hypothese) of Mr. Buchanan, President of the United States, that Spain will ever sell Cuba. Don Olozaga moved a resolution of adherence to this declaration of Government, which was unani mously approved of. MADRID, JAN. 2. The semi-official Correspondancia Autographa announces that vessels with cargoes of grain will be admitted into Spanish ports free of duty, pro vided it is proved that the vessels have left the ports where the cargoes were shipped before the 31st December. TURIN, JAN. 2. The Grand Duke Constantine has left for ['alermo, and the Duke of Modena for Vienna. The Commander-in-Chief of the Parmese troops ias gone to Verona, in order to assist at the mili ary Congress. Letters from Milan received here confirm that great agitation is reigning there and daily alter cations and quarrels take place between the Ita lians and Austrians. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. At a levee held yesterday, the Emperor told the Austrian Minister, M. Hubner, that he regretted theiwelations (rapports) were so bad, but that his sentiments for the Emperor of Austria were the same as ever; and rumour adds that Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, went up subsequently to Hubner, and said to him, " I suppose I must not give you my hand after that." The words were spoken with a much more emphatic tone of voice and animated gesture than the Emperor generally employs, and reminded some of the listeners of a scene between the First Consul and the English Ambassador of that day, previous to the rupture of the Treaty of Amiens. They are commented upon in various ways in all circles where politics are the topic ; and. in the higher financial regions where they are known they have produced an effect which is diffi cult to exaggerate. It is well known that the Emperor keeps the greatest guard over himself, and never allows an unguarded expression to reveal his real thoughts; but it is certain that on this oc casion he betrayed a vivacity which could not pass unnoticed by the Diplomatic Corps. If the Bourse was open to-day no doubt the effect would be severely felt. For the last two or three months negotiations have been going on between Austria and France on the subjeci of Italy. The Emperor expresses himself very anxious that re forms should be introduced there, and particularly in the Roman States. The Austrian Government has been urged to use its influence with the Pope and the King of Naples for that purpose ; and the Emperor Napoleon has agreed to the with drawal of the French troops from Rome on con dition that the Austrians should also evacuate the pliv.es they hold. On both those points the greatest opposition is met from Austria ; though it is a fact beyond dispute that the Italians are more discontented than ever with their rulers ; more inflamed than ever with hatred against Austria, which no merits of her representatives or her generals will ever mitigate; and as ready as ever to rise against those they look upon as their tyrants. Whatever be the real motives of the Emperor Napoleon—whether he finds that the continued occupation of Rome exposes him to odium on the part of the Italians, or from whatever other views,—he is fully aware of this exasperated feeling, and of the consequences which may follow, and which, perhaps, he would wish to prevent. In the midst of all this comes the Servian complication, and the probability of an Austrian occupation there also. This, it appears the Emperor Napoleon most decidedly set his face against. He will listen to no occupation, except-a joint one, in Servia, and under the authorisation of the Powers who signed the Treaty of Paris. We have every day new ac counts of the offrvescence that prevails in Italy, and the sympathy which Sardinia shows to the dis- contented, as well as of what is passing in Servia. All this has produced its effect on the Emperor's mind ; and thus, notwithstanding his habitual re serve, he could not but show it yesterday when the representative of Austria stood before him. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. The Trieste Gazette publishes the following as Mr. Gladstone's speech to the Bishop of Cepha lonia : " I esteem and appreciate the generous senti ments of this intelligent people in favour of its nationality and of its union with its Greek brethren ; however, this is a point which does not depend upon the English Government alone, but also on the Powers. I can affirm to you that my Government and myself are animated with the most sincere wishes for an improvement in the condition of the lonians, and the object of my mission is that such improve ment may prepare the union which appears decreed by Prvidence. If the Republic of the Seven Islands was the only Greek country subject to a foreign domination my nation might be induced to make great sacrifices ; but the inhabitants of Thes saly, Epirus, and Candia, who desire, like the lonians, to be united to their brothers of free Greece, are subject to a foreign Power. For this reason the lonians ought to • limit themselves to possible desires, and accept the reforms offered by the Queen." THE PACIFIC. By the arrival at Southampton of the West India mail steamer Atrato we have received files of the Panama Star and .Herald to the 9th December. Her Majesty's ship Vixen, Captain Lambert, sailed for Central America on the Bth, with Sir Wm. Gore Ousdley, British Minister to the Central American States, on board. The north winds set in at Panama on the night of the 6th, and the dry season was expected to have fairly commenced. The steamship New - Granada, Capt. Hill, from Callao, arrived in Panama Bay on the morning of the 7th. Her dates were—Valparaiso, Nov. 16 ; Callao, 26; Paita, 29 ; and Guayaquil, Dec. 1. The Chilian Congress opened an extraordinary session on the 7th Nov., to consider the budget and other measures. Both the Government and Opposition parties mustered strong, and some warm debates took place. A dreadful' conflagration, which took place on the 13th of November, destroyed a large part of the city of %Valparaiso, causing damage to the amount of nearly 3,000,000 dols., of which 1,726,000 dols. was covered by insurance. The entire range of buildings from the Pasaje Edwards through the Plaza del Orden to the Quebrada de San Juan de Dios was burnt, and an immense amount of valu able property destroyed. The fire originated in the Union Club about 10 o'clock in the morning, the wind was blowing fresh and heavy rain fell during the entire time the flames raged. Unfortu nately some of the firemen lost their lives in their endeavours to check the fire, and a number of per sons were also seriously injured. Trade at Valparaiso was reported as unusually dull. From Peru there is not much news. The Act of general indemnification to all persons, as also a full pardon to all political persons excepting Luis Lomar, only awaited the President's s igna t ure to become law. Th e Bill authorising the President to raise 15,000 men to conduet the war against Ecuador had passed, and the rec ru iti ng stat i ons had been opened, but with little success, and the Government would, it was said, have to resort to conscription to raise the necessary number. The American ships that were seized by the Govern.. ment at Patallion de Pira were being fitted up as transports. The Lizzie Thompson was pierced for six guns, and the Georgiana for two ; they Were to conve y troops to Ecuador. ' A proposition had been brought before the present Congress in favour of selling the guano at the Chincha Islands at the rate of 30 dols. per ton, to be delivered alongside the slip, and to be sold to any one who might wish io purchase. The above pro. position Iva. referred to a committee, who had reported favourably on the bill. General Echenique had issued a circular in Bolivia, where he still remained, assuring his friends of the aid of the President Linares towards carry out his revolutionary movement against the Castilla Government. Ecuador continued blockaded by Peru, the mail steamers being the only vessels allowed to enter or clear from Guayaquil. No attempt at war had yet been made beyond blockading, although the Ecua dorians appeared to be rapidly raising an army to repel the forces of Peru. A letter from Guayaquil, of the Ist of December, says :—" There are very few vessels in the river, a French corvette of war, a Spanish baque, the Rosa Carmen, laden with cocoa, which is not allowed to leave port: two Ecuadorian schooners,, a Russi an ship which has come in to be repaired, the Spanish brig llernan Cortes, waiti ng f or b etter times ; the French ship Bolivia, which returned a few days ago, having run aground in endll'avouring to get out to sea. 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