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• • -- . Alter which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN; or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap. Messrs. G. Belmore, H. Drayton, G. Weston. Master Percy itoselli ; Misses Hazlewood, A. Thomson, E. Falconer, Pantomimists, Messrs. H. Boleno, C. Lauri, Corraacii, Saville, Miss Morgan, and Madame Boleno. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and 3lansg - a., Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, BROTHER SAM Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Compton ; Mesdames NOV Moore, Snowden, ac. To be followed by ORPIIEUS IN THE HAYMARKET Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Bartleman, Weathersby, &o. ; Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Woolgar, Howard, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevot, &c. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- tinder the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Tins EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Mr. H. Widdicomb. After which, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr. Fichter; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin, J. H. Fitzpatrick, D. 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Mr. Phelps, Mrs. Hermarn Vccin, ,Scc. . _ _ 6.7ei , Migt SUIT 1.4 LONDON, 'SATURDAY, JAN. 27, 186 G. The opinion seems to be gaining ground among the best qualified authorities that the cattle plague, which has now for so many months been desolating our herds and defying every remedy, is identical with smallpox, in the human being. If such is the case it enables us to understand several of the more striking and perplexing features of the disease, its virulent contagion, its dangerous and fatal nature, and its refusal to yield to any ordinary mode of treatment. The smallpox, unmitigated by vaccina tion, is known to be one of the most direful of the diseases to which the 'human frame is subject. Before Pr. JENNEII'S beneficent discovery it w as calculated that it Carried o ff arum ally one - eighth of the population, pl ay i ng the same part with a few generations back that consumption does in the present. One can scarcely take up a history or a biography of earlier days without finding the smallpox playing a conspi cuous part, while in the romances and poems of those days the smallpox was constantly introduced as a searching test of a lover's affection and constancy. Even at the present day we can see very painful evidence of the ravages which this terrible disease will commit if unchecked in the decimation and even the destruction of some tribes of the American Indians and other savage races. The smallpox, in Common with all other diseases that manifest them selves on the skin, is almost the most dangerous and deadly when it strikes inwards and fails to develops itself externally. Should the plague now affecting our cattle prove to be actually bovine smallpox, Ive Very little news is furnished by the West Indian, except that Mrs. GORDON had intended to leave for England, but had been persuaded to re main to learn the results of the sittings of the Commission. This was certainly a wise resolve on her part, for it would have been absurd and unreasonable for her to have followed the advice of Mr. BRIGHT, and appeared in this country to make preposterous demands for justice. It is stated that Dr. MAJOR was kept in ignorance of GORDON'S request that he should be called to prove that his absence from the vestry on the day of the disturb ances at Morant Bay was caused by illness ; but this is not at all likely to be an authentic account ; and, if the alleged illness were proved to be correct, it would not have altered the guilt of the accused. He was not condemned for his conduct at this particular period of the outbreak, but for his pre vious efforts in stimulating the blacks to revolt, and his seditious language and dangerous acts for some time previous. Other intelligence, of a far more important kind, may be expected when the American arrives, and then we shall doubtless be informed of some of the " initiatory measures" adopted by Sir lEXRY STORKS. Meanwhile we are enabled, by perusing the accounts already received, to form a very fair opinion as to the real state of the case, and to wonder more at the effrontery and perversity of those who persist in keeping up up the charges so hastily and unwarrantably made against Governor EYRE and his subordinates, as well as those «ho aided him by sea and land. The exertions of the Governor were very great, and he personally superintended all possible arrangements, rendered necessary for the safety of the inhabitants and the security of the island. Equal as he proved himself to be to the emergency, he nevertheless re peatedly expressed his regret at being compelled to make so many sacrifices of life in the cause of order; but, as he wisely added, no doubt such stern and decisive measures would in the end prove the most merciful, and prevent the spread of the outbreak in other directions. It seems strange that there should be found any one to dissent from the wisdom and propriety of such a course, and bad not prejudiced views and political purposes asserted their claims, it is not likely that we should have heard anything of the affair, except laudatory expressions concern ing the skill and sagacity of the Governor. As the lives of our fellow-subjects and the maintenance of the authority of the Sovereign are counted as nothing in certain quarters, it is as well to consider some of the circumstancs of tke case in waiting for the reply of the labours of the Commissioners. The more the accounts accumulate the more positive and direct appears to be the evidence against GORDON, and the more fully borne out and completely justified the decision of the court martial that condemned him. In order to arrive at anything like a correct opinion of the affair, it is absolutely necessary to consider all the circum stances of the case, and those who are the most vehement in condemning the Jamaica authorities for their severity continue to overlook the fact that the whole island was in a state of great danger, that menaces were numerous, and that those best qualified to judge were in expectation of an out break at no distant period. Signs and tokens were not wanting to show that the movement at Morant Bay, if premature in its appearance, was the signal for greater horrors, and a more widely-spread attack upon the whites, and accordingly all the efforts and energies of the authorities were wisely directed not only to put down those immediately in revolt, but to suppress any dangerous manifestations in all directions. That such a policy entailed measures of great severity is not to be wondered at by those who recognise the energy and appreciate the true condition of the island, but as there are none so deaf as those who will not hear, so it would seem that a certain party amongst us will keep up the contest to the end. The originators of this un-English and anti-national movement were not themselves at all a formidable body, but as for one reason and another they have contrived to en- List on their side some really influential allies, headed by the Prime Minister himself, it behoves all who value justice and respect fair play to see that all is done that possibly can be done to clear the reputation of those so basely assailed, and so unworthily calumniated. The matter might have been allowed to rest in the hands of the Commissioners, and we might in patience have awaited the result of their investiga tions being made public, and it suits the tactics of the faction and its abettors to lose no opportunity of giving hints and making innuendoes to the damage and detriment of those now upon their trial. Such a course need scarcely be dwelt upon, for in the minds of honest and honourable men it is beneath contempt ; but it is as well for all to be on their guard against the machinations and manoeuvres of such insidious opponents. Surely the general opinion expressed in Ja maica among all ranks and classes concern ing this GORDON ought to have great weight in this country. Men WhQ lead honest and peace- can therefore easily understand the fatality of the disease in these thick-hided animals in whom it can only show itself outwardly in the eyes and nostrils, &c. The diagrams of the interior parts of a cow slaughtered with the disease, which have been lately published, show red patches in the interior of the mouth, on the coats of the stomach, &c., which seem to indicate some affinity with an eruptive disease. At any rate, with the present alarming progress of the cattle plague, and in the unsatisfactory state of our knowledge about it, any well-supported theory deserves careful examination and further prudent experiment. With this conviction a gen tleman, Mr. TOLLEMACHE, of Dorfold, has recently been trying how far vaccination would protect his animals from the malignant influence of the rinder pest. His first experiment was with an Alderney calf which had been in close contact with affected animals, but in which, unfortunately, the infection proved irresistible. The calf died, and two other vaccinated cows are in an unsatisfactory condi tion, but Mr. TOLLE3IACHE is now making the experiment of inoculating two cows, which have been successfully vaccinated, so that we may consider the test fully applied to these animals, and shall be curious to learn the issue. It will be singular if the very animals to which we are indebted for our comparative immunity from the dreadful scourge of our ancestors should prove to suffer so extensively from it, but it is evident from the very fact of cow-pox preserving us from small-pox that there is some possible relationship between cattle and the small-pox. As the dis ease continues to spread with unchecked virulence in spite of all precautionary measures it would cer tainly be far more satisfactory if we could aim at curing it rather than at merely restricting it to cer tain places already infected. Indeed the number of places in which it has already appeared is testi fied by the number of public meetings throughout the country reported in almost every daily journal. That prevention is better than cure is a wise saying ; but should the vaccination theory prove sound, it will have the recommendation of filling both offices, pre venting the further spread of a disease which ap pears to defy restraint, and giving a chance of life to those animals already exposed to the danger. SUN, LUNDON, SATURDAY!, EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1866.- house,ltaking an umbrella with him. He wandered about the town the greater part of the night, when some policemen entertained suspicions about him, arising from their seeing a labouring man walking about on a fine night with an umbrella. He refused to say where he lived, and they arrested him as a rogue and vagabond. When taken to the station some questions were put to him, upon which he with great indifference confessed his crime. "As you must know everything," said he, " I am not a vagabond. I am better than that. I have just killed my mother with a chopper." The terrible decla ration, which was thought to be a joke, proved to be too true. The prisoner gave some further explana tions about the murder, and said his mother died without uttering a word. An incident is related to prove that the greatest criminals, however hardened in crime, are affected when confronted with their victims. Flarmoy's sister, a very respectable woman, had the evening before brought her mother some meat and two bottles of wine. When placed before his mother's corpse he seized one of the bottles and tried to kiss it in an attitude of venera tion, but the police prevented him. The mob were ready to kill him on his way to prison. An interment, which was very numerously at tended, has just taken place at Montmartre, that of Mrs. Egerton Smith. Mrs. Smith recently died at Neufchatel, in Switzerland, but, according to her last wish, her remains were brought to Paris to be interred there. Her daughters and son-in-law and many friends attended the funeral. Mrs. Smith was the widow of Mr. Egerton Smith, the founder of the Liverpool Mercury. The homage rendered in France to the widow of an English journalist proves forcibly that there is an entente cordiale be tween England and France in literature as well as in politics. The lioness which caused such sensation the other ' evening at the Cirque Napoleon has brought forth a lioness and two lions, all of which are very lively and in fall health. They are suckled by a dog. The lioness in question has long been noted for her ferocity. A short time ago she killed one of her keepers. Physiologists say that the mode of suckling has great influence upon the character of an animal. If this be so, these young ones will pro bably be as violent and vindictive as their mother, but nevertheless the proprietor has already received liberal offers for them from several quarters, with the idea of trying to bring them up as domestic animals, like cats for instance. Edmund Kean had a young lion which strolled about the house, and was very tame and caressing. As it grew up, how ever, and began to taste meat, its natural charac teristics began to manifest themselves, and Kean, thinking it likely to prove a dangerous companion, sold it to the late Mr. Cross, who then had a mena gerie at Exeter Change, exactly opposite to The Sun office. The late Marquis of Waterford had also a young pet lion, which also became too savage to keep in the house. The Emperor's speech was transmitted to Bor deaux in 30 minutes, to Brussels in 33 minutes, to Dover in 35 minutes, to Havre in 28 minutes, to Lille in 30 minutes, to Lyons in 13 minutes, to Metz in an hour, to Nantes in 28 minutes, to Rouen in 38 minutes, to Strasburg in 53 minutes, and to Toulouse in an hour. It may be well to explain that the speech was divided into four portions, and each portion transmitted simultaneously by four wires. An unusual occurrence, a military execution, has taken place at Lille. The culprit, Jacques Eyrard, a soldier of the 10th Regiment of the Line, was condemned to death for having, while in garrison at Amiens, stabbed his sub-lieutenant with a bayonet, for having imprisoned him for two days for misconduct. Eyrard met his fate with entire resignation, and was very attentive to his religious duties. He received the sacrament the night be fore, and was very calm and pious, expressing deep regret for the crime he had committed. The execu tion took place in the citadel, in the presence of a regiment of cuirassiers and a part of the 47th and 57th of the line. The prisoner marched resolutely and courageously to the spot. The drums beat, and the culprit kneeled and embraced the priest, the Abbe Delannoy, who was much more affected than he. An officer bandaged the eyes of the prisoner, but he tore off the bandage, and again embraced the priest. He took off his cap and kneeled before the platoon. The officer gave the signal, and Eyrard was dead instantaneously. The regiments defiled before the corpse by companies. ~ .~ The management of our casual poor has lately given rise to a good deal of discussion. In spite of the elaborate and costly establishments kept up in different parts of London, and in spite of the bur densome pressure of the poor-rates in many parishes, there have been within the last few years numerous deaths from absolute starvation and exposure in the streets of London. Such incidents were felt to be a disgrace to our wealthy metropolis, while the natural humanity of all classes was painfully affected by the knowledge that their, fellow-citizens might die in their very midst for want of the common necessaries of life as surely as in the centre of an African desert. The strong public feeling on the matter produced some necessary Reforms, and the Poor-law Minute respecting the absolute obligation of the guardians of every parish or union to shelter and feed casual paupers has undoubtedly done much good, but there is another aspect of the case which calls for attention. It seems that ruffians of all sorts obtain a shelter in the casual wards, and that, thanks to the want of proper supervision, they make what noise and carry on what sport they like, tyrannising over the quiet and orderly victims of misfortune, who are compelled to take refuge in these miserable wards. But it is less surprising that men of this class should avail themselves of the food and shelter which the guardians are compelled by law to give than that any modestly decent or respectable person should ever pass the night in a casual ward. If we are to judge by the ac counts given by more than one eye-witness, we should say that none except the absolute "roughs" would ever pay a second visit. According to a re port of the Stepney Union wards, which are in the old Ratcliffe Workhouse, and form the wards for the poverty-stricken neighbourhoods of Stepney, Shadwell, Limehouse, and Ratcliffe, the casual ward, it seems, consists of a sloping loft over a row of worksheds in the yard, which is reached by a ladder, and of course was not con structed for human habitation. On the floor of this loft are laid rows of bags stuffed with hay, and on these the " casuals" sleep naked, with an old blanket and rug over them. First, they are subjected to a bath, and then pass to their loft, which is probably supposed to compensate by want of ventilation for the coldness of sleeping naked after a bath ! Pos sibly the Stepney Guardians act on enlightened principles of political economy, and wish on Malthusian theories to get rid of the surplus popu lation ! We should not be surprised if Parlia ment thinks otherwise, and all our vestries are re- lieved of duties and responsibilities which they are either unwilling or incompetent to fulfil. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROJI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. The Moniteur publishes two decrees respecting the exchange of ratifications between France, Por tugal, and Greece, relative to the international telegraphic convention concluded at Paris on the 17th May, 1865. The despatches from Madrid state that Queen Isabella and the newly-born infant are both well. Accounts have reached Paris from Toulouse of the death of Baron La Gueronniere, Prefect of the Haute Garonne. He died suddenly from aneurism. The Baron was only 38. A question of great constitutional importance was discussed yesterday in the Corps Legislatif, whether a Senator could solicit the suffrages of the electors and become a Deputy. The point arose out of the election of Count Walewski for the depart ment of the Landes, when the report of the com mittee appointed to examine into the validity of that election was brought up. M. Jules Favre, M. Gar nier Pages, and M. Pelletan gave their opinion that such election was unconstitutional. M. Jules Favre expressed his astonishment that the head of the State should have chosen for President of the Legis lative Body M. Walewski, instead of selecting him from among the members of the majority, which would not have placed Count Walewski in a false position. M. Gamier Pages pursued the same line of argument, and said that the course adopted by M. Walewski in becoming a candidate for the Legislative Body without resigning his position as Senator had acted illegally. M. Rouher, Minister of State, contended that the election was perfectly legal and constitutional. The question, indeed, he said had been solved. When the hereditary peerage was abolished a certain number of the members of the Chamber of Peers, after taking the oaths, resigned their functions. Count Walewski has resigned before the verification of his powers, he had therefore acted both legally and constitutionally, and ac cording to the electoral law of Article 29. The objections of the Opposition would, in fact, re strict the liberty of universal suffrage. The ma jority of the Chamber approved of the report of the Commission, and declared that the election of Count Walewski was valid. A frightful crime has produced horror and con sternation at Nantes. A man named Pierrie Flar moy, nearly 40 years old, murdered his mother for the sake of being possessed of her little property. He lived with his mother, who is 70. Being a man of very dissolute habits, he was continually at the wineshop, and in his drunken fits he often expressed a wish that his mother would die. On Tuesday night he returned home intoxicated as usual, and the neighbours heard a violent altercation. At ten or eleven he got up and said he would go out again. His mother said she would prevent him, and tried to do so, upon which he seized a chopper and struck her a mortal blow on the temple. He also inflicted a terrible wound in the cheek. The wretch then took the keys, overturned the furniture, and ab stracted all the money he could find and left the able lives are not generally suspected of forming seditious plans, and the whole population of a place do not as with one voice condemn them, and de clare their share in the guilt of a murderous and desperate outlaw. When the proceedings at Morant Bay became generally known there was no dissen tient voice raised against those who pointed out GORDON as the origin of the outbreak and the ringleader in the affair. Thewhole of the magistrates declared his arrest was necessary, and when his subsequent trial led to his conviction and execution they were of the belief that his doom was a just one. It appears that GORDON himself declared his conviction that he would be found guilty when he heard of his impending trial. Another most im portant thing to bear in mind is that GORDON was tried by court-martial. This was rendered abso lutely necessary, owing to the disturbed state of things and the dangerous condition of the island. Of course justice is the same everywhere, whether in Jamaica or England—whether before a civil or a military tribunal, but the forms and ceremonies are different in one case from the other, and, above all, the proverbial dealings of the civil law are not met with in the administration of affairs under a martial system. The execution of GORDON cer tainly terrified the rebels, but no one has a right to infer that this was the object of the authorities, to the detriment of justice. The accused was arraigned upon a charge of high treason ; the most decisive proofs were given of his guilt, for which no defence was furnished, or extenuation made ; and we can not but consider that this unhappy man met with the just meed of his offences, and that those who condemned him to death were fully justified in so doing, for he was the originator and upholder of the outbreak. Johnston's Handy Royal Atlv. PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS. The magnificent Atlas, designed by Alexander Keith Johnston—known far and wide as TIIE ROYAL ATLAS of Modern Geography—has sug gested to its Proprietors a publication likely to be more widely popular, and qu i te wor th y o f being a rival to it in reputation. The title of the projected pendant, as it may be called, to the earlier, more costly, and more highly elabo rated production from which it thus emanates, as b T y he a ll a 2 s / o d r y t RoofyalaAftet/ra-st—hotuogibite given above. issued i in a serial form—in twelve monthly parts, each costing four shillings, so that the whole work when completed will be producible at less than half the price of Mr. Johnston's magnum opus already mentioned. For, whereas " The Royal Atlas" is published as a five guinea -and-a-half volume, " The Handy Royal Atlas" will, on the contrary, be no more than u two-guinea-and-a-half volume. It should be remem bered, however, that the larger and costlier of these two works comprises within it close upon 150,000 re ferences, being (and no wonder it attained the dis tinction) the only Atlas for which in 1862 a medal was awarded at the Great International Exhibi tion. How, in fact, has the " Royal Atlas" been spoken of by perhaps the greatest geographical authority in Christendom, meaning M. Malte- Brun ? Why, Malte-Brun has not hesitated to proclaim it as, in his opinion, "Un repertoire des plus complets de l'etat de la science geo graphiques a notre (Toque !" In other words, a work worthy of being classified with Mr. Johnston's two other masterpieces, " The Physical Atlas" and the "Dictionary of Geography." The smaller, cheaper, and more accessible work, therefore, which is now announced by the Messrs. Blackwood and Sons as immediately forth coming cannot of course be regarded in any way as an Atlas directly competing with its more ambitious predecessor. It undertakes to be, according to the wording of its prospectus, in so many words— "an entirely new, useful, and moderately-priced Atlas of General Geography, which shall, on a smaller but still a distinct scale, and with a less ambitious aim, present many of the excellencies of its more elaborate prototype." The size of the volume will be that of an imperial quarto (181 by l 4f inches), sufficiently compact to be easily handled and readily placed upon the bookshelf. As an illus tration of how the index may be relied upon and turned to for rapid reference, take the following :-- M a p. Lat. Long. Oviedo Palma lO Ne ... 39.35 N ... 2.43 E Pamplona ..... 10 Ib ... 42.50 N ... 1.12 w Salamanca lO Ed ... 40.59 N ... 5.39 w San Sebastian Santander lO Ga ... 43.30 N 3.51 w Santiago de Compostela Segovia Sevilla... - ... 37.22 N ... 5.52 w Soria St. Vincent, c Tagus, r lO Af 38.40 N ... 9.18 w Toledo Trafalgar, c Valladolid lO Fe 41.38 N 4.47 NV Zaragoza or Saragossa Judging from the specimen-map, moreover, which has been submitted to our consideration, Tine Handy Royal Atlas gives promise of being as beautiful as it will be useful as an aid to popular instruction. EDUCATION AND THE FRANCHISE.—The annual meeting of the East Lancashire Union of Mechanics' Institutes was held at Gawthorpe Hall, the residence of Sir J. P. Kay Shuttleworth, Bart., on Wednesday evening. There was a very large and respectable audience. The prizes obtained by the successful members of the various institutes were distributed by the Rev. Dr. 'Whittaker, vicar of Whalley. Sir James Kay Shuttiewokh, Bart., who occupied the chair, opened the proceedings, and after wards delivered an instructive address on education and the franchise. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE: (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) REPORTED DISTURBANCES IN THE PUN DAUB. PARIS, JAN. 26. Advices received here from Bombay give an ac count of disturbances which had taken place at the end of December, in the valley of Loond Isar, on the frontier of the Punjaub. The inhabitants of three important villages en tered the English territory, and, after committing various acts of pillage, immediately recrossed the frontier. The robbers were pursued by the Eng lish troops, and the booty recovered. The three villages were also destroyed, and the ringleaders captured. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, JAN. 27. Yesterday Lord Howard de Walden and Seaford had an audience of the King, to whom he presented a letter from Queen Victoria, condoling with his Majesty on the death of Leopold 1., anclielicitating him on his accession to the throne. He was subsequently received by the Queen, who entrusted him with a letter to Queen Victoria. Lord Howard is confirmed at his post as Envoy Extraordinary at the Belgian Court. SWITZERLAND. After a discussion of 12 hours the Grand Council of the Swiss Confederation have provisionally re jected, by a majority of 111 against 77, the project for granting a subsidy to the St. Gothard line. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 26.—Two o'clock.---The market depressed, and quotations have receded. Threes have fallen 12ic., and are doing at 68f. 55c. Ita lian Fives show a decline of 20c., being quoted at 62f. 35c. The fall on Credit Mobilier Shares is llf. 25c., the present price being 816 f. 25c. ; and on Spanish Mobilier 2f. 50c. In the Railway Depart ment, Northern and Lyons Shares have lost If. 25c., and Lombards 5f., the quotation being 423 f. 75c. Three o'clock—The last quotations are as follows:- 41 per Cents 9B 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 55 Do. end month 6B 52i Credit Mobilier Do. end month 818 75 Bank Shares 3680 Credit Foncier — Italian Loan 62 371 Do. end month 62 30 RAILv Roman Ottoman Fives Mexican Loan 4B 50 Do. Bonds 328 75 Russian Austrian Spanish Throes Home Debt Deferred 'AY?. Cash. —• Acct. Orleans _ ... 856 25 Northern — ... 1112 50 Lyons and Mediterranean.., — •.. e 57 50 Southern — ... 550 Western — ... Eastern — ... 531 25 Sardinian . _. ... —.. Austrian Lombard — ... 422 50 .. North of Spain — , 181 25 Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona — -- ... Roman JAMAICA. LIVERPOOL, Friday. The West Indian and Pacific Steamship Com pany's steamer West Indian, Capt. Kiddle, arrived here to-night. Her voyage has been much retarded by bad weather, and she brings comparatively little news. Mrs. Gordon had intended to loave for England by this steamer, but subsequently decided, under the advice of her friends, to await the results of the sittings of the commission. Amongst the news by this steamer is a positive statement that during the trial of Gordon Dr. Major was at Morant Bay, but was kept in ignorance of his request that he should be called to prove that Gordon's absence from the vestry on the day of the disturbances in Morant Bay was caused by a severe attack of dysentery. The American, due to-day at Liverpool, will bring news to the end of December, and will, no doubt, report the initiatory measures taken by Sir H. Storks. A Case of Beal Distress. -s TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--Will you have the kindness to give inser tion to the following ? A fire of a disastrous nature broke out yesterday morning on the premises of Mr. Spikings, 69, Southampton-street, Pentonville, by which 14 working-men (turners), who rent small shops on the premises for the advantage of the steam-power to drive their lathes for performing their work, are completely thrown out of employment. The whole of their lathes and tools are entirely destroyed, thereby depriving them of the means of working for themselves and families. A committee is formed for receiving subscriptions to alleviate their sufferings at Mr. Page's, Marquis of Corn wallis, Southampton-street, Pentonville, where the smallest donations will be thankfully received to enable them to replace the only support they ]save to depend upon, namely, their tools, and likewise provide support for their families at this inclement season of the year.—l remain, Sir, yours obediently, W. KEELING. 50, Winchester-street, Pentonville. CALLS TO THE BAlL—lnner Temple, Jan. 26.-- The undermentioned gentlemen were this day called to the Bar :—Adolphus William Ward, Esq., M.A., Cam bridge ; Hugessen Edward Knatchbull, Esq. ; Frederick Popham Pike, Esq., 8.A., Oxford; William Pollard Pat tison, Esq. ; Richard Bagwell, Esq., 8.A., Oxford ; James Penrose Ingham, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge ; Daniel Chauncey Beale, Esq., 8.A., Oxford ; Octavius Leigh Clare, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge ; Henry James Burford Hancock, Esq. ; John Barber, Esq.; Maurice Barnard Byles, Esq., 8.A., Oxford; Cornelius Willoughby Huddleston Fryer, Esq., M.A., Cambridge ; James Thomson Erskine Rogan, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge; George Gordon Brodie, Esq.; Thomas James Waddington, Esq., M.A., Oxford; the . Honour able Charles Douglas Richard Hanbury Tracy, and the Honourable James Archibald Home, 8.A., Ox ford. Middle Temple, Jan. 26.—Robert Swan, Esq., L.L.8., Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Certificate of Honour awarded by the Council of Legal Education ; Edward Tyrrell Leith, Esq., L.L.8., Trinity Hall, Cambridge ; William James Reid Hosack, Esq., 8.A., Wadham College, Oxford ; Richard Milne Redhead, Esq. ; Edward Loughlin O'Mal ley, Esq. ; Joseph Miller Harrington, Esq. ; Henry Edmond stone Medlicott, Esq., M.A., Wadham College, Oxford ; Eugene Serret, Esq. ; Theodore Thomas Ford, Esq. ; William Leycester, Esq. ; Patrick Keon, Esq.; W. H. L. Cox, Esq. ; and Wm. Jardine, Esq., M.A., Christ's College, Cambridge. Lincoln's-inn, Jan. 26. Herbert Newman Mozley, Esq., Certificate of Honour First-class and M.A., Cambridge ; Thomas Brassey, jun., Esq., 8.A., Oxford; Samuel Dickinson, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge; Thomas Frederick Kirby, Esq., M.A., Cambridge ; Jackson Hunt, Esq., B.A. Cambridge ; Byam Martin Davies, Esq., 8.A., Oxford ; Charles I3owring, Esq. ; Lancelot Shadwell, Esq. ; Edward Brodie Cooper, Esq., B.A.,London ; Edmund Salwey Ford, Esq., M.A., Oxford ; David Francis Aberne, Esq. ; Charles Walter Campion, Esq., 8.A., Oxford ; Benja min Kisch, Esq., M.A., London ; Edward William Bra brook, Esq.; Henry Francis Purcell, Esq., 8.A., Dublin ; and John Higgins Allen, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge. Gray's inn, Jan. 26.—At a pension holden this day Thomas Nor ton, Esq., the Queen's Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown-office, having been recently called to the bench, took his seat as a bencher of the society ; and at the same pension Major Edward Henry Power, Madras Staff Corps, youngest son of the late General IV'. P. Power, K.C.B. and K.H., Royal Artillery, was called to the degree of Barrister-at-Law. THE FENIAN TRIALS.—D ÜBLIN, Thursday Night. —Patrick Heyburn was convicted to-day, and sen tenced to two years' imprisonment. The trial of John Tottrell, an elderly man, was then proceeded with Twenty-one swords and two bayonets were seized by the police to-day in an Orange lodge in Gardiner's-row. The keeper of the lodge had a gun and three swords in his possession, but having sent in an application for registra tion he was permitted to retain them. FENIANISM IN GLASGOW.—We have learned, on pretty good authority, that Fenianism prevails in Glasgow to a large extent—to a much greater extent than the public, and probably the police, are at all aware of ; that a goodly number of the Irish Roman Catholics are tainted with it ; that there are no less than four lodges— one in the eastern, one in the southern, one in the western, and one in the central districts of the city ; and that these lodges have frequently their secret meetings.— Wasgow Morning Journal. The Colporation of London and the Commissioners of Sewers, A Court of Common Council was specially con vened yesterday for the purpose of discussing some motions having relation to the constitution of the Commission of Sewers of the City of London which were upon the paper of business of the last Court, and as the subject was one of considerable interest and importance to the citizens of London, the Lord Mayor felt it his duty to appoint a special Court to take the subject into consideration. 'I he Lord Mayor presided, and there was a full attendance of members of the Court. THE CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL. _ _ Alderman HALE took occasion, before the busi ness for which the Court was specially convened was brought on, to mention a very gratifying fact in con nection with the City of London School. He said that he had just received a telegram from Cam bridge informing him that Mr. Aldis, who had for merly been a pupil at that school, had obtained a degree as Second Wrangler. (Cheers.) The young gentleman's two brothers had also been educated at the City of Loudon School, and they had both ob tained degrees —one as First and the other as Sixth Wrangler. (Hear, hear.) The Court then proceeded to discuss the subject for which it had been specially convened. It may 11 , as well to explain that the Commis sioners of Sewers of the City of London have very important duties to perform in behalf of the Corpo ration in reference to cleansing, lighting, &c., and also with regard to the sanatory condition of the City. The commissioners at present are about 83 in number, and they comprise the Recorder, the Common-Sergeant, and nearly the whole of the aldermen. For a considerable time past endeavours have been made to alter the constitution of the body, and a select committee was appointed, of which Mr Rudkin, a very active member of the Court, was chairman, to consider the subject, and this com mittee made a report, which virtually recommended that the Commission of Sewers should be thrown open to every member of the Common Council. A long discussion took place upon this report a short time back, and in the result it was negatived, but not by a very large majority. There appeared to be no doubt that a considerable portion of the consti tuency of the City was not satisfied with the mode in which the Commission of Sewers was formed, and various endeavours were made, after the deci sion above referred to, to reopen the question. With that view several motions were placed upon the paper of business at the last Court, but as it was evident that there would not be sufficient time to discuss so important a subject, a special Court was called together by the Lord Mayor for the ex press purpose of having the matter fully discussed. Mr. E. MEDWIN brought forward the first motion, which was, " That the recommendation contained in the report of the special committee re lative to the constitution of the Commission of Sewers, namely, that so much of the 33d standing orders as relates to the constitution of the Commis sion of Sewers be amended by omitting the words one commoner out of each ward' and substituting the words, all the commoners who are eligible,' be agreed to by this Court." The hon. member ad dressed the Court at considerable length in support of the motion, urging that the mode in which the Commissioners of Sewers were at present appointed was not satisfactory to the citizens, and also that the duties devolving upon him, which were of the most important character, were not performed as they should be. He particularly instanced the state of the City after the recent snowstorm, which he said was disgraceful, and argued that if the Commis lioners of Sewers had performed their duty properly Mich a state of things would have been prevented. Mr. M. GEORGE seconded the motion. Mr. J. F. BONTEMS moved an amendment, the effect of which was, that in addition to the Lord Mayor, the Commissioners of Sewers should consist of eight aldermen and a certain number of com moners from each ward in the City, the result pro posed to be obtained by this alteration being that the number of the commissioners would be increased by about nine members. Deputy BONE seconded the amendment, and a long discussion took place upon that and the original mo tion, in which Messrs. Anderton, Fricker, Harris, Lusher, and Bedford took part. Deputy DE JERSEY, the Chairman of the Com mission of Sewers, next addressed the Court, and endeavoured to show that there had been nothing in any of their proceedings that would justify the charge being made against them that they had ne glected the interests of the corporation or of the citi zens at large. With regard to what had been said about the state of the City after the late snowstorm, he said that the contractors had full instructions in such a case. It was through their neglect, and they had been summoned by the Commissioners and fined to the extent of £2OO for that neglect, and this would no doubt have the effect of preventing such an onurrence from again taking place. The com missioners had done all that was in their power in the matter. He then went on to express his opinion that the act of Parliament which gave the power to appoint the Commission of Sewers never contem plated for a moment that the whole Court of Com monCouncil should be appointed, and he urged that such a proceeding would not only be contrary to the understanding that was come to by Parliament, but would be absolutely illegal. Mr. A. L. TAYLOR said he believed that a desire existed that there should be some alteration in the constitution of the Commission of Sewers ; but he could not for a moment believe that the proposition made by Mr. Medwin would be a satisfactory solu tion. The amendment of Mr. Bontems was pre ferable to the original motion ; but, in his opinion, it was not based upon any sound principle, and he considered that some of the wards would be over- represented and others under-represented, having regard to the population and the rateable value. He said it appeared to him that it was very unsatisfac tory to have these discussions in reference to the Commission of Sewers taking place so continually; that it was most advisable that the matter should be fully disposed of. With that view he would suggest ;that the subject of the constitution of the Commis- sion of Sewers should be referred to the Law and Parliamentary Committee for them to report what alterations they considered advisable, having refer- ence to the present number of commissioners, the - - - number of freemen occupiers, and the rateablevalue of the property in each ward. The motion of Mr. Medwin and the amendment were then put, and the latter was declared to be carried. A division was demanded, when there appeared-- For the amendment 77 Against 4O Majority —37 Upon the amendment being put as an original motion, Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, at the suggestion of Mr. Rud kin, who withdrew an amendment he had upon the paper, proposed an amendmentto the effect suggested in his speech, and this was declared to be carried. A division was demanded, and the numbers were— For Mr. Taylor's amendment 63 Against it Majority —l9 The Court then adjourned, after a long sitting. MR. SEWARD R UNNIN G AWAY. --Th e Time s Washington correspondent, writing on the 9th inst., gives the following reason for Mr. Seward's trip to the Gulf : " The absence of Mr. Seward from Washington at an important period of the Session is now generally held in political circles _to be connected in some way with the course of forthcoming events. The Foreign Secretary's health has not been more indifferent than usual of late, and until within the last few days the season has shown no indication of excessive severity. Rumour, therefore, ascribes various motives for a journey which is unusually long for a member of the Cabinet to take at a time when he may be called upon for explanations any day, and the most plausible of the explanatory conjectures offered is that the very obligation to make explanations which might .be inconvenient has sent Mr. Seward to Santa Cruz. It is easy to conceive that the Foreign Secretary may find himself placed in circumstances of so much difficulty that even his large experience and prac tised address can suggest no better.expedient for getting rid of the embarrassment than the somewhat rough one of running away from it." It is expected that the cotton tax paid at Macon, Georgia, for January, February, and March, will exceed $5,000,000. TI-I.E • • HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Friday. Her Majesty walked and drove in the grounds yesterday morning, with Princess Helena, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Christian. Her Majesty was attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole. In the afternoon her Majesty drove with Princess Helena, again attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole. His Serene Highness Prince Christian rode on horseback, attended by Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge. The Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, Sir C. IVYk e ' and Mr. Gooch, Clerk of the Council and Registrar of the Duchy of Lancaster, arrived from London this morning. Mr. Gooch having given up the seals of the Doll of Lancaster to her Majesty (Lord Clarendon being prevented by indisposition from attending), her Majesty delivered them to the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, who took the oath appointed, which wa s administered by Mr. Gooch. Sir Charles Wyke had an audience, and kissed hands on being appointed her Majesty's Ministe r to Hanover. The Prince and Princess of Wales. LILLESHALL, Friday Morning. The shooting party yesterday, which consisted of the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Sutherland, Vis count Hill, Earl Grosvenor, the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, the Earl of Lichfield, the Earl of Dun more, the Earl of Sefton, the Marquis of Stafford, Hon. H. L. Bourke, and Major G. H. Grey, com menced shooting the Abbey Wood, near the house, soon after eleven o'clock, and obtained some excel lent sport, the Princess of Wales and the noble ladies going out and witnessing the sport. The day's sport was brought to a termination shortly before five o'clock, at which time a bag of more than 800 head of game had been obtained. During the afternoon the Princess of Wales planted a tree (Wellingtonia gigantee) in commie" moration of the visit. The prince also planted a tree of the same description. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol and the Ladies Hervey are expected to arrive at their residence in St. James's-square in a few days from Ickworth Park, Burl St. Edmunds. The Earl and Countess of Derby will arrive in town on Tuesday next from Knowsley Park, for the season Napoleon's Verbal Message to Maximilian, - -4)- - One passage in the Emperor's speech gave, ac cording to the Times' Paris correspondent, unmixed satisfaction—the one alluding to the withdrawal of the French troops from Mexico. You are, perhaps, aware, adds the writer, that a diplomatic agent , M. Salliard, has, within the last few days, sa iled for Mexico on a special mission to the Emperor Maximilian, though, if I am rightly informed, he is not the bearer of written instructions, but only of a verbal message from the Emperor Napoleon himself. M. Salliard had only jus t returned from a mission to Tunis. He was sent for by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and re quested to attend without a moment's delay. On presenting himself he was asked whether he was -will ing and ready to undertake another mission of more importance than the last. M. Salliard naturally de sired to be informed what sort of mission it was. On this, however, the Minister could not say anything ; all the explanations would be given by the Emperor himself ; and if he consented he would at once accompany him to the presence. M. Salliard signi fied his assent, and proceeded in the Minister's carriage to the Palace. He was immediately con ducted by an officer in waiting to the Emperor's Cabinet. His Majesty, who evidently expected him,'*as alone, pacing the room from one end to the other, with his hands behind his back, much in the manner of his uncle, as he is popularly repre sented, and looking anxious if not a little stern. After a short pause his Majesty said that he wanted him to set out without delay for Mexico, with a message from him to the Emperor Maximilian. He was to tell him that he considered he had now ful filled all the obligations imposed upon him that the Mexican throne, raised by the will of the Mexican nation, was, or should be, suffi ciently consolidated; that its enemies were scat tered or destroyed ; and, finally, that the time had now arrived when he must depend on his own resources, without the help of a French arinY. The envoy, of course, assured his Majesty that he would fulfil the mission to the best of hie ability, but he respectfully suggested that it was unusual to despatch one on a mission without 3 simple letter to the personage to whom he was sent The Emperor observed there was no necessity for any document ; all he bad to do was simply to re present to the Emperor Maximilian the conversa tion which he had just had with him, and that would suffice. He recommended him, moreover, to lose no time in setting out ; he must depart by the next steamer. M. Salliard took his leave Still troubled at the notion of departing without instructions, he proceeded to the-Foreign-office, mentioned that he had no despatch from the Em peror, and hoped that the Minister would supply the deficiency. The answer was that, as his Ma jesty had directly signified his pleasure, he could not give him what he asked for. All he had to do was to obey the Emperor's commands and repeat to Maximilian the verbal message his Majesty coin' municated to him. Still, anxious to have a docu ment of some kind from some one, M. Salliard is said to have applied to another personage, who, though not a member of the Cabinet, is a func tionary of the highest class, and whose influence at the Imperial Court is, on various accounts, consi derable. This personage, hearing that neither the Emperor nor the Minister had given written in" structions to the Envoy, declined to interfere. 0 0 had no official position as a Minister, and the office he held, though very high, did not warrant him in giving instructions to one who ba d been directly instructed, though not in writing, by the Emperor himself. There was no help for it. M. Salliard made his preparations, and set out from Paris the same evening. lam assured that this incident passed nearly as I have described it; but if it be asked what object was there in sending an Envoy to Mexico in this way, I confess mysel f unable to reply. The Emperor Napoleon never does anything without some good and substantia l reason ; what his reason is in the present instance he himself only knows. I am not quite sure that the Emperor in his communication with M. Salliard., fixed a period for the evac ua ti on o f M ex i co ; but P' he did it would be the let of January, 1867. MR. TUPPER'S HISTORICAL DRAMA !—We Under' stand that a five-act historical play has just been written and printed privately by Mr. Martin Tupper, with a view to its representation in the spring —the subject is " The Life and Death of Raleigh." It is said to offer extraorar nary opportunities for spectacular display. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR T° s ENSUING WEEK. — Monday — Actuaries, at 7, "Limitatio n t of Risks," Mr. Sprague. Tuesday—Royal Institution , 3, " Heat," Professor Tyndall. Wednesday— Society ° Arts, at 8, " Dwellings for the People," Mr. Biggs. Tij urs ; day—Royal I ns tit u ti on, a t 3 , " H eat, " Professor Tylidal Chemical, at 8, "Utilisati on o f T own S ewage ," Dr. Gil bert. Linnean, at 8, "Anatomy of Echidna." AnthreP () ; logical, at 8, " The Negro," Captain Pim. Antiquarie s ) 81, " Murrain of 14th Century," Mr. Harrod. Royal, at Friday—Royal Institution, at 8, " Influence of A-r 3b , '- Philosophy on Mediawal Europe," E ar l St an h o p e . logical, at 8, "French Homonyms," Professor Casa Saturday—Royal Institution, at 3, "Art Education: l i oo Works of Art should be viewed," Professor Westraacett•--* Athenanini. OUR SMALLESTAMERICANPOSSESSION.—TWe nt i c i three years ago the p o p u l a ti on o f P r i nce Ed wa rd 15 1311 44 numbered 47,034 ; it i s now over 85 , 000 . I n t h e year 18-0' the revenue wa s only £13,745 ; it is now not less We £60,000. There were th en b u t 121 sc h oo l s • now there a re but few less than th ree ti mes th a t num b er. At that per i°ol v 6-14,824 bushels of oats were raised in the colony, i t es ; raises two and a half millions. It owned then 9,861 horsiL at present there are 20,000. The shipping of Prince o. ward Island has increased in an equally satisfactory 1-4 t -~ ~\ ~. /.