The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-15 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES. —During the storms' of the past year the National Lifeboat Institution, by its life boats and other means, contributed to the savin,l of 207 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Insti tution also expended £21,374 in the same period on its life boat estabshmeats, in addition to grantiog £4,950 for re wards for saving life and exercising the lifeboats. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A ?PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat stations. Contributions are received by the London and country bankers - and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) THIS EVENING, Auber's opera, LE DOMINO NOrit. Miss Louisa Pyne, Mesdames Tn i r l w all, Leffler, an Ila•g d A.Co h, ok; Messrs. A. Cook, C. Lya ll, E. Dussek, and Henry Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Alter which (term nating - with the grand transformation et the great pantomime ALADDIN AND TH6 WON DE REL./ L LAM Commence at 7 o'cicck. EAri R E ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- TII managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and M. B. Cliatterton. THIS P.VENING, the Play of THE JEALOUS Wlr'N Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. H. Marston, Barrett, Warner, G. Delmore, E. Phelps, Hrcourt; Mrs. Herman Vezin, isses R. Leclercq. Seymour, a &c. Alter which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN; or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap. EMOSES AND SON'S • OUTFI l'S, for all classes, all ages, and all climates. "Ll . MOSES AND SON'S JLA • LONDON HOUSES, 154, 155, 156, 157, lilnories; 83, 84, 85, SO, 87, 88, 89, Aldgate ; 506, 507, 508, New Oxford—street ; 1,2, 3, Hart-sired; 137, 138, Tottenham-oeurt-road ; 288, Euston-road. Also, Bradford. Yorkshire. EMOSES AND SON'S • E btablishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset until Saturday evening at sunset, when business is re sumed until 11 o'clock. 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J. lIOLAINS begs to inform his friends, and the public eucrally. that he supplies the LAMST EDITIuN of .IHRI bUN " as soou as published —No. 10, Hampstead oad, N.W. PORTING.—JOHN ROBERTS supplies the 10 LAT KST EDI rum of "Tit SUN" as suou as pub lishk d. —4, Bath-str , et, City-road, E.C. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.--Morning, 2n. lm.—Afternoon, 2h. 25m. To-llonnow.-Morning, 2h. 45m.—Afternoon, 3h. 3m. - -01A# 4, Vc.„.„4:11, utt o re,7 1 1 g, .0. N. oN tt: LONDOIV, THURSDAY, FEB. 15, 1866. It i s satsi.actory i , that the Gov ernmen t Bill on th e Cattle plague has progre sse d so far in so compara tively short a period. Notwithstanding some p position, the bill was read a second time yesterday afternoon, and to - daY the committee l will begin it s labours. No doubt faults can meas ure as with every ot h er, j e t found with this m ined to do so, but this seems people are deter mined of those proposals which should not be regarded in too a spirit or too cri ticisin g a tem p er. If we arc to ecaptiousB a un til every one is satisfied, we ma y g° ontll wait effee t t h d o e nd of the sessio n, and legislation will ha ve nothing for the interests of the community in this pressing and overwhelming calamity. Mr. .... IA attuirr, as usual, gave the House the benefit of his opi n i on, which, of course, was adverse to anything in the shape of liberality. It would seem as if no distress or trouble that may affect the interests of the agricultural classes can ever have power to eradi cate from the mind of the hon. member for Bir mingham his deep-rooted prejudices and extend his narrow and moat contracted notions. We pro test against this class style of legislation being advocated within the walls of Parliament, and in this instance of the cattle plague it is as absurd as it is unseemly. How, in the name of common sense, ca n an evil of this sort go on increasing, as it is tulfort immr o Y dyi ng, without affecting very seriously all classes of the community in a direct or in an indirect manner. It is contrary to all the soundprinciples of politica l econom y that an y class of the people should be left to sink under the burden of a peculiar and appalling nature. It is difficult to decide whether Mr. BRIGHT'S remarks are more to be respected for their argumentative power, or their moral tendency. He declares that " nothing can be more monstrous than that the public should be called upon to make up to individuals the loss which may arise from acci dent, or, as it may be termed in this case, the dispensation of PROVIDENCE." Again, what right has Mr. BRIGIIT to assume that if the House sanction the principle of com pensation no efforts will be made by the farmers to check the progress of the disease. The want of compensation during all these months has had no beneficial effect in stopping its course, and it is quite idle to go on arguing after this fashion. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had next to look to his laurels, for Mr. BRIGHT threatens to become a formidable antagonist to him. There was a deep meaning in the ironical manner in which he called the right hon. gentleman to account last night for his dereliction of duty in this respect. He could not have been more severe or impertinent had they entered into a compact on the question. "This is introducing a principle," said he, " which I did not expect the Chancellor of the Exchequer would sanc tion, but I suppose he consented to it on the ground that it will scarcely affect his new Budget." Mr. BRIGHT'S concluding remarks were most intempe rate. He went out of his way to insult the country gentlemen, he charged the farmers with being quite ready to commit fraud, or something very like it, and wound up his observations by declaring that this scourge must be regarded, like all other scourges, as incurable, and must have its course, and no human power could check it. According to this idea nothing would be done in times of cholera and epidemics, and it really is surprising to find any one so perverted and prejudiced as the hon. member for Birmingham in this mattter. Mr. MILL also objected to the proposal for corn- pensation, and spoke upon it, but in a more mode rate style than Mr. BRIGHT, but he gave it as his opinion, which was certainly a very strange one, that he did not think, in the end, the agricultural interest would be losers by this calamity. Mr. LOWE'S speech was very much to the point, and he described Mr. BRIGHT'S views very correctly, and created great amusement by declaring, that " so inveterate has become his habit of setting one class against another, that he does not content himself with the human race, but extends it to those animals which have either come up to the level of the human race, or to whose level the human race has come down, and has actually got up a schism between the humble cur and the aristocratic foxhound ?" Mr. LowE also said very truly that Mr. BRIGHT had adopted a very mischievous course in talking of this bill as a scheme got up by the rich mem bers of the House to indemnify themselves and their tenants at the expense of their poorer neigh bours. Thus, he said, " grievances are got up, misrepresent wholly the facts, assume motives and objects which do not exist, pick out the extreme of one class as the only persons benefited, and the other extreme class as the persons only injured, and you have a receipt for converting all the best and wisest institutions of the country into intolerable grievances." This is an admirable definition of the style in which Mr. BRIGHT and his friends go on i and the loud cheers with which it was received showed that, however much the hon. member for Birmingham may succeed in his addresses at public meetings in creating a sensation, he will not im press the House by his intemperate language and intolerant spirit. Viscount CRANBOURNE was of great service in clearing away the mists that tended to obscure the main question from notice ; and he showed how futile were the objections made against compensa tion. The farmer will not slaughter his cattle him self, but the local officers of the inspector will do so, and they will have no interest in indiscriminate sacrifice, because they will have to pay for all that are killed. Very true were the remarks made by the noble lord on the manner in which this subject was treated by other speakers as merely a class interest. He said that when the " interests of Ireland called for the granting of national aid the House very justly came to their aid ; when the cotton interests required public assistance the house very properly enabled the cotton population to seek their relief in great part from the succour which the House gave, and from the parishes to which the distressed artisans belonged, and no one complained of injustice in these instances." In this question, however, it is not even necessary to employ these arguments, conclusive as they are, because it is a question which affects the whole country. Very true were the remarks made by the noble lord as to the necessity that existed for prompt measures. He said that the "rindeipest had no respect for deep-rooted feelings, and must be dealt with as an army in the field ; it should be opposed by such means as you would use to resist the conflagration of a great city, or the advance of a French marshal at the head of a hundred thou sand men." Mr. GRENVILLE, who represents one of the largest agricultural constituencies in the kingdom, was in favour of the Government measure, which certainly is important testimony in its favour. Mr. HUNT considers that, for a time, all movement of cattle should be stopped by road and rail, and intends to take the sense of the House upon the proposition. The position of affairs in New Zealand is not very satisfactory. The continuance of the native war must certainly be as annoying to the colonists as it is costly and obstructive to their material pro however, being gradually gress. Tranquillity is, restored, and there appears to be a confident hope or expectation that the war will not last for many months longer. The new Ministry, under Mr. STAFFORD, have not pursued any very different course from that followed by Mr. WELD and his Cabinet. They appear inclined to support the principle of self-defence, seeing that the 70th Regiment is preparing for departure, and some of the other troops are to be distributed with a view to facilitate the removal of a good many more. These measures are evidently dictated more by the wish of dispensing with the military assistance of the mother country than by any con viction that the necessity for troops is at an end, seeing that no reduction has been effected in the colonial forces; and, indeed, a further enrolment of both Europeans and natives has been ordered. The question of self-defence is, however, a diffi cult one, for it entails the invidious task of taxa tion. If the Imperial forces are to be at once dis . poised with, there must inevitably be some means devised for raising the funds necessary for carrying on the war. Even supposing peace is restored in a few months time, as all must hope it may be, there will still be a necessity for raising money, although the necessity may be only a temporary one. The chief local question in the colony arises from this very matter, for some parties have taken up the idea of separation, not, as might be supposed, from the mother country, but trona each other. The Southern colony is unwilling to share the burden of maintaining the native war, and its politicians argue that if the expenditure of the last few years is to be taken as a sample of what is to come, all the revenues of all the provinces will be absorbed in this native imbroglio. How the Middle Island is to support an expense which is too great for the whole colony is not asked by these politicians, but there does not seem much proba bility of the question ever coming to a serious issue. New Zealand is certainly neither populous enough nor wealthy enough to attempt such a thing as separation with any prospect of success. The position which it holds is a very different one from that of Australia, and although several different colonies having separate Governments have been erected on that vast conti nent, New Zealand has no reason for imitating her larger, richer, and more powerful neighbour. Some of the schemes for amending the colonial constitu tion are almost amusing, especially a project, seri ously propounded, of erecting each of the nine provinces into a separate and independent State under a Federal Government, after the Ameri can fashion. Such an experiment would seem like the Lilliputians imitating the Brobdignagians. There are three other modes in contemplation ; but, as Mr. CARDWELL has throughout discouraged the notion, it is not likely that we shall hear much more of it. If by dny means this harassing and encumbering war could be got rid of the colony might make rapid progress, since it has every na tural advantage, and if the tide of emigration once set in that way its population would rapidly in crease, and its resources be proportionately de veloped. The Spanish Government is beginning to discover that it has got into a difficulty by its unwarrant able conduct towards Chili, and the Spanish com mander in the Pacific has already made that dis covery. The old story about catching a Tartar seems likely to receive a modern illustration in the shape of the blockading squadron, which is in a fair way of being blockaded itself. The• new comman der has found it advisable to suspend the blockade of two ports, Talcalinano and Coquimbo, concen trating his forces at Valparaiso and Caldera. Even under these circumstances he is in a diffi cult position. His crews are in a bad condition, and, it is said, there are even symptoms of disaffec tion and insubordination among them. They are, in fact, suffering from a very practical difficulty— the lack of provisions, since the new Government of Peru, which is hostile to Spain, has refused to permit the vessels laden with supplies forte fleet to leave Callao. It is said in Madrid that money and provisions in abundance are on their way to Chili ; but the fact seems to be that the blockade willhave to be raised from sheer want of the necessaries of life. If, however, the Spanish fleet should manage to hold out, it will have to encounter the combined fleets of Chili and Peru, which is likely to prove a formidable opponent. In any case Spain will not meet with much sym pathy for her discomfiture. She has richly deserved the humiliation and expense of failure, and it is only to be hoped that she will profit by the lesson, and learn to respect the independence of weaker States. The patriotic determination of Chili to maintain the war to the last extremity, rather than abandon her independence, will, we trust, be rewarded by a speedy removal of the obstruction to her commerce and a restoration of peace and prosperity. Sir G. GREY on Monday night obtained leave to bring in a bill for the purpose of amending the oaths administered to members of Parliament. The object of the bill was very clearly stated by the right hon. baronet in his brief discourse. At present there are two distinct oaths taken by the members—one for Protestants and the other for Catholics. The oath of allegiance is common to all members to take, and, as Sir G. GREY truly observed, it is only right and fitting that all her MAJESTY'S subjects should take it. The second part of the oath which is taken by Protestants relates to the abjuration of the claims of the Pretender and his descendants. As all these are now dead, it seems, indeed, quite idle to retain the form any longer. The late Lord LYNDHURST declared that every man of common sense must consider that the oath should be repealed, since the utility was at an end. So far as Pro testants are concerned the oath of allegiance is quite sufficient for them, since they never can con raider that any foreign prince or potentate has a right to jurisdiction in the realm. As regards the Itorcian Catholics, it is considered that, with great propriety, much may be altered in the present form of their oaths. Sir G. GREY said that it was idle to insist upon their declaring that no Prince or Potentate abroad had jurisdic tion, " civil or ecclesiastical, within this realm, because there was no doubt that the Pope did exercise a spiritual authority over the consciences of those belonging to the Roman Catholic Church." A general oath to be taken by all members alike is what is now proposed ; and if the House accede to the proposition no doubt it will be productive of advantages. It is always a pity to insist upon the retention of old forms and customs which are fast growing obsolete through the chances and changes of events, if they have not already done so; and anything that excites indignant and irritated feel ings should be avoided, especially when it relates to religious subjects. The subject was so much discussed last year that it is not likely that the bill will be opposed very strongly this session, and it seems to be framed in a moderate and judicious Commence at 7. Ti I EATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, A ROMANTIC ATTACHMENT. Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Compton ; Miss Ada Cavendish. To be followed ► y BROTHER SAM Messrs. Sothern Buckstone, Compton; Mesdames Nelly Moose. Snowden, &c. After which, ORPHEUS IN THE HAYMARKET : Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Bartleman, Weaihersby, &o. ; Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Wuolgar, jloward, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevot, &c. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commcnce at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM T H.EATRE.- Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Mr. B. Widdicomb. Alter a hick THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr. }'echter; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin, J. H. Fitzpatriclz, D. Evans ; AesdamesTernan, Elsworthy, Lavenu, and U. Leclercq. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, a new farce called PIPKIN'S RUSTIC RETREAT. Messrs. J. L. Toole and'''. Beniord. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his t 4 th appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billing.;ton, P. Bedford, It Phillips, Pelix Itogtrs, Ashley, hburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Billingtcr, &c. To conclude with RHIN D TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Eburne. C. J. Smith ; Miss A. seaman, &c. ItOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After which, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. haracters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Caihaem, F. Villiers, J. G. Shore, G. Murray, 11. Mellon, C. Seyton, R. Cathcart; MiS3 L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Bole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. swanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven (9th time), a new and origi• nal Comedy, THE FLY AND THE WEB. Messrs. Par selle and Price; Misses Swsnborough and Raynham. After which will be pi oduced a new Opera Burlesque, L'AFRICAINE ; or, The Queen of 'he Cannibil Islan 'a. Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne; Mesdames Swanborough, Raynham, Johnstone, arc. To conclude with LENDING A HAND. Messrs. Belford and Turner; Misses Simpson and Hughes. (It RATIS AND POST FREE. E. MOSES and SONS' FASHIONABLE ALMANAC for ISO, List of Prices, with Fashion-card for the present season. _ MOSES AND S 0 N E• respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest fabrics are combined with the latest and most fashionable designs, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON give particular attention to this important branch of their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices are such as must satisfy the most economical. This depart ment is in a distinct inert of the premises, which will be found a greth.t convenience for ladies and children. EMOSES AND SON • respectfully invite public attention to their large and well-assorted WINTER STOCK. MOSES AND SOWS E •"SANDRINGHAM" and " DANISH " WRAPPER (Introduced by them) is the newest and most fashion tb.e style of Overcoats for the season. MOSES AND SON'S • READY-MADE and BESPOKE CLOTlinili for all classes and all ages. EMOSES AND SON'S • CELEBRATED "INDISPENSABLE" SUIT. from 30s. Gi MOSES AND yu• HOSIERY and DRAPERY, for all classes and all ages. MOSES AND SON'S E• RATS AND CAPS, fur all classes and all ages. E• MOSES AND SON'S • BOOTS and SHOES, for all classes and all ages. S 0 N'S THE' SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 18C6. Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage for 1866. The compactest and cheapest Peerage that is published—Debrett—is still, for all practical pur poses, the fullest and the most reliable that any reasonable man could wish. It still holds its own as the most popular of all the guide books to the Upper Ten Thousand. It is in regard to the Nobility what "Bradshaw" is in regard to the Railways. It affords a clue through an otherwise inextricable la byrinth. Thackeray, it may be remembered, used to speak of it, that is, of the book of the Peerage, as " the British Bible !" And of that British Bible Debrett's is the most reliable as well as the most accessible of all editions. Blooming into fresh life as it does, year after year, at the commencement of each season with the utmost regularity, like a radiant annual as it is, it puts forth fresh leaves, so to speak, upon its every suc cessive appearance. It shows every year a new im provement. This time there are, in fact, several very appreciable improvements. For example, there is appended to the account given of each present Peer a biography of his predecessor. There is, besides this, a considerable addition to the biographical list of the younger sons and married daughters of the nobility. There is an interpolation —among the alphabetical catalogue of the Peers making up the bulk or substance of the work--of all subordinate titles and family names of any importance what soever. Supplemented to the already abundant ac cumulation of Ecclesiastical information, there is besides this a comprehensive series of biographies of all the Members of Convocation ! In the companion volume to the Peerage, moreover, that is to say, in Debrett's Baronetage and Knightage, there will be found, not only the usual biographical notices of all the members of the House of Commons— comprising, this time, it should be remem bered, very nearly two hundred who have never until now had a seat in Parliament, but it adds to each individual biography out of the six hundred and odd the name of the individual mem ber's county or borough, together with the num bers of the population and of the registered electors. As indicative of the promptness, or rapidity, with which the work is compiled, it should be especially notified that due mention is made in the Peerage of the two new Barons, Romilly, the Master of the Rolls, and Northbrook, until yesterday known as Sir Francis Baring, ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer —while in the companion volume we have all the particulars that could be wished for in regard to the three newly-created Baronets, Sir James Simp son, Sir William Ferguson, and Sir Dominic Cor rigan. There is a suggestion, by the way, we are here tempted to throw out—for the consideration of our fair countrywomen—having reference to a novel use to which Debrett might be applied by them as a source of new and elegant and, in some sense, of instructive entertainment. And it is this—that their delicate industry and refined taste might with far more advantage (certainly with far more brilliant results) be devoted during their leisure hours to the emblazonment of Debrett than to the accu mulation and the ingenious grouping together of postage-stamps and monograms. A copy of Debrett's Peerage exquisitely coloured with the aid of a camel's-hair-brush and palette, together with the aid also of those twin mussel-shells, lined with gold and silver, to be found in most ladies' paint-boxes, would present to view when completed one of the most lovely and gorgeous adornments for the table of either drawing-room or boudoir that lady's heart could wish ! And for the guidance of the novice in this work of heraldic illumination there is the fullest instruction given in the letterpress explanation ac companying each engraving of the coats-of-arms of the various houses to which they appertain, whether among the Peerage or among the Baronetage. But for that matter the woodcuts are in the very man ner in which they are drawn and engraved—that is to say, in their being shaded with lines pencilled horizontally, perpendicularly, or otherwise—clearly enough indicative of the nature of the blazonries required—gules and argent, azure, or, and purpure, sable, vert, tenne meaning orange, and sanguine meaning blood-colt:aired—otherwise expressed in roundles, as torteau and plate, hurt, bezant, and golpe, pellet, pomme, orange and guze. And in the very process of thus adorning their Table-Peerage and of amusing themselves while so adorning it— the fair illuminators would acquire, almost un consciously, certainly without an effort, a perfect and practical knowledge of one of the most elegant of the purely ornamental sciences, or arts, or whatever else we may call it—namely, that of Heraldry. In regard to the Heraldic Shield, before half a dozen coats of arms had been thus daintily coloured—they would know intimately all about the relative positions of Dexter, Middle and Sinister Chief; about Honour Point, Fesse Point, and Nowbril Point ; about Dexter, Middle and Sinister Base. Per Pale or Imapled—Per Cross or Quar terly—Per Bend or Per Fesse—they would know all about it. Embattled or Crennele, Wavy or Uncle° Nebulde, Indented and Dancette, Raguly and Dovetail, Rayonn6 and Engrailed, Angled and Bevilled, Champaign e and Escartelle—Nowy and Battle-embattled—would be terms no longer in any way mysterious. Tau or St. Anthony's Cross— Saltire or St. Andrew's Cross—the St. George's and the Maltese—the Greek and the Latin, together with all the rest of the other Crosses, would have for them distinctions and differences as discernable at a glance as those recognisable upon the instant be tween the Pile, the Bar, and the Chevron. Passant, Guardant, Reguarclant, Statant, Sejant, Salient, Couchant, Dormant, Combattant, Dismembered, Couped and Addorsed would all be terms convey ing a definite notion—as well as such other heraldic terms as Erased, N aisant, Tripping, Courant,Volant, Naiant, Hauriant, et cetera. Trefoil, Quatrefoil, Cinquefoil—Estoile and Crescent—Rose and Fleur delis—Mullet and Carbuncle—Clarion and Escallop --would all, after the colouring of a page or two, be known to a hair, to a T, in their minutest out lines. For the above reasons we would therefore seriously commend Debrett to all ladies having a taste for illumination, as a new and delightful source to them at once of instruction and entertain ment. NEWSPAPER STATISTICS.--FrOM. the "Newspaper Press Directory," for 1866, we extract the follow ing on the present position of the newspaper press : " There are now published in the United Kingdom 1,257 newspapers, distributed as follows : England--London, 226, provincial 707-933 ; Wales, 43 ; Scotland, 139 ; Ire land, 128; British Isles, 14. Of these there are-52 daily papers published in England, 1 in Wales, 12 in Scotland, 12 in Ireland, and lin the British Isles. On reference to the edition of this useful Directory for 1866, we find the following interesting facts—viz., that in that year there were published in the United Kingdom 734 journals ; of these, 35 papers were issued daily—viz.,, 15 in London, 1 in Birmingham, 3 in Liverpool, 3 in Manchester, 3 in Edin burgh, 4 in Glasgow, and 6 in Ireland; but in 1866 there are now established and circulated 1,257 papers, of which no less than 78 are issued daily, showing that the press of the country has very greatly extended during the last 10 years, and more especially so in daily papers ; the daily issues standing 78 against 35 iu 1856. The magazines now in course of publication, including the quarterly re views, number 537, of whi c h 196 are of a decidedly religious character, repre sen ti ng th e Ch urc h of England, Wesleyans, Methodists, Bapti s t s, I n d epen d e nts, and other Christian communities." RAILWAY TRAINS BROUGHT TO A STAND-STILL BY THE WIND.—A remarkable fact in connection with tho late tempest is that at three several points on the High land line of railway, and at about the same hour, the wind brought the trains to a complete stand-still. The most de termined and protracted resistance was in passing beneath a railway bridge between Kinloss and Forres. The wind poured through the narrow gap as through a funnel with irresistible force, and it was a long time before the engine could penetrate inch by inch through the arerture. The same thing occurred between Invergordon and Alness, and between Dalcross and Culloden. It nearly happened also in approaching Muir of Ord from Conon ; but here there is a heavy upward gradient, whereas at the other points the line is almost level. The engine driver of the train from Perth reports that on Tuesday morning, coming up Struan Bank, near the county march, the whole front of the engine was observed to be covered with a white sub st ,nce, which proved to be a deposit of salt. Tho polished parts of the engine were also red with rust, no doubt from the effects of the salt rain beating upon them. A few years ago, after a very severe storm front the north-west, the windows of a gentleman's residence, near Dingwall, were almost obscured by the density of the deposit of salt which the gale had carried with it from the Atlantic. — Inverness Courier. manner. GREAT FIRE IN OXFORD-STREET.—VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES, &e.--Last evening, about half past seven o'clock, a tremendous fire broke out in the well known premises belonging to Messrs. Laurie and Marner, carriage-builders, Oxford-street. This building was several floors in height, and besides the upper ones, used as fac tories, painting, varnishing, and polishing compartments, the other floors were used as show-rooms. In the course of a few minutes after the alarm was given, the engines of the Metropolitan Brigade, under Capt. Shaw's direction, attended from several stations. Fortunately the turncocks belonging to the Grand Junction Water Company quickly arrived, and plugs were drawn both in Hanover-square and Oxford-street, and the water flew up almost as high as the first-floor of the houses, both back and front ; when at that moment his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, his grace the Duke of Sutherland, the Hon. Capt. Howard, and other notables arrived, and viewed with apparent astonishment the alacrity displayed by the firemen in get ting the hose from the different laud steamers and manual engines properly connected, so as to enable them to got the water to bear upon the burning pile. By that time, however, the flames had taken the complete possession of not only the back workshops, but they had likewise en veloped the upper fools of the front promises. Many thou sand persons assembled, and it was deemed necessary to send to Scotland-yard for all the police that could be spared, and forthwith Captain Harris, assistant-commissioner, and Superintendents Hannant and Searle of the 0 and E divi sions attended. The first thing these officers did was to instruct the constables under them to barricade the road ways and to keep a clear space for the working of the en gines. This was a work of no little difficulty, but it was eventually accomplished, and not fewer than 17 land and manual-power engines were in full operation, throwing some thousand tons weight of water upon the flames, but at midnight the fire was not entirely extinguished. The total loss by this disastrous event must amount to some thousands of pounds sterling, but as to the origin of the disaster not the least information could be obtained, and during the intense excitement which prevailed it was im possible to ascertain in what offices the property was in tst the e t e - e lower w West-ende Sruch floors a forn ofextensivethei butnfi fire buildingshtisa s o n n o lyh b rs been et N s v tco i a tu vs te e ad s t s ,e e w d thit a aht t the excepti94 of clamp done by water, LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, FEB. 14. The newly-born royal infant is dead. The Cortes will be closed for three days in testi mony of regret at this event. FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 15. In the debate on the Address in the Senate yes terday the Duke de Persigny delivered a speech showing that English Parliamentary institutions were unfitted for France. The Emperor, he said, has given to France durable liberty, founded upon the solid basis of authority. History shows us various forms of liberty. The Emperor has made the Constitution to contain the principle of liberty, and it depends upon public opinion to develope it. M. Rouland said the existing liberties were suffi cient, while the Marquis de Boissy maintained the contrary opinion. M. Rouher eulogised the speeches of the Duke de Persigny and M. Rouland. The address in reply to the speech from the throne was finally adopted unanimously. The Emperor will receive ; on Sunday, the depu tation from the Senate, who will present the address to his Majesty. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 15. The Union Company's mail steamer Roman ar rived here this morning from the Cape of Good Hope on the 15th, St. Helena on the 23d, and Ascension on the 27th January. She brings 79 passengers, including the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Davidson, and a general cargo, consisting of 800 bales of wool, 2,551 bags of copper ore, 851 of hides, and 145 of goat skins ; also 170 packages of tallow, and 100 cases of sundries. The Roman experienced light southerly winds from the Cape to the Equator, then strong N.E. trade winds to Madeira, and thence to Plymouth heavy gales from S.W. to N.W. with heavy sea. At the Cape of Good Hope the distress among the working classes from want of employment, as well as the distress among a large section of farmers caused by the failure of the crops, and by fatalities among the stock through drought, con tinued almost diminished, nor did there appear to be any hope of an immediate improvement for either of the suffering classes. Within a circle of 50 or 60 miles from Cape Town abundant rains had fallen, but all districts beyond that had suffered from the drought with more or less severity. The Governor's proposal to raise £20,000 by pri vate guarantee, to be expended on public works for the relief of the existing distress, had failed, and no public works were likely to be carried out at present. A day of humiliation and prayer on account of the prevailing drought was observed on Jan. 12. A gigantic scheme of irrigation had been pro posed at Port Elizabeth, by which the Governor would be authorised to spend £500,000, interest to be met and capital ultimately repaid by an export tax on wool. It was meeting with extensive op position, and it 'was expected the measure would be defeated. The rust bad done great damage among the wheat' crop, and seed wheat of varieties not liable to the disease had been sent home for by the present mail. Sugar growing and coffee planting are being car ried on in Natal with great vigour. The appear ance of the crops was promising very remunerative and increased returns this season. The introduc tion of Coolie labour from India had been most suc cessful. Dr. Mann, the Surveyor-General of the Colony, was coming to England as an immigration agent, and was to be instructed to obtain the right class of settlers, viz., moneyed agriculturists of moderate income, who were much required. The blockade of Valparaiso had caused a consi derable rise in the price of breadstuff* in the colony. With the exception of this, commercial matters were dull. The war between the Free States and Basutos continued, but only in name, no belligerent opera tions having taken place on either side lately. Attention had again recently been called to the systematic slave trade carried on in the Transvaal Republic, where young Kaffirs of both sexes, from three to twelve years of age, were being publicly sold at prices varying from £l5 to £22 10s. per head. Dr. Colenso was continuing to hold services in Maritzburg Cathedral, at which large audiences attended. The Bishop of Cape Town had offered Dr. Colenso a new trial, the conditions of which were declined. It was generally expected that the sentence of excommunication would shortly be published against the recusant Bishop. Speech of the Emperor Maximilian. The following is the speech of the Emperor Maximilian in reply to the a ddress of the deputation who waited on his Majesty to express their condolence at the death of King Leopold:— " Gentlemen, —I thank you for the sympathy you have manifested in the grief of the Empress and myself for the trouble that has befallen us. In such a misfortune there is much to console us in the remembrance of tho great and noble examples that have been left us as a heritage by the late King of the Belgians. H e , lik e ourselves, in accept ing the throne that a peopl e o ff ere d hi m, had a nation to constitute and a Government to found. Thanks to the dis interested intervention of France, he was enabled to make pea6e succeed to war, and devoted himself without inter mission to institute valuable interior reforms. He promised liberty to his people, and during a long period of 35 years he fulfilled his word. He promised the country security and tranquillity, and he gave them both to it, consolidating also its independence. He did more ; he elevated it to a distinguished rank among the States of Europe and even made it one of the first in commercial importance and free dom of thought, leaving its escutcheon and noble flag with out a stain. We shall endeavour to profit by this great example, by which God has shown us that His providence never forsakes just and honourable monarchs in their noble enterprises. " His daughter, the Empress, has just returned from a toilsome journey into distant lands, in a dangerous cli mate, with no other safeguard than the love of the people; everywhere the has met with a frank and cordial recep tion, that has shown over again the sympathy that exists between the nation and ourselves, when the discon tented were pleased to say that my august consort would only meet with indifference ; when caluminators dared pretend that she would forget her duty and return to Europe. On this occasion lam happy to express particu larly my deep gratitude to heroic Vera Cruz and beautiful Yucatan, who have received the Empress with an affection that will ever remain engraven on my heart. As to my self, gentlemen, you have been witnesses of my labours. Leaving aside the vain theories which lead to anarchy, I have consecrated my time to the direction of the public administration, to the development of the elements of the wealth and prosperity of the country, and to the solution of the great questions which interest it the most. "In this arduous task I have been obliged to encounter the impatience of some and the backwardness of others ; for wounds opened by fifty years of civil war are not healed in a day ; but, strong in faith, I go straight to my end with an indefatigable perseverance. My strength may fail ; my will never. My object is not to change the de mocratic customs of the nation, because I am convinced that they elevate the mind of the citizen in inspiring him with the consciousness of his dignity and value. 1 have respected the libert3f the press when it has not degene rated into licence, at the same time that I have made the authority of the land respected. He must be blind indeed that does not see that a strong authority is the last anchor of safety for our country. You have seen my calmness in the midst of calumnies that h ave been pointed against us by foreigners. Forward, gentlemen ; the calumnies will pass, but our works will remain. Strong in the support of my conscience and the purity of my intentions, I contem plate the future with tranquillity. Mexico halput her hon , our in my hands. Let her know that her honour is secure." LORD WESTBURY, it is said, intends to leave Italy at Easter, and to remain in town during the session, in order to take an activo part in the appellate jurisdiction of the Rollo of Lords. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE KANGAROO. LIVERPOOL, February 15. The extra Inman steamship Kangaroo, Captain Bridge man, from New York on the 31st January, passed Holy head at 10 a.m. to-day. Her news has been anticipated. SPAIN AND CHILI. SANTIAGO, Jan. 1. The new commander of the Spanish squadron has sus pended the blockade of Talcahuano and Coquimbo and concentrated his forces at two ports—viz., Valparaiso and Caldera. At the former port he has three frigates ; at the latter he has the Numancia and another frigate. He him self has taken the command of the Villa do Madrid. As I foresaw in a former letter, the blockading squadron will soon be converted into a blockaded squadron. The new Government of Peru is most hostile to Spain, and is only waiting for certain contingencies to declare war against her In the meantime the Peruvian authorities have prevented the vessels laden with provisions for the Spanish flotilla on the Chilian coast from sailing from Callao, and as soon as the whole coast of Pere is closed to the Spanish frigates they will be under the necessity of sending for provisions to California or Buenos Ayres. Their situation is desperate enough, the crows are said to be in a very bad condition, and there are even symptoms of insubordination on board some of the ships. Poverty and famine will, therefore, be ono of the causes of the withdrawal of the Spanish flotilla, in spite of the arrogant assurances of some of the Madrid journals to the effect that money, transports, and provisions are on the road to Chili in great abundance. Such is Spanish mismanagement and peculation, that it is said the six or seven ships they have on the coast entail on the Go vernment of Madrid an expense of six million dollars per annum. They are mistaken if they expect to get this sum, or any part of it, out of Chili, although this might have been their prime object. Our hopes, therefore, are that the Spanish Government will perceive their error and folly ; that they will open their eyes to the imminent perils they are about to encounter in Cuba and in all South America ; to the disgraceful posi tion in which they have placed themselves ; to the difficul ties of their situation at home, political and financial ; and last, but not least, to the impossibility of obtaining any material advantage over Chili, determined as she is to carry on the war to the last extremity. The timely retreat of the Spanish forceswill cause agreat saving of life and money,andput an end to the Chili-Peru vian alliance, of which I spoke to you in my last. This alliance is a fait accompli. The navies of both countries are to be combined against Spain ; the expenses are to be equally divided between the allies wherever the forces may have to operate, but the payment and liquidation of ex penses are to be effected at the end of the war. The treaty is at present a secret, but it will be published in a month or so in both countries, or, at least, its principal stipulations revealed. The Spanish Ministers in Ecuador and Peru have left their posts, probably fearing to get their country into fur ther squabbles. As regards the Argentine . Republic, al though the people have shown great sympathy with Chili, President Mitre has hitherto expressed himself favourable to Spanish interests. He is engaged in an expensive and ruinous war with the neighbouring Republic of Paraguay, and cannot lend much attention to Chilian affairs ; but it is feared that the difficulty of the enterprise he has launched into and the lukewarmness, or rather indifference, with which he has looked upon the cause of Chili, may produce a commotion in the already disturbed and jealous States that compose the Republic of La Plata. The exportation of copper ores and of agricultural pro duce continues on the same footing as before the blockade. The crops are pretty abundant this year, and we may be able to supply Peru and Australia to any extent. The import duties having been abolished in the portsnot blockaded. in order to stimulate commerce, it has been found that the measure has placed the Valparaiso holders of foreign wares in a comparatively inferior position, and it is proposed to put on the import duties again, if not in the same proportions as before, at least to a certain degree. Naval and NElitary intelligence. The Meanee, 60 guns, screw line of battle ship, 2,591 tons, 600-horse power, Capt. George Wood house, lately returned from the Mediterranean, arrived at the Nore yesterday afternoon, and saluted the:flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Talbot, K. C. 8., Commander-in-Chief of the district. She will shortly be taken into dock and dismantled. The Conqueror, 71, screw line-of-battle ship, 2,845 tons, 500-horse power, Capt. W. G. Luard, will be paid out of commission on the 21st instant. She is now in the large basin in Sheerness Dock yard dismantling and discharging her stores. After several unsuccessful efforts last week, and a partially successful attempt on Monday, the Lord Clyde found weather on Tuesday which enabled her to test her engines and machinery at the measured mile outside Plymouth breakwater. She was built at Pembroke from the lines of Mr. Reed, the Chief Constructor of the Navy, is 2801 t. long, 58ft. 9in. broad, 20ft. 9in. deep, and burden 4,067 tons. The Lord Clyde is ironcased, and at the trial drew 22ft. 6in forward, and 25ft. liin. aft. Capt. Edmonstone, Mr. Bannister, Mr. Sampson Harris, and Mr. Saun ders were present on the part of the Admiralty, Capt. Roderick Dew, C. 8., who is to have the com mand, was also on board. The contractors are M essr s. Ravenhill, Hodgson, and Co., who were represented by Mr. Hodgson. A detailed account of the engines has already appeared in The Sun. They are of 1,000 horse-power nominal, capable of exerting an indicated power of 6,000 horses, being a multiple of six to one. Steam is worked expansively, the aggregate heating surface is 19,000 square feet and grate surface 700 square feet. The following were the results of the runs on Tuesday, mean speed of six runs, 13.312 knots, maximum revolutions 58k per minute, mean 58; steam on engines 261 b, vacuum 26 ; pitch of screw 21 feet, diameter 23 feet ; half power speed, 11.565 knots ; maximum revolutions 48, mean 47i ; wind N.N.W., force two to four; sea smooth, with a light swell. On this occasion she drew 4i inches more than on the pre vious trial, when only two runs were made, a speed of 13.533 knots per hour was then attained. On Tuesday the Lord Clyde went round the circle in five minutes and 20 seconds, the diameter being 526 yards. The ship is constructed with a long protru ding prow, armed with a heavy mass of metal. The Royal Alfred, 18, partially ironcased frigate, 800-horse power, yesterday morning steamed out of POrtsmouth Harbour to Spithead, and gave her machinery a three hours' trial under steam, prepa ratory to making her official run over the measured mile; 67i revolutions of the engines were reached, and their working was satisfactory in the highest degree to the Government officials on board super intending. their trial. The ship afterwards returned into Portsmouth harbour to await the decision of Rear-Admiral S. Robinson, the Controller of the Navy, as to the day of her trial. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—J. Chapple, master, to the Prince Albert, commissioned ; Fredk. W. Sutton (a), chief engineer, to the Prince Albert ; Francis C. B. B. Simpson, midshipman, to the Topaze ; Somerset A. Hungerfield, midshipman, to the Doris ; Dr. Daniel Finncane, surgeon, to the Prince Albert ; Dr. D. McN.Johnston, assistant-surgeon,fto the Irresistible ; James G. Milne, assist.-surg., to the Indus ; George G. Roberts, assist.-paymaster, to the Victory, as supernumerary ; Frank A. Halloran, master's assis tant, to the Doris ; Peter Baldwin, engineer, to the Prince Albert ; Wm. J. Hancock, Augustine Ked ward, and Thomas Jas. Richards, first-class assist.- engineers to the Prince Albert; Angus Leitch, first class assistant-engineer, additional, to the Doris ; George Paul, second-class assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland, for service in the Wildfire ; Thomas Wm. Curtis, acting second-class assistant-engineer, additional, to the Doris ; Henry M. P. Pellew, act ing second-class assist.-engineer, to the Star; and Eden H. Gawne, nominated to a naval cadet. GEORGE IV. IN RATHER A NEW LIGHT. — Lord Brougham, the late lamented rrhackeray, and others, have been very severe in their censures on the character of George IV. My readers will, perhaps, be in terested in hearing the following :—Some few years before the death of the king, Dr. Porteus, then Bishop of Lon don, having heard that his majesty had appointed a re view of the household troops to take place on a Sunday, ordered his carriage, though he was in a precarious state of . health, and waited upon his Majesty at Carlton House. The bishop was most graciously received, and proceeded to say, "I am come to warn your Majesty of the awful consequences of your breaking the Sabbath, by holding a review on that day which the Almighty has hallowed and set apart for Himself." The king upon this burst into tears, and fell on his knees before the bishop, who bestowed upon his Ma jesty his blessing. The king then assured Dr. Porteus that no review . should take place on the Sabbath during his life. Bishop Porteus then left the royal presence, never mere to return ; for, on arriving at his residence, he took to his bed and died shortly afterwards. The King was so deeply afflicted at the news that, on hearing it, he retired into his own apartment, and was heard to sob as one in deep affliction.—Capt.pronotes last Volume of Aizec doles. , . • Y ~~ Gurt 'rad= HER MAJESTY• OSBORNE, Wednesday. Her Majesty went out in the morning with Princess Helena, and in the afternoon with Princess Louise. Princess Helena rode on horseback, attended b 7 the Hon. Harriett Phipps. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive yesterday, attended by the Count-ss of Macclesfield. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had a dinner party yesterday evening at Gloucester House. There were present the Eail of Westmorland, Lord Lon desborough, Lord Colville, Lord Clarence Paget, the Bigh t Hon. Thomas Milner Gibsoh, Col. George Knox, Col. the Hon. George Augustus Liddell, Col. Ponsonby (Grenadier Guards), Sir Charles RuSsell, Mr. George Bentinck, Mr . George Tomline, and Col. the Hon. James Macdonald, in waiting. On Monday evening his royal highness received at dinner a distinguished circle of military officers, includ ing General Viscount Melville, General Lord de Roe , General the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, General Sir Duncan Cameron, General Sir Charles Yorke, General Sir Alexander Woodford, General Sir George A. Wetherell, General Sir Edward Lugard, General Romilly, Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick Grey, Admiral Charles Eden, Col. Gambier, Col. Wetherell, Col. Johnson, &c. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricard e arrived at their residence in Stratton-street, Piccadilly, yesterday evening, from Portumna Castle, county Galway. The Marchioness of Salisbury will have al l assembly this evening at the family residence in Arlington street, Piccadilly. The Earl and Countess Russell had a select party at dinner yesterday evening at their residence in Cheshain, place. THE LATE STORMS IN THE ATLANTIC.—It is admitted on all hands, and the admission is unhappily sup ported by a long series of melancholy marine disasters, that the storms of wind which swept the Atlantic and raged with almost unparalleled violence along our western coasts during the last few days of December and all the first week of January last were in severity much beyond those which have been experienced for many years past, and were power fully felt by steamers going westward. The westward voyage' are selected, because the storms coming from the west wer e encountered in their greatest strength by vessels proceeding in that direction. A notable instance of the exception al Violence of the hurricanes referred to is to be found in the following authentic account of the outward voyage of the royal mail steamship Scotia, Capt. Judkins, which sailed from Liverpool for New York on the 30th of December last with her Majesty's mails, a numerous complement of pas sengers, and a valuable cargo. The anchor was raised at 9 a.m., and the Scotia proceeded to sea in the teeth of 3 strong westerly gale. As far as Point Lynas she wa de at the rate of about seven knots an hour with a strong, head wind and a heavy tumbling sea. After pass ing Point Lynes the weather appeared as if about to clear up, and the vessel's speed was increased to about ell ° knots. As the South Stack Light was approached, t he wind, veering slightly to the south of west, rose graduallit ana blew very heavily, till at about ten p.m. it blew a complete hurricane, which continued with unremitting vio lence till 3 a.m. on the 31st, when the wind dropped wen' more to the westward and eased the ship in her cours e ' In contending with the fury of the hurricane referred to with a pressure of steam of from 19 to 23 pounds e n the square inch, such was the strength of the wind that the ship during considerable periods could not make we re than at the rate of from three to four knots an hour. Dur ing this fearful storm, about 9 p.m. on the 30th, the Soi l ' Stack light bore almost east ; and as the ship was Mak in " so little headway, in order to prevent any loss of recloe ing by currents, the lead was kept going every hour, that by soundings the exact position of the vessel was asenr tathed. This precaution was rendered all the more neces sary from the circumstance that besides the night boil dark and wet, the storm was so violent and the spoon-dri'; so strong that no one could look out ahead on deck, an men were placed on the foreyard and foretopsail-yard to keei c i a look out. Soon after 11 p.m. on the 30th the course s teeled was south-west, and at 7 15 a.m. on the 31st the Scotia Wss off the Blackwater Bank, the lightship on which was seen distinctly, bearing north ; this was fully 22 hours alt er leaving Liverpool. At 930 a.m. the Scotia rounded Tuseaire, and the wind coming more westerly and by north she made more way, and arrived at Queenstown at 7 p.m., where sli° cast anchor and took in the mails. Here the harbour was se crowded with vessels which had run in for shelter that the Scotia could not get under way till the tide turned , a r Pci f swung the vessels round, enabling her to get clear. 13e. anchor was swung up at 12 30 a.m. on the Ist of J a uuarY', and she passed the Fastnet Rock at 7 a.m., a strong gale sa l ' blowing and right ahead. Strong westerly gales preva ile all the way till Tuesday, the 9th, when the wind modera ted, having veered roundby N. to N.E. On the following dal (Wednesday, the 10th) it blew a heavy gale from the east ward, and the vessel proceeded under reefed foresail der" ing the day and succeeding night. On Thursday, 11th, at 11 a.m., the captain took soundings, and found cl" fathoms of water, with sandy bottom. At 11.4 5 a.m. Passe Nantucket Island, and had moderate weather till 9 PO:i when the Scotia made the lightship at New York• it this point she was kept off, Capt. Judkins not deeming prudent to go into New York bay on account of ice, wis e ., was coming down in great masses, and which had cu t dov e a large schooner in the bay. The harbour was se.faly ma at daylight on the morning of the 12th, after a voy ag° . ° c , unusual length for the Scotia, and under such trying ifil cumstances of weather, as nothing but the great s tre n c ta and power and fine seagoing qualities of the vessel, al 0 by the skilful, prudent, and bold seamanship of CaPteidi Judkins, could have enabled her to accomplish. it ide ; ,, e that experienced and able commander states that in 0° -t-1-0 stance during the 26 years he has navigated the in the Cunard Company's service has he encountered a nneo stormy passage than on his last voyage from Liverp ool u g New York, nor one demanding more vigilance or arclue.„ exertion en the part of all engaged in navigating the sl" —Liverpool Albion. , T 4gUS. Loss OF THE UNITED STATES STEAMER NATI.-- —The Newt ork Herald of the 3d inst. publishes the follosrs ing particulars of the wreck of the U.S. steamer Narc is 5 11 on the night of Jan. 2, off Tampa Bay, Florida , wliStr on board (about 30) the ill-fated vessel werelost. Theos,,, wit cissus, under the command of Capt. Bradbury, left rnuthe cola for Key West on Monday, Jan. 1, in company eft steamer Althea, and the next day made the land b e e p Fort Harrison and Mullen Key, somewhat to then °lto the entrance of Tampa Bay. The shoals here make ent art i the Gulf some five or six miles ; and the steamers cissus and Althea, after making the land, coasted auto, along the corner edge of the sh oa l s ; b u t the wind an d c on rent being both from the north-west, and settling dire ctlY t be the shoals, they found it hard work to keep clear et f breakers. Th e s t eamer Alth ea was about one mile a bee :or the Narcissus, with the latter vessel about one mil e De ei to the shoals, and they were both steaming along pleasaiiiie, and without accident until just previcus to nightfall, sr.too the Narcissus made a signal for her Consort to come svltll hail. When the vessels had neared each other sufacio/1 of toallow an understanding being had, Capt. Bradbull'oo the Narcissus, proposed to Capt. Kilgore, of the Altheelio propriety of anchoring where they were for the nig lat ' ci ,pe this Capt. Kilgore deemed injudicious, and advise d oie Bradbury to follow him and run further out to sea . proposition was finally accepted by Capt. Bradb i l u t r ieg both vessels were immediately headed off shore. 001 - the interval that elapsed while the vessels we re in _ w og munication with each other the wind that w as blo or strong from the north-west, and the current that w as able ing in the same direction, drifted the vessel a consi i Co ot distance towards the shoals, and this was the f ala _ f pOr which resulted so disastrously. It is the opinion '6OO sons well informed. on such matters that had the N at bad followed the Althea without signalling her to celno After she would not have been drifted upon the shoal s ' t to sea the commanders of the vessels concluded to run 011- 5 dos. the Althea steered a north-west course, which I ra to the against wind and tide, but the Narcissus kept In ore 00 tl O westward. The Althea struck very heavily once l iir tbe edge of the shoals, but glided over them without 11000 damage, aid continued on her course. The is.tareisso some distance astern of the Althea at this time' sore ° observed making signals of distress ; but Capt. to her the Althea, having already struck durst not turn ba c '_, ore assistance. The signals used on board the Narcisscrscoeil what are known as Costa's regular naval signals, at t ro d hp burn red, white, and blue, or vice versa, an d ere the e ' numbers. Second Assistant Ensign M'Allister , of the board °f took tho numbers down as they were burnt en O t t the Narcissus, but was unable to interpret theta 'sed th e in to be somewhat confused, and it is supra o f ' in the excitement of the moment those on. Le to til e ' ) Narcissus made use of the first lights that cam be ts' hands, without any regard to the order of the t h ey % ve e r . _ Capt. Kilgore then made a signal, asking them A fte r 'orb 13, in danger, but to this he received no answer._ . he stood off from the land and saw no more of__t2:l,o3o , i; andsteamer. sent a b The oat to nextth the beach tho t 0 ascertain, Althea if p o r -u s s r oc c e ; s r ° t a t, 0 trace bodyor tidings e f en e of o f the the Narcissus. firem en: Here e h t ashore, and the hat of Capt. Bradbury, sa , _ bea ch, P wand they the the vessel in the surf, about fo ur miles from tno a. T ort i d : could not reach her on account of the heat/ told, two persons, including officers and men all ..... ‘ 141 .4 1 " 0 . 0 j a. not a soul escaping to tell the tale. Acting -"°_, b oo ° Bradbury was in command of the Narcissus wbe'co The r. l n up sotseta,mtetnr(sl aMrcri.ssDnsuwnbasarthweassamtheeveexsseecluttiiivaet was by a rebel torpedo in Mobile Bay o n the 7th 1). the She was afterwards raised and was emploYedl,opeols' ve rnment as a tug and despatch boat for the an d ear navy yard. She was a screw tugboat o f 101 ton's! ' ried 0 battery of two guns.