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THIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Mr. B. Widdicomb. After which, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD, Mr. Pechter; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin, J. H. FitzpatricK, D. Evans ; Atesdames Ternan, Eisworthy, Lavenu, and C. Leelercq. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. XTEIV THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. -LI Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at :: , even, anew farce called LEHIND TIM 6. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. rtkillips, Eburne. C. J. Smith; Miss A. seaman, &c. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 114th appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington, F. Bedford, R Phillips, Yelix 'toga's, Ashley, hburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Biltingtor, To conclude with THE STEEPLECHASE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, I'. Bedford, Ashley; Miss K. Kelly, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Leasee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After whieh, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. 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THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as ,00n A 8 Published, containing all the LATEST NEWS an l SPORTING INTP,LLICIrENCE, by 11. W. HARRIS, NeAspaper Agent, 4, Blaektriars-roau London, S. TILE LATEST EDITION of "'TILE SUN." .1. 110 T-MES begs to inform his friends, and I lie pubic generally, ft.tl he supplies the LATEST 14101T1,N 01 t• THE LN " as soon as published —No. 16, Hampstead road, Y.W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 111. Om.--Afternoon, lh. 22m To-Monitow.-Morning, lh. 47m.—Afternoon, 2h. 5m .. 7 Z . '",:i'. ~ 'i'l ' , .- * , . . . 44 . 4. 74 4 . tc t i : 411Ik !• 11,,, N", gt ...,AriNctiolit.-,...-vutt, ...._ ~..4„___. ..,... LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 15, 1866. The arrival of the Tasmania has furnished us with further news from Jamaica, which will be looked to with interest by the public. We meet with further particulars of the late disastrous out break in the island, which tend to confirm the im- pression already prevalent in the minds of some that the rigorous measures adopted were rendered neces sary by the peculiar circumstances of the case. The Colonial Standard, in its packet summary, publishes a defence of the policy of the Governor and the colonial authorities. It states, in reply to some re marks made in English journals, that the great emergency which arose was a sufficient reason for the plans adopted, and further adds that the idea of the affair being a " local riot" is quite untenable, and that the declarations of the rebels themselves, and their subsequent course upon leaving Morant Bay, quite negative the notion. All the details of the case, which are gradually coming out in the course of these co mmunications, sufficiently attest the danger of the " situation," and the necessity that existed f or th e adoption of prompt and vigour ous measures. Before going down to Morant Bay the rebels assembled at Stony Gap, where they took a fearful oath to stand by one another, and to ac complish a certain purpose, and all their subsequent conduct proved how firm was their resolve, and how deep rooted their determination. It was no temporary ebullition of passion, no hasty movement, prompted by the occurrence of an lid_ tiating circumstance, but the carrying out of a settled purpose, the execution of a cherished scheme and a well-considered design. Thus their fighting at Morant Bay was carried on according to rule, and in strict conformity with preconceived notions. After this partial accomplishment of their design s - they retired to pray, and thanked HEAVEN for their success. Then they divided into different bodies, and went in several directions about the country, raising recruits on their journey ; and the various _ . bodies, although separated from each other, still held firm to the original plan sketched out and carried on at ISiorant Bay. As the parties thus proceeded they showed that they meant to push their advantages to the uttermost, and to spread their rebellion in other parishes. Although at the a pproach of the troops they fled, still it was not till then ; and the manner in which the ravages were carried on, and the perseverance with which they were pursued, until stopped by the presence of the military, prove how completely fixed was the pur pose, and how unabated the ardour with which it was carried out. _ _ Some of the minor stratagems of the affair were well planned, and displayed a dexterity worthy of a better cause, and of emanating from men engaged in an honourable undertaking, instead of proceeding from those who were banded together to kill and plunder. An address was found - which had been issued by PAUL BOGLE and other of the chiefs of the movement, after the arrival of the troops at Morant Bay, and in this the leader's call upon their followers to rise. In consequence of the sudden and most linlooked-for Arriyal of troops, *to and of the prompt steps taken by them, the rebels were at fault, but they nevertheless made strenuous efforts to keep up the semblance of fighting, if not the reality, in order to encourage and stimulate• the co-operation which they hoped for and expectod in other parts of the island. In fact, all through the course of these strange and startling events, if one thing was more apparent than another, it was the persistency with which these misguided men went on their deadly course, and the zeal and ing , tnuity which they brought to bear upon their undertaking seem almost incredible to the uninitiated. However, these are significant symptoms, which sufficiently prove tho great danger that existed, and also the necessity there was for stern and decisive move ment on the part of the greatly outnumbered whites. Had the genius of Exeter-hall presided at Morant Bay and ruled in Kingston, another sight had been seen that morn, and the accounts which reached England would have been details of a frightful massacre, and contained news too awful to bear contemplation or reflection. All possible examples are given to show the state of the case, and unmis takeable circumstances show the character of the outbreak, with its meaning and its mischief. Per sons who had made themselves obnoxious received threatening letters in great numbers, and the spirit of disaffection which prevailed could nob possibly be ignored. It is said that the forbearance which was shown by the rebels to the women and children, and the exemption of the doctors from the common slaughter, were part of a deep-laid scheme, and emanated from no scruples of conscience or humane promptings towards them. As for the case of GORDON, it is stated that when the evidence concerning him is all published it will be seen that he would have been convicted before a civil tribunal had he been tried before Those who can realise the state of the case will readily perceive the necessity that exists for the promptest measures being adopted, and they will conceive how dangerous it would have been to wait for the slow process of a civil tribunal in this matter. Had this offender not met his doom without delay, it is quite impos sible to over-estimate the serious results that would have followed. Every day's delay would have added to the risk, and increased the probability of a re newed attack. The temptation would have been great for the rebels to attempt a rescue, more espe cially as it must be borne in mind that it was the excitement of taking a prisoner out of the clutches of the police that led to the premature commence ment of a scheme of revolt long devised and ma tured among the natives. As for resorting to the rules which regulate the administration of justice in ordinary life, it was quite out of character in this instance to do so, because it was a crisis such as seldom occurs in the existence of any one in these comparatively quiet times, and the conduct adapted to such occasions is not the course advisable to pur sue in a mere local riot or temporary ebullition of ill-feeling and malice. If the cut-throats in Jamaica did not justify the expediency of martial law being resorted to, and the adoption of all measures in conformity with that practice, there never can arise a case which calls for that protection ; and if GORDON did not come under the class of those dangerous offenders who ought to be summarily dealt with, we know not where people will look for one. Had the authorities handed GORDON over to a civil tribunal they would inevitably have given the signal for another and a more desperate rising than the first, and it would have been better to let the offender alone altogether than to have precipi tated matters so fatally and perversely. The more we dwell upon this affair, and the more its items of intelligence accumulate, the public must better understand the great services rendered by the colonial authorities in putting down the re bellion in Jamaica in an effectual manner. They must also see and recognise the contemptible course which has been pursued by the faction over here in decrying the merits of a man whose only fault has been that he served the interests of the Crown and protected the lives of its subjects in a period of great difficulty and danger. Another thing which the community will not be slow to perceive is the mistaken policy taken by Government in this country and the unworthy part which they have played in deserting an officer who deserved trust and confidence. We have not yet heard what was the effect prbduced in Jamaica by the arrival of Sir HENRY STORKS and by the news that Gover nor EYRE is suspended during an official inquiry into his conduct. It needs no very great powers of prophecy, however, to foretell that the general sentiment profaning in the colony will be one ini mical to the decision of Earl RUSSELL ; and those who have narrowly escaped a dreadful death will naturally feel indignant that their danger is entirely ignored by the Premier, while he bends to the sway of a faction that sets reason and justice at defiance. It is very evident that the supporters of the Malt Tax will have a hard fight this session, for the attack upon that long-continued and cherished im post is being prepared with a unanimity and a per severance that cannot be disregarded. Sir FITZROY KELLY has distinguished himself as the champion of the abolitionists, and several other politicians have busied themselves in collecting facts and figures, al tending to prove the great hardship and in justice of the duty. Perhaps the strongest case which has yet been made out in favour of the removal of the malt duty has been stated by Mr. SMEE * i n a pamphlet which has already reached a second edition. Sir FITZROY KELLY and other gentlemen urged the abolition on behalf of the agricultural interest ; Mr. SMEE takes quite another ground, and argues for the consumer. Now, although the farmers and agriculturists generally have certainly quite as good a right to consideration and fair legislation as any other class, still it is indisputable that the general interest of the whole body politic has a stronger claim upon the Government than that of any particular sec ion. T he consumers of malt liquor may be con sidered (in spite of the United Kingdom Alliance) to includ e the vast majority of the community, of which t h e producers of malt form only a small proportion , and thus since a considerable alteration in th e revenue affects the whole, and not a part, of th e P o pulation, there is greater reason for removing th e malt tax if it presses hardly on all alike than if it we re only specially burdensome to a Mr. SMEE puts on his title-page a sentence which may be called the key to his whole argument. The ale at 6d. when untaxed will be 2d." Cer tainly this looks inviting enough, but the attraction is still more enhanced by the reflection that this twopenny ale is to be pure malt liquor, which very certainly the present sixpenny retail beer is not. It is, in fact, one of the greatest evils of the present system, since the beer sold to the working man is so bad, that, instead of being as it ought to be, a pure and nourishing drink, it in creases his thirst, speedily intoxicates him, and altogether does him often more harm than good. Mr. SMEE urges the abolition very strongly upon temperance grounds. Pure malt liquor is, he declares, quenching to the thirst, and does " The Malt Tax." By W. Ray Smee, F.S.A. Mama, NephoWN Coruh4l. Second Edition. k) ice Twopence. one. not generally encourage a taste for exces sive drink, whereas the adulterated stuff at present sold at too many public-houses of which " saccharine matter,water, and salt," are frequently the most innocent additions, has, as every one knows, an evil tendency to induce the poor man to drink more and more, thus being, as Mr. SmEE justly says, doubly robbed, robbed in character and robbed in pocket. Such a beginning leads him naturally enough to satisfy his craving for stimu lants at the gin palace, where the fatal cheapness of the fiery beverage adds to its dangerous attrac tions. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. PARIS, JAN. 15. 'The Moniteur of this morning, in its bulletin, says :—" No further doubts are entertained in Madrid that General Prim will be compelled either to surrender or to enter Portugal within the next three days." SYRIA. The evils of drunkenness are so great that no one needs to argue upon the subject, since all are agreed that it is at once a national curse and a national disgrace. Sensible of the enormous extent of the vice and its share in filling our workhouses, asylums, and prisons, many intelligent and philan thropic men have combined to endeavour to stop the traffic in intoxicating liquors altogether, or at least to induce their countrymen to abandon their use. But although their efforts may have been par tially successful, they can never be more than partially so, because they overlook or disregard a natural and universal want. Even in the pure air and quiet life of the country the necessity of some refreshing stimulant is felt; how much greater, then, is the want to the overtaxed energies of the dweller in cities ? Taking the working classes alone— for it is against them that the charge of intemperance is chiefly brought—it is evident that the long and arduous hours of work which they undergo, the poor food which they ordinarily subsist upon, their close and ill-ventilated dwelling-places, and the anxieties of scanty and often fluctuating means so much exhaust the system that some restora tive is imperatively needed. Such a restorative is more quickly and cheaply found in good malt liquor than in anything else, or at least it ought to be; for, thanks to the dearness and badness of the retailed beer, the gin-palace now offers the readiest stimulant. It is manifestly incorrect to deny the nourishing properties of beer. Mr. SMEE says— " The difference between bread and beer is in theory PARIS, JAN. 15. Joseph Karam, having failed in his attempt at revolt in the Lebanon, has withdrawn into a con vent. His followers have solicited their pardon from Daoud Pasha. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, JAN. 14. The Royal Mail steamship Java arrived here at 1.30 p.m. to-day. She embarked the mails, passen gers, and latest telegrams, and proceeded for New York at 5.15 p.m. All well. She was detained, awaiting the mails. not great. Bread is wheat corn cooked into a solid substance. Beer is barley corn cooked into a refreshing liquid." If the natural craving for a re freshing drink could be supplied with pure ale at a reasonable rate, there would, he avers, be a great temperance reform. He denies that the English have naturally a love for strong drink, and shows that neither gin nor whisky were habitually taken in this country until after the reign of CHARLES 1., and that even after that no mention is found of spirit in the official papers. It was not until 1697, under WILLIAm 111., that an excise o; 6d. per bushel was placed upon malt, which con. sequently became too dear for the people, " who were driven to some cheap stimulant, which gin supplied. Both WILLIAM M. and Queen ANNE encouraged the extraction of spirits from malt for the sake of the revenue thereby derived, and in the reigns of GEORGE I. and 11. gin -drinking became so prevalent as to be made the subject of special legislation." The taste for strong drinks has thus, he considers, been artificially en couraged by unwise laws, and certainly, although temperance societies, with mistaken con- sistency, urge the surrender of malt liquor as much as of spirits, there is very little doubt that prac- tically good cheap ale would be the most poten antagonist of the poor man's arch-enemy, gin. Malt liquor suits the national taste, is adapted to the requirements of the climate and the wants natural to an energetic people, and increased by the feverish competition of a highly civilised and exhausting life, and it is so plentifully supplied by the country that it seems, as Mr. SMEE says, as if the ALMIGHTY had beneficently provided at the same time the want and the supply. Legislation, he complains, has interfered with the gifts of PRovi- DENCE. "Au infusion of a plant from a distant land is made cheaper to the poor man than an in- fusion of a plant grown by the cottage door. The Englishman takes the Chinese tea, and, perhaps, before long, the Chinaman will take the British Mr. SMEE admits that there is one strong argu ment to be brought against the reduction of the price of ale, even supposing the direct loss to the revenue to be atoned for on other grounds; but this objection is one which we should hope would not by itself have any influence on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or any man who has a regard for the welfare and morality of the people. The objection Mr. SMEE briefly sums up as follows :—" Make good wholesome ale at 2d. the quart, and who would take spirits ? and if spirits are less taken the revenue will fall off." But no enlightened or conscientious politician could wish to make money out of the vices of the people, even were it not a most suicidal policy, since what ever demoralises the community tends to the dete rioration of the race, the decay of its industry, and its ultimate degradation. There is too a powerful counter argument, since with the decrease in the con- sumption of spirits there .will, we may reasonab;y hope, be a corresponding diminution of poor rates, and of charges for the maintenance of lunatics and criminals. If it could be proved that the removal _ . of the national vice would be in reality a heavy loss to the revenue, still no sane man would urge that its retention should be encouraged. Better any tax, even in its most obnoxious form, than that terrible hydra which blights so many promising careers, and carries strife and misery to so many happy firesides. The main reasoning of Mr. S3IEE'S pamphlet is summed up in a few phrases. " The ale at 6d. will, generally speaking, be 2d. Doubtless in some places it will be 2d., in others 3d., but these prices will be exceptional, and will not affect the argu- ment. The question is, C an th e b rewers afford- to sell the ale to the retailers at 6d. the gallon, clearing a profit of 25 per cent., and can the retailers sell it to the consumers at Bd. the gallon, making a profit of 33 per cent ?" By the examination of what statistics he arrives at the above conclusions, and by what means he proposes to com- pensate for the removal of a profitable im- post, we shall consider at another opportunity ; but meanwhile we commend his laborious and well- argued pamphlet to the consideration of all inte rested in a question of great national importance. He has certainly proved himself the resolute and formidable antagonist of what, according to his showing, is a dangerous and oppressive monopoly. The Capture of the Spanish Gunboat by the Chilian . - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Being acquainted with all the officers of the Chilian corvette, Esmeralda, and particularly with the families of Captain Williams and Lieutenant Thomson, Commander, and Ist Lieutenant of the said ship, I beg to correct your information con cerning their nationalities. Captain Williams is a son of an Englishman, who served as captain under Lord Cochrane in the Chilian war of Independence, and Lieutenant Thomson is son of a wealthy Swede, established many years in Chili. Both were born in Chili of Chilian ladies. Englishmen and Americans have plenty honours of themselves to allow Chilians to have sonic. I remain yours, VERITAS. enclose Pay card as is customary. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1866. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 13.—Two o'clock.—The market is firm, and quotations higher. Threes, for the Ac count, have advanced 10c.---to 68f. 60e. Credit Mobilier Shares show an improvement of 10f., being quoted at 782 f. 50c. Spanish Mobiliers are doing at 435 f., with an advance of sf. Italian Fives ap pear in great disfavour, this stock having declined 17ic.—viz., to 62f. 55c. Comptoir d'Escompte have risen 7f. 50c. Telegraphic communication with England continues imperfect, the Stock Ex change despatches not having reached Paris. Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows: 41 per Cents 97 55 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 55 Do. end month 6B 57i Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3615 Credit Foncier — Italian Loan 62 35 Do. end month 62 52f FULL` Roman — Ottoman Fives — Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Russian - Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred 'AIM Cash. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman Acct. ... 847 50 ... 1147 50 ... 852 50 ... 551 25 ... 560 - - ... 530 - - - ... 205 - - - ... 415 -- _ - ... 426 25 ._- -. ... 180 - - - ... 220 - - -- ... 107 50 _ - ... 158 75 WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 13. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Tasmanian, Capt. Woolcott, 'with the above mails, has arrived. She brings 23 passengers, $1,340,408 in specie and precious metals, and a general cargo, consisting of 1,155 packages indigo, 96 of rubber, 251 of cochi neal, 42 of cotton, 3 of skins, 5 of nuts, 310 of tobacco, 115 of bark, 1 of coffee, 1 of provisions, and 47 of sundries. The latest dates are :—St. Vincent, Dec. 25 ; St. Lucia, 27 ; Martinique, 27 ; Antigua, 28 ; St. Kitts, 28 ; Jamaica, 25 ; Grey Town, 16 ; Colon (Aspinwall), 22 ; Demerara, 24 ; Tobago, 23 ; Trinidad, 24 ; Barbadoes, 26 ; Gre nada, 25 ; and St. Thomas, 30. Her Majesty's ship Wolverine and Buzzard were at Barbadoes. At Jamaica the Aboukir, Duncan, Cignet, and Delight. The Tasmanian experienced strong trade winds till the sth, then heavy breezes and cloudy weather, increasing to a gale on the 9th from N.W., with tremendous sea ; weather moderating on the 12th. Considering the weather the Tasmanian has expe rienced she has made a quick passage. Heavy weather has prevailed all over the West India islands, doing considerable damage. No change in business at Jamaica, which remains dull. Coffee scarce ; prices firm and advancing. Crop of corn abundant. Exchange, 90 days, 2 per cent. The Colonial Standard in its packet summary publishes a long defence of the measures to sup press the late movement in Jamaica, on the ground of the great emergency, in reply to the articles in some of the English journals. The Standard says : —" The declarations of the rebels and their subse quent action after leaving Morant Bay negative the idea of a local riot, and explain the forbearance they showed to women, children, and doctors. The band of rebels had assembled at Stony Gut two or three days before going down to Morant Bay. They had taken a fearful oath to stand by one another, and to accomplish a certain purpose. They knew that all the military force which was available on the moment had been brought up to opptse them ; they had a programme to which they stuck religiously, neither suffering excitement, the opportunity of plunder, nor the temptation of outraging the un protected women to turn them from their purpose. They fought at Morant Bay, and stood to it reso lutely. After carrying out their plans there, they retired to prayer and to thank God for their sue cesses, and then divided into separate bodies, each of which took different directions across the country, levying recruits by the way, and each, though away from the others, adhering throughout to the original plan pursued at Morant Bay. The direction taken indicated the purpose of spreading the rebel lion elsewhere than in the parish. The band which went east sent forward the threat to take and burn Port Antonio in the next parish. These bands, it is true, took to flight at the approach of the soldiers, but still they carried their ravages onward, and did not desist until the troops were actually upon them. A rebel attempted to decoy the soldiers from Morant Bay, on the pretence of leading them to the haunts of certain chiefs, but failed through suspicions which led to his detection. An address, by Paul Bogle and other chiefs, issued after the arrival of the troops at Morant Bay, was found, calling upon the followers of the movement to rise. The rebels were evidently taken aback by the sudden presence of the troops and the prompt vengeance which was dealt out, and they became too demoralised to make head against the troops, but they evidently kept up action in order to encourage the co-operation they expected in other parts of the island. There was a spirit of disaffection manifested in the neighbouring parishes which was not to be mistaken. Threaten ing letters were daily sent to obnoxious persons in great number. The rebels spared the doctors, but they told why, viz., that they would want the doctors by-and-by. They anticipated that surgeons would be useful to them. They spared the women and children, but for a purpose which they ex pressed. The torch was never applied by them but from inevitable necessity or accident, and they gave the reason for it. " The evidence in the case of Gordon will pro bably be published before long, and it will be seen that even before a civil tribunal he would have been convicted. It scarcely needs argument to prove that the prompt execution of this man, under the circumstances, was highly important. The urgency of the moment would not allow of his being handed over to the slow process of the civil tribunals. His position, as a criminal awaiting trial, would have been a perpetual danger. It might be more regular to a try a man in the ordinary way; but 'circumstan ces alter cases,' and in the public emergency then subsisting such a course as regards Gordon would have been highly dangerous. " 6 The present constitution has been abolished, and the creation of a future constitution left abso lutely to the judgment of the Queen. " The general news of the past fortnight is not of much importance to the foreign reader. Every thing now appears to have relapsed into quietness, but as a precautionary measure orders have been issued to the volunteer s t o turn ou t on guar d d ur i ng the Christmas holidays. " The Maroons have completed their Our to the Western parishes, and returned home. They were everywhere received with earnest welcome and en thusiasm, Col, Fyfe is quite recovered.'' ale." GENERAL PRI&T, Although the name of Prim is sure to be suffi ciently familiar to English readers, it may, perhaps, be in my power to give some particulars respecting his life and character which may not be generally known out of Spain, and which may prove of some interest at the present moment. Don Juan ' , rim, as his biographers relate, who is now lieut.-general in the national army of Spain, Viscount del Brusch, Count de Reus, Marques de Los Castillejos, and Grandee of Spain of the First Class, was born in Reus, a town in Catalonia, near Tarragona, on Dec. 6, 1814. His father was a colonel of infantry, grown old in the service, but of scanty income and limited resources. Born with a strong inclination for the career in which he has highly distinguished himself Juan Prim was at an early period admitted as a cadet, and had barely entered the army when the civil war broke out, which lasted from the death of King Ferdinand VII., in 1833, down to the Peace, or " transaction," of Bergara in 1839. In this struggle Prim ranged himself under the Constitutional stan dard, and against Don Carlos ; but although we read that he took service with the rank of a lieute nant, I am told that it was not in the regular army, but in one of the Catalan Free Corps, that he won his first spurs, and he came to Madrid at the head of some of those wild and rather lawless bands, which astonished the more sober Castilians by their fierceness of look and bearing no less than by the strangeness of their attire—their red caps and vel veteen jackets, their long fowling pieces, and war cries and songs, which won them at the time the equivocal appellation of the " Marseillais of Spain." His own valour and the fortune of war so befriended Prim as to win him promotion to a captaincy in his 22d year, and to the rank of colonel three years later. By this time also his breast was laden with military decorations. At the close of the civil war Prim made his first start in a political career ; he was elected as Deputy to several successive Parliaments, and made up for any deficiency in his early education by a course of private studies, no less than by a constant practice in the management of public affairs, such, at least, as may be gained by assiduous participation in the work of clubs and circles and every variety of po litical association. His services to the State, or rather to the various parties which successively gained the upper hand (for although Prim was a professed Progresista and devoted to the cause of Espartero, it would be idle to look to himfor anything like political consistency) were of such importance that before 1843—that is, by the time that Espartero was driven an exile to England—he was made Brigadier, then Mariscal de Campo (Major-General), and created Viscount del Brusch and Count de Reus. In 1844 he is said to have been seriously impli cated in a conspiracy against Narvaez, then at the head of the Government, the upshot of which was an attempt to assassinate the Prime Minister as he was driving to the opera one evening, by firing at his carriage in the Calle de Ballesta. It is well known that Narvaez himself and the present Minister of State, Bermudez de Castro, who sat in the front seat with him, escaped with their lives. Not so Narvaez's aide-de-camp, Rasetti, who was in the back seat, and was shot dead on the spot. Prim was tried with others, convicted of participation in the murder and condemned to death ; but Narvaez, either out of a very extreme magnanimity or possibly from some intimate conviction of Prim's innocence, induced the Queen to cancel the sentence. He, however, deemed it expedient to remove Prim by an appointment to the office of Captain-General and Governor of Porto Rico, sending him to his new destination before the close of that same year 1844. Prim was in command at Porto Rico, when a negro insurrection broke out in the Danish island of Santa Cruz. Moved by a feeling of natural sym pathy at the peril of • the Government of a friendly nation, Prim went to the rescue of the Danes, and played so brilliant a part in the subjugation of the rebels that he was rewarded by the King of Den mark with the Order of the Dannebrog. This bril liant conduct, however, was not altogether satisfac tory to the Colonial Minister at home, who, blaming, him for his rashness in removing the Spanish gar rison from Porto Rico, and thereby exposing that valuable possession of the Crown to the attacks of the negroes who were as ready for a revolt as their brethren in the Danish colony, recalled him to his country, and there tried him for dereliction of duty. No Spaniard of any spirit, however, and with any party or personal connexions, need long remain under a cloud in those days. Prim weathered this second storm, and knew how to render his ser vices acceptable to the various Cabinets which fol lowed one another with such rapidity, that one of them was called the Lightning Ministry, until he once more became involved in a conspiracy against Bravo Murillo, who banished him, together with General Ortega. He came back after a short ab sence, however, and in 1854, thanks especially to the friendly offices of Queen Christina, he was sent as Spanish Military Commissioner to the camp of the Allies, during the Crimean war. He gained many friends among the officers of the Anglo- French army, and was especially acceptable to the Commander-in-Chief of the Turkish forces, who wrote him a most flattering letter, made him mag nificent presents, and obtained for him from the Sultan the decoration of Medjidie and a sabre of honour. On his return from the East he passed through Paris, where, in 1856, he married a Mexican lady, Senora Echevarria, who brought him a dowry of $600,000, with expectations of no less a fortune from her mother, and $1,000,000 from each of her two uncles. The marriage was celebrated under the auspices of Queen Christina, who was present at the wedding, and acted as " Madrina" to the bride. On the 31st of January of the same year, 1856, Prim was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant- General ; in 1858 he was raised to the Senate. On his admission to this House he distinguished him self by a very remarkable speech on the Mexican question during the debate on the address to the Crown. The war of Morocco broke out soon afterwards, and Prim attained a high reputation by a variety of exploits which were crowned by the battle of Cm ... tillejos, near Melilla, where, seeing the regiment of Cordova broken and turned to flight, he threw him self on the path of the fugitives, restored their courage by his exhortations and example, rallied them, and preceding them with their colours in his hand, led them with such impetuosity against the enemy as by that single onset to secure the victory for the Spanish arms. This heroic deed was re- warded with the title of Marques de los Castillejos, and the rank of Grandee of Spain of the First Class. In 1861 the joint expedition to Mexico of Eng land, France, and Spain was projected, and Prim was sent out in command of the Spanish Contin gent, being charged at the same time with the duties of a Minister Plenipotentiary. How Prim proceeded to Mexico with the French and English contingents, and came back with the latter, leaving to the former alone the task of a complete subjuga tion of Mexico and the instalment of an Austrian dynasty there, are matters of well-known contem porary history. Prim's conduct at this juncture, however severely censured by some of his country- men, received the fullest sanction of the Cortes. Under the Ministry presided over by Senor Mon, Prim was again implicated in some underhand manoeuvre which caused him to be banished or " confined" to Oviedo. He had with him in his disgrace the cavalry General Contreras, and others .. _ well known for their attachment to his person in prosperity as well as in adversity. Ile was recalled by Narvaez during his last Administration, and is nevertheless said to have joined O'Don nell in the efforts made by the latter to oust his rival by fair means or foul. Soon after O'Donnell's accession to power, however, Prim seemed to recall to memory his former political pre dilections; he leagued himself with Espartero, threw himself with all his influence into the interests of the Progresistas ; accepted the presidency of many of their committees, and although he was op- posed to the policy of Retraimiento, and voted against it with Madon, Figuerola, and other leaders of the party, thinking there would have been more honour and abetter chance of success in a manly, straightforward struggle, still he declared himself bound by the suffrage of the majority, and not only did he take no part in the late general election, but allowed his seat in the Senate to remain vacant. It was as late as the 30th of last December, I am told, that O'Donnell finding an arrear of $40,000 in Prim's accounts of the Mexican expedition, can celled the debt, thereby relieving his junior of all unpleasant responsibility. It was on the Ist of this month of January that Prim wrote a letter to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bermudez de Castro, soliciting that statesman's patronage in behalf of one of his protege's, and it was on the 2d, as the world knows, that he left Madrid on his " shooting excursion," and placed himself at the head of the mutinous cavalry regiments at Aranjuez. General Prim declares himself bound to the pro gramme of the Central Progresista Committee of November last, a programme which, although grounded on the principles of universal suffrage, and of all possible democratic liberties, evinces no hostility either to the throne or to the present dynasty. In his proclamation he utters no cry ex cept in favour of Espartero and the Constituent Cortes. But the name of Espartero alone is suffi cient to separate Prim's cause from that of those Exaltados who would proclaim either a Republic or, at least, the vacancy cf the throne in favour of another reigning family, and the unity of the Peninsula under a single Crown. Prim is also under deep obligation both to the Queen Mother and the reigning Queen, the first of whom honoured with her presence his wedding in Paris. The latter was his son's godmother at El Pardo. Prim has besides at all times received the highest favours at the hands of the Bourbon family, and has invariably evinced the most enthusiastic devotion to Queen Isabella. I have seen General Prim lately, and had suffi ciently long interviews with him. He is a man con siderably below the middle size, with a small and slender but apparently wiry and extremely active frame, a bright, lively, intelligent countenance, with a very bad complexion, the visible result of that liver complaint under which he is well known to labour. His eyes are large and expressive ; his features tolerably regular, with no other marked peculiarity than the high cheek bones. His manners are cour teous and winning ; he speaks fluently, and expresses himself forcibly, and not inelegantly, both in his native language and in French. He showed me an English paper on the table before him, and told me the written language was easy to him, though he made no attempt to speak it. Whenever I went to the General's house in Calle de Alcala, I found the antechamber, and even his own cabinet, crowded with gentlemen, who had apparently no other busi ness than that of dancing attendance upon the great man. In the presence of these Prim addressed me in French, when tete-a-tete he preferred his own idiom. Notwithstanding his wife's considerable wealth, Prim was lately said to have exceeded his means and to be deeply in debt. He is a man of extravagant habits, passionately addicted to the pleasures of the chase, for the gratification of which he has bought very extensive grounds, has built a large house, and keeps up a most extensive establishment. In pursuit of these pleasures, or perhaps under pretext of them, he has made his premises and his hunting-grounds the rendezvous of characters of every description, townsmen from Madrid, no less than Catalans, who are as ready to lend him a hand at a battue as at a political echaffourde, such as he is now engaged in. His country house at Villarubia is said to have hiding places where hundreds of bandits could be secreted, and away in the woods and deep in the gorges of the Toledo mountains he has built huts, hunting boxes, and all kinds of sheds as available for the purposes of war as for the requirements of the chase. Here, in the centre of a whole region devoted and familiar to him, he has chosen the theatre of his revolutionary exploits. Here, as well as in many parts of Catalonia, he is said to have stores of arms and ammunition. Here, or wherever else he may go, it is supposed that followers will not fail to flock to him. A man of great restlessness of ambition and of corresponding versatility of mind, General Prim has always been unscrupulous as to the means by which his aim could be attained. Not a little slippery as to political principles, and too free in money matters, he is supposed to have some of the vices that go as far towards making a Catiline as a Caesar. Whether his present enterprise is more in the style of the latter or of the former, and whether it will lead to the fate of the one or of the other, the lapse of a few days will show us.—Tones. THE CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND. (BETWEEN JAMES FIGG AND TOM SAYERS.) James Figg (Immortalised by Hogarth) 1719 George Taylor 1730 Jack Broughton (The Father of the English P.R.) 1732 Jack Slack April, 1750 _ Bill Stevens (Tho Nailer) George Meggs (The Bristol Collier) 3 months later, 1760 Millsom Tom Juchau (The Paviour) Bill Darts Lyons (Tho Waterman) June, 1769 Peter Corcoran 1771 Harry Sellers Harris Tom Johnson /785 Benjamin Brain (Big Ben) 1791 Dan Mendoza 1794 Mr.JohnJackson (G en tl eman Jackson), 15th April, 1795 Jem Belcher 1801 Harry Pearce (The Game Chicken) lBO4 Mr. John Gully (M.P. for Pontefract) lBOB Tom Crib (First Holder of " The Belt") Ist Feb , 1809 Tom Spring 1820 Josh Hudson 1824 Tom Cameron 1824 Jem Ward July, 1825 Peter Crawley 2d January, 1827 Jem Ward (A Second Time) 4th January, 1827 Deaf Rurke—(The Deaf Un) May, 1832 Bendigo l2th February, 1839 Nick Ward (Jem's brother) 22d September, 1840 Ben Caunt llth May, 1841 Bendigo (A Second Time) 9th September, 1845 Bill Perry (The Tipton Slasher) 17th December, 1850 Harry Broom 29th September, 1851 The Tipton Slasher (A Second Time) Tom Sayers Three of these—viz., Jom Ward, Beffdigo, and the Tipton Slasher being twice numbered above as having each of them twice held the bolt—it follows that between James Figg and Tom Sayers inclusively there have been altogether Three-and-Thirty Champions of England. THE IRON TRADE. DUDLEY, Saturday Evening. The concluding meeting of the ironmasters of the district was held here this evening ; there was a very small attendance, and few transactions of any kind took place, almost the whole business of this qaar ter-day having been transacted at Birmingham on Thursday. At all the works in this locality they are fairly supplied with orders for all descriptions of finished iron with the exceptioh of sheets. The Earl' of Dudley's extensive works at Round Oak aro in full operation. It was stated to-day that the price of pig iron, all mine, is firm, as reported at Birmingham, and that a large portion of the quarter's make is sold. The quarter-day accounts have been promptly paid at all the towns in the district. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The Hon. Henry Edwards has been appointed an attache at the Foreign-office. Mr. Randal Callender, her Majesty's Con sul at the Dardanelles, has been appointed Consul at Ma nila. The Consulship at the Dardanelles will not be filled up. The Queen has appointed Henry Ernost Bulwer, Esq., to be Receiver-General for the Island of Trinidad. Mr. Cridland, Acting Consul at Mobile, has been appointed Consul to that port. THE CAVOUR CANAL, one of the greatest public works in Italy, is now completed. The waters of the Po have been admitted into the channel, and now fill its whole extent of 53 miles. ANOTHER OF PRITCHARD'S VICTIMS —A corres pondentwrites—" Mr. Campbell, druggist, Sauchie hall-street, Glasgow, died a few days ago, it is said from the effects of the recent Pritchard trial. It will be remem bered that he was examined as to the quantity of antimony ho sold to Pritchard, when ho stated that he was surprised at the large amount the doctor used in his practice. An enTloyd of Messrs. Duncan and Flockhart, again, stated that ho saw nothing unusual in the quantity he sold to Pritchard. The apparent discrepancy—explained by the fact that the one was in the retail and the other in the wholesale trade—it is said has had such an effect upon Mr. Campbell that his friends attribute his death to this cause."—Edinburgli Evening COUrant. s Ar3/4 it + • W . • tra „ yam il ...;,t HER MAJESTY• OSBORNE, Saturday. Her Majesty drove out yesterday afternoon in a carriage -and-four, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice. In the evening M. Van de Weyer and Count de Lannoy had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the royal family. _ _ M. Van de Weyer, Count de Lannoy, Count Cornet, and Count Ferdinand de Lannoy returned to London this afternoon. SUNDAY Her Majesty drove out yesterday afternoon with her Royal Highness Princess Louise. Princess Leiningen and Prince and Princess Hermann of Hohenlohe visited her Majesty Yes terday, and stayed to luncheon. The Queen, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice attended Divine service a t Whippingham Church to-day. The Prince and Princess of Wales at Holkham. HOLKIIAM, Saturday. Yesterday morning a party, which comprised his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Earl of Leicester, the Marquis of Bowmont, Earl Spencer , the Earl of Dunmore, Viscount Powerscourt, Lord Suffield, Viscount Hamilton, Hon. F. d e Grey, Hon. Edward Coke, Lieut.-Gen. Porter, Hon. Col• Coke, Hon. Capt. Elphinstone, Sir E. Kerrisont Admiral Sir Henry Keppel, Capt. Stephenson, Ad miral Seymour, Mr. Powell, and Mr. Tredcroft, commenced shooting in the preserves. In the after' noon the Princess of Wales and many noble ladies joined the sportsmen in the covert. Upwards Of 2,000 head of game were killed. A perfect storm of wind, snow, and rain raged this morning, so that there was no out-door sport' At about 3 in the afternoon their royal highnesses took their leave of the Countess of Leicester and the Ladies Coke, and proceeded to Burnham Market station of the West Norfolk Junction Railway, ac companied thither by the Lord Lieutenant, wh ° conducted the princess to the saloon carriage, whet! their royal highn esses t oo k a very cor di al leave 1;1" his lordship. The special train, which was under the care of Mr. James Robertson, general superin tendent of the Great Eastern Railway ; Capt. Tyler , inspector of the Board of Trade ; and Mr. Vallen tine, C.E., engineer of the West Norfolk Junction/ left Burnham at 3.40, and, after a capital run ° f about three-quarters of an hour, conveyed their royal highesses to Wolferton, where private carriages being in waiting their royal highnesses proceede d to Sandringham in an open carriage, arriving there at about half-past 4 o'clock. The distinguished guests invited to Holkhanl to meet their royal highnesses took their departur e yesterday. The promised visit of his Royal Highness til l Prince of Wales to Lieut.-Gen. Hall's shooting b° at Weston Colville, in Cambridgeshire, is arrange' to take place during the early part of this week, fo r which purpose his royal highness will proceed frail Sandringham to-morrow to Weston Colville. TIIE PRINCE OF WALES is to have a residence built for him in Windsor Great Park, near Cumberland Lodge. Tho new lodge will be ready to receive th . Prince and Princess with their suite at the end of the summer. The marriage of Prince Christian and her Roy 3l Highness the Princess Helena will take place in July. No appointment has yet been made, says th e Saturday Gazette, in succession to Mr. Goschen, as Vi c°- President of the Board of 'Trade. Shocking Lifeboat Accident. GREAT YARMOUTH, Jan. 13. A dreadful accident occured to the Gorleston lif e ; boat Rescuer this afternoon, r esu lti ng i n t h e l o ss 0' twelve hardy beachmen. It seems that a brig W" , observed passing through th e roa d stead w i th s i g nals of distress hoisted. Two of the Gorleston lifeboat°l the Rescuer and the Friend of All Nations—whi eli belong to privat e c o m p an i es an d not to the Royal Lifeboat Institution—were immediately launch 6" and they proceeded under sail out of the harbou r towards the roadstead. Each boat was manned 1 : 4 about sixteen men, the Rescuer being under th e command of Coxswain Robert Spilling. There 0.4 a strong breeze from the S.S.W., and a heavy s ee rolled over the bar—a spot at all times very danger ous, but more particularly so at low tide. At the time the boats left the piers the tide was at three quarters ebb. The Friend of All Nations, by beating to leeward, got o u t t o sea ; b ut t h e R escuer ca ught upon the bar, and instantly capsized, turning bott °l3l upwards. F our men ou t o f th e s i xteen form i n g her crew managed to scrambl e ou t and to hold on t'' the boat, but the other t we l ve rema i ne d un der 0 ' The accident had been observed from the Piel which were crowded with spectators, and the utine% distress prevailed. The F r i en d of All Nations lA r t down with a view of rescui ng th e i r comra d es ; 1311, by the time they reached the scene of the cat' a trophe the twelve men under the capsized boat 1 35 sunk to rise no mo re , an d th e f our ot h ers b e f or e 0 re ferred to only were s ave d, even th ese poor feliOt being in a very exh aus t e d s t ate w h en l an d e d. the time of the accident the ill-fated men wore th eir usual heavy dress and sea boots, so th a t i n a roug h sea there was but little chance of th e i r esca pe Wit h life. The names of the men saved are Woods, ju il i Austin, Warner, sen., and Palm er . Th e names °f the drowned men are James Woods, CharlesWn ( t Edward Woods (father of Woods, jun.), Andre" Welton, Abel Newsome, Christopher Wilil e i' Christopher Parker, Willi am Dawkins, B°bei-aft Spilling, William Manthorpe, James Fleming, an d Benjamin Harris. They leave eight widows 1111 , 0 twenty-seven child ren i n a d est i tute cond i t i o n v deplore their loss. Th e R escuer was built in 186 6 , on the prize plan ad op t e d b y the Duke of Nortbulll berland, and not o n th e se l f-r i ghting principle. Tijie boat drifted later in the afternoon on to the be ae The heart-rending occurrence has created a P r° found sensation in the town. It is currently reported that Mr. Stansfeld, AL P ,. / for Halifax, will succeed L or d Cl arence Paget o Secretary to the Board of Admiralty.—Army and N al ' Gazette. SAD EFFECT OF THE RECENT SNOW AND RAIS' - ' . l Yesterday (Sunday, the 14th of January instant the waters of the Grand Junction Canal b egan visibly to rise, and towards noon rose so high as to cause p ar t of town of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, to be entirely inundated with water to the depth of several feet ; s O f so, that people were prevented attending the aftern°e" Divine service at the p ar i s h c h urc h , t h e ra i lway s tatio il : also the meadows adjoining, and the vicarage, the 1 donee of the Rev. Alleyne H. Barker, the vicar of the parish, together with a new road called Talbot-road, e l °,s to the church, in which the new police-station and save houses are erected, being entirely under water. Sh ou l d the flood not speedily ab a t e a sa d amoun t o f d am age ° e bo done to property, an d it w ill ser i ous l y impede ~i 0 traffic of passengers to and from the railway station. ACCIDENT ON THE METROPOLITAN RAILIV- 0.-- : On Saturday evening the 6.5 train leaving FarriPV don-road for Hammersmith, from some unexplained al es') got off the metals before reaching King's-cross, a nd ect pletely blocked the line. For upwards of three hour° ti thousands of people who form the usual Saturday r i lf o - p traffic flocked into the sation only to wait in expect iu ", ; „ - 0 for a time and then depart. At about 10 o'clock the "- was got clear, and trains began again to run. PRIVATE BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.—The 31 0511 i Vacher, of Parliament-street, have just publis l l,, their annual list of the private bills depo s it e d for the 1) '1 1 , liamentary session of 1866. The different projected r3 io ways, improvement, gas, and water bills are arranged 0 two divisions, alphabetically and in numerical ordei fr e t ., the Examiner' 4 s list, so that refe rence f or any P a cular scheme is rendered more than ordinarily e t '' . 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