The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-13 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVI C E tiring the storms of the past year the National Lifehgat Institution, by its lie hosts and other means , contributed to the savin: of 707 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Insti tution also expended .021,374 In the same period on its lite boat eztabsliments, in addition to granting £4,950 for le ,pards for saving life and exercising the lifeboats. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A i 3 PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat pt.tions. Contributions are received by the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary. Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, C OVENT GA ELDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) Re-appearance of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. Henry Halg, , h. Till, EVENING (Tuesday) , Auber's opera, LE DOMINO NOIR. 31 s Louisa Fyne, Mesdames TiAirlwsek, all, L and heard d A. Cook ; Mee.er3. A. Cook, C. Lyali, E. Dus Haigh. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. After wh!ch (term nating, with the grand transformation une , the great pantomime ALA.)DIN AND TIIt IVOI;- pEitIUL LAW Commence at 7 o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE._ Managers, 31essrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Play of THE STRANGER. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. B .rrett y G. Belmore, E. Phelps, Harcourt; Mrs. liermarn Vezin, 3licses R. Leclercq, Seymour, &c After which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN; or, Harlequin Fortun atus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manrg.2r, air. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, BROTHER SA3I : Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Compton; Mesdames Dielly Mow% Snowden. Atc. To be followed by ORPHEUS IN THE HAYMARKET Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Bs: tleman, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Woolgar, Howard, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevot, &c. To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Compton. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM TREATRE. , Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER Mr. H. Widdicomb. After which, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr. Fechter; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdieomb, Vezin, J. H. Fitzpatrick, D. Evans ; blesdamesTernan, Edsworthy, Lavenu, and C. Lcclercq. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. - THIS EVENING, at Seven, a new farce called PITKIN'S RUSTIC ItETIMAT. Messrs. J. L. Toole and P. Beatord, After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip :his 130th appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Killington, P. Bedford, It Phillips, Felix Itogtrs, Ashley, Eburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Billingtor, &c. To conclude with LEIIIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. teaman, &C. ROYAL 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. characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Caihaem, F. Viliiers, J. G. Shore, G. Murray, U. Mellon, C. Seyton, It. Cathcart; Miss L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven (Bth time), anew and origi• nal CamPdy, THE FLY AND THE WEB. Messrs. Par selle and Price; Misses Swanborough and Raynham. After which will be produced a new Opera Burlesque, L'AFRICAINE ; or, The Queen of the Cannibal Islands. Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne; Mesdames Swanborough, Raynham, Johnstone, &a. To conclude with LENDING A HAND. Messrs. Belford and Turner ; Misses Simpson and Hughes. GRATIS AND POST FREE. E. MOSES and SONS' FASHIONABLE ALMANAC for 1866, 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. 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The G overnment has at length become fully sensible of the imperativefor necessity of taking prompt and vigorous S t eps the . repression of the Cattle Plague. The di sease has l such an alarming within the last few m onths reached t o national height th a t it m ay well be regarded as a calamity, w hil e men begin to feel that it belongs to those misfor tunes which teach us our h e l p l essness and lack of power. Still, the g re ater the evil, the greate r need and reason there is for our exerting ours elves to the utmost. 44 HEAVEN helps those who help the_ s elves" is an old adag e and a sou nd one, and: - n Englishman's first thought on meeting with some grievous disaster is what he can do to remedy or lighten it. The perplexity with regard to the cattle plague has been that no one knew exactly what to do, whether with respect to the treatment of the infected animals, or the prevention of further contagion. The recommendations of the majority of the Commissioners pointed indeed to a certain course, which approved itself to the reason of most impartial observers ; but the inconvenience and loss which such a course would entail at the very outset prevented the public from giving their hearty sup- Pert to the suggestions. We were among those who from the first advised that the course recommended by the Commission should be pursued without delay, and it is a matter of very great regret th at it ems not done, It is often the case that men at the first sight of a danger shrink from the severe and perhaps even desperate measures necessary to avert it. The merchant captain may be unwilling to cast his cargo overboard. The man whose premises stand next to an unquenchable fire is averse to have them destroyed to arrest its pro gress. The unfortunate sufferer from some terrible accident is reluctant to consent to the amputation, which alone gives him a chance of life. Yet in all these cases if the natural feeling which shrinks from meeting the danger as it were half-way be indulged too long, the opportunity will be lost, and the sacrifice, if made, may may be made in vain. There has been a growing conviction in the country fcr some time past, as week by week the catalogue of loss and disaster increased, that something must be done of an entirely exceptional nature. We are willing for once to surrender or put aside our boasted and cherished privileges of local govern ment, in order to submit to stringent and impera tive regulations, with the feeling that at least that chance remains to be tried. It is remarkable as evidencing the strength and unanimity of the public opinion on this matter that the only fault charged against Sir G. GREY'S Bill was its leniency. Private members urged for more wholesome prohibitions against removal, and for further restrictions as to ports and quarantine. It would, of course, be quite impossible to frame a measure which should meet every objection and completely satisfy every person, but we think that the general feeling will be that the Government have acted wisely and fairly. The Bill is far more stringent and imperative in its nature than any Minister would have thought of proposing three months since, or than would have been then ap proved of, though by no means going beyond the necessities of the case cr the public feeling in favour of repressive measures. Sir G. GREY, in bringing in his bill, observed that the attention of the Government had been mainly directed to four points : Ist, the compulsory slaughter of all in fected cattle with compensation ; 2d, the absolute or qualified prohibition of the removal of cattle ; 3d, the isolation of suspected animals and the dis infection of suspended premises ; and, 4th, the re gulations as to cattle brought into the country by sea. On these points considerable unanimity had been expressed in the resolutions adopted by the principal agricultural bodies of the kingdom, and the objects of the Government were therefore to lay down certain general rules from which no local authority could depart, and to give the local authorities discretionary powers on certain matters of which they are best able to judge. Thus, with regard to the slaughter of cattle, the bill proposed to make it imperative on the local authorities to order the slaughter of all infected animals, while giving them a discretion respecting the slaughter of animals which have been exposed to contagion. The compensation in the first case is to be two thirds of the value of the animal slaughtered ; in the second, three-fourths. On the subject of the removal of cattle statutory restrictions are laid down, leaving the application of them to the local au thorities. For a limited time the removal of cattle by night is to be entirely prohibited, and a general prohibition of the removal of cattle at other times, except by licences, to be given by the local authorities on certain conditions. Instead of a penalty of £2O the driver is to be liable to arrest, and the cattle to be slaughtered without compen sation. The local authorities are to have power to proclaim a district infected, and to forbid any removal whatever from it. The public sale of lean or store cattle is to be prohibited for a time, and no market for fat cattle held without special license. No beast brought to market shall be re moved before being slaughtered, and foreign cattle shall not be removed from the port of entry before slaughter, with certain exceptions referring to Irish cattle. There are certain minor provisions regard ing disinfection and other matters, but these are naturally less important. Compensation is very properly to be retrospective, dating from the time when the slaughter of diseased animals was rendered compulsory. Sir G. GREY proposes that two - thirds of the required sum shall be provided from the county rate, the remaining third by a cattle rate not exceeding five shillings per head, power being given to borrow on the security of the rates, and the magistrates having the discretion to remit the rates in cases where farmers have been losers by the plague. So far the bill is very fair and sen sible, and well calculated to attain the desired objects. The general feeling of the house seemed in its favour, although Mr. HuTT proposed to bring in a rival measure forbidding any removal of cattle whatever. The house will have to decide between these two measures, and it is possible they may succeed in combining their principal features. We only hope that Mr. GLADSTONE'S remarks on the necessity of promptitude will be borne in mind, and that no unnecessary obstacles will be put in the way. It would be better to pass a bill less per fect in its details than to waste precious days in debating it, seeing that the disease will not stay to listen, and that now really nothing is being done to arrest its fatal and destructive progress. It would be well to adopt Sir G. GREY'S suggestions and divide the bill into two parts, passing the vital por tion, about which all are agreed, without delay, and leaving the manner of raising the rates, and other questions which can safely be delayed, for further consideration. The latest intelligence from Jamaica informs us of some important doings, and on the whole is very satisfactory. The Commissioners have landed, and were expected to commence proceedings in a formal manner on the twenty-fifth. Prior to this Sir HENRY STORKS delivered an opening address in a very appropriate style; and, after declaring that the Commission was open, he stated that they were anxious to obtain the fullest information respecting all the occurrences in the island, and that the inquiry would be open. If any evidence was given which criminated any one, he should be allowed to test its validity, and to give counter evidence in reply. One suggestion was made which was admirable-- namely, that the publication of evidence should be left to the discretion of the gentlemen representing the Press, but it was hoped that where any infor mation affected individuals criminally, the publica tion of it should be suspended until those individuals had been heard. No one can doubt that Sir HENRY STORKS has a most difficult task to perform, but it must be admitted that he has shown every disposi tion to execute his duty in the best possible man ner. As to the concluding intimation that the inquiry should be 4 , full, searching, and impartial," that isallthat we desire, and that all i n dep en d en t parties request both here and in the colony. A special commission has also been appointed for the trial of prisoners. The Jamaica Legislature has met and been prorogued, and in all probability will meet no more, because the Chambers will cease to exist when the QUEEN'S assent to the last Con stitution Bill appears in the Gazette by the notifi cation of the Governor. It is very significant that at this special juncture addresses should continue to pour in on Mr. EYRE from white and coloured inhabitants, all testifying to his judiciousness in so speedily quelling the in surrection, and thus preserving life and property. The ladiee in Jamaica are yery enthusiastic in sup. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1866. port of Mr. EYRE'S administration, and are getting up addresses to him, which are numerously signed. The Clarendon Address was signed by the magi strates, clergy, and 120 principal inhabitants of that parish, and expressed a " deep conviction of the danger that had threatened the island;" adding that in return for the heavy responsibilities and self denying exertions of his Excellency, " a strong op position has been got up in the mother country, in which those very acts are maliciously inveighed against which have been the means of restoring the country to a state of tranquillity." This is decided enough, in all conscience ; and furthermore, it is said that they " enter a solemn protest against the accusations referred to," which they designate as unfounded, untruthful, and unjust, and "highly calculated to incite to fresh acts of rebellion the disaffected subjects of the island." Another ad dress was presented by 120 labouring men and heads of families in the parish of St. Ann's. This is also very decided in its tone, and the undersigned desire to thank the Governor for his " prompt and effectual measures" in putting down the rebellion. The Governor's reply to both the addresses was very suitable, and to the memorialists from Clarendon, he states that he feels sure that " the generous manner in which they have come forward will contribute, in a great degree, to disabuse the British public of the exag gerations and untruths that have been circulated." More important still was the address presented to Mr. EYRE by the Dissenting ministers in Jamaica, in which is stated that they express their " most solemn con viction that to his Excellency's prompt, energetic, and decisive measures they owe it that the scenes at Morant Bay were not enacted throughout the island." Further on they declare that they believe the " slightest indecision, delay, or miscarriage in dealing with the first spark of rebellion as exhibited at Morant Bay would have caused the spread of civil war throughout the island." They also express their regret at the " un qualified censure" pronounced by a large portion of the British Press, and sympathise with the expulsion, of his Excellency. It is added that these sentiments in England have already produced a most mischiev ous effect upon the population, and when fully cir culated are likely to " reproduce the scenes of massacre and paralyse the efforts of those in autho rity." It adds greatly to the importance and interest of this address that those who signed it were old inhabitants of the island, and also that several different denominations concur in affording their testimony to the merits of Mr. EYRE. Thus we find the name of the General Superintendent of Wesleyan Missions, thirty-one years in the island ; the Presbyterian minister, forty years in the island ; the Baptist minister, thirty years in the island, and many others of a similar character. Mr. EYRE'S reply is moderate, but decided. He states that he has great pleasure in receiving such proofs of esteem and such tokens of approval for his measures. If, he states, some "isolated acts" of wrong occurred they were unknown to him, and he trusts they were only such as are always unavoidable in a state of martial law. In conclusion, Mr. EYRE declares that he was actuated by the single desire to do his duty to the QUEEN and the people of the island ; and said he, " I have the innate satisfaction of feeling that I did that duty faithfully, and in the proud conviction that in doing it I averted from Jamaica a general and sanguinary war." When we peruse these significant addresses, and ponder upon their contents, it does, indeed, seem strange and inconsistent that the members of the faction over here should have persisted in reiterating their charges in defiance of reason, right, and justice. Here we have, on one hand, all classes and sects of Jamaica tendering their thanks to the Governor for his prompt measures in rescuing the island from a dread ful calamity, and on the other the accusing parties in England going to ridiculous extremes. Mr. BRIGHT, in the House of Commons, again calling the execu tion of GORDON a murder, and the brave men, who risked their lives in assisting the Governor to pro tect their fellow-subjects, accomplices. The English public may be misled for a time, and bewildered by conflicting statements, but they never fail in the end to recognise truth and justice, and to denounce oppression and prejudice. We will borrow Mr. BRIGHT'S own words, and say that unless justice has changed its name in this country the prosecution of Mr. EYRE will soon be regarded in its true light, and its ori ginators and abettors meet with their just reward and recompense. CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. The Moniteur contains the text of the treaty con cluded on the 16th December last between France and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for the reci procal protection of the copyright in works of litera ture and art, the particulars of which have been made known. It also publishes a report respecting the administration of criminal justice in France and Algeria during the year 1864. This report is fol lowed by a summary on the part of M. Baroche, the Minister of Justice, in which he says that the year 1864, so far as regards the administration of crimi nal justice, did not present anything of striking im portance, and will rank as an average year. The Ambassadors from the Sultan of Morocco, who recently came on a mission to the Emperor at Paris, reached Tangiers, on their return home, in the Eldorado frigate on the 4th inst., very much pleased with the cordial reception which attended them in France. Another strong proof of the reality of the entente cordiale between England and France is afforded by the disgust and contempt exhibited by the Paris papers at the very absurd and wicked oration of the Marquis de Boissy. Journals of all shades of opinion join in denouncing this display of impotent malice and foolery, and some express regret that he should be allowed to make an annual display of envenomed spleen calculated to bring the Senate into ridicule and to weaken the legitimate influence which it ought to have over the public. The Avenir says th at the Marquis may utter som e truths by chance, but these truths are swamped in a torrent of absurdities. The France becomes classical in its condemnation of the Boissy philippics, and says they remind it of Camille in the Iloraces addressed to England—" London, the only object of my re sentment." The France appears to see in the ora tory of the Marquis an illustration of the sentiment of one of the characters of Shakspere, " And with this wanton, wicked world, eternal war I'll wage," and says he talks about everything and complains of everything, without order, method, or reason. The Patrie thinks the word speech an inappro priate one to characterise the rambling and incohe rent commentaries of the Marquis upon everybody and everything, but says that some readers may derive a certain sort of pleasure from bold and daring denunciations. As to the Epoque, that paper seems to excuse the fooleries of the Marquis because he was " lively." I may resort to a real English phrase and say he was " deadly lively." The Moniteur continues to ignore the existence of any fresh insurrection or revolutionary indication in Spain. Letters from Madrid, however, state that there is great excitement in the capital. The Siecle confirms the accounts given in the private commu nications. It says—" The arrests continue at Mad rid. More than 60 persons were arrested and sent to prison in one day only, the 6th of February." As to freedom of discussion, one fact may serve to illustrate the extent of latitude allowed by the Go vernment. A democratic journal, La Discussion, has a notice to its readers to the effect that its manager, M. Antonio Castane, had been condemned on the previous evening (the sth) to nine years' imprisonment for an article entitled Mi Patrona. When the time arrives for the procession of the Boeufs Gras all other subjects lose their interest with the Parisians. This year the first day's procession (yesterday) being favoured with fine weather, more than usual interest was attached to it. The prin cipal boeuf gras excites much competition among the butchers, and is bought at a high price. The purchaser this year is M. Flechelle, who has a very magnificent shop in the Carrefour Gaillon. It is the Beau Nivernois. A day or two ago I gave you an account of the other arrivals. The procession starts at ten in the morning, and returns back at six in the evening, after parading through the prin cipal streets of Paris. The route is changed each day. The Emperor deigns to receive the procession in the Court-yard of the Tuileries, and makes a handsome present. Prince Jerome Napoleon also receives it at the Palais Royal, and chats very fami liarly with the members of it ; at least he did so last year. Upwards of 3,000 persons join in the procession, and it is really a beautiful sight. It is arranged in a very artistic manner by a master of the ceremonies. The chief attraction this year was the car of Gargantua, the mechanism of which was curiously contrived, so that the mouth of the glutton opened continually to receive all sorts of contributions. The figure was 10 feet high. Around the car were all the various adjuncts of the kitchen ; and the Fashions of France were per sonified by men and women in all sorts of fantastic and beautiful dresses. After the car of Gargantua came the splendid car of Boeuf Gras, drawn by eight oxen, his inferiors, however, in fat and weight. Nearly 200 musicians, in fancy dresses, enliven the procession with excellent music. Next followed the grand car of the vessel, the Ville de Paris, beauti fully decorated, and with cupids in the shrouds. Perhaps, however, the principal attraction was the car of the goddesses. The goddesses are assisted by shepherdesses, and a little goat dressed as Cupid was not only very attractive to the crowd, but the Emperor and Empress took her in their arms. The gods and goddesses have a good luncheon in the course of the day. Prince Napoleon is a great patron of the Bceufs Gras, and last year was very liberal to those who formed part of the procession ; but he has just left Paris for Italy, no doubt to the regret of the breeders and butchers. The procession yesterday arrived at the Tuileries between 1 and 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The Emperor, Empress, and the young Imperial Prince came out on the balcony of the Horloge to receive it. All parties seemed intensely pleased with the exhibition. The next arrival to the Beau Nivernais, which weighs 1,360 kilogrammes, is the Evenenzent, weighing 1,330 kilogrammes. The Tremblay weighs 1,310 kilogrammes. By a rather strange coinci dence the Nouvelles weighs 1,330 kilogrammes—the same as the Evenement. The Patrie somewhat satirically remarks that the news of the day and the event of the day is of the same value__ at least as far as weight is concerned. To-day the weather has been still finer than yesterday, and the procession has excited a good deal of interest. The fat ox was presented to the Princess Mathilde on its route. In my account of the execution of Poncet, in The Sun of Saturday, a misprint made the exclamation of the crowd on his appearance rather unintelligible. The assembled thousands, on seeing him, simulta neously cried—" Voila Poncet !" " There is Poncet ! there is Poncet !" Mr. Sothern on " Spiritualism." ....,. ---.-----. The following letter, addressed to our leading contemporary by Lord Dundreary, appears in the Times of the 10th of February : Sir,—l greatly regret that lam compelled to address you on a personal matter. In your columns you have inserted an advertisement commencing " Mr. Sothern and Spiri tualism.—Extraordinary Disclosures.—See the Spiritual Magazine, &c." When I inform you that the publications thus brought before the world through the agency of your circulation contain the foulest and falsest libels on my private charac ter, directly and openly charging ma with the grossest and most extreme immorality, you will, I doubt not, recognise my right to suggest to your consideration whether you should not, in justice to me, publish the reason of your now withdrawing such advertisement from your columns.* Of course, I entirely absolve you from all knowledge of the nature of the libels which have thus been forced into public notice through your instrumentality. With those who have written and published those libels I shall deal through the action of the law. I have deemed it my duty, when my name was being used to support the cause of irreligion and delusion, to state my honest opinion of what is called "Spiritualism," and to sustain that opinion by record of my own experience. For doing this I have been singled out as a mark for vituperation and gross insult, which have culminated in the most atrocious libels, and I deem it not less my duty to teach the perpe trators of such an outrage that I am not one to be so as sailed with impunity.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, E. A. SOTHERN. Theatre Royal Haymarket, Feb. 9, 1866. * We (Times) refused to republish the advertisement in consequence of Mr. Sothern's representation that the arti cles to which it referred were false and libellous. We are requested to state that the grant of a pension to Lady Eastlake was entirely spontaneous on the part of her Majesty, whose pleasure in the matter was com municated by Earl Russell to Lady Eastlake. A PROUD AND HAWTY SuTHENEß.—Feelin' a little peckish I wont into a eatin' house to-day, and encountered a young man with long black hair and slender frame. He didn't wear much clothes, and them as he did wear looked onhealthy. He frowned at me, and sed, kinder scornful, "No sir, you come hero to taunt us in our hour of trouble, do you ? " " No," said I, " I come here for hash ! " " Pishaw !" he sed, sneeringly, "I mean you air in this city for the perpuss of gloatin' over a fallen people. Others may basely succumb, but, as for me, I shall never yield —never ! never ! " Hay' suthin' to eat ?" I plea santly suggested. " Tripe and onions !" he said furcelY ; then he added, "I eat with you, but I hate you. You're a low-lived Yankee ! " To which I pleasantly replied, "How'll you have our tripe ? " "Fried mudsill, with plenty of ham fat." Ho ate very ravenus. Poor feller. He had lived on odds and ends for days, eatin' crackers that had bin turned over by revellers in the bread-tray at the bar. He got full at last, and his hart softened a little to'ards me. "After all," he sed, "you hay sum peplo at the North who air not wholly loathsum beasts ?" "Well, yes," I sed, "we hev' now and then a man among us who isn't a cold bludid scoundril. Young man," I mildly but gravely sed, "this crooil war is over, and you're lick't. It's rather necessary for somebody to lick in a good square, lively fite, and in this 'ere case it happens to be the United States of America. You fit splended, but we were too many for you. Then make the best of it, and let us give in and put the Republic on a firmer basis nor ever. I don't gloat over your misfortins, my young fren'. Far from it. I'm an old man now, and my hart is softer nor it once was. You see my spectacles is misten'd with suthin' very like tears. I'm thinkin' of the sea of good rich blood that has been spilt on both sides in this dreadful war. I'm thinkin' of our widows and orfuns North, and of your'n in the South. I kin cry for both. B'leeve me, my young fren', I kin place my old hands tendely on the fair young hed of the Virginny maid whose lover was laid low:in the battle dust by a Fed'ral bullet, and say, as fer vently and piously as a venerible sinner like me can say anythin', 4 God be good to you my poor dear, my poor dear.' " I riz up to go, and takin' my yung Southern fren' kindly by the hand, I sed, young man, adoo ! You Southern fellers is probably my brothers, tho' you've oc casionally had a cussed queer way of showin' it. It's over now. Let us all jine in and make a country on this conti nent that shall giv' all Europe the crambo in tho stum mock every time they look at us. Adoo, Adoo." And as I am through, I'll likewise say adoo to you, jintlo reader, merely remarkin' that the star-spangled banner is wavin' round loose agin' and that their don't seem to be anything the matter with the Goddess of Liberty except a slight cold.—" Artemas Ward (His Travels) among the Mormons," by E. P. Hingston. THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.—The printing of the official reports of the battles of the late Ameri can war, with such correspondence and documents as the Secretary of War can with propriety furnish for publica tion, is now to be commenced forthwith. The superin tendent of the public printing of the United States estimates roughly that these papers will fill 20 volumes. Eleven thousand five hundred copies are ordered to be printed. The aggregate cost will approximate $350,000. The roster, or roll of all field, line, and staff officers of volunteers, also ordered to bo printed, with a statement of casualties and other ;explanations, will make four volumes of 700 or 800 pages, also costing not less than $1 50c. for the print ing and binding of each volume. MISSING SIIIP.—The Harriet Moody, which sailed from New Orleans for Liverpool 11th of October, was parted with in the latitude of Savannah, by the Home ward Bound, from New Orleans (arrived at Liverpool 6th of Decomkter), and has not Nino been heard of. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE FRENCH SENATE. DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS. PARIS, FEB. 13. In the debate on the Address in the Senate yes terday, M. d'Agnesseau, General Gemeau, and Car dinal de Bonnechose spoke at great length upon the September Convention, expressing distrust of the Italian Government. M. Boujeau, in a speech on the same subject, said that Italy would rigorously execute the Con vention, but the temporal power could not last. M. Rouher, Minister of State, said the September Convention had created in Italy two distinct tem poral Sovereignties. He defended the loyalty of the Italian Government. France, said the Minis ter, has reserved her liberty of action. By an nouncing what she will do she would fetter and destroy that liberty. France continues to keep in view the reconci liation of the Pope with Italy. Paragraph 9 of the Address was afterwards adopted. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, FEB. 13. The United Committees of the Chamber of Depu ties for Trade and Finance have unanimously agreed to the Navigation Treaty with England. THE BOMBAY MAIL. ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 12. The Tanjore left at 11 a.m., and the Massilia a 4 p.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles about the 18th, and the latter at Southampton about the 25th instant. GIBRALTAR, FEB. 11. The Syria, with the heavy portion of the Calcutta, China, and Australian mails, leave here at 10 p.m. to-day ; all well. She may be expected at Southampton on the 10th instant. THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES. LETTER FROM DR. BEIGE. " MASSOWAH, Jan. 18. " We arrived here on Monday last. " Letters from the Abyssinian captives have been received, dated September 28. They were then at Amba Wagdala. All well. It is said that since then they have been taken by the Emperor with him into Godjam, and that ho will shortly be in Tigre. The latest date from Mr. Rassam is Nov. 6, when he was at Kassala, the capital of the Egyptian province of Taka, whence he was about to proceed westward to Matamwa. " Taka has recently been the scene of a frightful tragedy. About six months ago the negro troops there, about 4,000 in number, revolted, in conse quence of their pay being greatly in arrear, and also, it is said, of the intention of the Egyptian Go vernment to send a portion of them to Mexico to replace those sent there some time ago in the French service. For two months Taka was in a state of warfare, and order was only restored by the arrival or troops from Khartam and also from Egypt, via Suakam. The orders from the seat of Government were that the mutineers should be decimated ; but in the result at least nine-tenths were either massacred or sold into slavery. The Governor of Taka, and the other principal officers concerned in this tragedy, have all died since, so that an investigation into its details would now be fruitless. F R A BOURSE, Feb. 10.--Ti N C E. ree o'clock—The marke was animated, prices dos 4i per Cents 99 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 70 Do. end month 6B 85 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3715 Credit Foncier 1307 50 Italian Loan 6l Do. end month 6l 12i BAIL) ing as follows: Roman Ottoman Fives 3B 75 Mexican Loan 46 Do. Bonds 292 50 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred 'AYH. Cash. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman Acct. ... 855 -- - ... 1107 50 868 75 ... 515 - - ... 561 25 - ... 155 - ... 897 50 397 50 165 - - ... 215 - ... 125 - AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. (Via Crookhaven.) The following are the heads of the news brought by the City of Boston:— NEW YORK, Feb. 3 (Morning.) The public debt of the United State; on the Ist February, was $2,824,000,000, having increased $17,000,000 during the month of January. The Liberals abandoned Bagdad on the 2Gth ult., and the Imperialists have occupied the town. The Fenian alarm continuos along the Canadian frontier. Mr. Sumner has introduced a resolution in the Senate that in the lately rebellious States there shall be no class invested with peculiar privileges or powers, and no denial of civil and political rights to any one, on account of color or race. All persons shall be equal before the law in court, and at the ballot-box. This statute to be the supreme law, all State laws to the contrary notwithstand ing. Mr. Sumner announced that he would move this resolution as a substitute for the constitutional amendment concerning representation lately adopted by the house. The Senate, by a vote of 31 to 10, has adopted the amendment to the bill for protection in civil rights, de claring all natives of the United States not subject to foreign powers, excepting Indians, to be citizens without distinc tion of colour. President Johnson has submitted to Congress General Sherman's report, giving a favourable account of the con dition of affairs in Arkansas ; also the correspondence of Chief-Justice Chase, expressing doubts as to the propriety of holding circuit courts in the late rebellious districts until Congress shall act upon the subject ; and lastly, the cor respondence respecting the Mexican Express Company, organised under a grant from Maximilian. Tho latter in cludes letters from Seward, General Grant, and Mr. Romera. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold, 1401. Exchange on London, 150 ; on Paris, 3721. Stocks declining. New York Centrals, 881 oz. dividend ; Illinois, 115 ; Erie, 771; Five Twenties, 103. Cotton dull. Mid. Upland, 49. Flour firm but active Wheat very firm. Corn, good inquiry. Provisions steady. Coffee quiet. Sugar slightly firmer. Molasses steady. Petroleum dull. Crude, 32; refined, 53. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 1. Cotton quiet, 48. MOBILE, Feb. 2. Cotton, 45 to 46. Week's sale, 8,500 bales. Receipts, 1,400. Exports, 16,900. Stock, 81,000 bales. Lord Charles Percy has left Claridge's Hotel for Guy's Cliff, Warwick. Lord and Lady Lindsay and the Hon. Misses Lindsay have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Haigh Hall, near Wigan. A MATE COMMITTED FOR MANSLAUGHTER. —l-1. F. Williams, the mate of the ship Eliza, from Mobile to Liverpool, was committed by the Liverpool magistrates yesterday for manslaughter, the victim being a seaman named M'Cluinness. The defence was that the crew mutinied whilo the captain was ill, and that the deceased was struck by the mate in self-defence. CHARGE OF MURDER.—BRISTOL, Monday.—This evening John Beard, labourer, of Cheltenham, died from stab wounds received whilst fighting with Samuel Cher rington on Friday last. Cherrington will be examined to morrow on a charge of wilful murder. Beard's deposi tic= were taken just before death. Mr. H. T. Sewell, of No. 35, Tachbrook-street, Pimlico, said that about 12 the previous night ho was in the tavern of Mr. Carter, 49, Haymarket, the prisoner being also there, when Munday, who was apparently intoxicated, came in, and addressing the prisoner, said, " I mean punch ing your head." The prisoner said ho did not wish to have anything to say to Munday, and then Munday struck the prisoner on the side of the head. A sort of tussle then took place, and Munday seized hold of the prisoner's hair, and wanted him to fight. Munday again went up to the prisoner, who had a glass in his hand and was sitting down, and then the glass went, and Munday was injured on the forehead ; but ho (witness) could not say whether he was struck with the glass, or whether the glass was thrown at him—the affair being so instantaneous. The glass was broken on Munday's fore head, and afterwards Munday wanted to fight the prisoner. Henry Witt, 67 C, said he found Munday staggering along the Haymarket, bleeding profusely from a wound on the forehead. He took him in a cab to the Charing-cross Hospital, and there left him, and he was still there. The prisoner was taken to the station, and when charged said he could not help it, and that he was very sorry for it. He also said it was done in a struggle. Mr. Tyrwhitt said, as the injured man was not present, there must necessarily be a remand. Mr. Lewis asked that bail might be taken, and Mr. Tyrwhitt at once agreed to take bail, and the prisoner was remanded. AFFECTION FOR A OAT.—Jc-hn Ostella, of 3, Marshall street, Golden-square, appeared before Mr. Tyrwhitt to answer a summons for an assault upon Mrs. Bowen, of the same address. Mr. Edward Dillon Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, in stating the case for the complainant, said a serious as sault had been committed upon her by the defendant, pro voked, it appeared, by jealousy, that feeling having been called into being through a cat, upon which the defendant seemed to have bestowed his disengaged affections. The complainant was then called by Mr. Lewis, and she stated that up to a week after the defendant was possessed of a cat, which had been a nuisance to every one in the house. On Monday last the cat having taken refuge in her room from the defendant's cruelty was driven out by her, and the defendant having complained of this ejection struck the complainant three times with his fist in the mouth, displacing two of her teeth and causing her face to be considerably swollen for some days. The complainant's daughter fully bore out her state ment, adding that the defendant was in the habit of hold ing the cat up by its tail and lashing it with a strap. _ _ The defendant—" Ah ! but that was before I lost it." (Laughter.) Mr. Lewis remarked that the defendant only appeared to have learnt to appreciate its value when ho lost it. The defendant complained that the cat exhibited a marked preference for the complainant. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that such a squabble about a cat had scarcely ever been heard of. He had no doubt the de fendant had committed the assault complained of, and he should fine him 408., and costs. Mr. Lewis asked that a portion of the fine might be given to the complainant as compensation, as she had suffered a good deal from the defendant's violence ? Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would consider the application. THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ROBBERY AND FORGERY.— Francis Hill, a lad aged 16 years, described as having no fixed abode and no occupation, was charged with stealing a black frock coat, over-coat, and a pocket-book containing a bill of exchange for £26 18s., the property of Mr. Wil liam Musto, engineer, of No. 56, Green-street, Stepney. He was also charged with forging a cheque for £26 95., with intent to defraud the Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, and with stealing, on the 28th of December last, a gold watch and chain value £l4. The prosecutor is the step-father of the prisoner, and lived with him until about two months ago, when he ab sconded. On Tuesday night last Mr. Musto locked and bolted his bed-room door as usual before re tiring to rest. Next morning the bed-room door was open, and the key was in the lock inside. Some per son must have been secreted under the bed, and unlocked and unbolted the door in the night time, while Mr. Musto was asleep, and without disturbing him. He missed two coats, and a bill of exchange for £26 18s. He was not aware whether the bill had been negotiated or not. He gave immediate information to the police. Yesterday the prisoner came to his house in Green-street, and did not expect to find him at home. Directly the prisoner saw him ho ran away. He followed him, and secured him. He charged him with stealing the things, and he made no answer. At the station-house the prisoner laughed, and said, "lam as clever as you are." On the 28th December the prisoner stole a gold watch and chain from his house. He had not traced any of the property. Mr. Henry William Payne, a clerk in the Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, No. 75, Cornhill, stated that on Saturday afternoon the prisoner presented a cheque for £26 9s. for payment. It was signed William Musto, who had an account in the house. He suspected it was a forgery and questioned the prisoner, who said he brought the cheque from Mr. Hayes in Old-street-road. He returned the cheque to the prisoner, and wrote upon it " signature differs." Mr. Musto said the cheque produced had been stolen in blank out of his cheque-book. The signature was not in his handwriting. Patrick Kennedy, a police constable, No. 690 A, reserve, said he found the prosecutor's pocket-book on the prisoner and two pawnbroker's duplicates, one related to a coat and the other to a gown. Other evidence affecting the prisoner was given. He was stated to be a very hardened lad, who had given much trouble to his family and friends. The prisoner was remanded for a week, and directions were given to the police to make inquiries after the stolen watch and coats. MARKETS.---This Day, HAY SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clover, £5 5s to 16 lbs Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £sl2s 6d; clover, £5 5s to £7 Os Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.--Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Otl; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade quiet. COLONIAL. TEA. Only a moderate amount of business has been transacted, and prices gene;ally are steady. SUGAR.—The market has remained very dull. A mode rato quantity, however, is announcedfor public sale during the week, but quotations generally are very depressed. In the refined market there is only a limited inquiry for com mon lumps, at about previous rates. COFFEE.—The dealings have been to a moderate extent, without any material change to report in prices. RlCE.—Business has remained very inactive, without any alteration to notice in values. TALLOW.—After the late advance there has been a slight reaction, and a decline of about is per cwt. has taken place. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 46s 9d ; March delivery, 46s 9d to 475 ; and last three months, 49s 3d to 49s 6d per cwt. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. m. d• Hetton l7 6 Hartlepool N.Staffordshire 17 0 South Hatton Shaw's Hartley lB 6 Walls End Haswell... 17 6 Peusher Primrose Tunstall Walker Primrose l3 9 East Hartlepool Ships at market, 31; sold, 23. Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day. The market opens with a fair inquiry. Sales probably 7,000 bales. THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY Will meet on Tuesday, 20th of February, at eight o'clock, when the fol lowing paper will be read :—" On the Physical Charac teristics of the English People." By Luke Owen Pike, Esq., F.A.S.L. THE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN WHITECROSS STREET.—Mr. Wright, the unfortunate sufferer at Upper Whitecross-street, we regret to state, remains in St. Bartholomew's Hospital in a very precarious state. The infant is, however, recovering rapidly, the mother being allowed to be present in order to give the baby the breast. The inquest on the body of the deceased, lying in St. Luke's dead-house, has not as yet been fixed, but it is thought that it will be formally opened to-morrow. Mr. Harrison, assessor, has been engaged to settle the loss for Mr. Wright with the fire Offices. rADVERTISEMENT.j—IioIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Rheumatic and Nervous Pains.—The chilly mornings and evenings provoke these tortures iu constitutions susceptible of such maladies. Nothing affords so much relief as Hol loway's ointment well rubbed upon the skin after repeated fomentations. Thousands of testimonials bear witness to the wonderful comfort obtained from this safe and simple treatment, which all can adopt. Holloway's ointment, as sisted by a judicious use of his pills, is especially service able in assuaging the sufferings from cramps and other muscular pains, whether they be acute, chronic, external, or internal. It is earnestly recommended that every suf ferer from these pains should give Holloway's remedies a few days' trial, which will fully convince the invalid that fk cure will be the reward of continued perseverance. • POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.A " BETTING MAN" CHANGED WITH VIOLENTLY ASSAULT ING A JOCKEY. —Chas. Sheen, of Epsom, Surrey, described as a betting man, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting John lelunday, a jockey. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the prisoner. The injured man was unable to attend, and a certificate, stating the injury he had received, was handed to the ma gistrate. 6 - * , tilt! rt 6i-varivo. 4 44-4 , a 4 A HER MAJESTY• OSBORNE, Sunday. The christening of the infant prince, the son and heir of his Serene Highness the Prince and her Grand Ducal Highness the Princess of Leiningen, took place at Osborne yesterday, which was the an niversary of her Majesty's marriage, in the pre sence of the Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, the Prince and Princess Alberta of Leiningen, Princess Hohenlohe, and Prince and Princess Hermann of Hohenlohe. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES IN THE HUNTING FlELD.—Yesterday morning their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by Major Teesdale and the lady in waiting, drove to the Pad dington Station of the Great Western Railway, en route for Theme, on the Wycombe branch of the line, in order to enjoy a day's fox hunting. Their royal highnesses were at tired in hunting costume. The prince and princess left Paddington fn a saloon carriage, attached to a special train at 9.30 a.m., Mr. A. Higgins having charge of the train, which proceeded by way of Slough. Theme was reached about 11 o'clock. Their royal highnesses, after enjoying some first-rate sport, returned from Thame Station at 4.55 p.m. The Marchioness of Queensberry has left Ed wards's Royal Cambridge Hotel, George-street, Hanover square, for Southsea. The Earl of Glasgow has left the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street. The Countess of Malmesbury is expected shortly to arrive in Stratford-place, from Heron Court, near Christ church, Hants, for the season. Viscount Jul has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley square, for Hawkestone, near Shrewsbury. Viscount Bangor has left Claridge's Hotel for Monkstown, Ireland. Lord Lymington has arrived at Cataldi's Hotel, Dover-street, from Devonshire. Lord Macdonald has left the Alexandra Hotel for Eton. Addresses to Governor Eyre. --e -- Addresses of thanks to Governor Eyre continue to pour in from all the principal inhabitants of every district in the island of Jamaica, and afford a very unanswerable proof of the disposition which pre vails to support him against the determined hostility of a small section of the English public. The magistrates, clergy, and other leading residents of Clarendon recently presented an address of this description, in which they state that they are " deeply impressed with a sense of the immensity of the obligation " under which they are to the Governor for the "promptitude, energy, and un tiring exertion " with which he suppressed st the late wicked and unprovoked rebellion," thereby " suppressing in the bud a most diabolical conspiracy to murder all the white and coloured inhabitants of the colony." They tender their thanks to Mr. Eyre especially : "At a period like the present, when, in return for the heavy responsibilities assumed and the self-denying exer tions and personal discomforts undergone by your excel lency, a strong opposition has been got up in the mother country against your excellency, composed of a portion of the press, and certain parties, in which those very acts that have been the means, divinely blessed, of restoring our country to a state of order and tranquillity, have been most maliciously inveighed against. Most sincerely do we sympathise with your excellency in regard to all the anxiety, discomforts, and additional trouble which this un happy rebellion has caused your exellency, and also in re spect to the accusations brought against your excellency in England, and against which we desire now to enter our solemn protest, as being unfounded, untruthful, and un just, and as being highly calculated to incite to fresh acts of rebellion the disaffected subjects of the island." In reply, the Governor thanked the gentlemen who presented the address for the sympathy they had expressed with him. " Under the trying circumstances in which I have latell, been placed, by the occurrence of a most atrociouwiebin lion in the eastern provinces of the island, and also for your generous protest against the unjust and calumnious aspersioßs-oast-upon me by a section of the English public, who, without a correct knowledge of the actual facts, have not hesitated to adopt any wild and absurd or unfounded statements which have been circulated either from their wantonness or for mischievous intentions. I rejoice that the opportunity will soon occur of the British public being disabused of these exaggerations or untruths, and I feel sure that the generous manner in which you have come forward to denounce them will contribute largely to bring about this result, and to satisfy the English people that the measures taken by the local government to put down rebel= lion, and as far as practicable insure protection to life and property, were only such as the safety of the colony impe ratively required." An address of considerable significance, as coming from such a quarter, has been presented to Mr. Eyre by a number of dissenting ministers, some Of whom have been upwards of 20 years in the island, engaged in their meritorious efforts to spread a prac tical knowledge of Christianity throughout the island. Among these gentlemen is the general superintendent of the Wesleyan missions, two Bap tist ministers, a Presbyterian minister, a minister belonging to the Church of Scotland, another to the London Missionary Society, &c. In the course of their address they made the following remarkable observations : "Sufficiently removed from the more immediate scene of action to be able with some degree of calmness to judge of its real nature, whilst sufficiently near to feel the emergency of the case, we cannot but express our most solemn conviction that to your excellency's prompt, energetic, and decisive measures we owe it that the scenes of Morant Bay were not enacted throughout the island. , Unbiassed by political feelings, and with no party to serve, we feel ourselves the more free to express our conviction, from the evidences of our own observations, as well as froffnhe official and other sources of information open to us, that a spirit of insubordination to law has long existed among a large portion of the population of this island, and that lately the teachings of ignorant and wicked men have served to fan the flame into sedition. Under such circum stances we would record our firm conviction that the most energetic and stringent, and even severe measures which the constitution placed within your Excellency's power wore necessary for the protection and safety of her Majesty's peaceful and law-abiding subjects in the colony ; and We would gratefully recognise the hand of Providence in plac ing at the head of affairs one who so vigorously and effec tively determined to do his duty to the utmost in that time of imminent peril. Without expressing any opinion on isolated acts, and regretting the great loss of life that has occurred, involving we fear, to some extent, the innocent with the guilty, we would nevertheless cordially express our conviction that the general policy pursued by your ex cellency was absolutely necessary to meet the exigencies of the case, and was dictated simply by a sense of duty, and of the responsibility which rested on you at a period of such alarm and extreme danger. At the same time We would also express our regret at the unqualified censure pronounced by a large portion of the British press, arguing at a distance from our island and manifesting deplorable ignorance of its population and condition ; and whilst we would sympathise with your excellency as to the unfair criticism of your acts, and the improper imputation of mo tives, we cannot refrain from also recording our feeling that the sentiments so expressed in England are already producing a most mischievous influence on our population , and are likely, when fully circulated, to go far, not only to reproduce the scenes of massacre which we all so much de plore, but also to paralyse the efforts of those in authority. " Mr. Eyre, in reply, said : " Accept my heartfelt gratitude for the sympathy you extend to me under the difficult and trying circumstances in which I have been placed, and for the valuable testi mony you bear to the necessity for the most prompt and decisive measures being taken to put down a rebellion, which having in three days and a half extended from Morant Bay forty miles in - one direction and twenty in another, required but a few days lo nger t o overrun a groat portion of the colony, spreading destruction and desolation in its course. In crushing out so formidable an outbreak it bacame my painful duty to exercise a severity which, whilst justly punishing the guilty, might terrify the sedi tious and evil disposed of other districts, and restrain them from making any similar attempts ; and if in the steps taken to effect this object some isolated acts of wrong or injustice have occurred I can only say they were unknown toome and could not be controlled by the Executive; and I trust, too, they will be found to be only such as are inse parable from a state of warfare and the existence of martial law—both great evils in themselves - but forced upon the Government by a peril which, if not promptly arrested, would have endangered the entire colony. I can only assure you, gentlemen, that I have been actuated by the single desire to do my duty to my Queen and the peoPle of this island, and amidst all the misrepresentations and censures which have so unsparingly and unjustly been heaped upon me by those who being at a distance from the danger could neither realise its magnitude nor the small ness of the means available to meet it, I have the innatea satisfaction of feeling that I did that duty faithf ull y , the proud conviction that in doing it I averted fro m Jamaica a general and sanguinary war."