The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-09 00:00:00

LIFEBO /VT SERVICES. During the storms of the p. sA I year 1864 the boats of the National Lifeboat Institution ha xie saved 432 persons from different wrecks on our coasts, ' the, Institution also expended £19,531 14s. sd. in the same p ex/wd on lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting £1,5 a as rewards for saving 693 shipwrecked per ms by its ll' iebouts, and other means. The Corm nittee of the Institution earnest'y A ?PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued he.avy demands on the Institution's 110 lifeboat establish!' owits. Contr i .bu'tions are received by Messrs Willis and Co., Mendes wad Co., Coutts and Co., Lnd by all the Landon and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, E8C1.9 at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT- GARDEN. (Opera Company. Limited.) 711 1 r,s • EVENING THE BRIDE OF SONG. Renee, Miss ,wail ; Bealrix, Madame Fan n y Huddart ; Adel bert, Mr. henry Haigh ; and Hannib i, Mr. A. Laurence. Conductor, Mr Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled CINDERELLA • or, Har l e quin and the Magic l'umPkin, and the Great Fa i r y of the Little Glass Slipper, in which the celebrated Donato will appear. Commenze at Seven. A MORNING rEEFORDIANCE of CINDERELLA next MONDAY, Jan. 16, at Two o'cice..k, and every Mondayatill urther notice. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TILLS EV.ENING, the new Operetta, in one act, en titled F'UNCHINELLO. Followed by the new Grand Christmas Pan!bmime,:THE I.ION AND THE UNICORN FIGHTING FOR THE CROWN. TUE ATR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE, M an agers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, and during the week, A YOUNG I,AD FROM THE COUNTRY. Atter which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, HOP O'MY THUMB AND HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, Harlequin. and the Ogre of the Seven-League Boots : Messrs. G. Eel more, Tom Matthews, G. Weston, Master Perey.Roselle, &c. plisses Lydia Thompson. R. Lcclercq, etc. ; Messrs. Boleno, c. Laud, W. A. Barnes, T. Morris, Cormack, Saville ; Mdme. Doleno, the Misses Gunnies, and Signor Tescano. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. j . Lessee, Mr. Buckstone, THIS EVENING, Jan. 9, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, Wea thersby, &e. ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, &c. After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Braid, Gordon, (lark, White, Coe, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Bill, ,Sze With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. Keeley. And MRS. WHITE. To commence at 7. 11OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. , Mr. FECHTER will perform his nnivert ally allowed g t eat impersonation of EU Y BLAS EVERY EVENING 'mill further notice. I HIS EVENING, to commence with MY WIFE'S OUT. Xmas. Widdicomb, Charles; Miss B. ,Yerey and Miss E. Lavern!. Alta which, at 8 o'zlock, BUY BLAS. Tiny Blas, Mr. Yealter. Messrs. Ryder,l itzpatrick, F. Ch trlea, M'intyre, Garden, Raymond, Uollett, C Ilford, Moreland; Misses Car j.ltta Lezlereq, B. Percy, and Mrs. Winstanley. To conclude with a Farcical Oriental Extravaganza, en ti.sled BEA Ii,FACED IMPOS FOBS. Schahabaham (a pasha of three tails, Mr. Raymond; Mustapha, his vizier, Mr. warden; Bill Stumps and Jack Hocus, quondam prop; ietors of the original united happy family, Messrs. Moreland and iriddicomb ; Ali, chief guardian of the lathes of the Harem, Mr. Collett ; Osman Khan, chief executioner, Mr. Bunch ; Achmet Aga, an officer of the Sultan, Mr. Kelly; Mirza Hajji Baba, chief keeper of the monkeys, Mr. Regan; Ayesha, formerly Jemima Stumps, but no , first favourite of the pasha, Miss Lavenu; Fatima, second favourite of the pasha, Miss B. Percy ; shekerleb, third favourite of the pasha, Miss Travers; Beda, fourth favoprite of the pasha, Miss Watson; Zenobia, formerly banon of the harem, chief wife of the pasha, but now discarded for Ayesha, Miss Hata). Various choice specimens of zoology, guards, slaves, and attendants, by the numerous and talentel Smith family. Divertissement des Odalisques. Doors open at Hall-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elevai till Five. EIV THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— . zote rropri.t.n• arta It:tanager, at.. Is. ester. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. 3. L. Toole. At er which, at 8, LEAH. Miss Bateman, supported by Mesbre. George J rdan, Swinbourne, K. Phillips, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Bil.ington. To conclude with DARK DOINGS IN THE CUP BOARD BY THE KNOTrING'EII BROVIIERS, Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, R. l hillips, Billington ; Petra. A. Mellon. Miss A. tieaman. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMA N. NEW THEATRE ROYAL ADELP Hl. Mr. Webster begs to announce that the great Tragedienne, Miss BAT OMAN, having per formed with unparalleled success-the character of " Leah" fora period of nine consecutive mo..ths during the last season at this Theatre, and since won the plaudits of thousands in Liverpool, Birmingham, Dublin, Manchester, and Ulasgow, she will IGE-AFPEAR at this Establishment To-nighr, Jan. 9, 1865, in her original character 01 the Jewish Maiden for a limited number of nights, previously to her appearing in other illustrations of the Cla:sic Drama, which are in prepa ration. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Extravaganz 1, entitled THE MAGIC HOUSE AND TILE ICE MAIDEN i RINCESS. Atter which, THE hTILEET3 Ole LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Manton, Miss Emma sarnett, and Mies Kinny Gwynne. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and 3lanageress. Mrs. Swanborough. TILL i EVENING, at 7. LAWRENCE'S LOVE SUIT. Messrs. Parselle and Thorne; Mesdames Palmer, Carson, and Ilaghes. Af .tr which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, THE GRIN" 1.311511 ES ; or. the Mrs. Brown of the Missis-sippi. Messrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton, ac.; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Raynham, Simpson, Johnstone, tc. To conclude with THE WILFUL. WARD. Miss Palmer. COALS. —The LITALTESHALL COMPANY'S COAL . Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 26i. per ton. Double... 21s. per ton. I Top 255. „ Det p 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, racidington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke l5B. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN bCO TT, sole A-gent. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALE.XAN DEB, (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford- street. fiIHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," 1. containing the Latest SPOItTIiNCT IDi'I'~ ; LLIITLIVI r., Swale had Every Evening of G. R. GLItNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. To -3 loußow.-3forning, 12h. 45m.—Afternoon, lh. 14in. Tb: Zit t .7\71) LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 9, 1865. --4 , - The arrival of the Cuba serves in some respects to confirm the intelligence previously received, although there are several points which qualify the first impression. It seems on the surface as if the fortunes of the North were altogether in the ascen dant, but a little closer supervision proves that things are not as bad for the Confederates as their adversaries profess to believe. A temporary suc cess is enough to fill the North with exultation, and in the first excitemeut of the triumph they do not always pause to examine too closely into the grounds of their rejoicing. Their leaders, well aware of this, do not scruple to make the most of their news if it be good, and if it be bad they keep it back, clip and trim it until the public receives but a very small share of its due portion. Sometimes indeed a canard is set afloat which is altogether a canard, and has the barest foundation in fact, but it often passes muster, at least for a day or two, and answers the purpose of its promulgators. This has not been the case with the capture of Savannah, which the North has some reason, for rejoicing over, as ,it is a decided triumph for them; and although the Southern papers, according to the last mail, had predicted it s fall, still its capture is no doubt a step gained by the Federals. It would have been a still greater achievement if the opposing army had not made good its retreat before the entry of the Fede rals, but HARDEE succeeded in removing his whole force across the river, where h e Savannah, Albany, and Gulf now protects the Rail way, tw w ill hl b . e h a S n HER MAN is endeavouring t o destroy, Ic im portant gain to the Confederates if they succeed keeping that line op en , and HA RDRvs i n the Savannah will serve to ce n t ra li se " ~utumAac s efforts in that direction. Previous to his _ evacuation of Savannah HARDEE destroyed the navy yards and the ironclads, but the Federals gained possession of 150 guns and -30,000 bales of cotton, valued at 8,000,0001. In face of this success SHERMAN will _ probably become hero of the day, the most popular general of the North ; but President LINCOLN'S half-jesting observation, that no' one knew where he would come out, is true in both ways. It is ye uncertain what the ultimate result of his grand march may be, although he deserves credit for the boldness with which he planned and the skill with which he effeeted it. The broad waters of the Sa vannah still roll between him and Charleston. Should he make that his object he will have to work • his way across, opposed by HARDEE'S troops. Should Augusta be his aim, he will have to • march some distance northward, and in either case before he reach his object HARDEE will probably be reinforced by BEAUREGARD. HOOD'S retreat is probably made the most of, but nothing very definite comes from Tennessee. We learn, however, that a Federal brigade in pursuit of him had been repulsed, and that he was reported to be moving on Bainbridge. The great point of interest is now Wilmington, and, as yet, the news is favourable to the South. A furious attack has been made upon Fort Fisher, below Wilmington, on the 24th ult., by the Federal fleet, consisting in all of fifty vessels, when a fire averaging thirty shots per minute was kept up from one o'clock until night. BUTLER succeeded in landing a force between the fort and the city, and assaulted the former, but he was repulsed with considerable loss. Three hundred tons of gunpowder were to be exploded close to the fort, and it may be surmised that this had some connection with the shock as of an earthquake felt about the same date at Newburn. It is evident that BUTLER received a complete repulse, for the rumour was current in New York that the whole expedition had returned, and gold advanced in con sequence. The Government contradicted this re port, asserting that only one vessel had returned to Fort Monroe. The retention of Wilmington is a most important consideration for the Confederates, as, if that were captured, it would greatly facilitate the Federal designs upon Charleston, which would be placed between two fires. The Southerners are consequently concentrating their forces there, and the troops which left LEE'S army for an unknown point undoubtedly tookthe direction of Wilmington. The Southern Commander-in-Chief has little to fear from his Northern rival, GRANT having so greatly weakened his forces lately by the Wilming ton expedition. GRANT is getting so weary of the hopeless inaction before Richmond that he has ap plied for leave to conduct the war from Washing.. ton, which request was refused by LINCOLN. GRANT naturally feels the contrast between the inglorious ease of his position as General of a corps of observation, as the Petersburg army has been styled, and the fame newly acquired by SHERMAN. Ile has reason. for uneasiness, for his fate will probably be that of his predecessors. A fresh name and fresh successes will catch the popular humour, and all the achievements and labours of the past will be forgotten. Whatever claim the Federal Generals may have upon the gra titude of their country, they have certainly not re ceived very active tokens of it. SHERMAN'S star is now in the ascendant, and GRANT, all chance of competition for the Presidency over, will be thrust aside when the moment comes when it is advisable to appease the popular irritation at the statu quo of the rival forces at Richmond. Now that the day is definitively fixed for the meeting of Parliament, it naturally occurs to the mind to reflect upon the duties entailed upon those who are to take part in its deliberations, and still more upon those who are to lead the van and direct the progress of affairs. ;it is high time that the period of stupefaction into which our Legislature has fallen should cease, for it is alike unworthy of the country and the events which are oc curring around us. Tyrants, usurpers, rulers of the worst description, all have 'their admirers, compared with these dastardly sem-blances of authority, these counterfeit presentments of royalty. It would appear as if our far-famed Parliament was destined to rival this inglorious re nown, this responsibility without influence, and this position without advantages. In the midst of stirring events, such as mankind has rarely wit= nessed, the representatives of the people who should be the foremost in the world are supposed to do absolutely nothing, but fold their arms and let things take their course. All reforms at home are in abeyance, because the affairs abroad are so en tangled ; but of what use we are in effecting the severance of the Gordian knots that confound and of ict our brethren in other lands, it would puzzle the most astute to tell us. Our Foreign Secretary has told the nation to rest and be thankful, which may be a safe and convenient, but is, undoubtedly, a very one-sided policy to pursue. Our Prime Minister has declared that we could have done nothing if we had gone to war, which is, cer tainly, very encouraging, and reflects about equal credit upon the valour of our forces and the dexterity and efficiency of our administration. Yet there may be some who are wearied with this lame and impotent conclusion to all our ancient glories and well-known achievements. Are we to sink into a fourth or fifth-rate power, after towering aloft amid the empires of the world through centuries of well-won triumphs? Shall it be a matter of indif ference to foreign countries whether our Parliament is sitting a not, because they know that nothing will ensue from its deliberations that can influence opinion or change the current of affairs. How different would things be now, had our Ministers only assumed their proper place. It is no exaggera tion to say that we might not now have to deplore the destruction of Denmark, or to bewail the con tinuance of the war that is decimating the Anglo- Saxon race across the Atlantic. It is now too late, unfortunately, for words of wisdom or decisive acts to do anything for the maintenance of the rights of Denmark, but it is not too late,for some effort to be made on behalf of the Confederate States struggling for independence, and maintaining the conflict with a courage and constancy that is worthy of their forefathers. Why, in the name of common sense, are we to recognise other states of less importance, and omit to do so in the instance of the Confede rates ? Their position is better by a great deal than that of the Emperor MAXIMILIAN of Mexico. Political reasons ought to have nothing to do with matters which rest on the broad basis of truth. In termeddling constantly with the affairs of other people is a mistaken course to pursue, and one that never brings much credit to either party, but that is quite different from leaving wrong to be perpetrated because we are too tame and too timid to do our part. If our Government follow the wise and natural course which by precedent they are authorised to do, they will effectually put a period to this distracting war, and save the best interests of humanity. Besides the immense advantages that will accrue abroad, at home we shall experience the benefit of a relief to the overpressed manufacturers of Lancashire. It has been the fashion to point to their sufferings, and say what a sacrifice we were making in the cause of right. Is it in that cause, thing not used for a party or is th a t, high and holy erY, is not its name taken in vain to suit party ends an d Perverse purposes ? It is quite time that our Ministers assumed a direct and definite policy, and that Our Parliament resume its place amid the great council s of nations There was a time when the sound of our vords went out into all lands, when - the nations, and ki n d eds, and peoples, and tongues were eager t o learn - what t urn the beneficial course of our me rcy would presage of the offended • v tim en e: ean are ce c , hged i a t n niay , and be said, and we are to our selves at this peri o d o f our a hi n uis d atno t to ye r stlreef gone of b no l er e i ha t n h da e maj es t y of our wrath. Old orn t o e ld find dejected, of no use to the oppressed, of no account with the oppressor, high and dry, while the waters of progress flow in other and more favoured direc tions. Unless the session of 1865 afford more satis factory proofs of perseverance, and more beneficial efforts for the benefit of mankind, it may well be said that the prestige of the Parliament is over, or at all events, under a cloud which obscures its lustre and seriously compromises its reputation. In the military intelligence of Saturday there ap pears a case of peculiar hardship, and also one which serves to illustrate very forcibly the great errors that are made in the administration of affairs in regard to disabled soldiers and seamen. It was only the other day that attention was called to the case of three men who were left totally destitute upon the ship's company being paid off, and had it not been for the timely charity of their mates they would have been left to starve. So much for official justice ; mercy seems indeed quite out of the ques tion. With regard to the incident in question, Thomas Martin, 34 years of age, has served for twelve years and a half in various regiments of the line, and during that period has shared the perils of the Crimean campaign, not escaping from them un injured, for he was severely wounded in the right foot at the taking of the quarries. In consequence of his wound he has become blind, and is discharged as unfit for further service. All that has been done to recompense him for his long services has been an award of 6d. a day pension, for the term of fifteen months, after that period he will be entirely without resources. Now this man has earned golden opinions from his superiors, his discharge ticket is marked " good," while his valour in the field has been testified by his gaining Crimean and Turkish medals with clasps for Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol. It is monstrous to reflect upon that he is to be sent off to drag on the remainder of his days in misery and destitution. To break the fall, to compromise their niggardliness, the authorities dole out their meagre sum for a short period, and then in the name of a grateful country, they bid the sufferer to " starve," for it amounts to that in so far as they are concerned. Can nothing be done to pre vent such wanton treatment of our naval and military defenders ; must they peril their lives, sacrifice their comfort, expend their strength, and undergo fatigue and suffering, in order that such a doom should at last reward their efforts and crown their toil? When he has once entered upon his arduous career, a soldier has no choice but to obey the word of command. He may be sent to where the 4 c sun gilds Indian mountains, and his setting bears flames on the Atlantic isles ; " but home, kindred, and the ties of friendship must all be renounced if need calls or expediency demands. If a man has worked well and done his best during the time of his probation, it is a shame and a scandal that he should be thus turned adrift, and those in head-quarters ought to be ashamed of themselves, It matters not what dogmas and creeds they obey the fact is before us and the truth palpable, and they are unworthy trustees of the nation's purse and degenerate representatives of the nation's honour, if they will persist in acting thus, in defiance of the claims of justice, the dictates of good feeling, and the voice of humanity. It is always sad to think of the destitute even when such suffering has been mainly brought about by mis conduct and imprudence ; but in this case it has been praiseworthy conduct which has led to the evil. Men who have done their duty in the station and in the circumstances in which they find themselves are deserving of commendation, and it is the bounden duty of all who are placed in authority over them to take care that a due regard for their wants be entertained. At all events, it is incum bent upon them to provide for their declining years or afflicted term of life, and not to leave them utterly destitute. It is time that the attention of the public was called to this theme, for woful and wicked neglect goes on that should not be tolerated for a moment. When we think upon the vast sums spent on trifles, wasted on lavish expenditure, and thrown away on unnecessary arrangements, while men like THOMAS MARTIN, prematurely aged, cut down in the pride of their strength, and blighted in the vigour of their maturity, are left to starve, it is difficult to reconcile such inconsistency, or to pal- Hate the neglect that injures the service, does a potent wrong, and a cruel injustice to the sufferers, and tarnishes the fair fame of the country itself. Such gross and culpable mismanagement is about as unwise and impolitic in their department as can well be effected in our State departments. We know that the praises and plaudits of home and country are paid to the soldier, and atone for many hardships, as it has been truly said— " The Senate's thanks, the Gazette's pompous tale, With force resistless o'er the brave prevail." But what effect is likely to be produced by the cold and harsh treatment referred to ? Without soldiers there can be no Generals, no brilliant victories, no captured cities ; they are the mainstay and support, the stronghold of defence, and the tower of refuge. Why, then, are they to be cast away as useless lumber of less account than the beasts that perish, because official perversity and parsimony wills it to be so. Many motives may urge those who can, to insist upon a change, but there is one which is para mount to all other considerations, and renders their mention unnecessary—it is a positive wrong to allow things to remain as they are. Mr. CARDWELL'S despatch relative to the pro posed confederation of the British North American provinces will probably be read with satisfaction both in this country and in those parts of her MAJESTY'S dominion's which it more especially con cerns. It expresses the satisfaction with which the Imperial Government has received the details of the proposed Constitution, and the cordial assent which they give to the scheme as a whole. In this they are likely to be supported by the great body of the English people, for not only is it a matter upon which the colonists themselves may fairly be concluded to be the best judges, but its advantages and recommendations are at once patent to a casual observer. The increased strength which such a union will give to every individual colony, and the vast benefits which all will gain from a concentra tion of their common resources in time of danger, cannot fail to be apparent, and indeed the quick sighted Yankees seem at once to have detected them, and to have been irritated at so prudent and far-sighted a movement. The Colonial Secretary pays a just and well-deserved compliment to the temper and judgment of the delegates who have so successfully got through the very arduous and re sponsible task of framing a Constitution. Not only was it necessary to consider the general good, but to consult the local interests, and it needed no small amount of tact, and sagacity, and public spirit to complete such an undertaking. It is true that the resolutions have yet to undergo the test of passing through the Legislatures, but on the whole there is little doubt they will receive fair and candid exami nation. Mr. CARDWELL thinks it necessary to take exception to two points, and he has reason on his side. The first merely relates to the prerogative of mercy, which should certainly, according to consti tutionaliprinciples, be vested only in the representa tive of the Crown. The other point is of more practical importance, and relates to the constitutionl of the Upper House, which the delegates propose to consist of a fixed number of members elected for life. Mr. CARDWELL very justly observes that with an assembly whose members can neither be changed nor increased there will be no means of restoring harmony between the two Houses in case of a de cided difference. Tho free young States of Northern America are not likely at present to get into diffi culties about a Reform Bill, it is true, but other questions may arise where a modification of the Upper Assembly may become indispensable to the proper working of the*Constitution. Many other minor points will, of course, have to be modified or altered before full harmony is arrived at, but the broad outlines are sketched, and they promise a noble result. It is no slight task to mould the con stitution of the people who will before long play a prominent part on the world's stage. Another cen tury may see the worn-out despotisms of Continental Europe completely thrown into the shade by the young Anglo-Saxon States. England needs to play the part of a careful and tender parent in this crisis of their fortunes, teaching them to profit by her own experience as well as by her present example, so that they may start untrammelled on their course, and prove themselves worthy of the great destinies that lie open before them. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1865. Meeting of Parliament. Her Majesty held a Privy Council at Osborne on Saturday, which was attended by Earl De Grey acidßipon, the Right Hon. C. Villiers, &c., when it 'was decided that Parliament should be further prorogued from the 13th of Jan. inst., to Tuesday, the 7th of Feb. next, then to meet for the "despatch of business." Shipbuilding on the Mersey. The shipbuilding operations of the port of Liver pool are becoming year by year more important and imposing. The progress of commerce and the for tunes of war alike stimulate this branch of industry on both banks of the Mersey. During 1864 busi ness developed so rapidly that, although an unpa ralleled number of large vessels have been launched within the year, there are in the yards at this mo ment, partially built, ships 'exceeding in tonnage the whole amount added to the shipping of the port during the pressure of the last year of the Crimean war. Confederate cruisers and Federal blockaders have added immensely to the causes of this develop ment ; while the growth of trade with the East maintains the demand for vessels suited to Indian and Chinese seas. Several statements have appeared recently, purporting to show the position and pro spects of the shipbuilding business of the Mersey ; but all these have been fragmentary, and several have been incorporated. The following facts and figures coll ected from the best sources will show the actual results of the operations of the past year, and the present state of the building yards of the port. The greater part of the shipping constructed by Liverpool builders during the year has been ab sorbed by the port ; and Liverpool shipowners hav e during the same period kept in active operation some of the principal building yards of other parts of the kingdom. Twelve leading shipbuilders have supplied us with data, the result of which is, that 91 vessels (exclusive of barges) were built on the banks of the Mersey during 1864. Of these 59 are iron vessels, 16 steel, 8 wood, and 11 composite. 40 are described as steamers, 5 of these as screw steamers, and 17 as paddle-steamers ; 36 are de scribed as sailing vessels; and 19 not described in this respect at all. 35 of the steamers have engines of the total horse-power of 6,565; but the steam power of the remaining sis not stated. The total tonnage of the 94 vessels (adding 14 barges) is 76,300 ; 18 vessels and 12 barges are estimated at the total value of 230,000/. ; and a rough calculation, founded upon this basis, taken in proportion to the whole number, gives something like a million and a half sterling as the probable value of the shipping built on the Mersey during the year. In addition to the vessels summarised, a large number of iron barges, intended for shipment to the East, for river and harbour service, are included in the return. Of the 16 steel vessels built, 12 have been constructed by Messrs. Jones, Quiggin, and Co., and 4 by Mr. Miller. Of Messrs. Jones and Co.'s 12, 10 are ocean paddle-steamers, many of them already famous as blockade-runners—the Georgia Belle, Colonel Lamb, Wasp, and others amongst the number. The remain ing 2 are large sailing ships of from 1,200 to 1,400 tons. When the qualities of steel--its superior strength and carrying capacity in proportion to weight—are considered, the special use to which it is so largely put is better understood. The dimensions of the Georgia Belle and the-newly-launched Hornet (twin vessels) are 250 feet length, 28 feet beam, 10 feet 9 inches depth of hold, and the tonnage 972. N o l ess than 60 vessels, nearly two-thirds of the tot a l num ber built in the port, are iron, exclusive of th e i ron barges. The composite ships are principally larg e vessels intended for service in India and China. The greatest novelties in construction are those connected with Mr. Jordan's patents, Mr. Robinson's method, and the water-ballasting. The vessels built upon Mr. Henry Jordan's principle differ in accordance with the dissimilarity between his first and latest patents. Those built by Messrs. Holderness and Chilton have longitudinal framework and diagonal planking. The builders contend that by this method they secure the greatest possible amount of strength ; and that, as the bottom framework is wood, all pos sibility of injury from cargoes of sugar, copper ore,. nitrates, and similar substances, is avoided. A large vessel built by Messrs. Jones and Quiggin— the Andromeda has a vertical iron framework and longitudinal wooden planking. The pecu liarity of Mr. John Robinson's vessels is, that they are perfectly flat-bottomed, and con structed to carry 500 or 600 tons with a very slight draught of water. A good deal of curiosity has been excited by the singular method of launching adopted by the builder. Mr. Robinson throws his vessels from a wall, into mid-air, nine or ten feet above the surface of the water, and allows them to drop bodily upon the stream—thus testing their powers of jendurance by a somewhat severe ordeal at the outset of their career. From the evidence afforded above, it seems that vessels constructed to carry water for ballast are growing in favour. The increasing preference for ships of large size and capacity, excepting for special services, is sufficiently evident. Some statistics have been furnished to us in regard to the amount of labour employed at the several building yards. Messrs. Laird Brothers have about 3,200 men engaged upon the works at their establishment ; Messrs. Jones, Quiggan, and Co., about 1,700 ; Messrs. Vernon, about 1,200 (part employed at their Liverpool yard, and part at their Tranmere yard) ; Messrs, Hart and. Sinnott,. about 500; the Woodside Graving Dock Company, about 450; Messrs. Bowdler and Co., 400; Messrs. Evans, 350 ; and Messrs. Holderness and Chilton, 150. Calculating the remainder in proportion to the tonnage, the total number of men employed at these 16 building establishments during the past year has probably been no less than 11,000. The builders have already in hand, for execution during the present year, more than 68 vessels—exclusive of the work (amounting to 9,000 tonnage) at Messrs. Laird's, and her Majesty's ship Agincourt. As the aggregate tonnage of the 22 vessels whose burthen is given is 21,562, it will be seen that this fleet will in itself be an important addition to the commercial navy. But orders are in hand, or at least contracts are mooted for even more extensive works; and the confidence of the Mersey shipbuilding in the con tinuance of the demand for shipping is shown by their anxiety to extend their own producing powers. Some of them are moving from the Liverpool to the Cheshire side of the river, where more room near the sea at and about Seacombe is to be obtained ; and new firms are mentioned as likely to commence operations before long on the Liverpool side, further south than the town has yet extended. The natural facilities afforded for the extension of the trade on the Cheshire side, south of Birkenhead, are likely to command greater attention, as the demand upon the builders continue to increase. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTERS TELEGRAM.) ITALY. TURIN, J. 8. The Official Gazette contradicts the rumour that Prince Napoleon had arrived at Turin. Meetings were held to-day at Bologna and Brig cia, at which it was resolved to petition Parliament for the suppression of religious corporations, the abolition of capital punishment, and the conversion of mortmain property. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 28 According to the Levant Herald an important scheme is now before the Grand Vizier, which pro poses nothing less than the uniform consolidation of the whole home debt of the empire on a basis and on terms which will, the authors of the project affirm, effect an economy to the Government of more than 600,0001. a year. At least the serious ness of the plan is guaranteed by the source whence it emanates—the London General Credit and Fi nance Company and the Paris Societe Generale. Mr. Laing, the Chairman of the former company, is the author of the scheme, and, whilst promising the Porte the economy mentioned, offers it a very large cash advance as a premium for leive to carry out the operation. It would be premature at this stage of the negotiation to say more as to the details of the affair, but next week we shall probably lay the scheme fully before our readers. A letter from Tiflis states that General. Erdoki moff, one of the ablest of the Russian commanders, and the real conqueror of the Caucasus, has been appointed Governor-General of the Khanat of Kokan. This officer is the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian expedition into Central Asia, which has been victorious at Tackhend and Kokan. The for tress of Ak Mejid, on the sea of Aral, has been constituted a fortress of the first class. This place is at the mouth of the Djihoun, which empties itself into the Aral, and was seized some years since by the Russians, who foresaw the advantages of its position, and that it would one day become the key :o Central Asia. It receives troops and provisions from a steam flotilla which the Russians have estab lished on the lake. The Commander-in-Chief has managed to secure the neutrality of the Khan of Bokhara, and is pushing forward his operations with great vigour, all the more that the winter season is not unfavourable for a campaign in. this much coveted territory. Russian intrigues have for a long time past been busy sowing dissensions amongst the population, and have excited a civil war between the Ouzbegs and the Kipatches, which has ruined the force of both tribes and paralysed the action of the country. And now General Erdokimoff has issued a proclamation declaring himself the friend and liberator of the Tachends and Khonanians, and asserting that his sole object is to protect so excellent a people. He expects by next spring to be in possession of the entire country. FRANCE. As a goods train on the railway round Paris was, the night before last, approaching the station of Menilmontant, the driver saw a man lying across the rails only a few steps in advance of the loco motive. He immediately shut off the steam, but in spite of all his efforts the train passed over the man, cutting his body in two and dragging along the upper part of it for about two hundred yards. The unfortunate man appeared to be a peasant between 30 and 40 years of age. The only paper found on his person was a letter addressed to a M. Roux, a Athis-Mons. A slight improvement has taken place in the state of Count Bacciochi. The Emperor has called.seve ral times to see him. The Bulletin des Lois publishes an Imperial de cree granting a pension of 12,000 fr. to the widow of Admiral Romain-Desfoss6s. A Paris letter, in the Inde'pendance of Brussels, says :—" A general reorganisation, which would render public instruction gratuitous and obligatory, begins to be seriously talked of. The ideas of M. Duruy and M. C. Robert, Secretary-General of the Ministry, are very decided in that sense." "We think," says the Patrie, "we can affirm that some days ago the Bank of France addressed through the Minister of Finance a petition to the Emperor, praying for a general inquiry into the numerous causes of commercial, industrial, and monetary crises. The petition solicits that the in quiry may be widely and impartially directed, in order to remove the doubts and prejudices which disturb the progress of business, and that by being extended to all institutions of credit and of specu lation it may disclose the true state of things." The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric state of Europe yester day :—" From Thursday until to-day the tempest which prevailed on the coasts of Norway and on the Baltic has rapidly descended towards the North of France. On - the Channel, the wind, after having lulled during !Thursday, has this morning again freshened ; at Dunkirk, Boulogne, and Havre it is strong from the N.W. The barometer has fallen 11 millimetres on the mouth of the Elbe, and 4 at Vienna, whilst it remains nearly stationary on the West of France. The probability therefore is, that the rough weather is about to cross Central Europe, and that it will reach the Black Sea and the Adriatic." In Paris the weather continues to be exceedingly mild, with light showers occasionally. Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilda yester day received M. Mon, the Spanish Ambassador, and M. Frederic de Meyer, the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Elector of Hesse. 44 As the delay," says the Patrie, " for the rami fication of the Treaty concluded by M. Aubaret in Cochin China expires on the 15th inst., that Con vention will, from the very fact, become null and void; without any notice being necessary to the Court of Hue. The French establishment in Lower Cochin China not having been yet classified in the number of the colonies, like Guadaloupe, Martinique, Senegal, and Reunion, does not stand in the Al manack of the Marine. This state of things is, it is said, about to cease, and the arrival of Rear-Admiral de La Grandiere, who is shortly expected in Paris on leave of absence, is waited for to decide on the plan of organising the colony of Cochin China, and prepare the Senatus Consultum, to classify it in a definitive manner among the number of French possessions. BOURSE, Jan. 7.—The market has been firm, and a fair amount of business done at an advance. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 95c. Mo biller have improved to 961 f. 25c. Railway Shares in good demand, with a rise on some of the lines. The following other Securities are quoted ex. div.— Credit Foncier, 12f. 50c. ; Sardinian Railway, 15f. ; Orleans (New), 6f. 25c. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents 95 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 66 90 Do. end month 67 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3460 Credit Foncier 1270 Roman — Italian Loan 64 85 Do. end month 64 90 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred RAIL' PAYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern 985 ... 990 Lyons and Mediterranean 912 50 915 Southern 5BO ... 581 25 Western 530 530 Eastern ..., Sardinian . Austrian . Lombard , North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 508 75 .• . 510 - 303 75 .• . 305 - 432 56 436 25 521 25 ... 525 - 365 - ... 362 50 420 - ... 430 - ITALY A►ND AUSTRIA. The General Correspondence, a semi-official paper, published at Vienna, contains the following corre spondence, dated Turin, Ist January : " I am enabled to give you, from undoubted authority, the following information respecting the intentions and the plans of the Government at Turin against Austria. A meeting was held the other day at Genoa of all the leaders of the party who are anxious to come to an uadarstanding with the Government to attack Austria and sti up a revo lution in Venetia. " This meeting was attended by many eminent men of the Hungarian and Polish emigration, as also by Alberto Cavaletto, one of the former leaders of the Venetian emi gration. The general attitude to be observed towards Austria was first discussed, and then what steps should be taken as regards the party of action, who vehemently demand that Venetia shall be attacked at all price. "I am informed that the resolutions adopted are in sub stance as follows : " That it was desirable to prevent, by every possible means, any good understanding between the Austrian Government and Hungary, and that emissaries for that purpose should be sent into Hungary and Galicia. It was also resolved that, as soon as possible, a revolutionary en terprise should be undertaken against Austria, and, to give it a better chance of success, it was proposed to operate simul taneously on the opposite coast of the Adriatic. The party of action was to be allowed to carry out its views, especially as regards the introduction of arms into Voietia. M. Alberto Cavaletto has already left, and it appears that his mission is to prepare a sort of agreement with the so-called men of action. " We do not believe that either the Government or the plotters imagine that they will gain Venetia by these means ; for the present their intention is not to provoke serious complications and warlike eventualities against Austria, but only to occupy the Austrian Government by continual embarrassments to enable them to carry out their operations at some later period." Ihe Great Eastern Steamer and the Atlantic Telegraph Cable. The work which has been for several months past in progress on board the Great Eastern, which still occupies her moorings in the Medway, a short dis tance below Chatham harbour, where she has been stationed since last summer, has so far progressed that preparations are now making for the shipment of the first portion of the Atlantic telegraph cable, from the factory of Messrs. Glass, Elliott and Co., of East Greenwich, the firm to whom has been con fided its manufacture. The entire length of the cable is about 2,500 miles, for the reception of which three enormous tanks are in course of erection on board the Great Eastern, each capable of holding about 800 miles of cable. In order to provide the necessary space for the stowage tanks, one of the principal saloons has been removed and two of the decks taken away, besides other al terations, the grand saloon not being interfered with for the present. One of the tanks is completed and ready for the reception of the first portion of the cable, and a second tank is expected to be finished in about a fortnight. The tanks have a diameter of 58ft., and are 20ft. in height. They are con structed of iron, the contract for their erection having been taken by Messrs. Westwood, Baillie, and Co. For some time after the arrival of the Great Eastern in the river at Chatham she was thrown open for the inspection of visitors, but these are now ex cluded in order to permit of the work connected with the fitting up of the vessel being proceeded with with out interruption. The new cable will be more than double the strength of the original Atlantic telegraph cable—the latter breaking at a strain of 3 tons 15 cwt., while the breaking strain of the new cable will be 7 tons 15 cwt. The weight of the new cable will be 35 cwt. 3 qrs. per nautical mile, while the old cable was only 20 cwt. per mile, and 13.4 cwt. per nautical mile in water. The cable now in course of manufacture will weigh 14 cwt. per nau tical mile in water, and will bear its own weight in 11 miies' depth of water. The entire weight of the insulation of the new -cable is 4001 b. per mile againsf 2611 b. per mile in the old cable. About 800 miles of the cable have already been completed at the works at Greenwich, and the first supply is now ready for the shipment on board, her Majesty's fri gate Isis having been despatched from Chatham to assist in the operation of conveying the cable from the Thames to the Great Eastern. In consequence of the large amount of space required for the stowage of the cable two of the boilers have been cutoff, but in other respects the ship's machinery has not been interfered with. Several hundred men are daily employed on board the Great Eastern in the work of preparing her for the service on which she will be engaged, but according to existing ar rangements she will not leave the Medway until June next, so as to obtain the finest weather during the operation of submerging the sable. An ingeni ously contrived machine has been constructed at the company's works for paying out the cable so as to prevent any accident from breakage while the steamer is under weigh. During the time the Great Eastern has been at her anchorage in the Medway she has not suffered in the least from the heavy gales which have from time to time visited the coast, and no apprehension has even once been felt for her safety. noon. THE BRIGHTON DIVIDEND.---The Brighton Rail way meeting is announced for the 30th inst., but we must wait some days before the dividend is officially stated. There is every reason to believe that the result of the half year's working will afford additional confirmation of the soundness of the opinions of Mr. Schuster that the com pany will recover the losses sustained by the reduction of the rate of fares in 1863. The directors will probably have, including the balance brought in from the last half-year, a sum of about 45,0001. to deal with in excups of the receipts of the corresponding half-year, though it will not be quite equal to the revenue of 1862. If, however, allowance be made for the loss of 11,0001., which was paid in that year as tolls by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, the receipts for the last year will be found equal to those of 1862, the year of high rates and of the Exhibition traffic. This cannot be considered other than a satisfactory result. As it requires only a sum of 34,0001. to gfve an additional dividend at the rate of 1 per cent., and as there is a surplus of 45,0001. it is not improbable that a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. may be announced, as against 5 per cent. in the corresponding half of 1863.—Railway News. TRIAL OF COTTON MANUFACTURERS FOR ROB BERY.—At the Preston Quarter Sessions, on Friday, day, John Newton, formerly a cotton manufacturer, Pres ton, and Wm. Halliwell and James Halliwell, cotton manu facturers, Blackburn, were tried for stealing a large quan tity of beams, yarn, cloth, oil, tallow, &c., belonging to the assignees of the first named prisoner. The prisoner New ton pleaded guilty, and the other prisoners not guilty. The case depended in a great measure upon the evidence of Newton's son, who was at first charged along with the rest, and who was admitted approver. He swore positively that the Halliwells had a knowledge of the assignment. The prisoner Newton was also put upon oath, and said that the other prisoners pressed him to sell them the property at a low price ; and that the bailiff in possession, who had since committed suicide, had often put the key into his hands to enable him to take away the goods. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty against both Halliwells. Newton was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. THE MURDER AT ST PETERSBURG.--The Ayr Advertiser states that a letter has been received at the Isle of Whithorn from Captain John Wyatt, master and owner of the brig Acadian, now at St. Petersburg, where she remains locked up by the ice, giving the particulars of the murder at St. Petersburg of his wife, Frances Logan, belonging to the Isle of Whithorn. A reward of 300 rubles was at once offered, while the authorities at the British Embassy and Consulate exercised the utmost vigilance in watching the matter. The greatest consternation existed among the English residents of St. Petersburg, while the deepest sympathy and commiseration were exhibited to wards Capt. Wyatt. Within a few days from the time the crime was committed the police succeeded in apprehending one of the ruffians, who has since made a full confession of everything. When captured the miscreant was wearing a pair of trousers and vest belonging to Captain Wyatt, and his statement was as follows :—For several days he and an accomplice, who is still at large, had been watching for an opportunity of plundering the vessel, and on the morning of the 13th, observing Captain Wyatt to go on shore, they at once proceeded to carry their diabolical project into exe cution. While the deed appears to have been co .. tted in the utmost barbarous manner—the ruffians having pro vided themselves with a hammer and clo . ck weight for the purpose—the utmost expedition must have been employed in accomplishing their bloody work, The two girls must have had a narrow escape, for there can be no doubt, had they arrived during the time the murderers were on board they, too, would have been despatched. It may be men tioned, as a somewhat curious coincidence, that Mrs. Wyatt, on the morning which was destined to be her last, concluded a letter which she had been writing to her now disconsolate mother, and which was posted by her husband when at St. Petersburg, with the remark that the neighbourhood was swarming with dangerous characters, and that several rob beries had been committed, though fortunately they them selves had hitherto escaped. Her remains were interred in the English burying-ground at St. Petersburg, most of the British residents accompanying the body to the grave. The mournful occurrence has plunged a highly respectable family into the deepest affliction, and much sympathy is felt for Captain Wyatt. (0 141111 ,Ctg DIEN /fro' ttrildat HER MAJESTY. ---~-- OSBORNE, Jan. 7. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Arthur an d Prince Leopold, walked and drove yesterday after- Princess Louise took a drive. The Queen held a Privy Council to-day at one o'clock. The Council was attended by Earl de Grey, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. Mr. A. Helps was Clerk of the Council. His Serene Highness Prince Leiningen arrived yesterday on a visit. Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, Commander-in- Chief at Portsmouth, also arrived, and had the honour of dining with her Majesty. Jan. 8. The Queen walked and drove yesterday morning and afternoon. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena rode on horseback, attended by the Hon. Emma Lascelles ; and her Royal Highness Princess Louise drove out, attended by Lady Churchill. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur left Osborne for Greenwich Park, attended by Major Elphin stone. Divine service was performed at Osborne this morning by the Rev. G. Prothero before her Ma jesty, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting. The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDRINGHAM, Jan. 7. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Marchioness of Car marthen and Captain Grey, returned last evening to Sandringham, from their visit to the Earl and Countess of Leicester at Holkham. Yesterday morning the Prince joined his noble host for a few hours' duck shooting on the lake—a beautiful piece of water 1,056 yards in length, co vering 20 acres, having in it three small islands— and met with a capital day's sport. In the after noon,!at 3 o'clock, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales took leave of the earl and countess and the members of the family, as well as the noble visitors staying at Holkham, expressing to their noble host and hostess their unalloyed satis faction with their visit. They then left, his Royal Highness driving a phaeton and pair containing himself and the Princess : the Marchioness of Car marthen, Captain Grey, and Viscount Hamilton following in the second carriage and pair. The carriages proceeded by the north front, and passed along the fine avenue, a mile and a half long, from the obelisk to the triumphal arch, a spacious portal of the Doric order. Near the south lodges and the triumphal arch were gathered a great num ber of persons, actuated by the desire to see the heir apparent to the throne and the princess. The remainder of the journey, about 25 miles, was with out interest, beyond the desire of visitors to catch a glimpse of the royal travellers. The weather was very cold, a strong nor'-easter blowing, which later in the night freshened into a gale. Their Royal Highnesses arrived at Sandringham about 6 o'clock. During the visit which has just terminated the Prince of Wales has experienced great gratification, not only from the sport, which has been of the highest order, upwards of 4,000 head having been bagged in a couple of days' shooting in the woods which skirt the north and south sides of the park, to say nothing of the wild fowl shooting, but also with the truly princely re ception and entertainment. Their Royal High nesses have viewed with immense pleasure the peerless works of art contained in the rooms at Holkham. The present visit, with the exception of the ball, has been quite private, but it is the gene ral and earnest wish of the.tenantry and the whole neighbourhood that on the next occasion of their being the guests of the Earl of Leicester, this rule may be somewhat relaxed, and that they may con sent to a public reception, similar to that given in 1835 to the Duchess of Kent and her Majesty, then the Princess Victoria. Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Keppel arrived at Sand ringham to-day on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge left Cambridge Cottage, Kew, this day, to pass the week/ with their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of , Wales at Sandringham. We understand that the Princess Mary of Cambridge is expected to arrive at the royal resi dence in the Ambassador's Court, St. James's, next week, from visiting her sister, the Grand Duchess of Mecklen• burg-Strelitz, in Germany. His Excellency the French Ambassador had a dinner party on Saturday at the French embassy at Albert Gate, when his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured his excellency with his presence. The royal duke, who was attended by Colonel Tyrwhitt, arrived at 8 o'clock. There were present to meet his Royal Highness —His Excellency the Russian Ambassador and Baroness Brunnow, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, the Mar quis and Marchioness d'Audigne, the Marquis Caumont do la Force, Viscount de Courval, General Sir Richard Airey, M. and Madame Merry del Val, Prince Gortschakoff, Col. Nowitzky, Baron and Baroness Bande, the Marquis do Tamisier, &c. The Duke of Somerset arrived at his official resi dence at the Admiralty on Saturday evening from Stover Park, his grace's seat in Devon. The duchess and Lady Gwendoline St. Maur are expected to arrive from Devon shire in a few days. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have ar rived at Kimbolton Castle, where they will entertain a. large party of visitors during the present week. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and family will leave Roseneath, N. 8., early in the ensuing week, for their residence at Campden Hill, Kensington. _ _ The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor intend to leave town early in tho week till the meeting of Parlia ment. Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffo and Hon. Misses Canning have returned to town from visiting Frances Countess Waldegrave and the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P. Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley, who aro surrounded by a select family circle at Alderley Park, Cheshire, come to town early in the ensuing week for the season. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, M.P., and Lady Grey are expected to return to town to-morrow,, from visiting Viscount Eversley at his lordship's seat in Hants. PROFESSOR ANDERSON.--An entertainment will be given by Professor Anderson this evening for his benefit, when he will retire from St. James's Hall, after a most successful season of 18 consecutive weeks, and will appear at the Crystal Palace for the first time on Saturday after noon next. During the season, by the kindness of Mr: Anderson, the children of most of the large charity school s. of the metropolis have been present free, as well as a strong muster of veterans from Chelsea College. Mr. Edward Watkin, M.P., president ofthe Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, had an interview on Saturday with Mr. Cardwell, at the Colonial Office, with reference to the recent raids from Canada, and to the consequent threatened proceedings on the part of the American Go vernment to adopt a stringent passport system for passen. gers, and a rigid examination of all goods passing between. the States and the British North American Provinces. THE SAFFRON-HILL MURDER.—The funeral of Michael Harrington, who died from the effects of a wound inflicted by an Italian in the Golden Anchor public house, Saffron-hill, took place yesterday. The murdered man being a costermonger, there was an unusual turn-out of that useful class of street-tradesmen on the occasion• First came the hearse, a double-bodied one, containing the coffin in the front compartment and the chief mourners in the second; two mourning coaches followed; and after them a long line of cabs, gigs, donkey-carts, pony-barrows, and a large goods-van, all crammed with male and female occupants, the great majority of the men smoking short pipes. This extraordinary funeral procession, which took from ten minutes to a quarter of an hour to pass any given point, came slowly down Saffron-hill about three o'clock in the afternoon. The windows in that locality were filled with spectators, and a large crowd of persons in the hum blest ranks of life followed the remains to the cemeterY- Although there was no display of feeling, still the whole affair partook more of a demonstration in the Italian quarter of London expressive of disgust at the foul manner in which Harrington had met his death'at the hands of a foreigner than a desire on the part of those who followed to be Pr e ' I sent at Booleran ceremony. ,