The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-08 00:00:00

T . 1F E Boxr SERV] CES.—D uring the storms of the past year (1866) the National Lifebsat In stitution, by its lifeboats and other means, contributed to the saving of 913 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institu: ion also expended £31,430 In the same perio.l on its litebuat ectablishmeuts, in addition to granting £2,173 as lewards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public fur ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the 172 lifeboat Stations of the Institution. Contributions are received by the London and country brtnkra ; and by the Secretary. Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. -1' S,le Lessee and Iranver, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. TIIIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING To conclude w tit the Pantomime NUMBE it N ft' ; or 1 - 141 leggin and the Gnome-King. of the Giant M.iuntain. Mesdames Lydia Thomps•in. Hudspeth, Itodenham, Seymour, Gard )RLi, %nil 11. Vandenhotr; Messrs. Tont Ma.thews, liarmby, Clifton, Robin>•, Se) ton, and taster Percy Roselle; 11,s irs. holm% ia,vi Ile, L tart. Corrnacic, B trues, and 3locris ; 11 :dame Bole -o and Malle. M trion. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee ana Manager, Mr. Buckscone, TUTS EVNNING, A 3IERE CHILD. Messrs. Howe, Gordon, Whlte, &e. ; Mesdames Chippendale, Powell, &c. After which, A LESSON FOR LIFE. Messrs. Eothern, Chi, , pendale, Compton, Howe, Kendal, Gordon, llogers, Braid. Clarke, Vincent, &o ; Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, Wrii;lit, &J. Followed by JENNY LIND AT LAST. Mies lone ; Mr. W. larren, &o. To conclude with a GRAND BALLET DIVERTISSE MENT. 31cil1e. Scpbia. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole LCSSiC and Manager, Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING. ROUGE ET NOIR. Maurice D'Arbel (a Gambler), Mr. Pechter ; Messrs. Emery, Evans, Moreland, Fitzpatrick, Dalton. Reynolds, Lom .s, Newbound, Andrews, Anderson, Vivian, Bennett. and Edward Price; Miss Hen rade, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Mias (kaftan, and Miss Carlotta Leclercq. Preceded by THE TWO POLTS. Mr. 11. Widdicomb. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Leasee and Manager, Mr. Ueo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BARNABY RUDGE. Miss A Thom son, Mrs. Henry Vining, Mrs. Charles Horsman, and Miss Katharine Rogers; Messrs. S. Calhaem, F. Villiers. J. G. shore, C. Horsman, and Mr. George Honey. To conclude with the IN VISIBLE PRINCE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. IL 'A !gm THIS EVENING, LONDON ASSURANCE. Messrs. Durace Wil; an, 11. Neville, G. Vincent, Addison, D. Murray, and Mr. Charles Mathews; Miss Milly Palmer, Miss E. Farien, and Mrs. Charles Magic s. After which, the successful Burlesque of FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mesdames E. Farren, Sheridan, and Stephens ; Messrs. G. Vincent, W. 11. Eburne, D. Murray, Doors opcn at half-past Six; commence at Seven. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, NEIGHBOURS. Messrs. Parselle, Belford, and G Murray ; Misses wmanborough, Johnstone, and Engin 8. After which, will be produced a Grand Burlesque, entitled GUY FAWKES: Mesers. Thorne. James, Robson, and Fenton; Mesdames Swanborough, Layuliam, Johnstone, Hughes, Newton, &c. 'Co conclude with BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Commence at Seven. lIOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. TIIIS EVENING, a new F.trce, 3IY TUIN NEXT. Mr. Belmore, Miss Foote, Miss Lennox. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. essrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake. Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, U. Saunders, B. Foote, Ilaym nd. THE A TRE ROYAL ADELYITI. liole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TIIIS EVENING, Jan. 8, ut Seven, A SISTER'S PENANCE. Miss Kate Terry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pict; Messrs. H. Vezin, Billington, Ashley, Eburne, Romer, a .1 d Stephenson. To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque of THE 3IOUNTAIN MILT; or, THE KNIGHT, 'IHI LADY, AND THE LAKE. Messrs, J. L. T..ole(his 2th appear ance since his provincial tour), Paul Bedtord, Ashley, lt. Homer, and C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Furtado, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt, M. rrHEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. The Great Nation-al Pantomime nightly received with thunders of applause by overflowing houses. EVERY EVENING, the elegant Comedy, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. Fernandez and Richardson, Miss Louise Laidlaw. After which, the Great Nation-al Pantomime of HUSH A-BYE, BABY, ON THE TREE TOP. " The Trans formation Scene is exceedingly fanciful and brilliant, and a marvel alike of decoration and mechanism."—Times. "Everything that money and exquisite taste can do for it has been done."—Telegraph. "A magnificent coup d'ceil, which fairly brought down the house with loud calls for the artist and manager, who were compelled to appear and and bow their acknowledgments to their patrons."— Standard. During the Pantomime, Misses Caroline Parkes, Nelly N isbett, Marshall, Gwynne, Burton, Howard, Kelsey, and Mrs. Caulfield ; Messrs. Atkins, Stevens, Milano, Arthur, the Original Little Rowella (Clown), and Miss Austin (from Paris), will appear. In consequence of the nightly overflow, the Flee List (Public Press excepted) entirely suspended. • THE BEST CHILDREN'S PANTOMIME in LONDON at the THEATRE ROYAL ASTL 51.011NINki rIatFORMANCES every MONDAY, IVEDNE::DAY, and SATUDAY, commencing at Two C.,rriages may be ordered at halt-past four. EVERY CHILD SHOULD SEE THE FROGS, the Will-o'-the-Wisps, the Grasshoppers, and the Ladybirds in the Great Nation-al PANTOMIME at the TIIEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. No charge for bills or booking. To prevent disappointment, scats must be booked iu advance. 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The New Year has, indeed, opened most inaus piciously so far as the weather is concerned, and many homes will be desolated and many hearts ache on receipt of the intelligence which the particulars of the late storm will bring them. Already the list of fatal shipwrecks is great, and of course we shall shortly hear of more to the same effect. A great loss was sustained on Satur day night when the iron ship James Crosfield, of 1,000 tons, was wrecked off Langness Point, Islem an . She was bound from Calcutta for Liverpool, and bad on board nearly 1,700 bales of cotton. All hands were lost. From Great Yarmouth we also learn sad tidings. During the gale on Sunday two vessels were totally lost, and it is thought that their crews perished in both instances. There was tremendous weather on Sunday night, and in the midst of the storm a brig was driven ashore. Various means were used to arouse the crew, but it was found that the vessel was empty. No doubt the men had taken to their boats and were drowned iu the heavy sea, as by the next day no news of them was heard. Another brig, also from Sunderland, was lcst, and a sloop was driven on the Scroby Sand, which is very dangerous, but in this case the crew were saved. At Penzance the National Lifeboat Institution's boat was of signal service. A schooner was driven ashore at Long Roche, and the lifeboat being launched was the means of rescuing six men, which comprised the crew of the doomed vessel, and the next morning the same life boat went out again and saved the crews of various vessels. All over this coast there are wrecks to be seen, and the lifeboats, beside the Richard Lewis, went out, but unhappily were not successful in their efforts to save life, not meeting with shipwrecked crews. At Ramsgate very gallant services were rendered by the lifeboat Bradford, also of the same institution, which has been the means of preserving so many lives. Guns were heard, and the lifeboat was im mediately manned and started for the point of danger. It was the means of rescuing the crew of a schooner from Amsterdam, who were iu a ship's boat, the schooner having gone ashore the previous evening. In the evening the same lifeboat went out again in tow of the harbour steam tug, and were forced to return from the extreme cold. The next morning, however, they started again in " a strong gale and a tremendous sea," and were fortunate enough to find a vessel ashore. After attempting six times to bring the lifeboat alongside the vessel ashore they succeeded in res cuing the crew. The severity of the storm may be appreciated from the fact that the lifeboat lost both anchors and cables in the wreck. The arduous task took more than six hours, and the coxswain of the lifeboat reports that he never encountered such " terrific weather, intense cold, and heavy sea in all his experience." At Shields dreadful weather was experienced, and the greatest loss of shipping has taken place there which has occurred this winter. The pier was covered with ice, and the men had to crawl along it to carry the rocket-lines to a vessel in distress, the crew were so benumbed that they could not use the lines, and the lifeboats that went out, though they were pulled for two hours, could not get out of the harbour. By three in the morning there were four ves sels all knocking against each other outside the pier. By strenuous efforts nearly all of the four crews were saved, but the scene was an extra ordinary and exciting one altogether. Most heroic deeds are performed by those who peril their lives to save the shipwrecked crews, and the crew of one of these vessels at Shields would not have been saved had not a man plunged into the serf, and thus enabled the life brigade to get a hawser and cradle off to them. With all the exertions made there will still be a sad catalogue of horrors to peruse when the full particulars of the late dismters come to be laid before us, and many will have bitter cause to remember and regret the fearful storms which attended the commencement of the year 1867. It is not surprising that the discussion on Democracy which took place last week in the Music Hall, Edinburgh, should have attracted a good deal of attention. The merits and demerits, the advan tages and drawbacks, attending a democratic form of Government have lately been the topic of much consideration and debate. History, contemporary and retrospective, has been ransacked by the con ' troversialists, and practice, theory, and illustration have been cited in support of the rival arguments. Seldom, however, has the whole question been more ably and temperately discussed than by Professor BLACKIE and Mr. ERNEST JONES, in Edinburgh. Both sides may be well satisfied with their respective advocates; and the audiences, who lis tened to them in turn with the closest attention, were unable to withhold their hearty plaudits from either. Probably each left the other unconvinced, but the more such questions are fully, Lilly, and temperately discussed, the better it will be for the interests of the public. It is difficult, if not impossible, wholly to separate poli:dcal and party feeeling from the discussion of these topics in the National Assembly ; and, therefore, if men of education and ability, who have studied them in all their branches, will set before the people the reasons which have led them to form their political opinions, it will tend greatly to disabuse prejudice and to diffuse that political knowledge among the masses which is indispensable to a just and moderate judg ment on public affairs. Professor BLACKIE was bold enough to declare, in Edinburgh itself, that the General Assembly was inclined to be tyrannical on account of its democratic constituency. The Ministers say, " You must all think according to the view of the majority." The Professor went on to show, from the example of America, the dangers of a totally democratic form of Government ; but Mr. ERNEST JONES, in his reply, availed himself of the same illustration as an argument on his side. America is populous and powerful enough to furnish a good many examples; but, looked at impartially, Englishmen must admit that they would lose much by exchanging their constitution for that of America. The whole British constitution is founded on a system of checks. The power of the Crown is checked by he control of the national finances by the Commons, the power of the Commons is checked by the Lords, who again are held in check by the periodical elections and by the power of the Crown to appeal to the people. The abuse of power by a particular Parliament is checked by the limit to its existence, the abuse of the power of the Crown to get rid of troublesome popular representatives is checked by the constitutional law which forbids a prorogation for more than forty days, and which stipulates that one Parliament shall immediately succeed another. The abuse of the power given by a stand ing army to the rulers of the people is checked by the yearly estimates. Our ancestors learned their THE SUN, LONL ON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1867. lessons by bitter experience. They had seen the tyranny of the few and of the many ; they perceived that the. liberties of the people were best protected by a constitutional monarchy, and while they left much for us to enlarge, improve, and amend, ac cording to the increasing requirements of the age, they laid down landmarks and erected barriers, which, if we wish to preserve the blessings of free thought, free action, a free press, and civil and re ligious liberty, we shall take care not lightly to remove. Mr. JONES says that, with manhood suffrage and the ballot, bribery and corruption would be at au end. We should have an end, then, of human na ture, as at present constituted ; for it is not the fact of living in a £lO house that makes a man open to temptation, but the inherent weakness of mankind. The eloquent advocate of manhood suf frage goes on to ask, " Where are the purses that could bribe the majority of 7,000,000 electors, and where is the fool to attempt it when he could never tell how the man he bribed had voted after all ?" But although this sounds very plausible, facts are stubborn things, and political corruption has reached a height in America which is happily at present unknown in England. There are other evil influences besides the electioneering agent, who offers a voter £lO or £2O for his vote. The tyranny of intimidation by landlords has often been justly denounced, and forms one of the strong points of the democratic case against the aristocracy. But the Trades' Unions have given us some pretty strong specimens that the tyranny of intimidation is not a vice unknown to the working men. Why should it be ? Is he not flesh and blood like the nobleman or the millionnaire ? Would not their vices be his vices, and vice versa if their positions were exchanged. There is nothing in the fact that a man has not received a classical education, and has worked with his hands instead of his head, that will prevent him from abusing power over his fellows when he gets the opportunity. Neither do the cir cumstances of his birth and his bringing up tend to render him superior in political wisdom and public spirit to the man above him in station. Of course he may be so. A working man may be not only more honest, but more shrewd and clear-sighted than a highly-educated gentleman, because natural ability will force its way, and the self-education painfully now in face of great difficulties often does more to quicken a man's faculties than the routine knowledge obtained by the indolent or the incapable under the most favourable auspices. Men of genius and talent in all professions have risen from the lower ranks, but we must not, therefore, conclude that every artisan or mechanic is a GEORGE STEPHENSON or a HUMPHREY DAVY in disguise. Such an inference would be as unjust as Mr. JONES'S insinuation that a Parliament composed exclusively of the upper classes would be an assembly of DEAN PAULS. Mr. JONES argues sensibly enough that the working classes would not, like one vast machine, vote all one way at elections ; but his logic is sometimes in consistent. For instance, he tells us, first, that the working classes have been mainly instrumental in securing Catholic Emancipation, the removal of Jewish disabilities, Free-trade, Reform, and the Ten Hours Bill. Yet a sentence or two after he complains of their exclusion from political power. Again he says, " Establish manhood suffrage and in six months education would be made compulsory throughout the country." But after a while, in opposing the educational test, he says :—" I presume all your present electors can read, write, and cipher, or where's the use o: your £lO test ?—and see what they are worth. Indeed, sir, our criminal calen dars show that nearly all the more serious crimes, excepting these of highway robbery, are committed by persons who can read and write generally well." According to this statement (which we believe to be incorrect) the increase of education would mean the increase of criminals. But we must also differ from his first statement, without disparaging the more intellectual portion of the working classes, because ignorance cannot appreciate the advantages of education; and if we had a Parliament of work ing men they would be the last to insist upon their children going to school instead of earning their one or two shillings a week. " The working-classes," says Mr. JONES, " insteal of wanting education to fit them for the franchise, want the franchise to enable them to obtain education." Then are they to gain their experience at the cost of the country, and are we to be governed by the representatives of the opinions of uneducated men? Such ques tions present themselves with such overwhelming force to some minds that, like Professor BLACKIE, they declare they would rather have no Reform than a movement in favour of democracy. But, while we differ from Mr. JONES, we cannot agree with the Professor that the bill of 1832 should have been final. Final for that generation it might be, but a new generation has sprung up, with new wants and requirements. If all the legislation of that day had been final, where should we be now? It was a great experiment, and established a great principle, leaving the details to be adjusted by its successors. The England of 1867 is not the same England as in 1832. Happily she still retains many of her best and most distinctive characteristics, prominent among which are the love of liberty and fair play which distinguishes both the accomplished disputants at Edinburgh. It is announced as a grand work of Prussian clemency that the public functionaries in the an nexed provinces are not to be superseded, and, according to the North German Gazette, this may be taken as a proof that the Berlin Government can rely upon a tranquil spirit prevailing in these places. It is amusing, however, to see that in the midst of this felicitation and self-glorifying some clouds are to be discerned, and we find that a comparison is instituted between the state of the electoral move ment in Prussia and that now witnessed in the minor States, in reference to the North German Parliament. The North German Gazette is virtuously indignant at the conclusion it is forced to arrive at, and declares that there should not be so much apathy in Prussia, when it :is known that the Budget, the Military Constitution, will have to be determined upon. General activity Qught to rule the day, observes this wise and patriotic authority ; but really we are n)t surprised to find that the Prussians are getting rather tirel of all this con stant fuss about the same thing. A deputation of the nobles from Schleswig-Holstein waited upon the KING, and delivered an address, couched in fulsome terms of praise and approving of the plan for uniting them to Prussia. We never hear the particulars of the deputations from the other side, because the authorities in Berlin take very good care that they shall never have an opportunity of making their wishes known. It has been said by some one, more credulous than wise, that the Duchies of the Elbe form the Christ mas tree of the Prussian monarchy ; but they may yet find the tree bear bitter fruits, and richly do they deserve that it should do so. A greater system of treachery and deceit has never been witnessed in the world's history than that which has marked the whole course of the procedure of the Prussian Government in this matter of Schleswig-Holstein. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. In imitation of the German journals, some of the Paris - papers are endeavouring to create anxiety about the affairs of the East, and with this view alarming reports are fabricated. They have not escaped the attention of the Moniteur, which, in allusion to some statements in the Petrie, says they are the work purely of imagination. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided. The Empress was present at this Council. The Moniteur, in reference to a former notifica tion that various States, upon the suggestion of France, had agreed to abolish th e f ee h ereto f ore paid for the signature to passports, enumerates the various Governments which have agreed to the abolition. They are, the Duchies of Saxony, the free cities of Bremen, Hamburg, and Lubeck, the United States of America, Chili, the Argentine Republic, the United States of Columbia, Hayti, and Uruguay. Travellers belonging to those States will in future, therefore, be exempt from payment for the visa to passports in the Diplomatic Chan celleries and Consulates of France in foreign countries. A private despatch from Florence, received by the journal l' Italie, confirms the news of the satis factory progress of the negotiations between Com mander 'fonello and the Pope. Indeed it is stated that they are upon the point of being terminated by an agreement exclusively relating to religious affairs. Already the task of choosing new Bishops has commenced. It is probable that there will not be any formal treaty, which fact excludes the idea of a Concordat, but simply a verbal arrangement. A Madrid paper announces that M. Fernando Guzman has been elected President of the Republic of Nicaragua. The Imperial Commission having been inundated with applications for cards of admission to inspect the progress of the Exhibition Building, they have made a very simple arrangement by which all may be accommodated. A turnstile, like that at Waterloo-bridge, has been erected at two points leading to the Champ de Mars, the Porte Domi nique, and the bridge of Jena—and the payment of a small sum enables any one to visit the Exhibition. One day last week about £4O sterling was received for ingress to the Champ de Mars. The privilege for the direction of the International Theatre has been granted to Mons. J. Reymier. The decora tions of the interior of the theatre are to be consi dered as articles exhibited, after having been sub jected to the inspection of theAdmissionCommiktee, and consequently they will be inserted in the official catalogue, and they will be included for the compe tition for prizes. The Siecle says—" Most of the Governments which constitute the Germanic Confederation of the North have consented to the resolution adopted by the Prussian Cabinet to convoke the Parliament for the 15th of February. It is desirable that all of them come to a speedy agreement. Hitherto Ger many has, so to speak, been dragged :in the orbit of the Prussian Government, which had become master of the situation by a brilliant campaign. But the preponderance of the Cabinet of Berlin will be balanced by the national representation of Germany, based upon universal suffrage. This will be a Congress of a new kind, of which it would be difficult to foresee the consequences. At all events we are convinced that it will condemn the ancient career of personal ambition, ideas of absolutism, and retrograde movements, while the cause of liberty and progress will gain ground." M. Devine, in the name of the Committee of Finance, has published some details respecting the financial position of the City of Paris, which is favourable. The ordinary expenses of the coming year will not exceed those of the past year. Th e result, presented in a supplement of the resources of the Budget of 1867, shows that the Municipal Council have calculated as follows : Receipts 241,653,6131. 30e. General fund5...180,525,613f. 30c Special funds ... 61,128,000 f. 2 41,633,613 f. 30c. Eapenses 211,633,613 f. 30c. General fund5...180,523,613f. 30c Special funds 61,128,000 f. 241,653,613 f. 30c. Thus showing a result which every Government cannot obtain—a balance of receipts and expenses. During the greater portion of last night the rain fell in torrents, and there has been very heavy rain this morning. It has been showery throughout the day, and no gleam of sunshine. Every vestige of snow has departed. The temperature is mild, but it is very stormy. A fac-simile of a literary curiosity has been pro duced at Ghent. The Gazette de Gand has cele brated its 200th anniversary by sending round to its subscribers an imitation, produced by photo graphy upon old paper, of its first number, which appeared on the Bth of September, 1667. This journal, which is in the Flemish language, is printed in with two sorts of type, the Roman like the type of English and French newspapers and the German type. The first number contains foreign news and a short chronicle of local incidents. During the progress of the trial of the young convicts for revolt and the destruction of the Peni tentiary at Hyeres, M. Lepelatier Ducondray, the director of the Semaphore at Marseilles, who, as I mentioned, endeavoured to render assistance, was brought into court on a bed to give evidence. His injuries are very severe. Both his thighs were broken when the prisoners threw him into the ditch. When asked to assist in quelling the riot he said he had no objection, but he would rather s tay and protect his wife a n d two infants. When e went he saw Galaret, one of the prisoners, who was drunk, and had a bar of iron in his hand. The witness identified Laurent, one of the prisoners, as having assisted to throw him into the dry ditch, which was 20 feet deep. Another tied his cravat very tightly in order to suffocate him. While the witness was in the ditch he heard one of the victims call out, " Oh, my mother." The prisoners were furious. He saw them bite the bars and scratch the walls with their nails. " I," continued the witness, " I, who had never cried in my life—l, who had sailed upon the ocean for fourteen years an d had seen death near me hundreds of times—l sat down upon a stone and wept like a child. I could no longer endure the terrible sight. I dragged myself to a distance of 50 paces with my broken limb, and rolled upon the ground. My senses were gone !" Ilere the Pro cureur-General rose, and impressively said—" Mon s i eur Ducondray—lf I do not offer you public congrat u l at i ons it is because your conduct was above all p ra i se. But I wish to offer you here o f the testimonythy personal admiration, and the gratitude of society and the Government." These Man y persons went to M. Ducon words, says the report, were' received with thunders of applause. :Any dray's bed- s id e, grasped his hand fervently, and con gratulated him. It i s f eare d that it will be ne cessary to amp utate one of the fractured th i ghs. Some very inaccurate accounts have been pub fished of a murder in the streets of Paris. The real facts are these :—The name of the victim is Laurent Aymon. He is about 40, and was foreman in the saddl ery establishment of Messrs. Binder, Boulevard Hausman. He was proceeding home along the B ou l evard de Neu i lly, and had nearly reached th e round point of the old b arr i erMouveau, when a ruffi In who followed him gave him a mortal stab in the side with some sharp instrument. M. AYmnn was a powerful, vigorous man, and had it not been for the cowardly nature of the attack he would no doubt have been able to defend himself. The police, with all their activity, have not yet been able to discover any clue to the murderer, nor is it yet known whether the motive of the crime was robbery or some feeling of vengeance. A paper of Boulogne-sur-Mer says that the em barkation of oxen at that port for England con tinues on a very extensive scale. Some hundreds of oxen and calves are exported every week. L Although th e weather has b een so severe b o th i n and P ar i s, i n some - par t s o f the s ou th o f France there has been a spring temperature. At Toulouse it was mild and at Nice a day or two ago ripe cherries were sold in the market at a cheap price. In Paris the cold led to comical incidents, The other morning, after the masked ball at the opera, the revellers rolled about the iced streets. The cabs were taken by assault, although the for bearing cabmen asked 25f. and even 30f. to take the joyous dancers from the opera to the Madeleine, a distance of only about a mile. Several serious ac cidents took place in consequence of the slippery state of the streets. There were broken limbs and contused bodies. Some skating took place in the Bois de Boulogne. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) - - THE FRENCH IN COCIHN CHINA. PARIS, January 8. Official despatches have been received from Admiral Rose to the 17th Nov. After several ex ploring expeditions, in which the French were always successful, the Admiral, seeing that the King of Corea took no further steps in the negotiations already opened, and fearing that winter might in terrupt navigation in the river, decided upon leav ing Kanghoa, after destroying all the Government establishments and the royal palace. " The destruction of Kanghoa," continues the despatch, " will have proved to the Corean Go vernment that the murder of the French missionaries was not to remain unpunished." General Montebello has been nominated a Senator. The subscription to the loan recently contracted by the Spanish Government with French bankers will be open from the 12th to the 14th inst. SEVERE GALE. PLYmouTa, Jan. 8. A heavy S.S.W. gale was experienced here last night, when two small schooners were totally wrecked in Batten Bay. The Teazer, of Ipswich, with loss of all hands, except the mate; and the Palmyra, of Southampton, with all hands. The ship John Gray, of Glasgow, from Demerara, for London, was also totally wrecked in Mount Bay. The passengers and crew saved. The captain and mate were drowned. The telegraph wires in some parts have been blown down. ANOTHER SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE IN ALGERIA. MARSEILLES, January 8. Intelligence received here from Algeria announces that another shock of earthquake was felt there on the morning of the 4th inst., during the prevalence of a very heavy rain. No mishaps had occurred. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 7, Two o'clock.—Various scc'iri ties are quoted to-day ex-dividend. The amount of the coupon detached on Italian Fives is 2f. 50c., on Credit Foncier shares 12f. 50c., on Spanish Mobilier 15f., on Northern Railway shares 25f., on Southern 20f., and on Austrian 12f. 50c. The first telegram from London announced a decline on Consols of *, but the second, owing probably to bad weather, had not yet arrived. Though the market here is calm a new and important advance has taken place on most securities. French Threes have gained 25c.- 70f. 25c ; Italian Fives 30c.-54f. 55c. (ex-div.) ; Credit Alobilier 7f. 50c.—at 515 f. ; Credit Foncier as much as the whole coupon, at 1,440 f. Railway shares are also in advance, Northern of 5f. —at 1,195 f. (cx. div.) A similar rise is to be noticed in Southern shares, also taking into account the coupon. Three o'clock.—The second despatch from Lon don indicates a recovery of the eighth lost. The market closed with the following quotations : ti per Cent 5......,.. 99 05 Bank Shares 3600 Do. end m0nth...... Italian Loan 54 10 3 per Cents. ........ 70 20 Do. end month 54 25 Do. end month 7O 20 Mexican Loan ...... Credit Mobilier Do. end month ... 511. 25 Spanish Threes Credit Fonder — Home Debt .-- Do. end month 1430 btooooooo .. •••• Deforrod _ - LYS. Orleans .............. For Acco un t. ..................... 902 50 Northern ......... .................. 1 193 75 Lyons and Medit erranean ........ ....... 9 18 75 Southern ................................. Western .................. ................ Eastern Austrian ................................. 396 75 Lombard ..... 392 50 North of Spain .......................... 125 Saragossa .............................. 142 50 Ditto to Barcelona ..................... GO Roma Lu— — Fearful Storm.—Accident to the Holyhead Mail Train. ABER, near Bangor, Monday. A most fearful storm of wind and snow prevailed over this district of North Wales on Saturday night, and was a prelude to the break-up of the frost. It committed great havoc here, and led to an accident on the Chester and Holyhead Railway, and the complete stoppage of the traffic for over 20 hours— i. from Bor9 on Saturday night to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Travellers on the line are aware that be tween Conway and Bangor the line runs almost continuously nearly ou the edge of the sea, with high mountains towering over it. Notwithstanding the great fall of snow in the middle of last week, there having been comparatively little drifting, the railway traffic was not much delayed. On Saturday night, however, a violent storm of snow and sleet set in, accompanied by a terrific gale from the south-west. Snow drifted down from the moun tains in blinding masses, and accumulated in the railway cuttings, blocking them up so that, although the railway authorities had placed 50 or GO men on the line in the exposed places to keep it clear, the work beat them, and the traffic was completely stopped on Saturday night. An attempt, how ever, was made to get the mail train, which leaves Holyhead at 8 20 p.m., through the drift, and it was sent on from Bangor. The train had got halfway between Bangor and the next up station (Aber), when, on passing down an embankment, the violence of the wind, which rushed down the valleys between the mountains as down a spout, was so great that, although the train was driven by two engines in the hope of driving through the snow, it actually blew over the poet-office van, and threw it on the side of the embankment. The engine couplings at the same moment snapped, and the engines ran on until they stuck in the snow (which was six or seven feet deep). The passengers' carriages also left the rails, but did not turn over. There were very few passen g ers, who escaped with out serious injury. The Post-office clerks also escaped miraculously, and when got at it was found they had only sustained (as we are informed) a shaking. The guard had to run back to Bangor, and the telegraph communication being broken it was impossible to stop down trains from coming on. The telegraph posts and wires have been broken for two or three miles. Mr. Lee, the engineer of the Bangor section of the line, and Mr. Binger, of Cheshire, the district superintendent (who happened to be in thelocality), were promptly on the spot, and everything was done to clear the line ; but although the men worked all the bitter night it was not until dusk yesterday evening that one line of rails could be cleared, and at the present moment (Monday afternoon) the traffic is being carried on on one line between Aber and Bangor. The storm was one of the most fearful that can be imagined. At Aber the gale drifted the snow in masses, blinding everybody exposed to it, and the railway officials were frequently thrown down by the violence of the wind as it rushed down the volleys, while at the same time in Bangor the wind was coin. paratively calm. Signal lights could not be seen 20 yards, and collisions, happily unattended with seri ous consequences, were the result. At Aber, while a train was standing at the station, with the sign a l s up, another coming up behind ran into it, shaking and d rbruising the passengers. The thaw set in on Sunday, and the rain since has cleared away the snow, except in the drifts, where it is still very deep. At one time there were eight or nine trains stopped between Abh. and Bangor. PERIODICALS. THE BELGRAVIA—(NO. 3) —for January very considerably advances the reputation of that youngest amongst the shilling magazines. It has less of what in the slang of pressmen is called padding than its predecessors. The contributions, of which there are as many asfourteen altogether, are almost all of them thoroughly readable. One or two of them are of peculiar excellence. The now in stalment of the editor's own serial fiction—which is still of course the pice de resistance of 13e1- gravia, and will be so (happily for its readers) for a good many months to come--holds us more than ever enthralled, as the incidents number up and the plot of the tale becomes in consequence more and more complicated. Sustained at the same high level of interest, it must assume its place among the hap piest efforts of this most popular of all our serial writing lady-novelists. Conspicuous among the mis cellaneous contributions to the current number of the new magazine —but conspicuous chiefly for its absurd improbability—is Tom Hood's account of "How I won Polly and a Postmastership." The editor of Fan is risking his reputation as a sprightly, and often highly humorous writer—by writing overmuch. "Dykwynkyn at Work"—a sketch by the author of " Society" and of " Ours be turned to with interest by the lovers of visible and risible frolic and drollery (as broad as they are long)—as that frolic and drollery are annually presented to view by the said Dykwynkyn in the masks of that same most face-tious decorator of Blanchard's Pantomimes at Drury Lane—Dykwynkyn being the capital pseu donym of Mr. Richard Wynn Keene, the great pantomimic-mask designer and fabricator ! Best, however, of all the single papers, not only in this number of Belgravia, but among all the numbers of all the magazines for this present month of January, is a story penned by a writer whose name we do not remember ever to have met with before—one Bab ington White—a name we shall henceforth, however, always hail with delight as that of the author of this perfectly delightful little magazine story entitled "At Daggers Drawn." It is worth anybody's while to read it : and it certainly ought to be a fa vourite in every green-room, for it brings out all the nobler qualities happily very rife indeed among the frequenters of those same haunts of our friends the stage players. For ourselves we have already twice read all through this little story, entitled " At Dag gels Drawn," and purpose doing so a third time at the very earliest opportunity. Altogether for fun, for racy humour, for touches of nature, and at the very close of it for exquisite touches of feeling, Mr. Babington 'White's little story is in its way just simply perfect. In the mere manner of it, it is quite unaffectedly and idiomatically written, and it is, from beginning to end, in one word, delightful. THE FORTNIGHTLY REVlEW—though no longer fortnightly at all, but henceforth a monthly publication, and therefore a flagrant and almost ridiculous misnomer—continues its collrze tui abat,d energy under the new direction. Mr. John Morley succeeds Mr. George Henry Lewes as the Editor of it ; and all will regret to know that the reason for Mr. Lewes's resignation of his post is that of ill-health—precluding him from the labour and anxiety inevitably coupled with the conduct of a publication such as the Fortnightly, no matter whether the periodicity of its issue be monthly or hi-monthly. An able, and occasionally in the manner of it, masterly, paper upon " France in the Seventeenth Century," penned by the new Editor, leads off the current number for January, No. I. of the new series, but No. XXXVIII. of the old original one. Apart from this—the fore most contribution to the initial instalment of the new series—the two other most notable portions of its contents are—some feeble jingling stanzas, called, for no earthly reason apparently (beyond their childishness) " Child's Song in Winter," by Algernon Swinburue and the five opening chapters of a new serial story, full of promise, called " The White Rose," by G. J. 'Whyte Mel ville, author of " Digby Grand," and of many other vigorous, dashing tales of every-day life in this our own age and country. ANTHONY TaonLorE's Last Chronicle of Barset, now successfully appearing week by week in Six penny instalments, and which on Saturday last attained its sixth number, steadily confirms us in the impression we have already ventured to express in its regard that it will be its writer's masterpiece. Lily Dale and Johnny Eames are two of the old friends intro duced us again in the new number of Saturday. Mr. Thomas continues to win fresh laurels by his eminent success as an illustrator. Ile has already taken such high ground in that way as the illustrator of Wilkie Collins (vide"Armadale") and now, again, as the illustrator of Anthony Trollope (vide the serial hero under notice) that we quite long to see what he mi g ht accomplish in that way as the illustrator of Charles Dickens —particularly after Mr. Marcus Stone's fiasco, as the successor of Phiz and DUBLIN 1;1:N George tJ O N I r v u E i kusshrarTn.k_T . e pretty tal e o f" C ometh up as a Fl ower " is concludedh in an appropriate manner, melancholy and impressive. " Never for Ever" is continued, but little occurs in this instal ment. "Number Five Brooke-street" promises to be a very elaborate story ; it contains some sketches which will attract those who like variety of incidents. " Garrick, a Round of Characters" pre sentssome entertaining accounts of theatrical doings. The eloquent account of the " Rise and Influence of English Monachism" is continued at some length. "Parties and the Coming Session" is the political article, which argues in favour of the present Go vernment, and declares that Mr. Disraeli fore shadowed coming events in his Fancy Franchises some years ago. The Ministry, it is said, "will begin the session with good ground for hope." COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE. —The United Ser vice opens the N ew Y ear with some practical articles of the right sort, and we shall be glad of more of them. Reform seems to pervade the spirit of the time in the army and the navy, as in political and do mestic matters. Quite right, for defects ought to be corrected, errors amended, and prudent progress should be the order of the day. We hare but one interest—the good of our country—which is sure to react on all concerned. "The Bayonet" is the first article. Its name is derived from Bayonne, once far renowned for cutlery. It is a weapon of ominous bearing in the charge of a daring rush. Th'e last charge has crowned many an English victory. " The Breach-loading Rifle Question" is well handled ; so are " L'Ecole Polytechnic," and " Re organisation of the French Army," and " The Staff of the British Army." .But what we most appreciate is "Naval Government. " Now that Sir John Pakington and other naval reformers, such as Sir John Hay, are at the Admiralty, we may expect prompt reform in that irresponsible "Board," whose members formed a sort of round robin which shuffled off any answer like a slippery coil of rope, without ever coining to an end. It is pertinently asked, what has " an extension of the franchise or a redistribution of seats" to do with the managementof the navy ? And yet the Board of Admiralty is cast adrift with a change of Ministry. It is high time these follies were abated if we hope to maintain our naval supremacy. COLBUEN'S NEW MONTHLY.—This umber opens with an article of some length on the position and prospects of our British American provinces. These extensive possessions arc daily growing in import ance, and we are glad to find them attracting their due share of public attention in this country. " Con tinental Christmas Legends" is an entertaining paper, and there is also a semi-ghost story of New Year's-eve, quite suitable to the season. We have besides the continuation of " Idalion," the instal ment containing some important revelations, and some further chapters of Mrs. Bushby's " Snowed Up." For graver topics there is not much room, but there are several miscellaneous papers of much interest. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. —The Editor's novel, " Old Court," goes on rapidly. Sir Hugh being convinced of his nephew's right to the estates offers them to his acceptance. Clarence, however, steadily refuses to deprive his cousin of her inheri tance, and departs, no one knows whither. Francis Yacox takes his cue as usual from Shakspere, "'Too strange for fiction, not too strange to be true," and cites numerous expressions from poet, essayist, and Jim dramatist of all ages in support of the assertion. The " German Almanacks for 1867" afford a lively' paper, and the "Journal of an Aide-dc-Camp" as usual full of anecdote. CORNIIILL.—" The Claverings" are continued, and this month we seem to be approaching the end. One cannot help pitying the hero, although he is greatly to blame. " The Village on the Cliff" is also progressing rapidly, and a tragic event occurs in the death of poor Fontaine. Some of the descriptions here met with are most admirably done, and make the story really far brighter, in point of literary merit, than a mere narrative of events can ever be. " Canning an d the Anti-Jacobins" is a well-written sketch of this bright star "in the Parliamentary heavens. ° " Reminiscences of an English Cadet iu the Aus trian Service" do not present a very pleas Ant re trospect of service in that quarter. Interest will be excited by the appearance of some verses, writ ten by W. M. Thackeray, in a lady's album• Other articles worthy of note complete the eon' tents of this serial. BELGRAVIA ; a Magazine of Fashion and Amuse ment —This magazine has plenty of light reading, love tales, sketches of fashionable life, and verses, with several illustrations to enhance its attractions• CHRISTIAN SOCIETY;—This magazine aims at being completely unsectarian, and carries out its design very successfully. " The Lover of Money," translated from the French, is an excellent paper, speaking forcibly to the minds and consciences of thousands. " The Young Ladies of Christian So ciety " is another good article, deserving attention from some of our idle fashionable damsels. "Even ings with Friends and Books" carries on contempo rary criticism in the pleasant form of an easy dia logue. A paper on "Christmas Carols" affords sow° curious information regarding these popular strains• THE MONTH.—The vexed question of the poor Law in England and Ireland is discussed in this parf,, chiefly in regard to its religious influence upon Catholic paupers. Lady G. Fullerton's graphic historical romance is continued with in creasing interest. The troubles of Margaret of Anjou.are thickening around iier, but her spirit re mains undaunted. The seventh instalment of the series of English Premiers traces the career of Fox, and in striking contrast to the stormy life of the brilliant man of the world is the second part of " The Story of Alexandrine" in her widowhood and seclusion. There are other papers of varied merit's on the topics of tho day. THE ARGOSY.—" The History of Robert Falconer" is proceeded with, and chronicles a discovery. " Over the Col du Geant," by the late T. I.l ' Barker, F.R.S.E., is a well-written narrative of Alpine adventure. " The Persian Poet" is the subject of an interesting paper. A capital paper on " Relations with Relations" may be read with general profit. THE INTELLECTUAL OesEuvEu.—There are good many instructive topics discussed in this part , prominent among which are, of course, the Novel" ber meteors. TIIE FLORAL WORLD.—A useful little guide for the amateur gardener and scientific florist. • vi• ( i j ru t s m _ Tar, HER MAJESTY, &c. OSBORNE, Jan. 7. The Queen walked in the grounds this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise. Princess Beatrice went out also. Mr. Arthur Helps and Miss Helps left Osborn e to-day. The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDRINGHAM, Monday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princes° of 'Vales, and the Duke of Edinburgh, attended 111 the Viscountess Walden, General Knollys, Mai c) , t G. 11. Grey, and the Hon. E. York e attende d divine service at Sandringham Church yester o morning. The Rev. W. Lake Onslow, M.A., offi" ciated and preached. The Princess of Wales will not accompany D i ' g royal highness to Marham. The Marquis of Bath and Sir Thomas Barrett' Lennard, Bart., have left Thomas"s Hotel, Berkeley-squa re ' Viscount Monck and Sir Henry and Lady Cat • terrell have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-squar e ' Viscount Bangor has arrived at Claridge'sllote from Cheltenbam. Lord Middleton bas arrived at the St. George Hotel. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Dirt Disraeli arrived in t o w n y es t er d a y f rom H u ghencl e " Manor. -------- Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Keppel, K.C. 13 1 returned to town on F r id ay l as t f rom v i s iti ng th e i r RoP I Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales at Sandring; ham, and the Earl of Leicester at Holkham. The gallo admiral, attended by Capt. A. Heneage, his flag-caP t3iii ; inspected on the following day, at Sheerness, her 31ajest9 ship Rodney, 80 guns, the future flag-ship for China. Sir Clifford and Lady Constable, with their 1 105 , 0 liberality, ha` e presented meat and coals to the villag t surrounding the Burton Constable estate, in Ellerby, 2 a 6r ton, Sproatley, and West Newton. We have authority to state that, in reply to the communication received from the Government of 11 : 0 United States, h er M a j es ty' s Mi n i s t e r a t W as hi ng ton 1/ 0 , been instructed to ascertain whether the Governmen t prepared to accept the principles of arbitration upon„, ll3 pending differences arising out of the late civil war, vided an agreement were come to as to the points to NVl' l° such arbitration should apply. MONUMENT TO THE LATE CARDINAL WISE3IATV,, We understand that a magnificent monum en t i s a b o ut to; erected over the vault which contains the body of the 11 '. 0 Cardinal Wiseman at liensal-green, where it will reel,' until the intended metr o p o lit an cathedral is built. It 0; be then removed, and occupy a conspicuous position i n t ,.. edifice. The Very Rev. Dr. Searle, assisted by a nut' of personal friends of the cardinal, have undertakei l defray the outlay. Tho work has been entrusted to Welby Pugin. DESTRUCTION OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, Cs ° : DON.—The church of St. John the Baptist, Croydon, was on Saturday night almost totally destroc, by fire. The sacred edifice is situated in the lowa 13 ,10 tion of the town, at the en d o f Ch urc h- street, near to " o f old palace of the Archbishops of Canterbury, and W il ' ° . bge o remote, if not unknown, antiquity. it has always 11 : 0 1 regarded as one of the finest examples of ecclesise ti v architecture in Surrey. Th e b u ildi ng was surmoun ted 00 a lofty tower of flint and stone, and the pillars and o°l o l in the interior formed a splendid arcade. In the elu' l3 were some monuments of remar k a bl e an ti qu it y and 108,11,00 and among them those of A rc hbi s h o p s Sh e ld on , Grind? and Whitgift. A rc hbi s h op Sh e ld on ' s monumen t in m a ny considered one of th e m o st perfect pieces of score, turn in the country. Only a short time since the ° or / rior of th e c h urc h was res t ore d an d b eau tifi e d at a 1 ,0 4 largo expense. The Rev. John George Hodgson 01 0 rector, and the congregation was an extremly large t o upon all occasions. So sudden and disastrous `vas tog progress of the fire when discovered, that in a few after the outbreak the entire edifice was in such a dest re " - 0 0 live blaze that all hopes of savin g it were di ss i pa t e d. ' e r fire, which is supposed to have originated f rom the e sr o f heatiag of a flue near the communion table for Su n ) 0 service, was first discovered at about half-past ten• t o( speedily as possible the engine of the Croydon Voloo op Piro Brigade was upon the spot, but, owing to a da.ngO ous economy in turning off the water from the rese rlo if at night, a considerable time elapsed before any 01 ?) could be obtained. When the local board's engine arr l o o it was found to be useless owing to its machinery 1)° 01 frozen. A strong wind was blowing during the rag i V the fire, and but that many of the surrounding bi l l, wore covered with snow, great damage might have 0 1 done. In an hour the building was a complete NW/ TOO thing but the walls and tower being left standing. t parish papers and communion plate were saved, Uu monumental sculpture is much mutilated. I tell' A RAILWAY GUARD KILLED.—John Slat spare guard on the Glasgow and Greenock Itail li ; : was killed on Thursday night under very painful ci t.e 4 id stances. He had been in charge of the 10 p.m. train Glasgow for Greenock, and, just as the train had s tart y man came running along the platform and attempted t°,icYt into a carriage. Slattery caught him and drew bid' whereupon the man turned round upon him, tbrovia tbE down, and tumbled him in between the platform 313 f ot; carriage wheels. His body, on being recovered, fully mangled. The person who threw him down e'ita during the commotion that ensued. Slattery was cl.l 11 ° young man, and had been spare guard for two 9ett re ,,. 0 1;4 1 was unmarried, and resided in lodgings in ONO' Scotsman. Th tallac of II Cliff( Ann( Chi .kmali 1; Great llarke 2} 3; 3} 41; 14s; West Frnue Whoa CirPuv 135 1 Cana 18; C 221 2i: Purk, ".--8 --- 3 Der Do. 3 Per ( Ne w 3 Newt Do. (Li acc deli MX gok 775, per Bar golc tars 111011 then conC year. scqu givir ])uri acce crud The per the u and i ruar] quen Week lita n Th mate Low of C 134 Unite 721 main are st Nati( S tear ()riot