The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-23 00:00:00

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Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rills DAY.—Morning, 4h. Om.—Afternoon, 4h.l9rn. IJ-31onnow.-Al4rning, 41i. 40m.—Afternoon, sh. lm. ~. - 0 ,1 4 .4 - • „ , . 1 Ai tilt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23, 1867. The distress in the East of London is enough to excite the deepest interest, and to give rise to consternation and alarm. The Lord Mayor has shown himself equal to the occasion, and has come forward in a very determined manner to seek to remedy some of the worst evils that exist. On Monday a meeting took place at the Mansion house, and he availed himself of the opportunity to call attention to the present deplorable condi tion of the labouring people in the East of Lon don. Some of the details that were brought for ward in the explanations made were indeed most appalling, and speak strongly as to the necessity that exists for doing something to meet the emergency. The Poplar Board of Guardians stated that it was quite impossible for the relieving officers t o visit all who had applied for relief. The reliev ing officer of the South District had nearly one thousand families on his books, and each repre sented five persons at least. The day before the meeting of the Board he had given away as much as two tons and five hundredweight of bread. The increase in the relief afforded in the corre sponding week of last year was 5,453 ; and in Poplar alone the contractor supplied the Union with nine thousand three hundred and twenty four loaves of bread. A gentleman who resided in the West India-road wrote to say that he visited many of the workpeople at their own homes, and found them in a wretched state, the distress, indeed, being appalling amGoag the me chanics and labourers. " Many of them were quite disheartened, sitting within bare walls, with neither bed nor clothing, and with their children almost naked and famishing. Strong young men burst into tears on seeing him enter, and pointed to their starving wives and children in silent de spair." Some of these unhappy sufferers had been most improvident, but others had been quite the contrary. One young man, an ironworker, had been out of employment for some time, and had gradually exhausted his savings, until he and his family had nothing to lie upon but the bare floor, and were in a wretched condition altogether. The writer added that he might fill a volume with similar cases of misery, and that it is to be feared that the recent condact of the Shipwrights' Union at the Thames Ironworks will do a great deal of harm, and cause innocent persons to suffer. This is, of course, no more than might have been expected, and no cen sure can be too severe to use in connection with their conduct. The Rector of BAhnal-green stated that there was much distress in that locality, which we m'ght all have looked for, when we take into account the parochial misery of that place. The working-classes have been severely afflicted by the " commercial panic, the cholera, and the frost." The rates are now in the proportion of eight shillings in the pound a year ; the workhouse is full; and eight hours were spent the other day in investigating out-door cases. A oirrcspondent, who has visited the neighbourhood most afflicted during the last few months,declares that such a season of distress and misery has never be fore been experienced in this locality. There are few things more deplorable in the case of districts being similarly afflicted than the fact of the rates being raised to such an extent, and, as Mr. Sheriff WATERLOW said, there is reason to know that in the distressed districts the rates are mounting up to sums which the small tradesmen and those who lived in small houses could not really afford to pay. A committee was formed for the purpose of raising subscriptions and affording relief, and it is satisfac tory to learn that a good commencement has been made. Up to last night as much as £1,200 had been received as the result of one day's sub- scription. Yesterday a meeting of the Committee took place at the Mansion-house, and many influential persons were present. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS commented upon the intense distress prevailing in Greenwich and Deptford, and wisely advised the Committee to begin dispensing the sums in hand at once, relying upon the public generosity for further supplies. This seems, indeed, to be the wisest course to adopt, and we may be very sure of one thing, that there is no probability of greater distress ap pearing than that which now appears among us, so that it would be a pity to lose time while the state of many is so precarious. Mr. ROMLEY, M.P., was of opinion that something might be done in connection with the Houseless Poor Act, so that relief might be obtained in the distressed districts. " The cost," he said, " would not fall with undue severity upon individual parishes, but by a rate in aid it might be spread over all the metropolis." This may be true enough so far as it goes, but we think that Mr. llouts was mcre correct in his motion when he de clared that their immediate object should be to assist the suffering poor in this emer gency, and not to pause to inquire into the particulars of the poor-law, or to seek to make them subservient in the present case. It was wisely resolved that the local committees employed should be of a mixed character, and so represent every class and be entirely " unsectarian." This is very right, for nothing would be more vexatious than to have disputes and disturbances taking place, because this or that prejudice could not be carried out, or any particular object effected. A deputation waited upon the meeting from the parish of St. Dunstan, Stepney, and declared that the distress and misery in that neighbourhood were most considerable. The committee m ade them a grant, with the intimation that a supplement would be made if possible. It is gratifying to learn that something should have been done so quickly, and it seems to afford us hope fur the future. It is to be borne in mind that if the severe weather should be modified at once that there will still be great need of help in many quarters. Unhappily the state of things has got so bad, and the misery has reached to such a pitch, that time must elapse before any decided change for the better can take place. This year has be, gun sadly indeed, and the claims on the rich and bene volent are great ; but they must not despond, but du to the utmost of their ability, for it may truly be said that the harvest is plentiful and the labourers are few. When all has been given that possibly can there will still remain much of what is deplor able ; but it is some considerable source of satisfac tion to know that steps are being taken and mea sures set on foot to remedy in a great degree the misery and want that are indeed stalking ahead among us as a pestilence destroying in the noon day. We learn by the news dated New York the 9th, brought by the Australasian, that the struggle be tween the PRESIDENT and Congress has lost nothing of its intensity. The thread of impeachment has been so far fulfilled that the Hon. Mr. ASHLEY, of Ohio, has offered a resolution in the House of Re presentatives, to impeach Mr. JOHNSON under charges of gross abuse of his veto, and appointing and pardoning powers, of corrupt disposition of public property, and of interfering with the elec tions. The resolution authorised the Judiciary Committee to investigate the PRESIDENT'S conduct, and report what grounds existed for his impeachment. This resolution, extravagant and inconsistent with facts as it appears, was actually passed by 107 to 38 votes ! How the Radicals can pretend to im peach the PRESIDENT for abuse of the veto power when they have just had the highest opinion in the country given as to the illegality of the measures he condemned is not easily explainable, except by the most reckless political audacity and vindictiveness. As for the powers of appointing public officers, Mr. JOHNSON has no more abused them than every tem porary head of a G-Jvernment does when he puts men of his own party into subordinate offices in place of his opponents. The charge of unduly influencing elections will, we should think, make most Americans smile. The charge, if pressed, would not be altogether confined to the PRESIDENT of the States. One thing is certain. Mr. JOHNSON did not influence them to much pur pose, since they 'turned the scale against him. Undeterred by the proceedings of the Congress, Mr. JOHNSON has vetoed the District of Columbia Impartial Suffrage Bill, which, as a matter of course, was passed by both Ilouses over the veto. According to report Mr. TIIADDEIJS STEVENS has soon got tired of playing the role of moderator and constitutionalist. He is said to be preparing a bill declaring martial law throughout the South. This would be a proceeding fully in accordance with the spirit which the Radicals have manifested for some time past, and would show them in their true colours. The excitement throughout the States in this critical condition of affairs is, al might be expected, very great. Mr. ASHLEY is not a man of any weight or influence in the llouse, and it was believed in many quarters that he would not be rash enough to make such a movement. It was believed in some quarters that the llouse, if the motion was made, would quietly put it aside, if not reject it; but the PRESIDENT'S Vet.) of the Suffrage Bill probably put the finishing stroke to the indignation of the Radical party, and, reckless of consequences, they are resolved to push on to the last extremity. What the egect likely to be on the country may be TliE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENENG, JANUARY 23 1867. judged :from the fact that a few days before Mr. ASHLEY'S motion a rumour was circulated in Wall street, th at the PRESIDENT was to be impeached immedia+xly, upon which gold went up in a quarter of an h our from 132 to 135. The PRESDIENT'S position. has, however, been strongly reinforced by the action of the Supremo Court. The unanimous decision of its members that the establishment of military courts for the trial of civil offenders is illegal, is a terrible blow to the Radicals. It is true that four out of the nine judges composing the Court admit that Congress may in a time of national peril lawfully establish military courts. The other five Judges deny this right, and thus the majority of the Court refuse even this consolation to the ultra party. Their dismay is very great, and this proceeding, in asmuch as they have never openly ranged them selves against the constitution, but merely ignore it, is inconveniently opposed to them. The language of the Court is clear and conclusive. " There is no law for the Government, for the citizen, the armies, or the navy of the United States within American jurisdiction which is not contained in or derived from the constitution ; and wherever our army or navy go beyond our territorial limits, neither can go beyond the authority of the PRESIDENT or the Legislaticn of Congress. This is sound law, and halt right and reason alike on its side, but it does not commend itself the more to the approval of the Radicals ; on the contrary, they turn their arms against the Court itself. Its decision, declared Mr. TIINDDEUS STEVENS in the House of Representatives, had taken away all pro tection from every loyal man in the Southern States. "It had unsheathed the dagger of the assassin and the knife of the rebel against the throat of any man who dared to proclaim himself now or heretofore a loyal Union man." It was not worth while to measure words upon so momentous an occasion, and consequently Mr. STEVENS, in the fervour of his grand eloquence, de clared that " the barbarians of the South were now murdering the loyal whites and putting into secret graves hundreds of thousands of coloured people." The " secret graves," under these circumstances, must be of pretty large extent. As for Mr. JOHN SON he was not likely to escape Mr. STEVENS'S de nunciations—" Although the PRESIDENT was Com mander-in-chief of the army and navy, Congress was his commander, and he should be made to obey." Negro Suffrage, he declared, was vital to the free dom and independence of the North ; without it the people of the North would be the vassals and slaves of the South. Whether Mr. STEVENS reached that point at which frenzy be comes inspiration is uncertain, but in the midst of his harangue he spoke wonderful truth. Slavery, he said, bad been theoretically abolished, but the Americans were no nearer a free Republic now than they were twenty years ago. In Persia and in Turkey the people were as free as the American freedmen. "The despotism of many rulers was always more atrocious and intolerable than the des potism of a single ruler." This fact, which many a European nation has learned before now, is becoming painfully impressed on the American people. Let us hope that they will take the warning to heart in time. Mr. STEVENS'S speech, it is fair to add, was too strong for many of his Radical friends, and since he was given to understand that he might damage his chance for the Senatorship in Pennsylvania, his eloquence had cooled down by the time the report of his speech appeared in the Congressional Globe. Mr. STEVENS received an amusing rebuff at the beginning of the year from a Conservative member, who resuscitated a resolution which Mr. STEVENS himself had introduced on the 4th of Dec., 1862, of course in the time of the war. It affirmed that "if any person in the employment of the United States, in either the legislative or executive branch, shall pro pose to make peace upon any other basis than the integrity and entire unity of the United States and their territories, he will be guilty of a high crime." Tempera mutantur. An awkward fact this for the leader of the movement for Territorial Governments in the South ! All that the Congress could do for its hero was to refuse to receive the resolution. Among the more serious and important incidents of the news it is amusing to learn that the Fenians are disgusted with STEPHENS, have deposed him from pis nominal dignity, and pronounced him what most of the world discovered him to be some time since—a humbug ! which is stored at the capacious ice-house on the Bois de Boulogne, which establishment is 70 metres long by 40 in width, and is capable of containing 20 millions English pounds of ice. It is now nearly full. The death of M. Ingres has brought to light a fact not generally known, that the first Napoleon, the renowned leader in war, was also a great patron of art. A letter is published, dated Nov. 10, 1800, in which he expresses his intention to exempt vari ous artists from military service. Among the names of these artists is that of M. Ingres, who was the last survivor in the list of artists allowed to stay at home to cultivate the arts instead of being forced away to the battle field. Skating is the order of the day in the lakes of the Bois de Boulogne and the Bois de Vincennes, and the spectacle is at once novel and interesting. Ladies form a large majority. There are some artistica' skaters, and ladies seated in arm chairs are drawn about on the ice. Sxn?titnes the Emperor, Empress, and the young Prince skate in public, the latter under the care of an experienced skater. The amusement is at its zenith when there happens to be a collision on the ice, or when an unskilful prac titioner encounters a heavy fall. From all parts of France accounts come of the intense cold and the abundance of snow. The cold is much more severe in the provinces than in Paris. Here, how ever, it begins to be felt with rigour and unusual intensity. To-day it has been dull and foggy, with slight snow occasionally, and it still freezes. The masses of ice in the Seine are very thick and numerous. There is much ice in the Loire. The two soldiers, Antoine Ciosi and Jean Agos tini, condemned to death for the murders at the inn at Champerret on the 2d Nov. last, of which I gave you the particulars at the time of the trial, were executed at Vincennes yesterday. They were to be shot at the same moment. Ciosi did not fail in courage up to the last, but Agostini fainted when his eyes were bandaged, and it was necessary to tie him to the post. His companion reproached him for being a coward. When the two platoons of execu tion fired Ciosi fell dead instantly, but as Agostini moved a sub-officer put the barrel of his gun to his head and blew out his brains. A marriage is about to take place between Baron des Michels, Secretary of Embassy, and Mdlle. Ofresie de La Cases, daughter of Count La Cases, deputy. The marriage contract has just been signed by the Emperor. Miss Menken, the American equestrian, who was recently thrown from her horse while personating Mazeppa, has been again thrown, and this time her injuries are rather serious. One of her ears was much cut, and she was severely bruised on the legs and arms. She was so much hurt that she could not continue the performance. The new Minister of War, Marshal Adolphe Niel, was born on the 4th of October, 1802, and left the Polytechnic School in 1823. He was lieutenant of artillery in 1827, and captain in 1831. He attained his superior rank by his services in Algeria, Rome, Russia, and Italy. The new Minister of Marine, Vice-Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, is a great favourite with the navy. He served very courageously and effectively in the expeditions to the Crimea and in China. M. Forcade de la Roquette, the new Minister of Commerce, is a man of considerable commercial and general knowledge, and has often besides dis tinguished himself as an orator in the Legislative Body. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 21. The China left at 7 a.m. to-day for Marseilles, where she may be expected on the 27th inst. The Tanjore left at 5 p.m. yesterday for South ampton, where she may be expected about the 2d February. BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAIL. GIBRALTAR, Jan. 20. The Ripon leaves at 5 p.m. to-day for South ampton, where she may be expected on the 25th instant. FINLAND. lIELSINGFORS, Jan. 22. The Diet of Finland was declared open to-day by a proclamation in the Swedi.h and Fiuniah language. The names of the deputies elected will be registered by the Secretary of the Diet. The Marshal, the Archbishop, the President of the Citizens, and the Peasantry will take their oaths of allegiance, and on Saturday next the formal open ing of the Diet will take place by a speech from the throne. LISBON, Jan. 22. The King and Queen of Portugal and suite are on a shooting excursion at Villa Vicoza. A fire occurred to-day in the Ministry of the Interior, but little damage was done. Excessive rains have caused the Tagus to over flow its banks. CORRESPONDENCE FROIA PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. The Bulletin of the Moniteur has but a small amount of news of any kind, and none of importance. The address of the Chamber of Peers of Portugal, in reply to the Speech from the Throne, was agreed to in the sitting of the 24th without any amend ment. M. d'Antas, chief of the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, formerly Secretary of the Por tuguese Legate at Paris, has been appointed Minis ter Plenipotentiary to the United States, in the room of M. de Figanicre, recently deceased. The Journal des Debats says :—" The new re forms announced in the decree of the Empe ror are not yet discussed in detail by the press, but they are briefly appreciated by all the journals. Most of them congratulate the Government upon the progress it has made upon certain points, but some of them express regret that these reforms are not more extensive. It is very difficult at present to appreciate what will be the importance of the change to be made in regard to the press by the law, which will be presented to the Legislative Body. We very much approve of the suppression of the discretionary power given to the decree of the 17th of February, 1852, but we shall wait until we see the provisions of the law prepared by the Government before we can form a judgment upon what the press will gain by the reforths an nounced by the Emperor." My description of the favourable impression pro duced upon the Paris papers generally by the Em peror's letter is confirmed by the Journal des Debats, which energetically combats the expression of the Patrie, that " the reform announced was a new step, but the last." The Debats says---'• Not only all the journals, not connected with any tie to Government, judge otherwise of the situation of the country and the intentions of the Emperor, but the papers in which one is accustomed to seek for a knowledge of the intimate thoughts of the Government, or of some of its members, are far from imposing such strict limits to the wise intentions of the head of the State. Thus the Constitutionnel says—' Napoleon the Third continues to-day the liberal work which was commenced by the decree of the 24th of November.' " _ _ _ In the non-official part of the Moniteur it is stated that the Government has a strong desire to submit to the appreciation of the great bodies of the State the motives which have actuated its cond.ict in regard to its foreign policy. The suppression of the discussion on the Address will not delay the.3e explanations, for the Government has decided to accept at the commencement of the session the demands for interpellation which may be addressed to it respecting foreign affairs. According to the Correspondencia, of Madrid, it appears probable that an arrangement is about to be concluded between Spain and the Republics of the Pacific. The Emperor, ever anxious to mitigate the dis tress of the poor, especially iu a rigorous season, a few days ago sent 50,000 f. to the Prefect of Police, who has carefully distributed the amount among necessitous families, who have expressed their deep gratitude for the very seasonable relief. An immense prinl siol3 a ico 11011 Wing mule, Naval and Military Intelligence. The Coquette, 4, screw gunvessel, Commander the Hon. G. R. Roe, was paid out of commission yes terday, at Portsmouth, under the superintendence of Capt. F. Egerton, C. 8., A.D.C. to the Queen, of her Majesty's ship Victory, after dismantling, on return to England from foreign service. Joseph Eades, chief boatswain's mate, was awarded the silver medal given by the Admiralty for long service and good conduct. Only one officer and 19 men have returned to England in the Coquette out of her original crew. She was commissioned at Ports mouth iu April, 1862, by Commander Alex-alder, who retained the command of her until promoted to the Euryalus in August, 1863, when he was re lieved by Commander Roe, who has paid her out of commission. The Coquette took an active part in the of t l he ag w o a s r im s a he a h n a d s Sbi been o ti n c o h s k chiefly y . S s t i a n t c e o n e the d in the Straits of Malacca. The Terrible, 19, paddle frigate, Captain John E. Cummerell, V.C. and C. 8., went out of Portsmouth yesterday to Spithead, where she anchored prepara tory to sailing for the Mediterranean. Prev:ous to anchoring the Terrible's machinery was tried under steam, without putting the ship over.the measured mile, and everything was found iiAxcellent work ing order. Among other repairs which have been effected on board since the ship's retu"n to Ports mouth from the Atlantic cable-laying expedition, has been that of the engine entablature, which was split across. It has been secured by check plates, and is now stronger than when first turned out of the foundry. The Bellerophon, iron frigate, Captain Edward Tatham, at Portsmouth, will be ready for sea on the March 1. The ship's armament of 12 and 7i ton guns, with their iron carriages and the slides, sehip ship, and will be placed on board i n a few days' The time, after she has coaled. is all ready for will be placed in dock to examine her valves and hulk below the water line on the iron frigate Vali an t b r i ng taken out of No. 10. The Urgent, screw iron troopship, Captain S. H. Henderson, oro is expected to sail f rom P ortsmout h to m She takes ou t a l arge num b er o f rwfor China. officers, seamen, and nrrines for the vessels under the command of Vice-Admiral George St. Vincent King, C.B. The Himalaya, screw troopship, will be undocked at Portsmouth to-morrow, after having had her hull below the water line paid over with Peacock and Buchan's preservative and anti-fouling composition. It is a noteworthy fact that the Himalaya has been docked with 1,000 tons of coal in her bunkers. Mr. Thomas Hatton, assist.-engineer of the first class, borne on the books of the Indus, was tried on Monday morning on board the Royal Adelaide on a charge of drunkenness. Mr. William Eastlake officiated as Judge-Advocate. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was dismissed from her Majesty's ser vice. Mr. George Roe, supernumerary engineer, serving on board the Bristol, was then tried on a similar charge. Ile pleaded guilty, and was sen tenced to be reprimanded and to lose 12 months' seniority. In the paragraph relating to the Wivern, screw turret sloop, Capt. H. T. Burgoyne, V.C., which appeared in The Sun Naval lutelligence of Monday last, for " ordinary conditions of wind and weather," read " extraordinary conditions," &c. This altera tion changes the entire complexion of the paragraph and gives to it the meaning it was at first intended to convey. _ _ _ Majesty's ship Capt. hi s R oya l Hi ghness the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., was yesterday appointed to command her Galatea, commissioned. The following app o i n t men ts were made yesterday at the Admiralty :--Commander Hugh Campbell, to the Galataa ; Lieut. Charles G. Fane, Lieut. WallaceM'Hardy, Lieut. George R. Heneage, Lieut. Edward R. Foster, and Lieut. Francis Romi)ly to the Galatea ; Lieut. Charles J. Kent to the Urgent ; and Arthur F. Graves, naval cadet, to the Charybdis. THE GREAT E ASTERN RAILWAY. — Sir E. C. Ken ison, Bart., M.P ., hav:ng resigned his p osition at the board of this comp an y , we un d e rstand that the directors have tu.anged for ;lac; deputy-chairmanship being filled up by Mr. Samuel Laing, M.l'., whose services will no doubt be of great benefit to the company if ho takes charge of its financial affairs. DEATH OF CHlLDP,EN.—Arclibishop Leighton thus wrote on hearing of the death of a, cli"d:—" Sweet thing, and is ho so quickly laid asleep! Happy he! Though we shall have no more the pleasure of his lisping and laugh ing, ho shall have no more the pa - in of crying, nor of being sick, nor of dying. Toll my dear sistor that she is now so much more akin to the other world; and this will be quickly passed to us all. John is but gone at an early hour to bed, as children usod to do, and we aro undressing to follow. And the more we put off tho love of the present world, and all things suporiluous, beforehand, we shall 1447 e the lm to do when we lid down." _ FRANCE. PARIS ; Jan. 23. Imperial decrees have been issued appointing M. Ferdinand Barrot to the dignity of Grand Referen dary of the Senate, and MM. Chaix d'Estange, Quintin, Banchard, and the Marquis of Lisle de Sivry to the rank of Senators. M. Chaix d'Estange is also appointed Secretary to the Senate. BOURSE, Jan. 22, Two o'clock.—The market is pretty firm, though the Rentes are quoted a little lower, Threes being 10c. below yesterday's prices, at 69f. 20c. ; Italian Fives are at 54fr. 70c. Mis cellaneous securities are generally rising. Credit Mobilier show an increase of 3f. 75c., Credit Foncier of 13fr. 75c.,:and Comptoir d'Escompte of Ifr. 25c., being respectively at 503 f. 75c., 1,438 f. 75c., and 782 f. 50c. Railway shares have also improved, Orleans by 2f. 50c.—at 905 f., Lyons by If. 25c. at 910 f., Northern by 3f. 75c.—at 1,185 f. Three o'clock.—The close has taken place as fol lows :--. 4 per Cents .— Do. end month a...0 3 per Cents. 69 15 Do. end month 69 15 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1440 Bank Shares — Italian Loan Do. end month 54 75 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred WAYS. For Account. Orleans Northern llB2 50 Lyons and Mediterranean : 910 Southern 567 50 Western 5BO Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 3BB 75 North of Spain — Saragossa — Ditto to Barcelona — Roman. — BREST, Jan. 23. The Transatlantique Company's steamer Pereire arrived here yesterday evening, with a full cargo, 66 passengers, and 1i million francs in specie. CHINA AND JAPAN. (Via Trieste.) IIoNG KONG, Dec. 15. A great fire has occurred at Yokohama. One fifth of the foreign and two-fifths of the native settlements are completely- destroyed. The fire originated in the native portion of the town. The estimated loss is $5,000,000, half of which is covered by insurance. Several Japanese students are on their way to England to study European laws and customs. It is rumoured that the Canton authorities in tend to erect a lighthouse at a point of the river between Hong Kong and Canton. The new dollar has been proclaimed legal tender at Canton. The Peiho is frozen over. THE DIS MESS IN THE EAST OF LONDON. -.►- MANSION-HOLSE RELIEF FUND. A good beginning has been made in the fund set on foot at the Mansion-house on Monday towards the relief of the prevailing distress among the labouring classes in the eastern parts of London and other parts of the metropolis. Up to last evening about £1,200 had been received there and by the bankers, that being the result of one day's subscrip tion. Yesterday, at 3 o'clock, a meeting of the committee formed by the Lord Mayor to aid him in raising and dispensing money for the relief of the starving people was held at the Mansion-house. In a conversation which took place Mr. Alderman SALOMONS referred to the intense distress prevail ing in Greenwich and Deptford, and to the exer tions which were being made by the Rev. Dr. Miller, the rector, to relieve it. lie urged the committee to commence at once to dispense the money they had received so far as it would go in mitigation of the destitution, and through the agency of local committees, relying, as he was sure they might well do, on the public generosity in supple 'muting it until better times returned. Mr. D. BROMLEY, M.P., reminded the meeting of the Act of Parliament passed in 1864, meaning, it was supposed, the Houseless Poor Act, under which he said, certain classes of poor persons had a legal claim to relief at once in food, articles of necessity, and shelter, and which made provision fo: distribut ing by a rate in aid the charge of the relief so given over the whole metropolis. He suggested that, without wishing to enforce the Poor-law, organisa tion unnecessarily at such a time, it was well worth consideration whether, in the distressed districts, re-, course might not be had to the machinery provided by that act, by which a certain amount of relief could be obtained. The cost would not fall with undue severity on individual parishes, but by a rate in aid would be spread over the whole metro polis. Mr. HOLMS, on the other hand, submitted that their immediate object should simply be to assist the poor people in the present emergency, and not stop to inquire how far the Poor-law could be made subserviett. He suggested that, with the view to an impartial distribution of the relief of any funds at the disposal of the committee, it was desirable that the local committees through whom it was to be administered should be mixed committees, and to a considerable extent composed of laymen. The Rev. F. G. BLOMFIELD, agreeing that the local Committees should, if possible, represent every class of the inhabitants and be entirely unsectarian, said there ought not to be two or three Committees working over the same ground, and perhaps with a certain amount of jealousy towards each other. They should take care to have a properly constituted Com mittee, and in whom they had confidence to cover each particular district of the metropolis in which the distress prevailed. A deputation from the parish of St. Dunstan's, Stepney, attended the meeting, and described in touching terms the extreme privation to which large numbers of the humbler classes there had been re duced. The committee made the deputation a grant, and told them they would bo prepared to supple ment it after the money bad been expended in re lieving the destitute so far as it would go. Major SNELL intimated that, in compliance with the request of the Lord Mayor, Sir Anthony Roths child and Mr. Alfred Rothchild would be happy to serve on the Committee. THE WEATHER. ---- With the departure of the strong easterly winds on Monday night the frost set in with more severity than on the two previous days, and during the whole of yesterday, up to 8 o'clock last evening, the thermometer at the Receiving-house reg;stered 24 deg. In the Regent's-park yesterday there were about 6,000 persons on the ice, which, although bad, was about 4in. thick. On the Round Pond, Kensington, the ice, sin. thick, was in good condi tion, and about 4,000 persons were on it during the day. At the Long Water, Kensington Gardens, the ice was 4,lin. thick and very good. About 6,000 persons were on it during the day, and among them a number of the members of the Skating Club, whose evolutions attracted a large number of spec tators. On the Serpentine the ice was 41in. thick. Upwards of 30,000 persons visited the ice during the day. No immersions took place, but six per son-, were severely cat about the head from falls. At 8 o'clock last night there were fully 2,000 on the ice skating and sliding by torclili,;ll‘.,. There were ten bathers in the Serpentine yesterday morn ing. On the lake in St. James's Park the ice in many parts is very dangerous. About 7,000 per sons were on it during the day. There were seven immersions and several persons injured by falls. Last night between 7 and 8 a slight shower of rain fell, with hail and sleet, which seemed to have frozen immediately on reaching the ground. The effect was most remarkable. The whole surface of the streets and pavement, every object on which the rain had fallen, was coated with a sheet of ice of uniform thickness, which glistened like a film of glass or varnish. The snow which fell last week had almost entirely disappeared in the streets, but in a few minutes they were once more impassable. It was painful. to see the omnibuses and cab horses stumbling in all directions on a sheet of ice as hard and , smooth as a slide and much more treacherous from its uneven surface. Innumerable accidents happened to foot passengers on the doorsteps and footpaths, and in some places, parti cularly where the streets are paved, it was not pos sible to walk without stumbling. The footpaths over the temporary bridge at Blackfriars, which are approached by a steep ascent on each side, were rendered for a time quite impassable, but prompt steps were taken t 3 cover the surface with ashes, which supplied a firm footing. The appearance presented by the streets wh;le covered by the sheet of ice was most striking, and unlike anything in the recollection of the oldest Londoner. Fortunately it was not of long duration. From the fall of rain it was supposed that a thaw was about to set in, al though the ground remained frozen, and this ex pectation was realised. Rain began to fall about 10 o'clock, accompanied by a higher temperature, which rapidly melted the ice. Yesterday, in consequence of the immense quan tity of ice in the Thames, the tier of vessels off the Custom-house gave way. The schooners went first. 'ley were followed by the General Steam Naviga tion Company's steamship City of Hamburg, which carried away the company's hulk lying off the Cus tom-house. The immense pressure then caused the barge tiers likewise to go off the Tower, and all ships and steamers lying below were carried away, some driving athwart each other, breaking adrift all that came in their way, and crushing and break ing masts and rigging in all directions. One craft belonging to Mr. H. Grey, loaded with silks, &c., has been sunk. At Portsmouth and on the south coast yesterday the wind veered to E. by S. and E.S.E., and was accompanied by a rise in the temperature and a slight tha;v through the day. The wind continued strong off in the Chznnel. We learn from Falmouth that the Dutch schooner Zorg en Vlyt (Mulder, master), from Nantes for Rotterdam, with a cargo of buckwheat, was run into off the Portleven pier on Monday eveu;ng. She sown after sank. ller cargo is being discharged. The long continuance of easterly winds is telling with mischievous effect on the already serious dis tress in Liverpool. There are whole fleets of vessels in the Channel vainly trying to make the port, and their absence has thrown the very large body of dock labourer:, out of employ. The building and other outdoor trades are also suspended. It is estimated that there were yesterday 22,000 persons entirely dependent on public charity. • The Mayor has had a conference with the parish authorities, and both they and the corporate officers are trying in every possible way to find employment for the men out of work, and large numbers are in this way being pro vided for. Yesterday the wind veered round mare to the south-east, but was accompanied with a keen, cutting wind, which made the weather still colder. On the north-eastern coast yesterday the weather continued cold and severe. The brig Ark, of Sun derland, which was lately stranded at Gorleston, after being in collision with the brig Sarah, has be come a total wreck, and her remains are strewed for a considerable distance along Cortou and Hopton beach. Nothing has yet been ascertained which is calculated to establish the identity of a large brig which has been discovered sunk near the Scroby Sands, and there is little or no doubt that her crew perished. Two men are reported lost from smacks belonging to Mr. Todd, of Great Yarmouth. The master of the Rainbow, Lowestoft tug, has reported passing a topgallant yard, supposed to be that of a schooner, on the Ness Point. The brig Oak, of Sun derland, is on shore on the south beach, Lowestoft. The smack Resolute, of Lowestoft, has arrived at that port. The master reports various damages sus t Lined by the smack, and also the loss of one of her crew, W. Bennett, of Lowestoft, who was washed overboard by a heavy sea. Yesterday the Mayor of Great Yarmouth convened a meeting for the purpose of considering the best means of providing for the distress prevailing among the poorer classes of that town. Traffic was resumed on Monday on the West Norfolk Junction Ra'lway. It had heen blocked since the previous Wednesday by a great accumu lation of snow at Sedgeford. The Scotsman of yesterday says :—" The snow storm, of which people are now getting so heartily tired, not only maintains but augments its severity. During Saturday and Sunday, and in some places yesterday, there was over the east of Scotland, from the Moray Firth to the Cheviots, a considerable addition to the previous heavy deposit of snow, and our correspondents inform us of many locomotive inconveniences and other consequences of the incle ment weather." Funeral of a Volunteer. Yesterday Ensign R, E. Scott, a member of the 20th Middlesex Rifles, and one of the victims of the treacherous ice, was buried with a military funeral. Any volunteer in uniform was allowed to take part in the funeral. Parade was ordered for 11 o'clock at Albany Barracks, and at that hour there was a large muster of the 20th. There were also repre sentatives of the 29th North Middlesex, the 37th Middlesex, the 3d City of London, the London Irish, and the London Scottish. At half-past 11 the pro cession, under the command of Colonel Bigge, the commandant of the 20th, marched off for Holywell House, Haverstock-hill, the residence of the de ceased. On the way there it was joined by 200 of the clerks from the London and North-Western Railway Clearing-house, in which department de ceased had been engaged. Arrived at the house the tiring party received the corpse with military honours, and the entire procession then moved off in slow time, the band playing the Dead March. Upon reaching the cemetery the firing party formed up on either side the gates, whilst the hearse and mourning coaches and followers passed in. The service having been performed in the chapel, the coffin containing the corpse was borne to the grave on the shoulders of members of deceased's company. Here the firing party, consisting of one ensign, two sergeants, and 30 rank and file, formed on either side the grave. The service having been concluded by the Rev. A. F. Scholefield, three volleys were fired over the grave. WHEWELL'S RIDDLE.—WiII any of your corre spondents oblige me with a solution of the following enigma, attributed to the late excellent Dr. Whewell, of Cambridge : A headless man had a letter to write, He who read it had lost his s'ght ; The dumb repeated it word for word, And deaf was the man who listened awl heard ! , e, HER MAJESTY, &c• OSI3ORNE, Jan. 22. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, at tended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole ; and her Majesty walked and drove this morning, accom panied 133 Princess Louise. Prince Arthur skated in the grounds this morn- Princess Beatrice went out walking. ing. Lord and Lady Skelinersdale have arrived at the Alexandria Hotel, llyde-park-corner. Sir John Henry Thorold, Bart., M.P., has arrived at his mother's r es id ence a t 'R u tl an d- m at©, _Hyde park, from a tour in Itzdy. _ Sir Brook Middleton has left the Alexandra Hotcl, Hy-de-park-corner. and Lady Subright have left Brown's Hotel, for Fuming Woods, Thrapstono. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs. Gladstone and daughters arrived in Paris on MondaY front Florence. Tho right hon. gentleman is expected to arrivo in Loudon on the 29th inst. for tho meeting of Parliament. ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY. At the ordinary meeting last evening, the Presi dent, J. Crawfurd, Esq., F.R.S., read a paper "On the Plurality of Races of Man." Mr. Craw furd's views on this subject are pretty well known ; they are that every country has its indigenous race, and that all theme tracts inhabited by such different races are special centres of cfeation. What the races of man now are, he contends, they have been from the earlie-It dawn of authentic history ; the skeleton of an Egyptian mummy does not differ from that of a modern Egyptian skeleton, nor is there any reason to believe that it was diffe rently covered with flesh. The skeletons of Swiss and Belgians as found in lake pile-dwellings and caves, al though those of arrant savages are pronounced to be identical with those of the civilised inhabitants of Switzerland and Belgium at the present day. Neither our knowledge nor experience points at any possible means by which the variety which nor characterises the races of man could have been brought about. If the races of man, as they no`v exist, are mere varieties of one primeval stock, their dispersion and the changes they have undergone must have taken place before there was any party to record it, that is in the rude and savage state of man, or in that feeble condition when distant Jul" gration was an impossibility. A main argument in favour of the supposed unity of all the races of mall or their derivation from a single stock or family, 15 (knifed from the fancied sterility of the offspring of different species of the lower animals, for they too, like man, are supposed by the popular theory to be derived from a single stock. All the races of maul however differing in complexion, features, stature, or mental endowments, agree in the period of ges tation, of puberty, of adolescence, of longevity, an d manner of nutriment, the union of any two r eaults in an indefinitely f er til e o ff spr i ng , an d from this fact is deduced the coneus'on that all the races of man nnsist of a single species. The author, hew" ever, believed that the pure unmixed races of wa n are wholly distinct species of one genus. T ile paper was discussed by Dr. Dunn, Mr. Luke Burke, Mr. Dickinson, Dr. Mann, Mr. Haworth, and other members. Arrivals at the Zoological Gardens. (From Land end Wirt'er.) There are not any of par icular inte2esl; nor, as remark ed on the last occasion, are valuable animals to be expected 31; this sea.,on of the year, when the risk of transport is e° much enhanced, as well as that of maintenance 11P °13 rival. We have chanced to learn that a mature °ening u'-an did ar ive,but died in the docks oa the following MI and that the body of this valuable anima" was taken to the Royal College of Su - geons, Lincoln's-inn-fields. At °l ' ) Gardens we have only to announce a young monkey, P rcr cured upon an islet near Hong Kong, a your.; serval, " 13 ocelot, and a common badger, in the class of mannealit4 and in that of birds another emu, and a pair of Ply - P la guans. The monkey does not differ from the common rhedo °f Bengal ; and we have also seen a monkey sent I , lrowiso the Society's active correspondent, Mr. Consul Swiab °e ' kom one of the islands in the Chinese Sea, which appe are- A to be identical with the common radiated monkey of Pe nitt : sular India. As both of these species of monkey are Te r .', commonly castled about in ships, we can only suppose tke" in course of time some of them have got free and acl lt ", / : plied, which is likely enough to be the origin of the natti, ° '" upon the rock of Gibraltar, which ass there now extinct or very nearly so. The serval cat is the tiger Loch-Z:4,7e of the Dutch colc nists of South Africa, as distinguished from their ordinary bosch-kai,:e, which is more like the clams, or a large WOO grey domestic cat. It is a handsome animal, ta'l and 0 1 1 in figure, with large ears and rather short tapering tail a pale fulvous colour, with round and elongated blac' spots, somewhat sparsely disposed. We remark that the newly astived serval-kitte n i s pl ace d a l ong w ith an old t f l o of the same speci es i n th e c i ve t-h ouse , w h ere th e two I , '" amicably together. The young cassowary which was hatched rather late la st season, it being the first time that the particular speci °s :l cassowary had bred in the gardens, is growing W e° 4 s doing remarkably well, an d it may b e seen t o get h er - male parent in the eland-house, contrasting greatly with mature bird in its colou r i ng , w hi c h i s a p a l e f awn hue. 1 . % young of another spe c i es o f cassowar y, th e mo orul - , were hatched in the preceding season, did not live; has been found generally that the young of the largo b e i; Nipennate birds in captivity grow too fast for th e ., strength, the secretion of bony substance being defialol lti to the skeleton. But the present young cassowary bids fai r ,. attain maturity. The progress of discovery has boa markable of late years in bringing to light as many as : 6 u different species, one only being previously known, is now ascertained to be that inhabiting the island "0 Comm.a The New Guinea species is stated to have o caruncles in front-of the neck in which it resemble s lo c mo oruk of New Britain. A f our th spec i es h as cartju w hich are widely separated apar t , and i s on l y k n own fr ° o ~c a young specimen forme r ly i n th e G ar k en, the sktlV,l which is now stuffed i n th e B r i t i s h M useum. A fifth :he only a single small canticle, with much of yellow on ii bare skin of the head and neck; and the habitats of 17°i of these remain to be ascertained. Lastly, Australl e , b° l4 also its cassowary, in addition to its emu, and some b i ' i , e r o feathers of this bird from the Moreton Bay district vf",,f exhibited at a late meeting of the society. A speciinettli-o this bird was preserved by the late Mr. T. Wall, 11 3 ° 11 0 .0 to the expedition commanded by Mr. Kennedy. I t shot near Cape York, in one of those almost inapas s- t ... gullies which abound in that part of the Australian C° La ia l is nent. This cassowary, when erect, stands about sft• P,of —on the head is the usual large prominence or heltnolo, a bright red colour, and to the neck are attached, like 1 - )e ic h six or eight round fleshy balls of bright blue and scer ell which impart a very beautiful appearance. Thi s V specimen was unfortunately lost. In the ravine wh er° oo , o bird was killed, as well as other steep and . stony 'l. of of that neighbourhood, it wasseen sunning in compan ie ra d seven or eight ; and, though very wary, its presenc e vi ta be readily detected by its utterance of a peculiar load ot which is taken up and echoed along the gullies. ) I°W a to the distribution of the Australian cassowary is f °llll ,,i extend considerably further south into the Queenslatlooe Moreton Bay colony, it is not unlikely that we roil see living e.aistples of it in the gardens. . 13 ili a In the largo aviary near the monkey-house, an d 1 4 - ir furthest compartment of that aviary, there aro a 1)% the nightingales, ono of which wo saw hopping about 111)°,t snow, with tail erect, yell like a robin ; and as the 1 1 , 0 ` 3 01 0 division of the place was closed, we thought that 11° have been left out by accident; but he knew his will iLt t i, enough, through a slight opening, and the two vi c ' r° o o seen, quite lively and apparently iadifferent to th e ' oo tlf When kept iu a warns room caged nightingales aro 'lOlll iu good song long before this; but we have not y et the notes of the cock-bird of the pair referred to. • MR. GUY, THE AUTHOR OF " GUI'S GEOag Ar i , l" :;o 3 and other well-known school - books, has recen tl y at the ago of eighty-three.t eb DEATH OF SIR JOHN WARRENDER. W e r i /Ir l4 to intimate the death of Sir. J o h n Warrender, •"sotitt of Lochend, which took place on Monday, 4 t, D t i s B 10 1 , near Bruntsfield House, Edinburgh, in his eig w i e - 0 0 " year. The deceased baronet, who was a deputy lietlDjuli of Haddiegtonshire, succeeded hfs brother, the R i g a b. , 0 , Sir George Warrender, fourth baronet, in 1849. twice married. By his first wife, a daughter Of tize Too Earl of Lauderdale, he had a son and daughter, the l vi c): 100o of whom, born in 1825, and wtio married in 1 854 ;j e S, I t A daughter of Sir Hugh Hume Campbell, now su ee ; the title as Sir George Warrender. By his sec, °- , (l glit e ; a sister of the second Lord Alvanley, ho haat' % Li ietl e i married in 1854 to Lord Binning. The deceas ed tiO n i was the representative of a family founded by 5 Ce' a - c bf o ° v a long burgess of Edinburgh, who having fill e d the ° - te a - Lord Provost and member for the city, was cl' t- baronet in 1715.—Edinburgh Evening Coura3t.