The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-11 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING To conclude w th the Pantomime NUMBER ; or Harlequin and the Gnome-King of the Giant 3Luntain. Mesdames Lydia Thompson. Hudspeth, Bodenham. Seymour, Gardonni. snd 11. Vandenhoff; Messrs. Tom Matthews, Barsby, Clifton, Robins. Se) ton, and 3laster Percy Roselle; slesrs. Poleno,Savitle, Lauri. Cormack, Barnes, and Morris ; Raciame Boleao and Mdlle. Marion. Commence at Seven. rrIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, EVENIN'3, A MERE CHILD, Messrs. Howe, Gordon, White, ,to.; Mesdames Chippendale, Filzwilliam, La* , , Powell, &c. • ..ifter which, A LESSON FOR LI F. Messrs. Fothern, Chi Teniiale, Com;Aon, Howe, l ndal, Gordo, Rogers, Itra!d. Chrkc,Yia;:ent, ; 31csclames Chippendale, Moore, Wrh2lit, &;?. • . , l'o:Liweß by JENNY LIND AT LAST. Misa lone Bu!le ; 31 r. IV. Farren, 'fo conclude with a GRAND BALLET DIVERTISSE 31i.NT. Ald!le. Sophia. Comrnf'nre;:t F4ven ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Feebler. THIS EVENING, ROUGE El' NOR. Maurice l)'Arbel (a Gambler), air. Feebler ; Messrs. Emery, Evans, More!and, Fitzpatricir. Dalton. Reynolds, Lom s, Newbound, Andrews. Anderson, Vivian, Bennett. and Edward Prize; Miss Ilea rade, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Grattan, and Miss Carlotta Leclereq. Precode , l by THE TWO POLTS. Mr. 11. Widdicomb. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. s u le Lessee and Manager. Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING. BARNABY RUDGE. Miss A Thom son. Mrs. Henry Vininl, Mrs. Charles Horsman, and Miss Katharine Rogers; 3les,re. S. Calhaem, F. - Villiers. J. G. Shore, C. foreman, and Mr. George Honey. To conclude with the INVISIBLE PRINCE. irIOYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. R igan. This EVENING, LONDON ASSURANCE. Messrs. Hors= Wl4an, H. Neville, G. Vincent, Addison, D. Murray, and Ar. Charles Mathews; Miss hilly I'almer, Miss E. Farren, and Mrs. Charles itathe s. After whi. h, the successful Burlestrie of FAUST AND 11,11tUU - S RI IE. Mesdames E. Farren, Sheridan, and bt , phens ; Messrs. G. Vincent, W. H. Eburne, 1). Murray, Doors at ; half -past Six; commence at Seven. ROYAL S-TRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee And Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. 'III IS EVENING, NEIGHBOURS. Messrs. l'arselle, Belford, and U MurnlY ; Misses :,,wanborough, Johnstone, an-I Hughes. Atter which, will be prod uCed a Grand Burlesque, entitled GUY FAWK l S : Messrs. 'I borne, James, Robson, and Fenton ; Mesdames Swanbtxrough, iteynham, Johnstone, Hughes, Newton, &c. To conclude with BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Commence at Seven. ITOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. JL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS .EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Pel,ruore, Miss Foote, Hiss Lennox. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. blesses. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, liaym nd. lIIHEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and•nanager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, Jan. 11, at Seven, A SISTER'S PEN.A.SCE. Miss sate Terry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt; Messrs. 11. Vezin, Killington, Ashley, Eburne, Romer, and Stephenson. To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque of TUE MOUNTAIN DIRT; or, THE KNIGHT, THE LADY, AND THE LAKE. Messrs, J. L. Toole. Paul Bedford, Ashley, R. Romer, and C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Eurtado, Miss Hughes, Kiss Emily Pitt, (to. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Management of Mr. W. li. 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 GreatNation-al Pantomime of HUSH - A-BYE, BABY, ON THE TREE TOP. t' 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 ald bow their acknowledgments to their patrons."— Standard. During the Pantomime, Misses Caroline Parkes, elly Nisbett,'lSlarshall, Gwynne, Burton, Howard, Kelsey, and Mrs. Caulfield ; Messrs. Atkins, Stevens, Milano, Arthur, the Original Little Howells. (Clown), and Miss Austin (from Paris), will appear. In consequence of the nightly overflow, the Fiee List (Public Press excepted) entirely suspended. THE BEST CHILDREN'S PANTOMIME in LONDON at the TIIEAT ILE ROYAL ASTL 1-peel tl SWICNINU I'AtIeoIt3IANCES ev.ry AWN OAY, 11 - 14 - DNE:iDAY, and SA lIJIWAY, commencing at Twu o'ciock. CArriaes may be orderea at halt-past lour. 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Messrs. John Goonell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. flits DAY.--M ruing, sh. 14m.—Afternoon, sh. 34m, )-Motatow.-Morniug, 511. 53:ii.—Afternoon, WI. 14m . .rt .. .. , dl. 40 ! 1 / 2 ~,.,::-.. , _% ...1 - . rfr• • ' b r( r , r ;: i ji2j ly - ,__ r. j e TN V- /.• . ' lilt I,ONDON, FRI D.IY, JAN. 11, 1867 The Jamaica affair appears likely to engross at tention anew, and, indeed, so great are the mis guided efforts, and so intense the misguided zeal, of thoce individuals who have taken up the matter, that, as time goes on, we seem likely to hear more, inAead of less, of the subject. Mr. FORSTER, M.P., has been discoursing upon this vexed question at Leeds, where a breakfast was given to welcome the return of Mr. HARVEY from Jamaica, where he was sent by the Society of Friends to inquire into the causes of the recent outbreak. It is a curious fact connected with the manage- ment of those who have distinguished themselves in this affair that they will not take the opinion of those who are the best informed on the subject which is the theme of controversy. Instead of being guided and influenced by those who are well acquainted with negro life and character, they start leories of their own at home, and then insist upon •ery one conforming to their behests, and they even seek to change the aspect of things and the effect of circumstances in order that they may be right throughout everything. Here, for instance, we have Mr. FoRsTER giving it as his opiuion that if the police of the island bad been vigi- ,ant there would have been no outbreak at all. How absurd such a statement is in the face of all the evidence that has been collected as to the prior determination of the negroes to revolt, and all the plans and projects which they Ltd formed for some time previous to the disturbances in Morant Bay. Mr. FORSTER is not so extreme as some, for he does not altogether approve of the desire experienced by some of his friends as to the prosecution of Gover nor EYnE, although he cannot blame them, and they must all feel that the time had gone by for public opinion to be expressed until the verdict of the court of law was taken. All we can say is, that this was not the principle acted upon by the devotees at Exeter Hall, or by any other members of the faction, in all its ramifications. No time was allowed for a 'ull and particular account to come from the scene of action, but conclusions were jumped at, and assertions recklessly made, which produced an effect on weak and prejudiced minds that no subsequent refutation could possibly efface. This is the great evil of people setting out with such extravagant and exaggerated ideas, because the " hand that kindles cannot quench the flame ;" and those who hear the false charges made away never hear or see the denial of them. Mr. FORSTER thinks that a lesson may be learned from the recent events in January as to the state of the statute-book, there being a great diffe rence as to the law in England and Jamaica, but he forgets the very different state of society in the two places. The negroes must show themselves a little more worthy of all the privileges and immu nities of Englishmen before they demand equal rights, and their friends claim them for them with so much vehemence and energy. We should say that a very different lessen might be learned from what took place in Jamaica than any which these mistaken advocates of the negro can draw from them. Surely the tragical occurrences that then and there took place should show the ne cessity for firm, prompt, and vigorous action, and exemplify most fully and unmistakeably the danger that might ensue if the blacks were trusted too im plicitly, without some proofs of their sincerity and loyalty were afforded to the authorities. Here in these remarks of Mr. FORSTER, however, is an in consistent passage ; he says that "martial law should not be used as an acknowledged form of Govern ment, but only in• extreme cases, and in absolute necessity." Now what could constitute such a case as that he describes if it were not the position in which Governor EYRE found himself placed when the outbreak occurred? It puts one quite out of patience to notice the cool manner in which people speak of things which they do not understand, and the reckless manner in which they decide as to the right and wrong of acts which they do not fathom because they will not take the broad and comprehensive view which the case demands. Because from one-sided state ments and exaggerated reports a false sympathy was got up in this country for the perpetrators of the criinesiu Jamaica, those who support this view of the question persi,t in declaring that there was no need to have used any severity at all. We never hear anything said by these gentlemen about the danger incurred by the white inhabitants, and we never hear a word of regret expressed as to the sad fate of those who fell the sacrifice of the misguided fury of the revolutionists. We feel tolerably sure of one thing, and that is, that if Mr. FORSTER had been able to put his precept into practice in Jamaica at the time he refers to, he would have allowed the rebellion to get such a head of him that all the white inhabitants of the island would have been massacred. One thing is satisfactory in this speech, and that is the temperate manner in which Mr. FORSTER speaks of Mr. EYRE himself. We find none of that rancour and bitterness which prevails so largely in the discourses of others on this matter ; and, on the contrary, he allows that he " does not blame Governor EYRE, and he was forced to declare martial law, and perhaps not one in a hundred would have declined to do so." This is to the hon. gentleman's credit, for it is quite outrageous that public men should be so prejudiced in their views and so unguarded in their remarks as some are who profess to lead public opinion, and to be the ex ponents of right and justice. We are glad to find that all address has been forwarded to the EYRE Defence Fund, signed by the representatives of the principal mercantile firms of Ceylon (native and European), members of the Legislative Council, and all the respectable native and European residents in the island. It is said in this address that the undersigned, in handing their subscriptions to the ETRE Defence and Aid Fund, cannot refrain from express ing their deep regret that there should "be found among their fellow-countrymen any who, from complete ignorance of our East and West India colonies, or from party motives, can allow themselves vindictively to prosecute one who, when surrounded by danger and difficulty, loyally and manfully performed kis duty as Governor to the best of his abilities, and, in all probability, saved by his decision and promptitude one of our finest colonies from destruction." We have copied this passage at length, as it affords a very good illustration of the opinion of those who ought to know best as to the exact state of these things. We may state, in all truth, that the condemnation of the course pursued by Mr. EYRE has never come from those who knew the most of the matter, and all those who have had experience of life in colonies never hesitate to approve his policy and admire his promptitude. A very fitting rebuke is administered in this address to the conduct of those who have taken up the prosecution so vehemently and unfairly, " We cannot depreciate too strongly the attempt made by private individuals to overrule the calm and deliberate judgment of the impartial tribunal appointed by the Government for the special pur pose of inquiring into the late distressing occur rences in Jamaica." Most intrusive and imperti nent must all such interference appear to those who understand anything of the matter, and can appreciate in its full force the great service which Mr. EYRE rendered to the Crown he served under and the people he was called upon to protect. The banquet given on Wednesday evening by the members cf the Canada Club was a brilliant and interesting festivity. The affairs of our North- American colonies have lately attracted a good deal of attention. At one time they did not occupy their proper position in the estimation of Englishmen, less from wilful disparagement of their claims than of general ignorance of their extent and importance of their resources. During the last few years the provinces have made steady progress ; and the 'ME SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1867 great - civil war has turned men's minds so much towards the western hemisphere that there is much more general interest now taken in our Arne' rican dependencies, and a great increase of :knowledge respecting their capacities and recourcea . Some few of our politicians indeed cherish the sit gular and suicidal idea of surrender ing our magnii icent colonial empire altogether, and thus divesting ourselves at the same time of a large portion of our wealth, our power, and our responsi- bilities. The g,l'ext body of Englishmen of all ranks and parties, b owever, are happily opposed to any such shortsightt d and timorous policy, and we hope it may be it 'ng before any such proposi- tion finds favour w. ith the British Parliament. The experiment of mitrusting the colonies with the privileges of E -government is a novel and adventurous o no, Jut it is fully in keeping with tIL.; spirit;. of English institutions. It has been, on the wlroli s, a remarkable success, and, despite some oecaa lional drawbacks and blunders, almost inevitabLe in the working of any new system, the result ha s been, on the whole, highly satisfactory. The. colonies have thriven and prospered, and their people are contented. The restless spirits who ;might, under other cir cumstances, have been fain id agitating for a war of independence can now ;spend their energies in the arena of local politi,:s. No man can com plain that because he o vv.ns fealty to a sove reign at the other side oE the world he has no scope for political actions--no opportunity of achieving distinction, and thus, instead of alien ating the colonies, the gift of self-government has really strengthened the bonds between them and the mother country. In the very able and interesting address which the Earl of CARNARVON delivered at the assembly on Wednesday, he spoke at some length on the principle of our Colonial Government. In this country, said the noble lord, we were so accustomed to the system of responsible government that we were in danger of forgetting that it was the excep tion and not the rule, and that out of England there were few countries in which it had free play, and had endured for a long time. In a certain sense the problems involved in the question were being tried in the colonies. It had taken us a long time to construct the great fabric of constitutional government in England, " and when," added the noble lord, " we came to transplant that system—which meant a system of changing Minis tries and uncertain Parliaments—to distant colonies, and to connect it, after all, with but slight bonds with a similar system of changing Parliaments and 'Ministries at home, the marvel was that it had been found to work so harmoniously and with so much success." Questions must often arise, as Lord CARNARVON reminded his hearers, which demand the exercise of great forbearance and kindly feeling on both sides for their settlement. There are dif ferences in the application of the very same princi ples to different communities, whose habits, manners, and ways of thinking are natu rally more or less affected by the climate and the peculiarities of their country. It must be a source of gratification to any Colonial Minister really interested in the welfare andprogress of the half hundred varying communities committed to his care, to observe in almost all the self-governing provinces the same public spirit, independence, and jealous care of individual liberty which distinguishes the mother country. So long as the inhabitants of any country are willing to subordinate the tempo rary success of a party or leader to the requirements of an immutable and well-grounded constitution there is good reason to hope and believe that the liberties of that nation are secure ; but if once the dangerous principle is admitted that the will of the majority is to be the law of the State, as it appears to be now accepted in America, the door is opened for the admission of tyranny and oppression in a thousand forms. On the important question of confederation the Earl of CARNARVON spoke at some length. He expressed himself in favour of the proposed union of the provinces, though he did full justice to the case of the opposite party, and treated the whole matter with temperance and impartiality. lie did not believe, he said, that the proposed change would involve a complete revolution in the existing state of things. There would still be the same institutions, the same men to work them, the same representatives of her Majesty. The noble Earl then compared the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed union, and he distinctly disclaimed any belief in the charge of aggression on the part of Canada, who has been accused of an overweening desire to exercise a mastery over her neighbours. He could not, again, believe that there would be no advan tages to be derived from the intimate consolidation of commercial, political, and social interests, or by the superseding of various systems of jurisprudence and legislation by one system, the throwing :open of the industry, the schools, and the professions of each province by applying the resources of the one for the advantages of the other. Lord CARNARVON'S calm and enlightened address will no doubt have its weight with some of the mal contents, and we hope that, during his tenure of office, he may have the satisfaction of seeing the great work of Confederation completed. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON and Mr. ROEBUCK also spoke during the course of the evening, while the eloquence and ability of the provinces were well represented. Of the three difficulties which, according to the Chair man, beset the DERBY Government, our American relations, Ireland, and Reform, we hope that one, at least, is assuming a more favourable aspect, in the strengthening of the alliance between the Pro vinces and the mother country. The proposal to be made to the - House of Com mons by the Government early next session for the appointment of three additional judges will be vigorously opposed by Mr. Gladstone. We (Edinburgh Courant) are enabled to announce that Lord Carnarvon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has nominated Mr. Patrick Blair, advocate, to be one of the district judges of Jamaica, and that Mr. Blair has accepted the office. THE LATE Mn. WILLIAM KIDD.—Mr. Kidd was early in life an apprentice in the firm of Bald- win, Cradock, and Joy, and subsequently became a book seller in Regent• street. After selling his business he de voted himself entirely to natural history and the study of animals. He had an astonishing faculty of endearing him self to the brute creation, birds, beasts, and even fishes, for, as to the latter, it is known that he has taught gold fish in a globe to rise to the surface at his call, and eat bread out of kis mouth. Many years ago he established his right of ownership in a favourite dog, which had been stolen, by making it perform the most ludicrous antics pos sible in tho Bow-street Police-court, to the delight of the magistrate (Sir R. Birnie or Sir F. Roo, wo forgot which) and the spectators. At Hammersmith Mr. Kidd had a fine aviary, and strangers from all parts of England used to visit him for the purpose of seeing not birds only, but his influence on birds. This favourite aviary was de stroyed by fire some time ago, and the enthusiastic natu ralist was so affected by his loss that he could not find it in his heart to rebuild it and substitute new pets for those he had lost. For many years Mr. Kidd has occasionally lectured in the country, the title of his lectures being usually " Genial Gossip." But whatever the title was, the lecturer was always, as he was in private life, a " genial gossip." He could talk for hours together about beasts, birds, and especially canaries. If the man who is kind and gentle to dumb animals is entitled to credit, William Kidd, the naturalist, deserves the honour of a memorial tablet in Hammersmith Church at the hands of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for he cared a great deal more for his pots—dogs, birds, fishes—than for himself. Besides lecturing, Mr. Kidd contributed innumerable ar ticles to the Gardener's Chronicle, the Queen, and other Papers. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. It was intended by the Government to open the Legislative Session in the course of this month, but as the plan for the re-organisation of the army will require some further discussion and arrangement, and as the projects of M. Fould, the Minister of Finance, may require further deliberation before they can be embodied into law, it seems probable that the French Chambers will not commence their labours until after the period appointed for the commencement of the Parliamentary campaign in England. The Moniteur states that the communication by sea between Kiel and the various ports of the Baltic has been interrupted since the stlt of January. Letters for Denmark are therefore now sent by Jutland by the small fishing boats of the Belts. The Augsburg Gazette announces the death of the Duchess Addaide de Nassau, daughter of Prince Frederic of Anhalt-Dessau, and niece of the Queen of Denmark. The Duchess died at her chateau of Ruppenheim, near Frankfort, after a very short illness. She was born on Christmas Day, 1833. The French Government has received by the Panama despatches from Mexico, Dec. 9, and from Vera Cruz, Dec. 14. According to the advices by the latest mail, the return of the Emperor Maximi lian to Mexico was immediately expected, but up to the 14th it had not been announced at Vera Cruz. The military movements of the French troops were not in the character of warlike operations, but were rather confined to arrangements connected with their return to France. Some slight skirmishes had taken place with the enemy, in all of which he had been defeated. It did not seem probable that Podfirio Diaz intended to resume the campaign, for he had disbanded several of his battalions. The health of the French troops was satisfactory. Another Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided. The Empress was present at this Council. The sporting men of France have naturally taken great interest in the yacht match from America. The Regatta Club of Rochelle has voted a medal of honour to Mr. J. G. Bennett, jun., the proprietor of the winning yacht Henrietta, and most of the other nautical clubs of France will speedily follow the good example. A farewell dinner has been given to M. Le Saint, the intrepid traveller, who proposes to explore the whole extent of Africa, from the Red Sea to the Atlantic. The dinner at the Cafe de la Paix was attended by many members of the Geographical Society, and the prevalent opinion was that the expedition will be attended with important results for science and civilisation. Strange rumours have been in circulation in Paris respecting the death of a young girl who has re sided with her family in a town in the department of the Yonne. She had been seduced by the son of a rich merchant residing in that town, who persuaded her to come to Paris. Late in the evening he took the poor girl to a house in a lamely position at Chail lot, where he placed her in the care of an old woman who is professedly a midwife, but who exercises her art rather by killing children than in bringing them into the world. This old woman, in the pursuance of her terrible vocation, used such violence that the girl died. The body was sent to the Morgue, and by the direction of the Commissary of Police a surgeon is engaged inestigating the circumstances of the death by post-mortem examination : The following remarks of the Patrie relative to the mission of M. Tonello are worth attention : " We must congratulate both the Pope and the Italian Goiernment upon the result of the negotia tions. If the Cabinet of Florence may be said to have exhibited during these negotiations a really liberal spirit, if with courageous decision it may have abandoned the formalities of placet and exe patio- which caused the failure of M. Vegezzi's mission, his Holiness the Pope, on his part, has ex hibited more condescension than has been desired by some of his excitable friends. In short, this negotiation, the principle of which was admitted from the commencement, has had a favourable issue, and the importance of it is evident. This fact may be judged of from several important results likely to follow various arrangements between the Italian Government and the Court of Rome, a Customs and postal union, a fusion of the Italian and Roman banks. In short, the happy consequence of the negotiations is likely to be the rea li sation of various useful reforms. The result to be deduced f rom the tables of Customsports ffor justl months published ofB respectin gl66i s thimports and ex at the exp or t s exceed by 300 millions the amount for 11 months of the previous year, and by 400 milli ons those of the antecedent year, which total was 3 milliards 110 millions. The amount of imports was 2 mil liards 718 millions ; that is to say, by a:proportion equivalent to the total exportations of the two pre vious years. This shows that we ask less from the foreigner than he takes from us. The total amount of our special commerce for the 11 months of 1866 was neatly six milliards. The wind has been very violent to-day, and the afternoon closes with a stormy aspect. The tem perature, however, is not cold. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (By Atlantic Telegraph.) NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (Evening). Gold, 1331; Sterling Exchange on London, 109/ ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 1061 ; Illinois, 118 ; Erie, 63. Cotton : Midland Upland, 34k. BANK OF FAANOB. PARIS, Jan. 10. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Jan. 10. Jan. 3. fr. - c. Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 Profits in addition to 182,500,000 -2 capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 62 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 11 22,603,750 14 Reserve in landed pro-- 032,692,475 1,016,558,625 4,000,000 40 00000 porty Notes ßankn i ontecsu. . t c o u 0 1 a r t d i ti o r n a T , receiptsh tl4 l /02,151 70 16,578,406 78 rsrig payabl:3 at T :easury account cur rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 225,112,743 57 240,039,320 37 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 7,454,671 75 12,398,251 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 1 ,574,256 31 1,574,256 34 Total CREDITOR. Jan. 10. Jan. 3. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks ......... 651,290,318 42 675,053,965 30 Commercial bills over- due Commercial bills dis- 91,898 38 527,209 68 counted, not yet due 343,479,519 98 336,902,178 57 Do. branch banks 851,180,668 368, 323 , 362 Advances on deposit f bullion 33,617,100 Do. branch b an k s 8,338,600 Do. on French Public Securities........., 13,895,000 Do. by branch banks 7,749,100 Do. on railway shares and debenture D. branch b an ks..., 25,720,500 Do. on Credit Fonder Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, Juno 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re- 83,943,300 - 8,224,400 - 14,123,400 - 7;828,700 - 37,606,200 - 26,034,900 - 740,200 - 676,750 - 743,600 - 613,050 - 60,000,000 -- servo Do. disposable ......... [lentos Immobalis6es (Law, June 2, 1857 ) 10 0 ,000,000 100,000,000 otel and furniture of the Bank and landed propel ty branches Expenses of manage ment Sundries 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 36,065,237 91 36,063,237 91 8,317,004 - 8,304,097 - 15,718 55 5,310 - 9,076,572 85 13,403,104 60 T0ta1..........., 1,705,424,968 23 1,740,684,765 20 Certified by the Senator Governor of the Bank of Franco. (Signed) ROTJLAND. REPRESENTATION OF COLCHESTER. Mr. J. Taverner Miller, M.P., whose intention of resigning his seat for Colchester in consequence of ill-health was re ported some time since, has addressed a letter to some of his constituents, declaratory of his purpose to retain the representation of Colchester till a dissolution of the pre sent Parliament takes place. Candidates for the seat, which it was expected would be vacated, had already been brought forward. PRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 10, 1 : Two o'clock.—The market is good, but fluctuations hardly show any variation. French Threes are at 69f. 821 c., the same as yester day. Italian Fives are likewise unchanged at 53f. 85c. Credit Mobilier are worth 506 f. 25c., or a fractional advance, whilst Credit Foncier show a decline of 2f. 50c.—at 1,417 f. 50c. A similar de cline has taken place on Cornptoir d'Escompte. Railway Shares are very firm, the principal lines have generally improved 2f. 59c. English Cons.l3 are telegraphed with a fall of 1, but the charge for carrying to next account is very low—from / I to par. Three o'clock.—The close has taken place as fol- lows : 4-} per Cents 9B 75 Do. end month — Bank Shares 3605 Italian Loan 53 75 Do. end month 53 90 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred - 'AY& 3 por Cents. 69 80 Do. end month 69 85 Credit Mobilior Do. end month 507 50 Credit Foncier Do. end month 1420 For Account. Orleans Northern ll9O Lyons and Mediterranean .. 915 Southern 568 75 Western 5BO Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 383 75 North of Spain ll7 50 Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona — Roman. ' LITERATURE. Vit and Humour. Poems by the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. 1 Vol. Pp. 192. John Camden Rotten. We are again indebted to Mr. Hotten for a new collection of some of the scattered treasures of transatlantic wit and humour. In this volume he presents to us some very delightful con tributions of that very delightful writer, Dr. Wen dall Holmes. Prefixed to the poems is an in teresting introduction from the pen of the indefa tigable publisher, giving a brief biography of Dr. Holmes, and an enumeration of his principal com positions. Born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1809, Oliver Weudall Holmes, after dallying awhile with Law and Literature, ultimately selected the profession of Medicine, studied for three years at Paris, and in 1836 returned home to take his me dical degree at Cambridge. "It was on this occa sion," says Mr. Hotten, that deiivezed "Poetry, a Metrical Essay," before the Harvard Phi Beta Kappa, which ho published the same year, in the first acknowledged volume of his poems. In "Poetry" he describes four stages of the art,—the pasto ral, martial, epic, and dramatic.; successfully illustrating the two former by his hues on "The Cambridge Church yard" and "Old Ironsides," which last became a national lyric, having first been printed in the Boston Daily Adver tiser, when the frigate " Constitution" lay at the Navy Yard in C. 4 krlestown, and the department had resolved upon Urea :,g her up,—a fate from which she was pre served by the verses, which ran through the newspapers with universal applause, and were circulated in the city of Washington in handbills. Medicine and Poetry appear with equal success to have shared the thoughts and contributed to the popularity of this American writer. Mr. Hotten quotes a brief comment from the pen of Alexander Smith, which at this moment possesses a painful in terest, now that the hand of that gifted writer has been so suddenly and prematurely arrested by death: There is one author in this country whose whose lite rary and social standing amongst us offers many points of resemblance to the career of the American author. Mr. Alexander Smith thus compares the two men : "Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes seems to occupy much the same position in Boston that Dr. John Brown occupies in Edinburgh. He is a physician, and a skilful one; he is beloved by all men; he is fond of society; he is a humorist, and rejoices over a joke or a characteristic anecdote as over found trea sure ; and he excels all his countrymen as a writer of verses of society. Of such verses the basis is good sense, but the good sense must be saved from dulness by a kindly satire, a pleasant music, unexpected rhymes, end a con stant flow of witty and fanciful illustrations. It is not ne cessary that verses of society should be poetry ' all corn• pact,' but it is absolutely necessary that poetry should be there,—like a flower in the button-hole, like perfume in the handkerchief. And for success in compositions of that class Dr. Holmes has all the good sense, all th 3 music, all the unexpected ehyines, all the wit and fancy, and just the exactest proportion of poetry. Since Praed, to one, per haps, on this side of the water, has cultivated that diffi cult branch of writing—in which the knowledgs of the man of the world and the art of the poet are required in pretty nearly equal proportions—with more success His ' Old Punch Bowl' is one of his best pieces, and exhibits his best qualities." Equally eulogistic and equally delightful comments from the friendly hand of Mary Russel: Mitford, are also contained in this very interesting .ntroduc tion. Commending it to the attention of out readers, let us pass on to the poems themselves. Between 40 and 50 of these poems, rightly entitled " Humorous," are here collected. They are, of course, of very different character and of various merit. Some familiar friends at once arrest our attention. Who, for example, remembers without a laugh thatplaintivo commemoration of tie horrors of a certain " September Gale ?''— _ " Oh! how the ponds and rivers boiled, And how the shingles rattled! And oaks were shattered on the grourd, As if the Titans battled." And then, alas ! comes the woful catastrophe, thus feelingly remembered : It chanced to be our washing-day, And all our things were drying ; The storm came roaring through the lines, And set them all a-flying; 1. saw the shirts and petticoats Go riding off like witches ; I lost —ah , bitterly I wept— I lost my Sunday breeches! I saw them straddling through the air, Alas ! too late to win them ; I saw them chase the clouds, as if The devil had been in them; They were my darlings and my pride, My boyhood's only riches, — "Farewell, farewell," I faintly cried,— "My breeches ! omy breeches!" Never again is that painful bereavement effaced from the recollection of the sufferer : I have had many happy years, And tailors kind and clever, But these young pantaloons have gone For ever and for ever! And not till Fate has cut the last Of all my earthly stitches, This aching heart shallocease to mourn My loved, my long-lost breeches! Occasionally more serious reflections are mingled with the humour of these verses, as where, after cele brating the marvels of an old silver punch bowl, he writes— I tell you, there was generous warmth in good old Eng lish cheer ; I tell you, 'twas a pleasant thought to bring its symbol hero. 'Tis but the fool that loves excess ;—hast thou a drunken soul ? Thy bane is in thy shallow skull, not in thy silver bowl! I love the memory of the pas',—its pressed yet fragrant flowers, — The moss that clothes its broken walls,—the ivy on its towers ; Nay, this poor bauble it bequeathed, —my oyes grow moist and dim To think of all the vanished joys that danced around its brim. Then fill a fair and honest cup, and bear it straight to mo ; The goblet hallows all it holds, whate'er the liquid be; And may the cherubs on its face protect me from the sin That dooms ono to those dreadful words,—"M dear, where have you been ?" Very pleasant also is the moral of " The Old Rlan's Dreams." As the young sigh for the independence of manhood, so the old man longs to be a boy again. " Oh, for one hour of youthful joy ! Give back my twentieth spring I'd rather laugh a bright-haired boy Than reign a grey-beard king." A listening angel hears his prayer, and offers.to realise his wish-- " But is there nothing in thy track, To bid thee fondly stay, While the swift seasons hurry back To fiud the wished-for day ?" The old map hesitates, he could not leave his wife, and then when again appealed to exclaims-- Why, yes ; for memory Would recall My fond paternal joys; I could not bear to leave tkem all ; I'll take —my—girl—and—boys! The smiling angel dropped his pen,— " Why, this will never do; The man would be a boy again, And be a father too!" And so I laughed, —my laughter woke The hou.ehold with its noise,— And wrote my dream, when morning broke, To please the grey-haired boys. The most laughter-moving of all Dr. Holmes' productions is, happily for the peace of mankind, hidden from the light. Here is the delightful ac count of how that masterpiece came to be written, and, having been written, came to be judiciously withheld from publication. I wrote some lines once on a time In wondrous merry mood, And thought, as usual, men would say They were exceeding good. They were so queer, so very queer, I laughed as I would die; Albeit, in the general way, A sober man am I. • I called my servant, and he came ; How kind it was of him To mind a slender man like me, He of the mighty limb ! "These to printer," I exclaimed, And, in my humorous way, I added (as a trifling jest), " There'll bo the devil to pay." He took the paper, and I :watched And saw him peep within ; At the first line he read, his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next—the grin grew broad, And shot from oar to ear; He read the third—a chuckling noise I now began to hear. The fourth—he broke into a roar ; The fifth-his waistband split ; The sixth—he burst five buttons eff And tumbled in a fit. Ten days and nights, with sleepless eye, 1 watched that wretched man; And since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. Although, after this awful warning, the doctor never ventures to write as " funny as he can," he yet has written with fun sufficient, as the readers of this very amusing volume will not hesitate to declare. Li=l:47:4lf;-_-11 j.-- ~ nom: g o v 4 ,0. 4, 11 . , , v0 Canal •Y‘'' < ••• '_i ''''/ I.'-'7 .- ' * , '‘'C'-:--e-iiiTirt..4.• 1 Ilinlnle, 04 4. HER MAJESTY, &c. OSBORNE, Jan. 10. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom panied by Miss M'Gregor, and attended by tho Dowager Duchess of Athole, and her Majesty drove this morning with Princess Christian. Princess Louise and Prince Christian rode out this morning. Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Henry of Prussia walked in the grounds. The Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote arrived at Osborne yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family. The Frost and Snow. The unusually severe weather which prevailed last week could not fail to influence the character of the accident cases admitted into the metropolitan hospitals. As regards their number, however, so far from this being increased, it was actually dimi nished. This is a noteworthy circumstance. It would seem that even the treacherous footing to be obtained in ice-bound streets is less disastrous to passengers than the steam of traffic which is usually flowing. It is from the wheels of car riages in our overcrowded thoroughfares that hospitals, as a rule, obtain their accident cases. It will be seen that several persons employed to throw snow off the roofs of houses were injured by falling through skylights. This seems to show remarkably little care on the part of house holders for their skylights, to say nothing of the lives and limbs of those they employed in securing the safety of their roofs. At the London Hospital, the house surgeon (Mr. Llewellyn) tells us that on the four days, Jan. 2,3, 4, and 5, the accidents were less than half the average of corresponding days in other weeks, and there were not so many fractures as usual. Among those admitted were one case of fractured thigh-bone, four of either one or both bones of the leg, with two of severe com pound fracture of both bones. The sufferer i❑ one of these cases was a clerk who had slipped down while being attacked by robbers. He literally " fell among thieves." There were besides a num ber of cases of sprained wrist and ankle, contu sions, and two of fractured arm. One of these was a young man, who, in sliding, fell on his back with his arm behind him and broke the humerus about its middle. Three persons, aged respectively 68, 59, and 22, were affected with frostbite of the fingers. The week was an unusually quiet one at St. Bartholomew's. So many works had been stopped by the weather, and the street traffic was so much diminished, that remarkably few cases of accidents presented themselves. A case of frost bitten toes, and a few simple fractures from slipping down, are all that Mr. Humphry, the house-sur geon, has to note. At' Guy's hospital the slippery pavements produced five cases of accidents—three fractures of the leg, one of the knee-cap, and one of the arm. Besides these, Mr. 11. Denne, house-surgeon, informs us that a maa was admitted on the 2d inst., with frostbite of both feet, and two cases of frost bite of hands were treated as out-patients. Two cases were admitted into the Middlesex Hospital— an old woman with both bones of the leg broken, and an old man with Pott's fracture. Both of these occurred, Mr. Chaldecott, house-surgeon, says, from merely " slipping-up." In the out-patient depart ment there were the following :—Six fractures, seven sprains, nine contusions, 14 cuts. The great majority of these occurred from falling into sky lights, &c., while clearing the snow from the roofs of houses. At St. George's hospital a man, who had been collecting ice from a canal, came in with frostbitten hands. There were large bulls/ on the fingers. Mr. Ring, the surgical registrar, informs us that several persons were attended as out-patients who had fallen down on the Serpentine or in the streets and damaged themselves more or less severely. In two cases the collar-bone was broken, iu one the arm, &c. In two instances men employed in clear ing roofs had walked through skylights, concealed by the mass of fresh snow and fallen. One had thus broken his leg; the other, besides being much shaken, was cut about the hands. Another man broke hisleg by the slipping of a ladder on the frozen pavement. A young man was brought in dead after falling on the ice in the park. A post-mortem examination showed the sinuses of the brain full of black blood, with an atheromatous state of cerebral vessels. A youth fell while skating, and struck the back of his head. He was insensible for some time. On recovering consciousness he had vomiting, and was delirious during the night. When admitted he was suffering from headache, double vision, and symptoms of pneumonia. Seve ral cases of fracture were admitted into St. Mary's Hospital. Mr. De Tatham, house-surgeon, tells us that one of them was very severe. A woman carry ing a bundle in the street fell upon a slide. Both bones of the leg were broken, the fracture extending into the ankle-joint, the ligaments of which are rup tured. A dustman was leading his horse, which fell, and knocked him under a passing waggon, the wheel of which went over his leg, producing exten sive contusion but no fracture. Two cases of simple fracture of the leg from slipping on the pavement were admitted, and one of contused hip. In the out patient department numerous scalp wounds and cut faces received attention. On the morning of the sth a man who bad been occupied all the preceding day in clearing away and handling snow presented him self with both bands frostbitten. Since then several similar cases have been treated. At King's College Hospital, we are informed by Mr. Welch, house surgeon, the frost has not brought more accidents than usually present themselves. Three cases of bro ken arm, and one of dislocation of the shoulder, were treated. One man, who was engaged the whole of Friday in carting away snow, had all his fingers frost bitten. Another, a brewer's drayman, had the toes on his right foot frozen on Saturday night. At Uni versity College Hospital, the number of slight inju ries, cuts, bruises, sprains, &c., was nearly double the average, and there were several fractures, in cluding (Mr. Langmore, the house-surgeon, tells us) two of the patella, as well as some dislocations. —The Lancet. BURSTING A WOMAN'S EYE WITH A POKER.-- A man named George Levick was charged at Manchester on Wednesday with striking Mary Ann Lanfield with a poker, bursting the eye and consequently destroying the sight. The ruffian was committed for six months' im prisonment, and at the expiration of that term to find two sureties of £5O each to keep the peace for six months.— Manchester Courier. We read in Galignani :—" An accident, unat tended with serious consequences, occurred to Miss Menken the evening before last, during her performance at the Gai6t4 Theatre, in the Pirates de la Savane.' At the moment when she is carried over the mountains, bound, like Mazeppa, to the back of a horse, the animal, in making the ascent, lost its footing, and slipped with her on to the stage. Au exclamation of terror burst forth among the audience, and the curtain was at once lowered. Miss blenken, however, almost immediately appeared at the footlights to show that she was unhurt; and the perform ance was shortly afterwards resumed." THE ROYAL VISIT TO MARHAM. MARIIAM, Thursday. The visitors to meet the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh comprise the Earl and Coun tess of Cork, Lord Colville, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Bathurst, Hon. E. Yorke, Mr. H. Chaplin, Mr. Prior, Miss Bagge, and Miss Gertrude Bagge. The shooting afforded on the estate is as g ood as any in the county. The first day of the pre sent visit (Tuesday) afforded the royal and dis tinguished sportsmen a capital day's sport, not withstanding the wet weather of the morning. Upwards of 1,100 head of game fell to ten guns. The dinner party in the evening was attended by the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the rest of the company staying in the house, with the addition of the Rev. H. Dugmore. During the dinner the Highland pipers of the Prince of Wake and the Duke of Edinburgh played. On Wednes day the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Earl of Cork, Lord Colville, Major Gray, Major Teesdale, Hon. E. Yorke, Mr. Bathurst, Mr. Chap lin, and Mr. Prior went out with Mr• Villebois part ridge shooting on the Beechamwell and Barton part of the estate. The weather throughout the day was showery and cold. The dinner party in the evening was the same as on Tuesday, with the ad dition of Mr. Fountaine, of Narford. To-day the party have had a grand day at pheasant shooting in the shrubberies, luncheon being served at the Temple. It was intended to have bad a day's hunt ing with the staghounds on Friday, but important engagements in town for that day prevented the Prince of Wales from extending his visit ; and ac cordingly, shortly after 4 o'clock, his royal high ness left Marham for Downhara Market, accompa nied by Mr. Villebois, and proceeded by the 5.24 ordinary train to town. His royal highness will probably return to Sandringham on Saturday. ROME AND ITALY. PARIS, Jan. 9. The Moniteur du Soir publishes the following remarks upon the state of affairs in Rome : " The condition of the Roman States continues to be satisfactory. The population every where lives upon good terms with the Pontifical garrisons, and the Pope fulfils his duties of sovereign and head of the Church with his habitual activity. During the Christian holidays his Holiness received Signor Tonello, and while displaying great good-will to the King of Italy's envoy, Pius IX. spoke of the satis faction he should derive from an agreement in reli gious matters between the Courts of Rome and Florence. The conciliatory disposition with which both parties have entered into the negotiations must secure their success. Treating of practical results, rather than of differences in theory, and abstaining from entering into the discussion of principles, which, by provoking mutual susceptibilities, would have uselessly envenomed debate, Cardinal Anto nelli and Signor Tonello have pursued no other object than that of removing difficulties. An agree ment has already been arrived at upon the majo rity of the points in dispute, and nothing remains to be settled save questions of form, upon which all early understanding may be hoped for. Th e es tablishment o f good relations between Austria and Italy is a4no less happy symptom. The Sovereigns of the two Powers have set the example of an ap proximation which augurs well for the future. King Victor Emmanuel, in a telegraphic despatch, forwarded his congratulations for the New Year to the Emperor Francis Joseph, and his Apostolic Majesty hastened to reply by the same channel to this friendly step of a monarch to whom the Haps burg dynasty is united by family ties." FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES• -- 0- - The following is the proclamation establishing reciprocal tonnage duties between France and the United States, which was promulgated at Washing ton on the 28th ult.:-- " BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—A PROCLAMATION. "Whereas satisfactory evidence has been received by In° from his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of France, through the Marquis de Montholon, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, that vessels belonging to citizen s of the United States, entering any port of France, or Of its dependencies, o'i or after the Ist day of January, 186 7 , will not be subjected to the payment of higher duties 00 tonnage than are levied upon vessels belonging to citizen° of France entering the said ports. " Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson, President of th 6 United States America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by an Ac•t of Congress of the 7th day of January , 1824, entitled An Act concerning discriminating duties of the 24th day of May, 1828, do hereby declare and proclaim that on and after the said Ist day of January, 1867, so long as vessels of the United States shall be admitted to French ports, on - the terms aforesaid, French vessels entering por t ! of the Urnited States will be subject to no higher rates of duty on tonnage than aro levied upon vessels of the United States in the ports thereof. " in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand an d ca nsed the seal of the United States to be affixed. " Done at the city of Washington this twenty-eight h day of December, in the year of our Lord 1866, and of the independence of the United States of America the ninety first. " By the President, " ANDREW JOHNSON. "W. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State." OCEAN STEA3I NAVIGATION.—The steamsbiP City of Boston, of the Inman line, which arrived a t Liverpool yesterday, has completed within the year Li ° less than ten voyags bawuvu England and New Yorict being a distance of more than 60,000 nautical, or 70,00 0 statute miles—a performance never before equalled by tol vessel. A FEARFUL SCENE AT A WRECK.—During tile recent gales at Penzance a fearful scene occurred. V ie lifeboat named tho Richard Lewis, belonging to the tinnal Lifeboat Institution, which had re n d ere d good 0017, vlce upon Saturday and Sunday in saving 17 shipwreck" tnen, was again call e d ou t ou M onday and bravely hurrio , to the rescue of a l arge W est Indiaman, the John Gray, °', Glasgow, which had gone ashore after having been O r bayed all day iu sight of Penzance. Rocket lines wer e skilfully thrown on board the ship, but this proffers" aid was not made use of. When the lifeboat returned froo her long and perilous trip thousands of watchers wo e !, told that thou g h fift een men had been brought away, foot remained behind. Soon after the ship broke up, an d tbeY miserably perished. The cause of these four deaths was common but most sad one. The master and second ois tv were drunk with rum, and not only would no t t o uch Os rocket lines or g o a b oar d th e lif e b oa t th emse l ves , b u t wit h threats and curses endeavoured to prevent the men frl leaving the ship. The first mate, a teetotaller, attiNiW te „ to reason with hi s f renz i e d ca pt a i n , b u t b e i ng un able!' make any impression resolved to share his fate, and did 50 at the cost of his own life. A fourth man drowned Wi to held below deck, and could not move or be moved."' Western Morning News. a DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—TWO boys, a g e 0 respectively 13 and 15, sons of Mr. Shonton, of t/3 , Manor Farm, Buriton, went out shooting on Thursdaf , last. As they did not return a search was institu ted ' which about midnight resulted in the discovery of 00, bodies of the youths in the Pill Mead Pond. Th c appeared to h ave go ne to the locality o f th e p on d in ri )oY course of their shooting, and misled by the heavY 611° had accidentally lalleu into the water_ xo The Mc ditipu, as ratively fe minal. readily tat quirk; at unimporta At the l bullion op ,„. The coil of the At] on the 15' went. The dire have issuth 255• per E paid in At annum for In the during the panted pri in coffee, only mo d e in tallow, Atlantic are in ac 50.52, and to 40 401. The W With gold- The rel pletal to t In the Oa £1,065,52, increase, v been adde consPquen have been a correspe Subjoined Public Dep Other Dep Best ° On the Governmen Other Seem Notes unern The amc being an bullion in ing an inci forme r ret The reti Week show and an inci there is, £.644,000. A very British Gc teration in and 91i and Reduc 9s. to 11s India Stoc do. 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